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Journal & ptsstngct. and S. HOSE, EDITORS AND PROI'RIKTORS. From the Mobile Register. Army Correspondence. Oorioth, May 1, 1862. TL« re is but little to write about from this place that it would be proper to communi cate. We are in the immediate presence of the enemy, who is slowly but cautiously ad vancing upon us. This impression is uni versal, as well among officers as men, that the great battle of the South-west, upon which such momentous consequences hang, mast be fought at an early day. It may commence in forty-eight hours, and yet it may be delayed a week, or even longer, should the weather be unpropitious. There were several dry and sunny days last, week and the first of this, and the Federals availed themselves of them to push forward their lines. On Monday and Tuesday, however, there was a renewal of the rains, which had the effect to check their advance. Yesterday it was dry, and to-day the weather is lovely, and consequently we hear that the enemy is again in motion. It is not believed that the main body of the army has left the river, to which it fell back after the battle of Shiloh. Strong re connoitering parties, however, consisting of artillery, cavalry and infantry, have been pushed forward, with a view to feel of our lines, and to ascertain our exact position, in accordance with this plan, the forces thrown forward to Monterey on the road to this place, having accomplished their object are 1 -ported to have fallen back; and to-day we hear that similar parties are moving upon om* right by the Farmington road. When ho shall have completed .his reeonuoisonces, and obtained the information he desires, there is every reason to believe that < Jen. llalleck will then quit the river and attack us in great force. He will probably move npon us in three columns —the central to consist of 50,000 men, and the right and left 20,000 each. His numbers, however will depend upon the reinforcements he may receive. Should Curtis from Southwestern Missouri, and Fremont from Northwestern Virginia, be ordered to the Tennessee, Halleck will have an immense army, numbering nearly, if not quite 100,000 men. To defeat such a force as this, will require all the men, arms, skill and courage the Confederates can bring to the encounter. There is more or less skirmishing every day or two, in which the enemy, owing to the heavy force with which he conducts his reconnoissances, frequently gets the best of it. A detachment of cavalry made a dash at the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, a few days ago, at a point about live miles this side of Bethel, and destroyed a small portion of the track. Per contra, a battalion of Confede rate cavalry, under Oapt. Scott, numbering about 200, moved upon Decatur yesterday, and frightened away some 2,000 Federals, who burnt the railroad bridge and shelled the town before they left. So, the good people of Decatur did not escape, notwith standing they compelled the Confederate officer iu command at that point to lower the draw of the railway bridge at the de mand of the Federals. It is believed that Huntsville has also been retaken by this time. Indeed, it is probable that the Con federates will occupy the whole line of the Memphis and Charleston Road in a few days. The Federals have heard of the arrival of Price and Van Dorn, of whom they entertain a wholesome and well founded fear. It is understood that they supposed it was Price who was moving upon Decatur, and hence the haste with which they vacua ted the place. X shall not say whether Price was in that neighborhood or’not, though I may venture to remark that “ he is about/’ and will be heard from in due season by the enemy, and when and where they may least expect it. The enemy’s scouts have adopted, in some instances at least, the garb of the country people. This is done to deceive, not only our troops but the farmers and possibly to gain admittance into our lines as spies. There is considerable sickness in the army. The prevailing diseases are dysentery, pneu luonia and measles; with occasional cases of chilis and fever. The ground occupied by our troops is low and damp, and has been wet. for the last four or five months. The sickness among the Federals is said to be very great. No part of the cavalry has yet been dis mounted, as I was led to believe, when last here, would be done. This is to be regret ted,since the country is wholly unsuited to that kiud of service, and the difficulty of procuring forage for so many horses is very great. Gen. Beauregard will be forced to recourse to this measure before the Ist of July. The force is unnecessarily large, un less it were better trained and tho country more open. P. W. A. Fokt Pin.ovr. —“ Personae,” tlie correspondent of the Charleston Courier,speaks thus of Fort Pillow: The news from Fort Pillow is encouraging only to the extent that we still bravely maintain the de fence. The enemy have ten mortar boats and a nmuber of transports. From the former heavy firing is unceasingly kept up night and day. Thus far the ouly casualties are the loss of a leg or an frm ; oue of the sufferers being an aged citizen of the neighborhood who was present to furnish aid to the disabled, if it should be required. It is re ported also that we burst one of onr mortars.