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cc'f IrvH rrdot gV ar. , tU2fnlu 1 '
reoeiis Messrs. Jacts in tw! BroWa oppjtf' 1
WAS adoptee■.
M tc>U mov-d to po .p <! umL lit i-iy. ani onh- ,
*<i the pr,; - - q-- ■ • t i-. j
r<{ t j r .
c” and ’ :• (i 1*:: i TOT if Cos •
MEEcfcoteoS Vi «. {■■ It: !ationß :
*J 10 Mrow aa* ot the oporr« oo o» mc retain it i
pawed by this Ger ra Assembly, authorizing the
Imprewarmt of negroes for tho d-fmee ot t> is
Siate; fcr remedy whtreo - bi U therefore^
ir. 'itch >h y C'-r.c;-'* by /.g tnnt see con
-■cr- 'VA 1 • "M! *ti •,s not ol
the snthfacvry character able i rw orz-» thepi
rentlotions declertnq t at A. I'. Bell nr-s in m :
pcsxi s.'K.n profit 3 act-ruin - from tiro oboe tr:
i tit.ir/; tl. t/a-i aa olfic rOf the 8 to, fr« he Uia-
Itaupeem iIM Mr. Bill bo th<- ;h)*? t r
to- Qa«tterwasH.rV . artrntut-U it Mr. Gas
l.i.j, i c in,- for .Ms, Bto •-, 0 Ql'.r inaast- r, >t
ariano I ■ arn* they were rn :'<} r r t *- :
pre;!-, villi :
passed. „ .
Tiio Senate tbeii adj v >•". to 7 o OiOck to n'got.
HOU.SE.
.n theHcuu thismo.-utng, r. Btghani bov< and
of the Republic in rztereone i« ! me. .mge of tbo
!;-’cc .T.' (h r for to uiorriV.v "judge /. -ve opposed
rc-m ' ' •« railed tbep. t a .p. -
tin..—st«*iug tiiut it was the flrot jim* * bad
b -o i’lnb n.tt-iy d'moi-tH-d, and toei ». »t;w r
)j» oonaidured us put p-ruiunoutly tteti-o.
one* te fla»!c*;»ar“dby »eiu\>era“ol Cos. V.Ot- j
loin's re, nnent, s-a r. 0.. subi ■ -Mi.
u , “ t!i- tie - :te—wbiob' 1 b. i -4 t >
m’Wa°lkt'r prt Oluiu,V..«\o be Con-
J.a 8- n--t .Jt-f uni ti nt dm tint. The naoSution
llrt r. f .‘ r n d to :» up r ■ 1 coiumilU o.
HobsUttt -• Vo lb-- i-tm .btt«-.. on tak-n^^rtet'
.'d , . . • ■
Resolved, That the Gof’.norb>% w>* bo ltiiuro
by authorized. end requeued io >.rdei to uo pu and
to buoh parties no* • u -'. id in <*u‘Uw aclunug, as
have sold or may s-HI their goods io the propel
uutlioiit oe, uudr lb© reso utiouc u >ovo referred
t. {.•• ,vli<-i •» goods have bvco oj ay bs uI er
i. L i2ed by tlio authority n ore3i‘- vl, cuut.^ou
v r'qeisftci; pjeofided, that in every case the. party
owi; in? suoii "oc(U shall make an affidavit selling
torch the price paid by Idm aaU tho Dame < l ihe
person or persons from whom lio puv. has-, and raid
•
,-!•< r* oiii l is oi ion St..' 1 - • l ;ct ihe cos
so. I! p. Olio.-. I,J ; .; ■ wrn il
i! ;-,j it, l, ram sd by t-rbilr.-.i-tt!a folic . ■ : tbe
officer and owner ercli ahull cliooc-. a (dainti-rested
person, to whom tits question shall bo t elcrrcu,
j. these, in rate ot ui»u<:roeinout, ; null call in a
third person, who eiu*il cct os umpuc, and where
4
va «o of the article. th) oflioar rnVist abandon the
»eis<ire In that per a *l«r enso, cud in ydo to iu
nig discretion, when such cob*. < xc-itht the rates
fixed by the origin >1 resolutions.
Resolved, That all good s taken from n .nnlac
turmg establishments he paid lor »,t t. iwc at 25
per ct nt, on prime coat ot mauU'.aotun raid tir
,rj, ~ HR i,i core to be .ocerta.ued o.» i rovidedin
the foregoing resolution, uud subject io the same
conditions. ‘ 1
Rerolvtd, ’i tiut no coiitvaot-s iniuc wo a the Gan
federate Government shall iptortisio with the nxe.
cutiou of said resolutions a hr rein amended,
except sueb as W#re hum • and *' dneed to writing
previous to the passage ot ihe original r,.- muione,
im!iMs the Ooeernor »>• irs agei ts . lataag
their souad discretion may conclude tan* public
welfare will be promo’.ed by allowing taid con
tr: ots to sand. .
R tidv and, Tht.i r. 1 Etuuros uutUom.a by the
original re-olutieus ..no these umeuduieitts s n .i
cent"■ .heir rpeiotiotu a..or tbe 20tl» December,
•nat, except in th. following cu es, when a case.
•; -.rest MS to cost may b« pc-iuing ou tLe 20.1i
t ,t i.tii be proceed and with v. nilcen -> hi.id,
i when a factory cr tuhaory amy ba'ienta u
• be hold until tbe owner mckiuhol it tvili
.to to furui di and will furnish its puductson
too prescribed by the original resolution*
a hereby amended.
MiLt.SDaBVii.LK, Deo. 9, 1662.
SENATE.
or taking up » ’’’c’ . i ; bi or . nrii an j
s.t •• .and reading, tfiV H ••• r •• * c tak.r up on
11.pn-'Cn-.e A bui. y ■ Xitrd th i. c : l
th • 8. ui ’ fieergu: Reii Florida . ailroad company,
p is;td; a hi 1 t> m-i*e p.uai ihe iun-.shing oi
(» r.cns contiiu'd in the c.oiun i jails ot t .c gtite
with spirituous hqui, i, pare. ; iho House bill al-
U.vt eg Clorks to t> < nn-ptrot.rv ti-i neral ami
50- Tiriaurt.r w. ’ il.c ’ tip The danse all- w
mg tho Treasurer n el.th w. -.triokon out, and
The i . ary of th ■ . pir lot’s e ere fixed a* *l,-
*
Tht bill to cxi r uo w"® m%«>* tbe
»* cnl v- t’ t Hi . x
A bill io coneoluiuc - offiCv oi v?o l k
gtj{ ei ior ttnd i tri C 0... c r
psi tied. . .
The bill to exompt !/• . . • 30'..*, ce: ■ ***i-
Smte aud mm ic p.o officira, wai pstretl. T e
51- then a-.iourc and,
HOC.SE,
Tci6D.it,7 o’c'ack P. 41
Iu be House to-u i-.ui, the b II to incorporate
iLe Empire .'Sian-' iron, CT-. . Cum, i
ny, which bad be»n r turned to She ‘ not »
the Goreruir ato . .1 oout.od to sin: th.
Senate t • clay pes*« - the h.il over tbs me 'J ■■
constitu.ionsi u.aioriiy, I..ioverncr . . c .
wag cot read —but Judge l . clrsae.esptj vd the
nsturo o tbe b... t,i th Uomiic.': s ofjecU-'Lj to
it, and sasiainsiS the n.wtion to * UrS ih The ayes
~nd nays wet*- C:.l. .u;.' i. .-ro S3 to S The
grounds iCir tneGot,rr...r s r o. ’ re i’. A it r
.srtered w. ti. C :.i
alone eeu;d lntorporutea macufiw.iu.iug compa u y
under tlHb '.T Ci .. * ■ p r ’p. : m toc~.n
--t, r a railroad, and t' c. tt re co" ai ea acre vaun
.. j su’.y. m -tier, '" l ich - * ci exprtm
the bat, i ■
C.l . Il w ■ . ’ ‘ 0
. -
A resoliu on wue : q. - .. . . acos «
tbe Slut ' am !■ ro cicr... .. ce A
rery empty and Bunc jau is speticaA tsi.cu.
Tho Hou>e i. £, s ea a\ ■> -v; mu,ri :c cooc. r in
c ,i: ■■■ dr. ,-nt (■: .. t.X\- o. b . .
conferer.co.
1: ay;, rop , -in:• •* “
cussioa occupied it. tadouc t i too .. at session. ,
JdjLLSDGSVILLK, DfC 10.
SENATE
This morning the reprit o. th ; committee on j
shoe tfsisd aj* • , ii-.. Ponitentia- I
ry, was taken up, o; i .- ti-tii.r . read On i
inoiiou. 60 copies were -rd print' and aa 1 th r •
' t Wfc- Ul A■■ Mu, ■ a , . .
A ttouso bill to iccorpom.' .'n--. tiu •.?!•’. 'fi ’or- !
' lusuranee Comnaa.i p ■ ■ j ; a c ■ •.
Vi. .J i r sums Ct A...lire .. ? .1 ru3l I
certain Cjses—reiaie . ("CJ ■_ i;T? .!
pesi'ed; a b.ii lo provide ioi : x! ;g 0 ' r i' *
Shut tins post,-.1 oul of the i
—passed
The Senate ittiAed upca ii ..f u - w .i,, ,j .
. ' b :c sU- rtl.ef of soldiers' fsmi
" Hons resointion for a
t oc special order—the report of the Commi tee
cn C-.siifcdtrat-- K-i^tiona—-,s aa ii»ken’ up. Judge
U v-.'-c pr -c .t. .and to address the Senate ia sn eio
quent tl -nee of the conscript law. He spoke
Sent au hour end abatf, and at the coneU'a n
ipfUcl.-, tbe.S : atj aijauiiied to balf-pu.-l
«<• ■* la . a . ■> i.y the r £
and l .ey were Eraj
sit i ec. ord r f.r li o’clock to-morrow.
T. i ai.atory red 1 itioca from tbs Hoate,
• re ■} to tu-; fczu: e of goods for clothing
' -.-as itix.-h ti; and its'disciiß3M»n 00.
