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Bakina God for *» victori* teheed bv |
*rmi*», wt aonovrred <a.
A rewlof.on Vo bring on the cteeimn m Star.or ,
end Director for SftaVe .Bank Tuesday mext, waa
adopted.
w. Beaaiy, the e»te«m<sd Senator f'oq) ii 3oyt
appeared is hi* place to day, been detain
ed od saeougt r.f business
HOffit
In the louse the I.rat b-**a«M w*« •*.- \»«
the committee on .* >it * *ppiy- * o<f , l?j‘ r t n ' v "‘'
rc-pjrt in lien of a hill referred, a suoftn ate ap
propriate* ss«,*<# to he l«uM for the pnrpcw
i increu ug-lhc supply of «&<t oy purchase or
mahufaetcre. Inreiponse to some questions in
. eterancd w the adequacy and the pri -pact of a
apply. Air. Bighem, the able end indefatigabi*
%hairman of the commlte* sin* ! that there we -
-.erhl eenrces whioft soli- > *>»Ua row be had.
■; r BiMraiith ol Atlanta proposes to furnish
eoo bushels by packing time at $7 per bushel,
rorn New Ofleane, l,a. the Governor of Alabama
as .netted ns to use the resources for salt existing
Clark county. Fire Georgia eompanies are
neie already. The various Georgia companies
n Virginia are now producing 1400 bushels daily,
t hese, with the operations on the coast, it was
believed, with Ibu aid contemplated in this bill
would be able to afford a supply in time for paek
ng.
Captain Bush moved to appropriate J1.000.00j
.attend qf $66,000, which was lost. The report of
the committee was adopted and the bill paired.
it is but simple justice to Col. Bighorn to say
that he dec*. ros the high compliment paid by the
Governor, in hi*message, to h-s untiring exer
tiooh in sending a supply of the essential article ot
■alt. As President of the Company organized in
CaGrange, he has alreaoy famished to each share
ol <2-J th ree bushels ot salt, and will soon have
ready for delivery three or four bushels more,
tie was the first to sound the alarm of d&Dger from
short, supply of i olt, and induced the organiza
tion of many private companies. He is still un
mg in devising every possible means for fur
,,stung the people with salt, with the least pos
, iidelay, ami at the lowest price at which it
car. be produced and transported. His efforts en
ijt e him to the gratitude of every citizen of the
On the call of the counties the following bills
were read the first time: to equalize the tax ou
to alter nod nmend the revenue laws ; to
uVfcßiigate tbo claim of the Union Branch Kail
mad company , to raise mounted police: to con
sol date he offices of Receiver and Collector id
the various counties: M r Brisco, from committee,
a series of r,solutions of thanks to our brave and
. aii.nt troops Ac., which were adopted, lo
rl n.'o the linis between Coffee and Clinch; to
• rovidfi I or'the dwtribn* l nos estates; to anti mend
•|j„ r( , r | u *ws: to exempt the estates ot soldier’s
■vid'iwH Iron) levy and si m,to theamount of $1,600;
, provide for the payment ot stills mazed;
;o | oalize sales in certain esses; to prevent formal
ctions- to oonsti ue 17th section of statue of frauds;
in amend the charter of the town qf Forsyth;
u> authorise administrators, Ac , in the army, to
ii.Rign their trusts; to authorize the Mayoi and
I I,null ol Columbus M> appoint trustees fora
ei rta n Academy ; to amend the charter of the
i- ty ol Columbus; ti authorize the Mayor and
Council of said city to elect city officers; to abol
ish the office of cdunty Treasurer in the several
counties of this State ; to amend the patrol laws;
u> improve the grounds about ihe Biate House
appropri .tea flU.OoO; to change county line be
tween Union and Fannin ; to allow Deputy Bhe
i-.fl's tu make titles to land: to change lines be
tween Whitfield and Walton; rcsoluiion that no
new matter be introduced alter Monday next
passed; a bill to make uuiform the price of pro
duce and manufactures.
On million,the courtesies of the House were ex
tended to Gen A. R Wright, of the Confederate
~iniv. The General soon appeared in the hall,
und was greeted with applause from members and
from the lobby. He is so far recovered from his
wound as to In able to dispense with biscrutchea,
smd is looking in excellent health.
A Senate resolution that the House convene
with the Semite in their Chamber to-morrow, to
hear the.report of Rev. J. O. A. Clark, Chairman
of the Georgia Relief amt Hospital Association.
The. Alllitary Committee reported a bill for the
obstruction oj the rivers of this State. The bill
authorizes the Governor to contract for or impress
niave labor. A lengthy discussion ensued on the
j.tinciplo and policy of imprensment, in which
I tmtlriuen reiterated views similar to those raised
by a like provision acted on yesterday. Those
i pposed to the authority of impressment, urged
Hu- danger of usurpation, waste, Jtc. While those
who layered it‘animadverted with much warmth
inti indignation upon the course of those who
would withhold negroes from the public service,
» liil. our sons ami brothers yield patriotically
ti th principle of impressment or conscription.
t h : sum o! $1,000,000 was stricken out and
f 500,000 insulted, and the bill passed.
The '.riliuishcd business of Monday —the Senate
I isolutiou endorsing the Governor’s proclamation
f apprising the and hi'tileries, was taken up, and on
motion, allowed to lie ou the table for the present.
Leave ot übvence was granted lor Messrs. Cars
well and Whittle, on business.
A resolution to meet to night at 7 o’clock to read
Fills a second time was adopted.
Mr. Jackson, ol Heard, appeared in his seat for
the first time to-day, having been dotamed at
borne on account ol sickness in his family.
Nohnixta.
Millkuuevillh, Nov. 18, 1501.
SENATE.
A motion to reconsider the bill letting onl the
public printing to the lowest bidder, was BUBtnm
cd by Messrs. Gibson, Seward, Vitaon, Jackson
end LliuiHutl, and opposed by Mr. Moaaty. The
motion prevailed.
While a resolution authorizing the Governor to
■'•iee factories, tanneries, Ac, was under discus
sion, the m-visage from the Governor in reference
to the negro raid at St. Marys wua received and
rt ad, and it w a as follows :
M ESSAOH mow OOV. SHOWN IN lIITIRKNOR TO THIS
11*10 AT BT. MARTS.
TotU (Jtn#ral Aueutbly— l communicate here
with a copy ol a letter reocived on yesterday trom
l 01. 11. it. Floyd, commanding the militia at Gam
den county, informing me that on the 4th day of
this month three companies ol negroß were land
ed in Si Marys, who, after insulting the few la
dies remaining in the place, and taking away
everything they could lay thpir hands on, return
e l to their gunboats without the slightest moles •
tntinu. On (he same day all the salt works in the
county were destroyed, except two, which by this
tun* have capacity to turnout 25 or 80 bushels
pei day. Unless protection is afforded, these
must soon share the same fate.
The pe pie on the coast possess largo numbers
cl cattle, hogH, and other stock. The enemy leave
their gnu Scale, k'l! and carry off stock, without
i ppositionTrie Goloue! asks for an order to
i:dl out the militia far three or six months; says
1 e can ninßter SO or 40, and adjoining comities on
tii•« coast could add to the number enough to make
i considerable force, wbo aie well acquainted
i tVh all tbe localities, tirtd could, ou that account,
set more efficiently against the enemy than the
like number ot men could from any other part of
1 o State. It cannot be denied that the State
i wes it to her citixenß, so long as sho claims their
t llegiance, to afford them all the protection in
her power.
The Constitution having invested me, lor the
t rue, witb the chief command of her militia, I
ekmild, under ordinary circumstances, have bad
)ui hesitation m issuing an order calliug out the
whole militia of the county, and of the adjoining
i ouutiee, if necessary, to protect our citizeus,
i ud especially the women and children, against
the outrages of invasion, robbery, and insult, by
) sgroes.
Under the act of the Coufederate Congress, a id
too late decision ol our Supreme Court, (be au
thority to commaud the militia of the Slate-, even
1 r the protection ot our mothers and wives, our
t slers and our' daughters, against the brutality
c ! our slaves in a stale ot insurrection, seems to
| e denied to the Governor, and each man com
-1 using the militia of the State, except the officers
ii the different departments, is declared to be
i ibject to the enrollment of the President without
me conscut ot the Executive of the State. It foi
t iws therefore, that it the Governor should order
•it the militia, in this pressing emeigenoy,
i Inch admits of ue delay, to protect those citizens
f t Georgia to whom no protection is afforded by
I ie Confederacy, the President may couutermand
t \o order, and compel each person to be called
out to leave the State, and go to auother'part of
t e Confederacy, to protect those who are not
< uxens ot this Slate. Tbe State has reserved to
) .rselt the right under the Goustitutmu “to en
, age in war" when actually invaded, uud to keep
i.oops whilst she is rnvaded. That authority
> htoh has the right to take from her this power,
t ithout which no tStute cau exist, has the power
t ■ destroy her. I believe it is admitted, however,
I > high authority iu tins State, that "the creature
1 liana power to destroy the creator; a child no
i ,nver to deslroy-the parent, and the parent no
l ’ht te commit suicide." If this be true, the
( nfederate Government, which is admitted to be
e ervatureot the States, can certainly have no
t wer fb deny to the States which are the crea
•• rs. the use of their own militia to protect their
r in inhabitants agaiust the invasions of the ene
r y, and the unbridled, savage cruelty of their
s .ivee in actual insurrection. Nor can that Gov
e ament, as the child, destroy the parent by par
ti rsing her right arm, when raised to ward off a
b w struck at her very vitals. Nor,lndeed, ean
parent, which is the State, commit suicide by
•v.rreuderiug the command ofher enure militia,’
w liea she is invaded and her people left without
C'her sufficient protection. Nor bv removing her
obligation to protect her citizens and thereby
fc netting their allegiance.
Placed asl am in this embarrassing condition,
where helpless innocence calls upon the State for
Si election, an and when the constitution of this
tate and oi the Conlenerale States seems to
roint clearly to the path of duty upon the one hand
ut when the acts cl Congress and the decision
Ot our own Supreme Court—rendered under
heavy outside pressure—and if not ex parte, under
■ oat peculiar circumstances, when tne couusel
j i both sides, who had brought the case before
t! e Court, agreed that in iheir individual opinions,
li e decision should be as it was made, 1 deeoi
it my duty to submit the question to the general
atsemblv, who as co-ordinate branch of the
S vernment, represent the sovereign people of
e State, and to ask your advice and direction
in the premises.
