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COLUMBUS TIMES I'uldi-h.-d Dail> (Sundays excepted) at the rate of per month, or »1U lor throw months. No übxctiption received for n looker Mow her. 4?>VISUSIS!\<; IS 4TKS : Advertisement- insetted for S‘3 00 per square r itu; It r t insert ion and 31 >0 for each add* l -* 00 *** Where advertDemeiU'are inserted a *’ , ehnrftswill ¥&ssl per square. .. ■„ j , . .... w hfeh j»as?mrariar>ly | Announcing candidate-■T r -”- * V,M , ai ‘V ,n ® dva ?f?- Will he made on all A deduction <>l _* i ’* . ,<-jj when prompt pay advertbiuf ancon" 18 M * ment is made. _ ri -... -, r nnni T ii-ri PETfI k SAWYERS, 4', and 47, Noilli Water Street, UORILK, AURIM4. Brokers and Bankers, DEALERS tS’ IdOLfl, SILVER, BAHIi JVOTEft, STOCKS and JBORDS, STATE TREASURY .VOTES STERLING, HMAI4, NASSAU, Al¥l2 DOMESTIC EXUMStH). Also, Stocks in all ihe different Steamers, Sloops and Schooners engaged in run' ning the blockade. JI|OXJBY RECEIVER AAR PASS OUT Oh DEPOSIT. We buy and sell on our own account or on commission. All letters and enquiries prompt ly answered; apl .13 w3m A—Marl«« County : UTILE "NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle. Ad a ministratrix upon the Cftata of M:n id l, Murry, iteccasod, having applied for lsi fc, nt di jmmmsion from said Adnuaistra-tion, , , ' , These are therefore to cite onAadmon.ffi ail a net s *ingular, the kindred and creditor? ot .. i deceased, to show cause, if any they have, why -via Adminis tratrix should not bo dismissed from said adminis tration. , , , o. Given under my hand ar.i official sisnatare, Oc tober r,tb, 180 y id ALCuM iiAiiv, dee 12 m‘ina Ordinary. Ct EORC4I 4»Ma s' ion t'ountj s Win' REAS, B- A. Stnry, Administrator upon the estate of Joseph N- ritary, Into of so id. county, deceased, having applied for letters of dpmssion from said administration. . , „ , These are therefore to cite and admonish all ana Angola? the kindred and creditors, of said deceased, to be and appear at my office within live time pre scribed by taw. to show cause, if any they have, why said letters of dismission should not be granted to said applicant on the first .Monday m October next, (liven under my hand and official "denature. Jan. 22d 1864, ALBUM HAIR, * jan 25.mf>m Ordinary. a eoh^iMarlon County i KULE NISI, Whereas Carrie James, Affm’x on tho estate cf Daniel James, Jr., hapng peti tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said Administration- . , ~ •„ Those are tlioi More to cite an*!. «tii anu RinS the kindred and credit>i:. m cud deceased to be and appear at my office wit run me time■ 1> scribed by law, and show cause it any they have, why said Administratrix should not be dismissed horn said Administration on the first AluOaft} m iliven under mv hand and official Signature, thi> December t'.u Till, ffif.-i, ;\i ALCOAt -UAiR, dec 1-t mimi Ordinary. :£%3to«La-io£iti mi: F.. ill MOSSY. UORMKULY Surgeon to the Now Orleans “Fe- C male Infirmary,” tenders hie services to tho Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of hisprotes s'pooial aii ention will bo devoted .to the treatment of the dicea cs of womem. . „ _. JHu" Sui’:final operations performed ror btone m the Bladder,Vistula in Ano, VDico- Vaginaliistula, Hydrocele, Congenital find Accidental PhVmosis, Varicocele, Hcemorrhoids or Cites, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, tfullapes or Club and ciiflttaction of the finger?, {Strabismus or ,Si (li in! in-- Vneurbni, \ arix or dilated \ ein?>, I tery fffu'.n ( V.’ih. act ami Hair Lip; also for tho remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part of the body. " TT . . Di'ea.-o-. of th' Gomtn-TTrmary System,coraprstng rh« different . cages of Uhs.norrhoea, Strictures, lij.ive.l, Si.ermatorrhea, SyphiliA in its primary sc- oinlary.teiriary and heridilary forms,wilt receive particular attention. . ~ Roferertces given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice m A ew Or leans: Consultation hours every day at his office in ihe Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock n. ui i; and from 2 to4o'clock p. m. Pationte willdo Well to call precisely at those hours, as before and -jitor that lime wilf be devoted to visiting persons m ''til'.',. »n n—wi-jj E A EO „ Y . Columbus, (la, N. B.—Patron- from a distance will be visiter and treated at home if dpMmL l 'ball be thankfu u , xw, pivffi. sibmtt umtiren for .ay favor they mat da me b ;ending me. per.