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COLUMBUS TlMK.fc Publish ad Daily (SuaiiT3«xcoptoi> s' o*© r»*?; <■,; $4.00 per in jath.or $lO fOrlhree months. No subscription received for a looser term than three months. advertising RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 par square for ♦he first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Where advertisements are inserted a month." the 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. .. ■ a ' 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. i---- 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. 1 » » 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. atiou.