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Volume zxxvii,
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‘ ““ AnYKRTISEMENTS
timemlj In*" 1 " 1 “* T *° DoUah per
for tbo first Insertion. Mid 0*« D<i.lab
Lniut.MUintiiiMrtton. A.iujrt In Mu
eleven lines in email type, or one
1‘^nluees over debt lines charted a
Itfuiwoente. • ,J
f, ...nanic-aUons ot a porsonal character.
rvUSwl to promote Ilia'private ends of
Tp!ir»Uons,Soeioties.SoUoola or Iudlriduali,
lih«charge»l a* advorHrements.
frhnr»4ay,Jannary 7, 1884. •
of SnttfUfntlon.
••‘doubtingThomases” need any prac-
[; proof of tho utter hopelessness of the
Jifceo effort to subjugate the Southern
L they may find it in tho dovelop-
iti oftlio progrosslng.war. Onoofthe
it striking or these is the recovery of
Tjhern Mississippi from Yankee rule.
L. wcf us sinco their linos embraced
I entire region north of Vicksburg,
jkwn and Columbus, but now they
|a It-cn driven entirely out of the
Ithorn portion of the State, and heimn-
In close to tho Mississippi river in the
Ism part. Eveu the Memphis &
IrlMlon railroad through tho Stato ha*
h abandoned by thorn as a lino of com-
Mention, and though their cavalry ex
ion* may prevent iU use by the Cou
rses, and may ravago portions of the
Ltry occasionally, tbe people .iro still
L to our cause and are ns far from be-
[“subjugated” a* ever. Evan in west-
fcTennMsee the Yankees arc hammed
It Mrmphis nnd a few other places,
pi® truth is, as wo have often laid, the
likens mult bo able not only to ovor-
I but td '6ec\tpy and hold in subjection
■greater part of our territory, before
If esn‘‘crushout 111o rebellion;” and
Kr constrained abandonment of north-
|Mijii*rippi and other sections proves
| they ha vo not the force to hold atone
1 tho saoto time, oven the territory
Ith they have overrun ; that to rein-
lo(Irani, or Burnside, or Meade, or
lisr, fur hirtber aggressive operations,
r must abandon soma conquest now
light lobe >uoure, and give the proplo
[opportunity to re-organiz*, with a
(it embittered 4>y the memory of out-
e tniliuinlt, fora renewed prosecution
jus war. Ti'.ey are finding out that
I rebel ion, like tho mythological dra-
J. has many heads, and that tho slrik-
Idorrn of two or thruo is of hut little
ji! to subdue it. 'NVhcn, liko tho giant,
^•enneontrivo some means of disabling
Rh* heat's at once, they may rationally
\ of thair ability to subjugate tho rebels
ikUll then.
’reposed Planters’ Convention,
r. J. W. Fe.vt.s, of Macon, proposes,
ugh the-Telegraph, h Convention of
Planters of Georgia, to delei mints in
:ort to plant heavily f- r provision
*, leaving cotton out of the question,
to agree upon a schedule of low pri-
aV which they will uioll tliiiir surplus.
; F. says that lie has conferred with
feral of Ilia largest planters of Georgia,
concurred with him*in lira roconi
dation anti urged him to make the
|l. He think? that planters can, even
tho present state of the country, innko
moy by scll.ng their surplus corn, jioas
1 potatoes at $1 per bushel, pork at 60
its per pound, and wheat at $2 per
iibsl, and ho announces that he intend®
®*ll his surplus at those prices, l*t
iicrs do as they .may. lie think® lie can
ifely calculate oa having tf> soli, of this
*r's crops, 8,000 to 12,000 pound* «»f
irk,'6,000 bushels, of coin, and other
Iroduco in proportion.
Mr. Fears is‘Certainly a man for the
iroes, andwe taka pleasure in preselli
ng bis resolution, a* wall hi his call, for
he consideration of others.
Morgan's New Command.
We direct attention to the appeal of
Cspt. Chnrlee W. Price for contributions
to sid in furnishing tho troops to compose
Sen. John II. Morgan’s now command*
Cspt. Price is inly accredited and com
missioned for this work; nnd bus his au
thority from tho proper source. His or
ders show, too, that much Is expected ai
tbe result of hi* exertions in tho equip
ment of the inen. Who does not long to
heer of Gen. Morgan again in the saddle,
etthelicad of a large and etllcieni force,
desling blows in hi* own vigorous style
upon the enemy? As Cape. Price well
remark*, tho advance and extension oi
the enemy’s lines in our territory afford
much better opportunities than ever be
fore to harra*® and cripple him, and give
•ucli a daring and active lender as Oca.
Morgan rare chances to wage the most
effective kind of warfare. Them i
doubt that Gen. Morgan, with his
command, will win laurels ir. this war
that will still more dMinguiih him asono
of the-greatest captains of the age, and
whoever equips a troopor for his service
"ill do much to aid his country in her
conflict. Let our citizens take this mat
ter in hunt! at once, and engago in a gen
erous rivalry with Augusta and Atlanta
in contribution# to mount and equip
Morgan’s men. ^ ^ __
Air The Haleigb State Journal, of the
7th corrects, “by authority,” its.previous
statement that a toast to tho ‘'atari and
Stripes" was lately given at a supper in
Raleigh, at which Gov. Vance was pres
ent It i« iu form ad that Governor Vance
would promptly b«ve resented the indig
nity if offered t*» him or the Confederacy
in his presence.
Why are such reports put in circula
tion? Tho Yankeo papers wiil re-pub-
jish with avidity the first statement, but
will ignore altogether tho corroction.—
Thus it is that our cause suiTors, and our
•nannies are encouraged, by the continu-
a»ce of party bickerings among ourselves.
When will men learn that all charges
•gainst the patriotism or fidelity of those
"bomay differ with thorn, if mad** dur
ing tho war, will afford “aid and com
fort” to the enemy, and, if falsely made,
will only intensify division* at home and
te*acl against the party making them V
Soveral years ago one Joseph Butler
"*• tarred and ft*'.hared and ran off from
bavaunah upon conviction of thoft. At
ne late battle of Muuiouary Ridge. the
••me scoundrel was captured, and found
"hh the buttons and stripes of a Yankee
CAJtain of the line. e
Movements Below.—Tbe letter of out
informed Kinston correspondent
states J]*t Yankoe troops are being laud-
•u at forehead City. We expect atlr-
r tng tuny on the coast this winter.
llalei'jh State Journal, 1th.
“Will y^j have some catsup?” asked
• pedantic gw,tioman of Aunt Priscilla.
tSiie. “Dear me, no!” sne.
replied "UhY.huddor: “I'm fond of
vK^*i Q ^*> r P«fco, but I should as loon
think of eating »oup.”
. . ^t.luth.S1,h c..org^
Dalton, Ga., January 0, 1864.
