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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1864)
(6ljromdf & grifamtl. ISS» ™ P'BKMIOEXT Requesting the advice of the Senate as to the meaning of the first clause of the sixth article of the Constitution. Executive Office, 1 Richmond, Va.. Kept- 12. j To the Senate of the Confederate States : Under the first clause of the sixth article of the Constitution. I entertain doubt whether it is intended that the officers, either of the regular or provisional army, or of the navy, Sainted during the existence of the Pro* ional Government, ajd confirmed by the ton ' reci uire to be re-nominated and confirm ed Iff the Senate ; and I respectfully ark your advice on this point JEFFERSON DAVIS . REPORT OR THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY- On a message from the President requesting the advice of the Senate as to the meaning of the first clause of the sixth article of the Con stitution. in regard to the appointment of offi cers of the regular and provisional army and na w, appointed during the existence of the Provisional Government, and confirmed by the Provisional Congress#. The Judiciary Commtttee respectfully, sub mit that they have duly considered the execu tive message transmitted by the President to the Senate on the 12th inst., in which the ad vice of the Senate is requested in regard to the construction arid meaning of the first clause of tje sixth article of the Constitution. The clause alluded to provides that “the Govern ment established by this Constitution is Hie successor of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, and all the laws passed by the latter shall continue in force until the same shall be repealed or modified ; and all the offiocn appointed by the same shall remain in office until their successors are ap pointed and qualified, or their office abolish ed.” The President requests the advice of the .sen ate on the point, whether the officers, either of the regular or provisional ( army, or of the navy, appointed during the existence of the Provis ional Government, and confirmed bv- con gress should be nominated and confined by the SSenate. The second clause of the second sec tion of article two of the Constitution, provides that (he President “shall nominate and, by and with the consent and advice of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public minis ters and consuls, judges of the supreme court, and all other officers of the Confederate States, whose appointments are not otherwise provid ed for, and which shnll be established by law.” This clause plainly requires the President to nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint all the officers of the Con federate States, civil ns well as military, whose offices are established by law, except those whose appointment is otherwise provided for in the Constitution. The concluding para graph of the clause under consideration i3 omit ted as immaterial to the solution of the point presented in the executive message. It is mani fest that the language of the Constitution is imperative, for it declares that the President shall nominate, and with the advice ami con sent of the Senate, shall appoint the officers of the Confederate States. The question then pre sented is, does the first clause of article six of the Constitution relieve the President from the obligation imposed on him by the previous ar ticles, so far as the officers appointed by the provisional Government are concerned? The permanent Constitution superceded the provis ional Constitution, and the latter no longer possesses any vitality. The permanent Government is the successor of the provisional Government; that is to say, it is a distinct and independent Government, which Pis displaced the defunct provisional Government ih all of its parts. The provis ional Government is a legal entity, created by the provisional Constitution, and expiied when the basis and sustaining power on which its ac tivity depended was destroyed. The result is, that hut for the clause contained in the sixth article of the permanent Constitution, the en tire governmental edifice erected upon tire pro visional Constitution, would have tumbled to pieces, with all its laws, its officers, and its ma chinery. It. is manifest therefore, that the first clause of the sixth article of the Constitu tion was adoptea to prevent an interregnum nud a temporary anarchy. As in representa tive government considerable time is required to effect a change, it becomes necessary, in or der to avoid anarchy, to create a kind of inter mediate government, the duration of which ex pires when the permanent Government is or ganized and goes into operation. These two Governments ar > distinct and separate—they are to succeed the one to the other— they can not ho blended, in whole or in part. 'The con ven'cnce of the public service was plainly the motive for the continuance in office of all offi cers appointed under tiie Provisional Govern ment. The inconvenience that would have re sulted to the public service from the omission of a provision similar to that contained in the sixth article of the Constitution, is too obvious to require comment. The permanent Consti tution did not elect the President or the legisla ted y ; it simply provided the fheans for their creation. It was absolutely necessary, tberfore, •until this machinery of the new Government pould be set in actual motion, that the old olli oers should continue in the exercise of their functions. As soon as the executive or appointing pow ers is placet! in a condition to act nnd to super cede by new appointments, the incumbent who held under the former Government, the con venience of the public service no longer re quires the continuance of these latter in ofllce. The temporary consideration which prolongs their existence beyond the life of the power which created them, having beeu answered, they naturally follow the fate of that power to which they owed their being. The ofiicers of the Provisional Government continued in office by the permanent Constitution, are not o®9ers of the permanent Government, in the sense of the Constitution, for such officers must be ap pointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. They are merely functionaries of an extinct Government, whose functions are, for public convenience, prolonged until officers of the Confederate States can be appointed and confirmed to succeed them in the others occu pied by them. The laws of the provisional Congress creating t he offices are expressly adopt ed by the Constitution as Confederate laws, and therefore the offices remain until abolished by the legislative power ; but the provisional officers are not adopted by the Constitution as Confederate officers—they are only permitted to remain in their respective offices until their suc cessors can be appointed and qualified and their successors are the constitutional officers, which the President is required to nominate, and, by nnd with the advice of the Senate, to appoint. It is as lunch the duty of the President to nominate and appoint nil the officers of the Confederate States, under the permanent con stitution, as it was his duty to qualify ns Presi dent under the permanent constitution.— Though elected President, if he bad not, in obedience to the Constitution, qualified as President, by taking the constitutional oath prescribed by the permanent Constitution, be could not have continued to perlorm executive functions under the sixth article of the Consti tution. This delay to organize the permanent Government would have been a plain violation H f dutv. and so an unnecessary delay to ap point all officers, civil, military and naval, whoso officers are established by law, is not war ranted by the Constitution. It is further man ifest that the Constitution contemplates that the Senate? should be consulted its to the agents created by law to administer every of the Ex ecutive Government. civil as well as military, if, therefore, the President should unnecessari ly delay to make nominations to fill the offices created by law. he would thus deprive the Sen ate of its constitutional light to participate in the appointment of the officers of the Govern ment. The President has no constitutional right to presume that the Senate issatisfied with the appointments made by the Provisional Gov ernment, and therefore it is his duty to afford that body an opportunity of exercising its constitutional function in making appointments to office. The undersigned, majority of the Judiciary Committee, thereto;e recommend the adoption of the subjoined resolution. Thomas J. Srmmes, H. C. Burnett. Landox C. Hanes. The forces under Maj. Lee. ol Atlanta, are very effective in arresting deserters aud ’strag gle! s in that vicinity. The Government has adopted measures to perfect our communication- with the Trans- Mississippi. The transit of the river will be effected at several points, and letters will be safely transferred to their destination. New Orleans papers, received at Mobile, re port that the cold spell at the beginning of the vear iu Louisiana, destroyed the ratoons ot the ; U gar plant, and perhaps much of the cane bed ded for planting. This will seriously affect the Migar <*rop of next year It was also thought ibat the extensive orange groves ot the Mate Siad been killed. It was the coldest spell known at least tfcj-y years. VEWB SUMMARY. 