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«m. Lw'i A.MW to hu Army- ! humane force the a advanced te care for
Wo publish tbit* morning the beautiful; their wounded, and they were in turn fired
address of Gen. Lee to the army, after the upon by their sharpshooters, when they
battle at Fredericksburg. The Command
ing General expresses the sentiment of the
whole country:
Head’qrs Army of Northern Va, (
December 31, 1862. )
[General Orders No. 13S J
1. r J'he General Commanding takes this
withdrew with the few wounded they had
collected, I he wounded yankees brought
off by us express the belief that we were
justified in firing on them, as they had no
right to mterlere with anything ou the
field.
The prisoners captured are good speci
mens of Western troops, and will compare
occasion to express to the officers and sol | favorably with our own in soldierly quali
diersofthe army his high appreciation of j tins. n Affn ,.t»rnnr!i nn <ir n vnntlifnl ii
the fortitude, valor and devotion displayed
by them, which, uuderthe blessing of Al
mighty God, have added the victory of
Fredericksburg to the long list of their
triumphs.
An arduous march, performed with ce
lerity under many disadvantages, exhibit
ed the discipline and spirit of the troops,
and their eagerness to confront the foe.
The immense army of the enemy com
pleted its preparations for the attack with
out interruption, and gave battle in its
own time, and on ground ofits own selec
tion.
It was encountered by less than twenty
thousand of this brave army, and its cof
unins, crushed and broken, hurled back at
every point with such fearful slaughter,
that escape from entire destruction became
the boast of tlmse who had advanced in
in full confidence of victory.
That this great result was achieved
with a loss small in point of numbers, only
augments the admiration with which the
Commanding General regards the prowess
of the troops, and increases his gratitude
to Him who hath given us the victory.
The war is not yet ended. The enemy
is still numerous and strong, and ’he coun
try demands of the army a renewal of its
heroic efforts in her behalf. Nobly has it
responded to her call in the past, and she
will never appeal in vain to its courage and
patriotism.
The
ey
glorious campaign of the year just closin
give assurance of hope that, tinder the
ties. The greater portion are youthful in
I appearance, and it is to be regretted that
those misguided Tkestern uicu should be
sacrificed on the altar of akolitioDdoin, at
the base of the hills on the Yazoo, iu a
vain endeavor to take Vicksburg.
The enemy moved from the Indian
Mound on Monday night, to the vicinity
of the old race track, thus extending their
lines to the Mississippi, a mile and a half
further South. Early Tuesday' morning
a force appeared in the fallen timber iu
front of the old race track, in the bend
above the city. Our artillery on the hills
above opened on them, as also the infan
try stationed on the Hat along the edge of
the timbei that has been cut down to ob
struct their passage. The enemy were,
after a couple of hours skirmishing, forced
to retire into the woods. Our ordnance
on the hills above favored them with oc
casional shell all day.
Since Tuesday morning it is evident
that from the nightly clamor of axmen, the
enemy are bridging lakes and making
roads to transport heavy pieces from the
Yazoo to this point on the Mississippi, in ol
der. doubtless, to co-operate in a general
land and river attack, their right being
about a mile and a half above the city- ou
the Mississippi, and their left extending to
Snyder’s on the Yazoo.
Should the present rains continue, the
attack on our lines will be indefinitely
postponed, as it will be impossible for a
[Special despatch to the Savannah Republican.^
Immense Confederale Lo.m in the I.ate Slat,
tics.
Tullahoma, Jan, 12.—Our pickets are
now within six miles of Murfreesboro’.
The Nashville Union of the 7th mentions
the arrival of nineteen Rebel officers in
that city, including B F. Editing and J. D.
Leland, of the list Ala., with six hundred
and ten other prisoners.
The official report of the various
federate commands engaged in the
battles are being rapidly made up, and
develop a more sanguinary conflict than
wa3 at first supposed. Gen. Hardee and
his corps were among the most prom
inent in the fight aud won the highest dis
tinction.
The loss in Breckinridge’s division
alone was two thousand and fifty. Every
officer of Breckinridge’s staff was either
wounded or had his h, rse shot under him.
Col. O’Hara, Chief of Staff, Major Jas. j
Wilson and Capt. C. J. Martin had
their cloths literally riddled with balls an
Oaaroiiicetog the
confederate Debt br »•»* | maud for it, except by smugglers, aud tbe
state*. I supply being quite small, holders can gut
We are, beyond all question, a fast ; enormous prices, for the contrabandist may
people—we are'greatly distinguished for j readily pay three hundred dollars of notes
our aptitude to jump at conclusions. We j f„ r 0 ne hundred in gold, when he can sell
are just now giving a shining example of j what he buys with that gold for perhaps
our capacities, in the proposition, so plans- a thousand dollars in notes. The great
price of gold does not arise from men s
comparing its value with notes, but main-
ible and so pretentious, and. w hich as y et , p
has met little or no opposition, that e«c 1 i c
one of the Confederate States shall guar- |y f r0 nj the fact that, in the markets where
r _ n _ antee the ultimate payment of the Confed- they buy, gold only will answer, and notes
j. J I erate debt, or, at least, its quota thereof. are perfectly valueless. The price of gold
j We are in an anomalous situation, it is true is no criterion at all of the popular esti-
a great people, six millions of whites mate of uotes.for no man will pay the price
and nearly four millions of slave laborers, for gold lo hoard. State endorsment can-
cut off from all the world and compelled no t change any of these things, and is,
to live by our selves, forced to produce ail 1 therefore, wholy r useless. It cannot stimu-
that we consume, and debarred from our late investment to an appreciable amount,
usual markets for hundreds of millions of and is, therefore, inefficient as a means to
surplus staples, and in thcinidst of a war temporally reduce the circulation. Another
of vast magnitude. Consequently', ques- ! time we shall consider its innate wrong,
Consequer
lions of finance, as other questions
sent difficulties which are new, and on
which we have no light of experience to
,j J guide us. Deprived of the resource inr
,, • , i ii i ' t • 1 revenue, to which we had been accustom
their horses killed. Lieut. Uabell bieckm-, ’ , ,.c
an( [ . ed—customs dues—by the closing oi out
litly P orts * unused to direct taxes, and rather
J | afraid to try that" experiment, wo were
division ’ f° rce d to jiay our way by resorting to
the only expedient left us> the issue oi
Confederate Treasury notes, fundable in
of Gen.
years of
Breckinridge,
age, was slig
ridge, son
hardly lb
wounded.
