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2d f liv-n S. M., Union aj.rlnge, Ala., V j
March cib, liOft, j I
decfial Orders 1
No. v. j
I. In obedience to instruction* from the Office Ad-
J otant and Inspector Gene ral, Montgomery, Ala., I
March £>tk, 1865, the 2d Class State Militia of
Macon county, Ala , aro hereby ordi red to report
to me at Montgomery, Ala., on Friday the 17th
inst.
I. All men and toys who belong to the Ist Class
county P.Rcrree, who are not by the lu»s of this
State compelled to do military service without
the limits of thoir respective counties, who are
appealed to by addn** of the Executive of the
State cf tho 3d ult., aad who are willing to vol
unteer for the d' fence of the State, for the de
le i.ee of the ir hemes, their mother?, their w.ve*,
their daughters aud iin ir*sinters. a>*6 directed to
report to mo at tlio same time * c« loco.
111. 2vV«.sa try cb Ihlug and bla k.usL--uldbe
provided by c-ch mua aad boj, out no oue should
t-neuukler themsclwe with uuuicoosaty luggage.
IV. Each uib'S merit provide cookiug utensils.
V. Capt. This. P. Handle will report ut she
same time and place, with his oompai y.
VI. All details made by myself, or the Gover
nor, for agricultural qr other purposes, are here*
LY RIVOKJib. 9 c
TIL teat C« mmaudauts are required to enforce
these orders, and see tl»*.t every mi i reports on,
t he d-y above deaiguati and
VIII. Iramp* itation famished by me on the
ltailro ds
By command cf
CHAS.E. GREENE,
Major and county Commandant.
WPlrwfv, Adiutaat.
March 12,15. G td
Attention, Compaty A, Ala
bama Slate Cavalry.
You a-o ordered a?. ouv le ut Society Hilt,
Macon court ry ou Friday the 17th inst., prepared
to »ui«rch to M -utgvmcry I will not leave there
until hII who have l. uii.«li to r- port: those who
Lave obtained Sur.. • -n’s tr :!.sf rsor other e.e.np.
tione v.il save trouble l*v n poit ng th. m.
NDGUEKRY,
C-pt. commanding.
Gstrichee, March H, 18t!S Iw
To Retired. Soldiers.
Headquarters Post, 1
Columbus, Ga., Feb. Li, 18U5. >
Special Orders)
ho. 3ti. j
V. Ali retired soldiers who h*ve reported and
filed thei. d*scri >t»ve li is in this office .reor
dered! i« ort n 'fue-dty. th JSh i» ,t., at 9
o’clock am., ; he n i..**a quarto sf r .uusti-r.
By command
LEON V ;N ZfT KEN,
Col. t omd’g Post.
VTm. Q. Moses, Lieut, and Asst. Poet Ins.
fobil ts
Attention, Islilitia of Hussoll
County.
In obediev ’ • ‘ ' L . lerel orders No. 9, fr<m Ad
ju'aatanfl ... • Gene a- II 1\ Wat sou, all
men be v;u:: *s ot 17 and-*5, who are not
zneciVerb c. •.. _ •: ii. I).' Guer j’s company, will
n port to him at Society Mil Macon county, on
I n.ay the 1 7th i--t. \i ; e i march immedi
ately. Auy ono wisuiag j n l:s iompany will
be allowed to do so. The b-d cf surgeons will
bo at Ciaw ord u the I’ th in->fc. T oso who fail
to report will bo sent to Montgomery urnl.ra
guard.
IIOMER V. lI< > WARP,
.Lbu.. Col. comma: di*>g
Militia of It .* e.l county, Class No. 2.
S C WOOLFORK, A jut Us.
Oswicheo ilih, ib.-d lw
Office Post Q‘r 7th Cong. Dist., Ala., )
v*yfcl<Ka, Ala , to rca 1, 1865. J
Captain Jose; h F*iley havi :g beou relieved (at
liis own nqu<;i.t.j 1, in neco. auco w.th orders
from tlio Cuulrd i ig Qnurtermaster, **'iax in
Kind,” Mate of Aiar aruu, take charge of‘‘Tax in
Kind,” 7th Congressional Liotric , Ala.
* J. M. PERRY,
Capt. A Post Q’r.7th Co:ig. Dist Ala.
March 1, 1805 ts
Wanted to Purchase foi- the
estate of Georgia.
f| v llE following list of ariicles in large or small
JL Quantities:
BACON,
PORK,
MOLASSEf,
SUGAIf,
BEEF,
FLOUR,
CORN in SACKS,
. FODDER in BALES, and
other article* of produce.
Will pay cash, * r exchange Factory Yarn, Gs
naburgs, Salt an d Iron, at llirch & Snider’s old
stand, a few doors Bank.
* * J. L. WINTER,
Pui chasing Commissary.
fcb2 3in _
Sherman Must bo Whipped.
All officers and men belonging to the 10th. 33d
and 45tii Alabama Itsqixbnt& now absent without
proper authority, are licrub; ordered to report to
thoir commands by the y4'.b i st.
All who do not report by that time will be ar
rested and treated as deserters
R. 11. ABERCROMBIE,
Lieut. Colonel Commanding,
Consolidated Regiment.
March 15,1865 3t_
“Estray” Public Animals.
ui FiCE Inspector F. TANARUS.,)
Columbu?, Oa., March 15. 1563. f
Allpirsons ‘‘taking up” cstrayed HORSES or
MULES, branded C. S. or U. S , wplease report
the same to my office.
J. G. McKEE,
Capt. and Inspector F. TANARUS., 21 List
mill 5 Ct
Attention, 2d Cla s State Militia of
Macon County, Ala.
cffic- County Commandant, 1
2d Clas, S. 31., Cuiou fcprii gs. Ala. >
March 14, 1865. J
Special Orders {
No. 10. J
All icrso is in Bfocon county, Ala., who have
bce i discharged from service in No. 2, State
Militia, prior to the Ist day of January, 1865, aio
her< by ordered to report f r re-ex ami nation.
