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' ' €1 r " j by n. s. mouse & t < >. (Sjinmidc & Sentinel. TERMS. THE WEKIiLY CimOYU LE A i-KNTP.IL IS I’UBLISHID EVElty WKDNIsiAV TII IIP K MONTIitt -it oo SIX UU»V IHH .OO ALWAYS IS ADVASCE. WEEKLY AUVBBTIHIM; It Vi Kn OaDTSA.’ir ABT*BT!»jnnWT» pvbHshtd tr. the Weekly w eh irje tffcaty-ftveMiiU *lw« eachmsertioa, ArtciiL Sot re n wttlb«ctnrgedtliirtjroea>> a line for t »! I r.irtrilon, A t«aiA4;n t Dr*Tn*ina rcrrj>mL NATKleui.c S ‘isirCAßT Sotioio forty cer,t» per ne lor I. <i*ti«r Daily or Wtekty.' Wl.ere Obituary Smite nil i. !-'••• 4 In Ibklnl W««klr-Siztr c*i.t« -Erl'r,- tHK HuniLHY liiut;«nV. Thi? jtirtiy famous brigade. nist organ! -I and disciplined by that model soldier and:' iti - man, Geu. John O. Breckinridge, after., ;•,> commanded by the I tram u> and l.t.uenied I fan and Helm, and now by the gallant I -wi has again distiuguirhed 5t.-elf in the recent ui gagdtoents abound Dalton- as usual oeeupiiug tti<# jx-riiotifT post of honor, in the tliidu ff ot the tight. As heretofore, the number of its killed and wounded Jins attested lb* stubborn valor wjrh wldcli it has fought—a mournful testimonial to its lofty chivalry, and unswerv ing devotion to the Southern cause. This brigade is composed of tier flowof of tie. youtli of Kentucky, the sons of hei first fnmi lies. tvlf dedicated martyrs to the cause of Kffuthern independence, they have fm.-aken homes of affluence, all the comforts and reflno inents which wealth could furnish, and wlii-li throw a chaun over social existence; nil the end-fit meats of loved family circles, and. in many instances, braved Ute reseiitnieiH (.1 parents to encounter the trials and danger- -d private soldiers in the ranks of tlie Soutlo-rn army. By the legislature of their own." Lite, (hey have been denounced os felons, nbjucl to ten years Imprisonment in tin- penilenfiai y, an.l due I Mod incapable of inheriting or je covvring uny estate within the hounds of tl*o commonwealth. Ami yet, for titled yt-.it.-, they have braved and cheerfully served in Our ranks and then rc-cnllstcd lor the war. On every battlefield on which l hey have y. i fought, they have Won ihc uduiimlion oi ail ; by llnir miiltuchiiig vaiur Hinl sublime da ;n Admitted by common consent to be the he t drilled brigade in the army of Teuneiand regarded as troops that could be relied upon la any emergency, tiny have urtudly b- ai placed in situations of extraordinary peril and i responsibility. At Shiloh, at Murfreesboro, nt i (Tiickamaugu, at Missionary Ridge, they have borne the Inunt of (he battle 1 , winning fren-li laurels on each occasion, and seeming for their renowned brigade an Immortality of fame. Th , > future history of this war will contain n brighter or more thrilling page than that which will record tho deeds ot tne Kentucky brig ado. It is a melancholy reflection that so many of these noble youths already fill soldi, ,■ . rave-, end that each successive bat lie adds so largely to the number. Hut they have not fought and died in vain. They have relieved the her lame ol their beloved Stuto from the blot which the pusillanimity of traitors had east upon it. Tuey have nobly sustained the 'ancient renown of the old Cotuiiiumvi alth, the fair land of heroes nod statesmen, ol Boone and Clay They lulve struck s: ilwart blows for Southern iude pendence, paid the emancipation of Kentucky from abolition thraldom, and earned an tin questionable title to tho eternal gratitude of the South. They have developed asi ill higher type of manhood, of nubility of soul, and sub limity of self-sacrifice, and will bo regarded by future generations ns models of exalted pan iot ism and chivalrous valor. Wo idfoguize among ns several of tlx It .-roes of this renowned brigade. Amoi g them Col. Thomas if. Hunt, uu accomplish'.d and during officer, who distinguished hiinsclt >u several of ; tho fiercest engagements ol the war, but 1. s ; been compelled by failing health, resulting ] from honorable wounds, and the demands of a ! doptlldent family, to retire from the service I Tlie gal'unt Capt. Allen, whoso orutehes yet | attest the seventy of the wound which pros r rated u|ni on the memorable field of Shiioh ; and the chivalrous young Kentuckian, Capt Darragh, now of the commissary department, : who fell severely wounded at oi'ilob, and again at Murfreesboro. It affords us pleasure to oiler this slight and inadequate testimonial to the merits of our Kentucky braves. History will do full justice to their fame, and a grateful South will reeou Mime their claim to tho most distinguished honors. " A Dari no Scoct.—From a private letter from i ;ka»n near Hanover J auction, May 23-1.” we are permitted to make tho following extr ‘‘A bravo man aud a daring scout isib.i Shudiaan, commftujiu>r of Uie «.*ouls ul Hu* ; division (Hampton's Divislpu, Cobb s Ga. Le gion.) On the 17th of this month, ho. with live of his ticouts, attacked a Yankee - ■ post at United States Ford, (in the nav of too Yankee army.) They numbered thirtom men. l'lioy were all Dutch'. Khadmnn ordered them to shi render. The Duteli murmured out some thing widen ,7« '‘id uwJmtand, and they commenced tiring, aim’ *he scouts killed every one of tho Dutchmen but twJ who were >o badly Irightoned that 1 don’t believe tn. ! 1 ever got over it. lie captured all their horses and equipage*, swum the Rappahannock n 1 returned to his camp without any of Ida men being killed or wounded.’’ No Tkayklusc. Towards Viroima. —'The Savannah Republican states that they are re quested to say, for the* information of all non- ' ce*mbatants desiring to go to Virginia, whether to visit sick and wounded relatives and friends, or for any purpose other than gvornment bad ness, that peremptory instructions have* b tii received at Department Headquarters from lire* War Department, prohibiting the granting of passports to them. The Iron L. if u Kalkuu. —The Richmond correspondent of the Chatle*>.on Mercury *■!* that news has been received in that city that our ironclad Raleigh broke in two on the way below Wilmington. A Wilmington correspond ent stated the same a few days since. We suppresed the news at the time aud would not publish it now had it not been made pub lic by other papers. The Way they Passed tub Pickets.— The Salisbury, N. C., Watchman, has the follow ing : Three Irishmen, deserters from the Fede ral army, entered our lines, and when asked how they avoided the pickets, replied ; “Mure and were we not the pickets themselves.” looms or the Lskmoh Uocbt.—Gov. Brown in answer to a telegram, whether the Judges cl the Inferior Court were ordered to Atlanta, ftpUed, “They sre not ordered.” ! CORSE POM) \< 6i; THTJ SfIHOV. VUN « ' ' .. ■ 'lais .-ih : Al-'.r ■> careful c<-n.- ! i"»- ; dtsyontcr.t in North « L e-.,!t acta n the i ederal House of Ilepresenta- j tiVCd, tot ugh tne ini.ig v y Jitjt'c, has greatly j term> ate reject-d, ;t w iU t-mi grcaDy t • 1 n amt ir,t o-.tfy the v. i feeling, ami ■ ■ Web ! .■ V,, tarniiu - only to tie ■ u;ono. ye .; r--in- so me (hut tor the sake iof huoia: .Wi.'licui. h’:/mg any w. ak or im- I u ti ■ th. gr-nt f!:.,i...ht(-r of oiii rare. ; -.d convince I ti ; h :md. ' -I <mi i- -vt,-. •• -m. i.mes j f ’ "• 1 "" ■ id .... dion—that, the govern- I ">• nt i • lend, rof ilear lives .nd happirw-s, and j ■ would not piolong tbeir sUiUrrings iiutiec siari ly one moment. Though state-men might re .•;'! n n th. v.dl not, find 1 ‘ >-: ■ . lid : 1 have not r egg.. :t-| the method of thftic ne gj.l id ion ;er ttieh’t; rn - \he cliolt to obtain Allow me t., beg your earnest consideration Os this 15U;.;;- -ts a. Vuy respectfully yours, JJ. Vance. I:.VK(TT!VB Omt's, j 11 cV.inotid, .l-.nuary ath, I>aM. f l o ’-U i-iK; i iiavcreceivedl your letter of the | n.