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’y 'J' l;: * N S. MORSE. & -Sniiiiu!. TERMS. TIIK W KKHLY UHHOMUI.K A BK.VI IM.L IBPUXU.ISIIED EVKI4Y.AVEDNJSBIM V TIIUKI MOM Ilh Psi OO SIX MOMIIH @ia 00 ALWAYS IN' ADVANCE. Wr.KM.V AIIV EBTIBIMJ U VTKH. Oanis*uT ADVuHTiniiMEmi'pubHi.lied in the Weckljwc charge one dollar %line each insertion. SntoiAoXoTicaewlilhccliargcd one dollar and twentj -Bvecents alineforeachlaaert#ri. M»uai»<ses,Ds*Tns and Fonesai. Notice!fivodollan eath. Obitoabt NoTiCEeone dollar rcrllne for one inacrlkr. •'tlrerDallyor Weekly. Where Obituary Notice aio; tt.) Ishedln Weekly—one dollar and fifty cent? pci line THE TWO APPEALS. 'fhe people of Georgia have had two appeals made thorn by telegraph. One from Hon. B. II Hill, Confederate Senator from this Stale, and the other from Gen. Beauregard, the coin mander of the Army of Tennessee. Both of these appeals, to an uninformed reader, have the same tone. To the casual ob server, both sound patriotic. To those, how ever, who are acquainted with the parties who made the appeals, matters appear in somowhat of a different light. They look upon the one from tho Senator as a more frothy effusion, put forth for bnneomb; coming from a man whose acts are not in keeping with his professions; ■whose whole course since the beginning of the war has been a mass of. glaring inconsis tencies. 'the people always have a strong dis like for a person they suspect of being insin cere—and a deserved contempt [or a person thiiy know-to be so. Mr. Hill has ever since the South seceded-and some timo before been noted lor the two sided positions he lias taken. He talks and writes one thing, while his acts clearly show that he does not mean wlmt be says. He makes a great show of light —and doe’s nothing, lie ranks high among the big-word, bomb-proof patriots of the day. While urging others into the field he bus put himself in very unenviable positions.— Last winter Hicbmond was in great danger of being taken; hi fact the peril Was greater than it ever was before,or. bus been since.* Con gress was in session at the time. A resolution was introduced into the Senate, the purport of which was that that body should adjourn, and the members thereof organize and at once ‘‘go to the front’’—thus showing by their acts that they p ncorely meant wlint they had been preaching to the people in their speeches.— The patriotism of Mr. Hill did not stand test ; the resolution was a damper to his gogeraily effervescing and overflowing love of country; he could spout for our cause, could make laws r to force other nun into the ranks; in sboit be could do anything and everything for the pros ecution of the war, he could not go him eels. lu his "own view his carcase was made of superior stuff, and was not io be exposed on any consideration, or under any circumstances. Aud so when the resolution was put to v ote, Mr. liill voted no ! Well, Richmond was not taken. Congress finished its session without being molested, and adjourned. Mr. 11. retired to tbo seclusion of private life in the mountains of his own be loved Georgia—fondly hoping to be. permitted enjoy the beautiful scenery of the section where be resided in' peace and quiet. But alas ! how uncertain are all things mortaV Ills privacy was soon intruded on by the ad vance of the enemy in that portion of the Con federacy. We are told bo at once became very patriotic—both in appeals and addresses, lie Also showed liis zeal by taking an active pint in organizing a local company and becoming a member thereof.. But when the day of trial arrived—when it became necessary tor said local troops to perform active duty, lie found a very convenient excuse to absent himself from the ranks. Aias ! poor human nature ! Alas ! for the martial spirit which he talked about and had not! It is stated that ire expressed an opinion to tire effect that he was serving ilia •country in one position aud could not constitu tionally do it in another. The course of the honorable gentleman in this as well as oth er matters, clearly indicates that lie has been endowed’ with very keen perceptive powers— powers which enable him to discover a loop hole out of which to crawl when it suits Ins coDvenionoe. Sometimes he has been known to back out of a position through an aperture which would not accommodate the point of a line cambric needle. The career of the Senator from Georgia may suit some people, but it does not suit us. Wo want a man to be something or nothing. This talking one way and acting another is not ex actly the thing. If Mr. Hill had added to his appeal that he “ would be upon Georgia soil os soon as the means of transportation would allow, and would take an active part with her brave sons in her defence”—showing that he meant something more than mere bombast when ho talked of defeating the enemy—turn he would have*:stood before the public as a wan whose opinions were at least to bo in spected. The other appeal comes fioai Geu. Beaure gard. This distinguished, soldier has showed by his acts that when he talks to his country men about fighting ho means what he says lie does not urge other people to do what he is not williugfo do himself. His position is well known. Instead of “ go,” it is “ follow me '. The tone of the appeal of this beloved defender of Southern liberty is of the right stamp. It has the ring of the true metal. The party who made, breathed into its sentences the patriotic zeal and lire of his own nobie nature. Here it is : “People ot Georgia ! Arise for the defence “of your own native soil! Hilly around your “patriotic Governor and gallant soldier:- ! O.v “struct audjdestroy all roads in rherman's front, * • tlauk and rear, and his army will soon storve “In your midst. Be confident and resolute. “Trust in an overruling Providence and sne “cess will crown your efforts. I hasten