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fyhmhm W\ms. jTIrrwTRREIS, - - - EdlVort Monday Morning, April U, lSf»i. The First Congress—Review oi Home of Its Acts—CJonscrli*- tlon-Mr. StepheDS’s Speech. Wp I»u«I paid all wp intended to say in ref erence to Ihe several Acts of Conscription.— Bat vvf can not pass from the subject without say iiij-Mv few words ill vindication ot the Act? against the assaults made upon them by Mr. Stephens in his late speech. And in connec tion with this -perch, allow me to say that the Message gUoiu Governor and the course pursued by some of the members of our Leg islating in reference to the action of Congress, have been received by nearly all flic presses and the people, outside <>t the Stuleot with profound regret and astonishment.— But for myself, 1 consider the Message ot the Governor and the action had upon it by the Legislature as of very small import in com parison with this most extraordinary speech of Mr Stephens. It was delivered before the members of the Legislature, in the capitol of the State, —has been corrected and revised by himself, and has been published in gome of the papers. Himself the Vice President of the Confederacy, holding the second office in gift of the people, and liable to take the first upon the death or disability of the President. Such the speaker, and such the occasion for the speech. Occupying the position he doe'-, it is not surprising that the people should look upon this most extraordinary speech with profound astonishment, if not alarm. Nearly every leading measure adopted by the late Congress for Bustainiuo the Government and carrying on the war has been denounced by hint as unwise and unjust, and most of them as un constitutional, and. of course, void in hi; es timation. Senators and Representatives who passed the Arts, and the President whosigued them, all are arraigned and condemned by him, not only as having done very toolish things, but as having disregarded their oaths and violated the Constitution. Os the Con scription Acts, he says: “ This , whole system of conscription, J Imre looked upon from the hey inn my, as urony. radi m cally wrony, in principle and policy. " Unless he thinks it is wrong, “ radically wrong, " to have an army in Ihe field and to keep them I cannot conceive by what reasoning- he comes to the conclusion that it is wrong to raise an army by conscription.— He admits the necessity of having an army in the tield, but is as silent as the tomb as to the manner of raising his army. Common decency would require of him, as long as he condemns the action of Congress, to suggest, some other and belter mode erf raising an army. But there is not one syllable in his long speech in reference to nuy other mode of rais ing men for the war. Why do*-a he not. en lighten the country and the Congress as the proper mode of recruiting the army ? He condemns the late conscription Act, because it is too sweeping in its provisions and in creases the army too much. He may be tinc tured with the new doctrine, of fighting with a very few men, and after every victory, to offer to the enemy, terms of peace. On this • subject, he is silent —silent, it may he on ac count of the result of a mission of charity and mercy, undertaken in his own person, when the enemy would neither speak to him. nor allow him to cross the line. But how is he to recruit the army? lie condemns the policy of conscript ion Will he depend on volunteer ing? No sane man in the Confederacy, who has not been sound asleep for the last two years, *w ill pretend that our armies can imwjie recruited andkepl up by any system ot volun teering. Will he resort to the system some time? adopted in Europe, and now being prac ticed hy Lincoln, of hiring or buyinjf up with gold, foriegn un-iceiauiie in. tight our battles? With volunteers and foreign mercenaries com bined, he could not raise a reapcciable brigade in twelve months. There is left to Mr. Stephens, hut one oth er made of raiding aruiies, and that must be the uncertain, imbecile and now almost ex ploded policy, of eallinr* upon the several (.Gov ernors of the States to furnish the regui.-ite • number of troops to prosecute the war. I have alluded to this subject in a former number and shown, I think the utter folly of attempting to carry 7 on a war like this by any such process. Suppose a Governor when called on, absolutely refuses to furnish the troops, what are you to do ? Have you any pow er to coerce him and malt him do it ? Will Mr. Stephens tell us by what process he will make a Governor obey this call ? There is no pow- er on earth In the Constitution or out of it to compel a Governor to do this thing, and Mr. Stephens must known it Will he rely upon the supposed patrioUem c.f the Governors? The Governors might consider it an act of pa triotism and of self preservation fn lefun- to furnish the troops. .And vrhat would have, been the response of Governor Brown, if he had been called on for the number of troops conscribed by the late Act of Congress ? lie condemns the Act, and 1 understand his Message, he advises the Legislature to disre gard the Act anJ not allow the militia to be conscribed. And why?