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Saturday Morning, April lt>, 1 864,
of all the country except
„,l 3 o„ tl» river, and that if •»<•»»«
re Ji„ there nmnolorle.l for fifteen «»>" *
„,ld be able to «U.I 1*» “*“
command.
Mobii-e <sr Ohio Rajt.road. Trains 01,1,1
re ;,U„ ran through from Mobile to OU
lona.
Western Mews •„
* The intelligence which we published yeetev
dj both from the trans-Mtsaiesippt « « -
Mississippi, is highly oncouvagmg. T
no longer any reason to doubt that Lan 1
suffered a crushing defeat at the hand o
Tavlor , at or near, Shreveport. The tact
that the Yankee military authorities lefuseto
let the Northern people into the secret, 13 evi
dence conclusive that the disaster was of no
common-place dimensions. Their claim of “a
great victory” usually amount to a “stand-off '
while any lesser sign of glorification infallibly
indicates that they have been defeated. How
then, shall we measure the proportions of a
defeat when they refuse to speak of the result.
When the Yankees cannot even lie, something
terrible must bo the matter
however, the admissions of Yankee “military
authorities are not the only evidence of miti
resolushnn are passed.)
tary event i. The world will accept the ad
vance i,l {?old to an unprecedented figure, in
the face of this military reticence, aa proof
that.„son*e damage to the Federal arms is, at
least, thought to have occurred. It the result
proves to be such as we hope and believe it
will, Western Louisiana will be relieved and
reclaimed the invasion ot Texas from the
North will be foiled and our trans-Mississippi
forces can be concentrated ior the expulsion
of the enemy from Arkansas, and Southern
Missouri
The announcement of ih<- capture of Fort
Pillow by Gen. Chalmers. i: another interest
ing item. This is on the Mississippi river,
about 50 miles above Memphis, and was built
and held by the Confederates under Yillipigue
until shortly after the battle of Corinth. If
we mistake not, it wu q the last of the chain of
Confederate forts on the Mississippi fponi Cos
lumbus to Memphis. We remember that it
was represented at that time, as au«adimroble
position and well protected against a water
attack, at least from above. We very much
doubt, however, our ability to hold it now;
indeed, we do not suppose that any serious
effort to hold it will be made. The capture
of the garrison, and the destruction of the
stores and other property, including two tran
sports, will repair the hazard of the expedb
tion. Really, the spring campaign moves
along swimmingly.
OrrfiAGK in Bristol. —The Abingdon Vir
ginian deeply regrets to notice the occurrence
in Bristol of one of those acts of lawless vio
lence which seem to be impossible from a
state of war. Its tragical consequences arid
the inevitable severe punishment which will
be visited upon all who participated in it, will
we hope be such n lesson as will prevent the
recurrence of similar disgraceful scenes any
where.
The accounts that reach us, says the Ga
zette, are conflicting, but the facts seem to be,
that on Saturday night last, about 9 o'clock,
some two hundred members of Gen. Wofford s
Georgia Brigade, being dissatisfied with the
quality of the rations drawn by them that day,
determined to right themselves. They ac
cordingly marched down in a body to the store
of the post commissary, which they violently
broke open and plundered of about 75 sacks
of flour, 700 pounds of bacon, 10 sacks of bran,
and 50 or 60 pounds of candle?, which they
proceeded to carry off with thpm. Meantime
the alarm was given, and the Provost Guard,
some twelve In number, having arrived and
vainly endeavored to arrest the rioters, fired
upon them, killing one (a Lieutenant Rey
nolds) on the spot, and wounding five or six
more, one or two of them, it is said, mortally.
The rest made their escape with their plunder.
That night and the next day, a number were
caught and placed under arrest. Swift and
sure punishment will be sure to follow. The
men were not armed except with stones, a few
hundred of which they left in the storehouse.
It is not pretended that they were driven to
commit the act by hunger. Three days' ra
tions had been served out to them that morn
ing.
A board of officers is soon to assemble at
Richmond to examine and i. port upon the
justice am! amount id claims of purti.es who
have lost negroes imp.reared to* labor on the
public defences -to include those who have
died from injuries or disease? contracted while ,
in the service.
Gen. Beai-regard's If®uiqi arteks at Sav- j
ANN AH. — We are informed by the Savannah Acs vs
that Gen. Gilmer •hn? been sidered to Virginia,
and that General Beauregard will make Savannah
his headquarters. The General and his staff will*
arrive iu that city on Thursday, and rooms are
being prepared at the Pulu.-ki House for ihcir ac
commodation.
An 'av. r the Southern Chur oh/turn.
