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BARREN, - - - Editor.
Yacsday Morning, May 3,
The News.
ie tide of Confederate success rolls stead
.nd buoyantly forward. According to the
\ jkee account, Banks was badly whipped
o , the Bth ult. at Mansfield, Louisiana, and
jjn at Grand Bcore on the 15th. Possibly
ti, ,att er occasion may be the “second time
aided to in yesterday’s telegram, or it may
b that Kirby Smith was cruelly obstinate
a<t difficult to satisfy and has administered
i Banks a third castigation. At any rate
t s redoubtable Yankee hero shows his ap
pr elation Os the “better part of valor’’ and
wisely places a river between him and his
uers. This kind of strategy doubtless
involves tl.e loss of his artillery, trains and
baggage, but what of that so the scoundrels
s ire their miserable lives.
That is good news too from old Price. W
thought he was with Kirby Smith, but it seems
it was ordained that Vue old hero should be
ms imtted to justify the confidence universally
r vM-din him by the people, by winning a
victory alone. It is clear that the trans-Mis
.is,i„„i will soon be reclaimed, from the Sou
thern boundary of Missouri to the
which we trust that Missouri he.self "til «
placed in rapid course of redemption. In the,
insane greed of Richmond and Atlanta, the
Yankees will discover, too late tor remedy,
that they have “pushed th e figure" m draw
iug troops from the west. Even the cap ore
/Richmond would hardly, reimburse their
recent losses. But they will not take Rich
mond. At their present rate ofiuck they will
soon take -Washington and Nashville.
General Morgan now has his headquarters
at Wvtheville, in Western Virginia, where he
is getting his command ready for active ser
vice.
A gentleman who lately came through
from Middle Tennessee brings the painful in
telligence of the fall of Lieut. Col. 0. P. Ham
ilton, of the Confederate States cavalry. He
is said to have been killed in a late fight with
his hated foes, the Yankees, in Jackson Cos.,
Tenn., near his native home.
It is said that the resolution concerning Mr.
Harris, of Maryland, for declaring “in his
place” in the Yankee Congress that the South
could not and ought not to be conquered
that the Confederacy should be recognized,
etc.—would not have passed had his friends
remained in their seats and voted. Voorhes,
Clky, Rollins, Cravens, and the like, walked
out just at the wrong time.
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The Rome Courier states that Nathan White
who had a small distillery, in some sly nook,
away up in the mountains, in the extreme part
of Floyd county, somewhere below Coosaville,
was arraigned before the Inferior Court last
Tuesday, charged with unlawfully distilling
spirituous liquors. The charge was sustained,
and the court- ordered that the still was for
feited under the law, that the metalic parts be
turned over to the State, the wooden parts
burned, and that Mr. White, be held in custo
dy until he should give a bond for $5,000 for
his appearance at the Superior Court to the
charge.
The Chicago Times says that a short time
since the 38th Ohio went home as a veteran reg
iment to recruit. Among others they enlisted
a sharp looking fellow in Dayton. He was
paid the usual bounty, dressed up in anew
suit, and returned to the front with the
regiment. A few d.tys since, he went
on picket and was put on an outpost,.and he
seemed a very shrewd soldier. Soon after,
he was missed, and inquiry being made, it was
found he liad deserted to the enemy. The af
fair caused some talk, and was almost forgot
ten, until a few days ago, a flag of truce came
in, and among other business, it was stated
that “Capt. , late of Johnson’s Island,
sent his compliments to Gen. Baird, and hoped
he was well.” The Captain was an escaped
prisoner, who had been wandering, and taken |
this means to get back into the Confederate I
lines. He had become thoroughly posted re
garding matteis in our army.
The Iron-Clad Albemarle at Plymouth.
The Richmond Sentinel says, “A gentleman
who was on board the Confederate ram Albe
marle, informs us that she struck the South
fields amidships, cutting into her about ten
feet, the Yankee vessel sinking rapidly, and
being fastened so tightly to the Albemarle as
to bear her bow under till the water ran into
the port-holes. In endeavoring to clear hci
of the wreck, the crew had a hand-to-hand
fight with the Yankees, using pistols and c
lasses, in which we lost but one man, a
Ihe Miama was pouring shot after 810
them. When the onc of
of the Albemarle picked up js were
whom has since die , hundred and sev
saved out did not* succeed in
® U ‘ „ „ Miama with h.er ram, but damaged
striking 1 h her guns that she afterwards
her 5 ° j s that one shot from the Al
sun*' . 1 tii.vtt and wounded twenty of the
bemane kiueu
crew of the Miama.
