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ISS4, to act ns teamsters in the army, or for
ar.y df the purptser specified in the first sr>c- !
tioao( the ii . ave heretofore
lieen.or ir. i; L n to-i ost. while ho er:.-1
ployed, by dealt: ini;;.- fed by the enemy, or by j
escape to or t by the enemy. or by <tis- i
of said elates the owner- cf”the s>me sl.ull be
entitled to receive the full value of tu;-h slaves,
to be aeeertimed, i-y agru rnent or appraise
ineut, aod pa and. under s'j-.h rules and regula
tions as Ike freer riary of War may prescribe.”
hqcse—jas 3.
T' e cento*.- .1 bill . a., taken up, amend - j
cd and passed a feitev, • :
“'J Le bon.-r • thi < States of
America do is . . 'i... a y officer Os the pio- |
visional army, v. totiin lL“ ages of seventeen I
and fifty years, whose resignation is regularly i
accepted by the proper authorities, shall have
ihe privilege of j"'n'irng any regiment, battal
ion or comps,-y ihe : c-r. ice be may desire ; |
or that oiid tfiio may i -rat t'., m-dves in,o |
commands, u.vb.r prov '..its of law now in
force relating to the mgunization of compa
nies, battalions and -e tnents.
“ i Any officer.-- «!' trie provisional army of
the Confederate Stand who have resigned pri
or V> the passage of this ate, and whose resig
nation has i, ■:n ••.t-eep and, -hail tie entitled to
all the privileges of this ..a.”
The Military Committee reported a bill for
changing the mode of filling vacancies among
the commie sioued effia r; of companies, battal
ions and regime nth. Ordered to be printed.
Sundry bom-" b to-- n-srt read and referred
to appropriate comm ite -.
Ti..-ie being ii :i r busines.. the Senate
■went into secret session.
HOo.ro I AH. 4.
The House too!; unfinished business :
the bill “to a . boride t e consolidation of
y osc.pann-s, iii<. rt.riiaento,” which
'was discussed until adjournment,
A rnso’utlcn w adopt and that the Military
Commi’te-e b-i : i r.rtl to inquire into the
expediency of ine • - i;r f tfecompensation Yiow
: flowed to horpf-al ma:roilß.
The Judiciary Committee reported adversely
on the House bill “ to facilitate the settlement
«>f claims of de* eased officers -aud soldiers.”
Furthi r eoc«;d*u-:t!ion postponed. -
The Judiciary 0..; mitten r ported bach ad
vei-,-e!y I-> H >«ir lit to sequi-trate the ts-_
tries of p.-tw who have left the Confederacy
to avoid iniiitiiiy j--: rvico. Postponed and or
dered to be printed.
The selectxomnilrtee appointed for the pur
pose, rep >'led a bill to be entitled “an act to
regulate the pay ami allowances of certain fe
male emu!..-. ees of the government.” Ordered
io be printed.
Horse JAN. 5.
The Ctetir laid 1-f .re the House a commuri
cation from the Hue salary of the Treasury ask
• the ol issue, pirn ed
j i Hie custody of the depositaries under the
■ ‘ masters, be appro
priated to the use of the Post Office Depart
ment.
Also, a corornunteation of the Secretary of
the Treasury recommending fit'* appointment
>• ( a collector of taxes for me Trans Mississippi
Department.
Both communications were referred to tin
Committee cm Wavs and Means.
Xbt. t ime committee repotted a bill autbori
.liog *L*a.-point of cert tin tax officers' for
ii. tli-ih'O-v Cmuciiutc.) rep uted a bill to
provide for the pay mens ol horses filled in
notion. Ordered to be printed and made a
special order.
Also, a bill to audio;-.As Ike promotion of
odrei!!-t n< , komudsi.ioucu olli ,rs and privates
iordit.i.Uij-ioslu-1 rater ami peculiar competen
cy and merit. > imikiriy disj jgfed of.
Tire consul'..-.ion :>• w .i further discussed.
———.rairj-;. -I.ef:,,
'TabCotton Thaos C'cntiioveusy.—The New
York Hcald has a let!from its chief Wash
ington correspondent upon the subject of a
trade-in cotton Yriih the people of the South,
As the fall of Wi’m’ngton may give fbe enemy
a monopoly of ail that trade, the subject lms
interest:
The moaning and grumbling beneath the
rurface indicate that a storm of no small mag
juHide wiil soou burst npou us in reference to
the purchase o! cut toil la fact it is. rugiog
■with cooKidemble lury beneath tbo aiirfuce.
The present 1 >w tvirntaiing the trade, in cot
loh.with the rebellious .Stated was passed for
-.he purpose of facilitating fhis trade, and eccu--
i in£ thereby a revenue to the Government.
Os some cause or oth«r the military com
namlers iu several tec Ulrica have thrown ho
great obstacle* q the way as almost to pro
hibit the bringing out of cotton. The result
ir that t h ■ orders and permit, not on y of the
'Treasury D-'.-Uitment, but also pf* the Presi
«!enf, have been nullified and fbe Tjeasury de
prived ot the o-ds.ance that >\as anticipated
from that quarter.
Jt is unde stood that Secretary Stanton sus
taiiie t: ■ uni-.tary cunn!:uidei3 In this opposi
tion, «ud that the r*v mi t 1 it:c *;*l Gen. Danby
<Bl Ii« Biibjtv!- .. .. but a reflection of the views
3.01d at the V.. . .1) .nment, and intended lo
« perate upon the present Congress for a repeal
t.i tire laws o! i . .'un At any rate it was
pinctKi ui the batu.so: die committee lu the
i louse a: -"•!! -. rci'. ivt ' ;.'»re. The Pro
.•ideut I rmly oiuievi- in the policy of bringing
* ut all the c.ittcn lroBS the Soul,hern Slates,
that is possble. in the fu.t place lie con-.id—
i rs-suen a course a ueo< > -ary aid to the linau
ces of the G-ivcrinuvr.t. One fourth of the
i rocceds of ad brought out under tho ]>r< s;ont
v goes direct to tho Governt. at, whiist the
balance is equal to so much gold or foreign
• exchange, and thus dfre-etiy aids in reducing
(he price of gold and *usiaining the value of
: reeubacks. In addition to this tho greater
the supply of cotton the Icsh will be the price
, f cotton • oi-tri, which every family in the
c juntry is interested in. lijc, therefore, con
iilcrc,and in fae l is, na iai},-rtant auxiiiary
so 'ha finances of the Government.
•ifsuccessful in hs operation, the policy
lenders valuable a*.-- lau.e w‘ ere assistance is
t fie most mb Td. 11 strengthens the weak
•-.t point of the Govcrnmeat, and whero it
needs strength more than at any other point
• t present, i. hi i vhietri to a careful ob-'erv
«"B of events hero t if the Government fails
(to suppress fto rebellion its aaiiuro will be
, au'-eci by the tailure « the finaneial depart
ruent. The problem of ni'diary -ucvefs ha
icached a pt '-'t tha, r*!i:dets no doubt ol n1...,.t.
