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COLUMBUS TIMES
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/tree month*.
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ment is made.
GEORGIA—Marion County :
„iir,p NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad-
H ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Murry,
deceased, having applied for letters of disui mission
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 admims-
r t*iven under my hand and official signature, Oc
tober sth, 1863. M ALCOA! 11A1K,
dec 12 rofim Ordinary._
GEORGIA--Marion County:
WHEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
estate of Joseph N. Stary, lato of said county,
deceased, having applied for letters of dismssion
from saia administration. . , „ ,
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors/, f 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.
aStwitt"*" my h °" d “ d #Aiso6iff‘ HAIR?'“•
jan 25m6m Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Marion County :
DULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James. Adm’x on
II the estate of Daniel Janie 1 . Jr„ having peti
tioned thi3 Court for letters of dismission 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, and show cause if any they have,
why said Administratrix should not be dismissed
from said .Administration on the first Monday in
J ofvenunder my hand and official signature, thi3
December the 7th, 1863. MALGOAI HAIR,
dec 14 mOm Ordinary.
Medical Card.
DR. £. A. ROSSI.
PORMERLY Surgeon to the New _ Orleans “Fe-
T male Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Cit
iiens of Columbus in all the branches of hiaprofes
-81 Special attention will be devotedjto the treatment
of the diseases of womem. , „
Afar" Surgical operations performed for Stone in
the Bladder,Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula,
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis,
Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapes or Club
Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, Aneurism,Warix or dilated veins, Ptery
gium,# Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov
al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part
of the body. .
Diseases ofths;Genito-Urmary System, comprsmg
the different stages of Ghonorrhoea, Strictures,
Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary
secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive
particular attention. . . ,
References given whenever desired as well as the
recommendation of many years practice in New Or
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic If all Building, from 10 to 12 o clock
a, m„ and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients willdo
weli to call precisely at those hours, as betore and
after that time will ba devoted to visiting persons m
the city.
Address all commuieationsto .
DR. E. A. KObbx.
Columbus. Ga,
N. B.—Patrons from a distance will be visited
and treated at home if desired. I shall be thankful
to my proflessional brethren tor any fav or they may
do me 1 } by sending me persons requuig burgical
attention.
4®*l will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment ofthe different forms of Ulcers, Rheu
mati.sm, (iout. Scrofulous aftections, Syphilitic erup
lions, and all other chronic diseases of the skin.—
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed in the hospitals iiCEurope and
America, will form apartof my treat ment. m
feb 11 ;im L. A. K. -
Old Ivon Wanted.
WE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP
Si'"*
jan 27 ts _____
Fine Smoking and Chewing Tobacco.
AT WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. T
febrnf 1 "
GOODRICH & CO.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
74 BROAD
COLUMBUS, fwAc,
\\ HOLESALE AND RETAIL
Staple cte Fanoy
DRY-GOODS.
ARE constantly receiving fresh importations, di
rect from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY
GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash,
fob 5 3m
Beaver Skins Wanted,
THE highest price wlllbe paid or Plow Steel given
in exchange for Beaver Skins, A !&rge number
wanted. Enquire at ~ „ . ___
feb 22 4w L. HAIM AN k BRO-
Albany, Eufaula, Cuthbert, Bainbridgo and
giakely papers copy 4w and sand bills.
Warehouse Jloiice.
ON and after the first day of April hext, the
charge for storage on Cotton in our AVare
houses will be ONE DOLLAR per hale per month.
iuING & ALLEN,
AVARNOCK k CO.,
HUGHES l HODGES,
J. R. IVEY & CO.,
GREENAVOOD A GRAY,
POWELL. FRAZER & CO
Columbus, Ga., March 2d, 1864.—1 m
i\ H* marshal Sale.
