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. • Monday Morning, Blfty 3,1864.
Change in tlie Department of
Conscription.
During our recent absence from the city, a
change has been made in this Department of
which we were not apprised till yesterday.—
Capt: Wallace, who, for a year past, has dfs
charged the duties of Enrolling Officer for
this, the 3d Congressional District, has been
removed to where he is assigned to
similar duty in the 4lk District. Os the man
ner iii which ha discharged the delicate and
difficult duties of that position while here f
there is but one and that a most favorable
opinion. By his urbane and gentlemanly de
portment, he has won a host of friends in this
city, and by his prompt attention to business
and strict enforcement of orders, he has doubt- j
less received, as he deserves, the approbation j
jf tfcl*Government. ~ \i
Capt. Wallace bears upon his person hon
orable scars caused by serious wounds re
ceived at the battles around Richmond and at
Cedar ll®n. IJe *led ffis command gallantly
in other where he fortunately escaped
wounds. His county honored him with a
seat in the Georgia- Senate before the tfar,
and ,he is now a member of the Legislature
where he stands prominent among the best
minds in that body. Though disabled for
active field service be discharges the responsi
ble duties of District Enrolling Officer with
the utmost fidelity, suavity and efficiency.
He is succeeded by Capt. Wm. Davis a
gentleman long and favora6lyxkn°wn in this
community, and a soldi»r, who also bears up
on his person the proud mementoes of devo
ttbn to the cause he serves. Those who know
him, need no assurance that the faithful and
fearless discharge of his duty will be the aim
and result of his official conduct.
Ahead.
We think there to doubt
that the campaign has opened in Virginia.
If we give credit to a variety of signs and in
timations, Longstreet, or some other Confede
rate war jpteed is coursing over the old race
paths of the immortal Jackson, down the
valley of the Shenandoah. Grant’s flank is,
or soon will be, turned, and then he must
fight or fall back. Indications along the Ten
nessee border, also, justify the expectation of
an early conflict in that quaffcer. ' Before the
close of the present week, it is probable that
one, perhaps great battles will be fought.
We have an abiding trust that all will be well,
A correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle
and Sentinel, writing from Charleston*, says
that there is in that city a bright looking ne
ii gro driver who was taken by the Yankees in
Mississippi. When they came to his master’s
place the overseer ran one way and he the
other until “brought up standing” by a Yan
kee bayonet. He stood and “trimbled” awhile,
the Yankee bawled out, “surrender !” and in
nocently inquiring, “What, me, massa ? I’se a
nigger!” caved and went into captivity. He
was treated very well for three or four days,
then set to ditching knee keep in slush.
Worked daily until twelve, drilled until two,
got dinner and returned to the ditch.
The negroes were cruelly treated, often
thrashed; knocked down and sometimes shot
for refusing to do duty. “Massa,” said he,
i ! dey call dat being free. De Lord hab mercy
pon me and sabe me from sich freedum ! I'd
rather be a Suddern nigger all de days ob my
life.” Such, it seems, didn’t agree with his
constitution, and he anxiously awaited the
hour of escape. It came at last. He was sent
to sow seeds of sedition and entice negroes
from surrounding plantations—swam three
streams and returned to his master-heartily
sick of freedom, disgusted with the Yankee
philanthrophists, and perfectly .willing to be
a slave again. He says if the Yankees take
this place he’ll*' jump dYfirboard and swim for
it, if he gets drowned.” They’ll never get him
again.
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A Good Order. —General Cleburne has
sued an order against the abominable prac
tice which exists in the army of making sport
of passers by, and it is hoped that others will
follow him in this laudable reform. It is
the result of thoughtlessness in most cases, and
no harm is meant, but no man likes to be
made a ‘ 'butt ” and such conduct is not only
insulting, but shows badly for the discipline
of commanders and the breeding of tbe men.
Any stranger may ride for miles through the
camp of Gen. Lee, and be treated with the
utmost courtesy and politeness by every sol
dier he meets. Any breech of this decorum
would be severely punished if brought to the
notice of. the officers. Let it be so everywhere
and our army of heroes be also an army of
gentlemen.
The §orgho, says the Charleston Cou
rier, is considered and accepted as a val
uable addition to our agricultural resour
ces. Its general establishment before the
war has affprdedjan encouraging proof of our
self-relying resources, and has greatly relieved
and mitigated the privations of war. Although
successfully and advantageously introduced,
cultured and treatment and uses are yet sub
jects of experiments, and much remains to be
done. Our good formers and planters should
report experiments and results iu different pro
cesses of culture, boiling, crushing, and &c.,
with a view towards the best result. The best
machinery for expressing the juice, the best
mode of boiling and preserving, and suga
making, arc yet to be determined. r
Under the new demands of the war, and
the increased impulse towards provision crops, ;
there may be, also, advantageous opportuni- j
ties for testing other sugar yielding or syrup ;
planting. Will.our friends give reports of ex
periments in new places with the Louisiana
cane, the sugar beet or any other plants?
