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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1863)
BY TOLRGRAHL BYNOPSIB OF GOV. LETCHER’S MESSAGE. Th« chief points of interest in Gov. Letter's Message are those which refer to the state , ! the coaotry, the rice of extortion, and the prt.o- • -• captured by the State Hoe. The Governor n ft would be a matter of amzzsrnent, in after tia ■ that a Government as great and nohle bi onr-- . should hare been'racrific-d to the Sell gp-nt of wild and reckless fanatici*m ; that e h:rp • p~rtior of the people should hare been »o thought! • and wicV»d sr to moke war upon the irstitntions of the minority, and drive them ; n*o a rerohitiorvf.'T their defense and preservation. Hot, how-ver this may be, it is certain the Union is dissolved. and equally certain that it can ncvvr again he ro unded ; and the man who ®Cccc v ep reeons'.ruc tion is a traitor, and des-rvns a traitor’s do Tn reference to tne admission of forty five c - ties of Virginia as a State, by the Federal Cor.- (jregg, the Governor Bays it clearly ind.cates that that Government has no lon tr any hopes of the subjugation of the Ron . He soys: “ I cannot suppose in any treaty of pea c that may be agreed noon. Virgmia w"! tv«r recognise this division of her tern or v-- r *.v w r a .sent to a ti’eatv that-will strip her of a portion of her domain Whatever se'tlernent is made, Virginia wilt never give up one loot of h«r territory.”, H« adrife* “ tolerant and eharitable feeling of harmony and conciliation among the States of the Confederacy The Governor denounces the - xtortiooers, who he says, aro assoc ated, in the Word of God, with idoliters, the covetous, thieves, drunkards, etc., and invokes action on the part of the General As sembly, to put down these mercinaries, and puDish extortion as a cri its. Major Genera! Floyd, and the Rtate L inp, are I complimenti-d by the Governor for their valuable services. In re'erenca to the prisoners captured by Floyd, he says eight will be held as hostages j for iiiu gallant Zarvoni, who has been in confine ment since July; 1861. GOV. SEYMOUR INAUGURATED. G v. Seymour, of New Tork, was inaugurated on the Ist indt. The following is his inaugural: I have so emnly sworn to protect tho Constitu tion of the United States, with all of its practs, restrictions and guaranties, and will support it. i have sworn to support the Constitution of tho State, with all of its powers and rights, and shall uphold it. I Lave awern to support the duties of the office of Governor of the State; aud, with your they shnl ! he faithfully performed. The Constitutio and the laws are meant for the guidunce of oar official conduct, and for oar protection and welfare. The first law recorded for my observance, is that declaring that it shall ba tho duty of the Governor to maintain and de fend the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the State. The most strict injunction of the Coristitntion is that tho Governor shall take euro that the la vs are fuithfully executed, and so help me Hod, they shall be. I would not dwell on the present occasion on national affairs. Our position as a Htate tna hot’ li qipily attended to by my presence. My yi, iv< on tho subject wero laid b fnro the Legtetelure. While knowing that bis p ution gave him hut little control over National affairs, he ventured to trust that, before the e.vi oi tin t«rm of service, the coan'ry would In ngiin hr yreet glorious and united eg it o cun j flov. Reytnour had ordered the police commissioners ; apre-r before him to answer to complaints for aibrirary arrests, im prisonments, and violations of the Constitution. THE TRIBUNE'S ACCOUNT OF TiiK FED Eli AI, RAID INTO CAST TENNESSEE Tho Tribune lies a column devoted to n great cavalry raid, by Majar Rmutell, with three hundred Kentucky cavalry, into Elat Teunraien. Its vs tho Union cav»t"y pnche 1 between Cumberland and Pound (laps, roarhin » tbe town ot Blouut ville 1) c. 29 ( h, destroying railroad and tel -u’-eph lines lor miles, and u’s > dostroved u largo and magnificent bridge over llulston river, and cap turing one hundred Rsbet cavalry who were guarding the bridge. They then proceeded to tbs vicinity of Jonesboro’, where they osptured and paroled the telegraph operator. Ilero they destroyed two m are bridges, und immense stores ; cutting off communication with tho West completely. After accomplishing this brilliant feat, th# Union cavalry returned, without the lops of a man. Having been in the saddle five days, they w- r > everwhero received wi'h greet demons!rations ol joy, loyal citizens bringing them in many recruits. The Tribune says this raid throws the achieve ments of Stuart and Morgan completely in the sh a tie. GLORIOUS NEWS FROM TEXAS. Tbe New Orleorn Delta of too tub l a tiw. n re ceived at I’edshontSM. It contains-tbe. following : “About two o’clock New .Year’s morning four rebel gunboats eamo d< wu Buffalo Bayou in‘n Oa. vent on llav. and ran alongpido tho steeuier Harriet lo ne, one on each aide. The Texan sharp shooters then coniuienfod the a stuilt. on -r, n't soon succeeded in killing all the gunners r.rd {'apt. Wainviright, her commander. The assail ants then boar led her, after a desperate struggle, and captured her. The rebel gunboats were lined and fortified with cotton after tho manner of tbe boats in New Orleans know n an the Montgomery diet. The Wegtfeldt was under command of Cob'. Reu sliaw, who \v s determined nqi to be taken. Af ter consulting with officers and men, and ail agree ing, they blew tier up, with alt on hoard, including himself, only eight mcaping. The balance of the Yankee fleet, and one trans port, escaped. Two coal bests at tho wharf, to gether with two companies of tbe 42d Massachu setts regiment, wore captured. A Federal vessel was placed outside the harbor to catch the Har riet Lane, to prevent tbe Confederates. Minding her to sea. FURTHBR PARTICULARS OF THU CAPTURE OK THE HARRIET LANE. MAGRUDER’S OFFICIAL DISPATCH. Hzvd Quarter*, I Galvshton, Jiltiuary 1.) To S. Coopor, Adjutant Gteuarat: t On the inpruing of Jan. 1, utlijreeo’clock, A.M., wo attacked the enemy’s fleet, and garrison at Gal veston, and captured the M •■•luor Hairiet Lane, two barges, and a srhoouer ot the former. The rest, some four .or five in number, escaped ii,uo tniuiously, under cover of a flag of truce. 1 have about 500 prisoners, and large quantities ol valu able stores, arms, Aft. *Tbo Harriet Lane i- very Late injured. She was carried by boarding her Irqpi two high pres sure coltoq. steamers, unuilitd bv Texas cavalry and artillery. Tho Hue troops were gallantly commanded by Col. Thoq Green, of Sibley’s Bri gs 15; and the . hips and artillery by Mrjor 1/eou Smith, to whobo-indomitable energy* and lu.eic during the country is indebted for the aucccsstul execution of it plan which l had conceived fer the destruction of the enemy's Biet. 001. Bagley, f Sibley's Brigade, also com manded tbe roluiU.ei *rou» hie regiment for the naval expedition, 1.1 » h eh eve: y rttu ” at and evety man won for himselt m.per shable renown, f’am.’sir, very reep'y. your bb’t er\ (.Signed) J. BiftKiiaAn Mauri'd.k, Msj. Gen” Cotnd'g Texas. THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. The Virginia House of Delegates mat at \i M. Jan 7. Hugh W. Sti-tllr, of Sta itoa, was elected Speaker, rice Gen. Kemper resigned. The House by resolution fixed on Wednesday, the 18th met., to elect a Conlederate Slates Sena tor, rice Hon Ballard Trenton, deceased. Resolutions hare been introduced into the Yir ginia House of Delegates declaring ihe deter mination of the State to guarantee to the Loafed erate Government payment of her proportion of the public