* Because he thinks the army already too large and if more men are taken from agricultural pursuits and put in tite held, both army aud people uumt nee csiar.iy r tarve. 1 take it Ur granted, therefore, that Governor Brown would refuse, at thU-tkue, to respond to a call for more troops, troin the Plate of Georgia: and the refusal iu his judurent would be an act of distinguished patriotism! Does not Mr. Stephens jind everybody else see the utter stupidity in attempting to prosecute a war by any - u.-h piuceW as this ? The Confederate Government ha “de clared war,” and thus far has carried it ou, and now, in the very crisis of the conflict, the same Government calls for more troops to save the peo ple from subjugation and to save from wreck and overthrow the Government-?,,both State and Con federate ; and becaus e one, or one-half, or all of the Governor' refuse to fart.i'h the troops, the war mast stop, though wreck and ruin should come upon us all. The framers us the C.aitioji were guilty of nu sail. ,u. u-..i, v utd imbecility. They .-ant in the Cousiuuii.iu lhal Congress shuuU have “powu” to • declare war,” to “raise and support armies," and it, would bo an absurdity to grant them the potfce to raise an army unless they had power to enforce their acts and compel men to enter the ser vice. And the Congress alone is to judge of the peeessityof the case and of the number of the men to be raided. Mr. Stephens think- too many men I have been put in the army, and Gov. Brown tak(.s | the Same posilion. On the other hand, Gen. Leo ‘ (ion. Beauregard, (Jen. Johnston and other GeneJ r&ls thought the army should be increased ; and the two Upases of Congress and the President, agreeing with these last named Generals, passed the late act, for increasing the army. This act Is denounced hy Mr. Stephens as unwise ami uncon stitutional. Mr. Stephens lias read, but has evi dently forgotten all the teachings of history. Other wise he mud know that no nation oq earth oxer carried on a great war, of any duration, without resorting either to hired foreign mercenaries or to a system of conscription. J-rederick the Great, to whom he alludes, sustained a war of seven years duration with several combined powers of Europe and finally triumphed over all, and saved himself, his cause and his country l»y resorting to a most sweeping and stringent measure of conscription, Frederick relied on no such imbtyile policy as rc ejiiestlng Governors of States to furnish men : he eonscrihed them, and saved his country. The Macedonians, the Greeks, the Romans, all recruited their armies by a system of compulsion— conscription. The terrible measure of conscrip tion resorted toby Napoleon are familiar to every school-hoy. In 1812 we went to war with Great Britain on account of her system of impressment— conscription— of seamqki, found on board our own ship.-. The Continental Congress did not coiiscrihe men. because the Articles of Confederation did not authorize it; and all the Continental Cougres s could do was to call upon the States to furnish the troop: - it could not compel the States to furnish them. Rome responded promptly, some very tar dily. and some not at all; and hence the war lin gered, the States were overrun, and it is yet to be determined whether the Colonies ever would or could have triumphed, but lor the powertul aid of France. From the ? stern lessons of experience our fath ers learned wisdom ; and this wretched, rickety and imbecile mode of conducting a war was aban doned, and in the Constitution ihe entire war pow er was conferred up<*n the central Government power to “raise and support armies.” Mr. Stephens may declare these acts of conscrip tion unwise and unconstitutional, but it is some consolation to know that the highest judicial tri bunals iu every State in the Confederacy, when the question has been raised, have fully sustained every one of these acts. And since I commenced this article I have seen aveyy late decision of the Supreme Court of Alabama, amply sustaining and vindicating these act? : and not only so, but they go still further and hilly endorse the idea suggested by me iu a former article on ihis subject, that in case of emergency. when life, liberty, property and national existence itself, all were at stake, the Confederate Government had power under the Constitution to command all the men and means of the Contedeaacy for self-preservation—l repeat, the men and means are subject to the call of the Government, even though it should take a portion or all of the “Enrolled Militia” of all the States. The Enrolled Militia ! The general government no power to conserjbe the Militia ! What strange hallucination has seized upon mens’ minds to hold such a doctrine as this ? Suppose each State were to enroll in its militia