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Newspaper Page TextShe f. W. fTARBEW, - - - U*l |lor * Saturday Morning. March Ifi. ISM* English History-Suspension of ‘hr Habeas Corpus. Governor Brown in Message (o i the Legislature, while referring to the Act of Con gress suspending the Habeas Om v us say^tlmt he ia aware of no instance in which the Brit ish King “has suspended, or attempted to sus pend the privilege of habeas corpus, mice the Bill of Rights and Act of settlement passed in 1689.” If the Governor meant by the above statement to declare that the British Pailm ment, by whom only the writ can be suspend ed, has not interfered with that “muniment of freedom” since 1689, he betrays an extraor dinary degree of ignorance of common-place and almost cotemporary history. We can re fer to at least eight instances in English his tory where the habeas corpus has been sus pended since the time above stated, and one of these only sixteen years ago. John Mitchell; Smith O’Brien, Meagher & Cos., doubtless have a pungent recollection of the instance referred to during the year 1848. (See Allison s His- tory, Vol. IV, Chap. XLIII, Sec .138.- Chap- LVI, Sec. 52. It was suspended in 1828. (2d Allisou, Chap. XXI, Sec. 121-2.) ..It was sus pended in 1823, (Chap. X. Sec. 123.) Also Snlßl7 —(1 Allison, Chap. IV, Sec. 13-15-23.) Also in 1788—(3d, Macauly, page 42)— Also iu 1696—(4th Macauly, page 603)—Also in 1794 —(l Allison Ist series, page 322. It ■was also suspended in the years 171;> and 1745. We have no time to review these authorities and only quote them at this time to show what fools Allison and Macauly were. Our Correspondents. We are publishing from time to time com munications over the signatures respectively, of “An Revoir’ and “Lobby”—the former re viewing Gov. Brown’s Message, and the latter reviewing the legislation of the late Congress. We trust our readers will not fail to read the productions of either writer, as both arc men of large brain, and know how to tranter the evolutions of that organ to paper. We sus pect that when they get through, there will be nothing left of the Governor, but a piece of his coat-tail, and that we intend to pre serve as an interesting relic. AprBEUSJisioNS op Rebel Invasion. —A letter from Hagerstown, Maryland, says that owing to the apprehensions of a rebel inva sion early in the spring, says the Richmond Whig, many of the farmers in that section of the State are selling their farms and stock, preparatory to moving West. Washington County is one of the largest and best wheat growing counties in the State of Maryland, but since the breaking out of the war the farmers have been such heavy loosens, by having their crops destroyed by the rebel , army, that many, of them put in an uusually j small crop of wheat last fall. The Times. The general symptoms of the Confed eracy are good. Our veteran soldiers have re-enlisted for the wav, and are in better discipline and spirits than at any time before. The plethora of the curren cy is being rapidly reduced by the fund ing and taxing laws. Wherever our ar mies have been brought in contact with the enemy this spring, they have exhibit ted a healthy alacrity and vigor, which has greatly diseomfitted their assailants.—- The courage and confidence of the people at home keeps pace, in the main, with that of the army and they look forward hopefully to a bright and glorious future. There is only one slight symptom of dis order amongst us, which, if encouraged and strengthened, may turn all our pleas ing anticipations into sorrow and suffer ing. It seems to he our misfortune, when ever we gain the vantage ground in the struggle for independence, to be beset with a class of polticians who imagine that they have discovered some profound scheme of diplomacy which, if carried out would dispense with the ruder weapons of warfare and substitute the arts of polit ical chicanery with which the old parties were wont to cement the bonds of national fraternity between the two sections of the •Union. These persons appear to learn nothing by experience, for, although hav ing so often had all their pretty projects dashed by the faithfulness of the North and the shock of contending armies, they still present some new phase.; of compro mise at every favorable turn in affairs.— This is the ill timid •diversion at tyhich some of our cotemporarie3 are now en gaged. W e are in a position to more than regain all we have lost of territory or prestige, by sim ply uniting all our thoughts and energies upon the sole basinet ot driving the invaders from our soil. It' we lose this opportunity we shall have none so auspicious for the next four years. Our enemies are dividing their forces tor the approaching Presidential campaign. In this we' ha ve cause for thankfnlues .. We are a* much interested as they are in the re sult, 101 lin a totally different way. It is their election, not ours, and while it is our obvious policy to help beat Lincoln with some -peace man, we can best accomplish our purposes by concentrating our strength. To interfere in that election in any other way than by whip ping Lincoln’s scattered and demoralized for ces will be to play the same foolish game which thty are doing—dividing. The said by Southern men in support of supposed peace candidates at tlie North the better, tor it will all be treasured up against them by the enemy as evidence ot their sympathy with the rebellion, and will be damaging to their