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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of s;; per month, or $8 for Three months. Xo subscription received for n longer term, thov hirr months, ADVERTISING rates : Ad* I‘i li. omenta inserted for $2 00 per square for the first insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be s>2o per square. Announcing candidates.jiO, which mu and in\ ariably be |>a id in advance. A deduction of 20 percent, will bo made on all advertising accounts over SSO, when prompt pay- : ment is made. GEORGIA—MarIon County : ~ ULE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad it, miniatratrix upon the estate ot David L, .Murry, deceased, having applied for letters of dismmission from said Administration. These are therefore to cite and admonish ail and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, t.> show cause, if any have, why said Adminis tratrix should uot he dismissed from said adminis tration. . (liven under my hand and official signature, Oc tober oth, iso,;. MALCOAI fiAIK, • lee 12 mbm Ordinary. GEORGIA—Marion County s \t' HEPtEAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the VV estate of Joseph N. fetary, late of .aid county, deceased, having applied tor letters ofdismssion from said administration. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why j said letters of dismission should not be granted to j said applicant on the lii.-t Monday in October next. Oiven under my hand and official signature, dan. 22d, iSol. QUALCOM HAIR, jau 25mbm Ordinary. GEORGIA—MarIon County : UUEE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on it the estate of Daniel James, dr., having peti tioned this Court for letters of dismission trorn said Administration. .. . These are therelore to cite and, admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors ol -aid deceased i<> be and appear at my *,110:0 vvithiri Ihe 1 line pre scribed by law, and show cause it auj they nave, why ,-ai.l Administratrix should not lie di-missed I ruin aid Administration on the first. Monday in July, imD. , ...... ... tiivoii uncle* v my haml ana oilu i:u uigniituuo, tiiiw UcCouibtr |,t*« i til, LCUAt HA i it, dec; 14 in(jm Urduiary^ A4iiaaasisN,fti*iifi4>* , ' , is stale. II y \ irl ue *4' an order from thejeoart, of Ordinary of U Taylor County, will be sold before, the Court house door ol said county', ** 11 the 111. I xuesitay m March next within the legal hours ot sale, a valua ble negro BOY by the name of Jacob, sixteen years „id and the property of the *s late of*.) tunes Mont gomery, deed. izll. DAVIS, lob n4od _ ... Adm r lislrny ilo^icc, DINKINS McCOY, Ol' the .'ah, District G. M. transmits to me the following certificate ot an E-tray Yoke of Oxen. One a. red and white color, and anothera white and hrindlecolor, marked with u smooth crop and underbil in both ears. About 4 years old. Appraised by A. S.-Boydin and Joseph 1 juw.son iliggers, freeholders of said county and de-iic.t, to be worth four hundred dollars. A true extract from the astray hook, this the lMt.li. of December 1863 A. i'.JON MS, Jan-1 —wbtid Clerk i.C. aMLoaLlogil o«tx°ca.. E. A. I FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe -1 male Infirmary, ' tenders his services to the Cit -lzens of Columbus'iu all the branchedot his profes sion. Special attention will bo devoted.tothe treatment of the disease:; ot wouiein. Surgical operations performed for Stone in the Bladder,Fistula in Ano, Visnco- Vayinalfistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, llaniorrhoids or Biles, Callous linpasi i-iiblo strictures, False- Barrages, T .diaper. or Club Hoot, and contraction of the lingers, Sfrubirmus or Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or diluted veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; afoo foi the i i.-niov - at of all tumors or abnormal growth- Horn any part of the body. Diseases of tie; (fenito-Urinary System, comprsmg the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures, Gravel, Speriuntorilita. Syphilis, in it primal> secondary.t< ru,u> and heriditary forms,will receive parln ular attention. ... .. ~ Iten. . nee;, given whenever desired as well as the recommendatton oi many yearspractir e in NcwOi leans; Consultation hours every day at his otuco in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock u,ii v « and trom 2 tr* 1 o clock i>» iu, il Ido well to call precisely at those hour.-, as botore and after that time will he devoted to vi. itin?, perrons in the city. Address all commuicationsth A R()ggy . Columbus. Ga, M. B.