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COLUMBUS TIMES
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CEORCiIA— Marion County :
RLbh NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad
ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Murry,
deceased, having applied for letters of dUmmiasion
from said Administration. „
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to show'cause, if any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix should not be dismissed from said adminb-
U (liven under my hand and official signature, Oc
tober sth, 1863. MALCOJVI HAIR,
dec 12 uibni Ordinary.
liEORUA’-Mariun County -
WHEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
estate of Joseph N. Stary, late of said county,
deceased, having applied for letters ofdismssion
from said administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should not be granted to
said applicant on the first Monday in October next.
Given under my hand and official signature. Jan.
22d, 1864. HAIR,
jan 25mOm Ordinary.
Estray Notice.
JONATHAN ENGLISH, of the 772d District G,
fj M., transmits, to me the following certificate ol
an estray steer :|A deep red color, supi»osed to be 3or
4 years old, marked with a crop and underbit in the
right ear, amt underbit and split in the lelt. Ap
praised by James Cooper and Jeremiah C'artledge,
freeholders, to be worth one bundled dollars.
A true extract from the Estray Book this 30th
January, 1864, A. I*. JONES, Cl k I. C.
I'eb 1 ts
UEOUCllA—Marion County :
liULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on
li the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti
tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said
Administration. . ~ ,
Theseare therefore to cite and, admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased
lo be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, and show cause if any they have,
why said Administratrix should not he dismissed
from said .Administration on the first Monday in
July, 1864. .
Given under my hand and official signature, tins
December the7th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 14 m6in Ordinary.
Admiiiistrator’s Sale.
By virtue of an order from the'eourt of Ordinary of
Taylor County, will bo sold before the Court
bouse door of said county, on the first Tuesday in
March next witlnn the legal hours of sale, a valua
blenegroßOY by the name of Jacob, sixteen years
old, and the property of the estate ol.Jaiues Mont
gomery, dee’d. GEORGE 11. DAVIS,
feb 34(Jd Adrn’r
Estray Notice.
DINKINS McCOY, of the 77th, District. G. M.
transmits to me the following certificate of an
Estray Yoke of Oxen. One a red and white color,
and anotbera white and bviudlecoior, marked with
a smooth crop and underbit m both ears. About
4years old. Appraised by A. S. Boydin and Joseph
Lawson Riggers, freeholders ot said county and
disriet, to be worth four hundred dollars.
A true extract tiom the estray book, this the 29th.
of December 1863 A. 1' JON ES,
Jan4 —w6od Clerk I, C.
Medical Card.
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
f'ORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe
male Infirmary," tenders fiis services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of his nioies
'special attention will be devotedfto the treatment
of the diseases ofwomem.
Surgical operations perloruied tor Stone in
ttio Dbidder.Fistula iirAno, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, Humorrlioids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False. Passages, Tallapesor Club
Coot, 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 lroin any part
of the body. . TT . ~ 4
Diseases of ths Homo-Urinary System coiuprsing
the different stages of Uhonorrhoea, Strictures,
Gravel, Rperniutoirhea, Syphilis, m its primary
secondary, tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
"particular attention. ’ . „ 4 .
References given whenever desired as well as the
j ...mneiKlutum of many years practice in New Or
leans; Cousuliation hours every day at his cilice
m the Masonic Hail Building, from lo to 13 o’clock
a, in,, and from 2 tolo’olock p, in. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time will be devoted to vLiting persons in
the city.
Address all eommuicationsto ■
DR. L. A. KUSbx .
Columbus. Ga,
N. B. —Patrons from a distance will be visited
and treated at homo it desired. 1 shall be thankful
Cos my proffessional brethren for any favor they may
do nie by sending me persons requirig Surgical
attention. T , , „ ..
4lcS="ln a lew days I shall have rooms lor the pur
pose of giving STEAM SULPIIEH LATHS and
MEDICATED FUMIGATIONS, as employed in
Hospital of Europe and. America as one of the most
efficient means for the cure of Rheumatism Scrof
ulous Diseases, Syphilitic Eruptions, Gout and all
Chronis affections of the skin, E. A. li.
feb 11 3m
NOTICE.
rip HE notes and accounts of J. H. Daniel & Cos,,
1 have been placed in our hands for collection.—
Persons indebted to them and icmlnng to pay, will
i»lca-e come forward at .once and do so. Those who
,lu not wish to pay we will endeavor to make them.
W e are also authorized to transact any business
to, said linn, or BRANNON,
feb 6 dim Attys at Law.
Pleasant Horn*.
