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kttt mr tb# clothing Afl ,of vho GeorgAz. | Uivxff. TtsmtaeH named to tilt -Iff# blank 1 wW $; .■:.•. ■"' Mr. Whittle RosUioed tse mat : Hoc tWM not too 1 fob, estimating our troop* r ad ?;> a Mr. iv*r desired to know at wo at poiot | these immense appropriations at» tit atop, or by 1 » ate QflTiWnmool w;j perfecting it* fncilHfo* for | clothing the troop*. Gapt Tr immell ®ohe with ] great *arne|tt)<!B* itfbehal! of his lae'.iJo.Mtictde* bribed • ,i<- .real and. eiitotwin it too army—two- ! tblrdr a«o so. tee -bento -V j t-rtuV were wit- ? nr< w cure barefoot. 4 .T‘ xm« -.oaU'.ued the amendment Mr ni S ;!.* etii» iatireiyto* high—there wo# t t trwifl id at c /gee county with oat eona ’ rt'.blc eioC. • ■ ' f ocbrtin ncehe 16 f*ror of the tr. ... r ora, pror aiOB for the want* of the •*.cpe. air i fij’’to the went* of the «th Georg .- •!(. o. »ui bud no boom, and neatly half the regim l nt had died. Mr. Furor of Fayette «m a Hard i$ 11 c the »/, Efc favored filling the blank with sl,a.'O,CoO. Mr. Whittle moved to flfl the bl .ok with $1,500,000, or so much there , erf a* may bo thought necessary oy the Governor. -Mr. Dotnaa thought the amount too large—hie enactr had made provision for Iter soldier*. Mr. Owens spoke in behalt of Oapt. Trammel!’# motion. Mr. Smith of 'towns in - ko pathetically ol the des titution arann', the soldiers, and was wifiing, if necessary to give everything be possf-fmed. ilr Bmith of Brooks shaded to the wHlingmaa of gentlemen to devote “the foil dollar” to obr-uict ing nven, to hospital po-p sea, and now they are ready to apply it to .the -/bieeta of this bill. He wonder-' ow many "iael aoilars” there were tp deyote to worthy proposes. He moved Jfc fill the blank witl SSOO/ 00. Mr Bigham TBpnght $1 ,<VH' ,000 b>o little, and moved to insert ■1,000,000. fni. Finley sustained the motion, nod depicted the great sail.ring in the army in a touching *oo-> fn ii>e?r h'K -'f T K ■ ■}"’ wji. i. The I'oriCiJ to isser'. . ■ pr-■ -xjrlyici-t ihat no . 'tpoioWi at *. ti tl who is uebioct v i;W w4 *«*- t% it'ui.' nun it sling of Meyer* T ttWsA BfghoM ndVroiUU, ‘ " I ty i iorrow at 10 n*-h m -.«d he ■i spa ord<, for tt.a’lir-or. ■ kup the hfll for tV- *ie: ol ' * Ban ntuMbto W cb a > noth of “Odmi ,t w#r offered end 9 /nyfteU up to the t •• - ' - itenrnfoent. | V’IKEJJOOff i, -Wfi'Mi. ii. uur; ,< toe '-i ll 'ti re was quite a spirited disoussion -two* n Mr. Brown and Mr. Fnrlow, in referei.cn to class legislation, and appeals to the poor. Mr. iirown diHrlaimed such a purpose, and responded pieui,aatlyjto the pointer review of Mi . Fnrlow, of whut was calculated to array the rich against the poor. Mr. VJhson effmed an an-undment making the aot of 1828 cor■ the exemption low, and sustained it wilii an able argument. Mr. Howard offered a eubstitut- repealing the acts of 1770 and 171*. On motion, tl ' bni uml amendments were lo’d on the fable .or ~e balance of tho session. A bill to protioa against conflict with the New Code, passe;;; io .iloiv Inferior Coart to appoint Tax ftecsiver-i ana C'olfectors in certain cases, passed; to uu litoi iz- Ordinaries to settle with Btates not exoetdii ; SI,OOO in value, passed; to incorporate I/.-*-,:e Inbui-anco Cos., Savannah, passed; to iuerm h.- the number of Directors of South Western j. 8., pa&Hedj io confer certain power? on the May r und Council of Augusta (refers to calling out citizens for guard duty,) passed; to confirm right of the Confederate States in the the m.-ci »1 lapds near Augusta, pas*ed; a OTII i. lemi ntury to the act to obstruct certain rivers, pui-sed; to legalize extra tux in Murk Cos., pa ■J; a iiiyiie bill to authorise-) the obstruction of rivers ides that the Govern or may impress laborers if necessary, tho im pressmont'( begin ivb • e obstructions are being made, just compea ...>!••« to be paul, and appropri ates $600,000 lor the purpose—passed; to incor piiruto Cot.on l’lanteis Bank ol the Confederate States, lost u Jloe.r. resolution ronuCsting tho Huporintendent of the W. & A. R. R. to provide cars of a certain kind for sick and* wounded sol diers, passed. Gen. Hansel introduced u bill to incorporate the Roswell R.ai K i, J Comyiany. A gerieii of rtn lutious declaring the conscript act unconstitutional, im) oil lie, unwise, Ac., Ac., was taken up, pending which ’bo Semite at journ cd to 3 o’clock P. M. Judge Cabm;from the Judiciary Cos i.mittoe, j reported a bill supplementary to the act to pre vont distillation of g . o. It exempts all parties having ci'Lti.ietu with t;>e Government made pre vious to tho passage of the act, tram its opora- : Lions, *o far ns relate to p icons within 20 miles of rail ronil and navi; 10. streams. Tho bill after conmderanjo due# won, parsed, nyes 87 mOBf M. Leavefof nbßunce v. granted to Mcssrar'Dill, jdcout, llrown, Smith ■ Brocks, Lender aud Carl- On motion, it wan ordered that 200 copies ot the bill to provide’ ftr tho support of soldier’s families bo prlirtfcrt, and kv xmido ilia special oraor for Friday next. - , ... Tbe b>" *o appro Y 1 J-00/’d 1 ’ f.” ufotbing Georgia troop# war i*”4ed so u.-to piaaido Uiat whenev; ■ practicable fop Oeor K ia Relief and ilos pitai ASNniMitfon sha'l oa sed to effect thoobjccG of th bill; and tc , for the appointment *>y tbe Governor .I . - uts to carry out ihe pro»; .--"Hoe «f the opp; . r’-Hioi). Al amended, tile 'bill passed The bill !cr t ! '. r.. toe Hanks against the penshioa ' . , r.i uml: Jr ;f s*. ..a - j pnn#H|p tVi'i’ they shall ■receive on deposit and •pay ilii it i.iu' (Joule h iate .mff State Treasury notes, the bJlu of solvent Georgia baukß, reoeiv ic; tl - vJ. ;.. .l-foer -of ono per cunt, as com pensation. A- uinenJt '. llio bbtl pans.d, ayes 109, nuyb none. The HouiiS them adjourned to three and a half o'clock. AFTERNOON SESSION. SENATE. Tbe nnftujtslied resolutions ou ttie Co.iboript hn*', wits rnuae the special order for the Ath proximo. TUo following House resolutions were '.greed to : A resolution In reference to the transportation and manufacture of salt, authorizing the Governor u> prov-do earn, pav agents emploved, &o ; ulso a resolution urging u.e .lit Jtion f Capitalists to a supply of ,ron > “hm 11 resolution of thanks to the ladies for their <1 votion to tile wants ol tlie aEwiorp, ulso u resolution requiring tax receivers to return all the blind, dent and mute porsons in yie various oounties. Uhe Heuate then re.,d House bills a second time. The House amendment to the bunk relief bill were taken up. Mr. Gordon spoke iu behalf of tfTe amendment. r. Sewmd moved to strike out tbe clause ajfowiug tomks per cent, on deposits. Ms- Gordon opposed the motion. Ii was lost The amendment of the House was then concur red In. Henate ndjonr* id. HOUSE. Vdw Matter On the call rt tiiff oounties, tr foliowinj. bills were read a first ®ne : flkT Whittle, n bill m relation to tolls at mills ; 3T'. a bill for the sulk :* "honest debtors; also, to . ;end the charter of the .Macon A Brunswick Railroad—oonfeisba’ king privileges; Mr. Thrash er, a bill to incorporate the Novelty Iron Works, ot Atlanta ; a bill to change the laws in relation to s. ieotmg jurors; Mr. Rice, a bill to prohibit the mnalog of railroad trains on the Sabbath ; Mr. Norwood, to incorporate the Lamar Insurance Company, of Savannah; Mr. Bloodworth, a bill to define the liability rvf the railroads for the de- Btnuotion of stock : Mr. Bighorn, a resolution in relation to Ordinaries ; Mr. Irwin, a bill to au thorixe an extea tax in Washington county ; Mr. Laxenvy, a bill to exempt Warren county from the Tax Act of the U_st session; Mr. Thomas, a rexolution on the Conscript Act. After reading up the Senate‘bills the House Adjourned. Minuanesvaut, Nov. 27, 1862, BEN AT . In the Renats hu movnffig, Mr, Killea moved to raoqpstder the lost bill to charter the Cotton Planters' Bank of she Confederate States, in Sa vannah. The motion :availed, and the hill was nubeeouentlv taken up and parsed. U provides ter $10,000,600 o! or.psnf .'lock, winch may be sub •eaoed m ooupn, U »he extent of one eighth of the crop of any stockholder; and may go into •nsrauon whsc <7oo,Oft) as icie are paid iu. The houee a®; r,tsnouts to tae Ban* r, l.ef Aot were taken up. <sid on wot.on of Mr. Furlow, the elacse allowing backs cne-'ourUi of one per cent, on deposits. was idk’.cken out, and one-eighth iu •erted. The rest of the House annendmeats, re qilrlug them to reoeive Treasury and Confeder ate Treasury notes, and eurrent bank notes, at jser. were ooucnrrea in. Nrw Mmn The Committee appointed to examine the accounts of Quartermasters’ and Oonsmiseariee' Dspartmci.r • ri orted that they won id not have the me squired tor that duty daring the Hearten, ami asks u> ho permuted to ttake it horerfle? Mr. Fort offered a resolution In reference to the oid ad .nnrm negroes s*oi. n trr the sbo'tf -nists and xftenvard? sent to our lined, whw ■ a- v '•••• • j, l *' ' : that thd vaada s bai* tr. -» I l ' l , ue ®" * and heipie ' could pot sea or rnw l - ■ - ■ ' (or acme provision to ••• 10 . i<veiu Lieut from «$»!»* nuaebiei cm. . oyai mao.-, ••• me Judiciary comm t»e>’ repor . • a i ' txempt the Mayor and Connci.men ,t «t and tax cot ltetors and receivers, trcr i •lr itanseil, a bill to incorpori... the t 000 coumy SUt company. Mr. V ass; eud.ctary Ccm ojpee, isi'etted a bill in reter. nee to t rdiqiriea. Bruj ok t&kib Thibd Rkaqing.—-A bul to reg - measure by weight. The Committee on Agriculture reported ana as the ou, ana .1 wan loot; a eubstitut, tor ..0 ■ 1 :r. rsia.ion to lapsed legacies wa. •»; a • to confer i->e pow- the AvUmia B-u on At. '..la Insurance aid Banking Comps; I »-e rehel of the p«q>le, qpwmouij know: «t.r ';‘»y lf*f. *“ "p^std—a re-enaoun :of 1 e cla law. .?