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I|K 1 I Kl f nillM KEVViOC IF !IM TIM. X. 1 JOIIA-lIA : VERA lop; ii. ■... KIMiV GROVE, NKAB liAETOW i'. <>.XtK .1 j .-'RPTEsmei! 2->, iwi. ) Gentlemen: Your leu- rof ibo 1 t'h i t. ’v . 1 u*.--iv(d seera: day.- ug-. iban ';■■■■ ; lii-:* to eontfidci the- :Ct V.'lli- p r . ••t.i h.anga ration of a peace roon.'ant in »h« | ; »uth.” 1 long for pea ga as ardently a- ! liart pant* for tbe cooling water 1-iook ' Ii with you, that "this unnatural strife ■ *n- ; not be terminated by arms.'’ Ti <• p-o, tint :.he ! word* mos-f. at ii-t. soil, our dillioulthaD*l I the Hioncr tli<; controversy < uu i--« ti.-L-mricd iroir. Ibo field of battle to tbo forum of rational aiii! honorable iiegotiatn:i, the lieiioi’it wiil n '. i both governin' : agree with yo i, tl ■' tin* peace move mens at tbe North .-Louid be .n • .uragod at the South. To this ••»<!, we : rlioulil lose no occasion, nor omit nay proper ! to convince the North that we are still, -.s wc (dwayu have been, willing to adjust the niUicultios between us, on honorable terms. We have avowed our desire for p.-„- mil ie.ul inc-ea for negotiation from tbe \eiy beginning ■if the war, in <• rery form ::i which < , y.uir. • i communities <ao givei-xpr-yrion to 'tin ir v.iil. We have avowed it in i. > .-sits', c m< -a .<• >. in Legislative resolves, arid Congressidfiul n.ani . What mo;;; ,:•> *.•. in v ! - •’ < r lion ' Gladly would Jdo more, if it we-- pos ible/ Bat I rlo uot bell that , inaugurate? no move merit that would If. -’I ic.-ult so earnestly •»!. bed by < rv friend i,l humanity, and so urg* ntiv t !bv t (crests of both sections. Our military eitua .ion• vvoirtd seem to forbid even ih attauipr. ! Tiro capture of Atlanta amWil:* bnumd iss-?- irarded by the ftulhoriti sos the Unite is, .is all that is necessary for our ultimate so!d>i • gation. They iiavccaptured Atlanta, and ; end Grant says the early e-aplur- of ili. I r.ioud is certa n, beyond u doubt. \Vl;at, under the circumstances, would be the piohable effect. of any peace movement at the South ! Would it conciliate the Morlb Would it inspire the ornament of tb« Unilcd States a 4>n-. of justice, or forbearance, or mugcaniLiirv ’ So far from this, it would Tms coußbueif’iuto i’ltan- j idailon on our j art, and it wouid atimulate and intensify the war spirit of the North.- It would lie regarded as our confession of overthrow, and the premonitory symptom of our l-cadine,, to sue for iii- rev on the bended kc* • . of * t.jicon dilionul eurremb r. in view of (Itcavowed object of.tin; -,vat on the part of the Northern Government, Vt, i.i* very certain that thes e can be no peace, upon -tiny hynoisibld fi m , so long as its pr. ij Airs ure in power. Tlfb ofdhe I i.iti-iT States hull proclaim, and i-nmitrii-.-tiem and lrjs (’.elyraiinsition to enforce it by the Bvvia'd. He Lias announced; ilance of any fonn il Oder of negotiation off-out part, that he will no! :ieat withrebels i,y :. pi id t people of the Con federate States) except upon the condition that we lay do-.n our arm , abandon slavery, and ictiira to the Union. He will U-en ((rant such isiins as may hr com patible witli his sense of justice, liberty ami magnanimity. •Ho long, therefore, a-'its pre ont rulers are ill power, and Ibis polii y shall be adhered to, there ran lie no pea. o be: e- i us -iml the Government of the UniA-d States, wiiidtr will not bring upon us ooniisi-.:.;i.-nj so li.u d|#ifgani&ttion, povet !y, dr ladation. and inloterahle dishonor. • What weave would be ot|r doom if subjugated . by military power ' .'-'ulijugatioo is no wor-e than Ibe riibuii—ion offered to us as the only condition .Os pe-we. •Jt would at least save to w our houtY. If the people of the United - will change tlieir rulers; If fbey will Vcputliat the avowed policy of subjugation; if they will return to a. (radical recognition of (be true principles which underlie the whole Htnudun; of Atneri .an governments organized to 1 muihfain coiistitutiomil liberty, i; ■ door will soon be opened for an honorable and' l.c-Hf ■ mace. Peace, upon any other terms, involves I Ik‘ 10-e ot liberty, beeiie.se it: will be the i unit of force—not of cho'ce and e.ompact be tweep eo-eijual ami so vert igu State-. Peace, PI ion any other terms, means despotism, en throned in empire— not rtpubijeauiun'i. tmd ed ujron 'the consent of the ■ ve-ned and . i ■ to inoet likely to meet their mfely ami f.-.p; i n#Pß." This is the kind of ptaec wbidi liie f sited Stater, now prupo-e to cut- - ujiou Jlnl people of the Coni,d. rale States—ihe peace of death to coiistitnißmul Iil»t r* ■- -t! stagnant, peaco of despoti; m 1 the pence which i liaina and prison bars imp -e. L'ii.ok with uuxieiy tothenpfirnacbiiig lYivi denial gigftlinrr in,the United Slates For a’, though the o'i’iteaip) plaiform f-rlls I a the rent oci isiou and I ibo the triumph of the f.'enu , iat-ie. party of tin- North will certainly sjeuve ,i tei ,ay ■■ pension of liorti Ii ti*.e and an it to id. peace by an appeal In i 'll. 't!:. c.u.i: lint four years of bloody war, as an.. ot restoring the Uniitn, line, jiroven a lailote They declare, Unit, the t!*?:<■ prieeiple .1 ■ ican ('overnment have betn andi■ r, rarded ac.d II in,pled undor foot. liv the ju;;i :IveCiltivo «.i Hi*. United States. Their cueakes will b'ritig n ehange b< adininistralion and.' with Unit, U , haugfl ot. polit y. It will i! m ue. and vvluyt ;. of intiaiwdy greater iui(rnrtaiK e, it will bring the tivo contending parties, iaeo to lace, in their arena of reason and eye; .iltat’fon. Then .n.*l there Cun be disetnsed the history of all ouv dilti ullie». the principle devolved in tl i.bmdy i sue and the respective interest.; **t noth govennnents Such is mv- cetivi* rion.*>!' tin' omnipotence of tint h and righ f, that. 1 feel j "an abiding cohtidence that an honorable pen, a won!*! uliimupdy spring ficm such delibera tions. iu then long cherished devotion to tho Un? ion of the Stales—a u-ntimenl which challenges my reypeei -the people of the Nor! Si. it .seems to me, have fallen into two grave -and capital errors. On thei: •> baud, they attach an un due importance io tiie mere fad or form of Un ion. ignoring the i idneiph -and el-j■: -of :!u> Union, ami torgetting that it .-eu.-es u> be va.lii xible when il fails Jo secure that ol Yet ami mainhAh those pi inoiples. On the • : band, lliey think, tiiaf tfie .Slates of flu- (V i. denier have separated ffomiho United Stutes.Mu cm: tempt of that Union, in a wanton disp. V.ii-.ni to insult its ting and :o di siroy t-tie tlovcn:- .meut of which it i ; the t-mhlem.- ik ; -.p a -w. Hie w-iuiig. The old l nion was an organi >ibn of States. Put it was mom :it was sm 1: an or ganization. founded upon L-ic..: prim-iplcs. in order tu give the m.-. t ctiiciei.t sec: • ity I*-; ilie maintenance ol thou- very set no prim ipit s. Tiiosp principles are the sovereiguty - cf tl • States: t:,2 right of Hie pcejd.- Iu - (Hei n them t elves; tiie vfgi't of ('Roll 5t,.:.: o', regulate iri own domestic allii.':*. to eslabiish Its c-wn mu nk’i|val institutions, to prgutd • it< vve system *>f labor aud to puisue its owl jwcer (- 1 enter prise, subjci! io no rcstri#lions -'--(-p! i.'u;h as ;.re expressed in the Fed.-ial Coa.-i;;;; 1 !n • these the Union was bared, and con. touted the solemn guarantee olaill, that ea- a N'a'e should ho protected in their uedi-t:.; .;.,d . ujoyment. \\ hen it laih and to.do this; or w’u( , wul c, when its government passed it-.;-i the r.d JfißttiOß of those whose avott'.