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COLUMBUS TIMES l’ublish«d Daily lSu,„lw» «,«cc|.tc,l) ~l Ih. r»te of « month, or *S for three months. " xo subscription received for a longer term than t hire month*. 4DVERTIBIKCI RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 0) per square for the first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. and here advertisements are inserted a inqftth, the charge will be S2O per square. Announcing candidatesslo, which must ini at > a > - be paid in advance. ~ A deduction of 20 percent, will be 0,1 advertising accounts over SSO, when proEgp men^^nade^ —m GE»BBM--«lar Ad . fLK Nlßl. M hermx .J* ftte ot Uavid L, Murry, X-x miuistratrix upon » f j ttfers ot <iLjnmiis,-*um V eased, having apP ll .”* t“-m said cite and admonish all and t hose a , r ® and creditors ofsaid deceased, MugUlar, tb ' ll aay they have, why said Adminis u’,trix sh-‘Md not be dismissed from said adminis “fefc« baml»«1 ,u S“'oi£ EEOKOU-Marion County s ii/HEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the W estate of Joseph N. ,Stary, late ot stud couut> . deceased, having applied tor letters ol dismsuoii 1 Thenar either and admonish all and Kiiumtar the kindred and creditors of said deceased, «wwifc£Jfi y u : iud and -m a lcom ha ik_ __ KULE NLSI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti tioned this Court lor letters of dismission 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, and show cause it any they have, why said Administratrix should not be dismissed from stud Administration on tbe hrst Monday in July, 186 J. Given under my hand and official signature, this December the 7th, 1863. AIALCU.VI HAIR, dec 14 uibm Ordinary. Administrator’* Sale. By virtue of an order from the'court of Ordinary ol Taylor County, will be sold before the Court house door ot said county, on the first Tuesday in Alarch next within the legal hours ot sale, a valua ble negro BUY by the name of Jacob, sixteen years u!d, and ttie property of the estate of„Jarnes Mont gomery, deed. GEORGE H. DA\ IS, , teb s 4 Oil Auin r lustra y Notice. »INKINB McCOY, of the 77tli, District O. M. transmits to me the following certificate ol an Estray Yoke of Oxen. One ared arid white color, and another a white and brindle color, marked with a smooth crop and underbit in both ears. About 4 years old. Appraised by A. 8. Boydrn and Joseph Dawson Diggers, freeholders of said county and disiict, to be worth four hundred dollars. A ti ue extract from the estruy book, tins the noth, of December 1863 A. P JONIub, J a li t —wOOd Clerk 1, C. Medical Card. OR. E. A. ROSSY. I FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe male Infirmary," tenders his services to the Cit izens of Columbus in all tho branches ol hisprofes -1 Special attention will be devotedjto the treatment of the diseases of womem. Afc®-* Surgical operations performed for Stone m the Rladder,Fistula in Ano, Vision-Vaginal listula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Pliymosis, Varicocele, ilamorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club Foot, and contraction of tho lingers, Strabismus or Squiiiting, Aneurism,‘Varix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and llair Lip; also lor the remov al ot all tumors or abnormal growths lrtun any part oftho body. Diseases of ths.Genito-Urinary System, compiling tbe different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive particular attention. References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in Now Or leans; Consultation hours every day at his office m tho Masonic liu.ll Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock a m . and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients wrlldo well to call precisely at those hours, as before and utter that time will bo devoted to visiting persons in the city. .... •" E A ROSSY Columbus. Ga, N. B Patrons from a distance vyill be visited ami treated at home if desired. “ shall be thanktul to my protfessioual brethren lor any lav or thc> may do mo by sending me persons requing burgical attention. k*rl will also bestow particular attention to the treatment of tho difterent lorms of Ulcers, Rhou luatisui, Gout. Scrofulous affections. Syphilitic erup tions, and all other chronic diseases ol the skin. Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as employed in the hospitals in,Europe and America, will form a part ofiuy treatment. __ fob 11 Jin D. A. K. Pleasant Hour. THIS old and well known SALOON we liave re l fitted and opened tor business. \V e have three Bowling Alleys and necessary fixtures, and shall by conducting our business in an orderly manner, hope to merit a liberal share oU patron age. OGLETItEE A BARRINGER. feb 10 ts ALLEA. THIS beautiful and Thorough Bred STALLION will make the ensuing Spring Season at the CHATTAHOOCHEE 000 BSE. his old stand, near Columbus, Oa., commencing the 15th iilst,, andend ing on the 15th of June next. 1 will not attempt here a long pedigree.or descrip tion of I B ANK, as his form, blood, beauty, perfor mances and fame, are too well known to make it necessary. . ~ Terms —$100 for the Season in advance, bhoitld a mare not prove in foal, she will he entitled to his his services -.mother Season free of charge, feb ID 1 m 0. W. 1 B f HU. 150 lb. Blue lass. * T WHOLESALE AND KETAIL. A For sale by J. fc. PRMBLRiON. let, i t a Druggist under Cook s Hotel. Old Iron Wanted. 