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Treason i traitors :
We have re,id lately in government organs a
great deal of senseless twaddle übout treason.
Some of these papers have even gone so far as
to “want traitors.” They are ranting and rav
ing about matters of which they know but
little, in order to convince the public of their
excessive patriotism and loyalty. Their of
forts thus fat do not appear to have amounted
to much. Neither will they. Thu public can
seethe jealous hate and envy which underlies
all their acts. In their vain aud futile endeavors
to injure others,Jt bey will find in the end that
thoy have only injured themselves. In their
blind and impotent rage, they accuse others of
what they only have been gui.ty,
What is treason ? Who ure traitors ? These
are questions which the papers we refer to
would do well to a-k themselves. Before they
impugn others or their motives, it would be
quite proper for them to see if their own receipt
is clear. Before .they charge others with so'
great crimes, perhaps it would not come amiss
for them to find out their nature.
The crime of treason in every country can
only bo committed against the government of
the country. To ascertain whether a par!y is or
is aot guilty, it is necessary to find out the na
tuio of the government under which ho lives.
In those countries where the one man power
is the government, to oppose him is to oppose
the government—-is treason. la each and
every nation, under different* forma o£ govern
ment, a different act can be constituted ns
treason.
Our government is a Republican govern
ment. At least it has the name of boiug such.
The people still believe they have a const?
tution. No royal edict bus as yet abrogated
It. Although it sometimes seems as if it need
ed not such a proclamation to wipe out the
last vestige of civil liberty. The government !
of this country is yet tbo const! tn den. Many
newspapers, however would f tin havo us be
lieve otherwise and are doing all in their pow
er to make their readers belove so. They are
endeavoring to iafuse into the public mind the
absurd idea that the will of President Davis
is the‘government, and that to oppose him or
even to criticise bis acts, ia treusou ! What a
monstrosity ! What a fallacy !
Treason! what, is it? Opposition to the
government 1 The government—what is. it ?
The Constitution ! Those therefore only who
trample upon thg Constitution are guilty of
treason. Who are they ? Those who pass un
Constitutional laws. Those who advocate the
jxtssige of unconstitutional Is>vs. Those who
uphold those who commit treasoualdp' acts
thus becoming participants in the crime.
A good government is one of the greatest
of earthly blessings. It should bo the grand
object of all people who reside in a coufitry
which Jps a constitution to piescryo it intact.
I# a constitutional government in worth any
tiling it is at least worthy of being kept pure.
If there is an illegal exercise of power on the
part of those elected to carry cut the princi
ples of the constitution, it should be firmly aud
unyieldingly resisted. Even If no immediate
harm should remit from the transgression, it
should not be permitted to pass by unnoticed
or unrebuked. Every encroachment shoMd
S,a carefully looked after with a jealous fiyo by
the people. Those who aro entrusted with
delegated authority should bo held to stitoi ac
countability. rubric mischiefs, it permitted,
will in time overthrow any constitutional form
of government We fWould not wait for great
evils to come but should attend to kee ping small
matters right, in order to prevent great evils
from occurring.
The people have a right to discuss the offi
cial conduct of the Executive of tlris Confeder
acy. They albP have a right to discuss the
acts of their repreiteutatives, whether State or
National. No power can constitutionally de
prive them of that right. It the? permit that
right tobo wrested from them they arc un
worthy of the name of freemen. Yes! more—
they would become slaves! slaves most ab
ject and debased.
We believe in a good government. We
believe tbe only way to preserve a good gov
ernment from becoming corrupt la to criticise
the acts of thohe called io administer it. Wo
shall continue to criticise tho acts of th is,
elected to administer i#’.r government ns bold
ly in the future as in the past. We shall
do it without fear or taxor. We shall do it
without asking leave or license of auy admin
istration official or of any truckling adminis
tration organ. If this be treason in the opin
ion of our opponents, they are at pet feet liberty
*o make what they can out of it.
A Good Sion.—A letter from an able Rich
mond correspondent will be found in another
column. He is a gentleman who is behind the
•oenes, and vs well acquainted with some of
tbe wqjjtiogs of the political machinery.
There U one fact he mentions which wiil glad
dm*he heart of every patriot. The fact that
there Is a strong current in Congress in favor
of negotiation. He also intimates that even,
•ome of the strong war members are beginning
■So return to their senses, and are in favor ot
trying to see what can be done by talking.
Theme things are encouraging.
Another fact is mentioned—an important
fact It is too. The fact that the opinions of the
war member* of Congress are being changed
by 0» decree for peace which have been ex
presued by tbe people. This should encourage
the latter to speak out more freely. The ball
ha* pfMmdbd rolling and every one should
■wilt b* keeping it in motion. If Congress
finds the people are determined to have an
honorable peace made by negotiation, they
will have to make one. Let the people -ftpak
out.
Tub Situation is Norik Georgia.— The sit
uation ol affairs in North Georgia, according
to all accounts is truly lamentable. Murder
and robbery appear to be the order of the day,
There is no security—no safety for life or
property. The country is infested by a band
ot plunderers ws?we will is law, and who take
from the inhabitants every thing they desire.
Murder is frequently committed. In short an
archy is the order of the day. The parties
who commit the crimes are deserters. The
predatory bands ere so large that they
have thus far successfully resisted a!! at
tempts to capture and puffish thorn
Truly this is p lanunlablc state c-f affairs.
It has beer, brought about by many causes—
causes which still exist, and which will row
coulinno to exist as Icr-g as the war lact. If
this clrugglo is .not soon brought to un honor
able dose— almost every section of the Confed
eracy will ho in the same condition ns the sec
tion above e’enribed. Anarchy—bloody an- *
arehy is staring us boidy in the face.
Tun Meeting at Tuo.viasvii.lb— We learn that
a meeting was held in Tuomasviile, Ga , a few
days since. Wo have not seen the proceed
ings. We understand, however, that among
the resolutions passed was one plainly Mating
that it was impossible for President Davis and
President Lincoln to settle our national troub
les. Another spoke of (ha necessity of and
advised the calling of a Stale Convention.
The meeting was a very large one. ,Sever
al speeches were made for and against the res
olutions. Everything p: 1 - cd off quioMy.
