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fit M>mn. WtBBEI, - - “ Editor. Mourtay Muruing. [COMMUMCA'JKiJ.j liov. Brown’* Message. . heavily to the task ot We bring- ourselves ue»> J r.Ficwing this extraordinary document, hive great respect for Gov. Brown, and agree with him in many of his views. H,s patriotic devotion to the common canse is not to bf doubted, and the uncommon intelligence an energy which he has exhibited have already made his name a shining mark in history. iB painful to differ with him in marters of the gravest import. We do so with reluctance and not without some misgivings that our zea for the cause of Southern Independence may blind us a little to the merits of a statesman ship which stops to adjust the pictures in lie parlor, and arrange for the poultry m e barn-yard, whil* incendiary fires are bursting from the roof of the house, and wrapping Us foundations in consuming flames ! We must he allowed to take our time with this message. It- is long very long, and abounds in plausible implications and rnuendoes, as well as in solid and elaborate argumenta tion and tolerable rhetoric. It deals in pas- sion as well as principle, and without the slightest trace of courtesy, displays the cour age of true knighthood. It is nothing to us that the President owes Gov. Brown nothing, or that the Congress is treated with tlie ut most irreverence. Our sole object is to sift this controversy and see what interest the common cause and the real country has in i;. We shall do this fearlessly, frankly, kindly, and with “an eye single” to the interests—the. liberties and glory of our country. W e should despise ourselves, if in a crisis like this, we could know any man whatever. It is well enough for us to say once for all that, with all his faults, we esteem the President very high ly that Gov. Brown has won an enviable name and that, in our opinion, the late Con gress of the Confederate States proved itself to be alike virtuous and wise, patriotic, prac tical and prudent, and when rightly under stood, will receive the grateful plaudits of an admiring people. But to the message. The Exordium is we conceived and well expressed. It is fully up to the demands of Rhetoric,— Demosthenes could not have done better. It is short and as conciliatory as such things ought to be. The complimentary tone of it is in good taste, and it will be a very rude Legislature not to listen with the kindest disposition to so oily an Advocate as the Governor. There may be more or less truth in it. That does not con cern us or any body else, just now. At all •vents, it is according to the precedents in such capes. Great orators, in all ages, have indulged the delusion that these soft words are worth somewhat, in the estimation of Senates and Assemblies. Well, perhaps they are 1 Governor Brown thinks so, and we have no disposition to question his “competency” in a matter of this sort ! We do not intend to insinuate that he is the least bit of a “dema gogue.” This is the illiberal suggestion of bis enemies , but we are friends of the Governor; and speak only of l»io vapactnes as an adioit advocate. These, all men will acknowledge. Whether it is fair and manly and straight forward statesmanship to load down a grave State paper of this sort, at such a time as this, with the mere tricks of advocacy , we shall not stop to consider, as we have not ventured to say that the Governor has done any such thing. We could wish that the Exordium had been longer, if that would have made the Message itself any shorter. “ While we are, wishing,” it is as cheap to wish that we had been spared either ! W« take up the Message in the order of its numerous titles. It is well arranged, and presents the beauties of a climax r Ist. There is a prepossessing air of real business, in the suggestion that, the gooil earn est Governor be allowed such control of “the Railroad' 1 and such “teams and wagons” as have been bought by the Quartermaster Gen eral of the State, to facilitate the “transporta tion of corn to indigent soldiers’ families.” Gov. “Joe,” is au fait, in matters of this sort. Like Judge Dooly, he “ understands the principles of ivagoning.” This is quite important, but it vraa not for this, or the. tile of this , that the Legislature was convened in Extra Session ! 2. "The Relief Fund for Soldiers' families’' is not properly distributed. The Governor has not the “power” over “the Courts, ' and wants other “agents”—to be commissioned “as offi cers of this State” and so protected “against conscription” by the “enrolling officers of the Confederacy 1” All this is entirely proper, altho' we con fess to the vanity of thinking that if we were Governor, we could devise means to distribute the Funds without asking for any more State “officers,” to be exempted from “conscription.” Au Extra Session of the Legislature at a?