-d p. Rev and. lead to t e ovinri,i..w ei il.cse principles, it was viitur.lly at an . ml. and. in a heir opiniou. ecu -ed te i-e to Fa t'eoplO Pt the Cc-utcdctat. States. U-r.. • i ssion v,.. r.ot icser.. and mi rely thr. .v i . ahe Union. Ggr jv-'i -e ievt'd the i uio.l ami Jionuri and its once gi-.'.rieus dag. tor : , ;ti nu-m --»»rieslLr.t ciu.-teKd ai'p'-md it. ’icy hit it •with reluctance and ' grot t" which history •will scarcely do justice. They were. .• = tl*»-y sire now. wedded to tiio pi in. :p! sou v.; ; h ; is- Union »s.- founded; • .-<• set o.t'i.i '••••■u i.- l>ut to vindicate and maintain tnoni. V. I.eiher they acted wisely or unwisely must bo :■!> to ihe impartial arbitrament of lime aud cot ing A.venl*'. But uo people v . ■'<• over prompted* to I isO jnomentolrs a step. ■ loftier der Be:! toe. n- 1 Mitu*iosal lib 'U,?. F-.-r this we u-.o and. • * j j ms tebeJa against |be Government *.f the l'-..? ■ted *■ States. ami 'threatened > with the Wood-.- <<ooii 4 of tniUOi•'• ov.r t. vUitt: y . - invvb «. v r hOßMß'ao*ol* te<l a " <l ';V' ‘V ■ '• ,;n L v t: - - -tile armies. 'Ve are told, that we must in- con > lend or. x{eTC*’ n ' Uw!- J -'’° : ' ar - : - '-• rw+t 3ug to maintain tid* .T !e * 1 ‘‘ 1 »• X>v force. We are detetK. ‘-‘S C!1 ? '**'’ ■ ( nerve the great piuilple .» ’ 1 inundation el the 1 nice.. i' ‘ > * t rains! the one, i. dispos.-d • - - ' ' tve might reply that th*. > vl V cate . •wage this war . t-..l t •< • tuber. It there V w\ >r. r < r sides J.! ill;; ’ «*i cater saner- ’ll • - t** >*• '■ and *•* When !It’, s viewed, how nr. ! slid :u V 3s Mfis war! Why vliould the No:: » . * .j'ls|Ht i.ti ' why should ilk thf.is.ti e I JtiSed COUsUtUtiotl.il me“i4 the North ic. : 1 th-ir cnmt-io-w,! a- ,! aid ti. our •'ubi'igation* • Tiognli'i be principles which firoukl i. ar to iu-rn us ihey'irie to Go they .*•: • tour oicrihrow will be the down id of constitutional liberty- fatal to their ; p*«-:--:n a- wed as outs—the inauguration of • " i,:.*. in,' th>- in is.; of mind; iruUr is ever 1 t.-iuipie : 1,;.. when pas--iou gains sway. ! I fat the indmate prevalence ot tie one, and ;;,e ascend ~.ey ol the ether is only a fjutstiou *>f time and tia irer.J, pea, e. 'J h : light already • : :>;» ik in u:<>n tin: thinking, aifd bet ; po: lion f Hie Northct.il [Kople. They be .;;-i tli •' this war i.t not waged to restore ; >bc Un; n. in g«x,d t» : ili—the Union, by nvow r imps able and degrading loans of peace, oi to coe v. it i: into a.despotism by Mbjuga llence, the Chicago mow ) nu- t. Is, iv-e *hv note ot discontent that is ! t,vie .-sounded by a poiti«n of piers and . smoti of the North. God opened the light. .<• |. ;do < f the Northjaoay understand Tam which we occupy, and discern the . an i that ihrealens to engulf their liberty. Then tin y Will consider negotiationnot on'y • in.;;;: but absolutely necessary. Then ■ ome, predicated upon luo-e (,rin ~* o ••rsential to both governments and all ... siriiesand dHiici'.ltiee solved in conformity to the best .interest of the parties. in view*of our position, permit me to repeat. I <Uj not see how we can inaugurate any inove • r o.i i t-iy to lead to au honorable peat-3. Wci-.re 1 e party assailed. Peace movements < • me tromtbe party. I would not u-di'islyod, however, as standing on any poke o! etiquette, as to*v.bo should taka the .i . • • ! have no such feeling. All I mean to" . tb it in view of ’the avowed policy of the Ueiivi* '‘hiie-- Govi’rnmenf, any advance no;: ‘ i; already rejected, before made, iind.tliar w. .uinot make any upon the condi an-toune Iby its President I would not .sum to mice the initiative if there was the i,-» ho;* of a favorable response or an lion o .-'ole i-■■•!!:. But if the Government of the 1. Tied Scutes should pass into other bands,Te [ ndivt • the policy of subjugation, and indicate ; a desim im- negotiation, I*would, if need be, have our G<|Verjunent propose it—certainly, aceflj ’ :i > oiler f>t it, if tendere'd by the Fetter nl in,thorities. Such 1 believe to be tiie spirit *)>i k-u:;„-r cf our rieof ’c. Such I am satisfied i o the sf, iiinent of (he Uresidont of the Confed *• rate Sbdcs. ite iris avowed it nu every occa icuwl. ii ~-fjuired him to allude to ihe : üb jeet. Tiie North can have peace ‘at any mo ment. All that they need, is to let us iilotio—c, ,;•.•*! to fight us; or if they prefer, pe fbe on h rras honorable to both parties. Wo are willing—always have !>c:-n.editing, and shall continue to lie willing. But as long as they tight us. the war must con tiiiue. For what can we do, but defendV We have no power to stop th"Lr lighting short of nncoiidiiioniil' submission to tiis terms an a-.mnoe:! by t;ie l'lcddenl of the United States. /.re our people prepared for peace upon those it rrn;-'.' It is an insult to ask the question, un indeed, we suppose contrary to the whole history of our (struggle, that they did not count the cost in the beginning, and have no just ap prec'aUou ot the mighty principles involved. Thu iT,--Ti. ot of the'Confederate Slates, never uttered as.vtliicg. more true, than when-ho said to the ••ntofjiecj messenger of President Lin < that “we are not lighting for slavery, but tor the right of self government.' 1 So lor ;.: as tho people will keep this great . ruth in view and obey the inspiration which it . iio,. id kindle in the -breast of freemen, they • aanot .1 - conquered. They may have their land desolated, their property' destroyed, their towns and cities burned and sackul, but sub jugated they never - can be. Vve cannot have vie so Jong (he present riders of the Uni ted, Stales are in power. We imfy not, even if t.1,1* t'e.ieago movement should be sitceesEful But let ns wail and hope (bribe change and for peace. It it come not then we must - rely upon the omnipotence of truth uiul right, and the judicious economy and the use of the means which God bus giveii us. I',•.lienee, fortitude, and courage, hope and as nut eh lei dt heroic p itriqtisin nu they era of Christian perfeefion. It is indis pensablo to t-'ieii.di them with untiring devo tM-n, a '.im only *-o[iditi;,:i on which libtwty ouvbe euiiied'or preserved. Her christening, from the b.-ginnirur, was the ba|ilism o! blood, ■'he , . dis-s her votaib-s to lock arms and * re'koived to die frui • ■ tirei ■' l m.’ i f.laves, ii this be tha ot-tli'e pe pie, ultimate suecih-s will be the i'i v..:fd !.« ib> ir euilei'ing.': and sacrifice-,. Fur U. ’.c i-uroinageiiietit, hi. I ay is replete, v, if ■ n,p!*.--, <■: which, none is more .striking -1 *• in: piriug .thuq I!i:i>. ot file levolnlion . . i■ . Then let tlmir i»-i no tlwpoilt ling no ol Cos;. * i-.:ul heroic resolve. I am, very respectfully, . I our (bii die: 1 .-.•iv.int. ITuusciii, l, Y. .iotiNSOS. j i'i,mi the Oolunibin G iafdum | GWre-MU I'CMi HISS, \V. « BItVCB, »>«•' S<u: I’I! «: tHOUItiY. Ti» TUB IT! KMIMi Wr. Winnsuoso', S. (',. Sept, "ii, I sill, ills F.vculhmcy .leilerson Davis : Su:: The Democratic party of fho United Stale:, fit ‘ir ree< nit Convention at Chicago,* les-ihe,l lor: it tliey attained power tbey vvonid or ivo to un armistice and a Convention of all il e States, to eunsidej' the subject of p, e. i thiok that action dotuunds a iavora •lie r.; p, r'• tV--:«i our Government. You are tl:e eiiiy person utui can ltiake that response, be, .Hire our l oneie- j does not meet until after r itilj-ii > i the I’lesideutial election, if our (.'ungues met in time, l should pro pose the a,--urn I desire taken to that body, iii.d sulouto its judgment my argument, but a- tin'll opportunity does not occur, I have no alternative but to .remain silent, or address myself !.