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- - - Editor. Tiwrsday Morning, April 14. ISfil. [COMMUNICATED.] Sov. Brown’s Message—Habeas Corpus Cou* tinned. 2. We proceed in the second place to en quire, what Congress has done f Arid, instead ' of the terrible thing indicated by/Gov Brown: and Mr. Vice President, we are grossly mista ken, if it doe3 not appear that its action lias been mo3t conservative ot liberty— and ex tremely well guarded! On the 15th day of February, 1864, the President approved the' Act ot Congress, which suspends “the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in certain cassis. This suspension applies 11 only to the of persona arrested or detained by order of the President, Secretary of War, or the general officer commanding the Trans - "Miesi®?ipjii_ Military Department, by ihe authority and un der the control of the President: '. The Congress declares its ‘'purpose” to be, “in the passage of this act to provide more effectually for the. public safety,” a,nil that the suspension, shall apply to “the following cases and no others. ” We cannot better state the cases to which the ■uspension applies than in the, words of, the act itself. It applies in cases: “ First —Of treason, or treasonable efforts or combinations to subvert the government of, the Confederate States. Second —Of conspiracies to overthrow the government, or conspiracies to resist the law ful authorities of the Confederate States. Third-— Of combining to assist the enemy, or of communicating intelligence to the ene my, or giving him aid and comfort. Fourth —Os conspiracies, preparations and attempts to incite servile insurrection. Fifth—Of desertions or encouraging deset-" tions, or harboring deserters, and of attempts to avoid military service; Provided, that in cases of palpable wrong find oppression by any subordinate officer, upon any party who does not legally owe military service, his su perior officer shall grant prompt relief to the oppressed party, and the subordinate shall be dismissed from office. Sixth-—Us spies and other emisaariec of the enemy. Seventh—Of holding correspondence or in tercourse with the enemy, without necessity, and without the permission of the Confederate States. Eighth—Of unlawful trading with the ene my, and other offences against the lav»of the Confederate States, enacted to promote their •uccess in the war. Ninth—Of conspiracies, or attempts to-libe rate prisoners of war held by the Confederate States. Tenth— Of conspiracies, or attempts or pre parations to aid the enemy. Eleventh— Of persons advising or inciting others to abandon the Confederate cause, or to resist the Confederate States, or to adhere to the enemy. Twelfth —Of unlawfully burning, destroy ing or injuring, or attempting to burn, destroy or injure, any bridgfc, or railroad, or telegraph ic line of communication, .or other property, with the intent of aiding the enemy. Thirteenth— Of treasonable designs to im pair the military power of the government,: by destroying, or attempting to destroy, ihe vessels or arum or munitions of mar, or arse nals, foundries, workshops or other property of the Confederate States.” Does not each case here specified directly involve the “public safety”? What remains then to make the su mansion constitutional? Governor Brown and Mr. Stephens say that the arrests shall be made upon sworn charges and upon rog\ilo.i- namiMTß, an 4f fci.tw hhv ** case of “ search warrants”! that there shall, be a jury trial, and in “ dtit,process.of law”! We reply that neither the Constitution nor the law has reference to defined crimes alone and to their punishment in ordinary times and by “due pro cess of law.” The purpose is to provide for “the public safety,” in a time of “invasion,’' and that traitors, conspirators, deserters from the army, insurrectionists, spies, emissaries, bridge burners, destructives —secret plotting enemies of the Confederacy and its cause may be arrested and defeated. As to all these the writ of habeas corpus is suspended. It will be observed that the act says not a . word about the form of proceeding. This it is, which in the eyes of the Governor and Mr. Stephens con •titutes the unconstitutionality of the Act, and this is not the act at all. The writ i3 sim ply suspended a3 to certain obnoxious and dangerous characters and the President left to pursue a legal and proper course in enforcing the act. Is ttiere anything in his antece dents—in his past professions or practice, to justify the ungenerous assumption that he will proceed contrary to the Constitution ?