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\ >:;n < Ai'.OLI V V MOViXa.
North Caro!:!: t h.- ••!>«• t&kir.g step
owards bi r our dlitfeuitifs to an boaoras
b!e setthinent. lb*! bill Introduced into h r
Legislature c i'.'ir: a Date convention,"truly
Btatfrf ih.ii tb • preae-m c udUion of the country
demand- that the i overcigu people fchould as
semble aud ■ ‘ vfhat they can do lo arrange
eiiriing tronhits. The bill also leaves it wiiA
t.ifc people to say whether they will have a
State convention or r.ot. This is right. I his
0 as it should be. It acknowledges the peo
pie to he what they are and ought to be in ait
free countries—fccveieigr.s. it acknowledges
them to be what the Constitution meant they
shjuldbe—the power. It gives the* the privi.
lego of deciding in tb nr sovereign capacity a
question which they have an right
to decide-whether tliis war shall continue to he
carried on by ili-.yi.l ."..-sumption of authority
and in an uncon.rtiiutional manner, or whether
it ihall be conducted in n constitutional way,
or settled honorably by those who have a
perfect right to so conduct or settle it—the
sovereign people
The Legislature of North Carolina have made
another judicious Cep. A step which is also
imperatively denrtnded. K-tHblutions have
passed that body calling for a general conven
tion of the St:-. 1 es. Tnis is a proper move
ment also North Caiolina thus shows that
while she is determined to act on her own
State sovereignty in e.-deavorisg to adjust ex
isting difficulties, ihe is also willing to act
conjointly wi h her sister Ernies' if they feel
inclined so to do. This is ail thatcan be asked
of her. This is uli lie-f obl'gationa can de
mand of her. hkci-ei r me nectssity of a meve
msut, ftv.i y concludes to make it. .But
bile feels boih.d to re- pect the rights of her shs
ter .State i. iboifeg thus, rfieinvitcs them to co
operate with i. r. if they refuse, fine is at lib
«,ty to do ua bLu pleases. If bad consequences
tiuilt to otheis on account of their refusal to
tiike action with h< r, they alone are to blame
life icily to urge that In cause other Stales are
betft on destruction, that she is compelled to
keep their cur. my. No ! If N >rih Carolina
can devi .• mean.- to settle mailers honorably
by negotiation -either whk.Jcr without tlw
assisturicj of her sister Stales— she piovi* her
patriotism to he ot.ibo most exultcd-aml pure
nature.
*rbun far tho Legislature of North Carolina
have act' and wireiy. They Lave acted well,
tihey have h at.run.fed mem-uies which un
doubtedly will p 10 v. not only beneiieial to the
citizen;; i.f thr.’ • but also to every citi
nen of the C afedc s y.
Wo ti art the people f North Carolina will
move calmly ami coolly in The
•crisis n* ~‘i the c- unrry is a great one. They
should weigh v, .il ■ I'.'.'Uli.i oi every move
ment before ma! i:" it r.icl v»hen a inoveiru.'it
is made, it sli ,1(1 be beneficial in character
mid deci.'ivu in r :tult3
In ar.-cmblii .S o convention the people
«hould b.; careful in seleoti.ig experienced men
btatesnnii v-ilo have been tried. Men of
conservative view’s. lien of deliberation and
j udgme.’iwhose pat not'., ni is pure and un
<orrupted. All families and ultras of every
description should be permit • and lo smy at home.
Thj* is not the fine lbr }; nt'.d debate. It is
tlie time ( or reflection 'ul w cour.del.
—wiSL
*V CIIA.MT 1011 N’omtiation. — Xhe New York
-Trildh.e. in speaking of tho visit of Gen. Min
gleton of klinois to Nieiaaond, lvmaika limn:
“Wo do not hnew the fact sue transpired
that Gen. Simjl .IV- <•* Illinois, .recently Jolt
Washington for Ru hm cn «'•<> ,ll! md deon
ciliatiou, but. a fact it utij oll^ Hy '*■ ' ls
not, pivt-tdeti—ut it* m, ii c ,linf) t * >e
truth—that Gen. hS.i, : ,r , :i < - oes^ )r
}>roU.B4 to I? pit-t it;., i v.rvcvini\ Die
President of »h-- l a I .••tx:.-n, or ih.-.t »..' 8 ra, ’ ri '
sion is oilier llpin puiely hidf-puma ied. •- en
Singleton is a Dom he is (p I
ported to what is termed “Goalcbm”— l:a en
joy j Ihe person .1 ihlitiship and- -i .tm ol cer
tain of the Contedenue eln«.f», v bo can have i.o
doubt ot his hearty good will.
It is Vi ry evident that the leading men of
the North are noxious for peace. Now is the
time lor the couscivalive men of the South to
move in the ma* ter. Measures should be
Inaugurated that will prepare us to meet bur
opponents and talk uo p.lf.hs, in case an op
portunity is offered. Nothing should bo loft
undone that will bring about an honorable
peace by nogoti i‘ion.