WILL be *old on the first Tuesday in April next.
between the usual hours of sale, before the
Court House in Muscogee county, a sane four wheel
carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty -six h fas vs
Beall & iVlurphy, one fi fa vs A. A. Beall ami one: fa
fa vs R. A. Murphy, garnishees m fatoi ot tcu Con
federate States of America for interest due on debt
to allien enemies to
C. S. Marshal.
Coiumbus. March Ist td
PLAMTATIOW WASTED,
to PURCHASE OR RENT I
"“iHISOFFICE.
feb 26 ts _
* Plantation ami Shovel Iron.
r II 4YE on consignment 20,000 lbs. of Plantation
1 Iron, and will receive next week some shovel
Iron, wilich I will ex tomge for Bacon oi <■
Confederate money. A\. r. J I K
mar 31m
TOFKINTERS!
I am prepared to furnish a superior
article of
ROXsIjJbIEIS
made of the BV,ST COMPOSITION, if
mon.BN ami STOCKS
are sent me, and ship them neatly and
safely packed. Or I can furnish
OOMPOHITIOM
in quantities which only rt-quires to be
MELTED AND POURED
to insure good ROLLERS.
AU bills are cash on delivery here, un
less shipped by Express, then C. O D. #
ALFORD ZOR.KOWSKI \ CO.
mar lb l m
House IVanted,
I^foiti a appiy Y H er ? on h »™>e one to,let, will
mSy ' A ’ S ’ P9ar i Je v-elry Store.
Vol. XI.
J. W. WAKRE'X & CO. I»i opi*ccU>i «...... J, W. WARREN, Editor
Change ol‘ Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, March 20tli, the Trains on
the Muscogee Railroad will run as follow
.PASSENGER TR A IN :
Leave Columbus f, 15 p
' Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M.
Leave Macon * ...9 ;•/, p t jvi
Arrive at Columbus .....,5 b ) A. ?,I.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus 5 30 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus . ..4 35 P. M.
Mb L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R,
Change of Schedule.
Office Fngineer and Superintendent, )
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, r
Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864.)
ON 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, <tc,, pass through Sav
annah without detention.
H. S. HAINES',
fob 24 lw eoa-3w Eng’r and Supt.
Motive.
ALL kind3 of DYEING done at my residence.
opposite Haim an 3 Pistoi Manufactory. Pro
visions of an5 T kind taken in payment.
HENRY VOIGHT,
mar 8 lm . Dyer.
HEADQUARTERS POST, \
Columbus, Ga., April *:i, 1561. 1
The attention of ail persons between the age : of
seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ago' •
6f forty-five and fifty years, is'called to the follow
ing paragraph of General Orders No. 33, from the
A- and Inspect. Gen’lr, office, Richmond, Yri.:
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 has been accepted into the
service, and which, by the terms of its enlistment,
is liable to serve anywhere within the State: or
person- 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 officers. '
The undersigned will give persons wishing tolortn
companies lor local defence under.this order ait as
sistance in his power, and would earnestly request
that such companies be organized, and old compa
nies, organized under General Orders No. 86,1365,
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, i« too obvious to be ur-. cd.
J. W. ROBERT,SON,
, apr4 1w Col. Ootndg. P<c-t.
Bun and Enquirer copy one week.
To The Patriotic Citizens of Columbus and
Vicinity.
The 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 ofthe present war. To
secure to our gallant soldiers the aid derived from
such associations the citizens of Columbus and vi -
cinity are earnestly requested to unite in forming
one or more .Relief Committcs, who will hold them
selves in readiness to accompany the Reserve Med
ical Corps of this Post to “the front” whenever the
occasion may demand.
Transportation for themselves and all articles for
the comfort ofthe 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 dr whis
key, and such delicacies as may be usesul.
Any Committee which may be organized can re
port itself to this office, so that the *nembei; may
receive information when their services will be re
quired.
Individuals desiring tp form associations can re
port to this office, where a register of theiiv name’s
will be kept until a suffiOffent’mimber to organize a*
Committee shall be)received.
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 31,1864. —4t
Headquarters Enrolling Office, 1
3d Congressional District Georgia, V
Columbus, Ga., March 31, 1864,)
Pursuant to General Orders No. 33, Adjutant and
Inspector General’s office, Richmond, Va,, h'areh
15th, 1864, all persons between the ages of 17 and 18,
and 45 and 50, in this District, arc required to report
at these Headquarters for Enrollment,
The failuro to comply with this notice (within 30
days from this date) will subject the def,Hitler t ‘ 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
Capt, W. S. WALIAQE,
Enrolling Officer.