-.,: to tm adopted for the purp>; 0 ol r. moving •••h • sources Ot cli:/..intent” in North Carolina The contents of the lclt-r are substantially the to Senator Dortch, extracts of whi'cli were bv him read to me. li. t.mrl-.eil to Hr. Doheli | J that '■•ai were probably not aware of the ob ••'• •’* so the course yon indicated, and wit-h --! net cxprei- i,. ‘mi <>piu : .,n on ihe mortis of ilse j I'f’, •- I j'ii y, i di.fired loin in answering ;■ ! let «r t • write . - 'estions as to til • nie -1 tk.Kl ot opening negotiations, and as to the | !•'.•« ms wbi Ti ’.on thought sh.’it! • be offend to ihe :• n rmy. ! felt ] si aided yo v, <n! Inj j the I! T.i ;1; 1 Lies as s—in u:; attelitioU w S •'! .•• ■ ■ u | r>; "se. (ai.ii lo v. iu, l will j f 1 1 i,.v.iikddy m>sufcc.->fal. GeiVituis aid tbe. -i.i;•::- n government refuted to reci ivo. them (.he tr what 1 hoy bud to say. A •! «• .-..11 sent a military officer with a cumin tmicat-ion addressed by myself tolYori d u! Lincoln. Tit' 1 hdter was received by Lie,!. Scott, who did nr,;, pc,nut the officer iu sec Mr. Lincoln, but promised that uu an-wci would lx sent No answer lm ever been received. Tlie third lime, , 4 few months .-.go, a gcuilomaii ua . sent whose j.-,- c’a motet'ami reput r lio w.hc toiih as to ensure hi;, reception, it the iy w-'ru not dolmmined to receive no pro ( poKitls wii.if; ver from 11.0 government. Vico ! lh.s ,• ci;, ;, r ... i,» u.o hpo of being able to pro -1 m, x the cause of humanity, and although lit | t'o belief tvts entertained of his success, 1 cheerful !y jioldc.l to hi.-- sug,'«s:inn, that the experiment should be tried. T lio enemy ic | tu'.’.l to let him p-iv-s through their lines or tv -. c . !'< rt in e u ill the ■ . Hr wis . I >p p< 1 .it to ( I-.,; ;■ 8« M mroejbn* - he 1 of all Ac- nl's to propose peace, is to invite insult and r .nlniuely, and t i ciibjcc! o t-v-Ivcs to Indig li'.iv wdih the slight st chance of being lis ten. I to. Xo tme cilizeii, no man who has our cause at heart e.uii and Die this, and the good people of N irih ('iiivlinu would be fix last to approve of such an a ixiipt, if aware of all tua l-ici •■-. i-i fir from r.- in* ,v: ■* scurces of discontent, ” s :,'h a ni o w tie! receive, ■it would merit, the ootnlemnatbu of those true patioifs who lum u'iven their blood and their treasure to | maintain the freedom, equality and iipiepend em ". which de-cc .ded lu (hem from the immor tal her.*, -< ‘ kmg’s Ji-mut in and otliei battle fields of the revolution. it*, then, t -eso ropo sal* ettun.'t be m ule through envoys, because the enemy would not receive them, how is it p c able to cortnnuiM.'.iteour desire for oth.-rwis. ihan by the public unnouiiceineals I coni, duct in ffin. rt every m, s age i ewrsent | to Congress? 1 canin l recall at this time one instance in which 1 have failed to announce that our only and ' ire was ;x -a. and the only terms which formed ax 7x 7 m > were precisely those that yon sugg Med. namely, 11 a demand only to bo let alone ’ lint suppose it were practicable to "btiiinacon'evcncc throtigh to(pminsioui:rs with i die governin' at dt I’res dent i.-uoolti, is it ~t ; Luis inemeut tb.it ive are to con.-iuer i; desirable, i ovevenot admissible'.' Have wo not just been 1 apprised by that- despot that we can only ex j pect ai - gracious pardon by email, .path,g alt ! our shiv.c. swearing allegiance and obedience i to him m. ! hi.; proehim irion. and becoming m j point of fact tee i bices ol our own negroes? Pan there be in North Carolina onu citizen so fallen beneath the.di ;nity of his ancestors as to j ncc.-pf, or to enter mto conference on the basis ! of the e term ? h; t there aro a few trai • or-'- in tee BUM-' who would be wiling to betray tion,inT°f of lu ti i< warded ior treachery by an *•;. .qv tiom the common doom, may bo true But 1d > not believe that the vilest wretch would accept such terms for himself. • i.,n winch none in* sent nobler dr mate ; Al lan: soldiers, to tbe field ol battle tone of whom it is year honor to he.) cm liar, been deceived I.y anything to v.-U.k h you icier ill.“ 1 he recent ! action of the • ederal ll.mse of llcpreeOuU- ! ] have seen no action of that House Fuat does j rest indicate by a very decided majority, the j purge*e ol iho enemy tyiei i-c uji ternv the [■lion or extermination. But if it v.viv other liow are we to treat with the House of : 'V ...... V It is with Lincoln alone that ! weaver could con»W, aud ids own partisans at 1 lie North show u.mquf vocally that ms ptnposO j in his message and prcvi-mmUon w.<* to shut | out nil hope that he Could ever treat, with us j on any ici ws. If we will break up our govern- j him .ard ot d/sfoyah-y to our ova taus. ti people o: vi.y M,.v who wdt a tempt to set up a Governmui! ovei the other nine teuth, tic-s seeking to sow uiscord aud suspicionamoi-g he ince of his ends. I know i if they possessed full knowledge of these facts, j j t i consent that proposals should now be iu .de j by us to those who control the government at j j Washington. Your own well known devotion, j | to the great cause of liberty and independence | t • which we have ail committed whatjvor we ! have oi earthly possesions, would induce you j to take the lead in repelling the bate thought : of abjeo. submission to tho enemy. Yet peace j on other teims is now impossible. To obtain ■ the sole toms to which you or i could listen, tiii- struggle must continue until the enemy is I beaten out of hi* van confidence in our subju * gatiea. Then, and not till then, will it be possible to treat of peace. TUI theu all teu der ol terms to t e em my will be received a* j proof that we are ready lor submission, and wiil encourage him iu the atrocious warfare which he is waging. I fear much trorn the tenor of the news I re ! ceive from Noitk Carolina, that an attempt will AUGUSTA, GA„ WI.DNESDAY MORNING. JUNE 8, 1864 h 11 ;• .* i.y oonsebad men to inaugurate move m wl: h must be considered as equivalent i • . i alia comfort to the enemy, and which all ’ o‘ shonid comtdne to put down at any . n; v conn on my aid in every effort ’ \oi:r State the scenes of civil warfare, -“ v ’ ::i date in toiiics if the designs of rabi :s be suffered to make headway. I •• ‘‘ von will place yourself in your Jcgit- j , a.e ;.-,:d;ma in the lead of those who will j i:GI t■■ I -ji 1 the name of tbc old North S'ate to | ' hi a tuned by such a stain. Will you par- I in-:- t-.r M!gg»..-iir,g that my only source of ! ;.>dU"..pyn the subject arises from the fear j u.t y. will delay too long the action which .-•iv upper.;.-; that hy an over I i desire ro re. .aim by conciliation men you believe to be sound at heart, but , w >'- la', ally is in. re than suspected elsewhere, 11 "hi |M_rrmt them to gather such strength 1 1 . ni ■<} violent measures than are f. V. nr influence and position I he ;av.looters of ti c unfounded discontent, : )..... vi,-. w.lwii iti your State, would he jnt loan without th-. use of physical forces if you ! md abandon a policy of conciliation, and ! ‘ : D'. m at defiance. !a this coarse, freukly : li. dr r.• i s:i (|,- you would rally around . ; all tba* is best and noblest in veur Stste, . Bad 3 r.nr triumph would be bloodless. If the • • " ‘Hy I; iiicy he adopted, I much fear you ">.ii be driven to the use of force to repress " •■-•in, la eithei; event, however, Be assured ••• ; ; .v -ill have my coidial concurrence and r m uiainiaiuing with you the honor, , d . ; ;:i if./ e.i. t tair name of your State, and in ‘ mrts to crush treason, whether incipient, as I ! vc it now to be, or more matured, as I be -1,1 ' ■■ 'I not firmly met, it will in our future ia- I ovitabiy L une. I have the honor to be, Very respectfully, yours, J KFSKKi-O.N' DAVrS. h.xceil 'ncy, Z. B. Vance, Governor of j North Carolina, Kuleigh, N U. THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. fc'TATu of North Carolina, ) ilxEcn iVE Department, Kaleuiu, Feb. 9th, 1'864.) j Hi-'- Excellency, Jeipersox Davis: ')’ Dear Sin bince receiving your letter ; ' h (be !-'.h tt|t., to which it was my intention a,hr. i e rep lit and before this, reports have reach ed me from Ibchrnond, which, if true, would "■nder my reply unnecessary. I hear, with j'l r< . ■' : ■ that a bill is certainly expected to ! |> : ■' ibv (Ji.u. ■ ess. suspending the writ of Ha j ' '■ '.'