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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Only (Sundays exceptedi at the rate nf s3.w» permanth.iu vl'l f»>r thvee month.-,. . No subscription received for a longer Uroi than hi ee iiumthv. 4D¥ERTIBIIG RITES: Advertisements inserted lor $2 (id i>er square for the tiist insertion and $1 56 for each additional. Where advertisement", are inserted a month, t e charge will be S2O per square. Announcing which must invana y be paid in advance. A deduction of 20 per cent, will be made on all advertising accounts over SSO, when prompt pay inenris made. . . CJEOROIA-Marion County : • i ri| k NISI. Whereas, Amanda r L Cattle, Ad- Jl unnistratiix upon the estate of David L, Murry, deceased, having applied for letters of disimmssion from said Administration. . , __ . These are therefore to cite and admonish all ana •angular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to show cause, if any they have why said Adminis tratrix should not be dismissed from said adimnis tf Given under my band and official Oc tober Oth, 18*»- MALCOM HAllt dec 12 ir,6in Orainary liEOßCilA—Marion County s UU HEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the W estate of Joseph N. Stary, late of said coun j. deceased, having applied ior letters ot atom** > from saia administration. , ~ . These are therefore to cite and adaiomsh all antl singular the kindred and creditors, ot said deceasea, to be and appear at my office within the tune pre scribed by law, to show cause, it an> they said letters of dismission should n*t be granted to said applicant on the first Monday in October next. (.liven under my hand and ofecial signature .1 an. 22d, 1364. SMALCOM HAIR, jan 25in6m Ordinary.^ GEORGIA—Marion County : RULE NISI. Whereas Carrie James, Adui’x on the estate of Daniel James, Jr., Having peti tioned this Court for letters of dismission from said Administration. . , „ , These arc 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 it any they have, why said Administratrix should not be dismissed from said Administration, on the farst Mondaj in J ofvenuiidcr my hand and official thl3 December the 7th, 1863. MALCOM HAIR, decllmhin Ordinary. Medical Card. PR. E. A. BOSSY. FORMERLY Surgeon to the Mew . Orleans “Fe- T male Infirmary,” tenders his services to the Lit izen? of Columbus in all the branehesof hisproies- Sl Special attention wilf.be devotedito the treatment of the diseases of womcm. a Surgical operations performed for Stone in the Bladder. Fistula in Ano, Visico-Vaginal fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, Taliapcs or Club Foot, and contraction of the fingers, Strabismus or ►Squinting, Aneurism, Varix or dilated veins, 1 tery glum, Cataract and Hair Lip; also for the remov al of all turßjrs or abnormal growths from any part of the body. . _ , Diseases of ths.Gemto-Unnary System, comprsing the different stages of Ghonohhcea,. Strictures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its primary secondary,tertiary and hcriditary forms,will receive particular attention. , . , References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in New Or -1 uaiis; Consultation hours every day at his /'nice in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o clock am„ and from 2to 1 o'clock p, in. Patients willdo well to call precisely at those hours, as betore and after that time will be devoted to visiting personam the city. . Address all commutations to DR. E. A. ROSSY . Columbus. Ua, N. B.—Patrons from a distance will be visited and treated at. home if desired. Lshall be thankful to my professional brethren for any favor they may do me by sending me persons requmg Surgical attention. w iu also bestow particular attention to the treatment of the different forms of Ulcers, Rheu matism, Gout. Scrofulous affections, Syphilitic erup tions. and all other chronic diseases ol the skin.— Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as employed in the hospital in. Europe ami America, will form a part ol my treatment, fob 11 3m i',,.