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BY N. S. MORSE & CO. Cjjroniclt # ~ 7 l r hJR\IS. Till: WEEKLY CHRONICLE <L BEXTISEL IS PUBLISHES EVEKV WEDNESDAY AT FOLK DOLL A Rfi FOR MIX MONTHS. ALWAYS IX ADVANCE. WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES. Owum AorE*TMEV*ST« puWlWwd in the Weekly will be charged twenty (lee coots a linee»rti insertion. Sreotii Nori'-si will be charged thtrlyc.n's almefor eech Insertion. M a#uo«t, Diatm arid limu Norm one dolhm hi e n DTTVeJiT forty cents per line for one Insertion In Dully or Weekly. Where Obituary Notice, ate t üb! t e In both Dalit and Weekly—elsty cents per line, Mksbaoh of the Governor op South Carolina. —The message of Gov. M. L. Bonham to the South Carolina Legislature, has been submitted to that ho<ly. It is an able, patriotic and lucid State paper. The message opens with a resume of the situation -the state of the rnnntr>> *i—» hartest, Ac., and the necessity of continued vigilance and perseverance on the part of the people to achieve their independence. In regard to supplying slave labor for const defences, he Is in fjivor of authorizing “ the Governor or State Agent, or the Confederate General commanding the department, if it is preferred, to Impress, through the Commission er of Boa is. fir two months service, the equal proportion of every slaveholder owning more than eue road hand.” Ho copies with approval the plan of Gov- Brown of raising regiments of State troops. He recoinm< nds that at least one tegbaentbe raised, to be put in the field when needed, and wholly, or partially furloughed, when not The law prohibiting undne distillation, ho states, has c> ntributed largely towards keeping down the price of breadstuff's, especially Indian corn If the Confederate Government would receive its tithe, and postpone impressments for the pr sent, ho believes the breadstu/fs in the country would bo amply sufficient for the people and the army. In reference to the question of conflict be tween Acts, the flotlrmr cites a recent decision of the Circuit Court, “ 'hat neither t io ordinance nor the act amendatory of It, eontc-mplated ex emption from any service besides militia ser vice in the State, and so neither is in conflict with the Conscript laws,’’ nnd remarks : I think it is our true policy to amend our ex emption laws, so as to make t uni conform as nearly as practicable to those of the Con edo rate government Tide may be done without yielding the right of the Stato to exempt such portion of her population as she may choose, .and when she may choose, for police and other purposes. If tho Confederate Gov ernment will put into the fteid the most of the able-bodied men between eighteen and forty five, now occupied as Quartermasters and Com missaries' Purchasing Agents, Enrolling Offi oors .and Impressing Agents, and in other s rni lar positions, the grout mass of whose places can lie as well, in many, and in some instances, better filled by disabled soldiers, and tho State governments will conform thoir’s to tho Con federate Exemption Act. the Confederate gov ernment can command a force that will drive beyond our borders all tho armies the Aboli ion govern met) I can congregate for ihe fur ther prosecution of this unooly war. The Governor is decidedly in favor of the repeal of all laws, whot’u r Slate or Confed erate, allowing substitution. 'lhe Message 3hows that Gov. Bonham has been active and efficient in procuring cotton *nd wool cards; and having rnado a purchase of several card-malrfng machines, ha liopc3 to relieve much the wants of soldiers’ families, and other needy families Ho recommends that tho cards be distributed according to the actual wants of art the districts, to bo deter mined by tho present population. , The Governor alludes to the saltpetre, lead and iron mines of the State; to tho Deep River cool mines; to the manufacture of cßrbines and orduance; to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Cedar Springs; tho Citadel arid Arsenal Acade mies, Ac. with oonolsu and judicious remarks upon each. An increase of the salaries of all public offi cers whose salaries are not limited by the Con stitution, is recommended. He commends the subject of a volunteer navy to tho favorable consideration of the Legislature. He refers to the Richmond Agency for the assistance of South Carolina soldiers, estab lished ill January of tho present year; to the nil important question of the currency, and trnstu that some moans nmybe devised to im prove iti conddion; recommends an amend. Biant of "the act to onablo citizens of tho Stato who are engaged in military service to exer cise tho right ot suffrage;" recommonds that the office of Pay master General bo abolished, and the duties of .lie position assigned to the Quartermaster General's Department, &c. In conclusion, bo concure with the joint resolution of tho Georgia Legislature setting apart the loth day of December as a day of tasting, humiliation aud prayer. RfTVFT Os TUB GBOROU RkMEF AVD HOS rtm Association.- -We have on our tablo the "Report of the Board of Superintendents of tbs Georgia Relief and Hospital Association to the Governor and General Assembly of Georgia, with tho Proceedings of the Board, convened at Augusta, Ga., October 2S, 1863.” The doings, present condition and future pros pect* of this magnificent public charity are of the deepest interest to every patriot and phi lanthropist. Fostered by generous State appro priations and aided by individual donations and labors, it* biessings-subMantial and princely—are scattered broadcast throughout the South, bringing comfort and healing to many a area and suffering soldier. \Ve pro I eeut a brief synopsis ot the contents of the Report. By an act of the General Assembly passed Thsj. 12, 1862, tho snm of #IOO,OOO was appro priated and set a par, for tho uses and purposes of tho Association. The amount expended from Oct. 20, 1862. to Oct. 10, 1663, was $472,' 166 79; cash on hand Oct. 10. 1668, 36,013 26; balance in State Tre.i-nry Oct. 10,1663, #20,- 000—total, $498,160 05. The total amount of receipts for account of State Fund from Oct 20, 1662, to Oct, 10,1863 — Including sales of materials, premium of State Treasury notes, and private donations to Way fid© Homes—was $515,056 66; expended for State Fund account during the same period, $509,048 80. The balance on hand from private contribu tions. Oct. 10, 1868, was $25,142 28. Total resource® ‘ eft the Association at that date $51,155 54. The proceeds of the lectures delivered be fore the Association the past Year were $7lO 26. After the battle of Chiohamanga. donations foj the wounded were made, amounting to $15,925 30: and provisions, &c., sent to At lanta, $2,400. Balance on hand, $16,525 ,30. Tables follow showing the large quantities o clothing which been manufactured aDd distributed at various points for the destitute soldiers. Also, the number of yards of doth used up in manufacturing, the quantity sold, balance on hand, Sc., Ke. Our readers who may obtain copies of the Report, will doubt less be glad to refer to them more in detail than our space will allow us to publish. The statements adduced by the several offi cers and agents of the Association, fully show the large are* of its benefactions, the practical workings of the plan for relief adopted, and ho zoal and energy of the employees in their several capacities. It is specially interesting to note the good which has been accomplished by the establish ment of Wayside Homes, wh'ch have proven •‘inns'’ of comfort to passing sick and wounded soldiers. The Keport of the* Committee on this branch of their labors shows that they have performed their task faithfully and hon estly. Many a weary wayfarer from our ar triiou vt.Ul l.i™ *>-. I —iilmluu vr it ayBIUO Homes. Reader, if you hare a spark of patriotism and Christian benevolence in your composition, you will peruse the tecoids of this noble or ganization w ith a thrill of pride at the good work R is dally doing, aud not only lend it at all times your influence, but contribute, as your means will allow, to its necessities. Ax Important Decision.