117 E wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP YV IRON both cast and wrought, tor winch cash will be paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A CO. jail 27 ts Fine Smoking and Chewing Tobacco. A T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A ™o" ul.b7 n J S.PKMBEUTON te lj 13 tt Druggist under Cook s llotci. GOODRICH & G©. s (Formerly of New Orleans,) 74 BHOAB ST., COIiUHiBUS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Staple c*3 Fancy DRY-GOODS. ARE constantly receiving fresh importations, di rect from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash, feb ft 3 m Beaver skii»* W anted, rpilE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given L in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number wanted. Enquire at _ feb 22 4w L. II AIM AN & BRO. Albany, Eufcula, Cuthbert, Bainbridge and Blakely papers copy 4w and send bills. Warehouse i\otiee. ON aud after the first day of March next, the charge for storage ou Cotton in our Ware houses will be ONE DOLLAR per halo per mouth. KING .1 ALLEN. WARNOCK .t CO., HUGH Do A HODGES, J. R. l\ EY A CO., GREENWOOD & uIIAY, POWELL, FRAZER .t CO. Colunfhus, Ga., March 2d, 1864. lui C, s. marshal Snie. YYJ ILL be s,ld oil the first Tuesday in Api il next, M between the usual hours ot sale, before the Court House in Muscogee county, a fine four wheel carnage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six h las vs Beall A, Murphy, one li la vs A. A. Beall and one n ta vs R. A. Murphy,garnishees in favor ol the Con tederate 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 liliwlis Hum Vol. XI. j. W. W>RREN & CO. Proprietors ......J. W. WARREN, Editor. C'hange of Schedule. MUSCOGEE RAIL ROAD, ) Super intf.xdent’s Office, V Columbus, Dec. 3d. 1363.) ON and after Dec. 6th the Mail Train on this Road will run as follows: Leave Columbus 7 45 P. M. Leave Macon 6 30 P. M. Arrive at Macon 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 W. L. CLARK, 4, ec 4tf ‘ Supt. Muscogee R, R. -of Schedule. AN £ Superintendent, Y ON ana >, BTON AJf n Savannvh Railroad, V Trauis wiTl SUNDiJPffeaton, Feb. 18, 1864.) Leave Charieaibri.. 7 15 A. M. Arrive 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, I ufaula, Ac., pass through Sav annah without detention. 11. S. HAINES. feb 24 lw eoa3w Eng’r and Supt. Notice to Travellers and Shippers! Office Muscogee Railroad Company, l Columbus, da., 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. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, I Columbus, Ga., Feb, 14th, 1864. / Much complaint being made of the delays of this Company in forwarding merchandise, I am instruc ted to advertise that the rules of tho Company re 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 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, leb 13 lui Agent, OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY. I Augusta, Ga., Feb. 10th, 1864, J Legal notice is hereby given to all concerned, that persons who ship packages containing spirits, wines and cordials, without.informing our Agents of the fact will not be entitled to, nor will they receive, the benofit of valuation. Spirits, wines or cordials, will not bo forwarded by this Company except under special contract JAMES SHORTER, Supt. feb 13 lm Acting President. Eipress Notice. All freight for shipment by the Southern Express must be pie-paid from thisdate, except for the Gov ernment. S. 11. HILL, feb in “Agent. NOTICE. QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE \ Columbus, January 27,1863./ On tbe first of each month, Major Jno, E. Davis, Post Quartermaster, will make payment to all em ployees of this department, ,Also to owners of slaves hired, and for property rented, Parties in terested will present their bills to Major Davis monthly. The employees of the Transportation Department will be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases of supplies and payments therefor will be made by myself. F. W. DILLARD. Major and Quartermaster. jan 29 till apl 1 OFFICE MOBILE & GIRARD It. R. I Girard. February 20.1864. / On and after this date all.parties receiving or ship ping freights over this.Roatl, will be required;to fur nish the exact change for freight. • W.;H. WILMIAMS, feb 20 ts Agent NOTICE. HEADQUARTERS POST, \ Columbus, Ga., Jan. 2FfAB64. 