eVory arms hearing man within its limits, how is the Government to exer cise its power to “raise armies”/ Can the States screen all tlu-ir able-bodied men from conscription by such a subterfuge as this? Will it be said that the Government can conserve a portion ofthe militia but not all l Who shall determine what portion shall he taken and what left! Mr. Editor* the Constitution has not left things in such wild confusion as this. The same power “do raise ar mies” that can lake from the militia one man, by conscription, can take them all, not exceptingeyen the militia oj/ici-rs. In view of such new and strnngo Mr. Kilitor, T trust it will not be deemed offensive to exclaim with the dramatist-- “Judgment basiled to brutish beasts And men have lost their reason.” LOBBY. l T upopakiiii) oi tile War in tin* HtUntii-=Appeal to the IT icsids oi Peace, We iitid, in the edllui ial columns of the New York Daily A'< •</■«*■, of the 9th lilt,, ail article entitled “Popularity of the War” j whieh sets forth, in forcible and graphic j terms, the fast waning, war spirit of the Northern people. It is long since the Lincoln tyranny would tolerate such bold, honest, speech, and if the News is read in the North the •■ticot. on the popular mind must Im* treiuendimus. It unveils the whole system of duplioy and fraud by which the war is kept up* and the de mauds of the Government that, it tell Ihe truth to the people. We extract Ire in I he avtielc as follows: It is insolent as well as idle and absurd to talk ol* popularity of any war lliut can command no warmer support thanjhis Jrom a brave and impulsive people. IT the hearts of the people were iu the war they themselves wouldbe in the fieldlto light to the death. If they sincerely believed it to be a just war, they would crowd to the very horns of ihe altar, without threat or bribe Thai lh< \ Juiitk from the eon test—that they Will devote all the little earnings of their lives to purchase exemp tion—that they cannot be tempted or forced into ranks, while there is any es cape — all these things tell the story. The people do not feel any longer that the war ns their war. They may support ti fora little while because the Govern ment is waging it and the flag is waved over it. Some of them may be willing it should eoiWiime because it pays themselves or their mends large protits, or keep up j tlieii influences, of advances their party, j or Hat!, r their vanity, or gratifies their i rancor. But the great current of public feeling anti opinion rums in im favor im longer. It.ha; now no hold on public cn thusiasm. Its popularity is dead! If the Administration really believes that all this is lake -if it. is persuaded that the popularity of the war contin uea, let it abandon the conscription and the boifhty'system, and make the eXperi- i ment of volunteer t-nlirfmets for a single O i week That biief space of time would suffice for the entire solution of the prob lem. If ueh an experiment’ however, b» deemed too hazardous, let Mr. Lincoln i and his counsellors make a simple one. j Let them tell the people the truth For a single month, if the thing be possible, if not, then endeavor to do it for a fortnight Let Mr. Chase give the real amount of the public debt and of his means and provisions for its payment. Let him in- j form us of the amount of taxes which we must endure to avert the shame of re piu.i ii ion now, withnnt increasing the : debt a single dollar. Instead of seasawing ' between greenbacks and bonds, which ap pears t<* he the object of his financial poli cy and concocting paltry schemes for job bing in gold on Wall street, let him trust i the people, if lie dare, with the facts from I which they may know their own solvency or insolvency, and appeal to them to meet i the issue face to face. Let Mr. Sewurd if lie can write one” dispatch! without sonic intentional perversion of the truth, and confine himself to the legitimate pur- , purposes of diplomatic correspondence ( abroad, instead of loading the files of the ! State Department with claptrap and misrepresentation of home coosumption and deception. Let Mr. Stauton, instead of flooding the country with false bulletins from irrespon sible or fictitious source, undervaluing the j strength and resources of the enemy, ex- ! aggerating wants and sufferings multiply- j ing their reverses and our triumphs, give himself up for ever so brief a space, to the i dissemination of the truth, which the peo- j pie are entitled to have in regard to a struggle for which they are taxed to the j utmost in treasury and blood. With wliat j face can he assert the war to be the peo ple’s war, when, after having caused the ; press to teem with telegrams announcing ’ the almost universal and enthusiastic re enlistment of the veterans of the army, he has caused the President to refuse to give the House of Representatives any infor mation on the subject, on the ground that it would be “prejudicial to the public in terest?” If the Administration will