— The enemy are supposed to have burst three, the peculiarity of the explosions at the several times, and the failure of the shells to appear in their ac customed places, indicating this probability.— Since then only seven mortar boats have been in use. It is my own impression that the fall of Fort Pillow is only the work of time, as was the ease with Pulaski, and that the enemy are not prepared to take it until after the coming battle at Corinth. Only two of their gunboats remain, with the mor tars, ami the majority of their troops have depart ed up the Tennessee to Pittsburg. Arming N t egroes.-- There is no longer any doubt, of the fact that our unscrupulous foe has at last adopted the barbarous policy of placing arms in the hand- of our slaves to tight against us. We learn that the Van kee regiments iu North Ala.ban»u have &<-v era! negroes ip their tanks who wen reduced from their loyally' during the occupation ol I’uscumbia, Decatur and iitfcbsYiJle. —m m %>hU Appeal, Brutal Outrage In L«ins<#"i ,v> ' A corrcspomlcDt of the Memphis Appeal says : I have now to record an act of revolting j impiousness and petty tyranny on the part of I the Lincoln soldiery, insulting alike the i living and the dead, which lately occured at Lexington Kentucky, the truth of which is vouched for by all the inhabitants, vrhi'.h cannot be exceeded by the despicable tyrant Alexander. j It appears that the remains of Lieut. Ed ward Keen, of the 2nd Ky. (( onfedciate : Regiment, who was wounded at Fort Donel : son, and who died at Clarksville, Tennessee, were removed to his family at LexiDgton,| | Ky., for iutiment. On a previous occasion | there had been a great demonstration by the citizens of Lexington at the funeral cortege of one of our gallant soldiers who had fallen at Donelson, and some abolition citizens of j Lexington, named Dudly M. Craig, P. Scott, | (bagging and rope manufacturer,) J. A. | Harper, J. T. Miller, Millward, and others, j to show their loyalty,petitioned Gen.Halleck j to prevent such further demonstrations, and ! not permit hereafter deceased soldiers of the | Confederate army to be brought home. — I Thereupon, Ilaliec-k issued an order that ; hereafter no more than twelve persons should ; attend the funeral of any rebel soldier. In the present instance, the noble quali ties of the deceased having won him great ; popularity, Union friend* telegraphed Hal leek, at St. Lord*, for permission for carri -1 age?, to attend the funeral ; the request was i granted, but the number limited to twenty. On the day of the funeral of Lieut. Keene. I about the 2 Ith of last March, the Colonel of the 83d Indiana regiment, whose name, un ; fortunately, our informant has forgot ton, posted a guard or detachment of companies ; of his regiment from the house of the de ceased along the crossings of the principal I streets, with two companies at the gates of 1 the cemetery, and inside surrounding the | grave. As the funeral moved from the house j of the deceased, there were found to be eighty j seven carriages, occupied by ladies when the | dastardly Colonel, with a squad of his hoosicr | mercenaries, rode up in front of the hearse j and stopped the procession in a most brutal and insulting manner, ordering his creatures to count off eighteen carriages and stop all the rest. At this infamous outrage many ladies got out of the carriages and proceeded on foot with gentlemen, when, at the corner of Second street and Broadway, they were stoped by another company of armed Hes sians and not permitted to pass any further. At the gates of the cemetery the hearse was again stopped under some pretext, and considerable delay took place, when some ladies in the carriages to avoid the profane and indecent language of Lincoln’s brutal soldiery, closed their carriage windows. At this a number of the armed scoundrels of company I, of the 38d Indiana regiment, made most insulting leers, when one ex claimed, “shut, your windows, you d—d re bel .” The procession wasnow permit ted to enter the burial grounds, when a scene occured the most disgraceful ever recorded ot a people with the slightest pretension to civilization or Christianity. The coffin being removed from the hearse, the brutal Lin colnites soldierly of this 38d Indiana