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VOLUME XIX
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Encli sobsoqtttnl insertion
I.cgnl Advertisements.
betters of .'.irlmlnletratlon
•pismisslon from Administration ,
pistiliealon f oie Guardianship
brave to sell Inr.d or negroes
jff.tiee to Debtors hud Creditors
Sale of pcrroniri-property, per square
Rule of Iniiil or negroes " " .
Eiien Sheri fTs Let
Of more thafl M|q 1
sriusro of •
Bndh Mortgage Bale per Oqltare
Communications recommending candl.
ilntes for Office, or te promote their election,
sHHEbflpMiag
seventy-five words. Th© uioncy and the
sssSASsaimrtUus?’
Announcing candidates 910, in advanna. J
Ih All military orders, communications, 'no.
of l^n lines (>r less 3.00
EgfiffJflttBff
* III I)rii-' i|i'i|i l i,;;;i ,
L'.romChnrlcslaUc
■'Th« Mercury, bf .Tuesday 'says:
■i:or> +u *l«ni *». v
WftilJBWffHMPl.... ,
■ l.„, >, » -XdHatM.llill«, ,7,,
James A. Sledge, the vigorous and
iSlSftW'KMif, ^hoironowIiig.lftlthb’iibcouVwi get
fiff" J r .*«***/*$•- w«t iho moeuain;
tendy, "to door die?,it need be. for his ln the southwest nnglo of the fort no.
cidentally exploded. By this entos
trdpho a poriio.n oC the small arms am-
munition, and of the ammunition for
tho howitzers, amounting'to aboutono
hundred and fifty pounds of powder,
ffft* destroyed. All the opeupants of
tbe magazine were immediately killed,
country.' lie will always be a welcome
visitor to our panel tup. '
Bung ou ronr Job woill.
Wo now obtained a sufficient
forco to enable ua to fill order* for job
work to a treasonable extent; It-in a
source ot tmich regret lout Mint during ....
tlie past month wo iiayb beeh compelled ® nd ‘if 0 ’® in tho vicinity were fiith.er
the want of workmen, to turn off] “HM or burned in a greater or ( less
degree. The material ,o^e structure
immediately igniicd, and the neigh'
boring pnssag»s being filled ‘with dense
•moke, it became very difficult to make
any prolonged exertions jto extinguish
the fire. A boat was sent from, the
DECEMBER 'MSr
mm^SrnSSSSittSSS^StmUH- • a
Entered '(recording’ to aiif of CongieSs 1 In
the year 1858,' by;d. Si TlinASMSnj in - Hits'
Clerk's office of-tho 'District Coart of . 'tho
Confederate States for the Northern District
pf qcqrgja., , , , ...
for
many of our bid. custom fra, but hojie
th'is'neeessily will not again soon odcur.
IQr-Stock rawer* will find an in-
teresiing advertisement in another
column.
gt£f* The Aiiania* lnlfil|gencer haa i « u " (,0 ‘ lls > wilh water buckets, to the
received in formation from M llcdgoville ■ as * l8ltt nce the fcnir;«on. s ,
All!
tici'.n, Ac., wi
tlFcirentj.
Tribute© of Respect, Obituaries, Ac., [of
more than five llnef| are charged as adver
tisements. H. A. GARTREL*
Proprietor of-Sdlher
M. DWINELL,
Inly SO, 18*8. Proprietor of Coarier.
A’oItVcs of Marriapu and PcafA»,^noVas-
sry
will be charged as transient advtf*
*«.; [
adve
Lb,
artMf
3 QA I that the Senate baa confirmed the fol
«.eo lowing nominations "by the Governor;
At Jt'lfpei: '] ." '[ / '' ’ ' .
A, II. Hanscll, Southern Circuit.
B. H. B'ghant, Coweta Circuit. .
T. W. Thomas, Northern Circuit.
A. E. Cochran, Brunswick circuit; *
At ihfWi’ora j
A. D. Hammond, Flint Circuit.
Win.- Philips, Blue Ridge Circuit.