...,.t. 'ucv. ~..d c: m, ’ tx.gnjnn. pa
--J that the no a sutry “uudr. arc furnished to
cat the#, m i:,..- hi i g rue v. -at.s to
A..irry out the plans aavadv formed. The ac
tive and prompt movements in rey ird to the
< ottc.’i captured at Savannah is owing to the
-. --,‘t tlia.l ihi.- couvictiou has been fore-* homo
Tq ou the a.ithorities here, the inteatiou being
I »i m ire ;he ,'ly -ei.d it to hi trope, and thus
• liable tho Treasury Department to receive tho
I*cm?tit of goM or fuioigu exchange to the
extent of its full value. The tea or twelve
alliens of and-!. .ns c< gold or twenty or twenty-
J ’ve million* in g> eel 1,» is, to lm surej but a
f :uallamount ia coiup-.nfou toiiie ‘'. m inds
es the Gove-nraeut: t-!v it n;yi its eltectnev
rlheioss in sircng :1m :. : the ‘iuaucos ot the
<>oVeinmeat.
'iie Pro.-idem ::sd the Finanginl Depdrtntrni
< f tho Government Ji :ve beta doing* all ?bat
■•s7 Caa to eißvaf tge a' •: c-ltauiaio the briaij.
iiig out ot cotton. ,i i.-.Ti!!!f that ire result will !
t.ot on!l)o o, I ticl t n .itcre' : !n % ~ r tin l r - 'v* *
• uue ol tlnj Got, tnuient. but aho in rcducii. ■* !
the price < i jj*. -el : but that it ii lie tv weakens i
i.mbs of tbe phuu-is wiii succeed in turuinr !
fbeir cotton into i ti. if. wiil leave the South !
«nd itins withdrew th-ir support from is* i
Humbling asd touring Govern went. Inslrnc- !
1 ci.s are the.'> re !Vvt to nic cf ts. - i
. re&snry Depart ni at to set ail cotter. .
■ ".at is possible i- got i m Perm ■ ore freely j
f iven under the 2 »«• •: »ud regain- i
and: -'•) ■; up in ■ i*:_>.ii* :.■ \3 H- t law liut ’
t! 9l\a: the. ail I: if < : Or- „> .j. t u-ep. hi
. few esses. A t -nialt r.mc-. of cit.,;: is
rough! cut, nr.d but r smalt ..mount of what ;
vould or t! ui(j be.
liie cc.st and . wet iK-v.er border of Maine :
is to be garrisoned.
Elicits ne being nu de by the Federate, to j
•at) l?., . ken v, u!t ■i. j gunboat Aibe—
marie, at Plymouth 2S._C.
Tue Conit‘d«4*:-.e < re in possession of Union
itwu, Ky.
LIiTTEH FKO.VI SOIXH CAKOLISA.
[s i%< ialcouansi-05d.-:nce eftnox icls * sektixel ]
7i.e CTrrfitionof Ihe cov.rtrj —H ho vs to blame—
Th7>so .■ otc Uct’-eat—Opinions of the Presi
derd— Lfeet'of Sha man’s Policy ia Georgia up
on residents of Smith Carolina—Unpopularity
of ceilirvj out to European nations — State Con
vention feeling in South Carolina, Sec. drc.
Chebaw, S. C. Jan. 23, 1865.
Feeling that a line from this vicinity would
be of some little interest to your many readere,
I have concluded to inform them occasionally,
through your columns, of matters hereabout-
The whole country appears to bs in a state
of doubt from cur recent blunders, *and our
would be Washington iu dipping into a subject
wniefi sad experience has some time ago provT
en that lie i« in every respect unlit to att«mp*.
has brought u‘< to a ‘‘Moscow’- condition that
proves bis prophecy reverts upon his own head.
He is fast losing ground in this neighborhood,
and at his door is laid our desperate position
now. Many are the ill fe llings expressed of
his removing Gen. Johnston, and the ‘‘new
campaign,’’ a suggestion of his futile brain
which has terminated so disgracefully, not to
speak of Its disastrous effects.
I . is amusing to hear the different expres
sions of our p'eople in their present fix against
the President. Many deelaring.tkat he is in
competent, and prejudiced to the sacrifice of
our cause.
Sherman’s clemency in Georgia is working
wonderfully in the country, and many in South
Carolina will fall under his beDign influence.
The Richmond Enquirer's remarks that “ co
lonial vassalage before territorial slavery :
England rather than the United States, will be
the determination of these States whenever
they are unable to cope with the enemy’’—
needs no other notice from ms than to assure
y’ou that th;».-e who have seen your criticism
consider itjride. and a commendable effort to
cneck rashness from desperation.
Your “ Convention State” policy is fast
gaining proselytes here, and your journal mak
ing an enviable ns mo for itself.
The freshet, as with your’ city, has been very
destruclive in corn, fodder, stock, horses and
mutes hereabouts—a loss this section cf coun
try can iii afford to suffer at the present time.
More anon, South Carolina.
CANADA AND THBfUSITEB STATES.
[From the Toronto Globe.]
The Detroit papers had given us reason to
hope thiu Mr. Seward’s recent passport order
would not bs strictly enforced; but Saturday’s
proceeding-* told a different tale. At Detroit
„nd th“ Suspension Bridge every man, woman
and child passing into the Slates from Canada,
though passengers, as well as residents of tho
Province, were stopped evud their passports de
manded. Many were unprovided with the
needful document, aud were turned back If
this system is continued, there can bo no doubt
that the p:v<s nger traffic of the Grand Trunk
and Great. Western wi!) receive a serious blow
and Canadian investpients become more un
popular thao ovtr with British capitalists.
The cost, ot the passport system to individuals
is no inconsiderable item. It is believed that
Mr. Cameron is now issuing twenty passports
per da;.., for which he is allowed to charge
one dollar andffifty cents each.
Under the new reguiaton these passports
must he vised by the consular agent ke. e, Mr.
Fitnbail, w'ro caargesone dollar for his trouble,
so ihat the man who wants to make a trip to
Buffalo must pay twodoliais and a half in addi
tion to hiswailway fare. In addition, there
must be daily delays, causing considerable ex
pense aud interruption to business. We may
note here, that; American citizens residing in
Canada are required to take a passport when
i they design to pay a visit to tile United States
1 The document can only be issued by a full con
sul, one of whom is stationed at Clifton. Con
sular agents are not authorized to issue pass
ports, but will grant certificates or’ identity.
An American resident of Toronto will there
fore be re quired,if he desires to cross the bridge,
'to t ;ke a certificate from Mr. Kimball, the con
sular agent there, and exchange it lor a pass
port at Clifton. When Mr. Thurston, who i«a
tuf consul, returns to Toronto* he will issue
j passports.
! We cannot help regarding the introduction
of the p-isport system as a piepe of stupidity
on the part < f the Washington Govcnnsjeaf.
ili be-.v.trd wiil not be able to prevent raiders
trcising the frontier by any such means'. The
prsspo.t system has been abandoned in Europe
—uvea by Austria and France —it having
be. u found utterly inoperative to prevent the
transit of political conspirators. Its introduc
tion on our frontier is utterly useless; we li.pe
that our Government will take immediate steps
to represent the matter to tho Government 'at
Washington, and have it abolished. If Mr.
