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GKMCHAL IJUVGG
Senator Orr of South Carolina has been venti
lating the military career and pretensions of this
111-starred General In a caustic speech in the
Senate on tho preposition to increase his pay
as commander in chief of the Confederate arm -
lea. The Richmond Enquirer and Whig have
also oontinued the discussion of his claim to
received several thousand dollars more, per
annum than Uen. Lee, in articles of pungent
severity.
The public were unable to perceive anj
reason in the past services of this broken down
General for hm promotion to his present
important position. Hy many both in and
out of the army, it was regarded as boding no
good to our cause. They anticipated only mis
chief from his notorious incompelency and ma
lignity.
This unexpected promotion, which took both
the army and the country by surprise could only
be ascribed to the extreme partiality of the Pres
ident for Gen. Bragg, and his determination to
thrust greatness upon him, despite the oppo
sition of fortune oud ,his own inherent defi
ciencies. Gen. Bragg has ever been the spe
cial pet of the President, who has done all ho
could to make him a great General, but
without avail. Vain are the efforts of man to
■elevate 1 mediocrity from ’its 'dead level.
Mature is not to he thwarted in her decrees
Where she bus denied genius, no appliances
of fortune or favoritism can supply it.
Senutor Orr remarks:
Cbm. Bragg was the first. among our gener
als, and, to their credit he it said, the last, who
had had ortr men led out and shot like beeves,
without court martial or form ot trial. But he
(Bragg) was a favorite of the President, wlxo
would hear nothing against him. The excess
Os this attachment of the President to him was
tuost remarkable. It could be likened to no
thing but the morbid ulfection of a mother for
her deformed child—a mother who gloats over
and caresses the hideous features and misshapen
limbs ot iter offspring.
tenacity of this attachment of the Pres
ident .to his protege, was strikingly exhibit and
in his ro/ l|Ha ' to relieve him from duty as com
ma ode r of Jhe army ot Tennessee, after being
requested to do fio by u large majority of his
own general oHivwm, It was uot until after the
disaster of Missionary Kidge, when Bragg,
himself, discovering that J** bad lost all com
mand over his army, solicited J° be relieved,
that the Vresideot yielded his consent. That
gallant but unfortunate army felt itself Reliev
ed of an incubus, which had weighed down its
energies and crushed its spirit, when it got
rid of this luckless commander.
This “played out'’ General was floating
about, with no army in the Confederacy will
ing to receive him as its commander, when, to
the surprise of all, he was suddenly elevated
to the chief directorship of our military opera
tion*. The only excuse which can be ottered
lor tills undeserved promotion, is that the Pres
ident knew not what else to do with his pet.—
He was in the situation of the man who bought
the elephant.
A Vs remarked by the Richmond Whig, there
existed no necessity for the appointment. The
situation' had beetWYaeant since it had been
filled bv G*' n - JosflTh E Johnston, the succes
sor of Gen. Lk e - Wo bird an able Secretary
of War, and an eyoerieuoed Adjutant General,
who could tender tbs' President all the assist
ance needed in the adrdb?i»tration of military
affairs.
But none would object to the frestowal of a
sinecure appointment upon ttie si*Jv/‘d Gen
eral, invested with the trappings and insignia
of high rank, if it could soothe his wounded
did it not give him the power to do
mischief, to perpetuate the blunders, and in
dulge the malignity, to which he is prone.
We consider it uufortunate that Gen. Bragg,
In this new position, has it in his power to
meddle with the operations of our armies, and
indulge his spiut against the numerous officers
towards whom he entertains grudges.
It Was remarked by the Richmond Examin
er, some time ago, with peikaps too much ac
rimouy, tLat this General bad "a wooden head
iwd an iron heart." But there was toe much
truth in this rough sketch.
We are not disposed to review the military
career of Gen. Bragg in this war. It is too
j~H 0 f painful recollections to us and to the
pUe'Bc. it is a history of military blunders,
of lost opportunities, of victories thrown away,
of disn»,‘ rcm * retreats, of States lost to the
Coufederac/- Korth Gcor S ift is now raping
in fire and the fruit * of hi * iDCom P e ~
tenry, as Tonne*. had b * fort *' ia tears and
oppression. Buell w!» suffered to escape when
his airny might have Ik‘ eu annihilated. The
victories won by his own bra ve t roo P ß Perry
vilie, at Murfreesboro, and fit Chickamauga,
were all rendered nugatory by tfe? tatal in
decision and utter incapacity of Gefl. Bragg,
to follow up an advantage when gained. 2 be
surprise of our airnv by the enemv. at Shelby- ’
ville and at Chattanooga occasioned us the ■
loss of all of Tennessee and a portion of Geor- :
gin. And this seriws of unparalleled disasters ;
culminated in the’ defeat of Missionary Ridge
which drove us back upon Dalton, and necessi
tated the subsequent retrograde movement of
Gen. Johnston. But why dwell upon this
melancholy subject, except so far as to demon
strate the dauger of entrusting the control of
military operations to such a head.
but not the least objectionable feature in tbe
military character of Gen. Bragg, is hismaiig
»lty. Wheu at the head of the Army of Ten
nessee. he quarreled with six sevenths of his
genera* officers, lie tried to ruin the military j
reputation of Gen. Breckinridge, by falsehoods, j
which he has never retracted, though they have
beeo fully refuted. He assailed the pure and )
lofty minded Polk with undeserved reproaches. ;
driving him from his army, lie vented his j
eploen upon Hill and Longstreot. Kirby Smith
refused to serve under him any longer, after
;he retrent from Kentucky. Forrest and Mor
gan have boon the victims of his enmity, the
well earned promotion of the latter having
%een persistently delayed and thwarted by his
vindictive interference.
And yet Gen. Bragg is placed over our gal
lant officers, to decide upon their merit*, and
the ‘joe*U9t» of their promotion! We do not
j hesiiate to say that h is too narrow and vin
i dictive a spirit, too fuJ! of enmity and spite,
j ° r partiality and obstinacy, to di-charge that
delicate duty, dera nding, for its right perfor
mance. an enlarged soul and a just and gene
rous heart. Already from Virginia loud com
plaints reach us of tbe partiality and injustice
of Bragg, in bis treatment of officers, as well
as of his bungling interference in military
movements.
Wo make these comments “in sorrow rather
than in anger We have no personal resent- !
merits against Gen. Bragg. We are concerned
only lor tbe .public good. We of)t question
i.is patriotism, though any good to be derived
from it, is sadly marred by his striking per
versity of mind and heart.
COS FID AC . I * A OKNKIAU
The power of confluence in a commanding
officer to hold an army intact, under circum
stance* which are usually attended by strag
gling and disorder, has been strikingly illus
trated in the history of the army of Tennessee
during the past few weeks. Within a short
time this noble army has withdrawn from its
fortifications at Dalton, has fallen back into
’he vicinity of Marietta. In its retirement it
has been pressed at every point hy night and
by day, by a most numerous and powerful
assailant, has been engaged in skirmishing
a1u,0.-t without intermission, has fought two or
three severe battles in which much loss hns
been suffered and much more inflicted—and
notwithstanding all. every intelligence which
we receive from tbe front, assures us that the 1
esprit du corps of the army was never better
and the determination to confront the enemy
whenever battle 2 hall be ordered, was never
more decided and earnest than at the present
time.
