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M» WABRGKj ■ • ■ Editor.
Monday Morning, April 25, 1864. •
The ftinuJugry of Federal Imprudence.
The N«r York Times in alluding to our cur
rency eeforni remarks thus:
“Orft Gorefament can practice no suchre
pudiating shifts as the rebel Government is
now essaying. There is too much principle
'JPILUI in the Northern people to tolerate na
tional turpitude ot that sort.”
We saw it stated a few days since, says the
Chronicle k Sentinel, that there is scarcely a
home in the North “In official circles” that is
not adorned with furniture, pianos, plate and
jewelry Stolen from people of the South ; and
it is a notorious fact charged by some'of their
own presses, that Butler while iu New Or
leans, acting under “national” authority, stole
enough money, plate, jewels, furniture, &c.,
from the innocent families in that wealthy
city, to freight several vessels to Boston, and
that the wealth which he has thus acquired
exceeds that ot ail the treasure ever seized by
pirates-on the seas. But that is merely pri
vate stealing a n<i robbery. There is no “na
tional turpitude” iu that —in the opinion of
Yankee judges,”
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A New York paper says that all the bodies of
the Abolition soldiers hastily interred in ditches
and trenches after the battle of Gettysburg, have
been removed to appropriate places in the National
Cemetery. The whole number is about 3,512, of
whom about one thousand were kuown.
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The National Debt.—The following curious
and suggestive calculations were read by Mr. John
Fair, the other day, before the Albany Democratic
Association : ‘
The national debt is stated to be $4,000j000,000.
It has been said that this debt is so great that it
is too vast for comprehension. Now, as a practi
cal man, I propose to weigh it and measure it, and
we may thereby obtain a more definite idea of its
immensity.
A silver dollar measures one and one-quarter
inches in diameter. Eight dollars placed edge to
edge will make one foot in length, twenty-four dol
lars so placed will make one yard in length, and
$42,240 so placed will make one mile in length.—
The earth is 21,600 miles in circumference, it
would, therefore, require $912,384,090 to go around
it. This vast sum must be multiplied by 4 and
4.10 to make it equal to the amount of our national
debt, which would make the silver dollars go
around the earth’s circumference four times, and
cover 8610 miles besides. Allowing a silver dol
lar to weigh an ounce, 15 to a pound, 2000 pounds
to the ton, our debt, would weigh 125,000 tons, and
would require 125 ships of 1000 tons burthen each
carry it.
It would make 52,500 truck loads of two tons
•ach, and calculating that eaoh truck load
will cover a space of 30 feet, they would stretch a
distance of 355 miles, and make a chain of trucks
which would encompass the great cities of New
York, Albany and Troy in an elliptical line. It
would tako a man 365 years and 40 days to count
the amount <of this vast debt, estimating that he
would count S6O per minute, working 10 hours per
day and 8 days a week.
Passover, or “Psach.” —This Jewish festi
val, the anniversary, of the departure of the
Israelits out of Egyjit, commenced on Wed
nesday evening. It is kept up for eight days,
and is observed by the Israelites in their reli
gious rites and partaking of the unleavened
bread.
The Baltimore Gazette, of the 14th, was
received Saturday. Gold opened at the Fir«t
Board, New York Exchange, on the 13th, at
The quotation at the Second Board
was 177f, and at 4 o’clock I7Bj|. A telegram
from from New York says : “Gold cloned one
hundred and seventy-nine /” *
The following is a summary of the general
news:
The Army of the Potomac is actively pre
paring for the new campaign. Brig. General
Torbett has been assigned to the command of
the First Division Cavalry Corps, and General
Wilson is to relieve General Gregg in com
mand of the Second Division ot Cavalry. - All
mounted men on duty at brigade and division
headquarters have been sent back to their re
spective regiments. Scouts report that Long
street, with the greater part of his army, has
reached Richmond.
It is reported, on what is said to be good
authority, that all the officers in the army of
Gen. Lee were ordered to send their baggage
to Richmond before the 19th inst,, as the road
would be needed after that date to bring up
reinforcements.
Dispatches from Cairo, 12th, state that
Forrest, with a large force, was again advanc
■ ing from Mayfield on Paducah, and that Fed'*
eral troops had been sent from Cairo to meet
him. The pickets at Columbus were driven
in on the 11th.
A Yankee scouting party was surprised by
guerillas on the 7th inst., 50 miles below New
Madrid. A lieutenant and sergeant were kill
ed, and nine others wounded. All who could
escape ran to the river, and hailing the steamer
Darling got on board and returned to New
Madrid.