“We understand, front a source entitled to respect,
that Qen. Lee has been eating meat only twice a
week. We think it very likely the General j ould
get meat in abundance, bnt he will not faro better
than his men.” Should not we who are at home
be willing to fare as hardly they, lot lhasakeof
the cause ?
A letter from Helena, Arkansas, of the i3d, j
states that on the 22d MajoV Carmichael and
one hundred and twenty men. of the Fifteenth
Illinois Cavalry, returned from a four days'
trip toward White River. In that time they
marched one hundred and twenty-eight mile?,
and captured twenty horses and eighteen
prisoners, one of whom is Captain Hosiel, who
esraped from the guard? about .a month ago,
as they were taking him to Johnson’s Island.
Cftpt Hutchins also came iu, having been out
twodujfs. He brought four prisoner?, with
their arms and horses. A detachment of
L commVnd m i Cn became separated from .the
t e-** “ft"-
The Farce of oVT “New Statfh >'
Congress has passed enabling acts permittin,, 'the
Territories of A evada, Colorado *nd Nebraska to
enter the Union. East Tennessee will come next
—perhaps before. This will make four new States
prepared to enter the fieldjfcr the next grand Pro
sidential four mile race, and the rebellion not yet
Ittfcdued.
[From the Rome Courier.]
Bill Arp’s EeUe* to Ills ®l«*
Friend Joe B
My Dear Old Joe: You know I kaH
you old bekaus you hav got along so fast*
sinse l fust knowd you. You hav playec
your cards (I don't mean your kotton
tarda) mity well heretofore, but somehow
you seem to hav lost groun lately. May
be you are trying to git ahed of the wagin.
I’m mity sorry I koudetft be at your big
konvenshion and hdvise you a little. 1
mout possibly hav pulld you back some
and hurt your feelings but it would hav
been the best in the long run, and saved
you a power of raortifikashpn.
J You used to write to me for advice, Joe
and you "always] succeed when you toiler
it, but this time you dident even ax me
for my opinyun, but just* writ me to go
and see the members in the jining coun
ties-let. em know what was on hand and
get em properly rowsed up for a grate
okkashun that were to kum oph. Well
Joe, I was afeerd the plan woudent, work;
I was jubns of it sertain, but I dun what
you sed, and tawkecl to em about, habyns
hotel us until some of em wer existed ama
zinly. It wer to late when I got. to Dick's
house. I found Dick plowin away down
in a field close by a sweet gum swamp,
and when l got through tawking to him
he woudent hav stayed in that field till
dark for a thousin dollars. So thinks I,
says I, if I can skeer Dick that bad,
what mout Inotexpec of you Joe, Linton
and little Aleck. I wer then satisfied you
had the Legislature ded.
Well, Joe,l don’t know all t hat was dun
at your eonvenshun, for I wasent thar,
but I’ll tell you what., old feller, Linton
played bis part of the programe jam up.
I hearn one of the members say that after
Linton got through bis big speech that
night, sum of em wer so skeered of the
habyus kotehils, they kep lookin aroun
behin em like we boys use to do when
the niggers was tellin us ghost stories.
Sum of em boarded at a private house,
and they dident go home that night,
but slept about Hotels with other members
You see,, doe, when Linton sed “who
knows but wtiut the President has alredy
got his secret poleese around .this kap
itol? who knows but what this night that
he may be grabbled forth from his peee
ful repos*, and in a moment, in the l inks
ling of an eye, be hurried oph to that barn
from whence no traveler returns?” That
got em—Dick says when Linton sed that
the silence wer so immense, you kould
hav hearn a Hea jump in the saw dust on
the floor, if thar had been one m the
house. Lint played his kards well—(I
dont allude to your kotton kards, Joe)
Well, Joe, you must hav had a heap of
trouble. Thai wer some powerful difficul
ties in your way, sertin. In the fqpt plane*
the time wer of very doubtful propriety.
If you had only waited until the President
had tub ujj somebody with the ‘habyus
kotchus’ and kollapsd him in the kaverns
of a sekrefc dungeon, you would have had
more capital to work on. You know, Joe,
you had ontil Christmas any how, to fund
the States money, so I kant see what put
you in such a everlastin* hurry. Then
agin, in the sekund plase, t dont see that
little Alex done you ,any good. Folks
kould say, and folks did say, and will kon
tiirae to say, “Whais the Vice President
always pitehin into the President tor 'i —-
Was he put in offis to „ play Solicitor Gen
eral agin the Administrashun, or to hold
up the President’s hands and help him
perform his onerous duties?” Your old
Preacher is still your friend, Joe, but he
remarked that “if old Moses had had two
such vice presidents to hold up his hands
when he was prayin for viktry, thar would
hav been the biggest skedaddle among the
Israelites ever seed in the land of kaiian.”
