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li£TTIU FROM lIO*V. JOri\ A I.ii.VKlt.
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»r. will be fca r ->l to u-.lv to other ireetiotts a.-
rrerious displeasure of "a certain etas 6l poli
-71 i-’.oH, wno feel that to centra tncir blunders
: and criticise their official act; is opposition *o
Iha sacred cause in which wo are en raged.
Indeed such is the inveteracy of their chronic
vanity, that not to iaud their power, whether
:iit , ;t: light' ;1, hi ] I4* IVC i DOO* j
lion. I Lavt«iS little inclination to wrangle
with such parties a? I have to amuse myself
with the butcheries of Robespierre or to specu
late ou the motives of Marat. HiPory teems
with men cast on this die. i hey are, howev
ttVj useful rather as warnings than agreeable as
subject matter for grave criticism.
iqrectfuUy suggests that some amendment, in
pome judicious relaxation* in 'their“official
l'r»o upon tli-3 vital« of the Constitution,
- ■ He is an epet ly to the
cause." ‘’lie Hi-- ’- to give ni l and comfort to
i ho enemy, R-peal the writ of habeas
»'t,rp>:s. that he may ifeel the weight of cur
■ \vr,d,.” 11 hey even go farther, in
i. . fii;,:i:u • |»o of their official <Ji*pleoßur6.
j-isum i,” by w.,y of friendly admonition.
They seem, uncoa-reiously, to have adopted,
that burning expo, ‘ul itiou of Burke, when ho
ind nan ned uch place
;;t“i ,i lr- Cm • “L* i • lady be passive,
i :>i i . v • should be driven to force. Re
• : v.-ili mere; hi-; desires.” Such
‘loctrim a \ ill n« vor receive my approbation.^
and j i ia it’- : <;t Burke— “Yes,
" 1 and feeble.
,».<*. Yuv ~* >■ i«d to the Constitution
nr ~a sv’itni. X y .4! drive such Geducero
xi-jiii 1 -. l.i: li:. ia. n.,ee of their
TJ:L is Lre o.iiy reply i vouchsafe to those
v/ho irPaHi i j in' appiolioud my charac
i'f. .ito k :■■■- -i . * ! lit tv be irrii'uc-accd by
. uriy. or mUaatioua of offi
-11.0 lit :■> J r nu'sush uny.ori.hy inter
' > an eniirhtened public
a *
Legislature of Virginia—as the shield to the
; ,i- vof i- -date, •nd the sbibboloth
<-,[■ (hi: ’ i ~ .! I wouldsr.sty to
lt; f t j:. ,;r c f ta,i.t body, in the name ot our
.
~! Vii.'iiii'i fK-.-:va than the first of Virginia
.1 , ; iy ; kis always safe and never
•vyro: • in t light of candid truth,
f r ,-. t' ■! irt to the past i’ tSuch is my ob
ject j n thi:) leltev. lie is but little better than
~.. (!.. • , •• l.i t: create civil liberty
■.r„-ia the t • i.i'i. ot gov fiat!: "atal abnegation,
; a; •.!. ; •••:•, move than a madniau
, .a •••uro e..i!Bf.ilttfli>Eul liberty
(a.a.omil freedom, by destroying the
, <.< ?,f individual liberty and
, M.} .... -\ v. ir, wa-ed iu the name
i f o need for the purposes of political
i . , . ed, u . u ichery, and needs
arrest in its
progress. it a v condit 1— as it_ was
tbe
; ahand mod'.
Jfo free mm will ever yic-hi h i ' .light to
as long 1 ■■ prac
licabi;: -ini re. •.ai .■ is always lira; 'i •at-!? as
Jong as it can ho maintained on aa organized
basis But when, by ac-hient or de.'iga, the
opposing force is so fa? weakened t,*: to endan
v.n’ the success of Ui cause., i; ia sao duty of
i'lo govt‘oimuit . >a) v i:s polky, and thus
cisiinrt ■ i*(s ind. <rn t i aecumu
ldire blunu it us tin duty of ikt Stolen, n:ho
■ n i, : thin war, to < ■ rch* Ho proper con
■ ,i ul tints prevent ultimate
, , , in ■isln ’ tC To aHO
- ; . ■ is" ibli: poll;
«v, or to c. ; ; ;e its til un :n. and politi
<: i fesi'Hiv .lii.lr.g its m-.'tive power, is
•’ »tes, in
: ugurahd i. v. ir for lb - ■ beaiii:. If it
f;iiis, ! *i sis as Btales. Its
object is i ; ■;.■ !■; vijenca—their isovereigniy.
~ . lie, even i unit -■ s politic il and sith ■ -
t., .yiui ar.d civil death. A Coniederacy
con:. t;; but the giuvo of State exisf
t.ico.
UTATE SOVSKhTor.'Tr.
f-. , • -,i be told by these habeas cor
jij: :v , thi . r • .:!• tccvM e,- bin lcgisla
s> ~ l ! ■■ . s' •• ■\ v ndv-x-at ■: for “supreme
power in the ox -outiv•••,'* tbar. it if round pol
ice to ofrv.euialo every sc-hlicr, by way of on
i .’.bio . a. •lhood. or, it is to enervate and
diointeg!r.'.e tbn-Siit' t-r, by way of solidifying
iheir power of rcdefas- •. 'ins army is no
f_ up vi&i inau
. ;r -1 v I 1• •’ . ■ 1 f . o
ib-i il c. tv and ■ vsuch, aliould s-.v that their
ibne-.k :’.arie. ; are not tp. -.i.ng with the trust
c fi'i led to tv c nr.
ian wd! rcr cc nt to olit
r.l very, but rather prewr death. Asa man
• •'.hiSa to life, so should a t> .te to Its sover
jgnty, and a peopie to their llliorty.
It is v.. 11 tlj ;t Virginia hould n0•,7 pause
jirnJ contempi.de her vaniar-e ground, in this
Pi eat contest, reudero 1 necessaiy by bad. and
* iv'ckr,' l ■' i .'i': ;u Kv-ith a--ii South and
... t Noi h, whileit is
cnnt'-olle.: ir . f.v-.tion »t the ScutU. In the
Ki 'Tb, lib'soi,. :'?• lir I! ’ ' very; iu the'South
absoluik.vi sdth oi v. - . asoccasuui
may happen to render ruo.-i ; dubriotut, to the
abstra'.-i n; ••••tv ands. ■ conceptions
, f'*,-:-. v.. 1 for
tire last twefi f ■ k-ve be rt aedve’/ cg
oiave to aha ■ t ; now. ; is ■
Bay, “this war r slav< y.” 31. ■
jewel of Siate t ovon ignty is far more valuable
ihan the dear : u oi powor, or Uie wealth of
tits world iu the u even Cos of civ" or religious
liberty, and it must no-, be nbaudohed io any
government, North or South, i rr. rather
tb.au yield it. even though ovorruu, Virginia
slioulid bear f . ■; b . , ::ul neeU
breast the mad fury of the itnpcuaiajt storm—
calling on her sister aud. daughter Slates io
stand by I;?r and struggle cm cud on. even in
she gloom of lor ct iuuun rather taan
y ield to unlawful abd forcible conquest.
* SECRET SEs'lC-XB.
But, in such a contest and tor «ncli a pr.:;j.
her people have a rii’i: b> . xpect ' ft. to ro
unive that the voice of faeti- mso cease to
,
of ;?° 'rcr I;-..;ii?llltlOIl OVvT ll:(* C\ 13*-OI»vO
tvv\ ti'tiiCacT oi' the time honored ivl c • o. c:xi\
.
it., ■ f-y . * ' ’ i '■ i ;■
ui a general rule : : < i Cu. perpe,®.s.
pi -nic Will in Ike or. v. tv Yr>\k io 'enslave
them, as theom;* me'-es i-fe.; - ; jl>j their wrath
Isisto be feared thr our : rre not as
v. '' ; 'k . ' t-..gdsmn |
requii' '• V!“„ 1 !• . ’’ T **' ''* ‘ mu.;- .