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Captured. —The fine steamer Mail, belong
* ing to Messrs. Jamenex, Sobrino Cos., of
Havana, engaged in running the blockade,
was captured one day during the latter part
of last week by a party of deserters.
It seems the Mail had eluded the vigilance
of tue blockading squadron, and was proceed
ing up the Osteena Hatchie river, in the sou
thern portion ot the State, when she was cap-
She was laden with a valuable cargo
for Government and on private account.
It is to be hoped that our military authori
ties will see to it that she is recaptured, and
that these miscreants will be overtaken, and
■fctfmnished in"’summary manner. —Lake City
27(A.
Blockade Prices. —The Savannah Repub
lican of the 2Till states that the cargo of the
steamer Little Ada was sold at auction yes-,
terday by Messrs. Bell k Christian. The at
tendance was good and the bidding very ac
tive. The following list of prices obtained on
.leading articles 3hows that scarcity fully
counterbalances the reduction in circulation:
Irish whiskey, S4BO per dozen ; Port wine,
S3OO to $3lO per dozen; Holland gin, $4lO
per dozen; salt, 71c. per lb.; corn starch,
$2:50 per lb.; machinery oil, sl6 per gal. ;
ground alspice, per lb.; quinine, sllO
per oz.;'opium’ gum,'V S3OO perjoz; ; .opium
pulv., s2fs per lb.; cassimere bats, S6O each ;
common wool hats, sls ; bleached grey cloth,
$6:10 per yard; mourning prints, $5:40 per
yard p organdie muslins, $9:25 per yard ;
ladies’ kid peg gaiters, S6O pair ; patent lea
ther skins, $l6O each; Morocco skins, $155
each ; cassimere, single width, S47J to
per yard; cassimere, double width, $65 to
slo7£ per yard; knives and forks, common,
$36 per half dozen ; knives, Rogers’, s72£ per
half dozen ; plated tea spoons, S37J per doz.; !
scissors, s7£ per pair;, butcher knives, '
to $36 per dozen ; pocket knives, $l2O to S2BB
per dozen. Clothing did not bringpropor
tionate’pricesj as The stocji offered was chiefly
suited for winter'ware.
1 [From the Richmond Whig.]
Shepherd Lincoln.
Beyond question, the most versatile actor
of the age, is Abraham Lincoln. He assumes
mbre characters thak Burton or Chas. Math
ews, atfd plaj's all parts equally well. It is
impossible to recount the number of roles he
has played since he set out from Springfield,
three years ago. We can recall a few.
First, we discover him in the attitude of
The Consoler. “ Nobody is hurt,” says the
amiable man to a people trembling in antici
pation of the horrors of war. fiis tone soon
changes, however: In-New Jersey he dons
the Roman garbs and strikes the attitude of
Incarnate Firmness.' “I shall put my foot
down firmly,” quoth the new Caesar. He
reaches* Utofrishtfl in Pennsylvania, the
gladium and tcega'&ve thrown aside for a Scotch
cap and a big cloak* the firmly-planted foot
gives place to thfe"Hftky knees, and he sneaks
into the CapitaMtP’the United States in the
garb ofraUdnSpifator and an Assassin—his
true character fdr the first time.
Inaugurated President, he straightway puts
on the airs of a “Conqueror. ‘ I shall hold,
occupy and possess, all the forts,” his lofty
declaration. But why follow him through all
his transformations, mote sudden and various
than those of Proteus.. One day he is Run
ner of the Machine, the next, a Nasty Joker,
the next, a Planner of Campaigns, a Proclai
med an Emancipator, a Conspirator, an Ex
terminator, what not? The only parts he ev
er refused to play was that of Runner of the
Churches. Why he refused, must forever re
main a mystery, for his capacity is adequate
to anything.
There seems to be no end to his metamor
phoses. Within ten days past, lie has ap
peared in an entirely new guise, that of “The
Gentle Shepherd,” with a special eye to black
sbeep. At the Sanitary Fair in Baltimore, he
comes forth in his new costume and addresses
his flock as follows :
“The Shepherd drives the wolf from the
sheep’s throat, for which the sheep thanks
the shepherd as a liberator , while the wolf de
nounces him, for the same act, as the destroy
er of liberty, especially as the sheep was a
black one.”
