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THE SOVEREIGN! Y OF IKK 81ATZt>.
Whuu 3he colon sow <i to Great
Britain, there was no law li. it. rra-ied and
operated on the v, Sole. Thore r.o Jaw. ia
hlimt, that t:; -in ono ; -i/.iio. 'i i.ey, re
far as they tin 'ft- ye. c/'.c riied. were
separate, distinct :.n.l P■ •=.-:*nt of one
another —as much . ■ > - ■ arc c • .v iff ~n ;e. Spain.
Russia and other K'.uop-iii power:;. This sep
arate polite.:.l • • . i,.-i ■■ 1>..-,i,i de
stroyed. It has i : - ain iff i»-. :-y down to
the present time. As >:r.:;;r:irier',
they took up a*.i-; • :.t v • i.j•: f pretert
siona of thu mother .’ou;:t: , 'nd i ucci-cded in
establishing ir ir.;!. : »n- —r.o ns a na
tion, out e-- li o; iiiin• ■ '■■■ u>, f, ;i.
Confirmatory or tli v. (treat Britain re
eognisul our i.vvp.-.- ; ... w .., f,y
recognizing the c *- .. . j t nation
ality of each -State ; iu:-i *,t-t Hie wholo up <>io
nation or pec,pie, as . p .Since that,
time the Stat s l ave t,: .1 i: ; {.» no i-g.-.-e--
ment, arrangement, or <• ; delegating
any portion of tL ir :.■■■-•..-rrffinly. fniiccd 3>.<-v
could not Invo done !••>, ft if r.c .ssary to
argument it could be.tv. v:n that •'•>ve':aigt.ty is
indivisible.
The articles of contoiW'd'o-irworo adopted
by them for tivlr mum .' protection, but it
changed not tli.-.r < .a motor. Fueh state, in
the language cf the mile ... thin; civi.--, • re
tains its freedom, severiiguff a.,! ffdepen
dencr.”
Tho imbecility of the government thus pro
duced, was soon p.ate.vrit; m tho most f:;:-ual
observer. Die want of a F’ffiu'l exectflive
anil a Federal ju liciavy, to :-.i*.v metical lore-:
and effect To tho will oi tire p'Oeplopar! - xp.:c.:v
cd by their reproioni.-tivc. w-• tho great and
fatal error.
Now, to euro tiiff or. or, rial net to iv : e
Jfli tho sovereignties into one, tiio cons! Million
of the United States, n;.-. : .cr which t! ■: .vc-rn
m int went into operation in i7.v.', w i :cd
to by the Stales. The lucid debates in tho
Convention that adopted it. u 1 tho whole in
strument itsell from b; fjiun:;,; to on ;, i,!,o;v it
to be a compact botw.a-u tho Slates,
The entire sovereignty of the tka'c-sef the
Confederacy is assfeib i '■ y Hie consliiiiiioi
of the Confederate States. It is in H•.•force t-;
this great principle that wo are pom ji g cut,
with a profusion nev. .■ Ivfo.iv known, the best
blood of our country. If, tin ti, thrsa as_
sumptions be tiuo, and they cum:;.: !.■•< • 11ire
verted, each Stale muyof right uCoeven
tion, and that Conventioi, lire renri o ;i>m j.t
of her sovereignty, may ue'ormir.c wh.il thnl:
bo her course ou nuy 1 • asun in cling lur
welfare.
It is undeniable that at this time lire pret-pie
of this Sta'e, through a Convention, have an
absolute right to bo heard on thoso nrcinen
tous questions tint a- ply r. '-ct tl’un and
generations to come; and to frea *y niaba hu-li.
Arrangements concerning t’.. ir v, !1 being as
they, in their jivJgmviK, 'may think proper to
do.
It is lamentable tc r.e, at tin early pen >l,
the strides to despotism that 1 wo l« . u made
by our highest ctUceri. The ma y unirpations
of power, udder various prvi n.»- ?: need not
herein seated, la our de arc tor adutatn con-
Stituiioual liberty ag.rinst a p •• a riul h e, let
•us not ourselves.be its do - ■or .
TUB CASJPAIGV.
There are a great many 6;Hcu!aU jrr. ail- it In
regard to Sherman's camp \-:a. Os ccur v. no
one knows. All are in tho dark. On thb: uc
count tho anxiety an and t xeit-jineu- are greater
than they would be, if the real plans of the
Federal General were fully developed.
Where does Sherman intend to on:. aThat
,is, if he '•an carry out Ms'p! Every or. bus
a i oplnibn ‘-as is an cpiuh ■■■;,” on this point.
The opinion enteil.: ur.l by .ou.r. -iv. v is no
better than that of ether p. .pi : -i is enti
tled to no move wed a perfcuj ■ *i ranch.
It is evident sh..: v i reds ir... don 010
take Branchville—if he can. tic is ir doubt
«d\y moving Ills whole lone - i:i that direction
Branch ville of itself of no i;:y. nance what
ever. But as a strategic pr.it.. it is of great !
value. If Sherman succeeds in driving ou
forces back, railr; a;l comm.,:, .cation will at
once cease-between Geo:*:.; ami d...e West, and
Richmond. We shall l>e literally cut n two
Lea will have t■ g . . r ids n . gdos fiotn oth
er quarters than the rich stus . • e of Soini-
Western Georgia. No one van doubt Sher
man’■ intenUon as far as Brer.rd.vi'lo is con
e >rned . If he is defeated there, he will be
compelled to adopt new plans of operation.
But suppose be is successlul at Brauchviile,
what then ? We do not thi kbe will advance
farther into the country ia Race. Ifhe dor?,
he will have too long a line of communication
so guard. His base is now on the Savannah
river at Sister's Ferry. He may probably s nd
• raiding party to destroy tk.inmbi.*. if possible;
and lay waste the surrounding country. But
advance in foree in that section we bedmvo Le
will not.
