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j sight was singular and exciting. A long | black line shoots from the position ot the ] reserves, crosses tho railroad at Hamilton s ! station, skiins across the \ alley, and in a Of the battle of yesterday you have f ew niomen t s is lost in the pines nearly iles away. After scarcely a breatk- From the Richmond Examiner Tkr limilc of rrr4fritL»imr*. Hamilton’s Crossing. Dec. 14, 18G2. from other sources learned the main result, the driving in of tire enemy’s light batter ies, and the repulse of his infantry. 1 will supply such particular as came un der my observation.—But before doing so, I must endeavor to give yon an idea of the positions occupied by the hostile for ces at the begining of flic action. From Fredericksburg the Itappahar.- liock hows nearly due east. The valley of the river, lying mostly on the south side, is a mile in width near the town and wi- two m ing spell, the same line emerges from the pines, retraces its steps into its original position. As this brigade resumed its po sition in reserve, the lire of musketry di rectly in its front slackened. A cracking shots were heard to our left, along Longstreet’s division, and then a succession of volleys, which were kept up at intervals-during the remaining of the evening. The musketry fire on our right was soon renewed, and the battle raged FURTHER FROM 1 HE NORTH. Terrible Bellowings over Fredericksburg— An inrocation for help from Heaven, for man has failed them—The AO't/i in the lUnckness of Despair! Petersburg, Dec. 23.—New York dates to the 19th have been received here. The New York World concludes that the defeat, at Fredericksburg was the most the people of all they possessed, and then gave them permission to leave the city.— The quarrel was caused by a lady, who was so robbed and ordered to leave, ap pealing to Farragut for protection, and Butler’s refusa' to protect her. Farragut said that Butler was the only man in the United States whom he wished to thrasli, and would avail himself of the first, opportunity to do it. | terrible defeat of the war, and says that ( the loss will rather exceed than fall short Quartermaster General's Office. ) dening as you go down .stream. At Ham- j witL j ncrcase d f llly . O nr batteries alou the railroad the valley | 0llr „ llole f ront 'j, ilton’s crossing on is three miles across. 1' rom Hamilton’s crossing to Fredericksburg the railroad tin re-opened, and Col. Walker's artillery regiment, composed of of 15,GOO previously stated. Meagher’s Brigade went into the fight 1200 strong, and but 250 could he found next morning. Other Brigades suftered as much. The World says editorially : ‘‘ 1 Tea cert help vs!—there seems lobe no help in man. Our cause is perishing.— crossing to J?;reaencK d i g wic rauronu ; Latham’s, Letcher’s, Braxton’s,Program’s f] opc ( ,f ta / IUS vanished, and mar the and the old Richmond stage road, both ‘ ( - rpns i inw . a „„,i At.Tntosh’s ,. r.h running parallel with the river, skirt this valley. South of the raihoad, begining near the town and running to a point at ! stat Hamilton’s crossing, and also parallel with j the river, is a range of hills covered with ; dense oak forest fringed on its northern i border by pine thickets. Uur forces oc- I cupied the whole length of this forest- Longstieet’s corps occupied the highlands above, opposite, and for a mile below' the town. Jackson’s corps rested on Long- street’s right and extended away to the eastward, the extreme right under A. P, Hill ciossing the railroad at Hamilton’s crossing, and stretching into the valley towards the river. Our front was about • six miles in length. Most of the batteries j Crenshaw’s, Johnson’s, and McIntosh’s | batteries, stationed in tlie open low grounds to the east of’ the railroad at Hampton’s only pi aspect Here we. are, Atlanta, Ga.. 1S62. } j To the TI ’omen of Georgia : The General Assembly of Georgia, un der the sanction of tbe Governor of Geor gia have ordered a good suit of clothes and a good pair of shoes for every destitute • Georgian in the Confederate service, j Your Governor has charged me with the j , the very blackness of despair j dnties of collecting and forwarding to the reeling lawk from a third | field the clothing and shoes which have and anxious to desolate our fair homes. Shall we not spend every energy of mind body, soul and strength to keep strong, cheerful, pure, willing and brave, those who are now ready to breast tho storm and teach our wicked invaders that to be con quered, we must be, to a man, extermina ted. Let every man, woman and child, bond and free, in the Confederate States, an swer i:i thunder tones, ves, and resolve to make this our fair heritage, one funeral pile rather than living to surrender it up into the bands of those, who iu fighting u unjustly, have violated every principle of honorable warfare and descended far beneath the brutalitv of the untutored sav- ton, moved forward several hundred yards in the direction of Fredericksburg. Hill and Early’s troops had driven tbe enemy from the. woods and across the rail road in the direction of their pontoon bridges near Deep Run. < )ur men pursued them a mile and a half across the bottom of the laud, and fell back only when they had gotten un der the shelter of their batteries. Our troops tlieu retired to the south side oi the railroad. Again the enemy rallied and returned to renew tbe contest, but were again, about five o’clock, P. M, driven back- All the batteries of Jackson’s ampaign upon the Grue l Army sacrificed at one siuiop, and the rest escaped only by a hairs breadth J” If Justices of the Peace should hap pen to be indolent in this work, let some triii! champion woman assume the pleasing i task and put to blush the man who has no | sou! to labor for our suffering troops. 1 I want socks to come to me (and I bc- S7 AV7SO&XZ7. ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS of the Sixth Session of the PROVISIONAL CONGRESS OF THE CONFEOEBATK STATES. 1862. ♦ No 32 AN ACT to provide.for the organization of Army Corps. 