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O March 20th, the Trains on
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FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus. • -5 •» A. M.
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[Extract)
Sprecial Orders, N0.83,
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XXIX. Colonel Win. M. Browne, A. D. t . to liis
Excellency the President, is temporarily assigned
to the and ty ol Commandant of Cbnseripts for the
State of Georgia, and will proceed to assume the
duties thereof under instructions from Bureau ot
Conscription.
By command of the Secretary of War.
[Signed] JNO. W. BILLY,
A. A. general.
HEADQUARTERS OF CoKSCftIVTIOJt. I
State of Georgia, Macon, April i, 1864. >
Special Orders, No. 50.
11. In obedience to the foregoing order of the
Secretary of War, I have this day assumed command
of the Conscript service in the State of Georgia. i
W M. M. BROWNE,
Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts,
aid 29 lOt -
Office Mobile and Gibabd R. R.. I
Columbus, Ga. f April 5, 18tH, j
The Stockholders of the Mobile A.Girard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five Per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1864.
on the value of all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this
office and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
aplfitf Treasurer^
Notice to Planters.
I am authorized by the Governmeut
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Cotton Yarns,
SUBAR AND OSNABURBS FOR
Bacon Sides,
HAMS AMD SHOULDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
apl 18 2m Agent.
LTsTwniaHT,
SUCCESSOR TO R0BINKT1! b CO.,
Corner of Broad find Warren Streets , Columbus, Ga.,
MANUFACTURE*. OF
Superior Candles and Lard Oil,
AND DEALKR IN
BENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
ASNABURGS, Sheetings, Yarns, etc., exchanged
U for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, etc.
Fallow and Beeswax Wanted.
It is hoped that the liberal*course which will be
adopted will secure a generous patronage.
april 20 —lm
” GOODRICH & GO.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
74= BROAD ST.,
COLIIHUIS, «A.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Staple do Fancy
DRY-GOODS.
A RE constantly receiving fresh importations, di
reet from Europe, of staple and tanoy Hit Y~
GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash.
feb 5 3m -
C. S. ARSENAL, \
Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1864. J
Hotice.
I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
on equitable terms,
Sugar Mills,
Nilgai 0 and Salt Kettles,
And all kinds PLANTATION IRON;
Also POWDER.
As this Bacon is needed to supply tho necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
wil give tho Government the preference.
F. C. HUMPHREYS.
apl 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal.
MecLica l OardL.
1)R. JE. A. IIOSSY.
E'ORMERLY Surgeon to tho New Orleans “Fe
male Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus iu all the branches of his profes
sion. •
Special attention will be dcvoted.to the treatment
of the diseases of womem.
$5“ Surgical operations performed for
Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, HurmorrhoLds or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the reriioy
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part
of the body.
Diseases of thsGenito-Urinary System, eomprsing
the different. stages of Ghonorrheea, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
secondary .ternary and lieriditary forms,will receive
particular attontion. ,
References §iven whenever desired as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Cousultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock
a, m„ and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time will oe devoted to visiting personsin
the city.
Address all commuications to
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
”N. B.—Persons from distance having servants
requiring surgical or medical treatment, will be
provi led with comfortable quarters, but in all cases
will have to furnish their own provisi ms and bed
ding.
will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin. —
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Bat os, as employed in iho hospitals in Europe and
America, will form a part of my treatment.
feb It om E. A. R.
Glue Ala mi tiiv lory.
THE UNDERSIGNED isprepared to fill all orders
for
GLUE
of a superior quality. All orders must be'addresse
to the undersigned wifnTthe money enclosed, unle
ordered by Express, when orders will be filled a
shipped with l. ZORKOWSKI k C\
apr 15 lm
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
.THE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
. manufacture of the above named articles m this
clt Y. are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a * few doors above 0. S,
Hospital. ~ HARHTSON, BEDELL & CO.
Reference—Maj. ' ”t,akp.
Mobile Register, ? n a ;«1 Augusta Con
shtutionalist. : , jol and -end bills
to this office
mar 30 ts
Vol. XL
J. W. WARREN’ A CO. Pr
(Sitg mUitars JDiratorg-
HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street, j
Up Stairs.
Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g.
Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
Capt. J. S. Smith, A A k I G
W. T. McKendree, Chief Clerk.
ENROLLING OFFICE. \
Cr.pt. W. S. Wallace—rear of Jones’ Building, j
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’g.
Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer.
Lieut. J. M. Mulden, Military Store Keeper
QUARTERMASTER DEPT.
At No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g.
Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M.
Capt. H. D. Cothran, A. Q. M.
COMMISSAR Y DEP T.
At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. Graybill, A- C. S.
ENGINEERS DEPT
Capt. Theodore Moreno.
Lieut. W. A. llansell.
MEDICAL DEPT.
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon.
(Office at Wayside Home.)
J S White, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge.
J P Moore, “ “ Surgeon.
L D Carson, “ “ As ft Surgeon.
R Fowler, “ “ “ “
W W Dickie, “ " “ “
NAVAL DEPT.
Office near the Old Bridge.
J. 11. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
PROVOST MARSHAL.
Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Columbus.
Examining Board.
J S White, Senior Surgeon.
The Board meets at the General Hospital on
Tuesdays and Fridays.
GEORGIA-Harion County :
DULE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle. Ad
it ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Murry,
deceased, having applied for let ters of dismmission
from said Administration. ...» ,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to show cause, if any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix should not be dismissed from said adminis
tration.
Given under my hand and official signature, Oc
tober sth, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 12 m6m Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Marion County :
WHEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
estate bf Joseph N. Stary, late of said county,
deceased, having applied for letters ofdismssion
from said administration.
Those are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by [aw, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should not bo granted to
said applicant on the first Monday in October next.
Given under my hand and official signature. Jan.
22d, 1864. IMALCOM HAIR,
jan 25m6m Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Marion County :
DULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on
It the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti
tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said
Administration. .
These are therefore to cite and! admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased
to bo and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, and show cause if any they have,
why said Administratrix should not be dismissed
from said Administration on the first Monday in
July, 1864.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
December the 7th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 14 nitiin Ordinary.
mrf .v swuhs.
45 and 47, Noit-h Water Street,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
Brokers and Bankers,
DEALERS IN
GOLD,
BILVER,
BAXK NOTES,
| STOCKS and HOADS,
STATE TREASTRA NOTES
STERLIM,
PAVAM,
NASSAU,
AM) DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.
A.lso,
Stocks iu all the different Steamers,
Sloops and Schooners engaged in run*
ning the blockade.
MOIEY RECEIVED AJVD
PAID OUT ON DEPOSIT.
We buy and sell on our own account
or on commission.
J6@“ All letters and enquiries prompt
ly answered,
apl 13 worn
New Slav© Mart.
i
THOMAS L. FRAZER & GO.,
i Late ftnit of Crawford, Frazer & Cos., Atlanta, Ga.,
YM.no BROKERS,
Market Street, above Montgomery Hall,
HAVE fitted UP, and are now prepared to receive
and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes
which may be consigned to them. They will buy
and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with
promptness and dispaten. They keep constantly on
hand a large and well selected stock, such as
Families, House Servants,
Gentleman's Body Servants. Seamstresses,
Boys and Girls, of all descriptions,
Carpenters, Blacksmiths,
Shomakers, Field Hands.
They respectfully refer to the following well
known gentlemen, viz:
lion. John A. Elmore. Major J. L.Calhoun, Will
iam Taylor A Cos., A. P. Watt, Shular & Ardis,
Montgomery, Ala., J. C. Coleman A Cos., Mobile,
Ala., Henry Jfeinhard A Bro., Savannah, Ga.
TIIOS. L, FRAZER,
Montgomery, Ala.
A. FItAZER,
W. E. SMITH.
Auburn, Ala.
W. 11. Fitts. Agent.
P. S. —City patronage respectfully solicited. All
orders earefuilv attended to.
mar 25 dlui worn
WAITED.
I WANT to hire one hundred NEGRO Labor?'