regi ment, refused to give -way, in order that the coffin might he placed in the grave, or to permit the relatives of tlie deceased to per torm their last and tribute to the memory of the dead ! It was only when being pushed aside, and seeing the firm, determination of several friends ot the deceased, that a sense of shame at their own infamous conduct forced these brutes to stand back. And even after this, when the ceremony of the solemn fu neral rights were being performed over the grave, and the grief and tears of women should have commanded a holy silence and touched a heart ot stone, these fiends inter rupted the obsequies with coarse jokes bias ! phciuous language arid brutal laughter, mak- I ing a mockery ot the solemnities, and scof fing at the dead as the corpse was lowered ! into the grave ! And now tor the sequel, which ended iu a bloody tracedv. That evening, Mr. Riley f?narp, one ol the oldest and most respecta ble citizens of Lexington, was approaeed by a Dr. Letcher, when a conversation ensued,- m which Mr. Sharp denounced the Lincolu ito proceedings as one of the greatest out rages ever perpetrated in a civilized commu nity. Letcher said no rebel was entitled to Christian burial who had fought against his country.. Angry words passed, when Letcher drew a. pistol but quailed before the steady eye of the old man and slunk off. The next day Letcher apologized to Mr. Sharp, saying he was drunk. A notorious bully, named Jcrrett Wilgus, having heard of the settle ment between Sharp and Letcher, said if it had been him, (Wilgus) he would have kill ed the old scoundrel. Soon after Air. Sharp passed on the street, Wilgus approached him and abused him in the grossest manner. The old man ordered him oft, saying he would have nothing to do with such a scoundrel, when Wilgus* fired, and his shot not taking effect drew" a bowie knife and stabbed the old man several times, when he tell dead. Such is Liucoluisin in Kentucky, and it is but proper that such tacts should be made public iu order to pre serve a true record of the history of the times. As au incident of the preceeding day, I must state as the return of the funeral, a Mrs. ailey, the wife ot a blacksmith, hung out ot her window, which was crowded with ladies, a secession flag. A squad of Loncoln ire soldiers made a rush for the house to get the flag. but the ladies burnt it before they could get in, when out of revenge the brutes broke up the furniture in the house. The W ar.— Since our la c t issue, impor tant movements have occurred on the Pen insula. Our line of defences at York town has been abandoned, and the Confederate forces have drawn farther up the Peninsula. It is supposed the enemy immediately ad vanced. Their gunboats were at West Point yesterday, and tired upon the last train of cars leaving for Richmond. We hear of other important movements, which we do not think it judicious to dis close. The public will soon become apprised of them. • II we are correctly informed, we anticipate the most glorious results.— h */«•/< )r% 5 th, Tlie threat Naval Battle belo w New Orleans. Our city was much enlivened on Saturday evening by the arrival on the South estern train, of our gallant young townsman, Mid shipman Leroy H. Washington, of the U. . who was engaged in the desperate con flict between the Federal fleet and our fleet and forts on the river below New Orleans. Midshipman Washington was on the Con federate gunboat Jackson, and engaged in the fight from the beginning until its disas trous termination. He has favored us with the following brief statement of facts, which he holds himself responsible for, and can maintain, not-withstanding the counter-state ments made by persons connected with the Navy but who were not in the fight. The Confederate fleet.consisted of 12 gun boats. 1 iron-clad steamer and the ram Man- assas. Our fleet, or a portion of it, had been anchored iu the river near the forts, for some weeks, aud was there, out of sight, pro tected by a point of timbered land during the week’s bombardment of the forts, which resulted in no further loss on our side than six men killed in Fort Jackson. On Thursday morning, the 24th April, at 4 ] o’clock, the Federal fleet steamed up the river and opened on our gunboats and both the forts, Jackson aud St. Phillip. The fire was vigorously returned by our side, and in a very short time became perfectly furious, the enemy’s fleet and our whole force being engaged. Iu about one hour several of the enemy’s vessels passed the forts—the first one in the advance having our night signed flying, which protected her from the fire of our boats, until she ran up close and opened the fire herself. The battle raged with great fury until about 5 o’clock, when it slackened off, and the Jackson finding herself alone