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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (June 22, 1864)
BY N. S. MORSE & CO. (Chronicle Sentinel. TERMS. tub wkkkly chronicle a betnm IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY THREE MONTHH % I 00 BIX MONIHH #S(H) ALWAYS IN ADVANCE. WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES OiDliiit A!>TUTliitii t»T* pnbUihtd in the Weekly we Skirt* twe»tY-fl»ec«nU»hn* «ach insertion. SrnoisL SoTroMwlllbechnrgelthlrtjcen'i tlsneforeivh 1 neertlon. MaixiuHi.DxxTnaand Kvmaat. NoriCHOneil'liarev OkiroxaT NoTions fortycer.te perllne for one Insertion either Weekly. Where Obitunry Notice lie mb lebed In 1 eit y ird Weekly—llixtr cents nerl ne. military orders [Pabllahed {grAlli f«»r the Ueo-ilt of iha Community ] The fallowing or<ler«' ra.ocil lntote»t h iveJUKt loen !mu uA: AHextmpU<.nfl fvoin duty, to of thlfl *r tailed prtvloui to this date (June 11) ire hereby levokol. ra'iaut to ipeclnl orri**r Jin. ‘i®. from the Corn rn&nd w t of the Pott. < iD i*ri cummaadlaa compiolM alrcJilroiaaniiied, or wmeh «• buy hereafter are hen.br Inctmcted to fre n*nt thetr reqtiU)’.!o> a tor arma. aocoutrimems ar l i»i;iniui»i tion, to thei • headquarter# without <*e«iv, sh-v w!l beheld retwirtbl* for the proper efflclecey of their commands Thatlui.* having amred when an <nvirKency may oecsrat way moment, which will r q Ire not only every man of thii commair.fi but every cl izeu ard reside*, t to take tip arm? to tfce iroportan' duty that we owe to oiimelvei our 1 • ry, our home. 'I Ji • Major commanding, fully trua mg In kind Pr< •'dance and retying on the firm resolution and devo Hen r>f nton •’•up afUii* command to our aaornl c um*, feel* confident thit nhrmI'* 1 '* tijrrff ,Hf they will not fnlln no ‘‘‘St Uiiy be mate on point by « He t»kr» tills oenMlon to exprew bD. determltistlon on. or commsmi of the ofßcor cmnmandlug bon., l , to the la*i extremity. *.<d and» etres to lmpr»M 01. ‘ c * r a : r ‘ l aaan the Importance and ueceeai yof prompt y o*m» '* 1 . ( dora ol their superior* la command and of acting wlrJi the - < r.esa and deter nmr.tiou which m the crowning pinnacle of vic tory. Information has lieen received which renders it advisable to place ihe defensive force »( August;* and In vicinity In condl ti( n for effW live ter vice ht. ahoit notice, it Li therefore ordered— i. All and t.i!ud men of evory description In the cities of An coataand Hamburg, who do not lielong to lulhtary organ 1b all ,n, shall rep rt at once to the cornmau ant of the local troOpa fir nMvignmcut 11. Ail cl ‘l/«ns capable of bear'i»ar arms, who do not be'ong to nny city company, aro requeued to organize Iht-ruseives for tempo* ary *uvbe n » report to Hies- headquarter*. 111. » he (lap ain (if <lonipanles will, at the earliest moment. Inspect the arnin of their C in l ands and *• e tlut they are ready for rffwtlvi s'lrvke la< h man nhouM have a h .ver hack ad canteen, and wt en cared out tomervice oi an emergency ninfct 1*« huj piled wlthfo.ty rounds of ammunition. IV Tho** in rubers of the o-.m panics at the Powder Works and Aiscual, who reiide In th* city, will, on the signal, Im ined tvUly tc.a rto those i.laeei, and there he formed by the Company Officers to a l*t In th.-ir defer re. V. Ihe co upinies Udotiviog to hr foundry nnd Machine Works and Ouu Carnage Denar.mold will Jlkewi .y arr inMe k' itio c j s • h under th lr (.meets and there remain f<v orders. V 1. The companies loin * l of KaUrn and employees and th»» rottou Factory will a’s» i -e at tlie tlgnal at. ilmse pbccs un der their ( fflr( rs wbeio ti.ey will rec**i-.e Inalnn tlons. VII. All othar foot no , pa'.ic i wd!. a». the conc -r:ed signal of luormbly, firm in Greene Mrect ai ng the Ilni> rom the hell T-w« rto the Cl yH nl The loft of th • Ha*.all-in resting wt the former place, and facing towards bro«(l r’lreet, under the lnmrdlat * orders of th? commandant of the 1 cal troops. V HI. The cavalry company will form IminedUi. iy opposite the City lUII and the company of artihery win form >,n Its v ght. IX /11 men n l organUod wfl assemble on Ilroad h'trcet bei ween the Planters* kiotai and Uead-iuartera and ren an lor orders. X. A field offer of the *rmy will lie assigned tn tho com niftn.l of encii of the Gov-rnn.er.t Worke, if practicable; :ill <» her f.fiS or» ot the army present for duty w| I anecrnblu at the CUty Hall tor or e.a. Tltoso mounted will act an the suJfoi the Colon*! Commanding. XI Tho f hlct C in- ..ruary will ne • that, two day’s rati ns an- supplied to t he diffront companies when callc-l out for the •erTlctt contciuplat o and the I*. ii Quart* rmm*tf-r t hat for axe tor the aan.o period he nuppllol to the cava rv and artillery hors**. The .ntter offleim will aln ,on tiro given al^Tiul have at: '.he tranaportailon or hin department fc'-t, ready for tu h •ervlc ■ an may t o ro.juir- and. The 8 h 1 i marge of llonpltaln will remrdii at. the tutme, fan<l If pracUcibU* lioint a yel!o» fla< at tin* proper tin c. Tiie eonler tturg.'on cf the Toot will report for aides to the com manding officer. ExPi.ANATonr.—Perhaps many of our read ers, who have seen fit to favor us with their patronage within tiie past few weekk—since ire published an article on tiie proscriptive policy of the Administration—do not under stand the meaning of the head "Military Orders, published gratis for tbo benefit of the community.'*' Well, wo will explain. II has been the boast of the Southern press and of tbs upholders of the present administration, that all the fraudulent propensities, under handed measures, and contemptible trickery of the old Government officials had been cut loose from, discarded, and left in Washington when we separated from the North. That the In famous practice of subsidizing tin) public press to uphold the acts of an existing administra tion, no matter liow criminal or tyrannical, had been left behind. We were gullible enough to think that the Southern administration was that ‘‘pink of purity” it hypocritically pro fessed to be. That there was none of that ■“Thank Uod we are not like other non" Pharlseoistn about it. But facts have opened our eyes somonhat, as well us the eyes of the public. Lot us look at ouo lino of policy it has adopted. Kver since cur connection with this journal, rip to within the past few weeks, all the local military orders of the administration and many of the general ones, were inserted in our col umns. We were simple minded enough to be lieve they were published in tiie Chronioi.r & Shynnki. because we had the largest circula tion of any paper in the State. Not because the administration wished us to sing its praises. But facts prove otherwise. Here they are. When the administration undertook to tram ple upon the lights of the Stales and the liber- i ties of the citizen ; when it showed by its acts that it would establish a strong central govern ment instead of a free one ; when it endeav ored to inaugurate in the Confederacy a govern ment akin to despotism—wo took occasion to enter a protest against such proceedings. We j did it openly, boldly, manfully. We thought ! it a great tarceto cut loose from one tyrannical government to establish another. We thought it a groat farce to shed oceans of blood and expend millions of treasure professedly to establish mu independence —and in the end to find all this had been done merely to cloak with monarcliial powers a few designing men ; who while claim ing to be champions for free speech and free dom. were merely champions for their own selfish purposes. What was the result. Let us see. A few days after the publication of our first protest, we were informed by an administra tion official that wo must not talk that way: if we did *ll the administration patronage would Ve withdrawn from us. Another administra tion official also even went so far as to hint that we would be arrested unless we changed our policy. We politely informed the first official that we never ranked with journalists •who sold their columns to the powers that be for filthy lucre. That if the administration at Richmond wished to insert their favors in the Chjionicle A Sentinel upon its merits—upon the ground that we had the largest circulation of any paper in the State, and that advertise ments and orders in its columns would reach a larger number of citizens than they would in, any other paper at a less expense—well and good: but if they wished to have us under stand that by inserting its advertisements in Our columns we were bound to uphold its acts and policy, no matter how infamous or rotten. we were not their man. We continued to dt» what we thought best for the cause wo are flghtiug for—and the administration not only withdrew Its Richmond patronage from us but issued orders to the commander of this post to proscribe us. And what for’ For opinion's •ake—nothing else ! Facts provs this ! As regards the throats of being arrested, we defied then aud defy now all such threats, come from what source they may. We always have, and always shall uphold to the best of our ability the government—the constitution. The proscriptive policy is the policy adopted by all tyranieally disposer! persons, to crush Out free press free speech, and freedom.