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Owr reader* have observed that the greater
part nf tit • Generals of the army of Tennessee,
li ivo a-Mre* ■■■(! a memorial to Congren, asking
that all white male* between eighteen and li -
tj ■ai sos age, eapabe of performing any
inilitny dnty.be immediately calleil into the
«r, ■ to remain during the war; that the
IVfvl.mt in; anlhnrized to callout at his dis
cretion, nil other males between fifteen and
eighteen a id between fifty and sixty.; and ti a.
all e eruption* he prohibits! i.X'-ept for toe
nor- sary civil <>dices and employments of the J
Confederate Mate*.
We Hugge-t, s’o'dd Congo s a- r-rin.no (o
comply with the prayer of these Memorial!-ts,
that tliey introduce the bill ra ‘hirig the -- pro
visions, with this caption : “ A bill f»r the ulti
mate subjugation of Ihe Confederate Slates and
for the lam diale T-struction of the liberties
thereof.” Though tho bravo and distinguished
gentlemen who v omm-n-Wthe measures to
which we have re'erred above, do not contem
plate any snob r -suit, yet -v; cannot resist the
conviction that the adoption of what they pro
pose would operate most calamitously upon
'the int-r.; U Which b >th they and we are seek
i.g to ad vat; • C , 1i we know beyond any
re unable do r t, ti. it the collection of the
Whole male strength of the States into one
gr ind aggregate, would onab'.e us to strike a
Idow upon tho enemy so perfectly overwhelm
ing and decisive that he could not recover from
the 1 fleet, and that with the enemy discoinllt
ted o u> citizens might resume at an early day
the avoc itions ot civ 1 17fe, we should ccr-ainly
endorse mo t heartily ti e recommendations
which our Generals are urging upon Congress.
Pit this wo cannot know. And if sach a mass
should bo aggreg iti-d and then def -at- and, where
would be our power to strike another blow?
Whom should wo find any more reserves .'
Having called out the last man, what should
we do when tho “last man” army was over
thrown ! Tho proposition, it strikes us, is bio
tin tof tho individual who having lost much
at play, stakes his entire remaining estate on a
single gamfe. If he wins—well i but it ho
loses—oh!
.Should thr? vi*>\TH of these Generals he carried
out, it will be equivalent, to putting the whole
country under martial law, and that is just no law
at all. Wo might as well at once abolish our
Governorships, our Judiciary, our Legisla
tures. our municipal police, in fact the whole
Tu iclilnery of eivil law; for in the presence
of the mammoth military despotism which
is proposed, these institutions would be sub
ordinated to other tribunals, mid must there
fore bo inoperative and useless. 11 e should
thus furnish to the world the extraordinary
spectacle of a free people lighting lor an
tin porta't principle, and yet in the midst of the
struggle deliberately yielding up a light which
was ot vastly higher consequence lo them than
the one for which they were contending.
Hut this is not all the mischief which would
result from acceding to the wishes of these gen
♦ lenten. When all tl e populaiion aio bearing
arms, who will support these soldiers ? \> uo
will manufacture their clothing and raise .heir
Titov sions ? who* will attend to llld necessary
police duty a! homo, in our towns and on our
plantations’ who will guard the women and
children fro.% enemies which may spring up in
the rear? who will run our railroads, and work
our factories? Can boys under fifteen and men
over sixty attend to all these duties, dhetiuth
is, one ot the greatest evils which now threat
ens ns is the scarcity of provisions and of cloth
ing, F.vory article of those classes now com
mands a most ruinous price —to the consumer ,
and this not merely on account of the depreci
ation bt the cunency, but owing to tee defi
ciency or the supply. We are cult oir from Ten
nessee, whence we have heretofore received a
large amount of supplies; we can get no more
cattle from Texas; and if we abstract much
more labor from home operations, wo shad
mako the work of feeding and clothing our sol
diers fearfully difficult.
If measures were adopted to put all men in
the army who are now enrolled jt would raise
our fighting force lo a number superior to ar.y
tain , whi m we have heretofore had in the field
an l quite ufS ient, under proper discipline, to
confront th > enemy at every point. What we
want at t!r > present time is not so much an in
crease of the army payroll as an increase of t e
army prop ".. When the late battle at C latt i
nooga w is fought, it has been said by men who
ought to know the facts, that six-Utnlhs of the
nominal army were absent from their posts.
Let the four hundred thousand men who are
now in the service bo increased by judicious
laws to five or six hundred thousand men, and
we have a force ns strong as our capacity will
support and as strong as our exigencies de
mand.
We are glad to perceive that Congress, so far
as any opinion has yet been expressed, dissents
from* the views of tho memorialists. \\ lillT
the petitioner* deserve all honor tor their patri
otism and gallantry, we believe that a compli
ant with their suggestions would be fraught
with evils of the most frightful nnguitede.
Crime in Hunt Places— A telegram from
Richmond on Thursday, conveyed the intelli
gence of an intimation in on« of the city pa
pers that a member of Congress had been
bribed to get passports for persons who wanted
to leave the Confederacy ; and, worse than all,
tb it the said member had been directly aiding
the enemy. These are charges ot the gravest
nature, and wo trust the committee which lias
been appointed to investigate the matter, wiil
perform their work thoroughly, and iT there
ha* been any wrong doing of the character in
dicated, lot tbo offender's name be known, and
punishment awarded commensurate with the
heinonsnes* of the offence. We expect hon
osty and integrity in our lawmakers ; they
should set an example worthy of being follow
ed by the people; but if they are guilty of
such serious crimes as those alleged against
this Congressman, how can it be wondered at
tfiit subordinate officials, or oven civilians,
should sometimes go astray?
Tuk Weatheh 'ii those loenlities where otir
troop? are stationed in Virginia. Upper Ens ? 1
Tennessee and North Georgia, is said to be
very cold. Already there is a plenty of ice in
those regions. Many of our soldiers are want
ing the necessary clothing to keep themselves
warm. They are exposed to the sharp pier
cing air, and the bleak chilling winds. Think
of this you .that have a plenty, and give lib
erally of your abundance. _ If you cannot or
will not sharQ, their danger, lighten the hard
ships of those in camp, and by a rigid economy
at homo, spare something to add to their com
fort in food and clothing. A spare blanket, an
old overcoat, or even a single pair of socks
will do something towards alleviating the suf
ferings of some ill-dad patriot.
Major Denis, under the orders of the War
Office, assumes the duties lately vacated by
Gen. Pillow, in Alabama, who has beeaordeied
tq th« Armv el Tennessee,
| A Few Historical Facts above Wail— AH
j history goe- to prove the truth of the apbotism
of ’be Bible, that the battle is not always to
toe strong—meaning the most numerous. —
From the earliest records of history to the pres
ent day, the smaller number ha* won at least
three battles out of four. Success in war de
pends on efficient" organiz ition. and steady d:s
cipbue, courage and en luran in both soldiers
and officers. lew men have ever possessed ’he
capacity to establish these things in a large
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armv.
The Roman legion contested of about 8,000
men. A consular army was two Legions, or
about IVoOO men. This number was som<J
times increased by their allies and slaves to
twenty thousand? With this force they con
quered the world. A French corps d'ttrmte
composes about 20,099 men, and vet Napoleon
was in the lui!.'.: of saying, that he could not
find even a Marshal who could handle that
number. No officer, in this country, has ever
fought a battle with as many as 200,000 men
under his command.
The fact is, these half million armies are
usually the victims, if not of the cannon, ot
pestilence, famine and mutiny. Organization
‘ the right man in the right place,’ at the
lime, and properly equipped. Organiza
tion is the soul, the life and the strength of at;
i army, and it is a thing that money, ‘the sinews
of war,’ cannot buy at once on any large scale.
| It i nut in the market. Time, brain afid skill
|aw necessary to create it. Let us see if the
l’a'-s of history do not sustain us in these views:
The Athenians with 10.009 men defeated a
Persian army of 39,000 at Marathon, and with
not more th in three times that number won
the battlei of I‘latea and Salamis, and drove
five in llions of invaders trout their soil.