to join “you in the defeuce of your homes and fire -4 ‘sides.' ’ These are truly cheering words. They come from the overflowing heart ot' Ae who feels what he says; from the pen of one who advises pud who acts in accordance with the advice AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1864. given; from one who does not occupy a •‘b. rabpioof” position, but who Las dared the dangers of many a wcll fought battle field, aud who is now hastening to again risk his life in tin defence of the noblest of all causes—in flic defence of the liberties of the citizen. People of Georgia! Let not this stirring ap peal •go by unheeded! Act in accordance with ila burning words ! Act promptly. Rally around the banner of your own chosen General, and all will be well. Till: DUTY OF THE HOUR. (Borgia’s hour of trial has come—the hour that liie men’s souls. Her patriotism and fortitude are put to their severest test. A powerful and vindictive foe is in her midst. A numerous and ruthless army of invaders, in tent upon her subjugation, is laying waste her territory. Its track is marked by the smould ering ruins of her once happy and peaceful homes. The incendiary torch is applied to the garnered products of her industry. Aud she is threatened with immediate disolution by an enemy who aspire to be her master. "Yet we should meet this formidable inva sion us becomes a people worthy to be free— calmly an i courageously, and with an unfal tering trust in that benign Providence which has heretofore smiled upon our causa. There should be no panic, no despondency, no shrink ing from duty. The patriot in this hour of public calamity, rising above all fear and agitation, should a.Mr him seif with cool courage and resolution to the sacred and indispensable duty of defendin'; his country, " here is strength, thorn is success in that calm determination which meets dauger w.ith an unquaiing heart. In all Uio great exigencies of life it is this that insures success, that enables men to triumph over difficulties seeming insurmountable. Our people are now called to rnako and ca ll ure great sacrifices, which if patiently and courageously suffered, will yield a rich harvest of future reward to themselves anil posterity. They may have to witness, as many of their fellow citizens have already, Ihc destruction of their property, to see the hoarded fruits of a life of industry swept away in a moment by the fierce hurricane of war. And yet iade penil. nce will lie cheaply bought at any c t. These sacrifices are the price of free dom, without which all else is valueless. Pro vidence lias ordained that nations in their march to independence shall be subject to the stern discipline of suffering. It would be well for the sens of Georgia, in this hour of trial, to recall the noble example of flieir revolutionary sires, who'with twfalf.or •ug resolution bore the banner of independence through the privations, the toils, the perils and discouragements of a seven years war with the mightiest power ou the globe. Great as have been tire sufferings of our people, they naan:-nut yet equalled those of oar revolution ary ancestors. AVe should prove ourselves the, worthy descendants of those illustrious sires, by patiently enduvirfg- sacrifices from .which they did not ijjirink that they might bequeath to us the pricclosn heritage of freedom ufld in dependence The.-grand sentiments of that heroic ago should find aii echo in the breasts of tiro present generation, engaged in a similar struggle for all that ennobles life, and dignifies immunity. With Patrick Henry, we should bo ready to exclaim, “ Better to die as freemen than live as slaves and “ Give me liberty or give me death.’’ Virginia, tlio grand old mother of States and statesmen, presents to Georgia a noble exam ple of patient and heroic endurance of- unex ampled calamities for the great cause of South ern independence. The very ploughshare of ruin has been drawn over her fruitful fields. For nearly four years she has borne the brunt of this terrific contest, and yet she ii unsub dued ? she stands erect and defiant. Her peo ple have borne their sufferings with uncom plaining patience and unyielding fortitude ; and to-day aro more determined and united than ever ia their resolution to achieve inde pendence or perish in tbo attempt. Shall not Georgia emulate aud rival the example of her heroic sister, with whom she twice befoie steed shoulder to Shoulder in tho glorious conflict for freedom and independence ? It behooves our people iu this crisis of their fate, to be united ,as one man in the effort to expel the invader from their soil. There is no> alternative left them but to fight. Tho enemy tenders them but (he single choice between victory and ruin, liis purpose to utterly de vastate our State i? openly declared, lie avows his intention to leave behind him only a black ened waste of indiscriminate ruin. Sheridan’s ruthless vandalism hr the Valley of Virginia is to be re-enacted throughout the State of Georgia, unless the enemy be checked in iris career. Tho instinct of self-preservation, therefore, concurs with tho impulse of patriotism, in urg iug every Georgian to strike for the redemp tion of Lis State. In the heroic Beauregard, we have a leader woi thy of our utmost confidence. Let us rally Jo Ids standard. Let our citizens bo ready to do whatever lie may reeotnmenu. Yielding to him and to our patriotic Governor a cordial and united support, with tho aid of the thou sands of brave men who ara coming to our rc lieh and with the blessing oi a gracious Provi dence upon our arms, what seemed a fatal dis : aster may be converted iuto a glorious aud permanent triumph. Grand Lonas or Soum C.irouv- — The Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina held its annual communication in C bailee ton. Nov. 15th. Representatives from' thirty lodges were in attendance. The election for grand officers resulted as follows ; . .1 II Boatright. No. 91, M W G M, K B Boyl ! ston. E W D G M: W T Walter, R W S (J W; ! R S Bruns: R W J GW; II W Schroder. R W i G Treasurer; A F Lumpkin, Ass’t G Treasurer; , A G Mackey, R W G Secretary; EO Witbing ' ten. Ass't (j Secretary; J C Kenny. U W G : Chaplain: Alfred Raoul; Senior Grand Deacon; H D Corbett, Senior Grand Deacon; W E Scott, Wm Lockwood, Junior G Deacons; P U Co bum. W G Marshal; S B Sawyer W G Pur : suivar.t; J A Johnson, Henry S Jacobs, G Ste wards; Joseph T Realy, G Tiler, C.