J. A. Lfonard, Ass’t.
apl 1 30d
Enquirer copy f:od
Critic manufactory.
THE UNDERSIGNED i -prepared to fill ail orders
for
O- Xj XT IE2
of a superior quality. Ail order - * nuv-t be addre e l
to the undersigned wifhfthe money on close*!, unless
ordered by Express, when orders will bo filled . 1
shipped with 0. 0. D.
A-LFORD ZOIiKOWSKI A 00.
mar 15 Im
i\olice.
Assistant Quartermaster's Oitice, )
Columbus, Georgia,
March 10, 1564. \
Parties boldine Certificate* of Purchase or Im
pressment, made by May J. I. Waddell, will pie
jent their claims f r paymt-nt by the ?sth find: •
H D, COTHRAN.
mar 10 rw Capr, re A. Q. M.
Sun copy
Lami for *
4 TRACT of EIGHT HUNDRED.,!, land.lv
xl ing near Sprine Hill, in Barbour c unt - . Ala
barna. Between 350 and 800 acre? cleared, all fresh,
having beer, in cultivation only two or three year,
i Ihi -section of country is among the best cotton ju '*-
ducing lands in Alabama or Georgia. Parti-., ,-h
--ing to invest in such psoperty may call on no be
tween this and the 20th in?t • after that it will bo
withdrawn from market. Apply to
Wm. 0. GRAY,
at Greenwood A Gray 's Office,
mar 10 til 20th mar __
"" TO LOfTSI A ATA !
: DY order of the War Department.! ieav, -dav
\ u for Eastern Louisiana, to operatetu that dn, trier.
Mv regiment list Louisiana eavab -v, ill reu.i. i **u
j at Selma. .4 la bam a. In addition, a , icmlt*] ’ ,ib * >
l of Sawyer guns, presented bv our e., mm nnd i, •
Gen. Polk, will accompany the expedition. under
the command of Captain, \. T.N. Robinson, „t No
Orleans, an experienced and lailul officer wm
I formerly had charge of my okl littery * t llm-c Ar
! tillery. ,
greater inducement eannotJie offered the*cx
iledsons of Louisiana to rally around our eountrv -
colors and avenge their niam* ldwron ? andopprr - -
sions upon the sotl A iheii »iYu .'llale. iior. er ana
equipments will be furnished all recruit.- ■ i..
port to meat Selma.
Let there he no delay. I nple-:.rn r-d w:‘h ‘’-(me,
revenge and courage, let u j strike till not a t-,e be
! left in Louisiana to tell lhe story ot their iainutany.
j JullN m an) iT,
Colonel Ist P.eg’t La., Cavalry.
Dalton, Ga., March 1? 3t
Columbus, Ga., Wednesday Morning, April 13,1864.
i €Hn flliUtarw SHvectcinr
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HEADQUARTERS POST m Broad Street,
I. P Stair - ,
G'oLJ, V, . /tngLRXSON; C’Olu’g.
Gant, CiftsfrWoD, A. A. G.
Cnpt. J. S. Smith, AAiHO
IV.'T. McKfsorfe, Chief Clerk.
FXROLLING OFFICE.
Capt. W, A. Wallace—rear of Jones’ Building.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT '
Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. F. C. Hu.MPfTF.rYs, Com’g. \
Capt IVV Latham, Ex." Officer.
Lieut.-J, M. Mulden, Military -Store Keeper
Q UAR 7 ERMA STEP DEF T.
. At. No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. AV. Dillard, Com’g.
M.:j. John E. Davis, Post Q. M.
Capt. 11. 1). Cothran, A. Q. M.
C 01 l IMIS EAR Y DEF T.
.A t King. Allen & Camak’s Warehouse.
Maj. A. JM. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S.
ENGINEER'S DEF'T
Capt. Theodore Moreno.,
Lieut. Ay. A. Hassell.
•
MEDICAL DEFT,
G. B, Douglass, Post Surgeon. -
(Office at Wayside Homo.)
J S AViiite, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge.
J P Moore, “ “ Surgeon.
L D Carson, “ “ AssT Surgeon.
R Fowler, “
W W Dickie, “ “ “ “
NAVAL DEFT.