— Wo have been fur nished by one of the Judges of the Supreme Court, with the following note of the principal points decided by them at the late Kjiledge rille Term, in a case of impressment of sugar in the hands of a merchant: 1. The Congress of the Confederate States have the constitutional power to authorize, by statute, tho accumulation of supplies for future use of the army by impressment, where holders refuse to sell at fair prices, provided, “just com pensation’’ be made or tendered to the owner. 2. l’roof that the schedule price previously affixed to the articles of tho same kind as tjiftt imp leased, by the Commissioners appointed one by the President of the Confederate States and the .other by t)ie Governor of Georgia, to rule for a specified time in tije future, was ten dered to the ow r ner, is not sufficient evidence of a tender “of just compensation.” 3. In stiQh a case, in the absonce of other proof that the prico tendered, was just compen sation, and especially (as in this case) with proof that it was not go, the impressment can not bn sustained. 4. Just compensation should bo ascertained by the appraisement of the property impressed at the time and place of impressment, by ap praisers fairly and impartially appointed. 6. Where there is no sufficient evidence that just compensation has been tendered (except in case of urgent necessity admitting of no de lay) the officer will bo held to have taken the property "by violence, unauthorized by the ex isting law, and a proceeding by possessory warrant, under the act of 1821, is an appropri ate and rightful remedy. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation.— A Northern journal says that Wendell Phil lips, who has just returned homa frotji a short sojourn in England, stated in a late speech that Lincoln admitted to him last January that “tho greatest folly of his life was issuing his Emancipation Proclamation.’’ Yes, the proclamation was not only a folly, hut a crime. Its foolishness, howover, sink iuto insignificance in comparison with its tur pitude. No thanks to the tyrant who issued it that tho scenes of St. Domingo, over the record of which the reader shudders, were not enacted in every vic.nage in the South. It was the di rect and designed tendency of that paper, to subject six millions of people, men, women and children, to the horrors of a servile insurrec tion and the beautiful land in which they dwell to a frightful waste. But the fieudisli purposes of the despot who issued it. have equally failed—-and ho seeing how impotent has been his malignant contrivance for bringing about a wholesale butchery of his fellow creatures, acknowledges to one ot liis bosom friends, who is eyery way as black hearted and unprinci pled, that tins “greatest folly of iris life was issuing his Emancipation Proclamation.” •Advice to Planters. —'l'ho recommendation has boon made, that the planters should imme diately take measures for winter crops to re lieve the demands forgroin and provisions, and that they should make their own clothing and supplies. The advice is pertinent. Wo have a war of uncertain length before us, and conse quent hard times. Provisions, clothing, shoes, &c., arc high and In demand. These things our planters can make, Lot the planters enlarge the grain crop; sow wheat, rye, barley; make their own clothing for family and negroes; and save hides and make shoes for themselves and slaves. Everything that can sustain life in man or beast ought to be produced as abundantly as possible. Our future political salvation de pends upon this thing. It is now a clear ease that the enemy cannot whip our brave armies in the field. Their cannon, swords and muskets cannot subjugate us—but starvation may ! This is the great danger ahead, and it remains for the farmers to say whether It 6kall be done or not. The destinies of the country are in their hands. As Eva THAI OUGHT TO BE Remedied.— We regret exceedingly to see the spirit of selfish ness and sordidness which has long prevailed among certain classes of our people, on the in crease. It is truly lamentable to witness this feeling. It shows a bad state of things among our people, the results of which must fce de plorable In the end. Some remedy must be forthcoming, or desolation and ruin will soon state us iu the face,- and our glorious cause must suffer thereby. If wo expect to succeed, our people—our whole people must make up their tninds to assist i * ach otl »er at every sacrifice of comfort, money and fortune. No other principle can Sustain ns. . If tills struggle is to be much longer continued ' All energies and all reasonable sacrifices of the j people are necessary to save us from subjuga tion and ruin, and we may ns well open our eyes to that fact at once and act accordingly. Tax Value of Slaves.— We have selected from the returns of 1853. ten counties giving ia the largest Slave property, and ten giving in the smallest, in Georgia, as follows : Q) unt i*s. Largest. Counties. SmcMegt. Burke, $12,143,925 Fannin, $98,310 Houston, 11,224,900 Colquitt, 123.260 Troup, * 10,379.246 Union, 125,220 Monroe, 10.066,866 Towns, 167,716 Talbot, 9 224.350 Gilmer, 170,728 Thomas. 8.523.262 Rabun, 190,350 Richmond, 8.278.250 Pickens, 257.190 Hancock. 8.068.276 Dawson. 275.700 Meriwether, 7.972.000 Pierce, 319,935 Coweta, 7,796.860 Lumpkin, 321„760 Total, f9e,f132,99* $2,050,150 AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 9, 1863. Husband the Corn. —The Columbus Times observes that there is great carelessness in the manner of feeding by the people of these Con federate States. Corn has heretofore been so abundant and cheap in comparison to present prices, that nothing was thought of doing other wise than opening the crib door and throwing out corn for the hogs on the ground, about two-thirds of which was eaten .»nd the balance wasted. If our planters and farmers, and evecy one else raising hogs, will boil the corn until it is well done, and then feed it in troughs they will find a large saving in the fattening season, and the pork be just as good as if allow ed to eat corn uncooked. Now that we are so scant of this staple article of life, every means known to save it should lie adopted, 'ihe same rule holds good in regard to feeding cattle.— Some still persist in throwing their dry or rough food upon the dry ground, half of which is eaten and the other half trodben under foot. Every man who has stock should prepare com fortable shelters, with racks, in which the hay or fodder should be fed ; and if shucks be fed, let them be cut uo and placed in a wide trough; elevated above the ground. By adopting and following out this plan, cattle will be better red with about half what is now used. Let every man’s motto bo to husband well the present supplies in the country and make dou ble the quantity the next. Public Sentiment at the North. —lt is very evident from all accounts we receive from the North that a majority of the voters are opposed to Lincoln, and would so express themselves, if they were only allowed to do as they pleased. But Lincoln shows by his acts that be does not intend to permit any movement derogatory to him or his course to bp made. Where he can carry his point by compulsion, bribery and fraud, he does so ; but where he thinks these measures will fall, he intimidates by the bayo net. As far as the South is concerned it does not seem to matter much whether the North is for or against the war. The masses have about as much influence on the war policy or the manner of conducting it as the masses in Russia have upon similiu' questions. Despots do not ask the opinions of their subjects upon either their foreign or domestic policy. It is for the mas ter to command—for the slave to obey. If the North es 1863 Were the North of 1776, these things could not m. The Feelings op tuk Abolitionists towards the South.