Ten Mules Teams. 4 or 6 mules each, and t
Yoke of Oxen to get and haul Timber for the Ri.
road Bridge, over the Tombigbee river, near C*
mopolis.
I also want to employ fifteen Carpenters, wLi..
men or negroes for the saute work.
I will pay liberal prices and furnish rations ana
quarters for the men
‘ Address meat Deinopelis, Ala., care of Maj. M.
Merriwether, Eng'r Corps. _
W. P. BARKER.
Ag't for A. L. Maxwell.
apl 13 dlwAwlm
Columbus, Ga., Wednesday Morning, May 11,1864.
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1>rie10r^....,.....,f|... p^1i3TJTT .. J. W. WARREY, Editor
AUCTION. SALES.
iD£W>N SALE IN WILMINGTON.
CROWLY, Auctioneer.
By Catalogue
OF
IMPORTED GOODS
CARGOES CNF
STEAMSHIPS PET AND til*
WITH SUNDRY CONSIGNMENTS PER
OTHER SHIPS.
ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, >64.
COMMENCING at 9 o’clock, A. M., will sell at
my Sales Room, No. 2, Granite Row, Wil
mington, N. C., the Cargoes of the above named
Ships, together with other consignments, consist
ing in part of
Dry-Goods,
Sbales white Flannel,
4 bales blue do
8 bales scarlet do
2 bales printed do
1 bale Magenta do
1 bale stone do
1 bale assorted do
5 cases DeLaines
3 cases Merino Shirts
3 bales colored Lenas
3 bales Melton Cloths
2 cases Silk Handkerchiefs
4 cases Gloves, Braids, Ac
2 cases black Alpacca
2 cases fancy Tweeds
2 cases flax Thread
2 cases Pins
2 cases Bone Buttons
2 cases fancy wove Shirts
2 cases Black and White Muslin
2 cases Regatta Prints #
1 case Bunting, Red, White and Blue
1 case Long Shawls .
1 case Ready Made Clothing
1 case Corsetts, Hoop Skirts, Hosiery, &c
1 case Pilot Cloth
1 bale Cassiinere
1 case Spool Cotton.
Shoes.
14 cases Ladies and Gents Shoes
3 cases Army Bluchers
1 case Cavalry Boots
4 cases Boys Shoes
1 case Calf Skins
4 cases Supr Chamois Skins
1 bale Shoe Thread.
Stationery.
5 cases Stationery
Letter Papers, Pens, Lead Pencils, <fec
Cotton Cards, &c.
12 cases Cotton Cards. 500 pair
1 case Superior Card Clothing, 4 x 34
10 bales Stitching Twine.
Groceries.
72 packages superior Green Tea, chests, hal
chests and caddies
104 packages Black Tea, chests, half chests and
caddies
22 barrels Crushed Sugar
22 bags Jamaica Coffee
50 boxes Adamantine Candles
17 bags Black Pepper
10 casks Chickory
5 barrels Starch
5 boxes Starch
2 casks Vinegar
50 barrels Mackerel *
10 half-barrels Mackerel
35 kitts Mackerel
16„kitts Salmon
55 sacks Liverpool G A Salt -
10 casks Table Salt, 102 doz
3 cases Spices.
Hardware, &c.
93 kegs Cut Nails, assorted sizes]
54 drums Nails
4 tons Nail Rod Iron
4 cases Cutlery
1 case Hatchets
1 case Rasps
1 case Pistol Cartidges
1 case Rifle wipers and girths,
10 cases Gun Caps
1 cask Shoemaker’s Tools.
Oils, &c.
132 tins Kerosene Oil, 5 gals each
2 casks Whale Oil
1 cask Coal Tar.