The total loss in Claiborn’s
was two thousand and sixty-two.
From the Augusta Associated Press.
Further from Europe unit the North.
Effect of the Fredericksburg Disaster in
England—Anothei Capture—Northern
Elections—Gold Bounding Upward— circulation, and Treasury notes, and
Confederate eight per cent, bonds, tun
ning twenty years. It was easy enough
done—nothing necessary but plates, pa
per, pressess, am) pensmen. Our usual
and its mischievous tendencies.
Having endeavored to show that it is
not 1 rom lack of confidence that our peo
ple do not invest in Confederate bonds,
but because, although money is temporari
ly very abundant, they cannot invest hun
dreds of millions in stocks having twenty
years to run; and that guarantees by the
States cannot increase that confidence and
change investments, and is, therefore, use
less, and inefficient to secure the object
aimed at, we will now consider the proba
ble injurious effects of such policy.
We do- not doubt that those who have
proposed the measure, have done so with
Yan-
I'he signal manifestation of Divine mer- , Und force t0 operate j n the Yazoo bottom
that have distinguished the eventfnl aud , with artill wl ,eu it shall have been
lery
! saturated with water.
- - ..ii With the exception of the occasional
guidance of the same Almighty hand, the ' belling of the enemy at points where
coming y ear will be no less fruitful i they are throwing up entrenchments and
add new lustre to the already
Lie name of the Army of N
gina. R. E. Lee,
imperisha-
irthern'Yir-
General.
events that will ensuie. the safety, peace , erec tjng heavy guns, it was remarkably
and happiness of our beloved country , and I quie t until Friday. when our forces made
a recuimoisanc®, driving the enemy’ to
their gunboats and capturing «.od destroy
ing many valuables.
In allusion to the acts of our own troops
it may be justly said Mississippians are
From the Missigsippian.
9rr«nd nir^r of YlrLaburj;*
The second seige of the devoted city of
Vicksburg is perhaps the most interesting
topic to our readers in nil paits of the Con
federacy, on which to base an article this
morning, that could be found.
Since the arrival about fifteen days ago
of a patriotic gentleman, whose name we
will not give, but which is synonomous with
that of the most successful general who
ever trod the soil of Kentucky’ and Ten
nessee, our commanders have acted vigor
ously on the information he brought; and
expecting the landing of the combined
forces of the enemy’ on the Yazoo, every
effort possible to be made with our for
ces was resorted to. As was foretold, in a
few days the Yankee fleet of some 34 gun
boats and rams and about SO transports
appeared near the mouth of the Yazoo in
sight of the “city of the hills.” The fol
lowing day at 1 o’clock the gunboats of
the enemy had cnution.-ly' felt their way
to tbe raft at Snyder’s Bluff about 10 miles
from the mouth of the Yazoo. Tiieie
they found a battery that opened fire, ad
monishing them that their further pro
gress would be contested with vigor.—
They threw a few sliftsRp.tttS TfaiT landed
about 8,0; 0 tioops on the Louisiana shore,
who proceeded down to the railroad oppo
site the city’ and destroyed the bridges
and otherwise rendered" the road unavaila
ble, cutting off our communication in that
channel with the salt mines of Lake Bis-
tenenu, which were at that time supply
ingabout five thousand bushels of salt
daily to the Confederacy.
Failing to reach any considerable force
expected to do their whole duty in defence
of their State, but we must be pardoned
for repeating in terms of highest praise
the effective manner in which that sectiou
of Withers’ artillery, commanded by
Lieut. Johnston, was handled in the fight
on Monday. A youth in years as well as
experience, he managed his guns with that
skill and cool discretion which could only be
looked for from the veteran of a hundred
battles, and brought forth the general ex
pression that he was born to command.
Lieut Johnson is the son of Judge A. B.
Johnson of this county.
From the Chattanooga Rebel 9th.
THE SITUATION.
The following is the substance of a dis
patch from an official source, dated at Win
chester, Jan. 9th, and kindly furnished us
by a gentleman temporarily assigned to
duty at tliis point.
“The report of Morgan’s and Forest’s
expeditions are made—showing that the
former paroled 2000 prisoners, and killed
and wounded several hundred, besides
destroying an immense quantity of amis,
pmLttUiSf QfftP'iIffieu* 1 Sficf‘’wounded' 1000
—destroying arms, ammunition and other
stores in immense quantities, besides fitting
out his whole command (which was poorly
equipped) in splendid style.”
In our operation at Murfreesboro’, inclu
ding the splendid work of Wheeler’s and
Wharton’s cavalry, we captured 4300
prisoners, with the 2000 previously cap
tured at Hartsville and around Nashville
—we sum up more than 10,000 in less
Peace Discussion in Congress—The
kecs in North Carolina.
Richmond, Jan. 13.—The news of the
Federal disaster at Fredericksburg was
j disheartening to Northern sympathizers in
England.
The correspondent of the London Times
says the passage of the Rappahannock by
Burnside’s army was the noblest episode of
the war, aud characterizes the battle of
Fredericksburg as the fiercest and de
cidedly most calamitous of the war to the
Federal arms.
