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J. u . H iHUEIV, - - - Ed* l ®** 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. PHOTOGRAPHS OF GENERALS. driven Away. <f»iven Away. <;ivcn Away. Given Away. Given Away, See Advertisement. (api 18 It) 400 Dollars Wort It of Splendid Photographs. Splendid Photographs. Splendid Photographs. Splendid Photographs Given away. See Advertisement, apl 1«) It Sterreoscopticon. Sterreoscopticon. Sterreoseopticon. .Sterreoscopticon. Sterreoscopticon. Exhibited this afternoon and evening. See Ad vertisement. apl 18 It Grand Art Exhibition This Afternoon • This Afternoon This Afternoon This Afternoon- 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 # - 1 - ■ 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. — ♦ 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 apl 16 It 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. ■ - - *. Vinegar, Vinegar. , tho barrel or single gallon, also a lot of f fin Measures and empty Osnabttrgs Sacks. 0. R. STANFORD Jt CO. apl 1G lw 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, apl Li \Lim 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. apl ‘5 tdc 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 •