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Jan. 15, 1&65. )
fiir: My late experience with the monitor
clars of vtssels tinder fii ,at and in riding
-.at heavy gales. jo* .ifiee mt- in waking a spa
tial report or, lae matter. 1 feel li e impor
tance of the Government's receiving accurate ;
information in reiation to a clase of vessels I
aUmt which there hah been a <’ of I
opinion, and of which we are building quite a |
number.
My experience h r; been with the Monadnock 1
Eangus, Matwpac and Canonicus, ail v- >*>-ir < f i
some difference of connection, and built. I
believe, by diflbrent contractor-
Before leaving llampton Kearls, and while
waiting for the army to provide
iand part of thi“ expedition, 1 sent the m .i- I
torn Canonical, Mabopac and :• up the
J irn-r River to try what they i oul i do wirii I
the rebel batteri's at Ifowlett b and above
that point. At Hewlett's the enemy bad a
heavy gun - /maunted —a 200-pound <• r Brook s j
?iflq—which was 1 • quently fired at the won't- |
tors, but seldom hitting thirn One of tit dr ]
shells or shots, however, struck the Saugus]
lair on the turret, and knocked out and loos
ened forty bolts.
This was owing to the bolts bring driven
from inside to out, instead of Bom outside to
in. The turret was not materially injured and
■was repaired again in about two weeks, and I
have been using the Saugus here, against these
works, where she has done effective service.
The 0 inonieus, Mahojvc and Monadnock left
Hampton Itoads on the Kith ultimo.the former
two iu tow of steamers, the Monadnock going
under steam with a steamer in company. The
weather was quite rough, and at times the sea
would go over the turrets and down the fun
nels; but I passed them while at sea, and they
were making excellent weather of it. On a-k
--ng their commander, afterwards, how they
got along, the answer was, “Gh, quite well, sir,
oply a little damp.”
On arriving at Beaufort, North Carolina, I
filled them up with coal and ammunition. J
ound a defect, in a pump on board the Canon
cus—a ‘‘centrifugal pump” they tailed it
•which did not fetch the water until there was a
oot or more in the vessel. This was a.ser : ous
Refect, and one for which the constructors were
very culpable. The Mabopac’s decks leaked
considerably, and made the officers and crew
very uncomfortable.
, The monitors started from Beaufort on the
-ttt.ii ultimo, the Canonicus and Mahopac be—
ug towed, the Monadnock declining such assis.
once. Indeed, she did not require it, outstrip
ping the largest vessels easily, and keeping
ahead of all except the very fastest.
On the 21st ultimo, it cafne on to blow hard
from the Southwest, and a very heavy sea com
menced rolling in. The vessels were all an
chored in thirteen fathoms water, with a long
--co'pu of chain out. Most of the large vessels
■dragged during the gale The Tuscaiora and
Juniata put tqsea—J think unnecessarily
wbiltf the monitors rode it out beautifully.
I was anchored quite near them, and wit
nessed their performance. fat first thought
1 had been imprudent and had unnecessarily
risked f lie lives of officers and men, but I went
to sleep the first night of the gale quite easy
.n my mind in regard to the monitors. I saw
‘ hat they were making the best weather and
Tiding easier than any of the other vessels in
the fleet AJI the transports cut and run:
though I think that was quite unnecessary.
After the gale, I inquired of the commanders
of the monitors how they passed through th*
ordeal, and they seemed to think they .got
long very well. The smaller monitors—Ma
o.opac and Canonicus—at times almost disap
peared from view, and the commander of th e
firmer vessel complained of discomfort, •o p
ng to the decks leaking; but the vessels wore
n no danger at any time. '
As to the Monadnock, she could ride out a
*r deat,•anchor in the Atlantic Ocean. She i<
certainly a most pefect success so far as hull
and machinery are concerned, and is only de
fective in some minor details, which, in the
building of those vetto F.irequire the rnperi*! -
iendence! of a thorough seamen and a practi
cal and ingenious roan. T heMonnanock’incap-
able of crossing the ocean alone-—when, b r
compasses are once’adjusted .properly,—and
could destroy any vessel in the French or Brit
ish navy, lay their towns under contribution,
and return again,—provided she could pick up
coal, —without fear of being followed. She
Kite could certainly clear any harbor on our
coast of blockaders, in caso we were at war
with a foreign power. As strong and thi*k as
the sides of this vessel are; one heavy shot from
Fort Fisher indented the iron on her side arm
in'. without, however, doing any material dam
age.
These vessels bare iTiul five days under a
lire from Fort Fisher, anchored less than
eight hundred yards off, and though lire ! at a
great deal they were seldom hi!,and received no
injury, except to boats aud light matter about
.them#which wore pretty well cut to pieces.
Compared with the IronsincK. their fire is very
• nlow, and not at ail calculated to silence
heavy batteries which require a rapid and
continuous fire to drive men from their guns',
but. they are famous coadjutors in a fight, and
]>u! in the heavv blow* which fell on casemates
nod bomb proofs. The mi oiler class hf moni
tors, as Tit present constructed, will always re
quire the aid of a steamer to tow them and
luko-care of them. In smooth weather they
4 nglit to go along hv themselves, and when
towed, the tow rope should never bo less than
two hundred fatho os in length. It strains
t hem very much to have a short tow-line.
I do not know yet what their veal durability
is; or would be, in a continuous fire 'against,
their tnrre's. Solid 11-inch or 20!)-pnunder
idles are apt to break something when tv y
Strike, and I should be much better satisfied
myself to be behind wooden bulwark-' and
take what coKies than to be shut up in nil iron
turret, not knowing whether it is properly j
constructed This, though, is the prejudice of I
a sailor, and should have no weight whatever. |
she commanders of the monitors seem to feed
finite at home aud safe in them,and approhentn
ro more damage at sea than in any -other kind
Os vessel. Commander Senott, (Trite Monad- I
nock, remarked thal he did not see arty differ
ence between her aud anything else
The Saugus joined me after tiie first and rv's
f ghl oil'Fort Fisher, ami was towed around
from Norfolk by thV Kerens in very rough
weather. The ve-svl leaked a good deal through
her bows, and some uneasiness was felt on that !
account, but her sea gou>: (jualities worespo I
ken of as good. The difficulty was a mechani- |
cal one. and in no way detracts from the me ;
chanical qualities of the vessel. There ia no I
great amount of comfort, on board these '.•• • els j
gt tea; that is conceded on all side.-: but they j
are seldom at sea, and only exposed when |
making a voyage. This is the first time. ! be- !
lieve, that the monitors have ridden out a.
heavy gale in ah open sea. at anchor, though ’
tliev have ridden out gales in Charleston
Toads.
