The Catholic Church of Montgomery, Ala., has patriotically donated its bell to the Confederate States, to be converted into cannon for the defence of the country. Commander Thomas W. Brent has been assigned to the command of naval operations on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, with headquarters at Savannah. Major John H. Howard, an esteemed and well known citizen of Columbus, Ga, died on Saturday last. A break-down occurred last Thursday on the North Carolina Railroad, by which the express messenger. J. A. Bennett, was killed and several others wounded. The directors of the Mechanics' Bank of Augusta, Ga., have voted to subscribes one per cent, on the capital stock ($5,000) to the Ladies' Gunboat Fund.
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