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An interesting disdusribn took place
in the Federal Con^rers on the 14th
ull, which we copy at length tiom the
report df the Baltimore lf American.’’
The House then resolved itself into
Committee of the Whole on the Presi
dent’s'message, (Mr. Washburne, in
the chair,) and Mr. Brooks, of New
York, addressed the Committee at
lengthy He said he would avail him
self at this early period of the session
to expr'ess bis views upon certain
points of the .message, so as not to be
charged, hereafter with interrupting the
business 'df the House. There were
two points in the message. First,
that the war must go 09 without fur
ther efforts for negotiation; and. sec*
ondly that the war must continue un
til the abolition of slavery shall bare
been 'accomplished in every portion of
the land, to tobich«be would direct his
attention. Already this session, nu-
nierous infringements had been propo-
aed upon - the 'Constitution .• one to
change the principles of 'representa-
tion, another in relation to duties on
exports, and still another, recommends
ed byMhe President, to abolish slavery.
In his judgement there could be no
more inauspicious time, with the coun
try struggling in the throes and agony,
of civil war, to make changes, in the
fundamental code. It was said by the
advocates of innovation that slavery
was the stumbling block, in the way of
the restoration ol the Union, and with*
out its removal amity and ccncord
could not be restored to the couutry.
His opinion on the subject of slavery
had been held foe twenty five years
an'd remained unchanged, but he
would say, beware ,ot the spirit of in
tolerance; He would implore members:
not to enter into a crusade in the spir
it of intolerance. Tbe Savior ot the
world was not intolerant, but.tolerant,
on the subject of slavery, and when he
ascended the Mount of Olives he looked
down upon tens of thousands ol slaves,
but he did not preach any persecution,
norany civil war tor the extinguish
ment of slavery. St. Paul, from Mors
Hilt, saw beneath him a land of slave
ry, but was tolerant and preached obe
dient on the part of the servants.—-
The words. Render untp Caesar the
things Which are Caesar’s and unto
God the the things which are God’j
and “Servants obey your masters,’’
were those of Christ and his chief
ast Apostle, andif, they were,to] 1
rant, why should we not be so ?—
Mr. Brooks continued at some
length in thii strain, showing that
the Patriarchs had held slaves,'and
that the Fathers of tbe Christian
Church had, by their influence with
the Roman Emperors, gradually miti
gated and done away with the evils of
slavery without attacking it. He was
far, however, from saying that the
spirit of the : Bible was not opposed to
slavery. He referred to the toleration
shown to Jews, who denied the Sa
viour, and to Mormons, who practi
ced polgamy, which was opposed to
our laws, aniHorbidden by the Saviour
and the Apostles, as a reason why
slavery should be tolerated.
Mr. Price, of Iowa, was ur.derftood
to ask if this was not a wiser age than
that to which the gentleman had refer
red for example ?
Mr Brooks responded that he did
not know, what lights we enjoyed to
make us wiser than tbe Apostles,
though we might improve by their ex
ample. He was entirely opposed to
the abolition cf slavery by force. He
next said that he was told that slavery
must be abolished, in order to estab
lish homogeneity, and that the people
living under a common government
must be alike in language, institutions,
religion, &c., so as to make a harmo
nious whole. This he denied, instan
ced Russia, with its various peoples
and differences of language and reli
gion ; Switzerland, with its Protests :.t
and Catboiie cantons; India with, its
differences of religion and many ether
countries, to st ow that homogeneity
was not at all indispensable to na
iional unity.
Mr» Kasson, of Iowa, desired to
know why England, France and Rus
sia had found it necessary to abolish
sjaveiy in order to establish homoge
neity ?
Mr. Brooks replied that in his opin
ion England bad abolished slavery in
order to destroy and ruin this country.
I)e4j£ve - laughter from the Republi
cans.
Mr. Brooks resumed his argument
to show that slavery could exist .with
out disturbing the political equilibri
um.
Mr, Boutwell, of Massachusetts, as
ked the gentleman if he had changed
his views since last session.
Mr. Brooks said he had nothing he
had uttered then to unsay.
)Vlr. Boutwell retorted that at the
laj| session that the member from New
York bad said that slavery was dead
B’hy then discuss it?