“IS olu Bee also passed the Hone- j A bill for ilia Uni: •f the Cherokee Insurance and Banking Cofripa y, passod ; a reeolution anthoi .s~cg the t*ov ernor to pay the freight on -.alt for souiiers’ torn* iffise— pa##tM , a moloiiou requesting C*ag ;sa to iactakae the pay et|tficqg and soldi®*— peased Ueavaoi ab >ene« was granted to the Commute* | on the Aoademy for ibe Bitnd; a ■*> io Gen. Man- ; to attend tho Confederate Court jThis is the T>,| time Oen H. has a* v «l leave of absercel dur.ng hm f-rm * H ->rri Btna on » lata.. It««nine. - A V.U to ehaegi • ■' i ;.,.t t)Hwf r.c Talbot ana rijwris ciiuniie*pas«ed. j A bill to pardon J. R Wiiaoc of Atlanta, nr. A \ special orde, (or 1 ceaday next, a bill to authorize : i cerlain advance.?, passed, a bill to appropriate ! | #*.*»,ooo in aid of tfce wl sop ply, paMod i ;i <om bills ’ ere the* read a Brat aim s«,ed I | time, when the. «nate adjourned to 3 o'e ock I’. * - 1 Dor tea -ae afternoon setaioa omhlrg of inter est was before the Senate. H«OC«K in JAe Hoese io day ea»eof k eaee wss , eu in Measra, Felton and Washington, and Mr. i Ringbam was appointed chairman of the Finance j Committee, during Mr. Washington’s absence. A rcaoljuuon wa' l adopted fixing the hours ct : the Session at 9 o’clock A. If. to P• * 4 -i 6-4,1 : from 8 to 5 o’clock P. M. The bill to impose a tax upon dogs was next in order, and created an animated atm j amusing discuaaion. Various amendments were j propoeed. Many members desired their counties . exempted from the operations of the bill, use f was prepost'd to allow each family two dogs, ic 'rU &dos one, exempt froim taxation, as the old proposed ; one to exempt ifcgs under a year old , another that every that should be kii.eo should be skinned, and the bide sent to Messrs. Lee k Cos., Cartersville to b» used in making cot ton cards. Mr. Love sapported the bill wita the amendment exempting two from taxation, end the ronendm&nt was agreed to. A motion to post pone indefinitely was at length made, and lost by the sound. On a .Mil for the ayes and nays, the vote was, ayes 71, najß 68; any one of the most important vn*afluve» before the - *' ./as ..ei'-aied through * ’"ear of tha - . poruat - nt | dear people wbe dunk more of esamet u. s tha rights of their neighbors or the interests of ft count' "":u» »ie-'oos ,md iafluenttal class owe a deb* o’ gratiinde to those nteiligeni metr oers, who opposed tar bib from other mctivi th*u . feat of the'-r oonatitaents, or an nudes ra -ard for dug ‘k tev: may r .hoeght Oi the l!ou«tti acr-pt qn‘- -re tioauu wa it. e dog qasetton. The Hours conenrra is t: <j yt »ae ■'Wtuake l. .b>; b - k -n o' -. t per l Hot to sun- ug . -fu.ge oiii#, • -.-a , i ail! to auow [ the Ordinary of “erven county ta greft letters of i tidti miration in (*'--U •: n*twv, ~'- e a-:.i a b” ; -o I l> 3t * Mfi ■" ** ” '''*• vi the C. rt fhramvr ®?jt, pa^ed: ? ! bill W wttiton?e tte i*sue oi $l,COu,(kW ziiKip j Irmmrj p«ned . a bill to prescribe • fc ' .4 • x. n.. .<=* Oovemor tc call out —j o . .ue im mu presoni, wmen was carried ayes 08, nays 48 ; a bill to prevent the issuing of retail licenses was taken up, and after a brief dis cussion, laid on the table for the present. On motion, a bill to incorporate the Cobb county Halt Company, was read first time. The House adjourned to 9 o’clook to-morrow morning. MiLLxnosvn.i,B Nov. 28. SENATE. It is proper to say that both Houses are opened with prayer daily, but I do not deem it necessary to consume space in referring to—this opening ceremony unlees someone outside the reverend members officiates. I therefore drive right at the duties of legislation, after prayer and the reading of the Journal are over. Gen. Hansell moved to reconsider a lost bill to punish adultery and fornication, which was the subject of some amusing legislation on yester day afternoon, which I did not report. Tho motion prevailed. An attempt to expunge some trifling motions from the Jouraul was lost. The reconsidered bill was taken up, debated, amended, and being considered unnecessary and imporacti cable legislation, was laid on the table for the balance of the session. A message from the Governor, with “a commu nication in writing,” was taken up. lie returns its without his signature, a bill to charter tho Empire Htalo Iron and Coal Company. He ob jects to the bill on constitutional grounds, in that if, contains more than one subject matter, and also that it has no clause making stockholders personally liable. A bill to incorporate tha Roswoli Railroad, passed; a bill to amend an act to require Justico3 of the Inferior Court when setting for ordinary purposes, to declare an intestacy in certain cases, passed ; a House bill supplementary to the act to provent distillation—proposing to allow con tracts already made with the Confederate Gov ernment to be carried out, was indefinitely post poned; a House bill to provide clothing for the Georgia soldiers was amended bo ns to strike oat the Clause making the $1,500,000 of treasury notes authorized by the 1)R1 fundable in bonds; and also so as to leave the Governor to employ in his dis cretion the agency of the Goo. Relief and Hos pital Association —as amended, the bill passed. 'Flie Henate then listened to the reading of the House bills a firat and second time. It was thou moved tc adjourn until Tuesday, 10 o’clock, A. M. On a call of tho ayeß and nays, the ayes were 12, nays 12. The President stated that there was nothing before the Henate, and bo therefore voted aye. Ho the Senate stands ad jourped to Tuesday next. HOUSE. Fribav Not. 88 !u tht Ho'vi, .< e 01 absence was granted to Messrs. Mitchell of Pulaski, Burney, Neal. Hines, 1 Underwood, White, Howell, Schley, Smith, Lav ender, and Gross. The bill to 8x the places of holding! he Supreme Hour •tan reconsidered. A resolution of Mi Whittle mi reference to the transportation of salt was adopted. The bill '.o al'ow dorks who uro j„ 1 1 cos ol . • peae-o to render judgment in cet - lain cases, passed. The resolution authorizing tho appointment ot a State geologist, adopted. A resolution, by Mr. Schley, to require all tax pay ers to return all dogs upon the promises, was 'adopted. Mr. Schley, having failed in his wise and good measure to tax dogs, and thu3 diminish the number oi that race, is determined to let the peo ple see what a vast number thore are in the Stute. Nfw Maiter. — Mr. Mullins, a resolution request ing the railroads to transport corn for the poor at half rates : Mr. Geun, a bill to regulate the taking f testimony by interrogatories; also to make trespassing penal ; Mr. Hargrove, a resolution in reference to ttiruishing the counties with ammuni tion ; Mr. Owens, a bill to refund money to par ties engaged in obstructing riverß ; Mr. Mulkey, a resolution highly complimentary to Hon. George N. Lester, member from Cobb, who is nowin the army, and detained from hjs Beat on account of a painful wound received at Perryviilc, by which he lost his right arm. The resolution was referred to a special com mittee of Messrs Mulkey, Cabiness and Cochran of Glyun. Mr. Lester won an enviable place in the admiration and personal esteem of his brother Legislators, and his clear head and untiring in dustry are missed no less in the committee room than ou the floor. Mr. Render, a bill to regulate jury leas in Meriwether county ; Mr. Norwood, a resolution that the Governor purchase the right for a certain patent hand loom, provided the cost doe3 not exceed SIB,OOO. The bili for the relief of the Belgian consul at Atlanta was passed. The special order—a bill to provide for the re lief of the indigent fnmilies of soldiers, was taken up, and occupied the remainder of tho morning session. AftKB.NOON Sbssiok. —Alter considering the un finished business of the morning, in committee of the whole, it was referred back to the House, and then to a special committee. A bill to increase the fees of county officers was taken up. The Finance committee reported averse to the bill. Mr. Barnes urged the recom mendatiou of the Governor, and moved to dis agree to the report of the committee, which was carried. He moved to insert fifty per cent, as the increased rate—lost. Twenty-five was pro posed and lost. The bill was then laid on the table. The House then adjourned until to-mor row morning 9 o’clock. Milledgeville, Nov. £9. HOUSE. Leave of absence was granted to Messrs Steph ens, Dußese, Dumas, Ezell Lawson, Trammell, Kice and Hargroves. A supplementary resolution in reference to the impressment of slaves—applies to free ne groes—was adopted. Gen I. K. Foster, who has charge of securing laborers for the detences, has just returned from Savannah, and states that there will probably be no occasion for impress ment. A bill for the relief of administrators, ex ecutors, and guardians, passed. A bill to exempt soldiers from poll tax, and soldiers, and the moth ers of soldiers, not worth over SI,OOO from all tax. Various amendments were proposed, and elicited a copious flow of Buucomb for the poor soldiers- On the passage of the bill the ayes were 69, nays 45. Tue special committee on the bill for the relief of indigent soldiers’ families reported a substitute which was discussed at some length, amended and passed. The bill appropriates 2,000,000, or such part as may be needed, to be appropriated among the various counties according to the number of indigent soldiers lamiiieq and disLurscd by the Interior Court, under careful restictions. It does not interfere w.th the acts passed at tae last leg r», authorising extra county taxes. It ap peals to be ugood,equitable, and iihi'Talme ure. A message was received from ih. -oveirorin r.ten ace to the factory at Carters? ilia for mskiug cotton cards, accompanied by a repci 1 !roin Peter Jones master armorer, who was appointed to vis t the works. Mr. Jones reports Ist, that bu few can he ob tained, at $lO a pair; 2d, they are not willing to tell their entire enierest; Sd, they ask SIOO,OOO for a half interest. He also states that the machines in use will make thirty pair of cards every twenty four hours, at a cost ol $3.00 a pair, at the preseat price of materials. In ordinary tumes they can -be made S' thuty cents a pair. He recommends the removal of the machines and fixtures to the ..rmory as the buildings at Cartersville are inade quate, and they are using iupd power. The message and report were referred to the Finance Committee. The Gore sJ5t recomme ids'that the State give "Messrs. Lee ©Co. $20,000 for the use of their ma chines as patterns (which cost $18,000) until da ninja U’-e be made ; or, that she give the r $40,000 ! for a half i“»27 ee! i n t * ie * wo machines, one of wirch is for the manufacture of cotton cards and \ the"other for the manufacture of card clothing for factories; providad they F i!i ‘hvsst half the 1 eap.tal mim* Ikta warx« to *l to meet 4.;■ Mhiuta* of tee dp, and will er*k«t W> Sell «arl er,»»*».