Office' near the Old Bridge.
J. H. Warner, Chf, Engineer.
PR OVO ST MARSHAL.
Capt. Gro. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Col u mb a,-.
fix 3 311 a ski sag Hoard.
•1 S White, Senior Surgeon.
Tin Board meet.a at the General Hospital on
Tuesday -and Fridays,
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- C. S. ARSENAL, \
Columbus, tta.. April 5,1864. j
Notice.
I WISH TO EXCHANBE FOR BACON
on equitat-le terras,
Itlifllni,
■ sand NaH Ihellles,
' iVnd all l;iud,s PLANTATION IRON;
Also P(>WDER.
As this Bacon is seeded to supply the necessities
oTthe employees of the Ordnance Department, at.
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
will id \ o the Government the preference.
*- HUMPIIItEYS,
api 7 ts Maj. Comer g Arsenal.
“ XoJifi’ to Planters and Con
«*amef,s of Ji onP ,>
IT E will keep for sale, for Confederate funds,.or
Vt exchange t*»r country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, W heat or Flour—the following articles,
on hand or made to order: •
PLOW AND SCOOTER BAR IRON ;
FLAT. ROUND AND SQUARE BAR IRON:
HOOP, HORSE SHOE: NAIL ROD;
IRON COTTON TIES (CHEAPER THAN
ROPE) FOR BALING;
■ SHOVELS AND SPADES ;
FRY PANS; *
POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP
TIONS ; -
ST GAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40
TO 100 -GALLONS;
ST G'AR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH
We are prernred tc receive and fill orders for any
.sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works
and itoDiut Mill in Alabama.
JdHN D. GRAY & GO.,
apr 8 ts " Next to New Bridge,
OrncE Mobile ayd Girard R, R.. )
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864,)
The Stockholders of the Mobile A’Girard Railroad
< ’ompany, are herebv notified that the five per cent
tax, levied f the law parsed February 17th, 1864,
bn Hie value of all share' held in Railroad or other
Companies will be raid, by tlie Treasurer at this
office and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
J. M. FRAZER,
apl 6 ts Treasurer.
MoSlave Mart.
THOMAS L FR&IER & CO,,
Lute ;ii ;a of Crawford, Fraser A C Atlanta, Ga.,
NEft-KO BROKERS,
Market St net, ah'>cc Montgomery Hall,
is AV F fitted up, and are now prepared to receive
l * and acv .mu- .i.ue at their mart, all Negroes
which may bo eon-igned to lhem. They will buy
and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with
Eroraptncss and dispatch. They keep constantly op
and a large and well selected stock, such as
Families, House Servants,
Gentleman's Body Seri -.nr • Seamstresses,
Boys and Girls, of all descriptions,
Carpenters, Blacksmiths,
Shora'akers, Field Hands.
They respectfully refer to the following well
known ■ •tlemen.viz
11.m. J-'ttn A. Elmore. Major J. L. Calhoun, Will
iam 1.-.'- fin au •• A. V. Watt, Shular k Ardis,
Montgomery Ala ’ > ■ Ooleman k C’o., Mobile,
Ala., Henry Jieinnr.ia x Bro., Savannah, Ga.
* THOS. L, FRAZER,
Montgomery. Ala,
A. FRAZER,
W. L. SMITH,
Auburn, Ala.
W. H. IQ if. , A, r,t.
.I'. B,—City p.itrona e respectfully solicited. All
v-rder-carefully attended to.
w3iu
Martha A, Tajb-i j libel for Divorce in Marion
v- .perior f ourt. Returnable to
J Green B. Layn r. j t. ptv ruber Term, 1364.
.it t lumbus, April 2d, 1864.
•T : i-oearii. to thcjCoUitiby.'the return ofthe Sher
i 1 u, i\. and and -fcndaiit is not so be found in the
nher evidence tha* the defendent does not reside
in tr*e State.
It i= therefore ordered by the Court that service
be r i footed on the defendant by publication of this
order once a r icur months, before the
nf&t tvirni oi the . art,,in some newspaper of this
EDMOND H. WORT; ILL, J. ?.-C. C. C.
