Chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 1864-1866, December 14, 1864, Image 2
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SENATE —NOV. 28.
ffhe follow.ng j .elusions were si'loots'.l: !
't hat the Financ.* Committee inquire into the
• xpediency t>f dire sting money collectors to
'.■iiie up rec<-ip‘s ia IT:-: band ; of produce; s who
to.re, in gin j i ’ .. . i.-h ignorance, pdd
their lex iu kino to unac-h 2*l that
tho Military Aquire Into the expe
diency of tdlowtag transportation to office* :
travelling v. y, . a-uce; that the Mil
j ar7 Commit tee inq-iire. into the expediency
• f providia.? by law ior the promotion of adju- i
rants of to tho rank of captains ; j
’ hat the I iiiance Committee inquire into the
•■xpedieney of extending.' tbe time wherein
may fee exchanged for new issue, oid issue
notes he'd by citizens or soldiers who are, or
•‘Util recently have been prisoners in the hands
A the enemy; that the President be requested
n> inform the i-enali; whether not the aims
?tot)3o of the city of Richmond, heretofore oc
< opted as ;» hospital for -H; and wounded
officers of the army, ’ ecu diverted from
nch use, and if *o .. vns therefor, and
whet ter adeqm. ij: via- has been made
tor the comfortable .i_modution of such of
ticerfi ; that the Judiciary Committee inquire
into the expediency of eatab’isbihr: a Confed-i
•'Cite court for that part of Louisiana cast of
the fifitrfi: sippi liver dming the war,
'1 he bill to firovid dies for the army
vr-.dpr lb - the !■:. impressments, re
ported b:*--k fr a < iiciary Committee
vith amendments, red to be printed.
. The bid toexem na exp.ort and import
i.'•trictiona cargo. •: vessels owned by tbe
Mute;:, reported ba<: with amendments from
iiie Committee on Comm*. rcc, war ordered to
on printed
* iiouso i ' it re-elution- of theta to Gen-i
•■tal-N. 15. Forrest iv considered and passed. !
The following were referred : A bill to pro- !
hiblt express t tfingaip.% ;i: ociriiorre orindi- i
viduais, from c.iTrving letters, nypere. etc., ;
union authorized t>y tho l>-• L office Depart
ment; memorials of the adjutants of the regi
ments «:f Colqoiu'ri Bi-fiptae, ashing that the
rank of adjutants be rui-yd to that of captain
of intau-iv, nii i that they be placed iu the
line of promotion, or that they be included in
tho bill organizing a qoaer-d staff, with tbe
rank et captain c-t cavalry.
• house —so v. 23.
A rcnolullow-of inquiry as to the propriety
of permuting s-ri-.iierh in active service who
; -ive attained tho arm of forty-five years to be
tram furred to t'..* u -.tv-; force.-, wt their respeo
-1 i/e Kiittes. Adopted.
A resolution as to *l-n expediency of allow- j
iog.transportation homo and back to officers
■ rid Rold'ct-j wh > arc travailing on. furioagas o!
indulgence. Agreed <O.
The follmvic" ivi-.v referred: A bill to create
nyiidpe advocate-general for the Confodi-raie'
erinv . to ( slut it: ruri amend tiro impress
t.i p-inn in !' an-ny : joint resolutions for the
. mi oiling of in.; ,i. bonds given for tiro exemp
lion of. ove:..' or • 1-*. persons who had pro-
Troasui) for tho
t :iino puipose.
The folio tv tag wore-referred : A bill to :d - j
Ton- co ntent'.lion and allowance* to naval
ston hre l- I- ; to atuimd the set to increase I tie
efficiency oi iso r ,iy h" tue employment of
The Finance Committoq were discharged
from tiio fm:her consideration m the resolution
relative to old : .-me notes m the bandit of pris
oners, the iiiA'ijvel: Irsiug already provide 1 for
by bill.-
The Finaueo C'.iiamUb-e reported a bill da
•.laving that tho value of the i.rx on kind, in
case of disagreement between the assessor end
tax-payer, shill b<- determined by disinterested
rest revs of die v icinage. The lull was ordered
to bo printed.
‘1 he Judicial y Cimumitro reported a substl
t uts for the bill t-.» preveiU Inwleesne.'Sj and to
punish lawlessne.-. 'J h.- substitule, wflich was j
■ u-derid to bo printed, requires tho President!
to strike from the roils and. cause to be can
scribed, any army officer who shall in violation
of law, either impress any propeity or mjuiio
it to m done.
A bill providing that four per,'cent, bonds
and certificates- ther«l'qr shall bo receivable in
payment of the tax on iiuu mo sud profit for
viia year and the t-ix on salnriv.l for said
year except tho tux acrucing under tho -act to
raise money to ,net cane tlm pay of the sol—
dieW was coni'idered and pavsod.
Joint resolutions, fining tho position of the
Conloiloiftte * amt droiuriiijf tho dett-rmi
nation ot tlie (Jougrces sum tbo people thereof
lo prosecute tho war unlit their independence
is acknowledged, was taken up and discux>c>l.
Uflferridto F.miniit!-. - on I- ncign lk-laiions.
HOUSE—NOV. 20.
Nothing ol special iulcrcst in open session in
the lloti’O-
A motion was made t a go iut < ■ •-•cret session,
and to test tho T*a'-l : , to- ycaa .and nays acre
ordered, a*d iciiio.'d > ll 1 ' '
This was r-jnsiduri o I'Oincwh.'.t in the bunt
of a test, veto ou (tic baled ß corpus luii now
pending in ; covet so ■ ion. Smite ‘•oven or eight j
who voted for Mr-vl res-ion wib, it w s..id, |
vole against the bill.
The following were referred :A bill provid- i
irg ih at the compensation and mileage of
members of Cor.jivc? fur the second year of
tbo Second Congress shall be tho same as are
now allowed by lav. ior the first year of laid
Congress; to amend the nverulacts now in iorce
on the subject of impressment.*, and to define
what is ‘ju t compensation.” The bill bo
rides repealing tlie present law, provides for
vicinage ftppratsouiont, and urciarts that mar
ker- value is ‘ just comp' usatlon.”
i bill > regulate im ir< -s - enis and
puuish lawlessness, ntaelkor with another ffca
ata bill on the subject fit impressments, was
postponed till Monday.
House joint resolution proposing a joint
committee oi tho two Houses ol Congress res
pecting the exemption of state officers from j
the military seyvice el the Contcdeiai* States j
wan Liken up read, after some remarks was
laid on tiie table.
- HOUSE-DKC. 1.
Tho House took up and passed a bill re
reported from the Committee on the Judiciary,
to increase the : ulnae.- < fall the district judges
of the Confcdeiale States to s6.Out) per annum,
nnd that vrher# tlie re v shall now .exceed
ihut sum it shall not be diminished.
Tbo Judicary Committee reported back tho
bill to compel those persons who are liable to"
military duty, aim have hit tue Oontederate
Htkloe to avoid the same, to return to I'ue Cou-
Tederacji Ordered to bo printed and made
rbe order of the day for .Saturday next.
6*1," ATE—DEC.