■>.• fKi -ver • .-at. --rpu »c-:!0Wl w A Tprß,eutw.,«iari fr>*2 b-*rag double t. ’ to jUsotporv* Auywr Gold *o4 Iron Cos, as.ss-4, v* r*P.eve Acadia Andrew of Mertow—passed-io iegahtc-xtrr. tax in coho’* Cd*r£*«ed; ts prfavKe for Use payment of attda i s*H.s—patted. A-si.;..'ii< woe reoirod Irons the Governor i p*ttMtaiding hi* ig ature t;, a rtaoluucc r-latir,g jto Use manufacture ol iron. The resolutions con tains *u invitation of persons desiring a “char.-,.! I of incorporation" for tout purpose, to take “ic? _ ! mediate action, so that this'General AlM&toiy may jet upon the same before the adjournment at the j.iaseui session.” The O vercor states that the ! r»Eolution invites capitalists and others to apply I for corporate privileges a) manufacturing com- I panies when the constitution of this State ex pressly says that the general assembly shall have , no power to grant them. i A lew bills were read a second time, when the ■ llcut;' edjonrntd tc 3 o’clock P. M. AFTERNOON SESSION. A bill prescribing the mode of granting charters, by the courts, to corporations not authorized to lie chartered by the Legislature, passed ; a bill to p )v : so,' •.0 for the academy for blind—pass ed ; a bill to prevent counterfeiting and forging Confederate or [State treasury notes. The com - rniuee reported a bill with the death penalty, which was disagreed to. Judge Love moved to make the penalty imprisonment for ten to twenty five years, or death at the recommendation of tbe jury—agreed to and the bill passed. It wifi be seen that but little progress has been made by tbe House this afternoon. A number of bills were called up, discussed at length, and laid w.-s* made ine s',. -Va onfiTor WwtaeadM ■ a, Antfc**i*«lrig tbe GowefiiOr td MexpeJFaetoj-iea, dec. *iILLSt)G» ILL*, Nov. 2- 7116 coDitni'.tea ;r. ti r anee to whom were re-, that pert of Goveraor Eiowu’s MtHoug; which, relau ato ’be fuintsbing of clothing for Georgia troops ami resoi rtiocs on the same sub ject nave had tbe same under eousideration, and ' referred to them, an<> earnest 1 ;.- r> • mu.end their j oi Hit, ■. ui-rai Assembly, that the Ge. rgia -oops i in Con led" rate servic", mostol whom are in a tom! ria , , and in many instances even to pre serve ii ' itself; Qcd whereas, the Georgia Relief nr. i Hospi'. 1 Asso.iat.on, much as it has done, and is still doing, is entirely inadequate to the emergency; and wiierea3, our soldiers being not only compos, and of those endeared to ti?e by the ties of blood, but also our great bulwark of de duce, should from considerations of gratitude towards, and aflection (or them, as well as safety to ourselves us a people, be rendered as comfort able as possible, and thereby strengthened for the dmdly conflict; and whereas, the dreadful alter native now torce3 itself upon ua as Legislators, humanitarians and kindred ia all its startling import, whether our brave boys shall be clothed by extraordinary energy, unusual effort, and re s irtmg to means apparently harsh, but really ne crnsuiy, or whether they shall be suffered to shiver und die, away trom home and kindred in inhospitable climes, for the want of shoes and clothing which arc fa our midst, but cannot be obtained without the measure hereinafter recom mended. Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, 1. That his excellency the Governor of Georgia, be, and he is h reby authoriz and and requested, if taliafactory arrangements cannot be made with the proprietors otherwise, to seize ail the facto ries and tanneries and manufactured articles in this 8!ale, or 30 many of them as ho may find ne- C":vary, and to appropriate their whole products to no use hexeinboforo indicated, till a good pair of choe3 and a good suit of clothe: are iurnjs'ned to every Georgia soldier in service who needs such a> sitiance. Provided that he seize no factory now in the possession of the Confederate Government, and Provided further, that he interfere with no bona fide contract or contracts, which have been made with the Coni; derate Government or its or gauAvd agents for any of said articles. 2d. That the following prices shall be paid by His Excellency for articles herein set forth, viz: For leather, per pound, one dollar; for shoes, (such as are suitable for soldiers,) per pair, throe dollars ; for each block, or bunch, of cotton yarn, 5 lbs.) two and a half dollars; tor cotton osna burgs, per yard, twenty five cents; for woolen jeans, two dollars per yurd ; for cotton shirting, % yard wide, twenty cents, and in tha same pro portion tor shirting ot oihtr widths; for Georgia cassimercs, per yard, two and a half dollars; or such other prices as will afford a reasonable profit upon Hie prime cost of raid articles. 3d. That should any other article made, raised, or imported into, or manufactured in this Staf3, which i« not embraced in the foregoing schedule be found neces, ary for the comfort of our snldiera, io such case, His Excellency the Governor is au thorized to pursue the course herein before point ed out in referenoe to the articles specified, and pay just compensation therefor. It That m the' veci His jHceliency tbeOover | nm at;: uf~ uiy factories, tanneries, «ad shoe I shop*, tha : he bo authorized to employ operatives ; m work there ”, aud pay them just compens ivon i 61b. That the Governor of this State be, and he t* b ;reby nuthori-od, if necessary, to extend tha ■ limit of iiiaso resolutions for and during the year 1.803, so as to insure clothing and shoos in.-' -mr .leceHr't-vas Go. r;.-.i troop, tor said year. Ur. tv. Hi CnmnilDg* Address on Vai clnailon. Milledoeville, Nov. 26, 1862. Dr. W. 11. Cummings addressed the members ol Hie General Assembly and citizens last night at the Representatives Hall, on the importance of immediate and universal vaccination. lie urged it nj an imperative duty, in ardor to prevent the . loalhsome disease from infecting every district and neighborhood. He called attention t > the fact that while vaccmction is ulmoat universal in Europe, and children must bo vaccinated before they can enter school, not one in four of our popu lation have adopted this precauiion aguiu3t mtcc tiou. Thi3 negligence, he remarked, results from our scattered and spareo population, which has rendered ua comparatively secure agamst the spread of any infectious disease. He gave a learned and interesting review of the early prac tice of inoculation, first practiced in China, 2400 yearn ago, and introduced into Europe by Lady Mury Worliey Montague about 1720, and tho sub' sequent discovery oi kine pox by Dr. Edward Jenaer, and the introduction therefrom of vac cimiation instead of tire more dangerous practice of innoculation. Dr. jencer bad observed that during the pre valence of small pox, milk maids never contract ed the disease, and after careful investigation of the cause oftheir immunity, be found that they were iuoeulated from tho udders of the cow with a disease precisely like vaccination. He also was convinced that the cows look the disease from tho horse, through the bauds of the grooms, who, from cleaning thru hools would sometimes milk tho cows. From this singulur discovery arose the practice ot vaccination with the kine pox, which is effectual a preventive of small pox as the dis ease itself. Like measles, or other infections dis t lines cccasicnal instances of second infeoiion. oc - cur, but they are very rare, and seldom fatal.— True vaccination the Dr. urged, is never fatal.— The improper use of old and poisonous or putrid virus causes bad aims and occasional deaths, and hence arises the general dread of vaccination.— To avoid such iesu!t3 required an iutelligent use of the simple agencies used,, and for this reason vaccination sh. uhl be couh led to careful hands. He described the process of vaccination, and made it very simple and easily c imprehondei. Nature seems t o have adapted the Kine pox ex actly, ami beautifully to man’s convenience, Gr we find that it developed itself in 14 distinct ceils, from each of which lymph may be obtained with out disturbing the other. This should be done on the eighth day, for if delayed tho vaccine fluid hardens and becomes less effective. The effect of vaccination is usually not perceptible for two or three days, whin inflammation appears, then a celular blister forma, accompanied with irritation and slight fever, until after 10 or 12 days, when a scab forms,and ou ’he 20th daytbe scab Sails, and inflammation dUappears. It does not usually in terfere with ordinary duties, or cause the loss of a single meal, i I urged the importance of an organized system ot vaccination for every county, a, ci that it be completed during the cool weather. The lecture was a deeply interesting and in structive ore, and t is a matter of regtet that so tew members of the Legislature were present. Dr. Cumming ia I lie superintendent of vaccination for the military districts of Georgia and South Carolina, and ctured at the call of the Special Committee on Small Fox. For carrying out the plau for vaccination in the var-ou,; counties, I tske the liberty of sug g- sting that -he agents appointed for tun purposs uiay veiy much facilitate the work er.pecially in the country dia ricts, bj visiting in succession the various churches on the Stbbath prepared to Taccmate ihe whole congregation, or mien portion as may Qv practicable. From one Sunday to another, is jest day?, and subjects vaccina ted mu «-n 1 tl~ c: id fc . selected to meet :iW; \v. 