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COLUMBUS TIMES
I*ub!i U‘ l I>ailj (Sundays excepted! at the rate of
MoOpormonth,or do for three months.
No .-'ubsci'ii'fciou rc« rived for a )>'o«r°r trrn> than
thrrr motukt.
Aim;KTlSl\(j R :
Advertisements inserted !or *2 00 H’i .'-•luera for
'he Cm insertion and 81 50 for each additional.
Where advertisements are in ei ied a *m.ntb, the ,
hargewill be S2O per Kiuai ■. . I
Announcing candidate* 1 i®>. must uu ar.ably !
paid in advance, j
A deduction of 20 jwrwut. will he made on all j
idvertising account* over ;>>U, wnen prompt pay
ment Is made.
. . . __ ~-r*wcm3aamßgEZ3mL2mx*tT-rKmtz--
Change of Schedule.
OX and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on
ibs .'I useogee Railroad will run &j fdlow;:
PASSENGER TIiAIN:
Leave C01umbu5........ ,0 !' P M.
Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M.
Leave Macon t> 2i> P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN':
Leave Columbus *> 20 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus..... 4 35 P, M,
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee K, it.
ADJCtant& fvtvzcnon Oex’ls OrriCE, i
Richmond, April Otb, 18cl ?
[Extract]
Spresial Orders, No, 83.
*******
XXIX. Colonel Wm, M. Browne, A. D. (. to HU
Excellency the President, ia temporarily assigned
to the duty ot Commandant ot Conscripts for the
State of Georgia, and will proceed to assume the
duties thereof under infractions from Bureau ot
Conscription.
By command r.ftfcs Secretary of War.
[Signed] JNO. W. RIELY,
A. A, General.
IIPAPOUA.ETr.H3 OI CrytSC-RIPTION. {
State of Geotgia, Macon, April 7, H6l. t
Special Order:', No.
11. In obedience to the foregoing order of the
Secretary of War, Ihnve this day assumed command
of the Conscript service in the State of Georgia.
W M. M. BROWNE,
Colonol and Commandant of Conscripts,
apl 29 lot
Off ice Mobile and Girard R. R.. \
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1804. J
The Stockholders of the Mobile & Girard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the fivo per cent
tout, levied by tho law passed February 17th, ISG4,
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 tho stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
aplCtf Treasurer.
Notice to Plniite&'s.
I am authorised by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, €©tt©n Yarns,
SUGAR AID QSNA3URGS FOR
Bacon
nuns ANO SIKOIJIjIIEISS,
for supplying the Array.
JXO. J. McKLNi'KEt,
apl IB 2m Ageiri.
L. CftT^V^ZU;C4-CTSF,
bvccsssok to EoniKjn 3 co.,
Cbrner.of FI road and Warren Streets, Columbus, Ga„
MANUFACTURE!. JF
Ntiperior Candles and Lans Os!,
AND DZaLEK IN
BENERAL COUNTRY PRODUCE,
08NABUROS, Sheetings. Yanis, etc-., ox.'-bonged
for Bacon, Lard, Potatoes, etc.
fallow and Wanted.
It is hope! that tho lifeeial coarse which will be
adopted will .secure a generous patronage,
april 20—iui _ _ _ _ ,
~o6ODRiOS'& GO.,
(formerly oi Si\\
BBOA© Cl’S?. 9
coi«ra»ro, ga.,
WHOLESALE AND DETAIL
Sita,33l© C«3 jF^kJOLCy
DRY-GOODS.
ARE constantly receiving Fresh importationc. di
re t from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY
GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash.
Jebh 3m_ ___
C. S, ARSENAL, I
Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1804. j
Notice,
I WISH TO IXCHANBE FOR BAOON
on equitable terms,
Sugar
Sugar anti Salt M. filies,
And all kinds PLANTATION IRON;
Also POWDER
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
ibis plaee-ancl Richmond, it, 1C hoped that holders
wil give the Government ihe*preferenr.e.
F. r. RUMPRUEYR
3 p17 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. _
M!oca.±o£rl Card,
nit. E. A. ROSSV.
FORMERLY Surgeon to tho New Orleans “Fe
male Infirmary/* tenders his services to thoCit
isens of Columbus in all the braneiieiof his profes
sion.
Special attention will be devotcdttotlu- treatment
of the diseases of womem.
4*s* Surgical operations performed for j
Fistula in Ano, Visum-\ aginal fistula, !
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, .
Varicocele, ILruiorrhoids or Pile.*; Callous lmnae- !
sable strictures. False Passage.?, Tallapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the tinkers Htrabismua or.!
Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins. Ptery
gium, Cataract and Hair Lip, :>\.*o tV.r the remov
al of ali tumor-' or abnormal growth'. iVoiu any part
of the body.