TUI Solti ami wall known SALOON wo have ve-
I fitted and opened for business. Wo have three
Bowline Alloys and necessary fixtures, and shall by
conducting our business in an orderly manner, lu>i>e
to merit a liberal share of patronage,
to mu it no A BARRINGER.
fob 10 ts
FRANK AEEEN.
THIS beautiful and Thorough Bred STALLION
l will make the ensuing Spring Season at tin?
CHATTAHOOCHEE COURSE, his old stand, near
Columbus, commencing the loth inst,, andend
ingon the lath of June next.
1 will not atUaupt here a long pedigree or descrip
tion of FRANK, as his form, blood, beauty, perfor
mance* and fame, are too well known to make it
necessary. _ . , ~, ~
Terms—sloo for the Season in advance. Should
a mare not prove in foal, she u ill be entitled to Ins
his services another Season free of charge.
fob 19 lui l - W . Pll\ OR.
Wanted - to Hire, .
A GOOD FIELD HAND, Man or woman. Good
wages will be paid monthly it desired. Apply
at this office. Feb. 29
1«£0 His. Blue
t T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
A For sale by J. S. PE At BERTON
f c b 13 tt‘ Druggist under Cook s ilotel.
Old Iron Winded.
tttE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP
W IRON, both cast and wrought, for which cam
will bo paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A t 0.
jan 27 ts
Fine Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.
A T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
A For sale by J. -S. PEM BERTON.
fob 1.1 ts Druggist under Cook's Hotel.
" GOODRICH & CS©.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,>
74 OTIOA D ST.,
COI.II.WHIS, tf-*.,
lIHOI.LSAI.L AM) BET AIL
Staple cfo Fancy
DRY-GOODS.
A UK constantly receiving fresh importations, di
rcct from Europe, of staple and lauct DK\-
<IOOO4, which they oiler cheap for ca h.
feb 5 3ui
Beaver §Liim Wanted,
THPiighest price will be paid or Plow Steel given
in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number
wanted. Enquire at
feb 22 4w L. HAIM AN he BRO.
Albany, Eufaula, Cuthbert, Bainbridge and
jjlakely papers copy 4w and send bills.
uSMi mm
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. W. WARREN, Editor.
(li.Miige of Schedule.
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, 1
Superintendent's Office, >-
Columbus, Dec. 3d. 1863.)
ON and after Dec. 6th the Mail Train on this Road
will run as follows:
Leave Columbus 7 45 P. M.
Leave Macon 6 30 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 4 IS A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 2 00 A. M.
Passengers can now go through to Charleston, via
Savannah, without delay, as the Mail Train on the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad makes close
connection with the Central Railroad at Savannah.
W. L. CLARK,
Dec 4 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Change ot* Schedule.
ON and after December 6th, the Passenger Train
on the Montgomery & West Point Rail Road
will
Leave Montgomery 10 30 A. M.
Leave West Point 2 30 P. M.
Arrive at Columbus 7 10 P. M.
Leave Columbus 2 30 A. M.
Arrive at Montgomery...". 11 37 A. M.
Arrive at West Point 7 50 A. M.
Making through connections to and from Atlanta.
Freight leaves Columbus 8 40 A. M,
Freight arrives at Columbus 8 (X) P. M.
D. H. CRAM,
Dec 4 ts Supt. & Eng’r.
Chang e of Schedule.
Office Fngineer lnd Superintendent, 1
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Feb. 18, 1804.)
ON and after SUNDAY, Feb. 21st, Passenger
Trains will
Leave Charleston ...-. 7 15. A. M.
Arrive at Savannah 4 25 P. M.
Leave Savannah 7 00 A. M.
Arrive at Charleston 4 30 P. M.
Passengers by this route from Columbus, Mont
gomery, Albany, Fufauia, Ac., pass through Sav
annah without detention.
H. S. HAINES.
feb 241 w eoa3w Eng’r and Supt.
Notice to Travellers and Shippers!
Office Muscogee Railroad Company, 1
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 22,1864.)
On and after this date persons purchasing tickets
and receiving and shipping freights over this road,
will bo required to furnish the exact change.
W. L. CLARK,
feb 24 lrn Superintendent.
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAILROAD, )
Superintendent’s Office, V
Columbus, Dec. 22d, 1863.)
Owing to -the want of sufficient transportation for
(government freight, private freight will not be re
ceived at this depot until further notice.
W. L. CLARK,
dec 23 ts Supt.
oFFTCJS souTiimiJsr express COMPANY 7 , t
Columbus, Ga., Feb, 14tfi, 1804. j
Much complaint being made of the delays of this
Company in forwarding merchandise, I am instruc
ted to advertise that the rules of the Company re
quire that Government package* shall have prece
dence over all others, and next in order packeges
forwarded by friends or associations to officers and
soldiers in the field or hospitals. The observation
of this rule together with limited facilities for trans
portation, necessarily cause delay in the forwarding
oi packages for merchants and others.