debt, and pledging her faith for the eatne. Also, a proposition to enroll and organize all exempt* in the Stale into brigades, regiments and companies, to be subject to the call o' the Gorernor in casts of necessity. There is but lit— 'tls doullt of their edoption. PRESIDIN'? DAVIS IN RICHMOND. About 11 o’clock January 5, a crowd of citixens serenaded President Davis at the Executive Man sion. He acknowledged the compliment in a graceful speech, in which he alluded to Virginia as ,he theatre of the greatest battles of thie cor. test, saving the blooi of every State had been poured out on her soil, and cries tQ Hearts for revenge. He paid a glowing tribute to the Army af the Confederacy end the devotion of the women: He shaded to our recent victories, and express ; ed bis confidence in tne triumph of our cause sad the establishment of peace. NORTHERN ACCOUNTS OE THB BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO’ L it- * •'.hern pap rs have been received, oon jv, • . .dddioai.l particulars of tho bat'ie at t Murfreesboro’. i;»3. ValiccV • cnived Ike following t-tegram i on Tuesday lan : Mrarßr.ssßOßo’, J:-r 1. A t»rr h> battle took plr.es December 81. The | to'ert from t'.s field i.-, battle is up to noon. The i R -h-1 centre h o been b'oken, and thing* took I favorable. Our (ns? is reported to b* morn oos. j Stanley, Rossoan and Palmer arc wouud : rd. The Rebel Generals Cheatham and Runs arc killed. A telegram to the Prc;s, dated near Murfrees boro’, Ter,,:.. Dec. 31 s ! , says, our whole line enf ere : severely this morning. Four regiments of Regulars lost half their men, and all their com manding officers. Gen. Anderson’s troops suffered severely. We are sdvsncing on the whole line. Rosencranz iB personally superintending the movements. One s’ ' t killed two of his staff officers. The 15th Wis_ cousin lost reven Oaplains. From a dispatch dated-Louisville. Ky ,Jau. Ist, w» take the following: T v r bels are retrea'ing to TuUabomo. They made but little resistance. Rosencrarz lost the train of wagons accompa nying him, which were captured b 7 the rebels' under fob Morgan. Ad ppafch dated Louisville, Ky., January 2nd, sa%.s‘‘Oe" Kosencranz occupies Murfreesboro. (Signed) J. T. Botls, Brig. Gen.” A dispatch da*ed Nsshviile, Jaß. 9-d. sovs : The Federate encountered tho rebels on the Slst ult. at Btew rl’n creek. After heavy skirmishing the rebe : s were driven back with the loss of 100 pris -1 oners and many killed and wounded. The fight continued until oue o’clock, p. rn., at whieh time we had maintain:d our position. The Union loss: is extremely heavy. The 2l»t, 25ib aud 85th Illinois regiments lost two thirds ol their number, and the 15tb andSSth Ohio r g rnents hst heavily. The total killed and wounded is estimated at 25,000. The rebel los3 is much heavier. General Rossncranz, while galloping to the front of Crittenden’s left, was opened npen by a tremendous Rebel battery, which emptied the sad dles of his whole escort, a round shot shaking Col. Garesrh:, his Chief of .Staff, completely sev ering his head fiom bis body, bit) blood bespat tering the General and bis whole Stuff. Rosvncfauz narrowly escaped. Toe Rebels stubbornly resisted our approach with undaunted bravery, hut were finally com pelled to retire fatly a m lwhen they again dis puted ii: • ; .Kscgu ofCriUeafen’a corps, checltieg our mlv.*ace, and completely mowing down our troops. The scone at th:, point was magaitieently ter nb •-. The labels deploying right and left, bring ng ,ip their batteries, with Sno style; the shell ir:.! i int Id like hail. Between live and sir eh Ire ~ a. -iy, apparently exhausted by his ift; ill a sr.ul < took ftp 11 position not assailable, with, in :-.-iuri<l:ui I'. illery. und the lire on both bides wu Hiieuo.mi by dark. Tire battle i'agi-1 eleven non re. (i. i*ir.tl M- .Jon:; felt L.-ck two miles, before nu or-, w i.i-Uti'p;; c i.a.iiu. • rained, hot Was again or v i back. A it latest tiacoumu, bn won five ■iToi '.I i.j i-ido ot ho ground be occupied iu the i-oramg, wnuru he couLnuod until night, at which time irs beta cur pocitions. O . • is viuy U-jary. Among the killed aro lii ten S I!, Li Col it i.-ac-o, Kosoncraux chief oi ■■■'.. ff; U a Wiliick, lo t; Go I Kelly ot tbe 2ll!h O. ■" ; <"I S.i.. i. , A -.bug iiri,; Gent; Col Farmer, of tbe 15. . K> ; Uni Cottin, ot tbe 6iU Ky ; Cot J ii-.i-m, cl in.: bill! Ind; Msj Carpenter, ot the 19th legs ia ; Alrj Ki an-.: ir.cn, Philadelphia; Col ;u:; enter, oi th - lttt'.i Wiscouhin; and Incut Cut McKee, us thii lOtii Wisconsin. Among lb - wonnded are : bi g. C.-in-ial Kin., of Illinois ; (ioncral Wood, p : Indiana; amt Geu Van Clin- 1 , of MiftttOgOta; Jl. j- r Gen ■nl 'los-.eii'i, ft Kentucky; Major mnuT, of the S a e .-iitli Regulars, and hosts of oilier officers ' Th,' I' 11 .t- 1 h 1,1 r twi columns tilled.with name.-- UUed an ' wounded. Toot ,al killed ami wouuded on our side, says tbe T il’ is estimated at 3b,11J0. The Tiniefi ciuiina taut tha Confederate loss is much heavier ; and aso >■ bums that seven hun- dred Ooufeder: to priaousrs were taken. Hinf .ort' and thin the whole rebel army have .vacua 1 . :' Mur.'iieiit'cTo’, taking with them all their prifioHere, . Ac., and are falling hack towards Huelbjv.li.!. Tit.: He.aid’s Louisvi.ie correspondent, of Doo. I si »aj s, our town and ciiy arc . g.iiu iu u furor of excite incut. N , . counts s'.uc tiiat Gen. Cheatham, cf rate , was worn* fed and captured at sluitiv oh fv’. La • .ux vom'Handed in perron the move ment* ot lhe Federal aiuij 1 . , The 15. Wisconsin Regiment ..ufleied terribly —losing at ly half ot the entire regiment, inclu ding eight utllCero. , Tv-o hundred -:a., foilca iiig oar hue were captured by .' dels uni- r Wheeler, of Tennes see. TliaNev, Yi.ik; Ileiaidjteiuute idi'orialiy that li mi nci .i.o ioet 10,000 men, several hundred wag. onanadlthirly canuon. Roseucrurx’a cffic'u! dispatch to the War lie. partnient >o u history oi the tight at Murfrees boro*, which, he lays, ended on Saturday in the total defeat of the rebel army and their disorderly fl-ght . Tiillabomu Thu tight was continuous from Tuesday to Saturday. He says his medical diieutur estimates 5.500 wounded in hospitals and 1,000 killed. NORTHERN NEWS. The Vs .'.shiu,-Jon correspondent of the N. H aid qua.-. So ward as an authority tor the atilt ... ntthat the Yankee G v-iumei.t has never since tha war began Stood so well with foreign powers, «nd t'lftt intervention 1 1 ..i. teuf us not among possibilities. Ifept. Ay uno, g British officer, has Uoii arrested ni Bali.more as fin e.uissorj of the Confederate Government It is raid he was ou iheVny to Bu- rope with important dispatches. Burnside was in Washington on Wednesday urging upon l.ii culu the importance ot allowing him to recross lre Rappahannock. Lincoln refused to permit the movement. The Chicago (111.) Times justifies President D..vis’ retaliation proclamation. T e Philadelphia Inquirer’s dispatches ol the 2d, su»v • that telegraphic comtnumc; tion with Nastmlle was destroyed. A dispatch dated Cairo, 111 , Jan.-3.1, saya that but one gunboat at Vicksburg,the Benton, erg.g. ed the fortifications, but the ccmmatiuer and sev eral of the cievv were kiiitel. Bmks forces and Furragut’a Heel were <. xpeetoJ, hut did uot arrive. Grain cUmia that Forrest a.id Van D-.