Diseases of thaOenito-l nnar.v s> -ioui.c uaprstng
Uie different stages of Gbonorriwa, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in ip* primary
secondary,tertiary and hcriditfiry form ,will receive
particular attention.
References given whenever desired ns well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans: Consultation hours every day at his cilice
in the Masonic Hall Building, from 1 < ■ -. 12 o'clock
a, m„ and from 2 1 i o’clock p, in. Far: a- wilido
well to call pvoci-.!, at those hour . *- ; .- fore and
after that time will ho devoted to vi-.ruv;
the city,
Add re.-a all roßiuiuication? tn
DR. E. A. BOSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
~N. B.—Persons from a distance having servants
requring surgical or medical treat hi out, will be
provj led with comfortable quo, -i-. u: i . all eases
will have to furnish their own pivvl. i and bed
ding.
also bettow poi, i.-ulsr oUentloti to
the treatment of the different !■; :u= ct rices-*, Rheu
matism, tf»at. Scrofulous age-” *,•*.•; : , Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic li 'si.see 'of the skin.—
Medicated Fnniv; ation:- and team Sulphurous
Baths, as esctoyed in thh hosrdt-als in Europe sud
Aroeri. a. wtlif-rmt part or my treatment.
feb U m E. A. R. .
Glue Manufactory.
JHF UNDERSIGNED isproparad is f.U all order?
Gr JLa XT -S3
of a -ill c-ri-.r quality. All order: ru„ < be *> hires**
to the under-igned wifn.the in m y earl t, unlc
ordered by JispreJ®, when ordei' s will be filled a
shipped with L\ 0. D,
ALFORD ZORKGW3K.I £ CC.
apr IS Im
Shoemakers'’ and Maddlerfi’
r s HI. UN 1 > FR?IGNTiD having commenced the
manufacture of the above nr, Med «r;i-'!c«: in this
Cl <Du*' r * prep.'r«l t., fill or dot ibs in.' saint'.
Ofllee on Aagle street, at few door above C. 8.
“Si ... x CO,
Reference—May I. \\ . Diluro
Mobile Register, August.'. Con
sutuhonjist, pl«a.e copy one month end tend kilri
mar 30 ts
Vol. XI.
J. W. U ARBEN & CO. Proprietors J. W. WARREN, Editor
ditty iltilitary ©irtitorp
: HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street,
| Up Stairs.
I Col, J. W Robertson. Ccm'g.
Gapt. Cha3. Wood, A, A. G.
Capt. J. S, Smith, A A & IG
W. T. IvlcKendree, Chief Clerk.
ENROLLING OFFICE.
Capt. W. S. W allace— rear of Jones' Building.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT
Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. F. C. HxrapiißErs, Com'g,
Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer,
Lieut. J. M. MclDen, Military Store Keeper
QUARTERMASTER DEFT.
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.
COMMISSARY DEF T.
At King, Allen & Camak's Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. U. Graybill, A. C. S.
ENGINEER'S DEFT
Capt. Theodore Moreno.
Lieut. W. A. Jlansell.
MEDICAL DEFT.
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon.
(Office at Wayside Horae.)
J S White, Genera! Hospital Sing. in Charge,
J P Moore, “ “ Surgeon.
L D Carson, “ *• Ass'i Burgeon.
R Fowler, “ “ “ “
W W Dickie, “ “ “ “
NAVAL DEFT\
Office'near the Old Bridge.
J. 11. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
PROVOST MARSHAL.
Capt. Geo. Is. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Columbus.
ExaiMinSwg Board.
J 3 Wuite, Senior Surgeon.
The Board meets at the General Hospital on
Tuesdays and Fridays,
tiEOEtriio-lMai'ion Coufctly :
DULE NISI. Whareaa, Amanda. L Cattle, Ad
‘ b ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Muiry,
deceaaeil, having applied for letters of driauuission
frotu said Administration.
These arc there tore to die and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceaa&d,
to show cause, if any they have, why ?nicl Adminis
tratrix should not be dismissed from said aiminis
trstioD.
Given under mv hand and official signature, Oc
tober nth, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 12 uniin Ordinary.
ClEOK€}ffA«Mfhrioai ( ouitiy g
Vtr HERBAS, B. A. Stars*. Administrator upon the
y" estate ol *Toscpii N. Story, lato of aald county,
deceased, having appliod for letters of dismssion
from said administration.
These are therefore to cite nod admonish all and
singular Iho kinurod and creditor? of said deceased,
to ho and appear at ray office within th® time pre
scribed by la w. to show cause, if any they have, why
sa id letter? 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, IBd-l. JVIALUOM HAIR,
inn 25 m<3ni Ordinary.