/ have been demanded by this interest, but we find it difficult to think so. No generous mind will, for a moment, suspect that the Governor in tended to make “conscription and “the en rolling officers of the Confederacy” odious, by associating them with the idea, that “the sol diers’ families” are to be deprived of bread by their agency ! It is the charitable vein to sup pose our Governor, so greatly affected by the sympathies he always “ exhibits ” for “the sol diers' families,” that he cannot brook the shadows of the3e Confederate “officers ' upon the soil of Georgia. In truth, th§ Governor ought io consider these “officers of the Con federacy his best friends, seeing that they make soldiers' families,” aud without these the Governor would be lonesome ! 3. Cotton Planting. “One quarter of an acre to the hand, to the end of the war" is the magisterial maximum! It makes no difference whether it produces Jive hundred or fifty pounds, let it be “highly penal” to plant more than precisely “one quarter of an acre I" We have little to say about this, but suggest to the Governor that just here there is a lapsus in his message. He will need Surveyors— “commissioned as officers of the State” and bo protected “against conscription" and those ugly fellows “the enrolling officers of the Confederacy ' It is not too late to send to I lie Extra Session, a Special Message on this sub ject. We are a candidate for the office of Survegor (Jmerit lof the cotton patches! As to cotton planting during , the war there is little likelihood that it wilfprevail to any injurious extent. Public opinion is fixed and resolute on the subject, and the Governor i s only echoing the popular prejudice, when lie talks about “one quarter of an acre to the hand,” and making it “highly penal” to trans cend that amount. Any farmer knows that two acres “to the hand” may be cultivated with decided adoantaye to the provision crop; and it is by no means certain that three acres “to the band” would at all diminish our supply of food. The Governor invokes this quarter acre legislation, in the name of the public “liber ties” and the “independence of the Confed eracy.” All this is entirely ludicrous to us, and re minds us of the maniuc who invoked a thun derbolt of Jove to crush a Knat! but we feel bound by our own respect for the Executive Office in general, and Governor Brown in par ticular, to say a few' words seriously, on the subject of cotton planting. The whole subject, taken de novo , is not without the most serious difficulties. We have never gone to any extreme on the sub ject. Mr. ToombS thought it best to plant a heavy crop of cotton, and the people very gen erally condemned him. It, costg the Governor nothing to keep this issue alive. It can do him no harm now, and may be useful hereafter, especially if Mr. Toombs should happen to be his opponent for a seat in the Confederate Senate. Governor Brown is clear that a quar ter of one acre “is the extreme limit of the cotton planting.” Let us see how this really stands. A quarter of an acre to the hand would produce about 150 pounds of seed cot ton or 50 pounds of lint to the hand. At that rate it W'ould require ten hands to produce one bale of 500 pounds. But the “bauds” which are to produce cotton, count in the population of one to ten ; to those who consume. So that in fact one hundred, men, women and children, W'ould depend upon one bale of cotton, for clothes and their proportion besides of mat tresses, beddings , &c. In other words it will require fully an half acre to every “hand” ac tually engaged in the growth of cotton to supply the real domestic wants of the country, making no allowance whatever for the public demand growing out of the necessities of the army—the thousand uses to which cotton must now be applieed, as rope, canvass, bag ging, &c., &c. And this view excludes all idea of the absolute necessities of the Government. Now 7 , the truth is that we need all the cot ton we can raise after making a supply of food for the army and the home population— and practical farmers know that they can cul tivate three acres to the hand, without any dim inution whatever , to their provision crop, and with positive advantage to the aggregate sup.- piy- Let us expiain this: A crop is made by planting it and cultivating it; cotton may be planted after corn has been planted, and before it requires any work. On every farm, there are “hands” who cannot plow. With good plowing, corn cultivation requires compara tively little hoeing. The hoes may, therefore, “chop through” the cotton stand, and keep it in tolerable condition until corn has been “laid by,”—and then, all hands can finish up a small cotton crop, without any detriment at all to the production of the corn crop. Let us see a little farther into the economy of this. The cotton patch is a good pasture for cows, sheep and goats, and comes in ai (|i«i ilmo at ti.o-jear when the farmer has no other pas ture. In this way, the ftiree acres to the hand, will save as much corn and fodder as would have grown upon that, amount. Then, three acres will produce 180 bushels of seed, worth, if properly used as food for cows, and ■ oxen and sheep 100 bushels of corn ; while th e land would have produced only about 50 bush els of corn. Besides, a little surplus of cotton seed is important as manure. Here, then, three acres to the baud, produces in pasture, milk and butter, twice as much as it would in corn, and there is, besides a proper supply of cotton for clothing, bedding, Government and general uses, bringing in to the farmer a small amount, of ready cash, to pay t axes withal.