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GEORGIA— Marion County :
KUIjE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L' Cattle, Ad
ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Murry,
deceased, having applied for letters of dhnumission
froih said Administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to siiow cause, if any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix should not be dismissed from said adminis
tration.
(riven under my hand and official ,signature, Oc
tober sth, 1803. MALCOM 11AIR,
dec 12 mOm Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Marion County s
<1 HERE AW, 11. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
IT estate of Joseph N. Wtary, late of said county,
deceased, having applitfU lor letters ol dismssiou
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 lavr, to show cause, if any they have, why
said letters of dismission should not he granted to
said applicant on the first Monday in October next.
(liven under my hand and official signature. Jan.
22(1,1804. “MALCOM HAIR,
jam 25m6m Ordinary.
fitatray Notice.
JONATHAN ENGLISH, of the 772d District G,
fj M., transmits, to me the following certificate of
an estruy steer : t A deep red color, supposed to be .3 or
4 years old, marked with a crop and underbit in the
right ear, and underbit and split in the left. Ap
praised by James Cooper and Jeremiah Cartledge,
freeholders, to bo worth one hundred dollars.
A true extract from the Estray Book this 30th
January, 1804, A. P. JON EW, Cl’k 1. C.
fell 1 U
GEORGIA—MarIon County :
RULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adni’x on
the estate of Daniel Janies, Jr., having peti
tioned this Court for letters of dismission 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, and show cause.if any they have,
why said Administratrix should not be dismissed
from said on the first Monday in
July, 1864.
Given under my hand and official signature, this
December the 7th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 14 m6m Ordinary.
Administrator’!* Sale.
By virtue of an order from the°court of Ordinary of
Taylor County, will bo sold before the Court
house door of said county, on the first Tuesday in
March next within the legal hours of sale, a valua
ble ncgro BO V by the name of J acob, sixteen years
old, and the property of the estate of.James Mont
gomery, doc’d. GEORGE H. DAVIS,
febiiiOd Adrn’r
Estray Notice.
DINKINS McCOY, of the 77th, District G. M.
transmits to me the following certificate ot an
Estray Yoke of Oxen. Olio a red and white color,
and another a white and brindle color, marked with
a smooth crop and- underbit in both ears. About
4 years old. Appraised by A. S. Boydin and J oseph
Lawson Riggers, freeholders of said county and
disrict, to be worth four hundred dollars..
A true extract from the estray book, this the 29th.
of December 1863 A. 1’ J ON EW,
Janl~w6od Clerk I. C.
Medical Ceil'd.
DR. I-:. A. ROSSI .
FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fo
malo Infirmary;” tenders his services to the Cit
iaena of Columbus in all tho branches of hiaprofes-
Sl ypecial attention will be devoted’to the treatment
of the diseases of womem. . ,
4Sfr> (Surgical operations performed tor btone m
the Bladder. Vistula in Ano, Visico-V aginai fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental I hymosis,
Varicooole, liomorrlvoids or Riles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Rassages, Tallapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism,'Varix or dilated veins, Rtery
gluin, Cataract and flair Lip; also tor the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths lroin any part
of the body. , T . ,
Diseases ofths Gemto-Urmary System, contprsing
the different stages of Cihonorrhoea, Strictures,
(travel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
particular attention. .
References given whenever desired as well as tiie
recommendation of many years practice in N ew Or
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
in tho Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o clock
a, m„ and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Ratients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time will be devoted to visiting personsin
the city.
■ Address all commuications to
DR. E. A..ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
jSf. from a distance will be visited
and treated at home if desired. I shall bo thankful
to my protfessional brethren for any favor they may
do me by sending me persons requirig Surgical
attention.
will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of tho different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup -
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals in.Uurope and
America, will form a part of my treatment,
feb 11 3in E. A. R. :
NOTICE.
THE notes and accounts of J. H. Daniel & Cos,,
have been placed in our hands lor collection.
Persons indebted to them and an shiny to pay, will
please come forward at .once and do so. loose who
do not wish to pay we will endeavor to make them.
We are also authorized to transact any business
for said firm, or BRANNON,
feb 6 dim Attys at Law.
Pleasant flour.
THIS old and well known SALOON we have re
-1 fitted and opened for business. We have three
Bowling Alleys and necessary fixtures, and shall by
conducting our business in an orderly manner, hope
to merit a liberal share of patronage.
