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drew; a teller U> Msj. Win Nuni*, Chief of
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the point* of inter* *st which me now attracting
th- attention of t,.e country. IIU com »ica
<ion i?loo long for* insertion in onr columns,
hut bis rell-.-lion.t, lAing those of a patriotic
and j U diciotH<-bs. -v,;, , arc .veil worthy of con-
Hdcralion. We ahull mention and comment
upon a fev*of the it** n • contained in liis letter.
H„ begins with a prophecy ton, lung the du
ration of the war. in which he differs very widely
from the many seers who have uttered vatici
nations on tiie same subject, lie sees no pros
j,P, t of peace for nine years to come! lie
.Links tln> I Hack Republican dynasty will ex
()rise svfay in the United States for another
Presidential teim, and that they will prose
cute the war as vigorously us their abilities
will msrmit. Succeeding the Republicans will
come Die war Democrats. And us they will
float into power on the war sensation, they of
course will be plcdgM to its continuance for
four years more. When their term expires,
anil after twelve years of fighting have cx
-1 misted the country, the North, ho thinks, will
allow the rebels to depart in peace.' VV edo
lOt concur in lids gloomy prophecy, ’that.a
state of hostility betwixt the two sections,
mounting to nominal war, may oxi-t through
],is period, we think altogether■ prol aide. The
passions which have been roused arc ro deep
and unyielding, the interests involved in the
niggle are of such magnitude, and especially
the causes of collision are so numerous, that
iiT~blflrc.lfrhid violence will continue for an iu
tlellnile period. I hit that active hostilities
should he maintained so long, on a scale at all
approximating the present extent ol the war,
is a physical impossibility. The war, as new
conducted, cannot he protracted much longer.
A few months at most, must produce a change.
At the same time it will be prudent for the
(reVernmei t and the people to deport them
solves, so far as possible, as if the twelve years
theory were correct.
Mr. Sam ford decs not think that because our
quarrel is just, and we have a light to infer
that tied is on our side, that we are therefore
at. liberty to re'sx oj r efforts. Wo have no
right to expect His lightnings to do the work
of our cannon, nor Ilis winds to waste the navies
of our enemies. We have aright to trust in Him
in victory or defeat, living or dying—to pray
lot ills pTvt .Gu- T.-i.it- **•••*<<«>’> h|awi.the
condition ot obedience to His laws; but wc
must expect to light our own bdths. This we
believe is sound theology. H is Certainly
sound common sense.
Mr. S uufoid thinks that whilst we have fought
gallantly, We have not been as diligent as we
should have been i t cup- negotiations for peace.
Ho thinks we have been too supercilious in our
intercourse with foreign powers; have evinced
more tire spirit of a full grown and powerful
nation than of a people struggling for indepen
dence. He recommends continued lighting,
Put at tiie same time that more earnest efforts
lie made to negotiate with our enemies, and to
procure recognition and assistance from foreign
power**.
The latter par! of the letter is devoted to tiie
currency question Tho writer recommends
two tilings, Ist. The arrest of all blockade run
ning except lor army purposes, aud 2d. A tax
on the money which .®ull reduce its volume at
least one half. As tlm rerunning half will then
be worth ns much as the whole, the plethora by
bis operation will bo relieved and no one will
~e the loser. We hove no doubt lliose specula
tors who have been careful to turn their Con
federate money into real esta'c and other pro
perty will concur ver\ cheerfully iu this recom
mendation.
'l’iis Provision Qi'ksti.'X.- Wo aro glad to
notice that the planters in several sections of
Georgia have at lengtli aroused Iheinselves to
till 1 trite condition of utfairs. Have commenced
taking steps in the light, direction. Have re
solved to prove by their ads that they are
re idy to do their share towards bringing (lie
prv* mt civil war to a successful close. Have
determined to do all that can be or ought to be
demanded of them. In Monroe county, the
planters have mat and consulted together. At
the meeting, they resolved hereafter ty furnish
provisions and other articles they raise at the
following rates: t'orn. $2,50 per bushel; wheat,
$5,00 per bushel ; bacon, SI,OO per pound;
beef, -U) cents per pound; lard, SI,OO per
pound ; fodder s'.’,oo per bundled : oatsAPl.so;
per bushel.
At a meeting of the planters of Sumter
county, it was agreed that in that section the
price of corn should be SI,OO per bushel, and
bacon -5 cents per pound. Wo learn that
meetings have also been called in other coun
ties in the State.
The action of the planters in the above men
tioned counties, shows the right spirit. An ex
ample has been set, worthy ot being imitated
throughout the entire Confederacy. The great
question of the day i- the food question. There
is now no doubt on that point. It remains en
tirely with the producers whether or no our
cause shall be crippled tor lark of sustenance
for the armies, and for the people at home.
Let every person who has laud raise all he cua
of the articles necessary to sustain life. Let j
them resolve to sell the satuc at the lowest !
possible figure. Let them da all in their power I
to put down the suicidal spirit ol speculation |
ill food, now altogether too prevalent, and thus ]
assist consumers to supply their wants at rea
sonable rates. If our planters will resolve.to
take steps of this kind, and also carry out what
they resolve to do. all will be well with us. If
they adopt a contrary course,* we fear the
scenes of turmoil and striie that will surely
occur. It is of no use to shut our eyes to the
real condition of affairs now existing. We. as
a nation, are this day wandering as it were
along the vmgeofsi frightful precipice ot ruin.
One false step may plunge us over the brink.
It is useless for us to tlatter ourselves in a sleep
of false security. Action, prompt and decis
ive action, is now demanded of every true
lover of his country. We have had enough of
delay and time-serving policy. We must awake
to our whole duty—and do it also. Despotism
and anarchy threaten to sweep over our coun
try. And if the proper measures are not
adopted, rapine and murder will stalk boldly
through our fair load and deluge it with blood.
The Dvrie- oe the Hove. —Bring back the
stragglers and absent*** to the army. Place
negroes in the places of white teamsters,
nurses, Ac. In our determination to till up the
ranks, let us not forget that we must take
steps to fill up the stomachs also. One good
way to present a broad front to the enemy, is
to broaden the statues ol our men with a
plenty of hog and hominy.
What we need is skill and prudence in the
development and husbanding ot our resotutes,
rather than an increase of numbers. There are
many evils existing in every department wldeli
can and ought t> be remedied. W hat we want
(o see in Congress is coldness, iWPsjKbined with
energy. In tbearmy, vigilanceanil discipline,
united with courage.
I. rii State should also prepare to defend it
-eil from future invasion, and to eo operate
will, il)« Government in raising ami equipping
a reserve force, to be ready in spring
to meet and hurl hack the foe who may at
tempt a further advance upon our territory.
Georgia is moving in tins direction, anU other
States should lie wide awake to the importance
of tire impending crisis.