not venture to pnrsue the plain, straightfor ward course we indicate, let it cease to prate of its policy as rooted in the confi dence of. the people. If the people up hold it, why conceal from the people what they uphold? Or, is it that the war can he maintained in its pretended popularity on ly so long as the people are kept from knowing what it is and what it promises. We are rejoiced to see that these con siderations, and others akin to them, are opening so many long blinded eyes. The people have begun to think for themselves at last, and there can be but one result of the ir so doing, if they will but speak out fearlessly, what they think. The war cannot bear probing into its causes, its con duct, its purposes or its prospects. It ean | not survive the touch of free thought and j free speech . The friends of peace have I heretofore lacked boldness and confidence iin themselves and their cause. Deserted | at the outset by those in whom they trns ! ti-d as leaders, it is scarcely to be wondered that they should have despaired and have 1 permitted themselves to be bullied out of the expression of their conviction—nay, almost out of these convictions themselves. But times have changed. The tide is now setting in the right direction; they must take it at the flood. Humanity, civ-, ilization, the blessed teachings of Chris tianity, are leaders enough. The renegade of to day will be only too happy to return as the cause of peace developes its grand proportions and its strength. Let, then, every man who wants peace ery peace.— Let their be no disguise—no catering for popularity, or for this influence or that— no putting on of the devil’s livery. The cause can and will take care of itself and its advocates, if they are not afraid to pro claim their allegiance to it. Let no man be fooled 0r frightened by the suggestion, that he is bound to “support the Govern ment,” or that, by crying out for peace, j lie is “embarrassing the Government.” -t- * * -t- * * * t Unless we greatly err, the seemingly small voices today will be found enough for them, ere many morrows. The people yearn for peace and they will have it. They are tired of military necessity and military rule. They prefer the Govern ment created hy the Constitution to a war begotten despotism, supported by black janissaries. They do not desire to exter minate the “slave aristocracy” at the ; South in order to establish at the North an aristocracy of shoulder straps and cavx airy boots. They believe that the mis sion of this republic is something better than miscegenation, or the establishment of negro equality or superiority. They will endure taxation, privations and sacri fices no longer to deify the idols of New England’s hypocrisy, cupidity and fanat icism, They yearn for peace, we repeat, . and peace they will have. I In an article to illustrate the saying that “circumstances make men,” as applied to the present war, the Southern Literary Messenger says— The names of the glorious Lee and Gen erals Longstreet, Ewell, Early, Bodes, A. P. Hill, Pickett, Stuart, ami others, will hardly be less famous in history than those of Napoleon and his Marshals; while the noble Beauregard, idolized Hood, Morgan, Cleburne, Magrnder, Price, and a host, of others, form a bright galaxy, not outshone by the most brilliant, records of former wars. It strikes us in reading this that if the names of Johnston, Bragg and Forrest had occupied the places*of Early, Bodes and Stuart, the grace and truth of the para graph would have been much improved. [AVcm/zu/ jVru'S. Just so: and if while mentioning names he had added those of Polk, Hardee, Kir by Smith, Buckner, Breckinridge and Clu atham, the improvement would have been still more marked. —('he ItOil , A Nff.hiv—lf reports are true con cerning one William 11. W, Cobh, for merly a member of Congress from Ala bama -that bus gone to'the Yankees—i( will be known that he was a nubbin ( <>!>/>, and not of the full eared ,-ize and style of Howell Cohb and the lamented martyr, Thomas B. IL Cohb of Geor gia- j The befd harvest wijl show some nnb bin—but electors should be very care ful in selecting representative specimens to look for good sound ears. Asa class no men have more to do with our present troubles than members ot Congress, next to them are members of State legislatures —and it behooves all citizens to look well hereafter to their votes. — t 'ha t lesion Conner. ♦ » ♦ The Chattanooga Rebel, of the 7th, has been furnished by a member of our Tennessee guerrilla bands, who recently came through tin' lines, with an account of a fight between about eighty or ninety Confederates under command of Colonels Bledsoe and Hughs, and Captain Carter, and about the same number ofW. B. ; Stokes’ yavulry The fight oceured about the Ist of March, ou the Calf Kill river, fifteen miles from Sparta, Tenn. Forty two of the Yankees were killed and one captured. Our loss was none killed, and Col. Bledsoe and Capt. Walker wound ed., TE.E3S