Drugs,
. 10 casks Super Mass Liquorice
’2 cases Liquorice Root
101 barrels English Copperas
54 kegs Bi Carb Soda
30 drums Balsam Copaiba
29 barrels Alum *
10 cases Blue Mass
7 casks Epsom Salts
11 barrels Epsom Salts
43 kegs Epsom Salts
12 casks Alcohol
11 barrels Borax
3 barrels Soda Crystals
3 cases Pure Castile Soap, 250 lbs
3 cases Magnesia
2 casks Gum Camphor
2 casks Extract Logwood
2 casks Potash
1 case Gum Shellac
2 kegs Saltpetre
4 cases Tart Acid
2 cases Baking Powder
1 ease Morphia Acet and JM°d
-1 case Phosphoras.
Liquors, &c,
3 half Pipes Pure Martel Brandy
3 half Pipes Old Rum
45 casks Rum
28 casks Pale Ale, 4 dozen each
43 cases Pale Ale, 4 dozen each
90 “ Old Tom Cordial Gin
50 “ D. John’s fine Gin
146 “ fine Holland Gin
162 “ superior Cognac Brandy
20 “ Scotch Whiskey"
40 dimijohns pure Holland Gin.
Wilmington, N. C. April 28 tds
“ Yotice to Planters and Con
sumers of Iron.
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
it exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON;
HOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING;
SHOVELS AND SPADES:
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH,
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity of iron, from our Iron Works
and Roiling Mill in Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY & CO..
apr3tf Next to New Bridge,
Tuesday Evening,
NoNegotiatiox the Federal Congress
says The Southern Recorder, while the House j
had under consideration the bill providing a i
republican government for the States usurped j
and overthrown by the rebellion, Mr. Norton, !
of Illinois, said:
“The war was to be ended not by negotia
tions but by hard fighting , and nothing else.
He never would let the rebellious States come
back unless they knocked at our doors with
free constitutions in their hands.”
Here we have the terms distinctly made
known, and the supporters of reconstruction
can shape their course accordingly.
We had a conversation yesterday, says the
Chattanooga Rebel, with an old gentleman
who made his escape from the Federal lines a
few days since, from his residence between
Chattanooga and Dalton, from whom we
gleamed some items of interest. Our infor
mant states that for some time past, the Yan
kees have been serving out rations to citizens
in the neighbornood of their camps, but that
a reeent order gave notice that no more would
be issued until the conclusion of the present
campaign, and that all citizens who were with
out snbsisiance, would be furnished transpor
tation to Nashville. He stated that a large
number of citizens were going up the railroad
to Nashville on every train. The trains came
down loaded with reinforcements and
went back loaded with citizens. His impres
sion was, from all he could hear, that the yankee
force did not exceed from forty to forty-five
thousand men. The Yankees consider Gen.
Johnston’s position too strong for a direct at
tack in front, and it was thought that they
would leave a sufficient foroe in his front to
hold him in his position, and march around
his army and on to Atlanta. This was the
opinion expressed among the Yankee soldiers.
They express great confidence in their ability
to take Atlanta, and crush out the rebellion.
We learn through the Raliegh Confederate
that the enrolling officer for Raleigh having
decided that persons merely licensed to preach
were not exempt from conscription, an appeal
was taken to the Secretary of War, and the
Secretary has sustained the appeal and re
versed the decision of the Enrolling Officer.
Hence this question is settled .while the pres
ent law continues in .force. Every man in
every denomination who is authorized to
preach and is discharging his duties,as required
by his church is entitled to exemption.
A Noble Woman.— A lady in Atlanta earn
ed $9 during the day, by binding one dozen
pairs of shoes, at 75 cents per pair, She has
earned as much as S2B per day, by making
sacks on the sewing machine at four cents
each. Others might “go ’and do likewise.” '
Avery intelligent friend of ours, (says the
Daily Bulletin,) writing from Dalton, says he
believes the Yankees will attempt a flank
movement by way of Rome,, and thinks the
heavy demonstrations towards Cleveland are
intended to conceal such a movement. But
come which way they may, says our friend,
we will whip them.
Army Correspondence of tlie
Savannah Republican.
Richmond, May 2, 1864.