— tho freemen of the South willing to 1 sacrifice their lives and the lives of their I ‘-on- for such a principle? Are the freemen of the South ready to endorse ruch acts? If “the court knows herself,” we think they are not. The p ople of the S iuth are fighting for un restrioted freedom in every particular, and un restricted freedom they will have. .Some may say, and with truth, ‘‘This is no time for discuss©ns of this kind.” We go fur ther. “This is no time for discussions of this or any other kind.” The administration ought not to have forced upon the country the great topics which have lately excited the public. II ought not to have found time to have done this thing. It ought not to have found lime to | hatch up unconstitutional schemes and plans to usurp ucdelegated powers. It ought not to have found time to hunt up parties up.on : whom to vent its despicable potty spleen and | spite. But it has done so. It has endeavored to wrest from a people the very rights they | are defending from a foreign invader. It has ; endeavored to crush out free speech and tree press. This being the case, no one but the administration should he censured for the dis cussions about internal matters now going on. ft threw down the gauge—and threw it down vindictively and insultingly—and those at whose feet it has been thrown, whether as a body as a people or whether singly as a citi zen, would be cravens—yes, worse than cra- vfins —would bo abject Blavea did they not i bike it up and defend their rights to the best jof their ability. In all the discussions which i have the past few months occupied the public mind, the administration lias been the party which has originaled them. It is alone to blame If an y had results grow out of its ac tions. The spirt Cf tlittH people will not allow them to tamely submit to pverbearing insults no matter from whence they come. We have said more on this subject than wo intended to when wo started. But there is a principle—a great principle involved in it. We therefore shall probably refer to it again. freemen of the South ! Let ns exert ourselves to the utmost to resist the endeavors of the Northern despot to subjugate us. and lay waste our country ; and at the same time let us take especial cure that no power at home succeeds in wresting from us our inalienable rights and our blood bought liberties. All will then bo well in the end. NOU I IIKHN POLITICS. The Presidential game at the North, has open ed with cheering omens for us. The Abolition party is hopelessly split into black aud red ltepublican factions. Each has nominated its ticket, Lincoln and Johnston being the candi dates of the former, and Fremont ami Cochran of the latter. Fremont will rally to his standard the athe istical German, and radical Abolition elements, with other malcontents of the old Republican party. The destruction of slavery is the pri mary and paramount object of these Agrarian levellers. The freedom of the negro is, in their views, the enitiatory stop to tho realization of the wild ami visionary scheme of social equali ty, which has so long boon tho dream of the crack-brained enthusiasts of Europe— Gariabal db, tho Mazzins, and other fire brand revolu tionists and anarchists, who would overthrow the foundations ot civil society itself. Religion and property are equally, with slavery, the objects of the innovating rage of this mongrel h id of Northern families. Marriage itself is not sacred iu their eyes, and many of them aim at nothing short of the entire subversion of the social structure. The new faction will attract to itself the dis ciples of free love, miscegenation, socialism, Mgraninnam, atheism and every other pesti lent ism now life at the North—all the inflammable and destructive elements of North ern society. It will be a Jacobin party rival ling that of revolutionary France. It will, too, be found a faction strong in numbers and ob stinate in purpose. We deem it auspicious for the South, that the ultras of the Republican party have thus set up for themselves. Their union with that party gave it the victory in 18(10. Their with drawal will defeat it in 18(51. They are a stub born set who are not likely to recede from the position they have taken, and the unprinci pled adventurer who leads them, will not suf fer himself to be thrust back into tiie obscu rity to which Lincoln and his military failures had consigned him. The Cleveland convention which nominated Fremont, was largely attended, and animated by a very determined spirit. The movement had been long contemplated, and thero is no reason to doubt that the l'remout party will stand its ground. The great schism in the Republican ranks, gives to the prospects of Lincoln a gloomy as pect. His only hope is in tho success of Grant and Sherman. Their failure will seal his doom. It the present gigantic campaign for the sub jugation of the South, shall end iu disaster, as it is likely so do, tho sceptre will depart front [ Abrahiun the Fiist. All the discordant ele- I meats of opposition will acquire renewed 1 strength aud intensity for his overthrow. The j tyrant will go down amidst the surging waves of faction. The Democratic party is also divided in sen timent, but not in action. It will meet in Convention at Chicago, to nominate a ticket. It is possible that it may harmonise, especial ly if the Federal armies shall continue unsuc cessful. A large portion of Its ffiembers are for peace, and the war Democrats may yield to the majority, to ensure success. The cohesive power of the public plunder may weld together the discordant mass. Seeing the hopelessness of the scheme of Southern subjugation, the war Democrats may be induced to squelch their belligerent propensities, to secure a share of the loaves and fishes, which is always a para mount consideration with politicians. The chance to regain their lost nacen cendaucy, offered by the split in the Republi can party, will be a great temptation to the Northern Democracy to unite their forces for the overthrow of Lincoln. And, as it is very certain that they can only be united on a peace platform, we may reasonably anticipate that desirable consummation. The peace wing of the Democracy we are assured will never yield their position. They are too firm in their convictions, too settled in rheir determination, to give up. With the failure of Lincoln's grand campaign staring them in tho face, they will be less likely than ever to assume the responsi bility of continuing the war. The war De mocrats therefore must come to them, if there is to be union. We look forward therefore, with intense interest to the Chicago Convention. Its action may solve the problem of this bloody war and inaugurate the reign of peace. United upon the nomination of McClellan, or some other popular peace candidate, the Democra tic party, we believe, will be able to defeat the discordant hosts of abolionism, and will then conclude a peace on the basis ot Southern iude 1‘ pendenee. There