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Thursday Morning, lpril &h 4 *
ffor the Times.]
TJi* First Cbnerexs.
ftnitw of 'em? of its Important Meusvr, s.
, TAX ACTS.
History will have to record it as a singular
tact, connected with this great struggle, that
co 9jstem of taxation was devised and no tax- .
e3 were.leticd upon the people by the Confrd- (
erate Government till the war had boeu in
progress for about two years. Up to that j
time all that was done had been done by other ,
means than resorting to the t»*in ß P™*" 1 j
tb# Confederate Government. J.t ,
Staws had appropriated- money for various
purposes connected with the prosecution .
the war, such as organising, aiming and sup
porting their own soldiers, and supporting its
fnves and families of destitute soldiers. And
to the same end, for the same purpose, im- ,
mense contributions were made by cities, ccr> j
porations and individuals. The amounts thus i
contributed it would be impossible to esti
mate, but it'must have been very large; for
at the opening of the war these individual
contributions were showered down with a
liberal hand. The Provisional Congress au
thorized a loan of fifteen mihons at an early
Stage nf the war, and afterwards the produce
or cotton loan was authorized by which several
millions were raised. Put nil these means,
though apparently quite large in the aggre
gate. were but a drop in the bucket compared
with the immense amounts necessary to keep
the army m The field and sustain a war now
becoming almost, unparalleled in magnitude.
Bonds were issued and sold in the market and
a considerable amount was realised in this
way. but not a tithe ui‘ tv hat was necessary.
And at length that ••perpetual motion —that
bottomless and inexhaustable fountain—lhe
Treasury note system. # wns resorted to, and on
the ISth of February 1862, when the first
Congress met, the machinery was ail in mo- j
tion and money was manufactured in sufficient
quantities to supply all the wants of the Gov
ernment. And hau this been the •• short hat.
sharp war 7 ' with which we were threatened,
these Treasury Notes would have carried n3
through it without resorting to taxation nr
any other financial scheme.
But with Governments as with individuals
there is some limit beyond which they ca n not
•xtend their credit. The issuing of Treasury
notes was such a simple and easy mode of le
plenishing the Treasury that no other sysiom
was resorted to till driven to it by absolute
necessity. The Provisional Congress par. ed
no tax bill; and the first Tax Act poised by
the permanent Congress was on the 241 U day
of April, 1863, two years from the commence
ment of the war. And that was a very mod
erate income tax which would yield something
like one hundred millions of dollars. And
about the samo time the tithing system was
adopted, which would probably be equivalent
to about one hundred millions more—making
in all about $200,000,000. This, abstractly
Considered, would seem to To« a. Wgo sum, -to
be raised annually by taxation: but at the
same time the annual expenses of the Gov
eminent had run up to about $500,000,500.
Here was a deficiency of $300,000,000 ywr an
num, to be raised by some m'e&u~. or other for
the support of the Government And from
the above tithing law and income tax but very
little had been realized at the meeting-oi the
last session of this First Congress. Treasury
notes had all the while been issued to meet
wants of the Government and to prosecute the
war, and when the Congress met, say the first
of January, 1864, it was found we bad a cir
culating medium, in round numbers, of about
$800,000,000. And it was further discovered,
that, on account of the inflated condition of
the currency and the consequent high price of
supplies,'it would require at least $50,000,000
per month to support the Government, even
under the then existing state of things. And
it is undoubtedly true, that, if that policy had
been continued, before the first of January
next the price of all army supplies would have
gone up so high that the annual expenses of
the Government would have reached the enor
mous sum of one thousand millions.
But the question may be tubed. and often
is asked, why did not the Congress act prom
ly and vigorously on these questions at an
earlier day 0 w hy did they not resort to strin
gent taxation at t lie outset? why did lliey
issue. so many treasury notes ? why did iln-v
not rHjulaU Ihe currency before it got in so
bad a condition ? These are very natvuul
and perhaps very appropriate questions, and
can be very easily, i* aoi satisfactorily, an
swered.
In the first place, the Congn sr'partook, no
doubt, somewhat of tin- rorainon .t ntintent
of the country at large, that this could not
be a long war and at support of that opinion
such reasons a- the following were 'ivrn ;
ist. That the war was commenced on sn>U ;
an enormous scab thru neither party cor.ld
tong stand up under the burthen and the war
must necessarily end. 2d. The. North arc »
manufacturing and commercial people : the
events of the war will- rain their .commerce :
their manufacturing interest' will be broken
up for want of tiio raw material: tin result
will be a unancial crisis that will prostrate the
people and government together, and lu-cossn
rily the rear must be a short one. 84 There
is a Peace Party at the North that will -non.
overthrow the Republicans and give us peace
upon terms honorable to ail parues 4th
Modern civilization, and ebristiamtv will not
tolerate long wars, and the moral sentiment
of the world will be interposed to put a stop to
bloodshed, and the war will be closed, sth.