Mr. Brooks—Why .'then do you
stab a dead body and hold a wake
over the corpsty intoxicating the peo
ple of the whole country?
i r Mr. B. then continued bis argument
■ f to a«dw that, rationality , could exist
without homogeneity, and referred to
the example of Augustus Caesar, wjwr,
governing a nation of 150^00,000
people differing in language, institu
tions, religion, laws, and customs, per
raided each portion of Jas vast and
mighty empite'to preserve their local
~ iostitutioDsand manageTktqr, domes
tic aud internal affairs for themselves
This was (lie spirit of. to!fiction, which
had sent down the naipe of Augustus
to posterity ns. that of a wise and
: great ruler* whilst that of eentraliza
tion and- consolidation would me vita
,bjy lead to despotism. It was not
possible for any power in Washington
to regulate from here tbe local rights
of millions of people spread o v er the
_!i!!Ei . __!J_L»
vast territory - from the Pa samaquod*
«ly to the Rio Grande.
Referring to .the war, Mr. B. s. i '■
that it was a fatal mistake to suppose
that thiswould be a shut war. Civil
wars never were, and he cited the
thirty years’ war in Germany, the w ir
between tie houses of York and Lan
caster in England, the civil war in
Holland and other historical prece
dents. He declared that the South
could not be subjugated; that subju
gation meant extermination, and Ex
termination, - was impossible. They
might subdue tbe outward man,
and make him bow and cringe
and take oaths of allegiance, but
his *8001 could not be subdued,
and their spirit of resistance would
break out on the first opportunity.—-
He did not believe all Europe combi
ned could subdue his natal State ot
Maine. The people, if driven from
the coast, would fly to the mountains
and preserve their independence.—
And much less probable .was it, Then,
that they could subdue eight millions
of people of their own blood, and nur
tured under the same institutions.—
The truth was unpalatable and Had to
be told, and be only, echoed the voi
ces of those English statesmen, Burke,
Chatham, Rockingham and the rest,
who declared in Parliament that three
millions of Englishmen in the colonies
of America could not be subdOed.—
He declared, however that he .would
not surrender the institutions bequeath -
ed to them hy their forefathers, nor
consent, that the unity of the Republic
should be destroyed. The people oi
the North desired negotiations and re
union, and the people of the South
negotiation and peace without dishon*
or. In this connection he read copi
ous extracts from Burke, Chatham
and others, in tile British Pailiamcnt,
to show that conciliation was the true
policy. He besought them to try the
arts ol peace, and if the old Constitu
tion could not be restored to make
some other bargain! ,
Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, asked if, under
any circumstances, the gentleman
would be willing to resort to arms to
maintain the Union ?
Mr. Brooks said be would never
consent' to receive a passport from a
foreign government to visit Mount
Vernon or £ down the Mississippi,
and, under no circumstances would
give his consent to a severance of the
Union. If the South would not listen
to reason, tbeii a new case would
arise. §
Mr. Wilson—If this new case sheuld
arise, would you be willing to wage
war?
Mr. Brooks—I do no* think, if prop
er steps were taken, it would be ne
cessary.
Mr. Wilson said his question was
not answered. If the case should
arise, would the gentleman be willing
to resort to arms?
Mr. Brooks— tYhen the South re
fuses all overtures, then I am' willing
to maintain the Constitutional author
ity ot the. United States by force
of. ariqs.
Mr Brooks then proceeded to say
that all questions in di«pute could' be
settled and thaQhe great obstacles to
disunion were the interests of com
merce and trade. The impossibity
of having an equal system of duties
with disunion] and the necessity of
one tariff and one commerce, was the
bond of Union. All questions in dis
pute could,be adjusted in peaceable
convention but never by arms.
Mi. Kasson, of Iowa, charged that
the gentlemen had drawn a panrelldl
between the leaders of this infamous
and causeless rebellion and the patri
ots of the Revolution. A contract ex
isted, but no parallel- He would ask
the gentlemen on .what authority he
asserted that the South would come
back?
Mr. Brooks said he had no oppor
tunity. of communing with any body
at the South. That was denied him.