Official information leaves no. room to doubt
that Burnside has made, or will soon make, a
junction with Meade on the Upper Rappahan
nock. One account has it thai his forces are
now well on the way to Culpepper Court
House, and another states that he has already
reached that place, and will soon be ready to
unite in the attack upon Lee's position along
the south bank of the Rapidan. This posi
tion is represented by military men to be very
strong—stronger, indeed, than any position,
including the heights of Fredericksburg,
heretofQre held by the Army of Northern Vir
ginia. It remains to be seen whether Grant
will make a direct attack, or attempt to turn
the position. ,
Meade’s force, jbefore the junction of Burn
side, did not probably exceed 65,000, and the
latter does not taring him more than 15,000
sorry troops—making altogether 80,000 op
posed to Lee. number may be further
increased by western troops and garrisons do- j
ing duty along the frontier and in northern ;
cities. The force assembling on the Penin
sula under Gen. Smith, not Beast Butler, as
stated in a previous letter, is estimated at
15,000, and is made up of troops heretofore
stationed in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida and Eastern Virginia. This,
added to Meade’s army, will make a force of
95,-000 or, allowing 15,000 for the additional
troops that may be gathered in the West and
from the military post3 on the frontier, the
whole force nowi marshalled against Richmond
under the supreme guidance of Gen. Grant
may be put dotjrn at 110.000 seasoned troops,
90,000 of whom will attempt to move down
from the line of the Rappahannock, while
20,000 will operate on the Peninsula or south
side of the Jamies,river. This is a large army
—larger than either the French or the Allies
had at Waterloo—larger, indeed, than the ar
mies with which Napoleon won a majority of
his victories.
It would be obviously improper to go into
any estimate of the forces which General Lee
has, or soon will have, to meet the legions of
the invader, though it may not be amiss to
state that the Change in Gen. Grant’s plan of
campaign from what it was understood in offi
cial circles some days ago to be, has produced
no uneasiness here. Our forces had been so
disposed a3 to enable Gen. Lee to meet the
foe on the Rapidan, on the Peninsula, or on
the south side of the James, either simulta
neously or in succession.
The chief uneasiness fejt here is in regard
to the question of supplies. The Danville ex
tension will be completed by the first of June,
and this will give the Government a shorter
and better route from the capital to Georgia,
the granary of the Confederacy. Railway
men inform me also, that the railroads, though
much deteriorated, are in quite as good con
dition as they were eight months ago, and
that it is not probable they will become much
worse in the future. The necessities of the
times have forced railway companies to rely
upon their own efforts to keep their roads and
rolling«tock in running order, and many of
them have gone vigorously to work, and have
been successful to an extent that is highly
gratifying. But should the Government be
guilty of the folly of taking military control
of the railroads in the Confederacy, all these
improvements would be stopped, and the
roads and the country with it, would soon go
to rum. The railway business is not learned
$3.50 Per Month.
in a day or year * it requires time and expe
rience and great energy and administrative,
capacity to enable a man to conduct a rail
road corporation with success.
Much complaint is made about our rail
roads, the condition of the cars and the chaig
es for travel and freight, and Congress has
laid a very heavy tax opon them and upon
banks and manufacturing corporations. This
tax would of itself justify a considerable in
crease of the charges made by railroads ; but
, Congress.and the country seem to have for
gotten that the cost of labor and material is
many times higher now than it was at the be
ginning of the war. A gallon of oil cost, in
1860, ninety cents ; now a gallon of iuferior
lard oil cost $32. Wrought iron formerly cost
3£c. per pound ; it is worth now $3 50 ; and
pig iron, which formerly cost $27 per ton,
cannot be bought now for less than S4OO.
Coal in 1860 could be had at $7 per not, now
it brings S3OO. These prices obtain in Geor
gia, where the Superintendent of the Georgia
Central Road informs me that car wheels, in
1861, cost sl3 per wheel; now they cannot
be purchased at the Tredegar Works, in this
city, and laid down in Savannah at Jess than
$330 each. For six setts of locomotive tires
he had to pay recently $52,000; before the
war they could have been bought for SI,BOO.