If you sho.Jd ho.d that the Governor no longer
has the right to convene the militia ot the State j
for protection ofher people, it only remains tor j
Bv to inform the people ol Camden, and the lad ns j
o St. Marys, that while the State collects taxes j
ad requires them to bear other public burdens,
t- withdraws her protection from them, and j
1 -, ea them to the mercy of negro invaders, who j
; my .asult and plunder them at pleasure. Should
yoo hold, ou th* contrary, that the Governy still
of the enemy. Joszre b. Bno *.
ali Cing offered a resolution auihorizu, “ <
j Governor to call out s-ieh part; .nos the • j
i mner ctmnl:c» or the cvutl. Tue ~-nai |
1 ndjonmed.
HOUSE.
i Mr. Comb*, the member'elect tram Xzi as. !
| vice Mi. Kobinsm re - gned, wet qualified a
! look his seat. ,
The co i te/iies of-tae House ww# '
! (inf T j. Brntlh, foi merlv a member o. ih n
A motion to reconsidti the bill authvr«m. •-•'J
i obstruction ot the rivers of this , . 1
| out of order, the bid hav.ng been orae
! mitted to the Senate. , - ,
| A bill -referred to a certain Committee—t:- -
1 cotton five ctnU per lb , was reconsidered av --
ferred to the Agricultural Committee ot c.i
! House, to act as a joint Committee. ,
i The special order, the bill to prevent ihe a -d
--! lation of grain, was taken up. Various an la
ments were proposed &Dd discussed at cons ra
i hie length, and lost. The bin then passed It
j provides that distillation ehali only be allowc mr
army and medical uso—that corn shall not be ear
ned out ot the State for distillation, and inc.-iaes
1 wheat, rye, potatoes, cane, molasses, sugar uid
I every other article usually distilled into st to
! ous liquor. It gees into effect ten days aft r it
becomes a law.
OZOSOIA REUer AND HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIcM.
At 12 o’clock to-day both Houses convene ' in
the Representative Hall, to hear the report of and ev.
J. O. A. Clark, the zealous and efficient age :t of
the above Association. He read an elaborati -nd
carefully prepared statement ot the organiz .bin
of the .Society and its operations for the ear
The finances of the Association are in exce lent
condition—only fob,SOS 21 cf the $200,Ooi), appro
priated by the State having been used up to the
15th of October. The assets of the Society,
amount to $168,683 31, ot which $45,000 of the
State fund has just been invested in goods for
clothing for those who me in actual disirera.—
During the ysar there has been treated in the four
Georgia Hospitals in Richmond 11,145 patients;
of which 713 were furloughed; 495 discharged;
and 869 died—the rest returning to service.
These Hospitals have been under the charge, res
pectively ot, first, Dr. J. P. Logan, second, 1)..
1). Ford; third, Dr. Dannolly; and subsequent 1’ Dr.
J. M. Green; fourth, Dr. Pickling. The Es i
tive Committee alludes in terms of the highest,
praise to tho service of these gentlemen, and of
Drs. Bearing and Steiner,-Of Augusta, Billing,
of Columbus, amt Camak and Carlton, of Albei -i
They allude also to the tenderness and love di
played by Revs. Wm. Crumly and John VV.
Tally, Chaplains In Virginia; the timely and
efficient aid ol Messrs. H. J. Sibley, S. E. Clarke,
S. U. White,J. G. Coffin, ol Augusta; E.Saul3bu
ry, of Macon, and Mr. ft. H. Vickers. A special
place in the record of thanks is awarded to Rev.
W. U. Putter, the Corresponding Secretary.
The Executive Committee, through Mr. Cl ik,
submitted the following suggestions for the con
hideration of the Legislature :
Ist. The establishment of a Wayside Hospital
in Richmond.
2d. An agency tn assist our sick soldiers, or oth
ers, in collecting claims.
Sd. Agencies for sending forward supplies.
4th. More efficient facilities for clothing the
Georgia troops.
6th. Enlarging all the operations of the Society
in behalf of the sick and wounded.
The report is a pamph.efc of forty pages—hi lice
of course this glance at its contents i3 very im
perfect.
After Mr. Clark concluded his report, the Sen
ate returned lo their hall, and the House resumed
the consideration of the bill to prevent dioti ia
lion, and passed it.
A communication from the Governor was then
taken up and read. It rontaiued a letter from
Col. Floyd of Camden, giving an account of a riid
on St. Marys, on the 4th inst., by three compa
nies of negroes from thp tleet, who plundered j»ri
vate Louses, insulted ladies with impunity, and
returned to their gunboats. Col. Floyd states
that there are two companies of cavalry in the
county, but they are too far away to render any
protection, and calls on the Governor to aliuw
him to call out the militia. He pays there ire
some 40 militia men in the county, whom he thicks
would be more efficient than the cavalry.
The Governor lays the case before the General
Assembly, with a review ot the decision of the
Supreme Court, wh'di deprives him Os control
over the militia, and ask tor some expression o'
their wishes. The message is in the plain au<i
pointed style which chantcterizes all his writings.
The Senate bad passed a bill authorizing the
Governor to call out the military, which was laid
on the table. Judge Cochrane offered as a sub
stitute a resolution to call on the Secretary of
War to furnish troops to defend the coast, and il
that was re'used, to authorize the Governor to c ill
ont the military. Judge Cubmess did not see any
need of haste or precipitation, and moved the ref
erence of the message and resolutions to the mil
itary coinmittfe, which after discussion prevailed.
Judge Stephens culled for the ayes and nays, mid
sustained the call in an appeal for immediate ac
tion. The call for thoayes and nays was sustained,
and the vote was 70 ayasio 56 nays—*o the whole
matter goes to the Military Committee, and the
battle will be fought over their report.
Miu.HDmtvn.LE, Nov. 14,1862.
SENATE.
Iu theSeuateto day, a few unimportant bills
wore disposed of, and the remainder of thasession
was consumed in reading bills n second time.
HOUSE.
Ju the House to-day, Mr, Taylor ot Chattooga,
member elect, weeD. P. Duncan, deceased, ap
peared, was qualified and took his seat.
A motion to consider the bill passed on yester
day to prevent distillation ol spirits, was lcjt.
Tbe ayes and nays, were called on tho motion, snd
were, ayes 63, nays 7*.
A resolution auth,.rising Ihe speaker to appoint
a Sn-aker pro tern for a tew days, was agreed
to.
Leave of absence was granted to Messrs. Duke,
Totem, Rice and Dickinson. lam pained to learn
that Coi. Tatem has been called home by a dis
patch announcing the extreme illness of a son,
front the army
Ou a call of the counties for new matter, the
following bills and resolutions were read the first
time : To exempt from taxation certain property
owned by the city of ilacon ; to appropriate the
proceeds of the Western and Atlantic Railroad ns
a bounty for indigent soldiers families; to in
crease thejfees of jailors in this tit ate ; a resolution
instructing the Judiciary Committee to report a
bill fixing tbe terms npon which the wives of
absent soldiers may act as agents to protect their
interest; to incorporate tire Rome Gas Light Go.;
to concurrent jurisdiction to Superior and Inferi
or Courts in the trial ol s!av, s where the penalty
is death ; for the relief of the Inferior Court of
Macon county; to increase, the charges for ap
prehendingmcendiary slaves; to extend the time
of settlement of Tax Collectors with Comptroller
General to the 14th of January next; to compen
sate tho several county Treasurers' for receiving
and disbursing extra tax for soli; rs’ families ;
to authorize free persons of color to go into vohtu
tary servitude; a-resolution catling on tbe Gov
ernor for information as to the mission of a Com
missioner to Europe, and inquire if he has i.ny
recommendations to make in relation thereto.
By Mr. Bigham—A resolution in relation to the
manufacture of iron, which was taken up and
adopted; upon which Mr. 1). desired to bring to
the notice of tho House the great and pressin::
necessity of securing a supply ol this necessity
he would appeal to the press of Georgia to exert
their influence aud power to arouse a deep inter
est tipou this subject. He also alluded in verv
complimentary terms to the letter of Hon. John
W. Lewis, recently published on this important
subject.
A resolution to require the- Superintendent of
the t\ AA. Railroad to procure cars for the trans
portation us sick aid disabled sol'diers; a resolu
tion inviting lion. Thos. Butler King to a seat
upou tbe floor of tbe House.
Certain bids, by special permission, were taken
up and read tbe second time.
DI9CI SSION ON THE CONSCRIPT LAW IN TBE
HOUSE.
Millsdgrvills, Ua., Nov. 14, 1562.
Tbe committee to whom was referred tbe me,:
sage ot tbe Governor in reference to calling out
the militia of Csmden county, and tho Senate
resolution in relerence thereto, report a resolution
that the House wiL take up at an early day the
bill to re-orgauize ihe militia, and place at the
disposal of the Governor adequate forces tor th >
protection of the Slate. Judge Cabiness sustained
tbe report. He could see no reason for calling
out the militia that did not exist more than six
months ago, when tbe Yankees made similar in
cursions in tbe vicinity of St. Marys. He re
viewed the message ot the Governor, and declare,!
it to be an imputation upon tbe patriotism of tbe
Judges of tbe Supreme Court—renewed tbe charge
of outside pressure, made by the Governor againsi
tbe court, uud asked —is the independence of tbe
Judiciary to be stricken down by such assaults
irem aco ordinate department? Is Judg, Lump
kin, said, he,—a man who ..ad worn ihe Judicial
ermine without spot or stain for 40 years, or Judge
Jenkins, than whom a more pure, incorruptible
msn never lived ui this or any other age or coun
try —is Judge Lyon—a man ol irreproachable
character and, integrity to be thus calumniated ?
He appealed 10 tue distinguish? J member from
Hancock (Judge Stephens) and his co!ieague(Mr.
