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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $3.50 per month, or $lO for three months. No subscription received tor a longer term than hree months. ADVERTISING RATES: Advertisement? inserted for $2 00 per square for the first insertion and $1 60 for each additional. j \\ here advertisements are inserted a month, the eharge will be S2O per square. Announcing Candida tet $lO, which must invariably j be paid iii advance. A deduction of 2u per cent, will be made on all i advertising accounts over ->lO, when prompt pay- I ment is made. GEORGIA—IWa* lou County : t lULK NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad -11 uuniatratrix upon the estate ol'David 1., Murry, deceased, having applied tor letters of dismmmion from said Administration. These are therefore 1 to cito and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to show cause, it any they have, why sard Adminis tratrix should not be dismissed from said adunnis- Given under my hand and official signature, Oc tober sth, l>«i3. MALCOAI 11 AIR, dee 12 inOm Ordinary. GEORGIA—Marion County s WHEREAS. B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the vr estate of Joseph N, Stary, late of said county, deceased, having applied for letters ol dtimssion trum 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 ume pre scribed by law, to show cause, it any they have, why said letters of dismission should not be granted to said applicant on the first Monday in October next. Given under my hand and official signature. Jan. 22d, fool. IMALCOM HAIR, juu 25 in tun Ordinary. GEORGIA—Clarion County : RULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adm’x on the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said Administration. . . , These are therefore tp cite and. admonish all anu singirtar the kindred and 'creditors of said deceased to t»e and appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, and show cause it any they have, why said Administratrix should riot be dismissed from said Administration on ihe first Monday in ofveu under ray hand and official signature, this December the Till, l Sod. AIAbCOM iIATK, dec 11 uirtm Ordinary. jaroeXica,! Oava. UK. K. A. BOSSY. PORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe- F male Infirmary,'’ tenders his services to theCit izons of Columbus in alt the branches of hisprofes- SU special attention will bo devoted jo the treatment of the diseases of womem. , „ Surgical operations performed tor Btone m the Bladder,Fistula in Ano, V Isico- V r agin at fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Horinonhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilateil veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also lor the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any iHrs.i t of the body. „ T . •, , Diseases of thsGenito-Urmary hiystein.emnprsing the different stages of Ghmiorrhceu, Strictures, Gravel, Spennatorrhoa, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and iieriditary forms,will receive particular attention. , . . .. References given wueuever desired as welt as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or leans; Consultation hours every day at ms office in the Masonic llall Building, trout 10 to 12 o clock a, m„ and from 2to 1 o'clock p, m. Patients wit ldo well to call precisely at those hours, as before and after that time will he devoted to visiting personsm the city. A,id.™ 11 m.mmmea.,an»|o R A RogsY Columbus. Ga, N. B. —Patrons from a distance will bo visited and treated at home if desired. L shall be thankful to my protfessional brethren for any favor they may dome by sending me persons requirig burg teal attention. 4Q{“lwill also bestow particular attention to the treatment of the different.forms ,ot U foot's, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, by phiutic erup tions, and all other chronic diseases ol the skin. Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as ompioyed in the hospitals in Europe and America, writ form a part of my treatment. fe ill lu L. A. K. Ofli9 Iron Wanted. WE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP IRON, both east and wrought, for.which cash will be paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A CO. jan 27 ts ' Flue Smoking aud Chewing Tobacco. AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL febmi y c™ ?e T« »«!