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< By Joseph Clisby. THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 7, 1863. $7 Per Annum. From the Richmond Enquirer, May 2d. decisive fight. The baggage has been sent i'ROK TH E BAPP AH A N NO OK. rearwards. The hospital flags can be plainly . . .i m. i seen. Our men are in their right positions; Great excitement prevailed on yesterday, *ine to the' numerous sanguinary rumors °doatfrom the Rappahannock. Authentic in fer®* tion places the enemy in strong force on hia side of tho Rappahannock, a few miles l*k>w Fredericksburg, after a brief but desN rcrate little engagement, in which two Con- I federate regiments, opposed them until forced I to ielite, both sides suffering badly. The ene- v tioir occupies virtually the same position Itffore and about Fredericksburg he did just urtrious to the fight of last winter. Heavy atnoonading occurred on Thursday evening, ,nd it was believed that hostilities had com- uieooedin earnest, ■although we have no relia ble intelligence to’ that affect. Higher up the river the demonstrations of the enemy were j yesterday very decided, and a gentleman (ru tn flordonsville informs us that a fight was is progress between Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s jOtch arid a heavy force of the enetoy near i g,ptdan Station. From .the movements of the I dfeti')’ ' 1 ‘ s believed that he design to “flank” [ riotdonsville and destroy the iron bridges over jloora’s creek and the Rivanna river between (hat place and Charlottesville, at all hazards; ui; consummation of which would greatly em- btfsss the traosportation of our troops. We have no particulars as la the reported fights. [ Jhe Oort federate Forces in Fredericksburg— Capture of one of Qen. Mahonds. Compa Oh—The Fight on Thu reday— Cap lure of Tankers—Artillery Duels—Confederates Surprised and Captured—Stuart at his old Tricks, <tc. \ ! 1 C-yrr-pondence of the Bichmond Enquirer. Alsop’^Farm, 8 jfii.ES bklow ” ) Crcdericksburg, 1 o’clock p. m., May l. f 1 was in the saddle yesterday from early ,n antil near midnight, endeavoring to sift (grainsof truth from the mass of false're* vis in circulation. The results of my inves- Egiiionn are that^the Yankees, on. yesterday "id nothing on. our right of-ihuch importance, J ar operations being limited to throwing additional forces, including' artillery', i id manieuvring preparatory to a fight.— c kit wing of the Yankees extends from iBjzeRun to a point just below Pratt’s house, Ld warty opposite Hamilton’s Crossing. Our “ncjs occupy the line of the railtvayfrom and law the crossing up to town. Oar forces still hold the town, there being Udlort on tbo part of the enemy to take pos- sioo of it. •. la our li l> and above the town, say 20 miles, jUieiiwiii'i -.*..1 tltl^ife . Prtrilo,. thft YanL-ooa ojef.krJ.iy effected a crossing,.in.toio», enti led at 3u,000 strong, and moved upon and iipied Chancellorsviile about three o'clock etferday afternoon, their column being push es for as Zoar Church,' in Spottsylvanis, igktuules above Fredericksburg, the enemy ^ling his way very cautiously all the time 1 using no artillery. • His march thus far on ; route bits been but feebly contested.— sple preparations, however, are made to give ho o warm reception whenever he feels dis- liKil to move from his present position. 1 Wc-lcss, all told, on this wing, yesterday, It life skirmishing, was not over one killed and Irer seven wounded, though a company from mf the regiments in Gen. Mahone’s brigade a raptured, while on picket near Chancel-* rsrille, being surprised. Capt. Taylor, A. |d. of Gen. Mahone’s staff, also narrowly bom ueath and capture, ne had just ici: to the post occupied by' this captured ia, whuir he was callcd,to a halt . At once a«ing the character of tho troops,- he iij turned his horse and fled, not, how- r, until three Yankee balls had been fired Ilia in vain. life luve captured several prisoners on this teslio represent that the enemy’s force is Pfthousand strong. I Ha crossings had been effected at the U. S. | Btuki’ Fords, though three army roads have isctoslrucicd to the latter place, and a rc- hb; thrown up in front of it. lining has been heard from above this morn- I' »ntl it is supposed skirmishing is going and the aitillery is “all up.” During tho skirmishing at Ohancellorville yesterday, Capt. Pifer, of.General Lee’s Body Guard, and Lieut. Walthrop, are reported to have been