are many hopeful indications of this blessed result. The vote against the expulsion AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1861. of Lone, the increasing exasperation of feeling between the Democrats and Lincoln, the bold and defiant attitude of the Democratic press, and the fact that the two wings of the Democra cy have not proposed to hold sepacite Couveu' tions—all point to the probable union of the party on the only practicable basis. THE FABIAN FOLICY. There are two opposite war policies which are popularly styled the Fabian and the Napoleonic. The first is conservative and economical, spai ingof men and means, preferr ing retreat to great risks safety to glory, seek ing to exhaust the enemy by protracted war fare, Its primary object being to preserve the army, as the ultimate security and hope of the State. The second is reckless and wastful, pro fuse in the expenditure of blood and treasure, heedless of risks, courting the danger and glory of great battles and regardlessof the destruction of armies. The first of these policies was adopted by Fabius, the Roman General, who lor sixteen years held Hannibal in check, on the plains of Italy, by prudent strategy and reserve, with but one important engagement. 'The result was that Rome survived, to become the con queror of the world, and Carthage fell. Hence, this policy has been styled tho Fabian. The second was pursued by Napoleon tho First, who hesitated not to attack combined Europe, to risk a hundred battles, to precipitate his victorious legions into the heart of the ene my's territory, to sacrifice a half a million of men in the Russian campaign ; and, on tho memorable field of Waterloo, sustained a de feat which lost him his imperial crown, and prostrated France at tho leet of her con querors. A portion ot the press and people of tho South Lave clamored for tho adoption, by our goverr..'“out, of the Napoleonic policy. They would hurl our armies upon the enemy's terri tory; they would stake all upon tho fortune of a single battle, regardless of prudential con siderations, and they are too apt to regard retrograde movements, as irreparable calami ties. They point to Napoleon as the example we should follow; and reler to his successes in conquering peace, a? arguments for the adop tion of his policy. But, in thus arguing, they overlook the material differences in tho circum stances of tfie cases. Napoleon was backed by a na’ion mighty in resources and population. Though he sacrificed vast armies, France could supply their place— as she did after his disasterous retreat from Mos *ow,in which hundreds of thousands of her sons found a grave beneath the snows of Russia. , A nation of limited population, contending with an enemy greatly superior in numbers, how ever tcroie in spirit, however superior the met tle of her troops, cannot afford such reckless waste of life. A cautious and economical po liey, is that which ordinary prudence prompts her to adopt. It wss by tho Fabian policy that Washington was enabb and to conduct the colonies success fully through their seven years struggle with Great Britain. His first and constant care was to preserve his little army. lie was gene rally on the retreat. No continued series of bril'iant victories marked his career. But, on the contrary, defeats, and disasters to the colonists, of frequent and painful occurrence, (ended to dampen their ardor and depiess their hopes. And yet by obstinate perseverance, by patient endurance, and a wise and cautious policy, Washington and our heroic fathers ex torted, at last, the boon of independence from haughty and imperial England. It, is obvious that the Fabian is our policy, as it has been that of our government from the commencement of the war. Contending with an enemy so largely Vupciior in population, and able to hire mercenaries by the thousands in other countries to fight his battles, it be hoves ns to be conservative of our armies, to make their preservation our first object. For, so long as those armies are maintained in the field, tho South is not and cannot be subjugat ed—although cities may bocanhired and States overrun. What though we fall back a dozen times, with our noble and heroic armies intact, ready to dispute the advance of the foe, we have no reason to despond. The farther tho enemy penetrates into our territory, the greater the cost of the war to him, ami the greater tiie danger of bis being crushed and driven out.— Generals Smith aud Price retreated before Banks, aud Steele; they were driven far up Red river by the Yankees, to whom, however, it unexpectedly proved to be “a river of death” for them. It was when those Yankees had driven our forces nearly upon the confines of Texas, and boasted themselves conquerors of two States, that the hour of their destruction ar rived. Our confidence in the success of our cause, is strengthened by tiie knowledge, that the great generals now leading our forces are cau tious and conservative—ever wary and watch ful for the preservation of their gallant ar mies, and that no reckless impetuosity, or mad thirst for glory, will ever tempt them to imneiil the great interests committed to their care. Congress.— Most of the members of tho pre sent Congress are following in footsteps of their predecessors. If any thing, their acts are the more outrageous, because they “sin ina greater light.' Notwithstanding the loud voice of protest raised from all sections against the misdeeds of the First Congress, a majority of the Second Congress, if anything, are en deavoring to disgrace themselves in a higher degree by their hurried legislation and unwise and impolitic deeds. The immense love of country they have dis played already—by endeavoring to force more producers into the army: and then when the very city they were assembled in was threat ened, by refusing to shoulder a musket in its defence. What a great show of patriotism we havs here! What an exhibition of unbounded zeal for the cause! We verily believe if it be comes necessary for the women of our land to go into the ranks Congress would conscript them—and at the same time insert a saving clause in the bill, allowing their own carcasses to remain at home. We are glad to notice that the Richmond press have commenced talking about the wrong acts of Congress in a plain outspoken manner. They ought to have done so long ago. It is high time these erring servents of the people were called to a strict account. Soldier's Reading Room and Libbart at Co lumbus, Ga. —Rev. G. W. Stickney, the chap lain of the Fost at Columbus, Ga., proposes to establish a soldiers’ reading room and library in that city. Iha object is to furnish a pleasant resort for convalescents from the Hospitals.— Mr. S. respectfully solicits funds to assist him to carry out his project. Gen. A. W. Reynolds has been presented with an tl-gant imported sword by Capt. W. i U Claiborne. MOVEMENTS IN NORI HERN VIRGINIA. A c .respondent of the Charleston Courier furnishes the annexed notea on the campaign i in Northern Virginia : I W edsesday. May 4.—Yankees crossed the Rap pahannock, entrenched and were driven from their entrenchments with a loss of 1500 prison el’s. TumsDAY, May 5 —Battle from dawn to 8 A. M. 3QUO \ankee prisoneis. Later engagement from 12 till night ; iVwell against o”th Army Corps. (Sykes’). Place, Parker’s Store, on plank road, eight miles frern Ciiancellorsville. ' Result, three corps and two divisions of Yan j kees repulsed. Generals Jones and Stafford ‘ killed. Pegram wounded. Friday. May 6.—Place, near Wilderness. Yankee right and left wings turned. Longsteet wounded; Jennings and Jenkins killed ; also Wadsworth, on Federal side. The Yankees pushed hack to Chaneeilorsville. Saturday, May 7. Place, Germania Ford Road General Gordon, of Georgia, turned ene my’s right, and captured Generals Seym Our and Shuler. Enemy abandoned Germania Road - aucLremoved. pontoons taErsy’s Ford. Sunday, May B.— Enemy swung, round.