If successful at Brtcchville, She rman’s next
movement we think a.ill be cn Charieston,—
This is the next place of any importance for
him. to capture. . '
Besides feeing a etragctic point, the Feder*
•'s have a great desire to destroy the c’ty
witera-‘‘the fast gun of the revolution' 5 was fn
«l. Jn be. Hakes Cherlesu-a, Sherman w. ill
make that city his brew of or-erat ns in- v.d
of hie present one. I 'is next mwe w ii] then be,
tt he is able to make it, through Carolina to
wards Wilmington. This place he will capture,
ft he cam. Then he will rtmovv his has# of
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1865.
sftpplica to that point. After all is prepared,
both‘Sherman and Giant will make S united
movement on Lee, if that General maintains
tbe posit on he now occupies.
All these remarks are mr-re speculations.—
They rpay bo correct and the, may not. Sher
man's movements we are certain will he whol
ly governed by his successes. If he is defeated
at brunchville, at Charleston or at Wilming
ton. lie will have to mark ouf*a new route—if
the above is the one he intends now to pursue.
Thus far he bi s had matters pretty much his own
way. Whether or ro, he continues to do as he
pleases, the future alone can reveal.
• T m
OF COWMISSIOSERB.
We learn Ihat the Commissioners appointed
by our Government to confer with the 'author
ities of the United States, in regard to the
tjymsfor the restoration of peace, have re
turned to Richmond with a very unsatisfactory
report of the result of their mission. They
were not permitted to proceed farther t.ian
Fortress Monroe. There, it is sta'ed, they
were met by Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward.
The only basis upon which the negotiation
could proceed, was, the unconditional sub
mission of the seceding States to the authority
of tho Constitution and laws of tho United
States. An to slavery, that had been disposed
of by the la If action of the United States Con
gress, abolishing it in all the States. We con
fess our profound regret at tho fruitless termi
nation of a mission inaugurated under circum
stances which Ecemsd auspicious ; and which
was freighted .with so much of human hope.
It is as if a goedry vessel,-which had left the
sfcero upon an enterprise laden with every
thing hopeful for humanity, amidst the cheers
and prayers oi a nation, had been driven back
by an adverse storm, dismantled, broken and
wrecked. Still, we must not despair. Tho
elements may yet to serene, the sea smooth,
the breezes, propitious. ' *
Tho people of tho North and cf the Somli
arc for peace. TSo Christian sentiment of the
nineteenth century, is earnest for peace.—
Prajers -sccnd to the Eternal Throne from
true hcari:; all over the country for peace.
Avery ominous incident in tho opening of
the enterprise, was the arrest of the journey of
the Commissioners at Fortress Monroe. 1 As an
act of cuortesy they should have been invited
to llie capital of the United States. The ob
joct of the mission, tho character of the gin
'..on i n who undertook it, tho people repre
sented by them, all entitled them to a respect
ful and even generous reception.
Tut Mr. Seward was much too crafty to allow
(hi... It was doubtless nthissuggestion that (he
Commissioners were met at the Fortreaa. If
they bad been permitted to leach Washington,
they would have been surrounded by the emi
nent -men of 'ha country. They would have
ad audience of the conservative statesmen of
the United States. They would have inter
charged views with them ; and even if nego
tiations had notaucceeded iu bringing tho war
to a close at tills time, they would have formed
the basis for a future settlement. This the
1 ioc dn administration dd not intend to per
mit It would have imperilled the stability of
the dynasty. It would have been to bear a
torch through a magaziuo filled with powder,
she (ailing of a spook might have caused an
•explosion that would have uplieaved the
whole Republican pally. Therefore the Com
mtssiimera were welcomed to the hospitalities
fa forto :-j set apart from all intercourse with
the people, and grim with guns. ,
As to the reported terms which were offer
.and, it would seem as if they were intended to
break off negotiations, not to encourage them.
An uocoi'ditioi’.al submission to the Constitu-
Uon a;»I laws of the United States. The Coa
st tnlion as interpreted by Republicans.—
Laws pa;-3cd by that triumphant faction;
As to slavery-, Congress has just now at
tempted to amend the Constitution by passing
a biil to abolish slavery in tho States. This
passed Congress by a voto of two-thirds of
e-'cir House, lleiore this becomes a provision
of the Constitution, it must be adopted by
tho separate act bn of three-fourths of the
•1 at s—cf all tho States which the Lincoln
a’n.icistratlcu claims as composing tho Unicn
—th t is, tho Confederate as well as the United
States proper. It was this proposed amend
m-u.-t to the Constitution which Mr. Seward re
ferred to in his late interview with our Com
mie-siontrs.
Wo believe still that peace can le made upon
terms which will be acceptable to tho people of
the Ner'ir and the South.
Jt: is plain that tho people of the North re
gavd tho commercial prosperity of that section
;w largely dependent upon a free trade in the
product? of the South. Whatever national
pride may be involved in the struggle now
noiug on: whatever reluctance the pooplo of
the North might feel to consent to the sunder
ing of any . part of tho territory embraced
within the late Union; whatever of historic
pride attaches to a Hag upon which some thir
ty odd stars are emblazoned; still the great
point with the people of the United States, is
to maintain a commercial union with ug. Our
cotton, our rice, our tobacco, must not pass
through a custom house before reaching the
storehouses and factories of the North. Bear,
ng this ia view, we profoundly believe that a
peace negotiation might be successfully con
ducted with Commissioners representing the
people of the North. .
