Newspaper Page Text
N. S. MORSE.
Chronicle & Sentinel
w
AUGUSTA, GA.
wiomsdu >lOll mm; Fi'tini iftv at.
. > "• 1 ■ .•- - . :r: —
We Always <<t©p the Chr. i.k ic .*■ , i.vm. •; ).
tnd ofth« yw*r, or th« f *r v.; .j, ; j,u :
w
to oootixiue It.it w« *• (! be v . tor-':i«.V your aUL-- iij> ! ■
c&sttwo wevksfisfo •* jvtl'.'i *;•;»
We Cannot change vur. r.r i g her ueW. hb
tisliUiCorioerm.i well ta his pi- -.: >. Xros*.
Weekly Hate*.—Thepr'.M ofthe Wp- klt rv--
41 H■ « nikilii:! dollars lor threy looifl , tv.. .... ■
Six mouth*.
Hags! ! R«'*«!!! Toe papr-r Tr a!:< rs «vw»* rv:‘
rae« «it cotton iuen, 3 **., uid rop**, • in cv-r u
•Ufhtto be ara« UMrr' Imrit, who - -.v-wy ; .
fins he taueet from ail thy surround.hk cointry. Vs *v. .
like te hear from any wLo whluiiG.-ri’.F.e to i>uy rng.-'t j mur.c
paper forth* Chbcnicls <fe b£3ii:<jtL. On reetipt
w* wjl! gtotfeprice, etc., eti.
IMI-I.IA HKJt 1 O. >l' t.HOKH IS lilt:
ARMY.
DIBITS IH TH B SENATE, FEB. 3.
Tint Senate resnm-d the con-ideration of the
Wenate bill to provide for the employmint of !
free negroes and slaves to work upon fortifir.a
lions and perform other labor connected with
the defences of tlie country. The pending
question Wing on apr ei ig to the ee n.i
amendment of the House to strike out
the clause restricting the number of negroes to
be employed to thuty thousand ea tof tin-
Mississippi liver, and ten thousand west ot
that river.
Mr. Orr said he should rote against the
amendment of the House. Forty thousand
negroes g<o be employed in the nriuy w.i
the number recommended by the Excentive.
If eighty or one hundred thousand had If r:
recoirimeridcd he should have voted fur that
number. But the bill bad given rise to the
discussion of a subject which had excited tin
public mind more than tinyolbcr whatever—
putting negrot sin the army as soldiers, lu
Km opinion, t.iis would be one of the. most
fatal sups tbat could bo tnki u He believed
our- soldiers would object t,o the measure to ;
such a degree that it would Lave th<- effect i!
disorganizing our ermy when the Yankees first,
began to occupy our country. ’J here was a 1
great exodus of our slaves to the enemy’s lines.
This continued until the Yankees began to en
list the negroes as soldiers, when it almost tu
tirely ceased. But the moment it was known
tbat we designed putting them into our armies .
they would leave by thousands. He believed
the negroes were naturally cowardly, bu* il :
It was simply a choice between entering one oi
the other army, they would go to the Yankee
iNU« hundred and ninety nine out of a tin,us
s»nd would do so '
Mr. Oir then went on to show that cuanei
path mi was a necessarv concomitant ol putting
negroes into the army as soldo!s, and dwelt
eloquently ufion the disastrous effect Upon our
country that the emancipation of the slaves
,would entail.
• - There was an Impression in the country Ik >t
a laije Dumber of men were absent from the
army with and without leave, if this opinion
was incorrect, no one was bo much responsible
for it us the President himself, who dutirg his
unfortunate trip *o the South, made that most
unfoitunato speech at M»ooq, wherein he satil
that two-third:-- of the army was absent, and
ODe-thiid ol those tli'O-thmls abiiellt without
leave.
Mr. Hill stated that the President never math- [
such a statement, the report ol tju- tveccii
incorrect, and was so stated in the Georgia 1
pipers. The President raid that two-thirds ol j
lhat army, the ar-ny of TVuuesse-fVere absent,
Inany of i.keui without leave. The correction |
Was made in the Georgia papers, but not by j
authority.
Mr. Orr repeated IhU- the [’resident’s ep- I. 1
at Macon, as leported, ate? even as stated iiy j
the Senator, was the most nnf_."tunal • speech ,
ever made by any public man. The country,
the ordinary nowspaper readers, understood hi in
to mean that most of the absentees were uinP'Ut
without leave, which was not a fact. In that, j
speech ho had also aimed a blow’at General
Johnston; saying that he hud put in command
of the army of Tennessee a unu who won
strike an honest and manly blow for AtUiuta; i
that Sherman's cruipuign would bo more and - 1-
troue than the retreat bi the army of ibo French
umpire from Moscow*.
Mr. Hill explained that he heaid the speech j
ngd did not understand that the President |
aimed any blow at Gen. Johnston. The whole |
purpose of the speech was tp induce the permit: j
to reevuli and support the ilniiy, and stating'
what would be the result i( the people would i
<lo so The c’nafje had been made that the!
President designed to abandon G.-cigia to her
late. For the purpose id lefuting the imputa- -
lion, and not us a blow at lien. .Johnston, h.
Stated that lie had placed a nltt.U at li'.e head oi
the ftrmy who would strike au lu-m st :u,<! ,
maniy blow. Ifiheaimy of Tcuncvi-ee had
been reervuted by the return if rile ab-u litre?,
the result of Shernmn's campaign -would have !
been what the President predicted.
Attar some further remarks about this speech j
of the President, Mr • OrrsaSdUeu Johustcn was ;
removed from the army ot the l'euucssee, and i
nothing but disaster had ' followed. All the
men and boys of Sauth Carolina were now in
• the field to resist the advance of She.'toan It
•yrould inspire confidence if lien. Johnston were
in command there. A report had just reached
hJm that Gen. Beauregard had been relieved
frCm the command of the southwest and order
ed to .command in South Carolina. This a.-Ggu
tuent would he acceptable to the people < I the ;
State. But. n" thought that Gen Johnston :
should be given ah important command some
where. He did not tifw whether there was
much ot the army ot Tennessee lett. llj hop
ed <hat Gen. Lee, now that hr. had been made
General-in-Chief, would see to it tn.'t. General :
Johßston'a talent and ’high military £euuts |
•hould not be lost to4he country.
Mr. Maxwell spoke in opposition to patting j
uegroes into the army as soldieis. It involved j
abolition of slavery. Ho could scarcely real- j
iza that he had heard such a proposition dis
cu«sed in the Confederate Senate. He did not
believe that putting negroes into It.o armies
would add to its strength, and us the amend
ment of the House was understood to tend in
that direction, he would vote Against it.