S. H..HILL,
feb 131 m Agent,
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY. 1
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 16th, 1864, J
Legal notice is hereby given to all concerned, that
persons who ship packages containing spirits, wines
and cordials, without .informing our Agents of the
fact will not be entitled to, nor will they receive, the
benefit of valuation. Spirits, wines or cordials, will
not be forwarded by this Company except under
special contract JAMES SHORTER, Supt.
feb 13 1m Acting President.
Express Notice.
All freight for shipment by the Southern Express
must be pre-paid from this date, except for the Gov
ernment. S. 11. HILL,
fob 15 lm “Agent.
NOTIFF.
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE 1
Coi.umbus, January 27,1803.1
On the first of each month, Major Jno, E. Davis,
Post Quartermaster, will make payment to all em
ployees of this department, Also to owners of
slaves hired, and.for property rented, Parties in
terested will present their bills to Major Davis
monthly.
The employees of the Transportation Department
will he paid by Capt. 11. D. Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments t herefor will be made by
myself. F. W. DILLARD.
Major and Quartermaster.
jan 29 ts
OFFICE MOBILE AGI HARD R. R. [
Girard. February 20.1801. j
On and after this date all parties receiving or ship
ping freights over this Road, will be required©?! fur
nish the exact change lor freight.
W. 11. WILMIAMS,
feb 20 ts Agent
NOTICE.
HEADQUARTERS POST, t
Columbus, Ha., Jan. 27, 1804. J
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 0,
1. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over 12. hours will require a pass from these Head
quarters,
I[. All persons between the ages of IS and 45 years
visiting Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at this Post excepted) will in future be re
quired to procure a pass from theiCommandant of
the Post. No other document than the pass spec
ified will be regarded by the officer charged with the
examination of passes.
111. Officers and soldiers absent from their com
mands. or citizens claiming exemption by virtue of
contracts or wise, will save themselves annoy
ance by immediately procuring the required pass.
By order of Col. ROBERTSON.
OHAS. WOOD, A. A. G.“
jan 29 ts
Notice to Stockholders in the Bank
ot‘ Columbus.
Columbus, 6a., Feb. 4th. 1884.
On the first MONDAY in April next, an election
will be hebl at the Banking House for nine Direc
tors of said Bank, for the ensuing year.
DANIEL GRIFFIN,
feb tdo President.
BANK OF COLUMBUS, \
Columbus, Ga„ Feb. 25, 1564. j
Notice is hereby given that all depositors in this
Bank are required to withdraw their deposits by the
twenty-fifth day of March next, in order that they
| may choose tor themselves betiieen funding and
taxation under the new currency act, before the
i first day of April following. D. ADAMB,
feb 25 till Ist April. Cashier.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
NOTICE!
1 am ready and prepared to receive SUBSIS
TENCE TITHES due the Government at this Post,
and earnestly beg that all parties will send forward
their dues without delay to the Tithe Agents or my
self. Sacks are always ready aUny,omc<^k
feb 23 2w Maj.iC.B. ,
Columbus, Ga., Tuesday Morniug, March 1, 1864.
MONDAY EVENING.
For Bainbridge.
The steamer Jackson, Fry Master, will leave for
the above and all intermediate landings, Tuesday
morning at 9 o’clock.
A Georgia lady, writing to the Appeal, pays
this handsome compliment to the newspaper
press: “I send you enclosed five dollars for
subscription to your paper. If it were not for
the brave and hearty cheer .we receive from
our patriotic editors, the miserable croakers
at home would make the heart of every womsn
quail.”
Filling up the Ranks.— The conscript
officers here, says the Lynchburg Republican ,
are vigorously and earnestly engaged in filling
up the ranks of the army, and if the same
aciivity and industry obtain throughout the
Confederacy, we shall have a force in the
spring capable not only of expelling the enemy
from our soil but Gs successfully invading
their own teriitory. From this city alone
about one hundred able-bodied men have been
sent to Camp Lee, besides a considerable
number who have not reported but who are
being picked up hourly by the guards.
[Correspondence of the Charleston Mercury.]
Richmond, February 22.
We await w ith anxiety, yet with hope, the
denouement of Sherman’s movement. Our
own armies are not inactive, but what is ac
tually taking place is known only to the au
thorities. Selma is to be fought for; it is a
vital point.