Copper, tin, wood and other materials and
labor, have risen in nearly the same propor
tion. When the war began, the Georgia Cen
tral Road, which I have selected as a type of
the other roads in the Confederacy, resolved
with other connecting roads to carry troops
for the Government at two cents per mile
and freight at one half of the local rate, and
so continued to serve the Government for
nearly two years, when the charge was in
creased to two and a half cents per mile per
man and the rate for freight was slightly
raised. The road now charges for 100 men or
less four cents per mile, and for freight about
the local rate of 1861. The increase of local
passage is about 100 per cent., and the rail
roads throughout the Confederacy have ever
acted a liberal part towards the Government,
and haye rendered most valuable and imports
ant services in the conduct of our campaigns.
Has the Government shown equal liberality
towards the railway to which it is so much in
debted ? Let us take the Montgomery & West
Point Road in Alabama, and see how the late
tax law operates. The sttick of the company
is divided into 16,441 shares of SIOO each. —
Os these shares, 3,688, or about one-fifth, have
changed hands since January 1861. The tax
required to be paid by the stockholders on
their shares—sl,644,lo4 —sls per share is
$216,415. In addition to these, the company
will pay on bonds and other credits, about
$34,950 —making the total tax imposed on
$5,000,000, of planting property at the valua
' tion Off J. 860, and now worth not less than $15,-
000,00 Q. About one eighth of the capital
stock has changed hahds since January 1862,
and not more than 500 shares bate been sold
as high as S3OO. In other words, one thirtyr
third of the stock is made to govern the price
of all; or out of thirty-three men owning stock,
the price of the stock owned by thirty-two
men who are not speculators. And the tax
i$ assessed upon the price obtained by one
man. Is this fair? Is it justice to the roads
which have done so much for the Government,
and without which it could not carry on the
war another week ? The tax levied upon the
banks, which came forward at the beginning
of the war and placed themselves wholly at
the service of Government, is equally onerous
and unjust. Indeed, the tax on many of the
railroads and banks exceeds their dividends,
and it has become necessary in some instances,
for stockholders, many of whom are widows
and orphans owning no other property, to sell
a portion of their stock to pay their taxes.
What is here said, will apply with almost
equal force to manufacturing, establishments.
It has become popular to decry these estab
lishments, and Government has joined in the
clamor so far as to levy a tax wliich leaves al
most no margin for profit, unless the propri
etors raise their prices and compel their cus
tomers to pay the tax. Instead of pursuing a
policy of this kind, it would have been better
if the authorities had fostered our manufac
; tures, aud sought to open the way for the re
duction of additional machinery. Many of
the manufacturing companies in Georgia and
elsewhere have done much, and are now do
ing much to help ou our cause. With them,
as with the railroads, the price of all kinds of
material and labor has increased beyond what
the public imagines. These things should not
be overlooked by Congress or the people. A
suit of card clothing which cost $2,400, in
1860, wa3 bought recently by a company in
Georgia at a cost of $70,000.
Os course these remarks do not apply to
! such companies as havq charged extortionate
prices and ground the face of the poor.
Before concluding this letter, allow me to
say that Maj. R. J. Moses, chief commissary of
Longs/reefs corps, ha3 gone to Georgia to
confer with the people on the question of sup-
I plies for the army. He will visit various parts
of the State and address the people, with a
view to explaining to them the condition of
the army and the necessity of prompt and gen
erous actionon the part of the country. Ma
jor Moses Uthemost efficient officer connected
wish his department of the public service now
in the field. He has been in the war from the
beginning, though not subject to military duty,
and has rendered valuable services wherever
he has been. He is withal one of the most
eloquent speakers in the State, and all he may
say will be entitled to full credit. I heartily
commend him and the object ofhis mission to
the favor of a patriotic people.
P. W. A,
— •
The Press under Arms. —The Richmond En
quirer of the 4th says :
A meeting was called on Saturday for the or
ganization of a company composed of printers, ed
itors, Ac., but not being fully attended—insuffi
cient, notice being given—adjourned without fur
ther action than the election of Mr. James|H. Wal
ford, Chairman, and Mr. E. C. Crump, Secretary,
and the appointment of a committee to wait upon
printers and attaches of the press generally and
urge the importance of the organization. A meet
ing is called for to-day, at twelve o’clock, to take
place at the hall, over Goode’s Printing offices.—
Editors, reporters, printers, pressmen,. and all
others connected with printing offices, between
fifteen and fifty-five years of age, are earnestly
called upon to attend.
