Chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1864-1866, November 23, 1864, Image 1

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I ■iwn-wiiwpa—Will II I iffiTH iMWi—nni'l if* mwa #*6* **rn ' <» If «■$ & o P ' a f’4 i^ll N. S. MOUSE. d%otttcle& Sentinel TERMS. THE WEKKLI CHHIIMI LK A HEMINKI, IS VUBLiSHKb £VLEU W KD.NIi.BnA t THHKKMO.YIH4 s«.UO SIX MOMHt §ll Oil ALWAVstN ADVANCE. WBKKLY ADVBHTISIACI KATKB. Utoi.'iA.aY iu the Wee* ■) we oae dollar &'ine each insertion. <otai.Notioes wllibechargeil one do iar and twpfilr. fi ye c eat» aUn eso r eat hln •»«*rt > ;n. iM \ RsuuK9,l)2AruK and Kunsbal Notk r* UredmMars ea«b. «Jai t cau r Son<'KHoue a >Jj*r ,f ie tor • , tii-.i, * i r-a.y. Woeietwlwy Notice fueruV iUhedin Daily ami Weekly—oneduitaranJ lit tv cents per line civil uukim %The constant tendencies ot the war seem to have been to the subordination of the civil uit thurlties ami laws to the military, and the con coiitrulion of the supreme power in the hands of the Comma inter in cbiel ol' the ailfties. 'the longer the war lasts, the greater the tendency to this result ; ami the liss probability at its termination of a return to constitutional forms and republican simplicity which existed at its commencement.— Uov. Haioi'h Message A startling truth is announced in the passage quoted above. It is impossible to otoerve the present state of tbo country without coining to the conclusion which the Governor has readi ed. The mllitaiy authority fsalieady poten fiat, and thieatens veiy soon to reign supreme throughout our borders. Tlfc; war which has raged for nearly four years, has prostrated many civil rights rights of property and rights of person. Liberty which consists not In the mere exercise of actual sell control, but i-a the possession of imtnuuiths that protects both property and person, is greatly endan gered. One accustomed to the enjoyment of constitutional liberty- we mean liberty pro tected by law—cannot see with indifference the stiidcs which the military authority is making in this country. In the most absolute govern ments on the globe, a largo degree of actual freedom is enjoyed under a clement ruler.— There Is no limit lo his authority, and I'te sub - ject holds his rights iu absolute dependence . n the will of hi® sovereign. ITe walks abroad unmolested. He sees the sun in tire heavens, rfh.i rejoices iu his golden light. He breathes the pure ah and surveys the wide landscape. 1 Jiut there is no law to protect him. The ca- : |>rloe of the ruler may deprive him of ali that i toe possesses tomorrow. Js. that liberty ? It I is the most abject servitude. There arc igno ble souls, oven in this country, where the peo ple are educated In the principles of constitu tional liberty, who are ready to bow before Executive authority with servile obedience, and who agree with that sentiment ot an emi nenUßritish poet so disloyal to the nobler in epiratiouß of our nature •* t'or fornii of g .yamount let fooli c~n tcs‘, Tii-t which te K.st admiuUt'fted \* best.' There is in forms of government an essential practical value. No government is a good government where political liberty does mot exist. We mean not only actual exemption from present oppression, lint the possession of muniments which guarantee the enjoyment of liberty for the future. Wbeu the Barons of England, with arms in their bands, wrested the (treat Charter tioin the King at Ruunytnede, it was their boa.-! that tbuy did not make any change in tlnagov eminent ; they did not acquire any new light; but tlft-y compelled the sovereign to restore the ancient privileges and liberties of the realm. - The uoble words of Daniel Webster— durum t>i vtnerabile women—in which he declared that. It was an error to say, as had been too often said, that our aucestois of the Revolution rose in resistance to act* of oppression ; that they did submit to tyranny until its burthens be earns intolerable ; but that they went to war upon a “ Preamble,' are words worth remem - titling. The preamble of an act of Parliament usserteil the right of the British Government to tax the colonies—colonies unrepresented : and that dtove them into resistance. It was not the insignificant tax upon tea that pro duced that notable scene in Boston harbor. They snorted tyranny in the tainted gale."’ There ts a noble and all emancipating philos ophy in these examples. History teaches ns j with its open page. We are about to enter upon another year of war. The curtain is not yet lilted, so as to enable us to see the future. But ii it should prove to be true, that the recent election in the United States has resulted in the success of the present Administration at Washington, then we may well look, not alone to the threatening aspect of affairs from beyond the Potomac, but to the daugeis which menace liberty at home. Already a strong disposition has been shown to subordinate civil rights to military authority. A disposition has been shown to subject every man in the country to the exercise of military domination. To place the whole industrial system of the country ua der the control of the Executive power ut Richmond. In his recent Message to Congress, the Pres ident is reputed to have invited that body to provide by its legislation that no classes shall be exempted from military service, but that tbo whole subject shall be placed under his control. This is startling enough. To give to the Pieaident the power to say who shall serve and wlto shall not serve In the army. To turn over to him the w hole population of the coun try. To leave the whole wealth of the country subject to his absolute control. To convert the whole Confederacy into a military camp ; and to make him the supreme arbiter of late. The scheme is too monstrous to be calmly dis cussed. It the liberties of the people cannot be pre served under the existing government, let us change it. If a constitutioaal Republic is tin suited to the conduct ot our a .fairs in the gi gantic struggle in which we are engaged, let us yield up the work of our hands, and con struct a provisional