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by the author of BEULAH.
For sale by R, B. JONES,
apl 2b fit 149 Broad street.
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
Cheap ior Cash.
$5 Bills taken at par by
ap!2s 6t H. FISCIIACKER.
Notice to Planters.
I am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Cotton Yarns,
SUGAR AND OSNABURBS FOR
Bacon Sides,
HAiIS AND SHOILDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
apl 18 2m Agent.
B. S. WHIGHT,
SUCCESSOR TO ROBINETT k CO.,
Corner of Broad and Warren Streets, Columbus, Oa„
MANUFACTURES. JF.
Superior Candies and Lard Oil,
AND DEALER IN
GENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
OSNABUR.GS, Sheetings, Yarns, etc., exchanged
for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, etc.
Tallow and Beeswax Wanted.
It is hoped that the liberal course which will be
idopted will secure a generous patronage,
april 20 —lm
G-OtfDBJSH & GO.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
74= BR.OA3D ST.,
COLUMBUS, «A.,
WHOLESALE ANI) RETAIL
Staple cto Fancy
DllY-GOODS.
ARE constantly receiving! fresh importations, di
rect, from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY
GOOI>S, which they offer cheap for cash,
fob 5 3m
For Judge of Probate.
We are authorized to announce GEORGE 11.
WADDELL,(the present incumbent) for re-election
to the otlico of Probate Judge of Russell county,
Ala. , Election Ist Monday in May.
apl 9 tde
S. ARSENAL, \
Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1861. J
Notice.
I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
on equitable terms,
Sugar HI ills,
Sugar and Salt lief ties,
Ami all kinds PLANTATION IRON;
Also POWDER.
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of tlic employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
wil give the Government the preference.
F. HUMPHREYS,
apl 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal.
Medical Ctetxrd.
DR. F. A. ROSSY.
|i*ORMERIjY Surgeon to the New Orleans "Fe
ll male Infirmary ,” tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes
sion.
Special attention will be devotcd.tothe treatment
of the diseases of woraem.
tty- Surgical operations performed for
Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Taliapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract aud Hair Lip; also for the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part
of the body.
Diseases ofthsGenito-Urinary System, compiling
the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
particular attention.
References given whenever desired tvs well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic llall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
a, m„ aud from 2to 4 o’cdock p, m. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time w ill be devoted to visiting personsin
the city.
Address all conuuuieatku.s to
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
.. N. B. —Persons from a distance having servants
requring surgical or medical treatment, will be
provi ed with comfortable quarters, but in all cases'
will have to furnish their own provisions and bed
ding.
4®* I will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions. and all oihor chronic disease* of the skin.—
Medicated Ft-ndgatim.s and Steam Sulphurous
Bath-, as employed in ; no. hospitals iniKuropo and
Ante;: a, will form a par; of my treatment,
feb li 3m E. A. R.
Hkadquartebs Enrolling Office,)
3d CUnorksrional District, >
Columbus, Ga., April 11th, 1864. )
All men between the ages of 17 and IS, and 45 and
50, in the Third Congressional District, will rendez
vous at Columbus, Ga., c the 16th of April, prepar
atory to organizing themselves into Companies. '
W. S. WALLACE.
Captain and Enrolling Officer.
apll2-tf
Olue Mamiihctory.
THE l NDERSIGXUD i sprci a red to fill all orders
1 for
02JIJE3
of a superior quality. All orders must be'addresse
to the undersigned wifh'the money enclosed, unlc
ordered by Express, when orders will be filled a
shipped with C. O. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & OC.
apr 15 Im
Shoemaker*’ and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
fcArilE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
l* . manufacture of the above named articles in this
eitv arc prepared to fill orders for the same.
Othce on Anglo street, a * few doors above C. S.
Hospital. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
Reference—Maj. F. W. DillXfd.
e |> e kDter, Mississippian and Augusta Con
?’ ■ t utionau-i, please copy one mouth and send bills
to ttus omee.
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Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN! Sc CO. Proprietors.
AUCTION SALES.
AUCTION SALE IN WILMINGTON.
