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gtoxt ffm |tims. White Sulphur Spring*.—It will bo seen by advortisomunt cl sew boro, that Meiers. MrGotrou, Nance «fc Wynne, ofOolumbu.s )iave bocomo the proprie tors of this healthful and pleasant rosort, Shootingot <icn. Van Dorn. Dr, Peters, who shot General Van horn atSpriug Hill, Ima succoimLnI in waking his way into the enemy's lino*, and at lari accounts was in Nashville. The following statement mado him was published in th- Nashville Dispatch, of tin* Pith of Mav The repot to#I killing of General Van- Dorn by Dr. Peters luw boon confirmed, and will in a lew days have the Springs It occurred in Ida quarters at Spring Hill opened for visitors, with great improve ments for tho accommodation and pleas ure of guests. They nrc gentlomcn of en terprise, means and taste, and will no doubt make the Wnito Sulphur a place of unsurpassed comfort and enjoyment. Those who delight in tho good things of the table (ns everybody does whoso appo lite is aided by tho stimulus of these springs) will learn with pleasure that so accomplished and generous a landlady na Mrs. Shivers will have charge of tho commissariat. If you tiro in quest of health, comfort, or good living, go to the White Sulphur, and you will not he disappointed. The 8th District*—Wo learn '.hat tho poople of the 8th Militia District of Mus cogee county have acted with commenda ble spirit and promptness in the work of organisation for homo defence. In a few hours, last week, they raised a caval ry company numbering over sixty mem bers, electing Dr. Cheney Captain. The company will have a meeting for drill on .Saturday next. Only three or four of its member- are under forty-liro years of age, being exempts. It is desirable to have in tho company twolvo or fifteen young rnon as sharpshooters, ami it is hoped Chat that number of non-conscripts will be obtninod. Cannot some of the youug exempts of this city aid in giving greater efficiency to.the organization by Joining it a? sharpshooters ? Discharge of Pettlugl!!.—In our Su perior Court, yesterday, Ephraim Pettin- gill, the young man on trial for incen diarism committed in this city, was dis- ohargc4»on the ground of insufficient ev idence of his guilt. It will bo remem bered that Pettingill, on his examination n few weeks since, mado a lull confession of complicity in tho burning of Richter's shoo shop and other buildings in this city last winter. We learn that ho was dis charged in accordance with a provision of the new code, which prohibits the con viction of a defendant in a criminal ca-'o on his own confession merely. The Railroad (*111110*—Wo hnvo receiv ed thoilay number of “Hill & Sway/.e’s Confederate Kail road anil Steamboat Gude," published at Griffin, Gn. Its railroad tables appear to bo full, embrac ing the latest schedules, ami giving much information of general interest. To trav elers and business men, especially, it will bo found very valuable. It contains also a list of good hotels, and u largo amount of interesting rending rnaltor, mostly of a humorous character. The "Guide" will hereafter he -ent by tho publishers for 7o cents per number. Superior Court.—On Tuesday, in the Superior Court of this county, il. 11. Al len was sentenced to the Penitentiary for (right years, for stealing a negro wo man named Nancy, tlie property of W. vision biv V. Harden of ill tho morning of the 7th ..... tors has arrived in this city, and from him wo learn that the cause of the difficulty which rosulted in the death of Van-Dorn was an interview hold thirty hours pro- vioiu to the killing, in which tho latter agreed, on his honor, to give Dr. Pv.crs a written statement tho next day setting forth four distinct fact-. l>r. Peters said to him that upon the fuilllmcnt of tliis promise Vie would spuro-hm life t“ his wifomml children, although Van-Dorn said he cared nothing for his own wife. The next day Dr. Peters \va> rick. and did not call on Van-Dorn until tho second day, (Thursday morning, about c'uht.) when he demanded of Van-Porn a com pliance with his promise, which I10 seem ed not inclined to do. Dr. Peters then said that he would give him half an hour in which to comply, and distinctly notified him that, in case of failure, ms life should he the forfeit. He then walked up into tin* village. On his re turn Van-Dorn road to him what lie had written. Tho first clauso fully complied with his promise, tho second was an en tire mis representation, aud tho other two acknowledgements ho refused to make. Dr. Pe ers then denounced him for his bad faith, when Van-Dorn cursed him lor a "cowardly dog,” and ordered him to leave tho room or lie would kick him out. l)r, Peters then drew his pistol and tirod, the ball hiking otVect in the left side of tho head, and producing instant death. Dr. Peters nicked up tho statement Van-Dorn bad prepared, and ha-, pre served it ns circumstantial evidence of preceding events, and, mounting his horse, roao otl'. Avoiding tho pickets ut Hurt's, ho crossed Duel; river and arrived at Shelby villo, when ]»o learned that Gen. Polk, to whom he had intended -m ren dering himself, had i-sued an rVi fur 1 st. The next nmrnin? ho left I Desperate ltecouutcr ut a portion of the .Id Georgia Cavalry with a force ot the ft£ueiuy. ' fcjpf.cial Correspondence of the Hebei.) Cami* IIkiirox, Tbnn., May 18. On Sunday morning at 2 o'clock, a. m., Col. Thompson selected rixty-tivo men belonging to the .'id Gn. cavalrv, to go upon a scouting expedition. •Accom panied by a portion of his stall; they marched on roijto beyond Brady ville, about six tulles, and lay in ambush.— alter waiting a brief time they remounted their horses and proceeded on the read towards Murfreesboro’ and the Brady- villo pike. They ontored it and encoun tered tho enemy at 8 o'clock a. m. Coi. Thompson ordered G'apt. Fontaine ami Lieut. Klink to take Id men as escort to reeonnoitcr and ascertain tho strength of the enemy.. As they advanced the 'Yan kees tirod upon them. Their forces were commanded by Gen. Palmer, numbering about:MX) men. Our men soon joined their command. Col. Thompson imme diately placed his force in lino of battle. The foe dashed into the very midst of our small party, not however without receiv ing a warm reception. They numberod ' ■ A they soon rate band to e for hiniiolf for Winchester, di-gi . >1. through Gaindioi - and Galhi nt this place^Iondn d, pns-i tmi true that ho criminal act with reveal the hi.-to- Dr. Peter-' detected V.-m-Dori his wife. Ho reVu ry of the thirty hour* i. tragedy, ami will only d« justice, in the justili.-atini ho foil it bis duty to pur, Dr. Fete- u„. u nu distinguished practitioner West Tonnessva*. and w . tho Senate ol this State one His present residence i-. whoro ho is regarded as a \ Northern Account*. (SpociaSto the Mobile Tribune.] PAsrAuoPi.A, May 2ti. A special dia- patidi to the Kra from Port Hudson, da ted May 22d, ,-uy - Yesterday General Augur's whole di- MgageJ in a nine hour-’ fight with th was Port Hudson rear of Purl Hud live to one broke our ! hand fight 1 eneounterb c tearful o ! t Our men fought like 1 . . - Col. l i ompson anil Axlj't Win.b r endeavored lo collect them together, but without effect. Minnie ball* (low thick and fast; sabre clashed with sabre, stocks of guns worn used freely over each other’s heads. Wm. Cox, of company E, was defending himself man fully with his gun, warding otf repeated thrusts made at him by a Yankee Colonel, hallooing at the same time to bis com rades to shoot him down, llis orio- call ed the attention of Adjutant Winder, who rushed upon him with his sabre, cutting him across tho neck, ho fell from hie horse mortally wounded. At this juncture, ('apt. Willis, commanding company (\ received a shot through the log, tIiq ball passing through, killing his horse at tho same tune. Ho is not seri ously wounded, and is now in the hands of tho enemy. Cunt. Ed wards, of com pany K. was also snot from his horse nt the sametimo, and was also captured.