By a late steamer, we have two important
English publications : First, Dr. James Hunt’s
exhaustive essay on “The Negro’s Place in
Nature;” and, second, “A Brief Reply to An
Important Question ; being a Letter to Prof.
Goldwin Smith from an Implicit Believer in
Holy Scripture.” These two little works
show a vast advance of the English mind on
the subject of slavery. The one defends it on
physical—that is, anthropological—grounds ;
the other, on moral grounds. Our war, then,
has not been in vain : for our cause is tri
umphing in the very heart of the great Aboli
tion empire. Let us take heart and press for
ward.
Wright’s resolutions, which fell, or seemed
to fall, still-born in the House, have brought
Fernando Wood and Cox to their feet. Wheth
er the end will justify the means is a question.
Certainly if we can get our enemies by the
ears, w e will have found our opportunity.
The glow ing Address to the People of the
Confederate States from the pen of Mr. Curry,
is much complimented and commented on
The passage in regard to “accepting terms”
on the basis of State equality and the mainte
nance ol' our domestic institutions excites .spe
cial remark. But just at present, we are cull -
ed upon to consider so many important meas
ures that there is little room for merely
political discussion. Alter a while there will
be more talk : but the main thing now is to
whip the enemy in the field. Until we do
that, all talk about “terms” will amount to
exactly nothing.
Prices continue to go up, but Confederate
bonds have not risen so high, as stated, on
the authority of a leading merchant, in my
last letter. Eight per cents, have reached 133 ,
coupons of the fifteen million loan, 177 g and
interest; registered bonds of fifteen million
loan, 165 and interest.
Mr. Memminger, I am glad to see, lias gone
promptly lo work. He calls upon the
people to fund their notes at once, reminding
them that the certificates or bonds for which
the notes may be exchanged are receivable for
taxes this year at par, and are not subject to
the tax on other bonds and credits.
Marshal Kane, ot Fort Wavran fame, has ar
rived here.
Mrs. Patterson Allen has been bailed for
SIOO,OOO, to appear before the Confederate
Court the 16th of next month, to answer the
charge of high treason.
Two Germans, arrested as would be assas
sinators of the President, have been sent about
their business—the matter being a fizzle.
Hermes.
ENGLAND —TNE QUEEN’S SPEECH.
The Queen's speech was delivered in Par
liament on the 4th, as follows:
My Lords and Gentlemen : —Wo are com
missioned to assure you that her Majesty has
great satisfaction in recurring again to your
advice and assistance.
Her Majesty, actuated by the desire to pre
serve the peace, which was one ot the declared
objects of the Powers who were parties to the
treaty of 1852, has been unremitting in her
endeavors to bring to a peaceful settlement the
difficulties which have arisen between Den
mark and Germany, and to avoid dangers
which might follow from the beginning of a
warfare in the North of Europe, and her Maj
esty will eontiune her efforts in the interests
of peace.
The speech says the condition of the coun
try is on the whole satisfactory. The revenue
has fully realized its expected amount. The
commerce of the United Kingdom is increas
ing. The distress in the manufacturing dis
tricts has been to some degree lessened, and
there is reason to look forward to an increased
supply of cotton from various countries which
have hitherto but scarcely supplied our wants.
The Morning Herald asserts that the Gov
ernment will do nothing for Denmark.
It is rumored that Derby and Disraeli will
make strong attacks on Lord Russell, and that
the cabinet, except Russell and Gladstone,
are prepared to support Denmark.
MISCELLANEOUS.
An embargo would be placed on German
shipping at Copenhagen on the 4d. 1 lie licet
at the disposal of the Danish Government, ii
is said, will be more than equal to the service
of enforcing the embargo.
The war on the frontier ot India is at an
end.
The Alabama was on the watch lor vessels
fifty miles south of Ranjour on the 15th of
January. [This puts at rest the Yankee ru
mor from San Francisco, published yesterday, j
The Pays announces that Austria is making
armaments on the Mincio.
COMMERCIAL.
Liverpool, February 3d.—Cotton closed
easier. All quotations slightly lower, prices
closing steadier. The Manchester markets
closed very dull, with prices tending down
ward.
Breadstuff's closed firm, and prices a trifle
higher.
Yankee Prisoner??. —Three hund
red and eighty five prisoners arrived from
Richmond yesterday afternoon en route
for Autericus. The number yet to arrive,
we understand, is somethiug over ten
thousaud. At the rate at which they are
now reaching here, it will take nearly a
month before all the prisoners passthrough
this city.— [Augmta Constitutionalist.
Tlie Opening' Campaisj) Fizzle.