— We are assured by pratical farmers that this expose, is substantially correct. It is a shallow simpleton’s question which the “quarter” horses, in this controversial race, will be ea ger to asl;, “Why not raise more cotton, then?” “If it is well to plant three acres , why not ten?” We content ourselves with a Yankee reply, “If it is well to plant a quarter of an acre, why not ten?” “What’s sauce for goose, is sauce fertile gander.” It is a question of limitation If a man may eat a partridge, why not a flock of geese, or a dozen wild turkeys? Whereupon, we advise everybody to plant three acres of cotton “to the hand,” and let the “quarter horses” run wild ou the common, if that diminishes their supply of corn. Mr. Toombs’ case, is a different, affair altogether, and we leave him to settle that with the Gov ernor, as it may suit bis taste, and as oppor tunity may arise, conditioinbus quibus videre tur. We have not yet found the reason for tlie call of an extra Session of the Legislature, and 5119.1 l pursue our investigation with the hope of doing so. We shall follow it up to caput Xili. In the meantime, we are glad to see that the Senate Committee does not think it has anything to do with habeas corpus, ami glorious old Howell Cobh is “stripped to the buff in defense of the Confederate Govern ment, and ilie good cause. He has a right to be heard. A wise and patriotic people will listen to his counsels, and shout with delight every time he “shakes the feathers,” of the dung-inti roosters from his bloody beak. AU RE YOU*. No Symptom of Submission. —The late-ff New York World, save, the extracts we give from Southern journals this morning, give no evidence of any disposition on the part of the Confederates to give up the struggle. Notwithstanding the ex ceedingly harsh measures of the rebel Govern ment, they seem to bo very generally acquiesced in as necessary under the circumstances. Jeff. Davis is still the master of the situation so far as complete control of them eu and means of the South is concerned : and while that is so, it is idle to ex pect the rebellion to end until its armies are scat tered. There is, no doubt, suffering, weariness, despondency at the South ; but we fail to detect the first symptoms of submission. It is curious to notice that, with all the reports of universal star vation, newspapers and new books are announced by the Richmond publishers. A Goon Joke. —lt seems that old age and Yankee invasions have not diminished the fondness of our old friend. Judge Sharkey, of Jackson, for practical jokes. He threw the streets of Jackson into considerable conster nation, a few days ago, by riding into town and reporting that there were two hundred and fifty Yankees within two miles of the place. Immediately the liquor-dealers shut up shop?, and others were engaged in pack ing up and hiding things, Atter a time the report was quastioned, then found to be pos itively untrue. Why did you tell us there were‘two hundred and fifty Yankees within two miles of the city 9” asked several. “There are at least two hundred and fifty, if not more, within two miles of the city, coolly responded the Judge, ’ but they are all b u ri ed.—J tississippuin. Latest from tlie United States. Dates to tlie 10 th instant—the Yankee Press on the Late Attempt to Sark and Burn Richmond. The New Yoikarid Philadelphia pa pers publish the orders found on the per son of Dahlgren, and a few editorial com ments thereon from the Richmond papers. The Herald of March 9th, says: It is not believed here that the italicised words, and “Jeff Davis and Cabinet killed,” were contained in the original order, but were interpolated by the enemy, in order to inflame the passions of their own sol diers, who are becoming lukewarm. [From the New York World, March 7.] TIIE RAID TOWARDS RICHMOND. The failure of General Kilpatrick’s re cent effort to sack Richmond and release the Union prisoners at that point should put a stop to such profitless expeditions, in the future. The moral effect is bad, as expectations are raised throughout the country, which there is very little chance of realizing, while the risks run are very large. It is a marvel, for instance, that General Kilpatrick’s whole force of five thousand two hundred men were not scat tered or captured. As it was, from a thousand to fifteen hundred horses have been rendered useless, and one hundred and fifty good Union soldiers are added to the over crowded prisons of Richmond. We warned our readers, when first an nouncing that the raid was under way, that there was not more than one chance in fifty of its