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DAJLY TIMES. I. W. WiRRE\, Editor. COLUMBUS: Saturday Morning, December 3, 1864. Virginia and Georgia. We copy elsewhere, from the Richmond Sentinel, an article on the crisis in this State, i'j which the courage, fortitude and long and patient suffering of the people of the glorious old Commonwealth q! Virginia are bold up as an example tor us in the present trying cir cums* mces. We except toe Offer, says the Savannah Republican wi'Wf* 'ny of that ‘«lse feeling of State ( ride that would cause some to rej ;ct it a 5 a reflection on our patriot ism. i :iii manhood. We have beer, among the ruined and down-trodden patriots of Virginia, talked with them, broken bread at their boards, and seen them in all their adversity, and a sublimer moral spectacle was never presented on God’s green earth. Their pa ‘ i. ;r. b is grown 'with < very .-.tcrifice, their , Fes strengthened and emboldened by every disaster Men and women who have lost all and looked upon the complete desolation of th'-ir homes and their neighbors, who have been ground to the earth by Yankee wrongs and oppression, are still among the most res olute and patriotic of her sons and daughters. There is nothing they are not willing to do or sutler for the good cause, and every trial seems to bring out their patriotism with a brighter hue. Such an example, coming from the last to espouss the cause of Southern Independence, is worthy of imitation at the hands of her more forward si3ters. Certainly they who - wpi-c the first to inaugurate revolution, will not oe outstripped in courage and patience by those u horn they induced to take up the sword. Let the people of Georgia read the record of her trials and strive to imitate her heroic example in bearing up under a similar visitation. Tt is now our time to suffer, and throughout the. ordeal let us prove ourselves worthy of the name of Georgians. [From the Richmond Sentinel.] The Campaign in the South. A principal cause of uneasiness with many citizens in this portion of the Confederacy, in connection with the campaign of the enemy in Georgia and the parts adjacent, is the appre hension that the people there will not exhibit a spirit and devotion suitable to the ocoasion. It is matter of equal pain and surprise to Vir ginians when told, as they sometimes are, that their confederates in some quarters do not display the self-sacrifice and courage deman ded by the necessity that is upon us all. In the norne of all that is manly and just and honorable, this should not be the case. Situated on the immediate border, Virginia well knew that in the event of war, the heav iest of the shock would fall upon her. Her more Southern sisters, more sensitive to the common wrongs and common dangers, or feel ing themselves leBS exposed, were quicker than she to dissolve the union with the States of the North. Virginia exerted herself to re store the peace, and to establish it on safe and secure foundations. She pursued her efforts up to the very hour when war was declared against the States that had seceded. In that supreme moment she took instant position with her Southern sisters, and marshalled for the fight. Those Southern sisters have not forgotten the joy they felt at the secession of Virginia. It was celebrated with bonfires and artillery and song, and universal gladness. What Virginia expected soon came to pass. Hers was the first soil to be invaded, hers the first city to be seized. How well she has borne herself in the campaigns that have followed it ls not tor us to say. We will do no more than name her Lees, her Jacksons, her Johnstons, her Ewells, her Stuarts, her Ashbys. We may refer, however, to what she has suffered. Look at her desolated districts—once hot pro ductive Tidewater, her fertile Piedmont, her beautiful Valley, but now all trodden under the hoof of invasion, and trampled in the struggles of great armies. Look at her peo ple. how many are plundered, how many in uxile. Look at the prices of provisions, made enounous by tbe immediate presence of the hostilities. Look at the continual and ex treme demands upon her reserves and aged men for military service. Look at the calls for her slaves, the impressments of her sup plies, the iuterruption, almost prostration, of her business of all kinds, caused by the exi gencies the service. All this is her con stant experience. And yet has any one ever heard Virginia complain? Does any one see her waver ! Are not her people cheerful and hopeful and resolute amid it all ? Have her Governors ever sought difficulties with the Confederate agent? Hasher Legislature ever placed any obstructions in the way of the public defence ? Has she sent a solitary fac tionist, or croaker, or “peace man,’’ so called, to Congress ? Is she not as brave, and bold, and defiant this day a3 when the war began ? Is she not raoro so ? To ask these questions is to answer them ; and we shall be excused the filial joy which thrills us as we contemplate such a record. Amid all her sufferings and desolations Virginia is more glorious than she ever was before. Notwithstanding her rav aged fields and burnt homesteads, she # was never so rich as now. Her jewels are her *ons and daughters. Virginia was reluctant, slow, to draw the sword —some said she was culpably so ; but are those who were swifter tor the battle, fighting better than she? We do not require or expect that? Are they behaving as well? We ask ue more. We are slow to believe they are not. We are slow to believe that Georgia, which set the example of secession ( to Virginia, and led the way, will not also show her how to fight and how to endure.