-ous re-ming tlurgica attention, j»S»£ will al;.i be:row particular attention to the tre.itinec.t of the different torm.s of Ulcers, Rheu m stUio. iiout. Herat'nle.ii-- asections, Syphilitic erup sious, ami all other . liivmic diseases of the akin. Vied if at. .1 liiioi-.itioits and Steam Sulphurous h.uh- !.~ i-1 in the hospitals iu. Europe and ‘ru.ri. a. vt ill t.i. iii ai'ii t .4 tit;> iroAiueut, _ tr fI Ii« > l ‘ Oi«i linn Wasted. \\i I v.i It ; i pun-ha-e a lattsc .jii.tiaio “t . c'R VP VV it'iiiN A.u* o-i an.l \o..u he. bn which cash „ ,ti i. HARill t'.V, lib HULL A CO, jitn lit if Fine Smoking’ and fhf wins-’f ofeaefn* \ t wholesale and retail. A For sale h\ .». A PF.MTiEP. ri>N.. ieli 1;( u (it ii .-:<- Munl<-r r.lintel. ih av t*i* Sri.is.«. u liiin ii, 'i'HV. LLhc-i pvice 'svilMie paid .-r I*l.m ss s.'l given L iu cxebangMot- Rearer Skin?. A ..r-.o --.'.under wanted. Ln-.i.u. iVb?2 4\r 1. HAIM VS a RRO. AlbshT. T.i.f.othi, t'uiijt-v-r: Luuibrblijv and l.iakeh* 5. - r ;n nr and end 'nil , Gf3*£ (Formerly of Sew tiri. ;•?:>* 7 -4k ‘J=i -Iri. O jSL X> A* - * A *HA'. U iUA, 4,, WHO* MALE \\i* KETAIL JB t ip J, & <tii? Fa ncb y DRY-GO* >1 >S. iRI ’on -Tontjly receiving Ler-b imp uiraior.:- ii- AL Vs 'i. i. ~n i.uroi a, cf n.».l ! jf-r DKY- Vrvol} ivhv it the ■ oifei .he.; f- r cash fob ■ >u li tii i iOtife, ON c.u i filter the first day of April next, tbs charge fcr on Cotk.r. in ,ar Were- COIiSGS Will be 1 -i L DOL LAB psf ) nt. 1 jli'-uih * ft I *7(4 js ALLEN v» AH‘j\_ i_ t Cos., Hi. GltL’s A HODGE J. R IVEY .s • , GREENWOOD a uiat POWELL, Fh\ oI H .v 0 G C'duUil.ur-i, (>a,, March 2J, l c &4 -lui P H i\T«I». TO PURCHASE OR REWTI /\AF. that will .wsv.mmnilate sisrv hand*. ,• i'. n S"‘ K TiilS übTICH. it*i ns. tr Iloiiwe Wanted, rmme.liately 4m- having onetoHt, will st.-,*; (! nhtmbtt.'j (Tim vh . b Vol. XI. J. VV. WABRGiH & CO. Proprietors W. WARREN, Etlitor Change of Schedule. ON and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on the AJu.wogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus (5 15 P. M. Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M. | Leave Macon .....9 35 P. M. j Arrive at*Columbiu.._ 500A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus . .... ..........,7..,.. 530A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 S5 P. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Snpt. Muscogee R, R. Change of Schedule. Office Fnoinkee and Supf.bixtkxdent, t Chablksxon and Savannah Rail&oad, V Charleston, >'eb. IS, ISf.I.J AN and after SUNDAY, Feb. 21st, Passenger ' J Trains will Leave Charleston 7 In A. M. Arrive at Savannah 4 25 P. M. Leave SavauStuli 7 00 A. M. Arrive at. Charleston 4 30 P. M. Passengers this route from Columbus, Mont gomery, Albany, Fufanla, &c„ pass through Sav annah without detention. 11. S. HAINES, feb 241 w eoaJw Eng ’r and Supt. Hkadqu 4 rtkhh Enrolling Office, i 3d CL.nurkrsional District Georgia, > Columbus, (la., March 31, 18(14. ) Pursuant to General Orders No. -33, Adjutant and Inspector General’s office, Richmond, Va., March 15th, 18C4, all persons between the ages of if and 13, and 45 and 50, in this District, are required to report at these Headquarters for Enrollment. The failure to comply with this notice (within 30 days from this date) will subject the defaulter io a liability to be eallednnto the general service with persons between Eighteen and Forty-five, unless he shall have a valid excuse therefor, to be judged of by the Bureau cf Conscription, Bybrdor of Copt, W. S. WALLACE, Enrolling Officer, J. A, Leonard, Ass’t. aj»i 1 2(ki Enquirer copy 20d Headquarters Enrolling Office,) 3d C’ongresrtona l District, > Columbu3, Ga ~ April 11th, 18G4. j Alt men between tho ages of 17 and IS, and 45 and 50, in the Third Congressional District, will rendez vous at Columbus, Ga„ on the loth of April, prepar atory to organizing tffiemcelveo into Companies; W. S. WALLACE. Captain and Enrolling Officer. apll?,-lf CATALOGUE BALI \' ,__OF— IMPORTED GOODS m STEAMER UTILE ADA, TO Ise SOIaB at ALLYIOY BY ' BELL & CHKISTIAW, SATASiSTAH, ©EOa.