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gin Columbus dimes.
j. \¥. WARRGai. - * - liditor.
Thursday Morning, April 28, Hi.
How Ridiculous.
The marginal note appended to Judge Long-
Btroet’s communication yesterday, exhibits
most truthfully the ridiculousness of Gov.
Brown’s proposition to offer terms of peace to
the enemy after every Confederate victory.
According to the Governor's recommendation,
as Judge Longstreet suggests, we would now
have some half dozen commissioners in Wash-,
in g ton, or on the way thither. Os course they
w ild he well received and patiently heard.
"W at nonsense! We trust that even the Gov
ernor now appreciates the silliness of his
pr position.
Erratum. —In the communication of Judge
Longstreet, published yesterday, in the second
column, just after the quotation from the
Governor’s Message, read “e«w and grace” in
the place of “sense and grace.”
We learn from the London Index that the
Southern Prisoners’ Relief Fund under the
control of a committee of merchants have col
lected in Europe, in the last twelve months,
nearly $15,000, which sum has beeg expended
in relieving Confederate soldiers confined in
Yankee prisons. The managers of the fund
arc assisted in their efforts V ladies in the
Northern cities, who visit the sufferers and
give them such aid as the means at their dis
posal admit of.
A gentleman, say* the Meridian Clarion, of
the 21st inst., who reached Brookhaven yes
terday, from the Trans-Mississippi, telegraphs
a friend at this place, that Banks’ defeat ter
minated in a disastrous rout, only equaled by
the famous Bull Run rout, of July, ’6l. The
fight began on the 11th and ended on the 14th.
The Government appears to us to be pur
suing a very unwise course, says the Mont
gomery Advertiser, towards the mechanical
interest of the country. It is well known that
the enemy has had great advantages over us
from its superior mechanical resources. It
was our clear policy therefore to have encour
aged this indispensable branch of industry, at
any cost. Force is a very necessary thing
when no other means will answer the purpose,
but this is one of the subjects that is too deli
cate in its nature to be thus treated. Mechan
ics should be paid such wages as will not only
encourage them to work for us, but to leave
the enemy and come to us. The Yankees
have no doubt weakened us by adopting a
more liberal policy in this respect than we
have done.
Industrious Prisoners, —About five thou
sand rebel prisoners are confined at Fort Del
aware, in ccfnnection with three hundred and
thirty-five officers. Among this number can
be found Jeff. Thomson and Basil Duke. The
time is occupied by the rebels in manufactur
ing of fancy articles, among which can be
found some very handsome fans. It is said
that some of the men average $2.60 per day,
and that so well are the inmates pleased with
their quarters and fare that they prefer re
maining inside of the Fort to being liberated
and thrown on the world to earn a living out
side. There appears to be the best of feeling
existing between the prisoners and those who
have them in charge.
Don Cakios Buell.— Speaking of the ap
pointment of the Federal General Buell to the
command of the department of Ohio, the Lou
isville JournalS&ys: “Our special correspon
dent at Chattanooga telegraphed to us on
lhfivsday that it was positively asserted there
that Gen. Buell is to take command of the De
partment of Ohio, headquarters for the pres
ent at Knoxville. We should rejoice to see
tnat great military leader again in the field,
from which he ought never to have been with
drawn. The service has great need of his sa
gacity, coolness, judgment, far-sightedness,
a rul immense power of combination.
Gen. Buell, after having served his country
as faithfully as any man ever did, has been
scandalously ill used. He has been too proud
to murmur, but we ail know how keenly his
gioat spirit must have suffered. Ilis eagle
soul has pined and chafed in his exile from
the theatre of glorious action. If he shall not
be assigned to an important command, he will
make his enemies ashamed of their calumnies
and persecutions.
The Mississippsan says it finds as yet no
material change to note in the prices of the
necessaries of life in Selma, and adds : “There
is, however, a disposition among some of our
merchants to reduce prices, which we hope
the\ may be able to do as soon as the country
recovers from the effects of the late chillin
rams, and the circulation of the new issue be°
comes more general”
The New York Herald, *of Monday, the 18th
inst., is received. There was not much speculating
in gold on the Saturday previous. Only about
$53,000 changed hands at $1,73 @ 173£. The
Herald, in its review of the week, says :
The past week has been one of extraordinary ex
t veeTu rJdTfit 11 i C i rCICS - ' GoM fluctuated be
tween l, 1 and 180, at times rendering the SDeou
lators almost wild, and a panic seiJd the stock
market and nearly broke down every share in the
cent h ,p, <lecll, ? e ranging between 5 and 20 per
tent. Ihese circumstances, added to the extraor
dinary visit of becretary Chase to this* city, the
suspension of the gold certificates, the announce
ment by the Secretary of the Treasury, that the
currency was being contracted, the bill in the
t uited States Senate in relation to the traffic in
com, and the Government tax bill, which has been
reported m the House of Representatives, all tcud
ed to make up a most extraordinary week of im
portant incidents, affecting commercial and finan
.
quiet will be allowed to succeed, and that mon
etary matters may bo permitted to resume
their former positions. The time for the great
closing crisis has not yet arrived, and until it does
it behooves us to be as calm as possible, and pro.
pare our nerves for the crash that these small
events merely foreshadow.