The following \yo o referred : a bill ioamend
the act to increase the t iiic eucy of Iho army
by the employ mailt of bee to groesand .avos
in certain capacities; raemoiial praying that the
rank of Adjutant of regiineics mav be raised
to that of Captain of Imautry, and that they 'pe
placed in the line of promotion ; resolution in
relation to the exemption of State cf&jere.
Various comf.iucta? wort di.-e ;od iroia far
ther consultration of several biJla.
The Senate biil providing for tho relief of
post masters who have received counterfeit
money in payment for stamps and-post tiliac
dues, was rejected.
The bill to regulate the compensation and
milage of members of tho present Congress
. was passed.
'it.' bill tho exempt to a cargoes of vessels
owned by tho S;,tie, trotn restrictions on im-1
porta and exports vr..s taken up and discussed j
at length. Fos'polled till Mono iy.
HOUSE—DKC. 2.
A motion to lay th e peace reso'utions of MY.
Foote, el Teun. on the tuolo, prevailed—yoas
< A nays Id
Tho following were referred : a bill to in
crease tho pay of officers e and members of Con
gress fifty per cent.; to woie olleßtuaUy pro
ject the Coatee*rate CiutJa i t the payment if
•■(aims; to regulate the business of conscrip
liou.
Tho following resolutions were adopted:
Thaw inquiry bo made into tho expediency of
:e-:rlcW ! *k u ' r - ; ot ta:c iicg onievrs. so mat
they may . noi voir:-in ■ over s.\ months in any
one district; !° sl;uuiiv5 I; uuiiv into the propriety of«.x- !
« ranting from tu '-p's duty daring the cent n
os the i
i .eiitiarc- who iutv cw ton foie rate
F ates :to inquire into UsO C!f P “ iioct T of me
moratLir.g the Governors a:.* Legidatures o ;
I'.e different- States to i;x a ui3»J luulß prie ■
rqon »H agrieulUiral and Eiechastical article-;
that a committee be appointed to Inquire
! into tlie cause of the irregularity and delay in
paying the soldiers, their suffering for cloth
ing, blankets, Ac
sknits —dec
The Senate was not in session to day.
„ HOCBB —DKO. 3
The principal business of ihe House in open
session was spent in discussing the bili “to
provide for sequestrating the property ot per
sons liable to military service, who have de
parted, or shall depart from the Confederate
States without permission. - ’ Postponed till
SENATE —DEC. 0.
The following were referred: A bill to au
thoxizr ihe ie-ae of duplicates of lost drafts;
memorial of adjutants o? Pickett's division,
asking to be given the rank of captain of in
fantry and put on the line of promotion; to
raise the pay or to promote assistant paymas
ters of the navy.
The following resolutions were-adopted: That
the Military Committee inquire whether the
daily rations issued to the men of the army is
sufficient , &c.; that the President be requested
to inform tbe 'Senate whether any and what
rest' lotions have been imposed upon the cont
use rof the Confederate States; that tbe Fi
nance Committee inquire into the expediency
ot remitting the penalties incurred by the non
delivery ot tithes of bacon due on or prior to
March 1, 1804, upon paymentof she tithe act
ually due.
A bill giving the Surgeon General the pay,
£cc., of u colonel of cavalry, was passed and
sent to the [louse.
house —dec
'1 be following resolutions were adopted :
That the Military Committee be instructed to
take under consideration tho subject of txempt
tions, with a view to ascertain how far the
pres: at exemption laws may be repealed, tbe
number <>f exemptions curtailed, &c.; that in
quire be made whether preference has been
shown in the distribution of clothing to the
army ; that Hie Military Committee inquire
v.luit amendments can be made to the law sup
fm-Hring drunkenness in the army, so as to
more effectually suppress that vice ; in rela
tion to abuses in the commissary department.
Tim following were referred: A bill to ex
tent the jurisdiction of tbe military courts of
tue Confederate States; to amend the acts
heretolore passed for the sequestration of
property of alien enemies; to provide for the
issue ot duplicate bonds and certificates of
rock in certain cases; for the relief of tax
payers in certain cases: to increase the coin
pem aticui of collectors of taxes in certain cases;
to amend the act to regulate impressments; to
suspend tho collection of taxes in certain cases;
j to amend tbo act levying taxes for tlie support
of the Government; imposing certain restric
tion?. <¥* f' ie commerce of the Confederate
State.; to amend tho law so as to allow com
mutation la tho Kohlers who have received
no furlough during tlie war; to provide for
taking testimony on claims for tho service of
.'lave* impresrofl by the Government; to allow
[ iit iks and employees in the various depart-
In: r.t.; at- Richmond to puchase rations; to }n
j n.cso tho salaries cf district attorneys of the
| Confederate States; to provide for the trial of
| officers and men of the militia and reserve
j forces by court martial.
A bili to amend an act relating to tho pre
pay meat, of postage in certain canes was passed,
it gives members of Congress the privilege of
transmitting nil mail matter through tiie
mails on the same looting as are their letters.
I.tO.’d TUAN'S--VHSitISsTPPJ.
The Mobile Advertiser gives us the annexed
.de re.vs from the Trans-Mississippi Depart
ment : t *
There is no reasonable doubt that by this
time Fort Smith is in our possession, leaving
in the far western portion cf tho Department
no Yankee tpreos except about 1,000 men at
Fort Gibson, in the Cherokee country, which
cm be easily overpowered, if necessary, but
j dues not interfere with our movements. Stand
i Wiitio rules that country, having captured nu
merous trains since his big haul in September,
j The Choctaws, Oherokees, Creeks and Semi
j note?, have upwards of 7 000 men in arms, and
i are i'-nulv united in tho Southern cause. About
a oh:i GneruKeeS and Creelts went off to tlie
Vajikees with lioss, but it is the opinion of
Stand Wade that not more than 400 or 500 of
them are left.
Air. Houdiaot confirms the report of Col
1 hooks’ capture of a train of CO or (10 wagons
lielv/con Fayetteville and the Missouri lino,
ju-i.r. previous to tho capture of Fayetteville.
Tlie Yankee:; still hold I.iitlo Ibick on suffer
ance. ALigiuder could capture the place, but
it would not pay.
At the latest news from Gen. Price, previ
ous to the capture of Fayetteville, he was at
Pane Hill with 33,000 men, a portion of whom
ore iu need of arms. He hed great trouble in
getting out of Missouri, with his immense
spoiis, being hard pressed by the enemy, but
lined no disaster except nt the capture of
■U irtnaduke and Cabell, on which occasion lie
!o:ri -about three hundred men. All the other
Vaiikee stories of their success over him me
! fables. At latest accounts his train, nuinber
i lug 1,280 to 1,300 wagons, was crossing the
Aiitanaas between Fort Smith and Fort Gib
son.
All the Western people, especially tlie Mis
sourians, ij.ro well satisfied with tho results, and
(fen. Parsons says, ‘-Tell my Missouri friends
that tho Missouri expedition lias been a com
plete success/'
The obiect of tlie return of the expedition
was us has Leon declared by a high authority
in those matters, io secure she spoils of tbe
campaign, and place arms in tlie hands of ihe
'numerous recruits.