Ever since Alex writ that letter to the
Mayor of Atlanta agin marshall law, the
friends of the administrashun have been
watchin him. You remember, Joe, you
told me that, that letter wer a most shame
ful thing to kum from the Vice President
situated as he wer, whar he ought to be a
‘privy counsellor’ instead of a disrupter,
and you said that if Mr Stephens koudent
do any better than that, he ought to re.
sign. On the whole I don’t think he
done, you any good by his presence thar
nor his speechifikasliun. 1 write freely
so you, Joe, for T know you have got as
little use for Alex, except, to use him, as t
hav, and, between us, konfident.ially, that
all the use he’s got for you. He and
some few others hav got plans of their
own that you dont know nothing about.
They knlklate to use you to overthrow Jt il
Davis and his friends, and then they’l
tumble yon over the left, and brake every
bone in your body with as little concern
as my wife wrings off a chickens neck.
I have no kind of doubt but what tliay
hav already deliberated whether to send
you as commissioner to the Fee-gee islands
or make you warden of the Penitentiary.
But you are purty sharp yourself, Joe, and
T aint a freed of what they ken do to you.
The main trouble is, kan you all work to
gether long entif to smoother Jeff? I’m
afreed you will find it; a bumpy road to
travel, and I ketch myself laflin some
times, a fhinkin what a dog tight you and
Alex would hav, if" Mr. Davis should
dekline to run agin..
Sometimes, 1 think yon are tryin to klime
too fast. Tor. Von see your idees git so much
elevnshtm that your head git? dizzy, and your
fu sin' s begins to swim, and you naturally over
look Mini things and Lornmit inßiskreshuus
wnicii are distressin Now, thar is your old
nabru who think?, myly well of you, and »1-
woys votes right, but when I told him your
program about kailtn the konvenshun. be ap
pealed astonished most powerful ?ed it wt-r
all a humbug and wouldn’t pay, and he was
afeerd vou would brake your neck a pnvin
your way to the Presidency He. didn’t np
j prova your resolutions which you wanted the
| konvenshun to pass, but sed if you succeeded
j in bavin em put through, especially that one
1 censurin Mr. Davis, he would fornish you
with another set to have passed immediately
afterwards. He requested me to enklose em
to you, which I will do. They are as follows,
to-wit:
Resolushuns to he passed peeaibly if I tan
—forsibiy. it I must, bolus noisltu-. any how
Firt il<* it enakted that I’m .a whale —and
if there is any bigger fi-h a swimmia in the
nasty deep, then. I m that.
Seknndlv Resolved, That Richmond are
joenah. nud will be swullered up in a few
days—Skanghighg chickens they grow
tall in a few days—(Joe are to stand on a
box and sing this song, immegiately arter this
Thirdly. Resolved, that whereas sum igno
rant Poet hav aid ' what konstitutee a State ?
be are told that 'it? ?»< 1m the State myself.
Fourthly, Resolved, That I’m the senter of
! spac a- The Southern Konfederaey, the solar
system The mariner’s kumpass—The kard
lacinvy—The Equmokshul gale—The Alma
mak with all its eyipses—The State Road-
Locomotive eugine with steam up—ln fak
if thar is any other big thing, then I’-JJrf.’*
I axed him if he wer not jolnn 1 pl&yjng
opira little Burtyque—and he sed no, that
you kould pass em it son kould pass yourn,
and he dhlent know but what you and try it any
how. lie told me to tell you to mind how you
played your kards. (He dident mean the cot
ton kards.) And thar, Joe—right thar—Oh,
nuy dear old Joe, them kards—them kotten
kards —thar’s where you missed it. Hick told
me all about that, and, though he voted for
you, tie ses lie dident like the looks of it—you
ought to have sent them kards off about a
month before to the soldiers families. They
need em mighty bad, and you knowd it. But
you sold em to the members at ten dollars a
pair, jest on the heel of votin time. It may hav
been all vight Joe, but surnhow the two things
kum oph in very dangerous proximity. °I
hardly think it got you any votes, for the mem
bers dhlent feel like it wer any favor from
you, for the kards (I mean the kotten kards,
Joe) were as much them as yourn,—that is
to say, they dident belong to any of you, un- ■
less, as your nabue ses in the Resolution, “you !
are the State.” “Joe, I’ve frequently thought
how much good them kards would have done
the poor soldiers families in this kounty.—
But this aint the worst of it. Dick says you
allowed the members to exchange 200 dollars
of Koufederate money, for *2OO dollars of State
money, ‘even Stephen;’ and also to change the
same amount tor Georgy change Bills, and
they wer paid off thur regular salaries besides
in State money (which last were all right of
course)- why Joe, my old Joe, my foolish
Joe, my inkonsiderate feller what wer you
thinkin about ?