'The Atlanta Confederacy says : —On Sunday it was intimated to the authorities that a gang of negroes and whites were in a thicket near that city, card playing and cock fighting. Rivers battery was sent out to reconnoiter. their posi tion, and if possible capture the posse. On reaching the thicket they having ascertained the precise position of the fancy gentlemen, stir rounded them and demanded an unconditional surrender of the entire force ; whereupon they were forced on by the gamblers and one man was shot through the hand. They returned the fire, however, and succeeded in shooting one negro. They then made a charge on the iwrty and succeeded in capturing thirty-two negroes and some few white men, several of both colors effecting their escape. The negroes were brought to the calaboose and each received the delicate allowance of fifty lashes and was turned over to his master. The white men are also in custody. There were some counterfeit quarter dollars in specie found on one of the negroes. The money was pretty well executed, though the pewter was evident at the slightest glance. These counterfeits had doubtless been manu factured by some white member of the gang and imposed on the negro at specie value. The extreme penalty of the law should be visited on the white rascals. The authorities through out the country cannot keep too strict a guard over the negroes. They are allowed altogether too many liberties. Judge Ould, it is stated, that the last flag of truce boat which would arrive during the war had come and gone. What he meant, if he meat any thing, has not yet leaked out. Per haps he was talking buncombe. Perhaps he was not. Perhaps—well we do not know what grounds he had for arriving at such a conclu sion. The President and the Senate are at logger heads od the Quartermaster General question. The President he° got one of his friends into the place. The Senate says he occupies the position illegally, and want lo get him out. The side that is the strongest will undoubtedly he victorious. Things will probably wag along as usual either way. From all portions we learn that the three years troops are re-enlisting promptly. That is good and cheering newH. A boy, thirteen years old, named Forrest, who resided in Choctaw county. Miss., shot himself through the head a few days since be cause his mother would not let him go into the army. Two colored women died in Mobile lately at the respective ages of one hundred and twenty and one hundred and fifteen. The Government has at last obtained a clue to the perpetrators of the numerous abstrac tions, from time to time, in the Treasury De partment. The developments resulted, last week, in the arrest of a young man, a clerk in the Note-Signing Department, and several Ital ians), the clerk charged with abstracting the notes and the Italians with receiving them. — All the parties were committed to the county jail. The disclosures are of a most extraordi nary character, and involve cue case of ten thousand dollars, and others for smaller amounts, ranging from five hundred to one hundred dollars. These abstractions of notes have been going on for six or eight months, and it seemed impossible to get at the author of them until a clever trap was laid, which caught him. The chief party confesses all, and has made restitution of the money, as far as it lay in liis power. About four weeks ago, the Richmond papers noticed the disappearance of a Yankee prison er who was supposed dead. He,was laid out in the dead room of one of our hospitals, and during the night knocked off" a board from the coffin, and this time really ‘-departed.” The lellow has reached Washington, and as a mat ter of course, has become quite a hero in Fed eraldom. The State ot Alabama liar created an office and sent an agent to Richmond for the collec tion of the claims of deceased soldiers and com mutation money due by the Government. The agent selected, is Col. Win. H. Fowler, who is ex officio Superintendent of Army Records. Wm II Stevens, who killed Sergeant Spakl ing iu Savannah a short time since, has been arrested in Wilmington and awaits a requisition from the Governor of Georgia to the Governor of North Carolina, for his delivery to the au thorities of this State. Coffee sold at auction the other day, in Mont gomery, at from $S 75 to $9 25 per pound by the barrel ; mackerel No 1 sold for $65 00 per kit -a considerable fall in prices. A good sign. The Federals have made a raid through Hyde county not long since, during which they de stroyed an immense amount of property, eon sisLiug of provisions, stock, &e. The Mayor of Atlanta addressed a communi cation to Gov. Brown, asking that the City Council be exempt from the late military act of Georgia. The Governor in reply stated that under the act, reorganizing the militia, all free white males betweeH the ages of 16 and GO must be unrolled and organized ; but, when it is necessary to call any portion of the militia into the field the Governor would determine, whether it would bo consistent with the public good to grant the exemptions asked for. It is stated the Federals recently attempted to destroy the town of Fayetteville, Tenn. Home Confederate bushwhackers, it was said, had killed some of their men in the neighbor hood, and fired by revenge and bad whiskey, they rushed into town and swore they would burn it up. They set fire to quite a number of buildings all of which were saved by tile ex ertions of the citizens, except a dwelling house formerly owned by Mr. John D. Bright, which was entirely consumed. Ten more prisoners have escaped from the Atlanta jail—some of them desperadoes. This is the second or third lot who have recently liberated themselves. No wonder there are so many rogues in Atlanta. They know that if they are caught aud confined, they can easily escape. The late Federal expedition up James river, Va , destroyed every house within their reach. They also laid waste several fine plantations, carried off negroes and other valuable prop erty. and committed other outrages. All these acts, it is said, were ordered to be done by Butler. Mrs. Peter Wier, of Sumter county, Ala., has contributed over one hundred pieces of clothing—consisting of blankets, shirts, socks, pants—to Morgan’s command. This is the third donation that this noble and patriotic lady has given to the same command. Such actions need no comments. The small pox is spreading at Salisbury and other places in North Carolina. Gov. Joseph R. Brown has made a speech in Albany. Ex- Governor Neill Brown, of Tennessee, also spoke. Both speeches says the Albany Patriot, were appropriate and worthy of the occasion. 1 lie Alabama troops in Lee’s army are rc-eu listing. The Montgomery Ala. Mail says that Gen. Bragg proposes to take up his residence iu that city. A woman named Nellie Brvant and three other fernalo convicts lately made their escape from the Georgia State Penitentiary. ‘•Nellie’’ U ft a note for the Principal Keeper, Col. Green stating that she intended to leave, and telling him what disposition to make of her trunk, saying if he caught her she would want it. and if he didn't, she would want it anyhow, and added aP.S, asking him to excuse bad writ ing. as she was very tired from digging a hole in the wall. The instrument she used in dig ging out was a pair of scissors. She and her companions were confined in a building, the walls of which formed a portion of the wall around the Penitentiary. “ Nellie" was sen tenced for aiding the escape of her husband from Macon jail. She has certainly proved herself to be a sort of a Jack Sheppard. Our papers are quite silent, and rightly so. upon the preparations that are being made in our midst, and upon the important manulacto tories that have and are still being erected.— The Federal spies, however, that prowl through the country, manage at times to give the re spective papers important information. One of these gives the New York Times some in formation of what is going on in aud around Richmond. He says a gunboat, clad with three thicknesses of two-inch iren, is at Man chester. opposite Richmond, nearly completed ; that at Rocketts, two other ironclads are on the stocks : that large iron works aie in pro cess of construction in Manchester, by a man named Bradley ; and that two cotton mills have been erected in Manchester, and petrna nent improvements made in the Tiedegar Iron Works. The same paper says that two woolen mills in Manchester turn out fourteen hundred and titty yards of army cloth, wit ch is sold to the Government for $35 a yard. A glass factory is soon to go into operation at Columbus. Ga. There are several hundred cases of sm til pox among the Federal prisoners at Saulsbury, N. C. A handsome and sttnerb blooded stallion lias been presented to General Beauregard by- Mr Thomas Arnold, a patriotic citizen of lirya'n county, Ga., who has given many evidences of his devotion to the good cause. Mrs. S. C. Law, at the head of a delegation of ladies, passed through Atlanta lately, in charge of five hundred blankets and fifteen hundred pair of socks, designed for the needy soldiers of Gea. Johnston's army. SOUTHERN NEWS. A letter from Captain Fisk’s expedition to ascertain the best northern route to the gold diggings, dated “Bannock City, Grasshopper creek, Idaho Territory,” nays t6e expeditiona ry party arrived at that place a week previous ly, all well. The diggings near that place are yielding $500,000 per week. The party expect ed to winter there, as the road to Walla Walla —ea route for the Pacific—is almost impassa ble. The writer adds that the gold mines now being discovered in that region are some of tire richest in the world. Several New York regiments are returning home from the army of the We3t. Three Federal soldiers were recently killed near Mulberry, Tenn. Gen. Thomas has as sessed $50,090 upon Confederate sympathisers living within ten mile's of the place— tue mon ey to be divided between the families of the soldiers killed. About twenty-five hundred negro troops have thus far enlisted in Missouri. During the late cold weather five Federal sol diers froze to death on the cars between Colum bus and Nashville. Northern papers state that Gen. Grierson is a prisoner in Forrest’s hands. The Washington correspondent of the Chica go Times states that there will be no exchange of prisoners between the North and the South, until Butler is removed. He also says, if by any chance, he were to fall into the hands of the Southern soldiers, he would be bung ou the nearest tree. Robert J. Walker writes from England that there is a great revolution of opinion there in favor of the Yankees. In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania the motion to dissolve the injunction heretofore granted to restrain the Provost Marshal from taking drafted men, was granted. Anew churh has been built at San Francis co, for!’