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THE FINANCIAL SCHEME IN
CONCH ESS.
\V<; learn, <;tvs 11 »<* Itichinotnl YSxam-
inrr of the 30ili, that the committee of
tl e 'House of Representatives have ma
tured and prepared lor report to the
Utilise a scheme of financial relief,
w hich rejects what is known as the
“ Bank Convention” scheme, and pro
poses a certain plan of general ad val
orem taxation. In this scheme the
idea offundiugis not entirely discarded
hut is proposed as a certain auxiliary
to the contemplated improvement of the
finances by heavy taxation. It i s gen
erally estimated that the tax bill pre
pared by the commttee will yield six
hundred millions of revenue; some oth
er estimates say seven hundred and fif
ty millions.
Tilt. TAX IN KIND
We learn, says the same paper, thaL
the opposition to the tax in kind in ma
ny of the Southern States has induced
the Government, very generally, to
commute it for money. It is consider
ed that this species of tax is much more
difficult to be handled, .and carried to
points where it may be needed, and
its collection and distribution is more
expensive, and it is more liable to waste
and destruction than a money tax.—
Another cause of embarassment has
been, that the two taxes have been col
lected by diffeicnt sets of agents. One
set, for the collection anil distribution of
the produce tax, is under the control of
the War Department, and the other for
the collection and transmission of the
money 7 , is under the control of the
Treasury Department.
MOVEMENT-OF SENATOR HILL.
We clip the following from the Rich
mond correspondence of the Atlanta
Confederacy : •
It is reported that Mr. Hill, Senator
from Georgia, will soon introduce im
portant resolutions before the Senate,
which may explain several passages in
his letter urging the election ol Hon.
Joshua Hill for Governor, and in his!
Macon letter, where lie speaks of an
honorable door of compromise being
opened at no distant day, &c. &c.
The purport of these resolutions is
said to be expressive of a willingness
on the part of the people of the South! The birds sing among the branehe
to meet the conservative element of if their
the North in Convention, to discuss the praise,
issues between us, but in no wise com
the streets are so blockaded up with lum
ber, brick and mortar, that teams are
at times unable to gel along; common
laborers get from two to iour dollars a
day, without board. The city supports
four daily newspapers, a theater, opera
house, several churches, any number
of negro minstrels and melodists, to say
nothing of the institutions already enu
merated above. At Wells & Fargo’s
banking-house and express office, it is
j not uncommon to see tons of “silver
bricks” wheeled in and out in the course
of an hour. These “brick” in shape re-
i semble the ordinary fire-brick, but are
j much larger, and from nine hundred
and eighty-five to nine hundred and
ninety per cent, fineness, which is from
ten to fifteen per cent, pure silver aver
aging some $1,800 each. The sight
drafts sold frequenlly amount to$100.-
000. Sums of $20 and upwards are
usually paid in $20 pieces. No paper
currency there, nor in any of the mining
towns west of the Rocky Mountains—
Salt Lake City being the only place
where paper circulates for money.
Industry.—Nature instructs you to
be active. 'Hie brook runs busily over
the pebbles and never slays. The
streams hasten to join the large river,
and the river to meet the sea. Count
less seeds are quickening into life, and
striking their roots downward. Pres
ently the plant bursts from the earth—
it puts forth its tender leaves and its
young blossoms—the flowers in every 7
variety of color and fragrance, are
spread in the sunbeam. The grain ap
pears like a soft green mantle, over the
field of the laborer, it puts forth “first
the blade—then the ear—then the ripe
corn in the ear.” The vine reaches
out its tendrils like hands, and takes
hold of some prop, whereon to hang its
clusters. The trees are busy in per
fecting the fruit of man.
The spider throws her glittering thread
from shrub to shrub, and runs to and
from the bridge of her own building.
The silk worm spins, that we may be
covered delicately, and folds itself up
in its cone-like chamber, to slumber
awhile and to come fo-th with wings.
