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Monday Morning, April 18,1^64.
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We (•ommitted an prior on Saturday in ?ta- !
ting that Banks received bis iaf£ repulse at
Shreveport, "at the hands of Dick Taylor.”
The eommaiuVr .of the truns-Mississippi J>e
pur intent —.Gcu. Kilby Smith was, doubtless,
iu command,, uud it is quite prpbatde that ulil
Price was also ou.. ; the ground, and that the
shouts of his Veteran legions helped to swell
ttifvchorus of victory. All must Lave done
well, and to tack should-a portion ot the
honor be accorded.
The Paris correspondent of the New York
World writing under datj3 of March 11th, j
says : “In all the din bf domestic commotion, !
the late manifestation of the Southern Con-1
gress has uot been lost tipon the Parisian oh' j
movers'of Iran* -Atlantic' affairs Tit a ‘Opin- ]
ion Nation ale’ cava of it: ‘Never, until no W,
has the'gpvfcinnucnt proclaimed officially and
solemnly in the face of the world, that the
principal object of the separation was”the es
tablishment of an independent State, with
. slavery as the basis of its social edifice. In
holding this language, Congress at Richmond
renders the recognition of the South forever
impossible.’ The “ Opinion ”• also remarks
-that at the same time, that the subjugation of
the South is declared impossible' care is taken
to call the attention of the North to the ad
vantages of an amicable adjustment of affaire,
even now.
Gen. Johnston’s Army, ' A correspondent !
of tfie Mobile AdCf-rtiser, Writing from the
army of Tennessee, -a vs: *1 am happy" to say !
that the condition Os our army is splendid, in
every respect. II is well fed. well clad, in ex
cellent health, and in high and hopeful spirits.
For the tirst lime in its history, it Ims no bare
foot soldiers. Would yod believe that, at
Ohickamauga. (b n. Drag# lost the service of
2.000 otherwise efficient men, because they
were barefoot j Credit it or not, the state
ment is true. And yei nhoea were within the
reach ot ordinary quartermastern 1 energy.—
The same happened again at Missionary Ridge*
where men were so sorely needed,and where the
barefooted men, had they been shod uud pre
sent, might have turned the fortunes of that,
sad clay. But now every soldier has shoes
But l seriously doubt whether there is any
General in the Confederate army who fully
appreciate the value of shoe?. Certainly the
quartermasters do not. A soldier, to be effi
cient, must not only have shoes, but good
ghoe3; well fitting, broad-bodied and pliant.
Upan this, depends liis capacity for marching
and tor with constancy and celerity in
battle. There is a quiant and wise old milita
ry maxim, "horseman, look to thy horse foot
man, look to thy sees?”
Gen. Forrest in a Fight. —ln the battle
of Prarie.Mound, Gen. Forrest killed two of
the. enemy with his own hand. A writer in
the Appeal says that that was not the only
time a General has killed one of the enemy in
this war. He says that Gen. Wade Hampton
killed several Yankees at the first Manassas,
and at Gettysburg was attacked by four Yan
kees, and with pistol and sabre slew them
having himself received a severe sabre cut
from one of them, and long since their foul
spirits have gone, never to encounter him
again.
The Southern Presbyterian contains a letter
dated New York, November 17tb, 1863. The
writer eays: Amid the rapid tendency of
churches and political parties here toward
abolitionism, it is refreshing to observe that
some of the purest and ablest men of the
North are contending for the truth. Rev. Mr.
Van Dyke, ex-President Lord, Bishop Hop
kins, Dr. Seabury, and Prof. Morse, have writ
ten isl defence of slavery. Their efforts are
more admirable, in that they have abandoned
the weak tactics heretofore prevalent, and
boldly avow slavery to be a Divine institution.
Ha'yimuistii in
We clip the following from the Boston Post:
“A photograph of the young girl s shoul
ders whipped in the House of Reformation is
requested ns a companion for that photo
graph of a whipped Southern slave, much ex
hibited of late by aesthetic Leaguers."
This allusion will be understood by those
who will read the following statement from
the Boston Bulletin:
“HaYNAUISM UN THE HoUSE OF REFORMATION.
—Edwin Wright, John (1. Rogers, Isaac Ames
and Sebens 0. Maine, the Judges of the Police
Court, and the Judges of the Probate—who
arc the Inspectors of Prisons for Suffolk coun
ty, and whom, we have reason to believe, are
men of veracity—have just made a report of
their last, inspection to the Board of Aider
men, in which they expose a brutality which
we tin?: will not he K. po/s by li-hfh
"To be bnef, .irvurdiug to ihi.i icpoct. ih%.
prisoners aro' half - fafved it* tin- House of
Correction, am! m the House of Reformation
(reformation ind. «■•!!} a girl seventeen y cars
of age Ins been dogged by the Superintend
ent, \v!tn aid : "1 struck her with all my
might— In* would not yield. I ent fora
longer stick, and then he held out her hand."