—Patrons from a distance will be visited and treated at home it desired. I shall be thankful to my protfessional brethren for any lavov they may do mo by sending me persons requirig hurgieal attention. twill also bestow particular attention lo the treatment oi the different forms ot Djeerv, iiheu lutitism, Gout. Scrofulou- affections, Syphilitic erup tions, and all oilier chronic diseases or the stun. Medicated Fumigations. and _ Steam Sult>hutou.s Baths, as employed in the tiospilois in Europe aiu.l America, will form a. pan of my treatment. . leb 11 .'tin E. A. K. . Pleasant Hour. TIIIS old and well known S ALOON’ we have re -1 titled and opened for business. Wo have three Bowling Alleys and necessary fixtures, and snail by conducting our business in an orderly manner, hope to merit a liberal share of patronage.. OG LETREE & BAKUINGER. fob 16 ts FRANK ALEBSWI. THIS bc.mt.iful and Thorough It red FT ALL ION I will make the ensuing Spring Season at the CHATTAHOOCHEE COURSE, his. old stand, near Columbus, Gii., commencing the loth ins.t,, and end ing on the fott of June next. 1 will notatiempt here a long pedigree or descvip- Bn,,i ;,t BK AN K, as his form, blood, beauty, pertor nianecs and tame, are too well known to make it "'ivruis-'.-TOO for the Season in advance. Should a m.u c not prove in foal, she will be entitled to las his services another Season tree ot chtirge. fob 19 1 m P. AV. PRIOR. |«iO lib. TOw© lass. \ T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A For ale by J. S. PEAI i’.ERTGN. i' e b lats Dvue-gist under Cook s Hotel. 0341 gross W:i sited. \i’ E wish to purchase a largo quantity of SCRAP V\ IRON, ''oth esuT ami wrought, for which cash will he paid. HARRISON, BKI>ELE Ji Cos. .ian 27 ts Fine Smoking and Chewing Tobaceos t T WHO EE.-. ALE AND RETAIL. A For,ale by J. S. PEMBERTON, fob 13 ts Druggist under Cook':; Hotel. GOODRICH fe c (Formerly ot' New Orleans,'i 74 BHOAB foliimhhk, u WHOLESALE AM! RETAIL Blaplc cl- 6 I^aidey DRY-GOODS. t 11E constantly receiving fresh importations, di- red from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY GOODS. which they olfer cheap for cash, fob 5 3m TIIF. highest price willin' paid or Plow ••'tod yiven lin exchange for nor Skin-', A !aigu number wanted. Enquire at fob 22 4w L. 11 AIM AN A BRO. Albany, Eui.ruhi, Cuth’oert, BaiuhrleUre and ypvkeb paper'copy 4w and rend hilß 4% il i*e lionet* \ «,i it- c. ON ;ind after the first day of March next, tin charge for storage on Cotfon in our W .u houses will be ONE f'»GLI. Mi per bale per month. KING A ALLEN, WARNOOK A CO., Hi GHES A HODGES, ,T. R. IVEY A CO., GREENWOOD & GRAY, POWELL. FRAZER x CO. C Juinbus, Ga., March 21, left !tn 4'. Marshal ILL he Sold on the til : Tuesday iu April next, y between ibe usual hours ...f ate, before iLo Court House in Muscogee c. unty, a tine four wheel carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six li fas vs Beall At Murphy, one li fa vr A. A. Beall undone ti la vs R. A. Murphy, garnishees in favor id’the Con tederutc States ot America for interest due on debt to allien enemic: to the >eth Aiu u-.t, F.‘. • PHILIP A. CLAYTON, „ , / , r , , C. S. Marshal. Columbus. March Ist td Vol. XL J. W. WARREN & €O. Proprietors. Change ol* .Schedule. MUSCOGEE RAH, ROAD, f Sl'PKßlntkxdf.nt "a Office, > Columbus, Dec. 3d. 1863.) ON and after Dec. 6th the Mail Train on this lload 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. Office Fnoinker and Superintendent, | Chari.lston and Savannah Railroad, r Charleston, Feb. 18, 1861.) tv's and after SUNDAY, Feb. 2lst, Passenger * Trains will Leave Charleston 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, Eufaula, Ac., pass through Sav annah without detention. -H. S. HAINES, feb 241 w eoa3w Eng’r and Supt. Notice to Travellers and Shippers! Office Muscosef. Railroad Company, I Columbus, Ga.. Feb. 22,1864. J On and after thl ■■ date per.->on3 purchasing tickets and receiving and shipping freights over this road, will be required to furnish the exact change. W. L. CLARK, feb 24 1m Superintendent. OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, l 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 the 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 wit h limited facilities for trans portation, necessarily cause delay in the forwarding of packages for merchants and others. S. H. IIILL, feb 13 1 in Agent, OFFICE SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY, { Augusta, Ua., Feb. loth, 1864, > Legal notice its hereby given to all concerned, that persons who ship packages containing spirits, wines and cordials, without .informing our Agents of the fact will not%e eiiLiiled to, nor will they receive, the benefit of valuation. Spirits, wines or cordials, will not be forwarded by this Company except under special contract JAMES SHORTER, Supt. feb 18 1m Acting President. Express* Mot ice. All freight lor shipment by the Southern Express mu. j be pre-paid from this date, texeept jk»- ihe Ouv ern-.nent. , B. H. HILL, fob 15 1 m “Agent. NOTIC/lL QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE f Columbus, January 27, 1563. j On the tii"t. of each month, Major J no, E. Dfrvis, Port Quartermaster, will mako payment to all em ployees of this department, .Also to owners ol 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. 