.t : throughout the Confederacy, and : ,v p -in ;a rests will immediately be‘made ... ■ i.: a. Os course, if Congressand I i "nr hlA.i.vllfucy bo resolved upon this, as the i » -:> v mu iis ot repressing disaffection in tliis 1 b.‘, is v, ••.1.1 he a mere waste of time for me '' nutter. And yet I should not i; b>s oC iheconsi quences wbiob 1 ;■.•will .Udlow, did I not add yet another ' ••’ < vpo; tu; ;:ioa to tho many I have al ready spoken. 'i t. *' billu-src-J to, about which I cari ' ’ p * opinion indil 1 see it, be strictly with ... the limits of the Coustitntjon, 1 imagine the ’ 'iy i (hisc’.ato will submit to it—so great is 1 1 vir ieg; srd lor l.i .v. if it is adjudged, on Hie 1 outra y, to be in violation of that iustru | m.-nt and revolutionary in itself, it will bo re - -:ed _ t 'mould it i ecome a law soon, 1 earnest !y ad vis- you .to be thary of exercising the I ; - avers well which it will invest you. lie con ;od. to try at. least for a.while, the moral effect | of holding this power over tho heads of dis - j e ntciii* ■; nu n b. tu.e shocking all worshippers j-U tee ccinnion la;v throughout tho world, by • sh&riffless dungeons tor j 1 pinion . alee. Ldo not speak this factious'y, : ‘d by way ol a ilour.sh. hi or do I believe that - cn eii; ghlened lawyer, and a Christian l ain, you could feel any pleasure in the ;ix ioimance of such an ungracious task. I | am o:i the contrary convinced that you believe " ’>o bo tlie only way to secure North Carolina ;in tlie ifc.ruiauco ol her obiigatious to her I Confederates. i 'the in- foitune of the belief is yours, the ;:..e will iigld, upon those unworthy eons J .. ho ha * e thus roughs to stab their mother be : cas; v she cast ihciu off If our citizens are . untouched by the arm of military violence, l do not dr.,pair of an appeal to the reason and putrknirin es tho people at tlie ballrt-box. iiundicds of good and true men now acting tilth, and possessing the confidence of the i-arty called Conservatives, are at work against > he and ‘.maei'ous movements for » convention, and whilst civil law remains Intact w'dl work seal- Ou.-ty and with heart. I expect myself to take the tivtl'l as soon as ray position will allow me, •lad shult exert every t-ifort to restrain the rev olutionary tendency of [atblic opinion. Never, y.'t. dr. have the people of North Carolina re l'uHM t) 1- ten to th'eir public men if they show rigli! n« retson on their side. Ido not fear t;. iru •: tiie issue now to these potpnt weapono in the liiuniii of si,eh men as tviii wield them next summer. 1 tie fear to trust bayonets and dun eons. ! endeavored soon after toy-acces sion to the chief magistracy of North Carolina, i,> make you aware of both the tact of disaffec tlen in this State and the cause of it. lu addi tion i>> the m ;ny tellers to you. I have twice vi.-.ited Itiehiuoi-d. expressly to give you infor mation on tuts point.’ The t ruth is, as have often said before, ihat thp ".teal, borly of our people have been sus peeiad hv Umir jjo vermeil t, perhaps because of the reiuctauce with which they gave up the old i'uion; and I know you will pardon me for saying that t :e conscious ness oi their being sus pecled Ims been greatly strengthened by what stained to be a studied exclusion of anti se ionists from all the more importast offices of t-iiegoveinment, even fioin those promotions ui the army, which many of them ha.l won with their blood. Was this suspicion just? And wr.s there sufficient effort made to dia i prove that it existed, if it really did not exist i in liichmoud ? Discussion, it is true, has been i uoitnuu'd and bitter, and unrelenting criticism ; y,o:i y .ar administration has been indulged ... but where and when "have our people failed t in battle, or withheld either their blood |or xir v ;s. resources ? To what exaction h v.* tncy u't submit tail, what draft upon their vicriotis u have they yet dishon red .' ('onscrip ti* u, ruthless and uurelonling, has only been exceeded in tire seventy of its execution by the ’ a-.j v. - meut of property, frequently entrusted men unprincipled, dishonest, and filled to ot ctfi nving with ail the potty measures of .in i minds dressed in a little brief authority. she files ot-my office ate piled up with the ;r:■*.vailing coniphvnts of outraged citizens, to I whom redress is impossible. Yet they have -h.ics;!!“J, :md 80 far performed with honor, j iu ■.!' duly to their country, though the voice ■ '‘l their very natural murmurs is set down to Ido not hold you responsible for a t n.- -,.yfy annoyances, the insolence of office, under which cur people lose heart and patience. i',v!‘n if 1 do, I cannot forget that ic is my uutry Unit I am serving, not the rulers of that c untry. I make no threat. I desire ou \y singiene-rs of purpose and sincerity of i—. ;■ -v. ak tcose words of soberness and '*■ m*y, with the blessing of God, subserve tho cause of my suffering eoun I rc-o words I now believe to be the advice ' ‘ ■ to retain from exercising the ; iry j • •< is about to be given you by ’hui- ‘-u >s». ;.t b-.sst until tbe last hope of y-fi-icu. •• befog sufficient, is extinct.— ! ' ' • ‘'-Tp’ css. i a !<ar in your last letter !** • 1 ■ 1; - ; cii -ru to conciliate were iu- | I cvi.not yet see just cause for aban- Deraaps 1 am unduly biased in my . f- concerning a people whom I love, i ito wiiora i owe so much. Though I trust | not. Our success depeuds not on tins numbers . i to support our cause, but upon their eai and infection. Hence I have every hope persuading, not one iu forciiuj the sympa . thi. = o* an unwilling peonle. iYe Leg.siature of tilts State meets next May. Two-thirds are required by our Consti tunon to c rti a Convention. This number can not i*e obtained, a bare majority vote for sub mitting the preposition, will, in iuy opinion, he impossible. Under no circumstances p,iji a Convention be assembled in North Carolina during the present year, in my judgment, and during next summer the approaching State elections wiil afford an opportunity lor a full and a complete discussion of all the issues, the result of which I do not tear, if left to ourselves. If there be a people on earth given to the sober secor. i thought, amenable to reason and re gii dt '.l of their plighted honor I believe ihatl may claim that it is the people of North Car olina. Very respectfully. Y’our ob't servant. z. B. VA.XCE. Mbimingep. Recommends a Spe- :e Basis In the Senate on Monday, May iff. the chair j lai 1 before that body the annexed ccmmunica- I tion : Treasukv Department, ) Confederate States of America, - Richmond, May 20, 1864. ) | R. M. 7. limiter. President protein. Senate : | Sir .-—Since the date of my report of the 2d ! instant, nearly thoe weeks have elapsed. Dur i ing that period it was intended to make sale, at public auction, at (he capital, of part of tine six per cent, uutuxable bonds, with a view to es tablish the rates at which sales could ho made at every commercial point within the Confede racy. .Military necessities have prevented this sale and still require its postponement. The aid whii-j it was expected the Treasury wbllii derive from that s >urce Is. therefore, delayed for at ieast a month and tor the expenditures of that period Treasury .notes or somdtother substitute becomes neccssaiy. The umiSs pro vided by Congress for supplying tho wauls ot the Government at this time consists of—first the limited new issue of Treasury notes ; second of the sales of the said six per ceut bonds ; and third, of cei tifleates of .indebtedness. I have shown that the whole amount derived from taxes during the present year will afford no aid in paying the current expenditures of the Gov ernment. Th s I regard as an imperfect fea ture of the tax bill, and have veccomtneuded that it he remedied by additional taxes. The collection of these taxes cannot take place in time to meet the emergency, and resort must be had to ouo of the other sources. In the same report l have set forth the rea sons why an increased issue of Treasury notes would