. J»b-i- . tic i niuj- sesrn n . Various
-tr. r.. .. —-cr. . extend the time of
J ... Jan exciting debate
a G.bi.r, Seward, Brown and
otli ra. 1.. n.o'.ion* vvaa lo.i. A substitcte to
.i gtizj wart oflered
lrawn Col. F.snd Mr.
oppov.<t ins wh - policy of s- : zure. Sir.
fafpr .. =. giaa resointion. Judge
... ... ■ to...aiary, or explana
. of the House. They cfTtred just
n. . „u, aid : a good ch -zen ought to ob-
.te.zu. e ol go., a*, toi clothing the troope,
- 1 d’s profit oo them. Only a
i i-.u iud fr .m Georgia now need
a »fcs t > the efforts of the Government
ill: . j op.a.id t: -y could be obtained be-
Mr. Ker r i , denounced the whole
; li.iei;,!-, ; ..izure as wrong, calculated to weaken
p-ilr. jt! m of tb.- p- p i, and do i .finite mis
t-t is r- c.-:r. >o a vote the Senate ad
lIOUBE.
1 it. ii.-.n cto day, tbe resolution m jeftrence
a r.*c -33 war oottsideri-d, and the Senate rego
i•• w; - ecncwrred in. Tbe Gencrai Assembly
I th«r- f:-r- odjourn ert Sa-nrday, to meet on the
rln >Vt: :- sduy a Apr.l. Tbe vote was Mt"
'.-i , ■•nos .. -iv.-d !/■ '■. .;ir. the operations ot the
» - i?iu uo in its sup
. . •>. -hi loot. He then
; rr...ved to ad
, jju- i ,. picviou-j que-uon was call
i ,i.. r- t..i- . uoaututa was ayes 6t,
I n.' c t •a tb riginal bill war then
t' ; 71. Ho Hie House bas re
- it./-.*- i ot tho real estate of
no. . a mr-tiouof Judge Coehren,
• .c:r I cr-i v ; t .Lie first Friday after
l iinTh tVadauiday m April nest.
A re.- iutioit rcqaesMng the Confederate Co
n... in ‘ (Tr. i. . i.. :i a legal tender was
i. id. J, -.1 r inn rone, thi-in would be no
iccr. ,lon for : wt.r tax.
A 1 i < ho. id -.tl lad ■a to have tho
I it KtaM Hr use 1 1 make into blankets for
i . ■: i ;., wit. lost. li. was urged that the
o a-p- .a wur necessary to prevent muss and con
fu i.i ; om wat- iug a.id th moving of chttirs.
To Houf i. t Mused to couour in r* Heuuto
idm .it to tbe bill to prevent small pox. Tbe
...! rut tit r-rr.vidi-s u rucoinating agent, with a
. u ei «1,6U0. .-,r. Wtibhtugton tbougbl this
and the ice xt i.cluro on email pox. Mr.
i; :r u.iltuti i against the im •
i . ..t:on of • .-itieh oionves.
i to 11 tic > curred in tho Senate amendment
..t i p-out - ui-propriatioa of gl,ooo for tho
butt ol a < !..:k for the State Treasury, ana dla
. i tbe -im iid.i.. :.i it!!, wing the Cjmp
ii- lev Ueua-iU $1,500 i.>r clerk’s pay.
A bdi in r-psal ilio uc roi.ujiDg ibe salaries of
J.• ••■* “ a : ,-*a 6a, nays 76. On yestei
d ■.■ -> Uouau vo! a a ci-iu-.e iu she appropriii
i. i * 1 p ... g t-ie Jii i i ; .e same that they
i.ct .ved ( i- oro this bill -va-t ps-.eed r und yet re
j -.1 to «ay ty repi al the bill.
*i e bill ty me lporato easily Bock Uoal Com-
I a...■ .••ii-eed. Tins it tbi company organized ou
... - 11 t in-, by M sis. Thomas, Hobson
1. i lot disetui. wi.s granted to Messrs.Ta
>. B - . -.nt! Moss. Uul. ir, um was on y ester -
•i*y i-.mmoned rorae a second time by s cxness
. H-n ; ctp-.igcd this nlurnoja co tbe
Utmr.it Appriprifition bill.
r iILLEDQSVILLB, I)CC. 10,7 I'. -M.
SENATE.
i 11 oil n busuto a— lito supp.vuentisiy
i tvui.fo ot i'..etorit:s,&c,- wastak.u
i j tb t r--i-.li tiouii v.. re adopte i just us they
•Ji copy and: wuieu 1 sent you
iu ir. v report ql Tuesday,-
.i . i . in au-. onxe Deputy Sheriff's to make
ii t k-.m’,s on Kniiou ot Judge Gibsuu,
n do ;» general bill and passed.
Ti.e ~.i.u. it.! on Oli-iii at.' Pan -it Hind Loom
- led a. aini tus purcliase by the State, and
u ili i vo I. i In win resell irom na
ii i- ..dual entaiprise. The repott
■ os agreed ty.
A i to ... go c.iviatu county lines -it reiaits
O nidi, . .aeon, Taylor, uud Muscogee;
eso i i.ti-i us - Uiu asilunes ot employees uu State
; ab. . to cos.t t cerium powers ou tbe
.. . . ..J - u.tcil of Uoininbua, and Inferior
Court ot Muscogee county.
HOUSE.
-
! Tl.t geio i oppropriutiou bill was under cou
. i i,ni cc.i.mittec oi the whole, aud was re
in ved I; It.tii the it. auu adopted.
l i b'.i > j.,). p .no uie operation of the New
(' a , ou u i.tiou f Judge Stephens, taken
up, id . i ..ye,i ii, ll , j 69. So tbe New Code
bn .nire.itt iuw ulte-r January 1, 1863.
■. e Lid war. tin n i-U. n up, aud the amount
ti. Uat 11,506,000, which is $506,000 mote thau
Uie . niour, ruiseti mat year.
ibe House m•: ..ejourncJ io r.iueo’clo k to
mc.rovr morning.
SENATE.
Thorsday, Dee. 11.
Inti .).. . , U:M uioaiiup, have ot absence
iy vrant- J t.- air. iioyii, iur. the balance of the
sesmou, aud to Mr. Dyer alter Satmday.
b.it j change the line between the counties
oi I lion and Eauuiu was re-ccnaidered, ou mo
tion ot Mr. Simmons.
Metars llai i in, Biaaeiey and Hansoll wore ep
p ■ .u.i i . u Uie Join Oomuititeo ou Cotton Spin
ning.
i hc Icsi bill to ltsue c rtaiu grauiß lo John B.
Callahan, was re considered.
M's) t) Barnes, Dyer ami Kchole were il j) -
p< in.-.i r. couimittao m invite Uon. B. 11. Hill to
a scat in tbe Senate chamber.
o t ill to repeal tho act., in reference to the
Boat; Dumb Asyui.i, and to re organize tbe
game, was pugged. '
in spi ui D'lioi—a bill to prevent monopoly
and cxtoitioD, Ac,—win laid on ibe table lor tbe
preeout.
i v S-. no rie. -K.i i'rom us ameadment to tbe
IJousi but, uxmg tbe galaiy of Oowptroller-Gen
e.a.’: C ii i., and concurred in the House emend
ni-nt.
(son. Hanseil w s permuted to mtioduco a bill
h r tli i reliuf of curia.n loyal citizens of tbe Con
it.lei;.ioSia e.:—relate., to persons having part
!\ra v. to art subject to the operation ot me Se
questration ;.ct.
A He; • resolution requesting citizens not to
sue bciuir. >la iii service was agreed to.
... . mu, went into secret session iur tue pur
p ■e . ici: gon la.nuuuUoua to lili vacancio iu
it,..- 1 offices ot eoiidtors General.
A lit a . id hue.; iu relertac. lo
in tic a courts was j.iisseJ. It piovidcs that u
I. •; i.e oi ihe place i'. l . a cioi a shall have all ilie
were oi a justice ot uie p ace not n clerk.
l‘. c n -xi special ortier—the bill to provide
i- ici ib vs ■oi t eorgia Keliel and lios-
Asstciuti.'to— ii, i.ikeii u >.ud pasatJ pre
cisely us u came irom thy House.
A "resolution from L amali pox comuntiee was
adopted, requesiiag tho Governor to bare 10,090
c p>. atioatisi ou vaccination published fr
goucrai distribution.
.fbo San.ie adhered to its action on the ap
pointment ii o vaccinating cgcnl,
i.'uo ot ab. ov.ee w-s gianted to Messrs Hi..in
aud G brc.i ■ ’ t ’ o r Friday and the! t
tor slur Saturday at two o’clock, p m.
Iu the sitern iou lbs Sor.ute was engaged oi,
•* - ‘ t - House bills ; among taesa «. ~3
..ti )i c..' uye the liLuo 0: bo'.diug Uie Bupenor
aid 1 ui . i o. . .' H uston county—chan es
Bope.'.or I'o • ■ 1 third Monday in February .. .a
AtifeUsl H ■ r'.ur Court to thud Monday iu May
n ’ -.ovei bar. A House amendment was Ca
n! tttßi . iu v, vha.,g 0 iur Superior Court lD
[ Giim 1 to H vCi-d di„ii’..y IU May and October;
! a- Fanaiir to u-ursday alter blcoou Mocdov i-.
j October.
M’.u -dii-g up an (be mailer u baud, iLe
S.-nut. odjout-ued io -Jjj w’-.-IdCB to-moirvW.
HOOtjE.
MILL*DSSVILL*, Dec, 11.
TANARUS,:.. b:ii :o piohibiv the :etaii of ardent spirits
.-.ui .-oasidtrc-l i'h.’r is evidantly a majority
1 ;he Ho . - «o T a:rc to prohibit ibe giant ug
o .es • ,■ :t ii (rd by law, ont there
v a fr: r: y i cr iu on l relercnce to !hc bit:
iu " i t tr :i r- veeitiday, and
beuct be h ' je’ i sis an impoi tani mat
t- -n 1 1: e >eopie stiould demuad o; their repre
sen Die;,.) n... at he Uujuuiced gessiou.
H ■ ' » -o ep -.’us; ered the bill logt on yee
, .1 ’. fix!' e sc! I- dges
ii ■ \ > , .■ . t.. '..j :.i. L ~,_r ~j
i . W. uti<r. i t itte balance o’ tbe no sioo, iu
- .« -m Mr Cl< meals I ~ wti . b ?n ta
i at«Vv i-u ivt tome tune.
'I- court -t-. ioi v. .» Uoi lSi «r#u- > xuwkd to
uc B. ft Ui.,,*C'ou'-- ucralj Slates S. .liter, and
House was granted to blffi tc-sieht.