. Starr King, at a cost of 5100,000. — There is a debt of SC,OOO upon it, and Mr. King has told his congregation that he will not preach in the new church until the debt is paid. The Massachusetts Legislature is going to have a negro chaplain. The State of Rhode Island has filled her quo ta. The Providence. Post says thanks to the negroes. A high-sounding call was made. Jan 4th, for a meeting at Cooper Institute, New York, in behalf of the freedom on the banks of the Mis sissippi river. Only four or five hundred peo ple, half darkies, attended. Nigger musicians made the music, but the meeting was a failure. A great commotion lias been excited in the New York customhouse by the arrest and con finement in Fort Lafayette of Mr. A. X. Pal mer, charged with being in collusion with par ties engaged in contraband trade with the Southern States, and abusing his position in the collector's office to further that trade. Mr. Palmer is a member of the Republican (N. Y.) State Committee. The New York Custom House refuse clear ances for all goods for Nassau that they think are intended for blockade running. Malcolm Campbell, a prominent member of the New York bar, lias been arrested by order of Gen. Dix. He acted as counsel for Wm. Benjamin, who is charged with shipping contra band goods to Havana and Nassau, and the Government desires possession of certain books and papers belonging to the latter, which Camp bell refuses to give up. The Legislature of Kentucky has passed a bill prohibiting the importation of slaves into that State. The influx of slaves, says the dis patch, has had the effect ot cheapening the price of tbe stock ou hand and overflowing the market. The Washington AVoolen Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., cleared last year about $849,000 —or about fifty per cent, on their capital. The Federal officers still continue to force all liable to military duty in Memphis into the Federal array. The Northern papers have lately published an account of the trials attending the pas sage of a steamboat between New Orleans and Memphis The Yankee artist who was on board paints with a graphic pencil the tribulations attending the trip—how they were fired on at two or three places by the bloody “guerrillas’’ —how the shot came crashing through the thin woodwork of the boat, dealing death and destruction around—how the trembling and guilty cowards crouhed ill every hole and cor ner to escape tbe deadly missiles, and finally how the boat, reaching its destination discliarg ed, among its own freight, six ghastly Yankee corpses, including the captain of the boat. Both the Federal Senate and House of Rep resentatives are now engaged on a conscription bill. A bill to lax holders of gold and bills of ex change foreign or otherwise, two per cent, a month, is to be introduced into the Federal Congress. Maj. Gon. Herron is to fake command of the Federal army on the Rio Grande. Maj Gen. Dana, is to take command of the troops oa the Texas coast. The Federal officers have made the Governor of the State of Tamaulipas refund the money he has forced from American citizens. One steamer and three schooners have been captured by ihe Federalsinendeavoring to run out of Mobile. Advices from Nassau-state that the harbor is full of blockade runners. Nassau letter writers say that vessels are con stantly arriving from New York with cargoes for blockade runners. There is nothing of importance from the Fed eral army of tne Potomac. Gen. Schofield, with his staff, has left for Knoxville, where lie is (o take command. It is stated that the Federal army of the Po tomac, like General Lee's army, is to be re-or ganized iu three corps. A resolution has passed the Fedora' Senate to compel senator Bayard of Delaware to take Lincoln’s oath. Several resolutions have been offered in the Federal House of Representatives opposing Lincoln's acts both towaids the North and South. They were laid on the table—will not be taken up, if his admirers can prevent it. Two of Presidents Davis slaves have arrived in Liner,lndom. They will of course be made heroes of. The N. Y. Ilerabl says, that government of ficials being iuformed that the steamship Crom well, plying between that port and New Or !eans, was about to take on board percussion caps and kegs of powder concealed in potato barrels, kept watch upon the vessel. The re port was found to be true, and all the patties interested, including a prominent firm on Courtland street, have been arrested and the vessel seized. On board of her was found a large quantity of powder and caps. At the last stated meeting of the Managers of the American Bible Society, which was held iu New York, Dec. 3d, an application was re ceived from Rev. Levi Thorn, of North Caro lina, for one hundred thousand volumes of Bi llies and Testaments for the use principally of the North Carolina troops in the Confederate army. The application was approved by Gov, Vance. The Managers voted to send the vol umes. Another grant of fifty thousand Bibles tor the supply of the Confederate troops in the Southwest was also made by the Managers. In the Seventh Yankee Missouri regiment, camped near Vicksburg, but teamen have re enlisted for the war. The rest declare they are sick of the war, and will go home and stay there. This is good news. We trust the rest of the Yankees whose time is out will follow suit. The CiQcinnatti Enquirer says that the State elections of 18f>3 shows the Democratic vote of the North to be 1,488,000. Gen. Steele has been directed to order an election in Arkansas for State officers under the on -tenti proclamation. Lincoln lias “pardoned ’ some men calling themselves the Arkansas delegation, who have arrived in Washington. Gen. Grant has gone to St. Louis. At a public meeting held at Topeka. Kansas. Lincoln was nominated for the next Presi dency. The Democratic County Convention of Hunt ington CO., Penn., bits unanimously nominated Gen. Geo. B. McClellan its the first choice of the Democracy of that county for their Presi dential candidate. . The New York Times has a letter from Paris which states that the Confederate steamer Florida was aliont ready to sa l from Brest, and adds ; She lies in the bay, very close to the Union gunboat Kerseage. It is not proba ble the latter will be able to keep iter. for it in port when the Florida sails, the twenty four hour rule will lie applied, if she remains outside, the Florida which is faster than the Kerseage, can easily steal out some dark night. There is a prospect of an abundance of salt in Alabama the present year at very low rates. A large stock is now on hand, with the salting season closed, some of it purchased on specu lation at higher prices than those new ruling. In addition to this stock, contracts arc being entered into between parties and the Governor nearly every day. for the manufacture of salt at as low its four and even three dollars per bushel. Yitir:'. Rcte.