\W might urge upon them a settlement upon
t e basis of a recognition of our independence;
with the stipulation that the whole countiy
should be embraced in the same commercial
sy tem. In other words, we might agree to be
two peoples politically, and one people com
mercially. This would secure peace between
ns. Commerce is a great pacificator. It binds
the hands of meu cf war.
Then, too, we might eater into an alliance'
offensive and defensive with the North; provi
ding that the whole military strength of the
wo Bepublics should be wielded against any
nation with whom we should make war. This
would ensure peace with foreign nations, and
would save us from the necessity of maint&in
insr large standing armies. Such a system
wo and realise Mr. Calhoun’s idea of a dual Ex-
I ecurive, a President for the Jiorth and a Pres
lident for the South.
Whatever the Republicans niay say, we
arc of the opinion that such an arcafigenea*
crald be affected with the people of the United
States.
li confirms us in the view we have hereto
fore expressed, that if ever the great quar
rel is settled, it must be done by a Convention
of the people of all the States. Never until
they are brought together to discuss these
great questions affecting their interests, can
peace be restored to this distracted country.
A Movemcvt in' the Knurr Direction.— Mr.
Wigfail has introduced in the Confederate Sen
ate a resolution instructing the Judiciary Com -
urittee to inquire into the expediency of abo
lishing ail laws authorizing impressment ex
cept by military officers in eases of absolute
necessity; and of paying market price for all
property impressed by the military. The reso
lution is based upon the belief that there is
aa abundance in the country for the uses of
the armies, but that, it can only be made
available by the Government entering the
market an ] paying a fair value for what it
purchases.
This is a movement in the right direction.—
If the matter referred to in the resolution was
properly investigated it wet:ld disclose the
fact that the government has been ipjuied
rather than beifefitied by the impressment
laws. Rut if this were not the case; if it was
shown that the law was a benefit, it would not
make it any the ltqs tyrannical, odious, and
unjust. This wholesale appropriation of pri
vate property by unconstitutional law? is not
exactly tho thing in a professedly free country.
The people ot the Confederacy havo shown
great forfccaranco and patriotism in submit
ting to tho illegal and over-burthonsomo acts
of Congress. We arc pleased to perceive that
some of the mamheis of that body are begin,
iug to view matters iu their true light. We
trust,they will keep agitating the matter in
order that facts which are cow concealed, may
be given the public. Lst the people uphold
these men in Congress who show any disposition
to defend their rights—and sooner or later they
will gain a complete triumph over the central
i/.ition parly who are not.only endeavoring to
vote down ail law but even to vote away the lib
erties of. the masses.*
Mr. Wigfail deserves the thanks of the peo
pie of the Confederacy for the steps he has ta
ken towards justice and fair dealing.
A Ccr.r.ECT DEciaox.—Recently on the trial
of two men, Messrs. Mundy and McPherson,
ariested by tho Provost Marshal of Atlanta, oa
a charge of treason, Judge Lochrane, of Macon,
decided most emphatically that Provost Mar
shals, by tiro !>iw of cur laud, have no right to
arrest poisons outside of the army and navy.
If they take such authority, it is an arbitrary
assumption of power. Citizens can only be ar
rested upon warrants issued upon oath, and
can only be arrested by the civil of
ficers, and be tried by civil courts. These
Lghts aro guaranteed in the Constitution, and
it can only be altered by the people.
A most coirect decision. A timely one also.
There is altogether too much power exercised
by some officials. It is proper the people
know what their constitutional rights are.
The courts of Georgia, thus far have defended
the masses in doing what they have a legal
right to do, notwithstanding the unconstitu
tional assumptions of military power. The
Judges of Georgia are men of nerve and moral
courage, and will guide their acts according to |
the Constitution and laws of the
wealth. Ii the rights of any person aro in
frioged upon, let him at once apply to the
proper tribunal fov redress. No threat or in
timidating c-urse on the part of the military
should defer thorn from doing so. The consti
tution and l.rw3 of a country must be sustained
to preserve order. When these are set aside,
or their decision'not respected and obeyed,
then comes tho worst of a 1 conditions—an
archy !
The time we trust is not distant when the
Hironiclt re StrJinel will see cause to moderate
its tono— Goldsboro IV. G. Journal.
The war was started to defend the rights of
the States and the liberties of the citizen. It
wa3 started !o vindicate the principles of self
government. We intend to dafeni those
rights and liberties anl vindicate those prin
ciples to the host of our ability. Until it is
shown to us conclusively that we aro wrong,
we shall maintain our position. Until that
time arrives, the Chronicle & Sehtixel will not
moderate its tone. No threats will intimidate
or cause it to swerve from its course. We are in
favor of liberty—liberty untiamelled; free and
unrestrained; liberty fa the highest sense of the
word--free speech, free discussion, free press.
We havo never, truckled to powvr through
fear. We have never truckled to power for
favor. We do not intend to do so now. We
hall support all constitutional laws. We
shall publish a free and independent press.
We shall acknowledge no man master. Wo
shall criticise fearlessly whatever we think
wrong in our civil rulers. This we have a
perfect right to do, without asking leave or li
cense. The Consti'ation is our government.
To that, we shall always give a hearty undivid
ed support.
A Little of the Green Eve.—Our neigh
bors appear to be very jealous of the Chronicle
&S a win el. Wo appreciate fully tho honora
ble and gentlemanly attempts they make to
injure us. They will find, however, that their
exertions will be useless. We commend to them
for careful perusal the fable of the viper and
the file. The damage they would do u?, they
cannot, Not on account oi any good feeling
they bear; towards us, but simply because we
are beyond the reach of their malicious shafts.