This preservation of the moral as well as the
physical force of the army after so protracted
a series of retrograde skirmishes, is due almost
exclusively to the unlimited confidence which
is reposed in the sagacity of its great leader.
Had another General whose name doublless
now occurs to our readers, been in the impor
tant position which is now held by Gen. John
ston, the retreat of such a large bodly of men
would have b* en attended by a disorder and a
demoralization which it would have been per
fectly frightful to contemplate. By this time
all discipline would have been at end; and
instead of the compact and orderly masses
which are now seen, the army in Georgia would
have been but little removed from a disorgan
ized mob. An incident reported to us by a
gentleman who lmd it on good authority
shows the estimate in which our great Captain
is held by his army. After halting oil one of
the retreats, a private in the ranks with more
presumption than deference stepped up to
Gen. Johnston and most politely saluting him
exclaimed, “For Heaven’s sake, General, let us
not fall back farther.” The General instead
ot ignoring the appeal or rudely thrusting aside
the private, returned his salutation most cor
dially, and then proceeded to show him why
the had adopted the policy of which he com
plained. The man was perfectly satisfied with
me explanation and went off proclaiming the
praises of the General.
Where an army is brought to believe that
what their Commander orders, whether an ad
vance or a retreat, whether to make or to re
ceive a charge, is the very best and wisest thing
which could, under the circumstances, possi
bly bo done, it cannot be demoralized. It may
be beaten, it may be cut to pieces, but it can
not bed sorganized. Confidence in the leader
wiii fnrniali a bond of union so powerful that
it will effectually preserve it from dismember
ment. It was this faith on himself more than
any other cause which made the forces of the
grst Napoleon, so successful, His brilliant mil
itary genius would have availed him nothing
had the soldiers lacked faith on bis wisdom
and skill. What he ordered they knew to be
directed always at the right time and in the
light way. To obey him they believed to be
the best tor their own safety, best for the
cause in which they were engaged, best for
every interest which was dear to them. Hence
with uniuquiring and with uncomplaining spirit
they ventured upon the most deadly charges
and snatched victory from the very jaws of de
feat.
It is a fortunate circumstance that in the
momentous exigency which is now upon us,
our armies are directed by a soldier whose an
tecedents justify the utmost confidence in his
military ability. Were tho trust of the sol
fliers misplaced, were they yielding all this
faith where the man in whom it was reposed
was so weak and vacillating ass,? be unworthy
of it, uw;) the greater the confidence the gieat
er the and cat rut firm which would follow. The fi
delity of the troops v,c;dd afford no angary of
success. But when, as under the present cir
cumstances, there ! s reason to believe the
General is equal to the emergency the unbroken
[ integrity of the ranks and the unhesitating
compliance of the men with orders issued,, fur
i nish as sure guaranties of triumph as it is
raj,tollable for us to expect.
Florida Stave G.ficers Exempt.— The Gov
ernor of Florida has cei-lined to p, list of officers
necessary for the proper administranqu cf the
State Government, and therefore exempt from
military Service. This, of course, he has a
perfect right to do, raid no one has a right to
say to him “Why doyou so '
We refer to this subject merely to snow up
tire inconsistency of the Administration press
in regard to State exemptions. When Gov.
Brown anuonneed his list of officers who were
exempted, the subsofvfent instruments of the
Richmond powers throughout the country at
once scut up, in obedience to the instruction
of their master, u most dismal howl, and abused
the Executive of Georgia without stint. They
even went so far as tit accuse him of trying to
enlharrais the cause, and of Uting iris utmost
endeavors to bring disasters upon OUT armies.
The people knew irccr where the attacks came
They knew they originated in the secret coun
cil chambers of an embittered, chagrined and
disappointed Administration—an Administra
tion which had been thwarted in its unconstitu
tional groupings after undeiegated powers and
monarchial honors. Knowing this the public
gave uo credit to the venomous aud malignant
assaults.
As stated above, Gov. Milton of Florida has
announced a list of exempts. Wheie is the
virtuous indignation of tbe bought up press of
Georgia. Echo answers "where 1” They are
perfectly mum. Not a word escapes their seal
ed lips. The reason of this is plain. The Gov
ernor of Florida is 3 monarchist in his views
and upholds the unconstitutional and .infamous
act* of the Administration. Therefore it would
not do tor purchased papers to say a single
word in regard to him. But Governor Brown
must be abused and vilified for doing exactly
what Gov. Milton has done—simply because he
has stood up manfully aud nobly for the rights
of the States and the liberty ot the citisen.—
In the bleared eyes of subsidized Administra
tion editors there appears to be a great dider-
Unce between "tweedledum and tweediedee.’’
AUGUSTA, GA.„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 1864.
P eei.ing at the North. —According to late
Northern accounts, all Yankeedom is running
wild with exultation over victories that were
never won. Peals of artillery rend the hea
vens ; shouts of intoxicated multitudes make
tho welkin ring; the Northern press outlies
itself; sleek citizens exchange congratulations;
; Lincoln responds to serenades—hypocritically
i thanking God for triumphs achieved only in the
fertile brains of lying generals and reporters—
all abont the battles in Virginia, in which the
Yankees were worse whipped than they ever
were before, with a total loss of not less than
seventy thousand men.
This tremendous commotion has been caused
b - the change of pos tion of Gen. Lee’s army
to meet Grant’s new movement; and which
the Yankees mistake for a retreat and a rout.
The miserable dupes fail to perceive that their
erand army already reduced one half, is only
advancing to its own destruction, to yet heavier
slaughter and more complete discomfiture.
The unprincipled conspirators at Washington
know full well, that only disaster has thus far
attended the march of Grant's army in Vir
ginia, and that he has been forced to abandon
the lice to Richmond, on which he boasted he
would fight all summer. But it is necessary
to deceive and humbug the people, to sustain
their drooping spirits, and galvanize into new
life the expiring war spirit of the North by
wholesale lying—by stimulating reports of im -
aginary victories. The object is to seduce
fresh multitudes into the abolition army, to
supply Grant with new victims for wholesale
slaughter. The remarkable gullibility of the
Northern people, offers an inviting subject to
the atiocious tricksters who are decoying them
to their ruin.
But it is significant that amidst all this jollifi
! ('ration, gold, the great financial barometer, in
dicates by its rise a growing want of confidence.
The wiseacres, the bulls and bears, the sharp
ers of Wall street, are not deceived; but appre
ciate at their true value the lying reports of
Grant and Meade, and the grandiloquent boast
ing of Lincoln and Stanton. Capital, ever
watchful and sensitive to the approacii of dan
ger, has taken Iresh alarm, and refuses to par
ticipate in the general exhilaration. We may,
however, expect that when the truth shall
break, as it soon must, upon the puiblind vis
ion of the Northern people, the reaction will
be terrific, and they will be cast down from the
giddy heights of exultant triumph to which
they have been raised by the falsehoods of
their leaders, into deeper depths of despair
than ever before.