Hav you jest turned out to regular bribin ?
and that with other peepuls money. Its bad
enuf to do it with one’s own money, but my
aspirin fiend, what will the peepul say about
it ? Joe, my dear Joe—you must shorely hav
miskonstrued the ‘Fundin Act.’ It dideut
provide for no such fundin as that. Do cum
up and see me. I want to tawk to you—l’m
afeerd you’ve forgot your fust lessons of Pro
priety. Shorely, shorely, thar is sum mistake
about this, but Dick ses not, and he sknwd me
his money and kards—(l mean kotton kards)
—He says he woudent hav tuk his, but he
heerd a member say that if the Governor wor
that loose with the States property, the more
they took from him the better.
lm afeerd you are losin groun Joe, and I
dont blame you for cirkulatin your message
in lrand bills, but thar are s.um things you
must keep as dark as possibul. Dont mention
the kotton kards in your appendix—Keep your
newspapers strate —I notised that your Aw
gusty organ replied to the Savannah Repuh
likin about the kard bisiness. This wer very
indiskreet—you must write to him and lain
him better—smoother it—squash it—drown
i t —nol pros it, if possibul.
In konklushion Joe, 1 hope you wont let
them Resolushuns komplimentin Jell Davis,
affeck you 100 much —you say in your letter
that “it shocked you”—never mind that—let
em shock on. It'they will shock some of your
foolishness out of you, it will do you good.
Quit writin so much—your messages are too
long -speshily for a kali seslmn. Thar aint
no use in it, and besides, paper is high, and
ink scace. Haul i'n a little—hide your time.
It aint. everybody' that kan git to he President
—my kandid opinyun is, that you will make
amity good Governor if you will stik to it. a
few more terms. Solomon ses “thar is a place
for every thing, and a thing for every place,”
and Don Quixote ses, “that evry dog hav his
day.' Write to tne Joe, and do tell me all
that you did do, in tryin to pass them resolu
shions. Im afeerd I havent hearn the has
of it.
Your old friend,
BILL ARP.
P. S,—About that money bisiness, let me
ax you, “w ill you be able to balance up vour
Books to a quarter of a sent, and show “no
loss on our sided B. A.
The Seizure of tlie Tuscaloosa—
Protest of lier Commander.
The following spirited and pointed let
ter from the commander of the Tusca
loosa to the Governor of the Cape Colony,
deserves to be put on the record as part
of the history of the times:
C. S. Ship Tuscaloosa, A
rSimon’s Bay, Cape Good Hope,
j Dec 28, 1863. )
Sir—As an officer in command of the
Confederate States ship Tuscaloosa, tender
to the Confederate States steamer Ala
bama, I have to record my protest against
the extraordinary measures which have
; been adopted towards me and the vessel
under my command by the British au
j thnrities'of the Colony,
i In August last, the Tuscaloosa arrived
in Simon’s Bay; she was not only recog
nized in the character which she lawfully
claimed, and still claims to be, viz: a cojn
missioned ship of war, belonging to a bel
ligerent Power, but was allowed to remain
in the harbor for the period of five days,
taking in supplies and effecting repairs
with the full knowledge and sanction of
the authorities.
No intimation was given that she was
regarded merely in the light of an ordina
ry prize, or that she was considered to be
violating the laws of neutrality; nor, when
she notoriously left for a cruise on aetive
service, was any intimation whatever con
! veyed t hat on her return to the port of a
friendly Power, where she had been re
ceived as a man of war, she would be re
! garded as a “prize,” as a violator of the
j Queen's proclamation of neutrality, and
! consequently liable to seizure.
Misled by the conduct of Her Majesty’s
; Government, L returned to Simon’s Bay
on the 26th inst., in very urgent need of
: repairs and supplies. To my surprise, I
! find the Tuscaloosa is now no longer con
sidered as a man of war, and she has, by
your orders, as T learn, been seized for the
purpose of being handed over to the per
| son claims her on the behalt of her
I late owners.
