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the %\m%. |». wAKRKS, - - - Editor. Wednesday Menung. April ?0. From CHArrAKOo ft A^F E »Kax, Ebt.matk Ctott^Or .YJ,/r of (he D'-tb, publish** a letter tiom a Yankee ‘ Scout" which says : “I have just returned from Dixie’s fair land, whence I have been on a wmit.' I did not visit Dalton, bai 1 learned from a rebel citizen who lately visited Johnston's Headquarters, to see bis, son, that the rebels in our front number one hundred and forty regiments, including in try. cavalry and artillery. This citizen esti mated Johnston’s numerical strength at six y thousand, and declared that he intended to assume the offonriv* in a very few weeks. ,t e stated that, the rebel soldiers were highly elated with the idea of unrestrained conquest. Tho rebel officers have induced the privates to believe that ther Will be able to invade Ken tuckv This citizen was in high spirits and talked freely to me supposing me to be a Texan Ranger.” Os course, the above is nothing but secesh “gassing.” still it behooves the Federal authorities to be on the alert. The rebels are campellcd to do something ; starv ation stares them in the face. May they not become desperate and attempts invasion ? Unheard or Honesty. —A friend informs us. says the Brandon Republican, that a gen tleman, against whom he holds a note for a small amount of borrowed money, came to him a few days since and remarked that he wa« fioxiou* to pay the note, but that the money ho borrowed was gold, that be could not now get the gold to pay him, and he would not ask him to take the depreciated currency, but he had plenty ot good bacon which he would sell him at ten cents per pound, ju*t what it was selling for when he borrowed thp money. As the Yankees took all our friend’s meat, of course he will accept the liberal oiler. Such instances of honesty are extremely rare iu t hese degenerate times, and we cannot refrain from giving the gentle man’s name. It was Thomas P. White, Esq., of this county. Southern Qenes als. Description by .cm Engiisimian —d'csuient Davis and Secretary Benjamin. One ot the latest works on the war is entitled ‘/Three months in the Southern States —by Lieut Col Freemantle, Cold stream Guards.” It has just been pub" lislied in England, and tho New York Daily News makes the following extracts from the book: GENERAL MAGRUDEE, whom he met in Texas, “is a fine soldier like man, of about fifty-five, with broad shoulders, florid complexion, and bright eyes. He wears his whiskers and mus taches in the English fashion, and was dressed in the Confederate gray uniform. He is a Virginian, and a great talker.- The general spoke of the puritans with intense disgust, but was by no means rav» enous against individual Yankees. He spoke favorably of McClellan, whom he knew to be a gentleman, clever and per sonally brave, though he might lack mo* ral courage to face responsibility." Hook er had been in hi3 regiment, and was “es sentially a mean man and a liar.” The writer represents Gen. Magruder as pos sessing fine social qualities, and as a great gallant among the ladies. GEN. IORBY SMITH; is described to be “about thirty eight years old; and he owes his rapid rise to the place of lieutenant general to the for tunate fact of his having fallen, just at the nick of time, upon the Yankee flank, a t tho fiut battle of Manassas. He is a remarkably active man, and of very agree able manners; he wears big spectacles and black beard. He said McClellan might probably have destroyed the Southern army with the greatest ease during the first winter, and without running much risk to himself, as the Southerners were so much elated by their easy triumph at Manassas that their army had dwindled away.” GENERAL HEBERT is a good looking Creole. He was a West Pointer, and served in tho old army, but afterwards became a wealthy sugar planter. He used to hold MagruderN place as Com wamler-in Qhiefin Texas, but he has now been shelved at Monroe, La., where he expects to be taken prisoner any day.— He is extremely down on England for not recognizing the South. Gen. Hebert is tho only man of education I met in the whole of my travels who spoke disagreea bly about England in this respect. Most people say they thipk we are quite right -to keep out of it as long as we can; but other* think we are missing a splendid op- j port unity of “smashing the Yankees” with whom we must have a row, sooner or later. GFN rIRAL JOSEPH K. JOHNSTON, n appearance, is rather below the middle height, spare, soldier like, and well set. up; his features are good, and he has late ly taken to wear a* grayish beard. He is a Virginian by birth, and 57 years old.