government. If a const! tutiooal President cannot administer the gov ernment in the midst of the tempestuous scenes through which we are passing, let him aban don his position. If we are to have an Ex ecutive officer clothed with' absolute power, Ut ut create a dictator: following the exsm AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2;!, 1861. I pie of Rome in the hour of her peril. But let | the people have the privilege of choosing the dictator. We protest a; ainet maintaining the for m of a Republic, when its essential and free spirit has perished. We protest against converting a government of limited powers into an all-embracing despotism. There is not the slightest necessity for any departure from the principles of a well-regulated free government. The struggle in which we are engaged is a tre mendous one. No one questions It. But it is all tiro more important to maintain the great principles of liberty iu theiapriatine vigor. The noble armies tanged for the defence of the coau try will strike more powerful blows in our j cause, ami w ill more cheerfully submit to pri vations ami dietings, when they feel that all that they dp i- for the preservation of civil ip I- ■, if at frame. Let the I’resident of the United States assume absolute power. Let the people bow in abject sen ility lo his unchecked authority. Let ev eiy proud monument ot liberty fall before the march .of the army, organized to ciusb free Hiatts. Hut let us maintain our rights at home, aud set the glorious example of upholding the laws of the country in the midst of the rudest shock of arms. We know not what awaits us. Let us lie j true to ourselves. The power of the Kxecu * tive is already as great as it ought to be. In I saying this we leave the personal qualities of i the I ’resident quite out of view. We speak ! only of the otil e. There is already enough of I patronage concentrated in the bauds of the President, lie fills a great place. He con trols the army. He sends opt. from Richmond these whom he chooses, to fill the cilices which the extraordinary state of tlie country has made r,o numerous. Those officers swarm in our midst. Some of them are v ry worthy and competent men. itut we do no* desire to see this class increas j ed; ami iminoglnation can seaiccly grasp the [ number would be required to execute the j task, if Congress should turn over to the ! Executive the business of selecting from the whole population of the’ 'country those Who should go into the ranks, and those v. ho should stay at home. It is a deliberate invitation to Congress, to repeal the laws which govern this very important sufc jw t. aud to confide the busino c s to the mere volition of the President. That power we would give tone man. What a field for the exorcise of qualities which, unhappily hu man inilrmiifities, too often perverts to bad ends in those who govern States. We prefer law to Executive caprice. Already some have found favor with the President who do not make military tulo more acceptable to the people by their style of administration. It is to be hoped that the number wilt not be multi plied. Governor Brown very propetly says that rapid strides have been made towards a mill taiy despotism. This is the sentiment of the people. Let u« rectir for instruction to those early days when Washington guided tho fortunes of Ihe young States in their struggle for indepen dence. lie not only did not desire that abso lute power should bo conferred on him, but he tcpelluil every offer to clothe him with it. | Congress was jealous too for liberty. The people were loyal to it, unswervingly so. We repeat that there is no necessity for any de pat hue Irom the clear line of principles which should in all free States he adhered to through sunshine nnd through storm. II is when Iho vessel is on a lee-shore and the roar of the breakers is heard, that the mariners most anxiously loofc for the light house evicted along the dangerous coast. If these tie destroyed there remains but the dark sea, the fatal rocks, and the wreck of the noble vessel freighted with human lives. ttKl'tm r OKUi VHTIIK MAtsTISH ÜBNBIIAL, The annual report of the Quarter Master General laid before the present Legislature is an important document. It is carefully pre pared and full of important information. We furnish herewith a brief synopsis. DEPARTMENT PROPER, The disbursements of the Q M. Department proper have been So 4.5.592 49. The payment of the troops has amounted to $337,315 88. In addition to these there was ajdisbursemunt on account of Medical Supplies for $8,241 50. These disbursements were made on account of the two State regiments, the garrison at Mil effgeville, and ihe State Militia. CLOT: IAPPROPRIATION. Ihe issues to tin; Georgia troops in Confed erate service under this appropriation are 12 ’2:> blankets, 7501 hats, 20,745 jackets. 28.808 trousers, 24,1G3 drawers, 21,952 shirks, 37,057 shoes and 2-2,024 socks. die a uumber of blankets have been run -through S 1 ye blockade,<an 1 about 8000 pounds of wool have been brought from Texas through the Mississippi blockade. A Bueaiu and a shoe factory have been successfully %ar el on and are now located in Augusta; the j former in charge of Gen. Evans of this city, lb >1 alter in charge of Capt,. Jno A. Ervin.— The women of Georgia, have, as heretofore j supplied him with socks. Theoe are now on ! hand. COTTON TABS APPROPRIATION. This appropriation was made to supply the families of needy soldiers with cotton yarns to weave them clothing. One bunch to each fam ily was issued. The report shows that $207,- 141 00 were expended in the purchase of these yarns. Inasmuch os all tne counties paid only the price paid the department by the first counties supplied—six dollars per bunch—but $ 173,221*00 have been paid in by the counties. This leaves a deficit of $34,013 00 to be made up by special appropriation, by the Legisla ture. The former session appropriated $13.