success; and it has since trans pired that this was only the opinion of both Generals Halleck and Meade. Gen eral Kilpatrick, however, who is an en thusiastic and hopeful officer, supposed the thing could he done,, and the Presi dent, with his usual want of discretion, told him to go ahead. General Butler, it seems, did not co-operate with the expe* dition as he should have done. All the correspondents agree that had General Kilpatrick been sure ot co-operation by way of tlie Janies river, he would at least have made a fight for the eity. But But ler was not on hand, and Kilpatrick was compelled to retire, when within sight of the city spires. It would be well for the administration to realize now that Rich mond can never be taken except by a large army and an abundance of artillery. It is, and we believe always has been, im pregnable to any raid that could be or ganized against it. Richmond is the rebel capital, and, as such, the seat of its military power. There is a constant move ment of troops to and from the city in ev ery direction, and a day is sufficient to bring a very large army within its walls. The fact that the bulk of the Union pris oners are kept and fed at Richmond, of itself necessitates a very large guard ot rebel troops in that city. The circum stance also linw lnnli«li tho rumors which has been put forth from time to time, that the rebels are about abandon ing Richmond as their capital. Asa matter of course, they send their prison ers to whatever point it will cost least to feed them. Probably Atlanta, as a great railway center, would serve the purpose of the rebel government in this respect as well; but it is an inconvenient place at which to keep a large guard. It is evi dent that if there were any difficulty in supplying their soldiers with food at Richmond, the trouble would not be added to by bringing the prisoners also to that place. General McClellan, in his grand plan of tlie campaign against the rebels, recognized Richmond as being the most important point, and concentrated his lar gest army to capture it. Subsequent events have proved that, after all, it is the most vital strategic position in the Confederacy, and greater moral and phy sical result, would follow its capture than any other point now in the possession of the rebel power. But it must be done by a large and well equipped army, and, moreover, as General McClellan pointed out, from the direction of the peninsula. We hope we have heard the last of these wasteful, objectless and dangerous raids upon the rebel capital. The destruction of the roads in the rebel rear is worth lit tle or nothing, except in connection with an attack of General Meade’s army in front. Tlie Case Tairly Stated. The Charleston Courier in noticing Gov. Brown’s message indulges the follow ing; remarks. We have a vital interest in the case which has been docketed in the stye Abe. Lincoln via. Jeff. Davie,, We await the furthey argument of counsel, Lee, Johnson Beauregard & Cos., with intense interest. We have no time or spirit to attend to lusty mouthed attorneys,or bellowing bel ligerent pettifoggers, or disappointed as pirants, or political partizans who persist in blowing*their trumpets to call attention to a side, case ut Jar. fimti'n vs. Jeff. Doris That case can very well keep for another term of Court —-but if x\be Lincoln, the plaintiff —the most unrighteous abused plan tiff, as he styles himself, is not non suited at least, or thoroughly turned out of Court, the goods and chattels and avail able effects to be shared or divided be tween Joe Brown and Jeff'Davis will not be worth a quarrel or an order of Court. There will be no Court but such as Abe Lincoln himself will establish if he suc ceeds or is not decisively defeated. “Let the case of Joe Brown vs. Jeff Davis be marked continued by consent, and on ac count of a more important case engaging the Court. Let there be no detriment to either party on account of tliis|order.” What say you gentlemen of the jury —now under arms—to this order? Georgia will not and cannot suffer for such a postponement of trial, and if there is a citizen of another State who seeks to injure her individually or thiough her any sister States, or impair in anywise the honor, rights and consti tutional vigor of* a State,'that citizen is not Jest Davis. W ith all respect, we believe Georgia could attend profitably a little more to Joseph E. Johnston and less to Joseph E, Brown. TELEG-F. APHIGr. Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Milledgkvillk, 19th. —Doth Houses adopted Ste phens’ resolutions on the terms by which peace should be sought and on suspension of.tke habeas cor pua; adopted resolution turning over to the Con federate Government all persons between the ages of 17 and 18 and 45 and 50. Unanimously adopted a resolution expressing confidence in the President and thanks to the Georgia troops who have re-en listed. The Legislature then adjourned sine die. Richmod, March 19. —The steamer New York has arrived at City Point with 1100 men, 60 officers and four ladies. Mii.ledgeville. March 19.