— Lee moving on their right flank. Fightfat Spottsylvania C. H ; the sth Amy Corps and two divisions of cavalry, against Gen. R. H. Anderson. Enemy repulsed with heavy slaugh ter and driven from the Court House-, which they vainly endeavored to retake. Monday, May o—At evening a large body of the enemy moved around our left, and took possession of tiie road midway' between Shady' Grove Church and the Court House. Tuesday, May 10.—Frequent skirmishing. Early drove back the enemy at evening. Grant entrenched on the Brooks Road, not far from Spottsylvania C. H. Enemy made a raid on Ashland, whence they were repulsed on the 11th by Stuart and Fitz Lee. Grant’s losses (official) up to this time 35, OGO. Federal Gen eral Stevenson and Sedgewick killed. Wednesday, May ll.—Assault in force on our breastworks from morning to 6unset. Most obstinate on General Anderson, our left, at sun set. Repulsed with tremendous loss. Thursday, May 12 — Thu great battle Spott sylvania C. H. Giant reinforced by one full corps from Washington. Assault on breast works, ten lioes deep. Johnson and Stuart captured 2, 000 men aiid 18 guns. Our lino re established. Yankees repulsed with lass of 20.000 (?) General Perrin killed Walker, Gordon, AlcGowau and Johnson wounded. Friday, May 13.—N0 fighting. Meade's congratulatory order. Saturday, May 14.— Partial attack by Lee successful. Grant swung away from our left to the rail road. Sunday May 15.—Enemy still moving. Left behind 13 caissons and 21 gun carriages. Lee’s congratulatory order. Advance of ptinsipal army.of enemy thus far checked, and a heavy loss inflicted.’’ Monday, May I(3.—Skirmishing. Tuesday, May 17.—Shirmishing. Wednesday, May 18.—Enemy still moving to our right. Cavalry advace on Guinea Station. Feint on our left wing at Spottsylvania C. H. Cannonading on out right wing. Thursday, May 19.-Many arms collected by us on the field and in pits. Reconnoissance by Ewell at 3P. M. Hancock 2nd Corps aud Busnsida 9th Corps encountered on West and North of road from Spottsylvania C. H. to Fredericksburg. The engagement indecisive. Friday, May 20 —No fighting. Grant still swinging his columns around our right. Cuts loose from Fredericksburg as a base, and estab lishes depots at Port Royal and Tappahanncck. Saturday. May 21.—Grant occupies Milford Station and Bowling Goeu. His breastworks in front of Spottsylvania abandoned. Sunday, May 22.—Our troops moving all day in a parallel line to Grant’s. Monday, May 23.—Fiiz Lee’s cavalry press ed by enemy’s infantry at Anderson's . Cross Roads. Enemy crossed the North Anng at Jer ico Ford, and encountered our forces near Noel’s Turn Out. Repulsed. Tuesday; May 24.—Place, Oxford Mill, three and a half (piles from Hanover Junction. En emy attacked our left and were repulsed, and charged by Malfone, commanding Anderson’s Division. ‘Wednesday, May 25.—Grant destroys Cen tral Rail Road, and swings fortifications to our right. Lee’s headquarters at Taylorsville.— Feeble attack on our rifle pits; one mile from Hanover Junction. Both armies in line of bat tle. Thursday, May 26.—Grant re-crcssed the North Anna, and again moving to our right. Friday, May 27. — Grant’s left crossed the Pamunkey, our army rapidly moving in a par allel line. At 12 a heavy force of enemy ap peared at Hanover C. 11., pressing back our cavalry. Satukdat, May 28. —ramnnkey crossed at Hanover town, toward Old Church, by Fede ral. Monday, May 30.—Grant entrenching on North aud West of Tolsotomay creek. Our troops in line of battle at Aitee’s Station, Vir ginia Central Railroad. Hanover C. IL, evac uated by enemy. Hampton in command- of cavalry. Ewell attacks sth Corps on Mech-an icsville Road, nine miles from Richmond, and drives them to their entrenchments, five and a half miles. Tuesday, May 31 —Enemy still moving to ward the York Rail Road. Wednesday, June I.—Anderson and Hoke’s Divisions drove the enemy to their entrench ments. Breckinridge and Mahone drove them from their front. Enemy repulsed by Hcth’s Division. Keitt mortally wounded. Butler reinforcing Grant. Enemy driven from Ash land by Hampton—7s prisoners and three hun dred horses. Lee sick. Thursday, June 2.—Severe fighting on York River Rail Road. Enemy’s position abandon ed from Altee’e nearly round to Mechanicsville Pike. Flanked by Ewell on Mechanicsville Pike, (their right) capturing 500 prisoners and taking three lines of their breastworks. Their right wing bent back to tiie Pamunkey. At tack ed Breckinridge on Turkey Ilill. to gain McClellan’s Bridge ou the Clyekahominy a failure. Grant communicates with the White House as his base. Friday, June 3. —Great Battle. Our line as follows: Left wing, Early in command of Ewell’s Corps, with divisions of Early, Gordon, Rhodes, Centre, A. IL Hill's Corps, with Heth’s and Breckinridge'S divisions. Right wing, Anderson’s Corps, (Longstreet’s.) with Hoke’s Field’s, Clingmqn’s, Kershaw's divis ions. Attack at daylight on Anderson and Breckinridge; feint oil Early. Yankees re pulsed everywhere with frightful slaughter.— Our loss less than in any other great battle of war. Battle over at 10 A. M. Enemy loss over 6000. Night attack on Breckinridge, Fin egan, Hoke—soon repulsed. Saturday, June 4.—Skirmishing. Three fee ble night assaults. Sunday, Junk s.—Grant’s flag of truce for burying the dead. At night the enemy swing round to our right hastily. Monday, June 6.—Early followed them for two miles. Enemy entrenched on Tolapota moy Creek, with swamp in front. Tuesday, June G.—Yankees still moving to our right, in front of Hill and Anderson. Flag of truce for burying dead. •‘‘The Reconstruction’’ op the Union—The Armt to Help a Little. —lnthePajaro Times, published at Watsonville, California, we find the following extracts from a private letter written by the newly elected Yankee Senator Gonness to a triend in Sacramento City • As to ‘-reconstruction,” I am for keeping out every rebel State until it comes in with a con stitntion prohibiting slavery, and, in States where there are not enough Union men to make such a constitution, lam for letting the army help them a little ; and as to confiscation I am for the extremes*- constitutional remedy that we have power to adopt. • • • • e Concerning changes in offices-nor shall it be-lost sight of—and that is, to establish a higher standard of political morality in State or nation, or to contribute to that end Xo man shall remain in public station by mv con sent who is a traitor, or who sympathizes with slavery, or whfi steals from the public, or who gets drunk, or who neglects his duties, or who is incompetent, and no other man shall l»ave public life through me save those who stand in the wav of carrying out this poliev e o o # 0 I have said, and am as good as mv word tha* no Copperhead should occupy a place, military or civil—no traitor—if I could hinder it I hava said further, that no good loyal man should be removed because he is not mv friend *nd I would despise myself if I felt otherwise; WHAT Is COYSTirPiiONAL CURRENCY ! M e have always been innocent enough to sup po=e what was good enough for the people— the power—was good enough for the official— the servant of the people. But it seems the monarchists in Congress think otherwise. With out further com men'at present, we commend to the especial attention of our readers the an. uexed article from the Richmond Examiner : ‘ a House resolution giving fuel, lights, fod [ der aim other horse food to tho Presidential j mansion and Presidential stables has blossoni j ml in the Senate to magnificent flower. One j ot the walking satires on the name of Senator 1 which illustrate that body—it is not here In j.tended to indicate Mr. Sparrow—has made a and scovery equal to that of Columbus when be broke iris egg. True, the Constitution declares that, when the compensation ot the President is once fixed by a law, it shall not be increased during bis term. But does this law, getting l forage for horses, increase the President’s com r’pMMatiou? Thu law declares he shaii have his house mm* receive twenty-five thousand dollars per annum. But what sort of dollars? Clearly gold or silver dollars. Now, lie is getting Con federate dollars. Then he is not receiving his salary—and the bill is no increase of the legal compensation width he has a right to demand. Here the discovery of a Confederate Senator. This i3 the way a Confederate Senator talks.