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harge will be S2O per square.
Announcing candidatess2o, which mu3t invariably
paid in advance.
Change ol Schedule.
AN and after Sunday, Mar<Jl; 20th, the Trauwon
the Muscogee Railroad wjll run as follow#.
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus ?•
Arrive at Macon o p* ar
Leave Macon..... ( r. -M.
Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus . 5 SO A, M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 36 P. M.
W.L. CLARK.
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Medical Card.
DR. E. a7“ROSBI.
FORMERLY Surgeon to the Now Orleans “Fe
male Infirmary/' tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes
sion.
aecial attention will be devotedjto the treatment
e diseases of womens.
*4“ Surgical operations performed for
Flstvua in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Pbymosis,'
Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tailapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism.'Varix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part
of the body.
Diseases ofthsGenito-Urinary System, compiling
the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Striotures,
iiravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in ite primary
and heriditary forms, willreceive
particular attention,
References given whenever desired a e well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans: Cousultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic liall Building, from 10 to 12 ©’block
•j m„ and from 2to 4o’clook p, in. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time will be devoted to visiting persons in
the city.
Address all coiarn’iications to
DR. E. A. ROSBY.
Columbus. Ga,
* N. B.—Persons from a distance having servants
requiring 3urgical or medical treatment, will be
provi ed with comfortable quarters, but in all cases
will have 'o furnish their own provisions and bed
ding.
will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin. —
Medicate! Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals in'Europe and
Ameri‘ », will form a part of my treatment,
f‘ib 11 iui E. A. R.
PETTY k SAWYERS,
45 and 47, North Water Street,
MOBILE, ALABAMA.
Brokers and Bankers,
DEALEKS IN
GOLD,
SILVER,
BANK NOTES,
STOCKS and BONDS,
STATE TREASURY NOTES
STERLING,
HAVANA,
NASSAU,
AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE.
Also,
Stocks in all the different Steamers,
and Schooners engaged in run*
ning the blockade.
MONEY RECEIVED AND
PAID OUT ON DEPOSIT.
We buy and sell on our own account
or on commission.
ftaT Ail letters and enqu prompt
ly answered,
apl 13 w3m
“ Notice to Planters and Con
sumers of Iron.”
lITE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
t T exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour —the following articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR [RON ;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON;
HOOP, HORSE SHOE. NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING ;
SHOVELS AND SPADES ;
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH.
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sites and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and Rolling Mill i* Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY k CO.,
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge,
An Excellent Plantation
For Sale.
SEVEN Hundred and twenty acres, three hun
dred and fifty opeu, nearly all fresh, in splen
did repair, excellent fences, gin house, lots, gates,
negro houses, healthy, well watered, nice young
orchards, everything new, 12 miles below Auburn,
near Society Hill, in Macon, county, Ala.; all con
veniently arranged, with fine dutlet and range for
stock, land fertile, soft and easy of cultivation, an
excellent neighborhood.
Applv at this office, or to
Win. F. SAMFORD,
may 9th tf* Auburn, Ala.
C. S. ARSENAL, * \
Columbus, Ga.. April 5, i864. J
Notice.
I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON
on equitable terms,
Sugar Mills,
Sugar and Salt Kettles,
And all kinds PLANTATION IKON;
Also POWDER. .
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
wil give the Government the preference.
F. C. HUMPHREYS.
•apl 7 ts Maj. (.Vnid’g Arsenal.
Shoemakers’ and Saddlers’
TOOLS.
'I’HE UNDERSIGNED having commenced the
. manufacture of the above named articles in this
city, are prepared to fill orders for the same.
Office on Angle street, a * few doors above C S
Hospital. . HARRISON,',BEDELL A CO.
Reference —Mai. F. W. Dillakd.
Mobile Register, Mississippian and Augusta Con
stitutionalist, please copy one month ana send bills
to this office,
mar 30 ts
City Tax Payers,
I AM instructed by Council to close the books ib*
receiving CITY TAX RETURNS, on the Ist da;
of July next. All parties not making returns b;
Chat day will be doubled taxed.
•*5“ My office will coutinue to be at the store o
H. Jfiddlebrooks, on Broad street.
M. M. MOORE.
may 19 2w Clerk.
I- : 7l
Office Removed
I THE Enrolling Office has betn removed to tht
A Lowell Warehouse, up
I any 19 ts Capt. A Ragrolim? OH- r.
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Vol XI.
J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors .........J. W. WARREN, Editor
“STOVE MOULDERS.*’
TWO Stove Moulders can get employment a
good wages, by application to
HARRISON, BEDELL k CO.