“Cotton is King." and the outside world shall
not have a bale of cotton, even it we have to
burn it, till this war is ended, and France and
England, for want of cotton, will soon be
compelled to recognirc us. to break the bio. i
- interpose to stop the war. and ihr
fore it must necescarilv be short
These, and a thousand other nk; jvtsr.uV
th-ou f Ven hj the pe °P ic r ‘ nd lh » picW.
- *° ’"■•••< ,b9 ‘
«J tliai tbis ; * ?"* one - AaJ 1 «w,
.u e co™,n-du, iogt tfi°rr **“«»»*<*:
• -r £> l “Piirit two year-: fl r,i,
war. lrue an individual hereaud tW mlpht
hare been found, who predicted a lor,a triple !
but these exceptional cases were more i c th 9
3a ' 1
spirit oi despondent complaints, than in deliber- j
, ate predicting, foundedaipon fact? and reason, j
And the individual members of Congress pai
toolc largely, no doubt., of ihe same sentiment. :
Congress, ft| a body, had the same feeling to
some extent, and acted upon it, that the war
would not hen. long one.
But it will be said that Congressmen ought ,
. to have had foresight and statesiminship enough .
to have foreseen Ihe duration oi the v.m .nd .
provided accordingly- And the cot;n• * > j
now full of these men of wisdom who denounce j
’ Congress from the very house-tops Jor not ;
providing in the outset tor a long w a *• ■
vindicating the Congress against the mpaiiiU
of such men, and IVt 11 carry the war into j
Africa. I want to know how these wise-acres j
managed their own little private affairs . .Cer
tainly had wisdom enough to lay up eve- !
rything necessary to carry themselves through .
along war. Let ua examine one of these tel- j
low,?'ami see how the case stands with him— :
Take the stand you ‘wise mm,. ft ml let me
ask you a few plain question? : You are a
farnier aftil yon 'say jou Knew the war would
be a long one—d id" you lay in a supply of salt
and iron and farming implement, hoes and axes,
wagons and harness, hats, shoes, blankets and
clothing for negroes? These things were
abundant in the market and cheap for cash---
did you lay in a supply- of all these things to
last you during a long war ? For fire years—
for three years—for two years? You stand
mute : you don’t answer you claim to be a
wise man arid a prophet, and knew il would
be a long war-—did you lay in a full supply of
clothing for yourself and family \ What sort
of-clothes do you wear now? Your ragged
i coat and patched boots show Unit you have
j had nothing new for three years. How much
j and coffee, and sit gar. and calico and
j flannel, have you on hand now? You still
5 are dumb —you won't answer. And now, sir,
i you may leave the stand ; and before you
| abuse Congress any more you had bettor show
j the world you had wisdom enough to.provide
\ for goitre-If. LOBBY.
I’From the Mobile Tribune. l?ih.
. f>i |»1 oinat k Cos r re* s*>o sa <S** nee.
England Protests oral- / lemoustvatda —
President Davis 'Reply.
Our neighbors copied yesterday in or
uing the ibllowim; eorre.spondenee; and wo
mow prosame it is genuine.. We out. if.
out to insert it in our yesterday morning's
issue, but on noticing Lyon’s note, dated
April Ist, wo concluded the whole was an
April Fool. Our belief was strengthened
on a second reading of RuaseiU letter, as
it bears strong' marks of l.myvo or fool.
IT if. .M/s LEGATION, [
Washington, 0.(1., April 1, 1804. j
Mr. Jefferson Davis , c(te.„ dv., Richmond,
Virginia :
tflß—l have boon instructed by Marl
Bussell; Her Britannic Gujosty WS,'civ
tary of State for Foreign Atiair.T, to con
vey to you the following exiraci of a dis*
patch which has been d-> •. ••rdo.i to me by
his Lordship. X have oho ,:n the meth
od which appeared to me io.be the only
available one, under the present unhappy
circumstances in which the country is in
volved, and I trust that, the absence oj’all
recognized diidop.at ; g ox
or other agents of Her Majesty near .Rich
mond, will be recognized as sufficient
reason for its not being sent through the
usual channels. 1 need scarcely say that
the bearer Os this dispatch, whom you
have consented to allow to visit Richmond
has been authorised by the government
of the Uiftted States to puss • into your
lines, on the flag of trace boat, for the
purpose oi' delivering it, and will desire
j your permission to return to Washington
by the same mode of conveyance.