We assure yon, gentlemen, we cannot atop
the circulation of the Chronicle & Sentinel
from increasing. It would not bo right for us
to refuse to send our thousands of patrons our
paper, especially after they have sent us the
money. It is not our fault that your subscrip
tion lists are so small. It is perfectly natural
for liberty loviDg people to uphold those jour
nals which defend their rights, and discoun
tenance those which are striving to crush them
nnoer the iron heel of a military despotism.
Brino in \ oca Produce. —We would advise
our country friends to bring in their produce,
as they will find'ready sale for it. Butter, eggs,
fowls, meal, potatoes, are in good demand just
I new and command exorbitant priced.
Dsc.deelt Wroxg —A soldier of Young’s
Brigade cf Cavalry, in a letter to us narrates
an injustice dope the brave troops which is not
exictiy the thing. The command le'.t Richmond
with five days rations. Owing to the delays
on the route, these were consumed by the time
th» troops arrived at a certain railroad station
Here come of the soldiers thought they would
enjoy the luxury of a warm mr-ul. Upon proceed
ing to the dicing room door of the hotel, they
were surprised to find a guard stationed around
it—with iustructi ms from an officer to admit,
“no one lo the breakfast table unless he wore oi
his collar the insignia of office! ’’
Our correspondent gives us the officer's name
who issued the cider and placed the guard
around the door, but,as cur course has been to
deal with facts and not men, we shall net pub
lish it.
They al3o state that some of She officers ol
the Brigade were so disgusted with the pro
ceeding that-they refused to go into the dining
room.
To officers who feel inclined to issue such
orders, we woufd say—Remember that you are
nothing but mortals yourselves. The stars
which adorn your collar' amount to nothing
unless you behave yoursrlvAs like men. Many
of those under yo.i were your super tors in point
wealth and social position before the war com
menced, and at least are deserving of human
treatment white under you during the war.—■_
Because you are‘‘cloibed wi s h a little brief
authority” it is no u;e for yoa to “cut such
fantastic tricks before high Ileavon as to make
angels ween. ” We can pssiuc you that tire
ndmirqd and lamented Soaewail Jackson and
the respected and loved Lee, Beauregard, John
ston and other prominent OoufcdeSciate offi
cers would havo issued no sueli order as—“ A
dmit no one to the breakfast table unless he wears
on his eotlar the insignia of office ! ’ ’
What a command to give in a profesedly
free country, to have executed on a body of
wayworn, hungry Soldiers engaged ia lighting
the battles of freedom.
RECOQxryiojj.— Rumors of recognition are
floating about ia a'diversity of shapes. Peo
ple are discussing them with a gicat deal of
gusto, and manifest much enjoyment at- tho
prospect before u3. Wo havo no confidence in
any of theso reports. France and England have
stood aloof so long that we have no idea that
they have any intention of recognising us.
They will not bo apt to do anything that will
bring them in conflict with the United States. —
Augusta Register.
Correct—if it is iff the columns ofan adminis
tration organ. A rare place by the wnv, to find
a correct political statement nowadays.
Tho Register is right- for this once at least.
France and England “will not he apt, to do any
thing that will bring tlnm in conflict with the
United States.” They never lmd tho inten
tion to come in collision-with the Norrh
Their acts-prove this, conclusively. They al
ways have been and are still afraid ol the im
mense Federal ferco. The manner in which
they have swallowed insults, and backed out
of positions (hey have taken, prove this.
Tho public have been humbugged time and
time again by recognition rumors. They aro
now beginning to beiievo that they nearer had
any louudation whatever. Wo thick their
opinion a right one. We believe lh«ra was
never any good reasons to justify the assertion
that foreign powers would recognize us. That
in this as well as other matters, tho peo
ple have been deceived by our rulers know
ingly.
Tiie Feeling in the Army.—An officer, who
ia stationed near Mill Haven, in Striven coun
ty, Ga., in a leiter to a friend speaks thus of the
feeling amopgtfeo troops in that section:
“It is the heartlelUdesire and wish of this
“Brigade, that the efforts now being, made to
“bring about an honorable and lasting peace
"may be successful. The people'of both sec
“tions are calling for it. Humanity and en
lightened public sentiment demand ft.”.
We hear a great deaLabout the feeling in the
army from both bomb-proof and war newspa
per demagogues. They claim that the army
is a unit for protracting the bloody struggle
now going on. That they are. nnwiiliDg th
existing difficulties should be settled by lie go
tlation.
.The above extract is from a letter written
by an officer. He ought to know of that which
bespeaks. He probably does? know more on
the subject than ail tho “stay at homes’’ put
together. His evidence is worth more than
columns of war talk—founded ou nothing
but rumor.
The people should not allow themselves to
bo deceived in regard to these things. Undoubt
edly there are many of our brave soldiers in
favor of only settling our difficulties by the
sword; t-ut there are probably more of them
in favor of settling them by negotiation.
Masonic. —The following gentlemen were
elected officers of the Grand Lodge of Florida
for the ensuing Masonic year :
Bro. Samuel Benezet, M. W. G . M ; Henry J.
Stewart, D. G. 11; Edas Eerie, S. G. W ; S._W.
Underwood, J. G. W ; T. P. Tatum, G. Treas
urer; H.. A. Corley,' G. Secretary; D. Isaac
Craft, Tyler.
The following.gentleman were elected offi
cers of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter, for the
ensuing twelve months:
Comp. David Jones, G. H. P : D. C. Dawkins,
D. G. H. P; B 8. Fuller, G K : Edas Earle. G.
S; T. P. Tatum, G. Treasurer; H. A. Corley, G.
Secretary.