The negotiations between the Emperor of
Austria and the Archduke Maximilian in re
gard to the succession to the Austrian throne
are. said to have terminated successfully. The
Confederate steamer Georgia was at Garronne,
rapidly refitting for sea. It is reported that
during her recent voyage she captured and
burned, in the Bay of Biscay, the ship William
Crampton, of New York.
A New York paper of the 13th, P. M., says :
The volume of currency has has been largely
increased of late, but the rise in all commodi
ties has been so much greater that the in
crease in the supply does not keep pace with
the demand. The rise in gold and sterling
has put prices up sharply—Flour §30:40 cts.
by.bbl. ; Wheat 5 cents. ''A monster specula
tion has been commenced in breadstuffs, extending
throughout the West. Sterling bills sold to
day at 192, the highest rate yet paid.
The Movement on Richmond.— The New
York Sun submits the following views of the
coming campaign;
It took General Grant nearly six months to
capture Vicksburg with an army of one hun
dred thousand men, aided by a powerful fleet.
Yet Vicksburg was only defended by thirty
thousand men, and was in no respect so thor
oughly fortified as Richmond and tts ap
proaches, upon the. defence of which the Reb
els can concentrate a force of two hundred
thousand soldiers. General Grant, it is un
derstood. does not anticipate the reduction of
the city by a sudden attack, but by a regular
siege and close investment, which may possi
bly continue through the entire summer, but
which Is certain of ultimate success. These
operations will necessarily involve some hard
fighting, but will also demand the highest gen
eralship.
Our Government is hurrying men to the
front from all directions. The thousands of
recruits that have been so long idle iu the re
ceiving depots and forts of this State aud city
have been ordered to the army, and the vete
ran regiments in the fortifications at Wash
ington have been sent to the front, their pla
| cc ‘B being supplied by the Invalid corps. Our
cstnnnte °f tour hundred thousand men for
uginia campaign is not excessive.
Tim Ljnclrbuvg O a.) Republican
leal ns from its country friends that the
peaches in that section have not been
killed by the late cold snap.
A Message to all Foaks. Jk
Standin on threat of a splitwbottoW
cheer, I exklaim in the land wage of Bah
Rice, Esq., “F-e-H»e-r sitizens !”
■Rein much extingwished considerashun
which hav been showered down upon me
like a Avylanch in times past, and here*
tofore, and before flow, and previus, I de
sire to disfcrak your 'attenshun on this
posthumous akkashun. -
In the fust place and fustly, I deem it
nay duty to inform you that tho Devil are
to pay, and be wont reseave Confederate
money. .It are tharfore highly necessary
for the peepul to git together and take
some akshun on the
.. kurbensy bill* •
My opinyun havin been solisited by all
mankind and some few others, and axed
for with tremengius anxiety by every body
else, I hav made it up with great care,
and done it up in a Georgy rag. Out of
kuriosity I hav weighed it, and find it are
heavy—very heavy—weighing some thirs
teen pounds, more or less, and bein a
opinyun as is a opinyun.
To relieve the public distress, I thar*
fore proseed to state, that the late Kurren
sy Bill are believed .to be that grate and
‘most monstrous’mall stroom which the
Gographys deskribe as aboundin on the
boast Os Norway, but which by some jug
glery or bokus pokus or sekret seshun
havresently been bought, and moved into
the Konfedrasy to swallow up all the mon
ey in sirkulashun. With a kind of whirl
igig lokomoshun, it are drawin the kur
rensy into its orful and greedy vortex,
leavm a man nothin to remind him of it
but a silky skrap of yaller paper which
has been dogtyped from a Hospital flag.
This Bill are the killsdevil of all trade,
and ought to bexasperate all them patriot
tic sitizens who hold their truck for high
er prices, as they will lose by it perhaps.
My opinyun are that some other Bill
mout hav been found, that would have
been better or worser. One mout hav
been diskovered on the koast of Afriky,
or in the Lake of Good Hope, or sumwhar
in the Mediturreenyan Mountings, but
kongress wer, I suppose, afreed to run the
blockaid atter it. If they had applide to
your distinguished and umble cumtumble
feller sitizen, I would have ondertook the
job. But alas! thej T didn’t. Onthekon
trary, they barred the doors, and shot the
winder blinds, and let down the curtins,
aud stopped up the key wholes, and went
into a place called
SEKRET SESHUNS,
which are perhaps a leettul the closest
kommunion ever established in a well
watered kountry. A Grand Jewry, or a
Masonik Lodge, or Know Nuthin Convene
shun arn’t a sirkumstance to it. It is a
thing what plots, and plans, and skeenis
for a few weeks, aDd then suddenly pokes
its head out like a catawampus and says,
Booh ! Then all the pop-eyed soaks run
about and say, Booh ! Booh !! And the
peasable, anti bullet sitizens begin to
tremble in the knees and say, Booh !