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 of the Post. No other document than the pass spec ified will be regarded by the officer charged with the examination of passes. 111. Officers and soldiers absent from their com mands. or citizens claiming exemption by virtue of contracts or otherwise, will save themselves annoy ance by immediately procuring the required pass. By order of Col. ROBERTSON. CHAS. WOOD, A. A. G “ jan 29 ts ~ NOTICE! I am ready and prepared to receive SUBSIS TENCE TITHES due the Government at this Post, and earnestly beg that all parties will send forward their dues without delay to the Tithe Agents or my self. Sacks are always ready at my office. A. M. ALLEN, feb 23 2w Maj. A C. S. PLANTATION WANTED. TO PURCHASE OR RENT 1 ONE that will accommodate sixty hands. Inquire at THIS OFFICE, feb 20 ts Piano tor Sale. AVERY •superior instrument just received from the front, with request to sell. Drigg’s patent seven octave —carved rosewood finish, and in perfect order. Apply to H. I>. COTHRAN, feb 24 fit* to Those In teres ted. Notice is hereby given to all parties having funds in our hands, that thesame must be withdrawn prior j to the Ist of April next, or under the Jaw we shall | be compelled to return it. which will subject them | to atu.v of thirty three and a third percent, on the ! amount. ELLIS, LIVINGSTON A CO. Columbus, (!»., March 2d, tt Notice. The undersigned respectfully give notice to all j parties having claims upon them for Deposites, Bank 1 Balances. Collections, Certificates of Deposit, ■ Checks, Ac., to come forward and receive payment j fur thepi on or before the 25tli day of March, 1864: | failing to do so, the amounts due them, respectively, 1 will be funded in Four Per Cent. Confederate Bonds, according to the recent act of Congress, for their account unless specially directed to the contrary. We will continue to receive and pay out Confede rate Treasury Notes of all denominations until the 25th ol March next, after that day only those of the denomination of five dollars and under, will be re ceived and paid out until further notice, and all the new Treasury Notes intended to replace the present i'-suc will be received in payment and on deposit and paid out. J- ATT; Agent B'k State Ga. H. H. EPPING, Agent Union Bank. Columbus, Ga., Afarch 7,18 4-t mar 25. Columbus, Ga., Friday Morning, March 11,1864. €itu fllititaiu iDimtmn HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street, Up Stairs. Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g. Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G. Capt. J. S. Smith, A A & I G W. T. McKendree, CLief Clerk. EXROLLING 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 Q VAR TERMASTER DEE T. At No. 15 Broad Broad St. C OMMISSAR Y DEP' T. At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S. ENGINEER’S DEP'T Capt. Thus. Moreno. Lieut. Win. llansell. MEDICAL DEP'T. O. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon. (Office at Wayside Home.) J S White, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge. J P Moore, “ “ Surgeon. L D Carbon, “ “ Ass’t Surgeqn. R Fowler, “ “ “ *< W W Dickie, “ “ “ « NAVAL DEP'T. Office near tho Old B ridge. J. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer. PROVOST MARSHAL Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of Columbus. Gkauiining Board. J S White, Senior Surgeon. The Board meets at the General Hospital on Tuesdays and Fridays. i—in WI. 11. 11. PHELPS. 1 AAA CONFEDERATE CUPS, lUUU “ PII'CHERS, BOWLS, “ SOAP, “ C OPERAS, Dried Fruit, Sugar for Wool, Meal and Flour Sieves, Confederate Sewing Thread, Cotton Yarns to Exchange for County Pro duce. By WM. H. H. PHELPS, mar 2 d2twlt Notife to Stockholders in the Bank of Columbus. Coujmbus, Ga., Feb. 4th. 1804. On the first MONDAY in April next, an emotion 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 Storkhutder^. 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 be due. By order of Board of Directors. * J, M. BIVINS., mar 1 till 26th Sec. and Treas. SU ; BANK OF COLUMBUS, I Columbus, Ga„ Feb. 25, 1864. j Notice is hereby given that all depositors in this Bank are required to withdraw their deposits by the twenty-fifth day of March next, in order that they may choose for themselves between funding and taxation under the new currency act, before the first day of April following. And that all persons having claims upon this Bank for Deposits, Bank Balances, Collections, CeUificates of Deposit, Checks, Dividends or other due accounts are required to settle them by the 25th March next, othwise the amounts due them re spectively, will be funded in four per cent. Bonds, according to the act of Congress of 17th inst., for their accounts, unless especially directed to the con trary. D. ADAMS, feb 25 till Ist April. Cashier. Sun and Enquirer copy. 1,000 Cords Cighf wood! Office