*. n. „ Old Iron Wanted. WE wish to purchase a largo quantity of SCRAP IRON, both cast and wrought, lor which cash will be paid. HARRISON, BLDEtiL GO. jan 27 ts Fine Smoking ainl Chewing Tobacco. A T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Ja For sale by J . S. PhMLKKTON, feb 13 ts Druggist under Look s Hotel. G-OOrP-ICH & 00., (Formerly of New Orleans,j 74 BROAD ST., COUIMIiCIS, «A., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Staple cte Fancy DRY-GOODS. ARE constantly receiving fresh importations, di rect from Europe, of staple and fancy DRY GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash, feb 5 3m Beaver Skins Wanted, THE highest price will be paid or Plow Steel given in exchange for Beaver Skins, A large number wanted. Enquire at .tutatw tvco feb 22 4w L. HAIM AM & L*RO. Albany, Eufaula, Outhbcrt, Bainbridije and Blakely papers copy 4w and send bills Warehouse Jl'oiii'4?. ON and after the first day-of April next, the charge for storage on Cotton in our Ware houses will be ONE DOLLAR per bale per month. KING A ALLEN. WA KNOCK & CO., HUGHES A HODGES, ,T. R. IVEY A CO.. GREENWOOD A GRAY, * POWELL, FRAZER A k OO. Columbus, Ga., March 2d, 38*14.—In* V. marshal Sale. WILL bo sold on the first Tuesday in April next, YY between the usual hours of sale, before the Court House in Muscogee county, a tine lour wheel carriage, levied on to satisfy twenty-six ti las v> Beall X: Murphy, one ti fa vs A. A. Beall and one ti fa vs R. A. Murphy, garnishees in favor of the Con fedorate States of America for interest due on debt to allien enemies to the 30th August, 1802, PHILIP A. CLAYTON, C. 8. Marshal. Columbus. March Ist td PLANTATION WANTED. TO PURCHASE OR RENT 1 0 N iVa'in'r "and" ""'ifVfs'oVFICE. feb 26 ts _ Plantation and Shovel Iron. I HAVE on consignment 20.000 lbs. of Plantation Iron and will receive next week some Shovel Iron, which I will exchange for Bacon or sell for Confederate money. «• It 3*NEK. mar Sim _ TO PRINTERS! T am prepared to furnish a superior article oi KOLIiERS made of the BEST COMPOSITION, if jfIOIJILPS and STOCKS are sent me, and ship them neatly and safely packed. Or I can furnish OOMPOSITIOM in quantities which ouly requires to bs MELTED AND POURED toinsure good ROLLERS All bills are cash on delivery here, un less shipped by Express, then 0. O D ALPOR% ZORKOWSKI A iM). mar 15 1 m Bouse Wanted, Immediately. Any person having one to let, will please apply at T. B. Spear’s Jewelry Store, march 21-u Vol. XL J. W. WARREN & CO. Proprietors.. * J. H. AV.ARREI, Editor Change of Schedule. ON and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on the ftiuscogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: Leave Columbus 6 15 P. M. Arrive at Macon Ji 52 A. M. Leave Macon 9 35 P. M. Arrive at Columbus ....5 00 A. M. FREIGHT TRAIN: Leave Columbu3 J> 30 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 4 35 P. M. W. L. CLARK, mar 19 ts Supt. Muscogee R, R. Change of Schedule. Office Fnginker and Superintendent, 4 Charleston and .Savannah Railroad, > Charleston, Feb. 13, 1804.) 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, &c„ pass through Sav annah without detention. H. S. HAINES, feb24lweoa3w Eng’r and Supt. Notice. A LL kinds of DY r EING done at my residence, /I opposite Hannan's Pistol Manufactory. Pro visions of any kind taken in payment. • HENRY VOIGHT, mar 8 lm Dyer. HEADQUARTERS POST, \ Columbus, Ga., April 2d, 1864. j The attention of all persons between the ages of seventeen and eighteen years, and between the ages of forty-live and fifty years, is called to the follow ing paragraph of General Orders No. 33, from the A. and Inspect. Gen’ls office, Richmond, Va.: 111. Any person liable to enrollment under this act may join any compan7 for local defence which has been formed under General Orders No. 86, issued 22d June, 1863, for the war, or any other company for local defence which lias been accepted into the service, and which, by the terms of its enlistment, is liable to serve anywhere within the State; or persons of this class may form new companies for local defence and special service, under General Orders No. 86, (1863) foe the war, and select their own officers. The undersigned will give 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. W. ROBERTSON, apr 4 lw G'yl. G’omdg. Post, Sun and Enquirer copy one week. To The PfftJ'iotie Citizens of Columbus and Vicinity. Tho great benefits which have attended the labors of Relief Committees on the battlefield, in protect ing and administering to tho cai;p and