I have the honor to be,
With high respect,
Your obedient, humble sevvanl,
Lyon A
[“Copy."-]
“You will also convey to Mr. Davis at
Biclimand, through such channel ai; shall
be available, and as; you may, in your dis
cretion, deem proper, the formal prole-4
and remonstrance of Her Majesty's ffov
emment asrains! the effort, of the authori
ties of the to eallyd Confederate States, to
build war vessels . within Her Majesty’s
dominions, to be employed against the
government of the 1 nitod States. Per
haps your Lordship might best accomplish
this object by obtaining permission from
the authorities of bulb belligerents to send
a special toe- enger to iCehv.mnd with the
necessary dispatch, in which you will
transmit this paragraph, or the sub,stance
ol it, together, wiih-ad i hatJbllows, to the
close oi thi*. commum, .umu.
‘‘Her Majesty - Coy eminent. in taking
«bis com.so - desire Mr, Davis to rest as
sured tiiai it is adopted entirely in that
spirit oi limit rah iy which has been declar
ed the policy of tins country, with regard
to the two belligerent:.- now "ho lamentable
desolating America, and w-hwh wit] erne*
tinue to i>e pursued, with u c ueful and
an earnest desire to make it .conductive to
the most rigid impartiality and justice.
After consulting with the law ofm-m - -,
ot the fT-nwn. Her Majesty’s Government
have- come to « it- decision that agents of
the authorities of the .so-called Confeder
ate Slates have la on engaged in building
vesselswhich would beat least partially
equipped for wav- purposes on leaving the
ports of thi? country; that those war ves
sels would undoubtedly be use-u again, t the
United Stab*, a country with which this
government is at peace: that this would
be a violation of td neutrality laws of tff
realm; and that Die GoveVaraent. of the
1 nited States would have-jns t ground for
serious complaint against' Her" Majesty
government, sheuiu they permit such an
infraction of the amicable relations now
sub Met mg between the two countries.
Si Her Majesty’s Govern meat confident
ly rely on the frankness, courtesy, and
discernment which 31r. Davis has dir- :
P ia J f:;! in the difficult circumstance; in
phu;t. ns has been placed during the post'
tnree year?, _for a recognition of the cor-.
lccim..- • i the ];o ion which Her 31 aj
e=ty . (; v'/ernnicnf have taken upon this
subject no matter what might be the
difficulty of proving in a court of law that
the parties procurin g the building of the-. .
vessels are agents of the so-called Confed
erate States, it v universally understood ■
throughout the world that they are go, and
Mti Government arc satisfied
Mr Davis would not deny that they '
4c ,o. Constructed as Mams’ as these
vessels ate,t#ey wo»M certainly be in a
condition on leaving port to inflict the
most serious damage on vessels belonging j
to the l nited States, as was shown by the j
destruction of the Cumberland, United
States sloop of war , by the ‘ram’ Mernmac, ;
merely by the latter being run into colli
sion with the Cumberland. Such vessels
are to all intents and purposes equipped
as war vessels of a certain power; although
they be without a gun or any ammunition
on board; nor can the frequent use of the
word ‘equip' in the sense of ‘to furnish j
with everything necessary for a voyage/
be held for a moment to limit its signifi
cation to the furnishing of a war vessel
with everything which it might be possi- j
ble to put upon her, or the'ultimately put- j
, ting of wliic-h on her might be contempla- '
ted. Such a construction cannot be enter- j
. flamed for an instant. It is clear that a j
| hundred and twenty gun ship might be |
! equipped for war purposes with any frae- ;
• tion of her armament on board, although
| she might not be so powerful or so effi
i cient as she would be, if she had the
; whole of it. Aram would be also equip
ped for war purposes, although the ab
. sence of her ordnance and ammunition.
; might render her less effective than she
would be with them. is presumed
,by Her Majesty’s Government, will be
conceded by Kir. Davis, without further i
argument or illustration in support of it.
This much being established to the per
iect conviction of her Majesty’s Govern
ment *and the law officers of the Crown
and admitted, as 'they are convinced it
must he, by Dr. Davis, and by every other
person of sound and impartial judgement,
there is not the slightest room to doubt
that it is purposed to use the vessels in
question against the United States, a
country with which this nation is at peace
! and on terms of amity, and that the per
mitting ol them to leave the port of her
Majesty’s dominions w'ould be a violation
I of the neutrality laws of the kingdom, and
; such an injurious act towards the United
Slates as would justify the government
; of’that country in seriously complaining
of it as and offensive in the
highest degree, even to the imminent peril
|of rupturing the peaceful relations now
I existing between the two countries'.
Under these circumstances, Her Majes
; ty’s Government protest and remonstrate
: against any further efforts being made on
, the part of the so called Confederate
i States or the authorities or agents thereof,
j to build or cause to be built, or to pur
; chase or cause to be purchased, any such
vessels as those styled raws, or any other
vessels to be used forwar purposes against
• the United States or against any country
with which the United Kingdom is at
peace or on terms of amity; and Iter Ma
j jesty’s Government further protest mid re.
moustate against all acts in violation of
| the neutrality laws of the realm.
| t have ihe honor to be,
Your liOrd,ship’s ob’t serv’t,
BUSSELL. .
