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Assistant Provost .Marshal of the Depart
ment of'the'South, for. Yew York papers
of Jan. 12th. The news is very impor
tant. ' We make the following extracts :
fSpeciai Despatch to the N*w York Times.;
W \ suing ton, Wednesday, Jan. 11.
It will be recollected that a proposition
was submitted to the rebel Congress,
some weeks ago, to appoint a. commis
sion of fifteen to confer with an equal
number on our side, upon the ■subject of
peace.
It now appears that the rebels have
adopted the proposition, and have ap
pointed filtoen commissioners, among
whom are Vice i'resident Stephens';
Judge White, of Georgia; Messrs. Boyce
njid Orr, of South Carolina; Leech and
Gill more, ot North Carolina : Reeves, of
Virginia; and Bmd.li and Singleton, of
Mississippi.
The following are the resolutions and
proceedings of the rebel Congress, refer
red to in the despatch given above:
Among the proceedings in the rebel
House ot Representatives, on Saturday,
Dec, 17, were the following:
The question recurring upon the reso
lution offered by Mr. Barksdale as a
substitute for those offered by Mr. Tur
ner, Mr. McMullen, who was entitled to
the floor, offered the folio vying resolution
as a substitute tor those offered by Mr.
Barksdale:
Whereas, According to the declaration
of independence of the United States
and the Constitution of the Confederate
States, the people of each ot said States,
in their highest sovereign capacity, have
a right to alter, amend or abolish the
Government under which they live, and
establish such other as they may deem
expedient; and
Whereas, The people of the several
Confederate States have thought proper
to sever their political connection with
tbe people and Government of the United
States for reasons which it is not need
ful here to state; and
Where**, The people pi the Confeder
ate States have organized and establish
ed a distinct Government for themselves;
and
Where as, Because the people of the
Confederate States have thus exercised
their undoubted rights in this respect, the
people and Government of the United
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18. 1865.
Slates have thought proper to make war
upony and
Hdf/w, There seems to hi a differ
ent of opinion on the parr of tlie re
spective Governments and people as to
which of the contending parties is re
sponsible for fh.e comfheneemcnt of the
present war: there lore
liesolccd, r Pliat. while it Ls not expe
dient. and would be .incompatible, with
the dignity of the Confederate States,
to send commis&ioneis to Washington
City, tor the purpose of securing a cessa
tion of hostilities, yet it would be, in the
judgment of this body, eminently proper
that the House of Representatives of the
Confederate States should dispatch, with
out delay, to some convenient point, a
body of Commissioners, thirteen in
number, composed ot one repre
j sentative from each of said Stales, to
, meet and confer with such individuals as
! may be appointed by the Government of
i the United States, in regard to :Ul ouf
| standing questions of difference between
• the two Governments, and to agree, if
I possible, upon the terms of a lasting and
honorable peace, subject to the ratifiea-
I tiou of the respective Governments and
i of the sovereign respectively re
j presented therein. ®
Mr. McMullen prodded to tutoress
1 the House at considerable length, urging
the policy and the propriety of the Gov-1
j rrnment. proposing some terms or peace [
jto the United States Government. He
•believed this to he an unholy, uncivij
t7*dy barbarous .wav -and thought
the Government should exhaust all
means consistent with its honor for the
attainment of a speedy peace.
I MV. Atkins, of Tennessee, said he would
j like to know of the gentleman from Vir-
I gin la. [Mr. McMullen,] if he or any other
j member of the House had one iota of in
’ torinution or intimation that propositions
•' for pcaee w T ould be entertained or even
received Dy the United States Govern
ment.
dr. McMullen said that he did .have
inlormaiion of a very important charac
ter. He had information from Bishop
La v. that Gen. Grant ha:-* signified to him
that m\y Commissioners appointed by the
Confederate Government would he re
ceived by the U. States authorities at any
P 'int they might designate. And that ah
equal number of Commissioners or per
sons would be appointed on the part ot
the South to meet them, to have a free
and lull interchange of views upon the
subject of peace. Mr. McMullen pro
ceeded to urge that our Government,
should take some initial steps looking to
bringing the. war to a termination. Gov.
Brown and V ice President Stephens bad
said that wo were unwilling to open ne
gotiations .with the enemy tor securing a
peace. Let the Government open ne
gotiations for peace. Let Congress dis
patch its Commissioners into the enemy's
lines : let us show to the world that we
are willing to accept an honorable peace,
and the mouths of Gov. Brown and his
friends will be stopped.
Without Mr. McMullen, concluding
his remarks, the morning hour expired,
and the consideration of the subject was
postponed.
Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Tt is to-day feared that there, is no hope
of the.passage in the House of the Con
stitutional Amendment abolishing sla
very.