The spring campaign in the West, up
on the part of the enemy, may be briefly
summed up as a magnificent conception
and miserable failure. A grand and com
prehensive compaign has degenerated
into a gigantic raid. With Sherman on
the back track at a double-quick, Grier
son trembling under the rapid blows of
Forrest, Banks cowering in New Orleans,
and Fajrragut hesitating to come within
range of our forts, the situation must be
humiliating in the extreme to our non
plussed and bathed foe. Wc believe that
we have sufficient insight at this date into
the movements and plans of the Yankees,
to surmise their intentions and map out
the campaign which they have anticipated
following up successfully, but. which has
ended thus far in their complete discom
fiture and disgrace.
While we have been doubting and con
jecturing tlie movements of Sherman, it
appears that he himself has been subject
ed to torturing uncertainly. The original
programme, as thus far developed, ap
pears to have been a masterly one, but
fortunately the ability of the Yankee has
not been commensurate with their ambi
tion. Sherman, having under his com
mand the corps of Hurlburt and McPher
son, was to precipitate himself upon Polk
and force the Confederate forces into a
disadvantageous engagement between
Jackson and Meridian, while the enemy’s
mounted body under Smith and Grierson
was to move down upon the rear of Polk's
army and accomplish the double purpose
of harrassing bis retreat, and seizing the
grain country for the subsistence of Sher
man. Farragut should appear oft' Mobile,
and by bombardment threaten the city,
preventing its garrison from going to
the isuccor of the army in Mississippi;
while Banks was to move up the Pearl
rivet to a suitable point at which to estab
lish his base, and then march to the rear
of Mobile, making an investment of the
place, and throwing himself within sup
porting distance of Sherman.
This would cut off communication by
the Alabama and Tombigbee; and make
those rivers a back entrance by uliich
Banks could threaten Selma in flank and
rear while Sherman pushed boldly on in
front. Thus Mobile of necessity must fall
and Polk: forced across the Alabama, the
flank of Johnston’s army would bethreari
eiiod by Bank« ami Sherman. Assuredly
this was a stupendous undertaking, and
although now a failure and a force, it is
altogether too serious to be laughed at,
when we consider the successful execu
tion of Sherman’s part of the programme,
and know not what would have been the
result of the contemplated movement had
Banks moved and displayed the same en
ergy and boldness. But
“The best laid plans of mice and men
Gang aft aglee,”
and for some inexplicable reason the Yan
kee Commander at New Orleans failed to
movo from his snug city quarters, and Lo
gan and {Grierson were too slow or too
much hindered, by Forrest and thus the
bottom dropped out of the tub of the Fed
eral campaign.
Sherman having accomplished the suc
cessful opening of the grand movement
awaited anxiously to hear fromflis co-op
erating column from Louisiana, and failing
to learn anything of—it, and becoming
aware of the army massing in his front, he
siezed the invading bull by the tail and
drew him back to his base. His retreat
appears to have been as rapid and unex
pected as his advance—and quite as suc
cessful—but we doubt whether his valu
able adjunct, Grierson, would prove as
fortunate. The youthful spy upon whom
was found Hurlburt’s endorsement, “Trust
the bearer/’ represents that when he was
dispatched to Banks to give him informa
tion of Sharman’s success and intentions
it was expected that he would find the
former General on the north side of Mo
bile.
Before he lcftllurlburt’s headquarters
it was the impression of that. General that
Mobile had been evacuated, the garrison
having been withdrawn to Selma. After
this messenger had departed, Sherman
must have been made aware of Banks’ Fail
ure to “come to time,” and seeing the fu
tility of his campaign without the proper
co-operation, he took advantage of the
cover Grierson’s raid afforded, and the de
tachment of our cavalry after him, to
withdraw in all haste. The last vestige
of this bungling campaign is the laugha
ble joke Farragut is playing in his bomb
astic manner off this port —innocently, de
lightful oblivious of this magnificent fail
ure in which he is a sharer. Verily.
“Where ignorance is blu:.-*, ’tis folly to be wise.”
The spring campaign, then, will proba
bly end in the occupation of Jackson and
the Mississippi Central Road as far n >rth
as Grenada by the exhausted forces of
Sherman. This is a bright opening for
the Confederacy, and we hail it as a g> ol
omen, the precursor of our success and
the utter discomfiture of our enemy. Not
the least significant part of the lesson is
the learning that ihe Yankee commander
daie not withdraw his forces from New
Orleans, even for combination in such a
grand undertaking as Sherman’s proposed
movement. Lick Taylor and Mag ruder
have an eagle eye upon Banks, and will
“make a run” on his establishment when
he discovers any weakness. —Mobile Ren
-2 6th.