Editor Enquirer— I herewith*hand you
tbe result of tho election to-day in Com
panies B and K, 87th Regiment, Georgia
Volunteers, lor county ofllcers of Mus
cogee. There was an evident disposition
among the voters to throw aside every
man who was able to bear arms. Such a
decision was very eohuaendablo, and we
only hope that civilians did the same
thing.
For Sheriff—\l. R. McCoy 13 ; G. W.
HaynosS; J. 11. Wright 7; Jno. Ligon 1.
For Clerk Superior Court—Francis M.
Brooks 21.
For Clerk Inferior Court— Andrew P.
Jones 28.
For Ordinary—John Johnson 29.
For Tax Collector—W. II. IE. Phelps
11: J. L Howell 9; W. L. Robinson 7;
T. O. McCrary 2.
For Tax Receiver—T. J. Watts 16; j.
M. Hughes 8; J. C. Roedy 1.
For County Treasurer—J. A. Bradford
10; Tho* Chalflu 14.
i'Vr Corohor—Barr.oy Hicks 22; B. D.
Bat-nos 6.
For Surveyor—John E Lamar 11.
J. T. G.
The Indian Territory.
Reports to Congress of our Indian ser-
vico are veryinterosting. A Utter from
bland \> nati*, principal Chief of tho
Cherokees, represents tho terrible sufler-
mgs of the loyal portion of this people,
who seceded at the time of tho John Rost
faction, mid declared in favor of the Con-
Udoracy. lie says that nearly every able
bodied man among t Chcruke** is do
ing service in tl o army ; i,j « mujoritr i.f
instances, their familioh have been robbed
of u very thing, leaving t.bem utterly dcsti-
tut«, and only two g!nd to escape with
their lives: they aru acatltred over the
Creek ami Choctaw nation* and iu the
State of Texas; a cenvu* will soon be
made out of tlioir number; it will pro
bably, not fall short of six thousand. * It
is proposed to colen'r.# those families It t
some point convenient to the provision
ul *!‘k®t °E Texas. Borne Hrrungrmi'iit
wjJ) have to )>• made t<# provide them
with jb.ltor and olulliln*. Tin Oh.ro-
Wees have by an ordinance recently adop-
COLUMBUS, GA.. TUESDAY jMORyiNG. JANUARY 19, 1864.
GlUraere’a Winter Plans,
The Charleston Courier of Saturday
has the following, which wo give fot
what it is worth :
During last woek a negro, who says he
was tho servant and cook of Gan. Uill-
tnore, was captured on John’s Island by
a servant of one of tho members of the
“Rebel Troop.” He stales that ho had
bean sent from Folly Island to John’s
l*land to bring off soma pumpkins for
General Gillmore, hut that ho had lost
his w»y and had boon out oxposod to tho
»overc weather of several days previous
to his capture when ho was discovered hr
the servant above mentioned and brought
in a prisoner, lie had a vory emaoiatml
appearance, and when captured was badly
frozen and exhausted. Ho was sent to
the hospital on J elm’s Island.
Ip tho account tho negro givos of liitn-
*®»I ho say* tlmt ho holongod &t on* timo
to * Virginia planter, who gave him his
freedom when 12 ywar* of Rgo, and that
he then went to Now York, lie he* boon
in the employment of Gen. Gillmore for
fourteen year* and ha* accompanied him
from Now York to Hilton Hoad.
Ho statos that ho has heard Gcn>Gill-
more say that ho despaired of ever being
nblo to take Charleston : and that it was
his intention to remove his hcadquartors
spun from Folly Island to Hilton Head.
Gen. Gillmore, he say*, has about nine-
qeoti thousand troop* iu tho whole de
part mnut.
The negro bolter** thor* will he no
further demonstration against Charleston,
but that from what he bat hoard, thin'
RAHD0LPH> STREET.
number's.
ted by their convention, tindeitaken
provide for their own destitute people,
d their agent* appointed for (hi* pur
pose can accomplish b„t little guod-with-
eut money.
In view of tho circumstances which
have surrounded the Indians during the
war, especially the Choctaws, Cherokee*,
Chickasaw*, Creeks and Sumiuoie*, that
o many reverses have horotoforo aitnnd-
d their efforts to defend their country,
that a large portion of it hns been over
. thnt tiioir troops havn baen irregu*
•••ly.paid and badly clothed; nnd that
the Yankees have plied them with every
temptation, the attachment manifa-ted by
thorn, despite of these distraction*, for the
Confederate Government, is remarkable
and admit able.
RECtKTATlO.H or A Cm.KlIRATBD Is-
riDKL.— Wo sea it stated tho colebralcd
Gorman theologian, David Fried wick
Strauss, who, for many years bus been
* of t*'a most indefatigable opponents
the Christian faith, hn* re.«*nt»,d .-ii»
errors, nnd ha* rfolded to tho faice of
tho argument* which his writings havo
elicited from the hands of able critics.
.Strauss’ noticeable work whs “!)** L*ben
Jvsu," a wore ot grenv
sign of which was to establish for f’iiris*
tlanity a mythological basi*, to make out
tilo Gospel to be hut mere popular le
gends, and the mi melon nothing but sig
nificant poetry.
J«»u*, Straus* considered, in hi* hook,
to have been an axompUry and reforma
tory rabbi of Galilee; that lie lived and
died an enthusiastic nnd admired toachor
and innovator; that after IIis death,
many marvelous incident* concerning
him gradually gained currency; exagger-
atiotis of actual events, or symbolic forms,
in which III* disciples clothed Hi* doc
trines and principles, and that out of this
cluster of mero rn^lli* caine on- New
Testament. To this hook he assigned «
meaning of hi* own. _ —
Tho career of Ch»ist, he taught, but
symbolized the moral history of man
kind. Humanity, ho field, fs God mani
fest in the flash, sinless, working mira-
i, dying, rising and nscondin
many replii
Had t
hi.
b'roin I<(>tigt(reel's Army,
Tho latest intelligence wo have receiv
ed irom the arinv under Gen. Longstrcct
was up to last avonlng. His headquarter*
are at Kussellrillc, and the army have
r-CMivod ordors to make themselves an
comfortable ns p> ssil.U for tho >Vinter.
Acti.e onuraliou* are believed to bo at an
«ud for tlio senson, ami no movomonts are
being made by tho enemy that thr<
the resumption of ho»tiliti
ly
pleased to
that u largi
r tho pri
half the men
i ami blankets, ...
uomIva positive information
forwarded,
reached their destination.
We also learn reliably that M*j. Qon.
McLaws has been roliovod of hi* enm*
maud, and ordered to report to tho Adju
tant General at Richmond. Tho order
rdi >ving Gen. McLaws does not impugn
his coin ago or capacity, as wo understand,
but is 'based on disagreement between
himself nnd Gan. liongstroot.
Richmond Whig, 1th.
iter Irmn ILvanui
scs from Havana arc up to the
The ehinf new* i« from St.