1 have only to tv mark that the is a
rood one, if all the vessels are built iik? the
Monadnock. The tire of these ves. el:-, coni in
ahl with the fire of so 1> vessels . ■ th - KVw
Ironsides and heavy fri.-it,-.-, is v.. v oil oti.
particularly against h-;;-y p'.i:vd ye.-scls.
b> mb proofs sinl stoneer brick wai'
1 have never yet sc.-n a vessel that onina irp
tcuty ideas of what is rco :i;v! cfhiw •'-
operations as much as the Iron IShe c-v'i-
UDes very many good qualities. The
important is the comfi ~ •.•
board of her ilve.l, ......
orthe Monoduo.kin ;i;. -■ 0 ... .
to >re sp.. <\.
The accuracy « ; ;'..v is. ' w; . „
tk© Ironside.
hi 10
do not clear as quick a.-. t’.e ,
■ifkct could be at oided by , ; ■.. .
r o near togethc r. i;
no formed at short expand v; eii;,
nut 1 think they • * nil . , .. ■ .. .
*Ud the monitors are 1.b.;.
.1 have the boner to be, yew rose•.'•. c.
ur obedient sort .
David D. Pout: V. 1 brural
lion. Gideon Weuxs. Secret.:! y of t;,-.- .
• ft jtshiegton, D. C.
It is Etafc and. nbs the Slaaon MBs. V a. r.;
sh. authority yf i seen, e :
sixty it. ae; a! tr.>v pons •
landedat itt«by«-m-t v •• y- -ht i. ,
4r< m Corinth, wi'h tr'.'.y t . . i.i- .
• v bi nt purpose.
dust Mobile, t~ m.C'c i ; g
tea vaunah.
* 0-,;: v fii state* coxoßEse.
7.
Tat ,-cAc *•*• not in session to-day.
HOUSE —JAN.
The Speaker transmitted a communication
from the clerk Os the Hom e, transmitting an
estimate of the iunds necessary to be appro
priated for the pay and mileage of members.
Referred. -
A resolution was adopted tnat a committee
0 f five be appointed by the Chair, whose duly
it - ball be to inquire and report what legisla
tion, if any, is necessary and proper to relieve
from the payment of taxes the people residing
in such districts, towns or eonnties as have
; . a subjected, to depredations by the public
. my, and av - unable to pay the taxes assess-
I out unreasonable sacrifice.
The bill to authorize the consolidation of
regiments, battalions, companies, Ac., was
taken up and discussed until adjournment.
senate— ja> t . 9.
A joint resolution was adopted that a com
mittee from both houses be appointed to invest
ic.ite and report upon the condition and treat
ment of the prisoners of war respectively held
] b v the Confederate and United States Govcra
j ments, and also upon the causes of their de
i tendon and refusal to exchange, which said
committee shall have authority to take testit
rnony and to send Tor persons and papers.
The Military Committee reported a bill to
’provide for the reorganization of companies,
battalions and regiments in pertain cases. Or
dered to be printed.
A communication was laid before the Senate,
addressed to the Military Committee by Gen.
Early, asking an investigation into the charges
made against him in connection with the Val
ley campaign. Ordered to be printed.
A message was received from the President,
informing the Senate that he had signed sev
eral bills.
HOUSE —JAN. 9.-
The House resumed consideration of the spe
cial order —the consolidation bill—and it was
passed, yeas 38, nays 37.
A motion to reconsider this vote was passed,
i and the House soon after adjourned.
SENATE—JAN. 10.
The following were referred : A bill to se
cure more effectually the preservation anrl dis
tribution of the effects of deceased officers and
soldiers ; joint resolution exeffipting maple su
gar from the tithe imposed by the act levying
tax ’. - , fpr the support of the Government, ap
proved Feb. 17, 18G4.
The Military Committee reported back, with
an amendment. House bill to amend acts to
provide for local defense. The amendment
consists iu limiting tho Yank of the officers,
when not in active service, to their own com
mands. The bill, us amended, was passed.
Joint resolutions of thanks to Brig. General
Stand watie and Colonel Gano, their officers and
men, for gallant and valuable services, were
unanimously passed.
The Military Committee reported back, with
the recommendation that it be laid on the ta
ble and printed, House bill relative to the effi
ciency of the cavalry.
Senate bill to regulate the pay and allowan
ces of certain female employees of the Gov
ernment, was taken up, discussed, and coito
mittvd to the Judiciary Committee,
The resolution providing for the appoint
ment of a joint committee to investigate the
condition and treatment of prisoners of way
held by the Confederate and United States
Governments, was considered and passed.
The'following resolutions were agreed to :
Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs bo instructed to inquire into she pro
priety of abolishing the olfieos of post, depot
and purchasing quartermasters and commissa
ries, and'substitute therefor bonded agents,
who shall be appointed from persons above the
age of 45 years.
Resolved, That the Committee on Military
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the pro
priety of vacating the offices of all persons
upon duty in the Conscript Bureau, and of re
quiring the duties now performed through that
bureau to bo discharged by the commandants
of the reserves in the several States.
noosis— JAN. 10.
The Speaker laid before the Horse a mes
sage of (he President, enclosing a communica
tion in response to a resolution of the House,
calling for information as to the number of
commissioned officers attached to and employ
ed iu the different departments and bureaux
at Richmond. Laid oa the table snd ordered
to he printed.
Also a message covering an estimate lor ad
ditional appropriations for the Engineer Bu
reau. Referred. .
Other Executive messages were read and ap
propriately referred.
The Committee on Conscription reported a
hill rcgulatfng conscription, which was order
ed to be printed and made file special order
alter existing orders.
The bill entitled “An act to protect the
Confederate States against frauls,” &c., was
considered, and laid on the table.
The consolidation bill was passed—yeas -18,
nays 35. - -
SENATE—JAN. 11.
- A resolution was adopted that the Commit
h on Finance be instructed to inquire into
tin; expodi- noy of increasing the compensation
of the Vice-President of the Confederate States
Joint resolutions were adopted requesting
-!:;• PmskF iit to appoint the 22d of February
a.* a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer,
with thanksgiving.
The bill to repeal in part an act to regulate
the destruction of property under military nc -
cesrity, and to provi !o indemnity therefor, was
taken up, debated, amended and postponed
until to morrow.
The Semite joint resolution exempting maple
sug.-.r from the tithe imposed by the law levy
ing taxes for too support of the Government
was passed. ■
HOUSE— JAN. 11. •
The following resolutions were adopted :
That the Commit tee on Quartermasters and
Commissaries inquire what legislation is re
quired to exempt such mechanics and artisans
as are necessary to carry on the industrial pur
suits of the country.
