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ment is made.
GEORGI A-Marioii County :
f l LK NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad
it imniatratrix upon the estate of David K, Many,
deceased, having applied for letter.; of di. mmission
from said Administration.
These are therefore lo cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to snow cause, it any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix shotoid not be dismissed lYonl said adminis- !
tration. x
Given under my hand and official signature, Oe- j
toiler sth, 1803. MALCOA! HATH, |
dec 12 inbiu Ordinary. |
GEORGIi-Rat iott Count > »
"lIJHEREAS, 11. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
Vr estate of.Joseph N. Stary, late of . aid county,
defeat ed, having applied for letters ol distn-sion
from . aid 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
said letters of dismi:-ion should not be granted to
said applicant on tho lii-t Monday in October next.
Given under my hand and official lgmiture. .lan.
22d, 1304. IMA LCOAI 11 A1K.
jan 25m6m Ordinary.
GEORGIA-DIiU iou County :
RULE NISI. Whereas Carrie .htmes, Adm’x on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., (waving peti
tioned this Court for letter, of dismissiou trom said
Administration.
These are therefore to cite and. admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors <>t 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 satd Administration on the lust Monday in
July, istil. , . . .
Given under my hand and official signature, this
December the Yth, 1803. A1 ALCOA! 11A111,
dec If miiiu Ordinary.
Medical OfewrcaL.
E. A. KOSSY.
IJ'OUMKKLY Surgeon to the New Orleans "l'e
male Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the brunches id' hisprofes
►Special attention will be devoteditothe treatment
of tne diseases <d' womem.
Surgical operations performed tor Atone m
the Gladder,Fistula in Ano, Yisn o -Vaginal fistula,
llydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Callous impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the lingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism, V nrix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also tor the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any i»art
of the body.
Diseases of ths.Genito-Urinary System, enmprsing
tho different stages of Ghonorrhoeu, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in it.; primary
secondary,tertiary and lieriditary forms,will receive
particular attention.
References given whenever desired as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Ur
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic Hall Building, from lo to 12 o’clock
a, in,, and from 2to 4 o’clock p, in. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time will be devoted to visiting persons in
the city.
Address all commuications to
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
N. B.—Patrons from a distance will bo visited
and treated at home if desired. I shall be thankful
to my proffessitmal brethren for any favor they may
do me by sending me persons requirig Surgical
attention.
«*»Iwill also bestow particular attention to
the Treatment ofthe different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup
tions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals in Europe and
America, will form a part ol my treatment,
fell 11 am A - R -
Old fU°oii Waited,
WE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP
IRON, both cast and wrought, tor which cash
will he paid. HARRIfeON, BEDELL A CO.
jan27tf
Fine Smoking and 1 Slewing Tobacco.
\ T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
lY For sale by J. b. PEAIBEREuIn,
feb 13 ts Druggist under Cook s H at el.
, GOODRICH fe CO.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
74 BHOAD ST.,
FOULYIIIHS GA,,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Staple tte 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 5 3m
B2t :«Y4 k r Nfciiix Wsaiftted,
THE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given
in exchange lor Beaver Skins, A large number,
wanted. Enquire at
fcb22 4w L. II AIM AN & BRO.
Albany. Eufaula, Cuthbert, Baiubridge and
BlkAj'ly papers copy 4w and send bills'.
Warehouse rVoii-ee.
ON and after the first day of March next, the
charge for storage on Colton in mu' U arc
houses will be ONE DOLLA R per b tie per month.
KING & ALLEN.
WARN OCR A CO..
HUGHES & lIODGES,
.T. K. IVEY A CO..
GREENWOOD & GRAY,
POWELL, FRAZER A CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, 1864.—1 m
V. N. marshal Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the usual hours ol sale, hetore llte
Court House in Muscogee county, a tine four wheel
carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six ti fas vs
Beall .v Murphy, one ft fa vs A. A. Beall and one ft
fa vs R. A. Murphy, garnishees in favor ofthe Con
federate States of America for interest due on debt
to allien enemies to the 30th August, 1302.
PHILIP A. CLAYTON.
C. 8. Mai U.il.
Columbus. March Ist til
HOTlt'l3.
QUARTERMASTERS ORPU'E \
Coi.umbus, January 17, I'u.i. j
On the fuvt of each month. Major .hw, E. Davis-,
Po.<t Quartermaster, will make payment to .ill em
ployee of this department, .Also to owner ot
slave.-' hired, and for property rented. Parties in
terested will present their hills to Major Davis
monthly.