«IA, Oh Tuesday Next/ 26th April, Com- at To a, m, 9 mar 19 ts IN SALES ROOM, r i ii« Toliowiit*? ¥tivoic*s 9 vi* Liqucri and Grefertes. TOO cases Parc .Truce Port 50 cases Alihan’s Malt Whiskey, (Superior) 10 cases London Dock Gin 5 hbls. Old Bourbon Whiskey, for Hospital use TOO cases Corn Starch 75 kegs Bi Carbonate de Soda 20 hl»]s. Machinery Oik Dt iip and jlrdii •# T case, 50 ounces, Quinine Pills- I case, lOihs., Opium t case, 50 ounces, Morphine 1 case, 25 ounces, Quinine ‘ case, 10 lbs., Opium 1 case, 25 lbs.. Phosphorus Hardware* 1 ease Assorted Hardware 1 ease, 12 dozen, Files, assorted £?£‘jr-£r&Gd«; C’l«»ii£ii£4 aiiii Slieies* 2 cases Bleached Long Cloth 2 cases Madder 1 hunts 2 cases Hoop Skirts i 7 cases Oin thing, a Targe and fine assortment — Broadcloth and Tweed Gofcts, ~V ests, Pants, Waterproof Cassi mere Suits, Sack Overcoats 2 dozen French Patent Leather Calfsikns 2 dozen French fine Morocco 1 case fine Fr?r*ci) Fassijaere. Terms. —Under $5,000 cash ; over $5,000, sixty days with, appit>ved notor, payable in New Fnrreney. [J~P Cafcilogues will be ready: for distribution by the 22d. apl 15t4 Columbus, Ga., Friday Morning, April 22,1864. €ttt) illilitorj) HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street, T T p Stair*. Col. if. W. Robertson, Com’g. Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G. * Capt. J. S. Smith, A A & IG W. T. McKendree, Chief Cierk. ENROLLING OFFICE. Capt. W. S. Wallace—rear of Jones’ Building. ORDNANCE department. Cor. Olgethorpc and St. Clair Sto, Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’g. Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer. Lieut. J. M. Mulden, Military Store Keeper * Q VA R TERM'A S TER DEN T. At No. 15 Broad Broad St. Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g. Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M. Capt. 11. D. Cothran, A. Q. M. C OMMISSA R Y D EN T. At Ljiig, Allen A (.'amak’s Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. (iwaybill, A. C. S. ENGINEER'S DENT Capt. Theodore Moreno. Lieut. W. A. Hassf.ll. MED ICA LDEN T. G. B, Douglass, Post Surgeon. (Ofil; e at Wayside Home.) J S IV hitd, General llospital Snrg. in Charge. J P Moore, “ Surgeon. L D Carson, “ “ Ass’t Surgeon. R Fowler, “ “ “ W W Dickie, “ “ {< (i NAVAL DENT Offieo' near the Old Bridge. J. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer. PROVOST MARSHAL Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of tho Bank of Columbus. ExaroiisSng Boards J S White, Senior Surgeon, The Board meets at the General Hospital «r-n Tuesdays and Fridays. C, S. ARSENAL. \ Oolumbui, Ga,. Aprillß64, j Notice. 1 WISH TO IMOHANOE FOS BACON on equitable terms, §»ug’ai* .Hills, Nilgai* arncl §ait Kettles, And nil kinds PLANTATION IRON; Also POWDER. As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities of the employes of the Ordnance Department,, at this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders wit givc-tha Government- tho preference. F. HUMPHREYS, apl 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. “Iptlce to Planters and Cou sitmers of Iron.’ ? WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or exchange for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, Wheat or Flour —the following articles, on band or made to order: PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON; FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON: HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD; IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN ROPE) FOR BALING ; SHOVELS AND SPADES; FRY PANS; POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP TIONS ; SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40 TO 100 GALLONS; SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH. • We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any siy.es ;*id quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works and Rolling Mill in Alabama. JOHN t>. GRAY A CO., aprdtf Next to New Bridge, Office Mobile and Girard Ft. R.. 1 Columbus, oa., April.