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BY N. S. MORSE & CO. TERMS. THE \V!.i;hU 4 2li:<>\l(!LK .V *KJm.\KL IS I’UBl-l- it Eli K v EilV Wednesday AT rollt tM>!.L\H-i KOH bix MOVTIIH ALWAYS ■' N ADVANCE. WEEKLY \DVKttTIHIXLi BATE I *. o*or*A*» Aurnr.l: / ■ ••» puba-UJ In ILe Weekly »ll be •!hir*i»ftw«ity-**e<:er,U aliaeeacii insertion. Bfsoial Nutiok* win be o .argcJ thlrt; a ltnefor each nn«r,'cn. M *H*fAfirj, T>l Vuiyt.kl XortcMonf dollarea<h Osrrt/A »r Norro** Une for on# lr.awtlon In *»th*r or Weekly. Wher* OWlnaiy Notice me pui>- »«btd «n I>t,U> and W<*k:>~ ity cent? r*er line. UT!ill»; AHE Till. <IJU \T Yl i\ OK IHli* KI. Y4H.I I IO.A ( K*v \[ of our • luteimioiariea, wo perceive, have Urn di, <a.rii.,: tho qiii-ntioii which we li;:rp ;.lje-,i Ja the capl'mn. and have pretty -.rumtmxteiy co-ictiric-Ito the oStinUii pp**ynt grout upheaval ha* ’ ’ > ’■•> t •». either in field or cabinel <■ :■•■»• *° ~1* “ emergency. If by great men > **' ,v stood those who areabl >to :. ;ff a- ttioti t.>r every difficulty, whether in '! <’t'.ril " r niili tary department of the revolution, those whose intellects ate so c*>mplet< !y overmas tered tli it ordinary minds everywhere <ou redo th«ir superiority. and accept their con clusions without c m.-.ng them to pass un der any examination, t! cn it must lie ad mitted that this druggie lias thus far devel oped no mind worthy ol the epithet great, but if hv ’■ rout., wo ineaiT men who have ex hibited Killitary qualities of the highest order,- who have repeatedly carried the day in the battle-field against large odds, and whose gen eralship has commanded the admiration of the European world and even extorted the highest I'lioomi’inis from our enemies themselves, then the Confederate side of this struggle has pro duced more than one man eminently deserving of the name. I 1 la dtftioult whore a popular commotion is in actual progress to say who, after the storm h m ele tied away and light and order h ive been evolved from the temporary chain, was the muster spirit ol the occasion. There is now no dissent lrom the opinion that in the JLnglisJi revolution of two hundred years ago, Crom well was the ruling genius, an l that Washing ton was tho treat mm of the revolution of the last centuiy. And yet. (!«• verdict pow s<> unanimous would not have been rendered by their oontempomries. especially in the ease ol Washington, ft is well known that after the repeated disasters which he had uiU'erod in the Middle Stales there was a strong party in favoi of dislodging him fioin the supreme comm rad And installing in that position (dates, whosi successes in the North had been more valuabh nml brilliant than anything which Washington hu<l achieved. It required all the firmness ol Congress, and tin; constancy of his friends, to nave him from being biijjoi ceded. There was not loss diversity of sentiment in regard to Cromwell among Ids fellow i itizens ; but lie was far from being the great man in their judg ment which a culm review of the whole scene demonstrate' him to have boon to those who are in circumstances to judge impartially. Accepting the two names which we have mentioned a the most eminent in, a military as peel in the eras Lqwliieh we h v>. .> mi ml, n Is not difficult to show that our struggle has brought out men who, us soldiers, would not softer in a comparison with either of them.— (Jen. Jackson, in all those ([Utilities which ait deemed essential to success was, at least, the equal of Oliver Cromwell. < me secret ol the pow er of the latter was tin perfect confidence which his men reposed in him. I hey believed his judgment to ho so accurate that they obeyed unhesitatingly all hisordeis. l»ut no devotion could exceed that of the soldiers of Stonewall Jackson to their gallant leader. Wherever he appeared, lie awakened the utmost enthusiasm; and whenever lie issued an order, though they ,-ould not always discover the reason of it, yet coming from him they accepted it as the best direction which could ho given. 1 licro cau be no doubt that Cromwell's religious faith was a very great element ot his power. Ills religion -was of the puritan type, and it was a potent auxiliary in securing discipline and effective ness for his army. Asa religious man our Jackson's reputation is without reproach. His torians have often questioned the piety ot the English leaders. But neither friend uor foe has had ought to allege against the Christian char acter of Jackson. In intellectual gifts gener nlly, iu u vigorous, tat' reaching mental grasp. Cromwell had few superiors in any age of '.lie world. But iu the qualities which lilted hint for the battle held, lie has exhibited nothing superior to those which were displayed by om own countrymen in the Virginia campaigns. It'success be a criterion of merit, it must be conceded that (Jen. I.ee has evinced a general shtp not inferior to that which was displayed by the immortal Washington. And whatever mav transpire in the futuie, ids past triumphs have secured for him a name which his contem poraries, without the grossest injustice, must pronounce great, and which posterity will be iconstiaitied to honor. TllF. QUESTION OF SI'BSISTENi'E for our troops, now being rapidly augmented by volunteers awl enrolled men, is of vital interest at this time. We are tain to believe that there is food enough still in the country, if husbanded carefully and judiciously, to last us till another harvest. Inefficient and improvident officials we fear have done much to foster the belief of a scarcity, and indeed to give some truthfulness to that belief. Thousands of bushels of corn have been allowed to mould or rot, simply for the want of care at the prop er time. It there had been promptness in re moving the grain at the first symptoms of in jury, many a soldier might have ofteuer had his hoe cake or corn dodger Excuses of the lack of transportation may ho mised. It is the dutv of the government to sustain and strength en our hues of communication for this very pur pose, that supplies maybe sent I rom one point to another with facility and safety. The truth is, there is vet an abundance ot v. heat and corn in thw country, enough to subsist the army of peo- pie. Therefore let the farmers *lo their duty in telling to the government at a reasonable compensation : let the officers who are empow ered u> raise their supplies, not exceed the strict limits of {be statute in their dealings rvilh the planters ; let the railroads be kept in a good stale of repair and a sufficient force ex empt from military duty to keep them in order let the greatest care be exercised iu regard to the place Where grain is to be temporarily stored, avoiding damp, exposed locations ; and our word for it. the cry of scarcity in the army will cease, at leist as far as bread is concerned. As for beef, we do not suppose there js on abundance of cattle ; but the number of hogs is great, and there will be and already is any •quantity of bacon. Give the soldiers enough to eat ; and with the help of the profusion of » >?etab'o9 which everybody is go'ng to raise spring, we shall get on wrll enough until .•mother harvest, both at home and in tho field. 