•Thai the Military Committee he requested
to examine’into the expediency of increasing
the pay of junior officers in the military ser
vice while they are in command in consequence
ol the unavoidable absence of the senior ofli
cm.
j '1 l at the Judiciafy Committee be instructed
j to inquire into the expediency of reporting a
; bill to take the census ot the Confederate
I States of America, according to llie require
j uients of the constitution.
That the Committee on Quartermasters and
Commissaries consider and report upon the
P'-acto übi'ity and desirableness oi so amending
: the law ns to permit producers to sell portions
. ol the surplus of their crops to noa-produejr-.
for consumption, Jt.
That the Commuted oh Foreign Affairs in
quire into and resort what action Is proper to
be taken by lb tigress on the subject of enlist
• > o of the United States
ot tlVH.fi'!- iu e- untiles.
tC. ■ mutt; i* of Ways as-.l Means be
: v.• • ■■• i •; a I.Ui authorizing a.:pro *
:••> .. the claims for horses killed
... i \o on'Quartermasters and
' • '.'ud -- - !•••> ii^t.-ucted‘to ascertain the
T . of t. in land collected dnrfug the
: - •■ an - ant received by commissa
b ; also, what additional
•■■•’• ■’ !•• u ■ :;y to prevent this taxfrpm
• bf'n.r •. : '• •] or : .Isapplicil
' ;•• Committea inquire" what
* ■ I u is licce .-'.'c.ry to secure
’- • fioi is and privates belong
r than theix own
yii the same
n their own ! ;e.
. j.i , r - i- requested to inform
“ t« •■:•• fuv r.-iw in his office any
• • A I Jrate States under
• '■ a; so, their number,
'■'• • icA'-rod : Resolution
ot an additional
‘ ' | ' ntatives ; a bill
•■ f tnc at-: to reduce
•I •' a C providing for
■’ • Jt*** yurt resolution.
’ -• v * c oommnnica
tent ot Great
United Stahes
-of IMJ4.
OFFICIAL ORDERS,
PLiiLUHEI) GBATIB FOB TIIE BENEFIT Os TUB COM
MUNITY.
Quartermaster Ges’s Ofqice, {
Richmond, £vn. 23,1*55 j
The attention of officers and soldiers is call
ed to the following act of Congress and regu
lations based thereon :
[No. 22 ]
An Act to provide commissioned officers of
the army and navy and marine corps with
with clothing
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That nil officers of the
army, navy and marine corps, on duty in the
field, s ftp at or in battiries, and all officers on
other duty who are disabled for service in the
field, by reason of wounds or disease contract
ed in the service, and officers of the Invalid
Corps, on duty, below 1 1,e rank of Brigadier
General in the army, and below the rank of
Captain in the navy, shall be furnished once
in every year with one complete suit of uni
form clothing ; Provided. That the qua ity
ond quality of clothing to be delivered to non
commissioned officers an I privates, seamen
rnd marines under existing or future laws
shall iu no wise be interfered with by reason of
anything contained in this act ; and in the dis
tribution of clothing, officers on duty in the
field shall, in all cases, have a preference over
those oi post, or detaped or office duty, so that
wnen there is not a sufficiency of clothing for
all, the non commissioned officers and pri
vates shall be first served, aud next to them
the officers actually on duty in the field.
Approved, January It. 1805.
A true copy. Jas. M. Mathews.
Law Clerk.
oyFjeEiia
I. The above act, after securing a supply to
soldiers, prefers officers below the rank of Brig
General, as follows: First, officers
on duty in the field, officers on duty
disabled for service in the tbffd by reason cf
wounds, or disease contracted iu the service,
and officers of the invalid corps on duty, all of
whom draw free of cost; and, lastly permit
Other officers to purchase, as heretofore, under
the provisions of the ojd »cf vs February 17,
1864.
2 Care will be taken to observe these prefer
ences. To that end orders will nor be given
hereafter at this office, under any circumstan
ces for the purchase of cloth, or any article of
clothing, or for the issue of same.
3 Officers in the field wilt be supplied
through the chief quartermaster of the com
mand to which they may bo attached. When
the supply wilt permit, cloth will be appor
tioned between the armies in the field accord
ing to their strength, and will be placed at tue
control of the chief quartermaster thereof, who
will be looked to distribute the same to the
officers Gntitjgd and most in need. Other ar
ticles of clothing, ijot exceeding in all one suit
a year, may be issued to officers in She peid
fiojn stores forwatded to the command to
whffih they ffo'Qng, when the wants of the pri
vates will admit'
4 Other officers will draw or purchase as Inc
case may be, from the nearest depot, but from
such supplies only as may be set a i te, Lorn
time to time,.by direction of this office, Mr.
Rankin, Bonded Agent of this department,
pprp.er 14th and Oaiy streets, will be charged
with the duty of ffisiilpg apd ShUilW ftt this
point, clorii and articles of clothing'to officers
When be baa nothing fir sale or issue it will
then be useless to make-application elsewhere
;n this city, all other officers being prohibited
from eitnir sffiiffig pr i«sning.
5. The yearly suit of clothing for an officer
will consist of a coat and pair of pants oj'tna
terial yqi'ds doubffi width,) and trimmings
therefor, one pair of tfficeij, one oat or cap,
tnree pair of drawers, three cofiqti shirt?, two
flannel shirts and four pair of socks. Issues
on sales to officers will be noted, on suitable
rolls prepared tor that purpose, and in every
case the officer shall certify that the .articles
drawn or put chased are necessary for his
own personal comfort and use, and that the
same prill not lie in excess of his prescribujj
allowance. Return qf such issues or sales will
be made quarterly to i lds office. The price of
cloth, when sold, will be S2O a yard, double
width, and of other articles of clothing as fixed
in General Orders.
PRIVATES.
(1. Men attached to commands in the field
will be supplied.there, aud men who have been
retired at ihe post at which they inav be loca
ted in orders. I sues to men on i'urloogh and
GU horse details have been suspended. Men
in hospital w;ll l)o supplied by tire issuing
quartermaster attaceed ten All detailed men
in Richmond and the immediate vicinity are
supplied through Mr Rankin. Parqfed and ex
changed men draw at Camp Lee.
7 The interests of the service and the dis
patch of lie business require that these re
gulations shall be strictly observed.
A 11. Lawton,
Quartermaster Genenjlr
[FOIt THK ftIItONiCAE U SENTINEL ]
PR AYER FOR THE PKAG.i CGMMISsIttNERS.