% 1804. j The Stockholders of the Mobile &"Girard Railroad < onif-any, are hereby notified that the five per cent tax, levied by ihe law passed February 17th, 1804, on the value oi all shaves held in Railroad or other Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this office and they w ill therefore omit the stock held in thi* Company in their lists to Assessors. J. M. FRAZER, j apl otf Treasurer. ; thomas L. mm &, ea,, I Late firm of Crawford. rf- Cos., Atlanta. Qa.. BROKERS, Market Street, above Movtyomer)/ HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive and accommodate uc iheir mart, ail Negroes which may be consigned t- them. They will buy and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with promptness and dispatch, iiu-y keep constar.ily on hand a large and well selected jiv-Ht, such as Families, House Servants, Gentleman’s Body Servants, Seamstresses, Boys and Girl 3 , of all descriptions, Carpenter?, Blacksmiths, Shomakers, Field Hands. They respectfully refer to the following well known gentle men a u ; Hon. John 1. Elm re. Major J. L. CaEhonn, Witt - iam Taylor if V. \Vntt. Bhular a Ardi?, Montgomery, Ala.. J. C. Coleman <v Cos., Mobile. Ala- ilenrv 3/einhard & Bro., Savannah,Ga. I IIOS. L. FRAZER, Montgomery, Ata. . FRAZER,! W. E SMITH, Auburn, Ala. W. H. Fms, Agent. , , u p. S—City patronage revprctf.my -oi,.ued, All orders carefully attended to. mar 25 dim worn Martha A. Taylor 1 Libel for Divorce in Marion vs >Superior Court. Returnable to Green B- Taylor, ) gsptembei Term, 18C4, At Cciumbus, April 2d, lior. 1T appearing’to the.Courtffcv.the return of the Sher iff, that the defendant »3 not to be found in tne county, and it further appearing to the Court. by ether evidence that tb 3 defendent does net reside in the State. It is therefore ordered by the Court mat service be perfected or. the defendant by publication of this order once n month for lour months, before the next term of tfe'e Court, in :~rae newspaper of this Sfc'ite. EDMOND H. WORRILL, J. S. C. G C. A true extract from the rain-ate?, this April :>th 1364. GF.O. W. tfeDUFI lF apl ? m4m Clerk. IL -.r.vuxk teas or CoxsokiptiO-V, t Macon, Bi- April 7, 1364, S General Orders. Nc . 23. By order cf the Superintendent of Conscription, ail person? between rhe ages cf 17 and IS and 45 and 60 year? will rendezvous at the enrolling Headquar ter 1 of ihe Congressional District in which they re side. on thelCtb day of April next. They will then, under the supervision of the District Enrolling.offi cer? proceed to organise into Companies as volun teers, with the privilege of electing: their officer?. CHARLES J. HARRIS. Major and Commandant of CbnscripU of Ga, &«U2 6t « Thu May Evening. Valuable Table. The following table shows the discount on the old issue of Confederate notes; | VaJ. New...j ! Issue. 1 | j j o’d Issue. J j Vai. New..,] ' Issue..., | | j ! 0M Is-uc .j j Vak Sew.. 7 ! Issue, l 'y- \ ; j Old Issue... Vat. New... Issue Old Issue...! 'b ”'o : t? : o'c? b" o.b "b* 3 b- fli x ?jr- 2. f2. £. f ’ A3*' 80. .., r G J-V7'.103 3?k23ti, J 53 331 lu o t>o ,85 ~jb G*>»] 100—100 tk>i.23r».. 15t» 004 j 10 00 j *v. .00 (HI [lO5. .110 00 240... Wo 00 20 13 ;»*( yi> 03 330170... 112 331,245. ltG 23} 25 10 00*lW 00 00j|175...110 60f- ! 250. Job obs 30 20 Oft ilOfi 70 00 j 180... 12*0 00 500...2U0 00 35 23 331:110 43 33*j185...R8 JR 350.. 583 331 40 2*l tk>!lls. 76 190...126 OOf 400...260 qt>!> 45 30 00 120 50 uu (195..,130 00 450...300 00 50 33 331125 83 33} 200 . 133 33} 500 . 333 831 55 36 661.130 ... 86 06fi205.. 133 60j 650...300 661 60 40 00 il3f> 90 00 210..140 00 600...400 00 65 4-3 331140 93 331215 143 33} 650 ..43.1 33} 70 4o 061145 9(3.C6i z20...14*j 661700...466 66} Authorized to Raise a Cavalry Company. —Liout**Goulon, a brother ot Gen. Gordon, ts authorized lo raise a cavalry company. We have seen his authority and know it is all right. He bring recommendations from Gen. Ewell and Gen. Early: but why notice this when we know him so well .ourselves, and that he is a brother of as gallant & man as Gen. Gor don, who, though a young man, rose rapidly to his present position for his gallant conduct, now stands foremost in the rank of Confede rate Generals. I.tenl. Gordon has been at tached to his brother s Brigade as private and Lieutenant, and has seen service with as no ble a set of men as this war has produced.