Let us all, old and young, men and women,
devote all our energies, and all our resources,
to the task before us. With one accord, with
one heart, witlr one hope, let us forget the dis
advantages. and the impediments of this mo
ment, and resolve manfully to know no trou
bles ; to know no difficulties ; to know no such
word as fail! Then wo shall surely tiiumph
over all the trials that environ us. May we
not draw a lesson from the heroic reply of Na
poleon to the Abbe J)u Pradt, when amid the
horrors of the Russian campaign, the greot
Captain entering Wilna, was congratulated by
the Abbe that he had escaped so m my dangers.
“Dangers,” exclaimed Napoleon, 1- I have en
countered no dangers!” When thousands were
falling around him everyday; when the ltus
Flan cannon were thpndering on the hanks of
liis army ; and the Cossacks were darting on
front, and Hank, and roar, the great Emperor
never lost his equanimity. Never succumbed
to the disasters which menaced the destruction
of Iris entire army. Never due pa Be l of woo
ing back victory to tire eagles of France. Let
us imitate his constancy, liis courage, his he
roic conduct.
Tub Way Matteus will have to he Set
ii.ho. —The difficulties which now exist be
tween the North and the South, will have lobe
settled at some future day. The war may con
tinue for months or years. . lint a ..ay of reck
oning must come sooner or later. This much
is certain. This fact cannot bo dodged any
way.
Well, how will matters be finally settled ?
P»y fighting?—No! They must be settled by
comprofirise. By the assembling together of
cool headed, judicious men, trusting the
matters to their hands, and accepting (heir de
cision. It is veiy ovident that a large mass of
the population of the North are heartily tired
of this war. At the South, too, there are a
great many who —although not a whit less de
voted to our cause than at first, and not the less
dotoroiim-tt It* l.»v« 4 licit lights, l Ottl'- W licit ,!’!
—are ready to have matters talked up and ad
justed if they possibly can be. If wo can gain
what we are lighting lor without any more sac
rilicc of precious lives would it not be well to
do so? There certainly can bo no harm in
making an effort to bring abcut such a result
In such a movement we do not compromise
anything. On the contrary, we shall strength
en our cause both at home and abroad.
If we were able to crush the North, or the
North to crush us, perhaps the party sure of
victory would be benefitted by protracting the
.struggle. But events prove that neither party
is powerful enough to conquer a peace. Every
mm who takes a calm survey of the field is
forced to come to the conclusion, that this mat
ter must be settled by other means than the
sword. A little judicious statesmanship and di
plomacy will sometimes accomplish more than
bullying threats and sturdy blows.
Thu Duty of tub People —lt is our mani
fest duty to make every available spot of land
in the Confederacy produce something to sup
ply the wants of the array and the people at
home. Large tracts now uncultivated, if prop
erly tilled and planted or sown will), good
crops, would sensibly augment our amount of
supplies of the necessaries of life. Those who
are not in actual military service, would be
aiding the cause and country greatly by atten
tion to agriculture. Let us put a small army
in the corn field as well as the camps the com
ing Spring. Now is the time to make prepar
ations for a “ vigorous prosecution” of tlio la
bors of the farm and garden. We shall need
all that can be raised the present year. With
a bountiful supply of food for both man and
beast, our soldiers will be in better trim for
the struggle, and we shall all feel better and.
do better. If a man has no “stomach ” for a
light, it isrbecause there is nothing in his stom
ach. Give him good wholesome food, and
enough of it, and lie will have more strength
nd elasticity of spirit for the contest. A hun
gry man may perhaps do desperate things in
the extremity of his famished condition, but,
iu our view, it is better to feed him well, and
the chances are that he will make a more effi
cient soldier.
Wo earnestly implore all owners and occu
pants of land; a'l gardeners, who may have
the smallest spot of garden to manage, pnt
forth their utmost energies this Spring to raise
provisions. Marshal your forces, arm them
with shovel and hoe, and they will drive Gen
eral Starvation and his legions from the land.
Two Months Moke, and the comparative
quiet that now reigns in all our borders will he
rudely broken. The horrid clangor of bloody
war will again resound throughout the land.
An active campaign will then commence, and
we shall see such stirring times as we have
never betore witnessed. On the sea coast, in
the interior, wherever hostile feet are treading
we shall hear the clash of resounding arms
A merciless foe is girding himself anew for the
, suite. The issus of that strife rests with our
: selves. It we are vigilant, untiring, deter
mined, there will be a barrier thrown up be
j fore the advancing assailant beyond which he
cannot pass ; and not only that, but we shall
be able to hurl his columns back in confusion
and remediless disaster. We are gratitied at
the spirit of activity which is beginning to be
infused into our a rmiee and people. The ranks
are filling up',; stragglers and absentees are re
turning to take their places by their brothei s
in the field; new volunteers are pressing for
j ward to augment the hosts already with their
; armor on ; the three years men are re-enlisting
with euthusiasm and untiring patriotism. The
i signs are all encouraging for having a large and
invincible army. By the time the blue bitds
i come, and the spriug fairly opens, we shall op
j |xrse an invincible host to the enemy. Two
months more! Let us be found prepared
I when the great hour of trial comes.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY a, 1864.
Individual Responsibility. —Every one of*
us has a duty to perform in this momentous
crisis. We cannot evade it. We cannot put
it oil to a more convenient period. We cannot
shift it to the shoulders of otheis. Let each
one institute a rigid self-examination, and ask
himself, What am I doing for my country in
this perilous hour ? We'are all responsible
for our acts, and by them shall we be judged
hereafter. Shall we not show a fair record ?
Shall we uotexhibit a patriotism, a devotion.to
duty, which will make a shining pagein history?
Happy will the man be of whom, when the din
of war has ceased, it can be said, “He hath
done what he could. lie has never let self
love absorb his devotion - to his country and
her cause, lie has never allowed the greed oi
gain to swallow up all the nobler emotions and
instincts of liis heart. He has comfuited the
widow and the fatherless ; fed the Hungry,
clothed the naked, soot lied the sorrowing,
watched by the bedside of the sick and dying.
In short, lie has never wearied in well doing.”
Who among us will lie able to exhibit so
glorious a record as this? It within tiie pow
er of every one ; and if we duly appreciate our
responsibility, and do our duty faitnfuliy, en
ergetically, and continually, we shall make
up a life at once beautiful, heroic, sublime.
A Suggestion.— Straws show which way tiie
wind blows, and also indicate the direction in
which the tide runs. We mint not always
judge of men .by their professions. Actions
ever speak louder words. In matters of
deep and vital interest, we ought to be govern
ed by practical common sense—not by feelings
or inclinations. It is far better to guide our
movements by those of our enemies, and pay
but little attention to their threats.
The manner in which the Fedpral Congress
is Hooded with resolut'/ms for peace, is an evi
dence of the feeling which exists throughout
tiie North. It shows conclusively if the peo
ple of that section were allowed to speak out
freely, that they would consent to let us go
without fill ther molestation. The masses see
that the war, if continued, will prove destruc
tive to all industrial pursuits, and oppress them
with an overwhelming and unbearable debt.—
A majority of them would gladly stop the con-
Hict if Lincoln and Seward would let them.
Hence Jibe pressure they are now bringing
upon these blood-thirsty demagogues through
their representatives in the national councils.