Mr. Kasson replied that the gen
tleman had asserted the fact and he
wanted to hare the proof. •
Mr. Brooks said overtures bad been
made by Mr. Stephens of Georgia, and
others which had been refused. He
based his remarks on that. Iudividu
als like himself could, not legitimately
obtain the information desired. All
he could . urge was “try, try,” and
if they - should succeed, immortality
would crown their efforts; if not they
Would have righted themselves with
regard to the South. •->«- '
Mr. Kasson denied that any au
thorized Commissioner from the South
bad ever been refused. Who had been
sent?’ . < •. -
Mr. Brooks again named air Step
hens, Vice President of the so-called
Confederate States.
Mr. Kasson said that the head of
the rebel government bad expressly
disclaimed that Mr. S. had been sent
upon any mission of the South.
Mr. Brook’s resumed, saying that
no one desired reunion more than him
self, and he appealed to the majority
to unite with him to bring it about.
He especially appealed to New Eng
land to lay aside - her provincial feel
ing, and begged Massachusetts to re
collect'that John Hancock issued from
Boston a tender of the chief command
of. (he revolutionary army to the Vir
ginia slaveholder, George Washington.
Though sinner as he was he did not
offer prayers to his Saviour. If he
could he would go tp the White House
and on bended kneO beseech its all
powerful "Occupants to stop this'horri
ble effusion of. hitman blow). He
would remind him ol the conciliatory
efforts of Henry Clay, who had twice
saved jhg,, country from impending
danger of civil war. If lie imitated
his example his would bp the honor,
not of being the last President of Ihe
United Slates, but the restorer of the
Union and the Savior of his country.-
Mr. Price of Iowa* after complimen
ting the eloquence, rhetoric and ingen
uity of the speech just listened to, said
that its whole aim and intent was to
aid the enemies of the country. Sla
very was the Alpha and Omaga of the
speech and it was intended to strength
en the hands of rebels aud slaveholders.
It admitted of no other possible con
strnction. He understood how the
force of the desire once expressed by a
distinguished man : “Oh ! that mine
enemy would writ**« book; ' ^and tue
gentleman had wrjUeu something once
which would prove tho antidote fo bis
bane. If they could" take Ipis ow^ tes
timony given thirty-one years ago,
slavery was not exactly the blessing he
would now have them believe. Mr.
Price then road extracts from a letter
written by Mr. Brooks from Virginia
to'.afwonain New York, in 1833 jp
which he spoke of slavery as a dead
drag on the body politic, asserting that
it was not possible for any community
to prosper with it io its bosom; that it
endangered the peace and happiness of
the master and was injuriens to the
slave; that be was in-flavor of the pro
hibition of slavery; that he had seen in
Virginia negres, bright and intelligent,
who if they had an opportunity o£ edu
cation, wopld ent a figufe in the world,
anti were superior to the lower class of
whites, &c,, pH of which he cited to
show the Inconsistency between the po
sition of the gentleman now and then,
Mr. P. next refeired to tbe'fleclaratioa
that they could not conquer tbe South,
and said it was intended to encourage
rebels in arms.
Mr. White, of Glim, called IIr.
Price to order. It was notin order to
impute motives* -
Mr. Chandler also endeavored to say
something but in the confusion his re
marks could not ba heard.
Finally Mr. Price was allowed to
proceed in order. Resuming, he said
that he bad endeavored to proceed in
order; and had not risen for tbe pur-
p:se of making a speech, but simply of
paring the gentleman's language used
in -1833, alongside with his remarks
now, so that they might. go oat to the
world together. The gentleman bad
said that they could not snbjqgate
withant extermination and that exter
mination was impossible; and .if that
were true, then, of course it was better
to give np the war. If that was not
aid and encouragement to Jeff Davis,
he did not know how else to character
ize it. The gentleman wonld bavd* us
to go hat -in band to tbe rebels'and
solicit terms of pence, to be understood
that he occupied the same position to
wards the Southern Confederacy as
those English statesmen, did towards
the Colonies who were the apologists
ot the American Revolution 1 lie de
nied that there was any parallel be
tween the rebels and the Revolutionary
patriots* Tl* er ® waB a contrast—wide,
marked Shd unmistakable, These
Southern.men, who had controlled the
Government for over fifty years when
it did not shit them any longer bad re
belled against the laws they themselves
had made. There are but two'sides to
be taken now; on the one band
those who stood by their country and
on tho other those who were the apol
ogisls of slavery and had fault .to find
only with Unionists, and naught to say
against Jeff Davis. A
Tho Committeb then arose and tho
House adjourned.