«■■“ oKuitii. OOODS.K3H & SO., (Formerly oi New ili'kaus,) BB.OAID JSKF., COLUIffIiUS, «A., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL JBt£Fgple> DRY-GOODS. \ R E constantly receiving fresh importations, di n root from Europe, of staple and limey DRY GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash, lob 6 3m lieavei* Ski sis Wan ted, THE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given in exchange.for Beaver Skins, A large number v\antod. Enquire at \feb22 4w L. 11AIMAN & BRO. Albany, Eufaula, Cutlibert, Bainbridge and tjiariely papers copy 4w and send hills. Warehouse Jl¥otic«. ON anil after the first day of March nevt, the charge for storage on Cotton in our Ware houses will he ONE DOLLAR per bale per month. KING & ALLEN, W ARNO Ok A CO., HUGHES A HODGES, J. R. IVEY & CO., GREENWOOD & GRAY, POWELL, FRAZEIt & CO. Columbus, da., March 2d. 1»64 lui 13. S. WILL be fodd »n the first Tin-May in April «e*L between tbe usual hours »t W*neiha Court House m Muscogee count', a urn "-mu carriage, levied on to sntwty H.-ili At Murphv, one fi lavs -\. A. L'.,. .?'} ut I V*'J fov, R. A. &v..r ot the Con federate States of America tor interest.due on debt to allien enemies to TON, C. S. Marshal. I Columbus. March Ist td WOTM-Ri QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICE l Columbus, January _i, iso... ) On the first of each month. Major Jno. E. Have-, Post Quartermaster, will make ijj menr to *H pfoyees of this department. A! , 1* • ‘•'Laves hired, and for properly rented, Rat tie. u toll) ..11 ,««« »>«"' «* - U “' ,a will be Paid by Capt. H. U. Cothran A.lp«Kh.«. nfauppliMand pav,»en ( ml. - » £ ms;)et ' Major and Quartermaster jan 29 till apt 1 ' fi_ Oil'll; St iiSIf.TRSCR OfcrARXEKyT. (. Columbus. Oa.. March 10, 1304.1 All -parties holding claims against till- department due. ave hereby notified to present them tor »*av - went at this ottiee on or before Hus Loth lust. Amounts now due will be paid only in the present wrrency. A- M- ALLLN. wav lb ts ‘daj. L. S. Qt A >iTMRM AS i'F.lt'S L>Kir’-tRT.t/ ENT, [ Cuiuuioas, March 14, l-804. j All creditor- ofthH Deparnnent are notified that their accounts and all accruing debt'- to the 31st March, will be paid in the present Confederate iurieiicy. F. IV. DILLARD. mat If* till 31st inst Quai formaner. NOTICE. C. 8. AKSKNALp 1 Columbus, cleoma, > March 10, Iso-J.J Creditors of the Ordnance Department are again notified to present their bills before the. 2otli inst., to Lieut. Muldon, Disbursing Officer, as all claims up to the Ist of Apt J. next will be paid in the present eurrency. F. C. HUMPHREYS, mar 17 til 2oth mar Major, xq, YoL XI. J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors J. W. WARREA, Editor. Change of Schedule. ON and after Sunday, March 20rh, the Trains on tnu.a»useogee Railroad will run a3 follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus _ g 15 p. M. Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M. Leave Macon...., 9 35 p. M. Arrive at Columbus 5 00 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbus.... .....5 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 1 35 P. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. .Muscogee R, R. Change of^ehediaSe. Opfiof. Fkgjneer and Superintendent, i CHARLE3TOX AND S4VANN4H RaII.ROAD, V Churlestou, Feb. 18, 1804. J ON 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 ; 0 P. M. Passengers by this route from Columbus, Mont gomery, Albany, Fufaula, Ac., pass through Sav annah without detention. 11. S. HAINES, feh 24 lw eon3w Kng’r and Supt. , C'haiige us Schedule. ON and after March 13th, the Passenger Train on the Montgomery - A West Point Rail Road will Leave Montgomery 8 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. A Eug’r. Notice to Travellers and Shippers! Office Muscogee Railroao Company, 1 Columbus, Ga.. Feb. 22,1861. j On and after this date persons purchasing tickets and receiving and shipping freights over 'this road, will be required to furnish the exact change. 4V. L. CLARK, feh 21 lm Superintendent. OFFICE MOBILE A GIRARD li. R. { Girard. February 20.1864. ) On and after this date all parties receiving qjship ping freights over this Road, will bo required*tofur - wish the exact change for freight. W. H. WILMIAMS, feb 20 ts Agent Notice to Stock holders iii Use Bank of Columbus. Columbus, Ga., Feb. 4th. 1864. On the first MONDAY in April next, an election will be held at the Banking Houso for nine Direc tors of said Bank, for the ensuing year. DANIEL GRIFFIN, feb tde President. Special Notice to Stockholders. Muscogee Railroad Company, { Columbus, Ga., March Ist, 1864. J All persons to whom Dividends are dub are re quested to call for the same on or before the 26th | inst . All amounts not called for by that time will he Bold iii 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 Bee. and 'i'reas. BANK OF COLUMBUS, t Columbus, Ga,, Fob. 26, 1864./ Notice ir hereby given that all depositors in this Bank are required to withdraw their deposits by the twenty-fifth” day of March next, in