— He talks in a caltn, deliberate, and eon ti de nt manner; to me he was extremely af fable. but he certainly posseesea the power oi keeping people at a distance when he ehoosgs, and his officers evidently stand in great awe of him. He has undoubted' !y acquired the entire confidence of all the officers and soldiers under him. Many of the officers told me they did not consider him inferior to Lee or any one else. Gen. Johnston is a well read man, and agreea ble to converse with. He told me that he considered Marlborough a greater general than Wellington. All Americans have an intense admiration for Napoleon; and they seldom scruple to express their regret that he was beaten at Waterloo. Remarking upon the extreme preva lence ot military titles, Gen. Johnston 3aid: “You must be astonished tofipd how fond all Americans are of titles, though they are republicans, and as they can't j get. any other sort they all take military | ones.” While seated around the camp I five an officer remarked to me, “I can as- ; enre you, colonel, that nine men out of ; teu in the boufch would sooner become subjects of Queen Victoria than return to the Lnion ” “Nineout of ten!” said Gen, Johnston, “mnetysnine out of a hun • "i dred; I consider that lew people in the j world can be more fortunate in their gov-j eminent than the .British colonics of,- North America.” Gen Johnston told me that the principal evils a Confederate gen- j eral had to contend against, consisted in : the difficulty of making combinations, j owing to the uncertainty about the time which the troops would take to march a certain distance, on account ol their strag gling propensities. He told me he hau been wounded ten times. Speaking o Stonewall Jackson, he said that althoug i he did not possess any great qualifications as a strategist, and was perhaps untit toi the independent command of a large army, yet he was gifted with wonderful courage and determination, and a perfect faith in Providence that he was destined to destroy the enemy. He was much indebted to Gen. Ewell in the campaigns m the V lr giuia valley, and was fortunate in com mantling the flower of the Virginia troops and being opposed to the most incapable Federal commanders, such as Fremont and Banks.” ABOUT STONEWALL JACKSON. Tn Mobile, (fen Slaughter, who was a comrade of Stonewall Jackson in the old army, related many anecdotes about him. It appears that previous to the liar he was almost a monomniae about his health.- When he left the United States army he was under the impression that one of liis legs was getting shorter than the other;. and afterwards his idea was that he only perspired on one side, and that it was only necessary to keep fche arm and leg of the other side in constant motion in order to preserve the circulation, but it seems that after the war broke out he never made any allusion to his health. Gen. Slaughter declared that on the night after the terri ble repulse of Burnside’s ariny at Frede ricksburg, Stonewall Jackson made the following suggestion: “I am of the opin ion that we ought to attack the enemy at once; and in order to avoid the confusion and mistakes so common in a night attack I recommend that we should strip our selves perfectly naked.” LIEUT. GEN. W- J. HARDEE, received me with kindness and hospitably. He is a soldier looking broad shouldered and tall. He looks rather like a French officer, and is a Georgian by birth. He bears the repetition of being a thorough soldier, and distinguished himself at Shi loh and Murfreesboro. He is a widower, and has the character of being a great ad mirer of the fair sex. LT. GEN. LEONIDAS POLK is a good looking, gentleman-llke man with all the manners ’and affability of a “grand seignior.” He is fifty years old-, tall, upright, and looks more like a soldier than a clergyman. ITo is very rich and, owns, I am told, seven hundred negroes. He is much beloved by bis soldiers on ac count of his great personal courage and agreeable manners. lie told mo he was educated at West Point, and was at that institution-with President Davis, the two Johnstons, Lee, Magruder, etc.,atnd that after serving a short time in the artillery ! he had entered the church. GEN. BRAXTON BRAGG. I called on General Bragg, the com mander-in-cheif. This officer is, in ap pearance, the least prepossessing of the Confederate generals. He is very thin; he stoops, and has a sickly, cadavoruos, haggard look, rather plain- features, bushy, black eyebrows which unite in tuft ou the top of his nose, and a stubby, iron-gray beard—but his eyes are bright and pleasing. He has the reputation of being a strict disciplinarian, and shooting freely for insubordination. I understand he is unpopular on this account, and also by reason of his occasional acerbity of manner. THE BATTLES OF SHILOH AND MURFREES BORO. General Cheatham, who was in the bat tles of Belmont, Shiloh and Murfreesboro, is described as “a rough looking man,” but with the reputation of a great fighter. It is said that he does all the swearing ne cessary in his corps, and which General Pope’s clerical character incapacitates him from doing. The battles of Shiloh and Murfreesboro were explained to me by Gen Polk. He claimed that the Confede rates had only 80,000 troops at Murfrees boro, including Breekonridge’s