General Buckner, oil the other side of tbe
river lias captured Denaldsonville, with $30,000
worth of military stores. Donaldsonville is
on the right bank of the Mississippi, between
Baton Rouge end New Orleans.
It is'Mated that Gen. Buckner has been pro
niotevl to the rank of Lieutenant-General. •
L ite accounts from Geu Price’s army state
that he ou the Kansas line with a Urge jinny,
and ihe Yankees dread a hostile demonstration
in the direction ol Little Rock.
The Confederate General Slaughter, at
Brownsville, Texas, bad been reinforced by
three thousand men and twelve pieces of ar
tilui.y, hi anticipation of an attack from the
United States troops.
Buckner lias ten thousand troops at Alexan
dria, La.
The House of Representatives oi tho Louis
”■ ■ g’d dure has authorized the issuance of
bonds to the amount ot two and a half millions
s os dollars for the purpose of carrying on the
State Government-
Till-: Cukuokeb Country.— -We hava Reer.
within the past few days many wagons bom
Forsyth, Milton, Gwinnett, "Cobb and even
Bartow counties, coming to this market to ex
dinr gu produce tor salt and other supplies.
We are pleassd to learn that the condition
cf the people in that section Is much better
than we hod supposed. Although the destruc
tion cf giahi mid meat was complete wherever
the vandals passed, they could not go
everywhere, nail largo districts hml escaped
utii'c Hi: .1. A gentleman from Bartow in
-1 .'rmeil rs the o-her day. that if let alone in
I future, the people of the Cherokee country can
| subsist themselves until another crop can he
made. This is gratifying intelligence—much
better than wo Looked for from that quarter.
The Mrrnu. —In response to Gov. Brown's
en masse tali, the militia are pouting in from
every direction. We have not learned what
numbers have reported here, but from She
n: uy familiar faces we have met from the up
per counties, we infer that everybody not al
ready soon will be.
A-nos™ the troops which have reported here
is id i... l-iitbor's battalion, from Habersham
,;vtd Franklin.
Gin'. Glenn's BfiidADE—' We are pleased to
-it a ib.-t vcral commands coastituling Gen.
(v'no - I’.'igade are tilling up rapidly and
I bavo been riporting promptly at this place.
- ; - :NG Railroads. —Hands are at work
| tb . r '*-- roads destroyed by the enemy,
l.i •! i!i >. -■' rji\l, will in a short time, have
Ahem again n Tunning order.— Athens Watch
Silu'i.
A pi ue-niaa iu Main- has just walked four
comt-e;: ,ve days aud ni. hie, with but twentv
m; i.-.? k. t each day. Lie performed the feat
ac .mg r me,, twenty minutes, though at last
Lo was ut-iircus.
A tlr - r:: 1 apers say no fears are entertained
oi ite invasi. n info Kentucky,
GEN. JOiUSrOJI AND THE GEORGIA C AM
PAIGN.
We publish below an article on the cam
paign in Georgia conducted by Geu*v.l Joseph
E. Johnston, taken from the Mobile Army
Crisis and Argus. We cordially agree with
the high eulogium passed upon that General s
skill and ability. The retreat from FT'ten to
Atlanta wa3 one of the mest successful in his*
toiy. Accepting the figures of the Crisis as
correct, the preponderance of the Yankee over
the Confederate loss was a most remarkable
and pregnant fact. Even moie powerful was
♦he preservation of the high morale of the
Confederate army. They testify to tho bril
liant genius, accomplished strategy and sleep
less vigilance of the Confederte General, and
they show that magnetic power over men
which it ia only given to greatness tq wield. —
Gen. Johnston’s fame might safely be rested up
on thi3 achievement were he never permitted
to do any thing more—on account of the bitter
and vindictive feeling which exieta against him
at Richmond.
Here is the article referred to above ;
Our sole object in tl*e subjoined statement
and reflections is to deal honestly w ith the
tacts of history, not to praise nor to censue
any one. ’1 he ingratitude of Republics was a
theme ror Roman comment; but tmr convic
tion is that the great majority of any enlight
ened people, well informed on the subsidence
of passion, will delight to do exact and umple
justice to those who have served, or sought to
serve them. Our confidence in tho ultimate
popular verdict is exceeded only by our abso
lute! submission to tho decrees of mortal jus
-1 tice ; and hence the latin maxim—Vox populi
vox Dei—is, in our judgment, something' more
tiian mere rhetoric.
A man who hui preconceived and expressed
an erroneous or an unjust opinion, partially
informed, or mainly misinformed a? to tlie
facts, will, on having his misapprehensions
corrected, exhibit a liobie ingenuousness* of
character by retracting errors, end endorsing
the truth. If any portion ot'our people have
pronounced upon the Georgia campaign, un
favorably to the Commander-in Chief of the
army of Tennessee, we respectfully invite them
to a conference. Come, and let us together re
survey the field, re examine the facts, and see
if we can reach the same conclusion.
The Georgia campaign began on the Oth cf
May. Geu. Johnston commanded there-uni
ted, reorganized, revivified fragments of ao
army defeated and driven back from Missiona
ry Ridge, under Gen. llragg. Bettor material;
better soldieis, never breathed the breath o
life than those composing the Army of Ten
nessee; but that army hud baeri steadily driven
back from Murfreesboro’ to North Georgia.
The Federal Government had gathered up its
whole strength for one decisive struggle, it
was inevitably decisive against the suprema
cy of that vindictive power:) and hod concen
trated at two points, east, and one west of the
Mississippi. Os the two former points, both
might be said, in an important sense, to be vi
tal to us. Our defences n ere conducicd re
spectively by Gen. Lee and Gen. Johnston. If
the Federais could bear down Lee’s army and
capture Kicbnwnd, pushing cur fragmentary
forces back into North Carolina, it would be,
for us, iflost, disastrous, and perhaps necessi
tate a war for generations, or subjection.
If, while Lee was pressed by weight of num
bers, Johnson could be defeated and his array
destroyed, then Augusta, Savannah and
Charleston might fait, and no defence ih Vir
ginia would save us from theatened ruin.
This state of things rendered necessary (ho
greatest human foresight and the utmost possi
ble caution. A blunder—a false movement
afailu-eot the nmltitudinoes and difficult
combinations of either General Lee or Gener
al Johnson, as far as human reason compre
hends the facts, might havo involved the loss
of our countr y and the blight of ail patriotic
hope3. .
Both Generals, therefore, acted strictly on
the defensive. Johnstlcn. rill bo was loSiovoU,
and Lee to the present hour.
Gen. Johnston-was confronted on the O h of
May by the dost Federal troops ever Font to
battle —North Western men, mainly, and vet
erans iu arms, outnumbering our forces under
Johnston, two and a half to one. Wo now
have Sherman’s official report of Lis numbers,
certainly not overstated, and our people are
well apprised of our strength when the light
began at Dalton.
Mow, wLfi-t was best to be douG If Johnston,
acting on the onousivo, brought on, or accept
ed a general engagement, with nearly three to
one against him, and was beaten, it would
amount practically to the destruction of his
army; and that would have involved, proba
bly, tbe destruction of the country.
Under these difficult and trying circum
stances, we again ia quire, what course would
now suggest itself as the wisest and safest?