J. It. Parrott, Cherokee Circui^.
Wm. A. boftin, Ocmulgee Circuit.'
8. B. Spencer. Southern Circuit..
seeding Five Lines inTength,nie publlshcdj
gratuitously in tho CoUriet 1 . The firlendt o
the purtiesnro
tives iicerimjianle
«nd they wil
wltharesponsiblanama
bo published with pleasure.
Adionrnmeal .of'tlic l.epiatalnre.
h r ‘Sti ^* ,on
of forty days, the legislature . of th|s
■State aiijburned at 12 o'clock last'Mon
day night. The most important mCas*
Tiie appropriations made .this year
are tremtndo.ua in cAinparixon with
tiiose. of (turner times, and amount , in
aggregate to over fourteen million
dollars. Of this six millioun are for
th- eupiifd-qrtf iji'H^qnV aydjora fnini'
" •». two millions to clothe Georgia
troops, three millions as a military
luiol, mu' million to the' public debt,
half , a uiillion to the Georgia Relief and
Hospital Association, one million Tdr
mining The blockade for army sup-
pries, ’Rhd about o.ie million for general
Slate expense*.
he tax.bill authorizes the levying a
lax niit to exceed one ‘|ier cent, on all
the tnxahldprppcrty.Jpf the Stale.
This will iniilte tjua State Tax between
fixe and six'Umes'greater than it has
been for any year recently. 1 wo thou
sand dollars worth of property belong
ing to Soldiers, thoir .widows, or njoth
era, (if dependent on them for 1 a sup
port,) ia cXCmpt from' 1 taxation under
this Bill. We are uncertain whether
tho income Tax Bill was finally passed
or lost. Ab It once passed the House,
it.'provides lof layipg a |:jr^ of ten per
cent.onall.net income* over three
thousand dollars. S ’
The Militia Bill provides that sn 4
de-Camp for eacii Senatorial Dislrict of
the Stale shall be appointed by tbe
Governor,' whose duty it slinll be to
superinteu«i(flie cnrellment wd organ,
ization of Ilie ilhitla. Ali'vmjln male
residents of the State between lliengoy
of 10 and 60 are to be enrolled. Those
between the ages of 18 and 50 are to
constitute theMnlitio proper, and the
balance (hb Toscrve corps. The latter
tie subject to no duties whatever, ex
cept in ense-the fprrat r. aro colled into
service. The exempts are tnetnbers’of
W the Legislature n*d State House
Officers, Judges of the Supreme, Supe
rior and Inferior Courts and their
Clerk/,tfiEeHta\ atl'cfr 6i<tiK^lH, >and
such othersfns the Govornor tnoy deeni
necessary; •* .<_, , , •
hock out for Thieves—Cotton Cards
: Stolen.
Sonte audacious scoundrel entered
our office on t^nigtyijafjthe 17th and
»tolo therefrom' five pair of cotton-cards
recently obtained in' Milledgeville by
the propr}etor of this .paper for citizens
of this county.! This is to caution all
persons against purchasing cotton cards
from suspicious persons, and to soiioit
Czms^rm,^
f&long to widow ladies—ono the relict
a soldier and the other poor. . . ‘. >
New Cavalry Begin Mb
Adjutant Green B. Butler of tbi
P* ace > is author
liegimet to joi
He is a
iso a Cavalry
's command.
yrt.'.
Tnx CoanittoR ut ina Nzoaots im vnx
SocTB.--“An English woman, Who has
livoii thirty years in the South, mils the
attention of a London paper let,the fol'
lowing statement:
There weie itnpoiled into the Bri
tish Wiesi Indies' 4,000,000 negro slaves,
and when they were manumitted, tbgie
were 800,000, Into the Southern Stales
400,000 ware imported, ftWd I lien there
were; beforh tji'e wir;' d.OOO.pOO. Tlits
decrease in the former, and incrensb in
tiie latter, are s,rong facts. , The clt
malic influence is on the side or the
West Indie* ;' therb hiiist, then, 'have
been a very di.flyreht'Treatment, and
and tiie views of the aiiii.slavery parly
probably based upon their own esperi
enee, is false as to eurs. Again, aecun
ate research gives the number of while
•oininunioanls in the Southern Siaies
at 1.550,000—one in I (tree, of, tbe adult
popuh,,ion; while of the colored- pao
pie 600,000— One in four of .llieir adults.