wounded, and some four or five men killed. In tho crossing at Pratt’s I hear that the Ma jor or Lieut. Colonel of the Sixth Louisiana, ■ was wounded and made prisoner, and some 14 privates, besides a good number of the 13th Georgia; The crossing at this point was hotly contested. ' * ' At Bernard’s, however, the Yankees got over, I hear, and surprised the pickets, a part of Col. McDowell’s regiment, the fault being, it is alleged, in the captain commanding the pick et, who, though often apprized that the Yan kees were making a great noise in front—the fog beingmt the time too heavy to see anything, failed to' take any precautions, and his men, when surprised, were found with unloaded guns. . The Yankees constructed their boats on their side of the river, and threw them around by the use of oars, so quickly, thotbut little ef fective resistance could’be offered. .The balloons of the-Yankees were up all day yesterday, and again to-day. The tight will not occur, I think, before Sunday. The coun try may rely that when it does come, our able Generals, and brave, reliant army, will be fully equal to the myrmidons of “Fighting Joe.” From above I learn that.’Stuart has been quite active, and has taken ono hundred and sixty prisoners, representing Three different army corps. A prisoner taken last night, says the enemy have already crossed over forty thousand men. Not a gun has been fired to day. Everything is remarkably quiet. The roads ai e being rap idly dried by the sun’s rays, and the fight cannot be long deferred, if, indeed, the Yan kees mean fight.- > ' » X. P. S.—Just as tho cars are about to start, heavy firing is going on towards Fredericks burg. *"' v •• 'X. 9\ 1 Ii I Th* picket, lines at Fredericksburg are-still I? 1 tp by both sides. - 1 litre was great chc-ering iu front yesterday, t tf ike Yankee pickets hallooed acro3sand a they ha i-taken Vicksburg. This of If 1 * si part of the programme of lying in [ ‘ cT jo got the “ best army on the planet to K. ■.&* [Ytsterday morning the Yankee batteries on our right, but after firing half an "ormore, ceased until about 6 1P. M.— l?™s hoar until nightfall a brisk artillery ri oceurred on our right Tho batteries : Std on our side being Fry’s, of Orange, £\ Stltioned at a P°' n *- aboat-Harda- «»ttery, and the Rockbridge battery, r on the hill just above Hamilton’s fhick and fast among the Yan- , „ n ' : *. ro Relieved to have done considera- • ooaticn. The Yankee batteries, which Qr , * on Gray’s and Fitzhugh’s farms, JL",° "!i«y whatever, though their shell Hamilton’s Crossing.; j> - OH from our side, burst among some .,'. c,n Gray’s hill, and thereuDon great “fjmg ensued. . J Tas aiso setn to explode in a group ,‘2. nt4r Pratt’s, and such a “skedad- , tever was seen. i* 6 , hB “ e *T wa3 a 'so seen to double- , ro . n * its d ingerous position with ■ * celerity during this fire. nave been no demonstrations up to Y' morning not a single ii«if - n ® red > an 4 n0 engagement arms, not even skirmishing has d by Mr. H: W. Bruce proposed “national inde pendence and States rights.” Mr. Jones advocated his former motto “Lib erty and independence.” Mr. Singleton, of Mississippi, proposed “Juslitia veritas fortitude." Mr. Garland moved, “Liberty or death;”— [Laughter.] .Mr. Conrad moved, ‘vS'u& lege libertas.’’ Mr. Harris, of Missouri, proposed, “ Stilus populisuprema, lexest.” Mr. Miles suggested that tho two mottoes, Deo a indice fide forth, be combined. Air. Garnett accepted the amendment. On taking the vote the House was found without a quorum. Mr. Harris moved an adjournment. Lost Mr. Singleton moved a call of the House, which was agreed to, and 5? members an swered to their names. All further proceedings under the call hav ing been dispensed with-- , Mr. Atkins moved to lay the pending amend ment on tho table. Agreed to—ayes 35, noes 31. The House concurred in the Senate amend ment, and the motto.stands u Deo Vindiee.” IV place. i-j; I P!i rt has it that the Yankees who mi 1,1- nard ' 8 and Putt’s have recross- - • ? ea U P the pontoons. Another state- «teat the Yankees are entrenching in WDard’s and Pratt’s. . movements on hand I should not , > 1 _ the Yankees at Bernard’s and recrossed. Their tents, however, numbers, are visible on the opposite . wft belief nn^c 5a that thA hattlo will t : "f q risfr belief now is that the battle, will ?r° Te Fredericksburg, and in the ‘ bhaneellorsville. The crossing be- tqjfib m Ml probability, a mere feint. • l ning betokens an early, heavy and ’ ■* CONGRESSIONAL—SBAL OF THE CON-. FEDEKACT, The House took up the bill to establish the seal of the Confederate States. The Senate amendment to strike' out tho words “seal of” from tho margin, was agreed to.' . ~ ’ ' ' Thfc Senate strike outthe words “ducevince- mus,” leaving tho precursory word “Deo,” and ■“V- 'TS *• wr.rrl “ vindiV/-. -j. Mr. Boyer,-of South Carolina, moved as a substitute, “Glory to God in the highest and op earth peace, good will to men.”