Every mind capable of comprehending the
facts, and reasoning justly upon them, must
answer, the army of Tennessee ought to have
gradually fallen back; maintaining
base line; taking advantage of every incau
tious movement of the foe; striking him where
he was fairly exposed; economizing the lives
of our'soldiers; and diminishing the strengtli
of the enemy, leading him farther and farther
from his strongholds; and thus equalizing the
rpiatlyOsUength of the opposing aimies, until
a heavy decisive annihilating blow could bo
dealt for the destruction of tho Federal army
ia tbe Southwest.
This was precisely the course adopled and
pursued by General Johnston.
When tho campaign began, the Federal
strength was nearly throe times that of tbe
Confederates. After seventy two days, (when :
Johns;ton was relieved) from all acknowledged
and re.fable sources of information, Sbermwi
having lost 50,000 men, and Johnston 10,000,
the reiatiye strength of the two armies stood
as about one arid a half to one. Bkuiman had
advanced at the rate3 of 1| miles per day, 72
days- HO miles; and had lost 081 men per
day, in round numbers—so,ooo. Now at pre
cisely this rate of advance and loss, supposing
Atlanta to have been evacuated, withimi dis
tance of iOU iniioo move, and a period of eh.ri>-
ty-Ecvcn days more, Sherman's army would
have ceased to exist utterly—not one man
would have remained to tvll that BhenaanV
arrnv ever existed !
U'ifkia the same distance and the same time
Johnston would have loot (138 man per day).
12,000 men, and would have entirely relieved
the Southwest of the pre/encc of an invading
foe! Johnston’s army was bandied with con
summate skill. He slaughtered the enemy
when attacked from the front; and when out
flanked, in the immediate presence oi superior
numbers, he quietly, noiselessly, retired his
command without the loss of a prisoner a
wA»oa -& bucket; and his ranks drooped into !
anew and strong position But Gee. Johnston -
was relieved—that is, ofliciady disgraced, for i
having thus conducted this campaign, ntipar- I
allelc-tl in the history of the present war ’ for -
the exhibition highest qua ivies of a j
Field Marshal, a he did not act upon i
the offensive ! AY’as he ever ordered to assume !
the offensive General Hood did assume the j
offensive. Within a few days he had lost more
than fifteen tbuosand men!
“And, the foremost of these were the best of !
his band ”
Within a few days he lost Atlanta, together
j with immense stores of war; and helpless
and broken, he fried to hold his position at
Jonesboro, and held it only by the retirement
of a victorious foe back upon Atlanta. If we
did not believe that gll events—all results,
(uot human purposes or arte of Jvolitiou,) are
either permitted or ordered by Divine wisdom,
and for reasons infinitely just and good,
we should pronounce the removal of Jolmstcn,
and the appointment of flood, a fatal blun
der —a suicidalSniscor.ceptien But as-it was
wise, and ultimately turn, ti id, for the Confed
erates to be beateD, pacriticed, humiiitating;
and Atlanta to be spoiled and gutted, and as
these results could not be accomplished with
out the interposition, of supernatural causes,
while our army was commanded and wielded
by such a splendid genius as Joseph E. .John- ■
j ston. Lis r> moval Lucerne ueeessaiy, aud the
j agents were at hand to accomplish the designs
ot Provideroe.
The Fediral army in Georgia was relatively ■
stronger than the Fodeial army iu Virginia,;
and of superior materiel. Lee and Johnston
pursn and the sains defensive policy: and had j
Richmond, like Atlanta, been situated in the
midst of *a plain, the probability is. Grant
would hays jcmpelled its evacuation long ago.
Had Gen. Johnston been permitted to work
out his own'plane, there are those competent
to judge, who believe, whether Atlanta had
been occupied by Sherman or not, that Sher
man’s army would now tie among the things
that were.
With ail his stores, with nearly all his army,
with an enthusiastic confidence and attachment
on the part of the army, Johnston making the
'West Point road ajaeuity, couid have struck
the Georgia State road at Vining’s Station,
and swept every garrison from that point to
Nashville , leaving bis <liscomfit«it adversary to
starve, or puisne, < r - riband, according ro Ms
| fancy, lire present flank movement of the
j army of 'under Gen. Beauregard,
■ was no Concepcion of Gea. Hood’s and has
j been onlytxl&t'cllvelyA executed by him. We
j admire amLlovtiUen. Hood for his gallantry,
1 and devofffn' to our capse, demonstrated on
many bloCdy fields’. Go-1 bless him and his
| army. BSeGwo fove truth —we esteem justice
i above all price. If Hood has suffered in our
i cause, hois" often has' Johnston bled! And
j now, not hoi the first time, he sutlers with she
j noblest rc=iguatiou. fnr having by his unrival
j led geniqT adopted the wisest and best means
j to safe tlrstountry. *
History .will present all these facta in their
proper connection and true bearing.
Gen. Johnston has nothing to apprehend from
the records©!’ history and the, final verdict of
his countrymen. One day we think we shall
.know wly Gen. Johnston was felieved for
the conduct of a campaign that would have
done honor to Wellington, and which equal
led the skirl of Moreau in his passage ot the
Black Forest. . ,
NORTH CAROLINA DEACE RESOLCTSONSS.
The following Peaoe Resolutions have been
introduced"' into the North Carolina Legisla
ture :
Resolved, That, five commissioners be elect
ed by this (rvn-.ral Assembly, to net with com
missioners from ihe other States of the Con
federacy. asa medium lor negotiating a peace
with the United States. .
Rusolvedj, That each of tho other States of
the Confederacy be respectfully requested to
create awianhn- commission, with us little de
lay as practicable, nod to co operate with
North Carolina in requesting of President Da
vis, in the name of thoso sovereign States, that
he tender ko the United States a conference
for negotiating a peace througbjtbe medium of
these commjssioiieis.
Resolved,- That th« Governor make known
to each of the other States of the Confederacy
this action of the General Assembly of North
Carolina, and endeavor to secure their co-cper
atiou. ..
Resolved,-That whenever any five of the
States shall, have responded by the appoint
ment of cooi.ini3.-,ior.ere, the Governor commu
nicate the proceeding officially, to President
Davis, and request his piornpt action upon the
proposition..
Tiro Raleigh Progress in commenting upon
the above resolutions;nukes some very truth
ful remarksf and shows up in true colors the
hoilow-hearted hypocrisy of our leading men,
who while they profess'to be in favor of peace,
never appear to be willing to take any steps
or adopt any' measures winch will bring about
a peace. Tlie remarks of the Progress are se
vere, but they are just also. Here they are:
It is with pleasure wo hail the introduction,
in the Senate,.of Mr. Pool’s resolutions intended
to initiate negotiations for peace. The people
desire pence—they are tired of this “cruel
war,’’ and while all bur authorities, State and
National, have ait the time professed and now
prefers, to be desirous ot peace, their actions
have not conformed to theirprofessious. It is
certain thac'aotbtng can lie accomplished un
lit it is commenced. The man who says he
desires a house built, or any thing else done,
and yet turns no hand towards even the com
mencement of it. subjects himself to the suspi
cion of insincerity. These resolutions are cal
culated to test the sincerity of many.