REPLY
BreiioND, \ a, (US. A. Ap’J hi ’(it.
To tin Right Honorable Lord Lyons, ('.
3. , dr., the., (Pc., 11. ]>. )/. Mat inter to
the Government of the l ailed States.
My Lot; f > 1 have boon instructed by
ine t'rr iiient to ackivowledg the receipt,
of a dispatch from your Lordship en
closing a copy of a portion of a dispatch
from Mail Russel, 11. B, M, Secretary of
State for Foreign" Affairs, purporting to
be a -‘formal protest and remonstrance of
Her Majesty’s Government, against the
efforts of the an! horites of the so-called
Confederate States, to build war vessels
within Her Majesty’s dominions, to be
employed against the government of the
United States.”
The President desires rne to say to your
Lordship, that while he is not unwilling
to waive in existing circumstances, the
transmission of such a document through
other than the usual and proper channels,
it would be inconsistent with the dignity
of the position lie tills as Chief Magis
trate of a nation comprising a population
of more than twelve millions, occupying
a territory many times larger than the
United Kingdom, and possessing resources
unsurpassed by those of any country on
the face of the globe, to allow the attempt
of Earl Russell to ignore the actual exist
ence of the Confederate States, and to j
contumeliously style them “so-called,” to
pass without a formal protest and remon
strance. The President therefore, does
protest and remonstrate against this stud
ied insult; and he instructed me to say, j
that in future any document in which it j
may be repeated will be returned unan- ;
swered and unnoticed. ;
With respect to the subject of the ex
i tract from Marl Russell’,s dispatch the Ures
; ident desires me to state, that the plea of
neutrality which is used to sustain the
: sinister course of Her Majesty’s present
I government against the government of
the Confederate States is so clearly con
tradicted by their actions that it is re
garded by the world, not even excepting
the United States, as a mere cover for ac
tual hostility and the President cannot
but feel that this is a just view of it.—
Were, indeed Her Majesty’s government
.sincere in a desire and determination to
maintain neutrality, tlie President could
not but feel that they would neither be
just or gallant to allow the subjugation
'd a nation like the Confederate States
by >uch a barbarous, despotic race as are
now attempting it. lie cannot but feel,
whh the history and traditions of the
Anglo-Saxon race before him, that under
a government faithfully representing the
People of Great Britain, the whole weight
ard power of that nation would he nnhes
itatirm!y thrown into the scale in favor
of ti.-H principles of free government on
wh; h these Stales wire originally formed
and for which alone the Confederacy j§
now struggling, lie cannot but feel
that with such a government and with
the plea of nemrality urged upon life peo
ple as it now i no such pitiful spectacle
could be witoe. sad, as is now manifested
hy Her Majesty’s present .government in
the persistant persecution of the Confe 1-
er.ite Plate :*• the heck and bidding of
officer- oi ilu- i . S., while a prime minis
tn mod- and insults the intelligence of a
House oi Commons and of the world, by
excusing the permission to allow British
<u ejects to go to the* United States to
fight agaiusi ns. by the paltry subtifuge
that it was the great, demand for labor
and tlie high rate of wages that were ta-'
king them thither,
He cannot but feel that a neutrality most i
cunningly audaciously, fawningly and inso- J
lcntly nought and urged, begged and demand- |
ed by one belligerent and repudiated by the j
other, must be siecn by all impartial men to i
be a mere pretext for aiding the cause of one j
at the expense ojf the other, while pretending
to be impartial; to be in short, but a cover
for secret, malignant, treacherous hostility.
As for the specious arguments on the sub- :
ject of the rams, advanced by Earl Russell, the i
President desires me to state that he is content
to leave the world and history to pronounce
judgment upon this attempt to heap injury
upon insult, by declaring that Her Majesty 3
government and law officers are satisfied °f
• the questions involved, while those questions
are still before the highest legal lribun ft l °f j
the kingdom, composed of members of, the
government and the highest law officers'cd the
r crown, for their decision. The President him
! self will not condescend to notice them,
j 1 have the honor to be your Lordship'e °b t
humble serv'tj
Button X. Harrison,
Private Secretary.
TBIESRAPHia.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
ISiifl, by J. S, Thbashkk, in the Clerk's office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
orange C. H., 20th.—The enemy has been
busy for several days with review and inspec
tion. There is no truth in the rumor that the
enemy is foiling back to Centreville. All
quiet in front.
Mobile, 20tli.—Western dispatches report a
battle at Mansfield, Louisiana, on the Bth of
April. Banks was defeated with ** loss of
8.000. Smith captured 35 guns, 200 wagons,
and 2.000 prisoners. The Federals admit a
defeat. Gens. Mouton and Bolignac were
severely wounded.
Steele is surrounded on Little Missouri,
awai t ing reinforcements.
Mobile, 20th.—Colonel Powers, with 200.