— Chase, the Federal Secretary of the Treasury, when Governor of Ohio, said to a citizen of Alabama, who took a family of ne groes. who had been set free by the will of their owner, to settle then; there ; “We do not want the slaves free because we love them so much, but because wo bate tho master”—aud lie ex pressed himself decidedly opposed to the ne groes settling in Ohio, and upheld the statutes of that and other Northern States prohibit ne groes settling there. '1 Ire feelings which Chase expressed govern ed his actions. They aro the feelings of nine tenths of all Northern Abolitionist. But fanat ics have uo real Joyo tor the negro- They nev er had. The with to set the slaves free and ruin our fair land simply because they hate the master. They ate envious of his prosperity, uud mean to impoverish him if possible. This has been their object for years, and it is the ob ject for which they are now fighting. Saving Stock. —Planters and others who own stock, and those kifficials who ate impressing beel and Logs for the use of the armies i:i the field should remember the importance of pre serving a sufficiency of animals for breeding purposes. In some sections of the country nearly all the milch cows have been taken Tor beef cattle, and in others scarcely a hog is to be fottud. If tho war continues two or three years longer—as it probably will—the great mass of the people will be compelled to live on little or no meats. In order to do this they ought to plant out orchards and vineyards, cul tivate all kinds of vegetables extensively and devote great caro to the raising of poul try of every description. To come out of the long wasting way successfully those who are not fit for the Held service must determine to live fiu gally, and to spare no efforts to feed and clothe the soldiers who have to do the fighting. Sorqhum Syrup. —The Columbus Sun says that a great deal of the Sorghum Syrup that has found its way iuto the market has not been sufficiently cooked, and hence after it is a few weeks old it becomes thin and sour, while no donbt much of it has this acid taste from not having been properly made. A great deal of it that we have seen will, if constantly eaten, turn the teeth black, and must be deleterious to health. To make this syrup properly, it should be well boiled, and to prevent tbe acid which stains the teeth, soda, lime or ley shonld be put in it while being cooked. Some who have made it have spoiled it by being afraid to cook sufficiently lost they’ should thereby’ diminish the quantity, while no doubt others have done the best they knew how. Let these boil their syrup over again, and they will still have an excellent article. More Butchery in Missouri. —The Federal General Schofield, now in command in Western Missouri, appears to be as blood-thirsty and as cruel in bib disposition and purposes, as his heart less persecuting predecessor. Nothing seems to satisfy his vile insatiate appetite, but rapine, and devastation. According to a Federal letter writer a few days since he caused six of tiie respecta ble citizens of Jackson County, who had com mitted no offending act, to be shot in cold blood. The people of that section, alarmed aad terror stricken at tho threats of the hard hearted villain, are flying from their homes, leaving all behind. Nothing appears to be too atrocious for some of Lincoln’s Generals to commit. Their barbarous deeds, have aston od the civilized world, and put to shame the acts of uncivilized savages. Every Max Should be Useful. —ln times like these every man who is at homo—let him be rich or poor, old or young—should be en gaged in an occupation beneficial to 'the cause our soldiers are fighting; in a word, every man’s actions should be directed to the public welfare. M ere the energies of every person, not in the field, concentrated to the public welfare our condition would be relieved much sooner than it will be if we continue to tolerate the existing diversions therefrom actuated by sloth, avarice and pleasure. Had the Southern Confederacy none other among her citizens than those who are striving to achieve their independence, there is no doubt that we would have ascended the ladder of success to a greater height than we have during the present hostilities. Such a policy is tha-true road to success. Late New Orleans advices report the river to he again blockaded and no shipments to New Orleans on private account are allowed to be made, THS PRISON «RS QUEST! vN. , Judge Ould recently received a letter from Brig. Gen. Meredith, enclosing a communica tion from Major Gen. Hitchcock, of which the following is a copy ; Washington Citt, D. C., I November 13th, 1863.) Brig. Gen. S. A. Meredith, Commissioner for Ex change of Prisoners: Sia : —I am not yet informed whether any, or how far, relief may have reached onr un fortunate prisoners of war in Richmond and its vicinity under tho orders of the Secretary of War to send supplies to them of both food and clothing. Mr. Ould should be notified, for the informa tion of his Government*, that whatever steps may have been, or may be, taken to extend re lief, (to the prisoners of war in Richmond), must, on no consideration, be appealed to by the enemy to relieve him from the obligation to treat prisoners according to the laws of civi lized warfare. If, in other words, our prisoners in Richmond fail to receive such supplies as the laws alike of humanity and war require, the authorities in Richmond must- bo informed that it wiilnot be considered a valid expla nation or excuse for them to appeal to the ‘fact, should it exist, tjjat supplies from us li we not reached them. The action of our Government on this mat ter is dictated purely by humanity, and is only an effort to relieve our prisoners* of sufferings inflicted upon them .contrary to the claims of botli humanity and the laws of war, and must not be understood as relieving the authorities of Richmond from responsibility to the Chris tian world in the premises. If the authorities in Richmond will send us these prisoners we will not only feed and clothe them, but will continue to supply food and clothing as heretofore -to such prisoners as mav be in our possession, and you will propose to Mr. Ould that in this case we agree, without any reserve, to respect the parole they may give according to the laws of war, from which they shall not be relieved in view of the past differences or pending questions on the subject of exchange, without the previously obtained consent of the authorities represented by Mr. Ould, as agent for exchange under the cartel. You will please lose no time in communica ting a copy of this note, certified by yourself, to Mr. Ould, and will urge upon Him its accep tance as due to the most solemn considerations in tho face of the eivilized world, Very respeotfqljy, Your obedient servant, E. A. HtTCHCycK, Maj. Gen. Vols., Comm’r for Exchange of Prisoners. To thK proposition Judge Ould replied as follows : ItrcnMoND, Nov. 18th, 1863. Brig. Gen. S. A. Meredith, Agent of Exchange : Sir —The letter of Gen. Hitchcock ha? been received. Until the Confederate authorities ap peal to be relieved “from the obligation tb treat prisoners of war according to the laws of