H es, 8 ■ ■ * ■-• : 1 f
th. - :v: : '' - ' v; ■ ■'-■ r.^sii
G wi-’- ; : {C! '‘ ( ; J * r . '■f-vr to ;
i J i* ’ . ' , : '
m
, r - r on the inflexible inhibition of the
11 . i ugs can ah be secured, and yet the ;
j,, j eat and Congress really strengihened in
.; . ; exercise of all constitutional and |
~‘ r Ywere. The army rendered secure, I
bv the appointment and generous support of ;
tih pK-per officers—aud not the melancholy!
-•pectacic ot a deieatea army without a Gener
;il. and a great General without an army. No ;
- ave must be eit-rated to the »qua! of the sol- i
r ’ier. and no soldier degraded to the level of |
the slave. No unconstitutional inteference by ;
Congress with slavery in the States. That is j
purely a matter of State interposition, and that !
by a convention properly called.
THE REM EOT FOR CSOOItSTITCTIOHAI. EXERCISE 0, :
POWER.
Eut 1 am asked, what power has the Legis
lature over these subjects? 1 answer, the
power is ample! It is plain, adequate and
u-uplfete. Instruct your Senators and request
, ou. Representatives on such matters and in
such.way as to you seems, under the circum
stances, meet and proper. If your instructions
are no; promptly obeyed, call a State Ccnveu-
Con, and thus evoke the vital sovereignty cf
the Slate. In addition, recommend a Conven
tion of ai! the Cos States, expressing,
in plain terms, a willingness, in the Confeder
ate States Convention, to deliberate on any
proper propositions emanating from such of
in; f- :r.hern States as may desire sovereign
communication with it; guaranteeing a full
indemnity, on the basis of -State sovereignty,
until new compacts can be entered into and
secured. All this you can accomplish.
Adopt this line of policy, and my word for it
your voice will be heard and respected.
THE UOAO TO PEACE M THROUGH STATE 00.N VEN -
TIONS.
• r l no SlatC3 aJont*(K) ? seas the inherent power
of earning peace, and entering on new com
ivcts. i'he Federal aud Confederate Gover
inei.ta possess no inherent power of making arid
j .■„ .uriug a permanent pence. All they can do
j ktc secure a truce. The reason is plain, on
j she tiK-ory of this revolution, hieither Gov
ernment possesses or cau rightfully claim
to exercise the right to coerce a sovereign
State into an union with either. They cannot
partition the States. Virginia must remain
one State, if constitutional government pre
vails. President Lincoln and the United
States (,-.o called) have recognized the right of
secession, by adopting as a State West Vir
giuii!. Ii We»t Virginia bad a right to leave
bid Virginia, and jom the United States, by
leek I- dive adoption, Maryland, Delaware, Ohio,
lliii-.oD, Indiana, have the same political right
to ieo.ve the United States, and enter into new
compacts, as .to them may seem best. 11 a
in disintegrate itself by partial action
and assume sovereignty enough to be repre
senlodin the United States Senate, surely, by
the same doctrine, a sovereign State, acting
as a unit, can secede lrom the government
which has thus sanctioned the practice. Alt
political remedies of an administrative charac
ter spring from the necessities which demand
them. A sovereign State is the rightful judge
of her own remedies—measured only by pre
vious facts or 'treaties—and the correlative
rights and reciprocal duties of other sovereign,
to bo effected by their application. A sover
eign ceases to exist when coeisien is success
fully applied.
'os # « «
How is peace to come without State interpo
sition, State action, and State authority? If
fhese are neoeasary, by whom, under what au
thority, at what instant, are they to be called
into action ? Shall the creator await tho call
of the creatnro, on a question of primary ex -
ir;tclick' if not, shall the creature inhibit vital
action, for self-preservation,• by the creator .'
Ave v/e stumbling in the dark? Will wise
c;<'n undertake to accomplish what the wisdom
»of the past renders impossible, except upon
the supposition of forcible coercion, as a mat
r-x-of right ? No free government, resting on
e-ui-pact, can exist under coercion. Coercion
(and no practical efficacy, when the party con
si rail; ed is able to remove by resistant forco
i:,a coercing power. Are the hederat and
Confederate .rovernments at liberty to coerce
a continuance oi this wares long as tho arnbi
>c. or caprice, or envenomed feelings o! rival
vuiciU may see tit to amuse thejnseivea with
liatiles? Are sovereign States to be the
-.- •;(!» which experienced political gamblers
to win or lose empires? Is Virginia a
.- hike in any such game ? 11 net, where rests
j- remedy. whc-nYhe apprehends detriment
to her sovereignty ? Surely in her own will,
cony ituttemißy expressed 1 li' she cau const 5 .
!-;i. ii:illy expres-s her will, may she not eon
sdtr.tioiiaily enforce it when wrongfully resist
ed ? if slic can do this how can any one ar -
run that her remedies for mat-administration
!>;• non-administration arc not complete? 1:
... . o, who filial! call them into active
-.*(•!c* c-.-y i .tl her legislature? Here then,
the whole remedy.
r,isiDr.:."rrAT. graspinqs after powt.r.
It b;;.i been recommended, in the President’s
Kt:.-v:.'.;e, that ail military exemptions he re
voked, and every man and boy—l hope his
Excellency has too much gallantry to include
the !e.di< e *nk;)—• shall be detailed. Here, in
one measure, it is seriously proposed io render
(-.■ ■ .fudge and Stateoilieordirectly depend
ent on Executive will. Is not this an open
p-ogexHioh to subsidize tho Press, the Ju
di i-.ry, lire Executive, and all State officers ?
Wi:.u Virginia Judge would stoop so low as to
!;-<iil his commii'Siou at t-be will of the Presi
dent-lo he eonseripted whenever his integ
s ■. conMiaia-td him to discharge a soldier un
d-.-i writ ot habeas corpus—or to enjoin an ille
:. .! and u just act of impressment—or to pun
i-ii an officer for contempt ot process? And.
• : ~ teh is tho plain, legal significance oi
this proposition, <
DEStitES OF COM'EUERATC AUTnORITIES TO INTER
FERE WITH STATE INSTITUTIONS
Nor is this all. It is gravely reccommen
dt-d, in the same paper, that soldiers, in cer-
Uln coi’.tir-gencics, shall be manufactured out
of the slaves. A similar receommendation is
i: a-.ie io the regular report of tho Secretary of
War. And yet either or both of these high
fu'-'-ctuumriw' would have loomed into tho most
vtblin ted dhlatics, had such a proposition
t qr been made in the old Union. Indeed,
are both oh the record on this subject
Wfloha? forgotten their position on this ques
;i Temporu mutanter tt mulamtriii iliis. Tho
V »xt is a dangerous mirror, sometimes, to hold
in; :0 the.greatest luminaries in high places
l umierhike to predict that, when Congress
= •: far so. -ets ii.-= constitutional restrictions, and
. - inherent rights of the States, as to regis
i. ieoi) this subject, the death knell of the
C:.'i :• -leiacy will have been sounded, in (ones
tt - iearful ;v. they will be commanding.