division, which was not engaged I he" first day. He put down the Confederate loss at 10,000 and the Federal# at "nineteen thousand. With regard to the battle of Shiloh, he said that Beauregard’s order to retire was most unfortunate, as the gunboats were doing no real harm, and if the Con fed e- rates had held on nothing could have saved the Federal army from capture or destruction. The misfortune of Albert Sidney Johnson’s death together with the fact of Beam eganl's illness, and his not being present particular* spot were the causes of this battles not being a complete and crashing victory/' GENERAL BEAUREGARD is h man of middle height, about 47 years of age. He would bo very youthful in appear-: anec were it not for Ihe color of his hair, which i3 ranch greyer than his earlier photo graphs represent. Some persons account for the sudden manner in which his hair turned grey by allusion to his cares and anxieties during the past two years ; but the real and less romantic reason is to bp found in the rig idity of the Yankee blockade, which interrupts the arrival of articles of toilet. He has a long straight nose, handsome brown eyes, and a dark moustache without whiskers, and he is extremely polite. He is a New Orleans creole. and French is iris native language. He spoke •to me of the inevitable necessity, sooner or later, of a war between the Northern States and (great Britain, and lie remarked that if England would join the South at once, the Southern armies, relieved ot the present blockade and enormous Yankee pressure, would be able to march right into the North ern States, and by occupying their principal cities would give the Yankees so much em ployment that they would be unable to spare, many men for Canada. He acknowledged that in Mississippi Gen. Grant had displayed uncommon vigor, and met with considerable success, considering that be had no great military capacity. He regarded the question of iron-clads vs. i forts as settled, especially when the fire from the latter is plunging, if the other monitors had approached as close as the Keokuk they would have met the same fate. He his official orders both from the Government and the city council were that he was to allow Charleston to he laid in ashes sooner than surrender it: the Confederates being unani mous in their determination that whatever i happened the capital of South Carolina should never have to submit to the fate of New Or- j leans. Bat he did not, however, anticipate ! any such alternative. HON. J. P. BENJAMIN. He 13 a stoat dapper little man ; evidently of Hebrew extraction, a nd of undoubted talent. He ia a Louisiftfciauj and wp-s Senator for t^at Statejn the United States Congress, and I be- ! neve he is accounted a. very clever lawyer and j ' a br'UKbi orator. He told me that he had j filled the onerous post of Secretary of Mar ; , ‘ me first seven months of the secession, t lYan easilv believe that he found it no j rinecure We conversed for a long time about ’the orioin of secession, which he indignantly denied was brought about, as the Yankees hv the interested machinations of indi viduals. " He declared that, for the last ten years, the Southern statesmen had openly de- I clared in Congress what would take place; | but the Northerners never would believe they were in earnest, and had often replied by the I taunt, “The South was so bound to, and de ' pendent on, the North, that she couldn’t be ; kicked oat of the Union.” He taid that.the Southern armies had al ways been immensely outnumbered in all their battles, and that until recently Gen. Lee could never muster more than sixty thousand effective men. Mr. Benjamin told me that his property had lately been confiscated in New Orleans, and that his two sisters had been turned, neck and j crop, into the streets there, with only one trunk, which they had been forced to carry themselves. Every one was afraid to give them shelter, except an Englishwoman, who protected them until they could get out of the city. Talking of the just admiration which the English newspapers accorded to Stonewall Jackson, he expressed, however, his astonish ment that they should have praised so highly his strategetic skill in outmauoeuvering Pope at Manassas, and Hooker at Chancellorsville, totally ignoring that in both cages the move ments were planned and ordered by General Lee, for whom (Mr. Benjamin said) Jackson had the most “childlike reverence.” Mr. Benjamin complained of Mr. Russell of the %'imes for holding him up to fame as a “gambler”—a story which he understood Mr. Russell had learned from Mr. Charles Sumner at Washington. But even supposing that this was really the case, Mr. Benjamin was of opin ion that suck, a revelation of his private life was in extremely bad taste, after Mr. Russell had partaken ofhis (Mr. Benjamin’s) hospitai fcy at Montgomery. PRESIDENT DAVIS. Mr. Jefferson Davis struck me as looking older than I expected. He is only fifty-six, but his face is emaciated and much