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Press wifi ■.lfiluy < me U> an end
bi-.li
tbh hall In - -
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Richmond as-i "- 1
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Trot ''.‘ army io the n*: y a ;rh.;od of Nash-
fH-siV-' rtVv • n«N'; V,:.- a * ; -!
MdV- iiTiny judgment, fairly'coiopromi.-vd! |
. is tho cause of all]
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• Mil!
Ridge. SUoul 1 UoodV army bo <h troyed, (r.n
t vent v/bb-h 1 fear is but too probable,) and
f hermao should come round to this v'cinat'e
■what wli! h-i tb jfil -of 11; biiicnd ! >Sir, is it
uruler such c;rcs IbU -It is deemed
visa to throw unseemly oUstructh.-ns in the
this ilm ; • •;». • t tic la {■•"■? about repudiation?
Is Ibis ■ I nil. to torus.- to entertain all jsrop
britions look mg to ;-.a Rcc-r abb: penix ?’ So
i ; i ink ’
to.'r, I have sunken out my vk~.y3 frankly and
„
<le.-in it a duty width i cv.o a/ike io my own
character, and to tin: principles which i have
ho.- '■.•• ■ . * . t... will: .SAW
and tin- ’.-•.r.-'.mitf.iiveof fr.emen, ; ::d 1 know
Os ii) . . it! no
:■ ■ ... 1 ■ o, M-i ■■■ , ■■■■•'■ and in -e-
C?e .. . oi l. nil
nbh ... . : . yrlttfc J> ■ . .hi ; ; eoiiilemnH
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to:.. I \.JI- ,{<4a:v..- p.,- or and cu-:-
• itioi . I
shall with : raw'to shine s Vjuestcred spot where
‘ 1 can er.ioy a little repose and freedom from
taxation, ii dteturbiKi in my ictrcat Ijv the
hand of opon- dm, I will n*-k in fo'reigu
climes that ir- • ; •! b yphiesd which I
consider is den • t■m■ be <•
SENATE—DEC. 10 i
.Joint-resolutions of the Alabama Legislature
tiie schedule of pi i. t .. and t-y the Coofedarnta
commie.-ioncie ; also, joint jViolntions of the
r ime in. min -; the j -~ me .1 of tho army by the
authorities ot the Gc-iUederale Stated. Ordered
to he printed.
A reel hi ■ lopled the MilitatT
Gemini i: - y i pel i
niaiien.tly exempting from military service
I- ' : a leni : .1- I
ployed in (b-venuu-. r.r G ■ ; ; ; and so : o of in
viting into t! c < Vi.V.Ti.-fy tiioname classes of
persons fro > I'oieign Slates upon pledge of
Tb hill . mend the yet for the establteh
jnciilaml payrat’ Ii f t-i elms for a certain do
i dyiic < i '■ ■■;• ... i.tki.-n er iuloimully press
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oi nouii - ... and the con:;as of otik.aie
•>1 tl.e. Senate ncd llouio of Ik-prcsentalives,
•was passed.
Semi in bill regulating the compensation of
postn. / .<‘i .' i s-' ii: iits [;:ui route oi-;eEts>,
fcStuuto i.itl mi. • tali I -.y of tV.e muiines
the Siii.H- '■ i' • -'i ini' .- >.a :; of the army,
was com id-, v i p-^-bod.
HOITS.C—DEC. 19.
Tbo Clmir laid ' .»e a communi
cation Irorn U>'-•--ri.-Urjr «•! t Tn .R-;-y Uidv
in-» the p-is-ig.- ii.c capcoiHng.'bet'i.re nn
.turity, ) cuds i..~ tb ■ j.. yiaeiit of ecipiestratcd
property. .■ rrei..
Mr. IWcMull. u. Id \a. trch tin floor, in his
propcsitioDH on the subject’of peace
Mr. j-1 M Bruce, of Jleatueky, Hiored te
ir: u sf.-r tin matte, -t*. t , ni-.n.
Alt the iti .-lu iois; upou t: Kusjeov, y. ore
finally referred to the Coinnnilee cn L'crcig
Aifiink
The Hoaso discussed tife cui cy bill until
adjournn- . «
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muKiNttiDULi: i. ■ -si.; sv wav os’ xiis:
l)t!i as':.., : .■ . ■iy■ . , uk. (1.
From tiio iicpy. .iii ii; the Yankee puct-rs it
euerus t'-ut ou T- ■ '.iv.; .■. J 5. au e.':.- ck
Wusni- ."is |; . s. , i ,-iue, by
Lieu.. Tie . v .•> held 1. ,t iky.
On our left the alia .. was alue-.l by the Fed
' ■I l it point it si
On our right the a
holdii:;.-: ids £ ; "up.’i fdl s .
••n-. w p . :
back eight miiiami also tb. •; our centre ro
treated two ii thise julliv. jibe nun-ccrj of
I . . »i i-i ls.vi Is r c..;-:u .
••bctwei ii eight.hu: .litd imd a t’jous..i:d,”
v.-auM indicate i-o t.vr., !jj diet . .let- in our
liuts. The Dumber id j.ieccs oi criiliery (six
• *
,V. ■• : ii . . . ." .. ski. lit.
lined is roiiOi Ud, on the next day, to be re
ti. ..i In frill loliinm
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anil unot .. r'.iin >f i vt'aiy v.ugons were ui
t-o captured b, iue Yankee#.
liood war driven during the fight from Iris
whole li - exci, t e on
bis extreme hit. -
Yankee lii ■nutria--; say Hood cannot retreat i
, .
At Y-> .wemms i •» and was ilia sideo! Frank- |
aM '
OtiK a. ■ < k I—from Na h :
ville, state that l.iie > s „ ; ~en; v.vv capuued
by Wilson, a: ,1 (i at , , .Ronf.-iue,
voperte
1t.... A-.4* . V uvu: .? I : N '• J • . o r ..ra j
to Franklin to ni ........
nbhng hmi to ]>\ on ulcer lLxd.
of Forint \u irg ni comtoiiud*<>i i“e -rebo’i ■
cavalry’ foiitli of Spring 11:11. T».is rotates
‘ ;i 1 '••’ lino.
<: patcl '
f v onuaouite trc.vps Lave bun light
that .Mujov Gem rai Ihi war si n.sotiV er.ioe
division, vvi:b :-*li o * *. :\v a-h r.-. w. ••
vU’UUifd in tin 4 'vo.h 'v^ : oh wo
m aider, }>r gnitior vh-HOi -d Ki?:k» r.
Gsovh .I :.'. Ihig. G< >l. G nuF*S WiU WOllSd-’
ed «ui 1 caori;;. a l. ; .