Brlg/Gon. Glenn, who goes in for “demolish
ing” meetings of this kind, can see that he can
not cm; h out freedom of opinion in Georgia.
The ball has commenced rolling and a!) the
force and all the patronage the administration
cart bring to bear, cannot- stop it in-its onward
progress.
Georgia is still a sovereign State. The peo
ple are the power. They are determined to be
hoard ia the matter. And what is more, they
will bo !
Things are Wobkins.—lt will be seen by a
telegraphic dispalcli elsewhere that the Cov -
entor has ic.-ucd a call convening Jhd Legisla
ture.
This is good news. Yv'e are glad that the
Leghlatuie of Georgia is to meet. There i 8 1
now one tay of j : g€t which iliumiuaics* the
hi thi rto dark horizon. If tbe Legislature of
Georgia do their whole duly and quail net, j
soon all wit! be bright and nremisjeg.
What tbo people want is a Slate Convention
—a convention of men who can and
something Awards settling cur existing difll
t allies by negotiation. Let tbo Legislature
call a convention. Let ibe people see tut.' 1 :
right, ir.cn are elected to that convention
—m, n who ai o equal to the times, and all will *
be well.
Let the people er.ee more take courage
T hero is now r. prosju et of get ting that which
w© are figbtfrg for by other means than the'
bioody sword.
Scarcity or run visions A private letter re
ceived in this city states that inDekalbcounty
Georgia, and more especially in the vicinity of
Stone Mountain, the people are almost at star
vation point. Corn is not to be had at any
price. Meal at Atlanta is .selling at §l6 per
bushel. Soldiers, families and others aro re
duced to a .quart of meal per we-. U. without
meat of any kind. The country lms«>ccc com
pltii-ly stripped by the Yankee and Confeder
ate forces.
The recent heavy rain washed away the
milk and fences. Stragglers and other preda
Tory bands arc stealing everything, that they
find. Nii mails are received! There is no
transportation in the country. Will not tin; Gov
ernment do something for the sufferers? Wo
have been requested to appeal to the Gov
crmncift and the people to extend relief to
ike people of Dejfalb. We have stated their
case, which we c-t rider the strongest appeal
which can be m;v‘e. Who will move in the
piattei?
—CCIA—
Mobile 'to kb Anvtcrnio.—The report that a
large Lumber of Fed. l ral transports }.sd passed
dotfn tbo Mississippi, aud that an expedition
of fifteen thousand strong was fitting out in
•New Orleans, to be landed fat*Pascagual, c-x
--ffites some little apprehension in Mobile. The
Tribune of Sunday says: Mobile, of course-, is
their expected destination. We have reassn
to believe that there is some truth in t#s re
port. for we have been told by several of the
returned Fort Gaines prisoners that the i auk./ps
just before they left Now Orleans and Ship Is
land, declared that Mobile was a doomed city,
g;;,i that they intruded to take it shortly; so
probably iti-y are preparing to carry their
threats into execution.
Ax Important Dmuswx.-We understand that
the government ha- decided, in the cue of
Mr. Augustus Spann, Jatccl'Mi.* isdppideceas
ed', who was an exempted agrieullui.-f, that
where a detail or exemption wire revoked, or
•the detailed or exempted parly died, only a
payment pro rata for the. time the party enjoy
ed tbo detail or exemption, would be exacted. |
This decision was elicited from the Secretary
of War by a letter front A. G. Mayers, Esq,, on
the subject of the liability of the estate- of Mr.
Spaun. he having died a few months after he
was exempted.
Gen. Jobssto*—The South Carolina delega
tion in Congress waited in a body last Monday
upon the President of the Confederate States,
aud presented the request which had been for
warded to them by Gcv. Magrath, to appoint
Gen. J. E. Johnston to the command of the
troops in this department. The President de
clined to make the appointment as desired.—
We have not learned to whom he will tender
the' command.
A Bloody tlradsgy. —A bloody; rencontre
occurred at Hack Mill, in Burke Cos.. Jan IT,
between Mr. S. Jtl. Perkins and Capt C. J.
Reed, of Cos. E, Second Regiment, Georgia
Militia, which resulted in the death of ibe lat
ter. He was shot in three places, Forkias
escaped unhurt.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRU ARY, 11865.
AS EXTRAORDRSAKY LEXTER.
• We Icy before cur readers to-day a letter
of a most extraordinary character. It is from
a man who holds the office of a Brigadier Gen
eral in the Confederate service. Ia it he frank
ly confesses what he has done. For the great
wrong he bus committed upon the citizen and
upou c-ivii liberty, he appears to have no apolo
gy to make; on the contrary, he not only under
takes to justify Limeelt far exercising despotic
power, but he intimates that he would exercise
it again if opportunity offers.
The position taken by this Confederate of
ficial ought not to surprise the people. It
does not surprise those wjjso have kept watch
of the movements of those who have cootioi
of the ass :iis at Richmond. The act commit
ted in ,1 .ekeon county is in perfect keeping
with the acts committed by tho Confederate
Congress. Despot ism is the same every where—
whether exercised ever a small body of citi
zens assembled in council or exercised over a
whole country. *
Gen. Glenn in breaking up the meeting has
been guilty oi an assumption of power unpar
alleled in any free govornrneatol[o has tram
pled under foot the very right we are fighting
to vindicate—(he right of self-government.—
He has no right, un-his official capacity, to at
tend any meeting of citizens whatever. If he
does not approve of the object of a meeting he
has the privilege of staying away. If .the peo
ple pass treasonable resolutions, t hen it is time
for (ho authorities to act ia 'the matter. And
it is the duty of the civil authorities to ccfc in
such cases, not the miliiary. Gen. Glenn ar
gues that it is di?toyal for the people to meet
aud consult about matter#which interest them.
We do not know where he gets his authority
for such an assertion. Every good govern
ment grants ibis privilege to the citizen. The
privilege was carefully guarded in the old
Censlitution. it is declared (o b.-au inviola
ble right in the Confederate Constitution..—
Even in England, a moaarcbial government-,
this right ir, field to bo so sac-reel that when
O’Conneil was “agitating in Iceland” —poor,
down-lroddei, “rebellious Ireland”—the peo
ple we.ro permitted pcacably to hold their
“monster meetings,” at which the policy of ti e
Government was boldly and unsparingly .de
nounced and a redress of grievances demand
ed !