To Advertisers.— The circulation of the
Dairy Chronicle & Sentinel is now about six
thousand per day. And what is better, our list
is constantly increasing. This we believe is
the largest circulation ever obtained by a
Daily Georgia Journal. We are proud to be
able to record this. But we do not do so in
order to boast over our less successful cotempo
raries. We thought it but just that the adver
tising portion of the community who wish their
favors read extensively should be made aware
of the fact. With a six thousand circulation
a paper it is estimated has all of fifteen thou
sand readers. Our rates of advertising are the
same as the rates of those journals who are so
unfortunate as to have only a sixth, or a quar
ter, or a third of the number mentioned.—
Neither do we speak of this matter in order to
influence the administrate >n to put its notice s
where they will lie circulated wider than they
now are at half the money they now cost.
But we see we have digressed from our sub
ject. It is one of our lailings. We will frauk
ly confess our lault. We started this article to
give business men some information which they
have a right to know—amd that is the circula
tion of a paper in which many of them have
thought best to insert their favors.
Look Oct for Them. —Two men, represen
ting themselves as Federal officers, were seen
coming down the Savannah River in a cam*,
about forty-five miles above here, the latter
part of last week. They were dressed in Yan
kee uniform, were armed with pistols, bowie
knives and shot guns, and said they were go
ing to Charleston. They first stopped at Mrs.
Not man’s plantation, ia Lincoln County, and
conversed with her negroes who were working
in a field adjoining the river. Their principal
inquiries wore about Augusta and its surround
ings. They next went ashore at Thomas Mur
ray ’s plantation—where, fortunately for them,
there was no man about the premises—and
conversed with the overseer's wife. They
were extremely curious in their search for in
formation-asking specially about the Powder
Works, what force was stationed here, the
location of Hamburg, Augusta and the Charles
ton Road, He, Is both instances, there hap
pened to be no one near to enact t’acip arrest,
and they were allowed to pursue their voyage
unmolested. We do not know what informa
tion they gained—we only know they succeeded
in sadly frightening a icf helpless women.
If these men were indeed what they repfocen
ted, where are they now? The matter §hoiild
be looked into.
To be Expected. —The Administration press
do not publish all the correspondence between
Gov. T ANARUS, ange and tUc President. They omit
the able letter oi the Executive of North Car
olina on the suspension of the habeas eovpqs
act. The arguments of Gov. Vance are so con
vincing that the President did not dare to
attempt to controvert them, and the letter ad
dressed to him remains unenswered.
This being the position of affairs, the subM"
dised press generally have omitted that portion
of the coriejtfcrrdence which places their mas
ters in a bad light. This is just what might be
expected. It is a good specimen of the unfair
and unscrupulous policy they have adopted
towards flit who rnaj happen to differ with
them. Having ctopartsd from tqe paths
of moral rectitude, they endeavor to place
all on the same level with themselves.
We merely state the facts in order to
show to the public the base trick* the suppor
i ters of the administrative adopt, in order to
deceive, and carry out their ends.
Negro Sales Tcssdat. —The following
sales of negroes were maae at the Lower Mar
ket House. Tuesday:
By A. Wilson: Martha and child, $3250;
little Martha, s years old. $2650; Rachael and
children, $7000; Susan. 17 years old, $3825;
Harriet and two children, $5950; Alice, 17 years
old. $3350: Kitt, 10 years old. $8100; Clara,
50 years old. $2100; Henry, 20 years old, $3-
980: Margaret, 35 years old. $3110: Cornelius.
30 years old. $3200; Adaline, 17 years old,
$3950. .
By Millner, Keen & Cos: Woman Margaret,
29 years old, washer and ironer, $3200: woman
32 years old, and two children, $4800: woman,
60 years old, unsound, $985; gill, 19 years old,
$4250.
By C. B. Day: Boy Jim, 21 years old, field
hand, $3060; woman Isabella, 23 years old,
washer and ironer, $2425; man Mike, unsound,
ssoo.
HCC*E TAX BILL.
The following is a copy of the Tax biil paus
ed by tbe House of Representatives onThurs
dsy last:
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That Use first, second and
third sections of the act 50 levy additional taxes
for tbe common defence and support of the
Government, approved 17th February, 1864.
be amended and re-enacted so as to 'read a--
follows:
section 1. That in addition to the taxes
leived by the act to lay taxes for the common
defence and to carry on the Government of the
Confederate States, approved April 24th ISO3
there shall be levied from the 17th day of Fel>
ruaiv, 1864, on the subjects of taxation here
inafter mentioned, and collected from every !
person, copartnership, association, corporation 1
liable therefor, taxes as follows, to wit
First C pon tho value of all .property, real,
personal, and mixed, of every 'kind and des
scnption, not hereinafter exempted or taxed
at a different rate, five per cent : Provided
That from the tax in the value of properly
employed in agriculture shall be deducted the
value of the tax in kind derived therefrom lu
ring the same year, as assessed uuder the law
impressing it and delivered to the Government
whether deliverable during the year or after
wards, including the bacon delivered after and
not prior to the assessment of the tax on prop
erty employed io agriculture as aforesaid; and
the collection of the tax oijfccli property shall
be suspended after assess l ® t under the order
of the Secretary of the Treasury until the val- I
ue of the tithes to be deducted can be ascer
tained, and when so ascertained it shall be the
duty of the Post Quarter master to certify, and
of the district collector to deduct, the amount
of such tithes. And any balance lbuud due
may be pain in bonds and certifiacates author
ized by the act to reduce the currency, and to
authorize anew issue of notes and bonds in
like manner, as taxes payable during the year.
Second—On the value of gold and silver
ware aud plate, jewels, jewelry and watches,
ten per cent. On the value of <*ll shares or in
terests held :n any bank, banking company or
association, canal, navigation importing and
exporting insurance manufacturing telegraph,
express, railroad, dry dock companies, aud al
other joint stock companies of every kind,
whether incorporated or not five per cent,
which tax shall be assessed against and paid
by the company in each case. And when the
shares or interest in any such company are tax
ed, no other tax shall be imposed under this
act upon any property of such company rep
resented by the valuation of such shares or
interest, as directed in the second section of
thi3 act, except the tax imposed by the first
paragraph of the third section of this act.
Section 11. The value of property, shares
and interests taxed under the proceeding sec
tion shall be assessed on the basis of the mark
et value of the same as similar property in the
neighborhood, when assessed in the year 18(10,
except that where lands, slavos, shares or in
terests have been purchased since the Ist day
of January, 18112 ,other than land purchased by
refugees and held and occupied by them for
their own use and residence, they shall be as
sessed at the price actually paid for
them 0y the owner, or if for auy cause
that cannot be ascertained then at the market
value at the time of such purchase. Shares or
interests created since the year 1860 shall be
assessed at their actual oost to the present
holder. Provided that no shares or interests
which are now worth par or over par shall be
assessed at less ttan par.
