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Journal & JJlessntger. J. KNOWLES aiid^sTßOSET^ EDITORS aNL) PROPRIETORS. From ihe Suvanmib News. Transfer ot tli«‘ siut«* Troops to tin* ( uiifetlerufe Service. From the following correspondence aud orders oar readers wiii learn that the State troops have been transferred by Governor Brown to the Confederate service, with the reasons which have iuduced this step. Richmond, April 15th. Got. Brown, Governor of Georgia , and Gov, John Milton , of FO/rida , core of Goi Brou n : ' An act has pass both houses of Congress, placing in the military service of the Confed erate .States for three years or for the war, all persona between 18 uud 35 years of age, who are not legally exempt from giillitary .-i vice. All twelve months volunteers with in these ages to serve two years from the ex piration of their term of enlistment, and ail el' them under 18 and over 35 to remain ninety days, unless their places are sooner supplied by recruits. The 12 ninths men who have not received their bouuty or fur :jugii9 are to have them. The furlough sto be granted in such numbers and at such rimes as the Secretary of War may deem ■jompitable with the public- service Ke en i tmenf for the purpose of changing from one regiment, battalion or company to anoth unless already perfected, by actual transfer, are, in effect, cancelled, and all authorities to raise new corps arc vacated, unless, with in thirty days from the passage of the act, the organization is complete, and has the requisite number recruited from persons not now in service. Companies of iufanrrv arc to have one hundred and twenty-five meu ; field artillery, one hundred and fifty men; cavalry, eighty men. All corps of twelve months volunteers shall have the right within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the Commander of the Brigade, to elect •dl their officers which thefy had a right here tofore to elect; such officers to be coiumis rioned by the President. Ail white males between the age of 18 and 85, subject to military service, are to be enrolled and mus tered in and sent to the old regiments. All discharges, from expiration of term of ser vice, and transfer of re-enlisted meu to new corps, will be immediately stopped. G. W. Randolph, Secretary of War. »Havannaii, April 15, 1862. Hon. G. IV. Randolph , Secretary of War, Richmond : I have just received your telegraph inform* ing me <>t the passage of the Conscription Act. I have* not seen the Act, hut presume you may construe it as disbanding the Geor gia State Troops. The troops are going out of service, and the public exigences require prompt action. Under the correspondence with you and Gen. Lee, l had commenced re enlisting them in the State service for three years, giving a credit for the six months they have served. k now propose to cease my operations uud to .urn over the troops who yet remain in ser vice, with the responsibility to you, immedi ately, in such manner as may be most agree able to the President. As it ii necessary to the safety of Savan nah that the number of the State Troops be immediately increased, if they are kept in state service, 1 ask an immediate reply by telegraph to this place, Joseph E. Brown. Richmond, April 16, 1862. Jo 71 is J.'fccUenct/ Gov . Brown : Keep the troops together, as it will cause great trouble to enroll and bring them back if they disband. The act authorises the President, with the consent of the Govern ment to employ the enrolling officer of the State for the purpose of enrolling those not . n tho Confederate service. You can, there fore, employ your enrolling officers immedi ately to enroll the men, and I will send in fractions for their orgauzitiou—all between 18 and 35 are to be in the Confederate ser- | vice-; the remainder may be organized by the States. G. W . Randolph, Secretary of War. j STATE OF GEORGIA, ) j Adjutant & Inspector Gen's Office, - Savannah, April 16th, 1562. ) riV/i. Heart, R. JacJcaon'j Command?q State \ Troop*, Savannah : General—The Governor has received fr< m Richmond official information of the passage of the Conscription Law, and also j notices from the Secretary of War that the I Slate Troops, between the ages of 18 and 35 are claimed for tho Confederate Aruiv. 