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A profo . ul gloom overspreads tlie country.
There id courage, there is fortitude, there id In'
10 | ( . purpose lint tli. ro is now it full appreci
.lti:.n ot the of the in wfovh
wo are engage.l• The Ucpwhlic is in dang. . .
l.otwe inuHt not despair of it. When eighty
thousand Roman soldiers lay Weeding on a dis
astrous Ik-lil, whore the eagles of the Legions
Ikuio beaten down, and Hannibal was thun
dering at the gates of tlie Capitol, there was no
panic within its walls.
The war in which we arc engaged is agigan
• tic one it is unlike ino-t wars. It is not
waged so vindicate a principle nor to win ix
lew miles of disputed territory; nor to settle
the claims of a dynasty. Rut its object is the
subjugation of a whole peoide. A single battle
cannot decide such a contest. Nor arc we in
vaded by an iiowarlike or enervated people.—*
It is no mtifteiing of Persians which da.kens
our lines; nor a fair weather licet which swarms
on out coast. The armies which confront
ein li other uve eontpiMid of men who compre
hend tho M;hmcc of war. and who possess the
physical and moral qualities, which constitute
the highest material id military oigffhiz-iUoris.
So tar, then, as hum Ml streoglli avuijs to de
dde this contest, it i.«nt at last*hi- detei mined
by the extent of the resources of the respective
•belligerents by numbers, and by the power of
Subsisting them in the field. If the great quar
rel could he settled in a single pitched battle,
it would be wise to raise the levy en masse. —
So, too, if a single campaign could tyiminate
tho struggle. When the Duke of Wellington
was conducting military operations in tu ■ Pe
ninsula. ho expended human life with a prodi
gality that appalled his own veterans. Rut in
reply to their r. inonsti'anu s, he said that alter
all, his system saved men, for I*y pressing upon
the enemy and storming their fortresses, he
could end tho war in a single campaign. This
is not our ca e. To slake everything upon a
single campaign, might, bo to lose everything.
Tiie Congress is about to commit a grave er
ror. It is proposed to extend tho military au
thority ovt-r 111 * whole population. It would
arrest the whole movement oi civil life, and
not only pm aiv. o commerce which some
might think well < iinugh— but leave the fields
unc itivoted. Coro lias already passed tho
„).‘uc of'live dollars per lm tiel, and Hour will
picseo.ly sell for more than one hundred tlol
’ •pm barrel. Pul ailtlio able bodied men
ill tho field, and in x' l-'all lamine will lie add
ed to the horrors of war.
Already too, the military domination in tho
country is quite as great as it should be. To
sacrifice every principle of liberty in the pres
ent contest, is not the most hopeful road to per
manent independence. To tie foundations
of the Republic in the ruins of popular institu
tions, is not very encouraging for the future.
The subordination of the military to the civil
authority, is an organic principle in every free
governpiont. Yet a Senator at Richmond pro
poses the levy oi »»ss; and another Senator
proposes to suspend the writ of Habeas Horput.
It is time that the people looked to their gov
ernment. It was a great blunder to organ bo
a permanent government until we had fought
out the war and ascertained our limits, and
comprehended our status among nations. A pro
visional government war all that was wank'd.
It conducted our ancestors through the great
revolutionary struggle. It is too late now to
recall that ; but it is not too late to guard our
government ti cin mi abuseof powers ol course
there must be in llio midst of war, hardships
and sacrifices. But civil life must not l>e ob
literated.
It is to lie hoped that the legislation of Con
gress will not trench any further on the or
dinary mu suits of life, than the exigency de
mands. A calm, resolute, wise government, is
far more powerful than an excitable, impulsive,
and erratic one can po-sibly ho.
TKACIIIMis OH TtIK KSKMY.
The New York Times of the Ist inst., ex
presses the following views: “There is no
maxim of government better settled than that
the torco and capacity for endurance of a coun
try in war, depends not so much on the number
ol men it can put into the army, as on the ex
tent to which it leaves civilians .free and undis
turbed iu the pursuit of their or iinary avoca
tions. ’’ We accept as true the ancient maxim,
that “ it is lawful to bo taught by an enemy,”
and we have therefore no objection to repro
duce and endorse the views of even so radical
an abolitionist as the editor of the New \ovk
Times, on a poiut on which vve believe his rea
soning terbe philosophical. The passion among
u* at the present time seems to be for large
armies. The idea has been taken up in *>veral
quarters, especially among some members of
Congress, that if vve can immediately muster
into the service the whole tittle population from
the boy of fifteen years up to the old man who
finds locomotion difiieult vvitliout*avtificial.aid,
we shall be able to deliver a blow to the ene
my which will speedily turn the tide of victory
in out favor.
Nothing iu the history of nations lias been
more uniform than that the number of men in
the field cannot exceed a certain limit without
damage to the cause. Before youihsfcttuin the
age of eighteen, their physical development is
too immature for the severe and exhausting du
ties of military life. Alter torty-tive the infir
mities of age begin and the body is incapable
ot the fatigue and exposure which it might have
borne without serious injury at an eiftlier pe
riod. For physical reasons, were there no other
considerations, no camp serv ice should be re
quire.! of the population outside of these limits.
But other reasons concur to have these limits
respected. Trior to eighteen the youths of a
country cannot be prepared for that calling
in life! whether professional, mercantile, me
chanical. agricultural or military, to which
they may propose to devote themselves
No respectable College allows students to glad*
uate before they have completed their eigh
teenth year. \Ye are struck now with the fact
that most of the Colleges in the Confederate
States bav e been closed tor nearly three years
ihe pupils who arc ordinarily* within their
walls having entered the army. We shall need
educated men to take elnnge of t.ie interests
of the country. But if the war continues, and
especially if the proj- t«l conscription bill be
comes a law, where shall such men be found?
f jten, its to the men beyond the usual military
1 age they will find abundant occupation in sup
porting the interests of civil attiety—tlieir du
ties being largely increased by the absence of
their juniors in the field. Thus both ecosomi
' cal and physical reasons concur for the relen
, tioti at home o! a force strong enough to sustain
I the vital interests of the country.