■ If he should do this he would do it undn his official obligations and responsibilities, and neither the Congress nor till people have any fears that he will attempt to do it Whatever “warrants” or “oaths” are necessary, under the Constitution and the wiil doabtless be employed. The courts are open and will settle the questions which may arise under the act consistently with “liberty, :: and would have done it all the same if the noist r.rfado at Milledgeville hath never tahrti plsec' Will the President transcend the ample powers vested in him and play the tyrant ? The Governor and Vice President seem to think so. If such is his disposition and in tention he can do so as eilectuaily, without: this act, as with it. Nobody credits the im putation upon the Chief Magistrate of the Confederacy. lie has neither disposition, in terest, nor temptation to such a crime \relhe has, Ut no time, exhibited any such desire! Then why all this waste of wordy patriotism? Why this cacaethts scribsndi et lvqt:cndif The *. Message of the Governor is boldly ' faci.otts-d the speech of the Vice President cunningly so. It will astonish the people to learn; after all the excitement which Ims boon produced,on this subject, that the act of suspension pro vides no penalties whatever, against even the traitors and emissaries, spies and enemies, upon Whom it is to operate, for a limited time orgy! The President cannot touch life or limb, tooth or nail—no not even a haw oftH'ke'ad, of the vilest traitor! It is provided by the act itself that he shall cause every case of -arrest or deten tion to be investigated hy “proper officers in order that they may be discharged if improp erly detained,” or, if not discharged that they •hall “be SPEEDILY .TRIED IN LIT COIJRSf. OT LAW I Such is cue- (dear ••nse of the 2d section of thr? act as -follows rt ffw EC ‘ r d '- Tlle President shall cause prop.er *o arreetP<t n n eSt l gftte llle Casos aii Pe rs<Ul3 mar be dir det 2 in ?f in ord « *it they course ol law. 3 14 *-he due : couatiaue in foi 'm&it* i ys after the next meeting of Congress” i a M»y ; unless it ehy.ll be foolishly repealed to gratify the morbid zeal of the factionists ; and we trust that we are to be spared any such exhibition ©!'time-serving and weakness on the part of Congress. Tt has; acted bravely and well. Let it defy' mere factious- clamor and go forward wisely and earnestly to * eo«- latt a lit perfect the admirable 'system of measures adopted Such is tbchope uncPex pectations of the r«C“ people. During these “ninety days after, John Mtnorßotts maybe arrested, Holden, of Xw-th Carolina, may be arrgjstc-d what tUen ( case will be fnVeiuffatcd by “prep* j ■er officers/und -if it should be found that the arrest is improper or the detention improper, ihe criminal will be either ‘ discharged or sent on to the Courts t,o “abide a dpe cqurse of law. ' 2d. If it should, however, be found by.these ‘‘proper officers/’’that the arrest and detention are proper, the officer who has the person in charge, will for these aint-ty days, reply to any writs of habeas corfitis— -by his “certificate under oath” “thaf*such person is detained bv him as a'prisoner' for someone or more “of the causes 'hereinbefore .weaned, under the authority aforesaid.” Before the moat obnoxious person can be imprisoned tinder this Act of suspension, Ist, “the President must authorize it!” 2d, “Proper officers” must investigate thecas?. Then a man may be confined for “ ninety days after the next meeting of Congress. ; To carry this Act into effect the President j ha3 caused the Adjutant and Inspector Gen eral Cooper to publish, under date of 10th J March, the very day that Covet nor Brown de- 1 livered his message to the Extra Session of ! the Georgia Legislature, and nix days before Mr. Stephens delivered his speech, General Orders No. 31, by which we be able to I see in what manner the Act of suspension is to |be enforced—how far its enforcement will im peril “liberty”—what sort ofa- “Despot”'this is we have got to rule over us! These orders provide for the appointment by the War Department of Commissioners for ■each Military District ter investigate cases of "arrest or detention Tty “any military authority, for any cause Specified With In the above recited Act;” And ‘to secure the ends, of liberty as far as they may be consistent.with “the pub lic safety,” these orders farther provide, that “information of all such arrests will he given "to the Commissioner charged with the inves tigation, “as soon qx practicable after they are mad?, arid he shall proceed to investigate the same. It is obvious that these orders will operate io restrain.military license and in favor of qnd not to harraas good citizens or imperii their, persons. The orders farther provide that “Ji, upon .examination, a reasonable and probable cause for detention does- not- appear, the Commis sioner shall “certify the fact to the General or other officer in command; whowill immediately j discharge the prisoner from arrest , But if a j reasonable and jjrobable cause does appear, i the Commissioner will forthwith transmit to “the War Depart merit” a copy of-the evidence taken in the"case,- with his opinion thereon, 'for invtfuetions, and meanwhile the- prisoner shall remain, in 'custody. It is further provided Ili.it in