After this beating and this submission she
\vas .committed to the cell and the food of the
solitary, where she remnine.Vseviml days.
The w elt from the blows were distinctly vis
ible on her boulders when the inspector*
visited the institution seven days after, In
the course of the investigation they were in
formed that in the frn department the- pun
ishment aii ortH'lui.'e' indicted with an ordi
uarv wag oi whip bv the Superintendent iu
person.
-Be odes iIP; b,urhaij,»y. thi inspector® state
that, with ftu exception of the House of Re
formation for juvenile offenders, where one
’par-ions bathing tub is used, “all the prisons
are pr<?v“tc-fl with the ordinary bathing tubs,
from A to 7 in number, placed side by side, at
distances of from 12 to 24 inches apart, in
open rooms,' with no screen or protection,
whatever; and in these publicly exposed
tubs; the prisoners, 'men, women and girls, in
their respective departments, in groups offrom
3 to 7, are required io perform their ablutions.
Old offende is, young offenders, girls of nine
and ten years of age, alike must disrobe them
selves, and, in full observation of their fellows
and officers in a state of utter nudity, enter
the bath, perform its duty, and partake of its
refreshment. ‘
“In the name of honviiiity. are not (be
“Creel .a our diva Ami would it not !. c
a* well I©,- n to turii „in attention to some of
the- doggers of white women at the North, as
well tm their brother brutes further South,
l 0 tavehadthe reen of law and the poor
, ot difih'tcttct or color and the right to
A woman presented herself at the Central
'Police station of Chicago, the other dav, and
complained that, though she had two hus
bands in the-.army. Hie could get no relief
from the war committee.
Freut lt Interference in Mexico
—Greeting of Maximilian.
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, (Union) from
the Committee on Foreign affairs, reported
the following joint resolution:
Resolved, That the Congress of the
i United States are unwilling by sileuce to
leave the Nations pf the world under the
j impression that they-are indifferent spec
tators of the deplorable events now trans
| piring in the Republic of Mexico.
Therefore they think it fit to declare
that it does not accord with the people
of the United States to acknowledge a
Monarchical Government erected on the
ruins of any Republican Government in
America under the auspices of any Euro
pean Power.
%Ir. Brooks, of New York, (Democrat)
said if it be not u mere paper fulmination
I do not object, but if it be a detonation
only to burst in the House, what is the
use of it? Is anything to be done with it?
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, replied wheth
er it is a mere paper fulmination or not,
depends upon whether Congress will adopt
it, and whether in adopting it they repre
sent the opinion of the people of the Uni
ted States. The resolution is simply a
declaration of what our policy should be,
touching our interests very nearly. I sup
pose it is not a subject any one wishes to
discuss. I move the previous question.
Mr. Cox, ol Ohio, (Democrat) said the
resolution had received his concurrence
iri*the committee, but. lie preferred that it
should have been more emphatic. It
ought to have been passed before. It will
be looked upon now as a mere brutumfub
m?n unless backed by arms. Arc we ready
for that? Mere paper resolutions do no
good after statesmanship has failed in its
duty. While he favored this resolution,
he only wished that it could be so framed,
and go backed up, as to prevent kingcraft
and the archduke of Napoleon, Maximil-
I ian/from establishment on this continent,
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, was very sorry
the gentleman from Ohio bad thought it
necessary to make an argument against
the resolution.
Mr. Cox replied he did not make an
argument against it. He would vote for
it, but he wanted tff* t language to be more
emphatic.
Mr. Davis, of Maryland, did not know
how the language could be more emphatic
for the resolution declared that a mon
archical government would not be recog
nized by us. He did not know whether
it was becoming at this time to say what
we would do, and whether we meant to
resist by force of arms and prevent the
establishment of a monarchy in Mexico.
The time had passed to prevent the war
from going on. We now wished to de
clare against any European Power plant
ing its foot on Mexican soil and establish
ing an empire, either under an ofispring
of the Hapsburgs some, scion of the
family of Louis Napoleon. He wished
the world to hear the emphatic declaration
that the erection of a monarchy in Mexico
will not be recognized by the people ot < he
United States —let the consequences rest
with the future.
The resolution was then unanimously
adopted by a vote of 109 yeas.
The British Islander’s Opinion
Yanl£-«*» C? I wMt assart ton.