wrinkled. He is nearly six feet high, but is extremely thin, and stoops a little. His features are good, especially his eye, which is very bright end full of life and humor. I was afterwards told he had lost the sight of his left eye from a recent illness. He wore a linen coat and gray trousers, and he looked what he evident ly is, a well bred gentleman. Nothing can exceed the charm ofhis manner, which is sim ple easy, and most faoinating. He conversed with me for a long while, and agreed with Benjamin that the Yankees did not really in tend to go to war with England if she recog nized the South ; and he said that, when the inevitable crash came—and that sensation was an accomplished fact—the State of Maine would probably try to join Canada, as most of the intelligent people in that State have a horror of being “under the thumb of Massa chusetts.'’ He added, that Maine was inhab ited by a hardy, thrifty, sea-faring population, with different ideas to the people in the other -New England States. When I-spoke to him of tho wretched scenes I had witnessed in his own State (Mississippi,) and of the miserable, almost desperate situation in which I had found so many unfortunate womeu, who had been left behind by their male relations, and when I alluded iu admiration to the quiet, calm, uncomplainihg manner in which they bore their suffering and their grief, lie said, witli much feeling, thut he always considered silent despair the most painful description of misery to witness, in the same way that he thought mute insanity was the most awful form of madness. ITe confirmed the truth of my remarks, that a Confederate general is either considered an Admirable Critchton by the Boldiers, or else abused as everything bad; and he added, the misfortune was that it is absolutely neoessary, in order to insure success, that a general must obtain and preserve this popularity and influ ence with his met), who were however, gen erally very willing (o accord their confidence to any officer deserving it. With regard to the blaek-flag-and-uo-quar ter agitation, he said people would talk a grea t-deal, and even go into action determined to give no quarter, “but,” he added, “I have yet to hear of Confederate soldiers putting men to death who have thrown down their arras and held up their hands.” He told me that Lord Russell confessed that the impatial carrying out of their nuetrality laws had pressed hard upon the South; and Mr. Davis asserted that the pressure might have been equalized, and yet retained its im partiality, if Great Britain, instead of closing her ports, had opened them to the prizes of both parties; but I answered that perhaps this might be overdoing it a little on the other side. When I took my leave about 9 o’clock, the President asked me to call upon him again,— I don’t think it is possible for one to have an interview with him without going away most favorably impressed by his agreeable, unas suming manners, and by the charm of his conversation. While walking home, Mr. Ben jamin told rue that Mr. Davis’ military in stincts still predominated, and that his eager wish was to have joined the army instead of being elected President. During my travels, many people have re marked to me that Jefferson Davis seems in a peculiar manner adapted for his office. His military education at West Point rendered him intimately acquainted with the higher officers of the army; and his post of Secreta ry of War under the old Government brought officers of all ranks under his immediate per sonal knowledge and supervision. No man could have formed a more accurate estimate of their respective merits. This is one of the reasons which gave the Confederates such an immense start in the way of generals; for, having turned his opinion in regard to ap pointing an officer, Mr. Davis is always most determined to carry out hi3 intention in spite every obstacle. His services in the Mexi can war gave him the prestige of a briUe man and a good soldier. His services as a states man pointed him out as the only man who. by Ins unflinching determination and adminis trative talent, was able to control the popular will. People speak of any misfortune hap pening to him as an irreparable evil, too dread ful to contemplate. LIEUT. GEN. LONGBTEEF.T is an Alabamian; a thick set, determined looking man, 43 years. He was an infantry major in the old army, and now commands the first corps d’ armee. He is never far from Gen. Lee, who relies very much upon his judgment. By the soldiers he is invariably spoken of as the lighter in the whole army.” While speaking of entering up on tlie enemy’s soil, he said to me that although it might be fair in just retaliation to apply the torch yet that so doing would demoralize the army and ruin it -now excellent discipline. Private property is, therefore, to be respected. Gen. Lougstreet is generally a particularly taciturn man, but this evening he and I hud a long talk about Texas, where Jre had been quartered when in the