Tbe New Currency Bill.
acts now in force providing for the as
sessment aud collection of lb{? tax in
kind in cotton, corn and wheat, be and
the same are hereby re-enacted, and
shall continue in force until nil Treas
ury notes issued, or authorized to be
issued by an Act to reduce the Curren
cy, and to authorize a new issue of
notes and bonds,’ approved Febuary
19, 1864 shall have been redeemed in
full, and" the persons paying taxes nr ;
kind under this Act, from and after
the ratification of peace, shall receive
conpensation* by credit or otherwise,
for the then market value of any cotton
corn and wheat delivered after the
termination ot the war, so as to equal
ize their taxes with other tax payers,
the market value to be ascertained at
the time of its delivery in tbej mode
prescribed by law.
'‘Sec. 5. ^ The holders of Treasury
notes .desiring to receive the tithes
aforesaid, in payment theceoT, shall
convert the. same into Treasury certifi-
tificates bearing an interest of six per
ceht. per gpnuro, which shVl be issued
by the Secretary of the Treasury in
exchange for said notes, and shall
express on fheir face the object for
which they are intended, the holders
ot which said certificates shall be cn»
titled to receive payment therefor in
the tithes aforesaid, at the rates of one-
fiftbvef the amount annually; Provided,
however that more than one fifth of the
amount of tithes due foi any such cer
tificates, or-the whole of such amount,
may be paid in any year, at the elec
tion of tjie Secretary, of- the Treasury;
Provided; That Treasury notes redeem
ed in lieu,of the cetificates authorized
hy this act shall not be re issued;
Provided further, That said certificates
shall be divided, into two classes, to be
designated respectfully as No. 1 and
2. Certificates issued during the first
six months of the year 1865 shall be
of the first class, and shall be redeem
able in cotton at forty eents per pound,
led to you and we al! fe* l .deeply in
debted to Brig. Gen. Geary for his
conduct as commandant of this cily.
Having convened ion and expressed
on my part my views, it remains for
you to appoint a chairman for thq
BBjfiguji
A. S. Cartridge and Robert Erwin,
were appointed Secretaries.
The following were appointed a
committee to report resolutions ex
pressive of the meeting, viz; Col.
?;® k .VLippman, Dr. Willis,
Aid. Villalongea, Martin Dugin, J. G.
flfn-R 7 ' D ‘ Wee , d ’ Aid - Dachlison,
Aid, 0 Burney and after a brief ab
sence reported, the .following resolu
tions.
Whereas, by the fortunes of war,
and the surrender of the city by the
city authorities, (Savannah has passed
once moire under the authority of the
United States: and whereas, we be
lieve that the interests of the city will
be best subserved aud promoted by a
full and free expression of our views
in relation to our present condition.-—
W e, therefore the people of Savannah,
in full meeting assembled do hereby,
1. Resolved, lhat we:accept the
position, and in the language of the
President of the United States, “seek
to have peace by laying down our arms
and submitting to the national authori
ty under- the Constitution, leaving all
questions which remain to be adjusted
by the peaceable means of legislative
conference and votes. .
2. Resolved, That* laying aside all
differences, and burning by-gones on
the gravtfcof the past, we will use our
best endeavors once more to bring
back the prosperity aud commerce we
once enjoyed.
3 Resolved, That we do not put
ourselves in the position of a conquer
ed city, asking terms of tbe conquer
or,liut we claim the immunities and
privileges contained in the Proclaraa-
facia
. , Hop and message of the President of
corn at one dollar and fifty cents per the United States, and in all *the leg-
bushel, and wheat at three dollars per islatioo of Congress in reference to a
bushel; Provided 1 however, That hoi- people situated as we are, and while
ders of Treasury notes living in the I we owe a strict obedience on our part
Trans Mississippi Department shall be to the laws of the United States, ws
allowed two months addition to convert ask the protection over our persons,
their Treasuy notes into certificates of lives . and property recognized by
the fiist class. Certificates issued sub-1 those laws.
sequent to the six and eight months of 4. .Resolved, That we respectfully
saidyear,shall be of the second class, request His Excellency, the Governor
and shall be redeemable in cctton at to call a convention of the people of
fifty cents pqr pound, corn at. two dol- Georgia by any constitutional means
lars per bushel, and wheat af lourdol- in his powe^ to give them an oppor-
la(s per bcsbel. tunity of voting upon the question
“Sec, 6. All planteis or farmeis I whether they wish the war between
iable to Ihe tax in kind shall be per- [the two sections of country to contin-
mitted to satify the same by payment 1 ue. ' / '
of such certificates as aforesaid. I 5. Resolved, That Major General
“Sec. 7. Certificates issued under Shferman having placed as military
the authority of this act, shall be in 1 commander of this post Brig Gen.