1 PEACE AM) BKWIUIATIOf.” | On the first day of this year when the Empe ror of the French was holding the levee ens- I tomarv with trim at such times, he is reported ! to have expressed to Mr. Dayton—the Federal Minister in attendance —the wish that the pre | sent year might witness ‘-peace and reconci'ia ! tion” between the contending powers in Amer ica. As the Emperor's words at these New Years receptions nre regarded as peculiarly sig nificant, it has beeu thought by some persona that the brief remark to Mr. Dayton i3 indie»- live of his fu’ure policy in regard to the contro versy now raging in this country. The diction ary has been consulted for the meaning of the word “reconciliation.'' It has been discovered to mean “return to union, “a restoration to imity previously existing,'' arid sundry oilier thing-’, all however more or less distinctly iiu 'l) ing “union." From all this >t has been ... <u-» Ijvmrs mqfeTe on intends to intervene in the interest of the Nor them government—that as a hint on a like n. c ion, quite as brief, indicated lire Crimean war which followed, the present intimation must be taken as premonitory of armed inter vention. if need lie, oil the Am ricau Conti nent ! For our own part, we can c< njecture no such uon*lroiis operations from the brief words of the Emperor. We know not indeed that he used the woid '’reconciliation” at all, at feast my expression which would justify such a ren dering into our language. We have only the recount of the interview supplied by the Yan kees; and they doubtless would put such an interpretation upon the whole allair, as would be most agreeable to their own view. But even conceding that tho identical phrase in question were employed, we car. see in it noth ing more'than the wish which a polite gentle m m in his own house would express when seek ing to say something which might be agreea ble to his guest—perhaps without premedita ting a word. II has been thought liy some that the course of Napoleon of late has been less friendly to wards the Confederates than it appeared to be a few months ago. The facts that we he ,r nothing more of-‘private intei views between '.lie Emperor and the French," that nothing has ooen hinted looking to our recognition, iogeth ••r with tho detention of our war vessels, have awakened the suspicion that bouis was our friend only so long as no serious disasters had befallen our urfiis. But let us do him justice, lie has on one or two occasions very unmis tukeably manifested sympathy in our favor; and there is as yet, no satisfactory evidence lull lie lias changed his mind. It is very cer tain that our enemies do not consider him to have espoused their quarrels. The tone of the Northern press—a fair reflection of the opinion of tho Northern government and people—is more denunciatory at the present time, per haps, of (lie French than of the English au thorities. There is nothing like an alliance be tween Napoleon and our enemies. A short time ago a resolution was introduced—and we believed leferred—in the Yankee Congress that it was the duty of the United States to expel from Mexioo tho French troops. This would indicate anything but a cordial feeling between the Bowers. Wo believe the disposition of the Emperor towaids ourselves is unchanged. We do not, indeed, believe the rumor which at this moment obtains some currency, that President Davis is in receipt of a dispatch from him fore shadowing recognition at an early day—for such news must have transpired ere this. But we do believe that when his personal offices are exerted in regard to the American controversy, we shall have nothing to regret in tho interfer ence. In the meantime, it is well for us to guard against disappointment by expecting nothing whatever from any European quarter. On our own energies, favored by a kind Provi dence, must we depend for success. If foreign help should come, we may accept it as an ad ditional stimulus to our own efforts—remem bering that the display of vigor and persever ance on our part will, more than anything else, dispose them to succor us. Foreign Powers re sernble in this respect what the ancient pagans said of their Gods—th-y help those who help themselves. COHPEIUIEADS OA LIATOLVg AMNESTY PH OCLAM ATItW The ‘‘Copperheads" of the North, or as they style Ihomselves, the Conservative Democrats, have recently spoken out in strong denunciation of the amnesty proclamation which His most Gracious Majesty. Lincoln, was pleased to make to us rebels in connection with his last annual message. Our readers remember that all can didates for the amnesty were required in that document to repudiate entirely all allegiance to the constituted authorities of the Southern States, and to accept the Powers at Washington as having a paramount claim to their obedience and respect. And to ma’ e their humiliation complete they were then required to* take an oath that they would co-operate with the North ern Abolitionists in their wicked crusade against the institutions of their own country. This done they were tbeu to l>o forgiven for the crime of secession and to be allowed to occupy au humble place at the Federal board. No man knew better than Abrabam Lincoln that in such overtures, he was proposing impracticable terms of settlement. No man would have been more surprised than he, if a people who for three years past had deported themselves in the most chivalricand self sacri ficing maimer, had humbled themselves so far as to be \v filing even to entertain the question of adjustment upon any such terms. We aie glad to see that there are persons at the North who have discernment enough to detect the shallow artifice of their Chief Magistrate, and who have the manhood to speak of it in fitting terms.— An Illinois editor has very truly remarked that "if the South has become so utterly lost to all spirit and honor as to submit to such terms, they will richly merit all the degradation and infamy to which they will lie subjected by the act." Mere recently we notice that conserva tive members of Congress who really love the l uion and are still clinging to the idea of its restoration, notwithstanding t!jg gulf of blood which rolls "between the two countries, have remonstrated most earnestly against any such l" opositions tor bridging the chasm. We have not seen or heard from any quarter the slight est disposition at the South even to consider Lincoln s offer. Even those presses which have ,cen thought to be less Southern in their tone than was required by the claims ol a .genuine patriotism, have condemned in the most earn est terms the amnesty proclamation in question. Aud it is at least agreeable to discover that there are Northern subjects who are willing to denounce the proclamation as unparalleled and monstrous. The truth is the party now in power in the United States do not wish to see the Union re stored as it was. Such a reconstruction of the shattered fragments would inevitably involve the destiuction of the Republican party; and if the leaflets piust elect between the salvation of the country with the oreithrow of their party, AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1864. j or permanent disunion with the salvation of their pjrty, they would unhesitatingly choo.