The employees of the Transportation Department
will be paid by Capt. H. D. Cothran. All purchases
of supplies and payments therefor will be made by
myself. F. W. DILLARD.
Mo;i>>r and Quartermaster.
jan 29 till apl 1
On-ior i i--r 1 xcf Dep.>.c i• r> r. (.
Columbus, obi , March 15. IS»*4. j
All parties holding claims against this department
due, are hereby notified to present then) i ; pay
ment at this office on or before the : :h in. t.
Amounts now due will be paid only in the pr. cut
currency. A. M. ALLEN,
mar lb ts Mai. C. S.
QUARTERM ASTER'S DEP.I R f M EN T. I
Columbus, March 14. 18tU, >
All creditor- of this Department are notified that
their account • and all accruing debt- to the 31st
March, will be paid in the present Confederate
currency.
F. AY. DILLARD,
mar 15 till 31st inst Qu.-n uo master.
\oTici:.
C. S. ARSENAL, )
Columbus. Goor,. ia,
d/arch lb. lSt'tl. I
Creditors of the Ordnance Department tire again
notified to present their bills before the 25th in®t.,to
Lieut, Muldon, 1 Disbursing Officer, as all t-la-iuna up
to the lit of April next if 111 be paid in-the present
currency.
F. C. HUMPHREYS,
mar 17 til 25th mar Major, Ac,
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Vol. XI.
W, WARREN X CO. Proprietors j. IV. WARREN, Editor.
i lianiji* ol* Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, March 20th. the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will run a follows:
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 Iff P. M.
Airive at Macon 2 52 A. M.
Leave Macon 9 35 p. M.
Arrive at Cola ml ms .5 DO A. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 5 30 A. M.
Arrive at Columbia * 4 35 P. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 1.9 ts • Supt. Muscogee R, R.
iii;«ifeg<* of*Schedule.
Ofi h’e Engineer and Superintendent, 1
Chari.kston and Sayaxn R ui.Ko.in, >
Charleston, Feb. IS, 1304.)
ON and after SUNDAY, Feb. 2lst, Passenger
Trains will
Leave Charleston 7 15 A. M.
Arrive at Savannah 1 25 P. M.
Leave Savannah 7 00 A. M.
Arrive at Charleston 4 30 P. M.
Passengers by Ciis refute from Columbus, Mont
gomery, Albany, Eufaula, Ac., pass through Sav
annah without detention.
H. S. HAINES.
feb 241 w eoa3w Eng’r and Supt.
t)haaigi‘ ol* ttefitedufle.
ON and after March 13th, the Passenger Train
on the Montgomery A M est Point Rail Road
will
Leave Montgomery 3 00 A. M.
Leave West Point 7 10 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 5 32 P. M.
Leave Columbus 5 50 A. M.
Arrive at Montgomery 3 00 P. M.
Arrive at West Point 4 30 P. M.
Freight leaves Columbus 8 40 A. M,
Freight arrives at Columbus 8 27 P. M.
D. H. CRAM,
mar 11 til Apl 5 Supt. & Eng’r.
Notice to Travellers ami Shippers!
Office Muscogee Railroad Company, )
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,
fob 24 lin Superintendent.
OFFICE MOBILE & GIRARD R. R. )
Girard. February 20.1864. /
On and after this date all parties receiving or ship
ping freights over this Road, will be rcquired||to fur
nish the exact change for freight.
W. H. WILMIAMS,
feb 20 ts Agent
Notice to Stockholders in the Dank
of Columbus.
Columbus, Ga., Feb. 4th. 1864.
On the first MONDAY in April next, an election
will be held at the Banking House for nine Direc
tors of said Bank, for the ensuing year.
.DANIEL GRIFFIN,
feb tde President.
Special ijotice to Stockholders. .
Muscogee Railroad Company, {
Columbus, Ga., March Ist, 1864. j
All persons to whom Dividends are due are re
quested to call for the same on or before the 2oth
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.
BANK OF COLUMBUS, I
Columbus, Ga,, Feb. 25, 1864./
Notice is hereby given t bat all depositors in this
Bank are required te withdraw their deposits by the
twenty-fifth day of March next, in order that they
may chouse for themselves between funding and
taxation under the new currency net, before the
first day of April following.