-ra are ba-.n* Whipped, with it loss ol seveiai Voces o' rti cry .tui many r ts<ou rs. The Rebel colonel Neper aas killed, cud Col. D.shay captured. A dispatch from Fayetteville, Ark., says that me Rebel papers captured ut Van Ituren admit u loss at Prairie Grove ol 4,0tß>. Hindman’s corres pondence was captucd. The Rebels were con centrating at Arkad Iphia. The correspondence of the Philadelphia Inquirer fro it fie army of the Potomac, says that on the night of th" Id two brigades recrossed the Rappa hannock, six miles above Fredericksburg, scoured the eenntry and returned. ' Bn. warr.c. e th complimentary dem ousiiaiicna at Ha: n , ether points. Lincoln’s emancipation pr,.c arnation was hon orea w .th salutes and ether demonstrations at Pittsburg, Boston, and other places. Thirty-eight tv.cnx Indiana were hung on the Siiih ult, by Lincoln’s orders. Banks is issuing instructions, under Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation. On the 41st ult, he advises the slaves to remain on the plantations until their rights are definitely established, what ever benefit the Government intends shail be se cured. Th. New York Herald’s Louisville (Ky.) cor respondent, under date of Januay Ist, says : Our city and State :s again in a furor of exeiUment ai the approach of the in.-oient invaders. The notorious John Morgan, who is again in the een of onr State, heralded as full grown Major Genera commanding a division. He has taken •■m-sess on of the Louisville and Nashville rail road, between Bowling Green and MumfordsvrUs suiting nit alt eommuaiWon with the army at Nashville. The correspondent says tbe local papers, as ostial, predict that Morgan is getpag in a trap bin whale force will be bagg*d Bat, tur si e r ■ the * orv so often, he d-e-s not place .n> '- - n a- • m it, out regards the successful ißio K o'. ioky by M-rgan. and tbe successive tenures of I leamv io Virginia, at necesaary evns that mi be borne wf'.hn* leniently O- poss.ble. Lincoln has issued his emancipation proclama ti- as a fit and necessm* war measure pr- ssirg the rebellion It declares that a!' persons held as Slaves in designated States and parts of States are, and hereafter shall be, free. He for th. r declares, that such persons will be ree-uvo . into the armed service of the United States, under the act, which is sincerely believed to he an sc. ol jus ‘ice, warranted by the Constitution, upon tbe pi aof military necessity. He invites the consid erate judgment of mankind aud the gracious favor of Almighty God. Tbe Washington correspondent o! the New York Triune states that the late foreign ce-vs confirms Ibe belief that the French Em peror designs to persist in bis mediation scheme, ev«-n if he has to proceed alone. Northern papers say that tho “WO” had been s -„u since ber capture of the Aeriel, coming again i t the track of the California steamers. There wore three steamers of the ltDe out, and it is lear < -I that Capt. Hetnmes is cruising around, to await for them. There was great excitement in eom m.-rcial circles at the North. The Missouri Republican estimates the number of slaves lost in Missouri, since the war began, at 17,29). The steamer EUa Warley arrived at New York from Hava ia on tho 31st alt. Or the 25th Dec. tb< rebel steamer Alice, formerly at Matagorda, left Havana for the purpose of running the blockade. 11. tire vrr. 3 great rejoicing iu Havana on account Os th,- defeat ol Burnside, which news reached tb -t city from Mobile by schooners which success fully tau the blockade. • 'The news of the capture of the Ariel was also received with grunt joy aud the accession feeling appears to he strongly on the increase in Havana. A Washington corn rpoudeui of the New York Herald mentions a rumor that Lincoln is about to take tbe field ii person, in Virginia, while Mo- Cieliac is to oe sent to Fortress Monroe to organ ize a fo'ce there. lathe New York Chamber of Commerce, on Friday last, the subject of the Steamer Alabama was tek .n up, when one member said that there w-.re fourteen vessels searching for her ; and that in the forthcoming raising of the bloekude nt Wil mington, N.C., the blockading squadron there would join in the pursuit. The Herald says that Lincoln’s proclamation is the last card of the Jacobins ; and will determine the success or lailare of the AdaituiotratioEi, with the ehances heavily against its success. It rays it is impracticable, unwise, ill-timed and full of mischief. Gen. Wool has superseded Gov. Morgan ij the command of tho Department of New York. Smith, the Secretary of the Interior, has re signed and gone home. Rumor says that Lincoln was shot and h is coach man wounded white riding in the streets on New Year’s Eve. A grand reception oii Hist evening wns largely attended by Members of Congress and Foreign Ministers. The captain of the bark Trent reports the de struction of his vessel by a imw rebel privateer, on the s>h of December Ir.fct. Himself and hia crew were set adrift. The Tribune’s Holly Springs carrespondun t estimates the loss by Von Dorn’s raid upon that pUice at $6,000,000. The Federal gunboat Sagamore captured ofl the eastern c »ast cf Florida the British schooners Francis Frier, George, find Agnes AliiU. A bill has b-on introduced into the Yankee Congress authorizing tbe issue of J 300,009.000 more Treasury notes, amt recommending an ad ditional issue of $300,0 0,000 six per cents re ' definable in two or three years, and $'.00,000,000 at 20 years. The Cumberland and o'her rivers are rising rapidly. Judge Usher of Indiana has been nominated for the vacancy in the Bureau of the Interior. An Albany correspondent of the Herald says tbo Nef York PoliceCommi sinners will be tried at an early day on charges preferred agiiusl them. The Herald siys that Gov. Seymour’s message wilt tally with his speeches during the canvass, and will favor the prosecution of the war for the restoration of the Union. An attempt w:& made to mol) Heciy Ward Beecher at El zabethtown, New Jersey, ou the stli inst. The famous Forrest divorce case is finally de cided. Mrs. Fomst is to receive s4o,oooaccumu lated alimony ami $4,000 p,-r year. The Baltimore American, of the 2d lust., has been received, lt has accounts that another naval expedition, under Gcur-rals Nagle and Davidson, had embarked ou transports at Ywktowu and Gloucester Point. The fleet put to sea on the Ist iu t., and comprises enough troops to take and hold any point ou the Southern coast. The des tination of the expedition is huppoaedto be North Carolina, but as a number of iroo-ctads accom pany it, it is presumed it will go to some import iinlSoiilhern point—say Charleston, Georgetown, Savannah, or Mobile. At u meeting of the New York Chamber of Commerce, it leaked out ihal Wilmington was soon to t e attacked. By a flag of Srueo bout at City Point, it is as certained that tho iron clad gunboat Monitor foundered oil Cape Ualteras a lew days since, and carried down thii'ty r.ouls. Another account suys all ou board perished. The Iton-eiad steamer Gsiena narrowly escaped the same fate. She threw overboard her arrna neut - l’uey were supposed to bo ou their way to Wilmington. N. O. A correspondent of the t bioago Times says that in response to the circular letter from Governor R jinson, two thirds of tke members of tho Ken tu _ky Legislature have declared in favor of taking the Slate out of tho Union if Lincoln’s emanoipa tiou Yrofchimution is enforced. McC ellan sto be sent to Fortress Monroe to organize the army there. due Baltimore American says he will soou re sume i U'uasive operations agaiust Richmond by way of James River. The Wusbingtou Chrouicl) ot the sth sayathut a tight is imminent on BUckwater. Lincoln has approved the biil admitting West ern Virginia as a State of the Union, ufler keeping it in bis pocket nine days. The lli-iiipkis Bulletin, ot Doc. 27ih,'has been received here. It says that the presence of the Rtb.l cavalry iu Kentucky, caused the entire evacuation of Hickman. Ou the 24th, great ex citement and contusion prevailed at Columbus, I Kv. Tiio v had beeu kkiimishiag lour miles oat, and a-i attack