It is nec-'-sary to grasp this subject with a
Vi k perception and a steady band. Slavery
is . a- pt c tiiarinstitution of the States. It is
■■■■'■■ ;ve Stii'e legislation, and can only be han
dh-d by a State convention. The President,
the S .clary-at-Yfnr and Coogress, have nolh
• more to do with it- —than their, rivals—in
the Tailed Sin es. I hope the Legislature will,
not j t-t the past nor cloud the future, by
a tu,to elierdse unconstitutional powers,
on so delicate and vital a question. Cardinal
1 ; 1 r-;-:p vt i.n-1 fuudamenjal institutions, are
i d.,■':-.- ous : :3 for tssumed powers, in any
; c ) . ii jn.rt of government. When th.
o p.,4-,-,; . the institutional structure of
. • : ii: ct -is <1 ueyed— the frame work is
... , .crying, except as materials for
| ■ . ;n ... ams in : w hands.
I »' ry iv o' i. • not be r. valuable in
•: 1-n: g'cd or bad, iris- in Virginia—
- -1 iy -o the ninpirage of her sovereign
' . -urrit c.l at and a;,'jounced by a Conven
: ,!■. ■ - ,-.icd f that purpose. No other Con
. -.. ii,- of it u .exist?. And for
j ( •.- . t-t to u»r.Ti it much less to conscribo ii,
I v id be Itreason against the States.
Hf.\. STATE I.EGISLATOEE.
| C; - •.i. - bvja in secret session—deba
- : . v.-l if ixpotts be true, wrangling over
• . .. .- km of the wilt cf habeas corpus
. . part of the ps.#ent session—and
:i at.x in tbs daik. cn it.
hero, that a re
• ;•» • i?! I-.m oi that writ, under existing!
-- c . will bt icu . i - upon
' rmw injury to public liberty, j
ul ow to iu JiYlduai liberty. But j
"i' . s.' von this enbjec-', ia my |
t’t,. lean only add.
I .-ul t in my opiatort-, and j
I- : mc-st, peremptory and j
' itl s -r.bi jCt, It has been ;
. . icugh. Public ; -hi-. :
wiy much too tutig on ibis
'uv - !„n. i here ir t-jrious danger in it
v r- ...';uciits au- Ajiueriaos dangorons el.
ements of popular power. Conservatism, j
moderation, fltmmss, wise discernment and |
cautious sagacity, with pru- e-.t tenacity of j
purpose,''are mueh better calculated to ensure !
public cor.fi lenee- and ar*-., ; public energies j
bduracy i 1
tigterial . ■ Force ;
too far pressed is very apt to break the per- j
ouesing power or throw it oif by tho pudden j
reactionary olacity of the cl ject assailed.
The L- gisialure is tl c foil of Virginia in this t
revcliitiun. It iscuiy through ti-k co-ordinate j
: part of her government ..hr can cuke known
will. , ipl 1 ns I ave no '
j t-r.er means cf n..:kh g tncmceivcs hit and I
, : accgoixid Arc. ft- i late is the only power
; vouchsafed toe LegisUmra. Ai questions
i .ottc-hing slavery col'.-, g to tbs higher class of
1 legislation, which is allowable only ia a con
; vention. If an altevatloa in it? status is |
!is deemed prudent, call a Convention. But I
■ utterly repudiate and denounce all executive
| and legislative interference with it by the Coil
federate auth.:rilies. Whoa Virginia speaks
| oh this subject, iu any relation touching its ex
istence oi ultimate status let her sovereign
j voice be uttered through a Convention, duty
I oalied end constitutionally authorized. lit is
j not to be tolerated that either the President
j and Congress of the Confederate States, or the
i Governor and Legislature cf Virginia, shall
! touch the existence or control the status of
slavery. Virginia, as a btato in solemn Con
vention convened, meet oppose of this ques
tion. On ttrs point there should be no v?av
eting. President D-tvis and President Lincoln
| ave high functionaries, endowed with great
j powers, but they aro limited io the period of
! iheir official existence, as are their respective
! governments dependent on the will of the sov
ereign States, over which they are allowed by
the States, over which they are allowed by the
it it;.; to exercise their Iftnited and accurately
defined powers. Virginia’s sovereignty must
i bo peipeUtai, or her people are mere vassals
Better petislt both the Federal and Confeder
ate Governments ia a common ruin than that
either or >oth should exist on the ruins of the
btate Governments.
HIS DAVIS ANT) UN CO IN GOVERNMENT COMPARED
Two opposing convoluted UovernmeiPs are
as bad us one, so far as State sovereignty is
concerned. One is iar too much for Virginia
to assent to. New compacts in ties government
are ever admissible. No compact exists un
der consolidation. To be for warned is to be
forearmed. Let Virginia look to her laurels
—coerced emancipation is recognized subju
gation, Confide:ate emancipation is worse
than Federal emancipation. Emancipation by
Virginia bused on new compacts, opens up fu
ture alliances and may draw emulated s{.length
from States not now iu compact with Virginia,
iiero it a intent olement of cumulative power
at the'sole disposal of Virginia, so far as the
slave population is involved.
In this view, their moral power far exceeds
any physical power to be deiived from making
soldiers of them. If Virginia could relinquish
she teiriiory of tho Northwestern States to the
United States, ott trust for a common leueiit,
she may now well deliberate on the propriety
of ameliorating the recognized status of sla
very, as a means of new compact's with those
States, for I heir mutual benefit based on State
sovereignty. Site can do this, and iu no way im
pinge on Lie existing relations with tho Con
federate States ,
I’ttEUIDKNT DAVIS REMINDED OF THR PAST.
In reviewing the actions and policy of the
Confederate Government, I have often asked
myseil' Is it possible that the President- and Score
tary at War, have “remembered to forget" the
Resolutions of ’sß and the Report of 'IMS ? It is
a question of some i'de.est. In former times,
if my memory does fail me, both of these c-m
--mioent statesmen were in the habit, in and
out of @ongre,s3, of denouncing as mon and
patties who did not recognize those State pa
pers, as orthodox, »:ia Black Republicans,
Emancipationist-. Enemies to the sovereignly
of lhe States. Are those resolutions and th-U
report Ic-sr, dear aud valuable now than for
tnerly ? They were then the poio star by
which those distinquislied gentleman and their
a sedates endeavored to guide the ship of State
in the storm of sectional strife. I? lack < fiica
cy ltss poiont in the,darkness of the impend
ing slot tu t I hc-pe I shall not be deemed
gui.ty cf high treason in suggesting, as the
migittal impie: sions oi those -life-giving cle
anouts of -Stale hwt-rejgnty ore somewhat ef
face i item public reccolicction, that Would not
be araiss to re-adopt them wth new guaran
ties ar.d aeeomp»nied wi!h an avowal of the
determination ot Vivaiaiti fa nffilialo with all
.itrui's which accept them. They folia % eolld ■
ua-is for now compact?.
rokIXION Os A TRUE PATRIOT AND STATESMAN.
‘ In conciuri-.-n, i may be allowed to say.
with ail proper tesecct, to those who censure
ins, that i shali not bo ioliiuidatcd by secret
s-.’S.-ioas. or ovt-rawo.l i»y Cunfcitcratn oflioiais,
or enervated by ministerial initnipululions. My
a!i.-g1af»oo is <l-i3 to Virginia f would not
sa. Ffi-je her 5-ottor and obliterate her State
rovoudgnty (V> fitr as! am for the
most splendid empire tinder any government
H 047 in existence. When she eeaees to lie a
sovereign State, h t her sons embrace death
,a-i t!.e on‘-y h>:nornble alternative.