claims before the prejudiced masses of their own country. In the same manner should much be said about sending Commissioners to negotiate for peace, or, of negotiation by the separate States, instead of by the Confedeiaey. ii will be taken as an unmistakable indication of weakness at the knees, and so long as the im pression prevails at the North that we can be subjugated no peace party will rise to the ascendancy. The stake, therefore, which we have to play for this spring and summer is. to defeat Lincoln and elect a peace man as ftis successor. This can be done only by the vig or and success of military operations, for it is evident that if our armies are defeated Lincoln will be triumphantly re-elected, and if re elected, we will have war for another four years. The importance of the consideration should he sufficient to unite the whole strength of the people in support of the mili tary arm outstretched for their defense. Charles A. W eed, of Stamford, Conn., has purchased the estate of Secretary Judah l>. Benjamin, of the rebel Confederacy, on ihe Mississippi river, near Baton Rouse, for $140,000. The Currency. —The idea prevails exten sively among the people that after the Ist April. Secretary Memminger will again flood the country with paper money, and that, con sequently, Treasury notes will again depreci ate, and prices rise, as soon as the money “mills” are put into active operation. Every body should understand that the “Currency Act” of Congress expressly revokes all au thority heretofore given to the Secretary ot the Treasury to make and issue notes. He has no'longer the authority to issue one dol lar, except ia exchange for the present currency, at the rate of $2 of the new for S3 of the latter which may remain unfunded on the Ist April. The revenue of the Government is to be derived from taxes, and from t he sale of six per cent, bonds, exempt from taxat ion. The new currency will be kept iu constant circulation between the Treasury and the peo ple, until 5500, 000,000 of bonds are sold. The sale of the bonds from time to time will withdraw from circulation a portion ol the currency, and the disbursements from the Treasury will put it all into circulation again. Tt is important that these facts should be generally comprehended in order that more confidence in the new curtenev should prevail. The days of Confederate “shucks” are passed. [Richmond It hip. Good News from the South —A gentle man arrived here yesterday evening from Mandeville, bringing some cheering news of array affairs in Louisiana. We learn from him that all the Yankee troops had left Madi sonville and gone hack to New Orleans, drawn thither, it is supposed, by necessities on that side of the Lake. A baftle had taken place at Franklin, St. Mary’s parish, in which the enemy was bacjly whipped. Our forces were led by Gen. Dick Taylor ; those ofthe enemy by Gen. Franklin. What the extent of the loss was is not known, but it is reported that hundreds —one report says thousands —of the enemy’s wounded were arriving at New Orleans. The gentle man who brought this news read the Picayune Os the llttl ipst., in which the loss of a battle at Franklin was acknowledged, although no details of it were given. Our readers recollect that we had rumors a few days ago ot a battle in the Teehe coun try in which it was reported that Gen. Taylor had beaten the enemy very severely. This may be a confirmation of that rumor. — .Mo bile Tribune, 23 rd. (From the National Intelligencer.) “ Discretion and Leniency.”— The follow ing is a copy of a handbill, prefaced with a i spread-eagle and printed in displayed typog raphy, which has been sent to us by a citizen of Talbot Count}', Maryland. It will be seen that it propounds a rule of conduct according to which “discretion and* leniency” will be graciously exercised by the military toward a portion ot the people of Maryland. In a gov ernment of laws such a style of language would he impossible and inconceivable, but in a government of men it is a natural and familiar dialect, though something very alien to the ancient and traditional habits of the American people. Jf such proclamations are allowed to be issued in this country, it is evident that Con gress cannot, too soon propose to the States to amend the Constitution in the words sugges ted by Mi;. Simmer: “Everywhere within the limits of the United States, and of each State or Territory thereof, all persons are equal be fore the lay r , so that no person can hold an other as his slave.” “To the People of Talbot County.— All persons owning able-bodied male slaves are | requested to report, them to these headquar ters, and ajl persons complying with this or der will, on presenting them, receive a receipt and descriptive list in duplicate, on which document they will receive pay from the Gen eral Government. None but, young and sound men are of service to the Government, and none but this class will lie rm epted. Dis cretion and lenfency will be used towards all persons who comply with this order, and any information will readily be given by applying to Lieut. J. C, Vaxdkrhoof, up. fb JU«»y Be* roiling utticer, “Talbot CuTinty, Md. “Easton, Dec. 26, 1863.” Qrant. Grant—a high name lifted high ! Lifted to the lofty level of Scott! —of Winfield Scott !