civi lized warfare,’’ or "offer, as an explanation or excuse” for sufficient food, that supplies have not been forwarded by your Government, it is entirely unnecessary to discuss what will be the views of your authorities in either contin gency. Statements, most infamously false, have recently been made and circulated at the North by persons whose calling shotild have imposed a respect for truth, which their own personal honor seems to have failed to secure. Our regulations require that prisoners shall re ceive the same rations ng soldiers in the field, Such your prisoners hqve received, apd will con tiuue to receive, Do you ask more? If go, what do you demand ? We recognize, in the fullest iorm, our obligation to treat your pris oners with humanity, and to servo them with the same food in quantity and quality as is given to our soldiers. If the supply is scanty you have ORiy to blame the system ot warfare yon have waged against us. * There U nothing in the action of the Confederate Government which gives any sort of countenance to the charge ol cruelty or inhumanity to your priso ners. In the first place, we have importuned you to agree to a fair aud honest proposition which would secure the release of all of them. When that waß rejected, you have been per mitted to send, without stint or limitation, all kinds of supplies to them. Gen. Hitchcock requests that the prisoners now in our hands be leturned to your linos. This is not accompanied with any proposition to release our prisoners now in your Lauds. So far from that being the case, he promises “to continue to supply food and clothing as here tofore” to such. Gen. Hitchcock need not have urged you to “lose no time in communi cating” his letter. No degree of haste would have secured the assent of the Confederate au thorities to a proposition so flagrantly unequal. We are ready to relieve your Government from the burthen of supplying “food and cloth ing as heretofore to our people in your hands, and if they are sent to us, vourg shall be re turned to you—the excess one side or the other to be on parole. 1 hope you will “urge’ ’ upon Gen. Hitchcock the acceptance of this propo sition “as due to the most solmn consjdera ions in the face of tjuJciyilirsed world, We are content that the “civilized world” should draw its own conclusions when it con trasts the two offers. I will thank you to for ward this communication to Gen. Hitchcock, or inform him that the Confodorate authorities decline to accept his proposition. Respectfully, Tour obedient servant, Ro. Oulu, Agent of Exchange. I.YTK IK!KITEI) CORREBPONDENCK. The Northern papers publish two lptters which were captured on the steamers Ella and Anna, by the blockaders. The letters were written by Mr. Ed. De Leon to President Davis and Secretary Benjamin. The Federal journals state that there were several more letters, which have been sent to Washington, these they say will be given to the puhlic as soon as Lincoln is through with them. In his letter to the President, in speaking of the withdrawal of Mason from England De Leon says: A general measure would have sown suspi cion between the two great powers. Each would have feared secret negotiations with the other. Now it is an open game, and Louis and Pam, both see each other’s hands. lam not a proph et. and may be deceived, but as far as 1 know and can see there has been and is to-day as lit tle real intention of speedy recognition by France as by England. That we may be made a pawn in the Mexican game, I think very pro bable, but the detected intrigue in Texas, (Mr. B.’s denunciation of which was intercepted and published iu New York and English papers) does not inspire confidence in that very astute gentleman who now is an arbiter of Southern and Mexican destinies, the retention of Sir. Mann in Belgium not being remembered by the public. Judge Rost, who is here now, entirely concurs in my views, and he adds, further, that Mr. Dayton declares he has never had any com plaint from Washington regarding French in tervention in Mexico. If Seward, therefore, acknowledges Maximilian's empire, the ground on which our actiou seems to have been pre (licated.is cut away from under our teet. Even should S. make a protest (for he cannot medi tate a war with France.) we still will be held as a power, and have the shadow of a favor, while our enemy enjoys the substance of non intervention. I abhor asking for money; but. as I do not appropriate a penny for myself, have given Mr. B. a reminder that a small sum in treasury drafts is not a Fortunatus’ purse, ever filling and ever full. At the expiration of eighteen months, “France wants money’ 1 liter ally, and not figuratively. They are a far more mercenary race than the English, and we must buy golden opinions from them if at all. In his letter to Mr. Benjamin, Mr. De Leon remarks thus on the feeling in Europe gener ally: The withdrawal of Mr. Mason from London has had the good effect of reviving an inter est in the Southern question, and awakening the public in England from the dream of con i! n .’j. a \_ non '’ nterTen ti° 11 . The sympathy of the British people for us grows stronger every day, and in the same ratio as their antipathy for the i ankees. 'i o fogter and increase these favora ble dispositions, I have caused various pubU cations to be made in England on the topics of cotton, slavery, the oath of allegiance. Federal fabrications, and kept up a running thruufb the English press. Some of these publications shall be sent you by the first opportunity winch presents for sending packages. After the disposal of the Roebuck motion the rapid increase of Federal recruitment in Ireland attracted much attention, and I deemed it advisable to visit that country to see if any thing could be done to check it. The number of actual recruits thus obtained from Ireland tor tue past year, up to August, cannot have exceeded twenty thousand able-bodied men but has probably reached that figure. When the harvest time is over, the Yankees hope to make a grand haul, but we hope their nets will not hold. The only party favorable to the laukees is the silly and mischievous clique of demagogues who style themselves “Young Icelanders, ■ of whom Gen. Meagher, used to be one of the shining lights; and these men make themselves busy in selling their country men lor the laukee shambles. No step has been or will be taken by the British Govern ment to stop this vvholsale deportation for two reasons: 1. From the difficulty of proof of actual en listment, and 2. Because of the unwillingness of Lord Russell to wound the susceptibilities of Mr. Seward, of whose conduct he has “no complaint < make.” The press the priests, and public opinion may supply the shortcomings of the govern ment in this respect. At least the attempt is making and shall continue to be made. Here in France I see no change either in the attitude of the government or in the popular sentiment. In fact, until the arrival of the Florida at Brest, allusions even to the Conied oracy (except thos; supplied by our friends in tfie p ess) were becoming very rare. The Po lish question and the Mexican entirely ob scured ours, in which Frenchmen have really felt but little interest. The withdrawal of Mr. Mason from London makes the Emperor more than ever master of the situation, the only rivalry ho feared being thus withdrawn. He can amuse us with Mexi can alliances in lien of more practical interven tion, in the belief that we shall continue to be very grateful for very small favors. Neither the British parliament nor the French Cham bers will meet until tebruary next, .and until then the same is entirely in his own hands. Earl Russell’s speech having relieved his mind of any change in England’s