upou the city was apprehended. Every preparati-’U w..s muds lor resistance, but no gunboat was there. The Yankee troops Were in line of battle. Rumor placed the number of the assailants at Ic.uOU. The Bulletin thinks that tfie Yankee expedition to Vicksburg is of such magnitude as to bear down all opposition, and any defence of that place will be vain and friMtless. The K. Y. Herald, of the sth inst., has an edito rial on the prospect of Intervention in Anaeriean affairs by Napoleon. It says the Freneh Kmperor will address another eireular to the Courts of Eng land and Russia urging immediate intervention, and the ohances are that those powers will secede to bis demand. This will be a prelude to recogni tion by France alone. Napoleon will say : “1 ap pealed to yon twice to act with me ; j ou refused ; my necessities will brook no more delay. I recog nise the Southern Confederacy. My people are starving; I must hare cotton.” The Herald intimates that a powerful French Seel ot plated frigates, now in American waters, are to aet as emergencies may dictate, in case of iho recognition of Davis. The Government emancipation proclamation is another inducement to Napoleon to interfere, as all chances for eotton are at an end until that question is settled. He will pretend that fearful cries and. horrors will flow out of the workings of the decree throughout the South, and humanity demands interference. France and England both see their supplies of cotton will be eut short if the slaves are freed. The Freneh Minister at Washington, it is said, openly states tn&t daring true roam nis Govsm' meat will mediate in favor of tbe South. Thu assertion of M. Mereier’s, if true, puts all doubt upon the question at an end. The Herald adds. *’ most prepare to sustain at all perils the inter » sm of the Republic. Various journals denounce the tenor of the re cent dip ! omaUc correspondence laid before Con gress. An r-ffi;: >1 dispatch from Genetai Blunt to Cu 'is announces the capture cf Vac Bnren i A-, with loss to thr reb is. at Dipping Springs, or all their transportation, camp aud garrison vquippage, one hundred prisoners, a !> amount o' ammunition, and four steamboats Gold has advanced iu N-w Yorx to I>s ; Ex change to 147@14S ; and Cotton to 63 cents p-r pound. FOREIGN NEWS. The Paris correspondent of t e New Yoik Com mercial says that there is no doubt that a secret league exists between Minister Siileli and the French orernment, Slidell bring naturally in teiested iu the affairs of New Orleans, where his property has been cot-ihcsteil, and tbe French Gownnuaeat looks upon Louisiana as almost a French province. The arrival of a Freuch fleet at New Orlcaus was receive i with great joy by Southerners in Frate The ofi ci.il journal announced the suet ia terms which would have been oflensive to any but that of the United States. Th* correspondent s»jb that the indications for the moment are tl a while a bitter feeling ia growing up towards us in England, the contrary is true of France. Drou)n de ITU is had spoken to Foreign Min rnters advisedly upon mpinitten. Vague rumors were i fioat that Franco would send written note to Eupliud and II ssia showing the nec urity of peaceful interveuiiou in America. Advices by the Asia state that the distress in the manufacturing districts of Francs is (Stepan, ing daily, and threatens to become serious. A loan is spoken of in France to relieve the dis tress prevailing there. The Paris correspondent of the London Stpr says that there is little doviottbatthia fact incline* the Emperor to listen more attentively to Slidell than he otherwise would have done. ;Tha French Legislature assembled ou the 12th ol Janua y. The Paris Moniteur say s that some journals exaggerated the tendency of the course of France when offering mediation in America, and entirely misunderstand its character the distress in the cotton manufacturing districts of France and England threaten to lead to serious results. The London Times belietes, from the liberality shown toward Lancashire, that a clearer percep tion of the part displayed by England preva is. Mr. Scboaifield, M. P., in a recent speech as serted tin: right of the South to secede, and advo cated its rce-gnUioD. Mr. Bright eulogiied the cause of the North and pnd cted the failure of the rebellion. Near y all pf the London presses condemn Mr. Bright's speech. The London Times disapproves of Gen. Hul ler k’s official report. A report that tho Government had issued orders warning the Alabama front British ports, and that if any more British property was destroyed, tho Government would destroy the Alabama, was dis cie iit d—some say officially denied. 'Pa : f.n L Clyde steamer Vulcan has been sold to tho Confederates, and was about to start on a r:i Hire. FROM TENNESSEE. O u army fell hack from Murfreesboro’ Satur day bight after a teriibie repulse of Breckin ridge's division, Friday evening. The euemy’s lots was-tqual to oars, if not greater. Hanson’s brigade led a charge : cross Sloae riv er upon the i u iny’s position, which was cariied, but we found it impossible to hold it. Our forois. were compelled to retire with tho loss of three cannon. It is believed our army will defend the lines of Duck river. Gvn. Bragg has secured the prisoners, arms aid artillery captured Dec. 3lst. Tho enemy now hold Murfreesboro’, rumor to the contrary notwithstanding, onr pickets being wUhiu three miles of them. Th Confederate forces occupy the country this side. Gen. Bragg, wilt move hie headquarters from Winchester to Tnllahottoa. Gen. Bragg now estimates our Isos at nine thousand, which included tho wounded left at Murfreesboro’. Gen Hasson of Kentucky, wounded on the 2d died at Murfreesboro, since tie evacuation. The Evening News baa ft dispatch, dated. Chat tanooga, Jan- ?* which says ti nt General Bragg made a speech at l. eckerd on Monday, to the cit izens of Deckerd and Winchester, -assuring them that he did not mean to desert them, but would muk a stand between Aligona and Millahoma. He said he fell back because our troops needed repose, being exhausted, lie said our loss was 7,000, and the euemy’s between 15,000 and 20,000. Parties just from the front report that Morgan bad attacked ami rotted the force of the enemy at Gallatin, Tenn. Blythe’s cavalry drove the Yankees into their barracks at Memphis, and captured and brought off 200 head of cattle. The Confederate troops ure intercepting the steamboat communication of tho Mississippi river between Columbus atid Memphis. There is a rumor that Rosencrnz's army have retreated to Nashville, leaving a small garrison at Murfreesboro’. Gen. Bragg’s headquarters is at Winchester. He will make a line of defeuce between kfinches ter and Shelbyville. tt is probable that tbe Abolition army will not be ready for offensive operations under a month, ia consequence of our successful expeditions in West Tennessee and Kentucky. Asa general thing, our tiocp3Jjpprove of Gen. Bragg’s course iu falling back. They were tco much exhausted to continue longer iu the field. ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF AFFAIRS IN' GEN BRAGG’S ARMY. The Advertiser A Register has tbe following dispatch .from Deckherd Tehn., dated Dec. 7. Hen John Forsyth : Beiug outnumbered more than two to one by the enemy, and our troops utterly exhausted by six days’exposure to cold and rain and four days’ incessant fighting, with a loss of one-fourth of Iheir whole ndmber killed and wounded, General Bragg determin and to fall back behind Duck river A reconaoisaaace in the enemy’s reaj, showed that he was receiving large reinforcements from Kentucky. By a skilful night march, covered by the admirable cavalry ot Generals Wheeler and W bar lon, the whole Jfcmy, with all its supplies and captured arms, inHreonceutrated in its new lines, ready lor the enemy whenever he shall advanoe.