—The New York eorrespofi and ii- of the London Timer gives two example, o! the nature of Yankee tvranny. when I.in coln gets control oi a Southern community : Gen. Sehneck persists in courting attention. He and his subordinates at Baltimore are irre pres-ible. Neither anger, nor contempt, nor ridicule can teach them decency. Two new cases have just occurred, which exceed in stu pidity of injustice all that he and his ready in -truments have hitherto perpetrated against the luckless citizens of that pleasant capital. — The hist in order of time is that of the Kev. Frederick Gibson, a clergyman of the Episco pal Church—a man highly esteemed in Balti more in every relation of life. He has, it ap pears, been in the bahit of receiving into his lamily for ibe purpose of education Iran ten to twelve young gentlemen, and as his reputation as a . teacher stood high, the applications for admission to his school were more numerous than he oculd accommodate. On the 21st of September a Gen. G. C. iuomas wrote to him from Washington to whether he had a vacancy for his son. — A' Gen. Thomas was an officer in the Federal service, Mr. Gibson replied that be should be most happy to receive the young gentleman, but only thought it proper to inform the Gene ral. l- in the unhappy circumstances which now distract the country, that all his pupils this year without exception advocated the Southern side, and tiiat such being the case, he did not think Gen. Thomas’sou would find it pleasant to be among them. This was a privileged communication, and ought to have been so considered by a gentleman. Gen. Thomas, however, was of a different opiuion, and for warded the document to Mr. Stanton. Mr. Stanton forwarded it to Gen. Schneek, and Gen. Schneek instructed liis Adjutant General, one Col. Donn Piatt, like himself a Western Attorney, elevated into military importance by the war, to do what was needed in the circum stances. Mr. Gibson was forthwith summoned into the awful presence of Col. Piatt and un derwent a searching cross examination as to his political opinions. Mr. Gibson replied that in bis public character of a clergyman and a teacher be expressed no political opinions whatever, and neither preached politics from his pulpit nor taught them in his school. Being pressed to tell what his private opinions were he frankly admitted that he had always thought the war ag inst the South to be indefensible, and that ho heartily sympathised with its pro pie. This was more than enough for Donn Piatt, who angiily informed Mr. Gibson that with such opinions he had no right to he in Baltimore, or any right at all except the right to be shot or buried. He forthwith consigned this clergyman without rights to a common cell at the rear of the l’rovost marshal’s i hire, where he still remained on Monday last, pend ing Gen. Schneck's decision as to what shall be done with him. ihe next case, though less painful in itself, is scarcely' Jess disgraceful to the egregious blockheads who govern Baltimore. Five per sons named Carr, Berry, Jordan, Kelly and Bowbadger, were on Monday, the 28th, brought before Colonel Fish, the Provost Marshal, upon the charge of drinking the following toast;— “Dunnation to the goose that grew the quill that made the pen that wrote Lincoln’s Procla mation if Emancipation.” This was alleged to be nothing less than high treason.. In vain the culprits protested that it was a good Union sentiment. Colonel Fish was inexorable, and ordered them to be transported acro ; s the Fed eral lines into. Virginia, to drink the toast if they pleased among their friends the “rebels.” As it appeared, however, that the business of these men would be wholly ruined and 'heir families left,destitute if the decree was enforc ed, tin offended majesty of Col. Kish consent ed to reconsider the matter. After a day’s deliberation, the interval having been wellem ploy'fd by the friends of t ie offenders iu bring ing testimonials to their previous good behav ior. it was intimated to them that their griev ous crime would be overlooked this once, pro vided they would take the oath of allegi ince lo that gracious President of whose goose quill t hey had spoken with such irreverence. Each and aii of them took the oath without hesita tion. Progress or Tin; French in Mexico. —The New York Express thinks the late news Jrom Mexico is very unfavorable for the Mexicans. Iu fact matters now look as if the French would soon have complete control of the entire coun try—have it entirely subjugated. The so-called Government of Juarez seems to be utterly ef fete. At any rate, if would seem utterly power less to r:sist the pressure that is brought against it. It retreats, and retreats, and re treats, from pillar to post. And, i. a stand is not made somewhere, the French troops hid fair to push it, either across the Rio del Norte,T or into the Pacific ocean. The Express says : We read that the Freiicii troops entered Morelia on the .‘lOlli of November, without op position ; aiso, that. General Bearthier had oc cupied Acamboro, and General Bazaine, Calicya. These places ire not of much consequence, in a strategic point of view. They can scarcely be found in Llie maps, or the gazettes, but the possession of them, nevertheless, makes military progress on the part of the invaders, an in creasing debility on the part of the natives. Gen. Doui is reported to be at Salamanca, which is the very heart’s core—so to speak— of Mexico. Tt is located some twenty miles south of Guanajuato on a plain, five thousand five hundred feet above the level of the sea. Guanajuato—itself in all human proba bility—lias fallen ere this, and that will be a prize worth having—one of the richest ci ies, as it is, in the whole country. The city is for med of a number of villages placed around sil ver mines. It is built ou extremely uneven ground ; the streets.are also steep and tortuous that no idea can be formed of the extent of the town but by ascending the bights by which it is overlooked. The houses, however, are gen erally well built, of hewn stone, and are ex tremely handsome, especially those belonging to the pvopr’etors of the neighboring mines. The city contains several elegant churches, numerous chape’s, and other religious edifices. The Albandiga, a large square building, used as a public granary, is a remarkable edifice. Guanajuato owes its existence and impor tance to the gold and silver mines, in its vicin ity—the richest iu Mexico. The gold and sil ver coinage jjof its mint, in 1844, amounted to $4,635,740, beiag ~tlio highest of all tqe mints of the Mexican Republic. There are in that city some manufactures of soap, woollen cloths linen, powder and tobacco ; also a number of tanneries. ~ It has a population of some 70,000 inhabitants. One would think that if any place were worth fighting for, or even staking all, to preserve from the enemy. It would be a city of such magnificient resources ; but in stead of any indications of a determination on the part of the native Government to do any thing of the kind, we ate informed, that "Jua rez and his ministers have gone to*Durango,’’ a town which fi euros in the maps as the capital of the State of tl at name, with a populatiot of some 25,000, a majority of whom according to Lippincott, are "rogues and beggars,” Juarez would never go to Durango, it it were in his power to goanyw ere else, but as in the ordi nary course of events, the French will soon be in Durandgo too, we see no lieip for him. The Yankee Debt.— The Pennsylvanians are becoming restive under the prospect ot having to pay their si-are of the public debt, The Philadelp! ia Sunday Mercury says "the Fede ral national debt is now, or soon will amount to the enormous sum of thtee thousand million of dollars, of which the proportion chargeable to Pennsylvania, will be one-sixth, or live hun dred. million dollars.” On the Ist September, 170,000 soldiers-were entitled to pensions, and 80,000 in addition, it was thought, would soon be adJtd to the list, making 250.000—assuming $96 as the allowance per annum to each pen sioner, would make 324,000,000; of which one sixth—Pennsylvania's share —-would be 84,000,- 000 per annum; equal to a principal of $56,- Gf>6,6G6J. "For the sake of even figures, we call $67,000,000,’’ says the Mercury. “This will make Pennsylvania’s share of the public debt five hundred and sixty-seven millions; the interest on which, at six per cent, say in round numbers, thirty-four millions, she will have to pay annually in the shape taxes.’’ The share °f the city and county of Philadelphia will be $7,000,000 yearly. The revenue board, in 180.1. fixed the value of all the property in the State, real and personal, at $596,000,000. The State debt is 338.000,000 r The Mercury thus states the account: Pennsylvania. Dr. lo her share of the national debt. 3500,000 000 'I n principal, at six per certt , of her share of pension list, 67 <>oo 000 To her own State debt, 38’ooojooo Pennsylvania. c r> By her own valuation of her own property, , _ $596,000,000 Balance against the State, 39.000,000 "So if Pennsylvania,” says the Mercury, in conclusion." were put up at auction to-moiTow ami sold for the full sum at which her own revenue board has valued her. she couW not meet ber obligations by nine milliens of dol lars. That is. her debt is nine millions more than she is worth. And this is the result of Abolition plunder aud mismanagement.” Ciomi Cocnkel.—Some jjcndcMaa im# bc-er. furnishing some good maxims and wise >a-iugs to tho Richmond Whig which ate very appro priate for the times: When the public safety is in peril, the peo ple should hear counsel. A nation at war is a ship at sea. whose safe ty is as much dependent on the shill and fideli ty. as upon the number of itscrew. A General and his subordinates are a unit. A General—however great—with ill -appoint ed subordinates, is a chain some of whose links are fractured. The weakest link measures the strength of the chain. He should be Generalissimo, who is best qualifi ed and he is responsible lor the result, all officers under him should bo nominated only by him. While the battle is not always to the strong, it is nevertheless, generally so; and a swift horse generally outruns a slow one. What sometimes appears to be a necessity, is exactly the reverse of what is necessary. It can never be necessary to do wrong. 