The character of the vessel, viz: that of
a lawfully commissioned ship of war of the
Confederate States of America, has not
been altered since her first arrival in Sim
on’s Bay, and she having been once fully
recognized by the British authorities in
command in'this Colony, and no notice or
warning ol change of opinion, or of friend
j ly feeling having been by
public notification or otherwise, I was en
titled to expect to be again permitted to
enter Simon’s Bay without molestation,
j In perfect good faith I returned to
Simon’s Bay, for mere necessaries, and in
honor and good faith in return I should,
|on change of opinion or of policy on the
pan of the British authorities, have been
I desired to leave the port again but, by the
j course of proceedings taken, 1 have been
(supposing the view now adopted by your
| Excellency’s Government to be correct)
| first misled and then entrapped.
My position and the character of my ship
will most certainly be vindicated by my
Government. I ant powerless to resist
the affront offered to the Confederate States
*of America by your Excellency’s conduct
and proceedings. I demand, however,
i the of my ship, and if this demand
be not promptly complied with, I hereby
formally protest against her seizure, espe
; cially under the very peculiar circumstan
ces of the case.
j I have the honor to l»e your Excellency’s
most obedient, humble servant,
(Signed) J, Low?,
His Excellency Sir Philip Wodehouse.
TELE GRAPHIC*.
Reports of the Press Assoeiatioo,
E lßftfhW°^ andi T g toact of Congress in the year
'tv * • k, Thrashea, m the Clerk’s office of
♦ho Lourt of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Hlglily Important from Texas !
Glorious Confederate Victory! !
C.ate Northern lews, &c !!!
Dalton, April 15.—A1l quiet in front.
I ive Alabamians who were to have been
shot to-day for desertion were temporarily
reprieved by Johnston until the President
could be beard from.
Weather cloudy and cool.
Mobile, 15. —Mississippi advices from dif
ferent points report a great battle between
Kirby Smith and Banks near Shreveport.—
Banks was defeated with a loss of 14,000. —
The Baton Rouge and other hospitals are full
*bt the lankee wounded.
Richmond, 15th.—Northern papers "of the
13th, 'p. m., received.
Gold in New York pn the 13th I<s§.
The Minnesota tv as seriously damaged by
the torpedo explosion.
The steamer Maple Leaf, from Pilatka to
Jacksonville, was struck by a torpedo on the
Ist inst. The explosion tore off her bow, caus
ing her to sink in ten minutes.
Four thousand Federal, cavalry occupy
Eagle Pass, four hundred miles above Browns
ville.
The French are marching on Matamoras,
and a fight has taken place, in which the
French were victorious. Cortega had issued
a proclamation ordering all the troops con
centrated on the Rio Grande to resist the oc
cupation of that place by the French,
Europeen advices to the 31st nit. received.
The Prussians attempted to carry the Daini
za fortifications at Duppel by storm on the
25th. After four hours' fighting they were
repulsed at all points.
Liverpool cotton market quiet and unchang
ed ; breadstuff's very dull; prices lower.
A resolution for the expulsion of Long op
Ohio is still pending iu the House.
During the debate on Saturday, Harris, of
Maryland, said the South was not subjugated.
God Almighty grant she never may be. I
hope you never will subjugate the South. A
resolution to expel Harris was offered but re
jected for want of a two thirds vote.
Maximilltan’s S f.cession Nobii.ity
—The Paris correspondent of the New
York Herald writes:
Letters from Europe report that all
kinds of titles of nobility are to be eon
ferred by Maximiliian on the secession
ists, who in large numbers attended him
to Mexico. Dr G win is to be a Duke.
Perhaps this would interlere with a lit
tle plan which our Southern friends in
Paris state had been arranged for pro
viding a good berth for Dr- Gwin, and se
curing the recognition of the Southern
Confederacy by the new Mexican empire,
and the formation of an extensive al
liance between the two countries. The
doctor T have been informed several times
within the past week, is to accompany
the Archduke to Mexico in the capac
ity of of a general counsellor and ad
viser. The doctor, who is a large prop
erty holder in Texas, and is supposed to
have considerable influence there, has
frequently reeornended the cession of this
State of the Confederacy, or rather its
“reannexation,’ to Mexico as the price of
this league. It was forjthis, if for any
thing, that the doctor was to accompany
the Archduke to his new empire.
Riot at Leavenworth, Kansas.—
A special dispatch of the 4th, from Leav
enworth, to the St Louis Democrat says:
At the election to-day the polls were
seized by a mob in the inserest of Mc-
Dowell, the Carney and Copperhead, can
didate, and Mayor Anthony and many of
his friends were knocked down and brii*
tally beaten. The city Marshal was as
saulted and dangerously wounded.
Armed men took possession of the polls
early in the morning and defied the city
authorities. The military were called on
by the mayor to preserve order, but their
assistance was refused. Geneal Davis,
the district commander, had issue a strin
gent order at the fort that, the soldiers
should not visit the city unless they were
entitled to vote, but the order .was openly
violated.