C. S. Naval Iron Works, Columbus, Ga., March 5, ’64. I wish to purchase One Thousand Cords of Light' wood to be delivered at these Works, or any conve nient Depot on either of the Railroads leading to this city. A reasonable price will be paid for large or small quantities delivered as above. J, H. WARNER, , mar 7-1 w Ch’s Eng. C. S. A. Notice. ALL kinds of DYEING done at my residence, opposite Haiman’s Pistol Manufactory. Pro visions of any kind taken i“J'|(J” VOIQHT _ mar 8 lm Dyer. Confederate States Depository. Columbus, March Ist, 1804. Holders of Treasury Notes (except those bearing interest) can now obtain Certificates which will en title them tq four per cent. Bonds, which privilege will continue until first day of April .for notes of all denominations, after that date, all notes above the denomination of Five dollars can only be funded a sixty-six and two-third cents to the dollar, except One Hundred Dollar Notes which are no longer re ceived after that date for public dues andean ouly e funded at a further reduction ofpen per cent per month. The Certificates issued, as well a? the Bonds or which they will be exchanged, are receivable in payment of taxes for the year 1864, and are not sub ject to the tax imposed as on other Bonds. Come forward promptly and obtain your Certifi cates and not run the risk of beiug excluded by the that will take place*owards the end of the month.' W. H. YOUNG, mar 3 till Ist April Depositary. Enquirer and Sun copy till Ist April and send bill to me. Plantation and Sliovel li on. T HAVE on consignment 20,000 lbs. of Plantation Iron, and will receive next week some Shovel Iron, which I will exchange for Bacon or sell tor Confederate money*. W. P. TURNER, mar 3 lm Wanted to Hire, A GOOD FIELD HAND, Man or woman. Good wages will be paid monthly if desired. Apply at this office. Ifeb. 29 Thursday Evening- Notice. Columbus Arsenal. Ox.\ March 4, 1864. ) Persons holding claims against the Ordnance De partment at this point are requested to present the the satue for payment, to Lt. Muldon, Disbursing officer for this Arsepal, by the 20th inat. I 1 F. C. HUMPHBEYS, Major A Ord Officer Cornd’g Arsenal. mar 5 6t Old Type metal for Sale. We have a few hundred pounds of Old Type Metal for sale. Persons wishing to purchase should make immediate application. Apply to the mar 3 ts TIMES OFFICE. " vtovwnwo . fu. ittr.tuc. jr—urc oeucai intended by this company for the Columbus boys in Benuing’s Brigade, it will be seen has been postponed, in consequence of the rain last night, to this Thursday evening. We trust that the commendable object of the con cert may draw together a good house. Though not present but a little while at the Hall on Wednesday evening, we understand the Night engales producod some very fair music, both vocal and instrumental. To Your Posts.— The time has come, says the Richmond Whig, when every officer and soldier of our army should be at his post. The enemy has already opened the campaign, by movements all alo.ig his lines. We have before us the most important campaign of the war. If our soldiers are at their posts, and fight as thej r have done, we shall be victori ous, and there is every reason to believe that it will be the final and crowning struggle. The fate of Lincoln and his Puritan party hangs on the issue of the campaign. It is for Lincoln victory or death, a crown or a halter. If he gains important advantages over us, he is “master of the situation” at the North, and for us there are the horroae of a long war. ff he fails, his own people will turn upon and rend him. How important, then, that our armies should be full, and that Confederate uniforms should vanish from the streets ofAhe cities, and be seen only with their legiment in the field. A Spirited aiid Patriotic Order from Gen W. It T. W alker. Special Correspondence Chronicle & Sentinel. Dalton, March 7, 1804. The annexed order from Gen. W. H T. Wal ker, has been read to our Division: Head Quarters Walker’s Division, 1 Near Dalton, March 2, 18(54. j General Order, No 11. 'i-fie Commanding General of the Division calls lipot) all Itie yfiK/oro nud j -xiv k) 1 0 pave for the coming campaign. The enemy stated out with a grand programme. The Al acama River was to be reached by Sherman ; with that as a base it was but a step to the Chattahoochee , South Western Georgia was to be reached by Gilmore via Florida, and Grant was to march rough-shod over the gal lant army of Johnston. The enemy were foiled in all these efforts. Sherman is bound for the Big Black; Gill more is cowering under the protection of his gun-boats at Jackson, Fla., and Grant is lux uriating in the mud of Chattanooga. So far, the day is our’s. Let us now pre pare to take advantage of the discomfiture of our foe, and let us all have but one common resolve, and let that be to conquer the free dom of our country or die in the