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Wm%,, i W. WARRES, - - - Editor. Saturday Mornin?. May M. ISG4, Maj. R. J. Moses.— Our citizens will remember that Maj. R. J. Mose-e will address them to-night ■it Hall. Haring served in the Ar my of Virginia eiace the war began, he is familiar with many things that will be intensely interest ing to those who have friend? and relation! in that army at this interesting juncture of affairs. Major Moses has a peerless intellect and is a forci ble and eloquent speaker. We shall expect to aee the Hall crowded to it? utmost capacity with both sexes. Governor Browns Ixtra Session. No. 0. THE CTJBBEIiCy BILL AND SECRET SESSION. Common prudence demanded that Mes-i • , Brown & Company should have suspended their censure: of the currency bill, until they saw how it worked ; and common justice de- manded that they should have suggested a better, before finding fault with this, No more difficult problem was ever presented to a legislative assembly, than the reform of our currency. It wa3 on the verge of utter worth- ; iessness, and that, too, at the very darkest j hour of the war. Everybody agreed that i something’taust be done to appreciate it; but what that something should be, nobody could tell. All agreed, to be .sure, that a reduction was necessary r but. as to how that reduction was to ire effected, there were almost as many opinions a there weyc men who expressed opinions, My plan was a very simple one, and one which I supposed would remove half the currency without enapoverishing the owners of the remaining half, a dime. Money, being to a considerable extent like air in a receiver, which still fill the vessel, no matter how much you exhaust it; I judged that a tax of fifty per cent, upon the Confederate notes in circulation, while it would withdraw half of them, would enhance the value of the remain - der to at least an equality with the whole. Indeed, I thought it likely that the reduced currency would overreach the whole in value: m which event, the tax-payer would.actually gain by the tax. But a difficulty presented itself to my plan—which, to me, was insuper able, viz money holders would be under the strongest temptation to make false returns- of their money in hand ; for all that they emild hide from taxation, would increase in value, in the ratio of the amount what ever that might be; and there would be no possibility of detecting the fraud, if one chose to practice it From this difficulty I was en tirely relieved by an article from the general JBetbune, published in one of the pa pers of this place.- Ilis suggestion was, that the tax collectors be furnished with a Confed erate seal or stamp—that they should demand the production of all the notes in the hands of each tax-payer, from which he should ab stract the Government dues, and stamp balance—stamped notes alone, to be current after pay day. It will be seen at a glance, that it would be as equitable in its opera tion as a tax can be, masterly, in that it makes it the interest of the tax-payer to be honest in his returns, and admirable for its simplicity. Some have said the stamps might be counterfeited. Impossible, until after they had performed their office; and after that they would not be worth counterfeiting. The Government would not let the devise of the stamp be known, until it was made known by its use. Hut to return from this degres sion— Had my plan—or more properly. General Bethune’s—been adopted, it would have taken out of the pockets of the people, at a single sweep, one-half their money, and as not one in a hundred understand how taking from them half their money can leave them as rich or even richer than they were before, what a fine field would have been opened to Gover nor Brown, for exciting the people against the Confederate Government! “Why tax money so much higher than any other property?' 1 he might have cried. "The Government issues its bills, in which it promises to pay so much; and when ‘the people’ take them upon the faith of this promise, down comes the Gov ernment upon them, and snatches away from them one half their cash under the name of taxation ! It is nothing more nor less than a species of legal robbery, tic., &c. This case will serve to illustrate to Governor Brown’s ‘people (for he "cernc to regard them .ill as hi? foster-children',) how much easier it is 10 find fatal with measures, than to rectify them, or suggest better. Instead of adopting our plan, however, the Government determined to change the form of its obligation to pay these notes, and to postpone the payment from a time when 'z was impossible to pay them, to a time when it might he possible to pay them, allowing, a£ at all i-uterest upon them ad intt nrti. And here the two }’o formers get ;t little at odds. Mr Ffcpbens plays the catile-fisli, ami raises such n cloud around him, that it i? ini possible to tell exactly where he is upon this question , while Governor Brown plays Ahe torpedo, and discharge? all his benumbing fluid upon the bill, with fatal iutmiL lie call.'; it repudiation, and pays that “Corfgres? took the precaution to discuss the measure iu secret session, so that, the individual act of the rcpfe'cuo.Ulye, could not reach bis con stituents.