Booh !! Booh !!! And it keeps travelin
faster and faster, and growin bigger and
bigger, ontil it reach the Governor, and
he are konstrained to git on a fodder-stak
pole and say in a loud voise, Booh ! Booh !!
Booh !!! Booh !!!! B-o-o-o-o-o-h !!!!!
And this brings me to konsider for your
Edifikashun the
K-ONeK.UII'SIIUjN BILL,
which has so long deprived you of the
right to volunteer, and like a vampire
knawed away at your burnin and glowin
patriotism. Lookin through the horn of
my imaginashun, me thunks I see this
Bill repealed, and all the peepul of Geor*
gy, (what ain’t in the war) both old and
young, and big and little, a rushin to the
front in one galourious falanx, to offer up
their lives on the halter of Liberty.
Me thunks I see them, as in a horn,
crowdin the road and swimmin the rivers
and climin the mountings, exklamin with
magestik fury,
“We kum, we kum—ye have called us long,”
“We kum o’er the mountings—in a horn.”
But I forbear, feller Sitizens, to wrink
le your feelings by rekountin all the out
rages which the grand Catawampus at
Richmond hav puppytrated upon you.
Awaitin your thanks and adulashuns, I
would subside into my seet if I wer through
my message. But I must expashiate
sumwbat on the
CAUSE or THE WAR.
Some soaks say it was the Abolisunists
who got up this fuss. Some say they
dident —some say it was the pholytishuns
and some, it were a supernatural thing
called manifest Destiny. Some are of the
opinyun that the nigger wer at the bot
tom of it, and that ever sinse the Romans
carried the war into Afriky, Afriky have
carried it everywhere else. But my fel
ler sitizens, I tell you it wer caused ex
klusively by reason of General States
Rights goin to sleep one day, and old Col
onel Federalist came along and tried to
cut his ham string. I’m for the General
as long as I am on his staff and I am goin
to pitch into the old Colonel on every
okkashun. So now you understand what
brought on the war.
Feller citizens, do. you want peas ?
Are you tired of this protrakted struggle?
Then let me tell you my plan of niakin
PROPOSITIONS FOR PEAS.
Atter every viktry over our enemies,
let us hller out at the top of our voise—
peas ! peas !! peas !!! In the landgwage
of Patrick Henry, let us cry “Peas when
I thar is no peas.” What we shall holler
; after every defeat, this deponent sayeth
I not, and would like for you to say your
self if you know.
I am aware that Mr. Davis in his mesa,
sages, and Kongress in their address, and
our Generals in their offshal kom'rouhL
kashuns, hev all the time entreated our
enemies to let us alone, let us hev peas ;
and I am also aware that the Constitution
! say, that the Congress alone shall hev
the right to declare war and make peas,
but nevertheless, notwithstanding, I’ve
got a right to holler enuff or peas! peas! 1
if I want to, and I am gwine to .do it
I am now about to bring this impor
tant message to a klose. My ostensible
objek in adderssin you were the Kurren
cy Bill, which only giv the State of
gy until Crismus to fund her money in
0 per sent bonds.
Ferren that the Legislature might git
killed up before their regular seshun, I
have thort proper to agitate the subjek
j now and bring before you all the other
j monstrous paradoxes as side shows to the
! sirkus.
ft jyl - • -’.’RvriJ.
follers, I now descend irom.
«PHieer, and havin taken a chaw of
TBSaker, subskribe myself your feller
sitizin.
BILL ARP.
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111 Health of the President.—
A dispatch front Washington says:
Mr Lincoln's health was never . worse
than at present. lie is a mere shadow
‘of what he was a%ear ago; The cares
of office are evidently wearing upon, him
with fearful effect:** JJe is a man who
devotes his whole attention) night and
day to his official dutfes, allowing himself
no relaxation. His friends are alarmed
for his continued ill and insist
upon his allowing himself more leisure for
diversion from the distracting thoughts
that must press upon his brain
We hope the Abolition patriarch will
find it convenient to live yet a littlp while
longer. It would be a pity for him to die
before he witnesses the fruits of hissys-*
tern of politics and philanthropy. They
are developing very fast, even by North
era admission. Such a struggle, polit
ical, military, and financial, as the North
is now passing through, will require
more thau all the virtue that is possesed
by that people. It is no wonder that the
head-devil of the swelling Pandemonium
looks pale, care worn, and shadowy.
( Adv. & Reg a
The Enemy in the Valley.— The
enemy’s forces in the lower Yalley seem
to have been somewhat reduced of late
and they have drawn their pickets several
miles nearer the border. They however
appear to be guarding the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad with considerable vengence,
Messrs. Williams and Conrad and Rev.
