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JAN if AH} .//J). 2d Muitdnv, Ebathaai l. i VluiKiav, Flojil' 4ib duiivluv. Ktctiinorid ~..,, ■ •El.. .1 </1 s /. */ /■/*/ ‘V/* 1 ■'* Moudav, l.iuni>kiii+ i- t vi V l, 1 - d Moi.dui, Cum.iU-ll Jal umiuav, ( Im k ■ 1 ~ * fit* k H Aim (Am l. 2d Monday, Cam,.Ml ,;j \ Joilduv h ‘‘^ I>U>\ Si .11, |, .I 3d Monday, I - !•'- y ill ,’ , ~ 1 J lU.-v-ICOfK XI 1 Meriwether ,1,. >* alien h lth Mm.dav, BuM«.n \\ alien , , 4»!i MuncUv, Ik.iMwm • , , .Ijntiiou .lacLsmi 11 1 1 v , I uuMihj'* Imifui* r.t , , . , Ia lulei mi if" # * Walker 1 1.1 ‘He lliursJav ulier, Piutee \> ulker Mi R < ’ll. S hr 1 KM 11 Kit. 'J Inn duv, I’ieiee ,Ist Moadav, Appling 1.1 Monday, Applinp r ClialiiHi.oi PhattfM »{fit CheMikee riierokeo (ou.nbia PnwelH Pmvelft (.'oluinbia fraw foul Cdruw U.i and Madison fwnmrtt Ala. 1011 .Madison Mmgan .Marimi _>d Monday, Hulls, Mm gau fuss 2d Monday, llulia PnlFeo *: n * Elbert V'?": Fnyufe El Lei t f roe lie 1 a\elie fwiuuelt J’likena ickeiis W'ashinfjlon Washington Webster Wi-hsha' and Monday, CobLi 3d Monday, (’obbf ' Cullioun falboiin Jf a *l Ilart {| :irt , Heaid ■•‘‘aid Macon Macon Newton Newton Talbot, 1 utnaut Ware Talbot Hal loch i utmill rhui sdity afler, Wlii’a ; ith Monday, Clinch 1 binsdavaft r.White * CbatUhoochee r ndiiv alter, Pnltoeu .loltnson 4th Monday, Clinch j A , e (Jhutlaboochee, Milton Johnson Putnam iff Kabun Milton Twiggs Putnam Wilkes Kabun Thursday af.er,Habeishain I wiggs Monday af- 1 ~s ter the 4 tli - Echols Thursday alter, Habersham Monday ( dth Thursday, Montgomery l Monday af- ) r . , * | OtlOLhh. ter 4th Mou )- or ° » **t & Mon. Carroll day, j Effingham if(t MondttJf | Joi ,| y APRIL. | ' Early Ist & 2d Mon., Carroll Emanuel Ist Monday, liooly ■ Franklin Early j k’ulton Emanuel Gilmer Franklin Go'don Fulton j Taylor Cordon Warren Pike Wilkinson Taylor Pike Warren Thursday after, Banks Wilkinson 2d Monday, Fannin Thursday after, Banks Hancock 2d Monday, Hancock, Harris Harris Laurens Laurens Mi Her Miller Richmond Richmond Sumter Sumter hd Monday, Glynn Tuesday after. Mclntosh llatulstm 3d MoucUiv, Glynn Henry ilarialson j Jones ilourv Murray Jones Uy!e ; l\otpc J Liberty Pulaski Miiriav ! Stewart Ogletlmipe Union * Pulaski 1 Worth Stewart i Thursday \ Monlfpmiery Monday I Worth after, J Towns ul'iu , i ' Hi van lth Monday, Wayne 4tli Mouduv , \\ avne Decatur Decatur D.Kalb DeKullt Houston Houston .haper Jasper l.meolu Lincoln f'chiav Seh'ey Tatn.ill W hitiield Whittield W tleox \\ ' V ricWy alter. Tellair Friday after, Telfair Camden famlen Tbof. lav after, Du in i‘hur*dav altei, Dwin .4. nd.iv “ L'enien Monday after, Churb..:i f hail ton XiniMJIKR. Moudav, Clayton 11 Monday, Leri ion G diner V*? U \ n Randolph Ltimgbam Sciiveu haudolph Epson Ser.veu 2d Monday Cuosisa t’pson Chatham -? d Monday, i uo,.sa Fannin Jeih-ison Jefferson Miteliell Mitchell Muscogee Mnseo 'ce Monday, Bibb 3d Monday, Bibb * Baker • j{. tl;er llnrke Buike M u ’VV , ’ ul Qiutimia Spalding Spalding , i/'i' 1 ' Troup 4th Monday, Hade Uniou lerrell Tliui dav alter, Towns I huisday atter, Mclntosh 4th Monday. Dade Monday after, Colquitt Terrell 'l° do Liberty Last Monday, Colquitt Mon. after Liberty, liryan JVXK. It EC KMB Eli. Ist Monday, Dougherty l-t Monday, Dougherty Lowndes Lowndes £d Monday, Brooks .and Monday, Brooks Clay Clay 3.1 Monday, Thomas 8d Monday, Thomas *>!av hold three weeks, if necessary, at each term, fJudge not required to draw Jurots tor two weeks; and not obliged to hold two weeks’ Court in counties of Cobb and Lumpkin. The Fort Smith News says that Col. Me Intonh’s forces passed through that place 011 the 3d, having with them a company of fine negroes taken from Opotheyholo in the late fight. [From thn Richmond Dispatch. I Pioposed CeiiAornliip. We are *orry to learn that a project lias Been introduced into Congress for establish ing a military censorship of the press in the .Southern States. f J he arguments by which s<> pernicious a measure is supported are, of course, the same that have been employed by arbitrary {tower in it< resistance of liberal principles through all ages. It seems that these u. { iiiiieiits L;.v • I ( u sufficient for ac complisliing the ptup* 1»i du-pofism in the North—the same North svlu ie iret-dom ot speech, of tlie jn ii, and of ih«* person art alike overthrown, and the ('bid Justice himself is a;- powerless to vindicate the liber ties guaranteed by the ('(institution as a child. It seems, too, that there are a few in