There lire many who sincerely aud firmly
believe in the uitoaoy of prayer. Perhaps
there ha* seldom or never been a cvi.-i in tiie
history of the wqrld when it was more impor
tant than now tlmt those who have that faith
should act it oilt. |n the midst of raging war,
of frightful ferocity and gtg;udiy
two contending powers ha've each taken steps
that tend towards peace. Whatever may be
the motives, whether good or bad. of the prin
cipal actors on this sitjo pr op that, it is at
leastrthe fact that peace eotutpissioncts have
been invited, and that, peace commissioners
have been si- .it; and that now they are actually
engaged in the negotiation for which they
weteappointed O.i there, till, of their mission
may depend the lives of our countrymen by
tliosuauds upon thou-a uls, and the condition
ol out posterity- for ages ! <) com", or til! the
end of Pipe: indeed the adjustments cf the
whole world' may be altered lor the btdtpr or
for the worse, acocrdin?’ as the issue is decided
one way or the other.* Great principles may be
crttnbliflheJ or trodden down, and probably
will be, ia the entire family of man is in
terested
1 ever there was a time when tiie prayers
of all who believe in prayer ought to be brought
to bear upon a single point, that time has come.
Let us pray for the Peace Commissioners. —
What is equally important (even more so. if it
were possible) let us pray for those on the other
side wtio shall confer with them.
May "God i'jilju.e each and every cue of them
with his Spirit; tpay He give to eacij a'pure,
heart' may he deliver them from every wrong
iwji\e, and from the intiuenceof every unhal
lowed principle, and from the bias of every
unholy emotion. May the Spirit of the High
est banish Sin and Satan from their counsels.
May they be moved by the fyar of God, and
walk in the very way watch his law v-ould
prescribe. Let cash be inclined to do to o'hers
.as he would have cithers do to him. May jus
tice, truth and mercy lake po-re.-siou of them,
j May they lie filled \yith a burial iff desire to do
{ right And may <j >d Almighty iiabuc tiuan
j with wisdommnd dhect ihcircoun.-cL, atui give
! them as.much of inspiration from heaven as it
1 is proper, or possibhf ifor men to have iu these
j latter ' days, "to the ipnd that by their efforts
the very things may be done that ought to he
done. ■ that peace may be established, thk
true honor cf parties maintained, the
world blest, the glory ot !?od promoted. _
Will all who believe in prayer unite in the
spirit of these petitions t Let each use such
formularies as will best develop the graces of
his own heart. But let every Christian of eve
ry name and denomination be instant by day
a’nl by night, with strong crying that God
may take these men’s hearts in his hands, and
make them the instruments of bringing an end
to this awful carnage, to this wide spread scene
of misery and sin.
Ike writer has no other way of giving point
and personal application to this appeal to the
people of God. than toasii them in this public
way, though be would fain address - each obe ■
of them by name, to unite with him and with
each other in earnest and humble supplication
to the Father of mercies in this solemn crisis in
our history. * H. H. Ticker.
—i im« -ffianw* —
The President has vetoed the Bill recently
passed by Congress authorizing newspapers to ;
be sent by mail to soldiers free of charge. -
His objections ate. that the Bill is i;i violation
of the Constitution trr.J of the tax 1 iws.
General Custis Lee has been made a Stajor I
General, aud assigned to the command of s j
division on the North side of tiie James. j
Death of Mccqulrd.—'l he following is from
a gossiping Paris letter iu the New York
Times:
The. extraordinary turnout of distinfmisbed
men at the funeral of M Moequard. the private
secretary of the Emperor, was a source of as
tonishment to those who did not know bow
impo'.taut a roU: thj deceased had played as
well in tb<- elevation ,>f those distinguished
men to office as the guidance of public affairs
The effaced' position he occupied and which
in persistently lefused to abandon for a high
er post, afforded him, in effect, greater leisure
and facilities for the labor to whi< h lie bad de
voted a large part of his life'—that of aiding in
the permanent establishment ot the Bonaparte
dynasty.
For everything connected w-th the manage
ment of political affairs tie was his Majesty’s
intimate counseller; and one can well imagine
that, in the course of sixteen years of such
events as those which have marked the reign
of Louis Napoleon, very many secrets of State
must have had a wet sponge passed over them
in the hour which these two nun passed to
gether alone three days before the devoted
Secretnay’s death. How many curious and
dramatic secrets, also, has he carried to the
grave with him ! The Viscount de Lagueron
miere, it is said, is going to collect and pub
lish the edited and unedited writings of the
deceased: but what would not the reading
public give for the memoirs of M Moequard?
Os these we hear nothing, and it would evident
ly be impossible, as long as the present Em
peror lives, to publish ai*y such memoirs, even
if the deceased had left any.
M. Mocquad’s rage in a literary wav, was
the drama; and certain pieces which he pre
pared for the stage, in coiaboratiou with M.
Victor Sojour, had a very fair success, A lady
friend assures rae jn this particularly : that
on the former evening of the representation of
one of his best pieces (the Fortune Teller,) she
occupied M. Mocquard’s box. and that he cried
the whole evening at bis own piece Another
of his toquadls was to surround himself with
American ideas. Thus hediove American spider
wagons—his was one of three or four of those
vehicles we see iu Paris—with American trot
ting horses, generally the cast-off horses of the
Emperor, jjc had an Auimioaii built fiouac at
S ; t. Claud, an Amorican stable, bee-bivts or
houses, and American “traps” in his kitchen
and elsewhere. He even called his best ro
mances ‘‘Jessie,” after a beautiful ana aqcom
phishpd Afiiericup lady, formerly' of Washing
ton. Among the unpublished literary works
left by M. Moqnard, there is sail' to tie q trans
lation of Tacifus. The deceased, who had long
been a widower, leaves a fortnno estimated at
' more than a million of francs to his four chil
dren— two boys end two girls. The eldest son
is the Emperor’s notary, Ihe second an officer
in the Chasseure d’Afrique.
Tba.de Between the North and the Conted
erat® Stages. —'pLo following is the amended
regulation issued by the Federal Treasury De
partment in regard to trade between the Con
federate aud Northern States .
Treasury Department, Dec. 22, 1804.
Regulation fifty-five, concerning commercial
intercourse, series oT July 29, 18G4, is hereby
amended as follows;
REGCLA'i'ioN 55. All existing authorities to
purchase products in insurrectionary States are
hereby peyofied, except vhap products purchased
iu good faith under such s u‘horities and paid
for In whole or in part prior to the 29th day
of July. ISG4, maybe transported to market
as before the passage- of the act of July, 1804,
subject to the following limitations and con
ditions, and included in tUo following classes ;
First, those which have been wholly paid for ;
second, those upon which part payment has
been made, coupled with a legal obligation to
pay the residue, so that the articles purchased
are at the risk of the purchaser, and such pay
meat is in no wise dependent upon their deliv
ery ; third, where part payment has been
made, without such qhligation as to the bal
ance, so much of th? products alleged to have
been purchased as the amount actually ad
vanced will pay for at the stipulated price.—
Tire original permits must be produced in such
case aud pro t furnished to the satisfaptipn of
proper pprmit officers apd a supervising or as
sistant special agent for the agency or district
ill which proof is to be made that the property
desired to be moved comes within one of the
classes named above, and that the .privilege
conferred by the original permit has been in
no way violated or abused, a certificate of
which facts must be endorsed upon the permit
over their ollicki! signature ; which permit, so
endorsed, wilj then consisienffi as revived
and in full rorce, to the extent specified in the
endorsement in accordance wirii this rule.
