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COLUMBUS TIMES
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ADVi KIIM VL RATI S S
Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for
the first insertion and $1 50 for each additional.
Where advertisements aro inserted a month, the
charge will bo S2O per square.
Announcing candidatesslo, which must invariably
be paid in advance. *
A deduction of 20 percent, will be made on all
advertising accounts over SSO, when prompt pay
ment is made.
GEOKCiU-Mailon County :
nULE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad
it miiiistratrix upon the estate of David L, Murry,
deceased, having applied for letters of dismmisiion
from said Administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish ail aud
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to stiovv cause, if any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix should not ho dismissed from said adminis
tration. .
Given under my hand and official signature, Oc
tober sth, 1803. MALCO-Vf 11A IK,
dec 12 mOm -Ordinary.
(IEORGIA--Marlon County :
iV UEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
I? estate of Joseph JN. Stary, late ol said county,
deceased, having applied for letters ol disinssiou
from said administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to he and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why
said lotters otdismissiou should not be granted to
said applicant on the first Monday in October next.
Given under my hand and official signature. Jan.
22d, 1864. iMALGOM HAIR,
jtyi VouiOin Ordinary.
i:s(r»v ilotire.
JONATHAN ENGLISH, of tho 772d District G,
«J M„ transmits, to me the following 'Certificate of
:iu estray steer :,A deep red col air, supposed to be 3 or
4 years old, marked with a crop and underbit in the
riyrlit ear, and undei bit and split in tire lett. Ap
praised by Janies Cooper and Jeremiah L’artledge,
freeholders, to be worth one hundred dollars.
A true extract from the Estray Book this 30th
January, Isbf, A. F. JONEto, Cl k 1. 0.
feb.itf
iiUORGU-Mariou C ounty :
Rule NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti
tioned this Court tor letters of dismission from said
Administration. , . . .. '
These are therefore to eito and, admonish all and
singular tho kindred and creditors 01 said deceased
to he and appear at my olhee within the time pre
scribed by law, and show cause it any they have,
why said Administratrix should not bo dismissed
from said Administration on tho first Monday in
July, 1804? .
Given under my hand and olhcial signature, tins
December the 7tti,»lßod. MALCGiVI HAIR,
dec tl mOm Ordinary.
Act miiiisti'a tor’s 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 tirst 'Tuesday in
March next within the legal hours of sale, a valua
blonegroHOY by the name of Jacob, sixteen years
old, and the property of the estate ot/J antes Mont
gomery, dec'd. GEORGE it. DAVIS,
fob 3 did .*■*» Adin’r
Estray Notice.
DINKINS McCOY, of the 77th, District G. M.
transmits to me the following certificate ol an
Estray Yoke ol Oxen. One a red and white color,
and anothera white and brindlecolor, marked with
a smooth crop and underbit in both ears. About
4years old. Appraised by A. >S. lioydin and Joseph
Lawson Diggers, freeholders ol sanl county and
disrict, to be worth four hundred dollars.
A true extract from the estray book, this the 29th4
of December IBii3 A. D JONES,
JanT~w6od Clerk I, C.
Medical Oarcl.
DR. E. A. ROSSI.
I FORMERLY Burgeon to the New Orleans "Fe
-1 male infirmary/’ tenders his services to the Cit
izens ol Columbus in all the branches of hisproles
-81 especial attention will be devoted.tothe treatment
of the diseases ot woinem. „ 0
(Surgical operations performed for to tone in
the Dladder,Fistula in Aim, Visico- Vaginal fistula,
ilvdrooele, Congenital and Accidental 1 hymosis,
Varicocele, Haimorrhoids or Files, Callous impas
sable strictures, False Fassages, Tallapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the lingers, strabismus or
tniuintihg. Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, Ftery
gtum, Cataract and ilair Lip; also lot the remov
al olull tumors or abnormal growths iroui any part
of the body. TT . ,
Diseases of thsGenito-Urinavy System, eoinprsnig
the diiferent stages of Ghonoirhtea, btrietures.
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
particular attention. , . , n ~
References given whenever desired as well as the
recommendation ot many years practice in New Ur •
leans; Consultation hours every Jay at his olhee
in the Masonic Halt Building, from lit to 13 o clock
a, ut,, and from 3to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients wilido
well to call precisely at those hours, as betoie and
after that time wilt be devoted to visiting persons in
the city.
Address all coimuuieations to
DR. E. A. RuStil.
