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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rateV $3 por month, or $8 for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than three month*. ADVETISIXh RATES : ertiseinents inserted for $2 00 per square for the first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. W here advertisements are inserted a month, tie charge will be S2O per square. Announcing candidates ilO, which must invariably be paid in advance. A deduction of2o percent, wilt be made on all advertising accounts over §SO, when prompt pay ment is mudfc. 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