M. CROiIiLT, Auctioneer.
By Catalogue
OF
IMPORTED GOODS i
I
CARGOES OF
STEAMSHIPS PET AND LUCY,
WITH SUNDRY CONSIGNMENTS PER j
OTHER SHIPS.
ON WEDNESDAY, HIAY 11, ’64.
COMMENCING at 9 o’clock, A. M., will sell at
my Sales Room, No. 2, Granite Row, Wil- i
mington, N. C., the Cargoes of the above named
Shipa, together with other consignments, consist- !
ing in part of
Dry-6ood»,
Shales white Flannel,
4 bales blue do
8 bales scarlet do
2 bales printed do
1 bale Magenta do
1 bale stone do
1 bale assorted do
5 cases DeLaines
3 cases Merino Shirts
3 bales colored Lenas
3 bales Melton Cloths
2 cases Silk Handkerchiefs
4 cases Gloves, Braids, Ac
2 cases black Alpacca
2 cases fancy Tweeds
2 cases flax Thread
2 cases Pins
2 cases Bone Buttons
2 cases fancy wove Shirts
2 cases Black and White Muslin
2 casos Regatta Prints
1 case Bunting, Red, White and Blue
1 case Long Shawls
1 case Ready Made Clothing
1 case Corsetts, Hoop Skirts, Hosiery, Ac
1 ease Pilot Cloth
1 bale Cassitnere
1 case Spool Cotton.
Shoes.
14 cases Ladies and Gents Shoes
3 cases Army Bluchers
1 case Cavalry Boots
4 cases Boys Shoes
1 case Calf Skins
- 4 cases Supr Chamois Skina*
J bale Shoe Thread.
Stationery.
. 5 casos Stationery
Letter Papers, Pens, Lead Pencils, &c
Cotton Cards, &c.
12 cases Cotton Cards, 500 pair
1 case Superior Card Clothing, 4 x 34
10 bales Stitching Twine.
Groceries.
72 packages superior Green Tea, chests, half
chests and caddies
lot packages Black Tea, chests, half chests and
caddies
22 barrels Crushed Sugar
22 bags Jamaica Coffee
50 boxes Adamantine Candles
17 bags Black Pepper
10 casks Chickory
5 barrels Starch
' 5 boxes Starch
2 casks Vinegar
50 barrels Mackerel
10 half-barrels Mackerel
35 kitts Mackerel
16'kitts Salmon
55 sacks Liverpool G A Salt
10 casks Table Salt, 102 doz
3 cases Spices.
Hardware, &c.
08 kogs Cut Nails, assorted sizes'
54 drums Nails
4 tons Nail Rod Iron
4 cases Cutlery
1 case Hatchets
1 case Rasps
1 case Pistol Cartidges
1 case Rifle wipers and girths,
10 cases Gun Caps
1 cask Shoemaker’s Tools.
Oils, &c.
132 tins Kerosene Oil, 5 gals each
2 casks Whale Oil
1 cask Coal Tar.
Drugs,
10 casks Super Mass Liquorice
2 cases Liquorice Root
101 barrels English Copperas
54 kegs Bi Carb Soda
30 drums Balsam Copaiba
29 barrels Alum
10 cases Blue Mass
7 casks Epsom Salts
11 barrels Epsom Salts
•43 kegs Epsom Salts
12 casks Alcohol
11 barrels Borax
barrels Soda Crystals
3 cases Pure Castile Soap, 250 lbs
3 cases Magnesia
2 casks Gum Camphor
2 casks Extraet Logwood
2 casks Potash
1 case Gum Shellac
2 kegs Saltpetre
4 cases Tart Acid
2 cases Baking Powder
1 ease Morphia Acet and JMod.
1 case Phosphorus.
Liquors, Ac,
3 half Pipes Pure Martel Brandy
3 half Pipes Old Rum
45 casks Rum
28 casks Pale Ale, 4 dozen each
43 cases Pale Ale, 4 dozen each
90 " Old Tom Cordial Gin
50 “ D. John’s fine Gin
146 “ fine Holland Cin
162 “ superior Cognac Brandy
20 “ Scotch Whiskey’
40 dimijohns pure Holland Gin.
