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COLUMBUS TIMES
Published I h<i!y ifSunday-* excepted) at the rate ot
$3.50 per mouth, or Sit) for three months,
No -uh.'< t u-tioii received for a longer term than
}iree month*.
4I>VIKIISI\<; HAT IN :
AdvcVtDcinenG inserted for $2 00 per square for
the first insertion and >'l M) for each additional.
Where advertisements are inserted tt month, the
charge will be.Sit) per square.
Announcing o.mdidaten-jdU. which mu.-t in\ atiably
he paid in advance.
A deduction of 20 l-ercent. .will he made on all
advertising accounts over tj »o, when prompt pay
ment is made. * j
«E©R«lA—Marion County :
RIfJLE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad
ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Muiry,
deceased, havirjgapplied for letters of disminission
from said Administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to show cause, if any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix should not be dismissed from said adminis
tration. ,
Given under my hand and official signature, Oc
tober Slh, 18t>3. M ALCO.iI MAIM,
dee 12 mom Ordinary.
(GEORGIA—MarIon County i
’ll? HEBE AS, B. A. Starr, Administrator upon the
Vs estate of Joseph N. ritary, late of said county,
deceased, having applied for letters ofdismssion
from said administration. ,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased,
to be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why
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, 1864. ;MA LOOM HAIR,
jail 25 mSm . Ordinary^
GEORGlA==Marion County :
RULE NISI, Whereas Carrie James, Adw’x on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., Having peti
tioned this Court for letters of dismission trom 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 tune pre
scribed by law, and show cause it any they have,
why said Administratrix should not he dismissed
from said 'Administration on the first Monday in
Given under my hand and official "igTiatiire, this
December the 7th, 1861. MA LA UAI Li At K,
dec 14 mb in. Mrdinary.
Medical Oard.
DR. E. A. BOSSY,
FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe-
JD male infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit
izens of Columbus in all the branches of hisprofes-
St Special attention will be devoted'tothe treatment
of the diseases of wo mem. , „ „.
burgioai operations performed tor stone m
the Bladder,Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Fhymosis,
Varicocele, llcemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapesor Club
Foot, and Contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or diluted veins, Ptery
gium, Cataract and flair Lip; also lor the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths trom any part
of the body. . _ ,
Diseases ofthsGemto-Unnary Systom, comprising
tho different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
secondary,tertiary and heriditary lorms.will receive
particular attention, . . , ..
References given whenever desired as well afl the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
iu tho Masonic Hall Building, from 1» to 12 o’clock
a, m„ and from 2to 4o’clock p, m. I atients willdo
well to call precisely at those hour*, as before and
after that t ime will be devoted to visiting persons in
the city.
Address all eotmnmeaiionsto
DR. E. A, ROSSI .
Columbus. Ga,
N. B. —Patrons from a distance will be visited
and treated at home if desired, 1 shall bo t hankful
to myproffessional brethren l--r any lav or they may
do me’ by sending mo persons refilling .surgical
attention.
&S~I will also bestow particular -attention to
the treatment of tho different forms of Dicers, Rheu
matism, Gout. .Scrofulous affections, Syphiliticerup
uous, and all other chronic , diseases ot the Sinn.
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals .».Mrope and
America, will form H part ot my treatmeu .
tel. 11 3m' h. A. rt.
Old Iron Wanted.
WE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP
IRON, both cast and vyrought tor vvhich cash
will be- paid. HARRISON, BEDELL A U»,
jau 27 ts
Fine Smoking and ('hewing Tobacco*
IT wholesale andretail, bertox
tebUtf J Druggist under Cook’s Hotel.
. 5
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
COLUHf BIJSi, tt.A.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
Staple c&3 Fancy
DRY-GOODS.
ARE constantly receiving fresh importations, di
rect from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY
GOODS, which they otter cheap for cash,
feb 5 2m
Beaver Wanted,
THE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given
in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number
W feb224w K "" mre L. HAIMAN & BRO.
Albany, Eufaula, Cuthbert, Bainbridge and
gjakply papers copy 4\v »rul send bill '
W arvlioiiNr oil* t*.
ON and after the first day of April next, the
charge f.-r storage ~u Cotton in <mv Ware
b 11ISL-S will be ONE DOLLAR per bale per month.
KING A ALI.EN,
WARNOCK & CO.,
HUGHES & HODGES,
J. R. IVEY & CO.,
GREENWOOD & GRAY,
POWELL, FRAZER & CO,
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, l>nl lm
i\ h, jlavslial
Vlf ILi be sold on (he first Tuesday in April next,
H between the usual hours ot =ale, before the
"ml House in ttm«cogee county mrifi tSv!