Adis
hjive vn\ -inled iu::::y ..11 of If >• t’l’? nr*il!erv. •
eralti. Toe I‘Vder.U 1 - :* thirf y-livc j
or.u > ; i; •* -0.. U .•••-•. i.' iii killed and
ii..l U-t* l QRitut*:* r ■* -trf 1 corr. It'd in
•
Gove ’.or A’. 1 cv? Johnson* v.\:s present rn
ch-Mge, v;-.lGi v* '> = . • ■• h vih ias-n-.j :-a*:r
tY>I.
J> and ' :• t 'Kill V- • i .» J s?y
Dls -i tils tAßfl.lt BV M|i<MA.WCIH£IIT.
[From Richmond Examiner.]
The accounts from Kaehvilie are the stato
mi.nu of the enemy, and must lie received will,
much caution. It is probable that the real I
fa. f? are somewhat colored: that the number of
prisoners and captured guns will be discove r
ed 11 have been somewhat smaller than sui>-
: ,ed. andj.be lore of General T homas much
greater than he would like to stale in a bulle
tin. But it is difficult to doubt that.Jafter gain
ing an expensive and worthless victory at
Franklin, through the valor of his troons,
and in spite of the most reckless generalshi p
or ' > g—-"ralsbip—Hood has now sustained
.. .I at before Nashville, where he had no
: -to go. If it be true tfcatbis men i#ie
: ctur: v driven from their breastworks, it is
prool that they have enifered great deterior
:.tic.rr ,i; -:;s hands. But there is no reason in
' hi. biarae-oh the troops. Defects ia'head
■ now, as at Missionary Ridge, explain
•tl- na B. -r,regard was ordered off to stop
Sherman without troops, by his individual
pre--;. • i'a: cbn i'Hon of the army which was
:‘-.i w.ti.r ut a General could not be remcic
er<‘d without a shiver. Thomas, the renegade
\ ::.- ilia;;, is one of the most intelligent men in
-Vderal army ; while .Hood’s only title to
command was the circumstance that he did not
apnrove the policy of General Johnston. Until
kite’y, 'Thomas had inlerior numbers ; but
’!• and has beeniplr-ciic-liing before
s opponents ranks were filling; and be-
Uoi' the result!
Too-e iv:.o could be surprised at any mili
tary pbe r of Hood—or I>avis—wore surpr si and
a c;.a-p run for Nashville and Kentucky at
■ i-iic S'li.Ufii If that army could ii.ivo
cl an:--.! out Mia-lit: and East Tennessee, and
is-',-nd Ciiaftaqoug-i and Knoxville, the coft
tai >-f fho Confodenite cause in the Wi ,-.t
•’ 1 have been better than it has been sine -
: a tie <•;' Xluifre boro Bat even if Nash
ill- .. *d fallen, an eclat would have been tie
train. The pl.-.-.-o could not be held v.-Uh-
Kentucky, and a campaign in Kentucky at
thi: season would have besn certain rttiu. The
* .hi c Fir-hville appears to be a piece vKU
th- .i a. ‘‘AU of Hood's army was ei
d except bis cavalry !” Where' was F.>r
!!■-: and lii.: cavalry? We do not know, but it
may I- 1 fui’lv supposed that they were etn
. . .. and as Wheeler was whan Atlanta was ewe
• - \l lieu Jim listen had fho army, he
: his c .vu'ry on-his Hanks, and the flunkeys
< 1 nt reviled bins
. :.i ;.-o. Wtion Ib.od took command be.
-nt i'll t!:.-. cavalry to raid on the enemy’s’
rear, and until t.be*consequences were, ctvu,
great gloty was ydveu to Goneral Hood for so
il Bat the aiw-inee of the cavalry enabled
Sherman to reach Jonesboro' without Hood’s
about it, and Atianf i
thrown a fray in tile panic which east:- il
<,e.-. God inllis -mercy give him For:. . i.v
... -1 wHm we ilonot-know tiio fact, it app- ms
•. l eiii-K,-! I'lAbtii-tthit he lias thrown «v
Iks. e - vice, in Tottaossee as he did that of
Whoc-ierin Ucoinin’ ?;K
--\;. 1 by 'the iidlit oif events now ac--'
■ c K'.-i removal of .) l.m
■ a ;-a the ] of that army ? What |
. holy ,Heanca is ’ given tn
.Tint point of past history by every succo sivo
nvi .i,! Id'the begimting of the year lh:d is
>• 'tv (-!;; , b ft, t! ' ; ’iv my had formed two row
:'u: c.ruJ. sand I'laoned two parallel cam
puigns. Tho goal of one was Richmond, of the
other, Atlanta.' TO meet them, wo bad inade
i: ; o an.;;;- ; bnCtftr.inßt Grant and Sbermm,
id I- <- mMlmMi, princes oCthe niili
ury pvofv Km ©a this'oontineiit. Their de
f - !.-i‘-up,Titrr-numbers was equ-iiiy
:-c -.’ •f; , .1, and 1 i.-F'ineidonts on the two scenes
of "el ten •li-.-e'aßnlrked by an uncommon sl:n
---* *■ is thi same, < xcept K..J
-I fho backs of the James from tiro
* K' i:> in much les:» time limn Sherman
totiehi-.ii tb o Chattahoochee. At that moment
I Sh s campaign wrb as great a'failurt
r.u nJT’a-niOU . than that of (• ..it.
• '1 'j UA ’r- on tiio fir my ol i lit?
. >•
* -. r ; ©f-tfiffl’oibiftiw. i here is <
S had
JobnstAn. like Eefl,'retained the coii:m:-.!>! oi
ids army, Sherman's column if not forced to
ivtrt would have been held in Notth-va
Gi ' *. ke Milo in the cloven oak. The
Confederate army In Atlanta was then I-un
equal la that in Richmond. It was as well or
ganised, as harmonious, confident iu itself end
in its leaders. It’was only too cage- f.:r
J.-: lib-. At that, moment all was well io th..,
io sensible bs%
t. iat hot.-. Atlanta and Richmond would i- lu
Kl efForis, vnd thattho conclusion of the y er
wiml-i i-o rendered me mo table by the midctd
,: ■ I oof the greatest military effo-. tof
the enemy.
iy, inosi unbi ppily and disastrous
tuae of that Gi'oi
g : -yr army’s e:.tiii:ri;nntt for a clog upon its
iop irgv. He got possessed of the notion that
if Johnston, -who would hoi fight,” was tak
en «Jf, Government, nr-I t-the name of-.•>•:«,:•
I; iy o. ether, would just go out with, thr.i.