— lie wound*- are slight. Our bravo Colonel, mounted on liis beautiful charger, lining lieuimoJ in by overwhelming numbers, fought desper ate! v, warding oil tho repeated cuts made nt him with his sabre, nr the contents of Vi is pistols were discharged, and sovoral tones rescued by bis bravo follower*.— Many a Yankee lay writhing upon the irroiiud. Number.' ot horses without i i lurs, were *ocn dashing furiously along, mingling with the deadly strife.. The bv:»v«* Adjutant ore < d xnl>r« > with an expert in tho art, ui it lor him that he ki weapon. 111 - «kili in the iis»** t*f tin* .satire saved his life, having to contend with threo althe came time, in u running tight, and pursued by 0110 skillful swonDiuan ; his flout chnrgorsoon outstripped lm pur suer. I n tin ning a sudden bend in tho road, ho run against a tiro which un horsed him, anu by tho hiiddcu cheek, still holding on llio bridle, throw bin hor-o backward* upon him, severely, but not dangerously injuring him, in the sido. Willis UoDUmd ot cympnny K, conduct Vi Importing and Importing. Stock holders of tho “Importing and Export ing Company of tho Stato of Georgia ' are referred to tho notice concerning the election of officers of tho Company. Wool. -The Eagle Maim factu ring Com- puny appeals to the patriotism of sheep raisers and others having Wool, to sell it to.It* agents, to bo manufactured into cloth for tin* Government exclusively.— A fair price will be paid for wool .sold l<» this establishment, and it i- hoped that those having it will shun tho speculator and aid tlm Government and tho soldier by giving tho preference to the Eagle Factory. Seo advertisement. Haiti In Abundance.—Wo have had as much rain as tho heart of the farmer could wish, since Tuesday last. Tho •“season' was a most bountiful ono for cure, potatoes, and the gardens, and they will rovive and flourish groatly under the refreshing visitation; hut there vva.v much wind for two or throo days, which, with tho ruin, was, perhaps, injurious to tho heavy headed and fast ripening wheat, which in this section is now generally ready fur tho reaper. The New I'Tag.—Tho first Con feder ate Flag of tho now design was raised in tlii* city on Saturday, a( 12 m., over the Confederate States Naval Iron Works, by order of Capl. Warner. It is a hand- some and rather gay ensign, and is cal culated to attract attention arid admira- •lion In any di-play of different stand ard*. It is all white except tho "union,” which is of red ground, with blue burr forming a cross from corner to .cornor, these bars containing the stars. The new flag has the merit of distinctness, beauty, and good taste. ‘‘Long may it wave!” Ikvohtant Events at Hani».—The Richmond Examiner, in the course of • ’me remarks about the situation of the •1vl CI V* «J°bn»ton and Grant, says : ''there i- really no occasion for panic about Vicksburg. Whatever may be the result of tlio military operations around it, their interest will *o..*ri be cpl11wed by greater event*. eUewioTo. within tho next fortnigbt, the campaign m eighteen hundred and sixty-three will bo pretty well deeidod. Tho most im portant movements of tho war will prob ably bo made in that time. Jf the Con federate standard is again victorious, n • may bo hoped, with much and solid rea- i« although mere victory would not , it will destroy the efficiency besides two halt, force of cavalry. Thevhml ainbiiicndcd nt every outlet from tho plains. Tliov wore finally repulsed witii heavy loss, leaving a large number ot killed and wounded on the Hold. A flag of truce, was sent In at midnight from Gen. Gardner, asking permission ft. bury the dead. Wo hnvo taken about one hundred prisoners. The enemy was driven throe miles from his first position, ami Augur's di vision bivouacked fur tho night on tiie Hold of battle. Our loss in killed is 1“ and in wounded The 1 itith Now York and 2d Louisiana suffered tho most. Full particulars will reach you by the earliest opportunity. (Signed) 1 ‘IIorati c . I’nwngorsthis morning report that tho order for rainovnl of diMoval pt rson- has been suspended for awhile, if i- thought on account of the removal "i troops. C-oJ. Davis has umde raid along the line id' tho They ied to Tin •From Nen Orleans. Wo hnvo received u copy of tho Fien- yuno of Wednesday. The provo-t guard - were busy picking up pei-.m* fur ex - pressing sympathy for tin* ('..ntVderaev They get olfgenerally with lip. or brie!’ iniprlsonment -thirtx da.x - m The I’icnyunu cont , i".- a good deal of Southcrr **e*>- and tin* N. V World' account of the re, cut battle- in Virginia. That is. probably, tlm im.-l truthful ac count that bus been published in Yattkex land. The Die has also a warm editorial tii- btito to the virtues of the bite Gen. *In< k- son. it closes us follows “Nor was lie great only ns a Soldier lie was a ChrMiun, a man of kindly feelings and a good Heart; ami for these, infinitely dear t<> those wlm were near t,. him; while ovorywhev*. alike among friends and foes, hi- private character was beyond tho reneh . : reprom b. “We aro not aware «•< nny impropriety in giving this brief, but imperfect bi ographical sketch-la truly 1.•markable We have upon special incidents conueeted with hi- career during the past two year- -and those who really respect and revere his memory con saloly leave to the future and to leas troubled days the duty of writing his epitaph and pronouncing Ins The pape rs announce the death of John McDonald—a innn noted for lii- services in the cause ol charity. The re-idenen of Mr. leiwonstqln, on Circus street, has been robbed of .^sOtH), in specie and paper money. Several ne groes bud boon urrested on -ippicion. Persons from New Orleans represent tho condition of Clio city a- very gloomy and doprosaing. it is impossible ' end the of llio enemy’s army for tlio rest year. If we gain all that la now fairly jKteiible, nn entirely now character will on given t<» future operatioiis, which will rehevo the country of half tho suffering >t has hitherto endured. Now ia the no- No day, the fortunrto hour for the Con- lederate army. At this timo, if over, tvory man should bo at bis post. The McmphU Appeal. Mr. Goode, ono of tho proprietors, liar been licre a fow days, and wo learn liui *®c*irod tho rooms lately occupied by y®Pk Bomnr, nearly opposite tho Con- Jederaey office, in which to resume the publication of that journnl in this city. ->oarly their entire corps of editors, prin- other employees arrived here ^Vf^rday, Mnd |fio material of their office learn, arrive to-day.—Atlanta ent order, directions. Many Havana. Thcc town seemed t<* !>.■ negroe* and Vm Relative Strength > Under the head < Lie, - the Herald ha iioiiker: The Tribuno says Dee • time Hooker crossed to giv sidonts x ider the up to a Yankc mg at ono of our men and when within lit-- loytufliim discliargcil tho content.- *fbi rifle in bis body, killing him in- -tmitly. T. A. Simmons of company A, vunded , !’. M Kc'lwind of < <>mpauv A, killed; ul.-o hors,* .-1 • >.t fiotn under liim. J. \V. Goo.lw.u "f eompimy ' , dmt and dangerou-ly w Minded. D ^ rreadawuv, x»f e,,mpnnv K, raptured and Imrse allot Win. I’m , „i,d ,1. 1 Beale, opan eapt Ml. J. 1). captured and hortt * unpo.