•> >cai I cannot, consistently with my idea.-, of duly, remain .silent* I therefore :ui dre s my. "Ij to you. Wc are waging war to obta.’n a .--utisf ivtc-ry )K-aco, I mean a peace ,I •ent with the preservation cf our free institutions. By a .-:di:.factory (mace, Ido not me; that t-.-s-uion of hostilities which might, ait- i a i-uiiraei.ed ooutest, lesult fiord the ex l:;ii ion of the/belligerents, whereby the would tall fu m their nerveless bands, their li, arts a prey to the furies. Such a peace as that would he tmt a hollow truce, in 'which < ii pur:\ ’,*< uld be incessantly preparing for a now. dual and decisive struggle. The peace which ) mean is a pence which .reconciles the ion i 's ;,%l tie leeliugs ot Ibe belligerents; a i.-e. in sli-.il, which restores harmony. Fn i"-.: .an old;.iu such a peace as this, our ivj.ubih til iii.-t il ii t i.-ns i-ilter-to their fail, and we Income the subjects ot :* military despot ism. Every Government must exist : that is the law ol its being. If it is attacked by great force it must .bring- a proportionately great ter to its defense. It its term is such as uot i , im i.Fli milit uy•sueiedh to the full extent of H • •::er.in. # it teu-t disi'egurd that form - • The II pub!::;,tn form, especially the form of a Gt u federacy of free States, is not the bc.-t ad pied toi v.-ar. 11l fact it is a peace cstab ‘!i limer.t. The forni best adaptetl to war is a naii. i-a! sr.ili;: ry (iispuii.m r j'be Republic at war Is g-vd- t : : n.!y j-.a.-siit.; into military de>|io -:>i. As ft,s war Ccudffucs and the press'-.re , t.-miny ir<ieases, ibis transition is accel erated. A Republic lotc.d to the wall by a powerful cm my must end in despotism. la we t«»n our ei -s to Europe we find only twu uaiioi.e- visit free institutions, 1 Great Bii -j : und Sc *.-..; land TV by is this? The rea ls •■ is obvious. The necoN-ily »-,f being' con* Ty iu the big be state of preparation, and :h*j; Tro absolute gov* rum cut is the ordinary condition. j If there wet? no oilu-t obstacle to France : iieiQ.r seeuhlio. the imtnenee standing armies X o„ : ci'. dto hevp co iSfciutiy under j ; v, u,s. would be concltnivr. France i» com ; jidlcd to-kcen titHMWf'men always in ares.— !• ui.tee is obliged :herefe to be tvhat she w. a militarydrapci'-m. T»fcv the ca eof Prussia in the cel-.' rated . Suppose, tl eir instil tions l ha i'r.’ti- rlik tb- Great would cither . igpiio-bander. -I’u.glo. or sicse ail j rfeeh- . U enabled him w come r .. 1 Iraa* the content, lie safiitieed 1 • -n Pru.-sw to t-he one idea of j s' ... As lhussia tiad no natural i !y iiißi’oi ia strength j ti«.. . «•-• t oweis, it us.- necessary to ■ devclop-nent to the military . t - rhh did. As J 1 t < uialy.said, u save ihnssla it w.-.s n.ie.s-] .v • i.t* staxuuof military strength*! did'his. I’russia sliil has » pla* *.n tb .. in jit elibej v. Ff< .- eriek found Fiox i t an absolute monarchy, he led it uC ■ ldh iicbed camp- l iberty was never thought oi. I: is oh- ij-ker condition.— ii I'nissia with her extciieat populaUoti were at vdiets: ce from where sbe w. and pvo tcct-l by oceans ami mountains, she might be . s sible. ■ n lire continen! <. Europe no State cail'csS Ist v.jtii Jr, v-institutions, i-n ause the form of government mu--'. i>.» - ■«s iuruk-hes the , greatest amount of military sit englh. Ferfiajfa it tiny be said tbit Swi';--';land contradicts my theory. ! reply th *.i Swi:;. aland is ca excep tional case—a tew nests tlf poor people buried in 'emote valleys sunouiftfetl by iuacc.ntsibie mountains: they are td.-t.'V, onh conquering. Besides the mutual jealousy <'f the great pow ers is their t ea! £*-i-gu»id—England is *h« on ly great and free power in Europe. This is owing to her ius-.l if po-hi-.n. Tiie ocean is the divine, charter hi her freedom If nothing but a surveyor's line separated England from Fiance, Et'glftu 1 v.oujd be a nilitary dc.-potista a, Ff.'ijjce is. No country can be fre.v. hich has tuw'esp with her band on her sword. If::, why resort to general n-asoniur: and tho nomlition of Eitro;>c.i.ii nations to nrc what 1 have asserted, v/lren the prooi stares ua in n pi ■ n V, r e see it In every sight: we feel it in every emotion : wc hear it in every sound.. 'When our present Government was sf.tnMi.shod, evt ry thing poesibie was done in the interest of Plate Rights, every conceivable guarantee was taken for individual I'm dent —ns IHRuxs pos sible was conceded to the Federal Gov. inert. The Federal Government was “cab ned, cribbed, confined,' 1 "hedged in bv’sa doubts ami fears.’’ Th*a school of exir State Rights were at work framing aeons! ir; for a Federal Government, with tUe-accv iated suspicious cf seventy ye.iis. The their work well. The ■: roblcm to bo was the framing of a Fcdetal Go-'ertmiyn. tho ntiniuvhm'of power to function. I tb at it was-use'ess labor, because I c* ceived, m the humility of my judgment, tha. the constitution of* a country v; -s that which its necessities point- ■! cut, and that you could uot iii advance'say what would be'the necessi ties of a Confederacy exp.f-'.d to perpetual war' v.i h -a neighboring power of rupeiiot foice. i■-'it the iaruiers of our constitution were net, deferred by any such coiisiderations as these from their work'. They established their Con federacy, guarded and limited in tho interest of the tights of tluiYeparate Etatc-s as much as possible. Well, we tVve been at war not quite four years, and what isTho result '.’ i ; not buy Fedciid Government iu tire exercise of every possible p »v.-er of a national central military d'Viioitstu? Suppcse there were no States,- only provinces, and unlimited power was conferee! upon you and Cuogros, wbat greater power; would you exercise than you now dot slave vox* not carried conn iption io i'slast'iiiuitsf is uM ' ev* r> titan in the country between seyehtsen uiul (ij»y subject to miiluiry uutbcrßj'.' - None are exenqftupon rny coucide-.-atientiff ibe-pnb lic inteiest. Have we not been compelled to lay direct tax s in the very teeth of the theory of the constitution.' llavo we not i-sued such vast amount of paper mc-oey as to unsettle all value. V Have we not coin polled the holders (ii our paper looney U> In ml it. or lo:-3 one third? Have we !'0 ; '■ issad all the ruilroa 1 ' Have we not destroy,.-<5 railroads and i; tilt otliei,-? lluvo we not establish, 1 a universal system of impressment of p'nipe.’ ty, ot our own pvicis, iiijour own money? Have we not e.«- tablhbed ir Govesnmeut mt>aopoiy of tho ex .pm!..■ lions of the great supplies of the country.' Hi.v,a we t for bidden the into- 1 tation oi’ iux ..sa ' lldv. we not compel! and tf.y-.a whom we permit to remain ct itonic, to execute bonds to fuJnlsh their pro*Mats to us at our prices? Have we not suspended ibe writ of Ifitbeas Cor pa.. ? 