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journal £ 'pltsstngtt. J KNOWuES and S. HOS6I, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS. CIRCULAR. an appeal IN BEHALF OF THE “ BARTOW HOSPITAL.” i.urlv iu November last, the Faculty of OgletLotpt . ViAical College, o! Havanuab, made a tender of then , fvi.\ Halls to the Ladies Soldiers’ Aid Society o', that city, for Hospital purposes, and accompanied the same with an offer of their own Professional services, gratuitously, in behalf of the sick soldiers of Georgia, -hr*n collecting in defence of the Seaboard. This ten tier being declined by the Indies as an Association. Madame 'f.'izter, one of tbc Vice Presidents, accepted ;!.<• trust on her own responsibility, au<i with the assist. ■ once r»f a few Ladies and Gentlemen, prepared the Col 1 are building for the reception of patients and anooun ee<i its doors open for that purpose. Immediately the vTf.rda of the Hospital were filled, and more applicants we r e demanding admission than the Lady Manager heJ beeD able to make provision tor. For several weeks, however, she labored with indomitable patience uad perseverance in behalf of her countrymen who were thus thrown on her care and gentle ministradons, almost alone in this work of benevolence, until her ob ■«ct was Accomplished—that of providing a Horn*, for ;he sick soldiers of Georgia, who might need the eon. forts and attention Hot to be found m military < imps. At this juncture, a number of liberal hearted gen tlemen of tsavaunuh, appreciating the services of M » dame C came to her assistance, by the formation of the Bartow Hospital Association, which was ergo- .u! lyth, bv the election of the following ofEcer*: Presi dent. S GOODALL, Esq., Bay street, Havaunr.h. <j \V O VvT Esq, Bay Str- •i. Savannah. L. i> SCRANTON, “ *“ “ A'. CLARK. “ “ G. PATTKN, L F W. ANDREWS, M. I*. Macon. Secretary. W. F PARKER, Esq., SO7 BftV-st., Savannah. Treasurer. h. C. WADE, Esq., Bay Street, Savannah. Steward. Dr. A. WILCOX, St. J alien st., Savannah. Managers. Col. F. W. BUKKR, Bryan Stre t, Savatu.ifi. A. A. ECHOLS, Montgomery “ •I. T. COLLINS, St. Julien J. T. WELLS, Barnard “ Resident Surge C HEMMING, M. D., Hospital. J.ndy Manager. Madame M. C. CAZIEU, Hospital ilea-ml Agents. L. F. W. ANDREWS, M. D., Macon. Rev. S. M. SMITH, Forsyth. From that period to the present, the Hospital has been in successful operation, the number of its inmates averaging something over 100, daily, the total number received, treated and discharged, being nearly 1,000. With some slight changes in the Medical Superintend* noce, the organization remains the same, Dr. Hugh Blair, ati eminent Practitioner, being the resident Sur geon, in lieu of Dr. Hemming, who retired on account of ill health. The Board of Managers acknowledge the receipt of ibout $2,000 from tbc “Georgia Relief and Hospital Association” to this date, in aid ot the Institution, but ds chief weans of support, in the past, as well ns its prosperity for the future, depend noon the contribu tions made by the public at large. Without the contin uance of these streams of benevolence, this first of < rporgia Hospitals will be shorn of its power to do good, and much suffering among the brave defenders of our coast will fail of mitigation and relief. To show the peculiar claims of the Bartow Hospital on the liberality of the people, the following testimo iiials, which have been publicly tendered to Madame Cazicr, are respectfully submitted to the reader's con sideration. And if other evidence were wanting to .iv<> ts- lady’s eminent qualifications for the position r* — •* ? - found in Li.c y rat,it tide of hun- Imve been showered upon her head by their relatives and friends from all parts of the State. Ai this day the name of Madame Cazier is a household word in’ n anv families in Georgia, and will so remain, till the * blebs of human memory ahull be defaced by the chis eling of Time. With the devotion end moral courage of a FI \ighl!»gah. she has given herself up to the cause of the sick and suffering soldier, not for a day or for a week, but for the war, and all the boon she asks of her sisterhood of Georgia is tlmt they will come promptly to her aid in the noble work in which i ahe is engaged. TESTIMONIALS. Savannah, Jon. 14,18C2. Mh, *S. OoonALL, President of the Bartoir Hospital: I cnimot suiter the present opportunity to pass with out giving' an expression of my feelings in favor of the noble institution of which you are the President, asso- Mated vith others, whose hearts and sympathies are united in a cause so glorious and magnanimous. On yesterday it was my good fortune to be admitted with in its walls, and through the kindness of its medical officers, visited and examined closely every depart ment ; and while all the tender feelings of the heart .v real rnsed in looking upon the afflicted soldier, sepa ir.trd from home, wife, children and friends, suffering 'or the cause of our common country, yet, a holy calm ntnc over it all, in the reflection, that hero lie- had ound a rioasant retreat, where his • vered bro w could ■ ccoole t by the hand of r efection, and Ms desmmdency illuminated by kind hearts and cheerful smiles. Too much cannot be sai l in favor of die kind lady at whose suggestion this noble institution was gotten >*. Modesty would, perhaps, suggest th: propriety of withholding 1 r no mo, hut justice demands that *i'ie ;auio of Mad. M. C. Cazier, should be enrolled upon ’he archives of the country', ib;» futuie itisimiuns may •record this act of her life, is well ;:a the indefatigable xc-rtior.s she is constantl y making in behalf ol the sick eoldi r who are under h r charge, ia connection with he medical staff, who have consecrated their time and talents, without fee or reward, to he satno noble and g Alike cause, and I think 1 am not saying too much, when i sav that the impress of Deity is upon it, and eternity aione