Dubose) to vindicate ihe Court from this imputa
tion. if the court 1* composed of men capable of
yielding to influences ot outside pressure, or of
collusion with council to control its decisions, let
it be abolished at once. He read a dispateh from
Gen. Mercer, expressing the opinion that there
was no new- occasion for calling out the militia,
aud ridiculed toe strategic po icy wbich proposes
to meet the gunboai raids of tbe enemy with raw
nnliua, judge Cochran moved a substitute, au
thorizing the Governor to call out the militia for
the purpe.-e of repelling the incursions of the ene
my in Camden or elsewhere, in the Governor s
discretion. He maintained that it was not aques j
lion oi taste as to tbe propriety of the language I
used by tbe Governor, out one involving the j
power ol the Governor to proteet the citizens of
Uamdoa county from armed negroes, from the
enemy’s fleet. Ue did not think we should be I
guided by the mere opinion of General Mercer. I
The dan.er 0; eohision with the Confederate and
aiate authorities is urged. There were militia
not yet called for, and what collision would result •
if when the order for them cams they were already I
in the field, —be apprehended no danger on that
f .rmed .tad Gabioees that th*
'.A ‘b'.-' m..'.: last w:*tfr a'. ]
I'ji-'.aa of the enemy, and *
. x * '.. V-f ' ■ -•■cd hv Confederate troop*. ’
| I,",: ' "..ure, D •
. fe> . ■ - thought ih*: question one of
1 - -'m.p.irtance, and regretted that any
! , ‘ i 1 ijß a adc to give it a partizac or
f ' V n'g The vs came lo ns that the
| .fi* *er K ;» have bcaninpuited by negroes
. . -.-. Ti . C; .. a-ks lor am
i“ , -- o- tl; rr. Ft-a to reftel them. Men
f ■■pi-*-’
. .ti that u>s - 50 tup casfto effect
*,--,, r - g-or .-Lad th>»Tabming re
i ’ * j, i,i sos 1 livrpe, of .V
( V, ’ i, *.* irM that we ought
11 V. i .t- •ti ii to helpless women, provided
' ' v.u, . w ,y er •> He did not believe there was
1 an l-eady.ta go aver-tb Liu
col . ho would object to afford'tig such protea
fiou’ if we bare the power. He was afraid the
, shed gentleman from Monroe (Judge
' ', -,. u 'a view the acts of the Gov*r-
n-i- iritii an unprejudiced eve. It was not, as he
- , tically declared, a call for the militia to at
, „P oimboats but to repel the incursion of those
iiVo wiiii upon gunboats. The qae tion is--have
-: ti power to au*hor.ze the Governor to do this?
m. "led bin lo revi.-w ths decision-ot theSu-
Oou’i. and iu response to the charge that
the Governor had calumniated the dis'ig ished
; n composing that tribunal, he reviewed
: fi,(. i iuvnaae ol the Governor to show that his
language was misapplied. The Governor said
tp .tthe Conscript Act and the decision ot the
f siirt seetu to deny the right to the Governor to
call oat the unlit if it be true, the President
tonl.l ouni -rmaud the order. The gentleman
Irom Mon ie he tl that thereis no difficulty in the
-vav of cabin** out the militia when eeded—how
could he now’wilh! old them from tint prot ction
ol women und children ? ’t he Conscription Act
and decision do seem to deny the power of the
Gow* *icu to call out the militia, and he did not
believe that denial i from either source w re- au
t.K.iiio'ivc, cons.itut.oual, or biiid.ng upon the
H i ,tive department, the judic al department
it, no*. ■ uparior but subordinate to the Executive
and Legislative departments—therefore the action
of th Court does not estop us from Legislative
action. Nobody but tho old Federal parly ever
held that the decision of the Courts could b ud
lli.j Legislative departments pu political questions.
It lr- > iio authority, and should have no influence
o. r us, beyond the reason which sustained it. It
■s t ui-efjre p rU ctly lair for the Governor to re
view tun circumstances under which the decision
* ot true that there is a y*arn
i<-, ‘ nra amoi.g all to preserve harmonious uc
i i.-i iu support oi the Confederate authorities in
carrying on the war ‘t This was the outside pres
sure alluded to. In reply to the intimation of
collusion implied by tho Governor, it was admit
ted by the Court that the counsel on both sides
wore agreed as to what the uic.sioa should be—
th s is all.
He was not here aa the champion of the Gover
nor, or the vituperator of the Court—he pinned
ins faith to the sleeve of no man, but was here to
ac- from the conviction of his judgment for the
good of his country. The decision was rendered
under peculiar circumstances which destroyed
much of its weight. Ue did not think we were
bound tube controlled by it any more than by
eminent, judicial opinions on the other side. Each
d.-pai Uncut could Construe the law for themselves.
Wc are told that under the grant to raise armies,
Congress can raise th ;tn by force. It is also said
that ihe conscript power is limited only by the
guarantee of a republican form of government,
and certa'u fundamental principles. The power
is, we are first told, unlimited, and afterwards
that it is limited by these restrictions, and yet the
President and alt its advocates, maintain, that
ihero is no connection or limitation in the clause
lo raiso. armies, over t o other, to call out the
militia. Cannot our army be raised by calling
forth the militia ? When Congreßa raises au army
by such a call, are they not restricted by the pur
poses specified—to repel invasion, Ac.? Whenever
ii, is called forth, under this clause, the appoint
ment of officers is reserved to the States, and Con
gress has no power over It, any more than it has
over the election of il low n members. The power
;•-> c .11 out the militia is au important power, and
hence the importance of settliug definitely what
tlie militia i . Armies are not restricted to the
purposes for which militia may be called forth.—
They may he raised at any time by voluntary en
listment. The Constitution gives the States a
, mfe-ct veto on tho power to call out ihe militia iu
th. unction of officers, it Georgia deems that tile
call lor her troops is injurious to her rights, she
has th power to keep them at home. The advo
cates ot Conscription maintain that the Constitu
tion relates io the organization, and not the mate
rial, of which the militia is composed. Granting
that ihe object is to protect the organization, and
not tho matr-i ial, the Vault rs aignaliy failed, lor ot
what use is the worthless shell without the ker
nel?—of what use au army of militia officers,
without the troops?
Thu ,"Hates are sovoreigo, and never parted, or
iu loaded to part with the conditions of sovereign
ty. The idea of sovereignty, while an external
power may take away the lighting men of the
Btate, is a mockery und au insult. Throw such
sovereignty to Hie dogs. The clause authorizing
the election of officers was intended to protect
tha militia. The calling forth is a compulsory
process—tho raising ol armies is by voluntary
enlistment.
The authority—used by the Governor —in the
constitutional law of England, Air. Ilallani de
dal ed a law similar to the Oonsoript lew unepp
stttutinnn*, unit HtlglsnU Imrt never conscrihea
anybody but vagabonds who had no occupation,
and the nnthoriiy to do that Mr. ilallam considers
as unconstitutional as the other.
As lo g as yon confine it to volunteering, ar
mies may be’rained in war or peace, but vvheu
vou come to a time ol war, and cal! for the people
oi a State, it must be done through the State au
thority, by organizing and officering its troops.
Congress may srovi 1 for this call, but the State
mn . e.t cento it. it may call them by volunteer -
1 -, or draft This limitation protects the per
sonal libel lyot the citizen by limiting the cases
•u which services are required, aud leaves him to
choose his officers It protects State existence
it,elf, mid gives it the power to refuse to carry on
a war estructive to herself. Without Ibis power
a system could rat command his approbation or
support.
The Judge—Jenkins—stud that if the Cooled,
orate Gonstitiitien did not have this power, it
de rived’ the contempt of maul'ind. Ho is a man
oi ability uud integrity, but it shows the degree oi
bias and zeal by w’hicii the judicial breast was ac
tuated. On the same principle the government
of Great Britain deserves the contempt of man
kind. Another government, belonging to tho
past-- that p.i.'islted in giving birth to the United
5 ;liere the speaker paid glowing :;n*l t-lo
quont tribute to the old Confederation) -had giv
en Congress no power over tho States at ail; yet
it had achieved tho independence of our ances
tor* Would Judge Jenkins say that old mother
deserves the contempt of Iter sons to-day ? He
believed the Judge would revolt at such a sen
timent. It is common to hear, in the public
journals, that the danger is not from central, but
State power. We are told by the President hitu
neli that it would be impossible to conduct a war
against the will of the people of the States, with
oui compulsory cniUtmeui,?. He thanked God
that it was s-' A war adverse to the p.ople
ought not to be tolerated. The usurpation of
po. rr was the rock on which tha oia Union bark
shivered, ai l went down. Any State had the
tight to refuse io help Lincoln, as any Confeder
al- Star i. <1 the right to n* urn to his embrace,
tbo'-rb he 'nt 1 and tnGad eiv h degradation would
ii ... r.-*-.ii Tbo an: *i. rity *i Mr. Troupe hud
b.. tuvol.i-d by the iiitv. <-»tes of conscription.
Mi. f,, u: vine -1 yjitug 1 iu'i at the time he ex-
j... ~ ;h, ,- vi-vrs, . i was indignant at the
lilac light l-Yderalist”. It wes before h.a had nta
tnr, u tiu- now.? an State right*, which distin
guished hi; la 1 !?;- years.
Jf ihe Ci filV-deracy has tin? power to Grip Geor
gia oi ber li- bring men, it h»:< got Ul2 power that
1,:lv o ! u is .iitempting to exercise to day- the
pa. r < 1 c’ii’.r.it despotism, to coerce a Sover
,,, li ’f Georgia maintain her sovereign
r.g:.l to control dier lighting men. He would
a.', v, -lihrill fii-c sons lrotu tiiis contest. Her
name gii*>. n n the proud galaxy of names that
ado 1 the ,-i and other battle tields.aud he would
ha. her c.»;tinne her noble devotion to the
s: ■ e He won.d have Georgia vindicate her
lov cl liberty,, and as legislators maintain
he: ... , ugu-.y. The principle of conscription
emf-odies-fie principle of- Lincoluism, and he
hoped oi) Georgian would put hie neck in such a
uoose H • would net organize an , opposition to
tpe j,er ,:i 1 rt the law, h ? would let the troops
be eu oiled, but he would protest ag inat tbe
-,,)/.! to Conqr sa to do it, and preserve the
right -v it a..- p-.nrer to resist ft at will. Georgia
• v. rl- . !.- ibo acftpiion to iuduce bar to do ber
.tut , but while she will uot resi>t tbs process of
swecpui;. ber sous into the avuiy iu a way. that
' viol. !• ‘ overeigoty, she understands her
tights,: dreserresib right ti exercise them.
Abe .. . Hi priuc ide, -and put it on record by
.1 u,' :.j it ato St. Marys, to protect the citi
zjns a insurrection and invasion. . .
Uetl-I.it op rtizsn i -cling, and would deplore
i!ri ,-.i .Nation any patty ;a opposiv.ou to Mr
huv: ‘f.-i wh n »ns j’fi'icy is founded in a princi
ple . .m - . ns t > liberty be w. uU dies r.t from it,
it !,.o ,o he wouid --uspeud ail opposition to it.
There never was auy ucceseity f,r conscription,
as m -it urged, and .-lieved. Many months be
tore thi *;: •ot the 1- months man expired, Mr.
Toombs inti.-.tnoed a bill to provide for replenish
ing the army by requisition upon the States The
bn, -as li-'t ‘ fie president said he did not want
more- troop-:. It the necessity existed, it was pro
dace,: ut’ : : delibeiation and intention, If the
12 mont: « men were needed the President could
hare art . lor them, and the Legisla
tures cop i have b.en called together to provide
forth. . ) itunanoe in service. But the object
was to get rid of Btate officers, and make room
for promotion according to the views of the
President and the merit of those in the army. He
did not say this to assail th. President, Mr. Da
vis thought it tne best way to carry on the war.