We ar J of tbe opinion that it is not disloyal
for tho people of Georgia lo as.-a ruble in coun
cil whenever they, have a mind to* do so. If
it is, the quicker they show Iheir disloyalty
the better. If matters have progressed that
far, the people should know it it once—before
it is too late'to retrieve.
We have one woid to say to the people o<
Georgia. If you see fit to assemble in council
do so. ty'fc no tbrepit of any military official
intimidate yon. It is a guaranteed constitu
tional privilege you have the 'perfect right to
exorcise. And if it be necessary for you to
defend it, do it.
Just think of it, reader—the doctrine that
you have no right to hold peaceful meeting;-!
Outrageous! Monstrous!
Wo shall probably refer to this subject again.
Fp.om^\Tj,minoton —The Journal of Monday
r-trater that tho Yankees appear to have left
their base In front oTSfaj. Gteii. Hoke’s forces
on Sunday end concentrated at Fort Fisher.—
Their fleet has also disappeared. They of course
hold Fort I i.-her. Whether they have re-cat
barked their main body, wo ure unable to say.
They occupy Smitliville, it having boon evac
uated by our forces.
Two Yankee deserters say that tho Federate
hu'-e re-embarked with the exception of a
thousand men loft ia Fort Fisher.
A«i Confederate prisoners captured at Fort
Ftefcor have boon sent North.
Thq poor at Wilmington arc suffering great
ly for want of food and clothing.
Grant's orders to Butler show that the move
ment against this place was intended primari
ly t° affect (he capture of Fort Fisher, and the;
consequent doling of the port. Secondarily,
the captuio of the town of Washington seems
to have been included as part of (he programme
if it could be done at once, but apparently not
otherwise.
BiiiOADTKR Grneral, not Mit.—The Consti
tutionalist refers to the officer who dispersed
a citizens' meeting in Jackson county, Ga., as
“Mr. Jesae A. Glean. They also aasert that
he is but n oitcicu of Georgia.
This is incorrect. The man by whose au
thority the meeting was broken up ifi Jackson
county, 1. aa old cor in the Confederate service,
and holds the position of Brigadier General.
Asa Oontoderate official tho Administration is
responsible for his acts. It is no use for its
supporters to dodge* the question. Wp have
undertaken to create no false impression. We
have given facts, a greater uat;age upon civ
il liberty has never been committed. And if
the people submit tamely to such acts, thoy
w !l show that they are wholly unworthy of
oven the a.«ae of freemen.
Feosi Savk.vaii —Ageiuterrpm who bar, just
arrival from below s-’-ys that the Federal
Secretary of Wav issued an order to Gen.
Sherman to send out of the city out of the
hues all the wives ot the Confedeiato officers.
Gen. Sherman, it is said, declared that the or
der was an inhuman one, and that he would
not obey it.
It is said that tho Central Railroad is in com
plete repair to No. lour aud a' half—forty-five
miles from Savannah, and that trains run daily.
Tuk Macon & Atlanta Railroad. —The
trains on the Western and Atlanta Railroad
will hereatto- leave Macou at seven A. M.—
arriving at Jonesboro at half past two P. M.
Returning will leave Jonesboro at half past
Itme P. M.—arriving at Macon at half past sev
en P. M. The Railroad connects at Jonesbo
ao with hacks for Atlanta.
Extensive and Daring Burglary. --The
store of C. C. Drake under the Southern States
Hotel wa- entered on Friday night, and rob
bed of between $50,000 and $75,000 worth of
goods.
The Situatiok. — A planter of Noxubee coun
tv, Mississippi, the assessed valuation of whose
property before the war was $200,00, offers the
whole for §15,000 in gvid!
-t\ BXTR YOKDIXAKY LETTER !
THE OBJECT AND PURPOSES OF SOME
A DMINISTRA T ION OFFICIALS
IN GEORGIA!
FREE SPEECH TO BE SUPPRESSED !
Free BRcinsioa to be Stepped !
LE fTER FROM GEN. GLENN ON DISPERS
ING MEETINGS OF CITIZENS!
• Headquautbrs Glenn's Cavalry, I
Atiibss, Geo., Jan. 18,4805.)
Editor Chronicle it Sentinel :
.In regard tu tke.editoiials in tho “ Southern
Banner" and “Athens Watchman," which if
you publish you will p’.eass publish this from
me.
Tfcf.l there ia an important movement set on
foot at present in Georgia, there can be no
doubt. Those who are in favor of a Conven
tion must know that it will result in Georgia
withdrawing from the Confederacy, if not a
reconstruction of the old Union.
I have recently traveled over a considerable
portion of tho State and have heard the people
talk. 1 am satisfied what they wiil do if permit
ted.
If a convention be sailed in Georgia under
the present move, she will be sure to withdraw
from the Confederacy. Inm satisfied this is
the object of the present movement.
What good will it do to have t convention ?
Do you want it to declare that we will fight on
5 r- this struggle for rational bfc ? That, has
been fully resolved upon. Lot she people tako
their guns and go to the front. Do you want a
convention to give- the people a chance to ex
press their views on the slate of the country
generally ? T'hat is well known. Do you want
a Convention to instruct Gov. Brown f If so
he wiil be imtilted.
Dr you want a conv,mi ion to know what of
your civil liberty yon will yield up to the mili
tary? That you know at pieseut.
Do you want a eouveWion to know whether
cr not negroes h a'd be put in the army? It
we don’t put them in the Yankees will.
Do you want a convention to know whether
or not.wo wiil submit to a further suspension
of the writ of habeas corpus ? It will not,
be suspended against these who justly merit its
application,
What do you want a convention for! The
palpable reason Is to adopt means of recon
struction.
• It wiil be seen that I van right in this view.
In meetings which may be held to bring about
this convention they mvy* resolve what they
please, or soy what they choose, and make
lair promises as to intentions; but if reconstruc
tion be treason, then ibore ia treason at the
foundation of the present movement
If 1 had my way there should not be a
meeting in any county of tho State. lam sat
isfied the military will have to take possession
of this matter. Call it military despotism or
nor, itwif&iave to be done.
