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journal <c Passenger. j7KWOWLiifc> and 8. ROSE, EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS Army Correspondence of the Savannah Republican. Dalton, Ga., Dec 10, 1893 We have nothing reliable from Knoxville though the prevailing opinion in official quarters is that Longstreet has raised the aeige and retired either ia the direction of Bristow and Lynchburg, or down North Carolina towards Athens, Ga. It is hoped that he moved in time to save hi* artillery *nd wagon trains. Bat little importance is attached to the report circulating in Atlanta in regard to the appointment of Gen. Johnson to the command of this army, with Gen. Bragg as chief of staff. While such an arragement of the command would give satisfaction to the army, the belief in well informed circles that it will not be made by the President /hose oonfidence, it is well known, General Johnston does not possess. It is more like ly that flen. Beauregard will be sent to us. If Longstreet were here, or should be suc ceed in extricating himself from the diffi culties which beset him in East Tennessee, it not improbable that he would be the man. Meanwhile, Gen. Hardee, who con tents to hold the position only temporarily, is busily engaged in reorganizing the army and preparing it for active duty. We have nothiug from the front worth reporting. That Sherman has gone wit heay reinforcements to the relief of Burnside, there can be no doubt. Scout* report that there are but few troops left at Chatunooga, but they are nut agreed as to the points to which they have gone, if indeed many of them have left the vicinity at all. It will require some weeks for the reinforcing expe dition to complete its work in East Tennes see, and return to Chattauooga. In fact, it is not believed that these forces can re turn, and sufficient supplies and transportar tion be accumulated for a further advance into Georgia before next SpriDg. But it is uusafe to reason about the movements of the enemy. With such a victory as that of Missionary Ridge, and suoh an army as he has at Chattanooga and in East Tennessee, he may conclude the Confederates are in uo condition to resist him, and consequently de cide upon a winter campaign. If such are his intentions, however, it is impossible to •explain his conduct in destroying the Geor gia Btate Railroad from Ringgold back to Chickamauga Station, and the Georgia and East Tenneasse Road from Cleveland to a poiut twelve miles this side. The following table embraces our casual ties during the late battles around Chatta nooga, including thd affairs on Lookout Mountain and at Ringgold, as well as the battle on Missionary Ridge. It will be seen that our loss in killed and wounded is very slight —a fact which can only be accounted for on the theory that our forces were well protected by their position. The greater part of the loss on the Ridge occurred after our lines were broken and subjected to an enfilading fire. The artillery is not includ ed in the table. Division*. Killed. Wounded Total. Cheatham's 59 342 401 Hindman’s st> 335 391 W alknr’s 10 90 105 Bates’ 45 241 286 Stevenson’s .‘33 316 349 Cleburne’s 51 353 404 5tewart'5..........69 314 383 323 1,966 -2,819 Jo tbi* shonld be added our min ing, which is less than first reported —say.. 2,600 Grand Total 4,919 Since the subject has been alluded to in, . public prints, it will not be amiss to say a t Major Nocquet, of the Engineer De partment deserted from this army a few days before the late battle, and took with him about SIOOO,OOO of government funds which he had exchanged for Teuuessee bank bills before he left; and that Capt. Mcister, & draughtsman in the same department, de serted some time previous to the battle of Chickamauga. Nocquet is said to be a Frenchman, and Mcister a German or Swiss. It is believed that Graut was induced to make tbemttaek as soon as he did by the information furnished him by Nocquet.