OGLETIiEE & BARRINGER.
feb 16 ts
FRANK ALLEN.
THIS beautiful and Thorough Bred STALLION
will make the ensuing Spring Season at the
CHATTAHOOCHEE COURSE, his old stand, near
Columbus, 'ln., commencing the 15th inst„ and end
ing on the 15th of J une next.
I will not attempt here a long pedigree or descrip
tion of FRANK, as his form, blood, Jieauty, perfor
mances and fame, are too well known to make it
necessary. , . , ~
Terms— sloo for the Season in advance. Should
a more not prove in foal, she will be entitled to Ins
his services another Season free of charge,
fob 101 m - P. W. PRIOR.
Wanted' to Hire,
A GOOD FIELD HAND, Man or woman. Good
wages will be paid monthly it desiicd. Apply
at this office. Feb. 29
150 lb. Blue Mass.
At wholesale and retail.
1 Fm sale by J, S. PEMBERTON.
f e b 13 ts Druggist under Cook s Hotel.
OUI Iron Wanted.
TT t E wish to purchase a large quantity of SCR AP
VV IRON t»oth cast and wrought, for which cash
will be paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A CO.
jan 27 ts
Fine Smoking a»ul Chewing Tobacco.
* T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
A For sale by ••• S. PI. MB EH TON.
feb 13 ts Druggist under Cook s Hotel.
OOOBBIOH & CO.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
74 BHOAD ST.,
COLUMBIA, GA.,
WHOLESALE AfliD RETAIL
Staple ct? bailey
DRY-GOODS.
\ RE constantly receiving fresh importations di
!\ rect from Europe, of staple auu I.uao> 1
GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash,
feb 5 3m
Reaver Skins Wanted,
THE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given
in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number
wanted. Enquire at
feb22 4vv L. HAIMAN A BRO.
Albany, EufiHila, Cutlibert, Bainbridge and
Bl&kely papers copy 4w and send bills,
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors j. W . WARREN, Editor.
Change of Schedule.
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, )
Superintendent’s Office, V
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 18 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 of 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 00 P. M.
D.H. CRAM,
Dec 4 ts Supt. & Eng’r.
Change of Schedule.
Office Fnginker and Superintendent, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864. J
ON and after SUNDAY, Feb. 21st, Passenger
Trains will
Leave Charleston 7 15 A.JM.
Arrivo at Savannah 4 25 P. M.
Loavo Savannah 7 00 A. M.
Arrive at Charleston 4 30 P. M.
Passengers by this route from Columbus, Mont
gomery, Albany, Fufaula, &c., pass through Sav
annah without detention.
11. S. HAINES,
feb 241 w eoa3w Eng’r and Supt.
Notice to Travellers and Shippers!
Office Muscogee Railroad Company, f
Columbus, Ga., Fob. 22, 1864. J
On and after this date persons purchasing tickets
and receiving and shipping freights over this road,
will be required to furnish the exact change.
W. L. CLARK,
feb 24 lm Superintendent.
Shipping Notice.
MUSCOGEE RAILROAD, )
Superintendent's Office, V
Columbus, Dec. 22d, 1863.)
Owing to [the want of sufficient transportation for
Government freight, pr ivate freight will not bo re
ceived at this depot until further notice.
W. L. CLARK,
dec 23 ts * Supt.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, I
Cout-MBUS, Hi., Feb. 14th, 1864. j
Much complaint being made of tho delays of this
Company in forwarding merchandise, I am instruc
ted to advertise that the rules of the Company re
quire that Government packages shall have prece
dence over all others, and next in order paekeges
forwarded fey friends or associations to officers and
soldiers in the field or hospitals. Tho observation
of this rule together,with limited facilities for trans
portation, necessarily cause delay in the forwarding
of packages for merchants and others.
S. H. IIILL,
feb 13 lm ' Agent,
OFFICE SOUTHERN»EXPRESS COMPANY. I
Augusta, Ga., Feb. 10th, 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 » J AMES SHORTER, Supt.
feb 13 lm Acting President.
Express Notice.
All freight for shipment by the Southern Express
must be pro-paid from this date, except for the Gov
ernment. S. 11. HILL,
feb 15J m • lAgthit.
NOTICE.
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE 1
Columbus, January 27,1863.)
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 be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments therefor will be mado by
myself. F. W. DILLARD.
