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IKil Mi: s; is r> ror^iHKsi
1 v avl.*i' ! . v.r IriU’’ th*: II- • bill in reJa- j
S r t> r l a ." t'■ '■; I
-,k ~r » y , • i \,7!i pla-. -ti on Uie Cal- |
e'WaUordendto ’ • j
'lhe came << turnittee, to whom was rc to li . |
»{ cuf ,,. concurrent r* elution proposing a joint j
< ommlttee oi tic. t'.vo n< > - ■-i '.xemp' j
... v: state < U - " serf.. <.■••■ |
potted a ini si an requesting the Leg- ;
j*l if r '■ > tri<■ r’vVc'ral States to institute 3.Q ;
examination of the lists of their exempt* and |
torn over to the military authorities cf tee
t. Staten all able-bodied in on be- |
1-vct n eighteen and forty five, KoAar as t an be j
,
i i the law- o! the ltd it- The resolution was j
< t.ns*niert*«l ait. Ii .-jetted by a vote oi yeast;,
r.ajs 7.
Senate bill to provide supplies for the army,
so.! to prescribe the inode of making iiupnvs
;cen«:-, with amtndmeiitfe proposed by the Ju
(liciarjr CoramitU-.-. v.as t.v-.vn no c.ud consid
ered.
Aft, r dii nssion "on notion, i trthei con :l
nation ol ;|.e bit! was postponed till today.
A message v. i- received lrurn the President,
.tiansmitfag reports of the jmrU borne by D
Ji. llilfs e-.rm'j .nd in the battle of Chkka.-
manga, and ol Foirmt’s operations in forth
'.iifama, including tlie capture ol Athena.
110U61S —Orb. 0.
Till' lloUf.:*, up. . 11 l. ru-tl-T. ion of the rub ■ .
p . jttd a ret iu. Ibe L’i lent to
'
posing duties upon the foreign commerce t-f
;tie Confederate i-lal- s lu-.d been injurious oi
bench dal to lies int.-re-.fß of the. Government.
A bill t > authorize iiewi-pape-ra to be mailed
1 j roldiers tree of. range, referred.
Hcimle tiilt to nutieoiii:: the issue of dupli
cate:; of loct drul:-, i- p-.i e-l trows *.he Fimume
v> i: ii uis, *. • i).ins&(l with
Ui»*
I Hitary (
fit .") tfif* f uribi-: t 'i-. . a! tf.iJ <;i Involution
r»:ljit«vo to tlift i- or i» i*rtcl'
it-i labor in t!o*
The Naval Co.nnMteo were dmchm-ed from
fl.e tm Ifer wiTiside't.ation of the mnilution red
alive to allowing rations to we.ir.ujf .Jlicer* on
chore mid tho civil employees nt. naval statin.:-)'
'the Naval Oomnsittoo reported a hill, which
; .... nd j id providing that the
nay of lieuter.ttiib; m the navy commanding
ieattfiie:; on sl.or ■ shall be the (.ante as that
r , reived by lieutenants commanding at sea.
House bill e in. 'mil'.;: flic pay nud emoin
*uu-nl:i t*| !! n t ’!> rk “• : >■' i ’ I bunt ol It,"
I »i: t riot ol Viigiuiit. wa« passed, with an amend
ment.
Homo Mil to ". for a limited period,
1o t. n Ihous.o-d •» 'Hare, lhe .-alary of the Judge
«. t' 1 1 1 >- • " ■ . 1 tor e East
ern District oi \ I'.'dfiia, v.'.i* r.as.-.oi.
Hou-- bill to Im re the compensation ot.
the Ju.it-•« of the Dbh.-ict C.the Con
federate Smios, for a limited period, was also
passed .
The Siutafi! I'm ■ renmu-d the coneidej-ation
of tiui bill to provide supplies for t-lw army au.l
to prescribe :bo mode of luaUi'.'g;in.pi'C-v uteufs
, a« ■
front the I’ri.-l n'nt. e veri-ir one from tho 8.
istart* of Wsh. li.ua dtiior a cointiuinicatlon
(roui i ‘ol. Ould. c. ;.,!■,!!.nr. oi . xclciuge, in
legat'd to ibe relief o; federate priHcneis
cunrtne.j at. the Niirih.- th' i-e -I io be print-. '•
, n .-’ ilution v. .- (-b led ti.e.l tbe Miiiir.ry
Ci inuii eo lmpb!e ioio the expedl-mey of in
corpoi a ting mto acy mei.-m'e i he\ may recoin
mend lot ■ • * • c<W regiments and
cottipaiiie.- a!! '- . :■'>! ;• r the ! O I '.■ i 'fiOil el n.
cavn'rv btigade i.r re iee *.« i.'.'Ui each (dUi crs
as rn.iv he'iliooiied b'v such t--e-. olidation as
phall elect so join ai. i. b.; ..d0 or legiment.
Adopted. t _
, a ii solution 100. : 1 lo ilm v. .ie. ii
faruierfl v.l l have been, • -r limy l.u, ;.u i c i
ruoied by the > itetny as to ne p.ev.-aied from
racing crops, and thus i nrii a red it on
those la Mr, for till? value ol a tax in kind.—
Adopted. , , .. ,
■J l.e House proceed, and lo tbe cot. idei.u.on ol
the special crdei, lii.itm ;i lull i.'portv.l (nun
Hie .lu'liiiary i .ntiTiitice to -
l.ropeity ol persons, « ili.. .mu the G.mled■••l'd
»-y, who, liahle lo military duty, have left
vvitliout permi- i. a of tie.' . u'h -.-...-s to av. i !
tuioh duty. tVmUngw! ■li Hs ll.n: c resolved
itself into seer. Is- u.
SKXATB ■ Dl'.c. S.
A rAiolution was adopted that, the privileges
ot the floor >'l the Senate be extended to Gen.
.leii.'pli K. Jolfn'toa dutir.g if.-; f.jouni in the
city. ...
* The foliowin ■ was oh’er.id for coiisldera<ion :
“lli'Holfc.t. The lb.-i -o coi.clirri’i.', iaal the
t'rcsideol of tbe Seii vie and tho SpeaUcr id t :<
House of 11 pi. ccnta!ivi-n r..l. e.ine.r- * i lioir
respective lhm.-.'s on 'l'.irr.tay, the xOth in u,
fuljoimt them to rncev again on i'eit.iay, tlio
10 !i oi .1 y n.-st.
The Military Coro mill. reported ndrcr.miy.
to amend thr iu;i to ■ o the elUcit'ncy ot
Hi,' army l>y the employe lavbs and free
n r««; the subiuel ‘i : already provided
tor by hill. .
porte<n>:c!ri with amendment by way of a rub
dilute, the bill to rep.;d in part the act. to.ieg
nlaf.* the destruction ol property under milita
ry nectW'ty. Aft . , ,
The folio.yin.; ‘3 (hosulviiiuteotteT.td »y the
coiuinitfee :
‘■The Con yrcos ot (.lie (Ymfe.h-iate Slates of
America do enact-, Thai h.-rearier v.-o-novcr
eottou or tobacco, military or i.-’v .1 stows, or
other property of any hind what.wrr. v,uteh
war. may bo in an' exposed porition, where it
•would be liable to S :*•••.! r. moral. by the
enepty. tho general olr.eer coianioudiiv: the
. district where the; . id .ot ten. tobacco, miiit.ivy
or uav tl stores, or other properly may be
situated, may, in bis <! : creiion, older the own
ers thereof to remove the rmi • to some pi ice
of safety, to bo des ; pnated by !i m, if .-uc.i re
inov.il is itccc •- uy, t > u.-evi at lb- s lid proper
tv from fulling into the innri.; of the eneniv ; i
ami it the property is rot moved, as directed, |
wtiJdll a reasonable time by tho owners Caere- |
„C ilit p it. shall ie lawful ’for the said ge> total |
c-iin-vr to have the same removed at the ex
'■ ‘U.v* ol tho owners, under gevoval leguhtrioni;
! , b0 ‘ nro-vribed nr the Secretary of Wav, or to
destroy the same, ns now provided bv law "
Tho Judiciary t •mini, eo reported inch
House bill to punish certain Winds ou the. Con
of pro; lv <•: me G w . ament.