The examining BoarcTVil! mes-t in Tuakegeeon
Monday and Tuesday the 20 h and 21bL, and at
Urii'in Springs on IhuisJay and Fiid»y the 23d
and 241 b, March inst.
Any discharges given prior to that time will
not be respected. Those who fail to obey this
order will bo res ted ar.d sent lo camp unde r
guard.
By command ts
CHA3. H. GKEFNB,
MiJ r and c »unty Commabdunt.
W. P. Thompson, a* jii- ns.
March 14. 86 • l
Something G-ooa to
UINi: FLORIDA HSU. I I' KI.I D DORK, fresh
JP COKN MKAL, BACON, cYKUr, fresh EGOS.
Cabbage,
CABBAGE-EAKLY YORK, urge DROIHfIAD,
ami UKKiN QLaZ;. i> in t.utk.
a lIAVifJNSOROFT & CO’S.,
91 Broad fctieet.
mb 14 lwpd __
For fiaie.
Ti WO IIOU : LS a. and LOTS t.n i 180 acna cf lend
JL with houtteho dm and kin hen furniture, will
b*i cold Saturday ilf 18 -i in .. at Seal's Station,
Ala. Pvssesaion then .nin eu » - y.
ei vi. £. JONES.
mb!4 4fpd
Lcciticn for .S&w mill Wanted.
in Hr: MIL.I. isgnaraut ed to taw S> U 0 fuel per
§_ da —luo-iiou wanud <-n the >’■ bile A Girard
Railroad noi ovei SO n.i.os f< in Columbus. —
Ba ty to furnisti kg?, aud tne dfcp k-ut to run the
mil a>u .Shares.
Addre a ' J F WINTER,
a Columbus, Ga.
ruhl i Gt
? ICO Rewara.
T>UNAWAY tn»ui the su rriber, on Sunday
1\ *:>enl> g Mur h *2r.h, my ne*ro man GIL
BERT, aged about 22 yearn,. mps n li tie in one
leg. black compiexi u; hid on when he leit.
biavk pants, liutn bo-om shi.t, cap, and a bol
dier’s ja«.k> t. 1 will pay tIOO lor his apprehtn
siou ana confimment in jail to Icm get him.
K F jDCKAN.
Columbus, Ga., Match 14, 1860 ts
N otioe.
r;*IIE unaetsigned tegs le»'o to inform the pub-
J[ lie that h*-> las parch* ei the entire interest
m ttio TI:. FILiP of .ho late It. M. ALDIFObTH,
de eased, co •« sting t.f ready made tin ware aud
t u plat.b, whi li hr is re dy io furnkh the foi*
n,er patr-i- s aud the public generally, as usual.
Ihmkful f-»r pi*st j atrouag * with the 1 ope of a
continuance of the same, at the old stand under
Cook’s Hotel.’
jcHn McGovern.
mb 14 6tpd
Leber Paper, Letter Paper,
and Envelopes!
\ GOOD an ic eior sale low by the tho team
1 * and thousand.
KOOK ISLAND PAPER MILL OFFICE.
mb!2 Ot
VOL. X.!
THE DAILY SM!
Fflou 'Sihhsmt’s Sr«r.iM3 teßrtoa.
THOB. DS WOir. THOS. OltBbST.
Tll OS. GIIiBEBT -Sc
ruOPRIKTOKS.
Subscription and Advertising Kates.
Daily flow—one month $6 00
“ “ fhroo months..— 18 0u
SEELY Sun—three
CASUAL DAILY ADVXRTIBINQ RATES:
Advertisemonts inserted once—s 4 per square.
regular daily advertising rates:,
First Week—per square for each insertion.
Second Week—s 2 per square for each insertion.
Third Week—sl 50 per square lor each insertion.
Fourth Week—sl pef square for each insertion.
S.to'nu Mouth—#3o per •square.
I‘liini Muutn— $25 per s.juar*
LuC.vrios or the Latu
ton, within four miles of which General
Ui-agg defeated the Yankees on the Bth
inst, is on the North Carolina railroad,
about twenty miles eaet of Goldsboro’,
N. C. It is situated ou the Neuse river,
about twenty-five miles we3t ofNewbern.
*rbe enemy must liavo advanced from
Newborn, which has leng been a depot
of supplies, and aimed at Goldsboro, a
most impertant point, being thejunc ion
of thoSN 0 railroad leading fromCharloite
and the railroad loading from Wilming
ton and Weldon.
Shibkinq Dbtt.—Will not the fol
lowing suit other localities besides Rich
mond t
The Richmond Examiner says of the
management of distinguished men, and
their eons to keep out of the fight:
“It is notorious—for it is shown by the
records of the enrolling office in Rich
mond—that there is a large number of
persons in this city holding old details
and protections from Mr. Seddon, which
are utterly worthless, so far as there is
any legal virtue, or even any decent pre
tence iu them. It would be well if some
pages us these records could be officially
advertised, so as to exhibit to the people
the various inventions heretofore sought
out to save ‘prominent citizens' from
Camp Leo, and to invite publio inquiry
into the matter. Notorious speculators
have been exempted in Richmond in
connection with designated public ser
vice that has no cxistauce. Auctioneers
who have made their millions in dirty
business, have been sent to Camp Lee,
and have come out of it with anabsoluto
protection from Mr. Seddon in their
brecobes pocket; and it is an aotual fast
that there are men in brokers’ shops iu
Richmond who have got exemptions to
furnish tar for tho navy, (what navy?) as
well as Presidents of naval companies,
who do cot have so much as a canco
afloat, and have been plucked from
Camp Lee as “brands from the burn
ing.''
The Yanhski o» Kibdy Shirn.—A
Yankee writer says Kirby Smith has an
immense train of wagons transporting
cotton from Shreveport to Brownsville.
