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COLUMBUS TIMES Published Daily (Sundays «x«*pt#d) at the rate of tW.oO i*er month,or $lO for three month*. No *ubvriiition received for a longer term than hrcr montht. 4UVGRTIMING RATES : Advertisements inserted for $2 Os) per square for the first insertion and $1 50 for eaoh additional. j Where advertisements are inserted a month, the charge will be S2O per square. Announcing candidates S2O, which must invariably be paid in advance. A deduction of 2o percent, will be made on all advertising accounts over ->SO, when prompt pay ment ia made. GEOHGIA-Marion County: liTILE NISI. Whereas, Amanda L Cattle, Ad ll miniatr atrix upon the estate of David L, Marry, deceased, having applied for letters of dismmisaion frtjjgi said Adminißtration. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to snow cause, if any they have, why said Adminis tratrix should not be dismissed from said adminis tration. , , tiiven under mv hand and official signature, Oc tober sth, 1863. M A LOOM HAIR, dec 12 mfira Ordinary. GEORGIA-Marlon County i WHEREAS, B. A. Stary, Administrator upon the estate of Joseph N. Stan*, late of said county, deceased, having applied for letters ofdismssion from said administration. These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to ho Gad appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause, if any they have, why said letters of rti*mi*sion should not be granted to said applicant on the first. Monday in October next, (liven under my hand aud Jjj^i^, ( j^ n^ r l e j lJan jan 25m6m Ordinary. GEORGIA-Dl&rlon 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 of said deceased to be and appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law. and show cause if any they have, why said Administratrix should not be dismissed from said Administration on the first Monday in J Given under my hand and official signature, this December the 7th, 1803. MA LCOM HAIR, dec, 14 inOm Ordinary. Medical Card. am. £. a. rossy. FORMERLY Surgeon to the New Orleans “Fe r male infirmary,” tenders his gervices to the Cit izens of Columbus in all the branches of his profes *l Special attention will be devoted»to the treatment of the diseases of womem. , _ _ j&g- Burgical operations performed for Stone m the Bladder,Eisttila in Ano, Visico- Vaginal fistula, Hydrocele, Congenital and Accidental Phymosis, Varicocele, Hemorrhoids or Piles, Callous Impas sable strictures, False Passages, 1 allape* or Club Foot, and contraction of the fingers, btrabisinus or Squinting, Aneurism,! V arix or dilated veins, Ptery gium, Cataract and Hair Lip; also tor the remov al of all tumors or abnormal growths from any part of the body. . A _ . Diseases ofths.Genito-Unoary System, comprsing the ditforent stages of Ghonorrhma, fotriotures, Gravel, Spermatorrhea, Syphilis, in its pgimary secondary,tertiary and heriditary forms,will receive particular attention. . „ References given whenever desired as well as the recommendation of many years practice in NcwOr leans- Oousult.atioß hours every day at his office in the Masonic Hall Building, from 10 to 12 o’clock a m aud from 2to 1 o’clock )>, in. Patients willdo well co call precisely at tbos« hours, as belore and alter that time will be devoted to visiting persons m the city. Address all commute,,ioasM £ A ROSSY Columbus. Ga, N. B.—Patrons from a distance will be visited and treated at home it desired. I shall be thanktul to iny proffessionul brethren lor any la,vor they may do me by sending mo persons vequmg burgical attention. will also bestow particular attention to the treatment of the dillerent fonn3 of Ulcers, Rheu matism, Gout. Berofulous alfeetion3, Syphilitic erup tions, and aU oilier chronic diseases of the skin.