The Tallahasse Not Capiureo.—The Con
federate steamer Tallahasse, has Dot been cap
tured as reported. She ran into New Inlet
just after the capture of Fort Fisher, when dis
covering that some important change, he knew
not then what, had occurred in the military sit
uation, her commander, Captain Maffit, put to
sea, and made good his escape. Ha touched
the South Carolina coast and put ashore a mes
senger with despatches, who has reached Rich
mond. The news, if any, brought by this mes
senger has not been mode public.
ExoUasge of Prisoners.—A .despatch from
Washington to the Northern papers says it ap
pears from a communication of the Secretary
of War that the subject of an exchange of pris
oners is now placed in the hands of Lieuten
ant General Grant: and that, although only
partial exchanges have thus far been made,
there is reason to balieve a full exchange will
geoQ bo effected,
I What has Become or the Monet? —Yes!
j that is a question more ensuy asked than read
!ii v answered. Wh it-has become of the money
j appropriated by the last Congress ter the epe
; cific object of paying our brave troops in the
| service, and the money appropriated for their
I support? The truth has cc-asareaced leaking
out in regard to matters- notwithstanding the
motions of s. mo members of Congrers ‘ to go
into secret session” whenever public affairs
are disc ruse!. The people will by and ty
come to the conclusion that these men have
private reasons for not allowing certain sub
jects to be talked of ia open session, and are
afraid that some of the unfair ways in which
they have been able to accumulate huge for
tunes will be exposed to the public eye—'cring
ing down upon them the just scorn and con
tempt which they so richly deserve.
Rut we did net start this article with ilia in
tention of writing about both the illegal and
(randuieß.it operations of speculating members
of Congvtss. We have no time to do so at
present. Wo may in a few days give the
public some facts in regard to Congressional
legislation which they do not know, and s„mo
tact ; which will astonish ihera.
We started this ai title to lay before the
public some facts given in the speech lately
inado by Iron. Joseph IT. Echols of Geo rgia,
Uc states-lhat Congress ntf its last session ap
propriated seventy-four million of dolliars to
pay the soldiers; and in connection with this
he states j.h,it many of tire soldiers bav>not
received a dollar for the last eight months.—
Mr. Echols also states another fact. He says
that Congress at its last session appropriated
one hunffied million cf dollars to provide ihc
troops with clothing. Notwithstanding this,
ho says large numbers of them are Buffering
so” tho want of the necessary aiticies to keep
them warm.
To thess appropriations should be added the
tax in kind, which of itself furnishes aunu diy
supplies sufficient to support au army of two
hundred thousand men for twelve months.
Well may Mr. Echols justly' inquro what
has become of Jtho appropriation of olio hun
dred and seventy-four millions of dollars? Ac
cording to his showing the troops for whom it
was designed have received but a small por
tion of it. Well may the public stand aghast
at the enormous stealings of come parties who
have thu handling of government funds. V- ell
may the tax payer'who have contributed lib
erally of their means to support the war, feel
sick at heart at this exhibit at official corrup
tion and wholesale illegal apprepriat’on. Weil
may the seddie's who are lighting the battles
of freedom cry out in just indignation against
those jrbo are taking the food from their suf
fering families.
Yifo agree perfectly with Mr. Echol?. It is
high time that an investigation into public af
fairs was commenced. It is time that admin
istration favorites who have gorged themselves
at the public crib, were arrested ia their ca
reer.
Jtfst think of it reader. On,o»hundred and
seventy-four millions of dollars appropriated
to carry on branch of our government, for
a time, and the facts show that ii great deal c.t
it has not boau spent es directed. Ail of it
ha.3, however, gone somewhere. Who bae
the money ! Where is it! This is now wb t
the public want to know ! They Lave r; rigTrt
to know also.
We trust Mr. Echols will keep on exposing.
His constituency will uphold him. He need not
bo afraid of the abuse of tho administration,
preps. It has no ictluc-nco with the law abid
ing people of Georgia. ' •
The Feeling in Tnj Army.— The Oonstiff:-
tionaiist appears to be .of the opinion that no
army letter writers are entitled to any credit
except those who write especially for _ that pa
per. We ate thankful that our body docs not
contain qnito so illiberal and proscriptive a
feeling We believe the Constitutionalist ar
my covrespcpideuta tell the truth, as lav us their
side of the question is concerned. W 0 believe
those wiio write to the Chronicle & Sentinel
tell the truth also. It is useless for any journal
to assert that tffijre 'are no men in the army
willing to settle our difficulties by negotiation
jf possible. __. „.
North Georgia— Gon. W. B. W.fford is on
his way to North Georgia with orders from the
War Department to take command of that de
partment, for the purpose of breaking tip ail
unauthorized military organizations, arresting,
bushwhackers and deserters, returning the lat
ter to the army, conscribing and organizing
such force as may bo necessary to enable him
to carry out these orders, ah.l restore civil
and military law in that section.
Np Virginia paper mas we nave seen furors
the calling of a stale Convention* — Gobi,boro
X. C. Journal.
A mistake, if we are not mistaken. One of
tho Richmond papers has advocated the cali
! ing of a State Convention. The editor of the
| Journal, before ho accuses others of errors.
had better clear his own door stop. In h.s
I great desire to place peopiein a false' light, he
should make noth-'ng but statements which he
cm prove.
The Foil khan G k a. —One c-f these destruc
tive engines of war has been' finished and is.
now at Columbus, Ga. Th3 gun is composed
of fifteen thirty inch barrels, the same as the
Enfield rill?, and can be fired six time; in a
minute. Only one horse and three men arc
required. Its effects are said to be very de
structive.
An Unintentional Confession —PnOßA-
bly.—lt cannot be denied that- the people,
every whore, are sick and tired of war; that
they long for the return of quietude,
and tho:e social, festive scenes which one a
were theirs; it f3 so natural they should.—
Augusta Constit liusnalht.