Section 111. Upon the amount of all gold
and silver coin, gold dust, gold and silver bul
lion, unless purchased since the first day of
January, 18(12, and then upon the actual cost
to the present holder, ten per cent., except
where the same is already included in the tax
on shares of interest.- impos&i'by *ST k'
tion of this act, and in such cases tea per cent,
less the amount of tax so imposed; aud upon
the va’ue of all moneys held abroad, or bills of i
exchange drawn therefor, and promissory notes,
rights aud credits payable in foreign countries,
five per cent., according to the value thereof,
at the place where the tax thereon is payable [
at the time of assessment, except where the
same is included in tne tax on shares or inter
eats imposed by the first section of this act,
and then five per cent, less the amount of tax
so imposed, payable in Confederate Treasury
notes or four percent, bonds, or certificates au
thorized by the act of February 17, 1864, to
reduce the currency and authorize new issue of
notes and bonds.
Second, Upon the amount of all solvent
credits, and of all bank bills and all other
paper issued as currency, exclusive of non
interest bearing Confederate notes and Con
federate bonds, and not employed in a regis
tered business, the in ome derived from which
is taxed five per cent, upon the par value there
of: Provided that the income derived from Con
federat ? bonds and interest bearing Confede-,
rate Treasury notes shall be taxed as other
incomes.
Section 4. That paragraph 4th of section
five of the same act he amended by adding
thereto as follows s
“in case of disagreement botween the owner
and the officer as to the reduction of taxes
under this section, the question shall be set
tled by referees, as is provided in the cases of
disagreement under the Bth sectiou of the act
to amend an act entitled an act to levy taxes
for the common defence, and carry on the
Government of the Confederate States approv
ed February 17, 1864.”
Section 5. That paragraph sixth, section
four, of the act to amend an act* entitled an
act to lay taxes for the common defence and
carry on the Government of the Confederate
States, approved February 17, 1864, be, and
the same is hereby, amended so as to include
as wholesale dealers, manufacturers, and coal
and other miners, and salt manufacturers, who
make it a business to sell their own products
to other dealers to sell again; and that ser.tim
16th or the xime act be, ami tbs same is here
by amended so as to read as follows:
First—The income property and money, oth
er than Confederate Treasury notes, of hospit- j
als, asylums, c lurches, schools, colleges, aud
other charitable institutions, shall be exempt
ed frotji taxation under the provisions of this I
or any other The property of companies
provided under the act, entitled “an ant to es
tablish a volunteer navy,” shall be exempt
from taxation, except on the income-.
Second—That paragraph sixth, section sev
en, of the same act be, and the same is hereby,
amended, by adding thereto as follows :
“If any person shall failto make a due return
as required by saifi section, of the incorue o,r
profit!) taxed under any law of Congress, - or in
case of disagreement with the assessor, to sub
mit the same to referees, as provid by law, or
Shall fail or refuse to pay the tax thereon,
within such time as shall be prescribed by pub
lic notice by the district collector, under tne
direction of tne commissioner of taxes, such
person shall be deemed aud held to be in de
fault
Section VI. That this act shall not be so con
strue 4 as to subject to taxation corn, bacon,
and agricultural produots. which were pro
duced in the yeqr 1863, and in the possession of
the producer on the 17th day cvf February,
1864, and necessary for the support of himself
and family during the present year, and from
or on which taxes in kind had been deducted
apd delivered or paid.
Section VII. That section fourth, paragraphs
one and two, of the act approved February 17,
1864, entitled ,‘an act to lay additional taxes
for the common defence and support of the
Government,’ ’ be so amended as to levy an ad
ditional tax of fifty per cent, upon the amonnt
of all profits made by selling the articles, men
tioned in the said paragraph, between the 17th
day of February, 1864, and t:ie Ist day of
July next, which additional tax shall be col
lected under s&*4 act,
Exemption of North Carolina State Gffi;
cees. —The annexed preamble and resolution,
in regard to State officers hag passed the North
Carolina Legislature :
Whereas, The fearless and free discharge of
the duties of the officers of the State, is essen
tial to the preservation cf its sovereignty ; and
whereas, Congress baa power to conscript
State officers, and this General Assembly has
already by an Act, declared certain officers
and employees of the State exempt.
Resolved, That this State demands exemp
tion from conscription of all the civil and mil
itary officers thereof, and also all county Sur
veyors aud Jailors, and all and every class of
officers named in an act passed by this Gen
eral Assembly at its adjourned gession in 1863,
and ratified the iliu day of December, lt>63.
| Col MIBRT3 Operations in Mississippi. -The
! L ‘ atla0!1 Mi ®s. Reptrbliccan gives the annexed
account of the late operations of Col. Mabry in
jumSute:
tb ° m i ddle of April a for ce of Yankee
s“vu l tZ;f Va l r - V 1 a , mi s artii, ery, estimated at
ed un fk v Undred left Yicksburg and march
of -l' L , l lZa ° tor l \ e P ur P«*. *is supposed
7i. C v ton ’ whlch the y intended ship
pißnown th f Yazoo river, gunboats and trans
r;™,S,betin *f nt up V " A * stre;lm for that
Jit' 6 ; Q fo rma tion of these movements
havug oeen received, Col. Mabry’s Brigade
p7rtTffio 1 that tima 0f the 17th Kansas,
r„I u ;.h h ’ * pot ; horl of ,he 4th Mississippi,
in£ ju ,‘ b irQ ’ and Owen’s Battery-cros-ed
; ‘ m* rnght of the 19th. and on the
ve.jug >t the _Oth. met the enemy on tho
-ilscjauicsourg and fazoo City. road. After a
sujit engagement, m which the artillery was
principa l}’ engaged, the enemy retreated and
our forces advanced in pursuit. We had not
gone lar however, before he opened upon us
with artillery and nusketry. Col. Mabry, not
having more han two hundred men with him
at that time, f.-L hack a short distance and
awaited his advance. The enemy, however
did not pursue Night having come, we went
into camp, art next morning learning that
the enemy had gone in the direction of Yazoo
City, started for the same point on another
road, traveling rapidly in order to best the
enemy aud gam the fortifications. In this we
were successful;
j -But the enemy did not come. Some gunboats
however, soon nade their appearance, and we
concluded to try our hand at them. Owen’s
Battery was soon in position on the river and
opened fire upen them, striking the Prairie
Bird and Petrel eight times. The latter vessel
ran by us and passed up the stream a short
distance above the city. Col. Griffith aud Cap!
Chambers of Cob Mabry’s staff, having recon
noitered her position, agreed upon a plan of
attacking her in close quarters which they sub
mitted to Gen. Adams, who approved it, and
sent Cel. Griffith with his own regiment, a
squadron of Col. Wood’s regiment, and a sec
tion of Owen.s Battery to make the attack.—
The other section of artillery was placed in
position on the river to assail her if she attemp
ted to nia by the city to her comrades below.