- Behold how sublimely he goes with his old | stride front glory to glory! He has been lifted to the rank, title and pay of Lieutenant Gen i eral, ‘‘Accursed be the tomrue that tells: me so!” j Actum aside republica! We’re gone under ! The Napoleon of the war-—the Coming Man — “so long a hidden thing on earth” has ar rived in town! The modern Achilles—the chevalier sans pear ets sans reprocdie —the migh ty hero more heroic than all the heroes ot “The land of gods and sod like men” — in after us with a sharp sin k ! Meade, Hal leck, Burnside —the sardines in the sanguin ary sea of military glory—-go down, “Unwept, unhonored and (.iuekly) unhung,” aud Lieutenant General U. S. Grant takes the armies of the Constitution and the Union in the hollow of his hand ! Lieutenant General U. S. Grant is the big dog at the Abolition lanyard! He has been consecrated by the High Priestess in the- temple of Fate and Philanthropy to the holy work of transmit ting the order of Africa into the sweet per fumes of the ottar of roses and eau Je Co logne !' When Lieutenant General U. S. Grant starved Vicksburg to death, lie was only a Major General! Think of it ! And he was only a Major General when lie reeled his myr iads of drunken Dutchmen over Missionary ; Ridge ! Heavens ! what’ll he do now ! Think of ii, U, Atlanta! Let your teeth chatter like « a tanets, your affrighted hair stetnd on end. and the natural ruby of your cheek give way to the cold palor of death ! Think of it, 0, Secessia! and let your heart sink into your miserable boots ! Rome had her Caesar : Persia, her Cain byaes, Sweden had her Charles the Twelfth : pernde Albion, her Marlborough ; Prussia her Frederick the Great ; France her Napoleon, and now, Ablitionism, so long with a barren sceptre in her hand, has her Grant! Grant, the (rer,tennis ! This unholy rebellion is going to be crushed. It is going to be crushed in that celebrated sixty day.-. This so-called Southern Confed eracy is going lobe pulverized. It is going to be ground to powder. That powder is go ing to be scattered to the four winds of hea ven , and if heaven has any more than four winds, it is going to be scattered to them too. Richmond must make up her mind to be knocked into a crockery store struck by light ning. Atlanta must tearfully consent to go up that doleful spout. Charleston with the courage of a thousand lions in her heart— Charleston, the proud queen of the shore, must prepare to become a pillar of fire to light the iron-'Sided monsters of the sea, along the pathway to glory. Our President and his Cabinet must take the woods. This local of the Register must hastily abandon his bag sngc and the haunts of civilization, and fly to Wilmington, North Carolina. Sauce quipeut! Register. The Presioen viai. Question*. —The Washing ton Republic an quotes from the Cincinnati Com mercial a paragraph regarding 1 the correspondence bet weed President Lincoln and Secretary Chase, and adds : “We do not know what motive the cor respondent of the Commercial could have, if any, in bating anything more than the fact about the correspondence referred to. After the celebrated hoax appeared, "attributed to Senator Pomeroy, Secretary Chase addressed a note to the President, not disapproving the language of the “'circular,” but in tone father apologetic, stating that he had not -eon the circuity until after it was published : ;Uai at the requestyiif friends he stood in the atti tnde ot a cundi<falc for the presidency, and sub mitted the question to the President whether he deemed his (Chase’s) position incompatible with bis duties as a member of the Cabinet. The Pres ident replied that Mr. Chase’sposition, as the head of the Treasury Department, would uot be consid ered upon any other basis than that of the public interest, and in that light ho was not then aware that he (the President) had any occasion to com plain. The appearance in Chase’s home organ of the paragraph above quoted makes this explana tion necessary.” Northern Scwi. The Yankee Congress is still wrangling over the war. In the Se nate; the.reeolutions of Carlisle, of Virginia, declaratory of the ob ject of the war, were reported back, with amendments, declaring the war to he for “the subjugation of rebels that in its prosecu tion, the North has the right to use all means not inconsistent with the rules of civilized warfare ; that the constitution does not recog nize slavey as property, but as persons owing service or labor under the laws of certain States; and finally, that the Emancipation proclamation is a just and-necessary measure. Resolutions were offered by Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, which were referred to the Judicial Committee, declaring a quorum ofthe Senate to consist of a majority of all the members and uly elected th er el o;t hat a ran jori I y vote of Pre sidental electors, duly qualified and appointed, shall elect a President, and that if the elec tion devolves on t he House, the votes of a ma jority of the States represented shall only be acquired for any election. An abolition convention lias been held in Memphis. It was presided over by J. T. Mor gan. addressee! by 0 Hr. Butler, of 4 r k4nsas, and the resolutions adopted are decidedly cringing iu tone to the tyrant at Washing ton. The German papers of the West are advocating Fremont’s claim for the Presi dency. General Grant, it is said, will make impor tant changes in the Federal arjqy ofthe Po tomac. The Northern papers say that both Halleck and Meade opposed Kilpatrick and Dahlgren’s recent raid upon Richmond. Lincoln, how ever, told them to “go ahead.” The New York World says the contest be tween