It was favorable tc the &p*n-
woundit
critics in another book, and aftorwards
new editions of his former work*. Tor
recantation of such an opponent of the
Christian. religion a* this is a notable
event of our era, and car.not out make a
<]ovp impression upon the mind of tho
Christian world.—Sew York Express. ’
Travelling-Tight 1’rlcea.
Travailing is an exponsivn luxury these
times. W. heard a gentleman say, a few
days ago, that he paid, at the Southern
States Hotel, Augusta, G*., for one meet
for himself and two servants, forty-two
dollarst If that donsn’t take the dilapi
dated linon off the shrubbery, then what
would ?
No man, woman or child, should leave
homo in these times without there is an
absolute necessity for it. The cars are
crowded every day, and there is not half
as much comfort to be found upon thorn,
h* one used to find in an old fss!ii»no<i
stage coach with nine passengers inside.
If people will travel, jet them cook their
provisions before they start, and carry
along with them a blanket or comfort, to
that they can boaru in the cars, and xo«p
out of tho hand* of tbo Hotel man-skin-
Our ndv
17tli »n-t.
Domingo.
tali invader*. Gun. I’urlio, in command
of the reserve column of Gen. Gamlnra*’*
corps, hvl u battle with the rebels on lliu
“*inbor, in which h* was coin*
■nsaful, killing sixteen «nJ
uitiy of the cntiuiy. lie also
o nags, n Nrgo numhat- of
nd arms nnd equipments.
Col. Guinn, ill command of a column of
tho r.-surves, had a battle with tho robots
on the 28tb of the .same month, at Anton
Sanchez, ami disporsod llicin, will) hoary
Ium. Gun. Snr.Una fought thorn on tho
‘JUilt and 20th, at .Santa Cruz do Llamosn,
completely routing tliam on both days,
taking a lew prisoners, thair arms Hiid
equipment.*, and hjnelexn horse*.
On tin* 16th of December tliurn was n
lire at MtUtizx*. which destroym| prop
erty valued at $70,000. K wn* partially
t — U.iLlLtJYribuius. llk/u ...
Mork Auitatios. — 1 it its groat nnxio-
l f to make peace with tin) Yankcos, the
Kaloigh Standard and it* adhorenta ap
pear determined tha’. no shall have no
peace at homo. There are umiiislaken-
hln signs in Hint paper that h now pr»7-*
gramme of county meeting* nnd resoliw
tion® i* arrnngnd for tlie Spring Courts^
rnd we :»rn credibly inforinod that n ®i-t!J
of resolutiun* has already hnon prepared
in llaleiyh and cent down to Johnston
county for adoption tharw, and afterwards
in every county in which meeting* of tho
right stripe can In* gotten up. The object
this lime \* to agitate for n Mate Con ven*
ti m, in which, in the language of tho
Standard " the people of North Carolina
will take their own affair* into iheir own
hands;" that i®, in plain language, go out
of tiia Confederacy. This, inslrad pi
making peace with the Yankees, would
but add a civil war to the foreign war
now racing. If Vho people arc not pre
pared for this, let them beware
Mutter** Mule lu NorUi ^'arnl'ina—La
dles In Iron*.
Butler’s soldier? in Eastern North Car
olina, whether white or black, is not sta
ted, have recently hung one of our sol
diers near Elizabath City, under the plea
that he was a guerrilla, and have taken
two ladies to Norfolk, where they aro
held as hostages for a negro soldier cap
tured by the Confederates. Referring
to this brutal affair tho Raleigh 'T*ro-
gress” says:
This was nil done by order of ona Brig
adier Gen. Wild, a subordinate of But
ler’s, who has recently been to Elizabeth
City. “
A. card with tho following inscription
was found on the Con federate soldier hung
by this brute t
“This Guerrilla
hanged
B.v order of Brig. Qon. Wild
Dan’l Bright, of Pasquotank county.”
lie was a Confederate anld'iur, und
not a guorrilla, and, of course, was mqr-
Wo are indubto l to Gov. Vane® for the
following letter* from Wild to Captain*
Elliott and Snndorlin, which show tho
brutal character of the wretch who penn
ed thorn. Even if thoy 'll ad the j-lrlit to
use negroes as soldiers, wliioh weueny,
who over board of ladis-* being hold ns
hostages tor soldiers captured by an eno-
my :
VT [cony.]
NoKTtnvtHT Landiho, Va., )
'Tuesday, Dec. 22, lb«J3. )
7b Willis Sanderlin .*
urptaln of Guerrillas t
.Sir—I hold Major Gregory asuhoatago
for Him colored soldier cnpturwd near Shi
loh. L shall treat him exactly ns your poo-
t’l® treat that soldior. If they hang hint
1 shall hang Major Gregory. And you
know by this time that L keep my word.;
L®t the soldier bo sent to Deeu Greek
village, at t|i® epd of Dismal Swamp
(.’anal, and Major Gregory shall at once
Iu restored.
ISignod] Edit’d A. Wn.n,
Brig. (Ion. Vol*.
Major Gregory is un old man, not in
service.
Kmzauktii City, Dec. 17, 1808.
7b John T. Elliott ;
Captain of Guerrillas i
Sir—I still hold in custody Mr*. Mun-
den and Mr*. Wsuks as hostage* for the
colorud soldior Ukon by you. As hois
treated, so sh»)J thoy bo. even to hang
ing. By this time you know .that 1 am
in earnest. Guerillas urn to be troatod
as pintles. You will novor Iwtvu rost
untiiyoii renounce your present course,
or join tlio regular Confederate ar«jy.
[.Sign ml]
Ed
Brig. (
A. Wti
Vols.
will s.md your col-
JY
Any day Ilia* „ .
or»*d prisonur to Deop Creek Village, ...
the terminus of the Dismal .Swamp canal,
you will find these women returned there
tin* next day. This is on tho faith of one
keeps hi* word.
[Signed] EDw’u A. W11.d,
Tlieso ladies wera kept in hamlctifls un
til taken to Norfolk, where they wore
kept in jail.
They we 1*0 guarded by negroes, who
esc.iited them even to disohargo Clio calls
of nature.
Th**e ou'.iagf'j, it anems.'itnro commit
ted while a force um er Wild was making
a raid through several o’ our oasturn
counties, iu which thoy stole r Urge
number of negroes and other property.