Alexander overrun Ada with one-third the
number-of the forces that opposed him.
When the Swiss Cantons determined,to strike
for their independence, with 500 man they do
ffv'ed 20,000 Austrians, under the Arch Duke
.of Austria, at Morgarten. With an equ dly d;s
proportionute force they fought sixty pitched
battles and maintained their independence.
When Edward of England invaded Scotland,
with 100,000 men. he was mot and defeated at
Bunn >ckburn by Bruce at the head of 90,000
ha f armed Highlanders.
lu A. I). 15,00, Maximilian of Germany, Louis
XII of Prance, Ferdinand of Spain, a id Dope
Julius, 11, formed the infamous league of Carn
biny, for the destruction of Venice. With he
roic resolve, Venice took the li-.-ld against the
powerful combination. Superior force might,
in the end. have overpowered her, but Piovi
denee is ever on the side of the right! Discord
and dissension broke out among tho Confeder
ate a. their armies were defeated and Venice
was preserved. 1
The little city of Leyden in 1573 withstood 1
the wh de power of Spain, at the time the most j
warlike nation in Europe.
The prince of Orange at the head of several '
small Provinces of Holland, not one of them
larger than a Virginia county, maintained their
independence against the moat powerful mon
arch in Europe, and defeated armies that were
often three times as numerous as his own, and
commanded b v John of Austria and Alexander
Fames, the greatest military leaders of the age.
But why multiply instances? Does not our
own revolution touch the same lesson? No one
can doubt the historical truth. The success of
a gallant struggle on the side of right and jus
tice, against wrong and oppression, is almost
inevitable. A virtuous and a gallant people iu
a good cause never have failed. If we are right>
and do not falter, we must succeed—weak as
we may appear, and strong as the Federal Gov
ernment may seem. Lotus then restas-ured
that the battle is not with tho strong, but to
the vigilant, the active and the bravo who fight
for right.
A Fmc.N' or Tkkkok Commenced, —In some sec
tions of the North, a reign of terrorhas already
commenced. The inhuman outrages that peo
ple have been guilty of committing on citizens
ot the Confederacy are beginning to bo visited
upon some of the citizens of their “boasted free
North.’’ The old saying, “curses, like chick
ens, often come home to r00 ; .t,” is being proved
a true one in their ease. No one in Dixie will,
we thing, lament much 11 a reign of terror ex
isted throughout FederaUlom. That nation
has caused defenceless Southern women and
children to suffer untold miseries, and it is but
just if the cup they have caused others to drink
of i pfessed to their own lips. Here is an ac
count of un incident which happened lately in
Washington county, Illinois :
A party of thirteen men, disguised by hand
kerchiefs tied overtire lower part of their faces,
and anted with navy revolvers, presented
themselves at the house of a Mr. Linton, about
half past two o’clock at night, a short time
since, and demanded admittance. When refus
ed they threatened to break down the door.—
The spokesman of the party was recognized as
a man who had taken supper at Mr. Hinton's
the same evening ruder pretense of having lost
his way to the next town.
When admitted the party demanded a daugh
ter of Mr. Linton’s, a beautiful and amiable
girl of sixteen years of age, who had just re
turned homo from a boarding school in Ohio.
She bav.ng just rundown stairs to ree what was
the matter, was seized by three TufiianiMind
told that she must go with them, dead or alive.
Her father was totally unarmed and powerless
to defend’her. The girl was dragged to ha'
room, and after having "been allowed to dress
herself, was forcibly carried to a buggy and
driven off.
A party of eight men were left to guard the
house till daylight, to prevent any alarm being
given. During thojiight they paced around the
house, knocking at the door, looking in at the
window, rattling the gl tss. and taunting the,
wretched inmates by asking how they liked
evening calls, Ac. No clue has been obtained
to the abductors, or to the course taken by
them.
For some time past, a perfect reign of terror
has prevailed in the region referred to above,
it was within a few miles of the same neighbor
hood that a number of robberies were perpetra
ed recently.
Employment or Nconoiss in thk Ar.ur. —
An officer of distinction in Lite Confederate ar
my writes as follows to the Atlanta Intelligen
•cer:
The subject of placing negroes in the army
is attracting some attention. The following
menu lan da shows approximately how many
may be made use of without putting ai ms in
their hands. Premising that we have in the
field one hundred brigades, allow for each as
Engineer Laborers, 50 5,000
Butchers, 5 500
Blacksmiths, 2 200
Wheelwrights, 2 200
Ten rasters, 50 5.000
Cooks, 40 4.000
Hospital Nurses and Cooks, &c. 40 4,000.
Shoemakers, 20 2,000
Total, 20,700
Tn which may bo added for the
various mechanical departments
under the control of the Govern
ment, as laborers, &e., 10.000
And as laborers on fixed fortifi
cations, 20,000
Making a total of 50,700
The employment of this number would re
store to duty i* the field, forty thousand white
men.
The foregoing suggestions are valuable.—
Forty thousand thrown into the field
their places beiugsupplied by negroes, as sug-
would indeed save Georgia when, next
spring. Grant’s army shall make its advance
upon Atlanta, and into the interior of the
j S ate. Will not tho authorities, military and
civil. Confeder ito and State, deliberate upon
the timely suggestion."
Full Returns of the Election b> Districts-
CANDIDATES.
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'is Superior and In ferior Court, j |
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To* Ci-Ucetor.
Jobs A. Baaua. IM*j 14 lr.ao-TOA
Frsar Basse.. last! IUU7 S» ! «U
Hi on Jj.-uoistr* | Ilia
Survryor.
Fr-wix V. Psavp i 51. jIS 16 16S
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" he held ii its ll?th
WaaitE wat The? Bts.kx * —No doubt is now
entertained that the enemy are making prepar
ation.* for a grand attack on some point cf out
coast—either at Savannah, Charleston o* )< i*
mington.
As for Savannah, ws have little fears that
they will ever get near enough to the cit> to
do any harm. Our trust is in the efficiency of
our soldiers at that point, and the excellence
of the defences.
At Charleston we Lave seen by a long expe
rimee that the enemy couid do but very litt.e.
despite the fright'ul waste ol ammuni ion.
treasure and life. What approaches tbvv have
b.-en enabled thus far to make were painfully
Mow and insecure, and it would be a Arious
mathematical question how loug, at the rate
they have heretofore traveled, it will take be
fore they can reach the city—the “ nest of the
rebellion.’’ Shelling may render parts of i!
untenable, and many of the buildings may be
destroyed, but no hostile foot will be allowed
to stand upon its soil. Our brave defenders
ther.*, with the gallant Beauregard at their head,
will keep them at bay until they tire ot their
fruitless crusade.
We concur with the Richmond press, and
with journals iu other quaiters, that the 1-eder
ate design an attack on Wilmington, and that
before many weeks. Butler is uncommonly ac- j
live ia his new department, and will he anx
ious to add other honors (?) to his already no
torious reputation. Men nod ships are concen
trating with the intent, we think, to strike at
this point. They have always been anxious to
break onr line of communication with the
Southern Metropolis, and have, indeed, made
several mi it- efforts to that end. We trust all
will be ready for them, We hope our lorces
are not asleep, ia the l-.ip Van W inkle stale.
An able General commands at that point, and
we shall look with confidence to a decided re
pulse of the pnemy should they attack W il
igingtoa. _____ _____
Convention or Teachers. —A convention of
teachers has just closed its sittings at Peters
burg, Va. We are glad to notice that they
were fully awake to the educational wants of
tho people, and wo hope their deliberations
will eventuate in much practical benefit.