Iron is being laid npon the Piedmont Rail
road with a good deal of despatch, and great
exertions are being made to complete the
work. It is said that an average of a mile
and a half of iron rail is laid daily. At thi
rate the gap will soon be closed, and the trains
be running through from Danville to Greens
boro'.—Richmond Dispatch.
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The recent amnesty proclamation of Gen.
Polk is having and good effect in Mississippi.
Many are voluntarily returning to their com
mands.
The quanity of water discharged into
the sea by all the rivers in the world is
estimated at thirty six cubic miles a day;
hence it would take about thirty-five
thousand years to create a circuit of the
whole sea through clouds and riyers.
TELE3S.AFEI3.
Reports of lie Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the yea?
J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's officeol
the District Court of tho Confederate States tot
the Northern District of Georgia.
Further from Virginlti.
ENEMI AOA|\ Rllpi LSED I
Later from Dalton.
IviL,iutoxi), May 9, —A dispatch from Gen.
Lee dated 9 o clock P. M. Sunday, says, that
after repulsing the enemy from Spottsylvania
that moruing, Grant received heavy reinforce
ments and renewed the attack on our position
but was again handsomely driven back.
Nothing definite from Chesterfield to-daji
except that the enemy shelled our works at
Fort Drewry this forenoon.
Gen. Stafford’s funeral took place this mor
ning, and Gen. Jenkins' this afternoon. The
members of Congress attended in a body.
Atlanta, May 10.— Communication with
Ualton was interrupted last night by parties of
the enemy near Resaca. No press report yet
received. A private telegram from a member
of McNair's Battery says : We reached Re
saca in time for the fight. No body in batte
ry hurt.
Telegraph line now working to Dalton.
From thk Mallet.— The Yankee force m
the lower part of the Valley is represented
now as being very small. The chain of pick
ets which they have kept up for some time
past along the Baltimore .j' Ohio Railroad, has
been withdrawn. The Rockingham Register
is informed by a person who has been in the
neighborhood of that railroad, that no body
of troops have come in from the West this
Spring. A large number traveled over it
last fall, going, ’twas belived, to Chattanooga,
but no considerable body of them have return
ed. If this be true, the reinforcements to the
Army of the Potomac have not come from the
West.
On Sunday, the 24th, a squad of Yankee
cavalry came up the turnpike this side of
Winchester, on a horse-stealing expedition.
At Cedar Creek they were met by a few Con
federate scouts under Capt. J. Sturgis Davis,
who failed to get a fight out of them. So ho
pursued and drove them into Winchester and
beyond, capturing seventeen men and twenty
horses. “Nobody hurt” on either side.
[Richmond Whig.
The Habeas Corpus.— The Richmocd Exami
ner expresses the opinion that the bill for the re
peal of the act suspending the privilege of the
writ of Habeas Corpus, in certain oases, will pass
the present Congress. It is a bill we should vote
for unless we.saw strong reasons founded in the
public safety why the suspension should continue
until the expiration of the tine fixed by the act.
While tho people, the army and tho press have
nobly vindicated Congress and the President front
the aspersions of those who charge them with a
purpose in this act to assault and endanger the
public liberties, nobody wishes to see the great
muniments of civil freedom disturbed unless, and
no longer than tho public safety absolutely ro»
quires it. On the other hand it is important that
public harmony should be maintained, and no ef
fort omitted to quiet alarm and apprehesion how
ever needless.— 4/oco>* Telegraph.
Little Washington Evacuated. —We re
ceived a semi-official letter, - yesterday morning,
announcing the capture of Little Washington by
the Yankees. When it occurred we are not ex
actly informed, but are led to believe, from all the
circumstances, that it happened on Saturday night
When it happened, however, is of noJmportance.