- Since this army crossed the Tennessee river in November, we have captured 8,500 prisoners, over forty pieces of artillery, a,oob small arms and 100 wagons. S OFFICIAL DISPATCHES FROM BRAGG’ COMMAND. The following dispatch was received lrom Gen. Braxton Bragg January 5 : Tullahoma, Tsnk , Jan. 5. Unable to dislodge tbe enemy from his entrench ments, and hearifig of reinforcements to him, I withdrew from his front night before lest. He has not followed ua. My cavalry are close on his front. (Signed,] Basirov Basae. CHATTAVOOtA, Jan. 5. To Gen. S. Cooper, Adj. and Inspector General: We retired from Murfreesboro’ in perfect order. Ail the stores were saved. About four thousand Federal prisoners, five thousand stand of small arms, and twenty four ptec -of cannon, brass and steel, have already be» u crived here. B. a. fiwiu, A. A. G. CHEERING NEWS FROM TENNESSEE. The Advertiser A Register has a dispetoh, dated Grenada, Jan. », whioh saya that an Aid of General Forrest bad arived there, who report* the capture of Trenton, Union City and Hum boldt, with over two thousand Federal twe cannon and a large amount o: Commissary stores. The railroad is destroyed between Jackson and Columbus. Morgan’s report of his expedition shows two thousand paroled prisoner!, several hundred of tbe enemy killed and wounded, and an immense quantity of arms and property destroyed. Forrest’s report shows fifteen hundred prisoner* and one thousand of the enemy killed and wound. ed an immen-e quantity of arois, ammunition and stores destroyed, ad his whole command splen didly equipped. Our cperairoua at Murfreeseoro , including the capture of i SCS> prisoners, besides 2,000 captured a> Hansvills and around Nash ville—summing up 10,000, cad in less than a month; also captured aud .out to the rear thirty cannon, 6,000 small arms, and 2,000 id the bands of our troop*, aud one rhut-aud wagons destroy ed and nfhles and ! a.-nrs* secured. The enemy’s lois in killed and wDundci is estimated at 20,000, inclnding seven Generals. menage of governorSEYMUUßof new YORK. Governor Seymour's message is publ's l '’' l ' in •he New York Heraid of the 10th. He says the War has taken more than 200,000 men from the werk*baps and fields; that slavery has been the subject and cause of the war. We must look for tne cause of war in the prevailing disregard o! iaw and the Constitution. Our difficulties teach us we must reform the ptnple and the policy of lh « Government. The rights of States must be respected-a consolidated Government would des troy the essential rights aud.liberties of the people lie denounces arbitrary arrests, the suppression of journals end the spy system of the Genera! Government, and enjoins upon the Sheriffs and civil eiiieers that no person be imprisoned or car ried from the State by force without process uud authority of law. The Presid -nt held his office n t by the will of the majority, but by the Cousti ution, which places him iu effiee by the vote ofI.fiOO.OOO against 2,900 600. If the Constitution cannot keep the Executive within its restraints, he cannot retain the B.ates ia the Union. Those who hold that there is no sanctity in the Constitution must ad mit there is no guilt in the rebellion. lie condeui3 the Emancipation proclamation as unjust aud unconstitutional, aud may be construed as an abandonment of the hope oi restoring the Union. If the South must be held under military sub jugation, aud the negroes be managed by the government, the government must be converted into a military despotism. The opinion that the S utb must be subjugated, weakened the hopes of tbe people and destroyed confidence abroad. The ilcesage urges that the Union is inaitsclu bl», - mid that factions North and South be put down. So closely are the upper and lower va |*ys of the Mississippi bound together,that when cotton was burned iu Louisiana corn was ased for fuel in Illinois. It ruins tho Southern consumer and bankrupts the Northern producer. Neither in a Northern or Southern Union can the conflicting interests of agriculture, commerce and manuiac tures he adjusted. FROM VIRGINIA. Nome Y'ankee cavalry, about lOOitrong, visited While House, the present terminus of the York River Railroad, this morning, and destroyed a sloop mid other property found there. Two gunboats weie reported approaching up the Pamunkey river. Tbcir object probably is to break up the trade between Richmond ands ork River. Toe Richmond papers state it is ceriain tha Roseueranz’s army greatly outnumbers Bragg’s. The Lynchburg Republican says the Federate are. rapidly reconstructing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Trains run regularly west ot Martins burg. The Federate still occupy Winchester, n"d con tinue their depredation iu the Valley. Gee* Hampton made a dash into DumlVles on Friday, capturing wagons, stores, Ac. The citizens of Augusta county, .Virginia, have presented Htonewall Jackson wiih a splendid horse and.equipments, in acknowledgment of his ser vices iu the Valley.* The premium for Gold has declined iu Richmond to 200. Previous quotations were 220# 225 sel ling rates. Flag of iruco bout has arrived at City Point bringing over 500 WuUion and children. Reports from the other side of the river, state that the main body oi' tho enemy is retiring to wards Washington. FROM NORTH CAROLINA. The following dispatch has jus; been received from Kinston, North Carolina, dated January Bth. The enemy beyond duubt we making immense preparations to advance. 1 bey are receiving daily rcinforccKienlH from Suffolk. The \ ankers at Mon head Ci-.y and Newbern number 50,000, under command of Foster. Butler is not there. They will probably attack Charles ton, Wilmington, Weldoi and Goldsboro’ sitnul taunously, to prevent reinforcements Raving either place. It is reported that the enemy are now cooking marching rations.. Tho Passaic was towed into Beaufort, N. C. disabled. «he lost her turret and guns, and leaked so badly that th pumps were kept going constantly. The steamer that towed the Monitor has not been beard from. The consternation at the loss of the vessels is very great. VICKSBURG NEWS BY WAY OF THE NORTH. DU.)i to lies from Cairo, Jan. 7th, say that Sher man fought his way within two miles of Vicks burg. The fighting was desperate in the extreme. The fourth lowa lost 600 men. Hovey, with 1500 men, sent on special mission, is missing. Gen. Holmes is marching in the direction of Viekvburg. Tho rebel force at Vicksburg is over 65,000, and their entrenchments extend six miles from tbe city. Bhermau wits attacked en ths 29th and driven back to the first line of his defences. His loss is estimated at from lour to five thousand. Grant, at Iloiiy Springs, 4id not reinforce Shuman. A Federal General was killed and Gens. Morgan and Smith wounded. Fairagut and Porter were expected to co-oper ate, and McClernand’s army was divided iu'.o two columns and sent on on independent expedition. OAPTUSE OF NEW MADRID. ’ The Memphis Bulletin of the Ist, Says that New Madrid has been evaouated. The magazine was blown up and all the defences destroyed. Gen. Jett. Thompson, with a strong force, was within four miles. The pickets came into town. The Federal forces from New Madrid hare gone to Fort Pillow, and ore fortifying. The Bulletin says the information is definite from Island . No. 10. Ail the guns were spiked bnt one. Six thousand pounds of. powder were destroyed. The men wer6 all waiting for the first Steamer, to evacuate. LATER FROM COLUMBUS, KY; Forrest was withiu a few tqdee of Columbus, The commander at Columbus