— Medicated Fumigations and Steam Sulphurous Baths, as employed in the hospitals inlEurope and America, will form a part of my treatment. _ feb il tun E. A. K. „ Old Srost Wanted. XirT, wish to purchase a large quantity of SCRAP W IRON, both cast and wrought, for which oash will be paid. HARRISON, BEDELL. & CO.' jan 27 ts , Fine Smoking aud Chewing Tobacco. \ T WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. A For sale by J. S. PEMBERTON, feb 13 ts Druggist under Cook s Hotel. Beaver Skins Wanted, fTHE highest price will he paid or Plow Steel given JL in exchange lor Beaver Skins, A largo number wanted. Enquire at mruiv mun feb22 4w L. HAIMAN & BRO. Albany, Eufaula, Cuthbevt, Bainbridge and Blakely papers copy 4w and send bills. GOODRICH & CO., (Formerly of New Orleans,) 74 BROAD COLUMBUS, ftA., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Staple db Fancy DRY-GOODS. ARE constantly receiving fresh importations, di rect, from Europe, ufVtaple and fancy DRY GOODS, which they offer cheap for cash, feb 5 3m Warehouse Notice. ON a ltd after the first day of April next, the charge for storage ou Cotton in our Ware houses wifi bo ONE DOLLAR per bale per month. RING and ALLEN, AVARNOCK & CO., HUGHES & HODGES, J. R. IVEY & CO., GREENWOOD t GRAY, POWELL, FRAZER A CO. Columbus. Ga., March 2d, 1861.-—lm H. Marshal Sale. IV llA.be Sold on the first Tuesday in April next, YV between the usual lmurs ot sale, belore the Court House iu Muscogee county, a fine four wheel carriage, lovied on to satisfy twenty-six fi fas vs Beall « iVlurnhy, one fi fa va A. A. Beall and one b fa vs R. A. Murphy, garnishees in lavor of the Con federate States of America for interest due on debt ,0 %^UrT‘fcLAYTON. C. S. Marshal. Columbus. March Ist tef I*I.VVrATIO\ WAXTEB. TO PURCHASE OR RENT! oNLtlr.”«0 N Ltlr.”« “'TIiSVICE. feb *6 ts Piautatiou ami Shovel Iron. IHAVK on consignment 20,000 lbs of Plantation Iron, and will receive next week some bhovel Iron, which I will exchange for Bagon or seil for Confederate money. W . 1- lu BIN fc.it. mar 31m ______ TO PRINTERS! I am prepared to furnish a superior article of HOLLSKS made of the BEST COMPOSITION, if MOULDS aii€l STOCKS are sent me, and ship them neatly aud •safely packed. Or I can furnish COMPOSITION jn quantities which only requires to be MELTED AND POURED to insure good ROLLERS- All bills are cash on delivery here, un less shipped by Express, then COD. ALFORD ZORKOWSKI & CO. marls lm House Wanted, Immediately. 4nv person having ono to let, will Yat *• Spear’s Jewelry Store, Vol. XI. J. W. WARREX & CO. Proprietor* J. U. tTARREX, Editor Change of Schedule. ON and after Sunday, March 20th, the Trains on the Muscogee Railroad will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN: 3* Leave Columbus 6 15 P. M. Arrive at Macon 2 52 A. M. Leave Macon 935 m. Arrive at Columbus 5 00 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. Change of Schedule. * Office Fngineer and Superintendent, 1 Charleston and Savannah Railroad, >- Charleston, Feb. 18, 1864.) ON and after SUNDAY, Meb. 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, Ac., pass through Sav annah without detention. H. S. HAINES, feb 24 lw eoa3w Eng’r and Supt. Headquarter* Enrolling Office, ) 3n CUnoressional District Georgia, f Columbus, Ga., March 31, 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 18, 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 bo 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. A. Leonard, Ass’t. apl 1 20d Enquirer copy 20d Headquarters Enrolling Office, I 3d CUngrksrional 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. ap!l2-tf CATALOGUESALE _ „ —OF— IMPORTED GOODS PER STEAMER LITTLE ADA, TO be SOLO at AUCTION BY BELL & CHRISTIAN, SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, On Tuesday Next, 26th April, Com mencing at 10 a* m*, IN H.OOM, The Following-Invoices, viz Liquors and Groceries. IOt) cases Pure Juice Port 50 cases Alihan’s Malt Whiskey, (Superior) 10 cases London Dock Gin 5 bbls. Old Bourbon Whiskey, for Hospital use 100 cases Corn Starch 75 kegs Bi Carbonate de Soda 20 bbls. Machinery Oil. Drills and Medicines. I case, 50 ounces, Quinine Pills 1 case, 10 lbs., Opium 1 case, 50 ounces, Morphine 1 case, 25 ounces, Quinine l case, 10 lbs., Opium 1 case, 25 lbs., Phosphorus Hardware. I 1 case Assorted Hardware j 1 case, 12 dozen, Files, assorted . •_ , Dry-Goods, Clothing and Shoes. 2 cases Bleached Long Cloth 2 cases Madder Prints 2 cases Hoop Skirts 8 cases Clothing, a large and fine assortment — Broadcloth and Tweed Coats, Vests, Pants, Waterproof Cdats, Csssi mere Suits, Sack Overcoats 2 dozen French Patent Leather Calfsikns 2 dozen French fine Morocco 1 case fine French Cassimere. Terms.