. Mr. Botcler moved, “Deo favenle, animofer- vente." Mr. Baldwin moved “civii Iberty—social order.” Mr. Garnett favored the former motto, sug gested by Mr. Gray, of Texas, “Fide forth" THE. NEWS FROM THE RAPPAHAN- NOCK—TIfE MOVEMENTS OF THE ENEMY. The nows from the armies now confronting each other on the Rappahannock is highly im portant, and it is more than probable that one of the severest conflicts of the whole war will take place to day or to-morrow. The enemy, in very heavy force, have crossed, and are now oh the south side of the Rappahannock and Rapidan rivers. They were not disposed to again attempt to force their way to Richmond by assaulting our position on Marye’s Heights and along the line of the Massaponax, and have consequently sought crossings for the main body of their forces some seventeen to twenty miles above'Fredericksburg at. Ely’s Ford and Germans. These points arc on. il-.e ”>pidan, a few miles above its junciioH w.th tho north fork of the Rappahami‘..«-.s. The advices re ceived by the train last evening represent that the advance of the enemy had reached a point within two miles of Spottsylvania Court-house at noon yesterday. In view of tho change in the movements of the enemy, it is probable that our whole front will be changed, and, in stead of the general conflict taking place in front of Fredericksburg, or on the same ground of the battle of tho 13th of December, it will doubtless be fought in the vicinity of the Court house/or near the centre of the county. A heavy artillery duel was fought on Thurs day afternoon, near the mouth of Deep Run, but without any decisive result on either side. Another report states that the enemy has also covered a considerable body of troops at United States Ford, six miles above Fredericks burg, and that a collision was expected to occur in the neighborhood of ChancellorsvOle. Richmond Dispatch, 2d. - Vice-President .Stephens.—We omitted to mention, yesterday, that our Vice-President, A. H. Stephens, has arrived in the city, and that he resumed his seat, as presiding officer of the Senate, on Monday. Wo are pleased to learn that his health has improved. He was induced to remain away from the seat of Gov ernment during the winter so as to avoid the rigor and variableness of this climate. Richmond Whig. BILL FOR THE ASSESSMENT AND COL- J.ECTION OF TAXES. = A.bill under the above title has passed both Houses of Congress. It is designed to give effect to the tax law, bV providing the necessa ry machinery - for .its execution. The bill is very long—thirty five pages. A synopsis will bo more acceptable to. our readers than the whole bill, and is all that wo have robm for Sec. 1.—Creates an office iu the Treasury Department to be callod tho office of the Com- missioner of Taxes; tho salary of the Commis sioner $3,000. Ho prepares, under direction of the Secretary, tho instructions, regulations, directions, forms, blanks, &c.; distributes them, and superintends tho execution of the tax law generally. Sec. 2,—Declares each State a Tax Division ; to each is appointed a State Collector, who must be a resident freeholder of the State j his salary, to' be one-tenth of one per pent, on amount of tax collected in the State, provided it be not less than two thousand nor mor*than three thousand dollars; State .Collector to givo bond with sufficient sureties, and superintend the tax collection in his division. Sec. 3—Each State collector to divide his State into convenient collection districts follow ing, as near as may be, tho counties or tax districts; Government State collector to ap point for each collection district a district col lector, who shall be a resident freeholder, and shall assess, levy and collect the taxes of his district. - ' ' ■ ' Sec. 4—Requires collectors ta give "bond and security. Sec. 5—Authorizes: a district collector to sub-divido his district and appoint a3 many assistants as ho may desire, they being respon sible to