1 In* e<,eet o» this law being to separate - the conscripts from the rest of the State j Iroops, leaving to the the State but a small j band, insufficient tor effective organization, | and impressed as the Governor is with the imminent danger of the city of Savannah and the imperative necessity'of not hazard mg its safety in the least, lie directs, that the Confederate Government may not be embarrassed in its responsibilities, that you* order the Commanders of Brigades to report tor duty to Brig. Gen. Lawton, C. S. Army, Commanding the Department of Georgia. ’ ’ In making this transfer, and thus serving j his counoctiou with yourself and tho State • lroops as yam- Commander-in-Chief, the Governor desires me to express to you, and them, individually and collectively, officers -L'i nu 11, his sincere thanks tor your prompt response to his call, and his warm approba tion of your and their patriotic conduct while ..t •-i BUi , ice ot the State. r J he works around i the city of Savannah will relate to posterity j the skill, intelligence, energy aud patriotism > of the State Troops of ] 861-62 Vry respectfully, ~ 1 our obedient servant, Henry C. Wayne, Adjutant aud Inspector General. Headquarters State Forces, i Savannah, April 16th, 1862. f General Order No. 53. t, ihe continuance in sendee of the First Division of State Troops having been ren dered impossible bv virtue a recent act of the Confederate Corgresq the Major-General announces the expiration of las command. By direction ot his Excellency, the Gov-, ernor, etc., etc., the Chiefs of Brigades, and lesser corps, which still remain in organized form, will report for duty to Brigadier Gen eral Lawton, C. S. A., commanding Military Department of Georgia. In bidding farewell to the troop*, officers and privates, the Major General t .kes occa sion to express once more his profound appre ciation of the earnest devotion wish which they have dischaigr-d iLt* duties devolved upon them. By tlnir works, they will be long and gratefully remembered. While he confess* to a keen disappoint merit in the disoiganizafion of hi* command, before it had encountered the enemy in but j tie, he feels strengthened by tho conviction that, whenever, or under whomsoever, its elements may be called into action, they i will exhibit, not only tin- heroism of Geor gian- lighting for their liberties, but tin torce aud efficiency of drilled and disciplined 1 soldiers. For hi in self, he prays that the errors he may have committed during his-brief period !of command, be charitably ascribed to the ! head and not to the heart. By order of Waj. Gen. Henry R Jackson, Commanding, Ac., Ac. Charlton H. Way, Lt. Col. and A. G. Savannah, April loth, 1862. . 4 To the G;jirer.< <iml S'Jdtvv.i ot the State 1 71 / roop s : 1 have received official information from the Secretary of War of the passage of the Conscription Act by Congress. This act places each one of you who is over eighteen and under thirf v-five years of age in the mil itary service ol the Confederate Government, and as a con-cquencc, takes you out of the service of the State. After taking from the service of the State the conscripts which are transferred by the act, there would be but a fragment of each company, battalion aijd regiment left amounting in the whole to less than a brigade. As these fragments of com panies would be inefficient when withdrawn from their respective organizations, i have j thought it best to transfer all together. So ! soon as the term for which each company of State trooj entered tho service expires, those under eighteen and over thirty-live will be discharged if they desire it. lam informed ,by the Confederate General in command, j that, after having enrolled those who are transferred to the Confederate service by the act, he will do all in his power to preserve undisturbed the regimental and company organizations as they now exist, for the bal ance of the term for which each entered the State scrrice. The country is now in great peril, and the city of Savannah threatened with an early attack. I T ndcr those circumstances, whatever ! may bo your opinion or mine of the wisdom ! or propriety of the Conscription Act, it be hoov,-> us all as Georgians and patriots, i to sacrifice our personal, interests, feelings ■ and aspirations upon the altar of our 00m pnnu country. 1 therefore admonish each i and every one of you to perform, in the tu < ore, as you h:ivt‘ <l»uu* ni tln- past, all your J duties a- {Jobbers, with promptness anil c-ht-er ! fulness, and t<> remain in the service with j out regard ao tin- expiration of your respec- I rive terms, till Savannah is sale, and ihe in j vudcr> driven from the soil of our beloved State, In taking leave of those of you who have , been withdrawn from the service of the State i by the legislation ot Congress, and in trails- J f .wring those of you still left in that service j j to the command of Confederate Generals,] J which has been done for the purpose of main- I taiuing as long as possible your present or- j gaimation, preserving harmony, and prevent ing confusion, I but feebly express what my \ heart tci ls when 1 say, I sincerely thank you, lor the indomitable energy and untiring in dustry which you have constantly exhibited in your preparations to repel from our soil < the avaricious and revengeful invader and to render our beautiful commercial metrop i oils stjcure. 