Seward will not be reasonable on the subject, it
w .1 be for our Goveroifient to take
other steps.
We find a score of ways of making the Amer
ican? o_-el the advantage of treating us fairly.
We hope that no such warfare may arise, but
that Reward will see the propriety of abolishing
regulations which are a serious injury to out
people, while we are no benefit to their neigh
bor. Our Government are doing all that lies
in their paw* - to prevent raids from our shores,
and theie is no reason to doubt thatjiry will
be successful. At all events, the passport sys
tem will not help them; and we have full right
to demand that, while we are doing duty in
the promises, uo burdensome penalties shall be
laid upon us * '
We regard this order of Mr. Seward’s as un
cid'e i for, unnecessary, and useless; as aa at
b'u.pr to inflict injury on a people who. have
,>eftn : P U J t®, their engagements, and who have
kept their faito, as far as mortal man. could
ao, untarnished. We ask for its repeal; fail
ing winch, we-tcommend government to take
sle stand which our honor demands. We are
qui'.e prepared to accept all the consequences
tuat may eust-.e: and are hotter prepared than
i t! ; ,! blusterers who have so long defied disaster,
-ne-!'. And we tell our
; American neighbors that if it be any object
| wit si mein at all to defeat the plans of the
desperadoes on both sides of, the border who
would fam embroil us in war, they will ab
Siam from acts calculated to exercise the pub
lic sentiment against them here
The “chivalry” were guilty of a large mis
.dive? they made thesr ra’ds upon Ht. -M
--1 ban? and robbed Che boats on Lake Erie/ jjut
j Mr. Seward, js also guilty of a blunder in the ‘
i promulgation of his uncalled for order. Sub
mit to it without retaliation we would not
1 weie the republic the “almighty’’ nation her
j people assume her to be.
[From the Toronto Leader.]
I It is the nature of democrats to be expan
! rive. This is a principle inherent in their con
sdituiien. And, :is Alison remanks iu his his
tory, it was to be feared that the United states
v.- uld prow not only expansive but aggres
sive. In this oppre.henr.r uhe was correct.—
Look at its wars in Texas, in Mexico, and in
j Canada. Louiriana it purchased from France
and prior to thepresent war, the .acquisition
■ -i Cob* was a matter of political faith—peace*
; ably if per.-ibic, but if not possible by peace
ful • ms, thru by soma other.
ibe ts insireness and aggressiveness of the
| republic has be. a fully established fcr the facts
i ,and i.isiury, and corroborating so fully ns they
tio the nuiicipations of our standard historians,
i it v.-oufu be worse than folly to close oar eyes
to i lie luaiiicter of the people whom fate has
lup-ie our neighbors, for weal or woe. Our
litcgid of we regaid as.ft people whose fiee
dom from agressiveaess is to be purchased by
a rice v:d .. we are not willing to pay for it
v.'i; e tL-iv can =ee their way clear to a war
Vi h Bag i icd. thvve will be little time lost in
: ' e.ii, a cause for it, as iu the beginning
of the century.
V'- m: a* well ru ke up oar minds to this,
ana be e , ired .us best we can. There is no
u-t • i.g-our eyes, after the manner of
• .*:rie!i ucl t-meyiag all is secmi f y while
** J ad i; icing overhead ready to burst
uot.-i ' ••• For oinsolves we shall, we fruit, do
’ •■-?d bly be expected oi Britten
j 1: . iohi'e.a terms of amity wit: our
•_■> Fi.c b.’t It this <nii ..: be done w thout I
t: u-.-kihig to tittiia God forbid that we should
b toned among the -e who act sc basely, or
that .: _ j large number of Canadians should be 1
found io untruo to the stock from which they j
have descended.
A GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE©, i
The following resolutions on the subject cf
a general convention of the Confederate States \
have psssed the Legislature of North Caro- i
lie* :
Wi.ereas, The present system of legislation
by the Congress of the Cocfeddrate States,, by
the most oppressive and unconstitution
al laws have been passed from time to time, by
the votes of irresponsible representatives from
Missouri, Kentucky and other Stotes, some of
whom have never seceded from the Govern
ment of the Ueitcd States, buWiave at this
t ir. ie tbejr fuM quota of men m the armies cf
our eiiemie®, and who therefore have no con
stituents upon whom the laws passed by them
can operate, and some ot whom dare not even
“hows toemsc-'ves in the States which they pro
to represent, is an outrage to wkieh no
free re--ol<> ought to submit.
A-> • . Whtro.i, Ai tick- A of the Constitution
ot'ti o' Confederate provides. "Upon
th** demand of any three States, legally aesem
' b'ed ia their sever *1 Conventions, the Congress
1 shall summon a Convention of ail tne Con-
I ton-rate States, to take into consideration
such amendments to the Constitution as the
said States shall concur in suggesting at the
time the paid demand is made; and should any
of the proposed amendments to the Constitu
tion be agreed on by the said Convention —vo-
ting by States—aud the same be ratified by
the Legislatures of two-thirds of the several
States or by Conventions in two-thirds thereof
as the one or the other mode'of ratification
may be proposed by the general Convention
—they shall thenceforward form a pait ol the
Constitution. But.no State shall, without its
consent, be deprived of its “equalrep resenta
tion” in the Senate.
Therefore, Resolved, That ihe Joint Select
Committee on Confederate relations be in
structed to frame and bring in a bill calling a
Convention of the people of this State, dr sub
nrttiag the question to them so aa to enable
them to assemble in Convention—if a majority
of th**m should desire to do so for the purpose
of co-operating with any two other States in
calling a Convention of all the Confederate
States, for the purpose of amending the Con
rtitution, so as lo ptovide that hereafter the
reprorantstives of’ any State or States, whose
territory is in the hands of the enemy so that
the Confederate laws cannot be enforced there
in, skull not during the continuance of such oc
ciipationbv the enemy, be permitted to vote
u- on any question of legislation, but ehall
hi've only tuch i ;gals rs are allowed to the del
eg it> s from the Ten dories of ihe Confederate
dtotes, and of con.-idering such other amend
in* nts is the said three States shall concur in
snggi'tiiEg.
Resolved, further. That State sovereignty
being the priaciph on which North Carolina and
the other States withdrew from the Federal Uu*
ion,the States composing the Southern Confeder
acy are sovereigns, and the Confederate Govern
ment is oniy their agent, and subject to their
control, and that lire States in their sovereign
capacity, in General Convention assembled,
have the right to negotiate a peace with the
government of the United States, wsthoui con
sultation with tha President ot the Confeder
ate States, but subject only to the subsequent
ratification of the several States in their separ
ate State Conventions. , -
» EK»*~_
AGRTH C..UU>{4XA StfATB COSVBKTfPN.
The following bill ban been introduced into
the North Carolina Legislature, providing for
the calling of a State Convention .
