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rli -)| ; .m md of curl conn tie*. regard I'res- J doiteg I i wrii • >! dated to tty tbs j ;’" r . '/ ■■ j- ii • eLerai. “ ~, , , Ji-jl r dr-, bad given the j < .’,'ntrv" •t- ii onfidMirs: in the wisdftm, bief executive, V, r,••••d whereas an expression of people on this subject is be parl of theii repre o! ‘I i. ,t the thanks of the people of <Wn*ia ■ i .lii" aiid hereby tendered to jetier n Davie, 1 resid nt of the Confederate States, sh-able, lei; !.• . and impartial conduct of Guverurmi;; duilt., the pa and. year, and ; bat • ■ : • in bi.i v.i.-dom, purity, and • ifriolistii : e:t and without abatement. ih .'.oK 1. . luu a • »py of these revolutions he forwarded by the Governor to the Presi dent, and a an 1 : [ou io of Rep* Congress, with .’.le-cdhtj hi.«i;--. 'jdie siutiuus were taken j. and unanimously adopted. A epceia! liev.-jgo tram the Gomuor in re h i; to Kxiltts, with the si port ol the Quar '• r Master General were :cc -ived, and 50 cop. i-i ordered printed. heave i.fab-'. : ■vs • i used to the Presi <l i*nt of tin* Senate for three days. Tl oi 1 ■ i«ing bill won passed: a hill to I incorporate the Imurante Company of Coluin- Inn ;to clniiiei tii line he.tv.vru Glascock aud Warren. -• | iie iv.llo Vii g bill.* Were introduced : a hill lo allow 'ii dilie; to di til within twenty miles of railroads ; restrirling the planting of coltou as lo allow live actes. ■r. vis —Kov: 11. in the Senate a renolction was ottered to ;vl uiiru oil t tic 2 1th iret. Mr. C .u! . .veil I . r>- , Ie; 'dr. C'onu'a of lhauki to ii idont Davis, adopt* < and ou Saturday. The Pr-. ident rnled ihejmdioa out of order Mr. G.uiidrll slated that if ruled out of OK <!•;', lie, ivilii nt t• ii i.atoi , would enter i; the : übi si. lie , e 1 not . übiiiil, so the “gtipf law''—by having no hi u'iug alter resolutions am ;:,i!,i» t; and I hrouii in his ah- .Rice from Ids seat. Mo e is. and with the iviipiutions in tho main, 1m de iredfofnethe \ eihiigechanged. Ilis re." ari * wi re ruled out of order, and lie look hi i heat. An solulion win enured that the military c> mniitUe I se,llu - ted In e.\ imiuo into the ■ p ;ili i’.i!v o' and i !ki •or turning over to lie Cml : two ate line . ikon u rendod as to fix Thursday tho !Mtli, as the day lor adjournment. 11l toll ... i'ig-hi!!, w, i did . referred : A hill 1" a nI an Act a proved Dec. U. 1 !2, to rest: ie • 4id . . . • niton : (.i rep. -.1 . 1 N ■ 1 m.'J, to !swell' the iii.oi-i -v.-ary consumption ol grain by 'distillers and in iruifacturers of t piritui>us iiqu to .‘liter Se tien i-t the Code ol Ueoi . ia. ad at: a hill to allow heads of families or their rapid: - ulafisev to distil or brew (lu.iuMli of • -diit.i.,- ■ Honors in this .. ■ . . ; : lo ex loud la ■ i: i a A .i the collection of taxes due by citizen.; ..' t!;'. * de :an act. to amend nit i. ■- t .qiiiro-.ed !. I ■ .ud amended ouinptiun of gtaiu by di-iill. ; . übd manufac* furors. ami to : ,'.'d’elid ml de .ai.- ; r.i! prosecu l . odor and by i ir- The Sen.iti agreed to !!:,• Mims'! re luiion i *>i" Sfeite Pi inter on iliea. 'J im House Mil an* tin* relief of warelrouse inun ia ;!e a '; . -.! a; i ■ u.d .hu". on Saturday, in ivhuiim to furnishing certain counties 1f; ci.ui : il.<o jui'.-entoil a memo rial.from the tl, - . Ui ay ton coutily, pray iug for l'i lh i. .liltin , t!vli.. ;. ,".iv :;l".“iit 2,500 it ii 1 mules to move, uad tli.it liu'V mu t ;•! 1: unless relief is af forded ■ll ;•!. The E-jIL-u prevailed. Yeas followi j a nd: A bill lo relieve > T Upt ;’to change tlio line ; between rula.-’.i >".n<l Teilaii ; to change the line l«'tw?.-;i .* ; u*wart and i.Jfiitmaii■: to amend SoeUona 712. 2:!I5 and 2'Mii of the Code. I' laiivo to the Older of claims against deceiißed p:-; sons : to increase tlio fees *•:' coun tv officers. 'q he followi a ; bills Here lost A bill for tho relief of i.ix pay ei.-i oi I '-eU county ; to vluwge t.:u line- Letwc, n ( lay and Callronn . otuitie.;; to punish persons tor tunning ol! slaves; to change the line.; betweQil Coweta olid Iforiwethcr. The following in* -Ii: N ' were agreed to; a resolution reque-.Uinr the G-n-emor lo tarnish information a it»the miiuWt of Aidy-do Camp, . t mo. t’ t . nit informati sto the quantity of, it',, -l puw ~a . tiy ! 1 .a.:., nil v.luu disposition v ' !,! . . : requesting IHe Governor Jo f'-trnieh ic.i. . ruatiou of the working ot" Fee Card i : eiy , ; tht* Slate; j asking tint lire tax iii LL. ; iu IV.dtou coiin ty be ' ( Liter’s tamftios; also j a resoluteut to print 200 cope oi' the report j A bill lo amend ille halva cot pin law. ;vaa taken up fora third readimr. A nubatiluto that, wl an ida Court the iti iho:!.i;H tiiay apply io ISaiv. :ior Ootirt iu it’ii day ■ fin a writ . . ivriioiari and tlie.lnKe -iIIU ii': .i order for a writ, ami it relurii ahall he i.tide ol his .a.an as p. tj ».!«*. The Superior court hall allow'a lic*« ini' b*u is de.ld i. . ■<» 1 The following new bitb. were introduced: ii hill to punish any jutison tor settii ; the woodson'fire; l» leva' y the proceedings of uuilit>ri::o administrators,on property to remove j :uoa -ro iae. Y»t > been iufi’raA.’d; to ! V lev..'’the ram. Mat the c only <i:e of flinch ! fro so hem .to . i or: i.ilio; a’.o a revolution ! oj haso the ttair.e t file i’.-.t Office ibii'oori . i’> - ■' '*. .a . | (! 0,, ' 1 ;; as-1 .id Brigadier fit o. a. . 1 dXt.raVaa'i of ‘the \ k Ii m . I'M ill. VtaiS bO, MM' Si. r ; ; -...’v r’t'ered * in their manufacture; to employ atlerk in ihV- treasury Department; that both branches ' of the General Assembly adjourn, on Mednes j day, 23d inst. HOCRB— XOV. 14. The following hid* were introduced.: a bill Ito amend the 4476th sec*ion of the Code. It relates, to maiming cattle; to authorise the sale oi slaves belonging to widows and orphans in ; certain cases; in reference to the lees and costs I of Solicitors. The bill to repeal par. SSO. par 1, title 7 dwpter Ist, of the Code was tost. A resolution to allow tax collectors the same impeusation on the income tax that they receive on the general tax. Lost. 'in.- Senate resolution on adjournment was amended to Thursday, 24tb, and passed. SENATE—NOV. 15. The following new bids were introduced : a bill for the relief of the Gwinnett Manufactur ing Company from taxation, on the property lost by tire: a bill to render all members and officers of the General Assembly liable to Con federate conscription; to define what kind of currency certain contracts shall be paid in— provides for their payment in Confederate cur rency; to amend sections 841 and 852 of the Code in reference to the time tax receivers and collectors shall hold office. The following hills ware passed : a bill to define the lines between Muscogee and Chatta hoochc ami Stewart counties; to allow contrac - tors to distill Honors within 20 miles of rail roadto allow the treasurer to make certain advances. 'i'no following bills were : lost a House bill to render administration unnecessary on es tates not worth ever $2000; relieving ware- , housemen from tux on cotton returned and j subsequently destroyed by the; to amend the net nvtiicting the planting of cotton. Proposes to allow six acres Ayes 11, nays 4. 