Mr. Johnson, of Missouri, said he was as
- touuded at the range this debate had taken
, on this amendment. The question was uot
■whether we shall put negroes into the array as
woldlers, but whether we shuli restrict to forty
thousand the number of negroes to be put at
the disposal of the commanders of our armies
to cook, drive, throw up fortifications, xc.
He was In favor of giving Generals Lee and
Beauregu&ul whatever amount ot negroes they
ohould find necessary. Another subject had
been freely discussed : the restoration of Gener
al Johnston to the army of Tennessee. He
toffl no opinion on this subject hitnself, be
cause he had no knowledge of jits merits, br
he would state that every Missourian of the [
■army 0 f Tennessee with whom he had can- j
versed had told him that General Johnston
was the only man who could revive the spir
it of that army, and that the heart of every
man in the army had sunk when he was re- j
s»oved from its command.
* Mr. Burnett said he had not lost the pride j
Southern citizen, but this chief end was ;
uaver&aC® from the Northern Government. It j
this con hi he done without resort to negro j
soldiers, he >ould say never pat a negro into
the army. It N was convinced that there
Was white mater .'a! enough i- the country, hV
would vote against negro t-<dd;ara, but he was
not convinced of it, and. if called »a aooli--
tionist. he was in gooji company General
b**, and many other distinguished officers, ki
-vored putting negroes into the army. Tiie
material of which the Yankee army was com
-paced «u Irish, Germans and negiws It was
thepoliey of the enemy, having issued a proc
lamation of universal ©mancipation, they pur
in th- an y ti’l the able bodied negroes in
sthecjuntry they overran it. ’J'he portions
ofry : *)d by our armies in 18(12 was
now gurrb-r . r.i by negro trer-ps. the slaves of
that country. I:i t ! - opinion it was with ns
: imply i«. .. jo win‘her ws sbotid put the
■ negn...s into onr armii-s. or to leave them to
swell iho limbec of the enemy.
.V -. •: ti said all the disasters to the
Mirny -f IV nee-'see had been the direct const
ipicir cs of tL- n moral of General Jobnstm,
and in* b- F- v ! i ic les’.oration would be bail-,
i-i with j»y bj the army, lie did not.
know whether th* Pud dent knew the tiu'h,
hut he wr-nld do what h« could to enlighten
ldm. lu couclii'.'on, he said the question of
■ rs was
not'prc. and -ally-before thp Senate Whenever
it i hoaVi le, te would vote for it as a military
urc-.-fsity.
The i te hc’og t :teh. the amendment was
r<j.-cted —yens 0, nays Id.
Tin so •• „voted in tho affirmative were
Mc'-rs P own, Burnett, Dortch, Henry,
Johnson of Missouri, Simms, Sparrow, Vest
and Watson. *
Tiio.te who voted in tho negative were Mesers
Bi.aer, C.;pert:n, Garland. Haynes. Hill,
Maxwell, On, Scmn-.es and Wigfa’.l.
'ihc rem-iin'mg ememdments were then con
sidered, and with three exceptions, agreed
to.
Jfct .ie a vote was taken on the bill, Mr. Orr
of South Oarol ca, moved to recoceider Die
v.j|e iiy which the second resolution was con
cu ifeil in. He did not wish ro change hi svote,
but had ms !e the motioii that one of the Seo
aiors frtmi M r i .-ippi (Mr. Watson), wh’o de
sired to express his opinions on the sal jact of
that omendoiont, might be heard.
On motion oi Mr. Capertou of Virginia, the
Semite resolved in secret Bessioa.
l.iliic.TE IN TUB HOUSE, FEB. 3.
Mr Atkin?-, of Tennessee, offered a series of
resolutions as a substitute for those offered on
Wtdissdfay by Mr. GhoisoHjr of Virginia. If
will be rycoliccfced that the resolution of
Mr Oholsou declared that the people of the
Conti d-i ate States have ever been, ami are
now ready to make peace on terms honorable
to belli partli r; yet it is die judgment of this
Iloun.i that, while we should manilfst.a v.ill
ii:g-.to treat for peace, we should not omit
vigorously to prepare fur war; thatin the judg
ment oi the House this preparation can be best
made by using every effort to place at .once in
the army every man liable under our laws to
render military service, by causing the eom
mis. -siy, quartermaster and other depmtments
to be nduiiiiisteiird with renewed energy and
increased le-'-iviiy ; and situ-e Genet id Lee has.
ia in made G' luniil-iii-Chicf by assigning un
der him cur in at and mp.d acceptable generals
to F. :• m-.niniand of scpavite nruiieg, and by
c-ioii.g to ugibiie the pi.dicy of employing ne
gro troops.
Tbe it soUrtions offered by Mr. Atkins, cs a
substitute, were as folllowsj
"Hi solved, Tiiat aiming the slaves in our
ciiu.-a-. upon a promJsu of emancipation' is
in coi lliot with w-cll established principles, and
Uterefore should not bo dene.
“licsolved, That the character of the war
which tire cm my i.t waging against us and the
immsn.-o resources which ho is bringing to b -ar
for our subjugation, justifies and n quiies that
wo slinnld exhaust all the resources within our
reach raUicr tliunsuliinit tow ) l-‘rrible a fate.
‘•Unsolved, That between and
usii.-g our slaves in our delence, every princi
ple of justice and self-preservation requires
i.-.c inner; and therefore wo should at once put
one bundled thousand slaves, between the
ugoa of seyenteeu au.-J-foriy five, in the field;
aud, in order to jpajie Itieui ejfeclive, and to
immediately intcicst all’ of opr soldie sin the
iuiii.ilion, it is expedient that the* government
should pinchaso all ibo jluves thus put in the
army, and give to each wlii'o soldjer now in
the r.rmy, m who will joiu the army within
three nie-.l'is alter the enactment of a law in
iiccciril.'.nee with fkesc resolves, a slavo, to be
right and properly, to bo forager
free from the ciaiins ol any' nad all persons, and
tlnjtUW only to 1.,; delivered by eoKErr
abandoning his | eyt.vvUliout have, ia wti..!.'
c,the title shall reveit to the government ”
Mr. Boyce, of South Carolina, mov. it that
l'.e 110ic...g0 into si-orot sets.on upou the con
sideration of the resolutions, hut the motion
dul not prevail.