Tlie bee labors to prepare food for her
self, and a banquet for us. The ant,
provident for winter, lays up its store.
1 , as
if their tuneful hearts were full of
The young lamb gambols by 7
the side of its mother. The duck leads
promising the spirit of the revolution, her brood to the water, and the shining
Holding Mr. Lincoln and the Repub- fish glides along its depths. The hen
lican party responsible for the fanati- provides for her chickens, and gathers
cism at the North which has produced them under her wings. We may galli
um! has continued the war, he would er a lesson of industry from these infe-
refuse to treat with Irim or hi# party; rior creatures. All, with different voi-
otherwise than on the field of battle; ces, seem to call on us to be active;
but respecting a dignified spirit of con- they seem to tell us to obey the corri-
servatisin which would hear the voice
of reason, he would meet it in council,
and determine the issues between us
in a spirit of conciliation and compio-
mise.
I am not prepared to say that such is
the tenor of the proposed resolutions,
but give you the rumor as it reaches
me, as an item of news.
FROM MEXICO
The New York Herald publishes la
ter news from Mexico, which gives a
sad picture of the disunity and helpless
ness of the Juarez Government. If we
may rely on these accounts, it would
seem that Juarqz is now ready to take
iiis flight from San Louis Polosi, having
packed up hisarchieves and treasures,
ready for
movement.
mands of the Creator,
A Northern Opinion of Lincoln's P/oc
la mat ion.-—The New York World corn
menting on Lincoln’s proclamation, re*
quiring the citizens of the Confederate
■States to take an oath supporting liis
emancipation proclamation, says :
President Lincoln has shown himself
utterly destitute of the statesman like tact
requisite for dealing with a great people
in revolt; he is as blind as was Lord
North : he is as blind as was Philip II of
Spain, when he lost the Netherlands. * *
If Mr. Lincoln were a statesman, if he
were even a man of ordinary prudence
and sagacity, he would see the necessity 7
of touching the peculiar wound of the
South witli as light a hand as possible.
Instead of this, be chafes and inflames it.
Not strong enough himself, though wield
the expected .Moratory’ j tlie !«»« of the G»«™m.»t to
• o ** ractef fhA ppvnhifmnfli’v 0 v a i ta t mn nnri
The f rench forces were
“That'S the Way !*>* Money Goes."
The following extract from the, editorial
column of the Mobile Tribune is interest
ing to the numerous class engaged in dis*
cussing the financial state ol the O, on fed
eracy :
“We learn that one of »nr Confederate
Quartermasters has beei. dir-overed to be
a defaulter in the small sr , f $5,000,000
The investigation of »\ IS defections had
not been completed, Svhen this little defi
cit was discovered, it is not improbable
that another cipher will filially’ have to be
added to the shortness of bis cash ac
counts.”
What a financier this man must be
With $160 a month pay, he managed to
spend or hide away, is the curse of a coup
le of years, over $5,000,000, before the
Quartermaster General discovers that his
accounts are not “all rig-lit.*’ Mr. Mem
minger should resign and give this man
bis place. His resources rmiBt be im
mense—bis combinations infinite. We are
lost in admiration. Dumas will have to
write another Monte Christo, and bis hero
instead of looking for bis wea'th in a cave
will have to dive into the breeches pocket
of a Confederate Quartermaster—only one
out of thousands—swallows at a gulp $o,s
000,000.
How many of tlie same fraternity have
digested the like amoiyit of “prniises to
pay ?” This one has at last been discover
ed—how many 7 are they who have not yet
been found out ! Enough probably, to ac
couutTor two or three hundred million of
the public debt.
This anaconda Quartermaster gorged
$5,000,000 before be swelled sufficiently to
be detected—if half of his numerous fami
ly 7 have the same powers of distension, the
solving of the finance question is easy
enough. Rip the reptiles open and re>
claim the prey.
If any inquisitive tax payer wishes to
know what becomes of the money, we re
fer him to this representative man and
send him off whistling.
“That’s the way the money goes.”