—The House recon sidered tne veto passage in Stephens’ resolutions on the habeas corpus by the casting vote of tho speaker. Milledgrville, March 19,— The session of the Legislature is prolonged till 11 o’clock to-night. Millkdgeyille, March 19.—The House passed late last night Stephens’* resolution on the habeas corpus by two majority. Macon, March 19.—Eight millions five hundred and fifty thousand dollars have been funded here in four per cent bonds up to last night. Richmond, March 19.—The New York Herald of the 14th contains nothing of importance. Governor Bramlette, of Kentucky remonstrates against the enlistmens of slaves in that State and has notified Lincoln that he will execute the laws of Kentucky against all who attempt to take slaves from their owners without their consent. Gen. Grant will return to Washington in the course of three weeks. Gold IGOj Later from Europe« Humors of Recognition by France. Through the Northern papers we have later ad vices from Europe. The most interesting feature of the intelligence from Europe is a rumor to the effect that France has decided upon an early recognition of the Con federate States, and is now conferring with the British Government on that step, with a view of se curing, if possible, England’s alliance in the matter. Whether this rumor is worth anything, or is but a repetition of what we have heard for every sixty days since the war began, is a problem lor the reader to solve for himself. The story seems to have origi nated in this wise. On the arrival of the last steamer from Europe, a bearer of dispatches from Mr. Day ton, the United States Minister to France, proceeded immediately to Washington, taking the very earliest train after his landing. The said bearer of dis patches is said to have been quite communicative of the nature of the communications he bore, and rep resented them as announcing to the Government at Washington the early purpose of France to recog nise the Confederate States. The Emperor had in timated to Mr. Dayton that,'after waiting long and patiently, he coukl see no satisfactory evidence of the ability of the Federal Government to put down the rebellion and restore the Union; that the in terest of France continued to suffer severely from the blockade and the consequent suspension of com mercial intercourse with the South ; that the for bearance of the French Government in that partic ular had been met with only hostile criticism of the Emperor’s Mexican policy By the Northern journals; that the notes which the Minister of Foreign Affairs had recently received through the United States Minister, in relation to the Confederate steamers Florida and.Georgia were discourteous and dictato rial in tone ; and, finally, that it was duo to the cause of humanity that something should bo done by some power like France, not unfriendly to either beligcrent, with a view of terminating a civil war which has raged so long without any definite results. Upon thisAntiination from the Emperor, Mr. Day ton despatched a messenger to his Government at Washington. This is the story. 'Whether true or‘not, it seems to have excited considerable feeling in the North. — The substance of the above appears in a New York paper, as a dispatch, double leaded, from Washing ton, and is followed up by the editorial declaration, “on the very best authority,” that the relations be tween the United States Government and France are in “a very critical condition.” The story more over assumes an air of probability from the fact that the Paris'correspondent of tho London Post writes to the etfect, and the story of recognition seems to have been received both in Paris and London with more confidence than ever. Tho Republican papers of the North treat the rumor with levity, and say there is no truth in it. — A dispatch from Washington, as if speaking by offi cial authority, discredits the whole thing, and says that it is-but a mere trickof cotton speculators; that “the relations of the United Stages with both France and England are peaceful and harmonious, and will be maintained as such with both powers, oortaialy with England." Tho N nil counts with certainty in the case of England, and as an evidence of the good feeling on her part, at least points to the vote in the House of Parliament on the motion for the production of certain papers concerning the seizure of the steam rams. This, the North regards, was a test question of the feeling and action of the British government, and was decided with the following result: for the motion, one hundred and fifty-three, and against it one hundred and seventy eight. This vote, the North urges, settles the ram question in the British Parliament, and adjusts a matter which could form “the only point of dispute which could possibly interrupt the present peaceful relations between England and the United States.