Os all tho cotton he can find he presses
one-half for tho Confederacy, the other
for Kirby Smith at twenty-five cents per
pound. lie has made several fortunes.
As all his wagons are engaged in this
trade, he has scattered his troops to gain
subsistence, and cannot ooncentrato them
quickly for an objeot, A Btrong current
of the people is sitting againsthim. Price
is reported to have gone to Mexico on
some important and confidential mission
for Kirby Smith. [Gen. P’s family re
sides in Texas and the probability is ho
started from Shreveport to wisit (hem.
— Appeal.
Sentence Commuted. —Lieutenant S.
B. Davis, formerly keeper of the prison
at Audersonville, Ga., 'who was arreate<i (
tried and convicted a short time since by
a military court martial in the North of
being a spy, and who was sentenced to
be hung at Johnson’s Island, had his
sentence commuted by Lincoln to impris
onment at hard labor during the war, at
Fort Delaware. At the time of his ar
rest, as our readers are probably aware,
Dans acknowledged that he was a bear
er of dispatches from Canada to the Gov
ernment at Richmond, but protested
against the charge made against him of
being a spy.
Confederate States Seal.— The seal
of the Confederate States of America is
described in the English newspapers.
It is designed by Foley, the celebrated
Irish sculptor, and contains in the centre
a representation of Crawford’s statue of
Washington. This is surrounded by a
wreath, composed of the most valuable
vegetable producis of the Southern soil
—tobacco, rice, Indian corn, cottoD,
wheat and Bugar cane. The rim bears
■he legend, “The Confederate States of
America, 22d of February, 1863. Deo
vindice.” The seal is of silver, and its
diameter is four inches.
Tee Macon Confmderact.— Can the
Proprietors of the Mahon Confederacy
explain how it is their paper very often
is carried to Montgomery and then
brought hack to Columbus? Sunday
morning’s paper was not received nntil
Tuesday night, and then in a Montgom,
ecy pouch. The Confederacy is one of
our most valaed exchanges, and we ought
to receive it daily. We know from per
sonal observation that the fault is cot
with the Columbus post office.
Important to Detailed Aoriccltuhausts —The
Macon Confederacy pub.iehes tho folloaing cor
respondence :
Macon, March 13, 180 b.
Gov. Joseph E. Brmm:
Detailed agriculturalists are now erdrred into
Confederate KeiTico in the field. IVII those
whom you called, and went int i the militia, be
c mpehed to leport for doty in Confederate ser
vice. or will you claim them still in the inilltia f
Answer immediately by telegraph.
T. E. cTEWAP.I.
. Executive Department, 1
Midedgeviile. .Marco j 3,1805 )
AH person who belong to Mnj Oen Smfh's
division, are in the actual military service of the
State No one if ttn m, whether detailed agri
culturalifet or not, will obey any order tram a
Confederate e filer, unless so directoJ by Goncral '
smith, when heir under ordeis from me to re
port io s Coof.derate General. The Stare took
the detailed agriculturalists into her military
service at a time when, acc rrdiog to tho dedal n
of the Supreme Court, 'hey woieuotiu the mili
tary service of the coufcdcr-icy, gmd tho Oor.Ud
t-is e cfficeiacau tako no control over tinm, with
out the consent of tbs State, tilt thoy arc dis
banded by the State. They are now only on far-,
longh. Joseph E, Brown.
COLUMBUS, GA., FRIDAY MOUSING, MARCH 17, 1865.
Meeting of Parliament—Speech of
Lords Derby »k«* Hassell.
The seventh session of the present
Parliament was opened by commission
l on Fob. 7. The Lord Chancellor read
the Quqon’s spooe'i. Tho following
paragraph is all that relßtea to Amer
ica :
The civil war in America still unhap>.
pily continues. Her Majesty remains
atoadfasdy neutral between the contend
ing parties, and would rejoioe at a
friendly reconciliation between them.
Her Majesty has had great salisfac
tion in giving her sanotiou to the meet
ing of a conference of delegates from her
several North American provinces, whe,
on invitatiou from Her Majesty’s Gover
nor General, assembled at Quebec.
These delegates adopted resolutions hav
ing for thoir object a closer union of
those provinces under a central govern
ment. If those resolutions shall bu ap
prove! by the provincial Legislature, a
bill will bo laid before you fjr carrying
this important measure into ( fleet.
In the debits upon the address,
which was agreed to. The Earl of Her
by. of tie opposition, said:
li certainly is no great piece of infor
mation lo be told by her Majesty's Gov
ernment that the civil war still continues
in America. All must join iu the ex
pression that we should rejoioe at an
early conclusion of that deplorable
struggle. It is now nearly three years
since the nobio lord, the Secretary of
Foreign Affaire, following in thewvaksof
Mr. Seward, nnuouucea he had reason
to think that at the end of another month
we might see the conclusion of theso
hostilities. But iluriug that period the
war bas been carried ou with more than
usual I might also say—savagery,
carrying desolation through large tracts
of country, iavolviug the destruction of
tho peaceable inhabitants, and ouly
tending to continue that ineradicable
hatred between the two nations of the
country which must, I think, renderthe
future reconciliation of tho two countries
impossible, and of which tho only solu
tion is the peaceable separation cf the
two nations, or the absolute subjugation
of one by the other. [Hear, hear.] It
is impossible that, every one- should not
earnestly desire that every step that is
possible should be taken to bring about
a reconciliation. lam not one of those
disposed to think that her Majesty’s
Government have departed from that
neutrality which they express, them
selves anxious to maintain.
But I lock with great anxiety at tho
appearanoe of some symptoms which seem
to show that that neutrality has not been
accepted by that party to which we havo
been most favorable with that good will
and gratitudo to which I think it was
fairly entitled. "I do not refer to trticles
in Federal newspapers, nor to the expres
sions of individuals, nor even to speech
es in Congress, nor lo official dispatches,
which under other circumstances might
bo regarded as expressions of hostility.