can develope the heaven-born results. In conclusion, gentlemen, I would say, God bless the “ hi; ow Hospital;’ it is one of the nest and purest • .mun ents that could have been erected it it mor of ■ > ot Georgia’s noblest sons, who fell a martyr in his country's cam e r.t the battle of Manassas. A menu* ■urn ■ : marble would, perhaps, attract the eye of the dug -tranger, who, in the hurry of the moment, > igbt read the name of “ Bartow,” but this monument ,a erected in every sick soldier’s heart, and wiil lie « allied w ith him in his bosom, and lie will delight to ■ back to the institution as one ot ihe green spots in the history of his life. Ue will tell it to his children, and they to theirs, and thus, the name of “ Bartow” will he handed down to the latest generation. JAMES W. PRICE, Surgeon Cowart’s Regiment. Cani* Bartow, Near Savannah, Ga., Dec. 21st, 1861. Ihl'Bor Bally Morning A tips: ’ Armit me, through your journal, to express the iincete thanks of the W right Legion to the ladies of vour city who have so kindly ministered to their sick while under their care at !he Bartow Hospital, and for various donations of hospital stores and delicacies. Such acts ot sympathy and hospitality will, I am sure, be remembered with heartfelt gratitude by us all, not only during the active service in which we are en ga-. .'d in behalf of the noble cause involved, but when , t *e shall again restore us to our friends and homes. O. W. LEE, Col. Couimd’g Wright Legion. Blit or Savannah Morning Xews : : lake great pleasure in stating that I have had seve ral of my men treated at Bartow Hospital, one of whom wkh try own son. 1 visited my men constantly, and eel it my duty to say 1 never saw better musing or kinder attention. No charges were ever made, either for my m n or their nurse , I offered to pay for things ’hat had to be purchased, but it was refused. Altho’ one of my men died there, 1 am convinced that it was not for want c.f medical skill or proper nursing. Every thing that could be done was doue, both by the Doctor end Madame Cazier, who is the best nurse I ever saw. 1 cordially recommend Bartow Hospital to my fellow soldiers as one of the best places provided for a sick soldier. WM. WRIGHT, Captain of the Bartow Avengers, Wright’s Legion, near Savannah. A CARD. The undersigned, officers of the Alapaha Guards, Colonel SpaldiDg’s 29th Georgia regiment, Capt. F. M. Jackson, take this method of expressing their unfeigu ed gratitude to Madame Cazier, Priucioal Lady Mana ger of Bartow Hospital, for the assiduous, patient and Yaiuuble nersoaal ministrations to our departed feilow* soldiers, L. A. Fermenter and S. E. Lastinger, mem hers of this company, during their severe and fatal illne a s in the institution For five successive davs and nights did ibis lady pay all the attentions which are usually prompted bv the lies of near relationship and home sympathies. The love of a mother to a son, or the devotion of a sister to a brother, never found a blighter exhibition than shown by Madame Cazier to our departed comrades. And though her kindly pooth ings oi the thiobb’ng temple, and her gentle whisper ings of hope to the sinking heart failed to win the sol diers back to eartblv life und duty, vet she has no less our sincere respect aud fraternal consideration for her self-sacrificing labors in belult of our friends during their last illnes* Being witnesses to the devotion o Madame C. to the welfare .*! all the patients in Baitow i Hospital, we feel justified m saying, furiber, that the sick of the Georgia soidieti*. now on ihe coast near Savannah, who may bp so fortunate as to become in mates of the institution under her care, will bless ihe day ibat removed them from the rude nursing of the camp to the tender bespitutitv of Madame C. and her associates. f. M. JACKSON, ('apt. Corn'd g Aiapaha Guards I) C. LANCASTER, ::d Lieut. From the Savannah \etos. Camp Bartow, Ppm brook, Jan. 4,1562. At a meeting of sundry officers of the \N right Legion, convened this evening wt the headquarters of rh» Joe Thompson Artillerv, Col. Augustus It. rigbi w:«- invited to the Chau, and Cap* Cornelia* It. Han leiiei to art as Secretary. The meeting having been thus organized, and its object stated ihe following resolutions, offered by G.'pf. Wm. Wright, of th< Bartow Avengers, were | u lanimoosly adopted, viz. die <‘i:;id, That the otlicers and members of the Wright Legion, having experienced Dio blessings to the sick i ; oldier at Hi t excellent institution, ihe Bar tow Hospital, o! SovfiP'.h ;. hereby return their heart felt thanks to the pHs'r i matron and managers of sr: id hn».?- : tr: it cH.oir kindne- 1 * and self-wcriticing al ter*:. j to ■- ich ot our sick as have been consigned to their care since our w>ri»al iu ihe vicinitv of this my. f, Thai ivc high! l appreciate the philanthro py of the noble-hearted prqiecvois nnd sopnottersof : i,o trri-'W Hospital, and reopt devoutly commend tin nn<‘h and <* 1!, »-> bo reward rromised to ihnse who shad c-ire for r-u-l lulmini'irr to the comfort and necoßs;. ies of ihe sick s' ranger. lieeoin:l. That e. c know ledge cur graiiiude espe cial I v to the accomplished matron of the institution, Madame Gorier, for hei assiduous and marked atten- T< i, to our sick diiring their coutiouance in the t Hos pital. F> sol red, That the Chairman of this meeting be icquestod to appoint a committee of five officers. who , - ! hrt ! ’, from vo'.untaiy contribu lions by the members nt thi*. l.egioo, pioccre a suitable habit of gray merino, (tho ooh’r pruictpnlly worn by the Legion/ appropri s’eiy trimmed woo goM ace or braid in the style ol a Cod federate Cap* ain s. ar.d t at they present the .