Being interpreted, this pastoral parable
means this : The nigger is a black sheep and
the Southern white man a wolf, who is con
tinually sticking his fangs in the innocent
black sheep’s throat. I, Abraham Lincoln,
am the good Shepherd who drives the South
ern white man-wolf from the throat of the
nigger-sheep. In the eye of the sheep-nigger,
lam a liberator; in the eye of the wolf-man,
lam a destroyer of liberty. This is'the whole
interpretation.
The Gentle Shepherd goes on to say, that,
if it be true, that the sheep-niggers in Fort
Pollow were put to the sword by the man
wolf, Forrest, he, Lincoln, the good shepherd,
will see to it that the sheep-niggers are avenged.
“Retribution shall surely come. It Will be a
i matter of grave consideration in what exact
i course to apply the retribution, but, in the
supposed case, it must come: i; Good for the
shepherd.
The tender solicitude of Shepherd Lincoln
in behalf of his sheep, will not, we trust,
stop short at the black ones, but extend im
partially to the ring-streaked, speckled and
spotted. The only wolves on whom he can
be aveDged are certain Southern wolves now
in his pens, or such as may be caught and
penned hereafter. Let him try his hand on
those. Let him hang or shoot “three hun
dred or the tenth part, of three . hundred of
them.” We dare them* Many parts he has
played; in none of them has lie failcoTto ad
vance the cause of the Southern jyblflT.U. Ter
mains only for him to cap the climax of liis
good deeds to the South by slaughtering our
prisoners. We entreat him to perform this or
any similar aet of blindness. If he will, our
gratitude shall know no bounds, and we prom
ise him that, before "Iff e curtain falls on him
as he stands before** 1 the Christain world” in
the attitude of “The Gentle Shepheid, he will
obtain such a view of the fangs of the South
ern wolf as will effectually close his dramatic
career, and hasten materially the time when
his pastoral liabilities must be adjusted “in
my (his)-final account to God.” Forrest acted
according to his recognized laws of war. The
sooner Shepherd Lincoln begins the work of
“retribution" the better both for the black
sheep and the white wolves. We entreat him
to begin at once.
Lincoln and Kegro Troops.
At the opening of the “Sanitary Fair” in
Baltimore on the 18th insf.., President Lincoln
made a speech, from which we make the fol
lowing extract:
It is not very becoming for one in my posi
tion to make speeches at great length; but
there is another subject upon which I feel that
I ought to say a wbrd. A painful rumor, true,
I fear, has reached us of the massacre, by the
rebel forces at Fort Pillow, in the west end of
Tennessee, on the Mississippi river, of some
three hundred colored soldiers and white offi
cers, who had just been overiftrwered by -their
assailants. There seems to b<y some anxiety
in the public mind whether the Government is
doing its duty to the colored soldiers and to
the service at this point. At the beginning of
the war, and for some time, the use of col
ored troops was not contemplated ; and bow
the change of purpose was wrought, I will not
now take time to explain. Upon a clear con
viction of duty, 1 resolved to turn that ele
ment of strength to account; and I am re
sponsible for it to the American people, to the
Christian world, to history and on my final
account to God. Having determined to use
the uegro as a soldier, there is no way but to
give him all the protection given to any other sol
dier. The difficulty is not in stating the prin
ciple, but in practically applying it. It is a
mistake to suppose the Government's indif
ferent to this matter, or is not doing the best
it can in regard to it. We do not to-day
know that a colored soldier, or white officer j
commanding colored soldiers, has been ma3- i
sacred by the rebels when made a prisoner.
We fear it, believe it, I may say, but we do
not know it. To take the life of one of their
prisoners on the assumption that they murder
ours, when it is short of certainty that they
do murder ours, might be too serious, too
cruel a mistake. We are having the Fort
Pillow affair thoroughly investigated; and j
such investigation will probably show conclu- j
sively how the truth is. If, after all that has
been said, it shall turn out that there has been
no massacre at Fort Pillow, it will be almost
safe to say there has been none ; and will be
none elsewhere. If there has been the massacre
of three hundred there , or even the tenth part of
three hundred , it will be conclusively proven ;
and being so proven, the. retnbutioh shall as
surely come. It will be a matter ot grave con
; sideration in wliat exact course to apply tue
j retribution; but in the supposed case it whst
i come.
I Tu A ; in: j PRESIDENCY. —
j The Rdnd._us T uies. i.f March 25th, says :
! If the r c mpaign does not pro
duce |norc ’.: • le * results than the re
j cent Expeditions have obtained, the politi
cal manceuvers of the Presidential elec
tion will throw the incidents of the war
: into the background altogether. Under
any circumstance this tremendous contest
would have withdrawn much of the pub
lic interest from movements they could
learn only from description. But the bat-'
ties of the political campaign are fought
in every town and village. The combat
is at every man’s door. It is a great ad
vantage to the Confederates that they have
wisely exempted themselves from the
same kind of struggle, which would have
occurred exactly at the same time, had
they not extended the four years term of
their President to six. The difference it
makes in the position of the two political
chiefs of the opposing federations is de«
c-idedly in favor of the Southerners.