refused to allow uny boats to pass South. Forrest Lad several pieces Os heavy artillery and a large cavalry force. The Louisville Journal, of the 2Sth, sayß that Morgan destroyed the t'reaile work, near Mul drough’s hill, capturing six hnadred F uera!» i without loss. It will take thirty days to testore communication. The evacuation of Islaud No. Id, is fully con firmed. FRO 1 ARKANSAS. The Arkansas Legislature has imposed a fine of not less than $5,000 nor more than *IO,OOO, and imprisonment in the penitentiary forworn five to ten years, upon parties caught trading with the Yankees. Hindman’s scouts bring information that Grant having sent 6000 of his troops from Holly Springs to Megipkie, it was believed that a large portion of bis forces would join MeClernand’s expedition’ CONFEDERATE COURT. In Confeierete Ccnr. at Charleston, Judge fia grath pronounced an ehoorate and able opinion, sustaining the eonttitnti'.oality of that portion of th; amended Sequeatrali. a Ao* which gives the next of kin ot an alien »nemy the iequestered property of such alien enemy. The question of the constitutionality i mads under directions from the office ol the Attorney General. ANOTHERICfIOONIR RUN THE BLOCKADE A schooner seven days .from Nassau, with a cargo of salt and sundries, bar ar >ed safely at a Confederate pert. OFFICIAL DISPATCH OF GEN PE : s iRTO V Vicksbce e, Jan. 8 From the latest information, I am satisfied the enemy’s transports have goat up the river. Only seven guboats are between the month of t e Imm rivet and MijUfcsn'a Head. VieKaburg i* daily growing stronger. We intend to hold it. (Signed) J. C. Pkmbsbiok, Lt- Gen. Commanding. LATEST FROM THE NORTH. The N. V. Herald lear.is Backs has established his headquarters at Baton Rouge. He had 10,000 men in Camp Moore. Vessels of this expedition had arrived. The New York Trbune of the Bth contains the fallowing dispatch from Washington, dated the 7th: “ Valhndingham made a speech to-day in the House favoring foreign mediation.” The Tribune’s correspondence from Paris, Dec. 28th,says it w-as reported that Drouyn de I’lHiyß lias resigned, and gays the Cabinet of the Fr®th Emperor has for the present abandoned the design of mediation ia American affairs. A New Orleans dispatch sf Dec. 28th, says that Banks has made Baton Rouge his headquarters. A dispatch from San Antonio, Dec. 24tb, says an express from Monterey, states that after a severe battle on the 12 th, the French army de feated tbe Mexicans, and captured Puebla and Tampico, proceeding immediately towards the city oi Mexico. Butler was to have a public reception a New York on the Bth. Butler, in a speech at Philadelphia, attempted to justify the murder of Mumford. Tbe Herald says probably Butler will return to New Orleans, and Banks will push forward in the field. A bill has passed the Yankee Congress provid ing for the issue of $1,000,000 thirty year bonds, in aid of emancipation oi the negroes in Missouri. The Key West correspondent of the Herald learns that the rebel steamer Comet, with a valu able cargo from Nassau, was captured on the 25th ult. The Baltimore Gazette cf the Tth instant has been received here. Banks has released all polit ical prisoners at New Orleans including Mayor Monroe. Havana dates of the 28th ult. state that Gi v. Corcha has resigned. The Span'sU Embassy on the Mexieau question is the subject sf general debate in the Mexican Senate. Doncorderon Colauta approved of the embarka tion of Geo. Prim’s forces. He says allies ought not to interfere with the affairs of Mexico, because when making overtures to the United Stoles to participate, no such intention was expressed. Kosencranz’s army now occupies Murfreesboro’ and will probably winter there. It is reported that Hallcck and Stanton have hud a personal rencountre. The Yankee House of Itepreß3uia ! ives has post poned till the 14th tho resolution declaring any proposition for negotiation or cessation of hostili ties would be pusillanimous and traitorous. Au exciting debate took place on the loyalty of Kentucky, without any result. Resolutions of thanks to Butler passed—Bß to 32. A leiegram f/orn Nashville ou the 7th says the Federal armv isehasing the rebels, and was yes terday eight miles'beyond Murfreesboro. Get). Rains was buried at Nashville ou the 7th. Gen. Hansion’s body was brought in the game day. A rebel farce 6,000 strong attacked Springfield, Missouri, and shelled the town. The Yrnkees Contemplated a vigorous resistance. The Richmond Enquirer has Washington papers of the Bth and 9th. They admit that Sherman was forced to (all back from Vicksburg before overwhelming forces, and say that a bloody battle must ensue before the place cau be cap tured. The Washington Chronicle denounces Sey mour’s message as a lame and impotent argument tosnppoitthu open, undisguised treason of the Opposition. The Wath'ugtou Republican (Lincoln’s organ) has a remarkable article on mediation. The Re publican says it is propoaed that Switzerland shall mediate between the two sections, and it thinks that there is reason in tho proposition, as Switzer land i3 an independent Republic, and admits that mediation will take place seoner or later, and would Father soc Switzerland lead in tho move ment than perfidious France or damnable Eng land. A foroiga correspondent of an Abolition paper, says Dt'oiiy;! D’Huys has resigned, and its report ed that the French Cabinet has abandoned all in tention of mediation at present. A dispatch from Washington to the New York World says that Burnside has resigned and Hooker been appointed. Thaddeus Stevens, in a speech in the House of Representatives, declared the States in rebellion no; only out of the Union, but had no . constitu tional obligations, and all relations between them and the Federal Government arose solely out of the war measures on its part, and their position as belligerents. The World admits a, severe Union di featat Vicksburg, with a loss of 5,000 men and many valuable officers. Gold in New York, on the Bth was quoted at 18t>. LATER FROM EUROPE. The steamship Anglo Saxon brings Liverpool dates to the 24th ultimo. Layard, Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, mnde a speech in London, iu which he said the principles*of his country was non-inter vention, and England sympathized with nations struggling for l'reedem. He also said that his government was right in its opinion that the pro posal of Frauce for mediation wag inopportune, and that if the English Government had accepted the offer at this inopportune moment, then, when tbe opportunity arrived it would have been lost. The Paris correspondent of the London Post, under date of December 22d, says it is reported that the Emperor has assured the Cabinet at Washington, through Mr. Dayton, that France came forward not to favor the North or the South, but in the name ot humanity and for the good of the parlies. He says the Governments of France and England continue to be united iu their polief and their policy now as of old, was stri# neutrality. The Liverpool Journal of Commerce contains an order from British Agents at various West India Islands, that if the Alabama enters their ports, to prohibit her from coaling or taking in provisions. That she be ordered to depart at once. The order further states that Captain Semmes be informed, that after notice, should he destroy any merchandize consigned to British merchants in a neutral ship, Her Majesty’s Gov ernment will take steps to destroy his vessel. ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES JIN RICHMOND, A large number of women and children, refu gees who came by the flag of truce boat, have ar rived in Richmond. . The wife and children of John Ross, the Indiaq Chief, were among those who came by flag of truee. The refugees seem impressed with the idea that peace will be declared in a short time. The emancipation proclamation is already work ing its results. At Norfolk the slaves are becom ing worthless, indolent and independent, and theii owners are imprisoned when they chastise them. LATEST RICHMOND NEWS. Congress will meet in the Capitol to-morrow (12th) ai 12 M., and after organixation will re ceive the President’s Message, and will adjonrn to the Exchange Hotel, which has been fitted np for that purpose. Ths Message will be leng.fij, a, and ibet portion of it relating to Eoreign Affairs is interesting. Gen. Floyd, Judge Allen, Charles W. Russell toil W. C. Rives, are mentioned in connection with the vacant Virginia Senatorship. The central train brought down twenty-five Yankee prisoner* captured in Hardy county by Imboden’a Rangers' and the Federal Sheriff of Barbosa Cos., a Lincolnite dog who has been aid ing tbe Federate to execute the order exacting contributions from loyal citizens for the support of the Yankee army. The particulars of this im portant capture have not transpired. About one hundred Yankee prisoners have. taken the oath of allegiance, and commence wo this week in the foundries. TIRGINIA LEGISLATOR E luifie House of Delegates, a resolution was passed urging Congress to pas. » law to pay for skives impressed into the Confederate service. A communication from Governor Shorter, of Alabama, was laid before the House, calling at tention to the resotntious passed by the General Assembly of the *tate in relation tq the mo'jpoly by the Confederate Gov*r»^ n t 0 f the railroad tnmspomuon, and aekmg tu , » ttahlioß af Virginia Assemuly to the subject. CONGRESS. Kichuohd, Juu. 12. Congress adjourned to meet to-morrow, a quo rum not being present. Fuok North Alabama and Tknnssxk. The Chattanooga Rebel of the lllh, after detailing the results of Forrest’s and Morgan's late expedition, Mys : From North Alabama we have a letter from an officer of rank, stationed at Huntsville, which throws tome light upon the “situatiey” in that quartar. We make a brief extract : “There is no sign of an aporoach of the enemy in this direction, from Tuscnmbia or Florence.— We have daily communication with Roddy at Tus cumbia, and i e reports all quiet iu that direction. Nothing heard from the enemy in the direction of Pulaski, where we have daily telegrapic commu nication. Duck and Elk rivers are both high and the enemy cannot cross them without difficulty. The coudition of affairs iu Middle Tennessee is gradually settling down into their new status, lt seems to be quite certain that Duck river and the Normandy Hills will be made our line of defence Never has an army of men endured the perils ana performed the duties required of them with greater gallantry than those soldiers, who are now form ing to resist the further advance of Rosenoranz. There has been less straggling and more perfect order throughout the retrograde march from Murfreesboro’ than any one could expect, under all the circumstances. Governor Harris, and his efficient staff', who have won deserved laurels throughout the laie events ol battle and labor, were at Tullahoma at last advices. Capt. Thomas Butler, now stationed in Auder son county, Tenu., a few days since, captured at Estabrook’s salt works, iu the edge of Morgan county, a load of cotton. The Dutch wsgouer, who was conveying it to Kentucky, Said it be longed to Haag & Getsenteiuer, ot Knoxville. Capt. Butler, with 70 men, has also captured, in the last few months, eighty-three Yankees, and enough Federal Government property to support bis company. Thu Evacuation or Murfrxbsboro’.— The army correspondent of the Mobile Register & Adver tiser, writes as follows from Chattanooga, under date of Jau. 6th, iu reference to the evacuation of Murfreesboro’ by our forces: Although our troops had commenced to fall back from tbe lines before Murfreesboro’ late on Saturday afternoon, and preparations were being quietly made for the evacuation of that town, yet nothing certain was really known until towards midnight of the 3d. By one o’clock on Sunday morniDg the 4th, our whole army was in full re treat marching through the town. Through mud and rain the most heroic and chivalrous army of the Confederacy marched, with still buoyant steps, having Blept without shelter in rain and cold eight nights on the battle-field, and achieved on Wednesday, the 81st December, one of the most glorious victories of this war. There is one consolation, however, our troops suffered neither defeat nor disgrace at the hands of the enemy, and in our evaeuation of Murfrees boro’, tbe enemy has but little to exult or to glory over. Murfreesboro’ has been to us another Shi loh and Perryville—a terrible battle fought and wou with unprecedented heroism, through inteuse suffering and hardship ; a bloody victory, tbe most frightful field of carnage of this war—but fruitless in results. It was confidently thought on the night of the 81st tfiat the enemy would retreat. The morning of the Ist, however, discovered that he had only abandoned bis strong point on the bill on our centre and right, whicn had repulsed the day be fore Chalmer’a and Donelson’s brigades, only to take a stiff stronger and impregnable position on our extreme right in a bend ot Stone’s river. Our Friends in Canada. —The following toast was given in Hamilton (O. W.) on the 24th No vember, 1862, in honor of many t Southern refu gees, by Hon. R. J. Hamilton : Jtferson Dmis, Prerifont of the Confederate States —The immaculate hero and Christian states man , may the God of Battles bless him and hte cause. This was responded to by M. Winans, Esq., of Baltimore, Md. Hon. W. McDonnald, M. P., paid a glowing tri bute to Stonewall Jackson. He compared him to tbe late Gen. Havelock, one of England’s greatest Generate Gen. Wilson said: With leaders like Davis, Lee, Beauregard, Johston and Jackson, the South must and will succeed ; and it is the duty of our Government to recognize the South. They are bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh.- We in sist ou their recognition. This was the largest and most brilliant gather ing whioh has taken -place in Canada since the Prince of Wales’visit. UOMMJkIUJIAU ASUGUSf'JTA RJLAitkkiKT. Umali iieport Jan. 12, 2 I*. 1. COTTON There has bees a good demand for the staple throughout the week, with but little offering. Middling stiff at 1# cents. We quote the extremes at IT to Bii cents. IiOMESTiOS.—We quote 7-8 Shirtings 85c.; 4-4 Sheeting 7£>ic.; Osuaburg* stiff and in good demand at 7ec.; Drills 75)4C.; Tarns per bunch. BAOON dull at 70 cents. FLOCK unchanged. GKALN. — lem is quoted ai $1 iib@Sl.7s per bushel. White Wheat $8.50 per bushel. BAKD in demaud at 55 cents. tCUAIiS —Brown 6t @65 cents. COFFEE —Kio $3.00, BAaT—Market quiet. TOBACOO unchanged. OOON'i'KV .uroUOE--We quote as follows :—B«. on fool, *■ lb gross. HXc. fork, on foot, iff It 30@86c. iluttmi scar s onienene, eacn 6bc@i'6ciß lui keys, each, s2,tO@sß.6u—Ducks, each sl— JSane, 6u@— * doz.—Butter 90c. afel.OO* lb xrish Botatoas,aoas—Potatoes $1.50@ $2.00 is bushel.—Onions, none —Apples, Dried, $4.00@54.5U Dried Beeches, s4.so@sbOL raIiUUBTA BiUUltb VVUBKNT WHOLESALE BKIOEB. BAaGLhfO—Ounnv Wjk. *f Kentucky * yd. none BACON— Hama * » ~ Shoulders, fi ft Sides, * 3 ~— HogKound, ~..* * BHits WAX 1 V A ®Ut BRICKS.... -10 00 CANDLES—Adamantine V » 2 40 @2 50 Tallow, No. 1 jfi & & 1 21 00/FIR-Klo * » «$3 00 FEATHERS » * @ FERTILIZERS— Bhoenix and Johnson Island Guano, V tun. 50 Ji rLOOK—Tennessee Family * lib) Tennessee Superfine V bbl North Carolina, Buperfipe w bbl @ 46 Oi Carmichael MUls, Extra Family.