all eases of desertion from the array; of “attempts to avoid military service” &c., &c,7 “In which ajferson under arrest Shall apply to any Court or offi cer for a writ of .habeas corpus, it. will be the duty of the officer having ..the •command or ' custody of mirH-'or.esA*. -4- -XT'-' * y :x won all the relevant facts-, for vnstrycho.is as to the proper answer to be made to such Writ, and in the meantime to retain the custo dy and control of such person under this or .dey, a copy of which will be communicated to the. officer or Court issuing the writ, as afford ing the- reason why tme should' be given to ■ make a more complete returnl‘ ' ' • • It will thus be seen that the War Depart ment. under the direction of the President, will do all in its power to conform to the re quirements of any Court or -Judicial officer, compatible with the public safety; and it is only “'When the requisite time cannot be ob tained'"’ that if is made the duty of the officer holding'' a person under arrest “to make a special return, in writing, and under oath, that the body of such person so detained by him, is detained by the authority of the Secretary qf War, and that he declines , under and by vir tue of his authority and the Act of Congress aforesaid, to produce the body of such person or to make further appearance or-return to the said writ.'! ■ ' Suc'h are jhe provisions of this' “degpojie” Act of .Congress, and. the Military Orders un der. it issued by Adjutant General Cooper under the 'direction' of the Preside tit, which it wii'l be seen— -Ist. That it operates .only upon cU enemies id' the Confederacy 2d. That it is most guardeu. ia all its prot w jona which might be perverted to the destruc tion ef-fbe personal liberty of the citizen 3d- That iris very temporary ia Its dura tion. I :■ • .. ; 4tli That it interposes a supems.ory power ju the person-of the District fbammissioncr over mili; ary discretion .. 6tb- That it secures the inarsudiate release O! the prisoner ;n case of hia improper detesi-. tion 6th. That it irr all rases which admif of it ‘•a .« r>s cdy trial in due prom of law.’. And nuaiiy, t !iat it irs a- little subject to abupp. as any such Act corjtld be. This, then,; is what Congress fas done.— Couldii.have done iocs.and bcoa true to its great mission f The feet thn<" if is* subjert. tG abuse L- ,?i ! dr. -gin'ent at all All human institution's— even ihose which nr.t Divine—are subject to th a grossest ab uses. The very -scripture,* are perverted by the Devil and he invests him self with the rq'ctiaaqe of “an Angel, cflighi, ' x n order to deceive and betray. % 'Mr:' Stephens desert'd* to argue tea question. ‘by producing imaginary fed possible- casts.of hardship which might arise ! Such a course of argument does not become a great and dig nified man in an exalted station If we adopt iliis"coarse.of argument we should de molish any form, qv aim*.msuiauosi of human Governmer.l in an hour. Jhere are cases of hardship-’ and exceptional evils enough to dis credit the church of God itself. 'So domestic reiauon.wfiuldsustain itself against this sort ofj logid What ! shall that paternal relation I continue to disgrace the world, which subjects ; a poor helpless child do blows and every spe cies pf bad ireatiaeiu from a selfish father ? Andean it be tolerated in an “age of chiv a!r’>*' (hat “lovely woman’ - . shall be bound to a lord—compollea to .live ,ia same to bear him children and en dure his persecutions ? Look around the world; wjiat suffering exists in humast society ! what abuses prevail in human govdtnn*e«ts 1‘ What corruptions defile the church of Christ !§ Alas, for all the institutions and relations of men— let them perish as with a flood! And habeas cor pas itself could not survive! Is it to bethought of, that a miserable jailor shall j have it in his power to make a false return— j lo..pmjuxa.lwmse]imml defeat, dhe sacred, tcrit, amTincareerate and starve a helpless, inno. cent man or woman? Poof t; -Mr.'PS.rikei!’' .Paox.Alr-Oaies! ......... Seriously this is mere p.ctit fogging , on th® part of Mr. Stephens, Mr. “Parker” and Mr. “ Oats” may suffer for the want of habeas corpus. . The ‘-‘public safety 7 may be fatally imperilled iJL.it shall not be suspended. Let us try to take care; of both, “Mr. Oates'’ and j the Confederacy. Consider our peril. The habeas corpus is suspended. Now, let us sup- j pose that the President intends to make the an sponsion an instrument of aggression upon the public, liberties, lie must be very corrupt and doliberntely forswear himself. Then the. Secretary of War, mnsl be a vile tool and per jured slave ,ot this bad President. Then, they must have a . bust co-adjutor in the Commis sioner, who is to investigate the case of ar rest or detention. Besides these, a militavy officer is to be found subservient to their wishes and ready to arrest an innocent man and swear a false return. And all these men must concur in this infamy