1! ive vve not iatfoduced the poAiport system, which we used if) think, belonged ex*, illusively io (tie iron devpoiisiru, of Europe? In short,lias not. our F. da.al Government dwno every thing t nut a centi ,d:zed military: deapt:- tisru could do? Indeed if you were oiqiointtxl" Military Dictator, what greater power could you exmrso tl-«n you now and > ? J allude Hi Ukku things not to complain of (hen), but to 1 timw.l them. If yt.u i. ll rue tl;, v are an oec<v>ary, I reply that is precisvly tyy argument. My argument assumes and requires liflit necessity, it is plain that -our govern ment exorcises tiie powers of a central despo tism. i biui:,i. no oiyj for it. ! am sure those who arii at tJit; head of tiie govemtu; nt would j'ladly htu-si it otherwise; but necessity com* pels t!i« course they have takeu But T shall be told, perbsps,- Ibis necessity is limited to the war. and v;b; n peso: returns we will-go Pack to our old stale of iibil ly. Tiutt depends upon the kind of tu-.ico. A p?a; e wit,noui iivonciliation cirri,:s in ila bosom, tiio feeds’ of new war. This' armed Ipeace. and its ‘off spring, War, wen Id fhslc-a upon us permanent ly'll cctiiral military despoitetu. it is Common to hear it said that tiie United States have gone into dospoti-Mu. If so then it, is a very sad tin th for u c . for that wouid develops.-their maximum military poaer, :.;,d would.ot course, tti:c,.i»ltA!e Ihe sumo thing in the same way on our part. '1 ho truth is. we ate vitally interest ed in the pveseriTitiqn of free institutions in Ihe Northern. States, because the people of the t inted Siair-t will not only make their own institutions, but they will make our*, il they acquire their maxima military strength by go ing invo dWpulism, we must do the same, just as if: hey were fu originate new and ovFr pciuvoriug destructive inodes of warfare, we would have to resort to*the same or be over whelmed. Some persons of intelligence concede that (he Northern people have gone into despotism but ridicule Ibe idea of such a calamity befall ing u». To such 1 would reply, we are but human beings, uot Gods, atni we are peted up on by necessity us other people. The truth is, that the government at Washington has not dared to exercise power on the grand scale that our government has. The Lincoln Government has not ventured to resort to an cifcctive conscription; it has not re sorfed to taxation as wc have; it has no tax in kin;’; it does not prohibit imports, it does not mopoiiz ; the exports; it does not rely on im pressment,:. It plays the tyrant, but it hesitates to seize the^sceptre. 1 think I have e.-tabiishud my proposition, that our Republican institutions lost unless \v« isive a peace accompanied by liarmony with the North. Tin 1 great question for u* then is. llow are we to obtain such a peace? lk-.fote i consider this question, I wouid call your attention to ibis fact, that the peace we are to make with Hi,- North, is to be made by us and Die I ■h, :il< ie Ihire is uo.probabil it -■ i I any fi.-reign intervention; by that I mean, any tinned interference in our behalf. Tho p, ace between the North and th-. Si utli, when it comes, must come then by Ihe ae;ioa of these ins ai'. Fo'.cig.; will net intcrlere. The qiiustionTheu i.. Hnvv are tin ,e belligerent Ssatc, , now so lieicoly engaged, to obtain peace wßli.ic, e;ieiliu!l<--.. which 1 havs said is necessary i.,.i preserve their itepuiilican hum of government ? It is a -great question. I now approach it. I admit iii the; msl. piace that a r-uccessfu! military deleuso is indispensable, without that nothing can he anticipated out utter ritiu. But is this alii f think uot. There is some thing over and Above RHcc-vs in war. T hat is political policy. If Mr. Lincoln remains in p wer, there is no hope of accomplishing any thing by political policy. Mr. Lincoln is the exponcutof these, scatiments of his p : utv; in order to he master of others, iu- has to be their slaves. He cannot be rational upon th • subject of slavery, because be represents mad men; ho cannot exorei;: -what Buike calls the truest political wisdom, magnanimity, because hen-presents maiisnants. Ih-sidrs." Mr. Lin coln is comtaiiiql b. Id. p;i.-t career to tho most violent course. Il’L-.-’ had 1 en a Btant-» m.-a wlieti be became President, be could by a ; wise policy have rer-tort-d 1: mm ny. Put in 1 the gieat crisis. t#enstatesmanship could have I accomplished so mneh, he used no efforts to | harmonize, 1 v yielded himself up a liters in dtij im ■ ; pwar Is Mr. Sew 1 j rliowed that i v comprehended the policy of : coucili-.r •tj’.-t at the moment- when it i became net.:o jmt in force his tin - max : iuis l.e loui.-i it use K.r them Mr. Lincoln’s j inode if c?.’rying o:* the w ir, his imancijv.- : tion .•liey, t}ie .<•■> e b»* gives his ruaue.. to | commit t. e -cresie-i oiitroe w. tirivti that ho relies lAuhing but iiiec. : come.?,.there fme. 1 have :•«.• hope of. Air. Inat edn as a pscUi l Hu-r. I si;: aid a.- suon ii*v<! .- ,4tCt<si t i.arif ! IX M| -i- r the L'i.. li. :. .(Iter.the uuV.-.ic.c j i-t :-t ilavltioomew. llllt. 101 tlißateJy.. Mr. -i. ki'aril aud 1 1i, Ue lepiticui: art uot iiiUd the North’. There “ :*. power, and parly there that condemns his pv’d v. '-'hat party is rational ou the subject of Slayary. it represents whatever of amity or cot seiv .turn is left at the North. This par ty proposes that the war shall cease, at least temporarily, and that alUbe States should meet iu ami cable ■. ummil t-i make peace, if possible. : . demonstration iu fa vor f t p'eace. made at the North since the war ’= roke i lit. 1 ibii.k our only hope of a satisfacto ry peace—one consistent with the preservation C-I i:-*s flStitutifins— iji in the supremacy of this i'-ai ty at : ;pe time-op other. Our policy there to!«, is to. give this psvty aH the capital wo can I u si mlc 1, therefore, at once, in my o;.i::ion'.bive this party all the encouragement I-:-by declaring your willingness to an g; n i 'licp. and a convocation of all the States ;g ifi'ir sovereign capacity, to enter upon the 'cf.pf peace. The theory upon which this • ■ •>' goes is, that we are willing to cease hos tilities, least temporarily, cud meet in coun cd to ußaia peace if possible. The theory up -1 n which Mr. Lincoln goes is, that there is no ' ‘c to aUempt any negotiation with us : that the sword is tha only possible arbiter. Oar pMEy is te show that iho tiie theory of the Chi cago p wlv is the true one. To put this matter ia another light, let us ask the question, what is the policy that My. Lincoln wishes us to pur sue ? Os .course he wishes us to verify his the ory. and falsify the opposite theory. He wish es ns to .treat the.advnacea of the Chicago Con ventioa,wiH. tie. wishes to be able to v- sjo the goveru vour tenders would ec ar is ail trying \now v>w and >■ <e rn se re -a t. X .gn ca, the pi l ! as sem Q it is ti eat ques Hi. «mas it of Cc peac «rab ® sp.°Cv m great di The'q, bility.n-; with you neverm: niteiy the jn-jvisg, in never app Your qnly.. of the tous-'i fy that party,' i, not liegiedt dipici. Philip, :h'- gieat king ~ro cities by his poiiry tiusu . weak power engaged with » sirou b *akc up in sagacity for what it lacks in physical force, oth erwise, lire mormmentß of i's glory become the tombs of its nationality. Y. ith sentiments of the highest respect, I remain, y cur I’eßow-citizqn, William W. Botch. Till! KXlflMPtlOi** ITKDBH* tUSUTI TAX I V Kl.-ti) L VW VALUATION Ol TmtEH— ASSESSSISXT OF UXGATH . -KKV.I) C'ROrs. Office District Port Q M , J Abn art, G.v , 1854. )" Editor Macon Telegraph: Allow me to inorm those of your uaders who have not seen it, Hi I. t!iC new tithing act of 17tli February, 1844, | r' i'crlpd' tiie ;\c.t of Congress of 24th April, I SGI. its to eximptiofis, and under the former there r s now ho exemptions' to those planters v.