- 000 00 which leaves $21,915 00 to be appro priated oy this. • corn appropriations. An act passed November 2t>th, 1863, author ised the donation of $7,500 bushels of corn to the Northwestern counties of the State, which had beca deprived of subsistence by our own and tho euemy 's armies. Os this amount About 00,000 bushels have been issued. The falling back of our army prevented the department from currydug out the full requisition of the act. Another act was passed on the 21st of March, ( 18C4. authorizing the saleof such coun- ties as would make requisitions for it. The In. terruptions attending the operations of this act have been many, which theQ. M. Gener al think3 will result in loss to the State. LOSSES BT THE EXKJtr. The siege of Atlanta laid the town of Madi son open to raids. In this town was stored ft large amount of clothing. Through the ener gy of the Storekeeper the lirger portion was removed, though about 1000 suits were-cap tured" and burnt. A lew other losses were sits taiued at other points, but none affect the fu ture operations in clothing thelrooj'S to any serious extent. account" ccrrext. The receipt and disbursements of the de partuielit have been iu follows : Ol Afti lUuViAalku’.S lIKCAftTMSNTN Received $1,208,861 12 Disbursed .091,170 87 t<u Maud . 217,181 .>5 CLOTHINO ATPB'OI'HIXTION. Received $1,796,385' 80 Disbursed...... . 1,)04,2d» Oil Gu Hand .... 42,127 24 COTTON YARN APPROPRIATION. Received $172,226 00 Disbursed 207,141 00 Due QM. G 21,015 00 CORN APPROPRIATIONS. Received l.flOOfbOO 00 Disbursed 1,006,823 50 Oa Hand 83,17(i 00 The report, from which the above is a very brtef synopsis, displays a great amount of ener gy and foresight on the part of our Quarter master General. The efforts put forth to col lect hides overlooked by CL S. authorities, wonld have put upon the feet|*if our gallant troops, many a thousand pairs of shoes, had they not t een frustrated by the Confederate officers commanding. A like interference on the part of Confederate officers prevented the shipment of corn purchased in that State for the relief of our destitute women and children in Northern Georgia. Let this be recorded to the discredit of these officers. In ad4ition to the matters reported the Quartermaster General has erected qjiarters.for the Atlauta Exiks,in fact “built them a city,’’ in Dawson, Terrel County. It is understood that this officer will be promoted by the Legis lature this season. We sincerely hope he will. jfhere is no man more deserving. An Opinion of a Patriot.— When Jackson was President of the United Slates, his official organ iu commenting upon the freedom of tho press, remaiks thus : “ Under no possible emergency, not even in insurrection, or amidst the throes of civil war, can the Gqvernmaut justify i fficial interfer ence with the freedom ot speech or of the ’press, hny more than it can with the freedom of the ballot. The licentiousness of the tongue and of the pen is a minor evil compared with the licentiousness of arbitrary power.” Jackson was a statesman as well as a patriot. He knew that au independent, untrammelled press was necessary in this or any other coun try, in order that evils might, be corrected and liberty prevail. We commend the opinio® of Gen. .Jackson to the attention of the President of this Con federacy, aud those Members of Congress who are his snbservientß. li all the reports are correct, it is evidfent they will do all they can the present session, to muzzle the journals of the South. Let" those interested at once fake the subject in hand, aud give these ser vants of the people at Richmond to understand that they cannot tamper wit!) the rights of the. press with impunity. . The people are the power. They will ens lain a free and independent press. Let the latter do its duty to the people and the coun try, and at once crush out tho hydra-headed monster —military despotism—that has reared its crested head at Richmond. It is very evi dent that i-ffoits will be made at the present Congress to deprive the people of their few re maining liberties. Let Ui*; people notify their representatives that they mast oppose any fur ther movement infringing upon fbeir Let the press itself speak out boldly and defi antly. The Hamburg Firs.— «JVe alluded briefly in our Monday's evening 'edition to- the fire iu Hamburg on Sunday night last. The tiro broke out about one o’clock, in the cotton warehouse on the river bank owned by C. Williams, and the building with its contents, amounting to about 1200 balds of cotton, was entirely consume,l. The property was only paitially insured. The fire is supposed to have originated from-a wagon camp in the vi cinity. Tbere war a strong northeast wind prevaif ing at the time, and large (bakes of tire were blown across to this city, placing our own warehouses and other buildings in bum incut peril. The cotton in a number of sheds, we learn was several times on Ore, and it was only by the greatest exertions of the small number present, that we were saved from a destruct ive conflagration. It was a noticeable and un pleasant fact, that there were very few of our ’citizens out on the night in question, when as sistance was so much needed to avert a more general and disastrous fire. Tuf. Feslinq in Mississippi, — 4 subscribe.! of the Chkokiclb a Sentinel, on a letter speak ing of the feeling of the people in that section ot the Confederacy, rematks thus; ‘•We like your position on the subject of a “ convention of the States for the purpose of “ settling the unfortunate difficulties in which “we are now engaged. The people here are “ unmistakably in favor of some movement of a “ diplomatic kiudto bring aboutapeace. They “ have no hope that Presidents Davis and Lin “ coin will ever settle it themselves. The peo- ple must take the matter in hand, or one or “ both of the present incumbents in powermust “ pass away from official control before a peace “ can be effected. Stand up to the fight while we “ do fight, but speak boldiy in favor of whatever “ course es policy seemeth right, regardless of “ executive favor or anything else The people, “in my opinion, will l*e with you. Encourage “ the peace party at the North if we ever have •• honorable