'KJS&, this suggestion ».i a attarstS :-cilnst,fig th# gooc woia, and we imagine few wiiHjs found so fas tidious or Pnritan'cal as to condemn such deeds on the Sabbath. Every papier we open contains fresh proof of the barbarity ei the North, m its treatmentof negroes. Abolu.su philanthropy is exemplified by stealing a groes irom the r masters—enticing them from their tomes, ana then either working them to death, beating them unmercifully, shootind them by wholesale, as the? did at Norfolk—leaving them to per sh by coid end starvation, as at Cairo and W, shmgton—t? aie cl small pox, as on the South Cor oa coast—or k’ckong them onl of Abolition communities, as they do trr Illinois. The biggest fool on this earth is the darkey who will run away Irom his home and master, with the expectation of bettering his condition among the coldblooded Yankees. The Galena and Monitor are both at Fortress Monroe. A large number of gunboats are also said to be at the mouth of James river. » ■ ■ -Hr T< ■ “j - t.eurj;,a A Ducal C'.aieMlt FIRST HAT TbsrGeorgia Annual Conference of lb • eta. L, Charcb, riou*.h c.>-n t. N’or ?6th. !v so-; J.,w ■ O. loir j : The Bishop m*d. - • ■ -nt inter* * dr oa taking tbe chair. -J. Blake Sc. !« v jxuoUd Se«reterv. ,; i. t: a. G. ) Stf Hmuiit P Sirch, -ss-u!. * they generally seem to b In fie. api r Tbe foitewing coannutet? were a; , Ob Pd blie Worship—J O A r ' r , ; s r. Evans. O:. V , «,■»., eouu i- W. Tally. .On Examining Committees of firs’ A. Fullwood, W. F. Cook. On Examining Committees of secor C. Simmons, W. J Scott and A. M. The report of the Book Commitle ness of the Hepesitory wss presentee. . i J. E Evans. The report shows the "* be in a most prosps ous couditit gains of the business for the last eig m amount to nearly twelve thousand and credit is due to the enetgy and per. the agent. Rev, J, W. Burke, who 17 succeeded m sustaining the business troublous times, but has made it a sc ■ nue to tbe church, and this, too, witl mg extortion or monopoly. The rt ceived and accepted. The Conference then proceeded to regular minnte business, when tbe s was asked, Who are the deacons Under this question the names ofGi drews, Ebenezer G. Murrow, Joseph j year. Robert B. Rogt - .ti: ' {third Tear. Mzrsnail G. oenk tit. ..... ’ Leake to go Before committee ft- • u •- 5 th { years, at next Cenfe. .fice i IsupersMMWd. The -ntb question was then taken . .the are elected tc Eider. Orders Acs. C t 3A- Moore Hd. A. H. Me.Gehae, The*. B. Lai-i John J. Morguu, Jarato it. Lupo, John Murph *ohu F Berry. Oliver B Means continued ia ifos of fourth yeSr at tiieir own request. The oxaminatton of .oarseter 6f super • itud preachers was tak, up. mi! : niow l ., w; o called, passoJ, ana ' med tu m. « relxtvj*. W. iiaggerly, EiiJbennntt Jesvd W. farrull, Jamer Huawody, w'”:Lior Graham. »' in * Gharles I. ’ •' .. Rnipit*,’ J J. M. iiapp, l\ ban Jai. es Hmitb, Claibor .e Tru*sefi, Allen ' orutr," Wy»t. Brooks, Ham” -J. Bel”ih end John . Hot ell, were put on the effective list—Jacob it. Owei super numerary. SECOND DAI’. The Conference convened at 0 c'ciock, Bishop Andrew in the chair. The religious txercises were conducted by Dr. Alexander Means. W. H. Potter, W. J. Parks acd G. J Pearce were appointed a committee to nominate ha Ex amining Committee for the next four yeajs. On application, the credentials of Daiiei Gart mau, formerly a local deacon, t;ow reading in Alabama, were restored. James L Pierca and A. Wright were ippointed a committee on periodicals. E. 11. Myers, editor Southern Christ!® Advo cate, presented a report, showing the cafiition of said paper, which was referred to tho ommittee on pet lodicaia. J. W. Yarborough presented fifty doikre, a do nation from Mrs. A. G. Mizell, of Powde Springs, to be used as the Conference directs. r he Con ference directed that it be turned over to the Editor of the S. C. Advocate, to be usee for the benefit of our soldiers. The unfinished minute business of yellerday was taken up, and the following persrna of the third year clans ware called, passed andcor'.iuued to fourth year : W. C. D. Perry, Bri ton San ders, James D. Anthony—the two later to go before the committee of third and fonrb years at next Conference. Brother Sanders bolls the rand of lbt Lieutenant iu tho army, and w.v severely wounded in the tace at the battle of Siarpsburg. He is rapidly recovering from his would. Me is a brave soldier and a useful minister. George Kramer was elected to Eider’S r ers. The following were received into fulFonnection and elected io deacon’s orders: Normal D. Moo’’- honse, Henry D. Murpy, Wesley Xiaae, Janies R. Stewart, Robert A. Seale, Thomas J. fmfiry. John R. Parker, Moreau Cal eway, tebert N. Andrews, Rob. rt ii. Jones, Janus T. uOwe, and John A. Reynolds were continued f: class of second year. Hezekiah U. Porter, wls d.scoa tinued at his own request. Josiah Harkcy, of this class, died early iu the year. Who are continued on trial? Befl&min VV. Williams, Isaac 8. T. Hopkins, W. A.J. Fulton, J. W. Neese, Addison J. Jarraii, Jobs K. Leak, Franklin A. Robinson. Gao. S. Jobnsoi, Wm- B. Merritt, (to be examined ia course of study for first and second year,) J. Tabor Pay no James L. Fowler, Lt onidus R. Redding, VVin. VV.Glcwurt. The examination of character of supo)nuracrary preachers was taken up, aud the following were called, passed und continued in that rckt on: Alexander Means, Young F. Tignor, Miifirr H. White, Jesse R. Littlejohn, Wm. F. Connelly, Jackson Rush, David Crenshaw. John M. Bright was located. Jarneeß. Payne was passed, and put on the effective list Gn motion, it was resolved, that the Conference spend the hour between twelve and one o’clock, on M mday next in prayei for peso* for tur coun try, und that the citiisafis bt iavited to jo n with us in the exercise. THiftl) DAV. The Conference convened pursuant to i;ourn | oent at .» o’clock, A.M. Rc'iginus exert« -.ere ! conducted by Rev. Dr r'JfeavL, The m.m •’» of tb * preceding session wife. , *.>ct and apn v.~ . i The Trustees ot the LaGrauge Female Cuilege I presented their report, showing the present con- I dition of the institution. The report showr the i College to be in a most encouraging condition, i with a good prospect of being soou relieved front | its financial embarrassment. The report tates ! that a munificent donati"u of a valuable phnta ! tiou worth r.t least six thousand dollars, had been made to ihe College by Kev. Charles Fisher, of Chuttahoocboe county. A just tribute is pail to the Rev. G. J. Pearce, the able und efficient 1 Ves ldont. On, motion, the report wasre forred to the Committee on Education. The committee appointed to nominate the fix amining Committee for the next four years, re ported as follows : For class of first year—Wm. F Cook, W J Cotton, J M Dickery. For class of second year—E H Myers, A T Mann, Waltkr Knox. For class of third year—Jno H Caldwell, G 0 Clarke, J B McGehee. For class of fourth year-j-W J Scott, J B Jackson, A M Wynn. Ttfe report was adopted. The candidates for admission into the traveling connection weyc called up, examined and ad dressed by tho Bishop iu an earnest and affection ale manner. This .venerable servant of God has hud a largo nod a ripe experience, and his coun sels were wise and valuable. Win. Asburv Dodge, W. F Holland, Wto. C. Dunlap, J, 0. A. Sparks, John F. Ellison and Ben jamin J. Baldwin were admitted on trial. John M. Lonrey was admitted into full connection, and elected to Deacon’s orders. W. W. Osliu was admitted into full conuect on. Geo. W. L. An thony, continued on trial, to go before commit tee oi both years. Tuns. 11. -tewarl was untied and his character passed. W. J. Parks, C. W. Key, A. M. Wynn, Jaa. L. Pierce and S. Anthony were appointed a committee to consider the pro priety of holding a session of the General Coher ence in Apiil next, The board of Stewards submitted their report which was read and adopted. A donation from Mrs. Flournoy, of 1100 was received, and ordered to be placed iu the bands ol the Stewards, and a letter of thanks to bo written by the Secretary. *he annual meeting of the book committee was changed to the first Wednesday in October. Henry L Jewett was elected a member of the book cctn tua vacancy occasioned by the death of Roo t A Smith. e ? Q i l ? lia ? tion of Elders was then taken up, and the fol.owing werecalled, examined and pass ed; Josiah Lewis, A T Mann. J II Caldwell, Wm S Baker W alter Knox. D R McWilliams, R J Har well, Robert B Lester, D W Calhoun, Wai A Fto rence Jas M Austin Rob’t A Cannon, John W McGenee, Sam 1 A Clarke. Thomas U Jordan, W U Potter ana Wink Crum ey. The Situation.— Parties who have arrive : i, o m Murfreesboro direct, represent that firing wa? heard throughout yesterday, along oar Intire line between Luvergnb and Nashville. It is also rumored upon doubtful au* -or v that a force of the enemy, supposed to bl fen thousand strong, nave penetrated thr<- n Wil son county and the direction of Me'l-nrsrUlfi" credit, because the enemy have 4t transporta tion so- - thousand men and such a the troops to spare either " ’ nor A flank movement of tfee kind would exnis* parties attempting it to certain capture u ! hills and pusses of Warren, While andc“ 8 - h counties. Gen. Damon , who •> f ' ' into tins region da:ii-;. about fruit!:;,: of his men by. sickness,., iatigee nd -r the guerillas, and effecting nothing "whhta V tnrned about face and struck a double-auiek irl the lower country, weary and disgusted Bull Nelson also earned an army thither, which because completely exhauste<»<by'\iaW -v ftiuv idjuesiioo, an jitbe jaHageqofßhalfertfeiAi^f*. dtom dying bodiewfcf tawjkfi scoutsq hereabouts,rttkMd ‘*ffßet##fiß r a to travel,'’ invanaS!y,«ad ■- • •ff, Forrest, and the,many b raffife* i tJk ,hv erally came out at t ; i fl It is quite ;.