Placed i'll the calei dtr. A with amend -
ment the House bill t > .•!• 'hie ate; i uni b CoU
i piracy against the Coute.tei.ik-: -ves.
TheSei to resumed U asidemtiou of the
.
incuts, was referred to tho Judie.ary Coituntt
• The res ilu ions reported oratl C.
on Foreign Keiatious relative to tno lawless
passed with an amendment.
Senate joint resolution auihoriring the Pro
- '
lakeU up and p:\s--e .1.
munieation from the P.v- t.U*n;. tt »•.—•ii.....; a
comtnunteitiou ti. m the l?r. reuiy o: V.
prcseiililiy an e-ae ■ ■■. e ei c.ej-.. -*-r ix.(U» • h
•i to
Also, *- e ’•i-t i- ’•’■ ’ •• m.'
War. pre; eiujiv; an e.- ■ *••■ ■ > ”*'
io meet a «K:;e; no* u .;;■* t-pp.pp. > > ■' u>
air the cletk- a t.S e:>. •y. < .a tbs \t ar D-
P«l.yut. Uctenv -to tia- i ,mmum.*'on Bays
Also. U •" ! - U! * *~;c v *ry <•!
, j t i.e.ii-.!< the House what
• ••’ ‘"i ....... s h-S
mm mo proi X ter rite thli hutoili and
pavcWd ot . * f-r ” .*;
‘;o provi'! for sequestrating the
i . of persons liable to military service
Who h ive d< p irtvd, or shall depart, from the
■ ..federate States without permission,’’ was
taken up and discu.~*ed till the iiouce went
into secret session.
SENATE —DEC 3.
The following were relerred : A billtoregu
irite the supplies of clothing to midshipmen in
be i.avy ; to regulate tlr. impreasaieut of
slaves in Virginian
The following resolution was adopted :
'Resolved, That the Committee ca Finance be
instructed to inquire into the expediency of
mending the law in regard to the authentica
t of powers of attorney given by officers and
labile!?, tor the collection of claims against
the Government < f tho States.
The Committee on Finance was discharged
from tbeTnrther consideration of the memorial
ot Tiieoi.hilua Nash, praying to be allowed to
fund in - .r per cent, bonds certain Treasury
notes of the old issue, held by him while a
prisoner.
The Tost Office Committee reported back
Senate bill regulating the compensation of
... -tmaoter*. special agents and route agents.
. .. .!■■ bill to provide supplies for citizens of
C •.federate fc.ab-s held as political prison
by ti:e authorities of the United States, was
■alien up, and after debate, the vote was taken
■a i:,i pa:>-age and tho hill was lost.
HOUSE —DEC. 9.
AfWer the transaction of some unimportant
• iu. s, the House took up tbe bill “to pro
ve' .;»v fliVctuaily for the reduction of the
.urei .y,' teported by the Committee on
iVay: ami Menus.
Mr. Lyon, Chainnan of the Committee ad
dressed the House as follows :
..i" •.}r; portmg the t.ilt to the House, and
having it printed, the Committee of Ways and
Pi.- have very ci.fully revised their work
y, >!i a view to renter the measure they nave
a-cniiib. : 'it and ns little objectionable as possi
ble. Tin; result of this reconsideration has
b. -ii an on.', r directing me to oft'er an amend
m nt to tin: third section ot the bill as reported
o in to reduce the value to lie affixed to the
.'bln-, proposed to be pledged for the redemp
tion of tho currency—cotton from 50 to 25
cents per ll>; corn from ii to SI per bushel,
and wheat from $4 to Si. The House will
I* .'id l.v ; the object and effect of the proposed
amendment.
T . Committee agree in opinion with the
;v a ,ry of Ihe Treasury, that some addilion
■i 1.-..: i.ition is cs-entiai to restore and sustain
c ciivivney. The nieafiures hetetoforoadopt
i .1, i fiottg as they were, have not had the de
u.'d ell V-ct. Tbe large circulation outstanding
when tbe c.cis of F<*b. 1864, were passed, has
;;rctuly reduced by the process ot funding
1 oi taxation; but stiil, something else to
i: ~ rove the currency and give confidence
tiio country, sei-msto be wanting. Prices have
not ! ilk'ii in proportion to tho diminution of
b • emmiey, Satisfy the country that the
i ;• r money icstted by the Government cau
1 v- ill be ]>aid, mid you will remove the
is ii.-l can oof its depreciation Tho plan re-
I'.iiu:; .■ :d'd by the Secretary of the Treasury,
.- ne few modifications, in
unit tee, ought, I think, to
xT-A the public mind that the treasury notes,
i-tbiVxed to lie routed, will rest upon a sffibte
■ .1 1 ion Hat tlieir ultimate payment would
be well secured.
The thut section of the bill exempts Treasu
ry .-.otes from all Luxation.
' Tim second section provides that, pending
tho w r. ot'O ii Tit cf the Treasury notes aunu
■ ie 1 into the Treasury, in payment of
.v : i he caycfllcd, until the amount out
... ■, i- ' ~:i have been reduced to one bun
ded fifty millions.
T ee third ,‘cction provides that, after peace,
h- >ft tii! received by the Government of the
a,;-.-! .! . IV,[ (if CtlttCll, COPI ttOll WhOftt, IU tllC
i .of | ar-uinthsof cotton, four oi corn, and
o:>e . ith of wheat, shall bo applied to the re
,icie : ail Treasury notes in circulation,
.. 1 t'.io wito'.e amount shall have been redeem
in; «-iji.;dm (if the amendnumt proposed by
t.a.mmittco is adopted) lo lm valued at 25
per pound, com at $1 per bushel, and
wiM'-’b ;;t
i■, i; : ~ , li.vn r’OiitlmiPfJ Ibo tux in kind
on : ■ - rt ides, alter the war, with a provision
... i.aiiu paving the same shall receive ere
li., their murket value, so as lo equalize
their tax,-s aith other tax .payers.
j'iu- fifth section provides that holders ol
!;’:a: ro it. ' willing to avail themselves of
lion oilarffi cn cotton, com and wheat,
may ,arev.u'i the svunio into freasury ceitili
. ih"*.ri,.grix percent. Interest from tho
tim-. of t'.e convt.na.imr, payable ttnnually—the
• , till eat. * to receive payment
vi' : y j;i t''>tt.?n, corn and wheat, at the
iu",','* and■„ tl.o jiroporilous Mated, at an
averi'.n' ~f ■ ti.lii nruiriiHiy. qntil the whole
amount ii? paid.
.-',jL.ih ..•.•c'.inn provides, that all planters
and termer Fable f . the fas ia kind are to be
■ Shoved t-> use Ibe-e l'reaaury certificates in
. iin-i;t of te.eir ta.-;.. s, if they prefer todo so.
o . , I;;i ts. H aro made assignable, ami
... pu'.-’.’.i faith is uoietiuily pledged for tin*
!.tiii: ■ ,<-ii‘- of tho provisions ot the act. The
Unco 1 le y; arm ies e.f cotton, com and
vf.c.i! were .-■.elected as a security for the te
... iMjei.m of the currency, because of the fact
that titvj ate of gteale.r, more uniform and
mm * ceitaln value than other productions of
the. coil. Producers of thesoarticles will have
no reason to complain of their selection, for
i*i re.: •••a that ibey receive credit ou tax ne
ar market valuo, wheu delivered
to the (.iovemment, so as to place them upon
,0! > iimdity wlih other tax payers.
I i.y only ov.cs.iion, then, to bo considered is,
;e secure the Ultimate redemption
1, ibe currency now out and to be issued ?
n.u imount of Treasury notes to be issued is
li a by 1 .w, and this limit will be annually
ixdtic.'d urider tho process by which one fifth
of v ■ if !• : be received in payment of taxes
will ba c.ni'; f-ikd until tho circulation is re
• , ( i-;. .a:.- hundred and fifty millions.