Major and Quartermaster.
jan 29 ts
OFFICE MOBILE & GIRARD R. R. 1
Girard. February2o.lßC4./
On and after this date alljparties receiving or ship
ping freights over this. Road, will be fur
nish the exact change for freight.
W. H. WILMIAMS,
feb 20 ts Agent
NOTICE.
HEADQUARTERS POST, l
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 27, 1864./
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6,
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over 12 hours will require a pass from these Head
quarters,
11. All persons between'the ages of 18 and 45 years
visiting Columbns (Officers of the Navy and Army
stationed at this Post excepted) will in future be re
quired to procure a pass from thefcCommandant 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 otherwise, will save themselves annoy
ance by immediately procuring the required pass.
By order of Col. ROBERTSON.
CHAS. WOOD, A. A. G"
jan 29 ts
NOTICE!
I 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 arc always ready at my office.
A. M. ALLEN,
feb 23 2w Maj. & C. 6.
PLANTATION WANTED.
TO PURCHASE OR RENT!
(PKS 1 '“'inTI^FFICE.
feb 26 ts
Plano for Sale.
i VERY superior instrument just received from
\ the front, with request to sell. Drigg’s patent
seven octave —carved rosewood finish, and in perfect
order. Apply to H. D. COIURAN.
feb 24 st*
To Those Interested.
Notice is hereby given to all parties having funds
in our hand.-, thatthe same must be withdrawn prior
to the Ist of April next, or under the ;law we shall
be compolled to return it, which will subject them
to a tax of thirty-three and a third per cent, on the
amount. ELLIS, LIVINGSTON A CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, ts
Columbus. Ga., Thutsdaj Homing, March 3,1864.
€ttb Military tDimtort)
HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street,
Up Stairs. *
Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g.
Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
Capt. J. S. Smith, A A & I 6
W. T. McKendiile, Chief Clerk.
ENROLLING OFFICE.
Capt. W. S. Wallace —rear of Jones’ Building.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’g.
Capt W. LYtham, Ex. Officer.
Lieut. J. M. Mulden, Military Store Keeper
QUARTERMASTER DEE T.
At No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g.
Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M.
Capt. 11. D. Cothran, A. Q. Mi
C OMAILS SA R Y DEE T.
At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S.
ENGINEER’S DEP'T.
Capt. Thos. Moreno.
Lieut. Wm. llansell. *
MEDICAL DEE T.
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon.
J. S. White, Gen. Hospital, Surgeon in Charge.
Fowler, “ “
Carson, “ “
NAVAL DEET.
Office near the Old B ridge.
W. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
FRO VO ST MARSHAL.
Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Columbus.
Will. H. H. PHELPS.
1 fIAA CONFEDERATE CUPS,
lUUU “ PITCHERS,
“ BOWLS,
“ SOAP,
“ COPERAS,
Dried Fruit,
Sugar for Wool,
Meal and Flour Sieves,
Confederate Sewing Thread,
Cotton Yarns to Exchange for Country Pro
duce.
By WM. H. 11. PHELPS,
mar 2 d2twlt
C. S. marshal Sale.
WILL be Sold on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the usual hours of sale, before the
Court Houso in Muscogee comity, a fine four wheel
carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six fi fas vs
iieiiiicV Mm'i,l(S ( int ii f a , vs A. A. Beall and one fi
la vs K. A. Murphy, garulabooß
federate States of America for interest
to allien enemies to the 30th August, 18(>2.
PHILIP A. CLAYTON,
C. S. Marshal.
Columbus. March Ist td
NOTICE.
All persons Rol ding»lnterest and Non-Interest
Certificates of deposit, or money collected on ac
count or otherwise, are hereby notified to call for
the same by the 20th day of this month, if not, the
amounts due them will be funded in due form of
law and held as special deposit, subject to thei r
order. A. FRAZER,
Pres. East Ala. In3. Com pany.
Auburn, Ala., March 2d —st*
Notice to Stockholders in the Bank
of Columbus*
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 4th. 1864.
On the first MONDAY in April next, an election
will be held at the Banking House for nine Direc
tors of said Bank, for the ensuing year.
DANIEL GRIFFIN,
feb tde . President.
Special Notice to Stockholders.
Muscogee Railroad Company, 1
, Columbus, Ga., March Ist, 1864.)
All persons to whom Dividends are due are re
quested to call for the same on or before the 26th
inst.