'l'lic House resolution to adjourn sine dk at 12 M. ou the 24th inst., was concurred in. A House resolution asking the passage of a j law exempting breeding cattle and work oxen from impressment, was lost. HOI SB—NOV. 15. The General appropriation bill was taken up, and the blanks in the first section were tilted. The following bills were passed: a hill lo authorize Urn impressment of negroes in Bald win county to work on the fortifications around the capital; prescribing the mode of distribu ting the tund for soldiers’ families. It amends tho act of last year so as to allow indigent exiles and refugees whose protectors are iu the army to share the fund; to limit the city lax of Marietta to one twentieth ot,ouo per cent, during tho war; to amend the act providing for the distribution of clothing to soldiers from Georgia; to add the county of Worth to the South-western judicial circuit; to allow tiie resignation of trusteeship in certain cases. Provides that persons made trustees by mar riage or wills, be allowed to resign the same as guardians; lo allow Nauey Crockettto settle with John S. Crockett; a bill lo change the boundary of the town of Perry; for the relief .of M. C. Pew, who paid SIOO tax on a negro who was to hire his time, but afterwards did net do so; to provide that counly Treasurers be elected by the people for a term of two years: to lepcal the is.id section of the Code; I io declare leluros made out by ordinaries or i the deputies void. A substitute was received, j which allows Administiaturs &c , to make, re t urns aud charge for the same; to exempt the property of soldiersand their widows, not worth over $2OllO, from taxation. the following bills were lost: a bill to ex empt blacksmiths from militia duty; to regulate tins mode of carrying up exceptions iu certain cases; to amend sections 4704 and 4708, in inference to arson; to amend bill restricting planting of cotton; to adopt the prices fixed iiy the Confederate Commissaries, as the uni form prices at which produce, &c., be sold; to ddino Hie duties of Tax receivers and collec tors. l’v quires them to meet the tax payers two times iu each year at three difi'erent places giving ten days notice; a bill to appropriate funds for the Georgia Relief and Hospital As sociation. U appropriates $500,000. The re port ol the Hoard of Directors having failed to come to hand, the bill was laid on the table for the present. * I KOtj MIBSOIIII. The Grenada Motive says, we have just had a toug conversation with a gentleman--an old friend, and a man we knowingly vouch for— wlii) left Ft. i,ouis a short time ago. His op portunities were the very best for knowing what was going ou in the State. (den. l’riee has a firm foothold in Missouri, lie is virtually in possession of four-fifths of Hie - Lite, and no intelligent Federal officer be lie: s they can force him out. When our in formant. !<•('». General I’rieo had his headquarters it YVavt'idy, and liis linos extending vixty miles West. Rociflits are flocking to him daily lr%m all parts of the State—old grey haired men and young boys mingle in the ranks with stout, halo men, in the bloom of youth and prime of life. These recruits are the best men in the Stale. •intelligent Federal officers assured our y)- linmant that not loss thau (55,000 recruits had joined “ Old Rap 'up to the 30th of October, i which would make his force fully sixty thou sand .droti!*. Fagan with a small force had >.,vn retiring before a force of Federals, near Independence, *hich gavo rise to the oft re put'd minor that Price was retreating. He fi ts m*\or receded an inch since lie entered the State, and has never lrad a Yankee force iu his front aide to cope with him or willing to ut icmptit. Hlark, Shelby and Kilt Anderson, are uorlli of the Missouri river, tearing up rait 'oaiis, whipping Dutch, and “ obeying orders” 'generally. io tlio Felicia affair Jeff. Thompson*captur eu 2.200 men. Hi n. Smith, tho worthy wlio burned Oxford, ML , iu August last, bad been lying ten nt ties above Charles City for two weeks-his army loaded on 17 transports—and awaiting orders from Washington City. i hir friends in the noble old Stale are in fine •pii it;- and look upon tlieir deliverance as cer tain and immediate. GOA. lilt©tv* »M» Mil. UAYLOH. Miixeuoevills, Nov. 8, 1864. a !': Uii'Oniite dt Sentinel: I lu.ii. e iu tour paper a letter addressed by f. (!. Baylor to myseil, from New York, in which he prelemls, as Commissioner of Geor d i, to cive.information of the political senti i,.. at. anil opinions of the people of the North, ml volunteers his advice as to the mode ot tth me-nt which will lie necessary, Ro. Tlie public has already been informed ol the uature tii tlv t oimuorcial Uomuiission to Europe which Mr. I. tylor held iu accordance with the resolu tion of the Legislature of this State. I take ■ i i.’iie of stating that neither the commis i.ci iH>r instructions to Mr. Baylor, clothed liim with any political or diplomatic functions, le was confined by botii strictly to the com mercial objects expressed in the? resolution ul the Legislature with no authority to trans .a ui them, (hi learning that he had a-suuud to i \ icisc diplomatic (unctions with which he w . not clothed, and had gone to the enemy, I ,- .. and a Proclamation revoking his cominis i. i 11. 1 stati merit made in some of the pa pers that In- wis ever a member of my staff is wholly ijosuuite id truth. llispublic speeches made prior to the date ii b - cciauiission were as strongly Southern Dial .a denunciatory ot the Noryiern peoplo government as those made by the most ar dj id tdiici,il ot the Confederate Slates. Very r< -pectlHlly, your ob'dt. serve, Joseph E. Rkown. l iiovi yotlTH f AIIOLISA. The Raleigh Progress of the 7th says: “We a. of ui demonstration along the North f rolina.coast. A gentlemen In this city has r-••■veil a letter Irom a prominent citizen of Martin county which states that onr forces avc (alien back from Plymouth to Rainbow bend, on tho Roanoke river. The same letter a: :, .t Plymouth was nearly entirely des *'• ; cd by lire during the bombardment or af ter the evacuation. Washington, re think. ; ■ ci Mindy been evacuated by our troops and J :i.v ,i by tlie enemy, but we have no ap- | I' d •*' \ : iop of any thing in tbp shape cd a for- { • *u> advance, is the force of the enemy is ! not equal Vo such a task.” ' f ' ■ ago, a small Mexican insect, promises ■ i iie a position in the world, a position in I.- ban lor an ornament. It is said ■ !