And that all persons having claims upon this
Bank fur Deposits, Bank Balances, Collections,
Uei.'ifii ate.-of Deposit, Cheeks, Dividends or'other
due accounts arc required to settle them by the *s»th
March next, olhwise the amounts due them re
spectively, will be funded in tour per cent. Bonds,
according to the act ul Congress of 17th inst., tor
their accounts, unless especially directed to the con
trary. D. ADAMS,
feb2s till Ist April. Cashier.
Buu and Enquirer copy.
No tier.
\ LL kinds of DYEING done at my residence,
J opposite iloilman's Fedot l/anuiaitory, l‘ro
visious of any kind taken in payment.
iIENKI VOIUIiT,
mar 8 lm s Dyer.
Haiifaiion autl Shovel iron.
3 HAVE on consignment AhOuu lbs. of Plantation
» Iron, and will receive next week some ,Shovel
Iron, which I will exchange for Bacon, or sell h>r
Confederate money. W • !’• TURN Ku
mar 31m
I’I.AYI ATIOV WANTED.
TO PURCHASE OR RENT!
i \ N E that will accommodate six tv hamD.
VI Inquire at THIS OFFICE.,
feb 26 ts
iIOTIiE.
QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE. )
Columbus, Ga., March 10, laid. S
1 AY ILL PAY A 111 till PRICE FOR
Scrap Ooppei%
| delivered to any Quartermr-ter in this State, for
i shipment tome
post Quartermasters are requested to buy all that
•i is offered, as I want it for Shoe Rivets.
F. AY. DILLARD,
| mar lit apl 1 Major XQ. M.
To Ttiose Interested.
Notice is hereby given to ail parties having funds
in our hands, that the same must be withdrawn prior
to the Ist of April nest, or under the .law we shall
be compelled to return it, which will subject them
to atfiJ -< i thirtjf-rthrec .nxi o third percent, on the
amount. ELLIS, LIviNGSTON A CO.
Columbus, Ga., March 2d. ts
j The undersigned respectfully notice to all
parties having claims upon them for Deposite®, Rank
balances, Collections, Certificates of Deposit,
; Cheeks, Ac., to come forward and receive payment
j for them on or before the 25th day of March, lsc>4:
failing to do so, the amounts due them, respectively,
will be funded in Four Per Cent. Confederate Bonds,
according to the recent act of Congress, for their
a. ,-ount unless specially directed to the contrary.
We will continue to receive and pay out Coatede
i:ite Treasury Notes of all denominations nntil the
goth of March next,after mar day only those of the
denomination of h\o d.j!-ar® an-i under, will be j e -
. ceived and paid out until farther notice, and all the
t¥.‘W Treasury Notes intended to-roplaoc the present
i® ue will be received in payment and on deposit and
paid out. J. M. AY ATT,
Agent Il k State Ga.
H. H. EPPING,
Agent Union Bank.
Columbus, Ga., March 7.4-t mar 25.
Columbus, Ga., Monday Morning, March 21,1864.
Cthi militant ©imtori).
HEADQT ARTERS POST--119 Broad Street,
Up Stairs.
Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g.
Gapt. Cras. Wood, A. A. G.
Capt. J. S. Smith, A A A I G
W. T. McKem i , K, Chief Clerk.
EXR OL LING 0 FFICE.
Capt. W. S. Wallace — rear of Jones’ Building.
OR DXA NCE D ERA R TMENT.
Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts.
Muj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’jr.
Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer.
Lieut. J. M. Mullen, Military Store Keeper
QL A R TERM A STER DEF T.
At No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g.
Maj. John K. Davis, Post Q. M.
Capt. 11. D. Cothran, A. Q. M.
COMMISSARY DEF T.
At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. All ex, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. Gbaybill, A. C. S.
ENG JXEER' S pEF T
Cant. Thus. Moreno.
Lieut. Win. Hanskll.
MEDICAL DEFT.
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon.
.(Office at Wayside Home.)
J S White, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge.
•I P Moore, “ ‘ 4 Surgeon.
L D Carson, “ Ass’t Surgeon.
R Fowler, “ “ “ «
W r W Dickie, “ “ “ . “
NAVAL DEFT.
Office near the Old Bridge.
J. 11. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
PROVOST MARSHAL.
Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Columbus.
Exaininisig Hoard.
J S White, Senior Surgeon.
The Board meets at the General Hospital on
Tuesdays and Fridays. . ■»
TO PRINTERS!
I am prepared to furnish a superior
article of
noxiijEixis
made of the- BEST COMPOSITION, if
IYIOITMIS a aid STOCKS
are sent me, and ship them neatly and
safely packed. Or I can furnish
OOMFOSITIOM •
in quantities which only requires to Do
MELTED AND POURED
to insure good ROLLERS.