*sil)lo to gather a nur. » many have not reported writo, so fur \ * raptured, U Tin whole command during the battle |,el ed nobly, and by their acts and dicing upon the field, received Iiinliv e. inpli- meats from theii gu'ittnieoinuninder. A full report of thee, pti.red will I you as boon as a correct lint can be ob tained. More anon. A. 1*. S|ip('ud Cerrcnpondenia* ef tie* Helu*l. Sm;t.e.Yvn. 1.1:, May 2o. Mr. Vallaudigbam I,a- just urriveil Hewn brought to our Hues by flag of •c, but the commander of the out posts ogni/.o it for any such pur- 'I lie Alcxumli iu. *■ From the Augu-t.i Chreuii-le, Jtsili. j Ch,«rtng n«m Ark,».».. | Tho soizuro ol till- I Is likr-ly to .We have had the pleasure of an inter- give considerahio employment to the lo- vicw with a gontlemau iecently from gal profession. Thu Government will, of Camden, Arkansas, ^l\o has kindly fur- 1 c>>m -.. ’ iV e to follow up the proceedings nished us with some facts in regard to the which it bn- - oiium n. > .(, and the owners situation of affairs in that Stale, which **f tb.-v,-,.el are m,t i k, ly t«, > t |bniU to cannot tail to be of great intorc-t to our , the attack v : k Ims 1 • en made on their readers. Our informant 1h a gonllenmn or | proporty and r,t;hi-without determined rare cultivation, strong good aonso, and pv-h aneo and a demand for adequate mousing conversational powers, and his. compon.ation. From what we have knowledge of affairs in that quarter is board with regard t*> the Al»*\nndvia wo ample ami reliable. i believe that tin* Government will not 1 he social condition of tho people of vuv>vd in .in -in, mg, on gi nmids Arkansas is most encouraging. Tim war the c.ujr-e wni--i it ha> taken. ” ' has proved to thorn a blousing, in the Thi-viv-ei lc«« been appiai-ed at X'.'oOO. sense that it has brought out the resources The !•*!!■ wing i- t lie <- i u- <• * .t' -eixuro »ta- of tho country, taught tho inliftbiPtnts j ted in the npprai-,-meut j,, tin* Cmyt sell-rclittoce, and developed thoiv slum- of K clmqui 1 X- 1. Date Itvtkk boring energies. In tho ontorpri'e and Seized by • • f»i •• Edward Morgan.-— activity, horn ofthoemergenwy, tho fttato } Cans*.* »>l • 1 e nui!»ped, lm- become a perfect hivo of industry.— furnished and fitted r with intent to be Faetftries, machine shop*, forges, found- j employe*! in tin* -er\ <v . ! person-exer- rio-, etc., abound, whore arliele- for homo | ci.-mgor a-.-iiiiiiiig l<» exerei-.- the pnanu* use, and for tho army, are abundantly m -c 1 g o ernment in and over a foreign supplied. Salt wells have been found- State. « > -iv. province or people - the and tho manufacture of salt is carried o ... . /. extensively and succe^ftilly. Tho tat hides, for the past eight month n beyond all pn rail el in the hist I mm the KiioxmIIo HegUtor. stonruall .larksun'M Message to the 'Voinni of <lir Confederacy. After a visit to tho Kappaliannocl; ar my, the wnti r ofthismadoa parting call on (toncral Jackson, it. his tout. As wo aloud exchanging tlio la-t words, eomo releronce was made to what our ladies were dome. "1 e," Ba jd ho, "but they n, :i t n-.t ctitu- the men away from the army toil niu-l loll them so for me. W e are fighting for principle, for honor. I..r everything wo bold dear. If wo fail tiling. Wo shall then 0 than slaves— be ('shall 1 wo shall be .JX 01 the State. By precaution and a wl-« fore-ight, cotton and woolen cards are plenty, and many families are engaged in carding, spinning, and weaving cloth, both for domestic purposes and for cloth ing tho soldiers. Our informant men tioned some homohold* where eight hun dred yards hud boon wove the past year, who intended this year to increase the amount to ono thousand yards. Under the quickening influence <>f the times, the whole State Ualtvo with industrial enter prise. Tho crops this year, weave happy t<* b arn, nrc very bountiful, and the bromlth of wheat sown, and now nearly ready for harvest, is at least four fold that of' any previous year. All kinds of provision State, c-dony, province ship m* \ • --cj Alexnndrii w ith her lakle, nppnrol hi *be lo»w lies. I Signed 1 Kdwnrdi-. John lving, < II. B. Wat-on. -//, April'Mh. ^ Destruction of the Preble. A gang of men wore at work in tho fire bold, emptv i'i« n bui n*l of tar <-il into tlio tanks used t-r that purpo«c, when, bv =omo unktmw n * au-«-, it took to,*, and tho barrel exploded, tlirovtiug tin* burning nil in every direction It was impossible to extingui-b lb,* flames; they prend with great rapidity quickly, indeed, that tho ctlicor-Miid crew bad to abandon 'el with nothing but tlio clothing only the they hud . W1V flamei roaeliod the magazine, which' blew up with nn awful cxpl. -ion, tearing the crops wilfyieid generously, ' ve-Hid into a tlmu-auid j ieces, ami scui- Tborn is m> sttUcriug among tho poor \? , in « U, I f ; ‘rag'nents a 1 over Urn hav of In ArK>iu». Th.. I..'sMi.Uir.. 1 , u '>*“ col, ‘- 0>c til 10 tlio nn-nlont printed a million and a half for the bene fit of the poor and the families of mU'icr*. j Ami in addition, laborisovciywlioro want- ' I'd and commands liberal componMition. ! Under such circumstance*, it ir impos-l- | lilo to rosiht the conviction that tin* pco- t pie tire even better oft' thuu before the war I commonced. Wo are glad lo know, also, that the most unlimited confidence Is felt in tin* ofltcen who have been placed in coin- ol of tho army in that quarter. The I lap: curred tlm Freblo was anchored be- cen the Navy Yard uml tlm city of ansni'oln. fortunately ilia po.-ilion whero ■v gut s going otf, which they did when healed, could do no damage. litu \ } . Hr, „l,f. till* oldie; -•.flic. per enthu-irtstk’ in their love (orlhoir lead and e.-pei ialiy is this the chmi with Gen. I’rice- “Old Dad.' ns he is calltnl. One Iih- only 11 mention his mime to the men, and they instinctively -.-t up the wildest hu/..i- for the old hero. Gen*. Kirby Smith, Price and Holme- are a tower of strength, and under their leadership the nion will march anywhere and do any rmy in that qnar- . ,ulie sin e. The citizens of other portion- of tho Confederacy have entertained the idea that Arkansas was almost entirely given over to the tender mercies of the enemy. This i- a .mistaken notion. They have actually invaded hut a small portion of the State a fact accounted f«» r |»y the excellent lighting qllalitie- of the Arkan sas l.oy . who are a perfect terror to their enemie-. The Indian- are generally quite favor- able to tho South, and have given the people no trouble. The amicable feeling among them lias been greatly encouraged by the frequent vi»'t* of the l’oet Gener end, Albert l’ike. among them. The gratifying condition of affairs at present m A1 kanmi-, our infoi mant think-, ih in h great degree due to the prompt- nosa, energy uml pei>eveiHncu of General Eimlmau, wlm tool, the command tliorc nt a critical period, and saved the State by oiling an army oITJ.tmo men to miu ,v ^‘ •- HU service . wore invaluable, ami ■mouiu an.t will bo appreemted by our Government. On the whole, the statement which we have likened t**, and which we have here pel hap'- but iinporfeetly ret down, i» of tlm mo t hopeful character, aud it any I'earr lire felt lor Arkan.-a-, we think they may be di-uti.-sed. I lei career, glorious a-it has been in the pu-t, we prediet will be yet more gloiiuu-, and wo foal a glow of pride that she i- an 1 * ' tlm T1 refused to pose ns a claim of right . through our linos by authority. The Fcdcrula, becomimr al-nned, rolired, leaving Mr. Vallandi^ii.-im with lii- bag gage upon tho noulrnl gjound. When »*ur otlicor* nppi> a'-licd him lu proposed delivering liinv -1 <" •«- a prisoner ,it war. Tin* was declined, iiia-riiucli a- he was ic>t a -oldier in the service of the United State-. Upon learning bis name and sit- ex sb: banished from lii- .State, an I as such tendered tho hospitality < f the country a- any fut eiguer -coking a relttgo lii- homo for opinion ‘ .1 by mjjjjjk *ake. H Martin ai ;*d to Ills ben J The be mddnrd Jidm- and b% him • Slmlby ville, *■ bole <T»*ir. ri Tber fltrnlion, hut everywhere, bo p troop) wb<< had beard of hi-coming, they greoted him kindly and with silent token’s of sympathy and reaped. Mr. *YaIlan<liglmm is cheerful, and seems to brealhu freer on escaping from the Lincoln duspoti-m. He very prop- erly dosires tq •iivoicl nil public demon stration, and only asks that ho may find a quiet refuge in our mid-', until tho \ hi* lies MU 1 to till ople. l-cliev 1'lie .