- Ho is one or the Senators who made Confeder ate dollars—the President signed the law which created them. But now they discover that they are u't dollars at all—and they have a light to demand gold and silver. If they choose to waive that right, they must at least be paid au equivalent-they must ho paid iu the things gold and silver buy—as much light, fuel, forage, &c., as they want. This is an important discovery. It is appli cable to several other payments besides those due to the President. First of all it is valua ble to the aged tiller of the soil, ortho widow with her boys under sixteen, from whom the fuel is taken—whose forage is impressed to sup ply the President’s stables. Do they got .the lawful price in gold and silver, or their equiva lents ? No ! They do not get it even in the notes which Confederate Senators an t Presi dents disdain. They get only as many notes as commissioners choose to give,—and their forage is impressed ! The son of the widow above the age of sixteen, has an equal right to demand his eleven .dollars in gold and silver. Does he gut it ? Is lie ever going to get. it in that form ? If he demanded gold ams silver, or an equivalent t> the difference between them and Confederate notes, in gas, coal and forage, would he get it, —now or at any future time ? All those clerks and labouers and teamsters, who toil lor the army, have (hey a right to demand their pay in gold or silver or “ equivalents.” Have they .rot as good right as the President and Confederate Sena tors ? Have they as good a chance of getting it ? They will never get it. They have no light to it—and they will never ask it. No jury would give it if they did. But of all those per sons the President and his Senators have the least plausible show of rght. The Constitu tion ieavesthe determination of the President’s “esmpensation” 4o Congress, but once deternr inel, declares it shall not be increased. Con gress fixed by a law tho compensation of this President at twenty-five thousand dollars and a house. But his Senator says the dollars re ferred to by the law were silver dollars. Ike answer, simply, that the thing is not so. That law was passed in March, 1862. Nearly a year before that Congress and President had creat ed a currency and imposed it on the whole land. All its payments during that year had been toade in Confederate currency. Gold and sil ver have never been employed by the Confede racy. The currency was already depreciated. Ail the votes of money by Gt-ngree-, appro priating money, have been founded on the fact tii ;t the payment would be made in Confeder ate eunency. The appropriation of twenty live thousand dollars per annum to compensate the President whs no exception, but she con trary. It was to be paid, and it was paid, from the first day, in that ctirreucy and in nothing else. The compensation was determined in that currency and cannot be changed without B violation of tiie letter and spirit ot (lie Con stitution peculiarly shameless and partial. Nevertheless, the "joint resolution” went in to ‘'Judiciary Committee,” and this came out in the place ot it : “Mr. Sernmes, from the same, reported the following bid, which was read and placced on the calendar : ‘That the salary of the President of the Con federate States shall, from and after tho pas sage ot this act, be commuted during the war to fifty thousand dollars per annum, payable quarterly in Confederate Treasury notes: Provided, Tiiat this act shall not be construed to deprive the President of the legal right to exact, in lieu of the commutation aforesaid, payment of his salary of twenty-five thousand dollars now allowed by law iu constitutional currency.” What’s a “constitutional currency ?” Is Con federate currency an “unconstitutional cur erncy Is it all bosh—a sham—an unlawful pretence with which the Confederacy pays its debts ? What pretty words are these to be heard in the Confederate States ! What an en couragement for those toiling, bleeding mill ions ! Did we indeed do wrong to fix attention on so small a matter ? Now, what man can read that resolution without boiling with in dignation ? What gross greediness—what un blushing selfishness—what an inter want of delicacy and of every patriotic sentiment is here. An official decrial of our currency, in such a place, at such a time. Stop this War. — The New York News cries out for tiie war to be stopped. In a long arti cle it says : Bleed enough lies flowed to blot or* of exis tence every bond of friendship between the sec tions. One barren campaign lias followed an other always with great loss of life, but never with decisive military results. In the begin ning of these campaign's the war journals of the North have been boas! fal of anticipated tri umphs. and extravagant in their prophesies of the immediate crumbing of the rebellion. , At the close of these campaigns, the same journals have been almost exclusively occu pied in explaining the causes of discomfiture, aud in heaping ashes upon the head of some lnck'-ess General whom they have crowned in advance with the laurels of vic'ory. And thus from campaign to campaign the war lias drag ged its slow length along, its course marked with b'ood aud agony and desolation, but the goal forever receding and never within sight. We have now reached the most desperate period of the strife. Men enough have been slain and wounded in Virginia within the past twelve days to have decided an European war and to ’nave determined an imperial question. But our list of casualties counted by the sixty thousand, and the terrible slaughter has been entirely in vain. As it has been with other Generals in Virginia, so it w 11 be with Grant. He is now exalted as a demigod; he will in time be railed at as a hound "that misses the scent. The war journals are as slitter in their disappointment as they are extravagant in their hopes. They must h ive an object for their idolatry or for their curses. We foretold this waste of life from the com mencement of this unnatural struggle. Vv r e hare let hardly a day pass without an invoca tion to peace, and appeal to the true patriot ism of the peopleto end this butchery that has converted their country into shambles. Important Arrests and Disclosures. —“We understand that the Government detectives have unearthed what is believed to be a very deep laid plot of the enemy to enroll the negro population in our midst, and at the same time furnish important information to General Grant. Two men, who turned out to be parol ed \ ankee deserters, were seized at a supposed unoccupied house on the Grove road, several miles from the city, where all the evidence of sumptuous living was disclosed. Evidence of their complicity with the enemv was seiz and along with them in the shape of drawings, maps, diagrams and writings. It was said they had enrolled five hundred negroes and kept up a daily communication with Grant’s headquar ters. furnishing him with movements of troops, etc. The bouse which they ha-1 taken and occupied is owned by Edward Monteiro. , lo and was supposed to be unoccupied utl 1 “ tenth n was attWed to it by the fiequentstop page of carriages and couriers there.