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Aii.vim/.Lruii'riß’fi tuvYsttoi iu.m : North Arr.vfrrtu SquAiraox, i | FtiO ship M ai. vtax, u* > i-V-i. i Fish*.!'.. X.C , > 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©