There are doubtless men of integrity
and honor in the Quartermaster’s Depart
ment but it is a notorious fact that, as a
body, the Quartermasters are a stench iu
the nostrils of the people. The honest
men in this department are as anxious as
the public for the cleaning out of the
scoundrels. There is’ffut one way to do it.
Let Congress take measures for the most
vigorous scrutiny into the affairs of the
department; and when a defaulter and
robber is found, let them dm. The leeches
sucking the life-blood of the country
should be crushed to death without mers
c 7* „
Civil Law tore Enforced in Alabama.
A late act passed by the Alabama Leg
islature lias the following as its chief sec
tion :
That any 7 person, as to whom a w'rit of
habeas corpus lias been issued and served,
who wilfully fails or refuses, under any
pretense whatever, to obey the mandate
thereof, or the orders ot the Judge or
Court thereou, before whom the same
is beard, or who kpn^vinglv and in
tentionally prevent tlie service of the
same by force, or by keeping out of the
way, or who shall wilfully fail or refuse to
premit any person, upon applicaiion by
counsel in bis custody, to consult with,
and have the assistance of counsel, for the
purpose of suing out or prosecuting said
writ, or who sliali send away or conceal
any person who is iu bis custody or uu-
der bis control, with intent to prevent
said w’rit from being sued out or executed,
or the petitioner from being discharged
when the Judge or Court so orders, shall
be guilty of a felony, and on conviction
shall be fined not less than $1000 or im
prisoned in tlie penitentiary' not less than
one nor more than five years, at the direc
tion of the Jury' trying tlie same.
Death of Georgia Prisoners.
The Petersburg (Va.) Register has been
favored with a list of deaths among Con
federate prisoners at the Hammond Gen
eral Hospital, Point Lookout. Md., from
the 4th October to 30tb November. It
includes the following Georgians ;
John Bowers, 42d Ga. Reg’t.; B. M.
Clarke, 29th Ga ; A. P. Dunham. 51st Ga.;
W. H. Dunham, 51st Ga.; J. E. Green,
9th Ga ; E. Hapwell, 50th Ga.; William
Hipps, 6ist Ga.; L. Lackey, 13th Ga. ;
J. W. Roland, 4Stb Ga.; C. S. Shepherd;
—Ga. ; O. Thompson, 54th Ga. ; A. A-
mos, 35th Ga.; John Dixon, 59tli Ga.;
J. Kitchen, 48th Ga.; J. B. Little, 7tb
Ga.; R. A. Orley, 51st Ga.; J. W. Read,
2d Ga.; G. W. Vaughn, Phillips’ Georgia
Legion , A. T. Bright, 22d Georgia ; W.
Brown, 31st Ga.; T C= Jones, 13th Ga.;
L. T. May, 53d Ga.; J. W. Powell, 31st
Ga. ; Moses Swofford, 33d Ga.
Boutko itccflrDcr.
A Yankee Opinion of their Friends in East
Tennessee.
Among the letters captured by our for*
ces around Knoxville, was one from D. G.
Griffin to bis father in New' York.* The
opinion expressed must be very flattering
in East Tennessee:
Our Union friends have fanaticism and
enthusiasm enough ; but they are so igno
rant and ill bred as to disgust any gentle
man. The women know bow to make
“corn dodgers” and dirty little Federal
flags, “ginger cakes and the like,” and to
curse and point out their superiors—rebel
ladies and rebel gentlemen—and that is
about all.
The rebel ladies are intelligent, well
bred and good looking—dignified in their
demeanor. But they won’t talk to us
consider themselves our superiors, simply
from the fact that we are fighting lor their
inferiors, the Union ladies. They are not
to blame. I often blush wheu 1 think of
the common herd that I am periling my
life for. God save me from such igno
rant trash.
Y ou have often heard of majorities for the
Union in East Tennessee, but 1 must con
fess, taking everything into consideration,
if the rebels are entitled to any 7 country,
t is this. Their friends are many, strong
n their fidelity, and seem to have some
plausible reasons for their rights, etc.