order that they may choose for themselves between funding and taxation under the new currency act, before the first day of April following. And that all persons having claims upon this Bank for Deposits, Bank Balances, Collections, Cci I ideates of Deposit, Checks, Dividends or other due accounts are. required to settle them by the doth March next, othwiso the amounts due them re spectively, will be landed in tour per cent. Bonds, according to thaaetoff Congress of 17th inst., for their accounts, unless especially directed to tho eon trary. - D. ADAMc, feb 25 tilt Ist April. Cashier. Bun and Enquirer copy. Notice. \ I,L kinds of DYEING done at my residence, A opposite Hannan s Pistol Manufactory. I re visions of any kind taken iU l }’£ J J^{‘ t y oTaHT mar 3.1 m Dyer. Plantation aml Shove 1 ! Iron* V HAVE on consignment lu.tido lbs. ot Plantation .1 Iron, and will receive next week some Shovel Iron, wnieh I will exchange tor Bacon- sei i i-u Confederate money. W . r. * ' .voi i.. uiav 31 nt PLANTAVION WASTED. TO PURCHASE OR SENT! feb fit) 1 f ' NOTICE. QUARTER MASTER'S OFFICE. I Columbus, Ga„ Moreh 10, lt4t>4. > I WILL PAY A 11 Dill PRICE FOR Copper, • delivered to any Quartermrster in this State, for ; shipment tome. p,*.st Quartermasters are requested to buy all that is offered, as l want it for Shoe Rivets. F. W. DILLARD, j mar 111 api 1 Major AQ. M. To Those Interested. Notice is hereby given to all parties having funds in our hand?, that tbesanie must be withdrawn prior to the I t ot April nett, or under the .law we shall be- iupolied tp return it, which will subject theui to a rax oflftfofi, -tkreestntf a- third percent, on the amount. >,ELLS. LIV INGXIGN A CO. Cohiinbu?. Ua., .March fid. ts Notice. The undersigned respectfully give notice to all parties tw.v ingelaiins upon them for Deposites, Bank Balances, Collections, Certificates of Deposit, Checks, Ac., to corns forward and receive payment : for them o» or before tbe fibth day of March, ItkA: tailing to do so, the amounts due them, respectively, wiilbe funded in Four Per Cent. Confederate Bonds, according to the recent act of Congress, for their acesunt unless spatially directed to the contrary. We will receive and pay out Confede - rate Treasury Notes of all denominations until the ill ..f March next, after that day only tln.se of the denoiui nation- of hvv dollars and under, will be re ceived and paid out until further notice, and all the new Treasury Notes intended to replace the present i *’ie will be received in payment and on deposit and pfo««. J.JJ.tIMTT, Agent B’k State Ga. H. H. EPPING. Agent Union Bank. Columbus, Ga„ March 7,18 4~t mar so. Columbus, Ga., Ftiday Morning, March 25,1864. City JHUitarp HHi cctorp. HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street, Up Stairs. Col. J. W. Robertson, Coin’g. Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G. Capt. J. S. Smith, A A A I G IV. T. McKlndree, Chief Clerk. ENROLLING OFFICE. Capt. W. S. Wallace—rear of Jones’ Building. ORDNA NCE DEBAR TMENT. Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts. Maj. F. C. Hi .uphp.rys, Com’g. Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer. Lieut, j. M. M i t ldf.n, Military Store Keener Q UA R i ERMA STER DEB' T. At No. 15 Broad Broad St. Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g. Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M. Capt. H. i). Cothran, A. Q. M. COMMISSAR Y D EB'T. At King, Allen & Cainak’a Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S. ENGINEER'S DEBT Capt. Thus. Moreno. Lieut. Wm. Hansfll. MEDICAL DEBT. G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon. (Office at Wayside Home.) J S White, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge. J P Moore, “ " Surgeon. L D Carson, " Aas’t Surgeon. R Fowler, " ' “ “ «• IV W Dickie, “ “ “ “ NAVAL DEBT. Office near the Old Bridge. J. 11. Warner, Chf. Engineer. PROVOST MARSHAL. Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of Columbus. Exansaßsttig- Hoard. J S White, Senior Surgeon. Tho Board'meets at the General Hospital on Tuesdays and Fridays. tcTpKnteesT I atn prepared to furnish a superior article of norsiiEns made of the BEST COMPOSITION, if Moulds and stocks arc sent me, and ship them neatly and safely packed. Or I can furnish OOMFOSITION in quantities which only requires to be MELTID AND POURED to insure p ood ROLLERS. .«r‘ All bills are cash on delivery here, un less shipped by Express, then C. O. 1). ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO. mar 15 lm Glue MantifactoFy. THE UNDERSIGNED isprepared to fill all orders for GLUE of a superior quality. All orders must be addressed to the undersigned with ..the money enclosed, unless ordered by Express, when orders will be filled and shipped with V. O. L>. ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO. mar 15 lm Confederate States Depository* 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 A pnl.for notes ol all deuoTuinatifms, after that date, all notes above the denomination of Five dollars can only be funded a sixty-six and two-third cents to tho dollar, except One Hundred Dollar Notes which aro no longer re ceived alter that da to for public dues and can only e funded at a further reduction off. ton per cent per month. The Certificates issued, as well as the Bonds, or which they will be exchanged, arc receivable in payment of taxes for the year Ist*4, and are not .sub ject to the tax imposed as on other Bonds. Come forward promptly and obtain your Certifi cates and not run tho risk of being excluded, by the presura that will take place towards tho end of tho month. W. IT.YOTT NG, mar 3 till Ist April Depositary. Enquirer and Sun copy till Ist April and send bit* to me. Notic-c. Assistant Qiiakti:«mastkr'B Office, ) i Columbus, Georgia, > ! March 10, Itsti-l. .1 f Parties holding Certificates of Purchase or lm prooient, made by »Lu. J. F. Waddell, will pre sent their claims for payment by the 25th inst. 11. D. COTHRAN. ruar 10 2w Capt, «fc A. Q. M. Sun copy iilSfiMi ib r Sale. i TRACT of EIGHT HUNDRED acres land, ly "l\ ing near Sprine Hiii, in Barbour county. Ala bama. Between. fi;-0 and 3W> acres cleared, all fresh, having been in cultivation only two or three years. This section of country is among the best cotton pro ducing lands in Alabama, or Georgia. Parties wish ing to invest in such property may call on me be tween this and the 20th inst.. after that it will be withdrawn from market. Apply to Wm. C. GE Al , at Greenwood Sc Gray’s Office, mar 10 til 20th mar House Wanted, Immediately. Any person having one to let, will i pis-a -e apply at T. 8. Spear? Jewelry Store, march 21-li' . . Last lotkc. Muse.».ll R ulroau < 'owraxy,, Coimnbus, Maicli lath, lr'iA. ) All claims of whatever kind against ihi.s Com pa nv must be >iresented by the fiSth iust. If not pre sented bv that time they will be paid only in Con federate Xu>.our> notes of the present issue, at their i face or in Confederate i< ;ur percent Bonds, at the I option of the company. Twr ., T „^ J. W. 11T\ INS, mar 10 til 28th Treasurer. Officii Post Qt vbtebmastir, I Coiambus, March loth, 1863. S j All demands against tin? oifiee or against officers i 0 f the Post, payable by me. must be presented on or before the 24th inst. JNO. E- DAY IS, 1 marlotf Mai. A Post Q. M TO LOTI Si ASIANS! i T)Y order of the War Department, I leave to-day L> for Em ter ■! Lonis av,a, to operate in thatoistnet. I My regiment Asi Louisiana cavalry.; will rendezi »»us i at Selma, Aluboniit. in addition, a splendid battery | of Saw ver gun.-, presented by our commander, Lieut Gen. Polk, will accompany the expedition, under j the command of Captain X. T. N . Robinson, ot aetr . Orleans, an •■x*>erioneed and skilful officer wh*> . * formerly had charge of my old battery of Horse Ar < tillery. ■ , , - A ereader induoeaneat cannot be offered Ac ex iledsou? ofLouisiaim to rally; mound our country s ; colors and avcngij, their manifold wrongs and op pres t sfons upon the soil of their own State. Horses and equipments will be famished ail recruits who re port to me at Selma. , ... .. Let there be no delay. Triple-armeo-with justice, revenee and courage, let us strike till not a foe be ; left in Louisiana to tell the story of their i^onnny. * J OHli b. Colonel Ist Reg't La., Cavalry. j Dalton, Ga-, March 17 3t Thursday Evening:. Col. l.umat'B Address. A large ami appreciative audience waited upon this distinguished gentleman at Tem peranc-e Hall last night. We have seldom seen a larger-ussemhlage of our citizens, never a more intelligent and attentive one. We shall attempt no extended notice of the ad dress, as we hope to furnish our leaders, in a day or two, with a correct and somewhat comprehensive abstiaci of it. It is sufficient now to say that the audience were instructed and delighted with the speaker's exposition of the views and feelings of the Europeans in reference- to our struggle for independence while his treatment of home questions—enU bracing the recent action of Congress, and our duty in the present hour, was most ma tcrly, and received the most Solid and unmistakable proofs of approbation. The speech was a great success, and will do good wherever its opinions are disseminated. When we say that it should be published in full, we, but express the earnest desire of.all who.heard it. OlSiciai ihircNpoitdence Djei'Arijient of State, ) Richmond, March 11, 18(14. j Hon. John Slidell , Commissioner, Ac., Paris : Sir —l have the honor to encloso ajjopy of a let ter from the Secretary of the Navy, in rotation to a forgery extensively circulated by the European press, purporting- to be a Copy of an official report addressed by him to “T. S. Babcock,” Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Confederate States. The paper is on its face so palpably a fabrica tion, that one would scarcely have supposed it could dupe the most credulous, even if experience had not already demonstrated the facility and. abundance with which "telegraphic news,” "Con federate confessions,” "intercepted letters,” and “extracts from Richmond papers,” have been man ufactured for European consumption. You will notice that the paper is stamped as a forgery in the mere address, not only by the misname of our speaker, but because the reports of the Head of the Navy Department are never addressed to the Speaker of the House. The-contents of the paper are too absurd for comment. As the Secretary of the Navy has been informed by Commodore Maury that this paper is "going the rodnds of the Continental press as gospel,” it may be well, if you think the matter worth notice, to make make public the fact that the paper is .a forgery. I am inclined to think the publication should be made, for no fable concerning us is too absurd lor belief, real or pretended, in England or on the continent. A short time ago, European papers were gravely commenting on the “tact” that our Vice-President, Mr. Stephens, (who cannot aban don his constitutional position here, as successor to the Presidency, in ti>e event of the death of the Chief Magistrate, and who was at the time sick at his home in Georgia,) had arrived in Europe, for the purpose of concluding a treaty with Franco for the cession of Texas and other sovereign States to that power. I am, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, -[Signed] ,r. T. ivtrxt. Secret ary oi‘ State. 12th March, 1864. •p. 3.—We have just received the debates iu tho House of Commons, on the 23rd ult., on Mr, Sey mour Fitzgerald’s and hud that Her Maj esty’s Attorney General succeeded in defending the conduct of tho Ministry on the subject of the Laird rams, bj r quoting as authorities this clumsy fabrication, and that his citations from it were re ceived with cheers. This is the more unaccounta ble, inasmuch as the paper had been characterized as a "spurious thing,” and denoun ed as a Yan kee trick” and a ••hoax,” by the unexceptionable authority of Commodore Maury, in a card, pub lished by him in the London papers, three weeks end mere before the speech of tho Attorney-Gene ral. The same mail brings the statement made by , Lord Palmerston in the House of Commons on the 25th ultimo, that the release ot the Confederate vessel of war Tuscaloosa, which had been seised by instructions of the British Government in a Colo nial port, had been ordered ou tho ground that her detention woid-l not be warranted by international la w. It is to t: regretted ihai the eager desire ot the British G ■ eminent to observe that “impartial neutrality” wnich Earl Russell has so happily defined as being "conduct exceedingly advantage ous to the more powerful of the two parties,’ - had not. been restrained until interntional law had been investigated, before instructions were issued to vi olate our rights by the seizure of one of our ai med vessels in a port where it pad sought asylum under the sanction of the queen's proclamation. This promptness to do "neutral acts exceedingly advan - tageous to the stronger side,” has had the result in the present case of enabling all oi' the enemy’s vessels that had been threatened by our cruisers to escape, while the British Alin is try was engaged in its tardy examination of the law of nations on the subject of neutral’s right to seize the national vessels of the less powerful of the two belligerents. Co.VrPDEHATE STATES OF A.MEEXCA, j Navt Department, r Richmond, March ibyifiOA. ) Hun. J. P. BeAjumm, Secretary of State • Sir —I have the Honor to hand you herewith a paper, purporting to be an official report; made by me to the Hon, Mr. Boeoek, Speaker of the House of Representatives. This paltry forgery, widely circulated and generally commented on in Eng land and France, originated in the United States, and bears intrinsic evidence ot having been pre pared by those having access to the Navy Depart ment of the enemy. The main purpose of it seems to be to present the Government ot the Conte de rate States as engaged in building iron-clads and other ships in England and France ; and as it may possibly be regarded as authentic by foreign Governments, I deem it proper to apprise you that it is, from beginning to end a forgery. On it appearance in Epgland, Cvmmander M. F. Maury, over his own Signature in the Times, denounced it as a hoax, and a leading journal of the United States, in commenting upon Lis letter, re-assert? the authenticity of the report. I am, respectfully. Your obedient servant. v Signed) S. R. MALLORY, Secretary of the Navy. —,n» * Top Bcrxixg <>f Kauosima.