the rival candidates for the Baltipaore nomination waxed warm. The publication of the Pomeroy circular has operated tike the explosion of a bomb shell in Hie Abolition camp. A steamer in Yankee Government service has been burned at Columbus, Ky. It was heavily laden With Government property. Secretary Chase denies having any knowl edge ofthe money circular before it was pub lished. He has written a lop if tq tlie Hon. 8. Ci Hall, of Ohio, withdrawing his name from the Presidential canvass. A large and enthusiastic peace meeting has been held in New York by the working men. The Lincoln Abolition party was denounced, and anew Democratic party recommended on the basis of peace, at any rate. The New York World in speaking of the Federal defeat in Florida, says “ When the North begins to realize the atrocity of the Florida massacre, it will cost Mr. Lincoln more votes in every county of the North, than he ever hoped to secure in the whole State of Florida.” Northern News. —It. appears from the United States Treasurer’s statement for the month ending with February, that of tho $28,000,000 subject to draft, $14,000,000 are in New York, $3,700,000 in San Francisco, and $5,000,000 in the National Banks w The amount on deposit in eoin at the va rious depositories, is stated to be $25,656,000, of which $1,800,000 is in New York, $4,650,000 in San Francisco, and $1,000,000 in Baltimore. The iren-clad Milwaukee, peopqtly launched at St. Louis, has two revolving turrets mounting two eleven inch Dablgrens each. The guns arc moved entirely by steam, and are loaded in the hold of the vessel, arid raised on a column of steam to he fired. They are run opt by steam and recoil against steam, one man being all that is needed to work all the guffs, with the exception of loading them. . A pyramid, similar to those of Egypt but smaller has been discovered in California. The courses are of stones six feet long, aqd from one to three feet thick. The “official” statement of Hire debt of the Uni ted States Government Oil the Ist of March pre sents an aggregate of liabilities at the time of $1 513,219,042,35 : an increase on the preceding 26 days of $44,098,398. Os the whole debt, $527,106,- 2tcJ is set down for the Treasury notes in circula tion. The Game dp Buag.— [Joy/ apt are we after each heroic defense and marvellous victory of our handful of men over treble numbers to crow it over the hues in the ears of the Yan kees. Does it benefit us in the least? Not at all. We simply .continue to give assurances to our foe that t here was no real cause for his unseemly panic. What, with a little more presence of mind, he might haye turned upon us and changed the laugh to the other side of our mouth. We are full of apprehension that tin* enemy will not discover how badly he was seared, and how needlessly; how spunky we were to tight so many, ajuj how foolish it was in him to ran away at alt instead of standing his ground until we yielded onrs. All this is braggadocio of the silli est sort. In the name of discretion, let us reserve our crowing until after the war, and our independence is achieved. It will be time enough to laugh over these amusing mistakes of the Yankees when we have done with theip. The work before us is too earnest now, and the information too valuable to our enemy. Let them have no more such encouragement to “try, try again,” from this side ofthe house, at least.- Confederacy. [Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.] Railroad Accidental Anderson. Chattanooga, March 7th.—The following further particulars ofthe railroad accident on Saturday night, 1 get from a corespondent of the Chattanooga Gazette: Two freight trains left Chattanooga togeth er. One arrived at Anderson, and while tak ing water, with signals all out properly, the other came dashing along. The engineer and fireman escaped, but the engine rushed into the stationary train, driv ing a cabose car, in which were ladies and officers, half through another car. All the men but two jumped from the caboose, which took lire, aud the following were burned to deqth . Mrs. D. Jordan, .Mrs. Kees, Miss Vogel, of Huntsville, a citizen, and a soldier of the 4th Minnessota. Miss Lillie Prnard was badly burned, and died soon after being taken out. A Mrs. Ilotf i was also badly burned. The responsibility is put upon the engineer of the rear train, who soon disappeared, and cannot be found. The ladies were from Huntsville, Alabama. Tobacco in Church.— J. H. Mills, in the Biblical Recorder, gives the following as a portion ot the sermon preached by the lute Rev. J. L. Prichard, at the dedication of Lau rel Grove Baptist Church, Pittsylvania: “Let all things be done decently and in order. Now I ask you in Christian kindness, would you consider me decent if 1 should go to your house, chew tobacco and spit on your floors, vour walls and your furniture ? Moses, when about to commune with the great I AM, was commanded to put his shoes from off his tee-t, and the presence of Jehovah made the place whereon he stood holy ground. Now, I ask. will you come up to this house, will you ask our God to meet you here, and then while you kneel in prayer, while you sing the songs ot Zion, while you hear Hie Gospel from the mouth of the messenger of God, will you so far depart from the holy reverence due to Him whom you worship, as to spit vile juice of to bacco on the floor, on the benches and on the walls of this house ?” | A Double Camuaiun. —The 14th New Hamp shire regiment, which was under orders for the Gulf, it appears has received a later order to report at New Hampshire, for the purpose of voting the Abolition State ticket. The election will take place on the Bth of March, and several regiments have already been or dered home to take part in it.