and commit it in the face of ihe world, with hundreds of wit nesses —for the purpose of imprisoning a man for 'ninety days more or less, when he shall be set at liberty with every inducement to expose the enormity and every means to excile the indignation of the country. And this must be done, nor only without a rational motive, but j contrary to every to a direct- I ly bpposite course of conduct. Habeas corptts is invaluable as a bulwark of Liberty. Ms temporary suspension for war purposes, will not impair that ?ahie ‘•public safety'’ demands it, as we shall pres ently show We-cannot afford to al low trai tors and conspirators fog©free among us now, ( In times of peace, the escape of horse thieves and other criminals, through the operation of habeas corpus , may be submitted to, (in spite of Mr. Stphens argument to the contrary) for The greater security of liberty. We know a legal gentle men, who, during six years of ac tive’ law practice in Georgia, Was much en gaged in the criminal courts, and never failed j in a single, instance to release a prisoner on- ' fut : teas corpus. His liberty speeches before the Inferior Courts, were elaborate. IhrHling, re sistless. S'neh speeches are not uncommon in Georgia. The Vice President has all the benefit of this sort of practice, and his speech in MilledgeviUc is a moderately good speci men of the "efforts of the habeas corpus Law yers in Georgia. It is hardly so eloquent, hut its argument about the restrictions upon the powtrof suspension,"derived from the taw of search warrants. And “the clueppocess of laic is a fair sample of the ingenuity of the Bar, 4cvcloped by fiv© Xtst Prius -practice in the Courts of this State, especially in the Inferior Courts and the ease of-‘Mr. Oates” is posi tively excruciating. The old Lady lay in her bed : ’T'was “ Day/’ hat she would not arise. Her husband —the weaver —’tis said. Heard her sorrowful cries, He ran to her side in amaze. • What. nits thee, my Judith ?” he screamed. “I never saw thee befpre in ‘such ways.’” ■ “0, Judith, what is it j ou' ve dreamed “Dreamed ! Robin?” she mournfully .sobbed, “ , “lhave not been dreaming at all! “I thought not of Will, whom they robbed, “And buried behind the dark wall. “Thy shuttle lhat fell on the bed, "If a baby I’d had, asleep, . “It had struck its dear little head ! “I thinh of it, Robin, and weep ! - • u 'Tis xruel to laugh while I cry. “Thabkiij/, I know, is not here , “ ! Ti3 no fault of mine 1 then why .“Willyou laugh? boo-oozhao — p, dear!” AU HE. VOIR. It is every day becoming more appar ent, says the Whig/, that the wisest policy for Congress to adopt, in regard to the currency when it meets again, is to de clare, promptly, that the five dollar notes now In circulat ion shall he relieved of the prospective tax of 33f per cent,, and that the Secetary of the Treasury shall have no authority to issue new currency except in change for the old remaining unfunded at the rate of $2 for The amount of cuyency afloat, if all the old notes were converted into new issue, would not fall short of $400,000,000, from which the taxes not. provided for hy four per cent certificates, must he deducted. The remainder would leave' in circulation an amount sufficient to justify the offer every month of thirty to fifty millions of guarantied six per cent, bonds (exempt from taxation) until the close of the war, whereby to raise the neecoosary funds to meet the appropriations of Congress, We earnestly pray that-this mode of rais ing revenues yiu conjunction with taxa tion) may be resorted to in future, instead of expaii, ion of the currency '.by a forth > ee* issue oi Treasury notes.- Sor ! KCI'.X {LaKI>S VO BE I\4RCEI.T.EI> OCT TO Nt 1 - Oho. Doi.oif.H3. —Last, week* there wasj presented in the Northern .Congress the petition es citizens of Brooklyn amt .Vew York, asking that ‘‘the lands of the rebeta may be r onfl-eated and divided into parcels of one hundred and sixty acres for dis tribution among soldiers and loyal men.’ 1 In the Honse of Repre on+Atires Mr. Julian, of Indiana, has introduced a bill from the committee on Public Lands, extending the principals of the Homestead act to persons in the naval ar.u military service on “confiscated and forfeited land? of rebels.’* The A'ew York Herald, speaking of the bill sirs. *‘in plain terms it is intended by this measure to divide the forfeited estates of rebels among our colored ea.icrs and scldieri.” In speaking in the support of the bill Mr. Julian said: ; xiiis hr. ibeen Lwtly styled Ii he slaveholder’s re bellion, We have taken measures for the ehastise ( meet of traitors by. confiscation of their lands under the rights ot way jor traitors the comtitutiGn ha~’ i ceased to exi~t. Vv e should deal with them as a i conquered people, simply under the laws of war , untrammeled by the constitution. It was a war of • subjugation, pui uiumph is not near at hand aa j some supposed The rebels win resist to the death ! and we must employ all our weapons to suppress i them He must take away the fee simple of the < lands frgm the rebels, and totally confiscate it: and : he was r.dviwd that the President is prepared to aid them in saob a measure. Should Congress and the i courts stand in the wav, the wrath of the people wiil . consume those who fail to execute the national will The estates divided into farms would attract the i settlement of loyal men and soldiers. 