Columbus-Ga,
N. IJ. —Patrons from a distance will be visited
and treated at home if desired. 1 shall be thankful
to my protlessioual brethren for any tavor they may
do me by sending me persons requirig Surgical
attention.
will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of the dittcrent forms ot Uicers,lifieu
luatism, Gout. Scrofulous a hoot ions, Syphilitic erup -
lions, and all other chronic diseases ot the skin.
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals m Europe aud
America, will form a part oi my treatment. *
feb 11 'in E. A. R.
NOTICE.
rt lIE notes and accounts of J. 11. Daniel A Cos,,
L have been placed in our hands tor collection.—
Persons indebted to them and withina to l>ay, will
please come forward at once and do so. 1 hose who
do not wish to pay we will endeav or to make them.
Wc are also authorized to transact any busiue-*s
for said firm, or for J. H. Daniel.
PEABODI A BRANNON,
feb 6 dim - Attys at Law.
Plcasaikt Hour.
THIS old and well known S ALOON we have re
l fitted and opened tor Wq have three
Bowling Alleys and neeessaiy fixtures, and shall by
conducting our business in an orderly manner, hope
to merit a liberal Av.ircoi patronage.
OGLE ill EL A BARRINGER.
feb lb ts
FRANK ALLKN.
THIS beautiful and Thorough Bred STALLION
L will make the ensuing Spring Season at the
CHATTAHOOCHEE COURSE, his old stand, near
Columbus, On., commencing the lath inst„ un«l end
ing on the 15th of June next.
1 will not attempt here a long pedigree or descrip
tion of FRANK, as his form, blood, beauty, perfor
mances and fame, are too well known to make it
Terms—sloo for the Season in advance. Should
a mare not prove in foal, she will be entitled to his
his sen ices another Season free «and charge,
feb It* lm l . W . 1 Hi Oil.
Wauled to IliiT,
A GOOD F-LELD HAND, Man or wouu,. Good
wages will be paid monthly* it desired. Apply
at t'uis office. Feb. 29
150 lb*. Him* itlass.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
For-ale by J. S. PEMBERTON
feb 13 ts Druggist under Cook s Hotel.
Old Iron Wanted.
TTTE w ish to purchase a large quantity of SCR AP
VV LRON. both east and i..ughL lor who li cash
will he paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A CO.
jan 27 ts ______
Fine Smoking autl Chewing Tobacco*
A T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
A For sale by J. S. PEMBERTON,
feb 13 ts Druggist under Co..k s Hotel.
GrCGE>F-XCrH & CSO.j
(Formerly oi New Orleans,)
74 BROAD ST.,
COLUMBUS, CA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Staple cU Fancy
DKY-GOODS.
AHL constantly receiving fre=li importations, dy
root from Europe, of staple and fuuey DKi
tJOOUS, which they otter cheap for cash,
teb b biu
Heaver Skins W anted,
THE highest price wlllbe paid or Plow Steel given
in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number
wanted. Enquire at
feb 22 4w L. HAIM AN A BRO.
Albany, Eufauln. CutliLert, B.tiiibiiJge and
Blakely papers copy iw and send bills.
®fnp.
Vol. XI.
J. \V. WARREN) Ac €Q. Proprietor,. j. W . WARREI¥ Edilol ..
Change of Schedule.
MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, )
bUFEKINTENDENT’a OFFICE, J-
Coluinbus, Dec. 3d. 1863. j
ON and after Dec. 6th the Mail Train on this Road
will run as follows :
Leave Columbus 7 45 p. M.
Leave Maeon ......6 30 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 4 13 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 2 00 A. M.
P 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 xVlontgomery A 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,
Bee 4-ts Supt. & Eng’r.
Change of Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, |
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, V
Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864. )
ON and after SUNDAY'. Feb. 21st, Passenger
Trains will
Leave Charleston 7 15 A. M.
Arriwe 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. Fufaula, Ac., pass through Sav
annah without detention.
11. S. HAINES,
feh 24 lw eoa3w Eng’r and Supt.
Notice to Travellers aud Shippers!
Office Muscogee Railroad Company, I
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 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.
VY. L. CLARK,
fob 24 lm Superintendent.
Shipping notice.
MUSCOGEE RAILROAD, )
Superintendent’s Office, /
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,
dee 23 ts Supt.