Dr. Boyd, of Winchester, who were
seized a short time ago as hostages for
several Union men captured by Major
O’Ferral in Morgan co., are still in the
hands of the Yankees. They have been
put on parole in Martinsburg, but are
not allowed to leave the town.
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[From the Montgomery Advertiser.]
Alabama.
Dedicated to Col. Wm. F. Samford.
When the withered leaves were falling,
In the dreary autumn time,
Fled I, with my fading floweret,
To a milder, brighter clime ;
From the cold and cruel winter,
From the storm-god’s angry breath,
Seeking in a sunnier region
Respite from the monster, Death.
And in lovely Alabama,
Where the grand magnolia grows
With its leaves of shining emerald,
And its flowers like Alpine snows,
Where the groves were gay with warblers,
Where the peach pertumed the air—
Rested we—l and my floweret,
In this land so glad and fair.
There, God’s sunlight o’er the liill-tops
Streamed with soft, enlivening ray,
Down upon my drooping lily,
Driving pale disease away;
And the gentle, odorous breezes
Sweetly fanned her •waxen cheek
Till the joy of life came stealing
Back into his eyes so meek.
But ’twasnot the soft breeze blowing,
spring time’s fragrant breath;
Nor the golden sunbeams throwing
Dew-gems on each flowery wreath.
More than these—that kindly kindred
Open threw each heart and home,
And, with words of cheering welcome,
Cbasca away all thoughts of gloom.
“Alabama”—here we rested,
Like the Indian tribes of old,
With those friends whose loving kindness
Was more precious far than gold.
Alabama !—Alabama !
Brilliant land of love and flowers,
May the blooms be all perennial,
Ever bright, thy roseate bowers.
And may all our friends and kindred,
In thy joyous, genial clime,
Live ’mid gay and guileless pleasures, -
Feeling not the fall of Time,
May no din of war come nigh them;
Let the battles be afar !
May their hospitable homesteads
Ever rest ’neath peaceful star.
Alabama !—Alabama !
From Virginia’s classic shore,
Waft I greetings to thy children,
Peace and joy forever more!
Ne’er, perchance, again I’ll wander
By thy silvery, ripping streams,
But on wings of thought I’ll often
Visit thee—in beautious dreams.
Al.abama !—Alabama!
Ino more thy shores may rove,
But can time on distance sever
E’en the smallest chord of love
Which hath bound me to thy people
Like an adamantine chain ?
No, both time and distance strengthen
All until we meet again.
Meet again—and shall we ever
On this changing mudane sphere,
Meet again those gentle kindred
go admired, so loved, so dear ?
Ah ! fair Hope, with radiant finger
Points me to the blushing west,
“Yes! you’ll sigh again,” she whispers,
“Alabama—here we rest.”
Nannie Gray.
Danville, Va., 1864.
Good for Brtgbam.
A Northern despatch says a recent visitor of
Brigham Young, the Mormon Chief, gives the
following report of Brigham’s views on the
state of the country :
“You find us, said he, trying to live peace
ably. A sojourn with people thus minded
must be a great relief to you, who come from
a land where brother hath lifted hand against
brother, and you hear the confused noise of
the warrior perpetually ringing in your ears.”
Despite the courtly deference and Scriptural
dignity of the speech, I detected in it a latent
crow over that ‘perished Union/ which was
the favorite theme of every saint I met in
Utah, and hastened to assure the President
that I had no desire for relief from sympathy
with my country’s struggle for honor and ex
istence.
“Ah !” he' Replied in a voice slightly tinged
with sarcasm “You differ greatly, then, from
multitudes of your countrymen, who, since
the draft began to be talked of, have passed
through Salt Lake, flying westward from the
crime of their brothers’ blood.’'
“I do indeed.”
“Still, tiiev are excellent men. Brother He
ber Kimball and myself are every week invi
ted to address a traTh 'of them down at Emi
grant Square. They are honest, peaceful peo
ple. You call them ‘copperheads/ I believe.
But they are real, true, goed men. M e and
them very truth seeking, remarkably open to
conviction. Many of them have stayed with
us. Thus the £ord makes the wrath of man
to praise Him. The Abolitionists —the same
people who interfered with our institutions
and drove us out into the wilderness—inter
fered with Southern institutions till they
rfbroke up the Union. Bnt it’s all coming out
Frijfht—a great deal better than we could have
Arranged it for ourselves. The men who fiee
from Abolitionist oppression come out here to
our ark of refuge, and people the asylum of
God’s chosen. You'll all be out here before
long. Your Union’s gone forever. Fighting
only makes matters worse. When your coun-
becomfe^desolation, we, the saints,
‘ iis agstd give you a liome.”
a- JLECrRAFHIC.