The last day of the session "ocm appropriate re
•solutions, were passed in which they petition the
General Assembly of the State to make an an
nual appropriation to provide for the educa
tion ot youths who have been interrupted in
their studies hv the call to. arms and havy be
come incapacitated lor further militar / service
by leasons of wounds, Ac This fund so ap
propriated shall be place ] under tin} control of
proper officers, and be called “the sustenation
fund for disabled soldiers.” The resolution also
recommend additional contributions to this
fund from private benevolence.
Another series «<f resolutions was adopted
setting forth the importance of tho establish
ment of an independent Southern literature
adapted to every grade of ’instruction ; that
the production of good text-books by citizens
of the Southern Confederacy should be encour
aged by the people, by teachers- and by proper
legislation.
A suitable committee was appointed to pre
pare an address to the teachers and parents of
Virginia.
The next session of iho Convention will be
held in Richmond tho first Wednesday after
Christmas, 1864.
The Ruling Passion.—At tho time our au
thorities permitted the Lincolnites to send
goods to the Federal prisoners in Richmond,
when the articles were bring distributed as di
rected, 1 lie officers in charge found the* great
est difficulty in preventing extensive robberies,
several packages having been spirited away
and concealed in tlieir camp by parties answer
ing to wrong names and claiming lobe mom
burs of companies that they never saw. “Honor
among thieves’’ is not applicable to these Yan
kee Adventurers who title out then bodies at
eighteen dollars per month, and who would as ,
soon steal from their employers as from those
they are paid to rob. The Richmond Dispatch
notices the matter thus:
Tho most thoroughly debased creatures that
ever ret foot on Southern soil are portions of
the Yankee prisoners now confined an Belle
Isle Made tip of tie scurf of crea'ion, and
representing almost every nation in the world,
they seem to be entirely dead to every instinct
of gentility, and strangers to every trait of vir
tue and honesty. Not satisfied with plunder
ing and destroying the effects of private indi
viduals, as members of the Federal army, they
are just as willing and ready to rob each other,
now that they are deprived of other prey.
Greeley on the Federal Presidency. —At
a late meeting at Cooper Institute, in New
York-city, Iloraca Greeley was called upon
and made a speech, the substance of which is
as fellows ;
He said it was hardly time to make Presi
dent and he had not quite decided that we
Avere to have another. He wished to say lor
one, that he thought the largest man in this
Government was tffe gentleman who had been
censured largely to-night—that was Governor
Chase. He thought about the firmest anti
shivery man, in spite of what he had heard to
night. was this man—a statesman who had
been fighting with the hardest command, and
whose battles pad ail been victorious so far.
Perhaps he may be, perhaps ho may nV>t be, a
good candidate for tho Presidency. Certainly
the duties of the White Hause, or of tire posi
tion of cither of the Secretaries, could not he
envied. He admired the confidence oi the
people which he had not always shared, tor he
sometimes had been to bed. not knowing
whether he should wake up in the Union or in
the Southern Confederacy. We havs seen the
time within two years when two votes to one
would have been given in tnis city tor Jeff'
Davis.
Northbrn Laboring Men and the War.—
Under this head the New York News has a
strong editorial reviewing the effects of the war
on the people, and especially the laboring men,
of the United States, and closes as follows :
The country suffers much from the loss in the
blight it casts upon the morals of its people—
it suffers more in the death and desolation it
causes, and if possible mote still in the hard
ship and the misery it is entailing now upon its
woiking men. WHiie the prices of provisions
are goiug up. greeab ,cks have a downward ten
dency, and down we fear they will go, until,
like continental money or the Assignats of
Fiance, down they will continue to go. until
scarce worth the paper they are printed upon.
Every day the clouds are darkening arotii and us;
our rulers will hear of no proposals for peace,
and the new Congress, of which many he pod so
much, have by a decided majority, refused to
even consider a resolution to appoint commis
sioners to endeavor to stop the great evil and
to save the country by a restoration of Peace
on earth and good wLI to men. AH, save those
who .owe their riches to their country’s ruin,
suffer by the war. the man cf small means who,
by tbe sweat of bis brow earns ti e bread he
eats, suffers most, and day by day his sufferings
will i net ease.
Bill to Pbevest Desertions. —The Confed
erate Congress have passed the annexed hill to
prevent the "procuring, aiding, and assisting
persons to desert from the army:”
The Congress of the Confederate States do
enact, That every* person not subject to the
rules and articles of war, who shall knswiiigiy
pfocure or entice a soldier, or person enrolled
for service in the army of the Confederate
States to desert, or who shall aid or assist any
deserter from the army, or any person enrolled
for service, to evade their proper commander or
to prevent their arrest to be returned to the
service, or who sh ill conceal or harbor any
such deserter, or shall purchase from any sol
dier or person enrolled for service any portion
of his army equipments, ravions or clothing,-
or any propeitv belonging to the Confederate
§tates. or of any officer or soldier of the Con
federate States, shail. upon conviction before
the District Court of the Confederate States
having jurisdiction of the offence. l>e fined not.
exceeding SI,OOO and be imprisoned not ex
ceeding two years. - .
a»
Some fifty to one hundred boy a of Richmond
were amusing themselves on tl e ice in the rrv-
S er. Jan. 2. when the iev broke and some twenty
. five of the lads went under, in a pile. AH were
j saved except twp.
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rftoxj chattascoga.
The editor of the Columbus Sun has met a
friend who has just succeeded is escaping from
Chattanooga. The gentleman had been order
ed North of the Ohio river with his family. At
ore cf the railway stations between Stevenson
end Tulluhoma, he succeeded in eluding the
guard, made his way to Decatur, and from
thence to a point within the Confedeiate lines.
'Ter** is the account he gives of the position of
affairs in Chattanooga ;
Numbers of families had been sent to I-ouis
viile and Cincinnati, in the same manner, v hilst
their comfortable homes in Chattanooga and vi
cinity have been appropriated by Northern ad
venturers, and in some cases even by free ne
groes from Ohio, who have a nominal connec
tion with the array. The pews in the different
churches had been torn out and used aa fuel,
wliils the buildings were occupied as hospit
als, and the ground surrounding them convert
ed into burial grounds. Nearly all the enclo
sures around the private dwellings, and iu some
instances, even the dwellings themselves, had
been torn down and used as fuel. Private parks
and gardens were tilled with the halt buried
Yankee dead; it being no unusual sight to see
the decaying limb of a dead Yankee protruding
beyond the surface in the gardens, and orna
mental grounds attached to private residences.
All the shade trees and shrubbery had been
completely cleaned out, and even for some dis
tance beyond the city, not a tree of any kind
bad been left standing. The cemetery had even
been invaded by the lawless soldiery: the en
closures torn away, in many instances the tomb
stones and monuments removed, broken up,
or c nvei ted into tire places and card tables in
the Yankee camp.
The place is tided with free negroes and fu-
gitive slaves, whose insolence had become so
intolerable that ladies rarely ever ventured be
yond their own fhreshholds. <-venjn bread day
light. Three instances bud come to the per
sonal knowledge ol the gentleman referred to
above, in which from Ohio, who
held positions in the ar-ay, h ol in ole proposals
of matrimony—in writing—to respectable lu
d es. We mention these incidents because they
are well authenticated, and because the people
generally are interested to know what kind of
treatment may be expected from those who are
waging this free nigger crusade against us.
No person is permitted to keep anything for
sale or do any business whatever until after he
lias taken the oath of allegiance to the Federal
Government. Sometimes bond and securities
were also required in addition to the oath.—
Consequently a few persons who bad heretofore
held positions in the Confederate army, and
many others who were considered good Confed
erates, had taken the oath and given bond and
security for the poor privilege of opening their
places of business in competition with North
ern adventurers who had come doivu with the
army. Union men, although not forced to a
choice between the oath of allegiance and ex
patriation, had in numerous instances been rob
bed of everything, and their families left al
most pi uni ess.