him, and ho to tho Government. The State collector shall also appoint for each col lection district ono or more assessors,- residents therein, who shall take an oath without favor or partiality to execute their office. - Sec. 6—Requires all poisons or association liable to tax, to make return under oath or af firmation, and at the times and according to tho forms which may bo prescribed, of all pro perty, income, &c., on which tax is ordered to be levied. * , .. .. ■ Sec. 7—Enjoins a dilligent discharge t of duty on the part of the collectors and asses sors. Sec, 8—Requires tho assessor to make tax able list, when property-holder fails to make return. Seo. 0—Imposes a penalty of five hundred dollars and costs of any person making a fraudulent return, and requires tho assessors to make a new valuation. neglect to return property lists, the assessor to enter upon the property,, and value for himself, and to add twenty-five per cent, to the.valua tion as a penalty. . . - Sec. 11—Requires assessor to value property where owner is a non-resident, and of whicli no lists are returned. Sec, 12 — Allows non-resident. property - holders to make returns of property co the as sessor of the district whero they reside, to be forwarded by said assessor to tho assessor in whose district tho property lies, for his ap proval and return. Sea 13—Prescribes tho manner in which the assessor shall make up his property lists, and return them to the district collector. Im poses two hundred dollars fine for tardiness. Sec. 14—Requires district collectors to givo notiee, through tho press, or otherwise, of tho time and place when assessments may be in spected, and appeals received and determined by tho collector. Sec. 15—Requires district collectors to for ward property lists to State collectors. Sec. 10—Requires district eollectors to give public notice when the taxes are due, and the times and places of payment. Persons neglect ing to pay, liable to be charged an addition of ten per cent. Authorises collectors to distrain the property o( delinquents. . ; .Sec. 17—Regulates sales under distraint in certain cases. Sea 18—Declares assessed taxes a preferred lien on property.. . * \ - ‘ Sec. 18—Provides for selling real estate for taxes when there is not sufficient personalty. Sea 20 and 21—Prescribes tho times for col lecting, forwarding taxes by the district col lectors; also their accountability. Sec. 22 and 23—Prescribes penalties for un faithful, delinquent or corrupt collectors. Sea 24—Requires, assessments to’be esti mated in Confederate Treasury Notes. Sec. 25—Authorizes collector or assessor to enter aqy house, except dwelling, in the day time, in. discharge of their duties. . Sec. 26 and 27—Provides for the cases of sickness or death.of a-collcctor. Sec. 28—Authorizes collectors to prosecute, where necessary, to recover taxes. Authorizes tax-payers owning property in two or more districts, to pay the whole to the collector of the district in which ho resides, or to the State collector. - . '" '• Sea 29—Authorizes collectors and assessors to administer oath*. ... Y" j Sec.'30—35—Various matters of detaii. Seo. 36—Compensation of district collectors five per cent, on the first twenty thousand dollars paid over, arid two and a half per cent, on all beyond; with two thousand dollars salary as tho maximum. Compensation ot the assessors, five dollars per day for each day employed, and five dollars for every hundred taxable persons with one thousand dollars as the maximum compensation. . Sec. 37—Tax lien to follow property everywhere. Sec.. 38—Authorises a disbursory clerk for com missioner of taxes, salary $1,760. He examines and settles accounts for salaries, commissions,&c., &c. See. 89—No persons capable of appointment un der this act if under forty ycats, unless declared unfit for military duty or discharged therefrom for "disability received in service. See. 40—Secretary of Treasury may receive tax es in advance, and allow five per cent, interest. ;' Sec. 41—48—President may appoint officers du ring recess of Senate; credits on which the holder endorses hi3 willingnesss to receive Confederate notes in payment not to be valued at a higher rate, Mrs. Honningsen, a gifted daughter of Geor gia, wife of O. F. Henningsen, has been presented with a elegant gold watch, inlaid with gems, by some members of tho Washington Artillery who have recently beenin the hospital at Richmond.