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COLUMBUS TIMES
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ment is made.
GEOBCIA-Marlon County :
RULE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattte, Ad
ministratrix upon the estate of David L, Murry,
deceased, having applied for letters of disinmission
tiom said Administration.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, the kindred anderedirors of said deceased,
to show cause, if any they have, why said Adminis
tratrix should not be dismissed from said adminis
t rat ion.
Given under my hand and official signature, Oc
tober sth, 1803. MAT.COM HAIR,
dee 12 mOm Ordinary.
GEORGIA—MarIon County 3
WHEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the
estate of Joseph N, Stary, Lite of said county,
deceased, having applied for letters ofdismssion
from said administration. . , . . „ .
These are therefore to cite aim admonish all ana
singular the kindred and creditors ot 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. J an.
22d, 1864. IMA LOOM HAIR,
jan 25m6m Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Marion County :
RULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James. Adm’x on
the estate of Daniel James, Jr., having peti
tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said
Administration. . . ,
These are therefore to cite and! admonish all and
singular the kindred and creditors ol said deceased
to be and appear at my office within the time pre
scribed by law, and show cause it any they have,
why sold Administratrix should not bo dismissed
from said .Administration on the first, Monday tn
J ufven under my hand and official signature, this
December the 7th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR,
dec 14 mom Ordinary.
Medical Card.
HR. E. A. ROSSY.
FORMERLY Surgeon to the New.Orleans "Fe
r. male Infirmary,” tenders his services to thetit
izens of Columbus in all the branchesot hisprofes
~l?ip'ecial attention will be devotedfro the treatment
of the diseases ofwomem. „
Surgical operations performed for Stone in
the Bladder.Flstula in Ano, Visico-Vaginalfastula.
Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Pliymoeis,
Varicocele, Haemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas
sable strictures, False Passages, Tallapesor Club
Foot, and contraction of the lingers, Strabismus or
Squinting, AneurismJVarix 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. ' . a .
Diseases of ths;Genito-U nnatry System, compiling
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 JNew Or
leans; Consultation hours every day at his office
in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o clock
a, nit, and from 2to 4 o’clock p, m. Patients willdo
well to call precisely at those hours, as before and
after that time wifi be devoted to visiting personstn
Address all commuications to n . oav
DR. E. A. ROSSY.
Columbus. Ga,
N, B.—Patrons from a di3taur,e will be visitod
and treated at home if desired- -1 shall be thankful
to my professional brethren for any favor they may
do me, by sending me persons veqtung surgical
attention.
will also bestow particular attention to
the treatment of the different forms ox f leers, Rheu
in at. i .*4 in > (jfrout. Scrofulous fttfoctious, Syphilitic ©rup*
tion3, and all other chronic diseases ot the skin.
Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous
Baths, as employed, in the hospitals in. Europe and
America, will form a part of my treatment, -
fob 11 3m A ' »
Old Iron Wanted*
WE wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP
IRON, both oast and wrougLt, for which cash
will be paid. HARRISON, BEDELL & CO.
jan 2? ts
Fine Smoking a M Chewing Tobacco.
feb 13 ts • Druggist under cook » Hotet.
GOODRICH & GO.,
(Formerly of New Orleans,)
*74L BROAD ST.,
COLUMBUS, CtA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
cfc? I? l anoy
DRY-GOODS.
a ■x rSo^'&zt SfVuSis
GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash,
teb 5 3m
Heaver Skin* Wanted,
rrHE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given
1 in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number
wanted. Enquire at
W feb 22 4w L. IIAIMAN & BRO.
Albany, EaianlJt Cuthbert, Bainbridge and
giakely papers copy 4w and send bills.
Warehouse Jlotiee.
ON and attar the first day of April next, the
charge for storage on Cotton in our Ware
houses will he ONE.DOLLAR per bale per month.
ivING A ALLEN,
WARNOCK k CO.,
HUGHES & HODGES,
J. R. IVEY k CO.,
GREENWOOD 3c GRAY,
POWELL, FRAZER and CO.
Columbus, Ga.. March 2d, 1364.—1 m
«. Marshal Sale.
WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the usual hours or 3ale, before the
Court House in Muscogee county, a fine lour wheel
aaniase. levied on to satisfy twenty-six fi las vs
Bealflc Murphy, one fi fa vs A. A. Beall and one 11
.v vs R. A. Murphy, sarnishees in favor of the Con
federate States of America for interest due 011 debt
«,
C. S. Marshal.
Columbus. March Ist td
PLANTATION WASTE#.
TO PURCHASE OR RENT 1
,p K rtjJtwM' #wonmu>d,te «ixl|jsiso>Fl C E.
feb 26 ts
Plantation and Shovel Iron.
In 4 VF. on consignment 20,000 lbs of Plantation
r nn i .ill receive next week some shovel
iwni M d Tlexchange for Bacon or sell for
Iron, which 1 w»u u> p T] RNER.
Confederal# nionej.
mar 31m _
TO PRINTERS!
I am prepared to famish a superior
article of
B.OXjXj£SH,S
made of the BEST COMPOSITION, if
MOULDS and STOCKS
are sent me, and ship them neatly and
safely packed. Or I can furnish
OOMJPOSI*T‘IOBa
in quantities which only requires to he
MELTED AND POURED
to insure good ROLLERS
All bills are cash on delivery here, nn
less shipped by Express, then C. O. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO.
mar 15 lm
House Wanted,
&tVffere er S on having one to let, will
maSanf ®‘ Spear * Je ™ lr > Store.
''' .
Vol. XL
J. W. WARBIV & CO. Proprietors........ J. W. WARREN, Editor
Change of Schedule.
ON and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on
the i«uscQgee Railroad will run as follows :
PASSENGER TRAIN:
Leave Columbus .6 15 p. M.
Arrive at Macon , 252A. M.
Leave Macon * 935 p. M.
Arrive at Columbus ~..,5 (0 a. M.
FREIGHT TRAIN :
Leave Columbus ~.,,5 30 A. M.
Arrive at Columbus 4 35 P. M.
W. L. CLARK,
mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R 7
— w •- •
Change of Schedule.
Office Fnginkek and Bupibixtendiekt, 1
Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >
Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864. J
ON and after SUNDAY, Feb. 21st, Passenger
Trains will
Leave Charleston.... 7 15 4. M.
Arrive at Savannah 4 25 P. M.
Leave Savannah 00 A. M.
Arrive at Charleston 4 30 P. M.
Passengers by this route from Columbus, Mont
gomery, Albany, Fuiaula, &c., pass through .Sav
annah without detention.
H. S. HAINES,
feb 24 lw eoa3w F.ng’r and Supt.
Notice.
ALL kinds of DA'KING done at my residence,
opposite llaiman'a Pistol Manufactory. Pro
visions of any kind taken in payment.
HENRY VOIGHT,
mar 8 lm Dyer.
HEADQUARTERS POST, l
Columbus, Ga., April 2d, 1864.)
The attention*of all persons between the ages of
seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ages
of forty-five 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
hafi 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.whicli, by the terms of its enlistment,
is liable to serve anywhero within the State; or
persons of this class may form new companies for
local defence and special service, under General
Orders No. 86, (1863) soy the war, and select their
own officers.
The undersigned willgive persons wishing tolorm
companies for 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. IV. ROBERTSON,
apr 4 lw Col. Comdg. Post,
Sun and Enquirer copy one week.
To The Patriotic Citizens of Columbus and
Vicinity. * .
The great benefits which have attended the iabors
of Relief Committees on the battlefield, in protect
ing and administering to the care and comfort of
the sick and wended, 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 the 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" whenever the
occasion may demand.
Transportation for 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 usesul.
Any Committee which may be organized can re
port itself to this office, so that the members may
receive information when their services 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 suffieient|numbei’ 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 Post,
Columbus, Ga., March 31, lSf»4. —4t
Headquarters Enrolling Office, )
3d (Wngressignal District. Georgia, V
Columbus, Ga., March St, 1864.)
Pursuant to General Orders No. 33, Adjutant and
Inspector General’s office, Richmond, Va„ March
15th, 1864, all persons between the ages of 17 and 1.8,
and 45 and 50, in this District, are required to report
at these Headquarters for Enrollment.
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
Capt, W. S. WALLACE,
Enrolling Officer.
J. .4. Leonard, Ass’t.
npl 1 20d
Enquirer copy 20d
Headquartfbs Enrolling Office,)
3d Conorfshional District, >
Columbus, Ga., April 11th, 1864.)