We have often had occasion to revert
to the brutalities of the Federal soldiery
in their insane attempts to subjugate the
Southern Confederacy. The wholesale
and wanton destruction of private proper
ty, the robbery of private residences and
I shipment of their contents to eastern
j cities to embellish the dwellings of the
■ Federal officers, and the commitment of
: noncombatants, including women, to pris-
I on for expression of sympathy for the suf
ferers, have been commented upon from
time to time, in proper terms of reproba
tion; but it remains for usto record anoth
er outrage upon the common decencies
of life, before which the wanton insult of
the ladies of New Orleans, and the dese
cration of the grave of a dead Hero, by
the Boast Butler, pales into comparitive
insignificance,
From time immemorial, “to speak well
of the dead,” has been considered a sen-*
timent so sacred, that few among the civ
ilized, or even savage nations, have cared
to neglect its observance; but anew order
of things has arisen since' the inaugura
tion of the infamous abolition war, as will
be seen by the following paragraph from
the New Orleans Fra, .the Organ of
General Banks —-himsell a pvt geneal of
the Lincoln Administration, and a fair
and fit representation of the State of Mas
sachusetts. It is as follows:
••The wife of the rebel Gen. Beaure
gard is dead at last. There is one less
lef t to spawn forth a broad oj traitors.
Can infamy itself descend to a greater
depth than this? That an accomplished
lady, estimable in all her relations of life
tv ho for many months has been gradually
sinking into the arms of death, surround
ed by a large and idolized circle of friends,
the wife of a Hero, whose, “deeds of arms”
have commanded the admiration of the i
world, and should have received at least
the respect of a foe he hud so often de
feated, should ho alluded to in terms like
these, seems almost incredible, but it
would appear as if the foul spirit of aboli
tionism debased everything it touched,
and bad transformed a once gallant nation
into a fraternity of shoals, without leaving
them a par fide of manly honor to shield
them from the infamy to which history
will at soma future day consign to them.
Let Caligula and Nero, Hay non and
Butler hide their diminished heads, for
a greater one. has made his appearance.
We regret that we cannot give to the
world the name of the miscreant who
penned the infamous lines, that he might
take his proper place on the roll of infa
my, but we can join heart and soul With
the immortal poet, when he expressed
the wish
“To put in everv honest hand a whip
To lash the rascal naked through the woild.
The Springfield Mass. Republican es
presses the opinion: *
L hat ilm l>e.u.ui i..1 Mill Select McCh-1
lau for their candidate tor the Presiden
cy He will doubtless have the advantage
©f the natural recoil of reasonable people
from the ferocious and idiotic nonsense
wherewith he was assailed bv Greely and
others.
Thus says tin- Wuiid it is not very com
plimentary to the Tribune aod the other
associates of the Republican, but there
may be something in ii fr>r all that.
Vegetable Gardens for tli« sol
diers
Maj. Gen. Gilmer, comna»nding the
Military District of Georgia, has issued
the following general orders to the troops
of his command:
With a view to the comfort and health
of the troops in the Military District of •
Georgia and the Third Military District
of South Carolina Commanders of Districts,
will instruct Commanded of regiments, i
detachments and posts to establish, wher
ever practicable, post gardens, to be work
ed by the troops, under the superinten-:
denee of their officers-—each company to
have a lot of ground sufficiently large for
the purpose intended assigned to it. The
garden to be under the immediate con
trol of the officer commanding the compa
ny, or, where it is found advisable, there
will be one large garden for all th» com
* panies of a post, to be under the control
of the post or regimental commander, who
Will, in all cases, see that each company
does its just proportion of work.
To encourage the production of vegeta
bles, the Major General commanding
will furnish every facility for the prosecu-,
tion of the work, and post and regimen
tal oommanders will call upon the Quars
termaster’s Department, who are hereby
instructed to furnish, as far as possible)
seeds and gardening implements, upon
requisitions approved by District Com
manders.
Post Commanders will represent to
District Headquarters any local obstacles
which may oppose themselves to the ex
ecution of this order, and District Com
manders will take prompt measures to
overcome such difieulties. Officers are
called upon to act immediately upon the
receipt, of this, as the favorable season for
planting is passing away. They will also
take prompt measures for the construction
offences and placing guards, etc, to pro
tect their gardens from intrusion and dep
redation. It is believed that much assis
tance will be rendered by the fanners and
planters in furnishing seeds, plants and
suggestions, upon the application of offi
cers’
Maximilian and tlie Confede
rates.
[From the London Globe.]
We have reason to believe that on accepting
the Crown of Mexico, the Emperor Maximilian
will address from Miramar, u formal notifica
tion of his accession to the throne to all the
Provinces and Powers with which he desires
to establish diplomatic relations. Among- the
number are Ibe United States of America. Mr.