0.. oi o ■ b. .Let-, a btii t r the re!:*-1 ct
! imiu'f'ist - . t. x can;.-, guarbisns, *c.. s&o
take;, up aud pssffd.
: Senate bj* i- t. «bs planting of ever
a cer.Ja nniub-r oi .ere. ot cotton •*•»« ;akan np,
ana alter c.' e discus.; a, n w: ith minions to
ft !•; ct plan; tig to one autl two acus to the band
ii-s r:_. e.. and ioii ti; a: lae it passed the Senate
,■ ■, e- h pr.viUts that not orer three aetea
u tla -d b»|> isied, oa pen&'ty of |SOO per
act.-, cue bait logo to the iaiorwar.
A bili to ei; the cbrrter cf the Cotton
i ants B..ti wv.s passed ; c bid to increase the
n0,... • if Dir. v to: sto the South Western R ,il
R , . aeseu; u xesoiatioa in reference
2:0 r !by if. I?!*! Rei'lUent
w • aaupidf '
Tae bi.i 10 f--.t ifc* ren.ctvi <st t-ern-
d -~ i .. sarauceh, was w - C “P: ™ 8
.futo applying W alt points invaded, was
adopted—is appropriates $306,000 for tho pui
p._:c. A bid lor tne relief of Henry Bart, and for
i titer purposes, and a substitute, being a general
u 10 exonerate sureties on recognizances, for ali
clienees where the defendant is in the service,
was passed.
if bill to provide against insurrection, Ac.—
i g the militia from 16 to 00 years or age,
was tax- up and occupied tbe rciaairdar cf ils
in ng a itbewcyie o; the afternoon session.
At lb. tune cf aJjo rnxen". the vote had not been
taken.
lue clausa -toiuding a I be’.wetu ltj and IS
was stricken oat. B-jil wiil give you the pro
visions of the bill when it has passed the anti
cons, derive scalpel, should there be anything of
i. left. By this i mean ihsu the opponents ol the
c oicript on usually oppose the measure, because
they v. sh to place the State in such a position as
ty leave r.o miltt’a outside those subject to con
ec'rpiioa, and thus make the lav us odious as
possible. 1 do not mean to impugn anybody's
motives, but this is Ihe way it looks to au out
s.Jer.
Mu.LBOOEVH.LB, DiC. 11.
SENATE.
The morning season to day was consumed in
passing the general appropriation bill. The sum
of $3,600 is appropriated for the salaries of the
Jadgi sos the Supreme Court, and $2,500 for the
Judges of the riuperor Courts. The usual sums
ate provided lor the Governor and State House
officers, guard, Ay.
The appropriations incident to the war are as
folio?;a:
For indigent soldiers’ famiiiea $2,500,000
For clothing soldiers 1,500,000
■ForGeoigia Relief andHospiial Asso’n . 400,000
For obstructing rivers 500,000
i-or removing non-c-imbvants ‘..... 800.000
For aiding sail supply ...... 500,000
For ituu card worts ... ,100,000
»urr, yf i'i'.OO w„« .p,.ropriated tor er«ct
. i .k J-.-.-uories at tb- Georgia Military 'r
ttitiic .provide! the iiou«s concur This is a
• :.r mease -. the Institute Las more cadet a
than ( ibe • a.i> e->n.*.:rtabU—having 176, acd
appheaiious ar nc y a hundred more.
1 pleased - -y colics also that the salary j!
the Kupt-iiatendent is restored to tS,5 n v. Thru
serv • <i .a a nob.. ..o-iuiiuu, uuu suouid De
fostered liberally by the State.
The aitrruooa was spent in reading up House
billy, and ia acting on unimportant amendments.
Jbdgs3 cr ibe Scranton Cotjbt3,—The Senate
to-day confirmed the following appointments of the
Governor for Judges in the circuits named : Tai
l-paosa Uiicuit, Gen. L Feuth«stcne; Easiern
Oireuil, Win. B. Fleming,-* Esq; Middie Uircuit,
James S. Hcak, J-aq ; Scuthcrn Circuit, R. H.
Ciaikc, Esq.
Hclicitoks Gekskal—The Senate cnycats. day
confirmed the following nominations of the Gov
ernor for tha offices of Solicitors General ia the
circuits l atr.ud . Northern Circuit, Finery P. Ed
wardz; Eastern Circuit, J. W. Heidt; Pataula
Circuit, Coascii B. Wooten; Southwestern Cir
cuit, !.. O. P. Warren; Macon Circuit, Joel It.
Branham, Jr.
HOUSE.
The House epent some time this uioiomg on
various Senate amendments, most of which are
not of general interest.
The b.li to prevent small pox, with the Senate
amendments, w;s laid on the tabiefor the present,
and subsequently taken up, and the House re
timed to recede from its disagreement to the Sen
ate amendment, appointing a v ecinating agent.
A supplementary resolution, authorizing own
ere ot claves impressed to hire substitutes, was
agretd to. .Mr. Hester moved that those having
p. less number than five slaves within the ages
liihio to impressment, to pay u proportionate
suui in money, towardE tbe hire of o her negroes
The motion wua Icel
A hill to incorporate me Eiijay Gold uud Iron
Manufacturing Company was passed over the
Governor’s veto.
EtSOLCiIOHS 1!! FAVOa OF CAM. GEO. X. LESTStt XNI»
COL. A. J. LANE.
ihe eumm.tts* to whom were referred ibe reso
lutions in reterenoa to Captaiu Lyst-.-r and Coi.
Lou reporiud us follows :
Resolved, That we sincerely regret the absence
of iwo gentlemen, who were members of this
Him -to, tied with us during the preceding session—
G. N. X- tsr and A. j. L ine,E:qrs , the former in
oemmend of a comp uy, and tbe latter as Colonei
ol thy 4d.li liiigimout of Georgia V’omateers, have
bt<,i* hi battle auu have been severely wounded,
and thereby their valuable services in tha House
the present session have keen lost to the State.
Unsolved, Thai they acquired merited digtiuc
tion and ianueuco amoag ilieir feliow Legislators
by tneir gentlemanly bearing and deportment to
v,«iJs nil with whom they held intercourse—by
tboir astiduous attention to business, and by the
ability v.ith which they discharged the dutits
committed into their hands, and laying down their
civic robes aud tntering the military service of
their country, they have required no Ices disrino
! on bv their cou age cn,l gallantry on the battle
held.
itecolvrd, That a copy ot these resolutions be
irancmitleJ to coca or them by tbeCletk oi ibe
House.
The committee ol conference on the bUi for iho
relief ol soldier's families reported that the
amount prodi ltd be $2,600,000. The report was
agreed to, ay* s 95 nays 21.
The bill to re-orgauizj the mihtla, to prevent
in. u.rottion, Ac., was taken up, awd consumed
the balance ot the morning session. It was amend
ed so as to provide tor monthly drills, and to in
clude none under 18 years oi age, and passed.
'lbis afternoon was coneumed on a bill lo pro
vide for two regiments of troops to guard bridges.
A substitute was offered by Mr. Hook, which pro
viues that they may be enlisted among those not
enrolled und>-i- tho Conscript law. The substitute
was agreed to, aad passed. This is a wise mesa
uie- There should bo at least a good strong bat
talion stationed at Augusta, Macon Atlanta aud
Columbus, besides a sufficient guard at ail impor
tant railroad bridges to prevent iuc3ridiarism,
raids, Ac. The House is iu session to-night.
Upe-.ia! Correspondence of the Chronicle dt Sentinel.
Vote uti ibe Bill to ProUlblt Retail .1
Splrtliioiia Liquors,
MiLlkdoevillk, Dec. 10.
'The following is the vote on the subßitu e of
Mr. De.Boso to tbe bili to tepcai the licexiEe law,
for the retail ol spirituous liquors ;
Ayes—Messrs. Bueon, Barbour, Bnker, Bsii
of Faulding, Bell of Randolph, Black, Bigharn,
Briscoe, B-rown of Coweta, Burk, Bumoy, Candler,
Custvall, Cailtou, Cochran of Glynn, Cochran of
'.Vilbiusou, Dickinson, Dußose, Guy, Harper,
I'.ater, Hook, Jernigan, Jouea of Gee, Key, I.uw
: ui, I.azeuby, X.cve, Maitin, McAfi’ee, McCord,
Mitchell of l’uluski, Moore, .Vulkey, Neal, Nesbit,
owull, Reynolds, Rico, Ruslan, Sheatg, Binith
f Jones, .Stephens ot ilancock, Stewart, Bweui
igeu, Thomas, Tye, Underwood, Vaubrookel,
Waldeo, Walton of Wilkes, aud W.lliams.
Nays—Messrs. Adama, Aired, Atkiusou, Banning,
"irms, Beaty, Bhke, Bleakley, Bloodworth,
Bird, lirun uer, Brown, of Olay, Bryan, Butt, Cab
i , Cameron, Caulrell, Cock, Culberson, Dover,
Dili, Dumas, Eason, EBington, Fain, Favor, Find
! y, Gibbs, Gibson, Giddens, Grreae, Gregbam,
Uriffln, Gross, Hawkms, Hay good, Hoard, ot Daw
son, Heard,ot Miller, Henderson, of Pearce, Hmea,
Herne, Jackson, of Clarke, Jacksou, of Heard,
Johnson, Jonts, of Eaiiy, Jones, of Harris, Kcrfcy,
Lawson, Lee, Lemondg, Lott, Mann, Matthews,
Vict’amy, s'iiell, Monk, iloss, Norwood, Oaks,
Ortrsireet, O vens, Peie son, Pittmau, Pitts, Ren
der, Roberts, Rural, Schley, Scott, Stacpey,
■ .’.:;b, ot Brocks, 3muh of Hall. Smith, oi Ogle
tborpo, Scctl, Spain, Stevens, af Oglethorpe,
Surreucy, fay tor, Thrasher, Tomlinson, Walton,
ot Stewart, Washington, White, Whitehead,
W bittie, VV'yiay, and Zucbtry.
Tbe bill of Mr. Dußose permjttad licenses, with
the consent ci ail residents within throe miles,
and restrict.d sales to persons over 21 years of
age.