-amt? to Madame Gazicr, as a slight- token of our apprecia tion of her unwearied attention to our sick. liceoiofAy That :i cony of these resolutions, signed bv the Chairman aud Secretary, be transmitted io toe Manogeis of the F.artow Hospital, Savannah, and Hiut iho same be published io the “Savannah News. AIicrSTES R. WRIGHT, Chairman. CoiiSKi-ii It. ll vKt.r.iTEtt, Secretary. From Id', A. G. Tragi b, *tn euAirnt Vhy \> 'ma oj So X! t/i (hi Ipi i ltd. Dr. Teague thus writes concerning Barlow and other Hospitals, under date ol ErinK( iei.n C. 11., So. Cu., Match, 20, 1 “After leaving vou at Savannah, I stopped at Foca talago, and visited the Hospital at McFhersonville, under the care of Surgeon Ilealy, with two young M. D’s. as Assistants. The Hospital, or rather Hospitals (4 or , r > houses being used) at this place, are the general hospitals for all the regiments within reach. There were about 70 patients under treatment for Typhoid Fever, Fneumonia, Mumps, Ac. None, however, very ill. These Hospitals an eery m/l lee/d, though not equal to tie Horton' in neatness and comfort. They ate deficient in one very important particular, a lady Superintendent. A casual observer vi.sitiDg the Bar tow Hospital could not fail to be impressed w-ith the inttuence exerted by the presence of Madame Cazier iu the former —not only as regards the cleanliness, neat ness and comforts of the wards and bedding, but iu the culinary department which is a very important one to the sick and convalescing.” To this may be added that Madame C. is a lady of unaffected ■d< ty, whose religious sympathies and pray ers ate freelv bestowed when any of her patients are called to pass through the dark valley and shadow of doath. She goes with such to Ihe bl ink of Jordan aud <A >kvArthoi;',AqvA)MHTr'VtF •.'iV,-*'tfti'(if tor the aid so much needed. Contributions of everv description of Hospital Stores and Provisions are ur gently and most respectfully solicited. Let all remem bet that the cause for which we plead is the cause of humanity. It is our country’s cause, because it is important to our success, that, our brave defenders should, as soon as possible, be raised from beds of sickness and returned to their posts, with arms strong enough to strike for their altars and their firesides! Women of Georgia! let us, as the Agents of Bartow Hospital, have our hearts cheered by your liberality ; and your humble servants will ever pray, Ac. * • L. F. W. ANDREWS, Macon, ) General SIDNFA M. SMITH, Forsyth, i Agents. | March 28, 18*52. I I*. S. Coninbntinna marked “Hospital Stores” and addressed to eiiher of the Agents, will be conveyed fret of cha: <je on ail the Rail Roads. Thk War in thk West.— Th » Battle of fflkharn Gen. Ban Born's Official Report. — The Fort omith, Ark., Bulletin, of the 11th, has the follow ing telegraphic report of the baLilo of Elkhorn, sent to Hen. A. S. Johnson and the War Depart ment at Richmond : Hkaoqi ar.ii'Rß Trans—Mississippi District, / March 0, 186‘J, via Hog Eye, March 10. f Foughthe enemy about twenty thousand strong, on he Vr’ and Bth, at Elk Horn, Arkansas. UaV He first day, from 10 A. M. until after dark. Loss heavy on both sides. General* McCulloch and Mein to-A , an<i Colonel llevbeti were killed. Gen. I‘dee and Slack were wounded, t.cn. Price flesh wore; sin the aim. The other severely, if not mortally. Many officer > wore killed »ml wounded, jiii us there is .-one* doubt in regard to several, 1 i' ;>not yet report iheir name-. slept on the battle fluid nrsf night, having driven ihe enemy from teeir po.-i on. rile death ol (Jens. McCulloch, Me ii. tosh and ilorbeit early in the action, threw the troops on the right under their command in confusion, ’i ho enemy took a second and stronger position, ami being without, provisions and some wl;hi disorganized, 1 determined to give battle ou ti cmh on their trouts for t ho purpose of getting oil 1 lie field without the danger of a panic, which 1 did with success, bur. wiih some losses. I am now encamped with my whole army fourteen miles west of Fayetteville, having gone entirely around the enemy. lam separated from my train, bat think it is safe on the Him Spring road to the Boston Mountains. The reason why 1 determined to give battle at once upon my arrival to assume command of the army, I will give in my report at an early day. Earl VanDorn, Major General Commanding. Conscription. —The Governor and Executive Council of South Carolina have, we learn, decided to make a radical and important change in the mode of raising troops in this State, whenever they may be needed hereafter, as long as the war shall last. On and after the ‘doth of the present mouth, all requisitions upon the State for troops will at once be tilled bit conscrij/tion, which very many persons, well informed on the subject, regard as the most effective and equitable pian. The conscrips will be mustered in for the war. Xo volunteers, for any arm of the service, will be re ceived after the 20th inst. All field and line offi cers, from the grade of Colonel down to that of Third Lieutenant, will be appointed by the Gover nor and Council. The non-commissioned officers ot each company will be appointed by the Captain, with the approval of the commanding officer of the Battalion or Regiment. These, we believe ale the main features ol the new military regula* tions, which will probably be published in a B lew days. —('harlcston Mercury. Thk Blockade. —Mr. Yancey, in his X. Orleans speech, says: Gne principle ground of miscalculation here as to the blockade, has been the idea that cotton is king. If by this is understood American cotton, st is a lunacy. American cotton certainly plays a niignty part in the commerce of the world, but it 11 ' , not absolute --wav, because the staple is raised so Bi<uouai;t]y e! ewhore. for hundreds of years uuha has raised as raueh cotton as the South now docs, ineie is probably no one thing' in the world whieu grows so universally as cotton. Europe therefore, was willing to take advantage of the cr.sis to enfranchise herself from our swav at al mc-, cost, but found the ordeal too -‘every. Jlt-eting In Monroe County. At a