inactivity, I sin cerely hope that the intentions of tho Emperor may be more practical; but I can only judge bj? the lights before me. Beecher's Opinion or the Feeling in Exo land. —Beecher, having returned from Europe, had an ovation, of course, on reaching home, and told the people whe t he difj sain and saw among the big bugs of England, and what was thought there of the existing troubles on this continent. After a characteristic fanatical harangue, he gave the following impressions as to the state of public feeling in England, which, coming from so prejudiced a source, will probably be considered satisfactory by our readers: In Great Britain Americans are Northern or Southern much more strongly than we at home. There was a Southern Society all over England. He was sorry to find that the Dissenting Cnurch there was in favor of the South, although a sjnall proportion of its members were in sym pathy with (he North. The Southern men in Englandjiad used much more ability in push ing forward their cause among the people of England tfiaq had been shotyn by the chatn piofis of the North in that country. The South had more men, more books, more influences at work than the North, to gain the sympathy and aid of the British people. And yet, in spite of these facts, he believed that the great heart of the British nation was with the North. The commercial men are against us. There is a cia«B, too, there, who have seen its business stopped by the war, wflich is also nothin favor of the North. It demands that the war shall stop immediately. The most influential cler- 1 gyrnan are also against us. They say that tha Nortli is not sincere, anq that war, a i beat is a sip. They are horrified at the war. The En glish nobility as a class, are against us, and for obvious reasons. We are not accustomed to estimate our influence upon European institu tions. They feel our tread, and to defeat our influence in England, thp nobility of that country are fighting us there. They knew that the revolution set a revolution going all through Europe, and they now fear the effect we will have in Europe as soon as we have put an end to the war. If a vote in Parliament were taken, there would be five votes to one against the North. A portion of the govern ment has always been ready to go to war with ujj. He was happy to say, however, that the sove reign of Great Britain had always been an un flinching friend of the North. Opposition to the North is based upon commercial interest, class, power, and upon the fact that we are too large and strong as a nation. He had been frankly told by a distinguished Englishman that we had been growing too strong for them oyer there, and that they must take qs down. They are, therefore, glad to have the South do the work for them. They thought we had grown proud with sudden growth—full of threats, &c.—and they desired to see onr power destroyed, at least so far as it affected them. The speaker said that the conservative intelli gence of the country wait also opposed to the Notth. He desired to state why this was the case. It Was because of the hot-bed of preju dice that forms the basis of all English hate of the American nation. He believed, how ever, that this is kept in abeyance by the un wealthy, and, to a great extent, the unvoting classes. The myn who qo not vote have the power of controlling those who do yote. Self preservation taught the privileged cl ass not to goad the unprivileged class to madness. Mr. Beecher continued irfthis strain for some time. The common people of England, he Said, are the allies of the North. They would al ways Btand by the Government, and would never give their sympathy to the South. He referred to tne recent action taken by Lord John Russell relative to not permitting any more privateers to leave the dockyards of Great Britain. Parliament dare not vote against the North for fear of the power of the common people. He read a letter from Cobden, setting forth the idea that the middle classes of Eng land sympathized with the North. Georgia Prisoners in New Orleans.— The Mobile Advertiser and Register publishes the following list of prisoners who have died or been transferred from tbe St. Louis Hospital in New Orleans. It is said to have been the dy ing request of many of them that their fami lies should be informed of their fate : Died, J M Douthier, Company A, 62 Georgia, July 21. W M Moses, Company H, 4lst Geor gia, June 25. D P Wilkins, Campany B, 52d Georgia, July 24. W D Hall,Company D, 57th Georgia, July 25. W N Clecker, Company K, 39th Georgia, July 27. WK Mitchell, Com pany K, 89th Georgia, July 27. Wiley Ballard Company E, 39th Georgia, July 27. J M An derson, Company K, 57th Georgia, July 28. M L Watkins! Company A, 36th Georgia, July 38. H T Bioodsworthy, Company 11, 57tn Georgia, August 13 Levy Free, Compauy C, 57th Georgia, July 29. Drury Brodrick, Com pany C, 39th Georgia, July 22. Perry Wilson, Company E. 34th Goorgia, August 2. James Seymour. Company A, 34th Georgia, July 22. G M Yarner, Company K, 29th Georgia, July 22 E R Perkins. Company I, 57 th Georgia, August 3. Daniel Bruce, Company C, 42d Geo rgia, July 24. E L Kinney. Company I, 57th Georgia, August 3. J F Chids, Company I, 41st Georgia, August 13. RT Bullock, Company G, 42d Georgia, July 21 D M Steel, Company B, 42d Georgia, August 11. W D Doutlut, Com pany H, 52d Georgia, August 22. Transferred.—Lieut Sylvester Worley, Com pany I, 39th Georgia, to care Mme Dunbar, Rampart street. J B Humphries, Company K, 41st Georgia, to care Provost Sheriff. A meeting of tbe Presidents and Superinten dents of a majority of the Railroads in the Southern Confederacy was held in Macon, last Thursday, 25th inst., for the purpose of regula ting the rates of government freight. Mr. R. R. Cuyler was called to the chair, and A. L. Tyler, Esq., appointed Secretary. The rates fixed upon will be published, we understand, at an early day. All the roads in the State of Geor gia. with the exceptiun of the State Road, were represented, aDd a majority of the railroads in all the States of the Confederacy, except Vir- YOL. -LXXVII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. 0. 49. Treatment of Coxfedki' vte Prisoners at Fobt Delaware.— The editor of the Richmond Sentinel has had a conversation with a Con federate prisoner who has just escaped from Fort Delaware. He gives a truly piteous ac count of the horrid and brutal manner in w hich our brave soldiers are treated in that filthy Vankee prison. Words aro pot slrong enough to apply to such nefarious conduct. Here is his account: When he was imprisoned, on the Island in July, there were over ten thousand prisoners ; but at the time lie escaped, the number was reduced to two thousand. Two small crackers, a piece of pickled beef, frequently spoilt, not exceeding three ounces iu weight, and one-third of a pint of coffee, was the allowance for breakfast. For dinner two crackers, three ouncos of meat, and soup, that the prison inspector, himself, declared was nothing b it dirty water, and which produced diarrhwa on all who used it. In July and Au gust the drinking water was taken from the Bay, in close proximity $o the water-closets. The soup and coffee were prepared from tho same water, first pumped into ditches by the nrisoners. * The situation of the fort is low and marshy, and that, with bad and insufficient food, ne glect and cruel treatment, produced a great amouqt of sickness and death. Iti answer to the protests of our Government, Gen. Schcepf, who commands the post, stated that from the Ist July to the 19th of August, 1863, the num ber of deaths were one hundred and eighty. Our informant, who is a very intelligent gen tteman, says the number who' died during the period