-.w,;ih«j however, that the Hatf»V, , ope Led around a .-cut Nashville and- ieta •• freest .... n sober earnest and that %e shall henceforward ne. r of the crack oi nffe and tfo note of cannon every i&T.—O/iaUanooga j&bd 26 • rue Fayetteville, North Carolina. Observer learns that great apprehension is felt about the scarcity of corn likely to be produced by *he im mense number of distilleries prepared and pre paring to goto work as soon as the prohibition against distilling grain is at an end In that State which will be on the firs: day cl January next’ It is said that some persons ait holding back their corn for that day, as they are assured that the price will be no object to the distillers, who can give five dollars tor a bushel cf corn, ana then make tan or twenty doiiara by converting it into whiskey. N«W» Suaiatsv} . A ccaispcnpwt of the Columbus Sun states : lai two of the End •« Burners who escaped seme j ee ). s g j c » from Atlanta have made their way to | e biockudsts c -■ r aud arrived only j few davs since. The thieves stated that friends \ - tb-m :o b--e .k ia 1 in Atlanta, ana putting i ~ jv" ohat 1 hooche*, told them to follow its i n - ,nd conceal.n.: hemseivesau nc: the duv. They were six'weeks in ais ,j j: ",; e ' a -,i ; u a wretched condition when co’v.-iinp board tr - b'oekader, being greatly oaeiuted from ; tai > lion, .od with clothe 3 wo;rn and tatter; das scarcely t" cover them.— t ■- < i a ihev coaid hear a l that was go g on a'oug'the banks of the river though never s, en themselves. -A , _i. „ _x .A . A lady wl o Icf- ffashville a short time sLcr r. porta that a meat terrible state of affairs pre - Vs th re The soldiers were absolutely qnar t. "-ing on the inhabitants, and would frequent force open the doors ct houses at meal ; ne drive- the family from the table and sit down msdves, devourin g every thing they could ”i r j the onlm.-rf dipartincnt. Not content „■ i“ ibis, they would afterward rob tbe house of ' hatever struck ihcir fancy. The poor were '(Ter"''' terribly. Andy Johnson wa» in Nasb- Te, and, it is said, encouraged the 'brutality of t' ? soldiery. Oa ti.fc night of v. 18, in Abolitionists took ."S=:csioti cf Euchecaua, in Walton county, lorida, broke open the Laud Office for the West i Circuit, carried off all the books, plate, papers and records thereof. Ail the letters, paperp, 'Ac., the Pcsiofficc iu that place were also carried | if , ma! e.v :s aging at Go’d Branch Bast, , information that «,'-caty tons ot Engliafc goods •*r »nid : • ’ u'otbir g, u»> emi ec at’ s fondjng | render’ ng ot brave soldier* com; rtao’.e through i tha wmte:. Toe policy of ;ue Federal authorities in West Tennessee, toward tho planters, .naa assumed no u. jre provirion crops will be permit#d wo. be grown, but the whole indusarfo- strength u* the country must be devoted to the ;ni*are of ouon. •p. >- < < teru umtiou to ev - r t-r. liroatistug supplies from di. granaries cf lb- Northwest Front ’his tact .-nr people ihat no effi-rt ahomd be avoided io keep hack tbr tbe Federal* to change the ohatme; of- Mr-, ssaippi i':ver ut ,- :ckeburg, Las girtn »* ueaenpuon or the canal they were so long engaged in emtiug. Itsjdimensions' are stated to be one and a half mil; s in length and only some twelve feet in width at the top, the sides sloping to the bottom. At no time did they succeed in getting the water through, although at onetime they made a des po» ate effort to do so, by backing a small stern wheel ateemer near tho upper end oi the chute, where she was anchored, and an attempt made to force the water into the ditch by the evolutions of h»r wheels. The brilliant idea, however, was not successful. Theriver proved unconquerable and refused to becorn e an ally of cur enemy. Governor Vance, of Nort.rOuroiina, baa order ed the Captain oi every militia district in tha State to cal! upon each family in their several dis tricts to purchase or collect what they may be willing to give to the North Carolina soldiers— blankets, jeans, linseys, leather, shoes, socks, car pets and clothes-ready made, to bo delivered by the Colonel of tho regiment to the Quartermaster iu Raleigh, to be forwarded by him to the proper re-iment or company. Tho official reports from the beginning of the disease to the loth November, show 1,505 cases ol yellow fever to have occurred in Wilmington, N. C ■ and 441 deaths, but additional facts war rant tho Journal iu fixing the number of deaths, white and black, in and around the city, at 654. Avery important case has just been decided by the Confederate States District Court at Rich mond. Some time nine© ’he Confederate i-rcei vor, T. T. Giles, commenced a suit for the Govern ment to sequestrate some .four thousand hogs heads ol tobacco, which w. s held by John J. Jones of Richmond, as agent for Auguste Bel mont & Cos , alien enemies, and residents of New York. Jones filed an answer, alleging that he held the tobacco ns the aqcflt not of Belmont & Cos., but as the agent of the “Brothers Roths child,’’ who are übjects of a Goverment not at war with the Confederate States. Tho evidence introduced leaving no doubt oi iho lact that the tobacco iff question was tho exclusive property of the Brothers Rothschild, aud that Belmont & Co.”were merely their agents, who bought the tab coo fur thorn before the commencement cf tho existing war, the petition for sequestration was dismissed by tbe court, cud the tobacso restored to the custody cf the agents of the Brothers Rothschild. Tho present value of the tobacco is about two millions of dollars. The French Gov - ernment, through its Minister at Washington, manifested a deep interest in the case, as the to bacco v. ns bought for the French Emperor. On Monday Dec. 1, the issue of Treasury notes, convertible into eight per cant, bonds, ceases, but tbe privilege of converting that issue into tight per cents will continue until tho 22d of April.— Holder of call loan cei tifleatos, issued before Ist Deoembo*, will have the same privilege oi funding tbe amount of their deposits or lo»ua into eight per cent, bonds (prior to2?d April) al il they he'd T> i Kiel inmd Enqurrei g tn accou e-nhi'jlisl'.rnpnt : a ‘hat city that cow ’urns cut ion n kr ill ', a .kiv . rit -■ n• i- 'Cry ;■ . m sive, and employs’.3o workmen, only three of whom bad ev • b ' . : ;l r.ny arm ory, all the others'havmg been taught iu this inlam es tablishment. The Federal” made a successful raid from Williamsburg, Va., on Nov. 23. They succeeded in reaching BarnhaciovilU', and then returned to Wilitamsbuitg.' - They killed two of our men and fc 'pturhd six. The old negro drummer, Jordan, of historic fame as a drummer at the battle of New Orleans, in conformity with i.tho order of Beast Butler, handed in a complete list of his pioperty ior con fiscation b; the Lincoln Government, and declared himself “an enemy to the United States.” The military guard was inaugurated in Savan nah on Monday night. The Republican says: “Sitnultaneously a radical change was visible throughout tho town Ti e men with musket3on their shoulders and blankets strapped across their backs paced their silent rounds, and al! was still and quiet as a Sabbath eve. Not.A rowdy could be seen in tho streets, and nor a drunkard in the places of public amusement. Our citizens are much indebted to tho authorities for thU reform. They can now enter the streets, at night without the paraphernalia of war hung all around them, and tho constant dread of garroters and robbers.” Mr. Jcho Sloan of Colquitt county, Ga., haß twenty-two grand son3 in tho Cenfederate army. The garroter3 arc at work in Lynchburg, Ya. Some ten or twelve robberies have been commit ted iu that place lately. It ia reported that John Frazer & Cos., of Charles ton, have made a present to tha Government of a .splendid war steamer, completely armed and equipped. A gentleman from Fredericksburg, Ya., says the Richmond Enquirer!states that ia ihe canno nading winch orcured at that place u few days Since the Fed.rals selected as targets several pri vate dwellings, on the Southside heights and ou tho W*s‘- suburbs of tho city—one of these belong ing to a widow lady, Mrs. Filzgerald, was struck several timer; the otiter occupied by Mr. Hove, an aged gentleman, and his sou in law Mr. Robert Siiiih, a wounded soldier, escaped as if by mira cle Ii the midst of this bombardment, vrhich momenlarly threatend the family with destruction, thi ianies and children, for security, were started for the city. It is difficult to realize, and yet it is 'true, that the inhuman wretches who call ihem savfs soldiers, instantly turned their guns from the dwelling end fired on the rclrtating ladies, and little children whom they led by the band! Our cf the shells passed within three feet ot two of the party! Fortunately; however, they all es caped with their lives. There was no excuse what ever for firing npoa tbe dwelling in the first in stance. None of our soidiers were near it. The foal and shocking atrocity of firing upon a party containing only women and children, however, makes the iormir act a deed of gentleness and grace. The Richmond Enquirer slates that the accounts recsived from citizens and from returned prisoners, all wilt la the fact, that the enemy is-now p’.cse cutipg the war w.th even unwonted barbarity. The^inhabitants of Virginia within their limits arc Bliipued ov V.o Federal toldieiy, oi too means of livelihood, and even of a present support, not only without remorse or necessity, but oy aehbe rate I'ciii Horses, cows, pig, poultry, meat, -orn'ba-'" k aie s. zed by tne U ~an swtep; the the“cMecl’doubtless being to destroy or drive eff ,v-.3 n. C ..... " ■ ~ ‘ -or ;-n I er, r.