While we are engaged in reinforcing our ar
mies in the field, and making every prepara
tion for a long war and a vigorous prosecu
tion of tiie same, would it not be well also to
do all we can to increase this feeling at the
North ? We think so. Let us show the same
determined resistance to Federal rule. Let us
not grow weary in the struggle we have com
menced. But let us be directed in our move
ments by reason. Any thing that will strength
en us and weaken our foes should not be per
mitted to pass by without being improved.
It is tiie Interest of every Planter to
raise a large crop of cereals. By so doing he
is thereby enabled to ra'se more cattle, hogs
and other stock. 15y having these to dispose
oL-3ie ran-imt :m:y vt. the Government and
purchasers generally, but can provide himself
with the wherewithal to bear the heavy taxes
which all will have to pay.
Let every' one who has land resolve to plant
as much corn as he can plow. Let all plant
largely of peas, beans, small grain, ground
nuts, Ac., and so vary them that they can keep
all their force not engaged in plowing, in cul
tivating these things, enriching the soil, clear
ing out fertile spots of land, ditching, &c.
There should be two great -classes in our
country at this time. The lighting class and
the producing class. The li.st have done and
are doing their duty, ami the latter can do a
noble woik by doing their duty.
Blvino Yankee Recruits.— One of the
noticeable phases of this war is the extraordi
nary price paid by the Federal GovA-nnient
for recruits to till up their ranks. The Now
York papers contain long lists of advertise
ments in which liberal bounties in “green
backs’’ aro offered for volunteers. At the of
fice of the “New York Volunteer Committee, ’’
240 Broadway, the following peciraiu'y induce
ments are offered to become a soldier; County
bounty S3OO, State bounty $75, United States
■bounty to new recruits $302, addition to “vete
ran soldiers,’’ sloo—total $777. A Captain
of Engineer Artillery advertises for recruits as
follows : “No marching, no picket duty ; big
pay, $852 bounty, and $552 cash in hand.’’ Iu
the‘‘Sickles Cavalry,” “veterans” are offered
SBOS, reemits $l9O of which S3OO cash ’ down
wiU be paid, and the rest before leaving the
State. An Army and Navy Agent says he will
[>ay $25 more than any other party for volun
teers. The “New York State Volunteer and
Substitute office,” announce “$827 bcunty—
s37s paid cash in hand ; runners liberally dealt
with.” These notices and others which we
might copy would our space permit, give us
some idea of how Lincoln gets his soldiers.
Money is the magic agent which swe Is his
ranks—“greenbacks”—Yankee promises to pay,
which flood the land “thick as leaves in Yal
lambrosa.”
There is. no doubt but a large number are
drawn into the net in this way. Thousands are
destitute—have no visible means of support—
their families are starving—they have perhaps
wandered up and down the streets of New
York for days and weeks in search of work,
and could get none—their eyes rest on these
tempting offers, or a “runner” takes them by
the button-h fie; it is a choice between ulti
mate starvation and present pecuniary relief.
The offer is accepted and they enlist.
Thousands from the old world, too, who ar
rive in America penniless, among strangers,
and unknowing what course to take or how to
set about procuring a living, are seized upon
by these land sharks, a small “bounty” paid
them to keep their families from immediate
starvation, and the able-bodied males are
marched off to a camp of instruction to be.
made into soldiers. Shipload after ship load
is “taken iu and done for" iu this muuner.
Such a course may answer for a time ; but
the enormous iufiation of the currency must
ere long end in an awful collapse. And then
look out for a scene of misery, anarchy, and
ruin, such as the world has never witnessed.
The “good time is coming, wait a little
longer.”
Poisoned at a Bridal Fkast. —The Europe
of Frankfort publishes an account of a strange
case of poisoning at Wiesbeden, a few days
back, after a wedding dioner. at which about
twenty persons were present In the evening
a dance was organized, when during aquadrille
the bride, Mdlle. Von Puyenbrock, was taken
suddenly ill Medical assistance was obtained,
but unmistakeable symptoms of poisoning de
claml themselves, and the young lady expired
Uls supposed iroin something
eaten at the dinner. Fither from the grief
b r y th:s unex P ec ted calamity or from
the c fleets of some unwholesome food, thebride
groom dtedtwo days after in great zgony.
With the exception of a few sluht cases of
indisposition toe other persons escaped.
What the South May Expect. —Wendell
Phillips, the most notorious Abolitionist in all
Yankeedom, has recently wade a speech at the
Cooper Institute, New York, before a crowd of
the elite of that great city. In the event of
onr subjugation, it will bo seen what Phillips
would have the United States Government do,
and there can be no doubt, but that the U. S.
Government would adopt just the policy which
Phillips foreshadows. The following extracts
from the speech will suffice to show its spiiit:
. Tiie speaker then referred to the diffetent
theories of the condition of the Southern States.
He “said Sumner's theory was that the States
were dead, nothing but territories; Robert
Dale Owen’s theory was that they were alive
and kicking, only kicking on the wrong side.
There were the same differences of opinion
about the monarchy in England after James It
had been driven out of (he countiv. Now, he
did not cave whether tiie States were dead, or
dormant, or merely in a wrong condition.' He
knew tiie house was vacant, and lie wanted to
-clean it out thoroughly they came back
again. As to Sumner's theory of tiie death of
the States, he would say it had one exceeding
ly bad feature. The stiongest chord in the
American heart, next to tiie love of the nation,
is State pride. No other Massachusetts would
do for him but the ojil Massacliu-setts of En
dicott. Wintbrop, Bradford and the Pilgrims.
So it was with Andy Johnson in Tennessee ; so
witli tiie speechless Unionists in Mississippi,
lie would save tiie State life for them by any
action that should enable them to crime in their
own method and in their own way. But in tiie
meantime he would have the C institution so
shaped that they could come back only as free
States. We had the power to amend tiie Qpn
stitution, and it we chose could make tiie Presi
dency hereditary in the family of Mr. Lincoln ;
or let women vote ; or take away tiie privil
eges of voting from all under fifty years of
age. This is tiie hour of revolutionary con
vulsion. when tiie nation, resuming her sov
ereignty, should set tip barriers equal to the
occasion. Tiie lion’s bloody jaws give evi
dence that we have the right to shoot hint dead.
But there are men among us who advise you
to wait until lie pares liis own claws and pulls
out his own teeth somewhere in 1900.
Now to the second point in the proclamation.
Mr. Lincoln sets aside the Confiscation not. He
says to the shareholders, except about seven
hundred you may return to your estates, and
then the States may come back into thellnionon
a vote of one-tenth of its people. Now every man
knows that land indicats the Government.—
In Eng and thirty thousand families own the
land ;itis an oligarcliy. Every Massachussetts
fanner owns his house, and Jeff. Davis, mulii
plied bya million, could make ltnotliing but a
Deinoctvcy. Now, confiscate the land of the
South, and jmt it in the hands of the at (pops, ami
the white men who have fought for it, and you may
goto steep with your parchment; all will be well.
