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15V X. s. MORSE. Chronicle & Sentinel. TERMS. THE WEEKLY ynt inh;le & sentinel l> PuhllsinMl Every TUESfcIY, AT Til BEK 1101/LABB I'KK ASNUJB, A L WAYS IN AOVAMIi, Hal«> for Weekly Ad verlliemeuta- Oiuiir»*nr Advertisement*, published once a iroek, in Daily, or Weekly, erven and a ha{f cents per line, for each insertion. -'rsoiAL Notiuss, Una nt* per line for tho first mertion, end eight cents per line for each subse q neut iusoi lion. DuriAVeD im cents per lino M*niuAa*n, Dsatim and Funhhal tt on- an, ffty il> l acii. OmriiA him, ten cents uei r.ne. I.fiteril Coiiikll. TENTH DAV .I" ip- I’nti n<• ! rod iCHolutie i wbwii '.a. i i-i..| appointing a coumiitteo to arruijje for ■ a ivm* ll.i* IlntiM- nf Bishops, whoii they were r • uly to read *lie 1’ i-toral Letter. Oo . .ti.'ii ..I li ;v. Mr. Nmlim the Treasurer i-J » y tin: incidental expenses of the liev. Mr Williauiu oltered a resolution which » ~i u l ,ii -.1, ruquiriui* too Committee appointed o nivir, the Prayer Hook to print all proposed . and alterations, and send them to tho members of tho General Council at least three months before ils next meeting. Judge I’helau reported the order of proceedings for receiving the House ol Bishops, at the cl< so of the session, which wus adopted on motion of the Rev. Mr. iluaiion. On motion of Dr. De Resell, the Secretary wus directed to send one copy of the Journul ot the t’ouneil to each Wurden and Vestrymen of St. J’uul’s Cliurc i, Augusta, in acknowledgment of their courtesy in providing the nucessary ucoora modutions, for the sittings of the two Ileuses. A message from the House of Bishops announced us adoption of the Deputies’ resolution on M s sions, with umeudment* to resolutions 1 A 2, the omission of resolution 4, and tho addition of a new resolution, as follows : Unsolved, That lhe Gommittej shall, out of funds not specifically designated by the donors, appropriate to the Bishop, of Texas, until the next (Jousral Connell, the sum of SISOO pur annum, and to th i Bishop and Aryans in the sum of <ISOO uni traveling exp. v. s, per uintuui, towards tlieii respective wiiurieH. Tho House concurred in the umeuilmenla uud additions ill the resolutions already puhlishod, nullified ,i above, inbrucu lli.i pluu of missionary op.'rati: n.i as detumiined by the Council. No in.ill..n of Judge i’iielan, tho resolution up p.iinting lluutuviito as too place of meeting lor I!, next Genual Commit was rescinded. Mobile Ala., v. ... afterwards adopted, with the coavuiTonoe of the ilonsc of ll.shops ns tho place ol meet ug. l b.- lion ■ oi lii ibops thiongh their Secretary, . inounoed 111 .1 they would immediately uttond tin: II nmaol Deputies, for tho purpose of reading ii.e I’ustorul I, ttii mi Ijniniug iu devotional ox Tim Bishops, m Itn-n i <>!h s, soon after eiileted, ami were received by tho I‘rosideut of tlio House ot Deputies. Having takon the places assigned them, roapei.Tivcly , within the cbanccl, the I'rc siding Bishop fund the I’astoiul Latter. (As thin important document will be published at an early day, we t liiill not attempt any synopsis of the tuples therein presented ) Alter tile reudiug, the Ii o.ldlllg Bishop ottered .' luronriute prayers, the Council and congrega tion muled in singing the i/lDna m iCxeelsl.., und the Presiding Bishop pronounced the Uauedictiou, us follows . The God of peace, who brought again irum the deud our Saviour JesusClu ml, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting coVvlnaul, make you perfect in every ood work, to do His will, working in you that which is well pleasing in Ilia sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Auieu. The House of Bishops having retired,iiu motion of ltev. Mr. Roes, it was ordered that the Secrets ry be ordored to publish aud distribute at his dia c.rotion 1500 copies of the Pastoral Letter just read. Alter pruyov end beuodlctiou by the President, the House adjourned sine die. „oil of the iMrnii’it! . ion t/a Stateof the Church, mi h !:> the Hnu . of Deputies on the Eighth day of their Session. tn atteuiptin.' o discharge tho duty imposed upon them, yovn iloinnntteo have lelt aoniewhat embnrraa«• iby the peculiarity of their position. It has been u question how far back they should look for uiutermls tor this report, inasmuch as this Church may bo said to date its history from the opening of this Council; every previous step taken by the members of ttie Episcopal Church in these Confederate States having been only preparatory, and what was done in the way of Gospel ministra tion before the movement winch gave usadistinct aud separate existence as a Church, properly be longing to the doings of the old organization. On the other hand, it has been said, the diocesan ele ments of winch this Church is now composed, huso had through the past three years, u continui ty of existence as unbroken as in any form r tneutiium through which they have pasiied. Vet further consideration is, that while the beiug of the dioceses has been preserved, it is too sadly true that in some cases, their sphere hug been much restricted, and in ail their means have been curtailed, and the usual modes of operation more or less interfered with The ell'eet of these things of course has been to reduce very muoh the 111a terials on which reports of this kind are usually based, and to render our work rather vague and unsatisfactory. UmJci the circumstances it hu-i boon thought b >i that »,0 oom ul ourselves with laying bolero vom in.ili, ti.e reports bon the several uiueoua’,! delegations which compose this committee, imply prolix mg a few remarks Vom Committee do not forget that this is tf'O first report of the kind which has over been pro seated to the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates, of the Protestant Koiacopal Church tit the Confed erate States, in Council assembled, find tboy can not, therefore, avoid pausing for a moment, to recognize the lad, anu to notice the peculiarity or iheir i : icoinstaoc< s. They do so, in no spirit of egotism oi uncharitable lies a, but of profound hu mility, and reverence towards God, and of good will towards all men. It is not theii desire to .peak of the political events and relations con , cted with these circumstances ; for this, other perilous and places would seem more appropriate. In conformity with the new nationality which the people of theso Confederate States have es tablished, the members of the Protestant Episco pal communion have formed themselves in an in dependent Church. As au ecclesiastical body, their actum has beeu determined by the order ings ot Providence; it has not attempted to lead them. However dear to us the parsoual agencies employ ed iu these changes,and however important the secular interests at stake, we prefer to fix our attention rather on that mighty ami myste rious Hand, by wli oh all human events are ruled uud overruled, und on ilie paramount interests and well being of tliai Kingdom, which is ever lasting -the Kiugdom of Christ on the earth, and that Kingdom which is righteousness, peace and joy, in the Holy Ghost I'd Cnristion men, the changes which take place in the “kingdoms of this world," eve. have >hrir chief signifi cance in ill, lr o. anug on ihe Church of rhe Liv ing God, even though the v rec ue nature and ef fect of that bean no H -so; th- present hidden from their eyes. What the God of nations means to bring abont ultimately by the events which h:.\ recently taken place, it is not for man to \li>w , but this Church, if found in an attitude docility, and dependence, and prayer, is author uoJ to be very hopeful, and to look for the hap licst results. " While, therefore, with a firm and tranquil faith, we leave future events in the hands ,y lliui. Who is head over all things, to and for llis Church, let present duty he our one concern. lu the course of events, we have been separated Iron brethren, with whom vre have been associa ted in the s mie ecclesiastical communion, since the protestaut Episcopal Church was folly organn and and set in operation on this continent. Though now iound within different political boundaries, the Church remains essentially one. In this re spect. wo are no more separated from them, than I- v -he members of any Protestant Episcopal Chur', throng! out the world. In matters of this kind, ueither geographical bounds, nor civil rela tions, nor any temporal causa whatsoever, can have effect so long os in doctrine, discipline, and worship we are substantially the same. And as ecclesiastically our unity is to this extent thus presorted, so we would endeavor, in spite of every temptation to the contrary, to cultivate to the utmost, towards our former associates, the “unity of the spirit in the boud of peace.” We have said, that present duty should be with ns the one concern; that duty must be peculiar, for our circumstances are peculiar. The cedes; cal revolution which has entued upon the po -3*l, carries with it a call to new exertions, it « possibly be in some respects, to new modes of operation, and certainly to anew spin*. Jort as individual Christian*, on a change of residence, associations, or tbe like, should improve theop porlnni.y, not, it may be, to modify their princi ples in any measure, but to make connections and amendment* in the practierl application of them, and start in anew and more aurpicious e “ rce f, l . life : to should it be witba church, situated -'S this now is To say the least, old»meihods should be plied with more zeal, perseverance, and prayer fulness, and old causes sustained wlh more Steadiness and self sacrifice. _ , . , Oi all the various modes of religious and be nevolent operation which have occupied the Church in yeard past, we would drop a word only upon twe; and the first is, that of Missions. It is exceedingly gratifying to absolve here, that the deep interest of the Church in this cause, showed itself