Ihe following proportions, to-wit: four- Geary, who has, by his urbanity as a
ninths payab'e in wheat, but' no sum gentleman, and his unitorm kindness
less than forty-five dollars or its multi- | to our citizens, done all in his power
pie, shall be converted in Treasury!
certificates where the sum is. under |
nine hundred dollars. 21
* l But~tIieTamount to be made paya
ble on the face of-each certificate,!
to protect them from insult and injury,
it is the unanimous desire of all pies
ent tljAlLbe . be allowed to remain , in
his present position; anTr~fllstTor the
reasons above stated,' t.\e thanks cf
, The following is a'copy of the new
Currency Bill which passed the House
of Representatives by a decided vote
on Saturday, December, 24th :
“A Bill to be entitled “An ' Act to
provide more effectually for the reduc*
tion and redemption of the Curren
cy.”
“ IFhereas tbe recovery of the cur
rency from its * depreciation, and the
reassurance of the public of its ulti
mjtte payment in full, would be
ah inestimable benefit to both Govern
ment and citizens; and as a means for
accomplishing this end it is expedient
to exempt the sameTrom taxatiob, and
to pledge the public faith; not only
against any addition to the amount of
the currency’now authorized by law,
but also, to the reduction of it, by can
celling annually a material part there
of and to tfie dedication of au ample
iuml for redeeming the residue, to be
applied to that purpose from and after
d>e close ot the. existing war; there
fore-—
Section I. The Congress of the Con
federate States of America do enact
hereafter, and until the full redemption
oi ..tlies Confedefate States Treasury
notes now outstanding, and of such as
are authoriz by existing laws to be
issued, the said notes except those is
sued prior to the seventeenth day of
February, 1864, shall be free from atf
taxation whatevor. >
Sec. 2. Pending the war one-fifth
of the Treasury notes annually received
into the Treasury in payment of taxes,
shall be thereupon cancelled until the
amount outstanding shall have heen
reduced to one hundred and fifty mil
lion of dollars; ' V.
“Sec. 3. Upon a declaration of
peace between the Confederate States
and the United States of America, tbe
tithe received by the Government of
the annual crops or produce of cotton,
(other than Sea Island cotton, wheat
and corn; in the ratio'of four-ninths of
cotton, four-ninths of corn and one-
ninth of wheat, shall be applied to the
redemption of Treasury notes in circu
lation until the whole shall be redeem
ed; the tith of cotton being valued at
fifty cents a pound, of corn at two dol
lars a bushel, and of wheat at- four,
dollars a bushel, and being deliverable,
by the Government at one. or- more
shipping ports in such ofihe Con
federate States, to be selected by the
Secretary of the Treasury; Provided,
however, That the: tithe aforesaid, or
any part thereof, may by the consent
of'the parties entitled to receive the
same, be delivered elsewhere than at
a shipping port; Provided, further.
That the cotton is to be delivered under
the authority of this Act. shall be equal
io cotton hold as “iniddlin^ cotton” in
the ports where such cotton may be
delivered.
‘.‘Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of
when the sum converted into Treasu* the citizens are hereby tendered to him
ry certificates is more than nine hun and the officers- under his command,
dred dollars, shall be such as tne Se- I 6. Resolved, That an appeal copy
eretary of the Treasury shall judge to of these resolutions be sent46 the
be the most suitable ahd convenient 1 President of United Slates, the Gover-
lor the purposes of this act, which said nor of Georgia, General Sherman, and
certificate shall be assignable in writ- | the Mayors of Augusta, Columbus,
ing in sudh form and with such au
thentication as the Secretary of the
Treasury may prescribe.
“Sec. 8. The public faith is hereby
pledged to the immu able observance
of the provisions herein above con
tained, as to the collection of the tax
on wheat, corn and cotton in kind,
and the application thereof as
Macon and Atlanta.
L&test from Geo. Hood.