Whereas. In tho judgement of this General
A . cmbly,' the piesent condition of ihe country
demands that the rovereign^jeople -of this
5... io : houl'l assemble in Convention to effect
if p.Msiljle an honorable termination of the
pr esent •*.‘ar: And whereas, on matters of
:-u ill grave import, this General Assembly is
leluciimt to adopt any policy without first as
certaining the sense of the people, in whom
all sovereignty resides:
Secti- a i. B‘‘ T enacted by the General As
sembly of too State et North Carolina and it
is hereby enacted by the authority of the same,
That upon tha passage of tlrit act the Govern
or of the State, be and. ho is hereby required
to issue a pt'oetempi? >n commanding tho she
riffs of tha respective coifiitiea In the State to
open the polls at tho several precinct* in said
counties, on Ifith day ef'February A. D. 1805,
where and when aii ueisous qualified to vote
for members ol tho General Assembly may
vote <or or sgaia-t a State Convention,'those
vrho wish a Convention,,voting with a written
or* printed ticket “Convention,” a'‘d those
who do not wish a Convention, voting in the
same way “3?o Convention also to open sepa
rate polls af the said tiipp and places for the
election ol delegates to the Con veil thru to be
assembled on such times as are hereinafter,
provided; said polls to be superintended by
inspirators appoints 1 by the Sheriff, with-the
advice of three justices of the Peace of the re
spective counties, vho shall fie sworn accord
ing to the provisions of section j 6, chapter 62
ol Revised Code.
See 2. Be it further enacted, That it shall
be tho duty of the Sheriffs to make out dupli
cate statements of their polisln their respec
tive coqrpies, on the question of Convention
and no Convention, sworn to before the clerk
of the County Court, one pqqyof which, shall
he deposited in said clerk’s office r.ad the .other
not•? ;, msiniltedto the Governor of the State
■d Rateto b. under the same rules aud re.gula
tior.s and under the samo penalties as are pr«s
criiicd in ihe case oi of th:? vote
! for etiviots of i’h*f-ident and Vice-President of
tic Ooiite'iearo: J>'' afe- c.h are now prescribed
by law immediately after said election.
Rt.c. 3 Be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Governor, as soon as he
shall have" received the returns of the Siierifis
in the presence of- the See. Mary qi State, Pub
lic Tree Hire? and Comptroller, to compare the
ni’Uit-er of vote s cast for and against a conven
tion; ana if it shall appear that a majority of
the votes polled are 'u favor of a convention,
he shall forthwith is-uc a proclamation in such
manner aa he may think proper, summoning
tile delegates elected to e&ld convention as
aforesaid to convene in Raleigh, on the 2nd
Monday in March A D. 1865, and if a majori
ty of the votes polled are against a conven
tion the Governor shall in like manner issue a
proclamation of that fact, a&d in that case
the assembling of tha said delegates elected as
aforesaid under this act is hereby declared to
ba illegal and of no effect.
Sko. 4 Bo it, father enacted,. That the elec
tion for delegates a3 aforesaid shall be held
find conducted iu the same manner as elections
for members of tho General Assembly, and the
vote aii bo counted, and tho scrolls coiapar
•>d and certificates issued in the same manner
as prescribed by law for members of the House
of Commons.
to 5. Be it further enacted, That if a va
can< y shall occur by death, resignation or re
moval from tho State or by the refusal to serve
of any persdh elected delegate as aforesaid,
the presiding officer of the Convention shall is
rue his writ to tbfl sheriff of the county in
which such vacancy may nave occurred, after
such notice as the C vention may order, to.
open a pou to fiii such vacandy, under the same
nih * ar ‘d : egul-ttiiiLs as hereinbefore pro
ec 'ti ed 1,-r the election of delegates.
S c ii; Be K further en.-.etod,' That th* said
C-’-jt-ej.t'.oa shall consist of one Isundr*! and
twenty tic ejaixs, and each conntv shall be en
titled to ihS same ntusbor of ‘delegates as
members of the House of Commons under the
last apportionment.
Sec 7. Be it further enacted, That this act
tioa be la foico tlom and ofter its satifica-
Davfc hope ,hat President
Dav.s will not persist in outraging the
wishes and hopes of the public by refusing to
restore Gen Joseph E Johnston to the com
mar, lof that army. We are no enemy of the
PresMent, and no fault-finder of his minis
ti.utvu by choice, or tor any motive except
j pnbnc-good We are surprised at his obstina
cy in this matter. Is he ignorant of the force
I of pubb’c opinion on the subject? Does he nut
know that the press and the people and the
j ““I are unanimous in wishing the rartnra-
I **on of Gen Johnston ? If „ot.%e shouid like
.0 AUOW what sort of atmosphere the President
V surrounded by; snreiy one of Cimmerian
dura nets. —Macon Confederacy.
Northern papers state that Gen. Lee hu
| sen: his army sway from Richmond.
Thomas’ army has a plenty of supplies and
more are constantly going up the Tennessee
, rive-.
Cotton at last aacouats was selling at New ;
I Orleans st *1,1*., j
R.CfI.VteND G. SsIP. .*
Tho R’chmond correspondent of tto? Charles
ton Mercury gossips thus :
A bill to make Lee leallv Common ’er-in-
Chief, has Jbeen unanimously reported from
the Mililary Committee of the Senate, and will
pass both Hon!es. If this does not serve,
stronger measures will follow. At all events,
the day of folded arms is over. All men see
that cur peril is great, imminent. Herein is
mach hope. «
The delegations from South Carolina and
Georgia have had interviews with the Presi
dent. The interviews with the Georgia mem
bers is said to have been painfnl in the ex
treme. Distressing facts wort' disclosed. Bet
ter the disease should’ be fully known; it is
the only chance to cure it.
A reconciliation between’Mr. Davis and Mr.
Stephens is talked of; also the removal of Mr.
Seddon and Colonel Northrop; also anew
foreign loan, particulars of which speculators
are anxious to ascertain. Certain it is that
Lee’s army is poorly fed; not for the wan! of
supplies ot of transportation—as a gentleman
just from Wilmington assures me—but on ac
count,of the bad management of transporta
tion. Northrop has to buy at schedule prices;
agents of sundry bureaux nnd Departments
in Tpon market, Fiv# young men hold ex
emptions from certain Bureaux, and busy
themselves buying and procuring transporta
tion for private parties. Here is room for re
form.
Deserters say two or more corps of Grant’s
army are going to Wilmington. ’
We give the Yankees 12.000 prisoners and
they give us 3000. What dupes we are !
Something oueht to he done to revive the
people. T«„*e Examiner, despairing pf the
President and Congress, calls for a convention
of Yirginia at cnee ; while the Whig cries for
a change in the War Department and other re
forms.
Johnston’s official report called for on the
17ih of November, and again a few weeks af
terwards, was at last sent in on January 4th or
sth. Those who have read it are plea<ed, and
regard it as a complete vindication of his course.
It is not to be printed yet awhile. An impor
tant, part in it is that Johnston crossed the
Etowah at the earnest solicitation of Hood and
Polk, who said they con'd not hold their posts
of the line. Hardee, who occupied the weak
est part of the liue, said he could hold it in
spite of the enemy, and was averse to cross
in&-
General Lee is said to have expressed himself
in favor of consolidating the army, and op
posed to electing officers. “If,” said ha, “the
men would elect officers just beloro goingjjiu
to battle, tlicir elections would ■be the best
that could be made; but as it is, they elect in
camp, and choose the men who will most in
dulge them.