Gen. Forrest's Movements. —Northern pa-
Forrest to be concentrating, a large
force at Paris Teen. A great number of his
men arc hovering around tbe.tr homes ia 1 eo>-
nessoe and Kentucky, conscripting Union men-
Movements of Ffbeuals in the Wb-t.—The
Columbus, MifS, correspondent oi tte Appeal
says, it is confirmed that the Federate have
seat quite a force down the :.fn*t:-*ippi river.
Gkn. Pbics's Position. — Ky way oi the North
we learn that the present position of General
Pitse’s army is usJSog-iy Depot, on Led River'
YOL. LXXIY.--NE W SERIES A .
Do not Lise ties Tkcth.—lt ia a very re
markable fact that administration- pn, da
not like wholesome truths—'or even a enior.s
which have every evidence of being true.—
They appear to be galled much vhe . a tellii g
sjiot hits their idol, or any thffiy which per
tains to it—knowing fu” well, as they do.
that their gilded, gaudy structure of one man
power has a very weak foundation.
Well,, one great fault wo b; vo—in the opin
ion of wrong doers, and those who tnppor
them—is the fault of Da-.dig facts. Wo can
not help it. It scorns so natural, that wo
should be greatly inconvenienced and treub
ed not to be permitted the privb ;e of so
doing. Neither can wo help .cur n.-lghbrns
[oeiiug aggrieved thereat, if their training
prevents them from liking ami appreciating
what is correct wo cannot help
A day or two since we stak'd that the ton
ol the dispatch sent over tho wires iu rig.; 1 to
the result ot the peace commissioners sent
North “strikes us as evidence that the auihcri
‘•itics who sent it are pleased will: the rt suit.
‘We forbear fitriher comment until wo loam
‘Mr. Stephens version of the reply received.''
Both of the administration organs in ties
city at once fired up and let off a Utile of their
usual iii humor, without once trying to
prove to their r. aders that what we Lave said
n their opinion is not correct. If is jsst what
we expected. Is all that conld be expected
rom patties whe-slngthe song cf power io any
line set for them.
One of tho papers says “ihc d'rp itch was a
‘regular Press affair, sent as other dispatches
‘oi’ minor importance through ihj habitual
! jhannel.’’ Now this paper ought to know,
fit does not, that nothing which relates to
government business is allowed to leave any
place, much Jess Richmond, until it j.-atvea
under an official eye, an I is woid .1 to : uit ihc
parly who looks at it before it travels on the
lightning tborom hiaro. Ti al pc per need not
undertake to blind and'mislea i the communi
ty with tho assertion that the Government
knOwnotlriug of the dispatch, when in order
to obtain the nows the-party who - out it had
to apply to the powers that be. C.rcunutauces
as well as the leading of the r’i. p del; ii r.d, In
our opinion, to show that it was arnrc-ge.il a!
headquarters, before it was permit t-. and to be r ad
by the public eye : and also that U waswoided
exactly in a v:ay to deceive.
dVo caution the public io gDe but little cre
dence to telet-uiviLio despaiekrs; I...Lamed
letters, and administration paper editorials in
regard to the results of the late peace co -i
--mifision sent North. Wait until you get the
Teport of the lien. A. 11. Stephens, and then
you will have something you can rely upon.—
You will then get plain unvarnished facts.
As far as the ill-natured abut 1 of cur neigh
bors is cenemcd, they av ■ welcome tc all the
capital they can make and all the cor (lit they
can obtain from it. If their renders deli, hi in
such stuff, they could not get better papers cut
of which lo obtain their nil.
The Road to Peace is i ukodgu State Coy
yentiOnr.—Some time since v.e py.lffir-hed a
letter from Hon. J. A Gilmer of Va., to the
Legislature of that State, la it was the'an
nexed extract. Die principles it advocated
are so very applicable to the present, that we
republish it again.
The States aione possess (Ire inherent power
of ensuring peace, auil entering on new com
pact.-'. Thd Federal and Con!“derate Govern
ments possess an inherent power of mailing and
securing a permanent piNjee. Ali they can .do
is to secure a truce. The reason is pi; in on the
theory of this revolution.- Neither <! ivorn
ment possesses r*r <on rightfully claim to tv
,«c'se the right to coerce a sovereign .Suite into
an union with either. They cannot patf-iiion
tho'Btates. Virgi: ia must reman on-f State,
constitutional government prevails. President
Lincoln and the United States (so callers) have
recognized the right of gscu-:-Ljll by lumptlng
as a State West Virgin!'. If Went- Virginia
hud u right to leave Old Viraim-aand join the
United States by leg;. ; .laiiv« adoption, Mary
land, Delaware, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana,, have
the same political right to leave- the United
States and enter into new compacts as to them
may seem best.
HaState can disintegrate itself by partial
action and assume sovereignty enough to be
represented in the United States Senate, pure
ly. Uy U lO HMae . doctrine, a sovereign Slate,
acting as a unit, can secede from the Gov
ernment winch has thus sanctioned the prac
tice. All political remedies of an administra
tive character spring from the nee .= ilies
which demand them. A sovereign State is the
righi'ul judge of her own remedies—measured
only by previous facts or treaties—and the
correlative right and reciprocal duties cf o-h-.r
sovereigns to be iff-xted by their appli
cation. w A sovereign ceac sto exist when co
ercion >S sueot ssfuliy applied.
llow is peace to come without State interpo
sition, State action and State authorilv.-s; If
.these are necessary, by whom,' nude:' what au
thority, at what instant, are they. - to be called
into action ? Shall the creator await tho call
of the crealure, on a quests nos primary ex -
istence ? If not, shall the creature inhabit vi
tal action, for self-preservation, be the creator.?