ii: o army, whip Sbennaa in a minute, gaihm
. il i) g ory to itself, anil gratify a!! Ids
gi!.-- ges-iguinst tho great c-fiicer who had ! (n and
jt - : 1 ! fuuu the depths of despair. So -;H
u:;- hitrd', -gurdies ground cut the death s •; g
cl' J; hnsien, end a striker of manly blows get
his place. In three weeks the army had lost
• t• *m< in Itiiied c-t'd wounded tiiaa d'ni'-:;
a:! li it 1-. nibs of Johnstone command : it
h- • Jla i without knowing how or why. . id
it v. , re,, act'd to tho same state of helpi-t*
demoralization in which it once reached J > >i
t::i ' ■ .Missionary Ridge. Such was the
iitin; -.li.;'.* and direct result of Johnston'; l ic.
laov Then followed the ITirideut’s liar
av.jr. es—ci i'taining'the plan of the new c l .'.-
j • i !. kis just n<iw conclndlngat e
j Hal' and if ash ville. W-e have never tr.i ■ i
j ifc. ' r-n to miko any remarks upon those h-t
--i ,-ur.-i;fn; -.ml t!ie chronicle of evente, wl;i it a
• painful duty oi.inpcla its to publish day l.y
■ ■ ■ furnishes ah elucidation an 1 a contm- si
. . wt; 1 . i.■ > is, and no pen. will ev :
'.>■ ='. Jh it is to say that fortune ii and
: . 'bo ''u l hern id-indard when Joljum.
in.: v, I-, removed from the staff; and :!:••
■v . .A:ifc which had haunted Bragg, retuts.-d
tae . . :y when Hood assumed comma:oi.
A riiOt LAMATION 'BY THE GOVERN ill
OF SOUTH CAIIOLIN.V
Hk.U'QUABTEUS, l
Ctuntrscox, December 29, 1864 t
i •■ e <-■ South Carolina has ;■ -
. b at« e ; a the ■ .
•• ’ O' y«its, not already in ife
"■ ; - * b«> i .Ii 1 1 to militia sew ce.
'i ■ I'i'v of Charleston requires for its A
in its limits wha are betw< en
■ 'DU service W foi the defence of
■:r In i:. '■ It cannot, be declined, except hv
' * > are unviUin'r to defnn.i that Si
• n■. i t Uieiu; that city by v . .
t they arc flickered.
i \.i‘i come forth; all must come f- • h
*. ' T service is what the S' -■■■
1 ■ '• i e.o service not proffered will be i e
1 ’ ■ f cee.-ged v.ith the organization c'
■' viil. as much as possible, rechwcilc
I the - w!-..-with ihc employments in buriac-wl
or la rof t wl o are re«!y to pert! i
y who 1' lvr-p nd to the cal! of the
Siam. till i to and will receive from it
. .i- a ieuof ail that uSibtts tht!r
wei.'.tro.
X ; ■ crganuMtions in fl:e c-ity of
c 7. ■hcci v ii be nilcd 'vi. i. u.t delay by aD
pch. . 'Pie active mean# adopted to
, :i. ••• ‘.e : U curc::u;.a • ;.nd perfect every or
-.nirdYiatent, p? proviih 1 by lav.
will. Uuiy reported t > wh- n indispensably
. . ‘l- - ! red t’c. 't in no case will ii
a•• ltit dion of Kcgl
•,r a 3av:;..i-;,iu or in dec ei dent Companies
v .l b. r-.ed to :r e djenut and Inspector
Y : . 1. ii. -v:'; t:a-rci;e nil .he anthor
• 1 -to nun
w of the State, which
4 r it- dcfence the sesrice oi those
v ‘ ‘ ■ -•••a it# limits and under iis pro-
I '■ ' 4 . ■“ e .re are no exemptions,
' - ; . .;;al cir
• ' . '• t. .ot e ..bdby, or other
’ . t Vacation#
. -v, :• • !e ;e
--•-J ’ '
• • • a; : rue to
1 . y tl’.a JO OUI
** -- -a 1. 1 a *a.O*C
Vnv nee pi\, n o ivt i.s ucte... •
A. Cr- j
I-'ROM li’PKII GEOURI t.
A gentleman from Upper Georgia informs
i ; 1 -'.tl Cons- dera.cv that most of the people
Ki iny- -n me still true to the cause.
I’k. 1 ackte garrison at Dalton numbers
a >u;u ea hundred ns^n —cue thousand cav
■ ....: fiv-i Lum lied infantry. There is also
»-'>■ ccs of of artillery, together with a large
Mi-ount of stores. The place it is said is not
well provisioned. There are no signs of evac
uation as reported by some.
The citixens from the counties around Dal
ton are ta c .t returnirur to tlieir homes, and aro
sowing large crops of wheat and also preparing
to plant legaljr crops. The people iu the im
::: di ’a vicitiity of the town are suffering un
told up: -:i >, as a majority of them are living
ou nothing bat bread
f e l a;;, ,;.i liom Ddtou to Chattanooga is
kept constantly cut by our scow's. No train
had passed ever the road for some time, be
c .ii-<- oi ii having been destroyed at some
point between Ihe two places.
There are two telegraph wires remaining
:ro.n Atlanta to Dalton in good condition—one
oi them is perfectly new.
At! thi .Ide-hodied men in the vicinity of
Da don are thoroughly organized, and rendrr
irg most efficient ser’vice. There are at least
TjtOO ait-:; organized between Etowah and Chat
tanoogn, who force the Yankees to “remain in
doers.”
Ihd State road between Alatoona and Rosa
ca is in 1-etter condition than it has been since
'he commencement of the war—it having been
•ei ii'i vvim new iron, which the enemy failed
to destroy on their retreat. There are also
several depots still ou the road uninjured
north ox the Etowah.
In a later number of the Confederacy we
find the annexed news :
» From a gout'emen who left the vicinity of
‘ •alton on Fn ivy night. Dee. 10, we loarn that
mu that i ight Captains Barnwell and Woff-rd.
o! Col. B i;< giin“nt—recently organized
iu than section—rattacked a party of Yankee
scouts on tin: spring Place Road, near Dalton,
and captuiod some seventy prisoners, seven
teen horses, and forty or fifty stand of arms.
Our in.-oninot, whose vemcity is vouched for
hv several gentlemen of this city, was in the
fight himself.
i ' i piis.mers captured report two brigades
of inhietry at that post, but represent much
c ssatis'aciion among the Kentucky troops, on
ncc.to-.nt of being deprived of a vote iu the re
ceiit lh; solential einitior 'A majority of the
trdtips thee are said to be iv- ntuckians.