Gen. Curtiss was absent, and great ex
citement exists. Th*e best citizens de
nounce the election as farce and fraud.
Other dispatches say Mayor Anthony
tried to excite a mob, and closed the first
and fourth ward polls, and the peo
ple made him open them again.
A second dispatch says:
Joseph L. McDowell, and his entire
ticket are elected by from six to eight
hundred majority. At noon Mayor An
thony issued a proclamation closing the
polls, and calling on the citizens to assist
him to preserve the peace, which was dis
i regarded and voting continued. The ri
oting, was indulged into a considerable
! extent. Several persons including May-
I or Anthony were beaten with revolvers
and driven from the polls.
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apl 1«) It
Sterreoscopticon.
Sterreoscopticon.
Sterreoseopticon.
.Sterreoscopticon.
Sterreoscopticon.
Exhibited this afternoon and evening. See Ad
vertisement. apl 18 It
Grand Art Exhibition
This Afternoon
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This Afternoon
At 3 o’clock. See Advertisement,
apl 16 It
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, Local Editor
Notice to Patrons.
After this date wc shall be compelled t<> make
a deduction of 33 1-3 per cent, from Confederate
notes of the old issues above $5. not
taken. Persons having business with this office
will bear this in miud.
March 26th, 1564.
For Chattahoochee.
The steamer Jackson, Fry Ma -tcr, will leave for
the above and all intermediate landings, Saturday
morning at l J o’clock.
Funeral Notice.
The funeral sermon of Frederick' G. Adams, will
be preached in St. Luke’s (Methodist) Church, on
Sabbath morning, April 17th, at It) 1 7 o’clock, by the
Pastor. Tfco friends and acquaintances of Mr. and
Mrs. David Adams are respectfully invited to at
tend.
A Most Excellent Company.— Those between
jT and IS and 45 and 50 wishing to join a com
pany for State service, cannot do better than t<>
consult Mr. Oliver Cromwell at the enrolling of
fice. He had a thorough military education be
fore the war, but not waiting for position, volun
teered in the Columbus Guards as a private, in
which he passed through all the importrnt battles
in Virginia, up to Gettysburg, where he received
severe wounds, which are not yet healed. He is a
most accomplished military man and a cbivalric
and polished gentleman.
Confederate Generals.— lt will be seen that
the proprietor proposes to exhibit again at Tem
perance Rail to-night his illuminated pictures of
Confederate Geuerals, with other brilliant and in
teresting representations. Those who have not
seen them should pay the Hall a visit to-night.—
We understand it is the purpose of the manager
to give a benefit probably on Monday e vening lor
the benefit of the Soldiers* Aid
at which time we trust the liberality and patriot
ism of our people will prompt, them to attend.
It will he seen that there are to be two gxliihi
tions to day—one at 21 o'clock and one at night,
at each of which a large number of photograph
will be distributed gratuitously. Here’s a chance
to get your money, back. Let everybody invest
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Quite Cool. —Yesterday was rainy and chillcy.
and disagreeable generally. We should nt won
der if there hud been more snow iu the up country.
/
Verily this Spring is keeping up its reputation as
one of .the most strange and backward of any on
record. It must be accounted for bv the proximo
it v of go many Yankees on our borders.
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The Reserve Corps. —-The special attention of
all persons belonging to thi corps, or in other
words, persons between the ages of 17 and I 8 and
45 and 50, is directed to the special orders of Ala.
jor General Howell Cobb, in reference to the .for
mation of companies, transportation, rend«£-...u .
Ac., of this force. It will be seen that companie
from this Congressional District will be required
to report immediately to General Cobb, at Macon,
Ga.
Catalogue Sale. —The attention of merchants
traders, speculators and others is referred to tin;
advertisement of Bell &. Christian, Auctioneers,
Savannah, Ga. It will be seen that they propose
to sell at auction on Tuesday, 25th inst., the cargo
of the steamer “Little Ida,” comprising groceries,
liquors, dry goods, clothing aud shoes, drugs, med
icines, Ac., Ac
Fire.—A fire broke out last evening about
dark in sonm out-houses on .the premises of Mr?.
McDougald. The fire Companies were promptly
on the spot. No. 5, we understand, had the honor of
being the first at the fire. Loss trifling.
(Communicated.)