W. P. Fessenden,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Executive Mansion, Dec 22, 1304
I. Abraham Lincoln, President of the Uni
ted States, having seen and considered the
within amended regulation, No. 55, prescribed
by th» Secretary of the Treasury, do hereby ap
prove of the same ; and I father declare and
order that products moving in compliance with
the 'said regulation shall be exempted from
seizure and tram confiscation and forfeiture to
the United States. Abbaham Lincoln.
—-Wl-irw*- ■• ■ —■—
Decline in tue fiuCis or Gold.—The Rich
mend Examiner .of Jan 25, in speaking of the
decline in the price of gold, comments thus:
A puiiic eciiunuo;! in il*e geld Wfiicji
is partially attributed 'to the' scarcity of Con
federate notes. Confederate money is in great
demand, which is daily becoming more string
ent; the liltimafo effect of which must he to
establish sou t o wpll ffi iftn-fj relation between
paper oral specie, and overrule thp combina
tion o( brokers to put u;> gold to snecuhujvc
figures. Gold sold Monday at thirty five, and
yesterday the market price was so, uncertain
as to be nominal.
I' is known it:tt the Government has accu
mulated at R'chinond, within the past f. w
dry.;, a huge quantity of gold; and jl, ij 6«r
niisv’d, to t«e i'reui tenor of the engrossers of
specie, that the Government may throw some
ot it on the market, (tl if has not already done
so) and put the prices at its own figures. The
Yankee Government has sustained its finances,
hecm.'e H ifiri been jhe great operator iq the
gold rooiviS of New Voik, and ij always ready
to “bear" the'market when emergency required.
There is no doubt that oar Government might
’(*ntrol, almost entirely at is pleasure the
price of gold, considering the limited amo’qii
of ft .in t.ho hands of pnvato epeeulaliop—far
too limited to make it a nyttcr'Vif ‘•Bpjjg and
bea«, if
Wo may safely conclude that whatever may
be the price Government may put Upon gold,
the current market price would soon fall far
below the standard on account of the scarcity
of Treasury note,, which is even now severely
felt, ami which would hp nuvdp more Miingonl
in exact propo iion as Itieso were absorbed, or
rather put out of existence by the Government
buying units currency and cancelling it lor
gold. ’J he practical effect would be that many
pci sons who had bought gold at the Govern
ment ifcindurd • would be compelled to sell
again on a tailing matket; an t thus a double
puedit would ensue to the Government, while
everybody would be benelUted but a few spec
ulators. *
Thf, Legislature . We understand the Leg
islature is to be convened at Macon at the re
quest of many members; We think the change
from this place will not be so acceptable as it
would seem to be at first pight. When the
members find out what they have to pay for
broad and extras, they will conclude that the
swap was decidedly disadvantageous.
Gov. Browns Son. — A private letter pub
lished in the Southern Confederacy, says : “
Governor Brown has a only fourteen years old
in one of tho regiments of the Georgia State
line, who h is me.roh’Sd ami fonght in a manner
worthy of his noble father.’’
We know well the noble youth to whom
reference is made in the foregoing paragraph.
Well may Gov. Brown be proud of the manly
deportment of his manly son, who, as a cadet,
’with hie brother cadets, has distinguished him-
Seft’by an endurance of fatigue and depriva
tion which made many, a man falter,, as well
es ia facing and f Q returning the enemy’s fire.
Too much' p'fiise cannot be bestowed upon
boys like them. The lessons they have taught,
and are teaching men,, well deserve the notice i
of the Press.— MiUedgeville Union.
The French Government and clergy mani
fest continued hostility to the Pope’s encyclical
latter. «.
A Mixtu i p Affair."— Edwin 0. Chase, a
man now about loit i-four years of njre, mar
ried an English woman, m-verai y.ais ago, in
Needham, Mass , where ihov lived for some
time in moderate circumstances. Removing
to Pennsylvania, he was one of the fortunate ]
seekers after oil, and amassed quite a fortune
—perhaps seventy live or eighty thousand
do’.l'i-.s. List July Mr*. Chase, who is des
cribed as a fair looking woman wearing curls,
went to Europe to visit her trieuds there,
taking a considerable sum of money with her.
During her absence it appears, liar husband
managed to procure a divorce, through the
Indiana courts, for the reason, lie says that she
is a vixen,” and‘-he couldn’t live with her
and that “she went to E: gland against my
wishes.” About two weeks ago Mts. Chase
returned from her visit, and proceeded to
Needham, Mass, her former home, when she
learned that Her husband was writing soft
letters, and makii g agreeable visits to ;a young
lady, “scarcely eighteen, ’’ who lived in Fit*
Williams, New Hampshire This was a stunner
because, as she says, Mr. .Chase had wriiten
her (requent’y during her absence, each time
giving the flow of his ink a remarkably affec
tionate turn Bhe immediately started to in
vestigate the matter, and was a day or two
afterwards, in Keene, New Ilamshire, bound for
Fitz Williams. It so happened, that at the
Eagle Hotel in Keene, where she stopped, she
was surprised, the morning after her arrival,
to learn that her husband was in. the same
hotel; and there, too, on his bridal trip, having
been married on the previous day to the fair
maiden aforesaid. She kept her own c unsel
and went to procure more, which she did, in
the shape of two lawyers, who speedily came
to Keene from Boston, bringing "a couple of
physicians connected with thy Insane Asylum
at South iWo top. Consultation was bad, wh'eh
resulted in Mrs. Chase No. 1 going to the
room of her husband and pulling him out of,
bed, much to thesnrj vise oi Mr«. Chase No 2
Then the lawyers and t-ho doctors were brought
in, and there was much confusion. A court
of some kind was speedily convened, if it was
not already in session, and in a quiet way Mr.
Chase was brought before it in ihe character
of an insane man. Mrs. Chase No. 1 «v(ove he
was insane: the doctors knew ho \v,as; and for
so being, he was taken to ihe South Boston
Retreat, of which ho now is an inmate. Hifi
friends claim to know that i;u never nas mani
fested any signs ot insanity, has always been a
good businessman, and that he had over $40,-
0j)0 in Keene with hiiq t
The of Jieene are very much
excited over the matter —they don’t understand
it-and henee gossip is rife. The poor girl of
Fitz Williams has been sent to her home to
ponder. The senior Mrs. Chase is still “at
large, ” enjoying, likely, the punishment she
has intleted. —Northern Paper.