We have already in the field a powerful ar
my soon to be augmented by the abolition of
the substitute law and the repeal of exemptions
to tlie number at least of one hundred thousand
men. If -these tbaus inds cin be kept together
j under calutary discipline, we may hope to re
lit. with the blessing of Providence, any as
sault 'v!iich the enemy Can make upon us. If this
•rrea! b.elv of consumers is increased whilst the
producers are correspondingly diminished, we
1 see not bow it will bo possible to furnish them
j with the necessaries of life. Tlie disproportion
| between the army and its support is is already
■ ■ gi cut as to be almost without a parallel.—
The Revolutionary war showed nothing like itj
Tii j State of Georgia has to day in the field a
larger number of troops, twice told, than were
furnished at any onetime by all the colonies
during tho revolutionary strug.le. France,
under the First Napoleon, was not nearly so
stripped of its male population as would be our
country under tlie system which has been re
commended by respectable authorities. We
have now as many men enrolled as we can feed
and clothe, and as we can handle judiciously.
When this number is augmented from those
sources to which we have already referred, and
when tlie whole is compacted by a discipline
which shall keep men in tlieir places whon they
are needed, our independence we may hope
will be put beyond any conjecture.
TUB CURRENCY.
We arc engaged in a struggle which net only
requires men in the field, but food to subsist
them. Tlie Government wants money to main
tain the war, and to carry on its operations ol
every kind. Gold and silver no longer euter
into the trmsaclious of commerce. They
form no part of our circulation. They do not
even constitute its basis. They have disap
peared except from brokers’ offices, where they
are bought and sold at enormous rates, for pur
poses scarcely legitimate. - A deluge of paper
money has been rained upon the country.—
Even bank bills have ceased to enter into gen
eral circulation. The currency consists of notes
issued by the Government, and dependent for
credit solely upon tlie good faith of the Govern
ment. It is essentially paper money, it is de
clared to be fundable in, stocks or bonds of the
Government, and receivable for all public dues
except export duties. It- has found a wide cir
culation, mid a soul of national sentiment has
been invoked in support of it. Hie protracted
war has produced a general feeling of uneasi
ness in regard to our money. Something must
bo done for it. Tho Secretary of the Treasury
is alarmed at the extent of his obligations.—
lie invokes aid. He seeks counsel of the great
merchants. Rankers assemble to ste what can
bo done. A gigantic scheme is projected, the
country is to bo rescued from its financial trou
bles, and a circulation given to us, which we
shall all feel to be equal to gold and silver.
Rut unhappily for the projectors of the plan,
the people exhibit stvopg signs of distrust.—
They feeui to fijpr that Hie splendid scheme,
while it might possibly relieve tlie Government,
would certainly serve to solidify the vast pack
ages of paper money wind* the bankers have
aceumu aled, and which fill the strong boxes of
the great merchants. That it would operate
sorely to tlie disadvantage of tho great mass
ot tho people, who have sold their produce for
this money. That to require taxes to be paid
in coin or its equivalent, would be to plunge a
person accustomed to tlie fervors of a tropi
cal climate, suddenly into a Russian bath in
mid winter. The banks we are assured would
come forward to the relief of tho people.—
They would advance money to invest in tlie
bonds of the Government. They would simply
require a mortgage ou real estate to secure the
loan; the result would be that presently tlie
banks would hold the titles to all the real prop-
erty in the country. The scheme conducts us
back to remote antiquity. r J he prime minister
of the King of Egypt, gathered the corn of the
country into the royal granaries. Tho peo
ple could got it; but they must yield tho titles
to their lands to Pharaoh, 't hat was all. For
tunately for the country, splendid scheme
of the bankers finds no favor with Congress.
But Congress is invited to adopt a measure
not less disastrous to the people, but if possible
still more discreditable to the government. It
is proposed to repudiate the pit-sent circulation.
Holders of notes are required to fund them.—
Tho bonds are to be of two classes. Six per
cent, bonds may Vve bad, subject to a tax. Four
per cents may be had never to bo taxed. Those
who decline these tempting offers are to be pun
ished by a total rejection oil tho part of tho
government of tho notes which they hold, not
withstanding tho pledge on the face of them*
A heavy tax is to be laid, and the old issue of
uotes will not be received for it. It will not be
taken tor government dues. It is certainly a
modern idea for a government to tax its own
securities. Unhappily it is not a novel thing
in this country for a government to repudiate
its contracts.
Sidney Smith declared in his high resentment
against Pennsylvania for refusing to pay her
which lie held, that he bad !osg all faith
in Republican securities; that he should sell
out all be held, and invest iu Turkish three per
cents. The inducement to the new investment
was confidence in the honesty of the govern
ment, even if harems were known in the land,
and the bow-string did its office iu a somewhat
Aimmary way. Integrity is the basis of all
respectability—personal or national. Let the
government maintain its integrity. Our armies
may be beaten; our coasts swept by hostile
tieets ; our country overrun by the myrmidons
of power—but 1J the government keeps its faith,
it will rally its whole people to its Aipport. and
sooner or la er plant its victorious standard up
on. a redeemed and regenerated land. The
government must not repudiate its currency.
Another part of the congressional programme
is to limit the circulation of its notes heieafter
to two hundred and fifty millions per annum.
Admirable self denying ordinance. It reminds
one of the solemn resolution of a protligate at
tempting a reform. Headache aud merciless
creditors force upon him excellent resolutions.
He calls for a bottle of soda water and vows to
live temperately ; to contract no new debts ;
and to limit his expenditures to his income.
No matter how urgent his wants, or how slen
der his means, he will not go beyond a certain
sum. The good resolution is about as efferves
cent and enduring as his soda.
What is to be done? It is plain that some,
thing must be done. Simply this—let Congress
prepare a sound, comprehensive, well adjusted
tax bill: a bill that will yield a sufficient reve
nue for the wants of the government. Let
it cease to undertake any new schemes for fund
ing. Let it solemnly declare its purpose to re
deem all its pledgee. Let it inspire confidence in
the integrity pi the government. Let it provide
AUGUSTA, GA.,. WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27, 1861.
for the acceptance in discharge of all public
dues of its notes now in circulation. Let it ad
here to a syst -ra. Let the government earn a
claim to popular support. Let it purge itself
from the least taint of repudiation. Nothing
is wanted hut a deep faith in the heart of the
people; a profound trust in the integrity of tho
government. The people will then ask for no
better money than the notes of tlieir govern
ment.
— p
POLITICAL SI’tUATIO.Y.
A complete tiiumph of arms on the one side
or the other, in the present gigantic war. is
haully to tie expected. The overthrow of the
party at the Not tii waging war against us. is
the great object to be attained. If that can
he accomplished, some mode of pacification
may be found. So long as the dominant party
holds the supreme power in the United Stati s.
[K-acc is not to be hoped for. The programme
is war; and it will be adhered to. ihe parti
sans of the Executive assert that he has in re
serve three millions of men who have never
drawn a trigger. War is not only a sentiment
with that party; it is a policy. It is more—it
is a necessity. Lincoln may exclaim with
Macbeth,
“I am in blood, stepped in so deep,
lie', urail g, were us tedious as go o’er.”