Mr. Editor: Believing that truly in
terested in the development of Southern skill ar.d
enterprise, I have thought that you would give a
place in your valuable paper for a briet notice of
what I consider one of the most useful aud bene
fioial productions of the day. Mr. O. L. Peace, an
employee at the Naval Iron AVorks, hearing the
constant demand for knitting needle? and the too
freequent lament that they could not be obtained,
and that 100 by the Ladies, God bless them, who
were deeply in seres teff in knitting and preparing
stockings for our brave soldiers, conceived the idea
of making the effort to manufacture them. In
doing this hff had every difficulty to contend with,
such as the absence of machinery for the purpose,
scarcity ’’of steel wire, Jtc.j but notwithstanding
all this, he has actually produced sixty thousand
sets of these needles, which have been sold at a
reasonable rate and disseminated the
State; and in order to do this he has had to hunt
up the material throughout the entire Confedera
cy, and at the same time has been found every day
at his bench and vice rendering the benefit of hi?
mechanical his country, in the,humble
capacity of an employee, accomplishing this hn-;.:
work after hours. Now, sir; I ant of opinion that
there is honor due here, and I am forgiving it to
him to whom it belongs, Mr. P. is still engaged
in the manufacture of this article which l am in
informed he sells at a very reasonable price.
Very respectfully,
ITEM.
[Correspond oil op. I
Ooi.umbi s. Ga.. April, 1 t'd.
Dp.. Geo. B. Douglass, Senior Post .Surgeon, Col
umbus, Ga :
Si* —In view of your patriotic appeal through the
public prints. The parties whose names are hA o
unto affixed have formed .themselves into a Hebei'
Commit tee, under the style of “The Douglass Am
buianee Corps,” for the purpose of givim- t ti.-ii
personal services, and performing such duty m may
he necessary, in attending the wounded on the hat
tie field or in the Field Hospitals that come under
your jurisdiction, and hereby tender their services
to you in such capacity, and subject to your orders.
Respectfully,
HR Goodrich, • JD Atkins,
L T Maddux. R L Bass,
W H Hughes, J Ennis,
D D C Wood, If W VanVegbten,
, D P Ellis,' J D Carter,
C G Holmes, Poster W Chapman
M G McKennie, W T Wood,
W W Garrard, D Adams,
Ttaos S Spear, IT II Epping,
S H Hill. # W A Bedcii,
Jos Hauaerd, J A Strother.
Office Sex. Sena, of Post, >
Columbus, Ga., April 15th, 1Y34. j
Gentlemen : I ha*e the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your note of yesterday, informing me oif
your organization a; a "Relief Committee under ihe
style of the "Douglass Ambulance Corpc” and ten
dering your services whenever the ooc&npn may de
mand. Your prompt and patriotic response to my
call, demands my sincerest thanks, whilst the cha r
acter and patriotism of the members of yonrr orps i.
a certain guarantee of the value of their frervitw:
whenever called intolreutiHition.
In accepting the tender of the services of your
oarpg, I must be allowed te express to yon my ap
preciation of the conudiurent you have paid in the
selection of its name.
I am, gentlemen,
V cry,' respectfnlly,
Your obt, servant.
GEO. B. DOF GLASS,
Sen. Surg. ofPost.
To Messrs. H. L. Goodrich, L T. Maddux, M . 11
Hughes, and others.
'
Donations of articles for tin* above purposes are j
respectfully solicited,[to.b e left at the store ol Good- (
rich <x Cos. H- E- GOODRICH, i
Chaipmaw of Douglass AmluUnce Corrs.
TEMPERANCE hall
Satin-clay .\iglkt, April loili.
1 wo Exhibitions,
UUa riooH M 3 o’elk, Night at 8.
Xj©o
Stkrreoscupi ICON OR Mammoth,
MSttIEOROF LIFE,
Exhibiting, by the aid of a powerful Calcyum Light,
- '-oiu.v.al size Portraits of tire Cuxi i.dkrate Gkn
; EKiLS, interspersed with magnificent Dissaving
Firo^Woik 1 1 *’ aits ot world, and Chinese
* Photographs will be given away
ll’vhliVf- e “ ct i V v ‘Bstrihution at the alleinoon
V u Y r F “Lht exhibition,
the Art SldbiAon” VhoU Vruphs given away at
j No extra charge for admission.
! «S‘ by their par
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i'iiy Taxe*! City Taxes!!
I M-4T, V e found for a few days at the store of H.
• Miadlebrpok, where parties interested will please
rail and make returns of property taxed by the city.
, , . „ M. M. MOORE,
apl iu 2w City Clerk.
WANTED.
A GOOD FIELD-HAND for the balance of this
A u year. Apply at
a id D) a THIS OFFICE.
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Vinegar, Vinegar.
, tho barrel or single gallon, also a lot of
f fin Measures and empty Osnabttrgs Sacks.
0. R. STANFORD Jt CO.
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Special Orders.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,
Macon, April It, 1864.