be injudioious and if these reasons arc deemed adequate to justify tho conclusion, it follows that lesort must he had to the third meads of supply, namely : certificates of in debtedness. The great leading wants of the Government to be supplied at home are clothing, subsistence and transportation. If measures can be adopt ed which will enable these wants to be supplied wholly or in part through certificates of in debtedness, great relief will at once be obtain ed. The ra lroad companies have generally ex hibited so much patriotism that it is highly piobalqe they will rdadily accept certificates iu part payment of transportation. Tho other great wants are supplied by the mu'-Ufacturers, farmers and planters, who mun utaetuie the clothing and produce the subsist ence stores of the country. If these parties could be induced to accept certificates for such articles as arc the subjects of purchase or im pressment, the scheme would be complete. It seems to me that, try resorting to a specie basis for all purchases or impressments, they could be made more acceptable both to the government and the owner. If all articles, when impressed were valued at the prices ot ISGU (when the tho currency was at a specie standard.) or at their present value in coin, and certificates were issued for such value, payable. two years alter peace, in specie, the interest in the meantime to be paid semi-annually in coin or its market value in Confederate notes, a substantial secu rity of the highest value would be obtained. The parly giving up his commodites would be better satisfied with the price and mode of pay ment. During the continuance of the war he would receive the same rate of interest as tuough his property had been valued in Confederate notes; aud, after the *war, he would receive its full value iu coin. Tlie Government would be bet ter satisfied, because, whilst it paid no higher interest during the war than it would do under the existing Jaw, it would, alter tne war, save t!m less to which the present exaggerated prices have exposed it. As no material abatement i.i prices lias occurred since the meeting of Con gress, it is obvious that the supplies voted by the last Congress must be largely inueased, un less some such measure of relief should be adopted at tho present session. I respectfully recommend, therefore, that the impressment law bo amended in conformity with the above suggestions, and that it lie extended to all sup plies which may bo necessary tor the support of ti e army and navy. I also recommend that a reasonable proportion of tlie railroad trans portation, based upon the charges of 18t>l), shall be paid in the same way. As the cash expen ses ot railroads are very large, and require sup plies of money for daily use, it is probable that one t.di'd of such charges would be as much as they could afford to take. To enable the Treasury Po meet the payment of the interest on these certificates, it’would be advisab e to furnish it with the means of procuring coin. A double advantage would thus be gained. The Government would bo enabled to pay its interest at a lower rate, and the paying out of bo much coiu would re duce the difference between tho market rate of coiu and Confederate securities. I would, therefore, respectfully recommend that an ad ditional appropriation be made to enable the Treasury to purchase and ship as much cotton as may be made available for this purpose.— Ten millions of dollars would probably be sutlieieut at the present session. Respectfully sui-mitted, ' C. G-. Mummingek, Secretary of Treasury. The communication was joferred to Commit tee on Finance. The IV ak Tax.—The following official in structions from the State Collector answer a good many questions often propounded about tlie war tax : Office of Chief Collector oi Wak Tax, )_ Forsyth, Ga., May 10th, 1861. )’ Numerous enquires are being made by Col lectors and Assessors in regard to the subjects of taxation under the receut Tax Bill. It is enquired whether articles of provisions for fam ily use are taxed, whether agricultural produc tions which have paid the tax in kind are sub ieet to the tax of fiveper cent., and whether ar ticles oi j eweltyjowned and'worn in a tax payer’s family are taxed. The answer to these and similar enquiries is, | that every species of property whatever, and of every person is taxed and subject to the tax of five per cent., except such persons and such amounts of property as are expressly exempted iu the Tax Bill. No other exemptions than those specially mentioned are to be allowed All property is to be assessed at the value put upon sim lar property in 1860, except in cases in which it is provided that another valuation shall bo made. Credits, Bank Bills and other papers issued as money Will be assessed at par, according to the amount exhibited on their face and not according to their value in Confederate Notes. Every tux payer will be required to return ail bis property of every kind or description whatever to the Assessor of the District in which he or she may reside. Hence Warehouse men and Commission Merchants arc not re quired, as heretofore, to return cotton and other produce in their possession. They will return such as they own themselves. Every person will return his own property and pay bis own tuxes. This appries to property in this State. Property in another State ovvued by a tax payer residing in this State will bo return ed aud taxed in tne State where it is located Assessors are enjoined to Lie diligent to pro cure tail returns of property. They will pro pound sear< king questions to tax payers-so as to aseeitain not only the property* in then I immediate posstssiou, but all which they may own elsewhere in the State The returns shall embrace all the property which tile tax payer hold, owned or claimed on and after the litn day of February, 1804. Interest bearing Treasuty Notes which now are bonds, are taxed, and so are all bonds ex cept such as are especially exempted from tax ation. i* our per cent, bonds or certificates, and the six per cent, bonds authorized to be issued under the act of February, lafi-t, are exempt from taxation. * £• G. O'ahantss, State Collector for Georgia. Columbus papers announce the arrest in that citv May 21 of three men named Fry, captains of Chattahoochee boats, F. Marham, a pilot, of Celumbus, and Georgia Drew, Carraway aud Johnson, of West Florida, on the charges oi ! giving Informat'on to the blockading fleet at i Apalachicola of the proposed attack upon it: i that they had been rnnning parties to the N>-rth ! via West Florida and Pensacola, thai one oi , their number had taken fifteen men to join tue ' deserters in Florida, who have caused so much 1 trouble, and who captured the blockade runner on the Florida coast. Gen. Dick Taylor has been promoted to the tank of Lieutenant General. FSKEIU.Y ITEMS. The expenses attending the marriage if the Prince of Wales, it appears Irorn recent returns, amount to £24.85.i. The country, will, oi course, have to pay this little bill. The Loudon Morning Post, in its City Article, says the Confederate loan is about to be placed on anew basis. A combined French and En glish undertaking, in which the Confederate Government has an active interest, is in active formation havir.g forits object tooiga niae a reg ular sy.itcm of blockade tinning from the vari ous Confederate ports, for the export of cotton. The capital is LoOu.OuO sterling. Shares are to Oe allotted only to the holders of Confederate bonds. The company's steamers are to take out cargoes to supply‘the wants of the Ocmfed mate Government. It is estimated that the whole of the bonds of the Confederate loan may be exchungcd for cotton and produce exports from Southern ports within twelve months. Tlie promoters of the company are said to lie gentlemen of capital, and long versed in block a e running. The fastest steamers aro to be employed. But in order to reduce the risk, a very large cargo will not be entrusted to any one vessel. Catholicism is spreading with unheard of