— We are not referring to her soldiers in the field, for none are braver ; but to the people at home. But what mean the reports that sometimes reach us that our allies there do not know r how to suffer as well as w r e ? What means the letter now lying before us, from a gallant Louisianian, who, with large opportu nities for observation, laments the want of steadiness in many citizens of Alabama and Georgia and Mississippi? We implore our brethren thp“3 and elsewhere, not to forget the faith and honor that they pledged Vir ginia and each other, when we took our joint stand for liberty and independence. We call uC&n the leaders of public opinion, we call upon the rulers and governors, to awaken the people to a full sense of their duty, and of what their honor requires. It is with Georgia that we are at this mo ment most interested, for it is Georgia that now has chiefly to bear the shock. Alas for Georgia, she has been distracted b\ bad poli ticians. The letter before us says: “The course pursued by Gov. Brown and others, is doing a great deal of mischief. 1 ’ For what sin of our people was it, that in a time like this, we should be afflicted, and distracted, and weakened by such mad, inconsiderate and fatal rulers ? Gov. Brown, in the government ol his State, 1 payß little regard to law. He seizes the salt j of the citizens; he seizes the distilleries, with out a particle of authority in law, but merely because he judges it expedient. The Confed erate authorities, however, he impedes at ev ery step of their legitimate duty. He weak ens the public defence by an ill-timed and unfounded clamor about State rights. lie as sails the Confederate Administration at all points, and diligently sows the seeds of dis satisfaction and distrust. Did it need a prophet to tell that such a course would do “a great deal of mischief' ’ Does it need a sage to tell that it will do a great deal more ? Asa con sequence of such proceedings Geireria is no*, ready, we fear, for the shock that i.- upon her. Instead of that united, cheerful, enthusiastic baud of patriots which we might expect of her people, they are divided about State rights, and peace conventions, and the tike. Heaven forgive Governor Brown and Mr. Stephens, and such as they, for the mischief they have done ! Heaven put it into their minds to re trieve their steps even now. Georgia will suffer, aud the common cause will suffer, we fear, from the course they have pursued ; but 3urely they will suspend their captious clam ors at least till the present trial is over and past. We earnestly invoke the authorities and peo ple of the adjacent States —of South Carolina and Alabama the more especially—to see in Georgia’s cause their own, and to reinforce her with their utmost assistance. If all will do their duty as they ought, Sherman will be utterly destroyed. If, from any timorous, jealouß or selfish calculation, they neglect it, retribution, swift and sure, cannot but over take them. Yankee View of the Question of Putting Negroes in the Army. The St. Louis’Republican of the LOtfa, con tains severa: columns made up of articles from Confederate papers, on the subject of < rnploying negroes in the army. The same issue of the paper contains the following let ter on the same subject from its Washington correspondent; Washington, November 4th. The agitation of the rebel leaders and press of the policy of drawing upon iheir able-bod ied male slaves for fighting men, is received by many able minds on our side with omi- 1 nous forebodings of the consequences, while the interest and attention it is known to ex- ■ cite in official circles, leave no doubt that the. Government may appreciate the advantages the rebellion will derive from the proposed measures, and at the same time feels itself poorly prepared to counteract them. Mr. Lincoln and his supporters have time aud again defended his emancipation and ne gro soldier policy, upon the plea of naked ne cessity. They have repeatedly asserted that the Government could not put down the re bellion without the assistance of negro sol diers. “I am satisfied this war cannot be waged successfully according to Democratic arithmetic,” said the President. He referred to the opposition of Democrats to enlisting negroes, and to the probability of their refus ing the assistance of those already made sol diers in the event of succeeding to the admin istration of Government and the prosecution of the war. For the sake argument let his assertion stand. Now, how about his arith metic. He has confessed lie cannot succeed in the war without the assistance of the 200- 000 negroes now in Federal uniform. Sup pose the South puts three hundred thousand negro troops in the field, and more than neu tralizes the military power of his two hundred thousand? Why, then, according to his own premises, it will be impossible to put clown the rebellion. No wonder the prospect, of the South calling on her slaves strikes him with consternation. The experience of this Avar has retty well dissipated the false idea, incub >ted in the minds of Northern people by the teaching of abolition fanaticism, that Nat. Turner em bodied the representative characteristics of the Southern slaves; yet, there are many now in the Northern States, who, though compell ed to admit, with evident disappointment and disgust, that they have modified their views upon the subject, still believe the natural in stinct of the slave is hatred toward his master, and, therefore, decide the idea that any con siderable number of the servile race can be induced to take up arms ia support of the South. Experience alone must teaeh these skeptics of their error. Does any one doubt the South can raise, equip and put in the field three hundred thousand negro