The f- . ithy provided by tho bill may be
l.tnii estiii'aUxi as follows :
V ~1 crop ot'corn supposed to be raised in
I ... Or i!.»,!e.r»: i Flau-; in the existing state
of linn.--, diiO.OOii.bt'O bushels, one-tenth
■ .pimm. at- gi $20,000,00V
■• u (a; i b-.-sbt-ls of wheat, ono
,,.jih ; tit;;), at $2 5,000,000
< otton, average crop annually for
fve years .titer the war, 3.000,-
Piio !■ i, . ouo-tenth 300.00 C, at
• cl;;.-, ” 37,500,000
Amounlir.g, for one year, to $02,500,000
Or for live years to *312.600,0011
Thi* amount would bo more than sufficient
n within live years af
ter tho war.
'i h,» next ir.qnlry ir. would the holders of
y: y n.oh s be willing to invest in these
p, • .my c '■ licates ? Jt w.aild certainly be
...» ; . t.-ve-t to do so. We may reasonably
<ii put oa as 2", cents per pound for
~ a a. i..,e .ioliar r>cr bushel for corn, and two
...... as per bushel for wheat,.to continue for
•; h- ••? lit e years alter the war. and if. eo.
~ ■ ... i.t invest would be reimbursed
in the ptivalent of specie for their Treasury
tmte.;, io additi -u to receiving annual interest
;n the meantime.
r j*. tm:
I; my «: of the production ot cotton,
vii; wheat, aft, r the war, should be con
' |>v :mv a.-; extravagant, I have only to
ihe <ui i, 1 <-:-0 shows that the crops of
.; . r..;-. .1 in the f iates now cornpo-
t ;,'p: ■ deraev. in e r e year, amounted,
m, to i t- 804 bushels; in wheat. 42,-
•_ :i ). f.-ls; in cotton, 5,180,615 bags.
V, ■ five pa itasc-n to supp.se that these
i y-s. aii r ihe war, will fall offone-half.
fbv ■:: v.-.i further di* css- and until 3 P.M..
« f.-n tho it ~..... .uiu-.d, without coming to
I’d •oil ids lee trip in Missouri is said to
ve • . ; . rcee his army tit teen thousand.
; i; hare all been well armed and
. :y. ’ >at the head of Lis army again
and t tV for Missouri. .
A -ut.r i.’om jitredo to the ITonston Tele
; sh.-it notwithstanditig. Oen.
-i to the contrary, thousands ot
I-,.:, on are dally crossing the ltio
; ,v; :• i if-.i ; many are crossed by men
: be I ilin • government cob
• . lit- limb : uvr beef to the soldiers; they
h \ • ■ :ie :••. ,r tho rlv. r during the day,
at id «".-ss hundieds ith) Mexico. I
-; .1 .•.• ■; tfexic-ias come trom Mexico and
• . ... r i c %v. j aad cpHts them over tor specu- 1
l-Uou. *
rt!E JSE.V KXRMt'rtOA HILL.
Iu the House of Representatives on Friday,
Mr. Miles, of South Carolina, reported from
the Military Committee the follow,ug bill reg
al -ting details and exemptions, which was
ordered to bo pointed and made the special
order:
“The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, T hat the tenth and eleventh
c.iuiis of an "act to organize forces to serve
during the war,’ approved 17th February,
l;d4, be and the same are- hereby repeated,
and in lieu thereof there shall be inserted the
rclton-ing, to wit:
Section 10. That ali’lcws granting exemptions
from military service be, and the same aie
hereby repealed, and hereafter none tna,i he.
exempted except the tallowing:
‘T All who shall be held unlit ’for military
service, uader rules to be preset i tied by tfle
Secretary ot War.
“11. The vice-President of the Confederate
members and officers of Congress
and of the several State L.-gislatnris, and such
other Confederate and Slate officers as ihe
President or the laws of the respective. States
may declare to be necessary for the proper
administration of tile Contedemte or btate
Governments, as the case may be.
HI. Every minister of religion in the reg
ular discharge of his ministerial duties who,
on the 17th day of February, 1 bti-1, had, ac
cording to the rules and usages of the denom
ination to which he belonged, the pastoral
care of a religious congregation, but no minis
ter of religion shall be exempted under this
act.who has, at any time during the war, en
gaged, or who shall hereafter engage, in buy
ing and selling for profit ; superintendents and
physicians of asylums for the deaf, dumb and
blind, and of the insane, and nurses iu asylums
for the insane yone editor for each newspaper
being published ut the time of tho passage of
this act. and such practical printers and-press
men as said editor may certi'y on oath lobe
indispensable to Ihe publication of such news
paper ; the public printer of t;.e Confederate
and State Governments, and such journeymen
printers as the said public printer shall cer
tify ou oath to tic indispensable to perforin the
public printing ; me skilled apothecary in
each apothecary store, who was doing business
as such apotbccaiy on the tenth day ot Ucto
htr, eighteen hundred and sixty two, and has
continued said business without intermission
since that period ; skilled pharmaceutists en
gaged iu the manufacture ot drugs and medi
cines to the extent of two hundred and fitly
thousand dollars per annum tor the use of the
Government : Provided, That not more than
two persons shall be exempted for any one es
tnblNhment; all physicians who are and were'
for tho ten years next preceding the seven
teenth day ofFebiuary, eighteen hundred and
sixty lour, in the regular practice of their pro
fession, and who shall not, nt anytime, engage
iu l ■ybffjjp.nd selling for profit ; but ii.e term
physician shall not, include deutisls: Provided,
I hat no physician shall bo exempted under
this act unless he shall, within sixty days af
ter the passage thereof, file with the enrolling
officer of his district, or the Secretary of Wai,
or General commanding the Trans Mississippi
Department, a statement in writing that he
will practice his profess-'ott for (Jon federate
currency, at prices to be fixed by the Hoard of
(.'oaimissiouers for t l.e State under the impress
ment act, and it -is hereby made the duty of
tho Commissioners under the impressment act
t.< fix the fees ot practicing physicians in their
respective States, and publish the same in
their seveial scoeduks of prices ; ail presidents
and teachers of .colleges, theological semina
ries and military academies, who have been
regularly engaged as such for two years next
be tore Hie passaged this act : Provided, That
the benefit of this exemption shall extend to
those presidents and teachers only whose col
leges, theological seminaries and . military
academies are odlnposed of twenty students or
more : till*superintendents ot public ho.pitals
established by law befoie the eleventh day of
October, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, and
such physicians therein tic such superintendents
-.hall certify, on oath, to ho iudii;peii:.ihie to
the j.r per and efficient management thereof.
‘ IV. The President,Treasurer, Auditor and
Superintendent of any railroad company en
gaged in i ran. portal ion for the Government,
ami such conductors engineers and skilled ar
tizana, and also such other cqyployeea, over
I'ot ty-fivo years of age. as the Pnwideul or su
perintendent shall eertiliy on oa'h, to be indis
pensable to the efficient operation of such rail
road t Provided, the number of poisons
exempted by this apt oa any railroad shall not
exceed two per mile on any road less than fif
ty miles iu length, which owns and keeps in
operation its own matirioe shops, nor one per
mile for any road ovc-r fifty miles in length,
and said exempts shall bo reported by name
,tuo deKiotpliott, with the names of any who
may, have init ifca employment of said compa -
ny or who *r>av ecu-’'. 1 to be imlispotjsqldo <o
the efficient op e atiofi 0 r its road, at least once
a men'll to the Score tat y of War, or such
cur as he may designate for that purpose; And
provided further, That such President or ,Sq
perintend’ent shall, in each such monthly re
port, certify. «u oath that, no person liable to
military service ha? been employed by his com
pany since the passage ot this act, in any post
lion in which it was praclkab#! to employ one
not Table to military service, and capable of
performing i fnslc.ntiy the duties of such pcsi
lion; and iu cases where railroads have thilcn
into the hands of the enemy, and a portion o!
the rolling stock of such road is being iueu oa
other roads not In tho enemy's bands, the
President and Superintendent of raid fiist
named roads shall be exempt: Provided, That,
nothing herein contained shall be cons'..! u and to
prevent, the. Secretary qf War tYcr.i detailing
such additional employees, for any railroad, as
he may be satisfied are necessary, upon tbc
oath of tho Superintendent or Fiesideui of tlie
road; the officers and employees of tbe James
River and Kanawha Canal Company, net to
exceed in all, one for every three lineal miles
of f.a1.1 canal : Provided, That the Pres
ident shall Pe required to make a similar oath
wild make a similar monthly rot-urn t > those
requited of tho Presidents or Superintendents
of railroads. •
V. Ail persons who are now regular mem
bers of the Society of Friends and the Assccia
lions of Dunkards, Naz trine and MunouiMS.