All men between the ages of 17 and 18, and 45 and
50. in the Third Congressional District, will rendez
vous at Columbus, Ga., on the 16th of April, prepar
atory to organizing themselves into Companies.
W. S. WALLACE.
Captain and Enrolling Officer.
apU2-tf
Glue nanufUctory.
THE UNDERSIGNED isprepared to fill all orders
for
aiiUE
of a superior quality. All orders must be addressed
to the undersigned money enclosed, unless
ordered by Express, when orders will be filled and
shipped with C. 0. D.
ALFORD ZORKOWSKI A CO.
mar 15 Im
Notice.
Assistant Quartermaster’s Office, )
Columbus, Georgia, >-
March 10, 1564.)
Parties holding Certificates of Purchase or Im
pressment, made by Maj. J. F. Waddell, will pre
sent their elaims for paymen^b^the^Sioth^inst^
mar 10 2w Capt, & A. Q. M.
Sun copy
TO LOIIMAMAHS]
BY order of the War Department, I leave to-day
for Eastern Louisiana, to operate in that district.
Mv regiment (Ist Louisiana cavalry) will rendezvous
at Selma, Alabama. In addition, a splendid battery
of Sawyer gun-, presented by our commander, Lieut
Gen. Polk, will accompany the expedition, under
the command of Captain N. T.N. Robinson, of New
Orleans, an experienced and skiltul officer who
formerly had charge of my old battery of Horse Ar-
inducement cannot be offered the ‘ex
iled sons of Louisiana to rally around our country s
colors and avenge their manifold wrongs and oppres
rioasupon tbe soil of their own State. Horses and
equipments will be furnished all recruits who re
nort to me at Selma. _ . . ... . ..
P Let there be no delay. Tnple-amed with Justice,
revenge and courage, let us strike till not.a foe be
left in Louisiana to tell the !^^ th £ ir g^g in - V '
Colonel let Re*’t La., q»Tah’y.
Dalton, Ga.»
Columbus, Ga., Thursday Homing, April 14,1864. 4
€itg fllilitari) Du tttovri.
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 <fc IG
W. T. McKendrer, Chief Clerk.
ENROLLING OFFICE.
Capt. W. S. Wallace —rear of Jone3’ Building.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’g.
Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer.*
Lieut. J. M. Mci.den, Military Store Keeper
QUARTERMASTER DEFT.
At No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g,
Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M.
Capt. H. D. Cothran, A. Q. M.
COMMISSARY DEF T.
At King, Allen & Camak’a Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g.
Capt. J. H. A. C. S.
ENGINEER'S DEF T
Capt. Theodore Morf.no.
Lieut, W. A. Hanskll.
MEDICAL DEF T.
G. B. Douglass, Po3t 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, “ ** t “ “
W W Diceie, “ “ “ “
NAVAL DEFT.
near the Old Bridge.
J. H. Warner, Chf, Engineer.
PROVOST MARSHAL.
Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of
Columbus.
Examining Board.
J S White, Senior Surgeon,
The Board meets at the General Hospital on
Tuesdays and Fridays.
• C. S. ARSENAL, TANARUS”
Columbus, Ga,, April 5, 1864.)
Notice.
I WISH TO EXCHANGE FORBACON
on equitable terms,
Sugar Hills,
Sugar and Salt Kettle*,
And all kinds PLANTATION IRON;
Also POWDER.-
As this Bacon is needed to supply the necessities
of the employees of the Ordnance Department, at
this place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders
-"■iii Government the preference.
if-, n. ntTMiMtmorq,
apl 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal.
“ Notice to Plasters and Con=
sinners of Iron. 9 ’
IT~ F. will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or
IT exchange for country produce—such as Corn,
Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal
low, Butter, Wheat 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;
SUGAR AND SALT KETTLES-*—FROM 40
TO 100 GALLONS ;
SUGAR MILLS—-13 AND 15 INCH,
We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any
sizes anil quantity of Iron, from onr Iron Works
and Rolling Mill in Alabama.
JOHN D. GRAY 8: CO.,
apr 3 ts Next to New Bridge,
Office Mobile and Qirabd R. R.. I
Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864.)