the South with whom these same argu ments have prevailed. It would insult the intelligence of the Southern people to examine and to expose them in detail. They an- too shallow and flimsy to deserve such pains. The pretense is that the press gives information of the inovuinuntsi of our armies and the schemes ot our (ieneials ; and that therefore, this bulwark oi popular liberty, this terror to evil doers, thi-> gorgoti dire to military mar tinets and despots, must be put under the collar, attd that the chain must be handed t*> those very military officials Irom whom the great 1 t corruptions and abuses, and tlm greatest danger to liberty at this juncture, are naturally to he appre! ieLu led. A\ hen all authority, all power, and all control of the persons and the treasure of the people are in the hands of the military class, is this the time to strike down tin; only protection the people have bit against their authority, and the only weapon ot a- unit they possess ugiin-t the abu.es which ui<* so apt, sooner or later, to creep into their transactions? 'I he public ear is already full of rumors impeaching the frugality, if not the integri ty, <d officers connected with military de partments ot the (government. \\ e believe that these rumors are in most of the cases exaggerated, ami that a full knowledge of tacts would show as upright an administra tion of allairs as the history of any war af ford • but much ot the integrity that marks the conduct ot the war is due to the fact that the people’s press is free and at liberty to speak out on mere suspicion of peculation or abuse. 1 lie only circumstance that has staggered our belief in the purity prevailing in the management of this war, is this recent • Holt from the outside to prevail upon Con grcs>, under the specious pretense of milita ry ex) edieney, to establish a military cen sorship of the press. To deny to the press its right of speaking 011 army movements, on the number of tioops in this and that quarter, and on the st.rategetic policy or de sign of the military authorities, is to strike down at one blow its liberty to speak of ar my a Hairs at all. The paticular time at wh’cli this proposition is made constitutes a very strong objection to the measure ; for when the people arc beginning to inquire into she numerous allegations of abuse that be sot th eir ears, it is not meet to deprive them of their mouth-piece and organ. Hotter that the enemy should know all our military movements and plans than that the wholesome dread of exposure through the public journals should cease to keep in the paths of integrity and purity the business agents of our armies. The South could much better a fiord the loss of many battles than a loss of confidence in the honesty of her public servants, in a great struggle like the present. Osir lleait L Sad, At reading the following, which we find among the matter telegraphed from Wash ington to the New York press : “Washington, Jan. 9.—Win. T. Smith son, the banker and broker arrested here yesterday afternoon, by order of flic Govern ment, on suspicion of communicating with the Rebels, left in the same afternoon train for Fort LaFaycttc. This is considered one of the most important arrests which has taken place since the commencement of the rebellion/’ r ! he people of the whole South know Mr. i Smithson, as one of the best men in the world —particularly is he known among the j Meil.odi sts in connection with his exertions j to build up u Metropolian Southern Metho dist. Church in \\ ashington. We know him well. A truer man, and a truer Southerner never lived ; and our great wonder is, that he was allowed to remain there so long un molested. Y hen many Southern people in that, place were forsaking their all and com ing to a land of liberty, to escape the irres pon>ihle despotism of Lincoln, it was judged best fur him to remain there to protect the interest of the Southern .Methodist ('huwdi. \\ e sincerely sympathise with this eminent ly good man, and his interesting family; but \ve have no doubt he rejoices in being ac counted worthy to suffer in the cause of the South, which we know lies so near his heart —So it the n ('on(e<h racif. Ta v.ihau and lte|M'i‘M‘iitation. 1 !. il Bigham, in the last Southern lle corder, gives a table exhibiting the unequal taxation and representation in Georgia.