Tits Frblinci in South Carolina.—lt will bo
seen from a letter published elsewhere that the
people of some sections ol South Carolina are
beginning lo aw ■ • to the rial condition of
otTdrs. They see tl aL there is one way to se
cure an i out j able peace, and that is through a
St te Convu.tieu.
We are glad to perceive that cur neighbors
are beginning to advocate tho right way to
settle cur aff.iim. We have tried the sword.—
Let ti 9 try negotiation. Ii unsuccessful, resort
to other measures.
The Fkbu.vo in Nonni Carolina. —A major
ity of the prvcs of North Carolina is clamor
ing for a State convention. They assert if
North Carolina ty<l a right to coll together her
wise men in council when she was in the old
Union, rfie lea the light to do co now. They
also assert that the present condition of the
country mere imperatively demands a conven
tion now than tin; condition of the country did
then.
There is n great den’ ii of truth than po
etry in these ar ertions—however unpalatable
they may be to soic a.
The hall rolls on !
Tub. Fr.si.iaa is Viroima. The telegraph
lines furnish v.s eitiy ni::: oar news from Vir
*j,lnia, and news which forms a prosecution of
the wav. This G ail that could he expected from
a place where the war power keeps a strict
eurveiilance over < very tbb.g it pwsibSy ran.
The Yi'g'ira newK-apas, h'Wrver. tell adif
fereat story. Seine <>i ihun have commenced
taU egos pi »if. «• o-Hie j-foicly. and ad
vocate W SUte Cv'un atioa to s.-ttlc dilicultiee
honorably if p; «ii; !e.
llie fcall is .in motion. Let it roll on.
Congressional Phatkis Meeting.—lt will
gratify and cheer the hearts of Christians ev
erywhere to know Cut a meeting for prayer,
oompoped of members of Cos; gre >, has been
held for a year past. Ii n-.. * very Sabbath
morning, acd i- sometimes attended by as many
as thirty persons.— Presbyterian.
We hnve always wondered why the number
of members of Congress who voted against
►Presidential unconstitutional recommenda
tions and unconstitutional bills which orig
inated in the House or Senate —was always
in the neighborhood oi" thirty. The matter is
now explained. Abflut- thirty members of Con
gross, or thereabouts, are praying men.
Hall Storm at Mobil*.— a s»Tere hail storm
visited Mobile and vicinity. Jan. y. A great
deal of damage was done to the' trees and shrub
bery- m
Fire at Mariana, Fla.—A largo dwelling
oocupLti by the Commissary General at Mari
ana, with its co a tears was de-
t* fu>v nights since. G
PACTS LEAKING GIT.
Mrs. Foote Las arrived at Washington
In her narrative of her adventures, and the
cause why Mr. Foote anil herself jeit the Con
federacy, she tells c* me queer things. Here
they arc :
Mr. Foote has resigned his cs-at in the rebel
House of Representatives, assigning as rea
sons, “The suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus,'’ “the passage of ik's in secret session,
against the interests of the people “that the
Senate and the majority of ihe House are in
tee interests of Jeff Davis, and have passed snch
laws as tend to extinguish the liberties of
the people, and disastrously affect their inter
eats.’’
Me. Foote Is thoroughly disgusted with the
Confederacy, which, instead of being an inde
pendent Government, as he set out to attain,
it ha 6 become to be a question of dictatorship
for Davis, who is centralizing tbe entire power
orthe Confederacy in himself, la league with
him are ail butTrenho’ra. Secretaryfcfthe TreaP
ury. He is boldly pushing for a dictatorship,
ana he is determined to carry on the war to
suit himself. Ho will neyer make an- peace,
out will continue to grow more * barbarous as
lie grows more desperate by the apparent
hopelessness of success, and if he fails, is de
•ermined to involve the whole country, if pcs
iihle, in one common rum.
Mrs. Foote docs not think the Blairs’ mis
rion, if intended for pea< e, will avail anything.
Many sf the people of the South are w eary of
their bnrdena and iosi-es, and would willingly
quit and make peace, il they could be guaran
teed an amnesty and secured their property
and slaves,
From incidents which era dally occurring,
we are led to believe that there is a great deal of
truth in Mrs. Foote's statements, after mak
ing all allowances necessary for the prejudice
created m her mind by the amost and deten
tion ofMr. Foote.
That Congress lias suspended the of
habeah corpus in secret session, there is good
reason to believe. Thlffs one of the greatest
blows that can be aimed at civil liberty. It
is aimed at the very fdundatioiqof the temple
of freedom. Those who voted in favor of tha
, suspension of the act, well knew at the
that they were paving the way for a one man
power. They well knew that they were crush
ing out the very principles for which wo are
lighting; and were giving power to those who
would do it whenever tho timo arrived that
they could do so with safety.