Wilmington. N. C. April 2S tds
“ Notice to Planters and Con
sumers of Iron.’*
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
' i exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup. Peas. Potatoes, fal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON;
FLAT. ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON:
HOOP, HORSE SHOE. NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
| ROPE) FOR BALING ;
SHOVELS AND SPADES;
; FRY PANS:
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
| TO 100 GALLONS;
j SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH.
We arc prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Rolling Mill in Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY k CO.,
apr3tf Next to New Bridge,
Columbus, da., Saturday Morula;, April 30. 1864.
Friday Evening.
Battle of Plymouth. —A correspondent from
Tarboro, N. C., sends us the following casualties
in Cos. 1,215 t Ga. Regiment in the battle of Plym
outh :
Killed. —Corp. Sidney I. Richardson.
Wounded. —Lieut. J. W. May, leg broke; pri
vate W. J. Burns, in arm : private David Dill, in
side.
Our correspondent adds that the regiment suf
fered severely. Col. Mercer was in command of
Gen. Hoke’s brigade, and received his death wound
under tue right eye, while charging the enemy’s
works.
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We learn from the Mobile Advertiser that Col.
A. 11. Forrest died at Aberdeen on the 19th or 20th
inst., and was buried from residence of Kirk
Brewett, Esq., on the 21st., the funeral services
being solemnized by Bishop Paine. This is prob
ably the foundation of a rumor of Gen. Forrest’s
death, which appears to have prevailed in some
quarters.
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Army Correspondence of the
Savannah Republican.
Richmond, April 23,1864.
Highly interesting and important intel
ligence has been received here from the
north side of the Potomac in relation to
Gen. Grant’s campaign in Virginia. It
is reported and believed that his movement
upon Richmond will be by three columns
—any how by two. One of these columns,
starting from his present lines on the
Rappahannock, he will lead himself. The
second will move under Burnside on the
south side of James river, and will seek to
cut our communications at Weldeu or Pe
tersburg; and the third will move up the
Peninsula from Fortress Monroe under
Beast Butler. Should there be any error
in this statement, it consists in placing
Burnside on the south side of the James,
as the information to hand leaves it some*
what in doubt whether he will operate
against our lines of communications in
that direction, or march up the Peninsula.
In the latter event, the enemy will come
at us in two columns, each one starting
from a different point and having a dis
tinct base.
I do not feel at liberty to mention the
source from which this information was
obtained, nor the channel through which
it was communicated; but for the present
you may rest assured that you have the
key to Grant’s projected Virginia cam- !
paign.
The late naval demonstrations in the :
lower Rappahannock, adverted to iu my 1
letter of yesterday, has turned out to be,
as I intimated it might be, a mere feint
designed to mislead us. The latest intels
ligence from that quarter is, that the*
Federal fleet which affected to be engaged
in fishing for torpedoes and reconnoiter
ing the river, as if preparatory to the
landing of a large force in the vicinity
of the village of Tappahannoek, has retired
after destroying several houses and corns
miting other depredations of the kind.
The large number of transports lying off
the mouth of the river have also disaps
peared.
From the Rapidan the news is also impor
tant. Grant is certainly concentrating his
forces in front of Lee, as Sherman is concentra
ting his in front of Johnston. As the forts and
towns on the Mississippi and in Tennessee and
Kentucky have nearly all been stript of their
garrisons for the reinforcement of the latter;
so have those in Maryland, on the coasts of
Virginia and North Carolina, and perhaps
some even of those on the coasts of South
Carolina, and Georgia and Florida, been de
prived of their forces for the reinforcement of
the former. Indeed, the enemy may be said
to have only three armies now in the field—
that under Grant, that under Sherman, and
that under Banks, which there is reason to
believe has become inextricably entangled in
the network of rivers, bayous, swamps and
canebrakes by which the valley of Red river
is reticulated. In adopting this policy, the
enemy give up in one month, in a measure, all
they have gained in three years. Bnt their
necessities leave them no choice. Their finan
ces are in a state of great disorder, as is ap
parent to all the world, and is frankly admit
ted by their Secretary of the Treasury, Mr.