— ltichmond Examiner. From Foil gst reefs Command. We have some interesting intelligence from Longstreet’s command. Indications were, a few days since, indicative of an early engagement between the two armies of the East Tennessee department, but they have all disappeared. The enemy came as far up as Morristown, in consid erable force—also on the Chucky river; but qn the appeareance of an advance of our troops, they retreated hurriedly in the direction of Knoxville. The latest intel ligence received from them reported their rear at Strawberry Plains. There are no Federal forces on the Bean’s station valley road nearer than Blain’s cross-roads. * Everything is quiet in the direction of Cumberland Gap. The garrison at that point is quite small, and keep close in their fortifications, as the scouts of Jones hover close around them, A rumor was in circulation that Grant had sent twenty-five thousand men into Kentucky, via Nashville, from Chatta nooga, to meet the anticipated advance of Long,street’s army. He is certainly dream ing. Our troops are in admirable health and lull of enthusiasm, and have plenty of supplies. ■ i Richmond Examiner. 14 th. Censorious. The New York Herald of the 10th, Under the caption of “The Pilgurlie Ex pedition Against| Richmond,” denounces the raid as barbarous, and the damage us mere wanton distraction, that, will fall upon the people and not the rebel army. It says no legitimate advantage in war has been gained, and has only served |to render the war more bitter. It does i hot believe Gen. Lee's communications \jrere interrupted more than three I days, and-ridicules the idea of getting rid pf General Lee by starving him out, after I all the struggles of the Washington iJirec- ; tory and adds: | Such movements as this are no part of legitimate warefare. They have no re sults that are respectable or valuable in war. They are rare pieces of barbarism. Barbarous in their origin, in their execu tion they excite all the worst passions and let loose all the“barbarity of had men. Europe was devastated by expeditions of exactly this character in the fourteenth century—the hayday of chivalry—and they belong to those times, but not to ours. In this war they were begun by that empty-headed fellow, Jeb Stewart, who rode round the army of the Potomac merely to brag about it. Such rides are worthy the braggadocio spirit of the Sontherners, from whom we caught the disposition to make them. Unless made, as Stoneman’s great one was, in conjunc tion with the movement of an army, when we can avail ourselves of the embarrass ment they may cause, they are worse than worthless. Those at headquarters who originate movements like this should receive only the severest censure. j CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACK SOY, Focal Fdltojv Land for Sale. —A. C. MeGehee advertises for sale a valuable tract of land iu Hinds County, Mississippi. Persons desiring to invest iu such property will do well to give him a call. Personal.-*Wc had the pleasure of a visit on Saturday, from Rev. R. J. Ilavp, Editor of the Army aud Navy Herald, published at Macon, Ga. This geutlemuu is engaged in the noble work of disseminating among the armies of the Confedera cy a sound and healthy religious literature, and we trust may be instrumental iu accomplishing thereby a vast amount of good, llis paper is is sued semi-monthly by Burke, Boykin &, Cos. Change of Schedule. —It will be seen by ref erence to advertisement that the schedule on the Muscogee Railroad has been changed and trains will hereaftef leave Columbus for Macon at 6.15 p. m., and arrive from Macon at 5 a. m. ■ —. The Muscogee Railroad gives notice that all claims against that corporation must he presented for payment in present currency by the 2Sth inst. John Johnson, Ordinary, calls on soldiers’ fam lies, and teachers to come forward and claim their dividends for March in present currency prior to the first of April. Maj. John E. Davis, Post Quartermaster, gives notice that all demands against him or officers of the post, must he presented by the 24th, for pay ment. Come forward, gentlemen, and get your money. Why do you stand back for so much per suasion ? Mrs. Oeiierai Reatir<eg<£r4). The painful intelligence of the death of this ludy> says the Middle Register, published by us a few days ago, is confirmed by New Orleans papers.— From AY Court ier Errucuis, ot the sth, we trans late the following account of the honors paid to her remains : Yesterday morning, long before the hour of the ceremony, anil immense crowd thronged before tho house of mourning where lay tho corpse of the pious lady whom we have just lost, aud whom the base insults of a member of the city press have rendered yet dearer and more esteemed by uiir community, it is thus that outrages are turned to glory. All the Louisiana population of repute was there, saddened and silent—all the strangers of distinction among us had repaired, to the same rendezvous. It might be said with truth that the entire city was collected around the mansion where joy had departed, and where grief holds henceforth its abode. And all this sea of people had