— Under 85,000 cash ; over $5,000, sixty days with, approved notes, payable in New Currency. [o=* Catalogues will be rfady for distribution by the 2*2d. *pi m Columbus, Ga., Wednesday Homing, April 30,1864, €ittj JttUitarg JDtrcctorp. HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street, Up Stairs. .... Col. J. W. Robertson, Corn's- Gape. Cqas. Wood, A. A. G. Capt. J. S. Smith, AAIIG W. T. McKpNDREE, 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. Mulden, Military Store Keeper Q VAR TER MASTER DEF T. At No. 15 Broad Broad St. Maj. F. W. Dillard, Coui'g. Maj. John E. Davis, Post Q. M. Capt. H. D. Cothran, A. Q. M. COMMISSAR Y DEF T. At King, Allen & Oamak’s Warehouse. Maj. A. M. Allen, Com’g. Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S. * ENGINEER’S DEFT Capt. Theodore Moreno. Lieut. W. A• Hansell. MEDICAL DEFT. G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon. (Office at Wayside Home.) J S White, Goneral Hospital Snrg. in Charge. J P Moore, “ “ Surgeon. L D Carson, “ “ Ass’t Surgeon. R Fowler, “ “ “ “ W W Dickie, “ “ u “ NAVAL DEFT. Office. 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, ) Columbus, Ga.. April 5, 1864. J TVotice. I WISH TO EXCHANGE FOR BACON on equitable terms, Sugar mills, Sugar and Salt Kettles, And all kinds PLANTATION IIION; 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 wil give the Government tho preference. F. C. HUMPHREYS, aid 7 ts Maj. Comd’g Arsenal, “ Notice to Planters and Con sminers of Iron.’* TITE will keep for sale, for Confederate funds, or tY 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 rnado 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—I3 AND 15 INCH, We are prepared to receive and fill orders for any sizes and quantity of Iron, from our Iron Works and Bolling Mill in Alabama. JOHN D. GRAY & CO., apr3tf * Noxt to New Bridge, Office Mobile and Gcrard R. R.. \ Columbus, Ga., April 5,-1864, j The Stockholders of the Mobile &'Girar<l Railroad Company, are hereby notified that the five per cent tax, levied by tho 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, apl 6 ts Treasurer. KT©w ©lave Mart. THOMAS L. FRAZER & CO., Late firm of Crawford, Fraser d? Cos., Atlanta,OOa f HEkHO BROKERS, Market Street, above Montgomery Mall, HAVE fitted up, and are now prepared to receive and accommodate at their mart, all Negroes which may bo consigned to them. They will buy 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, Shomakers, Field Hands. They respectfully refer to tho following well known gentlemen,'viz: Hon. John A. Elmore. Major J. L. Calhoun, Will iam Taylor A Cos., A. P. Watt, Sbular A Ardis, Montgomerv, Ala., -J. C. Coleman A Cos., Mobile, Ala.Henrv Mein hard & Bro., Savannah, Ga. ’ ' TH(is. L. FRAZER, Montgomery, Ala. A. FRAZER * W. E. SMITH, Auburn, Ala. AV H. Fitts, Agent. p. g —City patronage respectfully solicited. All orders carefully attended to. mar 25 dim w3m Martha A. Taylor) Libel for Divorce in Marion vs >-Superior Court, Returnable to Green B. Taylor, j September Term, 1864. At Columbus, April 2d, 1864. IT appearingito thejCourtJbyJthe return of the Sher iff, lhat the defendant is not to be found in the county, and it further appearing, to the Court by other evidence that the defendent 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 State. EDMOND H. WORRILL, J. S. C. C. C. A true extract from the minutes-, this April sth, 1864. GEO. W. itfeD UFFIE, apl 7 m4m Clerk. lIrxDQTURTFRS OF CONSCRIPTION'. I Macon. Ga„ April 7, I»*4- > General Orders, No. 25. By order of the Superintendent of Conscription, all persons between the ages of 17 and IS and 45 and 50years will rendezvous at the enrolling Headquar ter? of the Congressional District in which they re side, on thel6th day of April next. They will then, nnder the supervision of the District Enrolling offi cers proceed to organize into Companies as volun teers, with the privilege of electing their officers. CHARLES J. HARRIS. - Major a»4 CoTßraandantaf of aAV* Tuesday Evening;. FUNERAL NOTICE. The