He contradicts tiie report of tho capture o*
Chattanooga, by Gen. Breckinridge, but says
the road Iroia Chattauooga to Nashville is
completely destroyed.
Our cavalry, while compelling tho Yanks
to remain in Dalton, are doing the. citizens
I’-'wh tuiiiiy by stealing their siock and sub
sistence.
EHO.M TUS COiSr.
Ts is reported that Sherman has sent a force
from fi,.; .-irmwaionnd to the assistance of Fos—
t-'-r’s troops the Coosawhatc-hie. 'The-ene
my is !>ali;-ri :s In that quatter have increased, as
evidenced by the continuous shelling of the
ru.iii-c-i'.d<, doing, however, very little damage.
Our cavalry continue to scour the country
arounand
in that quarter are unchanged/-
A gc-utieman who left Savannah Thursday
night states tint Sherman had sent about
three regiments into the city as a guaide. The
n-mainder of iris nimy was encamped outside
the city. Sherman.Tt was'staled, bad offered
tiie Mayor every assistaDci in preserving order
and had stationed guards for the protection of
private Louses, stores and buildings. So far
as on? informant had observed citizens were
unmolested and all private property respected.
Oar informant states that Sherman tlemamV
ed the surrender of the city of Savannah tin-’
conditio:; ttly, stating that .if complied with fa
vorable terms would be shown to tiie garrison,
bu; if not that by would proceed to take it
either by assault, investment, or the most
sure (access of starvation ; and if taken iu
that manner no quarter would be given to the
•sunsoi:. no: would he bo responsible for’the
conduct oi'.his tio’opy !!•• afterwards sent a
copy of General Hood's demand i'or the sur
render of Dalton
Bbennau’s Inspector General, who w=»B bear
er of the flag of truce with this, informed one
of our ulcers. Captain Macbeth, that Sher
cwi ca trie very near being killed a day or two
previous by a fragment of shell from our side
IDs body servant was killed and Sherman
er-caped by dodging behind a rock.
UKki iIO.VI UOS&iP
Ti. - Itictisond conegpo.ndoiit of the Charles
ton Mercury, under date of Dee. T 9, gossips
thus:
Sherman being now in pommuification with
Fosler; thy Secretary of War has withdrawn
his proi.ibition of tho transmission of news
fi-ons i avautmii and the South generally; but
the Kch! efforts of the agent of the Assoiiation
t'ce-c faiiid yesteidtiy to get despatches liom
any quarter It is a matter of surprise that
Savannah has not been evacuated, as aa order
ii that i ff.iet is said to have bcou issued sever
al d.-.y.-! ago
In vjy w of Hood’s defeat, a number of rc
: . -.f, been ytggi stad—the restor-tion of
J'-hic -ou, Cimgressional compulsion,of Exccn
f ids duly, an assistant, to take the bur
then - I military affairs off the President, who
is. :n focWe heaith, cte. It is easier so propose
lci'-.ums than to carry- them. There are some
sturdy sfJrii'a in Gungre&t, but the mass of
inoaFie. s are tiiAiil
Mr Hive . 1 I ->.fe speech is ninth compliment
ed for its chiioifuF and encouraging tone. He
u.Kd a hieh tiibute to Mr. Trenholm,. whose
tna-a -tires-of Ii :oi:c will, as I learn from good
cutfloii■ y, pass both Houses, and soou become
1 he law ot the laud.
It ia intimated that Khby Smith is in dan
g**r c-f bair." his Vice royalty, clad his idle
1 1 . ■:j e. af’et the'defeat of Banks, icported to
Joe J.-eiiaton, how different might have been
our a::: it:on, lie is said to have disobeyed
[.-• aitivc and ropeite.-t orders.
FltOM KiCSi'IiCKY.
Th editor of the Mobile Register has con
;a : ! v,iiii a gCiiiinmau who his lato'y been
in iiciitnoky, which State he has frequently
visited during the progress of the war. who
rep.-aseutj the condition of tilings there a*
more favorable to the Confederate cause than
a ; any pu-vioox period. The people ate deter
mint'd, wi:!') one mind, not to submit to a
dine : arid if there is any attempt to enforce it,
then will tight, if light they must, for the
‘Oih, not tor the Noilh. A great many
Y-mki it i- ‘run, have intruded in the last
w y us, itiidjUiesc »rc alwiitionist, of c >urse,
*>>•;:f ihcr. a; Kcuiuckiana are as use man in
ti.i'ir neullmeiits and di lit or no draft, the
! vine of our army in she Slide will lning
to oi r>i!h!!.. to *h" Southern Etandsrd.
Mi anwh:iclb ui iao-jb. prosperity.in the
Daisy t* c t,c..r,.»s in many cacev jwoiking
fgiU-tl. oa the plantations, while elsewhere
: cmy.'-.i’.ig is li vaslat -il an ! deserted. Trav -
<•!!*!•.• U i ;'her hiZi’dous owing to the g;ui"s
•ii a • : ; ii who infest tire read# plunder'll«-
v: i.c:iminibily. p
l 'Um \ : iIIU.MA.
On Friday, Dec lib the Yankee batteries
Mc-tled our linos at Petersburg most of t'h« i
day. But little damage was done
On Thursday. Dec 1.1. the Yankee cavalry
raiding party entered Bristol about four thous-
and strong. The place was taken quite bv
surprise, as the visit, though expected w £
not expected till next day. They burnt Good
son s mill, near the town, the advance down
■ the Virginia and Tennessee railroad was then
commenced. Bo hat Brtxiol and at A biugdon
they'captured small quantities of quartßfmas
ter aril com nitsary stores, but the amount'
was inconsiderable, except the loss of a num •
b rof hogs at Bristol, together with some
pork, already packed. The salt works and
load mines are considered perfectly safe, Gen
eral Breckinridge being in command at the
former, and General Vaughan at the latter
and each having a eompeteiit-forca.
Col Bulger, cf Tallapoosa, has consented !o
become a candidate lor the Gubernatorial
chair of Alabama.
Tw hundred thousand dollars has been
: mr.tr.t-.l «<• the t'oiumbia and GreenyUl#l
i.d, g ph Company, and it is propc-sed to !
kc tbocMutid stiv-k $6.19 090 to cc-mpleW I
si ■ iitics to Gre-r. vilie, Ahbevilia ‘J. ll.', An- j
d-. -. cn.ib U. aad i'eudietca. The wire to l
coaip'i e (he line from Coluatbia to Greenville ;
is now ready. j
AUGUSTA, GA. *
WEDNESDAY MORAI\G, J VITAHY 4.