All bills are cash on delivery here, un
less shipped by Express, then C. O. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & GO.
mar 15 Ini *
Ol tie Maimlketor j .
r PIIE UN DERSIGNED isprepared to fill all orders
1 for
O Xj XT 3E2
of a superior quality. All orders must be addressed
to the undersigned .wiflßthe money enclosed, unless
ordered by Express, when orders will be filled and
shipped with V. 0. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO.
mar 15 Ini
Confederate States Repository.
Columbus, March Ist, 1864.
Holders of Treasury Notes (except those bearing
interest.) can now obtain Certificates which will en
title them to four per cent. Bonds, which privilege
will continue until first day of April.for notes of all
denominations, after that date, :iil 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 alter that date for public dues and can only
e funded at a. further reduction of .en percent per
month. The Certificates issued, as well as the Bonds
or which they will be exchanged, are receivable in
payment of taxes for the year 186-t, and are not .- ab
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
oresiue thatavill take place towards the end of the
month. U . H. YOUNG,
mar 3'till Ist April Depositary.
Enquirer aiql Han copy till Ist April and send bill
to me.
JVotiire.
Assistant Quartkrmastek’s Office, I
Columbus, Georgia, >
March 10, 18)11.1
Parties holding Certificates of Purchase or im
pressment, made by ft! a,j. .J. F. Waddell, will pre
sent their claims for payment bv the 25th inst.
11. D. COTHRAN.
mar 10 2w Capt, A A. Q. M.
Sun copy
liUis<B tor S:\kv.
t TRACT of EIGHT 111 XDR ED acres land, ly
ft ing near Sprine Hill, in Barhonr county. Ala
bama. Between 250 und 200 acres cleared, all fresh,
having been in odlthaiinn only t'a>> <o' three years.
This section ofcountry isamongihe best cotton pro
ducing land :in Alabama or Georgia. Parties wish
ing to invest in such property may call on me be
tween this and the 20th inst.. alter that it will be
withdrawn from market. Apply to
AY in. C. GRAY,
at Greenwood A Grny v Office,
mar 10 til -20th mar
TO LOIJISIA MIAI¥S!
Tj Y order of the War Department, I leave to-day
D for Eastern LowiXana, to operate in that di:triet.
My regiment (Ist Louisiana os. ralrjy frill rendezvous
at Selma, Alabama. In addition,' a splendid battery
of Sawyer gun®, presented by our commander, Lieut
Gen. Polk, will accompany the expedition, under
the command of Captain N. T. X. Robinson, of New
Orleans, an experienced and kilful officer who
formerly hadebar.-e of mj old battery of Horse Ar
tillery. . , _ *
A greater inducement cannot be offered the ex
iled sons of Louisiana to rally around our country's
colors and avenge their manifold wrong? and ippres
sious upon the soil of their own State. Horses and
equipments will be furnished all recruits who re
port to me at Selma. „ ....
Let there be no delay. Triple-armed with justice,
revenge and courage, let us strike till not a foe be
left in Louisiana to tell the story of their ignominy.
JOHN S. SCOTT,
Colonel Ist Reg’t La., Cavalry.
Dalton, Ga.. March 17 3t
For Sale.
; r BALES COTTON, 1,000 bushes Corn. 20 bales
.1 each Fodder and Shucks, 3,000 pounds Rice and
i 200’bushels Miller Seed. Apply at
j mar lb ts . THIS OFFICE.
Found.
; \ FINE GOLD WATCH, which the owner can
i t have by proving property and paying for this
j advert! tuuijit. W. l< •H X S<-X.
mar If, :u Mobile -A Girard K. R.
Fkusai lHinvAii
OF
LANDRETH’S GARDEN SEED!
\T BOND A HOWELL’S t ,
Barnett, Chapman & Co’s Old Stand.
mar 10 lw
§atiiiMlav Evening
For 4'liaitaiiooclice.
The steamer Indian, Captain Fry, will leave for
he above and intermediate landings on Tuesday
at 9 o'clock.
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[Special Correspondence ofthe Times.J
Georgia Legislature—Cailed Session.
Milledgkville. Maxell 18, p. m.. 1864.
In the afternoon to-day, the bill to change
the line between the counties of Butts and
Monroe, was lost.