Jhe subject being taken up, Mr. Conrad; of
Louisiana, proceed' and t • address the House, di
recting lifs arguments prim ipa'iv in oppesi
tiou to tho resolutions of Mr Gholson.
At thociinciusion oi Mr. Conrad’s rcmaiks,
Mr. Honan, of Fhuida moved that the resolu
ti ns lie inferred to the Committee on Military
a ll'ai which was so ordered.
l ice «jm; at fiuk s.v (savannah.
The New York Herald of Feb. 3 contains a
long account of ti c late disastrous (ice i'ti Sa
vannah. More than two hundred Luihditigs
v.vso bnviH-.1. Several pet sens were killed
aud wounded. From tho Herald we make tho
aunexc.l extracts :
COMMENCEMENT e-l rap. fire.
About eleven o’clock the fi e commenced on
Hu; iTorth • of Tcb’.iy sheet, between Ami
and 8 Gall streets it broke out in the sta
We of Mm Ann liocieli. Whether this fife
vns the wotk of au incendiary or purely acci
dental has not yet b en demonstrated. Some
assert that it was rebel.bauds which applied
tin; torch, ufiil it may be well here to rentalk
ihat stsong evidence Lais been adduced to car
i v out tin,- i ic- 1 . There are also many other
i eiieuvi?'s brought forward to prove that
i the tire v.as simply ifi'e result of Accident.
EXTENSION OF TOR HUB.
Half hour frail the commencement Gjcnd
tiie flames leaping furiously, from buikUug to
building, file Fi'.vinen came within a few
huudie 1 yards cf flic fire, but hearing tbat one
„•» dm buddings contained a largo amount of
aimfituiition and shell, they did not deem it
pm lent to remain long iu the vicinity. Then
it was that the fi >me», cot meeting with any
impediment, careered wildly ou their mission
of destruction and death.
TUE ARKP.NAL EM’I.CSIOS' of tub shells.
At twelve o’clock, midnight, the fluzes had
reached Granite H-iii, Lpm. r of VvVsc Broad
and Broughton streets. This had been used
by the rebels as an arsenal for shells nod am
uuuiitiou. audit was known ihit,a large quan
tity ci the former was then stored iu the build
ing.
. About ten minutes after twelve the first
sheil exploded cm the startled ears of lire iu
habituntsof Savannah. Tho explosion was
’ followed immediately by several others, which
continued hanging away at a thundering rate
fora period of at least two hours. With the
exception of the military on duty and a few
citizens all the city had retired to rest. When
aroused by the explosion the people did not or
could not uaderetuuu the cause of a tu
mult. The noise bore a Btroiig resemblance
;to the movements of a tierce battle. While
the fire gained headway the explosions became
more rapid and continuous, leaving ground
tor the suspicion that the combatauis were
| drawing merer and nearer. But on donning
I ihe’r ciofes and rurhitig into the open air the
! It nth burst upon iffi-tu.
OPERATION'S CF THE SIIKLLS— ACCIDENTS AND IXOI
DKXTS.
It is a providential fact that some deaths
1 have not occurred from the explosion of tho
shells. From account; which I gleaned amid
1 the ruins of the fire it wrald appear that some
fifteen or twenty persons had been either
I burned io death or killed outright. Reports
: are current that large numbers have been
j buried u der the falling walls : but no facts
J kid yet transpired to substantiate the asser
tion. It is true, however, that quite a num
ber of persons have bet-n wounded by pieces of
i sheik A tew of these I have seen, but' none
whose injuries will prove ol a fatal character.
>
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY2f,’IB6S.
Pieces of shell weie found in some instances
two miles from the‘arsenal. 'Jhustrteis lead
ing to the locality were strewn -with lragmeufs
cf those dangerous mistilcs Several houses
and a number c.f trees bore undoubted marks
ot the vifitatioc, while iion rail ings and pave
mets were torn from their repositories and piled
in evtry direction. Hundred* «>f people “were
in the streets, sad some had the daring to '
g-> witlim r, short distance of tfc« lire : but sev
eral paid deariy for their carol essness One
young man bad bis aim shattered dangerously,
while another received a severe £ ranture of the
leg. £ome others were troubled with scratches
and narrow escapes, through West Broad
street,Reading to the river, the shi lie fell thick
and fast, and the streets became wmll sprinkle <
with the fragments.
THU SCENE AT NIGiIT--TIIE CUT AROUSED.
When the fire burst into its full magnitude
the sceue presented vrasone of ffet.ee.and thrill
ing grandeur. No pen can fully dost ribe, nor
any artist properly delineate the awful majesty
of the picture. The night was cahnosd clear.
Fortunately there was-no strong wind blowing
at the time. By standing on an elevated po
sition (which was somewhat dangerous) you
had an excel ent view of the whole scene.
Some of the dud's burst high in the air, carry
ing destruction, and. in some ca?cs, death, with
them. The lurid flames lit up the horizon for
miles around. The sparks ot tire flew through
tho air over the entire city, and in several i»-
stano-s fired buildings at its extreme end; but
no great injury is reported as having resulted
from these missiles. Throughout the city all
was confusion and a’.ami. The citiz-ns rushed
hither aud tbnher in every direction; the mil
itary were oidered under arms and patroled
the streets, guards were placed on ea-h.coiner,
haif-dressed rae?i and women stood in the
Ihroroughfares and at house entrances, while
terror was depicted on the countenance of
each citizen. The belief that the arsenal con
tained a large quantity of gunpowder strength
ened this terror, and every moment the terri
ble exjftoiion was expected to shake the city
to atoms Some simple individuals who were
far removed from the scene of the tire ventur
ed the assertion that Gen. Hardee had come
back to the city and was thundering at the
gates for admission.
NARROW ESCAPE OF GEN. OPOVER.
General Grover, now post commander ot
the city of Savannah, had a narrow escape
fiorn receiving serious injuries. He was stand
ing on the stoop of his headquarters, when a
heavy piece of shell whizzed p ist his head. It
could not have been more than two inches
from him, and had a propelling force of no
mean strenglli. Had the uenural been stand*
ing in a different attitude, the probability is
that he would have bet-n stricken dead
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO CAUSE AN EXPLOSION.
A keg of powder, wit!? the head oft’, was
found stationed cn tho sidewalk, opposite the
arsrna! in Whittaker street, on the night of the
lire. There were thirty tons of gunpowder in
this building.