GRAPHIC. Reports of the Press Association, Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S, Thrashek, in the Clerk’s office of the. District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Latest From the JJtorth. GOLD I\ WE ft' YORK, ltl ! Winllirop House Destroyed!! ! m Capture of;t Forage Train! Explosion of a Locomotive!! European Advices. RTV. hmoxd, Ato il 9. —Fast day was duly observed by this community. The congregations ot the sev eral churches was larger than on the last similar occasion. At night religious services were held in the .theatre, The discourse was delivered by l>r. Burrows, of the Baptist church. The building was crowded, hundreds being unable to gain admit tance. Yesterday afternoon a locomotive exploded on the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, killing an en - gineer ond three others. Rumors of the landing of Yankees at Newport News are current. Nothing authentic. Richmond, 9.—An<>ther heavy rain to-day. Re ports of a Yankee advance up the Peninsula art* not credited at the Afar Department. Baltimore papers of yesterday received. Gold closed in New York on the 6th at 171. Lincoln ha-dispensed with the enrollment of ne groes in Kentucky, on the pledge of Bramlette thai the State would furnish lo.ottii men without conscrip ting ibe black population. Nothing from the army of the Potomac, except accounts of incessant rains. All the bridges on the Orange and Alexandria Road are in danger of being swept away by the freshest. * A large forage train sent out from Batesville, Ark., i was captured last week by guerrillas at Masons Hull. The Winthrep House in Boston was destroyed by fire, on the 6th. Buckingham’s majority in Connecticut 6,600. Other Republicans have elected their candidates in Cincinnati and other cities. News fr»m Ohio itutes that in Milwaukee the Democrats were successful. The Currency bill is defeated in Congress. Gar rett Davis’ proposition that no negroes shall become citizens of the United States defeated by 6 yeas, 23 nays. European advices of the 27th, state that four new steel clad steamers of great speed were about to leave Liverpool to run the blockade. The health of the Pope is improving. Dalton, April 9. —Fast Day was universally observed yesterday. Religious services were hold in the different churches and camp.s The enemy fired on our pickets this morning, but made no further demonstration. Tt is reported that the loth corps of Sherman’s have gone east. They will be replaced by two others. Stoke’s renegade cavalry, captured by Wheeler and paroled, are again in service without being ex changed, and are murdering all Confederates who fall into their hands. Among their victems is Capt Bledsoe, of the 4th Tennessee cavalry, and Bth Texas Hangers. * Every deserter from our army is sent across the Ohio river immediately, to prevent the formation of guerrilla hands inside their lines. Orange C. IL, April 9—The Yankees fought sham battles4iear Cnlp®j > t >e, ‘ t'. IL, on Thursday. The cannonading was heard in our camp. It is reported that two regiments of l'ankee cavalry, one white, the other black, visited Win chester recently, capturing and carrying away Robert Conald and Phillip Williams, as hostages for two members/of Pierpont’s Government, re_ cently captured in Morgan county. While in Winchester our cavalry fired on the black cavalry, filling and wounding several of the latter. Heavy rains have been falling for the past 12 hours. The roads are deep in mud. Tt is reported that Seigel is concentrating large forces in the Valley. Ages of Our Geiiei-alij The following list goes to prove that the best military leaders are by no means young men, but mostly men in middle life, or be yond it: Gen. Rosecrans is 44 and General Grant 42 ; Stonewall Jai 4 tm died at 27. Gen. banks is 48, Gen. HooUp: 4:*; Gen. beat)regard 40, Gen. Bragg 4i>, Gen Burnside 40, Gen. Gilmore 09, Gen. Franklin 41, Gen, Magrude.r 53, General Meade 48, Gen, Schuyler Hamilton 42, Gen. Charles S. Hamilton 4U, and Gen. Foster 40. Gen. Lander, a man.of great promise died in his fortieth year. Gen. Kearney was killed at 47, and General Stevens at 45. General Sickles was in his forty-first year when wounded at Gettysburg, and General Reno was ai when he died so bravely at South Mountain, General Pem berton lost Vicksburg at 45. General T. W. Sherman is 40, and Gen. W. T. Sherman 44: General McClellan Was in his thirty-first year when lie assumed command at Washington in 1801. General Lyon had tint completed the month of his foriy-thtrd yeai when he fell at Wilstoti s (.'reek. Gen. McDowell was in his forty-third yep when lie failed at Bull Run, | in consequence of the coming up of Gen. Joe, I Johnston, who was 51. General Key3 ia 59, General Kelley 57, General King 40, and Gen. Pope 41. General A. S. Johnston was 49’ when he was killed at Shiloh. Gen. Halleck is 48. General is 40. The best of the Southern cavalry leaders was Gen Vial Ashby, who was killed at 3.4. General Sluart ;is 27. Gu our side, General Stanly is .20, General Pba*|unton 40, and General Averitl about 40. Glut. Phelps is 51, Gen. Polk 58. Gen. S. Cooper 08, Gen. J. Cooper 55, and Gen. Blunt 28. General Joe Wheeler is the youngest Major General on the continent, being only 26 years old, and has achieved more for his age than any other ottiper in the service. The Slander Acknowledged.