Disrespectful.—A conundrum was
out at a New Orleans theatre:—
hy is Mr. Lincoln like an owl in the
daytime?” the answer to which was: “Bes
cause he was A’blinkim.” A soldier,
with his and his companion’s rations of
whisky in him, hiccoughed out, before
the answer could be given: Because he is
a .^~ u f°°k The soldier spent the
night, m meditation of the President’s
capacity.
Another Arrival!—*We have the
pleasure of announcing that another fine
steamship has entered a Confederate port
T!ie Income sax fas' 5864. j
The following is an official copy ol the |
Jncorno Tax Ac., which is published lor ;
the benefit of Tax payers:
An Act to levy and collect a tax on the
net income and profits of all persons and j
corporate bodies, and net profits of all per
sons making incomes by purchase or sale
of any property, real or personal; upon
the net income of all Express Companies
Railroad Companies not exempt by their
charters from taxation, Insurance Coni'
panies, Brokers, Auctioneers, all persons
engaged in the manufacture of iron and
salt and cotton dealers and upon all profits
arising from the sale of goods, wares, mer
chandise, groceries, and provisions; also
on the income profits of all persons c.n
corporate bodies engaged'in the manufac
ture of cotton and woolen goods; in the
tanning and sale of leather, and tnu mans
ufacture and sale of any other articles
made thereof; in the distillation and sale
of alcohol or spirituous liquors from grain
of any kind, or from any other article ;
and to appropriate the same and to punisn
all persons as may fail to give in their
income or net profits, and for other purs
poses.
Section 1. The General Assembly of
Georgia do enact, That all persons aud
jodies corporate in this State, all persons
making income by purchase or sale of
any property, real or personal, all keeps
ers of hotels, inns and livery stables, exs
companies, railroad companies, not
exempt by their charter from taxation;
insurance companies, brokers, auctioneers,
all persons engaged in the manufacture
of salt, all persons engaged in the sale of
of goods, wares and merchandise, grocer
ries and provisions, all persons corporate
engaged in the manufacture and sale of
cotton and woolen goods, in the tanning
of leather, and in the manufacs
ture and sale of any article made thereof,
and all persons in the distilla*
tion or sale of alcohol of spirituous liquors
from grain of any kind, or from any other
article, when they make a return of their
taxable property shall make a return un.'
der oath of the net income or profits which
he,she or they may have made respectively
insale or manufacture and sale of any of
the articles above enumerated, and in the
conducting of any other business afore
said, from the first day of April, 1863,
to the first day of April 1864, over and
above 8 per cent, on the capital employed
in his business.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in
all cases when the net incomes and profits
over and above the eight per cent on the
capital stock so excepted as aforesaid are
ten thousand dollars or less, the tax shall
be five dollars for every’Tiundred dollars;
upon all sums not less than SIO,OOO nor
more than $15,000,71 dollars upon every
$100; upon all sums not less than $15,000
nor more than $20,000, $lO upon every
$100; upon all sums not less than s2o,'
000 nor more than $30,000, $12,50 up
on every $100; upon all sums not less than
$30,000 nor more than $50,000, sls up
on every $100; upon all sums not less than
$50,000 nor more than $75,000 $17,50
upon every $100; upon all sums not less
than $75,000 nor more than SIOO,OOO
S2O upon every $100; upon all sums of
SIOO,OOO and over, $25 upon every SIOO.
Sec. 3. That if any person, (or bodies
corporate) embraces! in the first section of
this Act, shall fail orTcfuse to make a re
turn of his or her, or their profits, made
or realized as aforesaid, he, she or they
shall be held to be guilty of a high mis
demeanor, and on conviction thereof shall
be confined at hard labor in the Peniten
tiary for any time not less than one year,
nor more than five vears. and the Receiver
of .1 ax Returns shall assess a double tax
on all taxable income of such delinquent
as. far as he may be able to ascertain upon
diligent enquiry.