— Fail in men I you can not get a better cora msnder, or a more desirable service than ho offers Errata. —We correct in the noon s issue, several typographical errors and omissions in the excellent lines of ‘‘May Bee,” this morn ing [Communicated.] COMP!ROLLER. GENERAL’S OFFICE, ) Milledgeville, April 18, 1864. j Editor of the, Time? :— ln your daily of the insk, you publish the following article copied from the Confederate Union of (be 12th Inst., vis: The Legislature in December last, passed an Act requiring that all tax payers shall value then property for taxation this year at what it would ha ve brought iu Confederate Treasury note3 on the Ist of April, instant. In consequence, however, ofthe passage by Congress of the Currency Act taking said currency 33£ per cent, alter ’the Ist day of April, many tax payers are under the im pression that they are to value their property at what it would have brought iu Confederate notes on the Ist of April, alter deducting 33£ per cent. Ohivernor and Comptroller General have derided that all property ihvist v>c u_t ;»« vaUta Confederate Treasury notes on the Ist ot April without the deduction ot the 33| per cent. The Governor and Comptroller decide this to be not only the State law, but they coutc-nd that the old issue was the only Confederate currency on the Ist of April, as. the Act. of Congress did no* tax said currency 334f per cent, until after the Ist of April. i And immediately under the same, you append the following remarks : We don’t luiow that it makes much difference whether this opinion of the Coventor aud Comp troller General be acquiesced iu, or repudiated, but it strikes us as being -a rather curious decision which requires property to be valued in one kind of currency and the tax .to be paid in another. As 1 know you to be a strong upholder of Iho law, I am sorry to see an intimation in the above that the Act requiring tax payers to return their property at Its value on .the Ist of April, in Cou federate Treasury notes, without the dedui-tiou ot the 33i per cent., would or could be properly re pudiated by any one. The opinion or decision above alludedjt.o, is, in substance but a re-itera tion of an Act id'the last Legislature, pasased in December, us you will see from the following : An Act to amend the oath of tax payers for the year 1864, and for other purposes. .Section I. The General.A monthly ot the State of Georgia do enact, That tVoui and after the passage of this act, the oath of non-resident tax-payers re quired to be taken on special returns, as it now stands in the seven •hundred and sixty-fourth sec tion of the Code ot Georgia, be so amended for the year 1864 as to make it lead, "and that it was not worth, on the lirst of April in this year, more than the valuation you have affixed to it in Confederate Treasury notes, to the host of your knowledge and belief :” and that the oath of tax payers required in the same section of ®aid Code, be changed so as to make it read, “and the value you hare affixed is a just and true valuation on the fat s; day of April of this y ear, in Confederate Treasury notes,” in stead :of reading, “ arid that the value yon have affixed to it is a just and true valuation,” as it now stands stated in said Code | LBee. 11. Be it further enacted, That in ease any tax-payer shall fail or refuse to make his return in accordance with this amended oath, he shall he deemed a defaulter, and bis property shall he double-taxed according to the valuation prescribed in the foregoing section <*l this act. Sec. 111. And be it further enacted, Tb&t all persons holding notes or indebtedness on any in' dividual or incorporation, shall give in the sarao at it® valueJn Confederate Treasury Notes. Sec, IV And be it fnitherenacted, That ii any of the tax payers of this State shall have mzde a return of their property to the Receiver sod Col lector previous 10 the passage of this act, it shall be the duty of staid Collector and Receiver to re quire of such tax-payers, that they make anot her return to risen upon valuation as provldsu for is this act. Sec. V, Repeals conflicting law® Assented to Tier. 2, 15152. Here you will perceive that there is souring sa id in the above Act, about property being returned at is valuation in C: ciederne Treasury Note?, oa the Ist of Arrii after deducting 23Jper cent. It merely requires! the tax payer to swear that h?3 property was scit worth more, and that the return he makes i" a ju.it and true valuation os the first dc% of April cf Ibis vest is Ccr/ederaie Fretmur# XcUi : But it may be said that the Act of Congress chencyd the- condition of said notes on or a*-oar the Ist of April, as They were taxed ”3$ per cent. — But the Act ofCoEgrexa did not tax said notes un til after rbe l«t of April for on the 2d of April) and with the Act of Congress and the above Act of the Legislature before them, how '’■Told the Governor and Comptroller General, or any one else, have rendered a different decision T To