-hu btake over the,following amount of grain, etc., Viz: 200 buhe’aof corn, 20 bushels peas tied brans, 50 bushels Irish potatoes, 10 pounds t wool,- 15 pounds ginned cotton to‘each mem ber of his family--white and black, 250 pounds net,pork, »0 gallons molasses—sorghum or cane. As to'wheat, oats, rye, buckwheat, rice, sugar, atul tobacco and ground peas,, no ex emptioua exisl; the producer pays one-tenth of all produced. Fodder and hay are exempt when the corn is exempt. Under the reservation of five bushels of corn allowed for each lob pounds net pork the plan ter can claim an exemption of its equivalent in other grain, as.per sebebu’e of commission ers prices fur the month; but this right must bo exercised at the time of making the assess ment, . afterwards it Will be- too late. If a producer makes over tile exempted amount of any article tidied, he pays tithes of ail—for in- Mnrcc, if his crop is 2.05 buehe sos corn and II pounds <sf wool, his tithe is 20j bushels of corn and 1-ltj pounds of wool. When the Qpariermasler advertises his readiness to re-' eeivo tithes, and hoiiOies tiie planters to de li vi r their produce, if not. complied with in thir ty days, the five-fold forfeiture can he prompt ly t hforced by summary process of distress and ixile through the county collector. Numerous complaints are made that'the as sessors are over valuing injured grain, ‘damp wheat, .to? lam sorry this has occurred, but tiie Government, not the planters, suffer there by. The higher the tithes are valued, tbe greater amount of ihe 5 per Centura tax will be paid by them. Similar complaints are made as to a'change in tiie valuation of Ihe grain. This is an evil our Department cannot correct, we follow the State Commissioners : They assess.'Wheat at SB,OO in May; $8,50 in Au gust'; we must do the same. It certainly was long since obvious, that a be fixed • once in urbason !or tiie whole crop, then those ,whq withhold their, supplies to the last will no longer get in July twice wbat his patriotic neighbor received for a prompt sale to liis needy Government in November, when the crop first comcjs into market. The .invitation to speculation and withholding crops oil'eted by an ever advancing schedule needs no com ment. ft is to be hoped then that gentlemen to whom this important matter is committed wil’i-if.possible correct this evil. Outsiders, how ever, cannot realize the difficulties of their ci'dnoifs positions, and tho.almost impossibili iy of adjusting tiie balance weights between ;■ ■?■consumer and the producer these unsettled linn's. '., • TF; last source cf-trouble I notice, is the un p.fhered crops fed to stock,hogs, lay, wheat, ryefoiiiii, grcuuid' pens, field peas, how shall t:-y bo appraised ? It occures to me tbe mat te:; is easier of adjustment than many corres.- i dents stem to think ; A plant' r with ten hands will make say, - yS DUO to 10,000 pounds jwirk■: bis allowance-of corn to feed them is :■ "Tjf, 500 bushels. NVAv if hd has, as allowed, utl c:' gntin to remain in the field ungathered and fc; <1 It. to ids bogs, he can claim this crop 'as i.&oquivalent valuation laid down by tiie State Coiumis-Hiouers, fed in place of corn. Uu g.t!iu-red cops will have Io be allowed at an average per acre, agreed upon between the p!apte?r and assessor. Hoping this will be accepted as an answer to many 'letters ou this subject to this cilice, i am your obedient servant, li. K. Hixes, Capt. & A. Q. 51. FROM Vh:xk o Accr.rding to the Houston Telegraph, the Frentb occupied Matamoros on the 2d met. The capture of that city and 3!onterey gives them possess! nos the .-Northern .States of Mexico, and leaves no ground for the Juarista party to e'eupv. At. last- reports Cortinas had fled, Ju»:c2 had tied, Quitoga had submitted, Vi d.-.uri w.'j; i. xpi cied to do likewise and hostili ties have accordingly, ere this, ceaseu in that part A the new Empire. tit os: WEST TEMVESBEE. The Grenada Picket says that Col. J. Q. C’hcnowrth is .;n command of a respectable fnrce-cii cavalry at-Puris' Tennessee, and adds : Our arinv will r*duubtless receive heavy rein tmerits from that region this fall. The hie part hitherto borne by the “Volunteer Mate’f-i> but an example of what she can and ! our capse. •* Hob.'ll ‘ 11. Wiiiihiop, of Massachusetts, is | rrimrted to be making siaeeches tor McClel lan. t :io.ai Tilts AB.vtv of seaKfs^t:. [COSRKSI’OSOEM'S OK THE CUBOSi.'t.K A RENTINTL.] Position and condition of (hr army—Preulden Davis at th? Front—JU v irdercovr* >"!th the Ojflctni und Troops —l if ten vj the Anni/.i'Ct. Palmetto, S*'p£. 2(1, isfil At the front again, I propose to try the pa tience of yourself and raiders once m >re by iiuthig things as they Lave been seen the last few days, and exist now. Tbe concentration of ihe A-my of Tennessee near Lovejoy. after tiie disasters culminating in the fall of Atlanta .and its subsequent move ment to a position ou the-road from Kairbuvu and Cumpbelltown, ihe right resting on tho West Point railroad and the left on Hue Chat tahoochee, are facts known. Tbe concentra tion of the Federal hosts at Atlanta, Sherman s order for a general exodus of the laggards wh" stayed behin 1 , the armistice, and subsequent proceedings, are events of which your readers have been posted. But of matters that have transpired in the new position, I find but little has been said ; indeed, t our own people \vere kept in ignorance cf the fact that the army bad moved to its present location for days alter the step had been taken! and of course for days after the enemy was aware of it. Sherman was posted, as a matter of course ; .why keep our own people in ignorance 1 Verily, reti cence” is a much abused word. The interval that has passed since the battle of Jonesboro and the evacuation of Atlanta, has afforded the war wo. n and almost physi cally exhausted veterans of the army an op portune geason of rest. And it been en joyed in every, sense of the word. Exhausted, ragged and half starved as tiie men wore, ‘they needed the undisturbed interval. That it has been improved in every aspect ts evident. Stragglers have sought their com mands, absentees have returned, and conva lescents have been forwarded to such an ex tent, that the force in line to day is fully one third greater than it was at Jonesboro. And in addition, the spirits of the men have revived, and confidence in themselves has taken tiie piaetj of despondency. Os their trust iu others I will speak hereafter. The visit of President Davis which has just terminated, is the event ot tiie calm we have been enjoying and the circumstances that marked his intercourse with the army and its officers have been of the most significant char acter. He came unheralded, and without a known object. except as far as he chose to divulge his (dans on the route. So inr as those pffrp'jses were announced, they were to inspect he field iu Georgia in person, to ascertain the oraie of the army, to endeavor to reconcile r differences that were Known to exist, and scertain and endeavor to accommodate tho oa of all officers and men. How far these were attained subsequent events must 7. is useless, and cun do no good, to disguise "act that tho President’s reception was not nthusiasticonc. On the contrary it was '-There was ro disrespect manifested, mr there any enthuriam—none of that iral expression ot personal