been gathered to that point by a common sen timent of love and veneration, spontaneously, for no special invitation had been extended. The wretched insulter ol the Era—now the object ot universal contempt—had contributed more to this result than all the carriers of funeral notices could have done. If the dead retain a consciousness of what passes around them, the spirit of Madame General Beau regard would have stirred with satisfaction —a flec tion had not deserted her tomb ; the coffin closed upon her iu the presence of a whole people. It is impossible for us to give an estimate of the number of persons who made up the long proces sion ; we can only say that we have rarely' seen in New Orleans an equal concourse of people, and especially that no festival, no ball, however attrac tive, has ever exhibited a greater or more distingue assemblage of ladies. The procession began to move about 10 o’clock, passing down Esplanade street to the Levee. We cannot say that the balconies were filled —on the contrary, they were mostly deserted : for once the curious formed no part of the solemn pageant, but the friends, everybody or nearly all, in tfiin 2>art of our city, at least, wore following the hearse. At the foot of Esplanade street was moored the boat which was to convey the relics of the deceased to the parish af St. John the Baptist, her birth place. Everything was done with ‘irreproachable order, religious solemnity and the utmost dignity* The corpse being embarked, the steamer got under way, and as it passed before the deep line of the cortege, a silence as of death itself was felt; and the innumerable throng, as if in obedience to one unanimous thought, bowed with uncovered heads. There the procession, that of the ladies in par ticular, which it might bo supposed would have dispersed, re-formed, as if by instinct, and along the levee followed the boat charged with its hal lowed freight, as if it had been a funeral car, until it disappeared on the horizou. This pious sugges tion came from the ladies—the natural growth of woman’s delicacy of soul. Tho living tide then silently ebbed away, and every one returned home with mourning in their hearts, but yet with the satisfaction of a sacred duty performed. We recognized in the procession the officers of the Catinat, and the Consuls of France, Spain and Belgium. Forty or fifty friends of the families of Beaure gard and Deslonde accompanied the body to the family tomb; among them have been mentioned to us Commander Fabre and Lieutenant Lefort of the Catinat. A French ship, as the steamboat, conveying the body, passed her, dropped her flag to balf-mast. We are informed that, day before yesterday, a body of the sailors of the Catinat repaired with one of their officers, to the mansion where the de ceased lay, where they kneeled around the bier, and after a fervent prayer strowed flowers upan the coffin and retired. The Confederate Tax Law .-Conflic ting views have been suggested as to the tithe tax of the farmers. We learn on good authority, says the Raleigh Proyress that the following is the proper construc tion: The tax of five per cent is due in June or as soon thereafter as practicable. The farmers have the right, to deduct the tent h of their products for ls<s4 out of this five per cent. Their wheat and oats will come in first, then potatoes, then corn, fodder, pork, etc. When the whole is in then a final settlernnt will be had, and ii the tithe falls short, of five percent the bal ance is paid in cash. Thus every man is stimulated to pro duce all lie can. Hi Rosette, Lawhott A Cos. USD! USD!! USD!!! ilt iLuction. VITE will fielTun Wednesday,23d March, in front of »Y .oar auct ion room 250 acres of LAND, known as the .Maul Springs place, 4 mik*3 west ot Columbus, in Russell County Alabama. 200 acres cleared, upon which arc large orchards ;>1 apple*. peaches, almonds, jigs, currents, pomeia a nates in lull hearing of the choicest variety, fn.m the ear liest to the latest of every kind; also a large Vine yard of the best selection of Grapes known; also a large bed of Strawberies in full bearing. The balance of the land is in the woods and heavily timbered The improvements on the premise- are good. The location for health and good water, of free stone, sulphur and challybate cannot be ms passed in the S'Hither n States. ALSO, at the same time we will sell a Saw k Grist Mill, to which is attached four acres land, fourteeu miies from Columbus, on the Waeoochee C’reek, half mile from Wacoochee Valley, in Russell county, Ala,— The Mill is in a eroodjneighborhuod. mar 21 td Desirable Land for .Sale. A TRACT of land in Hines county, Miss., one and a fourth miles from Raymond containing 800 acres 500 of which are cleared and in a fine state of culti vation, the! most of which is creek bottoms not sub ject to overflow, and as fine cotton and grain laud as any in that portion of the State. On the premises is a good dwelling house with six rooms, kitchen, smoke-house, potatoe house, chicken house, Bor 10 good negro houses, with brick ehirn neys, good .