Thure is another statement of Mrs. Fcote’s'
which wo know to be correct. The statement
that other acls have been passed in secret
session of Congress which will operate.against
tin; interest of tire people. The doings of cur
national legislators in secret session hr.vs al
most entirely Deen of tiro character injurious
to good government. Tho acts passed have
been of such a character, that even members
of Congress who voted in favor of 1 hem have
been afraid to acknowledge their deeds to their
constituents—knowing full well if they did so
that the next time they were • candidates for
popular favor, they wcuhl be elected by largo
majorities—to stay at home.
We suspect, from what we can learn, that
acta h iv« been passed in the secret sessions of
the pretent Congress, which,when promulgated,
will destroy all the rights the people have
left. The expression used by Mrs Foote “ex
tiuguiob the liberties of the'people” is none
too strong. It is Jcuth— simple" and unadorn
ed. From what we have been told wo b.elbvp
that acts have been p <&el which would have’
q tendency, in any kingdom which has the
feast pii’llelp of constitutional liberty left, to
lmrl the crowned fceigi wfeo approved oftheqj.
from Lis throne.
statement (hat a majority* the Sena’e
and House qru in tho interest of President Da
vis is coir ct. If the truth could be got at ; it
would show that the biggest speculators ip
our land are those members of Congress, who
vote for Presidential unconstitutional recom
mendations, and iu return get hfl&e contracts
put of which they can make millions without
a£ j<r yisk or trouble. *
That ifsV Davis is endeavoring to centralize
all tho power in his own hands, is a fact width
ids own acts prove conclusively. No argu
ment is needed to establish tha truth of the
statement. Kis own suggestions lo Congress
are sufficient evidence.
That he is endeavoring “to carry on the warto
suit himselt” no’bne can deny—and keep even
a shadow of truth on his side. We have proofs
every uay of this. He treats the appeals of the
people, and the recommendations of Congress
with utter contempt. His cabinet is composed
of men who yield a quiet acquiescence to alp
his plans, without even daring to remonstrate-
In fact they aro mere cyphers, and their ii fln
ence amounts to about as much, as a row of
aughts would on the right hand side of a figure
one.
It is only necessary to read the President’*
proclamations and speeches to be fully con
vinced that he Is not is favor of peace, as yet.
That he h ;s had several opportunities to enter
into negotiations which would, have brought
rJiOutau Uoijornblc settlement of the dhficulties
long ago, we have good lt-asons to believe.—
If he had done so, tens of thousands of pre
cious *i es would have bfen spared, thousands
of happy homes and firesides would net have
been made desolate, ancLour districted country
would now on so IPQfS bo enjoying all tile botn
titul blessings of pe
Well, cur readers may say, what does »11
this amount toT The people were aware of
raauy.il not all of the fac(3 (dated before.—
Well, It amounts to this. It is our duty as a
public journalist to keep arning the ’ people
of the direction in which they a r e drifting. To
tell them of the dangers into which their lead
en are rushing them with headlong speed.—
And we shall do it.
Thors is a power which ean remedy all thc-si
evils, ne far »« the people of Georgia are con
cerned. A power which can be constitutionally
exercised. It is a State Convention. Tho peo
p’eo! Georgia have a right to take care o;
tiu-ir liberties constitutionally. They can do
screw. If they trait much longer wo fear i
v, i:l be-too late. We have already seen t
Imposition on the part of Confederate official
to prevent a State Convention if possible.—
We have already had an assemblage of the cit
izens dispersed by military power.
Upon you, people of Georgia/rests a great
responsibility. To you the conservative por
tion ot the Confederacy am now looking Fai
not in this the hour of your country’s peril.—
Meet and instruct your Legislature, soon ti
convene, to call a Sute Convention. You hart
a right so to do. A right given you by tht
constitution. Exercise it like men ! Show that
you are still freemen I
Auction Sales.— Msssrs. W. A. Karasev &
Cos. at their auction on Friday obtained tha
following prices : 1 sett parlor furniture]
$2530,00: con whiskey, #74 to SB6 per gallon)
gold watches SIOOO to S1500: velvet tapestry car
j eti: g. #75 per yard; Brussels carnet. s43* prr
yard; tine bedstead ss2sßureau SO3O to $825 00;
wardrotres SSOO to $1300: chairs 10 a piaee:
pistols #l5O to S6OO- -fathers, $3 o 0 par pound}
common bedsteads #iOo to $135; Hats sll to
sl3" CO per dozen; black tea SBS per pound,
areen tea. SIOO per pound; castile soap S2O
- pound; shoes, SO7 per pair: silver rings,
SSO each; piates. $lO each: dishes. $27 to S4O
each; overcoats s3s^^Jjso^aui
AX IMPORTANT LETTER.