even in the initial Convention called in Montgomery, and tbut, notwithstanding the un propitiousness of tho times, sums of money have been collected and distributed by the Committee there appointed, not only for domestic, but also foreign use. In this particular, therefore, we may almost venture to say of the Church, that “she hath done what slie could.” For the future, it is humbly hoped, that whatever cause, extra, parochial, Is neglected or sustained among us, this will not fail to be carried forwurd. Never is tbe Church mare herself, than when she is listening to, and endeavoring to observe her itprhjfc Master's eofiiiiiand, "Go ye into all tbe world, and preach the Gospel to every crea ture.” Ihs other species of religious effort w hich de serves to call for notice from this committee, is. that in be': alf of tho spiritual wolfsre of our colored population. ft in not necessary to indicate the emphasis wiih which Providential . vents commend this cause to our hoarts Not. wilhout reason is it, with all Southern Episcopalians, a matter ot thank fulness to God, that tins is with them no new subject of feeling or of elfort. Tho Journals ol the G< uer.il Convention ol the Church of which we one i formed a part, and much more, those of the severs! Southern dioceses, show that for many years back, there lias been put of God into the marts of our ministers and people, an earn ;at desire to discharge their duty in this particular, und that the desire has not proved abortive. We only add our conviction, that it is the urgent duty of this Church to go on in this good work till, if possible, it may be said of her too, us ia the other case just referred to, “she hath done what she coil'd.” Our last topic has reference, not to specific modes of operation, hut to the spirit in winch all work should be done in the Church of Christ. Standing, us we do, at the head of anew histori cal series, beginning anew era of ecclesiastical events, cuu it seem inappropriate to any one to suggest that u renewed effort should be made by the members of our communion, practically and at every step to recognize our entire depen dence, for the accomplishment ot the work, which smr ascended Cord h’s assigned us, on the pre sence and influence of the Holy Ghost, A great vital truth and'principle which needs to be real ized more und more each succeeding age by the Church of Christ, is contained in she words, “Not by might, or by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord.” Grout ugencies, large moans and much zeal and exertion have been now for borne years employed in the cause of Christ’s Chinch; and though they have not bean at all equal i.i amount to the exigencies of the world, or duly proportioned to our own obligations, yet such as tliey are, thoy do not seem to have been a.ways attended by what might be considered a proportionate amount of hireling and beneficial result. May it not be, that we have not sufficiently la bored in a feeling of dependence on tha diiect blessing of Uaaven ; forgetting that general laws, means to ends, and obligatory ordinances, were designed to set tis at work, und make us diligent, but not in tho least to encourage the idea, that, ip true religion there is any “sufficiency” but “of God.” In other words, is it not possible, that the great lesson needed and designed to be renewedly impressed upon us at this time, and transferred afresh from our creeds to our heartH, is, that “Paul may plant and Apollos water, hut God giveth the increase V” Surely, it >b net too much to believe, that blessed us we are with a scrip'urul creed, an Apostolic ministry, a spiritual liturgy, a wise con stitution and canons, aud u general system at once orthodox and yet liberal, stable, and yet com prehensive, poos easing all tho advantages ot anti cpiily, without obsoleteness or a rigid inapplica bility ; if our minds were turned with more inten sity to a devout consideration of the great doctrine of divine influence, ns a practicable dootrino, and to u moro distinct aud habituul recognition of our need of what our catechism calls God’s “special grace,” iu all our doings in the church of Christ, it might inaugurate a cours of prosperity among us more proportioned to the desires of our hearts, and the wants of tho world. Were things so with us we must believe it would not be too much to look for far moro abundant olessiogthan we have hitherto enjoyed as a church, from tho goodness of that Divine Havior, who hath said, “Without me you can do nothing,” and of whom Ills Apos tie hath said, “ 1 can do all things through Christ who strengthsneth me.” In conformity with these sentiments, your Com mittee would respectfully offer for the adoption of this Church tho following resolutions, viz ■ 1. Resolved, That the Church in this, its first General Council, would solemnly recognize before the Church universal aud tho world, a divine ob ligation to engage in Missionary labor co-exten sive with the limits of fallen humanity. 2. Resolved, That this Church desires specially to recognize its obligation to provide for the spir itual wants of thud class of our brethren who, in the providence ot God, have been committed to our sympathy and care by the national institution of slavery. 3 Resolved, That while at all times a devout rec gnition of our dependence on the Spirit of all .grace, is proper, this lirst Council of the Church 7s a moat fitting time und place to make special and public acknowledgment of the same; to en courage among our members the cherishing in increased degree, of un habitual sense of His pre a-nee and power; and humbly and earnestly to coni nit to llis presiding influence, the being, the doings, and the whole future history of this Church, to the end of the world. The Committee propose in uddition, this cus tomary resolution : Resolved, That the view of tho state o( the Church, coutained iu this report, and the accom panying documents, be transmitted to the House of Bishops, soliciting their prayers aud blessing, and roque ting tha' they will draw up, and cause to be published, a t’ustoral Lott r to the members of this Church. In behalf of Hie Committee, William Spa it row. Chairman. T Sin Defence* of Wort U «'wrollu«. rite-ii'oeut incursion ot the V aukees under General Foster into tho interior of North Caro lina, w.oiß to have found a clear rood, und has made it painfull v amumrent that hut little has been done to defend this country. We learn that sauce this event such sense-of insecurity has per vaded the tamds of the people of Eastern North Oarolina, that they are now taking measn-#d to remove their tamih s und negroes to safer locali ties. The valley ol the ltoanoke is said to b. equal to any corn growing country in the world. During the past summer the Government obtained as many as seven hundred thousand bushels ot corn from the plantations on the immediate banks of the river, withiu a distance of less than forty miles; and it is no exageration to say that more than that quantity, oven to the extent of one mil lion bushels ot corn, might be obtained therefrom the ensuing winter, if that section should be pro tected from the inroads ot the enemy. It is not proper for us to s ate what measures are now being taken to obstruct the Neuse, Tar or Roanoke rivers. But we may state that the whole summer was permitted to pass away with out an effort to obstruct these rivers. About three weeks ago a gunboat was commenced on the river bank—the very time that she ought to have been completed, if iutended for defense. lu their recent raid into the Eastern portion ot North Carolina, the Yankees committed the most terrible atrocities; and it is not to be wondered at that the people, with the terror struck into their minds by recent events, and with but little a-am.mce of protection in the future, arc now abt.uJotting their homes und dying in dismay. Thk Mkxicax Question. —The most recent advi ces from the North state that the dispatches sub milted by the French Legation to the Secretary of State, acre on a subject all together d'tlereut from that of recognition. It is not improbable that Mexico is the immediate topic ot these mysterious dispatches which have excited so much curiosity amraenaatiou on the part of the Northern press It has been ascertained that the Frenoh force in Mexico is to be largely increased— odo source of intelligence estimating the entire army at one hun dred thousand. Co-operating with this, of course, there will be a large fleet. Os these movements great fears are expressed at the North—the Jour nals are looking upon them with suspicion. That such a force is necessary to compel from Mexico complete submission to tho legitimate demands of France, is not believed in any quarter. The coun try is distracted—: ev civil government a mockery; hence the speculation as whv one hundred thou sand Frencbmeu should be dispatched to only ac complish that which twenty five tho round Ameri cans accomplished when Mexico was a unit, fix, “indemnity for the past, and security for the fu ture ” Two solutions have been announced: first, the desire of the French to obtain a foothold on the continent and make Mexico a province of the Emperor second, to obtain such a foothold as to enable t e Emperor to operrte with advantage in intended interference in the affairs now agitating this country. The latter appears to be the most generally believed opinion of the >ortn. nare the South we can only speculate upon information received through Northern channels, and most 1 await the development of the future.