A Brail and one it
c,,«H \ Murnhv. srarmshees itt t*nui otGu-oau
**j
to allien «nemw» > ne p\ ,~A YT< >N.
: M .rshal.
Columbus. March Ist td _ _
FliAHPi* A Wi \TKB»
TO PURCHASE ORIENT!
|\NF. that will accommodate 1 '
V* inquire at
f e H 26 ts
Plantation and shovel Iron.
on 000 lbs. of Plantation
| na\KonwiJ«FM?*nt. wcek , <w> . Shovel
l Iron, aud w M', l , . .. . ,„ v fiaeon or ell tor
Iron, wrnch I will e " *'• a’.NVR
Confederate money
mar Hint —.——
TO FHINTERS!
I am |H spared to luvnt?b a superior
article oi
3Et .QIjXjESJEI.S
made of the BEST COMPOSITION, if
lHOl) iiBS ai&4 STOCKS
are sent xae, and ship them neatly and
*afely packed Or I can furnish
QOM ;tr*o**X*“’i 5 I ON
in quantities which only requiiv- to he
WELTIO AND POURED
to insure good ROLLERS
All bills are cash on delivery here, Uu
less shipped by Express, tlu-n 0. O I)
ALPORT* ZORKOWSKI & CO.
mar 15 1 m
Hoiim* Wtiiiletl,
Immediately, Am-person having one to let, will
'please apply at T. S, SpeaiY Jewelry Store
march 21-u
Vol. XI.
J. W. WARREY & CO. Proprietors j. U WAR RE W, Editor
Change of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, March 2bth, the Trains on
the muscogee Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus 6 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...' A 30 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 35 P. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R.
Chang e of Schedule.
Office Engineer and Superintendent, |
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864.)
AN and after SUNDAY, Feb. 21st, Passenger
* ’ Trains will
Leave Charleston 7 15 A. M.
Arrive at Savannah 4 25 P. M.
Leave Savannah 7 00 A. M.
Arrive at Charleston 4 30 P. M.
Passengers by this route from Columbus, Mont
gomery, Albany, Fufaula, Ac., pass through Sav
annah without detention.
H. S, HAINES,
feb 241w*eoa3w Eng’r and Supt.
Notice.
ALL kinds of DYEING done at my residence,
opposite Haiman’s Pistol Manufactory. Pro
visions of any kind taken in payment.
HENRY VOIGHT,
mar 8 Im Dyer.
HEADQUARTERS POST, \
Columbus, Ga., April 2d, ISG4. j
The attention of all persons between the ages of
seventeen and eighteen years, and between she ages
of forty-live and fifty years, is called to the follow
ing paragraph of General Orders No. 33, from the
A- and Inspect. Gen’ls office, Richmond, Va.:
111. Any person liable to enrollment under this
act may join any company for local defence which
has been formed under General Orders No. 86, issued
22d June, 1863, for the war, or any other company
for local defence which lias been accepted into the
service, and which, by tbe terms of its enlistment,
is liable to serve anywhere within the State; or
persons of this class may form new companies for
local defence and special service, under General
Orders No. 86, (1863) for the war, and select their
own officer'’-.
The undersigned will give persons wishing tolorm
companies fob local defence under this order all as
sistance in his power, and would earnestly request
that such companies be organized, and old compa
nies, organized under General Orders No. 86,1863,
be filled up to the maximum number. The benefit
that would accrue to regularly organized companies
or battalions, should the reserve corps ever be called
into active service, is too obvious to be urged.
J. W. ROBERTSON,
apr 4 1 w Col. Comdg. Post,
Sun and Enquirer copy one week.
To The Patriotic titizens of Columbus ami
Vicinity.
Tha great benefits which have attended the labors
of Relief Committees on the battlefield, in protect
ing and administering to the care and comfort of
the sick and wonded, have been forcibly illustrated
in some of the great battles of the present war. To
secure to our gallant soldiers the aid derived from
such associations tho citizens of Columbus and vi
cinity are earnestly requested to unite in forming
one or more Relief Committes, who will hold them
selves in readiness to accompany the Reserve Med
ical Corps of this Post to “'the front” whenevertke
occasion may demand.
Transportation fdr themselves and all articles for
the comfort of the sick and wounded will be fur
nished.
The articles most necessary to be provided are
old linen lint, cotton batting, bandages, light wooden
splints, tea, coffee, (ground) wine, brandy or whis
key, and such delicacies as may be nsesul.
Any Committee which may be organized can re
port itself to this office, so that the members may
receive information when their cervices will' be re
quired.
Individuals desiring to form associations can re
port to this office, where a, register of their names
will be kept until a vulficient.number to organize a
Committee shall bercceiyed.
