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J3Y n. s MORSE&CO Bijronide tv Jlcnimcl. ■ TERM -C " ■if. wf.KK! v < ujio\h;lk a slyti.vll IS riml.fiiHED EVJSI'.Y WEDNESDAY P«»l It BOLI.YHH FOiV MIX MONTHS. A'-Vta yh in adv’ascb. HH WEEKLY YDVKRTIHXU HATES. Ai\>.-k:y V<]' tw eLt jrtlvi rsnta a line each .nscrtlou. j§H /l . (1 ' 1 < ■ V , H ’,r t - AL li o*. \ , r.a e • CAKY N>l lor-a f»l>y !- ;j : f Daily or We-ley. Wlj'-rr lulu.'.ry Noil' c "lu.ilhl l>olh Ilnllj and Weekly—sixty cents per it ■ . }f(v CRCIffR OF IIIK ALAUY.iY Capo Town. Africa. it lias ]>nl>- h lengthy account of the cniisc and fa;>- Bs made hy tlm I’liYitfriT Alaliam t. or 2Mi, was called. 'flu: account is made up lie- nanali' i .l ii■ ■rs ■lUniy interesting. We civ.' bchov tl.e portions of lh 1 Ktalemcnt The ofli ■-S consisted chief!\ of those who hail i'-rnn Hy on tho aalbint Rule Privateer Snin'er ■ l left Liverpool ..11 the l.'iili of August, !■”oP>, steamer it ihaina. to meet the Alan im 1. i !i“ had genet > r< eeito In r aimamcni. Hw, &e. tin: 2-1 Hi of August, the command of tin: was formally handed over by Captain who brought her out from Liverpool. tinmen; and the “Stars and H,rs” flung to the wind amid the cheers of all H DF.HCRirriOX OK TIIR SHIP. Alabama in a flue Snip of 1010 tons; the of keel, 210 feet; breadth of beam 82 depth of hold. 17 feet li inches; lias two combined of.“ Off horse power, and furnaces, eacdi below life wafer line; the of her propeller is 11 feet, with t-vo of runnii gll knots. She monnlw eight Hn 8 inch shell er solid shot gun, (pivots,) and BS <2-poundC'H of forly two hundred weight Her inutto is Aide tn-et Duo. t’ ai- Tt o olfieen numbered twenty, and the H w at tills time only eighty. ■ THE OIUISE. HOn the sth September, we caught our first K w . 'he Ocktmilg :e, off the Azores, and con ■nued to cruise in that vicinity lor about ten ■>ys, capturing and destroying several ships of lie enemy. From the Azores we proceeded to lie Batiks of Newfoundland, and cr used lienee in the direction ot New York, capturing Ind destroying several other valuable ships.— Imoug our seizures were the Starlight, on ftosrd of which we found some dispatches for I ■ecretnry Seward; tt e Tonawanda, hound from ! Kc»' York to Liverpool, with 75 passengers, 40 lif whom were women; and the T. 1!. Wales, Irom Calcutta, with au Amelias 11 consul and Iris lady on board. I One of the doomed vessels, tiro Levi Stur- Ibu k, was set fire at sis o'clock in the evening, (anil was ..us v i the granwcsi. signis ev r wit- j messed by 11s. After the decks took fire the : flame- sprang tv tue rigging, running from yard to yard until it reachad the royal truck, leav ing half tho canvass head burnt away, and form ing one mass of gllltering stars; in a few min u’cs afterwards the powder charges exploded, tearing the vessel into a thousand pivots. When within-about 250 miles of New York, | finding we hail but four days coal on board. : Captain Semmos bore off for th- island of Mar- j Unique, who e he had ordered a coal ali'p to j rendezvous. On the way we captured and de- I gtroyed two very valuable sh ps. We reached Martinique on tho IBt.ii November, where wo we were received with enthusiasm by the in habitants; but finding that our coal ship had been there a week 01 ten days, and that the object of her visit'was well known. Captain gemmed sent lier out to sea again, U| pointing a new rendezvous It was well tathe di so. for she had u-'t been gone twenty-four hours when Ihe United States frigate San Jaciuto arrived. Wo coaled at th" Island of Bhmquille, on the Unique, WDB C mi n*i«» « '"* v ‘ r j rendezvous. On the way wo captured and do- ! 81roved two very valuable sh ps. We reached Martinique on the 18t,h November, where wo wo were received with entlißsiasm by the in habitants; but finding that our coal ship bail been there a week oi toil days, and that the object «>f her visit‘was well known.*Captain Semtnes sent her out to sea again, itj pointing a new rendezvous It was wtdl tat lie di so. for she had U"t been gone twenty-four hours when ihe United Suites frigate San Jacinto arrived. Wo eoaled at th* Jelaud of Blanquill*. on tie coast ot Venezuela, the new rendezvous ap pointed; and here wo found a United States whaling schooner, but torebore to raptnie her, because of the claim of Venezuela to the bar ren little Wand—a claim as barren as the island, for theio was no settled population ou It, and ot course no vestige of government. There wore only two or thn e fishermen's huts on the place, 'a and we put ashore, witii the brand of Infamy a seaman named Forest, who hi and deserted Ir an the Sumter. nnd was cap tured on board one of our prizes; he was found guilty ot inciting the crew to muniiy. Desiring to strike a blow at the enemy, the AlaliMua, after coaling, -ailed for the east end of Cuba, in the tr.ick of the California steam ers. On our way we captured a_d destroyed a bark from Boston for Aux Caves; in the 7th of November, otter lying off Cape Maise for sev eral days, we captured the l\ S. steamer Ariel; unfortunately outward instead o: homeward bound. She was brought to by a shot which strie k her mizen must. She lmd ou board SB,OOO in United States Treasury notes, and $1,500 In silver, and as there was tut certificate or other pa pore on boaid claiming it as neutral properly, it was taken possession of as prize of war. There were 140 marines on board, with six officers, all of wlion were disarmed and paroled, as was also Commander Stetson, U. S. N., who was on board. As this ship had some 730 passengers and crew, many of whom were women and children, and It was alike impossi ble to take hev into a neutral port, or to receive the passengers in the Alabama, there was no alternative but to release her under a ransom bond of $250,000; and as wo parted company, the passengers gave three hearty cheers for Capt. detunes. After this, the Alabama hove to on the north aide of Jamica, to repair some damage which had happened to one of her engines, and then set out for the Accas Island, Gulf of Mexico, when- we refilled with coal, and caulked and repaired Bhip. liere some of our men erected on the island an epitaph in black, "To the memory of Abe Lincoln, who died January. 1861. of negro fever of the head." with a card on which was written, in Spanish, instructions to those who visit the island to forwuid tho board to the nearest United States Consul. ybi: attack ox banks’ fi.xbt—caftvrk or tiie hattkra*. After coaling at Accas, the Alabama set sail for Galveston, and arrived there on the 14th January, and before nightfall made out the enemy's deet lying off the bar, consisting of five ships of war, One of their steamer.