'i he righteous sometimes fall a prey to the wicked ; and a good cause does not always suc ceed. No natk n should presume upon its righteous ness—tor all nations are wicked. In distress, it is wise to call upon God for help : but it is not always certain what the answer wiil be. The honor and majesty of a nation lie in the truth and integrity of its people. A people that is not held to gether by the bands of mutual good faith, is a tub with rot ten hoops. To break a covenant, and then as a subter fuge to deny its existence, is to commit a fault, and afterwards to tell a falsehood to bide it. A citizen who owes the government military service, cannot escape from it without a con tract with the government—whether that con tract be to pay money, or furnish a substitute. When legislators forsake the teachings of common sense, aud employ as a substitute the refinings of soph stry. in the constitution of the lavs-then must the hearts of the people fail them—and then must their hands fall down. “Truth is mighty and will prevail,’’—but with whom is truth to be found ? Money, or credit, is the sinews of war : but where there is no money, aud very little credit, the sinews ot war are relaxed. The bond of an honest man who has but lit tle is worth more thau a swindling prince. Taxation should be equal; but jt is not equal when men owning equal amounts of property are unequally taxed. To tax one man more than another, simply be cause ho has acquired his property by a differ ent, though equally lawful, means, is to inflict a penalty for prosecuting a lawful pursuit. No man should be made to pay a fine, or to suffer any other penalty, unless by the judg ment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and for a violation of law. Two parties are necessary alike to make and to rescind a contract, though the Government may be one of them. A right that is bought and paid for cannot be destroyed by calling it a privilege. Indiscreet,clamors against the Government are pernicious and improper ; but if the peo ple aie not allowed to think for themselves, and to utter rvbat they think for the public good, then the Government is not democratic, and the people are not sovereigns, but subjects. Any attem] t by the legislative to disparage the judicial branch of the Government, or to assume its functions, should be promptly con demned as a violation of the Co:,stitut on, and a palpable assault upon the liberties of the people. The Constitution and the laws are as obliga tory in time of war as in the time of peace , and he is an enemy of liberty who denies it. It is in our power to hope ; but to hope we should be just. Our proverb should always be, Justitiafiat, caelum mat. A Federal Omniox of the Prospects this Spring.—A correspondent of the Chicago Times, writing from Washington, gives his views upon the prospects of Lincoln’s Generals the coming campaign. It will be seen that while lie is confident that no headway can be made in Virginia, he is not at all sanguine of any success in the West : From all that can be learned of the plans and resources of the Confederates, it is evident that they are fully prepared for a vigorous spring and summer campaign. Their armies aie mu"h less numerous than ours. It cannot be shown 'hat they have quite 400,000 troops, nut they are all well disciplined, and in a de fensive war are equal to 700,000 acting offen sively. It seems 10 be understood that, at the opening of the spring campaign, they will be divided between Gen. Lee, on the line of the Kapidan, and Geu. Joseph E. Johnston, be tween Chattanooga and Atlanta, with a small force under Beauregard, at Charleston. The general features of the war, on their part, will be strictly de ensive. Our armies, when they advance, will meet with little resistance until they are down far into the interior ot the coun try, but then they will be assailed with what the Confederates will try to make overwhelm ing numbers. Military men understand per fectly that, until Richmond falls, Charleston cannot bo taken. In the East, therefore, the exertions of the Confederates will be confined chiefly to the defence of their capital; and it is not likely that any change will be made in the mode of conducting" that defense which has hitherto been so successful. In the West it is likely that our operations will carry us into what has hitherto been terra inco/jnita. it will be seen, on examining n good map, that between Chattanooga and At lanta there are two rivers. The fitst is the north branch of the Coosa river, which extends from Rome to Elijah, a distance Os sixty miles. The second is the Etowa river, which extends from Rome to Dahlonega, a distance of seventy miles. Both of these rivers cover Atlanta, and both form admirable defensive lines against art army advancing from Chattanooga, it is prob able that it is the design of G> n. Johnston to make use of these two defensive lines to their fullest extent, it seems that au army, advan cing from Chattanooga to Atlanta, must cro-s both of these streams at some point. If Mine ritn, in its insignificance, formed an insurmount able barrier to the advance of Meade's at my. what cannot be done with two such streams as these? The practicability of turning them will, of course, occur to Gen. Giant. But to turn them will require a circuitous march through the untrodden defiles and across the trackless mountains of North Georgia—au ope ration quite as hazardous to an army as an at tempt to cross two rivers in the direct line of its march. There is no doubt, however, that the conqueror of Viuksbuig will be found equal to all the exigencies of the campaign. Pro gress in the war may be made in the West, Isit there is little hope of any progress in the East. A General Order Respecting the Issue of Rations to Enlisted Men. —Gen Cooper bas is sued the annexed order in regard to the rations of enlisted men. After stating that paragraphs 1.129, 1,130, 1,131, and 1,132 Army Regulations are repealed, he says : Enlisted men, detailed for duty on account of physical disability, in the city of Richmond are allowed one dollar and twenty Cents per diem as commutation of rations. Commutation of rations of all enlisted men entitled thereto by the regulations of the War Department, whether on detached or on detail ed service, or stationed in a city with no op portunity of messing, or of the non-commission ed and regimental staff, when they have no opportunity of messing, or of soldiers on fur lough or stationed where rations cannot be is sued in kind, or placed temporarily in a private hospital ou the advice of a senior surgeon of the post or detachment, or of ordnance ser geants, or of a soldier who has necessarily paid for his own subsistence, or of a chaplain, is tixed at once dollar per diem, to date from the Ist January, 1864. Enlisted men, who have been or may become permanently disabled, or who hold the certifi cate ot a medical examining board to that ef fect, and who have not been discharged the service, may have their rations commuted at one dollar and twenty five cents per diem, whither they are in a hospital, private quar ters or on furlough. Ail commutation accounts will state the length of time, date, and amount for what pur ple commutation is claimed, and that it was impracticable to take rations in kind, winch facts must be certified to by the commissioned officer under whose orders the soldier was at the time the rations became due. Commutation of rations in the case of pa roled unexchanged prisoners, or furlough, who have iust been received from the Federal lines, will be allowed atone dollar per diem, to date from the Ist Jan. 1864. , . Tho following paragraph will be subsotuted for one thousand one hundred and eleven (1.- 111), Aimy Regulations : Issues to the hospi tal will be "on returns by the medical officers for such provisions only as are actually requir ed for the sick and wounded. The commuted value of rations for the sick and wounded will be one dollar and twenty-five cents. The ra tion for hospitals will be the same that is sued to soldiers in the field. It a greater al lowance is required of any particular .articles not issued to troops in the field, special requi sitions must be made therefor. Hospital attendants cannot draw rations from the subsistence department, but will have their lations commuted at one dollar and fwen tive cent* per diem, TliJt fIO&HE ISFIJUUTIY Is GEORGIA.—A eor rospeudeat of the isax-anuah Republic in, writ ing from Magnolia Kill. Johnson county, Go., gives the annexed description oi the Confeder ate Horse inrirmaiy located at that place : The Infirmary is located in Laurens county, near the line between th it county and Johnson, on the lauds of Dr. Thomas A. Carsons, about twelve miles from Oconee station on the Cen tral Railroad, and one mile nom the Oconee river. The locality is healthy, the land rolling aud productive, the water facilities excellent, and the pasturage very good in spring and summer. The government rented 3.000 acres of land from Dr. P. last summer, and imme diately began the work ..f erecting stables, lots, corn and fodder houses and ether necessary buildings. There is considerable cane on the tract, ami over 200 acres of luxuriant Bermuda grass, both of which afford fine pasturage for the horse. Horses that have become diseased, or been worn down, or otherwise disabled in the public service, in South Carolina, Georgia and Ten nessee, are sent here for treatment. Large comfortable stables ami shelters, and high dry lots, have been provided tor them. If they are suffering from glanders or any other conta gions disease, as iarev or distemper, they are assigned to a hospital for that particular dis order, which is located at a safe distance from the other stables aud lots. If they have been wounded or crippled, or have a bad case of fistula, or scratches, each one is put in a com fortable stable to himself; and so if they have been disabled by hard usage, they are placed in roomy stalls at nights and turned out to graze and exercise during the dav. Each ani mal is curried and rubbed daily,' his legs aud leet washed, and his particular