FROM NORFOLK.
Tito Petersburg Express has late ami au
thentic intelligence from Norfolk:
One man in Norfolk holds out firmly against
But er’s ord r, requiring all utile citizens of
the place to take the oath of allegiance to the
Lincoln Government, ’this is Win. W. Hall,
Esq., who says he will suffer death before he
will renounce his allegiance to the Confederate
Government.
The enrolling of all males between the ages
of eighteen a*Td iorty-iive, was progressing rap
idly—Butler having ordered that the worK must
be completed by the Ist of January. The
draft will immediately go into operation, and
it is estimted that there are five hundred young
white men.in Norfolk.city alone, who have hpen
enro led.
The negro regiments arc all uniformed and
equipped, and the blacks in military toggery
put on a great many airs.
Business, except among a few Yankee set
tlers avlio have squatted there since the war,
has been completely paralyzed, and many of
the old residents, particularly females, are suf
fering for the necessaries of life.
Butler has visited Norfolk bit? once, and then
tarried but a wry brief period. He confines
himself closely to Fortress Monroe, thinking
doubtless that his bloated carcass is safer be- j
hind Ihe stout walls of that foitification than j
any where else. He still indulge his inot di-i
nate appetite for strong drink, and is rarely j
ever entirely free from its effect;.
All the residences and other property of re
fugees from Norfolk, have been seized by the
Federal and Pierpont officers, and aid now oc
cupied by the minions, of either Lincoln or
l iei pout. The city’is"said to bo rapidly tilling j
up with the scum and dregs of Yanki ■ society,
and serious to ft is are entertained by many "who
have resided there from childhood, that some 1
iliivsy pretext wiil be seized upon to oust them [
from their homes.
W
FI!Oil KNOXVILLE
The Atlanta Register-gathers the annexed!
news from a gentleman who has just arrived in
that city from within the Federal lines:
In Knoxville every church and hotel in (lie
city is occupied as hospitals. Gen. Foster is
now in command. The Yankees are confisca
ting the property of all Southern people. All
the principal buildings are used as Govern
ment stores.
The Federals have closed Samuel Hamilton’s
jewelry store, on account of his Southern pro
clivities. Dr. Jackson afterwards took posses
sion of it, but was also closed up. Dr. J. is a
British subject, and claimed British protection.
He had the British flag flying over hi’s house for
several weeks. Brownlow denounced him as
a notorious rebel. The Federals refused to re
cognize his claim.
Butter is worth $2 50 per pound in green
backs; coffee $3 50 per pound, and every
thing else in proportion, save meat and btead,
which are not to be had at any price. Tho
Federal soldiers have been living on quarter
rations, and the ratio growing “small by de
grees and beautifully lc?s,’’ d.ily. They have
nothing but bran broad. All the mules, and
horses have died of starvation.
The women and children now draw rations
from the Yankee commissary department.
The Federal force now in Knoxville numbers
ebont 12,000. -
If Gen Longstreet had been to remain
around Knoxville a week longer tho enemy
would have capitulated, as they were almost
out of amrfimiition and subsistence. At. the
time of the siege the Federals went around at
night an 1 pressed everybody, bond and free,
making them get out ot their bods to work on
their fortifications.
The Federals declare that they intend to hold
Knoxville at all hazards.
■* n
RICHMOND GOSSIP.
The Richmond correspondent of the Atlanta
Confederacy writes thus concerning some
lutiens about to be introduce l iuto Congress
by Senator Hill, of Georgia:
It is reported that Mr. Hill, Senator from
• Georgia, will soon introduce important resolu
tions before the Senate, which may explain
several passages in his letter urging the elec
tion of Hon. Joshua Hill for Governor, and in
his Macon letter, where he speaks, of an hon
orable door of compromise being opened at no
distant day, &c. • *
The purport of these resolutions are said to
be expressive of a willingness on the part of
the people of the South to meet the conserva
tive element of the North in Convention, to
discuss the issues between us, hut in no wise
coin promising the spirit cf the revolution.
Hcdding Mr. Lincoln and the Republican
party responsible for the fanaticism at the
North which has produced and continued the
war, ke would refuse to treat wih him or his
party otherwise than on tiie field of battle;
but respecting a dignified spirit of conserva
tism which would hear the voice of reason, ho
would meet it in' council, and determine the
issues between us in a spirit of conciliation
and compromise.
FROM VIRGIN! \.
The Richmond Sentinel says. We have rea
son to believe that the fact stated viz : that
General Bragg has offered to serve as Genera!
Johnston's ('hi;.f of Staff is entirely true ; and
we are further informed that General Bragg
has aifo annoum ed to the President his readi
ness to serve in any capacity in which his ser
vices may be det tried useful, and that if de
sired for the public interests, he will fall back
upon his old sphere as commander of a battery.
The bill of the ‘-Currency Committee” va,
on Thursday, read before the House of £-.- pre
sentatiyes in secret ses-:-, n . We uude " t f inrl
tne bill relies upon taxation, and pot upon
funding, for the reduct'on of the present intla
ted Currency. It is said it proposes to levy a
tax of four percent, upon the present valuation
o. property, a very heavy discount being of
}a"ed as an inducement to tax-payers to pay in
their tapes within a short given period.
f lie 5 aake sac carrying their congenial oc
cupation of thieving, with a high hand in the
city of Alexandria and in Fairfax county. Ya.
At the War Department, it is believed that
n j‘ im attack cf the enemy will be upon
V limington. and each is the opiniou of the
North Carolina delegation.
Hon. J. W. Blak#aey, Senator from the
C /Y st , ertl I '- nnct of couth Ctuolin#, died
at Columbia, December SO.
mom ms FRONT.
Notwithstanding the intense cold, she iroops
enjoyed themselves merrily du.ing the holi
days.
On Dec. 28, two corps of the enemy left Chat
tanooga en route lor Virginia to reinfoice
Meade.
A, division of infantry has passed towards
Nashville to be distributed to guard the rail
road.
A brigade of Fe.lerals ate at Stevenson in
'•‘Utt-r quartei-s, and a large tkirce is at Bridge
port where the enemy is accumulating large
supplies.
A regiment of Federal infantry is atTrenton,
lenn,,and a hand-yd and fifty cavairy near the
felate Line ot Geo;gia and Tennessee, twelve
miles from Trenton, and are scouting day and
mgnt on Sand Mountain from opposite Belle
foil to to
trains are running regularly from Marysville
to : rdgepert. Oue engine with a few cars is
running on the Nashville & Chattanooga road
on this side of the river from Shell Mound to
A h Besides.
~ ? , !e main bridge over the Tennessee opposite
B’. lugeport, has been finished by the Federate
to tbq island, but the bridge from the island to
Hus Hue of the liver is net yet completed. The
, l : ke over Running Water, fifteen miles from
Chattanooga is also unfinished, and is only
worked on occasionally.
, Four small steamers transport tho supplies
troai Bridgeport to Chattanooga.
Gens Armstrong’s and Martin’s divisions, of
G n.Yv heeler's corps, Hre at Bean’s Sta* ion ,E rst
L-iin.. where they are continually having heavy
skirmishes with the enemy
A! cut four or five days ago a squad of our
men. ten or twelve in number, captured a lot
of Yankee clothing, and were iu the act cf dra
ping themselves in their captured pioperty,
when they were recaptured by the Yhinkees,
who,finding them in Yankee clothing, contrary
to their published orders, led them out for the
purpose of shooting them. .last at tiiis time
the 4th and 7-h Alabama regiments of cavalry
arrived upou the spot and charged tiiem, but
not in fima lo save our icon, who were shot
down iu cold blood—She ruthless viiiians es
caping. A few days afterwards the regiments
above alluded to caught fifteen or twenty Yan
kees ami shot them in retaliation.