She persons so exempted shall pay into the
L'ifasury a tax cl five hi n bed dollars per
tncuraeach, and sell the nuvrketable surplus of
provisions and grain, now on hand, nod which
iliey y raise fr*':n year to year, while this
•xempti jn continues, to'the Government, or io
tire families of soldiers, at prices fixed by the
Commissioners of the Suite under tho impress
ment act.
••VI. That nothing herein contained shall be
construed as repealing tho act, approved April
Id, ISG3, entitled an act to exempt contrae
ora from carrying the mails of the Confeder
ate States, and the diiv.rsof postcorches from
military service : Provided, That the exemp
tions granted under this act shall only con
done whihl the poisons exempted are actual-
ly engag' and in their respective pursuits or oc
cupations. It is the intent of Congress that
the exemption hereby declared applies to any
who is accepted by the Postmaster General us
a mail contractor, according to the law, wheth
er such coniractar be, at the time, in the army
or not ; but hereafter, if the Postmaster Gen
eral shall exempt any mail contractor under
the age of forty five years, such contractor
shall not be exempt from military service by
reason of such contract.
“VII. In addition to the foregoing exemp
tions, the Secretary of War, under the direc
tion of the President, may grant exemption# or
details on such terms as he may prescribe to
such farmers, planters or overseers a? be may
be satisfied will be more useful to the
in the pursuits of agriculture than in the mili
tary service. lie may also exempt or detail,
upon such terms as he may prescribe, such
other persons as he may be .satisfied ought io
be exempted or detailed on-account of public
necessity, justice or equity, and he may re
voke such orders of detail whenever he thinks
proper ; Provided, That details for service in
the bureaus and other departments of Govern
ment. as non-experts and contractors cf sup
plies. or as contractors in any sense with the
bureaus; f the .several departments shall, if
male lioin persons between eighteen and forty
live years of ace, be marie float those assigned
to light doty, or from persons who have been
pronounced by a board of medical examine:s
to be uiifi. for military service in the field.”
! James C. Robinson, late defeated candidate
for Governor of liiißois, was drafted in Craw
-1 ford county, of that State, a t-;w days since.
ATLANTA AS LEFT fiYttUtS KXEMV.
REPORT CF GKS*HOWA7ID.
/. n.'. T.v. Gi . IGc 7. ISSt. .
To IPs Excellency, Joseph E. Brown, Governor
of Gforgia :
Ju obedience to orders of Nov. 25, to inspect
the State property iu Atlauti. and the city it
self, and protect the same, I have the huuor to
make tbe following isport With it. 1 beg
leave to present your Excellency with a pen
ciled map of the ci y, showing the position of
every tousd left unburned.
The props; ty ci the State was destroyed by
fire, yet a vastdctl of vslhable material re
taaics iu the rains. Three teartbs cf be bticks
are good, a-.vi wilt be sniiabie for rebuildtcg :-f
placed under ehelter before fret zing weather.
There is a quantity u! brass iu the journals of
burned cars- and in the ruins of tbe various
machinery of the ext°usive railroad shops ;
also, a valuable amount of copper Irotu the
guttering ot the .State depot, the line p ; pcs ol
destroyed engines, stop cocks of machinery.
&c., Ac. The car wheels that v.ete ituinjuted
by fire were.rundered useless by breaking the
flanges. Ia short, every aperies of machinery
that was not destroyed by fire, was most iu
geniousiy broken aud made worthless ia its
original form—ihe large steam boilers, the
switches, the frogs, &c. Nothing has escaped.
The fire engines, except Tallulah No. it, w ere
sent North. Tallulah has been overhauled and
anew fire company organized. Nos. 1 and 2
fire engine houses were save !. Ail Hie city
pumps were destroyed,-except one on Marietta
street. The car shed, tho depots, machine
shops, foundries, rolling mills, mt-ro ha til mills,
arsenal*, laboratory, .armory, &0., Were all
burned.
In the angle, between Hunter street, com
mencing at the City 11 ill, running east, and
McDonough stree, ruining south, all houses
were destroyed. The jail aud calaboose were
burned. AH business bouses, except those on
Alabama street, commencing, with the Gate
City Hotel, running east to Lloyd sireet, were
burr:“,h Aij the hotels, except tho Gate City,
were burned By referring lo luy map, you
will find about four hundred bouses standing.
The scale of the map is four hundred feet to
one inch. Taking the car-shed for the centre,
descsibe aciicle, tlie diameter of which is
twelve inches, and you will perceive that the
'■ircie contains about three hundred squares.—
Tkeu, at a low estimate, allow three houses to
every four hundred foot, tin# we will have
thirty six hundred bouses i| the circle. Tub
tract the number of houses indicated on tho
map, as standing, and you will see by this es
timate, the enemy have destroyed thirty-two
hundred houses. Reter to the exterior of the
circle, and you will discover that it is more
than half a mile to the city lim its, iu every
direction, which was thickly populated, say
nothing of the houses beyono, and you will-eee
that the enemy have destroyed from four to
live thousand houses. Two thirds of tlnf shade
trees iu the Park and city, and of the timber
in tbe suburbs have-been destroyed. The sub
urbs present lo the eye one vast, naked, min
ed, deserted camp. The Masonic Halt is not
burned, though the corner stone is badly scar
red by some thief, who would have robbed it
ot its treasure, but for the timely interference
of some mystic brother.
The City. Hall is damaged but not-bin ned.—
The Second Baptist. Second Presbyterian,
Trinity and Catholic churches and all Ihe resi
dences adjacent between Mitchell and Peter
streets mining south of east, and Loyd and
Washington streets running soiitlt of west, are
safe, ail attributable to Father O'Riley, who re
fused to give up his parsonage to Yankee otii
cera, who were looking out fine houses for
quarters, and their being u large number of
Catholics iu the Yankee army, who volunteer
ed to protect t here Church and parsonage, and
would liot allow any houses adjacent to be
fired that would endanger them. Asa proof
of their attachment to their Church and love
lor Father-O’Riley, a soldier who attempted
to fire Got. Calhoun’s house, tbe binning ot
which would have endaugered the whole bjock,
was shot and killed, ami his grave is now
marked to to Father O’fiitcy liio Conn try
ia indebted, for the protection of tho City Ilall,
Churches, &c.
Dr. ,Q liutavd’s, Protestant Methodist, the
Christian and African churcle.? were destroyed.
All other churches were saved Tho .Medical
College was saved hr Dr. DAI vigny, who was
left In charge of our wourvled. Tim Female
College was tom down for he purpose oi oh
lainir.g the brick with wLirli*o construct win
ter quarters. Ail iuetitut ioqs of learning were
desttc.yed. The African church was used as
an apqdorpy for cducatingiu-groos. Roderick
Badger, a negro dentist, aid his brother Bob
Badger, a traip hand on itio West Point aad
LaOrange Railroad, both well known to the
citizens of Atlanta, were amistant profess ms to
three philanthropic Nuithaen in this institu
tion. Very lew. negroes ret-aintd in the citv.
'ih rtcen if! pound rifle cantun, with cm cabals
and tr'iiuions broken oil aijt ) imrocd iu tho
muzzles, remain near the C.-ungia B lilroad
shop- one well rep nbd toLe tided wilh am
munition. Fragatertts of wagons, wheels,
axles, 4c , ips strpwfi oyey jtl:« eih-. Could J
Lave arrived ten days uarll.j', with a guard of
one hundred men. I coull have saved the
Stato ;utd city a mdToa of 4! ara.