All amounts not called for by that time will be
held in Confederate Treasury notes of the present
issues as special deposits for those to w’hom the same
may be due.
By order of Board of Directors.
J. M. BIVINS.,
mar 1 till 26th Sec. and Treas.
Bv Ellis, I.ivingslon & Cos.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
t V ALU ABLE PLANTATION containing 1,800
A acres bottom land, in Macon County, Ala., on
the Montgomery & West Point Road, at Clyatt's
Station, 20 miles from Montgomery, lately owned
by W. C. Bibb, 1,100 acres cleared, with good
dwelling, out houses, gin and screw, all in good order
and ready for cultivation. A lot of valuable negroes
will be sold with the place if desired,
mar 1 4t sl3
Wife Wanted.
The undersigned wishes to enter into a correspon
dence with a young lady with a view to matrimony.
The lady must be good looking, well educated, of
good disposition, not over 17 years of age. Money
no object, as the advertiser is possessed of an ample
fortune and has been honorably discharged from
the army. He is 25 years of age and fine looking.—
Also highly cultivated. For full particulars address
D. H. J.,
Feb 29. lw* Box 136, Eufaula, Ala.
"notice. ~
The Banks in Savannah hereby give notice to all
persons having claims upon them, for- Deposits,
Bank Balances, Collections, Certificates of Deposit,
Checks, Dividends, Ac., to come forwarded and set
tle them on or before the2lst of March next; fail
ing to do so, the amount due them respectively, will
be funded in four percent Confederate Bonds, accor
ding to the Act of Congress, for their account, unless
especially directed to the contrary.
The Banks will contine to receive Confederate
Treasury notes of all denominations, until and in
cluding the 21st day of March next; after that date
only those of the denomination of Five Dollars and
under, will be received and paid out until further
notice. And all the new Treasury Notes intended to
replace the presentissue will be received in payment
and on deposit.
In order to enable them to attend to the funding of
the Treasury Notes the Banks will be closed for
other business on the 31st of March next.
A. PORTER,
President Bank State of Georgia.
GEO. W. ANDERSON,
President Planter’s Bank.
R. R. CUTLER,
President Central Railroad and Banking Cos.
HIRAM ROBERTS,
President Merchants’ and Planters' Bank.
G. B. LAMAR,
Bresident Bank of Commerce.
WM. C. O'DRISCOLL,
President Bank of Savannah.
JNO. RICHARDSON,
President Farmers’ and Mechanics Bank.
AARON CHAMPION,
President Marine Bank.
feb 29 4t
Wednesday JEveiling
Later from Europe.
THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN WAR.
From our Northern tiles of the 20th, we have
some fuller particulars of the commencement
of hostilities between the Austrian and Prus
sians ou the one side, and the Danes on the
other. On the 31st of January, Field Marshal
Wrangel, the commander of the Austro-Prus
sian forces summoned Gen. de -Meza, the Dan
ish Commander-in-Cliief, to evacuate Schles
wig, the territory in dispute. The reply of de
Meza was, that he had orders to defend
Schleswig.
On the Ist of February the Germans crossed
the Elder, when Marshal Wrangel issued a
proclamation assuring the people of Schles
wig that the allied forces had came to protect
their rights, and that the civil commissioners
of Austria and Prussia would assume the
administration of the duchies of Schleswig
aud Holstein. In conclusion the proclama
tion advised the inhabitants to abstain from
any party agitation, which would not be suf
fered by the Commander-iu-Chicf, in the in
terest of the Schleswigers themselves.
On the 2d of February, actual hostilities
commenced, of which we have the following
details:
Prussian Headq’us, Feb 3, 1864. —Prince
Frederick Charles of Prussia employed sev
enty-four guns in the attack upon Missunde
yesterday. Ilis Royal Highness was convinced
that the Danes would oiler serious resistance
to the Austrian and Prussian advance.
There were one hundred killed and woun
ded in yesterday’s engagement. The troops
behaved with great valor. The vanguard of
the Eleventh infantry brigade were under fire.
Missunde in flames.
Rendsburg, Feb. 3, 1864.—The Danish
prisoners taken in the attack upon Missunde
were brought in here to-day.
A heavy cannonade from their forts ag’ainst
the storming parties of German infantry en
sued. The loss of the latter is estimated at
one hundred men, among whom are several
superior officers.
The Danes continue the cannonade to-day.