The Confederate steamer Virginia has
been captured by W alker in Mexican
waters, and. the New Y ork Herald thinks
it will lead to trouble.
The Herald of the 11th calls for the
removal of Stanton, Halieck, Chase, and
Weils.
Mr. Chandler ii«o lmen re-elected U. S.
Senator from Michigan. Tlicr» i 8 strong
probability that Bayard will be returned it.
the Senate from Delaware, W. A. Rich
ardson from Illinois, and Fernando YVood
from New York.
On the 10th gold closed in New Y'ork
at IdS ; the Herald says it will he worth
160 very soon.
In the Federal Congress, Mr. Norton,
of Missouri, proposed to disband both
armies aud ask for a national convention
to arrange present troubles and restore the
Union. Mr. Bingham, of Ohio characteri
zed Norton’s speech as a lame aud impo
tent apology for this most wicked and
infamous rebellion, and asked how it was
to be done, Mr. Norton replied: Through I
State legislation. Bingham denounced j
the
“the
scheme of Vallandigham, to divide the
Union into four parts.
Recent elections in the 2d District of
North Carolina, for a member of the Y an-
kee Congress, caused great dissatisfaction
among t lie Abolitionists, and the removal
of Gov. Stanley’ is demanded.
, | i i ,i | LUH' 13 UUl IUL 1/lUUUoLU L/UllL V l/i l
inconsistency of those who clamor for th(J bl £ d ‘ bt b / tbe £ tate ^
j Union as it was, and alluded to the tb ; Ilb
shinplasters for change, are the only cur
rency left us. It is just as good as we
need—considered simply as currency—
for these answer all purposes completely,
except for smuggling and trading with the
enemy.
All went well with us for a season: hut,
after nearly two years of wav, paying out
vast sums and receiving very little into the
Treasury, we find monetary difficulties
staring us in the face. YVe find that Con
federate 8 per cents, sell slowly and spar
ingly, that but' inconsiderable amounts of
Treasury notes are funded, aud that we
I suffer the great evil of a plethora of cur-
| rency, a volume so dispropoitionato to
| the needs of the country, that everything
that is bought, except lands and negroes,
i has advanced in price three, or live, or ten
fold. The redundancy of the circulation
is not the sole cause of these inflated' pri
ces, for scarcity’, demand greater than
supply, is one great cause, but it is a main
one. The evil requires a remedy, and our
wise men cast, them to find one. But
they incline to easy methods, to plausible
expedients. Rulers and people seem equal
ly afraid of the old-fashioned way of pay
ing debts, by taxation. But the people
never were more willing to pay taxes than
at present, and for sucli a glorious and
just cause, and they are abundantly able,
too. They can not expect to win their
liberties without cost, and they do not ex
pect it. The enormous circulation, inflating
prices, as it has, imposes a great burden
on all the people. That redundancy'is the
chief evil of the times, and we must set
our wits to work to cure it; but the proper
cure is not the proposed policy of guaran-
as we
ACTcs AND RESOLUTIONS
Of the Sixth Session of the Procisional
Congress of the Confederate States.
1862.
No 55
AN ACT to extend the term of office of certain
War Tax Collectors.
The Cungress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That in those States wherein
the chief collectors of the war tax have not been
able to complete tbe duties of their office within the
year tor which they were appointed, the Secretary
of the Treasury shall be authorized to extend the
term of their offices respectively tor such addition
al period as may be required to complete the said
duties, and pay them for sueh additional term a
proportional rate of the annual salary fixed by
law.
Approved Oct. 13th
h, I-tf.
rfiTltj
ination shall have been hold, who
prove the Sliding of the Board, be au-horized fo
currency, bunk notes, soon went out of the most patriotic design, but we fear they
1 have not properly considered the conse
quences, and particularly the singular an
omaly of making one 6et of men the ap
propriating power, and an entirely differ
ent set the debt-paying power. TheCon-
federate Congress appropriates the money,
and the State Legislatures arc to be re- I
sponsible for providing means to pay it. j
T liis is plainly wrong, as any one must j
see at first glance. The debt-making* and
the debt-paying responsibility ought to be i
placed on t lie same shoulders. The Rep
resentatives of the people are generally,
and very justly, cautious about taxing—
they’ should be equally’ prudent in making
appropriations.
But if the States say’to Congress—“pass
your appropriations, and wo will attend to
providing means of ultimate payment,” all
tiro wholesome restraint will be removed
from Congress, and that body might, and
almost certainly’ would launch forth into
the most lavish and profligate expenditure
of the people’s money. To guarantee the
payment of the debts made by Congress
by the States, would be the surest means
that could possibly be devised, to en
courage ilie must reckless extravagance.
Members of Congress are but human ; re
move from them all care and all responsi
bility as to how the money shall come, to
meet the debts incurred by them, and hu
man ingenuity cannot devise a more cer
tain method of bringing about extrava
gance and corruption. The States fought
the. old Revolution without a common
head, except the Congress, being leagued
together for common defence by articles
of confederation. Congress issued nearly
four hundred millions of paper money, be
sides borrowing some forty or fifty millions
in Emope, and the States were pledged
AN ACT to increaso the pay of certain officers
and employees in the Executive and legislative
Departments.
The Congress of the Confederate States of. .
America do enact. That on the salaries or coni- | ted “ !e number oi Cay
pciisation of all officers andempoyecs of the sev- ! scut from his com mar
eral Executive and Legislative. Departments, ap
pointed under any law of Congress and employed
in the city of Richmond, whose compensation
shall not now exceed one thousand dollars, there
shall be added for the period of one year, fifty
per cent, and for the period of one year, the sala
ries or compensation of all such officers and em
ployees now receiving not less than one thousanu
dollars and under fifteeu bandied dollars, shall be
fixed at fifteen hundred dollars, and all now re
ceiving fifteen hundred dollars shall receive sev-
enteeu hundred dollars.