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, \
Columbus, Ga., Feb, 14th, 1864. /
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 ve- >
quire that Government packages shall have prece
dence over all others, and next in order packeges
forwarded by friends or associations to officers and
soldiers in the held or hospitals. The 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. HILL,
feh 13 1111 Agent,
OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, I
Augusta, Ua., Feb. 10th, 1861, j
Legal notice is hereby given to all concerned, that
persons who ship packages containing spirits, wines
and cordials, without informing our Agents of tho
fact will not be entitled to, nor will they receive, tho
benefit of valuation. Spirits, wines or cordials, will
not be forwarded by litis Company except under
special contract JAMES SHORTER, Supt.
l'eb 13 1m 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. H. HILL,
feb 15.1 m “Agent.
NOTICE.
QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE )
Columbus, January 27,1803. j
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 hills to Major Davis
monthly.
The employees of the Transportation Department
will be paid by Capt. H.l). Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments therefor will ee made by
myself. F. VV. DILLARD.
Major and Quartermaster.
jan 29 ts
OFFICE MOBILE A GIRARD R. R. I
Girard. February 20.1804. >
On and after this date all parties receiving or ship
ping freights over thiS.Road, will be rfequired.to tur
nish the exact change for freight.
W. H. \V 1 LM 1 AMS,
feb 20 ts - Agent
NOTH E.
HEADQUARTERS POST, \
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 27, 1304.)
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 0,
I. All officers or soldiers remaining in Columbus
over 12_hours will require a pass from these Head
quarters,
11. All parsons between the ages of 18 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 pas; from theiCommandant of
the Post. No other document tlqin 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.
Oil AS. WOOD, A. A. G“
jan 29 ts
NH'iTUE!
I am ready and prepaid! to receive SLBSIa-
TFNCE TITHES due the Government at this Post,
ami earnestly begthutall parties will send for wart
their dues without delay to the Tithe Agents or my
self. Backs are always ready at my office.
A. M. ALLEN,
feb 23 2w Maj. A* C- S._
I*l.l \T.%TlO\' M AMLII
TO PURCHASE OR RENT!
(ETuSSiS? “Sms OFFICE,
feb 20 ts
Piano lor Sale.
4 VERY superior instrument just received from
1 A the front, with request to sell. Drigg's patent—
: seven octave—earvfed rosewuod finish, and m perfect
order. Apply to H. D. CoIHRAN.
fob 24 fit*
To Those Interested.
Notice is hereby given to all parties having funds
in our hands, that the same must be withdrawn prior
to the Ist of April next, or under the ;law we shall
he eompollcd to return it, which will subject them
xoataxofthutv-tlreeandathird percent, on tins
amount. ELEIS. LIVINGSTON it CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, ts
Columbus, Ga., Friday Morning, March 4,1864.
City JUilitarg IDimtorg
HEADQUARTERS POST—IIO Broad Street,
Up Stairs.
Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g.
Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
Capt. J. S. Smith, A A A IG
W. T. McKendree, 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. Latham, Ex. Officer.
Lieut. J. M. Mulden, Military Store Keeper
QUARTERMASTER DEFT.
At No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g.
Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M.
Oapt. H. D. Cothran, A. Q. M.
C OMMIS SAR Y DEF T.
At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. Gravbill, A. C. S.
ENGINEERS DEFT.
Capt. Thos. Moreno.
Lieut. Wm. Hansell.
MEDICAL DEF T.
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon.
(Office at Wayside Home.)
J S White, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge.
J P Moore, “ “ Surgeon.
L D Carson, “ “ Ass’t Surgeon.
R Fowler, “ “ “ “
W W Dickie, “ “ “ “
NAVAL DEFT.
Office near the Old B ridge.
J. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
PROVOST MARSHAL.
Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of tho Bank of
Columbus.
Examining Board.
J S White, Senior Surgeon.
The Board meets at the General Hospital on
Tuesdays and Fridays ,
WM. 11. H. PHELPS.
1 AAA CONFEDERATE CUPS,
lUUV “ PITCHERS,
“ BOWLS,
“ SOAP,
“ COPE HAS,
Dried Fruit,
Sugar for Wool,
Meal aud Flour Sieves,
Confederate Sewing Thread,
j Cotton Yarns to Exchange for Country Pro-
By WM. H. If. PHELPS,
mar 2 d2tvvlt
€. S. Marshal Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the usual hours of sale, before the
Court House in-Muscogee county, a fine four wheel
carriage, levied on to satisly tiventy-six fi fas vs
Beall A Murphy, one fi iavs A. A. Beall and one fi
fa vs R. A. Murphy, garnishees in favor of the Con
federate States of America for interest due on debt
to allien enemies to the 30th August, 1862.