soldiers, who will prove as efficient to her in a military cause as our sable auxiliaries prove to us? Lei us see. She has full three millions of slaves, and among them there is a much larger proportion of able-bodied men than among she same number of whites in any country. If she could contritute one in five of her white population to the war, she can certainly contribute one in two of her slaves. The only difficulty will arise from the necessary reduction of her agricultural pro ducers ; but, this will hardly prove so much as an inconvenience, since, owing to the in flux into her present limited territory of slaves from States overrun by our armies, she can readily spare three hundred thousand able bodied negroes without serious damage to her producing resources. Will they fight? “There’s the rub,” de risively exclaims the Abolitionist, who thinks he knows more of the natural instinct and ed ucated sympathy of the Southern slave than he know.- ol those of his own race. Says he, with confidence ; “You may raise, arm and put them in the field, but they won’t fight like our negro soldiers.” What foundation has he for this flattering conclusion ? Me& fight at the bidding of incentives of many kinds, and their valor is called forth in pro portion as their incentives are strong or weak. Array an army of Southern slaves against an army of Federal negroes, as the South pro poses. and which will have the strongest in centiA'e to fight ? Certainly the Southern slaves. The best part of our negro auxiliaries are impressed in the army ; and those of the remainder that are not bribed into the service by bounties, take up arms only to secure the necessaries of life—food and clothes. Tbe small per cent, that fight voluntarily must know that their assistance will never tie prop erly appreciated or recognized. Looking beyond the war, they see but little in their future lot above a condition of slavery to tbe white race. What incentives have those classes to fight that cannot be found influen cing the Southern slave to fight in the inter est of the rebellion ? The latter are offered l .eir freedom and fifty acres of land in the South, which guarantees them a home in the l aid claiming all their native sympathies and associations, while the former fight for nought. So far, we have only viewed the different! interests which prevail on the respective sides. But there is another influence at work upon the Southern slave tending to make him play the part of a faithful soldier to the rebellion. It is that relation, affe -lion and sympathy be tween himself and master. Its existence was once generally discredited in the North, in spite of manifold proofs; but the war has furnished too many notorious incidents of the devotion of a majority of the slaves, to allow it longer to be doubted. Thousands of slaves follow their masters, be they in the ranks or at the head of armies, through the dangers of the battle-field, and many have laid down their lives as the price of the temerity dictated by their lore. During Early's last invasion of Maryland, Gen. McCausland owed his life to the valor of his faithful body servant, who came to the rescue of his master when hard pressed by Averill’s troops, and relieved him by seriously wounding the Federal Captain at ilie head of the attacking party, Gen. Mc- Causland is represented as the roughest of Virginia’s cavaliers, yet he binds the heart of his lowly slave by ties of affection that can-< not be stifled by the dangers of battle. There are many such masters and slaves in the South. G. Postage Stamps. — lt is stated by the Rich mond Whig that the contractor for printing postage st-uips has given up his contract, and that unlit s 1 i tups can be procured, some of the postmasters in the iuterior towns will mark envelopes “paid for all who wish to save the trouble ol paying for each letter as handed into t he office. Envelopes by the dozen or hundred c--<- thus be marked and answer the purpoe of stamps. Thu Muoile Advertiser of Saturday says: We understand dispatches h&Te been received announ cing that the Yankees occupied Jackson, Miss., ■ this morning. flosiu? Sfenrs in the State Legislature. The Augusta Constitutionalist of Friday gives a report of the closing proceedings of the State Legislature, which, owing to the ex citement in Milledgeville and the interruption of the mail communication, was not furnished to u3 by our correspondent. We find very little in the two last day3 proceedings of in terest to the public at thi3 time. In the House, on Friday, Mr. Russell's mo tion calling on the member? of the Assembly to enroll themselves and report to Gen. Smith for duty was lost. A special message from the Governor was received, in which headvised prompt action on the part of the General Assembly, urging the j passage of the appropriation and military bill. I and then calling upon them to join him and j go to the front to assist in cheeking the ene- i my’s advance. He stated that he had been J reliably informed that the enemy had burned j Atlanta and other towns in North Georgia, j tore up the railroad as far back as Alatoona, j burned the bridges across the Chattahoochee j river, and was advancing in strong force. He j asked for the temporary service of all able . bodied men in the State, all civil officers ex- | euipt by State aud Confederacy, and all details j of every description to meet the present etner- j geney The Governor’s communication was j reported to the military committee. Adjourn- ! ed. On Friday morning the House met at 9 ; o’clock in a state of considerable confusion, j nd was opened with prayer by Rev. Mr. Flynn. : On motion of Mr. Gartrell, the resolution ! adopted on yesterday, in