1 A Nashville eorraspondeudent of the Philadelphia Inquirer says There will be no fighting in Virginia this summer, but by strategic movements in Ea-t Tennessee and other points Lee will bejmanreuvred outof thabtai*. Hw -impression is that Eastern North Carolina will be the battle ground. Virginia wouM doiibttes? f>e given' up before the cotton states. Iho vitality of the Confederacy does not exist m the old dominion, but the necessaries ofilife grow there and the abandonment of the grain and provisions of Virgisia wdhld sound the death kbcii •ftheßebflg, SBiI'ORAFHia. ( Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S, Timasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. - --- ~y^- —t B , Dalton, April 13th.—Nashville April 10th. —Considerable excitement at Memphis, in consequence of tire - pickets having been driven at (xerniantown, wvhreh was .believed tb be a feint of Torrest to enable him to get the Southwest train, containing the plunder en at Paducah. Washington, 9th.—Colfax offered a resolu tion proposing the expulsion of Long, of Ohio, for the sentiments uttered yesterday favoring the recognition of the Southern Confederacy. St. Louis. Btli.—lt is reported that several naval officers were captured by the Confeder ates on Red River, whilst confiscating cotton. New York, Bth.—The famous 300-pounder Parrott gun at Cummings’ Point has exploded, after being fired 4,015 times. Dalton, 13th..—General Wheeler attacked a small fofcp of the enemy’s cavalry at day light this morning near Burton, killed several and captured thirty-five and one lieutenant, | together with horses, pistols', carbines, etc. Richmond, April 13th.—The collision be-, j tween a party of citizens and another of sol i diers at Charleston, Illinois, was greatly exag gerated. A letter in the Chicago Time* ?ays j there were not more than thirty men on eith | ther side engaged, and after the affray the citizens went home, atyi there was no subse quent assemblage of “copperheads” in the vi cinity. Nothing new here to-day. Hamilton's Crossjxo, 13th. —A force of Yankees estimated at 100 came to Falmouth to-day, capturing two wagons, A skirmish j ensued between the Yankees, and Capt. Saw yer's, pray ost guard and a party from Cobb’s j Georgia Legion. The Yankees, after remain j ing one hour/ retired, going up Warrenton i Roads. Escape of Rf.bel Prisoners from Camp Douglas.-— The Chicago Tribute says: 5 J / ; _ , , On the night of tins 22d nit, twelve rebel prisoners made their escape from White Oak Prison* Camp Douglas, and have not- yet been* retaken. They were confined in the second story of the prison, next room to a guard, and made use of the same holes in the floor above and lie low that the rebels escaped through du ring Cot DeLand’s stay at dflmp. Their manner of concealing their work was most ingenious. While part of them were at work filing off nail heads, so that the floor might be raised; the others sang loudly, rattling chains and otherwise engaged the attention of the guard in such a manner that not the slightest suspicion of their proceeding ever en tered the minds of those over them. Reaching the ground, they burrowed their way in a zig zag direction under the fence, depositing the dirt in an old sink, of the existence of wEioi. cfui. Strung wno ignorant. They commenced to pre pare for their escape nearly six weeks ago. At, the.time of their leaving, twen ty-five of the, rebels were in the prison, and why only twelve chose to escape is a. mystery. . The day before the escape of the prisoners two rebels were discovered dig ging a tunnel under the new barracks, just erected, in the southeast portion of the grounds. Os course they were put into prison. And a lucky change it was for them, as they were among the miss ing next morning. [Prom tbe Southern Recorder.] Arresting on Oatb. Gov. Brown is very tenacious of the constitutional right ofjthe citizen to be free from arrest or seizure, except upon oath or affirmation describing the offence, and a warrant duly issued. The orders of the President, or Secretary of War, for the arrest of any individual without process of law (the mandate of a judicial tribunal) would be a gross violation of constitution al liberty, deserving Legislative rebuke; and of course the Governor has at no time infringed this sacred right. In his late message he is particularly hostile to the President, in anticipation that some wrong may be.committed without “due process of law.” J'fow, let us turn to