Suiely the blv—ing of God must bo with
such astute of ihings.”
• i ev'i -:i ... .
•9* A refiort prevailed ,n Memphis
hut week, that the rebel Gen. J-'orrest
was enoamped at Rocky Fork, fifteen
miles from Holly Springs, on Thursday
with seventeen regiments,' numbering
ei'jlit or ten thousand men
• Mr Wash'n, lop despaichea anys
timt Gen. Meade has been
in the command of the Potomnoby
Geu. Pleasonfon. The place was off-,
erud,. indefinitely, io Sedgwick and
Warren, both xtf.wJtom were wise
enough to d«A>ino... The..whole cata* 1
Ipgue of Yankee Generals, except,now
and I hen a a'lly fool, scorn? to (pi»H,gt
the thought pf meeting Lee.
The yanliees have bridged me Ohio
river at Cincinna,;. end thus connecled
the tveniitcky Cenlini Kail.oad with
the Ohm io.’ds, and have Mirnged’flie
giinge of "is Lotvsville find l.eh'hgtod
railroad, making one iinb okeh con;
nec.ioii om Cleveland, Ohio,'to Na3|p
vlPft'.
Latge d oves of Fogs and cattle lire
being sent io Cumberland Gup froht
Kcnlitoky.'! 1 ‘ 1
J.ai go : nunibe a of Morgan's - men
liave 'escaped 1 from prison and have
goiiQ'toCnnada. !
There are no federal troops in .Ken
tucky,except at Camp 'Diels Robisond
and. Lexington, and: small scouting,
patties on the border.
jlzjyCorporal 'Smith, who hankers
after »wino ralioos said the cause of his
being baitl was from the numberoffites
he had made.on his bead to melt the
allow in (he roof, of bis mouth. .
tfcB'K lady, while driving up -White,
kail street the odier-day, ran over a
pedestrian; who. was- standing in tbe
oentre of the' street. She felt ( mortifi
ed,) believing that/ it yroa a soldier, ’but
finding out that it was only an extor
tioner, became satisfied, only regretting
that ber buggjr wheels bad -not run
over hi* neck,—Pedestrian's ought to
keep to ..(he aide-walk. rrAtlant* JUffU.
Iter. iua»i i ■ •: .'••anl» r • v '•
Tbefe were in-Grcait Britain,' fai
4 a »t the right sort fpr the,cavalry ser
vico'and wd hope ho may succeed.
i gari
The telegraph office . tyas removed
from a dangerous neighborhood to nn.
Other locality.
.While the fire wn»_ at it« heigh( the
enemy opened u^oti tkd . fori. Qua
hundred and forty.threo rillodi shots
were' firdd] ] of which eighteen lntseil,
aiid seventy-seven mori.ir shells, of
whfeu fifteen missed.
There was no firing on Monday, and
tb'e harbor was generally qubit. A de
spatch received during the day states
that tho fort find suffered no material
it\|ury from the fire] ! .
.. .j. . ■■ ■■ iv 1:1 . :■
‘Tna Yankbes , F.BEpt.Nu putt Pitisox-
brs.—We lliink &ii/> the A ugusta V/ieoni-
ele our (jiovenimpnt bus , erred in ah
lowing the’ Yankees to send supplies
of food to prisoners of war in Jiich-
tuond. There are consldsrniinns which
should outweigh all motives of. econo
my,'and we should continue to feed the
I rrisoucrs with' the best., we .have,and
e.-ive Yankee newspapers and. officials
to lie about it lo their hearts content
The Chattanooga Rebel thinks it evi
dent lo every oneWho will reiefle'ct for
it moment that this'is but i -shrewd
Yankee trick io tlirow re'proacITupon'
oUr Government, ahd to" protect tliilr
own against the clamor of those of 'he
Northern people, who condemn tiie ro-
fusal toexchange prisoners. Tiie Rebel
closes ilk ai tide ns follows :
"The game'the Federal Government
is playing nb^v,' is 'to'swap us down.