Yuu don’t m-ike a Government as you would a
clapboard house, but you plant them as youdoan
oak. l’lant a hundred thou.-Slnd negro farmers
in the South and a hundred thousand white
soldiers by their side, and you may risk the
South. Jeff. Da\ is and all. William the Nor
man, to secure his conquest, divided England
among his nobles, and they hold it to this day.
2he North has conquered the South ; let her divide
i'among her nobles, black and while, and ice aie
safe. Every Uniou man of the South, says—.
givens, tlie hated, hunted, all-hut hanged Un
ionists of the State, the power in this State, and
we can safely come back ; keep it from us, or
divide it between us and others, and we must
bo either exiles or be hung. Now, Mr. Lincoln
in his proclamation, gives to the slaveholders,
under the new guise of land owners, the power
in the State. Now this experiment has been
tried gud found wanting—in 1834 the British
Government emancipated tiio slaves of Jamai
ca, leaving iii-„ngon,ents to be made
for them, to Mr. Lincoln '"euphemistically says
ill his proclamation. Yet, again and again lor
seven years the British Government bad to in
terfere to protect those she bad made free from
the slaveholders turned into land owners. Mr.
Lincoln proposes to try this very plan again.
People say he is a very prudent man. Far
mers in the South owning their own land, and
two hundred thousand negroes with muskets in
their right hand's, and the Union will be restor
ed. But Mr. Lincoln’s, proclamation gives no h
ing of that. It frees the slave, but ignores (lie
negro. If tli it is the level of his mind he can
not be trusted. It embroils our nature, Clip
pies our resources, doubles the chance of. for
eign intervention, and prolong the war thirty
years, llow can vve pay the interest on $3,030,-
000,000 except that half of the Union is re
constructed with industry ? Give me the ne
gro means. They never had seen Jibcrty ex
cept standing upon the pedestal of an acre;
they know that the duision of classes in the
South is not between black and white, but the
landed and the landless. The division is be
tween tho oligarchy who owill he State and Hie
people raiTge below in one common herd, black
and white, and a negro has never learned of
power except as associated with land. But two
hundred thousand ! This uatiou lias robbed
four millions and their ancestors for seventy
yeais. We might once have been oontented to
have clutched them, poor, homeless and naked,
from the jaw.4%f the lion. But we ground that
lion to powder, and to the slave belongs the
land he lias redeemed front nature. This na
tion owes to tile negro not.merely freedom, but
land and education. It is a debt which will
disgrace us before the world if we do not pay
it. And this is the first longing of the negro ;
his instincts are better than our laws. He
knows what land means. Bind cnee is a very
worthy virtue, except when exercised at other
people’s expense. Now, the man who pro
poses to give up the fruits ‘of tliii war for such
a miserableshaiifas that, either does not un
derstand his epoch, or is not equal to it. Wo
have laid 250,000 sons of this nation in the
grave ; we have mortgaged the industry of the
future for $3,000,000,000. Now, for this let,
the Government give practical, common, sense
protection to the men it has set fr.ee. lam to
be the fool of no legal terms ; I am the slave
of uo lawyer's precedents; on Ids own soil,
and I will treble the cotton crop.iu two years.
Why this blunder of a Government docs not
know what Democracy is. At l’ort Royal there
is one who bought eight plantations for $3,000,
and put $12,000 in machinery upon them—2o,-
000 in all ; and he takes every man that Sax
ton and lltnrer do not want, and every old
woman and child and sick person, and put them
to weffk. To-day he has $140,000 worth ol
cotton, and the savings of his laborers, $2,000,
are in Saxton's bauds to buy them laud. Now
spread Port Royal, that normal over
the South ; make that Yankee the President,
and in one twelvemonth you will have peace,
and in another a Union that will defy the
world.
The New Military Bill. —The editor of the
Savannah Republican, writing liorn Richmond,
Jap. 19, gives the following as the probable
provisions of the new military bill, they not
having yet leen made public. The bill passed
the Senate on Saturday, Jan. 16th, and is now
before the House. The correspondent says:
» It is understood that the hill extends the con
scription age to all able bodied eit'zens nnder
fifty-five years of age and over eighteen; those
over forty-five to bo employed in home duties,
such a? the Quartermaster and Commissary de
partments, enrolling officers, provost guards for
towns and cities, guards for railroad lines an i
bridges, and such like employments, those now
engaged in the* to be transferred to active du
ty in the field, together with all persons enrol
led under forty-five years of age. The exemp
tion list is enlarged upon that originally report
ed to the Senate by the Committee. It em
braces ministers of religion in charge of regu
lar congr gations, physicians thirty-five years
of age and over, who have been seven years
in regular practice, teachers of established
schools of twenty scholars, one editor to each
newspaper published prior tojthe 16th of April.
1862, together with such journeymen printers
as he will swear are absolutely necessary for
keeping up his journal (book keepers, mail
j clerks, reporters, engineers and pressmen are
j not included in the bill as it stands); one shoe
: maker to every three hundred inhabitants, to
i be over forty-five years of age and selected by
the county courts. These are all the special
exemptions, though a discretion is vested in
the President and Secretary of War to detail
such persons as may be required by the abso
lute necessities of the community. The bill
will likely pass the House without any materi
al change.
Fvnkiiaj, Obsequies or Archbishop Hughes
-Tkstimontus ok llkm'ii r ■ to the head. —Tiie
j obsequies of Archbishop Hughes, in New York.
! on the Sill insl.. were the randest ever witness
led on this continent. 0. the two days pse
ceding the burial the body was laid in stale un
cofilntid in St, Patrick's Cathedral, during which
time not less than 100,000 persons viewed it.
The Nanv York Times, describing the scene of
1 the dying in state, says :
In the centre aisle, -n.v.: the altar, is the ca
! talalque, a platform coveted with black doth
aud crape, surmounted bv a canopy of black
and white cloth, (he whole illuminated by six
wax tapers. Upon this tiie body is laid, being
as yet uneofiined. The corpse is dressed in the
robes of office worn by deceased in life.
The under garment is the dalmatique—a
long, white robe of lawn; over this th ■ cope
ami stole of ted velvet, embroidered with gold
and silver. On liis head is placed (he mitre of
gold, red velvet and white satin; upon his
wrists are the meniples of velvet, emluoide-ed
in gold. By the side ' > bodv at the right,
is placed tie F - -’.den iho :onth - left a mas
sive golden cross, and on hi* breast is Hie pec
toral cross of stiver. At ins feet aie two beau
tiful crosses, made of miming pine auil white
aponicas. The lace of the deceased appears as
calm and lifelike ns if enjoying the repose of
sleep, instead of death.
In approaching the corpse many of the visi
tors knelt and said a short prayer ; others
more ardent in their devotion, strove to touch
some portions of the body or vestments ; oth
ers kissed the drapery or the catafalque, or ev
en tried to kiss the cross or clothing of the
late and beloved Bishop. Many had tittle
crosses of wood or brass or silver, that they
sought to consecrate by bringing in 'contact
with some of the surroundings of the revered
remains.