— Tie Counties of Charlton, Colquitt, Dawson, Echols, Fannin, Haralson, Irwin, Bierce, Rabun, Towns, Enion, Wayne, White, Wil cox, Bit-kens and Gilmer, pay a tax of *14,- while Burke county pays alone a tax ot SI E’2.»7,14. Coffee, Ware, Dade. Telfair, Glascock, Miller and Appling a tax of 1, while Richmond pays 23/240,- <’>*, or $00,61 eeuts more than the 23 coun ties pay a tax of 8111,91^.7.’*; the counties of Chatham, Bibb, Burke, Muscogee, Rich mond and Troup pay a tax of or 515,41 less ; *26 counties have 8*.667 polls, while the counties of Chatham, Bibb, Burke, Muscogee, Richmond and Troup have 8,403 polls. Six counties pay as much tax sub stantially as o 7 other counties, and though not the most populous, vote as many polls us 26 other counties, and pay more than one sixth of the whole tax of Georgia.— T>lt tjraiJi. Gen. Sterling Price has called for a legion of Arkansians to rally under his stan dard to beat back the ruthless invaders—the legion to consist of two regiments of infant ry, one regiment of cavalry and two batter ies of artillery. This legion is to be under the command of Gen. A. W. Jones. From ihe Southern Fi-vicial Ua.or. Messrs. Editors : —Bo pleased to ia-ert in your papei ihe fidlowioc eopv us a publu law passed at the late St don, and which from having been led to h<T- ve from the reading of the eapth-a O nK tha it v,*as a A‘‘f was i. it out ot liiv Baiophlet of the Public Laws. 1 would respectfully ask the publi hers .-i all newspapers to whom 1 cut a copy ot my Pamphlet, to iusrit in their c b ...n- tlu* Act, with this note. H 11. \V ATE IIS. All Act to relieve certain pci-ous fioo. the pains and penalties of a judgment *d •!* voice. •Sec. 1. 7 he (frucrul <•/ Qtorjia <io Lerthy nub t, That all persons who have had a judgment of Divorce rendered agftiiW them, shall have the light and privilege of contracting marriage again after 1 lie hip < of one year from the rendering of the final judgment in the divorce ease. Sec. *2. Repeals conflicting laws. Assened to Dec. 12, 1801. A Femai.e Soy os Horseback.—The Washington correspondent of the New Vork Post relates the following incident : r A horseman, clad in a sort of cavalry cos tume, with a heavy overcoat and slouched hat, had been noticed for sometime dashing about the city in rather a suspicious manner. At last the authorities felt themselves war ranted in arresting him, ami accordingly, one morning when trotting down Pennslva niu avenue, he found himself suddenly sur rounded by a hit- ot soldiers, and was curried off to prison. But the funniest part was to come. The investigation that fallowed re sulted not only in the discovery of certain papers, but also of the fact that the cavalier was a woman. How long she had been at the game it is impossible to guess. (1 ratjtl’DK.—There isau old proverb which warns us that the last person from whom we should expect to receive a favor is the one upon whom we have liberally bestowed fa vors. And it is not unusual for persons to experience a positive aversion towards those who have done them great services, an aver sion they struggle against—they‘ure asham ed of—they despise t hemselves for entertain ing—and yet are ever keenly' conscious of feeling. Is not this very often the conse quence of the manner in which the services have been rendered ? Nothing so thoroughly destroys the beauty of an act of kindness as the desire for, or even the expectation of gratitude. And yet nothing is more com mon. A sufferer from Asthma would record his gratitude by sayiug to his fellow sufferers that he has experienced an almost magical relief from the following simple remedy, vi/ : The leaves of the streinonimo (or James town weed,) dried in the shade, saturated with a pretty strong soUition of saltpetre, and smoked so as to inhale deeply the fumes. In order to inhale, till the mouth with the smoke, then open the lips and draw in the breath. It may strangle at first if taken too freely, but it will loosen the grip that seems to spasm the breathing tubes, and bring up lie phelm that settles in the bottom of the lungs The leaves should be gathered before a heavy frost causes them to drop. Try it and thank God. — Southern Presbyterian. Make a Beginning.