North Georgia. —Gen. W. T. Wofford pass
ed through uds place da Monday morning,
“armed and equipped” with orders from the
War Department to repair to North Qeorgta,
and take command of that department, for the
purpose of urea King up all unauthorized mili
tary organizutions,.arresting bushwhackers and
deserters, returning the latter to the army,
conscribingand organizing such force as may
be necessary to enable him to carry out Shese
orders, aud to restore civil and military law
in North Georgia. -
. Once mprp wa have “tiro riglu man in the
right place:' 1 Gen. Wofford is eminently
qualified for the important work-assigned him,
and we congratulate refugees from that section
open the. prospect of a restoration of law and
a speedy return to their now deserted homes.
Gen. W has not yet. determined where he
will establish his headquarters; but wo are ye
qnested by them to shite shat be will he in
Atlanta onth@ 10th instant ready to meet
(hose who may have business with him.—
Athens WatTrrmn.
True.— Studied effort is marie by the friends
or pretended friends of the President, to asso
ciate Mr. Stephens and Governor Browif in
the work of disgracing and degrading the peo
ple of the Confederacy. No two men iu Geor
gia, or in the Confederacy, aye freer from such
a eba-gp. Roth these statesman believe that
the pen is ns powerful as the sword at certain
periods of war. and that seasonable diplomacy
may accomplish more good than sanguinary
oonfixts. la there any harm in so'thiakivg?-k
Is any man wronged, or the Confederacy in
jured in any of its parts, by such opinions?—
Men may say what they please about this or
that man’s public course, but wo say it with
out hesitation or fear of rfiOfiesaffil refutation,
either at present or in the future, when this
great question comes at last to be settled, as
it must be by diplomacy, no two men in the
Confederacy, if alive, will be more useful to
us in the settlement of the vexed question,
than Alexander 11. Stephens and Joseph E.
Brown. Mark that.— ililleilgeviUp. Union.
PreaciilsO vs. Practicing.— About jho time
the tempci qiipo retovmatthu began,' a well dip.
posed farmer told one of his men that ho
thought of trying to do liis work without whis
key, and asked him how much more he should
have to give him to do without it. The ni*h
told him he might give him what he pleased
“Well,’’said the farmer,“l will give yon u
sfcepn if jAnj will (jo y/ ii iioufc whiskey.” The
eldest son then licked Sim if he would give him
a sheep if he'would do without whiskey. •‘Yes, 1 ’
said the farmer, “you shall buy a q sheep ‘if
yop, do vithoqi it. firm youngest son then
"sked ifne would do the same by him. “Yes,
Sandy,” was the reply; “you. shall have a
sheep too, if you will do without whiskey.”
Presently Sandy asked, ‘-jAithe.r, hadn't you
better take a sheep too ?” This was a home
question; the father had hardly thought
that he could do without the “good
creature,” hut this direct appeal was
not to h« disregarded. The rer.ultwas, that the.
demon was at once banished from the premises.
Economy in Liken Washing.— A small quan
tity of pipe clay dissolved in wirier employed
(hr vyasuiiig. gives the dirtiest linen the ap
paarance of having been bleached, and cleans
them thoroughly with about one half of the !a
bor, and a saving of full one fourth of the
soap. The proper method is to dissolve a I>‘tie
of the pine day with the warm water m the
wasting tub dr to rub a little of it, together with
the soap, on the article to be washed. The pro
cess s lion Id be repeated ss often as required,
till the article-* r.n: thoroughly clean. The
peculiar advantage of employing this article
with thesop.n is (fiat it givyj tjio baui*>i water
alpiOot the softness of rain water. Any person
can bring this to the proof by trying it on the
hands,* when very dirty,' and it may be done
without rit>y fear of the skin being injured ; on
the coutraiy, they will rnireh softentd
by the process.
Tpn Rat;o or Moonlioiit to kunljgut. A
new determinai ion of the relative brightness
of sunlight mid moonlight has recently been
made by Prof: ssor Bond. Hitherto Wullasto p
estimate of tt.e.snn being equal to Pi 11 ,072 full
moons ba3 been considered the most, tmst
worthv. Prfessor Bond, however, ’concludes
that Bongner’s ratio of 1,300.000 was the more
accurate; and upon comparing, by means of
Bengal lights, the images ot the sun aud moon
reflected upon a silver globt, lie came to the
conclusion that the sun tpuais 171,000 full
moons. Iu a similar way it was found that the'
light of Jupiter was I-&43oth part that of the
moon, whilst tho light of \ enus was; nearly
five times as bright as that of Jupiter.
Spending Money.— There is one thing I would
be glad to see more parents understand, name
ly, that when they spend money judiciously to
improve and adorn the hofese.'aad the ground
around it, they are ijy*ltoct paying their 3 chil
drena p.rSmium to stay at home as much as
possible to enjoy it; hut that wb«i they spend
money unnecessarily in fine clothing and jew
elry for their children, they are paying them a
premium to spe r, d their lime away from home,
that is, in those places where they can attfact.
the most attention aud make the most display,.
Mails ifi be Re-established.- Mfe take great
pleasure in announcing that Mr. Mills, the en
ergetic Special Agent of tho Postofiice De
partment arrived in this city last evening, and
leaves this morning for Atlanta, from whence
he will go up the lines of the State Road as
far as possible and re -establish the mails
through all that section.
This wili be welcome news to the people of
Northwest Georgia, —JJacort Corfaderacy, Jan.
Prince Napoleon has been appointed Vice-
President of the Privy Council.
I%mticic it" ilntfiiul,
AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY MOK.VIJVtj, FEBItI’AHY S.
\Ve. Always stop the Cnßomoi.it M s: -
*.Uw%‘’££n r " , ; r . ,ll * llm . e for* hid, ais pai,i.„i «■ id, tr,
iu'wV'-eh? £' v't >•« Paper.*. 1i.:.l ,f you wist,
eastt« wJ - hetine, i-euX' y,m,r fUl “ cr,| ' ,,oaa
We (.aiiiiolciaiite ;-Mr,os or a eubscnbcvunlesshe
gives us ii.si armor its welias uis preseti tmliircbt.
Weekly St»te».-Theprice ofthc Wj-.kkt.y Chkosicj.k
* is dollars tor three months, twelve dollars ior
3ix months.
•
Raj;s! Hnp»! ! Rn"s!!!—The paper makers 'vnn! raps—
rasrs oi cotton men, flax, old rope, etc. In every
ought to be a rag merchant, who should buy every y.fumd ot
rags he can get from all the surrounding country, we would
lilce to hear from any who will undertake to buy mgs to make
paper for the CiiucNH i.E Sentinel. On receipt
we will state price, etc., etc.
