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GOLUwt 3 TIMES Published Daily uKmuW- toepled) at the rate, of *q 5(1 per month,*l<> <or thro month*. No received tor u Umger term than three month*. tt ADVERTISER RATEfit A'lvort iseiueata inserted for $2 00 per square for the first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the harge will bo S2O per square. , je Announcing candidates S2O, which must in van a ly paid in advance. ii A deduction of2o percent, will be advertising accounts over SSO. when prompt *ay mentis made. * Change of Schednle. O March 20th, the Trains on will r«.» follow.: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave — Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus. • -5 •» A. M. Ai-rivo at Columta, w; LrcUARK mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. [Extract) Sprecial Orders, N0.83, ******* 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. 7 A •; * ■ ' npUv-’sic ~i-i . ... ....... j v, y , 1 Jj- - . r \ 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. ■ rnm 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. ■ » 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.