— Bk <mOtui Examiner. AUGUSTA, (M., TUESDAY MORNING, DBCEMHEIt 2, IBt>2. A Proclamation. By JOSEPH E. BROWN, Governor of Georgia. |Jo the People of s aid mate : The Gene;a! Assembly of this Stato has passed an act which has this day received the sanction of the Governor, of which the following is a copy, to-wit: AN ACT To he entitled An Act to prevent the unnecessary consumption of ijrain by distillers and manufac turers of spirituous lignors in Grcrgia SncriOK Ist. The General Assembly do enact, That from and after the expiration of ten days from the publication of the Governor’s Proclama tion hereinafter provided for, it shall not be law ful for any person or persons to make or cause to he made within this .Suite, any Whiskey, Alcohol, ro other spirituous or malt liquors, outof any Com, Wheat, Kye, or other grain, except lor medioina , hospital, chemical or mechanical purposes as hereinafter allowed—und any person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof, shall be fined for every such offence, not less than two thousand dollars, nor more than live thousand dollars, and be also sub ject to imprisonment in the county jail not exceed ing twelve months, in the discretion ot the Court. 24. Mvary day’s or part of a day's distil lation contrary to the previsions of this act, shall he deemed a separate and distinct offence. See. 3d. Auy person or persons who shall by any means of transportation whatever, take or send, or cause to be taken or sent out of the litn ite of this State,nay article of grain, ground or un ground, with the inteul that said article, or any portion ot it, in to he distilled into spirituous li quors of any kind, shall he deemed guilty ila misdemeanor, and he subject to the penalties hereinbefore provided. Bun. lib. The lines to he imposed by the Court, under the provisions of this act, sbull be paid oue half to the informer, uud the other half to the Jus ticeu of tbe Inferior Com tot the county wherein the conviction is had, to be by said Justices ap plied to the support of the wivcß, widows, and families of such soldiers of this Btate, as have been, now are, or hereafter may be, in the military ser vice of the Confederate States, orofthe State of Georgia. . Sxc sth. That tho Governor may in hisdtecre tion, grant licenses in writing to citizens of this State only, for the manufacturing of such an amount ol alcohol, or other spirituous liquors, as may, in his judgment, bo needed by the Govern ment of the Confederate States, or tor chemical, mechanical or medical purposes generally : Pro vided, His Excellency is hereby directed to grant licenses to the officers and agents of, and contrac tors with, the Confederate Government for the distillation of whiskey, to an amount not exceeding one million of gallons, for the use of said Con federate Government, and Provided further, That the same Bbuli be distilled at the distance of at least twenty miles from uny Railroad, or stream usually navigated by steam boats. But no person distilling under any license aforesaid, shall sail any whiskey or other spirituous liquors lor more than one dollur and fifty cents per gallon, nor ulc.ihoi at more than two dollars and fifty cents per gallon, under the penalties aforesaid. Any license granted under this act shall be revocable ui the pleasure of tho Governor; and it shall be his duty to revoke the same whenever he shall have reasons to believe that it is abused or per verted from the uses intended by this act. Bsc. C. In granting the licenses heretofore provided for, the Governor shall give the prefer ence to those sections of the State where grain may he most abundant, aud at points most re mote from Ki ll Road or wuter transportation. Sue. 7. That each person applying to the Gov ernor for a license to distill any grain as provi ded for iu this act, shall before obtaining such li cense, make aud subscribe tiis written affidavit oefore some Justice of the Peace, Justico of the Inferior Court, or Notary Public of this State, and file the Hant s in the Executive office of this State, iu which affidavit, e shall swear that he will not make or cause to he made more whiskey or other spiritous liquors out of grain than tho number of gallons specified in said license. And any person violating said oath by making a larger amount than tie amount which he is authorized by said license to make, shall be guilty of false swearing aud on conviction thereof shall be pun ished in such manner as is provided by the laws of this Sluts for tho punishment of offenders guilty of false swearing. Bko Sth. It shall be the duty of the Governor immediately after the passage of this Act to issue his proclamation, announcing this law, and calling upon all officers of this Htute, and it shall be the doty of all such officers, oivii und military, to see to the faithful enforcement of this Act. Sue. 9tb. It shall be the duty of the Judge of the Superior Courts to give this act in special charge to the Grand Juries at oacti term. Sso 10th. This act shall coutiuue in force only daring the existing war.” In accordance with the requirements of said statue, I do issue this my Proclamation “an nouncing this law,” and I hereby call upon all of ficers of this State, both civil uud military, “to ace to the faithluleuforcemeuLof this Act.” false iuvile all good citizens ol this State to ho vigilaut in as sisting tue officers in the faithful and prompt exe cution of the law, aud that all persons who violate auy of its prov sions at any lime from uud utter ten days from this date inelusiv , may sutler all the pains and penalties annexed to its violation. Given uuder my hand and the Great Heal of the State at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this twenty second day of November, in the year of our Lord, Ono Thousand Eight Hundred and sixty-two. Joseph E. Brown. Iteporis of tUe Committee on Confeder ate Relations. MAJORITY REPORT. The Committee on Confederate Relations, to whom was referred, in connection with the Com mittee on the State of the Republic in the House of Representatives, so much of the Gevernor’s Special Message as relates to the Conscription Acts, have, as a joint committc, hud this subject under consideratiou, and which thoy instruct me to report as the sense of a majority of said joint committee the following resolutions: The General Assembly of tho State of Georgia submit the following resolutions of fundamental constitutional principles: Resolved, by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, That tho Constitution of the Confed erate States -is a compact between sovereign Stutes, and that a power in the Confederate Gov ernment to order military or naval forces from the States by compulsion of thoir citizens without the concurrence and ugniust the will of the States themselves, is incompatible with both the sover eignty aud safely of the Stutes. Resolved, That the Confederate Government cannot raise armies ftom the militia or arms hearing people of the Stated by compulsion, ex cept for the purpose of executing the laws, re pelling invasion, or suppressing insurrection, and then Only through requisition upon the States lor the troops desired, leaving each State to exercise such compulsion as may be necessary iu her own case, and to appoint the officers for the troops she needs. Resolved, That ail laws passed by the Confede rate Congress to raise armies from the arcus-bear ing people of the Sia es by compulsion, and with out lequisitions upon, or concurrent action of the the States, are unconstitutional, and within oar power to bo declared void. While Georgia makes this declaration, Bbe also declares her willingness and determination to furnish to the end of this unjust and wicked war which our euemy is wag ing upon us, us she has donefrom the beginning of it, all just quotas of troops that may be required of her, in a Constitutional way. Resolved, That under the Constitution of the Confederate States, uud the laws of this State, all the troops which Gefirgia has sent to the field under requisitions from the Confederate Govern ment, have the right to elect the officers who are to command them,and that the laws of Congress which deny or impair this right are unconstitu tional, and in our power to be declared void. Resolved, That while the foregoing resolutions express our fixed convictions, we are still willing to leave the Conscript acts undisturbed in their operations, reservin ' io the State and her people such rightful re nedies as may be demanded by future emergencies. Wm. Gibson, Chairman. MINORITY RE FOR.T The minority of the Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Repres. utatives, on Confed erate Relations aud the Stale of the Republic, to whom was referred the Special Message of his Excellency the Governor in relation to the exteu lion of the Act of the Confederate Cocgiess, usual ly called the Conscript Law, in this State, dissent ing from the views of the majority ot the Com mittee, beg leave to submit the following resolu tions as their report, and recommend their adop lion in lieu of those submitted by the majority. T. M. Fcelow, Wm. Gibson, Members of Senate Committee, E. G. Cabaniss, J. A. L. Lee, S. L. Barbocb, O. L. Smith, L. D. Carlton, 'L. B. Habgbovb. G. S. Black, P. E. Lovk, G. T. Barkis, W. J. Riksi, Members of House Committee. 1. Resolved, by the General Assembly of the Stats of Georgia, that the Constitution of the Confederate Slates was adopted by the people thereof to fonn a permanent Confederate Govern ment, each State acting in its sovereign and inde pendent character. 2. Resolved, That among the powers delegated to the Confederate Congress, are the powers "to declare war,” “io raise and support armies, and “to provide and reeiutaiA a navy,” and toenanle the Confederate States “ro protect each State against invasion,” as required by the Confederate Constitution,*the exercise of tbece powers is ab solutely necessary 3 Resolved, That cur safety and prosper ty demand that no opposition bo mail; to any meas ure? adopted by the Confederate Con rets in the exercise of powe f. granted, and rot tnded for oar defense. 4. Resolved, fl at the Act of the Oonfed: rate Congress useeated to the I fill: April, lsii2, entrthd “An act to further provide for the publ c defense,” and the act amtndatory thcresf, having been de cided by the Suprome Court of this Slu’e'io b- in conformity with the Constilutioa of the Confeder ate States, should be a rictly entered. 