The funeral ceremonies are thus described
in tiie New York Herald :
The Cathedral, completely draped with black
ami white cloth, arranged in the most tasteful
niannci, covering the organ loft, the pillars the
space between the windows and llte greater
portion of the alter. Crosses and wreathes, of
white flowers, emblems of parity, eternity and
of the Catholic faith, were appropriately plac
ed around tiie sides of the cburcu and in the
altar. In tiie centre aisle was a magnificent
catafalque, draped witli black cloth, bordered
by fringe of silver bullion, the curtains of
black cloth, lined-wilh with white merino, loop
ed up with sil'-ev. the whole surmounted by
waving plumes and a black cross studded with
silver. The armorial bearings of the Arch bis
hop were displayed at one end of Ihe catafal
que. The b.,i!> us tfio deceased, placed in ail
Uncovered coffin of rosewood, lined with white
sitiu. the head tlevated upon cushions of pur
ple silk.
The remains were dressed in tiie Archepisco
pal robes ami insignia of office worn in life.—
His feet were clad in purple stockings, with
shoes of purple velvet, add gloves niton lus
hands of the same color. He wore upon his
finger tiie same ring with which lie was conse
crated.
i-lioitly before 10 o’clock, tiie Mayor and
Common Council, in a body, entered the church
proceeded by the Sergenni-at Amis, with liis
staff of office, bearing the emblems of mourn
ing, and took the seats prepared for them in
the body of the church Tiie ceremonies com
menced with a preparatory chant. The Do
functoium intoned by'Rev. Father Maglin and
chanted by the priests. Following this were
tiie Matins, Lands, and Office for the Dead, in
toned by Rev. Dr. Cummings.
Then came the Grand Mass of Requiem, cel.
ebratod by Bishop Tiinon, of Buffalo, assisted
by very Rev. Father Stans, V. U., and Rev.
Fathers Quinn and''Fronton, Deacon and Sub-
Deacon— Rev. Farther McNerimv officiating as
Master of Coremqnim. The Cathedral during
the celch-ation if this mass was hushed and
still, aud hundreds who witnessed the solemn
spectacle for the first time, and who were per
haps of another faith, gave fixed attention to
the impressive service.
The presence of the great dead, the sombre
mourning in which the ilmrch was decked, tiie
licli dresses of tlip officiating Bishops, the long
rows of priests jn white surplices, the dim
light of consecrated tapers, tii i volutnnes of
incense ascendipi from the altar, and the rich
tones of the organ swelling from door to ceil
ing, rendered the ceremonial one not soon to
be forgotten.
At the conclusion of this discourse the cere
monies of last Absolution were performed, all
the Bishops present taking part, each in turn
intoning tiie offices aud passing around the
body sprinkling upon the holy water and
swinging over it the censors filled with burning
iiisense.
'the remains were borne to Hie vault near
the door by six priests of the diocese,preceded
by Ihe Bishop anil followed by the family and
relatives of the deceased, the priest chanting
tiie Benedictus. The concluding prayers at
the vault Were lead by Bishop Timon, and the
body was aga* sprinkled with holy water and
incensed and lowered to its last resting place.
The Archb shop was buried on tiie 26th an
niversary of liis consecration as Bishop ; bo
died on the day of his patron saint, St. John,
and it is singular that lie had oiten expressed a
wisli to die on that day. Tiie courts all ad
journed yesterday out of respect to liis memo
ry,.aud the flags on the public buildings were
displayed at half mast. All the public offices
were closed, aud very rnuiy stores iu different
sections of the city.
The New French Circui.au on the Con
gress.—Tlie Paris Monteur publishes the text
of the New French circular on the Congress.
It has been addressed to the heads of all the
diplomatic missions of France in Europe. The
document bears dale, Paris Dec 8. Annexed
is the translation :
Sir : —The sovereigns have replied to the
Emperor’s letter, and in tin* r replies all have
rendered homage to that bold initi itive which,
laying bare the dangers of the situation, pro
posed the most politic and tlie most loyal
means for averting them.
As you know, the majority of the Courts ad
hered without re-orve to the [imposition of
Frappe ; others accompanied their adhesion
?ith certain restrictions, in requesting the
rench Cabinet to draw up beforehand the pro
gramme of the future deliberations. The
German Sovereigns, p rsoniilly favorable to the
idea of the Congress subordinated their action
to the collective resolution of their confeder
ates. The reply of tlie Germanic Diet has not
yet reached us. —One - power alone, England
has refused.
Under these circumstances we have to ex
press our regiet *o the British Cabinet, rin
thanks to the Sovereigns who have uncondit
ionally accepted, and give an explanation to
those who have asked for information.
The French Government did notconsider it
self authorized to confine within a programme
the high, jurisdiction of Europe ; it was far
from the thoughts of the Emperor to set himself
up as an arbitrator. To enumerate the dan
gers which threaten the’peace ot the world is
superfluous ; those dangers are evident. It
appertained only to the Powers assembled in
Congress to decide upon the question to be dis
cussed, and those to beghsmissed.
The declaration of I lie Emperor, dated on
the sth of NovewbeivadmiUed of two hypoth
esises, a unanimous or a partial acceptance.
In the first the public mind would have
been greatly appeased, and even if all diffi
culties had not been settled, a better under
standing would have been established between
the sovereigns. Daily relations, in which all
would have been able to exchange their ideas
and express their desires or fears, would have
silenced many susceptibilities, ended many
misunderstandings, and dispelled many preju
dices. The probable result of these negotia
t;ons would have been a salutary and honor
able compromise.
France, which had nothing to ask for herself,
in the event of a general Congress, would
have made common cause with all the enligh
tened Governments in order to induce recon
ciliation. extinguish rancors, and claim those
indispensable ameliorations which prevent
revolutions and war.
Was this a Utopia ? Recent events prove the
contrary, and justify sooner than we thought
the Emperor’s provisions. The King of Den
mark dies : passions are inflamed, the peoples
grow excited, and the GoveiUmcnts undecided
balance between the letter of treaties and the
national sentiment of their country, A Con-
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gross might alone reconcile the duties of tiie
sovereigns, bound by conventions, and the le
gitimate aspirations ol the people.
The refusal of England lias unfortunately
rendered impossible the first result that we had
licrfied for from tiie appeal made by the Empe
ror to Europe. There now remains tiie second
hypoti esi*. the limited Congress. Its realiza
tion dt pends upon tiie will of tiie sovereigns.
After the refusal of the British Cabinet we
might consider our duty aceojpp’ished, and.
henceforth, in the events which pjay '-on
ly take into account our own particular'iut* r
est. But we prefer to recognize the favorable
dispositions which have been displayed towards
us, ami to remind the sovereigns who have
associated themselves with our intentions, that
we are ready to enter I rankly with them up
on the path ol a common und- rstanding
A coincidence of views and of action among
the principal powers of the continent who un
derstand as we do. the dangers of the present
and the necessities of tiie future, would have
a great influence upon future events, and pre
vent alliances or resolutions from being left
to chance. v*
When a general* Congress was in question,
the emperor cuffd not, without changing the
part he had traced out for himself, draw tip a'
programme, or concert with some of the Bow
ers; in order to submit afterwards to tiie others
a plan prepared beforehand, and commence
thus with a negotiation distinct front the de
liberations in which he had decided to present
himself without preconceived ideas, and free
from social engagements. But as this re
union cannot now becdlne complete, it will not
have the arbitrary authority belonging to a
European Congress. We feel, therefore, tlmt
before meeting, the sovereigns should instruct
their foreign ministers to agree upon the ques
tions to be discussed, in order ihat the Congress
may have more chance of leading to a practical
result.