Fit 331 VOiUtJ (ifcldltGit. «
The Macon Confederacy has been permitted
so make the following interesting extracts
from an official report made to Gcnsral Ira Ii
Foster, by Captain-J. A. Erwin, A. Q Iu He
says : >
I found the railroad destroyed from Atlanta
t-o the Etowah bridge—the ties bqnjt and a
oonsideiable propoition of the rails crooked,
probably one halt the rails bent. Etowah
bridge is undisturbed, and the track from that
point to the Resaca and Remo branch'is un
iu.iuml, except; two small bridges, near Adiirs
vilie, which were burnt by our cavalry. Tho
at Altoona is not burnt. The Carters
vide i.s burnt, 't ;:e depots from Cftrters
ville to Kesac-v ure not destroyed. Tho bridge
ltesac;-.an;} the truck from that ninco to
D.tUon is destroyed, and most of iiio valla
moved buck. The enemy hold Dalton with
o:.:e JJrigade, reported one th -nf auj! sLoitg,
and arc running trains to thqt-plijco.
The business portions Os all the towns on the
rat!rood to Il°saca a o burnt, together with
mr.ny dweiling housft I learned that all on
ox-upied houses wr-ro destroyed. The farms
c.-utigui vt;. to the line of railroad ave dosola
i*-d; dwollia,; bc-n-cs, in some instances, ate
stmdime; all out houses, barns, stables, etc,
\v :;e destroyed, and the . fencing nearly all
burnt. Frm three to four nii ! es on either
id le cf tqo road, tho devoetstidn is not so great
pjrlicti'ariy in fencing; the rails are fhe;c,
but thr<v>-Q (town. Houses however, bear
marks uf.destruction, the doors are torn off,
- g' -.ss and Hub torn aud broken from windows,
j Oobb e-.mnty ia more seriously injured than
| any other county, desolation extending to
| nearly ovary p .rt of bur territory
j I fouod the per pie on the rntsro-r-d nearly
j il-siitnta of provifipn l . The popuVjtlnn of
if bb county wiiW-uw to bo re-iiov.’d by tin:
;8: ale, or great sttfi' ling will follow. Porfitutß
of Bartow and Gold .-a nvc equally destitute.— i
j Tt-o largi-r portions of tho last earned counties
•■•ia ' some provision?—a stiffi. k-:,cy, the people
5 •tu ■ u’-*:st on until another er.-p i? made,
I: -JVM- H they are not foraged upon.' But there
.t;v many poor families on the railroad who
have no money to buy with, not means of trans
portation to haul -supplies irom where tliey can'
bo found. The mountain counties have a fair
stippiy of provisions, perhaps enough to subsist
their population. Cherokee has some surplus
Polk aud part of Floyd may have some surplus
hut, as ageaeral thing, there is scarcely enough
ia each neighborhood to subsist its nowpopula
tion.
Rain, Rain!—lf it rained every where eke
as it did at this pines Monday night and Tues
day morning there will be a great rise in all
the streams. The rain, which was accompanied
by heavy thunder and lightning, fell continu
ously, and 60mt times in torrents.
Brig, Ges. A. W. Reynolds and staff, ae
! tiompanied by a suitable escort, left this place
[last Wednesday moraing, on a visit to the
upper counties, where general disregard of
Saw, violence, bushwhacking, straggling^,' rob
bery, &c . have been far too common for
ru jftthst p «t. — A-M .i-5 fT'(t?«Ua.oi.
- a
The yacht Vision, which ie:t N. w York for
Euiops live mouths ngo, with only two men
and a dog on board, has not been heard from, :
and probably has gone to the bottom.
or i-imt.
mate or Gkoxoia, )
Asj't and I-xir’n General's ornorq r
Mag C-n, January 7, ifcfS. j
General Order.- No. 1]
Attention is called to’the following order of
vAon-mt 8 -Juit ,1 of the 22d ultimo, publish
ed below, requiring s.ll officers and men ab
sent from tVir commands without authority
from Department or Corps commanders, to re
j'A’i their commands at ooee. And especial
a e ton is c; lr;,; to the second paragraph of
that order, as upon its rigid performance
depends in a great degree cur wellare, and the
secu tty of {rojretty and ot life.
It ts wc-il known that bar<c.s of lawless man,
cablng Lbemsolvcs **\Vhoel«T'scavalry.” wheth
er belonging to.that Corps or not, have b?en
traversing the BUto, piundesiag oar citizens of
their horses, mules and other property, threat
ening life if resisted, and committing other
outrages upon unarmed old men aud unpro
tected femaU-s. This condition of thiogs must
bo stopped. And if the people of the Mate
will respond cordially to this order, it will b«
stopped. Gen3. Beautegard. Wheeler and
Oobb have taken measures to end this shame
ful state of affairs, so far as their authority ex
tends, and the Governor now ealis upon tha
luiiitia and people to do their share of duty ia
ridding the State of robbers and plunderers.
To thiiend, his Excellency directs.
1. That the Reserve Militia, the Policemen
and alt Compani, s commissioned tram this Of
fice, turn out for one week’s active service la
camp as follows; Ai! persons subject to duty
under this order are required to assemble a r
the Court House ou Monday, the 23d day. of
January,-IBGS, when the ranking military of
ficer of the eeuuty will taka command,” and
distributing his men into detachments, will
send than along the public road* throughout
the country a? he may direct, in search of
mounted men professing to bo cavalry: and of
all persons who may be or may have' been il
legally- seizing property; and of all persons who
are deserters or straggiets from the Confeder
ate army or State troops; and wtil arr%t all
such as have not proper papers, showing their
right to be absent from their commands, and
will dispose of them us direqfed in paragraph
4, below. The Militia, Policemen, and all
others hereby called out, are requited to arm
themselves with the best v.oapons they can
get, and to spend tho whole week on this ser
vice, laying aside all oiher business. Com
plaints are constantly coming up from citizens
that they are being robbed oi tbeir property.—
If every one will do his duty fully and active
ly for.one week, as herein directed, the causes
of complaint will be removed.
2 Every person who is able to bear arms,
from 16 to 53 years of ago, who is at’home,
aud is subject to military duty, and who refu
ses to obey this call promptly, will bo ordered
by the commanding officer of tha county to do
in the county one month’s active duty, ’ travel
ing constantly as a policeman, or he will te
sent to the field for oaa month's active service
iu the face of the enemy. It is to bo distinct
ly understood that all persons subject to mil
itia duty are included in this call, if not be
longing to Gen. Smith’s command. And if
any persons belonging to that command are
found absent without ft ave, they will be sent
back to it by the Militia now ordered out.
5. All persons engaged in distilling grain
into spirituous liquors ate required to respond
to this caii ; and tho force hereby ordered out
is expected to take the necessary steps to
abate all illegal distilling, and to uernpel all
distillers to serve.
4. All leaves of absence aud furloughs for
mounted men, to bo good, must be signed by
Gen. Hardee or one of his staff officers, ana be
in printed form In casts of doubt, the holders
of the doubtful papers will bo “out with thorn
to tha nearest Confederate Military Post, or
Proves! Marshal tor examination. Absentees,
stragglers and deserters arrested will also be
sent to the n arest Confederate Military Post
or Provost Marshal.
5. Oitizaos are warned not to purchase any
horse, mule, or other property, from any sav -
alrjmun or other passing soldier, as the fact ot
tbeir having stock or other property for sale,
may be assumed “prima faeia” evidence that
the stock or property has been illegally eeizSd,
or plundered.
«. Cases of robbery cr other outrages re
ported to this effiao, with sucli infounatioa as
may lead to the detection aud punishment of
the offenders, will be commnuica'e 1 to the
Confederate authorities, who have as.-ur-.3d the
Governor that justice shall be eeverely mated
out.
7. As the Stale has no supplies in the coun
ties, and as the service is a short oho for the
relief of tho oitiu-ms at homo, the militia and
others called out by ibis order, ara expected
to furffish iheir own provisions. Those who
are wealthy and have tho- most property to
protect by ridding the oouutry of robbers,
must supply rations to those .who have not tho
means of suppying themselves.