A true extract Rom the minutes, this April sth,
GRO. f\ . Mtv l FI IE,
apl 7 mlm Clerk.
1 1 1 -V v> A ,on ifo if, March, from mv place in
1 . .. i-..: u: inanluoivtcorfie,2- old
!•: ' :..■■!■ . ... -in he hi;h7 weight about
! 1 > a :■* !.- p-ifit' and a velvet
ear. Uapposed to to> m the uetgirirorhond.
imt• uii JOHN COOK.
iKOTICC!
Tb. b -vibe-r- to the Mew Bi-idpe, and others
lik-.-:: • ■:iit:--tcd t - r-.fc: a! tin* Agency
Ban!: S;. l ;,‘.Ge..i,i.i .ltlOp’o! k, |\V .•dne day, April
Ruh. to fimdtfin lo ther-.Wplotion ofthe
Brld.?a. J, M. WATT,
Colunv-us. April 11 564,—ft Sec’y.
Tuesday evening
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reports of the Press Association.
Entered according to act of Congress in the year
1863, by J. S. Thrasher, in the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
Richmond, April 12.—An official dispatch from
Mobile says a Surgeon of Gen. Bank’s army admits
that the Union forces were repulsed with great loss
at Shreveport.
The Essex was destroyed by torpedoes in Red
river, and a transport captured by the Confederate
forces.
It is reported that Farragut ispreparing to attack
Mobile.
♦ —S»- ♦ *
Consignees pep. M. k G. R. R., April 11th 1864.
Maj Allen.. Maj Dillard, Capt Cothran, W B Cox, U
B Frost, O P TiUinghant- Dr L Pearce, J M Watt, J
C Cook, II V Howard, Frank Wordlaw, A M Branon,
FC Johnson.
Progress of Llncolu’s Recruit
ing.
The United States papers contain the state
ment, made by the Provost Marshal General,
of the condition of the quotas of the several
States under the President’s call for 200,000
men, dated March 14,18C4, from which it ap
pears that every State, except Illinois, is in
“deficiency” upon all the calls. The total de
ficiency of all the States amounts to 324.712
men.
If this deficiency, says the Richmond En
quirer, indicates any popular feeling as to the
war, the great States of New York, Pennsyl
vania, Ohio and Massachusetts are the locali
ties in which the greatest amount of opposi
tion is to be found. New York owes Lincoln
59,230 men, Pennsylvania owes 74,127 men,
Ohio owc3 39,230, and Massachusetts owes
20,592 men. Total in these four States, 183,-
182 men. In the North-west, Illinois has fur
nished 11,436 more than her quota ; Indiana
owes only 3,069 men ; Michigan 7,187; Wis
consin 15,402; lowa 13,140. Total due by
North-western States, 38,798 from which Illi
nois’ surplus of 11,436 deducted, leaves a bal
ance ot 27,362 due. Where are the peace
men of the North-west ? There seems about
enough left to organize what Mr. Jefferson
called a respectable.public meeting—namel}*,
a chairman, secretary and mover #f resolu
tions.
This deficiency of 324,712 men —existing in
every State except Illinois—after the great
efforts made for volunteering, and the enor
mous bounties offered, indicates a failure in
raising men that is remarkable. The “veter
"" enlistments’’ are omitted —very wisely
omitted- -4W.V. suieuaejat. The Yankee
authorities keep their own people in ignorance
of this great fact. It is reasonable to assume
that if the “veteran re-enlistmenta” had been
large, so encouraging a fact would not have
been withheld from the N .public, nor denied to
the Rebels. The fact that the amount of thi3
credit is cautiously withheld from the public,
is strong evidence that the “veteran re-enlist
ment” has not been such as would tend to
encourage the “folks at home” or to depress
“the Rebels in arms.”
Late and Reliable from €xen™
eral Forrest
We had the pleasure of meeting last
evening, with Maj. Serveson, Chief Quar
termaster of Gen. Forrest’s command,
who is visiting Selma on official business,
and to whom we are indebed for many
particulars of Gen. Foryest’s campaign in
Kentucky, which havd not appeared in
public prints.