Approved Oct 13, 1862.
No 57
AN ACT to authorise the appointment of Naval
Store-keepers.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the President be and ho
is hereby authorized to appoint tlireo nava! store
keepers. whosedutie-i shalliift^fierformed under
the direction of the JBPffclai.v of the Navy. Tho
compensation of such officers shall not exceed
seventeen hundred dollars per annum, and before
entering upon ihe duties of their offices each ut
'tall, if seap.
suspend the officer who has been "pronouncedun°
fit for his position, and shall immediately tr* n f
mit to the Secretary of War. the decision and
proceedings of the examining board, with it.
own actiou and opinion endorsed thereon- p rov ;
ded, that such officer shall be entitled to be heard
and to call witnesses iu his defence. a
Sec. 3 Be it further enacted. That the Secret*
of War. if he approve the finding of the board
and the uction of the C.eneral commandiihr ,t ’
Department, shall lay the same before the Pre.' 8
dent, who is authorized to retire honorably, wjp 1 "
out pay or allowances, or to drop fiom the arm*
as the circumstances of tho case may warrant^
and the good of the service require, the officer
who has been fouud unfit for his position. ”
further enacted. That in order to
secure reliable information of the efficiency and
competence of officers. It is hereby made the dut
of each officer commanding a regiment, seiarat>
battalion, company, battery or squadron, to make
to his immediate commanding officer, who shall
transmit the same to the Brigadier General com
manding, a monthly report iu tabular form, a cony
whereof shall be retained by the reporting’ 0 ffic/
subject to the inspection of all officers interested
therein, containing a listjpf all commissioned ofii
cers of such regimeutjrseparate battalion, com
pany, battery or squajhm. in which shall b’esta-
each officer has been ab-
, with or without or on
sick leave, the numb* ct times cadi officer has
been observed to h.tvtAjf'en absent'fiom bis com.
uiaud, when on marclnor in action; when and
wheieeach officer lias been observed to have per-
lormed signal acts of service; when and where nee-
iigent in the performance of duty, and iuatentivu
to the security and economy of public property-
printed blank forms of which said reports shailbe
furnished by the Secretary of War for the use of
the officers whose duty it is made to make such
reports.
Sec 5 Be it further enacted, That whenever
any officer of a company, battalion, squadron or
regiment shall have been dropped, or honorably
retired in accordance with the provision? of this
act, then the officer next in rank shall ;>e promo
ted to the vacancy, if competent, such competency
to be ascertained as provided in the first and sec
ond sections of this act, and if not competent,
then tbe next officer in rank shall be promoted-
and so on until all the commissioned officers of the
company, battalion, squadron or regiment shall
have been gone through with; and it there be no
officer of the battalion squadron or regiment com
petent to fill the vacancy, then tbe President shall
them shall give a bond, in such form and penalty ! “J* ' vilb tbe advica at .' d ‘-’ 0,,8er ‘ t the Sen!
as the President may prescribe. ' I “tejudtbesame by- appointment; Provided, that
may prescribe
Approved, Oct 13, 1862.
] tlieTJffle^www^ainted shall be from the same Ststa
as that ot which the company, battalion, squad.
rou or regiment belongs: And provided further
That nothing herein contained, sha.l be construed
bv our enemies of notes purporting to be Lotes j « “""'"'f ««*• P-wer heretofore conferred upon
of the Confederate States. i tbe res,,Jent b - y e * 18t "‘K laws t0 bl! au >’
Whereas, manifestly wLffi the knowledge and ! tLe ^°“, u ot Cheers or the appointment
connivance ot the Federlfovernment, and t„r pnvates •d.st.ngmsied in the service by the
No 58
AN ACT to punish and repress the impottat : on ‘
the purpose of destroying thi credit and circula
tion of tho Treasury notes of this government,
immense amouuts of spurious or counterfeit notes,
purporting to be such Treasury notes, have been
fabricated and advertised for sale iu the enemy’s
exhibition of extraordinary valor and skill:”
And provided further. That vacancies aiisin»
under the operation ofahis act, in regiments ur
battalions which wfere ^organized under the laws
i of a State for the war.'pr for a period not yetex-
country, and have been brought into these States ! P ire . d / shs11 be tiiled HS,n case of deatb or reaig-
and put in circulation by persons in the service of j ua /_°
the enemy:
Tho Congress of tlie Confederate States of
America do enact, That every person in the ser
vice of, or adhering to the enemy, who shall puss
or offer to pass any sueh spurious or counterlieit
note or notes as aforesaid, or shall sell or attempt
to sell the same, or shall bring any such note or
notes into the Confederate States, or shall have
any such note or notes in his possession, with in
tent to pass or sell the same, shall, if captured, be
Approved Oct. 13th, 1862
No 67
j AN ACT to reduce the rate of interest on the
funded debt of the Confederate States.
! The Congress of tho Confederate States of
j America do enact, Tiiat all Treasury notes issued
j after the first day of December next, shall be made
| fundable only in bonds bearing interest at tbe
of seven per centum per annum, but in all
put to death by hauking; and every commissioned ! ot -' er re --pce_s similar to the bonds beaitng eight
* J .. ; npr ci>i,t it: prod
officer of the enemy who shall permit any offence
mentioned in this section to be committed by any
person under his authority, shall be put to death
per cent interest.