i- returned veteran, ” writes the Cairo
News of the 10th. of the military preparations j
made at Memphis when Forrest was in the
vicinity: “The rebels occupied Germantown;
Wednesday morning last. All the infantry
and dismounted cavalry at Memphis were or
dered into the fort. Sutlers moved their stores
and paymasters took their money to Col. Kep
burn, commander of the fort. Some of the
banks sent their money away, while others
deposited it in the safest places. The en
rolled militia under Colonel McDonald, went
to the front.” From this it would seem the
‘•melish" were more spunky than the regu
lars.
John ByrneJ of Augusta, Ga., sued out a
writ of habeas corpus on Wednesday last,
claiming exemption from conscription for field
service, by reason of over age. After argu
ment, Judge of ihccity court, decided adverse
to his petition and remanded him back bo the
custody of the enrolling officer. Hon. H. W.
Hillard was his attorney, and will certiorari
the case to the Supreme court of Richmond
county.
The Battle of OMRee-EngUsb
fi«w.
The London Morning Herald says:
The battle of Olustee, as it is called, is
another of the long list of lamentable en
counters of the blood stained roll of this
infamous American war. No where ap
parently have the Northern troops fought
better; but here, as well as elsewhere, we
may draw from the details of the struggle
the conclusion that in a fair field they are
no match for their opponents. The Gen*
erals of the South as much excel those of
the North in the science of war as the rank
and file of the men of Georgia and Florida
are superior to the New York conscripts
and the German levies of New England in
dash and power of endurance. This re
verse will probably be the death blow to
the Federal cause in this peninsula State.
The army of the North will no longer teel
itself safe except under the protection
of the gunboats at Jacksonville and Fer*
nandina.
These invaders will no more have the
heart to prosecute their marauding expe
ditions very far into the interior. Their
officers will discover sharpshooters behind
every bank, and the men will fancy in the
shade of every cypress and pine grove
dark figures of the desperate men who,
with shouts and flashing eyes, rushed up*
on them at Olustec. This great disaster
added to the ignominious failure of Gen
eral Sherman's expedition across the State
of Mississippi, which, at last accounts, was
in full retreat on Vicksburg, must needs i
dishearten even those hopeful men who
have been speculating on the triumph of
the North a3 certain, and so often to hap
pen who have made their arrangements
so confidentially for the next Presidency,
and amused themselves with parceling out
the Union which is not yet conquered.—
If President Lincoln should hold to his
alleged claim, and refuse to resign his au
thority until the States which acknowl
edged his predecessor have, one and all,
been subdued and brought back tojffieir
allegiance, it is pretty clear that we shall
have to regard him as a life tenant of the
White House.
Lincoln Means to Hold Over. —It
is intimated in the North that Lincoln
means to hold over tor another term, elec
ted or not. The Washington correspon
dent of the World, speaking of a plot go
ing on for this end, writes:
Every one in Washington uuderstauds
that the removal of Pleasanton, French,
Newton, Sykes, and the other Generals
from the Army of the Potomac, is a blow
to McClellanism there, aimed by Secre*
tary Stanton, though apparently executed
by others. That purpose is to use every
means to control the vote of the Army of
the Potomac in the coming Presidential
election. Now, the army would vote for
General McClellan, if he were a candidate,
almost en enmasse, in spite of all the blans
dishments of Mr. Lincolu. There are
those here who believe, and do not hesi«
tate to assert, that it is the intention of the
Administration to perpetute its power in
any event, whatever the result of the No
vember election, and that the plans are
laid, wide and deep, to accomplish that
result.
The Late Col. John T. Mercer.
The Tarboro (N. C.) Southerner of the
23d, has the following sketch of the late
Col. John T. Mercer, of the 21st Georgia
Regiment, who fell in the recent attack
on Plymouth :
Col. Mercer was a brave and gallant
officer, and although he was not a native
of the State upon whose soil he fell, yet
he has given up his life in her defence.
The Col. was a military man by educa*
tion, having graduated at West Point in
the year 1854. He tyas in the same class
with Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, Gen. Hood,
Geu. Custis, Lee and Gen. W. D. Pender
and graduated with them. At the time
the war broke out, he was stationed in
California, and was Ist Lt. in the Ist U.