* bbl 11 11 Extra Jgbbl “ “ Superfine „..*bbl Excelsior Mills, Double Kxtru. .* bbl @ 60 00 11 Extra * bbl —— » *' Superfine * bbl -45 00 Paragon Mills, Extra Family. * bbl @ 46 00 TT .t Extra * bbl *i *» Superiiue * bfci 48@44 00 «» Shorts pr 100 lbs 8 00 •• •• pane Feed.. .pr ICO lbs SOO » •• Bran pr IDS lbs 2 00 •• “ corn Meal *bu ©S 00 •• “ Grits, cr-e and coarse 2 26@2 60 GBAi Wheat, White. „...*bush • a8 to - Wheat Red tfibufih @8 00 rTT -...* bush 5 60 a 6 00 Barley *bqah 4 UO & 4 60 peas. Hbaah © 1 60 Corn Meal * hush 2 00 a GINGEK * * 66© 75 GINSENG... ** »u © 40 HAY :....* cent a 2 00 HIDES * » 60 a 75 HONEY * gall © » 50 IKON—Swedes fifi © 60 English © 50 LAKD—In barrels It © 65 LEATHER-Soe * ft $2 25 Upper * ft 3 00 LIQUORS— Feroir and Apple Brandy * gall IS CO Whiskey 14 00 LIME— Country fit box $ 00 @ 2 Si MOLASSES—New $ gal © BCO NAILS....' *ft © 70 OlL—Linseed gall ©I6OO Castor:..,,, V gall a 20-Ou Cotton need ©gall 825 a 8 60 RICE—New $1 ft Si ©ax ROPE—Machine Hi Handsuun * ft none COTTON ROPE X in * ft SO N.O. SUGARS-Brown *ft # M © T 5 YtUow Clarified * ft 60©71 BALT—North Carolina fi ft @«Ci Liverpool $ sack @ to SOAP—Yellow... fib a 1 00 Castile '. fit ft none STARCH Vft 65 © 76 TEA * ft TOBACCO —common grades fills 40 © 1 00 TWINE—Hemp Bagghr* * * 1 Cotton W rapping Est *0 g&~ Itls proper to remark thatthese are the current rstesa wholesale, trom store—of course, at retail, prices are.a snao higher, and from the WLarfor Depot- in large quantities, ihsde lower. ' mabbied. x , At the mddene* of J. VV'ggKkSJ *r“®,T r»To,. a , or *u d 'on th; 1* inst at. at theWhjes* of the Kev.° \li Chaplin K.WUlteuaL in AlUi Porter, a. D os L * lAud ’ S C ‘ CAROLINE V. sth iatt.. .by Her. W At the Church of A .‘“.jf “ .VitA.V OWa’.d ll;aa LIZZIE a/.h» c| t7. OBITUARY. \ title KL/JKIUE baa gone too ! she was ihe last child of Oo£m*d G. and Fannie Brown, and died of Sc met Fever in tlZvinxton. Ga.. on the 2d inst, a feed three years and bix mo jtbß >ar y uni bright she has :ollow\d he father and two little brothers to the grave. But two weeks since, w«, iiOtKi the drath of the elder brother. A few months ago it was an Intel esting and happy (Maily, consisting of ayo ng i father and mother and taree little children, blooming with I beauty and .realm e*« Now aii are gone save the mother. She weeps alone o’er the grave where the laU fond hope is buried Transient i a a Cream. they have all departed, and none to a ewtr ihe Lurried question of despair, ** Where is my ch'lc ?" \ Voice af.&r voice haih died away, Umoc in my dwelling beard ; gw. et household mme by name hath chang'd To griePs forbidden word ? “ t"rom dreams of nigh;, on each I ca i, JCach of the :ar remov’d : And *ruken to my own wile cry, Where are ye, my beloved ?” ,1,0. K. DlwLcwgeMjt D»ooni>w,iu.T»;Hrf tn :q owinty. Csorgix, JOsHfjA MORGAN, in the eeventh yew of h!» we. Frank Rummell’s ARTIFICIAL, LEG. '.PATENT APPLIED FOE. The subscribers beg to inform their jifortunate fellow-citizens, an all others through., H. the Confe.i racy who desire »o supply the war ot natural by ARTIFICIAL LEG< n! a |! t! hey a ‘• , I,OVV P re P ar * dto fur nish them with a comfortable an, carefuly constructed limb. The very ingenious mechanism which is applieq to this invention, produce an imitation of the shape and mon ot a living member much more suc cessfully than would seem possible. Ihe skiLftil artist (Mr. Rummelt,) a citizen of Augusta, has bestowed much time in perfecting his ineiru ment, and he offers it with abundant confidence to the afflicted. Those for whom he has made limbs, have testified to their complete succ ss. To insure comfort and utility, *it will be necessary for those living out of the city to have a personal inter view with Mr. Rommel. His orders and engagements are such as to pre vent his waiting ui>on parties any distance from town. For further particulars, address CHICHESTER & CO., Sole Agents, Angosta, Ga. dec 38 tfd nt crest to be Paid on Interest Bearing Treasury Notes. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, C. 8. A., > Richmond, Dec. 3. 1863. ( MOL.DHRS of Interest Bearing TREASURY NOTES, are hereby notified that tho Interest which sh&U be due »n on the first day of January next., will be paid at the Treasury, or either of the Depo.-itoriea ot the Treatury, on presentation of the Notes accompanied by a descriptive schedule in duplicate. Blanks will be furnished on application (Signed) C. Q MEMMINGER, Secretary ot Treasury. FORM : Received of T. S. Depositary at -A.'ugiista, Ga., Interest on Treasury ISTotes due January 1 1863, ar f ollows : NO _ NO A MOUNT LETTERS FROM NO. TO NO. OF NOTES. 5 0F ISSUE. OF DAYS. ! OF INTEREST. Notice. PRODUCE LOAN SUBSCRIBERS. SUBBUBIBEHS to PKODUCK LOAN are earnestly requested to pay up their ttuhscriptiona. The Government desires an early settlement. All persons with fund* to invest eannot render a pester service to their country than by taklr# jCight Fer Cent. BONDS, of the One Hundred Million Loan. We are prepared to issue them promptly. All the Boutid ordered by us ior Subacriuers have arrived and are ready tor delivery. They will please forward our receipts snd wewil send tho bonds as they may direct; we hold them at the risk of the owners, PHINIZY it CLAKTON. Agents Produce Loan for Georgia. The Cotton of Subsetlbers will be taken at the market price by the Government In.exchange for Bonds. Agents at Savannah—K. Habersham A bone. ** Columbus—D. Adams. *• ' Macon—N. C. Munroe. “ Newnau—J. I. Pluscn. “ LaGrange—Jesse McLendon. “ Atlanta—A. P. Hearing. “ Grifllu—Roswell King. PfIINIZY & CLAYTON, GENERAL AGENTS, AUGUSTA, OA. i&n 7 lmd*4wJ GHEBNESBORO’ FEMALE COLLEGE. mHK SpHng T«rm will commence on MONDAY, Feb. sd, X IMS. The Institution is uow prepared to give full eatis hctlon to pupils and patrons. . KATES OF TUITION FEK : College Department K Munottl ** Guitars, Ac * Use of Instrument qq Modem Languages, extra qq Ornamental Branches • —/ 'i>Vojrt>vterikn Minia- For further particulars, »iqulr« ?£SiiN» president of the ter in Georgia, or of Kev. L. A. j*wS»°t Board of Trustee*. Carriage and Harness. A Sl?b f ‘^u-^ odw» 0 dw»y AU1 «^^CLA^K R>f SWEDE IK ON AND PLOW STEEL. apartment of SWEDK IKON and PLOW AOeOy embr* cing very definable bz h for Plantation A »ale in quantities to aultpurehaaera. by purposes, Ur H. GOODSIOH, novSO wlB 48 271 Inroad Augusta, Ga. VALUABLE LAM) FOR MALE. WILL »• sold In MadiFon, Morgan county, Ga., od the first Tuesday In next, a valuable Plmta tlon the Georgia Railroad, one and a half miles from Buek bead Depot. There is tretween four and five hundred acres— some two hundred two hundred and fifty acres **avv V 7 «od. land There is a small but comfortable Dwelling, Uabm», Sold for purpose of division among the legal ee*. There is fifty thvtisaaa dollars worth of w < oq on. the place, which ea n be sold at a high price. JKiihL yv. J AUK. "iruaitc. <ia>, Jan. Ist, 1868. Jan 9 uiAlwJ* OTIC* TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS! No’ice is hereby giveu to all peijr’au naving demands againat Joseph W Whitiaw, late of Greene county, de* ceased, to priaent them to me, properly rnada out, witiifn the time prescribed by iaw, so an tA sfiow th.eir character and amount; and all persons indebted to «*iu UeoeaseU, are hereby required to make Immediate pay m«Jit to me. • 84 a URL D- DLKRaM Adm’r of Joseph W. Wnitlaw, \ January Ift, 18ft? -. 11 iwomoo b April Terr o! ourt ' * cop sput'or* vr* ' , mad<; to - ’ ----, f - : .... • \ ; tne , D DC.RHAJd, A<l. r A 11 ir rmuag DUD a. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES, NEATLY A PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT THE OFFICE OF THE , CH&ONICLE & smrajSHL. «3