The Prussians have brought heavy artillery to
the front. Boats are ready for the transport
of troops over the Schley. r •, :
THE DANISH BULWARK OP SCHLESWIG ftOLSTF-IN.
From the above it will be seen that the
German army has attacked Missunde and
other places embraced in the line of the great
Danish defence of the Dannewerk. We pub*-
lish the following description of this immense
line of fortifications :
The Dannewerk i3 the great Danish bul
wark of the Duchy of Schleswig. It is of
very ancient origin, it tk. av_
treme Southern part of the Duchy of Schles
wig, ana is now an enormous earthwork that
stretched almost across the entire country.
The length of the peninsula of Schleswig Hol
stein to the end of Jutland is said to be near
three hundred miles; so that it extends al
most as far as the base line of England from
the North Foreland to Land’s End. The
breadth of the peninsula, jiowever, is but one
third of its length, and the Dannewerk is a
fortification that reaches very nearly across
the land from the German Ocean to the Bal
tic.
This “border wall” is said to have been
erected in the ninth century, and, according
to the accounts given of it in ‘‘Olat Tryglie
son’s Saga,” it was built of w’ood, stone, and
earth. In the year 937 the wall, we are told,
was strengthened by Queen Thyra, whom the
peoplepin their thankfulness tor the national
defence, christened Danabod, which, literally
translated, means the pride of the Danes ; and,
as a proof of the extreme antiquity of the
structure, there has been seen at Flendsburg
a splendid collection of flint arrow heads and
axes collected from the barrows or earth
mounds in the immediate neighborhood.
There were spear points wro.ught out of splin
ters of flint no thicker than paper knives, and
worked sharper than the best steal. Here,
too, were shown the knuckle bone like stones
which had been used to separate the fine lay
ers of siliceous earth from the solid mass, and
which were found embedded in these same
barrows with the very flint chip beside them
that the people, thousands of years before,
had broken from the iutegrel block.
Here, moreover, were the slabs of stone that
the old Celts had used to grind their spear
heads on to the sharpest possible points,
grooved with the toils of the workmen, and
seeming as if they were destined to tell the
present age how this wonderfully fine work
manship of the hardest possible material was
executed. Indeed, in this collection of works
long precedent to history, were arrow heads
made out of flint, hardly thicker than mother
of pearl, and wrought as sharp as a needle.
The fortress consists at the present day (with
out going into all the niceties of historical detail)
of three enormous*earthworks strcntching across
the entire breadth of the land. They are fixed so
as to form the neck, or funnel, with a long out
work to protect the narrow channel through which
the troops are ultimately intended to be driven.
Towards the Baltic, or East Sea, there runs the
“Oster Wolden,” (or east rampart.) This lies
towards the “Eckenforde,” and is sometimes call
ed the “Camel Danpewerk.” It is almost two
English miles long, the earthworks being from
four to five feet high and sixteen yards broad, and
beset with a ditch, the depth of which varies from
six feet to ten feet.
Beyond this is the great hay formed by the river
Schley, which is so wide that no troops could
possibly attempt to pass it. Stretching immedi
ately in front of this is the “Kugraben” which is
upwards of a mile in length, beginning at the end
of the Selker lake: it is from ten to twelve feet
broad, and from four feet to six feet high. Be
hind this lies the great “Dannework” itself, which
consists of an earth work not less than fourteen
miles lffng. In some parts it is from thirty feet
to thirty-six feet high, and the ramparts are from
sixteen feet to twenty feet broad. The whole of
tbese earthworks are immediately in connection
from ofie side of the peninsula to the other, with
the river Schley on the eastern side, and with the
river Treene, which falls into the Northern Ocean;
so that the Danish forces have it within their
power to flood not less than sixty-four square
miles of land in front of the great bulwark of
Schleswig at * moment’s notice.
“But,” says die Saxon soldiers to the writer,
“what are the uses of sluice gates in this time of
frost?” Talking with Danish engineers, they say
they had flooded the county with the thinnest pel
licles of ice, and let the water out immediately
afterwards, so that any troops attempting to cross
the country would be mowed down by thejartillery
like corn. Indeed, there is not the least doubt
that forty thousand men could hold the Danework
against one hundred thousand opposing troops,
and it would require as strong an army as united
Germany could possibly muster to wrest Schles
wig from Denmark,
The Spring Campaign. —The Yankees are
making prodigious efforts for the spring cam
paign. The Baltimore American, referring to
President Davis’ address to the army, says:
These are big words, the like of which we
used to hear early in the rebellion, ifhen the
$3 Per Month.
rebel army was to march to New York and dic
tate terms of peace. Part of it is merely bun
combe, but there is undoubtedly an intention
on the part of the rebel leaders to make their
final and desperate struggle in the coming
spring, and it behooves us to be promptly and
fully prepared to meet it.