In the North the war is as much a con*
flict for party supremacy as for the re«
storation of the Union by conquest and
force. The Republican, or official party
will have to bear through the whole of
this year .a double strain on its energies.—
It must carry on the war and maintain, at
all hazards, its own political domination.
It has not conducted military operations
very successfully yhile it could devote all
its efforts to the task; it will now be dis
tracted by different objects.
Saving Her Bacon-
We were told yesterday of a circum
stance by which an old lady saved her ba
con, which, we think, should be repeated
to counterbalance some of the “cute tricks”
of the Yankees which we so often hear
of.
It appears that just before Grierson
made his way to West Point, considera
ble alarm preceded him throughout the
country where he was expected to travel,
and every person did all he could to save
his valuables and movable property, to
prevent their being stolen. A certain old
lady, who resides only a short distance
from West Point, learning that the ad
vance guard of the marauding party were
advancing, and were within a short dis*
tance of her home, was in great distress
as to what disposition she should make of
her bacon, as she had a quantity in her
smoke house. Everybody about the place
was hiding away their valuables but the
old lady, who stood wringing her hands
and crying out, “my conscience,” “bless
my soul,” “ where on the face of the yearth
can I hide my meat from these cursed
Yankees ?”
• The Yanks hove in sight. On the in
stant a brilliant idea struck the old lady,
and she. sang out to her son, “You Jeemes,
come here and help me throw this meat
into the yard.” And at it they went,
spreading the yard with the bacon. In a
few moments the Yanks made their ap
pearance, and dashed into the yard. The
first thing they saw, of course, was tlie
meat. “Ah !” exclaimed one, “you have
got plenty of meat here; the very thing
we want.” The old lady being close by
and listening, replied: Yeas, we have
got plenty of' meat here, sich as it is; yer
can have it and welcome, for I shan’t
touch a mouthful long as I live; for, this
morning the derned rebel sogers come
here and took every bit of my meat, and
done something with it, and flung it in
the yard, and thar it can lay till it rots
before 1 eat it.
The Yankee took the hint—thought it
was poisoned—and she “saved her bacon.”
[Mobile Tribune.
Agricultural Prospects.
The Iredel (N. G.) Express of a recent
date says:
Having just returned from a trip
through South Carolina, Georgia, and
Alabama, it affords us pleasure to repeat
that the wheat crop in all these States
is very promising, and the report is equal
ly favorable from Mississippi. The stand
is good and the fields green. A number
of farmers and planters with whom we
conversed expressed themselves much
pleased with the prospect of the growing
crop. At Columbus, Miss., corn was
selling at $1 per bushel, Selma $3,
Montgomery $5 in old issue* Millions
of bushels can be purchosed at these pricN
es. .
The Danville (Va) Register of Satur
day says:
Considerable uneasiness has been felt
about the safety of the fruit buds, espec
ially the peach and pear and wo fear
thatjjmost of them had been killed by the,
harsh weather. We understand however
that later examination prove that but lit
tle damage has been done to the fruit
trees; but there will generaljv, be as many
peaches as the trees will bear well, and
that the apples, being a later production,
have not been affected by the trosts. In
this vicinity, only the peach trees upon
elevated grounds have been damaged by
the weather.
The wheat and oat crops, we
stand, show marked signs of improvement
since the late rains. The fields begin to
wear a much greener and livlier appears
ance, and we have heard some farmers
declare that their wheat looks as promis
ing as they have ever seen it at this seas
on of the year.
The Milton (N. C.) Chronicle says:
We are informed by farmers that in j
the past week wheat has improved as ;
they never knew it to improve before,
although the weather has been cold, the j
sky cloudy, and rains falling, almost every
day.
The. Selma (Ala.) Reporter of the 26th
is informed by a gentleman just from Mo
bile, that there had been considerable
tumbling in the prices of provisions in
that city. He quotes the best of bacon
at $3 per pound; corn from $2 to $3; and
salt from sl6 to $lB per bushel; sugar
$5 per pound.
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, Capt, MW. Cluskey has been nomi
nated as a candidate to fill the vacancy in
! the 11th Congressional District, Tennes~
see.
The Louisville Journal is less sanguine
of Grant’s success in Virginia than any
Yankee journal have yet seen. It
! processes the utmost confidence in the mil*
' 1 y : 'ius of Gen. Grant, but at the same
■ id it.is some unpleasant misgivings as to
I the capture of Richmond.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1363, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, April 30. —Members j>f Congress are
arriving slowly. It is regarded certain ifow that
there will be a quorum on Monday.