TILE PEACE MOVEMENT AT RICHMOND.
We are permitted to lay before the public
the following extract from a Richmond letter,
adcXessed to a gentleman of high social aDd
political position ; and one whose whole heart
has ever been devoted to the peace and happi
ness of his country. He authorizes us to say,
well-balanced mind, not carried away with
that his correspondent is a gontlein'.n of calm,
idle rumors, and well acquainted wi.b potit’es
and politicians. We esteem it a privilege to
be allowed to give our readers this important,
and, as we believe, reliable letUr :
Richmond, Jau. 23,15C5.
Drab Sir : The feappearance of Mr. Biair,
Sr., again in our midst iast night, produced an
intense excitement. Public curiosity was on
tiptoe to know what was really the object of
his mission. While that yet remains a matter
ot conjecture, there can 'be no doubt of his
reception as as an individual or personal ac
quaintance of the President and (secretary of
War, and of his having been entertained'in
that character by them ; while also on the eve
of bis departure it is known that he had a pri
vate interview with President Davis of nearly
an hour’s duration, in which it is believed he
rec»ived an autograph letter to the Federal
auttiorities, agreeing to receive peace proposi
tions, or to send commissioners with a safe
Conduct granted them. It is now supposed he
is "lothed witn authority to this extent.
Mr. tSiugfeton, M C., United Slates Con
gress, from Illinois, a devoted Douglass Demo
crat, and'known as a “ Copperhead,” is here
to urge upon tha authorities a speedy settle
ment of the difficulties between the two sec
t ous before the expiration of the session of
tiie present Federal Congress. lie says the
present Congress is disposed to make favorable
terms of settlement, and that Lincoln is not
adverse to it; but that the new Congress is
radical and strongly anti slavery; and that
Mr Lincoln will able to carry on the
government without "yielding to the demands
of the fanatical majority. Mr. Singleton, there
fore, urges earnestly tnat something be d"ne
booh, belore the expiration of the term of the
present Federal Congress, that may secure
peace, aad preserve the constitutional rights
of the slave. Etates. He believes that it is
practicable note to make peace, and preserve
to each State its domestic institutions ; and*
that the immediate recommendation of the
States of the South speaking through their re
spective Legislatures or Conventions, would
greatly promote this paramount object.
It is well known to alt that Andrew John
eon, Vice President elect, Is in alliance with
the ultra anti slavery Republicans, and that
his influence, when once in opposition, with
his known adroitness, will be wielded to the
injary of the Southern .States
From the high character of Mr. Singleton,
for his conservatism and his anxiety for the
-restoration of peace to>& bleeding and distract
ed country, too much importance cannot be
attached to his labors and opinions. -
Thu lljitinto in Jackson County.—We have
h-'aid h rood deal of the trenson,able risolu
tions which were to be passed at the meeting
breken up in Jackson County a short time sin, *
by the military. Having a desire to get at the.
Bulb o! the matter we have taken pares to
get a copy of then}. Here they are :
1 here being a bloody and destructive war
in progress between, the U. R. and the C fi
ef America, and believing an bonoiaide peace
can Vie obtained only by negotiation; and in
view of the serious difficulties in the way of
negotlutton between the authorities at Rich
mond and those at Washington; and believing
it to ho the duty 6f r.!I ft? st-tafn peace K J
every laudable means in their power:-be it,
therefore, by the ei.fteeps of Jackson county,
in conven.ic-u qtse’vjjjed, "
Resolved, That the (Governor of this State is
hereby respectfully requested to convene the
Legislature at his earliest convenience, for the
purpose of taking such steps as they may think
proper, to ir.ifinte negotiations.
1 Resolved,That every ceunty ia the State- is
hereby respectfully requested to pass immedi
aiK]~ ■’"•"larresolutions to these.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions ll ?
forwarded to the Governor, and that one bo
sent to tire editor of the Watchpian for public
cation.
Surely we cannot, see any thing treasonable
in these resolutions. Neitiier can any one else
unless they read them with treasonable eyes.
A Sonnet for tub Times.— The old poets
appear to have written for every age and ev
ery nation. Wordsworth has given us a beau
tifr.l sonnet, which, will he very applicable to
our case, if some of our leaders succeed in
carrying out their ideas of government and
establishing a one man power rule udoii this
people:
There is a bondage worse, far worse, to hear
Thau his who breathes, by roof, and floor, and
wall,
Pent in, a Tyrant’s solitary thrall:
,T;s his who walks about in the open air,
One of a nation v?ho, hencefort h must wear
their fetters in their souls. For who could
be,
Who, even the best, in such condition, free
From self reproach, reproach which he must
share
With human nature? Never be it ours
To see the sun how brightly it will shine,
And know that manly feelings, manly powers,
Instead of gathering strength, must drcoo and
pine,
Atm earth with all her pleasant fruits and
flowers,
Fads, and participate in man’s decliqo.