-e the latter. The abolition party of tlie North have never been distinguished for any devotion to the late Federal Union. Who does not re member that when tiie patriots Os the land, both at the North and the South, entreated them to desist from purposes which if success ful would inevitably disrupt the country, that they laughed at the idea of considering disunion an evil which was to scare them baCk from tire execution of their designs ? Who has forgotten the derision and contempt wh ch they heaped n[ion a ’’Union Committee” which once existed in New York, ami pronounced the ‘‘Union shiiekers,” as they were pleased to term this Committee, as men bought up by Southern pa tronage? Now, however, it is quite convenient for these demagogues to erv Union! Union! Down with the rebels Rut lt,<iy tv.ro the orttne people notwithstanding. There is really no de votion to the Union save as it may contribute to the power and permanency of tho Black Re publican party. \ORTHKKA PROGRAMME FOB THE PRES IDENCY. Though several mouths must yet transpire before the arrival of the time when nomina tions for the Presidency have usually been made in the United States, enough has already transpire 1 to indicate the probable course which events will assume when the Abolition nomi nating convention assembles. It is pretty cer tain that the present incumbent of the Presi dential chair will be the nominee of bis party. He has already been proposed by the Black Republican members of the Legislatures of several powerful States. This will place him before the Convention under very (avoiable auspices. In addition to this, the difficulty of uniting on any other person, amid such a host of aspirants as will immediately urge their claims, may dispose many who have no partic ular preference for Lincoln, to escape, by ac cepting him, the dilemma into which they wouid be thrown by his rejection. When besides it is considered that he has the prestige of office to recommend him, there can be very little doubt that he will be the choice of the party now in power. It has been said, we know, that Fre mont will run on his own account, and it is probable that the more radical wing of the Ab olition party may threaten the Republican fra ternity with schism Ain less one of their own men should receive the choice of the Conven tion. But these are but the ordinary tactics of politicians to acquire office, and will intimidate no one who has been familiar with such me naces. They will not oppose the nominee who ever he may be. We think it almost certain that Lincoln will be tlie candidate of the abolition party. He will enter upon tiie race backed by the gigan tic patronage of his office. This, on a peace basis, is considered a handsome capital with which to enter the contest. But when war has swelled it to a thousand millions of dollars per annum, it furnishes the man who wields it with an argument nol easily overcome. Every man in civil life, and every man in military life, who holds office by the authority and during tlie pleasure of Lincoln becomes, with very ,' v „ ,i,ni., (tn mlvovaie ror Ills ie-eleotion. This gives him an army of electioneered which must of itself go far towards securing his suc cess. Again, as the South has made the elec tion of Lincoln the occasion of their secession, tlie party who invested him with office in the lirst place, will take pleasure in re investing with office if they can, the man whose original election was so offensive to those who are now their enemies. They will avoid any tiling which wo.lid look so much like a concession to us as the relinquishment of Mr. Lincoln, even for a man of the same political stripe. Seward has already said that Lincoln has not yet been President of the whole country, and it is doubt less their determination to keep him in power, even should it cover eight, twelve, or sixteen years, or till the Federal flag waves over every State in the Confederacy, or until our obsti nate and bloody resistance demonstrates the impossibility of their success. That there will be a powerful opposition to Lincoln there can be no doubt. But what form exactly this will take, whether a Demo crat “pledged to the vigorous prosecution of the war," or a conservative man willing to cease on some equitable terms the desolating strife which has so long raged, wo cannot yet ascertain. We have a rumor that a number of the prominent men of the anti-administration party are anxious that Franklin Pierce should lead the opposition. Grant has also been named as the champion of the Democracy.— Whoever the nominee may be, he has but slight chance of success, unless it is afforded by the triumph of Southern arms. If in the en gagement which is impending in North Georgia and East Tennessee, we can administer a defeat to the Federal armies which will compel the evacuation of that country whil-t Gen. Lee compels Meade to make another hasty march towards Washington, and Beauregard continues to defy his assailants at Charleston, the North ern masses will grow yet more weary of the war and begin to turn their attention to a can didate who will stop the enormous flow of blood and treasure. It cannot be too earnestly impressed on every man in the Confederacy, that the re-election of Lincoln means war, obstinate, sanguinary, re lentless war—and that the only way in which we cau do anything to prevent that election is to damage his armies, aud defend our own rights. By such a process we may hope to turn the attention of our enemies to thoughts of justice and of peace, and to induce them to instal as their Ch es Magistrate, a man who will at least seek some method by which scenes of carnage may give place -to conduct which is more befitting the character of rational be ings. Home Manufactures. The capital of the Richmond, Va„ Glass Works is SIOO,OOO. — Notwithstanding a large share of the profits were used to increase the works, a dividen of ten per cent, was declared ou the business of the first month. It is expected the establish ment will pay for itself every month. Facts like these are eueouraging. They show that manufacturing enterprises in the Confederacy are and can be made profitable. While those who engage iu such pursuits are benefiting themselves, they are a'so benefiting the public, by supplying them with much needed articles. Wo trust that our capitalists will take courage and form companies for the manufacturing of many other articles that our people stand in want of. Better, by far, make the things we use at home, than import them. By pursuing the former course we are truly independent— while it we adopt the latter, we shall always be dependent. A despatch is published by the Raleigh pa pers aunouncing that the fine steamer Ad vance. belonging to the State of North Caro lina, has l>e-n got off the shoals on which she had been grounded, aud is now safe. | The “Lose Star State.’’ —The military s:t_ | ua ton in Texas, although apparently critical I at present, is full of encouragement and iDtei est. The people—sturdy, staunch and loyal to the Confederacy—have shown a devotion to the cause, and a bravery in times of trial, worthy of emulation. On all our battle fields her sons have borne a conspicuous and honorable part. Whatever of renown attaches to our military annals in the past, must be shared with the Texas troops. All honor to their noble heroism! Since the enemy obtained nominal possession of the Mississippi, they have become isolated in a measure trout the rest of the Confederacy. But though geographically divided by the foe, they are still of us and with us, heart and soul. All the people— from the mere youth fresh in his teens to tottering elcl—manifest a true spirit of loyalty. They rally to the stand anl of Jlagruder with the greatest promptness and enthusiasm. Texas is not only self-sustaining, but has furnished a large quantity of supplies for the army and people east of the Mississippi. Her land is of inexhaustible fertility; immense crops of all kinds of cereals cau be raised ; the forests and prair es abound with game, and the finest beef cattle in the world roam her fields. No wonder the Yankees c ivet the possession of so rich a prize. The confidence of the Texans has at no time been shaken k in the ultimate success of the Confed-racy. The currency has 3tood and still stands nearer par than in any other portion of the South. Our late reverses did not depreciate it, nor spread despondency through the State. It would seem that the hour of sternest, fiercest trial for the people has come. Bunks—not much of a general any way, but with a formidable force to help him in his dirty work—will try his best for her siibju gation. Armed bands are hovering upon her borders, ready to pounce upon her, and bring her recusant sons back into the Uniou fold. What with hostile Indians, Mexicans and Yankees, all their energies will Lave to be put forth to keep them back. But Texas is equal to the occasion. No brighter constellation exists in our Southern galaxy than the “Lone Star ” In her vocabulary there is no such word as fail. Let us imitate her fortitude, her bravery, her patient endurance, her noble en thusia m. Banks’ Movements in Louisiana.