It is a fact, no less rcma-kable than true,
that tinder tho pioa nt necessity" OUT
constitution4as been violated and the plighted
fai*h of ourgovernmen't broken repeatedly.—
The dangerous and paradoxical doctrine that
we mud. yield our constitutional lights in or
der to preserve them, and must surrender our
liberties ia order to secure them, has been pro
mulgated and submitted to long enough.—
'There may be tv necessity for peace—honora
ble peace—paramount to any military necessi
ty; a peace necessary for tire re-acquisition of
that Freedom and of these coostitutioal rights,
which military necessity luu wrested from us.
We call upon the thinking, reflecting, com
mon souse portion of our people to note with
what facility our authorities have violated tho
Constitution, usurped or encroached upon, our
rights, and violated their own plighted faith
under the plea-of “military necessity,’’ and in
order to prosecute the war; white these same
authorities are sticklers “after the strsitest
sect’ : for ttie very strictest and most stringent
eo: stmctioiihn tue very letter of tbe Constitu
tion lo regawto the mude of making pence
and the power by waieli iFis to be made. Ver
ily they tlisrege.nl the-spirit ot that instill
ment, which muketh ttiivep but adhere to the
letter which ktlicUi.
The people of North Carolina are proverb
ial for their honesty mul love -of liberty.
They were t lib-first to raise their voice against
British tyranny in 1775, and they have been
among the foremOst and most efficient in pros
ccutihg tlie present war, add while they are
.willing to mtike every sacrifice to overthrow
dopolistn abroad, they are not- willing to sub
mit to an equal despotism at home. The do
mnmi:i of President Davis for increased power,
step by step, have been’ acquiesced in, not
withstanding the raisgiviEgs that they from
time to time, have excited; but in his last
message he has laid aside all mincing, ail half
way demands, and has n-Ired unlimited powers.
Tho dissatisfaction of our people heretofore
has been based mwn fetus q! an unwarranted
tiseof ektraoidiu'aiy powors; but the (jemand
for greater and more extraordinary powers, on
tho part of the Ptesidentj has now aroused a
feeling deeper, .stronger aud more potent than
fear—a feeling ot resistance.
Dow long has it been slurp tha man who
raised bis voice against the exorcise of arbitra
ry power by our authorities was branded as a
traitc-r aud threatened with the horrors of Cas
tle Thunder? How Jong since he cn whose
itna the word . ‘‘peace’' was found, was de
nounei das disb/yai V Thank God that time is
passing away, and the voice of such patriots
ns Stephens, Brown, Boyce, ffooh and many
others", beginning to ba heard. Are these
men traitors ? Are they disloyal ? Every
throb of (he great heart of the Southern peo
ple answers, ia. thunder tones ‘ No’
Our government, through Us constituted au
thorities, lead cveT expressed K desire for peace,
but nothing has been doaeg-or at least noth
ing eifect’.ye done—to even ''initiate nje&snrsa
ter the accomplishment of an end they profess
so strongly to desire; and whenever it has
been intimated that the Sovereign States in
their sovereign capacity, should, interfere even
t.s advisers to. ; tbeir Bervante Jwv6 rebelled
against tneir infteters and creators, and charged
treason upon and then. have asked for
more and morepowef toteuabih th, m to quell
that feelmg of rebellion, ami silence ‘that
Indtx!r^ a nd « gD r a ° n ’ aKaicsk *-be assumption
fwf l n unwarranted power. Now the
1 resident bolojv auks to have placed in his
boedorn of the people, and
an unlimi.ed sway over the press, the pulpit
and every engine of liberty, w e aro ‘YJ
number of those who believe that any man
vvho would desire to be clothed with ‘ such
pone, would abase it; and we are unwilling
to enrußtit to nay oLe. ®
t ’; e Mr. Pool afford no
p.ctex on tue part ot onr national or other
au.nontiea to cry out that powers vested in
them by the Courtitution are to be infringed
they merely pr. pose North Carolina, as a sov
ereign . .ate, shaiUtxetcise her sovereign pow
er and as* the co-operation of other sovar
c-u ..fates, to aid, by a combined effort the
constitutional treaty-making power, in brieg
mg about a peace. . la there anything danger
ous i? this - fa there anything derogatory to
the character of our governmental authorities'
is ibereaghost of tieason or -disloyalty in
such a movement dear to frtemen, and formi
dable io tyrants only ?
, i: . r ; Hayisteniy desires p ace let him
bail wnn delight this movement on the part
ci the It.ites to aid h m in the accompliMr—
mentof to desirable cn end. Let him cease
to bore the people with the appohatment of
days ol pasting, humiliation and prayer for
peace, while he takes no action, uses uo means
to procure what he wait* the people to fast
and pray tor. God works by means. The
days of miracles are past. IT * helps those who
strive to help themselves. We may stand with
the sword in our hand, recking with blood,
and with vengeance in our hearts and the
tires of war burning in our souls, and cry
“Lord, Lord,” but .we will not be heard, and
no peace will come.
-
Letteh cf Kir. Thknhoi.m.— The tallowing
letter, from Secretary Treuholm, in elucida
tion of one of tbe recommendation!) of bis re
port, though addressed to ihe Committee on
Finance, Is of general Interest:
i, Treasury Depat.tu ent, C S. A.. I
Richmond, Nov. 21, lt>Jl. j
Hon. F. S Lyon, Chairman of riio Committee
ou Ways and Means, Confederate States
House of Representatives : •
Sir—The doubts expressed as to the equali
ty of limiting the tux in kind for the support
of the currency to three articles only, have
had my attentive consideration, and my con
victions have not undergone any change.
Assuming tho sum of notes to bo redeemed
at $400,000,000, and the proportion of North
Carolina, for example, at one-tenth, or $lO,-
000,000. the tax in kind for that State would
be, iu c orn, 20,000 W 0 bushels : and it ap
pears to me that the burthen of the tax is in
no degree affected by the [mode cf payment.
Being one-tenth of the agricultural income, if
paid in kind, it would take from the farmer
20,000,000 bushels of corn; and if paid in
money, the value ol that quantity. Conse
quently. the State of Virginia, though not
taxed in kind on the tobacco crop, if taxed
one-tenth of the value iu money, would sell
that proportion of the crop, ami paying the
money into the Treasury, contribute thereby
her equal share to the common burthen.
To extend the tax to all the present subjects
of tho tax iu kind would ol largo (ho spiking
fund and allay the apprehension of possible
inequality; but there is something wanting be
sides a sinking fund; we want ii measure of
valuo a!eo. Could we commence the immedi
ate redemption of the notes in specie, and give
to all the assurance of receiving payment on
demand the currency would rise at once to
specie value. Could wo enter immediately
upon too redemption, in corn, at one dollar per
bushel, with the assurance of an adequate sup
ply to meet all demands, tiie appreciation, I
think, would be nearly as rapid, and the res
toration oi tho value almost complete. My
iuipjes3ion3 are that it would be quite com
plcte, if the privilege of exportation could be
given to she purchaser.