•,-*. - wcndertul qualities, beauty of color, cid a bistre d»M.upg even thy diamond, and a- varying in bright hues. LETTKIIFHOM VICE-PKEMUEM sTJ#*HE.V- j TO SENATOR SEMViKS. CaAWKORBSYIi.i.E, Ga Nov. If. 186 4. ; l&tssrs. Jjliiors LotixlihUiOiia-<st: Dear Stas: Several articlce in your paper of \ late, some editorial and some taken trorn other ! papers, constrain me in asking you to allow | rae. through your columns, to put myself right j before your readers upon the question of a (Jouventioa of the States, reconstruction, etc. j This I cannot more effectually do, and with less labor to myself, than by submitting to their perusal the enclosed letter from me to Senator •senuaes, ofc Louisiana. The letter ful ly explains itself. It was written as soon as L read his speech alluded to in your paper. The elections are now over at the North, and j the same reasons do not at present exist as j did then for withholding from the public the ; views it contains; though nothiug but a strong j desire that I may not be misuuderstood by any ; at home or broad, induces me, even now, lo I 1 spread them before the public. All I ask of you or my countrymen, on this as ou all other questions, is, in the language of Themistocles. I". Strike” but bear me.’ ! The letter to Senator Semmes was entirely private, and not intended at all for publication: still 1 have no concealment;;, and the pubbe are at all times perfectly welcome to my most private views and opinions on public affairs, whenever lam 6atilied that it is proper they should have them for vindication of my own conduct or motives. Some parts of the letter, relating lo public matters, not pertinent to my present object, you wi'l see marked in pencil; these you will ; phase omit from public considerations— otheis i similarly marked, relating exclusively to imli- I vidual affairs, you will also please omit from private considerations; noting the places of omission hv asterisks. PI ease publish this note with the enclosed letter, and much oblige me. Yours, most respectfully, Alexander 11. Stephens. CitAWFORDVILLE, Ga., Nov. 5 1864 Mv Dear Sir: I have just read a repo rt of your speech at Mobile. From that report I am persuaded you are greatly mistaken ns to my views upon the subject ol a convention oi the States and I trust you will excuse and par don me lor this letter upon that subject. I have by no means invited such a convention by anything that f have said or written upon the subject. It is not at all a favorite idea with me as a mode of inaugurating negotiations for peace. I see many difficulties attending it. Hut as so respectable a body as the Chicago Convention representing so large a portion of the enemy had pledged themselves if brought into power to tender such n proposition, i did think aud do still think that it was highly poli tic and wise ou our part to respond favorably to that proposition, inasmuch as I saw no insu perable objections to it with the limitations and restrictions stated iu my letter. Indeed with those limitations i saw uo objection at all under present circumstances to acceding to such a proposition pis. it should be made) as the initiation of negotiations, it would bo the tiißt step, and in all t-ncli casts the first slept is often the most difficult. If tho Federal Gov ernment slionld propose to ours a convention of the Slates 1 do not see why it might not he accepted simply as an advisory body as I sug gested. I see no constitutional difficulties fn the way. The Treaty Making Tower in both Governments is ample to provide for it. The Treaty Making Tower on both sides might agree to submit the questions at issue io the consideration of any body of men on earth; il they choose and hear the report without any pledge iu advance to be bound i>y that report. In personal quarrels such submission is often made; and to the honor ot humanity it may be sai 1 that in most cases of this kind the result is .an amicable and honorable settlement. Wheth er such would b'e the result of a convention of the Ssates in our case IS of course uncertain.— The propabilities lam lree to say in my judg ment are that it would. At any rate there is a possibility that it might. When wo look at the elements of such a body, if it. should ne tender ed on the other side and accepted on ours, and the true nature of the controversy, lam not without strong hopes that it would so result. - There is no prospect of such proposition .be ing tendered unless McClellan should be elect ed. He cannot l«e elected without carrying p sufficient number of the States, which, if uni ted with those of the Confederacy would make a majority of the States. In such a convention, then, so j'oruud, have we not strong reasons to hope and expect that a resolution could be pass ed denying the constitutional power of the Gov ernment under the compact oi' 1787 to coerce a State. The Chicago p triform virtually docs this already. Would not such a convention ntost probably re affirm the Kentucky and \ ir ginia Resolutions of 1798 and ’!)■).' Are there not strong reasons at least to induce u:» to hope and believe that they might? If even that con’d bedone it would end the war. It would reoog.- ni/.s as the fundamental principle of American Institutions the ultimate, absolute sovereignty of thesever-al Slates. This fully covers our independence, ns fully as 1 wish ever to see it covered. I wish no other kind of recognition whenever it comestiian that of George the HI, of Knglaud, viz: the recognition of the sovar iegnty and iudepen deuce ol each State separ ately and by name. Our Confederation was formed by sovereign and independent States. It was formed lor the defence and maintenance of the sovereignty of each. We have unity of name and unity of action simply because tho cause of each has become the cause of all. If then a majority of allthc States should in solemn con - veution settle this great principle, wonM ii not virtually settle the eontroverys and end tho war, covering everything for which we are coutendiiig ? Would not the terms of «. final treaty’of peace be easily adjusted after the settlement of thisgreat principle ' And are there not sufficient reasons to hope that such might be the result in case a convention should be proposed as I hate stated and accepted as a mode ol inaugu rating negotiations of peace to justify our making# favoracle iespouse to the tender of it by the party at Chicago in case they should be brought into powei To my rnind it seems clear that they are. You will also allow no to say, that I look up on the election of McClellan as a mat ter of vast, importance to ns in every posjible view of the easy, and hence I thought it judicious, patriotic and wise to do everything that could be prop el ly done to aid his election. Whatever may be his individual opinions, he is the candidate of the States Rights parly at the Norih, in op position io the Centralists and Consolidaticn ists, whose Lobby now is abolitionism. I have ; thought from the beginning that cur true policy was to build up and strerigthui such a patty at the North, by a*l means iu our power. Hot only upou the wise maxim of Philip oi Muee don, to divide the enemy as a question of poli cy merely, but from a higher and a much no bler motive. Not only an early peace, but our future safety, security and happiness required it. The people of the North are obliged to be our neighbors. It matters not how this war may Unuinate, they are alongside of ns, and must, with the generations after them, there re j main forever. It is of the utmost impmtance ions and our posterity that they should be good neighbors, whatever ba the relations existing between them and us. To be good neighbors they muit have a good government. It is almost as vi tal to us that they have a good