\rTvRK of Yankee ScoiTs.-<6evcn Yankee scouts from Sherman’s army were captured on Monday between Union Point and Buckhcad, and brought down to this city by the train Fri. day. Five, negroes were also nabbed at the ! wuie time, and brought here. Senator Hilt..—The Senator who writes and publishes more loiters, and manages to get Lis “name ia print" more frequently, than any other, is reported to be the first to advocate measures detrimental to the efficiency, vigor and freedom of the l’reas. One might suppose from his course in the secret councils of the Senate, that Mr. Ilill considers the Press a pub lic nuisance, rather than a powerful auxiliary of the Government in working out an Indeixn drace which is to secure the private rights of the citizen. Per c, n'ra, the frequent use which the same Senator makes of tire Press, would seem to testify his appreciation of the power and influence of the “Fourth Estate.” Perhaps he would not have the Press silenced, but only so hedged in by “discretionary power” vested in the War Department as to wako it moic pliant to the tc-ueh of Power. Query? Would not she proposition to run (lie press aud pulpit with old men and details from she Hospitals apply with equal force to both Houses of Congress? Mr. Hill is a young, athletic, ablo bodied man. Might not his place bo filled by some old and infirm man, detailed for that purpose by the “discretionary powers,’’ so as to allow the afliletic Senator to take the field. —Columbus Bun. The Sun is mistaken in the individual. Mr. Hill is no such man. What! Ho fight in the ranks ? No sir! Ho has not done so neither ;s going to. lie prefers to stand in the dis tance and say go; to stand aloof, and telegraph to his constituents what they must do, instead of being on hand to lead them. His ants show that the employment he delights in, is to vote away in socrot session the very liberties his fel low citizens arc shedding their blood io defend; to be the willing subservient to power in order to gain placemand position. Tub Cotton Donation to on a Puisdnurs. — Reports have been circulated through North ern papers (hat the Confederate Government was negotiating with the United States autho rities for an exchange of cotton for blankets for tiie Confederate army. The truth of ibe matter is, that Col. Oald, our Commissioner of Exchange, authorized by she Confederate Gov ernment, made a proposition to General Grant, to send one thousand halos es cotton to New York oily, provided tbo proceeds of their sale be appropriated to the supply of Confederate prisoners with comforts and necessaries, she sale of the cotton and the purchase of supplies to be made by Major General Trimble, now a prisoner in Fort Warren, or, as ins alternate, Brig. Gen. Win. R. Beale, also a prisoner, who shall be paroled and allowed every facility to make an advantageous salo and outlay; tne distribution to be made &y a commission of Confederate officers, who are prisoners, and who will be paroled for the purpose; the trans portation to be afforded by the United States government free, from the places of puichaso to the places of distribution, Gen. Grant re plied, and acceded to the proposition unhesi tatingly. The cotton will bp shipped at Mo bile within the next ten days.' Gen . Leu's ViuiLAxeu. —Grant pays our matchless leader a great compliment in his dispatches, giving nu account of tiro recent reeouuoissance in force upon our lines. lie says that he found “every point intrenched and the works of the enemy manned.’’ Butler, too, he says, made a swoop around cn the Yorktown road, “without finding a point unguarded” This, is not a very encouraging state of affairs for tbo enemy, stud gives but little ground to hope th'at the ‘>on to Richmond’ ’ movement will be successful. Dashing like a mad bull, upon our lines; first one side and then on the other side of James river, endeavoring iu vain to steal a march upon our wavy leader, Grant is compelled to acknowledge that his plans are all anticipated by his master in the art of war, aud that Lee has guarded “every point.” Having “ felt our line” and found them all guarded ; and having been repulsed in bis ro cent onset with terrible loss, the redoubtable hero of Vicksburg finds himself considerably “setback,” and gives cold comfort to his master at Washington. This admission wrung from him, should be cousoliug to our peo ple- _ Goal Bnowa’s Message. —We have read tho Annual Message of Gov. Brown to the Georgia Legislature very carefuify, and we rise from its porusal entiveiy satisfied that he has fuliy sustained his reputation as a vigorous wiiter, a profound thinker and an able logician. AH of his Messages aro model State papers, but this one in particular bears the impress of statesmanship, broad, comprehensive, practi cal. In our judgment iris views upon ‘'Con federate Relations” are eminently wise and patriotic. We believe that' if his theory was put into practical operation it would at an ear ly day lead to the termination of the bloody and destructive war that is now desolating our fair country. And while this policy would establish upon an immovable foundation the absolute and perfect sovereignty of the States, it would hot derogate one jot or tittle, from the legitimate authority of the Confederate Government. ' Tho truth is, the only solution of the diffi culties attending the attainment of peace in our present struggle for an independent na tionality is to be found in tee adoption of tiie State- rights doctrine of 1776—doctrines which underlie the structure of constitutional liber ty and upon which all republican freedom is based. Nor does the practical operation of three principles look to a re-construction of the States; for their separation is already a settled fact, and no circumstances can exist under which their union could be made tolerable.