— When will our people learn that, with few exceptions, only native and fully naturaliz ed citizens are worthy of their confidence ? Cauuofc Congress be induced to pass an act at onee to repeal our naturalization laws, and to allow no one but natives and persons already naturalized to hold offices, exercise the elective franchise, or own real estate, except by a special act for meritorious ser vices? P. W. A. Til** Eucoultr bctueeu i|«iUitlrt > ll uud Blount—A True Account, A friend, now in this city, convenient witii the facts, furnishes as the following aeooant of the affair between the gallant Colonel Quantrell aud the Yankee General Blount: Mallard House, Dec. 4,1863. During tt'e few days I have been in your city, 1 have soen several notices in the pa pers respecting the affair of Col. Quantrell and Gen. Blount, all of which I fouud to be incorrect. As I am possession oi the facts ot the oase, received from Qirtuafrell himself, and corroborated by many of kifi troops at dif ferent times and places, alf Mfing the same thiDg, it is due to Quautrell battaelf, to the community, and especially to tbs interest of the Southern cause, that they should be placed before the public. They are buefiy these: Quantrell, with his company and others that had joined him, for mutual aid, (300 in all,) started in the latter part of Septern fber from the Missouri river, in Kansas, or 'West of Missouri, to go to Texas, for fthe purposl of resting and recruiting his horses and otfcop Stock. On his way, about the lit of October*, he came across Fort dSAtter, fsry unexpectedly, »s he knew tlifiiAf H in ktag %km> i* *» litUtti j directly on the line between the Cherokee nation proper and what is called neutral lands of that nation, lying within the claim ed boundary of Kansas. Here he had a little biu»b,in which he had two men killed and five wounded. Finding he could do nothing there he drew off; but very soon after, within a mile or two of the fort, he saw a company of about 150 men coming directly right on him. He called to his men to close np and prepare to charge, which they did, and the Federals prepared to receive them. \\ hen Qaantrell’s men were within thirty yards of them, the Federals fired their pistols at them, but not a siugle shot took effect, the whole discharge passing over their heads. Quantrell then •rushed in and the Federals turned and fled, scattering in every direction,* ur troops pur suing and killing all they came up with. It was in a wide open prairie, and they soon spread over a large space. The number of Federals killed is supposed Ito be about 75 or 100. Quautrell lost one killed and one wounded. In a contest at I the band wagou he killed ten. He captured I General Blount’s carriage, ambulances and a train of eight or ten wagons, with supplies of clothing, store* and arms, with many horses and muloq. The wagons, with many of the stores, he burnt; t#ql brought the carriage, and most ol the arms away. He also captured Blount’s trunk, ! containing many papers, including bis com [ mission ; hi* sword, knife and gun, all very | flue and heavily ornamented with gold ; be side* other property with Blount’s name on it. Quantrell did not know who he was light ing till it was all over, and was then told that Blount was killed, and supposed it to be true, but did not himself know the fact. It is not true that he sought him or laid a trap for him. He did not expect Blount; it was all accidental. It is not true that a yellow boy was all that escaped; many got away- The above are the true facts of the case. —Atlanta Register. Explosive effects of <*iiu Cotton. Some experiments have recently been made in England with gun cotton. The following report in regard to its explosive qualities has been made by the committees ; One pound of gun cotton produce* the ef fects exceeding three pounds of gunpowder iu artillery. This is a material advantage, whether it be carried by men, by horses, or wagons It may be placed in store and preserved with great safety. The danger from explosion does not arise until it is con fined. It may became damp and even per fectly wet without injury, and may be dried by mere exposure to the air. This is of great value in ships of war; and in case of ; fire the magazine may be submerged with ! out injurj. Guncotton keeps the gun clean, and requires less windage, and therefore performs much better in continuous firing. In gunpowder there is 68 per cent, of re fuse, while in gun cotton there is no resi duum, and, therefore, no fouling. Experi ments made by the Austrian Committee proved that lUO rounds could be fired with gun cotton against 30 rounds of gunpowder from the low temperature produced by gun cotton the gun does not heat. Experiments showed that 100 rounds were fired with a 6-pounder in 34 minutes, and the tempera ture was raised by gun cottoi to only 122 degrees Fahrenheit, whilst one hundred rounds with gunpowder took one hundred minutes, and raised the temperature to such a degree that water was instantly evapora ted. The firing with the gunpowder was, therefore, discontinued ; but the rapid firing with the gun cotton was coutiuucd up to 180 rounds without any inconvenience.