5. Resolved, ljThat we recommend the people of Georgia to acquiesce in the decision of he Sn preme Judical tribunal of tho Stale, aud His Ex cellency, the Governor, to conutennami uny mid all orders which he may have issued to suspend the execution of the Acts aforesaid in th'B Sta'e upon tbe citizens subject thereto. Itlesssf;!'.of t.ov, Vance, of North t’ai r olina. The me; vug'* if Gov. Vance was transmitted tji_ Uu? Leg.- itfc wjsiuimn fill Aire TstE inst. The, message contains many practical sug gestions, and evinces a patriotic desire to main tain the dignity and honor of the Slate. The war is looked upon as the subject of first importance by the Governor, and especial reference is made to the present defenceless condition of Eastern North Carolina, ami that portion ot the State along the scaboanf. To a;d in tbe deiencr of tins portion of the State, novv threatened by, and partially in possession of, the euemy, it is re commended that a Stale roscive of at least ten regiments be raised, to be accepted for three or four mouths, and discharged in time to plant their crops in tbs spring. 'This force, auxiliary to the Confederate troops, it is thought would be nbie to prevent an advance ol the enemy into tho in terior, and whilst subsisting upon tho abundant supplies of the Eastern counties, could benefit the whole State by aiding in withdrawing vast quan- tities of provisions from exposed points. Next in importance to the defence of the Slate against the public enemy, the Governor regards the defence of the people against extortion and starvation. He criticises severely the speculation and extortion which the war has developed, and al ludes to the suffering it must produce among the poorer classes of the Slate, uulese arrested. lie recommends that flic Legislature take immediate steps to prevent the exportation of salt, leather, shoes, woolen cloth, cottoa cloth, yum, pork, and bacon, flour aud potatoes —except tor the army and by regular agents of the Government, and ex cept when purchased by any c maty and corpo rate authorities of sister Stales, under such regu lations as will amount to satisfactory proof that such articles are forjpr.vate use, or charitable dis tribution to the poor o! such counties, towns, Ac., and not for spec Ration not, however, in violation of any ei-isting contracts made with citizens of other States. Asa means of relief for, and to provide against tne possible suffering of the wives and children of soldiers, the purchase and storing, at some safe point in the interior, of at least two hundred .hou saad bushels of corn and five hundred thousand pounds ol pork, to Sic sol;! t’ fhem at rates sufli eieut to cover the cost, tranaportotiou, &c., ia earnestly recommended. These supplies, it is stated, can now bo purchased in the eastern coun ties at moderate prices. Anticipating the necessi tv of such n measure, the Governor announces iuiit he has already ordered the building of large cribs on tho North Carolina Rnilror.-", and ni&do other preliminary arrungauiouta for purchasing on a largo scale. The prospect of obtaining cotton cloths at rea sonable rates is represented to lie hotter than it has been. The stockholders of the largest and most enterprising manufacturing company in the State have agreed to sell all their productions at 75 per cent, upon.coot which will reduce tho price about one half, and some t-sven or eight other companies have intimated an intention of follow ing thoir example. The woolen manufacturers are more incorrigible. Some of them when asked to furnish thoir goods >175 per cent, declined en tirely, end Other.! agree so do BO by fixing enor mous profits ou tho cost of the raw material, und then adding the 75 per cunt, oo the finished i.iti ole, making their profits greater Hum before. These are recommended to the tender merries of the Legislature. In r< lutfoa to ordutuqu sUnhi. Ilia Governor states that, uuder au act of tho Legislature, a con tract has been made with a firm, and that they have erected powder mills, aad are now nearly ready to begin operut ous on a sea'e sufficient to make about 4,000 pounds per week. Tho Confed erate States will furnish the mills with about 3,C00 pounds of nitre per week. The department has contracted with manufacturers in the State for 300 new 11 tie: per month, and i is hoped the depart ment will soon be able to keep on hand a supply for five thousand men. The finances of the State next claim the Gov ernor’s consideration. The debt of the State is put down in round uumbersut $'<20,083,361 01, and the receipts from taxes for the year 1802 wore 15,763 3‘J. In order to meet the interest on the < public debt, and to make up tho -sum due from counties wht-ro tho tax could not be collected on account of the presence o!' the euemy, au increase of at least 25 per cent, on the present amount of taxution in recommended. Tho Governor also re commends that a tax of 25 per cent bo laid upon the nett profits of ali persona who have, (luring the present year, speculated in the necessaries of life, such as corn, bacon, pork, shoes, leather, cotton cloth, yarn, and woolen goods, to be con tinued during' the next year or longer, if necessa ry ; the proceeds to he applied to the support of the wives and children or widows of soldier whose property, a3 listed on the tax hooks, shall be be low a certain sum. lie is clearly of the opinion that no more Treasury notes should be issued, if it be possible to avoid it. The right of the State Authorities to commis sion the officers of the regiments origins lly raised for the war is claimed by the Governor. But the Confederate authorities claim the right to com mission the regiments of twelve months’ men continued in service by the conscript law, and also all regiments whatsoever raised, since the law went into operation. In ail cases tho Confed erate authorities had claimed ta commission ana and appoint all regimental and staff offierrs. even when they had conceded to the Executive of the State the appointment of the officers of the line He had called in person ,o seo tho President, to remedy this confusion aud to avoid conflict, who promised to take the opinion of his Attorney-Gen eral on the subject at length, but that opinion the Governor has not seen. The matter is submitted to the Legislature, with the recommendation that they lake such steps a: will preserve the rights and honor of the State. He recommends that the existing prohibition against the distillation of spirits from all kinds of grain be continued during the war, upon the ground that there is no grain to spare for such purpose!-, and all the medical needs of Ihe country and army can be abundantly supplied by the liquors made from the fruit crop. Also recom mends that a law be passed for the rigid punish ment of all persons who may be convicted of speculating in any of the necessaries of life under the false pretence of being Government agents. In conclusion, the Governor earnestly urges upon the Legislature the vita! importance ol bring ing lorth all the powers and resources of the State for the common defence of the country and the cause, and says that the two great dangers we have to meet will bo found concocted with our currency and supplies for our army. He appeals to them to remember that they are laboring for the very salvation of the people. The bitter cup that our captured cities and districts have had to drink is cited, to show the mercy to be expected f our abolition foes overcome us. Richmond Diepalch. An Impregnable Post Hole. —A Loudon paper says that .visitors to the National Exhibition will see in the naval department a small gun on a traversing carriage, which is intended to show a new mode cf filling the aperture of a port hole with a revolving shield. Tho gnn goes through a bail or spherical revolver. This revolver moves on axles, and allows the gun to be turned in every direction ; and which ver way tho gun is pointed, whether elevat.-d, depressed, or after forward, thei eis no opening disclosed for the entry of a minie ballet. When the shot is dis charged the gun recoils, an i thr revolver turns, and presents a closed appearance to the exterior. This plan permits ports to hem ide larger, and guns can be so depressed as to fire into a vessel nearly under the rnnzxle. Vkby Accommodating and Cool — A flag o! truce boat came up yesterday from Fort Pulaski, and was mot io Angustiae Creek. The sole oWect of the Y ankeea appeared to be to de.iver a large uum ■ ber of letters, chiefly from Confederate prisoners of war, that had accumulated -.t Hilton Head. Having handed over the bag the party retired So much for the accommodating; and now for the cool. It appears that the Abolition rogues at Hil ton Head hn-ve a goodly number of Free Masons u> there clan. These brothers of the mystc tie have J a !odge on the Island, and among the letters sent was one addressed t-i the Grand Lodge of South Carolina requesting that a dispensation be uranted them for the purpose' Is there any measure to Yansee impudence ? ' •'xtannal, Republican. SuniNG time is nearly over, and it is estimated that not more than half the usual breadth of wheat has Deen sown-nartly owing to the scarcity of seed, andpaitly to the absence of a large pro portion ot the laboring population. McMinn is ra ted as the heaviest wheat-raising oounty in East Tennessee, bat under the most favorable circum stances it will not turn out more than a half crop next year.— Atfoitt (linn ) But. Tfie.iM’vfrsuee oflhe VamU.ee \rioj In I’rt sol Kre«lerK-il»bu<4;-»-!<liells T/irAxvn into ttieTown—* apposed (destination of; lie Xhreatenlns Force. The Fredericksburg Herald has a Uig.dy inter- of the operations in the vicutty ot that city. Tiro information was re ceived on Sunday night that the enemy had left ami were moving on Fredericksburg in The H- rat-l says : Ear .