He did not.
It was not the objection to the compulsory sys
tem of service that made the iaw odious, but it
was the exercise of the usurped power ot Comed
erate compulsion, that should be jealously re -
garded. There is no plea of necessity to justify
the present iaw, Or it will not be pretended that
the Oonfederacv can exercise the compulsory
power more speedily or satisfactorily than the
State ; on the contrary, the objectionable, the in
human, aud the shocking manner iu which it has
been carried out has been generally condemned
and deplored. Conscription is the child of a war
inaugurated in the name of liberty. The speaker
concluded in an eloquent appeal for the vindica-
Lon of the rights of the people at
tv of the State. At the conchisio
the House adjourned.
>*>L'NATS '
Ar - . avion providing for V, -s. - j
a joint committee to iofceUga - !
'rau*3 on tfce Penitentiary, by A q, •- i I
waa passed.
'I ne toilc-idcg hills were ,„ : y w
pot', -t tho Back o* ih- Ooafedr •*• . . ,
.r at any other poial eelcctcd b . C
lers Convention; to cSbsr ir:- -• • i.-. .-- r
to £\'f i~to plarerf
me oil) t; provide for tha -a-
Oah. passed; also a hiii tana . a * rs
the Confederate Marine and F i[.•-).-! a t
pauy, and ab.lito grant reliet ae
proviaii.iis l ihd pot leaiu.
The Senate ihea adjourned ig.
HOUSE.
lion. Warren Aiken, Speaker hi tl*eH« ass, l*v
iug been detained by the sickness of bj* wi*. ar
rived this morning, aud took sse,i « weanling
officer.
AU the bills in reference to s* u! i> r ere
referred to a special commit'. *e of l - -'h'S
loathsome disease has app and i,. tt r* :'r of
counties, and the most strin -1 oa ~-auti - >gu
lations are demanded. It i *•-. .athori/e ti aid
such precautionary measui * ,! »! b. ,r be
fore the Legislature.
The Senate resolution to f- . ._ late
rial election on next Taesd n » mid
unanimously coucurrsd in.
The Senate resolutions, passeu ye»U: j * .au
thorizing the Governor to seize and controf facto
ries and tanneries for the purpose of shoeing and
clothing the soldiers, were tu.en up, ami referred
to the committee on military ass airs. The report
of the Bxecutive Commit ee of the Georgia'Relief
and Hospital Association was also referred so that
•ommittee.
A message from Gov. Brown, recommending
that the sentence of death on James B. Wilson,
condemned to be hung last June, and respited by
the Governor to Dec. §tfc, be commuted to impris
onment for life, was read and referred. *
A resolution to bring on the election b( State
Printer, and Director of Bank of the fftifte, on
Tuesday next, waa adopted. j
Tha unfinished business—the Governors mes
sage iu reference to calling out tho miiiia, and
resolutions pertaining thereto—was tukaagp, and
Mr. Norwood proceeded to argue in favor of the
report of the committee, and in reply'to tho
speech of Judge Stephens. There wjrj those
who believed that ail practicable pffotefftion
could be afforded to the people of Camden aud
other points exposed, in abetter way than in call
ing out the mititia, while the issue that is sought
to be drawn into the House, a3 to its o inion on
the conscript law would be avoided. Tie bill to
enlarge the militia law would give the Governor
ample forces with which to quell iusumotion, Ac
He opposed investing the Governor w iff special
authority to ihrow himself in conflict with the
Confederate authorities. The member ‘rom Han
cock had laid down tfie proposition tha; the deci
sion ot the Court was not binding on tie General
Assembly; that we have the right to take issue
with the decision of the judiciury. Ii we ha7e
the right, we have also the right to ca’ry our ac
tion into effect. He read from the Constitution
the clause declaring that the Constitution shall be
the supreme law of the laud, and the »ct of Con
gress declaring that the decisions of tie Supreme
Coui t on Constitutional questions shal be bind
ing, auything in the State Constitutioi or laws to
the contrary. A law has been passed for raising
an army. Suppose the Governor calloutthemili
tia. The enrolling officer comes along in accord
ance with the law of Congress. The militia man
sues out a writ of habeas corpus, aud the oase is
carried to the Supreme Court. Where that tri
bunal sustains the law, what practical effect
from the right, to dsclare the law, by this Legis
lature, unconstitution? The proposition that
their is no constitutional power to ruiae armies
only by voluntary enlistment is an interpolation.
The Constitution does not say how they shall
raised. But assuming that to be the mode, and
the grant to raise at will confers only the privilege
of raising them by enlistment, and when called
for they dont come—what is the remedy ?
Mr. Stephens—We give Congress the power to
borrow money—suppose it don’t come?
Air. Norwood—Congress is not forced to borrow
money—she had other means of raising it. It is
contended that Congress can call outthe militia,
and raise men in that way. She may do it if the
States agree—these are the principles of pseudo
State rights which we are called on to avow. If
the States refuse to officer the militia, they cannot
go, and the reason given, why Congress cannot
obtain troops by any other mode, is that the
States may protect themselves against Federal
aggressions. The power to raise armies by vol
untary enlistment involved the power to take
away the militia of the States as effectually as the
Conscript law. Suppose by bounties and.othar
indue ments Congress shall secure the enrolment
of all the militia of a Stat3 by voluntary enlist
ment—where is the protection of the State ugainst
usurpation? Does not this leave the State tho
hull, while the central power has the kernel It
is claimed that the Confederate Stales can’t draff
because they have no sovereign power, and that
the States must do it. The States have delegated
the power to raise armies, and have therefore
parted with that much of their sovereigty. They
may resume this power, by withdrawing from the
Confederation. They may exercise it under the
reserved power to suppress insurrection. It had
been held that even England eould not draft He
denied it —she iB a sovereign, and has the power
to protect her dominion. It was considered ex-
Variient to raise liar arnaiaa by a nHlV»*e»t mode.
Ke are appealed to, to put ourselves, between tho
Governor und the Confederate States, and raisß a
monument of State Rights ou the sea coast. He
did not think the emergoncy required any such a
step. .There are plenty ol men unenrotled, or be
tween the ages of 16 and IS, aud 45 and SO or 65,
to protect the Stato, should the Confederate au
thorities fail to do it. Ue offered an amendment
authorizing tlie Governor to call out the militia,
provided, th« power hereby invested shall cot be
so used as to conflict with the Conscript Law.
Mr. Briscoe did not think the Conscript Law
had anything to do with the question under consi
deration. The Constitution authorizes the Gov
ernor to call out the militia, or such as arc not
called out. Col. Floyd nad a perfect right to call
them out, and there was no need of making this a
question here. The States have a concurrent
power to call out the militia, but not an absolute
veto ou the power to raise armies- The United
idtatc-s authorities (according to Judge Marshall,
from which he read) can go into the Htates and
take the militia to any other State. He read va
rious authorities to show that the militia organiza
tion of the States was not independents the pow
er of Congress over a national militia. The States
can control the officering of tho militia, but not
the ruiUtia itself. Chief Justice MursLall says a
man don’t c-case to belong to the Stale militia until
be is enrolled. Mr. Briscoe desired to avoid all
possible collisions and did not think there was oc -
casion for any.
Air. Thomaa had never had the opportunity of
rubbing his head against a college wall, but he
thought the issuo involved the organization of a
new party, based in opposition to the decision of
tlie court, oue of our complaints against the
Y aakeea was that they would’ut obey the decisions
of the Courts. He never would sanction hostility
to the policy of Air. Davis.
Mr. Hchley did not think the Conscript act- had
any thing to do with the question, which was,
shall we request cr instruct the Governor to call
oui the militia in Camden County. The Com
mittee had weiged the tacts before them, Gen.
Mercer's dispatch, and the fact that the County
had been virtually in the hands of the enemy,
since the übanluient by us of Fernandina, and
they did not think the militia could do any good.
But if they were needed, it wa3 the right and the
duty of the Governor, in his discretion, to call
them out.
Mr. Bloodwoi th-The Court has decided that
the militia belong to tbe Confederate Government.
Mr. Schley- The militia are not called out or
enrolled, utul ute therefore subject to the eaii of
the Governor, anti tho law, proposed by the com
mittee would enlarge the militia, so that no con
diet could arise between tbe State and Confeder
ate authorities. It was therefore not necessary
to instruct the Governor in a matter so plainly
expressed on the Statute.
Mr. Smith, of Towns, made a longthy speech in
favor of the Conscription.
Mr. Smith, of Brooks, sustained the report of
the committee.
Capt. Burke favored Cochrane’s substitute.
Judge did not doubt the Governor’s right to cail
out the militia, and ottered a resolution that no
action is necessary to define the Governor’s 00a
trol thereof.
Mr. Hook was astonished that this House should
spend two day in debating a question that it did
not seam it ought to require ten minutes to decide
—tlie defence of the women and children. He be
lieved the Senate resolutions were light, and
while he dissented from the decision of the Court
would favor no conflict with the Confederate Gov
ernment. He reviewed the constitutional points
involved, at some length, and in an able and hand
some manner. At the close of his speech the
iloßs-o adjonrned to Monday morning.
Northern News.
Tne New York Times, of a late date in
speaking of the critical condition of the Federal
foreign relations, says: There can be no doubt
tnat we are passing through a diplomatic crisis
the result of which will greatly influence the di
rection, even though it may not change the result,
of the war. At the sailing of the last steamer,
the state of leeiimg on the pan of the British
Government was less satisfactory than at anv lata
period before; and the President’s Proclamation
which was anticipated u offieial circles, seems to
have had upon the British allies of rebellion the
striking effecta which it produced here both
North and South. To the eame ’whffih
it limit* the period and power of resistance to the
Government,lt also stimulates the enemies of the
country to more desperate measures.
A large number of refugees from Maryland
who were endeavoring to make their way South
to escape the Federal draft, have been captured by
the federal authorities. y *
Commodore Porter of the Yaikee Yayy, claims
to have discovered that an India rubber cushion
between the iron pletes and the timbers of a ve£
sal will render her invulnerable: “
h A>‘ 0 011 ieaer **- Vt lhe are
building and baying a navy hr: re, The two for
jnidable steamers which bar, gone out though
assctLaavr SaS®
fotk>wwi b r ftw or five others
borne oX these are ram, of great strength and
power, expressly built for the Confederates • the
others are some of the fastest steamers that were
e JlTl m L°p lQ^ lyde - Two or three monX
will see the Coafederatea m possession of nst a
targe out a ?ery strong and efficient navy.
Northern News.