1 remain, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, { Josjcph E. Brown. 'l'm Virginia on Saturday .-—The Vir j ginin, at an early hour on Saturday, manor her way dowu to Hampton Roads, where? slie continued till near night, in order to givo the Monitor an oportunity to try her boasted ; power: * but the “ Yankee cheese box” kept I close alongside the wharf at Old Point, and : did not come out. This makes two days i that have been devoted to waiting on the ' j Monitor to get a light out of her, and as the • eflbrt has proved, vuiu, wo hope bo more coal. 1 will be burnt on that, score. There were great numbers of persons on. the shoves on Saturday as well as Friday, drawn there to wUness’the fight. It was stated in these columns on Satur day that some doubt existed as to the Moni tor being at the Point on Friday, but wo? since learn from those who have kept au eyt? ou her movements all the time, that she cer tainly was there, and that after our fleet left, she came out from her hiding place and seetaed v.ery anxious for a fight, by cruising aocut in the Iload&. As another opportuni ty was afforded her on Saturday however,, which she declined, we must conclude that all the gas about her qualities of resisting the Virginia is blit empty brag.— Norfolk Day Lhnk. " A Soi, i:* what t* licet the pa-jaee ol she new conscription l;w will have upon tlu* vol- • untee:' companies cow in the process of formation, i tic law, irem which, rit the last accounts, th.? in junction ol secrcav not been removed, will probably soon be pui/iished i„ t he Richmond na prr.-., hut whatever may be its provision?, it is evident that no moie companies will he rooeived tor State service, as Or tremor Brown hss turned nir- army over to the Confederate service, which according to out intf a-pretation of the transaction', v \ l “. uot a,;ow diem f 0 disband at the expiration nou lt l ni °* ser •'ice, but will holu all, between p age f or t ] )rop rears or the irar.— AtJi/uxta i>enf> met.. 1 .... bleat eland Banner of the 11th savs: ibe growing wheat, crop of this section of ihe onnti v look-i ii.Oi promising than we have ever uii bciore, it *.ier<; i s Q 0 accident happens to R there will be a bjeayy- crop raised.” Tlit* Conscription Bill. This important measure has passed both houses of Congress. For the information of our readers, a large majority of whom are interested in its propositions, we append a copy of the bill, as follows : A BILL TO BE ENTITLED “AN ACT TO FCR TBLR PROVIDE FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENCE.” In view of the exigencies of the eounirv. and the absolute necessity of keeping in the service our gallant army, and of placing in the field a large additional force to meet the advancing columns of the enemy now invading our soil ; therefore. Suction* 1. Th> <'oogn *.< >.j th* e A. fate State.' of America, Jo That (he I‘resident ho, and he is hereby, authorized to ertil out and place in the military vt-iviet us the * t Viniederate States, I r three years, unless the war shall have been sooner end ed, nil white men who are residents of the Confederate States, between th- of 18 aud years at tin- imie im rail or ealls may be made, who arc not legally exempted from military service. All of the per>ons aforesaid who arc not now in the armies of the Confederacy, and whose term of service will expire before the end of tin* war, shall be continued in the service for three years from the dato of their original enlistment, unless the war shall have been sooner end ed ; Provided, however, That all <ueh com panion, battallions and regiments, whose term of original enlistment wav for twelve months, shall have the right, within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the comman der of the brigade, to re-organize said com panies, battalions, and regiments, by elect ing all their officers, which they had a right heretofore to elect, who shall be commission ed by the President ; Provided further, That furloughs not exceeding sixty days, with transportation home and back, shall be granted to all those retained in the service by the provisions of this act beyond the pe riod of their original enlistment, and who have heretofore not received furloughs un der the provisions of an ac-t entitled “An act providing for the granting of bounty and furloughs to privates and non-commissioned officers in the Provisional Army," appioved 11 th December, eighteen hundred and six ty-one, said furloughs to be granted at such times and in such numbers as the Secretary of War may deem most compatible with the ! public interest; and Provided further, That in lieu of a furlough the commutation value in money of the transportation