- Monday the streets were filled with ru mour* ns to tho cU*racier of tbe advance, one man,prom the upper part of Stafford, sayi g therefhed (weed hi house thr e brigades, cm brucine cavalry, irilantry, and artillery. About nooa she enouq r irrivod on the'hills in the the re* of Falmourb, but wept their Dree out ol view, otmg <1 -uwu up from L iwaon’s Hill buck :>e far as Mr. John S. f nzhugh’s. "he enemy plant ed foari does of artil! ry in tho skirt, o! oath bill at Mies Mary Scott’s, u commauufng posilioii Four other pieces were understood to be on tin highway in the immediate neighborhood Wo harfiour pieces of artillery near the “\“nite Plains” Trauae, (Mr. S. fl. Owens's) within the corpoJtTjOC , -but the poip. is not compactly but.. owe ", thXwoole faster v a and U.nox’s flouring nil!;-, besides KcverSl private residences, being in the vicinity. About three o’clock iu the afiei uoou an artille ry duel commenced, which was kept up with much spirit by the enemy. It continued for several hours. One of. our men was killed aud another severely wounded. We have a report —but cannot vouch for its c-urrectucs i -that the enemy had fifteen killed and wounded. One of our shells was seen to explode immediately over oue of their pieceß, among the men. Nearly, if net all, the shells of tie enemy fed within the corporation Several pissed tlirongh she house of Mr. S. H. Owens, tome four or tire passed in the vicinity of Mr. J. .. Chew’s and Mr. J. 11. Bred ley’s resi dences. t'ue fell in the garden, of Mr. Jos. Alsop, which froita on Maui street, where the houses, except iu tip immediate vicinity, aro closely built, There was a!sp one sliot through tho Paper Mill. George, a cm of Mr. John Timberlake, who was at the uppe end of town, a looker on, had tho toes of one foot hcerated by a passing shot, which wus the only inj.ry sustained on the part of citizens. Tuesday T us a remai kubly quiet day. No firing on either si a. The only incident was the gallant conduct of fapt. Greea, of the 47th regiment, (at home here m special duty,) and a squad of four men. Withfour cavalrymen G.ipt. G. crossed the Rappaharmck at Banks’s Ford, a few miles above this place, dished at a wagon train, captured eight men ands Viral mules. Had his force been a little larger lc might have set fire to and burned the wagon*, ;ome of which had ammunition in them. This leroic and dai ing little party did not have much fine to tarry, as a force of infantry were near a hand, from whom they received sixty or oevettjr shots, but escaped unhurt, and succeeded in jutting tbe river between them and the enemy, alhough they bud several miles to go before reach iff; it The prisoners captured (seven of whom wen brought ra) say they belong to French’s brijpdc, Douch'd division, Sumner’S corps. , Wednesday ias come and gone, and I* redericks burg still stams. Early in the forenoon batteries wore planted ts tho hills from Falmouth down to the lower ferry ou Bray’s farm, a distance of over a mite, and tblratcning to each and every part of the town. Thi hills at no point are scarcely as much as a quutcr of a mile from our first streets on the bank oflae river, so that the proximity is intensely interkting. Gur citizens, for the most part, take it as a joke that may be carried too far, and others dont see much about it to laugh at.- During the aftetioon tho impression prevailed that tho enemy won embarking iu lbe vicinity of Aquia crook, tin Potomac river being reported is full of transport. Thursday morning opons in lowering style- -a thick, cloudy sty with spattering min. Along tbe whole range of hills from Falmouth down, stand frowning batteijos threatening destruction to the old burg. Aboit half past nine o’clock hang, bang, way the siluto,- until time lihotß ■ wore "die - charged. .“Whiro is it?” “What are they firing ntf ” were the inquiries tha' passed among the louugcrs at tin- corners of tho streets. The firing was from the hi Aery on the very high hilt ou the lir .-y farm, whfch overlooks the country tor ules around. Then may hme been a cavalry camp discovered on mis sido, or it uiay have been to empty tho gnat in consequence of the rains during the night; hut as wc have-not beeu informed, and fear it wo crossed over to inquire we might foi-i, sJnie"’3niK'ffk.si'B remain wffere weare, and leave th" .mutter open to conjeoture. Indeed, it might he cruel to destroy, some people’s conjectures Dy giving them the real object of tho tiring; but i‘. - Vwb.eti- uid that the “wood train” was fired at liiten&'lcft the railroad depot to go down the road. A‘large foraging party went down the river road into Stafford, and will probably continue its depredations into Ein' George. The train con sisted of 175 wagons, and hud with it four pieces of artillery, two infantry and (wo cavalry compa nies. There could not well have been a more din agreeable night. The tain fo.l with uurerni ling constancy, aud the air was chilly. Tin.: mot ■ug (Friday) al, continues quiet between the two forces, except now and then the tation ot a i. r-otl Yankee ditto, or the sound ol a cavalry, m’s bugle, fallsupou tho ear. The writdr in the Herald, writing later tin. lh;. above, says: That the army in front has beeu of large pro portions wc have no reason to doubt, hut many facttfto esiablish; but, at tho same time, wi am impressed with tho conviction that this decided demonstration is a feint, and that Gen. liuiv. ide concluded that he could do this and yet lose but little, if uiy, time in ombarkiug his army at points along the Potomac—Acquia creek and Potomac creek for the real point of attack on Richmond. The main column tor this attack will, wc believe, move via Suffolk, and probably lesser columns from other points. On Tuesday and Wednesday tho Potomac over was covered with vessels of ait sizes and kinds, mainly «f the transport order. That these vessels were intended to carry off the army is an opinion entertaiced by many. Enough of the army will be left over tho river though to “keep up appear ances.” We Bhall not be surprised ifby Saturday night tha main balk ot Burnside’s force is weft ou its way to their new destination, though of et tree this is a sonjucture to a great extent Wo un :cr stand that Federal prisoners captured, estimate their numbers at over 10,000, but w doubt the figures. . The Confederate force here is under officer m whom «tir people can well afford to repose > usd and l.i« the battle here or remote, there is not rise to fear the result. We deem it hut propel to hay that others infer with us in regard to Gen. Burnside’s movem Mils, and insist that this will he tho base of big opera tions. Ot course, uuder this impression, many fan'::lies have left town and others are leaving. Tlie Georgia Slate Pcaltentlary. Wohov? before us tbe Anuuni -Report el the Principal Keeper of tbe Penitentiary ol Ge* r.-ia, from which we are pleased to see that the insti tution, so long a heavy expense to the State, waa, the past fiiscul year, as daring the previous one, under ihe able supervision of Gen, Green, a paying institution. From the l.eport, we gather the foilowin itemß; The nett profit of the earnings o! the Peniten tiary the past fiscal year, ending on Hie 30tb Sep tember last, are *27,474 74. Os this amount, *IO,OOO 00 have been paid into the State Treasury, leaving a balance on hand of *17,474 74, for (be purpose of purchasing provisions for the convicts, and raw material to be manufactured into poods, the present fiscal year. Tho assets now on hand amount to *60,777 96, with goods also on hand amounting to *21,509 10. These goods consist of cak, poplor, and pine lumber, steel, oils, some manufactured goods, other needful articles for manufacturing purposes, with 9000 pounds oi bacon, for the u-:e of convicts. Os provisions, live stock,-tools aud other prop erty belongin g to the Penitentiary, the Principal Keeper also reports in the aggregate the sum of £10,204 70 as their estimated value, On the Ist of October ISOI, the number oi male convicts in the Penitentiary 210—female eonviats 4; in all 214. Since that period 27 male convicts have been received, and one female ; in all 28— making the aggregate up to the first of last Octo ber 242. Os these 27 have been pardoned by the by the Governor, 1 by the President of the Con federate States, discharged 21, escaped 1, died 4, in all 54, leaving at the date of the report 168 still within the walls of that institution. Os the con victs now remaining in the Penitentiary 17 are there for forgery, 24 for larceny from the house, 43 for simple larceny, 2 for voluntary man slaughter, 10 for assault to murder, 7 for burglary 5 for murder, 2 for perjury, and the remainder for various misdemeanors and crimes. In the Pbysiciun’s Report, we notice that the diseases prevailing in the Institution, “have been those usually prevailing in the surrounding coun try, but the per oent. of disease has been very much higher than with the same number of popu lation outside of the Institution.” Some very ex tensive improvements have been made in the In stitution during the past year. Appended to the report are several interesting tables.— Atlanta Intelligencer. T:: Halt Mine at Opelika. —The Atlanta Con ted racy has been shown a lump of rock sail picked up on the railroad track near Opelika, and has received verbal reports of “towering cliff's on either side, of pure suit, while the cross ties are laid on the same substance !” We ere rorry that th - truth about that boulder of salt ; poils so plea sant a report an dissipates alt the encouraging anticipations based upon it. Weunderstand that it was a solitary lamp of rock salt, and that it was probably dropped from the c irs while in transit — perhaps from the Louisiana mines.— Engnirtr. Tile Confederate IronClsdißtl ivor|i<'ol iu;d t;ln»«ot* . MS. CXUKItON’s STAfi-'MKNT —-X i-'OCI. ACCOUNT op TTTE “aT.