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4Ui,e lutows 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,” ,- • -1 i-: » m* • 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. ♦ *»■■ ♦ 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. i m ♦ -l- -- -- 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. ♦ » , [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. _ lAfi; ~ |.— 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. - „ . i Jar*** 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. apl 18 td 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. apl 13 dlw&wlm 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. apl 9 tde