attempt. Officers ! You are discharging your own self-respect, by keeping up a strict and posU live discipline. Privates ! The trials and privations you en dure, you will be richly rewarded for when the war is over. You hold the post of honor, and a grateful country will owe to your brave ry, constancy and patriotism the liberty you will achieve tor her. Be thou obedient to your officers. By respecting them in their positions you but show respect for yourselves. If there be any among3t you who harbor the vile thought of desertion, reflect what ig nomity you bring upon your families ; reflect what an object of aversion you will be to your friends • above ail, reflect what a disgrace it is to our cause and our country. Go where you will, your Commanding Gen eral will be with you. He will ask you to bear no hardships or dangers which he will not proudly share. With the shields of Car olina, Mississippi and Georgia locked, we defy the advance ot robbers. W. H. T. Walker, Commanding Division. Such orders a3 the above, always have an admirable effect upon the troops, tending as they do, to arouse the ambition ot each man— appealing to his patriotism, and inciting him to the peiformance of those acts which win distinction for one’s self, and .honor fpr one’s country. Walker’s is a spirited division, and that spirit is continually on the increase.— General Walker is often amongst his troops, and by his very demeanor excites the greatest enthusiasm among them. The generals of this army have been too careless in this mat ter, and lam glad to see them evincing the right spirit now. Asa little spark kiudleth a great fire, so enthuisasm in officers begets enthusiasm in the men. As the gallant Walker says, let us all awake from our lethargy. We have slept long enough. The day is coming—the day of our independence. The morning star shines brightly —ti:‘"star of posterity. Let all arise and be read) to wt’lcb'fne that happy day when war’s clangor shall give way to sweet notes of peace. Louaine. Northern News- According to the Northern papers, the gospel according to Lincoln is hereafter to be crammed into secession hearts' at the point of the bayonet. The New York Tribune advocates the appointment of Butler as the military governor of the States within Grant’s command. We pity any one in that sec tion'that has any property he ean get hold of if the appointment is made. In delivering the opinion of the Court in the case of Vallandigham. Mr Justice Wayne stated that even if the sentence was illegal the Supreme Court ot the United States had no powet to revise the judgement of a military court not could any appeal from that tribunal be enter tained Maj. Gen. Sigel has been assigned to the command of the Department of of Westerp Virginia. $3 Per Month. A Lincolu national bauk is to be estab lished at Norfolk, Ya. The Memphis Argus mentions a tight which recently oocurred between a por tion of the Uuiou forces and gurrillas at Holcombe Islaud, near Cape Girardeau. Mo., in which Bolin, the .commander of the Confederates, was captured and cou veyed to Cape Girardeau, where he was put in jail. A short time siuce a number of citizens and soldiers broke the jail, took Bolin out of it and hung him to a tree near by. The Federal Government will, of course disclaim all responsibilt} - for the murder, but our government ought to have the nerve to demand tbe guilty perpetrators of it, and enforce its demand The Chicago Times says that now the warns in "which congregations are in fluenced under a hypocritical pretence of Christianity, to vote for such creatures as Calloott and Cameron. The Times, also adds that the corruption festeriug in every department ot government tiuds its most efficient protection in the ministers of Jesus. The Kebel Fleet in China and France. —The Paris (January 26) cor respondent of the N. York Times writes : The Moniteuv de l’Armee, the official military paper of the French Govern ment, contains a paragraph in its issue of the 21st instant which, I am told, was in serted by superior orders, and which con ceals, under a simple form, an evil design against the Government of the United States. The paragraph reads thus : “China. —Our private correspondence from China is to the 12th December. By it we learn that the officers of the Eng lish navy who had taken service in the Chinese navy had broken their engage ment, and left for Bombay, taking with them the war vessels constructed in the ports of Great Britain on Chin— ese account. The Chinese Govern ment, in this dilemma, ordered to be bought in America a certain number of gunboats, which are to arrive about the middle of February at Petchlsti, and which are to be used in the blockade of Nankin. It was decided that several oth er vessels should be ordered from tho pri vate shipbuilders of France. Among these vessels are two cuirased frigates, which arc to form the