comfort of the sick and wonded, have been forcibly illust rated 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 Conunittes, who will hold the m 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 necegsary to be provided are old linen lint, cotton batting, bandages, lightwooden 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 suffieientjnumber to organize a Committee shall bclreceived. The obvious importance of such associations ren der appeals to the patriotism of the public unneces sary. GEO. B. DOUGLAS, Sen. Stirg. of Pest, Columbus, Ga.. March 31, 1864, —4t HEADQUARTERS ENROLLING OFFICE, 1 3d (Dsurkssioxu, District Gkoeoh, > « Columbus, Ga., March 31, 1861.) Pursuant to General Orders No. 33, Adjutant and Inspector General's office, Richmond, Va„ March 15th, 18C4, all persons between the ages of 17 and IS, 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 ho shall have a valid excuse therefor, to-be judged of by the Bureau of C onscription, By order of Capt, W. S. WALLACE, Enrolling Officer. J. A. LeonaKD, Ass’t. apt 1 20d Enquirer copy 20d * He ADQP.A RTER3 ENROLLING OFFICE,] 3d (linUresrignal District. >- Columbus, Ga., April 11th, 1564.) 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 loth of April, prepar i atory to organizing themselves into Companies. W.S. WALLACE. Captain and Enrolling Officer. apll2-tf falsie aim factory. PHE UNDERSIGNED isprepared to fill all orders X for GLUE of a superior quality. All orders must be addressed to the undersigned with»the money enclosed, unless ordered by Express, when orders will be filled and i shipped with C. 0. D. | ALFORD zqRKOW?KI & CO. mar 15 Im ; _____ Notice. Assistant Quartermaster's Office. ] Columbus, Georgia, V March 10, 1864.) Parties holding Certificates of Purchase or Im pressment, made by iVtaj. J. P. Waddell, will pre sent their claims for payment by the 25th inst. H. D. COTHRAN. mar 10 2w Capt, Sc A. Q. M. Sun copy TO LOXISIAAIINS! r*Y order of the War Department, I leave to-day > for Eastern Louisiana, to operate in that district. Vlvregiment (Ist Louisiana cavalry) will rendezvous at Selma, Alabama. In addition, a splendid battery of Sawyer 'uns. presented by our commander, Lieut [ Gen. Polk, will accompany the expedition, under the command of Captain N. T. N. Kobinsou. of New Orleans, an experienced and skilful officer who formerly had charge ot my old bstterj ot Horse Ar creater inducement cannot be offered the ex iled sons of Louisiana to rally around our country s colors and avenge their manifold wrongs and oppres - sions upon the sod of their own State. Horses and equipments will be furnished all recruits who re port to me at Selma. . , ~ . .. | Let there be no dtl .v. Triple-armed with justice, revenge and courage, let us strike all not a me be left iu Louisiana io tell the Story of their lcuoniuay . Colonel Ist Reg't La.T Cavalry. Dalton, CH-, Mafoh 17 St Columbus, Ga., Saturday Horning, April 16,1664. €itji iHilitarg ©imtorg. ! HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street, I Up Stair3. Col. J. W. Robertson, Com’g. Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G. Capt. J. S. Smith, A A & IG W. T. McKendree, Chief Clerk. ENROLLING office. Capt. W. S, Wallace—rear of Jones' Building. ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Cor. Olgethorpe and St. Clair Sts. Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’g. Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer. Lieut. J. M. Muldrn, Military Store Keeper QUAR TERMA STER DEP T. 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. COMMISSAR T DEP T. At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S. ENGINEER 9 S DEPT Capt. Theodore Moreno. Lieut. W. A. Hansell. MEDICAL DEPT. G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon. (Office at Wayside Home.) * J S White, General Hospital Snrg. in Charge. J P Moore, u “ 4 Surgeon. L D Carson, “ “ Ass’t Surgeon. R Fowler, “ “ “ “ W W Dickie, “ “ “ “ NAVAL DEPT. Office near the Old Bridge. J. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer. PROVOST MARSHAL. Capt. Geo. N. Knight, (East of the Bank of Golumhus. Examining Board. J S White, Senior Surgeon. The Board meets at the General Hospital on Tuesdays and Fridays, C. S. ARSENAL, 1 Columbus, Ga.. Aprils, 1864. J Notice. I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON on equitable terms, Sugar Mails, Saiga rand Salt Kettles, And all kinds PLANTATION IRON) A Iso POWDER. As this Bacon is neoded to supply the necessities .of the employee# of the Ordnance Department, at Lhis place and Richmond, it is hoped that holders will give the Government tlie preference. F. o. HUMPHREYS, apl 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal. 44 Kotlce f© Planters and Con sumers ol'Iron.” YU E will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or II cxchange'for country produce—such as Corn, Fodder, Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Peas, Potatoes, Tal low, Butter, IV 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 SPARES; FRY PANS; POT WARE OF SEVERAL DESCRIP TIONS ; • S-UGAR AND SALT KETTLES—FROM 40 TO 100 GALLONS; SUGAR MILLS—I3 AND 15 INCH We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron W orks and Rolling Mill in Alabama. JOHN D. GRAY A CO., apr3tf Next to New.Bridge, Office Mobile and Girard R. R.. I Columbus, Ga., April 5, 1864./ The Stockholders-of the Mobile A'Girard Railroad Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent tax, levied by the law passed February 17th, 1864, on the value of all shares held in Railroad or other Companies, Will be paid by the Treasurer at this office and they will therefore omit the stock held in this Company in their lists to Assessors. J. M. FRAZER, aplfitf Treasurer. Slave Mart. THOMAS L. FRAZER & CO,, Late firm of Cmwford, Frazer a- CO., Atlanta; Ga., HEORB BROKERS, Market Street, above Montgomery Hall , HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes which may be consigned to them. They will buy and sell oil Commission, and forward proceeds with promptness and dispatch. They keep constantly on band a large and well selected stock, such as Families, House Servants, Gentleman’s Body Servants, Seamstresses, • Boys and Girls, of all descriptions, Carpenters, Blacksmiths, Shomakers, Field Hands. They respectfully refer to the following well known gentlemen, viz: lion. John A. Elmore, Major J. L. Calhoun, Will iam Taylor & Cos., A. P. Watt, Shular & Ardis, Montgomery, Ala., J. C. Coleman Ac Cos., Mobile, Ala , llenrv Meinnard & Bro., Savannah. Ga. THOS. L, FRAZER, Montgomery, Ala. A. FRAZER, W. E. SMITH, Auburn, Ala. W. IT. Fitts. Agent . , , „ 1». ,s.—City patronage respee.ttully solicited. All orders carefully attended to. mar 25 dim w3m Martha A, Taylor] Libel for Divorce in Marion vs Court. Returnable to Green B. Taylor. ) September Term, 1»64. At Columbus, April 2d, 1864. IT appearing'to the‘Court|by'the return of the Sher iff, ihat the defendant is not to be found in the county, and it further appearing to the Court by other evidence that the defendant does not reside iu 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 tho next term of the Court, in some newspaper of this EDMOND H. WORRILL. J. S. C. C. C. A true extract from the minutes, this April sth, 1864. GEO. W. JfcDl FFIE, up 17 m4m , Clerk. Headquarters of Conscription. I Macon, Ga., April 7, 1864. \ General Orders, Nu. 25. By order of the Superintendent of Conscription, all persons between the ages of 17 and 18 and 45 and 50 years will rendezvous at the enrolling Headquar ters of the Congressional District iu which they re- ; side, on the loth day of April next. They will then, j under the supervision of the District Enrolling offi * c-ers proceed to oreraaire into Companies as volun teer:, with the privilege of electing their officers. ! CHARLES J. HARRIS, j Major and Commandwntof Conscripts of Ga, a * Friday Evening. TE LEG'S. APS ICL 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 Distinct of Georgia. Good News From the West! CAPTURE OF FORT PILLOW! Eater from Texas and Mexico. Mobile, loth,—Western advices announce Chalmers' capture of Fort Pillow, with two regiments of 800 to 1200 negroes, 8 guns, and the destruction of two transports. Houston, Texas, April 4th, via Summit April 14th.