*• ?(!i Georgia at l IckMiii '■avannah AVy.’./(<<;a mnk wing extract *»f n private Idle It - F II. 1 \ ey. c*I«o 1 • Ini 11 of t! gia Kegiment, Col. Ilurknloo. r is dated— Ala Mi, the Tv following bit at rrny at llio him battle only counted 50,000 nion. Tlio Times h Hooker’s army nt the same timo numbered 150,300 men. 11 thus appears, with more than threo times Leo’s army, Hooker wa- unable to whip him in tho first fight, and unable to do it with twice and a half his number ot meu after he got his reinforcements. According to tho statements of tho Tribune and Times, Hooker’» los- in killed and wounded in tho several buttles amounted to only 17,- 000 to J8.UUU, which, with tho prisoner* cupttirod by the enemy, numbering five . or six thousand more- would make tho learn has | total lots from iM.OOOto 2l,ik*i. Lee, it is fitated by tho tamo auth'witi*-*, lo t more than Hooker dm. or about Ski.lKMpmon- uxcceding half his original lore*. Ho could not liuvc been reinforced by more than from lO.tKNi to ITi.OOO men. That would leave liis wlnnu foico after his including the Ions of Gen. Jack- influence, shall again to their midst. Ho *ronn fully to realize the nmbai ru.-.montof hi- poaltmu, and wilj, beyond doubt, be equal to its responsibilities. A dignified retirement ami seclusion from all public malters will to the minds of all proper person-, ns doubtless hi, own, bo the best course for him to pursue. In stature, Mr. VallandigliRtu i- about live feet oioven incites, with dark hair and slight whiskers extending under tlm chin, but no moustache. Hi expression I is very agreeable, and bis manner* affa ble and pleasant; in fact, attractive while | Ihigagcuiriit oil m . I Tu lie Is Itiver. ; A Hnlc/m, (Ark. • di.-fiatcb, dated May A detiichmont <<f the .id Iowa Cavalry b-i. f r a *cout tbi-. morning in the fit. Emm is river country. It proeooded towards IzttGrnngi', l ‘> miles nottlhwost.— Twoinib-ft thi -ido the advance was fired upon from a thicket. The detachment attempted to form a lino to make a charge. Tlio enemy suddenly arose from tho un derbrush on ouch eiuo and the rear. Tho commanding officer of the detachment seeing ho was almost entirely surrounded by greatly superior numbers, ordered a retreat. A gallant dash was made through the enemy’s linos in face of a galling lire of musketry, tho rebel forces,’ consisting !’cavalry and infantry, pursuing fiv “On Saturday, Will, mir regimenl was in n torrlblo Imttln nt Champion’s farm, about 20 mile- ou-i of Vich*hrtrg. and whh badly cut l*» fdocc-. Out of Fill wo lost M»7. Dim of my dcare.-t friend*, llio Adjutant of tin* U*gitn<*nl, wa- umr ally wounded; two of my cousins worn shot in tlio leg. but not dangerously wounded, t »• raped unhurt, (hough them wib a constant bail of bombs and bullet*. The f»7th boro tho brunt of tbebaUb*, Lieul. Hold. Karri* acted with great ooolue-* and gallanlry, and received live -liol* through variuii* pail- of Id- clntbiug. < bio ball -truck Inin on tlm -idr, pn—ing the metallic • cnhhaid->i hi- - word, luui— ingand denting tho blade, falling flat tened to the ground. The sword -aved liis lift*. "Wo wore almost surrounded by over whelming numbers, and our army had to rolroat. lulling back within Fie trencbc- ttt Vicksburg. Tho om-my had pre -«*d on alter us, fnvoet the placi al terward-. All *>m ti.-q. w*ro drnwn into the city ami loino d in line battle within the irenebe- of (he city on * irday evening to await tho attack of ilia enemy “Gen. ('uniming and other «*iV• r- wishod to send out de-puUdm-, Ac., uml 1 was persuaded t<» aUcinjit t" run tho blockade. S<>, mounted on tho <’olo Hoi's burse, Tue-dny morning at day light, I started on the peribm* trin and after running, dodging and skulking about for threo days and nigh 1- I h-,oil ed a place of safety in rear of line., and am thus far on my wav cn-l. I lmve to remain hero three <u four d.iyn, Mol ' Most ljusine**, after which I expect ('» visit Georgia, if c.ircunutaiicos permit. The VuukecH Ucjulcluguud I'.vpectaut. I'etkukupuu, Mav 2S.- -The Baltimore Aineriean of the 2'itli. in its evening edi tion, «n,v* Hint nu i llicinl dispati li Ironi \’ick-7'iiig dated on Friday night, 22d, n* •'o. uu.-tale* tlm' an orduauea officor a rite.- that our lo*.- i* not very heavy, for tin* po-Pi* n we have gained. Tho “reb el.-’ make a firm re-i-tanee. 1 think that we •'ball have (lm place to-morrow. We completely encircle (lie town, and to night our men have (heir colors planted mt tlm enemy s works, and are lying on the exterior slope. Tlm gun and mortar hunts me u\ trout ot Viekshuvg, working away. Wo hnvo captiirodllius far, ti.tRRt nrisonern ami 71 pioeea of artillery. Grant i- in good spirit-. If we take Vicksburg wo shall secure 15,00ft prison ers, with l’ciiihcrtou A Do. (Signed) S. c I.M om*. UtcMMnNP, Mav 2^ New* fiom Mex ico to tlm 2d of Mii.v -Inf.*- that every ef fort of the Finn eli to fake I'ucblnlia* met with di*n*tcr. Nine ineffcetiinl a-sail Its upon the place have been made. Tlm French loss i- put down a* H.inni. Tlm preparing t• * pursue the the 2'itli 1 iic day, with • '(pil'd it— -burg, and took 1 patch tinted (ho 2<*th 1 cavalry imidge's tlm town of Kick the Union lore* They al -0 plumb .■*>1 l.tXlO bolotigiu A Murfrec bin say* that large arc going Southward corp- is lulling buck I position. Thom i- considerable talk .»f change in the Yankee Cabinet. Butler i- mention ed a Stanton's sin or -or. Tbi' New Y rk Herald, of tlm 2fftli, contain** I’orlei •^offi. ial di-pntch to tho giving tho par- 1 tlm ••.•tplurool iluii all kind- i lo ••lb 1 Bluff. « tlm again fall mi" tin- I lie had them horned, and \ miign. inc, and destroyed tlm Lieut. Walker was sent u| river with a sufficient fore, all of the enemy s property rection, Including the nnvv v City. On thotho I'.Uli,; ix inortnr in ponillon with .> burg night and d could. Iiitcliigenco 0/ N’icl,. burg led to h.uiigo vvhi'Wi lire on rapidly 1 j»r«*babbi 1 old c|" • York II*raid write -timated by tlm-e w • •I knowing, (but 1 I tlmu'iuid bale- ol > (III- lonrkcl out of • occ upied by our ful '•unt ; but I > w hv c '.-ui,1 io,t |m> *0. t is determined make tin dearly that hi- cuiiipap'ii * lilll pB «X|» I qiiered . it 1- l - nil iut. ot our, . and Jell Da* i* limy mindfully that Midi is the ter how disagreeable this do ;•( purposes ■ alii* up Ins Homicide* 1 n that on 1 a.-1 Friday night at I • .1 county, L». liurrel ill. ,1 by a man named Clifton, The miles. A numb.; dead on the field, taken nrisonors. I brought off, and hav loll bably fftt^ just arrived in possiblo tu estiuiMte the xlent of our loss or that of tho rebels.-- my nuuibcred 8<X) to lot*'. They Oonfed. Tur Alabama.—WiImer & Stnith’a mverpool limes gives uouio particulars 1 mor ' J good work done by tho Cot fed- n ' e steamer Alabama. Tlio captains of an ^®° voaeola—tho schr. ralmot- w i liJ Ions, the bark Olivo Jane, .’J50 , n< * the ehit. Golden Eagle, 1,220 ,u a ?~?‘* d arrived in England, and made fore himftolf- a» m *^° utll *nipton. Their stories * 1 ’ .Hemmca hud overhauled thoir tices -■ . ^ eaiots^ taken out what be wanted, and I given toofficersofth.-J'nUed Statesarwiy I Mary’s for $'.*7.100 -11 pretty round l.* n octroyed them by fire. The two or others. General Robert Andorson of I price, considering »lm ia submerged.— A They also • >ld 10 shares ui tin- .