.men. dashed into Port Hudson on the 7th. and
captured 1 gun and 18 prisoners. The Yan
kees admit a loss of 90. Papers lost three
wounded.
Dalton, 20th.—It is generally believed that
the enemy is concentrating his forces at Ring
gold and Cleveland, and before long warm
work may be expected. His fines have been
so rigidly guarded recently that but little is
known of his movements. The weather is
vicar amt pleasant, and the roads, once more
in good condition.
Richmoxi>, April 20th., —Gen. Forrest's offi
cial dispatch announcing the capture of Fort
Pillow has been received at the War Depart,
meat. 500 out of 700 men composing the
garrison were killed and all the officers in the
Fort. Forrest lost 20 killed and 60 wounded.
Over 100 citizens wha had Hed to the Fort
from conscription ran into the river and were
drove nod.
Richmond,' 20th. --Instructions have been
given to the first, auditor, to remove his Bu
reau to Montgomery. All clerks except four
signified a willingness logo.
Funding returns in the aggregate 2,37,000
000. Twenty small depositories yet to hear
from. The only State from which complete
returns has been received is Georgia. The
amount'funded in this State is 172,164,050.
[ 6'or the Times.]
“«|uU ltldeN.'-'
ON MAKING A TOBACCO SATCHET FOR * , C.S. A.
f sit by my window as evening declines,
Anti hear the soft sighs of the wind-caressed pines.
Tt is one of those days that seem graced by a spell,
To unfetter the sold—to awaken—(Ah, well!
f can’t say what T mean,.for some thoughts arc
possessed
Os such intangible forms, that they won’t be ex
pressed !
They seem light as a mi t, yet sublime as the
ocean.—
Half thought, and half feeling,—all sad, sweet
emotion.)
But ’tis one of those days when memory slumbers:
Or, wakes but to smile at Hope’s musical numbers;
When dark thoughts, like ravens, in flocks take
their flight.
And the future seemed bathed, in a Claude Lo
raine light,
When fancy stray on to Elysium's brink,
Anil the sou! dares to dream what it scarce dares
to think.
I
As I glance, in my lap, from the cloud sailing by,
Thesatphet T’m making, seems a part of the sky:
For all (azure and crimson's the silk that I hold.
And the needle T sew with, is threaded with gold.
How I wish I could make some bright thoughts
ever dwell
In this rosy recess, like a sprite in a shell!
Some thought that would whisper of by-gones and
me.
As the shell ever sings of its home in the sea.
he! me think : —First of all, may you e’er be pos
sessed
Os that sweet hit alia from ‘‘Arabia, the Blesa’d,”
Which Turkish men bring from a far distant
mountain,
And luxuriously smoke by some silver-waved
fountain, —
May i'our pipe have the power each care to dispel.
As if you had drank from some Lethean well. j
! Alt! T think that /know what, at times, form? the
tluync,
j Ami give;- nil the brightness tn somebody's >] ream.
For you've mid me. you know, that you <iit see .-»
i form
Appeu r, as the smoke froafyour dark meerschaum
; Floats fragrant and Flue on the still air of even,
j Like the soul of a violet passing to heaven—
- (Don t laugh ! I’m in earnest! for in true Spanish
type,
| T dote on cigars, and I reverence a pipa>.*)
And you say this “mist-maiden'’—this true “Cin
derella’'—
II /// haunt all your visions,—that you cannot «li--
pel Iter:
And ■l'oiild not it'you could, —that;<?hc’» grown vetv
. dear,
And you long for the hour whan she shall draw
near;
I That some times she come? and lands at your
side,
All clad m pure white, with a veil, like a bride;
That you like her best thus, and you cannot for
bear
i To twine orange blossom: amid her dart hair.
Eat enm<b b ..f rub nonsense,—what I meant so j
sav
W s he dream now as-erting ifo o»av,
Thas you, fondest ot fancies -most blissful ideal, |
.\ia> he even less fair than what life shall make
real;
And tli.uigh the form you see walking the future’s
bright shores,
H ill uc ct be a bride—or, at least uever your*.
\et 1 hope that those visions, may all become true.
About iomeiody else—hut, I’m sleepy ! adieu.
MAY BEE. j
CoLCMBrs, GU.-, April th, 1354.
CITY MATTERS. I
T. J. JA.CK.SOUS, Local Editor.
Coo Lives. Oil.—Anyone having this article,
will confer a special favor on a sick man by Lav
ing it at this office. A liberal price will bo paid
: for the same.
Attention, Company oi lit sen es!
All members of this Company of {Hate Troop,- will
meet tho undersigned at the Court House I’D IF
MORNING at 12 o'clock, to organize preparatory
ito leaving. OLI \LB CRUMW 1.1 A..
! (i.pr2l-lt
FUIKER.iL WHCE.