- we observed to get under weigh, and and come in our direction. Capt. S-iurn. s ordered steam to be got up. Lit kept sail on our vessel as a decoy to entice Ge enemy’s ship sufficiently far from the fleet to give battle. We wore ship and stood away from the bur, permitting Jthe enemy to approaehby slow degrees. When [ she was sufficiently neie we took in all sail, and wearing short round, ran up within hail. llt was near dark, about Uo- iock. The enemy I balled ; "What ship is thai” j\'e replied, t “Her Majesty's steamer Perce." x| le re piy I W }-. "I'll send abet on board.' I We now tailed in turn to know *hat the ene- J my wag, and when we received th> reply that I ch« wag the L uited States steamet Hatteras, we again hailed and informed him that we were the Confederate steamer Alaban* ; aQ( j »t tbs j«a« time C»rcvlo seqjnss diisstid tbe first Lieutenant to open fire on him. This fire was piomptiy returned, and a brisk action eu sued, which lasted, however.ouly thirteen min utes. as at the end of that time the enemy fired an oil'gun and showed a light; and on being hailed to know if he surrendered, he said lie di and was in a sinking condition. We im ; edhttrly di-,patched boa s to his assistance, and had just time to rescue the crew, when the ship wen ’down. The casualties were slight on bi/th sides, atihough the action was fought at a distance of 15“ to 40J yards. Our shot all told on his hull, about the wa ter I me, and hence the small number of killed and wounded on the part of the enemy—two ot the former and three of the latter. We had none killed, and on!v one wounded, although the Alabama received several shot holes, doing no material damage. The Hatteras wounded eight guns and had a crew of eighteen officers arid 108 men. The U. S. frigate Brooklyn and another steamer came out in pursuit soon after the ac tion commenced, but missed 11s in the darkness of the night. Tin vinUv..... »»*<•» to Kingston, Jamaic >, where tl.e prisoners were landed on the 20th January, and we repaired damages and coaled, and on the 25th proceed ed again to sea. THE CHVISE COXTINUKD. The Alabama next touched at Ft. Domingo, am the 28ili, to laud two captured crews, and sailed again next day for tin: equator, thence for the island of Fernando de Noronha ; thence to Bahia, wheio same difficulties arose in 10- ga.rd to taking in coal. The matter was de cided by (/Hpt. Femmes directing the coal ship to meet him at Suldanah Bay, Cape of Good Hope. On our passage to the Cape we captured the 8. Gildei.sleeve, the Justina, Jahez, Snow, Ama zonian, Talisman, Gourad, A. F. Schmidt aud Express—all valuable prizes, except the Jus tina, which, being a Baltimore ship, was ran somed, and a number of the crews of the other vessels were transferred to her. The Amazo niun attempted to elude us, but w r e gave chase, and while live miles distant, from her, fired our rifled gun, with a' educed charge 1 f seven lbs. powder and a 100 pound snot, at an extreme elevation, which crossed her bows, and she scow clewed her courses and hove 10. Tho Conrad which we captured was a fine bark, and we tttt and her out as a tender to the Alabama The vessel was named ilia Tusca loosa, and commissioned at sea on the 21st June. The c nnmand was given to Lieutenant Lowe, an excellent officer, with fifteen men ; she was provided with two brass rilled twelve pounders, pistols, rifles and ammunition, and having provisions for three months, was order ed to cmise in the directi jn of the Cape. We then made for Sahlanah Bay, where we an chored and repaired ship, expecting to meet the coal vessel ; but nothing could he seen of her, and we supposed she must have met wiili some mishap. From Saldanah Bay we came round to Tabic Bay, and spied the American bark Sea Bride standing into port, outside of all headlands and at a distance from the in a nlatul. As we ap proached her, our officers were directed by the captain to make observation of the distance, and they all agreed that the capture was made from Iwo to three miles outside ot the ufariiie league. THE CAFrU.'ES. The total number of our captures lias been fifty-six ships, by which we estimate the dam age to the mcmy to he not less than four mil suits of the cruise in the way of 10-s of freights, high war insurance, and numerous sales ot ene my's ships to put them under neutrrl flags. In no instance, however, have we destroyed a ship where the proof was complete that the cargo was neutral—though there have been some awkward attempts on the part of unscrupulous merchants to cover properly —but when such were destroyed the proof of the fraud was ap parent on tho papers. The Cotton Mania ai New Orleans. — A New Orleans correspondent o! tho New York Herald, writing under date of Oct. l.">, speaks thus of the Cottou mania prevailing in that city : The cotton mania rages with unabated fury. Cottou dealers and speculators trie daily ar riving from Ihe North and West g.> that it in s passed into an aphorism that there is a dealer in every bail of ibe much sought for staple.'] he consequences of all this is to onhance tho price of cotton, ruin the discount and domes tic exchange, and increase the value of‘•green backs;'’ the local banks charging from one to one anil a half per cent, premium for legal ton der notes and currency. Go where you nr iv, at tho hotel tables, pbblic walks, social circle or elsewhere, the conversation turns on cotton, cotton. Thd private dealer de der has little or no opportunity for a fair trade unless he has the run ot the trading "r ing." which is as well organized bore to make money for the initiated ss the alderman's "ling" is in New York. Tho nation would be astounded were one half of toe otlicial speculation from which quick fortunes are made, ventilated. . On this subject I will relate a fact to show that a threat of exposure has made at lea t some of the guilty parties afraid of Damocles' sword. An educated and enterprising individ ual a few months ngo commenced collecting facts of the official corruption of the military and civil departments, lie pursued his iuves tigations unremittingly until a short lime ago, in which time ho accumulated voluminous tes timony. lie was about putting it in tho hands of a New York publisher, when the parties on whom it reflected heard of tho threatened ex posure. They sought out the compiler of the testimony, had a private interview with him. and so impressed his hand and his mind as toi make him forego the publication of this book, ffiie author of the expose, in a conversation in the rotunda of the St. Charles the other day. remarked that he had made a good thing of his operation and still kept "his" ofli ials in terror. One of the local papers offered a large sum of money for tho manuscript of