hereinabove i granted shall be paid to each private, musi j cian, or non-commissioned officer who may j elect to receive it at such time as the fur lough would otherwise be granted. Provi ded, further, That all persons under the age j of eighteen years, or over the age of thirty five years, who are now enrolled in the mil -1 ifcary service of the Confederate States, in j the regiments, battalions and companies hereafter to be organized shall be required j to remain in their respective companies, bat tallions and regiments for ninety days, un i less their places can sooner be supplied by oth jei recruits not now in the service, who are between the ages of eighteen and thirty-live years, and all laws and parts of laws provi ding for the re-enlistment of volunteers ami tne organization thereof into companies squadrons, battalions or ron-ime-nt*. sshall b.\ ; and the same are hereby, repealed. Sf.C. 2. Be it further enar/cd. That such companies, squadrons, battallions, or regi ments organized, or in process of organiza tion by authority from the Secretary of \\ ar, as may be within thirty days from the passage of this act so far completed as to have iln- whole number of men requisite for organizations actually enrolled, not i-m --braeiug in said organization any persons now in service, shall be mustered into the service of the Confederate States as part of the land forces of the same, to be received in that arm of the service iu which they are authorized to organize, and shall elect their company, bat talion, and regimental officers. Sf.c. 3, Be. it further enacted , That for the enrolment of all persons comprehended within the provisions of this act, who are not already in service in the armies of the Con federate States, it -hall be lawful for the President, with the consent of the Govern ors us the respective States to employ State officers, and on failure to obtain such con sent, he shall employ Confederate officers, charged with the duty of making such en rolment iu accordance with rules uinl regu lations to be prescribed by him. Sp.c. 4. Jh it further enacted, That per sons enrolled uuder the provisions of the j preceding section shall bo assigned by the ■* Secretary of War to the different companies | now in service until each company is filled j to its maximum number, and the persons | so enrolled shall be assigned to companies ! from the .State from which they respectively > come. j Sec. 5. J>< it further enacted, That all seamen and ordinary seamen in the laud • forces of the Confederate States, enrolled j uuder the provisions of this act, may, on ap / plication of the Secretary of the sia\y, be • transferred from the land forces to the na f val service. / Sec. 6. He it further enacted. That in all | cases where a State may not have in the army a number of regiments, battalions, ■ squadrous or companies, sufficient to absorb | the number of persons subject to military j service under this act belonging to such State, then the residue or excess thereof . shall be kept as a reserve, under such regu | lations as may bo established by the Secre ' fary of War, and at stated periods of not | greater thau three months, details, deter 7:mined by lot, shall bo made from said re iiriervc, so that each compauy shall, as near iJv as practicable, be kept full, Provided, I Tib at the persons held in reserve rnay remain •' xr homo until called into service by the ' Prei ident. Provided, also, That during their stay at home, they shall not receive |>ay. Provided, further, That the persons compra bended in this act shall not ho sub ject to ’.fhe rules and articles of war until mustorea into the actual service of the Con federate ,‘States ; except that said persons, when enrolled and liable to duty, if they shall wilfully’ refuse to obey .-aid call, each of them shall be held to be a deserter, and punished as sa °h under said articles : Pro vided lurther, .’That whenever, in the opin ion of the Presidt nt: the excrgencies of the public service ’ require it, he ahull be authorized to call iuto actual service the en tire reserve, or Su much as may be necessa ry, not previously assigned to different com panion in service 'rtnder provision of section four of this net; said reserve shall be organ ized under such rules as the Secretary of War may battalion and regimental officers shall be . leet. t! by tbe troops composing the same ; Provided. The troops raised in any one State -hall mu he <>ii»h»netl iu regimental, bar taliuiun, sijuadron, or company organization with troop- raised in any other States. Slo. 7. lb it fu liter encnteJ, That all -uldiets now serving in the army «»r uiu-tcr • and in the military -erviee of the Confederate States, or enrolled in said service under the r.ifimiization- heivtotorc issued by the Sec retary oi \\ ar. and who are continued in the service by virtue ot ihi# act, who have not received the bounty of fifty dollars allowed by existing law-, shall lx l entitled to receive said bounty. Sec. s, b* it further enacted, T liat each man who may hereafter be mustered into the service, and who shall arm himself with a ruu-ket, shotgun, rifle or carbine, accepted a< an efficient weapon shall be paid the val ue thereof, to be ascertained by the mus tering officer under such regulations as may be preser:b?d by the Secretary of War, if In is not. then he shall be entitled to receive one dollar a month for the use of said receiv ed .