As for Butter's canal, Lee dads not care a
fig for it, even if it proves a success. Do the
enemy,suppose he has ever been idle all the
time they have been digging that caaaU . Not
he.
Some days ago it was stated in Congress that
matters had been as badly managed in the
Commissary and Quartermaster Departments,
that the breaking of a single bridge would put
fee’s army on almost no rations at all. Well,
the late floods have damaged the bridge over
the Roanoke river, besides injuring the Pied
mont railroad; aud to day the Govatoment is
borrowing flour and meat from the stores and
from citizens. Does this state of things sug
gest anything?.
Gongress is considering;.the Eremption Bill.
Foote is pottering about in the Northern Neck,
trying to get Mrs. P. overtire Potomac. Some
say he is going to Yankeeland himself. Weath
er biand ! No water in the hydrants, owing
to the excess of waUr in tho river.
FROM NORTH 43501!G1 i.
A correspondent of the Maoon Confederacy
writes thus concerning affairs in North Georgia:
It is needless to speak of the desolation of
the country, as it has already been spoken of
by many-
The state of affairs, morally speaking, is
worse than I expected to find them. Thieving ß
murdering, and swindljpg, are the order of the
day. There are thousands of deserters from
the ariuy prowling through t})a eoutfy, rob
bing for t!irir living. A groat many are well
mounted and pass thenrelves off as scouts,
claiming to lie' Texans. The people seem to
think they have a right to govern and control
the country. Whenever cne neighbor becomes
off rinded at another, he reports him to the scouts
who are always ready to get a job. By this
means they feed aud clotho themselves, as
their punishment consist* in taking nssy the
provisions, corn, tedder, and olotbiDgpHbf the
accused chici: they appropriate to themselves.
They'never wait for further testimonp than
the mere reporting.
About two weeks ago, I was near Dallas in
Paulding county, whero (hey perpetratedJa cru
el deed. ’ was informed that a man had gone
to a widow lady's house and taken Eagre nogs,
which she said'belonged to her, and carried
then! to his house arid put them up. Her two
sous went that night and turned them out, of
the pen. Upon which the man who had taken
thorn, went immediately for the scouts, who
soon returned with him, and took the two boys
out of their bed end hung them. When they
cqt tfepm flown they dragged off like hogs
and covered up ill iiiiifl beside a branch- They
put at defiance the dfciUia, who' attempted to
arrest-them; in fact they met the mititia, who
were ordered to Dallas, to'arrestftbeui, as they
came in, and disarmed, and kept" them sorne-
in the courthouse, prisoners. The citi
zens have petitioned the Governor to give them
more force, also arms ancj ammunition to put
such outrageous crimes.
FROM SAVANNAH
By way stf the North we have the annexed
news from Savannah. A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer writes thus :
As for the city, it is in ap erfoct furore of bus
iness. About every other has been coo
verted into a store room, and tho citizens—
those who could show a clean record—have
nearly all turned merchants. Besides, there is
an infl.ix 4 of the genus Yankee that must be
sorpewhat alarming to the poldding denizens.
The wharf begins to present an appearance
which would be no discredit to any cRy in ihe
North. In a word, Savannah is wheeling right
into the old Union track, and. if I mistake hot
very much, the*feeling qf her citizens, ail the
eloquence in rebeiflom could not persuade her
to turn out again, even if our troops were not
here.
The indignant contrabands —and their name
is legion—qre being shipped North as fast possi
ble“where,white wheat bread and adoiiar a day
ace coming.” When the army whieh’is at present
sojourning here moTes cut into tho wilderness
again, this city will, cf course, lie garrisoned,
aud it will be necessary to remove, so far as
possible, ail encumbrances, pitaifected cit
izens, whose hearts still long |or tno muddy
water brook of the Confederacy, wherever that
is, are bowed out of our lines without the least
hesitation.
Every house in (he oily is occupied, and rents
at ' fully as high as in Philadelphia or New
Yo k. This may seem strange, but it is, never
the I css, painfully true for these who are com
pel led io pay present prices. Table provision
is yet very scarce. Luxuries are few and oniy
to be had at outrageous prices.
Our city lamps still hold out to burn, but
unless some enterprising Yankee manages to
get a large supply of -caulo*tupped
very soon we will be left in the dark."'ire
wood sells readily at ten dollars per cord, and
is hard to get at - that. The army is slaying
the timber, as well as other thmga in the vi
cinity of the city. Even the Railroad ties cn
the Georgia Central, for many miles out, are
vanishing before this military necessity.
As yet, speculations about the probable
movements of the army are of little ucconnt. —
Suffice it that when all things are ready a
movement will be made which will excite the
interest of the couatry, no iekiP' than did that
which has just closed ia the capture of Savan
nah.
Thz U. Statbs Senate Rktdses io Acxsown
nnoE Maximilian - .— ff)n the IBth instant, the
Consular Appropriation Bill being under con
sideration iu the United States Senate :
‘'Mr. Wade, cf Ohio, moved to amend bv
inserting before the word Mexico, ‘The Re
public _ of.’ He says there were two Govern
ments in Md#rfo, -ainf wet could recognize none
but the RepfibHei teWeJiMEnoUiteg to do with
the Empire.” •
Ihe amendment was adopted, and the Bill
passed.
THE EXEIMPifOSBIf L,
In the House ol Representedivea, Jan, 20, the
annexed discussion took place ou the exemp- !
tion bill:
The question pending being the bill pro uni
ted by Mr. Russel, Mr. J M Smith; _of Go. ,
moved that said bill, togetlwr with the prepo
sitions submitted by himself, Mr. Simpson, of
ii O. and Mr. Goode of Ya, be referred to the
Special Committee on Co-. scription ; rejc ctrd. .
Mr Goode moved to amend the second c ause
of the bill (Mr. Russel's) so as to allow the de
tail of “persons lawfully reported by a board
of s”rge(fns as unable to perform service ia the
field.” Agreed to.
Mr. Wickham moved to odd [e the second
clause, so as to allow of detniH»on the ground
of justice, equity and private necessity—also
continuing in force present details.
Mr. W. said the bill was unnecessarily harsh;
that cases of very great hardship would arise
under it; that individuals ought not to be
crushed, without any advantage to the mili
tary service; that the army itself would be
most efficient when most contented ; that the
discretion, ought'not to be withheld, because it
might be abused ; that the proof showed that
it had not been abuted.
Mr. Staples, ct Ya., had always thought that
Congress ought to make the necesfcarv exemp
tions and details. Numerous complaints and
accusations were rife of partiality, abuse, and
corruption, cm the part of those authorized to
grant exemptions and details lie did %ofc
pronounce upon the justice o! these complaints.
Doubtless many of these were without founda
tion. But they existed and in order to res
tore popular confidence end harmony, it was
‘proper to remove tbs occasion for it. The
country, he said, was swarmirg with details,
either real or fraudulent, and the army de
pleted. *VVe have men, we have provisions, we
have treasuries of gold end silvt —all ad ;-
quate to the necessities ot tho country. Can
we not lay hold en these ? Other nations can
all their resources—cannot we?—
Where would his colleague, . Mr. Wickham,
obtain the needed lecrui,;, if he proposes to
allow so numerous a class of details!