— Hampshire Pa triot Union. TEL BGRAP H IC. - ■ r Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1803, by J. Sk Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Ai goSTa, March 25. —Robert 11. Mnv lias tendered the Press Association the use of the Court Room in the City Dali for the Pi ess Convention, which is to meet here on the Gth of April next, and the proprie tors ofthe Augusta Globe, Planters and Southern States Hotels will receive, proportionally, as free guests, the members of the Press who attend the Convention. Their courtesies have been accepted by Mr. Thrasher in behalf of the Association. OraxgU C. 11., March 25, —Heavy rain now fall ing. Gov. Vance, of N. C„ arrived here to-day and is the guest of Gen. Daniel. A Free Press. —lt is scarcely necessary to re mind readers for the thousandth time that editors do not endorse communications which appear in their columns, unless special mention be made of tlm fact. Asa general rule, the appearance of an article over a petitions or real signature does not indicate the approval or disapproval of the senti ments or reflections ofthe author, but simply a dis position on the part of the conductors of the press to allow the largest liberty of thought consistent with the interests of the community. In cases of palpable of injurious misstatement of facts, or of the utterance of grossly indecent or outrageous sentiments ; it would be justly considered licen tious for an editor to publish such matter. Rut what we mean to inculcate, as the correct stand ard of independent journalism, is, that in all mat ters of ordinary criticism or animadversion upon men or measures, an honest difference of opinion is not only to be tolerated but encouraged as the true safeguard of liberty against tyranny, oi'truth against error. In a ward, the great mission of the Press is to guarantee to all, the liberty which it claims for itself', and it can only' do this by adopt ing that grand old aphorism of Jeflerson— “Error ceases to be donijerous it Leo reason is left free to combat it.” This is the spirit of our Constitution, and should be the spirit ofthe Government, as it is of the'Pressindpeople ofthe Confederate States. Mont/joinery Advertise)', [From the London Morning Post.] Horrible AllUir—A Man Partial ly Paten by Lions In London. Yesterday forenoon, about half past ten o’clock the Agricultural Hall, Ishlington, was the scene of a shocking occurrence.— In addition to the sudden roaring of the lions, forming part of the equestrian ojf* hibitiqn at that establishment, loud screams were heard proceeding from the direction in which the animals are kept in their cavern during the intervals or the performances. The body of a man named Tlios. Grazer, who has within tho last two or three days commenced his duties as a keeper and feeder of the animals, was found drawn up close to the cage. Some of the employees immediately seized the long iron rods, with a species of hoe at the end, with which the cage is cleaned, and rushed to the spot. It was then discover ed that, one ofthe large lions had the man’s right hand iu his mouth, while another had seized him by tho thick part of the fore arm and had dragged the limb through the bars ofthe cage, nearly up to the arm pit. Having no hot irons, the men at. once set to work belaboring the animals over the skulls and eyes, in order to make them let go their hold. These proceed ings at the outset qnly tended to increase the ferocity of the animals, who amid loud roars, commenced tearing the flesh from their victim’s arm and hand with their claws. It was not until the brutes werp nearly blinded with! the blows inflicted upon their eyes that they were induced to re linquish their grasp, when the poor fel low’s mangled limb was drawn through the bars, but with some difficulty, and he fell fainting in the arips pf those vvho had 1 rescued him from his horrible position.— He was at once conveyed to the secreta ry’s office, in Bedford street, iu an insen sible condition and covered with blood.— Dr Thomas and another medical gentle man ip the neighborhood, were sent for, and attended in a few minutes, and. in consequence of Mr. Grazer’s exhausted state, administered brandy and other stim ulants. It was then discovered that the hand was bitten completely through, and the flesh torn off the arm, in most part to the bare bone. The mutilated lijub was placed in bandages, and the sufferer placed in a cab and taken to St. Bartholomew hospital, where, upon examination by the surgeons, it was understood that amputa tion would be necessary, and it was to.take place as soon as the sufferer had sufficient ly rallied from the first shock to submit to it. The report was that he remained in too low a state from Joss of blood to un dergo the operation, and that he is in a very precarious state. At the time ol' the occurrence he wa« engaged pushing some straw between the bars, either for the purpose of keeping it in the cage or of attracting the attention of the animals, and further faihiliarzing himself with them. While doing this one lion .suddenly made a spring on his hand and fastening his fangs into it, drew him by the arm inward. The