The "i>£u was iheu taken on the original bili by
Mi. Phrases y to repeal the law authorizing the
grant,ng ot lieenaes, and to piohibit tbe retail of
3...ti11ed spiritis.'us mtoxioaung liquors. Those
who voted in tac cffirmative wtre—Messrs. Athm
son, Bacon, Beaty, Beall o! Paulding, Cabiness,
Cand’-r, Cantrell, Carswell. Ca-iton, Cook, Qol
ber.-or, Devsr, Fain, Gay, Giddens, Greene, Gres
ham, Gross, Hargett, Harper, Hawkins, Heard of
Miller, Henderson of Pierce, Hines, Jackson of
Heard, Jone? ol Lee, Jones ot Early, Kirby, i?ey,
Lawson, Lee, Lemons. Love, Martin, McCanny,
McCord, Mulsey, Neal, Nesbitt, Owens, Pitts,
Powell, Render Reynolds. Rice, Roberts, Fsoti,
Slappy, Srai'h of Brooks, Smith of Oglethorpe,
Sui.ih of Towns, Spain, Hrswart, sw;armgen,
Thomas, Thrasher, Vanbrockei, Walton of H’.uarl,
Walton cd Wlikes, Washington, White, White
head, Whittle, Wyiey and Zaciiry
Those who voted io the negative were ilessr*.
kdame, Aired, Banning, Barbour, Barker, Barnes,
Bea'ti, of Randolph, Black, Blake, Bleckley, Blood
wortb, Bird, Brawuer, Briecos, Brown ct Oiay,
brown i Coweta, Bijau, Burk, Barney, Butt,
Cameron, Cochran at Uiyun, Cochran, of Wilkin
son, Dickinson, Dill, Dußose, Dnmas, Eason,
Eiiington, Favor, Finley, Gibbs, Gibson, Griffin, i
il vgcod. H ard ol Dawsou, Hester, Hock, Horne,
Hatchings, Jackson, oi Clark, Jernigan, Johnson, j
Jjl. s, ol tia:. is, LiwLon, Lasenby. Lott, Lowe, j
Mallard, Maun, Matthews, MeASee, Mi chsil, ol
lulus,;-, Mueheil oi Taylor, Misell, Moore, Monk,
Morse, Me.i -o, Norwood, Oaks, Overstreet, Peter
son, Pittman, Royal, Reshin, Schley, Sheets,
Smith, cf Ea’l, Sfpfcerg, o* Hw’-e-sck, mevens of
Oglethorpe, Strickland, S.irrecey. Taylor, Tomun
son, Tv, Walden and WiiHems.
A -.nasi Maisai. -Corn, p.r bushel, sl.7fi : aorn
4,.iv; butter, per lb 75; chickens, each, SS
ig 4? Lao-,d, per ib 60; iard, per lb. 40, Tsliow,
_ r .0 65; beef, (per quarter) per lb. a
’’ii’tton, per quarter per ib ii)4 (A 15 , pork, per
Ib 20igi5; cation, per 1 15 17 , cotton yarn,
Per buneb, $5.00; Cos on uy jeans, $2.60 (g B.oo}
Sugar, common brown, per lb. ou; Syrup N. 0,
per gallon, #2.50; Syrup, Sorghum, per gallon,
$--• OJ; Iron, bar, per lb. sweet potatoes,
per buauvl, 1.C0; Irish potautes per boohel, 8 00;
apples, green, per bushel, 8 75; apples, dried, per
bushel; 1 50; rice, per ib 8; hides, green, per
lb. 80; eggs, p -r dox. 45; flour, per 100 lbs. 18.00;
suit, per lick 100 lbs. 60 00 ; leather, per ib. 8.50
5 5o ; shoes (common negro) 7 00 (£- s.OOg boots
85.00; country cotton homespuD, 1 C*o; country
c ;ton i:nsey, 1.00; rye, per bushel.LOO; brandy,
apple aid peach, 9 oO £ 10.60; whiskey, corn, 10.-
00 ; Nails €o(g66 peas, per bushel, l."so. —Athene
Watchman, &and.
Gen. Hailack, the Federal commander is chief,
has made his report to the Secretary of War, In
it he censures McClellan severely for no: ad
vancing when he waste command,
fu« Untfin tiua.* «.sts r fTOm
RicUmoud.
Toe Leaden Tiroes publishes th, i r »t l- .. i
itj special oorrespondeot in Riohi
oieoc-fx by quoting jrom the spe- ",
:’ ,b * M, ' UWOt ’*»**•••»•, -• nw
*be r *;,: o- i.beirv i? IC ,s . . ~
n.ore high and k - x,. aa . 3 q ' ,
tne Carolina* a*d Virginia tury
lure oi saves ft her. this is i-.
cl tbe world, there who are ;re. :
mos*. proud and jeslousof their ir» ,
o to liie-u not only au enjoyment, .
rank auu privilege. Not sj,W th ' i
as ui countries where it is a comm , . i
as broad and general &s the air, nt
much abject toil, with ,u-eat miser
exterior ot servitude, iibei tv loot
l>ke sjmetbicg that 13 more'noble „
not mean to commend tbe superior t ■ ±
semim.nt, which has at least as m
tue in it, but 1 canuot alter the n .i
I hese people of the Soatbera Cos
more strongly, ana with a higher ■ ... .
boro spirit, attached to liberty thi
northward. Such were ali ancient t n
such wore our Gothic ancestors, , bio ~,r . -s
the Poles, suoii will be ait master .
suoh a people the haughtiness ol i aLor m
bines with the spirit of lreedom, , _i
renders it invincible.”
He then proceeds in a vary iuti t s W
from which ws make some exiracl
rn* FEELING IN BICHMC S * y
The stranger who wins his way
mo nd will find the fullest reulixati x'
phetic words on a far mightier fiei ■ '*
was within the petview oi their in . . -■»
It is not too much to say that the -v ie ■? \
believer ia the ancisci i.n.on, be Me c,
hioiself, would despair oithe iaitb n ; as,
md aeknowi-.-dge himself,in Yicto; a- se
, ihe “somnambulist of a vanished <1 o ibi
i walk the eireeia of R'chmond this goaf:
the spirit and feeling of its peapi r.earfv
-..insteen months of sucb war'ar, warU
! never contemplated before. The 3 rowa
: eit ibe hotel* refuse to conta-n t of
! guests; everywhere the quiel .ees .-ris
ol a f ecs>le sicurefia its own si-nq - atesti
: hly - videoi Kv.-i-ythiag accese*; most
is in-.erpretel on this cantin.nt, aii «o is 'ooud
in abundance. There ia absolutely ; ,: y -
modify cf which the absence is gr,.tc . .a.-t
conn odity being ics. Does theFeicru ii
roent hope by 6uki a frail ruddsr to the
Houthvra Coafaderscy back into ... Lor U
Union?
SFFCCIS OF tas DtOCJL . z
Os course, with many cf tne sappT.es u -
through the most lidicuioua of bioci .-des ar
transported over the enormous area wr ich -epa
ratc3 Richmond from the cities o Hoodei
seaboard, prices are high. The bo td.-x-; i.»fi.i;.
ia the hotels amount to four and liars lay
clothing and boots are extremely .v, i\ s :s\
be had by paying for them; medi cup; s* a
scarce, but are constantly being ii educed i.i net
iosufficieut quaotiiies across th Poi,- .c an t
through the cities of iho coast. nd he irom
personal experience, 1 may exp css ait --iav:c
tiou of the utter impossibility ot bl x-kath - tie
Potomac and the Ohio, aud shutting off'the Gouti
front biippliva, along a frontier v nieh Irom i'ct:
rets Monroe to distant Kansas e - , ou.e
1,600 miles. It' the whole Federa aavy on
eentrated in the Potomac it wouli be ut e:iy is
adequate effectually to block tl inmimn’ai-l.
creeks and reaches of that rive Add to thin
that on both sides the stream cim, a ; o.i *. i.
of which not more than five per cent, ar aver
of the Union.
188 CONDITION i>F THINGS IN MAKS-Ll. i
lu several counties in Maryland -he Profust
Marshal is described aj being the ooly fa --.o Ku
and it will be believed that the hf hick he 1. .J
in none es the easiest. As tar th. Jraß in ii y
land it will be much werso than • hei
are a iew able-bodied men left, a vin . ‘‘
remain how many will fight for Union if
any such there be. and tticy are ;it i • -
Lon by Federal officers, how man . -tare t• i- ..
ing with Iheir disaffected troops. . ,tg to.-
tomac there was, eighteen moulue a;j&, • m.,
urge proportion of the population averse to sec-sg
sion, reluctant to .embark in it, and loyal to th*
old flag. But with the war came the Federal
troops, squatting first upon Maryland soil ana
preying upon its entrails, without offering one
farthing in compensation for cattle, sheep, hogs
and poultry, maize and wheat, oats and hay, in
disariminaieiy seized and devoured, to say nothing
of horses Btoitn ; houses torn down und burnt, and
havoc and rapine scattered broadcast over tin
land. Next cause Virginia’s turn. Starting flow
Fortress Monroe, and running westward to >V:n
or-ester, scarcely a house within fitly mile. ot tkv
Potomac but bears evidence of Yankee greed and
spoliation.
BAVAGEe OF TBii ENEMY IN Vlßul.Nii.
la nearly every county the court-house »u wnteb
the assizsa for each county used tj b» held is
rudely dtrnoiished, doors aud windows tora down,
while within, upon tho white walls, in every phase
of handwriting, are recorded the autographs of
the vuudald wboat- Hauiitworß eat tuuuda li.G
beholder. Stories upon stories have reached mo
oetaiiing how the wives of the Federal officers,
represented by my exasperated interments as
having usually “hailed from” detested New Eng
land, turced tSieir way behind the Federal troops
into the tine iumily mansions ot the Old Dominion,
and personally superintended the abstraction ana
transmission northwards of old family china,
silver, glas-1, pictures, books, furniture and piano
fortes. A Virginia lady, who remonstrated' with
one of these Yankee hen hatriers, engaged iu
packing up valued family china, waa met by the
rejoinder, “You aro a rebel, end have no rights
that lam bound to respect; your property, there
fore, is mine !” In short, such a picture of desola
tion as the northern frontier of Virginia and the
lovely Hhenandoah Valley, the Paradise of Ameri
ca, exhibit, can be likely only to the Palatinate
after Tilly’s final visit, as Thucydides paints it,
after the annual Lacedaemon Incursion during the
Pelopponnesian war.
TBS UNITED AND DETERMINED FEELING AT THE SOUTH.