CEOBfiI.4-»i>larion County:
j>ULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’s on
ft the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti
tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said
Administration,
Theseare therefore to cite and'.admonish all and
singular tbo kindred and creditor's of said deceased
to be 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 the7th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 14 mbm Ordinary,
BUY t SAWYERS,
45 and 47 } Not ill Water Street,
StOSII.iLE, ALABAMA.
Brokers and Bankers,
DEALER? IN
fiOL
SII -VER,
BAnric sows,
STOCKS a sad JBOiVIMi,
STATE THEASrai; XOTES.
HAVANA,
II ASsiJiAU,
DOMESTIC EXCIIAYfiE.
Also,
Stocks in all the different. Steamers,
Sloops and Schooners engaged in run
ning tbo blockade.
H«\Er RECEIVED A!¥D
PAID OUT ON DEPOSIT,
We buy and sell on our own account
or on oommi^ion.
All lettors and enquiries prompt
ly answered,
apl IS wGm
KTo*w Slave Mart.
THOMAS L. FRAZER & CO.,
Ltiic firm of ('. nvrfnrd, Front.- it Cos., Atlanta, Ga.,
mHO BROKERS,
Mo'fkct fetrcf-t, above Montgomery Hall,
HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive
and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes
which may be coc.-ismed to them. They wfll buy
:u. l sell oh Commission, and forward proceeds with
promptness and dispatch. They keep constantly on
hand a large and well selected stock, such as
Families, House Servants,
Gentleman's Body Seamstresses,
Boys and Girl*, of all descriptions.
Carpenters, Blacksmiths,
Shcmaker*, Field Hand*.
They respectfully refer to the folk win* well
known gentlemen, vis:
Hod. John A. Elmore, Major J. L. Calhoun, Will
iam Taylor & Cos., A. P. Watt, Shular Si Ardia,
Montgomery, Ala., J. C. Coleman & Cos., Mobile,
! Ala. Heniy J/einkard A Bro., Savannah. Ga.
TITOS. L. FRAZER,
» Montgomery, Ala.
A. FRASER,
W. E. SMITH,
* Auburn, Al«.
W. IT Fitt 3 .
1* —City purronase respectfully All
viuu carefully atronded to.
mar:.* dim w?.tu
WAITED. . ‘
! T WANT to hire one hundred NEGRO Label's;.*
1 Ten Mules Team:, 4 or 6 mules each, and i
Yoke of Oxen to get and haul Timber for the i.
road Bridec, over the I 'lnbigbee river, near
mopolis.
I also want to employ fifteen Ckr pontnr.wLi.v
men or negroes fmr the same work.
I will pay liberal prico? and furnish ration: ana
quarters for the teen. . „
Address me at Demopehs, Ala., care of Ma;. M.
Merriwether, Eng'r Corps.
w. p. barker,
Ag’t for A, L. Maxwell.
api 13 dlw&wlra
Columbus, Ga., Friday Konming, May 13,18G4.
“ Notice to Planters and Con
sismors of Iron. 1 ’
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, ot
exchange for country produce—snoh as Corn,
Fodder, Bason, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Batter, Wheat or Flour — the following ai tie lea,
on hand or mado to order :
FLOW 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 anv
sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Roiling Mill In Alabama.
„ , JOHN D. GRAY & OO. t
apr » ts Next to New Bridge.
STATE OF GEORGIA, )
Adjutant and Inspector Gen's Office. >
Milledgeville, May 7tb, 1864. j
General Orders No. 18.
It having- boon officially reported In mo that the
Militia organization: under tho Actof December the
14th, ISdi, “To organize the Militia of the State of
Georgia and for other purposes,” have been comple
ted in the following nrined Senatorial or Militari-
Districts, to-wit:
The 6th, 11th, 20th, 2-lth, 26th, 27th, 33d, 37th and
39th, embracing the counties of Echols,'Lc.wnde?,
Berrien,-Clay, Randolph, Terrell, Marion, Chatta
hoochee, Muscogee, Spaulding, Butts, Forsyth,
Newton. Walton, Clarke, Hull, Banks. Jackson.
Troup, Kurd, Carroll, Cherokee, Milton and For
syth.
Now, therefore. I, Joseph E. Brown, Governor
and Commander- in-Ckief, do hereby declare the
Militia organizations theretofore existing [in said
Districts, under the Military Cede of Georgia, sus
pended, and do relieve the Militia Officers under
said previous organizations from their commands,
and do hold iaii Officers subject to ali the Military
ditties imposed by the Act of December the 14th,
1363, above mentioned, upon person* of tha came
a-2-e with themselves,
By the Governor:
JOSEPH IE. BROWN,
Governor and Commander-tu-Chief,
Henry C. Wayne,
Mdjt. & Ins. OeuT.
may 10 If.