Chase.
In a letter now before me, addressed to
the chairman of the Senate committee on
Finance, which you would do well to repub
lish, he suggests two remedies for the evils
which have overtaken the currency, and
which threaten to involve the country in fi
nancial ruin. One of these remedies had
already beqn rejected by the House, and in the
other he seems to have but little confidence.
He adds :
“It must not be thought however, that I
regard either or both of these measures as ad
equate remedies for financial disorders. Noth
ing short of taxation to one half of the amount
of our current expenditures, and a reduction
of these expenditures to the lowest point com
patible with efficiency, will insure financial
success to the Government. And without mil
itary success all measures will fail.”
This is a remarkable confession, coming as
it does from the head of the Treasury depart
ment, and shows to what great straits the
Government is reduced. Everything depends
upon “military success,” and to that end the
Government, like Richard, is about to stake
its all upon the hazard of a die. Hence the
coasts and rivers and inland towns have been
stript of their garrisons and every available
man sent to Virginia, Tennessee and Louisi
ana.
If we whip the fight, as, with the blessing of
Heaven, we shall do, then to the North comes the
deluge—to the South peace and independence.—
Glorious consummations, for which all hearts
j should pray and all arms should strike.
: Some additional particulars have been received
' of the capture of Plymouth, in North Carolina. —
On Tuesday, the 19th, Gen. Hoke demanded the
surrender of the place, and the demand being
i declined, he proceeded to carry the outworks by
| which the town was defended. On Wednesday he
! renewed the demand, and added (hat if it was again
! refused, he should give the garrison no quarter,
i The Federal officer in command replied that his
j orders were to defend the position, and he should
\ obey them.
Iu the meantime the ironclad Albemarle, Com
mander Pinkney (not Wood, as heretofore stated),
i had arrived. She immediately attacked the Fed
eral gunbeau in the harbor, sinking two and dis
; abling a third, which succeeded, however, in mak
■ ing its escape. This cutoff all hope of retreat to
the enemy, but still the FederS.l commander re
fused to surrender. An assault was then ordered
by General Hoke, when the impetuous Confeder
ates rushed forward with a shout and cleared the
* barriers like deer. The conflict was short, the
enemy threw down their arms and ran forward
with uplifted bands, in token of submission, to
give themselves up. North Carolinians, Virginians
and Georgians did the werk. The Confederates
numbered 5,900; the Federals 3,000 —a force which
behind such works, ought to have held it against
twice our numbers. The position was strongly
fortified and defended by heavy siege guns. The
prisoners taken were 2,500 whites and 400 {blacks.
Gen. Hoke, who is as modest as he is brave, esti
mated them lower in his first dispatch.
P. W. AT
FROM NORFOLK.
Rev. Geo. D Armstrong, D. D.
We have already announced, says the Pe
tersburg Express, that the Rey. Dr. Arm
strong, of Norfolk, has Jseen sentenced to im
prisonment at Hatteras, by Beast Butler, for
disloyalty. We have been placed in posses
sion of a copy of “ The New Regime of March
29, a Lincoln sheet published at Norfolk,
from which we extract the following copy of
what purports to be an “examination of the
Rev. George D. Armstrong, by Major General
Benjamin F. Butler, at Fortress Monroe:”
General—l have read a report, Mr. Arm
strong, es an examination of yourself, by one
of my Aid-de-Camps, in regard to the ques
tion of your disloyalty. Nor I need not say
to a man as experienced as yourself, that taking
the oath of allegiance is only a manifestation
of loyalty—that as a man might join your
church and still be a very bad man after so
doing, so a man may take the oath of alle
giance and still be a very disloyal man.
Rev. Mr. A.—ls you will allow me to make
a statement to you, I will do so, or I will an
swer such questions as yon please.
General—Make your statement, sir.
Mr. A.—The view with which I took the
oath, was this: I believe the Military Com
mander has a right to demand of the citizens
at any time that they shall take a parole. I
regard Norfolk as for the present a conquered
city; indeed, I have had no idea that the
Confederates would again take it; and that,
if it ever again did become apart of Virginia,
it would be by treaty at the end of the war.