and badly crippled, steamed off up the river, pursued bv the enemy’s boats, receiving and returning fire as she went. At about 7 o’clock, the pursuit ceased, and the Jackson proceeded on to New Orleans, where she was burnt by her commander, in consequence of her being so much disabled that she could not proceed further up the river. The per sons known to have escaped were the officers and men of the Jackson. What became of the other vessels was not certainly known, but it was believed that they were all cap tured or sunk, as there was nothing visible in the river when the Jackson left, except the enemy’s vessels mostly anchored above the forts, and seven wrecks, (three or four gunboats,) burning. The Confederate steamers, General Quit man and Governor Moore, fought gallantly, and did great damage to the advance vessels of the enemy by running into them. They were both burnt, but it is not known whether by their commanders to prevent the Federals from capturing them, or by the enemy’s shell. The Confederate force consisted of about 700 men in the forts, about 600 on the gun boats, aud the Chalmette Regiment, which was stationed on the river about four miles above the forts. This was a regiment com posed mostly of foreigners, and it is believed to have been nearly annihilated, as the Fed eral gunboats poured a terrific fire upon them Midshipman Washington confirms the tele gram from Richmond, which states that the Louisiana was unmanageable and of but lit tle service iu the fight. He does not know whether she was captured or destroyed. At the time the Jackson left it was believ ed that all the guns of the forts were silenc ed and their flags shot away. lie states that the conduct of all parties in the light was heroic in the extreme— that there was no flinching from fire or wa ter—that we threw hot water upon them, and they threw shells of liquid fire upon us —that, so intent were our men on the fight that they even went down firing upon the enemy. He states that during Thursday night and Friday morning the authorities at New Or leans were busily engaged in destroying cot ton sagar, and molasses, lie thinks the quantity of cotton burned is exagerated by the Magnetic Telegraph. Still, it was all destroyed except an inconsiderable number of bales, stored about in private places. He bestows the highest praise on Gen. Lovell, and says his evacuation of New Orleans was a necessity dictated alike by military reasons and humanity. The statement made by Capt, Farragut, that women and children were fired on by our people when the Fed i ml boiled approached the city, is entirely groundless-—that three foreigners (Sicilians) iu ( onfederate uniforms did run upon the levee and shout for Lincoln, when they were immediately killed by the populace. He gives the following list ot our vessels I engaged in the fight: The Manassas, ram, Capt. Warley. ihe Louisiana, iron plated steamer, Cap tain Mclntosh. 1 The Mcllea, gunboat, Capt. Huger. The Jackson gunboat, Capt. Renshaw. The Defiance, gunboat, Officer not known. Idie Resolute, gunboat, Oapt Stephenson. The Stonewall Jackson gunboat, Captain Phillips- The Gen. Beauregard, gunboat, Officer not known. The Gen. Quitman, gunboat, Capt. Grant. The Gov. Moore, gunboat, Oapt. Kennon. And four other gunboats, recently prepar ed, whose names he does not know. Be sides these there were transports present, viz : The Star, the Phoenix, the Music, the Mosier, the Algerine, and several tugs, ma king in all, he thinks, at least twenty of our vessels that were present at the fight, and which Oapt. Renshaw, of the Jackson, be lieved to have been all lost. Midshipman Washington has thus passed through two of the most terrific engagements, and narrowly escaped each time unhurt lie was on the steamer 11 Sampson” wiien Commodore Tatnall’s fleet provisioned Port Pulaski, and on the occasion hi3 boat, al though riddled by the enemy, succeeded iu mulling the lire, to the surprise of every body. And now he is one of the few survi vors ot oue ot the most terrific naval battles ever recorded. He thinks the enemy lost at least as many boats as we did—not less than fifteen or twenty.