HEADQUARTERS POST, 1
CdLhJiDUS, Ga, May 9tb, 1564. >
GENERAL ORDERS, l
No. 12, i
lu obedience to Special Orders from Headquar
ters of Department of South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida, the undersigned hereby transfer? the com
mand of this Post to Maj. F. C, Humphreys.
J. W. ROBERTSON,
CGI. Coindg.
HEADQU A RTERS POST. 1
ConuMs.es, Ga., May 9th, 186-4 J
The undersigned hereby nsaumes command of this
post. Existing orders anu regulations will remain
in force.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
may 10 1m Major Comdg.~
SIOO Reward,
FOR apprehension and delivery to me of negro
boy GEORGE, who ran away from €, S.
Arsenal twe weeks ago. Said boy is 19 years old,
5 feet 6 inches high, had on when he ltft white
clothes, Capt. MARSHALL,
Columbus, May 9.— 1 7t® Perry House.
To the Stocii.iioMe.rs of tlie Sew
Bridge
The City Council having agreed intake the New
Bridge upon certain conditions, it becomes necessa
ry that should meet to consider the
subject. _ You arc therefore earnestly requested to
meet on Monday next at Williams’ <k Iverson’s office,
at 4 o’clock p, m, Those who cannot attend in per
son should, have proxies,
J. M. WATT,
Columbus. M sy A, it Sec’y,
Notice*
MCBCOOEE J?AII..ROAI) Compasjy, 1
Columbus, Ga., Mrt> 6, i-ju4. ;
On and after this instant Confederate Treasury
Notes of the denomination of Five Dollars will he
received only at a discount of 331 per cent.
J M BIVINS, Treas.
may 7—lw
TUe BuetgfiPGi Ambulunco C’orps
Solicit contributions from the* eituens of Col
umbus/of iini, old linen, bandages, soap, wine?,
liquoi'3, pickle?, preserve?, provisions, or any other
articles usually nscrasary for.thesick and woundcc
od the battle field.
Bond to Gco>iric-h .-t Cos., to he packed immedi
ately. 11. L. GOODRICH,
Pres. B. R. C.
may 3tf * Columbus, Ga.
HEADQ’RS GEORGIA RESERVES. 1
.ViaeOn, ;\lay sth, 1564. >
GexebalOrpers, I
No. 7 . J
T. All person? liable to serve in the /,’ezorve Corps
and who "have not joined some organized company?
will report forthwith-at Macon, Atlanta or Savan
nah, where squads have been formed. They can re
port as such, and companies will be organized at
once by unitins them.
11. The District Enrolling Officer? will send for
ward—to one of the above point?—all at their re
I spective Headquarters, who have nor been organ
j ized into companies.
111, After the expiration of thirty days al
' lowed for joining companies in the */?e?erve Corps,
| Enrolling Officers will rigidly enforce the law, re
; quiring those between 17 and 18 ami 45 and 50, to be
enrolled and their names forwarded to the Com
mandant of Conscripts—as they then become liable
! to.be seat to the Army ia the field,
i By command of
lI*J. Gex. HOWELL FOBB.
Commanding Ga. A’esc-rves.
Lauas Coes. Maj. Sc a, a. i i. o.
may 6 lw
WMTED.
i SMALL comfortable dwelling, situated hi a con
iv venien*. part oi' the city to busine??. A liberal
Plica per moth will be paid for such a nla-e.
Apply at Tills GFFICE.
may TO ts
LOST.
GOLD SPECTACLES &od CASE, between the
Quartermaster's office and Rest Office on Broad
street, about 12 M.,en .Monday. The finder will
be liberally rewarded by leaving th#m at tbo
office of Maj. Diiiard.
may 10 ts N. J. TLSDALE.
Bank of Columbus.
3tqekhoidtMr* arc hereby notified that the Confed
erate Tax, levied by the net of Congress dated Feb.
17, lobi, on the Sharer of this Bank, will bo paid by
the Bank. D. ADAMS,
Cciuinbus, Ga., May 10, —£w Cashier
F.vchaiige Notice \e. 9.
RlcnuoxD, Y u. «ay *2d, IKR.
AH Confederate officers and men who have .been
delivered at City Point, Virginia, at any time pre
vious to the 20th of April, 1860, are hereby declared
to be duly exchanged. RQ. OULB,
may 10 Gt Agent of Exchange,
Thursday Evening.
In the House of Representatives on Ust
Tuesday, Mr. Keeble, of Tennessee, introduced
a resolution ot thanks to Major General N- B.