< nd approved musket, rifle, shot gnu or carbine. Sk<\ 9. Be it further enacted , That per son- not liable for duty may be received as substitutes for those who are, under such regulations as may be prescribed bv the Sec retary of War. Sec. 10. He it farther charted , That all vacancies shall be filled by the President from the Company, battalliou, squadron or regiment in which such vacancies shall oc cur, by promotion according to seniority, except in eases of disability or other iueom petency : Provided, however, That the Pres ident may, when, in his opinion, it may be proper, fill such vacancy or vacancies by the promotion of any officer or officers, or pri vates from such company, battaliion, squad ron or regiment who shall have been distin guished in service by exhibition of valour and skill, and that whenever a vacancy shall occur in the lowest grade of the com missioned officers of a company, said vacan cy shall be filled by election : Provided, 'i hat all appointments made by the Presi dent shall be by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Sec. 11. lie it further enacted , That the provisions of the first section of this act re lating to the election of officers shall apply to those regiments, battalions, and squad rons which are composed of twelve months and war companies combined in the same organization, without regard to the manner in which the officers thereof were original!} appointed. Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That each company ot infantry shall consist of one hundred and twenty-five rank and file; each company of tk-!J artillery oi one hundred and htt\ rank nud tile; and each of cavalry of eighty rank and fib-. Sec. Id. Be it further enacted , That ail persons subject to enrolment, who arc now iu tin- servu'i-, uiul.it- tl.v. ,:ii‘ tLI-i act, i-hall be permitted previous to such en rolment to volunteer in companies now in the service. I li*' iii Malliiird- Probabli'Oceii|>n* lion oil»•«• To« n «i I mierkkiiMirK, Information w»s received by the citizens oi ]■ redeiieksburg, \ a., at 4 o'clock on Thursday nfleriioon, that the enemy wa9 approaching through Salford county, and the fact was at once commu nicated to our pickets and to Col. I.ee’s cavalry, but i( seems that the latter previously hud au in timation of the advance, and at once fell back, burning the three bridges across the Rappahan nock, connecting Fredricksburg with Stafford, as they came into town. These bridges,ns many of our readers are aware, were the railroad, Coaltcr’s, and i almouth bridges. Yesterday morning, at an early hour, the Yankees reached Falmouth, oppo site Fredericksburg. One ol‘ our informants says that they threw a tew sheila across the river, but there being no icaponse, the firing soon ceased. Os this, however, we are not positive. Meanwhile, the three steamers, the St. Nicholas, the Virginia, and the Fureka, and some tiiiity sail vessels, lying at the wharf, loaded with grain, with a considera ble quantity of cotton piled uear the depot, were set on lire by our men and destroyed. The troops that were in and near the place, very few in num ber, and utterly inadequate to make a defence against a considerble force, evacuated Fredericks burg alter having pet formed the duties required of them. Many of the citizens also left, abandoning their propertyto the “tender mercies”of the enemy! On the night previous some small skirmishes took place above Falmouth, in which the enemy was repulsed, but our men afterwards fell back. Mr. Charles Tacket, of Stafford, was taken nriso der, and we hear that one or two were killed. A wounded Yankee was captured by our pickets and sent down by the train yesterday morning, but he died before reaching Ashland. This man stated that the Federal force amounted to six thousand, and that they approached Fredericksburg from Fauquier county. Our late advices inform us that the Common ( ouncil ot f redericksburg held a meeting yester day and agreed to surrender the place, there be ing no possible means of defence. The telegraph operator packed up his apparatus and left, the place. The train that left Richmond yesterday