11. D. Cothran. All purchases el'supplies and payments therefor will be made by myself. F. W r . DILLARD. Major and Quartermaster. jan 29 till apl 1 OFFICE MOBILE & GIRARD R. K. I Giuaro. Febi uary 2U. 1861. J On and after this date all.parties receiving or ship ping freights over this Road, will be reqniredlto fur nish the exact change for freight. W. H. WILMIAMS, fob 20 ts Agent 13. HEADQU ARTERS POET, l CoU -'.iki Ga., Jan. 2V, 1861. J GENERAL ORDERS, No. 6, I. All officers or cotdievs remaining in Columbus over 12 hour:: will require a pars 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 he re quired to procure a pass from theiCoiniuandaiit of the Fust. No other document than the pass spec ified will be regarded by the officer charged with the examination of passes. 111. Ofticeir, and soldiers ah-cut from tlicir o.uii tuands. or citiy.ens claiming exemption by virtue of contracts or otherwise, will rave themselves annoy ance by immediately procuring the required pass. By order of Col. ROBEIITFON. CHAS. WOOD, A. A. G. jan 29 ts PliA rVTATIOM \\A MTI3U. TO PURCHASE OB RENT I ONE that will accommodate sixty hands. Inquire at ’iil IS u! FACE, fob 26 ts ffOTlt'.f:. QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE, ) Columbus, GaMorehlO, i;>oi. T WILL PAY A HIGH PRICE FOR Scrap Copper, delivered to any Quartennrstor in this State, for shipment tome. Port (Quartermasters are requested to buy ail that is edi'ered, a# I want it for Shoe Rivets. , F. W. DILLARD, mar 111 opi 1 Major &Q. M. To Those Interested. Notice is hereby piven to all parties having fund: In our hands, that t he same must be withdrawn prior to the Ist of April next, or under the .law we shall be comp-died to return it, which will subject them to at■: : thirtij-rh- , - ami a third percent, on the amount. ELLIS, LIVINGSTON WCO. Columbus. Ga... March lab ti Kosice. The undersigned respectfully give notice to all part its it:.', ing claim? upon them for Bepositcs, Bank Baiau. t , Collections, Certificates of Deposit, Checks, ,vc., to come forward and. receive payment for them on or before the Ibth day ol .March, Pot: failing to and. the amounts due them, respectively, will be funded in Four Par Cent. Confederate Bonds, accord jug t" the recent act of Cong to -s, for their a, .am utile: specially directed t>* the contrary. V, e will continue to receive and pay out Coafede ,atc Treasury Notes of all iß'nomina lions until the : ;h of March next, alter that day only those rd the denomination nf live d-.divt and under, will be re ceived and i rid oiit until further notice, and all the new Treasury Note intended to replace the present i. sue wili be received in payment and on deposit and paid out. J- dl. MATT, A+.ent B’k State Ga. H. If*EPPING, Agent Union Bank. March 7, Ic 4~t. mar 25. Columbus, Ga., Monday Morning, March 14,1864. City Military Dilatory 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 I G W. T. McKkndrlk, Chief Clerk. ENROLLING OFFICE. Capt. W. S. Wallace —rear of Jones’ Building. OR DNA NCE DEPA R TMFNT, Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts. Maj. F. C. lie.', l Dureys, Com’g. Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer. Lieut. J. M. Mulder, Military Store Keeper Q l I RIER MA STER REP'T. At No. 15 Broad Broad St. Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g. Maj. Jem* E. Da vis, Post Q. M. Capt. 11. D. Cothran, A. Q. M. COMMISSARY REP' T. At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S. ENGINEER'S REP'T Capt. Tho-. Moreno. Lieut. Win. llansell. MEDICAL REFT. G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon. (Office at Wayside Home.) J S V. hite, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge. J i’ Moore, ‘‘ <% Surgeon. L D Carson, “ “ Asa’t Surgeon. R Fowler, “ “ “ “ AY \V Dickie, “ “ “ “ NAVAL DEFT. Office near the Old Bridge. •J. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer. PR O I r O S T MA R SIIA L. Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of Columbus. Exaaas Isis sag Moarrf, J S AY hite, Senior Surgeon. The Board meets at the General Hospital on Tuesdays and Fridays, Will. IM. 11, PHELPS. I AAA CONFEDERATE GTTPS, lUUU *• PITCHERS, “ BOVv LS, " SOAP, C OPERAS, Dried Fruit, Sugar for Wool, Meal and Flour Sieves, Confederate Sewing Thread, Cotton Yarns to Exchange for Country Pro duce. By WM. H. H. PHELPS, mar 2 d2tw It Notice to Stockholders in the Bank of PolmHbHK. Colttmmts, Ga., Feh.4tli. 1864. On the first MONDAY in April next, an election will be held ut i lie Banking House for nine Direc tors of said Bank, for the ensuing year. DANIEL GRIFFIN, foh tde President. Special Notice to Stockholders* Muscogee Railroad'Company. \ * 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 amount- 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 saute may be due. By