S. Dragoons-—hearing that his native
State had seceded from the Old Union, he
immediately resigned his commission in
the U. S. service, and tendered his servi
ces to the Confederate government at
Montgomery, Alabama. He was then
J ordered to Richmond, Va., and appointed
Colonel of the 21st Georgia regiment in
the year 18G1, and was attached to Ewell s
Corps. lie participated in the battie o
Winchester, Va., and was highly compli
mented by his commanding Genera in is
official report of the battle of Cross ey&
He also bore a conspicuous part. xn .
battles of Malvern Hill, C anc T anuarv
and Gettysburg, pn the dOtli January
iq«l he was attached to Hoke s l>n 0 a e
18t>4, nc brigade on the late ex
and was witn tne
a . •„«. Vewbern, and acted very
gallantly at the battle of Batchelor’s Creek
and was afterwards assigned to the com
mand of all the Cavalry in this depart
ment.
In the expedition against Plymouth he
was in command of his own regiment, and
during the attack upon the town was in
command of Hoke’s brigade, and fell du
ring the charge upon Fort Sanderson,
which was taken a few minutes after his
fall.
The remains of Col. Mercer arrived
here on Wednesday night last and was in
terred in the Episcopal Cemetery by the
side of the late and lamented Gen. W. D.
Pender, his class mate, his companion in
arms and his relative.
These two gallant spirits sleep side by
| side in death—peace be to their ashes,
and may a grateful country remember their
noble deeds. Their blood has been sprink*
led upon the altar of their country, and
their lives offered up as a sacrifice to their
j country’s good. Col. Mercer was a young
! man, being only about 32 years of age.
The citizens of Mobile are getting up
a testimonial of their appreciation of Gen.
Forrest, in the shape of a field battery,
consisting of two Travis guns, which are
light, easily transported, fired with great
rapidity and accuracy, and, for the caval
ry service, a most valuable weapon. One
of the guns hits, been finished and the
other is under way. -
That French Tobacco. —lt is now definite
ly ascertained that the French vessels referred
to in our issue of yesterday took away 120
hogsheads of tobacco. One hundred and
twenty more had reached Petersburg, and
would have been sent to City Point on Sun
day afternoon but for the arrival of Butler's
messenger. The total amount purchased by
the French agents was 7,000 hogsheads. 1,300
of which was stored in Petersburg.— Rich.
Dispatch.
An Ominous Incidfnt. —A corree*
pondeut of the New York Tribune gives
the following account of what happened
at Fort De Russey after its capture, in
which the Yankees do not appear to have
discovered a presage of what was about
to befall them:
On Thursday evening Gen A. J.
Smith gave orders to have the magazines
at Fort De Russey blown up with gun
powder. The explosion caused the guns
boats and transports in the river to rock as
though an earthquake had taken place
As thetd were some four hundred pounds
of powder in the three magazines, which
was fired simultaneously, the report was
terrific. Owing to gross carleessness sevs
eral men were badly injured. Shortly
after the demolition of the earthworks
and the magazines, Lt. Pannis was order
ed to destroy a six inch iron gun which
the rebels had mounted upon the fort.
In the explosion two men were struck
by the pieces of iron, killing them in
stantly. The victims were a Lieutenant
and a private belonging to an Illinois reg*
imont
Perhaps.—Henry Ward Beecher is
preparing the public mind for the prog-'
ress of events. He thinks that Grant is
pretty safe in his on to Richmond, and
gives the following as the after-piece of
the programme as he would have it:
The next national nominating conven
tion will be held in Richmond. Blacks
and whites will perhaps mingle equally
in its debates and decisions, and it would
be an act of justice if one of these long
oppressed and despised friends of God
should be selected with someone of their
great co-fighters like Gen. Grant to rep*
resent a renewed nation, the master and
model of the world.
Prentice says that a lock of Lincoln s
hair clipped from the spot where he had
scratched his head when he was writing
Emancipation Proclamation, might pers
haps almost bring a little fortune at one
of our Sanitary Fairs.
Going Down.—We are pleased to
chronicle a rapid decline in the prices of
provisions. Flour yesterday sold for $75
a sack—a fall of SSO a sack in less than
a week. Hams of the first quality also
sold yesterday for $2,50 a pound and
other articles of prime necessity have
fallen in the same proportion. We are
beginning to reap the fruits of the labors
of the last Congress. Victories in Vir
ginia and Georgia, which may daily be
expected, will caifee such a tumbling in
prices as will make the knees of specula
tors quake, and the hearts of the people
to rejoice. Confederate money is decid
edly lookiug up.