There were aiioip. two him ip 1 .it! fifty wngottß
in the city im my arrival touting with ; ilfered
plunder, pianos,' mu rors, furdtiiro of all kind.-',
iron, hides without number,;ud an incak-ula
blc amount ot oliici things, -cry valuable at
the present time. 'J Ids expu iatioa of stolen
property had been going ot i ver since the
place Jir.d. li.ren »hgit(lou*>.| by tiio tummy.
Bash whackers, robbers and tioterffirs. and oltt
zana from tbs surrounding ctiiatry J’or a dia
tunco Oi lift v miles have beciiengaged in tiiis
uiriy ytoik.' I
Many of the finest houses toysteriousl j loft
unbnrncd are filled with the finest furniture,
carpets, pianos, mirrors, &c ,and occupied by
parties tvlyo six mouths ago ived in liumblc
style. About fifty families rmair.e.l during
the occupancy of the city by he enemy aud
about the same number have returned since
its abandonment. -From two io%tree thous
and di-ad carcases of auima's remain in the
city limits.
i’forsts were turned loose in the Cemetery to
graze upc-n the grass and shrubbery. The or
naments of graves, such as mi: bin lambs, min
iature statuary, souvenirs of departed little
ones, broken and scattered abroad. Tbe
crowning act of all their wkfcedui-sa and vil
iiauy was commuted by cur ungodly foe in re
moving tbe dead from the em-dory and rob
bing the coffins of tho silver name plates, and
tippings, and depositing their own dead in the
vaults.
1 have tho honor to be, Respectfully,
Your obedient tjejvaut,
W. P. Howard.
The Carbon Own the Ocoxsx.—The line
bridge over the Oconee nt this place, was <ie
turoj t’d by the Ir a guairi of Sherman's Army.
IVe learn ifiut a tempo, y*y bridge is being
constructed to p iss over w urons and troop.”
ihe w'ork is in charge of Captain Winston of
Virginia, and wtl! i-e complete 1 atari early
day. This will be of great service to the
govenuent, as the’ road through here has be
come a highway lor the transportation of
troops and supplies.
Mn.LKDGEvII.tr. AND VVaBRBXTON I? AILROAII.—
M e undetstand that ibis Railroad with oneor two
/ery slight exceptions, is graded all tire wav to
Milledgoviile. The Koad from Macon to Gor
don, and from Gordon to Milledgeville, can
he repaired in a few Bays. Then if- the iron
from Milledgeville to Mayfield, ou the Var
renton and Milledgeville Read conld be laid,
which is only about 31 milts, we should have
a short and uninterrupted communication from
Central Georgia and Alabama to Richmond.
This route would be much shorter* than cither
of the old routes if they were in gopd repair.
Bat it is very doubtful whether either can be
repaired this winter; and if the one by the
Central Railroad and Millen was repaired, it i«
very doubtful how rung the euemv.would pe.rmt
them to remain in order. 15ut the one through
the middle of the State, wiil, in all probabili
ty, remain uniiiiileete.l for the balance of trite
winter at leapt. Under aii these crircurii-
s lances, would it not ho- groat economy lor i he
government to finish, that is, lay the iron ou
that small portion of the U'arrenton and Mit
ledgevilie Util road between Mayfield and Aiil
-1 edgevilie .—3l Jlrd.jeefile Union .
The numerously signed petition to President
Lincoln from the people of England, in favor
of peace between the North and South, has
arrived in Wrmhingtou. i
I'llGM !!l;t't;'o AHUV EV MAY Oi’ TEE
TV :i: ii).
By way of the'North we have tho annexed
news from Hood’s army and the movements in
Tonne;, see. .
Yankee G-hj. F'riicf ’ - t badly whipped
in ihe md fell buck eighteen miles
to Nashville.
Tho Yankees now claim to have taken only
six hundred prisons;?—ineteii of Mx thou-and
as at first reported.
At last, advices the Yankee army encircled
Nashville. 1 •:•<» Confederate troops were cu
tfbnching themseivvs throe miles from the
city. Heavy skirmishing is occurring daily.
?ha Y. hk«.e to: ro have tvavUatcd Johnsca
viile.
A fort cn the Chattanooga road a few miles
fronmN : , »y ns ro infantry,
had been c*ipt tirdhy tin: Oinitedorates, a Col
onel Johnson nhd a tev.* l.tivates oqly escap
ing.
the toad between Nrobvllie and Louisville
has not been cut up to Dec. 4.
On tho evening ol Nov. il.l, four Federal cav
alry regitucuts wore sutrounded by our troops
and loot heavily,- while li:filing their way out.
A train of cars wro cap!ami by our forces
Nov. ill), at Brentford, nine miles from Nash
ville, on the TemitSice ana Alabama Rail
road.
One of our raiding parti, s captured two
hundred beeves at tK.ihuio, ’J'enn.’
AH the citizens of Nashville engaged iu no
ostensible biodness have been ord.nul to quit
the: city.
The Yankee defence? around Nashville ex
tend from river to river, unit arc being
strengthened.
Cue account eayci Forrcsl Ima thrown a pon
toon bridge aCK' S the Cttistberiunt), iu order
to move over bis cemmand.
Confederate General Lee has published an
order thanking his in for tho victory they
won nt Franklin, and. aiming them that they
would soon enter Nashville.
The Confederate forces w.-ro in linn of battle
' two miles fiout ii..’: Yankee works Dec. J.
■A special d->’pau:h to the l'niiadelpbia In
quirer, copie.linto the New I'ork News, says
of the buttle at Franklin: Hood commanded
in person, and the assaults were marked by his
characteristic impetuosity. After dark he
made persistent (fibrin to drive the Union
iie-my across Uarpeth river. Our loss in killed
aud wounded is ;bout one thousand; that of.
the enemy must he much larger. The experi
ences of to day’s bailie demo Titrate that Hood
has with him a very formidable army, and
ho btought into play not less than fifty pieces
of artillery. Our whole army is now concen
trated in Nashville, tl.o _io point which
forms the object of tire next attack by Hood,
and which is hourly expected;
Tho Yankees say Gnu. Cieburno was wound
ed.
All railroading South of Nr. ilivillo has ceas
ed.
Com. Filch is said to lo at Nashville with a
fleet of gunboats.
Thirty-three locomotives and tiffins were
scut North from Nashville Deo. 3
Confederate Gen. .Uho.itham’s headquarters
is four miles from tho city.
Yankee Gen::. Milroy end Rosaor.u < e nun and
at Murfreesboro. An attack on that place was
repulsed Deo. 5.
l'he headquarters of G n. flood are said, to
ne at lire nt wood, six mih a from Nashville, on
Franklin pike.
Northern papers pay (ton. For: *st- has crossed
the Cumberland river.
The Louisville Journal says the Confederates
lost ten generals.
The Union garrison left at Johnsonvillo have
arrived at Olarkst Hie, Tt.nn.
The three Yankee steamers lately captarac
by the Coutcdurati s have b'evn recaptured by
tiio Yankees.'
' General Cheatham hid a narrow escape at
Franklin. *
The Louisville Jenrnol says Roseeracs is in
Hood's r -ar. '4 be Jouriud thicks Hood will
move into i:l' ?t Teono's*
The water i: the Tcon-.: sco riycr 5s low and
stHI i'.tl.'iiig.
The Ci.-ofci!,-. •tea be. on f; itievy placed nt
Uarpeth Bhouis on the : r-oessee river.
A Nashville denaich intitr, ’.tcs tha tho Con
federates have commenced u march toward
Kentucky.
A Si. I. inis dispatch says tho reported dis
asters to Con lei ie: ate boats on the Cum
berland river are ieC- vro- t.
Tliei e aw tuo i'! ti Yar.'ieo hkl-tciirs betweep
Claik. t itle ae.iliU ? J:: i:!e
The Con! . en miles be
low Nas bvi'l n, on !•):« livv, has been reduced
by Yankee .g'-Mdu- :u.
A Confcderato bit. wto has gone from in front
of Nashvil'ia lowitius "luil'ut-.rboro. The town
had Met been iiH iekex s hist ac ■ rnols.