*-<t<m1 |. ..1 Icon. A gentleman ju-.l fv«*m the North tays that prices are very high 11 Washington. As a proof of tbn bad <1- r i• ■ which tho Federal army was held at tL•• but«-l» no- stuck upj MkMou oui wnsi ue wanteu, anu \ given to of destroyed them by tiro. The two j or others. FpI r WCT0 * u March, the first iu Sumter notoriety was in Wariiingt. t . u *'. u ^ taken )*onse»sion gentleman saluting iJ, Washington, bound from Cal- naked if the report \ ,1 10 Antwerp; but it being proved that going into tho field, «<*!*> belonged to English owners, be ply, ;£ l i" c «Pl" n g«vo a ‘ ransom Loud” Nol • jmd set him free. the North, and the s —- to his army would be hailed iu many •'‘tN’xiKo Withoi’t Cakus.—Perhaps quarter* with satisfaction. '‘ ot - known Wall to whom it might —— M y* 5atV| ce, that eery good and event CAbrALTHCJ.lv tiik Hardaway Cat- n may be ..pun from cotton ju*t a.1 it I rtav.—Privato John Collier, leg shot off' *IL'9* n i h3 can be mado from I by a cannon ball ; J. J. Box'd, wounded *• . ‘bis lias boon, and i* now douo j severely in leg; John M. King, woun- y *uccofcifut |y by people of more in- | ded fcUghlly iu hand John W. Cargill, ^ . R,, J industry than those who) wounded slightly in leg Jesse H.sCren r , n ‘ "“tiuually grumbling about tba , *baw, woundwi slightly' it^ot disabled ric « Ol oucU.-.Ui,^,, j wm, who .. . W.OOO to 40.UJ0 rnon. Before this small fotco Hooker relrcalod with »n urniy | iho^nbiTity of tbo'ibroo. till numbered uliy that may bo attempted, yot ,n ”. 0 u- ll Jfl note* of preparation and unusual “““it' vigilance »o6n on every sido, indicates that tho Commanding General does which, after all his |< l3C,OO0 men, or about four t- enemy. .So much for the gonoraUhip nd fighting qualities of the now Napo- -upposed to bo tbo advuucu of it large As soon as in formation reached brad- j luartcrs rvinforeemonts were sent out, uid precaution taken to guard tlm garri son against surprise. Although thuro is •uud for apprehension rolativo to here to repel consider it Impossible that formidable demonstrations are contemplated by tbo rebels, and ii> determined to bo prepared. true that he . and received fur ro- Nut while this ^ur continues.*'-- obody has any confidence in linker at We learn from Florida that the Van* koei are carrying on n successful trade by stealing negroes front the citizens, mid carrying them to Cuba and selling them. —Sar. AVic*. AVijat Jackhox Dm Nor Do.—The Iticnmond Enquirer suys: General Jackson did not accumulate a fortune in this war. Ho did not macu late in augar or molasses ; iu tobacco or Hour ; he rubbed no houses; stole *no pl&te, nor jewel*,, nor pictures, nor wines; sold no passports, extolled no black mail. I.ANMtHlAM. The following di-patcho-', for.o'ine r non unknown, never reached Columbus. We clip them from the Savannah Re publican : , Richmond, May 27. —Northern papers of the 27th nave been rocoivod. They contain full and exulting accounts of al leged victories nt Baker'a Creek ami Big Block Bridge, and claim to have captured several thousand prisoners in tho two battle^. The Herald fays tbo President Iibh re ceived dotaiL from Grunt, allowing that ho had fought live battles and caplurod *hcty-('our guiui and twenty-tour hundred prisunors. On the Bffh thoro was heavy fighting at Vicksburg. Sherman lost five hundred men. Gun. Steele hold* tho rebel water batteries. On tho 20th Gen. Kluelo car ried the rifle pits north of tho city. The ,right of the Federal army re?ls on the Mii)Hici*ip|d above Vick-burg. A petition ir in circulation in Ohio de manding ol the Urukiduiil the uncondi tional relea-.o uf N allmidighgui. Tho r'avy department has rocoivod in formation that Farragut wn« aclivoly bombarding Port Hudson. The new* from Mexico state* that the siege »>i' Puebla has boon suspended by the French until tho arrival of reinforce- monts. Tlie ol’ V’lvk»l>urg. From thv Kichiuood Bo'juirer. The following dispatches from General Poiuberton, tho communder at Vicks burg, were sent to Jackson, Minsbrippl, and from tlieuco telegit(d)cd to Pre.si- dont Davis: Vjckdpur*), May 20.—'Tho enemy hi- usuMed our entrcnchiiionts yosterday on our centre and left. They wore repulsed with heavy Josr. Our lom is biuhIL The enemy's furco is at lea.il sixty thousand. Vn EhPVBO, May 21.—Tbo enemy kept up a heavy artilloiy 11 re yesterday. Two of our guns were dismounted in the cen tre; our works, however, were uninjured. Tbuir sharp-shooter* picked off officers and men all day. Our works were re paired and our guns replaced last night. Our men are encouraged by a report that General Johnston is near with a largo army, and am in good spirits. May 21, 2 P. M. Wo have had brisk artillery and musketry firing to-day; also heavy mortar tiring from gunboali. H o'clock P. M.- During the past two day* transport-i have gone up tike river. Their damnation is unknown. ciini.-tnnco- attending tin* affair iirclhcse : Clifton xvii-1 uii-idcrcd n dangcrou-i man ("i- Ihi" latitude, and had boon threatened with piiui-hmcn' for uttering sentiments unbecoming n Southern man, and h«* ha- been hilling out fin >"inc time, (in tho night above locnLiom'J 1 A. Orr, learning that Clifton xva at home, in company with .-ix or tight of hi Heighten-, went to the hou-c of Clifton for tlo- tmrposo of arresting him. A - <>rr entered ibehou^c, Po-Mble.- A private letter lYom Sj-nrla. Tenn., containing a dispatch from Gen. Morgan, datod Montlcollo, Ky., May 12, 8 A. M., in which he says : "I have met the enemy 10,000 strong—- Hie cavalry under Wonliord, tho infantry under Gun. Curter and have ropulsed them with heavy loss. 'J’liey reliealod aertyts the Curnboiluiui, leaving their baggage, camp equipage. Ac., in my hatidt. 1'hey lost drowned while crossing tho river, 1 am on llio field burying dead Yankees. My toes is light, considering two days’ engagement.’’ Coi ntkiu kit “Gukknuacks.” It is a lact notorious and undipguLud, that tho Yankee Goxerniio-Ht ha winked at the spurious . sue.-* "f Confederalc money put forth at the North aud circulated iu tho South, Becoming adepts in the art of euunturfwiling. and finding it more profit able, the counterfeiters lmve turned their attention to the Yankee “gfuunlmcks,” ami have produced a dungcious imita tion of theni. Hotnc uf tln'r, bogus money was found on the person* of the Yankee prisoner* taken at Chancellonvillo, uud vio are glad to learn that certain specu lators in the trash, who bought it up with a view to tho premium, huvn boon dune for considerable sums.— South Caroli- Tbe Huntsville Advocate says the trial of .lames Hickman, under un indictment for treason, is now in progress in the Confederate Court. C. C. Sheet*, ot Wiufttou eautity, a momhor of the ter,t Legislature, has boon indicted by the '.be Con I ud el at* and h&i The Richmond paper* state that Mr. Cridlund goe« from there to Mobile, at the request of Lord Lypns, to look after Brit-ib in to rest a in that quarter, iu au un official xvay. >!• goes without coin mi*. »iou from the (^ueen or exoquater from Washingtou. holm, has boon launched on tho Tear. Hhe in the largest Iron v cl over built there, length 2iH foot 1» inchos. toiinago 1,(168 37114, old inensiii-c*iient. ifer build er* have orders on baud from Liverpool for e.OOU ton* shipping. nothing worth living for.” the women of the Confede- rn. v will give these words of tlio now la mented hero a place in thoir hearts. Let them not be impatient oven about their friends in the army coming on vinlfs b"iu*. Let them encourago and cheer them in staying at thoir posts whonover and f. long as mar be nocessary. But, whether thoro may have been touch occasion for such a suggestion to them or not, the words which Jackson .