[Macon Confederate.
Protest from Beast Butler.—lt
is said that Gen. Butler has written a
letter to the Secretary of War at Wash
ington in which he concludes as fol
lows.
“If the arrangements proposed be car*
ried out, it would have the effect of mak
ing me a mere recording secretary for the
will of Maj. Gen. W. F. Smith, who
would be a real commander. To this I
cannot submit. The office of civil May*
or of Old Point Comfort is not the sort of
service for which I was mustered in. I
therefore most respectfully demand either
to be relieved altogether from my present
position or to have, uuder the General in
Chief, supreme control and direction of
any military movements having their base
within the limits of my Department.
Gov. Vance —We are sorry to see
telegraphic account of the late speech of Gov.
Vance, at Fayetteville, X. C., that he has bro- j
ken down from his original position as an
nouuced in his speech at Waynesboro, in ,
fact, we can see very little difference now be
tween him and Holden. The truth is Holden .
and Vance were hand in glove together, < ;
the until they came to the point where
their roads forked for the next Governorship,
when Vance took one and Holden the othet.
Vance however, had traveled but a little way
before he had found out that perhaps ne had
accidentally taken the longest road of the two
•?nd now he is attempting to cut back through
Z ‘bu° he.,%0 as to Lead oil hi. rival. Such
conduct ou the part of Gov. \ance can but
excite the laughter of his enemies and the
contempt of his friends. Neither party can
support him cordially, and his inglorious de
feat will probably be the consequence, unless
the success of arms saves him.— Lynchburg
Republican.
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Still Ruled by Southern Men.
Os the various “unkind cuts” which the
New York Metropolitan Record has given the
Black Republicans, none is more trenchant
and caustic than its reply to their stereotyped
slang that the North was too long ruled by
Southern men. “And pray,”_says the Record,
who rules it now ? Is he not a renegade son
of the South? In the abyss of degradation we
have found our ruler, our despot, in the na
tive of a Southern State. Nay, so satisfied
have the dominal party been with such Sou
thern masters that a large portion of them
actually prefer to put up another, and this no
less a man than John C. Fremont, who was,
if we mistake not, born in South Carolina. In
our best days we obtained our statesmen from
the South ; in our worst days we are governed
bv renegade men, who have been unfaithful
to their own section.”
If Lincoln does not clap the Record in lim
bo after this, it must be because his pride of
nativity is flattered by the soft impeachment,
and he cares not for the title of despot so that
he is recognized as a Southron. Alas! it Is
too true. Kentucky bore him, and Virginia!
bore his father. Fremont, too, is an unlaw
fully begotten son of Virginia ! His mother,;
old* Mrs. Pryor, eloped from her husband in
this very city with a French dancing master,
and fled to South Carolina, where Fremont,!
junior first saw the light. The Black Repub
licans are not satisfied with a Southern man
of honest birth, but they want to humble
themselves as much as possible by taking our
outcasts and Pariahs to rule over them. They
desire to improve their blood by amalgama
ting with our slaves, and their politics by be
ing governed by our illegitimates.
We are sorry to admit that Lincoln and
.Fremont are Southern productions, b-ut it
must be remembered that the South never
produced renegades and traitors before. The
North had the honor of Benedict Arnold and
Aaron Burr, and we are only getting even with
her. We intend to show her that we cannot
only produce great patriots, like Washington,
and the innumerable line of statesmen and
heroes who adorned the annals of the United
States, in its best days, but that our rascals
and traitors are so much superior to their own
productions that they call them by acclama
tion to be their rulers and masters. But let
them make the most of Lincoln and Fremont.
After this war we can furnish them with no
more Southern manufactures. Their only
chance of Southern government is to make the
dynasty of Lincoln perpetual.— Richmond Dis - J
patch.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk a office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Dallon, May 2d.—Northern dates to the
28th received. Tbe Louisville Appeal ot the
27th, says it is believed Lee would not ven
ture an offensive movement.
The Tribune’s special dispatch says the 9th
army corps is forty thousand strong.
It is said the President intends sending
Sickles to relieve Banks.
Admiral Wilkes has been dismissed from
thejservice.
Nkw Yobk, April 27th.—The steamer Grey
hound has been sent up James River with
orders to some French vessels which went to
City Point two weeks ago. It is expected
that they will return without tobacco.
Gen, Foster has applied for a command in
the field. He will probably be assigned to
Burnsides corps.
Cotton eighty-three; gold eighty-one and
a quarter.