admiration for e man,” that characterized the visit made er tiie battle H>f Ghieamauga. Tiie recep on tliis time was given to the‘‘President of the Jonfederala States.” As such no complimeni can be made of it. And, if any. wqpld have it otherwise, they must at all times remember that this army as well as nil tho-armies of the Confederacy is made up of thinking men and not machines, and govern themselves uccord- The time.of the President lias l ean fully em ployed »in interviews with Iho Commander-in chief, tbe corps commanders, reviewing the troops, and finally in a protracted meeting with all the generals of the army. From tiie outset it was palpable that great dissatisfaction pre vailed; but ignorance of Its cause wus express ed. Delicacy, I suppose, sealed Ihe mouths of the corps commanders. But the expression of the troops could not be mistaken, They did not attempt to bide their feeling'. And, so marked was tiie change in their conduct during the graud review, as computed with that on a similar occasion last fall, that upon reluming to headquarters the President.insisted upon be ing informed as to the reason. sel nu one spoke out. und the was a convoca tion of all the generals. My information is direct that at Hits meet ing, ' from which Geu. Hood very properly absent ed full interchange of views us to the condition of the army, Umdesiros and feel ingg, look place. There wus nothing conceal ed, The general wish fora change of emit • manderß was made known, and by some if was positively urged that a change was nefcemwy to msurejthe. morale of the troops. There wis •no eninily diqjduyed toward Gen. Hood nil bis eminent soldierly qnidifies were admitted ; but the naked truth, that another would better serve to. satisfy the wishes of the men, conciJi ate existing differences hetw en-officers and in spire gieater confidence throughout the whole army, wits bluntly avowed. The President was no longer in ignorance At the same meet ing'p'eferences we e expressed for anew com mander, and Gens Johnston aud’Beauregaid were tiie great favorites—the former, however, receiving by far the utrongest expression in his favor. The assemblage separated after receiv ing assmances from ids Excellency, that be would consider in his own mind the propriety of relieving Gen. Hood and sending Gen. Beau regard to the front; which declaration is con sidered here as equivalent to saying that Gen. Johnston is out of the ring. Tiie President was twice visited by organiza tions of the army, serenaded, and called upon for a speech. He complied cheerfully and ad dressed the men earnestly and eloquently, as did also Gov. Harris, G,er.s. Hood and Cobb, and otheil. The lovefeast extended to the “we ma ! Fours ay ont the two!” and nothing occurred to nor the proceedings except the ve hement expressions of the meu for tbe change noted above. Under the circumstances these should have been dispensed with, but we must remember a soldier is a free thinker if not a free actor! . But the President has gone, and carries with him the best wishes of the army of Tennessee. Whether Ids visit will result in tbe good we had a right to expect, remains to be seen. Gen. Hood has promised us early work, and that promise was reiterated by the President. “An important movement” is to take place at once, of which your readers may not be ad vised, yet I will wager a canteen full Sherman is already posted as to what is contemplated, and has made his dispositions accordingly. Remember this prediction. Wc are all ready. Four days rations in haversacks, and a furl sup ply of ammunition served out. Something will turn up without delay. Kovutt. llis Own Accuser.—ls an overseer should os far show incapacity to manage a plantation of fifty hands as to acknowledge that two-thirds of them had run away or wore lounging about their quarters instead of coining to the field and recovering the crop from the grass, and weeds which !md been allowed to take posses sion of it, and should come to ills employer with these facts before him to aric for addition al help, what would be the repiy ? Why, sir, go first and gather up tho runaways and lag gards 1 have given you and make them wort before you ask me for a larger force ! Why would not a like response-be entirely appro priate to the exorbitant demands being made upon the country by our Confederate overseer, President Davis? Ts not the jjprallel between the plantation oteiffcer and tiie Confederate Executive fair,, in all respects? Then why should he not reclve- tiie same treatment? is he not our agent, sw#n to execute the laws, and enforce discipline ? Why is it, then, that the President admits that two-thirds of the ar my are absent from "• commands, half of these without lea- foes not apply the proper correctives m bade, instead of asking the count! itself of resources necessary to tiie i / tiie army and the community?* Why . ne not exhibit some of the magnanimity of that nob!e man, Gen. Lee, who says. lam to blame, come ar.d lwlp me out of the difficulty ? Cut no : the President is always right and somebody else to blame. Con gress or some displaced general must be made the scape goat.— Montgwaery Adverliw. Gen. G. T. Beauregard, who, by a kiod'dis position of Providence is in command of this Western Department, arrived in Macon on Wednesday evening, ajid is now the guest ol Gen. Coot). — Union Intelligencer. Since the v.i r commenced the Federal* hare lost fifty one Genera's, <>l whom thirty sue were killed in battle, abd fifteen have died of . diseases contracted in service. i • [From Sftma Reporter ] . V\ HKBLUtr* F.XPESMTtO.V. From a gentleman, who accompanied the ex pedition, we derive some facts scu inferences that may be.of inteiest to our readers. The comm uid left Covington ou the 10th cf August, ami was compelled to make quite a circuit to cross tho Chattahoochee river and avoid the scouts of Ihe enemy. In North Georgia, Col. Hannon was ordered to strike the railroad near Calhoun, which he did pro.tuptly and vigorous!v. capturing a train of c os, n number ol prisoners and a thousand beef cattle. To save the cattle ids command r. turned to the at my. Tbe succeeding day, General Martin was or dered to strike th* read at Tilton, but from some cause hismovemeuts were tardy, aud leu liltle.was accomplished. Gen Wheeler, with wbat remained of his command—Geu. Williams not having yet joined him —attacked tiie ene my at Dalton, took the town, destroyed a large quantity cf tents, and commissary stores, cap turing some prisoners, wagons, and mules.