—Remember in all things that if you do not begin you will never come to an eud. The first weed pulled up in the garden, the first seed set in the ground, the first shilling put in the savings bank, and the first mile traveled in a jour ney, are important things—they make a be ginning, and thereby a hope, a promise, a pledge, an assurance, that you are in earnest with what you have undertaken. How many a poor idle, erring, hesitating outcast is now creeping and crawling his way through the world who might have held up his head and prospered, if, iustead of putting oflf Lis resolutions of amendment and industry, he had only made a beginning. Smuggling to the North. —The follow ing letter lrom the Surveyor of Evansville, Inti., to the Journal, of that place, confirms the report that considerable quantities of cotton and sugar had been wagoned from Clarksville, Tenn., to ports in the Ohio river for shipment North : Surveyor’s Office, ) Evansvill, lnd., Jan. 3 1852. j Editors of the Journal :— Sir; En quiries have been made touching the lawful ness of importing sugar and cotton from the disloyal to the loyal States, and I have been informed that a few parcels of each of these articles have quite recently made their ap pearance upon the border of the Ohio river, having been wagoned through the State of Kentucky. A little reflection will convince any loyal citizen that such a trade is unlawful, and that it cannot be permitted either in large or small quantities. It should be constant ly borne in mind that all intercourse with the rebels for the purposes of t. ule i. strict ly prohibited by our Government. The Atlantic ports of the insurgent States being under a close blockade, the rebels are prevented from sending their pu lcM to a foreign market ; but if they shall be permit ted to send them inland to the Ohio river, what shall hinder their being shipped to New Vork and thence to Europe? Such trade would afford them aid and comfort, which uo loyal citizen would know ingly give. Respectfully. A. L. Robinson, Surveyor. While the Lincoln sailors were carrying off a lot of old guns they found at Biloxi, an Irish Jack tar among them, who v,a - t i gering along under a load, tunmii to .some of the “rebel” bystanders and remark A : “ Vou see, boys, I’m about taking youi 1 .us away from you for fear you’ll just be after hurting yourselves with them. Surplus of Bacon. —The Cincinnati Ga zette estimates that there will he a surplus of 89,000,000 of bacon in the northwest this year should the rebel markets not be opened, but if the latter event should take place the hog crop would not supply the demand. It is conjuctured that the Lincoln army will consume 40,000,000 pounds durißg the year. MACON. GEORGIA: Wedaesitay, Jatmryi^ SURVEILLANCE OF THE PRESS. \Ye j.uM: Ii ,i. our paper to-day an excellent ar ts !«• ~*i th sut j t t frr.i.i the Richmond Det patch. 1 1 11 »«*■ paper* in tti.it city are to hr- credited it id not -tran-e it... certain government official' and speculator? siiuiiU desire to abridge alike the lit> er ly of peech and the press. DEATH OF EA-PREbIDENT TYLER. hv ii 1 rrapti brings the sad intelligence oi' the death ol this distinguished gentleman. This event occurred at Richmond on Friday night last. We Mull give next week a fuller notice of the deceased. LIKUT.J HI STUBBS, Notwithstanding the announcement of his death some time since, we were happy to sec in our streets on vesterd.iv, in good health, lit* is on a brief furlough and brings a good report of the Central Elues. PERMANENT CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT- The permanent Government ot the Confederate States sv ill be fully organized on the 22d day of February next. The new Congress will meet on the 13th, and the Presidential vote be canv.tsged on the 22d. DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN. Amos Denton, Esq., died in Savannah, on the loth inst., alter a short illness. He was in the Confederate service, as a member and Quarter master of the Bibb Cavalry, und among the oldest members ol that corps. He also served ia it in tF.e Creek war of ISU6. lie was fultilling the du ties of a Magistrate of this city, which he had held many years. He was yesterday interred in Rose Hill Cemetery with Masonic honors by Macon Lodge No. 5, of which he was for several years the W. Master. Also the [.residing officer of the other Masonic Bodies of the ctiy, and a Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Georgia.— His funeral was also attenJed by the Macon Vol unteers. WHAT OF THE NIGHT 1 In surveying the vast battle-field that spreads out to our view—the immense armies which con front each other in hostile array, and the magnifi cent and stupendous preparations which have been made on both sides, especially by the Federalists, we are led to believe that unless the north is bereft of all military sagacity, prowess and manhood, we shall shortly feel, in good earnest the shock of such a conflict as the world has never witnessed.