A bill to indemnify Executors, Administra
tors, Guardians and Trustees, against loss on
account ofthe depreciation ofthe currency:
which was passed. It provides that they
shall not he held accountable for the depve- j
eiation of funds paid them.
A Gill to pay certain claims for the treat
ment of small pox cases, was lost.
In the Senate, this afternoon, the House res
olution relative to the battle flags, presented
by the brigade of Gen. Goode Bryan, were
concurred in.
The Judiciary Committee returned the res
olutions relative to the habeas corpus act,
without making any recommendation.
The amendment of the Senate to the House
bill providing that Administrators, &e., fund
iu Confederate bonds, which the House refus
ed to agree to, was taken up, and the Senate
receded from its amendments.
The House then adjourned until 9 o’clock
to-morrow.
Milled|;eyille, March 18th. a. m.
The House opened with prayer by the Rev.
Mr. Flynn.
Mr. Stephens, I Chairman of the Committee*
on the state of tljie Republic, reported the res
olutions relative to the ground on which
peace should be asked, with a recommenda
tion that they should be adopted.
Mr. Sawser offered the following amend
ment :
Resolved, Bth, That while the foregoing is
an expression of the sentiments of this General
Assembly respecting the manner in which
peace should be sought, we renew our pledges
of the resources and power of this State, to
the prosecution of the war, defensive on our
part, until peace is obtained, upon just and
honorable terms, and until the independence
and nationality Os the Confederate States is
established upon! a permanent and enduring
basis. This amendment was agreed to.
Mr. Adams moved to strike out a part of
the 6th section, which was lost.
.Mr. Warren iuO'Vtft* a fiirrt,;r n f
the same section, which was lost.
Mr. Lennard of Taibot, offered a substitute
reviewing the repeated offers of peace which
have been made by the Confederate authorities
and declaring our willingness to receive over
tures of peace, which was not agreed to.
The resolutions were then adopted.
. The resolution on the suspension of the writ
of habeas corpus , were taken up.
Mr. Adams moved that they be laid on the
table for the present, which motion was not
debatable, and was lost—ayes 49, nays 88.
The resolutions were take n up hy sections.
The first .Section was received without
amendment. On motion of Mr. Stephens, tiie
words “utterly void” were stricken out, and
the words “in the jiidgmant of this general
assembly,” inserted. The section Was then
received.
A similar amendment was made to the phra
seology of the 3d section.
The next section was so amended as to leave
the validity of the a:T of Congress to th e
courts.
Mr. Moore, of Thomas, then offered a substi
tute, declaring that the General Assembly
have full confidence In the patriotism and in
tegrity of the President and Congress, and
that we believe the suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus would not have been asked but
for the good of the country, and will not be
used to Ihe oppression of good citizens, and
that tin' General Assembly will take no action
upon the ; iibjet#, leaving the act to the judi
cial tribunals of the country.
Mr. Warren, spoilte in defense of the action
f Congress. Tin* old Continental Congress
had conferred unlimited power on Gen. Wash
ington, and in time of war, such power was
necessary, and we. ought, to trust the authori
ties and sustain the action of Congress.
Mr. Stephens made au elaborate argument
in support of bis resolutions as amended. In
reply to Air. Warren, he referred to the fact
that Washington had the wisdom to decline to
accept, the powers that hail been conferred on
him as a period of panic and alarm
lie analyzed the bill suspending the writ, and
maintained that inasmuch as it dispenses with the
judicial authority ijnder which warrants are issued,
I and gives power to petty officials to deprive men
!of liber Tv. it is 'unconstitutional. ft was not a
| questiCi. ..f confidence in the President or other
[ high officers. Ho Would hold them to the strict
| letter of constitutional authority, but the danger
1 is in the ibuse of the power by their subordinate:.
|No other uspeasion of the .act was like thi fbey
did not confer judicial authority on the President,
and Congress could not do it. and therefore the
| bill is really a nullity. He would put no weights
in the way of the Government —had borne arms
in defence of the country —had endured hardships
and devoted of hi? ineans, and was ready to endure
; on, and on, until the la t man and the last doih.r
,i? devoted to the cause, it is a straggle t\ r con
stitutional liberty, and if we want to en. ••urage ;
1 aiuiv and people, show them that you are watch- 1
ful and true to the principles of constitutional lib
erty. It is a revolution that rests in the heart?
and affections of the people, and the way to keep
the people true and devoted i? not to shut the eyes
blindly to the exercise of power, but to guard well
the sacred precinct of constitutional ami in.(’vid
ua! libcfty. Mr. Stephen-- appeared profoundly .
impressed with the importance of liie theme, and
spoke with great earnestness and power. , i
At the elo«e of his speech, Col. Wright of Cow- j
eta secured the floor, and the House adjourned to I
3 o'clock, P. M.