At the iate cavalry fight near Charleston.
Term., it is now said, our troops were stam
peded and that a large portion of our lo s was
occasioned by tile stampede ; our men and
horses running over, k dling and wounding each
other in their Irigli’. Our loss is variously esti
mated at from seventy five to two hundred
men and the same number of ho-scs.
From the Tennessee-Georgia lines there is the
ge jeral intelligence that the enemy is opening
his communications by way of Kuoxviile atm
the Chattanooga railroad, and that these two
points are being held as depots of supplies.
Large droves of cattle are said to be on the
way from Lexington, and immense trains, ready
prepared, at Nashville.
Scouts who have recently returned from the
region of Knoxville report tiiat Burnside has
been reinforced by a division of troops, who
came through Cumberland Gap. Tho position
of the enemy in front of I.ongstreet, however,
is still considered untenable. Heavy skirm
ishes are constantly going on at the outposts.
In one of these, recently, a Colonel and fifty
privates Were captured.
The bridges on the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, between file latter place and Bridge
port, recently destroyed by the freshets, are
being.built by the enemy, and travel and Iran
spoliation will be open in a week, says the
Nashville Union of the 2d of J imiary.
Grant was in Nashville on the 30th nit. He
was going lo Washington.
Robert Owen, a citizen of Blount county,
was arrested near Winchester on the Ist, and
is held to trial for his life as a bushwhacker.
A large guard is kept by the enemy at the
Tunnel on the Nashville and Chattanooga
Railroad, near Cowen.
General Johnston has quietly resumed com
mand of the forces and with'his usual unosten
tatious style of psoucedure is doubtless en
gaged in a'i which can be done- _lfe is regar
ded by every,one in and out of service with
affectionate confidence as a patriotic man of
great abilities. '
A correspondent of the Atlanta Appeal gives
the annexed news :
At present our army is negatively threaten
ing Knoxville, West Tennessee and Kentucky,
and. of course, the enemy’s line of communi
cation with iiis rear. What we may do on the
resumption of active operations, is, of course,
purely problematical ; hut holding, as we do.
the advantage of position in the very heart of
East Tennessee, we confidently hope that a few
months will see a change wrought in the af
fairs of the country, and tho fair daughters of
the Confederacy aroused from the prevailing de
spondeacy, and happy in the contemplation of
a speedy peace.
From the Abingdon Virginian we get some
intelligence of Longstreet’s anny. A letter in
that paper says:
Longstreet’s infantry have gone into winter
quarters near Morristown and Itogersvillj), and
his cavalry are skirmishing every day, from
Mossy creek up.
On Thursday, Dec. 31, General Longstreet’s
forces engaged the Yankees at Dutch bottom,
on Chnckey river, Jefferson county, Term.,
routing them and capturing three hnndred
wagons and teams, with some prisoners. The
Yankees were on a foraging expedition, about
Unity miles from Knoxville,
A gentleman just from upper East Tennessee
states that the condition of the campaigns in
East Tennessee is prosperous and hopeful, It.
is considered that, Burnside will not be able to
hold his position at Knoxville. Our forces
have completely cut off his communication
with Cumberland Gap. and his troops are on
short rations.
At Chattanooga til-3 enemy is reported on al
lowance, by parties recently out from that vi
cinity. On the Lower Tennessee, bodies of Fed
eral cavalry seem to be organizing for the com
ing spring campaign. Our scouts in the re
gions of the Tennessee lines ate said to be well
regulated.
A Brilliant Adventure: —The army corres,
pendent of the New York Metropolitan Record
writing from Alexandria, Va., narrates the fol
lowing interesl’ng story of an adventure by
some Confederate cavalry :
While we were encamped at Cenlreville, Gen.
Lee had"his men busily engaged in destroying
the railroad from Manassas Junction to the Rap
pahannock. and’in this succeeded so well that
it took us about a month to repair it When
we again advanced ihe Confederates had already
retreated to Warrenton and the line of the Rap
pahannock. We marched across Bull Kuo,
through anu past Gainesville, Haymarket, New
Baltimore and Warrenton; and extended our
line from Warrenton on the rignt to Morrisville
on the left. Speaking of New Baltimore, I feel
impelled to relate one of the boldest guerilla
adventures of the war. The second brigade of
regular artillery was encamped at the place,
and one night, received orders to march to War
renton, four miles distant. Tjie night was clear
and pleasant, the moon shining brightly, and
everything apparently auspicious for a pleasant
march. The batteries and their oommanders
were in the advance, and the quartermaster's
train brought up the rear. With so strong and
formidable a column,- no danger was appre
hended.
When they were about two miles from tueir
old camp, they were met by a squad of caval
ry, all remarkably well mounted. The cavalry
pursued their way until they had pasaed tne
batteries, neither column taking particular
notice of the other—it ; s always the case when
our troops are marching. As they neared the
train, one of the teamst.eis, a white man, asked
"What cavalry do you belong to ? Eighteenth
Pennsylvania," was the reply, the cavalry still
marching on, and casting sharp glances at the
quartermaster's wagons, The next question
came from the Eighteenth Pennsylvania.”
“Whose train i3 this ?” “Quartermaster S.”
“Who commands the brigade? “Captain Gra
ham. “At the head of the column. “Where
is Quartermaster S.” “Here,” shouted the uff
luckly quartermaster. In an instant one of the
“Pennsylvanians” was by his side, a pistol was
clapped to his head, with the iujune.ion “Say
one word and I'll blow your Brians out.” Jbe
train was ail this time in motion. . 'ihe guer
rillas then proceed with their work. Some of
them rode up to the battery wagons, and order
ed I’pem to “close up,” which they immediate
ly did, while those behind took care of the for
age teams. The train was now divided, and
the negro teamsters were f.need to unhitch
their teams. This done, they were next forced
to drive the mules >;“ 0 the woods, and thence
into aomc by roads, under throat of instant
ueath. The guerrillas thus captured at once
about one hundred and thirty niuies. twenty
negroes, one quartermaster and hi§ clerk, and
one orderly-sergeant. When thos# at the head
of the column were apprised of what hail oc
curred, they pursued the “E ghteenth Pennsyl
vania cavalry.” but the case was fruitless, the
guerrillas had disappeared, and with them their
booty.
The Mobile Register’s Richmond correspond
ent says Braver, in h’s report, attributes tne
barren results of the victory of Ohickamauga
to Geu. D 11. Hill, and the saving of tne army
f om annihilation aft-r the battle ol Missionary
Ridge, lie savs is due lo Bate's small but brave
brigade, which covered the retreat in ana-1
masterly style. Tbe reports are being copied,
p eparatory to publication, so soon asCongress
for them, and perhaps before.
I BY TELE GE APII.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The steamer Olympus, from Liverpool, Dec.
16th, ariived, reports that the ships Winged
Riven and Marye. for New Y'ork, and Atmaila,
for Falmouth, were captured and burned by
the Alabama on the 16th November, off Java
Head.
A private investigation was progressing at
Queenstown into the recent enlistments there
by the Federal ste imer Kearsage.
A correspondent of the London Times inti
mates that the blockade has now for the first
time made access to the rebel ports really dan
gerous.
Another correspotalent with the rebel array
in Tennessee admits that a erisis is approach
ing to test the South.
Drouvn De L’lluys sent to the French diplo
matic agents lelative to the European Congress,
stating that England's refusal has frustrated
the combination, but France is willing to de
bate pacifically the great question likely to lead
lo war.
The election in Paris has resulted in the suc
cess of tho opposition candidates by a large
majoi itv
A bill for a $303,000,000 loan has been laid
before the French Chamber.
Liverpool, Dec. 17. —Cotlonhas a downward
tendency.
FROM RICHMOND.
It is said that the President has approved the
bill to p!n?e in service those who have furnish
ed substitutes.