«»nd none'could lie annoyed during its consideration, by the murmurs of public disapprobation being echoed back into the Legislative Hall. And to make assurance doubly sure. they fixed the day for the assem bling of their successors, at a time too late to remedy the evil, or afford adequate redfess of the wrong." Pender that language well, reader and tell me what you thiuk of it as uttered by the Governor of one State, against ■he Representatives of eleven States?—Rep resentntivA who'v integrity never wa£ ques tioned nniit Yhe gutting forth of Governor Brown'- raise hie?-breeding Me?sage. Does any n:;r rY-n thb most servile follower of ui-.sr:.. rAown & Stephens, when he turns his,, c « tj iroca his leaders, to his own inward, hon est convictions, believe that the Congress of the Confederate States was capable of such conduct, ns that language imputes to them ? it becomes the more unpardonable, not to say revolting when it is considered, that bad they discussed the bill with open doorg, the enemy would have taken courage from our pecuniary embarrassments, and the clamors of the Press at home, would likely have left us with no bill at all. in that event. Confederate money would this day have been near about worth nothing at oil. Had Congress, therefore, actu ally repudiated, they would only have followed the example of *’ 4 the people"- who were repu diating the3C notes as fast as they could. But what is the fact? The people, whom Gover- I nor Brown represents as so much injured by I the Currency Bill, —the people, whose indig nant gafce he would have us believe f'ongrc> c was alraid to face, while the bill wits in pro gress. The people, from whose eyes, be tells . us the body closeted themselves, in their work of ‘evil" and “wrong,” that each individual rep- i resentative might elude his feiowu responsi . bllity to his constituents— the people, acqm lescein the bill with marvelous unanimity. And this too in spite of the alarm-bells sound- j ed in Milledgeville ! From the text above quoted, the Governor reads us a homily upon secret sessions gener ally. Retells ns “theyarebecomingablighting cars© to the nation.” That “they are used as a convenient mode of covering' up from the people, such acts or expressions of their representatives, as will not bear investiga tion in the light of day. ’ Here is another specimen of the Governor’s courtesy and char ity—two, of many. Does he fem ember that the country is at war ? That the war is ex clusively under the management of Congress and the President? That the deliberations of the former, are mainly confined 10 this all absorbing subject ? And that to expose their counsels upon it, would be little less danger ous to the republic, than for General Lee to expose all his plans of attack and defence to the enemy ? Did ho oyer road the secret journals of the first national Government that we ever had of onr own making ? Surely not, or he never could have permitted himself so to speak of the authors of secret sessions in time lof war. Maligning them, he defames the an i cestry through whom he derive?, his blood. ! and to whom he owes his liberty. They held I secret, sessions through seven long years; but ■ nobody. I believe, ever pronounced them a I curse, or a cover-shame. I have now proved that there is not a sound principle of public interest in the Governors Message, or the Vice President a speech—not one. That their doctrines, if possible, arc less objectionable than the time place and man . ner of their delivery. There is a little metier which I tailed to notice in its proper place, and with it T will clflse this article (my last but ene.) The Governor says,’ “1 am aware of no instance in which the- BriiisU King has ordered the arrest of any person in civil life &c„ or in which lie has suspended or attemp ted to suspend the privileges of ihe writ of habeas corpus, since the Sill of Rights and act of settlement passed, ia 1698. To attempt this in 1864, would cause the reigning Queen no less price than her crown. As the reader has sen, the power of suspending the writ, does not belong to the King, but to Parlia ment; and the Editor of the Golumbns Times, has referred the Governor to night instances in which Parliament has suspended !he writ, since 1689 ; to these he might have added one more. Thus it appears, that practically, le gally,'logically, and historically, the Governor is ever at fault. And yet he is endorsed throughout by the Vice President of the Con federate States, by a disfingimihed Judge of a Supremo