— Banks, the abolition appointed tyrant oyer Now Orleans, ;ind sue# parts of Louisiana as Di»k Taylor has not whipped him out of, has issued his procla mation, in pursuance of authority vested iu him by Ids master at Washington, inviting the ‘ loyal citizens of the State qualified to vote iu public affairs”—that is to say, the imported Yankees and the Yankeefied natives—to as semble at certain precincts for the purpose of casting their votes for Governor, Lieut. Gover nor, Secretary of State, Treasury, Attorney - Gem ral, Superintendent of Public Institution, Auditor of Public Accounts. Banks takes this step, "being fully assured that more than a tenth of the population de sire tlie earliest possible restoration of Louis iana to the Union.” In otlift words, he is carrying out Mr. Lincoln’s idea of self-govern ment, which provides that a tenth of the peo ple of a "rebel State' ’ may set up a Government good enough for abolition purposes. What these officers are to do, and with what powers invested when elected, muster Banks is kind enough to inform them as follows : “Tlvy shall when elected, for the time be ing, and until others are appointed by compe tent authority, constitute the civil government of tlie State, under the Constitution and laws of Louisiana, except so much of the said Consti tution and laws as recognize, regulate or relate to slavery, which being inconsistent with the present condition of public affairs, and plainly inapplicable to any class of persons now exist ing within its limits, must be suspended, and they are therefore and hereby declared inoper ative and void. This proceeding is not intend ed to ignore tho right of property prior to the rebellion nor to preclude tlie claim for cbm pensat on of loyal citizens for losses sustained by enlistments or other authorized acts of the Government.’’ Banks is further good enough to promise that arrangements will be made for the early elec tion of members of Congress for the State, and also In order Prat the organic law of tho State may-be made to conform to tbe will of the peo ple, and harmonize w.th the spirit of the age, as well as to maintain and preserve the ancient landmarks of civil and religious liberty, au election of delegates to a convention for the re vision of the Constitution will b ; held on the first Monday of April, 18t>4. The basis of rep resentation, the number of delegates and tlie details of e'ection, will be announced in subse quent orders. Here is a specimen of Yankee despotism that the people in every State wherever Lincoln’s armies get a foot hold wilL have to submit to. He being a minority ruler himself, is determin ed to make minorities rule wherever he can compel submission. Reorganization of tub Army.— The reorga nization of the army of the Confederate States is just now attracting the liveliest attention in Congress. On Friday last, Jan. 29, Mr. Foote presented a number of memorials aud letters from officers and privates in the army, insisting upon securing to the men the right of making anew election of officers, as an indispensable condition of the reorganization of the army for the next active campaign. Another important question in the reorganization of our military forces is that of consolidation, The Richmond Examiner says : Tiiere is no doubt that our strength in offi cers is largely in excess over that of our strength in privates ; this being, generally, the result of the casualties of war. Our brigades are said to average four to six skeleton regi ments, which might be as well commanded if reduced to two regiments. Each regiment thus obliterated by consolidation would relieve from duty, or render unnecessary, three field officers, one adjutant, one sergeant-major, one commis sary sergeant, one quartermaster, one quarter master sergeant, one ordnance sergeant, two medical officers, one hospital steward, and forty captains and lieutenants, making in all fifty two men. Thu? brigades composed of six skeleton regimenfs could relieve or render un necessary to the service two hundred and eighty officers ; andjfbrigadesjcoinposed of four regi meuts half that number. The result of consolidation, if this stiteraent is correct, would be to give us qn tea laige force to occupy other positions in the ranks. — Although it would no doubt be objectionable to those officers who were deprived of their posts and eaioluments, yet it would materially lessen the expense of the service ; and, if they are true patriots, such officers ought not to complain that they arc reduced to the ranks, it the efficiency of the army is thereby en hanced. A letter from a gentleman who resides near Winchester, Ya., states that the Yankees con templated a raid up the Valley a few days since, but that several Y'ankee regiments.whose terms of service had nearly expired, positively refused to march. The writer says several New York and Pennsylvania regiments have left tor their homes, their terms of enlistment having expired. Flour is selling in Richmond at $240 a bar rel. So we go. Congress wasting precious time and every thing on the highway tp ruin, j Good News raoa our Armies —The Rich mond papers state that Lee's army is in the best condition it possibly can be. Clothiug and food are abundant, the soldiers are in fine spirits, and confident of success the coming campaign. Longstreet’s army is also said to be in the best of spirits. Some of the men have suffered sever ly for the want of blankets and shoes, but the people and t! ■„ Government have come to their relief, and complaints have ceased. Any way, naked or not, Longslreet's men are plucky and stout enough to drive the enemy within four miles of Knoxville. With regard to Gen. Johnston's army, we have the following assmaace from the Atlanta Confederacy : Every indicnj in which reaches us from the army in--hecilt «. not So much that the troops are comparatively comfortable in their rude lints, nor yet that a single, universal sen timent. of confidence exists in favor of General Johnston The chief feature that arrests our attention anil our pleasure is that the troops are re-enlisting. The noble example was set by the Tennesseeans. These exiles have held meetings among themselves, and have resolved never to go home except with muskets on their shoulders. The Kentuckians followed suit, and the whole aryiy is now readily subscribing to a new term of service. With the new levies which will be poured ill after the first of Feb ruary, we shall he able go meet and tepei Grant's advance in the spring. If every one in the rear will put his shoulder to the wheel, and contribute whatever he can to the proper equipment of the army, especially in the way of blankets, there would be no more suffering. We confess frankly, that the apparent apathy of the country had excited some grave ings within our hearts, after the retreat trom Missionary Ridge, but the heroism of tho sol diers restores us'to a perfect faith, and we now look upon the advent of hostilities with san guine spirits. There is no use mincing words about it—we must defeat the next forward movement, preserve Georgia from invasion, and save the Confederacy. With this result, the coming elections in the North will go against Lincoln. Another party introduced to power, and then comes negotiation. With negotiation comes peace. An Amusing Stampede. —A correspondent of the Richmond Examiner, describing the late raid of Fitz Hugh Lee’s cavalry into Hardy county, Virginia, says : As the head of the column pmerged and came in view of tlie Patterson Creek Valley, to the astonishment and delubt of every one, a train of forty wagons was discovered mean dering "its s’ow length along.” On it came, right into our ravenous jaws. In the rear of the train marched ail infantry guard of one hundred men. As so.