PHILIP A. CLAYTON,
C. S. Marshal.
Columbus. March Ist td
NOTICE.
All persons and Non-Interest
Certificates of deposit, or money collected on ac
count or otherwise, are hereby notified to call for
the same by the 20tli day of this month, if not, the
amounts duo them will be funded in duo form of
law and held as special deposit, subject to their
order. A. FRAZER,
Pres. East Ala. Ins. Company.
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. j
All persons to whom Dividends arc due are re
quested to call for the same on or before the 26th
inst.
All amounts not called for by that time wilt be
held in Confederate Treasury notes of the present
issues as special deposits for those to whom the same
may be due.
By order of Board of Directors.
J, M. BIVINS.,
mar 1 till 26th Sec. and Treas.
BANK OF COLUMBUS, »
Columbus, Ga„ Fob. 25, 1664.)
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,
Coi i ifieates of Deposit, Cheeks, Dividends or other
due accounts are required to settle tnem by the 2fith
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 and after the first day of March next, the.
charge for storage on Cotton in our .Ware
houses will be ONE DOLLAR per bate per umutli.
KING A ALLEN,
WARNOCK A CO.,
HUGHES A HODGES,
J. R. IVEY A CO.,
GREENWOOD A GRAY,
POWELL, FRAZER A CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, 1864 —lm
A PROCLAMATION.
BY JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Governor or Georgia.
To the Olficcrs and Members
of the General Assembly :
AS in my opinion the public exigencies require
that the General Assembly convene at an ear
lier day than that fixed by law for your meeting, 1
issnethisuiy Proclamation, requiring you. and each
of you, to assemble in your respective Halls, in the
Capitol at Milledgevflle, oh Thursday, the loth day
ot March next, at 10 o’clock, a. in.
Given under my hand and the Great. Seal oi
the State, at the Capitol in the city of
Miilegevilte, this 27th day of February,
in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred
and sixty-four. _
JOSEPH E. BROM N,
Governor.
By the Governor:
N. C. Barnett,
Secretary of State,
may 2—lt
Thursday Evening.
Position of Gov. Vance.— Gov. Vance, of
North Carolina, has just delivered a speech at
Statesville on the “proposed Convention.”
The Charlotte Bulletin gives the annexed sy
nopsis of it:
In considering the question, the first posi
tion of Gov. Vance was, that as ,the friends of
Convention now declare that it was not their
purpose to have the State withdrawn from the
Confederacy, that if one should be called and
organized in a constitutional manner, its mem
ber; would have to swear to support the Con
stitution of the Confederate States, and that if
it should pass an ordinance of secession its
members would be guilty of treason and per
jury, as the peace-making power has been
transferred to the Confederate Government,
and it only has the power to negotiate for
peace. But if it was not for the purpose of se
cession, no one could understand for what it
eoujd assemble. If it was. as was suspected,
for the purpose of withdrawing the State from
the Confederacy, and it should form an inde
pendent Government, separate from both the
belligerents, he said that it would still be in
rebellion to the Lincoln Government, and that
the war against the State would be necessari
ly continued with unabated ferocity, and that
being between the capital of the Confederacy
and the other States belonging to it, South,
the Confederate Government would be com
pelled to have tree communication across it
by the two lines of Railroad over which the
supplies of Gen. Lee’s army are now trans
ported, and that thus, instead of being en
gaged in one way, the State would be involv
ed in two.
Thai, if the Convention should withdraw
the State from its present association and
unite with the Lincoln Government, the ar
mies of the Confederacy would be compelled
to occupy the State, and Lincoln’s hordes
would be transferred to it, and thus it would
be made the field of strife, and its fate would
be devastation and ruin, lie said, that if
either course were adopted by the State Con
vention, that it would be the duty of the Gov
ernor to issue orders for the troops of the
State, in the field, to immediately withdraw
trom the ranks of their comrades, and either
repair to their own State, or to cross over the
Rappahannock and fall into line with the
troops of our enemies, and turn their bayonets
against the bosoms of those who. had hereto
fore stood by their sides in scores of dangei’3
aud trials. *
The Governor illustrated what would be the
fate of the State of North Carolina by referring to
tbe present down-trodden condition of Kentucky,
which from the beginning of the war had attempt
ed to remain neutral. He showed what we could
expect in the shape oj peace by negotiation, from
the published terms of Lincoln, and read from a
Northern paper an account of thonjanner injwfiich
Beaufort, in South Carolina, bad been laid oft into
twenty aero lots and sold at public aution and was
purchased mostly by negroes, as an illustration of
tfie disposition ol' the lands ot the State undei
Lincoln aumorn-y, »iiu ti. *•
ous proclamations in regard to slavery.