1 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the sixth section of the Act to provide for I he public defence approved March 6-h, 1862, he so amended as to authorize the President to organize Divisions of the Provis ional Army of the Confederate States into army Corps, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to appoint otiicers to tho command thereof. Approved Oct. 5th, 1362. [ Confederate Slates. Each member of the con . Judge Advocate and tho clerk, shall have ’ power to administer oaths. 0 I Sec. 2. Each court shall have power to adoro | rules tor conducting business and for the trial r j causes, and to enforce tho rules adopted and t ! piinisii for contempt, and to regulate the’t; ki ° | of evidence, and to secure the attendance of*"? : nesses, aud to enforec and execute its 0 .j m | sentences, and judgments, as in eases of court. ; martial. 3 | Sec. 4. The jurisdiction of each court shaller tend to all officers now cognizable by com t, . rial under tho rules and articles of war . : t j 9 Richmond, with 15000 of\ been ordered; and as socks form an imp^.-, fant part in this outfit, and one which can- ! ^ I ?ha» get them,) from the _ mansion not be bought in our markets, nor had of both co'ps were posted in the sk.itts of | corps were at this time in full play, and the forest, along the line of the railroad, the seven batteries in Colonel Lindsey Walker’s regiment, and Stuart’s horse arlillery, being stationed in the valley, be tween the railroad at Hamilton's crossing aud the river. The enemy's crossing and • the river, the enemy’s forces occupied tbe valley north of the railroad from Freder icksburg to within halt a mile of our ex treme right- Ilis light batteries were pos ted over the southern extremity of the val ley, a't from a quarter of a mile to a mile from the railroad while the hills on the j northern banks of tlie liver from Falmouth j to Fitzkugh’s farm, fivesiniles below Fred- : ericksburg, were studded at intervals of \ half a mile with his batteries of heavy i guns. • The opinion had prevailed on tlie night j before that the enemy was to attack our lines on yesterday morning, but when t lie day* broke without the sound of a gun being heart! in front it began to be thought that he had deferred his advance until tin's morn ing, The sun rose clear, hut a dim fog shroud ed the valley, limiting tlie vision to a short half mile. The enemy was supposed to be within a mile of the railroad at Ham ilton’s crossing, but there was no indica tions of his presence. At half-past eight A. M., Gen. Lee, at tended by bis staff, rode slowly along the front of our lines, from west to east, and halted in the valley a mile to the east of Hamilton’s crossing, and half a utile in the rear of our batteries on the extreme right. At nine, o’clock a column of our troops, which proved to be Ewell’s division, Gen. Early commanding, advauced up the val ley from the direction of Port Royal, and defiled into the woods to the left of Ham ilton’s crossing. The men were marching at a very leisurely pace, with a careless swinging gait; hut there was that in the quiet dignity of their demeanor, which told that each, though undaunted, was con scious that the next hocr might he one of stern battle and death. Scarcely had tbe rear of this division disappeared in the woods when direelv in their front the ar tillery of tbe Old Stonewall brigade, Woodis, Braxton's and three other batte ries opened a brisk fire on the enemy’s batteries north of the raihoad. At this time, owing to the fog, few of the enemy’s infantry were visible. After events proved that they were lying close to the south of the river. The cannonading soon became general along the front of both armies.— In ten minutes front the time of firing their first gun, the Danvill battery, Capt. Woodis, bad lost fifteen men killed and wounded, a number of homes, uud bad two guns disabled- The enemy’s battery, eight hundred yards distant, had the exact range from the first fire. In the beginning of the action the loss of the other batteries of Taliafero’s division were also quite heavy. Our men fired with great presion, their shells burst ing in front ot directly above the opposing batteries. In the course of an hour the ar tillery fight had become so generakthat it was almost impossible for an observer to distinguish what paiticular battery of the enemy was engaging the attention of any given battery of ours, and vice versa. Scarcely a battery that had been unmask ed on either side but was exposed to a direct and enfilading fire. The roar of can non along a line of six miles was tremend ous.—The air was resonant with the sav age music of shells aud solid shot. The white smoke wreaths of exploding shells were everywhere visible among the trees of the forett, which hid our forces in the valley and away beyond the river in Staf ford. Lines of ambulances could be seen bearing off tlie wounded of both armies, but, there was nothing by which to Judge that the advantage rested with either side. At noon the fog had clered atray, but there was thick haze in the atmosphere. About this time the enemy’s infantry mov- • cd forward from the «river towards our flatteries on the hills. As they pressed for wards across the Valley, Stuart’s horse artillery from our extreme right opened upon them a destructive enfilading lire ol round shot. This lire, which annoyed them solely, was kept up in spite of six batte ries which were directed against the hotse artillery as soon as it was unmasked.—By one o’clock the Yankee columns had cross ed the Valley and entered the woods south of the railroad. The battteims on Loth sides slackened their f ire, and musketry at first scattering, but quickly increasing to a crash and roar, sounded through the woods. Dense volumes of smoke rose a- bove the trees and, as volley succeeded volley, sometimes so rapidly as to blend into a prolonged aud continuous roar. A. P. Hill’s division sustained the first shock of battle. The rest of Jackson’s corps were in diffcient lines. D. II. Hill’s division was drawn up in J. L. Maryc’s field, under a long bill, in rear of our line of battle. Here they remained most of the day, being moved from time to time to the right or left, as the exigencies of the battle dictated. Shortly alter the 'infan try tight began, a brigade of this division was moved at a double quick a mile and a half to the right, and posted in a dense clump of pines in supporting distance of Stuart’s horse artillery- In ten minutes they were brought back to their original position. The