-GU>-HBBSL” NAVAL FRBPAHATION3. Mr. S’moa Gameron, Ex-M ..r >i. creiary ad Ex-Micist.r to Russia of tbe Yank.aG. vkvnment, on his recent return from Europe, »--\ci.cd no little attention and some alarm at t 1: North by hi* Accounts of lhe formidable ii.-et oi iion-crad vessels of war. said to be rapidly completing in Engiaud ou Confederate account, and intended both to open the blockade of Southern haTbors and to operate r-.gairst Northern seaports. The New York Times tar obtained from a utlomuu just from England some further and very inter esting information on the same subject, which if claims to boo'autheutic as wit! minut 'd’ Wo copy its statement: . - • According to Mr. Uaiqcr. u , three imai? ■.,# i, s'.ttatu rams, ’he most power,ul eVcr Cou •-.«* and, are building for the rebels. It re iIO* c-.o ia that the statement is true. Twc are on ihdti-cks at Liverpool,,, in the hands of James Laird, M. I’., r-ko built the pirate Alabamu,. aud ; pu<htAg thorn rapiuly to co.upioUou. The Hiirtl is milsling, if anywh-io, ou the Clyde, alGl/iov. G«r in formant haa little k •owledge ol the L‘.'orpooU ruius, their. S ! * V oivjiow, nearly fipjshiM; at present. IT'.* accounts relate csi'cci-dly to Glasgow In the great ship yard of that port-,' tin oo iron clads are building. One of ihrm, the Uc-ctor, juit lonnched, is for the British Govern a ment; another for Denmark, both'in (he vard of ilessrs. Fapicr A Sous. The third is a screw steamer, under contrac. by-Messrs. 1 George & James Thompson, of 3300 ’ns, and "p horse power, of a model so U-xt .that she is c..tmlntel to draw but 15 feet of water; built wu- v rs iron, her frame iuclu.it and; . ud with a plating i’J iacho3 thick, of which 4J,. 2 inches are iron, and t’ . rest solid teak. This vessel is said to be for some foreign gov ernment not named, though if for any recognized government there is no reason why there should he any mystery about her. But although no effort i made to hide the (acts about any ether vessel, li ie is generally known of this one, und inforixia* ti i like that we give was obtained with difficulty. A nan-of-war is commonly named when her keel i . laid. This ha3 no name, but is known only by I , number in the yard. Her frame Is about half r ;cd, and ihe work s going on slowly. The c :itract requires her to bo completed in twenty months from last July. If any vessel is now budding for lue rebels on the fclydaitislh a , lint it is quite obvious from tbe rate aiwh‘;-h nark n her progros.-i sr, uud from the period fix • the contract, that she is not relied on for in :. f.'ate service. And concerning both this^■-.mi k. I, .cr pool rams, our government is ; :i:! ’•..» been fully iuformad. Wbatever doubts then may beut tbir iron clad, there is none r.t all that other sf • ere for different service are bought nod built for the re bels at Glasgow'. Tho Columbia, Adeia, ant Leopard ail sailed, lust summer fro., •his port, the Columbia to llambarg for a cargo, the \dela to Liverpool, the Leopard to Cardiff. ’ The twd for mer were captured enffervoring to :i ’ the block ado; the Leopard through. The rebclj arc pr,.-paring, apparently, not to break the* blockade * bis winter by force, but to evade it by vessels • unusual speed, v/ifh this view they have bought aud at" fitting out steam ers at Glasgow, which port ssems to share with Liverpool the honor of being a rendezvous for pirates- There is great activity in al! the yards, especial ly in that of Messrs. George and James Thomp son, above mentioned in which six iron—but not ironclad—vessola are on the ways for construc tion or repair, ail owned by rebels, or iu rebel interest. The ona, Pearl, Eagle and llaby were selected especially for the work of carrying anna afid ammunition into blockaded rebel ports The lona was the first to attempt the voyage, aud was sunk by collision six weeks ago. The. thet three, like the fona, are long, narrow, swift, 34-coih water, side weel steamers, built to tun’ fifteen, miles au hour on the Clyde, and' from 150 to .00 tons burthen. T'he Pc;wi v; lying u (Jo. ins town, taking in powder, when tho City of Ihdii- Taorc, on her last voyage out, touefced attha! port. It is proposed ta tend for mid the re-si ail ci thorn being unfit for au Atlantic voya; o— by v, uy / of Madeira to Nassau, there to load, tliance to at- | tempt the blockade. There are ‘immense alor.-s j at Nnsrim, wfotitir so oppotlenity If. find . - Iran c i ' 'he rebel necessities are so great that they will four*no means mtried, to obtain them. Besides tb.?so, Ityeiv i»nr steamers if a.otacr —thoy-T-i'foilwtyrtnfo CoJtiafoj.i. • ilxre». screws bunt to: sec voyage, dostinea for -Jrnitar service, but ot mut li larger tonnage. Tire Giraffe cost -1128,000, th '-foi'.; jo 1112,000, mi l tho sdven together not less than illoo,ooo. It appears from an examination o! their Custom House -cgiuter that all, except the Giraffe, afe owned in the name ol Geo. Wigg, a Liverpool merchant active in the rebel cause, and were '-ought by Henry Lafone, a lent. Both *V igg and Lafone ha ve been in Glas gow or. business connected with the vessels. Messrs. Begby A (?<;., of London, who wern con cerned in fitting out- tho Gladiator, of r« rent noto riety, have also three iro.i f-tiumerr of 500 and 600 tan r, bin ding on Hr: C : ; and , probably intended to run the blockade. From i••. fact lljat Captain Reasons, who went to Glasgow 1 ‘ take charge of the Columbia, was t-rans orVod to the superinten dence of the whole rebel licet, it in si-.; poiro l that this firm may also bo in! rested in tho Columbia. 1 But, it i>- the L'vcrpcol Souther,! \ socift-.ion ] that the rebels moat largely owe whatever of credit and resources they possess i:i England.— Liverpool is bitterly awl- almost unanimously re bel in its sympathies, and throughout Great Brit ain th s pestilent seaport has exerted » wide and earnest influence again t us A tact concerning foe Alabama deserves to be stated. The American Consul at Liv crpool seems to have made every effort to persuade the British authorities to prevent her from leaving port ou a cruise which all men knew was 0 b-i piratic.'. 1 . Tbo.Goverument -at last consented to interfere, and'tho day after the Alabama had sailed, so-e-P an order restraining her from gofo;: to ; .... It is evident, from such facta as the pbovtY which ore important, \ com.- to a well aulhtfo ticated, that, rhe rebels have no lack of run <■-, or credit in England. Probably u ccnsidorpb! pari of the cotton hypellr• a‘ci * th . robe' . .. ;.ni rnent, i>* pledged its some way to English capital ists as security for a-iyunecs, v.d they in tun are secured by iueuruncescf an t xlruvegant premium, but with margin aucugh so make them-vivas goo'L Ai'pbal on Bkuaxp of thu BofiffUits. ■ Gov Vnuce, of North Carolina, bus iaauod the f fo.v ag address to the people of that .State. Its patriot ism will apply m > very quaricr of th. Om.fode racy. Ho says: •After the most strenuous exertions on the part of its officers, the Sta’e fin-Is it impossible to clothe and shot onr soldiers without again appealing to that overflowing fountain of generous charity— the private contributions ot our people. The rigors of winter arc appoaching, our soldiers are already suffering, and must suffer more if our sympathies -are not practical and active. The Quartern) ivtqyht depart m-nt is laboring faithfully to provide for them, but, o r- ing to speculation aud extortion will '-all short. The deficiency must be supplied by the people. Wo shall have cn active winter campaign, arid how can our troops, if rag ged, cold and barefoot, contend with the splend idly equipped columns of the enemy ? The articles most needed, slid which the BtaiC find it most difficult to supply, are shoes, socks and blankets, though drawers, shirts and pants, would be giadly received. H every iumicr who has hides tanning would agree to spare one pair of shoes, and if ever mother would knit- '..lie strong pair o! either thick cott- n or woolen r cks for the army, they wou.i be abua ': itly svppl: A gieat lot of blankets, also, might spar <id from private use, and thousands could !>■ i.i• from the carpets upon our parlor 110 With rood, warm houses and cotton bed cliaffi , vre can certainly get through the winter much better than the soldiers can with all the blankets we can give them. And now, my country men and women, if you have anything to spare for the soidiei ,in bis name I appeal to you for it. Do not let tho speculator have it, though ho offer you enormous prices; tparn him fron your door, and say to him thut our brave defenders have need for it, and shall have it without passing through his greedy fin gers. Do not place yourselves among the extor tioners—they are the vilest and most cowardly of Jtll onr country’s enemies, and when this war is ended, and people come to view the mutter in its proper light you will find that the most detested tories are more respected than they. When they tempt you with higher prices than the State offers, just think for a moment of the soldier and what ae is doing for you, Remember, when you ait down by the bright and glowing fire, that the sol dier is sitting upon the cold earth: that in the wind, which is whistling ec fearfully over your roof, only making you fee! the more comfortable because it harms you not, he is shivering ln “ a . r ‘‘ ness on the dangerous outpost, or through the dreary hours of his watch. Kemern ber, that when you come forth in the.