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SStSTsSI
,We Cannotcliange vldrese of a subseriberunlesslie
gives ub hisforiuer as weliusl:is preser,iaddre»s IS ‘
Weekly Rates.— Thcprice ofthe We eK r, y r „ R „„, rTT
* >ssris«.E IS»J£ d°i!arsior three uiontbs, twelve doJkfra lor
Units! Rags!!Ra*s!!GA’Uepapermaker«wan*raas
paper forthe Ciiuc.vh li: .V S kstcli.i.. On receipt
w< wilt stateprice. etc., etc.
TUB PiIILOSOPH* OF W .U.
ITiere is a deep philosophy, a profound his
torical significance in every war. To the co
temporary observer, it seems but the mad riot
of the fiercest and worst paskions of the human
heart, a confused and hideouj phantasmagoria
of bloodshed and crime. Yet when the philo
sophical historian, from the distant and eleva
ted stand point of the future shall come to take
a calm survey of its relations to the grand re
sults, he will discover an all-pervading‘and
universal scheme cf. Providence controlling
purpose, directing its apparently fortuitous
events to ultimate afid beneficent ends con
nected with the advancement of our race in
improvement and happiness.
It is a sad And mysterious fact that the
greater portion of the history of our race is •
but a record of cruel and devastating wars ;
ad yet the fact is equally apparent that all
these wars have been made to iobserve the
intimate and vise purposes of the Supreme
Ruler of the world. Iu ihe sublime lan
guage of scrip liit-:*, “ Ho maketh the wrath of
man to praise him.” The crimes as well as
ti-c virtues of mankind, arebut the agencies
by which He wotks out His own ail compre
i nsive and benevolent ends. We cannot lake
a “urvey of any of tho great historical periods
without being forcibly impressed with this
truth.
The wars cf the Remans, prosecuted through
centuries, in almost every part of the then
known world, and prompted only by the insa
■ Hate love of conquest, were but the prelimi
f .iy preparation for the introduction of anew
ie*gion, and anew and higher civilization.
They revolted in the union of the various na
tions of the known worid under one empire,
and the establishment of universal peace, ten
deriug practicable the general and speedy dis
fusion ol a religion destined to revolutionize
the opinions, the Sentiments and institutions
of mankind. The most skeptical and unre
flecting cannot fail to perceive in this auspi
cious arrangement an intelligent and over
ruling design.
If we take a survey of the fierce and pro
tracted religious wars of (he period following
he Reformation, we will discover iliat they
ail tended to one great end—the establishment
oi the religious freedom of mankind on a fym
and eudurhlg basis.
Again, if wo review the long and deso
lating wars which attended the French revo
lution and the reign of Napoleon, which con
vitlsed Europe to its Centre, which obliterated
the land marks of kingdoms, and shook dynas
ties to their foundations, we trad them produe
ing vast and benefleia! results—the overthrow
of the Feudal system, with its oppressive in
cidents ; the uprooting of ancient abuses ; the
political regeneration of Europe ; the introduc
tion of an era of rapid improvement, of vigor
ous prosperity, and enlarged freedom, civil
and religious.
While, therefore, war is to he deprecated as
one of the greatest calamities which can befall
a nation, and to be regarded as criminal if it
Can be avoided, yet it should he viewed as
part of tile permissive policy of the Divine
Government of this world, if we may be allow
ed the expression—part of that great conca
tenation of events which constitutes the tan
gled and mysterious web of human history of
that long and often hidden chain of cause and
eff et which in the moral and social world,
leads to results the most unexpected and de
sirable. Wars have been the fearful but effec
tive agencies by which mighty r'evolutions
iiave been wrought out in the social, political
and religious condition*)!' the world. During
their progress, mankind are unable to forese<-
fiual results, and are bewildered by the tur
moil, the uproar and uncertainty which attend
• hem. But it is a consolotary and strengthen
ing thought that there is a pilot at the helm,
that there is a benevolent plan amidst the
wildest tumult of war, that the universal pres
once whiCh broods over all history will con
trol iU issues for the ultimate good of our
race.
Such reflections may not be inappropriate,
nor without use at the present period in our
struggle. They may teach us calmness, firm
ness anil resignation. Ignorant of final results,
it remains for us a3 citizens and patriots to
meet ilie responsibilities of the hour with un
shrinking courage and unswerving fidelity!
assured by the lights of history, and the anal
ogies of tho past, that this stupendous and
terrific war is permitted to rage for great and
.iso ends. Yet it is the solemn duty f a>l to
endeavor to have measures adopted that will
bring it to a close— remembering the old max
im that “I‘royideuce helps those who help
themselves.”
Os 11 IIWI.KOVD*.
Decidedly the most important thing in out
view, et (liepresent time, is ibe reconstruction
of some railroad which shall bring the differ
ent -mentions of ihc State in communication
with each other Georgia is suffering a more
serious inconvenience by the interruption ol
her railroads, than any of her Confederate sis
ter". We speak not now of thoso portions of
the State which are in the hands of the enemy;
but the very heart—the capital—is as remote
from some of the principal cities in point of
time, as though it were five hundred or a
thousand miles distant. Georgia is tairly bisec
ted. To reach Aliliedgeville from this point,
is a work in no small degree laborious and ex
pensive'. Such 'an interruption in times of
peace xvonhl ’produce much embarrassment;
but in tim'e-of war when so much depends on
our facilities for. the rapid transmission of
troops and-previsions, the inconvenience is
-Htttptfss than a national calamity.
'f'nder these circumstances, the opening of
communication with is a matter of great
moment. The most direct route to this city
from this pSlnt. i3 that which lies throngh
Sparta and Mill’edgevilie. This route, it is well
known, has been bridged and graded, and
would to-day bare been in successful operation
; fiaS notthe mm imported by the company
beep impressed by Government. It has
.suUe.jjiwiU.y, weWlmve, fallen into the hands
; of-ahe enemy. fiaV-better would it have been
to baw-usWV fo?'ffni#birth 'the road, than to
have .exposed it to c ardhxe. Dad we been able
to command this road, tbe fate of Atlanta
** been different; m*4 Shewum
might have encountered something more tha
the “feeble resistance” of which he speaks in
| his recent desolating invasion. As it is, the
rains and winds of four years, during which
time there has been no repair, have so con
siderahiy damaged the grading that much
work is necessary before it will be ready for
the reception of tho iron. When to this is
added, the difficulty of procuring the requisite
amount of material, this route hardly seems
practicable at the present time.