meeting of the citizens ot Monroe county held in Forsyth, Saturday 29th March: On motion, David Oolrtrek, F.sq , was called to the Chair, and R. W. HooaN requested to act as j Secretary On motion of Hon. E. G. Cajjam-s a committee , of eleven was appointed to prepare and report matter for the consideration of tbe meeting, The Chair appointed on that committee Messrs. E. G. Cabaniss, J. Shannon, R. G V\ H Phi naive, W. R. Murphey, (i H Ponder, B Pye, W. L. Lampkin, A D Steele, and A \lid diebrook*. The Committee retired, and upon their return, their Chairman submitted tbe following preamble and resolutions, which, alter brief addresses by F. G. CabaniiS, H. Phinazee, R. W. Hogan and * Peeples were adopted without a dissenting voice The people of Monroe county having met, ac cording to previous noticp, to'consider what action should be recommended to put a stop to specula tion in grain and provisions, submit the following preamble and resolutions, as containing the rule* by which we mutually pledge ourselves to be gov einedt lu ordinary times there should be no interfer- , once with tbe freedom o! ! r *l**, it jhs i general rule, prices should be regulan and "} ti-e law of supply and demand. But tbt-e ate not ordin ary times—we are surrounded by circumstances ol a very extraordinary nature —war is in our midst j and staiLs through the land with great strides — our ports are blockaded, and we are shut out from commerce with other nations, l arge invading ar tnie.s are in various parts of our Confederacy with the avowed object of reducing u s to subjection to their authority. Hostile fleets pvrann on. our coasts. To meet and repel the invaders, large numbers of our fellow citizens have been called to arm«, and are now in the tented field—others are s oon to follow. Two of our Bister States, from which we have heretofore drawn ample supplies ol provisions, are now overrun by our enemies, and are in their possession. Our supplies from that source are cut off. We are thus confined to the limits of our own State, and perhaps our own county for our usual supply of provisions. Tfie families of many of our feilow citizens, who are in the public service in defence of our country, are dependent on public contributions for a sup port —others, if not dependent on public charity, sue nevertheless dependent on such supplies, as they may be able to purchase from time to time and all such supplies must be had from our own citizens, and within the limits of our own county. Cnder these ciremmitances, (and they are not ex aggerated) grain and provisions are not legitimate subjects es speculation and extortioit. To specu late upon the wants and necessities of tbe numer ous families among ns who are reduced to the alternative of buying the surplus provisions which our ow n planters have to spare, or none at all, ■ would be almost, if not altogether, as bad as to speculate upon tire necessities of the man who might have his dwelling w ith all its contents burned to the ground. We therefore denounce the spirit of speculation, which has became so rife in the country, and give it our unqualified condemnation. ! Articles of prime necessity, sucb as grain and pro : visions, ought not, at this time, and under these circumstances, to be bought and sold for the pur pose of gain. Every sale enhances the price to the consumer and ultimate purchaser; and the funds of many of them are iusutficient to stand the increased price. Public spirit, aud a regard for the welfare of our fellow citizens, should prompt us to aid, instead of doing any thing to impoverish the necessitous who are among us. We should keep two objects steadily in view— to retain a sutlieiency of provisions in our eountv for tbe supply of the wants of our own citizens, and to keep those provisions at such prices as not to be beyond the reach of the most necessitous— and in saying this, we do not mean that none shall be sold to be carried out of the county, but that sales to speculators, and merely for speculation, shall be discouraged and put down. Thus destitu tion and want and Buttering may be averted ; but if the surplus provisions which are now in this county shall be t-- 1 - 1 ,;«n be raiSetr sVN&gerttettl tie beyond the roach of many who are under the necessity of buying, we shudder to contemplate the scenes which may ensue. But we deprecate a resort to violence to effect the objects we have in view. We trust that more gentle means will avail. We tvould make a re spectful, but most earnest appeal to our fellow citizens of all classes—sellers and dealers—pro ducers and consumers, to do nothing, to commit no act calculated to beget violence, and to abstain lrom all violent measures, and rely upon the law for protection. \Ye have a law upon our statute book which inflicts a heavy penalty upon all who may be guilty of extortion in asking, or receiving unjust, uurea j xonable, or exorbitant prices for articles of prime necessity. Let. that law be enforced against all offenders, whether high or low—rich or poor—respectable ; or otherwise. lo eairy out these views, we recommend the adoption ot the following resolutions: 1 . Ai-so/ivThat unreasonable speculation in provisions and articles of prime necessity, and all attempts of every kind to make money ou*. of Ihe necessities of the people under the circumstances in which we are at present placed, meet and shall receive our severe and unqualified condemnation. -• Resolved, That we respectfully, but earnestly request all producers of grain and provisions in our county, not to se.l such articles to those who are engaged in buying and selling for gain and speculation, but to sell first to those who buy for their own use and consumption, as far as it "niav be practicable. 