— Many officers and soldiers have since the war began experienced her motherly care and attention when aick in the Henningsen Hospital, to which she had devoted her whple time, ' 1 • -,'*■' , MOSTER • ROLL OF'THE MACON LIGHT ARTILLERY. GA..VOL. " H N Ells, Capt. • -. i , . W. F Anderson, 1st Lt. Fd HA Troutman, let Lt., r’d C :\V: Slate n, 2d Lt. . F M Fold*, 2dLt- ... JE.Weddon, Seret. Mai. W C H Cooper,2d S't.MaiH M Varner, 1st Sert H T Vardell, 2d Sg’t GW Reese, 3dSgt C E Carnes,-4th Sg't.: NM Hodgkins, 5th Sg’t J King, 6th Sg't- .R H Hines, 1st Corp. 1 - E M Ells, 2d Corp. E H Rutherford, 3d Corp. H C Corbin, 4th Corp. W F Bhu, 5th Corp. L R Menard, eth Corp. A Waitz, 7th Corp. : . MMcKinna, 8th Corp. * J.T Gibson, 9th Corp. J N Findlay, 10th Corp. W Schell, 11th Corp. •A Bf-Boone, 12th Corp. hst Of privates. fc- C Aldrich, J Angle, W D Aldrich, M Anderson, J Boras, TCBalyen, 1 j Rates, E Burgamy, (died at Goldsboro with small aox;) JD Boone, JHBarton, . - JLBranan, T Brooks, B A Bacon, HBW BracewelJ, F J Baird, J P Baird, ABerryhill, -J Barnett, CH Craft, D Craddock, S Clark, .... . T Carroll, J Crosby, J & Collins. F.G Castlen, . W Codey, S J Ceardy,' J i *' A M Crow, W S Crow, W S Cleek, . J D Chadwick, (leg off from fight at Newborn;) W T Darden, W W Dunevent, L Dickinson, F Dixon, J Dixon, • B F Donahoo. C Deas, M Denton, TL Daniel, BJ Ellis, T T Ellis, discharged, W Edge,. . WH Ellison, W A Evans, . C W Ell*, P Flemming, DP Foley, E Fruman, J W Flinn, J Q.Galligher, discharged, w * • *»•«**» , w «evi*iiigiu,T A Gann, (died at Richmond;) H W Green, J N Grover, JR Green, W J Gray, J W TGibson, WFHolland, (diedat Richmond;) JW Hines, T J Humphries, M C Holioway, K Hams on, G Hardge, G W Harden, • J C Hancock, (died at • ; Macon, G*.J W G Haynes, ' BH Johnston, JCJndson, J A Killingsworth, T Kennedy, • H Lawson, G W Lamb, (killed at Newbern fight;) CWLehman, J H Lingoold, .. J W Lawson, D W Lawson, A Lundy, S H Lockett, (pnt iu substitute;) K G Lewis, (deserted at MilledgeviUe;) A Mofiitt, P Moran, (deserted;) J McKinna, P A McGinty, JW McDonald, T J Murphy, J Mixon, P McGiown, CG Morton, WF Mason, VV Maddox, Jno Murphy, G Misselwhito, J McCracken, LG Morris, (deserted at MilledgeviUe-;) . W E Olmsted, E O Powers, D P Pugh, ■ J M Parham, WH Parvis, . A Robertson, A Ross, ■ F Reichert, H GRoss, A Rodger*, J L Lolaman, L G Snipes, W®K*Bpa*ru. ' EtSiaoifitm; A SUer, [deserted at Macon ;1 J M Sanders, G Shepard, H 8 Stewart, J Smith,’ J W Sutton, A Smith, W Scarborough, IE Swinson, F W Strong, Iput in substitute3 . E J? Strong - « •• , - - W J Taylor, [detailed at Macon, Ga. AH Tripod, * L Timmons, W H Virgin, ‘ JH Weston, • . ON Wynne, W J Weaver, L H Washington, RCWynn, W Warren, B Williams, J Woodward, . T K Youngblood, J Youngblood. *' THE “BUTTERNUTS” AND “COPPERHEADS.” The “Butternuts,” “Copperheads” and “Knights of tho Golden Circle,” appear to be causing consid erable excitement in Indiana and Ohio. They are said to be.arming and preparing"for internal strife. The Lincoln pres3 denounce, them as public ene mies, and say their design is political disorganiza tion and the overthrow of the administration. The Cincinnati Commercial of the 20th ult., says an or* ganization of desperate political adventurers and disorganizes exist in the free States. They belong to the Knights of the Golden Circle and other secret associations of tho same character. One of the objects held in view by them is resistance to the arrest of deserters, and another is resistance to the enforcement of the draft. Tho Commercial has dispatches dated Indianap olis, the 19th, which say that a Union meeting was broken .up in Boone county, Indiana, on the day previously the “K. G.C.’s”andm the melee sever al persons were killed and wounded. Anpther diffi culty occurcd at Danville, Hendricks county, Indi ana, on the same day, between the Union men and a crowd of mounted “K.G. C.’a” armed, and adorn ed with butternuts. A small fight occured,in which five men were wounded. The “butternuts” retreat ed,and left the town in possession of the Union men. These evidences of internal dissensions among our enemies are certainly encouraging, but they should be by no means taken as an indication that the revolution among the Yankees will prevent them from proseeutingthe war against the Confer- acy. There is no doubt a feeling of intense dissat isfaction at the conduct of the war In some portions of the North, but it has not become widespread enough to bo very