— The absence of fouling allows all the me chauisin of a gun to have much more exact ness than where allowance is made for foul ing. The absence of smoke promotes rapid tiring and exact aim. There are no poison ous gasses, and the men suffer less incon venience from firiug. In a casemate where ventilation was prevented, areft 15 rounds of powder, taking aim was impossible, and in 46 rounds a gunner fell in convulsions, and the rest were stupefied. At 50 rounds, in 80 minutes, tiring was impossible with powder, while continuous firing with gun cotton was •ustained for 50 rounds with perfect ease and without any inconvenience. The fact of smaller recoil from & gun charged with gun cotton is established by direct experi ment. Its value is two thirds of the reeoil from gunpowder, the projectile effect being equal. The comparative advantage of the guu cotton and gunpowder for producing high velocities is shown in the following ex periroent with a Krupp's caststeei gun, 6- pounder :—Ordinary charge, 30 ounces powder, produced 1338 feet per second; charge of 13 i ounces gun cotton produced 1663 feet. The fact of the recoil being less than the ratio of two or three enables a less weight of gun be employed, as jjtell as a shorter gun. Bronze and cast iron guns have been fired 1000 rounds without in the least affecting the endurance of the gun. From a difference in the law of expan sion arising probably, from the presence of water in intensely heated steam, there is an extraordinary difference of result in the ex plosion of shells —namely, that the same shell is exploded by the same volume of gas into more than double the number of pieces. This is to he accounted for by the greater velocity of explosion when the gun cotton is confined very olosely in small spaces. It is also a peculiarity that the stronger and thicker the shell the small and more numer ous the fragments into which it is broken. The fact that the action of gun cotton is violent and rapid in exact proportion t-o the resistance it encounters, tells ub the secret i of the higher efficiency of gun cotton in j mining than gunpowder. The stronger the jxock less gun cotton comparatively with j guapQwds* js found necessary for the effect • —so muJffj thfct while gun cotton is strong er than weight for weight, as three to one in artillery, js stronger in ithe proportion of 0,27* *4 one and i solid rock, weight for weight. It is tae hol low rope from which is used sor 1 blasting.— Its power in splitting up thd material is rcgulfcted exMtly ht yet will. It is a well koowo fact a bag of gunpow der nailed on the gates of a eity will blow them open. A bag of gun cotton exploded in the same way produces no effect. To blow up the gatea of a city with gun cotton it mn3t be confined before explosion ; 20 pounds of gun cotton, carried in the hand of a single man will be sufficient, odlv be must know its nature. In a bag is harm less : exploded io a box it will shatter the gates to atoms. Asrainst the palisades of a fortification a small square box containing 25 pounds simply Hung down close to it will open a passage for troops. In actual ex perience on palisades one foot in diameter and eight feet high, piled in the ground, backed by a second row of eight inches di ameter, a box of 25 pounds cut a clean open ing nine feet wide. To this three the weight of gurt powder produced no effect whatever except to blacken the piles A strong bridge of oak, 22 inches, 24 feet span was shattered to atoms by a small box coutainiug 25 pouuds guu cottou laid on its centre. The bridge was not broken —it was shivered. Two tiers of piles were placed in water, 13 feet deep, 10 inches wide, with stones between them, and a barrel of 100 pounds of guncotton placed three feet from the face, and eight feet under water, made a clean sweep through a radius of fifteen feet, and raised the water 200 feet, lu Venice a bar rel of 400 