FeiiLic Mewing in Hart Uocntt.—The cit
izsas of Hart County are of tho opinion that
something ought to be done “to ameliorate
the condition of the people.” They have
therefore held a meeting and passed the an
nexed resolutions :
\> hereas, We ,as a people, are laboring un
der circumstances of peculiar embarrassment.'
lo view of g meliorating our condition as a Peo
ple,
Resolved, That we, as citizens of Hart ooun-
Jy■ rt ' ( J l!e °- his Excellency tire Governor of
Georgia to call, through the' Legislature, a
Conven-non of the ytate, to adont such meas
ures as in their best judgement they may be
directed, • and
Resolved, That the Athens papers be request
ed to pubmh the proceedings of this meeting.
Resolved, That our Representative present
the Governor o Georgia and the Legislature »
copy of the action of this meeting.
The people of oth»r sections of our State
should commence moving. Something ccr
tatniy ought to be cone “to ameliorate our
Condition as a people 5
A n i lb Proposition. —A proposition Is uend
ing in Congress, looking to the seizure of all
the cotton and tobacco in tho Confederacy, for
the use of the Government—owners to be
remunerated when the authorities deem it
expedient. This is one of the most insane prop
ositions which has. yet been introduced into
that body. It does appear as if some of our
Confederate legislators are men who cannot
learn anything from experience; men totally
devoid of political and moral principle; ’men
who not only wish to deprive the people of
their liberties*but of their entire property
also; men whose acts instead of conciliating
the citizens and making them more united,
exasperate them and create schims in the
land. Would that moij wisdom, moderation,
I and discretion prevailed in national councils.
Col. Joseph Johnston was murdered at his
k Talla on the night of
Dec. -Sth, by one c-i las negro men nam<>l Wj]
lia. Col Johnston was sitting at his fl.-esid»
,at ’ne ti*« of tne murder, guirounded bv his
tam !y. The negro placed the gun through a
broken pane > ; glass in a few inches of the
; colonel’s bead and fired killing him iagtantly.
The negro, who was a runaway at the time,
; wa? apprehended, made a full confession and
was to be uurnect at Barnesville, Col. Joha
n's reiidnee, on Friday, the 6th iuat.
Q AL .-'it i ill S,
PCBLISIIED GRATIS Fo. ' BEM.IOF THE COM
SPECIAL It OT,CE -
Negroes bringing Proviste or to mar
ket will not be interred witl s by Impressing
Officers.
Under the recent order of Gen. GX S. Hill,
it is required that every able-b.“•died Negro
man between eighteen aad fifty veers of oge be
impressed for tho defence of 'Augusta. Will
not the citizsns come forward ia ft spirit of
patriotism and furnish their slaves for this
emergency, and thoreby avoid the inconve
nience and hardship whi : h necessarily attend
an indiscrimreate impressment.
• A. D Shabp, • ’
Lieutenant and F.nroliing Officer.
KORTtiERX I’iEV/S.
The magazine at Fort Fisher exploded Jan.
IG, killing and wounding between two and
three hundred men.
The Northern papers report the Confederate
loss at the lull of Fort Fisher in killed and
wounded, about five honored.
Dome great movements are soon to take place
in Gen. Thomas' depaitment.
Thomas in his official report says Hoed lost
seventy-two guns, live thousand small arms.
Also nineteen generals and about four thousand
in killed wounded and about eleven thousand
prisoners, half of whom arc wounded.
Gen. Breckinridge, with his command, had
gone to tho Valley of 'Virginia, and it was
(nought would not return.
The most perfect quid now exists through
out East Tennessee.
General Slaughter has i-sued a. decree de
ciariDg Pasbiio, Acquila, Lareda, Rio Grande
and CoiiubuTgb. to be the oujy frontier towns
übrou Ji whic.i*the exportation of cotton is to
be. aiiowod.
A bill has'been introduced into the Federal
Congre.-s which propores to deal with each se
ceded Stilt:; separately on its own merits,
without establishing a system of re-admission
applicable to ail. •
The New York Herald advocates the with
drawal of i lo Emancipation Proclamation, and
au atteuxptjto reorgulze the union on the old
footing with slavery as the war leaves it.
Han. -Tliuddeua Dtewns !..*a declined tis have
his name used by h:s friends iu Congress for
-an appointment as Secretary of. tho Treasury
tor Mr. Lincoln.
The St. Louis “Union” of the 12th iost.,
says: “We are oppristfl es a great military
movement that vrii; .-.(.irfic t e public in a few
duyu Its (hu Mis a;■■ coutr-.vbiuid at presc-.t.”
The Bos-iou “Journal,’'" of J.in. IT. adds : “We
have received i.ittfii'gmce from the West of
.. ; i rein ant, but with
hold it (or obvious teutons.”