The Stockholders of the Mobile JqGirard Railroad
Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent
tax, levied by the law passed February 17tb, 1864,
on the value of all shares held in Railroad or other
Companies, will be paid by the Treasurer nt this
offiee and they will therefore omit the stock held in
this Company in their lists to Assessors.
♦ J. M. FRAZER,
apl 6 ts Treasurer.
N&'W Slave Mart.
THOMAS L. FRAZER A CO.,
Late firm of Crawford, Frazer rt C'o., Atlanta, Ga.,
NE&RO BROKERS,
Market Street , above Montgomery Hall ,
HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive
and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes
which raav be consigned to them. They will bur
and sell on Commission, and forward proceeds with
promptness and dispatch. They keep constantly on
hand a large and well selected stock, such as
Families, House Servants,
Gentleman’s Body Servants, Seamstresses,
Boys and Girls, of all descriptions,
Carpenters, Blacksmiths,
Shoinakers, Field Hands.
They respectfully refer to the following well
known gentlemen, viz:
Hon. John A. Elmore. Major .T. L. Calhoun, Will
iam Taylor k Cos„ A. P. Watt, Shular x Ardis,
Montgomery, Ala., J. C. Coleman k Cos., Mobile,
Ala., Henry J/ejnhard A Bro.,|avannah, G^^
Montgomery, Ala.
A. FRAZER •
W E, SMITH,
Auburn, Ala.
W. H. Fitts, Agent. .. , ...
P. S— City patronage respectfully <«oiimed, All
orders carefully attended to.
mar 25 dim w3m
Martha A, Tavlor) Libel for Divorce in Marion
vs V Superior Court. Returnable to
Green B. Taylc-r. ) September Term, 1864.
At Columbus, April 2d, 1364.
IT appearingito theJCourfibylthe return oftheSher
iff. that the defendant is not to be found in the
county, and it further appearing to the Court by
other evidence that the dependent does not reside
in the State.
It is therefore ordered by the Court that service
be perfected on the defendant by publication of this
order once a month for four months, before the
next term of the Court, in some newspaper of this
StatC ' EDMOND H. WORRILL, J. S. C. C. C.
A true extract from the minutes, this April sth,
1864. • geo. w. McDuffie,
apl 7 m4m - Clerk.
Headquarters of Conscription. 1
Macon, Ga., April 7, 1364. i
General Orders, No. 2S.
By order of the Superintendent of Conscription,
all persons between the ages of 17 and IS and 45 and
50 years will rendezvous at the enrolling Headquar
ters of the Congressional District in which they re
side, on the 16th day of April next. They will then,
under the supervision of the District Enrolling offi
cers proceed to organize into Companies as volun :
tears, with the privilege of electing their officers.
■1 CHARLES J. HARRIS.
Major and Commandant of Cboacjistte of Gib
Wednesday Uvening.
Funeral Motlce.
The friends and acquaintances of Mr. and Mrs.
David Adams, are respectfully invited to attend the
funeral of their son, Frederick G. Adams, from the
Muscogee Railroad Depot, this afternoon at 5 oicloek.
Columbus, April ISth, 1864.
How Re-Enlistments are encouraged.—
• A friend, saya the Boston Courier, has
brought us a letter from the army of the Po
tomac, from which we take the following pas
sage, which needs no comment :
“I will tell you something I happened to
know of the other day. It was a married
man that received a telegraphic dispatch that
his wife and child were dead, and two more
little children were suffering for the want of
proper care. He applied for a furlough, atid
sent the dispatch along with it. The furlough
was approved, and then sent to arms head
quarters, and when it. came back this endorse
ment was on it: “This man can have thirty -
five days furlough by re-enlisting.'' A pretty
way to encourage enlisting,' ain't it?”
Their Friends*First. —A number of abo
lition officers having been exposed in their
rascality and sent to Fort Lafayette, a com
raissioif has at last been ordered for the pur
pose of trying prisoners at that fortress and
at Fort Warren, charged with State and polit
cal offences. So long as copperheads alone
were the victims of these* bastiles, it was trea
son to even think of such an inquiry, but the
poisoned chalice having returned to the lips
of those who have heretofore applied it, meas
ures of justice and relief are at once adopted,
but as might be expected, instead of trying
first the oases of those who have been dying
in those dungeons for many long months, the
late abolition criminals are the first to receive
the attention of the commission.
