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• If.. ■BOH.HTON, NISBET & BARNES* Publishers and Proprietors. Y BOneHTO^; i|4wi joM. II. SISSKT. Sit Confckratt ®nion 0 f, published Weekly, in Milledgeville, Ga., Corner of Hancock and Wilkinson tits., (op]>ositc Court House.) At $3 a year in Advance. RATER OF ADVERTISING. Per square of twelve lines. 0nem” ert i°n$l 00, aud fifty cents for each subsequent continuance. Those sent without tho specification of thenumberot insertions will be published till forbid and charged gceordingly. Business or Professional Cards, per year, where they do not exceed Six Lises - - - flO 00 A liberal eontrart will be made with those who wish to ftrerliseby the year,occupying a specified space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sr. ;es of Laud and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex- #ca!'»rsor Guardians, are required by law to be held on the lir.st Tuesday in the month; between the hours of IDin the lorenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Courthouse in the county in which the property is sit uated. .N'.itioe of these sales must be given in a public gn- le tt. 4J days previous to the dav of sale. Notices for the sale of personal’ property must be giv en a like manner 10 days previons to sale day. N’.i'.iceato the debtors and creditors of an estate must e ! o he published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Conrtof Or .iinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published for two months. 1 C’'atu»is forlettersof Administration Guardianship. Ac., must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly six months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full space of three mouths—for compelling I illeB from Executors or administrators, where bond lias been (riven by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always bo continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise ordered at the following RATES: Citations, on lotters of administration, Arc. “ “ dismissory Irom Admr’n. “ “ “ Guardianship. Leave to sell Land or Negroes Notice to debtors and creditors. Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. Snlcofland ornegroes by .Executors,&c. pr sqr. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks 1 50 For ainan advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 00 CONFEDERATE VOLUME XXXIII,] MILLEDGEVILLE) GEORGIA) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1863. 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Old Books rebound, <Src. MUSIC bound in the best style. Blank Books manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be given to all work entiusted to me. S. J. KIDD. Bindery in Ronlhrrn Fcdrrnl Union Ofiler. Miiledgeville, March 10th, 1861. 43 COURT CALLENDER FOR 1863* SUPERIOR COURTS. JANUARY. 1 JULY'. (No. 45.) AN ACT making appropriations for the Execu tive, Legislative and Judicial expenses of the Government for the month ot December, 1862. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do euacf, That the following sums be and the same arc hereby appropriated for the objects hereafter expressed lot the year ending the 31st of December, 1862. Executive.—For compensation of the Presi dent ot the Confederate States, six hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty six cents. For compensation of the Vice President of the Confederate States, three hundred and sixty six dollars and sixty cents. For compensa^m of the Private Secretary and Messenger of the rresitfent, fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents. Fcr compensation of the Secretary of the Treas- tuy, Assistant Secretary, Comptroller, Auditors, i Treasurer and Register, aud Clerks and Messeti-I gers in the Treasury Department, fifty-three thous and five hundred dollars. The l.aarf that we Lire aw. BY A. 1>. MEEK. Oh 1 bright is the land that we live in And soft blow the breezes around— The stats make a palace of Heaves, And flowers enamel the ground 1 The orange and chestnut are flingiig Their odors divine on the gale. And the mocking bitd’s melody’s ringing From bowers that encircle the vafe! Then here’s to the land that wetive in 1 I The land of the locust and Intel— And a song for tho sweet stars of Heaven, That brighten this beautiful dime! Bnt dearer by far to the minstrel. Than all the sweet wealth of thii land. Are the maidens who dwell in its b*wers, By mountain, savanua.and strand And all its rich trophies were given, As tributes of beauty to these; And these are the stars of our Heawa,— The flowers that gladden tlie brepze. Then here’s to the land that wt live in ! — The land of the locust t id lime!— And a song for thesweetstais of Heaven! That brighten this beautiful clime! 'Twas hymned by a bard, that the planets Once charmed from their passionate home, Assumed the fair features of women, And dwelt in the vallies of Rome! But sure if a land e’re presented Temptation to angels, tis ours, And the vision of soug was Invented From forms iu these soft sunny bowers ! Then here’s to the land that we live in! The land of the locust and lime 1 And a song for the sweet stars of n«aven. That brighten this beautiful clime! 