Members of Congress are overwhelmed with
the business before them, and the departments
have much more than they could attend to, if
they had nothing more to do.
Gen. Forrest was nominated by the Presi
dent and confirmed by the Senate as Major Gen
eral.
The rules were suspended to allow the Mili
tary Committee to report a bill oii_the subject
of exemptions, of which the following is a copy;
“A bill to be entitled an act repealing exist
ing and regulating future exemptions from mil
itary service.
“The Congress of the Confederate States do
enact, that from and after the passage of this
act, all acts and parts of acts exempting per
sons from military service, he and the same are
hereby repealed, except in so far as they relate
to officers of the Confederate and States Gov
eraments, and hereafter no person shall be ex
empt from such service than the following, to
vvit: All who shall bo held unfit for military
service under rules prescribed by the Secretary
of War, and such other persons as the said Sec
retary, with the approval of the President, may
deem it expedieat to exempt. In view of the
fact that must be satisfactorily established that
such persons can, by their skill, occupation, la
bor, or employment, better subserve the vital
interests of the country and contribute more
substantially to its defence outside the army
than in the i links. Provided, that even in such
cases absolute exemptions from military service
shall not be granted; if, in the opinion of tho
Secretary of War, the same men can be obtain
ed by regularly enrolling and detailing for spe
cified times and settled purposes those whose
skill, labor, occupation or employment may
make their services mord valuable out of than
in the actual ranks of the army.
The Senate confirmed the nomination on Sat
urday of Hon. Geo. Davis, of N. C., Attorney
General of the Confederate States.
changes in the War Department
arc without foundation.
Several persons have been arrested for ren
dering false returns of sales to the Confederate
Assessor. Others have fled to avoid prosecu
tion.
Efficient steps have been taken to detect sim.
ilar frauds, and bring the guilty parties to jus
tice.
At auction Jun. CtU, Confederate Sper cents,
(sue in ’O9 and ’Bl, brought 111 («). 113—only
a small amount sold. Coupon bonds, of the
15 million loan, sold for 183 @ 185 ; registered
147 @ 148; Ya. registered bonds 241 ; stalling
exchange 2030; silver coin 16 1-2
lady and staff arrived in Rich
mond from Danville Jan. Bth.
lie was received at the depot by a commit
tee of Council and escorted to tho Ballard
House, where a number of distinguished officers
and civilians awaited his arrival. He was con
ducted to the reception room, where he receiv
ed the greetings of old iriends and new ac
quaintances.
This forenoon Gon. Morgan, accompanied by
the Mayor, was escorted by a battalion of in
fantry to City Hall, in front of which an im
mense crowd had assembled, at noon.
Gen Morgan was introduced to the concourse
by the Mayor. He came forward amid pro
longed, cheers, and said ; Fellow-citizens, I
thank you for this reception, and hope that my
future career will prove that I am not unwor
thy of the honor you have done me. Again I
thank you for this manifestation ol kindness.
Brief speeches were made by Gens. A. P. Hill
J. E. B. Stuart, Branch, Judge Moore, Gov.
Haws of Kentucky, Ex-Gov. Letcher and oth
ers.
Morgan was tnen escorted back to the Bal
lard House, where he received numerous calls.
He is in fine spirits and excellent health,
THE ENEMY STILL AT KNOXVILLE.
Owing to the cold weather every thing is
quiet in front.
The main body of the enemy remain in and
around Knoxville.
Gen. Grant visited Knoxville recently and
made a speech to the troops.
It is reported that some of the enemy’s men
have re-enlisted under offers o,f bounty of S4OO
and a land warrant located : n East Tennessee.
•
FROM EAST TENNESSEE.
Fighting last week was altogether with cav
alry on our side.
Col. Crews, of Morgan’s division, attacked
the enemy near Dandridge, auii captured a bat
tery with the exception of one gun. It was af
terwards recaptured, but tbe enemy were driv
en br.ck to their entrenchments at Mossy
Creek.
Major Ball, of the 6th Georgia, was killed
in an engagement on the 27th.
Gen. Martin’s entire cavalry were attacked by
a superior force of the enemy at Talbot's Sta
tion. After a stubborn resistance they drove I
them back. They were thee reinforced by a I
division of infantry and drove Martin back
with considerable los»
The enemy remaiu at Mossy Creek strongly
entrenched.
O.ur loss was 120,
The railroad from Chattanooga westward for
a distance of one hundred miles has been ren
dered unfit for service by the recent freshets,
destroying bridges from Chattanooga.
CONFEDERATE SUCCESS IN MISSISSIPPI
On the night of the 29th, Lt. Sibley of the
I.sth Confederate cavalry destroyed Toomer's
Mills on Pearl River, cap lured and burned two
schooners under the gnus of Fort Pike, bring
ing off the crews. No loss.
NORTHERN NEWS.
The news from Western Virginia dated the
30th, states that Gen. Kelly had information
that Gen. Early, with 9,000 rebels, was be
tween New Market and Mount Jackson, ltosse,
has 700, and Imboden 1500.
SuHivan has returned to Harper’s Ferry with
100 prisoners and the s-.me number of horses.
Kelly states that he lia3 captured in all over
400 horses and a large amount of property.
Gen. Thomas dispatches from Chattanooga
on Wednesday, that a relxri force under
Wheeler had captured a Federal train on the
2§th, bound to Knoxville, at Charleston, T'enn
but Col. Long pursued and 'ideated N\ heeleir
capturing over 100 prisoners.
Butler sneers ac the threat held out iu Davis
proclamation against himself and officers, and
declares if a hair of one of his officers or soldiers
be injured, except in just warfare, the day that
it is done shall be one of sorrow and mourning
for ail included in the Confederate States. But
ler thinks there is but one way to meet the
new state of things, and that is by the sternest
retaliation. He says the Federal Government
having exhausted every form of appeal, there
is nothing left but to authorize that a sufficient
number of rebel officers be placed under such
keeping and put upou such diet as shall in all
respects correspond to the treatment as to cloth
ing, food and fuel, that wretched Uniqu men
receive in the stench houses of the rebel capi
tal.
Large numbers of the three years troops in
the Yankee army are re-enlisting for the rear,
receiving ia every instance a large bounty and
thirty-five days furlough.
The enemy will pieserve t heir old organiza
tion iirtact.
The Herald’s Washington dispatch says the
re-organization of the army has commenced.
Genera! Tyler has been assigned to tho com
mand of the Irish Legions.
TEXAS NEWS.
The enemy bad turned back to Saluvia. It is
supposed that their force was not sufficient to
meet ours.
At tho mouth of Caney, the schooner Friend
ship, from Havana to Brazos, with arms, am
munition, &c., was captured on the 12th.
Advices to the 15th state that the enemy are
stiil at the Point receiving reinforcements, tyid
evidently preparing for an advance. They are
estimated at. 18.000 to 22,000 strong.
Every preparation to give them a suitable
reception is being pushed forward by Geu. Ma
gruder.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Persons writing to tlio soldiers or sending
them papers, are earnestly requested to prepay
postage.
Over fifteen hundred letters for soldiers, be
sides a large number of papers, on which post
age is not prepaid, were remaining in the army
post office on the first of January.
The enemy have moved during the past
weok a small force of infantry from Madison
C. H. to Culpeper C. 11. to a point about six
miles beyond the former point.
A telegram from Gen. Leo announces tho
capture in Hardy county of 125 head of cattle,
125 mules, and 200 prisoners.
The dispatch does not state who commanded
tho forces making the capture.
Gen. Wm. E. Jones captured on Sunday la3t
near Jonesville, Lee county, Va.. a few over
four hundred of the Yankee iorco that has been
investing that country.
lie captured three peices of artillery, and ail
their wagons, horses and mules.
Ilis loss was five killed and twelve wounded.