BY THE FIRE.
ft was indeed a pitiful sight to see the linn*
dreds of unfoa’.unate women and children who
have been cist upon the cold c-haVity of the
world by this conflagration. On Hie night
which I write about the air was bitingly cold,
the ground damp. Those people, who for the
past two years have been sufferers by the war,
were in a lew short hours bereft cf their roofs,
their furniture aud llmir clothing—thrown out
into the streets of Savannah, without a place
to lay their heads or a Waulo-t to proti ct them
from tho chilling blasts of a Southern climate.
Huddled on street corners and in doorways,
they looked the very p’etures of distress.. Their
l*i!e faces and-tattered garments would move
a heart of stone. Women carried youhg in
fants at their breasts. The plaintive cries of
those innocent babes, aa they nestled close to
their mother’s breast, spake but too plainly of
the misery and .wretchedness of t''e time.
A few had carried their bedc’olhea into the
street, and, wrapping them around their bod
ies, lay on the sidewalks. Others bad brought
out some little household luxuries, such as
Pointings or other ornaments (some o those
prooaLlj !“dd iu memory oi a deceased rela
tive), over which they C a, 'ofully stood guard.
There was little noise made by those p opls.—•
The women stood piotiordcsi ingroups, scarce
ly speaking a word. It was a grief n.i a
wretchedness too powerful fqf expression.---
The damp wind played raeicil sslv around
them, while a number seemed totally uncon
scious of what was going ou. It was a sad
bight., and one long to be remembered.
'J he locality of the lire was considered as
one of the most respectable in Savannah—-
JJeaily all the places consumed were private
residences, so that there must have been, a
large number of tuitVrers.
Had the weather been ot a milder character
their suffeiicgs won hi not have been of so
grievous a character. But Savannah has not
seen such a eald snap for thirty years. Dur
ing a period of eight . days the weather has
been exbcaely cold and damp.
TIiaYONIsOLID.VTION UtLL.
The following, is the bill for re-organizing
the army as it passed the Senate Jan 23:
A Bill (o authorize the*consolidation of com
panies, battalions and regiments.
The 'Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That whenever any companies
which are novv in the service shall be so redu
ced as to number lesv, than thirty-two men,
rank and tile, present and tit fer duty, and'
when it shall tie proved to the satisfaction of
the Secretary of War or of the General com
mnading the department or the army in which
said companies may lie serving, that- they can
not he lv.-'u ted to she number within a reason
able time, tiie General commanding said de
’p qtiaent or army may, under goneyal regula
tions to be issued by tho Secretary of War,
consolidate such companies.
Sec. 2 That new ceinpiaiss may be organ
ized from the uon-coyamissioned otneeis and
privates of the companies thus consolidated, if
they arc from tiie tamo State ; having the
nu.uber, rank and file now fixed by law, and
the commissioned officers of said companies
thus oiganizsd shall bo, one Captain and one
First and one Second Lieutenant, and the
non-commissioned -officers, four Sergeants and
four Corporals.
Sec. f}. That companies, if they are from the
same State, may be organised into battalions
and regiments, and officers of said companies,
battalions and regiments shall l>e immediately
designated and placed oa duty therein by the
General commanding the deparlmentor army in
which the companies before consolidation may
have been serving. Officers thus designated shad
continue to serve until officers shall be appoint
ed by the I’resideut, by aud with the advice
and consent of the Senate, and all selections of
officers made by the General to command said
new organizations,or appointments by the Pres
ident therefor as herein piovided, shall be irom
the commissioned officers of the companies,
battalions, or regiments irtmr which the new
organizations were formed or from such non
comraisssoued officers or privates thereof as may
have been distinguished for meritorious and
soldierly conduct or for valor or skill, and the
certificate of Colonel commanding the battal
ion or regiment la which said uon-commlssion
ed officers or privates may have served that
they have so distinguished if approved by the
brigade and division commanders, shall be suf
ficient proof thereof.
Sec. 4. That the officers of companies, bat
talions, and regiments which may be disband
ed, herein prov. Jed. and who may not be se
lected and%ppcinted as required by this act,
shall de dropped from the rolls as superanm
erry officeis, but such officers may withiu a
reasonable time, to be fixed by General Orders
to be issued by the Secretary of War as to troops
in the States east of the Mississippi river, aud
by the General commanding the department
west of the >T --d pi river as to trorpa there
in. organize themselves into companies, but
taiio; sand regiments, the i flivevs to which
Shall be appointed by tba President with the
advice andwmseat of the Senate, or said offi
cers may Vilnnt •-•* into any company belong
ing’to the department in which they last served,
or to the Stare* rr. m which the company or
regiment to which the said officers be
longed may have come, of any arm of the
service, and ad. ofti vvs who may within thirty
days after the due ol '.he order consolidating
the company, battalion or regiment to which
he may have belonged, volunteer and enlist
in such new ©Tg'in'zuicn or in other compa
nies, as authorized h-Tein, shall receive from
the time they were dropped as s-u pern urn era
ries for twelve mouths, pay at the rate their
grade cntitlts them tout the time * Hey were s6
dropped.
Sec, 5. That bereifter all vacancies in the
efficekof 2d sectieii tie filled by selection in
the manner puir. >‘l out by the 3d section ot
this act»an I ait U.evs who may have belong
ed to the ccnsoliiLtod orga:flzTtiOn.s, and who
may bo appointed to the same grade i:i the
new which they held in the aid organizations,
shall take rank from the date of their first
commission or appointment; and hereafter,
should the tew companies organized under
the provisions of this act become reduced iu
numbers so as to h ivo less than thirty-twp
men. rank and file, present and fit for duty,
and the vacancy should occur in the office cf
second lieutenant, tue same shall not be titled,
and should it be reduced below the number of
sixteen, then a vacancy iu the dike of first
lieutenant shall not ire filled*.
Sets. 6 That the offices of adjutants #ml en
signs of batbd!im;s and regiments are hereby
abolished, and hereafter the officer command
ing a battalliou or regiment may assign any
subaltern'of the Sr.io belonging to liis com
niand to terve as adjutant; and said subaltern,
whilst so serving, shall lecoive, in addition to
his pay and allowances, thirty dollars per
month; aud the officer commanding shall also
assign, to act as cojor -bearer, a non-commis
sioned officer or private from his command who
may be distinguished for mtußorrous or sol
dierly conduct, or for valor or skill, and said
non commissioned officer or private, whilst so
acting, shall receive the pay ol a first lieu
tenant.
§ec. 7. That tl<e name o! battalions and regi
ments organized under the provisions of this
act shall be the name of the old battalions and
regiments (rom which the new weie formed,
and the colors of .he old-st battalion or legi
ment terming the new, shall bo the colors of
the new organization and tho colors of the
other battalions and regimen's sh ill be trans
mitted by the Secretary of War ter the Gov
ernors ol the respective Stab s, with the state
ment of the b.Uilos in which the lnitaliou or
regiment to which they belong may Lave
borne a part.