You are therefore authorized to explain, as
above, the intentions' of the Emperor to the
Court at which you are accredited, and to leave
a copy of this dispatch with the Minister for
Foreign Affairs. Receive, sir, the assurance of
my high consideration. -
Ditouvx de L'Huys.
A Contras r.—-The Cincinnati Enquirer
draws a contrast between tiie Lincoln Govern
ment and the Government of European tyrants.
Facts show that Hie former is the most despot
ic. The people of the United Stales to-day, en
joy fewer liberties, than do the subjects of ru
lers of tiie old world. ' They have permitted
their rights to be taken from them gradually—
one by ono—until they have but few privileges
left. Until their boasted freedom is .but an
empty sound —nothing move. Here are some
plain truths as plated, by tiie Enquirer :
On October 30, 1836, Louis Napoleon made
liis appearance at Strasburg, and attempted to
precipitate a revolution in France, and solar
succeeded as to procure several thousand fol
lowers from tiie French army, among whom
were several officers of rank, who followed him
to open revolt. But Hie revolutionists were
overpowered, and Napoleon and all of liis prom
inent followers captured and incarcerated in
the prisons of Paris. History says of the impe
rial and tyrannical government of Louis Phil
lippe, “that tiie government was exceedingly
exasperated, and desired to try tiie prisoners
by court martial, but the law on this point was
formal, and some of tiie prisoners not military;
and these persons not only exempted* them
so'ves from ail accountability to military juris
diction, but gave their afccomplices the light of
appealing for trial before a civil tribunal. Ev
ery measure was resorted to, to Convict them,
but without infringing upon the rights of the
defendants.” The result was the banishment
of Louis Napoleon and tiie acquittal of liis ad
herents. Louis Phillippc dared not violate a
formal law 1 , even in a ease of actual revolt, t>y
men too, entrusted with commissions to com
mand his arfliy, at a time, too, when revolution
was rendering liis sceptre precarious every
where. He dared not then so far violate a for
mal law as to try any of the accused before a
military tribunal.
But Abraham Lincoln, in free America, dare
try a civilian by court martial, and deny him
every eonstitut.ouifl right. God-given, consti
tutional rights, much less formal laws, are no
barriers to his usurpotio is. The civil tribunal
of Paris, with commissioned officers found in
oben rebellion and revolt Indore it, upon trial,
in a constitutional way, when contrasted with
the mock, insignificant, partisan, illiterate tri
bunal of Cincinnati of 1803, furnishes a specta
cle libelous, humiliating and shameful to us.
The prisoners of France, found iiiFopen re
bellion, and they, too, commissioned officers,
of the army, were protected by the laws of
France, but the laws of the United Stat< s, un
der Republican rule, afford no protection to
the citizen who has committed no crime known
to the laws of God or man. llov much longer
shall these things be? Retribution is slow but
cure. There was a hell for Judas, and now
those who have betrayed pride, usurped pow
ers, and a nation’s wealth purloin and, having
committed the sin nearest akin to*his, are but
(it companions for one that was false to God
himself.
Yankee Atrocitks In N. Carolina —Their
own Confessions. —We publish below, from the
N, Y. Daily News, an account of General
late raid through the counties of Currituck, Cam
den and Pasquotank, N. C. It will be found
that our accounts of his infamous proceedings,
bad as they were, were considerably under
drawn, and told but half the truth. We invite
the attenion of the reader to this account. —
The Norfolk correspondent of the News unites
thus —the letter is dated Norfolk, Va., Dec. 25:
In this vicinity there is a Reign of Terror. —
Gen. Wild see.ms to be independent of General
Barnes, who, we believe, it he had the power,
would deal kindly and gently with us, and re -
ports only to Gen. Butler. He has visited, the
surrounding country with fire and sword, liter
ally so, and far beyond the Federal lines de
vastated whole provinces; and threatens that
this is only the beginning of that vengeance
which' he purposes to call down upon tl.e heads
of defenceless women and children.
In the county of I’asquotank, North Carolina,
forty miles from Norfolk, he liung Daniel
Bright at his own liotiVe. because it was believ
ed he was attached to an organized, c irnmis
sioned guerrilla company. He seized more
than one hundred thousand dollars’ worth of
personal property in the adjoining counties;
stripped the farmers of every living thing, and
brought it away, leaving hundreds of inhabi
tants without a pound of meat or a peck of
meal.
Many of these people, to my knowledge,
were loyal, and had-beonso for months; suffer
ing for their loyalty, persecution from their own
people. They had certificates of protection
from the former commandants at this post, and
no man questioned their good faith.
Negroes were permitted to curse and abuse
defenceless ladies, to strip them of their jew
elry ami clothing, and offer them indignities
which would offend decency to repeat. A small
Confederate force captured two of his negroes
in a skirmish, and for this he outraged all (be
laws of civilized war. He arrested two ladies
of high character, permitted a brutal negro sol
diery to tie them hand and foot, and kept them
in this condition for two days and nights;
brought them to Norfolk, and now keeps them
confined in a close room. These ho holds as
hostages for the return of his negroes. He
visite 1 the farm of Mr. Gregory, an old man
of seventy odd ye trs of age, who, I feel cer
tain, never took any part in this war —set fire
to his dwelling and outfiouses of immense val
ue, and burned them to the ground: stripped
him of all his personal estate, and brought-hiin
a prisoner to Norfolk. He, also, is held as a
hostage. lam ready to exclaim, with Madam
Roland, “Oh ! Liberty, how 'many crimes have
been committed in thy name!”
You will ask who is Gen. Wild? I answer,
God knows! Whence or where he came, or
what his lineage, the future must disclose. His
history is faintly written here in atrocities,
that make the blood run cold, Whatever else
he purposes is not for me to say'.
The Baltimore American siys that by treaty
arrangements with the Federal Government,
French war vessels will he permitted to ascend
the James river for the purpose of removing
the French tobacco stored at Richmond, which
"•is purchased previous to the breaking out of
the rebellion. Was auy so purchased?
Opinions of the Exgusjj Press. —Late for
eign dates give us tiie annexed views of tiie
Eng'ish press on the existing state of affairs in
this country;
T iie London Globe takes a favorably view of
the prospects of the Confederates.