have given an opinion differently would have been giving an opinion contrary to the law. Bat to the concluding portion of your few re marks, where you ®eem to think it “a rather curi ons decision which requires property to he valued in one kind of currency and the tax to be paid in another.” - Without going hack to Cobb's Digest, the Acta different Legislature®, and the Code, and show* $3.50 Per Month. ing von that while property was valued upon the specie La?i«. Bank Jntes Confederate Treasury Notes have heeu authorized to he received for taxes, I will cite you to the late Tax Act of Con gress authorizing farmers and others to return their property u t ttx sjierie valnaliun in lt'tlO and at the same titue only requiring their taxes to l>e paid in Tifunutf >V«<cr. But, why did not the Governor and Comptroller General <ay that property could bo returned at iu value in Confederate Treasury Notes on the Ist of April, with the odd per cent, off since Congress po°?ed the Cuneney Act ? The reply is, simply he. ause the late does not authorize any such thing. In the second place the Legislature in tftfi.t in its appropriation, bad in view the amount of tax to be raised "hy taxation under the valuation of 1864, and the Governor did not think it he*t that this standard should be disturbed. If all given in ac cording to the Act of 1863, no one will be injured. If the return be small the per cent, will be high, but not exceeding one per cent. If the rotnrn bo large, or os large as wo anticipate it will be, under the Act above quoted, wc bope that the per cent, we may have to levy will not roach one per per cent. As I fear your article may do harm, or some what interfere with the proper discharge of duty on the part of Receivers of tax returns, I would respectfully ask you to give this communication a placd in your paper, at your earliest conveni ence, and I trull that other papers that have copied your article will do the same. In haste, yours truly, Peterson Thweatt, Comptroller General. The New York Tribune’s correspondent gJVes a lengthy account of ths Federal expe dition from the Mississippi ujy Red River.— The troops that left Vicksburg numbered ten thousand, were embarked on twenty transports and commanded by Gen. A. J. Smith, They started on the 10th of March, and reached Al exanddria on the 16th. In the move from this point, they were joined by Banks’ force, about fourteen thousand strong. This was the army reported defeated near Shreveport— altogether between twenty and twenty-five thousand effectives. The Petersburg Express learns from Rich mond that the damage to the Yankee frigate Minnesota, (at anchor in Hampton Roads,) from the explosion of a Confederate torpedo, on Sunday night, “is much more serious than had been supposed." It is «aid that the day after the explosion, two steamers were seen by our scouts close alongside the Minnesota, and that the Yankees were evidently busily engaged in making repairs. After several hours’ sawing, nailing and cauling, the Min ne r ta, escorted by the steamers, moved off, and it is supposed, iiiut —v,„ around to the navy yard at Washington, her injuries necessitating such a course. * ffnteresfiHsr from Louisiana. Tunkee Acronht of Bank?' Defeat —The Affair very much Bkaoothed Over—A Loss o/'B,OOO Acknowledged — Yankee Account of the Capture, of Fart Pillow. Amite, La., April 18th.—A New Or lean* extra of the 11th contains the fol lowing: “Grand Eoore, April 11, 1864.—T0 the New York Hoi aid, via Opt. Bulk fey, New Orleans: The advance guard of Gen. Banks’ army, comprising two brigades of cavalry, one of infantry, and four batter ies, was attacked by 20,000 rebels, near Mansfield, fifty miles this side of Shreve port and fifty miles beyond Pleasant, Bill, on Friday last, and compelled to yield to superior numbers. “Our forces fell back to General Emo ry’s division of the 49th army corps, which repelled the advance of the enemy and re pulsed him with great slaughter. Gen. Banks deemed it prudent to fall back to Pleasant Hill, where lie could choose his own position, and on Saturday about 5 p. in., met a renewed attack of the enemy with Emory’s and Smith’s troops. “He not only gallantly maintained liis own ground, but forced the enemy who wore 20,000 strong, under Kirhy Smith, to retire hastily and in the greatest dis order. We captured several pieces of ar tillery and a large