Sec. 4, That if the officers of any body
corporate, whose duty it is to make the
returns required by the provisions of this
Act, shall fail or refuse to make just and
proper returns of all profiits or net incomes
made by said corporation, or shall enter
and change the profits in the extension of
stock and not as profits or otherwise, so as
to deieat the object of this Act, such offi~
cci or officers so offending shall be guilty
of a high misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion .thereof, shall be confined, at hard la
bor in the Penitentiary for any time not
less than two or more than six years, and
that the said Receiver of Tax Returns
shall assess a double tax on all taxable in
come of such delinquent, a3 far as he may
be able to ascertain the amount, upon dil-
igent enquiry.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the
several Tax Receivers of this State, to
prosecute all parties who shall fail, refuse
or neglect to give in their tax as required
by the provisions of this Act, or who they
may have good reason to believe have not
done the same in good faith.
See. 6. All conflicting laws are herebv
repealed.
Assented to Dec 14, 1563.
Lincoln iias an Interview with
Thompson.— -The British abolitionist,
Thompson, is spending his time in Wash>
ington, in dining with Seward, Chase,
Lincoln & Cos. An interview with Lin
coin is thus described. *
George Thompson had an interview
with President Lincoln, Friday, which
was satisfactory to both parties. In the
course of the conversation the President
said, ia reference to the emancipation
proclamation, that the paramount idea
of the Constitution, was the preservation
of the republic, and that he had never for
a moment doubted the right and the pows
er of the Executive to issue such a proc
lamation whenever it was manifest that,
like a patient’s diseased limb, life could be
saved only by amputation. Public sens
tinient had advanced slowly but surely,
and he had moved, just as fast as it seems
ed to him he could move and be sustains
ed. He could not have felt justified in
the emancipation issue untill all other
means of restoring or preserving the Re
public had failed, and he had no con
sciousness of having trauscended his pow
er. ‘‘l do not see’ said he “how any man
standing my shoes could have done other
wise thsu» I have done.”
At the close of the interview he invit
ed the party into the State dining room
to see the painting commemorating the i
first reading of the proclamation to the
Cabinet, now executing by Mr. Carpenter,
of New York. i
Prices in New York.— The follow
ing commercial summary from the New 1
York Times of the 12th inst. will .be read
with interest. It is only a foreshadow
ing, however, of that which is to follow,
should the Yankees persist in the prose
cution of this war: .
The live stock markets are all excited
here this week. A short supply was ie
ported one week ago, and the receipts arc
still light. About 2,300 cattle were on
sale at Allerton’s yesterday—besides some
head were sold there fn ay an
Saturday. Prices are now the highest
ever yet obtained in this city, good fat
bullocks commanding 16a17c per pound
for the meat, while scarcely anything
goes for less than 14c. Sheep are *c
higher and hard to get any price.
*Breadstufis were in active demand yes*
terday, mainly on speculation, at a further
material rise in prices of the principle
kinds. Provisions were also active, and
hog products higher. Whisky and tal
low were freely purchased and were deal-,
er. Groceries were quiet. Cotton. was
in fair request and bouyant. Freights
were extremely quiet aud depressed.
Confirmation of Confederate
Generals. —The Chattanooga Rebel
says:
Bishop Elliott of Georgia, visited Pals
ton on Wednesday the 20th. On the oe*
casion of his visitation, the Rev. Dr.
Quintard presented a class for confirma
tion. Among those who thus avouched
the Lord to be tlieir God, were four of
our Generals to wit:
Lieut. Gen. Hardee.
Brig. Gen. Strahl.
Brig. Gen. Shaup.
Brig. Gen. Govan.
It is a glorious thought that the lead-*
ers of our hosts thus go forth to battle
with the benediction of the Church of
’Christ upon them.
Price of Gold. —The Cincinnati Com
mercial of the 13th, in its monetary ar
ticle says:
Among the purchases of gold here, it is
noticed that considerable portions have
been taken for certain mysterious uses in
the South Some persons have gravely
and repeatedly asserted that the actual pur
chase of gold throughout the North have
been made by parties in the direct inter
est of the rebels and at the instignation of
their leading minds, both North and South
for the express purpose of controlling it
and prostrating the credit of the Governs
ment. This information has been given
by some who profess to know. If it has
any foundation in fact, the undertaking is
undoubtedly a heavy one, but not impossi*
ble if capital enough is only thrown into
the enterprise. Whether a “pool ’ large
enough to answer the purpose can be made
seems scarcely credible; but that there
are parties who have the heart to under*
take such a thing, with reasonable show
of success, there can be no question; and
if it can be achieved, it certainly could
be ranked as a master stroke of rebel poli
cy. In the pursuit of such an object it
would be within the compass of a combi*
nation to effect it, to make it remunerative;
hence, the greater inducement for its at-
I tempt.
A Scene la sSae Yankee Senate.
