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f ju> gslnmbm fimw. j. fT. U AKREIV, - - - Edilor. 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