2. Unsolved, That in like manner we request dealers in our county who are engaged in bavin*- and selling provisions, and other articles of prime necessity, to abstain from buying for the purpose of engrossing the market, and demanding unrea sonable and exorbitant prices, and that in all pur chases and sales they make, that they be content with small profits. The farmer, the lawyer, the mechanic, in fact, all branches ot business’ except trade, have been compelled to submit to a mate rial diminution of income, and all have done it cheerfully for the sake of the public good—and why should not the trader suffer a diminution of his profits to sustain the cause which is so dear to us all ? 4. Resolved, That we deprecate a resort to vio lence for the purpose of suppressing speculation and extortiOD, and will oppose the use of all such means for such a purpose—but will aid in all law lul ways to bring to trial all who may violate o"i statute for the suppression of monopolies and ex tortion. o. Resolved, That the Chair appoint a committee to consist ot nine discreet, prudent men, whose duty it shall be to inquire and ascertain, who have been, or who may be guilty of violating the law for the suppression of monopolies and extortion, and present them to the Grand Jury, and have them indicted for such offences; and' it shall be their further duty to procure testimony to be used on their trial, and take all legal means for their conviction—and the committee shall have power to fill all vacancies which niav occur in their body. Capt. J. S. Pinckap.i* offered the following reso lution, which was uu&Dimougly adopted: Rrsoh’.d, 1 Hat w e, the Planters of Monroe coun ty in general meeting assembled, pledge ourselves I not to plant any cotton the present vear to be I raised for market, but if we plant anv at all, it shall be entirely for family consumption! The Chair appointed on the Committee under the sth resolution, Col. A. Lary, R. G. Watson, B. H. Zellner, 0. Holland, D. McCowen, W. R. Mur phey, George Taylor, J. H. Evans and A. Middle brooks. t’u motion ol J. f. Sthpiikn.-, Esqr., it was or- P rocee dings of this meeting be published in the Educational Journal, Macon Tele graph, and Journal and Messenger. Ihe meetiug then adjourned. p „ IE OGLETREE, Chair’n. j R. W. Hogan, Scc’y. Grave Speculations. Persons have been detected in New Orleans, ! going round the city buying up all the mourning goods, jor the purpose of speculation in anticips uou ot a great battle at Corinth, where thousands ot tue young men of New Orleans are now pggwd. Thing* about Newberii—Facia and Inci dents. t'n Jer this head the Wilmington (N. C.) Journal ot Monday, ‘24ih, has the toilowing : Among the loraier citizens of this State, who came oui «ith the Burnside expedition to New bern, was Mr. Calvin Dibble, pretty well known here and elsewhere throughout the State, especially in the Neuse and Tar River sections A brother of Calvin Dibble's, Frank Dibble, late of Xewbern, bad some months ago got a pass to go North un der a flag ol truce. He was to iiui the blockade, and bring certain articles much needed, especially leather, for a -hoe factory in which he was inter ested with Mr Washington. He had not returned until veiy recently, and Mr. Washington's share in | the venture is in a bad way, a« Mr. Dibble is said i to have came in the wake of the invaders, ami oi course the share of his “rebel” partner in business is confiscated. But Mr Dibble was too venture some by half, and was the other night captured by -onie of our pickets, w hile piloting a squad of Lin coln's soldiers through the country, in the vicinity of Newbern. So strong is the feeMbg against Dibble, both among the trroops and citizens, that it required all the efforts of those in authority to prevent summary vengeance being taken of him, on hi® arrival at Kingston. It was deemed unsule, in the present excited state of feeling, to send him to Salisbury. Another bother, Harlow Dibble, u tevident of Kingston, Las also been arrested, on what precise grounds of suspicion, we are not in formed. On the person of Frank Dibble, were fomid papers which led to the arrest of a t'aptain Day and another captain, both commanding boat®, or who had -•omroanded boats belonging to the Dibble family. Burnside has about =ix hundred negroes hard at. work finishing and perfecting ttv« defensive works that the Confederates had commenced below New - bn? which after long months of warning, were unfinished and impeded ! As for the killed and wounoed Federate, it is certain that all the Federal soldiers agree in the ,story of their lo«s being very heavy, and con current opinion places it at two thousand to three thousand, but most at twenty-live hundred. The Academy Green, in which the slain were buiied, hut for the newness of the mounds, might pass for tho cemetery in which generations of a populous town had found their last resting place. From the number of buildings occupied as hospitals for the wounded, the number of casualties must have been very large. It would seem that they have hauled up someone or two of their gunboats on the ma rine railway there and are reparing them. They have the railroad machine shop in full blast, wdmt they are doing in them is not known. We caivnot learn that they have made any movement town Is Beaufort, or even thrown out pickets to any dis tancc- in that direction. A report that. Federal troops had been seen at Trenton and at Pollocks ville, in Jones county, appears to be without foundation. Trenton is the county seat of Jones county, on the Trent river, about twenty-five miles south of Newbern, and Pollocksville is also on the Trent, river, about half-way between Nfewbern and Trenton. Os the many striking incidents and hair breadth scapes conoeettd with the affair at Newbern, as witli almost all combats, is one which might be called “a close shave.” Captain Latham, the gal lant commander of the field battery which went by his name, got shot through various portious of his clothes—once through his hat, more than once through his coat and pants, and once through his whiskers, which it appears were long, lull and flowing. Happening to turn his head at some peculiar angle, a minie ball went whiz through his : beard close to his chin, cutting out the centre and leaving two forks. By the way, the battery which Capt. Latham commanded must of itself have swept off infinitely more men than some accounts represent. It is difficult to tell whether Burnside is about advancing from Xewbesu or not. There ate so many rumors afloat, that he should have said lie would do this, that, and the other thing, that there <- no knowing what to believe. Asa general thing, we doubt the authenticity of any repoit that cerfaTuTVlfs skillful a commander as Burnside he is about to do. ' AV any rate oar* pickers "ein still go close to Newbern, as Mr. Frank Dibble is fully aware of to own sorrow. Uskki i..