When the Reconstruction Bill conies
up in ihe House for discussion, Mr. Kel
ley, of Pennsylvania, will propose an
amendment and support it by an elabo
rate speech, favoring the extension of
the elective franchise to all such citizens
of the rebellious States, without regard
to color, asj may be able to read, .
The House Military Committee to-day
had under consideration the amendment
to the Conscription Act. No mdjcal
changes will be made in the present law,
bu" it will be sc amended ap to make it
more efficient in its operation*. The
is made the special" orde r before
die committee, andwili continue un
til entirely disposed of.
[From the X. Y. Ttuv <*. Tgtii. ?
Muj. Gen. Shermar. in a letter to
k-juaih rmaster <general Meigs, dated
Savapnah. s>*ys; i; You may use my
name in any circular addressed to the
•Quartermasters of the armv. to the effect
[that every part of the Southern country
«vill support their armies by a junldous
*y>tem of foraging. More animals arc
lost to*your department while standing
idle, bitched to their wagons, than dur
Jug the long and seemingly hard march
es into the interior. ’ Gen* Meigs, adds
That during the remarkable march the
‘cavalry and train fount! r.n abundance of
forage and remounts: and the. Chief
Quartermaster, Brevet Brig. Gen. Eas
”toc, reports from Savannah that the
’‘transportation is even in a better condi
tion than when the march commenced
—better than he had ever before s r -eo.—
No horses or mules arc required from
yhe Northern depots to retit this army,
’titter a, march of three i-mid red miles
'•!'rough a hostile district.
I'lorn the New YOrk Tillies, .Puu 12. |
RELIEF FOR NAVa\XIM.
h .s
Jh-etiug at' the New .York. Produce
« Exehan ye - R«niark sos Col, Allen
. betvr. een the Chaut-
I Wr of t' ontntcrcc iU<- Product*
M' I ;y ? ’*•
A meeting of the, members of the Pro
duee Exchange was held yesterday at
ternoon, at 1 o’clock, at the Exchange
Building, to take action in reference to
tia- relict of the suffering citizens of Sa
vannah. Mr. George D. Bragin, Presi
dent of the Exchange, presided, and in
troduced Col. Julian Allen, who said it
gave him great pleasure to.tmd that the
people of the North were so ready to re
spond to the call in aid of the destitute
of Savannah. He believed the people of
Savannah were worthy of all the sym
pathy that had been expressed for them,
and lie was glad to know that something
of a substantial character was about to
be added for their relief. He did
not come to beg for tbe citizens of Sa
vannah. He had been sent on a far'dif
ferent mission. Anything given willing
ly and unasked for, to the poor and suf
fering, was a noble charity. It did Ids
.heart good to find the North
taking this view of the matter. The j
people of Savannah, as a general thing,
| were loyal; but if only a few . of them
were true to the Union, the case was not
altered. It was better that ten guilty
rebels should be .led than one loyal man
die of starvation. The enemy had left
the people of Savannah in an exceeding
ly destitute condition. When, as has
been remarked. Gen. Sherman found
found himself accidentally in the city,
and Gen. Hardee accidentally out of tin?
city, the people leal nothing to eat. The
speaker believed that the Union senti
ment was not routined to Savannah, bat
extended throughout the State.—
He spoke of the meeting of citizens af
ter the occupation of the city by Gen.
Sherman, and said that henr y cheers
were given tor the Union and me Presi
dent of the United Stares. 1- must not
be thought, 'because many ct the former
residents of Savannah were in the rebel
ranks, that; the people were not at heart
loyal. Those who were in Jeff; Davis’
army were conscripts, and were com
pelled to light, trader the rebel hug. Col. ,
-Vilen concluded with an eloquent appeal j
to the citizens of New York to send nr- J
mediate relict to the destitute of Savan
nah. The Chairman said a ieifer in a1 I
been received irom the Committee of the |
Chamber of ‘Commerce, which had:been
answered by the officers of the Exchange, f
The follow ing is the correspondt nec ' •
NY* \fun.. Monday, Jar', \ ISC*,
T° xtes-rs. President and Directors of the New
5 ork Prod iwe E change:
bwrrKME.v: kt !. rrt.xsin./ of the Committee
r.*cen«ly. appointed hj tb- Chahi>.er of (Ym
mej-ce to needed relief to the mifferers of
‘ Savannah. " th» i rindersfeiKMl wtr<*fip
a sun-ooromittoe u» wdirit, «ul wrfptioi »
from ;h«* inted'it* it, phibintkropio aiKl ini-nrxe
tia) commercial b»>dy which you represent*.