I wished, in accordance with the Scriptural
injunctions, to “obey the powers that be,”
and I believe the United States to be “the
powers that be.” I took the oath with the
intention of keeping it, so far as my actions
weye concerned. My feelings , of course, I can
not control. My words and actions I can.
General—That brings me, sir, to a matter
to which I wish to call your careful atten
tion. Your unrevealed thoughts, I can only
get by asking questions. Now, sir, I want to
ask you a few questions.
Did you in any way advise, consult with,
or give any information to Mrs. Mclntosh in
relation to selling any property in Norfolk ?
Mr. A.—Not that I recollect.
General—Let me try and quicken your re
collections a little. Do you know her ?
Mr. A—Yes, sir.
General.—She is a sister of Captain Mcln
tosh of the so-called Confederate States
Navy.
Mr. A—His wife ; she is a member of my
church. She was about selling her prop
erty.
General—Wait one moment. Don’t you
remember whether you advised her about sell
ing it in any way ?
Mr. A—l talked with her. I don’t recol
lect what I said. I believe there was a con
versation about her selling her property and
removing to Baltimore ; no, not about selling
her property. She told me, as her pastor,
that she was going to remove to Baltimore.
General—Did you, then and there, say to
her, that she had better not remove or sell her
property, because the Confederates would
soon have the city of Norfolk, and her prop
erty would then be worth more, or words to
that effect? Answer me that question now,
without mental reservation or equivocation.
Mr. A—No, sir. I urged her not to go away
from Norfolk on account of her church.
General—Did you say anything like it?
Mr. A—No, sir.
General—Did you say anything as to the
time when you thought the Confederates
would have Norfolk?
Mr. A—No, sir.
General—Anything of the sort ?
Mr. A—No, sir.
General—You pray for the authorities ?
Mr. A—l pray for the authorities over us ;
and I publicly explained to my congregation,
that in so doing, we were praying for the Pres
ident of the United States.
General.—Do your people so understand it?
Mv. A—They do. I have publicly explain
ed it.
General—Have you, since taking the oath
of allegiance, or (at any other time, checked
one of the members of your congregation
when he was praying for the President ?
Mr. A—Have I checked them ?
General— Chided them in any way or from
of words ?
Mr. A—Not that I recollect.
General—l beg your pardon, sir ;it is not
a matter of recollection. It is a thing you
cannot forget.
Mr. A—No, sir.
General—Did not one of the members of
your congregation pray for the President of
the United States, and did not you say that it
had better not be done; that there were two
parties to please here ?
Mr. A—Never, sir.
General—Nothing of the sort ?
Mr. A—No, sir.
General—l perceive that in your former
examination, you declined answering this
question: “Do you call yourself a loyal man
in letter and spirit to-day ?”
Mr. A —l do not decline to answer now.
If I were to put my own interpretation up
on it, I would say I am ; but I do not know,
sir.
General—Well, sir, perhaps I can teach
you. Now, sir, what is the name of that gen
tleman who had taken the oath, and while
coming out of the Custom House with you.
made the remark that he 1 would like to spit
upon the Northern Yankees ?”
Mr. A.—Mr. Charles Reid. I declined to
answer on my former examination because I
had not his consent to tell, sir : but since that
I have seen him, and he has given me his
consent to mention his name.
General—Where is Mr. Reid ?
Mr. A—He is in Norfolk.
General—(To an Aide.) Telegraph to Col.
Wheidon, (Pro. Marshal, Norfolk,) to arrest
Mr. Chas. D. Reid and send him here. He
lives on Main street.
General—He stated that, as be came out
from taking the oath ?
Mr. A—Yes, sir.
General—With the oath fresh upon his lips
acd the words hardly dry in his mouth, he
said he “wanted to spit in the face of the
Northern ’Yankees?”
Mr. A—Well. General, he took it with the
same view as I did.
General—l agree to that, sir.
Mr. A—l meant to say—
General—Stop, sir, I don't like to be in
sulted. You said, sir. that, that infernal Se
cessionist wanted to spit in the faces of loyal
men of the Union, and that you took the oath
with the same view as he did, or rather, he
i took it with the same view that vou did—it
$3.50 Per Month.