— Macon Telegraph , The Governor of Alabama~has ordered all rhe cotton in Montgomery to be deposited in oue warehouse where its destruction will not damage the city. Owners have the priv ilege of removing their cotton to a distance from the city. Nfortlicrii News. northern account of the fall OF NFW ORLEA? g Northern papers furnish some further par titulars of the attack. A special dispatch to the New York Tribune from tort \Y right, dated 28th ult., says: . „ , , Now Orleans is now in Captain lorters quiet possession. The Union fleet passed Fort Jackson on Thursday, after a desperate naval engagement*, in which one vessel was sunk and several badly damaged. It is sup posed that the Union loss is very heavy. The rebel loss was sixty killed and one hundred and eighty-four wounded. The en gagement, lasted part of two days. The Un ionists took possession of the city without a struggle. On Friday the rebel forts evacu- after having destroyed all the steamers which they had no use for. They took with them the greater part of the military stores in the city. There is a report that the enemy s much boasted irou gunboat, built there as a sec ond Merriuiac was, while on its way. des troyed by the United States steamer Pensa- I cola. 1 The Northern press scarcely know how to receive the news of the fall of New Orleans. The Herald thinks it must change the whole feature of the war and “reduce the nefari ous rebellion to a last feeble struggle.”— The Herald says: While we have been conducting formida ble and expensive expenditions on the Miss issippi river and on the sea coast to assail the rebel strong-holds in the South, and sub due them, one by one, the greatest cotton port of the rebels has fallen into our hands, on event which must change the whole fea tures of the war in the South and West baf fles the plans of Beauregard at Corinth au*l Memphis, paralyze the actions of Johnson at Yorktown, and reduce the nefarious rebel lion to a last feeble struggle. This news looks startling at the first blush, yet it was hardly unexpected. The strong Union force at Ship island—with General Butler commanding the military, Commo dore Farragut at the head of the naval por tion of the expedition, and Commodore Por ter conducting the operations of the mor tar boats—has not been seen. We know that for several days past the fleet was ly ing in great strength directly under the forts defending New Orleans, which they were bombarding in a fashion described by the rebel General Mansfield Lovell as “terrific.” One of our gunboats had got past Fort Jack ! son, a fact which caused the utmost conster nation in the Crescent City. But it appears that the rebels relied upon two iron gunboats for the final defence of the city. One of them, the Louisiana, commanded by Capt. Pegram, being said to excel the Merrimac in power and armament. If New Orleans, then, be in our possession, these two formidable gunboats must have fallen into our hands, unless the rebels succeeded ;in destroying them with the other boats which they are said to have demolished.— With Forts Jackson and St. Philip captured, as no doubt they were, by our fleet, and Pass Christian ocoupiod, as it has-been for some time, the other defences would not present a front too formidable for the force which our gallant officers could bring against them. We are told that, in thirty hours after the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Phillip, “our brave men consummated their victory, and appeared before the great city of the Southwest to receive its submission.” “John” at Shiloh. Major Henry E. Peyton, who, for services in the field at Manassas, was promoted from a private in the Loudoun Cavalry to Gen. Beauregards’s staff, took with him to Corinth his body servaut, John, who had been his playmate in childhood. When the army marched to Shiloh, John was left at Corinth. But on Sunday, after the battle was over, John turned up having come, as he said, to ‘look arter Mats Henry.” As soon as he found his master, the following colloquy ensued: “Mars’ Henry, dar is a Yankee horse bin killed, and de Yankee officer done run’d away, and left de finis’ saddle and bridle you ewer see. Spose’n I and you take unrbefo any body else kin’.” Maj. Peyton, after consulting with some of his brother officers, told John to go andjkke them. Not long afterwards, John retimfed and said : “Mars Henry, dar’s a ole mule got loose in de woods, and presently somebody gwine come long dar and steal him. Now snose’n I and you take him and put we all’s saddle and bridle on him-” “Very good,” said the Major, and away went John. Sunday night passed, and no John was to be found. The battle raged all day Monday and still John was not visible. Our army retired slowly to Corinth without any symp- | toms of John. The Major could not help j smiling at his own simplicity in permitting John to provide himself with all the means of escape, without once suspecting the ras cal’s desigu. He had also to receive the ironical compliments of his fellow officers. Two days elapsed, and all hopes of ever see ing John again were dismissed, when Maj. Brent’s boy came running in, exclaiming—- “31 aj. Peyton’s John cornin’ up de road.” Everybody ran out to see him. The first I thing that attracted their attention was the brand U. S. on the shoulder of an enormous mule. On this mule was a large sack stuff ed so full that it stood straight out half a yard on each side of the