In going to Jackson county I went on my
own responsibility.
It in propOr that I should state that T am rais
ing a command for Confederate service, which
has not yet been tenueied to the War Depart
ment, ffCgSB A. Cj-LLNU.
miW •
The Emancipation Project.— The more we
think of the project started nt'Richmond to sell
out to foreign milieus the mo re we are struck
with Ike inanity of the idea . One example of
the rain brought on the West Indies by the
emancipation policy, is as gqgd as a hundred.
The result baa been the same in sill cases. The
facts in this one c.v.c are given in she following
extract from a communication in the New t)r=-
leans Times: »
The first instance cSf emancipation which I
shall adduce is that of St. Domingo, because it
is the most important of any other, and* the
authority ou which l rely is the omiuont histo
rian Alison, whose “History of Europe’tia one
of the most accredited works of m-nlerislitera-.
turn, and who, by sympathy, naturally inclined
to favor abolition.
“This French colony,” says Alison “was im
mensely productive, exceeding all tbe British
IslandsX.-gather,ns experts including the Span
ish portion were £18,400,000, and its imports
£lo.ooo,oo'* sterling Eighteen hundred ves
sels apd 2<,000 sailors were employed in* con
ducting the vast •colonial traffic. It was this
splendid and unequaled colonial possession
which tho French nation Thrown away and de
stroyefti nt tbe coiußuascement of thh revolu
tion, wi ll a recklessness aiid improvidence of
which tho previous history of tho. wo*T4 bad
a horded go example.’’
Rcfewina to the inferiority of tbe negro race,,
this accomplished writer says;
If the negroes are inferior ia either vigor,
courage, oriutdiigeiiee, to the European, how
her it happened ib t they have remained for
aty thouv'.cd years in the savage state'? It is
impossible to arrive a5 any other oonciuMCn
but that ia the qualities requisite to create and'
perpejuate ciri.ii/,-fit -a, the Atricau is decided
ly inferior to the European race, and if any
doubt could exist ou this subject, it would bo
removed by the subsequent history of the
present state of tbe Uavtian Republic.
One fact has been established. 'The longer
this war exists the l:--ss slaves there will beat
the close. Aa honorable peacp wiil save what
there is left of the institution. Every one who
does not desire to see ibis country reduced to
the level of St, ; Domingo should do all in his
power to have existing difficulties settled.—
We shalktoever hare a peace, unless we take
steps in tua'c direction. And the sooner those
who wish hostilities to cease move, the Eooner
will they see their desire gratified.
The Situation . —At a public meeting in
Leake county. Miss., it was stated that there
was two thousand aud three hundred destitute
persons in the county, families of deceased and
living soldiers. Governor Clark, says the
Beacon, was-petitioned by the meeting to con
vene the Legislature at an early day, and that
he recommend'd tax on the whole State to
meet the deficiency in said county, and such
other counties a; may be in a like condition. »
One Cause ot Failure.—So long as our gov
ernment keeps in high command military men
who are guilty of *ha low and disgusting prac
tice of dninkennesE. just so long will our coun
try's cause remain in doubt, and the people be
the victims of injustice, incompeteney and op
pression. The people can have no confidenc®
is such men. in either their words or acts.
Lncoxsjstenyt iuowx rr.—The organs v: tv;-
Richmond powers throughout the c -
violently opposed to Ptate # convenrit-.; .
though it is a eoa-tihn ional m .v.-meni. •...
papers claim it is not. At the same the. them
very papers are advocating tbe uncenstbut!. -
al ideas of the Central Government inlt-tfc-ri:.-
with slavery in the States, and celling cut
foreign powers oh the emancipation pr< ju
Tho Columbus Sun tells these gentlemen—why
think everything unconstitutional which tk m
not originate in their fanatical heads—s ine
plain truths. Here they aro :
“The objection urged against n Convention
of the SVntes, or Inter-State negotiations of
peace, by the Administer-tkm' p-.q»e-s tI.H
such a measure would be u«c •mrtiir.r >d:i'- :
that it implies the lissolutiinr of “ (•, :fo.:.
ate Union, and ia rot therefore pr:-.t-;ic: :
The Euquirer and the Sentinel, at RtcinuotK],
each have made this objection.
“TheConstitutian expiossiy forbids ' ■
oral Government, to interfere in any « .
the question of slavery. Any prop ■>,
therefore, by K to foreign powers. ha-Vd i
the policy of emancipation, would be «ne»-.-.<'
tutional and revolutionary; and all fir
tions bagod upon interference with si-.* l
the States, cau only look.to a dis*;'m:«.v. ot
the Confederate compact, since all sms; props -
eitions are in express opposition to tbo* to; mo,
of the coihpact. But we have seen that bo b
of those journals are now prepared to \r
gradual emancipation i/Engl and 'aud - F ran.-
will signify their willingness to w-ccgrd- ■ra i ’
consideration therefor. They ure \.-ij„ ;
advocate a dissolution of the Ooufedcr;- :■ com j
pact, and establishment ot' an impwiui term j
Government in its stead, whenever ti- •; ■ :
archies of Europe signify their v/'liin 1 •to j
recognjye ns upon such condition.; but they
are not willing to advocate a Pea-vr iai-.ii.ii ■ |
which does 'not look to .Centvaliz itinn.
“Do you say that necessity supersedes ;•••;
law. and that emancipation, or tbe ;. ■ •;
of declaration of 177(5, may be justified r.i,i
of Constitutional limits'? The 5... no ere ■
may be urged in favor of a general ere.;, • .
inn of the States. • With this diti'eren- o. how
ever : that in the former caSe the Cornuitipton
must bo wet aside entirety and r.ur anc;-?.'
system of Government forever fmimlfr.N'i; i--
as in tbe latter, it is only pi or ,-cd to r< lux. to
practice the generally accepts.- 1 theory G:
sovereignty —a theory upon whi.-h the Co.i: -; 1 - ,
erata.Goverumeut is based.”