Dayton, the American Minister in Paris, hav
ing already intimated the readiness of his
Government to accredit a Representative in
Mexico, and receive a, Minister from the Em
peror of Mexico. Towards the Confederate
States the policy of Maximilian will be that
of strict, neutrality.
By the advice of the Emperor Napoleon, he
will abstain from recognizing the indepen
dence of the Southern Confederacy, or enter
ing into any diplomatic relations with it until
France shall have done so. During Maximil
ian’?; vi3it to Paris, Mr. Slidell applied by let
ter to him for an audience. After consulting
his Imperial host, Maximilian firmly but cour
teously declined to receive it. The rumors,
therefore, of an early recognition of the Con
federate States by France and Mexico, and an
alliance between the latter Empire and the
Southern Confederacy are altogether devoid
of foundation.
: THe London Morning H««»td remarks that
| unless the Emperor Napoleon and Maximilian
recognize the South, the establishment of the
Mexican Empire will be a fruitless expenditure
of strength by France, and will end in humil
iation to all'concerned.
[Paris correspondence of the X. Y, Times.]
Paris, March 22. * * * Maximilian left
here, it is said, in the best ol spirits, and
highly elated at the future which awaits him
beyond the Atlantic. In money and political
sympathies he has obtained all he desires, for,
if he had obtained more, he would have been
restrained by obligations, And he is going to
organize a smail army of desperate men, en
tirely devoted to his person, who will be per
fectly able to hold all Mexico at bay, so long
as no third party intervenes. What more
could the new Emperor ask? The bankers of
London and Paris will furnish him all the
money he needs, the Foreign Legion of 6,000
men will protect his person, and he will have
some time yet before him in which to concili
ate the tolerance of the United States, for
there is his only danger. The affair is, there
fore, brilliant enough to attempt a less adven
turous man than the Archduke Maximilian.
Thf. Black: Flag. —ln a recent speech at
Lexington, Virginia, Judge Brockenbrough
aid :
“ Make no prisoners when you meet the
Dahlgrens. the Kilpatricks, the Averills, with
their gangs of freebooters and thieves. lam
convinced that such a policy is the most hu
mane in the end. It will sacrifice many
worthless lives, but it v. ill save many valuable
ones. Tt is the only effectual wav of teaching
our enemy that he cannot violate the laws of
war with impunity.”
Loss or the Confederate Steamer Juno.
—The Charleston Courier of the 14th confains
the following unwelcome intelligence :
From a late arrival at a Confederate port,
we regret to learn of the total loss of the'Con
federate steamer Juno, Phillip Porcher, (’. 8.
N., Lieutenant commanding, with all her offi
cers and crew, about 27 in number, except
ing the pilot, W. J. Burke, and Assistant En
gineer, J. 11. Dent, The Juno*rau the block
ade off this harbor about five weeks ago with
a cargo of about two hundred bales of cotton
on (ioveriim- nt accourn. On the night of her
departure, a very heavy U!ow sprung up which
afterwards increased to a gale, and on the
second day out, when about one hundred
miles from this port, the vessel encountering
a heavy sea, suddenly parted amidships.—
The vessel being iff iron, the bow sunk in
stantly, and iu a few minutes afterwards the
stern also disappeared, leaving nothing but
the spars and small fragments of the upper
deck afloat.
The survivors, Dent, and Burke, were dis
covered on the evenieg of the third day, a lit
tle before dark, floating on a spar, by Captain
Habenicht, of the Schooner Fetrel. The un
fortunate men had been in (be water oversix
teen hour3. and were almost ready to give up
from exhaustion.
Capt. HabeolchPs attention was directed to
them by a bale of cotton, observed floating
ajong as he supposed from a wreck, and which
fortunately, induced him to alter the course
of hi3 vessel, in hopes of being able to render
assistance. Upon his coming up with them,
the wind still blowing a gale Capt. H. found
it impossible to lower his small boats, but
hove to. and let his veseel drift along ide,
when the rnerUwere, with some difficulty, res
cued from their perilous position and taken
io Nassau; wheie they arrived on the 22dult.
The commander of tHe Juno, Lieut. Porcher.
wa? the son of our esteemed fellow-citizen,
Mr P J Poreber He fought with undaunt
ed bravery in the battle with the Yankee fleet
beiore New Orleans. HU loss will be severe
ly felt and lameaifd by his numerous friends,
who deeply sympathise with his telativee in
this sad affliction *
The other officers of ihe Juno, were Lieut.