The London Times reminds those who antici
pate an early breakdown of The Confederate
cause, that conquest in the lWfi- mWt*be mn;-
etaffieiUjy military occupation. .President 17m*
Vtjjrr proposes, on republican yrim-ipleSpU* vest
the government of each Seceded State tit.one
tenth of tiie population who will swear allegi
ance to him and obedience to his acts of Con
gress and proclamation. TlnSe men will be no
more able to maintain themselves than were*
the tt-k f tyrants'll Athens without tiie aid of
the 1 >v> lemonian garrison. They will form a
detested oligarchy like tiie Normans in Saxon
England, only that they will rule ovhr men
braver and more warlike thail themselves.—
Even when IhesNorth has surrendered her lib
erty and beggared her finances. Hie will not lie
able, permanently, to hold her immense coun
tries and keep their hostile population on the
terms. • •
The Times adds: “Though we conceived it
to 1 e quite possible that, overborne b} - perpet
ually recruited numbers and immense resources,
the South may become unable to retain large
armies in the field, yet, between that and sub
jugation, ftiere is an interval which we do not
expect to see filled iqrP
On Lincoln's message, tiie English press com
ments as follows:
Tiie London Times looks on Lincoln’s mes
sage as warlike, and says the effect of the wnole
document, amnesty included, resembles that of
tiie last battle. The offer of peace is on terms
that cannot be accepted. The whole question
still depends on the fortune of war. It may be
gratifying to the North to b s formally assured
that the Government is strong and successful
enough to offer an amnesty. But it is evident
that Mr. Lincoln anticipates no pacific result;
nor does tiie Secretary of the Treasury, who
looks forward still to two years’ war expendi
tures. Commercial circles in New York appear
to share his misgivings, the premium on gold
having risen under liis message.
The Morning Post thinks Lincoln must be
“joking,” and says he should have remember
ed that a Confederate army was encamped wiih
in a hundred miles of Washington before lie
ventured to dictate such terms of amnesty.
The Morning Herald ridicules the proclama
tion and denounces the vindictive spirit of the
proffered amnesty, which it says offers nothing
which could be withheld if the last Southern
town had been taken and the last Southern reg
iment cut to pieces. The real object is to es
tablish a pseudo State government wherever
secure foothold can be found.
The Latest Depredations uy the Alabama.
—The Liverpool Telegraph of Dec. loth con
tains the following particulars of the latest de
predations by the Alabama :
Aft'ir several months of uncertainty regard
ing the whereabouts of the noted Confederate
cruiser Alabama, a despatch which was receiv
ed yesterday by tlßs overland mail, via Alex
andria, reports her having bqen seen off the is
land of Java on the 16th of November, aud
adds that she destroyed tiie noted American
clipper Winged Racer—one of the most cele
brated of the New York and Saufranciseo tra
ders—and the Araamla; off Java Head.,
The nows received is meagre, and does not
give any details, but the position in which tiie
Alabama was on tho above date renders her
presence of considerable importance to Feder
al vessels in East India waters ; and Captain
Semmes’ well known character for destroying
the commerce of ihe Northern States is sulfi
dent to cause uneaiSness to thoso American
shipowners who have ships iu the Sou them lat
itudes.
Tl > A *- ’ <- J
built in the United States in 1557. She was
lxmud from Manilla for Falmouth, with a car
go of sugar, &c. The Winged Racer was 1.800
tout, and was a'so from Manilla bound for New
York, laden with East India produce. Both
ships belonged to Federal owners.
The Confederate steamers Georgia, Rappa
hannock and Florida are reported to lie cruisj
ing in tiie Atlantic Ocean, north of the Equa
tor ; the cruiser Tuscalsosa was atlastaooounts
off tho Cape of Good Hope ; and one not here
tofore mentioned, the privateer Relief, a sail-
I ing vessel, was spoken on the lltli of Septem
ber, in lat. 23 deg. 24 min. South, and long. 40
deg. 47 min. East.
Tho Federal cruiser Vanderbilt.' reported in
search of the Alabama, 'was at last accounts
cruising between the Cape o! Good Hope and
Mauritius, while the Alabama had been shift
ing the scene of operations to tiie China waters.
The Federal cruiser Kearsage, seven guns,
from Brest, where she had been looking after
the Rappahanfftck, at Calais, was at the end of
last week off Plymouth Sound, aud stated to be
in want of coal. Having visited tiie American
Consul at Plymouth, she took her departure iu
the Westward direction.
The Mexican Question. —Tho Pafis corres
pondent of the London Times writing from
that city un lor date of Dec. 21, speaks thus of
the osition of the Mexican question :
The departure of the Archduke Maximilian
to bake possession of the crovvu awarded iiitn
by the notables of Mexico, is not so near, nor
so certain, as jvas supposed a month or tw r o ago.
Indeed, from all I can hear, it is very doubtful
whether he has not almost made up his mind to
decline the honor. Among tlie other conditions
which he considered indispensable to his accep
tance of it was the recognition by the Washing
ton Government of the Mexican monarchy. The
proposal was formally made by the French
Government to President Lincoln's Cabinet,
though it had been previously informed that no
such scheme could be entertained, as the Amer
ican Republic would never tolerate, much less
recognize, a monarchy established at their very
door.
I have reason to know that tiiis assurance
was subsequently confirmed iu a dispatch from
Washlbgton, which was communicated in due
course to the imperial Government. Now, as
the Emperor has not yet recognized the South
ern Confederacy, and as the Federal States re
fuse to recognize an Empire in Mexico, the
guaranties of its independence and integrity, on
which the Archduke’s consent depended, fall to
the ground. I cannot say whether the idea of
forming a trans-Atlantic monarchy is abandon
ed or not; but I believe that we now think of
casting about for some other person to put at
the head of affairs. Doblado has been spoken
of, not, perhaps, as Emperor, but as President
of the Republic, with w'hat success remains to
be seen.
Spain lias not lost all hope of seeing one of
her royal stock on the Mexican throne. There
is a rumor of a betrothal between the Queen s
daughter and some Bourbon I’rince, to whom
it would be offered as soon as France shall have
completely pacified the couniry, and swept off
the adventurers and brigands who infest it.
The Emperor Napoleon is not in the habit of
yielding to obstacles wliieh may be overcome,
and, having already done so much for Mexico,
lie will not easily relinquish the completion of
the task lie Ims undertaken. However the Arch
duke may decide, he cannot abandon if until
some Government be consolidated.
The Currency Bill. —The Richmond Exam
iner of Jan. 23, speaks thus of the passage of
the currency hill, and its supposed provisions:
The Currency hill passed the House of Repre
sentatives. in secret spssion, last Satuiday. It
was considered by the Senate on Wednesday,
and referred to the Finance Committee. The
Finance Committee still have the bill before
them, and on Thursday were excused from at
tending the i ession of the Senate, that their
time might be devoted to this important mea
sure.
The hill, it is said, proposes to reduce the
redundant currency by compulsory funding
and heavy taxation. Treasury notes now out
standing are to be fundable, lor the first month
after the passage of the act, in six per cen .
bonds; the second month after in five per cen -
and so on: and all those not funded before the
first day of next December, shall
no longer fundable, but shall be rep
and declared of no value.
It is reported that in the m >tter of taxation
the bill cuts deep, the tax on the v alue of all
personal property being ten per cent.