• The fortiiicatiou bill vcpdrted in the House
appropii:Mt*< ha If a million for the defence of
Washington, and over six millions for the de
fences of the lakes, the northern seaboard and
other places.
A draft now going on in Wa.-huigton is con
ducted in eegrecy. so tliat tl cso whose names
are drawn shall’have neiohaneo to run away
( Tt is'intiniab-d that tho -foivliment law may
be so amended as to-mako this mode o£ draft
ing Ihe genera! practice,
4j.rchbish')p IfcGVe ■/, of New is at,
once to open sulscrir.! bins tor the compfftion of
the new R eaan Gatbeiio Calh: ltd in that
city, whie.’i is derigred io be tlx* most cosily
and most beautiful ciiurch in the United States,
exceeding itjven the mognifiesnt Piiiiadeiphl i
Cathedral.
’ U?a is txpected to arrive in Wa«h
intgon to appear before the Courmitfes on the
Conduct of the l\a" a witness m toe inves
tigation as ti) the can bcl >iu* faiiuio of the
' recent Wilmington exp; diLvu.
Governor Ftstoher issued a proclamation on
the 14th declaring Missouri a flee State. In
St Louis there wr.s mi illumination
The Yank-jn raider, Gri( rs m, ii is said, in
tepclg sti'.'TUi:; on another raid as soon as his
men and horse's art! Wntcd,
VSTA i>£* it Jig,- j"g.
WeeUv Jlaseri *u». 50, t*. AT.
Financial -G01d,.570a75 unscttlde; silver, 65
to 70 for one; Sterling $65; Bank
notes 2a o ; Confederate Bonds, 8 per
cent., long date, fur ; ditto short "dale, 90
to 95 ; 7 per cent, bonds, 60 ; G per cqpt.
bonds, 50; Cotton loah bonds 1,75; 7 per cent.
Georgia bonds (old) 800 ; 7,30s 60 ; Colum
bia & Hamburg K R 70.
Cotton.— Market unsettled. Sales have been
made at 90c to si.
Dombsmcs.—We quote domestics as follows:
J shirting 4*o® ; l sheeting 500 ; 4-4 - sheet
ing, $6 00; osnabnrgs, £5 50; yarns, SSO 00,
pc-r bunch. M-ukeEstitf demand.
Flour. —$350 to 400 per bbl.
Graer.--Wheat, s2f'a3o per bushel; Corn,
in the ear. from wagons, S3O 00 ; peas £25 -
rye, $29?25; Farley, $10,0<).
GacciiH.'as, Peovi-uoxs, &c.—Bacon, active,
6,60; coffiie 35,00 per lb; rico 2,00 per lb; sugar
Sail; salt of all descriptions quoted $1,50 per
lb; tobacco, Lsoaß; lard $5 5057,00; Molasses,
N. Orleans, none;-Florid-) $23a25,00;. Sorghum
18a22; whiskey SBO-.L20 pr gal; brandy $l2O pi
gal; bugging dO'alO; bar soap scarce ; cotton
rope $0; nails 32,50n3 6Q; corn meal $35 per
bush; fodder SSO 00 per cwt.; shucks slßx2o
pet cwt; country hay 520a25; tallow 4,60a5 per
lb; Candles 7 00 per lb. by box; Tcrrebipa oi!
sl6 per gal retail; black pepper 19,00 per lb:
Tea #75 00 per lb.; Iron, Swedes, 4,00; bi
carb. soda, oaHi: starch 3.:5; dry hides s4as pr
lb: Manilla Rope sl2.
Country rnoDucs.--Good Beef 1.C0&3 Jerlb
nett; country beef, 'i,so per lb nett; pork,
3 35 per ib' nett; 1,50a 1.75 gross ; mutton
2,50 per lb nett; Sh-.-rp SSO to 60 cor head:
kid 2,00 per lb; chickens, sHial2 per pair; tur
keys s3o:i‘lo per psir; ducks 16.00a13 per pair;
eggs, $6,00:i6,6Q p?r dozen; butter, $lO per lb;
Irish iiotnv-oee, none ; Sweat
per bushel.
FOHS.HI.V iH HUiBTS.
Liverpool Cotton M&rkot, Hoe. 21-
Sales of cotton for tho work, 78,000 bales,
dosing firm at m advance of jd. for A.’.7»eri
can, India and other d9scrlpti--r.S. The sales
to speculators were 34,000 bales, and to ex-,
porters, '8,500 bales,
» lior-.dmi Money Market, Use. 3®,
Consols $0 5 16,i 89 33. The bullion in the
Bank of England has increased £BI,OOO.