Thos. W. Renthall, LteiU. ft. ii odeuheisaer,
Chas, D. Tucker. Master, Engineer Clark, As
sistant Engineer Johnston. Second Assistant
Engineer J. H. Dent, W. J, Berks, Piiot.
’TBIgg.RAPBXCg
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1803, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
i the Northern District of Georgia.
\o it berm Dates Received !
Arrival on be Steamer Virginia!
Yankee Steamer Wrecked! I
Good Yews from Forrest! I
Fort Pillow Taken! i
Dalton, April 16.—Northern dates to the 13th
received. The East Tennessee Convention met at
Knoxville on the 12th. Delegates from nearly ev
ery county. Tom Nelson made an explanation of
hi 9 compromise with Jeff. Davis, denounced the
acts of Jhe President as unconstitutional, and re
garded Lincoln, as honest, notwithstanding his
violation of the Constitution. William Heiskilt
was elected President. Daniel Frenkill made a
speech denouncing apostates in bitterest terms.
A combination of politicians .against the adminis
tration, exists in strong force.
Andrew Johnson made a speech declaring that
negroes had been working the rich laud of Tennes
see long enough. Slavery was already dead. If
we had no slaves, said he, we would have few
traitors.
Washington, April 12. —The Railroad bridges
over the Potomac- destroyed by tbe freshet, have
been replaced.
New Organs advices says a long side wheel
steamer evaded the blockade at Galveston, and
had gotten in with 4,060 stand of arms.
New York, April 12.— 1 t is reported that Bish
op MeClosky has been appointed Archbishop of
New York. Bishop Spaulding, Archbishop of
Baltimore.
The steamer Virginia, from Liverpool, with
dates to the 29th nit., lias arrived. The Danish
conference met at Lnuston on the 12th April. (?)
Consols 91s. Cotton dull and unchanged.
The steamer City of New York was wrecked at
the entrance nl Queenstown harbor by running
on a rock, and will prove a total loss.
The Prussians attempted to carry Duppel by
storm;but'after an engagement lasting 3 hours,
the whole line was repulsed.
Co.tton 77 ; Gold 744.
Harris, of Md., and Fernando Wood, defended
Long, of Ohio.
Cairo, April 12.—1 t is reported that the rebel
Forrest, with a large force, was advancing on Pa
ducah last night from 4 directions. Reinforce
ments have been sent from Maysfield.
Nothing transpiring here.
Mobile, April 16.—A special dispatch to the
Advertiser and Register from Fort Pillow dated
the 12th, says that Forrest attacked this place with
Chalmers’ division yesterday. The garrison con
sisted of three hundred whites and four hundred
negroes. The Fort refusing to surrender, it was
carried by storm. Forrest led Kell’s brigade;
Chalmers led;Met’ullough's ; both entered the Fort,
on opposite sides simultaneously. An indiscrim
inate slaughter followed. One hundred prisoners
were taken, and the balance slain.
The Fort ran with blood; many jumped into the
river and were drowned or shot in the water. Over
SIOO,OOO worth of stores were taken; six guns
captured. Confederate loss 73. Lieut. Col. Reid,
of the atu Mississippi, was mortally wounded.
Richmond, April 16, —Additional items from
the North state that there is great excitement ia
Jonesboro, Illinois, caused by soldiers shooting
citizens. A force has been sent to prevent further
bloodshed.
The Pennsylvania Senate has adopted a resolu
tion removing the State Government to Philadel
phia.
Meade will be retained in command of tbe army
of the Potomac.
Raining here to-day.
Richmond, April 16 —Petersburg papers cfihis
morning report considerable excitement in tbe
Blaekwater section in consequence of an advance
of the Yankee*. Several skirmishes had taken
place. Information deemed reliable, says the
Petersburg Express, reports Burnside’s forces
landing iu large numbers at Portsmouth on Wed
nesday.
Richmond, April 17.—The army of the Potomao
is actively preparing for the new campaign.
Brig. Gen. Torbett is assigned to the command
of the Ist Division of cavalry; Wilson is to relieve
Gregg in command of the 2d Division.
•Scouts report Longstreet with a greater part
of his army had reached Richmond : also reported
that officers of Lee’s army were ordered to send
their baggage to Richmond before the 9th inst.
The Georgia is at Garonne, France, refitting for
sea. During a recent voyage, *she captured
and burned in the Bay of Biscay, the ship Will
Crampton.'
New York latest quotations: gold 179.
A gentleman just from Maryland, says it is un
derstood at Annapolis and other places which he
visited recently, that Burnside would move up the
south side of James P„iver if an advance in that
direction was found practicable.