Columbus, Ga.
Augusta Constitutionalist, and Missiseippian
copy one month and send bills to this office.
may 6 lm
State and I'ounty Tax Re
turns.
W. 11. Griswold, Assistant Receiver, will attend
in the country during the coming week :
At Mr. Nance’3 Monday, 23d.
“ Jones' Crossing, Wednesday, 25th.
“ Edwards’ Friday, 27th.
“ Bozeman's Monday, 30th.
On other days at the office in Gunby & Co’s
store. JA3. 51. HUGHES, T. R.
may 17 3t
Notice.
I am desirous of establishing a Library for the
use of the Lee Hospital. Contributions of books,
magazines, Ac., are respectfully solicited.
W. N. ROBERTSON.
Surgeon in Charge,
may 17 ts Lee Hospital.
FRICTION ITIATHCES!
'l’llE Columbus, Ga.* Friction Match Company,
1 have again resumed opefatioris, and will, in a
few 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 A Cos., or Messrs. Hull &
Duck, who will be kept constantly supplied.
S. D. THOM A CO.,
Manufacturers.
N. B. —It having cost me about $5,000 in the past
eighteen months, above receipts, to learn how to
make good matches, the public can now rely on get
ting a superior article. S. D. THOM.
Columbus, May 14,1864 dtf
Notice !
WANTED at the C. S. Arsenal, Cblumbus, Ga.,
Feather and Hides/
in large or small quantities, for which the market
price will be paid. Parties shipping such to the un
dersigned will be insured against seizure by officers
or agents of other branches of the Government.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
may 11 ts Maj. Comdg. Arsenal.
CIRCULAR.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA,]
Quartermaster General’s Office, \
Richmond, April 23, 1364. J
All Officers and Agents of this Department are
hereby notified that in order to introduce proper
uniformity and system in connection, with the con
tracts executed with the Factories on Government
account, and to increase thereby the yield thereof,
Major G. W. Cunningham, Quartermaster, hereto
fore in charge of the Depot at Atlanta, Georgia, is
entrusted, exclusively, withlthe duty of contracting
in behalf of this Department, with the Factories in
the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Florida, and Mississippi.
He will respond to requisitions for material, made
upon him by Officers in charge of Depots for the
manufacture of clothing.
A. R. LAWTON,
may 3 lm Quartermaster General.
Jailor’s Notice,
A NEGRO man, dark complexion, by the name cf
John, says he bolongs to Frank Parish, of Butts
CO A D negro boy by the name of Miche-11, of dark com
plexion, Sttys he belongs to Wm. Foster, oi Is ash
ville, Tepn. . . T » ,
An old negro man by the name of John, says he
belongs to Alq. Thompson, of Hinds county, Missis
negro man by the name of Bob, say? he belongs
to Thos. ‘ Cogwell, of Commerce county, Miss,, of
dark complexion. , , , . „ ~
A negro man John, says he belongs to Henry v onn
of Yazoo City, Miss. . , , T ANARUS,
A negro man Paul, says he belongs to Joseph Ug,
of Savannah, Ga. . ... . ...
A negro man, says his name is Albert, and belongs
to Mr. Linch of I orth Carolina, ol dark complex
ion B. N. WILLIFORD,
Dept. Sheriff,
mayjHdtf of Fulton county, Ga.
Bank of Columbus.
Stockholders are hereby notified that the Confed
erate Tax, levied by the act of Congress dated Feb.
17,1864, on the Shares of this Bank, will be paid by
•the Bank. D. ADAMS,
Columbus, Ga., May 10.—2 w Cashier.
Office Mobile and Girard R_. R.. 1
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864. J
The Stockholders of the Mobile &’Girard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1864,
on tho value of all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this
office and they will therefore oinit the stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
apl 6 ts Treasurer.
Notice to Planters.
I am authorized by the Government
TO EXCHANGE
Sheetings, Cotton Yarns,
SUGAR AND OSNABURGS FOR
Bacon Sides,
HAMS AND SHOULDERS,
for supplying the Army.
JNO. J. McKENDREE,
apl 18 2m Agexii.
New Slave Mart.
THOMAS L FRAZER & CO.,
Late firm of Crawford, Frazer & Cos., Atlanta, Ga.,
XEGRO BROKERS,
Market Street, alen e Montgomery Hall ,
HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive
and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes
which may be consigned to them. They will buy
and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with
promptness and dispatch. They keep constantly on
hand a large and well selected stock, such as
Families, House Servants,
Gentleman’s Body Servants. Seamstresses,
Boys and Girls, of all descriptions.