Court, by a majority of the Legisla ture of Georgia, and by many Presses and dis tinguished personages, of lhi3 and other States, These are things of ill omen ; nsvertheieos, if rightly managed by the people, they may be, and I trust will be, overruled to the per manent stability and glory of the Republic. A. B. LONGSTREET, From “the Flank.” INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ROME We clip the following items of war in terest from the Rome Courier of Tues day : A Sl'vrmuh near Re&aca* We hear from passengers on the train that the Yankee cavalry advanced to with in four miles of Resaea Monday morning, where they were repulsed by our infantry. It was probably the same force that was reported at. Villanow Sunday evening, trying to get in Johnson’s rear. They will have to iry again—-our troops are wide awake. .4 ISToi'e at tin. s Direction. The enemy are reported advancing in this direction, on the road that leads across Taylor's Ridge to Yillanow. It is said that on Sunday evening their camp ex tended from the lO£ of the mountain ro the foot on this side: This is probably an effort to pas' Johnston’s left flank, and it. may be their intention u. get to his rear by a shorter route Ilian by coming by Rome. Fit rthf /■ Far tic ; iia The Tanks crossed at Ship’s Gap, in j Taylor’s Ridge, and arrived at Villanow Sunday if ter noon, They seiu a scouting party to wiihmg four miles of Subligna, where they arrested Lieut, Adkins, of the Home Guards, and two citizen,s. The force was cavalry only, and they seem to j have made a halt at Villanow. Villauw is fifteen miles from Dalton, ten miles from Resaea, twelve Lorn Tunnel Hill, and thirty from Rome. .4 Ffnr.k Mo i ement■ An officer wlio left Dalton Monday, says Hooker’s Division is trying to flank our left in the direction of Rome, but the intentions of the enemy are known and provided for.—Officers report the troops in the. highest spirits, and anxious for the fight No straggling. LJi attooga Cun aUj Ae <c 6 , The 6th Georgia cavalry, and 100 of the Ist, went on a scout to Chattooga and Walker county last Saturday. They seat parties to Lafayette, vicinity of Blue-Bird Gap, Neel's Gap, and to Aline. No Yan* j kees found at any of these places on Sun** day, but a party of some two hundred were at McConnell's Mill at three o’clock P M Saturday, but left three or four hour" before our troops got into that vis einity, Some nine or ten independent scouts, m- scouts from some other com mand, pitched into them and are reported i to have captured a wagon from them, i Mr. Nelson ‘Allman died in Chattanoo ga, on Sunday, the Ist instant, of Bipthe-. I ria If will be remembered that the Federal3 carried him off some four weeks since From Buzzard Roost Gap . The Courier’s correspondent writing on k says the enamy made a general advance along the roads leading to Dalton, driving in out cavalry, and halting in line of battle two miles this side of our fors mei* picket lines. All ol our forces were immediately ordered into position and now occupy a line distant about two miles from the enemy, and advanced a mile from oar entrenched lines along the rocky ridge held by ns first February. Strength <>/the Enemy. The forces of the enemy are estimated at from 60 to 70,000 men, moving in throe colums, under command of Thomas, Hooker and Howard. He is advancing slowly and with extreme caution, builds ing bridges, cutting roads, etc., as he pro gresses. He has evidently concluded to give up the idea of attempting to flank our army, preferring to “clean up as he goes,” and fearing a counter flank move ment on our part. On the Alert. Although some skirmishing and earn* nonading is now going on at intervals, it is generally thought that the battle will not come off until to-morrow or next day. Our cavalry captured several prisoners yesterday, including two or three negro soldiers. Gen Johnston is on the alert, and no doubt is watching the enemy closely ; our flanks are strongly protected, rein for cr-. ments are arriving, and thus far “all is well,” TELEGRAPHXq. Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1863, by J. S, Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of the District Court of tho Confederate Stales for tho Northern District of Georgia. Dkmopolis, May 13.—A dispatch to-day from Col. Scott, via Summit, confirms Trans-Mississip pi dispatches. ft says that Taylor has Banks hemmed in at Alexandria, with a battery 2ff miles below there, cutting off all communication by the way of Bed River. It is reported that Bolignac’s infantry has cap tured the transport Emma with a valuable cargo of commissary stores ami one hundred prisoners.