Yesterday evening a courier arrived,
bringing dispatches from the command,
together with an autograph letter from
Gen. Forrest to Maj. Severson, dated the
28th ult., at Jackson, West Tennessee,
where his command were- resting after
their arduous and successful campaign,
resulting in the capture of Paducah , Union
City, Hickman and other places, with vast
quantities of military stores, which he
succeeded in bringing to his own depots
without’ any Serious hindrance. His
whole campaign was a series of triumphs,
most important in results, not the least
of which is the restored confidence of the
people of West Tennessee, thousands of
whom are daily flocking to his standard.
In addition to the military stores cap
tured, Gen. Forrest brought away over
two thousand fine horses and mules.
Three hundred of these he found in Gov
ernment stables at Facucali, Ky- This
surplus he experts to use in equipping his |
command.
The good tenor of the information is to |
the effect, that the long, languishing spirit j
of the people of West Tennessee is fully !
aroused, and that in a short time Gen. !
Forrest’s command will be so augmented j
in numbers as to be invincible against any !
force which tile enemy ean bring against !
it. Indeed there sems to be that preci- j
ence of victory which aecomprnies his !
every movemeut, and which seems to ;
hang about his very name, that has in- '
spired the country with confidence, and i
troops to deeds of heroism that scarcely
find a parallel in the records of chivalry.
When he will move, or where he will
strike the next blow, it is not for us to
say, but it will be a sad day for theene'
ny when he brings '’his legions against
those who have. so long and so cruelly
oppressed them.— SAraa Mh?.
A Washington dispatch says: “The
Republican of this evening regrets to
learn that Gen Meade has not suffiicient
ly recovered from his late attack of pneu
monia to warrant his entering upon* an
other campaign with the Army of the
Potomce. His, physician advises him
not to attempt such a thing, and there |
is Itttle doubt but that he will yield te 1
to medical advice and retire for a littlo ;
time from active service,”
$3.50 Per Month.
[From the Army and Navy Gazette ]
The Loss of the Housatonic
Naval Office) 1 $ Account of the Affair —
Terrible Agency in Naval Warfare
Off Charleston, February 22.—As
a "history of the recent disaster of the Uni
ted States steamer Housatonic may be of
interest to your readers, I will attempt a
brief statement of facts:
On the evening of February 17th, the
Housatonic was anchored outside the bar
two and a half miles from Beach Inlet bat
tery, and five miles and three fifths from
the ruins of Sumter, her usual station on
the blockade. There was but little wind
or sea, the sky was cloudless, and the moon
shining brightly. A slight mist rested on
the water, not sufficient, however, to pre
vent our discerning other vessels on the
blockade two or three miles away. The
usual lookouts were stationed on the fore -
castle, in the gang-way and on the quar
ter deck.
At about 845 of the first watch, the
officer of the deck discovered, while look
ing in the direction of Beach Inlet bat
tery, a slight disturbance of the water, like
that produced by a porpoise. At that
time it appeared to be about one hundred
yards distant and a b§am. The quarter
master examined it with his glass, and
pronounced it a schole of fish. As it was
evidently nearing the ship, orders were
at once given to slip the chain, beat \
quarters and call the captain. Just after
issuing these orders the master's mate
from the forecastle reported the suspici
ous appearance to the officer in charge.—
The officers and men were promptly upon
deck, but by this time the submarine ma
chine was so near us that its form and the
phosphorescent light produced by its mo
tion through the water were plainly visi
ble. At the call to quarters it had stopped
or nearly so, and then moved towards the
stern of the vessel, probably to avoid our
broadside guns. "When the captain reached
our deck, it was on our stargboard quarter
and so near to us that all attempts to train
a gun on it were futile. Several shots
were fired into it from revolvers and rifles;
it also received two charges of buckshot
from the captain’s gun.
The chain had been slipped and the en
gines had just begun to move, when the
crash came, throwing timbers and splirf
ters into the air, and apparently blowing
off the. entire stern of the vessel. This
was immediately followed by a fearful
rushing of water, the rolling out of a dense
black smoke from the stack, and settling
of the vessel.