— Too much blood has been shed, too much trea sure expended, too much bitter unrelenting hatred engendered for the sespeclive parties ever again to affiliate as members of a crewmen government. No one need therefore entertain any apprehensions from a convention of the States on that score, but on the contrary cher ish the liveliest hopes of a harmonious peace. Negotiation must act an important part in the u.'i ustment cf our difficulties. Four years of the most terrible warfare known to history is enough to convince any rational man that the sword can Ocomplish for us tiie desired result. And as it becomes necessary to iavpke the agency of negotiation there is no way in which it can be so advantageously employed as by a coni ocaiion of the States ia their in dependent, sovereign capacities. Then ail questions of differences, as well as all. ques tions of commerce and intercourse, may find a satisfactory and permanent settlement. »Wo regard the argument of Governor Biown on this question as conclusive, and we commend it to the unprejudiced and careful study of every one whose thirst lor blood is satisfied and in whose heart these is a sigh for peace.—Sew nan Companion. The next annual session of the Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Church, convenes on the 23d of November next, at Crystal springs, Copiah county, which is on the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Rail rad, about thirty miles below Jackson. The managers of the Southwesern Telegraph line have opened an office at Grand Junction, Tennessee, JTIE VBESiakt'i '£ JliSa-AUIS. TUB MILITAKV BESIVfBM AT BICmiOND. [From Montgomery Mail.] • The tendency of the age, the march efAmcr can people Is toWards. monarchy; and unless the tide Re stopped we shall reach something worse than - monarchy. Eve-y step we have taken during the last four years lias been in the direction of a mili tary despotism. Half'our-laws arc neonstitulicunl. Four-fifths of therepulur prejudices of the times are chimera. They spring from passion. They are begotten bj unnatural Agent-t. Their whole course 'is' ilier simte. Men are not bravo' enough to tell the truth. They aie tal ly of late growing liore liberal, courageous and honet-t. If a man of gehius’were suddenly to spring up in America and grasp the reins, 1m would destroy every veetigb of the present, and per haps for the better; 4ut unless some such pow er in (uses JtßeliintffV.il system, it is the pari of wisdom to suffer as few encroachments ns possible. The clause of the Message of the President which refers to a repeal of all class exempt ions, is the most extreme proposition that has yet emanated from the Executive. Its adopt ion by Congress would convert he South into a howling, desert. It would destroy liberty, content and union. It would bring about ro ' si dance and a counter revolution. It could not benefit the army because it would not strength- < <>u the line’of baltlei On the contrary it would fill the ahibiilanceg and hospitals. It is pre posterous. Wo have no idea that Congress will, pass it. The argument? agihist it are so clear, those in favor of it so few, ihat it cannot Purely re ceive a respectable concurrence from any body of representative mm. So far as it relates, to the press, wo have not a word to say. We should like to sec all the newspapers suddenly stopped just to show to the people, the army and the Government how illy either'can do without them. The press is a war power, and no professional journal ist in the tend fr iv the slightest gratitude for his exemption. The cause, and not himself, is benefited, if might be added that no thor oughly independent man would accept a detail Io edit a uowpaper. The business of journal ism in the latter event would be to puff the personnel atTJL'hn»6ud, and to let the Govern ment, the country and the people slide. That is about the gist of the whole matter. But it ir 'absurd and wicked, and if Congress should be induced to favor it, the members thereof had butter remain where they are, for they would never be' permitted to live at home. * . _ «... (FrOm Richmond Whig.] " “Give me but the liberty of the Press, and I will give .to the Minister'll, venal House of Peers —I will give him a corrupt and servile House of Commons— I will arive him the full swing of the patronage o.f .dike—l wßUgife him the whole host of ministerial influence—l .will give him all the power that piaee can confer. upon him to buy up submission and overawe resis tance ; and yet,, aimed with the liberty of the Press, 1 wiitgo forth u dismayed to meet him-, I will attack with i.bat mightier engine the mighty fabric he luy raised ; I will shake down corruption from.i 1.1 height, and bury it beneath' tiie ruin of the.abuses it was meant to shatter. ” —Bheridan in British House of Commons in 1810 It is conceded, we believbj that a Despotism and a free Press cannot co-exist in thc‘ same country. .The.free Press will either overthrow the Government; or the. Government will put down the free Press. Y/e had never believed that, in pur day, an attempt .would be made to put down the liberty cf the Press until we saw it. Tiie attempt seems t.o us sadly ominous, be cause we have observed that every attempt to establish a despotism during this century has been preceded by tiie suppression of the free dom of. the Press. This ia the invariable and inevitable, precursor—the flush before the clap —the rattle of the serpent belore bis deadly spring.. The suppression of the free press means the establishment of a despotism.