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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.”