— Whilst we believe the South is able to meet the onset., and has heretofore shown in every conflict the superiority of her heroism, there is yet danger of undervaluing the resources and prowess of the arrogant invader. With proper vigilance, we have no fears in regard to the final issue. Still, every energy should be aroused, enlisted and ready lor action. Tiie enemy has a footing in nearly every State of our Confederacy. At what particular [joint he will strike, or whether at several at the same time, we shall know in a few' days. “ WORTHY !!” We have used this word, and inappropriate, perhaps it may be to suit the proclivities or policy of some “fast individuals, to whom a week looks al most an age.” Yel we trust and hope that there are sufficient of that class, that is, “the worthy,’ to properly estimate the cause in which It has been used, and counterbalance the capital sought to be secured by discarding it. Personal slurs even front high municipal authority will be of no avail in preventing the publication of facts the public should know. The complaint in question, is not that of a single citizen, but of all the residents of what has been esteemed a respectable neighbor hood, from the location of a “colony” of the vile, worthless, abandoned and disorderly in their midst. The “colony” residences are partly on city prop erty and partly in a neighboring building. There a most disorderly scene was enacted a few nights since under peculiar circumstances, disturbing the neighborhood to a considerable distance with oaths and language scarcely known except to that par ticular class who used it. Also, about the same time, a Ball, —in which the participants were of mixed colours—and by such associations, even our negioes become degraded as well as cor rupted. As the ownership of this “ Colonial” building is well known, it need not be stated whose tenants the colonists arc. To speak of such as soldiers' wires would put every honest soldier or soldier’s wife to the blush by the association ; also to be placed on the same level in receiving the charities of a grateful public, with the most abandoned harlot. Yet such seems to be the doctrine inculcated by high authority. Thus the public crib is thrown open, and the means contrib uted by our tax [layers thrown away, where indi viduals should be made to attend to the wants of their responsibilities , both large and little. Who the recipients of these charities are should be better known, and public opinion would be apt to curtail the list. The public property of the city should be devoted to the benefit of the “worthy,” and not of the vile, to the annoyance and discredit of a respectable neighborhood. Those aggiieved by this nuisance have been re ferred to the law for redress. But with what con fidence can they appeal to it when the case ha* been prejudged already, before the public by its administrative officer ? This subject cannot be pursued with propriety in the papers to certain particnlars } but the agita tion may lead to its being inquired into and bet ter known. The special correspondent of the New York Junes, under dale of Dec’r 21st, 1861, gives a lengthy description of the diabolical outrage of sinking, in the entrance of Charleston harbor, ves sels filled with stone. The names of these old hulks were: Archer, American, Courier, Rebecca, Sims, Richmond, Kensington, Potomac, Maria The resa, Robin Hood, Herald, Tenedas, Leonidas, William Lee, Fortune, and Amazon—total 16. They wen- piindpally from New Bedford, New London, Providence, and Nantucket, and were sunk in the channel, about two miles and a half from shore, in three lines, “ checkerwise,” so that that they will form a number of shoals, aud more effectively barricade the entrance to the harbor. Lieut. M. Dvvj.wll.— This gentleman, editor aud proprietor of the “Courier,” after an absence of nearly eight months, returned to Rome ou sick furlough on Tuesday morning, says the Southerner. He received a hearty welcome by all. By his gen tlemanly bearing at home, and by bis heroic con duct upon the battle field, he has greatly eodeared himself to the people of this community. MAYOR THOMSON. In a brief notice of the supper prepared by the good ladies of Macon, on New Year’s F.ve, we stated that the pioceeds were to be “invested in substantial provisions and other necessaries for distribution to the worthy poor, and that this | charily would be “gratefully appreciated by those worthy to receive it.” Tfiti simple statement ol facts, with no allusion r.o any paiticuiar individual, excited, it seems, the disapprobation of Mayor Thomson, who, officiously aud e.