The President’s Message is ready for delivery.
Itis understood that it contains no point of striking
interest.
The dearth of news continues.
Orange C. H., April 30.— Our scouts report
Burnside to have arrived at Alexandria, prepara
tory to joining Grant. „
Dalton, April 30. —The Nashville Union of the
27th has a Washington dispatch dated 26th,
which says Grant has taken measures to add
enough to our armies to make them irresistible.
Wild rumors were afloat this evening of Long
street marching down the Shenandoah Valley to
wards Maryland.
The steamer Locoss, loaded with cotton, was
captured by rebel cavalry on Red River and
burned.
Forrest reported this morning moving towards
Alabama, followed by Grierson, who attacked his
rear near Hudsonville, Miss., on the 21st. A sharp
fight ensued when the rebels retreated towards
Jackson, passing through LaGrange.
Price has evacuated Camden, Ark., Steele occu
pying his place.
A meeting has been held in the 2nd U. S. col
ored heavy artillery, denouncing Forrest. One
resolution adopts for an inscription on their flag
“victory or death,” as no quarter will be shown
them.
Edward Benton, a citizen o£ Yankee extraction,
residing near Fort Pillow, testified in regard to
the massacre of Yankees, that they were hunted
down by bloodhounds and buried alive. He saw
a quartermaster burned.
The enemy near Cleveland evidently fear an at
tack and are constantly in line of battfe.
All quiet towards Ringgold.
Richmond, May I.—Baltimore Gazette of 28th
ult. has been received. General news unimport
ant.
The Washington correspondent of the New York
Post says that gigantic preparations are going on
for the approachtug'campaign.
Grant will not commence a forward movement
until all arrangements are completod.
The State Constitutional Convention of Mary
land organized on the 27th.
Gold in New York 177i.
European advices to the 13th ult. have been re
ceived.
The British ministry was defeated on the 12th,
in the House of Commons, on the Miner Educa
tional questiou by eight majority.
Great 'enthusiasm is manifested in England for
Garibaldi. *
. Lord Palmerston accorded him an interview of
an hour’s duration.
The mission of Lord Palmerston to Paris is said
to have been for the purpose of dispelling Napo
leon’s irritation against Fngland.
Maximilian’s health is improved and he was to
have left for Mexico on the 14th.
The siege of Buppel continues. The Danish gar
rison show signs of weakness.
The Conference had not assembled when the
steamer left England.
Richmond, May I.—On Saturday evening, 7
o’clock, Joseph, son of President Davis, died from
injury received by a fall from the back porch of
the Executive mansion.
The parents were not at home at the time of the
accident, and it was not discovered until the little
boy was found in an insensible condition by a ser
vant iu the yard.
Every restorative that could be thought of was
applied but to no effect.
(Special to the Reveille.)
Dalton, April 29.—The enemy are concen
trating heavily at Ringold and Cleveland, and
are gradually advancing.
A battle is expected at an early day.
Lookout for stirring news.
[Special to the Southern Confederacy.]
Tunnel Hill, April 29, 2 o’clock, P. M.—Al
bert Roberts, Editor Confederacy : —The enemy,
two-thousand strong, infantry, cavalry and artil
lery, drove in our pickets on the Ringgold Road at
daylight this morning.
They were handsomely repulsed by Col. Ander
son’s Fourth Tennessee cavalry and the Ninth Bat
talion, under Maj. Aiken, who charged them gal
lantly, three times, driving them back to Ringgold
Gap.
Our loss is said to be two killed and ten wound
ed.
The enemy’s loss is forty killed and wounded.
The enemy captured and killed Private Jackson,
of the Ninth Battalion, after carrying him over
half a mile.
We are authorized to say that the
Hon E. A. Nisbefc has been appointed to
the office of administering the - Habeas
Corpus Suspension Act, under the Sec«
ondSectiou of that Act, within the State
of Georgia; except as to] cases that may
arise immediately within the Army of
Gen- J. E. Johnson; and that he has ac
cepted the appointed.
[Macon Telegraph.
Drying Vegetables,— Nearly all
our summer vegetables, as well as frnits,
can be preserved by drying, or in some
other way, if oas to be a very palatable ads
dition to tqe winter supply of our tables,
and most grateful to our friends in the
army. A r subscriber states that his fam
ily are using Snap Beans which were pre
served by cutting up, taking out the
strings and thus prepared as it for the
tables; then scalded in salt and water,
and dried on a scaffold like* fruits. Othy
ers preserve them in salt, like pickles,
the bean making its own brine. In eith
er case the beans are soaked in water hes
fore cooking.