malady or hurt carefully attended to. Indeed, all the diseases to which the horse is subject, are here thor oughly treated by experienced and practical veterinary surgeons and farriers, whose zeal is highly commendable, and whose success has been remarkable. T he establishment is svstemu iiually arranged and managed, and hostlers conversant with their duties assigned to the care and direction of the farriers. In certain diseases, as in glanders and farcy, gentle exer cise is prescribed, aud the horses are led or rid den for short distances. The general opinion is that glanders is a fatal disease, but I am assured that over th rty cases of it have been cured at this establishment. Os the whole number of diseased and disabled an imals thus far sent-to the Infirmary, nearly eighty-five per cent, have been saved. Many of them after being cured and recruited, have been returned to the army. Others are impro ving rapidly, and will soon be in a condition for service. The rule adopted by the command ant of the post is not to send back any animal until it has been thoroughly recruited and ren dered fit for duty. Suehras can never be made available for active servme, especially mares, arc advertised and sold at public outcry to far mers. Some of the animals were received in the lowest condition, but under the close attention and skilful treatment given them, they are now doing remarkably well. A number of cases of lameness sent to the Infirmary arose from non attention to the hoofs aud feet. The commandant of the poss is Captain J. G. McKee, of Columbus, Georgia, an officer of rare zeal and fidelity who has been disabled in tue service. He is devoted to his business, and is one of the most energetic men I have met with in the public service, lie has in his employ fifty negroes and eight white men. He is now preparing accommodations for 2,000 more horses, which are expected to arrive soon, and this will render it necessary to employ addi tional help. No white man is employed except disabled soldiers and persons unfit for service by reason of age or other infirmity. The far riers and veterinary surgeons attached to the Infirmary are Messrs. W. F. Davis and J. Dis brow, both of whom are devoted to the horse and exceedingly skilful in the treatment of the diseases to which he is subject. Indeed, all the employees at the post, white and black, mani fest a zeal and in earnestness that is truly re freshing in these days ot shuffling and affected patriotism. The horse receives here the same care and attention as (he sick or disabled sol dier docs at the hospital. How much better is this than the practice which has prevailed heretofore.and which still prevails, in many parts of the Confederacy ! Previous to the establishment of this Infirma ry, horses worn out or disabled in the service were turned out to perish around the camps or left behind on the march ; whilst all animals having the g andets, heretofore considered in curable, were taken out and shot. The places thus made vacant were filled by the impressing officer, one of whom is known to have seized a fine stallion and appropriated him to his own use. The impressed animals were taken to the army, where they were neglected, abused and disabled, and where in their turn many of them finally perished. The drain thus kept gp upon the stock of horses in the country Hub n« <>i. 0n..,- mous, the prevailing idea seeming to be that the supply was inexhaustible. Excitement on tub Border of Eastern Maine. A Raid Expected from tiif. Confederates in Canada. —The St. Croix Herald, published at Calais, Maine, represents that a general excite ment pervades the towns on the Eastern bound ary of Maine, growing out of an apprehended foray by Confcdera’e refugees in the British Provinces. The Herald of Doc. 23d, says: The towns on this border have been alive with excitement during the last few days and nights, owing to well authenticated reports that a raid was in contemplation by the rebel agents and “roughs’’ who had their headquarters at St. John. We were reliably informed, when in St. John a few days ago, that the programme of Confederate operations consisted not only in the taking of tho Chesapeake, but also of the steamer New England, and then making a raid upon the towns on the border, robbing the banks and committing general destruction by lire, robbery, etc. The failure to take the NewEnglaud rather ■ strengthened the impres sion th it the raid on the borders would be at tempted, and accordii.gly the people here and al Eastport, have organized for homo defence. Squads of the men were detailed at Calais for picket du'y at the several bridges and ot.xer exposed stations leading from New Brunswick, through which channel the Confederates intend ed to find their way into the city. Between three and four in the morning, a fire broke out and destroyed an old building somewhere in the rear of the town of St. Stephen. It wsts thought by some that it was intended as a de coy, but it didn’t take, as the guards had or ders not to leave the city. Men have since been detailed nightly for the service, and tiie tread of armed men through our streets at the midnight hour has recently become one of the features of life on the border. At Eastport, the citizens are also wide awatke, and a large lorce patrol the streets and guard the town nightly. There can be no doubt, from information received on the subject from vari ous sources, that such a raid as we have been preparing for, has been, and is, iti actual con templation. It wiil not do to slumber, as we are yet by no means secure from danger. The Provost Marshal of Belfast has received a letter from Eastport, which says: East night every man and boy in Eastport went armed, and a guard of sixty anned men was kept in Frontier Bank all night. It seems a large par ty of roughs leit St. John for some plac, and a remark made by them was overheard before they left, that they were going to rob a bank in the United States, within sixty miles of St. John. TiieSpirit of a Patriotic Woman. —The edi tor of the Richmond Sentinel has seen a letter from a lady of a Southern State, to a gentleman who had transmitted to her a message from her brother, that had turned traitor and lngrate to his mother State, and is now a Lincoln soldier in a Confederate prison. The following extract will show the scorn which wells up from every virtuous heart in the contemplation of such in famy. Few, however, are able to give such vivid utterance : As to lidding any communication whatever with one who has proved himself, though brother in blood, alien in heart and sentiment, is very distant from my intentions. Ashe lias obtained his consent to turn trai tor to the State that gave him birth, and to arm himself against all 1 hold dear on earth, to enslave me and my little children, it is not hard for me to get my consent to leave liiai without help of mine. Tell him for me that he has, in his shoit troublesome life given me many a heart-blow, many a shock, but this is the severest of them all ; that it shall be the study of my life to forget ids very existence, so that bis memory may not be a foul blot on all that is pure and bright to me now. If I ex tend him any aid. it is only as we are command ed to do good to them that hate us, and des pitefully use us. and persecute us : not lor any tie of blood or kindred that exists between us. for it seems monstrous to believe that we were both born of the same mother. For that dear mother's sake, I enclose him the slight pecun iary assistance which he has lowered himself so tar’as to ask from one against whom he is fight ing When he shall throw off his allegiance to a despot's rule, and wash his hands and heart clem of the blood stains resting upon them, and which are crying to Heaveu for vengeance on his guilty soul, then I will consent to bury the bitter past, and acknowledge him as my brother, that was lost, but 5s found : dead, but alive again. But, communicate with him as a Yankee soldier, the base hireling of a base mas ter never, never! if you wish, you can read this to him, but on no account, allow him to place his hand upon what I have written,’ 1 'Ate Awstma <fi Kmopa —ln the course of the j just concluded, a lecture on “ The Armed Forces of Europe," was delivered at ! the United Service Institution, by Capt. Petrie, of llcr Majesty’s 14th regiment, employed on j the topographical staff. The subject is one j full of interest. Here are the figures as given by the lecturer: AUSTRIA. The war establishment of the Austrian army, according to the organization that camo into force in April, 1860, is as follows : T bree hundred and nine battalions of infantry. 487.934: forty one regiments of cavalry, 60.110; one hundred and thirty six battalions of artil lery, 27,176: guns. 1,098; regiments of engi neers, 7,150; six regiments of pioneers, 6,830; twenty four squadron trains, 18,204; ten com panies of sanitary corps, 2,530; staff corps, and corps ot adjutants and general staff, 3,389: total regular army. 568,611; volunteer corps organized in 1859, 35,000; depots aud reserves of all arms, 103,751; gendarmerier police and veterans, etc,, 42,382; grand total of forces, 738,311; total guns. 1.088. “RUSSIA. Infantry—Guard, nine regiments, 28.074 ; line seventy-two regiments, 229,392 ; jager, leu battalions, 10,4S0; total, 268.546. Cavalry—forty-eight regiments, 37,768; field jager and staff orderlies, 902; total, 37.670. Artillery—nine regiments, 41,292; gnus, 1,228. Pioneers, train, etc., 11.971; total field troops, 359.479. Depots and Ersatz troops. 