—Mi.n tnmd Examiner. VOL. LXXVIII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII. NO. 25. death of LiEcr. gen leomdab folk. The entire community have been thrown in to gloom by the publicity of the cffioi .l an nouncement, that L-'eut. Gen. Leonidas Polk, of the army of Tennessee, was killed by a cau mu shot, in the early part of Tuesday, while engaged with his associates in command in ma king observations at the immediate front. Lieut. Gt-n. Polk was born in Raleigh, N. C , in 1806, from whence at an early ago he emi grated to Tennessee, in which Btalc the greater portion of his life was spent. At the age of seventeen he entered West Point as a cadet, in the same class with Gen. Albert Sidney John ston. While at West Point, under the teach ings of Right Rev. Bishop McF.lvaine, of tho diocese of Ohio, then chaplain of the post, he was received into the Protestant Episcopal church by holy baptism, iu the presence of the whole coips of cadets. He subsequently ratified his baptismal voavs. and Win; confirmed by Bishop Ilavenscroft, of the diocese of North Carolina. He was ordain ed a deacon in the churCh by the venerable Bishop Moore, of Virginia, in 18:51), and was endowed with the priesthood by the imposition of the same apostolic hands in 1836. He was consecrated to the episcopate in 1838, and ex orcised his varied functions in the diocese of Louisiana withgreat credit to himself and use fulness to the church, until the commencement of our present struggle for liberty, when ho entered the field in which he was engaged at his death. Upon the withdrawal of the forces from Co lumbus, the garrison/vas incorporated with the forces under Gen. Albert Sidney John ston at Corinth. The subsequent military ca reer of Gen. Polk is well known to the country. He was appointed lieutenant-general upon the passage of the act creating that office, and iu that capacity has ever since.shared the fortunes of the army of Tennessee, participating with it in the battles of Shiloh, Perry ville, Murfrees boro, Chicamanga, Missionary Ridge, Rocky face, Res-aca, etc., and enduring all the .priva tions incident to a military career, engaging in the performance of his duties wi'li tho same zeal that had always characterized his actions iu life. In organizing the army, and when calling to the field the best military talent the country afforded, President Davis recognized the abili ty of Gen. Polk at an early hour. According ly, early in the summer of 1861, the position of major-general and an active command was tendered him, which- ho promptly accepted, and at once repaired to Memphis, where iie as sumed command of the forces in the depart ment ot the Mississippi. Here he at once en tered upon the task of organizing the raw ma terial called into service into an army, and prosecuted his labors with such zoal that iu a very short time he found himself at the head of a avoll appointed force, of such a strength as to warrant a.tive operations, rvhich were at once commenced. Recognising the importance of blockading the Mississippi and preventing its navigation by the enemy, Gen. Polk selected Columbus, Ky., as a suitable point for the erection of works, and the place was occupied by cur forces under his command in the summer of 1801. Under his watchful eya the strong and extensive works were erected, and for many months, until after the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson, when the position was no longer ten able, he remained in command of the garrison. On the Gth day of November, 1861, the Feder ais made a movement against tho works, which was followed by the battle of Belmont, result ing in the signal defeat of the enemy’s forces, who were driven back to their boats with gieat slaughter. Asa commander he enjoyed tho confidence of his men, and his abiliiy was recognized by his Government and the public. At the time of his dealh he was in command of the army of Mississippi, which has been incorporated with the forces under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, now confronting the enemy, in momentary expect ation of battle, near Marietta. We are advised that Gens. Johnston, Har dee, and Polk, with other officers were en gaged in consultation near a position occupied by the Wash ngton artillery, when the group were opened upon by a Federal battery, tiie second shot from which struck Gen. Polk lull iu the breast, killing him instantly. A divine and chieftain has fallen, and at an inopportune hour. The church will mourn the demise of oue of its brightest ornaments, while tiie whole country sustains a loss that can be iily afforded. But to other pens we leave, the duty of recording the virtues and services of the deceased. Ilia history is that of his church and country, and both will acknowledge his worth aud re vere his memory. —Atlanta Ap peal. Officers Retired from thjs Army.— 'The fol lowing is a list of Officers of different grades who have been dropped from the rolls of the army, in accordance with the provisons of the Act of Congress for “ridding the army of igno rant, disabled and incompetent officers.” The list was sent from the rolls of tho Adjutant Gen eral's office : First Lieutenant J. M. Terrill, Company E, 48th North Carolina regiment, October 21, 18(12. Second Lieutenant 0. 11. Harrell, Company E, 48th North Carolina regiment, October 21. 18G2. Captain John T. Chambers, Company 1,19 th Georgia regiment, October 28, 1862. Lieutenant L. A. Nash Com Dany o,4th Geor gia regiment, October 29, 1862. Surgeon O. Hagan, 35th North Carolina regi ment, November 1, 1862 Captain Levi J Knight, 29th Georgia regi ment, May 28, 1863. Second Lieutenant Thomas Brander, Compa ny B, 27th Virginia regiment, June 10, 1863. Second Lieutenant A. T. Culpepper, Compa ny C, 16th Virginia regiment, July 31, 1803. Captain J. D. McKinney, Company E, Ist Florida cavalry, August 0, 1863. First Lieutenant W. G. Stokely, Company E, Ist Florida cavalry, August (I, 1863. Second Lieutenant G. D. Craig, Company E, Ist Florida cavalry, August G, 18G3. First Lieutenant Michael Doherty, Company C, 19th Virginia battalion, August 27, 1863. First Lieutenant I*. J. Cummings, Company D, 33d Tennessee regiment, September bo, 1863. geconil Lieutenant Marshall Munroe, Compa ny F, 2d Virginia regiment, December 1, 1803. Second Lieutenant J. D, Bryant, Company B, 49 th Georgia regiment, December 1, 1863. Captain Thomas M. Gobble, Company 1,48 th Virginia regiment, December 1, 18G3. First Lieutenant M. T. Swint, Company C, 49th Georgia regiment, January 19, ISC4. Lieut. L. 0. Kirk, Company K, Gtk Louis iana regiment, January 19. 1864. Assistant Surgeon George Armstrong, 25 th Virginia regiment, January 23, 18G4. Captain I. M. Hewitt, Assistant Quartermas ter, Army of Northern Virginia, April 14. 1864. Lieut. Calvin Tickinson. Company D, 10th North Carolina battalion of artillery, May 18, 1864. Captain A. Kilpatrick, Company A, 32d Al abama regiment, May, 18, 1804. Second Lieut. L. D. Alexander, Company F, IGth North Carolina regiment, May 18G4. Secoud Lieutenant C. C. Bryan. Company F, 48th Virginia regiment, May 18, 1864. Second Lieutenant J. P. Ray, Company B, 16th North Caralina regiment, May 1864. Second Lieutenant John 11. Sale. Company E, 18th Virgini t battalion, May 18^864. Second Lieutenant C. R. Walden, Company E. 49th Georgia regiment, May J 8, 1864 Second Lieutenant J. T. MeGehie, Patter son's Alabama cavalry, May 18, 1864. Executive Department, > I„ accordant* with £ made and provide , state and branch banking * : . mledgevi!le) thereof, to from the date thereof, re withm thiry "elective conditions at the time * f Sieregudar weekly meeting of the President ° , directors of each, which was held next nrocdi’ng tLe date of this call : said return Jo be made as required by the Code of Geor gia, in sections from 1415 to 1420, inclusive. ’ Given under my hand a id the seal of the Executive Department, at the Capitol in Miliedgeville, the 6th day of .June, 1864. Josei-r E. Beown. By the Governor; ' H. U. W adieus, Sec'y Ex. Dept. JOINT RESOLUTION. declaring the dispositions, principles ANI) PURPOSES OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES IN' RE LATION TO THE KXrsriNG WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES. Whereas, it is due to the great cause of hu manity and civijizvlion, and especially to the heroic sacrifices* of their gallant army in the fi-dd, that no means, consistent with a proper self respect and the approved usages of nations, should be omitted by the Confederates States to enlighten the public opinion of tho world with regard to the true character of the strug gle in which they are engaged, and the dispo sitions. principles and purposes by which they are actuated; therefore, Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate Slides of America, That the following manifes to be issued in their name and by their authori ty, and that the