. J. W. WAR REA, Editor
makes no difference which. I agree, sir, that
you did. I have treated you, sir, during this
interview, with propriety and courtesy up to
this moment, and yet you, sir, here tell me, in
order to clear the vile wretch who shall be
punished as he deserves, that you took the
oath to my Goi'ernment irith the same view that
he did.
Mr. A—Well, sir, it was a mortifying fact
to confess that we were a conquered people;
and it was the irritation growing out of the
fact.
General.— You have not helped it, sir. You
had better not go on in that direction any
further, sir, for your own. sake. Now, sir,
while you did preach a very virulent sermon
upon “The Victory of Manassas,” at the re
commendation of the Confederate Congress,
have you ever'since preached in your pulpit a
sermon favorable to the Union cause ? or one
that would be likely to please the loyal, aud
to displease the disloyal ?
Mr. A.—No, sir, I never have.
General.—You have said you “do not think
this a wicked rebellion.” Do you still hold
to that opinion ?
Mr. A.—Yes, sir.
General.—Y ou have not opened your church
up to any of the days recommended by the
authorities. I want a more explicit answer,
sir, than that you have given previously.
Y*ou know whether you have or not. How
is it?
Mr. A.—l should have to answer, sir, that
I did. There were prayer meetings held in
the church. No addresses were made. There
was a prayer for peace.
General.—Y r ou said you “would not willing
ly open your church to any recognized minis
ter of the Gospel from such denominations as
before the war you would have exchanged
with, did you know he would pray for the
Union, and against the rebels?
Mr. A.—Y'es, sir.
General.—You said you looked upon the
hanging of John Brown as just and right, be
cause he Interfered with the peace of the
country.
Mr. A.—Y'es, sir.
General,—Very good, sir. Now, then, would
you look upon the hanging of the prominent
rebels, Jefferson Davis, for instance, as just
and right. Y'ou know the rebels have inter
ferred with the peace of the country, and have
caused rivers of blood to flow where John
Brown only caused pints. What do you say
to that ?
Mr. A.—l Would not, sir.
General.—Are your sympathies with the
Union or the Confederate cause?
Mr. A.—YYith the Confederates.
General.—l don’t see, sir, what good the
oath has been to you.
Mr. A.—l thought the oath was an oath of
amnesty.
General—You took the oath, sir, for the purpose
of having the United States protect you while you
should by your conduct and your life aid and
comfort the rebels. It is an oath of amnesty to
those who take it in truth, and come back repent
ant to the United States. Ybu are a Presbyteri
an. A man comes to you, you are about to take
him into communion. You say to him, “You have
heretofore been a wicked man.” He says, “Y'es,
sir.” You ask him if he has experienced any
change of heart ? He says, “No sir.” You ask,
“Are your sympathies with us or with the devil ?”
He says “the devil.” You ask, “which would you
like to have prevail in this world, God or the devil ?
He says “the devil.” Y r t>u ask, “where are your
friends ?” He says “with the devil.” Then you
ask him, “do you think you can join tho church
with your present feelings ?” He says, “I think
I can, to get the bread and wine at the altar.”—
Thvnk of it, air, anywhere else, and as a man of
Christian professions, saying nothing of Christian
practice. I call upon you to think of it. Sworn
to be lojml and true to the United States, here you
are with your sympathies against them. Y r ou, sir,
arc a perjured man in tho sight of God. It is an
oath of amnesty to those who truly repent, pre
cisely as Christ shed his blood for those who re
pent, but not for those who would crucify him
afresh. For you, sir, it was an oath of amnesty.
I should be just as wrong in receiving you, sir, as
a loj’al man, as you would in receiving such a
man as I have described into your church. (To an
Aid.) Make an order that this man be committed
to the guard house, in close confinement, there to
remain until he can be consigned to Fort Hatteras,
there to be kept in solitary confinement until fur
ther orders ; and send a copy of this examination
to the officer in command there.
