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Y Jk n: - m Volume zxxvii, day Blerning. 5 for six months, payablo invaria- ‘ ““ 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.