—The following table, compiled by a friend lor our columns, may be found useful to many ol Our readers. It should be preserved: A box 24 by lti inches, 22 deep, contains one barrel. A box 16 by 164 inches, 8 deep, contains one barrel. A box 8 by 81 inches, S deep, contains one peek. A ijox 7 ]>v 1 inches, 4 8 deep, contains 1 gallon. A box 4 by 1 inches, 21 deep, contains 1 quart. < hie bushel of corn weighs 56 pounds. <>ue bushel of wheat weighs GO pounds. ( 'tie bushel of rye weighs 56 pounds. ‘ ’n- 0 bushel of buckwheat weighs 52 pounds. One bushel of barley weighs 48 pounds. One bushel of oafs weighs 40*pounJs. One bushel of beans weighs 60 pounds. <bie bushel ol potatoes weighs 60 pounds. One bushel ol onions weighs 5 7 pounds. One bushel of dried peaches weighs 33 pounds. One bushel of dried apples weighs 22 pounds. * hie bushel ol salt weighs *>o pounds. Ten gallons pickled onions weighs 82 pounds. 'lon gallons your crout weighs si. [l'ran/:/in (La.) Paper. I.\ Earnest.— Tliere can be no doubt that our people arc religiously impressed with the righte ousness of the war in which they are engaged. They not only seem to be, but arc, heart and soul enlisted in delence of the Southern cause. An evidence ol this is furnished in the recent action of the Churches of Marietta. With full meetings, the four Churches, by resolutions, donated to the Government, subject, to the order of the Secretary ol War, their Brins to be converted into Can von. The metal of the four bells is. equal to 1,350 pounds or three or four field pieces.— Marietta Advocate. We observe that in other places, church bells are being given up for field pieces. We suppose these donations maybe deemed strictly “canonical.’ —Meets. Coon Apvick. —Our exchanges cannot make a better addition to their “standing matter” than the following from a late speech of Gen. Bragg: This is a time for acts, not words. Experience hut taught me, too, that every mail should stick to his trade. In many efforts, I believe I never made but one successful speech—and that was in a few words, when I courted my wife—the result then being due less to any merit either iu the speech or the speaker than to an unfortunate habit with young ladies of deciding more Irom impulse than reason, by which, as iu my case, they are too apt to be unfortunate. Ponder well, then, my fellow citizens, this piece of advice: never call on an old soldier lor speeches; and, if you will pardou me lor the liberty, I will add, never send politicians to command your armies. From that time our cause will prosper. Glorifying in their Shame and Perfidy. The Fortress Monroe correspondent of the Xew York Tribune of the 12th, gives the following laudatory account ol the atrocious violation by the enemy of their own Hag of surrender at Pewport News : As the Merrimac approached she opened fire, which the Congress returned, hut soon raised the sigTial to surrender. The Yorktown and •lamestown sent officers aboard »o receive the «ur ie: irr and arrange lor tne transfer of the prison e W hen some 25 of the crew of the Congress had been taken aboard the rebel boats, Captain Howard, ol the 4th Artillery, brought the guns of ins light battery to bear on them, *ud f&iriy beat t:iem oft aud compelled them to dmw oft and f*ive up the transfer of the prisoners. of his shells entered the steam chest of the Yorktown. There fore, all but the twenty-five, or so, that hare been { KwoSsiy taken, the crew and officers of the < ongress not killed, made their eseape. Great praise is accorded on all hands to Capt. Howard, well as to the Fire Zouaves and others, who lav oown in the sand and picked off the rebels with suwit arme.” MACON, GEORGIA: Widuoday, April 2 , 1862. THE GUNBOAT FUND. We are gratified to find that from every quarter contributions are coming in most liberally from the ladies. The matter is in the right hands—for when they .c U a thing, it very likely to be ac complished. History doe- not furnish the tact that such acts were ever attempted by the ladie* of the oppressing party. Their patriotism is always on the right side. MEETING IN MONROE We would direct atteotion to the proceedings of this meeting on the subject ol F.xtori ion. It would spem that they are in earnest with regard to enforcing measures in some salutary and proper manner, and we trust that they will accomplish something. Thus far it has been written about, denounced in stormy speeches and fiery resolutions - Judges have charged it to the Grand Juries in language both florid and bitter—told them that “the Heavens should reveal the iniquity, and the earth rise up against them”; and the Grand Juries have made it the special subject of their present ments. But what have they done further ? No thing ! tat least in this section.) To use a homely * phrase, “there is no use in talking” without action All that has beer, said has proved only as “idle words,” thus far. RETURN OF THE SECOND BATTALION. Dispatches have been received, by which we learn that the several companies ooruposiug it, will leave Goldsboro’, N\ t\, on the 15th iust., and be disbanded in Macon on the 20th. This