I refer to two measures which I am told
havo received the sanction of the Senate
—1 mean the notice to terminate the
treaty of reciprocity with Canada, and
more important still, to the termination
of tho treaty by which the naval force on
the Lakes is restricted and regulated.
Lea;-.] Os ihcafl two measures it
18 impossible not to 800 that ihoy aro,
both of them, framed in a spirit of hos
tility to the country. One of them lays
open questions of a most delicate aud
difficult character. The American peo
ple are themselves sacrificing great com
mercial advantages by abandoning the
reciprocity treaty, aud tho only ground
of their doing so is that Canada receives
equal advantages. The only result will
be that the whole complicated question
of the fisheries of Norik America, in which
no doubt the United States are materi
ally interested, will again bo thrown
open.
My lords, I am old enough to remem.
ber the serious complications and diffi
culties which were on the point of arising
between the country and the United
States in connection with theso fisheries;
and yet, without the slightest reason of
provocation, that question is now reopen
ed, With all the and dangers of a
war with this-country, than which no war
could be moie deplorable. [Hear, hear.]
Is it not a little significant that at the
lime when the abrogation of this treaty
was resolved upon, another treaty notice
lays open all these points of danger and
difficulty connected wilh the lakes ? For
a long period these lakes have served as
the means and profitable commerce be
tween the countries lying on either side
of them. 1 can recollect the late Amer
ican war, when there was a race in ship
building ou these lakes, aud the party
which obtained a temporary superiority,
gained with it the complete control Oftke
lakes. That was put an end to by an
agreement which ltd to a state of perfect
neutrality ; and now the American Govs
ernment, without the slightest provoca
tion, proposes to break through-the treaty,
and talks of sending a force upon tfee
lakes, which must make it necessary for
this country to mako corresponding prep
arations in the face of immediate danger
of hostilities. I don’t ask her Majesty’s
Government what steps they have taken;
but I do 8»y this, that they wiil be deep
ly responsible if they are not fully awake
to the position iu which this country is
placed by these two acts of the Govern,
ment of the United States. If the pre
pondering force should be in the hands
of the United Stales, it could only be
used for the purposes ol aggression.
[Hear.]
An attack on the part of Canada on
tho United States is a physical impose’
bility. [Hear ] The long ironticr o;
Canada ia peculiarly open to aggression,
and, assailable as it ia by land, unless
there be a preponderating force upon
these lakes, you must be prepared* to
place the provinces of Canada -at the
disposal of the United Stated. Under
these circumstaaces, I view with the ut
most sa’isfacion that most important
step to which her Majesty’s speech re.
furs : the confederation of the Canadian
provinces. [Hear, hear.] If I saw in
this confedeiation a determination to
constitute themselves a power strong
enough, with the aid of thia country,
which I am sure wiil never be withheld
from them [hear, hear] to support them
selves against aggression. [Hear, hear.]
If I saw in thia confederation a desire
to separate from the mother country, I
should consider that a matter of bo much
more doubtful policy, but I see with
satisfaction —perhaps, however, it is too
soon to discuss resolutions which have
not yet been finally adopted ; but I hope
I see in the terms of this proposed con
federation an t ames desire to .retain
the blessing of the connection wiik this
country; an earnest feeling of loyally,
and a determined and deliberate preftr
ence for a monarchical form of govern
ment over republican institutions, and a
desire to maintain, as long as it can be
maintained pcaoe&bly—and no human
being can wisa to tee it maintained
longer—the amicable connection which
exists betweqn this couutry and the col
onies. [Cheers, ]
Earl John Russell in reply said :
My Lords, it raw' > c ut satisfac
tion to her Majesty’s C Joniont that
the noble Earl opposite, who, on former
occasions, has thought ha had ground
for finding fault with tha conduOt of
foreign affairs, should ou this occasion
have bo little fault to find. The other
subject to which the noble Earl referred
is a very difficult one. It is oije which
is the subject of constant, almost daily,
disputes and contests, aad which I should
scarcely notice were it not that the noblo
Earl has hardly dono justice to the two
parties to the dispute, and has not Buffi,
ciently allowed for the irritation which
prevails ”in the United JB;ates. Now,
what I thiult is unjust en the part of the,
Government aud of the Congress of the
Untied Stares with regard to ourselves is
this: that they seem to expect not only
that we should do evoi])'ihing which the
law of nations demanded, aud which the
municipal lawß of this country enable
us to do, but they seem to expect that
wo uhould altogether bo able to prevent,
any aid being given to their enemies—
to the Gonftsderaiee.
Now, her Majesty’s ®., torment have
ured every means from time to time to
prevent war bring carried ou from this
country as a basis sgatust tho United
States of America, waxah are m peaceful
relations with her Majesty, but at. tho
sumo time it has been impossible to
prevent acts which have caused, aud 1
think natutally caused great irritation iu
America. We have had ships lilted out
here which have afterwardd been tout
great distances, aud there receive! their
armaments and provisions,' aud then be
employed to prey upnft the commerce of
the United States. We had correspon
dence in our hands, which showed that,
Confederate agents were continually or.u
ployed cilLer in building snips ia this
country or in buying merchant ships,
which mightafierwards be sentto France
and thence to other stations, where they
might be fitted out as cruisers against the
commerce of the United States. Now, 1
do say that, in fairness, when the au
thorities of the United States see a
number of ships that oomc in some way
or other from English ports and English
river. j , and that these ships are alter,
wards fitted out as meu-of-war, and that
their commerce suffers very gnovoUsly
from it—l do say it is natural that they
should foel irritation. But they ought
at the same time certainly to ask this
question—whether her Majesty’s Govern
have done everything which the law of
nations authorises, and the municipal
law of this country permits, to prevent
the country being made the basis of
warlike operations, so aB to involve us in
a war-against the United States.