WiOM »A\ AiWUI 0
A lady just from Savannah has. kindly fur
nished us with copies of the Savannah Repub
lican; also with copies of the Savannah Her
ald, anew paper removed to the city from
Hiitou Head. From them we gather the an-a
nexed news :
Gen. Geary in his order No. 3regulates Lade,
thus : All dealers must have permits from
headquarters. Extortioners will be severely
punished. All dealers must conform to estab
lished prices published in uewspapeis. A post
fund tax will be assessed on all dealers aud
places at amusement. Persons violating the
rules regulating trade will be arrested, their
establishments closed, their goods confiscated
and sold, aud the proceeds appropriated to
Post fund. Sutlers and purveyors are required
to confine their sales to their own commands;
those who do noi so do, will be desalt with in
the same manner rs other unauthorized deal
ers. _ All offenders are notified that if they are.
caught disobeying Gen, Geary’s order that no
mercy will V.y shown them, but that they Ytiil
ue summarily and promptly dealt with.
The Herald gives ttvp Adam’s Express Com
pany a, big puff. As Rice is the general agent"
and F. P. Tunnison cashier.
A large number of vessels have arrived at
Savannah ft load with cotten for New York.
Colonel Ario Pardee, 117th F. V. 0 , has
been announced as Provost Marshal of the
Eastern District in place of Col. VYm. Wood,
76th Ohio Ycuuatoei's, relieved.
The following named gentlemen have been
elected Chiefs of the Savannah Five Depart,
meat for the ensuing year: Christopher L. Ca
aey, chief fireman; Francis Blair, second chief
fireman; James L. Haupt, third chief fireman,
ftlhe Magnolia Encampment, No. I. 0. O. F.,
have dieted the annexed officers for year en
suing: John T. Thomas, C. I’., J Hanson, N.
P* J. A. Dexter. S. \V., R Grover, J. W., C.
; Clrc.s3, Scribe; J. U Haupt, Treasurer,
f All persons who desire to leave the city
for the Confederacy can still do so. Wagons
and ambulances aie tendered such parties to
convey them and their baggage to the boats.
Parties are itquired to furnish Iheuiselves
with twenty-four hours food.
Gen. Geary in his order No. 4, lays down
some rules to preserve health. All the streets,
alleys &c , must be kept clean. The Provost
Marshals have charge of this matter ami are
enjoined to faithfully discharge tlieff - duty.
Parties occupying buililimrs must haye sweep
ings and relfcses piled up at stated periods in
the dav to he removed. 'Troops occupying
camps in the city must keep them clean
and remove Cll'al3 and sweepings -regularly.
Teams are assigned to each district to remove
ail things not conducive to good health; and
the officers in charge of each district are held
personally responsible that the work is
promptly and thoroughly done,
Among the artieieii 'advertised in the col
umns of the paper we notice neirly every one
formerly advertised in the (folumus of papers
in days of yore. ’Some of the things mentioned
reminds one of the good things formerly en
joyed in the eating line. Also new books in
abundance. Perfumery for the taffies- and
young gentlemeq who wait on them, and
choice wines and liquors for the thirsty. To
all appearance Savannah is getting “to be
some” in the trading line.
The soldiers arc commanded "qJ jo Injure
any of the trees in tjie piiy.
The V- S. GhristiaiU Commission have es
tablished an offjee at No. 147 Huy street.—
Soldiers are invited to drop lu ; and are furnish
ed with pen, Ink, paper and stamps tree.—
They are also supplied with religious reading
gratuitously.
Mayor Arnold still continues to distribute
wood to the needy without charge.
Supplies for the poor and needy from the
North have reached the cily.
Grand performances come off at tho theatre
nightly—Sundays excepted. The dramatic,
gymnastic, and musipu,l mo represented on the
boards.
The Herald comments upon the good order
;n the C'ty, and the good behavior of the sol
diers—and says it is all owing; to Gen. Slier
map’s discipline and -practical knowledge of
the way tilings ought, to be done.
Maj. Gen. 0. Grover has been appointed to
the command ‘of the District and Post of Savan
nah. All orders of his predecessor lomniri
in force until further notice.
0,1). fi,h;irman Mas Issued a congratulatory
order upon the success of tho Northern array
in Tennessee. Also he notices the successes
of the Northern armies iu S mthwestern Vir
ginia.
Yi’.’e hundred bales of cotton were burned on
the niglrt of Jan. 14. It was the woik of an
incendiary. Several other incendiary lire:' have
occurred.
The Chamber of Commerce have elected Mr.
Charles Green President, aiyl Mr. John Gam
mell Secretary. They are discussing the cn! ton
question in secret session. The secret session
mania appears to be a catching one. .
Tho Educational Association of the colored
people of tho city of Savannah, has* been or
ganized. Five hundred children are in atten
dance. There are ten schools in the city. The
negroes fitted up the school rooms themselves.
All the teachers and officers of the Association
are negroes. That class are to bear all the ex
penses. Several hundred dollars in greenbacks
ha 9 already been raised by them.
A negro teamster was shot at a few Bays
since by a guard for insolence. He was slight
ly wounded ia the left breast. Tho Republi
can says some of the male negro population
are getting altogether too unruly on the
streets j and that order will be
maintained.
A long letter addressed to Mayor Arnold
by the Boston Savannah Relief Committee,
was sent to him with a steamer loaded with
supplies. In it they «p p ak of the relief af
forded the poor of Boeton in days, past by the
citizena of Savannah; ofithe old associations
between the North and South; of the feelipgs
of good will they hags still,
dents of the Coafederagyq tgol
that the day will soon come when existing
troubles will be g«ttred amicably—“leaving
all questions which remain to be adjusted hj
the p ■■ne‘r.l means of legislation, continence
and votes.”
The obstnytiui; in the main ship channel
have beeil removed, the huge pens of stones
aud iron chains have been fished up. The
wreck of the Confederate gunboat Georgia is
still in the rive r opposite Fort Jackson. All
the wrecks whicn have been sunk in the har
bor will be isi'oovcri as soon as the proper
nine: iuey ai riivs from the North. Two steam
ers-one drawing fourteen and the other fif
teen feet—have arrived at the wharf. The
passage cleared is about one hundred feet in
width.
All persons in businss are requested to re
port the names, places and kinds of business,
amount and character of stock on hand, and
by whom they were permitted to trade, if hold
ing pcfmisrioa, in order that the same may be
registered. Any person-concerned, failing to
so report, wjll forfeit ail rightj aud title to
trade in the city.