The uniformity "of quality that Belongs to
this staple; its character is an article of food;
its universal use; and its simplicity as an article
of ceinmerce, combine to give it a value more
uniform and stable, and more extensively
known iu our country than that of any other
commodity except goUI •and silver. For this
reason, had the siqqSy of corn been equal to
Ibo redemption of the notes within a reasona
ble time, nod tiie immediate funding at a huge
proportion apt been ot such great importance,
it would have inclined strongly to the n?e of
corn alone. To encourage immediate funding,
and secure adequate nu-urs lor the early re
xemption cf the whole, cotton and wheat were
added, but it must he admitted, 1 think, that
these additions impair, to sonio extent, tlie
simplicity of the plan, and certainty and inva
riably of the value of the notes. Three classes
of certificates, in equal proportion and of dif
ferent value, must now lie used in lieu of one
certificate of uniform value. Tlie necessity,
however, of providirg an adequate fund ren
dered this concession unavoidable. But to go
limber in this direction seems unnecessary.
If tobacco, sugar, rice, hay, hemp, &0., were
introduced, the yky of each, and the ratio it
bears to the others, would have to be ascer
tained. the comparative value to bo determin
ed, and anolher.clase of certificates for each to
be iscutd, iu the just propcrTon it bore to the
others. '1 his would greatly complicate the
plan and seriously endanger its successful ex
ecution, ar.d at-the same time define and ex
press with less Clearn-re •ir.d'nrecis cn iha val
ue ct the notes. More I think would be Tost
thereby,- in that part of the plan which is de
signed to clothe the notes with tfie attributes
and qualify them to perform the functions of
money, than would be gained by enlarging
the sinking fund, which is already ample.—
My impressions are very strong that this view
of the subject is correct, and I hope the delib
erations ol the committee may bring them to
the same conclusions. Speedy legislation is
of tho utmost impoi tanco, and unanimity
would be of great value, in inspiring confi
dence anil securing tho co-operation cf the
citizens and the States. The latter may con
tribute greatly to tlie success of the measure,
and at the same" time materially reduce (ho
burthen of the tax.
Take tho Slate of North Carolina ns an ex
ample. Suppose tier i-tiare of tbo debt created
by t he issue of Treasury notes to be $40,000,000,
and this measure he not adopted, but by fund
ing or otherwise the payment of the notes in
money be provided-for; in that case her citizens
would have $40,000,000 i-o pay in specie at a fu
ture day. To raise tb*s sum after the war
would require at- least 50,000,000 bushels of
corn; while un-tar the proposed ptan 20,000,-
000 bushels would'suffice. It offers also other
and greater advantages. If she can borrow
$2,000,000 in specie and sterling exchange
which her banks may in a great degree supply,
she ncre, jn the ratio of 20 for l, buy no tho
whole sum of STO.QDO.OGO and reduce her in
debtedness from 40 .millions to 2 millions, aud
relieve her citizens from tho tax of 20.000,000
bushels of corn. Or, in other words, she may
purchase 50,000 000 bushels of corn at 10
cents per bushel. _ It would bo the interest of
every State, I think to pursue this coumo
wbethpr her citizens contributed to (he tax in
kind set apart for the currency or not. ‘
If Virginia, for example, purchase hr.lf the
certificate q for which North Carolina Vas to
provide tiie moans of redemption, the benefit
to her citizens would be ptemily tho same a3
that predicated of North Carolina. Eaob. upon
the hypothesis stated, by 'bn expenditure o
$ 1,000.000 in coin would arquire §20,000,000
in certificates. North Carolina woqld thereby
commute a tax in kind of 10,000,000 bushels of
corn, and y irgiida would levy a tax on otter
States of 10,000,000 bushels-of corn. J.f the
value of corn in the market ware $1 a bushel,
North Carolina, by laying out $1,000,000 now,
would have S10,000,000; Virginia, by tlie same
means, would make' 810,000,000. and reim
bursejtereself for a money tax of $10,000,000.
I venture respectful? to submit these reflec
tions to the eon'aideration of the committee,
and remain, with sentiments of great respect,
Your most ob’t serv’t,
G. A. TRKSKtUVf,
bcoretary of Treasury
FROM fiESi. HOOD’S ARMS’.
The Selma Rebel of Nov. IS, contains tho
annexed news ; •
Passengers on tho Meridian train, who left
Cherokee, Ala., last Thursday, represent that
Geti. blood was at that time iu the vicinity of
Lawreoceville, Tt-nn.
Gen. Forrest is reported to havo had a fight
e.t Lawrencobnrg, with the Yankee cavalry,
commanded by Hatch, and to havo captured
tour thousand prisoners.
Lawrenceburg is about forty miles north of
Florence. Thomas is also reported to have
concentrated his forces at Pulaski, thirty miles
from Lawrenceburg.
Jill the garrisons of the Federate in North
Alabama havo been evaett deck
Chattanooga is also reported, by a gentleman
who has just arrived here from Acworth, Ga.,
evacuated.
Annexed is a copy of Gen. Ilood’s address to
his troops, read on the morning tho forward
movement commenced from Florence:
Headqivs Army Tk.'sessub, Florence, Ala
bama, November 21, IBb4—“’Soldiers: You
march to redeem by your valor and your arms
one ol the fairest portions of our Confederacy.
This can only be achieved by battle and vic
tory.
Summon np, in behalf a cons uicmaticn so
glorious, aft thu elements of soldiership aud
ail ihe instincts of manhood, and you will ren
der tho campaign before you full of auspicious
fruit lo you; country uni lasting renown to
yourselves. ,
J. B. Hood, Gen.”
The St. Louis Republican states that the;
whole State of M'ssoui* is ov- run by a hostile i
army, aud actual!/ desolated. The wboie State i
with theexeeptioi of St. L. uis county, is i
covered with blooi aud ruins,
PROM UPPER GEORGIA.
A correspondent of the Macon Telegraph I
gives the annexed news from upper Georgia :
After General noed had entirely outwitted
the old flanker, and left him at Bljie Pond, be
seemed to have instantly grown desperate ami
crossed the Coosa river at Cedar Bluff, and
struck a bco line for Atlanta with three corps
of intantry, passing by Dykes’ store U Cave
Springs. Here they separated— ono w corps
went to Rome, while tho other two went b*
Cedar Town, Vanwert and Powder Springs to
| Marietta. At Cedar Town they burned the
! Court House, Jail and sixteen store heroes and
private dwellings, including Willingham's Hb
j tel. At Ye.uwt-r), tho Court House and some
small bindings were burned; also the residence
of Mat. Ware, who was a great terror- to their
scouting and foraging parties, was burned by
Kilpatrick’s cavalry.
Every hill in the vicinity of Romo on the
South_bank of the river has been divested of
the beautiful groves that once covered them.
Their places are now supplied with m&srdve
fortificatieus The crest of every hill is gird
ed with rifle pits, and i's summit capped with
a redoubt-firr artillery. Fort Jackson, ou Bur
well’s Ilill, is a very formidable woik, with
nineteen embrasures and a largo magazine.
Court nouse Hill is covered with a very
substantial circle of earthwoiks, with sixteen
erabrazures. These works are surrounded
with an almost impassable abattis. An almost
continual lino of rifle pits surround the
town, immediately on the river banks. The
line from Smith’s Pond to Burwell’s Hill, on
tbe northwest side, is one of tho most formi
dable of th§ kind that 1 have seen.