the antecedents of Gov. Brown in this very matter of causing arrests without oath, and without warrant, save his own Executive order. So far back as January If, 1858, he issued a proclamation, stating that “official infor ms Bon had- been -‘received 0 of a murder in Jones county, and he offered a reward ofßloo for the arrest of a party commit ting it, and his delivery to the Sheriff. The following language of Gov. Brown is exactly in point: “ And I do moreover charge and require all officers in this State, eiyil and military to be vigilant in endeavoring to appre hend the said Whitby, in order that he may be brought to trial for the offence with which he stands charged.” What kind of information had been i transmitted to the Governor, whether it was the Coroner’s Inquest, or an affidavit of some person, or the mere statement of the Sheriff, does not appear, but whatever it was, the Governor issued his warrant for the apprehension of the flying party, and commanded some 5000 officers in the State i/tQ be vigilant in endeavoring to ap- j prehend” the refugee. This common! practice is an effectual answer to the new fangled distinctions and refinements urged by the Governor more from malice we j fear than from any solid principle in res j gard to “due process of law” on which he . dwells so vehemently. The practical effects of these Executive proclamations, is to procure the arrest of the accused parties; and we know it to* be the custom to lodge parties in jail, on no other authority, and with the jailors receipt for the reward to be paid by Executive warrant on the State Treasury. This very thiug has been done by Gov. Brown and , all his predecessors, without any question of its constitutionality having been raised. The President under the suspension of the habeas corpus, wilT always have “informa tion” on which to predicate his order yf arrest, as Gov. Brown had when he de prived divers citizens of Georgja of their liberty, ag we have ; i CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, Local Editor. A Card. Mr. W. H. Thomas. Agent of the Bible Society, profoundly thankful for the very liberal lonations received in the City of Columbus, and being obliged to leave without calling upon many’ who would doubtless bo glad to aid in forwarding fhejirinting of the Bible for soldiers, informs the citizens that Mr. Wilcox or Mr.dipping, will receive any further donations and forwaidthosamc to Hon. fi.,A*stisbet*. Hon. L. N. Whittle, Rev. E._ W. War ren, and ReV. J. W r . Burke, who constitute the Ex ecutive Committee, at Macon. April lb 1864 —4t PltE33 Notice;-—The. Augusta. Constitutionalist and Savannah Republican will find an advertise ment in our columns to copy in reference to the Muscogee Railroad. Death of a Goon Boy. —-We arc pained to re cord the death of Master F. S. Adams, son of Da- vid Adams, Esq., of this city, which sad event occurred at Tuscaloosa, Ala.., a few days past. \\ o learn that the disease which terminated his mor tal existence was an affection of the brain apd spine. Many of onr citizens will remember Fred as n youth of fine promise, of excellent mind and man ners, of pure morals and rare .amiability of di-posj tion. His death will fall as a heavy blow upon his bereaved parents who looked forward to bi future with uncommon pride and hope, and the community, too, will miss him, as he belonged to a class that is, unfortunately, bn I small, in our cities, in this fast and immoral age. We lay leave to commingle our sympathies with tin- .he reaved, and trust they may be enabled t.O draw consolation front the Infinite Source of all gbqd, n well as from the reflection that they have loh a son of whom they could justly h-<-1 proud, and whe would have proved an ornament to society. Five Dollar Bills.—Some misapprehension exists in the community in regard to exthahging five dollar bills, for new currency—many supipo sing that such change can be effected.at par We are authorized to say that these bills Will he sub ject to the same discount as theyqns, twenties arct fifties, as Congress has made, no other provisions for their funding. The fivtY Witt, however he' good in the payment ol all government dues up to the 30th Juno, and no patriot or honest man ha'- any right to depreciate them prior to that time. There are many sharpers,and "skunks” in every community who will doubtless attempt to discount or shave them evep, now, but holders, rhould ion't an their passage at full value. The Weather.—What a glorious and inex haustible theme is the weather for people of small mdntal calibre and lew ideas ! A friend suggests that, in bis opinion, we can now safely icoord the advent of Spring. We are almost afraid to do o a,s we have proved false prophet 30 often, but we cannot refrain from expressing our admiration of the very agreeable change wrought, during the past few days. We trrtst that vegetation will Aow “spread” itself, and that in a short time tve shall have something in market to ent. ... .. •*• -«U- *, -r •. . . .. Confederate Generals.