“families well fed and warmly clad, leading yo“ rt ““ th3 toward the spot where the bleswid musi I of Sabbath bells tells you °, f .: h ®d^ a f g f ,. r th a t the the God of Peace, the soldier bt o[ same moment, perhaps hal - » tbe ro „ r of ar t; 1- , shivering J r - and . au J er b '° t g t j e a nno l mc e j that he is to j lery and shout of battle ro3 y v- e preserved, die that your ® generous and patriotic Oh, remember these t“nfs,g d flfe!y of yOrfr people of North OMflhmL ffllo are giving J ffr SSSfitfSftSL'Bw rights. _ t ——t — . Fe( j; r3 ls appear to be very impanent to J mi /their ironclads, now building. According fo 6t tbe New York Times, however they will have to wait some time yet The contractors hare not done as agreed; and what they have done, does xot appear to give satisfaction. VOL LXXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. NO 18. Alleged Cnro for Small Fox. A correspondent ifiPGovington send : *s f lic Ici owing “ Alleged cure for Small Fox.” lie say's he cut it from apaper soma years since. Theremedy may be a good one, and il so, its puclicatior. at thißfime may be attended with benefit to '.nolle who are so unfortunate as to contract that loathsome disease, now becoming so prevalent in different portions of our Confederacy. The U. S. Consul at the liio Grande tie Sul, Bra z", has transmitted to the Department of State a very interesting communication from Dr. ti. Lau deli, of Post Alegre, claiming thp discovery of .a cure for the small pox. Dr. Lanaqll s«.*os_ that t,he idea of usin" the remedy to be mentioned jirst occurred tonlta during a terrible epidemic of ot the dispose id 1367; hut fhjt b> ti qt uffininiii teredit in fSdff, since which time his snceesu, and thte: ofldlffi-An.Ttr SbTrn ; La%deU, otijer ool leaguesln ihefr,-atmei4 of small j?ox, has been most tUStterTTisv Aft thp of Statq has.' cdmmiufiaated'Dr. Landei”s'(iaper featu'o to lhe, ‘ leading jottrua! of the jaedical jjroTqssij|M in- the, -United States, (says the Wishing ten Union, from which \ve rofjjti i. oqjy neoesiary fpr'tur pur pose to extract ffffU pcrlion of the taler which -f-or-;• *m---rfi---. 1 .■ — — y :rw; n p iTpref Vxtnmrio.r. Dissolve the vaccine that in couiaiued iu a scab on a pair of plates ora capillary lubo.whurb isabour, four or si x ounces of cold water, and give to the patient u table-spoonful every ty. o or three hours. The favorable result of this exhibition n , that it mitigates the symptoms, modifies the species, and cures the small pox. . I recognize that as vaccine applied xieinally prevents the Small pox, so, also, being taken in wardly, in the manner above indicated, itv .ceres quickly and efficaciously the small pox in ail its stages. Under its use, the fover, the deli, mm, the hoarseness, diarrhea, pneumonia, cerebral con gestion, and, finally, Uae secondary (ever disap pear. Beginning the traulment on the second or third day of the eruption, the sinail pox becomes as varicella or varioloid; although the epiderm is thickened and in a state of congestion, and ia five days becomes dry without, suppuration. Applying the same treatment ou the fourth or fifth day of the eruption, the small pox become as if they were the true vaccine ; till aud dry in tho space of ten days, with suppuration. Considering then that the vesicles and pustules ought to be opened, for two or three times, al ways that they contain any liquid, and beginuinc the third day to prevent the secondary fever. 1 have had since 1842 more, than thirty cases, amt in fourteen paid particular uttant'on ; there were three severe confluent cases, and eleven lens so vere, although distinct. Since 1 had recur .: to this treatment, 1 have uot lost a single patient by the small pox. At my request, some of my colleagues art usirg this sys tem, and they, as well as 1 have rouped the most most fluttering results. These effects are superior to my expectation, and even to my comprehension ; in fact, the vac cine neutralizes tho variolic virus, or one n orbid action destroys tho effects of another. By (his treatment 1 have seen disuppear tho fever, deliri um, hoarseness, diarrhea, pneumonia, cerebral congestion, and the secondary fever. It may be mentioned hero that tho use of emol lient clysters or castor oil internally, to keep the bowels loose, and in children c.iomol, i., very necessary, as also gargles of nitrate of silver and chloruret of lime. After the fifth day give baths of warm .water, with a little chlornate of lime, or ohlorurctofsoda, or sponge the body, Aieo have given- vaccine inwardly as a ther apeutic remedy in hooping cough, and with bene fit pin some cases the hoop or convulsion congh disappeared in ten hours, only a simple cough, which extinguishes in Tour or twelve days '-'ran-itßa* intensitng Estimate ou Corn :>ui>i>Sy. The following estimates, made by Messrs. Har ris and Eehoia, in the .Senate, while the bill to prevent distillation wns aider discussion, on Fri day, will he road with interest, especially by those iaierc.ited in im price i* ..•tin : Mr. Harris estimated the amount of corn raised in tho various counties, at ten bushels to the aero, at 42,500,000 bushels. The amount of small gr-foi on the 1,340,517 acres returned at the Ootttptrofier General’s office, estimating five bushels to 'the 1 a3re, at 7,746,585 bushels, equ valent to corn, making the total supply of com, 50,246,535 bush ‘els. fiu.mber otfoepses lojffow and saw tho tisufie her of horses owned by tho 1915 profe-sionals, 3,830; all other horses, 25 per cent, on the above, 33,455, making a total of-107,267 horses. To iced these, at 65 bushels each, would require 10,572,355 bushels. To feed the 1,100,000 inhabitants at 13 bushels each, would require 14,300,000 bushels; to feed and fatten hogs necessary to feed the peo ple, estimating 150 pounds to each person, and 8 bushels of corn to each hundred pounds of meat would require 18,200,000 bushels, making a total required lor feeding tho people, and stock, 38,372,- 355. Deduct this from the corn crop alone, 42,- 500,000, and we have a surplus o' 4,127,645 bush els. Add the grain tor 1863,7,746,585 bushels, and we have 11,874,230 bushels foi the Confederate Government for distiiatiou, exportalion or waste. This docs not take into account the pea imd pota foe crop, or the amount oi meat which may be i made from swill at the distilleries, which Mr. Gar ! ria did not include in food for hogs. Mr. Echols thought the figures of Mr. Harris entirely too high, and made the following esti mates, 4,009,080 acres at eight bushels per acre, will produce 37, 072,640 bushels; an allowance of 12>£ bushels for the entire population (1,565,880) will require 13,194,227 bushels, horses, estimating one to every four of the population —263,884 —wilt re quire, at 60 bushels each, 15,888,040 bushels; hogs 527,769, estimating one to two of t e population, will require for feeding ana fattening 20 bushels, making 10,555,330 bushels; then the allowance for distillers for' the 2,000,000 gallons desired, 1- 250,000! bushels, and we have a total want for pop ulation, horses, hogs, and disiillation, 40,882,647 bushels, or 8,810,007 more than the total produc tion of the State, and nearly a million of bushels more than the total production as estimated by Mr. Hetvrad. These figures—by two intelligent planters, differ very widely, and lead to vary contradictory con clusions. They are worthy of attention, as repre senting two sides of the very important question —have we corn enough V Dkpksoations of Feiikbai. Troops.--A oorres pondent .of tho New York Commercial n,. kes an exposure ot the conduct of the troops 1; -idr . Gen. Saigle, who, by their robberies an' outrages in Virginia, are making themselves notorious, rhe Commercial also publishes a letter, which it Beys is “ from one who has the best opportunity for observation in Gen. Seigles corps, and gives a graphic description of the ravages of war, and of the habits of life of many of the German officers and soldiers.” We bare room only tor one ex tract from the letter : Gainesville, Va., November 10.—The court martial now sitting brings out the facts ot the atroefous conduct of the staff and other officers m the burning of Haymarket, Va., in such a manner, that to “ mit Siegle,” a town will hereafter be a word of terror to all. The work was done under the direction of a Lieutenant and a Count, both connected with the staff. They claim to have had authority, which however, does not appear. The former, with an orderly and some soldiers, went into a shed, and spilt ami prepared the kind lings for burning the houses. Ail protestations on the part of the women and children (for snc'i only, with a few old men , were left in the village,) were unheeded. Tim fires were set in various T-laces amid terror and shrieks, One poor woman, whose child was very ill, begged that the house might be spared Her plea, if unintelligible in words—for German vras the only language .2 which the soldiers spoke—must have been under stood in actions, for she held the poor sufferer up before them; but it was in vain, and the next morning the, body of .the dead Iw-y lay by tne sice Os the smokies' rains of tne bouse. Dr ' man, who pn;. er 1 - -“7 -> L-'ib least, might be lefUo she ter the ;ta-4 «•«>* the "C-d, waa atruck.tJ! ?■- ‘“.“S 7 Me Count, with hishword, and badly funded. has, ho Over, been able -o -t - .. -serHlacd that testimony before the r: ; description of every house, bam, shed, and every and tbat> d an ng bnilding was u tcrly four dtiyj> , hc the pitiless w l eat . hß L b-'an endeavoring to keep poor inhabitants have 3 jie!ter auto mace themselves warm uno from the boughs of trees. . —a /-tai fiwLIJIVKS 0N75 IS See • Tim Exemption „ oyf! the Richmond Dispatch, ? e 'T- '’rta°dy in the army G-spectaHy to co;. :pts diers u.re* y luW i ana that the-cot provides for falrrelease from Hie- service. This is a mistake, wff! be seen by the following extract'from “General Order, No. 52,” just issued from the War Benartment, containing instructions for tho execution of tbe late conscription tor; «V. Bxetngdiom. —The Exemption act will b3 construed prospectively, and does not authorize the discharge of any one enrolled or in service ’prior to the 11th day cf October, 1t62. From Wilhisotos.