I do not feel at all surprised that the
Governmentof the United States should
be annoyed, aud feel deeply that those
who are the friends of tho United States
should have their territories made the
basis of these operations.. So again with
regard to Canada. The noble Earl seem3
to imsgiue that the United Htaie, without
any reason whatever, but from more
hostility, as he called it, against this
country, had denounced t hat useful con
vention with regard to the lakes.
But the case was this. The Confederate
Government, apparently determined,
if possible, to involve this country in war,
finding their own resourcis not sufli»
clunt, to oni't> ou u BU'Ocessfnl War, eent
persons into th© mitea, which out not in
the Confederate territory, which are sio
part of our own territory, but which be
long either to the United Slatos or to 'he
United Kingdom of Great Britain--
they seat agents into thoso tarrituviej to
seize ships that were navigating the
lakes, with a view to take possession, by
force, of the men-of-war and other ships
belonging to the United States, and to
sot free prisoners of war in those
States.
I say again, it is not wonderful skat
the considering the Can
adian lakes the possession of a sovereign
friendly to them, should bs indignant
when they foumt that operations of war
were carried cn iu these lakes. Well,
they adopted a mode which again I think
was not unnatural'. Tney say that if
they remain in those lakes without any
armament —with nothing but unarmed
ships, the Confederates wiil seizs those
ships and make war upon the Canadian
lakes. It is a very painful thing, aud a
mailer which may become dangerous to
the United Stales and Great Britain, if
they aro oblig.d to put an end to or sus«
pend that Convention which has been so
useful in contributing to ihe peace of tho
two countries; but at the tame lima I
cunnot expect that the United States
should ever permit that war shauld have
no means of defense.
For my own part I think that the Con
federate States—iL may be nature! on
their part, but I think tho attempt to'
make the Canadian soil the basis of ope
rations, some of them perhaps of a char
acter that may bo belligerent, but others
more resembling the robbery and murder
which takes place iu social life—ihat in
mat attempt they do what is most unjust,
and I trust that, her Majesty’s govern
ment will be able, as they havo propos
ed to the Canadian Parliament, to pre
serve the neuira)i:y of-hcr Msjesty as it
has been hitherto preserved. AtLhes&me
time, the irritation that has been aroused,
there has been a disposition wilh respect
to two questions, to make, I think, most
unfounded accusations against the gov
ernment, of this country. They have o-om
plained that we have allowed a belliger
ent character to the Confederate States.
Aly Lords, looking at the character of
the contest, looking at the immense ter
•'tory possessed by the Confederates, and
-king at the great operations of war
which they have carried on, what could
her Majesty's government do but allow
them the character of bell'gents?—
[Cheers.] I know of no instance where
mere has been so mighty au oaterprise
as that civil war now carried on by ihe
Confederates, in which the belligerent
character has not been allowed by the
neutral States. [Hear J
There is another matter with regard
to which there is a great deal of popular
agitation, and, every now and then, there
is a sort of threat that the day wili
come when the United States government
will make demands on her Majes’y’s
government. , Y’our Lordships beard last
year, and year before, I think, that de
mands would be made by the United
Sia'es for the capture and destruction of
merchant ships by the Alabama aod
other vessels, which, having some cf
their original build in England, were at
lerwards conveyed to distant ports, ancl
there received armaments which enabled
them to cruise against ihe commerce of
the United States.
1 must sny, looking io the ieasou ol
the thing looking at all the precedents,
looking’ at international law, looking at
the Jecliratioas that were made while
the United States Government them
selves, in the case of the Spanish and
Portuguese war. when there were ships
of war directly fitted out from the United
States ports during the South Americtu
eontest, which preyed on the commerce
of Spain and Portugal—l must aay that
Bush a claim on the part of the United
States Government upon this country
would be entire'y unjust.
Therefore, my lords, while I sav that we aro
bouutl io make every allowance for irritation that
may urine ia the United Staten in *be course 'of the
war that lias c <mo upon -horn unexpectedly, and
has caused io both sidt u g;eat lean, wo think im*
necessarily, vvliho wit make every a’lowanoa for
tha». ir.it tion, while wo are im s Biiict und mist
sc-u ulcus iu performiog all th* duties of neu
trality, wo must not allow any f these unfounded
claims to be pressed us founded in justice. There
is cue thing 1 cannot avoid saying be'ore I sit
dowu,on a subjtct utFoctiag tho welfare of man
kind. When I see ia this American contest an
attempt to put an end to that horrible, that abom
inable crime of keeping men in slavery, of putting
an end forever to involuntary sorvirudo iu tho
Constitution of the United States, I do rejoice
that a great blot is about to bo removed from the
character of a civilized nation ldo ro.oice thu
mankind may l»o led to hope that, with regard to
•all civilized nations, the crime of shmry may be
blotted ou forever, and that freedom may be the
rule of the world, [lieur, hear, and cheerr J
From tho Richmond Esimi .er, id.
Congressional Financial Bills.
Two Eobemea of revenue, taxa iou aud
ourtoncy arc proposed in Congress That
of ihe Financial Committee of the House
of'Representatives was cot forth with
some detail iu these columns the other
day- T proposed to raise three bundled
million of deliars by a tea in currency,
equivalent to one and one sis h per cent,
in specie, ou the old assessments of gen
eral property ; an t .also, to raise ouehuu
die I and fifty millions of currency by o
tax u.i incomes, trades, antWepesial sub.
jecs. It proposed, i:i addition, to con
tinue the present tax ts one-tenth iu
kind. It is estimated that these three
classes of taxation would produce n. i tig
gregatei'evenuc, ituturrency or commod
ities of fivo hundred and ninety millions
of dollars ; aud thdt there would ha need
ed besides this sum, for the current cal
endar year, about four hundred and sev
enty millions vi dollars. This deficit
was expected to be supplied—first, from
the sale of six per cent, non-taxable
bonds ; second, from tie use cf deposits
and loans on call certificates, under a
new plan of deposits about to be inslitu
led; and third, from .he sale of govern
ment cotton on hand for specie aud for
eign lulls. This scheme of finance was
based upon the present system of cur
rency, and the present rate ot values as
measured by that, currency. It is con
sidered objectionable in the fact that it
proposes to continue the sale of govern
ment bonds for a currency which stands
at a ruinous depreciation , and.iends to
perpetuate kbis depreciation by basing
all* public transactions ou the existing
pric.-s.