Carpenters, Blacksmiths,
Shomakers, Field Hands. . „
They respectfully refer to the following we.l
known gentlemen, viz: , _ „
Hon. John A. Elmore, Major J. L.Calhoun, Will
iam Taylor & Cos., A. P. Watt, Shular k Ardis,
Montgomery. Ala.. J. C. Coleman k Cos., Mobile,
Ala.. Henry Jfeinhard & Bro., Savannah. Ga.
THOS. L. FRAZER.
Montgomery, Ala.
A. FRAZER.
W. E. SMITH.
Auburn. Ala.
iW. H. Fitts, Agent. .... . „
i p. s.— City patronage respectfully solicited. Ali
i orders carefully attended to.
mar 25 dim w3m
Salt Distribution No. 9,
On Wednesday, Ist day of June, I will distribute
to the Stockholders of the “PLANTERS' SALT
COMPANY,” one Sack of Salt per share, at 40
cents per pound, and $1 per sack, extra.
Sacks due the Company from the last distribu
tion must be promptly returned, washed and dry.
or no salt will be delivered to defaulters.
W. H. GRISWOLD,
may 20 td * Distributing Agent.
Columbus, Ba., Frisday Morning, Kay 27,1864.
Thursday Evening.
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Lee’s and Grant s Positions. —Milford,
where the bulk of Grant’s army is stationed,
is on the Riohmond. Fredericksburg and Po
tomac railroad, twenty-one miles from Fred
ericksburg and forty miles from Richmond.
Hanover Junction, Lee’s headquarters, is on
the Centra] railroad, twentyaseven miles from
Richmond.
Retaliatory Measures.- —A Washington
telegram says: ‘ln reply to a request of the
President, it is understood that each member
of the Cabinet has submitted in writing his
opinions in regard to retaliatory measures
towards the rebels, on account of the massa
cres at Fort Pillow and Plymouth. The opin- I
ion of Attorney General Bates is said to be
in opposition to any such a course. Whatever
policy may be adopted, no formal public de
claration of it will probably be made.”
The Irish Recruits. — A recruit imported
from Ireland, writing to his “dear parents’’
from Galoup Island, Boston harbor, March
17, 1864, says: “It took U3 fourteen days to
come to Portland, and when we landed, there
were hundreds of civilians to meet us. They
gave us brandy, whiskey, pies, puddings, ci
gars, or anything we wished for, to enlist
along with them. Faith, we took all we got
and did not go with them after all. Feeny
brought us out with the intention of making
us drunk and enlisting us after, but he was
disappointed, for any of us that did enlist, was
not with him. * * * The boun
ty was very tempting, and I enlisted the first
day I came here. There is a good many of
the batch enlisted, and a great, many did not;
I belong to the 28th Massachusetts regiment
of foot, &c
During the last four weeks eight of our Gene
rals have been received into the communion of
the Episcopal Church, viz : Gen. Joseph E. John
ston, Lieut. Gen. Hood, Lieut, Gan. Hardee, Maj.
Gen. Forney, Brig. Gen. Govan, Brig. General
Schoupe Brig. Gen. Strahl, Brig. Gen. Pillow.
Hermes, the Richmond correspondent of the
Mercury, letter, of the 16th, says:
The atmosphere begins to clear a little. Ave
rili is whipped, Seigel is whipped, Grant has lost
hugely, the enemy has been twice repulsed at
Drcwry’s Bluff, Spears ha* been driven off, and
three of the injured railroads—the Danville, Cen
tral and Fredericksburg—are now in running or
der.
From the dead and wounded of the enemy, and
from our own wounded and dead, Lee’s army has
supplied itself with ammunition, and there are
now perhaps more rounds to a man than when the
campaign began. A wounded soldier from Geor
gia says it would be worth while for the President,
Cabinet and Congress to visit the army in order
to see the splendid condition and spirits of our men
after so much fighting and exposure.
The Fight at Carter's Station.— The fight at
Carter’s station, on the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia railroad, on the 25th ult., the Gazette of the
6thinst., says was fought by General A E Jackson,
with a force of about 300 men, (30 only being cav
alry) against a force of the enemy consisting of artil
lery, cavalry and mounted infantry, some6oostrong.
The Wautauga river rising prevented the enemy
from crossing, anduearning next day that Jackson
had been reinforced, they left for Knoxville, bury
ing some 16 or 18 who died on the way from wounds
received in the fight. Their loss i3 put down at 27
killed and the same number wofinded. Our los3 one
killed, private Loyd A. Hunter, of Capt. Gammon’s
company.