The members of Columbus Fire Cos., No. 1. will
meet at their Company Room this afternoon at 3
o’clock, to attend the funeral of our late President.
Mr. J. H. Merry. The officers of the Fire Depart
ment. and members of other Companies are in\ ited
to meet with us. J. D. Johnson, Trees.
Mr. Harrison’s Lecture.—;A goodly number
of our most intelligent and appreciative citizen.-,
were in attendance at Temperance llall on Tues
day night to hear the Lecture of Rev. V\ m. P.
Harrison on “Miscegenation.” Like.all the dr
forts of this learned gentleman, it was replete
with interest. It showed a depth of ' research,
and covered a field of mental range, which was
probably not only new and novel to many ot his
hearers, but furnished food for the thoughtful
and cultivated. The most conclusive thought t<>
our mind was the array of facts and figures to
prove that the only circumstances under whieb
the African race had flourished to any ex lent,
were to be found in servitude, under the control
and guardianship of humane treatment. This had
only been found in the Confederacy'. He.showed
the fallacy and absurdity of the Northern idea of
improvement by a mixing of race.-, inasmuch as
the' experiment of fusion was proposed to be tried
between the highest and lowest of the hu
man family, lie said, however, the idea was in
perfect accordance with the workings and b ach
ings of abolitionism, and was the only nruinoi
in which the Yankees could prnet b ally exemplify
the sincerity of their pretended desire for the so
cjal and political elevation of the negro. He
drew a hopeful picture of the results of sued , t
doctrine upon the popular mi'ud of tho eon-erva
tive men at the Noatb, as well as the influence it
was calculated toexert in opening the eye of En
ropetui nations as to the true end- and aim-; of Un-
American war. Altogether, this addie* • wa- a
masterly elVort—-just what might have been expw
ted from a man of profound learning, not only in
regard to-the current events, but in the hLp.i vof
nations, languages and men. Vm are sorry that
there were not a greater number of persons in ,-.t
tendance,as tne subject matter oi'ihisleeiuiv . ..u!,l
not have failed to'interest. In fact every man and
woman in the Confederacy should should have
heard it. For such facts and truth - iiopre.- ,
upon our people, would strengthen their eon vie
tions as to the righteousness and ju. Be, of our
cause and enable them to draw in fresh inzpira
tions of hope and courage as to the grand future
which, under heaven, is soon to open up to the
•Southern Confederacy.
Tuf. Court House a Hospital. W. learn
from the Enquirer, that the Inferior Court and Cit y
Council have given lip the Court House for tem
porary uso as a hospital. U bile wo do not pro.
fess to be over wise as to the necessity for such a
disposition of this temple of justice, and other
prominent buildings in this city, we cannot help
feeling regret that arrangements for hospital pur
poses have not beer, made ofitside of tho city lim
its. Asa measure of mere sanitive precaution, it
would "have been wise. If the Summer should
prove a sickly one, with the city filled with hospit
als, we have much*to fear n.,t only for the citizen
but the soldier. It strik. ; ns that the best inter
ests of all parties, would have been subserved by
ereetiug suitable buildings in the country for tills
purpose.
The Ladies' Fair.- —Owing to a misapprehen
sion of orders, we were in error in yesterday mor
ning’s edition, in stating that the Ladies’ Fair for
the benefit of soldiers’ families, wu« to take place
Wednesday evening. It is to come off this oven
ing, at Fain mis A Rooney’s Furniture store, and
we trust will be liberally patronized by our people*
If is a noble work and the Columbus ladies cannot
receive too much praise for their good deeds.
We are requested to give notice that the ladies
Will have a “fortuneteller,” “postoffice ” and sun
dry other contrivances to take in the unwarv.-
Tiekets to be had at Mr. Spear’- jewelry Gore.---
Price $2(10.
Painful.— We regret (o learn that J. !{.
Merry, an old and much respected citizen of' 1
Columbus, now lies at the point of death.--!
Having just lose an honored and much loved
tvife, it seems as if his own mortality hangs
poised in the scale of life and death. The
loss of his estimable lady will truly It-: *■ a
void in this community, which would be great
ly increased by his own loss. We trust he
may be spared to his family, frit-mi-' a ,.| iim
-, x
public.
Since writing the above w*• have b .trued
that Mr. Merry is dead.
Covetousness and avarieiousne- no. • !
be driven out, says the AY/W, ami the
scramble for wealth )V* given up. if we
either .accomplish or and r-uec. »
Until our independence is established,
every energy and hope, de-ire ambre pi
ration, must be directed to its accompli, h
ment. All other objects are unworthy
and but obstruct our progress to th it
grand result.
Com max da xt or Geoikj i a < ’ox i; id ,
—Major Charles J. Harris, ConmmntLni
of Conscripts for the State of-tieoreiv.,
whose headquarters are in this city has
been suj>ereeded by Major Urowu who i
expected to assume command in a few
days. Major Andrews is in temporary
command. —-Alacon (Aontedfrot?