roar and excite ment of the firM animal attraciing the at tention of the jsecond, it sprang upon the arm and mutilated it in the manner de scribed. It is stated that the lions have been more than usually savage since the death of the lioness, which took place du ring the late frost. During the afternoon Mr. Crockett and the lion's went through the usual exhibition, but nothing out of the ordinary way transpired only that the two Irons which had been beaten looked heavy and more gloomy than others. It is now felt to be desireble that red hot irons should be always kept at hand, as had they been so, the animals would have instantly been made to lot go their hold of the unfortuiiate man. In these days of shabby genteel rhyme and threadbare lusjian, how pithily these old lines chime on the heart and ear. They are of Sir Phillip Sidney Her heart is like a frozen lake. On whose cold brink 1 stand, Oh. take me by the spirit, skate, And lead me by the hand; And guide, thou loving saint, the way To where the ice is thin, That it may break beneath my feet, And let a lover in ! Failfre of Abolition Predictions.— The Han ford (Connecticut) Timex, an able Democratic paper in New England, has a striking article upon the ruin wrought by the abolition of slavery in the West Indies. Win. L. Garrison predicted that the aboli tion of slavery in the West Indies would make slavery in the United States "die of starvation.”— The result was precisely the opposite, In thevear 1800, the West Indies exported seventeen millions pounds of cotton. The United States exported less than 10, 1(00,0*0. In 1833 slavery in the West Indies was abolished: six years after it was abolished, the West Indies exported less than one million of pounds, and the Unitdd States upwards of seventy millions. In 1840 the exports of Uayti were twenty eight millions of dollars. In 1840, six years after emancipation, they.amounted to only two millions and a half. In Jamaica in 1809, the exports were worth fifteen millions of dollars. In 1853 they were only four miilins ; the plantations were going to decay. Emancipation has been a curse to blacks and whites. CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, Local Editor. Consignees i*f.r Mobii.k A Girard R. R.—March 26.>-Maj Allen. Milo- Moore. W H II Phelps, J R Dawson, J M Watt. J R Ivey, Kyle <fc Go., Har per, D H Cram, D S Few, L 11 Johnson, T Phillips, Hunter. Nolice to Patrons. After this date we shall be compelled to make a deduction of 33 1-3 per cent, from Confederate notes of the old issues above $5. Hundreds not taken. Persous having business with this office will bear this in mind. The Sims House. —'fhe traveling public will see by advertisement that this establishment at LaGrange, Ga., will be opened on the flrst April by our former fellow-citizen, I. C. Moses. From his known energy ami business dualities we can recommend him ami his hop e to all who may chance to pass that \vay. Confederate Taxes, —By reference to an ad vertisement it will be seen that Col. Leo has been authorized to receive present currency in payment of taxes up to lirst of April. Those therefore who have failed to settle up to this time should make no delay in coming up to the ‘‘Captain’s at£ee” as there are but few days of £We left. OwrCitv—The Weather, Ac. —The weather still continues unsettled—in fact, there is no ac - counting for its freaks of late. \{q were visited on Thursday night with heavy rains, and the as pect was still threatening. The streets are very sloppy. The business of thy week has been unsteady and unsettled, both on account of the vfegtber. and ihe unsettled state of the cur rency, Prices are fluctuating, Lilt still high enough to suit the most '‘flush.” Many business houses have already tacked on 33 : V per cent, to their goods and all others wo believe are preparing to “follow suit.” So, from this time out holders of Confederate money will realize on it about one third its face, lor with a third deduction, and a third tacked on dry goods, groceries, Ac., thete will be but little left. At this rate, the Govern ment wilt be anticipated ip levying a tax of ouc hpudred per cent, after January next, for at the present rate of depreciation, bills ofthe old issue will be worth little or nothing long before the end of the year, mrn % <»»' ——— Funding, —The work of funding still goes on. The office of the Depositary has been literally jammed during the week, and the indications are that owing to tlio rush many will be unable to ob tain certificates. Up to last evening the sum of about five millions had been funded in this city. - The communication of “Veritas” has been omitted from prudential reasons. If we may believe recent ref,ni ts from the North, aipl can truly interpret the latest sums the Yankee military programme for the spring and summer campaign has undergone a radical change. The scheme of marshalling three armies of 200,000 men men to drive Johnston and Longstreet back upon Georgia and Virginia, and overrun the Confederacy in that way, has giv en place to anew pet idea of Gen. Grant, and that is to try another “on to Rich mond," t/iN G,;,.