Mosby with a portion of bis battalion came
up with a scouting party of the enemy consist
ing of some 75 men of the Ist Maryland Bat
talion, under Capt. Hunter, near Rectortown,
on New Y’ear’s day. •>
A sharp fight ensued, in which the enemy
lost five killed and nine wounded.
Mcsby’s loss was two killed and three
wounded.
Mosby captured three non-commissioned offi
cers and thirty-seven privates, with their arms,
equipments aud horses.
The rest of the party escaped. The prisoners
are en route for Richmond.
SUCCESSFUL RETURN OF FORREST.
General Forrest crossed the Memphis and
Charleston railroad safely on the 27th. after
several fights, in all of which he was successful
He defeated the 7th and 9th Illinois near Sum
merville, with heavy loss; captured Lafayette:
drove the enemy into his works at Collierville;
Caphired the wagon train of the 7J:h Illinois and
sixty prisoners; fought the enemy, infantry and
cavalry, at Jack’s Creek, north of Jackson,
Team, on the 22d and 23d, and drove them
back. They did not advance again. Chalmers
formed a junction with him, Deo. 28.
MEXICAN NEWS.
The French troops entered Morelia on the
30tli November.
Gen. Bazaue had 12,000 French troops at Cal
iaga, and Gen. Danai was at Salamanca.
It is stated that the Governments of Holland
and Spain have reeognized the Mexican Gov
ernment.
The Feeling at Nassau. —The desports of
Federaldom, not satisfied with tyrannising
over their own subjects and laying waste the
South and murdering our citizens, have com
menced trampling upon the rights of the res
idents of Nassau. The people of that place,
however, appear to be satisfied with their own
rulers, and are determined not to be dictated
to by Lincoln, Sewurd & Cos., or to have the
privileges they enjoy en fringed upon in the
least by Northern fanatics. The Nassau Her
ald conments this on recontacts of the Lincoln
Government.
The United States Government seem deter
mined to test our patience to the utmost. The
time has arrivod when some expression of feel
ing upon the part of our people should take
the place of the placidness with which we have
heretofore. Federal outrages settled by the
restitution of the property stolen, in our hum
ble estimation, is pot enough and does not wipe
out the national insult, no matter how ample
it may be, even though the immaculate Sew
ard toadies as low as he did in the Trent affair.
The probability, nay. the almost certainty of
ts recurrence, now demands our serious con
ideraiion.
If the mercenary officials of the port of New
York, are permitted to outrage British righis,
iif their ingenious endeavors to secure theU
share of confiscated property, under United
States laws, the interest of the whole mercan
tile community of these Colonics are threaten
ed. Tacre can bo no safety for correspondence
either coinmeircial or private. It is well known
that the United States Government bus violated
. the privacy of the last mails, per tho Corsica,
in its endeavors to find grounds to execute its
gross outrage to our citizens and our flag. We
therefore again earnestly call the attention of
our merchants to the serious necessity of mem
orialising the Home Gov* rnment for redress
not only for the late outrage, but for security
frona future ones.
The insolence of the United States author
ities under their recent reputed success has no
doubt prompted this, last high handed measure.
If it is not promptly met by our merchants,
and thfe action of the Home Government called
for in some way, to check the growing an un
principled despotism of the United States in its
treatment of B:it ; sh subjects and British inter
ests’ our commercial treaty with that country,
instead of being as was originally designed—
an instrument for mutual protection, will, In
reality, have become an instrument lor the pro
motion of American, and the distraction of
British interests. .. ...
A proper regard for the vitality of our indis
putable commercial privileges now compels as
to use u..r feeble endeavors in arousing a prop
er spirit of indignation to resist their continued
aggressions upon our rights. ■
from north carol > v.
A Kinston correspondent of the Raleigh
State Journal, under date of Jan. 6th, gives
currency to a report that the Yankees are land
ing troops at Morehead City. Stirring times
are expected on the North Carolina cojst this
winter.
In'Western North Carolina a twelve-pound
turkey sells for three dollars and a cord of good,
wood for two dollars.
Gen. Thomas J. Green died at hi# residence
in Warren county, N. C., Dec. 12. He figured
as a General in the Texan war of independence,
a member of the Texan Congress, the leader of
the Mier expedition, and was one of the Mier
prisoners. He Was afterwards State Senator in
California. Gen. Green was a devoted friend
of the Confederate cause.
i The Savannah Republican of the 3d inst,
states that on Thursday last a Yankee gunboat
ascended the S* I ilia River, and landing about
ten miles below Jotfersonton, destroyed that
valuable niece of property, known as Penney
man’e Mills,
' COMMERCIAL.
Negro Sales in Augu.ta.
The following prices have been obtained ff-r
negroes in this city the past week :
By W. B. Griffin. —The following negroes :
Chloe, aged 55, $475; George, 20 years old, $ >
550; Amy, 4S years old, Georgianna 15 years
old, $4100; Abbv, aged 47, and 2 small ch 1-
dren, 2650; Angelina, aged 15, $3275 ; Fanny
aged 15, $2110; Jeff, aged 39, $3420; Lewis,
25 years old, 2275: Bob 29 years old. $3410 ;
Jenny, aged 15, $2925; Sophy and 3 children,
$5200 ; Billy, aged 24, $3525; Titns, aged 2S,
3200: Jake, aged 22, $3800; Patience, and 5
children, $7200; Maria, 40 years old, $650;
David, aged 0, and Jim aged 9, $4100; Joe. 2:1
years old, $3150; Masceline, aged 18, $3300 ;
Sarah, aged 48, 1000 ; Emilia, 15 years old,
$3150 ; William, aged 23, 2950 ; Rachel and
child $3150; Moses and wife, 1600 ; Jack, old,
$650 ; Sally, old, 300.
By W. V. Kfr &"Co., —Negro man, about 40
years old, S2IOO ; woman aged 45, 1575 f
woman 18 years old, S3IOO ; man 40 years old,
$1750 ;two old negioes, relics of revolutionary
days; each 75 years old, $215.
By Mates & Lippmax.—Negro boy, aged 11,
52160 ; boy 13 years old, S3OOO ; woman aged
35, unsound, SISOO : boy, good cook, $3600.
Sam, s xty years old, and his wife forty-five
years old, 5625 ; Turhivey, aged 24, and infant
ehi'd, $2600; Harriett, aged 30, and infant,
53195 ; Phillis, 65 years old, and Cesar, 45
years old, $1450 ; Dick, aged 24, not warrant
ed sound. $1995 ; Jake, aged 37, $2595 ; Jerry,
aged 35, wife aged 28, Louis aged 9, and ehi’d
aged 7, $7225 ; Austin, aged 55, Emily, aged
36, and child, S4BOO ; Carolino.aged 13, $3375;
Hazar, aged 8, $2626 ; Natt, aged 50, Betsey,
aged 33, Sue 2 1-2, Peggy, 26 years old, (un
sound,) SSOIO ; Dj; tch, aged 11, (unsound,)
$2225 ; James, aged 26, wife Peggy, 23, child
Elsey, aged 5, $6825 ;* Melissa, aged 21, $8400;
Margaret, aged 20, $345; Warner, aged 22,
wife 20, and infant, $7000; Cain, ordinary,
SI7OO.
By C. B. Da?.—A family of negroes—
man 22 years old, woman 21. years old, child
15 mouths old—sold for $6,250; one woman
and her three children, one 10, one S, and one
12 months old, sold for $7,025. At the same
sale ahorse, buggy and harness brought $1300;
hair and cotton mattresse* in pairs, $250 to
$270 per pair; aGJ octave piano, $750. Nu
merous other articles in the dry goods line,
sold at good prices.
AUGUSTA MARKETS.