1 have traveled far and wide through
1 have conversed with men, woman, striplings,
and children, iu that State, and in Maryland; 1
have eeen nu-u, formerly substantial and thriving,
whose everything is devoured by the Federate;
but cereria one single instance bnva i heart a
word of regret by reason of tho war, & timid note
Bounded in regard to its issues, a sigh breathed
over the departed Union, a ghost of a desire ex
pressed in favor of compromise or reconstruction.
Ou the contrary, one universal chorus echoes
through the length and breadth of the land; “The
knot is broken, and we are delivered 1“ Air. Eve
rett and bia votaries, who still believe in imprison
ed loyalty as existing iu the South, might as well
search in the Bnti h islands for a man who de
sired them to he annexed to France. So united,
so homogeneous a community as the States ol the
Southern Confederacy finds no parallel in our
annals. No war that England has waged for a
huuared years has met with such cordial, unani -
mous, undivided support.
The war againEt the Freccn Republic had a a
Charles Fox, the war against Russia its Richard
Cobdeu. There is uo such character in the South,
arn States. The victory of the Federate in this ex
asperated struggle means, not the defeat of the
Southern armies, not the possession of Richmond.
Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, and New
which would no more lead to a conclusion of the
war loan the seizure of the leie of Alan. A Feder
al victory means nothing on earth but the exter
tnieauou and annihilation of every man, woman
and child in lire Southern Confederacy. Ther’.
is no passion, no frenzy, in the universal language
Tne imcnsity of the bate Cashes the che?k and
clinches the teeth, bet finds little expression in
feeble word3. It anythin./, ihe exuberance ci
annn sity is moie perceptible in the flashing ey tE
and eagtr earnestness oi the women; but tbs
settled and unconquerable firmness of tue men re
quires nothing to be added to it.
The possibility of Richmond s falling is caimiy
discussed, and preparations have long been made
ibr such a contingency. Surprise is expressed
that the Federate have not long ago possessed
themselves of several other Sjuiheru cities aj
well as New The possession or a
capital ciiy in these days of railroads is a very
dine rent th’ug from what it used to be in the
days of Wagrum and Jena. Great suflsringmight
be inflicted on women and childreu if Mobile and
Charleston fell—suffering which there is only too
much reason to feai-would ba acceptable to tbs
Federate, judging from the record ot their deeds
during the la3t year and a halt. But every con
siderable city in the South might be reduced to
ashes without changing the mocu or undcrminicai
the resolutions of the feeblest hearts there bo, ,u
the Southern Confederacy.
TH* fIXXL RESULT Os CLOsIXe OCR RORSS.
The South, cut off from external facilities has
been taugbl to look io itselt for a thousand com
modities which ii once drew from the Noub" and
of which it has low no alternative but to’ im •
prove, however 1 mely and inadequately the
manufacture and production It makes but’littls
: diflerenca to a nation wh eh is receiving b«!e
! froru abroad that exchange on Europe should be
lat a labulaua premium. But it is a serious gn d
I momentous circumstance lor the importer at Ntw
Yort, and still more serious for the consumer
whom he supplies, that exchange on England
would rise irom par, or 109, to 185 aud -, nJLj
llAi is the magniiuue
T^V mport8 ’ thst MMljq million
»n4 Hhall offfollirs are u.e weekt. receLu Bom
wu&iaa duties upon them. Tbeftoutli p!£ u
specie and op us own resources, U unlbte to
spend money; but there are not wanting nerLns
who fesm that the compulsory absence dso^th
* r! st f "‘ ,ro from Newport, Samoa
an# Northern watering p'aceg, W iU
ot money to pay not --as ban one quarter of the
| ent?e cost of«fce w t The WodSSf deiLed
and S Dd lengthen wd consoi
ids* a bskos, which c&u waets nothing upon
luxuries, and rs carry.ng cn ihe war at aeS ffie
sggregss > amount cr which will fall shortevL nf
the sum which has illicitly gone mto ,ho ra?-
enous maw of the Nyms and Bardoiphi cf ffie
BOW rail BSaiS THSIB LO6SOS
. \ told * he authority that tbe affi
cut comprising the most minute dZL
cf th® Confederate loss &i the hatt’o r s
Creek, esumates the
wounded and missing, ai 6,000 me i Utih. f!!;
18 noticeable. A Federal loss of infinite
would evoke no sigh of sympathy, no moment of
ssdneee, except so far as it was buddoroH * a V Ol
fi* re ® w ™ tion , of Ikton. But the wboi*e C-n
--tedereey bewails the 6,000 victims at AnUrtlm
Creek with brotherly affection and v
Nor is thst appalling indifference Which 8 m««4 ;
. . . tix tbe spectator in Washington and
. ■ . aU.-kii here. cc vrcely a lady bat
1 roing, prood to display that she has
sre hghting in a cause dealer io her
cai vely a person but speaks sorrowfully
tUxtiou of a -038 which seems to them
though not much more than one-third
e’eti upon their poco cur ante foe.
TH* SOtTHKRN ARMT,
v a aati-o Im» confident of winning its :
which cua exhibit a.is spectacles .
v pro-lac * w rer a Southern army 1
" ‘ .id. i i.ere, in porerty, huogcr and !
jas, with shirts ragged add rent, often
ite, tie r 'feet olee«Jing a® they drag .
v luibs through dust and briar, are
ibe ranks, ihe gentlemen and ihe*uvi;rfs .
;J South Many a man who, until
incemant ot tbs war, had scarcely a
yond tho Case Foy, and the Boulevards
ad to whose morning toilet every diver
unsiic was us necessary as waver, bos
3 ; been marching under a musket, with
. Ingle change ot raiment, feeding on
:s and raw pork, lying at night on the
, , with a single blanket between him and
, ' of heaven. . .
i•„ 38 men, many ot them bearing some ot
most honored names, and descended
und’s best families, are in the field, and
so for nineteen month, fighting against
■a who have repudiated England as
is were governed by a Nero, and have
om German penury and conscriptions
er may have been the truth last winter,
•etended now that the Northern armies
linly composed cf men of foreign birth ,
i the native Americans of weight and isl-
rvina in the Northern armies? Why
V Wendell Poillips lake the; field? Mon
he are serving by dozens in the South-
Where is Charles Sumner’s musket»
a could spare Senator Baker, lu no wise
by er’s inferior in inielleot, and It were a
n( ■ ver to the South, which sueers at non
*’uv11 ;r want of conrags to show Row one oi
, can comport himsel! upon tho perilous
s d t ttle. It is but flrtbabfc that with un
i ppc. orrur.and ol the sea and the great riverß
;ir autumn floods, toe Hondo may lose
i more other sons,in addition to ihat
if blood which has already been cheerful
out in her defence. Bat let her be ieft
single city or village, with noihing but
ul iasinesses and her immense area of
: 'r and though every man in the North
r were to tr-ke ib3 field, they would be
atib: evar to make such a nation as the South
, i. ai ' ect of her enemy.
: -o. i VOr TBS OOXBATANT.S AJTB TEC WAT THKT
WAGS Vaß.
, races have coma inlocoliisiou. On one
istocracy, agricultural, sparsely settled,
.eld sports, living in the saddle ; on the
’•Mi lemosracy which bss bsen traveling
.. .. k s (or eighty years, which ia mitaericaUy
-.riii'i as strong as its opponent, which breathes
ell!,- mesphare of dollars, and has no nspira
tic i j i ond cammeicial gain Which is the
eor - tribe conduct of war l It is not too
mu. ay that, but for their gunboats, the Tan
in■ . and btfore tbisjtime, in Amer can phrase,
ave.-e “ whipped out of their bowtß,” by a
ope’j scarcely more than a fourth of their
l.uu But in the South, in spits of its lawless
popu ‘t’ i, a certain rough discipline is not
lmWatUe, and an incident which occurred two
day ~ . , iu this city, has never been attempted
in tite V rthern hosts—the execution by shooting
cl u teserters, and the administration of fifty
iH'i .eij p, a third
- cecutious have already not been unfre
qutii. n the South; wherein, in the North,
,i(ter’ ’defeat of Pope, hundreds of deserts, 8
• w i vao Potomac every night, of whom it is
,oi Labia ihat forty per cent have again
tiluneo, accepting tho enormous bounties proffer
fd bv Cl North If any man desires to guage
r, recUos* and extravagant waste which has from
the first horocterized ail tnc- Federal operations
i , the field, lot him notice the fact that on bath
s a 5 oi lac Potomac it ishaidto meet a man or
I t arm g that amphibious population who has
■.. i a i eaeral jacket, cap, or pair of trouser*. It
U so to assert ihat in mere practice the
iffieers, naval and military, have fired
c». and., - ore powder than baa bcea expended m
auger by the South.
The Mlutflea.
From Gen. Pemberton’s army m Noiifi idlss;*-
cippi, we get the to,lowing intelligence, through a
goniiemeu who arrived ten last evening irour
that Vicinity, Oa iast Thursday week, the Missis
sippi liiver Expedition, under the command of
the Federal General Uovey, leached Friar's Point,
fifte a thousand strong with pontoon bridges, a
largo force of cavalry and nineteen pieces ol
artillery.
They reached the mouui ct Fold Water .0 the
night ol the Friday tollowing, and shelled Biurkes
cavalry which had hern stationed there on picket
duty. Subsequently the enemy's cav Try ppoe
irated the c uatry to svitbia four miles of Greiia
da, and alter tearing up a portion of the track set
tire to a bridge on the Memphis and Charleston
railroad. The train arriving soon after, th 9 fire
was extinguished. On Saturday night week, the
tiioi*i knee of the enemy marched to Charleston,
l «I'ab?.tcblo coud»t, Wioe., within tbirty miico of
Grenada, arriving there cm last Sunday morning.
Three regiments ot mihtia, under command of
Ge i. George, were under smus in Grenada all day
on Sunday last. Our army is reported tj have
fallen bicit to Okolano, on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad.— Chattanooga Jiebel, Ith.
'fas Sjtdaiion'. —We have stirring news from
tits vicinity of our army at and aroand ilui ires
boro. rimes our las-: issue, there has been a geu
eral atovemen. ot our troops towards Nashville.
Hardee’s eorpp, from rihelbyville, advanced on
Saturday to Triune, a small village about £0 miles
(rom Nashville with han excellent turnpike road
leading into ttie city. .Simultaneously with this
movement, Gen Kirby Smith’s corps, beretoiort!
stationed at Manchester, advanced to Ueedyville,
a short distance from Murfresboro, and is des
tined, so we are informed, for Lebanon. The
whole army was in motion and at last accounts
skirmishing had commenced between Nashville
and Murfresboro. It is the opinion of some here,
that Nashville is to be invested on all aide3. Our
line of battle now extends from Franklin, ia Wil
liamson county, eighteen miles south of Nashville,
to Lebanon, ihe county seat of Wilson, about
thirty miles north east of that city. Morgan, we
understand, is to operate on tho Louisville and
Nashville Road.