oi der of Board of Director?. J, M. BIVINS., mar 1 till 26tli Sec. and Trees. BANK OF COLUMBUS, I. Columbus, Ga,, Fob. 25, 1864. > Notice is hereby given that all depositors in this Bank aro required to withdra w their deposits by the twenty-fifth day ot 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, l!oi i ificates of Deposit, Checks, Dividends or other due accounts are required to settle them by tho 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 Rthinst., for their accounts, link- '• especially directed to the con trary. D. ADAMS, fob 25 till Ist April. • Cashier. Sun and Enquirer copy. wa mri?: bd « 1,000 IWtSs Lightwood! Ofkki: C. S. Naval Iron Works, Columbus, Go., March 5, ’64. I wish to purchase One Thousand Curds of Light wood to be delivered at these Works, or any ronve nient Depot on either of the Railroads leading to this city. A reasonable price will be paid for large or small quantities Jeliv ore., a.? above. J, IL WARNER. mar 7-1 w Ch i Eng. C. b. A. IVotire. ILL kinds of DYEING done at my residence, t\ opposite Haiman’s Pistol Manufactory. Pro visions us anv kind taken in payment. HENRY VOIGTIT, mar 8 lm Dyer. fonfedcrate Siitivs Dpposilory. CoLUJii'.rs, March It, 1864. Holders of Treasury Notes vexcapt those bearing interest! can nmv obtain Certificates which will en title them to four per cenr. Bonds, which privilege will continue until first day of -4pi ii,for notes ot all denominations, after that date, all nijjc above tho denomination of Five dollars can only be funded a rixty-six and two-third cents to the dollar, except l ino Hundred Dollar Notes which are no longer re ceived after that date fur public dues and can only e funded at a further reduction off.cn percent per msnth. The Certificates i vned, as well a? the Bonds or which they will be exchanged, arc* receivable in payment of taxes for the year 1564, 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 being excluded by the pvesure.tlint will lake place towards the end of the month. W. il. \OI. : NG, mar 3 till Ist April Depositary. Enquirer and Fun copy til! Ist April and send bill to me. Plauiation and Shovel H oik Y H .1A T F. mt r onsignment JO.ii-i lbs. «.f Plantation H. Iron, iiid v.ili receive i»c.\t week some Shovel Iron, which 1 nill exenauge for Bacon or sell for Confederate money. V,. P. TURNER, mar 3 lm Wanted to HI see, 4 GOOD FIELD HAND. Man or woman. Good wage will be paid monthly if desired. Apply i at this office. Feb. 29 Saturday Evening*. Religious Notice.!— Rev. C. K. Marshall will preach at St. Paul s Church to-morrow (Sunday) morning at 10) 8 o'clock. ♦. -» SSIE&SAPEIO. Reports of the Press Association. Entered according to act of Congress in tho year 1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk's office ol’ the District Court of tho Confederate Suites for the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, March 12. —The Herald contains the first accounts ofthe failure of the raid on Richmond, It says the news is neither definite or satisfactory. The draft that was ordered on the 10th has been postponed. The news from Sherman is conflicting. The latest dispatch rays Sherman 111 returned from hioexten sive reconnaissance; tie never intended to go near Selma. Latest gohl quotations 161 ‘ j. MESSAGE, OF HIS EXCELLENCY JOSEPH E. BROWN, i'O TUB EXTRA SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE, CONVENED MARCH lOTIf, 18(34. EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, I Milledgeyille, Ga.,.March 10th, 1861. j To the Senate and Reuse of Representatives: The patriotic zeal exhibited by you at your late session, for the promotion of the interest and protection of the liberties of the country, and the personal kindness and official courtesy which I received at your hands, and for which T renew my thanks, have satisfied me that laying aside ail past party name, issues and strifes, your object, as legislators, is to discharge faithfully your official duties, and to sacrifice all pri vate interests and personal preferences, to the public good. In view of these consul • erations, 1 feel that i can rely upon your counsels as a towel* of strength in time of darkness and gloom. .1 have therelore convened you thad* I may have the benefit of your advice and assistance, at this .crit ical juncture in our State and Confederate affairs. TRANSPORTATION OF CORN TO INDIGENT l SOLDIERS FAMILIES. Since your adjournment experience has shown that it is not possible, without assis tance from the State, which will require further legislation, lor the agents of the counties where there is great scarcity of provisions, to secure transportation for tue corn purchased in iSoutii Western and Middle Georgia, to the places where it b> needed. To meet this difficulty, L respect fully recommend the passage of a law, au thorizing the Quartermaster General ol this State, or such other officer as tiro Governor may from