Mr. Wickbanywid the total number of de
tails heretofor-^Funb •• 1 East of the Mits-issippi,
on the ground of “private necessity,” was oulv
1,399.
Mr. Si,Spies said the gave a very in
adequate idea of the number of details. The
details made from the army were not professed
to be given. Many, 100, wore never reported
by the enrolling officere. The number oi de
tails was vastly greater tiiuii the number re
ported.
On the subject of the production of supplies.
ns connected with details, Mr Staples said the
Ailing up of the army was the first consideration.
No details of agriculturists hatubeeu granted,
at least in Virginia. The detiHU and men whom
the pending bill would bring.into the service,
would be cf consumers, not producers.
The question being taken by yeas and nays
on Mr. Wickham’s amendment, resulted yeas
19, cays 51.
So the amendment was r.jecied.
Mr. Dupre moved io reconsider with a view
of amending Mr. Wickham?., amendment, no as
to confine details to cases of “private neces
sity.”
Mr. J M Smith and Mr Garland dicus’eed the
subject of details generally, the, tenner in la
yer, the other iu opposition to the motion to
reconsider.
The vote being taken, (he House refused to
reconsider.
Mr. J. M. Leach, of North Carolina, offered
an amendment, providing for the exemption m
each'county or district, {recording to the cen
sus of 1850, of artisans of skill and experience
in their several callings; as follows - One black
smith for every two thousand inhabitant?’,; one
miller for every two thousand; one trainer for
every four thousand; said artisans to be de
signated of persons either in or out ol the army
by the State- Governors, on the recommenda
tion of the county courts.
The question bS&g taken, resulted-yeas 25,
nays 43- So the ameudraen'. was rejected.
Mr. Ramsey moved to amend so ns to dis
charge from the sendee all blacksmiths; tau
net’3, millwrights, millers, hatters, rind shoe
makers, who were engaged in their i alilcgs on
the jfth of February, l.stJS, provided that the
number so discharged does not exceed one of
each for every eteht miles.
Tho amendment was rejected—yeas 14, nays
50.
Mr. Orr mofed to amend so as to require of
bonded farmers, who may go into service, por
tions of the supplies levied upon tl'em ratably
proportioned to tha time of tireir ex-, mpticu
Agreed to.
Mr. Logan, cf N U, offered an. arnenffiuhut
exempting in tyery territory of oi.riri miles
square a tanner, raiiler, &c,» now engaged in
his calling. Rejected.
Mr. Anderson, of Ha, offered sn amendment
for the exemption of bonded agrioal ouritds,-
and making it imperative that they should
furnish certain articles of food without the
privilege of commutation.
The Gold Market. —The deeline in gold has
been very rapid wit!.fit the-past four days.. On
Thursday flic brokers refused to buy at fifty,
and a mnub a r of the boarders of specie were
upon the street, anxious to sel). On Jan. 20,
gold wan very dull at forty e* ven and eight.
In tho afternoon, several small sums were sold
at. the latter price, though the market, at a
later honr, had a downward tendency.
Several causes have combined to bring about
this effect :-»the strenuous measures recom
mended by Mr. Trenholm,* Secretary of the'
Treasury, to Congress; th« decided action of
that body in determining, by a vote of forty
three yetis to thirty-one nays, to seize all the
cotton and tobsefio in the Confederacy on
Government account; and tho closing- of Uic
port of Wilmington.
'The scheme of iioar.ee stow determined upon
and iiseiy to he carried into effect, may )>s
comprehensively stated thus: The cotton and
tobacco of the country, having been made the
property of the Government, tha Secretary of
the "Treasury will proceed, under anmorlfy of
Congress, to bonow specie, giving cotton and
tobacco an security, 'i bis spook: wiil be speed
ily applied to the redemption eta large portiea
af the Confederate notes now afloat at a mod
erate discount No more notes- to be issued by
the Department; but the coming currency to
be used for ftovenraienfc expenditure -or can
celled. The cptton av-d tobacco sriz-.d will be
paid for in Confederate money qt the market,
rates—gold being ihe basis—at the-rate of
discount fixed by Secrotarv of tire Treasury
in the redemption of the currency. An effort
will be made to reduce the •yotijrac of tire
curreney to a certain amount, and, if possible,
to prevent its increase. This c urse ofptflicy
although not tor n ttiy- entered upon, h.v.
neverthflesis already been kuuevri ■••'..•tnctiv*.
The tell of Fort Fiebcr, and the snbf.nquent
closing of the port of Wilmington, though
deemed disastrous in a miliin.v point of
view, has necessarily dimin’: hed tteti '-aiue of
gold tiy lessening the dt-reai-d. The public are
r.ot aware of tho vest amount of influence ex
ercised over tb« gold market by the ..p-.-iations
of the bfockede n ii og .■>Wilmington.
From twenty thousand to one hundred thous
and dollars m gold wern reqdaviUo meet the
weekly demand* of the buyers, and uca.-fy n’t
thegoid drawn from the market flowed cut
through that channel On ilucday morning
last, one thousand dollars in goid at sixty-two
and a half in Confederate money for oue ini
specie. Two hours aftoward cam-3 the news
of the fall 6f Fort Fisher. Immediately gold
rose to eeventy-ot-e, and for ?sveral days con
tinued to advance, through tha combined in
iuence of the brokers, till it reached i aventy
gix; bfft bore it stopped, and lias since "bad a
steady downward tendency. —Richmond Pis
pateh.
-■ ■ ■
Gkn Reysolds and tub Jackson - MEimvo. —
The impression having gone abroad that Gen
eral Reynolds hud tom. thing to do with dis
turbing the into primary meeting at Jefferson,
we are requested by him to state that he knew
nothing about it till it waa kill over—that he
recognizes the Constitutional right of the Peo
ple to bold primary meetings, and that when
that right is denied them there wiii be nothing
left worth fighting for. As he is the re cog
dized head of military an drs in this dtetrict,
we are pleased to be able to place Liin right on
the record. —Athens Watchman.
In Stoneman’s official repart of his great raid
into South-Western Virginia^beclaims to have
captured two thousand tories, one thousand
mules, twenty-four officers and eight hundred
and forty five men, aud to have destroyed the
salt and .lead works. j,
Additiosat. Tax os Tobacco and Cotton.—
la the Confederate House of Representatives
on the Ltehjrist., the resolution of Mr. Mar
| si '.-1, of Kentucky, to recuommeud the Bill
with amendments to the Committee of V.teys
and Meats, with Instructions to report in lieu
tbereoi a Bill an.horiz ng the seizure by the
Governnwat of all the cotton and tobacco iu
the Confederacy, and provide for paying, at
some future day, ti e owner of the same a just
compensation therefore, was taken’up:
Mr. Hilton, of Florid', having the floor, paid
a high compliment to the ability, ST ,.irit end.
hope which characterized the tsp-eeh of the
geetieraan from Kentucky in advocacy to' Ms
resolution. lie begged leave, however, to dif
fer from him as to the pa’icy oi.adopting it.—
It would take, according to his estimate, at
least two bill tons of ded’ars to purehi.e all the
cottow and tobacco in the CoDfedera y, and
consf quently, ia order to raise this vast amount
the Government v ould be necessarily com
peted to deluge the country with pap. r uior»-
07-
Mr Baldwin, of Yirginia, earnestly advoca
ted Mr. Marshall's resolution. He said rumors
had reached Oongres-s that parties in certain
States were willing to treat for peace, inde
pendent of the common Government, and he
therefore des'red that it should ffo f->rth to the
country and the world that the Confederacy
now, as at the beginning of the struggle for in
dependence, is .a unit. He could speak ior
Virginia, and e niict say that saeV'.a? row will
ing to give her means as f.vely as she had giv
en her sons. Mr. B. during his remarks, al
luded to the fad that a member from one of
the Cotton States had threatened cn yesterday
to res ga if the resolution under consideration
prevailed, aud 'that Uo gentleman from that
section had yet endorsed it.
