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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays oxeepted) at the rate of *3 por month, or $8 for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than three months. AO* ERTISING RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per squaro for tlie first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Whore advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S2O pet square. Announcing candidatesslo, which mustinvariab > be paid in advance. A deduction of 2o percent, will he made on a advertising accounts over SSO, when prompt pay ment is made. rr CiEOßCilA—Marion County : •lULENISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad it ministratrix upon the estate ot David L, Muny, deceased, having applied for letters ot disinmissiofi ti oin said Administration. , i'liese are therefore to cite and admonish all and "Uigular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to ftiow cause, if any they have, why said Adminis tratrix should not ho dismissed from said adimms- U Given under my hand and 0c ~ to her sth. 1803. MALtOAI HA j it, doc 12 mOm uruinan. tiEOKdlA—Marion County a WHEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the estate of Joseph N. Stary, late ot said county, deceased, having applied tor letters ot disuission from said administration. , These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors ot said deceased, to be and appear at my office within the tune pre scribed by law, to show cause, it any they have, whj said letters of dismission should not be granted to said applicant on the first Monday in October next. Given under my hand and official signature. Jan. Ufc*. AIJ —• Estray Notice. lONATHAN ENGLISH, of the 772d District G, J vl transmits, to me the following certificate ot an estray steer :;A deep red color, supposed to be 3 or 4 vears old, marked with a crop and underbit. in the right car, and underhit and split m the left. Ap praised by James Cooper and Jeremiah Cart ledge, freeholders, to be worth one hundred dollars. A true extract from the Estray;Book this 30th January.>B64, A. P. JONES, Cl k 1.1. fob 1 U UEOmaA—Marion County : RULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having Peti tioned this Court for letters ol dismission from said Administration. . . . , Thesoare therefore to cite and, admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors ot 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 .Administration on the first in J Gwen under my hand and official signature, this December the 7th, 1863. MALCOM HALK, dec 14 mbm Ordinary. Administrator’s Sale. By virtuo of an order from the'eourt of Ordinary of Taylor County, will ho sold before the Court house door of said county, on the first luesday in March next within the legal hours ot sale, a valua ble negso BOY by the name of J acob, sixteen years old, and the property of the estate ot Manias Mont gomery, dec’d. GEORGE 11. DA\ lb, t feb34od _ _ Admr Estray Notice. DINKINS McCOY. of the 77th, District G. M. transmits to me tho following certificate ot an Estray Yoke of Oxen. One a red and white color, and another a white and bi imlle color, marked with a smooth crop and underbit in both ears. About 4 years old. Appraised by A. S. Boydm and J oseph Lawson Biggers, freeholders of said county aaid disrict, to be worth four hundred dollars.. A true extract from tlie estray book, this the 29th. ot December 1803 A. P JONES, Jan4—wtiOd Clerk i.C. Medical Card. DR. E. A. ROSSY. 170RMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe ! male Infirmary.” tenders his services to the Cit izens of Columbus in all the brauehesot hispioles- attention will be devotedjtothe treatment of the diseases oi womem. „ H Surgical operations performed for Stone in the Bladder,Fistula in Ano, Vis too-\ agmal taatuia, llvdrocole, Congenital anti Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, llceiuorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, lallapesor Club Foot, and contraction of the lingers, [Strabismus or Squinting, Aneurism, Vavix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also lor the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths trom any part of the body. . ~ , Diseases ofthsGenito-Urinary System, comprsmg the different stages of Ghonqrrhoea,. strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and heriditary tonus,will receive particular attention. . . , „ ~ References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or leans: Consultation hours every day at his olhee in the Masonic liall Building, from 10 to 12 o clock a, m,, and from 2to Lo’cloek p, ui. Patients wtlldo well to call precisely at those hours, as before and after that time will be devoted to visiting personam the city. Address all commuieationsto DR. E. A. ROSSI . Columbus. Ga, N. B.—Patrons from a distance will be visited and treated at home if desired. 1 shall he thankful to my protfessional brethren lor atij tavor they may do me by sending me persons requirig Surgical attention. tfcipT will also bestow particular attention to the treatment ot the different forms of Uleers, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup tions, and all other chronic diseases ot the skin.— Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as employed in the hospitals in.Euiopo and America, will form a part of my treatment, lob 1 loin E. A. L. NOTICE. THE notes and accounts of J. H. Daniel & Cos,, l have boon placed in our hands tor collection.— Persons indebted to them and wishing to A ,ay > w . IU please come forward at once and do so. Those who do not wish to pay we will endeavor to make them. We are also authorized to transact any business fur B»iil firm, or IWJ. ILWA BRANNON, feb b dim A ttys at Law. Pleasant Hour. THIS old and well known SALOON we have re 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 g^l^f^BARiaNGER. feb 16 ts v TRANK ALLEY. THIS beautiful and Thorough Bred STALLION will make the ensuing Spring Season at the CHATTAHOOCHEE COURSE, his old stand, near Columbus, Ga., commencing the loth inst,, andend ing on the 15th of June next. , 1 will not at tempt 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 necessary. . ~ Terms—sloo for tho Season in advance. Should a mare not prove in foal, she will be entitled to his his serv ices another Season free of charge, feb 101 m P. W. PRIOR. Wanted to Hire, A GOOD FIELD HAND, Man or woman. Good wages will be paid monthly if desired. Apply at this office. Feb. 29 • ISO lbs. Itlue Mass. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A For sale by J. S. PEMBERTON, fob 13 ts Druggist under Cook’s Hotel. Old Iron Wanted. WE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP IRON, both cast and wrought, for which cash will bo paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A CO. jan 27 ts Fine Smoking and (it?wing Tobacco. A T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A For sale by J. S. PEMBERTON, feb 13 ts Druggist under Cook’s Hotel. GOODRICH & GO., (Formerly ol' New Orleans,) 74 BROAD ST., COLUMBUS, CA., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Staple cfc Faiaey DRY-GOODS. GCHj'l/.\onstantly receiving fresh importations, di ftb 5 3in Europe, of staplo and fancy DR 1- — cheap for cash. leaver Skins Wau.rr: — exc est Price will be paid or Plow Steel given wanted Ske.for Beaver Skins, A large number W feb 22 4w Ulre Albany. - L - HAIMAN k BRO. fpflkely papcula. Cuthbert, Bainbridge and *py 4w and send bills. (folumta li Vol. XI. J. W. WARRM & CO. Proprietors Change of Schedule. MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, ) Superintendent's Office, V Columbus, Dec. 3d. 1863.) ON and after Dec. 6th tho Mail Train on this Road will run as follows: Leave Columbus 7 45 P. M. Leave Macon 6 30 P. M. Arrive at Macon 4 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, tlie Passenger Train on the Montgomery k W est 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. & EngY. Change of Schedule. Office Fngineer and Superintendent, 1 Charleston and Savann.ui Railroad, V Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864. J ON and after SUNDAY, Feb. 21st, Passenger Trains will Leave Charleston 7 15 A. M. Arrive at Savannah 4 25 P. M. Leave Savannah 00 A. M. Arrive at Charleston 4 30 1\ M. Passengers by this route from Columbus, Mont gomery, Albany, Fufaula, &c., pass through Sav annah without detention. 11. S. HAINES. fob 24 lw eoa3w Eng’r and Supt. Notice to Travellers aud Shippers! Office Muscogee Railroad Company, 1 ' Columbus, Ga.. Feb. 22,1864./ On and after this date persons purchasing tickets and receiving and shipping freights over this road, will 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, private freight will not bo re ceived at this depot until further notice. W. L. CLARK, dec 23 ts Supt. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY,) Columbus, Ga., Feb, 14th, 1864. j Much compla int being made of the delays of this Company in forwarding merchandise, I am instruc ted to advertise thatthe rules of the Company re quire that Government packages shall have prece dence over all others, and next in order paekeges forwarded by friends or associations to' officers and soldiers in the field or hospitals. The observation of this rule together with limited facilities for trans portation, necessarily cause delay in the forwarding of packages for merchants and others. S. H. HILL, feb 13 lm Agent, . OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY. \ 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 t his Company except under special contract JAM ES SHORTER, Supt. feb 13 lm Acting President. Express Notice. Ail freight for shipment by the Southern Express must be pre-paid from this date, except for the Gov ernment. S. H. lIILL, • feb “Agent.. NOTICE. QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE \ 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 he paid by Capt. 11. D. Cothran. Allpurchases of supplies and payments therefor will be made by inyself. F. W. DILLARD. Major and Quartermaster. jan 29 till apl 1 OFFICE MOBILE k GIRARD R. R. [ Girard. February2o.lß64.) On and after this date all parties receiving or ship pingfreights over this Road, will bo required^tofur nish the exact change for freight. W. H. WILMIAMS, feb 20 ts Agent NOTICE. HEADQUARTERS POST, 1 Columbus, Ga., Jan. 27, 1864. J 