The name of tory seems to suit them
very 7 well. I dont wouder at the promo
tion of Gov. Johnson, Horace Maynard,
and others. Such a people can be easily
demagogued. All they kuow is to be “Un
ion folks.”
I canuot think that we shall remain
here very long, even the rebels permit
ting. Tlie rebel General Vaughn and oth
ers are continually annoying us, so much
so that we canuot see any 7 peace for them.
We did not expect to fight the rebels when
we came here, but find that our personal
alety 7 will lorce us to fight them bard and
often.
MILLE E> Gr E V ILLE:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1864.
gradually pushing into the interior, 1
and the star of the empire seemed to
lie ascending the zenith.
H ere is an extract from one of the
Herald’s letters :
When Forey counted upon’.lie want
of firmness, instability, deceit and inter-j
ml endless divisions of the Mexican |
people as his best allies in the conquest
of their country, he was not wrong.— , time
exaltation and
fanatic fervor of the Abolitionists, how
can he expect private citizens of the South
to brave an exaltation and fervor which
in that section is all hut unanimous? If
he had stood firm against the Abolition
current, lie would have had a great majors
ity of the Northern people to keep him in
countenance ; hut who iu the South would
not scorn the man who could so degrade
and humiliate himself as to take the Abo
lition oath ? We might ask, and in due
w r e shall ask, by what right Mr.
It is true reinforcements have lately , Lincoln assumes to propose such an oath ?
arrived from France—in what numbers | We, of course, know that he pretends to
I do not know ; but the significant fact ! derive it from tlie pardoning power ; hut
stillremainsthat Bazzin marched out oft this whimsical deduction is a fitter topic
Mexico cilv wilh about twelve thousand , l° r derision than lor serious Argument.
Frenchmen and halfthal number of tm- A, he can offer a conditional pardon, lie
live allies to aiternpt, or perha;* ac- impose «ny enadmen.be pleases.
The Christian Gentleman.—He ia above
at tempt
coinplish, the conquest of that vast
country, and meets with no opposition.
YVe must take facts a* we find them,
ami estimate them at their proper val
ue. I sav again that there is no Mexi
can nation, and for that very reason the
success of the French is not so wonder
ful as may at first sight appear.
Mexico is dead, and all the telegraph
ic bulletins from California, or all the
sympathy in the United States, cannot
galvanize her into life. We now find
the national army broken into frag
ments, the chiefs at variance with each
other, the people divided, the treasury
empty, and the constitutional head of
Government flying from town to town
lor safety.
City in the Rocky Mountains.—
The resident populat ion of Virginia, Ne
vada Territory, on the 1st of July, was
estimated at fifteen thousand, the daily
average number of transient visitors be
ing as many more. Main street’ which
is the Broadway and wall of the city, is
some three quarters of a mile in length,
crowded wilh every grade and descrip
tion, a large proportion being elegantly
dressed males and females. The build
ings on Main street are mostly brick, the
first story iron open in front. This
gives a light, cheerful appearance to the
street, especially in the night time, when
brilliantly lighted with gas. Many of
the buildings in the city are provided
with vaults and salamanders; the four
and five story brick and front fire proof
now going up, all have one or both of
liese indispensable features. Some of
a mean thing. He cannot stoop to a mean
fraud. He invades no secrets in the keep
ing of another, lie betrays no secrets con
fided to his own keeping. He never takes
selfish advantage of our mistakes. He usee
no ignoble weapous in controversy. He
never stabs in the dark. He is a*hamed
of inuendoes. He is not one thing ton
mail’s face and another behind his back.—
If by accident, he cornea in possession of
his neighbor’s counsels, lie passes upon
them an act of instant oblivion He bears
scaled packages without tampering with
lhe wax. Papers not meant for his eye,
whether they flutter at his window, or lie
open before him in unguarded exposure,
are sacred to him. He profanes no priva
cy of others, however the sentry sleeps.—-
Bolts and bars, locks and keys, hedges
and pickets, bonds and securities, notices
to trespassers, are none of them for him.—
He may he trusted himself out of sight—
near tlie thiuest partition—everywhere.—
lie buys no office, he sells none. He would
rather fail of his rights than win them
through dishonor, lie will eat honest
bread. Ho tramples ou no sensitive feel
ing. He insults no man. If lie hare re
buke for another lie is straightforward,
open, manly. Billingsgate don’t lie in It is
track. From all profane and wanton
words his lips are chastened. Of woman
and to her ha speaks with decency and re
spect. In short, whatever he judges hon
orably. lie practice towards every man.