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General Lee. —The strongest exhibition of
public confidence in General Lee, is found in
the fact that so little anxiety and apprehen
sion are felt about Virginia—the great theatre
of conflict in this last convulsive struggle of
the enemy. All seem to repose with unfalter
ing assurance upon his spirit and judgment,
to foil the vast hordes of invaders which the
foe is precipitating upon his|dauntless veterans.
Calm and self-possessed in the midst of the
terrific storm of invasion, Lee is, under God.
the pivot of all hope and confidence. Yet the
symmetry of his character is 30 perfect that
we fail to be impressed with its loftly and ex
pansive dimensions and the splendor and
magnitude of his genius.
The intellectual greatness of Washington
has been honestly denied by some, and we
i believe for the same reason. When we look
at a magnificent building—a trophy of arch
itectural skill—we are insensible to its vast
ness by reason of its exact harmony of pro
portion. Nothing in the structure excites
surprise till we come to apply measurement
and learn the exact dimensions and then ev
erything is a matter of surprise. So when
i the traveler first look3 at Niagara, where he
expects to be struck with awe and wonder, he
is sadly disappointed. The Little Waterfall
at Gennessee is more imposing, for such is the
harmoDyofthe grand proportions of Niagara
that study is needed to appreciate their mag
nitude.
It is the ill-proportioned structure in art or
i scene in nature which excites surprise and
j sensation.as itis the inharmonious and faulty,
ill proportioned and unbalanced character
| that excites most attention and remark. The
I “exeentricities of genius” are the source of
I more observation and anecdote—wherein ex
' cellencies are apparently heightened by con
trast with defects and weaknesses—than the
beautiful harmony and grand portions of such
j characters as Washington and Lee. who de
velope no infirmities to set off great virtues
1 and distinguished abilities.
[Macon Telegraph.
Atlanta, May 24th.—The homeless people
of Northern Georgia are crowding into this
city to await the issue of the impending strug
! gle between our army and the foe. The Re-
I lief Committees here are pouring out every
thing that can be obtained for their sustenance,
and come now to the people of Georgia. Ala
bama and South Carolina to ask for help, im
mediate and instant help. We need clothing
for women and children, bacon, salted meats
and fish, corn and beef. These can be deliv
ered to the agents of the Southern Express
Company, addressed tq J. W. Duncan. Presi
lidentof'the Relief Committee at Atlanta.—
1 We also need information as to where any
! number of destitute families can find shelwr
and food.
Will the press please pub’rish this and aid in
i the matter.
Two press reporters returned from the army
this evening.
The intelligence is of a character which
prudence reqnires should be withheld from
publication for a time.
Movements looking to the security of the
base of our army* have bet n completed,
i The Yankees are reported moving up to
Dallas in force.
This morning some skirmishing took place
on out extreme left.
The alarm in this city has, in a great meas
; ure subsided. Several days may el’apse be
: fore a general engagement takes place.
‘ Trains to-day come from Aiatoona.
[Correspondence ol the Memphis Appeal.]
From the Front—General John- j
stoa’s Army.
In Tusj Field, Monday, May 23. j
As I hinted in a previous letter the line of j
the Etowah is valuable only as an observatory, j
The course of the stream and the situation of !
dhe hills which rise upon the north bank and |
are against us make it untenable for active I
operations, and therefore so soon as the enemy j
move we must move. It is reported to-day
that Sherman is in motion. Some say he is
massing at Rome, with a main view to Selma,
and merely a side glance at Atlanta. But this
appears to me to be a very narrow conception.
The object of the present expedition was At
lanta, and it will be carried out to the last ex
tent of effort. “We are just as certain to take
Atlanta,” said a Yankee major to me yester
day, “as the 9un shines.” “You mean,” said
I, “that you are as certain to try.” “Precise
ly,” he rejoined. There is no doubt of it. To
proclaim to the world that his campaign was
agaiust the great storehouse of the South, to
march eighty miles and confront it, and then
to turn off to the right over the country upon
a minor point, would at once he a confession
of weakness, which Sherman is too shrewd to
make. If he fails to take Atlanta his whole
plan has failed, and he will go back whipped
and disgraced, outgeneraled by Johnston
and cheated of feature by dissembling fortune.
There seems to be a ptyiic in Atlanta. How
needless! How absurd! The soldiers laugh
at it. They say “if we are not able to hold
Atlanta, no place below it will be safe, and,
therefore, it is foolish to fly. The citizens had
better organize themselves into local regi
ments, dispense with all work or trade for the
present, and go to the trenches, while we keep
the enemy in check on the Chattahoochee.” I
endorse the suggestion. If Mayor Calhoun (I
believe that is the name of your mayor,) would
call out the entire population, put guns in
their hands, and order them to the works,
there would be no fear of a raid upon Atlanta,
and it would relieve us here to the extent of
5,000 soldiers at least.