>n as they passed our front, Rossers’s brigade darted down tlie mountain side after them, leaping fences aud ditches in their course, and gallop ing with headlong fury over tholrozen swamps that filled the valley. Any one who lias ever seen a wagon train stampeded will admit that the war furnishes nothing more profoundly entertaining to a philosophic spectator, or more amusing to any body. There seems to be a soit of inexplicable electric chain of communication between the different drivers of a wagon train. Let the hindmost one discover danger, and at once the foremost driver knows of it, as it were, by in stinct. The mules, always keen observers, are not slow to catch the general panic, and soon become more frightened than their tenrified drivers, who. with frantic screams at them to hurry up. and with spasmodic application of tlie 1 ish, endeavor to escape the doom that pui snes them. The wagons themselves seem for the -tii'iii ndoivi . vitality, .'limy plunge and rear wi ll a kind o. despciate energy that makes them seem animated ; while a whole train thus moving some fast, teams running into slow ones, wild teams running out of the road through tho fields, and some contrary ones trying to turn round, presents a dioram ic view of life that must be seen to be appre ciated. As it happened upon this occasion, every wagoner in the train could see Rosser, with his brigade, dashing d;uvn the mountain side after them, with a war whoop that echoed and re echoed along the valley. Presto, change, and immediately, as if by the power of a magician, the unsuspecting train that was pursuing the even tenor of its way became a surging chaotic mass. , Driver after driver leaped from his post of duty and ran to the woods. The mules, how ever, in many cases, did not abate their speed but. as if shunning it iate that consigned them to the short rations ol Dixie, redoubled their energy and refused to be halted . All the guard, who at first ran without firing, until they had gotten a position on a hill-side flanked by an impassable ditch, and here they made qiiite a stubborn resistance for a while. The Cotton Question and Confederate Loan in Enjland. —The Liverpool Journal of Com merce of Dec. Iff, speaks thus of the cotton question and Confederate loan in England. The cotton question and Confederate loan both continue to excite grave attention. In reference to the former, tlie London Times has p lblished another important letter, in which the chief view urged is, that the public at large should not blind themsqlves to the effect the absorption of money in the cotton trade must produce iu all other trades. As at the places of production it will lessen the*cultivation of other articles—coffee, sugar, lu mp, wool, tobac co, etc.—so at home it will, by the high rate of interest it occasions, put a check upon many of our leading brancr.es of occupation. The charge of eight, nine, or ten per cent for capi tal can be borne ii>any field of biasness for a month or two without appreciable inconveniene, but there ere many departments of trade to which its long continuance would almost put an end. If we are to send out unprecedented suras ■ to India, Egypt, Brazil and elsewhere, we can raise those sums*only by the forcing of our goodi on the one hand, and by restricting our inportations on the other. We must take less grain, less timber, etc, and just in proportion as this process goes on, aud our stocks become exhausted, must be the future advance in the prices we shall have to pay for their replenish ment. Sound and prosperous es tlie commerce of the country has been, and is, a few mouths’ prolong ition of the existing state of the money market will probably create a much greater contraction of operations than has hitherto been contemplated. Iu reference to the Confederate loan, the Morning Herald has published a letter from Mr. C. J. Macrae, the financial agent of the Confederate Government in Europe, which shows that the authorities at Richmond are taking measures to support their credit. Tne publication of this letter, no doubt, produced the improvement which was observable iu the stock on tlie exchange yesterday. Gold Fields in Arizona. —The Estrella de Oceidoute, of Ures, Mexico, publishes the fol lowing letter in relation to the recently discov ered gold fields of Arizona : All : he information which we have received on the newly discovered gold field testifies that it is very rich. The fietd is north of the villages of the river Gila, in Arizona, on the other side of the river Balado, which empties into the Gila. From the wbitehouse which (he Americans have erected amid the Piraos. on the river Gila, to the new mine, is thirty miles, and from thence to another mint more northward, fifty miles. In the new field, which is nearest to Sonora, there are about 2(K> yards of ground on e ich bank of the river, of which a company of Americans, who are the discoverers, have ta ken possession. This company, consisting of nine persons, are obtaining about twenty-five pound- a day. All the field which these possessions is worked by Mexicans, and about fifty miles more to the north is the new mine, where the native Americans are. All the land is in the neighborhood of the Rio Sals do, within the possessions of the Apaches Tontos, who arc said to be very well behaved towards the miners. It is believed that gradually gola in the other mountains in the villages o Apaches will be discovered. All the go < ,s coarse grains, and most of it is fotm t surface. The blade of a knife or a bavone the instrument* generally used for removing the earth which covers the gold. VOL. LXXVIII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIIL O. 0. Tun South Cannot re Subjugated.—' The London Standard in remarking upon the pre sent position of affairs in this country, and the futujre prospects of the Confederacy, remarks thus : The South seeks for disunion. It wishes to lie lelt alone as a separate people. It does not desire tho conquest, it does not aim at the hu miliation of the North. It never will be satis fied with anything less than disunion—withthe complete and unreserved recognition of the State rights guaranteed by the Constituti; nos the late United States. Disunion is inevitable. If every army of the South were dispersed ; if the Northerners were to gain a hundred battles it every city in the Souta were garrisoned by Northern troops, every river swept by North ern armaments, it would delay for the time the accomplishment of the end, which is about as certain as the situ rises and sets. In the war of Independence the English drove the Amer icans about like sheep, and occupied evejy strategic point in the States for months together They were obliged in the end to give way to indomitable wilt ot a people determined tube free. The Americans at that time were but a hand ful in comparison to the Southerners of to-day. You cannot hold down by any known force, ten millions of people who have sworn to ac hieve their independences. The armies of Lee and Johnston might be disbanded to morrow ; they uii.lit go, like Israel, “every man to his tent,’’ and all the operations of the Confed erate Government be suspended. The Federal.