They know they have mbre men than
We have, and they Uiink that b’y hold
ing all tlte piisbiiei-s limy capture, they
have so many of our soldiers in their
possession ..that the mililai-y pmier of
the South wjlj»bo broken and the rebel-
lion will necessarily De-broiiglit to an
•nd. But those of their people who
have friends and relatives in captivity
in the Sputh would not, of course, con
sent to such an infamous arid . coward
ly policy, and to quiet their importun .
ties, the lie is hatched up the exchange
hns failed througli tlie refusal of the
Confederates to continue it. This false
hood la already! .bjiijg^xptjsed by soino
of the’Norihern.papers, and (|io whole
matter will soon be undersiood 'trough-
out -the. North. If, however, it is de>
monstrated io.them that their triends
r eiatives in our prisons arc allowed to
he furnished with comforts and luxu
ries;add' that, their continued impris
onment is necessity, for the good cause
(|*ot the prisoners are more com|'orta>
hie than 1 they would be in. the army;
and that'lhtf “swapping down" policy
Will soon ' bring the reb'eN td' llieir
knees] (hpy n]py be] brought, tonippru-
rily lo give theiriassent to it. and us u
consequence the war will be prolonged
and oui* prisorietw iti the North be siic>
rificed. pur authorities should refuse at
once, to receive uny further supplies
front the North for the Yankeo priso
ners. The.practice is iihjust to our own
people'in the hands \of; the Yunke-.'s,
calculated to give (he impress of truth
to Yankee falsehoods, tends to piotract
the war, and not ono redeeming foa<
lure ubout it.”
Special,(o the Atlanta Inicf/igencer." .
D.u.tos, Dec;10.—The ettenty are
moving a largo fdreo towards SieVeh-
. ■ "'jqV ";r
The enemy may yet contemplate a
winter campaign.' Let our whole peo
ple arouse, from apathy ahd be ready
for the worst,-.
Advices from Decatur state tho • ene
my is committing great ravages in
North Alabama.
No disput.ch .was sent liy this reporter
of Cnpt. Bain’s desei-liqn. On the con
trary, I stated that ono of Bain’s Signal
Officers had, and if was so' published.—
Tbe mistake occurred by negligence
of the.press in. pilfering my specials.
'■ . -t.-i -lo-t II 1 290.
Prom Oalttitt.
. Dalton, Deo .16.—'Tiie enemy’s future
are plans involved in .thysldry. They!
have had but Jew Men nt work on Uie
bridges, nnd hare completed but one—
tho railroad bridge over the north side
of the Tennessee at Bridgeport.
All quiet in front. ' ; ' . ' ■ ■ ’ ;
Dalton..Dec. 17.—Tho rumors ef the:
-advance of tho - onemy’s cavalry 11 oh:
Athens, Georgia, were unfoiirided.—
Our forces have penetrated 'to. piijay,
a towq; in the mountains,, fort-y'one
.niies'lrom Dalton and sixtyrilvo miles
has ti»ollned«tp"joined theiproposed: deUhwhiol; cnosrii <a»ns;derabie cxqiie*
Congress, i ■ • ' •: ■ :j 'trienLi! ’Uhe.mallei'-was hrouglit.to,-thp
— .... I,. i , ''att5Atlbn»*flitbBtHt»pis*d».i!k«d93is i !.a^o
oi resolhlioflfflf rnquilT, ,ud.drer»ad
Putfsident tq-dny. w , : , -i l,„a