Shifts of the Abolitionists. —We have
been presented with a metalic charm used by \
the Yankees to hang around the necks-of the
poor negroes whom they excite into their ranks.
The charm is about the size of an American
half dollar. One side is stamped with the
bust of old John Brown, with the words,
“Slavei’y the sum of all villaines,” and.“ John
Brown marching along,” The other side pre
sents John Brown swinging between heaven
and earth from a gallows according to the
manner of his execution in Virginia. Here,
too, the name “John Brown” is stamped in
small letters : also the words, “Resistance to
tyranny i3 obedience to God,” and “Give me
liberty or give me death!” We presume the
Yankees have succeeded in making their ig
norant black dupes believe that John Brown
is their Saviour, and that he died on the gal
lows that they might befree. The amulet which
each darkiff carries around his neck is doubt
less regarded by him as a talisman capable of
shielding its possessor against all harm.
[Missiisippian.
V
“Julius, was you ebei in business?'’ “In
i course I was.” “What business ?” “A sugar
j planter.'' When was that, my colored friend?”
I k< De day I berrid that ole sweetheart of mines..
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR.
More Prisoners. —About 550 Yankee prison
ers from the West passed through this city Sutur
-1 day night for Andersonville, Ga.
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The m:E School Pic Xjc.— M e regret ex
ceedingly that absence from the city on Saturday
prevented an upon the interesting fes-,
tivities of the, Columbus Free School. We learn
from our city cotemporaries that it was a complete
success, and that everything passed off as agree
ably as could by the most ardent
admirers of that noble^ij^srprise.
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Education of Disabled Soldiers.—At a meet
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ing of the Board of Trustees of Mercer University,
held in Atlanta, the following resolution, offered
by Rev. J. 11. Campbell, was unanimously adopt- 1
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Reaslved, That
or may be, disabled in the service "of the Confede
rate States, or of the State of Georgia, be allowed
the privilege of the University without paying
tuition.
It is a great luxury to some persons to scold’
says the Sentinel. People, however, soon learn
not to regard them, and when they have digorged
their bilo they feel better.
A Move in the Right Direction. —We see it
stated m the Richmond Whig that the general
agent of the Produce Loan is instituting a careful
examination into the condition of government cot
ton, stored in various districts of the South. Per
sons having charge of the same are to be held lia
ble for all damage and cost resulting from insecure
shelter, or neglect otherwise. Cotton left on aban
doned plantations is to bo removed to secure loca
tions, and properly cared for. To secure the ob
servance of these requirements, sub-agents are re
quired to make regular and frequent reports in de
tail. It is time that steps should be taken to hold
to a proper responsibility those who are charged
with the duty of preserving government produce,
whether of the loan or tax in kind. It is impossi
ble to estimate the waste that has resulted in some
localities through the indifference and careless
ness of government agents.
— ,
It is believed at the Navy Department that Lt.
Dixon, and his little torpedo boat, the David, lie
side by side with the Ilousatonic, at the bottom of
the water. The big ship sucked the little one
down with her. All was over iu five minutes.
Private letters from Nashville bring informa
tion of a much better condition of things in that
captive city than has heretofore, for some, existed.
The Federal General Ptousseau is in command,
who, if anything complimentary can be spoken of
a Yankee officer, more nearly approximates the
mark than his epauletted com
peersJUfvery thing i? quiet in the city, and Fede
ral outrages are of much less frequent occurrence.
— At. Confederacy.
Wood stated in a late speech in Con -
-gress that Secretary Chase advocated'a rccogmtion
of the Southern ‘Confederacy, in the Cabinet; ifrhile
we had olily a provisional government at Mont
gomery. The assertion was not contradicted^*
The Mobile Advertiser says that five
arc in great demand in that city, and
pay for them a premium per cent.' WKKm
Vinegar.— is one of the most nec
essary, and yet we rarely find it of good, or even
passable quality. By tho following receipt,
which a correspondent has been following many
years, any one may make the article on his own
premises : To eight gallons of clear rain water,
add three quarts of molasses, put into a good cask,
shako well a few times, then add two or three
spoonfuls of good yeast cakes. If in summer,
place in sun : if in the winter, near the chimney,
where it may warm. In ten or fifteen days, add to
the liquor a sheet of brown paper, torn in strips,
dipped in molasses, and good vinegar will be pro
duced. The paper will, in this way, form what is
called the “another” or “life of the vinegar.”