basis of the new Chinese fleet.” The work on the Confederate vessels at Bordeaux aud Nantes goes on, and the inoffensive looking note of the Moniteur de l’Armee is said to be intended to pre pare the way the sortie of these ves sels when finished. If the vessels, by anj -loJgn, aVwMllr] get jjQ.tO til O hands of the Confederate agents tOc FYeneh Government can point to the offi cial army paper as having indicated that they were intended for China, and that the Confederates bought and turned them from their original destination. We know that the French Government often adopts this small method of accomplish ing its ends, and it may be that this para graph of the Moniteur de l’Armee is printed with the design I have indicated. lion. Janies 91. Clay. The following is the conclusion of an obituary tribute to this gentleman by a Montreal paper. Mr. Clay died in Cana da a few weeks 3ince, having for some time been residing there as a refugee from Yankee vengeance and tyranny: An exile in a strange land, dying be neath inclement skies, and leaving his family on uncertain future, his greatest sorrow was for the country which his fath er’s virtue, wisdom and eloquence had illus trated, and which he had loved as well and served as faithfully. It is a satisfaction for Canadians to know that the son of the statesman who negotiated the treaty which put an end to the last war between Great Britain and the United States, of which the Province was the battle ground, when hunted and proscribed by his own countrymen for opinion’s sake, found on our soil a safe refuge, a kindly welcome, and the honor due to au illustrious name, a pure cause, and a gpotless life. Nor is it necessary for us to bespeak for his bereaved widow and family, seven surviving of ten children, who ministered to his last wants and surrounded his death bed, the sympathy of all our people. Mr Clay’s remains left Montreat yes terday for Kentucky, to be deposited in the family burying place, in the cemetery at Lexington, beside those of his father, the fairest representative of a race of Ameri can statesmen which unhappily are now e xtinct. From tiif. Front. —The two billiger ant armies are watching each other with a jealous vigilance. The close proximity of the two lines places us in about the same position as when we occupied Murfreesbo ro, and the enemy Nashville. Cavalry skirmishing was then of almost daily oc currence, previous to the great conflict, and the same state of afiairs has now commenced. On Saturday last, Wheeler’s cavalry attacked the enemy near Ringgold, and after a lively fight, drove them back with considerable loss, we having succeeded in capturing a number of prisoners. Other wise all is quiet. We may now look for a repetition of these brushes with the ene my until a grand move shall be made. On Saturday morning Hume’s cavalry brigade attacked the Yankees at Wood’s Statiou, -and drove them from their posi tion. The Yankees fled precipitately. We lost one killed, and took seven prison ers. It it, well ascertained that the recent Yankee advance was intended as a grand attack. The enemy was much surprised to find Johnston in such force. There are no present signs of a. movement on the part of the Yankees. — Atlanta Reg. TELE3R APHIO. Rrports of the Press Assoeiution. Entered according to act of Congress in tho year 1863. by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office of the District Coart of tho Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. \\ ii.minui.on, March 7.—One million forty-three thousand two hundred dollars haa p>een funded hero up to 12 o’clock. The Federal blqekader reported sank off Cape Fear, proves to be tho Peterhoff—she has fatally gone to the bottom. There is said to be a good deal of trepi dation at the North, arising from the un certain movements of Gen. Lee. That the roads will be in a condition for an early advahee of our troops, is admitted, and it is expected that we will take the initiative; but whether Gen. Lee will attack square in tront, and endeavor to drive Meade within the defences ot Wash ington, or will pass rapidly again into Pennsylvania, and transfer the war to the North, are matters upon which there is said to be much speculation, particularly among the officers of the army. So says the Charleston Courier.