t une to time designate under the order andi 4 the Governor, to take possession of and -control any ot the rail roads in the Stare, witji their roiling stock or any other available conveyance, and require that corn or other provisions, for the needy or for the county agents lor soldiers families, be transported iu pretev en oe to all other articles or tilings; except the troops, and the supplies necessary for the support of the armies ot the Oonied erato States, and that this act provide for the payment of just compensation, for the use of such raeumi of transportation, while in possession oi’ the authorized officers ol this State—the compensation to he paid out of the money already appropriated as a relief fund, by the agents or persons at whose request the transportation may be furnished. Experience has also proved that tho counties of North Eastern G eorgia most remote from the Railroad cannot obtain sufficient means of transportation to carry the corn from the Railroad to the place of consumption. The scarcity oi teams is owing to the tact that their horses Have been taken for the cavalry service, and their oxen have been impressed for beef for the army. Finding that there was likely to he in that section tor bivad for soldiers’ families, I ordered the energetic Quartermaster of the State, to purchase teams and wagons by drafts upon the military fund, and aid those most destitute, and mojst remote from the Rail road in the transportation ot the corn. Li this action is approved by the Legislature as I trust it will be, the teams now about ready for use can be employed in this ser vice for a portion of the year. It nor ap proved the} will at any time command mere in the market than they cost the State, if not needed for military uses. RELIEF FUND FOR SOLDIERS’ FAMILIES. I am Ratified that the indigent familie of soldiers, in many of the counties of this State,are not receiving the benefit they are ontiileo ,on account of the neg lect or mismanagement of the Interior Com; a. Six mi lions of dollars have been appropriated foi this purpose, for the present year, which if properly appled, is sufficient to pretent any actual suffering Complaints come up constantly that ade quate provision |n not made fur the needy. In many cases, I have no doubt, the.-e complaints are well founded. As evidence of the neglect of part of the Courts, it may be proper to stall*, that great as the des titution is amoug those entitled to the fund the amount due for the last quarter of last year, hasj not in some cases been applied for. bV.un* courts have not yet -eat in their reports of the number entit led for the present year, so as to enable me to have the calculation made; and th<* amount due each. «*ounty aseertained;whik* .many of the counties have made no appil i-atou for any part of the fund appropration tur this year. \Y Idle the Governor ha power, to re quire the courts to make report: of the dis position made of the fund, iti cases where 1 lie suspects it (31 being; improperly applied, j and to withhold payments to the courts in snch cases, he lias no power to compel the courts to do their duty, nor can he take I $3 Per Month. . J. W. WARREN, Editor. the fund from them and appoint any other person or agent to distribute it among those for whom it is intended. If the j courts fail to act, the law makes no other provision for the distribution of the fund. Unless some better plan is adopted, l am satisfied the objects of the Legislature will be very imperfectly carried out, in ; many of the counties; and the.needy will not receive the benefits of the lliTeral pro I vision made for them, by the approbriution. 1 As it may be necessary to provide for the appointment of active reliable agents in the counties, to assist tlie courts, to take charge of tho fund in ease of neglect, or : mismanagement by them; I respectfully J suggest that provision should be made for ; commissioning all such as officers of this: State, so as to protect them against con- j scription. It will be impossible to relieve j the needy, if our most valuable county | agenta uve taken from the discharge of their, important duties by the enrolliug officers of the Confederacy. Provisions should also be made for tho removal from office of all Justice of live j Inferior Courts who negleci or refuse to discharge theii duties promptly and faith fully. COTTON PLANTING Having on former occasions brought the question of fartliei restriction of cotton plant ing to the attention ofthe General Assembly, 1 feel a delicacy in again recurving to that subject. The present prices of provisions, and the great importance of securing a con tinued supply of the necessaries of life, are my excuse for again earnestly recommending, that the law be so changed as to make il high ly penal for any person to plant or cultivate in Cotton, more than one quarter of an acre to the hand, till the end of the war. This