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Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress m the year
1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Mobile, April'23.—We&teni dispatches re
port Banks retreating on Natchez
pursuing. Transports are coming out|of Red
River, loaded with the wounded. V
It is reported that the fourteen gunboats
that ran agfdund above Red river falls, had
been captured.
Official news received of the capture of a
gunboat on Yazoo river, carrying eight 24
pounders. The guns and stores were removed
and boat burnt.
Richmond, April 23.—Letters in the Chica
go Evening Journal, dated Ecoie 10th, say
that the Federal cavalry have met with d*eri
ous reverse at Pleasant Hill, De Soto Mgish,
with a loss of over 2,000 men, in ■bed,
wounded and missing, General Rawbrn,
commanding among the wounded.
The Peers have delivered judgment adverse
to the Crown in the Alexandria case, and dis
missed the appeal for judgment from the
courts.
Garabaldi was enthusiastically welcomed on his
arrival at Southampton.
Stanfield, implicated in the Mazzini conspiracy
against Napoleon, has resigned.
In the House of Lords, Earl Russell incident
ally referred to a spurious report that Secretary
Mallory had intimated, and that he was originally
led by Seward to accept the report as genuine ■
but, said the Earl, Seward states, having made
further inquiries, he finds it to have been alto
gether a forgery, of course.
London, Rome, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg,
Spain and France have agreed to recognize Max
imilian as Emperor of Mexico on his accession.
Lincoln in a speech at Sanitary Fair, in Balti
timore, referred to the massacre at Fort Pillow
and said that if confirmed, he would take retalia
tory steps.
Dalton, April 23d.—The enemy’s cavalry cap
tured twenty-four of our cavalry near Spring
Place, and killed the Lieutenant in command yes
terday.
Gen. Wheeler hearing of it ordered Col. Ross to
make a dash into their pickets in front of Tun
nel Hill at daylight this morning, which resulted
in the capture of thirty prisoners and the killing
of fifteen men.
The enemy are reported to be quite active at
Cleveland.
Fayetteville, N. C., April 22.—Governor
Vance spoke here to-day to an immense au
dience. The whole square was crowded with
ladies and gentleman.
In his speech, he showed that he had been
in advance of Governor Brown and Hon. A. H.
Stephens in opposition to the bill to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus.
He read a letter addressed to President Da
viS) protesting against the passage of the bill.
He also sent letters to Senators and members
of Congress.
He paid a handsome tribute to Vice Presi
dent Stephens. He showed that Holden was
not with Go ,r . Brown.
He read a letter from Gov. Brown in which
he said that a convention of any or the States
at present; looking- to separate State action
was unfortunate and injudicious, and would
tend to inharmonious action, &c., and said
that the only remedy was with the people and
their representatives.
He said he did not take a strong position
against the bill in his Wilkesboro’ speech, be
cause he went there to allay the excitement
of the people and pi'event bloodshed. For
this reason he did not * take strong grounds
against the bill, as he will before the Legisla
ture in May.
He showed that he was for peace, and lia<j
written to the President urging that measures
be taken to close the war by negotiations in
December last.
He said he had invited Holden to meet him
by appointment made for him by the people,
but Holden declined because he was a candi
date for principle.
His speech was well received, and immense
enthusiasm was exhibited by the people dur
ing its delivery,
Demopolis, April 23.—A dispatch from Gen.
Wirt Adams, dated Yazcfo City, Miss., April 22nd,
says :
A section of artillery and a detachment of sharp
shooters, under Col. Griffin, attacked and captured
that day near that place a gunboat while lying
near shore,'driving her men from the gnns and fi
nally tihe crew from the boat.
We removed her fine armament of eight twenty
four pounders, most of the valuable stores and then
burnt her to the water’s edge.
The captain and pilot were taken prisoners and
a number of the crew killed.
Our casualties small.
Another dispatch from Canton, dated the 22nd,
says Taylor has captured 7000 prisoners, 19 pieces
of artillery and 400 negroes in Louisiana.
Two hundred Yankee prisoners captured by
Forrest, at Fort Pillow, and by Cols. Evans and
Jackson, near Florence were brought here to-day.
Petersburg, April 24. — The truce boat from
Butler Point to-day, tarried but ten minutes and
brought no prisoners.
A French courier came immediately to Peters
burg and hastened to Richmond.