The obvious importance of such associations ren
der appeals to the patriotism of the public unneces
sary. GEO. B. DOUGLAS,
Sen. Surg. of Pest.
Columbus, Ga., March 31,1804. —4t
life ADQUARTER? ENROLLING OFFICE, )
3p (MNQRE39IO.VIL DISTRICT GEORGIA, >
Columbus, Ga,, March 31, 1864.)
Pursuant to General Orders No. 33, Adjutant and
Inspector General’s office, Richmond, Ya,, 4/arch
15th, 1864, all persons between the ages of IT and 13,
and 45 and 50, in this District, are required to report
ai these Headquarters for Enrolment,
The failure to comply with this notice (within 30
days from this date) will subject the defaulter to a
liability to be called into the general service with
persons between Eighteen and Forty-five, unless he
shall have a valid excuse therefor, to be judged of
by the Bureau of Conscription.
By order of
Cart, W. S. WALLACE,
Enrolling Officer.
J. A Leonard, Ass’t.
api 1 2tkl
Enquirer copy 20d
Crliie
WIIF. UNDERSIGNED i to fill all orders
I for
GLUE
of a superior quality. All orders must be addressed
to itie undersigned wifh’the money enclosed, unless
ordered by Express, when orders will be filled and
shipped with t. 0. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO.
mar 1-5 Im
ilotice,
Assistant Qvj.rtkrmaster’3 Office, |
Columbus, Georgia, >-
March 10, 1864.)
i arties holding Certificates of Purchase or Im
! pressmen:, made by .vaj. J. F. Waddell, will pre
! sent their claim? for payment by the 25ih inst.
: H. D. COTHRAN,
j mar lo 2w „ Capt, JE A. y. M.
I Sun copy
Isa ml thi* Sale,
I . TR4CT of EIGHT HUNDRED acres land, ly
A mg ucai Sprine Hill, in Barbour county, Aia
' bams-' Between 250and 300 acre? cleared, all fresh,
having been in cultivation only two or three years,
i This section of country isamongjhe best cotton pro
i ducing lands-in Alabama or Georgia- Parties wish
i in- 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
Vt m. C. GRAY,
at Greenwood <fc Gray's Office.
| mar 10 til 20th mar
XO LOOSIAIfIAXS S
BY order of the War Department, I leave to-day
for Eastern JAiuisiana.to operate in that district.
\f v .eeinienf fist Louisiana cavalry) wiil rendezvous
kt Helms Habniim. la addition, a splendid battery
of sun-, presented by our commander, Lieut
Gen (h.H will iceoiuT'iny the expedition, under
. the command of Caigv.ia N. i *Lt*'
Orleans, an experienced and skilful^ r °
formerly had charge of my old b»ttoi> ot Hofoe ax
inducement caftnot be offered the ex
iled -ou= of Louisiana to tally around our country s
color- and avenge their manifold wrongs ami oppres
sions upon the soil of their own State. Horses and
equipment ? will be furnished all recruit? who re-
PC £ 011 he to b e node lay. Triple-armed with justice,
revenue and courage, let us strike tilt not a foe be
left Louisiana to tell the St^{j th s eir s^ft iny -
Colonel Ist Reg’t La., Cavalry.
1 Dalton, Ga.. March 17 3t
Columbus, Ga., Tuesday Horning, April 12,1864.
€itn Jttilttarg Eflircrtorg.
HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street,
Up Stairs.
Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g.
Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
Capt. J. S. Smith, A A A IG
W. T. McKendree,* Chief Clerk.
ENROLLING OFFICE.
Capt. W. S. Wallace —rear of Jones Building.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Cor. Olgethurpe and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. E. C. Humphreys, Com’g.
Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer.
Lieut. J. M. Mulden, Military Store Keeper
QUARTERMASTER DEFT.
AtNo.ls Broad Broad St.
Maj F. W. Dillard, Com’g.
Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M.
Capt. H. D. Cothran, A. Q. M.
C OMA US SARTD EF T.
At King, Allen & Carnal*’* Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S.
ENGINEERS DEF T
Capt. Theodore Moreno.
Lieut. W. A. Hansell.
MEDICAL DEFT.
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon.
(Office at Wayside Home.)
J S White, General Hospital Snrg, in Charge.
J P Moore, “ * “ Surgeon.
L D Carson, “ “ Ass’t Surgeon.
R Fowler, “ “ <s “
W W Dickie, “ “ (( c<
NAVAL DEFT.
Office near the Old Bridge.
J*. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
FRO VO ST MARSHAL
C'apt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Columbus,
Examining Board.
.1 S White, Senior Surgeon.
The Board meets at the General Hospital on
Tuesdays and Fridays.