The Governor declared that lie had never been
a secessionist, that he adhered to the old Union
until driven from it by Lincoln’s proclamation, but
that now be was in a different Government, and
that his whole energy and effort should be to sup
port it— that“there was no hope of peace except in
the success of our arms—tha t history no where re
corded that an effort similar to ours had ever re
sulted in peace by a reconstruction. He assured
his audience that there was not a doubt but success
would afteml our struggle, unless we ut home
should defeat it, aud referred to what we had
achieved since the commencement of this strug
gle, as a reason for his faith.
Siege of Charleston.
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-FIFTH DAY.
On Friday night, about half-past 9 o’clock,
one of our naval picket boats, under com
mand of Boatswain J- M. Smith, captured a
Yankee picket boat off Fort Sumter, contain
ing one commissioned officer and five men.
A large barge which was in company with the
captured boat managed to escape. The offi
cer taken prisoner is Midshipman Wm. IJ.
Kitchings, Acting Master’s Mate of the United
States blockading steamer Nepsie. Tiie rest
of the prisoners are landsmen. By the pris
oners we learn that the blockader sunk by our
torpedo boat on the the night of the 16th inst.
was the United States steam sloop of war
Housatgnie, carrying twelve guns and a crew
of three huudreed men. They state that the
torpedo boat, sugar shape, was first seen ap
proaching by the watch on board the Housa
tonie. The alarm was given and immediately
all hands beat to quarters. A rapid musketry
fire was opened upon the boat but without
effect. Being unable to depress their guns an
ander was given to slip the cable. In doing
This the liousatonie backed some distance
and came in collision with the segar boat.
The torpedo exploded almost immediately,
carrying away the whole stem of the vessel.
The , -learner sunk in Three minutes time,
the officers and crew barely escaping to the
rigging. Everything else on board, guns,
stores, ammunition, Ac., together with the
small boats, went down with her. The ex
plosion made no noise and the affair was not
known among the fleet until daybreak, when
the crew were discovered and released from
their uneasy positions. They had remained
there all night. Two officers and three men
are reported missing and supposed to be
drowned.
Tlie loss of the Housatonie caused great
coustei'uatjton iu the fleet. All the wooden
vessels arej ordered to keep up steam and go
out to sea every night, not being allowed to
anchor inside. The picket boats have been
doubled, and the force in each boat increased
The glorious success of our little torpedo
boat, under the command ot Lieut. Dixon, of
Mobile, has rained the hopes of our people,
and the most saug-ine expectations are now
entertained ol o*c being able to raise the
siege iu a way little dreamed ol bj the enemy.
The capture of the picket boat reflects great
credit on the gallant boatswain in charge of
our barge a3 well as the unceasing vigilante
and energy of Lieut. J H Rochelle, command
ing the naval picket detachment on board the
Indian Chief He has watched the operations
of these picket intruders for some time past,
and planned the movements lor taking some
of them in out ot the wet. Lieut. Rochelle
was an ofticer in the old navy, and resigned at
the first breaking out ot hostilities. He was
in th(*fight in Hampton Roads, and acted a
distinguished part on that occasion.
Since our last report two hundred and six
shells have been fired at the city up to#se
o’clock Sunday evening, ihe enem} aie still
busy on "Dixon 3 Island, and were engaged
making a causeway on Saturday.
The shelling of the city continued up to the
hour of closing ocr report.
[Charleston Courier, 29 th.
Cure forihe Neuralgia. —The Alta Calilor
nia says :
Some time since we published, at the request
of a friend, a receipe to cure neuralgia. Halt a
dram of sal ammoniac in an ounce <jl camphor
water, to be taken, a teaspoonfal at a (lore, and
the dose repeated several times, at intervals of five
minutes, if the pain be not relieved at once.
Half a dozen different persons have since tried
the receipe upon the recommendation of the Alta,
and in every ease an immediate cure was effected.
In one case the sufferer, a lady, had been subject
ed tv vary acute pains for more than a week, and
$3 Per Month.
her physician was unable to alleviate her suffering,
when a teaspoonful of the solution of sal aminoniao
in camphor water relieved her in a couple of min
utes. Whether the reoeipewill eurea'.l attacks of
neuralgia is a question we cannot answer; that it
will cure many we are assured.
