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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $3.50 per immth, or $lO for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than hree months. ADTERTISIIG RATES : , Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square lor the first insertion and $1 50 for each additional* j Where advertisements are inserted a month, the ■ charge will be S2O per square. ~ j Announcing esadulutcssiu. which runs! invariably be paid in advance. A deduction of 20 percent, will be made on all j advertising accounts over SSO. when prompt, pay 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, ' ' 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. - -♦ [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