s-n" Sti”
• * i its i*iiu»i(iniLtinn nft lliA ll ltrllOQ of* llJS
‘the^ct’Wfl'femdlrtf^ihdfixfM^ElO
shell os thaJTInvh rfrtd ibKIVahti ■i'Whrfi-
dfi 1 tti^iti ’bbldthUeldg enrbllbd dr edt%K
ina tile serviceand iiot-lb dischtu^e
thosbiit'Sn4!*lB(i'bof6fe tliC-cdHt'CaatUvAs
aitlifdell‘. J oA •'"> -• l< w«
. ! t/d ol Mna ri i.nA v'hrteDeuteT
Sp-eial to m ,
Dalton, Dee*-18,’— A-dispatoh from
ithTcT^ttffdi-ut annbdnnos- >that/GthPrr.l
nttaec;!" 1 la Jnmfl in '.eiA' ,»ontpiiitda
Shertnanta-Cavpbfca^-retmWadft'^BBi
’ 'The depot, fcotilalning a cbrrildtrnbl ■
tpitiinity' 'of 'pi odlttic/fi’-rid the GhVCMi •
tnont d(‘partrtiofi't ndjoinlhg,‘Wero burnt
Wthat time. ’] 11 ' ‘’ v
'I’elpgfn'pliio eo'rtirttdhicAtioiV hltviiig
becn infemiptfed.' tiolhlng hns been
heard' sihee.” ‘ : o:li!iua'4 I
FROM CHARtESTilNi '
. i. .Cit a a LssTpN, "Dec. 10,-N'o nows ,o: ^phiE'. Johnfftoivliaabeem 'wfmhOlM
importance. An occasional shot hag] , to<ho commiln a of.ithi Arniyeof Teh-
been exchanged tojday bolween tbo
btttteri<js. ,, ... .....
A i]envy ftorUiwest blow U rreyoil]
'i■' '‘J’ ;
iCu Aui.Es.TON, Dec. 15,—The onemy
filed lorn treu sholls at (ho .ci.ly, .this
mprnipg. Seven buildings werestruck.
Nobo(iyfcinjure.d.,. pur ba|(erjgs repljcd
No firing on Sumter and ho bow move
ment on the pari of the enemy.
. ltipuM0Np„T>ee-, Iff-—;Tho.: teport. of
the Postmaster Gencial allows a . re,ve'
quo; in tho departmept , ironi ^sgli) “of
stamps and postage _ pn (yfl^rs .qyotj
three m'dliona, postage ou . newspapers
.oqe hundred and ..eighty-eight lb,qua,
and.'T4ie.nmqun.ts paid to conlrac(qis'
for mails,.over three bundled and fifty-!
twoilhoUMiod, Paid. Uaibo'.id tivo hun:
, .. _ . , , » lwo-luouiautit, aimu.uat loact-nveuun;
from LaFayeUO,. and dq'cpvered fcp' ^ sixty thousand. .The, whqlo
1863, seven hundred And thirty-eight
Colliery accident j] i.hrolv.'ng the loss
of8, 133Itvca. , . .. ".H
Among the packages receive^ by flag
of truce from the North were seyera
boxes,, marked “For our brave star,
ving boys at. Richmond," “Our brave
suffering soldiers,” &o. Upon their in •
scription being known to Commissioner
Ou(d, he ordered the confiscation of the
articles' contained in the boxes, and the.
order was faithfully carried out.
It is the settled derminatlon of the
Commissioner, . that if gpojte'are (o bo.
receivetl from the North fo:;. the use of
the prisoners, theirjt^'oriptijins shall at
least be opuolied ih respeotfi;! lauguage,
apd that n<c insult or iusindation shall
be conveyed, either directly or indirec
tly* 1 'j' ,,!!nrff
srev.i! di : •. •
enetny
A small fotceof llm enemy •;fanil-iml- 1
Vanccd.to the Geo,-gin line, but retreat-'
ed.- > ,■ " -.i '-'"
A scoutiilg parly of tho en6)ny's in
fantry were .reported ..pt. ,lipd ,Gljiy,
Tenn., near the Georgia, lino.-
There was n terrific thunder storm
hero last night, with lipavy raim
i icbiprtbl*..; Dee*.,,lit,—T.iipsi t'li/tiipp.
fj;oi)t is-.unchanged.- Some .a wo. bun.
di-ed of .those' wounded at 'KnOxvilie!