The steamer which brought tho relief sup
plies lor the poor of tbo city from New York
contained among other things—97o barrels of
Hour, 4-'8 barrels Indian corn meal. 47 boxes
bacon. 16 plug's, hams, 5 plugs shoulders, 5 bbl
lard, 100 sacks salt, 21 biffs pork, 50 bbto
beans, 9 drums codfish, 510 bags aud bbls po
tatoes, turnips and other vegetables, 10 bbl»
onions, CO bbls pilot bread, 150 quarters fresh,
beet, 100 slaughtered sheep, 25 bbls molasses,
10 bbls pickles, 10 bbls vinegar, and sundrie*.
Mr. A Baxter is the name of the gentleman
having the cargo in charge. The gift is ten
dered Lie citizens of Savannah iu the namo of
ffhe cilia us oi New York. The articles are to
lie distributed by ward committees specially
appointed.
Gen, Heavy in turning over the command of
the city, concludes his order with tho annexed
paragraph :
Tho General commanding embraces this oc
casion to thank the -Mayor and Aldermen of
this city for Uuur valuable co-operation, and
the citizens gent rally for the cordiality with
win. h they have acquiesced and assisted him
in all measures for the public good. Belier—
ing that very scon the time will come whet*
military government will no longer be neces
sary in this cilv, ihe General now takes hi*
farewell of it, and commends it, and its in
habitants to bis successor, trusting that they
will extend te him the same confidence and
courtesy whicn have rendered the relation*
heretofore existing so satisfactory.
The annexed extract from General Order
No. 64, issued by the Adjutant General at
Washington, Feb. 8, 3 BG4, is published:
Whenever refugees from within the Rebel!
| lines, or deserters from the Rebel armies, pre
sent themself-r. at U. S. Camps or Military
Post, they will be immediately examined by
the Provost Marshal with a view to determine
their character, and their motive in giving"
themselves up. It it appears that they ar«
honest m their, intqntion ot forever deserting
tho Rebel cause, care will be taken to explain
to them Shat they .will not be forced to serv«
in the United States Array against the Rebel*
nor be kept in confinement.
The, President’s Proclamation of December,
8. 1864, will be read to them, and if they so
desire, the oalldtherein prescribed will be ad
min ’’stered to them. They will then be ques
tioned to whether they desire employment
from the United ‘ tales, and if so, such arrange
ments ad may bo expedient will be made by
the. several Army Coram aiders for employing
them on Government works within their com
mands. Those, who come to the Army of tin*
Pofomao*wUf be forwarded to the Military
Governor iwhc District of kiolumbia, at Wash
ington, with reports in their cases, that em
ployment may be given them if desired; or, if
not, that ibcyrinay Be sent as as far North as
Philadelphia.
By order of the Secretary of War:
K D. To WXOE NDy
Assistant Adj utant General.'
OiTiciAi. :
W. L. W. linger. Assistant Adjutant General'
We published recently an order from Gen*
Sherman uiion the subiect of trad’ng. Here is
another order just issued relating to the samo
in alter :
Headquarters, 1
Military Division of the Mississippi, >
la the field, Savannah, Ga , Jan. 15,1865. )
Special Field Orders, No. 12. .
The Department of the South having been
withm tfie sphere of this command, and it' be*-
b'g highly desirable that an uniform policy
prevail tonching commerce and intercourse!
with the inhabitants of the South, the following
general rules and principles will be adhered to
unless modified by law or the orders of that
War Department;
I Com;r.;:vej v:th foreign nations cannot
be norm'!i'- ; .i or undertaken until the national
authority is establii.lied to an extent that will
give the necessary courts and officers to con
trol mid manage such matters Trade will be
confined to a mere baiter and sale proportioned
to the necessary wants of the army, and of the
inhabitants dependent on it for the necessities
of life, and even that trade must be kept sut*-
jeet tojstrici, control or surveillance.
II Trad* stores will be permitted at Beau—
tort, TliMc.ii iL a-i, Savannah, Fernandina, St.
A-?«tsiine and Jacksonville, in all articles of
food and clothing, groceries, ladies and chil
dren good.-: generally, and articles not contra*
band of war.
Hi To trade is a privilege, and no person
will bo allow,: I to bay and sell for profit un
less he be a c\t z nos Ibe United States, and
subjeribe to a.y legal oath or obligation that
is or may*he prescribed by law ; and at point*
t ireatened by an enemy, the officer command
ing may further exact as a condition, that tho
trader shall himself engage to serve, in soma
miiKary capacity, to aid in defense of the place.
it. Person:; desiring to trade will apply to*
the commanding officer of the Post and obtaia
his written consent, specifying the laud, nature
and extent, oi the trade, and when he require#
importations from northern cities he will iu like
manner apply for his permit The command
ing officer ot the Post may apppoint some good
officer to nineiwifi-.i ibyso matters, \vho will fre
quently inspect the stores, and when there i«
not sufficient competition will fix the prices of
sale. These stores will in like manner be sub
ject to the snjiei vision ot the Commanding Gen
era! of the Department of the South by himself
or an Inspector Geneva!. *
V. in order that purchases may be made
with economy, the commanding officer of each
Post wili m il: -reports of Lis action in regard
to trade, vriilt the names of traders, amount#
of go-. Is and. .di- i for sale, &c , to the command
ing General of I be department, who will, in like
manner, t., • full repot is to .the Secretary of
the United I-.ole Trt wiry, to the end that ha
ncty instruct. . ■.• •' ■■ctors of ports from which
shipments are expected as to the necessary
permits end clearances. It being utterly im
practicable that a general commanding milita
ry opoiations should give his personal atten
tion to such matters, it is desirable that a#
much power as potable should be delegated to
Post comrr.atuk is, and they should be held to
the strictest account that no trade is permitted
injurious to the military interests of th©
United States
VT. Sales of cotton will be restricted abso
lutely to the United States Treasury agent#,
and no title in cohtorf or bill'bf sale will b©
respected until alter the cotton is sold at New
York. Country peopio having small lots of
cotton are permitted to bring the same in ta
be exchanged for food and clothing for their
families. The Quartermaster will set aside a
store or warehouse, to which each wagon
bearing cotton will, after entering the milita
ry lines, proceed direct, an agent of the Treas
ury Department will revive and weigh th©
same, and pay for it the price fixed in ike
Bth section of the Act of Congress, approved!
July 2, >lß6l, vjk three fourths the value of
cotton as quoted in the New York market;
and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby
requested to matte apfsaintmehts of agent* t#
wmi'AiftU*fe-v;**ohs oXtttid-aoj attjfc bosie&u
ol Hilton Head, Savannah/ Fernandina and
Jacksonville. ■
VII. In order that the duties hereby imposed
on commanding officers of Ports may not b©