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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. =4= ♦U- : ’N ;'A, GA.- :-t-. . . ysr\!:v si. ''< *• ‘ ’ J •'• 1 S' at th ‘ V i.lv • i; \i paid, of wi.irh tho •ujsfr. «i- -' : t! u paper, sn that if»ou wish ' •’ A 5 1,1 your subbciiptiona easlttvo wt.jcto Leti*i:eexpires, « \V e i'ft i.if?' '- ■ ; ! ii-e«t.-r'a subscribertinlesshe us htoloimv i a.- cii.tf ...r present ad tires*. V* 'itGH.-- i :»epr oftlic Wrxklt Ckro^tclu * i:n . -- .a u.Mian; t»r t.i \c .iu-nths, twelve dollars for H! I R ■ \ Ti.f r Aii: • ~ . uu.n. oh; r.*;v. »•!■*. _ Ik every villagethf«» JU S ; ‘ : ' r a:.:iv...-n?, v;ho 1 buy every pouLd of We would ■ . - ;!1 > m iu* .. 1 t-i v. take to buy rass- to mako r.-i-,:. F X ' - lia F.L. Ou receipt 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.