Great anxiety manifested here to learn particu
lars. y
4 t
This people of the North are destined jffibc but
little behind us on the score of prices. A letter
received from a lady in New York, and written but
a few weeks ago, states that calicoes were selling
; at $2 per yard, and other goods in the same propor-
I ti on - j
Lieut. Gen. Holmes, passed through Enter
prise. Miss., on the 7th inst.. from the Trans-
Mississippi Department, en route to Richmond.
Htyj|§)orts everything in good conditian on
| t huother side of the great river.
The Confederate Rams in England.—
The Mobile Tribune publishes what purports
to be a recent correspondence between Lord
Lyons and President Davis, on the subject of
Confederate rams, British neutrality, kc. If
gemiine, the letters are highly interesting, but
we rather suspect a hoax in the matter, Lord
Lyups' letter bearing date the first of April ,
and' President Davfs’ response not in exact
keeping, as to style and temper, with the pub
lic documents that emanate from his pen. It
is strange, too, that we first hear of them in
Mobile. On the whole, we have concluded to
give them the go-by until better assured of
their authenticity. —Savannah Republican.
Fresh Food for thf Cannon’s
Mouth. —The number of emigrants ar
riving last week at New • York promises
to exceed all precedent. On Monday,
1044 landed at Castle Garden; on Tues
-1793, making in two days a a total of
12842. - „ .
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CITY M .TIERS. !
T. J. JACK GM, Local Editor.
Answers to Letters.—Miss Ella Leland, at
Columbia, Ala., i* informed that there are no such
books as she wants to he had for love ot money.
Efitrod Johnson, at the same place is noti T
tied that the tobacco he writes for e an not be got ’
for less than $2,50 per lb. He will please seed i
forward the lard, butter and egg? for Mrs. S.
Ack NOWLEDGEMEXTsf—We are under obliga
tions to Mrs. McAllisterjyttrs. Judge Banning and
Mr. McDonald for books under our late call.
Srrpck with an JSnsA.—The other night in
elbowing our way through that sea of human be
ings as the Fair, we accidentally stumbled upon a
soda fount in full blast, illuminated by a "sperm’
candle. The disclosure was startling, and the en
quiry very naturally sprung up in our mind—
" When 6hall we three agaiu ?”
The Fate of Genius. —Waiving in this instance
only, a time-honored and wise press regulation to
give place to no communication not accompanied
by a responsible and authentic signature, we make
>room for the following, purporting to be a com
plaint from a ladytin reference to the great want
of public appreciation of literary subjects, as dis
played at social parties and popular gatherings.—
We hope our fair correspondent will draw conso
lation from the fact that her mishaps in thisdirec
tltfH are "by no means singular. “It was ever
thus—” in all ages, countries, generations and
climes, the fate of genius has ever been a precari
ous one—and like the course of true live, the ro/-
al road to learning has always proved a rough one.
This lady rejoices in the cognomen of Sallie Par
tington—by the way, a name of large literary
prestige—but at the same time disclaims all affin
ity to the renowned and redoubtable Ike. We beg
leave to differ with her on this point, however, as
there are so many marks of identity, between the
two that no discriminating mind can fail to dis
cover the relationship at once. Sallie, your apt
ness, pertinency and correctness of quotations from
masterminds, as well as the unmistakable trace# ot
powerful originality, will ultimately enable you
to triumph over the trivial embarrassments that
now enviTon you. In the inspiring language of
Julius Caesar, at the battle of Bunker’s Hill, “Be
sure you are right, then go ahead.” In your nex*
essay please give your real name :
Columbus, Ga., April 20, 1864.
Mr. Local —My Dear Sir :—(Excuse my em
phasis, hut—) With feelings at once over-wrought
and unstrung-—a heart like an "aching devoid,”
pitched to the high-pressure point of painfnl ecto
asy, I write to you, in this moment of try-all, to
relate the cause of my annoyance, feeling assured
that yon—you at least,, are capable of sympathi- j
zing in this peculiar class of regrets—regrets awa- /
kened by the unavoidable conviction that there is
a lamentable want of a proper appreciation of the
literati. For instance—l was in a room full of
company a few evenings ago, where some were
talking, some were dancing, or as Demosthenes so
beautifully expresses it, where many had come “to
chase the glowing hours with flying feet or as
Horace says, "to trip the light fantastic toe.” In
my part of the room the conversation turned upon
the Seasons (not Thompson’s but Nature’s) when
I, in a flush of enthusiasm, exclaimed, “There are
four seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and Win
ter—most persons prefer Spring, but as for me,
'give me liberty or give me death !’—as George
Washington said at the battle of Waterloo.” At
this outburst, every one present actually laughed I
not seeming in the least to appreciate the de*p
pathos of the sentimeHt. And now let me ask in
all confidence did you ever see such a want of
taste and appreciation ? Did you ever? After
wards I happened to quote that fine sentiment
which occurs in McGuffy’s Fourth Reader: "The
most unkindest cut of all,” when a lady present
had the assurance to differ with me! maintainiag
that this phrase originates in Byron’s addresss on
the impeachment of Warren Hastings !