The Consular Question. —It seems incredible
that one of Her Majesty’s Ministers of State should
make such a statement as that made on Tuesday,
Ist March, in the House of Lords, by Earl Rus
sell, in a conversation on the subject of Federal
enlistments in Ireland. He said in substance, that
the Confederates had dismissed tlie English Con
suls for protesting against the habitual conscrip- j
tion —not merely enlistment —of British subjects, j
We quote, as a matter of record, the exact words j
of the Times’ report, March Ist:
I must say that though they (the Confederates)
are entitled to impartial conduct, they are not en
titled to any other conduct at our hands, because,
thou#* recruiting for the Confederates States does
not take place in this country, as far as we aware,
conscription does take place as regards British sub
jects residing in the Southern States. When we
have endeavored to obtain redress for this we have
found that tho Consuls who were appointed when
all tho American States were united, have on a
sudden been driven from the Confederate States,
and there is no one there who can take up tho case
of British subjects, who are very frequently forced
into the Confederate ranks against their own will.
This and other hardships are inflicted upon Brit
ish subjects in the Confederate States, and from the
loss of Consuls they are not able to make com
plaints and obtain the redress to which they are
entitled. (Hear.)
The Index remarks on this :
Leaving out New Orleans as being in Federal
occupation, there were four British Consuls with
out the de facto Confederate jurisdiction, of whom
two, Mr. Bunch, of Charleston, and Mr. Moli
neaux, of Savannah, quietly, and without reason
assigned, withdrawn by Earl Russell, a third, Mr.
Magee, at Mobile, for doing what he deemed it his
bounden duty to do, and what his colleagues had
done without proof, was dismissed by Earl Russell
himself. The fourth and only remaining one, Mr.
Moore, at Richmond, was requested by the Confed
erate Government to leave the country, not because
of any controversy arising from the conscription
law, but for a flagrant contempt of the de facto
authority of the Confederate Government. The
reasons for this step were distinctly stated by Mr.
Benjamin in a dispatch to Mr. Mason, which was
duly communicated to Earl Russell, and which
furthermore, was published in several of the Lon
don newspapers. The whole of the correspondence
relating to this subject was laid by the Confede
rate Government before Congress, and an official
copy of the same is at the disposal of the Foreign
Secretary. Every disputed case under Conscrip
tion law has been fairly tried before the Confede
rate courts, which are entitled to at least equal re
spect from Her Majesty’s Government as Mr. Lin
coln’s prize courts, and it is demonstrable that the
Confederate Governmeik, in its anxiety to prevent
any cause for complaint, has purposely counte
nanced great laxity in the enforcement of the law
against persons claiming to be British subjects.
The Great Fair in New*’•York. —The New
York Times noticing the articles on exhibition at
the great Sanitary fair there, says :
A “spread eagle” is among the novelties of the
Methodist church table. It was presented by
Mrs. Wright of Indiana, and is made of the hair
of President Lincoln, the members of his Cabinet,
and some seventy members of Congress. The
backbone is of the Presidential locks, and the beak
of Secretary Cbase’3—typical in their position,
perhaps, of strongbacks aDd greenbacks*”
Trans-Mississippi News.— Gen. Price is re
ported to have attacked Little Rock and captured
it. He then fell back and attacked Steele’s foYces,
and routed them with terrible loss.
The troops under Quantrell are said to have
committed sad havoc on the leased plantations—
hanged all the overseers that he caught, and all
the negroes dressed in Federal uniform. Be had
also captured some 800 negroes who were at work
on the plantations.
Gen. Price had issued orders against their con
! duct, but very little attention was paid to them.
We have every reason to believe that this news
1 is substantially true. —Mobile Tribune, 2 9th.
Anecdote of Lincoln.—Judge Balds
wm, an old and respectable sedate gentle*
in an a few days since on Gen Hal
leck, and, presuming upon a familiar ac
l in California a few years since
j solicited a outside of our lines to see
! f broth f j r m \ irginia, not thinking that
he would meet --with refusal, as both his
' brother and himself were good Union men.
“We have*been deceived too often,” said
Gen. Halleck, “and I regret I can’t grant
it.” J went to and
was very briefly disposed of with the same
result. Finally he obtained an interview
with Mr. Lincoln, and stated his ease.—
“Have you applied to Gen. Halleck ?” in
quired the President; “aDd met with’a
flat refusal, said Judge B. ‘‘Then you
must see Stanton,” continued the Presi*
dent. “I have, and with the same result,”
was the reply. “Well then,” said old Abe,
with a smile of good humor, “I can do
nothing, for you must know that I have
very little influence with this Ad minis fra*
tion.
m »
—The following is an extract
rom a late speech, delivered by D. W. Voor
hees, in the Yankee Congress :
“I appeal, finally, to God before whom I
stand, and into whoso presence we all hasten
to answer for our conduct and our motives.—
In that awful hour, I humbly trust and believe
that my feeble efforts to turn aside the devour
ing edge of the sword; to stay the hand of
the greater reaper, death , to pause in the
horrid work of sending souls to their eternal
account without repentance or pardon ; to stop
the bereavement, woe and tears around every
fireside ; to brighten the mournful face with,
the radiance of peace ; to reconstruct and rc
tore a fraternal and harmonious Union, will
meet with the approval of the Father, and go
far toward relieving the newly liberated and
trembling spirit of the terrows which sur
round it.”
ajjctiqnsatM
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
NEGRO BOY TO HIRE.