Near the residence of Rev. Mr. Jones is con
structed works for field artillery thrown up en
barbet. surrounded with trims ditches and
loops for riflemen, making an easy range for
all the bills and ravines leading to the north
side of the city. These works fully exemplify
the tk'ill and industry of tlieir author.
The new cemetery is a sad spectacle to b-:-
ho'd, almost the entire yards are tom up into
rifle pits, and the beautiful railing nnd marble
monuments and tombstones tha* once m ilked
and surrounded the resting place of loved
ones are broken to pieces and included iu the
fortifications.
Tho pews are taken from all the churches
and constituted into pontoon bridges, and the
buildings used for hospitals. Before leaving
tiie place they burned the railroad depot and
steamboat office, Cunningham's store bouse,
the foundry, idling mill, flouring mill, Coop
er’s warehouse, Etowah house, Empire bank,
and three stores below, also the jaii and several
other houses in tho city. Two thirds of all the
railing and fencing in the cby is destroyed,
and the lots occupied for wagon yards, &c.
The residence formerly occupied by Capt.
Pepper, is burned. Shelby’s school house, with
all the private residences"in the neighborhood,
is torn down or burned. But amid the com
mon desailatiou what lew citiz.-us remain, are
in tine spirits.
Unfortunately, the countryjis infested with
bauds of robbers, claiming to bo “indej cedent
scouts” which are committing a great many
depredations upon the persons and property of
citizens. A band of tlrese fellows entered the
city on tho night of the 15th ull., end robbed
several houses, having no reference to ago, sex
or condition, and went off loaded with money,
blankets, sugar and coffee and such other ar
ticles Os value as they wanted. After robbing,
they shot and killed N. J. Omberg, one of she
oldest and most respectable citizens of she
place. It is hoped that some stops will be ta
ken to*Euppresß them.
The Central Railroad,— We traveled over
this road fom Macon to a mile below Gris
woldville to Gordon. All of the distance, ex
cept but about one mile, the road is a com
plete wreck. The enemy did their work of de
struction on this p irt of the i oad most thorough
ly. At Gordon and for miles around tho village
the destruction is appalling. The Miliedge
ville and Gordon road is destroyed for a die*
tance of three or four miles from Gordon north,
and from Miiledgeville for four miles South.
Tharoail can Ivi repaired iu a short tlrco rvilh
the exception .of the Bridge at Milledgcville.
Wo Iqgrn that it is expected to have the road
in operation from Macon to Midway, two miles
from Milledgeville, in three or four weeks.
Shbumax’s Army is Miixeikievillb.— On
Sunday, the 20ih of November, Sloenm’s Corps
of Sherman's Army, began to pour into our
devoted city. The few companies of troops
which composed our Local Guard, had been
withdrawn Most of tho public stores had
been removed and the ill t.itcd inhabitants
were left to the tender mercies of the invader.
Ou Monday, Sherman arrived with tiie balance
of his army. Most of the men belonging to tlie
city left before the enemy arrived. Those
who rtayed and our noble women, bad so sub
mit to all the insults, tyranny and oppression
which the invaders saw fit to inflict. Robbery
of every kind, end in every degree was tlie ol
der of the day. Disgusting scenes of plunder
and rapine were perpetrated ia the presence,
end with knowledge of officers of high rani:,
and when expostulated with, and asked to pro
tect private property, wo were tohl that they
intended that every Southern man should feel
that it was very expensive to be a rebel. In
deed they seemed to think that everything we
bad belonged to them: and that it was a very
great criu-e to hide anything from them, and
hiding did very little good, for they nio tho
most ejp3:iened and adroit thieves that wo
ever heard of, and knew exactly where to Jock
for hididen treasure.
they burned two cv three private dweiii res
in the vicinity, but none in ’the city. The
can be easily repaired; the walls
are not injured except at the gate, and the
large building con fit niog the edits for the pris
oners being composed of granite, brick and
iron cun be easily repaired; the railroad bridge
across Fishing Creek can be rebuilt In a short
time, as the abutments and pier! are uninjured.
The enemy remained here from Sunday
evening until Friday morning, which gave
them time to pillage the surrounding country
for many pile*. They strolled about the
country iu email parlies frequently unarmed
Captured.— Cqpfc. Sam McComb, Lieut. Joe
Beall, Adolphus McComb. Gus Cone, and
Theodore Sanford were capturoi near tb!s
place, by some of Sherman’s force-?. -Messrs
Jleall and A McComb escaped at No. 11, C.
R. It. on Tuesday last, and arrived hero sate
on Friday lad., Capk. Bam McComb was still
»: prisoner when they left. They also (date
that Hon. Thop. F. Wells, our immediate
State Senator, was a prisoner i.n tho enemy’s
hands. We sincerely trun* that they may ’ oe
sQop released from durance vile.
Ourselves, —Yvhen Sherman’s army ap
proached Milledgevillo on Sunday the 20th ult,
we had the President’s Message in type ready
for publication. The next day wo took down
our press and hid it and the type of our office
•“here they coaid not find it. One ol ti*.
Taukeo Generals had his headqufli ters in onr
office, but did it little damage. We print the
presaent issue on a hand pre.-s, not yet h.iviug
had time to get home our cylinder proas. Our
office has literally been trodden under foot by
the Gentiles, but we hope by next week to be
all right again. The mails have been greatly
damaged so that many of our subscribers will
not get their papers this week, but we hope the
mails will soou be resumed and things will go
on as usual. — (Tonfedxrate Union,
Macon. —The stores in town are rapidly re
opening. By tho beginning of next week, Mi
con will look as it did before Sherman tareat
tned the city.
Worthy cf Imitation. —We learn that the
citizens of Dougherty county with a patriotic
liberality which we trust to see universally
imitated, have donated to the poor of MUedge
viile, five thousand bui-hels of corn.— Macon
Tdtrjray'n.
Atlanta and Miiat-rfA.—Lieut*. Colonel Lu
tiiur J. Glenn has been ordered to Atlanta in
command of that post, and proceeds there at
once. The Gste Orly is now considered safe,
aud refugei-s will no doubt rapidly rttura to
their homes. *
Col. Mitchell goes to Marietta bb Command
ant of that Lost, 'thus one by one, the towns
evacuated by Sherman are taken possession of
by their rightful owners.— Sicannmlt UtpMi
can.
An official count of the vote of C .dorado cn
the State question shows a majoricy against,
the proposition.
OFFICIAL ORI)ER s7~*~ r ~
PUBLISHED GR ETiS ran TIIW RSN'EFIT O p
THU COMMIJiMTV.
Apj't akdlnrpr’ Gun's Office, )
Richmond, Va., Dec. 6, 1864. f
General Orders, )
No. S6 \
I. lhe-Ch:ef of the Bureau of Conscription
will continue, with all practicable despatch, to
into service the twenty thousand slaves
authorized J>y the act of Congress approved
1 ebruai'v 1 1 . 1&34. Enrolling officers w;ll pre
pare correct fists in duplicate of the names,
personal description and aeteitolsed value cf
the staves. t..e county, district or parish in.
which, and the urne when, each was impressed,,
the name ot the owner of each and of the im-
Yressing officer. One of these lists will be for
warded monthly to tho commandant of Con
scription in the State to which the slave
longs, and the other to the .Superintendent off
the Bureau, each of whom will cause them ti>
be copied in seme uniform manner convenient
for reference.