Returning is not to be thought' of. Lincoln
is like the aspiring youth who stood among
the gods, and begged of his father the privi
lgve of driving tho chariot of the sun for a
single day. Ho seized tho reins, the wild
steeds ilew from his feeble hand and a confla
gration of tho universe was threatened. Ja
nitor launched a thunderbolt from his right
hand, and hurled the charioteer from his seat.
Order was restored. There is a moral in the
mythological stoi y.
The true so’ution of tlie present struggle lies
in the overthrow of tlie Black Republican party
pi the United States. We have ou onrpait
committed a great blunder. This is no time
for crimination or re-crimination among our
selves. But it is tiue, a great blunder has
been committed. We have, under the lead ol
those who are called statesmen, consented to
accept Lincoln as the North. W r o have looked
to iiffii As tlie impersonation of the sentiment
of the North. Wo have ignored every other
party but the Black Republican party. We
have sneered at the idea oi there being any
other party. We have taunted flic true, con
servative men ot" the North for resort ng to any
policy in their efforts to resist Rlack Republi
can dAnimation. W'e have insisted upon treat
ing the great North West as hostile to us.
Even our Iriends in the city of New York have
been tired upon by us, as constituting a part
of tho force of tlie enemy, Never was a greater
blunder committed in statesmanship since the
dawn of civilization. There is to-day in tho
United States a numerous and. powerful body
of men utterly opposed to the measures of the
Administration. Utterly opposed to the policy
of the Black Republican party. Every State
drained by the Mississippi is our natural ally.
Thousands in tlie ranks of tho Federal army
arc opposed in heart to tlie policy ol the Ad
ministration. Tlieir pride is aroused. Their
amour propre impels them into active partici
pation in the all engrossing scenes moving
about them. Our statesmanship lias alienated
many others who were our true friends. YVe
have treated want of power as a crime. We
have hurled our indiscriminate denunciations
against brave, ardent, men, full of sympathy
for ogr cause, because they were impotent to
stem the torrents of parly power which for
four years must sweep over the country'. To
he weak was in * yes to be criminal. In
short, we have sutfi red a false issue to be
made. No man comprehends this better than
Seward, the Mephistophiles ot this country.
Wo have suffered him to lay down the pro
gramme ior us. The result is seen to day'.
Vallandigham is in exile and defeated. Sey
mour of Connecticut is unable to rally his par
ty in its lull strength. The Woods—in Con
gress, aud atthe head of the press—are fighting
like true kuights surrounded by hosts of foes.
Franklin Fierce utteis from his home in New
Hampshire a tone of remonstrance against the
uaduess and wickedness of tho Administration,
clear as the tones of a trumpet. But we still
accept the dominant idea ot the Seward pro
gramme that Lincoln is the impersonation of
the sentiments of the North.
Abroad we lisrtre so conducted our diplomacy
as to have no friends. There are people who
love constitutional liberty, and who admire a
heroic spirit, who do sympathise with us. But
not a single government in all Europe wi4J lilt
its voice in our behalf.
Such is the situation ; we mean the political
situation. We arc not now dealing with the
military situation. We may undertake that
hereafter. What then is to be done ? First,
and above all things, we must let it be under
stood that we regard the accession of the Black
Republican party to power, not as the legiti-
mate triumph of the sentiments cf the North.
The result of the late Presidential election at
the North was one of those political disasters,
that resembles tho loss of a field where a good
understanding among the commanders of the
several corps composing the defeated army,
would have ensured a crowning triumph. We
had the strength—the moral, the numerical
strength; but we were in confusion. Lincoln
is what is called a minority President.
The Presidential canvass will soon rc-open in
the United States. It ought to be distinctly
understood there, that wo shall hail the tri
umph of the opponents of the administration
with real satisfaction. That we are not indif
ferent to the result. That we look to the suc
cess of the friends of the old, dishonored Con-
stiluion—glorious iu its early morning, and
towering in peerless majesty in its noon day
tulliH’ss —as tho beginning of the solution of
this great trouble. This monstrous war—that
asserts the right of the central government to
compel States into obedience, by sword, aud
bayonet, and cannon—would not lie prosecuted
bv that party. No matter what some timid
leaders may say ; no milter what sometime
serving presses may' publish —the defeat of the
would be the end of this war.
Lot us fill our armies. Let us equip them
for the next campaign. Let us be prepared for
a heroic defence of our soil. All this is well.
But let us assure the North, that we of the
South recognize a power greater than that of
the hideous administration which dishonors
that people by jits monstrous abides, as much
as it wrongs the people of these Confeder
ate States. A wide spread conviction of that
truth, throughout the North, would accomplish
more for us than all our armies.
Character. —Men are to be estimated, as
Johnson says, by the mass of character. A
block of tin may have a grain of silver, but
still it is tin : and a block of silver may have
alloy of tin. but still it is silver. The mass
of Elijah s character was excellence, yet he was
not without alloy. The mass of Jehu's char
acter was base, yet he had a port on of zeal
w! ieh was directed by God's great ends. Bad
men are made the same use of as scaffolds :
ties ate employed as means to erect a building,
and then are taken down and destroyed,
I .» SERIOUS .MATTER.
We fiud in the Macon Telgraph the follow
ing letter from a gentleman named Nisbet,
which wc trust our readers will carefully po
ru.se :
When recently with the Army of Tennessee
such remarks as these fell from the lips of offi
cers and men, viz : ‘-Whilst we are enduring
hardships and exposing our lives, men of
properly arr sending substitutes to this army,
most of whom desert ami leave us to be over
run. and murdered by superior numbers.
"Our wives write us that corn cribs and
smokehouses are locked up, and planters say
they have nothing to sell, when, at the same
time, they are hoarding up provisions until
speculators come along to give high prices.
‘•I have been in all the battles of the West,
and wounded more than once, and my family,
driven from their home, and stript of every
thing, are struggling in Georgia to gtt shelter
and something to eat. My pay is a month
and little sympathy is shown my suffering wile,
and children—tiiey ate charged three prices
for what scanty accomodation they get, and
often Ai e nigh starvation. Wc mightits well be
under Lincoln's -despotism as to endure such
treatment.
SjJLangmige such as tlie above, too plainly ex
plains tlie late reverse at Chattanooga.—Every
word is true, and no man can w omler that the
army is disgusted and disheartened. Now my
appeal is to the people to change this state of
things. , I beg you, people of Georgia, to
awake to your danger before it is ton late. Next
spring au army of invasion will come down
upon us, formidable numbers, and ferocious iu
its purposes of plunder and devastation. What
will your imaginary gains be woith to you. if
realized, should that army overrun your State?
