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%\u limes.' j. tr, trABRUK, - - - Editor. j Monday Morning, April 18,1^64. ». . i 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. —»♦ -- 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. flpl 13 td 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. apl 16 Ivv 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, apl id udm 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. apl 13 dlwiwln. 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, mar 30 ts