II When fifty or 'more slaves shall havo
been collected at any one station, they will bo
forwarded under the charge ot discreet men de
tailed from tbo reserve forces, to such point as
the Superintendent of Conscription may direct,
f.cd turned over to the engineer officer instruct
ed to receive them, for labor in the engineer
and other departments of the service. A copy
ot the descriptive roll of each slave will accom
pany his delivery to the engineer officer.
111. The Chief Engineer of each army or
military department wili, under tiie direetiou
of the Engineer Bureau, have the general
supervision and control of the slaves, and will
organ's; them into gangs of one hundred men
each, (selecting four of the number as fore
men,) over whom will be placed a manager
and tivo overseers Every eight gangs will con
stitute a section, tor which a superintendent
wili bo selected. Three sections will compose ik
force, over whie h wi'l be placed a director.—
Two clerks will be employed or detailed for
each director, and one for each superintend
ent.
IV. The directors, superintendents, man
agers and overseers will lie detailed or select
ed by tho Secretary of War from men qualified
by experience in tho management ot slaves,
and who are fitted for the positions -by their
character for probity, energy and intelligence.
_V. There wi>l be assigned by orders from
this office, a purveyor to each force, and an
assistant purveyor to -each section, who will
provide subsistence,'clothing and other neces
sary stores, making requisition therelor upon
the Quartermaster and Commissary Depart
ments. These will be bonded agents In like
•manner, a m.cdffial officer will be assigned for
each section, who wili obtain' supplies for tho
staves from the medical department, upon s%-
quisition as prescribed for surgeons and aesiet
ant surgeons of the tumy. Provision returns
and. requisitions, for qnartermasttr’s stores will
be signed by tlie manager, and, when approved
by the superintendent, the purveyor of the
Section wili make the issue.
VL The Engineer Bureau wili detail an offi
cer ot the Engineer service for each airny or
Department-, to organize, inspect and muster
the gangs, sections and foicee, and to mako,
details ol working parties iu such number and’
for such objects as may be ordered by the com
manding General. In this manner details of
slaves will be made to perform labor in other
departments cf the cm vice—it being intended
that all such slaves shall be under tho manage
ment auii supervirion of the Engineer Depart
ment. When slaves are detailed In other de
partments than the Engineer Department, the
manager will sen i with them descriptive lists,
retaining their names, however, upon his mus
ter rolls.
VII. Managers will prepare a muster roll
and duplicate muster and pay rolls of the slaves
on tho lust day of every even month. Tho
fl'-st will be transmitted to the Chief of the
Engineer Bureau, the muster and pay rolls to
the Quartermaster General. Each will be for
warded through the Superintendents, who will
be held responsible lor their correctness. Tha
ascertained value ot each slave will appear
upon both ti e muster rc’.l and tbo muster and
pay rolls, i lie rate of pay will be determined
by agreement with tho owners, or by appraise
ment, as provided by law.
\ D.t. The value ol tue slave will be ascer
tained at tue time of impressment, after care
ful metrical t xaruinutioii, under rules prescri
bed by the Surgeon General by agreement be
tween Hie enrolling officer uud the owner, or
by appraisement under the law regulating im
prcssmenls, that, iu the event of his loss white
employed by the government “ by the act off
Fie enemy or by escape to, or by death inflict
ed by ihe enemy of by disease contracted while
m any service required (if him,” his owner
may receive Ins tuti value from the govern
ment-. t>!aves alreidy impressed andinser-.
vice will be appraised by boards of disinter
reted siavehol'icrs, selected by the Engineer
Bureau. Enrolling officers wili impress upon
owners thei’proprieiy and advantage of having
their slaves provid 'd with pile good new suit
of clothing before they are turned over to tha
government, the value of which will be esti
mated in tho appraisement.
The lo: i of a slave from either of tho caus
es enumerated, ami the time iujd manner of
it,.wiil be reported in triplicate by the mana
ger of the gang to which ho belongs, to the
tablet of tho Engineer Bureau. He will, at
>ue same time, luil'j the casualiy upon tha
next master roi l .
i.K.. At the expiration of every six months
tire Quarto; master General will semi an officer
to convenient places iu each State to pay ow
ners or their attorneys the hire of their slaves,
or j? their appraised or agreed value.
A. Every effort will be made to induce con
tentment in the claves. Their discipline will
be considerate and mihl ior minor offenses.—
Cases ol a grave character will be forwarded
for the determination anil instructions of the
Giitef Engineer of the Array or Department
who will, in the meantime, prepare nnd sub
mit tor the approval ofliis Commanding Gen-,
c.al a code ior the Government ol Managers,
and others in charge of the slaves. ’
XL The Commanding General of each Ar
my or Department wdl promptly remove and
order to the i auks any Manager or other em
ployee having the super vision of slaves, who
is guilty- oi cruelty towards them, or liiiilfeas
anc-o or oi malpractice, and will impose such
other penalties as tbi) offefice would justify
under tiie ffiffh Rub and Article of War.
By order.
(Sgued) -' S. Cooper,
Adj’tand insp’r Geu’l.
Officii';.- II L. Cj.ay, a A. General.
Vice President Stephens.— We have receiv*
eil a copy of the lust political address that
Alicciador H. Stephens ever delivered to the
public, and lay it Before our readers this morn
ing. It was a fourth of July oration in 1834,
when he was quite young. His record from,
that time to' this has been consistent as aa tin,-
coinpromisitig advocate of the rights and abso
lute sovereignly of the States.
It shows that ibis doctrine lias been the polo
star of his political existence. This ‘‘Old Doc
ument” triumphantly vindicates him from the
charge which some ignorant persons have late
ly made, that he is anew convert to this safe
doctrine. It shows that he then, as now, fully
comprehended our form cf government, is ex
teheacies and defects, and the only remedy
fm any ana uU difficulties that might arise
umuer our Federal administration.
These were the views of our forefathers.—
This was the way the men who formed tho
Federal government understood it. Jf their
views nad been adhered to, and sacredly ob
served by ali, or c-vcn of all the South, our
piesent troubles would never have been upon
us, and it is mortifying to find ihal tho very
men who were foremost in seceding from the
old Hiiion-who were-the roost active advocates
ol this very State rights doctrine, and exercis
it to tbo extent of separating from the Un
ion, are now advocating its surrender to the
Confederate Government—thegiviDg up of the
very principle which we seceded to preservh _
it is lamentable, mo: tifying and alarming, but
such is the fact.
Xne constant tendency of republicanism is
to a stronger government; and of all govern
ments to grasp at, u-urp or in some way ac
quire greater power, and it requires constant
watching, and firmly checking the M.st insid
ious efforts or approaches, to preset ve onr free
dom and our fiee institutions as formed and
bequeathed to us by our forefathers. “Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty.”—.SaoonnuA
News .
An effort has been made to bl»w up of
the Long Island sound steamers.