TlIIC KkCORU ok pwa Cot.t.KOK IA.- THIS
W A it. —The Fayetteville (N. C.) Obser
ver gives t".-i following honorable record
of th" I'ui varsity at Ghapul Hill, N. G. t
. demagogue* and dionffeeted men have
vn S»imtVII*BIVIW<'*»
uettvio ignorant people that this is n
rh man’s war mid Hint tho poor men
o fighting it f«-r them. 'Tbo ilniisticsof
tho University of North Carolina give
thG*t?**t< : Hl*»i* fiiUiiious prethne’e. 'Those
who receive thou- education at that in
stitution n.r« of tiourio tha sons of nii'H
t'd-i'iuerty, since it leqtiiru* a large
.nuiWCb-'pay the expenses of a collegi-
Stlu education, and if they liuvo gone t ii.lo
ill hors it i* but* ran-
Uppose, what I indued well
s lac'., tiqit o'her wealthy
young mm have done likewise. Wo
have l*loly been placed in possession of
the following perfectly rallable£tcii:
J n IHiM) the U nivermty Catnlogun show
ed 430 students. Tho number this year,
1868, i* but 03, and nearly all of these are
o, w* soy, siayathom*.
i must travol, keep you.- carnet hag
'your hand until you can find out
‘ u^h to
whether you have got money enough
pay for putting it down.—Con/cdcr*
False Rjctcrks.—John P. Sledd, F.
Maitcn and R. Rabmar., doing business
in Use Socond Market, have boon brought
before Commissioner Sands, on warrants
charging them with rendering false re
turns to the Assessor of Confederate tax
es. The charges arc undergoing investi
gation. Evidence will be introduced, we
understand, to show that the accused,
Htid otln-r butchers whoso name will liure-
af.or appear, have disposed of hides to an
amount exceeding tn«« sum* they have
returned to the Attasior us thu grots
amount of thoir sales!
Not only certain butchers, but persons
engaged in other pursuits, hayu been ren-
deaing falso returns, and it is us well to
warn those who may bo tempted to do
likewise that they will have to bo very
sharp to escape detection and exposure.
One dry goods houso on Broad street
(Mittoldorfer) gave in their sales at $38,-
000, but afterwards corrected the return
by changing the figures to 483,000, hav
ing “inadvertently” put toe “cart before
thu horse.” Julius Syeel, aho doing a
similar business on Bu*ad *troot, made a
return of $22,000, which was about
000 less than hi* purchases of gooes from
oiio auction establish merit during tho
same pened. Other interesting develop
ments wiil be made in the course of a few
days.—Richmond Whip.
Ttu Largest Contribution Vet.
The Macen Telegraph received th'efol
lowing on Saturday;
Fort Valley, Jan. 6, 1804.
Mr. Clisby—Ax a minister of the Gos-
S el of Peace, I am opposed te the dcstruc-
on of human life, but if it be determined
byiour cruel invadors that blood must
needs be ihed, then! preseat the inclosed
one thousand dollars *• a contribution to
wards remounting the cbivalric General
Morgan and his dauntless troops, that
thay may, a* best they can. under Ooq,
see to It, that the blood shall not be the
blood ef our dearly beloved Confederates.
G. Vi. rattan**'
pnroci lor mem ■■ .....
(••ai’hings of the .Standard, which cducw-
tJ.l people In tho doctrine of iccession,
toted us into Ilia present war, nnd pledg
ed “the last dollar and tho last man” to
maintain it. Wno will guarantee that if
the Standard should got the people sad
dltid with another war it would bo anj
more true than to the present.—-Fayette
vilte OAcerver.
A iisicKTKir* fro urine Army.—In the
coiirsn of the dohatn in tlm Senate on tin
substitute bill, Mr. Hill, ofGuorgia, said;
'The rank* of the army certainly requir
ed tilling up, but thoy were thin, not bo-
cause tno muster rolls wero not full, hut
became tho men on the muster rolls
not in tho ranks. Absenteeism wit
great, vice of the day. VVo lost tho batllu
of Missionary Ridge bocmise of a sonteo-
inn. Ofllcers of that army wore absent
who word as well as he was. Hu could
give the nnui«M)f aoino of those utfleors,
but not nil ot them, as they were too nu
merous. But if any of them ever com*
before lifc»»t*milw lor promotion, and ho
knew it, tie would mention the fact and
vote against him. Gen. Uratre had slat
rd in hi* report that two-third* of bis ar
my wore absent. All of ih'jm were, pro
bably, not on sick furlough*., Many of
them ware, no doubt, ongagud in provost
marshal dutv. It had cornu to that, that
every vill.-ig- in the country must havo
provost in a : > 'ml and a provost guard who,
at fir as hi* observation wont, wero a great
deal more active in annoying citizens
than arrestir g deserter*.
Analysis ov jnn Tax Bill in Con
qrbsh.—-It is known that Congress j* now
maturing, in sacret session, a bill to levy
taxes for the support of tho Government
The bill has come from the .Special Com
mittee on Currency. Its features may
be briefly but reliably slated. It pro
pose* a tax of twenty per cent, on all ag
ricultural products: wheat, corn, tobac
co, naval stores, provisions, cloths, and,
generally, all artic'ts which may he
nitrated as army »uppiUs. Stocks,
and all paper as currency are taxed five
per cent. AM debts which harobeen paid
in Con ft derate i.-ney prior to tho pass
age oftlio act aro taxod against tho party
who paid them ten to twenty per cent.,
accordir g to the date of payment. Pro
fits in trade and business, inado since the
first of January, 1802, are taxed thirty-
three percent., with some exceptions, and
with an additional tax of twenty-five per
cent, of the profits of incorporated and
joint stock companies, made in any of
tho years since the war. The income tax
is suspended.—Examiner.
Treasonable Meeting*.—Tho first
of ti.a New Seri** of Holden’s treasona
ble public mealing* will bo held at Smith-
field, Johnston county, on the 7lb inst.
The object of these meetings is to cull a
convention Vo take North Carolina out of'
the Confederacy. The resolutions, as
eorrvctly stated by the Fayetteville Ob
server, were written in Kaloigh bv the
traitor llolden. and are now in the hands
of.bis tools in Johnston. Now we cau*
lion all concerned to be aware of this
movement. Trouble will grow out of tf.
Raleigh State Jour. -
lion shows that nearly all tho young men
of means arc in the army, instead of lin
ing ut college.
Of the Seti'or Class of 84, at the oom-
moncemeni of 1800,one seventh aru known
to havo fallc-n in battle. Of ci -fit of that
who received the first distinction,
nra in thoir graves, a fifth i* a wmin
dud prisoner, and wn believe LhuL the
others arn in the army. The Freshman
« of that year, 80 in number, entered
ii-rvit-e with *o much impcluvsily that
only one of thorn remained to gradu/ilo
at the Dio commencement, and even ho
hud buen in the army and had been dis
charged on account of impaired health
or the Faculty in 186/), consisting of
fourteen members, no onn of. wbonj wnt
liable to conscription, five volunteered,
one of whom, Lieut. Royster, fell at
Gettysburg; another, Lieut. Bryan, is a
prisoner; another, Limit. Col. Murlin,
was severely wounded at Bristow, und a
fourth, Captain Johnston, has roiurnad
from n long imprisonment, with a rulnod
constitution.