Forrest and the officers and men under his
command, for their successful campaign in
Mississippi, West Tennessee and Kentucky—
that his great and brilliant achievements en
title him to bo placed among the renowned
chieftains of the world, which was adopted.
An officer in a New York regiment, engaged
in the recent Florida fight, writes as follows
to a relative in Buffalo: “I have had my foot
shot off and may lose part of my leg, all for
being a delegate to the first political conven
tion Abe Lincoln held in Florida.”
Bacon by the Wholesale -We hnv* tho
very gratifying information, say* the Rich
mond Whig, tha* the Ccranur-sary Department
has recently come in •possession of three mil
lion of pounds ot excellent bacon, which will
be none the worse, wo presume, from having
been cured tierorul the limits of the Confede
racy. The reclaimed districts in North Car>-
linn are also furnishing largo quantities of
nice bacon. Several days ago, we stated, on
official authority, that the tithe, in Georgia
won id exceed five millions of pounds \ll
of these facts tend i o assure the army hud the
country, that the- period of short rations is
pashiug away, to be followed, wr hope, by and.
season of plenty if not of peace. There are
considerable quantities of bacon in many sec
tions otthia State aud N.Carolina,which should
now bo Rent to market whilstj high prices
are yet prevailing, Bacon is now over fifty
time? the rate* current before the war, Three
pounds of bacon will sell for S2O in Treasury
notes, and these t wenty dollnru will buy one
gold dollar—so that bacon is actually selling
at 33 1-3 cents per pound in specie, or its
equivalent.
The Fi.osida.—--The GharlestOß Courier
states that this vessel is cow commanded t>y
Captain C. Manigault Morris, with 3. W, Av
erett, Ist Lieutenant. Captain Maffit, who
wa3 relieved on account of sickness, la be
lieved to be on his way home, and we hope
will be spared to hear further reports from
the Florida, and her elder sister, Alohamfij
and others of the sea-roving family of Confed
erate flag-btarers.
Tun Enginekr AND TfiLEURAriIIC CoßPh.*
The Richmond Enquirer announces that the
engineer corps of the Confederate army is to
undergo aun important modification in its or
ganization. All telegraphio operators in the
service of the Government will be attached to
the engineer corps and be required to study
and iearn engineering; and all engineers will
be required to study and learn telegraphing.
Telegraph operators will then rank as captains
and lieutenants, and be under the control of
the chief of the engineer burnt. The arrange
ment is a novel one, but, as will be ssen at
once, a most felicitous one.
The Pennsylvania Troops to *e Dis
charged.—A telegram from Washington says
that Gov. Curtin has received ' assurances from
Lincoln that the Pennsylvania troops, whose
time of enlistment (commencing with the time of
their enrollment in .State service) is out, shall be
permitted to g® home. This will thwart Meade’s
order attempting to; hold the troops for three years
from the time they went in tk:- United States (not
State) service. It released 5,000 men from Grant’s
army for the summer campaign. The “Od?. Hnn
-1 Troops,” offered by the Western Gov
ernors are tbo subject of discussion in the United
States Senate, An uneasy sort of fooling seems
to be agitated at the aght of so many troops in
Lincoln’s bands.
Importaiait to Tax. Payers.
The commissioner of taxes, in a late corres
pondence with Messrs. Lester, Bell and Aiken,
members of Congress from this State, renders
some important opinions on the tax question.
He decides that the five-fold penalty for the
non-payment of the tithe tax applies only to
the tithe tax of 1864, and not that ot 1863.
The penalty fortbe non-payment of the tithe
tax of 1863 is the assessed value thereof, with
50 per cent, added. The tithe tax on bacon
being payable in the your 1864, and the time
for the asses?ment not having arrived before
the 17th February, 1864, the date of the
amended tax law, is subject to the five-fold
penalty.
Another point decided is ih.*it. in'cases
where the* prdouce subject to tux in kind has
been taken and receipted for by any quarter
master or commissary serving with troops iu
the field, the receipt may be allowed by the
collector in settlement of the money value of
the tax in kind. In cases where such produce
of the farmer has been taken and receipted
for by any person belonging to the army not a
quartermaster or commissary, proof must be
made of the facta by the tax payer to the
satisfaction of the collector, and if he ia sat
satisfied that the produce has been received
and used by the Confederate States army, tho
receipt may in like manner be alJtwed. So,
also, in cases where Buefa produce hs= been
taken by the Confederate States and no receipt
given trpon sat!*factory proof being made,
the amount io taket. will be allowed.