Richmond, April 17th.—Thw Baltimore Gazette
of the 14tli, says, gold closed in New York at 4
o’clock on the 13th at 178. Sterling bills sold at
192.
Flour advanced forty cents per barrel. Mon
strous speculations has been commenced in bread
stuffs, extending through tfte West.
General news unimportant.
: ;
Letter from Mr. Valt.an'diqham. —The
World and its Abolition allies, who drew so
much comfort from the fact that Mr. Yallar
dighftm was not selected as one of the Sena
torial Delegates to the Chicago Convention,
will, says the New York A>/<-*, in the follow
ing extract of a letter from that gentleman to
a friend now in the city, find that that which
it rolled as a sweet morsel under its editor’s
tongue, is mere illusion. Had Mr. Vallandig
ham wished, or even consented to the use of
his name, he would have been elected by an
almost unanimous vote;
“Windsor, C. W., March 25, 1864,
“ V* * ?Mv friends have done me much
| temporary injury by presenting ray name for
I Senatorial Delegates at the late Convention at
; Columbu3. lam surprised beyond measure,
j and grfeatly vexed, as I had expressly forbid
den it to hp ballotted for. Please expiaimto
Mr. Wood, and if comments are made upon it
by the Abolition or War Democratic papers
let him explain. The resolutions and nomi
nations, delegates—electoral and State—are
exreilent, but I can hardly forgive the presen'*
taiion of my name foT a ballot. * *
C L VALI.ANDIGRAM”
A New York paper *ay= that all the bodies of the
Union soldiers hastily interred in ditches and
trenches after the battle of Gettysburg, have bean
removed to appropriate .places in the National
Cemetery. The whole number was 3.512, of whom
about one thousand were unknown. • About one
fourth of the whole number belonged to New
York regiments.
The Paris Charivari has a caricature of the
British lion crouching like a cur, with a tin
kettle labelled “Schleswig Holstein’’ tied to
his tail John Bull, beside him, in convul
sions of grief, exclaims, “& ut him malude, :, m
CITY MATTERS.
T.TmC’RSOH, Local Editor
Funeral
The Friends and acquaintance of Mr. and Mrs.
R. M- Aldworth, are respectfully invited so at
tend the funeral of their son Robert Henry, from
their residence at 2 o’clock, th is evening April 18,
1864. • ..... . ' •
Th* Reserve Corps.— Some two hr three
hundred of the forlorn hope of the country*
composed of old men and boys assembled' at the
Enrolling Office in this city on Saturday, many of
whom were brim-full of patriotism and anxious to
servo the country by obtaining details, on farms.
Ac. We learn that Mr. Oliver Cromwell succeed
ed very well in fillingthe ranks of his company—his
recruits belonging mostly to the class between sev
enteen and eighteen. We have no idea of the
number of soldiers likely to be obtained under
thi3 movement, but judging from the number ot
applications for details, the force is not likely to
be very large. There were, however, but a very
small proportion of the District in attendance audit
would be rather difficult to form any correct esti
imato in the matter.
Acknowledgements. —We are under obliga
tions to Mr. McDonald for a brush of his own
manufacture, suitable for cleansing type. It is
gotten up in a substantial manner, of excellent ma
terial and will subserve many valuable purposes.
We wish him mueb success in this enterprise.
Personal. —We met on the streets on Saturday
Lieut. J. T- Daniel, es the 46th Georgia Regi
ment, Johnston’s army. Jim is in fine health and
spirits, and gives a flattering account of the con
dition of that army. He is on a short furlough.
Bacon! Bacon!— Judge McKendree, Govern
ment agent for the purchase of Bacon, gives notice
that he is prepared to exchange osnaburgs and
sngar for bacon for the use of the army. Parties
wishing to effect such an exchange should do it
at once.
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Volunteer Navy. —See advertisement of L.
N. Whittle, and others, of Macon, Ga., in refer
encttdo the Volunteer Xavy. The hodks will be
closed on the 25th, and those willing to take stock
should apply without delay. J. M. Birin?, is
agent for this city.
Disgusted. —Local Jones gives notice that he
has withdrawn from a further discussion of the
printer's strike question. Verily if he is disgusted
it is time to drop the matter. His powers of en
durance are generally pretty good, lie must have
swallowed several Dictionaries iu his lust effort,
judging from the number of words used in elio-i
--dating a few ideas.
City Taxes. —From an advertisement it will be
seen that Mr. Moore, the City Clerk, will be ready
to receive tax returns during this week. Parties
interested will take due notice.
Vinegar. —Mr. 0. R. Stanford give? notice that
he has vinegar to sell by th® barrel or the gal
lon.