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 Columbus (Officers of the Navy and Army stationed at this Post excepted) will in future be re quired to procure a pass from theiCominandant 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 thoiusolves annoy ance by immediately procuring the required pass. By order of Col. ROBERTSON. CHAS. WOOD, A. A. G“ jan 29 ts NOTICE! lam ready and prepared to receive SI'BSIb- TENCETITHES due the Government at this Post, and earnestly beg that all parties will send lorward their dues without delay to the Tithe Agents or my self. Sacks are always ready at my office. A. M. ALLEN, feb 23 2w Maj. k C. S. P LANT A TION WANTED. TO PURCHASE OR RENT! ONE that will accommodate sixty bands. Inquire at THIS OFFICE, feb 26 ts • Piano iov Sale. AVERY superior instrument just received from the front, with request to sell. Drigg s patent seven oetrtve —carvedlosewood finish, and in perfect order. Apply to H. D. COTHRAN, feb 24 st* To Those Interested. Motive is hereby given to all parties having funds to the*i aiu U the same must be withdrawn prior be compelledP ril nest * or under the * ,aw we sarJi to a tax of thirtp-ttm whi ; ch / iU subject them °*; ,he Columbus. Ga.. March 2d. ts Columbus, Ga., Monday Morning, March 7,1864. (HUti UlTititarg JDimtonr 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 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. Capt. 11. D. Cothran, A. Q. M. COMMISSAR Y DEF T. At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S. ENGINEER'S DEFT. Capt. Thos. Moreno. Lieut. Wm. Hansell. MEDICAL DEFT. 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. 11. Warner, Chf. Engineer. PROVOST MARSHAL. Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of Columbus. Examining Board. J S White, Senior Surgeon. The Board meets at the General Hospital on Tuesdays and Fridays. WIB. H. H. PHELPS. • 1 AAA CONFEDERATE CUPS, JLvUU “ PITCHERS, “ BOWLS, “ SOAP, “ COPERAS, Dried Fruit, Sugar for Wool, Meal and Flour Sieves, Confederate Sewing Thread, Cotton Yarns to Exchange for Country Pro duce. Dy WM. H. H. PHELPS. mar 2 d2twlt L. S. Marshal Sale. IF ILL be Bold on the first Tuesday in April next, tt between the usual hours of sale, before the Court House in Muscogee county, a fine four wheel carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six fi fas vs Beall «fc Murphy, one fi fa vs 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 NOTIEE. All persons hoiding‘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 speflal deposit, subject to their order. A. FRAZER, Pres. East Ala. Ins. Company. Auburn, Ala., March 2d —st* Notice to Stockholders in the Bauk of Columbus. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 4th. 1864. On the first MONDAY in April next, an election will be held at the Ranking House for nine Direc tors of said Rank, 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 whom the same may he due. By order of Board of Directors. J, M. BIVINS., mar 1 till 26th Sec. and Treas. BANK OF COLUMBUS, I Columbus, Ga,, Fob. 25, 1864. / Notice is hereby given that all depositors in this Bank are required to withdraw their deposits by the twenty-fifth day of M arch next, in order that they may choose for themselves between funding and taxation under the new currency act, bofore the first day of April following. And that all persons having claims upon this Bank for Deposits, Bank Balances, Collections, CeGifieates 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. Si>a"tnid 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 bale per month. KING & ALLEN. WARNOCK k CO., HUGHES k HODGES, J. R. IVEY k CO., GREENWOOD k GRAY, POWELL, FRAZER k CO. Columbus, Ga., March 2d, 1564.—1 m aTproctamation. BY JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor of Georgia. To the Officers and Members of the General Assembly : 4 Sin my opinion the public exigencies require i that the General Assembly convene at an ear ! tier 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 j Capitol at Milledgeville, 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 Miilegeville, this 27th day of February, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-four. JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor. By the Governor : N. C. Barnett. Secretary of State, mar 2—lt * | Saturday Evening:. | Consigness Mobile & Girard R ll March sht, 1564. fl Maj Allen, Hajor Dillard, Major MeAllisier, Cnjfl Cothran. Robinett A Cos., Dr. T S Tuggle, JameH Shorter R Burt, Hughes k Hodges, L. G. S., Brittingham, Davis and Meritt, N W Smith, r 9 Ramsey. N C Napier, E Barnard, Ellis. Livings® ton & Cos„ Eagle Factory, M J W’elburn, G liar® graves. I m | ■ Notice. I Columbus Arsenal,-Ga,\ I March 4, 1864. j I Persons holding claims against the Ordinance Dc-1 partment at this poiut are requested to present the | the same for payment, to Lt. Muldon, Disbursing I officer for this Arsenal, by the 20th inst. F. C. HUMPHEEYS, Major & Ord Officer Conul’g Arsenal, mar 5 6t * j [From the Richmond Examiner, Ist.] Secret History of the Legisla tion on tlie Currency. We are advised that before the ad journment of Congress there were released from the obligation of secrecy not only the currency bill as finally