government, as that we have such ourselves. It is much bet ter to govern, if it can be done, by ideas than the sworn If this war ehail result in the es tablishment, permanently, of the fundamental principle lying at the foundation of American constitutional liberty, that is, the absolute, ul timate sovereignty of the States, it will more than compensate for all its sacrifices of blood and treasure, great ns these have been, or may be. It will secure peace on the continent for ages to come. We therefore bave a great inter est in fostering, cherishing and building up and raising to power at the North any party favoring these principles. If the proper line of policy had been pursued by our authorities to wards that element oi popular sentiment at the I North from the beginning, I believe the State Rights party there would have been 'triumph : ant at the approaching election. I believe an j out and out States Rightsmaa might and would I have been nominated at Chicago, and elected. I Rut the policy of our authorities seems to ice, ! as far as I can judge of it, to have leen direct ed with a view to weaken, cripple and annihi late that party. So far from acting even upon ’ the policy of dividing tho enemy, their object seems to’have been to unite and inflame them. I do, moreover, verilv believe that if Presi dent Davis, even after McClellan's nomination, had made a favorable respond to the Chicago resOlnnou lookTngf 6 aie.;nvenlicin of the States, as a mode of inaugurating negotiations of peace, that have aided‘his election. It m®fafc'Jia.Ve* secured it. All that he need have said in some publi. manner was, that if tmeh- stujuM' be tendered by the i'c-<T;i'sf'Gpy^rhrheii!, lie would accede to it, v. i; h ’BonfijVtijch limitations and restrictions as shiteiUif Tu's-ia-lhe letter before alluded to. The i< w. foat-i-pis eoujd not be constitutional- i ly dyifcySs’sfeiwige to me. In the most objecc tionahie view of the subject, delegates, one or more from each Staite; Wjoutd be but couimis stoueis-.pr pltuip6teg.ti irj*s front Govera di pm’.oval ottheir Governments respectively. \\ hjlStfcSwSlS<*(SciPy.oo'ftld'tiot be appointed in this ar«lL*sjthy other, without any vi olet tWP'trWhe-iSSflStftuaffix, Ido not see. The tKaty-niakfng'ppwvr in both Governments is am^|hi*4r'flhis‘{ : At least it seems so to me. -SnilewJt* usl*h.»fvt3 said before, it seems to iS lllitjuKoti-botli sides to submit the b.tfc&idifi.-To.t'ife'ife lo the consideration merely oi'any body oil earth. Bui enough of tiri*-.-‘ : .% -ft*,iTt "** f’kt- • TfctftM# theteiafa-niany persons amongst 114, who's#! OGfldote-tuie entitled to high considera tion, ■stiioTia tratagireAvi: h mo on the ques tion of McClellan's election. They prefer Lin the President be- - judging from his acts, 1 should, itriuks he* did. 'Those ol the class tt», qdryiji I* rolfer with whom I have met, thlidc that if wiiqt'.'tbey term a conservative man should.bs ( tented, .or any on the Chicago plat foiyi'i even; 'Uiut suLh terms for a restoration of the 1 fiToiAyophi .lj«.oflbred as our people would accept." Thee ghost of the Union haunts thi-lli.^ThC^peWre r»f r-«onstructioa rears its gha-tly'iiLifd.iat? bveVy (tuner tp their imagin .Hiticere.'*'fieri lutertuiii nonesuch myself. I am lH.v bVftcyerdir ghosts of any kind. The old UnioirujuFfiu? ©ld-Constitution are both dead— doadtforvev., oxy-cei-it inso far as the constitu tion has been preserved by us. There is for the Ugi.cmas.,*-U. ysiys. nix -resurrection by any pmvec-siiidrt'tbf -that -which brought Lazarus fropi fhg tomb,.There, may be, and doubt less. pro upiny At -tfio.Nprth and some at the Soum who Ipp'i.forward to a restoration of the Union and (JotistliqUon as it was; but such ideas'anegs. vain. a’niV Illusory as the dreamy imagittfh:&<if..tfie Indian warrior who in death ciings'fodsUUiyejyio'ns in fond expectation that he v'vill hkVt; (iselpr them beyond the grave iu ' other -LindsajuT neiv ljuutiiig grounds. These tears of vriTiuTtary. lwohstruclian are but chi merasd>rtlie:-‘hrahi.: No one need entertain any eiioh from McClellan 'selection. But on the tlfieik tjurt peace, and peace upon the basis of q soparptiou the States and our inde pendor.ee, would bo the almost certain ultimate result,Jt'.oqi; ;iiUhoiatvfis should act wisely, in the event tiflfin !*J'ectifc,u;' My rpasous'fc'i; J|iis opinion are briefly these: A pi'opostturfi for an -. armistice and a conven tion of the Mutes .might he expected from him into office. This on our side being afiCedOd'to, as it ought to he, some -would . elapse before the conferees could ntebt.';' Xhq passions of the day on both sides .yvould cjuiSidefably subside in the.in teiiin. Tiie'Coiiyerftidn lii’ght adopt such a rcgo.luti.on as stgted. Looking to its p'rtsjb&Bfe cfiiApoeitionjjvs 'before stated, there is streng probability *_fh:;t it would. That, as before^,atedj’wouli’l end the matter, and to our entire ■satisthctidii.' But take the worst sup ppsable-yiqyj of it ' ' Suppose tiiat they should wrangle, db'rlptUing and adjourn, and that no Other ruode of VHtlenVeirt by negotiation should be piTposejl.', How wm'rld matters then stand? McClwaa w off Id tlojiibtle'ss, as his letter of ac ceptance-' indicates he would do, renew the war tor thojresiphttiffn'fif.tuo Union and thß old CoostituHdn w'HjriH'dis guarantees. The mo •mputiio Should do; this;’ the whole abolition olMoent;at Iho' North, now tho life asrd the son'! 'Arffflie'wiir, vvould, turn against it. The old Uifibn with fh^lbiiCConstitution is just what they do'ijot yitmt., They have always regarded ik.au noDeHe* Ihiiu'’"a league with Satan and covenant ryilli Hell.'’ The right arm of tho wiU'sphrit of Hic-Ndi Ih will be paralysed the lilffinent the war is put upon that footing.— liosuleA tills tefcleant tVvo-lninle of McClellan’s own, pin <y nrantrdly hold and proclaim the doctriKi tiiat, thereUs no powpr in" the central Governmf.-ut conrftiUitionally to coerce a State. These two elements would constitute an over wheliimvp. nwjotrly at (he Noith decidedly agatufi’|.'Uvo flirt her -prosecution of the war.— emhityassments would he rloni’g.tlieir work.. The war would inevitably fail iii'corisj'qut.'uco.' IVhyn all eiiorts to per suade bur people tjogo back into the Union vol tinlarily f:tilcd, as. tiiey would, if our authori ti,is-shill-ro itet :is to seCure the hearts aud at (eel i‘ifih'l6 the pOople-as they ought, then Mc- Olelht'u would ultimately ho compelled to give u'p the Te.-'tOLftiOu of tire Union as a forlorn hope. Peace would'come 'slowly but surely upon ■our. own Tomes .and without any more lightuqj. But tiiis is not all. Other caustls would .operate to (lie same result, which, ol themjffiye,;,.qvuu wit!unit considering those above :-fultd, would Abbot tho same thing.