The Yankee Congress is growing belli*
cose. Darin" tne debate on the fishing
bounty system, Mr. Cowell, of Kentucky,
moved that the bounty oj repealed, and
indulged in some severe denunmY ItIOUS 01
New England, when followed the follow
ing passage or arms:
Mr. Chandler, of Michigan, said he
would not defend the Committee of Com*
f ” of the Senator
merce irom the onsiau & ~-
from Kentucky. He Would not coild? -
scend to do so. He was proud, as the
Chairman of that, committee, to have the
abuse. He had voted heretofore fur his
expulsion as a friend of traitors.
Mr. Powell wished to understand wheth
er the Senator called him a friend to trait
ors now?
Mr. Chandler rose to reply amid cries
of <; order.”
Mr. Powell said if the Senator said he
was now the friend of traitors, his state
ment was false and untrue. [Criesiff
“order.”] The Senator was not one for
whom he had a personal respect.
Mr. Chandler rose to reply.
Mr. Powell refused to yield, as what he
said was of such a character that a man of
honor and a gentleman could not reply to
in this chamber. [Sensation.]
Mr. Chandler said if there was a man
on God’s earth lie had ceased to have re
spect for, it was the gentleman from Ken
tucky (Mr. Powell) since the rebellion had
broken out. His own and the Senator’s
feelings were, therefore, mutual.
. Mr. Powell said : Nothing more could
be expected from .
There was some talk of a hostile meet
ing between Mr Powell and Mr Chandler,
but the probabilities, says the correspon
dent of the New York Fearld, are that
with reflection will come regret at the ill
temper displayed, and the two senators
will, at their next interview, fraternize, as
if oblivious to the threatening demonstra
tions.
Popping the Question, —One evenin’
I was setten by Hetty, and had worked
myself up to the stickin’ point, sez I:
“Hetty, if a feller should ask you to
marry him, what would you say ?”
Then she laughed, sez she, “that would
depend on who asked me.”
Then, sez I, “suppose it was Ned WiL
lis ?”
Sez she “I’d tell Ned Willis and not
you.”
That kinder staggered me; but I was
too cute to lose the opportunity, and so I
sez agin, suppose it was me?”
And you ought to have seen her pout
up her lip, and sez she—
“l don’t take no supposes.”
Well, yon see there was nothin’ for me
to do but touch the guu oft’: so bang it
went.
Sez I, “Lor’ Hetty, it’s me; won’t you
say yes?”
And there was such a hullaballo in my
head, I though I heard a ‘yes’ whispering
somewhere out of the skirmish.
The Burnside Expedition—lts Destina
tion Solved.— lnformation received in official
quarters yesterday dispels the doubts as to
the probable point from which the great
Burnside armada is to commence its opera
tions against Richmond. On Wednesday ten
gunboats and three transports ascended the
Rappahannock v r smu;. ; A
ry. ten miles in i v
county. They were »■* .!.•.<<,<. “ l “
chine known as the “u' vii. •- - un
ployed in fishing for torpedoes. \ ware’s
ferry they landed some three bun . eJ men,
and are evidently making preparations for the
landing of a considerable force. Information
gathered from another source, deemed relia
ble, however, states that a large number of
transports, filled with troops, were lying oft
the mouth of the river on Wednesday morn
ing. ■
The distance from Tappahauuock to Rich
mond is forty miles, and the distance from
Boulware s ferry is not much greater.
[Richmond Dispatch , 22 and.
'EELBOB.AFEIO.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Confress in the year
1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk s office ot
the District Court of the Confederate States lor
the Northern District of Georgia.
Nouile, April 27. —dTic New Orleans Era of
the 20th contains a laborious article to prove that
the Confederates were as equally beaten as the.
Federals,
It is severe on the rebels calling them trained
liars.
It also states that Banks’ army sustained great
losses but is in good spirits.
Gen. Maury’s‘staff from Fort Pike with a flag
of truce reports that the Federals claim a drawn
battle. Others admit the defeat of Banks.
New Orleans papers are difficult to obtain.
Dalton, April 27. —Brownlow’s Yankee eavalry
300 strong, ddshed into Spring Place this morning,
but beyond capturing citizens effected nothing.
This was nothing more than a reeonnoissanec
of the route by which the enemy will advance.
We hear nothing of further movements in the
direction of Lafayette.’
Weather quite warm.
Richmond, April 27.—N0 sign yet of the flag
of truce boat with returned prisoners which was
expected last week.
Members of Congress are arriving quite slowly.
It is believed not more than a hare quorum will
be here Monday.
The President’s message will be quite short.
The city is very quiet to-day.
No news or rumors.
Weather clear and warm with indications of a
storm.
DEMOroLis, April 28.—This morniDg a loco
motive belonging to the Selma & Demopolis R. R.,
with three freight ears laden with corn, became
unmanageable and plunged down the river grade,
throwing one car into the Bighee river and
others off the track, causing a general smash up.