* The Letter W. — l wonder that it
has never struck the discoveries of “curi
ous coincidence/' (pestilent class by the
way,) that most of the things men chiefly
delight in begin with aW. There are
women, wine, wit, and wisdom—an illus
| tration of good things not to be surpassed.
Observe, too, how the ladies have got the
W. among them in their various
tions—women, wile, widow; they escape
it only in the state of maids.
Brutality of Grierson’s Thieves.
Amoug the forces of Grierson, which late
ly received such a signal defeat in North
Mississippi, were a large number of Dutch
and other foreign mercenaries whose out
rages upon the unarmed citizens and de
fenseless women of the region through
which they passed, is said to be without a
parallel in the history of the war. Eve
rything ot value that they could lay their
hands on was either stolen or destroyed ;
jewelry was ruthlessly torn from the per
sons of ladies amid the jeers and taunts
of the savage vagabonds, and family rel
ics, of no value to any one but the own
ers, were destroyed with a fiendish de
light.
As an evidence of their brutality, we
are informed that a Mr. Jarman, a highly
respectable and gallant gentleman resid
ing in the neighborhood of Aberdeen was
captured and shot by them. After he
was dead, the fiends severed his head from
his body, quartered him and left his re
mains hanging by the roadside! Their
excuse for the hellish act was that Mr.
Jarman and a few others had fired on
them in their passage through the coun -
try, and was, therefore, a bush-whacker.
But they received their reward wfien
they met Forrest.— J[Mississippian.
Yankee Operations in Mississip
pi.—By au official inspection it, has been
ascertained that but three bridges (the
Chun key’s on the Southern Railroad, be
tween Brandon and Meridian, were des
troyed by the Yankee vandals in their
recent march through Mississippi, and
but two and a halt miles oi the track
next to Meridian torn up,
miu ««xiy of tKa track this side of
Meridian, on the Alabama and MiaHumippi
Railroad, was destroyed, and on the Mo
bile and Ohio the entire road was des
troyed from Quitman to Lauderdale
•Springs.— Mississippian.
A bachelor of thirty-seven years stand
ing has been fined ten dollars, in Canada,
not for playfully kissing a neighbor’s wife,
bnfc for afterwards telling of it.
Gen. Butler has commenced the estab
lishment of common school system for
negrtiesin Norfolk.
The new financial scheme, in the opin
ion of the Lynchburg Virginian, and
other exchanges, may sueceed the cU
without any great convulsion if our peo
pie will only keep calm and act wisely.
There are provisions in the bill that seem
specially designed to prevent the disas
trous effects that might have resulted from
the two sudden contraction of the curren
cy and the arbitrary funding of all now
in circulation. If our people will take
advantage of the privileges afforded them
in the bill, no serious inconvenience will
follow.
General Forrest’s Victory.
The victory of Gen. Forrest over Grierson
was most thorough. An intelligent gentleman
from Columbus, Mississippi, gives a glowing
account of it. Grierson had got down as far
as West Point. Gen. Forrest spent much
time in maneuvering and firing with field
pieces, in order to get his forces together,
sfirround the enemy and bag the entire force.
Grierson, however, “smelt a mice,” and as soon
as the shades of nigh threw around him her
mantle of darkness, he essayed his escape un
der her sable cover. Forrest pursued, and
thw fight commenced at Okolona, and contin
ued to the vicinity of Pontotoc. The pursuit
would have been kept up sti.'l further but for
the worn out condition of the horses in our
command.
Our informant says the road for many miles
strewn with arms, haversacks, dead V ankees
and everything else which formerly belonged
to the Yankees. The wagons were all left be
hind. Baggies and caniages which they had
stolen were left with fires built in them, but
further on they were so hotly pursued that
they didn t have time to take this precaution,
but left the vehicles unharmed with the traces
cut, and the thieves thus made their escape.—
It was a miniature Bull Run aflair.
The number of killed, wounded and prison
ers was very great —our loss small. General
Forrest fought the battle with about 2,000
mell —the reinforcements expected by him did
not arrive in time. The enemy had three
times his number. General Forrest led most
of the charges himself
The citizens of Columbus are wild with joy
and extravagant in their praises of the gallant
“War Eagle.” Asa very slight token of their
grattilude, they have already purchased the
finest horse lo be found in the country around
to present to him. They believe, and justly
too. that he has saved them from the ravages
of the most brutal part of the Yaukee hirelings.