- with a force that “the rebellion” cannot withstand. The plan certainly lacks novelty both in the conception and the execution. We for get how many times they have tried the road to Richmond, but it is certain that on each attempt the Yankees thought they had a force the Rebels could not resist. As McClellan failed with 150,000 men— the best army the Yanks have yet put into the field —we have reason to believe that they will not suc ceed,with the 200,000 they now propose. For our part we neYer expect to see a force so large as that, mar shalled under Lincoln’sbapner in one atopy : and if it slnnild be otherwise, Lincoln does n’qt possess a General With the military brains to weihl such a host, We believe it is an axiom among military men, that a greater force than a General has the ca pacity to handle and to light is a disadvantage. The feeding, and the transportation, and the expense, are inexorable facts of such a. host, which it re quires the genius of a Napoleon to find compensa tion in its handling. Without the last it is a cum brous machine, more dangerous to itselfthan to its enemies. If Lincoln can piuster 200,000 men to march against Richmond, it must be at the price of stagna tion in all other departments ofthe war theatre. It will require all the rest of his disposable force to guard and garrison what he now holds. This will enable the Confederates also to concentrate in Vir ginia, if that is the chosen battle ground, and if the Confederates so choose. Rut as there are two par ties iri the case, perhaps the Confederates may not to play into_ Grant’s hand, and may see proper to make such movements as will require Gen Pfal Grant to keep out of Virginia, and place his battahqns nearer home and for other purposes.— Whatever plan is selected',' we have faith in the skill of our Generals, and the tried courage and dis cipline of our troops, to defeat the next and last grand attempt of the enemy 1 to conquer the South, Gen. Grant is a lucky man, and nothing more, and We have not a doubt that his swoolen Yankee repu tation as a great leader will be pricked and explo ded whenever he locks horns with Lee or Johnston. e avygif the next coil of the anaconda with re newed composure and confidence, The snake will yet sting himself to death in his eflq'rt to take the national life of a brave arid patriotic people.—Mo bile Reffister. What's the Matter? —ln the new book, called “.Miscegenation," written by a young mulatto woman, there is the following eom plimentry passage explaining “what’s de mat ter" with New England : The white race which settled in New Eng land will be unable to maintain its vitality as a blonde people. They’ need the interming ling of the rich tropic temperament of the ne gro to give warmth and fullness to their na tures. They feel the yearning and do not know how to interpret it. From the Coast.— A gentleman just arrived from the coast states that the whole of the Yankee force for sonic time past stationed at Madisonville, have pulled up stakes and beeu.marchod hack to New Orleans. What next ? It was reported and believed in New Orleans that France and England had agreed to recognize the Confederacy, on condition of gradual emanci pation—say, in one hundred years, This is, doubt less, a canard, for we get later nows Lore than they do in New Orleans. —Mobile Ruff inter, 2ot/t. MARRIES*. In Girard. Ala., on the evening of the 23d inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, by the Rev. ,J. 11. DeYotie, Mr. A. N. Davis, to Miss Ada. M. Pace, both of Kussell county. mmmmmmmm. ■-* ' niMim ihin „ THE SIMS HOUSE^ LaCirauge, Georgia. IS BEING THOROUGHLY RENOVATED! Will be ready to Accommodate the Public Oil Firwt April next. mar 2'. till api Ist I. €. HOWES, COMMISSION MERCHANT, Store Corner Sims House, LaGRANGE GEORGIA. Consignment* Solicited. Highest Price paid for all kinds Country Produce. mar 2d til april Ist Desirable Land tor Wale. A TRACT of land in Hines county. Miss., one and a fourth miles from Raymond containing sou acres 500 of which are cleared and iu a fine state of culti vation, the most of which is creek bottom.- not sub ject to overflow, and as fine cotton and grain land as anv in that portion ot the State, On the premises is a good dwelling house wit h ,- ix rooms, kitchen, -moke-house, pofutoo house.chu.ki.n house, Bor lo good negro houses, with brick chim neys, stood stables with lit or 12 stalls, double cribs, a good gin house with mill, good overseer ' house, with two rooms, a good cistern and wc'l, 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. Alc- Geht-e, Broad street, mur 21 4t Headquarters 21th Mh.iiahy District. Columbus. Georri.i Match ( -ri'ciAi. Order, No. 3, Ihere will lie election* held on the Ufh of April next, for cadi of the present Militia Districts f Wa Captain and four Lieutenants, at the places a- A ignatcu. ] I «>i: MUSriRIKF. COUNTY : At flat Reek School House, for t lie 772d and 774th consolidated Dr tricts. At Edward s Precinct, for the OJUt, m th tlt) d 1125th consolidated Districts. At the Eagle Factory Parade Gr.mfld for the Eagle Tactory District, comp,Gin* the muw.cii employees and operatives iu *<,id Factory and it immediate vicinity. At Office ofthe Howard Factory, for the liuwurd* Factory District, comprising the Superintendent employees and operatives of the Howard Factory and immediate vicinity, At the Office of the Muscogee Railroad Depot, t the Railroad District, comprising the Superinten dents, agents, employees and hands of the M u -lg-oc and Opelika Depots and Machine Shops. At the Office at Harrison, Bedell A Cos., on War ren street, for the West 773d present Militia District, to-wit: all west of Jackson street, save the two Fac tory Districts. At the Work Shop of Mr. John S. Alleyn tfir the. East 773d present Militia