formidable. It is our duty to en courage and strengthen this feeling, and this can be best done, not by expressing sympathy for the belligerant “Copperheads,” but by striving to de feat the enemy at every point, and endeavoring to make them appreciate more and more the hopeless ness of the contest in which they are engaged. Montgomery Adoerliser. THE PAPER QUESTION. The Montgomery Mail says ; After dilligent enquiry we are able, to present thefollowinglistof Paper Mills mow in opera tion within the limits of the Southern Con federacy: Alabama, 1. At' Spring Hill in* Mobile County. . Georgia, 3. . At Columbus, . Marietta and Athens. ' " . ’ ’ South Carolina, 5; Ono at Greenville and four others. * „ ,, North.Carolina, 8. Lincolnton, Shelby, Fay etteville, Salem, Concord and three others at Raleigh, viz: Neuse River, Forrestville ami Mantua.. * Virginia, 2. Both at Richmond. Tennessee, 1. At Knoxville. It Will be seen that-there are twenty Paper Mills now in operation in the South, and there- can be no doubt that they wouldbe able to supply the newspaper demand if the matenals for manufacturing paper could be obtained at reasonable rates. ‘•‘"'•v * - Coming Down.—Prices are indeed tending downward; as is shown by the sales at auction by W. B. Griffin k Co., of this city, yester day : Flour was sold at $35 to $45 per bbl.; bacon 67i cents per lb.; rice, old, 10 cents, new 13 cents; brandy $14 to $20 tier gallon; yarns $13 S7jr per bunch.—Aug, Chronicle. A THREAT AGAINST ENGLAND. The New York Herald closes an editorial on the recent position taken by the English Gov ernment in the matter of privateering and Matamoras commerce, as follows : - . . “Thcro is nothing in tho future more cer tain than that the day off reckoning will coma It can just as infallibly be calculated that tho American nature will exact atonement for these outrages, as any physical effect can bo calculated from ; a physical cause. Tho only uncertain thing about it ia the question of time. It may be next month; it may be next year; it may be the next decade. But it will inevitably come sooner or later. Every dollar’s worth destroyed by thc.sc English-built, Eng lish-armed, English-manned privateers, will be made good, either by voluntary payment or by reprisals. Tho mind and' temper of this Republic is fast acquiring the same inflexibility on this subject that, it possesses in regard to the putting down of the rebellion. Already it ild be better suited if Mr. Seward or Mr. AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE. In General Bragg’s report of the battle of Murfreesboro’, occurs the tollowrag paragraph: “Tha. enemy’s loss- wo have no means of knowing with certainty. One corps, command- ed by Major Thomas t. CritteMen'whioh was least exposed in tho engagements, reports •over o,000 killed and wounded. As they lid two other corps, and a separate division, third of a corps, and their cavalry, it is safely esti mated at 3,000 killed and 16,000 wounded adding the 6,273 prisoners, and we have a to tal of 25,273.” Hero Goneral Bragg estimates the Yankee loss. in that battle, exclusive of prisoners, at 19,000 men. The official report of Rosecranz, as we have lately seen, pets down his loss in killed and wounded at 19,340. It must be con- cceded, then, that General Bragg, while be. may not b.e so great a strategist as some of his civilian critics, whose absence from tbo field is so greatly to be deplored^ can still form a Adams would advance not another argument or appeal, not another expostulation or remon strance, against thoso outrages. Let these British rulers take their course-^-we bide our time. This one thing alone wo now ask, that those men would forbear to add to our injuries the wanton insult, that wo crave their succor. It is too indecent. Ordinary freebooters would be ashamed of it.” /.. ’ : THfi ALBEMARLE COUNTRY. We conversed a day or two since- with an intelligent friend from the Albcmarlo country, who informed us that tho ene&y has left that region temporarily, and that tne people feel greatly relieved. They .are pitching largo crops of corn,’ and many who own fisheries tni busily engaged in catching shad and herrings. The movement by General Longstreet against Suffolk has had the effect of compelling the Yankees to withdraw all their gunboats from the Albemarle waters; and wo learn that tho government is bringing out from that region large quantities of corn and bacon. Between seven and eight hundred thousand pounds bacon bave been obtained in. tho county Bertio alone. ’ «. - We have urged, time and-again, from tbo very beginning of the war, tho great impor tance to the cause of holding this portion of tho State. It was lost to us when Roanoke Island fell. Eastern Carolina could have fed the entire Confederate army w|th its com, forage, bacon, and fish. Wo are glad that tho gov ernment, even at this late day, is realizing the value of this portion of our State. But ii Gen. Longstreet should retire from Suffolk, as wo suppose he will, the Albepiarle region will will bo nothing to prevent tho ascent of his boats to tho interior.