Sec 2. The Secretary of the Treasury shall have
authority, by public notice duly advertised to re-
by hanging. Every person charged with an of . j 'ho holders of Treasury notes notes to come
s - - * - - - 1 in and fund the same m eight per cent bonds ot
stocks, within six months after tho date of such
notice; anJ all notes which shall not be presented
fense punishable under this act shalll be tried by
a military court, in such manner and under such
regulations as the President shall prescribe; tint- . - ,. ,. ... , ... , . ,
after conviction, the President may commute the , or an .', ul j’ 1 ; ,,iu ( . 1H 8ald 'j ra ? shall thereafter
punishment to imprisonment in such manner and
for such time as he may deem proper, and may
pardon the offender on such conditions as he may
iflaitional
deem proper, oruneoi
for their quota of the debt. Does not e\
YVe confess that we approach the con- one kn0 ' v who i mid Continent
• ,i • - , - , , iii i than a month. Y\ e captured and sent to
m their operations, last week they landed ,, A - c . “““ ,,
_ i j I the rear 30 pieces of Artillerj; 6000 small
a large body of troops estimated at 40.000, j
on the Y’azoo, at the plantations of Mrs. I
Lake, Captain Johnson aud Col. Blake, j
These forces proceeded through the forest |
to the hills which extended along the!
Southern border of the swamp from the :
point at Snyder’s to a distance two or;
three miles below Vicksburg, varying in I
distance from the Y’azoo river from two to !
five miles, as the meandering of the stream '
may direct its cour.-e- The bluffs aie gen
erally quite regular, sunning from North
east to^ south-wi-jil- - t i
view o'’ the bottom, which is interspersed
die
from
Yankee
with lakes, aud tin
through the tree tops
camp fires.
Fuurda}'s in succession the enemy’ hav
ing advanced to the outskirts of the woods
kept up a continued lire oa our lines under
the bluffs, embracing most of the distance
from Snyder’s to the Indian mound only
four and a liali miles above \ 7 icksburg.
and on Monday last it was evident they
had thrown a large force near tho centre,
with a view of breaking it, and coming iu
tbe rear of Y’icksbuig.
When Gen. Leo discovered their sup
posed intention, he ordered the light artil
lery to he in readiness, and withdrew the
infantry from the advance line of rifle pits
to others at the font of the bluff. 'Ibis,
had the desired effect of drawing out tho
enemy fiom the cover of the woods. Most
admirably did the Illiuois. Missouri, Indi
ana, and Kentuc ky troops (8,000 strong)
advance upon our small force. Our brave
troops were admonished to hold their fire
until the enemy was ir. short musket
rauge, hut their ardor was such, remember
ing the insults and sufferings endured in
their prisons—that patience seemed no
longera v irtue, and when within 175 yards
the 3d and 30tli Tennessee directed a
deadly fire on the foe. T he artillery then
shared in the engagement on both sides.
The enemy advanced gallantly ta within
fifty yards of our rifle pits, when the well
arms, besides at least 2000 put in the hands
of the troops, and have secured, or destroy
ed one thousand wagons, mostly loaded,
as well as securing many of the mules and
harness. The enemy’ loss in killed and
wounded is very heavy—estimated at
from 15 to 20,000, including seven Gen
erals.
The above confirms our earlier state
ments in an official manner. From North
; Alabama we have a letter from an otficer
j of rank, stationed or it I..*.» ;ik , —nmii
; throws some light upon the “Situation” |
in that quarter. YVe make a brief cx-
; tract:
“There is no sign of an approach of the j
| cnetby in this direction, from Tuscumbia ■
1 or Florence. YVo Lave daily conimunica-1
! lion with Roddy of Tuscumbia, and lie j
i reports all quiet in that direction. Noth
ing heard from tlie enemy in the direction
j of Pulaski, where we have daily telegraph !
j ic communication. Duck and Elk rivers I
j are both high and the enemy canuot cross j
j them without difficulty.”
The condition of affairs in Jiiddle j
i Tennessee is gradually settling down into j
their new status. It seems to he quite j
certain that Duck river and the Normandy !
Hills will he made our line*of defence.—
Never lias an army of men endured the i
1 perils and performed the duties required
of them with greater gallantry than these
soldiers, who are now forming to resist
tho further advance of Iiosecrans. There
has hem less straggling and more perfect
| order throughout the retrogade march
! from Murfreesboro’ than any one could
'expect, under all the circumstances.
Gov. Harris, and his efficient staff, who
: have won deserved laurels throughout the
| late events ot battle and labor, were at
Tullahoma at last advices.
fro in mo v? menus c* rp nr ,„ v
A Ymikc© (ifiicral Order* .Tlor^au to .Surren
der.—Auiiwrr,
Gen Morgan’s command returned to
Tennessee on Saturday last In their
campaign in Kentucky, the Bacon Creek,
Nolin, Elizabethtown, Sbepardsville, (18
miles from Louisville) and other bridges
were totally destroyed for tho distance
of SO miles. The trestle work of the two
first was at Muldrough’s Hill twelve
hundred feet long and ninety feet high,
and burnt and completely destroyed.
Approaching Elizabethtown, Gen. Mor
gan received a communication from the . _
commanding officer of tho Yankees to j I ^ e t ans carry on the struggle, we
surrender his force, as lie had him (Morgan) j e,, ' ier 1SsU0 more I rcasurv notes, c
completely surrounded. Gen. Morgan in
reply, ordered the Federal commander I
himself to surrender, aud upon his refusing
to uo so, opened three batteries upon the
city, after- having given timely notice to
the women and children to leave. After
a bombardment of one hour and a half,
the Federal force Ot eoven hnn<li-o3 won
mirriio Jorcd, securing to us a vast quantity !
of arms and Government stores. The j
city was considerably damaged by the
bombardment, but no citizen was injur
ed.
In the fight at the trestle, Gen. Morgan
captured another regiment, with all their
arms and stores.
’i’iie number of prisoners captured at
Bardstown, Nolin, Bacon creek aud other
places sum up two thousand.