Sec. 8. That all staff , line and other officers
who may not have any command, or who may
not at any time be on duty lor a pei'.od ex
ceeding thirty day, unless they belong to the
invalid corps, or ore. prisoners-of war, or are
oi wounded, or absent liy leave of the
Secretary of War or the general commanding
the department or army to which they belong,
shall be dropped from the roils and held to
seivice as noiv provided .by law. Provided,
That the President lie and lie is hereby author
ized to assign any officer thrown out of com
mand by the opeiaHon of this act to vacancies
in tho staff, with the rank held by them in the
line.
Seek Prisoners of war, sixty days after
their exchange, avail themselves of the pro
visions of the fourth section of this act; and
hereafter when commisioned officers of com
panies, battalion? or regiments may fco cap
tured by the enemy, the general commanding
the department or army to which they belong
may designate, or tho President may appoint,
other officers to till their places, as provided in
this act, to serve with tempoiary rank aud com
mand, to be held only until the return of said
officers so captured.
*>ec. 10. When regiments, but tuitions or com
panies shall have been consolidated, under
the provisions of this act, no subsequent con
solidation of the same shall be made, unless
by viituo of laws hereafter to be passed.
H it) MAXAUKMiSKT iS -I'Hti 8’ OFFICE
UkPiHHieivr,
[From tile Richmond Examiner, j
The postal system ol the Uonfederacy is, in
one respect at least, very imperfect; te wit, iu
the fact that no ppovisT-n is made for trans
porting the mails beyond the points of break
age iu railroads while they are undergoing re
pairs. If the absence of mail communications
were the source ot met o social and public in
convenience, it might be endured withpatfeuce,
and exposed as ope of the psisforlquOa inherent
to flic condition of v. ar. i’ it at present it is
an evil of mote serious woium.t; aud \yiieu we
consider tho large extent of country how de
prived of regular mail cc-mnuiiicaUop with tlia
Confederate capital, it is uoe of gn at magni
tude.
* The loss of mail facilities is chit fly calauii
toua in its effect upon ti.o lone of putflic suni
ment, aod upon the morale of the people
We too often hear of demoralized troops, but
wo do not sutfirieutly appreciate or takesutit
olent pains to avoid, the gieater evil of demor
alized comrauoitie.s A’.distinguished member
of the House of R pressniativus spuke truly the
other day, in alluding to the part which Uu
press had borne in this struggle ; ‘ lie be
lieved it had been a power)ut auxiliary in the
prosecution of tho .war. It had a fmrushed the
great arguments of tjm justice and light of our
cause; it had held up to the people '.(je. horrois
of ftuhjugition;'it had cheered them iu the
hour ol despondency; it had built up a healthy'
sentiment at home; it had been the means o
driving thousands of desetters back to the Ar
my; and he would say that he believed it had
adjed, by its wholesome influence, a hundred
lold more men to the service than the aggre
gate number cf ali its eijitois aud employees.
He believed that its influence in a smuggle like
ours cou and not be cacuiated ”
The influence of the press in sustaining the
spirit of the people is stiik.ugly exemplified
in the districts which are temporarily and pifved
of the mails. The moment that these cease,
rumor assumes control of the popular mind ;
and, as reports ot what is gohig on in the fields
of war and diplomacy are always exaggerated,
the public fueling is subjected to constant al
ternations of exalted hope or exaggerated de
pression, which almost invariably eo.i in set
tled incredulity and despondency It'has be
come notorious throughout the Confederacy
that the press is not only the only-ource of
reliable and intelligible news, but that it is
the chief agent in sustaining the spirit of the
country, and inspiring army an 1 people with
the determination and persistency which char
acterise and support the present struggle.
The constable interchange of opinions and
ntelligence between the different sections of a
country is ntftessary to the maintenance of a
united public sentiment, to concerted action
and to Unsuccessful prosecution of any public
enterprise. If a part of the ejmmuaity be cut
off from intercourse with the residue, it ceases,
of necessity, in a greater or less degree, to
sympathize with it; public opinion loses much
of its energy, and the control both of the law
and government is greatly relaxed. Those
districts of the South which lie beyond the
reach of the regular are the ones in which
straggling is most considerable,, de°eiters seek
theit hiding places, and the conscription ceases
to be practicable. These are the districts in
which the people, overrun by the public ene
my, plundered by lawless men, and harrassed
by alarms and aeal dangers, gradually become
worn out with the war, aud long for peace on
any terms.
It is not generally known into what a dilap
idated condition tho mail system of the Con
federacy has fallen. To a cettain extent the
interruption and contraction ol the mail sys
tem is unavoidable: it cannot be expected th it
toe ma'is shall reach regions lying within the
enemy’s lints, or immediately exposed to Lis
in iursions. But il would haidly be an exag
geration to say that three fourths of the area
of country which has test its tegular mails has
tost them in consequence of official neglect. If
a bridge or a few bridges of a great railway bo
destroyed by accident or the public enemy, no
provision is made for transmitting the mails
beyond the nearest point of interruption; and,,
until iho breakage is repaired, alt the country
beyond it remains lor weeks or months without
mails, trom a failure to provide, perhaps only
a single wagon or team tor hauling the mail
bags only a few miles, or probably only a few
hundred yards, around tho eiatus. *
A simple provision in the contracts of rail
road oompani- s, requiring them, ia the event
of bridges being destroyed, to transmit the
mails by wagons at, least two or three- times a
we-k around tho points of breakage, would
correct the evil, and restore to regular commit
iiiciitiqn and sympathy with the Goafcderacy
great, aud important districts oi country now
grovelling in outer daiki.oss a prey to wild
rumors, victims of despondency, in 'imminent
danger of relapsing into indifference in the
present struggle, and anxiety for peace on any
terms.
Tne public inconvenience,w ould he a sufficient
rea-'ou for the correction of this evil; but the
public danger ami misfortune resulting from it
imperiously require a remedy.
0i:« Congress —The editor of the Lynchburg
Virgiffian has been to Richmond. During his
his visit he “surveyed men and matters.”
Here is what lie thinks o f Congress:
A few days sojourn at the capital gave us an
opportunity of witnessing the doings of Con
gress. No man of ordinary penetration could
enjoy this privilege without being pain
fully impressed with the conviction that" our
representative men, with comparatively few
exceptions, are not equal to the crisis, and,
therefore, totally incapable of directing a great
.revolution like that which has tasked the en
ergies of this people for nearly four pears past.