— The New York papers publish the slate ment of the officers who- have just re turned from Libby Prison. They unite iu stating that, the* charges of starving and neglecting their men, published in Northern papers are false, ami urge that their publication cease, for the reason that it is unjust to the Confederate author ities aud injurious to their men held as prisoners. The Chicago Times states, in j this connection: “We have invariably ; urged that, these charges of wholesale | starvation and murder through filth and ! want of medicines were false on the gen eral principal that human nature, in the aggregate, . among civilized nations, is about the same, and therefore the South would no move wilfully maltreat prisoners than the Nort h.” The Washington correspondent of the New Yojh World intimates that General Forrest’s recent raid was planned in the North, and that supplies clothing, etc, from New York and Cindinnatti were shipped to Paducah for the express pur pose of beiug captured by Forrest, to clothe his men. CITY MATTERS. T. J- JACKSON, Local Editor- Notice to Ration*. - After this date we shall be compelled to make a deduction of 3" 1-3 per cent, from Confederate notes of the old issues above Hundreds not taken. Persons having business with thi- office will bear this in mind. March 26th, 1861. Notice -Books Wanted.— Persons having cop ies ofa musical work called “i’he New Lute ot 7,i on” will confer a favor by leaving the same with the Local of the Times, for the temporary use of St. Luke’s (Methodist) Church, ibe books vviil be purchased at a reasonable price, or borrowed at the pleasure of the owner. Would like also a few copies of the “Carmina Sacra.” Many persons have these works lying idly about their houses, who b\ letting us have them to practice .-.acred music ar the Chinch will confer an especial favor and contribute to a good cause. * Pt. Luke’s Church — An Tmrrovemfnt. —We attended this church on Fast Day, where we had the pleasure of listening to a learned discourse from Rev. Mr. Harrison, limn the words, “Wat' h man, what of the Night ■" During his remarks, he briefly reviewed the struggles of our ci.untrv tor the List three years, traced she finger of iV v idence in directing our destinies, and proved ibai notwithstanding the increasing wick, dm -of mu people, God had mercifully preserved u in many tryiug scenes, and expressed the .belief that the darkest hour of the night had pa and, and ib.it the day-star of liberty will soon, dawn upon a Jibe rated and independent South. He pi, lined in glowing colors the future of the Cunfederaov. a being the grand civilizing and evangelizing agent otthe world. But we cauuot attempt a review of this splendid discourse. Suffice it tli.it, the reverend gentleman displayed a depth of learning and power of utterance that' greatly interested hi hearers. We are pleased to see that the members of this chitrch have organized themselves into a committee of the whole on the “state of the music,” and we were no less surprised than delighted to hearsojne good singing at this venerable and time-honored house of worship, which has heretofore had such an unenviable reputation in this respect. Bui didn't some of the ancient “brethering” and “sls tering”-r-especially the latter- look startled when that ar “orful mellodium” struck up an uccoinpa niainent to the hymns on this occasion, for the first time! And we imagine that if inanimate things were susceptible of feeling, that even the walls of old St. Luke were astonished at such an ado within their sacred enclosure. Some of the good “sistering” in leaving the church felt no hesitancy in expressing their indig nation at such an innovation. “Ah,” says one, “in the days when people used t<» enjoy religion there was no sich carryings on in church !” “Yes, that’s so,” says another, “that (pure and mclh.di al may be very good in a theater, hut I want it understood that they are at liberty to stop my part of it here : brother Jipson's singing is plenty good enough for me.” And said a third, “I should like j to know where we old folks are to go now ; they’ve got one of them awful things in both of the Mcth odist churches, and we are out of place at cither.” One was so incensed that she went out of “meet in’ ” outright on the spot. But wc think the majority of members were pleased at the marked improvement in the music, and we see no reason why they should not he. The fact is, for several years the singing at this church has been wofully behind hand both in letter and spirit, and had really coma to he a -nuisance. We go as far as the next one for the