hrtVe uriived heni;'Lieut. Gu.s Miiyze,
of Morgah]s staff,, who .esoaped witli
him,, has qrri.ved in .Russell county, en'
route Tor Richmond. He left Gotv.—
Morgan in Cincinnati iuld 'i$ aulHfied
lie is safe in oiir lines.
llichmondv 15-i-Tho .U. S.> Jnnrnals
of. live' 10th.- aeeoi’dhi'g to Seci'dfiiiy
Chase’s figures, .estimates, iiiat the.na
tionul debt will amount, by .the first of
July, 180i, to sixteen hundred nnd
eighty seven millions. On the first of
July, 1865, to twenty two hundred and'
thirty two millions. .
'J’ho onptui-crs of Hip steamer Chesa
peake caPcd oft’ the,harborje.j S(, Joiins,
anti look .ou bourd Cupt, Parker of ijie
privateer Retribution who took com-,
mnnd.
The latest advices represent her to
be r.eur Cape Sable. ,
Banks arrived at New Orleans on the
3d lust., from Brazes.
No fut-ih'er news concerning tl;e ex
pedition.
Official reports show a.defieiency in!
tho cornjorop in the United States of
one hundred and forty millions bush
els.
The avails of tho draft so far ns os',
certaincd is sixty thousand men.
Gen. Commorifort was killed. near
San Louis Poiosi, in.a .fight with the
Jaurez troops.- I - i-’i
The French had possession of Tuere-
tare. The Juarez Government is power
less, anarchy reigns within its Juris
diction.
Lincoln has purdnned E. W. Garrett,
of Arkansas, froiri .(he penally of trea
son in accepting tiie office of. Bri
gadier General in-the Rebel service..
The Steamer Canada has ni rlvcd at
Hnlitax with Liverpool dates to tho
28lh.
The steamer Rappahannock, one of
the our vesselB lately in Englapd—is
Confederate—sailed from Sliej-ness on
the 26th, to Calls, in an unfinished con
dition. She had a gang of carpenters
oh board, and iB pierced for eight guns.
She wfl.9 seized by the French Custom
House authorities, but subsequently re
leased..,.;- i - !■-*■.-
. The .Frehoh deficit] owing to : tiie
Mexican- and’ Chinese wars, are repot-'
ted ten million pound?, .' ].. ‘
,' ,Ttyp divisions, ol thp P,m»ai«n aimy;
under orders to take the field.
The"Wurtomburg gbyerilrrieht litres
tlic immediate occupation of Halted. ’
. .Dblisii ffffairs arp unchanged.
;,i Dispatohos froth -India announoe the
illness of : Lord-Elgin. There is hojio of
his recovery. ,
The Times says the British .Cabinet
number of dead loiters thirty, million
tuVett hundred mid lliirlylivo. Con-.
SrAR'fA: 1 '-
* , ‘n'ictlaoN.'n,
J SiV|erti lias'caused 1 ednstdeVahlS' aonsa-
i’ioSi tiiid fiirtlieVaty'eagerly
looked 'for. '‘ The'W^elti&h’t iX
ed as the boldest attempt liy 1 tbe 'enev
tny binoo-' the Grierson 1 -iraid •« through
vMitisissippi.'' • ’ ’<uU »*icr o.) y.m :i
u it j* -bAliBvrd thnPDr.' Rucker pilotad
-wtli«ibti*d 'AverHLthdeOuviO'i'to {iur-
aho, arid;deotns.it 40t Improbable' that
the enemy tvmyj;o to North Carolina
b«» btUii-*-»otl
Oranob Oi.Ha iDqc.., 17..--'A Lleuten*
,tyn.t ap/i; fiye- prisoners pa[\t|ue(l'PD* The
Rappahnnn.opk ;Bjver pn ^(onflpy.p.ight.
piining money aiid clicoks more tjia.n i^ on ‘y (bAtiMwb 1 hzs beep, qr ,,wiU .ho
seven hundred 'thousand, of 'Ihead • U P MCW c • „ ' ' / •
nearly thirty thousand returned to P°ur oofprofith*. enemyia infantry
ly thirty thousand rdluffi...