-» ♦
Gv's. Eia/TGar.,r~This gallant Brigadier, who
fell or, the firct day of the great battle in Virginia
while leading his command with coc?picuoua
valor, waa a native of Louisiana. He wax* mem
ber of one of tho m honored families of the 8 rate
and was a sugar pi outer on Bay on Bceuf, in the
Parish of Rapides. Before the war be was a mem
ber Os the Legislature, but nnon the comtaence
merff < f hostilities b'rsGed a company and ten
dered it to the Confederate Government. From
Captain he was promoted Colonel, and then Briga
dier.
He was one of the best officers in the army of
Gen. Lee. He leaves a mother, and a wife who
is said to be one of the loveliest of women.-—A/accn
Confederate,
$3.50 Per Month.
'CrKSEEAL Smith’s Positiov. —The corrca:
poedent of the New YoTk Tribune, ot the 3d,
saya: .
By aa arrival to-day from the Army of the
Potomac we are enabled tp lay at rest forever
tha malicious invention which recently sub
ordinated General Biftler to General Baidy
Smith, in the Department of Virginia, end left
to the former but a hollow office of civil ad
ministration. General Smith simply has been
oidered to report to General Butler, to be as
signed by the latter to such duties as he
might see fit to put him to. The management
of the Department of Virginia ami North Car
olina is unreservedly committed to General
Butler, and it is the General purpose to take
the field in person when the ripe time comes.
When he does so, he will assign General
Smith to the command of a corps, and give a
corps to General Gillraore. Here iu Wash
ington the greatest confidence is felt iu Gen
eral Butloria military ability ami discretion.—
The statement that he had written a letter to
the President, complaining of being over
slaughed and left in Fortress Monroe with
nothing to do. ws-. a malif-imm fabrication
Tho re has been no occasion for such a letter.
The confidence in Gen. Butler, felt at the War-
Office, ia shared by Gen. Grant
Thu Fatal Little Opeuatioks of Last
\ uu, —Tho New York Army and Navy Jour
nal gives a list of the “minor” Yankee milita
ry operations of last your, including those on
the lied river aud in Florida ; the great raid
of Sherman, and the lesser (me of Kilpatrick;
the affairs at Plymouth Paducah, aud Fort
Pillow ; then it asks :
WhAt bus been the result, what Jigs been
the gain ol all tliepe operation?, which have
cosl us in killed, wounded and prisoners,
not leas than ten thousand then, or more than
twice the number lost by General Grant in his
great operations from Chattacopga last No
vember? Tho not profit from all these terri
bly costly operations is—what Well, at this
time, we hold Fort Dc Hussey, and the rebels
hold Fort Williams. But what beyond this,
can truly and poaitiveiy be set down a,s the
real gains and losses ot’ the dozen expeditious
ofisen
These are certainly startling figures
the- New York Times) and facts ; but greatly
fear that ten thousand is not an uuder cstirqate
of the losses we.have suffered by these email,
desultory, indecisive .and unprodnetiv’e oper
ations. The losses of General Banks Mono nt
Grand Ecore, are now known to have been
over five thousand. It waa certainly high
time for the new military policy of concentra
tion of forcea and unity of action to be applied.
News (MUected frost* Federal
Prisoners.
An officer who had charge of the Federal
officers taken at Fort Pillow, on their route
to Anderson, Ga., gives the annexed collected
from them -to Moutgjmmi-ry Advertiser ;
But seven officers out of forty escaped in
the assault upon Fort Pillow. Tbo Major
r commanding refused to surrender when the
demand Was made.-. Gen. Forrest at the head
of his escort mounted, charged into the fort,
creating great terror among the garrison. The
negro troops had an intense fear'ofhim. Those
who remained in the fort were taken and
treated as prisoners of war. The only safe
place was in the trendies. Those who fled
ar?d huddled up upon the bank of the river,
ran right into the most exposed place. There
were three Majors in the fort; one command
ing the post, one commanding a battalion of
negroes, and one commanding the 13th Ten
nessee, Two of them were killed in the ac
tion. One was captured and given a parole
of honor to come through to our lines He
violated his pledge and attempted to make his
way back to the enemy. He was re-captured
and shot, which is always the penalty loi a
breach of this military privilege. There were
killed about, two-thirds of .tnr garrison, of
those about eighty were white troops. One
hundred and seventy white prisoners were
captured and aboutforty negroes. The letter
were put to work upon the Mobile ’ & Ohio
Railroad.
The democrats among the officers sny that
their candidate for the Presidency will be
Geo- B. McClellan, They prefer Franklin
Pierce, but must run a man who has figured
in the war. in order to control a large araiv
vote.
Some of them were defiant and professedly
hopeful of the ultimate success of the Fede
ral arms ; of the privates with whom 1 have
had to do, two-thirds of them say they will
not re*enii.st, This is the occasion of the ob
stinacy of the United States, upon the ex
change question. All of our men as soon as
released from captivity will return to ranks.