friends and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Mkhry, are invited to attend the funeral of the latter from their residence, TO-MORROW (Wed nesday) EA T ENING, at 4 o’clock. The Oi.d Currency and ths New Six Per Cents. —lt is not generally known that the old currency ihay be funded in the six per cent, bonds, says the Richmond Examiner, which the Secretary of the Treasury is au thorized (o issue to the amount of five hun dred millions of dollars. Tho bonds are to bear interest at the rate of six peT cent, per annum, and thus six hundred and sixty-six dollars, thus invested, will yield the same amount of interest as one thousand dollars in the four per cents —forty dollars per annum j in both cases. So the holder of the notes will loose nothing in amount of interest, by neg lecting to fund them at their expressed value in four per cents, and funding them hereafter at the rate of sixty-six cents in the dollar in six per rents. The interest on the six per cent3 is secured by the pledge of the revenues of the Confederacy derived from its import duties and its export duties on cotton, tobac co and naval stores. No fund or revenue is pledged or set apart for the payment of the interest on the four per cents. The holders of the six per cent, bonds will be preferred creditors of the Government, secured by the mortgage of a sufficient amount of its reve nues. It is probably the most desirable dis position to be made of what remains of the old currency to convert it, scaled to the amount of one third, into the new six per cents. From the Vlrg£ni» Front. The news from Culpeper reported by Yan kee deserters and-citizens, (says the Macon Telegraph of the 19th inst.,) is very exciting. By the report of the former, the lßtb had been assigned as the day for an advance movement by Meade’s army. Citizens of Culpeper who have escaped Within our lines confirm the tidings that the enemy' will make a very spee dy forward movement. Meade is in just the condition that fighting Joe Hooker found him self wdien he made the bold advance which ended in the disastrous rout at Chancelloj*- ville. Hooker had a host of two years’ men, whose time was just about expiring, and it was indispensable to precipitate a fight before they got out of service. He put them every where in the front, and the result, was a second Bull Run, the very spirited description of which by the correspondents of tlie New York papers will recur vividly to the minds of our readers. Men jivat going out of military ser vice are more than ever anxious to get out safely in life, limb and wind; and the Federal Generals are correspondingly indifferent to the expense of all, because at best but little more service can be got out of them. In fact, many cases, the bullet of tho enemy settles a long arrearage on the pay-rolls. These are cross purposes and antagonistic interests which are fatal to efficiency in the field. Chancellorsville will be repeated again, if Grant is not careful. The report of the deserters and citizens are confirmed by the Richmond dispatches ot the l?tb, culled from Federal papers of the 14th. These papers represent the Yankee army ac tively preparing for a forward movement. Thus we are probably on the eve of grand events in Virginia. A fortnight or three weeks will hardly elapse before a grand col lision of arms will take place which will tell powerfully upon the fortunes of the Con federacy for weal or woe. The news continues to roll in most glori ously. If half that is reported is true, says the Chattanooga Rebel, it will then be good enough. Onr fast despatches bring us the intelligence of a grand battle near Shreveport, in which the yankee army of Gen. Banks was soundly thrashed by Gen. Kirby Smith. The federal loss is estimated at 14,000. This gratifying result will change the whole condi tion of affairs in the Trans-Mississippi De partment, and probably have an important in fluence upon the whole plan of campaign as concocted by the yankee government. It will enable our forces to re-occupy Arkansas and the greater part of Louisiana, secure Missis sippi from K the presence of yankee forces, and perhaps result in the invasion of