OI the nine remaining members of thu
Frcully, eight aro clorgyinoa or Demon
hey Mid tho ago of conscription. Every
•on of any one of them of the requisite
age, eight in nil, has enlorml tho s-Tvicu
hi a volunteur. . Two of tin* eight hav*
boon mortally wounded. As pertinent to
these statistics, it may bo mouiionoi that
the village of Chapel Hill hus responded
and suffered in like proportion t» thu
University. Fifteon young men of the
village have perished, bsing more than
half of tho whole.
' v ' From tha Mac*.! Telegraph,
Auiendmuiit of the Code.
Mr. Clistry—Tho following is a brief
synopsis of tho alterations of the Code
in ado by the last Legislature:
•Section 1668 is repealed, and the law
restored a* it *tooti. before the adoption or
thu Code. And il D right; for the omis
sion of a morn formality ought not to af
fect the legitimacy of the issue of tho
marriajjn, or disturb thu rulu* of inherit-
This
tho effect of this sect!»
for, in the absence of a license it declared »T
the marriage void. Under.tlm old lew
any person who performed the mari iag*
coromony without license or publication
of banns, forfeited $600 to bo recovered
by action of dent in any Court of compo-
tontjurisilio.ion ; and"was also subject to
a fine, ujvm conviction, on indlgtineht, of
not loss than $10Q or inoro than $600.—
Those pnnallius aro s ill in fore*, amt are
well calculated lo jirovent any person
from celebrating the marriage ceremony
without legal authority,
R^ooutors and A.dinlnUtrhtor» aro now
required tQ mnko inventory, am] apprais
ers to appraise real estate ns w-oJJ n* per-
"a
ter writes from Oxford, Miss.:
The day* of Yankee rulo in North Mis
sissippi and West Tennossoo are mim-
barod. and truly no people were ever
more entitled to be reloased from such
thruldnin. They lure evinced thoir loy-
■*lty nnd sacrificing patriotism upon every
e.. ptdition we havo made into their lines,
nowing that destruction would ensun if
j tho enemy became aware that they hud
comfort; It is a sad reflection,
i passing through North Mississippi, to
brief sketch of the career of Hon. George
Davis, the now Attorney General:
Mr. Duvi* ha* never been widely known
as a public man. A politician, in tho
parly sons* of tho word, he never was.
IIo is about 46 yoar* of ags, nnd a man of
fine presence and deportment, and re
spected and belovad wheravar he is
known. Biassed with a high order of
mind, he has cultivated it assiduously,
and has ultair.od high rank, not only *» a
lawyer, but a* « mun of varied lilerary
Requirements. Prior to the trouble* which
culminated in Lincoln’s e lection, bn was
a consistent member of tha Whig party,
and up to February, 1861, abided by tho
“Union.” Tho Legislature of North
Carolina, then animated by tho true pat
riotic feeling, and throwing aside all
mere party prodilections, sent a commis
sion to the Peaco Congress, and of this
commission Mr. Davis wss a rnoinber.
Learning from tb« result of that mission,
undertaken for purposes of an honorable
and satisfactory settlement or our dim-
culties with the North, how impossible it
was for tho Bouth longer to lire in amity
and honor in a Governmental union with
the North, he returnod to his homo at
Wilmington, and bade his countrymen
prepare for the struggle which he saw
Rersons holding bond* for titles from
deceased 'Vendor*, and the heirs of de
ceased Vendues, ctn get deeds from tho
administrator and pxuoutor, b.r order of
Court, b.V giving/I/Veen ((figs’ notice to all
parties concerned, uutuiyl oiThroe month*
notion by publication a* heretofore re
quired. •
Executor*, Administrator,! and Guar
dians may give notice of sqle* in any
jjnuetto which has a general circulation
In the county where the property is locat
ed, in lieu of advertising in the gazelle in
which the county advertising was dona,
us required by section 2618 and If).
Section 41611, which abolished tho oi-
fences of Forestalling, Hegratltig and En
grossing, i* repealed; nnd those alienees
a* they exist at oruijfipjq Igw, rovivcij au-J
adopted. Person*, guilty of these olUunees
are punphahlo by tho Superior and Cor-*
poration Courts by line, nut exceeding
the value of the goods forestalled. Asa.,
mid imprisonment. Forestalling is de
fined to t>« every practice or duvic*, by
act, tamspiracy. words or nows to en
hance the price of victuals, other provi
sion* and iiiorcliandifio.” A»d rcgriuing
Is defined by the same authority, in the
same word*, fid Boiiv. .Just, fud, Bac,
Ab. h., ami Russ. Lr. 1(VJ. Any practice,
by any of thu niennn mniitionud, which
Ini* a tendency to onhanctf price*, such ns
“sproading lui*o rumors:” “buying
tilings iu market before mar hot hours;’'
(Boiiv. Dio.Jor “huyiiigand soiling again
iu the sarno market, or within four mile.*
oftlio ( place| or bti3'i;ig or contracting
for articles on - '.n way to market; or dis
suading perse.-* from currying good* or
provisions there; or purtiia«liitg,lhem to
ndvnnce tho piico when tliere.” (111.
Com., Vol. fi, 128.) all come wilhi i the
del!'mtioiis of forestall ng and ivgrating,
Engrossi ig is “gelling into one’s p«>a-
•ossioii or buying up largo quantities of
corn or other dead victuals with intent to
sell them again, Bl. Com. vol, 4th, 168,)
the word,_niavlo.t doe* not ncoo.*snrUy
mean market limuo. Tho term certainly
embrace*, in its meaning, tho uitliro limits
of the city. Here then tvs have a law.
which, il properly onforcod, will shield
the consumer against accumulated profit*
and put an end tonnluAfiil speculation
Allot-the first day of June next, nil
persons over 21 year* of ago, who are not
physically or mentally uft.-t Iu, are liable
to ferve on juries, except practising at
torneys. By the Code, persons over fit)
year* of ngn were not iiulilo Injury duty,
mid others ware exempted from various
AMsndmer.l lo section fill, regarding
Railroad companies und contractors to
pay the road overseer $2 60 per day for
the exemption of each h ind from road
duty, iutfle.it! of$ 1 ID, as lioreloforo ro-
”*3ectIon b'TKT.-'Wn.i'n nrnrrn*um r»w i«„.-
luissionvrs from “jury, pairol, ut’liliuand
other road duty,” i* repealed.
ilion 2287, which pndiibited the cro-
pf trim estat'-s "tor any tuulo inuson
Ind mind,” i* lepaalad.
Lovidenco of a charier of a private
■Attiring company, by section 10JO
febdo, iionsihtnd of a copy ot tbe do-
ularaCion and UfUdavi;, with the addition
of tho time and uiahncr of publication, by
the clerk. The amendment uh.i-h an
order of Court us sen I ltd ; and the evidence
of the charter now i* h oertllluil copy of
the declaration, inlldavit, enrtiflonte of
publication and drdm of Court.
