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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,