Orders were at once given to clear away
+v.o. knofc and the men sprang to the
work with a will. But we were niiing
rapidly. The ship gave a lurch to port
and all the boats on that side were swamp
ed. Many men and some officers jumped
overboard and clung to such portions of
the wreck as came within reach, while
others sought safety in the rigging and
tops. Fortunately we were in but twenty
eight feet of water, and two of the boats
on the starboard side were lowered. Most
of those who had jumped overboard were
either picked up or swam back to the
wreck. The two boats then pulled for
the Canandaigua, one and a half miles dis
tant. Assistance was promptly rendered
by that vessel to those remaining on the
wreck.
At muster the next morning, five of our
number were found missing. The captain
was thrown several feet iuto the air by
the force of the explosion, and was pain
fully but not dangerously bruised And
cut.
It was the opinion of all who saw the
strange craft, that it was very nearly or
entirely under water, that there was no
smoke stack, that it was from twenty to
thirty feet in length, and that it was noise
less in her motion through the water. —
It was not seen after the explosion. The
ship was struck on the starboard side
abaft the mizzen mast. The force of the
explosion seem to have been mainly up
ward. A piece ten feet square was blown
out of her quarter deck, all the beams and
carlines being broken transversely across.
The heavy spanker boom was broken in
its thickest part, and the water for some
distance was white with spliters of oak
and pine. ' v
Probably not more than one minute
elapsed from the time the torpedo was first
seen, until we were struck, and not more
than three or four minutes could have
passed between the explosion and the
sinking of the ship. Had we been struck
in any other part, or before the alarm
had been given the loss would have been
much greater.
The Housaionic was a steam sloop, with
a tonnage of 1,250, and she earned a bat
tery of thirteen guns. She was completed
about eighteen months ago, and ha3 been
in the blockade ever since. She is the
vary vessel destroyed by a contrivance of
this character, and this fact gives to this
lamentable affair a significance which it
would not otherwise possess. Deserters
tell us that there are other machines of that
kind in the harbor, ready to ccmc oat, and
that more are in process of con*
struction The country cannot attend too
earnestly to the dangers which threaten
our blockading fleet, and the gunboats and
steamers on the Southern rivers.
Gfn. Breckenridge’s Remarks to
hts Troop:, —Gen. Jno. C. Breckeoridge
been on a tour of inspection of his troops
ir. hh new department. After a brigade
I review a few days since he made the an
nexed remarks:
(7 \ a
j “You are refugees driven from your
homes and your household gods, by a foe
who denies you the rights which are
guarantied by Heaven. So am Ia refu
gee, driven from my own hom& by the
same foe. Seht by the President of the
Confederate States to take command of
youj I shall lead you the foe, .
may be that, you will have to fight against
odds two to one: but, inspired by such a
cause, you should whip them, two to your
one. I have been supprised to find you
so well equipped and so well. drilled. I
am pleased with your appearance* Such
men can never be subjugated. Sooner
shall this mountain top leap from its
everlasting base than that such men
should be subjugated to the hated rule of
a merciless tyranny which would degrade
them below a negro. Let us be of good
cheer, fellow soldiers. Ls true, to our
selves and to our country, in good time
we shall reach our homes again. But
we shall have to fightrand conquer before
we can enjoy the blessings of peace, in
our old homes You have enlisted for
the war. So have I. Let us not become
weary, and in due time wo shall reap
the rich fruit ofour independence.
The ItesoHM iHt of Uie Confede*
rate Mules Treasury.
The financial budget provided by the
legislature of the Congress, consists, first,
of revenue derived from taxation; second,
of Treasury notes issued under the provi
so of the sth section of the funding act,
‘‘to be issued in exchange for old notes,
at the rate of two dollars of the new for
three of the old issues, whether said notes
be surrendered for exchange by the hold
ers thereof, or be redeved into the Treas•
ury under the provisions of this act,” t, *e,
funded in four per cents; and third, sale
of bonds.
The revocation of “all authority here
tofore given to the Secetary of the Treas
ury to issue Treasury notes,” is accompa
nied with a direct proviso that authorizes
the issue of “new Treasury notes,”first, in
exchange for old at two dollars for three,
and secondly, for old notes “reoieved into
the Treasury under the provisions of this
act,” in the same ratio of two dollars for
three. Such, certainly is the legislation
of Congress. Mr. Mepiminger is not in
auy manner, responsible for the funding
act, but he is bound to execute it.