this desirable document. The Battle Grounds in Virginia. —A cor respondent of the Raleigh Progress, who has paid the battle grounds of Virginia a visit, gives the annexed description of their present appearance; I have traveled over many miles of Culpep per and adjoining counties, once blooming as a garden but now,as far as the iye can reach,is one wide waste and desolation. The Yankees have destroyed nearly everything The pal ace and the negro quarter* ive torn from their foundations to furnish material for their win ter quarters; the fences are all burned the luxuriant fields no long r wave with cultiva ted crops; not a cow. or a horse or a four-foot ed beast of any kind, is left to disturb the melancholy silence. Even the birds seem to havo taken their flight to climes fill tiler South. Now and then an old dilapidated house from which some old man or woman will issue a- you pass to tell their doleful story ot Yankee barbarity and cruelty or some amusing incident which occurred in Meade's rapid flight bet ore our forces. Thn town of Culpepper Is gloomy indeed in its appearance now. so completely is it despoiled ot its ori ;i --nal beauty anil wealth. I here fonaed the ac quaintance ot the Rev. Mr. Stone, whose wife the Yankees fired upon standing in her own door with several other ladies, one shot stri king Mrs Stone and passing through a limb, and several other balls striking around tie door facing where the ladies stood. The pen pie who are left h“re, the ladies particularly, are brave and patriotic to a fault, and harassed the enemy ao Uttic while encamped among AUGUSTA, GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 3, 1863. From ihe Rklvn'md Chrifliun Advocate. LBTfBH tIH'M 81-HOP 'VRU" OF THE AUSTHOD feT I«tMsC PAL CHtfKCH. Ft mmeijhet r>, Au., Oct. 1863. Peak Bko. : Through the Divine Mercy we are thus far safe from inva-ion by our enemies i But who can teii what a day may bring forth ? Hundreds and thosands of refugees from Mississippi and Tennessee have been passing through this country ; many of them have st-pped in this neighborhood, whenever they can find houses, but the greater part of then. l seem to be aiming for Georgia. From them we have accounts of the conduct of our Feder al t nemies which are not at all calculated to increase our love for them, or our disposition so bo again united with i hem. The stories of desolat 'd homes, outraged women, and hea-t --less cozdnct generally i 1 the treatment of help less women and children, is painfully distress ing ; and whenever the events of this cruel war sbal! be faithfully c hronicled. I venture to say, it will eonstituie one of the darkest, chap ters in the history of savage warfare. Perlmps nothing better couM t»r expected oF tlieir com mon soidieis, many of ah .m were formerly in mates of foreign poor houses and prisons and tiie scum and offscourings of foreign lauds gener. 11 y. as well as the scum of the Northern Staies picked lip from tlieir prisons and the purlieus of th. ir towns ; but J had supposed that their commanding oifi ers, at least, were many ot them gentlemen, anil would repress any such outrages of their men ; but it would seem that in the progress, of events, officers have Im lied up very larely, or if perchance, such an one is found in charge of any particu lar department, lie is speedily removed to make way for a Butler, who will be suit' to allow the rebels no favor, and are therefore no 11 more afti r Mr. IJncol i's own heart. The pretensions of Union and the Constitu tion a; e pretty well “played out,’’ and they are now beginning boldly to avow what has no doubt been their aim all dong—the destruction of tho white population of the South, and to turn the blacks loose to live and starve aft -r the whites are murdered The estates thus ta ken from the rightful owners are to be divided out among the soldiers as a reward for their b:utality, or else they will be confiscated, and soiil. and Ihe proceed.- go to the payment of the heavy debt incurred in accomplishing our sub jugation. This has, no doubt, been the aim all the while, and is probably one reason why they plunged lliei: government so hopelessly in debt. 'They intend lur property shall pay the war expeus, s, besides rewarding their sol diers with farm- aud other things lo match. But their treatment of the poor negroes is per haps, one of the meanest of tlieir actions. They have announr ed themselves as the friends of the s : ave, coming to break his chains f.n I make him a freeman, and hy fair promises ihey have induced thousands of slaves to leave good homes where they were kindly treated, and when the negio was unwilling to go with them they have bound him with chains or cords, and have carried him off by violence, and frequent ly have torn the husband from tne wife anil the mother from the children. And what has be come of the negroes thus to u Irom-their homes and those that have been their best friends ? They have forced them out into the army, arm ed them with Yankee . weapon-,. and forced them on in the front ranks in the and tv of battle, where hundreds and thousands of them perish. When any negro, after having tried liis new friends, wishes to return lo his master, and makes the attempt, he is shot down like a dog, under pretext that militarv law requires it ! But what, becomes of these who are not fit for the army, the women amt lire children and those who are helpless from age or other cir cumstances ! They are thrust into camps or pens where they sicken and die by thousands, without a being to care for or give them a de cent burial. Now the real object of the Yankees is not to benefit the slave, lint to min his master. Snell, indeed, was the distinct avowal of one of their commanders, on the much to Vicksburg,when a lady, whose p.operty he had taken away, was expostulating with him and said some thing about their fighting for the negro: “Madam,” said lie, “we aro not doing this be cause we care for the negro, but because it will inj ire the whites and thereby weaken the cause of the rebellion.’’ Such is, no doubt, the true motive of their conduct. They care nothing for tlie negro, whether he lives or dies, goes to heaven or hell ; in fact, 1 think the New York Evening Post, some time ago indicated as the result of these movements, tiro utter exter mination of the blacks In :his country, and the entire occupai cy of the land by tlie wiiites, and no doubt this is the consummation for which th y pray. In addition to all this, it is currently, and I think reliably, reported, that many ol the slaves stolon or forced from South ern masters, have been sent to the Island of Cuba and there sold into slavery. What a view does this give of tin character of these great “friends of the poor negro’’’ And yet these are the people who ae lauded and glorified In- tho abolitionists of this country and Eng land. Alas! for the fair fields of Mississippi and every portion of our Confederacy which shall fall under Yankee dominion. And yet 1 see, that some people among us who have been great warriors at home, ind who have kept all the while away from the smell of gunpowder, have absurdly talked of reconstruction, or at least peace ou any tuns. The men who are defending us, anil who have sealed their pro fessions of natriotism with their blood, in many hurdfuught fields, are not tho men who talked thus. But, Mr. Editor, our prou l toe lias left us no alternative except to light! Can we ever affiliate with men who have desolated our homes, outraged our wives and daughters, desecrated our churches, imprisoned our preachers? 'Can we trust the-fair promises of such men? lint it is not their purpose to even promise to us anything honorable. They offer us but tho alternative of death or subjugation. Can we hesitate as honorable men and Chris tians which to choose? Jambs O. Andrew. IV ills Yali sy.— Tiie Macon Telegraph gives an interesting account of an interview with Mr. Nisbet, who was within the Federal lines for two weeks in Wills’ Valley, during Rose craus' advance in that direction. We make some extracts from Mr. N.'s statements : Mr. Nisbet says he was fully assured that all his possessions in Wills' Valley were confiscated, anil he states that the army is accompanied by registry men who take down the names of the residents and numbers of their laud, which me returned to Brownlow in Knoxville, who is Chief Confisfiator for East Tennessee and Geor gia, and feels sure of the job of selling out every property owner within these jurisdic tions. Ihe popular idea in Rosecrans’ army, was to oust the owners ot' the soil—drive the negroes into the Atlantic and the Gulf, and di vide the broad acres among the virtuous and happy Dutch, Irish and Koosicrs who composed that indomitable phalanx. And when they left ids quarters, before the battle of Chica mauga. they wi re infullbelief thatthev should do this aud much more during the winter. They expected to take possession of the whole county,—Sana on i capture Charleston, Savan nah and Mobile, and ship out of those ports cotton enough to strengtban Secretary Chase's bank accounts. With his experience of Fede ral policy and knowledge of what they propose to do in Geoigia. it i? something wonderful to hear people down this wry groaning about “ impressments. Ihe only possible chance to s eve anything is to back up Gen. Bragg at any personal sactif.ce with supplies and men. If the people of Georgia fail to do their whole duty in furnishing bread and meat to that army, they may prepare their minds to surrender everything they have got in the world to the Northern robbers, for nothing is more certain than a universal sweep, so soon as the Federate caa make it, U that time ever comes. Napoi r ox’s Position towajlds Russia, Aus tria, AND Esc LAND, ON TUB I'OLISH QdKSTIOX. — The Memorial Diplomatique, of October 24, publishes the following analysis of tho dispatch sent by M. Drouyn de I/buye to the Ambassa dors of France in London aud Vienna upon the 20th Jane lat, and of the dispatch forwarded upon the following day to the Due de Grauront: Iu tbo first dispatch the Uabiu'et considers the preliminary agreement of the three Courts as a gauze of moderation anti strength, be cause, although it imposes upon them too ne cessity ot proceeding hy way of compromise, it adds to the authority of their language ; it shows them united iu the pursuit of the same end. ’ It is as useful as necessary to maintain this solidiarity which, in addition, presents a gua nmiee of security for Austria, most exposed by her geographical position. Tlie dignity of the lliree Powers which sign ed the notes of April iO. ah<l tlio gravity of (he interests which they (lefeud, render it a duty to foresee the eventualhy of non-success, which might either occur from a direct refusal upon the part of Russia, or a negative result of the conference of the Powers which signed the final act of 1815, then suggested to be held at Brus sels. For this purpose it would be requisite to a >ree upon the wording of a diplomatic net either in the form of a convention or a proto col. By means of this document tho three Courts would solemnly renew tlieir engage ment to place Poland In the conditions of a solid and durable peace, and to reunite their efforts to attain the common end in case of methods of persuasion being exhausted with out result. In the dispatch dated June 21, which the Due de Oramoot rend two days afterwards to Count Rechberg, the French Cabinet declared that it fully understood the circumspection which pru dence rendered necessary for the Court of Vi enna in the Polish questiou. France was far from attributing to Austria any idea of timidi ty, which was as nnsuiled to so groat a Power us it was incompatible with the lofty character of its Emperor. Being tlm nearest to the theatre of war, Aus tria, more than any o’her Power, was forced to take counsel with herself, and weigh her reso lution before acting. Tlie dignity of the three Courts demanded firm maintenance of their pro posals. France was, above all, guided by the desire’ of assuring to Austria all the assistance upon which it would be useful for her to be able to reckon in every eventuality. > . The surest method of causing the balance to incline in favor of an amicable and proximate solution was to throw in the negotiations the weight of common will. This agreement was and would remain a guarantee of peace. France was ready to assume every obligation of furnishing to Austria the guarantee and as sistance which she would have a right to re quire in case of her geographical position expo sing her to disadvantage. In proposing to link mutual interests ti.mly together theGovermnent of the Emperor wished to offer her every secu rity whica her interests could desiie. “These two French-dispatches, ’•’ concludes the Material Diplotnutiqe, “in spite of the re moteness of tlieir date of more than four montl s back, still preserve g'eat actual interests. They not only g : ve the key. of the re*l state of the Polish quesli'-n, but they still constitute the most striking justification of tlie policy followed by the Cabinet of the Tuillrics in the anterior m-gultattOUs ’’ Perusal of these two diplomatic papers estab lishes with the utmost possible clearness that even at the time when the Ihroo courts which signed the notes o' April 10th presented the programme of the six points for the acceptance of Russia, the Government ot tho Empeior wns not under any illusion as to tlie veritable dis position of the Court of St. Petersburg. Decisions of tub Supreme Coi nr at Nov. Term, LS(!3, in MiLi.EDiiEMi.Ui. —lst. A soldier who becomes a contractor with the I*. O. De partment for carrying mails over a route more than ten miles long is ijjso facto discharged from the army, because he is exempt by tho Act of Congress, which applies as well to those thereafter becoming contractors, as to those who were so at the passage of the act. This seems to be so upon principle, apart from tho exemption act ; for the Government is a unit, and if a man is by contract bound to serve it as mail carrier, it cannot also claim military set vice from hirn-at the same time. 2d. Persons ixempt from conscription by reason of substitution were not thereby exempt from draft under the proclamation of tho Gov ernor, kc., for State defence. 