Eatonton and Madison there is a
chasm of but twenty-two miles. But as this
route lias not been graded we suppose it is not
in the question of competition. The road to
Millen aud thence to Macon has been serious
ly damaged by the enemy, and is so exposed
even now to his incursions that it cannot be
rogasded as desirable.
The Georgia road, though bringing us to tho
large towns of Central and Western Georgia
by a Store circuitous route, must on the whoio,
ws think, be considered the most feasible.—
Though longer than the other routes mention
ed, it has the advantage of being comparative
ly safe. It may, too, be repaired with more ex
pedition and less cost. In a few days the cars
will he running to Social Circle, 'only about
sixty miles east of Atlanta. Once finished to
the latter city, wo should be in direct commu
nication with Macon, Columbus and South
Western Georgia. Provisions and -other as
sistance r ould then bo transported not merely
from an affluent to a destitute portion of the
same State, but there would then be regular
communication with Richmond and the South
Western States of the Confederacy. There is,
we fear, no small probability that tiro enemy
may attempt to interrupt our communications
with Richmond via the South Carolina rail
road. Sherman is too wily a General not to
see that by the occupation of Branchvilie, he
divoices all the Confederacy east oi that point
from intercourse with their capital, besides
isolating in a great measure the city of
Chaihston. When this occurs, Eastern Georgia
will he in a pitiable-condition indeed—cutoff
from quick and direct sympathy with Western
Georgia arid Alabama. We shall he entirely
at the mercy of such plundering parties as the
enemy may indisposed to turn loose upon us,
or what is quite us bad, tiie State will suffer
from the irresponsible soldiery of our own
army who have placed themselves beyond the
control of their commanding officers.
Iu view of these facts, it seems to us that the
important woik of the hour in the way of
internal improvement, is the repair of the
Georgia railroad. The company, it is under
stood, are at the work. But their resources
are not, in the present condition of the coun
try, iqual to the despatch which tiie crisis tie
mands. If the Government is alive to the in
teres sos the people, it, will lend ail the co-ope
ration in its power to increase the efficiency of
the Company in their important work.
THE FEKLIMJ IN THE COUNTRY.
A gentleman sending us some new subscri
bers to the Chronicle & Skntixm. from the
country, takes occasion to make the annexed
remarks upon matters and tilings in general :
“Summon the people to the great task of
“ saving their personal and political lil -erty.
“ l\-»uce is Iho only'thing which will do it. If
*• our distracted country fa not .soon blessed
11 with peace, ail will be irretrievably ru
“ ined. Have wc no statesman who will
•‘■suggest a plan that will stop Uie war—for a
“ season at least—until reason may again re
“ sumo her office, atfd men be brought to re
“ fleet and consider where we are drifting, and
“ what our end will bo if this war is protract
“ ed ?
“ The longer this war continues, the worse
“ for all concerned. Ought we not- then to
“ exhaust all the means at our command in
“ trying 'to bring it to an honorable close?
‘‘ You can hardly imagine the condition of the
“ residents of all sections of the country. Theft, .
’“ robbitry, murder, are tiie order of the day.
“ The people have very litUe, if any, protec
tion. Nearly all able-bodied men are in the
“army. A squad of drunken soldiers are al
“ most as daugeious as tho same number of
“ Yankees or deserters. Our whole people are
“herd pressed for food and clothing. Our
“ children are-grott'ing up uneducated iu eve
“ rything useful. Ail the bad they readily
“ learn, but the good is not 'sought for by
“ them. Wo have commenced a retrograde
“ movement in civilization, and it is very evi
“ dent we are going backwards fester than we
“ ever did forwards. How will tho next gen
“ eration compare with the past in point of
“justice and tiuth ? And finally, what are we
“ likely to gain by a further continuance of
“ this war ? Not our liberties, not; our eossti
“ tutional rights, surely, for we have less of
“ both than when the war commenced. And
“ the little wo have is growing beautifully less
“ daily. #
“ Hero is another question for our people to
“ consider. Is slavery any more secure, or
“ likely to be move profitable,after other nations
“ have taxed all their power# to produce cotton
<> in competition with us ? Are they not likely
“ to suoceed, at least far enough to convince
“ us that cotton D not quite king of the world?
One other error has also been corrected by
“ this war. Tho idea that the North would not
“ fight has been found to boa very incorrect
“ cne.
“ But let the dead bury the dead. Let the
“ past go. Let our statesmen—if we have any
“ look to the future and profit by the past
“ Let them at once set about ge ting things
right again In onr opiniqp, that can only
|| be accomplished by arranging matters in
“ such a way that ibis war can be bt-’pped. By
“ commencing nego;laf.'-as that will secure a
•* permanent an i lasting peace. The manner
• ‘ and- terms we leave to wiser men than cur—
selves t j euggo.it. Wo ehall be content with
“ whatever terms onr rulers agr*c on. What
u the country wants is peace. And peace the
“ country must have or we are ruined—hope
“ ieEsiy, irretrievably ruined ; ruined both as
“ far as our liberties and our future prospects
“ are concerned, forever.”-
The State Road. — Gov. Brown has appoint
ed a commission, at the head of which is Col.
W .Lae, to examine thoroughly into and
report the condition of the State road from
Atlanta to its termination, if that can be
reached, or to a point where it is not held by
the enemy. Col. Lee proceeds at once to
the discharge of his important duties. Gen.
’,V. P. Howard has been appointed to lake
charge of the State property in Atlanta and
on the line of the State road to Chattanooga,
and secure it for the future use of the State.
Wn at a Change ! The Harry Hotspurs of
four years since have become the Tribulation
Trepids of the present. How men and thirgi
change.
F:ke in llomer.— The office ofD. G.Chandler
Btq., iu Homer, Banks County, has been con
sumed by fire, together with a library of Tala
»W9 '" "* -'
STATE OF GEORGIA CHANUK BILLS
A great deal has been said by Miiledgeviile
correspondents of Administration papers, about
the State Change Bills which were captured at
that place by the * Federate dm ing
visit to the capital. One to read the produc
tions of the pariies referred to, would supnoso
that they knew all about tho suject they were
treating of. That when they bianjed Governor
Brown so sirongly, on aceouat of tho bills
falling into Tankce hands, they had proof pos
itive for their assertions.
It now appears, however, that these letter
writers have based their attacks upon mere
rimicr. That they spoke of matters and
things of which they knew nothing. That
they have given to tho public hearsay reports,
circulated by the enemies of Gov. Brown in
order to injure him in the estimation of the
people of Georgia If possible.