No lives lost.
Orange C. H., April 27. —Mosby surprised a
picket post of 40 men near Hunter’s Mill, Fair
fax county, on Friday last, capturing six men
and eighteen horses ; the rest escaped. During
the day the enemy pursued Mosby re-capturing
four horses and taking Lieut. Hunter, of Cos. A,
and wounded Lieut. Nelson of the same com
pany.
A fight between Mosby and the Yankees oc
curred near Leesburg Monday week in which the
Yankees lost 3 killed and 7 wounded. Our loss
one man wounded.'
All the Yankees have left the Valley.
Most of them are coming to reinforce Meade.
Averiil has gone to Southwestern 'Virginia on
a raid.
Meade is receiving reinforcements over the Al
exandria Railroad. v
Consignees per M. & G. It. It. —Maj. Hum
phries, Allen Dillard, Capts. Cox and Cothran, A.
J. Jones, Dr. T. J. Word, Richard Burt, Dillard
& Cos., Eagle Factory, D. Oldraham, A. A. Heard,
Mrs. Grimes, Spencer & Abbott, J. S. Key, Chas.
Roserstill, M. G. & Cos., J. Oolbert.
[From the Memphis Appeal.]
'Oie €4i*«af Victory iu Loiiislaaa
Coafirmed.
o mnv of the Louisville
We have recci»«,_ _ r</
Journal, of last Thursday (21st of April),
which contains a telegraphic summary of a
etter in the Chicago Tribune, relative\ ft thn
in Louisiana. We regarj
confirmatory of our most sano- u p- „ as
- rrn„ ww tn r, rh '„ h ° expecta
tions. «. v ....... ... _ _ r ? ier > IS dated ,
Grand Ecore, April 18th. It describes i'«w
the Federal cavalry had been driving the reb
els before them for three days, how they ob
tained advantages in each skirmish, which
urged them on and on, how on the forenoon
ot the 3d day the tide seemed to change, and
from this forward Jie victory changed front
altogether. Gen. Stone (of the famous battle :
of Leesburg notoriety, now serving as chief
of staff to Banks,) was in command, and sent
back for reinforcements. General Ransom
came up with a whole division and on the
moining of the 4th day of this desultory
fighting, the two opposing armies were drawn
up in a line of battle in opposing woodlands
with an open field intervening. The firing
began rapidly with musketry and artillery
“when,” says the writer, “it wab disclosed that
the rebels outnumbered us three to one.” At
this critical juncture Geu. Ransom proposed
to withdraw, but Gen. Stone swore lie would
do nothing of the kind, and the battle contin
ued in furious earnest. From this point of
the narrative we vfill copy verbatim the words
of the letter-writejr :
“Our line consisted only of four thous
and cavalry and two thousand infantry. For
a time the firing was at long range, but the
enemy, commanded by Kirbv Smith and
Walker, pressed us. as they discovered the
inequality of force. Here .again the wise
counsel of Gen. Ransom was set aside He
was in favor of charging in force ; but Gen.
Stone refused. On came the rebels. Ransom
got all the troops forward that he could and
received them gallantly, but overwhelming
numbers could not be withstood; and our
ranks gave way, flying in every direction.
“During the advance the enemy lost heavi
ly, but still pressed steadily. Our cavalry
first broke, and then the infantry fell back.
In*a very few moments the panic in the cav
alry became so terrible and the onset of the
enemy so impetudus that the retreat grew into
a rout. Gen. Ransom did all he could to rally
the. men, but in vain. He then tried to save
the artillery, and fell mortally wounded by the
side of his faithful guns. Gen. Stone fled the
field.
Our loss is not less than 2500 killed and
wounded. We lost all our artillery and
g age. . * °
While the 4th division was retreating in
disorder, the sth division came up and was
immediately routed. Finally the 19th army
corps, 7000 strong, came up and formed into
line. It checked the advance of the rebels
for a time, but even it was forced back upon
Grand Ecore, where the whole artny will be
reorganized before we can move again. The
entire affair is fearful, and unless°we get re
inforcements, this section is anything but se
cure.”
The above account fully corroborates all
that we have anticipated, and sheds new lus
tre upon the dashing hero, who is to restore
us New Orleans and the great valley of the
Mississippi.
The Confession of an Abolitionist.—J n “A
Trqi to Cuba,” written by R. H. Dana, Jr., of Bos
ton, an out and out Abolitionist, he is forced by
being urought into contact with the negro, to make
this confession:
“The rfegro of the North i3 an. ideal negro; it is
the negro refined by white culture, elevated by
white blood, instructed even by white iniquity
Ihe negro among negroes is a coarse grinning flat,
footed, thick-skulled creature as Caliban, lazy as
the laziest of brutes, chiefly ambitious to be of’no
use to anybody in the world. lie ha* but the tan
gible instincts of :t; reatures—love of life, of ea=e
ot qnsprmg. j a , . must go to school to the
wmte rate, a > m must be Inn® ar ,j
borious. N : o saw suggested to sis the
unwelc ... . i compulsory hA yp e
not better t.r.m none.”