- — —.-
liNlouq.—“The soil 01 the rich alluvial bot
toois ot Texas is peculiarly adapted to th*
culture ot the Indigo plant, which frequently
attains the height of from four to six feet, with
comparatively no care in either the mode of
planting, or means of cultivation. Farmers
who attempted its culture in Bn-zos county,
utterly failed in procuring the dark blue pre
cipitate in w hich consist 3 its chief value I
have bean informed by those who have ex
perimented in the manufacture of TmE>o in
Texas, that the invariable result ha- been n
deep' green percipitate, not in a solid ma- Tut
rather in fleeting follicles To obviate this
result is the principal object of this article
-1,-,- T - -
For Judge ol
We are authorized to announce GEOltrit li.
WADDELL, (the present incumbent) for re-electiou
to the office of Probate Judge of Russell county,
Ala. Election Ist Monday in May.
apl 9 ;de
FOR PILLOW'S COMMAND.
tIFAJx.I \| lT |,; n (*A \ u.LVA \
Idem Euseu.* t: u °Brvi.-i Alabama, j
('om[.,-viiy nT o, | ni'twonzcd to iai o .»
i’d! ]]’ '" .i;.ached t.. BrigGm
I> S »mi over >.V r w*qv<; inn -sons under
li-m. Tin- - ili :i 1 . 5 • • uot
• 'i<i:;>*n'd as other V'av- v " !!
fed'rale service. ‘ ’"•do m the Con
By order of t> •
Jno c.Bi mu. a \ * " 11 Gkkow
.I ;, in now a.* nj train the m, llv *-
yiina, by authoriiy cf the Sci-ier i,. v •..'“Hhern \ j
imn-ese of raisin-, this i;,;,,, ,'y *”* B"
nv ; : ?ke Wof i; ;!l n; i-- 7’l »’*'»”»ns be
: ffi| l febS. maj V,d-:ir
. - SO
; r t ! pers! >n is '::H : rr r
,to any enrolling oflbie - ufi , ...Vi. •i 1 1 or,u,: -
i furloughs until the j/]. }\f A ’ Ul ! v '\ fotf’oni
tliev Will remnVto ~uw < 1 of .^ ; T. nl winch i, u „,
electing offi.-cts. 1 11,1p<,sc wt “rt micjug and
ii-i-it-u ii • kIGFNF l GORDON
jpril -I-lv,' Incut P.-1 C-S, G.dmnbu-. (so.
S. WIVIGIIT.
succKsaon to borinett .t ,
< ttf Bread arul TLoc- . n Strtxt*, < - Q.,
MAXrFACTniER OF
Superior fancies and Lard Oil,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
—-
;'s’aSSow «ltd lieesivsi\ KVauted,
! l'e’-n 1 t: ‘ at lho li,H ' ,:il Which will fie
i adopted y\ ill secure a gencrou.-. puironave
' aprtiao—lm ' ’
I .. »
SUNDRIES ! SUNDRIES 11
i IpLXE LIXFXPLAYING CARDS
; A KM TT IN G NEEDLE, S,
I I INK M’ARCII, cheap bv tbc box
j barge lot of almanacs,
iKW HANDSOME .MARSEILLES Vi’M’
PATTERNS.
GENTS’ BEST LINEN COLLARS
BALL SEWING THREAD.
; l.t'T OF ASSORTED SPOOL COTTON
j GI N POWDER, SHOT AND CAPS
; ‘VERY FINE CHEWING TOBACCO,
: -dl for 1 hose and other goods rlicip -1
i ...,i 1,,, I ’■R. Sf Aii'FORD’S
*•( * 1 Hi. No. ss Cioud feireet.
HIIIUBII UK.'
{ JALEi; iuttboiity Oj thv Act ,and the Confeder
’l J ;li '' Congress,and also of an del lately
j i-y die leg is la true of Georgia, Books of Subscrin
| lion to the Stoek ofshe “Georgia Volunteer Navy
; •Company.” aiv now open at Die office of T. H.
; Bloom, m Mnc.ui, Ga., and to which subscriptions
| are invited.
The State Charter ij a liberal one, and theCon
loder.iteGoVvnmienf oiler* to afford every facility
j in its power, in the way of funds and exchanges,
to 1 itvt?i«:r.i he- ohjfi-fv! oi the C'Diiipniiy,
The Books ~r Subscription will be closed on
Moodav,,i lk* 2ath m-font, uule-i { ) Jt - atuP p j, 9
; soeili-r fa).- n.
j t .'upifai : I .UHi'.oof) .• Shares S idy < rt oh.
L. N- D HJTTLER
W. L. J'tillN’sTON
T. R; BLOOM.
. Comißiusionet.-, Alar-on, Ga.
Lei-ks will remain open fbr fen (laya.