Where is the wisdom of hoarding up provisions
and endangering your whole estate. Be war
ned in time, if Georgia be overrun you and
your property part, and your families will be
brought to abject poverty.
Do not delude yourselves with the vain hope
that you will escape. No man or woman, or
child will escape. One universal ruin awaits
ns^ill— mot one thing green sufficient to feed a
grasshopper will be left.—The Federals will
garrison the cities and villages, and raid the
whole country—the plantation of whole acres'
and the small farm will alike be scourged.
Neither can anything be bid from the invaders
—tlieir soldiery .fight for plunder as well as'
your subjugation, and they will search diligent
!y for tlieir reward. Such has been the case
wherever they have gained a foothold, and
they avow the intention to be more severe as
they come South. On tie mountains of Uupper
Georgia they found money secreted in hollow
trees, and gold that had been hid by its owner
at the dead hour of midnight, without the
kuowk-dge of a human being. What I write,
I have seen and felt. You will not believe me
now. Persist in your course, and you will
both believe and sutler it all next Summer.
Awake then, from your sleep of death.
Strengthen and fed t::e army and soldiers'
families as your only hope of salvation.
There arc many, very many of our producers
of provisions, whojbave done tlieir part nobly
in supplying with food and other necessaries
of life, the wives and children of soldiers in
the field. Were it proper, we could mention
the names of gentlemen living within a short
distance of this city, who haye disposed of
large quantities of surplus provisions to these
classes at a'price merely nominal, when they
were beset by speculators to sell their entire
stock at a high figure. It would bo gratifying
to record such instances of generous patriotism.
They can find no occasion for self-reproach ill
tin- letter of Mr. Nisbet We are happy to
know, in addition, that our Legislature at its
recent session appropriated, at the suggestion
of Gov. Brown, a handsome sum for tho sup
ply of the lamilies of the defenders of the
State.
It is evident, however, from such remarks as
Mr. Nisbet repotts having heard whilst on a re
cent visit to tlie army of Tennessee, and from
other information which is constantly reaching
us, that great dissatisfaction exists among the
soldiers iu the field, in consequence of the des
titute condition of their families. It is to he
regretted that there are so maily persons who
.ate withholding corn from the people, refusing
to tell at any price ; or in other words, waiting
for a still further addition to the enormous rates
at which almost every article of consumption
is hold. The Richmond Sentinel has heard of
a farmer who is so indignant because the Gov
ernment requires sine-tenth of his produce,
that lie has discontinued his farming operations
entirely, and hired out his negroes. Another
farmer, the same journal tells us, has reduced
his operations one-half for the same reason.—
We fear that such sordid souls are not confined
to Virginia. There is more than ono in
Georgia. •
What would become of the country if this
patriotism—consuming avarice, prevailed
among the people •to any great extent ? We
shall succeed in this struggle only when the
people learn thaft the love of money and the
love of country cannot co-exist in supremacy
in the same bosom. If we are not willing to
bold the passion for gain in abeyance during
this war. we cannot be free and we do not de
serve to he free. Such a boon is for men who
can appreciate the prize and who are prepared
to make the sacrifices which are necessary to
secure it.
We have no doubt if the provisions which
ave now hoarded up by those who cannot pos
sibly need them for their own consumption,
were put upon tire market at fair and remun
erative prices, there would be enough to silence
immediately all such complaints as those which
have'been mentioned, and to diffuse a more
cheerful aspect upon the entire situation. If
every wan would now form the resolution
which we heard expressed by a patriotic friend
of ours sometime ago: “I will lay up no mon
ey during this war, I shall give away all that
I make beyond my current expenses,” it would
place the cause on a. vantage ground which it
has not yet occupied. And why should not
this be the resolution of every one ? Patriot
ism—self-preservation demands it. Who wishes
to soliloquize in somo fnture day after this
sort : “Whilst my country was covered witli
mourning and sorrow, I grew rich. Whilst
distress and woe reigned in thousands of homes,
I was reveiling in the luxuries which wealth
could supply. Whilst refugees driven from
their homes, and the families of brave men
were iu want, I continued to hoard up and en
joy nry abundance.’’
Don't tail to Educate your Children.—ls
amid the excitement and tumult of war, the
education of your children is neglected, the
whole nation will reap the bitter fruits of this
negligence for many years to come. The boys
that are now running wild about the streets,
will m a few years have control ot the country,
and will have the management of all affairs
both in Church and State. Avery heavy re
sponsibility then rests upon parents and guar
dians of the present day if they do not educate
them in such a manner as to prepare ihern for
the important places they will have to fill in
the future destiny of the country. Education
is a companion which no misfortune can de
press, no crime can destroy, no despotism en
slave. At home, a friend—abroad, an intro
duction—in solitude a solacfi—and in society
an ornament. It chastens vice, it guides vir
tue: it gives at once grace and government to
genius.
The Federal officers in Memphis still contin
ue to pick up all iu that city who do not carry
tlie necessary exemption papers. The male por
l tion of the population is rapidly thinning out,
; Public Meeting x Washington' County.—
j Pursuant to a call -om Maj. Bangs, Govern
ment Agent for Washington county, for a meet
ing of the Phuitrv. of said county, tlie meet
ing convened in : , court house, on Tuesday,
sth inst . and at! " disposing of tho regular
business, the foilov. a ' preamble and resolu
tions were iutrodu < bv Judge Hook, and
unanimously adopted
Whereas, In the defence of the great princi
ples of self-governtmir the people of the Con
federate States are in' Jived in a gigantic War,
which is trying their powers ( ,f resistance ami
endurance to the ufni' -t. and call upon them
for the highest di.-i ay of a manly uud unself
ish patriotism: Am! whereas, we are satisfied
our cause is just, a id -an alone be lost t.y our
failure to do our duty as men, as patriots and
as Christians, in fundi bin «r needed supplies to
the army and otb avis ' giving' eveiy due en
eouiagi-ment to tlj-j^gM-nmenl: And wtiie
ii.s. led that oi.r gallant
soldiers, under God.•wifi prove equal to the
groat emergency if they blit receive from the
people at home the necessary physical and
mo: at support: Ami whereas, it is important
that there be concert of action between all the
farmers and planters of Georgia, and of yther
States of the Confederacy, where it is practica
ble, m order to unifoimity in design and prac
tice. with reference .0 the end in view. There
fore be it—
Resolved, That, we recognise in the present
cruel and bloody war now iaging between the
United States and Confederate States, a conflict
between power ami )irinelple. fanaticism and
truth, despotism and liberty, and putting our
trust in God for the final issue, we will conse
crate all we have—property, honor and life to
the holy cause, or die gloriously in tho attempt
—fetfing that it will be far more noble and
glorious to give up all we have and perish our
selves ill tlie heroic effort to be tree, than to
live the willing, mean and abject slaves of a
wicked tyrant, who vould use our propel ty
and the profits of our labor to pay the heavy
debt, which lias resulted from his outrages
perpetrated during this war, upon ourselves,
our wives and children, and our glorious gal
lant dead !