Are wo Biutnbiing ia the dark ? Will wise
men undertake to accomplish what the wis
deisfof the past renders impossible, except up
on the supposition of forcible coercion, as a
matter of right ?
No free Government, resting on compact,-
can exist under coercion. Coercion is of no
practical effi:acy, when tho parly can-fained
U able to remove by ic-ds! ;af force t-e coercing
power. Are tho Federal ami Cortfe rate Gov
ernments at liberty to coereo :t continuance of
this war as long as tho ambition or cap!ice. or
envenomed fee i- j; of rival rulers oi-.y ,-ee fit
to amuse themselves with great battlesT Arc
suvcji ion. Suites to be the dice with winch po
etical gamblers are to win or lev - empire.-'
Ig Virginia a stain- any : uch gam . i not.
where rests her remedy when e.ho < red.,
detriment to her sovereignly? surety in her
own will, countiiutionaliy exp.-e v.- If Hie •
can constiiutipnal!y cxpn-i-s he. will, may ■ ■■
not coiis'itutiouffijv cut-out it w!.. a wv-iig'u !y
liim-tui?’ it she Call <l-> thi.-, boiv ore uoy one |
argue i.Uv her remedks for ma : . .dmini-tra
• :Ich or r.or. i.dm c wion :re’i- nc-i conre-: f- - .'
1!' complete who .-'tall c-.li them into aoUv-.
cfiH-ney, butter Legislature? 11-re then is
the whole remedy.
Jiri;';: i ,
roisrions for live J-. t.ces of the r ; nor Cf urv
for Wa.'O :. n-'-o cor.n:y. were i -' f 1 i:-.r*
(dam tt)« Execa iveDej .
vßfc -Hu.'' itu . it: -
food, H. C
Hodges, A. L. Bough ton. — Suitdo-svillt Geor
gian. .
Northern advices say the Roanoke river is
sui t tobtsfil’ed with torptd.es from James-,
town no to Rainbow Bluff OrJ 150 torpedoes j
ii, Ave been taken from the river ah ! y They
j a re put up ia block tin cans and jd.'•■?-.• and rorn j
three to tight feet under er, and in rows ,
! across the river at intervals of a few miles. j
j In lie Pre-idential election the enure vote!
jin all Grant’s vast army was but iS,O(W. All l
! the rest were foreigners, ' j
COWFEDKU.Vi'K L-...
3KEATS'- t , AS> J 2.
llu:, c; Go.- .... offered the f&owing
which was
i.c'oivcd, liiat i :> CYmmittee or Finance
Iv-r s:ruc: and to enqntr- what LgiDtk n nay
beßccesrmy for, :i payer*rcskfc;
• r
emy : also, wh t i.'ui. n m;o be-.'xr.rffii nt
hu Ihc-ii-;. - • ... n
unable t»» conin'y w, • .-n. ir beiub. .■!
by the act of Februar; 17, 1864, by vensou of
‘ iu lit nos ii-v l?y
Slate or Coniedi-rate authorii f three the exe
. cation of (heir br.mi.3 ’’
ibe Military reported v bill to
allow r.itions to m-asmoavics scntto<lie army
h.V rchgieu-: (lunoiniiia i-.- ■; and so allow oaoh
1i 1 j. '(V. •!■ >-* |. !Ij , L'i'tU T 0
of iris duties reqUi:c ii .ailre should use a
ho".;>.
TL-o constitutional dff’avilf'- ris . hviafcdbv
inserting, words <U. . : ir;-- m . imiarics ‘vtn
pioyees of the - -.. v . .’Hm-nt,” and, as so amend
ed, Hre biil v/aa j -.-= ‘
. House biil lo pr rvidc cloihing for comm 8’
sjon.edc-flicers c-f Hu- a my, i. ivy and maiiuo
corps, v.-. s roito’-i : . i . m the- MriiUA'y
'Ccunuittee v. .h au.; -. >;
f not hiug in the biil
shall .he coAf.triu and lo -n* i vith th-< sop-dr
ot clot, mg to l -• i .-ii t mini.-i-ioni'd i :
and privates, who :-i ■■■: b: (ii>t serv-.d, and
hat c iii :ers in the field h di, ia all coses, h.ave
the preference of past office!s.
On motion th.:. b;ii was lin ther amended by
striking cut tie pr . ■ •gt ii qu ter
; ;con; a -ain -a oliivr i- ianis en
gaged in the c -ll.'ctlou of the U iu k'ud, from
the tiencllis.of the bill.
The bill, «s lunquikd, w. s passed.
The tk '-ale !>i!l to . u'u l .‘.e «?csi met ion
of properly utiler rail- •; y neces'-ity as. am-, sl
ed by the Mi;it:..y Comxiiito •, was ccu nJcred
ami pas cd. Tho i ' (>. A;” i.- rhe bill .
“Teat hereafter, w: c .- or cotton «r tobacco,
or miiifsty or n-svy s -!•••-». or off o: prop- ;ty o;
any kind w h ' v-. r, w deli may aid the 'enemy
in.the prostcution c-f tin war. may be in an ex
pos -l;; rition v.-it-ve a would bo Inibieto ««-. z
ure aud rer-mv ; : y ii.o oi. u.y, the General
-;; - ihqv.,l••vul or the
di.itriot wire > th; said cot-t n, to noco, mili
lary or n.i-y ffc-r- . oil. ’ properly may bo
situated, may outer iho owners thereof to
move the r : rue to some' place of r ai. y, to be
(icsiguafed by J im, If such lemoval, in tho
judgment ii imuii General commanding ,
ehoulri be n:c€£r:i;yto proveuttho paid piop
er:y liom iuiii ;. ii:!o lh-; an- iff I] in- my;
. nd if the j
within a reasouabij tic---, by the'owners there
of. then it rhail lie law ui lor .iu: r , i Utieral
officer to have ihe ESatiie removed atthe ex
pt'uic of the • Wile-.-, unili r gei-'.-i.-.l if.iriciionj
to l-‘ pie-'aihrdiby fix'- r-icffiiy cf \V -r, or to
dettioy the same, as now prcvioe-J by law."