Tbe steamer City* of Baltimore has arrived.
| The bombardment of Duppel continues. It
! is thought the Danes would retreat,
j Maximiiliaa, probably sailed on the 14th.—
He has made several ministerial and diplo
matic appointments.
*Ar. Liverpool cotton advanced one fourth to
a halfpenny. Ccnsols 91 f.
The new steamer Matilda, built for the Con
federates at Glasgow, and bound from Car
diff for a rebel port with iron, steel &c., was
lost off Sandy Island. Her crew was saved;
among them Major Pearson of the rebel artil
lery!
The enemy advanced in heavy force on Tunnel
Hill this morning, gradually drawing our cavalry
back until they reached a position near Tunnel
Hill w hich they shelled furiously, and then with
drew in the direction of Ringgold.
Our loss one killed and two wounded.
Citizens say the enemy lost several killed and
wounded, including one general officer.
Mobile, May 2.—Mr. Wagner, bearing dis
patches from Kirby Smith states the results of the
battles of the Bth and 9th ult., on Red River to be
as follows:
The euemy were completely defeated with the
loss of, as estimated by Gen. Taylor, 8000 killed,
wounded and missing ; but their own admissions
put the number at 15,000.
We captured 21 pieces of artillery, 10,000 stand
of small arms, 1200 males, 300 wagons, and a large
quantity of stores.
Our loss is officially estimated at twenty-two
hundred killed.
Generals Mouton and Green were killed.
Three Yankee Generals are reported to have
been killed.
The enemy’s force was 32,000, and ours IS tc
20,000.
Kirby Smith directed operations, Taylor com
manded the centre, Gens. Walker and Mouton the
wings.
On Sunday the 17th, the enemy attempted t<
cross the river, and were attacked again anc
whipped worse than before, but no particular;
given.
j Forty steamboats of all classes ascended the
! river, and were all above Alexandria with no pos
! sibility of escape.
1 Ten or twelve boats already blown up or burned
jat Monroe, La., to avoid capture. •
1 Mr. Wagner says that soldiers and citizens re
! port that Price seemed to have fallen back in ap
: parent disorder, abandoning everything ; when the
| Yank3 reached his trains they broke ranks and
scattered to plunder, when Price turned and cut
j them tli pieces, capturing 4000 prisoners, 200
j wagons, all their ammunition, baggage and sup
! plies.
j It is reported also that Steele has evacuated Lit
! t ie Rock, falling back towards the Mississippi
i river.
This story is corroborated by Yankee accounts
j on the Mississippi.
Virginia. —The Richmond Sentinel, of the 27th•
reports the two armies on the Rapidan drawn up
n line of battle, and that skirmishing, preliminary
to a general engagement, had occurred, and it is
added: “The position of the confronting armies,
the time they have had to prepare, and the lino
weather, renders a battle most imminent at any
moment. It is thought by some that Grant, whilo
keeping up a show of attack in front, intends at
tempting a flank movement on Lee’s left, by Mad
son Court House. We are assured that wherever
he moves he will find Gen. Lee prepared to re
ceive him.”
A Move in the Right Direction. —On Sun
day night last a meeting was held at the Second
Baptist Church, in] Atlanta, to'raise fundsj fur an
asylum for the orphans of soldiers. The Appeal
says the meeting was largely attended. Rev. 11.
H. Tucker, a ripe schollar and finished orator,
preached a sermon, and Gov. Brown followed in
an eloquent and 'stirring appeal. The Governor
closed by subscribing his salary for the present
year. S. Root, Esq., a prominent public spirited
icitizen, has subscribed a lot of fifty acres, valued ,
jat $50,000, for tbe appropriate buildings. Fifty !
thousand dollars were subscribed on Saturday and ,
Sunday, and there i3 no doubt but that $50,000 |
more will be speedily subscribed. The munificent
donation ofsloo,ooo has. been made conditioned
on a similar amount being raised for the same pur
pose.
From Europe. —Northern papers of the 23d
have the following items of European intelli
gence : “The Attorney-General made expla
nations as to the commission sent to Egypt to
take evidence as to Laird’s rams, and the com
mission was returnable on the 12th May, when
the ’crown would’proceed with the case with
all possible dispatch.
Garibaldi enters London on the 11th. It is
believed the demonstration will be unparal- j
leled. Lord Palmerston will give him a ban- j
quet.
All the difficulties as to the Mexican crown j
are adjusted. Maximilian receives a deputa
tion on the tenth to formally accept it, and
sails on the thirteenth for Mexico.