2d Monday, Chatham. "Floyd SPECIAL NOTICE. T 1 ltdgeville desires and intends to close up his business matters of that place speedily as possi ble. All persons indebted are notified that the no; esand accounts are in the hands of J. A. Breedlove, nndP. H. Lawler, who are antbori- zt-J to collect and make settlements If not ar ranged at an early day, settlements will be enforced hi law. 13 tf. A. •. VAIL, Agent. Western & Atlantic (State Railroad. Atfar.ta to Chattanooga, 138 Miles, Fare $6 00 JOHN S. ROWLAND, Sett. Passenger Train. Leave Atlanta at 7 30 P. M. Arrive at Chattanooga at 4 57 A. M. Leave Atlanta ai -IDO A. M. Arrive at Chattanooga at 515 P. M. .%«('oniiiioclitticii l*n«*cnger Train* Leave Atlanta '.... 2 40 P. M. Arrive at Kingston 6,57 P. M. Leave Kingston 4 30 A.M. Arrive at Atlanta 8 45 A.M. This Road connects each way with the Rome Bianch Railroad at Kingston, the East Tennessee A Georgia Railroad at Dalton, and the Nashville A Chattanooga Railroad at Chattanooga. July 29, 1862. 10 tf. Sew Arrangement. Change of Schedule, on and after Monday l\th inst THE Subscribers are convey- ing the C. S. .Mail from Mil-, -•dgeville via Sparta, Culver- - ■11 mid Poweltou to Doublet Veils, and would respectfully invite the attention ot ■• ir friends and the travelling public, to their new mi 1 complete arrangement for travelling facilities t.t this line. SCHEDCLE-'LeaveMiiledgeville after the arriva of trains from Columbus. Macon and Savannah; Ar. -■re in Sparta at 6 o’clock P. M. and at Double Wells .-line evening. L ive Double YVells alter the arrival of mwning t-.insfrom Augusta. Atlanta and Athens; Arrive at •>; -till o'clock, A. M.; Arrive at Miiledgeville same evening. Wi*h good Hacks, fine Stock and careful drivers, *e solicit a liberal patronage. MOORE A. FORBS. Stag?- Office*-.’-' illcdgeri/lr Hotel Miiledgeville-, G a Edwards' House. Sparta. ■V f - Echols 1 Mon-1 Effing^,,, av. ) ° July 11,1859. 1par Moore’s Hotel, Double IVells 8 tf. JOHN T. EOWDOIN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FATOSTOS.Gl. Eatcnton, Ga., Feb. 14,1860. 50 Saw Cotton Gin for Sale. 38 tf. A6ADEMI. ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins, is offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present ow- ti-rs having no use for it. Any planter wanting a fond Gin,can have a chance to get one at a re duction on the regular price. Apply at this office. < ( 'N.Tift. or.J. H. Watson, at Albany "Male MISS ADAMS will re-open her school a! the •etr.ale Academy ou Monday Dec. 29th. Rev Mr. Brooks will continue to teach the classes ,11 Algebra and Latin. Teims for the highest class for a session of 20 weeks .... - $25 For the other Classes, - . - 2l Latin and French, each, - - IS Iloys will also he received as pupils. School hours from to 2, o'clock. ! Half payment will be required in advance M ,• dgeville, Dee. 22d. 1862. 81 tf. »AM't d. irvir. GKEENLEKSUTLER. IRVIN & BUTLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ALBANY, Georgia. IIR.H'TICE in the Superior Courts- of the Soutl * W esternCircuit,—in Terrell, Randolph, and Ear- Ycounties, in the Pataula Circuit,—in Worth and Ms- , '" 1 Counties, in the Mucen Circuit, in the Unitec ' :a, y> Circuit Court at Savannah,—and by specia con-.rart.in any County in Southern Georgia. January l*t’ I860. 34 tf. E-THERIDGE &c SON, Factors, Commission and Forwarding merchants, (SAVANNAH, GA. W D- ETHERIDGE. W. D. ETHERIDGE, J't loth. 1*56. 8tf FEBRUARY - . 1st Monday, Clark t Lumpkin 3d Monday, Campbell Dawson 3d Monday, Forsyth Polk .Glascock ilerri wether YValton Houston 4th Monday, Baldwin Jackson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro Walker MARCH. I 1st Thursday. Pierce ! tsl Monday; Appling Chattooga Cherokee Coweta Columbia Crawford Gwinnett Madison .Marion Morgan ! 2d Monday, Butts Bartow Coffee Elbert Fayett Greene Pickens Washington YVebster I 3d Monday ,JCobbt Calhoun llnll Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot Tattnal YVa- e I Thursday after YVhite j Friday alter, Bulloch Ith Monday, Clinch Putnam Rabun Chattahoochee. Lee Twiggs YVilkes Johnson Milton Thursday after Habersham 4thThursday, Montgomery Monday af ter 4 tli day, APRIL 1st & 2d Mon. Carroll 1st Mondny, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren YVilkiuson Th 11 rsd'yafter Banks 2d Monday, Hancock Richmond Harris Laurens Miller Sumter Tuesday after. McIntosh 3d M oinlay. Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Liberty . Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Monday Worth after * "Bryan 4th Monday,Wayne Decatur DeKalb Jasper — Lincoln Schley YVIlit field Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday afler, Irwin Mondny “ Berrien Clinrlton MAY 1st Monday. Clayton Scriven Randolph Upson Jd’Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Chatham Mitchell Muscogee Gilmer Thnrsdav after Fannin, 3d Monday, Bibb Burke (yuittman Spalding Tronp Union Baker Thnrsdav after Towns Ith Mondny, Dade • Terrell Last Monday. Colquitt JUNE. 1st Monday, Lowndes Dougherty 2d Monday, Brooks Clay 3d Mondny, Thomas Jet Monday, 1- ioyd* AUGUST. jlst Monday Lutnpkinf ■2d M inday, Campbell Clark Dawson d Monday, Forsyth Pols Glascock Mcrriwetber Walton Houston 4th Monday, Baldw n J ac-kson Monroe Paulding Taliaferro AY alter iTliusday after, Pierce I SEPTEMBER. IstMonday, Appling Chattooga <•!.. it’Kcc Columbia Coweta Crawford Madison Marion Morgan 2d Ylonday, Butts Bartow Coffee • Elbert Fayette Greene Gwinnett Pickers YVashington Webster 3d Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Hall Hart Heard Macon Newton Talbot YYare Bulloch Thursday after White* Ith Monday, Clinch I’utnam Chattahoochee Lee Twiggs Wilkes Johnson Milton Rabun Thursday after Habersham Monday af- Y ter the 4th > Echols Monday ) OCTOBER. 