TUB CAPTI'UE OP AVI j ,V! i SUTOiV—VI -tO !6
TO BhAVSK ?
[From the Wilmington Carolinian ]
We thought the port of Wilmington was to
be kept open., Davis knew its value;
Gen. Lee felt its worth. Why was not tton a
sufficient force sent to prevent i+s full ? H
is the mystery. Hero the problem for some
wiser bead than, ours to solve. Our exchanges
express surprise and Indignation at'Be cap.ii---?.
Northern papers looped tor a long and bio. .ly
seigo. No one felt that it could be so easily
wrested from ns. Yet, almost ia the twin fi
ling of an eye it slipped from our grasp. The
question now is, upon whose b<x.d is thoblome
to fall ? Not upon Gens. Bragg or.reeks, ft;;- it
has been demonstrated sofeahtoilty i- ia; *: ,r.
they done all they couid. Not upcm Gc.i-
Whitiug. ot Col. Lamb, R>r they lr>i;.p„:
unsurpassed bravery, ami ccly ciirtv.- - -I.
whan, with wound upon, wound on their r.o
sons, the lust spark of hope had fieri. If cot
upon these, with tho facts of the case, os Levc
briefly prcdontod, who is the guilty my; ? V’s
pause for a reply. „
•[From Richmond Ex amiiv v ]
Tho Joes of cur best port by the fell of Fort
Fisher will be no evil in the end, if it serves to
spur the country on to decisive ;e ion. Goth
ing can be more in.d<;rft,.,3 »n.u deplorable t ran
io sit Brill, harmoniously resigned and hep. -
fat, while our resources and army are gam
bled away in foil view, by i wea’k but
sumptuous cfiidai. Nothing ft; more absurd
than make-believe “good cheer,'- and bun
combe “confidence” in the face of manifest c -.l
fatal mismanagement, AU the eloquence nod
the blather in the world will not alter iM.- -., or
prevent the people jfom thiukitig on them
Are t e people of this 'country lighting tor U.h
glory ot Mr. Davis from Missisd;. and, or dc
feuding their liberty, lives and pro.-nty ? If
they wc doing tlie last named bmlnces,. they
oannof justify themselves to their own con
science or to posterity, in abandoniii-r their »,f.
fairs any longer to the uidimitc !, uaeontrolled
and udeontested discretion ot t-'-isous y:ho daiiy
fntnish new p'oois of uosialfuiaess, and hid
judgment, and defective charaefeiv
[From the London rhors.]
TO E.M.VI AKKTt'A A. QATVtEL,
OF COV-NQTON, GEORGIA, AMERICA.
Yopr letter addressed to your Graridfitlier,
containing the iiiteliigfcxco «.f your Father’ n
death, baa reached us this. dtiy.’O’otober Ist,
1804. Several letters during tbo past twelve
months have been written to your fath- r, it.
foimiug him ot the decease of both of Ids pa
rents. These letters cannot have been received
We all eurcestly invite you to come as as
possible to England, where propmty and a
most .affectionate welcome await, you al >
two sisters. Write at oueo to your laic Fall.
ou'.y brother, and address your letter to birr; at
Covington Honse, Hamden Road; London.
Confederate nowspapms are especially entreat
ed to copy this advertisement
MYlh reference to the above, Miss Daniel,
will apply to Sfes-n* John Fraser « Cos , of
(iharlestoß, S. 0., Do. Rossct & i'-o.vn; of
Wilmington, who have been requested t :> ...,al;e
every provision for their rate transit Mas
sun, N. P., or to Bcrmade, from wire.tec n pas
sage to England will at once bo obtained* for
them. • J..,-) T. Bc-uw;
St. Georges, Bermuda, December fi, D-,;i.
• The Supremacy of the Civil Law -Impor
tant legal Decision.— Judge L,- H F. a;irers
ton of Alabama has recently * vindicated in a
most signal manner the gimrem; y of the civil
law ia his judicial circuit, His decision—a
most- inmorteut one Ls tbo cltty n in tic
tenauce of his civil rights was ihado in a Y.o-a
of habeas corpus issued -bv. l.im. The soc-t-s
were as fnltews: —Dlaiol
ling Offitflr of tfte < . ;
county of Oowctdi enrolled Peter A. Towers,
alleging that bo was subject t<r conkriu : .fo:l'
and liable to be enrolled for military u; vie
Powers was a hack driver on mail route from
Newnau to Franklin and had been, for twepty
months previous to his enrol ment, and .H !
such had always been exempt from mbit..-ay
service under the exemption acta of 'Cong*-. -. .
After his enrollment he sued out a writ of
boos corpus before Judge Featherston ami La.:
Tibbs personally served with a copy thereof
Tibbs disobeyed the w»it and sent Powers a t
once to a Camp of instruction at Macon for
assignment to service. A few drres thereafter
the time arrived for the hearing of tho cure;,
but Tibbs tailed to attend and -produce the
body of Powers, together with the cause of ifis
detention, as directed and required by tho or
der of his Honor to do; whereupon »«: adju rre?
him to be in contempt, and pas-ed an o.<b-r
reqairieg the Sheriff or bis deputy to ape-aa
liend him. and him imprison in the common
jail of the county without bail or tsafo —ps
until ho should comply with the legal m>.
date ot tho court. The coxsseqnence v >3 tk -1
a runner. wai dispatched t.» Macon tor Fo#;
Le was remanded, and wii! have accorded t«
him the full measure of his civil rights.
sa mi
The grape culture, alter years cf p - -.-il su«-
eess, will it is said, have to be give < ■ p in the
vicinity of Cincinnati, on account of the vicis
itudes of the climate,
VOL, LSXIV.t-NE’W SERIES VOL. XXIV NO. 5
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| [arECIAL C. nllK-rONDF.NOK OHBiONICLL & SENTINEL]
j Peace Rumor*—BMPs visit—His mission—
Ills p.. ye! «■ secret—Doings of CKonjresa—
Feelings of the •members—War men getting sha
kg, iCc.
• Ru uMOjp), Jan. IS, 3800.
A g-cnni of returning peace appears on tbe
daifc ie.j t;-.on, but one almost ft .ns to contem
pince it lest, like m ignis fulmis it may vanish,
*■ yd cause a- fivdi disappointment. Lion.