The New Draft at the North.
The following is a statement exhibiting the
quotas of the several States, under Lincoln’s
call for 200,000 men, dated March 14, 1864,
with all credits deducted from or deficiencies
added thereto, excepting thq, enlistment of
veteran volunteers, up to March 1, 1864:.
Maine.—Quota under the call for 200,000
men, March 14, 1864, 4,721; number to be.
credited, none ; deficiencies to be charged,
1,920, Total to be furnished, 6,641,
New Hampshire.—Quota, 2,588; credit 170;
deficiency none. Total, 4,428.
Massachusetts. —Quota, 10,639 ; deficien
ciencies, 9,053. Total, 20,592.
Vermont.—Quota, 2,300; credit, 2,130;
deficiency nonei Total, 170.
Rhode Island.—Quota, 1,388; credit, 525;
none. Total 863.
—Qiuita, 3,168; credit, 594:
deficiency, none. Totai■
New York. —Quota, 32,794; credit and de
ficiency, none (not yet computed.) Total,
59,230‘
New Jersey.—Quota, 6,704; credit, none;
deficiency, 7,520. Total, 14,224.
Pennsylvania. —Quota, 26,302; credit and
deficiency, none (not yet computed.) Total,
74,127.
Deleware. —Quota, 985 ; credit none; defi
ciency, 691. Total, 1,676.
Maryland.—Quota, 4,317 ; credit, none; de
ficiency, 17,411. Total, 21,728.
West Virginia.—Quota, 2,051; credit, none;
deficiency, 1,139. Total, 3,190.
District of Columbia. —Quota, 1,702 ; credit,
none; deficiency, 3,153, T0ta1,865.
Ohio.—Quota, 20,596 ; credit, none ; defi
ciency, 18,628. Total, 39,233,
Indiana. —Quota, 13,008; credit. 9,939 ; de
ficiency, none. Total, 3069.
Illinois.—Quota, 18,524; credit, 30,960.
Michigan.—Quota, 7,821; credit, 634 ; de
ficiency, none. Total, 7,187.
Wisconsin.—Quota, 7,941. Total, 15,402.
Minnesota.—Quota, 2,180. Total, 5,437.
lowa.—Quota, 6,439 ; credit, none ; defi
ciency, 4,701. Total, 13,(40.
Missouri.—Quota , 3,925; credit, none ; de
ficiency, 4,962. Total, 8.887.
* Kentucky.—Quota, 5,787 ; credit,none; de
ficiency, 8,683. Total, 25,472.
Kansas.—Quota, 1,409; credit, none; defi
ciency, 1,118. Total, 2,597.
The Presidential Campaign— Meeting in
New York in favor of Fremont — The. Platform
of the Fremont Party. —General John Charles
Fremont was last week formally nominated
for the Presidency by a meeting of his friends
in New Y r ork. The President of the meeting
took strong grounds in furor of Fremont. He
urged that Mr. Lincoln had not fulfilled the
mission entrusted to him. Horace Greeley
was among the speakers. He said the meet
ing was a proper movement: but he did not
believe it was in the right of General Fre
mont to press his claim? by mean3 of dissen
sions. For his own part, he thought that the
friends of Fremont were moving too early. It
would be far better to postpone all nomiifh
tions until about The first of September, when
united action would properly be made. The
meeting wound up, alter considerable speak
ing, with formally nominating the great
“Pathfinder" for the next Presidency, and
laying down the following as their platform
of principles:
A vigorous, consistent, concentrated prose
cution of the war against the insurgent ar
mies in the field, with adequate penalties for
treason, and no amnesty except to absolute
submission.
Tbe right of suffrage to be regulated by leg
islative bodies, and not prescribed by the Ex
ecutive.
No restoration of civil rights as an induce
ment to rebels to forswear themselves.
No initiation of serfdom by attaching the
person of the laborer of the soil.
Absolute equality of all men before the iaw,
without distinction of race or color.
Extension of the beneficient principles of
the Homestead law, and a liberal distribution
of bounty lands among all soldiers.
Paramount nationality as opposed to a se
ditious application of the doctrine or supreme
State rights-
The rigid raaintainance of the Monroe doc
trine, so as to vindicate the republican integ
rity of the continent. *
A reformed and thoroughly American for
eign policy, without regard to the opinions or
menaces of foreign powers.