celerity of this movement would be incredible to any one who had out witnessed it. To no observer tbe in the approaching twilight the blaze of ' j the guns and the quick flashes of the shells were distinctly visible. The scene along tbe valley was at once splendid and ten t fie. The result of tbe fight on our right wing may be summed up briefly. "We drove tbe enemy back, killing three to one, and at night held the ground occupied by the enc ray's batteries in the morning. The ene my had twenty thousand men engaged on this wing; while altogether, from first to last, we had not more than ten thous ati<l ia the line of lire. Longstreet's waa even more complete. He drove tbe enemy iqjo the streets oi j Fredericksburg, killing at least ti'-e to one. | At dusk the firing ceased simultaneously I on botli sides. It being as yet impossible lo ascertain with accuracy the casualties on our side, 1 forbear to attempt a list. Our wounded have all been removed from the field. 'The most severely hurt are receiving treatment in the field hos pitals, whilst those slightly wounded are being sent down the railroad. Cm. Thomna It. K. Cobli. Tho nation will doubtless mourn, with a pecu liar grief, the los of tiiis Georgian; j et—and p,-r haps tnus is it best—the nation at large can never know the full measure of its loss. God grant that nothing may take heart from our people.’ In this Burnside telegraphs from Headcjuarte.s on the 17 tit that the whole army had re- crossed the Rappahannock without loss oi men or property—that it was found im possible to carry a crest of hills, aud re crossing became a military necessity. The New York World says the army will now go into winter quarters because it can’t go any where else. Additional particulars from the battle of Prarie Cave, Arkansas, show the abolition loss in killed and wounded 995, and a rebel loss oi 2700. [Who believes that ?] Several of Banks’ fleet put into Hilton Head short of coal, disabled, &c. 'I be troops on board lias suffered much. I ho rebel pirate Alabama was heard from on the 28th November, when she was at Dominica, West Indies, whither she has gone in prusuit of a schooner which had taken refuge at Dominica, The San Jacinto had been at Point a I’etre only a few days before, but had sailed for St. Thomas. Gold closed at New York on the IStli at 132 1-2 to 132 3-4. Sicriin Flo 1-2 to 146 1 2. Congress has appointed 1 who left Washington on Thursday last for ; the to inquire into tbe facts of the late terrible en—» or Fred ericksburg. FROM THE WEST. Habile, December 23d, 1862.—A spe- ■ eia! dispatch to the Advertiser & Register, | dated at .Murfreesboro’ the 22d says late Northern papers state that a bill lias been ! introduced into tbe Yankee Congress, ! authorizing the organization of 100 regi- I ments of contrabands to serve seven years, j Also establishing a line of steamers be- | tween New York and Liberia, which ap- ■ nropriates the. proceeds of confiscated rebel | property for these purposes. The New York Times says parties in the North are eagerly purchasing Con- great comfiL-t, where liberty struggles as never she j federate Bonds at fifty cents on the dollar, and that private papers of wealthy South erners sells readily at par. Canton, Dec. 22.—Grant’s army has fallen back beyond Tallahatchie. An important expedition under Van Dorn, which lias been out several days, is not yet heard from. struggled before for existence, let us pray of Heav en force to surrender, not simply comfort, and pro perty, and life, without a murmer but even—liaid- es of tasks!—to feel with composure that the less a friend who has fallen does not cause to the na tional heart a shock at all commensurate with his worth- There is a community, however, where that shock has certainly beenlelt, and with so mush ing an effect, that, were it general, even the roar of tbe enemy’s cannon would fail, for the time, to shake a nerve, or to quicken a pulse. It is the community in whose bosom he was horn ; where, through infancy, and boyhood, and manhood, the , virtues of his heart and the powers of his intellect j have unfolded themselves cotemporaueously, and into proportions so grand, as to have made him self the chief life and light of any cause that claim ed his devotion. A puie Doric column, already | high overtoping all others, and yet broken off ir, the middle, would alone typify ttie ideal of him in j the actual thought of his own people. 'The life, then, must have been vveil spent, which thus dosed ereits full meridian, ieaves to ttie pub j iic heart a grief so vast, and to public contempla tion a blighted future of such transcendent promts In him mind and soul must bava brought togetli- j er well. And so-indeed it was; for, while from j-ear j to j tar, the profession in which he labored re-1 cognized the presence of a great and master iulel- ; lect—reason, memory', imagination taste, all com- | hining to give power to his argument, affluence to his thought, lustre and pathos to his eluquiiice—i no child who trod the streets of Athens Put wasj ,-urc to expect Ins smile, and sure to grow the hap pier therein His soul was t-xliau«*-t«"B of us sytn pathos as the to>n of Its pearls. Ilis daily life was the model life of a Christian gentleman; And all around in works ot public heuevoleuce and pub lic improvement he has It ft the foot prints of his wonderful energy deep behind him- 11 was not until after the election of Lincoln had stiired up the profounder fires of the Southern heart that he took an active part in politics. Then with his whole soul he threw himself into the con flict; with a pow er and eloquence, which all must remember, he advocated before the Legislature and the people, aDd in Convention, the. rights ol Georgia and the vindication of her liberty; and when the issue with friends had been won, and issue with enemies had been formed with untiring zeal lie hurried to the field, and has crowned tin. patriot's devotion with the hero's death. Aud now he sleeps w ith Bartow, his friend. Pur nulnlf fiutrnm! -They were lovely and pleas ant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided.’’—Sar. Nurs. Richmond, Dec. 23.