additional restraint is not necessary, to control the conduct ofthe more liberal and patriotic portion of our* people; but there are those, who for the purpose of making a little more money,-will plant the last .seed allowed by law, without slopping to enquire, whether they thereby, endanger the liberties ofthe Confederacy. To control the conduct of this class of per sons, and to the extent of our ability to pro vide against the possible contingency of a failure of supplies in future, L feel it to bean imperative duty, again to urge upon your con sideration, the importance of the legislation j above recommended. ILLEGAL DISTILLATION. I beg leave again to (.'all the aftention of the General Assembly, to the illegal distilla tion of grain into spirituous liquors. 80 great are the profits realized by I hose engaged in this business, that the law is evaded in every way that ingenuity can devise ; and i am sat isfied that t lie evil cannot bo effectually sup pressed without farther and more stringent legislation. Home of the Judges have ruled Dial. t,ha act. passed at vonr late .Session, does not give them authority so dmv ,1 rotund the 'attendance of a jury, out ni Hie regular term iime of tho Court, to try tlie question of nuisance; while some public officers have shown no disposition to act, for fear of incur ring lim ill-will of persons of wealth and in fluence, who are engaged in the daily violation of the law. Distillers in some parts of the are paying ten dollars per bushel for Corn to con vert into Whiskey; while soldiers’ rimilit?s and other poor persons are suffering* for bread. i r;>m*\v the expression of my firm convic tion, tlinti.hu evil can only kc -esfieci uaiiy sup . pressed by Hie seizure of the .stills. We now need copper for the use of the State Road, and for military uses, and 1. earnestly request, that an act. be passed, authorizing the Governor to impress all stills in the Stale, which he has reasonable ground to suspect have been used in violation of the law and convert them into such material, for Hie Road, and impieniems of war, as the State may need; and that he be authorized to use all the military force nee as sary to accomplish the object: and that,provi-’ sion be made lor payiitg the owner jue.t com pensation for such stills when seized. I aieo recommend that, provision be made for annul ling the commission of any civil, or military officer of this State, who fails to exercise vigilance, and to discharge his duty faithfully in the execution of the law against .illegal <ti - t illation. IMPRESSMENT OT PROVISIONS. ” Since your last session, experience lias pro ven, that from distrust of the currency or from other cause, many planters have refused to sell corn, or other provisions, not necessary for their own use, to State or county agents, for the market, price when offered, while sol diers’ families have been suffering for provi sions. I recommend the enactment of a law an iliotizing State officers, nudei the direction of the Governor, to make impressments ol provi sions in all such » uses, and providing for the payment of just compensation to the owners of the property impressed. SLAVES ESCAPING TO THE ENEMY. The official reports of Federal officer : are said lo show that the enemy now has 50.0 ml of our slaves employed against n- If these 50.000 able bodied neg&ees, had be. u carried into tiie interior bj' their owivis, when the enemy approached the locality, v, m-i • tm-y were employed and put to wort, clearing land and making provisions, we should to day have been 50,000 stronger arid the enemy that much weaker, making a difference of 100,000 in Hu present relative strength ot the parties to the struggle. When a negro man worth SI,OOO upon Hu* gold basis, escapes to the enemy, that sura of the aggregate wealth of the State, upon which she should receive taxer, i lost — one laborer who should be employed in the production of provision, is also 10-t, whii* one laborer, or one more armed man, is add l to the strength of the enemy. It i therefore unjustifiable and unpatriotic, for the* owner to keep liis negroc within uch distance of the enemy's line a to mate it easy for thnu io, escape. ThG ..Would no. be permitted ; .-.nd !<• prevent it in future. - m h laws should be unacted, as may be neces- in to compel their removal 'in .'uch ca e or to provide for their forfeiture to rh.- Hlate. No man has a richt to u ..* hi <* •.•••eriy a? to weaken our strength. Jimiio h >ui pro vision supply, and add recruits to t*u- army of j the enemy. ■ j DESERTION OF OUR CAUSE EV REMOVALS WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINKS. I am infornjed that a number of person: m the portion .four State*, adjoining to E. . Tc-nius-ee iiave lately removed with their tamilie- within the liiu of the enemy and carried with them their movable property. Tbo.e [.erson.