Latest Hews from Hie \oi tli.
Baltimore papers of the 20th instant,
have been received. The war and gen
eral new-, is unimportant.
Both Houses of Congress have concur
red in the report of the Committee of
Conference on the “Enrollment Bill.”
The report fixes the commutation fee at
S3oO.|but renders the drafted man who
commutes liable to be drawn again after
$3 Per Month.
the expiration of one year. All able
bodied persons of African descent be*
tween twenty and forty Jive years of age,
are to be enrolled, and when the slave of
a loyal master is drafted and mustered in
to service, he shall be free, the master to
be paid the sum to be awarded by a com
mission, not exceeding S3OO.
Lincoln has issued a proclamation de
claring the port of Galveston, Texas, re
opened to the commerce of the world,
with certain restrictions.
Gold has declined under the apprehen
sion that Congress will authorize Secreta
ry Chase to sell the surplus coin in the
Treasury. The closing rate in New Y ork,
on Friday, was 157 1-4.
(•talluiil anti Haring .Idveiitui'e.
Captain F.vans’ scouts, commanded by
Lieut. Gallaher—-consisting of eleven
men—made a most desperate and daring
descent on Island 70, opposite Bolivar,
capturing the steamer “Guilliaia” and
crew, together with thirty five white men
and fifty contrabands, and several mules
and horses; also the arrant traitor, Col.
Millford, who has been in command of the
island for some time, which had become a
general rendezvous for runaway negroes.
The manner of their proceedings were
as follows : Sergeant Robert Lee with five
men procured a skiff ou the night of the
3d and crossed over to the island, where
they laid in ambush until daylight, then
surprised and captured the steamer “Guil
liam” and crossed their prisoners and cap
tured property on the boat.
While embarking four Federal trans
ports loaded with troops passed within
pistol shot, but our gallant scouts remain
ed as cool and unconcerned as though it
was an every day occurrence.
The names of these gallant adventurers
are as follows:
Serg’t. Gallaher, 9th Texas Regt.
Serg,t. Robt Lee, do do.
Private M. D, Franklin, do.
11 J. H. Cook, do.
“ Wm. Thomas, do.
“ Jack Estell, do.
“ G. H. Lilly, do.
“ R. S. Bunn, do.
11 A. C. Smith, do.
“ Thad. Cooper, 28th Miss. reg.
“ H. Hines, Wirt Adams’ cav.
Nclma Mississippan , 27 th.
East Tennessee.— The Richmond
Dispatch of the 24th says:
“YVe have a rumor, whether well foun
ded or not we are not prepared to say, that
the Confederate forces have captured and
now have possession of Cumberland Gap.
An officer from Gen Longstreet’s com
mand says that Knoxville is virtually in
our possession, and would be occupied by
our forces but for the prevalence of small
pox in the city. Lougstreet’s army is
represented to be in tine health and spirits
well fed and clothed, with full confidence
in themselves and leaders.”
lAiter from Eiiio|ie.
The steamer City oi Manchester, from Liv
erpool on 3d instant, and Queenstown 4th ai
med at Mew York on the L9th. The war in
Germany has commenced. The German
troops attacked Missunda, and were repulsed
by the Danes after six hours’ fighting. The
Prussians lost one hundred men. They used
seventy-four guns. The following telegrams
are published :
Reudksburg, February 3.— Yesterday, the
Germans were repulsed four limes and finally
retreated. A thaw and rain has set in.
Schleswig, February 3. — At three o’clock
this afternoon the Austrians attacked the po
sition of Prestore, one mile south of Schles
wig. The Danes held their ground. There
was sharp lighting till after dark. The King
of Denmark walked towards the outposts.
No casualties reported. The Danes lost one
field piece.
The Latest. — The firing still continues.
Another attack is expected to-morrow. Tin
wounded are being brought in.
A renewal of the attack on Missunda by the
Germans took place. The Danish loss was
from one hundred and fifty to two hundred
men. The Prussians lost two hundred and
titty to three hundred men, and some accounts
say it was much greater.
——
Fort Powell.
The Yankee fleet fired 370 shell at this lit
tie work yesterday, and the result was no
damage to the fort and “nobody hurt. Tin
fleet gunners arc making very bad practice,
but it is as good as it is likely to be at the
the distance; and it is not health}.to come
nearer. Uup good ladies have an opportuni
ty to testify their sense of the gallantry of tin
garrison which has been defending the gate
way to their home for ten days past. Two
Mobile companies are of the garrison, the
“Mobile Cadets’’ and the, “Battle Guards.”