Missouri. We already hold West Tennessee, with the exception of the river garrisons, and they are dropping one by one into our hands. Our prospects grow more billiant and satisfactory as the season advances. With such auspi cious results before us, what may we not hope when our grand armies rush, as they will soon dos upon our vandal foe ? Another Revolution in Ireland. Jolm Martin, one of the exiles of 1848, is preparing by addresses in the organs of the Extremists for another fnovemeut in Ireland. A com mittee headed by o*Donohue and other poli ticians has been formed, and addresses issued. All irishmen are invited to join the party. The constitution of the league they promise to publish shortly. Violent resistance to England is discountenanced; but it is thought that the apprehensive of foreign difficulties, would yield to their just demands. The Serpents Still Alive.—The New York Tribune has the following indignant telegram, from which wo learn that the ser pents were still alive in Hartford on the 28th nit.: Hartford, Tuesday. March 29, 1864. We had a great meeting here last night. The Copperheads hissed iw to their hearts’ content, bat we bore it gracefully, because at every mention of George Washington, Thomas ! Jefferson, and General Grant, they hissed louder and louder. Serpents that they are they were tpae to their blood and race. Richard Busteed, F. Ands*wb, $3.50 Per Month. T EL2GEA P gig. Reports of the Press Association. Entered ace rdinp to act «f Oongross in the year 1863. by J. S. Thrasher, in tho Clerk’s ofiioc of the District Court of the Confederate States for the Northern District of Georgia. Richmond, 19th—The N. Y. Herald of the 15th received. On the 14th the excitement in the gold market seemed perfectly uncontrollable. At oue time premium ran up to 189, and fell subsequently to 174. * The Herald says these rapid fluctuations are startling and oraiueus, and if Grant is de feated in the coming campaign, we look for a deluge. Flour advanced from 10 to 25 cents: pork one dollar. The resolution for the expulsion of Long in the Yankee Congress was withdrawn and a resolution of censure adopted—yeas 80, nays 70. A convention of Republicans who aic dis satisfied with the present Administration will be held at Cleveland on the 20th of May to nominate a candidate for the Presidency. Lincoln’s friends are alarmed at this move ment. It is reported that iron clads are building (or the rebels in France with the connivance ot the French Government, and the report is reiterated in official documents published in the Opinion National© ot Paris to prove the truth of the report. Views in Europe. —The last London Timos argues that the Federals as yet have effected but little towards the suppression of the re bellion, and thinks the chances of the ap proaching campaign are quite as promising for one side as the other. The Post, pursuing the same vein, says : “It is not merely that the Federals are making no progress, that their armies cannot advance, that their fleets are unable to reduce the naval fortresses they have attacked, but that they seem to have given up attacking and advancing and cap turing anything, and arß everywhere acting on the defensive. At least thi6 is the gen eral impression produced on the mind by the impartial and-attentive readers of the last news.” . # » -4 » The Harrisburg correspondent of the Phil adelphia Inquirer says : “Hundreds of rebel prisoners, officers and privates, are constant ly passing through here, on route for Fortress Monroe, for exchange. On Monday, five hun dred passed through from Camp Ch'ase, Ohio, under guard of one hundred and twenty men. They were all officers, among them two Brig adier Generals and a number of Colonels. Inscription. —The tombstone or n a girl, blind from her birth, beats tne ap propriate inscription : “ There is no night there.” The tomhptone of a child who died at the age of three years, has inscribed upon it the benefiUing words : “Went in the morn ing.” Tho Memphis Bulletin publishes an order of Major-General Price, in which ho assumes com mand of the Department of Arkansus. We lea rn that the news of General Price being in command of