Cor.fed.:iate gn-'triit. tiiit:- v Gentry have
taken posse-sion of lr>. Giar,T.-nn,
Tha Ci.afedcriri! tirode no (tr.tnanstm-
I U>n on the ( ■ ■ • » rki stil.'o. Be
tvroi’ii that pii-. • a.-i i, ;• hvi'.lc, the Yankees
have to ho li.' .sn:..l -. i sis as tiu ro
are several G-rok u..-ra:-' l..Ui-r.-t-a b.:!wc<n tiro
two places
A Nariivifio dispa-cb of I'm 9 : h, ppy« there
a-o no indication:, of ike i dorah- i attack
ing tho place dV gi.ing aw.iy.
Tip! cxciicm-'t :ii N-C : ■!),' i-i Sllbf'diug.
'The Oonfi ih c .;■■■: e ■ entri idl
ing i i.i m-'.'li
Ctonfet'cmlo desert. ■? toffi;- th:-.{ Hood will
make on aftftek . o.
Tho weather ;-<l Nr- Tviiffi, Ih -1), vei very
cold—snowing n-:d rffinir:' all day.
The cllisona of No,-! h ve neon artesL
ml on the Sir.'Ct an 1 pu’• to wort on the i'orti
iioati»«is.
N:*t-hviHe !..to-i- c : ... - R;,. defences
of the city »«.? in : : tin- c.-n-il'
Ci.ntVdcrato dose; •. sa ; , Hood caused con
grahtlnt<>ry erd n to s>o v . 4 to each company
iu his army.
tk'iifroii'valc c IT .cl fits strong
entrenchments a;;h* wi/es ii.hvd mound
1 iIC'D.
Gen. Cooper’s briya ' ' on p-'-rrii from
Joi-nso; viile to Cfiarl » cc >-to :rah:y
.uan aCHOri by < .. :oU'i r':P
The Federal h fs .r F: ntoliti riiown by
official ropxts to b. ;.;:v :> r Ih:'.;: ::cfirst stilted.
I'JOSI MloDh?! VEOItCS.I.
Readers remember the cold, rainy Mr-inlay
night of the lai t-; . .• ••• ■ On il.-rd- nk-lit a
portion of the V.t; »m*y < imped on- '.be
plant-itloa cf Ain. *-• .h • ... 1, In Put—
nan Oeunly, friar it. Alter ;iio larlur.! of
the arm}', a 1;k , ■■■ icv-.'n
t<;en ye;.rn oid, v- ■■ 1 • • ;tl t'- <: ( 'nr.riiia
dying* cond;ii“i), vlih an ia:;t•;•*- by her
side,’to which si e hid given 'noth during the
night. When !•••?•»on-si l.v thffiuml irvairarmt
of tlse family at Mr. ■*• cinrii's iicuse, she re
lated her history in a fc»v word :
A Colonel tick, <•■' ■ m •-• iVtmsylv.n regi
ment, hod • ftp's:.. ,;-.m h r (■•■. ■ . r.- -A
Tulirtl.-cma, Te, m t’..-:-.n twelve
months eg-'), siuc; v ; ■ . tu; -• ].;! f and lAt’.d
with her as a vis--. ■•'•i cl c loned io ):<•£
fate, s(*o was givii'rt t>irth to a c'.rild. The
brute Col. Gooh, iou her and hi; dwu offspring
to peruh.
Among lbs killed at Griswold vide, Gi, was
diaries i'V.rwell, Esq , oi -ho So;;t known
and most r<up i.•-» cl i If y : It ■ sns.
He was shot through the -. A.i, twenty feet in
advance of Ids company. For soma time he
bed bc-cn living at Out liber f, Ga.
Kti«at »»H’s m «E<»n<a»
A gentleman direct irnm ,i.c>vr>; ill, Georgia
whose intelligdaeo ftc - * rciabiid../ w can touch
for, reports iliat the country is one Ecene ol
devastation. Everything has keen taken from
the inhabitants by the invad-T. He says it
ia enough to ;.the ri.. : .it.c• roan
shed tears, to witness tire dHL.sa and desiitu
tiou of the people.
Tire railroad is very cff-olnally deal roved.—
The Yankees, howt d:d not destroy the
Etowah bridge, contenting themselves witn j
half sawing ia two some of the timbers. There
is no longer a Yankee garrison in North r
Georgia.
J*v r.:j order from the Fed-ral commander at
Vicksburg. Nov, li , Lilt: wii'iie peiiifs'J- j
iar on the Mis-issippi. known as DavU’ IWn.l,
in'lnding the three Ld tcds known R3 ‘;iliirri
tane,” “Palmyra, ** and ‘-ifg i! acl;.*’ is reserved
tor iniliiary j c.-pcccs. an.l wiil ■> ■ e.<> lusively
devoted to the colonix.it ton, residenes and sup
port of freedom. This includes lh;» plantation
of President Davis and brother. I lie previous
order from the Secretary of Yri'.r, excepted
the Quitman and Turner plantations.
NEWS FitO.ll THK i OAST.
’i he enemy on Friday afternoon made an
attack cn our lines at Coosawhatchie, aud
iv",-e again badly repulsed. The fight took
place between the Tilificuy trestle woi k and
the Coosawhatchie bridge. The heaviest fight
ing was between the enemy’s troops, consisting
ci a brigade of infantry and ariilkry, estimated
at about three thousand, Commanded by Geu.
Hatch, and the Georgia troops under the com
mand ot Geu. L. It. Gartrell, on cur i tout
resting on Tilificuy Greek. All accounts con
cur in stating that the tight was boliy contort
ed. 'I ce musketry firing was terrific. Our
foiee. woe estimated at not ever c ; ne hundred,
consisting of detachments of the sta ana 47th
■ Geo-gin, and tho Ist and Sd Georgia Reserves.
Skirmishing commenced early in the morn
ing and was kept up with more or less r igor
ufitii four o’clock ia the afternoon, when the
engagement become general. The enemy at
tempted to gain possession of the Tiiifmny Cut
ami trestle work, an impoitaut position com
manding the line of rail road at Coosa who teh
ie. Our troops, on the eaeiny’s approach,
gave n cheer and before ihcy could come up
charged them with great gallantry. The fight
lasted about two horns and a half, the enemy
being finally driven to their iutrench
meuts. The enemy’s loss is said to have been
very heavy while curs will not exceed one linn
died killed aud wounded. General GattreU'
was painfully wounded by a fragment of shall
in the arm and side. Capt. Hhtffisld. a brave
und gallant officer of the 47th Georgia, was
killed on tho field; Captains Heartnett and
Wood, of the First Georgia Reserves, were
wounded. 1
The Reserves have received tha highest en
coumiums tor their distinguished brnverv.—
The color bearefi- of the First Georgia having
been wounded, a Lieutenant whose name we
could not learn, took hold r.nd lushing for
ward was killed within thirty yards of the ta
eipv’s line of battle.
From prisoners taken in this fight as well as'
from some of our own men who were captured
am! afterwards escaped, we learn that the en
emy estimate their lots hi last Thursday’s en
gagement at between seven and eight hundred
kilted aud wounded. Our loss in this action
was raven killed and fifty wounded.
The enemy have evacuated Boyd's Landing
and established their base it Bee’s Creek, from
which there is a direct road to <be Uoosaw
hafelite raihoad bridge. Their gunboats iu
Bee’s Creek command the battery in their pre
sent position near the line cf railroad. A dis
patch from Major General Jones, received toot
evening, reports all quiet at Coosawhatchie aud
Pocotaligo.
A disabled soldier who was on a visit to St;
vannah and left there on MoutUv morning,
has reached la’s city and communicated aoml:
statements for the “Courier.”
lie .reports that on Saturday, 10th inst., three
seviual aud severe charges were made again-,'
our lines between (he Central and Gulf Rail
Roads, and about five miles from the city, be
giuning at IP. M. These assaults were re
pulsed ia good style and with good spirit and
determination on ouv side. It was reported
'that the Ogechee bridge od the Gulf road, near
Savannah, had been burned by our forces, per
haps too soon, and this had prevented t!;e ar
rival of some forces who would aud could
have reached Savannah. It is more than pro
bable that those soldiers may find good work
to do, however, on the South side o's the Ogo
ohoa, 03 things now go —at all events they can
work their way to and for good service.