They regard a practical resumption of the
exchange as a reinforcement of the Confede
rate army. I found 12,000 prisoners in con
finement at Ander.sonville, all of them abusing
their government for ignoring their captivity.
Many of them understand tu< selfish morivb
underlying the policy *d tb?* United .stale-,
and are bitter in their denunciation? of T,in
cola and Stanton. About f>oo at Anderson
viile were anxioit3 to take the oath of allegi
ance to the Confederate State:?. A large a< -•
quaintance with the views and character of
several thousand prisoners recently captured,
gives tne a hopeful view* of our prospects.
The Yankees to u very large extent are demor
alized.
Foreign Yews
The Conference of the European Rowers had
not yet assembled.
The Archduke Maximilian received a Mexi
can deputation on the 10th.
Inbiß speaeh he 3uid that as the resolution
of the notables ot the country, as well as the
Government of Trance, guarantees the inde
pendence of Mexico, and he had received the
aid of Austria, he solemnly declared this ac
ceptance of the proffered crown, and pledg
ed himself to govern consiitutionaily, and for
tbe benefit of the people. He claimed the
united support and good will of the people,
and expressed hia gratitude to the Emperor of
the French, who has brought about a solution
of this difficulty.
Maximilian waa confined to his bed, on the
Ulb, by a slignt fever. His departure for
Mexico, wa.! therefore considered uncertain.
The Emperor of Austria permits the lofma
tion of six thousand volunteers, nnd a naval
corps of three hundred sailors, for the aid of
tho new empire iu Mexico
Anew Mexican loan ot eight millions ster
ling at Gd. will be opened on the 15th.
The bombardment of Dapped and Sander
burg continues but feeble. Tbe allies have
extended their trenches and traced anothisr
parallel. . !
The Danish representatives to tbe Confer
ence have arrived in London, but there waa
no other indications of the meeting.
A committee of the German Diet had re
commended the Diet to send a .representative
to the Conference.
There was renewed activity among the Pol
ish inrardentg.
t GRAPHIC.
of (hr Prrss Association.
1 Entered affording to act of r •
; HWUW * ThrasheV. «• **>» ?«**
the District Coart of tho Con-Vi!
the Northern District of <jSSgS Wr * te
Good Sews Froffi D.nTton !
j r weniv Repulsed With Great
Slaughter!!
Orath of Thost! Butler King.
, Atlanta, May 12,—Tho telegraph is agaift
j «> Dalton. No press reports received.
Ibe Rssanlt on Rockv Face Ridge at Mill
I Creek G *P *»?«» *t 2 o'clock in the morning
I SB( I repaired with great slaughter. The
| number of the enemy's killed and wounded Is
unknown.
Private reports from Dalton say that all is
quiet this morning.
Among the prisoners brought here yester.
day are several officers recognised a§ belong
ing to Straight s raid.
Daltox, 12th.—Tho enemy made four as
saults on our works nt Mill Creek Gap yester
day and weie handsomely repulsed by Stovall's
Brigade, tearing several hundred of tbeir dead
upon the field. The enemy Is making a heavy
demonstration upon the Cleveland road this
morning. But. little fighting bus been done.
Savannah, 11th.—Hon. Tbos, Butler King
died nt his residence in Wnresboro’ last night.
[Correspondence) of the Memphis Appeal.]
From the Front.
Tftt E&toity 2«inm~-r«U Jicport of Sunday's
Operations.
„ T „ J UI ToN ’< Sunday Night, 10 o’clock.
r . '* GH,TiI? ball hae opened The real fight
ing has begun. Contrary to the expectation
ol everybody, Ibo enemy advanced up Mill
Greek gap this afternoon, about 4 o'clock, aud
u sharp skirmish followed dark. At
times the lire of musketry wa9 Ae-y heavy,
toe cannonading was regular* for two
.tburs. The tcroe of the enemy appearing at
t!.o mouth ut tho gap, on tho other side of on©
ol our artificial lakes, was ten to twenty
thousand. Our videttes fell back alter some
sharp practice, find tho \&nko£s, huving plan**
ted a battery on a little ridge, began to shell
onr works. Wo replied at intervals. Mean
while, a battle was begun far away to our.left,
which lasted late into the night. At this
hour—lo o'clock—l am unable to learn the
particulars, beyond the faci that, the enemy
made a dash upon Dug gap. They wore met
nnd—a courier has just told me—repulsed
with slaughter. At daylight the conflict will
be renewed. Our men aro as confident as on
drill, and everything wears a cheerful face
The approaching dawn is hailed with eagei
hope by all. Igoto my blanket with a light
heart and no fear. We shall win a noble vic
tarv before the setting of ft not her sun.