Subsequently we were all engaged in playing
"criticisms.” A young gentleman present had just
taken the chair to he criticised, when wishing to
he especially complimentary, I said that he looked
precisely like—was, indeed, a “/act similar” of the
"Apollo Belvidere,” whereupon he got mad—that
is took a-fence; saying that he thought my re
mark was very uncalled for, and that he "did not
look any worse than anybody else!” Oh ! me,
thought I Shakespeare was right when he said
"Poeta nascitur—not fit.”
All this was too much for me,so exclaiming "0!
Temperance ! 0 ! Moses !” I left the room thinking
with Patrick Henry, that "blessed is the man who
invented sleep.” I retired.
Yours, much concerned,
Sallie Partington.
(No relation of Ike’s.)
P. S.—You will please excuse the liberty I have
taken in thus addressing you, but you have the
eyes of genius and I know that our tastes will con
geal on this subject. Meanwhile, should you see
any method of correctiug this wide-spreading evil
above mentioned, please suggest to the public, and
oblige Yourr, <fcc.,
S. P. (No kin to Ike.)
The Eagle Manufacturing Company of Co
lumbus, Ga., says the Chronicle & Sentinel,
still continues its good deeds and charitable
works. It employs several hundred opera
tives, and supplies them with bacon at fifty
cents; lard at fifty cents: meal at $1,60;
flour at fifteen cents ; chickens at fifty cents,
and other articles at similar prices.
The free school which the Company estab
lished some time since, and which we have be-
I fore made mentien of, is still earried on by
! them at their own expense. There are at pre
! sent over three hundred children in attendance
being fitted to become honorable and useful
members of society.
The example of the Eagle Company is a
praiseworthy one, and is worthy of a wide
imitation.
Tiie Alabama Supposed to be ©»
tfee lleslcan Coast.
A letter dated Aspinwall, 27th ult., says : ,
The steamer Orizaba, at Panama from San
Francisco, brings us the highly important and
startling intelligence that a suspi ;ious steam
er, answering the description of the Alabama,
had been seen off Acapulco.
It appears that she followed a coal ship
close into the outer anchorage at Acapulco,
so close, indeed, that she was distinctly seen
from the decks of the French blockading ships
of-war. As soon as the information was con
veyed to the Admiral of the United States
steamer Lancaster immediately got under way
and stood to sea, but failed to discover the
stranger, who, when last seen, was standing
to the northward, under easy steam, going not
more than five or six knots.
The French Admiral disclaims all knowl
edge of the vessel. The English have no
such craft in their Pacific squadron. The only
Spanish vessel of that class on the Pacific sta
tion is now at Calho. Hence who can the
stranger be ?
The United Slates steamer Lancaster, it was
understood would go to the northward in or
der to convoy the mail steamer Constitution
clear of danger, and will also warn the Golden
Age to be on the lookout.
AL\
By Ellis,
ON Tuesday, 26t
in front of our s
2,000 lbs. Fim
40 bbls .Salt,
2 boxes Choice Su t
Lot Glass Shades,
8 boxes Tobacco,
1 large Saratoga Trunk,
Lot Clo
Furniture, Carpets, Superior
Letter Paper, besides many ot. ge-T
; too numerous to mention.
; april 23d—$12
Notice to Planter*.
I am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Cotton Yarns,
SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR
Bacon Sides,
HAMS AI¥D SUOI LDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
dpi 18 2m Agent.
FOR PILLOW’S COMMAND.
HEAI'Qi;AKTfcnS OAVALSV,
Northern District Alabama, j
Lieut Eugene C. Gordon is authorized to raise a
Company ol Cavalry, to be attached to Brig Gen
Pillow s command. Ho may receive persons under
fP and over 45, or any others not subject toconscrip
tion. The company, when raised, will be paid
armed and equipped as other Cavalry in the Con
federate service.
By order of Rrig Gen PILLOW.
Jno C Burgh, A A G. ■
l am now absent from the Army of Northern Vir
ginia, by authority of the Secretary of War for the
purpose of raising this Company. All persons be
tween the ages of 17 and l&knd 45 and 00, are invi
ted to join this command, Wovided they are men of
ghod moral habits. UUI
Yt is earnestly desired that those ofus who asso
ciate ourselves together in this company mav atain
return to our homes with our morals unimpaired
Any person.desiring to join can do so by reporting
to any enrolling officer, or to Capt. Knight, fW*t
Marshal at Columbus, who is authorized to grant
Untll A ho sth da >l of May, at which time
they will report to me at office Post CommandauUt
r ' I,ur,,osc
-I oi i t • EL GENE C. GORDON
april 21 lw Lieut PAC S, Columbus, <L.