On. Friday wo loam there was somethirq
of a panic in portion's of Savannah, ami soma
croakers were ready and willing to giyo up.
Rome of the warehouses aud depositories of
provisions were opened and all persons were
told lo help themselves—a very questionable
mode of defending a city, but a good example
to be followed in good time and iu good order
by any who prefer to give or sell provisions to
Confederate soldiers aud their families, lather
than to hoard them up for raldtrs aud Yankee
invaders and plunderers.
From parties just from Savannah wo learn
that, between one and two o’clock, on Satur
day afternoon, Sherman made three distinct
charges, against our lino of works at a point
about five miles from Savannah, and about
midway between the Gential and Gulf Rail
roads, Each time, tho Yankee assaulting col
umn wan repulsed with heavy lons. Their
nearest approach to out' fortifications was with
in a distance oi about two bundled yards.
The enemy stiil holds his position at Coo
-Awhiilchio, about throe quartern ot a mile from
the Charleston and Savannuh Railroad track.
His batteries continue to shell every passing
train. With tins exception, ail is quiet be
tween Charleston and Hardeerlile, the present
terminus of tho road.
The railroad bridge over tho Savannah river
has not been burned, as was reported. The
structure burned was the long and important
tri'illcwotk on the Georgia side of the Savan
nah River.
Wo learn that the bridge over the Ogeechec
RHer has tea destroyed by cur troops. It is
belkve I tint Geu. G. AV. Smith is well posted
on t.-.e other side of the river, with about 7000
troops.
Fort McAllister was carried by assault at
throe o’clock on Tuesday morning, 13th last,
by the portion of Sherman's fotces sent to tap
the Albany and Gulf Railroad. Wo have no
particulars or details of the capture. 'I he rffi
cor in command of the fort was Col. E, U. An
derson, of Savannah,
'Hie main body oi' Sherman’s array, it is be
lieved, still threaten Savannah.
The capture of Fort McAllister, at Ihe mouth
of the Ogcetbfo, will enublp the oar-my to co
operate with bis fleet in vty attack cn the city.
Many of the Confederate soldiers who ar
rived. tone, as reported elsewhete, left Fort Pu
laski on Wednesday evening at. a late hour,
Vlvy knew or hoard nothing of any late news
from Liberman beyond a icport that ouu of his
couriers had reached Hilton Head.
The Yankee papers seen by our men and nc
c.mnlsot Yankee officers and soldiers, confirm
previous reports of unusually severe casualties
on Their side at Honey ll.il and olli.-r alto nipt;
near the Charleston and Savannah Rail Rond.
Winder's cavalry ia at Hardeeville. The
enemy has constructed two batteries within
range of the, railroad near Coosiiwatehie and
conliuues to shell every parsing train,
HJ’.lri WORDS TO LEGISLATORS
The States aie sovereignties -independent re
publics. For general home defence, and the
regulation of postal and revenue matters, and
for goiiAL-l and economical diplomatic rtqfre
sent vtion abroad, these Btates delogatod certain
limited powers io mi agent which they agreed
to call the Confederate States of America.
Those limited powers can bo withdrawn, for
cause, at tho option ot the principal, an ; the
States themselves either choose another agent,
or remain in a condition of separate indepen
dence.
Allegiance to the Confederate States given,
the agent the power to demand lire cervices of
i citlz-ns thereof, wherever foiled within its
simile,, for* the- general protection of all the
states ill'certain crirSrgcncies indicated by the
(lonstiturion, and euables ambassadors topro
te.J such citiz;ns i'l foreign lanSs.
No one State, however, has any power over
tho citizens of another Elate. 'Jho militia of"
a Stsfe must be composed wholly of citizens
of such States. All attempts to compel citi
sseas of another State, temporarily found with
in such State’s limStr, either in time of peace
or war, is a usurpation, because it is in direct
contravention of the rights of an independent,
sovereignty. There is no dodging this, inas
much as the code of each State acknowledges
no man a citizen, who is not clothed with the
lenal attributes of a citizen, by its laws; and
inasmuch as the prime allegiance of every man
is due to the sovereign State in which lie
c ; ain>3 a home, and whose laws not only pro
tect bis peison but require of him the duties
and services of a citizen. —Richmond Courier.
The late General Conference of the Metho
<F:.t Church in the North elected three aboli
tion bishops, abifUt e : ght abolition editors, ex
| eluded aii slavchoiders trom the church, witfa
j out the authority of law, extended the term of
the pastoral to three years, created eight new
CoMe*ences; made anew ritual ami remodeled
the discipline, made trustees of the church
members of the quarterly conferences, re-en
octed the mle making attendance upon class
meeting a teri of membership, and provided
for the organization of the baptized children
of the church into classes.
The Russian minister at Washington has
been orde.ed by the Czar to go to congratu
late Maximilian upon hi3 quiet accession to the
throne. The Yankee papers do uot like this.
FSiOM vnv.it ti t.
Toe fire of our UsUecits on the Dutch Gan
canal continues a.? usual.
. kmu: _c is recently b.-xed an order compell
a:. cU’z-t.s v. dhiu five miles of his rear
Uu-s to move uv.'," nw.y, under the penalty
°‘ ._! up s 11 -■ : loss of j roperty. He has
evuic.tjy been «■ !f.'ri: i; r seriously from the
operations o: cur sc. whom ho thicks
rouse muece.it and- ..-.'to.' people have
lesires by their
eeav.n: ..-cy la-.-.cmen!, to preserve as much
c tx*'.ecv r«b -Ur it. 6 cHimp an po€<sib'B
Some: "V days sun . 3te: , raiding party
psseed tiiirorfa povitoa of ip.e 0 f Wight
cottuty. ton -j t: :r.e uv.tnoei stepped at a
hocie where ■. vcral hath-., were reskns. read
rcquC'.ted that tiny shoniu have a ve:v five
h.->:s-‘ aaddled up. which w v.xzhig 'iu the
yard at ihe tin: . 0:n- of them expressed greht
ndmuH'iou of iha animal, and was verv anxious
to see him uedor addle. Suspecting their mo.
live| ihe lady ot tho house declined- to accede
to their request, but the servants were forced
to obey ft, ir commands. As noon as the horse
was paddled the spokesman of Urn party,
mounted h:m nu.l was about to ride off, when
he vvi'.-: aU tekofi by Ihe lady, dismount 'd and
felled to the ground by a suck, Though she
wes stun kg;v. r 1 times by the fell, n, Gin
managed to. k ' a him unwo, until her lance,
frightened by ihe bcuulc, ran away and escap
ed.
The notes of the M chants' Bank of Virgin
ia, ot thedt'uomiuaiion ot live dollars and up
ward*, writ be rod . ..ud Pi coin, on prefouta
tiou at the counter oi raid liauk, ia the city of
Lynchburg, at tire rat,'oi one dollar iu coin
for live d.Jlata r.i a
.Monticeilo, the cidchrate.} estate of the immor
tal Tho*. JUfevsyii, near Ohatlotioviile, ,V» ,
Was sold ou Tlisrsd ' f la :f, under tbe S*. ques-.
tration Acf, for SSO.oaJ. B. F. Fiokliu, esq.,
became He piuchas. r. y
_ Grant htsreceived Urge rciultorcemc-nts from
ihe valley, ’fire r. troops leave been j.hic
ed'by Grs.nt where it.f, ex:.: .ed the heavy
flghiing will tike phv: :.
The rads have burn removed fro#t the
Orange road and also from tbe Manages load
to the Junciion. Th. :. ire not isthny Yankee
troops at Man.: s Jam ....... Ttiure are about
eighteen bund red men prekeliiig tho <on<l from
Alexandria to . ivu io ;th bo at tho
latter place.
The Ytt-.k: ■■ s have mad : a raid through Lon
don caunty, V;t„ th ra ■: ingnll mills, boros &c.