—Don’t forget the grand art exhibition at Temperance Hall to-night: consisting of illuminated illustrations’ol''Confede rate Generals, and other historical representation.* The occasion will doubtless be one . r ii7tJ»-.-si fn all Who mav attend. Sffe advertisement of Wm. P. Darker, vylm wants to employ machinists, laborers, mechanics, wagons and teams, etc,, to work on the railroad bridge across the Tombigbee river, near Demopoli?, Ala. Leather.—l. C. Plant, of Macon, Ga., wants a few thousand pounds of good barn.ess or. sole leath er, for the manufacture of factory card oluUdhg. for which he proposes to pay the highest market Those having this article for sale should give him a call. A Fair.—The ladies of our city intend to give a Fair next Wednesday (tbe'UUth of,April)... Like everything the noble ladies of our city undertake it will prove a success. The proceeds of the Fair will be devoted to the aid of our soldiers. The originators earnestly appeal to their sifters of the community to furnish articles, both fancy and substantial, and request them to be left at the store of Messrs. Sammis & R-ooney, by the moi ning of Wednesday next. . Columbus can boast of the most lovely and lov - able women in the Confederacy : for never was there a time when our soldiers were needy, but the ladies devised some scheme for their relief, rind no matter what they undertake, they know not such a word as fail. Then let ail lend a helping hand, and the evening of the Fair will be the night of the season. Tbe money received will be appli- .l to the benefit of our army, on the . .tidier-’ of which too many and too great benefits cannot )>e con ferred.—Sun. , For the Times, { A 9(otlk«r in Heaven The following lines were suggested from hem ing a little friend say. while dying, tW*his «ohV.u>.. : mother, “Mama, won’t you l_v my nv liter in Heaven Watchers beside a dying ehildj On whom with tender love he soiled Heard words of softest mpsi.’ lew In broken tones of utterance flow Telling of faith all pure and bright Which filled bis soul with heavenly light. ' “I too, would go Mamma and he With'SissVj'hnd the angels »ee, I too would go but you wiii To love me in my happy home,. And I will pray to Cod that, He Will let you .'trill my mo the be," Ob, mother* from a dying bed More precious word.- were never ji l 1 Words full of roving truth, with power To comfort in- that -darkest hour. Teaching thee their cbjl.l shall he Thy child thro’ all eternity ! Mother! that sweeten name on earth, Hallowed for aye, by Jesus’ birth— The purest love to mortals known, The tie pur Master deigned to own— The bond nor sin nor time can shake— The love, Heath has no power .to break- Love cannot die ; from Heaven it came. And thou shalt find it there the same, Unbroken still, that wondrous tie That links theo i n strange unitv — Unbroken • Heath bift make it ritret* ' Forevershalt thou endure. “Mother,” thy darlifigs called thee her*— ‘-Muther, they'll ever c-laitn thee thfre— Even with the angels while they roam, Longing tor thee to Mesa rhe-.r h .:,,. . One Only ueed Heaven cannot fill, Thou must be there, sweet mother, still And tho* life’s journey long may -.eeui And thou the toad may’sf weary deem. Thy children’s voices from ou high. Luring thee on,'fuust check thy sigh, Cheering thy path till earth is done And Heaven and happiness are wend Mr-TAKtI—A f&alenie-ttV fe going Uic founds ot some ot the papers in Georgia to the effiaefcfhat a homicide lately occur ed nr the Lunatic Asyftmi at Milledgo ''iL-. homicide as ailedged ha* oc.mrctl at the Asrlnhrfit Milledge yiiie. Wo learri that a homicide did oc cur a short time since at, the Lunatic Asylum; at Columbia,.South Carolina, :4»- particukua td’which are the same. i('oii fed ft -(ltd Cmo ti. Goon News rin'.M rni: TiMNS-Mmsmsmu —The -llobLle Tribune, jays .. Froni a gent lonian who has’ just rot ft it, od from the TrandrMisfds.'dpiw Depart, itieui, vroicarn thw following, important news ervhc&rnkv attain* in that pan of the country. foroLSoL, I G, u - Sherman, with his IO i- l' s,! had burned to Vicksburg ! irn " w 1U two Due ooluniii WUU up kvd Liver,. to attack Alexandria. The utlun culiuuo « cm. up the Ouatehi. a Hivov to At tack Harrisonburg. They were met bv Gene* and rncc, who whipped them badly—.-aid to be \ \\’ , terloo defeat. Cur informant also confirms the report of a bittio bavinjT occurred on Bayou Toehc between General Lsuaks and Gen. Dick lay lor, and the defeat of the loaner as .was posted u-few days a tot. % 4 l>or.tiou ot par-foaaagwontuiaßdeii by Gen. Ro-v had attacked Major Meßce at Yazoo- City and dt\ven him from the city and the river witWeat loss Both arqnow in our possession. The Yankee gunboa ts liavmgovacuated the river. Gen Hani -urn (bonfwlcrate) lmeswept the Mississippi lino from M uterproof, La., to the month of the Red River capturing- all the leased plantations, provisions Ac tor a diriauc-o of about thirty utiles from thtvrive’i line. 1 fhi;3 a very ox cl lent news, and from what wc hear may ho Considered substantially reliable. I'di i’luUlßkaocliee, The stcanier Indian, Captain Fiy, will leave for tho aboveand lnteriuediaiclandings this 11101 nin. (Thursday) at 10 o’clock. C ox.sUiM.ts FEJfcMi A G. R. Pi.