The great body of them might do in tho piping
times ol peace to look alter appointments and
attend to the ordinary affairs ot their constit
uents before the different bureaus ot the Gov
ernment; but they are not men for these times.
With the exception ot Graham and two or
three otheis in the Senate, who look like Sen
ators —with Hives and a, few rising members in
the House, the body is excessively mediocre.
In point ol’ability and statenuansbip it hardly
surpasses an Artillery gathering of the Virgin
ia Legislature, during the time, now past- when
every member of that body was legally elected
and could claim a living constituency. One'
cannot look upon this bociy and. then wonder
that more than two months of the present ses
sion have passed away, with little or nothing
accomplished. The wonder is, or should be,
tP.it such a collection of men could accomplish
any good.
Ta o whole States are represented there, by
some sort of hocus-pocus, lhat have never
been included in the Confederacy; whilst West
Virginia, and portions of other States have
representatives lhat owe their election lo a few
soldiers captured here aud there throughout
the Confederacy.
These circumstances, it cm t bn admitted,
wore not fivorab’.e to the composition ot such
a Congress ns the times require; but the tide of
revolution might have th own something bet
tor upon the surface if tho people had been
careful to-discover it. The conclusion is irre?
s’t tible that we we have not such men in the
country as the crisis imperatively demands;
or tbat the constituent bodies have been sadly
direlict in the selections they have iu most
cases made,
-—-—-—■
M>ItTHER.\ kX TR ACTS.
A DCTY MR. LINCOLN OWES TIIE ARMY. .
Having shown utter unfitness tor military
command is his veceut operations against Wii
miugton. Gen. Butler has been very properly
relieved and ordered to Ids home in Lowell,
there to await orders in due course through
the Adjutant General ot the army. This is the
polite way, we arc aware, oi informing incom
petent Generals that their services will never
again, ip all likelihood, l>e put into requisition;
and perhaps this punishment for Butter’s fiasco
at Fort Fisher might have been sufficient had
not the iiiepresible lawyer soldier of the Bay
State seen fit to. make ir.s “farewell orders io
hL troops” the vehicle for a direct aod most
damning attack upon the administration, and
a bitter sober against the General in Chief ©f
onr armies, well calculated to encourage mu
tiny unfl discontent and positive revolt among
tiie troops hour engaged in the attack upon
Richmond, “i have letussd,'’ says BTitler, to
wards the close of ifis bombastic order, ‘‘to
order the useless sacrifices oi the lives es such
goldiaiti, and l gm rei uved ot your command’’
—the inference here being obvious that a blood
thirsty iftimiuistration, panting for the useless
slaughter of its own men, has removed this
pom passionate offiacr solely and wholly be
cause ho would not he a party to these sangui
nary and unproductive sacrifices. In tho next
sentence the insinuation against Gen. Grant is
yet more broad, palpable and insubordinate,
where Butler says:
■‘•The wasted Wood of my men does not slain
my garment*”—the very charge with which
iho rebel journals and orators, both of Rich
mi nd and New York, have boon endeavoring,
to poison the -itiyalty ia the field during the
past twelve months.
We respectfully submit to the President that
‘soma punishment more severe than retirement
to his-homo-in Lowell aud the society of the
sturdy bricklayer 'of that place, should be
awarded to Gen. Butler for tho unsoidier-like
aud mutinous, sneers contained in the lastfia
nigraph ot this precious order. For such a
failure as that made by the Massachusetts mili
tia-man at Cape Fear Island any commander
in the French or British’ service would most
certainly be court-martialed, and would be
lucky to escape with simple cashier ment on the
finding of his peers; but for an original offence
of so grave a character, when aggravated by
the turbulent and undisciplined spirit evinced
iu such an order as we have quoted die more
rigorous systems of all old military nations
iiave prescribed an inexorable penalty tp which
we do not care at present more pointedly to
refer. This, however, we are assured of —that
Mr Lincoln owes it to himself and to the coun
try to resent tho imputation sought !• be cast
upon Gen. Grant, by the dying- arrow of this
Paitkeau warrior, and that Gen Butler, kav-
mg received only the mild punishment of being
relieved and sent, home for his, recent ridicu
lous failure, should now be summarily dismiss
ed from the service for having, in so high a
place, set an example of mutiny and insolence,
not only “prejudicial to,” but wholly subver
sive of “good order and military discipline,”
if suffered to pass without some such scathing )
rebuke. To a man of Gen. Butler’s cast of 1
mind remaining at home and safe out of harms j
way is not likely to prove a very insupporta -
ble infliction. He should be mustered out in
an order reciting the same language we have !
quoted as the cause of his dismissal.—A . T.
Hit-aid. _
Fayetteville, K th Mnrkct-Feb. 6.
Bacon $0 per pound; Beeswax $5,50 per
pound; Corn S3O per .bush; Cotton Si per
pound; cotton yarns $50a75 per budeh: Coffee
319 per pound; Copperas $lO per pound; Flour
s36op<ur barrel; Iron $6 per pound; Leather
$25 per pound ; Nails $5 per pound; Peas SB9
per bush; Eye SBO per bush; Sbda sls per lb;
4 4 sheeting $5a5.25 per yard, Salt STotlOO
per bush; Tallow $6 per pound. Telegraph.
General Hagood was not wounded at Fort
Fisher. He was absent from the army at that
time. » 1
VOL. LXXIY.—-NEW SERIES VOL. XXIV NO. 8
FOREIGN EXTRACTS.
THE EMAXCH’ATIOS'raOJEOT THE FOREIGN PRO
TF.OTORATE.PCHF ME.
[From Loudon Times, Jan. 16.]
Some Southern journals express or echo a
belief that slavery is the only existing obsta
cle to the recognition of the independence of
the Confederacy by the European Powers.
Can that recognition be won or purchased by
sacrificing the institution ? That sacrifice is
Contemplated as possible, aud proposed as a
politic measure. The Southerners have car
ried a long step for the idea Which the em
ployment of negroes in their armies seems to
have originated. The plan of arm’ng negroes
«s a measure ot defence, has made it still more
familiar.
The arguments for end against such a mea
sure, the necessity for it, and the value tho ne
ffro, would attacli to freedom as the reward of
military service, must be perfectly well known
to- tho white population of the Southern States.
On these points they cannot cavity be deceived,
but as to the effect of an offer to abandon
slavery in its present form in propitiating the
governments of Europe, the Confederate Status
may easily deceive themselves. To any scheme
of emancipation, effected by the South itself,
England, as a nation, would certainly offer no
word of opposition; on the contrary, we should
rejoice in the change and wish it every success.