mule: and on this j sat John with a large trunk in front of him. A shout of applause greeted him as he dis mounted. The booty in the sack and trunk proved to be very rich. Shoes, socks, shirts, woolen under-clothing, sardines, india rubber blan kets, oilcloth havelocks, two splendid over coats, variety of tools and a full uniform of a Yankee General. The saddle, bridle (he two overcoats and an india rubber blanket John gave to to his master ; the oilier things he kept for himself. When Major Peyton leard tuat most of the plunder which he had taken came from that part of the Yan kee camp which our troops neglected to burn, he was entirely reconciled to' John’s perfor mance. John now parades the streets of Lorinth dressed as a Federal General, and is held up to the servants of the Maior’s brolher officers as a model.— Richmond Wtl'ih 7 thy General Order#* No. 8. STATE OF GEORGIA, 'j Adj’t and Ins. General’s Office, > Milledgeville, May 8, 1852 ) On account of the large number of troops Geor o-ia has furnished the army of the Confederate Government, and on account, of our peculiar insti tution, anil tor the more perfect organization of a police system throughout the State, His Excellen cy the Governor ami Commander-in-chief, directs the issue of the following order, and enjoins a strict compliance with it. upon all militaiy o cers and persons, of whatever age, able to do military duty fb the State. _ ... I. Until further orders from this office, the mili tia companies, as also the volunteer companies not enlisted for active service, will be mustered at their respective parade grounds with such arms as they can command, twice a month for instruction and and training in military exercises. The musters will be on such days, and at such times, as the commander oi the company may determine to be most convenient for the interests oi hi3 command. 11. Conscripis, until actually enrolled and march ed to their camps or regiments, will be held liable to militia duty uuder the laws of the State. IU. Able bodied citizens, not liable to military dtuv, are requested to attach themselves to the companies of their Districts and to turn out regu larly with them for muster as above ordered. IV. Colonels of regiments and commanders ol independent battalions arc directed to see to the execution of this order, and that their companies are properly officered. They will report, to this office, as soon as possible, the number and quality of arms'in their respective commands. V. The language of the Conscription Act, lately passed by Congress, is general, and embraces the oficers of the militia of the States as well as pri votes. But the States having, by the 16th para graph of the Bth section of the Ist article of the Constitution of the Confederate States, expressly reserw .7 to themselves not only the appointment oj the officers of the militia when employed in the see vice of the Confederate Slu/es, but each State hav mg also reserved to heiself the authority of train ing her own uiiiitia according to the the discipline prescribed by Congress—wliich cannot be done without officers —and there being no vacancy that can be filled by another in case an officer of the militia is carried out of the State as a “Couseript” without his consent, which, if done generally, would entirely destroy the military organization of the Stale, and prevent her from exercising her reserved authority of training her militia at a time when the safety of her people absolutely requires that this should be Hone to prevent internal insnrree tions, that may occur at any moment without st rict military police regulations- therefore, the Com mander-in-chief, after careful consideration of this question, holds that the Conscription law’, so far as it interferes with the officers of the militia in the discharge of their duties by attempting to-reduce 1 them to the ranks, and place them under officers in the Confederate service, (by which a Major j General of the militia, for instance, might be lore-1 ibly taken from his command and placed under the lowest subaltern appointed by the President, under penalty of death if he refuses to serve) is not only subversive of the rights and sovereignty of the States, but is a palpable violation ot the Constitu tion of the Confederate States, and to that extent void and of no binding force upon the officers of the militia of the State of Georgia. He therefore commands every militia officer in commission in this State to report, by written com munication, directed to “Henry C. Wayne, Adju tant, and Inspector General, at Milledgeville,” spe cifying in his report, his rank, the number of his District,, the date of his commission, the county of his residence, and his postoffice. Those who thus report are directed not to enroll themselves as “conscripts,” but to continue actively in the vigi lant discharge of their respective duties as officers of the milltia. Those who report as herein di reeled, and only those, will be protected by the State against the operation of Hie Conscription law. VI. As many of the officers of the militia of j this State have voluntarily accepted commissions ! in the Confederate service and left their places va- j cant; and as others have died, of which no report has been made to these headquarters, the officers whose duty it is under the statute, will proceed to fill all such vacancies by brevet, appointment, until elections can be held, reporting their appointments j to this office. By order of the Commander-in-chief. HENRY C. WAYNE, Adjutant and inspector General. Georgia Military Institute. May 7th, 18G2. To the Editors of the Atlanta Confederacy: Gentlemen : It is very generally reported, I un derstand that the Georgia Military Institute has suspended, or is about to suspend, its exercises.— J his report is without the shadow of a foundation. When Georgia is subjugated her military school will be closed ; but so long as Georgia stands erect, and maintains her sovereignty, her military school will be kept open, in order that her sons may have au opportunity to qualify themselves for meeting her foes—to qualify themselves for the post of hon or, of danger, of usefulness and of trust. A serious disturbance has arisen among the Ca dets, brought about bv a combination among them to leave the Institute, with or without the conseut, of parents or guardians,and in defiance of the reg ulations. They were remonstrated and urged to wait until they could get the consent of their parents or guardians to resign, and so leavt the Institute in a regular and creditable iii&uner. Some heeded but many did not. ’ Number dismissed oq “ resigned 19 “ deserted \.... ." ii Still in the Institute g*» Yery respectfully, Your ob’t servant, JOHN M. RICHARDSON, Acting Superintendent G. M. I. More Prisoners.— Our pickets on the marsh opposite Oauston s Bluff, captured another respect able batch ot Yankee prisoners yesterday after noon, and without firing a gun. It seems two detachments, were sent out from the loth Georgia, and stationed in the marsh near Augustine creek. During the afternoon a boat was heard coming from towards Wilmington, when the nearest party threw themselves down in the marsh and awaited its arrival opposite them. Un conscious of danger, the Pederals rowed up to within a few yards of the pickets, when the latter suduenly sprang to their feet and ordered a sur render. taken by surprise, and unarmed, the entire party, numbering fifteen, gave up and came ashore. They were taken in custody by Colonel Douglas and brought to town for safe-keeping. The prisoners are 15 in number, six offii-ers good looking, well dressed men, and the remainder seamen, all from the steamer Sumter, stationed off VV ilmington. I hev were doubtless reeonuoiterinc but say they were bound for Fort Pulaski on°a trip of pleasure. The capturing party consisted of only four. The following is a list of officers, all of whom belong to the U. S. steamer Huuiter : Levi B. Cromwell, Acting Master. Charles G. Stevens, Engineer. Warren Ewell, Engineer. R. I. Rusk, Master’s Mate. A. \Y . Minor, Surgeon's Steward ; also ten sea roco.—Sal*. Republican, May 12. Tie F.sei,t Ballooniso. —The move,neon of the enemy below, yesterday, seemed to indicate a desire to break the long quiet that has reigned in our river since the capture of Fort Pulaski. Earl v in the forenoon, a gunboat set. out, apparently Irom their Venus’ Point, on P a recon noitenng expedition up the river. To the gunboat was attached a very large balloon, for the purpose U..d“ Wh 1 "* 0 " r ba ‘"‘ ri< ‘ 8 on ‘he river and Jain t d .' hen near the mouth of Augustine creek the balloon was inflated and sent „ p ° to lhe hei if of two or three hundred feet. The boat progress ed no further m this direction, and, after the Yan an” retired‘V"' CUr ‘, oait . T ' she tacked about We hope ‘hey were edified, and compensated for their trouble. No doubt thev StcT I? ni'Y “ formidable as they hid an’ ticipatcd. If still in doubt, though on this noint they have only to test our works by bringing their gusboau wuUiu mga of gur s « [hQir macon. I ' Wednesday, May 11 | ■ —— - .... ' £ IW There are several pe rSOn ,, have been expecting rernuUn, ~- ’ their subscriptions, but have bee n v THE ' 1 the season by J. P. Brooks, 0,." week. MACON & WESTgRy p The schedule has heoncfifln- / ■ | con af, 10 o’clock, a. m., f 0 t a u !12 m. ’ ’ 1 THE FALL We continue the pvrh; : ' cai q fm f , ticulars this week in relation v, pation of New Orleans wViieb w”.