* would be as far as ever frouf the conquest of the South. There would still bean enemy in every cottage, a rebel in every field. To re duce this whole population to a condition wors thau that of negro slavery would be a task be yond the stiength of the mightiest nation on earth. It is not in the power of the North to make the South the Poland of America, nor, if it could be done, would it ever prove prof itable or pleasant. The time has now arrived when the politi cians of the North are alive to the truth of what is told us byevety man of Southern blood, that there is now between North and South so impassable a barrier ok hatred, that never un der any circumstances, can they he reconciled and reunited. It is perhaps within the power of the Northern belligerents to drive their an tagonists to such a last extremity of despair as that which maddened the people of Carthage when their extermination had been decreed by the Roman Senate. When every city has been sacked, every village given to the dames, every farm laid waste, when every Southern man has been slain in battle, every woman has offered herself up on the altar of I er' country, when every State south of the Potomac is a desert of ashes and of corpses—then and then only, may the North take possession. Those who think that there is a Providence that rules the world wi 1 not believe in the possibility of such a ca tastrophe. The people of tho North are all jubilant just now at ihe late successes of their armies. The disastrous deteats of the armies of McClellan, Pope, Burnside aiul Hooker, plu' ged them not very long ago into (lie depths'of despair, in presuming on tlie subjugation of tlie South be cause Lee has retired aud Vicksburg has fal len, they are as much in the wrung as tiiey were in regarding these Southern victories as decisive of the war. With such power of rais ing armies, and with so vast an extent of ground on which to employ them, the w ir must go on indefinitely, so long as either North or South chooses to continue it. The fall of Vicksburg, of Poit Hudson, and tlie opening of the Mississippi to the Federal armaments, are great calamities to the Confed erate cause in the West, because they cut oft' from the rest of the Soutli those Stales which are west of the river. But, as in all contests where naval forces are brought into play, the North has an immense advantage over the South, these occurrences cannot bo said to have been unforeseen. The defense of Vicks burg is one of tlie most heroic feats 1 ecorded in history. It is one of those struggles, which, successful or unsuccessful, goto form the char acter and mature the spirit of the people. It is perhaps well for the South that it should meet with misfortunes, and undergo heavy trials. It might have presumed too much on an unbroken tide of success, and, in its presumption, rushed upon its ruin. Its manful struggles have earned i'or it the sympathy of Europe and a place in history. Centuries after it has emerged from its bap tism of fire, and taken its proud place among the nations, the Southern lather and the South ern mother will narrate to their children, by the fireside, iu burning words, the story of theii ancestors’ prowess, aud bid them emulate the deeds of tlieir fathers in the olden time. They will (ell their sons of those conquering vete rans of Virginia, those dauntless defenders of the blood-stained Mississippi bastions. Th°y will tell their daughters how women of Charles ton tore off their jewels for tho war, how tlie women of New Orleans hurled defiance at the Northern tyrant in the midst of his troops.— Those sons and daughters will then grow up into a people that will he worthy of those from ’whom they sprung. To us here in England there will be an abiding regret. We did not once stretch out a hand to aid the combatants in this uoble struggle for inde pendence. Even Northerners tell us now that we might hive stopped the war long ago by the simple recognition of tlie- South. We might have made these brave mea our brothers and friends, detached them forever from their sel fish kinsmen of the North. As partners in commerce, we should have -become the provi ders of the world, when New York and Phila delphia were as desolate as Tyre and Sydon.— We have left the South alone to win its spurs. Our neutrality is designated as selfish. If lightly understood, it is unselfish in the ex treme—but it is also uuwise and cruel. The Coming Campaign.— Every thing tends to show that the coming campaign this spring will he an active one. It will be conducted by the North with extraordinary energy. The rulers of that section will put forth their whole remaining strength. Every effort that interest or malice can suggest will be made by them to bring every man possible into the field. It will be the effort of a body of fanatics maddened by repeated failures—and desperate at the con templation of the ruin which another will bring upon theifi. Let us then prepare for the last grand strug gle. Inspired by the glorious achievements of the past--by the example of our veterans—by the cause for which we fight, let us do all that can be done to strengthen our armies to wring from an nuwilling an 1 merciless foe, our birth right of ireedom. Let all at home do their whole duty. Let them furnish the army with all that it needs; exert themselves to send back to the field those who are absent; throw no impediments in the way of our leaders; banish causeless apprehensions and unmanly fears ; be united, resolute and determined. Let all at homo do this ; aye and more too, if possible. Then indeed shall we present aboldftont to our invaders, and the next campaign will be a brilliant and victorious one for us. A Patriotic Citizen. —A cilizeu appioaching his three score years and ten—whose only son well fitted for military service is, and has been, in active service from tho first, and w ose oth er sons are doing anything else except specu luting on the war, and are ready for the field i properly wanted— writes as follows from Lnlge wav. S. C., to the Charleston Courier: T sim not vet discouraged about our cause. T never was in better heart about it than I am 1 1 r Weaieiust about beginning to be in nOW ‘ f' The first year of the war we flattered earne r ,l - [w the rile Yanks would not fight; we congratulated ourselves that England and France would interfere in our n, half- and now we are just waking up to find that we must rely upon stout hearts strong s and the blessing of God only. I never i etieved nullification or secessionconstitution al remedies; but I believe most heartily in the n e 'essity of a final separation from the whole Puritan Yankee stock, and only regret that 1 am disqualified by age to contrilmte my mite in the ranks in a cause that I believe just and good, A Federal Opinion About Lincoln's Un constitutional Act* and nts Future Designs —The Washington correspondent of the Chik cago Times tala out quite plainlyabout Lincoln’s constitutional acts, and the future designs he aud his ad users are endeavoring to accom plish. It shows up the corrupt designs of the fanatical clique which now- rules the North in the annexed language : It is time that the eyes of the people wore fully opened to the vast extent and the full depth of the atrocious designs of the Adminis tration, in reference both to the next Pr ’siden tial election and to the manner in which they have determined to dispose of the lands euibra ceil within the territ li il limits of the South ern States. On both of tlii’se subjects, new facts arc coming to light every few days. There was a great deal of meaning in that speech of Mr. Seward, made some time ago, in which he spoke us Mr Lincoln's having been elected President of all the States