-. •ii •*« )L •• TA - • )i/u/V ‘‘c’• ’• “ 5 . : -td, uy if '• •*• ■ 1 . ?"*- ; ' o :' '.. , w„b°bv eniteariefc afui ihose who were found capable or intn.rt.ted k|9> 1 .'j*'. ,' hki, , xkenoa.h o. t-'ii.ria •««. 1 ea M #feiXd#pr, tnl stepped out oi to* line, by their feTowprtkouerß. The -North , papers stale Confederate troops bred o- y , f, w ’limes in skirmish Beat 1 Va., a r.w days si»c ' Our teocßS sliouM be more carefu _ We hive no «•»* we want killed tin this manner. ’ . , i&'Sßavw-* , it T7sa snbsequecth . in » On® oi rasa for dirt is ratfcer deti: m r.i .. nnce cotton buyer ba& certainly go • * Tv - . r*aw Mail advi3ea corpo- j »a j them in the nitre bed now aiaxiDj, •- • Good xdvice lor this section, also. New* kuutuitry, Col John foster Marshall, the lamented leader j o! the t:. St Honth t aroiiua R:fie Regiment in Vir ginia, left a will bequeathing $3,080 to the Dioce san Ho w .;uai> o. i.c Hio«eMaut ritusaopd-Gbareii; $3,0 to the Chinch in Abbeville, H. Ci. towards which he was a liberal con.ributor; .n.d $3,000 to to .. ,*oif -a :. relief of it aim lies ot deceased Boldi-v-'- of fo’h;.; ■ Pist: j iio!. Vaguslus M. Hm ih, of Aooevillr, S. 0., who also Veil at his 'u Vi-.-jn - b; queath 'd $lO 001) for the farai- Joss ’•■’•‘r.-. Such men : hould not i-e forgot ten, L ! e h-id up in .honorable contrast to tho - who n- her risk t'.c ir lives or money for tkeir coauir . Jlsn; gress : utr.-gee were perpetrated by the dvanca of the Federal troops that occupied Hcl'y for inns a few days since. Citizens who appeared i -p the str; .is were individually assailed by r. .all squads, and at the muzzle of presented pts tofo, forced to give up their watches aud other valuables. One old citizen, says the Grenada Ap peal, when thus accosted, refused to comply with j of a valoablofratch upon his riib, wl efit i ruffians&iteuipted to secure by threats of violence. His response was-‘‘fire away you rascals; l will not part with my property wh de alive.” They then made a pretense of arres ting aud conveying him to headquarters, but after taking him a short distance they abandoned him. His determination alone saved him from being plundered. The following gentfomen have been elected officers of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, of South Carolina, for the ensuing year : A. T. Cavis, of Congaree Lodge, No. 29, Columbia, M. W. Grand Master. C. M. Jane?, l’ulaski Lodge, No. .', S.oifor.y, K. \V. Mcste.-. !' Ti easurer. W. TANARUS, \t a.st, of fa. , .„ito Lodge, , No 6, V/ Grand Conductor H W Doan, of j ; j’metto Hodge, Mo. W. GrandGuarnian. John i IcCatmfion, o' I’aloMUv Lodge No. 6, W. Grand Marshal. The Mobile Au?ertiser copies tlie article con- j cerutng an alleged reverse :if T ouiaiana, and qie ■•‘■d 4 the who)) story. rays toe salt works are nt oa the Lafourche but cn the Teche, and . ifie report was doubtless originated by speen iatots iu order to keep up the price of salt, re." qksburg, a city arouni which consider,! - inktest is now gath> ting, >s in Spottsylvania county, Va , p'eafautly situated in a fertile alley u tie ri K vi *ht H-tppai -::k river, at i\: fiend ■ ti l - w-.t»r, 0S mites nor.n ttom . ,ad, and 110 mi; . above Chesapeake Bay. its i population is almut five thousand, it is a Cue city 1 manufacturing puiposes. The motive power •he water of Hit- river is available at tho fails v above. U fiaa dirt, railroad communication .xports, comprising flour, gram aud tobacco, were valued at $5,000,- 000. Just beyond ihe limits of the city an unfin ished monument, begun in 1833, marks tho tomb of tbe mother of Washington who died there in in 1789. Mr. Solomon Shaw, proprietor of the Quincy mills, Gibaon county, Tennessee, has been inhu manly murdered in his own house by two Federal soldiers in disguise. His son Solomon was at the same time severely wounded by blows inflicted on the head with a pistol in the hands of one of the ruffians after the cap had failed to explode when presented with the muzzle within a low inches of young Mr. Shaw’s head. Miss Ascnath Shaw, be ing the only one armed about the house, shot both the assassins with her revolver in time to save tho life of her brother, and the report is that both have since died. Mr. Shaw was a promi nent citizen, and unfaltering in liia devotion to the South, aud hence hi3 brutal murder, at the hands of a marauding soldiery. Tho present war has fieveloped the hastiness and corruption of United States Military officers on a scale lar exceeding any in history. It is no torious that bribery vioiat ug the revenue laws at the West is as flagrant as in obtaining passes both at the East and West. Contraband traffic by means of permits from Federal officers, be tween New Oi lcans and Mobile, has become a regular business. The bribery of officers at tho East in the matter of passes has assumed the same barefaced, character. The snow end frost has killed the mast in the vicinity of Aberdeen, Miss. —a thing that ha.3 not occurred before for thirty years. The next session of tha Confederate Congress will commence in the Capital at Richmond, on the second Holiday ia January next. There was a heavy frost at Wilmington on the night of Nov. 23d. A. P. Brown, of the Carter Factory, Columbus, Ga., is making wood buttons ns good as bone buttons. Eighteen negroes iu Savannah recently contri buted ninety dollars for tbe relief of our soldiers in Virginia. Tho train crop in Texas, from the llio Grande to the Red river, this year, is said to be the largest one ever known in that State. The difficulty of procuring acids since the block ade of our ports l>s ?>eoii a serious one to tho telegraph fin s iu the Southern Confederacy. Operators have resorted to various expedients— such as bine vitro!, copper batteries, &c. A short time ago the President and Superintendent of the Texas Telegraph Company concluded, as an experiment, to try Soiir Lake water instead of sulphuric acid. A battery wti3 fitted up, giving; a large surface of *?nc to the action of the water, and the result was satisfactory. The line of this company is now worked by a battery of Sour Lake water Sour Lake is a small lake or pond of water situated in Hardin county, Texas, a few miles from the Texas and New Orleans Railroad, end about eighty-five miius from tbe city of Houston. Tho waters are quit? acid to the taste, those of the sum ounding springs bearing Hose rosem ••i.iuco t» tartar aeiu water. It 1. believed that tor telegraphic purposes the wuw? of this lake might fie trn .< sported in barre.a to any pm l of the Confederacy. A party of hunters from Albemarle killed, six teen deer in Augusta county, Va., lately. Flour is held at SSO per barrel, molasses at $7 per gallon, and salt at S2O per bushel, in Tallalins sa, Fla. The contiguity of tho Itvo armies in Tennessee may at any moment bring on a general engage ment in the vicinity of Murfreesboro’ or Lavergne. Lawrence Wilson, who has a tannery und shoe shop within a few miles of Vaiden, Mississippi, charges the same price for shoos that he did be fore the war ; and n addition to this, proposes to give every soldier’s wife a pair of shoes, many poor wives of soldiers having already been made tbe recipients of hi3 liberality. Such evidences of patroltism will be remembered after the war closes. Ii is rumored that Gen. Bragg is close iu the rear of tho Federal army at Conntb, and is about to open an attack upon them. This may be the reason of the unexpected retreat of tha Feder 1 forces to Jackson, l’enn. Tbe Athens Watchman says : ‘‘Wo are inform ed that many persons refuse to take Confederate money.” All persons who pursue such a course aro playing into the hands of the enemy. If a person wishes Lincoln to subjugate the South, he assist him greatly by doing all he can to discredit our currency. There can be no harm done by looking a little after those who refuse to take Confederate money. Garroters still continue to knock down and rob the unsuspecting wayfarers in Richmond. Tho residents of the county qj Jeffersen, Va., have within the last three months invested nearly five hundred thousand dollars in eight per oent. Confederate bonds. According to the Comptroller General’s report, the aggregate of general taxes for the State of South Carolina, is 1358,107.10, a decrease of $54,- 9.00.07 from the returns for 1861. Tho tax on lands amounts to $121,505.53, a decrease of $13,- 760 39 on 1861. Tho funded debt of the State is $6,603,762.49. F. A. Miles, of Marion, S. C., sold baccn and lard last week at twenty-five cents per pound, when others were trying to sell lard at forty and bacon at fifty and sixty cents. Such acts of patriotism in the3C times of oppression, when those articles will bring almost any price demanded, are worthy to be recorded. The Columbia South Carolinian ia informed that many of the women of Charleston positively refuse to leave the city under any circumstances, declaring that they can carry powder, water, &c., to the troops, and are determined to remain during a bombardment. One venerable lady of aixty raid she would prefer that Gen. Beauregurd should send her a musket instead of an order to leave, os she could use it, and would then not be a non-combatant. There is no doubt, that the Yankees believe they can accomplish something decisive in the West this winter, hence they have made and are making such extensive preparations; and although the control of the Mississippi r.ver will not be as great a benefit to them as they imagine, yet it is of the first importance that the States ol Mississip pi, Alabama auu Louisiana should not beoverrun, and therefore we hope the Confederate and State hu.horities wiii make a determined effort to beat back the tide of invasion which is even now roll ing dow:: upon them. Buffer las is?u dan o-der dm- cling his offi rs .■; equ *,51 all and ptoperty within the district r .o -.