General Orders, No. 4.
I. Companies composing the Reserve Force of
Georgia as soon as organized at the Enrolling Head
qit a iters of each Congressional Di trict, will imme
diately rendezvous at the following points, with a
view t<; their organization into regiments and brig
ades. Those companies organized at Macon, Col
umbus, .tlban.i and Griffin, will rendezvous at Ma
con, and report directly tu these Headquarters.—
Those otganized at Atlanta, Cartersville, Athens
and Gainesville, will rendezvous at Atlanta, ami
report to Brig, General L. J. Gartrell. Those or
ganized tit Savannah and Augusta, will rendezvous
at Savannah, and report tojlrig. Gen. H. R. Jack
son.
11. Companies organized and which have not re
pot ted at the Headquarters of the District Enroll
ing officers will report directly and immediately at
point:: indicated, according to the respective Con
ijres.-ioual Districts iu which they have been organ
ized. *
111. Transput l ion will be furnished by Post Quar
termasters, upon the application of commanding
officer : ot companies, and every facility will be ex
tended to expedite the removal of the companies to
points indicated as the early organization of the
force is deemed of great importance.
IV. Ordct faitd instrn ctions for the election of the
Field Officers, a- required by law, will be issued in
due time,
By command of
M-u. Gen. HOWELL COBB,
E. J. H ILLFTT, A. A. G.
April 15-diit.
(m:iH cell's Brigade.
? ifIIOSE wishing tojoinan excellent company
1. for Gartrell’s Brigade, State troops, would do
well to consult the undersigned before joining else
where. OLIVER CROMWELL,
At the Enrolling Office.
npil3 2f.
PETTY & SAWYERS,
45 and 47, Noith Water Street,
MOBILE, AL4B4M4.
Brokers and Bankers*
DEALERS IN
KOLB,
SILVER,
' BANK NOTES,
STOCKS and BONDS,
STATE TRE4SIRY NOTES
STEREIIAiG,
HAVANA,
WASBAIJ,
AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.
Stocks in all the different Steamers,
Sloops anti Schooners engaged in ruu
ning I he blockade.
MONEY RECEIVED AND
PAID OUT ON DEPOSIT.
Wo buy and sell on our own account
of on commission.
‘ All letters and enquiries prompt
ly answered,
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WAITED.
i WANT to hire one hundred XEG HO Laborers.
I Ten Mules Tennis, 4 or n limits each, and ten
Yoke >,l Oxen to get arid haul Timber lor the Kail
mad liriipe, over the iombigln e river, near De
'll also want to employ fiftc.-n fTuneuters ,* white
mco or ne. roes lor the same work.
1 will pay liberal prices and furnish rations and
((Uaitt i- tor the men.
,!.,•• meat Demopelis, Ala., care of Maj, M.
Memuefiier, Kug’r Corps.
W. P. B.IKKER,
Ag't h>r A. L. .Maxwell.
api 11 dlwJiwl m .
feather Wauled.
i \ 'LEW thousand pounds of Good Harness or Sole
Leather ito boused for making Factory Card
| clothiif.i. Well sin tied llanics- Leather i.-> much
1 preferred, for which the highest market price, w ill
j be paid.
Pci-ioi.- ha ing either of (be above articles for j ulc
J will tdeilSe address me, giving uuantitv and price.
1. C. PLA-NT,
as-1 13 3E Alacon, Ga.
t'oa* Judge oi Probate.
j VVo are authorized to announce GEORGE II
\\ ADBELL.ithe present incumbent i for re-election
t ithe office of Probate Judge of Burrell county,
Ala. Election Ist Monday in May.
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Mu3cor.EE Rall.hoad Company, 1
Con tiers, Ga., April Oth, 1864. J
The holders of general stock in the -Mur. ogee Rail'
r i ad Company ure hereby notified that the five per
' cent tax levied by the lr.tr parsed by the Confedcr
| ate Congress, 17. h February, 1564, will be given in
• ar.-l paid by this Company on their stock,
By order of Board cfDireetors.
j. a). BIVINS,
Secretary and Treasurer.
Savannah Republican and Augusta Constitution
alist, will pic:, C published the above one week and
.p.award bill? to this office
Slioctisstfcers 5 and Saddlers’
TOOLS O
r PHE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
' manufacture of the above naoUd articles in this
ciiy. arc prepared to fill orders for the same. ,
office on Angle street, a Ifew doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON. P.EI'ELL A CO.
lu terenee—Mai F. W- Dillard. n
Mobile Register, Miseterippian and Augusta tow
ftitutionalist, plea?e copy one month andser.a ou«
to this office,
mar 30 u •