Tniij movement oi out army would anew to in
dicate that General do. Johnston, has determin
ed to lay seige to the beautiful capital of Tennes
tea, but we are of opinion taut sued is not his in
tention. ft'tbs force under Koseeraus, could be
induced to come into tbe level plains around L>
vi rgae, or uay where between Murfreesboro and
Nashviile, our army would doubtless engage them
tu batt>B. Otherwise we do not believe a general
engagement of the two armies is imminent, if
Gen. Johnston can invest the the city and ent off
the enemy’s communication with the North, he
may force him to give battle, or, else re-enact tho
retrogade movement, which has already coat one
Federal sommmander in that department of Ken
tucky and Teune63ea his commission. We abaii
await furture development from that quarter
with no Utile interest.
In Mississippi the second great encounter of
opposing force ie likely, at any moment, to occur i
The enemy are reported to bs moving one ccl- ;
umn of thirty-nve thousand men South from Ccr- !
inih, while another force of thirty thousand is 5
probably by this time at Grenada. These two j,
columns ate doutkss intended to eo operate with
each other, porsibly to form a junction some- r
where in the Ticin'ty of Jackson
[ Chattanooga Jltbei, 9 th. :!
Farxiccj.abs or rat HiikllihoJ or Poet Rotal
Va.—A; coriespoudentol the Richmond Enquirer
writing'rout Port Royal, Va., under flat? of Dec.
J*. gives the lollowmg particulars in regard to
the late attack upon the Yankee gunboats, and
the shelling of Pert Roys! by tba inhuman
wretches
“On tbe afternoon or Thursday, the 4tb, the.-
Whitworth strlion of Hardaways Alabama Bat
tery was placed near Jack s Hiil, three miles be
low Port Royal, hu 8 inch wrought iron rifles on
the hills South of tbe town, with Captain Car
ter's Parrott gun, whiio Lie at Phelps, of Moore
msn's Battery, took position on the river bsisw
Pratt’s,' house and two miles below Port Royal.
The object was to drive cut the four genbaats
then lying in the Reppp-haßnoek, opposite Port
Roy el.
“This iirst shot from a whitworth guu, at inroe
miles distance, struck in ten feet of the boat flrod
upon, whreupon every one on the vessti fell up
on deck. The fiith shot made the spbaters fly
from a biack side-wheel steamer, and the order
was disiinctlv fcesri on shore Vo “glop isak.”
“the Yankees she led tbe town, supposing it
would arrest tho fire. The bongos of Dr. Crque
hart, Mrs Pendleton, were seriously, and ten
others slightly injured bv ocr magnanimous foe.
Find ngth:s ineffeetutal, they ceased firing on wo
men and children, and addressed themselves to
the baUtrits. But bring fairly whipped after
th ee of the vessels were struck by Whitworth
tons , they moved down the river. Lueub Pheip3
struck two of the vessels as they passed, and lost
one man from a discharge of grape. Pr*. tie’s house
was fired into in passing, Ttse gunboats have
since kept out of harm’s way
Fe?* Übesae*. —We leu: u tfcv. the o’
posit.ou oi our army L, tire fine ul 'ss Ymiupusba.
has b|en comp'eted. It would not ba proper to
state Ins — car micea, hoi the -opin
ion UNvarrented that it is such as to hold the en
emy in check in front end to prevent a flank
movement in that quarter. We learn from un
doubted authority that our army fell back to Us
new line of defence in good order, and is in ex
cellent fighting condit-.on The best evidence
that the rumors of its demon!ization are utterly
false, tg to be found in the eool, steady, but
giirited manner, in which our rear guard, under
eD. Lovell, met and routed the advance force of
the enemy at Ccffeeville.
If people would quit croaking, sad cease a
course of conduct which is calculated to foment
discontent and detection, and do their duty, as
our noble army 8 doing its duty, ali would be
well
Faou jai Baa —> t sunrise on Tuesday, yth
iost , there were twelve Yankee ships in eight off
the bar, and also two British ships, out of which
came up Monday under canvas. For several
days large square rigged ships and schooners
have been passing Southward, and on Monday
there passed in tbu coarse a large steamer, side
wheel, with a square sail forward, and a large
house on deck The weather was too hazy to
permit a distir ct observation ChwrUsion <jourUr t
Dm. 10.
<&{jHiiurit & Sentinel
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In consequence of continued advance in the price
of paper, and all other materials connected with
our business. *c are reluctantly compelled to
make an advauoo in ih» price of our weekly
paper.
From and ansi this date. (October Ist, 1361,)
the price of subscription to the Weekly Chronmlt
A hkntind is Tssss Oolives per annum, in
advance—Oss Oollab jvo fifty 'cbnts tor six
months.
No subscriptions received for less time than six
months.
Hereafter there will be no “ club ratßß.”
Nsw Trra.—After much difficulty and gieat
expense we have succeeded in obtaining enough
new type for anew dress for our paper. As soon
as «e get everything ia shape, we shall commence
u»iog it. The type has a very handsome clear
face, and we flatter ourselves that our paper w>H
sson bs one of tbs best printed iu the Confederacy.
Many of our patrons heretofore have complained,
ami justly so, about the indistinctness of ihe print
at times; when we commence using our new type
this ihiag wiii be entirely remedied.
Foreign Consul*.
Tilts journal has herctofor called a'tentiou to
the anomalous position occupied by foreign con
suls in this Confederacy, Holding no authority to
act from the government of the Confederacy—
deriving their whole powers from the United Slates
Government whose nationality they alone recog
nize, living officially within our boundaries, not by
the permission of the Confederate government,
but solely by virtue of the exequatur ol the
President of tha United States, they presume to
set at naught Confederate authority and Confed
erate laws, and to exercise jurisdictiou over
denizens and residents ot the Confederate States.
Is it uot time that thu. sovereignty within a sev
ere gnty should cease ?
The property and persons w< tm/fie claiming ;o
be subjects of foreign governments having con
suls accredited io Lincoln, are above and beyond
the operation* of our law*, lu awry other gov
ernment but oura, uiiuaniraiizsd foreigners are
subject to peculiar disabilities, in ours they enjoy
peculiar privileges. Their persons and property
arc sacred fioai conscription and seizure. The
cornier pi law; which compels a, nativa bom Geor
gias ro go forth tc fight the battles or hisccuuirv,
leaves the alien protected by a foreign consul at
home to fatten by epecuioimn. The law which
seizes the stock in trade of a citizen mechanic,
some poor shojniaktr oi tailor, and appropriates
to the use of ice public that by which ha lived and
found bread for hie family, exempts the property
of the alien >f be chooses to claim exemption by
virtue cf his consular protection. We have bad
recently a fiigrant instance of tire inequality be
tween the subjects oi foreign governments and
native citizens in tn« nabbing Os the crowds oi
buyers at (he auction sales in Charleston—the
aliens oxnibited their papers signed by their oca
uule by authority of the President of the United
Btatrs, and were released. iMiaoter —native Geor
gians were bedoviiied and perplexed fordsys, and
2i-.au ot them deprived of rheir liberty altogether
for a time. Thus, it that in one respect
Fresident Lieoola’s authority is paramount in Ihe
Confederacy, notwithstanding our vain glorious
beast cf independence.
Otur citißdiui fchoaiii flfc£L.u»uii, ii tti&if
meet will to low m to liatou »o tb©
voico oi its citizens, that in legardtotbe rights
of property arid persona! liberty they be pul upon
a tooting with the subjecis of ihe most favored
cations, or at least that the latter should have no
superior advantages over them. It is preposter
ous and unprecedented that the citizens of a coun
try funleja it had been nubjugatad) should be so tar
inferior to the aliens within it3 own boundaries.
More strange ia it ttnut an officer, deriving bis
powers from the jeiul act ot u neutral and an *uc
say, should presume to exercise the right to free
the resident of a country, which he neither ie«og
nizas a« u tuition nor is recognized officially there
in, from the operation ot its laws.
We suppose that the toleration these consuls
have, enjoyed has been owing to some faint idea
that, the powers they represent would soon reeog
u’z-j us as a nation and consequently that it was
iutpaelitic to offend them. We question very serious
ly ilxhe true policy had not been, to have revoked
Urn euequaturs of ail foreign consuls immediately
'upon the declaration of our independence. The
; protection necessary to the interest of foreigners
; reeidont among us would have been an induce
ment: to recognition, when their governments
hound that protection could not be obtained with
out ii. European nations have not yet found it to
their 1 interest to recoguiw us, and they can very
periiljently ask, why should we acknowledge you
as a cation, when you yourselvis acknowledge
your fealty to the United .Stales, wr.cn you allow
our consuls, who exercise their authority only by
permission of th3 Federal Government, to perform
taeir functions among you V
Nat only policy and justice to our citizens, but
xatiiEaal dignity, if we claim to be a cation, <k
mtaf 3 that the state of things we have comment
ed on should ba pat an end to. ft is unjust that
our sons, brothers, and fathers, sheuid be suffer
ing hardships, disease, and death—that they
should be taken, forcibly or willingly, from their
hornet and occupations, that so reigners may have
■a clear field to canyon tbeir business speculations
Many of them, it is true, have not stopped to
-question what might bs for their interest and safe
ty, but hove scorned to reek consular exemptions,
ana have stepped boldly forth, among the first, to
battle for ihair right. To than* all honor—honor,
if possible, emu beyond what may be jastiy
claimed, by cur citizens whose duty called them
to tbe field- Let their names be recorded as deep
}ly on the eterwel marble cf fame eg those of La-
Fay ette, Pulasi:% and DeSalb, but to those who
protect lhe»Boive* truer consular certificates,
to the process by which they are protected, and
to out- Gcvcr.uneot which tolerates such a pro
cess, our strictures apply, and we shall ever pro
tesragain3t the inconsistency of our Government,
and the wron * done our citizens.