reference to the read ing of bills throe times was reconsidered and so amended as to require the reading of bills only once, and again adopted. The Senate resolution in reference to the retention of th • tax in kind in destitute coun ties, ,which provides the conditions and man ner under which the produce retained shall be distributed was concurred in by the House. Mr. Mathews, of Oglethorpe, introduced res olutions authorizing the Governor to call into active service all the able bodied men in the State,and to receive all volunteers,whether ten dered in squads, companies or individuals, to meet the threatening advances of the enemy, and rid the State of his presence. Adopted and immediately transmitted to the Senate. Mr. Hunter’s amendment to the above reso lutions, that the men along the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad be not removed, was not re ceived. The Committee on the special message of the Governor, reported a resolution that the President be requested by telegraph, to place Gen. J. E. Johnston in command for the pre sent < mergency. Also, a bill to authorize a levy en tnasse of the people of the State of Georgia. No ac tion taken on either the resolution or the bill. On motion of Mr. Gartrell, the General Ap propriation Bill was taken up afid acted on by sections. His bill to the appropriation of SBO,- 000 foppurchase corn for the refugees, indigent soldiers’ families and other poor of the State, passed the House. The principal appropria tions made arc these : $500,000 for the Geor gia Relief and Hospital Association ; $6,000,- 000, with the above SBOO,OOO, as an Indigent Fund for refugees, exiles, &c.; $1,289,576 for the Public Debt; $1,000,000 as the Military Fund; $1,500,000 for a Blockade Fund; $142,500 to Lunatic Asylum ; $30,000 Print ing Fund ; and the usual appropriations for payment of soldiers, etc. The bill passed the House and was sent to the Senate. Mr. Hall introduced a resolution approving the action of the Governor in purchasing cot ton for the benefit of the Atlantic aud Wes tern Railroad. The general tax bill was taken up, and after considerable discussion and amendments the bill was passed. A House bill .amended by the Senate for the relief of persons from taxation on property destroyed by the enemy or by order of the commanding generals of the Confederate ar-. mies—passed. A bill to authorize a levy en masse of the people of the State for the protection of the State from devastation by the advancing foe. An amendment by Mr. Long to leave it volun tary with the Judiciary and the members of the General Assembly to take part in driving back the foe. The yeas and nays being called for resulted as follows: Yeas 63 j'nays 42. Mr. Adams moved to postpone the bill indefinitely failed. On the vote being taken the bill pass ed. The Senate bill for State defense relating to the convicts in the Penitentiary—granting pardon where they volunteer in the Confeder ate service for the war—passed. The Senate refused to concur in the House’s amendment to the bill to levy en masse per mitting the judiciary and members to volun teer. On motion of Mr. Stephens the House re fused to recede from the amendment. The Senate bill to regulate the sessions of the Supreme Court—provides that such court may adjourn to such times and such places as they may deem best for transacting the busi ness of the State during the present invasion— passed. Senate resolutions in reference to the sus pension of taxes in counties overrun by the enemy, was concurred in. The Senate backed down from its position, aud concurred in the House amendment to the bill to levy en masse for the protection of the State. After considerable squabbling and noise, the General Assembly died a bard, but quick death, about five o’clock, P. M , Friday, Nov. 18th, 1864. In the Senate, the Military Committee in troduced a bill authorizing the Governor to call out the people en masse for the defense of the State. Passed. The House resolution to adjourn to-day at 2 o'clock, was taken up and concurred in. The House resolution authorizing the Trea surer to burn certain change bills of the State, was taken up and concurred in. The bill for State Defense was passed. It authorizes the Governor to receive such con victs in the Penitentiary into the service as may volunteer, and as he may select and grant them pardon upon faithful service, &c. Pass ed. Mr. Ezzard introduced a resolution in favor of retaining the Tax in Kind in destitute counties, which was agreed to. The Senate passed the General Appropria tion and Tax Bills, and other bills passed by the House this morning and concurred in the House resolutions. At 6 o’clock the General Assembly adjourned in a general row. Hegira of Drafted Men. —The inexorable draft has borne heavily upon many counties of Kentucky. Comparatively few of the able-bodied men who are drafted find it convenient to report at their district headquarters, numbers of them preferring to wield their arms against the Gov ernment which forces them from the avocations of peace to fields of carnage. Drafted men are going by hundreds to the ranks of the rebel army. Early on Saturday morning last about one hun dred and twenty-five drafted men appeared on Main street, in this city, mounted and armed with carbines, muskets, double-barreled shot guns and pistols. We understand that about seventy-five others passed through the outskirts of the city at a very early hour on Saturday morning, and that about two hundred stopped at Mr. John Cheat ham’s farm on Friday night. Some of these men stated that five or six hun dred more men would soon be along after them, but they hare not yet passed through this county. These men were principally from Hardin, Breck inridge aud Meade counties, and were making their way to the command of Gea. Lyon, to leave the State with him. From various quarters of the State we hcsT of | hundreds of draf ed men going to the rebel army. The draft in Kentucky ill doubtless put :n<;rc men in the Confederate than the Federal ranks.