- Charles N. tried it preliminarily to his attempt at despotism in 1830,r.nd.f riled. Louis Phil— lippe indicated his disposition io overthrow the liberties of his.country by attempts upon the press, and he, too, failed. Louis Napoleon suppressed the free press before he suppressed liberty. It is tho premonitory symptom always, gives warning of the same thing, The picket guard must be surprised before tiie sleeping army can be.slaughtered. The press, nmsfc.be silenced before liberty can be surprised. Our apprehensions may not be j Ist, but this is a sign, andaracsS fearful or.o. If the press, when free, is such a tremendous engine in the hands of theso who love liberty, that the fust step of every aspirant who seeks to overthrow tbo existing institutions of his county is to destroy its freedom, what must it be in the hands of each aspirant himself? How long will it be, when there is no free press to give the people warning of each new enterprise against liberty, and when there is an enslaved press to represent each such enterprise ,n3 in spired, by Ihe loftiest patriotism aud the most consummate wisdom, before we shall have, uot the present enlightened and patriotic Senate, but,.", venal, seif-seekingbudy in its place?— How long b.ejfoiothe present highly honorable body of Representatives shail be substituted by a corrupt and servile successor ? How long be fore the enormous patronage already enjoyed by the Chief Magistrate shall be let loose in full swing to purchase ’ silence aud overawe re sistance? , How loyg will it bo before liberty itself shall be bhaken from its foundations be neath the play cf this terrific engine, and bury in ils ruins all tho. fair fruits of a four years’ struggle? [Frour Macon Confederacy] The Richmond Press arc handling President Duvis’ scheme for gelling absolute control of the Press of the country, ia a style the earn estness of which indicates Very clearly tharthey arc fully alive to the importance of the ques tion. We deplore the necessity for discussing so vital a nusasnre- at this time, when the fu ture. wUh its increasing responsibilities, trials and difficulties, looms up through the powerful majority of'the Northern vote cost for Lincoln, but yet we will not yield this’ safeguard of liberty without a murmur. We will not sub scribe to avich an unwarranted a e ucroachmeat upon the right*? which are guaranteed us by the Constitution, without uttering our solemn protest. It is the opinion nf ni my that this step is advised by the President ax the precursor of a Dictatorship: and if w« attempt to discover the difference to bo realized in 'the strength of our armies from editors and printers being detail ed instead of exempted, we are forced to the conclusion that, the .preference for details which his Excellency manifests is attributable to a disposition to hold the details in terror over a free and independentM’refes. If we arc to have a despotic Government, let us.know it. _ If any are in favor of it. let them advocate if, but as long as our form is that oi republican, let us have the spirit, and if any representative so far forgets the rights of his constituency as to disregard thdm alto gether, let him be hung as soon as “lie comes home; and it to day, to mSrrew, or at any future event in ouiaiiistory, any man shall be clothed with the powers of a dictator, or shall assume them, let his head be taken oil'at the block instanter. . [From Raluigb Progress.] Th"ete are but three papers in the South, as far as our knowledge extends, that endorse those featmes ol’President Davis’ Message which advocate th.e arming cf negroes under certain exigencies, and the substitution of "de tails” for exemptions us far as the Press, the Pulpit and other classes are concerned. The Press is almost unanimous an,! quite indignant at this effort/on the ;sirt of tile Executive to clothe himself with ali the powers of Dictator ■ . ' " XVIII NO. 48 and Tyrant, aud \.f v. • tS ... ids irresponsible and obsequious took* in Ccu gress v iff do all that 1 e whio think there v.:li 1 Mr. Dxvff with ' * though opposed u. I .. ;:: ;. too pure and . : v . • . answer to su k i .. ff ■ clothed with tho minor cf ■ pression are sure to L. <...:n . power is mw.-Ad hi th.-m ! \y ao confidence in any mu:., on ■ \ \ pilbie of 1: pi:! :. <]■■■ . t. lL country nude; te-. . . V Y ..y . ; v ticus aud selfish cntlsk • \ If the form cfV; .. cur fathers with I•. c. ignored an.! v. . iisin with a Dictator iiffte’d , .. p r , : we hod ns live hive if;.., . . .. would n: soon make ehok .... , ~ man. :•? of either. If Mr. G . ’ ■, • confidence and nuj. ;t <,: ike ; confine himself tu tbo Ounsßtuh. it; •. t.-.ua try and at'enq-t m- ..i ; ■■ . .. it V/c have no i. i: i. ; - ■. our autiioriti; ■ ; i : •’ ...; .h *. ting the war again eco ... !;ave been r . . in;-: fj. • x- ; ;. o i>- pretv., dfettccs and divide h • ~ . the military situation would have been much better than ii is. If the slave to be freed, arid the v hit enslav ;, to septire our indepun. •-.•ace, tne he ~ will bo dearly bought, oven i-k ;>.:«! w : ’ ai. ■ 'suit of which there ia no . ■•• t... Let represenlalivi s am ' . tiiut eternal vigil• o ; X;. ;,a-.-.u:. ay. [Freni ii' « y .■ c ... | If the freedom cl f;r : r t---.;. ........ editors will hove no on- . . ;; .. : theniaJv'es, for, instead of 1 avin * i iin dependent cxpoiici:'.'. of fxv have, in too many in tai ■ . . . the mere trumpeteva of militai •. •. . their trot kliug subserviency forth its K fih from day to day urged that ev.Tj body ■:-houid go.to tho army, cannot!’;. .. ■ t . t r,. exempt from tho general and,. f aii who remain at home- Ti. • < ..n.