pounds of gun cotton, placed near a slop, in ten feet water at eighteen feet distance, threw it in atoms to a height of four hundred feet. Diahoneai <oimtti»»ari<-» and Quarter mawtera--The jtlember* Brought to the Record, Mr. Foote introduced a resolution provi ding that all Quartermasters, Commissaries aud disbursing officers be required to hand in a statement, uuder oath, of all the prop erty they possessed at the time of going into office; all that they now possess; and that all property which cannot be satisfactorily accounted for shall be seized by the Govern ment, and the overplus go to supplying a fund for the relief of our sick and wounded soldiers. Mr. Foote said this resolution was called for by the frauds and corruption in that de partment of the Government. The pecula tions and abuses practiced in that depart ment amounted to one of the most enormous evils ever known in this or any other coun try. In every neighborhood in which you pass, you find some Quartermaster or Com missary who has made a large fortune —who has sprung, as it were, from poverty to the moat princely wealth. How was it done ? On a hundred and forty dollars a month ? No. While our soldiers have been baring their breasts to the foe—suffering the dis comforts of camp —these meD, these fiends I incarnate, have been employed in worship ping Mammon and the accumulation of i money. It was worse than stealing. If ; they had f heir deserts they would be hung. They should be stripped of their ill-gotton means, and the overplus should be distribu ted to our valiant soldiers. Let the House take some steps to make these sons of Mammon disgorge their i 11- gotton gains. Surely no member would be unwilling to vote for his resolution. It pro poses only an investigation, and if the wealth of these Quartermasters was honestly ob tained, no barm would be done, but if they had come by it dishonestly it was right that tney should be made to re-imburse the Gov ernment. Where was the harm that could be done by this resolution ? On what ground would a member dare to vote against it ? The country was full of rumors of the frauds aud corruptions that department, as every member knew j and Congress owed it to itself to at least investigate the matter, where fraud and corruption were so potent as to admit of no doubt. lie called for the ayes and nays on the subject ; the result being its adoption, nine members voting against it, who were as follows : Messrs. Baldwin, Conrad, Conrow, Cur ry, Gray, Hauly, Heiskcll, Lyons of Va., and McLean. Captured. —Wo regret to learn says the Petersburg Express, that the fine steamer llansa and Scotia, two of the most success ful blockade runners heretofore, were capt ured last week while endeavoring to make their way to sea. It is also stated that the new aud fast running steamer Sea Breeze, wes run aground on Saturday night, and fired. The officers, crew and passengers es caped just before the Yankees reached the vessel. The flames were speedily extin guished, and the vessel towed off. It is stated that the number of blockading ves sels oft Wilmington has been increased,and that the Yankee offioers keep a more vigi lent watch than ever off that port. - The Federal Secretary Stanton, in his re port, says that the late draft for 800,000 men, resulted in fifty thousand men and ten millions of dollars. The money would be the communition of 33,333 men. Os the fifty thousand, most wej*e substitutes; and the number of deserters hzs been so great, that it is not believed ten thousand, if half that number, are this day in the army. Betaliation. —Authentic information having been received that Acting Masters John Y. Beall and Bdward McGuire, togeth er with fifteen men, all belonging to the Confederate navy, are now in close confine ment, in irons, at Fort McHenry, to be tried as pirates our efficient ahd energetic Agent of Exchange Judge Oald, has notifi ed General Meredith that Lieut. Command er Edward P. Williams and Ensign Benja min A. Porter and fifteen seamen, now Yan kee prisoners in our hands, have been plac ed in close confinement and irons, and will be held as hostage* for the proper treatment of our men.— Hick. Enq. Steamer Florida.