Accu'dinrly a special committee on
taxation was r ised by t'o House of j
Representatives, who have brought for
ward a counter proposition—the leading
feature of which is an endeavor to bring
back the operations—of the Government
to the old spiece rates of valuation. It
proposes to purchase or b.rrow or im
press, for public use, “all raw cotton,
and all tobacco, manufactured or un
manufactured, now in the Confederacy,”
paying “just compensation” for it at a
price agreed or appraised, according to
its value in specie, tie payment to be
made in bonds for specie to tun five
years after the war, bearing interest in
specie; but the bonds to be paid in
cotton or tobacco at tho option of the
owner, one third within two years after
the expiration of the war, one third in
each cf the two exceeding years, with an
additional Downs iu -- r.f
P ..- o.ui par uuuuin But not more
than half the cotton er tebacco owned
by any person is to be impressed ; nor
in the raw cotton held by manufacturers
for manufacturing operations, ncvmanu
fictured cotton to be impressed. The
bonds given are to be assignable.
The amount cf cotton imp-essed shall
bear tho same ratio to the whole amount
in the Confederacy, that tho quantity of
tobacco impressed shall tear to the total
quantity in the Confedtracy. The prop
erty impressed shall immediately vest in
the I onfedtracy wherever it may be,
appeals only affecting the compensation'
Such part, of the impressed cotton and
tobacco shall be applied to the use of tho
army as shail be necessary ; the rest to
the goneral uses of the treasury ; for the
payment of appropriations.
The soheme also proposes the issuing
of anew class of notes called “Revenue
bill,” to tho amount of two hundred
millions ts dollars, which are to be paid
far services rendered and contracts made
after tho month of May next. Those
revenue bills are to be paid outon specie
valuations, and are to be redeemed in
Government cotton at fifiy cents a pound,
when presented in amounts equivalent lo
the vaiuo cf one or mote bales of cotton.
When redeemed they may bo reisued.
The cotton so 1 ©deemed from the Govern
ment, and all cotton a.ud tobicco trans
ferred by Government, are to be forever
afterward exempt from ia; press me at, and
may he exported to neutral countries
without rostrtctioi.v, exce ■ the payment
of duties; ••• which exemp
tion aid privilege 1 ■ j r .per ! y ■ ; lo be
idenulucl by proper marks.
Tho advantage to the v.ild; ■ i tec rests
of this scheme, if it turns cut to he
practicable, is appaic r. flic govern
ment secures the immoiia'e u.-e of the
cotton and tobacco in the U. uirderacy,
on a credit which will conduit at ieast. j
two years after the expiraiiou of the war. I
It makes this codon, a f fifty cent.-! a
pound, the basis of anew issue of paper,
which Jb intended to bo equivalent in
gold, because Convertible into cm ton at
ihe gold price of fifty cents per pound;
and which, if thi- object succeeds, may
operate to bring prices down to tbmr
norma! rates, ti ihc old rates should
thus be re-established, a currency ot
two hundred millions, in Ike form of
these revenue bills, would be ample for
the government and the community.
Bui Ihe bill cf the special committee
on taxa iou seems lo provide for the ctr->
lain de: .1 of its own object iu this re
gard, by embodying an authority to (be
.Secretary of too ire isury to m ike a fur
ther issue cf "• ream ry notes »o such an
amount *is shall be necessary for prying
off it! i.a idetes • t 'C Govn i.tneni that
are now du*; and unpaid The public
know that shese 1 audl'rs t-xc .»! tour
hundred millions of dollars. This addi
tion to the present outstanding av-. hun
dred millions cf circulation, wm'd ren
derthe whole present currency valueless.
The bill further provides liiat the tuxes
in kind for 1805 and 1800 shall be tw >-
tentbs instead of ctw ; but the valv e .
this tax in kind shall be ensiled upon |
tbs general tax ou properly, and is to be j
estimated according to the market prices j
of commodities in Treasury notes. Fffr- j
(feet more, all agiiculiura! productions J
whiohshall be impressed after Ihe month i
| of May next, shall be pat! for ia veroaue j
1 'cilis at tho usual market prices, estima
Led ia revenue bills ;- that is lo say, at
the old specie rates.
The tax on incomes, trades, piofos-j
sions and-employmeuts is lo be double j
whaj it was for year 1804.
Such are the principal provisions of .h ; s
new sohtme of finance, .which has beeu
brought forward in competiiiou with ihe
schtmc proposed by Air. Trenholm. Its
leading features are the impressment of
cotton and tabacao, and the substitutisn
(NO. 192
of revenue bills, redeem able ;.c cotton
after the Sr3t of June next, for the cur
rency now extuat. It proposes to en
large the pre.-ent circulation by four hun
dred millions and then to leave it t<A)e
absorbed, as far as may be, by taxes, of
18C3*aud 1866. No increase of the pres
ent circulation, for redeeming which no
semblance of provision is made.
This glaring defect will have to be rem
edied; and we have only to add, that ihe
preponderance of opinion, in and out of
Congress, seems to be in l'avor of the
plan of taxation and finance which we
have sketched.
t’-MTisa ox mis Bm Black —A Vlcksbnrg Ist- ’
ler to Uni Mtiridiau (VJJss.) Clarion says the plan
tt-ra will ouSeavor, I Auppnse, to plant this year.