But we know well that slavery is* not the
only cause of the secession of the Southern
States; nor is emancipation the real object of
of the North in carrying on the war so persis
tently. The negro and bis condition were only
one among many causes of the rupture. The
tendency of the republic to separate existed
from the day it was constituted, was seen,
dreaded, and under certain conditions pre
dicted by its first founders. Those conditions
have been brought about, and a tier o civil
»ar is the consequenoe. The negro was intro
duced into the quarrel by an afterthought. Let
Southerners offer to emancipate their slaves
immediately, and propose it to the North as
the sacrifice by which they are ready to pur
chase its recognition of Southern Independence.
Tne offer would be rejected as valuless, and
submission and return to the Union would ne
insisted on as the only conditions of peace.
Every Ntate of Europe acknowledged the re
public when it was governed by a constitution
permitting slavery as fully as the Southern
States permit it now. Why should its aban
donment by the (Jonfcdcracy buy a recogni
tion that is withheld for many other reasons ?
Dwelling on this theme, the Southerners have
indulged in speculations which induce a doubt
whether they do not dream dreams and see
vision-). That they would prefer, incase of the
worst, to submit to any government than that
of the North we can well understand;. but a
“protectorate” of England, France or Spain can
be only a strong mode of expressing a hatred
of the Yankees. Wo know of no European
Bower likely to accept such an improbable
offer. England would certainly refuse the ndlt:
France, with its recent Mexican experiefic-*,
would, we think, “decline, with thanks.”
And the idea of propitiating Spain, the most
obstinate slavery supporting government in
the world, by a proposal to abolish the system,
is so eccentric as to throw doubt on Ihe-reality
of the whole discussion.
THE SETTLEMENT OF TIIE FLORIDA CASE.
[From the London Herald, Jan. 18.]
It falls but rarely within the province of the
sober journalist to comment on such a despatch
as that addressed by Mr. Seward te the Bra
zilian Charge d‘Affaires at Washington on the
subject of the Florida. Had [ho American
Foreign Minister been called upon to address
a letter of the sort to a representative of one
of tbe great Powers, kfs tone would have been
very different; his discretion, small as it rr.
would have ceen sufficient to master liis habi
tual disposition to insolence. But Br izil, com
pared to the United States, is a weak power—
one towards which he feels that it is not unsafe
to assume an attitude of superiority as imperti
nent as it ill-timed.
Ip pretending to apologize for a most fla
grant and lawless outrage upon a neutral ac -
tion, he has endeavored to make it appear tbat
Brazil, on the whole, ia in the wrong, and that
the Government of the United States has just
cause of complaint against her. Mr. Seward
is obliged to eat the leak; but in following iu
the footsteps, he is careful to imitate the exam
ple ot his prototype, Ancient Pistol. He eais,
and eke he swears.
Gen. Early asks an Invest ioation. —M
Sparrow, Chairman of the Military Committee
laid before tbe Senate a communication from
Lieut. Gen. Jubal A. Early, referring to tho
fact that the Senate Military Committee had
declined going into the investigation called by
Mr. Orr’s resolution relative to “the reverses
to our arms in the Valley ; ” expressing regret
that the Committee had so declined ; stating
that after all that had b*on said in tho
and published, that in his opinion an investi
gation into that campaign was necessary, and
asking that it might be made either by the
Military Committee or a Special Committee. —
Gen. Early denies the insinuation made in the
Senate and in the newspapers, that the re
verses ia the Valley had been due to “apple
brandy,” and “challenges the production of
any respectable man of any grade or position
who will state that he has ever seen him under
the influence of intoxication in the camp, on
the mar. h, or in battle.’’
He attributes the loss of the last iiattle —
near Middleton—to the bad conduct of the
troops, resulting entirely from the absence of
discipline, an absence from which it results
that our armies are frequently as much disor
ganized by a victory as a defeat.
Mr. Sparrow said the Committee was obli
ged, from warn, of time, to decline making the
investigation ; but it was due to General
Early to say that nothing had come to the
knowledge of the Committee iu any wav sub
stantiating the reports circulated to the dis
paragement t f that officer. He moved the com
munication be laid on the table and printed.
The communication was so disposed ot for
the present. _
Louisrvxa Affairs. —A correspondent of the
Mobile AdveFtiser, writing from Qliution, La.,
Jan. 22, says that Federals are sending troops
down the Mississippi, estimated at 20,000.
Their destination is unknown, but.it is sur
mised to be Mobile. The Yankee “Legisla
ture’’(so called) in New Orleans has elected
Michael Hahn to the United States Senate to
serve lor six years from the. fourth of March
next, at which time Mr. Charles Smith’s
‘ term” expires. But Mr. Smith’s “term ' lias
not yet commenced. He has not been ad -
mitted to his seat—nor has Mr. Cutler. 9 hose
worthy gentlemen are still dancing attendance
at the doors of the Senate, arid cooling their
bee’s in the lobby, piteously praying to bo ad -
mitted, but coldly repulsed by the inf.idets.
The same of House delegation.
The Confederate Legislature -the real Leg
islature—met at Shreveport-on the2Bdult.
The ferries are closely watched, aud caution
is necessa r y in crossing the river.
I Things are going on badly ii the Trans-
Mssissippi Department Seventy-five thousand
men are there perfectly, idle. General Kirby
Smith has done and will no nothing, and
has accomplished no possible goqd Hie peo
ple lock on jiirn with sullen indifference.—
Most of the (loserters from our armies pass ibis
route’, aud are a source of great annoyance to
bur people. They are frequently in such
strong numbers that they dety all authority,
and pass unmolested. A company of thirty
Texans said they were going home, and that
nothing could stop them.
Yice-Peesident bTEPHHts. —Tt,e Richmond
Examiner of the Bth states that Vice President
Stephens left that city on that day lor Geor
gia.
Unconstitutional Proceedings in North
Carolina.— From the doings of the North
Carolina Legislature, it appears that there lias
been sonje high handed proceedings in tlyit
State. Here are some resolutions on the sub
ject which will explaiu the whole affair:
Whereas, II has been represented to this
General Assembly, that o:i vhe sth day of De
cember. 18(11, llcnvy P. Bitter, a eitteen of tiio
county of Chowan, was arrested at We ldon by
Col. Pertiam, provost marshal, aud detained and
sent to the city of Richmond by Col. P. C.