specified by Schcepf, was between eleven and twelve hundred. That from the Ist day of July to the 31st day of October, 1863, he was informed by one of the Federal surgeons, that between twenty-three and twenty-four hundred prisoners had died. The most* fatal diseases were small pox, diarrbcea, scurvy, and erysipelas. That a great part of the time medi cines wore not to be procured. The men had no medical attendance except in hispital and had to lie in barracks until a vacancy occurred in hospital by the death of a patient, n (his way from fifteen to twenty-live dead men would be removed of a morning, and the same number of sick and dying taken lropj the bar racks to places made vacant by death. Tlje principal jailor is a brute by thfi name of Wolf, a Lieutenant. Previous to the war he was a Yankee pedlar in Georgia. This drunken beast was in the constant habit, while under the influence of rum, of assaulting and beating the prisoners. He would throw stones, bricks, &0., at them; and if the least resistance Was made the guard would shoot them. Another scoundrel was named Adam—a Dutchman—who, for cowardice at tho bailie of ManasSas, was sentenced to Fort Delaware for five years. This fellow had charge of the workuig parties. The prisoners were made to work on the de fences of the fort, mount mins, repair and clean out the diiches, Ac.; and’this brutal scoundrel would force them to work, and strike hem with a huge bludgeon he carried in his hand. The Federals w«ild permit our men to he thus bmtally treated—half starve them; tell them there would be no more exchanges of prisoners; that our people wore disheartened and defeated, and the war virtually at an end, au d then urge upon the ragged, hungry and sick men the oath of gllegiance to Lincoln when they would be permitted to return homo. Upon taking the oath they were immediately placed tp themselves, good clothes given them, and three full meals per clay, with coffee for breakfast and supper, furnished them. The next move would be to,induce them to enlist, by offering large bounties and pay; and in this way prevailed upon about 500 to enlist iu the Yankee cavalry. We have given but a faint account of the in humanity, meanness and lying of tho wretches who have control of our men iu Fort Delaware, as related to us by one of the sufferers. Scenes. —There appears to have been no exaggeration in the accounts already given in regard to the condition of the negroes at the various contraband pumps in th,o Miss issippi Valley. Congregated at these depots, without employment, deprived ot the find to which they have been accustomed, and often without shelter Jer medical care, these helpless creatu es perish as if swept off by pestilence. Wm. D. Butler, a delegate of the United States Christian Commission, writes to Rev. Dr. W. G. Ellic.tt us follows, respecting tee negroes who camo into Vicksburg after the surrenderof Gen. Pemberton, mostly from beyond Jackson : The military authorities became alarmed lest a pestilence should breakout among them and extend to the army. Peremptory orders were issued to at once remove across the- river all negroes, of every age and sex, whether siok or well, who were not in some employment. One morning I went out to inform Lieut. TV. who, with an inadequate force, was executing the order, that one of them in the Baptist church, was dead, and that another, a woman was lying behind the fence dying. Ije told me’ that he had detailed, for thy purpose of remov ing the negroes, twenty army wagons; that he huuleq them, well, sick and doad, with all their traps to the river, where he had a steamer to convey them across to a point opposite the lower part of the city ; that he had one wagon to haul the dead, and that some days he found ■as many as twenty that in one houso he found six dead bodies with Ijying ones sitting and lying argqmj them apparently unconscious of their situation.—Holes were dug on the river’s bank and the dead buried. The searching out and the removal of the negroes consumed about fifteen or twenty days. About three hundred wore thus removed to the low grounds opposite Vicksburg, and there loft in the Woods without any shelter, under the care of a man who was appointed to organize them into a camp, and. separate small pox cases from the rest in gen eral to do what he could for their relief. lie was soon taken sick, and a chaplain. He told me that these negroes had suffered and were still suffering untold want aud wretchedness ; that nearly 400 had Hied since he had taken charge of them; and Wat from sixteen to twenty die daily. Sornotimes they would crawl out in to the weeds and die, where their bodies would be found only by the stench which arose from their decay. That once they were five davs without receiving any food, and the negroes in their despair threatened to kill him, thinking the fault was hi*. He also stated that they had no tents or shelter except brush to shield ti.em from the sun, or storm, or dews of night. Captain A. stated to me that there were in the camp 2,000, at Young’s Point 8,581; on Papaw Island, where he purposed gathering most of them. 2,800 ; and on Black’s plantation on the Yazoo, 2,400 —in all over 10,000. One morn ing I went among the wretched masses where they were hauled to the bank of the liver, pre paratory to being sent across. I tried in vain to find some women who were able to work, as we wished their labor at our house. All were either sick or taking care of the sick. I raw nothing but one sad scence of misery. A Spectacle in Washington.— Some of the Washington letter writers are beginning to think from the sights they are continually wit nessing in that city, that the present war is not exactly what Lincoln and his satellites claims it is for. Here is what one of them says : The present war is waged for freedom, as the radical papers and orators of the day are al ways telling us. I would not doubt anything they say for the world. But a sight that I wist nessed iu the city, had a tendency to shake my confidence in the aforesaid proposition. I saw a company of black soldiers strutting about the side walk smoking, looking impudent, swear ing about the ‘copper-heads" and talking lov ingly about ‘Stanton while on the other side of the street a dozen white conscripts with gyv#3 upon their wrists were being marched to the tented field under a strong guard of bay onets. Now, if the people of this country, the solid yeomanry everywhere, enjoy this kind of spectacle, no reasonable spectator ought to object. .But to my mind it is not funny. non. Thomas V. Freeman, of Missouri, and Hon. Mr. Sexton, of Texas, members of Con gress, have arrived safely on this side. They give very cheering accounts of the condition of our army and the spirit of our people west of tbe Mississippi river. Ttie Tobacco Market at the North. —The Philadelphia Inquirer, in speasing of the to bacco trade at the North, remarks thus : The war inaugurated anew era among ihe tobacco dealeis. Tho old tobacco fields of Vir ginia had always furnished the supplies which formed the material for tho obacco trade, but when the war broke out the crops of Virginia were ent.rely cut off. The attention cf farmers m the Moslem States, and portions of the Middle and Eastern belt, was directo.l towards the produetionof this staple, and the States of Missouri and Kentucky were sown almost ex clusively with chewing tobacco, ’ihe tobacco thus raised has furnished the market with a supply. Ihe smoking tobacco is raised in Pennsylva nia and Connecticut.