passed, but all the propositions on currency and finance that had been made in the secret session. Os these we make a brief abstract, which we believe will vitally interest the public. They are important indications of our financial future, and supply a page which should *not be omitted from the monetary history of the war. THE HOUSE CURRENCY BILL. The bill which originally passed the House of Representatives, anti failled in the Senate, or was smothered with amend ments there, provided that all Treasury notes above the denomination of five dol lars, not bearing interest, issued before the passage of this act, should, until the first day of April, 1863, be fundable in six per cent, bonds ; and that on and after the first day of April, 1864, all Treasury notes shall be fundable only in four per cent, bonds of the Confederate States; and upon all such Treasury notes outstancU ing on the first day of June, 1864, there shall be levied a tax of twenty-five cents for every dollar promised upon the face of said notes ; and, on the first day of each month thereafter, there shall be levied upon all such; notes then outstanding, a tax of like amount. All Treasury notes of the denomination of five dollars and under, issued before the passage of this act, were placed upon the same footing with, and entitled to all the advantugPß of, tLo now issuo of Treas ury notes authorized to be made by the fifth section of this act. All call loan certificates, and the Treasury notes in which they may be hereafter redeemed, to be fundable and receivable, and to be taxed in all respects as Treasury notes heretofore issued. The Secretary of the Treasury was au thorized to make anew issue of Treasury notes, to an amount not exceeding two hundred millions of dollars, payable two years after a treaty of peace. To defray the expenses of the Govern ment, not otherwise provided for, the Secretary of the Treasury was authorized to issue six per cent bonds of the Confed erate States to an amount not exceeding five hundred millions of dollars, the prin cipal and interest whereof shall be free from all taxation during the war, and for the payment whereof, principal and in terest, the entire net receipts of any ex port duty hereafter laid on the value of all cotton, fr, -baeco and naval stores, which shall be exported from tho Confederate States, and so much of the net receipts of import duties as win be sufficient to pay, annually, the interest, and one per cent of the principal of the bonds w 7 ere special ly pledged; and the coupons attached to said bonds to be receivable in payment of said duties or any other duties required hereafter to be paid in specie. We have a long list of various proposi tions made in the House, which aflord a very interesting indication of the temper of Congress. The most remarkable of these is a bill reported by Mr. Royce, from the Special Committee on Currency, providing that the outstanding Treasury notes should be no longer fundable except at their specie value. MINORITY REPORT ON THE CURRENCY. The minority report on the currency was made by Mr. Boyce, of South Car olina. The following is an extract from it: ‘•lt is admitted by all that thfc currency is in a deploralde condition. It is de preciated to such an extent that the Gov ernment can collect nothing by taxat on but its own paper, depreciated as compared with specie to the extent of two thousand per cent. Itjs credit, measured as itm ust be by the depreciation of the currency, is almost exhausted. Under this state ot affairs the Government is in a condition of financial paralysis. It cannot pay its ar mies in the field, except in worthless pa per. It cannot pay its employees. It cannot purchase subsistence for its armies and is compelled, to prevent their disband ing from starvation, to resort to the odi ous system of impressments, which is fill ing the land with execrations. It is evident, therefore, we are travel ling a road which is leading as fast as pos‘ sible to a precipice. We must get out of this road as quick as possible. We can not afford delays. Present action is im perative. Wc- must get rid of the SBOO,- 000,000 of Treasury notes which block up our way. How is this to be done? I propose to do it by a very simple process —by recurring to the truth—by realizing that they are depreciated—that they only represent a value of five cents on the dol lar, $40,000,000. I propose- that they be treated by the Government, in all its dealings, according to their value in spe- lMou ot the circulation of all unfunded notes, as currency; anew currency of two hundred million in one hundred dollar notes. By Mr. Dargan of Alabama—Compulsory fund ing of all Treasury notes; to commutation bills of convenient denominations, purporting that tho Confederate States are indebted to tho bearer in the sums therein specified, and that the bills are receivable commutation of certain taxes according to law; to allow tho taxes in kind (or such of them as the law shall determine), to be commuted by the payment of coin or commutation bills, at the rates about equal to double the prices of the same commodities at tho beginning of tho war; to limit the amount of commutation bills to be in circula tion