Tbe known liberality of the members of the
Produce J-:x< har.ee. and flieir irenerons and pa
trlotic (ionatlcns w lienev- r they have been ealieC
on to relieve snfferina. forbid the tmdemgnivi
from u k'ng any measures except to rail the at.
tentioii 6f the president and directors to he de
sired contribrnmns and to re-gest. tk >y wiL
eomnnuiieMe the same to the members of \bat.
body, in ortk>r tli.tt they may take am.h puhtie
action as in tb< ;r opinion is pro; or, and as t.r.
comes tlie cr-ait interest they when an
eppeal is made to them on tv -half of any povtiou
of Uieir conntryme.i in distress.
We desire, only to add that the banner of tb<
T'r.ioc again floats !r. Mninph over Savannah.w.■
upst never more to Vo failed. But w hite we r» -
jpice d'is aiwpiciorf result, let m» not for Gt.
timse of her citizens w hose sufferings ■ eut;tu<‘
them to a just share.of \h a patriotic ranolCrei- >i
<•!' the sreat C'ifv of New York.
ARCHIBALD BAXTER.
THOMAS DUNHAM.
iviRA N'Vik
HIRAM WALBWTTKiE,
.?OH2J S. WII.UAMS,
REPLY.
New ,Yori. lTurtveF Emuanor,
January lb, Iwvr-.1 w vr-.
To Messrs. Baxter, Nye. Tbji.ham, Walbringe
and Williams., Comniitt»>e:
Your favor of yesterday. apprißing us ol tie
action of the Chamber of Commence and solicit
ing the concurrent a tion of the members of tlie
?,rodneo Exchange in behalf of th-- sufferers ju
tl;e City or Savannah, has been duiy receiver.
You do but -simple justice to tb-- membeia '
that, body when you refer id the’ • accustoms
aucl generous liberality *vh<never hey hap**,
heretoho-t: *boi n gaUeJ to f dieve IhA sufferinu :
dftA'tfßGilmt twyfe.tho behalf of 'he d* *
titrte dtiaens of SAcr.nrinh vln rdbet wlfh tbvi
generons response cdmracbrßstie i.f that nortfor
of the commercial cominunrty repr •sented at the
New York Produce Exchcnw.
A rneethig lor the pmpo.% es sejctu'icg cpri
corted action in the premises, wh! be cased im
m-'iliately <-fter *f'h' nee tr-inorvow.
• Vfhenever the members of ibis body ha - e lmd
an opportunity, they h .ve contribrtefl with aqi' *
iity tlicir propoitioii towards siist- ,,; iung tie
cause represented by The nuti. nat dag that seain
■floats over Savannah: and we arc conilder.t
they will not :icw he nnmimlfui of t-he distress of
their counter .ntn in thafeil/ v>h*»s>* snfferij v
h ve awakened soHi uuive -i; svmp- ti-v.
Ycnrs, si net r< ty, CEO. f). CL A DIN,
Preside i t C'ommerciaJ W-socirtioi..
Mr. ITcnia’i was apuninled S tcrotarj,
ainl read some rosol«tiou2 wllgk wm
ndopted, corapltmentbig the tLiz -ns t>‘‘
wivannah on their eoii7v\ appointiDg a
eoinmlttce to collect, ion 1, cl, thing and
money, and requesting the Pr sideut of
the United States to allow the iranspor
tatioibs of the r. .attributions h<-r<*.
Wo shall publish -the resolutions to
morrow.
The intelligent render, referring to
some remarks in the daily issue of tbe
Courier, for Tuesday, Hth, concerning a
few croaking creatures in this city, will
readily read ‘-(Tiling themselves wives.”
instead of “wives! of’men, Ac.
A few of these creatures have presum
ed so far-on the impunity generally ex
tended to their sev and to their relatives
insignificance personally, to belch lorth
their wishes and preferences for Sher
man in the choicest dialect of Billings
gate befere ladies visiting the market, or
stores. They may go too far. —Char As
ton Courier, JO t.h.
If our Government would onh give ra
' truth, says the Columbia ‘ Enquirer,”not
falsehoods like the Yankee sensation* 1
reports, it would be all that our people
require to keep them in heart and hope.
Bur they cannot endure the isolation that,
has been resorted to—the official silence
red indifference that are displayed when
toe most damaging lake reports are in
circulation. They want to enjoy the
sunshine if ihere is any to enjoy, end
will be content to share disaster with
fortitude when U-ov»-itakes then.. Like
the old Grecian here. :hey £av, to tie.
Government- * ,
“Difpfel thrß gloom, the U«ht to oeaven
Give me to »eo, Ajax, a c lkßno more.”
fi& . C&rfcsicii Cowr'fr, 10t/».
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