Frank LMair, of tV'a'-hlngteii, hqs arrived hi the
city, ar-d is sojou dug with Lieut. Col. Hatch,
of '.'he Exchange iftnc-iu. It is certain that bo
called'upon aim 8e ol War, and had a
long ini : v yvtih that functionary. He
c--a,:.-. i.:i a peace . n of* some sod. One
of the current surmise, is shut* tbo object of
1 is visit is to our O evernment that the
; ’ V. a iii,ip e.\v,:ii receive eom.-
iu-.- f u-.-. t-s : ent fiom Rkaunoral, to m-gotiafe
.t pc.:;-.*, bu» lids ft; only coiijtata; *. the rt: •
ir.:-;k;.b'c tv-j-.ccy with which the mission bas
f;a;; ions i«r conducted *.u*’cs it an air of mys
tery wl-ich intt•}■.••:>>: public! curiosity,
uis wortiioy of iiotiCe in' this connection j
i t-ba't . all the peace resolutions heretofore j
submitted Ha.*..oof Roprescutativeshave
b--ca !ip;i«-d buck ftiiia tho Committee ou :
Fmvif-pvAOafo-, w-d j:.id ». oon the table. On !
motion of a member of that coiamitte, fh-.i
. 11.iU.-re thou a-..;* I, if into seeiet t.o Coo. j
abler a r .i; i. :-po;\ no. •“foporjaut*’subject”
which L 6 had uUnift. Tko’qidd uuncsof
ouiree conue. av. V. .in- -art with the itlair
mission, aud it wy- *.*, id.-pered that a resolut on
; for the ;M»poi.utincrre of peace commissioners
was under cc:.Ai f! ei'ation in -eerct sc-sion, but
I hftv’c rtu.iOi; I believe that the report treat
ed rsdnsf of:: v -. >.• i . yK-scciiiing the wc,r
than of bringing i i.o a cireo
There la. hoivsv:a, a strong current, in Con-
Rr-'C4, in iv.vor of ctigori-ition, and I would not j
be surprised.an v - -y to be ir that some ot the
Ultra . .h* >.i-ti l::i given their sunport 'to a
;wope--:lioa i’-o hoi*; !■;■ out the olive branch,
they begin to pcr.raive area ti Isirge number of
a-ia yi,to 1.,..-., i; il*n,i sijrao ifi-octioal ef
fort id).:.'i be made toesfocfcamiioitorablopeace
—n * . rati or ;oi - o our
iWiXicty io b** let but' overture.; which
wifi eompell tins enemy to accept cr reject tho
naked propi sitioo to refer ’ ill t! s . « ;.. -
’ ■ . tors .who
■«■:!. :f it b.; p*'-a IF;-, ay. upon some plan of
••..ijustmaent which wiil bo acceptable to the
ireople Govi'ruurui';; Fa sidi;3. The
Blair misMou may now prevent do the
nee* rely of such overtur* .- -i may cause them
to bo made. No one kno-ws what a day ihuy
bring forth. Monthose,
rou Tiii* cuy.aN sole .v sen-nnll.
THB CONBTStt iTfi.'re.LftST OJH *TAT 13
iUUili-.
Mu. EniToa ; Faith, hope and charity are L3
good for 01.. '£. soul in •- Lose times ot cant, as
an bo - * t cor.fcsr.ion. ’> i.ciefore i was not tur
pGr.ed to s*jc that Cue Elitor of .ha Constitm
■ ; - -a Sunday mo
matins, to iireui?-. i:i a little holy anger to
v *id* ; ■ -a, v.ay of & neutraliser of !he
. !ft„n ft. fa. • . are- .. too* doleful news of which
ft'O wa*= ft nd to (-.tail patriotically to the pub
ic- Thu Editor ■■* the position of do
(fta la: ~,- of ML-T.uriau'* aud Ken
. - h those iliint men
o,<uid not <fo jo tu ■ •*.-% Will he. deign #
InfOiiam-.’—at!;* r;-. rerof i i*j joUrnal-.-itpou
whiw •und.* ... ,aas Die dociidiic—new
even io c e lights of the *• State gov
c«.iijuty: ’ si-liuol- -1 -iat a State can ba consid
tied out of ft’ciieral Union 'by tho mere
coicfitrrcii: .or.: ;ayd' :« Governor and Lcgislu-*
i'tre v.-iihout tho. Hitnclion of its people"? If
Missouri be,' :;•* trft; > y aiont, a member of the
Dor,federate i-Ua -a merely because h temporary
gov -mment k-a-- .■; and her. people, without
their lea \'i', iikr; u) hi ,'iv feudal tser/s ovov to a !
* nuw ieaity uo. cbea, iucieod, lias
(ho cjoctruio ”». r-ifo . c State iutlppcndenct;' 1
<m- -urnoU a phaao v,hi.-;h camuit commeud it io
those
or maniicod and : .tiouni pries;i snfficieot t->
preyen! them becomioj tin victims of needy
politicians and the tools wherewith are en
forced tire “ j.uonunciameatoa” of petty miii
tn:y chie.'mics.
VJUi ti.b L-litor ni.-.o inform me, further, how
of Kentucky w sre it ■ re
eeated in lue Goiivcnsi >u which, it L« claimed,
took her out ci the • ttion V I was in that
State about the time of the alleged Conven
tion. and often heard, from Kontucßiafts of ait
parties,.lns*ir, couid lie! bo fairly g&id to rep
resent more than oi;e thin! of the suffrages of
the .voting p.'ipiffffiion. Now, if fhis be* true,
a. .a- auii.udv oi Kentucky as a Btato, and
the pi . •) ot io.'u she has fur
nish- *1 to the Fe.ict-.d area Confederate armies,
during the tv..4 would seem to Jestify, I can
cos cee t •; conD uaa-y of the Editor of tbe
C->:re a a.;-. ;iu uying to tho iafe Conven
ii blit <a
-portion of her population, tna same author ity
to take that *■ iiidi-p<:.i:dcrit ,? commoiiweulth
ireck into the old Union which ho ciaiuis to
have been ai*.re-tod in tre parlial Convention
which tletit-iod ]\.-.nujqky out of it. •Jire a
poor rill* that went work both, ways.’’ A.