—In Iris recent dash upon the enemy’s lines, Gen. Ham- ton captured a number of sutler’s wagons loaded with Christmas supplies, some of which were marked for Gen. Burn- John Van Burni^ f.nwl. In John Van Buren’s speech at the Democratic meeting in New York, the j night before the municipal elections, lie j said: They have talked of arresting promi nent men on our side, and they have spo- I ken at times of arresting me—not to me— j they would not talk such nonsense to me, I hut to sick relatives, to women and child- j ren, and to other persons that might be ! around. I told riteni that they dare not arrest me in tlie city of New Y’ork ; the physical force was too strong against them. They thought they would arrest tne in Philadelphia, where they had a ma jority ; I went there to see if they would ; but they did not do it there. I went to Bal tiinore and as they did not do it there I went to Washington and into the Presi dent’s House. My business there has been the subject of considerable con vet sa- tion. I had no business on earth except to see whether they wanted to arrest me; and I now- say that while I knew then, and knew always, that they did not dare arrest me as long as I kept inside the con stitution and the laws, (aud however mod erate a lawyer I may be, yet I know law enough not to violate it) and while I know pet feet ly well that they did not dare ar rest me as they had arrested others ; and more than that. I say this, that if any man connected with the illegal arrests that have been made in the State of New York sets his foot upon the soil of New Y'oik, I will arrest him—and, so help me God, he shall he brought to such punishment as the constitution and the laws of the coun try demand. A train of 3 mules to each, | brought in. The notorious Federal spy Underwood j was captured at bis mother’s house, in Prince TFilliam county, j Gen. Hampton has rendered important | service with his Brigade of cavalry since ; the winter campaign opened. About two i hundred prisoners captured by ltis coin- | maud will arrive. Dec. zi>.— LTn'coTn has sign- I ed an order relieving General Wool from j command at Baltimore. General Schenck has been appointed 1 bis successor. The New York World says no further j attempt will be made to reach Richmond j this winter. | It was reported in Philadelphia, Dec. i 19, that Burnside lias resigned ltis com- ! mattd of the army of the Potomac. Steamers Phoebe, Harriet, Pinckney, i Jnstitia and Merrimac, with stores and j ammunition fertile Confederates, have ar rived at Bermuda. Couft thTalc Victory in Tcii«ie*»f»«*. Capture of Lexington—Large Amount of States, Sfc., Taken, il/CRKREESBORO’, Forrest captured Lexington Dec. 29. Henderson county, Tetin., Dec. 18, together with 400 prisoners; six peices of artillery, 200 hor ses, large amounts of stores, arms, ammu nition, &c. He sustained hut trifling loss. Forrest left Muifreesboro’ with a determination to eclipse Morgan’s Ilarts- ville expedition, and this is only his be ginning. He lias doubtless captured Jack- son before this. un til made, 1 have determined to appeal to the noble hearted women of my State to aid in this great work, worthy our best j energies. I desire every woman in Georgia to send me, at this place, one pair of good stron^ cotton socks. This will require but a small effort on the part of each woman, vet in the aggregate, it will amount to a great work. Let each one write her name and county on a slip of paper, and sew it on the pair of socks donated, so that I may know the names and residence of all who shall aid in this great and philan thropic enterprise. Will the Justices of the Peace in each Militia District, who are known to be, generally, public sell ing men, interest themselves in this good work by collecting all the socks that will be made for our suffering soldiers in their respective districts, and taking them to tbe Court Houses ot their county, and asking tbe Clerk of the Superior Court to neatly box them up and forward them to nte at this place; designating contents, number, and from which county sent; also, to send, g Exchange j (,y mail, a list of the contributors’ names? Some kind friend will take them to and a committee j forward by railroad, and I will pay rail road expenses if any should be charged. I have asked for cotton socks because all the woo! in Georgia should bo made, without Q c, v : -'*o cloth for coats or pants for out brave boys, now shivering in ,v c i; mate, and periling their lives in the face of the tbe to keep the cruel invader from des olating our homes. Women of Georgia! I shall not appeal to you in vain. I know the noble sacri fices you have already made, and I well know that your love to work for soldiers has not grown cold. Read this address to your lovely daugh ters, whose bosoms are now but tling with indignation at the insults offered their sex by the worse than savage despots Jrom the North. Read it to your neighbor, your slaves even, read it to all, that all may know that they are earnestly and cordial ly invited to co-operate in the most be nevolent work. The mother may make a pair of socks that will find its way to the cold feet of her darling boy. The sister may bring the tear of affection from some fond broth er- Tho anxious wife may provide for the comfort of her dear husband and send a thrill of joy through L is soul, which which words cannot describe, as lie fondly gazes upon her loved name written upon a messenger of mercy, winging its heavenly flight to some cold soldier’s relief as lie stands upon the outposts holding the ene my in check. The tender damsel may reassure her lover that her plighted love still burns warm upon the consecrated al tar of her constant heart. The Dorcas- hearted woman (whose “good wotks and alms deeds” for the needy and the stran ger are sufficient stimulus for her action) may find ample scope for a partial devel opment of her cliristisn charity. Even the servant may cause her master in some distant camp to pronounce a hear ty God-blessing upon her kind retnem- l - - r —i—mm to return to sec not only his dear wife and little ones, but. his constant servants whom lie loves so well. I will remark that the slaves of the South are as much interested in the final success of tlie Confederate States as any class of people. Tell them that 1 have seen in the free States their colored brethren wan dering, homeless, ragged, hungry and for saken, with no kind master to provide for them, nor no watchful and