98,487; guns. 210.- Lamhvehr and garrison troops,etc., 201.1’26; grand total of forces, 719,092; total guns, 1,414. RUSSIA. The army of Russia is so complicated iu its organization that there would be considerable difficulty in making an analysis of it; but the numbers have been ascertained with suffice nt accuracy to be on the present reduced establish ment about 850.000 men. Os these the active army numbers 520,523 men. and 1,160 guns; the rest are conip.*»d of disoipimod Coouooko and irregular troops. FRANCE. The infantry consists of one hundred and two regiments of the line, each having three active battalions and one depot battalion, twen ty battalions of Chasseurs, three regiments of Zouaves, two regiments of foreign infantry, two battalions of African light infantry, and three regiments of Turcos, or Tirailleurs Algerina.— The artillery includes four regiments of horse artillery, with one hundred and ninety-two guns, ten regiments of mounted artillery, with sixlmndrtd guns, ton batteries of foot, with sixty guns, one regiment of pontooners, six squadrons train; giving a total of 338,767 men. 37,960 horses, and 852 guns. This, in addition to 15,000 men, garrison, artillery, and the de pots, artificers, etc. The total number ot guns that can be brought into the field, including the Imperial Guard, is 942, all of which are of brass and rifled. The Imperial Guard forms a complete corps d'arme in itself. It is composed at follows: One regiment of gendarmerie, one regiment of grenadiers and voltigeurs, one regiment qf chasseurs, one squadron of gendarmerie-a-ehe vat, six regiments of cavalry, fifteen batteries of artillery, two companies of pontooners, two companies of engineers, four companies of train. Its total establishment is 38.000 men, 13,417 horses, and 90 guns. The official returns on the first of January, 1860, gave the total number of available men as follows: Troops iu France, 398,559; in Algeria, 83.782; Nortu Italy, 55,281; 67,904; China, 6,468; —total un der arms 550,994; men on conge, 64,471; re serve, 11,017; grand total, 626,482. GREAT BRITAIN. Regular troops of ail arms, 218,971 ; horses, 80 072 ; guns. 366 ; British local and colonial troops, 18,249 ; guns, 248 ; foreign and colored troops, chiefly in India, 218,043 ; gnus, 58; military police iu India, 79,264 ; grand total. 534,527 ; horses, 30,072 ; guns. 672. Os these there are iu the United Kingdom : Infantry —Guards, seven battalions, 6,297 ; line, thir ty-five battalions, 33,105 ; total, 39,302. Cav alry—Life and horse guards, three regiimnts, 1,311; dragoons, etc., sixteen regiments. 10,- 560 ; total, 11,874, Artillery—Horse, six bat teries, 2,299; guns, 36; field, twenty-three batteiics, 5,060 ; guns, 138; garrison, thirty nine batteries, 4,680 ; 10,940 ; guns, 174 ; en gineers, 2,816 ; military train, 1,830 ; hospital corps, 609 ; commissariat staff corps, 300; grand total of aotfve force, 67,269 ; gnus, 174. Besides there are the depot, establishment : In fantry—line, 120 depots, 24.770 ; cavalry, 9 depots, 396; artillery, 2,675 ; total depots, 28,194. Reserves available for the defence of the kingdom in case of war : Pensioners, 14,- 788 : militia. 45,000; yeomanry, 16,000 ; Irish constabulary, 12,893 ; volunteers, 240,000 ; total, 229,276. Correspondence Between Gens. Longstreet and Foster. —The following correspondence is p.ihlisiiwt in *>>•> Fh-f Voir papers us Having occurred between the two commanding Gen erals in East Tennessee; oe\. i.onghtreet’s letter.’ 1Ie» dquartrrs Confederate Forces, 1 East Tennessee, Jan. 3, 1804. j To the Commandim) General United States Forces, Fast Tennessee: Sir—l find the proclamation of President Lin coln, of the Btli of December last, in circula tion in handbills amongst our soldiers. The immediate object of this circulatiion seems to lie to induce our soldiers to quit our ranks and take tile oath of allegiance to the IJ. S. Govern ment. I presume, however, that the great ob ject and end in view is to hasten the day of peace. 1 respectfully suggest for your con sideration the propriety of communicating any views that your Government may have upon this subject through me, rather than by haud b 11s circulated amongst our soldiers. The few men-who may desert under th promise held out in the proclamation cannot be men of character or standing. If they desert their cause they disgrace themselves iu the eyas of God and of man. They can do your cause no good, nor can they injure ours. Asa great nation you can accept none but an honorable peace. Asa noble people you could have us accept nothing less. I submit, therefore, whether the mode that I suggest would not he more likely to lead to an honorable end than such a circulation of a par tial promise of pardon. I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obe dient servant, J. Longstreet, Lieutenant General Commanding. gen. foster’s reply, lleadqr’s Dep’t of ths Ohio, I Knoxville, East, Tenn., Jan. 7,1864. | Lieutenant General Commanding Confederate Forces in East 'fettlessee : Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the re ceipt of your letter, dated January 3,18-04. You are correct in the supposition that the great object in view in the circulation of the President’s proclamation is to induce those now in rebellion against the Government to lay aside their arms and return to their alle giance as citizens of the United States, thus securing the reunion of States now arrayed in hostility against one another and the restora tion of peace. The immediate effect of the circulation may be to cause many men to leave your ranks to return home, or come within our lines, and, in view of this latter course, it has been thought proper to issue an order announcing tiic favorable terurns on which deserters will be received. 1 accept however, your suggestion that it would have been more courteous to have sent those documents to you for circulation, and I embrace with pleasure the opportunity thus afforded to enclose you (20) coppies of each of t these documents, and rely upon you generosi ty and desire for peace to give publicity to tho same among your officers and men. 1 have the honor to be, General, very re spectfully, your obedient servant, J, G. Foster Major General Commanding Cotton Bureau in Houston.— A correspond ent of the Mobile Register, writing from Hous ton, Texas, says : ‘•General Kirby Smith, by the advice of many of our leading citizens, has organized a cotton bureau in this city, composed of Lieutenant Col. W. J. Hutchins, assisted by George Ball, B. A. Shepherd, James Sorley and W. J. Kyle. It is the design of the board to purchase for the Government one-half of all the cotton in the State, giving certificates of exemption from impressment for the other half. They propose to pay for it in bonds, the inter est of which at a fair per cent will be paid in specie, provided they can secure an act of Con gress for the purpose, Cotton is now worth here 45a00 cents per pound. This board ex pects to pay from 12 to 15 cents, and it Is be lieved that one half of the cotton will be cheer fully sold to th jm at that price. They will ex port the cotton either through the blockade or to Mexico, and in return secure supplies for the department. It may be thought that the Kederlil possession of the mouth of the Rio Grande will prevent this. A. glance at the map which will show that the Federal* have not men enough in the Trans-Mississippi Department to occupy the whole Rio Grande valley and it they have they could not feed them. Once on Mexican soil cotton can be hauled at less than a cent a pound per one hundred miles. Hence it is that the holding of Brownsvillq was deem ed ol so little inportapee to US- ’ Rii! f,'i * ■ st'- D—The following! m the ;r,r Ued Au Alt to P rollillit dealing m tae paper crreaoy o( - th ‘, ~ • h „°l in'the" HmS'of 11 0r ’ i ’i nat *j| “ft the insertion*!)f iJ woi.is Italicised m the first section ThM the'Tk, wUl in i:l of I \ T ,mri,M°d SreßS . of , th ° C °nfelerate Statel £ 1 AoeaKt, That no broker, or dca!e| m exchange, ot peison concerned in trad® as a mercuant or vernier of merchandize of an! descnp.ion or any other person, except withiM the lines of the enemy, shall buy, sell take! circulate or m any manner trade iu any’ rape! currency of the United States : Med! That Lie purchase of postage stumps shall no! la considered a violation of this Act. ! of 2 th's h U4r. o!atin S the provision! of hAt t Miatl be FRbje:t to indictment ami prosecution m Lte Confederate Court bolded tor tj%dis.nc). within which the offense wJ committed and shall upon conviction, forfeit the amount so bought, sold, cireu ated or used! or a sum equal thereto; and shall be moreoveJ suluec, to a fine o; not, more than twenty thonl sand violists nor less than five hundred, ami he imprisoned not less than three months noil more th oi three years, at the discretion of said! Courts; and it snail be the dutv of the! Judge ot the sev. al Cm,federate Courts to] »rive tms Act specially iu charge to the Grand •Miry. '>. I hat this Ad idiall not be construed to apply to any person setting in behalf of tho Govern non t of thc( mi federal States, by spe cial authority Irom tile President, or any of the* heads of do*'.a?lnvents. JL > * J y * ] “TSf Bonus, Aj.l! ’• • U O ' «. '.V 'Vi .W \.le oflsuac L. Wal **** are the More r » ci e hiul admamsl*, all and alnffiilartha kindred .