’ Tff* Bsizcais. —It will be seen from cui mu
iedgeviUe c-crreapoadence, that the Legislature
have made every provision to pay for goods
seized under their late resolutions, except pro
viding the money Ten per cent, profit on the
cost >• to he paid ti> persons, and twenty-five per
cent to corporation*. One clause which leaves it
to tbe discretion of toe officer making the seizure,
to abandon it .n cane the cost exceeds the price
fixed by the original resolutions, would seam to |
i emasculate the wtoie proeedore, for very few of
me goods seized come under that category
Tha clause making void ail contracts mad., with
the Confederate Gove reman since t; a passes of
the i .nolutions, >i> tcrac-rr day* woo;j nave ou*
con siierad tin cons ti.priqo m, as bsiflg *si%* /tnfu
end impairing the obligation of contric£,, but fi
iaualaaato uok of tha constitution now, since
hoi® Rave been made ia it big enough to drive a
eart and oxen through But better than, and in
the absence ot protection, one uo
qoesuoaabia and impregnable safeguard is stiff
afforded, to mt: thesjuai discretion of Governor
Brown! *
Bal* at N aoßoif — At tbe auction salr ot Ae
gioes in uua Wednesday, vary fair puces
were ebbained. kUst of them brought below the
average prices. *
BJ* Tine Oglethorpe Artillery, Capt. i v. A.
A ien, vwutotf Tuesday aftero.*,:. in excellent
spirits.
iWT“ North Carolina grown apples were sold to
out streets yasterday at eight dollar* per buebeL
At thin rate, where are our mines pies tor Christ
mas l« coma from ? Tbe Southern apple crop is
(aid tii have been vary abundant this year, but the
demand foe this fruit to make tato brandy tas j
doubueoa enban ced tho price
Seuaoir Bluler’* Letter.
A letter has hern eiieitod lioai feeuator Bigler
of Feunsylrauia, in reply to one solicling biai to
become a candidate for re-election, the tone of
which is so calm and temperate, considering the
latitude it prcceerU from, vbnt it baa attrnctid
more the eomuior. attention.
A m and. l i ning 'U oi ri r»a-uUS ihe I iviutffin
U f’-a ■ a id.*.-, - r t> v!-rpro •vls to Dsvr.r
th qu * <i • w:> .t ci b J.m« to k»»« the
con 1 'He--.ii hi ih *- -t-j.-ct canco* be
a*ta: ,-i-t >tv i « mew# n-ed by <a • Federu* Gov
era uent 'l’hnS -.ear Ua- b-i-t-n i.i.*i*d ii.-r f -:i’ t-eu
morsiba uad n H t'.e slightest prog .as iiua beau
made toward a geltletnaui. Ihe combatants -and
where they stood at first Horn3 other m aiie
must be tried, ..a t 9 inaar or l ife uego , i .a‘:on and
connromist- must do the work that tho snor t ties
failed io Jo At present tbs war is ca-riod c.n by
the North without defimts objid or proposed
hoiii If as atsei tod the war is to restore the
Union »s it was, experience has shown the iutili
ty of ailaimug the oiyect by such means It to
boid the Southern S‘.ate3 as conquered provinces,
or to exterminate the inhabitants, both are
equally impracticable. Negotiation alouc re
mains; more bloodshed, tnisriy and expeaditure
is worse than needless.
Bigler acknowledges that the Noith was
mistaken in supposing that the Seuthtrn m assts
(vert- not with the Southern leaders iu the contest.
Too conflict turns out to be with tcic whale peo
ple—young and old, male and female tie does
not however seem to appreciate this lact that this
people have been constantly standing on tba de
fensive, that peace lay uot lu tie r power but
could have been at any time brought about by the
Federal Government-it hid only to cease its at
tacks Then would- hove come thejiroper time
for negotiation, not for the rcMoratitfSV.f the
Caiou os Sir B.gler proposes, but to make the
peaco between the two independent t.ut;or.s *n
durtng. Such is ihe only negotiation (hat can
now be tolerated. Too much blood baa been
spilltd, too many wtob£s have been inflicted on
the South—too wide ft gulf cf haired has bten
opened between ifce belligerents for any other
negotiation to bo listened to That negotiation
must ono day come, and that firrihtr hostilities arc
useless and wicked on ihe part of the North all
v, bo know any thing of our people and the char
aoier of tha contest must allow But that the con"
tinvarce of the contest is absolutely necessary to
og standing in defence of all t' at man holds dear
on earth, ;s equally plain It >s for the Federal
government to open the dour to negotiation by
ceasing hostilities —the wav is no-, of our muk.ug,
ncr doe.B it tie; in cur power to terminate it.
K netci Bigler’o plan, theu 4 h ia.pvaciicuble is
worthy of at'er.Uon, and wo give it in his own
vrerds :
Whatthsii, can be uoce? and t iegri-4 that.all
that should he done camlet be accomplished
promptly. The States now hi the Union should
be in cißVSSitici', or have delegates ready to go
into convet>lieu, in order to reaffirm the present
Constitut onal relations as may bs found t.tcessa
rv to briiij? logeiber and letnin all the States.—
The Star i l.ogislaturos could petition Caugrers
for -neb u i-'.uvention, as p ovidod by the
Constitution, -nd Congress could make the ns
ceesary provietons for it bt>.< re the close ct ihe
coming session. Such State Legislatures an do
not meet in regular order could special.* convene;
enu when* ihe oapitt r ot eSinita j c*i
tiou, ii is obligator) on Congress to comply.
The body thus conetitnud would be compelled
to adjust ani settle ail c. mpbea-ioos wlwcti now
beset it in tha midst of war, then, we should be
prepared io make peace, whereas, when the lirne
comes irs sHtlemont, iu the absence oi stuh a
bodv it might be found that we nave no i osipe
tent authority in existsncc to do the things Unit
may be oicessaiy. Neitht-r Congicss ucr ihe f.x
ecative, nor the iwo together, nave rig .tfel. au
thority to change its .id or make new re at ions
among the Sinus Congicss may submit fauijtd
menis'to iha O.msc.tution fer the raliti lation of
the rivaled, and 1 believe the present calaiiiilies of
tue nation eoald have been aveit .i in that wsy in
tho wictor of 1861; bat now the disorders ot the
country are probably tie complicated to fce reach
ed in that form.
Meanwhile, the Fresidcut and Congress should
piepare the wav foi settlement. Indeed, by con
salting tha people through the baHot- box, they
might make a cettlement, to be unified tbeieafier.
Let the I'resident propose tin trsiistice, for the
purpose of oonsideiing some programme of reun
ion and setllement, in which the feeling arm riguie
of ihe masses in the South shall be duly apprecia
ted end provided for. Invite them to come back
uu llxd condition# of the eoiirTtiLution, %viiLt expl Clt
itehnitioca od controverted points, or on new con
ditioD3, with the fullest assurance of jostioo find
eqaulity wbeu they so come. Lst him no this, and
ehalk-Dce the rebel authorities to submit such
prepositions os may be agreed upon to an unre
strained votj of tho Southern States, ua he will at
the same time, submit sucb propositions to a vote
of the Northern States, with the uudersiacdmg
that if a majority of slave State and a majori.y of
tree Hiates accept the proposition, i'S conditions
shall be binding until ratified or superseded by
the States Suppose the Confederate authori
ties ieject this, ov-any similar proposition, no
harm would ensue to the Northern cause. Such
action would only leave them in a bud light before
the world, and the Government at Washington hi
the better. The preliminaries for Buch u move
cnteou.d be readily arranged by commissioters
selected for that purpose.
It may be aaid that we are constantly inviUug
the Southern people to lay down (heir aims, and
come back into the Oniou, and this weuld socm
to be conclusive; but it must uot be forgotten that
thty rebelled because, as they eay, the party now
ia power at Washington would not permit ihcm
to eDjoy, in peace, ihe real conditions and cove
nants (ii that Union, and that there is no tvidince
that they would fare better now. ilc-sti es, he has
studied human nature to a poor purpose, who
cannot discover that unconditional submit-ion
involves a degree of humiliation te which they
will never come so long a3 they have any rm-v ns
of resistance. In the eilert to gain back even the
masses, thoir passions and pride, and Belt-respect,
maybe wisely considered. We must give tli.m
soma new ground, some pretext, if not complete
and substantial guarantees, before we can ex .ect
them to entertain the idea of forsaking their pres
ent leaders, and tint racing the old government
I'fae Lut “ on to Richmond.”
tiuinside’s project of attacking Richmond by the
Fredericksburg rouse seems tohangfiie. Pledged
as be was so an imßiediate advance, both btllige
rents expected that something more would have
beeu effected with the immense forces and means
at his command thau has been The Bxtuse that
he has been delayed by the non-arrival of his
poctoon trams without which tie could not budge
the river, is evidently a subterfuge. The truth i3
that be has been checkmated by the skilifu! a-d
rapid movements oi General Lee, whom he unex
pectedly finds in bis front, where he anticipated
nothing but nr. uninterrupted and clear road to
Richmond- Tbe Northern Government has rot
yet, after all their trials of different tiffen 3, fr aud
a general competent to compete with curs, Net
one is equal to the command of their immense
forces which, m the bands that cave wielded them
have proved nnu.ai.ageable i end the more they
have been increased the more beiph ss, ponderous
and i.uwiaidy they have become, it was said
during the Crimean war that Engli nd nad not
three Geneiais in her service who could place io:iy
thousand men on paisas without confusion, If it
was so in regard to met who bad made the science
cf war ti « study si their lives, sod some of whom
hod seen service ntd.ar Wellington, what could
have been expected from such men as FicCiellan,
Pope, and Burnside r They have found tbe tools
they have been calie" on to use too heavy for their
strength, which was exhausted be ore tbtj ciutd
tie raised to strike ibeir intended blow.
Wt Mo told by ihe Northern pren that this ;s
ro he the las. “Oo io Richmutiu, if .hi* laiis,
there are to be no more attempts against tbe
“ rebel Capital,” lu such case, there will be
found enough a: the North to acknowledge
the aselesznaae ti the attempt 10 subjugate tbe
i Southern (lonfederaay Not only will ite ma
jority of their own people practically acknowledge
that they have sutfeied * final defeat, but foreign
nations wiil view the result in the same light Tbe
world wiil ee? the r o!ly of tbe continuance ul th?
< itt jet, cJ ariU pijhi-.st against {uriU. ss
bincdab-d to itenamo of humanity. The tmisior
giving femoral khpptirt ‘ to peac* mcaiures bvfov
edgu grjjemments wiil bare arrived, ard moroj
•uppoTthCrom such sources means something te-
ypnd itffficmmon scoop tarfr-e.