\, ' terest. CONSCRIPT ACT, . Gov. I.etcher, of Virginia, in seems to entertain the same op, J as Gov. Brown, of its unconstut; ..,,. ! ever, exhorts the people to unity, cor. ! renewed resolve to drire the iav .v-. | soil of (he Old Dominion, he vet ;ro c Conscription Act, in his judgment ! constitutional, hut say»the times d? ! pension of debate upon it. FIRF. IN ATLANTA, A destructive lire took place on iU commencing in a Ware-house on !i. White Hall street. 80il bales of .-otter, | Rice, were consumed. The build!;, i government stores, 2f»0,n00 pound.' t j which 10,000 were nearly destroyed % | barrels .sugar, oil, hides, fcc. Two sion- I on White Hall street were badly dann about 100,000 dollars. MANUFACTURERS’ RANK. The operations of the Manufacturer's: this city, which have for some time been* ed, has again resumed business. Con;:.- . changes have been made in the owners':.: stock, and Wra. A. Cherry has been elec dent. Mr. Hardie, the old Cashier, cor - 5 fill that station. The Bank has but a sun jl ol lulls ui circulation, and is now redeem with those of other Banks. At tl*r* suspension, it, no doubt, had abundant a have redeemed its issues, could it hav.- «• <’ from those whom if. had accomoduted. Th* not the first time we have known a B*nk L compelled to suspend because it was Lr fin est of individuals to have it do so, for th pr,- of paying off in a depreciated currency. EVALUATION OF NORFOLK This event, which has been for sometime mised and looked for, commenced on morning last. Our troops all withdrew tuny vicinity, with their stores and munitio: - what point has not been stated. The D forces landed on Friday night, at Ocem: V about ten miles from Norfolk, and now k city. The Navy Yard at Gosport was h the Dry Dock blown up, so that it v%ill be i viceable to the enemy for a long lime, i h j ram Virginia was attempted to he taken up i river, but the draft not permitting, was -ot j and blown into fragments by the explo- >: | magazine. The policy of our Government seems to * ing an entire change by abandoning our .m and | defences, and throwing our troops into I masses to meet the large armies of the J t-dt but of the reach of their navy, where we we always have, successfully cope with th. However, mortifying it may be to abandon v, on wliich so much expense and labor have bestowed, we cannot but anticipate beneficial suits to our arms from it. PRICE OF IMPFR. To show the extraordinary price.-, a i w ! ! is now selling, we copy from the I'harle-ton pa; those of two Auction sale. 9, one of w uli was week : Blue laid fools cap paper ■' - v o per ream ; blotting paper (thin i V-. -5; cor- ; $2 25 per doz. At another sab* common paper 810 75 per ream ; white letter, ruled note paper $9 25; envelope- vll ' ' per thousand. Most of this paper, in M times, did not sell over >'2 00 to 6 :B Foolscap and letter paper i now ret.ii ; B city at one dollar per quire. Now let ourß and especially those in arrears make thcirß tion of the expense we are at, in ftiiii with Xnespoper. If any thing could -H consciences to a payment, we think it -B this. P. S.—At another sale, on the 7 1 , H. paper sold at sl4 <n) lo $.14 00 per n--- & sl7 75 to sl9 00. In connection with the high prices, add a curtailment , which is a recent the mode of putting up a ream of paper, it contains the proper number of quires ® twenty sheets to the quire—being a swindle Bi no doubt iuteuded) to the purchaser of Cm* of what he supposes he is buying, unlei- a * of it by the seller. TEREBENE OIL. This is anew substitute for Camphine, £er“- &e., and said to be, where it has been best aud cheapest light in the world. It • 3 tiapd in Atlanta by Massey & Lansdell, u and a quarter per gallon. Also by h aai Markley & Joyner, at one seventy-fee. i;e seem to be varying in Atlanta, but if ft* 8 reaches here (if it has not#lready) it will Pro - from three to five dollars, to correspond other articles iu our market. If people cho use it, they will probably find it to their inter-, send tlreir cans to Atlanta to be tilled. 111 ''' ever, suspected, that the article is little othe. spirits of turpentine, (slightly d"< toi < a ai. which can be hslight at one do: ar fit this city. The following is the substance of an a the Charleston Courier, which ‘• aT3 • . ' ing the Terebene Oil, it is not turpentine , extract from pine gum, to which, b tilled of all substances that constitute turp-nt there is then added one ot the makes it perfectly non-explosive. I ' IUT ' at all depths in the lamp, gaaging irom to the bottom. I have dipped a nghtf and R -' a quantitv of it without setting it on next place it is cheaper than the cueap* c only half cent's worth of it being consuo> u an hour.” Grant’s “Victory.”—Grant's “victory ••• loh, which he claims, is very much like tu scribed by “ John Phienix.” He says: 1 the enemy down by my nose, which I bad between Ui§ purpose *’*