—Raleigh Standard. A “TIMBER HAT.” Somewhere about tho year 1780 (so runs the talc) a traveling millwright—in thoso days the king of mechanics—foot-sore, and with tha broadestNorthernDoricaccent,stoppedatSoho, a locality onco indicative of fiold sports, but then the engine factory of Boulton & Watt, and he asked for work. His aspect vyas little better than one of “ beggary and poor looks,” and Mr. Boulton had bidden him in Godspeed to some other workshop, when, as ho was turning away sorrowfully, Mr. Boulton sudden ly called him back and inquired: “ What kind of hat have you on your head, my man?” “It’s just timmer, sir.” “ Timber, my man ? Let’s look at it. Where did you get it ? ” ■ “ I just made it, sir, my aiiisel! ” “ How did you make it ? ” “ I just turned it in the lathie.”.- “Hut it is oval, man; and a lathe turns things round! ’’ “Aweal! I just gaur’d tho lathio gang an- ilher gait to. please me. I’d a long journey afore me, and I tocht I’d have a hat to keep out tho water; and I had na muckle siller to spare, and I just made ano.’’* By his inborn mechanism, tho man had in vented the oval lathe and made his hat, and tho hat made his fortuno. Ho became a dis tinguished-machinist. Louis Napoleon’s Efforts to obtain a. Wife. —It is generally understood that in the spring' of 1852 offers of marriage were made by Ihe Emperor to three German princesses, but were politely declined in every instance. The first of these offers was to the Princess Mary of BadeD, daughter of tho then reigning Grand ■Duke, who being himself the offspring of a “morganatic” marriage, could, as it wastho’t, make no serious objection to tho match. His highness, in fact, did give his consent; but his death occurring on the 24th of April, IS52, !:' son and successor threw obstacles in the y, and, as the Princess herself showed no desire to occupy the French throne, the negotiations were finally broken off. The hand of a Prin cess of Hohenzollem having been likewise re fused to the Prince President of the French Republic, a last offer of marriage was made to Princess Frederica of Oldenburg, aged 32, the sister of the Queen of Greece. Princess Fred erica, it is said, was excessively anxious to wear the Imperial diadem, then already within the grasp of Napoleon HI. But her relatives, particularly the Grand Duke Peter,'-strongly objected, and consequently this proposal like wise came to nothing. The poor Princess ot Oldenburg soon aft-gp, in despair of getting the right husband*, or any husband at all, commit ted a morganatic alliance, giving her hand to one Baron* do Washington. -Not choosing to submit to, further indignities, Napoleon HI., now Emperor, determined to seek for a wife at home; and,’haring met one evening at the house of a literary acquaintance, M. Prosper Merimce, Madamoisollo Eugene Maria do Guz man, Countess of Teba, his Majesty offered at once his hand and heart, was accepted, of course, and married in a few weeks alter, on the 29th of January, 1S5S. Tho event some what took the public by.surprise, the official announcement of it having been made only seven days previous to the ceremony, on the 22d January.—London Spectator. Ouicago Election.