sympathizing mistress to make them feel that they have a friend in the dark hour of affliction and distress. The real truth is that the black man has no true friend at the North who is waging this unholy war. Most of those unfortunate misguided slaves who have gone to the Abolitionists, are now sighing in that cold frozen region for the plenty, attentions, and endearments of their South ern homes; but the cruel hearted North man holds them in unwilling bondage, and with hard work and harsher treatment, than they have ever before known. Bit terly are they ruing the day that induced them to leave tho sunny homes of their birth. I want thousands of pairs of socks spun and knit by the colored friends of our soldiers, and 1 believe 1 shall get them if their masters and mistresses will hut give them the opportunity to express their sympathy. Black men and boys having if the Governor down to the humblest cot- j Sage in tbe land. 1 have addressed the women of Georgia more particularly, hut help wuuId be agceptible from all quarters —the men and boys, one and all may here have a chance to do good. Send in | your socks, each with your name and coun ty written, as I have suggested, so that I may transfer it to my book of record, and kuow hereafter those generous ones who so nobly and promptly responded to my call. Hy-and-by, when the wars are over these love tokens will form some of our pleasantest recollections, when some re- turnon noble soldier, with wreaths of un dying renown decorating his brow, kind ly informs us that ltis cold, frost-bitten, suffering feet were relieved by cur timely and generous contributions. People of Georgia! 1 beg of you to be in haste, as winter is now upon us, and I want to have the great joy ot telling our soldiers that all the fingers of Georgia are busily working for their relief; such cheer ing news as 1 hope to be able to communi cate will make them (under God) omnipo-; ^ tent, and soon -to enable them to wring j from our hateful foe an honorable peace, as j they have already nobly won the welcome i plaudits of an admiring world for their flccilfl <>f’unequalled daring upon many a hard fought and victorious battle-field. Such a people at borne, all heartily working for such an army in the field will present such a moral and physical aspect to the eves of the civilized world as to draw down the admiration of mankind, and teach a lesson not to be misunder stood—that we have resolved to be free- “Strike till the last armed foe expires; Strike for our alters and our fires; Strike for tlie groeti graves of our sires; For God aud our own dear land.” IRA II. FOSTER, Quartermaster Gen. State of Georgia. P. S. Factories and merchants can ren- No3fi. ... . AN ACT for the relief of John Hunter, Collector but punishable uy- the laws ot t! of customs and agent of the Marine hospital at States, said court shall nillict tin the Port of Natchez Mississippi. Tlin fonn-ress of the Confederate States of customs of war, and also to all otT nets dtH- j ? 9 crimes by the laws of the Confederate M.. j 3 *! ’ of the several States, and when beyond tory of the Confederate States, to all casi , s n f der, manslaughter, arson, rape robbery a . ,| i ny, as define I by the common law, w |„ ctmoVk' ted by any private or officer iu :!■-■ army (jj ,i. Confederate State, asair.st any other pnvste * officer in th ; army, or agair.st .he property or of* sou of any citizen or other person within ;4 • f my: Provided, Said cbuits shall not licvo juris diction of oflFemlers above tho grade .,f For offences cognizable by eotu ts martial th c ’oui t shall, on conviction, inflict the penalty p )( oribed by the rules and articles of w ar. and” in |),j. m ner and mode therein mentioned; and for (;ih n , ‘ punishable by the rules aud articles of wrir Confederate penalties i scribal by the laws of the Confederate and for offences against which ! not pm: pre- states; penalties ate not spital at that place, and allow ; committed: J roviueu, I nat in cases in which, by s may be shown to have been ex- the haw-s ot ihe Confederate States, or of the Stat io usual aud proper charges of the punishment is by fine or by impiisonment, or so much thereof as pended to meet th said hospital. Approved Oct. 8,16G2. No 37 AN ACT. to authorize the establishment of ramps of instruction and the appointment of officers to command the same. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President be and lie is hereby authorized to establish camps of instruc tion for persons enrolled for military service, at such places and in such numbers in the several States as lie may deem necessary, and to appoint by and with the advice and consent ot the Senate, officers in the Ptovisional Army with tbe rank and pay of Major, to superintend and command the game. Approved Oct. 8, 18G2. \ No 38 ? to repeal the law authorizing commuta tion for soldiers’ clothing and to require cloth ing to be furnished by the Secretary of War in kind. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That so much of tbe existing j law as provides commutation for clothing to the I soldiers in the service of the Confederacy, be, and the same is hereby repealed; and hereafter the | Secretary of War .shall provide in kind to the sol diers respectively, the uniform clothing prescribed by the regulations of the army of the Confederate | States, and should any balance, of clothing he due ! to any soldier at the end of the year, tho money Value Of Such balnneo kIiuII bo paid to sucb ool di’-r, according to the value of such clothing fix ed and announced by order from tho War dnpajt- ment. Approved Oct. 8, J8G2. m No 39 AN ACT to encourage the manufacture of cloth ing and shoes for die Atniy. The Congress of the Confederate States of by both, the court may, iu its discretion, inti ; ct any other punishment, less than death;and for offences defined as murder, manslaughter, arson" rape, robbery, aud larceny, by the common law when committed beyond the territorial limits of the Confederate States, the punishment shslbe ir, the discretion of the Court. That when an offi cer under the giade of Brigadier General, or pri vate shall be put und: r arrest for any offence co<*. nizable by the court herein provided for, notice of his arrest and of the offence with which he ^all he charged shall be given to tbe Judge advocate by the officer ordering said arrest, anu.he shall fe e entitled tons speedy a trial as the business before said court will allow. Sec. 5. Said courts shall attend the army,shall appropriate quarters within tho .hies of the army, shall always open for the transaction of business', and the final decesions aud sentences of saij courts in convictions shall be subject to review- mitigation and suspension, as new provided by the rules aud articles of war iu cas.