” C. ,8. A R SIGN AL, I
» Columbus, Ga,. April 5, 1864, j
I\olire*
i WISH TO IXGHANgi FOB BACON
on equitable terms,
Siagar VIIS B*.,
Sugar and sfill Kettle*,
And all kinds PLANTATION IKON;
Also POWDER.
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place anu mciinaona, u ia honed that holders
will give the Government the preference.
F. f. HUMPHREYS,
apt 7 ts Maj. Comd'g Arsenal.
“ Notice to Plaiatei’s and €on
sinners of Iron/’
WE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
exchange for country produce —such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon. Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat or Flour —theiollowing articles,
on hand or made to order:
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON;
FLAT, ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON:
IIOOP, HORSE SHOE, NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING ;
SHOVELS AND SPADES ;
FRY PANS;
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS;
SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes and quantity ot iron, trom oiu Iron Works
amt xloiiiua Mill iu Alabama.
JOHN D. GRA Y & CO.,
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge,
Office Mobile and Girard It. K„ t
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 18G4. J
The Stockholders of the Mobile &;Girard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1804,
on the value of all share? held ir. Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer at this
offise and they will therefore oinii the stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
apl G ts Treasurer.
Mart,
THOMAS L, FRAZER & 00,,
Late firm of Crawford, Frazer d> » v.„ Atlanta, Ga.,
HFiiißO BROKERS,
Market Street , above Montgomery Hall,
HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive
and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes
which may be consigned to them. They will buy
and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with
promptness and dispatch. They keep constantly on
hand a large and well selected stock, snch as
Families, House Servants,
Gentleman’s Body Servants, Seamstresses,
Bovs and Girls, of all descriptions,
Carpenters, Blacksmiths,
Shomakers, Field Hands. .
They respectfully refer to the follow r« well
known gentlemen, viz: ,
lion. John A. Elmore, Major J. L. Calhiuji, Will
iam Tavlor A* Cos., A. P Watt. Shular A. . raw,
Montgomery, Ala., J, ('- Coleman k Cos.. Momm,
Ala,. Henry Aieinhard k Br<>., Savannah, ua-
TUGS. L, FRAZER,
Montgomery, Ala.
A. FRAZER,
W. F SMITH,
Auburn, Ala.
W. H. Fitts, Agent.
p. g,—City patronage respect roily solicitra. .411
orders carefully attended to.
mar 25 dim w3iu
Martha A. Taylor) Libel for Divuiee in Morion
yg Supouior Court. ilßtuiortble to
Green B. Taylor. ) September Term. 1564.
At Columbus. April 2d, 1864.
TI appe«ring'to theK)ourtfby.the return ot the bher
-1 iff that the defendant is not to be found in me
county, and it further appearing to the uoiut U»
other evidence that the defenders does net roaiUe
j r o Q|titli* • •
It is therefore ordered by the Court that service
be perfected on the deler.dant by publication , i this
order once a month for four months, before
next term of the Court, in some newspaper of this
St3te EDMOND H. WORRILL, J. S. C. C.C,
A true extract from the minute?, .this April ' tn,
196 L GEO. W. .W.DUdFIE,
apl 7 m4m Aderk.
15.10 Reward.
I) UN AW AY, on the 26th March, from my place in
■ l\\l yntitoa, anegromannarac-ilGeorge,23ycar? old
, dark complexion, TJteet' inches high, weigh? about
lfifi lbs, had on a pair of check pant ? and a vel vet
I cap. Supposed to be in the neighborhood.
I mar 30tl JOHN COOK.
NOTICE!
i
The subscribers to tho New Bridge, and others
j friendly to it. are requested to meet at the Agency
, Bank State Georgia at 10 o’clock, |W odnesdaj- April
1 13th to consult in reference to the completion of the
| Bridge. J. M. WATT,
[ Qolui&bvis. Arrii 11,1464.—3 t Sffl’y.
Holiday ETeiiting.
Desertion-Military Service.
We confess that we are. immeasurably grat
ified to see that this grave offense against mil
itary law is being discussed by tho pi ess of
tho country. Good results will inevitably
follow. Hitherto, unaccustomed to the stern
rule of military jurisprudence, our people have
looked with a feeling pt awe upon the inflexi
ble code, and have unadvisedly, ignorantly
turned fro i%it, declining to use any exertion
to inquire into the reason—the necessity of
such a law. We will tflso add that the people,
by failing to enlighten themselves, have made
it imperative upon military and courts martial
to administer punishment in given cases to
the tull extent of the law. Early in the war
the great body of the people were uninformed
as to military custom and law : and were in
a measure excusable for advising infractions
ot the code; but at this late day in the revo
lution, it may be painful to many to reflect
that they are iu part responsible for the mul
tiplied execution, for a commission of this
heinous crime of desertion.