1st Sc 2d Mon. Cniroll 1st Ylonday, Dooly Emanuel Franklin Early Fulton Gordon Taylor YVarren Wilkinson Pike Thursday after Banks 2d Monday, Richmond Gilmer Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Messrs* 1. H. & L. H. KENAN, ‘• r e Associated is the Practice of Lav Office 1 st Door upon 2d floor of . MASONIC HALL. J»n.23d. 1857. 35 tf. J. A. & AV. W. TURNER, attorneys at law. EatontoB, Ga* lUf * ty. Thursday after Fannin. 3d Ylonday, Glynn Haralson Henry . Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union , W*rth Thursday after Towns Thursday ) Montgomery ■ after » Ith Mondny, Wayne Deeutur DeKalb Jasper Lincoln Schley Tattnall YVhitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after. Irwin Monday after Charlton NOVEMBER, list Monday, Berrien i Scrivcn Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson 2d Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell 1 Muscogee 3d Monday, Bibb Burke Quittinan Spalding Tronp Baker 4th Monday, Dade • Terrell Thursday after. McIntosh .Monday “ Colquitt <• « Libei tv Mon. after Liberty, Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes 2d Monday,'Brocks Clay 3d Ylonday Thomas at each May holds three weeks, if necessary ,e Uudge rot required to draw Juror, fortwo „eeks; and not. obliged to hold two weeks Court ill counties of Cobb and Lnmnkin. . For incidental and contingent expenses of the Treasury Department, six thousand dollars. bor compensation of the Secretary of War, Chief of Bureau, and Clerks aud Messengers in the War department, thirteen thousand dollars. For incidental and contingent expenses of the War Department, five thousand dollars. For compensation of the Secretary of the Navy, Clerks and Messengers, otto thousand eight, hun dred and twenty-live dollats and ninety cents. J or incidental and contingent expenses of the Navy Department, one thousand dollars. j [ For compensation of the Postmaster General, ' Chiefs of Bureau, and Clerks and Messengers in the Post Office Department, seven thonsaud four hundred and forty-two dollars and fifty-one cents For incidental and contingent expenses of the Post Office Department, one thousand dollars. I-or compensation of the Attorney General, As sistant Attorney General, aud Clerks arid Messen gers iu the Department of Justice, one thousand and two dollars aud thirty cents. For salary of Superintendent of Public Print- inland Clc-iks and Messengers in his office, three hundred aud sixty-two dollars and twenty-three cents. b or incidental and contingent expenses of the Derailment of Justice, five hundred dollars. For printing for the several Executive Depart ments, leu thousand lour hundred arid sixteen dol lars and sixty six cents. Territorial—For salaries of Governor and Comnrissiouets of Indian Affairs and Secretary, Judges, Attorney and Marshal of Arizona'l’enito- r y. eight hundred and eight dollars and seventy- one cents. For contingent expenses of Arizona Territory, lorty-tnree uJim... Mi.-tt.i.i. ax mi's— For light and fuel for the public buildings, six thousand dollars. For engraving and printing Treasury notes, bonds, and certificates of stock, and for paper for the same, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars To supply deficiensMo in the revenue of the Post Ottice Department, one hundred and thirty thous and six hundred and sewn dollars and thirty-nine cents. For preparation of copies of the Journal of the Provisional Congress, and of the Conven tion that formed the l’rovisional and Perma nent Constitutions ot the Confederate States, to be disbursed by the President of the Provisional Congress, two thousand dollars. For the pay of officers and privttes of the army, volunteers and militia, and for Quartermaster’s supplies of all kinds, transportation and other ne cessary expenses, fifteen million, six nnndred and thirty-eight thousand and forty-nine dollats.' For support of prisoners of war and for rent of necessary guard houses, &c., two hundred thous and dollars. Fcr bounty, fifty dollars to each non-commis sioned officer, musician and private in the service, for three years, three million dollars. For purchase of subsistence stores and commis sary property, twenty-two million, five hundred and ninety eight thousand forty-one dollars and thirty-six cents. For the ordinance service in all its branches, two million two hundred thousand dollars. For the Engineer service two hundred thousand dollars. For medical and hospital supplies, four hundred thousand dollars. For pay of nurses, cooks other than enlisted men or volunteers, forty eight thousand dollars. For services of physicians to be employed in conjunction with the medical staff of the army, thirty thousand dollars. For the establishment and support of military hospitals, fifty-nine thousand five hundred dollars. b or traveling and other expenses incidental to the detection of persons employed iu preparing and passing forged Treasury notes, thirteen thous and dollars. To make advances on contracts for the pro duction of iron aud coal, two million dollars. To erect winter quarters for officers and seamen of the Navy at Drewry’s Bluff, eleven thousand dollars. r ! o erect winter quarters for the Marines sta tioned at Drewry’s Bitifl', fifteen thousand dollars. For ordnance service, in all 1 is branches, inclu ding the purchase of Ordnance and Ordnance stoies imported, four million