rapidity in Ihibet. Recently a monastery of seven hundred bronzes burned their idols and asked for catechists to instruct them in Chris- tianity. The Propoganda is now sending numerous missionaries to that region. A curious discovery has been made iu the Isle of Man, where it lias been ascertained that certain old guns, long used as posts on the quay at Peel, were rifled. Government has or dered them to be transferred to Woolwich, where they are to be preserved as the earliest specimens of rifled ordnance. In 1861 and i862, thirty steamers left the Clyde for a market ” In 1863, there were twenty-eight steamers from the Clyde. Os the thirty steamers of the two veais first named, only four have totally escaped and survived to the date of the report. Os the twenty-eight steamers of 1866, five had been i aptured. The Alabama was at Cape Town on the 20tb of March. She has destroyed seven vessels in the Indian seas. * Among the latest gossip from Paris, is the story that oue of the arrangements of Lord Clarendon, on the occasion of his late sojourn at the Tuilleries, was to prepare the way for an early visit of the Prince of Whales to. the Em peror. A woman has, for the first time in England, passed a first medical examination. She had applied to the University of London and St. Andrews, to the College of Surgeons of Lon don and of Edinburg, and to the College of Physicians of Edinburg, but all in vain. Each of Ihese learned bodies refused to allow her to compete for the degree which would have given her a legal qualification to labor in the cure of human ills, aud finally she appealed to Apoth ccaries’ Hall, and having been examined in an atomy, physiology, chemistry, botany and ma teria medica, which she had studied for the piescribeil live years, was successful in passing. A further course, of eighteen months study is required, when, if proved duly qualified, she will receive a license to practice. Advices from Constantinople slate that in a battle between the Circassians and the Hus sains, on the Ist, the formir lost and the latter 1,500 men, The Circassians are no v ne gotiating with the Turkish govermeut for per mission to settle in Turkey. Ail the foreign officers who assisted the Circassians had escaped safely to Trebizoml. The Sultan had sent live steamers to convey them to Sinope, Sansum and Varna. Alexander Calame, of Genova, Switzerland, one of the greatest landscape artists of Europe, is dead. He was chiefly known in this country by the lithographic copi sos his remarkably 1 Studies in the Alps.” There are only a few of his paintiugs in the United States. One of these, “’The Ruins of Pa-sinm,” only twenty by sixteen inches, cost $ 1.500. Calame amassed a fortune by his art, and buiifc him a fine city lesideDCe in Geneva and a pretty country house near the sport on the shores of Lake Leman where Byron and Shelley spent so many days in the first- quarter of this century, lie was born at Vevay, in i 815, and died at Geneva, in March, 18ul, and bis death is universally lamented in the art circles of Europe. Tho London Index says the holders of Fed eral bonds are beginning 1o ask, with some anxiety, where ihe gold is to come from to pay the interest. By tne end of this year the amount required will he $86.01)0,000. The <aily gold revenue is the duties on imports, and these may not amount to half the sum re quired lustead of being able to lower the premium on gaid by throwing a surplus upon the market, the Government is much more likeiy to be obliged to buy gold to pay its in terest. Another adventurous traveler has lost his lile in exploring the wilds of Africa. Dr. Hen ry Steadner, who had been for two years past in Ethiopia, has recently died there, in an ob nout’e village. He was attended in his last mo ments by Baronde Tlougbim, bis fellow travel er. D . Steadner had just completed his re searches in the country extending from the Red Sea to ihe extremity of the Eastern Soud an, and was about to start on another expedi tion, when he was taken ill. ffce Baron, alter rendering the last duty to his friend, resumed his explorations, accompanied by three Euro pean ladies and a troop of one hundred and twenty-negroes. Nothing has been heard of them since the 10th of May. In IBGI and 1862 .thirty steamers left the Clyde for “a market.’’ In 18C3 there were twenty-eight steamers from the Clyde. Os the thirty steamers of the two-years first named, only four have totally escaped and survived to the date of the report Os the twenty-eight steamers of 1803, five bad been captured. According to the latest and most complete reports, it seems tnat the Sheffield inundation reached and injured more or less seriously, not less than 4,000 houses. In the district of Neep sond alone, out of 600 houses, 400 are now empty in consequence of the devastation. The total damage to property, from tho scene of the accident to a point below the borough of Shef field, where the destructive effects of the flood may be said to have ceased, is calculated at £200,000. One of those extraordinary cases that now and then shock the-moval sense of mankind has just transpired in Scotland. A farmer prose cuted his mother, ninety-one years old, for the cost of her board with him for nineteen years past. It seems that his aged, widowed mother had been living with him, aiding by taking care of his children, eight or nine in number, knitting stockings. Ac. The court decided that he “was under a natural and legal obligation to maintain his agf*d parent, and it is not averr ed that there was any agreement, or understand ing that she was to be made liable for such support.” The case was therefore dismissed. Such instances of total depravity are happily rare in the world. The iron aud steel ships in progress in the yards on the Mersey—Liverpool—at last re por.s; were twenty-eight in number and 28,000 tons in register. Steel is rapidly gaining iu favor with builders and seekers. The Swiss Fedorel Council have resolved to put m torce the decree for the expulsion of M izzini, on the ground that he had several times lately abused the right of hospitality. Orders to tlxis effect had been sent to the differ ent cantons. Eleven hundred and thirty three lives were ® oal ra ! ne accidents, in Great Britain, in lb,)-, By accidents in the iron stone mines the loss was one hundred and five lives. FROM NORTH CAROALINA Tne Raleigh N. # C , Progress of May 25th learns that a gentleman up from Kinston, brought the intelligence that our pickets at Rouse 8, nine miles below Kinston, were driv en in by ap advance of the enemy ou Monday, fne Progress gives this only as a rumor, aud thinks it very probabie it may turn out to be nothing else. The Raleigh State Journal of May 27, says there is not a particle of truth in the reported advance of the Yankees at Newbera either in this direction or in that of the Wilmington <f* Weldon Railroad Tin- Journal also says, we have the lies* reasons for saying that ’revond the negro troops, at that point there are few Y T ankee troops, and that ,ve have amrfie foice to take care of a much large number if tin-re. A serious affray oo urred in Western North Carolina, .Vlay ilth, between somo deserters and the Home Guard. Several were killed on both sides. The deserterti were rputed and a j Dumber taken prisoners. ‘"'ol LX Xv in ~;VJ ¥ siKltt v i >i_ XXV *)• > 23. I.Vfr KEsiT.V; DETAILS OF .FtfihiS I.Y ViKlilAl i. In one-. f tire late ri -hi,- one < r our brigades, for the first tune during tbc war. was oitgasrcd in !i most spirited hand to hand contest ‘.villi a brigade of the enemy, and midst the < rack ing > 1 tire arms, the failing of generals and the hostile commingling of the rebels and Yan kees, many a scene was enacted which, divorced ot its terrors, would have be; n ludicrous, for here and there a raau would suddenly tind him self master of some half a dozen prisoner.