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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. ♦ ♦ » 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. ♦ -•» 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.