man’s patreotfsm 'and. sational prejudice may
•lften blind ids i.yw to truths so far as to lead
him into palpable errors which wiil only serve
D* Tju.e m th*dr consequences the cause he
are.MiS m> itdvufi* a. 'I fie Editor of the Cansti
tui;on?.!:3t, r.<* doubt, .believes M* ->,ouri auu
Kentucky k-.rei m inficrs of the Gonfedcr-icy
uocaubo he w.e'is o to believe. He thinks,
;co, the i;fo foi .a.:.;-; t.; : sympathise with im be
cause ft,ay ■ *.;e ownei**. Aud nil 1 ids in
aj.Ue id the la.:!- -ft.*■ *.h« sWtitudc of ibe *ov
erevai i.fo of tlio: j States towards us b,is been
ut ie. I p.L-.sivc v. iici) not actively hostile ; aud
tii.it ''a ; have fiiiidDitd fcur.tccniih! to the
Nation -: uimy tvhare they have furnished one
to the Oonfodera*;. A Soumeu
O: tho Army-of the Potomac.
Gov. Bki!>v,vhT!uj>ucers—War are the dona-’
ngogues ■:!•*:,-jnf.-1,,- Govaroq? Brojrn ? Is it
because ho ha-- >i*y ■; -,o dp; duty Ib it
because ho has adoaioi-Jered the ’affair* of tho
State with i-uch murki-d ability ? In il; because
he would ..ot his ancient princi;. !<•«•'
Is it because be has defended state sovereign*
ty, and protected the ri ghta of Goo gia, and
the lighijs or hsi ■ in the
ibid ? Is, it bdoaurs be oppose-;: b’c-iewi usuT
15a •■i ' . - -c,- be is - p ••• • :-u
prdvided ibr the i-.'sifiit-iv; Htj-c:• y.rf- 1« ft be-
CUBo h« proVld.'s ( if‘flii‘s of si nississ; :-:-i tue.Geor
gia Boidior, •-•••!:«v;-.lie be :•:. Uio Genff-d nate
array or ;j:att scr, -v T.i it beeaino he called
ipto ce the hilii io help drive the toe
from North- ra Georgia •' Is it because _ the
militia ti-.-vb g->oe to *>■ defend • ber sister
BUtei?* U Ci-es-s tho-niii is have fought
BO b''.'.*>rl j s- tbe-boutfit Ot Isiß Oilt-lid
«p«» {, ■> ; L <• >; bo will continue to oiiV.ud, re
, :*k :.i -•; '» *. '•**'»>*<** tools o:
cciitrui t (■ "if*s*’ 1 i f -
— ■*.
IMPORT.4-W Vnxi.'ios ■ Iu the case of Wil
lK?:t Ke'ftj, .!« a policemen of the city of
Sf-.’-.- - > . i;s.b“a» corj-v..;, Ihe
Supreme O- - n--.rf-.wd a daemon on ye-;t-:-r
..L. j. ihtioijors liable* to cou
■ iph . ill erfy marshal. Tne groond
of the diriinc •••:-. <r.- under.) land to be that the
city dv I-;, which is a public law, i.s.nln-s
jr; •: protv -> for ?. marsh*!. w-ile Uie pa*,
(icemen hold their office? under municipal vr
. 1 .
cision • 1 'be •.•:.«» •ieprivic«. our city
Ot 1,0 - V St : . .-V '- • • ■ ; ; t. i.-ii*
it'd •■■■; ■ - oi-r.harped
lh- .£1 hii - ci : . . ■*
c-ar-%' v i.-ii ■ .s. .- h Ivr d'Jiu.diinis, wo
.earn, ikrJgn for —;t should be
overruled —Hont‘jo:n'.ry Advaiiaer.
COXFEDKH '.T3 6TATKB COSSREsS.
SENATE—DEC. 31.
j The Committee on Finance reported a bill
, to autnorj;;-: the I'oslmasler General to draw
and use t!;e umounts of Confeiicrate money
: deposited with government depositories by
the vr.iious postmasters throughout tlie coun
try.
house—dec. 31.
A rceoßsideratic-n was moved of the joint
resolutions, passed by the House -on Friday,
explanatory of tho act reflating to tho pay of
Clerks, with a view to making some verbal
amendments. The question recurring ou tho
passage of the resolutions, they were lost
yens 27, nays JO. , #
On motion, the vote was reconsidered, and
the joint resolutions again referred to tho Ju
diciary Comihittee.
The House took up ami coDsideusl tho bill
reported from the Committee on the Quarter
master and Cominissavy Departments, to pro
tect. the Confederate Stcfics ngai* «t f r »n..t.
i’endiu:; the consideration of the bill the
House adjeurued.
SENATE JA”. 2. ’
Resolutions were .offered embracing a plan
to improve the currency, which were-laid on
I the treble end ordered to be printed
! , Tbe following w< r*i passed : A bill to be en
i titled an act to authorize the appointment of
certain tux chi -< ra for the Triins Mississippi
Department'; House bill authorizing tho can
, collation of .ur per cent, bonds aud certifi- .
cates received inpayment of taxes.
p HOUSE—J AN. 2,
The special order the bill to increase the
efficiency of the Confederate cavalry—was to
ken up and passed, ar- follows,:
“A bill to increase the efficiency of the cav
alry of she Confederate States. , 4
. “ Sbdtiok I. Tlio.l.’ongr :fs of iho Confeder
ate States of America <*•. enact-. That whatev
er ariy.rvgiineut, I**; * -*■: . {-...- ccnioany ot c'av—
■ally is servin:: in any fijta.o oifo-r than tint
which it was original ly recruited, tho tieeteta
ry of War z-.piß be autJioriz.-d, upon applica—
rion from tbe General cOrAmandiDg tbe army
wfeli which it is serving, to cause Die Quarter
master lit too bnnredi i:coam-yid to take up
on his property return the horses tit for service
ridden by the enlisted men ot such comma?.l
and Dm horses thus taken up shell, when the
provisions of the second -section ■ ;-f RC (
shall have been complied with, become the
property of the Confederate P- *re-. : „ n ,j sll ,j;
be branded willi the !g?tor of tbo company
aLd uumb-randifoliate ( .f the. re ; Uncnt to
**“™ bclotssf. Company ccunnanders
, a 1 1 -'-dpt to the Quariemester rtb- tho
norses tons tair-au up, atu? each u:.u shall lie
allowed to rtac.iu for use in the service, the
horse that was* in hi:; poi-CAasion when thus ta
ken up; and at any time that ffhe horses of
those men become unfit for service, their
place:) shall bo supplied by others, to be fur
nished by the Government; or, such men may,
b.T order of the General commanding the army
to which they belong, beus-figeed to companies
from thair rtspecflve Slates iu some other
branch of the service.