In a subsequent number of “The New Regime,”
we find the following :
The Rev. James D. Armstrong, of this city, who,
after taking the oath ot allegiance had given ut
terance to disloyal sentiments, yesterday sailed for
Fort Hatteras, where he is to be confined for some
time.
Charles Reid of this city, has been ordered out
side of our lines for a like offending, and will go
up the James river in the next flag of truce boat.
Interesting Private Advices from
Washington.—The Richmond ExamL
ner, of March 22, under the head of “Pri
vate Advices from Washington,” says :
There is as yet no positive evidence in
military movements themselves that the
North is to pitch its main campaign
against Richmond, and subordinate oper
ations in the West to those in Virginia.—
But there are certain private advices from
the North which appear to leave no doubt
of this intention of the Washington au-i
thorities; which they say has been taken
not because the campaign in the West
might not produce important results, if
the enemy could break Johnston’s lines,
and take Savannah and Mobile in the
rear, but simply because they fear that
with Richmond intact their finances could
not last another campaign, whatever its
incidents of success.
The argument which appears to pre
vail at Washington is that even if the
Yankle armies in the West were to win
distinct and simultaneous victories, these
could not sustain the vitality of the war
in the North, without the indispensable
condition of the capture of Richmond. A
member of the Lincoln Government is re«
ported to have stated that if the North
takes Richmond, it could very well afford
for JohDston to penetrate to the Ohio, and
trust to the popular sentiment to prosecute
the war. One point appears to be deci
ded ; that the capture of Richmond is the
one and inexorable condition of the eons
tinuation of the war by the North beyond
the ensuing campaign.
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From Virginia.
The first vessel of the Virginia Volunteer Navy
Company will be sent out in a few days. Ninety
per cent of the prizes belong to the company and
ten per cent, to the government.
It is thought in 'Richmond that Congress will
amend the currency bill so as to relieve fives from
thirty-three and one third discount. No new fives
will be issued until June.
House rents in Richmond are enormous. A lit
tle dwelling on a retired street, which was rented
daring the last twelve months, at the rate of S9OO
per annum, has lately been rented for the next 12
months at the rate of S3OOO. . .
There is some talk in official circles of requiring
non-combatants to leave Richmond.
Reports of the Press Association.
Bntercd according to act of Congress in the year
1803. by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of
the DistriotvAurt of the Confederate States for
the Northorn District of Georgia.
Mobil*, April 28,—A special dispatch to
the Tribune, dated Senatobia, 27th, says that
correspondents and wounded officers at Vicks
burg say that the several engagements in Lou
isiana lesulted in a complete Federal defeat,
and that the Federal General Smith saved
Banks' army from destruction. Subordinate
officers are indignant against Banks.
A great conspiracy has been discovered in
the Western States, and Crawford county,
Ohio, has been placed under martial law.
Dalton, April 28.—1 t has been reported for
several days past that the larger part of the ene
my's cavalry had gone after Forrest, which report
is now confirmed.
The enemy evince no disposition to advance.—
They were practising again at Ringgold with their
artillery this afternoon.
The report that Lindley, of the 53d Alabama*
recently hung at Tunnel Hill, was Chaplain, is an
error. He was a minister though a private in that
regiment.
Orange C. 11., April 2S.—A body of Yankee
oavalry estimated at 200 crossed Robinson’s River
this morning at Russell’s Ford aud occupied Mad
ison C. H.
There was a small skirmish, aud one of our
men engaged in it aud wounded has arrived here.
It is believed to be merely a scouting party. Be
yond this there is nothing of interest.
Richmond, April 28.—A sharp skirmish took
place, a few days since, at Watadga bridge, East
Tenn. A large force attacked Gen. W, A. Jack
son, and were repulsod with considerable loss.
A hundrod more Y'ankce officers captured at
Plymouth are expected daily at the Libby Prison.
The cancellation of the old currency is progres
sing at the Treasury at the rate of eighty millions
per month.
All Hospitals in and near Richmond have been
vacated and cleared out.
Four men belonging to the Iron Clad Minstrels
have been captured in Gloucester county, making
their way to the enemy’s lines with forged British
papers.