Mr Eehc::?, of Georgia, interrupting, said
that being referred to by the gentleman from
Virginia, he would repeat what lie said on yos
terday, viz, that if the policy of t-Kfc gentleman
from Kentucky was adopted, and every man
in the cou nry was to be .taken bf the nap of
bin neck and summarily landed in tho army,
iffid all of the property to be placed in the
hands of the Government, that ha would resign
nnd return to his con itituenfs.
Mr. -Orr, of Mississippi said that both him
self and Mr Simpson of Sou!!: Carolina, had
promptly endorsed the propositi,t\ of Mr Ma v
sball relative to the seizure of cotton.
Mr. Lyon, of Alabama, said that he was
willing to go as far even as the gentleman
from Virginia upon the subj :ct«
Mr. Luster, of Georgia, asked if Mr. Bald
win did not remember that a Georgia states
man made tha very same proposition at the
b-jrinning of ihe war.
Mr. Barksdale enquired of Mr. Lester if the
Georgia proposition was not 'that tho cotton
should be told by the Govtunnunt at and not
impress-id. as is now proposed. He then a.,k
ed Mr. Baldwin if the Government had not
gotten all the cotton it could export.
Mr. Baldwin replied that while it was true
that the Governtm nt hied gotten aii the cot
ton it needed, yet it had to outer the market
for"it upon ihe same terms as a private indi
vidual, and pay the full market price. Oa
the other hand, when it wanted wheat, corn
and other supplies, it had impressed them
at a merely nominal valuation.
A False Rumob Cokiieotui—One of Ihe
centralization papers having slated the rumor
that some of the people who attended the meet
ing at Thomasville, Ga ,at which resolutions
were adopted iu favor ol a State Convention,
had.her* ran out-of the count! y— a gen Hernia
who resides fn that section has written the tet
ter denying it. He also-intimates if the coun
try is cleared of its State Convention- men, it
wiil be somewhat depopulated. Here is the
document :*•
. TitosAsviLLE, Jan. 16th, 1565.
Dear Sir : Enclosed I send ihe account of
the proceedings of the meeting held in this
place on the 4tin test., as published in the
Times-ahd os aa net of juttio to all concern
ed, h“e you will republish it. lam happy to
state that, no one has been r«n out of »e coun
try, nor as yet any one hung.. Indeed, if being
in favor of ii coavention'of tho States iii order
to ra«tlo our national troubles be a banging
crime, a rope factory had better be established,
at once, as a large majority of the people of
ibis section are guilty. When th* day ot exe
cution arrives, we shoU oi «onise ex;>ect to see
•Mr Stephens, Bea liiii Gov Brown, as X
believe they are the or’g iiators of this plan of
settlement. Respectfully,
P. E. Leva.
Batilb With Eekctiuc Hum.—The marshes
hod standing watortf near Calahdr.zi and ihe
Orinoco are tilled with electric eels It is diffi
cult. :o catch the eeis with common■ ffsniug
nets, as they bury themselves iu the raud.
'The Indians fish for them with horses and
mules, which are driven into the wqter. The
noise occasioned by the stamping es the horses
drives the eels out of the slime and irritates
them ; they swim on the surface of the water
and press themselves against tho belly of the -
mules and A strange combat Row be
gins ; the Indians, provided with long thin
bu'.aboo eaues, encircle the ditch; some climb
the trees whora branches extend horizontally
over tho water. By wild screams an I threats
with their long canes, they pi event the hcr.es
from escaping. 'The eels terrified by the noire,
defend tbt.iy; elves by the repeated discharge
of their oieuirio forces. It seems for a time as
1 i! they would carry off the victory over the
horses, for many of the latter snc-cumh io the
force of the invisible decide Ida..:;, which tho
eel gives on the belly, the most sensitive part,
and they rink below the surface overcome L-;
«• I’s ot e - ping .from the si < < k’s
ot the electric eel roaches the land, it fails at
every step ■»url sinks flow: an Ihe sand faint
aud exhausted. Ju i:-e first five mujutps, t ;o
h'iVses were alreadydrow; «and. ihe eel, v.iiU'li
is five feet long, presses against the belly of: im
horse aiid'dificliurgus its. electricity along, ibe
V, to tie length, which stun:. Ur a':- in n, cntreti.Js
and - heart of,the horse. The Indians tintrin
that it the horses were driven into the water of
electric eels on two consecutive days none
would (lie the secondiluy. The eeis now timid
Jy approach the shore, where they were can tout
vvii[i tittle bar,trains attached to long ropes
If the ropes were pci feebly dry no cletricity v. as
coramuDic tied through the wat ropes,—ifw.a
boldl, %
A Novel Shootimo Match. —The world-re
uowned pistolor, Captain Jolin Travis, <J S. A ,
has accepted a challenge for two thousand
doliars u side, which will come off Jan. :8 b
iuci., at Montgomery Hall, in the city oi Me I
gniuery, that for novelty, ut least wit! take tha
lead of every match we have over hc-atd of as
yet.
Tho Mail thus alludes to this affair :
tfiin Travis, in this match, will shoot back
wards, holding the pistol uo side down be
tw-.en his leg at fifteen paces dlst-ar.oe from the
mark aimed r.t. with string meurumu nt
liam center to center, at time giv;->g
his opnonont half an inch on each shot
“Caplain Willem f.te.K-.svtf, n veteran cf
fi R-r, ter&ierlv lan 1f..-ntii. ;-.h.yibvi:;>: ro:'i
ment, and one of the first m*n who started >r
I’cnsacola in 1 •. I, v, ::l Moot ac.-jp t Cepfain
Travis, holding bis pistol the usual v.ay, and.
with the aid of hut. one ana.
“We have been intimately acquainted with
both these gentlemen for years, and know
them both as good marksmen; v/e fear the well
earned reputation of Captain Travis, who lute,
shot one hundred and twenty nine matches
without once having been beaten, is somewhat
periled. He has to assume a very strange at
titude, and it would not be singular it ‘this
time lie should lose his match. If he does suc
ceed, ihe man does not live who.can beat him
at pistoJ shooting, in any conceivable position.