Note —V/litu t■'■; !",'i. i■: canto cut • ••jrefc
session on Wednesday, Senate joint resolnuotr
I'xen-i tiiisr Di-if-lc turgir Ir'; m tho lithe inrpu's and
by (he law levying u-x-'S for tire- support of tho
cor l and i
HOUIuI —JAN 120
Tho Speaker hil l- befo; o (h-o House joint v r
olutlons of tbo Senate t-pp on ; r .. Coin
missionors on the part ci ru> . B omto and—;• oh
the part of the House, to - : te the
i rent of our prisoners o r. i . q
they are not exeh:» g-d.
On motion, lire biau:. .. ... ft;wish ;V. v
Toe re.-.-lutii-'.-iv * i : .
A'.- , Senate'joint* t q
l’residen:. to r-; i . cf- i
day of fasting,. iumu.i.i.:. ... tu..; ,
i ihiuikfgivii'f;.
The iv solutions were co *
Aiefoihriou wi-sadopted -u-- t. >
mis toe on Ways and <j
expediency of reporiuiig : ,i. l . ...... .
traffic i.r r-racic.'
A hill «as passed ior-:- a- . pay o ;
masters, special mail a u- . te •., ~
gives ppetdmsti rs U
ceived under the old Goveuifr.u; !.
ihc following were passed ; Dill au ho z
ing commanding gene, an of local detw.i;
li'oops lo r.tgatiiza per,era- couth; m:at:\i. a."
to i \ —■ the proceedings of iiie : atne ; rm-.der
izing the President to nrpoirit th.ee .Cvmwts
rs for tin
the raiik of Oolc-c-ci rani . |, jiff
rank of Llentcuant t.r ' : : of o r: I-y ; th;.-.
he Clef : be
assistant, with (he sfnqp pay as hi,, present as
sistants.
Die Committee on Foreign IL .tions report
rd'back tuirdry resoiuti;;ii:i i : rtivr lo negotia
tions concerning peace, with the rcc-.nimL-nda
!i- ri that they be ru’d on tbo ! .file, which wan
done.
SENATE — JAM.; 13.
Senate biß, with' House amendment, to
amend the act for Hie ; -rfe cu's'-rdv.
printing, publication and distribution cf the
laws, and providing for the appointment of an
additional Clerk iu the Department of Justice,
was takrui up and the House amendment con
curred in.
HOUSE—JAN. 13,
The foi lowing were pai red : Senate bill to
amend and modify trie inv.-a i peetir-g tho <1 •-
struction of ) rophrty under military ii’ecv'sslty,
and to pr vi laymen!
bill to allow biiFsl'uiarL-f! tot! c ~n. . a rutit.n,
and in certain ca'icr; for gd lor one horse to
posf Chaplains ; Senate j.unt *o- .'•• .oa to ex
empt mnple sugar from the tithe tax.
The Senate uinctnlmi nfii f.-r> flio House bill
providing clothing for tie ofi' ■ .-; < f tho navy,
army and marine corps, were caiKaim <1 in.
Mr. Boyne, from tho Navat G'ltmniit ,!. re
potted batk a Senate bP! to increase ihe i-iim- '
ber of acting midfif prai-r, o; ir n-vy, ana pio»
vide the mccio of tlieir api '- ' tni nt.
The bill adds one U r ta<h t ntn -■.-ioua' d : -
trk t, to be re •
Ilon'-e ; two liotn eacn St - e ) ; -re- , (o »■«
designed by the Fcu-itf- . ir m raid State and
ten to be appointed by the Pro 1-rit.
Also, Senate bitl to supply inidsfiipmen with
clot hi Dg to t.i,e Eamo eiL r c:it :r! upim tho
name terms as the enlisted meu of the navy.
Passed.
Also, a Senate ] 1!1 to employ six instructors,
with the rank of Fi at' Lieutenant of tho navy,,
tor acting midHiipmen.
Also, a g nate bill so }r.c;e" c e the pay '-f
con* commissioned offiacrE and musicians </.
t.-.e marine corps, so a s to p-l to th ~ upon the
same footing with the infantry of the army.—
Passed.
Also, a bill to authorize the appointment o'
naval com,into'and reguis ie Hie pay of tlm
same. Parsed.
j nation of Mr. of M - - -!io Ir - -on
«t points by tt:- G -.- ■■: of .hat r- tc Ccn
i.-'lri-.te Str.!-':: t’cou-o. in p .ce of Hoa. ilr.
,
polled B unt- b.ri I" -• ' ; ' V^-
iatioa by mail or new j ■ -n to r wcer-j.y-OD
cojomis-ioned -.fiiee.s, i«u-*v-u...i -,ua p* v—.co
of the a:my. P '*• , , ,
", . J '
Senate bill aiamr "of
k ° ■
pr. ed.
The M itary ■
'providing hr I
I iia-i (0 «70lk Oil J'.il . II . . •*; ( -T
--f.taia cap -c.:i . 0 .If. ~ T , r ; . q wit'
I the Hbtl amen;
! order after t;. i ■ ■ -i, . .. j:
of. »
Mr. Firmer, of •: '. -•; t - . .
tee on Indian Alt ■ .re wt.o ■ -j
refeiT.;l to them ... ~ .- -..
ing in.v eff-ct the (is -ty v r :• n-o lk