Sheridan Uv.::: •:>,*.! another pro: 1 imation in
Which ho tar-is-tom.s if tho roilroad from Win
olusitr cat or iutei, aeied l,y *anv of cur
soldiots, wiro-m ho is ph-:,:,i'd to stylo’ ‘gueril-
J :l - i. heal 100 '.a a .ci that town an.t ad
jvriiiir.ro country rc'.:peh.-'. ! «L- :. r the act. and to
! qrrta.land pun-.irj a..., conlituato their
property.
- I.t ,f r-.re!a Uro bft of our lino south
o' J tmejs i I.:> t' .‘i. vcr nt ilowlett’s,
wh.cn i>s opp: av « a ; .; ~.> j, Dutclt gup.—
DrowryTi Bit.ff, on to- ; ra - lie of tho rivfr,
iaover two intlor. hi. '■ t , tire stream. Tho
let oi tho Yacht:.' .. .o, , . ibe north side, rests
on the river ni-.u ; a s Jandicg, which is ron-
I sidc-Kitj yWv to, i ingW up tho stream
than HuwlsU'ri. '
< loner of exol c.-V
haa rot hrioiii . . it t G snerat
Beale, ol I In 1 toa •,a o army., a prisoner of
war, a pc'..'.: i ’ey th;: Y.i;aSc: : iiutliorl
ttes and a.-:.;:g rd to I «>.• eof - riuteu.l
iag the aria:,gun: ■ . . <‘ v.ihatong to tho
Ctffifederate prisont. - the clothing to bo furn
ished them under fha -’o. ot between
the Conhulciut ;a ■ I ,' .' r.tl Govarmnsuta.—
Tho fttrangcut:!.*:. a I'lUirly cmploted.
L:.‘r.letia;:t G- •!,•:; i r'.d.: r:tton Mosby,
tho lua.oi::! tav&ir, .a, Las i-.-. a promoted
to tha rank ofL»duu;d.
Lath Jla.iiuKaid j..- ...» ray tint flio largest
portion o! Sheridan’s .•.'i'..;y is still iu the Val
ley cf Vlrgi'.iw.
Tho Lyuchhui;.' R a-'.’uican learns that a
duel was lhnght in Gt:'.''<:brier county, Va , on
tile f.tcf Decei-.v.r, b iwqen Gus lyree, of
Captain Au!:<•];'.• C>'" paa.y, i.n,l John Lcvisay,
of Iho Greenb,-l- - dry, a which, at the
first fire, b'AU i- :g ' ‘•■c v/.-'i shut through
the brain and rc.:d h'.a.anriy. i- vieay was al
so nlu’t through tha head, »:i,l is supposed to
be.mortaliy
IG-tp.tif nil All •.‘•‘2-'i*l,
•Guv Clark, of . has i ar-d his pro
ciamutiou c.tbing upor. ii.»: mbit a of Noxubee,
Win it n , . i Yt z so , ountiea, and all
south oi ilcii line, to ;• !»! • without delay
at Summit, Brand and Mr idinn.
P rsons just : eippi, slate
Hint every soldi t • a route s, • tho army ot
Tennessee, i-t a- ■ ‘-terj at thtil plar.a. An olli
cer infoms us that troops collecting there are
being O’ - g>;•:•/. and i- 'o :. in anticipation
of any r.itd !••;.(; tu ••. t. • ult- --.t:-. -,1 by tire ene
my to cut tbi- ?.i; -o.d o:.io railroad.
'flie B;i i : •.-:ieai* elates*.that
the corn < of t!.;-; ji ;i is much smaller
than that of t - r . 1 ti-i; itnh-a. th*y
people ran p;;;!i-ii;r ' - uii •-• iron and re*-
tain black; ..rihi .;• h (>;• _. ir their furm
ing implcrner.l!-.••.■: r.iil I; a much smaller
crop in ado ne.\l j.-.tr, ■ ih-» iaJiure in tho
pres art crop is p.'tiilc a'liihaleJ to Ihe almost
worthless plough;:, etc, th-y were compelled
to tire.
»A Jackron' eon m-b-.rit of- the Mississippi
Clarion slat; r F , ; ; at movement of the
enemy was not wlihcut liandsorao results to
him for it. c-sick-I the ivitii.kaivat <tf a cavalry
f .icewhi' h was e?cnr; rinv a train of arms and
amtnunificn to tho tt ■*. rippi depart
meat, and the tr.-.in h: <!;us left without
pnc: .r k n, a inConfed
rraif dtetrui-'-.*da i' upon it and captumt
it. - re itb lit thirty \. igon; in the
train, routing 2, ;<jJ s.t,.ud of arms
and a lot <■: an.i:::i;:
One t! .ii-; I C :;*■?• •-.f r* prisoners have
arrived as Vick.-kn-g for an exchange.
i’.y a laic fire wli'clt o: ■•urrt 'l in MonticeHo,
Mirs., <?;,.■ v.bole of I!;.t row fiooa Ttnnison’s
coi to tlvn rit (r, wish the exception of Par
son Kale’s dwc-Rii bcure, v.;n consumed.
One hundred i» ;!■(•!* coffou were burnt. Mr.
Bloom lost abciit cuie-titird or* bis medicines —
tho rest having been removed before the fire
attacked bis store.
It is stated by North ?i:s: issippi writers that
an expedition is is sag ikied but at Memphis
to move against Cot intli end destroy commu
nication with (lie A,nay <-l* Tennessee. Our
aothoi lti< - .'. have 1' • u f .q-aiing lor a move of
tbi- kind for some il-.e.
Our la‘-! ' •. *; *; * h -i Mi-i.issjppi indicate
that lb • ciiciay .aye vi - u< -dv r-1 work deEtroy
ing tho/oari ;-.brvo Can ten, and that another
raid is progrc-vsic''- ih;c;>,:!i the southern por
tion of fcii-- Etet.i
Oov. Cirri; of M:;r •' ’re i lias Appointed
twenty gentlemen, tied r I*o act of the last
LeghJiititre, to j-.-i .donations for the pur
pose of cunoatiog lie
diers.
A iljjort bar- rc'-ck--1 Jackkon that, flie Yan-
Tteea lave lu r-' I tluce locomotives and thirty
ears at Vicksbu: g.
Tnu Kcr.airo o: i ~ •' 7 a. In addition to
Ihe prep, / <!- ■' l y l’;; Itedeials at
Rome, Ga., !,;!■' ;■ ■;*.•- to kmtbernera, their
own I.jes war. very 1 •• . y.-FAVe find the follow
ing account <-i* ihe l.uf.it.g in the correspon
dence of the N. Y. i..-.
Ow : r',g to the gce*L ' ;ck of railroad (ranspor
tation G ve; 1k,,. \, 3 obliged to destroy
nearly a iteilion doiiars worth of property,
among who h wa-t a few thousand dollars
worth of condemned, and 113 set vice able Gov
erumeiit Gores. Niue rebel guns captured at
Romo by cer tip. v.vre burnt, it being
deemed u;. ■ -.- ‘--i tl.<*m.
One ibonsand b-.l cf fine cotton, two flour
mill:-, two ioH<ng t- . two tanneries, one
saw will ;; ; > ea'i-v. lv.; foundry, reveral ma
cbi:i« *h- ; , i -r ’-*•;• . • ■ railroad depots
and store be::. o.:; ;■• rr-oaii bridges,built by
(feneiii) IYu . or corps for use on tho
Coo-'it and J. ! .<•!• and a substantial
- -y completed lor use, were
defitroved. This ti Ho was constructed by tho
engineer corps, and lan told would have cost
fifty thousand-l ii’er.-! North. .
❖ Our tloops as eo'-r, ca they learned that tho
town who to be uv-.ndi nr.l and a portion of it
burned, resolved tj I.y iiomo in arhes in re
venge lor ineuiti efirired to our prisoners.
(Jet-era! Cor.-e, however, ha i taken precaution
to station guards through ;td parts of the city,
With oidvi :) to shoot down the tirsi. «i»n caught
firing a building v.Rbout proper authority.
Stringent ordeis w'-re also Feued to arrest all
citizens nr suspicious persons found on the
at iar the conflagration commenced.
Thnrlow Weed i.) to purchase the National In
telligencer,