CITY MATTERS.
T. J- Ji€KsOJf, Lotal Editor-
Appeal to Hie Warm-liearted.
Allow me to direct you where you cun with little
attention do a great kindness. The tree schools
of this city will, in common with other schools,
have a gala day the first of May. Now do you
know there are many, very many orphans in this
school? Those whose fathers have been killed
in our battles, and many there are whose fathers
are still fighting for us. The mothers of these
children earn a scanty subsistence by making sol
dier’s- suits. Their dinner often consists of a poor
pie or cake boughton the sidewalk. Will you not
be qlad to give these little oues a holiday least .
To the petted child of wealth it would soon t e tor
gotten, but to these children it will be a day long
to be remembered. .
Besides our Saviour lias saul, 1 W hen thou
makest a feast call the poor, and thou shalt be
blessed, for they cannot recompense thee: but
thou shall be recompensed at the resurrection ol
the just.” . , _ ,
Contributions will be received early Saturday
morning at the. African Baptist Church,
apr 26-21*
Col. 0. S. Holland— We regret to learn that
this gallant officer of the 37th Mississippi, got his
leg broke at Pollard, on the 25th, by the falling of
his horse under him. This news will cause regret
to his many friends in this section, but we trust
that lie may soon sufficiently recover from the ac
cident to again be at the post of duty. He is as
true as steel.
Particular Notice. —Government employees
or detailed men in our city are referred to general
orders No. 10 from Col. Robertson, Commandant
Post in reference to the matter of furloughs. Such
employees between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45
and 50, are required to be enrolled. Strict atten
tion to these orders will save trouble.
Encouraging. —We learn that Judge McKen
dree has bean enabled to purchase a considerable
amount of bacon on Government account at the
rate of $2,00 per lb. Such a spirit of sacrifice on
the part of those who have this necessary article
to sell speaks well for the success of the country,
as it shows that we will bo able to feed the army.
We trust that there may be a still further de
cline.
At Auction—See advertisement of Rosette,
Lawhon, <fc Cos., who propose to sell on Wednesday,
4th May next, a splendid assortment of household
and kitchen furniture.
Shingles Wanted. —Maj. Humphreys gives no
tice that he wishes to contract for 150,000 shingles
to be delivered in this city at once.
A Sudden Transition. —Winter seems to have
merged suddenly into summer without the usual
interregnum of Spring. Yesterday was sufficiently
warm to bring summer clothing into requisition.
The Action of Council. —The Committee ap
pointed by Council to devise and report upon some
practical mode of administering to the poor, have
made their report, which will be found in the pro
ceedings of that body in our paper of to-day. The
whole number of families recommended as bene
ficiaries for city aid is reported at one hundred and
fifteen. We are truly glad the Council has taken
this subject under consideration, and from the
character of those composing the committee, we
feel satisfied that much suffering will be relieved
by this timely and philanthropic move.— Enquirer.
From the Army of the Potomac. —The
Herald of the 18th, says that the news from
the Army of the Potomac is interesting, if not
important. All traces of the recent storms
have passed away, and the weather is bright !
and beautiful.
Deserters from General Lee’s army say that j
the utmost vigilance and activity prevail there.
Mosby made another raid on Saturday near
Fairfax Station, capturing a train. He burned
twenty wagons, and carried off the horses.
General Kilpatrick took an affectionate
farewell of his cavalry division Sunday morn
ing, and proceeded to the West to re^ ,, " i
~ Sherman at N n ~'
„ divine. His depar
uajuv* Iw she troops who
was ueepxj
Lad SorVed lon S undei ' him. It is said that
Patous to his leaving, a message reached
Jam under a flag of trace, from Gen. Lee in
quiring whether the orders found upon Colo
ue 1 Pahlgren, *s published in the Richmond
papers, were authentic ana authorized by him.
General Kilpatrick replied bitterly and indig
nantly in the negative.
I Resolutions of Anderson’s Brigade.
Camp near Zollicoffer, E. TANARUS., 1
April 13th, 1864. /
At a meeting of General G. T. Anderson’s
I Georgia Brigade, to express the views of the
Brigade in regard to the recent message of
Gov. Brown arid the action of the Legislature
at, its called session, Gen. Anderson was called
to the chair, and Lt. Col. Magruder, Bth Geor
gia, to act as Secretary. The object of the
meeting bekrg stated, a committee of three
from each regiment, to-wit: Captain D. Scott,
Sergt. J. Shelton, Private A. H. Brantley, Bth
Ga.; Capt. G. W. Sparks, Sergt. A. Simmons,
Private S. B. Odom, 51th Ga.; Captain Geo.