Resolved, That flu mars and planters of thq
Confederacy c.m. and with the blessing of God,
will make provisions ample for tho army and
the home supply ; and ought, and doubtless
will—if proper concert of action can be ob
tained— put their proilu Is at such reasonable
prices as will enable the Government to pur
chase without embarrassment, and thus large
ly reduce national expenditures and restore
confidence in onr currency and our cause! And
to tins end we suggest' that a.Convention,
representing Ihe producing interests of Geor
gia, lie held in the city of Maron on the
day of February next, to determine upoil uni
form prices to be asked for corn, pork, bacon,
peas, fodder, &c., tic., while the war Unfits. And
we hereby appoint the following delegates to
represent this county in that Convention,
sbofild it be held, pledging om selves in good
faith to abide mid b ; gou-rued by the action of
said Convention.
Resolved, That we earnestly invite the citi
zens of all the other counties to hold similar
meetings. And in the tivent of five counties
concurring in the plan suggested, we ask his
Excellency Joseph E. Blown, to publish an ad
dress to tlie Planters thioughout the Sta'e, urg
ing them to appoint delegates to meet in con
vention as proposed, on such clay in February
next as his Excellency shall fix, that prompt
steps may be taken to meet the great emergen
cy, and rescue our imperiUedtJpuitry. And in
the same letter, we ask him iri the name of the
farmers and planters of Georgia, to invoke sim
ilar action in tfte other States of tlie Confeder
acy.
Resolved, That we deem action of this kind
as demanded by every motive and inducement
that can influence rational minds and animate
brave hearts; but it is peculiarly appropriate,
since it is apparent that the Government, our
glorious cause and all we hold sactud, are at
tlie mercy of the heartless speculators aud ex
tortioners, who by concert of action can make
and establish “Market price" tosuit their own
selfish purposes, unless the take the
matter into their own, hands aud themselves
regulate price- in such manner as that the Gov
ernment shall not be-banimipted, the poor not
cry for bread, and our cause shall not perish.
Tho movement of the Washington county
planters is a patriotic one. It is a movement
in the light dhectio.i. If the plan they pro
pose is adopted and carried out by planters in
other sections of our State and Confederacy,
it will have a tendency at once to lower the
prices of tlie necessaries of life. Such a move
ment will benefit both tlie producer and con
sumer, aud will destroy the occupation ot the
food speculator, who is prowling about and
doing all the mischief he can lo our cause. The
provision question is now the question with
the people of these Confederate States. As to
the enemy, We fear them not. Our forces in
the field are more than.a match for them. Our
greatest enemies aie now at home besieging
our very firesides. '1 he brave men in the ranks
and tlteir families must be provided for. The
thing can he done easily if there is only a con
cert of actiou on the part of the pioducers of
the land. It is now incumbent on them to
take the matter spoken of into their own Lands,
and keep iu check those who have proved
themselves to be our worst foes. Let the
planters of the country now do their whole
duty at once. Come to the rescue, gentle
men, and by concert of action establish
uniform prices, and save tlie cause from the
vortex in which a reckless and disgraceful
avarice is about to plunge it.
Let us use Discretion. —Mechanics are as
essential to the South in her present struggle
as soldiers, and no law should 1 e enacted to
drive them away, or force them into the field.
Many of the best mechanics in the Coufedera
cv are men from foreign counlries, who have
settled he:e to make money, and who have
very little care as to the result of the present
struggle, so long as they are not required to
march to the battle field. They arc willing to
work for the Confederacy as long as they are
paid, and many of them are willing to contri
bute ot their means to our cause, hut will
not go to war under any circumstances. These
being the facts, is it not had policy to drive
them away—to deprive railroads, cotton iac
tories, arsenals and foundries of their skill and
labor, when we have no men of our own to
supply their places without detailing them from
the army • Borne of the railroads find great
difficulty now in keeping up their rolling
stock, and not a few important fa'-tories have
lost large numbers of their best workmen, who
have lied tlie country to escape the conscript
officers. Sound discretion is necessary at this
time to keep the Government machinery in mo
tion, and we trust it will he exercised.
In a blind zeal for our cause, let us not com
mit acts that will injure us in our great strug
gle-acts that may perhaps vitally affect us.
There are undoubtedly many men whose ser
vices are of no account to the public good—
tares that have been flourishing in our midst
since the commencement of the war. It would
be well for us if men of such a stamp were not
with us, as they a-e not of us nor are they of
any use to us. But let us be careful while we
are ridding ourselves of the tares that we do
not destroy much wheat also.
Retirement. —“There arc minds,” says Jeff
erson, “which can be pleased by honors and
preferments'; but I see nothing in them but
envy and enmity. It is only necessary to pos
sess them to know how little they contribute
to happiness. I had rather be shut up in a
modest cottage, with my books, my family,
and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon,
and let the world roil on as it likes, than to
occupy the most splendid post which human
power can give."
VOL. LXXVJII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIIL 4.
Tax Repeal of the Exemption Law. —The
Richmond correspondent of the Petersburg Reg
ister thiuks that tae efforts to repeal Ihe exemp
tion law by Congress will be a dead failme.
There is no mistake on one point. The law
ought to be modified sc that tlie many abuses
that have crept under it can be remedied. The
shoemaker woo does not make three pair ot
shoes a year, ihe blacksmith v.ho does not shoe
more than two horses during the same length
of time—iu fact all whose trades are mere sub
terfuges, and who have skulked behind exemp
tions, should be ferretted out flow their hid ng
places, and forced to make up for the time they
have stoh n from their country'. Such legislation,
-so far from being objectionable, is imperatively
demanded. But a law that gives one or two
officers the power of exemption is wrong. And
the representative who advocates such a dan
gerous measure—thereby consigning his con
stituents and the country to nothing l.ss than
an odious despotism, destroying the freedom of
the overthrowing the independence
of flic judiciary—should be doomed to oblivion.
The people should brand the originators and
supporter of such a measure as enemies of civil
liberty—men totally unfit for any public trust.