Our people must remember that suffering
and privations are inseparable attendants 'of
military service, and never so far forget the
sworn obligations and duty of the soldier, as
by any word or act. to cause him. without
proper authority, to qilit his command for the
comforts of home. The fact is, home has been
made too comfortable to these “miserable of
fenders" in many oases—and the public need
nqver expect justice to sheathe her sword un
til the commission of this crime ceases? —and
the friends and kindred of soldiera can do no
little in effecting such a result. There is not
a family in the nation who have not heard of
the severity of the law against desertion, and
that it has been executed in many cases.
Why is it that, under these circumstances,
many connive at and erven persuade the soldier
to desert the service? Knowing the awful
penalty, all who by connivance, or persuasion,
cause an abandonment of the army by the
soldier, for which offense he is afterwards
tried and shot, become parties to the crime,
and that soldier s blond is upon their hands,
and so it will be decreed by the court of
Heaven. Why, then, will not the friends of
soldiers cease to pursue a course the conse
quences of which are go direful—destructive
of the soldier’s life, fatal to his honor, and
detrimental to his country’s good.
The soldier, through all his afflicting cam
paigns, and carries with him on the
march, in the camp, and in the field, a warm
and doting remembrance of hi3 home, and'
often reverts in memory to the halcyon days
of peace, when all the comforts of life were
at his command. To this home he hopes to
return, and with <! a conscience void of re
proach''. renew these pleasures, when his
country’s freedom and independence are se
cured. To break in upon a resolution so no
ble, so self-sacrificing, lis downright treason.
We find the opinion prevalent that the penalty
of the law only attaches to cases where the
soldier deserts our service and joins the ene-
This is a fatal mistake. Another pre
\ ailing **4*4*4, we will here mention, is.
that commissioned officers are not sunject to
the penalty denounced against desertion.
This is an error,-as will be seen by reading
article 20—“ Articles of War”—which we copy
from the regulations-,-and*which exposes both
the errors alluded to;
Art. 20. —A1l officers and soldiers .who:
have received pay, or have been duly enlisted
in the service of she Confederate States, and
shall be convicted of having deserted the
same, shall suffer death, or such other pun
ishment as by sentence of a court martial
shall be inflicted.
The 22d article provides for punishment in
cases of absence without leave It is difficult
to discriminate between the two offenses in
the absence ol soffie act ot the absentee show
ing the animus reoertench. The enactment of
rules so stringent is indispensable to the co
hesion and efficiency ot armies. The press
should cheerfully lend all its influence to our
commanders in perfecting the discipline ot
their commands. Citizens as well as soldiers
should be instructed fully in reference to mil
itary law, and the reason of that law as ap
plied to different offenses. When all are in
formed as they should be, infractions will be
less fiequent, our armijes will be more efficient,
ami courts will be relieved of the painful du
ties that they are called upon -to discharge.
So let all unite in creating in, and out of the
army, a sentiment that shall frown upon tbe
offense of desertion. The soldier's honor—his
claim to respectability hereafter—and perhaps
the independence of the whole country is in
the scales,.— Memphis Appeal.
Latent from Forrest.
Through the kindness of a friffnd at the
Front, we have been furnished with a copy of
the Nashville Union of the sth instant, from
which we extract the following :
Cairo, April 3. —Meniphy? dates of the Ist
state that Chambers’ force, numbering 2.500,
are reported to be at Grand Junction, Tennes
see. on the 29th ult. Other rebel forces were
at Bolivar about the same date Forrest was
at Trenlou at the latest advices.
It reported that the) fith Tennessee cavalry,
Colonel Hurt, about 800 storng, had a fight
near Summerville, Tennessee, on the 30th ult.
with 1500 rebel cavalry, supposed to be part
of McCullough's cojmmand. After fighting
three or four hours, and finding themselves
largely outn umbered J fell back, leaving fifiy
or sixty killed and wounded in the hands of
the rebels
A rebel surgeon i9 detailed at Paducah as
a hostage for DeHorne, captured and carried
away from a hospital there by Forrest. Thir
ty or forty rick were taken prisoners from the
hospital at the ame time, and were kept ten
miles back of Paducah, on the night of the
battle on the damp ground without shelter or
fire, and marched off next day without food
All quiet at Paducah. There is no change
in the Memphis cotion maiket.
[Atlanta C'mifrdenicy.
Excellent News—General Exchange of
Prisonens are gratified in
being able, say the Richmond Enquirer, 4ih inst.,
to make the happy announcement tit at a regular
system * for a general, exchange'cf prisoners i?
agreed upon, and will Ibe immediately inaugura
ted,
CcmmissioKer Quid returned cm Saturday from
Fortress Monroe, at which point he ha3 been, un
der a flag of truce, two or three days past, on bus
iness connected with hi® department, the result of
which, he informs us, is the resumption of the car
tel, with the prospect, under its provisions, of an
immediate exchange of all the prisoners of war on
both sides.