8. Commanding ethers will report at the
end of the week's service, a? i-*quested by Gen.
Beauregard, the lesult of their operations, giv
ing in tabular form tho name, Company and
regiment o? each inan arrested, with the date
of his arrest, and if a cavalryman, also add,
what property belonging to the owner, includ
ing the horse, b?s been turned into tha Quar
termaster's department, reporting the name
aud Iqeaiity cf tha Quartet master receiving
the property,
Ail who etn do so will mount themselves.
Those who cannot, do so will serve on foot
unless tbeir neighbors can mount them.
The object ot this simultaneous military
movement throughout the State, for one week,
is io Secure the arrest of all persons engaged
in violating tha ciyit ar.d military laws of the
State aud of the country, by preventing their
escape, unnoticed, from one county to another.
By order of His Excellency the Governor and
Commander-in-Clues,
Henry C. Wayne,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
NEAitq’ss MHsrAF.Y Division of the W&t. |
Di-ecmber 24, ]$H. ')
General Orders No.
1 Ail officers and urea ab-seut from c«nn
■ mands serving in It.ia Military District, with
out authority from thair Department or Corps
Gemmandew, aro ordsred to rt-joia their eom
mands atones.
2. Ail uon-commifsionedtfltrmoT eoldiers
belpgging to ihe cavalry £»tvie«, who miy Ire
so absent, will be dismo«»ted and forwarded
so their commands, iheir horses and equip
ments being turned over to the nearest. Post
Quartermaster, to be disposed of as author
ized in Aot 2G, published in General Ordeis
No. 53, A. & I G 0., 1864.
3 Department, Distric. and Pest Comman
ders, IVavwst March a Is, *nd or,leers of the
Conscript Bureau, are specially .requested to
give their attention to ttnse orders, aud will
take immediate steps to collect and forward to
their proper commands all such absentees.
4 Depnr(u;«nts imd army tlomiuandeni
will take Mt-ps to transfer to infantry com
manfis, ail cavalrymen so eolh sted, report
ing each case as directed in Par. 2nd. General
Ord rn 55, A. T. G. O , IJGT.
My Ctuiman.i of General Beauregard.
J. M. )Y Ori:r, A. A. G.
FROM T«AJjS-MISSIr-fjiPPI.
Recently a boat puesiug up Arkansas river
loaded with negro troops, was fired upon, kill
ing eighteen and wounding quite a number.
Scarcely a boat passed up or down the White
or Arkansas rivers but what has been fired up-
M.
A late Miriam eras paper states that reinforce
ments had arrived at Brazos Santiago, swell
ing the Federal force there to 2,000; 1,300 are
negroes.
The Victoria Advocate publishes the pro
ceodings of a meeting of the 3tock raisero, rep
resenting the country west of the San Antoni )
river, in which they set forth that their beeves
are their only means'of support; and, aa *ur
tain men, representing themselves as Govern
ment agents, have declared that they wili have
3.000 fceud at- iiJO, or impress them from the
country, the citizens then held this meeting
and passed resolutions condemning tha indis
criminate practice of impressments, and appeal
ing to General Smith for redress.
Aa ingenious machine for braiding or plat
ing eandtewiek had been invented.in Houston.
It braids three strands with great rapidity and
evenness.
Tire machinery fo r an extorsive cotton and
wool carding manufactory has arrived at La
grange, Texas.
The vellcw fever has abated at j XoiitM.
cold weather having set in.
SORT Illf.ltX SSWN
Private advic-s fiom the extreme West, indi
cate a resumption of tho Indian .difficulties.
The hJStileSiov.x are stld to bo gathering in
largo numbers at several v-Mutc, and threaten
to exterminate the whites
A private letter from New Orleans states
that there are Sf-2,00 '.ol>o wort h of cotton stor
ed in the interior of Mississippi, within the
rebel lines, that has been bought up by opera
tors inside of our lines, iu some cases as low as
two cents a pound. Transportation at tho risk
of t'ne speculator .
A restaurant has been opened ia L mdan for
fat people, where nothing will he fvrved
w but v' mfls which check oboNi-T-
NoTtk rr. papers aor.ouaoo that some definite
arrangemen's wi:i soon be made which will
facilitate the exchange of prisoners.
Notwithstanding ice stringent blockade main
tained along the south mu coast, we notice by
the Na-'sau papsts the arrival of eight differ
ent blockade-runners with cargoes of cotton.
.The following are the dates of arrival of the
successful esbapadcs: One from Wilmington,
November ISO: two December 7; one from Char
lesion, December 10: two from Wilmington,
December 10; two from V/ilmington, December
The tunnel under Like Mich’gan, at Chi
cago, now building for the purpose of in
troducing pure lake water for tne supply of
thtfeity, is progressing- at the rate of twelve
feet per day. Eleven hundred and thirty feet
are ffoislied. At perasent there is nothing
taken out but a sort of blue clay that is very
much of the consistency of beeswax. It be
comes very hard as soon as exposed to the
air, and has proved to be a must excellent
substance for grading.
The Yankees have a strong force of contra
bands repairing the Memphis aud Charleston
Rail Road. *
In Maine a bay press has been used for press
ing pine shavings for kindling wood. They
neat packages and can bo sawed
into blocks like timber. About a hundred
bushels of shavings can be put into the space
of an ordinary hogshead, and when once
pressed tho spring.is all taken from them.
General ITosecrans is urged for the command
of the army of the Potomac.
Navigation on she Potomac is suspended by
an ice blockade.
Strong delegations to Washington are urg
ing Admiral Dupont as the successor of Sec
retary Weils.
It is stated that a few days before the surren
der of Savannah Geu. Sherman intimated to bis
division commanders that the Ihst one to outer
the city should be made Miliary Governor aj
ter its capture. General John ’W. Geary, of
Philadelphia, was the man.
A naval board is in session at Washington
to investigate the bursting of the Panott can
non on board nix of the vessels which bom
barded Fort Fisher.
The Committee on tho conduct of tha War
have returned from their trip to the North,
whither they went to make an examination re
specting iron chid vessels.
*U is reported that the re-arrested Canadian
raiders will bo discharged.
An extensive organization of the fenian
Brotherhood lias been discovered in Montreal.
It is said that A. T. t-tewart, of New York,
lately paid an income tax ol $250,004 noon a
net income of $5,00(1.000. Ha does a business
of $30,000,000 a year, and has $14,000,000 in
vested iu real estate.
The New York Herald gives a fable of Ihir
ty-six railroad accidents whioli occurred in the
United States between Sept. 1 and Nov. 17,
resulting in the death of 122 persons aud tho
wounding of 355.
Sixty thousand dollars in silver bars have
been icceivcd at Pan Francisco from Idaho, the
first shipment of silver from the new silver
mines in Southwestern Idaho, which promise
to rival those in Nevada.
A formidable lobby of merchants from both
sides of the line :b gathering in Washington to
defeat ti:.: passage of the act rescinding tho
Reciprocity Treaty.
Dana, the new Federal commander at Mem
phis, lias established anew order of things, so
far as the militia is concerned. All details and
exemptions were revoked, and everybody or
dered to “fall in,'* by January Ist, heavy pen
alties beiog imp-in and lor a ref us si. A second
order pfoli-bbs any person from entering Ihe
city, ex. > pi upon either of the following reads:
the Horn Lake, the Hernando rend, the State
line read, or the new Raleigh road. Strict in
structions under this ord-.-r aro issued to the
pickets. President's island, a short distance
below the city, by another order, is ceiz-d and
tot apart for the negroes, to'be under the con
trol of the “general superintendent of freed
men,” For the purpi mi of raising a fund to
defray tho expenses of the militia, another or
dar levies a taxon the cotton and tobacco
speculators. This is comprehensive: “ail cot
ton now iu Memphis or that may be brought
into tho port of Memphis, shall pay a tax of
two d,d.iai,i on each bale, uiid all tobacco u tax
of oue Uoilap on each hogshead ”
Mr Dix has authorized a rogim ant of env.'il
ry to be raised ia New England for sendee eat
tho Canada border.