—The present state of affairs in Mexico may be briefly summed up as follows : Juarez, after his quarrel with Vida uni, re tired to Colemella and laid claims to [Pedran’s negroes], the present, port of trade between Mexico and'Texas. Yidaurri was at last ac counts organizing an army to contest it with him. They have each about 3000 men. The French have demanded the surrender of the State of N.ewiesar, of which Yidaurri is Gov ernor. He replied that hq would leave it to the people. A vote has been taken at which but few ballots were cast, but as far as heard from they favor the Empire. On the decision being announced the French will march to take possession—peaceably if they can, forci bly if they resist. ■_ Hamilton, the Lincoln Military Governor, has established his seat of government at Brownsville, appointed his officers, &c. Judge J. B. McFarland is made Judge of the Federal Court at Brownsville and Corpus Christie, and the work of confiscation has commenced. The bulk ot the Yankee force has been withdrawn from the coast of Louisiana, leav ing about 4,000 or 5,000 men for garrison and offensive operations. They profess an inten tion of marching on San Antonio and Houston. A Yankee force of 300 attacked Saredo on the 10th and were signally repulsed by Col. Benairdo, with a iorceof less than 100. The Yankees evacuated linlianola on the 13th. They are still in force at Fort Esperaza. Messrs. Publes, Baiduro and Seuoneo, who have been for sometime under military arrest for trea sonable designs, appealed for a discharge to the Supreme Court,]_on a writ ofjlabeas Corpus; it was not contested and they were discharged, only to be re-arrested under tlio new law suspending that writ. The cold weather has made *he crops in Texas somewhat Backward, »u.i rendered the prospect less flattering than last year. The enemy is now advancing on the Northern and Eastern borders of the State. They took Alexandria, La., on the 16th. It is said that a part of Sherman’s and all of Bank’s army, are operating in Louisiana while Steele is advancing from Little Roek. The new currency and tax laws are causing quite a financial sensation. Gold is now twenty five for one in this city. It is said to bo twenty for one in San Antonia. * The spirit of the people is good, and all are de termined to resist the enemy in his advance against the State and fight the War through to the end. Butler’s Proposition. —Gen. Butler pro poses to call for 100,000 men to enlist solely for" the purpose of taking Richmond, and whose term of service shall expire when that result 3hall be act-oinplisbed. We think, says the New York Daily News, Butler will find the 100,000 rnen Ijard to get for Hint precise purpose, but he cfin easily find .that number, or even 300,000, who are perfectly willing that somebody else should undertake the opera tion. There are 5,000 clergymen who have not the slightest objection to furnishing men out of their congregations for that purpose; there are 10,000 government contractors who are perfectly willing that any other 10,000 men should enlist to take Richmond ; and there are not less than 500,000 abolition edit ors and office-holders, who are patriotically anxious to take Richmond, provided somebody else will perform the operation. Butler can get any quantity bf this class of men to take Richmond in this; manner within the next ten days. The Collapse oe Yankee Finances —The End 65 the War. —All editori al in the New York Times, of. the 2nd, speaking of the extravagance that pre vails in the United States, says: • This ostentation is kept up mostly hy foreign fabrics, which only gold cau buy. The specie basis, which alone can sustain currency and credit, is being more and more largely drawn away; and without currency and credit, no war can be effec tually prosecuted. The disproportion between gold and paper cannot govern in creasing for a great period without pro ducing a financial collapse. And should that collapse come, the war, we may be sure, will straightway end. Our Gov ernment can practice no such repudiating shifts as the rebel Government is now es saying. There is too much moral prin ciple yet left in the Northern people to tolerate any national turpitude of that sort. When it conies to the point that this war demands repudiation, the war will he abandoned, and all the sacrifices our sol diers have made in it will go for naught. - Mbs. Gks. Beadbegaki)—jhe solemn fu neral ceremonies in memory of this di.