Arkansas was received with enthuiastie demon strations by tho Missourians at Deinopolis. The whole camp sent up a tremendous and long contin ued shout, and the boys then hauled out tho big guns and made the welkin ring wkith the thun ders .of artillery. It is understood that they have signed a unanimous petition (o the War Depart ment to be sent over the river. Garret Davis on Lincoln. —Garret Davis, of Kentucky, made a speech in the U, S. Senate a few days since, of which a Washington letter says: He began by denouncing, in the most bitter language, the policy of the Admin istration, and arraigning Lincoln as a ty rannical usurper, He attributed all the present difficulties to the “pestiferous States” of Massachusetts and South Car olina, and believed a change of Adminis tration the only safeguard against utter destruction. His declaration that Ken tucky had more to fear from the present Executive than from Jeff Davis, and that he would support any other man on earth (‘excepting a negro/’ in preference to Mr, Lincoln, occasioned something of a sensa tion, which however, as quickly subsided, the Senate settling again into a studied air of inattention and indifference. “But we have but one Lincoln.” [ Courier. Heaven be thanked for that. May God in his mercy grant that this natiou may never be cursed with another. Clermon Sun. Officers Goins into the Ranks. The paper below, says the Richmond Sentinel, shows the spirit which animates the army of Northern Virginia. The reg i iments from Louisiana, from one of which j the following communication comes, have not the opportunities of recruiting pos sessed by those from most of the other States and have been depleted by recent captures; but better fighters and truer pa triots are not to be found in America.— Witness the following: Camp 2d La. Reg., March 11, ’64. We, the officers of the 2d Louisiana regiment, Stafford’s brigade, Johnston’s division, Army of Northern Virginia, in new of the depleted condition of our ranks, and the exposure of an undue proportion of officers to the number of men when in battle, well knowiug that the services of such a number of officers are by no means essential to the efficiency of the men in the ranks, do hereby pledge ourselves, so long as our ranks remain in tbeir present reduced condition, so many of us as are Dot ordered, by the commanding officer ot theYegiment to assist in commanding the , same, (with the consent oi our superior j officers, provided we W furnished with j arms,) to nerve in the ran lea as enlisted men, in ail bat-ties in which regiment may beotrgag<*d : •J L Forteon, ChaptainOo H; A S Blythe Captain Cos I; W J Reams, Ist Lieut Cos I; Gus C Wassert Ist Liens Cos H; C M Hams, Ist Lieut Cos K;*J M Lewis, Cu ** Batchelor, Captain Cos G; R G Cobb Ist Lieut Cos C, 0 A Mallaroy, 2d Lieut Cos H;J W McCullough, Captain Cos K; \\ C Reynolds, Ist Li^, u r o p. x L Hardy, Captain Cos C; .John Elliott, Captain Cos G; R M Fletcher, 2d Lieut Cos F; C J Batchelor, 2d Lieut Cos E; Roht, Hardie, Jr., Chaplain. A Great Bear Story yVe have discovered the whereabout of the missing “reliable gehtieman” He was in the office of the Chattanooga Reb el at Marietta, on Saturday last, and rela ted to the editor the following authentic bear story, which unmistakably bears his “marks:" Among animals, there is none that knows better bow how to provide for his own wants or exhibits more industry and sagacity in doing it, than the Lear. The amonnt. of fat ho aeoutnu!;Uc> is cul minating evidence of the fact and if any thing more is wanting in the way of proof, the story related by an Arkan sas planter of what occurred in his own experience, would be sufficient. Upon his inspection of his cornfield the planter ascertained that something was coumiiting very serious depradutions upon his roast ing ears. He determined to lay in wait for the offender, and, in fact, inflict ap propriate punishment. Thoncxt night being favorable lie took his position. Presently ho heard a rust ling among the leaves ami bushe- in the woods, and shortly a huge bear mounted the fence and jumped into the field. It. did not occur to the planter that this was the depredator