They are standing the fire like heroes, and
when offered to be relieved by the General
commanding, declined giving up the post ol
honor and of danger. Let the ladies in their
household ministrations remember the brave
boys and scud them something good to eat
and drink, to refresh them under the labor
and vigils of their position. We are sure th it
nothing but a bint is needed to excite the
activ e sympathies of the women of Mobile.
[Mobile Newa. 20.
(Special Dispatch to the Montgomery Advertiser.)
Dalton, Feb. 27.—The enemy’s lino of skir
mishers was two mites this -i do •>( Tunnel Hill la-l
night. It is not believed that the enemy will
make a*y general attack iu our front, IDs in
i fautry forces have fallen back from Lafayette to
Ringgold. There is a Brigade of cavalry at Sum
mersvitie, Chattooga county.
Several prisoners captured this morning report
continual desertions in their ranks, the Yankees
refusing to re-enlist; their regiments not averag
ing three hundred men.
ft is all serene this morning.
From past indications we judge that the enemy
will probably await reinforcements before he at
tempts u flank attack by Lafayette.
Yesterday, Gen. Wheeler captured a Surgeon
and ten privates.
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General Magruder, commander ot the
“rebel” forces in Texas, is announced by
the New York Herald as having arrived
at Southampton, England, in the West
India mail steamer Atrato. More hum'
bug.
Important from Europe.
News from London is to the 30th of
January, The following is from the cor
respondence of the New York Times:
London January 20.—Earl Russell
has resigned again. Such is the rumor
to-day, ITe has placed his resignation in
the hands of her Majesty in some Pick
wickian fashion, I presume, and will rc«
tire if she can scare him. England has
determined to defend Denmark if the
worst comes to worst, and Earl Russell is
committed to the German side of the
quarrel. An English fleet has been sent
to the Adriatic, to act against Trieste and
Venice, and another is ready to leave for
the Baltic. This looks like war—so does
the gathering of the Austrian and Prus
sian troops on the Elder : but the general
opinion still is that peace will be pre
served.
Confederate stock has risen to 50.
The London Post denies the rumor of
Russell’s resignation.
The Danish question is becoming more
complicated and threatening. England
supports Denmark, and France and En
gland is deciding whether she will do
more than “remonstate” with Germany.
The New York Times' London corres
pondent represents the Confederate cause
as prospering in England, Everybody is
signing petitions to the Government to do
something to stop the war.
From Florida.
A gentleman who arrived by last eveuiug’s
train mtoruis us that at last accounts tho enemy
had reached iho protection of their gunboats at
Jacksonville. Our cavalry were still in pursuit,
and woao continually bringing in prisoners. Our
eu\ ally had been dowuto Camp Fiuegau, wbich is
distant about leu miles from Jacksonville. There
arc a great many Yaukeo wounded at Lako City,
some of them very severely. About two hundred
ot the Yankee prisoners have reached Montieello
on their way to the arsenal at Chattahoochee,
whore they will bo confined.
The Yankee prisoners assert that they were
badly whipped, and confess to a heavy loss in
killed and wounded, particularly in officers.—
l heir army in Florida they admit to bo greatly
demoralized by the late battle.
We leain by an officer that both armies wore
marching towards each other, in lino ot battle,
and when each discovered the other, they were
not moro tliuu a mile apart. The battle immedi
ately comment ed, and tor a time wus severely
contested. Several of the Yankee regiments
fought with wire chambered muskets, and tired
with great rapidity. The steady tiro of our men
soon thinned their ranks, and our troops captured
a large number of tucir wire chambered guns.
All iho troops applauded the conduct of the
Chatham Artillery, under Capt. Wheaton, and say
they served their pieces with great rapidity and
elieet. lion. Colquitt’s brigade gave them several
hearty cheers on tho battle field.
From tenAo liltccni of our wounded arrived in
the city last night.— Sav. News.
Disclosures Concerning the fall
ofMVeiv Orleans.
Some_correspondcnce relating to the fall of New
Orleans has been published in tho Richmond pa
pers. Gen. Lovell has heretofore been blamed for
the disaster. The annexed letters, however, put
a different face ou the matter :
NEW ORLEANS STRIPPED OF TROOPS BY SECRETA
RY benjamin.