V Its provisions will notbe divulged aatil final
ly ruled upon by the concurrence of the Senate
turd the approval of the Executive.
The Military Despotism of tub
The Chicago Times refers thus to the proceed
ings of the Federal Congress in regard to the
military despotism which now exists at the
North:
Mr. Edgerton, of Indiana, is much compli
mented by the conservative members of Con
gress of both Houses, for the noble tone, as
well as comprehensiveness and point ol' liis res
olutions. Those resolutions arraign the Presi
ded, as he deserves, lor liis bad taith nnd’for
the violation of his inaugural oath; throw in
his teeth the various solemn promises which he
lias disregarded; and denounce tiie whole mili
tary policy of the Administration in fitting
terms. • Tiie resolutions, of course, were voted
tiie fact that they received sixty
tliree votes in the House of Representatives
caused a very uneasy feeling to pervade tho
radical side of the House.
The resolution of Mr. Harrington, of Indi
ana, offered on tiie same day, in relation to the
habeas corpus and tiie usurpations of the Pres
ident. are similar in tone and spirit, and are
commendable. They iqet,-of course, with tho
same fate. * *
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The following were referred : A bill to or
ganize bodies for the capture and destruction
of the enemy’s property, by land or sea, and
to provide compensation therefor; io establish
the. office of ensign in the army of Hie Confed
erate States.
A re.-olution was adopted that the President
of the Confederate States be requested to in
form tiie Senate at what time the chief tax col
lector for tiie State of Louisiana was appointed,
and in what part of tiie State he has entreed
upon the discharge of liis duties.
The Finance Committee, reported the follow
ing, whieli was agreed to:
“Resolved, That tiie Secretary of tiie Trea
sury be requested to communicate_jto tiie Sen
ate,
Ist. The aggregate amount of the fundoit
debt of the Confederate States on the Ist of
January, 1864, exclusive of call certificates.
2d. Trie aggregate amount of call certificate:?
outstanding on the Ist of January, 1864.
3d. The aggregate amount of non-interest
bearing Treasury notes, exclusive of those le
low the denomination of live dollars, outstand
ing on the Ist of January, 1864.
4th. Tiie aggregate amount of interest bear
ing Treasury notes outstanding .on the Ist of
January, 1864.
sth. The aggregate amount of Treasury notes
below the denomination of five dollars, out
standing on tiie Ist of January. 1864.
The same'eommitteo reported a bill to ex
tend the provisions of an act in relation to tho
receipt of countcrii it Treasury notes by public;
officers, which was read and passed.
The Senate resolved into secret session.
house.
Tiie House resumed the consideration of tho
Senate bill to change the time of the meeting
of the next Congress. After much discussion
the amendment of the Judiciary Committee to
the Senate bill, proposing to fix April instead
of May as Hie lime of meeting, was adopted—
yeas 42, nays 40. The bill was then read a third
time and passed.
A motion wus made to reconsider ihe vote by
which tiie bill was passed, but the House went
into secret session before disposing of Ihe mo
tion.
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The Judiciary Committee, to whom was re
ferred the bill to privide tor the payment of
certain claims iu tho State of Mississippi, re
ported back the same with amendments, mak
ing the provisions of the bill applicable to all
the States. The hill was placed upon tho cal
endar.
to.&gsaiariea
in the State of Virginia, was taken up and pass
ed.
The bill to regulate tho salaries of the Judges
of the District Courts of the Confederate States
was taken up. It allows the uniform salary of
$5,000 per annum dining the war, instead of
the highest compensationnllowed to the Judges
of the Supreme Courts of the several States, an
was provided by law. It.was moved to strike
out $5,000 and insert s4,ooo—motion lost and
further consideration postponed indefinitely.
Several other bills were introduced and on
motion postponed till to-morrow.
The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom
was referred the President’s message relating;
to the Qurtermaster General’s Office, returned a
lengthy report, 't he Committee conclude their
report as follows :
The Committee believe that A. R. Lawton is
not Quartermaster General, nor legally exercis
ing the office, and that every dollar which has
been drawn from the Treasury for the use of
the Quartermaster General’s Department since
the 10th day of August last lias been issued
without authority and in violation of law.—■
They recommend tho adoption of the accompa
nying resolutions ;
1, That in the opinion of the Senate, A. C.
Myers is now Quartermaster General of tha
Confederate Statc3 Army, and is by law author
ized and required to discharge tho duties there
of.
2. That A. R. Lawton is not authorized by
law to discharge the duties of said office.
A bill was introduced and referred entitled
a bill (o provide for the organization of a bu
reau of polytechnics for the examination, ex
periment and application of warlike inven
tions. I
HOUSE.
The Senate’s amendments to the House bill
to provide fora Treasury Department for tha
Trans-Mississippi district, were taken up and
adopted.
Thfe Senate’s amendments to the bill grant
ing a special copy-right to Hardee and Goet
zel, for Hardee’s Infantry and Rifle Tactics,
were considered, and, together with the bill,
referred to the Committee on Patents.
The following were introduced and referred:
A joint* resolution of thanks to Gen. Beaure
gard and the officers and men under his corn
mind, for their gallant defence of Charleston;
a.bill authorizing the consolidation of com
panies, battalions and regiments; amendatory
of the act to levy taxes; Senate bill amenda
tory of the act authorizing the organization of
a volunteer navy.
A resolution was adopted transferring the re
port of the Committee upon the memorial of
Cen. Tochman, made last session, to the calen
dar of this session; also, a resolution request
ing the President to communicate to thelloivsn
all reports of Gen. Beauregard relating to the
defence of Charleston which have not been
published.
A resolution was adopted instructing tha
Committee on the Judiciary to report whether
any legislation is necessary to authorize tha
Secretary of the Treasury to pay for cotton sub
scribed to the cotton loan, and destroyed by
order of the military authorities before it was
delivered under the terms andconditions of the
loan; and, if not, that they inquire iuto tha
expediency of reporting a bill authorizing such
payment.
The following resolutions were adopted :
Resolved, That pending the suspension of
the exchange of prisoners oi war, it is the duty
of Congress to give expression to their sympa
thy for the brave citizen soldiers who have,
by the fortune of war, been consigned to a
foreign prison, and that every effort made by
the President to alleviate their condition and
supply their necessities will meet the cordial
concurrence of Congress.
Resolved, That until the enemy
sent to renew the exchange of pris<
the cartel, the Congress will cheer
all necessary appropriations for su
wants of our fellow citizens now in an
of the enemy.
Resolved, That in the opinion < ' -J< -
it is advisable to endeavor to mak( agree
ment with the enemy for permitti U ‘
soners on each side to be attended
number of their own surgeons, to 1 "•»
permitted under rules to he esti
take charge of the health and con
prisoners, and also to act as com
prisoners wtth power to receive an
among the prisoners all contribuiii
their friends, of articles of food, c
medicine.
Resolved. That the President be
requested to communicate to Congi
ent state of the questions pending
two governments relative to the -
prisoners.
A resolution was adopted that lb
iuforin the House what, jf any h