morning was stopped this side of Fredericksburg stationed by a railroad agent. A regiment of troops was some seven miles from the place, and the sick in the camp were placed on board the train. All the men retired in safety. The enemy can easily occupy the town of Fred ericksburg, if he has not already done so ; but an advance to Richmond froro that direction is pro bably not contemplated. The obstructions would not be easily overcome. Most of the rolling stocst of the railroad was removed. Nothing was left behind but a few cats, and measures were progressing have them taken to a place of security. Little importance is attached to the occupation ol Fredericksburg, ae it was an event, anticipated when the aimy of the Potomac was withdrawn. There i« nothing in the fact of the occupation to excite any alarm, or to create the expectation that the enemy will advance any great distance into [he interior. He will, perhaps, remain where he ha- found a lodgment for some time to come, un [° ,s our forces succeed at an earir dav in dri’vino him back beyond the Potomac.— Rithnoud Li. »- p itch aj Saturday. Tin Ksemy’s Loss at Shiloh.—A late number of the Baltimore Av.tr, 'em, stales that the loss of the Federal* at Shiloh was twenty-three thousand, killed, wouaded and taken prisoners. These figures (says the Norfolk Lay Book) are above what we have received from other sources, but as the Yankees are likely to know their own loss, we are disposed to receive the above state ment as correct. A MciriuUli on Wlillinarikli Inland. On Wednesday afternoon a skirmish took place ou W hiimarsh Inland, between some companies of ilie riiirt.-. uth Georgia Regiment and n Yankee regiment from Michigan, ii iptM-.-ir- that Compa ny It, commanded by tapt. MoCully, and Compa ny G, commanded by Cum. Crawford, were on picket duty, and diM-oveied a number of federal* on ihc 1-land, and opened lire on them, which was returned hv the enemy. Companies A and C, of 'be same reeiiuent, were on t'aiknd island, and when the tiring «a- h«-ard, iiiimt-diaiely reinforced OUi troop- '(xin :i- ibe« arrived -it itie -ceite ot aetioa, our troops w.-iit into the light wnh a ifood wilj, and after a brisk skirmish, drov*e the enemy hack about 4 mile and a half. The light i.t-ted bet w.-eu one and tv*«, during wldcb time, a number ot tbe en.-m> wore killotl and Utilllidrd, -UpjKJ-.-il I;, bi at.i li I Among the kibed s»;4- a Federal Lieutenant, who received a bali in hi* brea-t from -11 Knlield riilc. He was found on ihe field in a dying -.me, and begged our men to give him wht*• t, which wa* promptly furnished, and esers attention to him until he died. One Federal private remained with him, but he also was wounded. at and soon after ; died. Federal Lieutenant, previous to dviug, informed otu troops that an entire * ichigan regi ment, numbering front to were on the island, and advised out troops to retire, as thev would be ovetpower* and ot captured. The firing on both sides was kept up with much j spirit, but the amuniuon ol the Georgia troops being about to give out, and the Federal®, win. were iu greatly superior numbers, attempting to Hank them, Captain McCally, with 120 men, made a desperate charge upon the enemy. No sooner was tb« word given than the Georgian* rushed upon their foe with a yell, and scattered them ih every direction. Our nt»*n behaved with great gallantry, and from all account* inflicted a severe punishment on the Federal*. During the engagement the Georgiana fired with great coolness unu uccorac v. Tim 1 V.ict .*ls cart ted off their wounded. As soon ~s um troops charged the Federal.* they lt-ll back under the covet ol their gunboats, and as as our force was small, it was deemed advisable to retire. A youth of about seventeen years, named C. C. Pool, ot Spalding county, behaved wish great cool ness. He stood out boldly and fired fifteen shot* liom his rifle, taking deliberate aim at his mao. Those near him at the time say he certainly hilled three of the enemy. It is believed that every one ol his balls took effect. He only retired from the fight when his ammunition was all exhausted. The reinforcement of our handful of men who encountered the regimentof Michiganders,arrived on the ground only in time to give them one vol ley before they fled to their boats. The object of the enemy’s presence on the is land was to construct batteries under cover ol trees, with which to shell our batteries at Causten’s Bluff and at 1 hunderbolt. Our men werethe.e to prevent them from doing so, and to cut down the tree®. Yesterday morning the lf>lh Georgia and another [ regiment, the Dame ol which we, did not learn, were sent over to the island, and ii was reported i during the morning that the fight had been re ! sumed, but on visiting Causton's Bluff late lust evening, we learned that it was not so. There was no firing on Whitentarah yesterday, and though I nothing hud been heard from our troops when we j left, the impression in camp was that the Yankees, | after their warm reception on Wednesday, had retired from the Island.