Col. Griffith, on arriving within four or five
hundred yards of the vessel’s position, dis
mounted the cavalry and unlimbered the ar
tillery ami advanced, all under cover of rising
ground and heavy timber, to within 150 or 200
yards of her. \olley after volley of musketry
and artillery was then poured into the devoted
vessel, awakening her slumbering captain and
unsuspecting crew to a lively sense of the dread -
fu| realates of war. So complete was the sur-
prise aud so terrible our fire, that, althouo-h
splendidly aimed, she made but a feeble resist
ance, only firing three or four artillery shots
at us. Out of our artillery shots passed under
the bed on which the Captam was sleeping,
tearing it open and scattering the feathers quite
an unceremonious way of awaking the gentle
man. Another shot passed through the steam
chest, filling the engine room with steam, and
causing a general rush for the river bank, in
endeavoring to gain which many were killed.
The captain, however, remained on board and
surrendered his vessel, remarking as he did so
tfiat“ifhis men had stood by him we would
not have gotten her so easily.” We found on
her eight Dahlgren guns of tne most approved
pattern, some very fine small arms, a consider
able quantity of commissary stores, etc.; after
removing which we burnt her.
The enemy below, bearing of this disaster
immediately left the river and returned to
Vicksburg and wo went into camp some six
teen or eighteen miles from Yazbo City, hap
ing.that we would be allowed a little time of
quieLaud tepoAe. By* Ib Hiwiw *««**>-
pointed. ' V
Not many a -ys elapsed before information
■van received that a heavy column of infantry,
ivalry and artillery had left Vicksburg and
re en ronte for Yazoo City, intending to
drive us out of that country and pay Canton
a visit, which they said they intended to bum.
This force was estimated at from four to five
thousand. Nothing daunted by these over
whelming numbers and braggadocio threats,
OoL Mabry prepared lo give them battle. His
first offer was on the Mechauicsburg and Yazoo
City road. The enemy, however, would not
accept, but endeavored to flank. To prevent
this, we fell back in the direction of Lexington
the enemy pursuing.
Three miles north, ot Benton we halted and
awaited his advance, having masked our
artillery an i concealed the greater portion of
our forces. The enemy’s cavalry having come
up with pickets, charged them with a wild yell
to within a few hundred yards of our guns,
when we opened upon them and drove them
back much faster than they carne. They then
brought up a battery and a sharp artillery duel
ensued, which, however, did not last long be
fore we silenced this battery and drove it off
the field, kiiling and wounding a number oi
them. Learning that their infantry in large
force, was coming up, we retreated in perfect
good order, lighting the enemy, who put sued
us for several miles. After retreating ten or
twelve miles, we went into camp from which
wo daily sallied forth to annoy aud harrass him.
Several attempts were made by him to cross
the lfig Black, all of which were fojjed by our
cavalry. He also attempted to burn the rail
road bridge across Big Black, but was defeated
by tso companies of Col. Wood’s Regiment,
conmanded by Capt. Yerger, who hastily con
stituted breastworks out ot crossties and fought
him gallantly for three consecutive hours, kil
ling and wounding ten or twelve and driving
back the remajnder. consisting of two regi
men sos inianfry and one of cavalry.
The enemy, finding that he could not des
troy the railroad and overrun the country, as
he seems to have anticipated without a great
deal of hard lighting and much risjk, concluded
tr, ioavffi Our forces pursued him and haras
sed and annoyed him as much as possible
Taus, by the energy, vigTance, daring and
brarery of Gol. Mabry and his gallant little
command, the purposes of two strong raiding
par ies of the enemy have been foiled within
the past month and the country saved from
devastation and destruction.
The Mallory Report Forgery. —The follow
ing ia a copy of Lyons’ dispatch referring to
the alleged report of the Secretary of the Navy
to the Congress c,f the Confederate States:
i.tjß'o LYONS TO EAIIL RUSSELL.
Washington, M irch 22, IBC4.
My Lord—ln my dispatch of the 31st Decem
ber last, 1 inclosed an extract from a newspaper
containing what purported to be a copy of a
report of Mr. Mallory, the Confederate Secre
tary of the Navy, lour Lordship will recol
lect that the supposed report contained pas
sages avowing tire attempts to organize an in
vasion of the United States from Canada, and
giving detailes with regard to ships of war
stated to he building for the Confederate Gov
ernment in Ffoglagd and France. Some stress
has, as your Lordship is aware, been laid upon
ihis document by Mr. Seward in his cominuni-
cauons on the two supjects just mentioned.
After alluding to the importance which he had
attached to it, Mr. Seward said to me on the
ih.hiust. that he felt bound to tell me that he
had just discovered that it was a forgery. He
had, he said, taken considerable pains to dis
cover whether it was authentic when it first
appeared, and although he had been unable
to priicure any Southern paper containing it,
he had quite satisfied himself that it was gen
ume. Recently, however, the person by
whom it uad been concocted, hearing of his en
quirers about it, had thought it right to let
mm know that it had been published originally
as a mere jen <1 espird. and that partly the u
museroent which it had afforded to see every
? n ® t f keu iu . b / Jt > and partly the notion that
it was injuring the Confederate cause, had
pr evented an earlirr avowal of the truth. Mr.
tDtat JC waa very remarkable
i tho disavowal of the supposed report had,
so tar as he knew, appeared in the Southern
newspapers. Its authenticity had indeed been
denied by t aptaiu Maury might not havd had
the means of knowing for certain whetner it
w«j really authentic or not. There was, how
ever, now no doubt, Mr. Seward said, that it
was a forgery. I have, Ac.
(Signed! LYONS.
inebgar. —Take one quart of blackberries,
add three quarts of water and two spoonsful
of sugar or molasses, put in a demijohn and set
it in the sun for about two weeks, and you will
have excellent Vinegar,
VOL. LX.XYIIL —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII. NO. 24.
Capturk or the U. Steamer Water
Witch.—The Stvannah Republican has tho
following details of the recent gallant naval
exploit of Lt. Pelot, aud his men in Ossabaw
Sound;
The expedition went out Yfednesdty night,
June Ist, but from some cause unexplained
the vessel they were ait-r suddenly weighed
anchor aud put to se* about au hour before
their arrival in the Sound. The following
night, (Thursday,) the Water Witch, lying in
Oss.ibaiv Sound, presented game worthy of
the pursuit. Oue hundred a»d ten men, in se
ven barges, started out abortt midnight, and
boldly pulled up to the steamer, which was
lying quietly at anchor, and! commenced the
assault. The resu tis give: i iu the following
letter, which has been kind iy* forwarded tons
by Capt. Gauleiter, who co mmonds the batter;
al Beaulieu
Beaulieu Batter; r, June 3, 5 p. m.
A boat expedition, under Lieut Thus. P
Pelot, t,. S Navy, boardeit, iu Os.-abatv Sound,
near the Inlet of that name, about 1 aif (just
oue o cb ik last night, arid after a desperate
hand-to-hand tight of a'aout fifteen minutes’
duration, succeeded in capturing the United
States steamer Water Witch, of four guns.
I d-eply regret to s'.ate that Lieut Pelot
W E Jones, James Stapleton, Ordinary sea
men ;-r —Crosby, Latuisman ; Patrick Loftin
Quarter Gunner, and .Moses, colored Pilot of
the expedition, were killed—the first named
shot through the heart. Midshipman Minor.