- — Next morning an infantry force having been sent down from Chattanooga to obstruct our progress towards Tunuei Hill, Gen. Wheeler re liic.l from tho town and started to wauls Cleve land, so as to cross the Tennessee river at Cot ton port. At this point the river, from recent rains, was imfordable. This necessitated a delay of several days or a tedious detour around Knox ville, to find crossings. The latter plan was adopted, and about twenty miles of the read was destroyed. Grossing tiie liolston liver tieai' Strawberry Plains, the command marched a westerly course'through Sparta, Smitliville and Liberty, until the Nashville"ami Chatta nooga road was reached near Murfreesboro. On both sides of Smyrna and Lav erg ne the road was torn up and burned for the space of ten miles. Some fighting occurred and deem ing it imprudent to attack Nashville,-the com mand marched across to tho Nashville aud Decatur road ; striking it near Franklin. About twelve miles of this road was destroy ed. Two or three engagements were bad With tin? enemy, in one of which fell the gal lant and beloved young officer, Gen. John Kel ly, commanding a division, at the age of twen iy-f,our. lie had endeared himself tn his troops and gave promise ot large usefulness, if bis lire bird been spared. Gen. Rossoau had collected a large foice, seriously interfering with work on the railroads, and Gen. Wheeler re crossed ihe Tennessee at Hubert Shoals to effect a junc tion with Gen. Roddy and await the coming up of the brigades cf Williams and Robertson. These troops, under the command of Gen. W. had been detached near Strawberry Plains to join us the next or succeeding day, but al though repeatedly ordered up, had, from some unknown cause, not succeeded ia so doing, as late as tfie 20t.!i of this mouth. The high wafers and tbe absence of two brigades were obstacles to tho complete suc cess of this expedition that no sagacity could have foreseen. The Yankee papers are guilty of their usual mendacity in asserting that no damage was done. For two weeksj no trains were run through north of Chattanooga, and tiie first through trip was made ou (lie 18th of Septem ber. Much unnecessary and unjust censure lias been cast on Gen. Wheeler for the alleged failure of his miscalled raids The rise in Ihe rivers and the. diminution of his command are attributable to no want of skill or negligence on ids part While on Iho linos of eoimnuni cation, it is well known to cavalry officers and soldiers, that the wink of destruction was prosi-eii'ed vigorously and effectively. 'Wisely, ffgldn were avoided, when possible, with Hie I'uemy, as prisoners were an encumbrance, paroles would not be Recognized, and our wounded wouid have to bo left iu fiie enemy's lines. Besides, Sherman Could not lio injured by lighting and as long .as the cavalry are in line of battle, no work could be done. The crops in Totincssoo aro‘quite abundant, in Ibe eastern portion of the Ktale, where John son's and Pro willow's and Mayn ud's influence j predominates, fltere arejnany lories. In Mid dle Tennessee there is almost unbroken unani mity of sentiment in favor of tbe South.- While (hero Stre few'men who have not lava coibp'dled to submit U Ihe hateful on/ti. it m-is loosely en many consciences, aud from Hit; loyal und-.tine Ibo soldiers experience nothing lull, kindness and sympathy. Without actual peisunal acquaintance with Ihe eonditi*m oPuttaars in*tho overrun districts no one can realise the exletibtud severity of Yankee tyranny, it is us diffusive us tho air wo breathe, operation! home and abroad, ami sitting like"a nightnme on every energy, pas sion and emotion. The patient crulimiace tied cheerfulness of the people were remaikable, while Hie hopeful eotmtge and zeal of the wo men are beyond id! praise. No portion of Ihe ('oiili-di-.nicy, mush lb of Norltiein Virginia, shows so much of the deso lation of war as ] ruidefle, Lawrence and Frank lin counties in Ibis State. Gherman ami Dodge robbed the planters of their negroes ami live stock and reduced many families' from efiluepce to ivfiiit. Thousands of aei. sos the most I. rtiin valley lands lie waste and uncultivated, and yet there is no willingness en the part of these Miffereis, under any circumstances, with any paper guarantees, fu live again in political union with (he despoilers and plunderers. Statu rr UnoiHfiA. j Atmutakt & Inspector General's Omen, - MiHudgevilie, Sep*. 27th, ISU4. ) General Orkkus, } No 28. j Georgians! your families and homes are now open to tbe ruthless raiders of lue enemy, aud your liberties hopelessly endangered, un less every man in the State capable of tender ing any kind of service, comes out and" does his duty.. Some are nquired ul. Hie front. Others have duties to perform elsewhere. But whether at the front or in the rear, every man must flow come forth cheerfully and wilUn giy, and do wbat be lias to do with all ids energy and ability. As one measure of safety, a com mi llccof re spectable citizens of Hancock county, have re commended tiie Goverour, “to call on every able bodied while male resident in the Stale between the ages oi 50 and (iO, to organize Ihem sdves forthwith into Companies ot Mounted Infantry, or Infantry, tor the purpose of repel ling raids in their own or contiguous Counties, and that all aide bodit and men who refuse or fail" to join such organizations, and drill regularly, shall be repotted by the officers, and sent Io Urn front;'and that all others, exempts, (Civil Ofncrs included) be requested to unite with such organizations; nnd also boys under ]<; years of age with tlieir parents consent." Approving of this recommendation ol the patriotic citizens of Hancock, and believing if carried out earnestly, and in good faith, the plundering expeditions of tlic enemy maybe checked, if not altogether defeated, the Gov ernor directs the able bodied men of tho State to organize themselves as above, arid requires the Officers to send to tho trout every one who refuses or fails io join the organization cf Jiis County. The Companies will be formed under the di rection cf the Aides de-Camp of the Military Districts, who w ill see that proper rolls of each Company are forwarded to this Office, and that the purposes of the organization, so far as re lates to the exercises and discipline necessary to make it effective, are en forced. The members of the Companies, more-over, will not relax their*duties as l’o licemen, or in Ihe arrest of deserters, laggards and skulkers, but will use every exertion to send them forward to ike field tor a< Uvc ser vice. By Oder of the Commander in*Chief.: Husky 0 Wayne. Adj & Ins General. Tin; Fefi.ixg in rue Amir or Tennessee. A correspondent of the Montgomery Itra.il, writing from Ga., under date of Sept. liOlb, speaks thus of the feeling which exists in the army of Tennessee towards 1 resi dent Davis and Gen. Johnston : The feeling in the army lor Genera! John ston is yet as enthusiastic as it. was when he bade the troops a sad farewell. The sullen -ri.anc-s Mviii'ii were cast at the President, winle here, wore marks of the displeasure entertained in his presence. It was difficult to L„npress the rising ardor of the men. ibey wished, in their own blunt v ay, to give ex- I preerioa to the cslimation in which tliey held ! Mr. D. Ade erti-r named Jacob Lovett was sliot to death in Savannah on tfie 27th instant, in ac cordance with the ;enunce of a military Couit . Martial, ■t JUL*.! Tin; FHOVi'. A conespond. nt of the Montgoincv Appeal tnipks Sherman staggered at Hood’s move ments, and does not know what course to pur sue. lbs plans arc evidently upset.• It >s now 1.0.iil who is (ninpaiguiug and Sbcrm'au who is on tiie defensive. oai.-lul dispatches were receive.! in Milledgo •* me on \\ nimouncing the? captiii** oi u< l»y \\ !:» f'ut, ih* ( » , v hf*tov«\ with tho garrison, cm.risting of lln oe thousand mgroea and t.ii-n-white e.ffi.s'M, We are further in formed t cat Hie enemy, previous to Hie surren der, destroyed tin: nnst ir tint at! their com missary stores, burning fur t-,U purpose two squares of imildiugs in the business part of the town. On Sunday Cun. Wheeler dashed Into Manet la near 111.. Lolling Green, succeeded iu burning a block of storehouses and spiking three siege guns. 