-ni.n.-n i:} v ir resistible, that if tin- milifary. ; inexorable that no ri.-h;... ■. • community, no constitution and i essaty to bo preserved in \ •.. . . gle for iruicpendOiKe, •••. ... -• . , wnich dares to assort th. .... 1 ;• . government can live, and <;,v- hi to b alSVwed to survive t..i. rc . .;!• •• .. .• .> selves, we avow liorc to-day, ti; .; , r teen oußive tim wreck :■! our 1: • • a free press, and be detailed i<j Jo thc-hiddi-b of every, petty ix-'SHcvy <•: i.-i •;. r ..: of arrest and puiiirhu; ul l ;r and; : , ■..( would be buridd in eternal oj;l . . passing in this Gonfed- xacy. Vo ;. ■ t-'-fi secession, a».l have a.if . ;-: and : t.... by an.! n;i llincbingly to tho ca;::«f ever : : I, o !■•. e. knew tho object was not '■;> tlirow r il , potism lb build up ar.i'i'. . ‘ . i.i -.ii.laln ctur rights and liberties' dnou 1 f:,.- mentality of an agency o ; . : ; by the, ;■>. uhi* cm States and subject to Hudv cor.trol. TANARUS.; nore tiiis faith novy. vvoid.i i" art of polit ical suicide lu this Ooufs.iderf.ey, and God grant, that the folly or maduo* of our rivicrj. may never bring ns to tlio realization uf.svrh a ca tastrophe. But wo grieve t.; o -y, that* if th ■ policy recently announe'ed by En.-entiv be adopted our cause will be irivetly' c.r.dan gored, if not totally. AH lh .i . nkeen ii> tiie world cannot subjugate us if we coniir.no uni ted and true to tiie great iin-icrlyiag the Contest; to abandon tin; e ; ;? to divide us at honie? to disgust vh libcrly everywberu with our cant and hyiiocriey.' and to turn us over horfiVj, feet and .dragoon.-’: to the enemy. Unfair and Unjust.— We dwiiku . .. .fix;. x. We very much dislike rep -,- • , which facts will not warrant, or a coloring to Ro.giv en to the ideas or seqtimonts of any ox of v. i.ich neither his language or aeia will give the slightest foundation for. * We have been induced to make these remarks by seeing in the Constitution?,list of the 10th iust., a most reckless and extraordi nary statement, in relation to Vice President Stephens. That journal publishes the fctfe r which Messrs. Scott, lipss and Washington'?d dressed to him and Senator J.-iiinron, mUhe them to “inaugurate a peace meve'u-'cfc at the South,” and comment sn-mviy u ; gentlemen for writing such Vi".c ;. To ltd,, wo have no objection, for in the 1 U not sufficiently set forth their 0 ivotr •. to il: ■ cause of the South.to please us. But thr'ediitu in speaking of Mews. Steph"!:-! and J-da xon, says, “the Vico President, in reply, uk.-.cet committed.himself to reconstruction ” Is tho editor crazy? Did be over road tire Vico President’s repM Did aim to mis represent? Surely not. VVir.it <'pu!*l av.; in duced suchan unwarranted statenpiui? We defy the editor of the Cya. itu x.ia'ixt or :':y one else ter produce a single :• : ft . thing Mr. Stephens over wrote . iv.ri.il.itl;' th*! slightest (lci?ree could le tuißiri'd : - I ?.«.■ idea of favoring rceoDstiflction, at a dei ire l\4 lt or awi to a-.-c :.-t it any event. We noticed not long riace tliat .he cilitcr of the Uonstitrrtionali.it made quite a prominent use of that- lying aaiortioa of R-tylor, tho trai tor. in his New York .-p-c. eh, that Mr. Stephens hod said that secession was a “folly and a crime.” Bivlor lied. Mi Stephens never said any such thin;:, and a man occupying th position of editor of ihc Cocstit.'itio;ia!ixl ongk,t to know it; and inst«id of dirplaylng it in Iff: paper, should have co;;tr.:dict -i it. What has Vice Pro.Rio't Steph :as tl mo to cause the editor of the Constitutionio act so unfairly towards him? BavmiMi’t S,v..i. ——•cxi.c- SurimcHS Court Decisions.- Tl Court, at its recent sj-eeial session, made the following decision upon writs cf Habeas Cor* pus: 1. JonssroN v-; M*. t.i.ett. —A member of the police of the cityof Raleigh is exempt from conscription, beoauseho is a civil officer, whom tlic General Assembly has demanded ■ ; ueccs- Skry to the administration of the laws of the State. 2. In the matter of McDankd. A substitute, who became such alter he is fifty yeais old, is not entitled to a discharge on account of his principal having been ca led into service. J. Kki-ssy vs. BitiivLxy.—Senior acserve are entitled, -antler the ant of Cor.gr: \ > their I discharge, when they untie at the’ age oi fifty ! years. 4. In <he matter of F-; t -Q..-. t 0,.. j fifteen able bodied bauds, -•tw.-oii tie ag- of | sixteen and fifty, is not er, itied to 1 if one of the hands boa foe n gio all hands must be slaved. 5. ihe miii hands ?uu: 1 h.,. : to,to the ages of sixteen and fifty, c:-. the t ci.iy oi January, 1801. It is not sufficient if one-.; them have become sixteen since that time. G. A farmer having less thau fifteen haqdi who arc detailed to work upon certain terms, is liable to have his detail revoked, and becail ed into active aerv’ce, the Government surren dering his bond to him. 7. A foreigner who comes to reside in th° Stale for a longer or shorter and who dees reside here thiriv days, ia liable to Per form military ssrvice.in the Home tiua-d. S.* It Hfca decided by Judge Battle, with the concurrence of the other judges, that a Warden of the poor is exempt from conscription.— llaMfjh Conservative. The Old School Presbyterian employed, t.-m past Assembly year one "hundred and thir-.y missionaries and chaplains in our dinerem ar mies, and contributions to tiiai weak foil short of SBO,OOO. There laborers ret-on *l, at the General Assembly, at Cbm lotto, the convor i sion of 12,100 soldiers duc.ag in y • ir. . j t Lo.Uv:v..-Ai WiwLiiigt-. i ... S . r i- : • • 1;. - • ' l» i iK 6 . ■ lei - p< iut the ; ; i ; 1 Republic ton severe tear, . .. V: ' eieetiott.-pt'Cuning in rexul.x c ur i | da. rcb.i.i. . ••.'