There is a wide difference between calm, delib
erate, wise and judicious legislation, and hot
headed, blind, zealous fanaticism. The former
is acceptable to the community and the latter
is not. It is high time our Congress understood
this thing. For without the hearty support of
the people our cause will suffer. Our law ma
kers at Ricbmon l should shape their course in
such a way that they will gain the confidence
of the people. But if some of them do not
show more wisdom soon, what little confidence
the people have ever had in them will be lost.
Federal Oppression at Vicksburg. —A reign
of oppression lias commenced at Vicksburg.
The kindness that has been exhibited towards
the inhabitants by the Federals was merely the
fur that covered the tiger’s claws. J'he unfor
tunate people who are obliged to remain there
will find the tyrant’s grip tightened daily, un
til it becomes unbearable. Here is an account
of an outrage committed recently in that un
fortunale city: ■ -
On Now Year’s day the Yankees contented
to allow Parson Fox, of Warien county, to
open the Episcopal church and have service,
omitting the prayer for the President of the
United States. With this understanding, the
church was opened and a great number of the
old citizens repaired ihore at the usual hour,
to attend divioe service. As Mr. Fox was about
entering the pulpit, some Yankee officers ad
monished him as he valued his life not to omit
the prayer for Lincoln; the old gentleman, .
being at their mercy, in the course of the ser
vice prayed for the President of the United
S’ates; whereupon several ladies left the church.
This of course, infuriated the Yankees, and two
hours afterwards the provost marshal informed
the ladies that every one who left the church
would be allowed forty-eight hours to lcavethe
town, and if caught there after that time they
would be remanded to the county jail. The
ladies immediately prepared to leave, and, at
the expiration of the time allowed, every one
of them was out of the lines. Gen. McPher
son caused printed placards to be pasted all
through the city, warning the ladies of their
banishment and the time given them to get
away.
What can be more infamous than the war
the Federals are now carrying on where they
have the power, against defenceless women and
children. Treachery, deceit and brutality, ap
pear to be tbe most prominent traits of char
acter in most of their commanding Generals.
The Confederate Income Tax. —The Com.
missioner nP Taxes has issued the annexed ad
ditional instructions in reference to the income
ax, to collectors and assessors of Confederate
taxes :
1. The income of farmers and planters de
rived from the saie of products not taxed in
kind and produced by themselves, will bo liable
to tax without any deduction, provided their
taxable income, from all sources, is over SSOO.
If a farmer or planter has no other taxable in
come than thatdorived from thosaleof poultiy,
mutton, butter, eggs, and other of his products
not taxed in kind, and such income does not
amount to more than SSOO during the calendar
year, such farmer or planter wilt not be subject
to any income tax.
2. If the producer sells during the calendar
year 18G4, products that were produced prior
to this year, such produce will be considered as
capital on hand on tbe Ist day of January, 1803,
and any advance on that capital Is income of
1803. Take cotton for instance : If the value
of cotton on hand on the Ist day oi January,
1803,. [in the hands of the producer,] be de
ducted from the sales of it during the year, the
balance will be income. If the cotton sold was
held by the seller on the Ist of July, and he
paid the tax of eight per cent, he should be al
lowed to deduct this, as well as other expenses
incurred on it during the year 1803, from the
4>ro(ceds of sale, and the balance will be the
net income subject to the tax.
3. Where real property, purchased prior to
1803, lias been Improved by the creation of
buildings, mills, factories, or other machinery
attached to the freehold, the property shall be
valued v> Ith reference to the Ist day of Janua
ry, 1863, and the valuation at that date shall
be deducted from the proceeds of its sale during
the said year, and the balance shall be deemed
the profits upon the same which are t j be taxed
as income. But if no improvements have been
made of the character mentioned, upon real
property so purchased, the actual prime cost
only shall be deducted, and the balance shall
bo prolits to be taxed.
.4. If the real prop rty sold during the year
1803, was inherited by the seller, or acquired
otherwise than yy purchase, its value on the
1 t day of January, 1803, and the valuation
thus made shall be deducted from the gross
proceeds of its sale, and the seller shall be re
quired to pay tax on the balance as’ Income. In
estimating the profits on all produce, slaves, or
other personal property, purchased prior to
the Ist of January 18(13, or since, and sold du
ring sa'd year, the prime cost and such other
items as are allowed by law shall be deducted
from the gross sales, and the balance be taxed
as income.
(!. All vali ations required in ascertaining
and assessing income tax shall be made in Con
federate notes.
.'ljj cai i
The Duty of those at Home. —The army
must be fed. The families of our soldiers
must be provided for. It does not tequire a '
philosophor to determine the duty of those of
our piople who are at home and In wealthy or
even in easy circumstances. Producers should
exert themselves to the utmost to raise those
articles necessary to sustain life. Those who
are able should give liberally cf their means to
those in want. The poor of the country have
got to be taken care of some way, and the
wealth of the country has got to do it. The
only question is simply, that is the best plan
to adopt, to accomplish the deserved object.
N sws from Charleston by way of tiib North
—A conespondent of the New York Times,
writing from Folly Island, speaks thus of the
effects of the late storm in that section :
The obstructions in the channel off Suiter
were all waslied’away, and it is bflievod that
nothing of that nature now exists between the
fort and Charleston. The beach on Morris' and
Folly Islands is strewn with -the timber and
other material of which the obstructions were
composed. Judging from the timber thus dis
covered, the obstructions were formed of heavy
piles, driven down and then lashed together
witli ropes and chains. It would also appear
that vessels were sunk in the channel, as por
tions of the same have been picked up.
The tremendous sea also washed away por
tions of the beach near Fort Putnam, formerly
Gregg, and exposed to view several heavy guns
tbatThe Confederates bad buried previous to
evacuating Morris’ Island,
A Recoup of Yankee Atrocity and Tkeach
kp.y.—The Richmond Examiner says the cor
respondence between the commissioners of ex
change of prisoners, &c.. reported to Congress,
is very voluminous, covering nearly one hun
dred octavo pages of printed matter. It, how
ever. affords a summary of great historical in
terest, with reference to the conduct of the
Yankees in the war; and with a t vie\v to this
interest, we enumerate the points made by
Commissioner Quid in the correspondence.
They constitute a text for one of tlie most stri
king chapters in the history of the war:
1. The arrest and detention of the non-com
batants.—The Yankee authorities have persis
tently refused to observe any reciprocal rule
as to sue!', parties. Tlieir military command
ers have been permitted to make arrests of the
j non-combatants, without regard to tlieir age,
| sex or situation. Afterwards, they have ben
tbtmwo into prise•. anti there inoemiitely re
tained in most cases, without charges.