A liberal system of foreign emigration.
The one term principle for the Presidency,
so as to secure tho integrity of the incumbent
till the last hour of his office, and prevent the
distribution of his patronage for the subjuga
tion of the constituency by office-holders.—
[Cheers.]
The meeting here adjourned* to meet next
week-
$3.50 Per Month.
on the Principle* of I7T$-
The Richmond Enquirer of the 4th re
viewing the Georgia proposition of peace
upon tjie principles of 1776, says:
But this is not the “simple solution'' of
Governor Brown; he would have each
State “freely exercise the right to deter
mine its own destiny, in its own way.”—
This may be intended to mean that as the
“destiny ; may be changed by the States at
any time; if a State can, by making a sep
arate peace, fix its “destiny” outside of
the war cloud that now envelopes the for
tunes and destinies of all alike, it would
be within its ‘‘sovereignty” thus to aban
don its sisters and make its peace upon its
own terms. This idea of State interven
tion for peace is vaguely and indefinitely
expressed—indeed its friends and advo
cates have not yet fully developed their
scheme. With one set, we hear of States
proposing terms with States; as though
Georgia could negotiate with New York,
and the two Empire States fix a comforta
ble little armistice by which New York
would not invade Georgia, and vice versa.
The absurdity of thi3 part of the scheme
needs only to be stated to be fully appre
ciated. Then, we have “peace on the
principles of 1776J' What were the
“principles of 1776?” If the Declaration
of Independence is meant, if it is proposed
to send a commissioner with our armies,
who shall after every battle read that an
cient document, we cannot see any good
that can possibly come of it, as the “noise
and confusion” would, in all probability,
prevent the honorable commission from
being heard. Bat, if by the “principles
ol 17 f6” it is meant that, as the indepen
dence of the Colonies was acknowledged
by George 111 separately, that that, pre
cedent may provide a way for dodging the
question of recognizing the nationality of
the Confederate States, the scheme is noth
ing, more nor less, than cowardly treason.
It is an effort to defeat the object for
which we are fighting; which is the na
tionality of “The Confederate States of
America,” and not the independence and
sovereignty of Virginia, North Corolina,
South Carolina, &c, &c. It is not within
the power of Lineoln to grant the inde
pendence and sovereignty of Virginia,
she was never a colony, or a province in
the United States, but equal with each of
her co-States iu that Union. Lincoln
may seek to conquer that independence
and destroy that sovereignty, but until
he js victorious he connot grant indepen
dence or confer sovereignty upon any oj
the States of the Confederacy.
But the States of the Confederacy
having once formed a part of the Union
and are seeking to set up a
distinct nationality, Mr. Lincoln as Pres
ident of the United States, is waging war
against such nationality. If he is sue*
cessiul, our independence and sovereign
ty are gone by coupuest, and then he
might grant one or both; but at present
he has not power, and we do not fear that
h<* will ever possess the power, to confer
independence or sovereignty upon any
State oi the Confederacy, unless the
State interventionists should persuade
some State to seperate her “destiny”
irorn that of the Confederady, and ask the
boon of independence and sovereignty
from Mr. Liucoln. Go ask the wolf for
the iamb, the robber for your purse, and
the Yankee for your iudependece.
If there ever were any ‘ principles oi 1776”
they can have no application whatever to
peace between the United Stales and the Coa
iederate States. If we understand “the prin
ciples of 1776,” they were fighting principles.
Appealing to “the Supreme Judge of the
world” and resorting to the ultima ratio, our
fathers determined that they “are, and, of
right, ought to be, free and independent
States and George 111, after seven years
contest, said he thought so too, hnd the colo
nies were acknowledged to be free and indepen
dent States, and as such were recognized by
all nations as the United States of America.—
George 111 had the undisputed government
over the colonies until 1776, he therefore
could grant independence, and wheu he did so
sovereignty necessarily attached. But Abe I
never stood to these States as George 111 did
to the colonies. The United States possessed
no proprietory right in any of these States,as
England did in all the colonies. Great Britain
grunted the independence of the colonics, and
H has been undisputed ever since, The prin
ciples of 1776, applied to the war, therefore,
ore fight on until you bring Abe I to the same
state of compliance with our nationality that
our ancestors brought George 111 to, with re
gard to their independence. There was no
peace in the prinajples of 1776”—it was 1783
that peace oame-
But we fear that fbis adoption of 1776 has
a purpose and object opt recognizable at first;
that under the cover of the “principles of
1776” lies also the pursuasion that the asso
ciations of 1776 may return to some of the
States, and thus reconstruction is to be found
at the bottom of this “State intervention for
peace.” When the issues of this war is nar
rowed down to the recognition of the “sov
ereignty of the States” —when, the nationality
of the Confederate States is abandoned for
the sovereignty of the separate States—the
road to reconstruction is not only clear, but
the distance immensely shortened.
