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I 220 w ■ ■" 1 r.■■ ■ TCIRXWOLD, GA., APRIL 11, 1S65. We read, in the newspapers, of a mar riage, in a Baltimore federal provost office, between Col. Powell, of Texas, and Miss Lizzie Grace, in that city—this fair lady having bestowed much kindness upon the g(j)pneJ, while a wounded prisoner. This was no doubt a specimen of a bounding (abounding) Grace, altogether unexpected to tm» colonel. From Forrest’s Command-—'’“A correspondent of the Columbus Buh\ writing from Gen. Forrest’s headquar ters, at West Point, Miss., the 15th ult., says : ‘ Our reorganizing is now complete; divisions, brigadeu, regiments, and companies, all filled up, and properly officered. Our horses are improving, during the last few sunny days, very rapidly. The heart and spirits of the soldiers revive, and they realize that, as the seasons change, so may our prospects, for freedom and indepenr* dence, glow all the brighter, from the passing off of the dark and gloomy clouds of winter. I never knew this command in bet ter spirits, or more defiant, and deter mined. Men are returning to duty every day. Gen. Forrest, is making the home of the deserter, and skulker, undesirable, on account of the irnme~ diate danger that surrounds them.’ The Feeling on the Restoration of I Gen. Johnston.—‘We are all expect ing Sherman to be defeated, now that Gen. Johnstob has been restored to liis command. Nothing lias done more to revive the feelings of the people, and army, in this section, than the fact of his again being placed at the head of the army of Tennessee. I have read, with much pleasure, his able report of the north Georgia campaign. How full, how plain, bow utterly demolishing, yet how dignified. It disposes of the curse of our army— Gen. Bragg—who carries the odor of bad luck, wherever lie goes—even the pine smoke, and ‘ tar, pitch, and tins pentine ’ of old North Carolina failed to remove it. But let us hope for bet ter results, under the new order of things.’ ” A Good Retort.—‘Robert Hall did not lose the power of retort, even in madness. A hypocritical condos ler with his misfortunes, once visited him in the madhouse, and said, in a whining tone, ‘What brought you here, Mr. Hall V Hall significantly touched his brow with his finger, and replied ; ‘What’ll never bring you here, sir, too much brains.’ ’ COUNTRYM AN. T H E j (From the Telegraph and Confederate.) The Brown. After the style of Poe's "Bells." BT I. C. The Brown, the Brown ! Brown, Brown, Brown ! How I hate to hear the ringing of the Brown I How this loud resonant Georgian, With his sword, has cut the Gordian Knot that ties us down, Is now known to all creation, Who are wild with admiration Of the Brown! The Brown, the Brown—Brown, Brown, Brown, With the jangling and the wrangling of the Brown. Should Jeff Davis chance to wish a )’ew more tboueand brave militia, tit’ r t ' ie D rown ! Tho’ the bell i 1 . 0 cracked, no thunder Makes the listening nation Wonder At the Brown ! It deafens all the country, and it splits the ear* of town, This roaring, and deploring, of the Brown. And when slate rights seem tending To a diabolical ending In a crown, ■» Just hear the dreadful speaking, And the wild demoniac shrieking Of the Brown ! The ship is in a whirlpool, and all would surely drown, But for the shouting, and the spouting, of the Brown. Now conscriptions, and impressments, And the tyrant’s high assessments, Raise a frown, And the people stand from under, For they dread the rising thunder Of the Brown! No god, on high Olympus, ever won as great renown, For his loud stentorian curses, as the Browu. But in their lazy languor, There are some who love the clangor Of the Brown : As the season grows more torrid, The sounds don’t ring so horrid O’er the town— The croakers, and deserters, sweetly drink the music down, Of these wild hallucinations of the BrOwn. The Brown, the Brown! Brown, Brown, Brown ! It deafens all the country, and it splits the ear of town, This jangling and this wrangling of the Brown. Curious Facts.—In his official re port of his late raid to James river, Sheridan says that he found provis ions for man, and beast, in great abun dance, all along bis mmch ! This is a beautiful commentary upon the lib erality, and policy of some of our peo ple. When Gen. Lee calls for pro visions to feed his needy army, we are told that large sections of the country have nothing, and that this man has given them all ; but when yankee raiders come along, they find meat-houses, and corn-cribs, or cel lars filled with all abundance. How is this ? How is it that our people prefer to feed our enemies, to our friends ?—prefer to have their pro visions taken from them, by Sheri dan, to giving them to Lee ?—Lynch- burg Virginian. Atlanta.—The Intelligencer of the 7th ult. informs us that the Atlanta and West Point Railroad is now at work, its cars daily arriving at, and departing from, within the limits of Atlanta. We are advised, also, that the Macon and Western Railroad is completed 1o within two and a half miles of the station known as Rough and Ready, and that, in all probabili ty, the weather permitting, it will be completed to East Point, in about two weeks—the distance to be reconstruc ted, not exceeding seven miles in all, as the road from East Point, to Atlan ta, has already been completed, by Major Hottel, for the use of the roade referred to, both using the same track from that point to Atlanta. The telegraph line, from Montgom ery iu Atlanta, is also in fine working condition, and the Intelligencer says; From jvbat we havG noticed of its op erations, this line is tVe, 1 ! officered at the points to, and from whicu, mes* sages are transmitted, and received. Atlanta, we are gratified in being able to state, is fortunate in having assigned' to it officers, to conduct the business of the telegraph office here, who are not only skilled in the art of telegraph ing, but are prompt, and obliging, in their deportment, to all having busi ness to transact with the office. And thus, day by day, Atlanta is recovering from the blow inflicted up on her commerce, and prosperity, by the yankee vandals, who, for two months, rioted within her limits, and then left a lasting monument of their barbarity, for historians to chronicle, and anathematize. The work of her redemption may be slow, but sure. Both art, and nature, conspired to make her what she was, and these cannot fail to restore her to her form er importance, as the prosperous ‘Gate City’,’ which Georgia enterprize gave to the south.—Macon Times. The Countryman.—For some time past, we have missed The Country man from our sanctum, but were much gratified, yesterday, by the receipt of this spicy, and interesting weekly. Among our exchanges, there are none that we read with more pleasure, than The Countryman. Long may it flour ish !—Macon Telegraph, March 22d. “A meeting has been held at Dub lin, Ireland, for the purpose of form ing an association, tor the reform of the law of landlord, and tenant, ^ni for obtaining the abolition of the church establishment. Nearly all of thfc Catholic bishops take a leading part in this association.”