■•i-.i n‘.)t a' R . : ; ia the t yai l oojile, united, i,lt" ■■ ; • :■„•'x .1 by a pv,iitH:.d war ; . i | i.L.i tho tk'ch.ou a tu-;' . : , R-.t. iovoiß'ja-i. ! . Ariui.-.u euv.;.i.. ; ihe ri-1. could , . . , ■ . < pore u-iniUonr.l eiei lien, it ; ;i ; ; . . . - ,i l«y . hix'cr-r i-imiiar.c-'.iw. Hiuoainiutme • In unyfutufe grtxt national “ -fi. I w;Ui the men of thu, we r . v . a:.d ns strong, as ffiliy null u . . as good. Lit ua, thbrcfnt , 'a .a,.,.. .. of t his, os pdiilosophy to loam - wii-’.-m “ • ;n. and none of them ax wrong;; to he v v: . - T But the election, along' with if. i' C.d. x md nndi'ijirabie strife, bus done mil ’■ i Ixixd.emonstratod 1!; ‘ i 'pooph'k .o. ■■:••;.■ J can sustain a national •• J.-cd a; in th;- «• iv imshut l/.;en kte'jv/n to the i *. ■ w ’ a possibility. It '.ovr h-; . ; . ' u. ;»ow id long Wo stiil aid. Il hm.; ; ;au, i•. anii'pg tiie G»ndkktfi cf the same ;--.iy ; wiio ia liu-st devoted for U;e l :.h :: ■nd . : ' opposed to treason can recifiv; fi -i th.. ; .. pie’s votes. Rahov.. , also, to ;ko t : .niy< i knearn, tk.it vva hero laero ;: v.ow i.l> had.whenlho*\v“affeogau. Gold :. . ni place ; but living, brave end ;v.!.rotio i.n : : •. ■■ •'.ml now, tiiat she cl a • ■ei ix oves, -m it* !!. h;ivl; cornu. in' ■ ■ cm : ton cii’orl toteav. (Yj eomiuc',. c inti >, For my own jiart, 1 i.nvc striven, • • oid plu< bstaclpsin the i fie lung av r have iu . n h-. ;e, 1 1, n. \.x. i ingly i.ltated. ni:..-. ’i.’idirt 1 rtm duly t. ibis ••• ment ox are election, nn 1 fi dy f-.i. ? ; ttr.:;!,' to Almighty (lx.l far hx. isig ih’, ;:iy country tu a right cvnMn. ’..1 ti b fur Ibi ;; xii/d, if u-Xbb: . to •■••• .b ... tion I hat any other nn:i may iw a:.:.; :■ ; i by tiie rcsilit. May I a;,k fhoao \i. I ... ■ ...x j differed with me to join with nw in : .,i. xu j Miiivit towards those who lt.'.v ! ; i me close ackimr liirtv inxirty ei < •• I ; r.. 1 brave soldiers aud ’-amen and !.!,;;■ . Xu. aud skillful corm.iauik’i s. Tho crowd thmi prt»ece«lM to' th i\ Sec;clary SOw.ad lyiio xb... ..... markr: ‘'Feiidw-Cilizenr: Our brethren of tin uo . who tw.-d to incut us up here in ti; . ix., . X, and with whom we uxvd to have : ' . social limes, have prcteuch-d to : ~ c; • rickety Coagscxs cud Govcvnutv.n iUu n And you know wh-V., they X;.' ... f did it. because fßoy wav mV.-.ix .■ v •. ish slavery. ihrjr I'.nt :;i ifiirrr:.- Monday of tiia, month; u’.i,! •Uicy juet for? They mus *o nbc*:i.-> .. cry bf two humui-ri tiiou r : • . i'.. m With ■ he Array keep ail the rest off the. nogi eei V/cii, v.o iiavc got our old sushi..; Oougress, whi ■■ . ; . scats kept them yet, aud it meets on the lir December. lam much mlstakun i; Show out old fraaide down rimiU; two of that they are practi.-fi.' •. skm is. that, instead of aboiixhii •. ..... of two hundred thoiiHiiii.l xegroc,! ;i. . ■ . , the much better thing oi • ;x., > tional stamp upon the Pre-all. t tidn proclamation of 180.?. Why , . ba very unanimopWabout tint. - .: t, tell you what is more .curious than -J; Within three years.fro.u thk Dr., bo just im unanimous ab. at k •• you are here iu V/aidimgtun. '•'« !: zena, ws have all got to he i; i..nf:.. v. x.otto i.v fiic-rm. v.ah r.. !: . been vot »: ihe aeconiit by ivyiue bu.x m • viO.d ti.H'ui; and if, uow fb;d be . I aim; ~ ■ ■ ijffb q &U Union men hereAfti . . ' edge that our r c ’•/.• . vrv ■ ... ■ . ye,avs henec'wu will be h: a. i:•mb h: .: . only throcglioKt all it. 5r..’ throughout Uie whoie Uitiu-:. ■ jou why fti ink that Hi . stage of action not long x ;o —■■■ .. . x - j.u . tbo ReVolutionaiy War—-a;:i I < ;; . 1 t..» u. my pmentx, and tin* men am; wen; .. a:";*, talk about the v . .1. ..usuii: oi ' - were oppo*xi to the Uoverisiiivuis ' .■ o iff Stated iu the Revolution; •.»< fi mo above all things wax that, 'at R ; . i tion c-f thirty years ait a. xb . : . . • atory to bofoaud in tbu who;o ba: b • . I was never able to under;land v. k r. th.y ... all gibue to. It is mj judgm .. ! ill ;on getber figain; that when Uie-s.l o: ;.-i wave over Riehtnond, the icbeiliuii wRi down; and-that within cue, two, ■■ . ... ... four years alter that, you will ir.v t..> '. mighty sharp to find a nun v.'i;u •. . * i seecisaionist or jm aider if ” ;b ; 'know that for that'teia oi gx...l Democrats will have every e»m.. favor tho people in the succe-.'i of tl-.o w • Speaking of that, I had unde rxto.K m.; • . nents to say th;st tiie war v/us s. ; ii;.; ■ that it was u vie to abolli il bivory. i\. .. accepting that ax thYo'ij e! ; ;bo r was to preserve tim Uniua. -.e wib * on their own ground, ax' 1 . ■- > hu.y (ho ■■■ ■ ■ stands. I'Le fiiit jour oi x the African slave trade in Ike l.iiil. ; the second year of the war brought tin. a m up to tho tewl of pftidk.rs of freedom ami abolished slavery ia the Disirict of (Jolum the third yjur abolished iduvery i: '1 xyi aa a if the tkiifix tlx;' ■ - been a failure this year, \vU.m Cu;.;, .; eo together it will adapt a coustUxiio. ai r.t and abolish slavery '' >« ic.hor.t 1 ... ted States. N&w I know tint wh -a : lav. y ix rentov' b tbx ouly e!' i ... tho American people will I. v if;; uiischievou:: fruit:-; bat i ' lot be Ike faulf of tho ad.ii ; ;,.j iiuv ■an era of pi-aizi ;u. I r, ■■■ . ... jon rcxumi’ug ear preu i. :V am • ; •- i •;.s, •....'J ..a. . ■ ■ j try, of freedom, oi crii-pjv:Xu..i -- ■■•n j humauiiy. LEYrERS for SoLMiwa is Or.::. Hood's Af.mv. a’C requested by D. P. B ai •*, ■-.•>' . .1 A cent of the Post Office Department, to advii.c ali' pcFtraasteis'Ro poet bill • rid mall direct, ail | fetters for Gm. Hood er Beaurcg ird’s umy.. directing both post bill and package to "Ami of Tennessee,’’ In no case should they •. uT to a itlrlbutln;.' office. Letters tvrio persons in said army should he add:-.1 to ‘•Army - <-f Tefi:i ;.nd n ,y.y j---- officer! Not! in/ u>thorj,;c.ltoativV.-:i ih.- abovenotice. Mr. Blcir t: yi ■ U s/iitorj! .re : - ly to the soltii-ii to copy* this. :•* it i.