Admiral Bachaean who w.w wounded and
captured on board the ram Tennessee, in the
conflict in Mobile bay, hag been sent to Fort
Jiaf.iyette, by direction of the secretary of tho
navy He has boon excepted from the cartel
for the exchange of naval nrisouefa,
Geqrgc If Sanders takes pains to deny that
he was eonccmcd iu the plot to burn tha hotels
of New Yoik. lie wiiU-3 from Montreal: t*My
midion here is one of peace.”
Bishop McdivuHv, on his late voyage home
from Europe, had a ii.tir-bredfh. escape fiom
being swept overboard by a huco wave which
struck the vessel.
The kre gorge hr the Mb»!Ssi;*p! above St.
Louis broke away on Monday, don g consid
erable datnag® t® steamboats. Tha famous
nra Monarch, captured rn the Red river, was
sunk by tire ice,
The plan is new gam-rstßy adopted inf! rant’s
army, when burying the dead, to place in th®
grave with the body a n-uied bottle, contain**
iug a pi*,:r, on which is written the mtm®
and other particulars respecting the deooasad
Tho Spanish mirri-ric-; 1 to tho United States
confirms the report that toe downfall of the
Narvaes ministry in Spain was saused by the
St. Dotni go question. Tho ministry wished
bt. Domingo to be abandoned; first, on account
of the difficulty experienced in carrying out
its subi igation, and, secondly, because of tire
resolution alii fled to ii ive been taken by Sag
laud, to recogn'/.J tho insurgents as belliger
ent*. This course the Queen refused to adopt,
ar.d thence tho resignation of the Ini ii tary.
The New Yoik Tribune docs not think there
is a sufficient. Abolition majority in the Yankee
House io para, by a Iv.o thtrda fu!c, whiwi
is required—the bl ; l abolishing slavery.
Tire N*w England railroad companies arc
beginning to u.-e wood again ou account of the
high price of coal.
Not one half the usual amount of Rubber
will be cut this mlnvr on U,e An-ostook or jft.
John rivers, in Maine, buppli, sand labor
are so high that opeiafivcs generally oonoetie
that notlricg can be made iu tire business,
The debt of Vermont amqtnU to $1,(540.845;
or $5,21 for each person in tire State. The
debt-i*principally funded and is payable in
L>7l, I»T4 and 1307.
On Tuesday night a married woman, named
Elizabeth Dnscnbury, living at No 5 Cm ck
street New York, adminisu.iu i poiaon to her*
"four children, aged respectively nine, seven
four and two years, and then took a doso her,
self. Oue of the children died from the et
fcct*of the posion, audit was thought that the
others could pot recover. The* <woman her
self will survive. The only reason she gave
loiythis unnatural aud extraordinary go adust
was that she was tired of life.
It appears that there were one hundred and
ninety-seven men, all sick soldiers, on board
tho Northern steamship North Atncrim when
she sank at sea. early on the morning of the
23d. Dec. Out of the two hundred and sixiy
nine persons with which the North America
sailed from New Orleans, on Dec. 1 Gth only
sixty two were rescued frem a watery grave.
Sue had also on board when cue went down a
valuable cargo of cotton.
The Nevada Legislature passed an act
oaformng •ontraets for payment* in gold.
TiUltß REGIMENT GEORGIA RESERVES.
Annexed is a list of tho killed aud wounded
iu the Third Regiment Georgia Reserves, com
manded by Col. John L. Moore, in the fight
of the Gdi aud ffih of ]tec. 1804, near Coosa--
watchie St ifion, South Carolina.
Field and Staff.— Wh, H F Sharon, Act Sergt
Major slightly wounded on head, by shell.
Cos A —Lieut Jas Mohan Commanding.
6th— Wounded : Private Lewis Adkins, in
right leg.
9th Wounded: Private J A Thomas
slightly left band.
Cos B—Lieut B W Jenkins, commanding..
6th— Killed : Private T J RaiSeid. Wound-'
ed : Private Durham Gay, slightly in right
arm; Taney Oneal, severely iu right shounder,
slight in right hand aud thigh.
9ih—Wounded : Sergt Wrn Waller, severe
ly left arm.
Company C—Capt W F Scott, Command-
Gth—Wounded : Privates A J Smith, slight •
iu shoulder; Jacob Cobb, slight iu l-.f;
hand; F Cole severely in left shoulder.
9ih—Sergt C M Tucker, slight in left hand;
Privabs Wm Register, slight in left hand and
knee; A T Oweus. slight in right shoulder; L M
McQuire-slight in forehead.
Company D—Oapt Thomas P Lloyd Com
mandiutf.
Gth—Killed: Sergt J A Waters; Private A
McNeil. Wounded: Capt Tl* Lloyd, sligk lin
groin; Ist Sergt—Carter, in. thigh; Corp—Saun
ders, severe iu knee; privates J .W Brewer,
severe in breast; J 11 Shearly mortal iu breast;
J Roberson, severe; J II Sutton, severe in loot
and missing; II Sutton, severe In arm and
slight in side. Missing: Corp B Kennedy, pri
vates H Williams, t R II Ragiu aud J 1’ Mon
ey-
Company B—Lieut J J Easterlin, Command
ng.
9th—Killed: Private H M Horn. Wounded:
Privates II Horn, slightly iu back; Jas Prater
slightly in right hand; Elbert Mriton, slightly
in light arm; L A l’eacotk, slightly in leit
hand; Joseph McKenzv, slightly iu right thigh.
Cos B—Lieut U 11 Spence, Commanding.
Wounded: Privates John Kemp, right arm,
since died; F T Hank, slightly in right lore
arer, —Arthor, slight in head.
Cos F—Capt D Cromwell. Commanding.
6th —Wounded: Sergt Eason, mortally in
breast; privates S Dean, slightly iu knee; Jas
M Ervin, severely in thigh; J II Watson, se
verely in ankle, Wm Skest, slightly in thigh;
A J Nelson, Blightly in anu; J T Carter,
slightly in neck; H C Warren severely in hip.
9th—Killed: Corpl B Mizeil.
Cos G—Capt S D Nutt, Commanding
Gth—Killed : Privates P T Hodge, J J Dea
sod, JII Fergerson, B L Ogden. Wounded :
Sergt Jas M Ball, severely iu loft arm; privates
A ii Hoard, severely in left thigh; John J Bear
don severely through mouth; FSt Ainaod,
slight in head; David Madox, slight in right
hand; John Barnes, slightly left thigh; Henry
Hamilton, in righ t arm, since amputated; l> S
Turner, slightly in left arm; J B Clark, slignt
ly left foot. Missing-Corpl M r M Greer, sup
posed dead. oth—Wounded—Sergt vV M Mai
let, severely left fore arm; privates Win Wal
lace, slightly left fore arm.
Cos H—Capt S E G'a«s. Commanding.
6ih— Not in engagement, suppor'ing batte
ries.
9th—Wounded—Lieut J E McKinley, slight
in right foot; Privates JohnChaiin, severely in
left shoulder; Thos Davis, slightly right hand;
Samuel Price, left thigh
Cos V Capt T II Hodgkiss, Commanding.
Gth—Not engaged, detached to support bat
teries.