— * The nunnimt'McU.lellaj should renew the war wiiti the avowed .object of restoring the Union n'.fli the ohl CousiUutipn.andall iis guarantees thrf upunent, Or as"sqimtspossible, our recog nition ii.tirond would mho. The silent sympa thy ot Kngjaml, Uffn-ice ami other European powers,Tit; present with Lincoln, arises entire ly from, their fnania'upoh tlie suhject/of negro Lively-.; 7 • o o o , o LineOin had eTdier to witness our recogni tion ahr’oad, 'tho moral power of which alone, lie ••aw.woujd break down .the war, or to make it ad eiirdneipatitili:warf He chose tho latter alternative.'vupl tfie piore readily, because it chiHieiUi;j so scy'or.hintly with the feelinga and views of luso. ;.v[i party. This, in my ouinion, is tho pjairi KpgTihh of this whelo matter; and .rust an scion .us'•McClellan- should renew the war will) ii Vjibw to itSsioro tho Union, the old (.Vnstilutiou.witl!,slavery, ibe, would England, France and other European Powers throw all the. nioial poWi ! ; and inlluence of their recog nition 3ji> ( ur'yide. lam not certain that they would hot go Teriher, rather than see the Un ion tluU restored, if'it should become necessary. But it would hot'liecotne necessary. The oth er causes alluded to would completely effect our deiivrat'.oce'VVftvi.iSfi any material aid from them. : ' r *>> iu (iny-ftial .every view I can take of the subject, I regard the election of McClellan and tho success ot the States Rights Party at the North, whose nominee be is, of tie; utmost im poriance t.Yi'u. Witli these views you readily perevivo how.l regarded tho action of the Uh'icaGbrAVlt(fob as*“a ray of light, the first ray of red light lb ad seen from the North since i hi:? w,» began.’; You can also from these views more cbrn ctly appieilaio my motives for giving wh:itTu‘ofYkicf<.;<r a- favorable response to that action. I fo-peiik yottr careful attention to tho lanqur _;e of that ••response. From the report of your V peach-t din led id infer that you cuter tuiped thfeppinhui that l wns favoring and invit ing a can vention ot *h.- States iu some outside way arid, i.mlliicough tho organized channels of the two. Governments. No such idea was iu my mind milk never, can he until I am prepared lor another revolution; —if secession be a revolu tion. ‘For did Slates could not go Into such a Convention as .you seem, from the vopoit of your'hpfißeig.-to t’lrink' ! favored, without first seceding from; their present alliances. This, to my mind, is as cigar as ft is to youis. Os Couise wfiiitT.'aid had to be brief, cover ing only; gen/duf* joints. ligm’i not go into a full exiifl'.na'ftWa' tjf,lny rfiqsfma for what I said, because (Jnrf witbld have tltmedamage instead of goqfi'lp the tpjhyj wlifcli l wished to aid. I krtow iliany ot op? people think that any allmdon Jtp. pfnctv.on-'euN ghje, or any public expH'osLau of a lor peace, or the oiler of torma cp’i'm wiich wo onght to be willing to make peace, is indurious to our canst; that it has a’BlSldeffhef r npf>l]‘ , 6OT armies and cneour sge.3 the eneniy to-fight on under tho l~diet that Mirii dfccb.itation.4 indicate a disposition to yield < n oiiripefi. Seme’ go so far as to main tain that die calfncf co.isjsfently with our pur pose to eefa#o’fride|jeudei:pe.at all hazards, ea terlam even any propositions ior negotiations iiniess- aiey’Uc.basetfcpoa our independence, or iUilt.-;i-ikb» be premised and granted ia the oiler i-cOMMr.Hi Ttcie of this reasoning. Nothing womo give us more strength at home or tmuoad, wU.o .imr ty iruy.: the world, than to kcc'> coh; tsuiiy Defote the public what we are fighting for an.d.the terms upon which the cciitcsb fi.ifc-r.l Upon us ran/, he ended. The right ri,with us. Thd has of It self great moral power if, properly used and wielded. This Uepmifls upon what may lie styled diplomacy. Diplomacy does not necej sarily involve mtcrchango of views or courso between parties, it should not be neg- I lectcd in wars, even though the euemy should • refuse to receive any ccmmunication. The j result of most wars depends ns much upon di-- plomatic skill in it* proper souse, as it does upon J arm?. The real statesman knows when aud how to use the pen, as well as the sword. The constant proclamation to the world of what we are fighting for can never weaken our cause with those who are perilling their lives in that cause—especially if all cur acts towards them and all others show that our professions eve true; nor is there the slightest inconsistency, in my opinion, between the most fixed deter mination. on out part, to end the war upon no terms short of Independence, and. at the same time, entertaining, heaving and accepting of fers to negotiate upon any oilier basis what-, ever. The doors to treat, to negotiate, to cou- i fer, to reason, should always be kept widely open. Those who have the light cn their side, ] should never shun or avoid reason. They ; should never decline au encounter ou that are na. I have been led, to the*) remarks more with a view to self-vindication, than to the ex pression or utterance of any recognised truths. On the question of Re construction, I stand now just where l did in October. 1861. when I wrote to a gentleman in answer to a letter from him, stating that l was charged witli such sen timents, aud desiring mo to give a public denial of it. I told him, in reply, that 1 looked upon such “a charge as no less an imputation upon my intelligence than upon ms integrity. The issue of this war, in my judgment, was subju gation or independence, i so understood it when the State of Georgia seceded, and it was with a full consciousness of this fact, with all ils re sponsibilities, sacrifices and perils thai 1 pledg ed myself then and there to stand by her and hey fortunes, whatever they miglfPbe, in the course she had adopted.'' "As for making any public denial of such a charge, I felt too much self-respect to do it.’ ? Yours truly, Alexander 11. Stephens. lion Thomas J. Semmes, G. S. Senate, Richmond, Ya. P. S.—lt is but proper that I should add; cveu by post-Bcr pt, to this letter, long as it is, that I was highly pleased with tho general character and tone of your speech at Mobile, as reported, It was well calculated to do much good, and I doubt not it will. A. 11. S. rOM iCIlKii ViK STATIC* CUMiltm £ecand Con&ri?-**. EtfXATK—-NOV. 7. Pursuant to adjournment,, tho Senate of thp assembled at the Male Capi tol in Richmond, this day, and were called to order at 12 o’clock—Hon. !!. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, President pro teiu. The roil was called, and thirteen Senators answered to their tames. A resolution was adopted for tho appoint ment of a Committee to wait upon the Presi dent, inform him that Congress was in session, and ready to receive any communication he might Lave to submit. Toe House having concurred in this resolu tion, tho following Committee on rihe part of the Senate, was announced : Messrs. Mill, Barnwell and Graham. After the usual formalities, tho President's message was received and road. On motion, its various portions were refer red to the several .Standing Committees : alter which, ou motion, the Senate adjoiryied. HOUSE. The House met, when the roll was called, and the representatives present answered to tlieir names The following bills were introduced and re ferred to appropriate comrnitties: A bill re pealing all exemptions and details, aud put ting every white male between the ages of 18 ami 45 in the army of the Coni.'derate Siates; to abolish promotions iu lire army according to seniority, and hereafter to mi ke .them Be pendeot atom* upon merit; to inquire into ttie expediency nt l :t:i : she cavalry, so that Government instead of the soldier shall be tin# purchaser and owner ol his horse—and to fa cilitate the payment for horsts ol officers kill ed in battle; disavowing any sympathy with the cilort to establish a monarchy in Mexico. A resolution was Introduced declaring the in - expediency of employing negroes as "soldiers and discussed at some lenglh. U whs decided to postpone tho subject until Tiiuisday. Ou million, 200IJ fopii-s cd tin* President’s Mes sage and the reports of the fc'ecrotaries of the Treasury and War, tho Postmaster General and the Attorney General, were ordered to be print ed for the use of the House. The President’s Message and accompanying documents were referred^o appropriate com mittees.