their wt iters, while sorno,seven hun-
drfcd contaiiiing over fifteen tlloitiand
dollars, with .ho, owners It live, ‘been
fouiid. Tito number of, reuOrs dion\
)ied jtiVo tlii' pos t.iflice with on t iiqUVi'-'d
heih^'paid (i|td'Bei|t't6 1, t!lii dead' TeUdr
office.Thirty One thousaiui;
... taitUii - , Hi I lout utuWi !>-•
^liLLEpaxvtLLB, Deo. .15,—Tbe Legis-
biture adjourned sim die last night &L12
,o,’clock. .,. .. .
Tbe approjivialions amount lo four-
icon million of, dollars, , of which .six
millions Inivo been .approjiji.ated foil
tl.o nun nf uniiilai.u' C
njjpi'j ■■■
the use ot^oldjoi*’ famijjqs,, t\vc»5).i| J
lions to.clollio the GeorgiaIjoppg. ^hiipo
millions to .the military fuml ( pop , nul ;
lion to the public debt, half a. million
to tiie Georgia Relief Hospital Assopigl
lion,'one mil lion' lo blocknijp rynttjyg
for supplies of t|ip .n)Tny, aqd about
oho million to general Stale expeuso. , •
Riciihoxn, Dec, 16.---J-A. highly ilnpor-
tant debutoitook plhce in the- liottse
,tO'day on the impressment law.. Thai
Supreme. Court ofjGeorgia, im a recent
deoision declared--that" when impress'
.nienls Wore made, the value must -be
ascertained by disinterested apprahers,
in, 4helcbality.,rThet Judiciary Commit
tee, this -morn mg,; repot ted a- bill. re
pealing a part of the law which -pro
vides for Slate., CpmmissipuefS_,.to ; fix
gripes, and specifying that, local ap
praisers shall always fix the price, and
repealing the net of April lapt, and af
ter a leiigtliy .debate] finally referred
it back To the Judioiary CoinmjUep.
The Military Committee, reported
back the".Sonate 'Lill to' prevent (lip;
reception of substitutes hereafter,}
slightly amended', which, nftei 1 'a, I6ng
debate, nlas unanimously adopted,' and
sent at oheo lollre Senate, during the
-diseussioa. Alt importantamendniuht-
wliioli offeved'that t.he use of the 'prin
cipal and substitute he’ held 'liable''to,
service was rejected, yeas 30, nays 39.—*
-This, however; is no index to tho aenti-
meats of tho members on tile subject
of-putting the principals in the army,
on which their minds ire unsettled.—
The subject will eonro-up for'future ac
tion, when its merits will be grunted a
special committee to mdot while the'
House is in session. ' - ' ]
A Special Committed,'had been ap
pointed to r devise a ’plun (o fadlUiatd the
settlement of tho ’ claims ' tit soldiers!
widows.
The Senate Itdcfn short session.