Yankee Re-Enlistments in Western Vir
ginia.—A gentleman recently through the lines
says that a few days since, at Beverly, in Ran
dolph county, the 28th Ohio regiment, which has
boon on duty there, were called out and addressed
by the commanding officer in favor of re-enlisting.
The address being concluded, all who were wil
ling to ro-enlist were asked to step to the front.
One man only stepped to the front, the rest re
maining in their places. This man, after the
regiment was dismissed, was set upon aud beaten
to death by bis comrades, who had refused to
enlist.
In Calhoun county a company of Northwestern
Virginia Yankee) troops refused to enlist on the
ground that they “had stopped bulletslong enough,
and were tired of it.”
Longstreet’s Army. —We met a
gentleman yesterday, who left the posi
tion occupied by Gen. Longstreet on the
24th. inst. A change of position had
just taken place, but where the army was
ported we need not mention. He informs
us the army is well etothed, has been well
provisioned, and has enjoyed unusually
good health during the winter.
The Wizard of the Saddle.—For
rest’s work in Mississippi is, as usuftl, well
done. Does he* ever fail? And where
fore? Because he is a man of genius.
If there be one commander in the South
who is representative—who knows noth
ing but the cause of his race and nation —
who hates the enemy with a holy hate —
who pursues them With the rapacity of a
wolf, and loves nothing about them but
their blood—who never wearies, who nev
er falters —who fights on his own hook
and wins battles where other men would
lose them—-it is Bedford Forrest! Long
way he live ! He is worth more than his
weight in gold.— Confederacy.
Major Qeorge O. Dawson.
We had the pleasure of taking this
gallant young officer by the hand yester
day, Maj. Dawson has won his laurels
at the cannon’s mouth. He is conspicu
ously identified with the brilliant fame
won on the embattled plain by the glo
rious old Bth Georgia. Georgians have
abundant cause to be justly proud of the
fame achived by this venteran regiment
and oi every piivaiv> a«rl officer in it.
Major Dowson entered it a eapuun
distinguished himself at the first battle of
Manassas. He was subsequently , pro
moted to the position of Major, and as
Major of the |Bth Georgia, commanded
that Regiment in all the battles fought
around Richmond, at Thoroughfare Hap,
and the second battle of Manassas, and
finally at Gettysburg. From all these
fights he brought the old Bth out covered
with glory, albeit it cost him at the sec
ond battle of Mauassas severe wounds,
and wounds still more severe and dan
gerous at the bloody battle of Gettysburg.
Proud indeed may the great old State of
Georgia feel of her chivalrous young sons.
They have won their laurels well, may
they live to wear them long.
, Enquire 2d.
[From the Charleston Mercury.]
“Those That Return Xot.”
When Peace, with her banners that float in the
sun,
Proclaims that the struggle is over and won.
How pure is the happiness filling the breast,
Os the soldier who returns to his homestead for
rest;
How stately the welcome the nations delights
To offer the hero of numberless fights,
And the Leader who guided her armies to fame,
Till his glory and hers are but one and the same!
But the heart’s adoration shall still be for those,
Who know naught of the triumph that blesses the
close ;
Who from the dark battle-field never returned,
To hear the warm praises so gallantly earned;
To see the proud tears on the delicate cheek,
While Roving lips quiver that welcomes would
speak.
Ah, desolate hearthstones! where no more shall
stand v
The young and the bravo who have rescued their
land;
For the living the plaudits! for them the heart
thrill
Os a love death has hallowed, and never can
chill.
Have we Any Like Him in ouu Midst. —
A citizen of Houston communicates the fol
lowing to the Texas Telegraph
“On yesterday I called upon Dr. Robinson,
one of the principal physicians of our city, for
my medical bill and that of my daughter,
whose husbands is in the army of Tennessee,
and the Doctor replied that he had no ac
count against either of us ; that Congress ex
empted him from military duty on account of
his being a physician, and left him at home to
provide and enjoy the society of his family,
consequently he felt it his duty to serve sol
diers’ tree ot charge—that he w r make
enough out of those who were at home mak
ing fortunes, to afford him a living, and as a
living for his family was all that he wanted to
make during the war, he was satisfied.”