-poke in connection with it, are word’ alike noble and soiomn, to which every man, m well as every woman, in tho Confederate StatoH ought to listen. Let our soldiers inscribo them on their ban net-. Let owv citizens nt homo koop them before their eyes. Let those who are mnd in the pursuit of gain, amid the sufferings of thoir country, aid thoir follow-citizens, and give oar to tho tones of warning which theso words convex-. The Indiana Democratic Convention met at Indianapolis on the 20th of May. Seventy-live thousand persons xvero pres ent. Regiiuonts of infantry and batter!os ot artillery oncirolod tho placoof meeting. Nobody was allowed to enter tho circlo without a special permit. Voorhics, the rrosidant, made the boldest speech that has yot boon ilcliverwd. Rosolullons word adopted to the effect that all power is inherent In tho peoplo, and that tho military power is strictly subordinate to tho civil constitution.—- "hoy enacted that Congress can nuiko no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of assemblies to discuss the nets of public servants. The vlny had arrived when public serv ants, sotting themselves nbovo their em ployers, would hnvo two wars on their handg—ono on the rebels oriel tho otlior on tho constitution. Tho Indiana Democracy will stand firmly by Vnllundigham in his defence of the sacred fights of conrtUntionnl freedom. Dentil Blow- tu Speculator*. "We soo it stated, that nt a large meet ing of tho citizens of Jctforson county, held al Louisvillo on the 12th in«t., the following scale of prices was adopted, which we think, if adopted in every coun ty, would soon have n tendency to put down tho spirit of speculation and extor tion that now prevails among ns tu such nn alarming extent. But lo tho prices . Bacon, fin cents per pound. Corn, J>1 oO per bushel. AY boat, $3 0U per bushel. Flour, $H Oft per 10ft, Oats, SI (HI per bushel. o«ts in sheaf, $2 00 per 100. Rye, iWper bushel. Wool, 5*2 (K» per pound. Leather, SI oft pop pound. Sugar 1 anu syrup, S2 Oft per gallon. Chum esug.irt ano syrup, SI oft per gal. Fen-. >1 oft per busliol. We think the above would bo living prices in theso wartimes. What say you follow citizens.—Fort'/ih Jotn'iial. Ism iihik Him kamk on the Roll of Honor. \Vo nndorstund tliat Richard I. Smith, E*>q., o| this county, ha* never Mild Flour. Corn and Bacon higher than the pi ice • iho-e thing* commanded before the xvar He -tells Flour at $5 a barrel, coryatti.. same, and bacon nt, tho old price. (> lor a few more such men in the Southern Confodovary ! It is pleasant, new and then, to find a name deserving a place mi tlio roll of honor ; the in- fitanei's, however, aro few and far between. At least M'vi'ii-tenthf of the men x\ |»o ought to be willing to “divide the hut pea in tho dish," seem to care nothing for Country, hut leaving it to the enro and protection of others, they are scuffling to make fortunes; and hog-like, the more they get tlie more they want.— Milton Chronicle. A KoL'um DtAMO.vi).— 1 The following paragraph, which wo dip from a late Yankee 1 aper, present* a very "rough diamond On yesterday, n large, red-facod wo- mar, with u porter's load of expensive finery upon her person, entered the larg ed jewelry rime in New York, and in quiring for diamonds, n magnificent ns- Mirtiiioiit of rings, hroehes, ear rings, uccUlucc'i, Ac., were spteuxl Imtoro h«v. From these she seloctml three llioufttud five hundred dollar* worth, which him i vqiie-ded might hesontto her house with the bill. Tbo dork would find her hus band at lioiuo, die hiiid, and bo xvould Pay for them. A nan" and a card xvero handed to her. and she was requested to xvrite her address film hesitated, her broad tiu-e. turned from red to crimson, and finally, in great eonfusion, him made Imr mark \i\ big cross) on tho card, and tossing il tu the salesman, -aid—“Thar I 1 linin’l time to write, Iml 1 gnoss lie'll know that.” Tlm illiterate queen of dia monds was it Government contractor's wile. (.'onfepv.u.xtk Dihtuut CornT—Sr.- qpr.srKAT ion Cask.—Iii the case of tlio Confederate States vs. George Hall, tlie ('"iirl has been occupied nearly two weeks. *1 terdny morning Judge Harden deliv er.-I •, K-ngthy and able charge, alter wli. h tlm jury retired. Early in the ex ••niug they icported to the Court that thex* xvero tmaldc to agroo upon a verdict, nnJ "''»•>• di ’charged. A large amount of property wn* involvod in tho case.— Tin* ('onfedorato Stall'’ wore rojirosented by Judge John C. Nicoll and William Doughort.y, lC*q. t and the defeminut by Judge Law aud Messrs. Lloyd A Lovell. So ik AVnc#, 2Ikf. Advertiser and Register, Bpeaking of the ’iicl; ui that city by tho Yankees, says ions or dry good.’ in tho hands of dealers. Tho immense stocks found in llio collars, gin rut*, bedrooms ami other places was Mirprislng. Thoro was a plenty for nil. Flour was said to be hero in the greatest abundance. All was taken, givon away and destroyed. Tlio Federal* burled any number of curses at tlio "speculators,tho “d—d Dutch" and "d —d Jews," aud wore very particular that thoir feelings in thin ro- sped should bo known. The New York I .ruder*. Tho Herald makes a woll ilirocted shut at the prominent leaders among llio sym pathizers with Vullandiglinm. Thut pa per nays: “None ol the recognized lead- ci h of tho Democracy took an active part in these proceedings. They nil had their convenient excuse* for looping in tho back-ground. They lacked tlio moral courage to face the music. They pul forward the lesser lights and the moro reckless orators of the party.” This Is very true. Tho loaders did rouiuiu on the shady side of tlm tree. However, some «>f them wrote loiters; but they took care to couple with their reprobation of the proceedings in the Vulbmdighain case allusions to their zeal against the Southern rebellion. They had HI) eye tu tho imu’0 and kept u hand raised to avoid it. They do not mean to go fur enough Id got that about their nocks if they can help it. If Lincoln is firm, we shall see what stuff they aro mado of.—Hie hut. Di'•patch. ^ Tho following appointments have been made of State Colic xors of the WarTax: Arhantas -Martin N Conway. Florida—E K Blackburn. i Jc irgia— K G CabauUn. Mi.^i.ssippi— (J F Nell. South Carol ion—Jos Daniel Rope, Tennemre—l) N Kennedy. 5T-Geo J Durham. I '1 rgitiiu—Thus C Green. For Alabama, North Cirolina and Louismna no appointinenU luiv* yet been announced. Alcohol from China UcnitiEa.— Messrs. Beuftsu A ilinos, of this piueo, are now manufacturing alcohol from china berrie*. They lmve suoceoded in making it ninety per < «nt. proof. It has been tested, and pronounced on excel lent article for mechanical purpo*e» The enterprise deserve* encouragement.— Athens banner. Wo hear it rumorfid that General A. 1*. Hill and General EwolS have been ap pointed Lieutenant Generals. We hope there may be truth in the report, fowling confident that such promotion* would bn mint grateful to the whole country.— Richvn/nd Jfxaminer. 1 notations for COMMERCIAL. Cor.niiius, Jun 0 I. COTTON*.—TU« market L perhaps HtitVcr. but wis can baldly quote nn udvance In prices. For MldAUnc cotton .ib«Mecnt s paid, and holders centcud for *11 adxanve, tVe contiimc our iu,*t »rc Provision* arid Pr diu-c: J‘ bftl'It life drclitioii lo $■***.• ■ i 1 CORN iw>ellinx ;ii j..m r,-. wagons. Mh'Ab JJG./-0 from ilia city mill*- »2.2.>. 2.4i). FORK—tV lioto hog "<H‘. pot- it.. (Vein xvn»ens. BACON KOflSMo. per lb.-a decline, LAIll) ».'*W». BKt;F. from aayen*. ft’,-;, fiv. FI .VS - »j.7 • Imm xrngous. SYIH'F .-7 j .. aalteu. RK'L dor lined 1. ’ 14c. per Mi. fiy tho tierce. di rirn h.- i. u P orib. The Tunth Georgia Regiment, which went hi to the. huUlu of Fredericksburg with a lorco of two hundred and thirty men, captured moro than double them number or prisoners and guns. Its loss " ,|lh twenty-four killed, and ninety-four wounded, and live miming. Dr.stuvc.TiON■ «v Property ox Bull Island.