— Henderson {Ky.) Reporter. Proverbs Worth Knowing.-—Hasty people drink the wine of life scalding hot. Death is the only master that takes his ser | vants '.without a character. Content is the mother of good digestion, t When pride and poverty m -rry together, ; their children are want and crir* Wbere bard work kiila ten, *? kii r, a hundred men. Folly and pride walk side by aide He that borrows binds himself with his neighbor's rope. General Wright. If anything could appear strange in a jour nal that spends its time in breeding distrust of the government and disaffection among the people in the midst of a war for existence— tor such at least is the effect ot' its course whether designed or not —we should have been surprised at a most extraordinary attack on General Wright in the Morning News of yesterday. All sober, thinking men, and we believe even Governor Brown himself, will condemn it as most unwarrantable and unjust. What are these facts ? A week or two ago, it was ascertained that the enemy had left Atlanta and was marching through the heart of the State, ostensibly for the coast. Governor Brown left the capital at his approach, and issued, under an Act just passed by the Legislature, his proclamation ordering all male citizens able to bear arms to report forthwith to Gen. Smith, command er of the State Militia, then at or near Macon. The enemy progressed, and in a few days both the Governor and Gen. Smith were cut off from all that section of the State east of the Oconee by the intervention of the enemy. It thus became impossible for the reinforcements in that section of the State to obey the pro clamation—they could not report to General Smith, nor could Governor Brown, with that despatch necessary in such an emergency, communicate with the people and organize them for immediate service against an enemy vVho were presling upon their homes. Not a moment could be lost—a day might prove fatal. Under this state of facts Gen. Wright, who, by virtue of his office as President of the Sen-* ate, is Governor during any “disability,” tem porary or permanent, ot the Governor, seeing the crisis and impressed with the importance of immediate action, issued a proclamation as such—addressed, not to the people of Geor gia, but to those residing east of the Oconee and thus cut off from the Governor and Gen, Smith—ordering them to report forthwith at Augusta, on this side of the enemy’s lines. In order to effect their organization, to feed and furnish them with arms without delay, he also appointed a amp of instruction and the ne cessary officers to attend to their wants and get them ready for the field. This is all. Gen. Wright assumed command temporarily in absence of the Governor, did his duty in acting promptly for the salvation of his State, and is ready to turn the whole matter over to Governor Brown the moment he makes his appearance on this side of the Oconeo. Withoutsuch action everything would have been confusion. A proclamation existed which nobody had the power to obey, and nobody could recall, whilst the enemy were marching forward and threatening to overrun the State without oppsition. Tt was a patriotic and legal act, and the people of Georgia will applaud Gen. Wright for it. If Gov. Brown has not parted with all reason, he will approve the act, and thank Gen. Wright for doing a very proper and necessary thing for the de fence of the State when it was out of the Gov ernor’s power to attend to it in person. And for this, Gen. Wright is denounced by the News as a usurper, a vain aspirant after gubernatorial honors. Can anything be more unreasonable or unjust ? Is our cotemporary blind with political rage that he can see ing in its pure light? We beseech him to throw aside fault-finding and contention in a time like this, when t*he enemy’s bayonets are threatening us with destruction, and instead of irritating and dividing his countrymen at this fearful hour, seek to unite and harmonize them. We are all in a ship, reeling under the beating of the storm, and we are not mad, that we should be fighting among ourselves. [Savannah Republican. Ward Beecher’s Last Stump Sermon. The Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached the fourth and last campaign sermon in Broad way, New r York, on Sunday evening. The doors being open at eight o’clock, tbe build ing was crowded to ifs utmost capacity long before the usual hour. The proceedings were comnenced by tbe organist with “Star Span gled Banner,” after which a polka was played, when Mr. Beecher made his appearance. Af ter the usual preliminary service, Mr. Beecher announced his text from the book of Esther, iv., 14 : Mr. Beecher said, in beginning his discourse, alluding to the edict of the King relative to the destruction of the Jews, that a gigantic conspiracy, led by Hamou, was on the point of breaking forth. In all the provinces of the kingdom, the Jews were about to be put to the sword. The reverend speaker here pro ceeded to compare the conservatives of the present day with Jew the Mordecai. The conser vatives were those who did nothing to help and nothing to binder wrong. They stood calmly by sucking their thumbs, while events big with the fate of a nation were transpiring. Our nation was in great peril, as great peril as was that of the Jew's in the days of Queen Esther. The powers of ignorance and wick edness had made a