* senate-NOV f>. lion. A. 11. Garland, member elect from Ar kansas, elected to lilt the uticxpircd teim of lion. C. 15. Mitchell, deceased, appeared and took the usual oath ot*cffico. • The following were referred: A Jill in refer ence to salaries of heads of bureaus; deeiarirur four per cent, bonds and certificates therefor receivable in payment of all taxes duo and payable for 18G4. * The report of H e Secretary of the Treasury was ordered to be printed for the usje of the Senate. i to USE. .Messrs. Wilkes, if Missouri, and Rut'on, of Arkansas, appeared, and bi-ing iluiy mvorn and (pmlified, took their feats. %he Speaker laid before the House a com munication from Governor Smith, enclosing the proceedings of tho Convention of the Governors of the Southern Slates, recently . assembled at Angnsdti, Georgia. On motion the proceedings convention were or dered to bo printed ana Spread upon the jour nal of the House. The following were referred: A bill to re peal the act imposing certain restrictions on the commerce of the Confederate Htatcs; that all further attempts to obtain foreign recognition be abandoned ami ail our diplomatic agents withdrawn. The following resolutions were adopted: That the President bo requested so inform the House if any appointments bad been made un tier the act of the la.it Congress to provide and organize a general staff ior armies in (he field; and if not, why; that the Military Committee inquire if the privates have liven paid by (he Government, and if not, why; that the Mili tary CommittJo enquire into kite cause of the absence of so many officers from their com mands; a joint resolution of thanks to General John S. Wiilitams and officers and men oi his command, for tliqir victory over the enemy at SaHvillo, on the second of October; that the Commissioner c( Exchange tie instructed (o furnish a list <:J aii persons specially exchang ed, with tho dale of their captuie, Ac; that the Judiciary Commit(c<* enquire into the ex - pediency of some legislation causing the re turn to their homes of ail persons who have Hod into the enemy’s Hues, and com polling them to perform the iniiilary sendee required of them, under pain of confljcaiion ol their property or some other penalty; that tho Com mittee; on <juaicermastei3 and Commissaries be instructed to enquire whether it is true, as re ported, that our soldiers have been supplied with unsound and rotteu tobacco; that the committee cn Quartermatiteis and (-ommissaries inquire into the conduct of such odicers, with a view to ascertain if additional legislation is necessary to punish the fraudulent conduct of said agents; that (ho same committee inquire if any officers ot that branch of the Govern ment agreed to pay thirty or forty doihus for a bushel of wheat, and if so, the names of such persons; a resolution setting forth that the Army of Tennessee had net been paid for eleven months, and directing that the Com mittee on Ways and Means inquire into the cause, &'c. The following were introduced: A bill to provide lor tho 'more, efficient punishment of crimes and triDdemeanoiS against the Confede rate Slates; regulating the compensation of certain officers of the Government; for tho suppression of intemperance in toe civil and military departments ol the Confederate States; joint resolution authorizing the raising and organizing ol a Polish brigade; authorizing the consolidation o* battalions and fteimeuts. BKNATC—NOT. 0. The following were reforied: A resolution I to amend the law so as to allow farmers of! plantations exempted from miiiiary service toj barter or exchange so much of their products ! as uiay be uece.-sary to procure for their sever- j cl farms or plantations the necessary quantity ! of salt. iron, .ve , under restrictions and limiia tiooM bill fixing the salaries of certain officers in the Trans-Mississippi l>epartment; to bite negroe? as laborers iu the array. The following was adopted: j "Resolved, That tho Committee on Finance be instructed to enquire aud report what addi tional legislation, it any may be needed to se cure prompt payihent of dues to the army. "That the said Committee also ecqphe into . the expediency of providing by law tor the y - j celpt in payment of taxes mid other public j dues of certificates and stated accounts’given ' by the authorized agents of the Government : for property and supplies impressed or purchns- j ed tor the use of the army and Government. v ! "Resolvedgpl'hat the President be requested to communicate to the Senate. *> “lot. The number of persons exempted from military service on the several railroads within the Confederacy, designating the num ber so exempt on each road, and the number of miles of each road in actual uso for military transportation; and further, if tho presidents or superintendents of said roads have nuuio monthly returns in regard to exemptions thereon, as required by law, aud if any have failed to do so, the names of such officers and the roads to which they belomg. "2d. The number and their names of all persons exempted in cases where raiiroads have ! fallen into the hands of the enemy and a per- j tiou of the rolling stock of such roads is being 1 used on other roads. _ “fid. ■ The number of persons, if any, which have been tietailed for duty to assist in repair- runnipg any roads, or in repairing or taking care of the rolling stock ou or belonging to any of said railraods. '•'-Ith. The number of persons exempted or detailed for express and telegraph companies, designating the number to each. "sth. The number of persons exempted from military service under tho provisions of the act approved April 14, 18GI5, entitled an to exempt contractors for carrying the mails of tho Confederate States and tho *lrivers of post coaches and hacks from military service. "Gill. The numb'er of persons exempted or detailed for agricultural purposes, who 'have given bonds to-furnish supplies, us provided by law.’’ "Resolved, That the Committee on Finance be instructed to enquire and report, if *any and what additional legislation is necessary to so cure to the owner or hirer a credit upon the amount of their tuxes equal to the tithe pro - duced by the hirer provided such discount does not exceed five par cent. "Resolved, That the Committee on Mili tary Affairs, be instructed to enquire into the expediency of repealing that clause of the "act to organize forces during the war, approved on the 17th February, 1864, which exempts from military service one person as overseer or agriculturist on each farm or plantation upon which they are or were, on the first day of January last, fifteen able bodied field hands between the ages of sixteen and fifty ; and also the whole of section 11, of said act, which pro vides that the President be authorised to grant details when, in his judgment, justice, equality and necessity require such details.” HOUSE. The following were referred : At) act to provide means to carry on the war; an act levyi% export duty ou cotton, tobacco and naval stores ; to - consolidate the public debt ; to increase the efficiency of the army by cm ploying negroes, as teamsters, &3.; to a mem! the sequestration law. The following bills, &0., wore introduced: A bill'to provide compensation for horses killed in battle; to increase the compensation of ma trons in hospitals; to amend the act to increase the efficiency of the army by the employment of slaves in certain capacities; to establish a general intelligence office; petition of mail route agents, asking an im reate of j ay. The following were adopted: A* resolution that tho Military Committee enquire into the expediency of repealing that portion of the exemption law that exempts farmers owning fifteen hands between the ages of eighteen and forty-five: that the tfadicary Commiltoo en quire whether it Is expedient for tlio House to establish a newspaper to publish the proceed ings of that body; and that lha Committee ap pointed by the lust Congress to make arrange ments for Ihe publication of their proceedings be requested to report to the House full infor mation of what they have done in the matter: that the Military Committee enquire into the expediency of passing a law to provide for the removal of negroes into our lines as the enemy encroaches into the counffy; that the Military* Committee inquire if any legislation is neces sary to expedite tho sanding of conscripts io the army. senate—NOV. 10. Tho following was referred : A bill to in crease the rank of certain officers who have been in service two years and upwards. Also, che following : " Whereas, tho depreciation in our currency is, in a great measure, produced by the extor tion of those who sell the necessaries of life ; and whereas, such depreciation is ruinous to the Confederacy and to the means of prosecu ting file war, therefore the Congress of the Confederate States of America do (as a neces sary war ineasnre)jenaet, that tho prices as sessed for the army by the Commissioners of Assessment .shall ho the prices established for all citiiiaus of the Confederate States ; and that any person who shall charge any price beyond suC'li assessment shall be deemed guilty of a criminal offence and bo subject to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars, and io im prisonment not exceeding one year.’’ HOUSE. Hie following were referred : to amend the laws, in relation to the receipt of counterfeit Treasury notes by public officers ; to prevent a malicious arrest of officers of the army. The following were adopted : Tiiat a special commiltoo of three ho up pointed to enquire info the expediency of mi appeal on the part of Congress to the several States of the Confederacy, for a modification of iheir laws exempting State officers and era ployees from military service : calling for in formation concerning tho tax in kind ; asking information of the amount of appropriations required for the support of the War Depart ment ; to inquire what legislation may bo ne cessary to remedy (lie abuse of the practice of granting nulougsh by generals in tire field lor reel uits. ’The special order- the subject of putting negroes in the army as soldiers—was taken up and discussed, when the House went into se cret Bcssion. * SENATE—NOV. 11. The Senate was not iu session to day. ItOCSH— xov. 11. A select committee of three was appointed to inquire into the expediency of un appeal in the part of Congress to the several States for a modification of their laws exempting State ol fleers and other employees from military duty. '1 he House wont into secret session. SENATE—XOV. 14. The following were refine!: A bill to ex empt from taxation cotton and woolen cards, paper, Ac., purchased by the State of Arkansas tor the use of its citizens anil to carry on the State Government; to repeal so much of the 20th section of the. act of Feb. 1 0, is 62, as authorizes the payment of debis due to alien enemies In the bonds of tho Confederate States. The following were passed: A resolution that-the President be requested to communi cate to the Senato the official report of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston, touching the operations of Army of Tennessee from tho occupation of Dalton to tli; date of his removal from corn man i of that army; to amend the 3d section of rim act to organize forces to serve during tim war; to authorize the Secretary of the Trea sury to exchange coupon bonds for 7.30 Trea sury notes. HOUSE—XOV. 14. The Speaker laid beforo the House a com munication from the President, transmitting certain information from the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of War, called for by resolution of the House, in relation to the tax in kind and other taxes collected in 18G3. Also a communication from the-President, transmitting from the Secretary of War the report of Major General Forrest of the battio of Tishamingo creek. The following weie introduced: A bill to abolish distributing post offices and to provide for sending all mail matter direct to its desti nation; to increase the compensation of mail route agents; to provide for the payment of ail , propelty illegally impressed in the Trans-Mia sissipgi department: to provide for the dis- sobher.c nod their exemption from military duty m certain eases; to faciliate tl o Settlement •*>( c. hrs <6 deceased soldiers; t n ■ . : m nt of horses kilhu 1:1 battle. K ; tiered, that the Military ’■ 111 •Uitve inquire into t'ao expediency of in citee-ing the salarioi oi e.-l commissioned offi* c'.ts below the rank brigadier General; that racy impure what relief should l>e given by Congress lo bonded orlcnlturists now : u the uuUtai v service; ihv they inquire into the ex pediency ot supplying commissioned officers .v.v.h clothing; arms, accoutrements, So., at tho expense oi Hie Government—referred. That the Committee 011 Ways and Means in quire into the expediency of framing a genetai *ax law based on tHe pimcipl) ol advalorem duty; that tho committee on Mo ileal Depart meat inquire into the condition of the military prisons iu Richmond. Ac , that the committee on V. ays nuiDMeans inquire into the propriety oi tii-.k.ng the < irtiiicate3 of indebtedness given bv the purchasing agents of the Govern ment receivable in payment of taxes. A resolution was jid reduced recommending a stricter observance of the Sabbath in the army and navy, and that all military parades, reviews, N.