At Springfield Gen. Morgan was rur-
rounded by 26,060 of the enemy, and for
a while it seemed his situation \» as des
perate, blit he escaped with his entire com
mand.
sideration of questions of such magnitude,
importance and intricacy, with much
doubt and misgiving. YY r c have no other
interest in them than that they should he
solved in the manner which will best pro
mote the public good, and desire only that
persist in a manifestly wrong
direction. Therefore, we propose to show
that the policy inaugurated by Albania,
endorsed by South Carolina, and just now
being considered by the Virginia. I egis-
lature, is useless, inefficient to accomplish
the end proposed, and positively mischiev
ous and wrong, as a policy. YVe must
keep always in view the main points, that
wc are to provide ways and means to car
ry on the war, that the evil to be cured is
redundancy of the circulation, and that
if the evil can not he cured, it ought not
to he allowed to increase. To provide
must
reasury notes, or ex
change those now in circulation with Gov
ernment for its bonds, or else Government
must take them by the strong hand of tax
ation. The first is wholly inadmissible,
osoopt os a last resort, for it would still
further inflate prices and produce grievous
evils. Tlie second should bo encouraged
by all proper means, hut not by the policy
proposed. T axation, at last, is the Lest
course.
YVe have now a public debt—not con
sidering the debts of the States—amount
ing to some sixty or seventy dollars per
capita of tlie whole white population. The
evidences.of that debt are Treasury notes,
constituting our sole circulation, and far
too large for the business requirements of
tbe country. This circulation should bo
reduced—a part of it should ho retired—
if this can heacwomplishcd without enter
ing upon a wrong lino of policy. It is true
that until the war closes, and taxes are
paid in gold, this reduction can only he
temporary If notes are conveited into '
No 61
AN ACT to grant commutation for quarters to
the Superintendent of the “army intelligence
office” and his clerks, and to increase the com
pensation of said clerks.
The Congress of the Confederate Slates of
America do enact, That conning;
quarters be, and the same is hereby nlllwed to th
Superintendent of the “army intelligence office
In moving from Springfield to Campbells- I bonds, or paid into tho Treasury as taxes,
ville General Hollesy, commanding the ; by »o much is the circulation reduced, tin-
Federal forces and harrassing Morgan’
rear, was killed in a hand to hand encoun
ter by Lieut. Easton. The fight occurred
i in a creek, and the body of Gen. Iinllesv
| was dragged from tho water and carried
i to a neighboring house. Two members
of his staff also came up with three of
General Morgan’s men—Capt. Tribble,
Lieut Eason, and a private. Holiesy
was attended by two of his staff—Capt.
til the Government pays them out again.
Only while Government holds these notes
is tho circulation reduced; hut by receiv
ing them, either for bonds or taxes, and
issuing no more new notes, it will always
afford relief to the full extent of what it
has in baud. YY e would cueourage our
people, certainly, to invest in Government
bonus, but wo oppose tlie States giving
this encouragement by becoming respon-
: scrip !
But a more alarming, because more i
I sidious, feature of the proposed policy,
the probable effect it may have on capit
, ict* .tl'l.o mono,, power tn errry uati
is a very great, almost a controlling
er. Throughout tLIo —, •
capitalists have lent aid to the Goveri
menf, second iu importance only to tl]
soldiers in the field. It is good policy
■continue to enlist that aid, and by
means not to tempt capitalists to gro 1
hike warn:, or indifferent, or hostile. Bui
this policy is an absolute /fountg to ca a
iaiists, if not to become hostile to a furth
prosecution of the war, to become, at lea
indifferent. Those who advocate it ari
ignorantly, no doubt, laboring - to bring
about that which they loatiio and abhor,
and would not listen to, under any cir
cumstances—a reconstruction of the
Union.
T he capital of the country now feels
itself to be a part of the hone and blood of
the Confederacy—it feels that it has no
security hut in the final establishment of
independence and a separate nationality.
It is the part of sound statesmanship to
keep it iu this ctmdhicm. On the COntra-
! ''y. tbe proposed plan is the. best encour
agement that coula be offered to capital-
, ists, to advocate peace on any terms. As
soon as the holders of the present Confed
erate debt should get their bonds guaran
teed by the States, they would have no
inducement, considered as mere capital-
its, to sustain tlie Confederacy, because
they would consider the debt good under
any circumstances, in the Confederacv, or
in a reconstructed Union, unless by a pro
traction ot the war the States should be
come exhausted. Naturally, they would
prefer peace on any terms, and peace as
ijpeedly as possible, to prevent accumula-
ti„n of more debt, thereby lessening the
value of their stocks. Capital is patriotic
when it must be—when it can not do bet-
, lot' th.-fti he patriotic. But it seeks to
preserve and perpetuate itself only, not
, any Government or any form of Govern-
. nr . . ' saiueas acuunu
“ • ' o 11 ust it may not he tempted to I to which they are attached
; become indifferent to tlie cause of theCon-
fcderacy, hut he made to continue to feel
that it has absolutely no security hut in
the final triumph of these Confederate
81 at cs.— Constitutionalist.
stocks which siiali thereafter Le issued under the
directions of the secretary of tlie Treasury, bear
ing iulerest at the rate of seven percent, peran-
nmn, pavable semiannually: Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall be construed to
revoke the authority heretofore given to issue six
per cent reconvertiblu bonds.
Approved Oct. 13, 1862.
No 63
AN ACT to amend “an act in relation to yablfc
printing,” approved Feb- 27th, 1861.
The Congress of the Confederate StatesofAmcr
—p~ •■ ■ii, That the jaU.»li section of the above
^ ecitetl act be so amended as to authorize the Post-
piaster General toil contract for the printing of
ost bills and hlanics for the Post Office Depart-
neut at rat.MC^ejppensation n i/a^ceeding those
■vhieb lire autborRert to be paid for printing for
:ie other Executive Departments of the Couitder-
te Governingt.