quantity of small arms, their battle flags, and five or six hundred prisoners, including three lieutenant colo nel? and thirty line officers. “Our entire loss is three thousand: that of the enemy much greater. “General llansom, commanding the 13th army corps, was wounded, but is rap idly recovering. “Pol. Benedict, 162 New York, was killed. “The rebel Gen. Moulton fMouton) was killed. “Gen. Banks will advance again shortly. “[Signed] Jas. S Brbdjx, “tJ. S. A of Gen. EmoTy’s staff.” Sekatobia, Ap’l 10,—N. B. Wet more, of the Yankee navy, writes a letter to the Memphis Argus of which the fol lowing is a synopsis: “The combined forces of Maj Gen. For rest, Chalmers. McCulloch and Bell, num bering seven or eight thousand, madp an assault on our fortifications [at Fort Pil low] at six o clock, A. M. on the 12th j Our forces consisted of 250 whites and 350 blacks. The United States steamer New Era, lying off the fort, shelled the rebels and drove them from the position which they had gained on the south side of the fort. They again assaulted our works from the north side, where owing lo the timber it was impossible for the New Era’s guns to dislodge them; though a continual shower "of shell and shrapnel was rained down on them. The garrison was so small, and the reb el force so overwhelming, that the enemy earned our works about 3,30 P- M. and the gallant few trho were left alive were taken prisoners. , The gans of the fort qonsietod of two twelve-pounder howitsers, two ten pound er riflu guns, stud tvro ten pounder parrj&Ua —six pieces in ail. Maj. Booth and two captains of the oth IT. S. artillery, colored, were killed early in the tight, also tw6 lieutenants of the sixth were severely wounded. Cap tains Bradford and Porter, Adit. Lem mon, and Lieut. Barr, of the 13th Tenn. cavalry, were killed, and some others who could not be identified. Major Bradford commanding the pest, was ta ken prisoner, and is reported by the reb els as having been paroled, with the liberty ot their camps, and violating his parole by escaping last night, but 1 was told that he was taken out. and shot late in the evening. “Capt. Youug, Provost Marshal, whs taken prisoner, wounded and paroled, with the lib ty ot thetr camps, .and allowed to see his wife He says that our ibrees behaved gallantly throughout the whole action. Out loss in killed exceeds 200. He also stated that Gen. Forrest shot one of Ins own men for re fusing quarter to our men. “Lieut. Thomas Patterson, commanding the naval station of Memphis, sent the steamer Platte V alley with the United States steamer Silver Cloud in tow, with ammunition to Fort Pillow. When we arrived in sight of the fort the commissary and other public buildings, with some twelve stores containing private property, were in flames, and the rebels were seen moving about applying torches to the bar racks, stables and huts. . “We threw shells, Ac., for thirty uiinutesat detached squads. A flag of truce appearing, we ceased tiring, and sent a boat ashore. It presently returned with a communication from G e u- Forrest, saying that a large number of our wounded were suffering for want of proper care, and that, he would allow us to bury our dead end remove our wounded under flag of truce, but that we should not remove anything from the battle-field. Captain Fer guson knowing that our shells would explode among our wounded, causing greater lose of life, agreed to the proposal. Maj. Anderson, aid to General Forrest, drew up the agree ment, giving us possession of the fortifications and landings till 5 p. m., the flag of truce to end at that hour. The rebels were efficient and aided as much as possible our work. The wounded who were able to walk generally came down the bluff road, supported on either side by a rebel soldier.” The writer then appends a list of the woun ded sent on to Caiyo by the Platte Valiev, and remarks: “I know that in storming a fort where such desperate resistance is offered as was here offered many must fall; but, in this instance, it looks to me more like indiscriminate butch ery than honorable warfare. Now that the excitement is over, the thought of those char red bodies, together with the nausea caused by the stench of roasting human flesh and 200 or more dead bodies mangled, and the dying pleading for quarter, with distorted faces, bayonetted eyes and broken in Aulls 1 I am sick, and can