Headquarters Dept. No. 1., I
New Orleans, Fob. 27, 1862. )
Hon. J. P. Benjamin, .Secretary of War:
1 have the honor to report that, since my last
letter, 1 have sont forward, to Tennessee Buggies’
brigade of four regiments, with a battery ol six
field guns, also anew company of artillery (Val
den s), with six guns and their harness and equip
ments. Yesterday the 4th La., and to-day the
<tb Miss., muvad to t.bu billuo destination. The
_iuli La., was mustered lor State service, but, not
wishing to lemain behind, 8 companies have re
organized for the war; and 1 shall send that regi
ment ou in a lew days. This will make a total
of eight regiments and two batteries from the De
partment,, besides a quantity of shot guns (600)
and a million of cartridges. People are beginning
eo com plain that 1 have stripped the Department
so completely, but i have called upon Gov. Moore,
b>r 10,000 volunteers and militia tor Stale service.
NEW ORLEANS NEXT STRIPPED OP POWDER.
Confederate States op America,)
Headquarters Department No. 1, I
New Orleans, La., March 6, 18(52.)
Hou. J. P. Benjamin. Secretary of War :
>K 'N 3? $ #
“X received your telegram directing twenty
thousand pounds cannon powder to be sent to
Richmond. All tho powder that came in the Van
derbilt, Victoria and Miramou is small grained,
not cannon powder, and by the first and last oil
tbeso vessels requires to be reworked with an ad
dition of fifteen per cent of saltpetre. This de
partment is beingcompletly drained of everything,
and I trust that the arrival of the Nashville will
enable you to leave here all the powder thut wo
have.ou hand. We have filled requisitions for
arms, men and munitions, until New Orleans is
about defenceless. In return wo get nothing,
Mobile and Pensacola, even Galveston; are de
fended by 10-ineh columbiads, while this city has
nothing above 8 inch, and but few of them. Tho
fortified line about the city is complete, hut 1 have
taken ten of the guns for the navy, and sixteen for
the vessels that we are fitting up for the river ex
pedition. My reliance to defend these lines will
be upon militia, with double bareled guns, and 22
pound carronades. If, now, you take the powder
from me, we shall be in no condition to resist.”
Treatment of tlie Wegro by the
Enemy.
It was officially stated in the last Congress, says
the Richmond Examiner, that in all localities of the
Confederacy where the enemy had obtained a loot
hold, the negroes had been reduced by mortality
during the war to not more than one-half their pre
vious number.
This remark has recently obtained not only some
striking illustrations, but an official addition to it of
the most melancholy interest. The Governor of
Louisiana, in his official message, has recently pub
lished to the world the appalling fact, that more ne
groes have perished in Louisiana from the cruelty
and brutality of the public enemy than the com
bined number of white men, in both armies, from
the casualties!of war. In illustration he states that
when our forces surprised and captured Berwick’s
bay, last .summer, they found about two thousand
negroes there in a state of the most utter destitution
—many ol them so emaciated and sick that they died
belore the tender humanity of the Con federates could
be applied to their rescue from death.
The fate of these poor wretches is to be attributed
to sheer inhumanity. The Yankees had abundant
supplies of food, medicines and clothing at hand,
but they did not apply them to the comfort of the
negro, who, once entitled to the farce of "freedom,”
was of no more consequence to them than afty other
beast with a certain amount of useful labor in his
anatomy.
The immoral practice of the enemy in the parts of
the Confederacy he has invaded is to separate tho
families of the (blacks without notice. Governor
Moore officially testifies to this practice in Louisiana.
The men are driven ofl like so many cattle to a Yan
kee camp, and are enlisted in the Yankee army,—
The women and children are likewise driven off in
droves, and put upon what are called "Government
plantations”—that is, plantations from which the
lawful owners have been forced to fly, and which the
Y’ankees in Louisiana are cultivating.
The Y ankees have fairly uninai ked to the world
their ferocious insincerity on the . abject of slavery,
Intelligent persons in Europe do no., now fail to per
ceive it; and oqe of the benefits of this war is that
it is developing a statistical and moral defence of
our puculiar institution, which sentimentalism will
a-sail in vain, and which the most adventurous mis
representation can never surmount.
Disappointed
A letter from Memphis to the Chicago Journal ,
predicted the accomplishment of great feats by the
Federal cavalry force that has just.been deieated in
North Mississippi. The force was organized under
thecommandof Gen. W. L. .-smith, Grants’s chief of
cavalry. The correspondent says:
This expedition will make an extensive raid into
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Geu. Grierson,
the great raider, accompanies the expedition, Tha
force is large and well appointed, and it is expected
that they will make terrible havoc along the rebel
railroads, bridges, etc. Their motto will be "victo
ry and destruction to the remains ot the rebellion, or
to the death if opposed in force.’’ The leaders know
no such thing as lailure.
The termination of the expedition, when recorded,
will not be so pleasant to the Yankees.
wanTedto HIRE,
BY THE MONTH OR YEAR, a good Field
H» r d. man o<- woman. Apply at this offioe.
February 25