Battalion is composed of the Macon I ol i utter*, Capt. Smith, now under the command ot Lieut. A. G. Butts; Floi/d /titles, Capt. Geo. \N . Ross, of Macon ; City Light (lunrds, Capt. Col quitt, of Columbus, and Spa hi! it;/ dregs, Capt. Doyul, of Griftiu. It N hoped that these companies w ill meet the reccjV.i > clue them lor their early tendering of service in . Id, and the faithful and creditable perfovmua. <eir duties. « .ii ALBANY PATRIOT, <»f ls*-A| ok, announces the suspension of its further publication —or at least for the present; or till more faVorable times shall occur for sus taining the press. We can sincerely sympathise with our brother McCarthy at being reduced to such a necessity, and it is a subject on which we could speak most feelingl y. IV file renders were never more plenty, or papers more welcome, the essential for supporting them is sadly lucking. GUNBOAT FUND. The following contributions have been received at the Journal and Messenger office since its last issue: Mrs. Jackson DeLoache, Macon, $5 00 Miss Fannie Blount, Macon, 8 <>o A Friend, of Crawford county, 8 00 Mrs. Dr. Carswell, Jeffersonville, 5 00 “ Mary A. Harvard, Laurens Hi 11,... 7 t*o Mrs. 11. makes a good suggestion in her note accompanying the donation, “wishing the enter prise success, and hoping that it may bo named for our our gallat Tatnali..” Miss Mary L. Harvard, Laurens Hill,. ..s•> 00 In our announcement of receipts from Jefferson , ville hist week', we are informed that there was an erroF--five dollars, put down iu an. rw w miner ly, was received from Miss Sall'ie Jones. Xo RrqnisiTiON. —The Federal Union of yes terday says that the Governor has no notice of any new requisition of troops from Georgia. I DITORI AI. CORRESPONDENCE Rome, Ga., March 29, 1862. I arrived at tin* place on yesterday, which was j * very bright and balmy day, more Spring like than any of this season. Farmers are very active ly engaged in preparing the ground and planting corn. I have heard no mention made of the usual ; cotton crops in this section. Indeed, many large | planters will devote all their land to provision ’ crops. Plantation work is very backward. There is quite a panic kept up by speculators in bacon, i corn, Hour, &<?., and unless counteracted speedily, ; there must be great suffering in the country, and I our cause seriously endangered. There is un doubtedly a plenty of subsistence in the country. . Gentlemen here, who are well informed upon the [ subject, assure me, that they have never known at this season of the year a greater amount of corn and meat than there is now in Floyd. Yet corn rules from the wagon at &1 00, unsacked, and ba con vibrates between 2«9 and 35 cents per pound. The fact is, the speculator* have alarmed the good people, who are panic stricken, whilst the avari cious are holding back for starvation prices. Jiut they are likely to overreach themselves. Our soldiers and their families will not be suffered to starve, and it those men will not sell at reasonable prices the Government will doubtless find means to relieve the cribs and smoke houses and ware houses of such from any unhealthy plethora. I am glad that the Courts are taking hold of the extortioners in good earnest. I learn that in Cobb county, true bills were found the other day against one or more factories, aud a fine of five hundred imposed upon one factory—with a threat from the Judge that it would be increased to $5,000 if the extortion was persisted in. I also learn that several manufactories of Newton county have been presented under the pointed charge of Judge Floyd. ° There is another evil which must be guarded against—the depreciation of the currency. Let Congress pass a law, at once, making treasury notes a legal tender, aud it would have a most satislactory effect upon all departments of business. bey should also authorise the issue of a large amount of small notes to be used in the payment of soldiers, who are now paid oil in large bills, which they are compelled to pay shavers a premium to break into bank notes or even small treasury notes. The fact is, the country is full of heartless sharpers who, pluck the poor soldier at every point. Rome 13 becoming quite a manufacturing city. They have here a manufactory of rifled cannon, and the armory which was at Florence, Ala., will soon lie in full blast in ibis city, turning out rifles and muskets for the hands of our brave soldiers. Also, manufactories of ambulances and army equipments generally. This gives to Rome a more business aspect than many of our Southern cities. The grain crop everywhere promises abundant harvests. If it escapes frosts, spectators in bread stuffs may get bit. j A gentleman after reciting all the incidents .■>cen by himself and obtained from other eye wit nesses, ol the fail of Xewbern, remarked, ‘‘Gen tlemen, we are dpomed to see 9uch disasters so ong as wniakey and politics control your army in- THE SUN FLOWER This is a very valuable article f or f W(Jii and very much overlooked by 0 „ r f product is very large and wm be t* V . , _ . • 'ril otjt si/e from two teet or more to ■ highly relished by horses and other« i. ' * only eat tlje heads and leaves, but the large stalks. It is partieuj*,;-. / nioi{ ->/ horses, as tLe writer has fullv ■ ta several year* *'• »-t ALARM OF FIRE There was a small fire on Monday r,i i t halt past nine o’clock, which at fir„. 0i great consternation to many, fi Q 4 proximity to our Cotton Factory, p \ proved to be a temporary building cont.t. “waste” of the factory, and the loss were v . trilling. It was most probably can««d by eons combustion, as the smell of burning co , v . had attracted attention for some time nre-io-*. its breaking out. Toe Virginia.