-, us suddenly find himself a prisoner, « niy to he re leased again iu a lew seconds by o her rebels ; private* would bo seen seizing officers, and i.Qi j cers privates, hurling them to the rear One of ' our officers, finding himself collared by a Y.m- j kee captain, suddenly gave the captain such a ! lick across his head with his sword as to cause his own immediate release; while numet--.ua empty guns placed n apparent dangerous con tact to lattkee breasts caused many of them to quickly throw down their arms and march to the rear One of the ambulance corps of i lie Twelfth, with a gttu snatched from the ground that would not lire, captured some ton prison ers and a beautiful stand of colots belonging to the kitty-first Pennsylvania Regiment; while another of the same corps, with a stretcher upon his shoulder, also brought in several pris oners. 8o;ne six hundred or more prisoners were taken during the brief conflict, while the 4 aukees did not capture more than a dozen dutitig the same time. PLUNDER OF TUB BATTLE ITEI.fIS. The lale battle of the Wilderness and tire one succeeding it, both of which were held by our troops, are represented to have been remarka bly rich in plunder, and after Grant was forced back, our troops were not slow to take advan tage of its offerings. Thousands ot pahs of shoes and boots, splendid oil cloths, coats, pants', knapsacks, haversacks, etc., were brought from the field But the two latter were always of much greater interest to the soldier than the others. In them are found the rations and clothes and all the little “no tions'’ of the 4 aukee. Sugar and coffee are al ways acceptable to a hungry man, while sta tionary, purses of money, good under clothing, and (he like are not to be despised in these times. Hundreds of daguerreotypes were alco taken from the dead bodies of 4'ankoes and preserved Dy the captors. Watches and rings and breastpins innumerable were gathered among the spoils of the fields. Iu oue instance it is related that five watches were taken from one dead Yankee, who no doubt before bis death, had plundered them from the dead bodies of his comrades. Money in many in stances was louud in considerable sums but most always in greenbacks, aud seldom iu spe cie. The fields, owing to tho rapidity of move ments in both armies, were not half pluddered, and the greater portion of tiie spoils still re mains. THE WOUNDING OF GEN. LONOSTIIEEF. The following letter lo the editor of the Richmond Enquirer, from Capt. Taylor, re futes the rumor that General Longstreet was wounded, or that General Jenkins was killed, by the fire of Mahone’s brigade : Sir:—lt has been generally rumored, and, in, deed, has appeared in some of tlie public prints tbut the troops of Mahone’s brigade wounded Lieutenant General Longstreet and killed Brigadier General Jenkins. I am in receipt, of a letter, addressed to me by direction of Lien tenant General Longst.-ect in which be exonerates that brigade from tho charge. Did I possess facilities, I could, with equal readiness refute the charge iu reference to tho death of the lamented "Jenkins. Justice to those brave and true men, who have so surely attested their valor, and of whose numbers so large a proportion bus fall en. killed or wounded, in the pending- battle, demands teis contradiction of tbe imputations cast upon them. I am, Colonel, Your oh’t servant, Robertson Taylor, Capt. and A. A. G Mahone’s Brigade. Col. Edward Willis of the Twelfth Georgia, was mortally wounded in an engagement be yond Richmond on Monday. T. e Richmond Enquirer states that on the recent ipproach of Butler, Gen Bragg ordered the evacuation of the flourishing city of Peters burg, and its abandonment m Yankee vandal ism. For soul" reason tne order was not car ried out, and Beauregard made a successful de fense, driving the enemy beyond the James river. This looks very strange. FHOM MISSISSIPPI. The Yankees captured one of Gen. Adams’ scouts lately in tho vicinity of Benton, Miss., and turned him over to their negroes, to be dealt with as they saw proper. The negroes stripped, him tied ins hands and feet, stretched him across a log, and then whipped him until tuey .thought lie was dead, when they stood him up against a tree for a target and shot him full of holes It is now ascertained that tho late groat lire in Natchez was the work of Yankee incendi aries. ’the rascals also choked up the en gines with stones and brick-bats; they also cut up the hose and fire buckets. The Yankee soldiers did all in their power to prevent the citizens from extinguishing the tire. It now looks as if the Yankees are determined Lo des troy the place. The reported burning of Yazoo City, we are pained to record, has been partially confirmed. Fourteen houses we learn, including the Comt House, have been consumed. It was with great difficulty that the negroes were kept from binning it when the enemy were there before. There is a report in Aberdeen, Miss., that the Federals have withdrawn thoir forces from Memphis, and in order to keep the matter se cret, are enforcing the blockade very strictly, allowing no one to enter or leave tbe city.” A few days since Col. Hannon, of Roddy’s cavalry, attacked the enemy 500 strong, at Madison station, on tho Mississippi and Cen tral Railroad, capturing 87 prisoners, and commissary and quartermaster stores, and the telegraph instrument. The train on the Southern Railroad now runs through to Jackson Miss. One thousand and twenty deserters have re ported to Meridian up to May 20th, returning to their commands unde* fthe amnesty proclama tion of Gen. Polk. They represented the States of Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ala bama and Mississippi. We learn also that sev eral hundred ethers have reported at different points. Thus a little wisdom on the part of Gen. Polk, combined with a determination to clear this department of the stain which had rested upon it, bas resulted iu giving two lull regiments of a thousand men to the cause of our couutry. The Yankees have moved out from Vicks burg, and again established their trading post at Big Black Bridge. Selling calico, coifoe &6., to speculators on this side es trie rivet* appears to be a profitable business, and they are will ing to run the risk of being capture 1 by Adams’ cavalry. FROM TANARUS» ISG.MI3S.SSIPPJ. The grand summing up of Banks expedition is, that it was a mi-a-rable failure from begin ing to end—a failure iu its aims, bo% military and political. Shreveport, which occupies the same relation to the Trans-Mississippi Department that Rich mond Coes to this side, was not captured Another Yankee ■ transport lias been de stroyed. Gen. Magruder has assumed command ol Arkansas. It is thought that Gt n. Price will move on to Missouri. . , Gen Hebert has captured three gunbo and one transport iu the CulcM'en, on u - Louisiana coast, to the v e-.t qt &a . It is stated tha* in the battles nearju.im.lt It is statea tea. in wounded. 500 the Confederate loss was j-j killed and 400 prisoners, that ot t'j. u.uy 800 wounded. 1400 killed an 5000 prisoners. | Twelve hundred and fiity-mne Yankees have j been captured in Arkansas in late fights Gen. Majors has captured a transport thirty j mile-* below Alexandria, and holds the river at that point with his artiilery. Our cavalry have driven the enemy out ot the Tecbe and Grosse Tete country, compelling them to destroy large quantities ot public stores before crossing B rwick’s'Ray. The Coiumbi Ca'ouui m sys inf -rmari. n bad been received there of iud cations ot an other advance on Ciiarleston. j The Montgomery .Mail thinks the yield cf j entail grain in Alabama wiil be luige, FilOii Tin F XT. i’rtdav thi rt* was couairicrable skinnUhiug near N «v Hope ei.meb, and iheeue. iv was re pulsed, but v, iib what loss we art* unable to say Our scouts have skirted (he en Ire Federal r ar. I'ney reported on Friday nljjht, as the result of their observation. *that no trains had li. ii run below Kingston since Sunday last, and no wi?on trains from that point since Wednesday last. They state that the Federate keep close together, in consequence of which thi r capturqd only on? prisoner. This pris eiii r reporis lira. Forrc-.