A merchant of Atlanta said to Gen. John
ston, “There is a great fear, of your falling
back behind Atlanta, general.” “Indeed!”
replied the general, “do they think that White
hall street will be much barrier against the
enemy ?’* “No sir, but they are alarmed.”
“It is quite groundless. We 3hall hold Atlan
ta,” was the laconic response of the chief as
he turned away.
There is the prettiest opening in the world
at present in this army, for such a man as John
Morgan was at Bowling Green nearly three
years ago) That is, for a brave, smart-scout,
with a hundred men like himself. Morgan
was a beau ideal oje this description, and with
a little command, could do more good here
than two major-generals. The loose condition
of the cavalry makes it very inefficient. Gen.
Martin and Cerro Gordo Williams appear to
be its most efficient leaders.
The people of upper Georgia are beginning to
experience some of those horrors which befell the
people of Louisiana and Tennessee two years ago.
They are flying in every direction in ruinous con
fusion, leaving behind them a thousand needs in
their haste to get away from the enemy. Whilst
no one can marvel at the panic which this state of
affairs indicate, it must excite a reasonable alarm
in the soberest mind that these good people are
pursuing a fatally overheated course. It is likely
to run them into misery, and do no good to the
country at large. The experiences of those who
have passed through the flint mill, teach them that
non-combatants ought to remain at home. The
territory embraced in the lines of our armies has
as much as it can bear in supplying the wants of
the men in the field, and its own domestic, inhabi
tants, without being forced to feed those unfortu
nate exiles who have fled through a mistaken pat
riotism and a dread of invasion. No one can
doubt the sincerity of these influences, or wonder
that true and loyal men should Bicken at the idea
of meeting the brutal soldiers of a loathed power;
but we owe a duty to the Republic, aud no man
should shrink from it; whether it be to march to
the front or remain in the rear, to shoulder a mus
ket or handle a hoe. Waverly.
How Grant Jlade His Men Fight. —Th
following order shows the demoralization of
Grant’s army, and how his men are kept in
the ranks:
Headq’rs Army of the Potomac, 1
_ slay 2, 1864. /
General Orders \
No. 23. j
The Commanding General has learned that,
notwithstanding the caution contained in Gen
eral Order No. 28, of April 25th, 1864, from
these headquarters, there are men in the army
who refuse to do duty on the ground that
their term of service has expired.
It will be made known to such men that
their conduct being open mutiny, they will be
punished with death, without trial, unless they
return to duty ; and hereafter any soldier who
refuses to do duty , on similar plea, will instantly
be shot without any form of trial whatever. The
honor of the service and the necessities of the j
hour admit of no other disposition of such
cases.
The Commanding General again expresses
the hope that thejsoldiers of this army will
respectfully ask fob; and cheerfully abide by
the decision of the! War Department with re
spect to their term3 of service ; but he has no
further word of warning for those who, at a
time like the present, choose to defy author- j
ity.
Corps and other independent commanders j
are charged with the execution of this order, j
By command of Major-General Meade.
S. Williams,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Kirby Smith’s Coogratulatory
Address to bis Army.
Headq’rs Trans-Mississippi Department, «
Camden, Ark., May 4,1864. \
Soldiers of the Trans-Mississippi Department:
The campaign inaugurated at Mansfield on
the day of national fast and supplication, has*
under Providence, been crowned with most
glorious and brilliant success. You have de
feated a foe three times your own. The fields <
of Mansfield,*PleasSant Hill, Cbutierville, Poi
son Spring. Marks!’ Mills and Jenkins’ Ferry,
attest your devotion. Eight thousand killed ,
and wounded, six: thousand*prisoners, thirty- j
i four pieces of artillery, twelve hundred wag- i
ons, one gunboat and three transports are al
ready the fruits of your victories. The path
of glory i3 still open to you—permanent secu
rity to your homes before you. Call together i
vour comrades, and, shoulder to shoulder, we
will vet free the soil of our beloved country
from the invader’s footsteps.
Soldiers of Arkansas. Missouri, Texas and 1
Louisiana, you have the thanks of a grate- j
ful people. Your living will be respected— ,
vour dead honored and revered.