—A scouting party from ono of our commands near Bluffitm, visited Bull Island last week. '1 hoy report that every JioiMo on tho island has botn burnt; oven the Tcnclng lias boon torn down, mado into heaps, and consumed. Tho property was owned by Col. E. A. Sea- brook and^ small portion by Air. Day- navd, and xvrs originally one of tlio most magnificent estates in our lido wafer sec tion.—.S«i\ AYe-.v. *» The quite nn.t imvi u»r n any or two—high winds from the northeast and almost continued -b.-wci v Wo hope it Inis not reached the harvesting section.— Sav. Hep. 2bth. Tuk MKMi'niH A cpe xl.—-Tho Appoal akodaddlod trout Jncknon w lew hours be fore tho Yankees camo in. Yorily that office appears to bo on ahuh, ready to elide at a momout’s nollco, imving provi- mmly fled from Memphis and from Gre nada in similar emergencies. A tin nta (hnfrdcmrif. There is in Lynchburg, Yh. , on tho pro mises ol F. B. Deane, Esq., a willow grown from a slip that was brought ft'oin tho tomb of Napoleon, at St. Helena, and from this willow Mrs. Deane mudo x wreath and ndornod it with flower* to lay on tlio bier <>C the lamented Jaulw'ux when borno through that city. Arrival of Prisonkrs.—Some two or three hundred prisonert* arrived bore last night on tho cars. They worn taken at Raymond by tho 20th Mississippi Regiment, ns has been previously repor ted. Thoro is nothing now from above, but the indications are that in a fow days the story will bo f old aud tlio question decided ns to who will hold theAUssLsip- Geuornl Johnston Is all right and will soon bo hoard from,—Mobil* Tribune, 27. MA11RIF.D, At Enon, Ala., oil tlia l!Ub in*t., bj Rrv. A. J. RatUu. Mr. John M. LTskaw to Ki:- rii/t.i Moore. A miMnko harinir occurred a.* to «mio of ihn riauies in our'foriuer i>ulilication uf Huh niur- riugc, xvc ie-i>ul)lish it correctly. Tluinks for tho \<xy oxcrilout wsthUat x-ake sent us, SCHEDULE OF PRICES. r \'HEsubscrihcrs.-uppointeil by the Planters* iMcvtin« hi a Ceatral L’ninmittea to appeal ir Army with He ad liberal prices. to mil- pluntor* to farni«h eoi"<ur.v I’luvinioiH uf fair rei'otuaiend the lollowin* our fiatrlnlic liieml* willalri* nlir H<-x i-rnnient Atfunt-iu pK-teren.-c ..\rr thn*e liuyin* for bushel ; rpeciiJatioi 1 al .V-’.ftft do. ^ (In. u. .~-2."ft a hundred ; "2 lift :i luuidred ; . .^houldci 7o cents; Hill-.• Sn>v.H. Hoc. - U. Al. IHJNRY. l.l»\V.T.SllKVHF.Itr». Jt)ll N II. inj’/.l Ut. _ White Sulphur Springs. cju’-tjvo /•: r> fit ct/'jt //: t ojt s. 1 M1E above num. I popular retreat hu) bonorae, by recent purclia***, . hr pmperlx- of Measr*. MHJuiurb. M in •• A N’.aiici'. in aiiniMinrinff to the pubhr our retiremei.t from the tuiiliuge- llieiit ol the * •tiilili-Jiioenr, ilm iimlei.-igneil take areat plea ore m iiilrn.tueing to their 1111- tueroiM friend*and patuuo, the geiitleiininly loin that ntw .i-nme-th- .«.»»>,.1 lv thoehv ol Coluinbiir, ttheru they an- ho widely mid t»- it nu conunendatian of (l.vr- __May SI, 1SK3. Uai 1 Iho many portion* Ol the Confederacy, '* uomuiend the new pi*>i>i •onipetent uud de.n-i > mg tli« 'onld enrdially —- —- — liberal pub- uuHuiiporl. Thu vine noxv imikin* all neerv*. nary improveiiieiil , and will he prepared in good time to entertain in liberal stylo, n large MffijiiffiBuitnai ‘onroune of viritoi-*. I,r tlio inaiuigenie lay 2d, isat—lm Huliihur. It. T. MARKS AHftN. WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MKBIWBTHEH CO.. (JA. W R have purchiDcd ami will open the above cfltnblidiment on the I l of June, for the eutcrtiiimneni of vi.«itoi.-. Of the j>/«■ uuneooMHi v lot y tliat » anything. Of < anffieient giinr.uity tl.n« ikm depurtmont Jf woll HOI V I'd. - Hacks xvlll run to the Springs from Lit cc. and coni'eyunce* hither euft ho ob it at niic time n. ('of 11 III bur. U. b. MctJOUUlI. M.M. NANCE. Til')S K. WYNNE. ••“The Mobile Ilcgieli-r. Montgomery Ad vertiser. Atlanta Confederacy, Clmrlr*t'>n Four • BEEF! BEEF!!BEEF!!! .. uud continue for tin- lial.i . return many thunks to rny • Id cn-fomers, and hope to ulinro thoir patmnnge tor the (11- turo, ainteis many new one .1- may call. My a* low it* tho Mate of tho * oantry iwth-west corner of prices w ill lx> _ will allow. Mylneationi uf Broad and (’rawfurd .*• 1KLIX McABIILE. WOOL WANTED. THE EAGLE MANUFACTURING CO., COLUMBUS, O A., H AVINtl Iurge conirin I - xv i t li the t’niifcdo- rutr Uoveriwnciit for thv luunufneturo of Woolen Good*, "r'uksi: A.Sidr nppoinled .ixc They ure prepared when ' inien upon vo nunvr me authority upon whluh they act. A* the goods vro manufiieture aru for thcOov- crninent and Huldiera nxelusively it in hoped that penmi* having WOOL, WILL SELL di rectly to our agent*, rather Shun toother par- tie* for a peculation. May lit, 1 S'5-1. - inn I Aw Notice Your Cotton! A CC0KI)IN<» loan Actoftho Legislature of JY liuorgm, it is tlio nuty of nil Ware-house into to render 11 • -heduloof all Cotton* In store. Therefore non-rosidoots xvlll ploarn deposit with the Tax Colle-tor. o* 1 me other per-on, tho mouoy to 1 uv said cottony, tor the v them >n 1)10 Wftic-huuso YOi'Nii II.(illESHAM. r Ordixasv, lit FJoroUi e. IJe.n * May Lift, lS>Vt--dl.» MUHCOiiEE col »/.!*, Term, 1S0.I. Willis 1 A. Bn, of Pelei T. Buydeera’i'd, having di*mi**ion ftooifiiid ndin initiation Il iaordern- .that all pcnon» conccriied show ( (il uny lh»y have'' why said aduiiniHtratoi- r lioufil not ho disuilMed ut dm Court of Oi hoJdi'ii in and tor *uid ooiinly wHr« • in tlm milium of said JNu. JuRNSUN. LAND FOR SALE. with *evx>n room*. niu h • othfti improvement* 1 " May lTf. J l'ttV.-dSuxv: I land, ritiinted K> MI leading to Th« i^jproXl'- Confederate 8tateB Depository, COLl. MUrH. 1J A.. A rati, Zlo. l!kJ, I 0LI)KBS *f Coiitr'lerate Note*, dated pri or to April fit li, I HU, <-411 fund them ill en per cent, iloiid* until llio l.*t day of All- red m already funded W ll YOf'Nx). Bapoixiary at Columba*. MUhCOGKK .SUFKIUOR C’OL RT, ) May Term, 1808. { nssu Ufm$L8lg J3H? PASn '1 hcUrixnd Jury are pleased to find that under vxnoixis Ftate of affair, of our detracted ' ( 1 our country iu a heC >1 f>e nxxtfliMi>d. mid.. i iu uni tiinecr. Wo hat rcr’s bonk*. Tiie Or.Uu.j,, „ „„ UM >uuuvi aally kept. xV e find he has receiml for edu- U.0..UI r>rp /; .. ii i-i, and hat paid out to L a .f,i . ' A ,• ■'•"'ing k holanco ou l,n ted •- t* 11 Jill, , i.,1 1 1 find 1 omul them to levy 11 small tax 1,.1 Hint | llio ir ey surer'.- be...... ...... kept, mid voucher*ail preanntrd to it-, for exaux xnxxtxon. \\ e find h $D.«E» I'. We find l books fairly kept. \\ ,• 1 lor Court to lei'y n tax lit of yohliein' tamiRe*. '1 e find the bonk’ .•! the t’lcrk of tlm Supe ■ rior Court and iax folte t.n- uenily aud el« Rtintly kept; and tho Tax Cnlleeior’* books tinned ox-er to and rorcivod by tlm Inferior Court, nnd an order pu«aed sppropiintlng the amount loeoivcd, a.i follow* : For County purpone* $20,000 ft) ILij 00 r Jx'duCAtia 1 hi* linnd* 1 >f the County’s ixonend tho fnfe- r Iho bene • For Muscogee A.-yhim i.000 00 l or Aid of SoMioc' FamtllM . ;;i,‘J7U fin Making in all i-'i'.yj;' fill Vi c have »l*» examined the nublio buildings, and have cnrefttily examined the Jail, nnd find It m good order, with tho fotloxving exeeptihns, loxvit: one glass in the sk>-light broken, two or thron leaks In the roof, one rixeai of the mov ing loose. xrliUili may by a high wind cause 11 portion ol tho roof to ho blown till; aUu, the windows xv it limit blinds—an addition, xxre think. docnjiHUy nocesfary to tho preservation o> the building. 