terms it will come through “ their efforts.” Change or Post Office. —The Post Office at Bairdstown, Ga, has been discontinued. All mail matter heretofore sent to that office should be seat to Woodville, Green Cos., Ga, .. . VOUi’HKHNNE.WS The blockade runner. Little Hattie, had ar rived at.Bennudivwith' six hun.hed bales of fatten, and fae Hope, -with fifteen hundred hales had arrived at Nassau, alt from Wilming ton. • The ladies of Vicksburg receive but little clemency from Dana, the present commander at that place. We understand he has ten in jail atthe present time for committing little acts offensive to his Highness. Lincoln has sent Sheridan an autograph let ter, thanking' him and his “brave” army for their remit ■•victories” in the Valley. The federal Government continues its offi cial relations with the old Government of Mexico, and Lincoln has recently recognized Jose Sclera Piieio"as consul of that Republic at the port of Sail Francisco. Lms Cipeuu kVv hue.- commenced in Mem phis tor tile cwili«;ctj.in of properly in that oily, j'fae Argos, -contains a list of persons against which proceedings have I een instituted. “MdlHe Hayes,' l a noted female rebel spy, nf Forrest's.eoininAndi wlyo was captured six monthS'ago. lias WviT field to the Alton, Illi nois, 'prison. • Df. Bellows, who so recently came from ('a! ilornia to altcfid the Sanitary Commission meeting, presented Lincoln au elegant gold box, set .with 'l-rysjaliz and quartz, and sent the gorilla'by his I'aeflkj admirer*. Tho Democrats of Maryland have nominated Judge Jv. V. Chambers for Governor, aud Ojeu.BoViji for Lieutenant Governor. it is stated in Washington if Mr. Lincoln is elected,-Mr, Stanton is to go upon the. bench of the Supreme Court, and Mr. Blair, late Post master General, is to have charge of the War Department portfolio.' Confederate guerillas are very troublesome on the Cumberland River & Northwestern Rail road, Tent). Solomon Sturges, of Chicago, one of the wealthiest men in the west, died last week at the age of sixty nine years. Ilis property is estimated by millions.. The New York InsuranoeoOmpanies *re talk ing about raising t-heir rates. Sheridan’s losses in the battle of Straaburg are now officially put down at 7,083. Secretary Stanton is quite ill from chills and_ fever. From Japan, on the.loth of August, it is re ported that the United States cteenier Monitor from lfokadadi. ran into a bay east of Nagas aki, iu Stress of weather, for fuel. While here she was. suddenly fired oil bv a native battery and infantrymen stationed behind screens on the shore. Twenty-four musket balls hit th« vessel's side, but no person was injured. The Monitor ran put pf range southward, wheu she was fired on by another battery. She then opened frqm her Parrott guns and shelled the first battery aud an adjacent village, setting both on fire. She also burned several port bulkheads, planks ainl some bales of hemp.— The bay is.s.ald to be in the territory of the Nagato. It was thought that the rich port of Osaca would soon .be opened to foreign trade by the Daimios r acting iu opposition to the Tycoon.. A passenger and a cattle train came in col lision on the Lafayette aud Indianapolis rail road recently And thirty pet sens were killed and between twenty and thirty wounded. A majority were soldiers. Among the killed was Rev. B F..Winans, ot Uhe .Sanitary Commis sion. • There is now in the military prison of Knox ville, Tennessee, a grandson of Henry Olay, who was one ot the late General Morgan’s staff. A voter in Massachusetts recovered eight thousand dollars from the Selectmen lor refus ing'to put his naine on flic poll list. Joseph Lake, a ‘‘fat boy,” twelve years old and weighing three hundred and eighty-five pounds, has died at his home in Chichester, New Hampshire; the illih, of typhoid fever lie took .cold while-on an exhibition tour. The Bishop of Nevada has to travel 'some times two- thousand, niiies from one point, of his See to aliotber. ‘ A tniin named Blake has been arrested at Milan, Maine, charged* with having murdered Mr. l’tukefr, the collector of Manchester, New Hampshire, about twenty years ago, and lor which crime tho Woutworlhs, Saco, Maine, were tried, blit acquitted. The arrest was made in consequenceol the deathbed revelations of a woman who recently died in' Manchester. Blake'formerly lived in Manchester. Governor Cony has appointed Nathan A Fat well, of, 110.-Irian*), United States Senator from Maine, to fill tile uuexpired term of Secre tary Fessenden,. Lincoln has been frightened out of the Sol diers Home back to the White House. A let ter says:. For several nights past mysterious signals have been observed in that direction, and last tire suspicions indications of an attempted (aid had .multiplied to Bitch an ex tent as to induce lire President to abandon his insufficiently guarded suburban residence. The bridge across the Ohio river between Cincinnati aml-CovingUm will coat, it is esti mated, sl,ool)jjoli,.and in length will exceed the Niagara bridge about 400 feet. It will be suspended ninety feekabove high waster, en aiding the largest-steamers to pass under with out dfllktuHy. Political lceling between the two parties in California is reported intense. The steamship .Hrcraiiieiito left San Pranfcisco for Panama on the 22.1 ult., with $770,000 treasure'for England, and $470,000 for New York;. The demand for money was light; husi ne:.i had' improved. gji ho Memphis ltiilietin reports that portion “ Kentucky between Groen and Cumberland rivers, .swanning -with guerillas. Some two hundred were, in tire vicinity of Nebo, and twelve hundred; mote .are reported to have crossed ylie Cumberland. So bold have they become on the Cumberland river that boats are unable to ascend that stream. The North claims to have freed 1.878 COO slaves ) Georgia is put down foe 154,000. The Chamber ot Commerce of New York.has appropriated twenty-five thousand dollars tor the purpose of- providing presents for the offi cers aud crew of the Kearsarge tor sinking the Alabama,- The Newfoundland papers report that the cod fishery has proved a failure this seasou. The express companies at the North are likely to be fined heavily for failing to comply with the provisions of the stamp act. A late Louisville Democrat says: The papers in the suit ot the Cuited Stat.es against, the express companies iti Louisville were oil Oct. 21st, filed with the clefk: 1 The penalties lor their failure to use stamps - again t the Adam's exprasa com pany 000, aud the American express com pany *20,000. One of,the.examples of the luxurious habits of the New Yorkers is noted in the statement that, a few days-ago, prior to a grand operatic performance, a house in the city sold within one day fifteen hundred pairs ot kid gloves.