The demauda of the Treasury were nev
er designed to be made dependent solely
upon taxation; but while the resources
of the country were taxed, for the sup
port, in part, of the Government, the
issue of anew currency was provided
That new currency is to be Issued, first
in exchange for old notes. This affords
no revenue to the Treasury, but merely
relieves its indebtedness; and, second, iu
exchnage for old notes recieved in fund
ing. Mr. Memmingcr is provided
fore, with, first taxes, second, with two
thirds of old notes that are funded; and,
third, with the sale of six per cent, bonds
That Congress did not intend that* tho
issue of Trearury notes should entirely
cease, is clear lroui the proviso of section
sth which provides for anew currency,
and requires Secretary Meiumiuger :q is
sue it. f,
It is well understood that the present
funding act was not the plan proposed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, and that
whether good or bad, practicable or im
practicable, Mr Memaiinger is in no man
lier responsible lor it; but its execution
has now become his duty, and so far as
we have been able to judge, the Secretary
has not failed to carry out the provisions
of the act. If the “ Whig" can change
the plain provisions of the law, or show
that old notes “received into the treasury
under the provisions ot tills act” are not
to be exchanged, then its strictures upon
the Secretary, though still in bad taste,
may, nevertheless have an application jpow
entirely denied them by the positive pro
visions of the act. — Richmond Enquirer.
The Biblical Recorder gives the an
nexed note, from the Rev. Mr. Prichard
of Raleigh:
Hx-Presldent Franklin Pierce.—
Last spring a prominent member of the
church of which I was pastor in Baltimore
met at the St. Nicholas, in New York, ox>
President Pierce.
Mr. Pierce manifested the warmest
sympathy for the South in this struggle
lor independence, declared that the only
hope lor freedom on this continent was in
the success of the South; that old as he
was he should have been in the Confed
erate army but for the health of his wife,
and that he desired no higher earthly hon
or than to be a private in the ranks of the
Southern army.
T. H. Prichard.
Speaking out Against the Admin
istration. —Among the resolutions adop
ted by the German Democratic Union
party of New York last week was the fol—
lowing:
Resolved, That th£ ruling party and its
chosen administration have given such
overwhelming evidence of their deffciency
in capability, honesty and devotion to the
Constitution; have subverted the estab
lished policy of the Government, miscar
-ried the war of the Union, and squander
ed the resources of the country to such an
alarming extent, that the safety of the
republic a change
of politics‘and rulers.
A Consistent Governor— The Charleston
Courier says no Executive of Georgia ever
claimed or exercised such powers as Governor
Brown has done. In the very message which
so violent]- impeached the good faith and in
tegrity of the Confederate Administration, he
asks to be vested with powers over the prop
erty of citizens which were never yet confer
red upon a constitutional Chief Magistrate.
He asks for - power to seize property upon
“reasonable ground of suspicion that it has
been used in violation of law. lie wants the
power to annul commissions—the power to
impress provisions, in cases where the Con
stitution does not .convey it—the power to
compel the removal of property, and the pow
er to take possession ot and control any of the
railroads of the State, with their rolling stock,
&c.
Headquarters or Conscription. <
Macon, Ga~April 7, 15e4. \
General Orders. No. 28.
By order of the Superintendent of Consc ription,
all persons between the ages of 17 and 18 arid 46 and
50years will rendezvou at the enrolling Headquar
ters of the Cong District in which tho re
side, on the 16th day of Ipril next. They ill ■hen,
under the supervision of the Di tro-t Enrolling
cers proceed to organize into Companies as volun
teer- with the privilege of electing their officers.
CARLES J. HARRIS,
Major and Commandant of Conscripts of Ga.
a'Jl 12 6t
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Headquarters Enrolling Office, )
3d Congresrional District,
Columbus, Ga„ April Hth, 1804.)
All men between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45 and
50, in the Third Congressional District, will rendose
rous at Columbus, Ga., on the 16th of April, prepar
atory to organizing themselves iuto Companies.^
W. S. WALLACE/.
Captain and Enrolling Officer,
apl!2-tf