A flag of truce boat is expected at City Point
on Wednesday, bearing a ’large number of Confed
erates from Point Lookout.
We congratulate the people of the Confederacy
on the glad tidings of this announcement; bat
much more so our prisoners themselves, who have
suffered so terribly, endured so heroically, and
who deserve the generous and joyous reception we
trust they will receive oa their return, in the way
of private greeting, as well as of popular demon
stration.
$3.50 Per Month.
Filing in Bailie*
A Captain of a Mississippi company, in the ar
my of Tomiesseo, writing to the Atlanta Register,
throws out some excellent suggestions on this im
portant matter, which we hope will go tho round#
of the press .
I have tried to write an article and have failed ;
now I ask you to write itaucLineert it in your val
uable paper aud sign it as coußugfiom a com pa u v
commander of the above brigade, asking tbe co
operation c.f all the company 'commanders of the
army of Tennessee on the following points: Teach
ing tbe men iu battle to ahu their pieces witkuiore
accuracy, and the great importance of being cool
and collected, and wait until the enemy are within
easy range ; exhort them to all act together in the
next battle, and go into it with that idea promi
nent in their minds, and try for once to impres 9 it
upon the minds of each man to delivering piece as
if he was filing at a target. I leel the greatest ne
cessity of this, and I am confident that if wo can
get even one volley frred*n this way, we can whip
any number the euemy can briDg against us. If
you were never in a battle, yon would not guess
that there were half the random shots fired that
there are. Why, sir, I have seen whole regiments
and brigades deliver their fire when I ani sure that
they did not even wound a single man. Such
tiring, besides wasting the ammunition, does not in
timidate the enemy at all; on the other hand, it
makes them feel that there is little danger, conse
quently he is more bold, and delivers his fire more
accurately; besides, if men are allowed to make
those random shots, it becomes a habit, and they
become so excited at it that they would oftencr
miss a man at ten paces than they would hit him.
Just in that way battles are often lost and won.
‘while the company commander, if ho would only
stop it and show that they were doing no good,
they would soon become collected, and after they
once saw their folly, would soon, of their own ac
cord, fire deliberately and probably save the day
after it had been comparatively lost.
Why, sir, in battle you often set company com
manders charging around, with their swords
flourishing around their heads, crying out, give it
to them, boys, give it to them, manifesting in them
selves and creating in others all the excitement
possible; now a second thought would show to
their better judgment that they wft-e doing more
harm than good, for men become so excited under
such circumstances, that they would miss an ele
phant ten steps. You often see the above bluster
ing around when the enemy are at least off at r.he
distance of one thousand yards, and to hem the
roar of musketry and the excited commanders,
you would think they would soon come to a hand j
to hand contest. A hat is it that exoites a man in j
battle? Why, it is the danger. If you shoot at a
man once, ho is very much excited ; shoot at him
a hundred times and miss him every time, and all
his fear and excitement is gone; but reserve your
five until you can do some execution, and when
they come, fire into them : cut his clothes, wound
his neighbor, kill the second man from him, ami
let him see it, apd I tell you seventy-five Yankees
out of every hundred will break and run, and then
a charge, with our infernal yell, and the day ' is
ours.
Another very important point, after we have
whipped and routed the enemy: Let us all resolve
to keep each and every man in his place, ready to
follow up our advantage and secure the fruits of
the victory; not such things as we can get from
the dead and the wounded ; hut the first of all,
prisoners, and then his artillery, his wagon trains,
etc.
Oh ! let us do it by all means: we can do it: and
let us all determine to act together, and tho result
will be (not as it was at Chickamauga, half the
dead and wounded) but a victory* 1
was known to our arms, and may give us back
Tennessee, (the glorious old State) m place of a
jew greenbacks, haversacks, old pocket knives, and
just such trash, as was the fruits of Chicamauga,
where the bones of so many of our noble and brave
hove lie bleaching on the plains. I wish I could
command eveiy company separately in the next
fight or 1 wish I could write so as to stir them up.
A Cotton Poem,
A Hyde-operative, named Richard Drive, who,
like many another rh vuiing weave) in Lancaghire is
mhi humhlc way a genuine jtoei-laureate of the
maiiutaotmnig district, has boon achieving of late
sometlruii.- moie than a local reputation for his muse
by singinc the .' Oiiovi -of the cotton famine. His
latest effusion, which is styled a "Series of Dialogues
in V Oise between President Lincoln and President
Davis," is now enjoying a circulation among his
biother operatives, to an extent that might move
the envy of mere pretentions poets. Asa specimen
of this writer’s artless but animated verse, take the
following, being a portion of a "Dialogue’' upon the
recently proposed "amnesty:”— London Index.
