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( S HAihiS •xceptod) at the rate of ree months. ' for a longer term than thi U KATUB : A <ed tor $2 00 per square for •be i u and $1 50 for each additional. \V. vemcnts are inserted a month, the hargcwli. ,os2o per square. Announcing candidatess2o, which must invariably paid in advance. A deduction of 20 per cent, will be made on all (dvcrtiaing accounts over SSO, when prompt pay ment is made. Change of Schedule* . AN and after Sunday, Mnrcb 20J*. «»«° n U the Muscogee Railroad wiU run wiouow.. PASSfiNGEB TRAUf: Leave 52 A. m! Arrive at Macon- ■ oo a: m. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus ..3 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbus ..4 35 P. M. W. Ij. CLAKK» mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. NEW BOOKS, NEW BOOKS, JUST RECEIVED! MACARIA! 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. mar ”0 if 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. t . ■ 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. mrn ♦ I 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. ♦ - ♦ - ♦ 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, ******* 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. apl 29 lOt 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.