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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays excepted) at the rate of $3.60 per month, or $lO for three months. No subscription received for a longer term than hree months. ADVERTISING RATES : Advertisement* inserted for $2 00 per square for the first insertion and $1 .60 for each additional. \V here advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S2O per square. Announcing candidatesslo, which must invariably be paid in advance. A deduction of 20 per cent, will be made on all. advertising accounts over •fc'O, when prompt pay 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