Aufoeripiions received by J. M. Bivins. Agent
at hi: otucy m Loin in hu;;, Ga.
api 13 td
JVoiiltre ia Plaukis,
1 am am lion zed by llio Goveninaent
TO EXCHANGE
SOMk km OSNABUHOS FOR
Haeoii
lor Supplying the Army.
JNO. J. MoKENDREE,
| 18 Agent,
! 'Taxes! City Taies!
i j E f ownd for a few days at the store of ii.
--.i! i-i e ,I ’P o>: * v ' h: ' i e f ; . aitie - interested will pfo- s
j ' au i,l * d make ieturr.3 nf property taxed bv the my
! al -nrv * M. M, MOORE,
i City Clerk,
WAITED.
j A !'* ’ !1 I L L-HAND for the balance of thD
I J v .'ear. Apply, at *
\ A]A 115 1 1 y THIS OFFICE.
j
| _ T .
\ megar, Tinepr^
R\,. ~,l\ > rrel w sin gle gallon, algo a lot of
ILZ till .vf,-;t-:ei,-s and empty. Osuaburg? Sacks
apl 16 ffiv °* R - HANFORD 4 CO.
Special I
1 1 fadqu iFTEitjt Georgia Reserve,
Macon, Aprill.i, 1864.
: General Grders, No. 4.
I. Compiinles composing tbc Reserve Force o 1
Georgia as soon as organized at the Enrolling Head
Knari n.- of each Congressional District, will imme
f.mte.y rendezvous at the following points, with a
, v '7 f 7 f , !,p ' rr organization into regiments and brig
• 1 -m.-e companies organized at Macon, Col
i;,1!”u - -E’ban.v and Griffin, will rendezvous at Ma
eon. and report directly to these lleadwarters
“ncaruzed at Atlanta, Carfcrsville, Athen
and Gainesville, will rendezvous at Atlanta, and
report to I In.-. General J;. J. Gartrell. Those or
ganized at. Sav. nnah and Augusta, will rendezvous
at Savannah, and report to Brig. Gen. 11. R. Jack-
LsOii.
I t. Companies organized and which have not re
ported at the Headquarters of the Di.-irK-t KniMl
ng officers will re!>oit dim-tiy and in.mediately at
poi.nls indicated, according tn the respective Core
gre.-ional Disiriets in winch thex - liave been organ
iz.-d.
j lit. "t rail.-port ion will be furnished by Post Qua:
ti j if.;.:i>-. Hjioii the ai>)>ii( utiitii <<f t-ommanding
' ofliVCi i>l companies, and every facility tv ill ho ex
‘ ‘ I u> v‘.\ !>e«tii i: the i-.-ium al of the c..in panic „ t<>
j>wii ; ■ ifidi<-:t< la- tiu- early oi-yanization «>t the
; 'tof. - tt* deemed of great importanee.
’ 1\ . Order- and instructions for the election ol the
j Field Otfe , r>, a-* repaired by h.v., will be i died in
: din; time.
t 'ey command of
M ij. ri'i v. Howell » oee.
it. -i.il U.LETT, A. A.
April 1 ... tot.
W A:% T !•; IK
i S !<> I.ire one humlml X EgKQ Laborers.
*; len Mules lean: . S or il mule-: e*ndi. ami t< ■
i oko of»i . jt.>get and haul Timber for the fo.ii
i-oa.l Eii; .., over the rdbihifcWb river, r.eai De
l mopoiu.
| l also v. ant to employ fifteen (.hr pent ere, white
■ iusn or n(-«r, ..i-3 for ihe same work.
l will pay liberal price'- and furfiUh ratfor.'ani
quarters for the men,
'• wire:-: me at DemopelU, Ala . cave i ofo.-
• o-cuiwetncr, i.ng’r Cory;.
W P. BARKER
Ag-'i for A. L. .Maxwru
-pl i j diWtVwim
vu Itiv ,?5 amiiii•
THE UNDERSIGNED isprepared t mi fid orders
I for _
CS- 31a
I of r, superior quality-. ..Aji be addreiiei
to the undci signed c ' unie-r
ordered bv r-pre-v, wuen ord.i. ..m be filled an
shipped w-.tii Alford 20IIK0V/SKI kCO
avri-Im
Shocanrsters’ and Caddie*i'*'
TOOLS.
r pHE i NDERSIGIN ED having Cv*uimen> •
* manufacture nf the above named arilcb -u»
city, are picpiueu l-> fiU orders foi ii;,- -utne.
Office c-n -AHide street, a I few docn ;>b, %- •-
Hospital. HARRISON. RED! LI. .v riv
Reference—.Ma]. F, IV, Dili.aro. ,
Mobile Register, Missksippjnn and Auausta l*>d
stiiutionalist, pleac-o copy one month ana send bm»
to this office,
mur 30 ts