Persons violating section 1866, which is
in the following word*: “'Too owner
sliould keep bis since on his own pruiniRos
or within his control. He must not pur-
mil him to labor or contract business for
himself, except upon holidays, or *upoit'
his own premises. Nor shaM uiiy slave
bo permitted to hire or i onL any house,
room, h-uro or land, on Ms own account
or that ofanothor slave,”— aru subjoc. tt»
“line at thu disoretlon of the Com t. This
umundrneuL dots not s.iy whetlior the fine
shall be recovered by civil action, or ap
proved on conviction upon indictment.--
It may he Inoperative because of the fail-
ure to specify tun remedy. 'This suctior
is m.t among llm pt-nal lavs*, arid tlo
amendment D tliaretore ojiau to construc
tion.
Sec. fi, which provide* that nil nets
passed by the General Assembly, unlus*
specially provided for nlhnrwiko in the
acts, shall take ctleat and ho oligatory
only from the first day of July next, su
ce ding tho date of their passage an
section 12, which provides that Lists r
peal of * repealing act, shall nut ba cm
siruud l* revive the former act, unit-
such appears inanifnslly to Iihvu been tho
iuloiition of the Uuueral Asteinbly
Dcvd* are now admitted to record with
nt.csUattou of a Notary Public in
writing nnd without iris otlieinl. T)ii*
ameiidmuiit also proscribo* tlic oath-
Notaries Pubiib.
From ttio»o olmngns each onn will bn
ahin to judge for himself us to the merit
of the hue and cry ugaiust the Legisla
ture, for mutilating the code. B.
The (iucHtinit of HuestloiiN.
While Congress manifosts its ehlof con-
c#rn about swelling tho army, every man
who will take tho trouble to inquire into
facts, can easily satisfy himself that the
reul, vital question turns noon our abili
ty to supply the army. Tno difficulties
aru two fold and exceedingly threatening
in their character. The first difficulty is
in tho scanty supply of food iu the coun
try, and tho second, which is perhaps
even, still more minatory in this charac
ter, is tho insufficient and fulling mean*
of transportation. Tho railroad* and
their motive power and rolling stock arc
giving otit, at a time when the great huik
af our army supplies have to ha carried
vast dist'.nccs. it is possible a final break
down might be averted altogethercr post
poned by strengthening the repair forces
i f the roads und their workshops, but
the railroads are now busy, apparently
without effect, in endeavoring to Rave
oven thoir present force from conscrip
tion. If they fail to do it, tho story will
bo short with their linos of roads, and if
thev fail to gut sufficient force in their
machine shops to keep up repairs bottor
than they havo done, the tale will not bo
much longer. •
The railroads of tho country, which
ought to bo it* great elomnntof defensive
strength will thon bo useful only to the
enemy. The Confederate authorities may
rely upon it that when our roads ccaso to
be in running ordnr, tho enemy will put
and keep them in good and effective
elegant mansions once stood wo bohold
nothing, s\ve here and there a chimney
towering over the blackened dobris, a
silent moqilnr of the past. But wlmt
does it r-pcak?-volumes. *1 was most
forcibly struck on this point in passing
through Holly Bpegipa. This must havo
hnon a lovely place Wofethu war, but at
proo-nf it reminds on very forcibly of the
pictures that preserve tho ruins of antiq
uity, ei'.iou that suffered when lire and
sword raged it) tho ancient day®.
1 was tola that a majority of this des
truction was done by Van Dorn last win
ter when lie surprised und captured tho
Yankee garrison there. Grant had hc-
cuinuUtod n Urge lot of supplies there
preparatory to a move South, nnd had
taken three h-use*. The citizens, with
Spartan devotion, yielded -.heir otntos to
tho flame* for thu public good, many ns*
sisting in tlie destruction of thair own
P M s to tho energy of General Chal
mers, the railroad from Grenada to this
place Iu* ho«n reconstructed, tho train
arriving bore on the 10th. Since the up-
ponmnooof this connecting link with thn
rust of tho Confederacy, u re-aiiimat«d
lifu scums diffused amongst us.
Gen, Morgan to Ilia Soldiers.
llEAD’yiia M oiio an's OAVAi.nr. 1
Decatur, Gu , Jan. 1, 1864. j
Soldiers: 1 am one* more among you
after h long and painful imprisonment.
I »m nnxioti* to be again in the fiaId.—
I, therefore, call on all tho s Idlers of my
command to assemble at once at tho
rendezvous which has boon established at
thisqilaco.
Your country needs your rcrvicos, the
field of operation H wide, and the future
glorious, if wo only deserve it.
Komomber how many of your bravo
comrades aro still pining iu a folojfs coll.
They cull loudly on you for help. Thoy
expect it of you. Will you disuppoint
thorn ?
Gome at or.ee, and come cheerfully, for
1 want no man in 1113’ command who hns
to bo sent to his duty by a provost mar
shal.
The wotk boloro us will bo arduous,
and will require bravo hearts and willing
hand*. Lot no man falter or dolay, for
no time is to be lost.-
Every ono must bring hi* horse and
gun who can. Tlios^who cannot, will
Iiavo them furn'udiod.
JOHN H. MORGAN,
Brig. General, 1’, A. (J, S.
Official:
R. A. Ashton,
Lieut. Col. and Aet’g A. A, O.
News from Yuukee Papers.
Wo have received Memphis papers as
lalo ns tho 27th u)t., and Cincinnati and
Chicago papers of corresponding dato*.
At Memphis tho river was rising; but
it was very low nt Sf. Louis. There had
boon a decline there of tliTao foot within
forty-eight hours. It was believed that
there was only two feet water on thn bar
at Crawford’*, nnd it w«s known that there
was only thirty inches at Herculaneum.
Tho river was falling at Fittsburg. In
the Kanawha it was falling; thoTennes-
id Cumberland wre rising. Thorn
ight foot to tho former and eie-hl foot
pTu»Wnr 1 -otil «_ai\ip 1 o'- 1 •‘J-UiEwJTAiT.
up some of the river*, and that will im
pair thoir uss for the Yankemrinlcg.
The papers coin pin
Tha Yanked* In North t ar,am*.
;» r from Kinstbn, N. 'c., datod''
tho 1st inst., say*: ’ u
The enemy, represented ns being 1,000
strong, composed of cavalry, infantry,
1 . ar , l ”‘ er y« atlneked otir outpost on
•lay before yestorday, a few miles bolow
Ui-oenvillo, on tho south sideof Tnr river,
and report says that our side suffered so-
.V’ r qS V w VJ° com ! M,t Moore, of
tho 3d N, C. cavalry, is rsperted killed,
and Company G., of his regiment, and
Company Iv, (infantry,) of tho 67th Vb„
of Barton brigade, taken prisoner*.. Ono
gun of Col. Starr’s old battory, now com-
mandsd by Lieut. Rush, was captured.
I arn informed that our man were rein
forced und drove tha enemy hack ir; tho
direction of Washington, killing and
wounding several, uli of them ,.s they
. Report says the Yankee* are relnfora-
mg at Newborn. OJU Butler was there
on Monday last.