preserva tion of the old landmarks in ourdhurch, and feel an especial aversion to any innovation which may he calculated to deteriorate from the efficiency of the gospel, or detract from the spirit and vitality of religion ; but we have yet to see a man or wo man that was ever made worse by good music ; and sometimes feel astonished that our people should set their heads against thf.se measures which are calculated to promote the cultivation of the musical talent, of church members. There is to our mind no part of public worship so important. Music acts like a charm upon the senses ; it re fines the feelings, purifies the thoughts, and lifts the heart to God. Music, with it* thousand chai ms is atalismanic antidote to bitter reflections and sour griefs ; mark its influence upon all living things -it tinges all nature vvilb joy. Weave not disposed to be,nor do we wish to be thought, a* aiming at the rhapsodical or lackadaisical, else we might dilate to a dozen pages in its praise : but progressive as {he science is, even in our distracted country, being cultivated from the humble cottage to the lordly palace, no one can be insensible to its temporizing, socializing, and etherealizing intiu euces. We therefore hope that members of tHe above church nill endeavor to overcome the prejudice that has been manifested to such an extent -lui u..- years gone by on this subject, and that all on! now unite to encourage those who have imdeii:. ’ ken ihe laudable work to improve the music, \\ e have not the leu-.t doubt but that these euoits y, ill lie productive of good. Fa- t Day is hnv. never -urn a day so universally observed a. a fust da\ . was last Friday. All lueicuutilc ;n.d nuvhanicul persuits were stopped, and Ho -iillio uou • umi fv of the , Sabbath rest..-,I upon our city. All iLI churches were open and religious -ervice field ju them. and. we believe, all were well filled with an earnest, attentive, if n«d a worshipping, a.- viably. If this day was so scrupulously observed through oat the Confederacy, may we not hope that it- in fluenee will be felt in shaping the great bit me < f onr glorious native land. Who will say that tie i e is no e&oacy in humility aud prayer? We tru.-D aye, we feel confident that this united volume of prayer ha* risen as incense to heaven, aud that we shall, iu Hod’,- own good time, receive an an ivir of peace. If there lie any truth in sacred history — and who will have the attrorttry to deny it there have been numerous instances in tin- pan, where the wrath of heaven has been au-.b-d b timely humility' aud repentance, aud threatened judgments withheld. The same Hod is over us;, and He is as much accessible us ever. We there fore, expect to see good result fiorn our la. r day. ♦ ♦ ♦ The New CtJßiiEXf y.—We learn that Mr. Wm. II Young, the Depositary in Columbus, has re ceived from Secretary Memminger, one hundred thnu and dollars of new issue to lie exchanged tm the old. The manner in which it is to lie distrib uted is, that each applicant shall have as his -bare one hundred dollars of the new lor one hundred ! I and fifty of the old. This course ha? been adopted j by the Secretary to give all an equal chance at ! the new notes. Mr. Young lias instructions that ! where parties wish more than this sum of the new hills, they shall have the privilege of malang de posits with him, take certificates for »Hnonnts-de posited, and as fast as the new issue arrives, their wants will be met. We are glad that all are to fare alike in this first iustattment of the new is sue and that alt who can raise $l5O will lie en titled to an equal share. We presume it will be but a short time before the new bills will come m general circulation, aud we advise holders ol old bills not to sacrifice them, but to hold them anj : exchange for the new. • if '*'-r W vuni i,i„ -H W i]l beM-ebbvamioun-, ' al.-tmmv-elccuo,, toth * ntth-e „ t p r ,!,.«*« Suiljprf cinidem fiirTr r'.Vr i,t '~ I> '" ,tlOD Wi,h scii pr.d,ab, v ' ' 1 haii to confer the ofn< cup n Irim train. A meeting o{ tho City Guards is called tlii< . ve niugby order of Uol. lW.bortsu,,. f„ r tilC * of re-organizing. Sec advertisement. • t ♦ iivo brigades ot troops have recently parsed through Alexandria, Virginia, for Grant* army, llu.v arc said to have been drawn from Harper's Ferry, where they were partially replaced will, ne groes. . ♦ ♦ Mr. Eben Mernam, an eminent meter.do-'Dt better ka-wn as “E. M..” died recently ; ,t hi- ,* si ' di-ncc in Brooklyn, X. Y., in the 70th year of UU age. ♦ « VNxsign) , s m: M. A G. R. R., April d.h J 1 Las-eter, J D Goss, Mr« Chalmers, >M a j Ham plnies, G. \\ oodruft A Cos, Capt Cothran, Mai Allen I, Tharp A Cos, I ST, G Oglesby, Tiiicugher? ,l i, B H A <’o., .Vaj Dillard, E Goodwin, W Walking Atlanta, Ga., I’owell F A Cos. I A llrowkaw. Tin; (Hitts OF 1778.—Th0 following has Imcii rt ( it«-d tVuin a newspaper published at the time of the revolution The following droll affair happened at Kin- Jcrin„.l,. New York : A young fellow, an ene (iiv to tin* libcriir of America, going to a ■ loiliinr. frolic, wb.