They also realize in this disgraceful rout of
the braggart Grierson, a double gratification,
because he boasted so largely of hits exploit of
having passed through an unarmed portion of
the State last spring. It that raid left a stig
ma upon tiie State, it has been most heroically
wiped out by Forrest and his braves.
This victory won by so few men, is beyond
alt praise. Its fruits are inestimable. It pre
vented the junction of the large body o;* caval
ry and mounted infantry under Grierson and
Smith with Sherman at Enterprise, and thus
compelled the retreat of the whole invadiug
forces, and the ravage of a still gri.itir por
lion of the country. —Selma Mtsuiss^ptan,
-Th, commercial editor oYthe Rmhmond Whig
uTo-e-i that the papers throughout the Confederacy
wifi hereafter give more attention to the publica
tion of regular reports ot the prices of commodi
ties in their respective localities. lie suggest that
the death blow to speculation has been given by
the act/’ and the objection heretofore
entertained by sume editors to the publication of
prices current is now removed. A comparison of
the quotations in different localities will have a
tendency to accelerate the downfall of prices.
A 1 t ench Federal,
f ro oT»r°: tbe Regißler ' “•
‘ Besides a Lieutenant Colonel and a French
Yankee Surgeon, we took 27 prisoners. The
Frenchman’s name is Octave P. F. Revenot
ot the 75th Illinois, with whom I had quite a
parley. 1 expressed my surprise at finding a
true 1 ranchman in the Yankee service. He
seemed ashamed to have been taken in such
bad company, and gave as an excuse that he
only went to take care of a few personal
friends, saying that he had never taken up
arms against the cause of the South person
ally. I found, however, that he was of the"
real Red-Black Republican stripe. While he
declared he was not an abolitionist, he advo
cated the emancipation of slavery on the
ground of expediency for the restoration of the
Union, and the improvement of the black race.
He said the North was fighting for its life, be
cause if the Union was not restored, bank
ruptcy and ruin must prevail, with the de
struction of their commerce and mercantile
interests.
He thought in any event all the border
States would become free, and that our peo
ple would finally become compelled to reunite
with the Union I He admitted that we were
the true cavaliers of the country, and that all
the true chivalry was to be found South,
while the North was venal and base 1 He ad
mired our heroic fortitude, and the wonderful
sacrifices we had made, but still he thought
the Unionists would prevail 1
It is easy to be seen from the views of this
Red-Black Republican, the two Northern ele
ments now supporting the war. The aboli
tionists are fighting for the spoils and eman
cipation, and the Unionists to save themselves
from ruin and bankruptcy, for they expect the
South to pay for the war I
The prospects all around look bright and
-and we only wait for a chance prac
tically to demonstrate to the lying Yankees,
that neither our people or our army is broken
in spirit of resources.
Florida Organization.—The Ikoridian and •
Journal publishes the following order issued by
den. Finnegan to the citizens of Florida:
‘•The enemy, by a sudden landing at Jackson
ville, in some force, and a bold effort to penetrate
into the interior, succeeded in getting so far aa
within a few miles of Lake City. The timely con
centration of our forces has enabled us to oheok
his progress, and induce him to retire towards
Baldwin. The reinforcements now received and
expected, will enable us to drivo him back to
his ships. The people of the Sttfbe can contribute
much to the early accomplishment of these results
by in efficient military or
ganizations of mounted troops, if they have horses,
and of iul'antry, if they have not, and reporting to
me for temporary military „ service, with such arms
and accoutrements as they may have, or by report
ing singly to me, when they will be assigned to
some militia organization for temporary service.
You may also rendor valuable servico by furnish
ing your teams for the necessary transportation of
troops, and supplies for their subsistence. For
these the Government will pay liberal prices.
“Let the people all oome forward and exhibit the
patriotism and bravery which are their character
istic traits, and with their aid our gallant troops
will soon drive the enemy from the country. Let
all unite m this honorable and manly purpose, aud
•lose no time in commencing the most vigorous and
determined action."
The Creoles of Louisiana.—A Massachu
setts chaplain, Mr. Hepworths, writes of the
Louisiana creoles:
Just beyond Carrollton is an immense and mag
nificent estate, owned by one of these Creoles.