- —.Hr. Auxton mou-il a resolution “T aat this House, w hile onlv imputing to Adirdrr.l Kupera misconcep tion of the duty imposed upon him, deeply regret the burning ot iwagosiraa, as being contrary to those usages of war which prevail among' civilized naiioub, and to which it is the policy and duty of this country to adhere.” After a long discussion, in which all parih j concurred in regretting, the burning rd the Krtgosmifc. the resolution passed, the word* imputing any blame oa Admiral kugfti bring omitted. Will the regret be followedjry what rest Hut ion is in the power of the country . The above refers to the. British House of Commons und to the destruction ot a Japan ese city. Os coarscj saya the Charleston.Cow rirr. Palmerston and Russell will assure Sew ard that all utterances of British opinion as to usages and .practice.? of-war will be com. ul erod as not applying to the United States. Answers to IxQtiniES from Soldiers.— • : Can persons between 1 7 and 18, and between 45 and 50, volunteer Lh any company now in service, m accordance with paragraph IV, General Orders No, 22 V $3.50 Per Month. We are authorized to say they can : those under LB liist obtaining the consent ot their parents. "Gun you inform me whether the Ensign BUI received the approval of the President?” It did : and it is a law of the laud. As it is brief, we give an official copy: The Congress of the Confederate Stati". of 1 America do enact. That there shall heap pointed by the President to each regiment of infantry in the Army of the Confederate States, an officer to be known us ensign, with the rank, pay and allowance of First Lieutenant, whose duty it shall be to bear the colors of the regiment, but without right 4o command in the field.— Richmond Sentinel. Executive Department, 1 Milledgeville, March 18. 1864. j To the House of Representatives : In compliance with your resolution, I here with transmit a letter of the Adjutant A In spector General upon the subject of the ex emption of the Ministers of the Methodist Episcopal church trom military service, to gether with the orders issued by him upon that subject. I also transmit copies of letters addressed by Col. M. C. Fulton, my aid-de-camp, by my direction, to persons who have submitted en quiries whether local ministers off that church are exempt under the statute. While the language of the statute does not embrace ordained local ministers not in charge of a church or synagogue, I was of opinion they came within the spirit of the act, as many of them spend a considerable proportion of the time in ministerial service, and I there fore so construed the statute as to exempt them, It will be seen by the letter of Gen. Wayne, that his order to 001. Pottle was never sub mitted to me for approval. I will add that I never heard of this order till complaint was made to me about it ou the night of the 15th instant; and on the next morning I directed the Adjutant & Inspector General to issue the general order of which I enclose a copy, which had been done before 1 had any notice of your resolutions, which were passed the day after the order had issued. iSo far from having any intention to place a construction upon the statute which would subject the ministers, known »s circuit preachers, and Elders of the Methodist clnuch to military duty, I had on all occasions, when the. subject was mentioned to me, stated that they were exempt. And I may here state that I have constantly expressed my opposition to the passage of any act by Congress or the State Legislatures which subjects the ordained ministers of any religions denomination to military service. Their avocation is one of peace and not of war, and 1 think that no leg islature should forget the command "touch not mine anointed.” ' Joseph E. Brown. STATE OF CiECmGIA, ) Adjutant & Inspector Genl’s Office, > .Milledgeville, March 16th, 1864. ) GENERAL ORDERS [ No. 8. / To correct a misunderstanding which has arisen in this office, from a want of familiari ty vrnii cue pofioy of aorue o.f the religious de nominations, and in the exercise or vvi<- accre tion vested in him by the 21st Section of the Act of December the 14th, 1863, "re-organiz ing' the Militia,” the Governor directs, that all ordained ministers of- Religion, Local or Itinerant, that is to say, those authorized to administer Baptism and Sacraments, and all Preachers belonging to the “Georgia