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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays executed) at the rate of per month, or &10 for t hreo mouths. No subscription received for a longer term than /tree month*. ADVERTISING rates : Advertisements inserted for $2 00 per square for the iirst insertion and $1 50 for each additional. Where advertisements are inserted a month, the ■barge will be S2O per square. Announcing candidates $lO, which must invariably he paid in advance. A deduction of2o percent, will be made on all advertising accounts over $56. when prompt pay 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 ■« 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, - -- •• r"" 1 r —t~irnriiriftTißMaMrrTflnrg-ttTr - 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 - " F 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