write no more! Senatobia, April 18. —The Memphis Bulle tin of the 13th says a dispatch from Wash ington to Missouri, calls lor troops to be sent to the frontier as soon as possible. General Sherman had previously telegraph ed to Nashville to send on troops, saying not a moment should be lost: The Bulletin, of the 16th, is received. The headquarters of the left wing of the 16th army corps are at Athens, the headquar ters of the 2d division at Pulaski, wnd the headquarters of a detachment of the 4th di vision at Decatur, Ala. Brigadier General Dodge, of lowa, is chief in command. The steamer Hillman has arrived. She re ports Fort Pillow evacuated by the Confede rates. The Emma was fired into above the Fort. The direction in which the rebels with drew is not known as yet, although it is sur mised that they took' a Northern course from the. Fort.. The party which attacked the Emma? sup - posed to be the rear guard, kept up the bank of the riyer as far as could be seen. From-reports' that- reach ffs, we have no FQrrfc&t haa os yet re moved his headquarters from Jackson. * Since Forrest’s late operations a much lar ger number of refugees are flocking North wards than at any period since the beginning of the war. . TLe Bulletin says Gen. Steele is making a successful advance in the direction of Red River, and has no doubt be is by this time in Camden. The new State constitution has been ratified by the people of Arkansas in a vote of twelve thousand three hundred arid seventy. The opposition vote was two hundred and twenty seven. The Senators repaired to their room in 1 tie State House to organize on the 124 h—the number present was sixteen, one short of a quorum—but more will arrive TO-raorrow. All the districts will be represented but two. The Rep reseutifti vest' met in their hall. Allis is Speaker pro tem. Forty-two answered to their names—three more in town sick; it takes six more to form n quorum. The can didates for the IT. S. Senate are D. Butler, Q. T. Underwood, J. IJelera, Isaac Mills, Col, Allis, Dr. Beloatte, and W. D. Snow, of Pine Blulf. Dr. Kirkwood and C. T. Bayton, of fiittie Rock, Col. Pish back, of Fort Smith, Dr. Gregory, of Van Buren, and a dozen others of the members, were captured, and one is said to have been killed, on their way to Little Roek. The Hand-writing on the Wald. The New' York Herald says, editorially : What is the present condition of the country? In the midst of a gigantic war, draining the loyal States of hundreds of thousands of their most vigorous men, and thousands of millions ot money, we are enjoying a carnival of unbounded pros perity. On every hand extravagance, prodigality and speculation prevail.— Delirium reigns in Wall street, and among the giddy throngs of Broadway, and amid the splendors and the surging multitudes a t the great Fair; in a word, from the At lantic to the Pacific the madness of unlim ited treasures rules the hour. Glorious spectacle this, and yet a most fearful de lusion. It is like the feast of Belshazzar, while the legions of our irresistible enemy are gathering under the city walls, Tbt Tebpitobt of Mxsceguxu.—A New York paper cf last week has the following good bit : Tb© miscegenatcra may congratulate themselves that their premised land is already in sight. In the United .''laics Senate on Thursday, on motion of Mr. Wilkinson, of Minnesota, the word “whit*” wait stricken out of the bill establishing a tempo rary government for the new territory of Montana. This effeetnally brings the negro on an equality with the white inhabitant, and enables both races to cohabit alike under the orgeric law. In this view of this promising territory, would it not be mere appropriate to name it Miseegenia ? It is a mere euphonious title than the one proposed. Sen ator Sumner desired to know the meaning of the came Montana. He would labor under no igno ranee m that respect if the name we suggest should be selected. { From the Rebel-] I Kissed » Girl I hissed a girl the other clay, Exquisite pleasure in it ; Bnt she has stole my heart away, With love’s emotions in it. My breast’s as hollew as a shell, An empty void within it; Return my heart, dear Isabel, And place your own within it. • Acwgbth. “ “ • • ... mm . A large side-wheel steamer, with 4,000 stand of arms for the Rebel Government, had ran into I a leseo after having been driven off Galveston by onr fleet. Acwgbth