dollars. For pay of members of Congress and officers of Congress, thirty-five thousand six hundred and ninety dollars. For pay and mileage of the members of the .Senate, twenty-five thousand dollars. For paying salaries of officers of the Senate, three thousand two hundred dollars. For contingent expenses of the Senate, two thousand dollars. For contingent and telegraphic expenses of the Executive office, two thousand five hundred dol lars. For engraving.and pring Treasury notes, bonds and certificates of stocks, and for paper for the samo, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. To supply the deficiencies in the Engineer ap propriations for Engineering purposes, tight hundred thousand dollars. To pay claims upon the Confederale Government for vessels seized by the naval and military au thorities for the use of the Government, ten thous and two hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents. whetlrer the work was feasible. Maj For the purchase of Hour for the Confederate j io ors bey observed, “General, I think the States Army, six million, eight hundred and twen- | b f - { lve to rotake Galveston ty three thousand eight hundred dollars. i ucsipauwiuioo any way, and then canvass the ditncul- ties.” The General replied that he thought East Tcannwe a* il i*. 1 The character of East Tennessee is badly misrepresented from home. In oth er States the citizens of East Tennessee are looked upon as all being tories. It is true, it is bad enough, and is cursed with many tories, fully equal to any that ever existed during the old revolutionary war. But when you come to compare the num ber of soldiers in the Southern army from East Tennessee, it is not far - behind any other section of the South of the same number of inhabitants. East Tennessee has not furnished less than twenty thou- sand soldiers for the Confederate army, whose bosoms are made bare to the e»*«' f mies bullets for the sake of ,00- independ ence. But still wl*L all this, we get but little araJit fnr all that we have done and are doing. Why is it so? From the fact we have a tory clement in our midst, whose conduct in opposing our “independ ence has been, and is so notorious, that they have given us a bad name. This to ry element is composed of the worst char acter of men who infest our country.— Horse stealing, house plundering and ev ery species of meanness is resorted to, in order to carry their point. It is true, there are a few leaders amongst them who do not resort to such acts of vandalism themselves, but at the same time they be long to the same party, they vote with them, they hold secret caucuses with them, they do not reprimand them for their foul deeds, they have no objectionable words of complaint against them, and al ways are rejoiced to hear of the bridge burning, and raids upon onr railroad. The day is coming, and not far distant, when the leaders of these marauding to ries will occupy a position, if they had the world at their command, they would give it, just to be rid of the odium which will be heaped upon them. They will be heard crying for the hills and mountains to fall upon them, to hide them from the face of the South, A/en of property, and men of high positions, who may think they are free from the odium of these marauders will be hissed at, they will be frowned upon, they will be hated, and public cen sure will drive them from amongst us. In this, they may think we are pulling down a little too heavy, it really may look so; but it is telling the truth, and should ever be blamed for that. board of her, and on Tuesday she left here to await orders at the head of Galves ton bay. Capt. Weir, of company B. Oook’s regiment, commanded the gun, and it was manned by a portion of his men, andChapt. Schnieder’s, Capt Schnei der being second in command. Colonel Green commanded the sharpshooters, who were detailed from his regiment. The Neptune, another bayou packet, was taken on the 26th, and under direc tion of Major Leon Smith, fitted up as a gunboat as well as it could be done in the brief time. Bulwarks of cotton bales were built up also tm her guards, and she had much the appearance, when she left here, of a well loaded cotton boat, taking her cargo down to Galveston for shipment. She was armed with two Wiowitzer guns, and commanded by Captain W. II. Sang- ster, Capt. Harby, ot" the C. S. Navy, commanded her guns, Lieut. Ilarvey Clark being second in command, and Col. Bagby, of the 7th cavalry, commanded the detail of his men who were on board as sharpshooters. The men were detach ed from the Sibley Brigade; all the brig ade having stepped forward on a call for volunteers, and being anxious to take part in the affair. Besides theie, there wore several volunteers from among our citi zens. The full number of men was about 150. The Neptune left here the morning of the same day with the Bayou City. The Lucy Gwinn accompanied the ex pedition as tender, under command of Major Andrew Mckee, aud the John F. Carr, also tender under command of Capt. John Y. Lawless. On the Carr there were a number of troops and volunteers, and on the Gwinn quite a number of spec tators, who went prepared to take a hand in the fight if their services were required. In addition to these there were some other vessels—the cutter Dodge, the Royal Yacht— that did not come into the action. The whole naval force was under tin- command of Major Leon S rr - : ‘ J, > wlio was admirably fitfp- 1 tlie command of