Confer ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church South,’ shall be exempt from enrollment in the Militia. Aids de-Camp and Enrolling Officers will govern themselves accordingly. By order of the Commander-in-Chief: HENRY 0. W A YNE, Adj’t & limp. General. __ 'jj'Sse FissaEnteN of aii«* ftoirtSi— Alarming AciHtuuiaUou of Debt. The vast expend it urea oi the North and the rapid accumulation of her debt are beginning to excite serious alarm with j her people. A .New York paper, speak ing on the subject, says: Our national finances are involved in ex treme peril. It is clear that we are ap proaching a fatal catastrophe. Nor is this the most, alarming symptom (fold must rise much higher, with a correspon ing increase of our debt and expenditures. Indeed, should the war continue, and there be no other alternative than addi tional Treasury notes, they will, before the j close of the next fiscal year, fail to com mand forty cents on the dollar in gold, j and our debt exceed several billions of j dollars. Indeed, our enemies at home and ; abroad, the rebels and their allies in the j North and in Europe, already announce ! impending national bankruptcy and ru pudiatiou, and there are many devoted patriots who fear such a catastrophe. That, the danger is imminent is a truth which must not be disguised. Here lies the great peril of the Government. It is not the rebel armies that can ever over- j throw the Union. It is the alarming in- | crease of the public debt and expenditures, ; and the still more appalling depreciation of the national currency, that most im perii the great public. 1 * :je * >£ We are upon the verge of ruin. We are hanging over the gulf of an irredeem able paper system, and its spectral shade, repudiation, is seen in the dark abyss. Grov Seymour, in a message io the ! New York Legislature, referring to the! rapid accumulation of the debt ol the j North, says: There are varying ideas as to the j amount of indebtedness which will cause j national bankruptcy, and as to how long a ! war eon go on without causing national ruin* all agree in this —that there is an amount oflndebtness which would over whelm us with bankruptcy; that there is a duration of war which would bring upon u? national ruin. The problem with j which we bave to grapple is—“ How can ! we bring this war to a conclusion before such disasters overwhelm us?” Petrified Body of a Woman.--In re- j inoval of bodies from the vaults of the Car- , mine Street Church, Philadelphia, to Cypress Hills Cemetery, the body of a youfig lady in one of the eoffins was found to be partially petrified. The flesh on the limbs was firm and somewhat discolored, and the head, w hich ( partially detached by its own weight, . still retainedits beftutifal brown baif. The gloved bands were brittle, and almost crum* bled to dust at the touch. The woolen cloth used in furnishing the coffin and the. cotton stockings were decayed so that they wero mere dust, but the linen wrappings of tho coffin remained nearly fresh. * Til© Fall of VicSt'iburg i he Richmond Examiner brings us, at last the hitherto unpublished history of the fall of Vicksburg in Gen. Johnston’* official report. In 4 connection with this document, says the Examiner, are some extraordinary developments, which are necessary, and which show how the pop ular credutity has been abused with ref erence to the Vicksburg disaster. So far from Vicksburg having been surrendered on account oV a scarcity of supplies, it now appeares, official, that Pemberton had, at the time of the surren der, nboul 10,000 pounds of pork and bacon, which had been reserved for sub sistence of his troops in tlie event of at tempting to cut his way out of the city. Also, 51,241-pounds ofriee, 5,000 bushels of peas, 112,234 pounds -of suger, 3,240 pounds of soap, 52T pounds of tallow can dles 27 pounds of star candles, and 428, 000 pounds ot salt. If curiosity insists upon knowing the real cause of the surrender ot Vicksburg, it must satisfy itself as well as it can with the words of Gen. I’ember ton’.