Between tha woiiq.-i and Cobh’a scoutfl, there was
not much djne at any tiling of tho kind last year
There was a rumor that a heavy forco would be
put on Big 11 lock on tho lalh fcf .February. If
done, which I think doubtful,- it will be only a
Yunkeo trap to ir.duca the negroes to conquer
their intense terror of the r.b-li enflisieiitiy to
march out, hoe in h md, t> m ike often for Ihe
psnedo benefactors ot their raco aud kind.
These who plant and last, year, insist that a fre-o
negro cannot possibly nn.ko more thun two bales
to the hand, and when we recollect that one tenth
of IbeprodiiCO-goes to the United States Govern
ment, we wi-1 eneily discern who m-kt-s tire f ,r
--tuoe Tils pres. u: rates of ufultoj n.and fb.es :
for a atari working his own pises, one-tentlr of
the produce, which is to be Used ai indeinuiture
io cass scouts steal the mules, and two cents a
pound of cotton to the government; tor an aban
don.d p ace, one-eighth t f produce aud four cents
per pound—bringing the resident planter on a
level in regard to expenses.
Telegraphic Line to Richmond. —
The Auguste, correspondent of the Con
federacy writes on the 10th that the
line has been established between Char
lotte and Columbia, putting the latter
place, in communication immediately
vilh Richmond. The line by way cf
Braachville is being rapidly completed
from Aiken to Columbia, and it is sup
posed will be finished in two weeks,
when we will be again in immediate
connection with the capital. I suppose
a courier lino wiil run between this
place and Columbia to prevent unccces- i
sary delay in the transmission of dis- I
patches.
More Respectful. —Earl Russell, it j
will be seen has ceased styling ours tho i
“so called Cont>r]era e Guve-nment. in |
his speech he -peaks of the Confederate ;
States, Confederate territory, Confede
rate government, &c. Here at least is |
one point gained.
East Tesnesses.—A late loiter froxn Knoxville |
in tho Chattanooga Gazette, furniahou the follow- j
tag :
Tho Hon. Horace Meyuu and am! Got. lirownlow ;
are waking up the peo, le by a* duenses io various j
sect! 118. aud wherever they go, crowds of atfcou- j
live hearers resorts, aud ero long the result will !
be felt in the election
Much interest is felt to know that tho intentions i
of the military authorities are in iogard to JSast i
Tennessee, v.’h»n the sensou of active campaigning I
arrives, but. all feel confident, that the best thing I
for rte success cf our arms will be attempted, I
while Gon. Thomas holds the helm.
Col. Robsrt Lowry, of the 6ih Missis
j inppi has been made a Brigadier General.
Georgia Items.
Fnoii Ef'EiKGHAt.i County. —llev. F. F.
lUynobls.. of the Georgia Conference, i
bas been appointed by the Superior
Court ot that county as agent, says the
Chronicle & Sentinel of ihe 10th, to so
licit. contributions in behalf of the desti
lute people of the county. He is now on
a visit to our city on the object of his
mission.
We are informed that the Yankee army
kr«3 twice visiu and that sec-ion and as a
consequence there is hardly anything
left ior the subsistence of the population.
In the neighborhood of Si-tcrs Ferry ihe
destitution is greatest. He alijo eays.th&t
Yankee scouts frequently prowl through
that regieu, and (hero is no force lo op
pose them.
Trying to Run Away. —The Constitu
lioDalist of the 9th says, some little stir
has been occasioned in our busines cir
cles for a few days past by the disappear,
ance of a well knowu citizen, whose po
silion as a Cashier and Government De
positary, had given him some promi
nence in this community. Accompanied
by his wife, who is of Northern birth, he
left in thedirection of Savannah, but was
fortunately captured and returned to the
city. When arrested he was driving like !
Jehu for the coveted realm of Lincoln,
carrying with him eleven heavy trunks,
ihe contents of which has not yet trans
pired.
Some interesting developments may
beexpee ed from this attempt to s'eal
away to the enemy.
A Hero. —A small lad by the name of
Y/alker Long, nged 7 years, fell into the
the river, just below Augusta 3 fjw days
ago, and would in all probability have
been swept down by the current but for
ihe noble exertions of one of his compan
ions, named Thos. Bryan, aged 6 years,
who without any hesitation sprang into
the river, and seized him with one hand
sworn wilh the other, bearing young Long
to ihe shore.
Attention, 2d Class Alabama
Militia.
O’pick County Commandant, 7
2d Giass &. M , Union Springs, Ala.. >
SI arch 1,1865. )
J In obedience to Gene,rill Orders No. 8, Adjutant
and Inspector GooeraPri Office, Montgomery, Ala.,
t ho Bent Commandants of the 2d Class e Mili
tia, ak£ obdhked to arroet and turn over to the
Enrolling Officer of thi* county, ail deacrlere,
Btr.fgglers, siiu'keraand Abaenteea from the army,
in their rtflood ire Beats.
By '.he 2d suction of au act, entitled “Au act, to
aid tlie Confederate Government in arresting de
eerierflanlothers, ’’ “Approved August 29th,1863,"
it i«< made “ihu duty of the c nnty commandants,
and of civil aud military officers in their county, :
to cause the arrest of ail pe; •: >us who ate in the j
military service of tin*. Co•.fedora*e States, aud !
who are improperly a’lsont f . r; ; heir commands.” ,
“All needful fore*, and h tiee»rifttt military ;
povcor of the county, mat } • vs fully bo employed.” j
By the 101 hsec i •<> fth sum* a< t, ail. civil and :
military officers charged with duty imposed on
them i y the ?aid 2d section, laving to per urm the
duty, are made guilty of a'mifldemf auor.-n i «ub- j
ject to XNDiCItfSNT and PUNISHMENT by fine • r im- j
prisonment.
Ycu aro hereby required to vigilantly j
enforce this order.
By command of
OH AS H. GREEK K, j
Major and county Oomn and iut. •,
N. J. Thompson, Adjuvant.
uh 4 lai
spbciaiT oilder.
lIEADQUAr.TF.BS CAMP MON AO HAN, S
Mfc u, G*., March 6,j
Special Order j
Iu obedience to orders J. B. Gordon,
21 Corps, Army Northern Virginia, all enlisted
mea now absent from Kays' aud Stafford’s Loui
tiana Brigades, will report at these Headquarters
without de’ay.