-aof ceutts mar.ial. Sec. G. That during tbe recess of the fVnate the President may appoint the members of tho courts and the Judges Advocate provided for in the pievious sections, subject to the confirmation of the Senate at its session next ensuing said ap pointments. Approved Oct. 9, 1662. No 4 1 AN ACT to provide shoes for the auny. The Congress of the Confederate Stales of America do enact. That the President be, and he Is heteby authorized, on the requisition of the quartermaster General, to detail from the Army persons skilled in the manufacture of shoes not to : exceed two thousand in number; and it shall be the duty of the Quartermaster General to place ; them, without delay, at suitable points in shops under proper regulations prescribed by him, and iniploythem diligently in tho manufacture of shoes Inr the army. •>ec‘ ., Le it farther enacted, That soldiers de- ( 1 P1 . c.riwfinti-il assist-men hv snllin^varris ! A " ! , trica do eIMct - ThiU ,he Resident is hereby j hdlcd under the provisions of this net shall been- uet s..t>. tan.ial as. tsumce oy- tiiitif, } atrts au thonzed to import duty free, cards or card cloth, : tied t( new wagons with G fine was also captured and FIGHT ON BLACKWATER RIVER. Federal Gunboats Driven Back. Richmond, Dec. 23. Three Abolition gunboats advanced up Blackwatcr river, Va., a few’ days ago, and were repulsed by General Pryor’s com mand. Richmond, Dec. 23. Fremont is announced as tbe radical commander-in-chief, and McClellan as tbe conservative. 'Fite New York Herald says that Sun day was tbe gloomiest day at Washington known in its history $ and thinks that if Fremont is appointed, or Stanton retained the newly elected Governors of six great Staies will withdraw’ their troops and de mand a change of policy. A despatch from Washington, dated Sunday, at midnight, says that the Presi dent lias anounced that he is the proper judge of the conduct of his armies, and will not he influenced by the dictation of Senator is. Burnside was in Washington cn Sun- day. It was telegraphed from Burnside’s headquarters, on the 21st inst., that his staff knew nothing of his resignation. Gold rose one per cent iu New l'ork when the news of Seward’s resignation reached there. at cost to those who will furnish socks un der this appeal. Every editor in Georgia who loves the soldiers will please insert the above in ltis paper three or four times, and greatly oblige !• R. F. Fredericksburg, Dec. 17th, 1862. ; G o’clock, P. M. ; An interesting ceremony took place here this evening. By agreement between Gens. Lee and Burnside, the prisoners Held by both parties were paroled. Col onel Fairfax ot Gen. Pickets staff conduct ed the ceremony on our part. Most of the prisoners taken by ns having beeu sent to Richmond, we could muster but but two hundred and seventy-three. ’Lite Yankees brought forward four hun dred and seventy-six. Each set was drawn up on the river hank and paroled, and then sent over to their friends in boats taken from the pontoon bridge just below. '1 he Yankees sent over the first loads, and the same boats took back a cargo of their own. and so on. Most of our prisoners belonged to Arch er’s Brigade, A. I’. Hill’s division. From one of their number I learned, some inter esting facts connected with their capture and subsequent treatment. A mile and a half above Hamilton's crossing there is a boggy morass, which our Generals thinking impassable, had left unguarded, The enemy, however, push ed through the hog, and turning the flank of Archer’s brigade, captuicd some four hundred men. 1 hese were immediately sent to tho rear. 4n five minutes a por tion of Early’s division charged forward, and ac'ually captured the same troops that bad taken our men. The Yankees sent the prisoners by llie cars to Acquia Creek, where they were put aboard steamers and were otr the point of being transferred to Fortress Monroe,! when they were recalled to le paroled. | On their return to Fredericksburg, our prisoners met several trains loaded with ammunition and ordnance. Iu my previous letter 1 omitted to state that several intelligent prisoners informed me that ‘‘Burnside’s statement that he spent the whole day of tha battle cn this side of the river Is alia lie.” They say he did not come over at all during the light. The conservative journals oflndiana pretend to have discovered a plot, or a couple of plots, by which the Re* publicans intend to clog the wheels of the State Government. One story is that it is "their purpose to have a or any machinery’ or materials necessary for in creasing tlie manufacture of clothing for the ar my or any articles necessary for supplying the de ficiency of clothing or shoes, or materials lor shoes for the Army. Sec 2 Be it further enacted, That any machi nery' or parts of machinery or materials imported as aforesaid, may he worked on Government ac count, or leased or sold at the discretion of the President. Sec. 3 Be it further enacted, That the President may extend the privileges of this act to compa uies or individuals subject to such regulations as he may prescribe. Sec 4 That the clothing required to be furnish ed to the troops of the Provisional Army under any existing law, may be of such kind as to color and quality as it may be practicable to obtain, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved Oct 8,1862. No 40 AN ACT to refund to tile State of Louisiana the excess of the War Tax overpaid by her. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact. That the sum of seventy thou sand dollars be, and the same is hereby appropria ted out ot any money in the Treasury not other wise appropriated, to be paid to toe State of Lou- isiana, the same being the estimated excess of the war tax over paid by her, the said payment to be made to the’Governor of the State of Louisiana or his authorized agent, subject to a final adjustment whenever the assessments and returns of the war tax for said State eh»ll be completed" Approved Oct 6, 1362. No 41 AN ACT to repay to the State of North Carolina the excess over her quota paid by tier Into the Treasury of the Confederate States on account of tire war tax. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer ica do enact, That the sum of one hundred and eleven thousand one hundred and seventy-four dollars and sixty-nine cents be paid to the State of North Carolina out of any moneys in the Treas ury not otherwise appropriated: the same being the excess over her quota paid by her iuto tire 1 to receive pay fur extra duty, and also thirty- live cents per pair for shoes manufactured by them set eraliy, iu addition to regular pay and ra tions. Approved Oct. 9, 1352. Asl-ntnnl and Huspvcsor (icncraPtOffice, Ri< IIMON’I) Nov. 27th, 1362—GENERAL OR DERS, No, 96 — Commandants of conciipts will cause the following order to be published at least seven times in a sufficient number of newspapers iu each State of tho Confederacy to ensure its reacta- ; ing every part of the country. I. All commissioned officers aud enlisted men 1 who aro now absent from their commands from any other cause than actual disability, or duty uu- | Her orders from the Secretary of War, or from their department commanders, will return to tbeir commands without delay. II Commissioned officers failing to comply with Ike provisions of the foregoing paragraph ivbliin a reasonable length of time, in no case lo exceed twenty days after publication of this order, shall be dropped from the rolls of the artnv in disgrace and their Dames will he furnished to the com mandant of conscripts for enrollment ia the ranks. III. Afi enlisted men who shall fall to comply with the provisions of paragraph I of, this order, within a reasonable length of rime, shall he consid ered as deserted and treated accordingly, their names to be furnished to the commandant of con scripts. in their State, for publication, or such oth er actiou as may be deemed most efficacious. IV. In order to en*ttre the efficient co operation of all concerned to carry this order into immediate effect, department commanders ane directed to require, from the commanding officer of each separ ate command in th ir departments a prompt report of tliejnames of all commissioned officers and ends- ted men now absent from their commands. These reports must state in each case llie cause of absence and any regimental,battalion, <r company com mander, who shall neglect to furnish such a report or who shall knowingly be guilty ofconcealing any case of unauthorized absence, shall, on conviction thereof, be summarily dismissed. \ . Under the provisions of the 2d clause of par agraph 1, of General Orders No. 81, cemnissioned 1 reasury of the Confederate States on account of officers aud privates, who are incapable of bearing arms in consequence of wounds received in battle, but who are otherwise lit for service, are required, if not otherwise as signed, to report to the nearest commandant of conscripts in their respective State, who will, if they are fitted for Such duty, a?sign them to ike collection c-fstrazglers a nd the enforcement of the provisions of tins older, with full power to call upon tho nearest military au thority for such assistance as may be necessary thereto. . * 4 L Officers of tho Quarter Master’s Depart ment, charged with payment of troops - , are here-, ed by the entolling officer wi ersver found, wheth- *9’ directed not to pay any commissioned officer, er within tlie State or county of them residence or non-commissioned officer or private who does not not; and when so enrolled, shall he subject to the furnish satisfactory evidence that he is not liable the war tax Appruved Oct 8, 1362. No 42 AN ACT to amend an act entitled “an act to fur ther provide for the public defence," approved 16th April, 1362, and the act to amend the same, approved Sept. 27th, 1862. The Congress of the Confederate States of Amer ica do enact, That all persons subject to enroll ment for military service may be enrolled under nstrnctions from the War Department and report- tile chance, will cheerfully spend their sufficient number of the Democratic dimes for thread for their wives and sisters to knit. If nothing more he needed, they will hold the negroe’s candle, the blazing lighttvood torch.^to aid their fellow ser vant woman while working for the soldiers in the war. Some negroes may not care for the noble work and sit idly by, while j members elected to the Legislature ' arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette, to i give the Republicans a majority in both branches. Another is that the Re publican members elect will absent themselves front the Legislature; and,. abject i provisions of law as fully as if enrolled within the county and State of which they may bo residents: Provided, That this act shall not extend to any member of a military organization under aifv State law, while he remains in actual service without the limits of his State: And provided fur- t ther, That the President is authorized to suspend 1 the execution of this act as regards the residents of any locality where ho may find it iu.pvactica- ; ble to execute the act entitled -«n act to further provide for the public defence,” approved Apiil 16th, 1862,*and the act to amend the last mention ed act, approved September 27th, 1762. Approved Oct 8th, 1362. to the penalties described in the foregoing cider. Any disbursing officer who shall make psyineut in violation of this order, shall be liable cn bis bond for the amount of such payment. By order. Dec 9.h. S. COOPER, A ljutant and Inspector General. THE SOUTHERN CO ME HER 1 IT. BY IIAXLEITIiR [ADAIR, ATLANTA, GA. others are busy and thankful for the priv- the Constitution declares that ‘two-* thirds of the members of both houses must be present to transact business, and the conservatives not having that number, the vote for State officers can not, therefore, becourited, and no busi ness qan be done. There is no trick too low, mean, or despicable for an Aboli tionist to be caught in. I.ntrnui! Interesting front, New Orleans. Mobile, Ala., Dec. 24th.