According to the Northeiu papers the yellow 1
fever still rages 3taong the Yankees on the South
iff g*
killed a Federal soldier who refused to pry > -is
faie A genera! row then took plec*; beiween the
hack drivers end the soldiers.
Toe official majority of the ocrane Site,
ticket in id dtßq.it * eti.e thoaeaud u.* e qaod-* -
tnd thirty one.
The Pmi* correspondent ot ti.-- New York
Times stales that t ranee 13 going ,o scad SO.ffiD
mo re troops t o M e xiop..
In Sew York, Nov. «tt, tfi's market jfor yjid
so owe a more st* >dine*tf-auff firmly «t
13$Ftf, with large sale*.
Gen. Rosenerauts has leiiLouisvdie to take the
ielJ.
The Federala are strengthening their defences
at Corinth on au extended scale.
* The Northern papers confirm the advance of
the from Newbera, N. C , against the
Railroad, of which we have had so many reports.
Ttiey say tha expedition consists of twelve thou
sand men aud aeveral gunboats, and intended to
take aud hold Goldsboro’.
It is said that Ex-Presidenfßuchauun —ihe “old
pub. lunc.”—will probably be a candidate before
the Pennsylvania Legislature this winter, for
United States Senator.
The Northern papers say that Mr. Wood, Su
perintendent of the Old Capitol prison, who went
to Richmond some weeks ago to effect an ex
change of civillians held aa prison* r3 oa either
side, lias returned to Washington. His mission
waa’ successful, and the exchanges will be made
without deiay.
The Federal Secretary of War has ordered a
military commission to be organized to inquire
into the ceaduct of Major General Buell, in refer
ence to his permitting thß invasion of Kentucky
by General Bragg; his failure to relieve Munfords
ville and allowing its capture by the enemy ; his
conduct during the battle of Perryville; bis suf
fering the forces of General Bragg to escape from
Kentucky without capture or loss in attacking
them • and his operations in the States of Ken
tueky and Tennessee-the court to be held at Cin
cinnati.
The Montreal Advertiser thinks the intelligence
brought by the Kangaroo, that Hr. Gladstoue, the
Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer, had iu a
speech at Newcastle declared that President Davis
had made the South a nation, and that he consi
dered separation certain, is significant ot the
course likely so be adopted by the British Gov
ernment, that there isno doubt that Great Britain,
in conjunction with France and other Powers, is
about to recognize the Confederate States, and
welcome them ilito the family of nat.ons, and that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer sounded at New
castle the note of preparation.
A daughter of Capt. Semmes, of the privateer
Alabama, is recaiviug her education at a school
near Philadelphia. It is staled that his wifo and
two other daughters are in Washington.
The immigration at New Yo-k for Oetobor shows
an increase of 2,924 over the number for the cor
responding monih last year.
The Northern papers state that the damage
done to the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad by the
Confederates, amounts to many hundred thousand
dollars.
A correspondent of a Y'ankee paper says some
of the troops of the army of thß Potomac were
recently complaining of a want of overcoats, when
they were assured by their General they would
not need them long, as they were soon, “ going
to a warmer climate.” It is quite probable mauy
of them will go to a much warmer climate, if they
get within reach of Southern bullets.
| |Geu. Hunter is to be sent to the .Carolina coast
again.
On the day of the election iu New York, Frank
lin Gregory bit off the nose of Wm, Al, AlcHpedOn,
brother of a city alderman. Gregory has been
arrested.
Several men in Gen. Sioglo’s command have
been arrested for running goods through the
lines to the Confederates. The Darties iu New
York who sold them the goods have also been
arrested.
The Tribune’s Port Royal, S. C., correspondent,
states that many of the leading Federal officers
have died of the yellow fever.
Telegraphic messages are now sent front New
YorktoSau Francisco without repetition. The
distance is three thousand five hundred miles, the
longest electric circuit ever worked.
The Qnehei papers say that an immense quan
tity of military stores, rifles, &c., have been sent
to that port by the ship Great Britian, and the
steamship Si. Audrew, which arrivsd ou Tuesday
last, had a large part of her cargo space occupied
with warlike material. The number of rifles for
warded is estimated to be not less than two hun
dred thousand.
The Federate continue greatly exercised over
the “Alabama,” or “No. 290,” under Capt, Seat
mes, C. S- N. Almost every day they have some
new case of ship burning to lament.
Dates from Nassau to October 29, state that the
yellow fever has died out.
A letter written from the South Carolina coast
to the North, by a Federal officer, says: The
troops are greatly debilitated by the climate ; and
the expedition of even a few days, involving toil,
exposure, and fat gue, swells tho sick list to un
ularuiing degree. Tire Seventy-Ninth Pennsyl
vania Regiment, jest from picket duty, has a sick
list to-day of 283; another, the Seventh Connecti
cut j-.ut from rt’.. Jolia's river, has a list of 200
tick.
It is stated by the army correspondents of the
Northern papers that an effort will soon be made
to take Greuuda and Jackson, Miss ; then, if the
effort proves successful, to attack Vicksburg in
the rear, While their gunboats engage the Confed
erate forces on the other side.
The negro question in Illinois is agitating the
State to a great degree. Meetings hove been held
ut Pittsfield, P.ke county, and Broadville, Logan
county, in which the people protest agaiust the
Federal infraction of tho State constitution. The
people cf the Fifth Judicial District have decided
that persons with negro blood cannot be employ
ed as teachers in the public schools.
The notorious John \V. Forney waa recently
serenaded iu Philadelphia, and at the tfiose of the
speech which he made oa the occasion, he called
on tfie band to play “our national hymn—John
Brown’s body lies mouldering in the ground.”—
He probably considers that the “Star-Spangled
Banner” is “played cut ”
The English authorities at Bermuda are getting
oxasperuted at the liberties taken by the officers
of Federal ships.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has accepted from
the crown prince of Saxony the gracious bestowal
of a villa. The Boston Atlas says : “She leaves
her country for her country’s good.”
Parson Brownlow lias got himself into trouble
with the editor of the Chicago Times, who proved
that the Parson was well paid for making aboli
tion Speeches, notwithstanding his positive asser
tion to the contrary. The Times pronounced him
an “obscene, filthy, profane, blasphemous old
vagabond,” but the Parson replied in a speech
next day, which convinced everybody that it was
useless io attempt to find amatch for hitn in black
guardism. He even brought the’editor’s wife in
for a share of his vituperation.
The Oregon Legislature has memorialized the
Federal CongresH for arms and muoitions ot war
to defend the State in case of need, and for an iron
clad at the mouth of Columbia river.
The Federate are removing the salt from the
Kanawha region, Va., as fast as possible.
A correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer
states that there are fourteen hundred wounded
Confederates iu the hospitals at Sharpsburg, Va.
The circular which Seward has just sent abroa u
covers thiiiy closely written pages. The United
States, Mr. Seward declares, is determined never
to allow the European Governments to take part
; n the internal disputes of this country. The war
he says, may last for a year or two longer, but its
ultimate result cannot bo doubtful; and any at
tempt of the European Powers to arrest the natu
ral course ot events will only teud to increase the
conflict and to extend the area of hostilities.
A member of one ot the Illinois Regiments Who
has been in Kentucky and Tennessee writes homo
that Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation had
made most of the Union men in those States
strong secessionists. One sentiment only, he says
pervades a majority of tho people of those States
dow, and that a bitter aod detjrmined resistance
as one man to the Federal government, until the
last man in the South is exterminated.
The Confederate guerilla bands are giving a
great deal of trouble to the Federal steamers on
the Missi sippi river.
ihe Federals are talking of building a military
road from Lexington, J£y., to Cumberland Gap.
One of the moat terrific storms ever known oc
curred on Lake Ontario lately. The damage to
shipping, and the loss of life and property was
very great.
The Washington correspondent ol the New York
Journal of Commerce says: “Intelligence has
just reached this city that the great International
Exhibition of Loudon, which closeaabout the mid
dle ot November, has been, upon the whole, a
great failure. The expenses of this exhibition
have greatly exceeded those incurred for the same
purpose in 1851, while the receipts have been a
great deal less. The building, it is said, will have
to be sojd to pay the contractors.”
The opponent of Mr. Ben. Wood, Gen. Wal
bridge,tho war candidate, the day before election,
rode through New York city in an open barouche,
drawn .by four horses, plumed and capari
soned, preceded by a brass band of mnsic, he
claspingjn htg right hand a flag staff', from which
floated the Stars and Stripes, and with the Amer
ican flag wrapped around his body, and so ar
ranged as to show one star for each State. Not
withstanding Mr. W.’a great splurge, he was badly
beaten.
? Foreign Naw«.
It is stated that two Confederate steamers have
entered the Mediterranean, and have already snuk
or burned twelve Federal Tessels.
It was thought that the recent change! in the
French Cabinet bodes no good to the cause of
Italian unity. , .... •
A Garibaldi meeting has been held in k>n<ton.
Resolutions Were adopted expressing sympathy
with Garibaldi and tbe cause he represented. The
resolutions were embod.ed in a memorial to Earl
B The U lona, a Confederate steamer, loaded with
stores for th * Confederate Government, collided
whh a steamer on the Scotland coast, an« was
lost.
New* SnouuMr,
A loir.-* Federal first, euppesed io co-uIM. u j
part ot ;no new trc-n-clads and iron-shod ice, be ats, ’
T utmost coafid me *is felt at tha Bluff of tb- ; !
ab.u-v oi t. os to repel any fleet that our 1
enemtrs o»m i* * nst it.
it, is i,t* and that a portico ol f. . . tresi’seoips !
r<_.*;* :• v.*"i -e •r. ■•••/ oa Aloud’ y m*-.--ap av j
Ys-aidti j, Vk. .out!. os*ng« A A! xa.«i* a rail- l
roM, foil! nlih'S hOTof. vtie Rappai, uuock. n-.-er,
and drove hhu fracl. two ijji es.
C,. »W. S. Walker, wbjt cua’.mana 1 our forjes
in thq
r U>W-i
The*N.-irtl?fSnralmn paper . ••- -t b y-in-i dU
question, Wei lon is tho real object *,f attack btu,
tti© Abolition forces lio.v operating i.t the North
ern part of ihat S ate. ; The advance by the Tar
rivvi toy. .iidadTuibyry’ it—s aaauay- a -Uoummm4m
tiais, a feint.
Mrs. J. Bulfoctt, of Columbus, G.i , was so bad
ly injured ai ihe Depot iu West Paint, Nov. 12,
that it is tffmiplu tdm ,-;ili noi.iive.—
Hon. S ihn 8.-1 Jo! T-.-uu, ssee, is at present in
Rome, G.i.