American securiti-s n'lnunal. United States
five-twenties, 4IJ to 42*
‘ t- h
At a late auciici: sale in Cdutnkus, G.a., the '
. annvx-cdprices tv- ••-•tsir.K.: a !,<••}• twrufr
four years oi arc,83,525; .- shess very old
$2,300; axr :-.n -t- i ■ e $1,025; a
eased woman $300; a boy debt years oi ag t
#2,500.
At jl Lit; t. action In Petersburg, tbeau
nexed prices were ole i]-: .'; a woman sixty
years ot age vS!0; a girl t*'- •\'y two years of
age $4,090; a g-:.i twenty years oi age *4.800;
a b.-y eighteen years ofnge $4,800; a girl four
teen years of rave 23.890; a boy seventeen years
age 4 CIO; a boy ten years of age $4,000; a girl
fourtcci years of-.re r 3.500;.500; a girl five years
of age #1.010; a boy threi years of aue 81,010;
a girl twenty-five years of nge and infant $5,-
000.
WTOTICE To DEBTORS .130 CREDITOR- "
1 11 person* inSeiteJ t> >r,s c-ts :of feain-io! T. B;um
la»e of WUXrt • loamy Qeosa*<a, r.r ■.q 1, 3 -d I mate Im ,
lu-'i-itc p yn>: \ a- 'bavfint cLma ws;i-t tarn a.rate.
wii pr eem 'lvm with.2 :L-et itne | -:b -1 by law, pt.. - ert»
itteticd, o the oaoerivi- 11 ferpiev
THOS. a. bMITII, ACm'mistrator
jar 3" 6 5 , Wild d.e wJ! aan a:ert,
CSTATS OF Ol>’RG'« WILKES I'OUNTi.
tovinty, Cecea-wL
Ta-V are tb-r-eforrt'cite C3t!aa3ioi»t*b,;.i; ad sinyalnr
the kin<U-u amt < -ed-.trrs or ,a'd e -r.tr t..-> >, _r,d tv„> -.r
a* m- -ffl.e Ritulc nu.v rpr-3 i.y tv, totbowtau.e,
'd any tbev have, why.- .it 1-t ere - oa-o -se.-.t.0
Ulv-ii uormy hd w-a ofS: .-I . L urr at (Setria
Warhl-x'on. :hi»iS4 hay 0: J
jar 27 4w5 1 fITI. .21Av r
CTATEOVGE. >ROIA W-1,5i", < ’()Ui-TI.
O Wii-rt-r . '! rsL ir rs c -p ,-ks to me for RUera of
fttmlniLtra-ion vritu th-- wij, 7-.. . -1 ~n ti,.- t s -.i-.te or Ann
Vi iplett late of tjd tou-fty, 0 - ra—d
Tnese are thru-lore t c.te and :.. 'i-.-u, & : and s'xjrul-r
the kindr, 7 ana c. dr. -r- of sard Cos. -.3.d, to te ate pp»ar
at my ofE e -*-R:.ia roe timy p--.-3.rb- 4 by aw, to *1« C3ti6«.
(fan- they htve, why sh-au'd not he frjß-fk.
Given ander my harvard official eimature at ofloe in
w ff9KJ WiS&Aif. om.
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FROM THE NQiiuT
The New York Tribune of the 'iota c ctffios
another statement concerning F mi.sic.u to
R’chtnond.
Greeley says, we infer that Biair doc? not go
clothed with power to mat -. p{sw . hu; is au
'.koriz-d to docgrtßia, a>, B cum- et u: judge,
whether any true peace ia now attainable, and
this, we presume, he will? accomplish-the ob
ject of Lis nussion will b > subserved rather
than defeated by the tb • Confederate chief’s
taking high grounds and iolistirg on tem3 ut
terly inadmissible.
The Tribune urges thf speedy filling U pof
the quotas under tbs lat .3 call, as a means of
hastemngrpe.rce, and h< pcs that peace will be
made before tho new tr jopa can bo put ia tie
field.
Wail street was exc '.led on the 19th "by the
report that Biair had. returned to Richmond
witn programme jrc us. Lincoln in favor oi coia
missioners to meet <v„ City Point.
Every body who hud anything to soil was
selling at asacrifi je, iu many cases under con
viction the war vas i. bout ever. In a day or
two. says the .writer, they will probably have
occasion to bemoan tb eir yeduiiiy. <s.
It is reported at Ws jhington that the Lincoln
Government has been notified that the war
must cease by tae"4tk of M
A fetter received ni Philadelphia sayo Blair
has full authority from Lincoln to give safe
conduct to Washington for Peace 'comolssica
ers.
llie National Intelligencer contains the nn
ncuncemcnt of Blair’s second visit to P,icii
mood, and says; We have good reason, not to
sayjauthority, for stating that Blair g as to Rich
mond upon no hoiiow mission, hut upon one
oi substance, giving hope to patriotic men that
opportunity ior highest season will b; afforded
to statesmen to bring tho present civil war’to
a close by negotiation. 0
The Herald says Seward is in 'most, friendly
relation with the managers of the Inf . H/.-..-ua. 1
Tim Tribno’s Washington special es the 13*h,
gives it as the opinion of old dipiomnfe that a
cessation of hostilities, prelimina-y to formal
negotiations, will take place wityn ten days.