In the Senate, Mr. Battle introduced a resolution
$3.50 Per Mouth.
requesting the Governor to inform the Senate if
he has certified to the War Department what State
officers are necessary to he exempt from military
duty.
The House bill iu reference to taxation was
passed.
A bill incorporating the. Merchant’s Insuv..nee
Company, of Columbus’, was parsed.
A bill providing for raising the revenue, and
making certain appropriations Passed.
A bill for tbo relief of Wilcox county. Passed
A bill requiring the Reporter ol the Supreme
Court to publish pamphlet reports of the decisions,
was amended by Co], Gauldcn so as to require him
to furnish six copies to the Clerks of the Superior
Court of each county, to he paid for out of the
Contingent Fund. Passed.
A bill extending the time in which county offi
cers shall file their bonus \v is amended, ei'. ing
Receivers until April Ist, and Collector and tubers
until June Ist. Passed.
Senate adjourned to '6 o’clock.
Abstract of the Speech of lion.
A. 11. Stephens,
Delivered In the Hall. of (In lietc ofßepre
sentatives, at MiUedgevilje, (Ja., on Wednes
day evrui/ii/, March 1 6th, 18fl4
[Reported for the Columbus Times J
Mr. Stephens began his speech at the hour
of p. m. and closed at 10.20. The Hall
was crowded with members of the Legislature
and citizens generally, there being among the
latter many ladies. All seemed anxious to
get another sight of one whom the people of
Georgia hud often honored, and to whom they
had often looked for counsel in times of peril.
He had entered at an early hour, in company
with his Excellency, the Governor ut Georgia,
and had not been observed until he ascended
the Speakers stand. Then there was a burst
• of hearty applause that seemed to come from
all present, testifying how truly and with
what regard he was called upon to speak.
He began by saying that his object was to
speak on the state of public affairs af this
present crisis. The time had passed when the
measures which brought on the war should
be discussed; the great question to be deter
mined by legislators was the proper husband
ing and management of all the resources of
the country. The country was environed by
dangers and perils within and without ; but
though the times were 'perilous, he did not
regard the cause as hopeless. If true to our
selves and to our cause, we must ultimately
succeed.
The enemy had not as yet inflicted any vital
blow on our interests, though they gained
some important advantages,— the chief of
which was their success from their gunboat
xv.. «.*«■. «.«♦. *iiwr attacks suecesstnlly
from this source any more than a lioti coma
successfully attack a shark. If asked wherb
er we should ultimately triumph, his reply
would be yes, a thousand times yes, if we
properly managed the resources of the coun
try.
On the currency question he dicl not intend
to speak further than to say that he regarded it
as an unwise measure; though it might have
been the best that could have been adopted
with the conflicting opinions on the subject.
On the Military Act—the second Conscrip
tion Act as he termed it—lie was more severe.
He thought it put two large a portion of the
fighting men in the field. Only one third of
the fighting men of a country, it had been
demonstrated by history, could be safely put
in the field. Whenever this proportion was
exceeded, there was danger to the country in
long wars, from the' want of means of subsist
ence of the army. Me feared that sufficient
I regard had not been paid to the fact when the
bill was under consideration. As to the ques
tion nsssumed in the Act that ali the mechan
ical, manufacturing and agricultural labor of
the country could be put under the control of
the President, that was a question left for the
I courts to determine and he would be satisfied
j with their decision.
I The next important question that would be
! submttted to the Legislature, was the Act
| suspending the writ of habeas co/-uh. He con
; tended that whiie Congress had the power to
; suspend '.hat writ by an implied grant in the
j Constitution, it did not have the power to do
that which the Act did, which was to author
ize the arrest of persons' withonl a charge be
ing made against them on oath or affirmation,
on probable cause, of some person That
; right, Congress had not the power to take
1 away, for it was expressly granted in the
| Constitution. The Act contained thirteen
I specifications, in any one ci which the writ j
| might be suspended. There was no need ol !
j the Act so iar as concerned persons guilty of
j being a spy, or of treason, or of cuffing tele
i graph wires. The entire spirit of unity of the
' people in the prosecution of this war. forbid
; tiie enter! lining of any such opinion. It could
have reference to but. one class, which h; - iyled
i persons seeking to avoid military service.