E. KIRBY SMITH, General.
Wheat Crop in Choctaw County,
Miss.—The Southern Native, learns that
the wheat crop in Choctaw county, bids
fair for an abundant yield. The wheat
is quite thin on account of the freezes,
but as it is generally sown on uplands, it
is presumed it \jill make better wheat.
The Native is confident that more wheat
was sown this year than last, and expects !
that there will be at least as much, if not
more, wheat garnered this year than last, i
$4.00 Per Month
Reliable Kews from the Trans
missibippi.
A friend was present in Augusta, Friday af
teruoon, at the Planters’ Hotel, where a party
of gentlemen had the pleasure of bearing a
very interesting narrative of events which
have recently transpired on the west bank of
the Mississippi, from three prominent citizens
of that part of the Confederacy, one of whom
was a general officer who left the field of ope
rations on the 6th inst.
The narrator said that Steele's army num
bered about 15,000 men, with a fine equip
ment of material, of war, all of which was
captured by Price. His entire force (except
2400 mounted troops) had been either killed,
wounded or taken prisoners.
Banks’ array numbered about 32,000, only
5,000 of whom bad made their escape, the
residue having been disposed of in the same ,
manner as the command of Steele. The for
ces of Kirby Smith bad only sixteen 6 pound
rifle guns with which to fight Banks' forces,
but he now has seventy-one pieces of artillery,
eight of which are 32 pounder Parrots, forty
seven 12 pounder Napoleons, and sixteen 6
pounders. Among the stores were sixteen
wagons loaded with medicines, thirty-two
ambulances, (the first that our army had ever
seen) all of the enemy’s ordnance, commissary
and quartermaster’s stores, and *20,000 small
arras, amounting to a complete outfit, which
they had never had before. They now feel
able to say to their brethren on this side of
the Mississippi, that they would give a good
account of the remnant of the enemy left in
their department, or in other words that they
intended to clean them out, and estab
lish Confederate independence west of the
Mississippi. —Savannah Republican.
Siege of Charleston.
Three Hundred and Twentieth Day.
The enemy, about half-past three o clock
Monday afternoon, opened a heavy fire from
their gunboats in Stono, upon Secessionville,
which was kept up until dark. A dispatch
from General Taliaferro at five o’clock stated
that the enemy had commenced firing on our
pickets from their battery on Long Island and
from two gunboats in Stono. A small party
landed on the South end near the old Yankee
battery. Our pickets were at their old posi
tion at GrimbaH’s and Rivers’ causeways. Up
to six o'clock the enemy had not advanced on
our lines. They have brought up some artil
lery on Dixon’s Island opposite Grimball's,
which they were also using in firing on our
position, Some musketry firing was heard
about seven o’clock, and it was reported that a
picket fight was then going on.
The enemy kept up a vigorous aueliing of
the city during the day. The number of
shells thrown from 8 A. M. to 6 P. M., was
twenty-five. The shelling of the city contin
ued up to the hour of closing oar report.
The fleet remains unchanged.— Courier ,
24(/i.
Keep Cool.— Don’t let your head swim. We
are in a revolution, in dead earnest, and not on a
parade for the mere display of the “pomp and cir
cumstance of glorious war.” A great many of us
have not learned what war is yet. The closer it
approaches our doors the more reason for quiet de
termination and eloquent action. The bravest of
men and the mdst patriotic are the least excited
and most deliberate in the times that try men. Do
not endeavor to display your eloquence in effort
either to rouse to action or to reason into calm.—
You are not half so eloquent as you think. Set
the example of a philosopher and of a man who.
is not a coward. Quietly enrol yourself with the
militia or make one of the organization for local
defense. Try not from charitable motive to make
women and children believe there i3 no danger,
but prove to them by your aotion that you appre
ciate, and are too much of a chivalric Southern
gentleman to avoid it. If you want to be free—
be free. If you want the invader checked, put one
more bullet in his path. Under all circumstances
do your duty, and be astonished at nothing. Keep
your head cool, your powder dry, and your tongue
still. — Southern Confederacy. 3
Federals Leaving Upper East Tennessee.
—Tile Clarksville (Va ) Chronicle of the 6th, says
our scouts a few days ago went as far as Mosby
Creek, and failed to come in contact with the ene
my. Mosby Creek is only 25 mile3 east of Knox
ville, on the Tennessee railroad. Several persons
from the vicinity of Knoxville state positively that
the Yankees are leaving that place and moving in
the direction of Chattanooga. The railroad be
tween Bristol and Morristown has been completely
destroyed.
Tbe War Tax.