Dii ut. S Price, Boat wain Seymour. Surgeons
Steward Harley. Gii Rice, J Barm t: \ M •
Donald, E J Murph y. E Lee, A W iliiams, T
King and Champion, were wounded.
The following named officers and men be
longing to the c tptured steamer were killed ;
J bells and J Sliis, both negroes, and the fol
lowing wounded ; Lieut Comd’g A Pender- j
grast, Acting Ass’t Paymaster Billings, Ensign ■
J Hal, 16:131 it A D Storer, U P Wesson, R R
Murphy, rs \V Buck, Henry Williams. Jno Par
at;r ’ Hazleton, ,1 Smith, and William Dick
son (negro).
The bodies of the slain and the wounded
were brought to this p -st, and, together with
the prisoners, forwarded to headquarters.
The loss of Lieut. Pelot will bo severely felt,
lie was the first on boaid the enemy’s venel
ami is represented hy all his survivors as J
most gallant and accomplished officer.
C. R. Hanleiter.
Capt. Comd'g.
The bodies of Lieut, Pelot and his brave
comrades who fell in the action, were brought
to the city Friday evening together with the
wounded, aud the latter sent to the hospitals.
From parries who took part in the expedi
tion, we lea in that the boats got within tliim
steps ot the Water W itch before thev were hail
ed. All was quiet cn the vessel, "which had
just enough steam on to move the wheels with
out propelling uer forward. Our men made
no response, but ran their boats up against
the steamer and commenced clambering up her
sides. _ Not one of the guns was fired, the fu
ses being ail down below and tho crew asleep.
Most of the fighting seemed to be done by the
officers, with revolvers and sabres, which were
used freely over the sides of the vessel and
through the ports. Our men heeded it not,
but pressed forward, reached the deck and then
clambered over the netting some six feet in
height, all the while fighting desperately, hand
to hand, with the enemy. Lieut. Pelot was the
Inst man on board, and received a sh ot through
the heart soon after reaching the deck, and
whilst dealing blows thick aud heavy all
around him. The commancffthen devolved on
Lieutenant Price, who had received a severe
sabre cut on the head, but although covered
with blood, led forward his men most gallant
ly and battled with his own hand i,.„ni n
- Birrreinicrca. '
The prisoners number about sixty and were
brought to the city Friday evening. The at
tacking party were only about eighty in num
ber, two boats, we regret to say, laving back
ed out at the first fire aud returned. These lat
ter parties sent forward a report that tne entire
expedition, except themselves, had been killed
or captured, though they failed, as the sequel
proves, to remain long enough at their post to
know the result.
The Water Witch is fine side wheel steamer,
is fully equipped and provided wit;h every con
venience.
The death of Lieut, Pelot is justly to be la
mented. He was a native of Clmrteston, and
belonged lo an extensive and highly respecta
ble Caro inian family ot that name. He wa
only twenty seven years oi age, and was much
esteemed tor tils gallant and gentlemanly bear
ing. He leaves a wife and three small chil
dren.
Mob Law in Ohio —i'be Columbus Ohio States
man has the following notice of tho state of
affairs in Greeueviile, Duke country, in that
State :
For several days past a perfect reign ofter
ror lias been inaugurated and carried on in that
village by the members of the Loyal League,
aided by a squad of some tiiirty or forly return
ed soldiers belonging to the 6‘Jth, lOtii, anu one
other rigiment. The Abolition fanatics of the
town first got the oldiers intoxicated, aud then
intligated them by the basest and most wicked
misrepresentations to “clean out” the Demo
crats of the town.
One day last week a drunken soldier a <sault
ed aud nearly killed an unarmed and inoffen
sive citizen, lor which he was arrested and lined
one hundred dollars. Ex-Congressman Will
iam Alien prosecuted the offender on behalf of
the citizen,aud he being apiorniaent Democrat,
the Union Leaguers directed a l l the prejudice
aud malice ot the soldiers against him. Bull
urged on by the lanatfes, the soldiers, to the
number of thirty, marched into town on Mon
day, with their guns and other weapons, and
were about to stack the office of Mr Allen. A
few law abiding men assembled to protest the
life apd property of their fellow citzeu. The
soldiers, aided by the Abolitionists, gathered a
number of store boxes, filled with fire wood,
and erected a barricade in the street, from be
hind which they fired u; on the office and the
unarmed citizens about it. Only two citizens,
who were armed, stood their ground and with
revolvers returned the tire of the soldiers until
they were shot down. The.soldiers then enter
ed olliice and completely gutted it, tumbling
the furniture, books and papers into Lie street
and destroying them. They’ also caught Mr.
Allen, aud as wo are informed, disarmed and
beat him most sharaelnlly.
Having achieved this feat to the delight of
the Abolitionists, and becoming infuriated v. ith
their work and the wmskey, they commenced
an indiscriminate assault upon ail citizens
who were designated by the fanatic as “Copper
heads.” A number of citizens were halted . n
the streets by tiie Union Leaguers upon some
pretence, when the soldiers assailed u.em with
stones, clubs, knives, uad all sorts of mi -ilts
and weapons, they took possession of the li
quor buoys of the town, and drank and destroy
ed at their pleasure. A country gentleman
came into town with several thousand dollars
hi bounty money, intended to relieve ins town
ship ot the draft. He was assailed by the mob,
dragged from his horse, sevoriy beaten, and
nanowly escaped with his life aud the money
of his neighbors. His hoise was fed into a gro
cery and pawned tor the whiskey the rioters
consumed. The terrified citizens rioted their
shops and houses, and gave tiie town up to the
furious and frjmzied mob, in whose possession
it still was when our informant left.
Greenville is the same prace a Democratic
newspaper office was sacked by a mob of I 'nion
Leaguers a tew weeks ago. Nothing was then
done to bring the njimderera to punishment.
Another Advance!—Not of the
my—but in the price of paper •
vance we have made in the ra c u
tion h.s 1« ? reoW
asr&ciKJS&sssiS
too or quit the business.
VVe do not wish tc he understood as casting
reflections upon tec paper makers. They have
only done what editors ought to have done alt
the time—advanced their prices at c. co>res
ponding rate with other articles.— Athens
Watchrmn.
M. J. Wellburn, of Columbus, Geo., well
known as an eminent jurist, lawyer and con
gres-man, his been ordained a minister in the
Baptist Church, and accepted the call of tbe
Baptist Munich at Hamilton, Geo.
CO.AFBDSRATR STATES PDIGRESS.
SENATE - MAY 211.
The following were introduced: A bill to
amend an act impotipg restrictions upon the
foreign commerce oT the Confederate States
it feired: to provide compensation for the Com
missioners appointed in pnrsu nee of the act
suspending the writ of habeas corpus—refer
red; to authorize the appointment of chaplains
to battalions and hospitals—passed; to amend
the act to allow commissioned officers of the
army rati >ns, &c.—passed; to a mead the act to
provide an invalid corps—passed; to provide
lor the impressment ol railroad iron, equip
ments and rolling stock ot railroads, when the
same ihnil be necessary for the public defence
—referred; to establish a bureau of foreign
supplies— pasred; to amend an act to regulate
the cmnmeice of the Confederate Slates, &c.
