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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.”