It is reported that Lincoln says, if the refers
barm Senator Foote, ha will bring five promi
nent prisoners to grief.
horeiga correspondents and Civ ui ■. a : 1 ,
say a great deal about tha .ttliiar-M between
England, France and Spain, .looking to the
recognition of the Southern Confer?. , :k cvon the
4th of March, on the ground that Lincoln was
not President after that date, having bean re
flected only by a section es the former United
States Government,
0 The World has information ccnfimlng -R ie
Regpblican successes iu Mexidb, iu eove-ai l>r,;.
tles; there has been an uprising of the pe<j»-.le
and the fresh insurrection was 'ncreai-ins.
Thomas has arrived at Easfport.
The movement to attack or flank Hcods ar
my will take place within a fortnight,
. Meagher, with several theu-vf troops from
i.'b ’■ reported .to have r.rrfecd at
Nashville, enroll te to join Sherman at Savan-
nah, %
A raid on Momnhis by Forrest is expocle 1.
Dana says shipments Tor over thirty thous
and bales of cotton have been issued at Mem
phis in the last fourteen dsya.
Fort Smith Sr,s boon evacuated by the Fed
eraia. Confederate forces of infantry and ar
tillery got between Little Rock and that place,
compelling its evacuation.
The greater portion of tho larger vessels c£
Porter’s fleet, recently threatening against Fort
Fisher, bare returned, aridtere now anchored
in Hampton RoadJ,
Gen. Abbott, with a I : .'’.l of fioops, was
making a forward movement in tiro direction
of Wilmington.
Oil the 1 Wtb five blockade runners ran into
New Inlet, not knowing the fail of Fort
Fisher,jand were captured.
A telegram from Cairo, the 2fst, says the
present indications are that Thomas’ army will
not soon move from.its present position on the
Tennessee river, a& winter quarters■nre'”,. eias .
built. ' •
T he Toronto Leudor gays the British Govern
ment has ordered thirty-five hundred trained
men to be sent out from E ginr.d fQ.ihe Lakes.
Wilson has been rc-rkcUd Senator from
Massachusetts.
A telegram from Toronto says that Burleigh
has been committed, subject so extradition un
der tho treaty with the United Stales.
Grant was iu Washington on Saturday.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
The Virginia Legislature adopted resolutions
on the 17th declaring that tire appointment of'
G-en. Lee to the command of nit tho armies ot
Confederate States would promote their efficien
cy, and operate powerfully to reanimate the
spirits of the armies as well as of the people of
tho several States, and inspire increased coa
fidenaoin the final success of our cause.
This resolution wa-s commltied to the Presi
dent, who in reply says, Virginia cannot have
higher regard for Gen. Lee, or greater confi
dence in his character and ability limn is >u.
tertaiued by him. Ho has a! wav- expr( , s , e(l
his inability to aesum* command of other ar
mies than H’ose now confided to him, unless
relieved of Immediate command in the fi. Id. or
that"now opposed to Grant,
la conclusion the President assures ifce Gen
eral Assembly whenever it shall Pc found prac
ticable by’ Gen. Lee to assume command -v 'he
! .armies of tbo Coofedcrate States without with
drawing him from direct command of the auny
of Northern Virgiuirv, he will deem it promo
tive to the public Interest to place him j' a 6Uc j,
cossmand. *
GEN. HOOD’S I'A,’-.! ?.T.LL to HIS COM
MAND.
Ile.-L*: - -. Ar pf • Tuuuu-set:, ;
iVFELo, Mi :-. .!-.u, 23. ’)
Soldiers! At my request I Live this day
been relieved from the command of this array.
On taking leave of you, accept -my thanks
for the patience with which yon have endured
your many hardships during the recent eam
paign.
I am alone responsible for its conception,
and strived herd to do my duty in its execu
tion.
I urge upon you the importance of giving
your entire support to tho distinguished sol
dier wbc now assumes command; and 1 shall
look with deep interest upon ail your futu ; ' # -
operations, and r/qyice at yonrsneces®
(Signed) . j B Hoo Gen
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE CONVENED,
j * Macon Jan. 25.
Gev. Brown has cetw-ned the Legislature
to assemble here on the 15th of February to
complete legislation ULfini-heden tho approach
ot the enemy. *
| REPORTED YANKEE RAID ON WELDON.
A large raiding party of the enemy, consist
ing cf cavalry an l infantry, is reported moving
up the Chowan riyer, N. 6., in the direction cf
Weldon,
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