—April J4th. Maj. Alien, Mai N , H r . .Smith, Capt. Cothran, £L’api (/ox. Roberts & Cos. J, D. Carter, T. S. Tu* a le, R. F. Harris, W. P. Tinner, J. yuin, Brannon, Til linghurst. TEMP3SE.AIT3E HALL IfooilVfiOii , Afoi e gast ? Joe Joliip>iiori,4{, lillUl! HUH; OR, Air 11$iii’ with Confederate Generals* PKTORIjII, HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHItAL Oil Exhibition at Temperance Rail, Uti U cil nrsda) and Thursday Ereuingx, |i»k‘i3 S7sg|« Ri^il —♦— 4 Tile STIjl siei-io.a oi Lee Mallory's «I It 11,1,l S ri( V| |o]\S» CONSISTING OP: j LLt T ATI!NATTID Portraits of the Confederate l Gcjioiiil ..burtesmen and prominent men and wo men of the War. Taken from life brl terr Van Ness and. exhibited larger than life size by the gStereoscopticon, AM) A POWERFUL UALCYUAI LIGHT, Ao inlri.iatc and complete appratusmadeia Europe -Cxpre :ly for the purpose. ' ~ -On liiis oviiiiiijfc a,selection from a large list of winch tho following form a part: Lee, Jackson, - Wheeler, Hood, Stuart, Longstreet, Dwell, . . _J*iliow, McCullough, J ember I on, Price, Morgan A Stall', Liuvell, Buckner, Colquitt, Hjll. . Breckinridge, lio3ser, \ulcox, Hihdiuan, Kemper, Cordon, Lawton, Rhodes. Anderson, doe Johnston, Beauregard Hampton, Cobb, Brag» Wright, .Cox, Cheatham, &c„ &c.,. Ac. M e would call particular attention to the fact that these portraits are from life, being STEREOSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS, h iUed fc th , e,iMtl,lg nnpression|made by them will be as faithful as a personal introduction to th* diaingutshed individuals themselves. Accompa nying the exhibition of each portrait will be gi “n a BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH, *wcu-u.« Correct fac.similes in Photograph of the Generals. bg obtained at the box office, between the hours ot 1_ and p. m v and at the Hall on the evening of t he exhibition and at Pease's Hook store. on wit & half price tickets. Attentive Pshers will be; in attendance, and who will preserve order, ftk Secure seat for Ladies. Box ofliee open from 1 2 to 2u. m. Appropriate music will be ip attendance. Entire change in programme each night. Poors open at i o clock, Exhibition to commence at ts precisely. api k; 2t “ " '• W! iITEO. J W iK’'f to hire qne hundred NEGRO Laborers. 1 fen Moil's reams, V or fl mules each, and ten 1 uke of Oxefl to get and haul Tirnbet for the hail n.ad Bridge, over tbe Tombigbee river, near De mopohs. 1 aUy iiWt, to employ fifteen Carpenter 3 ,‘white in on or negr'.e- sot the same work. L will pay liberal prices and furnish ration-'and uuuiters tortile men. .\ uttre.vs me at DymupuiLs, Ala., care of Maj. M V.eiiiwethgr, Epg'i Ciupb W. P. BARKER, , • Ag’t tor A. L. Maxwell, api lddlwAwlm Lealliri* UkTiited, \ i£ V. t huremnd ponnds of Good Harness or Sale i» irnghber (to beused for making Factory Card tl-.siin.. v', cil stalled II a me.--- Leather is much in -j.-iicd; b.r Which the highest market price will be paid, > < ; ...n: hf«\iDg* either of the above articles for sale wiii please nddr-. -- me. -giving quantity and price. „ - $ ? - ,* c - 1. O. PLANT, apl 13 20 - - - Macon, Ga/ WAwx'm ” \ GENTi. EM AN with a small family is desirou: p of te.ruring board in tome private family. Car, furmch his own room and any number of house rer vnnia that may be desired. - Any. oho who can ac ! comm-wafe him will apply at •M-i io i* ... .THIS. OFFICE. s op Jiidft of Probate. We arc afrthoiizc-d to ar.rionncc GEOP.GE II WADDELL,(the t rc'erd incuml.AtJf..r re-election •to the office o* Probate Judge of Ru -ell -om,ty, Ala. Elect .on Ist Monday in May, j apl 9 tde MvSCofelfE kAIPEOAD COitPAST, l ! _ G?a., April dtfc, 1864./ i xc 3 holders of general stock in the.-Muscogee Rail | i"3ad Company are hereby notified, that tho five fer j.eent tax-levied by the law passed by the Confedcr • ate Congress, 17-h. February, 136-t, will be giver in : andjpaid by this Company on their stock, ! i tsy order ofßoard of Director'. J-.iU. BIVIJS'v. Secretary and Treasurer. aiLo Iw. Savannah Republican and Au§u -a ,t-oftstitution | ah (, wiii j 1&; epubiid.t-d the above one week and j forward bilk t. this office j «■•<* Saddlers’ t 'THU UK fi];K3IfiNKD having ciimmenceu- the 1 marfufricTcfe of the above named article in this (ii . are prepared to fill orders for the same. : Office on Angle street, aj tew door.-- above C. S. - Hospital: RAimiSCNMIFDi Lk jfc CO, itoterenoe—Mas?F• W. Dillaßd, * .Mobile Hegt-der, Mbsissippiap and. Augusta Con.-- stnutionaTist, please copy one mouth and send bills to this office-. * - . fiar 30 ts