the CX 4,»jiiion, by his experience as a sailor. hie, and our forces withdrew. During the truee with the vessels the unconditional surrender of these men was demanded and complied with. Their colors consist of a United States flag of silk, and a white flag, haying the coat of arms of Massachu setts painted on it, with the motto “Ense petit placidam sub Libertate Quietam” “Under freedom the sword seeks peaceful quiet.” The appearance of the coat of arms is rather singular. In the centre is an Indian with his bow; at the right cor ner of the shield is a single star, at which lie is glancing askance. Wo might say the savage was coveting the Texas star. Unfortunately the star is in the ascendant, and the result proved the vanity of his wishes. At any rate the sword of the 42d | a navy may be built in the me; has found peaceful quiet by aid of Texas freemen. Before the truce expired, the Federal gunboats drew off and escaped out of the harbor, utterly routed and defeated, leav ing in our hands the city, the harbor, the Harriet lane, the two barks and a schoop- er, and vast stores, valuable artillery, &c. Tho affair surpasses in brilliany any thing we have ever read of. The exploits of the Virginia aud the Arkansas have been eclipsed, and Texas has won a proud pre-eminence on water as well as land, and lias even eclipsed on her own soil tlicglo ries of her achievements on other fields. Arrival of the Federal Prisoners in Hous ton. Houston, January 2d, 1S63—It having been given out that the Federal prisoners captured in the recent battle at Galveston would be up on the train this morning, a large concourse of citizens assembled at tlie depot, burning with curiosity to sec the men who had cothe to desolate our land but wlio had suddenly been brought up with a round turn by the unparalleled gen eralship of our noble commander. After ig some two hours in the rain, the as semblage was gratified .with the sound of the locomotive whistle, and presently the train came in view. It stopped about in fact, better men for all the stations half a mile from tli6 depot, where the Yan- could not have been picked from anywhere. ! kees were landed, formed into line, and un it was ordered that the boats should j der guard, marched to the depot, and get in position by 12 o’clock and await thence to their quarters, where thev will the signal from the laud forces for the at- j remain for the present, tack. They went down, and after mid-| The Colonel of the regiment, three Cap- night arrived close Ly tlie fleet. They I tains, six Lieutenants, aud 35U non-com- were discovered, and signal lights from j missioned officers, privates and sailors, are the fleet at once showed that the enemy i all that could be brought on this train, were awake and watching for them. They The balance, some 275, will be sent up as looked anxiously for the signal from shore, j soon as possiblo. Our reporter was kind Meanwhile the land forces, consisting of detachments from some four or five reg iments under command of Brigadier Gen eral Scurry and Col. X. B. DeBray, were moved at about dark from Virginia Point. This is on the mainland, and from it a bridge two miles in length crosses Galves ton Bay to Galveston Island, being about five miles distant from the city. The battle took place at the city, the gunboats lying along in front of the city in the bay on the landward side of the island. Col. DeBray commanded the attacking force, while Gen. Scnrry was in command of the reserves. From the bridge they moved down to the city, bnt met with unexpected delays and did not reach their position until af ter four o’clock. In the meantime the boats had withdrawn to Half Moon shoals, twelve miles distant and awaited signal At about 5 o’clock, (Gen. Magruder says three, and a spectator says four, but we timed it by Telegraph and are exact; it was eight minutes before five, Houston time,) all things being in readiness, the ball opened, General Magruder firing the first gun. The boats at once put on steam and hurried to the scene. They must have no one i been an hour or so on the way, during which time the artillery duel between the As to the . Southern element of Last s Piip S an j the batteries was one of the J ennessee. it has had more to contend 1 nios t terrific on record. Darkness shut with, than has been the lot of Southern on j. eV p r ything but the fiash of the guns, men in any other portion ot the Confed- j rpq le scene was a t once sublime and appall- eracy. 'I o counteract the influence °f. Our men were once driven from Andrew Johnson, Maynard, Brownlow, , tbeir- guns but rallied and fought noblv 1 rigg, and many others, .tas taken ner\e, | on ^ As dawn approached, the tire of the and untiring eucigy upon the P art , enemv appeared to increase in severity, the Southern men ot Last Tennessee. 10 an( j fearing that our men would not be take everything into consideration wo able withstand it after daylight gave the think the true grit of the Southern ™ ea enemy a better view of our position or of East I ennessee will stand the test with j erg wero prepared to withdraw. Just as any portion of the Confederacj’, for they ; ^}j e y we re about to be issued, however, have been tried as by fire they have a ^ about six o’clock, the welcome an- stood the test, and will com Q out ™ ore nouncement was made at headquarters than^onquerers. Gtecni tile, Penn., Ban- j tbc jj a y 0U City and Neptune had ai - ner, Jan. Z5tk. ! r i ve( j an J opened on the Harriet Laue. Instantly new vigor was infused in our men, they played their pieces with re ly permitted, by the officers in charge-to pass the guard and mingle with the prison ers. From them lie learned that the regi ment had been in service only four montbs and bad been away from their homes in Massachusetts only some three mouths. 