— 1 hey cost more thau they used to. Three dollars ia the price. It is said that the chief cause for the remo val of Gen. Averill from his command in the \ alley was his ardent admiration tor Gen. Mc- Clellan. Northern papers state that Governor Harris has been in consultation with Forrest an i oth er Confederate leaders, and unless the Union authorities prevent it, a session of the Legisla ture will be held at some point in West Ten nessee., so that it may go abroad that they have permanently secured that portion of the State Some of Lincoln's friends think the army will go against him. VOL. LXXVIII.*—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVIII No. 17 ! . AOK ! Hali\ NLPvVcj j Henry Clay Dean, of lowa, who is go ’ng to j vote for McClellan, in a speech made at *< biea go, stigmatized President Linko'n as ‘m .tVlon, usurper, traitor and'tyrant: ' an •’mcompfc tent and imbecile wretch ’ and the soldiers her, de nounced as “the slaves of the despot," vtml the “banditti of the robber chief.’'’ The Chicago Times says if. Price co.ii.nl g<*r arms iie could recruit one hundred th. imaid men in Missouri. The Memphis Bulletin of Oct. 27. savs U is reported that the Confederate leaders.of West Tennessee are exceedingly active. They have established railroad and telegraphic co annuni cation between Corinth and Jackson, :ind are con scripting eyery person able to betiretms.tin cluding old men, and semPng Meents to every 1 pa rt of WeulTcnnis ee, outside cur dues, for sheep stock of all kinds, goods, mors-v, and evqi y thing that can tie ol Aei viceTo them. The United States sieaiaorTieondie yoga was refused permission to coal at Givnud:, British West India - Islands. Art official message was received 'n Buffalo from Canada. v kinday afternoon Oct. 8.), setting that the rebels in Canada were prepared to make an immediate raid on Butte co. The mil itary were wilder arms in that city that night, and two armed tugs patroled the hahour. It is reportetl that Donohue, o-to of the per sons charged with ! rand in cm picectioji with tho votes of the New York sole.ini's, lias been convicted by the military commission in Haiti more and sentenced to five years imprison ment. Lincoln is managing ihis election his own way. Captain Camp, a quartermaster, made a speech in Washington for McClellan on Satur day night, and was ordeied to the front for it on Sunday morning. A Chinese Joss House, or temple for heathen worship, was dedicated in San Francisco on the 23d of August. It cost eighty thousand dollars. A bund of t«pestrv. tmibroidered with feathers mid gold nnd silver thread, which adorns the place, cost one hundred and fifty dollars pn- yaid; uml the whole building blazes with gold leaf and tinsel. The priests shout, screech, yell, groan, spin around amid the racket of gongs, ilium and fiddles, and smoke opium until they are quite drunk, when others relieve them The finger-nails of the chief priest are actually longer Urur. his fingers, and are twisted like an augur. The Ohio Statesman says that three thousand farms in Ohio are left without aman to tend them—thousands of fields are left to wither for the want of hands to cultivate Gum; this, too, at the very season when every' working man in the State is required at home. The military authorities interfered in the municipal ■election at Memphis, and elected one of their own tools. The St. Louis Republican, at a tea that an intimate personal Irien.l of Lincoln, au Illi nois gentleman, who was- entrusted with a large amount of mq#ey with which to aid in carrying elections, has failed to ac count for the disbursement of about one hun dred thousand doilats, and lias not yet re ported at headquarters. There is much tribu-' lation among Republican leaders at tho sudden flight of greenbacks. A member of the Fenian Brotherhood, in Chicago, having claimed British protection to screen - himself' from the draft, was expelled from the Brotherhood. ’ihe last report of tho commissioner of in ternal revenue shown that the income of tho United States Government from internal faxes is about $18,000,000 a month, or uearly $300,- 000,000 a year. Us expenses arc titty limes that. The keeper of one of the Cincinnati station houses fell asleep last Sunday night; someone passing possessed himself of the keys ornd liberated ail the prisoners. An ingenious Pennsylvanian has- invented a machine tor coal-raiifing, which weighs two hundred pounds, costs three hundred dollars," ami will do the work of twenty ruei). The Provost Marshal of Louisiana, and aU hie assistants, have been arrested lor kidnap ping negroes aud selling them as substitutes- Capt. Pike, a son of General Albert- Pike, was sometime since captured with seven of his men, and killed after they had surrendered. Tho N. Y. World contains a statement, com piled from official returns, showing that but of 37,004 tnen, composing seventeen regiments of three-years men, 4,07■"> Jiavo relumed. The re mainder found “plantations” iu the South. The New York Herald contains maps of the “new State”—Nevada—which is styled the “thirty-eights star” of the “American Union:" It fs situated on the Pacitle, north of Uitiifonfia and northwest of Utah, and has three votes in the,electoral college. Wm. Y. Cheatham, of Nashville, relative of S#ijor Gen. Cheatham, and well known to the sporting circles of the. South, at Tine time