Ex-President Pierce—The New York
Herald of 5th says a Convention has been
called by the "State’ Rights American
Party” of the Northwest, and Ex-Pre3:
dent Pierce, of New Hampshire, placed be
fore the people as the future antagonist of
Lincoln aod his policy.
An Example for Military Mm.—Gener
al Jackson, like all.great military com
manders, was especially leiftarkable for his
attention to details. Nothing was too small
to escape his eagle eye. Upon a march he
was always to be found with his wagon
train. Ou one occasion, says the Richmond
Dispatch, when one of his wagons was
stuck in the mud, and the wagoners were
standing around and cursing the mules,
without doing anything to-rcinedy the diff
iculty, he suddenly rude up, alighted from
his old sorrel, took a rail from the fence and
went to work himself—an example which
instantly recalled tlie men to a sense of
their duty, and the wagon was soon put on
terra finna. He theu superintended the
filling up of the hole iu which it suuk, so as
to secure the uninterrupted transit of the
rest of the train. This was Gen. Jacsou’s
style of doing business. He knew how
much the great operations of war depend
upon what appear to be the most trifling
details. Ho never lost a thousand dollars'
worth of public property while he was in
the army* Those who imagine that all a
commanding general has to do is to fight
battles, make an egregious mistake.—
Some of our military popinjays seem to
think that the eclat of the battle field and
fuss and leathers make up the sum of mili
tary glory. Jf they would emulate the
fame of Jackson they must adopt his hah
its of patient practical labor, and his thor
ough and absorbing attention to details.
A Gem from an Old Book.—It has beeu
eloquently aud truly said that if Cbristi-
anity were compelled to flee from the
mansions of the great, the academies of
philosophers, the halls of legislators, or
the throngs of busy men, we should find
her last retreat with woman at her fireside.
Her last audience would he the children
gathering round the knee of the mother;
iho last sacrifice, the secret prayer, escap
ing in silence from her Mp. and heard,
perhaps, only at the thrdfte of God.
The Law against Substitutes.—The
voie in both Houses on this bill was very
decisive—in the senate 17 to 2, and iu the
House 52 to 13.
Ever since the hill passed the House,
in the early part of last week, says the
Dispatch, there has been ft decided flut
tering among those who have thus far
managed to evade military service, and
the highways leading North from Rich
mond have been crowded with the fleeing
Israelites; in this instance, without a
Moses to lead them in their journeyings.
We heard yesterday of a case iu which
three thousand dollars were offered for a
hack by two gentlemen of the Hebrew
persuasion to transport them and their
baggage to the batiks of .the Rappahan
nock.
The Government Cotton—By the act
of April 21, 1SG1, an appropriation was
made of $35,000,000 for purchase of cotton
and tobacco. We. learn that the appro
priation has been nearly exhausted, and
that it will be necessary for Congress to
make another, if it is contemplated to con
tinue purchases.
There is no certain estimate of tlie
amount of Goverumen! cotton on hand ;
but allowing 50,000 hales for looses by the
enemy, and about 20,000 on account of
shipments to Europe tor army supplies
and on Treasury account, there will re
main on hand at the present time, accor
ding to reports received, 329,551 bales.