- DAVIS.
No, no: for i prefer to die
A martyr s death, ten thousand times, I
Rather than seem to justify
ioLU black and most infernal crimes.
LINCOLN.
If, then, thou lost prefer to die,
Let Vengeanee rouse up all my hate,
And every power Rhave apply
To desolate each Southern State.
Now, Fury, take command of ail;
Lsepowder, cAnnon, shell and ball ;
Roll Nature back, and make her wild;
Spare not the mother, slay the child:
Butcher tkein'all —revenge is sweet —
Ply well the army and the fleet;
Let Europe, trembling, stand and gaze,
While the South is in a blaze,
l or Europe, like an ugly whelp.
Would like to give the South a help,
I am not mad, howe’er I seem,
lam not mad, nor in a dream,
For every negro I set free,
I’ll slay two white men—may be three •
And he who shall oppose my plan,
I* not like me, an honest man !
DAVIS,
Lincoln ! I hate thine uglv name;
_ And now 1 teii thee to thy face,
That thine own party yet will shame
At their dishoner and disgrace,
For thus allowing thee to rule
And govern like a Yankee fool;
For is it not a barbarous plan
To butcher every Southern man—
Men that are noble, brave and good.
And of the Anglo-Saxon blood.
Whose fathers were of English birrh.
The topmost race of men on earth !
Ah! thou mavest try to bum the South,
And in the North gag every mouth;
Rut, spite of that, the world shall see
The soils of English Fathers free *
And thou, rir, like a’Yankee knave,
May’st swagger, bluster, rant and rave.
A Tribute to Gen, Jacliaon
The following correspondence, says the Richmond •
Sentinel, is another illustration ol the fame of onr i
departed hero and great man, Stonewall J ackson.
The whole world delights to do him honor, and
unites in declaring that his i« “one of the few, the
immortal names, that were not born to die.”
Coxfi Deft tit Stof America, # !
War Department. '
Richmond, Va„ March lb, ]v4. J !
//is Excellency \\nt. Smith, Gov. of 1a.,"
Sir—l have received from Mr. H Seddon, of Liv- j
erpool, the enclosed letter and the accompanying
fia f. manufacturedby him, to be hoisted over the
grave of the lamented -Jackson, As the remain; of
the deceased hero repose in the immediate vieinity,
if not actually within the precincts of the Yirginia
Military. Institute a Stateilnstitution with'whichhe
was . long connected as an honored professor. I hare
thought it most appropriate to commit the flag to
the custody of your Excellency, feeling assured that
You will take pleasure in carrying out the wishes of
the generous donor.
Very respectfully,
Y „ur obedient servant,
Jar. A. Seddon,
Secretary of War.
10 Wafftng. Liverpool, |
doth January, 1»I »
To the H.jht Honorable Secretary of War of the
Confederate State* of America, Richmond:
Sir—Having read in some of the English papers
that a fte? is kept permanently hoisted over the
save of the late lamented Stonewall Jackson, may
beg your acceptance of one I send with
to replace the one now in use when it snail nave
become worn out, as some slight expi essi°n t iny
admiration for the character and heroism of General
Jackson, and also of my best wishes for the success
of the L'oiifederacy.
The flag is my own rnanutaeture.
I remain, sir,
with much respect,
Yours, obsdiently,
(Signed) HbCrS SiWiO^.
jjlCTff ft A ? g I q.
Reporls of tin press AfixociaUon.
E TANARUS"' l s ,0 i :vn ‘ ,f , '-*nffr<'ss in the year
the i* V u h . - ,n { h* Clerk’s office of
j* fesyiaa sf«sssf ,, “ u suim r ° r
Oa.K.jt C. 11., April
of the 3d.and Gtti received The peojde of
Maryland voted on the Otli on the question of
aboliphibg slavery.
The Pope of Rome is seiioush ill.
Dispatches from Ringgold report that tho
cavalry force ot Johuston’s army is much in
creased. Also, that 900 rebel deserters entered
Chattanooga 4n the month of March.
Dispatches from Memphis report McCul
lough eu route north to reinforce Forrest.
Congress is organizing the teriitory of Mar
itana, and have incorporated an amendment
allowing negroes to vote.
Garrett Davis proposed an ameuduient to
th£ Constitution to the effect that no negroes
or person whose mother or grand mother is
or was a negro shall be a Citizen of the Uni
ted States, or eligible to any oftW, civil or
military, or any place of trust or profit under
the United States—rejected. Ayes 5, nays 34.