-1 nod captured Dalton, j and ir. was feared Chatuuiouga. Forrest is be ! lieyotl to have and vided his -oices, one liaifat | tacking Chattanooga mui above, and tho oth j er Daiton. Other federal {msonors confirm the statement of the general < piuiou iu their army ti nt Forrest, bad talu-a Daiton. cii r riiiay evening, Cleburne is report, and to have captured two or three hu. dred Federais, all that was left of the regiment. The Yankees were steeped with liquor, and c.nie up to the charge at New Hope Church at liiut, fineiy, but ran back quickly, not standing tire or fighting us weil as at llcsttca. They j have quit charging and gone to digging. Several hundred men, belonging to Cheat ham's, Cleburne's and Walker’s divisions, who were wounded, on Friday in ruing, have ar rived at Atlanta. The 4'ankoes were piloted by a tory in their attack on Dallas. The vandal invaders are pursuing theii usu al course of pillage, plunder and wanton des tniotiou. The beautiful village of Cassvi lie is a perfect wreck. The same old tale, of furni ture broken, provisions stolen, helpless inuo cence insulted and turned in the streets, might be again repeated, but the story lias become stale from the frequency of its repetition. i he Whitworth gun, in the bands of the ene my's sharpshooters, has exceedingly annoyed aur men all along the line. If a man in our battalion shows nimself, a Whitworth bail is almost certain to strike him. The enemy's sharpshooter's are bold, and come very near our works and shoot our horses and everything that shows itself. Sometimes, however, they got picked off. It is said that Hooker’s corps was complete ly demoralized in the iat-e liedit. Cleburne’s repu se of the assailants on Fri day night is said to have been more disastrous to Sherman than his misfortune at Resaca. On Sunday night about II o’clock tho Feder al made a general assault upon tlie full lecgdi of our entrenched lines, and were every time repulsed throuh tbe night with great slaughter. There was a desultory fire kept up all night, and Monduv morning a slight skirmish about daylight. Since that time there lias _been no more lighting. The em my came up at that dead hour of tho night, evidently expecting our men to be off guard, but discovered to their dismay how well the veterans of Johnston’s army appreciate that trite maxim : “ eternal vigilance is tho price of Liberty." It. is reported by parties from the field that the Federals at some points displayed white fi.igs. and by others that they cried out its they advanced, ‘‘don’t shoot, we surren der.” If this ruse was attempted, it most sig nally and disastrously failed. The fighting was very spirited aud our casualties are roughly estimated at. two thousand killed and woun ded. Os course the enemy’s loss must be pro port, ion ably heavier, as they were charging our entrenchments all the time. It is said by par ticipants to have been the most vigorous as saults the Federals have made since ihe great raid was inaugurated. Another version of the affair is, that tho enemy, from his action, evidently believed Johnston was retreating, andjstrongthened his line of skirmishers, which was thrown forward. It is thought the rattle of a number of empty wagons in our rear created the impression with the enemy that our lines were being re tired. andshence the assault. We learn that on Friday tho enemy attacked Cleburne's tine, and alter a furious onset, a large number of them cast down ..their guns and ilir-'W up their hands, calling lor quarter. Our troops ceased firing. When tho enemy were in a few feet of our line, over the half of tie in having retained their guns, deliberately fired o our men. Such treachery astonished our veterans lor a moment, but in another in stant they fired on the dastard foe and poured volley alter volley ir.to their broken aud fleeing ran The slaughter was awful. the young men of the Georgia Military In, statute, coated at Marietta. Ga., under the command of their Snperiutc dent, tbe gallant Gen. Capers, pas. cd through Atlanta T uesday muruing Fills gallant band of young patriots, will now have an opportunity of engaging in the active service of thoir country: a consuma tion they have long desired. In the tight near New Hope Church May 27, seven hundred Yankees werekdled. Our men, with the exception of one brigade, fought with out breastworks. The Yankees advanceil within twenty or thirty steps of our line* be fore lire was opened upon them. No artillery was used by the enemy. Our loss in killed and wounded is about tour hundred. On May 18, Gen. Bate moved forward with some troops to discov*- the position and force of the enemy. Buth were found out. Owing to tbe heavy force of the Yankees, a general attack was not ordered. Our troops fell back. Major Millctt, 4t i Kentucky, was killed ; Capt. McK'Uidon. oth Kentucky, and Cant. Braddock, 2 1 Kentucky, both acting field officers, were killed. Cot. McLean, 6th Florida, was killed, and Major D-irdson, same regiment, was se verely wounded. ’ Both the Kentucky and Florida Brigades suffered severely. . The cavairy force engaged in the provost duty for General Johnston’s aimy, report that in at our recent movements they have not found a single straggler from the Tennessee soldiery,al though they were retreating irom their homes and firesides. This speaks volumes tor the Volunteer State and he; soldiers. As our left was mo-ing back on the night of May 30, the Yankees supposed we were re treating aud made a vigorous charge on Can ley's and Lowing’s Division. They were re pulsed with great slaughter. NEW* SUMMARY.'' J. R. Dowell, Esqr., the General Superin tendaut ot the Southern Tellegraphic Company died in Richmond, May 25. To inspire his troops Grant publishes an ad dress congratulating them on the capture pt Petersburg by Butler, while Butler, to inspire bis troops congratulates them on the defeat of Lee by Grant ’ Both of these Generals knew that they were publishing monstrous false hoods lu ihiir troops, and did so merely to in spire them with a confidence which their cause did not give them. A severe hail storm passed over Marion Dis trict S. 0., May 25. Nearly every vestige of veg etation was destroyed iu its course. The Ma ron Star says it commenced in the neighbor hood of .Mars Buff and extended about twenty mill's in an east to southeasterly direction. For tmi iti-iy its width was not great. 'JUe hail re mained unthawed several days. One of the sIY reis informs us that a drift eu_his place, the hail was two feet deep on May 27. A correrpondunt ot tbo Mjicoii - epoit.-i the recapture, near Latomon, Gu.. of three Yank*-.* Officers who had es aped. Pr - , utC 'ii ' on tli- friendship of the negroes to them Uiey applied at night to one of the slaves 0 j j g. Mouiey for something to cat, teil inF him they were United Btales officers. TANARUS: e m'l-ro piomptly informed his mas.cr, who, willi ; h J a.-sistai:ce of his negroes, made the capture without resistance. The Macon Journal says that there will be an abundant crop o. fruit iu that sec.ion. All the statements in regard to the Yankee movements in'Virginia now received from the Northern Journals are so notoriously and pal pably false, that one has scarcely patience X» read them. They may see what unprincipled and extraordinary efforts are being made to bolster the fast failing spirits of a people, evi dently tottering on the vei y verge of a preci pice. The tumble must come soon, and t rri biy fatal and overwhelming will it be when it does come. Those Northern papers which published Lin coln’s bogus call for lour hundred thousand more troops, anil the bogus announcement /or a day ol Un-ting and pi aver, have been sup pri-ssed. i i/e mu-;ern papers which have Oom menu i extensively on the same h- ve be .. ■■■■, and odeiiy. -ix f/lg *e» acid six g O'; j<6 oi w.t e-mp e the Y ,kee lieet n Iroat ui Fort ,ii organ, off Mobile. They aie estimated to Five ahout one hundred and thirty guns in all, and some twen i ty-eight hundred men. CO -FLDfc.lt' rn, ST.VT; ft UOAuHESS. SEN At L - MAY 19. House joint lesolutioa oi ih&nits to >i j <« Forrest amt command tor the brilliant ca paigu in Mississippi and West Tenues.