Approved Oct. 13, 1852.
Richmond, Jan, 15.
Northern accounts from Galveston say
lie Harriet Lane was captured after Capt.
Vainwright and ail the crew but twelve
md been killed, by musketry from tho
ebil steamers.
A dispatch from Cairo admits that
Sherman’s repulse at YTcksburg was com
plete. His entire force had embarked in
transports bound for Napoleon. The
in lieu of Y ankee loss in 600 killed aud 1500 woun
ded and 1000 missing.
Tlie steamer Mifssulinan was burnt by
ten miles
above J/einpliis, on thcStii.
and his clerks, at the discretion of the Secretary; r , ,, T
of War, and under such regulations ns may be j Bradleys Landin
prescribed by him, and that the extra pay allowed
said clerks shall be aud is hereby increased from
twenty-live to fifty cents per day.
Approved Oct. 13, 1802.
No 02
It is belie - ,
laud forces have
YY’ilmington, Jan. 14.
d the enemy’s fleet and
left Newbern and Fort
taiu appointments during the recess of the Sen- ! 1 "T^ rr- , es !‘ n
ate. | Goldsboro and B'llmington simultaneous-
j lj*
Non-combatnuts have been requested to
I leave the town.
ANAGT lo antl^iiMqaqresident to make cer-1 Macon . The : r destitut ion is probably
I wnuauuiu and IF’-’
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the President he and he
he is hereby authorized to fill by appointment all
offices created, and all vacancies which may have I
occurred during the present Session of Congress: !
Provided, That said appointments shall, at the!
next session of Congress be submitted to 'lie Sen- i
ale for its advice and consent: And provided fur
ther. That said appointment shall expire unless!
confirmed during the next session of the Senate.!
Approved Oct. 13th, 1862.
Richmond, Y’a., J,\n. 16th.—The Bal
timore Sun, of the 13th, contains an o.’li-
cial dispatch from Gen. Curtis to Halieck,
announcing the repulse of the Confederates
at Springfield, YIo. The town was much
damaged. Gen. Brown lost an arm —
The loss on both sides was small.
A St. Louis dispatch of tiie 12th states
that the Confederates attacked the Fed
eral forces at Hartsville on Saturday,
No 63
AN ACT to regulate and fix tho pay of cadets
In the service of the Confederate 3tales.
The Congress of tlnx Confederate States of:
America do enact. That the pay of Cadets in the!
service of the Confederate States shall he the j ancJ * 1 o‘ )tln o contmued until snndown.
same as^ second Lieutenants of tho arm of service Ton Eyck made a speech in the Yan
kce Senate on the I2tb, on the demonic
ized condition of :1m Federal army, saying
he would not he surprised if General Lee
Approved Oct. 13,1862.
NoGt
The Vext Corn Crop.—Are ottr planters
and farmers preparing for a large crop of
provisions? VVitli or without a continu-
directcd lire of our artillery became so rap- l ance of the war, it is important that there
id in connection with our infantry, that should be preparation for a very full crop
the lines were broken, and the enemy be ! of provisions. If our ports are open to
gan a precipitate retreat for the woods, j European trade, our surplus bread grains
lhepit3 could contain our idfantry no j will lind ready markets at remunerative
longer, and they rushed ujiott the enemy, prices. It is for the interest of the country,
killing and capturing as they advanced,
until they were lost in the woods, where
the fight ended, our men bringing out pris
oners even there. Thus closed the light
at Chickasaw Bayou, at Smith’s Blufi', ou
Monday last, the enemy being complete
ly routed, many prisoners captured, and
some 1,200 killed, wounded and missing.
whether there is peace or not during the
year, to plant a large corn crop. We say
to all planters, do not fail to raise a large
corn crop the coining year.
1 rom the Augusta Associated Press.
Confederate Congress..
An informal flag of truce was sent hv ■ lGehmond, Jan. 13.—-A quorum was
6 j • s , piesent in the House of Representatives
the enemy on Monday evening, and our | this morning, and Hon. J. 51. Curry! of
Alabama, was chosen Speaker pro tcm.,
Speaker Bocock having been detained
Edwards and his orderly, A fight at once 1 si ble for their final redemption. Endorse
inent by tlie Stales v. ili not makejUonfed-
eiatc bonds any safer or belter invest
ments, because the whole wealth and re
sources of the Confederacy are already
pledged for their redemption; and, if
t!iesc fail, no State endorsement can re
vive them. If tho whole he worthless,
the parts composing the whole must ho
equally so. As State endorsement can
not make these bonds safer, so neither will
it induce investment to any appreciable
extent. The truth is. that money is not
invested in Government securities of
ensued, in which Gen. Hollesy was killed
j by Lieut. Eason. Capt. Edwards and
Hollesy’s orderly were captured by Capt.
Tribble. The fight was a hand to hand
affair, and the combatants were in the
creek at the time.
The destruction of the railroad is com
plete from Green river to Sltopberdsville a
distance of 75 miles. Shcpherdsville is
18 miles from Louisville.
Itosenkrans Rttaliate-s.—Gen. Rosen-
krans lias issued an order that all rebel
The Proclamation in Kentucky.—A cor
respondent* ot the Chicago Times says
that Governor Robinson, of Kentucky,
issued a circular letter to tho members of
• the Legislature, asking their views on the
President’s emancipation proclamation,
and *ie answers received indicate that
fully two-thirds are in favor of taking the
State out of tlie Union if the proclamation
is enforced. The Legislature will meet
on Monday, and it is .said that Governor
bfdiinson’s message will urge a separation.