Xj. s. wxlioht,
successor to robinett & CO.,
Corner of Broad and Warren Streets, Columbus, tin.,
MANUFACTURER OF
Superior Caudles and Lard Oil,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
AfeNABURGS, Sheetings, Yams, etc., exchanged
for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, etc.
Tallow and Beeswax Wanted.
It is hoped that the liberal course which will be
adopted will secure a generous patronage,
april 20—lm
SUNDRIES! SUNDRIES!!
FINE LINEN PLAYING CARDS,'
KNITTING NEEDLES,
FINE STARCH, cheap by the box,
LARGE LOT OF ALMANACS,
FEW HANDSOME MARSEILLES v .
PATTERNS,
GENTS’ BEST LINEN COLLARS,
BALL SEWING THREAD,
LOT OF ASSORTED SPOOL COTTON,
GUN POWDER, SHOT AND CAPS,
VERY FINE CHEWING TOBACCO,
Call for these and other goods cheap at
O. R. STANFORD’S.
! apl 19 lw. No. 88 Broad Street.
|“ timflir
UNDER authority of the Act of the Confeder
ate Congress, and also of an Act lately passed
| by the legislature of Georgia, Books of Subscrip
tion to the Stock of the "Georgia Volunteer Navy
Company,” are now open at the office of T. K.
Bloom, in Macon, Ga., and to which subscriptions
are invited.
The State Charter is a liberal one, and the Con
federate Government offers to afford every facility
J n P owe D in the °f funds and exchanges,
to further the objects of the Company.
The Books of Subscription will "be closed on
Monday, the 25th instant, unless the stock be
sooner taken.
Capital $1,000,000 ; Shares $.500 each.
L. N. WHITTLE,
W. B. JOHNSTON
T. R. BLOOM.
Commissioneis, Macon, Ga.
Books will remain open for ten days.
Subscriptions received by J. M. Bivins, Agent,
at his office in Columbus, Ga.
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CvJue ]Tlan;ifactory.
GERSIGNED isprepared to fill all orders
Gr Xji XT h:
it !rai)ei^ or 9 ua lity. All orders must be add
to tne undersigned money enclosed, ,
ordered by Express, when orders will he filler
shipped with C. O. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO.
apr 15 Im
Special Orders.
Headquarters Georgia Reserve,
Macon, April 13,1864.
General Orders, No. 4.
I. Companies composing the Reserve Force of
Georgia as soon as organized at the Enrolling Head
quarters of each Congressional District, will imine
i diately rendezvous at the following points, with a
view to their organization into regiments and brig
| ades. Those companies organized at Macon, Col
umbus, Albany and Griffin, will rendezvous at Ma
! eon, and report directly to these Headquarters.—
Those organized at Atlanta, Cartersville, Athens
and Gainesville, will rendezvous at Atlanta, and
report to Brig. General L. J. Gartrell. Those or
i ganized at Savannah and Augusta, will rendezvous
at Savannah, and report to Brig. Gen. H. Pi. Jack
ison.
: 11. Companies organized and which have not re-
I • rted at the Headquarters of the District Enroh
ng officers will report directly and immediately at
points indicated, according to the respective Cun
gressional Districts in which they have been organ
j ized.
111. Transportion will be furnished by Post Quai"
tenoasters, upon the application of commanding
officers of companies, and every facility will be ex
tended to expedite the removal of the companies to
points indicated as the early organisation of the,
lorce is deemed of great importance.
IY. Orders and instructions for the election oft
Field Officers, as required by law, will be issued
1 due time.
By command of
Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB,
: Ft. J. Hallett, a. a. g.
i April 15—dbt.
WifTED.
i • WANT to hire one hundred N >i - ■ ;
' Ten Mules Teams, 4 or 6 males cays an.
Yoke of Oxen to get and haul lim<| 1 - y *
| road Bridge, over the Tombigbee nw, ne.i ■
to employ «<*.^CkPcatcn.’w!
HtoaVrbiiSond tanUh r.tioK an :
Ala., care ot SW. M-
M erri wether, Eng r p .BARKER,
Ag’t for A. L. Maxwell.
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For Judge ofi Prolate. f
We are authorized to announce GEOR' E
WADDELL, (the present incumbent! for ri -' b l ’'^ 1
to the office of Probate Judge of Russe!' ot
Ala. Election Ist Monday in May.
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