The great liability to abuse of this power o far
1 as that class of persons is concerned wna dwelt
upon with great earnestness and force. Instances
i were advanced in which the power would be likely
;to be abused. One was the case of a man who wo?
I put into military service in the field whom the
| family' record or.d other evidence showed to be j
| above forty-five-year.- of age, beeau c e under a re
i
j cent order the person's age had b. be computed ac- |
cording to the last comms, and the per -n lAtm J
to hud had hi*age wrongfully given in. Another
instance wa. adduced of a person seeking to get
his son into the army as a volunteer, as under the
Act he h.d aright to do, and having that son sud
denly arrested and put into prison as “seeking to
avoid military ervice.”
Mr. r tie.ught it the duty of the Legislature to
give public expire: 'ion to their opinion as the mo. t
likely t.. effect the repeal of the act 1-y tlie next
Congress. Me favored the freeexpr* • •'lon of opin
ion, and ftotipit if much a dim r>- disapprove
a measure that is wrung, as to approve id one that .
is right.
He considered the great question involved in th e j
war to be the independence and constitutional lib
erty. Without one Tie did not want the other.—
He would not de.stre to survive the defeat of
either.
He closed with a severe appeal to the Legis
lature to give an expression of tlioir opinion on
the vital question of the suspension of the writ of
halten* eorpu*. that thereby the repeal of the meas
ure might be pceured, and if exercised that all
should be innocent of the harm which it might
produce.
As to oar. prospects for success Mr. S. considered
them certain if we were true to ourselves He did
not think the enemy had gained any vital sucoew
though they had obtained some success. He feared
we had not seen the worst yet ami called upon *l,
to prepare. He reminded the audienee of the rev
olutionary struggle of 1776. and did not think our
people had endured the hardships of our forefath
ers in the war when independence was achieved.
During the delivery of the speeeh there was the
profoundest attention. At times the stillness be
curne unusual and remarkable. Ail felt that a
giant intellect was_dealing on questions of the vast
est importance to u? a people, and that upon
their proper decision rested the weal or woe of
our country.
Leu ho took his seat the audience broke out
into cheer* find applau c. All seemed to feel that
they had obtained light upon the important ques
tions discussed ; which would enable legislators,
ut least, to renew their labors on the coming day
v.ith a better chance of duiugnvhat was right and
proper to be done.
In Ohio filling up the quota required by
Lincoln, by volunteering, ha3 been abandoned
as a job—the accomplishment of which is
hopeless.
-“A ►
Barbarous, —One feature of Sherman’s raid
in Mississippi has not yet, we believe, been
mentioned—the cruelty practiced by the troops
toward negro women and children. A gentle
man who traveled in the track of the army
trom Jackson to Meridian informs us that
numbers ot these followed utter the negro
men who were enticed or stolen away, and
continued with the army so long as thev were
able to travel on toot. In no case were they
permitted to ride. \\ hen the army was camp
ed at night, the most beastly conduct between
the privates and the women occurred, and at
every encampment numbers of the poor
wretches, with their littlo children, were left
to shift tor themselves, starved aud worn out,
and some of them three or four days’ travel
tiom tiieir old homes. At one place, our in
tormant saw the dead bodies of two small
children, who, happening to be in the way of
some soldiers, were bayoneted and pitched off
a bridge. The acts ot cruelty and debauchery
wc le numerous, and continued throughout
the whole inarch. —Memphis Appeal.
. ♦
Latest from Florida. —We have but little
news of interest from Florida by the Gulf
train last evening. It is reported that the ene
my have landed only three regiments at Palat
ka, that they were fortifying the place, and
had thrown out their pickets a few miles.
The Fourth Georgia Cavalry* were at Waldo,
and the l itth Georgia Cavalry' at Cainp Fiae
gau. Seven deserters from the Yankee troops
at Jacksonville, reached our lines on Monday
night, and were taken to Baldwin. They were
trom New York and Connecticut regiments,
and expressed themselves disgusted with the
war.
They say that the Yankees expected to be
forced to another battle before a month, and
that they were determined to take no part in
it, and therefore deserted. They report that
the term ol service of a large number of their
troops will expire during the ensuing three
months, and that, no re-enlistments will take
place.— Savannah Mews. \lth.
“Isaac,” said Mrs. Partington to her neph
ew, “when you enter the state of alimony,
choose a voracious and w'ell informed young
woman. Then, my dear, your love will be in
fernal and your prosperity certain ’ Ikelook
td exceedingly solemn, and proceeded, to put
molasses on the the door-knobs.