‘with an occasional contri bution ironi Neiv Jersey. The high p ice paid tor this staple has rendered its cultivation ex ceedingly lucrative, and the production ot the seed leaf has become a matter attractingthe at tention of many of the leading iarmeis" of this and adjacent Sta;os. The crop foi tho present season has just been harvested, and there is good reason to expect it will exceed, in quantity that of the previous season The high prices have presented in.luccra.i.ta to n « plant ere to .-.»vo ..li, and all tliat would have been damaged hv frost l-.its been carefully housed. That cut anterior to the calamity of the 19th of Septern l>er is said to have proved ot far bettor quality than that of several previous years, and the bulk of the crop is at, the seaboard. The prices received for tobacco now are but tittle different irom those for the correspondin'* period, in 1562. Os ) irginia tobacco there is none m the market. Kentucky factory lugs are quoted nt 9to 10c. per pound. This a now article ; the fields of Kentucky never having produced any ol that particular kind of the staple before. Inferior Kentucky is 10.} to He. against 14 to 14Ac. for last year ; middling 14 to 16c. ; good at i«to2oc ; scie lions, bright and sweet, 22 to 28c. ; selections, heavy export, 25 to 2§c ; Maysville, 1! to 2(>c The-e average from i to 3c. per pound less than lire fait prices, of 1862. *> The present stock or. hand is moderate, and the trade is not us active as i, has been in past seasons The tobacco is exported largely. Im mense quantities are shipped to England, Ire land and Continental Europe. The principal port to which it is consigned is Bremen, where the trade of Baltimore is almost enti.ely di rected. Antwerp, Hamburg and other Euro pean citbs receive large mportations from New York and Philadelphia, and Spain, the Medi terranean ports, .Australian, and even China and Africa, are in reception of heavy cargoes. Ihe W est Indies are large importers of Ameri can tobacco, >nd many an invoice ofsegars re ceived from Havana ami exhibited in the ware houses of our tobacco n-crch; i.ts is manufac tured from Pennsylvania or Connecticut seed leaf Ihe i’RMENT Condition if Fredebicksbcku and Vicinity. A nur p mie. toi ti e Rich mond Disjn th, writing tom Eiodericksburg, V.r., gives the ana ssq pasture of the present condition of that cty an! vicinity: OI the numberless accounts of devastation and ruin lieie which have boon published, none have, conveyed the slightest idea of what has been tho loss, and the extremity to which the inhabitants of this city have been reduced, by the ruthless baud of the incarnate demons who turned loose the tornado of shell aud shot on the unsuspecti g inhabitants at a silent hour of night, while they were wrapped in un conscious slumbers, little dreaming when they retired to their couches that before the morn ing sun broke one-third of the city would be a smouldering mass of ruinß, and the remainder of the houses penetrated and torn by the num berless shot and shell which was rained on that devoted spot. I have traversed the entire limits of the city, and cau safely stare, with out contr idiot ion. that there is scarce a house to be observed which has not been struck with from oie to twenty shot or shell; iu many in stances, where the shells would . xpScrie in side. the entire interior, together with tne fur nil lire. would be- torn nnd shattered in frag ments. After all the inhabitants but the few left pad been driven out of the city, and the bombardment had ceased, then came the wind ing up or finale of the fiendish outrage which was being enacted. The entire horde o Yan kee fiends wire let loose and entered the city, and such a scene of devastation and plunder has ueror been equalled in the records of his tory—-even in the most barbarous ages. Every house was broken opeu. enter and, and gutted from eeliar to garret, furniture of every de scription, and the fixtures, together with goods in the store-*, were either carried ofrorsmashed o pieces and left lying on the floors and in the streets. These m tters are not mentioned as items of late news, but in order to be re corded faith folly and impartially, as a matter of history. The details of this barbarous c.'.ui heinous transaction, as related l-y eve witness es, are affecting in the extreme, and" the condi tion of the sufferers is enough to awaken the sympathies of the most callous and uncon cerned, and a volume might be written on the subject, which would serve to hand down to posterity, and to illustrate to the world the deeds of our kind and loving brothers of the civilized aud enlightened North! A Soldier’s Letter.— Lieut. Gen. Smith, having been invited to address the people at a barbacue near Shreveport, La., wrote a very patriotic letter in reply. From it the annexed extract is taken ; lam no speaker. The rostrum would he as nnsuited to me as the building of fortifications would be to you. My life and thoughts have been those of a soldier. If flic people will take care of affairs at home, I will attend to those iu the field and which devolve upon me ns a De partment commander. I shall observe the laws but punish disloyal ty ; I shall respect the laws of the State, hut shall rely on them to sustain me. The people must be true to themselves, find we will con quer. We have men and means on this side the Mississippi to hold the country. It is to deploy and draw the enemy into the interior : it weakens Irm and strengthens us. Individ ual distress may follow in the tracks of his inarch, but this is inseparable from war, and is felt on the other side greater than on this. Our people there are buoyant aud confident of success ; it is in the Trans Mississippi De partment alone that men despair ami fear for the result. The very colnmus of flic enemy which threaten us and strike fear inlo the hearts of our citizens, and are so many assnrances of ou* ultimate triumph Every soldier they send west of tho Mississippi river, weakens their armies where the battles that decide our independence must be fought. Siir up your people ! Bring back our ab sentees to their colors ! and we will g ve full occupation to our invaders here, while our gal lant country men there are achieving those victories which bequeath stability and perpe tuity to our Government Yankee Outbaoks in East Tennessee—Tho Yankees are committing all eorls ot excesses in Tennessee. A coi respondent, who has travel ed through the country n*-ar Knoxville, says : A the Yankees drop down the country they commit all soils ot depiedations They are taking all the wi.- at. corn, hay ad hogs they can find, and lay'ns? waste ev.-iythmg before them. At lb g ravill they ha- , ci sumy and all the fencing for ml!* s C . onel G.-orce It. Dow ell. »ashler of the R-ai.-.-h hf.i k of Tennessee, they have almost ruin..-, and ruin bersof others of the same vicinity. Captain Gammon, who was for a long time quart* i master at Knoxville they have stripped ; and they went so far as, to order his'excellent lady to cook for them. But. like a tiue Southern woman, as .-.he is, she told them to begone. As they go crowds of Union people, including women and children, 'go with them, and it is said that Cumberland Gap is blockaded with them. Cure for thf Hog Cholera.—A gentleman furnishes the Petersburg Va., Express with a simple recipe which he says can be r lied on as an effectual lemedv for the h*-g cholera. With it be has cured many hogs that w.-ie falls ing under this di» ase a- ' i-nev* r snown any to die to which the m.dicin. h - b-en udmmin tered. . , Take equal propo tions of par tops n*l polk root and b-»ii down :o a -’>■ lj s ea. to (very five gallons oi me tort ad<l a > ole spoon ful of copperas and a naif pup of salt. This is a remedy tnat is withia the reach of every one, and we advise its trial. GEORG! V LEGISLATURE. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE CHRONICLE & SENTINEL. SENATE. Friday, P. M., Nov. 27. The Senate was engaged this afternoon on the bill to re-organize the militia. HOUSE. Friday, P. M., Nov. 27. Tite House was engaged this afternoon on House bills on their passage. Tho following were passed : A bill to change tho time of holding the Inferior Court of Miller co.; to change the line between Clay and Early ; to regulate advertising sales by administrators, executors and guardians—allows them to ad vertise in a paper having a general circulation ; for the support of the Academy for the Blind ; to re-organize jury boxes ; to authorize Clerk to State Treasurer ; to authorize payment of taxes in Confederate currency. The following were lost : A bill to alter the 3232d section of Code; for relief of Dr. De- Graffenreid; to Increase tho fee3 of county officers; to incorporate’, Spaulding Savings Bank. Senate. Saturday, Nov. 28. In the Senate to-day soveial motions were made to reconsider sections of the military bill adopted on yesterday, and tho Senate went into Committee of the 'VVliolo for their con sideration. After a general discussion, the motions to reconsider were all lost. General Wright moved to strike out Hie 21st section in reference to exemptions, and offered an addi tional section that uo person liable to conscrip tion be appointed to any position under this act, except in time of actual service, which wan adopted. The bill, with other slight amendments, passed. HOUSE. Saturday A. M., Nov. 28. A motion prevailed to reconsider the refusal to print the majority aud minority reports on the State of the Republic. A motion prevailed to reconsider the line between Early and Clay. The unfinished business—a bill to amend tho stay law—was withdrawn. The Finance Committee reported a bill to levy a tax on net incomes, and to punish parties who refuse to give in property. Provides that profits amounting to SIO,OOO, shall be taxed $5 per $100; profits over sl().ooo.and under $50,000, S10per$100; over $50,000 and less thiuisloo,- 000, S2O per $100; over SIOO,OOO, s2son every SIOO. Failure to make returns c rroctly is punishable in the Penitentiary one to fivo years. The entry of profits on the extension of stock, or any other evasion of the bill, punishable two to six years in the Penitentiary. Tax Deceiv ers a e required to prosecute all who violate the provisions of the bill. The following bill was passed: A bill to con fer certain powerson the City Court of Augusta. A bill to allow Inferior Courts to make im pressments for the support of soldiers’ families was postponed indefinitely. A message from the Governor was taken up. It referred to a contract with certain distillers. Major Lock recommends that the law prohibit ing the distillation of grain raised within twenty miles of a railroad be repealed, so as to enable contractors to supply the amount needed. The message was taken up and referred to tbe Ju diciary Committee. A bill to prevent the destruction of breeding stock was lost. A bill to punish the issuing or passing of un lawful sbinplasters. Subjects any per on or corporation issuing such currency to penalty of imprisonment of three to twelve months. I’or sons passing such bills are subjected to tho saino penalty after Ist April next. SENATE. » Saturday. P. M„ Nov. 28. Nothing of interest transpired in tha Sonata this afternoon. A communication was received on the .suV jecr or raising sheep, which was referred toUm" committee ou petitions. Col. Gaulden moved to reconsider the Mili tia bill passed in the morning. He wished to be heard on the bill, which had been denied him by the call of the previous question. The President ruled that by the rules of tbe Sen ate a motion so reconsider on the day a bill is acted on, out of order. Mr. Gaulden appealed from the decision of the President aud re viewed the rules of the U. S. Senate and House to show that reconsiderations may bo made tho same day. The decision of the President was sustained. SENATE. Monday, A. M., Nov. 30. Mr. Adams moved to roconslder the Militia bill passed on Saturday, for the purpose of offering some amendments. On taking tha vote the motion prevailed. Gen. Wright suggested that the views of tha Senator could be met in a supplemental bill, and be withdrew tho motion. Gen. Wright then offered the following reso lutions, which he sustained by an able speech: Whereas, tbe Bliarp heol of the oppressor emta the soil of our State, the homes of our people made desolate—their property destroyed — their fields laid waste. An infamous and barbaric foe, powerful in numbers and unscrupulous in conduct, threatens tho very heart of the com monwealth. Their track is marked by theft, rapine, robbery, arson, and murder; they in sult and outrage onr women, and incite our trusty and c in tented slaves to insurrection an<l insubordination. Impelled by the brutal instincts and passions of a fl -praved and corrupt lace, they seek to desecrate our altars, overthrow our govern ment, and destroy our liberties' and enslave our people. The peril of our people is imminent —the Is sue, is momentous. All that makes existence desirable to a gallant and free jieoplc is now imperilled by the horde of savages who swarm in our northwestern valleys. 3 Action — prompt — quick— thorough—decided —powerful action, is now required to meet this pressing exigency. Those who would not bo slaves must fight to be free. Be it therefore Resolved, by the General An, sembly of Georgia, That his Excellency the Governor be and lie is horeby requested to or der under arms and cause to be enrolled imme diately, every able-bodied male inhabitant of this State, over the age of 15 years, who is not now actually in the service of the State or of the Considerate States. Resolved, further, That the troops thus or dered under arms and enrolled, shall be or ganized into companies, battalions and regi ments, und* a- the laws now of force ia this State, and shall be ordered into active service for the defence of the State, at such points and for such length of service, as the Governor may direct : Provided, that at ‘least one fifth of tha male inhabitants thus enrolled shall be kept on duty as a police and patrol guard in their respective counties. Resolved, That the Governor be requested to call upon the General commanding the State Guard, immediately, and request him to order the whole force known as the State Guard, (including those who have taken territorial umits)*into active sei vioe for the defence of our Northwestern boundaries, and place such Guard under the order and control of Gen Bragg; and ia case any portion of this State Guard ; sh ill refuse to go beyond their limits or to any j point which may be designated by Gen. Bragg for the defence of the Slate, that Major General Cobb be requested to disband such portions of iraid Guard, aud thru they then be immediately enrolled in the militia of the State, and order ed into active service. The resolutions were unanimously adopted. The following bills were introduced : A bill to change the line between Mclntosh and Col. quitt ; to amend the 12!)2d and 1294th sections of Code, aud to repeal 1295, 1305, 1307 and 1308 sections ; for the relief of Peter Woody to authorize Ordinaries to turn over trust fund The following was passed ; A bill to ex ten the limits of Lawret* eville. The following was lost: A bill to change tha name of Uni an county to Forrest. HOUSE. Monday A. M., Nov. 30. The following weie read first time : A bil’ ’ to prevent tbe obstruction of road-: to pu’- ls h persons for forging substitutes or exemutien papers k The following was passed : A bill to enlarge j the powers of Notaries Public ia Savannah. ; The following were lost: A bill to regnlat* I advertising estate sheriff sales jto regulate tk*