— Savannah Xevs, \Hth. i 1 The Republican of the 19th gives the fid- : lowing additional items: j Thursday our regiment went again over: jtn V\ hiteumsh, accompanied by other troops under Gen. Smith, hut the Yankee? had left, carrying oft their dead and wounded. From the signs left b. hind them, such as the dis ferent pools <d blood on the ground, and on the shutter used in carrying them off, l here I could not fie less than 2f> or lilt killed ami wounded. Our inert gathered up a u unifier of guns, I knapsacks, cartridge fioxes, blankets, caps. i ( . .mo with hi-iun. in thorn, > cuJ u numhci- ol other things, winch went to show they left; somewhat iu a hurry. I have no doubt, if the steamboat had not ran aground, and delayed the party going round the Island, we should have killed and taken a number of them prisoners. Below isacorrecl list ol killed anti wound-. ed on our side : KILLED : To!cot 15. Andrews, Go. <5, shot through the head. Thomas Allen, G, shot through the thigh. Mathew McCormack, G, shot through the bowels. James Pilkenton, A, shot through the thigh. wounded: Lieut. Bowie, Cos. G, shot through the shoulder Lieut. Meddows, Cos If, shot through the body. John Tuggle, Cos. G, shot through the hand. Daniel 13. Davis. Cos. G, shot through the thigh and leg. Vincent Cowart, Cos. G, shot through the ( arm. . Serg-’t S. T. Howard, Cos. G, shot slightly , in the arm. J. J.. Johnsey, Cos. B, shot slightly in tin knee. Henery Cook, Cos. A, shot slightly iu the shoulder. On Thursday, while the men were crossing over to the Island, Win. J. Dean, Cos. D, was killed accidentally, the hammer of his gun striking some fire wood he was standing on, the load and the plug going through him, entering iu his side and coming out at his shoulder. T. \V. j Wiikrfas, we have seen it stated, in some pa pers in the State of Gporma, that one C. C. Orde rnan, who formerly resided in this city, calls upon the citizens of that State to contribute to the ’ building of an iron clad gunboat at this place, and not having heard ol any arrangement of the i sort among our citizens, and believing said Orde man 10 be unworthy of such an undertaking, Resolved, That in the opinion o! thi9 Committee, said Ordeman is totally unworthy oi such a trust, and confidence, and by such publication he is at- j tempting an imposition on the pubho, ami that this resolution ho published in the Montgomery Adver tiser, wiik a request that the papers of Georgia also publish the same. The above preamble and resolution was passed by the Vigilance Committee of the city of Mont*! gomery, at its regular meeting, held on Thursday, April 10th, IS62.— Mont. Adv. Congress.—Tin- Confederate Congress have re solved to adjourn oit to-morrow to meet aaain on the third Monday in August next. The effort toi have the resolution rescinded on me ground that this was not the crisis in which to dc-sc-rt their post.-, was ineffectual. The ad journment is bit terly denounced by the Richmond papers, but we can not see what good Congressmen can do by staying there, nor what good they have done by going' there. Thus speaks the Augusta Sentinel of Sunday last.; The New Orlean* Picayune, referring to Col. J. Johnston Petigrew declining ibe appointment ol Brigadier, as lately reported in the Courier adds : Good gracious, Colonel! you must be very ec centric. Tite idea of winning promotion will bring upon you the commiseration of the one hundred thousand would be Brigadiers in the Confederate army, MACON, GEorgj^ Wela tsitj, 4|*iii Zj, | Sti , ' ' EXTORTION PERSONAE 1 o show our readers that we fi ave for Calling on them 10 pay up past rp »*ir. we will -.taw- the recent increase 0Q the interior |upx *e are ‘ * rs ' an<e ** * ,3n K* l ®G>-r. In times p a , f & *' m.t have Leon at three dollar* ner . ’ *° 1 the nth ot leb v, we paid tor it i 1 m . . ’ \on ih« (!*»<» day-i Iu Z", oil the 16th April , papers have iocr.-a.ed their prices oi *.;! ,*.-; ** \\ e have tint intended to do so, and !> , app«-aled to our subscribers for ample ntea; 5 , owi- ns lor sevt'ial )cars, hoping sometime to ° a tender place in their consciences, but it t, 4 j. with little eflect, atid we must say, that wr / heeu tiiin-h a.