Kimbrough, Sergt. A. E. Williams, Private J.
C. Pittman, 11th Ga.; Captain J. G. Webb,
Sergt J. H. Allen, Private Yofing, 9th
Ga.; Lieut. A. J. Rowe, Sergt. J. T. Petty,
Private P. F. \ ork, 7th Ga., was appointed to
draft suitable resolutions.
During the absence of the committee the
assembly was entertained b> Captain J. Y.
Wood, 11th Ga., who delivered a pithy and
stirring oration, on the questions before the
meeting. Capt. W., being a member of the
present Legislature, was well posted as re
gards the doings of Gov. Brown, and the hon
orable body of which he wa3 a member. The
Committee, having returned, reported the
following preamble and resolutions, which
were almost unanimously adopted :
Whereas, for the last three years the South
has been involved in a terrible war, waged by
a wicked, cruel, unprincipled and powerful
enemy iOr the purpose of subjugating ourpeo
! P le > emancipating our slaves, confiscating our
i property and reducing us to a vassalage worse
j than death, and to this end have not scrupled
I to bum, plunder and desolate our homes, in
sult our mothers, wives and sisters, and incite
our slaves to violate and murder helpless wo
men and-children, it behooves us as patriots
to stand firmly united and present an un
broken front to a common foe, with the single
determined and unfaltering purpose to live as
freemen or die a band of patriots, brother
martyrs to the same glorious .cause. And
whereas, we have seen with regret and morti
fication an attempt on the part of certain :
malcontents and disaffected snirits in the
fetate of Georgia, who art? willing to sacrifice
everything to the Moloch of self-aggrandize- !
ment and personalambition, and whoseunhal
owed purpose is to engender party strife, dis- i
tract and divide our people, and beget dis
trust in the administration of our national I
affairs ; and while under the ostensible cloak ;
of guarding and defending State Rights and
fttate Sovereignty, with the full spirit of dis- i
cord are sowing the sec-d of discontent, and :
undermining the Temple of our Liberty' bal- I
lowed by the best blood of the land, and pros- .
tituling the dignity of high office to the ac- i
comnlislunent of unholy ends : therefore, be !
Resolv. and limt we have the most unbound
ed and exulted ooi si lence in the integrity, pa
tnonsm, wisdom and superior sta.esniaushii,
or his Excellency JeffVrson Dans, ~u* *om
mander-m-Chi. f, »nd In ’
, ~ * nii *OOXIO hiiii as our no
lineal Moses who is to le ul us thrown the
Wilderness ot the great revolution and Red
■ lßtntetjvi °torjr, peace and inde-
Resolved, That we have the utmost confi
dence in the courage d-im-Wt -A ,
pa.uotisai and ability
ot our generals, and to twit
and experience, under the guidaneeofour wise
and patriotic 1 resident, are we willing to in
trust the ship of State and the breakers of a
storm-tossed ocean of civil strife, rather than
to the selush ambition of aspiring politicians,
apd to the inexperienced and unskillful hands
of croakers, whose extreme prudence always
keep them at a safe distance from the field
where victory is won by the trial of true
courage and manhood.
Resolved, Tnat cherishing as we do thecon
uence expressed in the foregoing resolutions,
we do not mistrust the abuse of the limited
power comerred by Congress in the act sus
pencung the writ of Habeas Corpus in certain
eases and under certain restrictions, and be
lieve tnat the constitutionality of thD and all
other points of law should be referred to the
courts rather thau to the State Legislatures.
Resolved, lhat we most cordially approve
of the repeal ot the act allowing substitutes in
the army and putting their principals back
into service, and also of the bills looking to
the strengthening of our armies and the re
duction ot our inflated currency, and believe
that they were inspired by patriotism, the
emergencies of the times requiring stringent
measures.
Resolved, That we believe that the call of
the late session of the Georgia Legislature en
tailing upon the State an unnecessary expendi
ture ot thousands of dollars, in the payment
ot members, and iu the publication of unwise
resolutions and messages to be scattered in
wild prolusion among the people in tho army,
the tendency of which is to impair confidence
in our government, was made to subserve par
tisan interests, and that the “Stephens resolu
tions and that portion of the Governor's mes
sage referring to national affairs, and presum
ing to dictate how this war shall be conducted,
and the manner in which peace shall be made,
whatever the object, were unwise and unpa
triotic, calculated to give aid and comfort to
the enemy, and in the language of Governor
Brown, were “an abuse of a trust to the inju
ry of those who honored them with their con
fidence in this trying period of our history.”