Small Notes. —As persons are hoarding
one and two dollar notes, partly with the
view of paying them over to the Government
in taxes after Ist of April and partly to di
minish the amount they will have to convert
into Government bonds, it wmuld be a public
benefit to deprive them if possible of sonic of
the advantages to be derived from a policy
which occasions much inconvenience. As
these notes were issued for change in small
dealings, in lieu of specie which had disap
peared, has not the Government the authority
to restrict their receipt in payments to itself
to such amounts as are necessary to pay frac
tional sums ? It might be done as a necessa
ry measure to facilitate business—to enable
its collecting officers to discharge their duties
with as little delay as possible. If they have
to count a large number of small notes it w ill
seriously retard their transaction -. An order
of this kind would be of some service.
£- Richmond Dispatch.
» —•
[Special Dispatch to the Montgomery Advertiser.]
Dalton, Feb. 29.—The enemy in his flight,
double quieked if to Chattanooga.
Gen. Wheeler returned to Tunnell Hill yester
day, after greatly annoying the enemy.
Several 1 aakee Scouts aud Union Home Guards
(?ame vnthin six miles of Spring Place yesterday
After a slight skirmish tiro of them were *aptured
one proving to be a deserter from us. P Gd
signed! rUl “ ored * that GenenU Uin <h»»n hag re -
All is calm with a drilling rain.
\U , ' I r r fr «“ Georgia:
Join Happy,” one of lhe edUors of ll<e At _
lanta Confederacy, has been to the front, and
writes to that paper, under date of Feb 26
follows: - ’ M
ROAD-SIDE SCENES.
The road towards Tunnel Hill extends along
the Atlanta and Chattanooga road. The first
sight that strikes the eye, ooming out from
Dalton, is the field on both sides of the road,
failed with the “army cooks” detailed to pre
pare rations for their comrades in line of bat
tle. The way is constantly crowded with
horsemen a.id pedestrians, ambulances, ord
nance and provision wagons, couriers to and
from the front, -and “details,” armed wita
shovel and spade, to repair the roads. Every
body and every thing is covered with dust, for
the constant travel has rendered the route pe
culiarly disagreeable in this respect. The
“old camps” (now abandoned for the field) lie
hero and there as picturesque as Swiss villa
ges, and the “yellow flag, flutters from the
cone of more than one headquarters, now con
verted into field infirmaries, while their for
mer occupants are enjoying an alfresco domi
cil under the pine trees, far in the advance.”
THE FIELD,
Our lines extend along what is called the
Rockyface Ridge, between Tunnel Hill and
Dalton, and troops are also in position in
Crow’s Valley, this sido the Ridge. The wag
on road and the railroad pass through a gap in
the Ridge, kuown at the Mill Creek Gap. In
the gate-way of the Gap, and directly across
it, rises a low ridge, capped with a line of has
tily thrown up earthworks and several batter
ies in position. On the slopes of the ridge,
each side of the Gap, our lines are extended
Horn top to bottom. The position is the most
impregnable one I ever saw
AN ADVANCE IN FORCE.
Last evening the enemy advanced aconsid
erable force against the Gap, which is about
the centre of our line. At first they drove one
of our regiments from an eminence in front,
but reinforcements being thrown forward they
were repulsed. The assault and failure doubt
less satisfied them of the impracticability of
attempting this pass, as they have not since
renewed the attack.
A GLIMPSE AT THE YANKESS.
An Aide came into the General’s field head
quarters and reported that the enemy had
massed six brigades beyond the Gap, and
were evidently preparing to scale the ridge on
the right and carry it by storm. A proposi
tion to ascend the hill and take a glimpse at
the Yankees was acceeded to, and we climbed
to the top, where we found a regiment of skir
mishers and sharpshooters scattered at inter
vals, lying behind ledges of rocks, behind
trees and under cover of temporary barricades
of logs, watching the Federal’s skirmishers
and occasionally sending them a leaden mes
senger of welcome, through their Enfield and
Whitworth guns.