-town official report. He says : “Knowing the anxious desire of the Government to relieve Vicks burg, I felt assured that, if within the compass of its power, the siege would be raised ; but, when tbrty-seven days and nights had passed, with the knowledge I then possessed that no adequate relief was to be expected, I felt tin > . ought not longer to place iu jei . ■ ~<j brave men whose lives had bvti. ui rusted tj .ny care.” So there appears to have been no 1 Mug but a general occasion for the surrender of A icksburg—that is as Pemberton express ed it in his note to Grant, “a desire to save the further effusion of blood.” But the most astounding disclosure of the documents referred to is I emberton’a explanation of his selection of the Fourth of July for the day of surrender. Tho ex planation is this: “If it should be asked why the Fourth of July was selected as the day ot surren der, the answer is obvious. I believed that, upon that day, I should obtain better terms. Well aware .of the vanity of our foes, 1 know they would attach vast im portance to the entrance, on the Fourth of July, into the stronghold of the great river, and that, to gratify their national vanity, they would yield then what could not be extorted from them at any other time.” Tho fall of Vicksburg Ills heretofore been a story written in the character of misfortune. But we did not know until now that it was au incident of such hu miliation on the part of the Confederacy. Daiung Outrages in New Castle N. H riot and MoßoßitAUV.—For*smouih, N. H., March 4, 1864.—A daiiog uua ...g handed outrage was perpelrateu in Jo* o..siie last nigfit, by tlie soldiers off Fort oonstiiution. urged on by tho Lincoln Aduiinisuaiion ieaa ers o! tins vicinity. ~The Democracy oi New CastJe, had a public meeting appointed, to be addressed by William Little, Esq., ox Man chester. Soon after the meeting commenced a squad of soldiers came into the hall and be gan to make disturbance. They wero advised to refrain and allow the meet.sng to proceed.— The soiatei i then withdrew, but soon returned with reinforcements sisjy in number— marched into the hall in a very turbulentman ner, and began to hiss, Uneaten, and make all sorts of uncouth noises, occasionally ask ing questions of the speaker. Mr. Little, who replied in a gentlemanly way, and at the same time advising them to be quiet until he could get through with lm speech, when they could reply it they saw lit. They however -persisted in the disturbance, and set .up a most, unearthly yell and shout for Joe Gil more, and n tirade off slang upon Copperheads,' ami began to push and crowd, and uttering ! oaths and threats. One of the Democrats—John A. Chadbourne, told‘them to stop their abuse and insults, or there would be resentment and retaliation, and the Deinocrrcy unitedly told them the same thing in plain terms. Thinking discre tion the better part of valor, they then started , ulf, and, as all supposed, returned to the Fort, j AH Iho Democrats retired to their places of ; abode, and Mr. Little, with -Mr. G. B. French, ! of this city, who accompanied him to New Castle, returned to Portsmouth. But when all had become quix-t and the rowdies and i mobocrats thought there ivould be no danger, j they proceeded to the storo of Chadborne, J broke-in tbe doors, entered and smashed to | pieces everything inside, chairs, mirrors,coun ; iers, tables, barrels, and goods of every kind, | pitched them into the street, defaced and rid dled the buildings, literally making a wreck of the whole concern. These are plain facts of the case. A fellow advertising persimmon syrup in the Richmond papers, breaks out with the following doggerel: “Thou luscious fruit o ? wintrv , a aon, When great. Jack Frost as freezing, That grows the scruggieL u Thou ruddy puckerless per-xmamu.” We commend the above to General Reynolds “Tarheels" (North Caroliuuas) who on meet ing each other are accustomed to enquire, “ Can youns fell weeuns whni weeuns will find a persimmon orchard about here?" Are Four per Cent Certificates and Bonds Transferable ?—This question has been asked a thousand times, and for the in formation of the public, we copy from the Regulations of the Treasury Department, as follows: 1. “All transfers of slocks other than cou pon bonds, must bo made bn the had};? of Trea sury in the Registers’ office, and none can be made within thirty days before the first days of January and July.” 2. “The certificates to be transferred, or of which any part is to be transferred, must be produced at the office of the Register of the Treasury, in order that the same be cancelled, and that such certificates may be issued as the case may require.” In answer to another enquiry frequently made, we copy the following extract from Reg ulations concerning funding, &c. : 16. “Bonds under the Aet of February 17tb, 1864, will be issued in denominations of SIOO, SSOO SI,OOO, $3,000 and >5,G00.” The Raliegh Progress says, “the enroll ment- of conscripts is going on throughout the State; that there is no difficulty whatever in the enrollment of the substitute men ; that tbo enrollment is going on smeuthiy, and the men enter the service cheerfully; iu fact, large number of those subject under the pre sent call have volunteered.” I,t is reported on the authority of the United State? gunbont DcSoto, that a rebel privateer, a bark rigged steamer, is cruDilig to the westward of Havana.