~tiu gaisbed aud eatimnidemdj' took ’place rft the Cathedral yesterday, owing to a heavy rain a great many persons w ere not able to be I present, but the attendance was nevt-rthek-ss j very large. Mozart's Requiem was given by J the Cathedral choir, assisted by a number of! volunteer amateurs. The music is pronounced j admirable by all who heard it. The firmer at sermon was preached by Bishop ; Quinlan. His theme was the duty and effiea- j cy of prayer for the repose of the souls of the ; dead. He paid a just and eloquent tribute to j the virtues of the nebie lady who has so lately j passed away front earth. —Mobile Register. I $3.50 Per Month. A Baby in a Basket—• A Small Fat astro pile. The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian has the following good story among its poliee re ports: As Mrs. Esther Stransbury, residing in a court i u fining from Race, below Sixth street, was about to bring a bucket of wa ter from the hydrant last night, &bo found a basket suspended from the knob of the front door. Putting her hand into the basket, she felt something alive and kick ing, so wrapped up in rags that no further discovery could be made without unwrap ping (jie object. A piece ol paper folded like a letter lay by the side of the anima ted bundle. Mrs Stransbury immediately returned into the house, and by the light of the lamp examined the billet. It was directed to her husband. She tremulous ly broke the seal and read as follows: To Joe Stansbury —Sir: I send you the baby which you will please take good care of and bring up right, so that it may turn out to be a better man than its daddy. Oh, Joseph ! what a sly old rat you are ! Who would think that such a sober old spindlcslianks could be such a tearing down sinner: The child is yours —you may swear to that. Look at it—its Joe Stansbury all over. You deceived me shamefully, Joe—letting on to be a wid ower ! But do a father’s duty by the young one, and I 11 forgive you. Your heart-broken * .Nancy. P. S—. Don’t let that sharp-nosed wife of yours see this letter. Gammon her with some kind of story about the baby. Mr. Stansbury was in the basement of the kitchen quietly eating his supper, and little imagining what a storm was brewing over his head. The door of the kitchen was violently thrown open and his wife’s voice yelled out : “Stansbury, come up here, you villian —here’s a mess for you.” The astonished Stansbury hastily obey ed the summons. “Don’t you want to see Nancy, the heart-broken Nancy?’-! cried Airs. Stans bury, when her guilty husband hobbled into the room. “Nancy ! what Nancy’s that?” said the sly old rouge, in well feigned astonish ment. “Why Nancy, the mother of this baby that’s hung up at the door, Mr. Stansbury! O, you look mighty innocent; just read that letter, and look into the basket! Don’t be afraid, it won’t bite you, its got no teeth; poor thing. You’ll kuow it, for, as the hussy says, it’s just like you all over. Please goodness, I’D cxpoac. 7 ou before everybody.” In less than five minutes Mrs. S. had collected a room full of spectators —half .of the inhabitants of the court —to witness the process id unwrapping the baby. Anx ious expoetat ion sat 'on every countenance, as the jealous lady tore away rag after rag from the body of the fondling, the vigorous movement of which astonished everybody. “Its full of the devil already,” said Mrs S., that shows its his. You’ll soon see that it is like him in everything.” At last, all of the swadliog clothes be ing removed, out jumped the baby, and made its escape through the open door.— It was a big tom cat! The disturbances in Pesth, Hungary, appear to have been serious; fourteen per sons, of the higher class, were arrested; and fiffteen arms seized. Indiscreet Gratitude.. —Citizens or soldiers, or escaping prisoners who may receive kimines and assistance from frieqds outside our lines, and naturally prone to express their gratitude publicly, and in some cases the particularity of their de scription almost identifies those by whom they have been aided. We have receiv ed a message for our people and the press from one thus situated, imploring us ail to avoid a course so fatal to out friends. Let it be announced even in general terms that the citizens in this place or that place give comfort to a Confederate, and immediately Lincoln’s curs arc-set upon them and his spies posted on all their paths. That gratitude is kindest and J therefore most sincere, which is most j silent