—The Mobile Tribune learns from a private letter receiv ed by a gentleman in this eitty that But- ler’s brother who has beeu in copartnership with Jacob Barker in New Orleans, recent ly absconded w ith a large amount of mon ey. lie, also, forged Buttler’s name to permits for schooners carrying on a con traband trade. The same letter says that Farragut has had a quarrel with Butler, denouncing him as a coward and a thief, who robbed ilege to work for so holy a cause; so, too, are there traitor white men, who have not only done nothing, hut some of them have gone to the enemy and rendered their names infamous at home, and despised ’abroad. In Savannah the other day, I asked the negro men on our defences what they were about; they said they were throwing up embankments for our soldiers to stand behind and kill Y ankees, and if the Y ankees came while they w ere there, they said they wanted to kill one apiece before they left. Noble women of Georgia! may God bless 3’ou for what you have already done. Many are the offerings ofpatriotism freely contributed by you, which have already passed through my hands on their way to I supply the wants of our brave boys in the j field, the bravest and best the world ever saw. My heart, with gratitude to God Mobile, 24th.—(Special to the Adv. &• Keg,, Grenada, 24th.)—Van Dorn, with a large force, has been mak ing a circuit through the enemy’s lines. On monJay he captured Ilolv Springs, with 1 oOU prisoners, a large quantity of small arqis, and destroyed $1,000,- 000 worth of Yankee stores. Gen. John II. Morgan is acting in concert with Van Dorn. lie reached for such angel women, has often rendered Jackson about the sametime Van No 43 AN ACT to organize military courts to attend the Army ot'the Confederate State.a in the field and to d- line the powers of said courts. ; rpHE L unde DAILY SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY under arrangements just completed, will contain til 1 the latest intelligence of every kind, reported express- i ly for us by Magnetic Telegraph, and the Mails. Also, j daily rSportsofthe Atlanta and other Markets, Loos! ; Incidents and Items, A c., A c. Price—$5 e-year; $3 The Congress of the Confederate States 0 f ’ for six mouths, or 5d ceuU for one month—always in America do enact. That courts shall be organized to be known as military courts, one to attend each army corps in the field, under the direction of the President. Each court 'shall consist of advanci Tbe WEEKLY SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY is made tip from, and contains the cram of, the Daily. It is a large sheet, tind gives more fresh rending matter tlmn any other Weekly in the Confederate States. Its its tribute of thankfulness, as my eye has rested over and over again upon the ten der testimonies of your unconquerable love for our holy, our most sacred cause. Y’ottr work is not yet over; the great struggle is still upon us in all its terrific fierceness; our dear soldiers are still bold ing back the miserable hordes of aboli tionists who are thirsting for our blood, Dora got to Holly Springs. Yankee communication with Grant’s army is now entirely cutoff. At last accounts Grant was “skedadling” as fast as pos sible. A graud review of the troops is be ing held by Gen. Johnston and Presi dent Davis. , ' — I UICMJ BBJ UUU.I It cflkiy 1 three members, two of whom slinll constitute s M«iiket Reports, will be full, &nd roado up from fiftnsl quorum, and each member shall be entitled to the transactions. Price $2 a year; or$l 25 for six months rank ,aud pay of a colonel of cavalry, and shall be —advance." appointed by the President, by aud with the ad vice and consent of the Senate, aud shall hold his office during the war, unless tho court shall be sooner abolished by Congress. For each court there shall be one Judge Advocate, to be appoint ed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, with the rank and pay of a captain of cavalry, whoso duly shall be as pre scribed by Ihe rules and articles of war, except as enlarged or modified by the purposes and provis ions of this act, aud who shall also hold his office during Ihe war, unless the court shall bo sooner abolished by Congress; and in case of the absence or disability of the .Judge Advocate, upon tho ap plication ot the court, the commander of the army corps to which such court is qpached may appoint or detail an officer to perform the duties of Judge Advocate during such absence or disability, or until the vacancy, if any, shall be tilled by the President. Sec. 2. Each court shall hare the right to ap- • point a Provost Marshal lo attend its sittings and execute the orders of the court, with tho rank and pay ol a captain of cavalry; and also a clerk who shall have a salary ol one hundred aud twenty- ,,, , five dollars per month, who shall keep the recoids /EX.J. RA ORRINAR i C Ldt.oJ, / Tie Infallible Gum Coaled Fills, case and file the same in court. The provost j m Are a certain and specific cure for all Uretbreal marshal and tho clerk shall hold their offices du- I " Dischargee, Gonorrhoea, Gleet, Stricture, aDdlr r j ring the pleasure of the court. Each member and i fca ^° n °f the Kidneys, Bladder, Urethra, and Prc?- « officer of the court shall taka an oath well and , trate Oland They arc tasteless and free from pr- truly to discharge the dnties of his office to the j 5*fi or *® ‘ h -f bre “ tl! ', Prepared twR^BRADro^,,, best of his skill and ability, without fe.r, faTor or j Milledge^flR. Gn Dd price f! per Box. They willy reward, and to support tho Constitution of tbe ! be seffibymail, freaofpoetoge, when ord*r* ‘‘ / P?*! WtiiiUfders are authorized to net ns or.r-A^enfs in obtaining subscriber* and forwarding the money— for which they will be allowed to retain, as comnaision, twenty-five cents on each Weekly, or fifty cents on each 1 )aily subscriber. kp* Persons srettii )£ np Clnlis of five, ten or more subscribers, will be supplied with the copies ordered at I - 1-2 per cent, less tlmn our regular rates. ry? oname will be entered on onr books nntilthe money n paid; and nil subscriptions are discontinued when tho time expires for which payment is made, unless the same be renewed. Address, HANLEITER & ADAIR, Atlanta, Georgia. March 30, 1861. g •Tax Laws of Georgia. COMPILED BY; L. H. BRISCOE, A PEWcopicsoftheTAX LAAVf forsaUut this office.—Price ?I S arc on hand a? per copy