9th—Killed—Private M B Griffin. Wound
ed : Private W L Sweet, mortally through
breast ; J T Reynolds, severely iu hip ; W \Y
Rhodes, severely iu side ; Jacob Kicks, slight
ly right- foot ; I) F I’owell, slight in left thigh;
R L Truluck. slight on forehead ; J D English,
slightly in left thigh ; M W Justice, slightly
in back ; Corpl A S Maxwell, severely through
head.
Cos K—Capt Geo A Cunningham, common ling.
Gth—Not engaged, detached to support bat
teries.
tUh—Wounded Lieut M B Potts, very
slightly in head by shell ; Corpl J Ai Gardner,
slightly, right hip.
FROM MeXiCO.
Official dispatches received from Mexico,
state that President Juarez entered tho city of
Chihuahua, on the 12th oi October last,having
met. with a very enthusiastic reception from the
people of that ci‘y, as well as from the inhabi
tants of other towns in that State. The Mexi
can President had intended to establish his
residence in tbo city of Durango, after that
city was occupied by the National forces ; but
the* Fiencft having obtained a victory at Es
tauzucla, on the 10th, the Mexican army had
to withdraw to Chihuahua. President Juarez
is there, busily engaged in organizing another
unny to cany on more efficiently the war
against tho invaders. He writes to a friend of
his in this city in tha most hopeful manner.
Tho general impression in Mexico appears
t> bo that Maximilian’s rule has so many ob
stacles in its way that it cannot stand more
than six mouths, even in case the Mexican pat
riots should hereafter be us unfortunate as
hitherto. Maximilian has set aside the Church
Pffi-'ly, which was the means by v> liic-h he went
to Mexico, and has exiled two of its principal
leaders, lie wishes to conciliate the Liberals,
but in that he will certainty fail, and ho will
remain without any hold on the Mexican peo
ple. His principal trouble is, just now, his
want of money and, of credit to borrow any.
A Monterey Jester, says General Almonte is
now the great Marshal of. the Court and Min
ister of the Empire. Hon. Pierre Soule has ar
r'u cd iu Mexico on a mission for tb.e Ocufed
eiate States. On the frontier the authorities
are more friendly tQ tha Confederacy. Gen.
Florentine Lop-re, a Spaniard, bv birth, is
awaiting in Monterey the return of Gen. Mejia,
to proceed to the lino of the Rio Grande. He is
to have 3,00 Q men, and Lis headquarters will
bo at Piejjras Negraa.
FROM MOOD’ti ARM Y-
Brigadier General John Adams, of the Mis
sissippi Brigado, says a correspondent of the
Selma Rebel, was shot through the body at
Franklin nine fime3. No ono over died more
bravely or gallantly.
At Columbia, Tcua , says a correspondent,
hats nod boots were gobbled up by officers for
$lO and sl4 each in Confederate monev. Oar
army got medical supplios sufficient tor six
months.
It is certain that Hood's army has recrossed
tho Tennessee river, but beyond this fact wo
have no definite information. There is a re
port that he is moving on Corinth, and an
other that he will establish his headquarters at
Columbus, Mississippi. The Northern report
that their forces have possession of the rail
read between Hood and Corinth is doubtless
true. It is probably occupied by the force
which came from Memphis; estimated at about
ten thousand men, mostly negroes. Hood rrr.v
march upon this force with a view to its and
- uiition or capture, or he may turn towards
Blue Mountain A few days will determine.
FROM MISSISSIPPI,
Avery considerable force is moving from
Memphis on Corinth, most of whom are infan
try.
The raiders upon the Mobile and Ohio rail
road ure cavalry alone, without artillery or
trains. All of tliei* baggago and supplies aro
carried on pack mules, which enables them to
move about with celerity.
Quite a number of persons who had started
lor Tennessee and Kentucky, to see their fam
ilies, were turned back by the interruption on
the Mobile and Ohio railroad.
The Yankees under Grierson were in Grena
da at last accounts, where they captured a
couple of. trains and a great many stores that
could not be removed.
The Meridian Clarion of Dec. 3d, says that
on Thursday last Gen. Cheatham's corps was
at luka. Forrest was expected at Corinth on
Friday. The army crossed principally at
Biiabi'idge, near Tuscumbia.
During the year 1804, four thousands eight
hundred and nine vessels arrived at the port
cf New York from 'oreigh ports-a doorcase
of two hundred and seventy three ftotn 1563.
This decrease ia very Blight when the natural
effects of the war are taken into consideration.
But few of these vessels carried the American
flag. One hundred and ninety-eight thousand
three hundred and forty-two passengers ar
rived, the meet of them emigrants, who have
settled in this country.
COAFirBER ATi'- s— i*,-.;
# , '
Mr. iuil, cf Givuxr: :, ;>r se'bfed - letter from
UK* army relative to lie* purchase
. ■ .
the Com ml < re
r ,, G t?* Henry Gro-, member oVei from tha
ala Q ;.u LeaLvuc, j.-y, var d f v;as
duly qUalii'n-d tV: ■ I C( .L 1 ; v
‘ thol’res
.
*■'''■ ■ I -U pa,, .help
wr-g.a. W , . . ... .....
paid the am n ’ th and la.'icg it to
be thftmnsjri the t-msy toat the soldiers
shoual bspn-.i m y t-* anur ■„]] oiher . redit
-018 of the. Government. llMenyJ to Special
Committee ou Soldiera’ Pay.
The following r. sri’uiia,.. were .alopleil •
1 istrunl ng* the (
and P-st R. ad- to inquiie iaio the i xpediancv
•of authorizing the Pcs>.master G- i to pro
cure United Stales jH.si.y .* stamps and distri
bute them to ; ost uas rs for i ale, with a view
t-o facilitare cci:;Mui:h aiiou with our soldiers
now prisoners of v, .ar iu Hm liauds of (he ene
my : ho ft ink
ing priviiiigo during ih-ir c-aptivitv.
Instructing t’co Commirice on Quartermaster
and CommDsary Departmonts te inquire into
the expe<li;*ncv of ali.i.riix iiFuct-surs under the
tax bit.' to purchase '• - ;.*«for one horse.
Calling (be lOientio.i the President to rc*s
olutious herd .fi-.v; a-ioufed by idle House call
ing for celdaiik r i.rcsaondcncti.'arul official re
port- from Geu. Joseph J. Johnston, to which
:io response l.ad been communicated (o the
Hones.
Instruct?'':;? the Conn*;Pee on Naval Affairs
to inquire into 1 -of
giving tJikei'.s who resigned pusitions i;> tire
Uijic l Buries navy, to cuter l Ue’pei vice ol (ho
Cantedcrate -m fl; of tho 19th fic
tion ol dm act of Mar*, hC. 1 1. which kDoiv*
nine doll irs per monll) - I pay for eac!
five y.s's’ s-< \. ho have resSgneil
jiosliions in ibe U: Si a! ;s one Io outer , ms,
counting fr the flat- ;•!’ 4. air commissions
in the i . at uiy
A resolution in. 1 ueC >g the Committee on
Claims to ii qu. 'e ri;. evoa-rieiicy of pro
viding payn; • t lor pv :--riv dc .troyed by live,
by reason of, and while in the occup-uik-u of
tro-ps.
Th- fallowing wore appropriately referred :
A bid to .a'lUi'u a- K hpi'ail acooinmodUicna
and treatment, iue i!diii<? jatieun, to be uliovn-d
to certa-n cflicom am! o’tliera resigned, retired
or di charged.
To allow army ml si*.navies to purchase ra
tions and e.
To amend the ac: for tho reduction of the
currency -i to au'.!:oi-::a anew i; sue of notes
and bonds.