- pave never been be A to the can •- of the South : and they n-w av ..! them selves of the earliest Opportiu.il . 1. 1 unite .. ;rli Hit* enemies of their State. I recommend the enactment of a 1 w, pio viding for the confiscation ol the property or ; all such persons; and that all su< n piopei ty | be sold, and the proceeds ot the call* applied j to the payment of damages done to loyal citi zena of the spm,e section, whose property has I ecu destroyed by raids of the enemy, or by lined bands of* tories. I am also informed, that some disloyal per sons in that section, have deserted from our armies, or avoiding service have left their families behind and gone over to the enemy, and are now under anus against us. iam happy to learn that the number of such per sons is very small. 1 recommend the confis cation of the property of this class of persons also, and in case they have left families be hind. that arc a charge to the country, that no part of the relief fund be allowed them, that they be carried to the enemy's lines, and turn ed over to those in whose cause their hus bands now serve. 1 also recommend the enactment of such laws, as shall forever disfranchise anil iltcitia zenice all such persons of both classes, should they attempt to return to this State. THE CURRENCY. The late action of the Congress ofthe Con federate States upon the subject of the cur rency has rendered further legislation neces sary in this State upon that question. It can not be denied that this act has seriously em barrassed the financial system of this State, and has shaken the confidence of our people in either tho justice of the late Congress, or its competency to manage onr linaucial af fairs. Probably the history ofthepastfurnish es few more striking instances of unsound poli cy combined with bad faith. The Government issues its Treasury notes for SIOO, and binds itself two years after a treaty of peace between the Confederate States and the United States, to pay the hearer that sum; and stipulates upon the face ofthe note, that it is fundable in Confederate States stocks or bonds, and receivable in payment of all public dues ex cept export duties. The Congress while the war is still progressing, passes a statute that this bill shall be funded in about forty days or one third of it shall be repudiated, and that a tax ot tea per cent, a month shall be paid for it after that time by tho holder, and it shall no longer Tie receivable in payment of public ilner-, and if it is not funded by the Ist ot January next, the whole debt is repudiated. Did the holder take the note, with any such expectation? Was this the contract, and is this the way the government is to keep its faith 0 If we got rid ofthe old issues in this way, what guaranty do wo give for better faith, in the redemption of the next issues? Again, many of the notes have the ex press promise on their face, that they shali be funded in eight per cent, bonds. When? Tho plain import is, and so understood by all at the time ot their issue, that it may be done at any time before ihe day fixed on the face of the note for its payment. With what sem blance of good faith then, does the govern ment before that, compel the holder to re ceive a. four per cent, bond, or lose the whole debt? and what better is this than repudia tion? When was it ever before attempted by any government, to compel the funding of almost the entire paper currency of a country, amounting to seven or eight hundred millions of dollars in forty days? This is certainly a new chapter in financiering. The country expected the imposition of a tax, and all patriotic citizens were prepared to pay it-cheerfully at any reasonable sacri fice ; but repudiation and bad faith were not expected, and the authors of it cannot be held guiltless. The expiring Congress took the precaution to discus- this measure 111 secret session ; so that tin* individual act of the representative I could not leach his constituents, and none ! could be. annoyed during its consideration by j I lie murmurs of public disapprobation being echoed hack into the 'Legislative Hall. And to make assurance doubly sure, they fixed the day for the assembling of their successors, at a time too late to remedy the evil, or afford adequate redress tor the wrong. These secret sessions of Congress are becoming a blighting curse to the country. They arc used •a: 1 a convenient mode of covering up from the pop ple, such acts or expressions of their representa tives u's will not. bear investigation in tho light of day. Almost every act of usurpation ol’power, or of had faith, has been conceived, brought forth and nurtured, in secret session. If I mi. take not the British Parliament never discussed a . ingle meas ure in secret wr*-o*u dm nig the wtp>h’ period ot tho Crimean war. But it is necessary to discuss a few important military measures, such as may re late t<> the movement of armies, Ac., in secret ses sion, it does not follow tha t discussions of questions pertaining to the currency, the suspenslon-of the writ of Habeas Corpus, and the like, should all be conducted in secret session. The people should require all such mea-sures to be discussed with open doors, Iho pres.