combination. There were many who, through wickedness, were plot ting against the Government., but by far tbe greater number were plotters through igno rance. That great middle class Avho believed the essence of wisdom to consist in keeping still when God was calling them to act, were just as really in league with the plotters as was the veriest Secessionist. The Providence of God called on every man to maintain the principles of Christain democracy. In relation to the civil government all were equal, but in society, all were not equal. All governments were, of necessity, imperfect, and could not be expected to make nice moral dis tinctions. Here Mr. Beecher quoted the sen timent of Burns : “A man is a man for all thatand continuing the argument, said the idea of liberty had existed ever since man had existed. Mr. Beecher again entered into a compari son of European and American idea3. No where was property so safe a3 under a demo cratic government. Europe believed democs racy to be valuable in times of peace, but un fitted for war. Iu war they believed in the necessity of a strong central power. In this connection Mr. Beecher asserted that the North had been damaged by this struggle.— There had been no lack of enemies open and secret; and the secret enemies were more dan gerous than the open ones. They stabbed from behind as Csesar was stabbed by the Roman Senator whom he had befriended ; and upon the very eve of election, gigantic frauds had been set on foot and detected—frauds more gigantic and wicked than the devil had ever coneocked in pandemonium. Alluding again to European ideas, the rev erend speaker said : Europe believed that only strong central governments could carry on a war with success, since only a govern ment of that kind could exercise the secrecy and assume the arbitary power needful in emergencies. But what if the people should say so Abraham Lincoln, “be secret, take all the power, be arbitrary as you please, and when you are done, return to the power again ?" What advantage then had the Eu ropean Government over a democracy in ma king war. Then a democracy was as strong as an imperial dictator. The whole legacy of colonial ideas was now embodied in the Re publican party. He was ashamed of his young countrymen when they hesitated for the ’moment how to vote in this crisis. The rev erend politician here proceeded to argue the right cf secession. He said he did not be lieve in the right of the Government to coerce the people, but the territory belonged to the United States. From this topic Mr. Beecher recurred to the purpose of this war, avowing that it was a War for the negro. He took the negro apart ; from all issues, and was ready to confess that he was fighting for him. He would fight for ! the most ignoraut German under the same circumstances.’ If any man said he was au i abolitionist he was ready to confess it, In conclusion, the reverend gentleman appealed to ail to give their votes for Mr. Lincoln. That ' man who dared to beg votes for the sham De< moeracy. especially of tho soldiers, would stand in need of no day of judgment. He would get to ue’l without judge or jury. The Louisville Journal says the first tobacoe of the season was sold in market at forty-five 1 dollar? per pouad.] TECH OIT^ST* hr. J . JACKSON LOCAL EDITOR. I “ Theatre—Last Night.— Mr. Crisp's theatrical corps propose to wind up their season in this city to-night with a good bill—to-wir, “Rob Roy,” and the “Two Murderers.” As this i* the last night for the present, and the programme well chosen, we presume of house will be well filled. The Comptroller General. —We were pleased to receive a visit yesterday from PatersonThweatt, Esq., the able Comptroller Genaral the State. He seems to bear up under the wear and tear of the war remarkably well. tm • i We believe Congres., very sensibly refused to adopt tbe unique bill of Mr. Sparrow, of Louisi ana, to extend the assessment of prices for the army to all citizens of the Confederate States. A maximum of prices for the whole peo pie would ruin us in a short time. Important to Soldiers and Detailed Men.— We publish an Act in to-day’s paper authorizing all persons iu military service, including those in hos pitals and detailed men, to vote in municipal elec tions without roistering. We believe the bill was introduced by Mr. Russell, Chairman of the Com mittee on election-. We think it but just that the soldier should have all the privileges that persons at home have in the right of suffrage, which is the dearest right of freemen. A wife in San Francisco lately put in a petition for divorce in the court, on the ground that her husband was a “confounded fool.” The court wouldn’t admit the plea, because almost every married man would be liable to tbe same imputa tion . It was ofSciallay announced in "Washington on the 12th inst., that tbe efficiency of the Federal army in fthe field required that furloughs of all regimental officers and enlisted men should termi nate on the 14th inst. Provost marshals wero re quired to take measures to have such officers and soldiers roturned to thei? proper command. It is said that Secretary Wells calls the twenty monitors which have cost the country twelve mill ions of dollars, and won’t float, his Submarine Fleet. lie stoutly maintains that, whatever may be said about their minor defects, they are good at bottom. The New York World says ihe result of the elec tion “precludes any reasonable expectation that tbe Union will be restored within the ensuing four years, a.nd renders it3 ultimate restoration more doubtful than ever before.” Members of the Press who have circulated freely among the members of Congress say they can discern no disposition to