To incr-ise !h-a pay cf ofilcCvs, nan-commis
siotiod ciiVia is Kil jivlvit'.s
A iesoiu",ou - that there was no
Put pose on (lie p ■■: ,;f i! a House to Introduce
negro troop in tlie . leclmiug that
while we have pet fei ( confi homo in the abilii v
a'd pairiouain of ih ii .idv.i.t, this House
cannot iiud.’i't.-ku -a. - --a a ids : cccmmendii
tion with regard io urination of slaves
for faithful servi -a
A r*'solution <!>:■*. Clerk of tlm House
have printed, from lime to time, foi; ihe use of
the m» Dibeis, l-h:: .b.-uvnal of ihe preseut session.
SENATE—DEC. 29.
'tire Commit: •i to .1- iiclary reported
back lovornuly !■ ■•- b:i! provide lor the
«o»|m nc-ation hose slaves have
h' *-‘n lost in llu v-cv. i-a oft! o Confederate
Staffs. ... . ■! o printed
The Cu-iir i ! : l !-. !o:f th : i: -iiate. a conunu
nicatioa irooi t. ,:• .; > - -p.,. j ireasury,
> ■ o o . commissioner of
ta.yss,, lnr tv ur .. : ' y y=i and, partm-nt,
which was laid on fa ia.'-'-.
II i'-'a —DEC. £9.
T!:n fllmir iao l a. . tho llons-a a. message
from tlm ITcahoiiit, :a.!,am ring that he had
approved she act hit:;. . ir.g t.he pay of iflerks,
and making ct rtahjsop to a supplu
mental act on fa- v,l,j-.; t. Un'orred.
Tiio- folio'.,, ~ were -.red : A hiri Joainr-rel
the act of 'Sot, n :: ;■ lor lire printing,
disfribulden no 1 eu.-iiMy of‘lire va.vs, and to
provide fur l,c n ; po : .1 an additional
clerk in tho iu*;-. o ;> ! ,! : : :—u!b7> pro
vi lea for a chan .■ ; ■ it* e at. •*• of copies of
ih’o laws to tv* pro •••), ; .tu • manner <*f
their Ueririmiricm ; icoovv-'-ii-g the pay «f ma
trons in the ho p: Jo -and ••ilowing them ul
timo.; io joovio.i i.»-- ll; .• caucoltaiion of R*ur
pc4’ Cent, bonds ou t u;oJ ui. ah's Tccoivedhi
paymmt oi U,- a-i o;!i.u*; u'.'.'.icMm.-s ; giv -
ing o:m suit of uniform doming and cuLin
aims, &o , j.*er nuoopr .. . , ; ,-f th- omiy in
Uio field unde, bin;.: .u-1 of 1 in; navy un
der captain, fuel io -• h J. bl-.-d ciiic.aH as
are on duty <v,a .»; ere— nuit nothing
in the hiil; ouli ba c ■ ; nd its pro
visions to .pi' ee.l eomndi-aal'icz,
(other th'-.n i-'u !i ? ; J,- , o,; Ryr _
vice) who Os -d ::i t ... coiioefiOM t.i Lho
tax in kiiiii. *
The Com in J tee on v :-y.; ao: Means reported
a bill autiaoi iz:. ;:i . . yof tho Treas
ury to purchaae oi i*.i \- ea other corpora
tions nil auioi-ui ■*! ■. : i ‘I ;if.g Uiirt'y
niiiiiou.-. iri:d:- : - -. ', mado'
special ord;. ,i .
-Tho Fame con:.:. ~i. y-.1-.-d a Ser , ~..
cousuiiiug ii;.:*. : , of Ulrt
fltbo v. J til Welch .*• v:. ; a: a,,;-:, le.u ,;; tC(I
with the reoaim-oi..';,u iiiae, )* s )
and propo
was placcu ou tie; oi-ffijcdto be
pn nu»a,
'irre Military Ct u:mi' . „UR
giauting to eri;,-.o;. p ) ; y<! <. s> v . h. -.i travel
ing on turee.ighii, amppi-ai <<• tho
point noaresi. iheir ,„. OV ;,!,d. thorn
Shall be no c«mr. :traus .
portal,ion m kmq,
Tbo Mtov-; lll „,iii .. a bill giving
rcßiguiiu offiq-,;« tire , o ,:in.g tho
company ,y : ‘ Vl , u , n
SUlcratlOu the L . • e . ~:e!. session.
*. .f.tXL tub IT'ci'm;. iHa ure' A correspon
dent ot ti.c .. ,T. ; coin ill at
ing severely i’; .:: to.. id plan j,tuf.-d at
KlCamond : 'i a:, ?v' *. t;> i: • ; *ll power*,
ami TT< ~;s ,• ; n udmin
iS! I*; i . .il.-.,. ■ ’ | . GcOl -
gin ought to j;U* !’<_»:
Let. tho !>'- ; : Ii » ! rv-: “vcb j of thf*ir
peb'tious, to ?: , it .crkhinaming a
Jpy for the ] o:‘' v:.’i«.tj.s counties to
meet aw doer •.! .. ‘ : ';> ? ■ ;-.ra a coovcutioii,
and r.I i-> ’-J: ; v U:; such
convent-*Ol. •* i ! : *.vi,*..?.» ho iqq\
Would bo i< (oto <1 ■ . .*» y mHi-crs of public
\VC<>l| id I«’ r* * • 'il• >* I JtDti p’lOpO*
HitloJi ay V. :cy jn -h . , v. ?';! .*; think
proper. let t In?•;».? cu.Mifd to a vet** of
the pf-.bp]**, •.t .1 ••• •- ! ./-» or rejection;
for lho ach; of ■ ir*--so: s o cmiv.r.tiou phouJrj over
ho conStitifie-i t • b ’: l g ui’ til ratified
by a mre.oiriy *, - ;•
, aa ice '<*4 •'!! i . --r ,in his
last our. tit! m ‘Ji;< j . ; qan never
make j* , ■ • u a;. ,i. j,-. iwparat*
Stutei is ixn si; I ; .- : ' r.'lmlfiary to any
treniy o, y • : • ; , , y- t |,„
S)jon«T:i::i; • t :u
*' v ‘ ’V : ; :r >• (tret
t,:e uc-y-asiuiioas „« c*. : -so already suit-
CiO*} 4. w*.>j*ral!;y the. ii* •; o*;?• iii and rftvccprolul
ambition, and otiirh-l to D.'.-.fy the epicurean,
dewm,* ot tboss v.-no -revo been gloating iu
tho luxuii'Sa’i'lc-x!- > . gancies oi high liv
ing, before uni •/n tl.-r-t, as well as (he
mercenary nvi: i'r of t'. ■; who have become
rick by coining money from the blood of tho
soldiers, aud extortin:- tia: means of sm tenanco
from their wives and cbiidrci:.
Cuxt’fl Liorii' BATTirer.—-Amx-xol is a list of
the killed and wound-- lia jq a Clinch Lirrlit
Battery «t Fort McAJsi. r, Dee. IS :
Killed—Lieut R 0 Hansard, Kergt W H
Buchan and 3 Vv'.-anrih. -Frivates T A Craw
ford, E Come, i .... J r Oberry. D Joiner, Wm
Rowel) J J Gar.m .
Wounded—Capt N J! Clinch severely, elev
en wounds, (sabre, bayonet and gunshot) iu
head, arm, and body; Lieut W P Scbirm (rileht,
head; Copt J UuwH ri-ut I re; Cop! W II ciia**-
oey tick; p.i-; ' < J Wirm right leg amputa-
Wd; J Daily right a-m nrei.iitateu: B Uireh
face flesh; TJ Got. : severely; J A Pn : -
cot left arm.JD Crawford leg slight;' W L:m -
ler finger; W Hall left arm; L Thomas head
and shoulder; B Joiner.right thffih and head
assxr****"*’'!*^
Misbing—John Lewis,