P. S.—Binop writing the above, I ani
pleased to l« Mr n that there is cotisldhrtihld
doubt a. regards tho death or Major
Moore. There is a • rumor to the effect
that ho is yttaUvo and unhurt, I trustit
may bo so.
But I nm truly sorry to li« Informed
Unit Lt. Gamp, and two sergaants, witu
lion. tl. S. Foote.
Admit ho talks too much-admit ho
•ays sometimes what find better havo boon
left unsaid—Mr. Foolo, with c 11 his pa-
culiaritics, Is <mo of the moat useful morn-
b«rs in Congress, and is cer tainly ono of
u ‘ *- Heap,
the bravest and most outspoken.
pours to ba always ready, and In
cases out or ten, nuts in a hard blow at
the right place. His remark* the nthor
day on thu memorial from the officer* of
the Tennessee Army, wore well-timed,
arid nerved a* an excellent antidote to ac
company it to the country. And it I an
noticeable fact Hint mount ram as wore
iho.propsitions of that memorial, lie was
tho only member who hud the boldness
and Independence promptly lo'denounce
them and call thorn by tnolr right name*.
Wo only wish ho could huvo boon in
tho Senate tho other day to havo replied
to tha extraordinary speech of Mr.
Brown, of Mississippi. Wn should liko
to havuhaard him for an hour on Brown’s
speech, and hope it in not vet too Into.
Now Mr. Footo ha*his faults—who hua
not? But ho is un institution and nhoulct
bo sustained by the Pros*. Ho is a pa
triot and bii honest, plain-spoken, bravo
Tribune, just whut i.s needed nt this time.
—Manly. Mail, .
Tuk Lxuorisu Mis and yiik War.
Under this head, tho New York News
has a strong editorial reviewing tho ef
fect* of the war on tho people, and espe
cially the laboring men, of tho United
Stales, and closes as follows:
“The country suffers much from the
loss in tho blight it casts upon tho morals
of It* people—it Buffers more In ilia death
and dosolation it causes, and if possible
more uliii in the hardship and the inisor.v
it. is ontniling now upon its working men.
While the prices'of provisions arc going
up, giocnbftcki have a downward toa-
dcincy, and down we fear they will go,
until, like tho continental money or tho
Assignats of Franco, down they will con
tinue to go. until scarce worth the paper
they are printed upon. Every day the
clouds are darkening around us; ounu-
Icrs will hear of no proposals for peaco,
and tho new Congress, of which many
Imped so much, have I13' u decided majo
rity, refusod to even consider a resolu
tion to appoint commissioners to and*a-
vor lo stop the great evil and to save tho
country by n restoration of Peaco on
earth nnd good will to rnon. All, save
those who owe their riches to their coun
try 1 * ruin, Buffer by tho war, nnd tho man
of small inpnus.whu. Uv_t.h<i>wnar. qf hi*
and day by day lu* Miffuritigs will m-
anlreo.ari
•lif groat los*
i.filmml.o.ti, Tli. TrtojW®»»»«(-f>t>ra
Louisville to Pittsburg, nad sunk below
Wheeling, und was considered a “gone
'The Memphis Bulletin *“y>~
11 tho Wheeling lntnlUgoncar w«
learn that a largo number at -coalbout*
have been lost during thn present rise.—
Between that city and Pittsburg, sunken
boats marie nil tires shoal places in the
liver. On Thursday night the river was
fuK'nf ooalboat* ami n heavy fug prevail-
it is prohrhle that many more boat*
will be lost. Tho demand lor pilots was
great among the coal men when tho
prevent risu caine. Being anxious to get
thoir ebal out, the aervico ofqny man who
pretended to ho a pilot was readily ac
cepted, and thn consequence whs, that
TnJp y coalboats were placed in incomps-
tent bands.” , .
" There is A small amount of important
or interesting news in the Memph s pa
pers.—iMobile Trib., 1th,
The Wilmington Journal says: We
think that our authorities here and at
Richmond looked upon a movement a®
likely to bo mudo at an early day. The
imst information from tho enemy’s lino*
iu North Carolina represents the arrival
of heavy reinforcements. They havo an
armed as well ns trutispqtl fleet easily
disposable. Information from the North
goes to show that an expedition 11 in
course of preparation. If any now at
tack is to he u-.adu at uny point on tor
Atlantic coast, it would ajmear that VV H-
mintoti 01 BavaiiTial) would he that point.
This is all w« know about tho matt r.
'J’Jjo pnnmy evidently ooiitomplnt«s some
movement on the const, Hi- plans have
net yet been developed, and ot course
until they arc, wlmt movement ho will
make must remain a mallet of conjec
ture. Tho times aro cortnlnly threaten-
INK, ami w« km.>v not wh«l ■ J.iy or an
liour limy bring forth. Wo trust that
when tlio’hour of trial comes, w# may be
prepared lor thnl emergency.
The Front*
Tuesday Night, 12 a'olnck.—Vf e have
jeon a copy uf tho Louisvlllo Journal of
the fid of January, which reports that
Cu|it< Duncan, oft •• "Rahol” cavalry,
with fifty picked guerrillas, entered Glas
gow on the 20th u.t., and captured a
largo quantity of stores, ate., all of which
was destroyed. “Tho guerrillas,"
the Journal, “succeeded In makin
escape.” . „ , ,
Tr.o hospital report of Confederate
prisoner* who barn died in Louisville
during tho year 1BUfi, reads us follows:
Deaths, 7GB; executions, II; personal col
lisions. with loss of life, fi; total, 777
Two-thirds of these, *ays the Journal
“were Kentuckian*.”
No news from Dalton, or Longstreot 1
comma:* \.—Atlant 1 Cunf.
A gentiema
. who left the Tennessee
frontier as late as December 28th, says
that a considerable engagement had oc
curred between our fares* and a body of
Union tnou.^or “lories,” posted on tbo
head of Cansby creek, in Cocke county.
Tho enemy was dislodged after a scath- , . disuatch to the Mobile Trib-
jng light, end pursued soverel miles ^ J u;# d Citronslle Jan. 9th says, tbe
through the mountain*^ down passenger train (ou tho Mobile and
lI10 tn Western Noith Carolina a twelve Giro Railroad) has not yet arrived.-
u. pound lurkoy .oil. for thro, dull.™ .nd . **‘ftosoa'uu fl “““
| cord 01 good wood for two dollars, 1 m»D» abovo this place, frozen up.
„»:> at hand, and not to be averted,
eopt by a slavish abandonment of all our
rights. In a liko soirit of abandonment
of old party predilections, Mr. Davis was
elected a Senator of tho Confederate
Congress, at tbs same time that tho lion.
Win. T. Dortch, an old Democrat, was
elected. Mr. Davis “drew" tho short
term, and Mr. Dortch the long term.