The wife of AL Jacob Wyse, of Rome,commit
ted suicide on the night ot Nov. 18 by banging
herself.
Tlie Alabama l .iufercncs of the Methodist
Flpiacopal Ithuioh, South, is iq hold its next see
stou at Auburn, Ala., the, Ltd, 1 id. Bishop
Pierce is to preside.
A forgery of i-Uata Treasury warrants Ur.s re
cently been discovered in Richmond. Over
$l4.*WO have beer, draw on warrants from
ihe Banks ot tho city.
Col. Percy Walker has bi.-a appointed by the
War Department a Commissioner to examine into
ihe ca es of those, not connected with the army,
charged with treason or other offences against the
Government of the Confederate States.
The lion. N. G. Taylor, a prominent Unionist
iu East Tennessee, has declared himself to be on
the side of the South.
The Ee.-ierals are commuting gross outrages in
Noueomend county, Va. They are burning Jwel -
lings, and sUaliug everything that can be carried
off.
A gentleman from Norfolk, Yu,, states that the
Federate made an attempt was to sand off about
five thousand contrabands from that place a fe.y
days since. Tire negroes refused to go. iiie
FederfUs undertook to force them, and u serious
riot was the consequence.
A most terrible accident occurred in Abingdon,
Ya , a few days since. Mr Frank Smith’s sons,
(our in number, the oldest c wiig about liiteeu,
found a loaded shell la one of the iermer camps
of our troops. They took it home and went into
the oellar to open it. Htiikiog it with a hatchet,
if exploded, mangling two, perhaps fatally and
badly injuring the others. The wonder is that all
were not instantly killed.
Messrs. Cook & Brother have established tin
armory at Athens, Ga.,and are erecting the euita
ble buildings, which they expect to have finished
by Christmas, when they wu! employ 6(W or 700
bauds, and turn out about HO guns per day'.
Air. Daniel McKenzie, oi Louisville, Barbour
county, Ala,, is making i o’.diers’ waterproof boots
at teu dollars per pair, while ha ooulu realize for
them, according to the price they bring elsewhere,
thirty or forty dollars. His charges for shoes are
said to he correspondingly small.
Hereafter all poisons running the blockade from
the North with goods, without a passport from
thi3 Government, subject themselves to arrest,
and their goods to coaliscaiion upon coming with
in tho Confederate lines.
Gen. George B. Crittenden has reported for
duty, no charges having been preferred against
him.
A slight snow fell in Marietta, Ga , Nov. 7.
Under a regulation of tho Treasury Depart
ment, convertible six per cent, bonds will not be
issued in exchange for the recalled Treasury
notes ot I‘oyer & Ludwig plates, except upon ilia
stipulation that they aro not to be converted into
currency within ninety and *ys irora the date of is
sue.
The Rocktish Manufacturing Company, of lial
eigh, N. C., have agreed to lumith the .State with
cloth at 25 cents p*>r yard.
A case of small pux is reported in the “Ladies’
Wayside Home,” iu Homs.
The Montgomery Advertiser has been shown a
Confederate Treasury note raised from ten dollars
to fifty by pasting the figures “50” over the “10.”
The work waa veiy neatly done, and might de
ceive those not famitar with the difference be
tween ihe plates of tet.s aud fiiiiss.
Major Wash. Morgan, who died recently tn Lex
ingtou, Ky., Irom wounds received in a skirmish
at that place, was horn iu Calhoun, Teuu., Dec.
1, 1817, and wa3 consequently 45 years of age.—
tie was a cousin cf the gallant General John H.
Morgan.
A gentleman writing from Alexandria, La ,
states that the steam mills in that section are in
full blast, and turning out quantities of tho best
sugar that has been made tor years. Port Hudson
and Vicksburg being securely held by the Con
federate Goveiment, it is believed that the Parish
of Rapides can supply ils armies with sugar,
molasses aud u large quantity of con, while Texas
can furnish ali tho beef they require.
Shoes with wooden soles are being made in
Alobiie. They are said to bo fully as light as
those entirely of leather, and made with a neat
ness equal to that ol’ the ordinary fabric. They
can be furnished for about one third idm cost of a
similar grade of all leather she-, s.
An act was passed by the hit*l Congress, author
izing any number ot prisons, not loss than 20,
who are not liable to military duty, to associate
themselves as .a military company, for local de
fense, elect their own officers, clo. They shall be
considered as belonging to the Provisional army,
serving without pay, aud entitled, when captured
by tho enemy, to ait tho privileges of prisoners of
war. The muster to'*': ot said eoutpanips are to
bo tor warded to th.-. ti orctary *. Wet, and the
President, or Hie cum'..under oi the military dis
trict, may at any time disband snub companies,
et:.
it is said that a letter of marque and reprisal
has been issued io certain officers of a splendid
vessel, which wifi corn rail from a Confederate
port.
Copperas in North Carolina is made in Cteve
laud and Johnston counties, and alum is found in
McDowell comity and elsewhere.
Richard A. Rozzeli, oi .Mecklenburg county, N.
C., has sold a large crop of wheat to his neighbors
for seed, at $2 p-:;i bush.d, while it cmihl command
$3 lo $4 al liis door. Uu refused to let speculators
have, a bushel at $4. Mi .it. has two sons in the
army.
The ladies of Nashviilc: are under as complete
a system of espionage as were ever the royalists
in Baris.
S. T. Atkras A Cos., are now engaged in put
ting up an iron foundry in Greene county, Teuu.,
some ten miles South id Greenville on the Warm
Spring road. They report that they have one of
tho richest iron minra in tbo Confederacy. They
already have some thirty hand. at work and in a
few weeks will be in full blast.
The North Carolina Argus suggests that the
100,000 worthless dogs in that State be killed, as
a measure, of protection to sheep raisers. It will
boa double benefit, first their hides can be
tanned, which will re due 2 the price ot leather.
Second, it will increase the supplies of wool
and mutton.
The Wilmington Journal of Nov. 12 reports
three interments and three new cases of fever.
Hon. George Moore, H. B. M. Consul for the
State of Virginia at Richmond, has arrived there
by truce boat from fortress Monroe.
Prominent nteu iu Richmond are purchasing
shoes toy soldiers who" have none. The same
thing should be done eve, y where.
Brigadier General Gideon J. Billo w is now in
MiJj: 1 Tennessee raising a command for himself.
Rev. J. B. Dobson, of Tennessee, lias published
a communication in which he renounces ,his alle
giance to the old Union, and conclud s by say ng
“l am not for a Union that proposes to strike
dowothe institutions of the Bontb, take away her
constitutional rights, and wantonly subjugate her
citizeus In view of Mr. Lincoln’s late proclama
tion, and other developments, I am constrained to
say to my old friends, that I am now a Soulhern
min iu heart, sympathy and purpose; and 1 in
vite them to read the proclamation, and it is confi
dently believed that (hey will arrive aha similar
conclusion.”
A lady of the highest respectability, living in
Mississippi, near the scenes of the \ ankee depre
dations in that State, writes that the Yankees in
making their raiJs upon plantations, often butcher
little negro children oi the gangs when quick
movements are deemed necessary, and these poor
little victims are found to be an incumbrance
They are shot or their throats are cut, and their
bodies thrown into tbe woods.
Some of the Surgeons who were lets in charge
of our sick and wounded iu Maryland, after the
battle ol Sharpaburg, and who br./e recently
reached Richmond, slate that on their arrival ut
Fortress Monroe their baggage was rigidly search
ed and many articles of clothing taken from their
valices. Even the letters sent by our dying sol
diers to their families in the South, the implaca
ble hatred of the Yankee othcers withheld and
destroyed. 3uch conduct is in strong contras., to
the treatment received by tbe \ ankee cfcCßrs
captured at Harper’s Perry. Aot one arncleof
tbeir private baggage and papers was allowed to
be detained, and Gen. Jackson permitted them to
retain the use of some twenty-five or thirty wag
ons with which to remove the effects within their
own lines. .
There was a heavy frost, and plenty of ice, at
Shreveport, La., on the morning of Aov. 3.
The ladies of Chattanooga offer to use their sur
plus dresses in making comforts for the soldiers,
if they can get cotton. They are willing to pay
for it, if any person will furnish them with what
they want for this purpose.
The Arkansas river is so low as to be impassible
for the lightest draught boat*, while the White
river has risen twelve and a half feet since August,
and now has fifteen feet at the lowest.
Oysters are selling at ted dollars a gajjon at
Lynchburg, Va. •' „ * ,
It is stated that Gen. McGowan haa been assign
ed to the command of Cumberland Gap.
The sales of tobacco daily at Richmond con
tinue to be very large. They range from one to
two thousand boxes a day
Tbe Griffin Union chronicles a case > f small pox
at the heuse of Col. Phillips in that place.
Neve* Sammirr.
Tho explosion of tho government ai.-.r-al at
JaßksDu, Miss., is cnothei of those, O'oivrenc, ,:
iy J* WWW <»i Warfrrin *»n .nn»*'.»,-
upon 6.v maKi scvfta: fttinnuniemesi 3 -. ; .ca the;
cowmeri'-cment of the present conic, t T-o build- 1
ing occupied was a large ».w.« »ioiy h, k, ;cr .-«
in usi-d ar a city set col in •:*«. ’ Y7?j upper stoiv
w:.j used io -(he construct -'n cf ammuni' io© |'.,V
L small arte a, t-fco w-nx miwhids W..-S preformed fcy ■>
iv an.* h.u •. and o-yss aud ri®. T&aibWvr siqry t
Iv. a* do. .ted to ti a j.repuiK-.00 o ! B%ft,cte. His
I i.-Darjt'-d flint the iicuideut%*:ipinai- 'i ind’ e latter
J* panm- nt, and was caused by p* ’ iog a >hel!. 1
1 Tire walls of th©>bu-lding w*.-re ealir. i.y c«j» -.lish
-1 "U.'-ssi th* ..wjsd vijrk- mstairt'y . j* a 1 !»*••,«
1-. id So 'u:'Ads .was ttfe heiit. ljid .! • ffewgar frr.ih®
the c n.,nu(.JfexpJosiou of the shclh. i the liudJ
■ oiki'i yke lire reached them, that it wasimpossi
sibie Jo render any assistance to the Unfortunates
surviving the explosion, if there wi re ayy. Fo*
the oaiTTB rcsHtra the e'XacT 15ss couKT not bear -
certiureu, but the scattered remains of some thir
ty that were blown to a distance had bee*.* collect
ed. The effects of the explosion were visible in
- wi-every-direetioiw—Mfltrtvertrd- windows, several
rqiinres distant, attested its destroying force. At
one time h was feared that a frame budding, a
short distance from the scene, in which a lar *e
amount ot powder was Blored, would be fired bv
the heat or the exploding shells. The humilia
tions ol those who had relatives and Trivnds ©n -
gaged in toe building arc represented to have
been heartreeffing. Not ono was known to hav>-
escaped fioui ilic building.