President be requested to cause copies thereof to be transmitted to our commissioners abroad to tho end fiiat the same may bo laid before ioreign Governments. MANIFESTO OF THE CONGRESS ON CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA RELATIVE TO TIIE EXISTING WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES. Ihc Congress of the Confederate States of America, acknowledging their responsibility to tho opinion of the civilized world, to the great law pf Christian philanthropy, and to the Supreme Ruler of the universe, for the part Ibey have been compelled to bear in the sad spectacle of war and carnage which tlii-conti nent lias for the last three years, exhibited to the eyes of afflicted humanity, deems the pres ent a fitting occasion to declare the principles, tho sentiments and tho purposes bv which they have been and are still actuated. They have ever deeply deplored the necaWlty which constrained them to take up arms in dtfc fence ot their rights and of the free institution? derived from their ancestors; and there is noth ing they more, ardently desire than peace, whensoever their enemy, by ceasing from the unhallowed wariwaged upon them, shall permit them to enjoy in peace the sheltering prolec t k>n of those hereditary rights and of those cherished institutions. The series of successes with which it has pleased Almighty God, iu so signal a manner, to bless our arms on almost every point of our invaded borders since the opening of the pres ent campaign, enables us to profess this desire of peace in the interests of civilization and hu manity without danger of having our motives misinterpreted, or of the declaration being as cribed to any unmanly sentiment or any dis trust af our ability fully to maintain our cause. The repeated and disastrous checks, foreshadow ing ultimate discomfiture, which their gigantic army, directed against the capital of the Con federacy, has already met with, are but a con tinuation of the same providential success is for us. We do not refer to these successes in any spirit of vain boasting, but in humble acknowl edgment of that Almighty .protection which has vouchsafed and granted them. The world must now see that eight millions of people, inhabiting so extensive a territory, with such varied resources and such numerous , facilities for defence as the benignant bounty of nature has bestowed ipou ns, with one spirit to encounter every privation and sacrifice of ease, of health, of property, of life itself, rather than he degraded from the condition of free and independent States into which they were born, can never be conquered. Will not our adversaries themselves begin'to feel that humanity has bled long enough ; that tears and blood and treasure enough have been expended iu a bootless undertaking, cov ering their own land no less than ours, with a pall of mourning, and exposing them far more than ourselves to the catastrophe of financial exhaustion and bankruptcy, not tospsgk o( the loss of their liberties by the despotism engen- dered in an rggresidve warfare upon the- Mteir ties of another and kindred people? Will they be willing, by a longer perseverance in a wan ton and hopeless contest, to make this conti nent, which they so iong boasted to be the chosen abode of liberty and self-government, of peace and a higher civilization, the theatre of the most causeless and prodigal effusion of blood which the world has ever seen, of a vir tual relapse into the barbarism of the ruder ages, and of the destruction of constitutional feeedom by the lawlessness of usurped power? These are questions which our adversaries will decide for themselves. We desire to stand acquitted before the tribunal of the world, as well as in the eyes of Omniscient Justice, of any responsibility for the origin or prolonga tion of a war as contrary to the spirit of the age as to the traditions and acknowledged max ims of the political system of America. On this continent, whatever opinion may have prevailed elsewhere, it has ever been held and acknowledged by all parties that Govern ment, to be lawful, must be founded on the consent of the governed. We were forced to dissolve our federal connection with our former associates by their aggressions on the funda mental principles of our compact of union with I them ; and in doing so we exercise a right con secrated in the great charter of American liber- ty -the right of a free people, when a govern ment prove i destructive of the ends for which it was established, to recur to original princi ples and to institute new guards for their se curity. The separate independence of the States, as sovereign and co-equal members of tiie Federal Union, had never been surren dered, and the pretension of applying to inde pendent communities, so constituted and or ganized, the ordinary rules of coercion, and reducing rebellious subjects to obedience, was a solecism in terms, as well as an outrage on the principles of public law. The war made upon the Confederate States was, therefore, wholly one of aggression. On our side, it lias been strictly defensive. Born freemen, and the descendants of a gallant an cestry, wo had no option but to stand up in defence of our invaded firesides, of our dese crated altars, of our violated liberties and birthright, ami of the prescriptive institutions which guard and protect them. We have not interfered, nor do we wish, in any manner whatever, to interfere with the internal peace and prosperity of the States arrayed in hostility against us, or with the freest development of their destinies in any form of action, or line of policy they may think proper to adopt for themselves. Ail we ask, is alike immunity for ourselves, and‘to he left in the undisturbed enjoyment of those inalienable.rights of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” wMcli our common ancestors declared to be the equal heritage of all the parties to the social com pact. Let them forbear aggression upon us, and the war is at an end. If there be questions which require adjustment by negotiation, we have ever been willing and are still willing to enter into communication with our adversaries in a spirit of peace, of equity, and manly ! rankness. Strong in the persuasion of the justice of our cause, in the gallant devotion of our citizen-soldiers, and of the whole body of our people, and above all in the gracious pro tection of Heaven, we are not afraid to avow a sincere desire for peace on terms bon sis tent with our honor and the permanent security ot our rights, and an earnest aspiration to see the world once more restored to tlie beneflecn P suits of industry and of mutual intercourse an 1 exchanges, so essential to, £ X which have been so gravely mtcr. existence of this whom they re^ 0 fh a Dru J humanity by theme -01 b ntuous and delusive confidence in their SU n P numlirs, or those of their black and for mercenaries. shaU determine upon an in definite prolongation of the contest, upon them be tho reponsibility of a decision so ranious to themselves, and so injurious to the interests and repose of mankind. For oursc-lves, we have no fear of the result. The wildest pictures ever drawn of a disordered imagination comes short of the extravagance which could dream of the conquest of eight millions of people, resolved with one mind “to die freemen rather than to live slaves.’ ’ and forewarned by the savage and exterminating spirit in which this war has been waged upon them, and by the mad avowals of its patrons and supporters, of the worse than Egyptian bond age that awaits them in the event of their sub jugation With these declarations of our dispositions, our principles, andour purposes, we commit our c tftse te flic enlightened of the world, to the solier reflection of ou& adversaries them selves, and to the solemn aand righteous arbitra ment ot Heaven. The wheat,crop in ufaietn and jjjouthdto Mississippi lopka very promising. I'ONFEDKRATK STATUS ('OAURESS. [These two day’s proceedings of Congress were omitted in their proper place, by accident. As all the doings of that body are of interest, we give them, although a little late.]