Weeklv Report Ja«. 11,3 P. 51
Financial.- -Gold is quoted 20a25; Silver, 12a 1
17; Sterling exchange 20a22, with upward ten
dency; Exchange on Paris 3 00 per franc; Bank
notes 8,00a4,00; Confederatt-Ronds, 8 per cent.,
long date, 12alG and i it.; do. do. short date’
5n7 int ; City bonds 400 for one ; Confederate
7 per cent, bonds, 2 flat; Al Fla. & Gulf R R, Ist
mort, 7 percent bonds,-.200 and int.
Cotton.— Market dull ; prices range from
75 toßo cents and nominal.
Domestics. —We quote domestics as follows :
| shirting $2.40 ; j sheeting $2,60; 4-4 sheet
ing, $3 ; osuaburgs, $2,60a2,75 ; yarns, s26a
28,00 per bunch.
Flour.—in good demand at advancing prices.
Grain.— Wheat, $12a14 per bushel ; Corn,
ssau,oo: cow peas, ss,ooa(i,flo ; rye, $7,50a1U;
barley, s7a7 50; oats Sla-H.
Groceries, Provisions, Ac.—Bacon, $2 50a3;
coffee, sloal2 per pound; rice 25a30c; sugar
2 50a3 50; salt—coast 40a55c; Liverpool 85c;
tobacco, Arm ; lard $2.50 a 3,00 ; Molasses,
N. O. sl2; Florida s7aß ; Sorghum Ga 7,50;
whiskey $50a55 per gall; brandy $45a50 per
gal; bagging sßsoa 9; bar soap $1.75a2; ‘cot
ton rope $2,50a3,; 4; nails $2; corn meal $6.00
jir hu.; fodder s6per cwt; Bagging Twine $6,50
aIO.OO per lb. Tallow $3.25a3,50 per lb;
Candles 4,50a5 per lb. l>y box; Terrebine oil
$8 per gal retail; black pepper 7a 9 per lb:
Tea, 12a 15 per lb.; Iron, Swedes, 3a5. *
Country Produce. —Beef, G 5 cents nett;
pork, tier lb, $1,45a150 nett; mutton, 80aI0u per
lb nett ; chickens, 51.50 to 2.25 each;
per doz; butter, 53,50a4; Irish Potatoes'none:
sweet do. s6a7 pef bushel.
Peterahurg V a . Market.-Dee. S3.
Financial—Gold 20a21; silver llal7 ; Bank
notea quiet, 2£a3 J. Confederate Cotton Bonds
withdrawn from the market, l»y the C. S. Gov
ernment; Confed. 8 pr cent Bonds (coupons) 105
to 113. and int. Confederate 7 per cent. Bonds
par and int. Confederate 15 Million Loan (cou
pons) 175 anu int. Confederate 15 million loan
(regis’d) 150. Confederate 8 pr cent. conv. rtible
Bonds 110 to 112 and int. Virginia old sixes
(coupon) 410. Virginia six per cents, (regis
tered) 200 to 250, at cording to the time they
have to run. North Caroli la six per cents, (old
issues) 500 to 520, tending upward. North Car
olina six per cents (new issues) 275. North Car
olina eight, per cents (new issues) 285. South
Carolina old sixes, 450.
Tobacco —The market has been dull for com
mon descriptions of tobacco, and sales 'rather
lower the past few days. We quote 'rags at 22
to 35; fair leaf SSO to 65; good 75 i 0 sll6.
Sugar, $3 25a3 50 per lb. 'Col ton 1 25al 30
per lb. Coffee 10 per ib. Candles 4 50aT
50 per lb. Green te;;, 20a25 per ib. Black tea
12al5,per lb. $3 it 40ca50cper lb. Solo Leath
er 8a8.60 p' cr ib. Upper leather, 10 per lb.
Register.
Richmond Market*,—JaD. 1.
j On Ist January last year, Confederate eight
per cent, bonds were quoted at par and inter
est; bonds of 15 million loan at 109 and int;
Virginia State registered bonds, 110; North
Carolina sixes, 134; eights, 117. No other quo
tations were given, as these embraced all the
recent sales. The quotations of tbe same secu
rities to-day are, Confederate eights, 105 J to
115 and interest; 15 million loan, coupon, 182
nnd interest; ditto, registered,- 150 and in
terest; Virginia sixes, registered, 250 and in
4prest; North Carolina C’s, new issues, 275
and interest; North Carolina 6’s, old issue, 550;
N<mh Carolina B’3, 287 and interest.
TKe quotations of other stocks are as fol
lows: Confederate eights, convertible, 113 anil
interest; seven per cents, par and interest; six
per cents cotton loan, 165; V.rgiaia coupon
bonds 475; South Carolina sixes 435. Whig.
Houston, Texas. Market.
Hie following list of prices will give onr
readers some idea of what it costs to live in
Houston, Texas:
Flour S7O per hundred; bacon 1 75 per lb;
meal 5 00 per bushel; sweet potatoes 8 00 per
bushel; sugar 1 00 per pound; molasses 0 per
gallon; coffee 7 00 per lb; tobacco 10 00 per E>;
calicoes 5 to 7 00 per yard; domestics 5 to’7 OO
per yard; flannels 15 to 50 00 per yard, linseya
8 to 10 (X) per yard; blankets 75 to 100; boot*
50 to 100 per pair; shoes la to 50 per pair.
Xcgro Sales.
At a iate auction sale in Macon a negro wo
man and two children sold for $4,250 ; two
small negroes, seven and five years old, for
$3,825; one negro man $3,900; one negro boy
$3,450.
At a late auction sale in Petersburg, Va.,
twenty negroes were sold. The following is in
average of the prices obtained ; A field hand,
aged about fifty, $2,750 ; a f, e id band, aged
about twenty-five, 5,0o0; a store boy, aged about
thirty, 4 50U; a oook, about seventy, 1,325; a
girl about twenty, 5,500 ; a woman and two
children, 0,200; a woman and child 2,C50;
a young girl 4,100; a woman and child 5,600;
a woman about twenty, 4,075; a small boy 4,450;
a young girl. 4,000; a nurse about thirly, 6,700;
a young girl 4,350; a young girl 4,100.
At a recent sale of negroes in Franklin co.,
North Carolina, a girl forty-four years old sold
for $1,375; a boy forty years old for $3,000; a
girl sixteen years old, $3,700; a girl fourteen
years old, $3,700; a boy nine years old, S3,000;
a boy twenty-eight years old, $5,457; a boy
twenty-four years old, $8,000; a boy twenty
four years old, 5G,450. Aggregate $39,122 for
nine, or an average of $4,348 each.
Thirty six negroes sold in Petersburg, Ya., a
few days since for $103,970,'
Memphis Cotton Market- Bee, 19.
Inferior BSalOc; Ordinary 45a50; Good Ordi
nary Ojfto6; Low Middling 68aG0; Middling to
strict middling 62a65: Good Middling 67a08.
CITAIE OF GEORGIA, OG ETIIORPE COUNTY:
Whereas, John J. Daniel, Win. T. DanM and Jbruily O.
i aniel applies to me for lexers of Administration, cstaui
of Robert C. Darnel late of said couo%, %
These are thetefore to cite and admonish. thd*
kindred and creditors of said *it-cmi*ed tj b? Kril my
* ffice wiibio the time i resc.ibed oy law, to show
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Given under nuy hand and official signature at office In Lex
ington this 4th day of January, 1864.
E. C. bHACKELFORD. Ord’y.
January Bth. I SU. innß 4wi{
It LAN TAT ii ‘P< SAht'j. ‘
'Bi'S/'ILL wll on the first Tuts Say in FEBHFa RY next
Vw In LoutsTilie, Jeffeiaon county, the Pi,ANTAII \ T
on wh'ch Joseph Price, deceased formerly Kvtd. Lt iaa»*cu4
live miles above Fenn’s .ridge, not far from the ygeee]
Hive? and contain* seven hu dred acre* mere or left* The
place is in goodeondlUoa for making a crop theprrsent yem
• f. R, PRICE, ExV. *