2. The retention of exchanged and tinex
chaiiged officers and men.—There are officers
arid men now iu Federal prisons who have
been there ever since the adoption of the car
le!. Commissioner Ouhl has brought to the
attention of the United States authorities again
and again (he names of some of tlie parties
who were confined in violation of tlie exchange
agreements. In some cases, after long delay,
the parties were released. Others, however,
arestil languishing in confinement.
3. The general orders of the enemy, and
their connection with declarations of exchange.
So anxious lias the Confederate Government
remove all obstacles for a general ex
change of prisoners, that when the esmputi#
lion and adjustment of paroles was made a
subject of difficulty by the enemy, we prorgpt
ly agreed to determine tlie whole matter in ac
cordance with the general orders issued at
Washington. This very liberal proposition lias
not been accepted by the Federal authorities.
4. The confinement of General Morgan and
his officers in the penitentiary at Columbus,
Ohio.
5. The detention of Surgeons. Before the
date of the cartel, surgeons Were uncondition
ally released after capture. ’That rule was lirst
adopted by the Confederate commanders, and
was subsequently followed by the Federals.—
Smile time ago one Rucker was indicted by a
giand jury in Virginia for several felonies.* Al
though Rucker was never a surgeon in the Fed
eral service, the enemy held surgeon Green, of
the Confederate Navy, in retaliation. 'lbis
caused retaliation on our part, in return, and
surgeons were afterwards held in captivity on
both sides. In this instance, the Fedeial au
thorities proved that they were ready to sacri
fice their own medical ollieers in an endeavor
to se:ure the release of a felon in no way con
nected with tlieir medical service.
0. The capture of persons upon our rivers
and tjie high seas. By agreement made with
the Federal agent of exchange, all such who
were captured before December 10th, 1862,
were declared exchanged. In spite of “that
agreement, some of our pilots and sea captains
■ were kept in confinement. The correspond
ence fully shows the refusal oi the lederal
authorities to adopt any fair aud reciprocal rule
as to the further exchange of such persons.
This record should be preserved and illus
trated for history. If is the iocontestible evi
dence of the brutality aud faithlessness of the
Yankees, contained in the records of an official
correspondence, and is, so far, superior to those
mere rumors and assertions of Yankee villainy
which the world has been disposed to doubt,
and to attribute to the exaggeration of our own
prejudice and passion.
firr» «ij-
CONFEDERATE STATES CONTJRESS.
SENATE —.IAN. 12.
A resolution was adopted that the President
of the Confederate States be required to com
municate to the Senate a copy of the report of
Gen. Bragg, of the .battle of Cbiekamauga,
with all the reports of subordinates that have
been received.
The Senate bill to increase the compens ition
of certain civil officers and employees in the
Executive Departments at Richmond for a lim
ited period, was taken up amended and passed,
'as follows :
1. Thai the silanes and compensation of all
civil officers and employees in the President’s
office and in the Executive Departments at
Richmond, whose compensation or salaries do
not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars
per annum, shall be increased from the Ist Jan
nary to the Ist of July, 1804, one hundred per
cent., provided the same shall not thereby be
increased beyond the rate of three thousand
dollars jjer annum, and the salaries of all
said officers whose compensation is above two
thousand dollars, and does not exceed the
sum of three thousand per annum, shall, lor
the same period of time, be increase*! fifty per
cent., but it is hereby expressly declared that
(he increased compensation provided for in
this act, shall not be paid to any officer or em -
ployee of Government who is Table to per
form military duty, or is liable to bear arms
in the field, unless such officer or employee
shall first obtain a certificate from the head of
the Department in which he is engaged that
his services are absolutely necessary to tbe
Government, and that his place cannot be sup
plied by any one known to the head of the De
| partment who is not subject to military duty,
which said certificate shall he filed with the
Secretary of the Treasury before the money is
paid ; and it shall be the duty of said Secretary
at the beginning of each session, to commu
nicate a list of all such certificates to Gongrcs.
A bill from the House of Representatives to
continue in force the act inci easing the pay of
certain employees in the Executive Deartment'*
in Richmond, was taken up, and also passed.
A bill passed entitled “An act making allow
ance to officers of the Navy of the Confederate
States under certain circumstances,” and to
amend an act entitled “An act to provide for
the organization of the Navy,’’approved March
10th, 1801.
A communication relative to the employment
of persons in the Engineer Department was re
ferred.
The Senate bill fixing the time for the assem
bling of the next Congress was taken up and
passed. The blank was previously filled with
the “fi:st Monday in May.”
On motion, a resolution was adopted tender
ing to Maj. Gen'. John C. Breckinride a privi
leged seat within the bar of the Senate.
• HOUSE.
The Speaker submitted to the House a mes
sage from the President covering a communica
tion from the - Secretary of War, showing the
number of men employed in the execution of
the conscript actj and another from the Attor
ney General, with a statement of an.additional
sum required by the llepaitment of Justice.
A bill was submitted to continue in force flic
provisions of an act therein named. The bill
relates to the increase of pay of Clerks in the
Executive and Legislative Departments passed
at the last session. The bill was passed and
sent to the Senate. .
i A resolution was adopted, that a Special
Committee of five be appointed, whose duty it
shall be to enquire into the expediency of au
thorizing Hie impressment, for tbenseot tne
army, a share of the pork and bacon held y
all persons who have a full supply * or ' ‘ ‘
on hand, said impressment to be made> _
to be agreed upon, or to be fixed by local ap
praisers, without appeal. tofJe .
A bill to authorize commanders of
SmSoX «£ to «'* ** «*• An ' ro '
any person or persons to raise new i. 2 _ th>
panics, battalions or g
raised under such aut on District Attor
A of the Confederate States,
neysandifa _ bm provi <jicg for a Com
moner of Accounts for the Trans-Mississip
p! Absolution was submitted that the Commit
tee on Elections inquire into tb« expediency of
[ authorizing' the citizens of Maryland serving
1 iu the ariuy of the Confederate St ites, to elect
! a delegate to the House, with rights similar to
| those conferred on tlie delegates from Arizona
j and the Indian Territories, without the power
to vote. 1 lie resolution was rejected.
I A resolution was passed that the Committee
l on Naval Affairs inquire whether vessels con
j stvucted for harbor defence are adapted to the
j purpose; and if not. whether any steps have
| been taken to improve those now in progress
j of construction.
; A Dill to allow chaplains in the army to draw
forage for one horse, was passed.
SENATE — JAN. 13.