-iaa- the ‘ JiMnoi V L l-m-che,” lyi~, g . f. • :.c ih-- P.iilhcs rs j . n-:■- ■■ J 'I ' i”. 6-I * 4 t, runs era .t : I r .. ;... act me invto cry 0 ad th« persnasi t roperty in Sf 4 i. .tpets fhait be taken <■ id c"*t to the proper officers, such portions thnedf as may he required for the use of the army of .he United States; aq4 ~ u caiicct tc. ~ her o*hir pcrtonal property and bring the satne to N< • .'Jr:tans, an'd cause it to bo sold at ruaiic auction to "he highest bidqertk. Exception 3 made of ti. i property of iorelgh nautraia. Tna..a who will remain peace ablv i- their plantaturns, ali. rdlug no aid or comfort to the enemies ofthe Unite? .States, and vi ho shall return to their aiiegianc-% are empower ed tc work their ownpianrat.ous, to make their own crop,, and reta n their own property, except such as is necessary for the military usee cf the tlnited F.fatea. The people 01 are .oidmer county mew-.nga to u'orit ip.,-asures io-~ local defense again*;- iho thre., e-red abolition iuvaeion So .fa Caro!ixi» is orga-dting and arratr, - L . ioeal mii.- tia for mv soo punaqxe. Nerth ilaroi.aa s.nds a commitsoio 1 to tne Presicent to represent the ua protecto-d condition of portions of that Stale, and in case tie Confederate Government cannot send troops fir the defer: of her people, the State will cal. oat ter. thousand ot her ixnlLia exempts. The telegraph office at Wilmington has been re-opened. Fortlzu Items. litheNoiihot Europe arsenic is cornu; ered j an almost certain cure for hydrophobia The discovery was made Irv Dr. Ar.mdit of the Crimea and was communicated 1o the FTehCh Academy of Science. Tbe total income oi England for the year end iuj March 81st, 1562, was £44 971 897 18s Sd., and total expenditures £O7 386,904 2s. 2d., inclu ding £970 000 for fortifications. beriug’an increase of eXpeudliure over income to tho amount of £2, 4.2 003 3s 6d. A correspondent of the. London Times says that the «or 4 ”Vkndadd;e,” a reputed addition to tho Va- kca vocabulary, is of common use in Dutn re.shire, and means to ;piU in small quantities. Anew system for laying the dust without wa tering the streets, has been in operation tn Paris. It consists o! sprinkling the road with chloi :de of lime, which absorbing the moistuie, soon becomes damp, and prevents any dust from rising evou the hottest day. The great auuual Leather Fair at Leipsic has commenced. A larger amount of business than was ever known has been done, notwithstanding the high prices demanded and the large quantity of goods offered for sale. A letter from Rome in the Messenger du Midi states that casts are being taken of the triumphal arch of Constantine. They are to b'a sent to France, and are executed, as wars those of the Trojan column, lor the arcouut of the Emperor Napoleon. Tbe wine harvest in tho Rhino and the sur rounding districts'promises now to be excellent, both in quality and quantity. a 1 •- ball fight 1 * Bayoum, .. r of ai Nu niton, s . seven hors were tilled The prim- , .« : , ' -.. m ;ived u, is now sXiut itiug "iisv; in foe Metropolis. When lis ms ait-xicuded, iiis sit ‘.cl measures oSX ■ inches. liy a letter received from Constantinople we :co.". sou the Oircasiuos have fought six or eight tmea igainstttft Russians, aud have tax a ; >s- J cession of from eight io ten iorts. Tho eff ” of Miss Rye, an English lady, to >; r is tbe emigratiov of unemployed women to i the rolonies, have been a’tcoded with marked ’■ success in England. The news by tb» ' fines from Europe states “thm ii is rumored .pa. Franco, Ktgiand id Kuf»>»- uremic.., to merfere in the eh -ir on this coni . > Cyrus W. Fie ; . >'* » k >n sp tak ng iu the *ding towns ,v ,glan. about )• • reat Atlantic Talegrtr- .io has fleece t '.he .de this side, surd ww h; wants to fleece, the . Me on the other siuo. The Bank of Franco has raised its rate of dis count to four per cent. It is reported that seven powerful French ateam ors are to be placed oa the line between Havre and New York. The feeling ia favor of intervention by England meets with the cordial support ot tbe people. At a very influential meeting at Exeter, to consider of relieving the distress ol the laboring classes, Mr. Dulse, First Judgo ol tho Admirnlity, said that every Englishman felt that they should bo delighted to sec tho war iu America brought to a close, which had been “conducted in tbe most tavago manner in the destruction ol both life and property.” A letter ha3 been sent to Earl Russell by the Liv erpool Chamber of commerce, calling his attention to “tho destruction oi ships containing British property by armed cruisers under the Confederate flag*,” and desiring to know w hat is the opinion of the British Government as to the position of the owners of neutral property on the high seas. Covcruor Flcken#’ Message. We give below the Charleston Courier’s sum mary of the principal topics treated of in Govern or Pickens’ annual message: Tho message opens With a tributary reforeuee to the brave heroes and martyrs who have fallen in tho war. The condition oi the country for defence is bet ter than it was twelve months ago. The evils of the Federal Constitution as to the Executive election are found out. The President of a Confederacy should be elected by tho Statos. All Conscription Acts calling out citizens direct ly, and not through tho States, a e deemed un constitutional or objectionable, but tho question is waived under the present exigencies. Anew military system for police and local de i'enos is recommended to be composed of all youths between 16 and 13, and men from 45 io 60. Stringent measures nro recommended against Lincoln’s proclamation. An improved mode of assessment for the relief of soldiers fa i Hies’ is urged—and also a chauge in the valuation, as a basis of assessment. The stay law of December, 1861, should be re pealed, except as to soldiers in actual service. A review of tho financial position is given, aud cannot be presented more briefly than in the words of the Message, to which we refer fully, and to which we may recur. The documentary abstracts given in tho Message ure briefly stated. It is recommended that the Staie Constitution be amended so as to render the Governor re-eligi ble, for reasons which may be hereafter consider ed. It iB also recommended that the appointments of Sheriff, Ordinary and Tax Collector, be given to the Governor. It so recommended that hereafter no naturali zation be allowed for votes in this State, but the franchise be limited to native born c tizena of a Con'ede rate State. Tho Governor regrets and deplores, with all good citizens, the suspension of tne College and other institutions of education. H refers to the different institutions under State aid and recommends several changes. Tho efforts for making salt and Baltpetre are men tioned. A. merited tribute is paid to thedevotioo, efforts and sacrifices of the women. * The remainder of the Message, which is very long, is devoted to the Executive Council, and a plea for its dissolution. Tbe Message, says the Courier, should be road by all citizens and estimated intelligently. It is not often in our observations that recommenda tions of a Govenor are adopted, nor is it always right that they should be. The topics of the Mes sage, however, define and indicate many of tho matters which may occur ia the debates and pro ceedings, and for this reason all who wish to keep themselves abreast with the legislative movements should go through tho Message, even at several sittings and instalments. Northcra News. The New York Times says : “To stop the leaks of intelligence in the administrative vessel, seems a hopeless task. Not a day passes but some im portant secret of the Federal Government, guard ed with savage jealousy against inquisitive loyal ty, comes to us trom Richmond or its agents.”— Glad to learn that our authorities keep so well posted. The Tribune says “Burnsidehas not disappoint ed tho ‘loyal public’ at the North, and is about to accomplish all the loyal public wants.” It also thinks “Burnside will succeed in driving back tho Confederates without any trouble, and march triumphantly on to Richmond.” Greeley has been disappointed many times in his life, and un doubtedly will be many times more, if he enter tains such views. McClellan has declined tho publio reception offered him by the Jenkinses of New York. The widow of Senator Douglas has “been paying her respects” to him. Lincoln is busily engaged in the preparation oi his annual mossage, and declines receiving all visitors, except such as call on important busi ness. The Chicago Times states that soweof the regi ments attached to the Federal army of the Poto mac had issued to them, while at Harpe’s Ferry, the requisite number of new shoes to which they were entitled, and are already without soles. Up on examination, it was discovered that neither peps nor thread were U3ed in the manufacture cf the same, but that the soles were merely pasted on. It seems then, that the Yankees are not pos sessed of the honor that obtains among common thieves. A cheese was exhibited at the late New York .State Agricultural Fair, which weighed 1 OSO pounds, and was manufactured in a single day, in one curd, from the milk of 900 cows. The ou‘rages committed by the Fedora! soldiers north of Grand Junction, Miss., are without par allel, even in the history of the depredations of this war. They are so flagrant that the North ern reports and correspondents do pot attempt to conceal them. A dispatch from Cairo, dated Nov. 9th, rays ; “On the march to Corinth the troops set fire to the fields and fences, which communi cated to she bouse, etc. Officers tried to check the men, but too late. Great destruction of properly ensued. The route oi the army could be tracked by the cinders, blackened stumps, and remains of dwellings, barns and fences, fired maliciously. The line of march was lighted by conflagrations. Houses were