Down in the valley below I could distinctly
observe the Yaukee skirmishers and their
lines in reserve. They were scattered about
the plain in groups, some were lying behind
logs, and others, closer in advance, moving
about from tree to tree, endeavoring to pick
oft our men who chanced to come within
range of their fire. The main forces were
concealed in the hollows and ravines; I ob
served, a battery in position, well guarded by
infantry. Further oft’ down the woods to
wards Ringgold, a company or battalion of
cavalry could be seen moving off. From pris
oners brought in, we learn that these troops
comprise the 14th army corps, commanded by
General Palmer, formerly Thomas’ corps.
A DEAD YANKEE.
While tho officer of the command of sharp
shooters was pointing out to me the position of
the enemy, men on each side of us and along the
edge of cliffs were keeping up a constant fire at the
x »nkee skirmishers. The officer informed me that
when the enemy advanced towards the Gap yes
terday, an attempt was made fey a portion of them
to scale the point where wo were then standing,
and were repulsed with considerable loss. One
of them, with less prudence than pluck, advanced
too tar for his good and paid the penalty of hia
temerity with his life. He now lies under the cliff
about 150 yards below, and has been lying there
since yesterday. Having expressed a desire to
see him, the officer piloted me to the "point, where
the advance videttes were watching the Yankees.
“Better keep your eyes skinned, mister,” suggest
ed a friendly skirmisher as I clambered {(long the
locks- “lheyre cracking away at us brisk, up
here, I peeped cautiously over the log, and got
a glimpse of the defunct Yankee skirmisher. He
wore a blue overcoat and the scabbard beside him
indicated that he was an officer. I had scarcely
stepped back from the barricades before a bullet
whistled angrily above us and another bedded it
- self ina pinetree close by, with a dull oluck that
caused an involuntary “dodge,” at that old, fa
miliar note.
TARGET PRACTICE.
All along our line aconstant but irregular skir
mishing fire was kept up during the morning,
which has lulled since noon, Our boys were
amusing themselves by trying the range of their
pieces.
OUR LOSSES
Thus far, will not exceed one hundred and fifty
killed, wounded and captured. Os these, nearly
all were wounded slightly, and a few cavalrymen
captured last night by the Yankee cavalry. The
enemy’s losses have been much heavier, and many
of their dead have been left upon the field.
Do what is just, speak what is true, be what
you appear, and appear what you are.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor of Georgia.
To the Officers and Members
of the General Assembly :
AiS in my opinion the public exigencies require
that the General Assembly convene at an ear
licr.day than that fixed by law for your meeting, I
issue this my Proclamation, requiring you, and each
of you, to assemble in your respective Halls, in the
Capitol at MilledgevilJe, on Thursday, the 10th day
of March next, at 10 o’clock, a. m.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of
the State, at the Capitol in the city of
Millegeville, this 27th day of February,
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-four.
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
r> ~ n Governor.
By the Governor:
N. C. Barnett,
Secretary of State,
mar 2—lt
BANK OF COLUMBUS, 1
Columbus, Ga„ Feb. 25, 1864. 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 for themselves between funding and
taxation under the new currency act, before the
first day of April following.
And that all persons having claims upon this
Bank for Deposits, Bank Balances, Collections,
Ceiifieates of Deposit, Checks, Dividends or other
due accounts are required to settle them by the 25th
March next, othwise the amounts due them re
spectively, will be funded in four per cent. Bonds,
according to the act of Congress of 17th inst., for
their accounts, unless especially directed to the con
trary. D. ADAMS,
feb 25 till Ist April. Cashier.
Sun and Enquirer copy.
Warehouse Notice.
ON atid after the first day of March next, the
charge for storage on Cotton in our Ware
house« wifi be ONE'DOLLAR per bale per month.
KING A ALLEN,
WARNOCK k CO.,
HUGHES k HODGES,
J. R. IVEY k CO.,
GREENWOOD k GRAY,
POWELL, FRAZER k CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, 1864.—1 m
Confederate Money Wanted in Exehauge for
T)AGGING, Rope, Coffee by the Sack, Cooking
I) Soda, Sal Soda, Starch by the Box, Dried Codfish.
Tobacco, 1 Bale Angusta Sheeting; Children’s and
Misses’ Shoes, No. 1 and under, very fine French
Shoe. Also, 100 pair Gent’s English Congress Gai
ters wanted to exchange for Soldier’s Shoes for a
donation. Apply to J. F. WINTER,
mar 2 fit