at any time for $150,000,000 ; to authorize bonds to be issued to a limited amount, secured by a pledge of adequate «xport duties, and to be sold during the war, without limitation of price. By Mr. Hiilton, of Florida—Levy a supplement al tax sufficient in amount to absorb the curren cy; and on payment ofthe supplemental tax-payei receive a bond of the Government, in amount, cor responding to such tax, said bond having thirty years to run, aud bearing interest of hot more that six per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually or, in lieu of such bond, secure to tho tax-payer, oi bis representatives, an annuity of six per cent por annum, payable semi-annually, for thirt) years, on the amount of such tax so paid. There were some other propositions made ir the House which do not merit reputation. Thus* which we have given above are quite sufficient h afford occasion for congratulation to tho country that it has escapedjso much violence of legislator and obtained, at last, a measure more conserva tive than the temper of Congress indicated. * 9 m* Southern Express Company. The immense amount of public ant private business performed by this Com pany—its great activity and the all per vading character of its officers and rela tions, have created a general impressioi that its employees are very numerous, anc its drainage upon she defensive force o: the country severe. It is difficult, indeed to exaggerate the importance of its func tions to the Government as well as the people. To the former it is the medium of transportation for nearly all public moneys and of almost every light article connected with the public administration uud defense, aud requiring celerity and certainty of transmission, lt has been ol vast service in the transportation of food and clothing to the army, and latterly it has undertaken to transport all private shipments of these articles without charge. But with all this immense business and responsibility on the hands of the South ern Express Company, the people will be surprised to learn that there are so few men in its employ liable to military ser vice. We have ascertained the facts, and present them in the following statement: “This company has in its employ only 440 men, and of these 48 are in the Tele graph Department working the Company’s lines from Columbia, S. C., to Greensboro, Goldsboro, Raleigh, Weldon and Fayette ville, N. C.., and to Danville, Ya., leav ing 392 in the Express Department; and with these, they run double Daily Ex presses over all the Railways running in the Confederacy, and to the Headquarters of the armies. Os these 392, 133 were in the employ of the company before the conscript law of April 1862 was passed, leaving 250 who have been employed since that time. Os this number, 34 were soldiers honorably discharged from service; 40 were physically unfit for field service; 87 W’ere under and over the ages called for; 23 were exempt by acts o( Congress then in iorce; 20 were trans ferred from other service by which they were exempt, to this; 15 were Maryland refugees; 7 were foreign subjects; and 54, whose places could not be filled by non-conscripts" were exempted by the company, under Order of the Secretary ol War, No. 147, June 26th, 1862. In fact, but 33 persons have been kept from the field by that Order, through this com pany. Os the whole number of 440 employ ees, but 49 were born in the Northern States, and all of these had been citizens of the Southern States for many years previous to the war. —[ Macon Teleyraph From the Correspondence of the N. Y. World From Paris. THE PLOT AGAINST THE EMPEROR. The wonderful plot against the Emperor’s life has dwindled into an affair of extreme insignifi cance. The French papers of last week declare positively that it had been traced to Mazzini. This story is pfoved to be entirely without foundation, and the affair begins to have very much the ap pearance of a manufactured sensation. It is now said that the formidable conspirators will simply be tried for having illegal weapons in their pos session. All of the parties belong to the class called “poor devils,” who could, for a considera tion, be induced to play almost any part assigned to them. Three of them are Itallians ; the fourth, who is described as speaking French very well, and being superior in education to the others, is strongly suspected of being a monchard (an irrev erent Parisian designation for member of tho se cret policy.) A day or two ago an effort was made to revive the affair by stating that the plot proved to have more extensive ramifications than was at first supposed, but even this was contradic ted the next day. MAXIMILIAN. MaviiiiilMan, Emperor of Mexico, we arc told, is to arrive in Paris during the first week m Feb ruary, and is to be received with all the honors due his Imperial rank. I cannot vouch for the truth of the assertion that tho imperial purple is to be donned so prematurely,"but must state that it has rather an improbable air about it, for his imperial majesty elect will arrive in Paris about the time ofthe most agitated discussions of the Mexican expedition in the French Corps Legisla tif, aud may find it more convenient to be incog nito*