Dissolve the Confederacy, and what is the
war for ? The independence of the States ia
only asserted in the claim to organize anew
government. If that claim is abandoned Mr.
Lincoln would have accomplished all he de
sired. Virginia might assert that she had se
ceded; but iier existence being unknown to
the nations of the world, she would be exact
ly where the Yankees desire' to see all the
States of the Confederacy— no where.
There can be no middle ground in this war,
A man must be for the Confederate States or
for th* United States. There ia but one neu
tral man on the continent—John Minor Bolts
—and some are uncharitable enough to assert
that his neutrality ia, very much of the same
bind as that of Lord Russell—all ou the side
of the Yankees. But be that as it may—Mr.
Botts enjoys alone this neutiality. No other
man has been permitted on that platform. All
others are either for the Union or for the Con
federacy. This State intervention scheme is
not for the Confederacy, because its funda
mental idea is to ignore the existence of t e
Confederacy. Mr. Botts does not go that far
—he has had a painiul experience ot the ex
istence of the Confederacy, and besides he
has rendered service in electing a membej Os
the Confederate Congress. The State mter^
veutioulsts are, therefore, not neutrals—the
other horn of the dilemma we will not at
present apply to them.
Death Among the Confsdkbate Pbisonebs
at THE North —Our prigonere, it is said, are
coining home at last, from the death-pens of
the North. We find tho following paragraphs
in our late Nortnem files, which show from
what horrors they are timely escaping;
There were 10,520 Federal prisoners in
Richmond on the 18th in9t. There were eleven,
deaths amoug them on tho same day.— CAica
go Journal , JJtc. 13 th.
The Rock Island Argus, of January 2d
comments on the above as follows:
The mortality at Rock Island Barracks, for
the week ending 26, was 42. The number of
prisoners was 6,229, or only one-half the num
ber at Richmond. This shows a greater mor
tality at Richmond.
It strikes us that deaths at the rate of near
ly 200 a month at Rock Island Barracks, out
of some 5,000 prisoners, is altogether too
large. “It was iuhuman,” said a Onion offi
cer, “to bring so maiyr weak and emaciated
and sick people from*Chattauooga to Rock Is
land, in cold, freezing weather, in box cars,
and without fire. The siok should have been
left behind ; it was bad enough to bring well
people in that manner.” This may be, aud
perhaps is, ooe reason for so great a mortality
among the prisoners. Another reason, per
haps, is the iuadequateoess of the medical de
partment. There is not one half enough hos
pital supplies; aud iu place ot four or five
surgeons, some of them picked «P by chance,
for temporary employment, there ought to be
ten or twelve first class physicians—the veiy
best physicians—and plenty of nurses. We
presume it is no fault of the departments that
they have not been furnished, tor it is al
most impossible to procure good physiciaus,
but it is a fault that hospital accommodations
and hospital supplies are inadequate This
fault, however, is beiug remedied as fast as
possible. But many lives, we have no doubt,
could have been saved if the medical depart
ments had, in every respect,been whal if should
have been.
The Joliet Signal, a Northwestern journal,
publishes the following:
We learn that two of the rebels prisoners,
on the train conveying them to the Rock Is
land prison on*last Thursday, were frozen to
death before the train reached the city. The
prisoners were crowded together like swiueiu
freight cars, and were from all appearance,
suffering both for tho want of clothing and
vituals. Indeed, it was said they were starv
ing as well as freezing. Bui the most shock
ing part of the whole affair, was the heartless
manner in which the dead were treated by
the guards. Wo have- been informed by good
authority, that the body of one of the lVozon
rebels was taken Off the cars at Michigan City
aud dragged over the snowy ground, feet fore
most, like a dead animal, some distauce to a
warehouse. It is not known what disposi
tion was to made of it afterwards. Such acts
are a disgrace to our country, and eau only
result in retaliation on the part of our enemies.