District, viss a u,R east ot Jackson street, in said original DisGief. save th > w belonging to the Railroad Depot District. At the Court House, for tffc West 068th M esens Militia District, viz: all that portion of voi s nal District which lies west of Jackson street. - At John Durkin's Corner,for the East width prec ent District, or all of said origiral District east us Jackson street. FOR CHATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY; At Cussc-ta, for the 1104th, llOfith and 1108th consolidated Districts. AtHalloea Court Ground, for the l*7Sth, 7a7ih, 1107th and 1153d, consolidated Districts. There will also he elections held on the 22d of April at the Parade Ground ofthe Eagle Factory District, fora Major to command a 2d class Battaf ion, t« be formed of the two Factory and RaUroac* Depot Districts, and on the same day at the two. County (Aiurt Houses aud'at each ofthe various pre cincts in Muscogee and Chattahoochee Counties, for a Lieutenant Colonel and Major to command a l»'t class Battalion, formed of all the men liable iu said, two Counties, save the 2d class Battalion befrnw mentioned. The elections will be managed by a Justice of th<| Peace and a Freeholder or two Freeholders, or two military officers, the yoffsand tally sheets, properly made out and certified to, and forwarded to moat hisjplace. By order of the Commander- in-chief., P. J. PHILIPS, mnr24lw Col. and A. D. (j. A NEW WORK, BY .II1MO! L»X«!«TKEET WILE BE READY ON Ist OF APRIL, Master William Mitten, OR A YOUTH OF BRILLIANT TALENTS WHO WAS RUINED BY BAD LUCK. [>Y the author of “Georgia Scenes.” *A work of I > great humor and unusual interest to readers of all closes. Price ss—with usual discount to the trade. Address BURKE, BOYKIN Sc CO., mar 24 2t Publishers, Macon, () a . MACHINE BY FOH. ANE Engine. Boiler and Pumps, Engine 8 horse ' J power, Boiler 14 feet long, 42 inches in diameter, with two flues. 1 Upright Tubular Boiler Engine, four or five horse power, suitable for printing office or any light business,. fiflfil Daniel’s Planer, (Planer 24 inches wide.) 1 Rotary Planer, 2 MofUcipg Machines, 1 Tenoning’ Machine. 1 Sash and Blind Hi adhine, 1 Coping Machine, 1 Slat Tenoning Machine, 1 Scroll Machine, for working irregular forms, 2 Lathes, 1 During Machine, 2 Cut off,Saw-, frames, See., 2 Rip Saws, frames. See., 1 A loots’ Concentric Lathes, 1 Scroll or Gig Saw, Shafting and Pullies, 8 Hand Screws, And Belting for the lot. Also, one Rope2)4 niches in diameter, ami about 1,000 feet long. Also, WAITED, A good IRON PLANER, for which a liberal paico will be paid. I. C. PLANT, mar 24 It* aiaeon, Ga. rnmw owrEn**, T HAVE just received FRESH OYSTERS, and 1 am prepared to furnish them by the plate, done up in the best epeeurean style. Call soon if you wish to be served. GEORGE MAGNUS, mar 24 It* at Chattahoochee Bar. Heg'rotfs to Hire, TEN or TWELVE NEOROES to hire for the 1 balance of the year. Apply to mar24tf Wit. G. WOQLFOLK HO FOR SAVANNAH, LIGHT % StTII.I.IIS V ! 1F TWENTY-FIVE RECRUITS WANTED i ss© BOUNTY. I IEUT.Tt. C. JONES; of Barnwell's Light Alib is lery, Maxwell’s Battalion Light Artillery, _sta tioned at Savannah, is now in this city recruiting lor his Company'. Now Ls the time for young wen to join the most desirable arm of the service. lou will reeteve SSO bounty, uniform complete, and transportation to camps. All wishing to join will report to him at the store of Messrs. Acce X Collier, or to Mr. J. B. Collier, or to Mr. F. VV. Ai ee at thy Confederate Shoe Shop, lie will return on tfie 28th iu>:fc, and will take clothing or previsions to any members of his Company, mar 21 till 2feth* I wish to hire 20 or 25 hands, men or women, to whom 1 will pay the highest government price and give permanent,employment. Enquire at the office of the Lee Hospital, over Spear's Jewelry store, Jone’s building. W. ROBERTSON, marzltf Suigedn in charge Lee Hospital Carpenters Wauled. TWENTY CARPENTERS to work on the new 1 Boat below the Navy Yard, for which the highest wages will be given. Apply to JOSEPH UANSSRD. marl' ts Mew Bla.xre Mart. THOMAS L. FRAZER & CO., Lute jinn of Crawford, Frazer J- Cos., Atlanta. o<t., \i<*UO BROKERS, Market Street , above Montgomery Hall, HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes which may be consigned to them. They will buy and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with promptness and dispatch. They keep constantly on hand u large and well selected stock, &ueh as Families, House Servant®, Gentleman’s Body Servants, Seamstresses, Boys and Girls, of all descriptions, Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Shomakers, Field Hand®. They respectfully refer to the following well known gentlemen, viz: Hon. John A. Elmore, Major J. L. Calhoun, will iam Taylor A Cos., A. P. Matt, Shular A ArJi-. iMontitomery, Ala., J. C. Coleman A Cos., Mobile, Ala., Henry J/eiubard & Pro., Savannah, Ga. ' THOS. L, l H AZER. Montgomery, Ala. A. FRAZER, W. E. SMITH, Auburn, Ala. W. H. Fitts, Agent. „ ~ .. p. S. —City patronage respectfully solicited. An orderscarefully attended to. mar2s dim wJni (jj-fjcK Mobile and Gihard R. R.. I March 23, IBtH.) After Satm-day. 2Gth inst., the present Currency will be taken in payment for Freight and Passage •it the following rate®. Fives .it ..Par. Tens ai. Six dollars. Twentie® at Twelve and a half dollars. Fifties at... Thirty-two dollars. One hundred dollar bills will not be received. J. M. FRAZER, mar24tf Treasurer,