—A lett r from a young officer of this steamer dated at Brest, October 13th mentions that she was still there, but expected to leave shortly all the repairs being nearly completed. Capt. Maf fit £ad resigned on account of ill health, and'Capt. SFr»i« had t«ect*4ed to tkl earn -1 Rail. MACON, GEORGIA: Wednesday, December 23, 1563. A '■ MLjsKY CHRIS I MAS" We all know tbe meaning ol this pbrase in times past, when there were happy days to all. A great holiday to every one, master and servant—of feast, frolic, freedom, ami license to the young to do almost any thing within, aQ<i a little without, the bounds* of propriety. The streets of towns and cities a ioar of mirth and noise, with the ex plosion of crackers and fire-arms, enough lor a very respectable battle-field. But what is it now? We will say little more thau ask the questiou. Tale laces aud loitering forms about our streets have usurped the places of the irolickaome youth ; and the pent-up store houses of the rich, with their exorbitant prices deprive tbe poor of their usual enjoyment of this world-wide holiday. The prevailing reflection for the day with a large portiou will be, of pinching want and penury, at this time, and the anticipa tion of worse for the future. We cannot an nounce “A merry Christmas” for any one—not even the speculator, who will anticipate a depre ciation on his piles of ill-gotten gain. UNFORTUNATE CONFLAGRATION. The Hospital buildings at the Fair Ground at Atlanta were destroyed by tire on Sunday night last. Tbe buildings were quite exteusive, and very much needed at the present time. DEPOT FOR PRISONERS. It has been understood that a Depot of this kind was to be looated at or in the vicinity of Americas. The site selected is about ten mile* north of that place, at tbe AndersonviUe Depot, on the Rail road. The location is a good one, so far as its being healthy and free from being an annoyance to but lew persona, as the neighborhood is but thinly settled, and wood, water and provisions plenty. “WHAT WILL YOU GIVE " The market prices here are arrived at in thus way. We asked a planter the other day if he could sell m some fodder. He replied the Gov ernment bad got all bis fodder, aud be had none to spare. But,he said, Mr. P wanted some very much, and had offered him live dollars a hun dred,but if, we would give him six he would bring us a load—but we declined, in charity to the man who bad none, but would take six dollars a hun dred for it. This is the way to establish market prices. Let a man get entirely out of a very nec essary article, and he will pay a high price for it to induce a planter to bring it in—aud thus are these high prices established. Just so in every neeesary article of provision a citizen has to pur chase. i3T THE SUPERIOR COURT of this County ii adjourned to the first Monday in January. GENERAL MORGAN. The Louisville Journal says that Genl Morgan was in Cumberland c'v.nty, Ky., on the 7th inst., with five officers, on his wav South. It is hoped that the report may prove true, and that he will arrive safely—but it will be almost miraculous if he gets through the enemy’s country, where every vigilance is used and every effort made to capture him. His friends seem to have confidence that he will soon arrive, ns Col. A. R. Johnson has es tablished a rendezvous for hie command at Deca tur, Ga. HEAVY RAINS- The heavy rains last week resulted in con siderable damage to various things incident to injury from freshets. Our river was within about three feet of the greatest heighth known for several years. A portion of the Brunswick Railroad, in the Oemulgee iSwamp was submerged, and suffered some damage, which will suspend its operations for a few days. This is much to be regret ted, as this road has become Rn invaluable feeder to our city. STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. Under this head we copy the following from the Daily Confederate, which combines both the views of that paper and the Georgia Telegraph. VV e commend it to the slow-payiDg subscribers of our old list. The times are on us, when all wbo read must pay, or we cannot furnish the paper. A subscription list, all paid in advance, is no pro fit at this time, and it is only from other sources that any newspaper can make a bare subsistence. The “Confederate” of Saturday pays, Our neighbor of the Telegraph announces this morning, that he has received notification from his paper manufacturer, that the price of printing paper, hereafter, will be £1.26 per lb., or $45 per ream ! The Proprietor very pertinently remarks that “ the printer will be fortunate who can live through the struggle of the coming year between a crowded currency and the enormous prices now prevailing. \\ e know not how the business can be sustained at the present rates of subscription and advertising. W ben paper cost $4 per ream, the subscription of daily papers, in Georgia, was $8 per annum, and advertising $1 per square for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each subse quent one. Now, the highest rates of subscrip tion are $24 to $36 per annum, with paper 1000 per cent, higher, and labor and other material Irom 600 to 1000 per cent, while advertising baa not advanced 100 per cent. Printer’s Ink, of good quality, is now worth |4.50 to *5 per lb., with oil, potaeh and lights, ranging from 200 to 1000 per cent, over old prices. It is evident from these tacts that daily newspa pers must rise in price, reduce in size or “go up.” Which shall it be ? As safety is between extremes, would it not be best, for publisher and reader, for all to reduce the size of the sheet, or half sheet, now printed? At the rates before announced for paper, and in view of another rise in the price of composition, the rate of subscription to a respect able daily should be $5 per mouth or S6O per an num—and advertising in the aarne ratio. e make these remarks, in answer to some taaildle which has found its way into the papers, respecting the Cktravagaut prices of newspapers i and to show to all right-thinking men, the neces ,re * a » for a more liberal appreciation of an editors abors, m these war times. The Press should not be suffered to fail. It is the right arm ol the republic iD this terrible revolution, aud as indispensable to its guccees as an “army with banners.” Butler in his first walk at Fortess Mon roe wag astonished at meeting a Confeder ate officer looking at a parade of our troops. It was Gen. FiUhugh Lee. On being .told that he enjoyed the liberty of Old Foint Butler sharply expressed his disapproval of such reprehensible courtesy. The next day kit ftki a +•/*!« It fart TERfca. While we are paying ten paper, we have never increased 0 J- - * *’ * ble the iormer rate. Most p a{ . 3rj . and some considerably more ' oa public half sheet. We hav* eontinu. A ° L: » _ utiri i form, and shall do so as lor,. a? if : cable to secure a supply of j We regret the necessity, but ** I * r * u *r Jlj. t I of January, raise our price to FW e ft &T Also, we shall be oompf.li e j t 0 rai old, but siow paying subscribes u . pay np by that time. No ore not f.... paper to such as do not pay prompt T 4 ITEMS FROM THE TF.NNI SS£££ ; - In giving the lollowiog, taken fo* nearest the front, we can o: W t ? *** • correctness, that they are probably th # », * raation that could be obtained and e 4t correct. The Atlanta Confederacy 0 /- last save, Nothing later from the front is quiet, and the rains, that have T .' . ' L will doubtless check turther active o.J' • * r the present. Among the best inforu. ‘ ptessiu prevails that no aggiessiv * 1 contemplated on either side i>nn -. , * * well known and well posted menhe- 1 * now here from Dalton, is of the u; Grant meditates no further adv* * u Spring. * The movements o! Longstreet are . The enemy appears to be collecting j, , I Stevenson, Ala., ou the Nashville amH - „ Hoad. Yankee raiding parlies Are -v’ • I committing depredations again in certain .. . of North Alabama. I The Marietta Confederate t’Y ~-1 •ays, An officer, of high position, ret»chU t?(t , the Front yesterday. lie says, ti.*. >, *eut out by our military authority, a ! t*-,’ the •namy were tearing up tho Raiiroa ... Bridgeport and Chattanooga. It i« and h.u vine what is their object m do r.g ti A jj , 4 beard nothing of the enemy leavmg Ch. before he left Dalton. He saye, J: was that the Yankee force, reported JtJ.voO j sent by Grant to the relief of Burcsidu, »*' turning. Oar troops about Dalton t full prtqiaratious for going into winter c > kJf" The Marietta Rebel says—c;e f j ed to make the following interest g ciwa: I a letter dated Dalton, Deeembe lfc h I met two acquaintances yeatfcuy, est-w. Chattanooga. They state the Feccu po'xw,.. Banishment of exempts, refusing tbo o* , South; while all able-bodied met. u oath, are sent North as prisoners. Tbe bridges over Running