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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $3 per month, or $8 for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than three months. . 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»