> fra officially, took up the lance, and with a zeal without knowledge or di-i retion, rushed in decoionsly to the defence of the depraved and vicious—thus presenting the sad and mortifying spectacle of a high judicial dignitary, to promote the public peai*e aud foster public morals, as well as purdah vice and crime, exerting his in tiiienoe to weaken those moral and legal restraints which he is bound sacredly to regard, and those safe guards so necessary to domestic and social security and happiness. If, as he rightly judges, “the question involved deserves more thau a passing notice,” and he “would be glad to see it discussed through some public medium in order to ascertain what is light in the premises”—why did not the Mayor approach the subject in a spirit of candor and courtesy?— Why deal in pointless sarcasms, offensive insinua lions, and irrelevant clap-trap? Why did he not answer our artie.le, instead of indulging iu wanton and grtuitous personalities? Is such a course wor ihy the Chief Magistrate ot our beautiful central city ? We said nothing about a “colony ot soldiers' wives,” and hurl back upon him the unfeeling and rude insinuation that any ot our gallant soldiers, who are bating their “breast to the foe, ’ have “m;i-worthy” companions, or that they belong to the wretched and shameless class to which we alluded. This the Mayor very well knows, but it suited his [impose to try to make a different im' pression. We leave the public to sit in judgment upon his motives. So far from reflecting upon the soldiers’ wives, we expressly stated that it was for their benefit that we opposed an indiscriminate dis tribution of public benefactions. That the reader j may see how antirely gratuitously the Mayor has | '■'ewercist and" himself on this occasion, we repub ,: ‘ j the concluding portion of our article ol lust wet us follows: Private contributions rest upon a difierent basis and occupy a different relation from those of a more public character. Individuals have undoubt edly the right to do what they please with their own. They may give to the worthy or unworthy as best suits their views aud feelings. When, i however, a fund is raised tor a specific object, either by direct tax or voluntary contributions, and that object is believed to be to assist indigent j persons who are supposed to be “«**/ thy"— not to j invite to our city the degraded and abandoned, by : pensioning vagabondism and licentiousness—we 1 believe its ludisvriniina/e disbursement would work a public and private wrong. Soldiers’ Relief I ; Societies, and other charitable associations, arc, | organized for no such pernicious purposes. No ; one is so vile or abandoned as not to need pitv and demand, at times, aid. But this class stand! in quite :t different relation to society, and their claims for assistance rest upon entirely different, | grounds from those of the virtuous and unfortu nate poor. To feed and clothe those who arc reeking in vice and pollution, with no efforts for self-subsistence or reformation, is offering a pre mium to crime. Let it he understood that this is the programme of Macon charity, and Heaven pity the “worthy" and meritorious poor! The I families of soldiers would be elbowed aside bv j brazen-faced outcasts and imposters front every den of infunty in the land, and our city become j famed as the great central mart of vagrancy and ! crime. We have felt it due to ourselves arid the cause ' of public morals, as independent journalists, to i say this much in vindication of our course. We | feel bound to notice official abuses ami infractions of the public decency. We have no personal feel ing or interest in the matter alien to those of our fellow-citizens generally. We have sought no controversy with the Mayor. In the proper dis charge ot his official duties he shall have our hear ty support iu the future as he has had in the past. For a more full disclosure of the grievances complained of last week, the reader is referred to ; an article from the senior editor in another place. Let the Mayor read it, “inwardly digest it,” and then “pass along.” Reserving, however, his lec tures for those who are laboring night and day to j destroy the little “good that still exists in human ! nature,” by using every ingenious artifice and sub