Water an<l»V T nee,see, at Bridgeport, will not b* ieb-;.: Itt, the middle of next January, or fer sis or a*; weeks yet. The Federals do rot exj*ct or .Mend so they sav, to advamoe before next fipn-.c TL, reason assigned is, that it will be two mor < fore communication is opeued with tlie,r supp Lies. In the mean time they are cu bad i, lions, having only two little steamboats—tbe 1.. bar aud the Paint Rock—to supply the .rtuy provisions. If it take two months yet to cot; the road—aud that is their calculation— it w.ilrt quire the balance of the winter t»: accnuua supplies sufficient to enable the aruiv to adv* ,< into our territory. Hence, they do not 80u.4 on advancing before neat Sprit g, though a.' •.oufideutly expect to crush out the releUiou a ring the coming year. Bristol, Dec. IS. —The Late raid cnSaivnp/v duced the most inteuae excitement htr<?. sou’s Division attacked a force of mounted cn try about 4,000 strong, at Beau's Station, on Nl dav, aud gradually drove them back, alter a >!. born resistance aud heavy loss, in thf- direcliot - Knoxville. Tbe pursuit was continued throngiio. Tuesday and Wednesday, during w hich time *• captured a train of seventy wagons, loaded * stores and clothing and many prisoners. < forces are moving in the direction of Jvnox' to which place the Yankees have fled. Our lo» iu killed and wounded ia about throe hunth- Gen. Grac'e, who is slightly wounded in the nr;, is here tr% rotUe to Mobile. Two buudreu * twenty-five prisoners have arrived here. THE LINCOLN CONGRESB - New York llerald has the following itet-* 1 with regard to the preliminary proceedings, »b would seem to indicate that exciting times miTl anticipated during the session on the questio: l 1 peace or the prosecution of the war. The p*. j cal belligerents of their Congress arc very nen ' I balanced. In the House on the 16th, Rollins of Mis* offered a resolution in substance the same »* ' critteudeu resolution, that the war was brcJ* on by disunioniets, but should not be prosec- - for comjucst or subjugation; wher. obedietc the Constitution and the laws was ae.-urei ought to stop. Lovejoy moved to lay the resolution (ft v- j table. Yeas, 52; nays, 114. Waahburne ol Illinois expressed a » :oSie | bate the resolution, which was laid o»n, On Tuesday Fernando Wood aubmitu J a ** lution tbat the President be requested .o », throe commissioners, who should be ’ l to open negotiations with the authoritie- at K tuond, to the end that this bloody, d* -*r ' T *• j inhuman war shall cease, aud the Uric' t# stored upon terms of equity, fraternity ati *i 1 lily under the Constitution. Washburn* that the resolution be laid on the table- yeti ‘ * nay, 59. A resolution instructing the comsr :<e * ' Judiciary to report a bill repeahnp slave law was laid ou the table by -> f ? majority. tiaulsburr of Delaware refuses to ‘ ally oath, which fact is likely to ls**i to .r > ,jr r the Senate. The New York Herald says McDougG *<■ i troduce a joint resolution in the Senate v f | the French invasion of Mexico an f I towards the United States, and inqairifg 3 *’ not the duty of the United State* to d< * :e * ' against France, Ppeelal to the Atlanta Rer:-e» r - Interesting .>e\y« from Llurolinl*' I '' Augusta, Dec. 14.— The New I’ork H« ri the sth has been received here- The pc ■* news is very important. The organization Congress at Washington shows that S'.’ u> ' Abolitionists and 86 Conservatives cpposi' 1 ® 1 8 unconditional peace men, who act wit . aervatives have been elected. The Liueo.n • nee for Speaker was elected by only ’» Tt after the most stupendous efforts to cont fCi small majority. . The first imposing movement for the op tion of the opposition to Lincoln has use 1 ' t in the Northwest. , j, A convention has called by i"** Rights American party, and Fra&kbn I**' j4 l New Hampshire, was placed before the : the future antagonist ol Lincoln and bn n" r ‘ gro policy. . The New York Herald, in speaking ol ' i proaching Presidential election, predicts urnph of anew party. t # j The whole tenor of the political news bo j Vorth is astonishing and significant contra ■ of the State Rights intervention party of I The nomination of Franklin Pierce ot N- 1 j shire by the Northwest, enables the Soet - cape the issues that will hurl Abolition!'- . power, and restore the independence ot t*-«‘ ttsJms&r rsatf