Daring Jhe past year tha gross earning* oi tha ]
Vt’esteiu & At’aiiCic Railroad have been’ $1,399,- j
101,70; is wording expenses and repairs rs rnild
ings only $250, loaviug as n> U pi ,*tits il: *
exuaOrdinury aani ot $993,879 41—double that of
any previous year ot these uett profits s449jsoU 00
paid in{o the State Treasury, l-.i.vmg a
balance of $*.>8,870 41; out of Which $j2,394 96
have been paid for expenses incurred by the
previous administrstion, and $20,785 Oo ‘or bonus
and coupons; and ilicre was still in the hands of
the Treasurer, nl the date of ihe Report, $133,183
60; the Confederate Government being likewise
iudrbtad to Uin the sum r.f $577,864 To. This
ex’iaardinwy exhibit is due to extraordinary
woii.jdilig no*', undikillin lb mauagcmeal of tlie
Rea l. For had these qiialiti* s not bee . *,? errised
by Mi.j ,i Rowiaad and his sub rdrnai.es iranspor
t.fcyii el Freight and oassongers breugUf on by the
war, iustcad of prolits being derived therefrom,-
there would have been leased.
Th© Kjchuiond Disra'oh in speaking Ot the pre
sent condition ofaffaiis in v irg.n a says : it is
iiigbly probably that there has ue;er b;en any
general odvxuce .of the armv of McClellan and
that the demonsira'ioDS which were made in front
of our liner wore but leints to cover up their real
designs of an a-'vanse upon Richmond t om the
south side of Jum* s liter. Whatever the r oper
ations Noi t’l of Gordonsville may tudica'e, ii is
not reasonable to expect that a movement
’agaiust Richni.iiiJ would he attempted at Ibis
season of th i year from that direction. The dilli
eutty ol taaSHfo tabon at one? precludes th*
probability of such au undertaking, if we have
anything to fear from ano’iier "onto Richmond”
move during It* winter, w > must lcok for it in a
direction where our fors will have the advantage
of water camn unicuiton.
Tho Vicksburg Whig of November S, says that
the latest advices from Holly Springs shew that
tlie enemy are determined ou pushing down into
this State as rapidly as possible. They are an
nounced to be in force at Lagrange, Tennessee,
on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, aud
their advance has already reached Lamar, Marshall
county, in this Biste ; on the railroad between
Holly Fpriugs und Grand Junction, wheie they
were mot by Jackson's cavalry. Gen. Pemberton
has been busily engaged about Holly Hpring3
recently preparing for au attack and is we expect
by this time ready. We may look for stirring
times in North Mississippi in a very short time.
Means having been adopted at Richmond to rid
that city of a portion of tho immense number of
rascals w .o have infested it, one of the papers re
commends all the other Confederate cities to be
oil tbo gui vice for them. They are scattering
everywhere, and will r.o doubt turn i p in the
busiest and most thickly settled places.
Gen. Sherman, ihe Northern tyrant who rules
Memphis, baa caused Mr 11. M. Grosrenei, a rea
pestable citizbn of that place, to be arrested be
cause tin: dead body of a Federal soldier was lying
ne.u his bou-e. Although Air. G. had it child
lying at the point oi death, he was not permitted
lo return to his home, hut was thrown into oris hi.
Sherman is certainly attempting to out-Llerftld
Butler in his atrocities.
John C. Cole, a refugeejtom Missouri, Ims in
vented u machine for making percussion caps,
which excels anything of the kind, cither North
or South. Us Aaperiority consists in the supe
rior manner in which the tap is cut from.the cup
per aud formed, at a single operation, without
transferring from one tool to another, itisoupa
ble of making, by hand, oue hundred per minute,
anti by steam, 105,000 par day.
Tho small pox has made its appeurance iu Au
gusta county, Ya.
Miss Jane Talbot, of Bedford county, Tennes
see, bus plucked an apple out of her orchard
weighing three pounds and a bulf.
Nelson A Cos , of Columbus, Ga., ate making
hand looms of excellent quality.
Coast suit is selling for S2O per bushel iu Wil
mington, 50 ibs lo the bushel.
A lire m Atlanta oa Friday night, Nov. 14lh,
destroyed tho old “City Hotel ” aua a small house
ou Loyd sli'eet. Tha former had been used ns a
hospital for sick soldiers, but lor a week or two
past by poor families, and as a negro mail. It is
supposed to have beer, tho work of an iuc. ndiary.
Since UlO warm reception given the Federate ut
Darien, a few days siuce, matters have been quiet
on the Georgia coast.
'The vote for Govornor iu Arkansas virus about
20,000. Os those Flanagin received 16,000, Renter
5,000.
G. n. Bragg bar. 'established a camp for paroled
prisoners a* Chattanooga.
Th 1 Gem ii Assembly of North Carolina meets
Nov. 19.
Hon. Mitchell King, of Charleston, died ut his
residence near Flat Rock, S. C , Nov. 12, aged 79.
Jnd. o Kit';’ was born in Fifeahire, Scotland, June
3,17 3, aud emigrated io Charleston, November
J7ttj, 1305.
The new Lieuteuant Generate' of the army rank
as follows Loagstreet, Kirby Smith*Polk, Mar
dec, Stonewall Jackson, Pemberton, aud Holmes.
The Brigades of Generate Evans and Jenkins
ate -. rJevi.d from Virginia to Weldon in North
Carolina. General Evans’ Brigade had arrived
there at last accounts, and Jenkins’ would soon
follow Those Brigades tira composed entirely of
South Carolina troops.
Uim. Jenkins has recovered from Luwou.id,
and is now in command of his brigade.
The Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge
ol Free Masons of South Carolina will be held in
Yorkville, bu Tuesday, the 18th inst.
Geu. Floyd’s command bag bee t successlul in
several skirmishes iu Western Virginia lately.
The Richmond papers stf te that all was quiet
in Northern Virginia at ihe latest advices.
Special Oorrespondenee of Ohroni.de & Hint tael
’Flue *ien»rnr»Wp"'riie Feglalatare--R»s
olnttons ofTbanlii, Ac,, Ace,
The business of legislation goes on with unusual
dispatch. The Senate has, as the readers of your
reportsßave noticed, passed a number of bills,
the Honae has disposed of a lew, and has about
one hundred and thirty calendered and in various
stages of progress.
The following resolutions of thanks to the offi
cers aud soldiers of the army fi-ts passed both
Houses ol tbe Legislature:
Resolved, Ist. By tbo Renat and House of
Representatives oi the Citato oi Georgia in Gener
al Assembly met, That the officers mid soldiers
from this State, upon whatever field they have
met our enemies, have by their distinguished
bravetv, and unttinehiag valor, conferred immor
tal honor upou themsclve •, and enduring renown
upon their State and have truly illustrated the
character of Georgia.
2d. That the thauks oi tea pieopic of tins State
and of the General Assembly are due and ire here
by tendered to them, tor the promptitude with
which they have borne the privations, toils and
fatigues incident to their service; and for the
unsiiipass and gallantly and courage displayed by
thorn on every battle field.
ad. That we deeply and sincerely lament tho
d.odd of so many ol our brave officers and men,
who jieffii 1-ip their lives in defence 'of their
country, on tha field of battle; and this General
A 1 sembly and *ed not hesitate to declare that when
tho proper time shall arrive, tho State hould
snare no expeuso to erect a suitable monument to
perpetHii'.e the r nam‘ s uud gallant deeds.
4th. Tb it tiio Adjutjufc (General shall have pra
pared iu liiaoffiC'j a registry containing in alpha
betical order the nann-Eoi ail officers and privates
who have entered, or may hereafter enter the ser
vice from t.iia Stale tlunn* 'fie existing war, des
ignating tbair resident*~ :, ud tbe companies, bat
talions dr regiments ol ituicb they were members,
which registry shall contain, so mr as can be as-
r i-rta.imd u Jut oi those wouudtnl in battle, and of
' those who survive, iu a separate volume shall
be preserved a list ol tne gallant add lamented
dead, who fall by the hand of disease or from
wounds in battle ; wbich registry, when completed
at the end of the war, snail be deposit' and in the
archives of the Htate, there to remain a sacred
memorial of gaitant names and glorious deeds.
stb. That since our brave and chivalrous sol
diers are, and have been, standing as a guard to
our homes—onr firesides—our all, und are fighting
a fanatical and unscrupulous enemy, to seenre
constitutional liberty to ourselves, and to trans
mit the eame to our posterity, common justice, as
welt as gratitude, demands that by law, the Gen
eral Assembly should as lar as practicable, main
tain them iu the field, and their families at home.
6th. That the Governor be requested to trans
mit a copy of these resolutions to the commanding
officer of each regiment in the service from this
State.
A Good Thiko.—The Macon and W^ttern Rail
Road has been hauling its old cross ties into
Atlanta, and Macon for gratuitous dis
tribution as fuel to the_poor. Some fifty cords
were brought t# Macon.' So .-.aya the -Macon Tele
graph. . ,
Mon* Stoppaoz of Salt.— A private letter re
ceived in this city yesterday, lrom Wilmington,
N. C,, states that Gov. Vance, of North Carolina,
has directed the Wilmington A Manchester Rail
road Company not to carry any more salt out of
the State.
SOI 84io»te,>» .VXe»aa t «
The regular annual Moesargr. of Gov. Shorter,
to.the Legislature nt Alat- -ca. . i K a
affirffwwv Nwr-nr-Tf-fi • *7.
. 'tr,“-t'i - T that Bi
the -larkuerg ur.i glacur » ■ v .
horizon. In th s, i ; - oudedour
‘ Ik.* ,i,ktx,. i . . vois to imuly
1 in»' * ''*-5' 1 ;!? “- v arrived when
.hi ,"T ‘ aeayarih awaiting
' x'rTT' T ; ’ Canf-dcraoy
rnments, and
1 Vr- *<■ «'■ r s - him.
ti o ‘ ‘ >M , Ul,i; aff.v arnv. *l, it t* emaetraLge
.IV, , ; ; v ‘ ‘V V 0 1 * ke ' 1 ‘he '-rouble to mau
*‘i- ;■ -‘-4— 1.»- -A pctuuii oi ihe people of
sOme Wgii nations l a. o, it is true, manifested
a desire to sc - our Lowed: racy assume its place
as an mdcpeauevt govdrnment, but, in dealing
IVdll nali .ii, '.veb.ivc touo w u the cymiimeat
THSTrarwlfb- (lie voophCmid we haw vet io see
ihe evidci.oe that urn hr* g U , ..v, n meat is anx
icu&i} r. ‘ilmy tfi*3 a«imu ol cur L l oDfedwra€>
Oo the ocuiraiy, the govermnei t-, whose recce
" effheulered v all impertaat, have
obgtis-.Uly ah-tamed (ram action ou American
a Shirs tlmpm-p-ae of giving p.„ TVikoo gov
ernmc nt all the opportunity i‘ con Iff wki * pr v ot
t!;o *ti t i.-u *>t.