for four years, and having been robbed of his right to act as Pres ident in fifteen of them. It will be remem bered that Mr- Seward declared in that speech that the people owed it to Mr. Lincoln to re elect him. so that lie could have his rights! One of the Republican Representatives from Illinois advanced the same views in a public address delivered in Washington a few evenings ago. But he put it upon the ground that •‘Lincoln ought to be allowed to complete the great work which he has so well commenced.” Let the readers of the Times observe well the language and sentimt nts of those men, and all those of Greeley, mentioned at tlie close of my last letter, All these men are intimates of the President. They have his ear daily. They are imbued with Lis views. There is a perfect accord between what they fay and what tho President intends to do. And, in all that they say, there is nothing about the constitutional obligations of the Federal Government towards the States ; nothing about winning back the love of the people of the Southern States by securing to them their rights by constitutional guarantees ; nothing about restoring to the people of the North tlieia lost liberties ; noth ing, even, about “our dissatisfied fellow citizens of the South,’’ as Mr. L'ncoiii at first called them. About all these things Lincoln and his ad visers cure nothing. What they care about is ' to enrich themselves by prolonging the war and retaining themselves in power. What they talk about is the nigger. Their war for the negro will only result so far as tlie latter is concerned, in the misery and starvation of thousands of that unfortunate race. It would result in the extermination of the whole race, but for the tact th it it will never reach one filth part of them. All their loud professions of philanthropy for the negro are only used to cover up their own sellih purposes. Wendell Phillips wants the estates of all the Southern people to be confiscated and divided among tlie negroes of the South. Mistaken zealot though he be, he, at least, is si'-ceie. But it is not so with the Sumners, the Groeleys, the Beechers and the Lovejoys, who direct aud control the action of the President. These men clamor for the same thing. But they know that, even if the Southern people are subjugated and exter minated, and their lands parceled out to the blacks, the latter could not retain them long ; and they trust that ultimately, by some legis lative republican jugglery, those lands will re vert to them. That is tlie secret motive with all the men who are clamoring for the whole sale robbery of our fellow-citizens at the South, and for tho division of their estates among the negroes. A Succinct Statement of the Violations of the Constitution by Lincoln. —We have nowhere seen a more succinct and concise statement of the violations of the Constitu tion by the Lincoln Administration, than is contained in the following, from the Camden, (New Jersey) Democratic Association. They thus speak of the tyrannical acts of the leaders of the Black Republican party : I. The freedom of speech has been violated by tlie arrest and imprisonment of a number of persons, charged with no crime, and whose on ly offense was the utterance of sentiments dis tasteful to the men in power. 11. The freedom of the press has been sub verted by tbe suppression of a number of news papers. 111. The right to security from arrest when crime is charged, has been disregarded in the arrest and incarceration of a large number of persons,'denounced by the parasites of the Ad ministration as ‘ sympathizers with the rebel lion.’’ IV. The right to security from unlawful searches and seizures, has been violated in nu merous instances, iu which domiciles have been visited, and papers, etc., seized without legal authority. V. The right of trial by jury has been refused in the cases of citizens arrested anil imprisoned or banished by military orders or court-mar tials. VII. Tlie freedom of every citizen has been taken fiom him by the illegal and unnecessary suspension of tlie right to demand the writ of hah das corpus. VI[I. The right of property has been abro gated by tlie emancipation proclamation and the confiscation act. IX. The inviolability of contracts has been destroyed by the act which makes depreciated treasury notes a legal tender for all debts. X. The freedom of religious worship lias been violated on repeated occasions by the in terference of military .officers. XI. The right of States to the management of their militia has been takeu from them by the conscription act, which places the whole military power of the country at the disposal of the President. XII. The formation of the State of "West Virginia ” was a violation of tlie fid section of the 4th article of tWs Constitution. XIII. The heretofore undisputed right of the people to elect their legislatures and rulers has been taken from them, aud the will of ma jorities and sregarded, as is abundantly manifest ed in the manner in which elections have re cently been carried by tho grossest corruption in Northern States, and military orders in the border States of the South. Contraband Correspondence Between tiie- Nortii and South. —. The Philadelphia Press, alluding to the correspondence between the Confederates and the outside world, by means of the blockade runners and the British naval steamers between Nassau and New York, says: Certain measures have been adopted which will tend to break up this correspondence, llow the end is to he brought about, the public may not ascertain until the forces brought to bear have been thoroughly tested, or the a- sired result attained. Suffice it at present, that the authorities have awakened to the necessity of some specification in the matter —and it will be peculiarly appropriate lor the disloyal to know that the business letters which they have been unsuspectingly mailing their colleimues at Nassau and the South may, one of th -swtlays, be procured as evidence against them. ’ It is now acertained that nearly all tho let ters which huv(*been sent North by way of Nassau have been opened. Many friends of the South in Lincolndom have been found out by this means, and the plans formed to-assist us frustrated, but people cannot be too careful in their correspondence with residents of the North. Lincoln has as complete if spy system in operation, as exists in despotic Russia. Let ters of importance should only be sent by those who will see that they are destroyed if there is any possibility of their falling into other Lands than the writers intended. Georgia and the Habeas Courus.