0 find tho.ini' perfectly secure, nnd arc sattsued that no prioouei- enn escape from its .walls, except through negligence of the jailor. M e find tho eourt-hou' C also in goml condition, with tho following aaoopUnns, to xx it: ono or txro leak* in tho mot several plan * where tho phvterini: has hecu rexnm ed by leaks to blind* aud window*, which ought lo bw put on hi once to nave the breaking of the glm=* window- These return- wo consider c*<xcntltxt to the pruservfltion ol thu building, and beg that the Ilouornblxv tho Inferior Court pay early attention to this mailer. W C regrot tlm ne.-o-Uty of having lo call tho attention of the interior Court to *»nie uppu- ront neglect in kcopihg the public highways^ and especially the bridges, in payable condi' tion. Inn dereliction of dtitv. xxe trust, i- uuicentlble of oaplamulon.- not ki.-uvu to u*. and that these inaouveuicner» t>. the travelling public, will bv remedied hv that . ,rt when the supposed obstacle* arc remove,I. The bridge alluded to aro those kxn>uu 1'vggy llewu'ix bridge on tlio Lputoic; one on Bull crock nr Areretts, uud onu acrosa HaudoU's creek uu •he 41 express mad. At iho two Hi-t desig nated idaecs there are nd bridges at nil, the old ones having been wn hod nivay more than 11 year ago. The lutter L in such a dilapidated condition a.* to ho lulpaKSiblaaltogether. Aero-* all theso crocks fords are at present bring used, hut nt high water, and especially during tho winter nnd spring months, the highxvnys tead- ms to these crossing* cannot be used at nil.— xx o notico, also. 11 xvush Seiuxs tho old Express mad beyond Hull crock nxxd near Tun Mark ham s, ot *omn 3()ntld faot width, uml 10 or 12 dcxip, uci'osh which u HuhnuxuUal bridge should hobuilt 111 place ot a temporary ono now in 11*0. xi 0 have nn means of knowing Ihc condition or tho bridges on other roads, but judging from those above alluded to, it i* not ittiprobnble but that they may require SOtuo attention. Wo notion the planking on tlnx bridge at the foot of xYyiiii n hill, on tho road to Wyunton, as being pd will soon lie iiise, ure. il the nroniptne-1 xvith which he ha* adintr.- istvr 'dtkc law on all hxudx occasions n* lmv« been brought befoie us; nnd to tho Solieltor tlonvrnL .ivo. A. I’i nmur, xx« offer our be-t thank i tor the piomptnc- xrifh which ho ha* arraigned "floinlci - i .i.in-i the laws. 1 his polite aitonimii mid , this l»o*lj 1 courtesy The J nr: ...... . puldi died in |hc Kmc these proceedings I died in the Kn-iuirer. WILLIAM 1*. l'l KNldl. Fireman, TILI. A.:-"I., ll. 'll, H.1 1 I , liiliknnr Anhxji xx* v.*i»ia. n * fl. Ruitnov, da)' ot May, hint., tho folbixvl.ig pronmiile and resolutions were unnnimnnsly adopted, in con sideration of tho death of Private At ipi.su* II. Hu'i\ Into of CIxattnhoochxMx county, and .1 luonjher of «niJ corps. ' 1 been called upon to wisJon bow tuba Father. Whilst nc do tlxin. \vc trnat, throUKh pmpci motixej. wc cannot itiiguine our sorrow ter our lo-’. tlimiKh it be his cterunl pain, the peculiar cireunistances connected with hlu death bclnR the captive nf a cruel enemy, ah- seni from his comrade* and friends, in un ene my’s Lind— vender Uc keenly ^motive t.f tho wrong* inflicted^ by ^u^coirtiidly ^ enemy upon Therefore?!)# u? Itetoicfil, That in the death of our lato ooin- tado. .Madison il. Hgpp, xre but e last one nf tb« brightest omatnent# ol our <'orp\ and the army ix of its best soldiers. husband, published in tliei'olunili exemplary and affectionate ( P fond and noble futhar. qlwrf. Thai a copy of fheno rreutixiions bo llttx family nf the de ment. T. P. mi.. Scig't .1. T» JouMhon', I’rix ate ft. I*- ftonnx. (liMwiNss. » copy and forward aceoi n f . to us. Uir'l\„ HV MFdl OltlAIU. Mrs Mxnv.ImiM Herr, wife of Jnme* It. I11D, ol Cutset a. ft.. . 1- n" more. The euithly . «>u*oot nor tabernacle is di-mlvod her abode' i* in thut houeu ‘‘not made with hands, eternal in the llcaven*.’’ For her the sudden sninnion* had no terror* : nil had been woll In the she had no fear* for the future. For tlxirtv voar* itio meekly trod the path ot life, and ever wu* it ns a " shining light growing brighter and brighter unto the perfect day." She wo* u worthy member of the Molhndut Episcopal Church, and as plain, practical piety—unruixod xritli the orient nt tea nf the l*Uarl»co or tin* bigotry of the fanatic—had been tho "ruling pra.iion" of her life, *0, with tho glorious tri umi.h that it brought, was it “stronglii death ” In her last hours, xvith delight did »ho c.utem- 1 dote th« bright prospect, that ihrongh tho ey« <>l faith was laid open to her vision, and ten derly did aka beseech those bound to bar by tin* dourest ties of earth to meet liar la uti eternal "The Sun is blit a spark of lire. \ trunsierir meteor 111 llio wk>. Her soul, immortal as it* rfirc. Shall never die J" **r The Son xvlll ploHec copy. immi DCP\RTH£.\T. .MILLKDOEYfLLE, Mat 27tli, 11H.1. Ip x. R. Fosti-b. Q. M.U.i S LR: A rcmlutiwn of tho General Asscuiblv pa«<cd at il* lata sevion to procure and dintriln.la ifpi - Jio In- -- ot the respective Oountxes of this Stuto, lor 1 Iiq use ol tlm needy soldiers’ faun lies, in place of part of Um lummy appruptiatxat for their relict, and makes it the duty ol tlm inferior Courts of the respective counties to report to mo by tlio 16th of June next, tho nimn - tlty needed in each county. Notice of the pas sage ni tbi.’ resoluti'ii xva.* at.once mailed to ilia Juste « ■ nt ilm In!, rior Cmirt* of all tho counties in theRUitc. sml you were instructed a.s Quartermaster-'ioncrul to do all in your power to procure tlio Yarn from tho factories upon the bust term* possible. I have received your jei.ort detailing your acting* ip tho prmui «es. and feel limy duty to soy that (lie prompt ness aud energy which you have, displayed, meet my cordial approval, and entitle you lo coniimmdation. Tho liberality shown ny ilm Aliiuufariurie* of tho Stafo iu rcHimuso to yunr call, entitle* ihoiu also to the thunks ot our people, for agreeing to furnish ilie thread ai six dollars per bunch. The holnlcs* fuiniiioa of our brave. self-.*ocrtflcihg «oldiers, must not only be fed, but they niiigt have clothe* at tho txpmise ot tho Ktuto, when ncoesiily require*. time, bo furnished ferior Courts of- the different Counties, in Iho order In which they are returned Vx this office. and you will supply them in tlio ordor in which they report—giving to diligeiicu iu proper re ward. So sflou 05,you havo received notico from this office, at the quantity of Yarn re- 'luircl by a county, you wilt write to 1I10 Jmdi- ••*s of the Inferior Court, informing theni jhixr —> ‘ 1 v ding to ym a proper tomi, authorUlng you lo receive and receipt for and apply in payment, sin-* part of the iunn due tho >• .uuty for the i-rtiol' of iudi- irent soldici*’ families, as may be necessary to pay for thu Yuru. Upon the iwript of tho power of attorney, you xvlll ncnd the thread in Midi xvuy ixh the Justices tuny direct t and you will at once notify John B. Ciiiuptedl •''•"«**•- oiat Soeretary of thc Kxcciilivo Dap tho amount for »iven, that tic — our dralt. Amio.xwl is a copy of tho resolu tions referred to. Joseph e. nnoTVN. Uuiilic. ol tho £nldici.< < 1 this Stale, fopur- chn*e*pun yarns from the dxffeient tii'-ioiieaht' the State, to be turned over to the Inferior Courts, to lm distributed hy them t<> *ux;h futni- liesof so|dicrs an aro destitute ul tlm nu-tin* of •upplyinf theiuiielve* or their fatnilie* with If •••nt,>rd, further That the Inferior Courts l>a required to notify liis Excellency tho Governor by the lfith day of Juno next, thu amount ne- eftsaary for this puri>o*e; and that theaumnnt of money so used shall he deducted from It© proportmiiftte share of lh« money to xthlch thu eountic* *ro entitled. Itetolved, further, That this General A***m - l.ly rcspenliill) 1 ,u 1 Hi- fftotofil ol tM Ar-eulvd lo, ti.lh At'lil, lSd3.--U WANTED, Iffvo or tlirow pood Cooks; txro Chamber 1 Maid*, and fifteen Dining-room 8*rvtints. None but reliubU servant* will he employed: W“'' Mcflotrou, xaxcs a eo, iic*t wage May 2-