Furny. —A soldeir just from Johnston's army,
gives the following amusing account of an exam
illation of a Lieutenant iu camps a few days since.
He sayß the boys had considerable fan over it and
would like to see it,in print:
Examination of Lieutenant —.
Quettion. —What is an army ?
Anauer. —A big crowd of men and officers, half
fed and lousy.
Q. —What ia the position of a soldier ?
A, —Head up, heels down, eyes equally open ;
neither bow-legged, nor knockueed, dirty hands,
whiskers long, and hair short, bread-basket not
too full, but rather empty.
V. —What is the duties of a Brigadier General ?
A.—To smoke fine cigars, look wise, put fallows
in the Stocks, claim all the glory, and try to be
promoted.
Q, —The duty of a missionary ?
A. —Hold meetings, holler loud, forage for but
er-milk, and stray iu the rear when danger is
near.
Q.~ The duties of a Lieutenant ?
Wear his bars aud to wish for more of them, get
furlough to go home, and tell the men to -‘close up’’
on a march--“silence in ranks” on a di ill.
From Eastern North Carolina. —The ru
mor still prevails at Kinston that the Yankees
are reinforcing along the coast. Scouts re
port that all is quiet below the lines.
Gen. Hoke has succeeded in breaking up in
a great measure the traffic through blockade
runners with Newhern aud Washington. The
authorities are in hot pursuit of the blockade
runners and disloyal persons generally, and
fifteen or twenty suspected characters hate
been arrested.
[From the Confederate Baptist.]
The Orphan’s Cry.
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little
ones; for I say unto you, that in heaven their angel
do always behold the face of my Father.—Mut. lslO.
In alone cottage home, <
A grief-worn form is seen;
While near the door, two little ones
Are playing on the green.
’Tie the still twilight hour:
The birds have flown to rest:
The light that marked the da. king’s truck
Bad faded in the West.
The quiet dews descend
And kiss the opening flowers,
And gentle stars are coining forth,
To watch earth’s silent bower*.
Those children cease te play,
And to the house repair: . ,
A mother’s smiling tenderness
Has ever met them there.
0 mother! where is pa?
Why does he not come home?
He always used to comeat even,
But now be never comes.
So spake the younger one,
In simple accents mild ,-
While a fond mother’s gentle arm
Entwined around the child.
No, dearest one, said she;
Thy pa will come no more;
He sleeps Lis last, long, wakeless sleep,
On old Potomac’s shore.
The battle storm was o’er.
The dead strewed thick the ground:
And ’mid the heap- of mqngkd£alain,
Thine own doar pa was found.
The thild.'with heavy sob,
And with a gushing tear;
Replied: How cruel were tho.emen,
To kill my papa dear.
And thus he sank to sleep,
Upon his mother’s breast;
While dreams of pa—his own dear pa,
Pervade his gentle rest.
Bat from the heavenly sphere,
A guardian angel flies:
Takes up that tear —that gushing tear,
And bears it to the skies.
That simple gem is placed.
In sparkling cssket bright •
White radiant form-, with dazzling mien,
Grow milder at the Jght.
Jehovah see? the gem.
And with dying eye;
Locks down into the cottage home,
From His bright throne on high.
At length, the eternal speaks;
Creation’s sovereign Lord ;
And most endearing tenderness?
I» couched in every word.
The widow’s husband, shall
Ever be said of me.
And Father to the fatherless,
I will forever be.
T . W. S.
Vinos, S. C., Feb. 28.
Miscegenation,
Till: HftHNIMiSTAR MfSIIt'THKRN LIMA 11
KEY. H v. IUURISO\,
\V ill-ddhey ale cture tim above-abject hi 'J tui
timm-.c nail on fuesday *-.veiling next. The m.,
m«ls of.thoj.ecture to bo appropriated to the
Os
Tickets $2.
aid 18 2t
For Sale.
TWO Shares Ba le Factory Hoick, for j alo at the
I Georgia HyUio Insurance Office,
aid U ivh, „ . ~
~ Aimim
T yNDER authority of the Act of the Cuufeder-
V. ate Congress,and also of uu Act lately passed
bv the legislature of Georgia, Kooks of .Subscrip
tion to the Stock of tbe ‘-Georgia Volunteer Navy
Company, " are now open at the office of T. R.
Bloom, in Much, Ga., and to which subscriptions
are invited.
The Statu Charter is a liberal one, and the Con
federate Uovvjumeut offers to afford every facility
iu its power, in the way of lands and exchanges,
to further ibc objects of the Compan y.
The Books of .Subscription will be closed on
Monday, the Josh instant, unless Die stock be
sooner taken.