The Memphis Bulletin announces the cap- ;
ture of a dashing rebel female spy near'Fort
Pillow. She was around on horseback, and
had been attempting, with the aid of a pistol,
to make a Yankee trade horses with her. The
Bulletin says she acknowledged that she was
employed in obtaining goods for the rebels,
and smuggling them through the lines; in
consideration of which services she was paid
one hundred dollars a month, her employer
furnishing the money for purchases. She
usually did her business in St. Louis; on the
present*occasion, she had landed from a steam
boat on Randolph, and when taken, was on
her way to the house of a rebel sympathizer.
At one place she gave her name as Mary Simp
son and at another as Mary Simms’
CITY MATTERS.
T. J. J vt’K-iUN LOCAL EDITOR.
May Day Festivities.— By special invitation
it was our good lortuuo to attend yesterday, a Pic
Nic gotten up l»y tin- ’Sisters of Mercy,” for the
female School un<b-r ...dr charge. The place se
lected was on tuc <: ov near the premises of Mr.
James Johnson. ;i> i <sell county, about one mile
and a half from rhe <-i y, and proved to be quite a
unique ftßd app"‘ t ’ j spot, for such an interest
ing occasion. There were some two or three hun
dred persons presto , mostly pupils of the school.
About noon the beauti.ul exercises of crowning th 0
Queen of May took place, which were participated
in by many of the V Gfc Misses with
gant degroe of snt>s;action. Miss Irene Wilson,
decorated in the charming adornments of Springy
was chosen as the Q \en of May, and exercised
her regal functions i a charming manner. Miss
Mamie Loudon deli red the coronation address
done up in exquisite and appropriate verse, in a
clear, distinct and admirable style, which was re
plied toby Miss Irene with equal felicity and good
taste. Verses were also recited by Miss Alice Si
monds, with suitable animation. This pleasant
feature in the day’s cstivities w:is concluded by a
coronation song by Miss Mamie Kivlin, which
was sung with decided vim and spirit—the entire
brilliant cortege of Queenly maids and attendants
joining iu the chorus.
This concluded, then camo an agreeable exercise
in which all hands could play a part—that of eat
ing dinner —and according to the best of our be
lief all played thoir part well. The dinner was
bountiful, gotten up in excellent style, embracing
both the substantial and luxury, tho whole orna
mented with wines, cordials, brandy, cake, straw
berries, Ac. The Sisters and all others interested
deserve much credit for the handsome manner in
which the dinner was served up, as well as for their
attention to the wants-of those present.
The dinner over, Ike Adams’ excellsior accor
deon, string and bras 3 band, struck up, and the
fantasies of the Terpmhqrean art commenced. The
declining hours ot day glided by on winged feet,
as in tbe mazes of the merry waltz, time and
space wero lorgottcu. The occasion was enjoyod
immensely' by the children, as was evidenced by
the merry laugh, the dilatiug eye-balls, aud the
roseate flush of their cheeks. Who Jwould not live
over agaiu the cheerful days of childhood, when
good is extracted from everything, and hope gilds
the future with its rainbow prisms. Our motto is
“O would I were a boy again,
When life setnied formed of sunuy y r ears
When all the heart then knew of pain
Was wept away in transient tears.”
Our Trip to Tuskegee.— On Friday last w 0
had a ride by rail (not a fence rail) to this most
delightful rural town, and on the way and while
there saw and heard some thiugs which may not
be entirely devoid of interest to tbe general reader.
The ride itself was remarkable for nothing save
the roughness of the road, the slowness of speed,
and the high pressure submitted to, on account of
the crowded state of the cars. En route we no
ticed that the woods and fields are fast assuming a
beautiful green. The crops though backwards are
promising, and the present growing weather will
greatly facilitate their advancement. The fruit
crop has not been so hopelessly cut off as we had
been led to fear. Tbe plum aud apple crops are
plentiful, while the peach trees almost everywhere
have a considerable “sprinkling” of young peach
es on them, and in more favored localities the
yield promises to be a fine one.
At Chehaw there are a line of hacks running to
Tuskegee, and a passenger tiled of the dust ami
smoke of a rail car has an admirable opportunity j
to recuperate his body corporeal, by numerous j
I jostles and contusions incident to the old-fashioned j
| stage coach. The distance between Chehaw and j
I Tuskegee is about five miles, and the unwary trav- j
j eler has to submit to the modest and *«ry reason- j
j able tariff of one dollar per mile for this superb ac- j
j comodation. In other words it costs as much to J
travel from Chehaw to Tuskegee as trom Colum- j
bus to Chehaw. Would it not be a saving of time
and money to travel this distance on foot ?