The above is a succinct history of the
brief public eareor of the now Attorney
General, than whom a man wore pure
and better qualified for tbe post Jives not
iu tho Coofederacy.
in good and en*:
tho balance of tho 1
These two points, which wo have indi
cated, are the great dangers of the Con
fuels racy, and yet Congress says nothing
about them. Ou the contrary, tho clatn*>r
tor universal conscription, it is to be
feared, is already thinning out the rail
road shops of foreign workmen, whose
services aro invaluable to the roads and
tho country as machinists, but who will
not take the field as soldiers.—Macon Til.
On the 2iih ult., General Vance had a
brush with some 800 lories, on tbe bead
of Cosby creek, Cocke county, Tenn.,
some 45 or 60 miles fru|p Asheville, N.
C. The enemy were strongly posted,
hut after a few rounds our men charged
them and thoy fled, leaving three dead,
all their camp equippage, n number of
hor*vs, and a few guns behind. Genera!
-We I«*a
..... ..... dead in Greenville, Butler
county, b3' Mr. Taylor, who it will bo
remembered killed Mr. G. Bsdoll, the
father, some month* ago. Mr. Bedell
gun missed fire, and ho
scientific Meant in a hail
storm, to study th«! rain in tho place where
it conies from. On tho ground tlie rain
drop* wuro as large a* four penny places
upon hi* notebook, whilst irighor tin they
merely dotted il liko pin p ints; higher
still it was a Scotch mist or wet fog; yet
higher the log wn* dry, and at 8,600 loot
the balloon was out of rain, though it was
falling ou the earth. Above ilium, ovoti
at that elevation, wns tho stru uni of
loud which science, without ever having
cen, had daringly predicted as always
abovo “tho overcast” of a rainy ska-; and
nt tho height of 1,000 foot, in doscanding,
the balloon was in a current of wind from
quarter, and tho car in another from
hourly opposite—southwest and north
west respectively; in oilier words, the
Co1umhu6 of tho clouds Jiad sailed into
tha eddy between the confluent currents
of atmosphere which were mingling their
liunperaluiHf, and thu* disengaging some
of tl.rdr moisture lor the benefit of tho
cornfield und piq-nlt* parlies below.
Report oftlio tfpeclal Committee on
the Currency.
Ot: Thursday, filsfc iHt., tho yeas and
iy? wore demandud nnd ordered oh tho
motion to consider in open session the
report of the -pedal Currency com mi t-
I. o. Tho foil, a ing i* the void:
Yens—Messrs. Bnldrtin, Hell, Bore*,
Bridgers, Clop-on, Curry, Davidson. Far
row, Foote, Gaither, Gray. Hilton, Join**,
MonooH, Perkin.-. Ruud, Russell, Sexton,
Simpson, Singleton, Smith ol .N. C.,
•Staples, Vi.lere, Welch—24.
Nara—-Messrs. Ashe, Atkins Bolder,
II. W. Bruce, E. M. JHrucu, Burn *tt
Chambliss, Chilton, Clapp, Conrad, Con-
row, Dargan, DcJarnelto. Foster, Free
man, Funsten, Qnrdonhiar, (Jnrlund,
Goode, (Jr aba in, Hanly, Hartridgc, Huis-
keil, Holcombe, Johnson, IvVuan «>f Go.,
Keenan of N. C„ Lender, I^mvis. Lyon,
Lyons, Maclion, McDoeoll, McLean,
Miles, Moore, Preston, Ralls, .Strickland,
Swan, Trippo, Veit, Willcox, Wright of
Texas—44.
Army Nv.ws.-Wn have boon aware,
for several days past, of movements of
our troops in tho Vabcy, but fur pruden
tial reasons, refrained from puuljshing
unythiug relative lo tho matter. Thu
Staunton Spectator says: “Avarlll hav
ing paid a visit to tho Virginia nnd Ton-
nnsioo railroad, we think it probable our
forces will retqr tho compliment, by
paying a visit to the Baltimore and Ohio
Winchester, and that Gun. Rosser’s brig
ade of cavalry ha* gono ttf Mnrtinsburg.
If thn inclomont wcatherdoos not prevent,
we may expect to hoar some news of in
terest from that section in a short tmio.—
Wo havo not learned tha presont location
of the infantry, hut suppose thoy will bo
found in the right piucu ut the right
time.”
We I«arn from h gentleman who left
Orange Court-Homo yesterday, that it
reported there that (Jen. Early had
I Vance captured six or eight of the gang.
*hot several
rirnoH by his opponent.—Montg'y Mail.
Tim Advertiser learns that tho Jury of
inquest returned a verdict of wilful mur
der against Tayl<v. ^ ^
A Model Suiuikon’r Certificate —
Tho following i* 11 copy, verbatim, of a
forged Surgeon’s c-orlincate, found on tho
person of a deserter from tho 1st So. Ca.
November th 241863.
I cortAfy that privet John Bowvrt of
Coinpey'-oye first ridgment of Calver
wlCb is fcuflnrirn very inuCh with th«
CroniO dyre utul A salvasion of the*
(nought and fohvui and wiCh unable him
for Duty thean theartey Days,
(signed] Benky A Clark,
alston Ctrgun, C. S. A,
Tub Late Throw.—This Baltimore
American of tko 23d inst., contains nn
n/ticio which says tliul the “Roboi Con
gress” has passed a law conscrihing nil
male person* between tbe ages of fifteen
and fifty-0 vc. This is to raise an army to
ho lad by Mr. Davis in porson to invade
Pennsylvania or Ohio, and will be the
Must desperate effort to sustain tho rebal-
lioq. Both negroes and white men are
to he (uken and thrown indiscriminately
together. Their pay is a promise lrmu
Mr. Davis ot “Booty and Beauty."
capturoda considerable amount of prop
erty and » nurnb»r of Yankees in tho
Valley. Wo could not ascertain any of
the particulars.
There is no chango from tho quint
.. Iiich has been prevnilir.g along thn front
for sevarul weeks.—Richmond Sentinel,
8th,
Abukdavce ok Clothino.—Colonel
I)owd, Chief of the Clothing Department
for North Carolina troops, hns pubiinlu.-d
a card, In which lie says:
“I beg leave to statu for tlie benefit of
the public, and thu North Carolina Army,
that there hus been, audit now, a suffi
cient quantity of clothing on hand to sup
ply thorn, with the exception of shoe* a..d
blankets, which wo have not huen able to
obtain in such large quantities. As to •
jackets, pants, shirts, draws and socks,
there has been no scarcity, end if the sol
diers have not been supplied it is the fault
of the brigado and regimental quarter
masters.”
Tho MUsuaippian is informed by a gen
ii man of reliability ju*t from Jackson,
Miss., that tho pasHongor train on tho
Southern railroad is ruuning through to
the “Curat* plaee,” one mile this aide of /
Jackson. ^
An author ridiouliug the idea of ghosts,
asks bow a Jead man can get into a lock-
ou room. Probably with a skoUttm-koy.