—referred.
Vile following resolution w.ae ad ’pled:
Resolved, That the Committee on Militaiy
Aifurs be instructed >o inquire into the pro-
I rfctv of providing by law lor retiring from
t ue line uch field and .company others as h ivo
c r mey he.eifter become >anfit for active
s arvice by reason of disease or wounds, so as
ti 1 open the way for promotion to those below
•1 lem, who remain in the field in the actual
ii: ischargc-of their duties. And that they fur
ther inquire whether an officer who is absent
fn Jin his command iu time of b tltlo unless
f- >m absolute disability or under orders from
hi; i superior, cr is a prisoner, ought not to be
dr oppe.l; and further, if it is hot expedient
an i proper io assume that an officer who is üb
sei it ior three months or more, unless he is a
pii soner. is prima facie unfit for duty, or is de-
li.i qrteiit in the discharge of his duty, and
oui fit, therefore, to be eilher retired or drop
pec —and generally what ought to be done to
I get officers of superior rank, who do not per
! ! u ( - il )y in the field, out of the way of officers
;ot in tenor grade, who do perform such duty.
T he death of Hon. D. M. Currie, of Tenn.,
was annouuuced, ami appropriate rosoliftions
. adop »ted.
house.
Th.; discussion of the question of repealing
ihe ac. t suspending tiie writ of habeas corpus
was co. utiuued, after which the vote was taken
on the; )iesentiii"of the Pres dents Message sent
no the ] louse Friday in relation to the susp m
!,fon ot the writ, aud it was ordered to beprint-
Appr. opviate resolutions upon the death of
1 Jon. D, M. Currin were passed.
senate. —May 23.
The fc 'Rowing were referred: Memorial of
of J. S. I brasher, Superintendent of Press Asso
ciation, a .sking that reporters in the field be
allowed 1 o purchase rations and forage; bill lo
regulate the pay of the General assigned to
duly at the seat of government; communica
tion from the Secretary, of the Treasury repre
senting th at the advent-fed sale of guaranteed
six per cent, bonds had been postponed from
military i recessity, and recommending certain
lc,; .Ration in consequence thereof.
The Cor amittee on Commerce reported back
the ivcoul mitted bill amending the Ist section
of tho act imposing restrictions on the foreign
commerce, of the Confederate States, so as to
strike out the word “uniform.’’ The bill was con
sidered an and passed.
The saw e committee reported a bill amenda
tory of the same act, so as to protect the inter
ests of the States in vessels owned wholly or in
part by t hem. The bill, after a lengthy de
bate, was amended and passed—yeas 13, nays
house.
The Spi -inker laid before the House a com
munieatio t from the Secretary of the Treasury
per cent n indts, and recommending legislation
to meet tfc e expenses of the Government in the
meantime. A portion of the communication,
relating 1c 'an amendment of tho impressment
law, was i ei'erred to the Special Committee on
that subje ot.
Resolut ions were introduced favoring the ap
pointmeul ot commissioners by tho Confederate
Governing nt, to co-operate with commissioners
tone app muted by the several States to treat
with the United States Government for peace
on the has sos separation and the in dependence
of the Sou th. After considerable debate they
were laid on the table.
A joint. resolution was submitted to remove
the injune tion of secrecy from certain proceed
ings of ia at Congress. Laid on the table.
Bill to f uspen t tne collection of the tax in
kind in ce vtain localities in the occupation of
the enemy ; memorial of certain employees of
the Govei riment to purchase supplies at Gov
ernment rates —referred; to inciease tie pay
of private « and non-commissioned officers of
the army seven dollars per month above the
pay now i eceived—passed; resolution of thanks
to the cad eta of Virginia Military Institute for
gallant c onduct in the battle of the loth
passed.
The Cos mmittee on Ways and M°ans reported
bills to a mend the tax Jaws. Ordered to be
priu te 1 a nd made the special order tor Wed
nesday.
SENATE—MAY 24.
Don. Herschel V. Johnston, Senator elect
from the State of Georgia, appeared, was qual
ified and took his seat.
Resolutions of the General Assembly of
Louisiana in relation to the further prosecu
tion of t. he war, were presented. Laid on the
table ami ordered printed.
A rest dution was adopted that the Military
Commiti.ee inquire into the expediency of caus
ing officers in the Quartermaster’s and Com
missary’s Department to be detailed or assign
ed to the dpty of auditing and paying claims
of citizens ot Louisiana tor ail property im
pressed by order of officers in the Confederate
service, and for hire of negroes and teams.
The Gommiltee on Fin nee reported a bill
to author.ze certificates ot indebtedness. [Pub
lished in Chronicle.]
House resolution relative to the removal of
restrictions from the visiting of the sick and
wounded in hospitals by Congressmen,'report
ed adversely from the Military Committee,
was com-idured and rejected.
Toe bill to provide for the appointment of
additional military storekeepers in the provis
ional army ol the Confederate States, was re
ported from the Military Committee with an
amendment. The ainendrftent was adopted and
the bill passed.
The bill so make the pay of the General as
signed lo duty at the seat of Government the
i-iuno ns I hat of a general commanding a sepa
rate army, wus reported from the Military
Committee without amendment.
The bill to authorize the appointment of ad
ditional artillery officers for ordnance duties,
reported luck by the same committee, was
considered and passed.
. A bill to authorize the agents cf the Press
Association witii the army to purchase forage
aad rations, was repeated back from the com
mittee with an amendment.
Amotion to reconsider the vote by
the hiil was p.. .;ied was entered by Mr. H:.i,
of Georgia.
Joint resolution for the compensation of Me
Daniel A Ewing for destroying Federal
Boat Oi'itQ >vi<n a torpedo, reposedJ roUl mc
Navai Committee, was passed by a two
vote of the Senate. ....
The resolution MstrnCcjßg the Judiciary
Committee to inquiry into the expediency of
re-vi-rnca bill suspending the writ of habeas
corpus when the present la v suspending tiie
nahi writ shall have expired, was taken rip,
discussed and adopted.
HOUSE.
The following Senate bills were passed : To
amend the act concerning a record of troops,
and aiding the several .Stab s in their procure
ment ; to exempt uom military service editors
and employees of certain -weekly periodicals
and papers; creating the rank and postof ensign
n the army; to amend the several acts in re
gard to chaplains, to authorize their appoint
ment battalions and general hospitals.
Military Committee reported t>ack, with a
recommendation that it pass, senate bill re
organizing and defining the duties and estab
lishing the rank of the officers of tbe Conscrip
tion Bureau, in connection with the War De
partment.
It w ,3 moved that the bill be pstponed and
printed, and merle the special continuing order
ot the day; and it was so ordered.