‘.Section 2. Aboard of appraisers shall be
appointed by the comma;cling General of the •
army to which swell regiment, battalion or
company ft, atiacluu, which shall upptaiso the
liors-. i s thus token; aud shall aka distinguish
Utcin ns belonging to clsses one, two, three and
t. ur: according to quality. and the owner of
t! o horse shall n- -ke hi:> electiou to receive at
once from the quarter master of bis command
■ ' icati
ior a. ii-.a.:-,; -! ifio Class -o which his belongs to
be furnished him by Iho Government ot the
Confederate States six. months after the ratifi
cation ofti treaty of peace with the United
States; which certificate shall be approved .by
tlio commander of tho brigade to which tho
man belongs.
“Sech. n •>. When any enlisted man serv
ing m cavalry becomes dismounted and is un.
able to remount himself* upon the certificate
<n his immediate commander, approved by Fig
brigade and. army commander, that he has
been n gallant and faithful 'soldier, and takes
proper care b;:i hoise, tbe (piurterrn‘i3ter of
his immediate commend shall furnish him
u. lnn:-c, suitable for cavalry ser
vice. for wnjcii his cojiipAny commander siiail
receipt.
“Section -1. The Spcrffiary of War shall
cause the Qnaterrnasiet General to make tm
meitiate arrangement- tor procuring bomes,
rentable for cavalry, iu sufficient nnmbers to
supply, from time to time, requirements of
tire, service under this law. He shall also
adopt such regulations for the recruiting of
0,1 u 7 horses, the property of the Govern
merit, and of ca valrymen who have not; the
iociliuos for recruiting their own horses, as ha
may doern proper.
“Slction 5. Whoa any cavalryman faffs to
take proper earn of his hoise, ftuatcMes or
absents himself from ' his coiurpand without
leave, or commitd any v;aut., n ft,suit or injury
to the petwm <*- offany loyal citizen,
o, tae Gonletua-ate or otherwise shown
hfiup&'i urmt for fiervico, bis brig
ad©c*r other commander shall report the fact
to tee G; nera- comnmnding the array to which
he belongs, si ail assign him to some compa
ny from bia State of some other arm of the serv
ice, and any brigade tjr other commander hav
ing knowledge oi such facts and. shall fail to
report the. same to the General commanding
the army, slrelfc upon trial .and conviction,
thereof by a court martial or military court,-
he cashiered a. and put i r the infantry ranks.
“Section fi. Any cavalry officer of the Con
fedc-rate States service, who shall fail to exact
from-the m- u unoer hh- command proper rare
of their hor.y-o, or Dial! permit pillaging, ma
rauding or forcible * > changes of horses by
men under bk comnland, or shall fail in any
other respect to preserve proper discipline and
efficiqp '/ in hincoiemaiid. i.Uall, uuun proof
of the facts,_certified to oAlie brigade and di
vision command era io which he belong, he,
by order cf tho commanding General, sns
pended from ce-nmand, pud upon conviction
Before , comt marsi’-1, be dropped from
! roll:, an-.': com-viiWl into the ranks
‘‘.-si -Mox boSi-c i t-iry-ot War, unde*; the
dhectien of the Prcdideut, shall immediately
. tne of ibis act, cause aKp.dfo be
i-‘i. nto f -tiiiithe iiiiportotiou of A j a n arid
reguinr iuhpiy of povalfy arms, of the most
approved paUi.-ms, ami of s- je h ammunition
fhoi-fcfor as cannot he mani> ft 3tured in tho Con
_federate .States, and also of such amonnt of
envaliy eouipmeuts S;t jfo reay d<».m atcessary.
‘ f.- eijox », of War, under tbo
directioH of t*v Pirai.laat, shall cause to bo
procured stud i.-su -I to esv tiry officers, under
such j! ions f rescribe, the roost
approves! work on cavalry ladies that can bo
obtained."
'Has bid having been passed, the House ad
journed.
SENATE—.IAS. b
Joint reso’utiona r.f the Florida Getrislaturp
wore present erf, reiiucmi-ia the Senators and
i,opr ec;:,t;from 1 1,- I r. y.-,ai.-j to n«e their
i’-'l'ic-ns u to have re-enacted the pro-eot law
s- providing for the e?te,bls»hineut and ruyinent
ol civilccs ror.ii ci-rta'n dc-scription of property
taken or in.'omaliy impressed lor tho use of
tliC army.'’
A rcsohdion w;-i ii>freduced that the Pres-i
--*«leafc oi !;.• . niid i-ipoake:- of the House
of Kepi-.-: ::•!;< -:,:i their re.-ipeetlve
hi- -is at if i. on Tin-:<J;«y, the 24th iuat,
until the -It •to July, Irf<>s. Laid on tho table.
Senate bill lrf:i, to • rovide for the ooiapewM.
tjon of pc-n-oiis v/i.--- ; claves have been lost
while in the ■ -rvic-o of the Confederate StatxM,
wfiji t.vkci» up, amis«ied and passed. The bill
reads:
• *• ift« CV-:«.c -ss- t' • : "'»! • uo;
Ataerio<; do ei-ud, That where ft:: ;! to
tbo Con;v<t--jol;: Htrths boforo the passage of
toe act ‘to is.-. -Ji: the efficiency of the army
by ttie empSoym ot of free negroes and slavca
in certain capacities/ approved f thruaiy 17.