. SENATE—MAY 27. Referred: A bill to facilitate the settlement ot claims ot deceased soldiers. A resolution was adopted that the Military Committee lie instructed to inquire into the ex ped;eney of so amending the “act to organize forces to serve during the war,” approved F binary 17, 1864, as to provide for the ex emption from military service of the necessary officers of s.eamboats engaged in transportation tor the Government. »v House joint resolution responsive to the res olut.ons ot the General Assembly of Virginia, asserting toe. jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State ot Virginia over her ancient bounda ries, avis considered and passed. House amendment to Senate bill to amend tiie usual acts in regard to chaplains ivas con curred in and the bill passed. The joint resolution to rescind the joint res olution fixing the day of adjournment was taken up and, on motion, its consideration postponed. A number of House bills was taken up and referred to appropriate committees. The Military Committee reported back tho hill to amend the act to establish an liiA-alid Corps, which, on motion, was laid on the table. house. The folio a ing bills were introduced; To en couiago the production of provisions, and to allow commutation lor tithes in certain cases to place the local and special forces on du ty in the Hold; to oiganize a company of r artillery from the 36th regiment of N. C I loops; to authorize Confederate District Judges to hold courts out of their districts m ceitain cases; to amend tho act to regulate im pressments; to increase the pay of commissioned non-commissioned officers and privates of the C. S. army; to amend the bill, to reduce the currency and authorize a i\u\v issue of notes and bonds. A resolution was submitted, instructing tha Military Committee to inquire into the expedi ency ot enlarging the bounds of the conscript act and detail -privileges. A resolution was introduced recounting the barbarous outrages ot the enemy’s raiding par ties upon private rights and property, and di recting the Committee on tho Judiciary to in quire into the truth of such allegations, and, it true, to report seme enactment embodying sufficient retaliatory measures and punishment. A resolution was introduced to be referred to the military Committee, ivho shall inquire whether.some mutual arrangement cannot be entered into by the United States and Confed erate States to secure to prisoners of war on either side the care and attendance ol surgeons ol their own army. The following were referred: A communi cation elucidating a brief and compruhonsivd plan for tho keeping of a register of soldiers killed in battle, or who have died, as contem plated by the several States; joint resolution ot thauks to Major General Richard Taylor, his offideis and men, for their signal and substan - tial successes gained over tho eueiny in Louis iana; memorial of the Governors of Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina and Alabama. A series of joint resolutions wore introduced declaring and affirming tho supremacy of civil over the military law of the land, and denun ciatory of the act of Congress suspending the writ of habeas cotpqs, styling that act uncon stitutional and subvertivo of the dearest rights and liberties of tiie people of the Confederate Slates. A resolution was submitted That tho Com mittee ou Ways and Means inquire into the propriety of paying an export tax on cotton, tobacco and naval stores; also, a resolution di recting (he Committee on Military Affairs to in quire into the expediency of so amending the ex emption law as to give increased facilities to rail roads in transportation ot Government freight: also, a resolution directing the Military Com mittee to take into consideration the expedien cy of allowing increased privileges to seamen of the Confederate .States in relation to tho purchase of clothing and small stores. The following resolution was laid on the ta ble, ayes 37, nays 45 : T hat Congre.-s, as the legislative body, is the deviser of financial mea sures ; that the Secretary of the Treasury by his imbecility and mismanagement, has ever thwarted the wisest devices ot and rendered inoperative most of the acts intended to benefit the currency ; that fr, 01 j ei . that anything may be accomplished, the office of Secretary of tne Treasury should be abdicated by the piesent incubuq, and filled by one pos sessing brains, and. competent to manage the exchequer of the nation—iu short, that tho Secretary (mould be removed or impeached, and sou*u other individual, endowed by Provi dence with higher ability, appointed in his stead. SENATE—MAY 28. Referred : A bill to authorize the manufac ture of spirituous liquors for the use of tho acmy arid hospital ; to amend the several acts in relation to tiie establishment and organize lion of a Volunteer navy. The following resolution was agreed to Resolved, That the Committee on Foreign Relations be instructed to inquire into the ex pediency of requesting the President to make an exposition, through our Commissioners abroad, to the various European powers to which they may be accredited, of the viola tions oi thy rules of civilized warfare and of the atrocities committed by tho Government aud the armies of the United States in the prosecution of hostilities against tho Confede rate States. • The Committee on Commerce were, at their request, discharged from the further considera tion of the bill to create a Department of Inte rior Supplies and to regulate the collection of import and export duties. Senate bill reported back from the committe on the Judicary, to provide for the pay leant of commisioners appointed under the act entitled “an act to suspend the privilege of the writ oi Itabeas corpus in certain cases,” and to confer certain power upon said com missioners, was taken up and considered, and, on motion, its farther consideration was post poned till Monday, and it wan ordered that it be printed. ’J he J idioiary Committee, reported a bill to regulate the selection of juries in the District Court of the Confederate States in certain cases. The bills provides that, when required by either party to a suit pending in the district courts, at the time of drawing juries for tho next term of the court, tjjc judge shall select juries froth tile entire district, instead of front the county or parish in which the court may be sitting. The Hill was passed. Xl,e Joint Committeo on Impressmenls re ported a bill to provide for the establishment and payment of claims for property taken, or informally or unwarrantably impressed for the use of Ihe Government. Also, a bill to provide supplies for the army, aud to prescribe the mode ot making impress ments. Both bills were laid over till Monday, and ordered to te printed. House amendment to Senate bill to provide a means of transit across the Mississippi for members of Coagress was concurred in and the bill passed. The Judiciary Committee reposted back House bill to amend the act to provide for hold ing elections of representatives in the State of Ten nessed. Passed. House amendment to Senate bill to amend the act establishing an invalid corps, was con curred in and the bill passed. HOUSE. Proceedings of no special interest. senate —JUNE 2. A bill to provide for the establishment of a bureau of polytechnics—referred. The Committee of Foreign Affairs, reported the following resolution, which was adopted : Resolved, That a joint committee of five on the part of the Senate and— on the part of the House of Representatives, be appointed to col lect authentic information concerning the treat ment by the Federal authorities of such slaves as have fallen Into the hands of the enemy du ring the present war. The Committee of Finance reported back the House bill increasing the compensation of the assistant clerks in the Senate and House of Repieaentatives. Postponed until to-morrow. Also, & Senate bill to authorize the owners of the registered eight per cent, conveitioie bonds issued under the piovisions of the act approved 16 th May, 1861, to exchange thq
