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li£TTIU FROM lIO*V. JOri\ A I.ii.VKlt. ' : »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,