pro prietor of the race course at Long, island, is re ported dead. A young woman in Jackson, Michigan, has., been carrying on tie* recruiting busiuor-s in r.n original and highly peculiar manner. Marries a man on condition that ho will enlist and give her his bounty. Fho being strikingly handsome, the poor dupe consents. Alter lie is gone, slie marries another. Four men lias she thus wedded and sent to the army. On the fifth occasion she wut detected. , Gen. Sheridan, in (he course of liis recent campaign in tho \ alloy, has had live ot his stall'officers killed of wounded. Two Confederates, < barged with lining spivs, arrived in Boston o 1 Wednesday to commence an Imprisonment of five years in i-ort Barron. The Louisville .Journal says it is expensive to get sick; there Ka Lincoln lax upon sick noss. It is expensive to be in health; there e a Lincoln tax 011 health. It* is expensive lo die, there’s a Lincoln tax on death. Impressment Law- --- U e are satisfied ihe Im pressment law is not only a great blunder, but a groat wrong—-a grevidtw oppression to both producer and consumer—-and iota, withal, led to more rascality among tbs people than all the other laws pissed by the Confederate Con gress; besides which, it has also caused the waste and destruction of immense amounts of bread and nieat. . * What wc have ttiof f needed is sn increase in the quantity ol supplies. A law to stimulate production, therefore, would have been a states manlike, common sense expedient. Instead of this, the Impressment law restrains production. The Government seizes property, and when it pays at all, it only pays one fourth the amount the articles would bring in the market. A man having the surplus thus sei/.ed this year, will try to have as mail a surplus as possible next season. To avoid impressment large amounts of grain, bacon, &c. Lave been con cealed in such places as speedily rendered toon unfit for use. This system of ‘‘hiding - ’ has caused many of our people to adopt a system ot lying. W e are told by persons who are engaged in im- pressing, that it is very common to find men who were heretofore regarded as high-minded and honorable citizens, denying they had a peck of corn to spare, when they had thousands of bushels concealed in out-of-the-way placr-3. The very low prices established by tho Gov ernment compels the farmer, when be sods to the home consumer, to demand four fold the value of his products in order to raise money to pay his taxes. Hence, the consumer v. jo is compelled to buy his supplies is the worst oppressed man in America. This thing of having one price for tho Gov ernment and another for the citizen, is so man ifestly unjust, that Congress ought at once to amend the law, or abolish it entirely. We be lieve the latter'course would be preferable.— Attena WoUchman. OFFICIAL OUR Fits, Pi. HUSHED GR ATIS FOH fUK BUM K, i ( .t THE t'OtTVIVAITY. Regulations and instructions in ,\fr.iw,ce !■■> the rnptpt of four percent, ter/iiiriio.;. hi , ojf the tux on coin, moneys held Uv. OfFCCK ('OMMISStOMUJ OF Ta\KS, ) RIUIfMOMI, N.iV. 1, ISLI. j 1 • Tho Confederate Stales Disttict. ('.unt, having decided that the four per cent ct-rliti cafes it re receiv.ibh l in payimailof the tax mi coin, moneys held abroad, hilis of ex. ii.tii and fofign credits, District Colleeloim tiiejdlre. i • cl lo receive lu. li taxes, at the Home rates at widen Confederate Tiensury r.etes ore reeeiva hie uuder the »rovisron< of nrtiete 4 «if the -’-.i .’••ne. ; h-.iust t, v He. . cfiice. that is. I.f the luv im gold coin, nt j rat.i.of eighteen dollars of four per . ent. cor •iilieale.s tor one dtillsr in g.ihl, and seventeen dollars in four pel- cent, certifioates f,>r one dollar in silver coin, moneys held abroad, hills of-exchange drawn th-.aefoi , and foreign credits. 2 .In-all cases where four per cent corlm Catos have been tendered iu payment of the above .named taxes aud telused by the Uolhv tor, and tho lax lms been demanded and paid in ourrency ol the new issue, the warty so paying in may, at bis option, deposit w ilh the District Collector the amount in four percent Certificates propetly assigned, and ill Ine -am.' time muko affidavit before mftiio pei ..n eon* petont to administer oaths, of tlm iffcis In ip . case, which certificates uml affidavit shall be transmitted by tho .District Collector to the Slate Collector for his opinion thereon. II the fruits be established to the satisfaction of she State Collector, iu; shall refund the amount in new isßue (without interference with the wd dice's fund) if lie have it, and if not he shall procure the funds as follows. Tho,State Collector shall endorse each certi fieale 'or .some paper permanently attached to it. iff the following maniiei: “1 certify that tho within (or attached) certificates was receiv ed from; in'lieu of so much tux wrongfully collected from him in currency of the new is sue and that the same lias been exchanged for new currency to reimburse him. . II« shall then present the certificate ot cor tjficates ho certified to the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or Depositary with whom he is Ui IvHcd to deposit tax moneys, and it shall be the.duty of such 'treasurer, As.sist.aul.Treasurer or Depositary, as the case may be, to receive the same and pay to the collector the amount thereof in currency of the new issue, and tho Collector shall pay over the same to the tax payer, taking his receipt, which receipt shall explain the nature ot the transaction.. 8. When tax has been wrongfully collected iff coin, the application to refund aud proof shall be made'turd miUnfitted by the District 'Collector, directly to the Secretary of the Treas ury. [Signed] Thompson Allan. Commissioner of Taracs. Approved: [signed] G. A Trenhoi.m, - Secretary of tire Treasury. Sexhict.e Remarks.