On official information, says
Appeal, we are enabled to state
Gen. Hood is once more on this
ol the Tennesse river, which he cross-
the
that
side
ed at Bainbridge Ferry on Monday
afore-1 and Tuesday last. No particulars what
said, until the redemption of the cur-lever are given, though we are inclia-
rency as above provided shall - have ed to think, from the tenor of .recent
JAMES A. SLEDGE,
editor rnorniETOH.
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U4
Lynch Law.
A man named William Baugh, of
Jackson county, of Col, Dorough’s
Regiment of Reserve caira/ r y r W8 s
hung by some of bis comrades r at the
Camp neap this place, last- iy; £ ,
night. We have obtained the
from a reliable source. Baugh si ole a
horse from Mr."Pass, of the same regi
ment, and carried him to Lexington,
where he exchanged him for a mule,
with one of Wheeler’s men. He af
terwards sold the mule to some per
son at Lexington depot, and returned
to this place. Mr. Pass 'pursued
Baugh to Lexington, and having
learned the above facts, returned and
reported the - matter to Col. Dorough,
who ordered a squad of uteri to arrest
Baugh ami bring him to Camp. The
men found him in a private house
in this place, when they carried him to
the vicinity of the Camp and bung
him. The report that Col. Dorough
ordered his execution, is inconrect,-—
He knew nothing of it until the rfeejff ^
had been accomplished. He approves
it, however, and with do what lie cAu
to protect those who did if.
Horse stealing has become a muter
of every day occurrence in this tec-
tion; and if it is not stopped .by some
means, there will be no animal* to
make another crop. It seems that the
impression is abroad, that lherfc are
no Courts, no Penitentialy, r and that
thieves can plunder at wilL This w a
said state ol affaiis* and should be reme
died by .the public' authorities. Gov.
Brown has issued a proclamation au
thorizing the" people to take .the law in
their own'hands, and shoot and slay
these plunderers. But if this is fol
low ed to Its inevitable result, anarchy
will reign supreme, and no man’s Tile f
or property yrill be secure. The case
mentioned seems t» hare bee>n a priin
one^ and no injustice was done. But
when mob law is once inaugurated
no man can tell where it will stop.—
Tbe subject is ope for grave reflection,
and we trust something will be speed
ily done to stop the wholesale pinker
tiering to which we are subjected,
and do away with the necessity of
Lynch law. - .
Justices tf ihe Iuferiar Court.
fallowing is the vote for Justices of
the inferior Court lor Clark County. The
army vote is still to ba beard{from :
been complete 1.
“Sec; 8 Tiii* act shall be in force
from, the passing thereof.
From Savauuah.
A citizens meeting was held in Sas
vannah Dec. 27. The following ac
count of the-proceedings is taken from
the Loyal Georgian:
Pursuant to the calf of Mayor Ar
nold, a large meeting oi influential
citizens, was held at the Masonic Hall,
at 12 o’clock: to-day, for the purpose
of taking into consideration matters re
lating to the present and fufore vvel
.fare of the city. On. motion, Dr. Ar-
Yankee dispatches, that he was not ve*<
ry closely pressed by Thomas, and in
fer that with the exception of some
stragglers he has brought his army out
entire. There is little reason io doubt
also that he has lost a considerable
portion of his artillery, though this
can be easily replaced., A few days,
however will place us in possessuin of
all tbe particulars. Altogether, we
can but regard this as an ill-starred
campaign, though we feel great telief
from-*the knowledge that he has suc
ceeded in again putting the broad
Tennessee between himself and the
enemy.
Sei.ma, Dec. 30.—The Reporter of
nold .was unanimously called to the
Chair, and. addressed the meeting as I this alternoon, says a well known gen-
follows: tleraan of Huntsville, who left that
Fellow-Citizens of Savannah—At place on the 2lst inst., arrived at Me
the request of the Aldermen of the Indian on Tuesday afternoon, bringing
city of Savannah, and a large number the following very gratifying intelli-
of citizens, I have convened you to 1 * ge'nce from Hood’s array and Mobile,
gether this day, to give expression to Alabama.