- ee \v 5 taken up and passed. Bouse joint resolution authorizing <l> • aud ; - ing of accounts of members for pay and uui age, (double the present rates) was taken* 1 and passed. The Committee on Finance were disci, g l from the consideration cf the bill declarator of the mean ng of thy second sectiou ot an a to reduce the currency and to authorize a nov issue of notes and bonds, approved Februa: / 17 v 1861. I’he Committee on Military Affairs wer. dis charged from tbc farther cousiderution "f Wi.- ate resolution of thanks to’ Maj. Gen Forrest - his officers and men. The senate was informed that tho House had passed bills authorizing the appointment t commissaries lor regiments of cavalry, am joint resolution requiring the department o justice to furnish the standing committees of tho two houses with printed copies of the acts of Congress. The Committee on Military Affairs, reported with au amendment, a bill to provide compen sation for nou-conimissioutd officers, soldiers, and marines on detailed service, which \s as passed. The bill to aid any Slate in procuring re cords of tiie service of its troops in tilts present war was taken up and passed. A preamble and resolution passed, that the Judiciaiy Committee inquire if any legislation is necessary to prevent u?e publication oi such information iu regard to army and navy movements, the military defences, Ac., as may bo injurious to our cause. The Committee on Military Affairs were dis charged from the further consideration of UlO bill in reference to staff offieeis, and prescrib ing their dut es. The same committee were dis charged from the further consideration of a resolution to reduce the number of cavalry ou account of want of forage. A communication was received from the President, transmitting a letter from the Gov ernor of Virginia, enclosing resolutions adopt ed by the Legislature of his State, asserting the jurisdiction and sovereignty of Virginia over all her boundary. Tho documents were laid ou the table and ordered to bo printed. The Senate resolved into executive session. HOUSE. The speaker laid before the House menssigos from the President, transmitting certain esti mates for necessary appropriations. The House took up for consideration the Senate amendment to the House hill to exempt railroad companies from the payment of im port duties and taxation on machinery and roll ing stock. The amendment was agreed to. The House took up for consideration the special order of the day, being the resolution of Mr. Foote, of Tennessee, advocating the repeal of the act of last session suspending the privi lege of the writ of habeas corpus. Alter some diseussion l the subject was postponed till to morrow. Jhe Speaker laid before the House a com munication from the Governor of Virginia, transmitting joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Virginia, asserting the jurisdic tion of the State over her natural boundaries. Ordered to lie printed and referred to the Judi ciary Committee. The Speaker also laid before the House a Senate bill doubling the present pay of mem bers of Congress. The House ail opted a resolution instructing the Buigeou General to issue such rules find regulations as shall admit members of Congress to the hospitals in all parts of the Coul'ederacy at any and all hours. SENATE—MAY 20. House bill to aulhoriz ■ the appointment of commissaries for regiments of cavalry, passed; to provide for the itnpr ssment of railroad iron, equipments and 10 ling stack, wneu necessary for the public d-lcnc-—ord- ej printed; to ex end to the navy and marine coip.- the provisions of 2d section < f Ihe ‘ Act to organize torc.'S to servo duri'-g. the war,”—passed. V .a foil->w-tig was p issed : “R--solved b_, the Congo --' of'-he Con eder ato Stines ot America, Tnat -> much ■>! the tenth section of tiie act cnliUcd 'an act to or ganize, forces to serve 'lining *h ■ war," un proved 17th of February, 1861, as exempts from military service one editor .tor eaci'news paper being published at the time of the pass age of tbe act, and such employees as said ed itor may certify on oath to be indispensable to the publication thereof, shall Lo -ihd-r-tood to include magazines aud othor periodicals published before and at the time oi the pass age of the said act.” Thu Committee on Claims reported back ad versely the memorial of Goddiu ft Appiason, asking an increased rate o; rent lor Goddiu’s building, used by the Government as the Gen eral Fostctfiao The inflowing'bill was passed; “A Bill to authorize the appYutnient. of Gen eral Officers, with temporary rank and com mand, and to define and limit tiie power of assigning officers to commands. ‘‘Sec. 1; The Congress of tlie Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be and he is hereby authorized, by aud with the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap point a commanding oilicer to any brigade, divi-ion, army corps for army, or to tlifi com mand of any military department or district, whenever, in his judgment, it may be proper to do so. ‘‘Sec. 2. That the officers appointed under the provisions of this act,shall belong to the Provisional Army, aud shall hold their respec tive offices whilst they are in actual command, and no longer, unless sooner removed by the President; but they shall immediately there after resume their former rank in the service. “Sec. 3. That said officers, whilst holding said temporary rank, shall receive tbe same pay and allowances as other officers of tho same grade ill the Provisional Army. “Bee 4. That hereafter officers belonging to the general staff shall not be assigned to com mand in the line, or to the performance oi du ties, except in their own departments; nor shall officers of the line be given command by as signment, except as provided in ibis act; all laws allowing such assignment of officers are hereby repealed : Provided, That in cases oi emergency and necessity, such assignments may be made for a limited period, and until appointments can b 6 made as provided by this act : Provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect Die right of assignment of the five Generals appointed bv law.” ’The Senate then resolved into secret execu tive session. house. Tho resolution on repealing the act of last Congress suspending the writ of habeas corpus whs taken up and discussed. It was finally laid on the table by a vote of 55 yeas, 25 nays. Referred: Senate bill to extend to tho navy and marine coips the provisions of the third section of an act to organize forces to serve during the war; to provide for the compensa tion of non-commissioned officers, soldiers, sail ors and marines employed in the detail service; to aid any State in the perfection of a roll of troops in the Confederate service. A mossig: tin* received from the President in response to a resolution of the House in quiring what reasons still exist for the contin uance in force of the act suspending the writ of habeas corpus, and whether its repeal would be prejudicial to ! he public welfare at this time. The President replies that the reasons that influenced >)im in recommending the suspen sion of the writ still exist; Ui 4 it w uld he prejudicial re the public weal just now to re peal the act suspending (he writ; that its eih-< has been benelicial iu mute t' an one instance, and that no abridgement of the liberties of the citizens have grown out of it, nor lias any iud: vidual suffered wrongfully. Laid ou the table and ordered printed, , FROM NORTH ALABAMA. Our cavalry under Roddy, and the Slatß troops, have liecome very harrassing to the Federals in North Alabama, driving in their’ pickets, and keeping their ktareV-ons in a con stant state of alarm. A light .Iralight Y )./-.) gti b >at - b making t- p s _ * 8,, ' ! down ■ river, des in- or ; - burning t i , grues aud lin The v unable p < .... as reaching a Confeicrate port v.-oa a tr.rcibef Os sucbfoeq fyrboriug Whit vquLo gur^.