By oruer JA S. N KLLIG AN,
Col. Coin’dn Detachment
Have’ and iStuiTord’d Beaties
j mh9 lot
Want ad.
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Hun.
*ISOO PRISONERS CAPTURED, ETC.
Richmond, March 9.—The following
I was rcocived here, this afternoon :
H’d Q'rs, C. S. A., March 9.
; Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, See’y of War :
! General Bragg reports that he attjek
-lod the enemy yesprday, four miles in
! front of Kingston, and drove him from
his position. Ho disputed the ground
obstinately, and took up a position three
miles from his first. We Captured three
pieces of ariiiiefy and 1500 prisoners.
The number of the cuemy’s dead and
wounded left on the field was large. Our
loss comparatively small. The troops
j behaved most handsomely. Msjor Geiu.
j Hill and Hoke behaved with their accos
! totned gallantry.
(Signed) It. K. Ur
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, Jan. 9.—The Senate ie.<
jeotei the House bill which provided for
the payment cf horses lost or killed Vu
the service of the Confederate Stv
Senator Wigfall submilled thq follow
ing, which was agreed to :
Resolved, by (he Congress ot the t.’oii
federate States, That the thanks ot ti,.-
Congress and the country are due to Geu.
Wade Hampton for his letter ot Febtua
ry 117. h, addressed io Gen. Sherman, and
that in the c’dniou of Congress the Ex
ecutive Department should sustain Gen,
Hampton in carryir-g out the policy in
dicated in his letter.
The House bas passed .the Senate
bill fixing the commencement us the
ucxl regular session, of Congress, with
an amendment sinking out November
and inserting October.
In the Senate the House amendment
authorizing the Secretary of the Tie t
ury to borrow specie, lo ba applied to
the reduction of the currency, ...
agreed to.
The amendment in regard to the de
struction of property under military ne
cessity was rejected.'
In the House the Senate amendment
to the bill putting negroes in tho army
was concurred in—yeas 40, nays 26
INTERESTING INTELLIGENCE,
i Richmond, March 9.—A large quau
j tity of manufactured tobacco, recently
J sent lo the vicinity of Fredericksburg,
j was captured und destroyed by a perry
jof Yankees from the gunboats ; . tho
! Rappahannock.
I AffODSid? March 15.--Information has
j been received at this Post, that a very
heavy skirmish occurred between the
! enemy’s lef- and our forces during the
• march of tho Yankees from Cherr.w to
I Fayetteville. Our cavalry was under Gen
| Hume', ho was wounded or <be 10th.
jWe suec. odeti ia capturing 600 prison
| nc.s snv recovered a large number of
: our own men who had been captured at
j various (imes by (he ens;my while en
rdc'.e through Carolina. They at rived
I in Chtiliiteoa the 12il>.
! During the heavy skirmishing, which
I occurred on the Bth and 9th in the vicih
jityof Cheraw, amounting almost to v
i battle, the enemy suffered seriously, but
j was not prevented frem crossing the Pe
i lee and moving towards Fayetteville.
1 The latest accounts from our forces on
the line northca??, of Fayetteville, ace
(hat they were gradually moving and
continually skirmishing towards Smith
field and Goldsboro. Parties arriving
from North Carolina report, that there is
a decided improvement iu tone and
spirit of the army and the public mind
since the appointment of Gen. Johnston
i to the command.
Auous'ia, March 15.—Tho Constitu
tionalist 1 as special advices from Savan
nah, dated March 10th, which say (hat
a Yankee special order has been publish
ed, by which persons are forbidden from
taking or in any manner conniving al
ike taking of any letter, newspaper or
any other communication whatever, out
side of the lines, by command of Major
Gen. Grover.
I The Southern Express Company has
| arrived with the letter mail of dates t v
j the 4tb, through from Richmond.
Coi. J. S. Thrasher, who have just,
arrived from Richmond, reports that the
confidence of the people is strong, and
everything becoming more hopefut.
The exchange of prisoners is going on
actively at Richmond, ours arriving at
the rale of 1,000 daily, and are iu fine
spirits and earoesl for the prosecution of
the war.
Yankee reports from Hilton Head, to
March 10ih, state that the steamer Ars
go had arrived therewith Northern dal? 9
to the. 0:h.
Gen Early and 800 cavalry wore re
ported captured urur Chm-1. tiesviile, Ya
by Sheridan.
At Uie time of ihe Avagn’a departure
no news had b.en receive! of any yreat
battle between Sherman anil Beaure
gard.
The most intense anxiety prevailed iu
ihe North to hear of Sherman’s where
abouts and progress
The Savannah Republican, editorially,
says that. French journals begin to give
the signal of war, and in political cir
cles such a possibility is mojo ft eeiy dis.
cussed ihan hitherto.
Brush with Mosby.—The Herald’s
correspondent says a party ot Sheridan’s
cavalry, consisting of 125 men, cf ib.*
14th Pennsylvania, wont up the va’Jey
of the Shenandoah the other day, e
ttcou'ing expedition* and while os thenc
return fell into an ambuscade prepare !
by Moeby’s men and a terrible fight en
sued; but the guerrillas e~e so ai.i.;cr>
ou3 aud so strongly I'oiUoad ■' • : our
cavalry wore roughly handled, noil only
made good their retreat after losing a
rtimber o; killed*and wounded, and sixty
I taken prisoners. Uaptaiq Collinger, of
| General Torbett’a staff, was captured.
—.-w—— -
' Aurar is Blorlda.—N. O. J. Siiirr, Esq, of
j Mariana! -, Ifia., ia -..ithcrized t" receipt tor sn!-
I ci IpLioMs to the Daily aad Weekly Huti.
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