—The State of Georgia, at the last session of the Legisla ture, passed the following resolut on unani mously. arlfl it was assented to on the 11th of December, 1863: An act to amend the IPJjeas Corpus laws of this State. * Sec. 1. The General Assembly of the State of Georgia do enact, that when any person shall apply for the writ of foibeas corpus to any Judge of the Superior, or Justice of the Inferi or Courts, whose duty it is to grant said writ, such Judge or Justice so refusing to grant the same, shall forfeit to the party aggrieved the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, to be re covered in auv court of law in the State hav ing jurisdiction of the same. Sec. 2. Repeals conflicting laws, COYFKDIiRVFE STATES CONGRESS. SENATE—JAN. 26, A preamble and joint resolutions were unan imously passed, extending the thanks of Con gress to the Tennessee troops who have re-en listed for the war. They were ordered to bo sent to the House. The Judiciary Committee, to whom had been re-committed the bill declaring to be alien ene mies. and subjecting their property to confisca tion, all persons who go beyond tho control and jurisdiction nf the Confederate States, for the pnrposo of avoiding military service, re ported the same back with an amendment re storing the words, “shall be deemed and held alien enemies,” and recommended its passage. The following were referred : A bill to pre serve the efficiency and extend the usefulness of old lire companies ; House joint resolution of thanks to Gen. Pat Cleborne, officers and men, for their gallant conduct at Ringgold Gap, Nov. 27.1 Stiff. The Committee on Patents, reported back, with au amendment, and the recommendation that it pass, the bill to increase, to four thou sand five hundred dollars, the compensation of the commissioner of patents. The amendment is unimportant, striking out the words “first of January” and inserting “for the year.” Tho hill, as amended, was passed. The following resolutions of the Military Committee were adopted: “Resolved, That, in the opinion of the Sen ate. A. 0. Myers is now Quartermaster-General of the Confederate States army, and is by law authorized and required to disebargo the duties thereof. “Resolved, That A. R. Lawton is not author ized by law to discharge the duties of said office.’’ HOUSE. The Speaker laid before the House a Com munication front the One Hundred and Fifty fourth senior Regiment Tennessee Voli nteers, near Dalton, G:t„ in which they declare their resolution to remain in the service until tha last vandal foe is driven from our soil, and re quest Congreis to preserve the old organization of troops in its legislation. Laid oil the table and ordered printed. The Speaker laid before the House a memo rial from a large number of junior officers in the array of Northern Virginia, praying that officers rendered unfit for duty, by reason of wounds or physical debility, may be removed or retired, without loss of rank and pay, to give place to the promotion of oflicers capable of performing the duties. Laid on the tablp and ordered to be printed. A bill was introduced to enable the Govern ment to procure cotton for the purchase of arms and army supplies for the army of Trans-Mis sissippi; referred also, a hill to authorize the impressment of meat for the use of the army tinder certain circumstances—placed on the cal endar and ordered printed. The Senate bill to change the lime of meet ing for tlie uext regular session of Congress, came up as unfinished busine s. After a leng thy discussion, the Senate hill was passed—so the next Congress meet., on tlie first Monday in May. _ • senate — JAN. 27. The following bills were passed : House bill to authorize the President to assign judges of military courts fivin one court to another; House bill to authorize commanders of corps and departments to detail field officers as mem bers of military courts in certain cases; to au thorize the issue of special bonds for payment to the Alabama & Florida Railroad. The following were rejected ; House bill to amend the act in relation to tlie receipt by pub lic officers of counterfeit Treasury notes; House bill to fix the rank, pay and allowance of ad jutants of regiments and independent battal. ions; to establish and regulate territorial com mands in the army. The following were referred : Communica tion from the clerks in tlie post office at Mo bile, asking an increase oi j ay; hill to continue in the Confederate States service during the war certain companies therein named; tp re peal tho laws allowing commutation for forage, fuel, room rent, Ac., not actually needed; ta declare certain persons citizens of the Confed erate States; to provide for holding elections for representatives in the Congress of tlie Con federate Stales from Arkansas; to amend the act to regulate impressments; memorial front officers ol the Fifth South Carolina Regiment, asking permission to reorganize for the war, under certain conditions; to authorize the President to establish additional military courts; to punish theft, marauding, pillage and robbery, when committed by persons be longing to the army of tlie Confederate States. The Committee on the Judiciary, reported back, with a recommendation that it pass. Senate bill to amend an act to provide a mode for authenticating claims for money against tiie Confederate Stales, not otherwise provided for, approved August 30, 1801. The bill was taken up and passed. It repeals so much of said act as requires that Attorney-General to make report to Congress. The same Comu ittee reported back, with a recommendation that it pass, the Senate joint resolution in relation to the salaries of the Judges of the District Courts of the Confeder ate States for tiie State of Virginia. The reso lution so defines the act of tiie Provisional Congress as to make tlie salaries of the said Judges the same as those of the highest judi cial officers of the States in which they respec tively reside, and the Legislature of Virginia having recently fixed the salaries of the highest State Judge at S'), 000, ihe resolution provides that the District Judges shall receive $5,00(1 also. House—jan. 27. Night Session.—A resolution was adopted limiting speeches for the remainder of the ses sion to ten minutes. Tlje special committee to whom the matter had been referred, reported back the Senate bill increasing the compensation of clerks and employees in the Executive Department and the President’s office, witli an amendment in cluding the legislative department. Alter va rious propositions and amendments, the bill was passed. It provides that all salaries below $3,000 shall be increased at the rate of otia hundred per cent, from the date of the act to the 15th of May, provided that such incroasa shall not raise the salary above $3,000 per an num; and all salaries above 53,000 are increased at the rate of fifty per cent, per annum. The House then adjourned. SENATE—JAN. 28. A resolution was adopted directing the Sec retary of State to furnish the Heads of Depart ments witli copies of bills aud other publics documents. The committee on Military Affairs reported back favorably tho hill to amend the 65th arti cle of war. Placed on the calendar. The Senate hill to increase the compensation of the employees of the Executive and Legis lative Departments of the city of Richmond, having been returned from the House with amendments, the said amendments /were con sidered and agreed to. On motion the Senate resolved into secret legislative session. HOUSE. Ihe following were passed : A bill toexempt from the operations of the act to which it is an amendment, all persons who furnish, by con tract, supplies for the uriuy and navy; hill amendatory of an act to organize military courts to attend the armies of the Confederate States in the field; joint resolutions of .hanks to Gen. Beauregard and the officers and men of his command. The Judiciary Committee, reported adverse ly to the bill to repeal so much of the act to establish Judicial Courts, as to authorize Judges to name the time and place of holding the same. The committee thought it inexpe dient to change the law in the present condi tion of the country. The bill was tabled and ordered to lie printed. The Committee on Pest offices and Post roads, reported back the hill to establish cer tain post routes therein named, and asked that it be laid on the table. The same committee reported adversely to the bill to authorize free white persons fourteen years of age to carry the mails. The Committee of Military Affairs reported back the bill to exetn; t from the operation of the act repealing exemption by substitution, persons engaged in producing food, by their own labor, or in superintending that of others, with a substitute, which provides that the pro visions of the act repealiug the substitute law^