The action oi Ih*. ff- He , : .»Tv.-.icat mreference
t-j the (.Unicdc 1 i/ar ,;.* ui I ! *■ explained.—
O w.iii: io Various ceases the a ■*. i-i could not
ho completed in the time required by law, r.u 1 the
Governor assumed the rean.-n ebihtv pf eelimat
iug the untoout U> he rui etl ii, fax to two millions
of dollars, m * paying over that mm to th: Cou
federate G*..rmi:ent. T. it* : , pt. o! this will
be returned io the State, and'incase the assess
rucut reii;i ...lio*.i*u chow that Alabama, has over
paid the th the excess w ill be returned.
In making statements in regard to clothing and
the lioipit da winch have been csUdffibhed tor the
benefit of Alabama soldiers, Governor fiiiiorter
warmiy eulogizes the conduct of the noble hearted
wumeuof lb: .dale, who have oecn untiring in
their exertions to cloths those iu service on the
Held, and to nurse those who arc languishing iu
hospitals Lout wounds or 6 -x-aaa. T'hev have
been like miniate ring angel.*; around the beilside of
ihe spilyiipg, lij.jyg saiTtuf, und ahile the ineiii
ary of noble Jf effs remains in the hearts ot the
pebple, the Helf-saeriticlns dc otioa of the woutcu
of ttiis conntri will be held in grateful reuiein
branee.
The Governor states that cantracW have been
entered into for the mauufttctnro of small arios
and powder, auJ In*, express.: his confident bullet
that before many we. K. , (inns. i the best quality
will beKuppiie.it the Stale irom its own uianu
fcctoiiea. lie j ays a high compliment to the'ea
deta ol the Utwie tltaiyersity, and r commends an
inorcase iu tin. 1 tffioieniy ot the Uuii'orsity by
every legitimatv means which can be ptovided by
the Stale. The Goveinoi also vceommonds a heavy
tax on all cotton ranted during the present year,
over au an. ont deemed m Ct--.-a; y fov home ovu
sumption, ami t.ifkocpine. up a proper supply ot
seed. This precaution is desirable, from the feet
that tlie eui'intsus price which ootton bears
abroad, may induce I*oll*o planters to plant for
large crops, even m opposition"to tlie* clearly ex
pressed popular will.
The st'gi-est'on in regard to thy disposition ol
the public lands of the Htates is worthy ot cou
sideratien. The quantity reuiaiaing unsold, does
not exceed five million acre --.find while, the Blale,
by the sale of In is during the war, loses what
ever advantage it might derivb iioiu competition
if the sixty thousand ■ olditra now iu the service
(root Alabama *re enabled to enjoy the privilege
of entering binds for the benefit of their families,
the soldiers at e aho debarred from the same op
pcriumiies for profitable investment which uro
enjoyed by tho home population.
Thß Governor takes occasion in closing his
message to express the confident * .mvicli-iu that
the future though overcart with clouds, will
“finally reveal to au admiring woiid a galaxy of
free and independent, States, redji-med with the
blessing of God, from despotic tyranny, by their
own una ded p >wer.” —Montgomery Advertiser.
Georgia Pkmtkntiaey Finakcis Thu Georgia
State Prison usually employing tin., labor oi 150
to 200 convicts, li .« hcreUMorti boeh 3 source of
exponas to tho State, cubU ycar requiting an ap
propriation for it 5 uuppiit, .It, snob improve
mints as time and ,cxp. •' net made necessary,
it has been reserved fur Ihi- pnsent eneigclio
Keeper, Gol. James A. Ur.-i ;i, to or 1 j It a paying
institution. Within the hui lev. u. Ihe has paid
into the Hta'o Tre sury tho . urn oi ffiu thousand
dollars, after reserving tin equal sum to meet lu
tare contingencies. This specks welt ter the man
agement.
While doing only justice to 08. Green as the
Principal, wo take pleas at c in bearing testimony
in behalf of his Assistants win : trva contributed
so materially to the success of his administration.
The officers of the Institution are c.iinpotetii and
faithlnl, each with purl oulai- duties assigned.
Heavy orders have be n lilhd lor the State
and Confederate armies in sl»oiu, caps, clothing,
tents, swotds belts and bayonet sheaths, knap
sacks, haversacks, canteen.!, cuniidge boxes and
munitions of war. In addition to these maculae
tdres, the State Armory b..s been established
within tbe' last twelve monthly much 01 the
machinery ol which, aud mud ot the line tools
and dies have been made iu the workshops oi the
institution, how turning out daily a considerable
number ol rifles, muskets, swords and bayoLets
for tho Gouloderuto sw-vhic
Iu tins department, Mr. Bett-r Jones, who was
many years head Artnoret at tlai per’:: Berry, lias
given evidence o! superior so antic skill. Major
Mclntosh, Cibict ol Ordnance, has tbe supsrm
fending control titer tbe different branches of
manufacture iu the Armory. We do i/ft It el an
thorised to bo more specific as to the quantity and
description.ot arms madenoni t.lio raw mat -rial,
or of those which have been renovated in the in
stitution, nod ready for use, The proper officers
may give tpese details in their Reports, if they
thiiik necessary. Our object has been to oatisfy
the public ou the expenditur es and profits, the
new wails and niton improvements 10 be duly
noticed ill th.; tot Glooming rep ot of Gut. Green,
who will, un doubt, give all suitable information
to the Legislature.— eionlfoi'n Recorder.
Alabas v TitEAßUßsa’s Rxport.—The report o ■
the Treasurer n the .State ot Alabama tor tha
ftao»! year ending September stub. 188:*., i.how-i
Ihutrlii: receipts ri-oci alt si,urc. ;iu the civil de
partmenl (in’.ludiugslave fundy, have been 48,-
253,288 Tne balance in tb. Tn . ny, at the date
■pf the ffist ii’poi t, was ♦228,1)1)5. Total, |8,551,-
888.87. The diebuisomt-ntß during the same tinii-,
including li >o -uini off 172,521 V 7, to tho Com
tuisMoni r find Truideo lor tho tme ol the
Htute, and 42,1)00, 000 for Gant. ;l vate VI at
Tax, bi.ve beeu ij0,164,640,67, leaving a
balance in the Treasury at the close , i tbe fireal
y... .1 of 4387 Sin 20.
The receipts if the military department for the
year have been: iroia the Htule Executive,being
tne proceeds of Slate bonds sold under act of
Jnnuttiy istb, 1381, f527,t)00 £3; LorniH obtained
by tbo State Executive under act of December
loth, 1861, 444,284 37-, from repayments, pro
ceeds of 'Kales of rail, commutation clothing
money, etc ,4486,230.02; iiofttdonations,,s2,6B2.76;
from back interest onßtateboud i !J, $1,262 IV.
Total receipts, $1,481,469 72. Balone on hand,
a. date of lust report, $247,237 6:.. •■Tiie. aiscara- •
rnents during the same period liav- been $1,4
350 73; leaving o baianc> iu the Treasury of
$168,326.74.
The Montgomery Adveitiser ays tha.“ the
Btate has had no difficulty in raising money for
all n cesaary purposes, anil it would fiav none il
it was desired to expend ten Lime; t3e amount
diabutsed '.'Uiing the jiest year Ihe ere it ot
Alabama remains unimpaired, and us bonds are
eagerly sough', for whenever any ot them art
thrown upon the market, il is probable '.bat bea
vy di-alts will be made upon the Treason' during
the present fiscal tear tor tbe 'support ol indigent
1*0)1 tes, tie.one-, sos the State, etc., but Done ot
these things will have any tendency to depreci
ate tbe bonds of the Htate or ien.fi 1 them less de
sirable than heretofore.”
Salt Mitts ixGbomha. — A gentleman willing
from Twiggs Cos. says: I have just got home
from -lull making ou the coast. 1 made quite a
discovery while l was making salt. 1 found,
when 1 got down in Mclntosh county, that it was
impossible to make salt unless you got on the
beach, and where you could not go without being
in danger of tbe Yankees. Sol set about trying
experiments. 1 dug a well on the inarali and
found the Vatei very fialty. 1 boiled two ban
tired gallons »f the water and wade a busbsl of
beautiful white salt. So you see, then, ws are
independent of the biockaders. You c;iu get the
springs anywhere the tides iuu—m many places
from forty to fifty miles from the mai 1 shore.
The Cave Spring Sait Company have adopted
my plan, and are making ten bushels now where
they made one hofoie. The Spring water is
Seventy fivo pc.- cent, stronger than tbe tide
Water. I run three hundred gallons of kettles
and make tweuty bushels of salt per week. It
tut-aa 700 gallons ct tide water to make a bushel
oi salt; wh.le 2500 l vrelt water will du the same.
The Modern Pharaoh.— The free negiots of
the District, oi (.olumhiu have addresse Lincoln
inquiring why hodocs riot send them to Central
America, as promised. They say they have sold
everything aud made every otfit. preparation for
starting, Imi now that jt is said in tie newspa
pers that he does uot intend to permit thorn la
depart. When every body, North and South
wanti them to go, and when they themselves
want to go, why doss Pharaoh harden 1.-ij hearti
Perhaps he is afraid that ihe “ 229 ” will catch b s
pets; but if she should he will have got r.-i oi
them, and that is his first object.
A New Georgia Brigade. —We understand
from the Conetitaiionalut tfiatth': following Gt or
fia regiments in the army in East Tennessee have
een organized into a brigade, which is.now com
manded by Col. Barkaloo, of tbe 64th Georgia
54th Georgia Regiment, Lieut. Col. Guyton ; 89th
Georgia Regiment, Col. McConnell; 36th Georgia
Regiment, Col. Glenn ; 56th Georgia Regiment.
Col. Watkins; 84th Georgia Regiment, CoT. J. JF
W. Johnson.
.Small Pox. —The Confederacy learns that this
loathsome disease is breaking ont at various
points all over the county. Two or tbree cases
are in Atlanta and it has also made its appear
ance iaGriffio
Gen. Lowell Cobb has been assigned to the
eommapd of the new department bounded by the
Suwanee aad Chattahoochee rivers, in Florida,
and embracing Southwestern Georgia.