-tables with 10 or 12 stalls, double cribs, a good gin house with mill, good overseers' house, with two rooms, a good cistern and well, with milk house. „ ... , . . This land, if not sold in a few days, will be with drawn from the market. Persons wishing to purchase should call immediately at the office of A. C, Mc- Gehee, Broad street, mar 21 4t AUCTION sales. By Jtilli*, Livingston A to. (} N TUESDAY, 22,1 March, at 11 o’clock, we will sell mlront of our stun-, 11 A Ao. I llouDle Carriage, In first rate order, with liarniv* to match, mar 18 td $6 -0 l*.v Ellis, Livingston ,V to. LIKELY NEGROES. i TUESDAY. 22d of March'at 11 o’clock we v/ will sell in front of our store, l NEGRO WOMAN. 3d years old. fair cook and washer, with 0 likely children. 1 NEGRO WOMAN. 22 years eld good cook, washer and ironer, and her three chil dren. 1 NEGRO WOMAN, 24 years, fine seam stress, washer and ironer, and house servant and 4 children. These negroes are all extra likely.—. Sold for no fault and can-be seen anytime be fore the day of sale, mar 21 $lO 50 HO FOR SAVANNAH MUIIT A It Til, MIRV ! TWENTY-FIVE RECRUITS WANTED ■ sr>o bounty. I lEUT. R. (’. JONES, of Barnwell’s Light Artil- V levy. Maxwell’s Battalion Light Artillery, sta tioned at Savannah, is now in this city recruiting lor his Cbmpany. Now is the time for young men to join the most desirable arm of the service. You will reeieve $59 bounty, uniform complete, and transportation to camps. All wishing to join will report to him at thefit.oe of Messrs. Aeee A Coiiiej or to Mr. J. B. Collier, or to Mr. F. W. Aeee at the Confederate Shoe Shop, lie wilt return on the isth inst., and will take clothing or provisions to unv members of his Company, mar 21 till 28th* I wish to hire 20 or 25 hands, men or w«uien. to whom 1 wilt pay the highest government price and give permanent employment. Enquire at the office of the Lee Hospital, over Spear’s Jewelry store, J one’s buildyig. W. ROBERTSON, mar 21 ts Surgeon in charge Lee Hospital RANITEVIM i: HOODS ’ TTTTS OKANITEVILLE Nil W IIH WILL SELL AT AUCTION ON THURSDAY, j?V.% HA H £4, THEIR ’ENTIRE STOCK OF DOMESTIC GOODS, Consisting of Upwards of 200 Bales. Bales 3-4 Shirtings; Bales 7-8 Shirtings; Bales Drills; Bales 4-4 Sheetings; Bales 8 oz-Osnaburgs. Sale to take place at Graniteville, S. C., and commence at fen o’clock. WILLIAM GREGG, Ti ■easurer. Graniteville, S. C., March 12, 1804.—6 t PUBLIC SALE or* IMPOKTED GOODS. BY JAMES H. TAYLOR. Ow March ‘A3. AT 10 o’clock, will be sold, without reserve, in my Stove, Corner of Campbell and Broad Streets. Augusta, a very handsome line of freshly imported Goods, consisting in part of 1 bale Regatta Stripes, 20 pieces Black and White Ginghams, 1 case Melton Cloths, 1 bale Grey Flannels, 7 cases 23 1-2 inch English Prints, 5 casos 23 1-2 inch English Prints Collies’, 26doz French Felt Hats, 50doz Calf Skins, French 200 gross Lead Pencils, 30doz cotton Undershirts, “as are,” 11 bags R.io Coffee, prime, 48 pieces No. 16 black Taffeta Ribbons, 75 pieces No. 12 black Taffeta Ribbons, 5 cases Bleached Cottons, Collies’ C, scases Bleached Cotton'S, Collies’ H, 5 cases Bleached Cottons, Collies'.X, 2 pieces Scarlet Cloth, 1 piece Beaver Cloth, 180 M Needles, 5 to 10, 20 cases Wool Cards, 1 case Felt Hats, 21 2-12 doz, 7 doz White Cotton Shirts, fancy bosoms, 2 cases Men’s Calf Shoes, 5 bales Gunny Bagging. 1 barrel Turlington’s Balsam, 1 bale Fancy Tweeds, 1 bale Melton Tweeds, 600 pair Cotton Cards, 2 cases Playing Cards, 2 cases Mixed Pins, white, 1 case Legal Cap Paper, 2 cases Hair Pins, i 1 case Melton Cloths, f. pieces whitoand red Flannel, ALSO, 1 hhd English prepared Chickory, 1 bag Alspioe, 3 casks assorted Hardware, 3 cases assorted Hardware, 5 cases assorted Shoes. Conditions cash, in any Confederate Bilk, mar 17 td JAMES H. TALYOR. Southern Mechanics* (nion. A Regular Meeting of the Southern Mechanic Union will be hel.l itii,; iThursday) Evening, 17th the meeting room ot the Columbia Fire Compan No. 1, at 7 o’clock, P. M. By order of the President. JOHN P.. BIUGER3, mar 17—It Eet > Carpenter* Wanted. TWENTY CARPENTERS to work on the nev 1 Boat below the Navy Yard, for which the l.u.'- wages will be given. Apply to - „ Joseph hanseho. mar k. ts Negroes Wauled. TEN good able-bodied negro men wanted tor two months, Good wast.; will be given. Apply H. S. SMITH, Jr.. marl, 1w v or -J. k. REDD. FOR SALE. Flour and Meal, fresh ground. Nails, assorted sizes. Tobacco of all grads. (Jsnaburgs and Yarns. (’operas and Extract of Logwood. Snuff—Maccaboy and Georgia Be*'?! lB packages. Cigars, Needles, Pins, Writing Paper, en velope's, Yarns, (Isnabnrgs, and a variety Dry-Goods. For sale by 11. FLSOH ACKER, mar J 5 Ivr 104, Broad Street For Sale. » NO. 1 CAVALRY HORSE for sale. ~L . V A Apply to J. K.IU-U mar 154 t NOTICE. Claimants for negro hire on the Columbia fences are requested to call for payment before 23th inst. THEODORE MOHENO. Captain of Engineers, Columbus, Ga„ March 19, 13t>4. It.