entered and pillaged by lawless stragglers, and indignities heaped on families, without regard to age or sex. T e Chicago Times thus talks io ; ihe Jtaugaroo i . -..t, o! t. i ahql.t n g ,7£xnmeul: “Hoe ntio, ’ V I.: I’ 1 j ivui. of Ujf Uailvu^tawe, j 4i c. J o ’ ’pi ingfitiJ ha* pr> iiou-iCtw. ag.iinsl jo 1 by a pbpulai majority of four handi.d; ye; r ovn cenafy bf genjon ha:; pranouiiccil against you by a popular majority of thirteen hun dred ; your own State of Illinois has pronounced against you by a popular majority of soma twenty thousand. These are the jadgmepficFyour own neighbors against your adrumlalravkm. Theao are the voices of your own neighbor*,, calling upon you t j withdraw yourself from the association of abolitionism, and return to your duty as the con stitutional Chief Magistrate. They are voices that a wise man would heed.” The procosda of the exciss tax ihroughou Yankeedom promises to be much larger than was estimated. The estimate was fixed at $150,000,000. The proceeds are expected to reach $350,000,000. How the people of the North will bear this pres sure is yet to be seen. It is expecteu t > become unpopular. The revenuj from the tax alone, it is said, will exceed the entire income of the British Government—in other words a revenue raised Irom one branch of taxation imposed on twentmillions of the people at the North will exceed the revenue of every branch of taxation in the British Empire consisting of twenty-seven millions of persons. The corresponding ‘-axes in England from the Excise do not yield more than $160,000,000. C|rMde & s?Ut AUGUSTA, OA.. TURSDAY MORNING, DK< EMBER 2, WB ALWAYS stop the Chbokicls & Sat kkl at the end of the vear, Or the time for whiv. it is paid, ol which each subscriber will receive notice in the paper so tl at if veu wish to con tinue iv, it, would be v, elite renew your subscrip tion at least two weeks before ihe time expires. WB CARNOT change tile address of a sub scriber unless he gives us his fen mer as well as his present address. WEEK.LV LTUiOMCLE a- sentinel. In consequence of continued advance in theprice of paper, aud all other materials connected with our business, we are reluctantly compelled to make au advance in the price of our weekly paper. From and after this date, (October Ist, 1561.) the price of subscription to tbe Weekly Chronicle Jb Sentinel is Three Doulaus per annum, in advance—Osk Dollar and fiftv 'cents for six mouths. No subscriptions received for less time than six months. Hereafter there will be uo “ club rates.” , CioSlunjr for file Soldiers, VVe are glad to perceive from the Richmond pa pers that the Clothing Bureau has gone into suc cessful aud extensive operation in that city. The Bureau now employs some sixty cutters and about two thousand sewing women, and has branches established in Lynchburg, Staunton, Knoxville, Chatianoogu, Atlanta, Columbus, Co lumbia, Charleston, Montgomery, Savannah, Mo bile, Jackaon, Columbus, Miss., and other points, all of which if industriously employed, seem am nio to provide the necessary amount of clothing, especially when aided as they will continue to be by the voluntary contributions of tha people whose patriotism aud solicitude for the welfare of the soldiers knows no diiumuiiou or cessation. The Bureau, though tardy in ge ing into opera tion, appears to be conducted energetically. The government seem to have .;t last awakened to tits duty, and to a p'roper appreciation of tha wants of the army. It is undeniable that theie has been gross negligence and unpardonable delay. For nearly two years the soldiers have been left to de fend up en uncertain and fluctuating private con tributions, when the first care of the government should have been to have protected the life and health of the soldier by sufficient clothing. Tfce» duty was as imperative as providing arms and food. The want of means can be no excuse for so long a delay, for money has been forthcoming to answer all purposes—some of them not as necessary as this. When the fact be otoea apparent that the Con federate Govercment has made am-le provisions for the clothing of the t rmy, we hope that the necessity for seizure of private property, as con templated by the resolutions of tho Legislature, will ccare. The army inuct be clothed ut any cost, and private rights must yield to public ne cessity, but tho State authorities should hesiiute long before they infringe the sacred rigfct3 of property lor the purpose of fulliliugan obligation which right ully belougs to tlio Confederate Gov eminent. The object sought .to bo atfi iaed is a praiseworthy one, but we think it could be at tained by other means than by seizure, or by conferring upon Gov. Brown almost unlimited power over tbe property of citizens—a power which if exercised must render the articles nam ed in the resolution almost unattainable to con sumers at home. - It is contrary to all expericnc * to suppose that tbe State Government can work the shoo and cotton factories tis well as private companies or individuals, tho supply must dimin ish and prices of ariicLs increase under its ad - ministration, to say nothing of the army of em - pioyces and officials which will be necessary to conduct tbe business. We thmk, before the Lugisiature conferred to much power upon tho Executive, it would have been well to have ascertained if the Clothing Bu - reau wi-s capable of providing ior tho wants of the soldier, and whether it could not have been done in shorter time thru will probably elapse before tho Governor cud make his seizures, em ploy Ilia operaUvoo aud pul ills UiallUlttCtoriCS Os loather, shoes and cloth in motion. Sue > r> mentous measures, to much tending i ifflt t the lights of citizens, so long a stop s tr bitrary power should have been tak; ' « the greatest caution and only upon the viacihg proof of its necessity. Kelalintlon. By the common consent of all civilized certain rules have been adopted for the coi .act ot belligerents which are intended to mitigate ns much as possible the horrors of war, and to res - train us. less slaughter, outrage and devastation- These laws of war, though unwritten in auy code, are just as binding upon belligerents as if solemn ly passed in a Congress of nations and incorpora ted in a statute book. The penalty, and the only penalty possible to inflict lor a violation of these laws by one belligerent, is retaliation by the other. These laws diclare that non-combatants shall not bo molested so long as they refrain from all in terference in the contest—that their property sir ali be respected, unless the necessities of an army require it to be taken for its use; that tho lives of prisoners shall he safe; that, as the commission and ttfb uniform arc evidences that the captive is entitled to the rights of a prisoner of war, so tho spy and the “ bushwhacker,” being without these evidences, cannot claim these rights. The want of the uniform hanged the gallant Andre. Our enemies have notoriously disregarded tuene laws of war. They hava imprisoned and executed non combatants; they havo devastated their prop erty; they have shot defenseless prisoueis of war, rightfully entitled to all the protection which the universal consent of nations has held to be duo them as such. For these crimes, they have incurred the penally—retalia 1 ion. Tbe last and most flagrant instance of tbeir dis regard of civilized usages, is th ■ execution of ten Confederate soldiers in Missouri in revenge for the disappearance of cue of their partizans. We have only their own account of the transaction, but that is sufficient to justify retaliation. They do not claim even that the man is dead—the pris oners were executed merely because he was miss ing ; but from tbeir own account tbe missing man was not entitled to mercy as a prisoner of war, he waß they acknowledge a spy and a “bush-whack er.” Nor do they assert that the Confederate sol diers murdered had aDy thing to do with his dis appearance, they were prisoners at the time.— Some of the murdered men were regulariy com missioned officers ond known to be such by tbeir murderers, yet the commission afforded them no protection. Ten Ives were sacrificed, to atone for tho disappearance of one spy. Surely if ever there- was a case justifying retali - alien, this is one. Suffered to pass unmolested, the lives of our sol-ders, prisoners of war, would lie at the mercy of every brutal otiiccr and drunk en desperado in the Federal army, Self-protec tion and the duty we owe to our soldiers, de mands that these wanton infringements of the ruleg of civilized warfare should cease. There is but one remedy in our power—we must, cruel as it moy seem when we consider tha- the penalty may fall on tbs innocent., exorcifcu the fullest and most punctilious retaliation. IVnident Davis has accord! 317 issued bis o> l <-a jn r -.peel to ll,e M ,p i : hr, a~. ,1 w 1 ■ met tfio re-al y dr. • .he crime, tie hope that tl e course will be loliowod up uptii our foes become r.ware that the usages ot civilized warfare cannot be violated with impunityfj The duty of the Confederate Government to 4s people and its soldiers demands that there shz>uid be no cur, f Bering in the course it baa adopted, but that every : uch outrage shall meet with full re taliation. Leniency to our foes in such cases is err dty to ug. There is ,one thing which a gentleman should always remember, when he writes to ano ther and requests some information that will benefit only himself—that is, to enclose a stamp to prepay the postage on the return letter. Two many men neglect such “ little” affairs. '1 he post age on a single letter is bat a trifle ; but when a bnsiness man receives twenty or thirty enquiring letters a day, his postage amounts to something. We therefore advise all who write to merchants, now a-days, enquiring the price of goods, or ask ing for other information, to enclose a stamp, if they wish to obtain an answer.