- The City Belle was also captured, with the 120th Ohio onboard, killing Col. Mudd, C'ol Bassett of the Corps d’Afrique, Col. Ogles and one Lieut. Colonel. On the 201.1i thoy clipped the Warner, also a gunboat, and took from (hem 21 pieces of artil lerv, including eight 32 pounder Parrotts. ~ Their crews were sent to Shreveport. Gen. Smith bad a light with the enemy at •Tonkin’s Ford, and we captured several hundred prisoners, many small arm*, a pontoon bridge, and all their trains. We lost Gen, Scurry and Col. Griutswooil, killed : and Gens. Waul Randall and Clarke wounded. Mobile, May 18.—A dispatch to headquarters from Oak Springs, says : Tlic New Orleans Era of the 9th quotes gold 2 for 1 and still rising. All knowledge of Banks is ignored. Steele is reported to be at Little Rock; Marma duke between Little Rock and Pine Bluff, shelling the latter place, [ Special to the Atlanta Confederacy.] Another Repuhe. Dalton, May 11.— Tue enemy charge-dour position ai Mill Creek Gap this rnofhing be fore day. Our troops reserved their fire un til the enemy advanced very near, and repul sed them vath immense slaughter. ■■ » - Fiom the [Special to the Mobile Register.l Grenada, May 9.—A courier from Price’s headquarters states that Steele surrendered with nine thousand men to Price at Camden, Arkansas, on the 28th ult. Our forces were on both sides of Red river, and had driven the pickets in at Alexandria several times. The Federal force at Alexandria is estima ted at 35,000. The ‘Rebel’ force is very r-trong under Kir by Smith, Mftgruder, Price and Taylor. The Memphis P.ulletin, of the 6th, says the steamer White Clond arrived Saturday morn ing from Red river. She reports a flag of truce sent in the day she left, demanding the surrender of the Fed eral troops at Alexandria, with what results is not known. • Signs op thr Times. —The blasphemous saying imputed to President Lincoln, that “he believed God Almighty Jwas about to lurn secessionist"— seems likely, in his sense, to be verified. Certainly no one can observe the late striking successes' of our army, and fail to perceive the finger of God in our behalf. Beginning with the defence of Charleston (the one great success to our arms, amidst the disasters which befel our cause, during the last summer and fall), to our late victories iu Florida, North Condiua and Louisiana, the Giver of all victory seems to have rebuked our foes.— In the revolution of 1770, the victory of Fort Moultrie, in the Bay of Charleston, was the first signal of rebound, amidst the deepest depression of our cause, which carried us on to successful in dependence. May we not hope, that history is about to repeat itself: and that again in this glo rious Bay, the Gonfalon of victory lifted here, will pass on from battle field to battle field, until it waves over us an acknowledged power amongst the nations of the world i' Here, the grand move ment for independence of Yankee domination be gan. Here, when this righteous cause was most depressed, rose up' the courage und endurance which rebuked despair, and fired anew the grand spirit of a deathless resistance to our foes. line, even amidst the ruins with which our foes have crowned our city—in silence and desolation sits enthroned the spirit of our newborn Confederacy, suffering but patient, calm but defiant, grand and unconquerable. From the crumbling walls of Fort Sumter the voice of hope has gone to the utmost limits of the Confederacy, and finds an echo in the triumphant shout of victory which passes from State to Mute, as our Yankee foes go down be neath our arms. May we not humbly trust that the Omnipotent Disposer of the destinies of na tions, is triumphantly carrying us, through the Red Sea of blood, with which it has pleased Him to baptize our cause ; and that buffeting a few more waves, the happy shores of peace and inde pendence will be ours. The blasphemous Buffoon, who began the war, seems fearful of the fate which awaits him. Now ordering the levy of conscripts, and then rescinding the order—now forcing negroes into his ranks, and then leaving them behind—now threatening States with a levy for troops, and then begging them to rend them—he present? the spectacle of an agiture.l and desperate combatant in a despe rate cause,— Mercury. The following documents fully explain themselves. The conduct of the subaltern officers mentioned i? worthy of emulation and cannot be too highly commended : Hkadqrs Gibson .- Brigade, > May dth, 1804. / General Orders ) No 28. X The Brigadier General commanding an nounces to his command, that the subaltern officers of the I3th La. Volunteers, Lie at. Col. F.L Campbell, commanding, have resolved to carry muskets in the impending battle. Th is noble act of patriotism, crowns the gallant Regiment whc-Se ranks have been thinned on so many field?, with a reputation that reflects honor upon the Brigade, and the State to which it belongs. By command of R. L. GIBSON, Brigadier General. Htqh H- Bejn, A. A. G, CITY MATTERS. T. J. JACKSON, LOCAL EDITOR. Funeral Notice. The friends and acquaintance? of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. 