— A deserter from Nswbtrn to our lines brings information that tbe Lincoin itsaa*e coacctrav.eg a force there; that they have all ready fifteen thousand: and that as soon as they complete there arrangementsjtherc desti j nation is Wilmington. | That.Wilm ngton is to be an early point o' at: i tack is, we think tbe opiniom,of onr Conierate a. i tUorities. God send that onr preparations may be j adequate to meet and repel the force ofjtbe iuva ! ders Wilmington ■Jq'.tvj.li Vli inito.rU. i,Special Correspondence of Chronic!f a- SerUind. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE, Milledgbvills Nov. 24 SENATE. jh - bill to authorize Beriah.Pve to issueebauj i bills was, at the earnest appeal 'oi Mr. Pinkarv , reconsidered; also a local bill tor ifio relief (of Certain securities. The report of the conference committee on th resolutions authorizing the seizure olfactories, Ac „ tvas taken up and concurred in. The oommitte i agreed to retain the House amendment fixin jiT-.ces to be paid with this clause—“or a reasonc ole profit on the cost oi production, and also pro • viding that the Governor shall not interfere with Confederate contracts already made.” A resolution by Mr. Parlow, instructed the ag ricultural committee to report a bill to upiuioi a State Geologist was taken up aud passed. Tho importance of this measure will be conceded by every intelligent citizen of the State. The failure, or partiaTfailhro of the previous attempts to ac obinpliph the object of a thorough survey, should not prevent n libera , -fort lor the accomplishment pi the \v*rk now. Un'.old rescuers of wqatth an,l power lie buried in the,.bosom of. the caill,, AAcowf't tfaiit'trr tfiypi nres. It is second in importance euly to questions directly counectcd with the prosecution ol tho war. A bill by Mr. Moseley, to prevent and punish extortion, was ;eada first time. It lives prices at a peao slaudard—a manifest absurdity umfer the pres ut Condition of our citrren y. The uufinisb, and bill to authorize th > appoiuiincnt of a Quartermaster and nssislanW to iitoud to tire wants an.! claims of Georgia soldiers, u Richmond was discussed for some time, and laid ou the table to await action on a bill propos ing r, similar officer, in couuection with the Ke'io and Hospital Association. The discussion jjrais-d tho ghost of conscription and State Rights, iu which iiiessr . iir .wn, Ilansell, Seward and Gor - don favored the bill, and Gibson, Lewis aud Fttr iow opposed it, or ; ought to make :t apply only to men not subject to conscription. A bill in "relation te lapsed legacies was debated by several legal members, and lost. Mr. Kiilen, from the military Committee re- ported a resolution authorizing the Governor to call into service two regiments of infantry, to guard bridges Ac. Messrs Killeu and Ilansell sustained the resolution. Mr. Lewis moved to lay i on the table until the bill enlarging the militia s acted upon. Judge Gibson sustained the motion, and urged the danger of contlict between (heState and Confederate authorities. Gon. Han - sell tliorfght the;-.: • .u'.d be no conflict, as the State had control over her militia until they are enrolled. North Calolina, he urged has 10,000 State troops, South Carolina 8,000 and nobody :-.d any idea the Confederate authorities would interfere with them. Judge Gibson was willin', for the Governor to call out 2,5, or 10 tliousaud militia, but we-ought to guard against any in terference with those subject to conscription. Mr Gordon favored the resolution. Tbe State had thfi right to call out her militia, and to deny it was to make her the slave of central power.— Mr; Seward did not believe Georgiri could create a militia outside that prescribed by Gongros;, between the ages of 19 and 15. He did uot fear a conflict, or favor airy resistance to thr conscript law. Would bo for impeaching the Governor, if he attemuted to hold tho mili tia against the law. Mr. M'osely, in refererence to objections by Ju 1. c Gibsoit, against hurrying through a measure of such inij:ortance, by resolu tion, thought it constitutional to effect the object without the routine of a bill to be read on three Separate days. We could puss even a _ bill on a first reading, in case of invasion. Mr. A. J. Prow, u r,* ' :he uert.-’ —.y ol immediate action, as many of our railroad bridges are inadequately guarded. The resolution' passed—ayes 27, nays 10. One cr two unimportant biffs were read a first time, together with tio cr three House bills, when the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. Leave of absence wns granted to Messrs. Hur -1 i-ncy, Key, and Thrasher. The hill for the relief o.i Hie people, commonly known as the “ Stay Law,” was taken up, and nf tar 0. h.-cc '' :i, '.ich various amen 1 ajents—! uo.ii 11 lihorizmg the collection of ioter .(>s{, by "d"' -fo' &c., the colleclioiripf debts Irom Railroads Irnuranee Companies, and oth ers—wmm offo *1 and voted down, tho bill pass ed—as ng the . nme its the old law. The repoxt of the commitfo? of conference ou the resolutions in reference to seizing factories, fte.WBS-ndopte*. -•••-• ----Ofi - New Maitbr.— On a ceil of the counties the following bids were introduced ; To repeal all law-i granting license to retail ardent spirits: to allow the Comptroller Genera! to au<Ht and flow all claims for double tax that may occur; to au thorize the city council' of Savannah to issue charge bills; to change the mode of electing marshal! of Marietta; to amend the divorce laws: to incorporate the Mechanics bavings Bank Os Atlanta • to allow a salary to the members ot the citT- council of Atlanta ; to appropriate money for the support ot indigent widows and orphans of deceased sold ieis; a supplement to tho bill to prfcvent the distillation ot grain ; for the relief ot Mary C. Cannon, of Fulton c 0..; to suspend the act to prohibit tue sale ot deadly weapons , a bill to suspend the act changing the 18th Sec. 14th div penal code ;to amend tue road laws ; to ap point a State Geologist; for the relief of those who have lost slaves in the defence of tho State; tn incorporate the Grantville Salt Company ; to incorporate the Lewis Iron Company; to incor porate the Planters Salt Company ; also the Geor gia Sait Company; to incorporate the Augusta Mutual Insurance Company; to legalize an extra tax in Worth county. A bill to amend the road laws—passed; a bill to organize the Home Guard militia—lost; a bnl to anmnd the laws in reference to adultery and forni cation-passed; a bill to prevent the issue ot change bills —lost; a bill to authorize the Gover -mr to raise three battalions cf troops—passed a bill to levy a tax upon dogs. Mr. bebley’e bill was taken up, pending which the House ad journed. Milledheville, Nov. 25. fc&NATE. ■ A motion was made by Judge Gff>«m to recon ' u •>(.)• tfo: '-caolntioas authorizing the Governor to call out two regiments of militia; thoro was some discu> sion an the motion, by Judge Gibson anu Col. Mitchell and CoW. .v;.rd and Mr. Mosely who opposed it. The mit on prevailed. Tho bill in reference to lapsed legacies was on motion ci Col. ' urlow, reconsidered. Nkw Matt sit. -Mr. Ifoa-lcy, a hill for the rebel of li, W. Dalle ;; Iso to transfer the charter ol I tl e J.a Grange bank; alru for the relief of lliratr- Der.i'?• '4r. Swearing' r, it hill to prescribe, tin; mode of introducing copy grants in evidence; Mr. Smith a resolution in reference to certain ex emptions under the Conscript act. Senate bills for a second reading and House bil's for a first and second reading were next in order. • , , . The riiiils were suspended and i(H) copies ol Hon. T. Bntler King’s report were ordered printed. Tlie resolution to authorize the Governor to call out two regiments of niilitia was taken up. Mr. Seward offered an additional resolution that the regiments be raised from parties between sixteen and eighteen and lorty-five and sixty, if they can be raised by voluntary enlistment. Judge Gib son offered a resolution, requesting the Governor to call for volunteers over 40 and under 18, and providing that in no instance shall there be a Coi. or Lieut. Cob, except where a regiment is station ed together ; but shall be under tbe command ot Major*; and all such troops shall be disbanded on the first day of July next, except suchas may b. necessary tb g<mrd tbe budges on the W• J Aj *•*•1 oX^c^ftfie 8 action. Lei •>» not > be cl-.-qaently ap iromediau. aon eiur upJo oi Nero, who wa'- pealed. ate the “ bnrrm,'. Judge Gib ion tiddlinp wfnm . app -. |p , Qt h( m , Utk nri'ucu .1 ... '... r , wlgMt i) -. tja vr- could eal! '-nv are* for State puvpor > Judge Gib j "struck iron, b : n.iolu ton the clause restricting the field officers to Majors. Mr. Sew ard withdrew his resolution, and the resolution, as amended, passed. On motion a bill to allow free persons -icolor to go into slavery wtß taken up, and after striking out a clause requiring those who do not go into slavery to leave the Prate—the bill pastsd. A bill to require overseeera on plantations to be selected from persons not subject to military duty. The committee reported against the bill. Mr. Mitchell sustained the bill. Mr. Vason ap posed it. Mr. Mitchell desired to reach the young men of tho country who were hiding themselv P .Dorr military duty, under this law. Mr. Pirckord favored the bill. He considered the exemption ot me*) owning negroes the most odious and dan gerous feature Oi the conscript or exemption acts. There is no difficulty about negroes, and Classes. H wrs equ -stmu of Carrying on - our farming operations. He moved th«o*h'’bill on tho bate for the balance of the session. Before coming to a vote the Benate ad- HODBE. A rumor sser a tc have obtainjd cuireney (•which I had not before heard) that there was a case ot -jinall pax in town. A note was read by the Speaker, Iron) Dr. Case, denying the existence of aßy case of this loathsome disease in the city. The House went into Committee of the whole, (Judge Lore in the chair,) on a bill to approprt-