- -The Selina Reporter, in* discussing tho pt-esent condition of oar coun try, makes the annexed remarks upon (fie du ly of the press, the power of tile people»sunt the road to peace: It has been too much the fashion of editors in the (Confederacy, to drift passively with tho current of events, instead ot exerting their powers of thought, amt by a fuller interchange of ideas and opinions, reap the advantages- of a multitude of cotmstdlers. The direction ol the nation’s affairs are now, and have been from the beginning, sul stantially under the control of a few men. There is. but little, free dom of opinion practically, aud ttie conse quence is, that, the accumulation of ills are au cordantinan inverse ratio with the' atmpia lons repudiation of the maxim that the people are the rightful sovereigns -tlm•arbiters M their own destiny, il it be true that- the poo pie are incapable of self-government, the goon ■fit we get. lid of republican govern'ment, pthe. better for. us and our posterity Let us hare a king—one wlto can do our thinking lu lls—and submit ourselves to be driven by him, just as hls inclination or caprice may elect. We seriously believe that out- form of got ern • ment is suited to times of wav us well as peace. But if wo be in a vessel thaTis suited only to sailingo% ,t smooth sea- oho thjt cannot with stand the fury of Ihe storm then, wo repeat, we are in a perilous prediiament., h.lil tihoiihl cast about us for the first port ihatoffets se curity. Lot no mail have the effrontery to say that he is tho friend of Gouslitutional liberty, while lie ignores Ur's right of free speech in times like these. Now is the time, above all others, when the peoplefehouldthink and speak for themselves -my, act too, if they would save themselves from Ilm perils that environ them. Tito slock paragons of high schools and col leges—-the retinue of pimp and mountebank.; Mhat wait upon the heels <fl power, cannot and will not save tho liberties of the p. pie. 'i he good old.slurdy farmer, with rough Kinds and honest heart, has a wealthy brain, and ids plait! Common sense is morn-to be trusted tiinn the specious fulminations of gorgeous ihi-Joi 1, i-tu,; r.t the hustings, lender our fret: Government no matt can presume to ov< iawe tin* limdoju oi opinion, lie Ids purifion us ijgh-aa it may. Nay. the president himself; it should be tuxiu* in mind, is but ihe seru.n.l of (liepeople - the same as the lowest, official Unit t; on the crumbs from his table. These arc the great cardinal facts that give strength aiid vitality to tin- body politic, which under the enetrating intluem es of military rule, may yet become a soulless carcass. Wo believe the people ol Hie .-dates have tlieir des tinies in their own bands, UlO inalienable right of soli-piv-crvation remaining, despite ail pow ers delegated; or other abstractions standing between them and peace, if Richmond anil Washington caguot consummate an atmisticu and a final cessation of hostilities, tho Suites .■an, and it should bo done promptly and with out hesitancy. Tim Florkncs Ba bracks. —A correspondent of the Edgefidid Advertises .peak.-; tints of Ho* Florence S. f‘. Barracks: Florence, the military pt i.-on, is about three miles from Florence Depot, which is about one hundred mih 3 from Columb'a, and the same distance horn Wilmington, N. <?. and from Charleston, 13. C. The stockade con- j tains an area of thirty two a< ; es, and is Guilt of logs eighteen feet long, inserted in Ihe ground lo the depth oflour feet, with a small ditch inside and a la*’go moat or ditcli outside. The dirt is thrown up against (lie Umbers on the inside of the enclosure, making a solid em bankment some ten feet high, upon which our sentinels are posted day and night. In etch cornet* of the stockade there' is a large •and substantial platform, and on each plat lorm two pieces ol' artillery no arranged as to sweep any direction. There are about sixteen thousand prisoners confined in this stockade. They represent ev-i cry State of the Lincoln empire, and -many j other nations besides: but the Emerald Isle is j more tolly represented than any other por- I tion of the globe. About one thousand have taken the of allegiance, and it is said more contemplate doing so. The greatest mortality per diem since iho establishment ol the stockade has been fifty-five and the smal lest about thirty. They bury their dead with heathenish indifference ard appear neither to fear God cor to regard man. A salt lake has been struck rear Grand Rapids, Michjgau, at seven hundred bet from the surface. | (JKOKUH HOUSE—NOV. lU. '(he following bum were p it -:v,i . A hill to .■-U’vi; ,> the civet ion of u m oket honso bv GieUdyt-onn,., 1 ol Columbus; to .".mend :ho •. ■'- .h rc. I ion »i life e.sl, :io amend iho 3373.1 rcoiien, in relation to leva;; on ijini; to amen l r-'fe.en.v |„ plaintiffs' , ; '”■ ’ !i 'c ! ut h , tioas, and to ’ ■ l -“ l ■-■ 1 !U !• >et..- •• to suits in ( lain-e.; io nnieiiil i. . :! t . i am, in ;en>ie.ice ■' 1 to i ipe to >ui mi |Y; ”1 ;■'■■'* lim . \ u r >’ to tl.«- ‘iiin vid (d' •- .u i.-, !o amen.', J.-.oih ..iron, in letetoueo “' j ■•'' j l ' d'Ogahty, to aruond i ' ( i'..,th ai.il I. ifi'ii sceiiims, in tvp reaep to the ie:p jaui oi oi(ii'.au- . tu i-.- '. il -j., 1 njti I-,,, (i,.0 in -to 1n,.... tvj,- j ~.;h »ie ei oes. to amend 8i; I no ,li,ih ;r ei ions in letcioni'O jp sureties; (, ; rhango tin; lino ho hr.vri l oionan.l j’amiin coimtie-;; lo ans, ml i.i.’ii el laws, mikii.;; nil persons between. 12 arid til) ars oi age liable to road duty during the war. ilk; Ui!tco.sice- efiis wt-re lost : A hill to fix thi- pri.-i» oi hquora sold by dVfillera at «‘ta dollar atid a h ill a .ctllon; to preventdisiille.j Irom exporting liquors out of the bade; to lav distillcis and nqieal all laws against distill.t ti.ei, 'lhe Judicialy Committee proposed iv subjititute, repealing ail laws against (listilln inet, t-xoejit so !.