Tlie avrage price paid per pound is as
follows, for the different States, viz : in
Arkansas, 12^ cents iu Mississippi, 12,39
cents ; in Florida, 13 cents ; in Louisiana,
14 cents; in Georgia, 15^ cents; and in
South Carolina, 36^ cents. The average
is highest in South Carolina because
a portion of the purchases consisted
of Sea Island cotton. The total average
for all the States is 16.85.
Richmond Examiner,
Cotton Cards—New and Valuable In
vention.—We have been shown a pair of
cards made upon a machine invented and
patented by Rev. Mr. Davis, of the Metli*
odist Protestant Church, of this city. The
cards exhibited are remarkable for their
strength and perfection, and will bo great
acquisition to our people at this time. Mr.
Davis deserves great credit for his skill
aud zeal in the perfection of this beautiful
piece of machinery. It is expected to
make about twenty five pairs of cards per
day, and those who are in waut of cards
should leave their orders at the residence
of Mr. Davis, where the machine is now in
operation. The inventor proposes to build
immediately some four or five other ma
chines of like power, and will then be able
to turn out over one hundred pairs of cards
per day.
We understand they will he sold at less
than hall the price now asking for the Yan
kee article.—Mont. Advertiser.
The Financial Scheme in Congress —
The Richmond Examiner learns that the
Committee of the House of Representa
tives lias matured and prepared for report
to the House a scheme of fiuancial relief,
which rejects what is known as the “Bauk
Convention” scheme, and proposes a cer
tain plan of general ad valoram taxation.
In this scheme the idea of funding is not
entirely discarded, but is proposed as a
certain auxiliary to I ho contemplated im
provement of the finances by heavy taxa
tion. It is generally estimated that the
tax bill prepared .by the committee will
yield six hundred millions of revenue ;
some other estimates say seven hundred
and fifty millions.
The Washington Star states that, in
the recent stampede of horses from Camp
Stouernau. over one thousaml animals,
valued at one hundred and forty-five dol .
lars each, were drowned in the Potoinae
and Eastern Branch.
THE MINORITY TYRANT.
Mr. Seward says that it is robbery to
withhold from Mr. Lincoln the right to
govern the seceded States in virtue of the
high office to which he was elected by the
people, and intimates that there will be no
other election of President until the au
thority of the incumbent who has been
thus defrauded, shall be practically assert
ed and recognised iu the rebellious States.
We know it is useless to argue with fa
natics, or eveu to state facts exposing their
assumptions ; but we shall refer to the re
cord for the use of posterity when the
course of the South shall be made the sub
ject of criticism as to the origin of the war.
Mr Lincoln never received a solitary elec
toral vote in any one af the fifteen slave
States; but he leceived the whole elec
toral votes in the eighteen non-slavehold
ing States, except iu New Jersey, where
the vote was divided, Ou the principles
of'justice, thei^j is no foundation for the
complaint of Mr. Seward. The South l^id
no agency iu electing Mr. Lincoln, as he
stood in such bad odor that no ticket was
proposed for him there; but on the con
trary there was a general protest, that if
he was elected, the Union would be forth
with dissolved, because of the sectional
outrage upon the constitutional rights of
the South. If there be any charm in pop
ular majorities, or any special efficacy in
the aggregate mass of voters, let it be re*,
membered that Mr. Lincoln came into
power ou the streugth of I,S64,960 votes
which were cast in his favor, against
2,866,208 given to his opponents; thus
showing that he is a minority President, by
more than a million of votes, as the fol
lowing table from the New York Herald,
published soou after the Presidential elec
tion in I860, fully proves :
Total vote in Northern States, , 3.426,903
Total vote in Southern States. 1,283,645
COUNTY ELECTION.
The election for county officers in Bald,
win, on Wednesday last, resulted as fol
lows : *
J. Hammond was elected Ordinary; ft
P. 8tubhs Clerk of the Superior and Inf c .
rior Courts, aud O. Arnold Sheriff,—all
three without opposition.
For Receiver of Tax Returns,—Hughe,
85, Shea 73, Hall 62, Robinsou 51, Colling
28, Bagley 5.