On motion of Lt. Col. Luffman, 11th Geor
gia, the following resolutions was unanimous,
ly adopted:
Resolved, That the proceedings of this meet
ing be sent to the Richmond Enquirer, Sa
vannah Republican and Atlanta Confederacy,
and that the papers in the State of Georgia,
be requested to copy.
Capt. Williamson, Bth Georgia, moved to
amend by adding that a copy be also sent to
Ilis Excellency Gov. Brown. Carried unani
mously.
There being no further business, the meet
ing adjourned.
Brig. Gen. Geo. T. Anderson,
Chairman.
Lt. Col. E. J. Magruder, Sec’ry.
Northern Estimation of our Generals.—
A Confederate who has receutly been in New
York, writes :
The Yankees do not hesitate to admit the
superiority of our Generals over their own. —
After the idol of the hour, (it is Grant now,)
they award the merit of great generalship to
Lee. European military critics always speak
of Lee as the ablest soldier developed by the
war on either side, and so far without his
equal in the present armies of the old world.
Stonewall Jackson commanded the admiration
of the Yankees as well as of the rest of man
kind. Even Beecher made him the subject of
an elaborate eulogy. Beauregard stands high
with the Yankees for his defence of Charles
ton and his admirable retreat fiom Coiinth. —
The other Confederate Generals best known*
and whose merits are handsomely acknowl
edged, are Joe Johnston, Longstreet, Mar ru _
der, Hardee and Polk. Portraits of aP these
officers can readily be obtained at ’ Jie Book
stores in New York and Boston- ,{t Freder
ick's show windows on Bro^ dwa " are dis
played two Splendid pbotor p hs t
and tne Bther of Jar’- V - «
. York ', * frequently
| of our “Stonewall.” and ; dD i av , od P °. °g ra phs
i President Davis • / P / Cd Ijl P ubllc places.
Xresident Davis lS thought to be a very able
“Ww. ImUmaa
Davis in the Presidential chair, we
1 - afro,”
would have put down the reo6m Uu
m a common remark. Uii .
! Th .! o «i^ r «Meeh a iiies^nionr
1 Court Houston °r eet at tho
[ tue election of officers "AH rial ? 28t 1 * ot for
attend will be expend from fWr 611 -* 8 who fail to
By order of the President Um ° n -
I apl 28—It ISAAC G. DENSON,
I— Sec’y
IIEADQUARTERSPOST
general orders 7 / bus ’ Ga ’ April 25 ’ 1864 -I
No. 10. ’ 5
G ° Vernmcnt Contractors, and a!l other
persona havmg eontro! °f, tilcir empl and
tached soldiers or detailed enrolled men, are hereby
informed that such soldiers and men subject
th reference to furloughs, in every particular to
d;lf- me i Ul fl S L regulations and restrictions, as sol
over * I ’/” 1 a ” applications for furloughs
over 48 hours by detached soldiers or detailed en
to bo d s, meJ i Sh ?i C \ bemadein the prescribed form
to bo found in the Army Regulations, and forwarded
by their immediate officers, through these Head
quarters for the approval of the General Command
ing the Military District of Georgia. Detached or
detailed men leaving their work in violatiionof this
order, will have their details revoked.
111. All men between the ages of 17 and 17 and 50
years employed in Government shops or by Govern
ment Contractors, should, in every instance be en
rolled. By order of
COL. ROBERTSON.
Chas. W ood, A. A. G. apr 23-1 w
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, Livingston «& Cos
AN SATURDAY, 30th of April, at 11 o’clock, we
v, will sell in front of our store,
10 Sacks Salt,
5 Boxes Sugar,
10 Boxes Tobacco,
20B,eams Letter Paper,
10 Wire-grass Hats,
Shoes, S r &^ re ’ Crockery ’ Furn iture, Boots,
apr 28-$7,50
By Rosette, Co.
Furniture at Auction!
OlSsySf„ 4 u l fS; at 10 °’ ch ” k - " iU
Bureaus, Side Boards, Wardrobes,
Bedsteads, Washstands,
Cane and Split-bottomed Chairs,
Hocking Chairs,
Feather Feds, Mattresses
Feather Pillows,
2 Mantel Clocks,
Vv r ash Bowl and Pitchers,
Water Buckets,
Tin Buckets, Tin Cans,
1 Large Pot,
Shovel and Ton gs,
1 Sifter,
Oil Lamps,
Large Lot School Benches and Desks
2 Carpets,
1 Lot Sugar,
apr 28-td
Wanted Immediately!
I desire to contract for
150,000 SHINGLES.
To be delivered as soon as practicable.
.F. C. HUMPHREYS,
„ , , , -Uajor&c., Comd'g Arsenal.
Columbus Arsenal, April 28. 6t