-, should Imre tho liberty of report ing and freely criticising tho acts of ur public servants. In this way tho reflection of the popu lar will back upon the representative, would gen erally cause the defeat of such unsound measures, as those which are now fastened upon the country in defiance of the will ofthe people. But dismissing the past and looking to the fu ture, the inquiry presented for our consideration is, bow shall the State authorities act in the man agement of the finances of the State ? As the Confederate States Treasury notes constitute the j currency ofthe country, the State has been oblig ed to receive and pay them out; and she must j continue to do so, as long as they remain the onlj' circulating medium. The present Legislature has very wisely adopted the policy, in the depreciated condition ofthe currency, of collecting by taxation a sufficient eum in currency, to pay the current ap propriations of the State Government, instead of adding them to the debt of the State to bo paid in future upon the gold basis. If the State issues ter own bonds ajid puts them upon the market, or if f-he issues her own Treasury notes redeemable at a future day in her bonds, she adds the amount so Giucd to her permanent indebtedness; and de feats the- policy of paying as she goes ; as her own bonds or notes, would then be out, and could not be redeemed with the Confederate notes when re ceived into her Treasury. li t..be State receives in payment of taxes the present Confederate Treasury notes,, they will be reduced in amount one-third by act of Congress, -stier Ist April next, and tho State receiving them at par pays ». Confederate tax of 33 1-3 per cent, upon all monies that pass througn her Treasury. This of course cannot be submitted to. The repudiation p.diey of Congress seems there fore to have left usdxit one alternative; and that is j to lectiveand pay out only such issues of Confeder- ate note?, as under the acts of Congress pass at par without the deduction of 331-3 or any other per | cent. But as we are obliged to have funds before the time when the new issues of Confederate notes van go into circulation, the questioif presented is how brill we cuppiy the Treasury in the mean time. Jn toy judgment the proper plan will be to issue Slate Treasury note?, payable on the 25th day of fceceniber next, at the Treasury, and in each of the mure important eir.io of this State, in Confederate Treasury notes, of such > ues as may be made after 1 i April next, to be used as circulating medium. — This enables the State to anticipate the new issues, ami use them in advance of their circulation by Confederate authority, The new Georgia Treasury notes ox this issue, would be just as good as the new i sue of thefiConfcdcrate notes because payable in them, and would be as current in payment of debts. The act should provide that all taxes hereafter due the State for this year, n ,11 be payable in the Con federate Treasury note? of the new Issue, and that they shall be deposited in the Treasury when col lected, to redeem the Strtc notes payable in them, Elie a should also provide that the State notes shall be returned and the Confederate notes received in pb.ee us them within three month- after they are due, or that the .'date will no longer be liable for their payment. This would prevent holders from laying them away, and refusing to bring them in for payment when due, according to th< terms of con tract. Is, the State tax is not due till next fall, there will In an abundant supply of the new Confederate nr.'ie- in circulation l.y that time, to obviate all •liibculty in obtaining them by our people to pay the tax. X recommend Cue pa -a re of a joint resolution, authorizing the Governor to have funded iri the six Per cent bond , provided by the act of Congress, all C jiiiVterate notes which may remain in the Treasu ry, or may be in the hand: of any of the financial sgt ntc of the fit ate aft f r the first day of April next; and to sell and dispose at such bonds at their-mar ket value in currency, which can be made available inpayment to be made by the Treasury; and to .xedit the Ti«-a-urer with any losses that may accrue by reaton of the failure of the bond to bring par in the market, ( TO BE COVTJM EDd f——i nrit a—— ■ ——— *mmmmaammmmm : mmauammmm fit Ellis, Eiviugston A: < «». BACON AND LARD. i \ \ i n.-sday, loth Mai. h, at 11 o’clock, we will \ ' u . in>nt of our store, s.dOO lbs. Choice Caj’tl, 3.000 lbs. Choice fiacoii. mar 11 td $lO Old Type Meial for Sale. We have a few hundred pounds ofOkl Type Metal lor sale. Persons wi- hint' to purchase should make immediate application. Apply to the mnr 3 ts TIMES OFFICE.