3d. Will directed that the estate should be kept together during wife's widowhood and the minority of the children, each child to draw It's share except 25 per cent., upon his arrival at manhood, the object being to raise and edu cate the children out of the proceeds of the es tate. Held that, proceeds was not necessarily confined to annual profits, and if it was made appear that the object of the bequest could not otherwise bo carried out, the property might be sold to carry them out. 4. The Legislature authorized the Savannah, Albany and Gulf Railroad Cos to extend their road from a point at or in t,ecity of Savannah to Tybee Island. The Company were authorized by the Mayor and Council of Savannah to run sai l roail in the centre of Randolph street along its entire length to the river, they saving the city from damages. The Company proceeded to build this extension 16 feet wide in the cen tre of said street, so as to leave but 12 feet on each side of this railroad between it and the sidewalks. At the instance of lot owners upon this street, and lor the reason 'a»t stated only, the Court below enjoined it. The Court affirm ed the judgment, but upon the broader ground that tiie Mayor and Council of Savannah were trustees who had no authority to sell the city streets without a direct authority from the Le gislature. Even if that were not so, the injunc tion was properly grnuted, liecause not only was the street there obstructed, but in some places covered by embankments, 12 feet hiah, and in other places ruined by cuts, 25 feet deep; and besides all this, the record showed that this line was not going towards Tybee Isl and. and that that island could not be reached except by a deflection at right angles from this 5. Toe New Manchester Manufacturing Cos. (Sweetwater Factory, in Campbell co., Ga.), made a return of net profits and capital inves ted whereby it appeared that they had made 40 per cent. The Tax Collector, suspecting it was not a fair return, had assessors appointed by the Inferior Court, who upon investigation, returned the net income at about 10 per cent more upon the capital than was given in. But the assessors added to their return, “In our judgment, no fraud intended by the Company Thereupon injunction was granted against the tax collector to keep him from issuing fifa for the double tax. The bill alleged that not on lv the assessors had made a mistake, but that they themselves had returned too much as profits, and prayed injunction till these mu tates whic* l made a difference of about $5,- 1500 00 in the tax, should be corrected. To 1 th’s bill demurrer was filed and over ruled. ! The Snnreroe Court moved the Court below ! oulered bill dismissed and tax collector to pro- I coc ,i putting their decision on bee. 5115 New Code’—“No reverse shall lie or any judicial , interference be bad in any levy or distress for taxes under the provisions of this code,” Ac.— Cor- Atlanta hntdligeivyr. The Northern papers announce in prepara ! tion and to be soon forthcoming, the life of Butler It is being written by James Parton, i ihe same fellow who, some years ago, wrote I the life of Horace Greeley. If the truth is ! told, Butler will have a biography equal in ! point gs siiae to U»t of aoy robber or ptate. TaiATMBKT os Pblsonhks or Wab. —The Yan kee papers aro loud and furious just now In their denunciation of tho Confederate authori ties for alleged maltreatment of the prisoners of war. We have replied, remarks the Rich mond Whig, as far as we thought proper to their groundless complaints and slanderous obarges. The question is not one for argument with them, and it makes but little difference whether they are pleased or not with the treat ment received by these captives. We advert to tho subject for the purpose of pntting on re cord, in perpetual memory, evidence of the character and conduct of those who thus rail against the Confederate authorities. Here is a narrative embracing specifications which it would have been easy to disprove if they were false, but which, though published some mouths ago, remain without disproof or even denial that we have ever seen or heard of. It is the account of a member of Bragg’s army, furnish ed to the Memphis Appeal, of his axperience iu the Yankee prison at Alton, Illinois : The Alton penitentiary was, some three or four years ago, condemned by the State author ities as totally unfit for criminals even. Yet thirteen hundred officers and privates, two hun dred of which had the small pox, were confined in the basement, five feet Inflow the ground, al most shut off from daylight, sunshine and air —stone floor covered with water trickling from the walls on either side, aud mid winter as it was, the only provision for lire was a small stove to eight meu. Tlie berths were after the fashion of horse stalls, one above the other, with a passage so narrow as barely to admit of one person passing at a time —and soon there was an average of more than every other berth occupied by some unfortunate Confederate with the small pox—aud as fust as they died, others from St. Louis prisons supplied their places. During January the average of deaths reached for a time eight, and eventually thir teen per day; and in February tlie mortality became so great, aud burying Confederates be came such a tax to the government and so lu crative to the undertaker, that the com zander of the prison adveitised in one of Ihe Alton pa pers, “Proposals for burying tlio Confederates will be received and let to the lowest bidder.’’ This same enterprising undertaker was detected by one Os our number, who suspected him, and privately marked one -of the coffins, in the work of “Yaukee swindling,’’ by closing the coffin in the “dead room,’’ and on arriving at the cemetery would dump the coi rso into the grave, and return the same coffin for another subject, until nine had thus .been buried, and he of course receiving pay for nine coffins, when he really supplied but one. The quantity of rations supplied us was in sufficient to meet the requirements of the well, and altogether unfit for tlie sick. Well men would go to the sweepings of the prison di iing room and gather up scraps of bread and meat and eat them with a perfect relish; aud of the sick, those of fliem that were fortunate enough to recover were supplied by their fellow prison era with rats, which they killed and prepared with their own hands. No record of the dead was kept until Februa ry. One of the officers of my room wrote to General Curtis, commanding at St. Louis, re questing that inasmuch as the small pox was raging to such an extent, would he not order that we might be sent to some other prison.— Ills reply was, that “under tiie circumstances, lie would advise immediate vaccination.’’ Uu riug tbo prevalence of small pox, besides pneu monia, erysipelas and diptheriu, the scoundrels wou'd propose to release any who would take the oath. Believing it to be between the oath and death, they availed themselves of the con temptible proposition. Tub Affair at Rogkrsvili.e.— The Lynch burg Virginian contains the following interest ing account of the recent, success of the Con federate forces at Rogers vllle : From members ot the guard, who brought down the prisoners captured in East Tennes see, on Friday last, we have some particulars of the afiair at ltogursvillo, which will be read with interest, It seems that Gen. Wrn.E. Jones, who com manded the expedition, learning.that a force of tho enemy was at Uogersvillo, determined to effect their capture, and with this purpose ad vanced upon the placo with his own and a brigade commanded by Col. Giltner, Upon getting within a few miles of the town, he sent on a small portion of his command to make the attack, and conceal his main body in tho woods. The attacking party, which the Federate great ly outnumbered, were ordered to bring on a fight and then Tetreat, as though they had only alter the commencement of the engagement found that they were outnumbered. The ruse succeeded admirably, our small force retiring and being pursued by the enemy until they got past the place of concealment of our main body, who suddenly, and if by magic, closed in upon their rear, while those who were retreat ing stopped their apparently hurried flight and offered battle. The contest was soon over, for, surrounded on all sides and attacked si multaneously iu front and rear and on both flanks, no recourse was left the enemy but to snrrender unconditionally, which they did. Eight of their dead were found on the field, aud about thirty wounded, the number sur rendering being eight hundred and eighty four, of whom about one hundred are sa.d to have escaped while ou the march to Bristol. A fine battery of four pieces of artillery, six hundred horses, nine hundred mules, and fifty eight wagons, with a quantity of ammunition and quartermasters’ and commissary stoics, wore tho fruits of this admirably planned and brilliantly executed affair ; all effected with the loss of two men killed and two wounded— none missing. Tkiity-three commissioned officers, the high est in rank among them being Major ’Carpen ter, of the 2d Tennessee cavalry, aud seven hundred and two privates, of the 2d Tennessee and 7th Ohio. The prisoners taken at the time were sent from here yesterday to Richmond. A Grasd Cavalry Review. —A correspond ent from the army of Northern Virginia, de scribes a review of Stuait’s cavalry by General Lee: A grand review of two Divisions—Hamp ton’s and Fitzhugh Lee's—of Stuart’s cavalry, took place _ Thursday in a large field near Brandy Station, the spectacle represented be ing more imposin' than the review of infantry, had some time since at Orange Court house. Gen. Lee, as usual, first passed along iu front and rear of the extensive lines of hoises and men, anil then coming back to the Gtneral’s stand point, the two Divisions passed in review before him, the men presenting a good appear ance, and the horses, considering the service they have lately undergone, looking remarka bly well. But the grandest feature of the day •was still to come off; for General Stuai t desi ring to show the knowledge that this branch of t»ur service had gained in their many en gagement# with the enemy, ordered the col umn to pass a second time in front of General Lee. As the head of the column arrived vrith ia a given space of the stand point, a bugle was sounded, and General Stuart and staff. with swords dtawn, dash with impetuous speed—in memory of the Knights ot ancient days—past General Lee, the gallant Stuart as he passes, giving a cut and pass with his sword, that would have done jnstice to the best swordsman of the age. And now as each col umn arrives at the same point, the bugle is sounded, and with sabres drawn the men dash in a grand charge past, yelling like demoas the meanwhile. The Federal troops have pillaged every hoqge every towa in ratal Ewt I«m*uee, ' VOL. LXXVII—NEW SERIES VOL. XXV-il. 'fto.4B Ahstrancbs or History. —The Rev. Mr. Ren* free, chaplain of the Tenth Alabama Regi ment, on Fast Day last, preached, a sermon from the text, “The Battle is God’s.’’ It has keea published. The Richmond Y> big thus speaks of it: The author quotes the remark of Victor Cousin, that “History proves, even when viewed from a human stand-point, that wars al ways terminate just as they should, and that their results are always fall of blessings for coming generations"—aud the follbwing pas sage from Sir William Temple’s Essay on Ile roie Virtue: “Tho second observation I shall make on the subject of victory and conquest is. that they have in general been made by the smaller numbers over the greater; against which I do not remember any exception in all the famous batths registered in story, except ing that of Tamerlane and Bajazet.’’ In proof of the general correctness of this observation, the speaker says the Persian army under Cyrus was but a handful when compared with the vast multitude of Assyrians, over which they were completely victorious. And afterwards these victorious Persians, with an anuy ot six hundred thousand, were beaten by the Macedo nians, who were never more than forty thou sand strong. Tho little Athenian army ot ten thousand, fighting for their liberty and inde pendence, 03 wc are, drove back and overcame one hundred and twenty thousand Persians at Marathon. In all the f vinous victories of the Lacedemonians, they never had over twelve thousand soldiers at any time, though their enemies had often twenty times that number. Aliqost every one of the celebrated victories of tho Romans was achieved over far greater numbers than themselves. Tho great Ciesm’s armies, whether in Plmrsalia, Gaul or Ger many, were in no proportion to those conquer ed by him. The army of Marius was never over forty thousand, while that of the Cimbres, which he conquered, was three hundred thou sand. The famous victories of Etius and Beli sarius, over the barbarous Northern nations, were won with numbers astonishingly small. The same is true of the first great victories o' the Turks over the Persian Kingdom, a.d of the Tartars over the Chinese. Iu all the immor tal victories ot tire renowned Scanderbeg over the Turks, he never brought together more than sixteen thousand men, though his ene mies often numbered over a hundred thousand To come down to later times, the English vic tories at Cressy and Agincourt, so famous in history, were gained with incredible disadvan tages in numbers. The same is true of the great victories of Charles the VIII., in Italy; of Henry the IY., in France; of Gustavus Adol phus, in Germany; and of Charles tlie XIL, of Sweden, til Denmark, Poland aud Muscovy. Tlie King of Poland, who had an army of twenly-four thousand, wns defeated and driven from his throne hy a force less than twelve thousand; and the Russian army of eighty thousand was beaten by him with a little army of only eight thousand. Nor must we forget the fate of tho great Napoleon in Russia. He invaded that country with an ar.ny of six hun dred and thirty thousand soldiers, and was finally completely vanquished, and driven out of tho country, although the Russians had never over two hundred and fifty thousand men in the field at any one time. IXTERB-iTIXG IxCIDKNIS Or TUB BATTLE OF Chicamauga. —The Cbariieston Courier says a young officer of Memphfar, Temi., now in Ec tor’s Brigade, gives to iris father in this .city tbo following history of what must have been n very exciting period of tv few moments in the Southern army on the Sunday evening of that memorable light. lie says : Late on Sunday afternot-m. the enemy having been driven from his entrenchments, our entire army paused, as though to view and meditate upon the desperate work it had just accom plished. There was a lull us if both armies were tired of that terrible strife nml carnage. Suddenly, miles away on our extreme right, Hood’s boys sent a shout—a shout of triumph, solid, invigorating, unmistakable. ’Twas pe culiar to Southern troops, and all instantly knew what it meant. Quickly it was caught up by the next command, and the next, and thus, 'frith Increased volume, it passed on to the left. Each command,in its turn, caught up tiie refrain and added to the chorus, none drop Cing it. however, and soon those old woods aud ills rang again frith the spirit-stirring yell.— Imagine, if you can, the electrio thrill that ran through the nerves of such an army as ours. After a long day of lmrd fighting the dull roar of canucn turned to the sharp rattle of mus ketry aud this followed by that triumphant chorus of humau voices. None can describe the electric, thrilling effect of this Southern an them as it echoed among (those grand old mountains. It touched the sublime, and doubt less accelerated the retiograde movement of the foe. 'Twas as if some old King of the forest, after a hard fought, but victorious field, had shaken his terrible Uiane, and made his native woods tremble again with his defiant roar. Another incident is told of Ector’s brigade in Saturday’s light. It had stood the brunt of the fighting with Thomas’ corps for several hours, but was likely to he eventually driven back. Two gallant brigades from Mississippi had been terribly cut up in their at.empts to relieve it, and the officer commanding one of them sent word to Ector to retreat by tiie right flank as the sole chance of saving himself. The mes sage was delivered, and ihe advice urged.— “No,” said Ector, “to retreat now will be to be slaughtered. Wo must charge and then re treat as we best can.” This brigade (Ector’s) is mostly Texans. They did charge with that wild yell that is alarming to Yankees, mid, us Ector hoped, tho latter gave way. He extri cated his men from their perilous positions; and just then Cheatham, with bis gallant Ten nesseeans, came on, sweeping everything be fore him, and the day was won. A Pious Yankee Chaplain. —The following is an extaact from a letter written hy an Aboli tion Chaplain connected with Lincoln’s Army of Virginia, to liis friend and brother preacher, located at some other point. The letter was captured along with other mail matter, when Capt. Enrigh “took’’ tho United States mail be tween Burlington and Williamspoit the other week. The letter is dated “Camp nbar Romney, Oct. 11, 18C3. “All quiet on the Potomac. Rosecranzis all right. Avery sanguinary battle will come oft’ at or near Chattanooga before long. Oh ! for success. I now believe we shall have it. And O for a little more ‘Greek lire’ to be rained upon Charleston, that sink of inquity ! As fire and brimstone was the remedy tor Sodom anil Gomorrah, so is ‘Greek fire’ the remedy, and a very befitting one, too, for that nest and hot bed of rebellion. Burn it to the ground, and the inhabitants along with it if they choose tc remain in it; then raise its very foundations until one stone shall not be left upon another, and then rear a hecatomb of skulls ou its ruins t> tell to generations following the folly and wickedness of its former inhabitants. And so mote it be.’ ’ The Right Spirit.— We learn from good au thority, that throughout South Carolina a rule is very generally observed which is worthy of imitation. Soldiers’ families are supported by the several counties, but when they the invariabie priM to ffiemj* h *J/ 0 loht their Mopwty!the price is two dollars and a half per ChS, whilethose refugees who either have their negroes, or have not saffered se !