old ar my, in lhe course of his conversation he said that Meade was an honorable man, but not ho bald perhaps as Hooker. GEN. LEE. j Gen/Lee is, almost without exception, the hand somest man of his age I ever saw. He is iifty aix years old. tall broad shouldered very well made well set up-thorough soldier in appearance; and his manor? are most courteous and full of dignity. He is a perfect gentleman in every respec t. I im agine no man ha? so few enemies, or if so univer sally esteemed. Throughout the South, all agree in pronouncing him to be as near perfection as a man can be. He has nonejof the small vices such a~ drinking, chewing or swearing, and hi> bitterest enemy never accused him of any of the grater ones. He generally wears a well worn long gray picket, a high black bat, and bine trowsers tucked into his Wellington boots. I never saw him carry arms; and the only mark of his millilary rank are the three starts on his collar. He rides a handsome home, whic-h is extremely well groom ed. He feinselfis very neat in his dress and per son, and in the most arduous march he always looks ! smart and dean. In the old army he was jjways considered one ! of the best officer?; and at the outbroke of these j trotblf* he W&6 lieutenant colonel the jnd c&v* j thy. He was a rich mas, bat his fin© estate was | one of the first to Dali into the enemy's hands I : believe he has never slept in a house since he has j commanded the V irginia army, and he invariably declines all offers of hospitality, for fear the per son offering it may afterward get into trouble for having sheltered the rebel general. The relations between him and Longsrtreet are quite touching —they are almost always together. Longstreet’s corps complais’of this some times, as they seldom get a chance of detached service, which falls to the lot of Ewell. It is impossible to please Longstreat more than by praising Lee. I beleve these two generals to be as littlo ambitious and as C thoroughly n nselfish assanymen in the world. Both long for asuccessful termination of the war, in order that they may re tire into obscurity. Stonewall Jackson (until his death the third in command of their army) was just such another simple-minded servant oi'giu? country. It is understood that Gen. Lee is a re ligious man, though not so demonstrative in that respect as Jackson; and, unlike his late brother in arms, he is a member of the Church of England. His only faults, solar as I can learn, arise from his excessive amiability. TEL SOR AP Hie. ■' ‘ -i ■ ■■ - .. ...... -2-.: : I Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1860, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Dalton, April 10. —There was a general re view of the entire army here to-day, bv Gen- Johnston, and notwithstanding the coldness of the weather, it was largely attended, and the affair passed off finely. v ) The enemy is quite active in front, and stir ring times are looked for by all, Lynchrurg, 19.—A Yankee spy under an assumed name of Sterling King, but believed to be a comrade of Dr. Kaezelain, who was cap tured at Rappahannock, has been arrested at Marion, Va., and recognized by returned pris onees from Camp Douglas, as a Yankee de tective from Chicago. When arrested, he rep resented himself as the Colonel of the 2d Vir ginia Confederate cavalry. Gold has fallen in New York, to 171 £in consequence of rumors put afloat by Chase that the Government would offer a large amount of sterling bills, rnd sell bonds for the future \yauts of the Government for the most they would bring. The Paris correspondent of the New York Times, says one the vessels built at Bordanx, for the Rebel service in the Black Water, has has gone back. Nothing later from Norfolk, Portsmouth, or the Peninsula. Mobile 19.-—Warren Adams, a courier from the trans-Mississippi, reports that on the 9th, Banks courier to • Franklin, was captured. Banks says “hasten up—l am surrounded by 'he rebel cavalry.'’ The Red River has suddenly fallen. Some forty transports and gun boats caught above the raft and cannot get . out before the water rises. ' Richmond, April 19. —The. Baltimore Ga zette of the 16th has been received. On Wed nesday Bufford, with a Confederate force, de manded the surrender of Fort Halleck at Col umbus, Ky.,and allowed arespiteof five hours for the removal of women and children, the latter to be sent to Cairo. In the meanwhile fWo steamers arrived at Columbus from the lotrer Mississippi, with 3,000 volunteers on their way home on furloughs. These were landed and it was believed would enable the commandant of Fort Halleck to make good his defence, fighting during the entire day. Result unknown. The Confederates occupied Paducah again on the 15th, Col. Hicks, com manding the Post Fort, being summoned to surrender, declined to accede to the demand. A Yankee captured at Fort Pillow says two flags of truce demanding - the surrender were sent but not received at 3 o’clock. The reb els poured into the fort compelling a surren der. The incarnate fiends commenced an indiscriminate slaughter of whites and blacks. Out of a garrison of 600, only 290 remained alive. New Orleans advices to the 9tli reported the sinking of the rebel ram Tennessee via Mobile Bay was unfounded. A disastrous fire occurred at New Orleans on the Bth, destroying ware houses, etc. Lo cation not stated. The Bee says the French occupied Mata gorda without opposition. Confederate Sympathisers in Canada— Their Movements.