The following were referred : A communion'
tion irom certain general officers of the army
relative to tho proposed legislation for promo
ting * Inefficiency of the army; a memorial fionv
the \ ii Wiia Volunteer Naval Company.
Bills were introduced—to impose regulations
up; n the foreign commerce of the Confederate
States, vr Ito pi- rid - r u thn jniMio i -nce ;
to prohibit tho importation ol luxuries, or of
articles not necessaries as of common use; for
the relief of Wm. M. Bowles—passed.
The Judiciary Committee reported back the
resolution of the General Assembly ofGeorgia,
in favor of the appointment of citizens not lia- -
hie to military duty as impressing agents, with
the remark that the Committee unanimously
approved of the object sought to be attained by
the resolution, and hoped the Secretary of YVar
would observe the recommendations contained
in them. The matter was under the control of
the Executive authorities, and could not, there-,
fore, be made the subject of legislation. Tha
Committee endorsed most cordially the recom
tnenda ions that impressing officers be taken
from among the citizens.
j A .resolution was adopted that tho Judiciary
Committee inquire what salaries are payable to
udges ot Confederate Courts in Yrirginia, &c.
. HOUSE.
The following resolutions were adopted: That
the Committee on Public Printing furnish a list
of reports of battles in the hands of the Public
Printer; that the Committee on Ways and Means
inquire into the expediency of a commutation
of the tax in kind on cotton in money, Ac.;
that the Committee on Military Affairs inquire
into the expediency of giving Adjutants the
lank and pay of Captain of the line; to increase
the rank and pay of Sergeant Major to that of
Cadet; requesting the President to inform the
House what amount of money has "been for
warded to the Department,
and what means have been taken to adjust
claims against the Government, in Louisiana,
and other States, for impressments in violation
of the provisions of the impressment act; that
the Committee of Ways and Means inquire into
the expediency of so amending the revenue"
laws as to require duties on goods through tha
blockade to be paid in specie.
The following were referred : A bill to ex
plain the Bth section of an act to lay taxes for
the common defence, and to carry on th# gov
ernment; memorial from the Collector of tho
port of Mobile; resolutions of the Georgia Leg
islature and a memorial in relation to tbe pay
of di tailed men; to authorize the suspension of
the writ of habeas coipus in certain cases; to
grant free transportation to soldiers on fur
lough; in relation to the employment of negroes
in the public service: in relation to post routes
in Mississippi; joint resolution of Mississippi
Legislature in relation the finance; communi
cation from Gen. O. F. Strahl.
It was ordered that vacancies in the Commit
tee on the Medical Department be temporarily
filled.
Tbe Committee on Mljjtary Affairs reported
back a bill to confer u; oik adjutants of battal
ions, &c., the rank and pay of captain oi caval
ry. Pending its consideration tho House Wont
into secret session.
” SENATE — JAN. 14.
A bill whs introduced to regulate the salaries
of Judges of Confederate States District Court.
A bill for the relief of Win. W. Payne, of tha
Ist Georgia Regulars, was referred.
The Military Committee were discharged
from the further consideration ot the petition
of certain Dental .Surgeons, asking to be ex
empted from militray. duiy.
The same committee reported back adversely
tbe bill u> establish and’regulate teritorial
commands in the army.
Tbe Judiciary Committee reported back tho
tire bill to regulate the term of office of tha
Secretaries or chief officers of the Executive De
partment, with sundry amendments, and tho
recommendation ol the majority of the Com
mittee that the biliaa amended, do pass. Tba
said majority also submitted a lengthy report
in writing, giving their reasons for favoring
the adoption of the measure. A manority re
port was also read.
The bill and documents were ordered to bo
printed. Its further considerations was post
poned. v
The Senate received from the President sun
dry messages to be considered in executivo
session ; also a message from the House, noti
fying the Senate of the passage by that body
of a joint resolution in relation to tte war.
The resolution was referred to the joint com
nftttee appointed to prepare’ an address on tha
stale of the country.
The Committee on the Jtidictary, reported
back a bill to provide for the investigation
and settlement of the transactions, contractors,
and‘other financial and disbursing officers,
agents aud employees of the Confedeiata
States, with a recommendation that it do pass.
The Senate resolved into secret legislativa
session.
house. *
The Speaker laid before the House several
documents from the President, in answer fa
resolutions of inquiry, as follows: In relation
to steps taken to prevent tie absence of offi
cers and soldiers from the army without leave;
a list of persons specially noticed and promo
ted for gallantry on the field ; a copy of Maj.
Gen. Hindman’s report of operations while ho
was in command of the Trans-Mississippi De
partment. All of which were ordered to b<j
printed and appropriately referred.
Also, a communication from the Commission
er of Patents, which was ordered to be printed
and referred.
The Senate bill for the relief of Win. M and
Richard Bowles and others, was read a first and
second time and placed on the calendar.
The House went into Coimnittoo of the
Whole on the Ueneral Appropriation Bill.
The bill was rejiorted at length, and then
by sections, when several amendments vwto
made, and this bill was perfected.
After several amendments had been proposed
and adopted or rejected, the bill wat .read *
third time and passed, and communicated tu
h A S bmwas introduced to repeal the act for
organizing bands of partizan rangers, approved
A Tlie Housemen went into secret session*
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The Judiciary Committee, reported back,
with the recommendation that it pass the. bill
regulate the salaries of the Judges of tha
District Courts of the Confederate States. Tha
bill was put upon the calendar.
The Judiciary Committee, to whom had been
referred the resolution of inquiry in relation t-j
the effect upon the salaries of the Confederate
District Judges iu Virginia, of the act of tha
Virginia General Assembly raising the salaries
of the Judges of the Supreme Court of Vir
ginia to five thousand dollars, reported a joint
resolution deelaiirig that the salaries of tha
Confederate District Judges were also raised to
five thousand dollars by the aforementioned
act of the Virginia General Assembly. Tha
resolution'was ordered to be printed.
The same committee reported back two bills
declaring certain persons alien enemies, with a,
substitute therefor, to ire entitled “An act de
claring persons owing military service to tha
Confederate States, and who seek to avoid
such service by removing beyond the control
and jurisdiction of said States, alien enemies
and subjecting their property to confiscation,
I’laced on tne calendar and; ordered to ba
printed.
The Senate considered and passed, with tha
judiciary committee's amendment, the House
bill, granting to General W. J. Hardee and S.
H. Goetzela special copyright ol “Hardee’s
Rifle and lafantry Tactics.’’
On motion the Senate resolved into secret
session.
IIOUSB.
The following were appropriately referred t;
A bill to organize the field artillery of the pro
visional army of the Confederate States; for tidj