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(to In minis timtii j. w. - - - Editor. . • 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. ' 4- 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? - » —; 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. - »■- , 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. :4k , • 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. - * -<§ ‘l* * ' Education of Disabled Soldiers.—At a meet . » - *■ •* 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 e U - % V 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