— The Detriot Tribune, in speaking of the Confederate sympathisers in Canada, says they have already become adaa gerous element to contend with, and speaks ot their late movements as follows: The number of secession refugees, from thj North and South, now in Canada,- is several thousand, who, when consolidated and organ ized, would constitute a very effective fighting force, were it not that the scarcity of aims in Canada, forms a serious obstacle to their proper equipping. The exportation of arms from the United States is prohibited by the existing military regulations, and accordingly a wholesale system of smuggling is carried into Cauda. The common method of avoid ing the vigilence of the officers on both sides of the river is by concealing the arms in a i herring box with several layers of herring.— j As there is no duty on this fish, and a per | eeptible perfume generally indicates its pres ence, an apparent laboring man, with a lier j ring box, freighted with fishes and weapons, j easily crossed without molestation. Many | revolvers are brought for this purpose, of re i turned soldiers, and eventually find their way i into the hands of those who were and are the deadliest enemies of their original owners.— An occasional musket or gun is also conveyed across by someone claiming merely to be on a brief hunting trip for pleasure. These wea ponp are then distributed among trusty men, and they go in squads to the east—few at a t time, so as not to attract attention. By vari- j ous routes and means they cross into the Uni- j ted States, generally choosing some epot on ‘ the eastern frontier, where a less vigilant watch is kept then in this section. Once in our boundary lines, they quietly rendezvous at different stations in Southern Illinois and Indiana, where associations are now and have been forming to eo-operate with them. j The designs of their movements is in the | ensuing spring to open ‘'fire in the rear” by raising the standard of armed disaffection in those sections, and rhus distracting tke atten tion and dividing the strength of our armies in the front. In fact, advices from that sec tion already report the commencement of guerrilla hostilities by Confederate outlaws and desperadoes, Wc understand says the South Caro linean that anew steamer, belonging to the Lamar company, has just entered a Confederate port from Nassau. Steamer Marianna, Capt. Vax Veohten, will, leave far Chattahoochee and Bainbridge Thursday morning, at 9 o’clock. April 20,1|64. CITY MATTERS _____ T. J. JACKSON, Local JEtiHor For fl)al!aiioo«he<. a . The steamer Jaeksim, Fry M;t ster, w i.li 1 e :va t'.-r the above ami all intornioiji-o ' lae.lbi Thur.-ii'/ morning at 9 o'clock. Con Liver On..—Any one haying iui iir. . ,io will confer a special thv.ur «»*» a sick man by leav ing it at this office. A liberal price w-til. !•? pA.-i for the same. - - Remember the Ladies' Pair fttaigbi. All friend* of the poor families pi die nbsenf soldier.-! are ex ported to be present and lend a helpi ;.; h-n\d Uii:’ evening at the hall over Samniic i RooncyV. See advertisement .or Mr. L. . Wriglu, who succeeds Mr. Robinette in the man utkrtnve of can dles, corner of Broad 'and Warren £ there, Colum bus, Ga. Mr. V. also 'deals in ; -r t . ,<vie , .-ounfry produce, .fee. Give him a. .-all, Si NtuuKS.—O. it. Stamford advert i re- a num ber of articles that will be found useful, t; i" 0 liim a call at No. 88 Broad Street. An Interesting Letter.— We nrepoxuutud by a friend to copy the following lengthy extrsot from a private letter written to a lady in this -it y, by' her nephew, a young officer in the army of Flori da. The letter is dated “Headquarters 19fa Oj,, Camp Milton, Florida, April loth. 1864, ' and though not intended for publication, tl will be found replete with interest—containing air floe manjnwholesome truths, from .vhieh the man and women of the South may d.wiyp profit. It will be found especially refreshing to those termed •'skulk ers and cowards I aui so glad, dear Auntie, to find you writing so cheerfully. You seem entirely to have over come your despondency of a few month l ago. I am glad to see it, and wish every man, woman and child in our Confederacy could fed just us you do in regard to our affairs. You have no idea bow . discouraging it is to a soldier to find when ho goes home those dear friends for whom ’:o is undergo ing - all tbo privations and dangers of ho-,. de spondent and without confidence in th. ability of our eountay to sustain it.