Richmond, 28—The York river train arrived
nearly an hour ahead of schedule time, in conse
quence of a report brought by scouts to Tunstalls,
that the enemy were advancing up the Penin
sula. They had driven in our pickets at Barhams
villo last night, and the train left in a hurry. There
is a good deal of excitement about Tunstalls. No
further particulars could be ascertained.
Excitement.—A Yankee journal sayß
considerable excitement exists at Plym*
outh, N. 0., regarding the rebel ram on
Roanoke river, said now to be ready for
active operations against the United States
gunboats.
This excitement seems to be a Yankee
epidemic ot late' Their blockading fleets
everywhere are on the constant lookout
for rams and torpedo boats coming out of
“rebel ports.” We fear much sleep is
lost by the officers of their squadrons off
Mobile, Charleston, Wilmington, &c.—
Admiral Farragut hovers about this
coast with a large fleet to protect Pensa
cola and New Orleans against some real
or supposed Confederate ironclads, and
has not been able to go down to the Rio
Grande to look after his French friends
who are having their own way and play*
ing the deuce with the Monroe doctrine
and Mr. Winter Davis’ resolutions. We
dare say our Yankee enemies cast their
eyes seaward to see what may come of the
martial fleet being built in the French
ports and these monsters from England,
now set free by the decision of the House
of Lords in the case of the Alexandra,
We understand, while tho crown lawyers
and the Exhequer Court and the Lords
have been considering the same question,
the work on these ships has not been
stopped. We hope the Yankees may
> not be long in suspense, and that before
'‘long may find fhemselve3 hoisted higher
than a kite by some rebellious petard.
[Mobile Register.
We are informed that the obligation to which all
the Protestant clergymen of Norfolk and Ports
mouth have subscribed is not that of allegiance,
but only that denominated as the “amnesty oath"
. and the ordinary parole. This obligation commits
them to neutrality or to forbearance from all acts
of war; and is so far of a negative character and
of no practical importance with the non-combatant
classes of our population.
Adjutant & Inspeotor Gen’ls Office, \
Richmond, April 9th, 1864. >
[Extract.]
Sprecial Orders, No. 83,
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XXIX. Colonol Win. M. Browne, A. D. C. to His
Excellency the President, is temporarily assigned
to the duty of Commandant of Conscripts for the
State of Georgia, and will proceed to assume the
duties thereof under instructions from Bureau of
Conscription.
By command of the Secretary of War.
[Signed] JNO. W. RIELY,
A. A. General.
Headquarters of Conscription. \
State of Georgia, Macon, April 7, 1864. >
Special Orders, No. 50.
t 11. In obedience to the foregoing ofder of the
Secretarr of; War, I have this day assumed command
of the Conscript service in the State of Georgia.
WAT. M. BROWNE.
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts.
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HEADQ’RS GEORGIA RESERVES,!
Macon, April 18th, 1864. J
General Orders, 1
No. 5. ;
I. Companies and Regiments composed of men
between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45 and 50, will be
received and mustered into the service, provided
they are organized and tendered within the thirty
days prescribed by law for enroUment, after notice
by the District Enrolling Officer.
11. All such Companies and Regiments must re
port forthwith after being organized, at Macon, Sa
vannah or Atlanta, as required by General Orders
No. 4, from these Headquarters.
111. The Officers, both Field and Company, are to
be elected by the men—a majority of all the votes
given being necessary to an election. Elections can
be held by one Justice of the Peace and two free
holders, or by three Commissioned Officers of the
Confederate Army, and the returns thereof for
warded with the muster roll? to these Headquarters.
By Command of
MAJOR GENERAL HOWELL COBB.
R. J. Hallett, A. A. General.
apl2s d6t.
Office Mobile and Girarb R. R.. I
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864. J
The Stockholders of the Mobile AqGirard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February U th, 1864,
on the value of all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this
office and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Comrany in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
apl 6 ts Treasurer.
plfTaxes! City Taxes!
I MAY be found for a few days at the store of H.
Middlebrook, where parties interested will please
call and make returns of property taxed by the city.
M. M, MOORE,
apl 16 2w City Clerk.