The Military Committee reported back the
House resolution calling for statistical infor
mation of Ihe number of soldiers furnished by
the several States ; whether they volunteered
or where conncribed, how many have been
killed in battle, how many have died,
and how many have deserted, so s*,
1 1 furnish a compar son between the
States. Reported back with a letter from the
Adju*ant and Inspector Geu-Tal. who says tti t
to arrive at the conclusions sought by tire r> -
solution, it would be necessary to overhaul tl. i
muster rolls from the commencement of th»
war, which would be a work of oich mag;
tude, and require su#h an amount ot clerical
forces as could not b > spared from other im •
portaut work without detriment to the country
and the cause. Therefore, the committee re
commend that the resolution lie upon the table
iui t tho committee be discharged from the
tu’ure consideration of tbe subject.
r-enate bill to provide transportation for
members ol Congrtss living west ot the Miss
issippi river, to andjfrom the seat of Govern
ment at Richmond passed wi’h au imendment
The Military Co■■ mittee repor e i back ad
versely ree bill to place iu the military ser
vice citiz ms of the United States sojour ang in
the Confederate States.
A bill w -s reported to amend the act creating
a nitre aud miuing bureau.
senate—May 25.
The following were referred to appropriate
committees : A bill to expliiu and amend tue
Jaw relating to impressments ; to crea e a de
partment of foreign and interior suppiffis, n id
to regulate the collection of import and ex
port duties.
The hill to allow tho reporters of the Press
Association to purchase rations was reconsid
ered and n-j .cted.
1 he bill i,o regulate the pay of a General as*
.signed to duly at the seat ot Government, un
der the provisions of the act approved March
25, 1862, was taken up for c muni oration. The
bill gives this General the same pay is a gen
eral officer comuUunliug in chief a separate
army in tho field.
Pending consideration of this bill the Senate
wont iuto secret session.
house.
The Speaker laid before the House a mess
age from the President, transmit iag a commu
nication from the Postmaster General in ex
planation of the delay in the delivery of the
mails fro n the Richmond Post office in the in
terval if the absence ot the clerks in the field
and recounting the efforts made to remedy the
inconvenience. Without being read, the mess
age and accom paying documents were refer
red to the Committee on Postofiices aud Post
roads.
A Dumber of bills passed by the Senate
were received from that body and referred to
their appropriate committees.
The resolution to rescind the House resolu
tion fixing the day of adjournment at May 31st,
was discussed. A motion to postpone till Sat
urday prevailed.
The following were introduced : Resolu
tion directing the president to inform the
House whether the tobacco ration i furnished
the army, and if not what further legislation
is expedient or necessary on the subject; bill
tor the relief of the Mubile cadets; to author
ize chaplains in the army to draw rations; to
prevent and punish frauds and larcenies upon
the Government of the Confederate istates; to
fix the compensation of certain officers ot tho
Treasury Department; resolution directing Mil
itary Committee to consider and report upon
tho expediency of making part payment in
gold, or ourrentible notes, to such of our of
ficers and soldiers who are held prisoners of
war in the enemy’s lines so that their necessi
ties may he relieved.
The bill entitled “An act to amend the tax
laws,” coming upas the first special older of
the day, was considered in committee on the
whole, the Speaker vacating, and Mr.
and'amendihonTbr tne mil oecupikTffcjraJ ISO
up to the hour of adjournment.
A message was received from the President,
announcing that he had signed the bill to pro
vide for the redemption of the old issue Treas
ury notes held by certain Indian tribes.
SENATE —MAY 26.
Several bills were taken up and passed over
informally, on account of the thinness of the
Senate.
Senate bill to regulate the pay of a General
assigned to duty at the seat of Government,
laid over on the previous day, was taken up
aud p used. The following is the biii as it
passed the Senate :
“ The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the pay of a general
assigned to duty at the seat ot government,
uuder the provisions of an act entitled an act
to provide a staff and clerical force for
any general who may be assigned i y the
President to duty at the seat of Govern
ment,” approved March 25th, 1862, shall bo
tire same as the pay of a general officer corn
man ling-iu chief a separate army in the field.”
the hilt reported Irom the Senate Finance
Committee to authorize c TtiUeates of indebted
ness to be given for property pnohased of im
pressed, and for transportation, and to provide
lor payment oi the interest on* said certificates
in specie, was considered and passed without
amen iment or opposi ion.
The resolution to rescind the joint resolution
fixing tiie day ol adjournment for dial, was laid
on the table.
house.
A bill was introduced amendatory of the act
to organize forces to serve duriag the war, so as
to exempt the Society of Friends from miliutry
t-erviee —passed. The bill authorizes ihe Secre
tary of War to grant exemptions to such uuder
the i of February, 1864, us which the act ia
aineadatoiy.
I'lie Military C immlttee reported back the
bill to provide for the enrollment and conscrip
tion of all noncommissioned officers and pri
vates in the Trans-Misdssippi Department east
of tba river, and absent oa expired furloughs
west of that river. The bLH further provides
that all absent without leave tor two weeks
after the promulgation oi t sis act By proclama
tion shall not bo permitted to volunteer, but
shall be assigned to any command that the
eonirnan'ting General may deem proper.
It was moved to amend by the insertion of
thirty days instead of two weeks in the time
allowed recreants to report without loss of
status. Tiie amendment was a top ted and tho
bill pasted.
The Military Committee reported back, with
the reooimendation that it do iie upon the ta
ble, Somite bill to authorize the President, with
the advice of the Senate, to appoint officers to
temporary rank and command.
Also, a bill similar in some respect to tr 0
foregoing, authorizing the President to co,,» er
temporary rank and command upon officevs of
Pro vis onai army who may be assigned > XJ au y
special service. , ~
B:l; making appropriations tor i jG support
of the Government of the CoaU‘- dente States
from July Ist. to Dec. 31st —read by title,
ordered to be primed aoq made the special
order for Saturday at l >;
The Committee od ,y a y H and Means reported
a bill making a P /J ropriations for tiie postal ser
vice of the i States lor the year
1862 and Read by title and ordered to
be ”'infod. Mr Baldwin, of Virginia, from
■me same committee, submitted a minority re
port as a substitute for the bill, to take the
same direction.
On motion, the bills were made the special
order after the disposal of the general appro
priation bill.
The Judiciary Committee made a report on
the suspension of tire writ of habeas corpus. —
Without being read it was laid on the taint*
and ordered to be printed.
A bill was introduced to amend the army
regulations in respect lo gaming by bonded of
ficers and other custodians of the public funds.
The Senate bill to create the office of dis
bursing clerk of the War Department was
passed.
The bill t > organize the Supreme Court of
the Confederate States was reported back
from the committee, with the suggestion that
it do not pass but lie upon the table.
Joint resolutions of the General Assembly of
Virginia were submited, insisting on the main
tcnauceofjuiisdiction and exercise of sover
eignty over the ancient boundaries and domains
ot the State, and pledging all her resources for
war until the usurped government of West V ir
ginia is wiped like a blot from her map. Tho
resolutions were read and ordered to be printed.
The Senate bill doubling the rates for Com
pensation and mileage of members of Congress
waslost, ayes 33, nays 46.
The bill amendatory of the tax law coming
up as the unfinished tmisneas on the calendar,
the House resolved ifself into committee of tins
whole on its consider at ioa.