-df in this great struggle, I tell you, Auntie, if the feeling that pervaded three months ago among the people at home had found a lodgment in the army nothing could have prevented our utter demolition. But thank? to a kind and mc-reit'ul Providence that feeling could find no soil in our noble army lit which it could flourish, and that at home it fell on stony ground aud is fast being rooted out. The cheering news comes from every quarter that opr friends at home are awaking to a. sense of duty, and that the tires of ’6l are again being kindled and ar« again burning more brightly than ever. The next lour months will tell a tale for wu.Vor woo for our devoted loud. Now is. the crisis of nor affairs Victor, will bring back to our homes, our country, the fugitive who took her flight as the first gun wo? tired on noble old .Spinier. She will spread her -uawy wings above us and breathe upon us her .cugraut breath es love and iJmriiy ; but on the other Land defeat will bring upon us unnumbered woe- of such prodigious proportion? a* we have never dreatued, Who can for a moment underbake ihe herculean task of picturing to our mind- iho deep degradation into which we shall bo piubgod If we are conquered. The mhid of theNtronged man will sicken at the contemplation of it. But if we will do our duty—if every man will come to hi? post aud do his dutj thi* fliro calamity ten neve r befal ns. Not only the men are c*: led upon, but the ladie.o too. You have a duty to perform, and one in which I believe the ladies of our land have ever been found ready when • duty calls, will be equal to the emergency. That duty is to drive from your presence the cowardly skulkers who in fest every hospital and hotel from the Potomac to the Mississippi. If these then were driven to their posts it would add thousands to our army and re lieve our country from a most depressing inctsblis. Such men at home do nothing but croak and com plain and by their sage remarks in regard to our comlition and prospects frighten many who are so foolish as to believe them. While* here they could be placed in "position to stop a-bullet that perhaps otherwise would kill a better man. The attention these fellou'a, (I can’t call them men) receive from the ladies at home js one of the greatest curses to our army. Oh ! that the ladies would drive them from them. Shun them a;= they would an adder Remind them them that stars and bars were never made to glitter in the parlor, but to lend on the battle-field. The coming one is in my opinion to be the hardest fought campaign of the war.- The enemy realize how vital to their cause victory "will be, and will put forth his every effort to gain it. Already his vandal hordes are being eolleet<*d on the Rappahannock for another “On-to-Kick mond.” We sec how disastrous defeat would be to us, and the whole army is more determined to conquer or die than ever before. I never saw the troops in finer spirits than now. They all submit most cheerfully to the recent act of Congress retaining them in service. Would that some of our disappointed demagogues at home could be inspired with a single spark of patriot ism from the altar of our soldier s hearts. 1 mean Joe Brown and his faction-breeding followers. Though we have before us a most desperate campaign, and perhaps thousands of us arc to fall in the noble struggle ; yet, I feel the most perfect confidence as to its result. “The God of battles h for os, Hie.i* who can be against us.” It may lie that I will fall. .What mb’ r d,-, v ih can man die? If so, dear Vonii-. you .ffi&il all have the consolation of knowing that 1 fall at rnv post. A Washington correspondent of the Chicago Times says: “Gen Grant i • now here, and does not deny the failure of Sherman's expedition through Hiredssip pi. He is decidedly opposed to she con cealment of facts in eases of this kind, which he regards as childish and weak in the last degree, and says that m iuturc ! so far as his influence extends, the coun- ! try and the relatives of the slain will not : be deceived and kept in the dark when ever we are so unfortunate‘as to meet a reverse.” _ Who Shat.li Havc Tmc Prizv 1 - .vrs once a meeting of the flowers, pud tL-. ;y«ho* to award a prize to the one pronoun-.*.' the u ■-t beautiful. “Who shall have the prize?” Mil l the rose stalking forward with the <v>nscioa«fir*??' if beauty. “Who shall have, the pri?* s " said the other flowers,advancing.eSr-1? filled with conscious pride, and each imagining that it would be herself, “I will take a peep at these beautios,” thought the violet p.3 she lay in iic-r humble bed, not prezera ing to attend tho meeting; “I will -se tb-m they pass.” -but as she raised her lovely hea lto peep out of her hiding plaoe she was fo’en hr the judge who pronounced her the most beautiful bo cruse tho most modest. JLm. St. WHIGHT, successor to robixett * co„ Corner of Broad and Streets. Colt ■<bn*, Ga., MANUFACTUKa:: OF Snperior Candies and Lara Oil, ANO UEALER IX GENERAL COUNTRY PRCsMJSE, ASNABTTRGS, Sheetings, Yarns, etc., exchanged \J for Bacon, Lara, Potatoes, eto. >Tallow a lid Beeswax Wa«led. It is hoped that the liberal Jourse which w.il be adopted will secure a generous patronage. MriUo--lm If iAK Li A S kJ.Ai 1A t. «... V■ ! 