-iouislawi at the estimate n. placed o:t :lie cbaiacters ot some »o whom , forwarded hills and met with no response I must be an end of >his. If have gratuities* bestow lliey wdt fie on 4 different class 0 f» scribers. i-2** great bailies have been fought 1 our last. The vast armies on the Peninsula t ., in the West art-still confronting each other we may look l»*r important news io a few J*ys ihere is seed-rice for sale at the Sc Western Railroad depot. Every farmer »f, have his rice-patch* Some villain placed obtinictiona on the S Cito lina railroad on Sunday morning last bv which ;L« Cura wero throwu «,tt nnd lour genueman *.. e; atiJ othei itijurv done. i#' " r learn front ihe Charleston Oourior C Monday, f .at the ihere was some successful sk, mishlug with tLe enemy by the “Stone and 1 'apt. Nisbei’s pickets, attached to Col. Bla,» cavalry regiment. J. B. Whaley on our side * j severely wounded. The only casualty, whiUt is believed several ot the eneniy t neri- IriUed wounded. UUNBOAT FUND. The total an.ouot .sent to ihis oflii-e, to d-.te l »his tuiul. at J which has bepn heretofore *>.. - nc , w( , edge»l, is f: ,',6 60, This sum has been to the 1 reaaurers of the fund iu Savannah T3F CONSCRIPTION ACT. Thi-t important law will bo found in our pap»r to-day. VV< need not conuiif-ud its paiusal to o-r reader*. POBTAL- N e are indebted to the Department at Richmt '’d tor the Annual Report of the Post Master Generai, which contaios much valuable information on pos tal affairs. CONCERT. ihe young Indies *»t Wesleyan Female College propose giving a conceit on Friday night, 26tii itw , under the direction 01 Prof. Guttenbergrr, Mr*s Link arid Prot. C/urda. lor the benefit of the Macon Hospital. Admission ie<- jl.Oo. EaerciaCa begin at o'clock. AFTER THEM Governor Shorter, rt will be seen, like our wor tl.y Slat.* E.teciuive, is utt-. r iho-t- planters who, disregardfnl ot Hu* exigencies ot ihe hour ami 1q defiarree ot publir- opinion, still worship “ Ex King Outiun. S\ e commend hi* timely proclamatloa to planter*. TRANSFERRED B) reference to offlrtal correspondence, in our paper u> day, it will be seen that the State troops have been all transferred to the Confederate scr vice. VS e ti'ii-i this will prove satisfactory to all parti, a-. PRISONERS FROM TENNFSSKE About -160 prisoners, captured by t.’apt. Ashbv, iu Fast Tennessee, arrived here yesterday mornlijg by the Macon ami Western raikoad, on their w»iy j to Milledgeville for coufinement (as it was under -»!ood) in the Penitentiary. They did not proceed further, but were returned to Atlanta, in accord aiioe with an order of the Governor, in conse quence of there not being suitable accomodation* lor them at Milledgeville. ORIGINAL ACRGSTIO3 f uder this title, a pamphlet of thirly-two i J 'l 00 OUr table last week, purportiog tefi- Jrorn the pen oi “ Rob't IRuckweil, a native-bora ■ Georgian. Without venturing an opinion ou tio: merits ol the poetry, we can come to tbi* coac.i.<- ion, tiiat Ihe author would be a very safe soldier and had better adopt that occupation. With » \ ankee breast-plate, the head would need ns pro tection, as a ball in that region could not irffict much damage. The Tc-legrapn has an able bc‘. rather ambiguous review of the w>, A- comprised in the following words: “ It is an excellent woik to kill time with.” SOUTH-WEBTERN RAILROAD. This road, which was very seriously damaged of the heavy rains, about two weeks aioce, in the vt cinty ol atatioo No. 2, and Fort Valiet, we are glad ro announce, was so far repaired that ti e passenger trains were enabled to run over it an Monday, and the freight trains will commence toeir regular trips to-day. About two hundred hands have been employed on the repair?, and from the immense damage the road sustained, it is surprising that it could so soon have been placed in running order. The portion of tbe road vre al lude to is that to Albany and Eufauia. The re pairs on the Muscogee branch are not yet com pleted. Consequently, the mails bate been much delayed on these routes. THE SPIRIT CF TEETIMEQ Is weli illustrated by an £ ctraordinary adventure of a young knight of our city, w ith his sable squire. A so it ot Mr. W . b. W iili.wiiS, the woithy princi pal of the Academy lor the Blind, in this city, named A.bert MeC.-iy, aged about 6 years of age, accompanied by a negro boy aged about 10, con cluding that ihe Napier Artillery needed recruit?, started for on W r ednesdav night l*?h unknown to his parent?. They took their artsy stores and subsistence along with them, and bad proceeded on their patriotic march below Gordon, more than twenty mites from this city, when, al ter a gallant they were compelled f® yield to superior force, and were brought back to this city on Friday. 4a may well be imagined the parents of this youthful warrior were in d«*P trouble at bis mysterious absence, nnd quite joyous at his safe Naturally quiet and obedient, they were the tnor-- surprised at tfiis extraordinary freak of boyish heroism. If such i3 the spirit Ot our children, one would hardly suppose subjugation practicably,