tie expedient, to prostrate public virtue, hoping, perhaps, that when their silly and infatuated dupes arc plunged into the vortex of misery and crime,; they will find in the plea of a weak will a ground of acquittal at the Mayor’s tribunal, as well as a passport to his charity. They can certainly be dispensed with by those who have devoted a large portion of their lives in ministrations to the afflict ed and necessitous, at all seasons, without pecu niary compensation, and labors for the moral ele- i vation as well as physical comfort of all classes of society. PAY OF SOLDIERS The Legislature of Tennessee has set a good : example in the adoption of a resolution requesting 1 their representatives in Congress to endeavor to j secure the passage of an act increasing the pay of private soldiers to fifteen dollars per month. We hail this as a move in the right direction. Why ' should there be such a wide difference in the com pensation allowed to captains aud privates? True, i our brave soldiers are not like the vast majority in the ranks of the invaders, fighting for money , but it should be remembered that many, very ma ny ot them are poor, having no means apart from the pitiful sum of eleven dollars per month—less than thirty cents per day—which is paid them. By all means let them have at least half a dollar per diem. We entirely concur in the foregoing sentiments from the Nashville (Christian Advocate , and hope the Confederate Congress will speedily raise the pay of privates and reduce the salaries of officers. Men, all over the country —some of them, doubt less, worthy and patriotic, with military talents, but others destitute of every qualification, except brazen assurance —have been trying to raise com parties, battalion?, and even regiments, and in too many instances have succeeded, at the expense of the service. Many such, whose legitimate place is in the rank?, are getting fine salaries whilst their superiors in merit are serving a? privates for a mere pittance. Let the pay of our army be'more equalized. Headquarters Bibb Cavalry, ) Savannah, Jan. 10, 1862. At a meeting of the Bibb Cavalry held this day to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Capt. A. M. Lockett and intermediate vacancies, the following officers were unanimously elected : Captain—T. G. Holt, Jr. Ist Lieut.—S. S. Dunlap. 2d Lieut.—A. L. Clinkscalea. 3d Lieut.—A. F. Hunter. Letters and packages sent to members of the company should be addressed to the care of Capt. Holt, Bibb Cavalry, Savannah, Ga. THE COTTON QUESTION. The Mobile Advertiser and hr <'. . //• '' * f Jiff ya . Let our planting readers w,.;<q, t | come quickly to a decision a 111011? t , , iriattP < to put, at mu>r, more than fi a l[ th 1 land iu Cotton. Let this movement* '' ire * of be general, and make a m,i s ,» by ii i sl that will be beard in Europe. i t p, , u,,t i-i! tr I that will keep up to respectable fi , ’ ‘ v ’ c '*Urv the present crop when it get' i„ , n ( :,t P*" ■ot | only course that will enable of the staples oi provision «•**;• , 1 F r “*L : to rates that can be hoi no in ji„. , ’ ' condition ot business and iiijj., ( We adhere io our opinion ti ut ' \ , j one fourth of the area ol the | lVl planted in Colton, unless the Ltoc\;" 1 * ■ moved. 11 the wat continues *.:!), ■i • and shoidii the war cease, ifi.t n.q lu> planters; and the additional spa. e eiv.-i, visions, lot ape, Ac , w ill he w ell L-it,.* '* t hurl est ,w (Vafu-r. We concur in sentiment enthelv with t ricr, aud would urge upon out uumerou a tural readers the policy suggested b\ that There is at piesent no prospect of p,. U ( , at before summer sets in, which will find u,,. t or his factor with a full crop on liaiul; for* . • > in the present disunited condition of (he *, ami the consequent embarrassments to commerce, and a ncccssai ily darnin'-! , j lion of imported fabiics, there will bo a spending diminution in tho demand lor our staple, until the channels ot trade become a settled. Ou this subject the Albany Patriot, juihl a ;i j the very heart of the Cotton region < i very properly >\ a : “We regard it wise policy for rvery tutta plant largely in grain, lliis will give us an , daot pi os i ... mat ket, and . , their independence. Another idea au^gent' In nmintuumip our imtepeudenee a portion el j people are on the battle field, the remainder are home; and while tho soldier defends our cuu.v ! is our bottnden duty to supply his every neers... , | want. One enemy unprovided for, cannot 