1 hey were mostly Americans, but occas ionally a foreigner might be seen among them mostly Irish and Dutch. Those with whom onr reporter convers ed were young men, and seemed very in telligent. They acknowledge that the captures of them and their fleet was one of the most daring achievements of the war, but said that they (the Federals) were taken by complete surprise, being all asleep. They had not the slightest previous intimation as what was about to happen. The booming of Magruder’s ar tillery was the first thing that aroused them to a sense of the reality. After the boats were silenced and captured, resis tance ou the part of the land force was in vain. They, therefore, surrendered be- lore any damage of any account had been done them. Only one of their number was killed and some two or three wound ed according to their own story. They were all remarkably well dressed and accoutered, and all wore a healthy, but rather a downcast look. Some, indeed, held up their heads and appeared as light hearted as-though they were the conquer ors, instead of the conquered; but the most of them looked rather sober. Their Col onel, a tall, slim specimen of a man, was much stared at, but never lifted his eyes from the ground, as our reporter could see during the whole inarch. They expressed themselves much pleased with Texas, and acknowledged that they had been very kindly treated since they were made pris oners. One smart lookingyoung fellow remark ed that he believed they were better off prisoners than they were before, because they had now a prospect of getting home; and before it was decidedly problematical. Several negroes were seen among the pris oners; one of them wearing bracelets, was doubled energy, and seemed determined an escaped slave. One clothed in sailors that the victory should be ours. | uniform, was very much observed, espe- The gunboats paid their first attention ' cially among the boys in the crowd, who The Secretary of tlie Treasury is hereby au thorized, from any monies in the Treasury not oth erwise appropriated, to take up and tedeem such Treasury notes as may.from time to time, be call ed in lot the purpose ot being cancelled, aud in place of «uch Treasury notes so cancelled, other Treasury notes to the same amount may he issued. 1 General set about was a thorough exami- Approved Oct. 9.1862. ! na tion of the ground and a full canvass of (No~35 ) sucl ‘ pl ans as presented themselves for the AN ACT to authorize tho Postmaster General to ; work. He also gathered all the forces employ special agents to superintend and se- j from the various parts of the State that cure the certain and speedy transportation “ cou ]d be spared from Other lines of de- federate Sutes 3 ^ Mi8si3sippi riverin ,be Con ' j fensc. He might have got ready sooner The Congress'of the Confederate States 0 f but for the want of field artillery, which America do enact, That the Postmaster General ! Major Broomfield, chief quaitermaster was be, and he is hereby authorized to employ such ; pushing forward fiom the Mississippi as special agents as he may deem necessary, tosuper- j f t ag be C0U 1J. They reached here on- intend aud secure the speedy aud certain trans- , , . l. portaiion of the mails across the Mississippi river, l Y _ aB ...? ree , From the Houston Telegraph Jan. 5. The Battle af Galveston. As Gen. Magruder was on his way to Texas, accompanied by Judge. Oldham, Major Forsbcy and others, the subject of \ to the Harriet Lane, the Bayou Gity lead- failed not to improve the occasion for retaking Galveston Island was brought np. j ing ibe attack. The Neptune being much j sport. The difficulties of the undertaking were l bs weaker, soon received such injuries as j Tho appearance of the Yankee prison- canvassed, and the question came up j to disable her. The Bayou city however j ers marching up main street was novel in gallantly continued the fight, and running the extreme, and was a sight which did aboard the Harriet Lane, swept her decks ■ one good to look at. Although our peo- by boarding, and took possession of the ' pie were wrought up to the highest pitch ship. Captain Wainwright and his Lieu-I of excitement, they conducted themselves tenant having been killed, the ship was with becomingmoderation toward the pris- surrendered by the master’s mate. j oners. Occasionally a boy or two would The Westfield now started off, appa- ; hoot, bat aside from this they were not rently disabled, and made hei way over to molested during their whole march. so too. and from that point began the un dertaking. Arrived in Texas, the first tliinff the On Thursday, December 25th, it was determined to delay no longer, and orders were at once issued to prepare for the at- TVT¥*! GrOODfe • FROM THE LATE Charleston Package Sales. 0QQ Yds. English Ginghams- 600 yds. English Sbambrays. 800 yds. English Calicoes. 300 yds. Canton Flannel. PINS, NEEDLES, BAIR PINS, LINEN HANDKBRCaHBT^g Fine Combs, White Cotton Bose, Ac, Ac., JUST RECEIVED and lor j*'^lANS CO. M111*dff«vill*, D«#. 