Gail lard, and ttiere imprisoned until released
orjdemand of the Governor of this State; and
whereas, the grounds upon which said arrest U
represented to have been made were of so fee
ble .and unsatisfactory a nature, as to raise a
reasonable apprehension in the minds ot all r
good citizens, that the same outrage may lie
perpetrated upon any one p'.issipg-the said post
at Weldon; and where:.?, the harsh and cruel
treatment of said Unary P. Ritter, by the au
thorities at Weldon epresented to this Gen
eral Assembly, can be view-’d only as a base
and inhuman use cf power U> oppress and tor
ture. under the pretence of routining suspected
parties. Therefore,
Resolved, That [he Governor is hereby in
structed to institute an immediate and search
ing inquiry into the circumstances of the ar
rest and detention of the said Henry P. lUttcrf
anil should it appear that said arrest was based
on insufficient grounds, or that his treatment'
after his arrest was unnecessarily liaisli and
severe, lie should demand of the Confederate
Government the immediate trial and removal
of the saiil Col. PerliamandP if. Gailla:d,
and all other officers at said post voluntarily
concerned in any part or said transaction that
was contrary to law and right, or unnecesSa-.
lily offensive or cruel iu its. execution.
Resolved, That the expenses attending this
investigation be paid by the State, and that
the Governor is hereby authorized to draw by
warrant from the treasury such sums as may
be necessary for tiie same.
Mr. Benbnry, the gentleman who introduced
the resolution, made the annexed rcmaiks :
My object in offering these resolutions, with
the accompanying letter, is to shew to this
General Assembly the position tlmt.tho people
of the eastern part of this Skate are placed in.
After the fall of Roanoke Island a great many
of the slaveholders frojn .that section moved
their negio.'S to the west, and it is absolutely
necessary that they should go to look after
them once or twice in a year. Now sir, the on
ly thing’thuso people ask for is right and jus
tice, and I should tike to know of this House
if there is any shadow cf justice in arresting a
man on an anonymous totter. I should like lo
know if there is any iff lug delegated to these
men acting as provost marshals to act in any
such manner. Our e .M tUniion provides that
no man shall be carried beyond the limits of
ibis State for trial.
In the present c. 130, which is not the only
one, wo find tb*. men have been arrested with
out any evidence, and hurried beyond the lim
its of the State aufl ihimnred in Castle Thun
der or soma other prison equally as obnoxious,
but in the present ca?c this gentleman was
tried and no evidence could be produced. I
think tbat justico would have required that ho
should at ogee iiave been released, but instead
of being released he was reminded to Caat'.o
Thunder, where lie v;a, kept for three days
longer. I think-Mr. Speaker, it is the duty
of this General Assembly to express-their dis
approbation of all such actio':-. Therefore, I
Lope that these resolutions will pass unani
mously.
Exemption and other Matters. —iMr. Miles
stated the number of exempts this side of tho
Mississippi River, under the ditf. n nt clauses ot
the present law, as follows: Physical disability
61JG8; State officers exempted by Governors,
18,785; ministers, -3,086; insane asylum manu
agers anil nurses, 185; editors and employees
of newspapers, 636; apothecaries, 6110; physi -
cians, 3,71 ff; teachers and professors, 1,557;
under the fifteen negro clause, 3,645; Quakem,
Drunkards, &c., 893; mail contractors, 471 t;
railroad employees, 1,982.
Os tiie entire number of men exempted this
side of the Mississippi, it seems then, that only
six hundred and eighty-six are connected with
the press. Os these,nothing tike five hundred aro
fit lor service. In their present position they
have doubtless—to use tae wprds of Mr. Ghot
son in Congress—“accomplished far more in
aid of cur struggle than an hundred fold' oi
the number of its employees could har e done,
ifaftrned and placed in tho fieid.” If taken
into the ranks, there are none to take their
present places, aud hence, an utter steppage of
the press mast ensue. But the Constitution
expressly prohibits Congress from making any
law “abridging the freedom of speech or tho
press.” And yet, in order to press into ser
vice less than half a regiment of men, Congress
is gravely reccotnmeuded to a law not
merely “abridging” but utterly destroying
tbe freedom of the press.
It is most creditable to tiie Confederate
press that it has been so well conducted, witii
such an insignificant, draft upon the musclo
and military material of the country. The
power to exempt iis necessary employees must
have been used quite conscientiously. Can
any class ot exempts show as clean a record
as this? Certainly it cannot be found among
the exempted at the discretion of the military
sauthorities, from the l’residcnt down.
With a press whose members were detailed
at the will <4 the President or of the Secretary
of War—subject, on telling any truths unwel
come to those in power to have thrir details
revoked and to be placed in service at once
any occupant of the Presidential chair could
easily retain his position for life. How could
there be any organized or general opposition
to his plans, except through the agency of an
untrammeled press'! By what other agency
can corrupt, ambitious* or unconstitutional
schemes he exposed and thwarted? lit en tho
State Executives might as weil bo appointed
directly by the President, as to give him pow
er to silence any press, by whom a candidate
obnoxious to himself was supported.
IVe may well congratulate the country that
Mr. tied don, who we.believe originated’this re
markable recommendation, has given up tb '■
Secretaryship. President Davir. has placed 11 e
vacant office into able and worthy hands. The
despotic administration of the late Secretary
has brought nothing but odium upon the gov
ernment. Utterly inefficient in operating
against the enemy—who went, unchecked,
whither ho pleased—it had become well ningh
intolerable to the people, by its harsh and in
tolerable exactions. Thank God for tho
change !—.S outturn Cultivator. '
, HEWB SUMMARY.
By an order from Gen. Martin, the two sub-
Sistricts heretofore known as the sub-district
of Northwest Mississippi, and the sub-district
of Central Mississippi, are hereby consolidated
into one, which will be known as the Sub Dis
trict of West Mississippi,” and Brigadier Gen
eral Wirt Adams, commanding at pieient the
sub-district of Central Mississippi, is assigned
to the command of the new district.
The Gorgas Mining and Mann ueturing Cc
pany has been organized with a subscribed ca p
ital of $1,000,000. The company is to operate »
at Gorgas, once Nat. Clegg’s Mills, on Deep
River, four miles above Lock v idle, •L.
The loss by the late fire at M iriarta, Ila., wa .
S2OO 090.
Mr. Cox from the bpeomi Delegates,
subject, frbm jg • Bra
reported a bill for the r -• ! jphentssof
dy, of B |
££■* currency. A
M'SSfivSEss.” -*
mously reccjnmfTi' 1 •“* t]