But the malignant attacks of the enemies of
the Chief Executive of this S-tate have already
recoiled upon their own heads. Their mali
cious assaults intended to injure parties not to
blame have only injured themselves. And
they now stand before tho world in the very
uucnviable light of slanderers. In the posi
tion of men who would injure tiie character of
another if they..had the power to do so.
We do not suppose the persons whg started
the unfounded rumors in regard to Gov. Brown
will retract the same, Parties trying to rob a
man of Iris character are not going to strength
en the position of tho person they assault, if
they can help it. They have.not the manli
ness or moral courage to do justice to him after
their scheme fails. The hate which they have
exhibited, will only bo made the more bitter
by being exposed.
Gov. Brown’s assailants will find, however,
ail their attempts futile., lie is not tho man
to leave any official duty unperformed. The
people of Georgia have shown their confidence
in him, and approval of his acts by elect:rg
him thrice to the gubernatorial chair to watch
over their interests. And most faithfully has
he done so.
The annexed letter f; om, the Comptroller of
tho Stale, proves that the assertiohu circlated
by tho administration press that Gov. Brown’’
is censurable because State change bills were
captured by tho Federate, is wholly incorrect :
Comptroller Gemhaia Omen, )
Milledgeville. Deo. 21, 1864. [.
To ihe Editors of the IlilUdiieciUe .Recorder :
—Gentlemen :-In your article of yesterday
alluding to the losses cf the Stale, by tbo en
emy, during their lain march upon this place,
yon siy :
“There were a large quantity of State*
Change Bills, unfilled, that fell into the hands
of the Federate, some of which we have seen
scattered thro’ the town, and they have been
picked up at the Federal camps.”
As I have geneially superintended the issue
of the-St.ate Change Bills that were turned over
lo my office, I deem it proper to address you
this note, and state that ail th-* Change Bills
that were in my office were saved from (he
Federate—the imperfect ones- wore burned on
Friday, tlve 17th of November, and tho bal
ance were sent off that evening with the
money of the Treasury.
There wore, however, a large lot of 50 and
25 cent, and perhaps a few sheets of 1.2 and 3
dollar change bills in the Executive office, that
on Saturday, the 18fh, were not disposed cf,
end of which 1 had no control—but feeling
Hat they ought to bo burned, a few, hours be
fore His Excellency »est the eitv, 1 approach
ed him arid advised bim of tinted bids in Iris
office, and suggested that I might be permit
ted lo detail one of my cletks (who had b<-ou
ordered to Macon to defend that place) to
burn them. The Gov’erner was about to re
ply, when filaj 11. J. &. Williams, his Re
cording Clerk, who was standing hv, immedi -
ately replied that he intended, or would burn
them .The Governor then turned to Muj
Williams (who .caiil ho would not leave Milledge
v’.lHand.ordered hi/n to burn the bills that er n
iijpr, and subsequently during the day, he again
ordered him to burn them during the evening.
Why ail of them were not burned that eveiT
ing, or before the enemy came into the city in
force on Tuesday morning, I cannot foil.
While my own private interests suffered se
* verely (the eqvnjy having taken possession of
I my house and lot, and used and destroyed and
gave away to the negroes every thing about,
also carrying off one of my slaves) I take
pleasure in saying, that every book or paper
of value, in my office, were saved. It is true
the enemy tore up the carpets, destroyed two
iron safes, broke the window glasses, and scat
tered promiscuously and generally the old
papers and old tax hooks in my office, but ]
am happy to say that they got nothing raffia
hie from it Had I paid less attention to the
public interests during tbo excitement of.
Thursday, Friday and .‘-’aturday, .before the
enemy came here, and bestowed a little atten
tion to my own private affairs, 1 might have
been-thousands of dollars better off than I now
f in. As it was, my whole time was taken up
in looking to the public interested any iny. own
private affairs were neglected, aud the result is
as above stated.
In relation to the State change bills, I will
only remark further, that all of the bills issued
by Hie State, (except the 5, 10, 11 and 20 cent
bills which have the names nf Hie Comptrol
ler and Treasurer on the same) are stamped on
tlicr face with a seal, having on it “Treasury
of Georgia.” On many of tho hills the stamp
is not very distinct, and the words “Treasury
of Georgia” cannot be seen, but even where
•he bills have been much'worn, the stamp can
he seen by examining for it. The bill's are
also regularly lumbered, &c. If, therefore, '
the IVderals or others attempt to use the bills
not filled up, they can be detected by not hav
ing the Treasury stamp upon them. The State
Treasury notes issued in 1801 aru nlso stamped
upon their face with the same seal. Indeed,
all the Treasury notes issued by the Slate are
either stamped on their face or on their back
with litis seal, and all Bonds issued by the
Stale have impressed upon them tho Great
Seal of the State.
Very, respectfully, Sc.
Peterson Thweatt. h
Grand Lodge of Odd Feli.owu or South
Carouna.— The annual Communication of Un
it W Southern Grand Lodge ot South Carolina
of the Independent Order of O i l Fellows, was
held in Sumter, Get 28th last. The following
are the office)a tor the ensuring year : M W
.Grand Master, A 0 Small, of Pulaski Lodge,
No 10. It W Deputy (hand Master, J Alexan
der, at Congaree Lodge, No 29. R W Grand
Warden, J Harvey Baker, of Pulaski Lodge,
No 21). It W Grand Secretary,* J McCommon
of Palmetto Lodge, No 5. It W Grand Treas
urer, G S Bower, of Palmetto Ledge. No 5. W
Grand Conductor, John Sto:k. W Grand
Guardian, John A Shiell. W Grand Marshal,
S S McCully.
The Yankee Raiders from toe Gulf.— The
Mobile Tribune learns from a gentleman from
Pascagoula, that on the 10th instant a party of
Yankee raiders, numbering about 1300, reached
West Pascagoula and were embarked on
launches. Three large vessels were lying near
by. They had destroyed several ferries on
the Pascagoula river, and done other damage
to the people of that section. This party o
the enemy wag supposed to be the advance of
tfie entire force that was making, its way to
the coast.
The Old Is«ue.—A gentleman writing us
from Richmond states that both Houses of
C-.ingpess fiavo passed a bill extending the time
within which the old issue may be exchanged
for the new, under, the act of Hth. February
1864, until the Ist of .July PBCI, Holden, can
see that there is no necessity for sacrificing any
of the old issue they may feappw Wl»w cm
ll«d! - • a
Taking tiis R:qht Ground.—The Secretary
of War has endeavored to interfere with some
of the Militia of Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, re
moving them from the State and putting them
into the Confederate service. Gov. Clark has
taken a firm position in Hie matter. He says
he shall allow go such thing to lie done -lie
is perfectly right. The men are in the service
tight ing, <p ready tonight when opportunity
offers. Thai is all that tan be asked of them.