-tv a number of young women were cdl. ciyd, and the oul) man in ilm conipanv, i.c- ..i, hjs aspersions on Con -11 l *' :, ml held forth some time ou | until the gitfa, exasperated at his imp; iideure. laid hold ot him, -dipped him Xo !!l: w “ '• :mJ instead .a iiii* covered him v " !l ' ec, and for leather.; took the • lnwtiy top ot ti p, which grew in the mead and coated him Well, and then Jet him •! u ib* La prorouted every one of them, ■’"'i *• 111 11 (-1■ ha been tried before Justice Eehuopmaker. It is said Parson Enel’s daughter i coiiecnied in the affair. HOTIFE! The subscribers to the New Bridge, and others friendly t... it, ate reqiie fed t u meet at the Agency Lank tetate Georgia at 10 o’clock, .Wednesday April 1.-ith, to consult in reference to tne completion of the Bridge. J. M. WATT. Columbus. April 11, IStU.—2t Sec'y A filon-se Army. U/ANTED, a good active LADDLK HORSE for ’’ immediate £ei vice in the army. Bettor volun teci to meet a.n uijem want, and receive your own t'j ice, than want i'.u- the impressing' officer Apply promptly to •i-LS, M. CHAMBERS, or apis a ),r - J - «••• , . t'. S. ARSENAL. I t olumbus, Ga.. -April \ 1864. j Aoflire. i WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON on equilalde t< ;ms, Kms'ttr- Sii-;sr:iis4l SnU lit 1 1 lies, And all kinds PLANTA'JTON IKON: Also POWDER. As this Bacon i needed to supply the necessities tlu* employees of the Ordnance Department, at this'place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders w ill "ive the Government the preference. F. C. nUMBHREYS. nj>l 7 1.1 Maj, Conid’g Arsenal. Olftti Mnuu.l AND Girard R. R.. > Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864./ i bo Stockholders of the Mobile Railroad t'oui|.:iny,iu-e hereby notified that tho five percent tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1864. on the value of ail shares held in Railroad or other Companies, will lie paid by the Treasurer at this office and they will therefore omit the stock held in this Company in their lists to Assessors. .J. M. FRAZER. apl sits Treasurer. M( scoGEr: Railroad .(Kimpany, t Cuj.cmet\s, Ga., April 6th, ]564./ 1 lie holders of general stock in the Muscogee Rail road Company are hereby, notified that the five pei cent tax levied by the law passed'by the Confeder ate Congress, 1. .h February, 1864, will be given in aifd paid by tbi.-: Company on their stock, Be order of Board of Directors. J. M. BIVINS. SecretaiT and Treasurer. apl 6 1 w. .savannah Republican and Augusta Constitution al,.t, will please published the above one week and Joi.wa.rd bills to thin otiice Waiitfil liumediati 1\ a* ihc C. S. Arsenal, Columbus, Qa. 10,000 I'EKT POPLAH MAVTLIKU ALSO, A Quantity of Wheat or h'j/e Straw. F. C. HUM !*II BEYS, Maj. &, Ord. Officer, '•fil'd . r > 1w Com’dg Arsenal. Omci Naval Iron IVoRKa, 1 Columbus, Uu., April 4th, 1864. J To / uard against imposition upon the poor and op ot «• i-<> ll - ignorant of -uch matters notice i 3 h-'i-ei., is ci, that tiie Checks issued as change bills ff "in iht- - lii. i aie i• leemable in current Treasury *' l *t l Loiiicjji i i.t in five doli.ii -and under, and with the new , _ tv- when received. J. H. WARNER, i apl 1 “t “ tulkt! to sßß:s»*iei* an«! ( on sumvis ni le‘o3l.’* \t 'L will keep for ‘.He. I’m Confederate funds, or it . i. ion !• tor country produce—such as Corn, i .o li-i. Ha. mi. b ird. : > i«.i■. I't.-a-', Potatoes, Tal low, b.i.toi, Wlo a or Fliiii —the following articles, ot! hand o’ made to u: -.tel • ri.HU IM• .SCOOTER BAR IRON; HAT, !;ol T NI» AND SO I' VUE BAR IRON: lit si tp. lit iRSF. SFI< >E. N AH, ROD ; IRON 14 i f'jN »N TIES (CHEAPER THAN biißl.; Full B Vl.rXt, KI>nVF.LS AN D SPA DEB : FRY PV\S : POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP TIONS ; srn.u: and salt kettles—from ju To 100 GALLONS; SPGAB MILLS—I 2 AND 15 INCH \\ ~*• piaq.ayt dto receive and fill orders for any nd ijoautity ~i 1 1 . tiom our Iron Works -i i: * i KoHiti;- Alii I ill A4lil>;u*G‘. : , JOHN I>. GRAY A CO., apr ' ft Next to New Bridge, 4 op:trtnership. f PHE l ..DEfp DINED have this day entered i into a Copartnership under the name and is Dos IIANDSEJ&D A APSTIN, for the irausae ii.ii «• fa general Commission business. Utiice.Nso, 121. Broad Street. JOSEPH HANSERD, THOMAS tl. APSTIN. Columbus, Gn., April 1, Hi 64. —lw Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’ TOOIjS rI>Ii K UNDERSIGNED having commenced the * manufacture of the above named articles m this citv, arc prewired to fill orders for the same. Cirtn-p on infle street, a I few doors above C. S. n , , , HARK rf?ON JBKD ELL A'CO. Reference Mai. F. W . Dii.l.aKD. Mobile t; Aster, Mississippian and Augusta Con -iiiutioi-.iii. i. please copy one month and ‘end bills to this otftce. mar lit tl Old §rrap Iron Hanted. iif E wish to purchase old Scrap Wrought Iron. JEFFERSON A HAMILTON. mar 29 fit* Enquirer and Sun copy. >