WILL be hired on Tuesday, May 3d, in front of
our store, at 11 o’clock,
ALikelylVep o Boy, IS years old,
good waggoner and farm hand,
apl 28td $7 50
By Ellis, Eiving'stoii & Cos
ON TUESDAY, 3rd May, at 11 o’clock, we will
sell in front of our store,
A Very Fine Close Carriage,
Lot Furniture, (
15 Boxes Tobacco, /
1 Bbl. Rye Whiskey,
Hats, Boots, Shoes, Clothing, <frc.
may 2-$5,25
iYolice !
CONFEDERATE STATES ARSENAL,)
Columblts. Jla., April 30. 1864. J
I wish to have made at once by contract
1 Or 2000 Bridle Bits.
Proposals are invited.
F. C. HUMPERSre. -
may 2-3 t Major and Cow-
Principal Office, Macon
STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notifi H
Tax, levied by the Act of
dated 17th February, 1864, on the Shares of StHw,-
will be paid by the Company.
Stockholders are fnrther notified thnt the;r Annual
meeting will beheld at this office o%,j...ursday, the
2d day of June next, when Directors for the 'ema
ing year will be elected. C. DAY, Sec y.
may 2-3 t
SSOO REWARD !
I WILL pay a reward of Five Hundred Dollars for
the apprehension of, with proof to convict, tho
person or persons who on the night of the 28th inst.,
stole a 7 inch RUBBER BELT from the Foundry
connected with these Works.
J. H. WARNER,
may 2-3 t • Chief Eng. C. S. N,
Siih Reward,
. lld’qrs Cos. ”11,” 54th Ga. Vol. Infantry, ) ,
Battery Stephen Elliott; v
Ilardeeville, S. C., April 29, 18*34. J
A reward of thirty dollars will be paid for the ar
rest of the followed named deserter, private Na
thaniel Wade, of Company H, 54th Ga. Vol. Infan-'
try, who deserted from my Company on or about the
20th day of March, 1864. The aforesaid private Na
thaniel Wade is fifty-three years of age, five feet
eight inches high, florid complexion, grey hair, grey
eyes, and by profession when enlisted a farmer.—
He is now supposed to be about Columbus, Ga., of
Girrard, Ala. (C. R. RUSSELL,
Capt. Cos., H, 54th Ga. Vol. Inf’ty,
Cbin’dg Battery Stei Len Elliott.
apl 30 lt*
JYotice.
All packages or boxes, for members of my com
pany, left at the Alabama Warehouse,’will bo for
warded to the'eommand, near Macon, Ga.
O. CROMWELL,
apl 30 ts Capt.
HEADQUARTERS POST, \ .
Columbus, Ga, April 2-5,1884. /
GENERAL ORDERS,i
No. 10. S
11. Officers, Government Contractors, and all other
persons having control of, or in their employ, de
tached soldiers or detailed enrolled men, are hereby
informed that such soldiers and men are subject*
with reference to furloughs, in every particular, to
the same rules, regulations and restrictions, as sol
diers in the field, and all applications for furloughs
over 48 hours by detached soldiers or detailed en
rolled men, should be made in the prescribed form
to be 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 inviolatiion of this
order, will have their details revoked.
111. All men between the ages of seventeen and fif
ly year3 employed in Government shops or by Gov
ernment Contractors, should, in every instance h<3
enrolled. By order of
COL. ROBERTSON.
Chas. Wood, A. A. G. • apr2B-lw
By Kosct<e 3 Laif hon, <fc Cos.
Furniture at Auction!
ON Wednesday, 4th May, at 10 o'clock, we will
sell.m front of our store,
Bureaus, Side Boards, Wardrobes,
Bedsteads, Washstands,
Cane and Split-bottomed Chairs,
Rocking Chairs,
Feather Beds, Mattresses
Feather Pillows,
2 Mantel Clocks,
Wash Bowl and Pitchers,
Water Buckets,
Tin Buckets, Tin Cans,
1 Large Pot,
Shovel and Tongs,
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,
„ , , Major &c„ Comd'g Arsenal.
Columbus Arsenal, April 28, 6t