for whom he was looking, and he was therefore, much surprised to see him go regularly to work pulling oil' the ears of corn, and throw them down between the vows- After pulling a eo: - siderablo quantity, the bear turned aud picked up the corn. lie had much as he could grasp in his arms, and proceed ed very deliberately to the fence and threw it over. He then got over aud and pioked it up again. *By this time the curiosity of the unsuspecting watcher was fully aroused, and lie followed the an imal to see what disposition he would make of his rations. After goiug about of a mile ia the woods, the bear came to a rail pen, into which lie threw the corn. The astonishment oi the plan ter can be v ct ter imagined than described, when he found that the bear had actually stolen six of his best pigs,, built n tail pen around them and were fattening them for his own use Order From Gen. Hood. —A recent order from G eu. Hood contains the fol lowing instruction: “Another point to be observed in making an attack is, that the troops when advanoing in line of battle, shopld not be moved at the double quick step, or be in any way unnecessarily fatigued, before engaging the enemy, that they may be in the beat possible condition lor pressing him, and improving any advantages which may be gained." The Charleston Courier says : Appli cation was lately made for penm.>don to freight cotton ano -.’•sin >.o be M>:d and the proceeds used exclusively tor (hot-*, efit of the softer; and e o .'j i, O application was. . i-.... 4, ana .. .- a-md dentiy reporu-o t -at. the same v-.. ■ ;.n officer high m the od d< r.-.te b.u k shipped cotton o b.r <- • .<y u<. Anotb r between the Roy fd vp .- ty of the Navy on the subp*c : (ou tlie monitor sunk in the ('hanesf-m bar bor by means of a ‘ebofift-r a a i„ ’ ni.j Abe told him lie had no faith in it —not a single grain. If reminded him of one of his neighbor’s cows in Illinois, which he saw swallow' a thistle aijd coffer dam head off” From Florida—T3ae Late Skir- ESllKil. Last evening we received several letters from Florida, and make the following in teresting extracts from them. These letfers give a more favorable uccouut of the late skirmish than has heretofore been pub lished. Gamp Finnegan, Fk, Apl. 10, 64, I have no particular news to com muni to you in my present letter. Since the late advance and repulse of the enemy, every thing has been quiet in this vicin ity. Deserters from the enemy are con • stantly'coming into our lines, and tell tiro old tale ol hard treatment, and desire ou the part of the Yankees for a termination of the war, aud a wish to go home. \\ o wish they would all go home and remain there until invited to return by our peo ple, which I have no doubt would be some length of time. One of the desert ers who came in this morning reports that the Yankees lost in the lace skirmish seven men killed and fitly wounded. This skirmish occurred last Sunday a week ago. JTc says that the Yankees have twelve thousand troop in Jackson ville, but that most of the white troops are leaving. There are now no iudieu cations of a battle in this vicinity at present. One of our scouts has jus* con.-, in aud reports that the enemy arc rein forcing their troops at Jacksonville. This, however is believed to be but arc- port. The weather is getting quite warm and the nights pleasant and cool. Th : command is in good health and bouyant spirits. —Macon Tc.l. A New Value of Sorghum.—The inestimable value of this production is on ly “beginning to be appreciated by our people. It may not be generally known that the grain or r>eed constitute and ex cellent and prolific breadstuff. A corres pondent writing to us on the sufjoe irom Pattonsburg, says: “I had fitly hu.- n , of the seed which 1 raised la-t year, aim a. short time ago I took six bushels to the mill and got it ground into flour., and have been using it in my family for bread for several days. It makes really good loaf bread and light rolls, but still better batter bread; in that way it can’t be beat, if baked in the ordinary way of baking buck wheat cakes. Besides, it makes fine chop for horses. Mine is the red seed.” [lqpichburg Ytyinwru