0 A GJ iJ;.,.; . ITMg-'i Jiirli. fie . fe j ” Lt>r df \L.y.' ■ s. Tk'L OAND.SO.q2 . •M TTEUL'S., Gi. - CS’ BE- - , l' I.INKX Cvi.i, \ ball jewing Tijiri; ViV" LOT Or’ A -SOUTF.D jp- roTfi." r.vy. rob dv.r, snot v\m>« v; .- V OUT PEN E f it !’\y Pvg AkilT'for thes® nr.J other v-TiSb*, fivij. ■ mi Ifiivi. 'NmVfitf;. 1 ', 1 } s«r- Si/hldULiLh ihil !, j i\ if iui lOUbi.'UU ,0!' the ~.-f <l| J. . ate t'nugVcr *.,itud uL-.. f. , - by the legidatTite <>_:' deor.gbi'. g'ooi;- - «.{ (b>n to the dtock of ibe “(50.-iyiu \ Amu* . r N , ,' fe «re uovt open «• ibo .-twee of 1. i;. Bbn-m, in M«r-on, Gc., aim *«•> wi, ;• subreriiiUens are invited. The Statu Charter la « lib. ml .a - - ard tl son. federate Government onery t- affor i \ei \ 1 , in its power, in the way of io, S ex.-ba,.. . to further the object* of the «' :.:p ( u . The Book* of Bwbscriptir*n will i-o G Monday, the 2.>t« instant, u.nls - *s -i.*ok I , sbonei - taken. Capital $1 J'fiu.Oiifi : Shares each. L. N. VTHIT . LK Vs. B. JOHNSTON T. 11. BLOOM. Corumi?,«foneip, Macon, i t. B-.mks will remain open for fen day-. Subscriptions received by J. M. Bivins, Ac•*.< at his offic ein Columbus, G-. apl IS fd Aiotice to salfe r*. 1 am authorized by the (jovernm' tit TO exchange SUSAR AND OSNABUROS m Bacon for supplying the Army. JNG...I. Mr.KENDREE. ’ apl 1& 2tu A^-rsf City ! Vii y Taifv ! j MAY ’no found ior « few U:,> sct the -:o> ■ - }j .1 ■Widdlebrook, where jpailios d hi call and make rouvrua of property taxed o 4 \ M. M. .Voore; apl-16 2\v . '-oyi A GOOD FIELD-HAND for fho balance of rhi« x\. year. Apply ai apl 16 if THIS OFl’lfK. Vinegar, Vinegar. BY the b»ml or single gallon, «• rs• j r. Tin Measures and empty Osoubui •? o/11. SI AM'-Oik/'.V Cos apl 16 Iw SpeciaS er<e. Headquarters Georgia -JG.-.vrvi Macon, Jm ii 1 i, 3 St>i. General Order?, No. 4. I. Companies couir*osin»; .in*:* Re=ervo Force , Georgia as soon as organized aid he Enrolling llca-i quarters of each Congressional District, will ham diateiy rendezvous at the following points, with .1 view to their organization into regiments and ! ,i ades. Those companies organized at Marem, t.vj umbna, -llbany ancl Griffin, will rendezvous »i* Ma con, and report directly to. these Hoadquartf-r.?.— Those organized at Atlanta, Car tors ville, Athens and Gainesville, will rendezvous at Atlanta, anl report to Brig. General. L. J. Gartreil TJiosef-’- ganized at SavaAiu’ii and Augusta, will rendezvous nt Savannah, and report to Brig. Gon. 11, R. JacL ieor,. ' 11. Companies organized aud which have not re ported at the Headquarters of the District l’nroil •ng officers will report direct h and immedietr points indicated., according to the respective Cos. greasiomil Districts in- which they have been organ ized. 111. TraßspnTtioa will"he furnished by Post Qua; termastcrs.oiijon the application Jof cvtamaii-lin. - officers of companies, and every facility will be ex tended to expedite the removal of the c-.unj-.iic points indiented as the early'organizatioi <fi cii. force is deemed of. great importance. IV. Orders and instructions for the election 1 tue Field Officers, as required by law, will bo io-u-ffi ia due time, ’ By command of Maj. Guv. HOWELL COBB, R. J. Hallett, a. a. q. April 15—d6t, pew k s.m»r 45 ami 47, North Water Street, ALABAMA, Brokers and Bankers, * ’ DEALERS IN CwOfgD, BAi\K JVOTKH, STOCKS atsd STATE TREASURY IffOTES HAYA^A, VASSAL, j AID DOMESTIC E'AlTla.\^s:. | Stocks in all the Uifl’srent Steal: j Sloops ami Sebooueva engaged in run • rting the blockade. -' - : mW&Y RKfrJYDD AX® fAiO OUT 0 N DEPOSIT. We buy Hud M on our own account or on oormnifwion. All letters and enquiries promj.'t ly answered, api 1J Worn WANsTEB. [W ANT to hire one hundred NffOß*') 1 . t s top Mule- Teams, 4 or g u,nl<H c.-ch ■ haul Timber i.-.' ;i,.- j- i ror.u Bridge, over the Toiabfg ™ lit er ... • propolis. f. ais.i want to employ fitteen Chrpente l ;, v men or_negiv.es for the same v.. ~ I-. I will pay liberal prices and furnish r - < •:>- Ciuarters for tfco men.. Address me at Demopoiiv. Ala., earc of'-Maj. ' Meiawnufct, bng'r Corps. W R, barker, . apl 13 (Bw&wlxa For *>i Frofo-ife. We are authorized to <>'EU R<Ji >• W AJjItKLL.(tho presentiucun* ij| u c b' 1 'l to the office of Probate Juch Bu- «and Ala. election Ist Monday in -' X apl 9 tde Shoewiafeer*’ ***& SsHldltr*' TOOIiS, ; *|'ITE UNDERSIGNED having common . ! tS« . f jnauuth'-'tnro of tiie above nauiod art .ohs ii tt-ir ! citv, are prepared m fill Orders for the ? Office on Anglo Street, a • few ffimr.- «:■■■•■ • C $• Hospital. HAftlflSON BKUI.PL . u.«. Reference—M&i, F. W. Dili uu>. Mobi.lc Register, Mississippi,'.. and vim is €oi{- stitutior.anrt, please copy one mouth un i .end bibs mar 40 ts