9ucre«i --j fully compete against another who has all in wants supplied. It we have that patriotism * ought to belong to Southern men, we will look wed to the matter, and guard this question * a due ami proper consideration.” To which w e add Ihe following from the Angina 1 Constitutionalist: j “I he business of cotton planting will reci-iv? no injury from greatly reduced production for i > jr two. The first duty of the Southern putum shaping his business, is to provide for the wan his own people and couulry, and give only i! plus ot his labor uud skill to the wants of La. , countries. Thus only can we lav the bu-.s ol , solid national power and prosperity. A mu u without a navy is essentially weak and ii--l|..v - } that cannot produce cheap and abundant food auj clothing for its own people. THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION Has excited considerable interest and specula tion. Intelligence w hich has reached here durii.g the last few days leads us to believe that it is in tended to operate on the eoust of North Caioliua and perhaps make a descent upon the rear ol Nor folk by way ol Pamlico and Alberniatle Sounds. This also seems to be the impression among tnili tary authorities. Many, if not all, ol th* l vesst’h are of very light draft, and calculated to run in such streams as the Tar and Chowan rivers aud the ialets coiuniunieating with Currituck, l’amliro and Albermarle Sounds. Many think that tin jr operations will be confined to the towns on tho coast such as Ncwbern or Wilmington. The ves sets ate said to he titled out with guns of the heav iest calibre with regular and experienced gunneis on board. Notwithstanding this, says the Charleston Cou rier, we have reason to believe that our fiiettdsiu North Carolina are read* to meet them, and tint the enemy will find at each att-p a succession!. Sebastopol?. If their ultimate object be an atta.a ou Norfolk by way of Elizabeth City, our forces have only to choose their own position?, wher. i few hours’ labor will render them impregnable.— Elizabeth City is about fifty miles south of Norfolk It is situated on the right bank of the I’usqiiota river, about twenty miles from its mouth. Sma vessels may a.-cend the river to Elizabeth Pitt which communicate? with Norfolk by means of ti.? Pasquotank lives and the Dismal Swamp Canal.- Our readers will perceive by reference to tbe !*'. of vessels published, that a number of canal bo are mentioned. The Norfolk Day Book of the 18:h instant,! ferriug to the expedition and the probability of » ! - attack upon Elizabeth City, says: The Burnside expedition, it seems, wt rettlly lilted out to make a demonstration uj>- j on North Carolina—the point Idr which tin; ! are destined being Elizabeth City. W rather think that we know more oi this n*ute than they do, an.l as it is? now too \ate i'»r them to profit by it, we will state that h.-i r fiettimr to Elizabeth City they will themselves back iwute; lor it is a hard i >- to travel—so hard, indeed, that we ratle: thiuk, as the Yankees are not used to -an:- things, that they wont be able to stand ts leaden hail which will lly around them, The Wilmington Journal, of tho mn date, says : A letter received here this morning,d»f Newborn, N. 0 , oil yesterday, the ITtb i stunt, says that the steamer bad junt arm- ; from the neighborhood of liafloras .She reports J'ortj-threr Federal vested?, ■ * classes, in at Cape Hatteras Inlet. The let ter says that it is supposed the fleet ii citl r bound for Roanoke Island or Newborn \\ e will add that the letter i- from re?p sible parties iu Newbern, to a respond house here. The above is fully confirmed by autu rity which is bjyond doubt. There may be u exaggeration in regard to the number of v- - sels, but none as to the fact of a large m> TJ ‘ ber bein<f there —probably in th ■ neigld r* hood of forty. The Journal also adds the following p*’ 3 ' graph: The news faoin Hatteras is startling "' We know it to be trn \ CHARLESTON IMPROVEMF-VrS. The Courier of yesterday, says'- “H» > - to the Central I'ark—which meets*”- 1 E favor and acceptance —a good opportunity •• ° w afforded for preparing for the future our.direct and importing trade by extending L*. street to the river.” Army Coheibmations. —The following *PP°‘ D ‘ ments of Brigadier Generals have been cod- •i - Congress : Henry Heath, of Virginia, to take rank January 6th. Johnson K. Duncan, of Louisiana, to ta»e from January 7 th. S. A. M. Wood, of Alabama, to take rtc* January 7th,