8#tb, tt*r.re of the presriit war between the United i States and the Confederate State*. Approved, Oct. 6, 1862. in tiie Confederate States, at such points as may be found practicable for that purpose. See. 2. And be it further enacted. That such atrents shall receive the same pay and allowance! . . , - 1;, , ,, • for their services as is paid and allowed to special ' tack. It was then hoped that everything agents of the Post office Department, and that ! migKt be got reader by Saturday night, this Act shall continue in force duriug the ex is- which would have givenfour liour^ of dark ness for the attack, the moon setting about 2 a. in. But the gun boats could not be fixed in time. The utmost energy was displayed, but the work of putting up the bulwarks was not completed in time. It was found that all things could not he got in readiness before the 31st of De cember, and the night of the 31st was fixed for the attack. The Bayou City, a Houston and Galveston packet, had been taken by the State and fitted np as a gun boat, under charge of Capt. Henry Lub bock. She was armed with a thirty-two pounder rifled gun on her bow deck. Bul warks of cotton bales were built up on her •ides, and a force of a hundred men put 90 o : SPATE LUNATIC ASYLUM, Near Milledgeville, Jan. lolb, 1863 N the FIRST TUESDAY* IN FEBRUARY next, at the usual place of public saies in Milledgeville, and within thansual hours of sale, | I will, by order of the Board of Trustees, offer j for sale, to the highest cash bidder, the dwelling I house on the premises of the Asylum, formerly ! occupied by the Superintendent. The purchaser : will be reqnired to remove the said house from tho premises within thirty days from the day of sale. At the same lime and place, will be sold 600 lbs. i more or less, of pure lead pipe and 300 lhs more i or less, of pure pig zinc. BARADEL P. 8TUBB8, Tr#** n rer. '■ Jsn 16,1^- 84 3t. Bolivar channel, between Pelican Spit and Bolivar Point. Here she was subse quently destroyed by the enemy during a truce. The propeller Owasso lay in the channel about three fourths of a mile from the Bayou City and Harriet Lane. As the Lane was boarded* the Owasso steam ed up to within two or three hundred yards of them, firing into both. The force of the collision drove the Bayou City’s stem so far into and under the wheel and gunwale of the Lanq that she could not be got out. The Lane was also so careened that her guns could not be worked, and consequent ly useless. They both lay, therefoie, at the mercy of the Owasso. Herculean ef forts were made to extricate them. The Owasso, evidently fcariigthe l.anc’sguns withdrew to a position about a milo dis tant. It became plainly evident that un less the Bayou City and the Harriet Laue could be separated, the enemy could es cape if they wished. To gain time, there fore, a flag of truce was taken to the Owas so and Clifton, now lying close together, and a demand for a surrender. Time was asked to communicate with Commodore Iloushaw, who was in tho Westfield. A truce of three hours was agreed upon. Previous to this tho 42d Massachusetts regiment, quartered on Kahn’s wharf, were charged. They were protected by barricades, and bad taken up the planks from the wharf, rendering them itnpassa- Altogether, they were a fine looking body of men, and ought to be ashamed of themselves for volunteering their services in the villainy of trying to subjugate a chivalrous people. A New Finnncial Scheme. In noticing on yesterday the letter of the Hon. James P. Boyce, in which that gentleman demonstrates how Confederate Bonds can be made a safe and profitable investment, we said that there would “be exhibited on the part of our statesmen less financial ability than has been displayed by any other civilized nation or republic in all Christendom,” if, with the immense agricultural aud other resburccs of the South, the public d§bt of the Confederacy could not be paid in ten years, and we will at’d now, in a less period, provided it should be considered advisable to do so, and this, too, without the adoption of Mr. Boyce’s suggestion, to wit: “the endorse ment by the States of the Confederate Bonds.” Connected with this subject, we see in oar exchanges to-day, according to the “Floridian,” that Mr. Daniel Chand ler, of Mobile, and according to the “Rich mond Enquirer,” that Mr. Gray A. Chan dler, in a letter to a gentleman from Missis sippi, proposes a plan for paying off our public debt without taxation. This is embraced in the following propositions: “ "1. That the Constitution be so amend ed as to make Confederate notes a legal tender, and that tho national debt be fun ded. . That the Government shall become the purchaser of the entire cotton crop— not for one year only, l,ut for a series of y e ® rs paying the planter therefor a fixed and nmform price. 3. That Government being the absolute owner of tho entire crop, and having undis puted contiiJ ot the same, can dictate the price, and thus, virtually make the world pay its debt6. 4. That a heavy export duty levied upon every bag shipped ou private account so as to give the Government the exclus ive monopoly of the trade. 