*au cic-l.t r.i of 6:u<!l «i«v hi* w i. i*> be and appear a* my office, cm or be-ore. ‘.he first Monday in Apr I next, to R " ov f (> . IUdG “ AQ Y they liave, why said Letters sLould uot bt granted. u under my hand af office In SI Ulson, tlilj 29th JaiU teia24w3 F. W, ARNOLD, Ordlnary^^B ATE OF OF.OKOI V TH HP 15 COUNTY v -?. , ’ • s -*’• niter rnniies to me for -r Mar;. «>. B. of •> • '“*»»• v. i 1 ’ v ' •'"•‘I It SI , .11 .i i-v l w. to i l ' U'^HH l'c i urr -"lH£| janaOl-v-A ' i;. si'l ><; k ELPOIiM, OrCini^Rg M . \ : ' !. A Wl.h 1 llt 'UPF COUNTY. ’'t*. is of admin \ dil-SJUi. ' V ' ,(1 N ' ;a - u ’ Ve county. t ' r gul ii* fhfi ■ 1 1 •i "Ar .it my I iLcv !' iv~ x ' .••' S, ‘, ..V " ' \' xv ( cause, if any 1 iuL'on' r *taL '' üb• 'f : ’'i'uiw-rv : ''4i'' Ul ® fflce ,n UV® 4 * 4 - ' ' i::'. Ordinary. S“i." " ’•• MY, ' ’ r. ; t tr, t! '° for letters of nt ,1 .....‘ \ ’■ '• 1 " ' ' *' . Ai^urtCochran, • e'*.< ti ‘ u,t ,J * t ar! > °* *>. x . 'if John Cochran, do . - • nrerned, l l( ,, :■' '’• v * V • ••» Utters should not teV4-V-'.,.W■ ■'j i;'; vh:,;,’ N ! »<• r«r ja t .4 otrj Oruiuary. OKHFGRGI \. Wil.hK.s cot STY : ’ '' *' * rti ' ‘.h all Mid sinK'lic.r, ! n > : ' ,:l l '" : •• i r-v.;r.H-.l t.y lar», to .bow caus». If a:i.. ,!“'v , \v*\ ...i ,u>M i.vji i»e piai.ttd, Tt !’ »‘“-V r "o Alv.llv. ill W«.|. tut oi,. tl h ioGTilay of Jkimaty 1.-.4 <». G. NOUa) AN, owln.ry. ■lamiarv ■>... IsM. . <wft_ TATK <I f u •) : ,-,; | ,\,, „I, ;,ri i ,J Ke K COVNTY I '".Ti.. 'I. :’.o.biMUt'h oppiler lo lilt- for let- V f” Ki.LvAh;:. W III;) : i r*.i sand pmpeny of Willlaiii A. Noel.. Ja::n- •A : Soon. v !'. Sovll aid Fotnrt G. Noelt, iitmors fd >u.Ban .1 •••<*■•. .ate of sain comity deceased. Tkoso aro U)-.'!-<?Io!c to i-in>. ; t ,,' av’nioni-h, al • aiol alnenlar. tIM terntrod ;out Doir.' So) -.',.'(1 minors, to to and aritar at my o/fl.v M,,th: n the up:-.- or,-, i „i I v Uw-.toio.ow tau.-e, lfai.y they have, why aari jeit.-ra .--honM )iot l,e grrhled. ~ ! ’f’Pt 1 V "‘ rn V 1 ' Ahd odieial high: lure at l.exin*too, this 241 h day ot Jaunarv, I»C4. • E. O. SHACKLEFORD, .lal) 2. 6wfi Ordinary. i-; oiMirLTlr/iA, > 0 ethorfe county i .tr hm-.-, .Mm I, V.m.r. I' i.1.l aiidhiuilytf. aio •, h''Pj| - to me- ■ ,r ■■‘of AGr.jlj. .eration, on the vitale ot K-I,"if. |i.m,.tor Gii.; IV and .eared. I lift e are llirref.-rc lo i • r.i ,1 ai1ii.0.):,:., all a) and rlncular Ilia h I|'."<l a'ii, I roo'M sos ~ 1. c- ~tl lola-aidaipetralhiy ofllnew",,,:, ;| lrt to -low cause.lf any tl"v v,’hy «,W I-u - fr i.. t V"' ; L l ,’"' ha>,-laial isigh.iU.ie at ( Olce lu Lex* Ingtonthis4.o (i..v ci Jaiieor)-, It.',' , , E. C. i-HACKELFORD,OnI'y. January fi! h.tfr.t. 4wi QTATKOFGHOKOTA. OGLETHOKriC COUNTY. ) J tv hvwiw \v hitaoi. G. J0i:0,,(,h aioeies to no. lor Letters of Administuh.i. it,. u the Hi ..-it Eia-i..art, devvaaed : fheseare.tberUu’Glo dleMiUtl «li ui.cl singular (be kindred and creditors v-r’ said and to sliotv - cause, if any siiMdn? ; R l . ll - 1 ' : i , 'Y l,Ue ' j iaw, why suid letttin Given under :uy R. .id and c i-h ; A ; .lure at. in Lex ington, ILl.l lilt day Of' dtiu.i ty. Ifi -i. . A- 0. *SiiACKi.LFORD, Ordlna’y. January *», ■ SC 1. 4w4 C'4 fiiontii •, (Mi; l: ror. .y. fi V. r t..t us dam. >M. <>Tiv , r , gi l, !«ttc of stud comity, deteas .1, is uu il:uu. . L- Tl.tgiAA*— *• c ■ . n iiuoh’-h ; ;i con- Cfr.a-Jlo.slo)* v,:: . :..,v u„ > !., why t.cMCrs or Ad niiiuiA.ral:«m ot g-ii »*si v :it: tho will ar.uej.ed siiouW not fKV verted mti “ lerlt of the t joe,' ;C. orr.or in tome oth-. r t!t and j roptr person, at (jouit oi* Gidincry to In? i»c!d tu and for aid county r.u the first Monday in March next. Given under my hand at office in Gifttnesbcio’, January 18th, 18ti4. LL'GJLa\IL'S L. K.IAG, Oidinary. January 21. 1804. 4w 4 TATE OF GEOfIGIA, GKEENK COUNTY~ " \VliO'cas, George J. .Southerlaud applies for Letters of* Administration on Hits estate of Saiai tfouthcilaiid, de ceaeed : Thei.e are therefore to cite and admonish nil and singular the Kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and ai pear at-the Court of Ordinary to he held m and for said county oir the first Monday m March next, U> show cause, if wijr they have, why said lot*era should not then be i routed. Given under my hauilat olfice in (ircuialwro’, January 19th. I&G4. ILUGE.\u.feL. KING, Ordinary. January 2*2.18*54. 0w 4 OF GEORGIA, WILKfcS COUNTY: Whcixas, Oeu Dys n applies to me for J.etters of Ad* ministration on the e.>tate of Jonn H. Jijsr-n, det cased : These are therefore, to cite ond admonish all and tlie kindred and crctiiiorß of said tieccascd, to l*e and apprkr at rny office w.thm the time premilcd hv law, to show cause, 1? any they have, why said letter-, tlmu'd. not be granted. Given uud* r my hand ul oilicc in \\ aahington. this 20th day of January JoC-i. G, G. AOKiiAN, Ordinary. January fld 4\ V 4 OF OEoRG-a, Oo LET HOP. PE COUNT Y. * VV htreas, Gier.n O. vy'ynri applius to me for Letterg oC a mmis?r*»tiou fie honir* non wi.n tlie wiil annexed on the .Estate ot JottU Wynn, lair- of said comity, deceased : These arc there ore 10 cite :«id admonish ail, aud einguUrlhe kindred and creditors of hu and (ItceascxJ to be and appear at uty office wit: -v thfl time p’escribod t>y Jaw lo show cause, fr any they Jiave. why taid ‘0 u . - .should uuvl o ed. Given under my baud :md official at c like in Lex- Ingtou this J itu day 01 Juriih y. Bt-4. L. C. SiIOKJKLFOIiD, Ordinal y. January 21,38<14, 4w4 ST A ; iF.<; F ~ LORgTa,"' OGiXTItOKUE COUNT Y. ’ When i , V. hi J!. Kidd .implies I*. me for letters of adininiotiation deb-.vli non ou ihc v-iatc oi Robert G. Carter late of said con; t, dec ..-ed : These :.n- to ci*e :>:.d adinonish all. and ringu’ar the kindied aai creditor t;f r-ald deceas'd to be and appetsr at my office within the lime preiuibed by law, to fLcw cause, if any tliey have, why said letter* should not he granted. Given under my hand and offljial signature at i.exsug on, tiiiK‘2JHt January. L. 0. LIIACKKLFOKD, j in 24 4w4 Ordinary. £iTAT K OF GEORGIA, OGLETHORPE COUNTY. Wlterea*. David A. Barnett and Unm.el Barnett, applies to me forletteis *-i .i*’rn:mrt:aLiou uj ou ths of Abie M. iijru* vt laic of tuid county, dtcua.vc;: These are thcreiore to cite and arimoi.ifch, all and singular tho kindred and cr. duors of said cieonue'i, to he hi cl appear at my office, within ihe ti/ :e i :\6cril>©d hv law, lo show cause, irony they have, why Hide! J.etrci-s should not he granted. Given un der mv hand aud offic ai signature at Lexington, this 2Jst Jan uary, 18G4 £. C. SHat'kCLFORp, Jau 244w4 Ordinary. TWII aSOWTjfifc iVU Ji! * > I%rbTiCE. ~ ~ " ’ Two mt nths after date application will be made to the ui denary of Morgan county tor un order granting leave to the interest of Jonn ».’< ckrnm ar-<! George CcduuiE, il*ceasod # in a negro man siave a v » la jeani o!u, for the purpose a making distribution with the j sot paid ikceasui. December bth, 1-riH. J A.vl KS COOKK l' M, Adax'i.. declM bwbd. TO OEA* i> CrHKDITOAiIU mroT’CE TO IE GTORS A a D CRELITOHP. lx* Ah persons indebted to the estate n .James Armitroi}#?, late of Greene c uuty deceased, are lcqucsed to make pay ment, and those haviag demands will preheat lbun in terms of the Jaw. Feb . 2, 861. Gw 5 JAM (£ 11. SANDERS. Adm’r. miOTICE. ixi All p.-rsoim having demand.; against the estate of Mar tin B. Key It Old-., of Cos i.mlia county, deceased, are rui'iei*u**l to hand the;:: :u immediately. w 0 R. HARRIS. Riecutor. NkTOTIOE. jXI Alt persons Laving ngair.ft the estate of .Va llum Mnttox, o? Ogn iitoii e count), dec. a.-id, bit- hereby iiotiflid to present th-. .-me ior i m< n w;thin the time pte scribed by law, p;.,’- iy etiUbti', and tho?? indebted to toid estate are n uue.-lea to make urn.; .bate pa>inert. Til Obi. -J. Ai'A'JToX, John 11 ejsry mattox, Lexington, January 1,1854--.i:i> 0 ow-2 Kifcvujie. All persons having demands against. the estate of Dr. Philip W. jinn on, hi**- ot Ogkthrrpe coruty, d'-ceasfcd, urn hereby notir.ed to pre.-w nt the ;ane properly altemd within the time prescribed by law, and those Indebted to tbe said es tate are itquestrti to makeiimneuiit • Daymen*• _ THUS. it. MOhS, Ex tr. Lexington, January 1,18*4. j and 6 wit KXfcCtTOllte’ HALE. BY virtue of the will of Jasper S. Copeland, late of Green* county, deceased viil be before thei Court House iu GrcenesbOTo , ■ Tlie t!r»t Tm-.-day m MARCH the in t*«t tthe *uu<- Mi!.« rmlfj <.i«W cxeand ni U*ilW «•* y flVfc “ “• Lu, ‘-: r CORF LAN. Extra. JOHN 1 uI’LLAN, ix’r. of Jxii-ir N.copdan, deed. January 21,1£M- < ‘ w * —»• -_ TIf - , ~. ~r i; lc Court llouiedoorinGresnesboro', \V ILL be• M A Re’ll jtx . tbe following lots ’' T- th »T » Lite iria.ns, Grecoeccuuty, to wit r ofaaudmtx wiia dwelling hcaae and ouh ..DH Lot coil r n OI and . ~4 ops osite tLe baptist V • i ,ij' ■ji ao acreo, inor* • r not. w.lh owed ! Lar-.i. • ... .. .. . r 1.-.' tonta Lliijr log boii»« W.J a»« u , 0!1...r.; u»o a tract of o, ‘nJn'-fr . id VII.IU- coctairJsd v»aty acre.*, ru re or km, ad hnu Uru .UcfJ ermgan £>. J .*.,k on. a.i -.nder Itnc*. rolu uu .ler orders of «).« <. o-.iw ol Gr -rs o: Grt.m- atd ltocucK c »- iu : *opo.-.y u u,e t.** trio or I.* u. U‘gt tower. i«rma uoo.. WM. S. CREDILLE. Adai’r de boiris non will annexed 'j.'an ei Hightower, deceased. WM. OKEDJ LLE, Adm’r Y/INKLY iLiGiik H A Kit, Adm*x ot Thomas liigLtower, dec’d. .lan-mry 21.1M4. , AOAII ft! ST It A lbU’9 »tLh. U-»r|LL be srrtioii taefirst Ti '-oia'. in MAJI'.'H u a xt, • » 1.-etheCcTiti. - • c.Um I I ' •’>•* the Kegroe* belonging to t ( e.-tatocl Jemi '', ec .h' Sold agreeat>)y to an order ot the Court Os *>mlnar> of .aid county, for tho porpoK of Adm’r vilh wUi toahex#!, Jfth'iary 22, lco^,