■ We cfenot bnt regard tbe apprcacbiDg eris.s
With adxiety, ihouab with hopeful confidence.—
Uur iuomi* in the next general battl* would be
iecisivd’ Os the war; defeat would prolong it in
■ftdffuitejy With Generals and army rar superior
jWeVery soldierly quality to those oi tbe ent my, we
but believe that victory vriit again illumin
ate onr banner*, M it aiwaye has when tbe com
batf»utc have m»i op
. J. J. Findlay, member oi tha Hou*t
from Lnmpkia, and Lieut. Col. oi the okd Georgia
Regiment, ha* been appointed Confederate fltatee
Marabai, vio* Ur Rc--e, who was so brutally mur
dered in Marietta a few d *ya ago
mgf~A ditpsteb from Grenada to Jackson, Miss
late ofi the evening of tbe stt instent, state* that
there was no enemy beiew Charleston,! Talishat
*lhe OdUßty-
ru« CroAvltjjj Dlcreep ct Mr t
tloxtaj Lnxv, * -
Curing our connexion with the North it was
r™ 9C ’ lho S o“*«n statesman
to stand as champ lons and guardians of the Con
stitution, to resist the encroachments upon that
■nstuinunt wbiei, \ .
- . thtir creed
o’, newer, oi ... *
• e ’ r unscrupulous
1 ii* MM!, u ■> , .
... - r i: " against
taat sacred i-uai -ii. . „ .
< '• - 1 aru watchfully
' ' /-_* l, i: iI ■. .‘n K .! which
* 1 “ * >a ' wb.-c. the old
** tß 01 Ii ufi down
III# pntu.plea h> • in j . l should
b3 kept Up be!W'e . v„ . .... ... ,
, 4 '• 1 "* and
li ' " I '' (• ■■ nui ii u. y defined
1 ' *’ s 0 " ' • l -; people.
m th. i. .... ~ ih,. .- uut. y Las .
Ni-tlhurnHotiema »e vu -l- .oi. m dcfiuitionsof .he
loihdiliidsu.itiuiiav.. tiun. and again
muac by l ouvemiacß .v. :k-, i>. ~ .Uct ß3 . No
hcrihern man in C.ngres , or out of it over in
*.sl«a with such balances and eloquinee upon ft
bti-ici adherence to C3r.stiiutk.nfti safeguards as
was frequent among Son hern orators and states
mm. The South was the h,W whe.-l 0 f the
Union, and when that failed tj i citraiu the ius,h
towards min, and tv hen t loots of
tnosawho were urg. ; . , goTera .
uient regard'® S3 ctremons rancs ctu-d no longer
oe resisted or restrained, ihe whole fabric fell to
pieces.
Tms was the high function ihe jjruth fulfilled in
the old governin', nt, aad io preserve for herself
ihs benefits of Constitutional government ia all
’is purity, she separated tre.m the conupt bodv of
■-he Union aud .uiiipcil the lie. ora nud mise
riei of war solely in defence of Constitutional
rights.
!3ari. ft iha exalted past of the South ; rii .iiffier
iuturc be as houoraulß‘? A fcchug sr-: ui3 to be
growing among p-rdo m i public that
any phuis bls exensa will justify any violation
i»f the fundamental law. This is no tuna to talk
of Constitutions, say some. Th it this is net mere
talk—that in reality ii expresses the sentimeck
ts some tre i among those who owe their posi
tiens to the Constitution—i? apparent by their
vets. That there >s an iucrcroiag disregard far
ibj solemn compact by which our rights are
j guarded and our cati.s detiurJ bat been seen
with apprehension. Worst of all, there are those
whe applaud acta plainly and flagrantly uncon
stitutional aid uphold these who commit them.
These who treat lightly such acts forget that they
are weakening the only safeguards,’Rhich protect
their own lights—sateguarda, the destruction of
which entails upon tho country either acaichy or
despotism.
That Southern men who have carried their
ideas of strict construction almost to the point
of ridicule, should suddenly become so lax in
their tenets, argues tba! u great change has taken
place in men’s minds, or ihat ihe c icumstonccs
surrounding '.hem justify Ihe abrogation of legal
guarantees. Ifes war wa t undertaken iu defence
of constitutional lights, and n is prosecuted for
tho tame purpose. No cli&ugs has taken place in
the grounds ior wi-i inie r vo.'u'ioa v.o-3 uoder
takcii, and tio chftug. s'Lcu'd us>. occurred in the
seutimenis oi. the peopi,: or their oLjv.t.i To
say tluii .bis is u.i time io iftik cl Ooneiitations,
ii io askuowledge that we are now conttndiug for
eouio other ends (ban .boa- for which wo went
into revolution. Neither urn Ih. circumstances
which surround us to desperate in their nature ns
to jastiiy ihe abrogation ol ihs fundamental law,
and in cor.ec.pun:e, of oil ia..'.
Now, more than era. should he the- i.u e when
ihe ptcple ehoell waled jealously the conduct f
.l eu legis alive and c-zeeuiivc setrants. Hevolu-
I'.oiis, despite th si.j ;tg to the contrary, irequeot
iy “go taakwarda* tbu: recoil has livan .artliei
that ibsir advance, in fencing themselves from
one tyranny, other p. pie, alter passing through
u period of anarch.)' when ii.e mjuuciiona of lew
were unheard, sunk i .t, lire power oi - noise
lyiaony They have got ud ot 100. a > kings to
lali under the iron iu eot a dictator—:i Cromwell
or a Bon p rie. The wanting* ot hi-tny are not
to he dispistd, and H our revoiotiou must end as
must others have, if wa must land in a despotism
as others have, if the rervanta or- iho people must
became their sovereigns, lit ur ai least oUu pt to
avoid, hy upholding wi.h all cur strength const!-
tatioual a..d civil law, iha abyso ! anarchy into
which others have fallen, ruJ only bs. u luted by
the sltoug baud of a despot.
t'oafederate Snccesw inTevifiM.ee.
The news of auolbtr brilliant i-xplcit in Ten -
besß«e Ly Gen. Morgan, ami the activity dis
played by other Confederate coinmaaiieii, indicate
a renewed activity on the part ol' opt tunics.-
They give assuratiee that our brave ineu b.ve
rccuverid from ihc fatigue and despondency
caused by the uefotfunata txpedition to Ken
tucky, ami that tha advoct ot Geo. Jounaoa has
infused u new spirit ot enterprise among them,
fho change made iu the chief command wi.-l
turn out to have been a moit jtd cious one,
for wbutev. r Gsten.l Bragg's merit as a soldier
may bs, it ia indisputable th-ot he had, in
some degree, lost the confidence oi the people
and ihe army', \tin-- i.<-r desirred or not, is not for
civilians to dottr.uua.
No one doubts the capacity ot Gen Johnson - -
He has proved it on many a h-ird fought field,
and no General io the Oaulederato Aimy more
completely peis-bics the confidence of tbo army
or tbe people. -Implicit Gust in their leader is •«
cecessary to toldters ea ccuragG. Without it, tbe
dieeipline accessary to tho efficiency “f cvr army
osimat be nuintalsed v/ithc-ut a cni.lgrverily, nor
tl.e unquestior.iog obedience to orders which
makes tb3 gu>ccss-of movements ana tbo result of
battles almost a mathematical certainty
General Jonosoa popsetsea tbe faculty of iu •
so ring h r s subordinates with confidence IB him
self and themselves, and wednink we see already
•the effects of tha change it* ths eommand. No
ea'.erp'. ise has boc-n uadertaken, until thi3 of Gen
Morgan's, of iny moment since the retreat from
Kentucky. Ibs army in Tennessee seemed to ba
reocsiug in inglorious ease. Putt of the inactivi
ty* could be justly ascribed to the- necessity for
recruiting from the arduous labors sad hurried
forced marches they bad gone through and to
the necessity of making preparations fo> further
movements But tvs have been somewhat sur
prised to hear nothing from the never-tiring Mor
gan aad his men, and conhi only s cabs his in
aoilviiy, not to weaiincs?, but to the disp.ritmg
effici cf Ure Kentucky laiiure But the indefaii-
gable perbzau leader is etirring again, and wo
may expect to hear of tii pouncing down upon
outposts, destroying rnilrnao tiaina, cuM-agoff
supplies end barrassing the unwieldy Federal host
ae we sometimes see ihe audacious king-bird an
noying tbe plundering crow.
We accept the recent movements of -Morgan as
auguries that seme important movement is con
templated by Gen. Johnson. Previous to rn'St of
onr great battles precisely such racursioaa on the
enemy's lines have been made. (Jen. John son is not
the man to be idle very long,with an insolent enemy
in Lis trout, whose strength he has Uai aed to de
vpise. Tbe rsconquisto; Nushvill , an 1 driving
the enemy from Middle Tenaessee or? j-ctsof
sufficient importsuoe :« induce h o to «•■ >. j, and
the UcCcsriiy of prev. : jiiag t-o-o[>. iatioi. between
Rises even* in Tennessee, and G.-aul in Miesi*
slppi, in wuieh latter Stale our army appeal*
to be hard pressed, wiil forbid a i thought of
letreat. Roseacrauz, who stands immc-iiateiy
opposed io Johnson, i* & canning ouategiot, nod
pr bably the best General in *he Federal seme ,
but he has in Johnson more t»,r-« a ir.afei. m oil
toe qa«Uii;s of a leadtr, a-a ah - the coi'ii--cn
CC, U< .- m«». ikM-iat hoi. . cuindwt »k li oafl
valor. ’ • .
It used to b* sold tb*t w* had no mtchan
lea in this country , but it can’t be said now.—
The conscript act is working wonders in that re
spect; and abes makers, tauners, foundry-men,
cooptra, blacksmiths, wagon-makers, mlli-wrighta
Iron- makers, eta, are multyplying rapidly. And
not less remarkable is the fact that mechanics (
occupations covered by tbe exemption act have
suddenly attained a degree of they
bsv* nevci possessed before in tie estimation of
some very clever people. We shall soon bes com
munity of artisans Tbe conscript act is certain
ly supplying the South with a great many
useful mechanics, that would not have krown any
thing about trade under any other circumstances
—in short they would Lave been shocked if you
had talked with them about such matters
Axothik Firk.— A dwelling on Eiiis Blreet,
occupied by Mr. P R. Hose, was slightly damag
ed by fire Friday evening, it Is supposed to har*
taught frost a defective chimney.