—The election for muni cipal officers in Chicago took place on tho 21st inst. Nhei^man, the Democratic candidate for Mayor, was elected by 118 majority. Tho re- mainder of the Democratic ticket was elected by somewhat larger majority. Great interest was felt iu the election. tolerably correct opinion on some matters. Columbus Times. FOR SALE, A valuable House and lot, oa Poplar Strait, between let and 2nd. JAB. eUCBCfB 6KEEN. May 4 th, 1863; flat* NEW DENTISTRY OFFICE . Over Harris Oc Ucuse’s—Clicrry Si. workmanabip, my work will be entirely natuhe-ory. Unsound Teeth treated, filled with void or Maritally extracted. _ JOHN M. LURQUEeT, . Of dwrieeton, UteorGriffla.ua. Ambrotjpe* taken in the beat atjle of the art, when unengaged. Children taken In a Tew second*. May iC 10t* FOR ' ONE FINE SETT SINGLE HABNES8. Apply to * gaines a co. Mayo. -. * - stt MACON FIDE DEPARTMENT. A -Regular Monthly Mectin UMarunent will ho he May 7th, at 8 o'clock, P. M. UbJy Meeting ol the Patrol foseo of tbo wilt be hrid. atTrlreman'i! Hall, Every member la notified to be present,a* bn nines ot importance will como beiorethemceiing. . lty order of U.8. UiiEAR, W. ii. Stark, Secretary. chief. Macon, May Btb, 1863. AStt For Suit:. ' , BOXES of good Bar So’p.anataple can be seen ' at O’Donnell 4b Whipplei’s. may O—daw* MALONE A MEATH. 150! Executor's Sale. T-. WILL sell on tho first Tucrday in July next, at the JL Coart House door in Albany, (ft. The place whereon the Into Robert Loudly, resided at Ills death, lt con tains two hundred and eight acre* of'land, aud is no: Improved and is adjoining the city.-Tstm, made known on tho day, ot salo. a. F. DeORaFFENBIliD, . nut —j—_ . - • Execute. NOTICE. HEADQUARTERS. DEPM’NT of 8. C„ GA. Jb FLA i SPECIAL OHDZwfr leet0n> “' * t NO. 95. - f • * * » Par. IL M.. J. SaflWd having been specially cotnmlr- eioned by tho War Department, to examine Into the giounds of arreet, and to decide upon the farther dta- “J 1 t ^° an »y military cstablahment 01 the Confederate States, now held by the military authorities, within the diatribe ot Western Q e ° r E' a -““i,“h that may be arrested. AUofficcre, having or holdlDg such prisoners In custody will be Gntded accordingly, and comply witn such rcgulationa, icqaUitlojis, end instructions a: bo may mane In the premises, In accordance with the orders of the War Department. By command o:' General Bcanresaid may 5—(13t .u regai i JNO. M. OTTEY, Assistant Adjutant General. Wanted, B Y the Great Southern Insurance Company, $100,000 7 £0-100 interest bearing notes, for which par and naif interest wUl be paid. ’ may 4—dlw W, 3. JOHNSTON. Prealdent. WANTED T0' HIRE, A T the General Hospital in this City, 4 good House .Servants. Apply to ,JA3. MERCER GREEN, may 4—dSt* ! k. Surgeon in Charg., Cotton Storage. 'THE subscriber can furnish htorcage for Colton, tn A his Storehouses, on Mulberry Street may 4—dtf • *— R. P. McEVOY. Maccaboy Snuff! rruiB public , are ‘informed that we havo received the sole agency in Macon, for the sale of Nelson & Mc- Ilwsin’a celebrated MACCABOY SNUFF, manufac tured in Augusta, Ga. 'I ho attention of DrnccUts, dealers and coieumera 1* Invited to tho QUALITY OF THIS POPULAR SNUFF, which wo claim to be fully equal to any lormerly fur nished by Northern Manufacturers, and entirely dif ferent irom - tho lnany spurious Imitations lately ln- troduced. WHEELER & WILBUR, May 4th, 1863, - dim* NEEDLES. Bnndred thousand-best quality Needles—all 10J setts fine Knitting Needles.^ At may 1-41 w* •. , ' ' AtH. ’wtiigblp'a old aland $10-00 HE WARD. strayed or :>-cn stolen, and the Jaat thatl heard ol her w.13 in Albany-, on tho 17th of March; or I will givo 5.00.) live dollars for Information so that I can get her asain. (aiay4-dSt*) REUBEN S WILLIAMS. Georgia State Bonds. ANPJCD to purchase one hundred tbousand dollars , , G^orgl-i s Yen per cent Bonds, lor which a lib- cralprice wilt Vcglven. Apply to^^ ^ siouGHON, apr2l-d30t« . : a- Macon, Ga. w* NOTICE. RECENT Act of the Legislature o! Georgia makes It the duty of proprietors of Waro Houses and Stores to report tho whole number of hales Cotton In tlioir possession not owned by the producers, together with names of owners, Value, &c., to the Tax Il«x Ai er; us our receb Cotton aro tran: P We therciore call upon all ownors of Cotton ta onr stpts or obligations tor tho delivery or storable, It is impracticable to identify Ware Houses to come forward within TO .days, and make themselves -known, as at the expiration of that time we shall Drocecd io return all cotton.unclaimed.to the-Tax Receiver. The tax will-be psnd by U9, and the cotton and its owners held liable for the amount of tax paid, with Interest, and commissions of 3# cts. every ~ -- John A. Nelson^ J. TL. Anderson, nardeman & Sparks, Harris .v Sons, - Jas. H. WooltoUr, Lightfoot & Pianders, AprfltO. 1863. VineviUe Preoerty *-* 5^. _ _ . _" Rrnfln Tj 'for l0 lmildin':;°oni ° 0 “ the lot m a oeandful J>DeLoaclle , Msconi more residences. Iuqu- n ’ q yy apr S9 tf’ FOR SALE "dozfcounter Brnehea, J ■* Brooms, for sale by may il-M W B. A. WISE. mmmmmkm