The Governor is doing ail in his power to pro
tect the property and lives of the citizens of
the commonwealth over which he presides.
Under the circumstances that is all that can he
asked of him. And he will tie very foolish in
deed, if ho .allows the fighting men of his State
to be taken elsewhere-when she is in danger pf
being overrun and devastated.
It affords us much pleasure to notice that
ether Governors besides Guv. Brown are be
ginning to think that States have rights-and
w hat iu better, appear to be determined to main
tain those rights. .
Tho Jackson Missisrippian gives the annexed
version of tho difficulty tefem and to above:
We learn that tho Secretary of War haside
raauded all State Troops between the ages of
seventeen ami lPy be mustered in as reserved
troops under command of Brig. Gen. Brandon.
Gov. Clark,’we learn, has refused to turn them
over, and there will be considerable skirmish
ing between the pai tics before the mutter cods.
If the demand of the Secretary of War is ac
ceded io, a Targe number of agriculturists
will be thrown in the th-id for thiee years, and
we fear that Eueh a policy would produce evil
results fur the State aud for the country. It
is impossible for a man to serve two masters
and the Stale Troops enlisted and sworn in
under tiie laws of the State must preserve tliejr
status until finally disbanded. We are willing
to admit, that the Government has lost a cot -
rider-able number of troops by the State orga: -
tauten, but a majority of these troops nev r
could have been reached except, for the State
organization, and they are now doing good
service On the whole we think the demand
of the Government unreasonable., and we trust
tho Governor will e site firmly all attempts to
disband his troops—which would virtually bo
effected by yielding to th*. demand of the Se
cretary ol as. The Government claims the
troops under the ac-t cf 17lh February last.
We presume the whole matter will undergo
judicial investigation probably tried under a
habeas corjms, and if decided nga nst tho Cor
el nor will be taken up to the Supreme Court.
It is said that Ihe present - population of
Columbia is treble the number of ha iuhabi
tants belffic il,;: war. A large proportion of
these arc able b died males, and the wonder
is how so many of them keep out of the army.
The streets nr. l far mo. e lively and bustling
than b; tore the war. Trade is brisk, prices
enormously high and tending upward.— Lan~
easier. S C Ledger.
And it is this clasi of nica—these bomb
proof, stay at home speculators, who want tho
war lo continue, that they may pile up Confed
erate promises t > pay. It is this class who
assemble mass meetings and condemn such
patriots a . Him. Mr. and call upon
them to resigu their seats in Congress. It ia
these lii'-ii who denounce every one in favor of
peace, aud do all iu (heir power to defeat, any
measure that will entile our existing difficul
ties honorably. Il ihe government contractors
and office holders who are in favor of tha
v ar—including high officials, Congress, and tho
rest of them—could be forced into the ranks,
the war would end at once. One month’s ser
vice, or ii-: -.. woidd’do the business. These de
feat.t-rs of p?ere negotiations, would be-como
concerts to the d-jeu They are perfectly
willing every 1; !y and every body’s wife’s re
lations should go to tho vf.vr, as long as they
themselves escape the hardships of camp life.
Again we say, put the contractors and
office holders who am in favor of the war,
into the ranks, nod tho con a try will bo blessed
with a speedy and honorable peace.
WliKlE AUK oral : hchet Ki.'uvick Men ? Tha
pres ( is not allowed to speak of Sherman or
Hoods movements (or tear of giving information
to the enemy, yet p-.dd spies are allowed to
para in and out ol ’leinphis at will, and carry
information tho! the most reckless caterer for
the dear •■public” would never think of giving
a place in ins colUnu,:;. Where are the hun
dreds of “secret service men —JUacon
Telegraph':
This question is easily answered. Nine
tenths—yes, more— nearly all of the secret ser
vice men of the Confedeiacy are men of wealth
aud position. Instead of being men fit they
are men wholly unfit for the positions they oc
cupy. The bomb proof places they hold were,
in most cases, bought with money—yesJ
bought with money ! We kcow wheieof wa
speak.
A poor man who is'every way qualified to
discharge the duties'of the secret service, and
who would “O so most willingly, cannot get an
appointment in it. Why? Because he baa no
Confederate proiui.-.ea to pay to purchasa
it with. And those who have the money to
purchase such places, have neither thb time
nor inclination to dhchurgelbe duties thereof*
they have paid fur their positions, anil they
uio going to make the most out of it ! They do
not ipfer. ' to pa: 3 sleepless nights and encoun
ter (lungers for the i:.-.; -not they !Of course
spies and traitors can cots*; and go at their
plea:«ive, with no one to tear or to make them
airifid.
1 - it any wonder that (he people complain of
mismanagement ? Is it any wontfer that the
musses are fast losing confidence in their Con
federate leader. ? Is it any wonder that tho
messes .1 beginning to complain of favorit
km and injustice 'l Con option under various
garbs, are too openly praticed now-a-days for
the people to he much longer deceived.
llo.v. A. A Wright, oi Rome. —Certain
ouruahs hi this Utah; v. into ectacies over
the statement of a Yankee penny-a-liner not
long since slate. ; iliat 11)=;. A. li. Wright had
gore l o W.ohiiron o;i a ;, --■ ce commission,
and veut.-.i t:.i- • Jier-vn against tho» Q
favoiing negoliallvt . ft turns out, however,
that the #oiu.obl l>: lion. A. It. Wright was
to endeavor to procure a parole for his son
Gapt. .Miller A. Viight, confined at Camp
Chase.
Lawlessness.—We regret to learn that a
couple of straggler.; from our army burned tka
depot at Mcßean, on the Augosta & Savannah
Railroad, on Saturday night. Surely some
steps ought to be taken—and vigorous ones
toor-lo protect the property of our citizens
from this class of lair breakers.
Tub Stragglers to he Taken Care of.— Gen.
R O. Tyler, v ho for some time has command
ed tho post at West I,’oint, has been,ordered to
Macon. AH straggling cavalry and depreda
c«r3 and djsmoua'.ed n.en are to be sent to him
for disposition.
Rather Tall —ln Richmond, on Saturday
last, turkeys were perched out of the reach cf
people of moderate means. Small hen tuikeys
sold,at one hundred dollars a Rather
tall, that—the price, no\ the turkeys.
.. -l—.. i- >
Gen. Quarles. -Geft . Quarles wSo was rtpcfrL
ed to bh'mortalily wounded at - thd * bdttle ot
Franklin, Tetnr., wni probably W»Y«. fie
» a, waftl