Drugged CHumefoßx. — An imprea
u;.m prevails to a gieat extent in sporting
circles, that Heenau was treacherously drug
ged, either by r one of his own friends or one
of his antagonists, just before the recent fight
took place. Such an event is very common
on the turf, and all the circumstances seem to
indicate that something of the sort took place,
Heenan, himself, says he felt in splendid con
dition when he entered the ring, but that in a
lew minutes a giddiness seized him, and he
remenibc-rs nothing that afteiwarda occurred.
He is still In very bad health, and very much
reduced in weight—results, it is said, that
cannot have arisen merely from the ligitinmte
punishment he received iu the ring. I have
not heard that any steps are to be taken to
investigate the subject.— -London Letter.
The Georgia Peace Propositions.—The Brown-
Stcphens peace pit (position, to otter tbe hand of
peace to the \ ankoe every four weeks, is simply
demugogueism of the plainest and largest type, it
is presuming upon the ignorance ot the people—
■assuming that tve are making war upon the Yankee
nation. Pretending that the policy of Confederate
Government is war for thesubjugation of the North.
These ambitious politicians would make the people
believe that there is a party in control Jof the Gov
ernment opposed to peace, and that we had never
officially or otherwise, declared to the North that we
desired peace.
“Let Uj alone,” has been emblazoned on our ban
ners from Sumter to Chickaiuauga.
For the Government to repeat officially these oft
repeated often of peace, would but encourrge the
enemy, to hope for a final submission on our part,
and that we were on the eve of exhaustion. If the
■State of Georgia, with Grant at the gates of her Gate
City—wishes to occupy this humiliating position, she
will be left alone in her glory!
But the real meaning of tiiese resolutions is not
on their face. It is “a weak invention of the ene
my —the enemies of tlio Administration, and as
such should, uml will, we believe be received by tbo
e■. 11 ri t r y. — ,S'< t,m a Di spa tv h.
From the Charleston Courier, 17th,
ol' charleston.
TWO It( XLiftED AND FIFTY-SECOND DAY.
i 1 here was but very little firing Wednesday. Thu
! numbfci of shots fired at Fort Sumter Wednesday
was one hundred and forty-three, directed princi
pally on the East snide of the fort. The firing on
j was Id <>m two ou®hundred pounder Parrotts
! at the ■ .ddle Mattery, one two hundred pounder
and ope thirty pounder Parrott at Battery Gregg.—
: One hundred shots struck the fort. The casualties
were five men slightly arid one negro dangerously
: woundod. The firing ceased at sunset. There was
I no change in the position of the fleet.
Yankee Blasphemy.—A Yankee correspondent
closing an account of the battle of Olustee, Florida,
1 says:
An officer who was in the thickest of the fight from
if? beginning to it? close when asked how he felt,
, replied "1 was mad, mad all over, and I’m afraid I
didf'liiae toil swearing—even with an oath upon ray
; lip J , though I thought of eternity..and the prospect
| before me, mid 1 couldn’t help believing that the
[.end justified the mean- I -ave my oaths for my
j country, and m;> soul to my God.”
La*t Notice.
Mcscc-gke Railroad Company, t
Columbus, March lath, if (A. >
Ail ..bum-of whatevei hind against this Compa
ny inti c be presented by the Ath inst. * If not [pre
sented by that time they will be paid only in t'on
; federal*- Treasury notes of the present issue, at their
1 faro o. in Confederate lMi’.r pex cent Bonds, at the
option of the company.
J. M. BIVINS,
mar 10til 20th Treasurer.
4’ail and «*et s our Mopey.
Soldiers’ familk- who receive aid from the public
fund are re»jue.-ted to call t«>r March Installments at
oneci. it will be paid in the present currency.—
Those who receivethert pay frmn Air. Bradford will
cull on him.
Teacher? wh > have claims on the educational
fund of -‘duscogee county, are also notified that
iLc,. will be paid in the present currency, und they
ure i nested toeall and get their mone\ before the
jir-1 of April.
m.-.rcfilfi-lp JOHN JOHNSON, Ord.
Os pick Post Qkartf.rm aster, /
Columbus, Mar«h lyth, IBt>3. >
All demand?against this office or against officers
of tbe Po-i, payable by me, must be presented ou or
before the 24th in?t.
JXO. E. DAVIS.
jnar 19 ts flfgj. tc Post Q. Mi