yield to the President’s monstrous proposition to de tail editors. Others declare that there is an unsteady look about the eyes of certain mem bers. Among the "distinguished strangers” who are advancing’baek” into Tennessee from a long exile, says the army correspondent of the Mobile Tribune, is Gov. Ishman G. Harris, of that State, who, by the distinguished vim with which he has participa ted in a number of battles, Shiloh and'Chickamauga among the rest, has won the soubriquet of the “fight ing frovernor.” It is expected that he’will issue a a proclamation to the poople of Tennessee as goon as he again plants his foot upon ’his native hoath, and call upon them to'fly to arms and aid in the holy work of redeeming the State from Yankee ty ranny. Such a call will not be in vain. Remedy fop. Chills —A strong decoction of dog wood bark and berries, with one-third the quantity of whiskey or brandy added, is saicl by a corres pondent of the Charleston Courier to be an excel lent remedy for cnils. Dose, a wineglass ifu.ll three times a day- Fatal Accident.— We learn (says the Selma Dis patch) that a gentleman by the name of Captain Lanier Jell from the window of the third story of the Gee Hotel, on Monday night last. When found by the watchman life was extinct. It is stated that in reaching out to close the window blind he] lost his balance and fell. Gen. Dana, at Vicksburg, has orderihi that all gray cloth and all cotton cards on Ihand, or in pos session of any presenter former trader within this district, be immediately sent north above Cairo. — All such articles will be confiscated after the 20th inst., and the owner punished by fine and impris onment. The famine at Cape de Verde Islands continues. In Santiago, the largest one of them, which a year ago counted 55,000 inhabitants, there were lost by starvation between January 1 and May 1, 7,000, The government of Portugal has distributed $75,000 for the relief of the people but this is not sufficient to allay their sufferings. # The Atlanta Southern Confederacy newspaper has changed hands—the new proprietors being Win. H Barne3, (son of one of the propraetors of the Con federate Union, Gov. Brown’s immediate organ.) and Col. G. AY. Lee, so long the Provost .Marshal of Atlanta and now one of Gov. Brown’s aids. TJ*e publication is to be transferred to Augusta. anTct, To authorize all persona in the military service oj this State or Confederate States, including those in hoe- ! pita,ls, and detailed service to vote at municipal elections. 1. Sec. I. Be it enabled by the General Assembly of Georgia, That all persons in the military service of this State, and the Confederate States, including those in hospitals, and detailed men for any pur pose by the militar;. authority, citizens of this State, who are now by law entitled to vote, or who may at the time of such election, be entitled to vote at any municipal ele-tion iu this State, be and they are hereby authorized to assemble at such place as they may be stationed at, and cast their votes, as though they were in the town or city where they reside. 2. Sec. 11, That at said elections it shall be law fuT'for any two commis>ioned officers, residents of the State, to preside and bold said election? under the same rules and regulations that are now pre scribed by law for holding such elections, and make returns of the same, as though the said election hau been held in the town or city of the residence of the voters respectively, sending a copy ot the list of voters, and a copy of the tally sheet to either the Mayor, Intendant, Alderman, Oouncilmen or War dens of the town or city, where the soldiers voting reside; and all elections thus held shall be accoun ted good and valid; provided, the returns thereof, shall reach the proper municipal authority, within fifteen day3 after the day of said election. 3. Sec. 111. Bt u further enacted, That the reg istry laws in force for all cities and town- iu this State, shall not apply to absent soldiers ana de tailed men, voting under the provisions of thi3 4. Sec. IV. Be it further That said com missioned officers authorized to hold the several elections provided for by this ... ~ sha.l, be.ore they proceed to hold said elections, subscribe the follow ing statement in writing: (first. state the regiment, battalion or company of which they are mem bers, station and date); each and both of us declare on honor, that we will faithfully superintend this (lav’s election ; that we are commit sioned officers m the Confederate, or State service, (state the regi ment battalion or comrany.) that we wil. make a iust and true return thereof,;that we will not know ingly permit any one to vote, unless we believe he is entitled to do so, according to the laws of Gear o-’ia ner knowingly prohibit any one from voting, who is entitled by law to vote, and we will not di- * vulge for whom any vote was cast, unless called on ; "nder the law to do so; and it shall be the duty of sfaid Superintendents to forward a copy of said state ment, with the copies of the tally sheet and list of voters, and the same shall betaken in lieu of the oath now required by law to be taken by Superin tendents of such elections.. Sec. V-. Repeals conflicting laws. Assented to Dec. Ist, 1803. Wouldn’t Grvr. it Up So. —The Ravenna Dem ocrat gives the following .’instance of matrimonial instability : At the last term of the Pertage Court of Common Pleas, Susan and Francis Barton of Ravenna, were duiv and lawfully divorced. Upon‘Monday last, Francis Barton procured of Judge < atliu a marriage licence for huaselfand the said Susan that the twain might be again made one flesh, and sought his bride with as much alacrity as was made use o? upon a similar occasion. The Charleston Mercury of Monday, ays u lage side wheel steamer passed the bar off that cite, Saturday last, hound southward. Sue was laden with trix,- and had a schooner :n tow. T ELEGIi A P HI(J. reports or the tHOOin m E^ftT^At 0 v act ® f Congrws in the year by J. >. thrasher, in the cipA'j m the District Court of the Confederate StaSa r the Northern District of Georgia. 