5. That Cotton, even at 50 cents per pound is known to be the cheapest article tor clothing purposes that has yet been discovered, and the present war has de monstrated that the world must and will have it even at that priefc, though it might be policy to sell it for less. 6. That the Government shall guaran tee to the planter twelve cents for his cot ton, and then by selling for even double that price (more can be had,) the excess would not only pay off the national debt in five years, but provide a fund out of which time aud persons reimbursed for individual losses growing out of the war.” These propositions are elaborated in the “Enquirer,” and, as far as figures can demonstrate a proposition, should the Gov ernment become the puchaser of the entire cotton crop, having undisputed control of the same, with power to dictate the price, and can find markets for the same at the price dictated, there will be no difficulty at all in paying off’ onr public debt, and that too without directly taxing the people. —But will the practical working of this plan realize the results of the theory laid down by Mr. Daniel, or Mr. Gray A. Chandler?—We doubt that they will, though the reasoning is plausible to the contrary of our doubts. It is true that France does realize the immense revenue of $25,000,000 upon her monopoly of the tobacco crop shipped to her own borders, and it may be that our Government can also realize an immense revenue by mon opoly zing the cotton crop for a series of years, by and through which it can pay off in those years onr public debt. If so, the orginator of the plan will have established a claim to bo considered a financier of rare ability and will he entitled to the gratitude of his country. That through our great staple, Cotton, our public debt will have to be paid, we have not a doubt. But how this is to be practically worked out, we are not yet advised, to our satisfaction, and although recognizing iu the plan submit ted, much plausibility, wo shall wait to hear from others whose statesmanship and financial ability will commend their pro positions to the serious consideration of our government and the people. Patriotism we feel satisfied will bring forward to the solution of this problem, the judgment and experience of the ablest financiers and po litical economists of our young Republic in due time. We can patiently wait for their demonstrations, satisfied of the ability of the Confederacy to meet its public debt, and of the additional fact that investments iu Confederate Bonds will prove safe and profitable to capitalists both in Europe and America, in the absence of State en dorsements.—Intel! igencr. The Rebel Ram Georgia.—The rebels have been very unfortunate in their naval efforts; their greatest, indeed their only success, the Merrimac, came to an untime ly and inglorious end ; and the Arkansas, after a brief career, was also destroyed.— We now publish an exact picture of the great iron plated ram. the Georgia just completed at Savannah, and now lying under the gnus of Fort Jackson, in Savan nah river. Our artist says : “I send you herewith and among other sketches, one of the ram Georgia. She is armed with 12 guns, and plated with railroad iron. It is thought her engines are defective, since she has not essayed to attack Fort Pulaski.— If she does, however, we ate ready for her. She was sketched by one of our sconts, whose name, of course, I am compelled to withhold for obvious reasons.” f Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. Tax on Swill Milk..—The Commission er of Internal Revenue has declared “that a farmer who sells the products of his own farm by traveling from house to hoase is not a pedlar. The milk of a farmer’s cows is considered as among the products of his farm and no license is required for the sale thereof. A person other than a farmer, wlio keeps cows and makes the sale of milk an occupation, is not embraced in the above ruling, and will be required to take a license.” (Ib “One Negro Short."—The New Orleans Delta has this paragraph : “It strikes ns that Capt James McQuold, of the steamer IberY'ille, is in a tight place. He went np the river the other day, and upon h!s re turn yesterday he was ‘one negro short,’— Inquiry was inotituted, and it turned out that he sold the man. General Butler has locked McQuold up in the parish prison, ‘there to remain until he returns the ne gro.’ We like the conditions; although old Barker will call us by the fearful name of Abolitionist for saying so.” |Ib There is a little romance in the life of Mrs. G. B. McClellan not generally known. It appears that she was engaged some seven years ago to Gen. A. P. Hill the rebel, but her father having an in stinctive repugnance to him, refused his consent. At that time Gens. G. B. Mc Clellan and Hill were staunch friends. fib. The Gallant Leon Smith.—The first two vessels employed by the Federal Govern ment against tho South were the Star of the West and the Harriet Lane. Both of them have been taken in Texas waters by Tcxians. Both were taken by boarding, and tlie boarders laid alongside in both cases by Leon Smith, now Major in Con federate service, without pay. This coincidence is worth recording.— We nominate Leon Smith for Commodore in the Confederate Navy, a position for which he is well fitted by the innate dash of his nature, as well as his unsurpass ed coolness in danger. He has for many years commanded sea-going steamships, and always been successful in his profession. The confi dence shown in him by Gen.* Magruder is of years standing. The high compliment he pays him is eminently well deserved, and should secure him the tender of this appointment from the Government. [Houston Telegraph. Wanted Immediately. IY A HANDS to tnaka up clothing for 8ol; dier * E. WAtTZ FELDER, CO. Milledgeville, Jau. I2tb, 18W-