- North Carolina. Holden announces, in an issue of the 8d inst, that the regular publication of the Standard may be resumed in May or June or failing then, that its readers will be kept posted by a weekly extra. He an nounces himself ,as candidate for Govern or of the State in the following card: ,rx jt" ~-j 1 v*’ Carolina: — In compliance with the wishes of many friends I announce myself a candidate for the office of Governor of North Carolina, at the election to be held on the first Tues day in August next. My principles and views, as a Conser vative “after the straitest sect,” are well known to the people of the State. These principles and views are what they have been. They will not be changed. lam not disposed, at a time like this to invite the people from their employ ments, and add to the excitement which prevails in the public mind, by harangu ing them for their votes. We need all our energies to meet the common enemy, and to provide means of subsistence for our troops in the field and the people at home. Let the people go calmly and firmly to the polls and vote for the man of their choice. I will cheerfully abide their de cision, whatever it may be. If elected I will do everything in my power to promote the interests, the honor and the glory of North Carolina, and to secure an honorable peace. March 2, 1864. W. W. Holden. Absent without Leave. On yesterday evening, Major Lee’s men brought in another batch of twenty de serters and absentees without leave. They were captured after a sharp skirmish, in which three of the renegades were shot one instantly killed. We were present at the examination of these men, and we regret to say that many of them were induced to remain absent from their commands by having in their possession either extensions of furlough or certificates of disability signed by coun try physicians. This is an evil that has long been prac tised, and which not only fails to give the absentee the designed protection, but ren ders the signers of such a document lia ble to very severe punishment. jmcia. i* great a disposition on the part of the people at home to encourage absence from the army. They mean no harm by it, but are influenced only by the kindest motives toward their friends.— The motives that prompt them to this course is, however, no excuse, when the culprits are overtaken in their disobedi ence. The heaviest penalty of military law has, in many cases during this revo lution, been vistied upon unfortunate vic tims who had no disposition to shirk duty but were over pursuaded by solioitous friends, who inclined them to the belief that there was no harm in remaining ab*» sent for a few weeks or even a few months; this absence is frequently prolonged until the absentee is afraid to return, and is absolutely hunted down and carried back to his command in chains to answer the charge of desertion, and perhaps pay the penalty with his life. We throw these hints out that the peo ple may know that the kindest act they can do the soldier is to urge him to a faith ful discharge of his duty. It is no kind ness to the soldier to try to make home comfortable to him, whe# he knows that his duty calls him elsewhere, and that a punishment awaits him if his absence is prolonged beyond the limit ofhis furlough. But, above all, let physicians quit the practice of giving certificates to soldiers unless they are properly authorized tojdo so Every one that does it should be hauled up and made to pay the penalty that they aid in bringing , down on the unsuspecting soldier.— Southern Confed racy . From Ea«t Tennessee We learn from a gentleman who left Long street’s army on the Ist, that our forces had fallen back to Bull’s gap or Rogersville junc tion, which is the key to the valley that runs from Bristol to Knoxville, following'the course of the Watauga and Holstein. The falling back movement was caused by operations in other departments, and the morale of the army was unimpaired I>y it. With few exceptions the entire army has re-enlisted for the war, and a generous spirit of emulation followed the work of re-enli3t mc-nt. Humphrey s Mississippi brigade led off in the work by re-enlisting for forty yeara or the war which wa3 followed by Wofford'9 brigade which unanimously gave their appro bation of the measure by substituting forty one years or the war, and within a few daya the whole army, with the exception of one brigade which was on detached service at the time, had shown that the ice and snow o Tennessee through which they had marched bare footed throughout the past winter, had not chilled their patriotism, or their love for the cause for which they had suffered so much. The army is, at present, in fine spirits and condition, and thanks to Governor Vance, of North Carolina, better clad than any of our forces in the field, whilst the subsistence de partment ha3 so far excelled all others al though no provisions have been furnished for the past four months, save those collected within the department. Major-General Buckner i3 in command of the front, -end Major-General Ransom in com mand of the cavalry. . Important movements may be looked for in that department, which will tree not only . East Tennessee from the galling yoke she has worn, but. also, Middle Tennessee and North ern Virginia. To speak more plainly, would, * at present be injudicious, but we can safely say to our readers, be of good cheer, for a brighter day will shortly dawn. — Atlanta Ap peal.