3 r I'allahassse, Nov. 2d.—Passengers by to day’s train report that we had a light with the enemy at Pocotaligo, S. C., and whipped them badly. This is a force landed on the coast from Yankee vessels. The railroad is open from Savannah to Augusta. The enemy have not taken Milieu as reported. Tt is supposed that Sherman is on the other side of Millen. Mobile, Dec. 2. — A special to the Adverti ser, from Senatobia, Dec. 1, says: Scouts re port Steel arrived at Memphis with 15C00 menj Memphis dates to the 27th received. Dana had taken command at Memphis vice Wasli burne recently elected to Congress. The new commander has issued orders declaring hi? in tention of seizing and confiscating all cotton in and around Memphis. He interdicts all trade aud communication with the rebels. Nothing of interest from Virginia. Early is reported to have gone to relieve Charleston. Seward and W elles are at variance about the Florida affair. Stanton seriously ill again. The New York World thinks Lincoln ha tendered McClellan a command in the army of the Potomac. Canby is certainly dea . Gold quotations in New York 228. A letter from Mexico says the Republicans are likely to give Maximillian much trouble.— The clergy are greatly dissatisfied with the policy of the Emperor. The strength of the empire, however, is gradually increasing. Late English papers contain the announce ment Semmes is in command of anew Alabama off Funchall Bay. Her armamen went out in the Laurel. She has gone in the direction of Bermuda. The Japanese inland sea has been opened by the allied fleet. The engagement was brief The allies lost 56 killed and wounded: the Ja panese from 200 to 300. Commissioners were to meet Japanese officers at Kanagwa to adjust the indemnity due to the different nations,and the forts were to be dismantled. The enemy have passed Franklinton twenty miles west of Pearl River, and were moving east in close columns. They are variously es timated at 5 to 10,000, with 18 pieces artille ry and 75 wagons. Yesterday Lt. Bannon -with 16 men killed 2 and captured 14 Yankees below Baton Rouge with horses and equipments. FROM' RICHMOND. Richmond, Nov. 29.—The Senate passed a bit l declaring four per cent, bonds aud certificates re ceivable in payment of all taxes due, and payabf a for the year 1864. The joint resolution introduced by Mr. Henry declaring the determination of Congress and taa people of tbeAfeafoderato State’ to prosecute the war until our independence is acknowledged was taken up. Ilenryt addresse^Lthe Senate at some length in support Ofethe resections. A House Bill was reported judiciary for the establishment of a Supreme Court. Richmond, Nov. 29.— The Washington Chroni cle of Sunday is received. Nashville telegrams of the 26th say Hood's army, forty thousand strong, have been for several day’s concentrating south of Columbia, Tenn. Our forces have evacuated Pulaski, Huntsvill* and Decatur, which places the robols occupy. Oar forces commanded by Thomas are ;a Hood’s front near Columbia. On the 24th severe skirmishing ensued, ani heavy lighting may be expected in a few days. Nashville is filled with thieves and murderers. The river is 12 feet, and rising. The application of the St. Albans raiders a dispatch a messenger to Richmond to obtain ev idence, material to defence has boen rejected by the Canadian Government. The attempt to destroy’ the Hotels in'New York, caused great excitement. Dix’s order requiring Southerners to register their names will be enforced. Nothing else of interest. THEATRE! SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3d, 1864. East Night «fi' the .Season i THE GREATEST BILL OF THE SEASON ' ! Two Novelties, Two Novelties The Thrilling Scottish Drama of ROI3 ROY, THE OUTLA H , CAPTURE OF ROB ROY, THE OUTLAW. DEATH of the TREACHEROUS RASHLEIGH To be followed by the Great Seric-Cbmic Drama of THE TWO MURDERERS ! EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMPANY IN THIS GREAT BILL ! dec 4-lt AUCTION SALES Bv Ellis, Livingston A Cos, ON TUESDAY, 6th inst., at 11 o’clock, we will sell in front of our store A Likoiy Negro Girl, 17 years old, good field hand, dec 2td sl2 By Ellis, Livingston &: Cos. VUE will sell on TUESDAY, 6th December, at VV 11 o’clock, in front of our store 1 Negro Woman, 35 years old, Extra No 1 cook washer and ironer.l 1 Negro Woman, 21 years old, Fin* seamiress and house servant. 1 Likely Negro Boy, 18 years old 1 Wheeler & Wilson, full case, Sewing Machine. 50 doz. White Spool Cotton, 2 Fine Parlor Stoves. 1 Case Surgical Instruments. 1 Excellent Open Buggy. 77 bbls. and Sacks Salt. Ready Made Clothing, Furniture. <£c., &C , d'C. dec 2 td $42 By Ellis, Livingston Sc Cos. Slot!*** For Rent id all be rented on Thursday, the Ist December ti in fnwt ofour store -it 11 o’clock, until the Ist April next, the DWELLING HOUSE in Wynntoc, known as ihe Wrisrht place, with ail the ‘.necessary out-houses, good well of water, smoke house. kc formerly owned by J. J. Absrerontbie, Esq. nov 2y td sl3 50 BUMIKfiOE SOODS BY LATE ARRIVALS. By James H- Ttxyloi. On H eduesday, Dec. ft* at 9 o’doffc. -t-rriLL be sold at my Store, comer of Broad aad \Y Campbell streets. Augusta. Gn.. A i: ge a Jtiiiont of Foreign and Domestic Loods. 3jf- Rartiv bars in a future advertisament. Conditions Gash. novU-ecdt/S