For Tax Collector,—N. Callawav 122,
Caraker 81, Gomm 81, Respass 30.
The army vote is yet to be heard from,
GF* The Daily Confederate , in giving a
sketch of Mr. Foote, the garrulous member
of Congress from Tennessee, says, “The
country is disgusted with his never ceas
ing aud never ending talk. He rarely
says anything worth reading and nothing
Worth remembering.”
ACTS OF 1863.
We have received the Pamphlet, issued
by Col. H. H. Waters; containing the
“Public Laws of Georgia, passed by the
General Assembly, at its Session held in
November and December, 1863.” It forms
32 closely printed pages, and embraces 53
Acts and seven Resolutions, to he had at
$2 per copy,-by addressing Col. Waters at
Milledgeville.
GF’The editorial fraternity has receiv
ed quite an accession in George T. Barnes,
Esq., who in future, will supply the col
umns of the Augusta Constitutionalist. We
cordially welcome him to his new position,
in which, we trust, his labors will he emi
nently successful. Mr. Barnes has been
several years a Representative in the Leg
islature, where his abilities were admitted.
Whole number of votes in the Union, 4.710,548
Douglas received
Breckinridge,
Bell,
Vote for Lincoln,
Majority against Lincoln,
1,287,493
836,486
742,229—2,866,208
1,864,960
] .001.248
This classification of the popular vote is
upon Northern authority. The figures
speak for themselves, and demonstrate
that if the late Government of tfie United
States derived its existence and its pow
ers from the people of the Union as an ag
gregate constituency, (which was Mr.
Webster’s theory and that of the Feder
alists) then Mr. Lincoln is not constitu
tionally the President, and the war has
beeu waged by him as a usurper.- We do
not, however, subscribe to this interpreta
tion of the compact, and while we admit
that the forms of the Constitution have
been complied with by the Electoral Col
leges of the Northern States in the choice
of Mr. Lincoln, we maintain that its spirit
was violated by the support of a candidate
who was pledged to trample down the con
stitutional rights of the South—a pledge
which he has since wickedly redeemed at
the cost of blood aud treasure truly as
tounding to the nations of the earth.
From present signs, we think it quite
probable that Mr. Lincoln will employ his
bayonets to close the ballot-box, and to
retain himself and his party in power, while
the war continues, should it be five, ten
or twenty years. The Constitution is a
dead letter north of the Potomac, where
every thing is made to yield to “Military
necessity.” He who pretends to quote
that instrument in either the Executive,
Legislative or Judicial departments of
Yaukeedom, is laughed at for his pains.
The Soatli has to meet this condition of
thiugs, and is prepared for it.
t^T be Senate has confirmed the ap
pointment of the Hon. George Davis-of N.
Carolina, as Attorney General of the Con
federate States, to succeed Gov. Watts of
Alabama, resigned.
Leap Year.—We invite the attention
of “our girls” to the following extract from
an old volumn printed in 1606, entitled
Courtship, Love and Matrimony : “Albeit,
it is now become a part of the Common
Law iu regard to the social relations of
life, that as often as every bissextile year
doth return, the ladies have the sole privi
lege during the time it continueth, of mak-
love unto men, which they may do either
by words or by looks, as unto them it seem-
eth proper; moreover no man will be entitl*
ed to the benefit of Clergy who doth refuse
to accept the offers of a lady, or who doth
in anywise treat her proposal with slight
or contumely.”
Value of Railroads.—The Virginia
Central Railroad, during every twenty-
four hours, transports to the army of North-
eru Virginia an amount of freight which it
would require a thousand wagons and dri
vers, and four thousand horses or mules ten
days to transpoit the same distance.
A compositor, in setting np the toast,
“Woman—without her, man would be a
savage,” got the puoctuation in the wrong
place, which made it read, "Woman, with
out her man, would ha a savage.” The
mistake was not discovered until the edit
or’s wife undertook to read proof.
GENERAL POST OFFICE.