'lhe main body t.f cur army is supposed to Ue at Etowah. Fortifications are raid to have been thrown up on Kennesaw Mountain. T'lm report that Cerro Goxlo Williams bad captured v haitanooga is not believed, foil tho occupation of Dalton seems to be confirmed. A genth uiaii hitely out ol Atlanta leports Unit' Shermab has provisions there to last a garriuouNdton thousand men for six months. If ho is forced to.evaeuate the place with' his army 1m will leave..a garrison. Brig. Gen. il 0. Taylor, formerly colonel of ihe Fifteenth Tennessee regiment iu at present commander ol Iho po; r of West Point Major Iforhack of Ihe army of Tennessee, Ima been sent to I .nGrangc as Rost Quartermaster in tho place cd' Major W. F Ayer, who has been ap pointed Chief QUiirtennaMcr of tl-.e mm cf Tenncesc. 1! is stated tiiaf Gen. Hood is fearing up Ihe I nicks of the Georgia,' Macon and West iVmt roads. Seventy miles, it is stated, of tho (In r. gia road will be torn up, and the Macon road to Griffin and the West Point read Io Newman. All Hie cotton at Palmetto has be.-n brought away safely. A large quantity had been stor ed away at that point. The Macon lutelligencer states it is rumored that Hood luis captured a whole corps of tho enemy amounting to 7000, in the rear of Sher man’s army. The consolidation of regiments in Hardee’s corps threw out quite a laige number of offi cers, from Oobmolt* down. 1 The supernumerary officers have been given furloughs of seventeen days, for tbe purpose oi enabling them to recruit new commands where, you can possibly guess. Our troops are in better spirits than tin v have been since the fall of Atlanta. Au ad vance movement, you know, iu calculated to enthuse the most despondent. We aye advised, cays tbe Memphis Appeal of the 301 h, that an official dispatch has been re ceived iu Montgomery, conveying tbe gratify ing intelligence that. 1 <srest lias been eminent ly i:i destroying the, railroad between Nasiiviße.and Decatur. Avery largo amount of trestle work was burned and much other damage done. It is Vumored, says tho stpnlgomery Mail, that a new-military-district is about to bo es tablished \o be called the Department of Ten nessee. It isto embrace ail Hie territory north of the Tomiessoo river, and extending through Kentucky fry tiio left stn-sm, an 1 into East .Tennessee on the rigid, as far as Cumberland Gap. Gcn.-Fcrreet, tlm rumor has It, will be made Lieutenant General tmd placed in coni maod of this new Department., with authority to raise a?; largo a.force ns possible and to'ope rate against the enemy at discretion. AU t!:e country occupied by tho Yankees and about Jonesboro, and since evacuated by them, has been completely ravaged and laid waste. Bishop Lay has prone Unougii the lines, on a permit from Geu. bhqrumn to visit his home in North Alabama. We learn that our scouts captured on - ? of Sherman's supply trains, on Monday last at Marietta. Thirty prisoners captured at tho same time, reached Few can on Thursday, mad canu: down the mad last Bight. Gen. ('iicathum is now in command of tiio gallant corps lately mitii-.vGen. Hardee, ami tho report reaches us lie has ' been made acting Iveutenaut-General. So far it is all rivht, but tho full rank lutz been won by the fighting’ T'eunosseeaii. A correspondent of tiio Montgomery Mail says that Major M uon, Adjutant General to the Aimy ot TciiMct&ce, and a son-in-law of Judge Cauqftieil, of ism War Department, is to be mado Chief of S fuff iii place of Geu. Hhoup, lately res'gned. ITiOM S.' S'l l 1'1.V,- Lien!. N. IU. Stone.’ ofMorgans cavalry, who was taken prisoner during Gen. Morgans’s last laid into Kentucky, and made his . scape. Visa furnished Iho Mi.cou Telegraph tho annexed, news: 'ih:. force.", of Biirbrldgo, which drove Mor gan back, outnnnibereit his troops four (none, ’ilia engagement was.a Woody one and many of our best men ware killed and wounded. Tbe wounded, were tai.cn to Cynthiana and confined in a church. Tie-, ladies of tho place wore very kind, and showe.j os ail tho atten tion they could, mrriy of them were afterwanbr anested by Yank.;.; officials. . There is at piescnt, about twelve lliousand troops in Kentucky. Nix thousand white ca valry in and around Lexington under the ini nadiftfc e.miroaiui of Gen. Bin bridge; aud about tire same number of negro troops at Camp Nelson, are sealieied in various detachments throughout the HLUo. I>uvnbridge with his coin maud is rapidly fortifying Lexington aud Ml. •Sterling, I wiring another raid into the State. Confederate raider* are tuvainting iu almost every i (unity in Kentucky,' a>»'i are liecoining bolder every day. A Federal soldier cannot go twenty uiiies from the o-plnccswitfiout run nirrg the risk of failing in tbe hands of our troops. Kentucky is being scoured in every dire- Ron by negro troops hunting lip the few negro melt .who have not tm-n | roper Io volunteer. Hi many c,-i or thy ere shot down on reftm'ug to e:v liat. ’i'.he negro troops, however, take good care not to extend their visits to counties where Confederate are known to by. In fact, from all ] could m - tin re ;.-\r:;ls a perfect l'eigu of terror throughout the State. Both the property and live, of tiie citizens are very insecure. The people in Kentucky arc in favor of Mr (TelLui, blit it is thought that Lincoln wilt slop those who are opposed to him from vet mg by the bayonet. l-’ium EAST TEAMOiSKIi The Bristol Gazette says that the past week lias been one of comparative quiet in out front. The enemy have made no cemonstiations on this side of Greenville. A K-gjmcnt came to this place bqt returned to theGnp iluysemc day. N?une change has taken place in the forces.- 'ih.i 10th Michigan has gone to Ntrawbeny Plains* Tins tilth Kentucky eaval-y, from Cumbcihind Gap, has taken iis plr.ee. The Gazette brings us the gratifying news that 1,500 well mounted recruits (tout Middle Tennesson, together with Iff.no rege-nra under tbe command of a gallant leader, have gone to our lines tho present week, which f peaks much of iho devotion of the people inside the ene my’s lines for our cause. If thinks that if our armies would occupy Tennessee and Keutvcky, that 50,000 men would flock to our standard. Even the re oc cupation of Erst Ten aesac would bo but tiio opening for recruits, from Middle Tenueesee, Kentucky and Indiana. From what we Irani from other sources, we are led to believe that there is n great im prove me ut in theailairsof List Tennessee. 7 he.promotion#Of Basil ihtke to a brigadier general, gives universal salisfa tion. “ The enemy's rulesu East Tennesse is becom ing mo’o despotic daily. Many of the most influential Southern men are being arrested and hurried effno Knoxville. But one regiment of negroes and a few whites compose the garrison of Knoxville. Gen. Vaughn commenced moving towards Knoxville some time ago, and on Sunday, 29tU September, encountered the Federal forces at Blue Springs, twelve miles below Greenville. A tight ensued, and the Federals retreated to Bull's Gap, a strongly fortified position six miles lower down, leaving twenty dead on the field, and forty prisoners in the hands of our men. Gen. Vaughn prepared to renew the at tack oti Monday morning, but an order cauia on Sunday night instructing' him to fall back to the Watauga river, tints putting an ena to bis operations. Uem.-ral Vaughn did not loro, a man in the fight at tin* Bluo Sjuings. '«*■» ■ Air. Johnson, of Marerigo county, Ata., baa manufactured edine fifty barrels cl castor oi this season.