>.;■ as they relate to corn, wheat and all kimls ol tone from which'syrup j* nuifie. There wc.ii Considerable debate, of rather a humorous cliaiactcv on the substitute, which met with considerable favor, but di.i, not preAail. A UK-. was received from the Governor, recommending- the passag.. ol a htw iclievimp the sureties ol all persons under bond for pe - mil otleuccs, in order that the principals may t>e {rut in the service.. Tit’s is an important' measure. At present men may evade military service by ccmmiltlffg some offence icqmritig bail. • * the question of adjournment cams up on a recoiiKuh red resolution to adjourn on Saturday next and meet at the capital on the 2,1 'l'hma day iu .lanuary. Various amendments were, proposed and lost, and on the vote on tho reso lution .there was a iie—66 to 6t>, 'fho Speaker voted no. So tho ■ adjournment question— which appears to have as m iny lives as a cat—- is agaiu killed. SENATE—NOV. 11. In the Senate a resolution was offered re questing information irtuii the Governor in. reference to Exiles, whiA was passed and ! transmitted to the House. Tho following bills were parsed : a House* hill to amend the distillation act so as to al low ilm distillation of lager beer; to extend the time for tax collectors to make returns, until Ist.March next; to amend the road laws of Lincoln county. . A bill for tha relief of F.I. James and Joel' Forrester from excessive income lax on lauds purchased previous to April Ist. 1863, and 501.4 in 1868; made a general bill and passed. The Special order ti bill for the y.afdon oiT Rail;:) - was laid pit Ihejabie for Ado present. lIOCAK Nov. il, A resolution" Io the resolution Lo t: on yej.tvalay M-lntic- to ihciva-e y q; »>{ uteut tiei.s and otiii-i;,u the tb nelal Ast.-mhiy Was lost. A Senate resolution asking the Governor ■ what provision has been made tor the exiles, from All.udA, was. concurred in. . The following bills were introduced : A bill', to"ailow' the several Courts of this State to ot-. tier tbs sale of .perishalde property under wiit.i . of aitaehiuent ; to provide for Iho registratiou. of birOiK, marriages ami deaths; to provide a. bounty for the Flute Line troops : to make tbo. prices fixed by tho .Confederate Cotntnisßioi'.er.-s. tbo eztublihhed prices ; to provide couif.eu.Hu— lion to tax collectors who collect over income tax ; to iix*!he per diem paid membmf of tin) next General Assembly--based at sl. per day in gold or its equiv.dciit; to changtx the titie between Elbert and ijart eounties ; tin change the restriction on the culture of cotton, to six acres instead - of three ; to relieve Wilt. Hniifli and others, similarly eitmifed —ho was elected ordinary while administrator, and al - lows him to m ike returns : to give the trustee* Os Jefferson County Academy, anUsqjity too control certain lota of hand; to provide pay ment for ire:,;ht on all paclysg, ; of clothing, tec., shipped to the miltC,a/out ~;■ (ho mtlitaiv fund; to exempt r/hool tinchera who bai t been 'tho beginning of iho win, and have ivieiity aliohu'S, Hem militia duly ; to change the line between Lee and Dou/horty j iq relieve all blind persons not worth tnoiix llciiii Out) Irom taxation , to provide fi>i raising leveiini;; to ieproduee anew issue of TrenHiuy notes, t.) bo >• filed tin.: “ golden ii- Tim following bills were passed : A bill (.a relieve citizens who have been la.ve._i on pro perty 'stolen OI ih.droyid l:y the oocmy ; to provide for the allowance of widows nnd or phans, and lo render adinyffi; tralien imnece.-;- saiy on (.il iles of $2,.:00 or less—allows lb* ordinary to qipoinff appraisers ; to allow head! of familitt<: .jistil "liquors. A iibstiluto was. proposed which allows fho distillation of iiva galte.Us to every family of ten, and one gallon t 0 every ten persons inoic. A lengthy debate ensued, utid on a division the ttyen weie 72, nays 40. On taking (lia ayon and nay; they were yeas 78, nays 50. A ciiminimieatiou was received from Mayor; DeGraifenr* i l to the special Small I’ox com mittee, idaiii.g that all the eases are con vales cent, end no now one have occurred for uov-. I r.tl day The following revolution:: WeiV: introduced r A resolution to increase Vue pay of tbe Stati*. Troops; that if this. Gen. :al Assembly take a recess tho rnem.boi's repoit.to Gen. Smith armed Rnd equipped as the law directs, for militia., duly: *,., ,'ouiidor the juopiieiy of paying tli« U.i.scis of tiie Military Institute for their tier vi ces, amt to furlough tlu-m for a timo, as a re-, coguit on 01 tlieir gailanljand soldierly conduct, requesting tho Governor to Irdora the Genera! Assembly what quantity ol cotton has been bought by tin* State, and the disposition made of it; toque ding the Gown.-or to advance the amount of money necessary to pay thu militia while iti the Confederate service ■ requesting the Governor to inform the General Assembly how many aids have been tq.pointed by him. and the duties they ha vft to perform. HOUSE NOV 11. Thn following bill wen passed: A hill to amend section 2333d of the code relative t<* grants -makes twenty years peaceable posses sion evidence of clear-titles; for the relief ol! warehousemen—relieves them from taxes as - ou cotton destroyed by fire after assess ment; to provide for the retirement of disabled Soldiers in the Stale Service —a substitute; was received aud adopted; to amend the* iiidfith Section of the code, in reference to the pay o ' teachers; to change Use line between the coun ties of Union and downs. The following bid- were kwl:-~A -bill to provide for Ihe pushhment of *j..-serteis, slrag giers, and others who ccn; /fn ;t unlawful depro dations on the person , ]T property of citizens; j to make militia f.Varers f.utject to conscriptionr to amend dvOO section of the code, in referetu a to tiie procurement of crime by white j ersonj. A iat:-;age was receive*! fiom the Governor in reference to exiles. It embraced a lelH*r from the Adjutant General, one from Mayo? i Collins, of Macon, who had acted as agfcut ! in receiving, the exiles, and a long report from Quartermaster General Foster, in refer-, ence to the provision made, and necessai-y t» be made, for their case. Th.) whole wag refec red to a enccial committee. The following resolutions were pas o 1: tr> establish a mail r.-i’U* from Eiberton to Hart-- wt .||; to allow the diversion of tax m kind cu soldiers families, the inferior Conrtrpaying j >r the same. 'ihe following btili were passed: bill lot ■£-