We found at Tuskegee our old friend, Mr. J. W.
Kelly, formerly a Chattahoochee river pilot, taking
lessons in the science of keeping a hotel, and
judging from our brief stay with him he must bo
succeeding very well. We trust he may prove as
much of an adept in steering bis bouse through
! the breakers and quicksands of war as lie formerly
! was in conducting his boat through the narrows
! on our river.
| Tuskegee bears unmistakable traces of the sad
\ dening effects of war. On every hand the closed
1 stores and offices speak in silent though very iegi
i ble characters of the ruin and desolation brought
i on by this momentous struggle. Though
| her trials and misfortunes, Tuskegee is lovely and
I beautiful still. The place is noted for its beauty
j of location, the regularity of its stieets, the num
ber of handsome public buildings and its charm
ing suburban residences. The lots are large, well
laid off, and beautifully ornamented. Probably
no similar town in Alabama can boast of a larger
number of intellectual and patriotic sons, or bring
forth a brighter array of lovely and gifted women.
There are hero two splendid female colleges, from
whose classic retreats many Dobie Southern
daughters have emerged to battle with the cares
and trials of life, and many of these have reflected
credit upon their Alma Mater.
The press of this city have long since gone the
way of all flesh. Two papers under the conduct
respectively of Daniel Sayer and B. 11. Keiser,
Esqrs., were suspended early in the war, and we
heard of another editor who had to start a tan
yard to keep alive ! “What a fall was there, my
countrymon !” •
The pupils of the Methodist Female College had
a picnic on Friday, and the excitement produced
by this well gotten up sensation was about the
only evidence of life we saw in Tuskegee. About
twenty wagon loads of female loveliness, inter
spersed occasionally with a hopeful Young Ameri
ca, or a wounded soldier paraded the public square,
to the infinite satisfaction of a few fogy spectators.
The “grand entree” was truly beautiful, and as we
are never insensible to such a spectacle, of course
we stood gazing on in spell bound contempla
tion. The thing was a decided success, and re
flected an equal degree of credit upon the teachers
and pupils. We are glad to find thi3 College in
such a flourishing state.
We had the exquisite pleasure of forming the
acquaintance of the “bright, particular star” of j
the glorious galaxy of Tuskegee belles, and oh, I
what a picture is she for the pencil of the artist! I
Words are powerless at description, as all the ;
fancy myths we read about in the annals of ro- 5
mance sink aghast in comparison with this su
perlatively sublimated reality. Her form is of
angelic mould—tall, slender, peerless, and com
bines with the dignity of grace the perfect “poetry !
of motion.” Her eye beams with a lustre, which !
while susceptible of the softest benignity, occa
sionally, under the power of the soul within cor
uscates with the brilliancy of the electric flash.
Her voice is as mellifluous as the summer winds,
or the gentle crescendos and diminuendoes of dis
tant waterfalls. Her mind equals in richness Gol
conda’s treasures, and scintillates with the light
of orient pearls, while in the spirituello of her
composition we at once discover a “gem of purest
ray serene.”
But hold, ye gods! what will our guardian
think of such stuff as this ? Altogether, this was
a most wonderful and miraculous adventure for
a Local, who, as a general thing, is not supposed
to have money or sense enough to get so far from 1
homo, to s:.v nothing of getting back, especially
when we t;. sunder consideration, the military
V lane.'* ams surveillance to which such a trip
ays one liul.'e.
lhe »ougSas Ambulance Corps
Solicit contributions from the citizens of CoL
timbus, of lint, old linen, bondages, soap, wit ,„
iquors, pickles, preserves, provisions, or any other
articles usually necessary for.theaiok and wounde*
on the battle field.
Send to Goodrich A Cos., to be packed immedi
atel Y‘ H. L. GOODRICH,
p jes. B. R. C .
ma y 3tf Columbus, G a
Funeral Notice.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr an ’ nr
George I. Hall, are invited to attend the funeral « '
the latter this morning at half-past ten ode 1, }
the residence of Mrs. Cairnes, on Broad street fr ° 0
Henry Clay’s Remains.— We learn from th.