11. Harris are requested to attend the funeral of the former from hi? residence this afternoon at 4 o’clock] — • Death of Another Old Citizen. — W e re gret to learn the death of Mr. William H. Harris, an old citizen and honorable and up right man, which occurred in tui3 city yester day afternoon at 6 o clock. Mr. Harris was, at the tithe of his death, our worthy city Sexton, which oflice he had filled lov over a year past, with great fidelity, and to the en tire satisfaction of the whole community.. By his nrbanity oi manners, his firm, honest, in tegrity, his unwavering, 3trict Christian de portment, he had justly earned an enviable place in the good will of our people, and we feel assured that many will partake of our sincere regret at his removal from us in the meridian of his useful life. lie leaves & wife and several children, together with many rel atives and friends to deplore his loss. A good man has fallen, and a void created in society and the church. A Strawberry Srrnik.—-We understand that it is the purpose of that noble and patriotic asao ation of ladies—" The Ladies Soldiers’ Aid Soci ety"—a society whose good works have amounted to wonders—to get up a Strawberry supper on next Wednesday evening for benevolent purposes, and we are requested to solicit contributions from those who raise these berries for this laudable ob ject. Now those who can save a gallon or so for this purpose will confer a favor on the ladies of the Society, and contribute to a good cause. We feel a confidence that this is going to be a hand some affair —in fact, we almost know it, and if we can borrow enough money to buy a supper from the Indies, we shall begin right off to wliet our ap petite. Let everybody else do likewise. "Sr, Kia> In." —The “rapid" young gentleman alluded to in our columns a day or two since, who claimed to be a son of Dr. Cloud of Montgomery, we learn worked his pegs well enough while in Columbus to lighten the pockets of several of our citizens of a portion of their contents. Under false representations lie obtained from one rather credulous individual the sum of two hundred dollars; from another a little less credulous, fifty : and from another with blit a small portion of this element in his composition, twenty. How many others he "bled," and how deeply,.we have not learned. Oh, the gullibility of masculinity, thou art wonderful! When a youth comes in such a questionable guise and with such doubtful authority, we would advise our citizens to demand his papers, and in vestigate more fully his claims. This youth has certainly proved himself an adept in the art. of deception. ■ - ♦ -*--* —— Dead. —We see by an obituary that, another of our children friends is no more. Another pretty bud is withered—-another flower blooms in Para dise. We knew little Mary Mary McCarty well and loved her much, and believe her to have been ,a>hild of unusual promise. Put all that’s bright must fade- -the brightest oft the soonest: so has this gentle flower paled before the arch destroyer death. She sleeps to awaken no more t ill she blast of the archangel shall call hc-r to life. May her slumbers be peaceful and undisturbed. The memo ory ot her short but lovely life remains a treasure to those who loved her. Gone as gently as melts the light of day, ere yet the morning dews were exhaled by the rising sun. Friction Matches. —S. D. Thom & Cos. give notice that they have at last discovered the secret of making a good article of matches. Let those in want test the article for themselves. The same firm is prepared to furnish a good quality of blacking. Locai. Defence. —The attention of Govern ment employees and detailed soldiers at this post, is invited to special orders No. 1, from. Maj. Hum phreys, Com'dt. Post, in reference to organiza tions for local defence. Such organizations will be required to elect officers on Monday next, in accordance with the usual method in such cases made and provided. J See advertisement of the Jailor of Fulton conn tv. lie lias several negroes in custody. ~ ? ♦- Mr. Fischaehcr advertises a lot of No. 1 Java coffee. All lovors of the article in its unadultera te <1 ?Lifc should give him a call. Rtrawrerriks.