His annual yield of sugar is fifteen hundred hogs
heads. He might have taken the oath of allegi
ance and thus saved his property ; but he would
not. The work of depredation oommenced ; but
he bore it without a murmur:
First wo took his wagonß, harness and mules; he
said nothing but scowled most awfully. Next we
emptied bis stables of horses for the cavalry service;
he did not bavp •) pony left,“and was com
pelled tq trudge along on foot: still nothing was
said. Next wo took his entire crop ground it, in
his own sugar house, used his barrel's for the mo
lasses and his hogsheads for the sugar, and marked
the head of each “U. S;" not a murmur. Then
came his negroes, three hundred and more, house
servants and all, took into tboir wooly heads to
come within our camp lines. The creole was
most completely stripped ; still he stood jq the ,
midst of the ruins, cursing Abe Llnooln, and wish
ing he bad eight instead of four sons in the rebel
army.
Invasion of Florida*Expi<ained.— In re
feiring to the late invasion of Florida by the
enemy from Jacksonville, the opinion was
expressed that the object of the movement
was political. The following orders, recently
issued in the Yankee “Department of the
South," explains the purpose of the invasion,
arid reveals the fact also, that many of the
troops 7?cre transferred from the vicinity of
Charleston to Florida:
Hkadq’rs Psp’t of the South, i
Hilton Head, S. C., January 31, 1864, /
General Orders, No. 16.
In accordance with the provisions of the
Presidential Proclamation of Pardon and Am
nesty, given at Washington on the Bth day of
December in the year of our Lord one thous*
and eight hundred and sixty-three, and in
pursuance of instructions received from the
President of the United States, Major John
Hay, Assistant Adjutant General, will proceed
to Fernandina, Florida, and other convenient
points in that State, for the purpose of exten
ding to the citizens of the State of Florida an
opportunity to avail themselves of the benefits
of the proclamation by offering for their sig
nature the oath of allegiance therein pre
scribed, and by issuing to all those subscrib
ing to the oath certificates entitling them to
the benefits of the proclamation.
Fugitive citizens of the State of Florida,
within the limits of this Department, will have
an opportunity to subscribe to the same oath
and secure certificates in the Office of the Post
Commander at Hilton Head, South Carolina.
By command of
Major-General Q. A. GiLLMQRB.
Ed. W. Smith, Ass’t Adj't General.
Cotton in Nicaragua.— A letter from Grana
da says;
The great staple, cotton, is beginning to be cul
tivated here, and it will doubtless surprise some of
the wiseacres in tho United States when it is known
that no less than 4000 bales of cotton were export
ed from one port of this republic last year, almost
all of which went to England. The English have
been giving this matter attention. At the lowest
estimate, 15,000 bales will be exported this year,
the bulk of which goes into the jaws of the British
lion. Yon may rely upon Jthis as being true.—
With this people the cultivation of cotton is but
an experiment, and without doubt will prove valu
able. There are now eight cotton gins erected at
Ohinendega—fifteen miles from the port of Comi
to, on the Pacific. Others are being ordered; so
you see the move is made in earnest. We trust in
the event of a change of administration, that it
will not inaugurate another revolution# Peace is
what is now required to developed .this country.
With energy this can be made a garden.
Cou hander in Florida.— Bri£, General W.
M. Gardner has been assigned to the command of
all the troops iu Florid*. The following officers
are announced as his staff:
Major J. L. Cross, A. A. G.
Capt. G. C. Gibbs, Act'g, A. A. G.
Lt. Col. G. W. Lay, Act'g Inspßr Gen.
Major E. C. Simpkins, Cheif Q. M.
Major A. B. Noyes, Commy Subsistence.
Lieut. J. B. Grant, A. D. C.
Words of Gkn* Washington.— Captured towns.
“Tom wellconvinced that the enemy, long ere this,
1 , «Xetlv well satisfied that the possession of our
f r wna Shilo we have an army in the field, will avail
them little- It involves us in difficulty, but it does
not by any means ensure conquest to them. They
well know that it is our arms, not defenceless towns,
which they have to subdue, before they can arrive
at the Ihaven of their wishes; and that until this ac
complished, the superstructure they have been en
deavoring to raise will, ‘like the baseless fabric of a
vision,’ fall to nothing.”
The Army axd the People.— I shall continue to
exert all my influence and authority to prevent the
interruption of that harmony which so g®n® r *‘W ( .
prevailed between the armyland the inhabitants ot
1 The 'army and the eountry have a mutual depen
dence upon each other; audit is of: th
that their several duties should be so regulate* anq
and yvuubrt w 9uwr»