WAVERLY.
Senator Wicfall and Tin: Vice President.
—From a discussion iu tho Confederate Benato on
the .>th in.-t., the merits of various measures ofthe
late Congress having bet»n called intd question, by
Mr. Orr, of Boxth Cwolin*. Mr. H’igfall, of Tex
as is reported to have repliedfollows;
Mr. Wigfall responded at some length. Ho
thanked God that'he had introduced the Conscrip
tion Act, and that it had bven passed. He believed
that the measure had f<iv«l Richmond. He had
no doubt ot its constitutionality, and at the proper
time would demonstrate it beyond cavil, or allow
the Senator to .spit in hie face and call him a
He had been shocked by reading the re
cent speech of the Vice President iu icgard to the
suspension of the writ of habeas eorpus, but wss
not surprised at tbo view* presented, as ho (the
V. p.) belonged to a party that never did under
stand the Constitution. Ne mtor, etc. Such ques
tions should be loft to the old States* Rights uieu
wh/> understood th%m. The inference to be drawn
from such views aa those to which he referred,
was that our ancestors wero incontinent asses)
wno only went to work to establish a government
which would last during an era of peace. Strong
governments were the best. During the palmy
days of Rome, when liberty was most highly prized,
they ha'd a throng government when the public
interests called for it, and no one ever dreamed of
such a thing as the subversion of liberty, there
is no danger in -a strong government. A weak
government leads to knarchy, and anarchy leads
inevitably to despotism. It i3 as absolutely neces
sary that a government should hare power to pro
tect its life as it is for an individual to protect hU
iiiß, Mr, Mr. continued to discuP3 the habeas cor*
pus question.
Tho Rebel's Daltcn correspondent sayc the Yau
kee spy, (on© of a Michigan regiment,) lately cap •
tuved in Confederate uniform, will “go up” shortly;
ako two or three others who have bad an unmind
ful oye- to tho health of their necks.
wg» • Oi
The card factory at Selma, Ala., is running four
machines, which turn off from twenty to fifty pair3
per day. The proprietor will r;opn commence
manufacturing wire from common bar iron The
cards will be sold at. $8 per pair.
A Suggestion. —lu view of the fcuceess that
h&3 lately attended our efforts to deter the Yankee
gunboat? from entering our waters, by the use of
torpedoes, and of the wholesale dread entertained
of these hidden agents by tho Yankees, a Richmond
corrispTmdont of the Mobile Register suggests that
we apply *ystem to tho land a.i well aa
to the water—not to railroads only, but to all roads
in which the enemy ig likely to advance. Apply
the system on a grand scale; mine a road for a
mile in length, or, better still, plant largo shells at
intervals of fi.ty or a hundred feet for a mile or
more, and blow up a whole brigade of cavalry or
an entire division of infantry at a pop, Easier
said than done, you will say, for our people ara
Mway? traveling over the principal roads- True,
but wh'i'i* there ii a will there’; a way. 3ecresy
and caution would be required, but the work could
be dono. Plant the shells at dead of night, four
or five feet under ground, connect them by mine;,
and explode by eler-tricity.
The following statement of distances will assist
ihc* reader to under - uu»d the operations near the
Rapid&n • from Orange CourtHous*to Fredericks
burg forty-one u \le«. The road crosses no
river. Proceeding from Orange Court House we
eomc, at ten railee, to Vediersville ; ten miles fur
ther briDgs us to Parker’s store: six miles farther
to Wilderness; fire miles farther to Chancellors*
ville ; ten miles more to Fredericksburg.
Rebels Reported to be Movin© out of North
Carolina.— A Washington telegram, of the 28tb.
?aj3 :
(Jen. Butler to day telegraphed the Presided
that from information which he had received, be
believed that the rebel troops \rero abandoning
North Carolina, and were concentrating their
forces with those of Leo for the defence of Virginia.
It is now understood that Little Washington and
New hern are safe. Th<> rebels having accom
plished all the nitsbebief they desired, ia conse
quence of Brttler’? bathtaanagemont, bave’nowam
ple time to concentrate their forces to guard
again at any possible dank movement by tho York
or Jame3 rivers, which the Richmond paper." hava
recently svepeeted might be attempted.
A married woman thirty-seven years
old, eloped flora the town of Bedford,
Mich., last week, with a ooiorod boy of
nineteen.
Two thousand nine hundred silk worms
produce or.e pound of silk; but it would
require twenty seven thousand spiders,
all females, to produce one pound of web.
A ease of starvation in the streets of
London is called by an English paper
death “from a morbid antipathy to tho
workhouse.”