.■^Tha Committee bfiToStdl Affuirs : W-
ported a bill fdr 'tlib 'appoftitin'ent of dh
Assistan t Post Master GdridraL' 1 beyond
the Mississippi, and craatih'g'the officb
of Third Auditor ih ‘accorddnoe'' with
thoPresidorit’s'i-ecommendation. ;i
R>ci»10Ni>,.Dep,l^.-Uhd^.ithe “act,
of Congress of the Mlh. pf . Jlprit, last,
dxemptmg mail 'cpn'tract^fl. from- mili';
'tary service,' ji^ar Depajtmpjnt^jhfa
rofusod to discharge men from the ar
my to whoiiv-contraots have been awar*
and a U thS ttlYifli'y’'^rd’btiky preparing
winffiFqiiHl-tUfs'lhkCdWpWdf^dhffnty,
and ebrduVofrfii'i-aatlBiJ'
'' Gn8'corps 6f' ib-rttfiti-y ttnd J mbst'• *6f
tbe cavalry have gone beyond tho
piiliftntfdck rWM’ 1 to’guard Hlli "Hhfl of
Htili-odd and to wintbr;
C. i f a.xsTpN ; „,r)ec.. 17,-Affinrs ym
,quiet; %SriRR pp Fo.'l,fiuifitor f!( an,d
■?^™l^m^iSl3? 0 dJ*pi«ui
Mobile, Deo- 19.—A. special to. ..tho
AdvcrliWr-jwM.Register, t'rdin-:OxJbrd,
•Misti) wiyp-Nprijiniiff dates.. DareT been
ittWehfeAUXlhiA(j<Unf '»■»••<•••.« liin-ftn ml
,iTLasL.^riday Aballeryi.betlow Rod.i]ey
fiie{liintfl;ih.e,stpanii«iBr«BiJ<.TiTO ladles
and[Oop soldier.were mortally < wpuild ;
.ed.l!,*' >1 J«ll» • 'i in, S-.T f‘llT
i AokiftAnhahthe mouth ofliRediDiver
•fired,,hvtp'khqfcteamoj- .YonIiPhul-t-fivo
were,killed, ppv«ral wounded .and Tbo
.boatjjWdlecj- ia 'iiJ.i --■«* -.im-.ir.i
y T.jip.ri.v.ct'isunsafe for boats without
-a copvpy, fi II ..;no'Wvt*i<| ,M-/r (am
i,A |Cpi.ro, ; di*patoll. To I the Chicago
Tiqres gays a rebel fqj'co.of leiglit; thou,
sand, is coHoentraled a.t Roleigh, '. W*bt
tSfnpMihJp supppsed with- a'.vjpw; to .At
tack FpriiPUkt'r, iLiSnoviUentlyiaua-
,der ; Fun-pat, : u -.;, . .„ u , ,. CH a .nonoil
CtiAHLBSxoN,;Deo, IS 1 .—Noritnngpiiin
the military Biluation ontithor sidB:—
Denpia-iPriRCoUcPffiJ.obnsoiDanJinttrirjr,
of-Ricbnipnd, wgs sUpt/or djftgjUfla at
.*1
. . ... SECOND DIRPATCtt.. qf30*ht|
CpAKijiBj;qi», Deo. 18—TeiiiShellswere
firpdiat thftiOity.; to-,da«rsfiv.erGil8 nvrnn-
.ift»,»pd,ifiyq J thi«fli|.ernec|a>/ii9i'lmtn)was
poida/nogpidope, .Our "batteriesi -hWe
kepi, up a,steady,.fire on . lbemenetriy,
who ;arftsJLi)l,eng)vged ilii., theI. .Work, -of
riveMing md.pbiitrii.etjngjthftiapproaalx
to (heir.hatterips QaMorris Islundy. I*
Some ,,firing; was .heard, fin: SfcaMo
(hi ougji. the,day, : ffhe- o ertemy. firect^.b,
.few slifl.1^ pst/emefiJalswdto T-x-tt jiw-i
. . IVentytnine .yesseft^.inclawlihgi-.the
Ironsides aqd four MPuiifllSvx >v«ife- iir
side the bay,,and MlP usual ^luwbeh"to
tho Stono and off the bar. ., AmiS
D. \i,Toh, Dee. 18.—Gen.. Joseph- - E.
Johnston having bcen’appoinUdto tho
command of; the a ethyl of Tonne'ssee.lla
expected /hprbin the' early part;of mex't
.'week.:. -'-J «>j .-.gi-ii-.-: Monfeio-i^-q A
iMflj^GwntertdodT.siC, 1 - BindiriahiMaU
arrived and^esumed-ootnnfand 'Of-oUft
-old opqWhiigi^tl .--i'-' -t -irt't'
t. i i Persbn !s-desirl ng -per mission (to- Strtei
-these Unes Widh -plothihgt/or the'troops;
should address their commUoicacrPH-td
the commanders-of-Regimen-tsin whioh
guldes'for Itih
■TtouW&Wtititel* ,wiWw , 'i*»Ifeg
r* tv io ni.
. UAljpiL De«. 18.—Sherinuirs oovhs
baaiiti.-.oo sirf