now; the time will come when we j may speak to the praise ofour friends with j out unloosing wild beasts against them.. Till then let usbe content to wear them in j our hearts, — Rich. Sent. Me. Mason in London. —The Lon don correspondent of the New lork Herald writes. It is to,be noted in connection with these movements that Mr Mason, the Southern Commissioner, has been instruc ted to return to London, ' here is aru mor of some new diplomatic movement of the Emperor, and, in spite of the news of the Federal victories, the Confederate stock is rising, and is being exchanged for the Mexican. It issaid with a degree of confidence which certainly surprises that Mexico and France will and must acknowledge the independance of the Confederate States. I do not see the grounds li.r the assertion, and it may rest entirely upon supposed necessity—the necesssty of interposing a friendly pow er between the Mexican Empire and the iv.it Northern Republic—the necessity lor a balance of power on the Western ►continent. Padocah. — A gentleman who was for a time a prisoner at Paducah, says that it is the depot of depots Os supplies for all the south western armies. A year ago the \a ue o grain and other supplies there was estimated at fifteen million?* o t dollars, feinee that time the amount is said to have increased to some twenty millions. Forrest burned all these store-houses military headquarter!, Later (ruin Europe. Four new paddle steamers, built of steel and of great speed, were about to leave Liverpool to engage in running the block- “ade. They are named the Badger, Let Her B, Fox, and Let Her Rip and were built for the service. The London /Star” says that the Chan cellor, of tho Exchequer s surplus, will be very large—considerably in excess of any amount that has yet been raised. There is every reason to believe that the excess of calculated income over necessary and probable expenditure will be between three aud four millions. The Florida arrived at Santa Cruz, Teneriffe, on the 4th of March, and sailed again on the sth. The Tinted States ship St. Louis reached Santa Cruz on the 6th. The Earl of Aberdeen is dead. Lord Ashburton is dead. The London “Post” says: “Five hun dred thousand bales of cotton are stated # to be now in the hands of the Confeder ate Government, while two hundred thous and bales would suffice to pay off the whole loan. A large amount, of bonds has al ready been delivered, aud cotton received in exchange, according to agreement.— There is, apparently, increased facility for running the blockade, and the difference between the delivery price of cotton in the Southern ports and that obtained for it iu Liverpool may stimulate the purchase of bouds; indeed, the principal buying for the last week has been on Liverpool ac count. There are also, as we have before stated, other negotiations in progress, to which we shall probably" before long have again to refer.” It instated that the four new blockade runners, ready for sea at, Liverpool, were going to have a grand trial of speed, in the shape of a race to the Isle of Man, on the 26 of March. The London “Star” says that the hark Saxon, which was seized by the Vander bilt, will b i surrendered by the Federal Government. The London “Times, in an editor.al on American affairs, says that if any point ot the case is clearer than it was two years ago, it is this: that the coutest will be a long one, and the end is not us yet so much as foreshadowed. It argues that as yet the Federals have affected very lit tie towards the subjugation of. the South or the termination of the war; and as re gards the chances ot the approaching campaigns, it thinks that they are almost as promising for one side as (he other. It concludes by T stating that the Americans must have learned by this time that they have nothing/ to fear from tin. intervention of Europe , and that the results of the struggle, whatever they may prove, will have beer! worked out exclusively by them selves. CATALOGUE SALE —OF— IMPORTED GOODS PER STEAMER LITTLE ADA, TO be SOLD al AUCTION, BY BELL & CHRISTIAN, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, On Tuesday Next, 26th April, I'nm nienciiig at 10 a, m., IN SAIjESS room, The Followlug invoices, viz Liquors and Groceries. 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