The following official instructions from t'ue State
Collector answer a good many questions often pro
pounded about the war tax:
Offick of Chief Collector of Was Tax, 1
Forsyth, Ga., 3/ay 16th, 1864. J
Numerous enquiries are being made by Collectors
and Assessors in regard to the subjects of taxation
under the recent Tax Bill. It is enquired whether
articles of provisions for family use are taxed,
whether agricultural productions which have paid
the tax in kind are subject to the tax of five per ct.,
and whether articles of jewelry owned and worn in
a tax payer’s family are taxed.
The answer to thesejand similar enquiries is, that
every species of property whatever, and of every per
son i3 taxed and subject to the tax of five per cent,
and jewelry to ten per cent., except such persons and
such amounts of property as are expressly exempt
ed in the Tax Bill. No other exemptions than those
specially mentioned are to be allowed. All property
is to be assessed at the value put upon similar prop
erty in 1860, except in cases in which it is provided
that another valuation shall be made.
(Yedits, Bank Bills and other papers issued as
money will be assessed at par, according to the
amount exhibited on their face and not according to
their value in Confederate Notes.
Every tax payer will be required to return all his
property of every kind or description whatever to
the Assessovjf the District in which he or she may
reside. Henee Warehouse men and Commission
Merchants are not required, as heretofore, to re
turn cetton and other produce in their possession.—
They will return such as they own themselves. Ev
ery person will return his own property and pay his
own taxes. This applies to property in this State.
Property in another State owned by a tax payer re
siding in this State will be returned and taxed in
the State which it is located.
Assessors are enjoined to be diligent to procure
full returns of property. They will propound
searching questions to tax payers so as to aseer- j
tain not only the property in their immediate pos- j
session, but ali which they may own elsewhere in
the State. The returns shall embrace all the
property which the tax payer hold, owned or
claimed on and after the 17th day of February,
1864.
Interest bearing Treasury Notes which now are
bonds, are taxed, and so are all bonds except such !
as are especially exempted from taxation. Four i
per cent bonds or certificates, and the six per cent j
bonds authorized to be issued under the act of j
February, 1864, are exempt from taxation.
E. G. Cabanissc j
State Collector for Georgia.
Views of Gov. Seymour’s Organ.— The New
York World of the 43th, submits the following views
on the situation in Spottsylvania:
We must frankly state our impression that the
military aspect is not very bopefuf Wehaveapro
found admiration of the indomitable pluck of Gen.
Grant, which is all the more conspicuous from the :
probability that any other General than he would,
ere this, have distrusted his ability to reach Rich
mond by a route which at every 3tep bristles with
obstacles. Even Grant himself is profoundly im
pressed with a sense of the herculean magnitude of
his task: “I propose to fight it out on ’his line if it
takes all summer.” This talk of “all summer” does
r.ot consist with the idea of a victory nearly ,
achieved; but rather with the idea of work yet to
be performed of such stupendous difficulty as to re
quire the most unflinching determination of a naiu- ;
rally resolute soul. , ,
It is apparent from Grant’s language that the idea
of some other route has crossed him. and that it is
by a conscious effort of firmness that he ho.as ntm
self to bis original determination, "to nghi it out
on this line ” If there were not groucas for dount
hfe its practicability there had been no occasion for j
th& vei? Emphatic assertion of adherence to his
original plan.
Tats gR APHI 3.4
tbc Press Association
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863. by J. S . Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
tho District Court of the Confederate State* for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Latest fro® the Georgia Frost*
W heeler whips H oolford’s Cavalry !
The Enemy Burning as They Go!
Atlanta, May 26.—A Reporter from tho front
arrrired late last evening.
Wheeler attacked Cassville Teesiay, defeated
I Wool ford’s cavalry brigade, burned one hundred
and sixty, and brought off eighty wagons and 150
prisoners.
Tho Yankees are running the cars to Cass Sta
tion.
Scoots report that three Yankee corps crossed
the Etowah on the road to Dallas and are still
crossing. They march in close order ; so strag
gling, and ready for a fight.
McPherson occupied Dallas Tuesday even
ing ; slight skirmishing that afternoon and
Wednesday morning with Polk's corps.
The Yankees levy contributions as they
march, and burn all mills, factories and good
residences, where the owners have left. They
destroy everything.
Petersburg, May 24.—Northern dates to the 2U*
received.
Grant reports that an effort was made Thursday
evening, by Ewell’s corps, to turn the Yankeo right.
It was promptly repulsed. Three hundred prisoners
fell into the \anfcee hands, besides many killed
and wounded, one hundred and fifty killed and
musing.
Stanton assures the Northern press that over
25,000 veteran reinforcements have beon sent to
Grant.