your views and sentiments in the try- General Hood on the ere of with-
ing state of affairs in which you are I drawing *rom near Nashville was at-
placed.It is for us no longer a cn- tacked vigorously;by the enemy, who
sis the. crisis is passed and it is for } massed « heavy: force, threw them rin
you to decide upon the parlicuhir line upon his centre composed of Cheat-
of action - each and all of you } ham’s and Bate’s divisions. These
may. determine to pursue. Our veteran troops gave way. Hood then
action is to he determined by our moved on Columbia, where he was at
we have no authori-1 latest dates.
situation, as x .
ly or power to speak for others
outside of our limits. But we are the
judges of our own situation, and ean
speak for ourselves and ought so to do,
by all the considerations Of prudence,
and I will say common sense and hu
manity, to mitigate, if we can, the ef
fects ot the heavy blow which liasfal
William H Dorsey,
309
Janies C^Wilson,
273
Azariah P Cobb,
164
Jefferson Jennings,
190
James T Sansom,
203
Lindsey Durham,
239
Andrew B Jackson
120
Benajah S Thompson,
87
Samuel B Haygood,
48
Josiah Daniel,
50
John TPhinizy
35
John M Phihizy,
7
Richard S Taylor ’
230
James R Lyle,
55
Williapi Dicken,.
20
Elizur L Newton,
43
John Crawford,
45
N L Barnard ,
59
John Kirkpatrick,
22
Bedford Langford,
25
JC Johnson.
> 44
On Tuesday- the 20th, there was
another fight in which the enemy were
badly whipped loosing one entire bri
gade captured. About tbe same date
Gen. Forrest captured an entire brig
ade of cavalry and six hundred wag
ons^ . r:--
The population of Middle Tennes*
len' upon us. Our city contains 20,- see and North Ala., were thoroughly
000 inhabitants, without food, without aioused, and every man and boy, ca-
iuel, without any place of reluge, cut pabfo of bearing arms, • was hurrying
off from all connection with the coun- to join out* army. >. Ten companies
try The heart sickhes at the picture were formed at Huntsville within a
thus presented^' and it is oor duty to I week.
mitigate as we cannot avert the terri
bie sufferings by all means which reas
on and eommtin sense may.dictate, re
gardless of all abstrjet views. I have
weighed the matter anxiously, and
have arrived at the positive conclusion,
that there is but one course tp pursue,
as calling a
Municipal Election.
gj-At an election for (own officers held last
Saturday, the following gemlomen .wera
chosen i S. C. Reese, IntanJani; Win. H. i
Dorsey,-Clerk of Council; B. B. ; Moon. •.
Marshal;W'm. Shirley, Deputy Marshal?
P. Barry, A. S. Boreey, J. I..,'&|eAI|iate»,
J. T, Sansom; H. C. ffloamoy, yr. s *
Hemphill and N. L. Barnard, Wardens.
' GP* At an election, held for laatiM* of
the Peace and Constables; J. D. Pitlard
and D. M. doner, were .ejecrrd Josiicea;
and J. H. Tovrn3 and David Gann, Gom>*
stables. • . ,
but it is not my province
qieeting, to nay more at present,-
When the city was taken, through me, j probably another,
as Chief Magistrate, you asked lor pro- were uninjured,
tection, you all know that it was gran- j .Forrest has been made a Ljeut.Gen
That place had been taken poses-
sion of by ten Yankee regiments from
Point P^ak, but Roddy had. been -or
dered to retake and hold it at all haz
ards. .
Eleven gunboats came up the Ten
nessee river and attempted to cross
Muscle Shoals at Decatur, Roddy
had attacked them destroying one and
'Ihe remainder
The Savaunali Meeting.
Wo publish to-day tht proceedinga.af a :
meeting parpariing lo have bean held by
citizens of Savaunali. The resolutions dif
fer from any we have seen passed by Un*<
ion meeting* in viie enemy’s lines. It vrilJ^!!
be seen that (hey do not deny the right
secession or express a desire for the reo°*
ration of the Union; but simply acfcnowV
edge that they are** subjugated, - and bend S
their necks to the Yankee yoke.- This i*
certainly the most humiliating-specie"
of the war.
The mild Yankee rule ir. Savannah looks
very fair now, to those who are willing
submit. But the troubles of our Savan
nah, friends havo not commenced yet.—
When Sherman gets his chains well forget
he will then show them another phase oi
submission. The conscript law will hees*
forced, and all able-b..died men will 6® P # *
in the Yankee ar ni, the citizen? g en-