The Report of the Post Master General,
for the year eudiug June '30, 1863, shows
a total of receipts, $3,337,853, and of ex
penditures $2,662,804, leaving a balance
in the Treasury of $675,04S, which proves
that the Department is self-sustaining, as
the Constitution requires.
The number of Post Offices iu the Con
federacy, is S,2S7, requiring a mail service
of 23,459 lineal miles, and 4,416,740 miles
of transportation, which is performed by
1,253 contractors at a cost of $2,157,846.
The amount of postage collected in
Georgia, is $621,824,72, which is the next
highest t-o Virginia, $839,503,93. Arkan
sas is the lowest, $41,386,51. Total ex
penses in Georgia, $411,573,23,
From the details and matter of the Re
port, we think there has been ability and
system iu the Department, aod in future,
we hope that Mr. Reagan, will be better
understood as a vigilaut Post Master Gen*
tHtP"*".’ 1 * .
[y The vote ou the passage of the bill,
iu Congress, to enroll tlioso who bed placed
substitutes iu tbe army, wao 52 to 13 in
the House, aDd 17 to 2 in the Senate.
Prices Coming Down.—At the great Eale
of the Solomon McAlpine property, which
came off near Eutaw, Ala., on Wednesday,
the 16th ult., fifteen or twenty thousand
bushels of corn were sold at 55 to 75 cents
per bushel ; 2000 bushels peas at 90 cents
to $1 per bushel ; 4000 to 5000 bushels
sweet potatoes at 50 to 60 cents, and a
large qnantity ef ground peas at 90 to $1
per bushel.
FIELD ANlTFlRESIDE.
This excellent weekly has been revived
after a suspension of two months. Messrs.
Stockton & Co., the successors of Mr. Gard
ner in the publication, have issued the first
number, Vol. II, of the New Series, dated
2d, inst. which opens with the novellette,
“ Gerald Gray’s W’ife,” by the author of
“Busy Moments of an Idle Woman,’'
“Lily,” Sylvia’s World,” &c., who is un
derstood to be Mrs. King of Charleston,
the accomplished daughter of the late Jas.
L. Petigru.
From its commencement in Ma) 1859,
to the present, the “Field aud Fireside,”
has maintained a high rank in literary cir
cles, and has beeu a popular favorite in
the South. We have reason to believe
that in the new hands now controlling it,
the paper will continue to deserve patron
age. The price of subscription is $8 for
six months.
JOURNAL ^MESSENGER.
The Rev. J. Knowles, who for the last
eight years, has been connected with tbe
Georgia Journal and Messenger, as Editor
and joint proprietor, has sold out his inter
est to E. J. Johnston. Esq. Mr. Rose still
remains as a fixture iu the establishment,
a position he has actively- maintained f<>r
the last forty years, ever since the Mes
senger originated uuder Rose & Robertson
in 1824. On Masoury. Horticulture. Cem
eteries, and the printing business, our
friend Rose has set an example which will
be felt long after bis useful life shall have
terminated. We wish him yet many pros
perous days.
Capture of Yankese in Florida.—The
Gulf train last evening, says the Savannah
News of the Sth, brought to this city some
twenty-five or thirty prisoners, among
them several office's, eaptnred by our cav
alry a few days since near St. Augustine,
Florida. The paity had gone out from tbe
“ \ncient City,” to procure- wood, when
they were cut oft' by a small body ot our
cavalry and the whole of them captured.
The greater portion of tbe prisoners are
foreigners. *
Searching Females—-We find the subv
joined paragraph iu the Herald of the
12th.
Some females suspected of smuggling'
goods into Dixie, were recently searched)
by tbe Provost Marshal of Memphis, loom.
One wore a bale of fine linen u * buatle-.
Her eorset was filled with gold coiu, quilt
ed in. to the amount of $5,200.
had her form rounded out with padding
made of dress silks. Her bo*« were found
to couceal a quantity of gentlemen a cra ’'
vats, which were swathed carefully