^eiy, the price charged is five dollars r This is I just discrimination, founded i» ju*tjce, ftfld GEORGIY L’ (iISLYTITISK '• SI’KCI AI, C0RI! guROXICLE ifc SKNTINE L rt*ltk. / MILLKDGK.Vn.LR, In the Senate this morning a motion was made to n consider a lost bill to prevent gam bling. A lengthy discussion ensued, in which tlie evils of gaming were -forcibly stated. The opponents of the lull were by no means the apologists for this detestable vice, but did not think the provisions of the bill practicable ami wise. The motion to reconsider prevailed. The following bills were read a first time’: a bill to change the penalty for simple larcfny in sums under $20 —makes it imprisonment in jail ; to prevent and punish persons for milking range cows. The toliowing House bills we;e passed : ti bill to amend the charter of Spring Place ; to amend the oaths of notaries public ; to exempt persons from taxation who have been driven from their homes ; to repeal the act compen sating maiV'gers of elections in Mclntosh county; to amend the charter of the city of Atlanta. Tho following were lost: a bill Urfunend the 2d and 3d seeli ns Kith division of Code; lo amend the penal code—relates to pleas of insanity transferring parties to Insane Asy lum ; resolution to pievent the impressment of breeding cattle ; House resolution requesting the disbandment of the State Gumd—debated and lost. HOUSE. . S.m hday A. M., Nov. 21. The following bills were passed : a bill to prevent the sale for slaughter of stock cattle and sheep - prohibits the slaughter of breeding cows or ewes ; to fepea 1 the ti.’iod section of Code—relates to Bead Commissioners: to al low Attorneys to i-sue, subpoenas and com missions for inter'ogatories in certain cases ; lo allow'ordinaries to draw the portion of tbo school fund to which tlieir respective counties are. entitled—a substitute was offered which pass- and ; ti> ailow the Governor to appoint cer tain Staff officers ; to amend the Istith section of Code in ref- ivnee to. taxing defaulting tax payers - provides that any person failing to re turn all taxable property shall be double tax ed for the first offence, and for the second tax ed fourfold, and*so’oh from year to year in like r.iti’s; to incorporate the Fons derate Coal. Mining Company ; to appoint a Committee to examine into the condition of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and report to next session ; to authorize and legulate the voting of all sol diers ; to increase the salaries ol curiam offi cers—makes the salaries of Comptroller Gene ral, Treasurer and Secretary of State $3,000, and of the Governor’s Secretary $2,500, to b«» assessed in Confederate currency; for tlio re lief ot the banks from the penalties of suspen sion until after a treaty of pence is ratified. The follow ing were lost: a bill for tlie elec tion of the officers of the tire companies in Sa vannah ; to regulate continuances; to } r :scribo the mode of assigning (lower ; to establish an election precinct at Millcn—reject jd for uncon stitutionality. A bill to increase the pay of all officers and soldiers. A substitute was offered, and tlm whole was lvf. iled to a committee of eleven. A resolution to proceed to tlie election of Speaker pro tern was agreed to on the record ballot. Mr. Moore of Thomas was declared elected. Capt. Wallace was permitted to in troduce a bill to re-enact an act exempting soldiers not worth over slot)<' from taxation and to extend its provisions to disabled sol diers and the widows of deceased soldiers. SENATE. Monday, A. M., Nov. 23. A motion to reconsider the lost bill to par don John W. Martin, was lost. The following were passed : a bill to extent? the time for the returns by Ordinaries, of chil - dren entitled to the school fund ; to amend the charter of the Stonewall Insurance Com pany. The special order—a bill to prevent extor tion—was postponed until to-morrow*. House bills were read a first and second time. A House resolution to bring on the election ofa bank director for the State on Wednesday, was concurred in. A resolution calling on the Governor for in formation as td salt making, and the salt sup ply, was adopted. A resolution was offered requesting Congress to alter the tax law, and to build more depots for storing the tax in kind. This resolution led to a spirited debate. Referred to Commit tee on Confederate Relations. A House resolution asking that the Stato Guard troops tie furloughed to sow wheat, waa indefinitely postponed. HOUSE. Monday A. M., Nov. 23. A motion to reconsider the lost bill in refe rence to killing breeding stock under 12 years of age was passed. A hilt to increase tho salaries of certain State House officers was reconsidered ; also, a hill to extend the time of settlement with tax collec tors ; also, a resolution in reference to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum. The following were read first time : A reso lution that the interests of the State forbid that any portion of the population over 45 be sub jected to military duty, save for patrol purpos es ; to repeal all licenses ; for the relief of- Au gustus S. .lores ; resolution that a committee be appointed to examine the W. & A. Railroad and report; petition from Mr. Farguson ; bill to provide for the education of soldiers’ chil dren ; to provide for the burial of paupers ; to authorize the Ordinary of Jefferson to keep Ids office open only on Monday and Saturday ; to allow Eliza Carter and children, free negroes, to go into slav ry ; to prevent extortion in .yarns— authorizes the Governor to seize factories in certain cases ; to reduce the bond of the sheriff of Mclntosh county ; to allow the lufc ferior Courts of the State to appoint druggists ; to amend 2d paragraph of sec. 1783 of Code inserts the word negroes ; to repeal secs. 2508, 2503, 2510, 2511 and 2512 of Code ; to r< peal sec. 2503 of Code ; to change the line between Chattahoochee anil Stewart ; to amend 201lh paragraph ot Code -relates to Supreme Court; to repeal 228th paragraph of Code ; to encour age the organization of a navy ; to declare all laws of force which do not conflict with the Code ; to allow administrators, executors aud tiustecs to invest in Confederate interest heal ing notes ; to incorporate LaGrange Warehouse Insurance Company; resolution asking Con gress to repeal the exemption and substitute laws. Tiie following were passed : A bill to ex tend the time of settlement with tax collectors; to extend the time for making retains of chil dren entitled to the poor school fund. The Committee on Finance, to whom were referred the various bills for the relief of sol diers’families, reported a bill providing for the appropriation of $5,000,000. /Various amendments were proposed, and a discussion ensued which lasted the balance of the session. Tiie motion to strike out $5,000,000 and insert $0,000,000 was finally concuried in. SENATE. Tuesday Morning, Nov. 23. The following bills were introduced and read the first time: A bill to authorize tho Governor to impress railroads, cars, ’engines, &c., to transport necessary supplies to desti tute portions of the State; to amend the 4012th section of Code; for the relief of the estate of C. T. Crawford; resolution to purchase sup plies for indigent families of soldiers. Hon. H. V. Johnson and Hon. Clifford An derson were invited to seats in the Senate, A House bill to purchase and distribute corn to destitute counties in North Western Georgia waa discussed and passed. The special order—a bill to prevent extor tion —was taken up. It fixes the rates at which gotten yarns fvud ittiuuiiMturvU goods may bq