The correspondent says the State militia
"ill go with the South, and that Hutn-
, phrey jliarshall lias stationed himself at
Mount Sterling to receive them.
civilized and Christian usages.
sharpshooters fired upon the troops, who
were ostensibly upon the field to take off
the dead and wounded, hut who undertook
first to obey an order to secure their artil
lery and small arms previous to caring for
their own sufferers. It was while they
were thus engaged in pillaging the field of
our rightful inheritance, the spoils of war,
that we Ijred on the vanquished foe. Our
at homo on account of sickness in his
family.
The Senate met and adjourned for
want of a quorum.
T he House proceeded with its regular
business. The message of tbe President
^ill qot be read to-day.
any
officers captured he confined, and subsist j sort , at any time, except only when idle ■
on rations, until Jell' Davis’ recent procla- capital is seperabmidant. Our people New Counterfeit.—Tho YVostern papers
mation is revoked. ! have not three or four hundred millions of mention that a new counterfeit fifty with a
This was to be expected, hut “Jeff mont T to invest in Confederate bonds, ■ green face, dated September 2, 1861, had
Davis’ recent proclamation” will stand an d that is the reason they do not so invest, i made its appearance. The only defect
until the Confederacy falls, or it is made ' Individuals having a surplus can loan to mentioned in tho counterfeit ia a want
unnecessary, by a return of the North to j their neighbors, or else invest in some- °f water lines in the paper. Look out
thing that they arc better acquainted with ^
than Government securities. It is not lack,
of confidence that prevents investment, Change of Number.—By order of Gen.
hut lack of idle capital, or else opporiuni- S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector, Gen-
ty to invest in something that pays better, eral, C. 8. A., the number of the 54th Ga.
I sually, but not in this case, Government j Regiment—numbered by the Governor of
securities bear the lowest interest of any ; Georgia—commanded by Colonel Wm.
stock in market, and only they buy who Barkaloo, has been changed to the fifty-
can find no other means of investment, seventh, and stetsons writintr to friends in
The Harriet Lane.—The Harriet Lane,
a vessel of six hundred tons harden, was
originally built for the Revenue service,
but at the beginning ot the war with the
South she w'as turned over to the Nav}\
and at once underwent such alterations as
wero thought necessary to adapt her to
her new service. At the tipie of her cap
ture she mounted ,eight guns of heavy
calibre, her bow gur. beipg a fifteen inch
rifle.
We must not be uneasy about the idea of
i lie national credit, as shown by the price
<»fgold, for that price is altogether ficti
tious. There is no need for gold, no do-
the Regiment, will address them to the
57th Georgia, Taylor’s Brigade Stephen
son’s Division, Mississippi, The corps is
now at Jackson, Miss.
AN ACT to equaiizs tlia salary of the Assistant’®
Attorney General with that of other Assistant ’ !
Secretaries and the Chiefs of Bureaus.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the salary of the Assis
tant Attorney General shall he the same as that of
other Assistant Secretaries and tho Chiefs of the
several Bureaus.
Approved Oct 23, 1862.
No 65
AN ACT to authorize the Vice President of the
Confederate States to employ aSecretafy.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That from and after the pus-
sage of this act, and during the continuance of his
term of service, the Vice llMniatnt of the Confed
erate States shall bo authorized to employ and
appoint a Secretary, at an annual salary of a thou
sand dollars, to be paid quarterly. But the said
Secretary shall bold his place at the pleasure of
the Vice President.
Approved Oct. 13, 1862. •
No 66
AN ACT to relieve
bled and incompetent
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That whenever in the judg
ment of tbe General commanding a department,
the good of the service and the efficiency ot his
command require it. he is authoiized, and It is
hereby made his duty to aopoint an Examining
Board to be composed ofo(finis of a rank at least
as high ns that of the offic^^ whose qualification
should visit Washington, and give us an
invitation to leave, before the 4th of
J/arch.
Federal dispatches from Y’icksburg state
that at a council held on board of a trans
port, it wa9 declared, in view of tbe rapid
reinforcement to the Confederates, not to
renew the attack on Y’icksburg.
Gov. Robinson, of Kentucky, recom
mends that State to reject Lincoln's
Emancipation Proclamation, and protests
against interference with her State policy
as unwarranted by the Constitution.
The Chicago Times rather justifies the
proclamation of President Davis against
Butler, and demands that he be brought
to trial and punishment.
Colonel George YY’alton, son of one ot
the bigners of the old Declaration of In
dependence, died in Petersburg, Va., a fc' r
the army of disqualified, disa- da J s since, aged seventy-three years. He
utent officers. ! was formerly Territorial Governor of rlor-
ida, and later in life the Jlayor of Mobile.
He was tho father of the well known
Yradaute Octavia YY’alton Levert.
Gen. Lee, the officer in charge of the
defenses of Vicksburg, was, until recently,
colonel of an artillery battalion in the
army of Gen. Robt. E. Lee. About two
months since lie was promoted to brigadier,
and assigned to duty at Y icksburg. 1 8
is a South Carolinian, and bears the repu
tation of being an excellent officer.
Richmond, Jan. 13—Tho recent mess-
hicli bord shall iui-
ii-to the cases of
ught to their attention
it is proposed to inquire i
mediately proceed to”exa
such officers as may be b
for the purpose of determining their qualifications
for the discharge of the duties properly apper
taining to their several positions.
See. 2. Be it further enacted. That whenever
such examining board shall determine that any
officer is clearly unfit to perform his legitimate
and proper duties, or careless and inattentive in
their discharge, then the said board shall commu
nicate their decision, together with the full report
of their proceedings in the case, to tbe General
eommanding th* Department ip which lb* •sav
age of Gov. Robinson, of Kentucky recoffi
mends that Kentucky, protest agains
and reject Lincoln’s emancipation pi oc a
mation, and says it inflicted upon Kent'.c
ky a fatal, though indirect blew-