—Commodore Tatnall . . orders Satuaday last to repair forthwith 10 No and take command of the battering rant V - The whole country will be rejoiced to hear it, look with confidence to the future operatic j the wonderful machine. We regret to hue • . services at this post, but for his and the ce ; sake, we aie pleased to see him in a position - he can be available to the latter, and sustain j . well-earned fame as a naval commander. Com. Tatnall leaves here this morning for •• theatre of his future labors. He was »cconip'.: . by Capt. J. Pembrook Jones, late commander the Resolute, who will act as his Flag I iruter v and his son, Paulding Tatnall, as Secretary.— Itepnbt lean , 25 *h. Later accounts from tho Virginia siy tLat • was ready, and - about to make another trip t: , Yankee vessels, but in what direction was matter to be revealed. She will no doubt be her of butting somewhere in a very short lime. Kect-ption of lleturned \ oliiiilerr*. The Jackson Artillery are requested to ass,, a? the armory of the Macon Volunteers, and •• the Browu Infantry at the armory of tire Floyd Rifles, on Wednesday morning next, at 10 oY!o, Battalion will be formed in front of the I .ujvr House, and the returned volunteers will be e-cori ed to the Fair Gronud by Companies B Macon Volunteers and Floyd Rifles. Any other returned volunteers, who mav he a the city, are respectfully invited to join the pu<- ces-ion, ami to partake of the festivities of (l.* day. I. R. BRANHAM, Capt. Macon Volunteers, Cos. B. 11. P. WF.STCOTT, Capt. Floyd Rifles, Cos, B. The Committee of Arrangements publishes the (oliowing card to the citizens with regard to pro viding suitable materiel for carrying out the fes tivity— which takes place to-day: Baskict-Dinnkr to the Rkti rnkm Soumtts.— Our citizens are requested to send eooked bread, meat, peas, potatoes, vegetables, pies, and other provisions, to Camp Oglethorpe between tin* houi? of 9 and 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning next. The Committee of Arrangements will be there to receive the articles, and will paste the name ot each donor on the bottom of dishes, trays and buckets, and return them to owners. No liquor allowed on the premises. The police will be ou hand to preserve order. Come, gentlemen and ladies, let us give our soldiers a greeting on their return home, and how them our approving smiles befoie they again leava lor the tented field Cheer on our brave volun teers at every stage of the war, and make th, ir wives, ehildreu, sisters and sweethearts swell with proud emotions. Whatever is left wiil be distributed among tin* needy and destitute ..f the city. Lot us make the ~f penury * a nt happy with nn abun dant feast, and enough to tuke home lo sick ;u;i suffeiing mothers. The Second Georgia llntfuiton. Major T. Hardeman, having taken fornrtai leave of the Second Georgia Battalion, «9 their commander, in an appropriate speech, Lt. Shingler, Company A, offered tho followin'' resolution- 1 , which were unanimously adopted i On the 20th of April last, four independent cotn pauies were ordered from their respective homes to resist the first rude invasion of Southern sod By a fortuitous circumstance they were all ordered to the city of Norfolk, where the vandals, with impious hands, had began their work of destruc tion. The necessity of a united effort soon sug gested a battalion organization. With an instinct peculiar to such an emergency, they selected a man by a very large majority, whose subsequent career as a commander has fully met the high expectatious entertained. But unexpectedly to us all, and as just reward of merit, he has been called to a higher, more responsible and morv permanent office. Therefore, while we cheerfully yield him to the call of his country, our feeling constrain us to give expression to the sense of tb„- loss which we thereby sustain, ip the following resolutions : Resolved, Thar under the command of Major T Hardeman, the Battalion has enjoyed a rep tation for drill add discipline unsurpassed Ly a; ■ troops in the service, and which in a large mea.-w was due to his superior ability, and devotion la his command. Resolved, That, in his transfer to his new pee tion, we feel that we Lave sustained an irreparable loss, and whether amid the routine of camp duties, ot wars rude alarms, we shall ever miss our re spected and beloved commander. Resolved, That these resolutions be sent to *h. Macon papers for publication. ~ 5 A correspondent of the Cincinnati Comrnercia' speaking o, the escape of Gen. Bushrod Johnson and staff from Fort Donelson, after they had been prisoners thirty-six hours, savs: “Xo trick was resorted to in order to effect their escape—they simply mounted their horaeH and rode t!irou cr !i the lines.” Distilleries to be Closeo in Alabama.—Gov. Shot ter has ordered that every distillery through out the State 01 Alabama, for the distillation of ardent spirits, be discontinued by the first day of April next. The Governor also ordered that no ardent spir its shall be sold, after the first day of April next within ten miles of any military camp in that State, established by the Confederate or State Executive’ except upon the written prescription of a licensed physician. Corn and oir Colntry.—We have heard it stated that there is one planter in a certain county m this State who is making arrangements to plant every acre in cotton. If there is such a mail iu this State we hope the people will try biro, aDd hang him high as Haman for treason. Talk about Lincoln!tea among ua! The man who can deliber ately resolve to do such a thing as rhi- i< meaner tffian the meanest Yankee that ever was born Such a mau would dig up the bones of his mother, and make dice with them to play for a counterfeit shinplaster upon her tombstone.- Tuscaloosa 01 • server. Ge.m. Femmes. — The Turns says that Col. P. J. Semmes, of the 2d Georgian Regiment, has been promoted to a Brigadier General ship in the Con federate array. Those who know bis eminent fitness for such a command have been surprised that it has not sooner been bestowed upon instead of incompetent politician#,