The thing has taken plape,and the ganrison which
lately held Washington and infested the surround
ing country, for many miles, is now transferred to
Newbern, the only placo of any great importance
in North Carolina, at present occupied by the
Yankees.
By tho capture of Plymouth and the evacuation
of Washington, the larger portion of the most fer
tile lands in Eastern North Carolina, reverts to
their lawful owners. A glance at the map will tell
better than we can what the infernal enemy have
lost and what wc have regained both in a military
and agricultural point of view. In addition to all
this, the iramonse fisheries abounding on the rivers
and sound which the enemy has lost will be, if
properly handled, of incalculable value to the
State, and indirectly to the)whole Confederacy.—
Let the thievish rascals and murderous ruffians
be but driven from Newbcrn and Pamlico Sound,
and the coast may then be well said to be cloar.
Whether any movements are in progress for the
capture of Newbern we are not informed, and
I would not toll if we were. Let the people bo but
patient and confiding, cxcreising fervent prayer,
buoyant hope and unspotted patriotism, and God
and the army will assuredly accomplish" their de
liverance. Never before were the prospects so
bright: and though wc have yet terrible sufferings
to endure and deadly battles to fight, let our en
durance be equal to our sufferings, in the holy re
solve that come wbat may—poverty or wealth,
death or life, we will not be slaves of the Yankees.
Goldsboro State Journal.
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Ye by Important Arrival.—The Richmond
Dispatch of the 6th says :
“We have reliable information of the safe
arrival* at a Confederate port recently opened
to blockade runners, of four vessels heavily
laden with stores, clothing, arms, ammuni
tion, &c., of immense valu6 to the Govern
ment. Among the provisions brought in was
three million pounds of bacon and five hun
dred bags of coffee.”
STATE OF GEORGIA, )
Adjutant axd I.vspectok Gen’s Office. >
Milledgcville, May 7th, 1864. J
General Orders No. 18.
It having been officially reported to me that the
Militia organizations under the ActofDecember the
14th, 1863, “To organize the Militia of the State of
Georgia and for other purposes,” have been comple
ted in the following nrmed Senatorial or Military
Districts, to-wit:
The 6th, 11th, 20th, 21th, 2Gth, 27th, 33d, 37th and
39th, embracing the counties of Echols, Lowndes,
Berrien, Clay, Randolph, Terrell, J/arion, Chatta
hoochee, Muscogee, Spaulding, Butts, Foreytb,
Newton. Walton, Clarke, Hull, Banks. Jackson!
Troup, Hurd, Carroll, Cherokee, Milton and For
syth.
Now, therefore. I, Joseph E. Beowx, Governor
and Commander in-Chief, do hereby declare the
Militia organizations theretofore existing "in said
Districts, under the Military Code of Georgia, sus
pended, and do relieve the Militia Officers under
said previous organizations from their commands,
and do hold said Officers subject to all the Military
duties imposed by the Act of December the 14th,
1863, above mentioned, upon persons of the same
age with themselves.
By the Governor:
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
llexry C. Wayne,
Adjt. & Ins. Gen'l.
may 10 It.
HEADQUARTERS POST, 1
Columbus, Ga, May 9tb, 1864. j
GENERAL ORDERS, i
No. 12. }
In obedience to Special Orders from Headquar
ter! of Department of couth Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, the undersigned hereby transfers the com
mand of this Post to Maj. F. C. Humphreys.
J. W. ROBEiiTSOX,
Col. Corndg.
HEADQUARTERS POST, 1
Columbus, Ga., May 9th, 1864 J
The undersigned hereby assumes command of this
post. Existing orders and regulations will remain
in force.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
may 10 lrn Major Corndg.
8100 Reward,
FOR apprehension and delivery to me of
boy GEORGE, who ran away from C S.
Arsenal two weeks ago. Said boy is 19 years old,
j feet 6.inches high, bad on when he ltft white*
- lo * h f s - . JCapt. MARSHALL,
Columbus. May 9.—7 U Perm House.