—This delicious fruit is becom ing plentiful in our market at $3 per quart. How Local editors and printers are to eat them at those prices is 1 a question we would like to see into. — Who wAnts to gain immortality on a small scale by imitating the conduct es our little charmer. Lizzie, last Saturday ? Don't all speak at once. A gentleman who left the vicinity of Natchez, Mississippi, a week or so ago, informs us that the Yankees there had given up Steele as gone. It was also the common talk in official circles that Hanks had lost 15,000 men, instead of 1,000, as reported in the Yankee papers. Traders, sutlers and other hangers-on to the camp <Jf the enemy, including the Yankee preachers, the miscegena tional school inarms, and agents for the cultiva tion of Abandoned plantations were making tbeir arrangepicnt? to transfer the scene of iheir ope rations farther North. Banks lias profited by the oxperieiieo he. got under the flagellation of Stone wall Jackson, and is really proving abetter com missary in the West than he - did in Northern Vir ginia. Nearly all the stores, wagons,, artillery, mule?, horses, Jo., of the entire Yankee army in the Trans-Mississippi Department have already fallen into our bands. Steele is literally used up, and the debris of Bank’s army was, from last ad vices, shut up in Alexandria, with his transports driven tack. He, too, from present indications, will have to follow the example of the unfortunate Steele. The exodus of th« Yankee locust? from the great Valley of the Mississippi cannot be de layed. much longer.— Missis* ippian, 11?A. Thf Scjuptcres Travestied. —There was a time when we could, and did, enjoy a travesty upon Script me language; but the kiud criticism of a friend showed its impropriety in light so strong that, long since, such a thing ha? a sacri ligious aspect in our eyes. It is, therefore, with pain that we behold in a respectable weekly paper of our State the most miserable attempts to imi tate the language of scripture—such as are calcu lated to bring that style into contempt. We hope, therefore, that the brother who is connected with the journal referred to will put a cessation to such abominable attempt? at wit,— Christian Index. The Mexican Quest roN.-The London Times of the 21st ult., attributes a slight rally in the Confederate loan and a reac* tion on the Paris Bourse to the open de% fiance of France on the Mexican question by the House of Representatives at Wash* ington The Times- thinks, however, fbe action on the part of the House will be ignored or retracted. It would not be at all surprising if the j supposition of the Times should be real-j ized. The resolution to which it refers j was passed unanimously in the House, 1 but the New York Tribunes Washington correspondent says it “still sleeps in “the Senate s committee on Foreign Relations, which it is permitted to do for reasons of State policy. OBITUARY. Died, on the 10th of May, 1864, of Consumption, Maky E. second eldest daughter of J. and K. T. • McCarty, aged 11 years, 8 months and 26 days. When we are called upon to witness the death of i one so young and tender, one so full of hope and j promise, with a bright and sunny future before tror, the pain of parting with such is intensified to a de gree almost insupportable, but the/atari beyond the I grave robs Death of its icy sting, and the mourn ing ones are made to rejoice at the mercy of Gml who culled from the flowers of 5/ay this fragile lily to bloom above, for Mary is at rest. From her infancy she evinced the most gentle do cility, and piety, her painful and lingering illness she bore .with unwavering fortitude and patience; wasltruly remarkable in one so young. tier la-t moments were assuaged byhersoulV immortal faith. Father. mother, brothel's and sisters, she thought oi all. and to each left precious words of love and heavenly admonition. Wccp not mother ! for your little pet, the has gone to join her noblo soldier brother, whose last words were of love lor you, who died as she died, in the bosom of his blessed Mother Church. He with Mary will pray for you and fa therlto receive eternal rest. Happy are they who die In the Lord. _ A. FRIEND, XDXZEID, At the llospilal at Jonesboro. Ga., oiuhe6thinst., of typhoid pneumonia, Wm. A. Huxley, of Com pany “E,” 2d Rt%. Ga.. State Troops, in the 34th year of his age. He was the only surviving son of A. Hunley, Esq., of Harris county. may 14 d&wl t* Headquarters Post, ) Columbus, Ga.. May 13, 1861. \ Special Orders, No. l.j Incompliance with instructions from the lion. Secretary of War, all Government employees at this Post, whether detailed from the army or from the Conscript Bureau, are hereby ordered and directed to meet at their respective places of work, and or ganize themselvcsvnto companies for local defence. They will elect their officers from among their own number. Detailed men from the army may be elected as such officers, and will be commissioned accordingly, dependent however upon the continu ance of their detail. The organizations and elections will take place on Monday the 16th inst., and be superintended in ihe usual way of elect ing Confederate officer?, and re turns made to these llerdquartors. By order of Mu'} . HUMPU/?EYS. ( has. Wood, A. A. G. may 14 3t Jailor’* Notice, \ NEGRO man, dark complexion, by the name of John, says he belongs to Frank Parish, of Butts county. A negro boy by the name ofMicholl, of dark com plexion, says he belongs to Wm. Foster, of Nash ville, Tcnn. An old negro man by the name of John, says he belong? to Alq. Thompson, of