From affidavits in Liverpool it appears that
the Shenandoah*'late the Sea King, of London,
is now,a leguiar Confederate cruiser, and that
her outfit was obtained in the way described in
the newspapers at the'tiqie. The steamer Lau
rel cleared from Liverpool with guns, powder, I
stores, men and officers on board. Ihe Sea j
King at the same time cleared Iron* London
for Bombay, in ballast. Both of course, were J
under the British flag. The vessels rendez- i
voused off Maderia, tire armaments from tho :
Laurel were transferred tothe Sea Ming, the lat
ter was l echristened the Shenandoah, hoisting j
at the same time the Confederate flag, and so.- i
ting forth on her mission to prey on the com- I
ixi6rce of the United Stated. >
tilußfilcfe & Skntiiul.
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A ST.: LB tf.iiOK UKVIVJ O.
For ah' t th.? twentieth lime it is announced
that the English Governm nt, in co-operation
with Fi-tuce, .is about to recognize the Confed
erate Slates. The report readies us litis time
via Cac da. where sun'ry sup
posed to Ik> in the secrets of their European su
periors. After the explicit deliverances of tho
British ministry on this subject, if any cne is
deceived by the rumor,’he must censure his
own excessive credulity and mako uo [(-flection
on English credulity. Whatever else may bo
chargeable to Q.t ea Victoria, and her cceifed
erates in the matter of our recognition, it
must be conceded that diriugenuousuess is not
one of ihe offences on which they can be ar
raigned. The Monsieur who sways hw sceptre
ou the other side of tho straits has been, wo
regret to say, pomowhat tortuous. Ho has
deported-ihn: if towards us in such a way as
io excite hope -, which wore subsequently blast
ed. 110 has taken on mere titan one occasion
steps, v : t<-b when adapted in relation to other
people.; struggling for nationality, were the
preliminaries to tit ir recognition. Butin one
ease, whilst ti e s'gns hav. -boon duly made,
the tiling v.d.h-h we supposed tube most clearly
teresliudo zed has nottiieeu forthcoming.
But v - i:we impeach Ljuis Napoleon for
his vjccillati -a, we mu..t do his neighbors jus
tice to say that they have awakened no expec
!:: ■, and have subjccto l in to uo disappoint
meuts so tar this coul 1 arise from a failure
to comply with their intimations. It iq true
that >< .a - journctitei Among the (Queen’s subjects
cave d.c'ared '.flit v.'-i 0u,!.: to be recognized
»: at we were. Mr more de.-je; viug of it thanoth
erswho hud received the honor; and that soon
- >- ev later we would be acknowledged anindc
pwiden* people. But iv'.eneycr those in att
thoriry hr-..: rpokxa, their uniform language
has b-. “Vv r e : e acutrais; wo persist in hav
ing uoiuing w:tit youi quarrel; wo can
not call you a Gvernment, ter that might
damage our sbinping and our trails-Atlantic
possesr.i jiis; wo n o wiliicg t-> say that you are
canning on a war -tout j <-u are belligerents—
but further than this we will not go.’’
And farther than this they have not gone.
In every nlbision untie to this subject by
those who are :>• aaiherity tiiey have intima
ted to us in uo dub cus that they
h.t'l ;iv, ; u theur ultiuiatura in the way of re—
ccgoiti-;-.. \Vu hazarlHiere lire opinion and cur
ui; can mine a nroe oi is, that England
will never recognize the ton them Confederacy
until Ibis justice b:*s first been accorded ns
by the people with whom we tire now contend
ing. Wo would tike to be mistaken in this
judgment. We would be glad to know tha**
our prophecy is unsui-tained. But with the
declarations aud acts of her Government before
us, we can reach no other conclusion.
Aud why ia the recognition withheld ? Why
f do aoi our ancestors rt arier us the small justice,
which she has under circumstances far lets im
perative e.x-onied to other people in their
struggles ter national life? Tnere is but one
answer to Inis question. It is fear oi the Uni
ted tii&lcs. We may suppose tiyit our domes
tic institution is It, - great -barrier at which
.they pause. Bat this would have been over—
looked or overleaped long ago, were it the only
obstacle to bo surmounted. They have the
fear of Reward before their eyes. They remem
ber his bullying proclamation that recognition
oi tho rebels would bo held by his Govern—
eminent to L-e a casus belli afi.l they have notth®
manliness to proceed. Th«y have not forgot
ten the dishonor which they suffered and tho
loss of fife which they endured, and ihe enor
utouii expense which they incurred in the date
affair oi honor with Russia, and they are un--
wiiiiug io increase this terrible score by an
encvaitter with xoidvos v,ho,are superior to
RuViiaaa in theatre oi anus. Aud no they stand
off. 4
Vo notice that: is gravely proposed in sev
eral quarters to solicit recognition, and if ne
cessary, intervention from the British Giovem
raent— tendering- as a condition the abolition
off slavery cud n return Cos that vassalage from
h»e ; - je liten- i.-d by tire patriotic arms
ot our revolutionary fathers. Out on such an
i ! iShouid v/e t,;. ke it there is every prob
ate toy that it would he Repudiated. Such a
tender wo nut :.<>t remove tho lion out of the way
He would still stand ai*l rosi aad flash ven
gepncl! from his eves, a nd the British lion would
as surely cower. Should it be accepted, our
condition would be pi table indeed. At the first
11 at of war England and ibe United
htteJ a a on event altogether witbrn the rangeof
pro: ability die latter would seek to chastisa
Eagk-.n-J i'i the person of nor newly acquired
chi: 1, and our te/i i would again become the
arc-r's. of and ally slrife. It would be seen that
wbil-it purchnri.' - • p.-otection we had also pur
char-the pi-iciit-.-e of having England’s ene
!rii< s for cue < i enri .Such a conclusion of
tl< ; - stengtop. ’.x-uiti uo fat th; prelude to hoa
tilities ni.-d.: ’ rm.l '■ ■■■ wt protracted.
“On - Goyf.!:;.mY\t Ai . - uunt.”—This is the
phrase o 1 when cotir.t shipped to Nassau
on, of tiic Uonf ;'.'ate Government io
s; -oken of. We arc: a little inquisitive, some
tin.".'. Ko ;o . e ta-m we'bavo'a right* to be,
bo" ever. ’■ • •;•.;! 1 .. : i to know to whose
cie.ii-i i.-luccd tu.; pcc-' -edt arising from the
iof that - to ten, A great mauy other peo
ple; "O'ric: like io know also.
• It bus be en surmised that if some parties are
obliged to seek refuge in Europe that they
wiil find money qfioti tot to their credit to pay
their expes.- * the baid roeoFtheir lives—and a
little m .re .a' Maybe such surmises are
to but they-have a coloring
of truth about them n vertheic s. *
“On G.v.rnmout Account’’—rich! dfe
defliy rich ! Weil, we suppose this is one thing
the dear people ought to know but little if*
anything about Tto refore we will close by
Pimply ■; atony that the matter is one which
w:l! not bear an extraordinary close investi
gation.
—em» .
Fiiom Chaiils-.tox.—Nothing has occurred
since last accouu is. With the exception of one
shell fired a; tho city r.ll has been quiet.
Ihe blockade runner Coquette has left
Charleston recently with twelve hundred and
fifty bales of cotton for Nassau.
Gen. Meagher is ou his way to join Sherman
with two army corps.