-tii .-.••• days, and in some cases week.--, of and toy.-- Ja-.k-mn M'-muj’ppl-in ■ m-unceS the death of T <’■':• Imou ato trw! un i sp--: ; ! isou'.u, ar 1 •me <iru j oar so at L/ng Island. , teiiO!l.\ASAX lv: , • B T - ’ ; H R 0 W N ■ i 'GEORGIA. SI'ATII cr Geobou, » ■ VII Dk‘; Ar.TMr.XT, a ■ -‘vsiie, Nov. 19,1861.) ■ ; ’ ■-■ in; !rr. tmnl how immin -ut , x i.:...xif-;.- tho State. Our et* r- X, our fields laid waste. ildroo mercilessly cfafvea iyr: ; nverful enemy. Wo bi. ;x a ibu freedom or we must :'■ '* ’oyi'.d.un;a. of liberty. : i-' ’ crpresent em t* ■■' ' : • ov. rruu. .• ii’i. tiie aniiiorify rcsKl ti ■.■■■ late, hereby ordoi* • oi ike whole free white me Ur ■ r ' . i : infi lled iu this bt ia 1 i'i ' ii'.; y. is oi tige, iv- Rj nnablo to be a: he xiu tuut ■ '■ a t !;o rent to camp foe • . ' i'i- Biose engaged in tha .: via -.1 Departiuonts of tha Gcv.iHUi v.xucu are by the recent act of ■.e I. idaturo iXevb.rod exempt from coiuput". scry xorvice. All other,; are absolutely required, ard mem* i. of the It' '. '.lute and Jjulgcs aro invitat -. 'poit immediately to Major General G. Aw ■ a-.JJi, at M-.cou, or wlierover else in Gocrgi'fc may lor forty (40) days servlet* .ciiii '. u.ucbH the CiUcrgouQy ' booucit ; ; -■ i u’c -i .at ail persons hereby .R fie abject after this call to all ■T: ;lic!c of v.xr of the Confederate/ ; and ‘ ii f: 11-Uc to report, shall be subject ■ ' : - p naiti. -of the crime of.de sci iion., * - ' * . a ikons formed into coinpa— . reghneuts, brigades or dtri • ; accupte.l for forty (10) days, iC •• .:y xin ximate to the numbers iu each which is required* by tho Militia 1 •• -I' fate a Rich were ia force prior tOk- - ■ . a-j i.ui-x iV.rnu:,! iu counties for ■ il lep.ori, luaviisg at homo for ■ uV’i, V: years of age; and, : iX derate defaiiu or cx* 'bc late da-.x. ion of the Su ite i 1 tq bo liahlut -.. r\a'a c: I bnuii.l to obey tho ?• xi: : '. • ;-';#crt v/dl bo arresteif • ■ - ■;. :.y Aiil do-Camp, or 41»i.: ; ■ ..«!•, x-.ff carried immedi • iry emplyyeca v aolively « i ;ed, aud tbo, ; k.xpicxx Company, anil h c; ~ors ;.!j from tho necuiirfity fee • ' . i;. i; pi . .x;t. poxitiou, excused, • • i.;.. !.'•.■ ul iviß ion in clinrga •jn : • ; • a-, dm excused, i b Uor ipjwuesi in this State wiH ; : Ix ’-j i- ; for transport- 1- ; ■ ■ baniin ■• o t i;y one refuses, ■ '■ ‘ i ipeiixtcxKhut, Agents, and eui ■;b .' ..... |._ly ..-lit to the front, i lie. Gamp i;uJ Olhor Mtale -officers nro ■ ■ ■ .. f.b,a vi .xloni in tho rxocu ' a. ' ; coute'aod in thi,' proclaiua oilieeis aro respect-* - •- >■; - in ihSir vicia* -:a ak i ■ . hyrel.y or ■ • UMf.'-i ahuoat to the ecu*. --I" • b every Georginu able tjr ■ R'i) .ii him, he could; IX q.cu. •• - ib, a. i.itoWN, Gavernot -.. ■ ei.ti Anuitixs.—Tho gal*. ■ unfii very recently iir . a b famous Wright’s? pci-ceded b.y a regular • iivered the following aoui. -,v.xi address: . * ■ f,m ghCs old B’j ■ r 1 " l ti'.. fc you will pot "- Y - x 'a.uiiigy.rm my sincere -uk for your prompt ard viidb. ■ - to ail or,leri, and yourpa ‘ . • : a .nee of ..a xy trial, as woil aatlu? • '. : ; : 1 'UI..V In which you have. ■ A ii. ... f , ->ii the field of battle, x '.'ii. . vui'.-uiauy miles, ia tuy • : r ; - ...; j a -ii of! ,n remember and feel • a i- xb of sorrow often l'orjyour. : . 'u:'. % and rejoicing with y • .■a ;. xx, -, ■ aud victory. ;. or /end that I should* i* i- to, I trust it may be foe • - ■ u. , tor without succssi* .!••.' lally, and as a nation, itu in Ici i. not unfhuiiliar to war, ! fcirc; id conduct on tin ■ u iho consideifttiouand cs* uor myself, It is : •y he poSs.. s thccoiifidengfr abb division c.»:u ■iliarly : . iwnas Dick Andersen. ,V hi*.,. -;.;iae!: u« pH hat great warrior ti it, and what is moro, the eon uoblt tlk-unau of them all, ltob» i it::-.. ;. '.•deuce lias been won' « • ~A 1 . o and supervision ou M il sn 1 . k that you give hhic •-• 1 •■■■ • t a-.kiag too much, and I cannot n:. iiiou.’i/, I fid eolliidenfj • - -i. Al l stout arms, though - :d, ' lid <V *;!:• I'Ur*. geUtliH, kl , - 1 ia action, ait t • fi , will yet accomplish much. ! . a ; . ,:;iou c Hie, and write for 'r -.1:1 t.ii.gMde n still higher and muclr. / - : -a (be hi-,lory of this bloody rev el* do-ucj and liberty. y Urn God ofiLiberty, of, .1 i.•. it cv-..r ruide,* protect and do . : very ! u;n anil danger. Again, -• if . Wu. Giuso.v, CV!-a -h Reg. Ga. \ (,Ic - . «t»=— -i . G: —’l no Lor.,3vi]le Jour u ’■' ;;i>. .. the aimexrd dc icription of a Confeder i i./il:- u-iill’i now operating in Ken , of ill!.- baud of guer : , ■ ■ ■ -y ■. *.'■ In command, recog : si/ -.; : ■ ■ ■ -it. Flowers. The offi- • ; jt.r in quo/iioa : - a young wcunin, and heir . : .r,* Jr;:day. She dresses ill ; I. ; ' .fi y : iruiil.g a full Coufod : ■ ■ ; r i-h i the wears a ' ~i ’ ■ '•; j ' '-, m.•).!■!» which cixapcs a. : : ' 1 ■ frown hair, falling around i • fine is pOSLiCFUtxI . rcing eye, fe ... 1 ••• ' Prior ho con V “ ' ” fi ’V el outlaws, ;u :w.- i-.:oci:«‘. Witii the band ‘homiaaudcd '\ i; uetmic".-: ricouiidrel CapV.j n Alexander, Wi ' u. ;Ac-.;i— a tracd ',i ea th—a short t,; ! : ago Southern Ey.ntuckv. , He-'i •; - ’ nr cue Monday, is a prac- ■ !i ‘ i ’•> P and many ladie», who have been < tiiAortu.* - to meet h.-r cu the highway, | c.m tc -.-ry . what smnjfnh-f she presents a > . A,- . . : a is n<i and deliver.’’ Her } • mting wid :-ly known, and, to the | ; always a- ociat-.-J v/itb horror. Ou, { Fri L y tv- uiug tow robb/d a young lady of j i; area of her i itch and chain. If th<r • cto. ..not :-o unceremoniously cxpelkdr. i : .. a:../ h :7.<l the town, in III! protni-, ; toil: v ifi., • fir in pantaloon:: would havw i : cols t ■ ::‘i of the ladies of tin* | , an > • th an of their jewelry and? and, to’. I . ;• •: iilucky, wo. ■ to - 1 a) Capture*!? ■ -i revent liy^ from rep* atiug her utilii-ly-like exploits,