Hinds county, Missis sippi. A negro man by the namo of Bob. say? he belongs to Thos. Cogwell, of Commerce county, Miss,, of dark complexion. A negro man John,'says he belongs to Henry Venn of Yazoo City, Miss. A negro man Paul, says he belongs to Joseph Ug, of Savannah, Ga, A negro man, says bis name is Albert, and belongs to Mr. Lindt of Forth Carolina, oi dark complex ion. B. N. WIFF ICR FOR D. Dept. Sheriff, ma.y,l4 dtf of Fulton county, Ge, LOST, SOMEWHER Eon the streets of the city, a cold WATCH CHAIN without a hook. and the ring that attached the chain to t lie watch either lost or torn in two. Tho "finder will be liberally rewarded by I caving it at Til LS OFF 1 1 '£ may 14 2t Confederate States Arsenal. ) Columbus, Ga., May 13, 1364. J The following men have deserted from this Arse-, nal, viz: David Wolfson, age, 22 years; height., f> feet V inches; hair, black ; eyes, black: complexion,dark. J. S. Harrison, age. 32 years: height. 6 feet 8 inches; hair,dark; eyes, grey; complexion, dark. S. Schligslmiclh, age, 2d years; height, * feet 8 1-2 inches; hair, brown; eyes, blue; complexion, fair, F.C. HUMPHREYS, may 14 4t Maj. Coirid/r Arsenal. ERICTIOJY MATHtCES! r l' HE Columbus, Ga., Friction Match Company, have again resumed operations, and will, in a lew days, be prepared to supply them in quantity,— they also make a superior article of Blacking, which can be supplied in quantity. Dealers and others wishing to purchase, can ap ply to Messrs. Livingston & Cos., or Messrs. Hull k Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied. B. D, THOM & CO., Manufacturers. N. B.—lt having cost me about $5,000 in the pad eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to make good matches, the public can nowrelv on get ting a superior article. S. D. THO M. Columbus, May 14,1864’dtf Headquarters Conscription, { State of Georgia, Macon, May TO, 1864, ) General Orders, No. 36. The following extract from General Orders, No. 45, A Sc I. G., current series, is published for the di rection of District Enrolling Officers, who will govern themselves accordingly. By order of WM, M. BROWNE. Colonel and Commandant of Conscripts, P. Looney, Lieut, and Adjutant, Ad.j’nt k Inspector Gf.n’ls Office, 1 Richmond, May 2*l. 180-1. ) [Extract.] General Orders, No. 45. 'V- *■ $ sfc * VII. The Bureau of Conscription will proceed at once to organize into Companies and cause to be mustered into service,’the reserve forces in the sev eral States, enrolled in pursuance of General Orders No. .03, Mdj't and Inspector General's office, current series. For this purpose District Enrolling Officers are authorized to act as mustering ami inspecting officers. They will superintend the election of company officers, and forward the muster rolls, cer tified by them, with tho certificates of election to the Commandant of Conscripts fur tho State in which such companies may be organized, tube turn ed over to the General commanding the K.• owe Forces. • ' * By order. [Signed] S. COOPER. Adjutant and Inspector General. may 13 3t Java CoiTft*. OF superior quality, for sale by if. FI HACK!;!!. * may 13m. For Sale, 200 gals; pure re-boiled Engli.-b Linseed Oil, 1 bid. Demur Varnish. 1-2 bid! Gopal Varnish, 1 2 bid. Resin Varnish, . 1 bid. Spis. Turpentine, 2 bbls Lampblack. Prussian Blue in Oil, Litherage, India Rubber and a lot of Superior Oil Cloth. Osoaburgs to Exchange for Corn, Bacon >•, i Lard. Apply sum. J. N. BARNETT a C> may 13 3t Iron Wire. WE have a small lot of-IRON WIRE ft.r .-ale H JEFFERSON & HAM 1 LToN, may 12 3t Foum A bunch of small KEYS, which the owner can *et by applying at this office, de . ribing the same and pay mg tor this advertisement may 12 ts notice { WANTED at the C. 8. Arsenal, i olumbu c;* Feather ami Hides; in large nr small quantities, for which the market price will be paid. Parties shipping such to the un dersigned will be insured against seizure by oflicer or agent? of other branches of the Government. F. C. HUMPHREY?, may 11 ts Ma,j. Coir.dg. Ar-onn I SHEETING, SHEETING! BEST ARTICLE 4-Quarter Augusta Sheeting, FOR SALE BY THE BOLT. AT ROCK ISLAND PAPER MILLS OFFICE, may 12 6t Ad j’t and Inspector Genicrai.s Oktice, > Rkhiuinr.ri, May 25. 1664 j General Orders. N<>. 