Lexington (Ky.,) Observer that the remain A
Henry Clay, after an interment of twelve years
were removed last week, upon the death of 1
wife and placed side by side with hers, beneath
the beautiful monument erected to his memory i n
the Lexington cemetery. Connected with this
event we may be permitted to allude to a singl*
fact. The wreath of immortelles placed upon hi»
coffin by his friend, the gifted puetess. Mrs. Ann 3,
Stephens, prior to the removal of the body from
Washington, was found to be in an almost per
fect state of preservation, being but little faded
whilst a gold ring, bearing the initials, “J. w./'
which rested near the wreath, was as bright as
though just from tho jeweller.
OI3R.OULAII. "
CONFEDERATE STATES OE AMERICA, 1
Quartermaster General’s Office, l
Richmond, April 23, 1864. J
All Officers and Agents of this Department are
hereby notified that in order to introduce proper
uniformity and system in connection with the con
tracts executed with the Factories on Government
account, and to increase thereby the yield thereof,
Major G. W. Cunningham, Quartermaster, hereto
fore in charge of tho Depot at Atlanta, Georgia, ig
entrusted, exclusively, with the duty of contracting
in behalf of this Department, with the Factories in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama
Florida, and Mississippi.
He will respond to requisitions for material,
upon him by Officers in charge of Depots for the
manufacture of clothing.
A. R. LAWTON,
may 3 lm Quartermaster Genera!.
AUCTION SALES.
By Ellis, l.iving-lon & c».
NEGRO BOY TO HIRE.
a be llired on Tuesday, May 3d. in front oi
j ff our store, at 11 o’clock,
e j A Likely lYcgrro Boy, 18 years old.
%
t good waggoner and farm hand,
apl 28td $7 50
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
’ AN TUESDAY, 3rd May, at li o’clock, we will
1 U sell in front of our store,
A Very Fine Close Carriage,
1 Lot Furniture,
* 15 Boxes Tobacco,
1 Bbl. Bye Whiskey,
1 Hats, Boots, Shoes, Clothing, <£e.
may ’2-$5,25
, —— ■
, By EH is, Livingston A €o,
- At Private Sale.
5 Bales Cotton Yarns,
> from No. S to 12, by the Bale only,
j tOO Reams Superior Note Paper.
j may 34t
xYotice !
CONFEDERATE STATES ARSENAL.I
Columbus. Ga., April 30, 1864. /
I wish to have made at once by contract
1 Or 2000 Bridle Bits.
Proposals are invited.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
may 2—3 t Major and Cornd't.
GREAT SOdTHERIIiIMII,
Principal Office* Macon* Ga.
STOCKHOLDERS are hereby notified that tli®
Tax, levied by the Act of Congress,
dated 17th February, 1864, on the Shares of Stock,
will be paid by the Company. m
Stockholders are further notified thnt their Annual
| meeting will beheld at this office on Thursday, the
2d day of June next, when Directors for the ensu
l ing year will be elected. C. DAY, Sec’y.
j may 2-3 t ,
SSOO REWARD!
i r WILL pay a reward of Five Hundred Dollars for
1 i the apprehension of, with proof to convict, the
j person or persons who on the night of the 28th hist.,
! stole a 7 inch RUBBER BELT from the Foundry
! connected with these Works.
J. H. WARNER,
1 may2-3t Chief Eng. C. ?. jN<
notice.
All packages or boxes, for members of my com-
I pany, left at the Alabama Warehouse, will he for*
i warded to the command, near Macon, Ga.
O. CROMWELL,
apl 30 ts Chpt^
HEADQUARTERS POST, \
Columbus, Ga, April 25,1864. j
GENERAL ORDERS, /
No. 10. J
11. Officers, Government Contractors, and all other
persons having control of, or in their employ, da*
tachedsoldiers or detailed enrolled men, are heroby
informed that such soldiers and men are subject,
with reference to furloughs, in every particular, u
the same rules, regulations and restrictions, as sol
diers in the field, and all applications for furlough!
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 in violation ofthil
order, will have their details revoked.
111. All men between the ages of seventeen and fit
ly years employed in Government shops or by Gov
ernment Contractors, should, in every instance bo
enrolled. By order of
COL. ROBERTSON.
Chas. Wood, A. A. G. apr2B-lw
By Rosette, Lawhon, & Cos.
Furniture at Auction!
ON Wednesday, 4th May, at 10 o’clock, we wil.
selljn front of our store.
Bureaus, Side Boards, Wardrobes.
Bedsteads, Wash stands,
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
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 Ac., Coind g Arsen**-
Columbus Arsenal. April 28.