Capital 81,600,000 : Shares SSOO each.
L. N. WHITTLE,
W. B. JOHNSTON
T. R. BLOOM.
Comimssionets, Macon, Ga.
Books will remain open for ten days.
Subscription; received by J. M, Bivins, Agent,
at his office in Columbus, Ga.
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Notice to Planter*.
T am aurjtoi Jzetl by the (Joveinment
TO KXCriANGK
SUGAR AND OSNABURBS FOR
Bacon
for supplying the Army.
JtfO. .T McKFNDRKE,
aj>U&2iu Agent.
City Tiuw! t ill Tsites !
I MAY be found for si few days at the Store of H.
.1 iwiddlebrook, where parties interested will plea-e
cull and make return-: ><t property' taxed by the city..
M. M, MOOR K,
apl 16 2w City Clerk.
WAITED.
A GOOD FJFI.D HAND for the balance of this
year. Apply at
apt GUf ‘ " - TUTS OFFICE.
Vineg'nr, Vinegar.
BY the barrel or single gallon, also a lot of
Tin Mon litres and empty Osimburgs Facks.
o. R. STANFORD A CO.
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S|R Ci»l Orders.
I! s , ouC-vrteks Georgia Kesfrvs,
Macon, April 13, 1864.
General Orders. No. t.
I. Companies composing the Reserve Force of
Georgia as soon ns organized at Hie Enrolling Head
quarters of each Congressional District, will imme
diately rendezvous at the following points, with a
view to their organization into regiments and brig
ades. Those companies organized at Macon, Col
umbus, Albany and Griffin, will rendezvous at Mu
con, and report directly to these Headquarters.—
Those organized at Atlanta, Cartersville, Athens
and Gainesville, will rendezvous at Atlanta, and
report to Brig. General L. J. Gartrell. Those or
ganized at Savannah and Augusta, will rendezvous
atSavami.th, and report to Brig. Gen. 11. R. Jaek
i,?on. '
11. Companies organized and which have net re
ported at the Headquarters of the District Enroll
ng officers will report directly and immediately at
points indicated, according to the respective Con
gressional Districts in which they have been organ
ized.
111. Transportion will be furnished by Pest Quar
termaster?, upon the application . of commanding
officers of companies, and every facility will be ex
tended to expedite the removal of the companies to
points indicated as the early organization of tho
force is deemed of great importance.
IV. Orders and instructions for the election of the
Field Officers, as required by law, will be issued in
duo time.
By command of
Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB,
R. J. Hxllett, a ..a. g.
April 15 —dCt.
ran t miibl
4 r » and 47, Nottli Water Street,
MOIIILE, ALABAMA.
Brokers and Bankers,
DEALERS IN
ft OLD,*
SILVER,
DANK NOTES,
STOCKS and ISOYDS,
STATE TREASt 111 NOTES.
ttTERLIftU,
IIAVAAA,
AASSAI,
A\l> DOMESTIC EXCTIA&tjE.
Stocks in all (lie different Steamers,
Sloops ami Schooners engaged iu run
ning the hlockaile.
WOAEV KIM'KItTtD AAI»
PAID OUT m DEPOSIT.
We buy and sell on mu- own account
or on commission.
jfear" All letters and enquiries prompt
ly .answered,
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WANTED.
! f WANT I . hire one hundred NEGIK> Laborer-.
* Ten Mule.-: Teams, 4 <>r and nudes each, and ten
Yoke of Ox-.n t« get and haul Timber for the Rail
road Bridge. over the Tombigbeo liter, near De
; mopolis.
I also warn employ fifteen Carpenters/white
men or n*‘groc f.n-the same work.
I will pay liberal prices and furnish rations and
quarter; t> r the mc-u.
Addressme.at DemopelU, Ala., care of Maj. M
Merriwetber, FY.g’r Corps. *
W.P barker,
Ag’t for A. L Maxwcii.
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FoT Judge ©i Probate.
Wc are authorized to announce GEORGE A
WADDELL,(the present incumbent/ for re-e - u -“
i c- rr> i. . t- o, of Kasseil county,
to the office cf Probate j.-sge
Ala. Election Ist Monday »
apt 'J tde
SheeiHakers' and Saddlers’
TOOLS,
'THE UNDERSIGNED having comu.er.ccd the
A manufm turc of the above named articles in tbi
eitv, arc pi. i-at •and to fill ordei j for the same.
Office on Ai ,ui . street, a J few doors above C. •">
Hospital. ' HARRISON,‘BEDELL ACO
Raterenee — Mg j. E. W. Dii.lakd.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta ton
stitutionalist, please copy one month and send out*
to this office,
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