*., be dispensed with on that dav. ' : i'BOM UiISPI.L An opinion prevails at Richmond that Gen. Grant will lea\ 0 a portion of his army during the winter, in Ids and take tluJ rest down South against Wilmington and Charleston, keeping the Weldon Road for communic.'lleus aud using tho Ne.wLeru Road and the Norfolk lload to supply himself from .the rear. The Petersburg express says each train from Richmond brings reinforcements for Gen era] Lee’s army in tho persons of detailed con scripts and others 1 They are mostly noble locking fellows, too- -halo, In arty aud fat, and having the appearance of being able to with stand tho hotest a campaign. Rut the campaign this winter is destined to be a cold one, and, we doubt.not, they will fully accom modate liicmselvgjs to tiiat. The ranks are al so being rapidly filled up by convalescent and furloughed men rclurning to their com - mands. ’J h« 5 nnliees are entirely driven from South western \ irgmia. and there arc none of tin* enemy this side of Ru’d’s gap on the Virginia and Tennessee' railroad. Sheridan has come to the conclusion to keep as near Jim; er’h Ferry a? po.-sibh# and thus prevent MoMiy from operating in bis rear. I’,ally’s Lite stringent order in relation to straggling is said to be working wonders, and the airny is in the most excellent trim and in the best po;.sib!c mood to retrieve the late dis graceful disaster iu the loss of the fruits of a thoroughly- vv<-n victory. There are no new movements ol'trac'p?, The Yankees hare with drawn from the vicinity of Manassas Gap rail - road. r l hey commuted many depredations and carried oil a number of citizens of Fau quier and Rappahannock counties. The crops are Still safe. The Federals hold a small portion of Green brier county; mainly that mutton which lies around the Great Falls of New river aud tho Blue Sulphur Springs. Rig Sowell mountain is a retreat for them when pressed by our caval ry. The Confederate* troops range through Boone and Raleigh counties. In the upper pnition of .Monroe ! curdy, bauds of lory mill itia roam and depredate ami shoot our men wherever they find them. Our boys are in tlm habit of swinging He m to the first tree which can bo foiqid after they are caught. Gen. Early passed through Winchester Sat urday, Nov. 12 at one o’clock, ou his way to wards tho Potomac. His army is efficient anil enthusiastic. Our eavairy had a successful engagement with the enemy nt: Saturday soma six or seven miles bcyouil Winchester, on Ilia Marribsburg road. Sheridan's mgny has been'weakened by the sending of two army corps across tho I’otomao iu the direction of Washing ion. The Yankees 4 . enjoved thd rails on tha Manassas Gap railroad as low down an the junction with the Orange and Alexandria rail - road. A severe cavalry fig!if took place near Mid •lieton, V • . n low day j aiuco. Tho enemy wore driven hack.*. —■run ——*■—. Pavino T.yv V. u:i iliiNjcL— Our reader .have already noiiced that’an important dccia iuii upon tliis sui'j'.vl, has been givon in Rich - mond by Judge ! Lilybmtoa. Wo proposo in a few words, to give our readers a fair under shoaling of the lucrils of the case, theenliro deeision being too lengthy for our columns. Tho act of Cotf.,l e;s ot tlio l'Hh February list provides that lour per cent, bonds anil certilieates Rim’d bo lvoeiveahle for all taxca "payable in t m year Ibd !, except export and import duties.” 'l’i.in act makes no exception irt tbe cast ?. «:f void < r -ii .or coin, dust, bullion slorliug cxelianc'!, credits mid Securities paya ble in l'orei; u ("(iidUe?, ,'-v; but prey ides that all taxes payable thin year may lie discharged in these bonds, txc pt exports and import*. On the 14th of June last Congress passed an ■ act to amend the at't of 17 th Februaiy declar ing that the tax upon ail gold r,ud silver e#in, gold dust, bullion, nu uc-vb held ttbintdNx bills of exebang-e thervlor, promisory notes, rights, crediis.j.aiu'i soctiriHcs payable in foreign coun tries, rlion hi bo paid in specie, or Confederate Treasury notes at ilieir value oa comjiarod with s'peeie. , Ti'-o coniplaimat in Hih casfj held larga credits in Kurope. and i’i IT-bi oaiy and March last, :»lni ‘f. inm-.cdl:,!. ly niter 4lie jiassage of tlm lutot IT.th lYluu iiyaion vetted a sufficient, amount ot Coni .',a-..!t0 to; tea into four per cent bonds lo pay tire- tar. cn his foreign securities. He contended that the Government was bound to accept there bonds in pin ment of his taxes, and that subsequent legislation could not im pair his right in make payment with them. The Judge agreed to this, end awarded that "tht act of 1 lib June do'-.-s not take away or impair the right of peivcns who had previously procured the i.ondu o; *ho government to pay the tax on coin and moneys held abroad in these bonds”. We think the d?i a ion is a correct one.— Hui\ AVic.v. * Harea:; Cokfuh Cases. — Several important habeas corpus > s have recently been decid ed in the Circuit Court of Pitk;yivania county by Judge Wingfield. In regard to some mag istrates who were duly elected to and wera diurdiargiir; tho duties of their office, but who had faired to obtain (•••; Governor’:! certificate asking exemption. Ills S>Honor decided that these msn wero S.r.!u ffikers anil weie entitled tothi.ir release, with or without Governor Smith’s cos tificafe. Mr. Geo. 0. Drown, Teller in the clip' »f the P.w.k of Virginia, at Dan ville, armed wild the G.iv<‘i«ior’a certificate to the isec«*ity of H.I c x.-mpiiuiff but his servico was demanded-by the R.u uau of Conscription on the sound that, timugh holding thecertiti cab; of the ICseciilivp, he wns not included in the list of parsons exempted by tho Act of Congress, arid the Judge decided that, Jtank officers not bed:;:: Sfi.M . fibers, ho t-hooft bo remand' and to lb military authorities.'—Lynch bury Virijinit.il. r —-rca--— — . —■ — Important Dm;: ion. A few days since tha policemen, cd' H i; city, were conecribed by thn Enrolling officer, wiic-reupon they sued out a wri! of habeas corpus, claiming that they weru State officers and not •• üb.jyot to conscription. The case was tried in this city on yesterday be fore Chancellor John , ho decided that the city marshal was a lato officer and not liable, buc that Ihc policemen were not State officers, and therefore subject to conscription. Wo cut tin: above from the Selma MissiEsip pian of the tith. We learned yesterday, that the police of.Seim i t-aino to fids city, Mayor- Henry accompanying them,and Gov. Waits pro cured their rch:a..e !.;q tlm Conscript officer. Having certified to tie : rexemption as State offi cers, tinder the authority of-theactof CongretiH of the 17 th of July, last, the Governor would not consent to their being subject to the mili tary service of the Confederate States. —itoriU fjoitiCry Atlantis, c. Sjiai.t. r„v.—Some excitement has prevailed in the city for two week:; past on account of the exist lice of r-m-ril pox amongst us. Wa buiieve the cases are decreasing in number, and no tears are entertained of a farther »piea.( of toe diaca-e. —Milkdyentlle Union Every man wlm is put into the United States service in Concord, New Hampshire, has hi* photograph accurate y taken. On the hack of it. his deaeripHve list is placed, and it is the© tiled away fox future referense.