No reports from Butler.
The Red river is blockaded at many points by the
Rebels' shore batteries. Gen. Carney, who is about
to assume command, promises to remove them
early.
Seigel is removed, and Major General Hunter
succeeds him.
" A dispatch fiom Sherman, dated Thursday night,
at Kingston, states that during that day he had
Sushed a column beyond Kingston, in pursuit of
ohnston as far as Cassville.
A hard fight at Atlanta ia looked for.
The Herald states that the steamer Greyhound
had just arrived at Boston.
Edward A. Pollard, of Richmond, was now prob
ably in Fort Warren.
Gold 181%.
Another Presentation to For
rest.
We understand Gen. Forrest is the
daily recipient of some kind present lav**
ished upon him by his admiring country
men. A few weeks since the people of
Columbus, Miss., presented him with a
splendid horse, and from the correspond
dence bslow, it will be seen that the la
dies of the same patriotic and hospitable
town have complimented him with a beau
tiful pair of silver spurs. The letter be
low, says the Mobile Register, is woman’s
“utterance of a noble confidence, the just
reward of great actions, and the response
is the outgushes of a heart as full of gratis
tude as it is of patriotism
Columbus, Miss., May 14,1864.
To Maj. Gen. N. B. Forrest ;
General: To you, sir, and your brave
troops, undeT Divine Providence, we owe
our protection against a relentless foe,
who had come to do desolate our homes.
Re pleased, therefore, to accept, as a
token of our gratitude, the accompanying
present—a pair of silver spurs, from the
ladies of our town.
Permit us to add our prayers, that a
kind Providence may ever be your shield
and defense in the hour of danger, and
that you may long be spared to serve our
country.
Mrs. E. A. Long, Mrs. E. T. Humph',
ries, Mrs. S. B. Haughton, Mrs. E. A.
Wilkinson, Committee,
Readq’trs, Forrest’s Cavalry, )
Tupelo, Miss., May 11, 1864. j
Madames E. A. Long , E. T. Humphries ,
S. B. Haughton, E. A. Wilkinson,
Committee :
Ladies: Your favor of the 14th of
March, accompanied by the beautiful pair
of spurs presented me, did not reach their
destination until a few days since. Your
handsome and appropriate present is re
ceived with the profoundest emotions of
gratitude, and from a heart often touched
by the kindness of my fair countrywomen,
I thank you for this demonstration of re
gard. In our first great revolution your
sex signalized their patriotism by self
sacrifice and uncomplaining fortitude,
and in this, our great revolution you have
vindicated your ancient renown by deeds
which nerve the arm of the soldier with
strength and his heart with hope. The
recompense which you have cast at my
feet more than compensates me for any
danger or toil I may have encountered in
the public service. If I have contribu
ted anything towards securing our inde
pendence, or in rescuing our homes from
the desolating tread of the invader, my
ambition has been fully gratified. Be
assured, ladies, your highly valued press
ent shall never be dishonored. It shall
be used in driving forward the splendid
horse which your neighbors presented, in
a continual defense of your homes and
firesides.
The compliment you pay to my com',
rnand in calling them “brave troops/’ is
a just tribute to their gallantry, and I ac
cept your present more as a compliment
to them than to myself. They have pass'
ed with me through all the vicissitudes
of a soldier’s life—danger, fatigue, the
march, the battle and the victory, without
faltering or murmuring.
Again I thank you, and the ladies you
represent for this manifestation of your
esteem. Congratulating you on our bril
liant prospects, and hoping that peace,
sweet peace, like an angel of mercy, will
soon brood around your desolate hearth
stones,
I remain, very respectfully,
N. B. Forrest.
Gov. Brown’s Army.—The militia
officers are thronging forward numerously
and pluekily in response to the Governor’s
call, and will make a 'fine army, unexcelled
in material, and many of them well versed
in the tactics, and not unaccustomed to
the fight. It is supposed "that at least
three thousand will respond to the sum
mons. The civil officers, a good many of
whom are retired soldiers, it .is supposed
will swell the total to five thousand.
[Macon Telegraph.
In Bf.tter Spirits — We observe that it is
stated in the papers that General Toombs was
at Columbus, Ga., a few days since, and that
in a conversation there he said that the "pres
ent was tbe brightest day that had ever
dawned upon the Confederacy.” It is to be
hoped that Mr. Stephens is also in better
spirits, and that he may allow a little cheer
fulness and satisfaction to obtrude upon his
gloomy ruminations touching the habeas cor
pus and other matters which had so seriously
exercised his mind, —Richmond Dispatch.
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