Grant left Washington on Tuesday for the Ar
my of Potomae.
Gen. Sherman, from the Department of Cum
berland, who is to command the cavalry, accom
panied Grant.
Advices from St. Louis report the continued
success of the Rod River expedition—seventeen
guns said to havo been captured.
Shreveport is expected to tail without opposi
tion.
The capture of a forage train of the enemy’s, by
Freeman’s Confederate guerrillas, in Arkansas, is
reported.
It is reported that Beau ford, n nephew of the Yan
kee_Gen. Beauford, entered our lines aa.a deserter
on t riday last, bringing with him five hones. He
is now at Gen. Wyckham’s headquarters,
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i*r«*ss Association—Augusta
The Editor was absent during four days
of last, week in attendance upon the an
nual meeting of the Press Association.
As the buisness was simply the arrange
ment of financial and othev details connec
ted with the collection and transmission
of news reports by telegraph from all
parts of the Confederacy, it was of no
terest to the public at large, and it is there
fore, not worth while to publish the pro
ceedings, Suffice it to say that, every
daily paper in the Confederacy i9 connec
ted with this association—to the number
of fortysix. That of these, twenty-eight
were represented in the meeting, and em
ployed their time very busily and pleas
antly upon the .numerous questions con
nected with the working details of the
establishment—contracts with telegraph
companies employment and position of
agents—principles of administration, and
of the collection and rev*
enue.
Anew administration was also elected.
W. G. Clarke, Esq, of the Mobile Reg.
ister, was made President, and Messers.
Crutchfield of Virginia, Fulton of North
Carolina, DeFontaine of South Carolina,
Barnes of Georgia, Paul of Tennessee,
and Shannon of Missisiippi, constitute the
directory. Mr. N. S. Morse of the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinal, was
elected Secetary and Treasurer. The
whole constitutes an executive adminis
tration from which we have great reason,
to expect enterprise vigor and efficien
cy-
The kindness of the officials and peo
ple of Augusta to the Association was
very great. The City Hall, with its
noble and elegantly furnished public
apartments' with fuel, lights, and station
ery, and the constant attention of the jan
itor, was placed at onr disposal by the
courteous Mayor, and we say in passing
that the perfect order and cleanliness
which fmark this noble building and all
its appurtenances, spoke silent but elo
quent. praise of the fidelity and vigor of
the city administration. We have never
seen a public building of the kind so scru
pulously neat and clean—no not even
the Capitol at’Washington
The hotels also opened their doors gra
tuitously to the members, and Mr. Bob
bins, of that excellent, establishment, the
Planter’s Hotel, entertained at his own
expense some fifteen or- sixteen, and did
it, as he ever does, generously and grace
fully- The fine shad, fresh from the
er, and furnished in abundance, constitu
ted a daily item on bis bill of fare, which
was peculiarly grateful to most of the mem
bers, whose locality forbids access to these
delicate fish in perfection. Augusta is
far better supplied with food than Macon,
but prices were even higher.
During the session, the Association
snatched a few moments to visit the Au
gusta Cotton Mills, upon the invitation
of Mr. President Jackson. These mills
are probably the most extensive in the
Confederacy. They occupy two very spa
cious buildings and employ a little short
of 900 operatives. They are models of
order and industrial organizations. The
Association, after viewing in detail the
powers and progress of American manu
facture, were afterwards called upon to
inspect certain products of France, “which
they did,” and were then furnished with
samples of the handiwork of the mills,
which they wili find useful at home.
Our cotemporaries of the Augusta press
omitted nothing to give their confreres a
kindly welcome, and the hospitality of Mr
Morse, of the Chronicle & Sentinel, in
particular, whose comfortable rooms were
bv common consent made headquarters,
was boundless. Here at the “Headquar
ters of truth and morality,” as the said
C. & S. claims them to be, after the daily
sessions were over, the brethren of the
quill would incontinently gather, and the
sluices of reminiscence and anecdote, once
opened, would never close till the huge
city bell “clappit the wee sum' hours
ayont the twal’,” and then the gathering
would adjourn upon an unfinished story
The brethren of the press, who were not
in Augusta, missed an exceedingly pleas
ant re-union, and we trust they will not
willingly forego that pleasure another
year. Let the next annual meeting em
brace the entire daily press of the Con
federacy .—Macon Telegraph .
The Charleston Comer gives the*following
easy rule of ascertaining the equivalent of
either the old or the new currency, in the
other, viz :
Given a sum in the old i'sue to get its
equivalent in the new, you abstract one-third
—which may be easily done by most boys, by
multiplying by two aud dividing the product
by three. If a sum in the new issue is giien
and you wish to ascertain its equivalent in
the old, you reverse this process, multiply by
three, and tha pvoduct by