Is it possible we live in a Chiisiain land?—
Such scenes as have been recently witnessed
surely deny it. We are appalled at the atro
cious treatment of our prisoners in the rebel
prisons; but let us inquire if the sufferings of
our brave soldiers are not aggravated by tho
scenes which are witnessed among rebel pris
oners in our hands. We are drifting iuto
barbarity with a fearful rapidity. Such are
the results of this cruel war.
Tbere it is Again.
Has the reader failed to notice that in
every expedition, so far, in this Spring
campaign, the Federate have telegraphed
great and wonderful success, till all of a
sudden they run against a stump—stub
their toes and upset the dish ? and then
how they scold 1 Seymour, in Florida, was
having a golden run of luck—gobbling
up everything—until he run against a
at.muu at Ocean Pmwl— aud then what £
to do ! W hat an outrage! What a blun
der ! What a sacrifice l The whole North
was in arms over it. Explanations were
demanded. Lincoln charged it to Gil
more, and Gilmore to Seymour, and Sey
mour, as the least of the three, had to
stand scape-goat for the failure of an ex
pedition which, in the start, held out so
golden a promise, abd over whioh in truth
the Lincoln papers had bean bragging for
a month in advance.
J ust so with the grand combined move
ment for a “secondary water base” in Ala
bama. Never was such a run of luck as
attended tbe progress of Sherman and his
coadjutors, till Grierson ran against &
stump at Okalona. The Northern papers
were full of glorious reports till Forrest
quenched them.. The Mobile expedition
and Thomas’ advance upon Dalton were
equally “glorious” till they, too, came to
grief.
Now lastly oomes this great Red River
expedition, which hag been fairly radiant
with success and glory until to day. It
was but yesterday the telegrams stated
that forty thousand bales of cotton had
been captured—the forts had all falleyp—
the flying rebels had lost their wagon
trains, and it wag confiaently believed that
Shreveport would fail without a blow.—
But here comes that unfortunate stump
again. Shreveport not only refused to fall
without a blow, but most impudently and
audaciously flew into the face of the Yan
kees—repulsed them with great lo&s—sunk
their flag ship—took a transport and sent
the whole grand and glosious expedition
to the right about, yelping like a pack of
curs.
‘' Sic transit gloria Tanki .” thus
ends the grand expedition, in two branch
es, for the reduction of West Louisana.
Price is stated to have whipped one col
umn at Harrisonburg. Kirby Smith,
the other at Shreveport, and Dick Tay
lor is stated to have defeated the third
columnr under Banks at Bayou Jeche.
Hurrah for the Trans-Mississippi Depart
ment ! —Macon Telegraph.
The Alabama in the India Seas.— The
following is from a fetter received in Rich
mond from an officer of tbe Alabama:
Singapore, Straits op Malacca, "j
December 25th, 1863. /
“Twenty Yankee ships are laid np and of
fered for sale. No freight in Yankee vessels
at all. The people are loud in their praises
of the gallantry of tbe Southern people, and
their whole he|£ts are in our glorious cause.
All the foreign officers are with us, and the
English Qovernmeni is bitterly opposed.—
Yankees are held in great contempt and their
lying newspapers not at all credited by the
people. A Yankee ship is rarely now io be
seen in this part of the ocean. Ai. are in
good health and spirits on board the Ala
bama.”
Special to the Montgomery Advertiser.
Tcsxel Hill, April 11, ISO 4, t
via Dalton. J
The enemy made a demonstration against our
pickets on Saturday, to cover the withdrawal of
their infantry. ... _. ~ _ , .
The Brigade picketing at Ringgold Gap has been
replaced by a cavalry force. .
The Yankeessay no movement will be made on
our front, but boast that Grant will take Riibmond.
Gigantic efforts have been made within tin last
three months to put the army of the Cumberland
Eod condition, and the immense preparation wuieii
ve been made to mass supplies at Chattanooga aa
a base of operations against Atlanta, lndicaoi .
% battle will be fought bare sooner ftau 13 Yire