15. VII. The Bureau of Con^iiption will proceed at once to organize into companies, and isu* to be mustered into service, the resu ve force \ h the sev eral States, enrolled in pursuance of General Orders No. 33, Adjutant and Inspector General'? Office, current series. For this purpose, dHiiet enrolling officers are authorized to act a' mustering and in speeting officers. They «i;J snporimed t>«e elec tion of company officer-, and Ibnvnid the muster roll certified by them, w iiii ihg certificates ,»f elec tion, to tho cormnanuant oi"Conscript? for the ??tate in which such e« mpanic: may he organized, to be by him turned over to the General Commanding the Reserve Forces, VIII. Upon receiving the muster rolls, the Gen eral commanding the re-erve force? wiit ders placing in commission and upon duty the offi cers named in the certificates, if competent, re serving copies, will forward the original rolls, with certified copies of their orders enclosed to this Bu reau for file. If there be reason to doubt the com potency of an officer elect, his qualification- and fit ness for commission will be inqffHred into end repor ted upon by a Board 1o be convened by the General commanding in acordance with General Orders No. 39, Adjutant and Inspector General’s office, series of 1862. By order Signed.] S. COOPER. Adjutant and Inspector General, Headquarters GtoiufjA Reserve, ? Macon, May 10, 1864.} General Orders, No. S. I. In compliance with the foregoing extracts from General Orders No. 45, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, orders placing the officers elected in the lie-servo Corps in commission, will be- issued from these 1 i eadquarters as soon a? the muster rolls, and certificates of election are, received. In the meantime the officers elected in companies and reg ion-ms, assigned to and put upon duty, will pro ceed to discharge the duties of the respective ofiices to which they have been eleetc-d. 11. The elections which have been held undw General Orders No. a from I hesc] Headquarters, will be forwarded to tho Department at Richmond; but all elections hereafter, must be hold in compliance with the direclions in the foregoing extracts, Ilf, Boards for examining into the competency of officers elected in this command, will be organ ized indue time, and oi fivers commanding regiment* are enjoined to report promptly, alt eases, which may occur in theii respective command-', icqiiiring the action of such Boards. By command of Maj. Gen. HOWELL COBB, sf Commanding Georgia Reserve, Lamar Cork, Ma or and A‘ A. G. may 13 6t TtAOSJS ! t iiATTAHOOCBEE. CoriiSE, l Ol.fMlil S, liElHiliV. flUti. Race? over the above Course v?ih »••>«- l o'-n.-c on Tm ?<t:.y, 2tth inst., and continue live days. First day Stake for 2 year olds, mils beats, >otm on trance — bal f forfeit. Second Day—Stake for three ve.ir old, mile heals. Ssin) entrance —half forfeit. Third day—Purse race ot ssuil, two Mtlo heats. Fourth day—Stake for 3 year olds, two ailo eats,ssoo entrance — half forfeit. Fifth day Post Make, SI,OOO entrance, half for feit, three milt heat?. In the Post Stake three good horses wilt start, and perhaps lour. C. S. A P. W. PRYOR, may 11 ff Proprietor?. “5 tove noi lmehs.” Ha WO Stove Moulders can get employment « X good wages, by application to HARRISON, BEDELL A CO. Columbus, Ga. Augusta Constitutionalist, and Mississippian, copy one month and send bills to this offic§. may 6 Im AUCTION SALES. My Ellis, f.iviiifrston & Cos. ADmiSTkATOrS SALE. (I s SATI’EDAY. Hthof May, at 11 0.c10.-k, w» ' r will sell m Iront oi our store, Bureaus, Chairs, Tables, Looking Glass, Books, Dining Room Safe, Lounge, Borl Steads, Horse Collars, Tm and Crockery Ware, 22 Specie Jarr., Bottles, Empty Barrels, Tubs, Bucket*, Cooking Stove, 2 Bottles Cod Liver Oil—with many other articles too numerous to mention, o boxes Choice Sugar, 32 Sacks Salt, A Good Buggy and Harness, may 12 s2rt By Cl Si*, VEIN DENIABLE STOCK (IF HARDWARE, At AEiction. Cl N lIK L."DAA 1 vuli May, util o’clock, we will ' ' ( Isi ill;- store, formerly occupied bv Van Mar co-. the > otire L.ck of Hardware in said store, eoi t.racing j largevari -I vof first class good.?, purchased by one of our best hardware merchants, suituble for f Mtf J S.\TER!j MACHINISTS, Pbn'TEKS, and others -iSLlsafo* Lot Fine Gun powder. Upper Leather, 50 Hose l ine tlhcwing Tr.hacco, Englvdi t ’ofirmfidcs, • s*“ f in,- Show Ease?, ke. iiniv 13 id 823 50 By Ctli*, A Cos l \N TF i’SDA V, 17til May, at 10 o'clock, we will sell in front of our store, lor account of partis? vriio are compelled to sell. I! Boxes C hoice Sugar, 44 Sacks .Salt, S bhi.x < hoicc Lard, :t bbls Apalachicola Fish, is Boxes Tobacco, Lot Mitlcht-, Blacking. Clothing, Bhoes, Ac. may 71 -j>lo By i-illi*, liivingxton & Cos. ( b N Uib May, at 11 o’clock, wewiilaeil -J in front oj •■ur' tuif'.. 1 Sett Parlor Chairs, 1 i; cut her Bed, 1 Jiood Carpet, 2'Sett Double Harness, 2 Fine Bhot Gnus, may 13 id s 5 go By Rolette, Liinhoia, A Cos Exeeators sate oi Household and Ritehen fur oil ure. \ITILL be ..i t on Friday, the 20th day of May V V in fron tof onr auction room, r,t lc I-? o’clock, all the IIO!\ EHOLD and KITCHEN Turniturs of the late Mr?, Lucinda Salisbury, consisting in part of Bureaus. Wardrobes, Bed SieatU, Mattra-ues, Chairs, Tables, Crockery Ware, Silver and Plated Spoons, Knives and* Forks, <Ve One Cooking Stove and Furniture, One Cow and Calf, Sow and Pigs, 5 .Shares Mobile k Girard R. R. Stock, 1 80 acre Land Warrant, W. L. SALISBURY, may 9td $59 £ Executor.