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'2 up. xox ltaphTjlTY or mj,x up. Cl A RED UXIIT FOR ALIfPE DU'J y 10 CONROE IPTLoX. • * Robert B.iadv I Unbent C(rrpm. vs. M.t nfft-ere </, for movant, Lieut. Clahk .) Col t A. Harris, contra. The points of luv raised in this c.ii-e, in volves a review of lh- decision at this Court in the case of Kaufman vs. tho • CosdVdeuito States The constitutionality of the act of •Jongcriptioit, par-Fx! February 17th, iHf.t, and Hie construction of tin 1 powt r t»f the Con federate States Government. uuderthe right to “raise armies” over men declared by med ical boards, unfit for military duty. Till! FACTS. Robert C.*’ Brady, a?to- lining discharged from inbiUly to military service on account, of physical debility, by some two or three medi cal boa ids, was iiually found fit for fight duty. 1 e has been in camp four mont'-s, without doing or being B-Mgucd to any duty, lie is upon crutches, and for the rtmsons stated al leges be Is tlicgally deprived ol bi.t liberty. In the case of Kaufman,' wo dte.77 4 distinc tion between the powers which belonged to a, nation, as an incidiVt of its sovereignly, or the prerogative of king; l , and that which a constitutional magistrate was allowed to ex cruise. Was tliii distinedon founded upon v sason, and is it supported l>y law ? We raid, .*• in cases where several "iudepemh-nt nations untie, by virtue ot a written const ii>ffio:i to |, hi a confederacy, then such e< n.-itlutlon is th ) lav."of it* life and the character <h exit tenet;; anl in it v'e must look for the power. It it is not expressly delegated, or arisen by .nalur-d and necessary implication, the Conloderacy has mo right to exercise it.’ 7 It will not be disputed l>y any min acquaint ed with our system of government, hut that every power i,s vested in the people; that, ev ery power Hows fioni them, film people are, therefore, not limited in their rigiu* by what (he governuient grants, but the govoiairu'-nt i., limited by wfajt the pt*>ple have given 'lire political liberty which tlu; government represents cannot hdrinxo tlje civil nod lrdu rat liberty the people have retained; for the very aim and efijert of 1 olitical lih< t.y Is she protection of civil liberty. Montesquieu sayo : ••Liberty conmsti in not he:eg lefj-ccct to do a thing which the laws do not. oblige. People are in this (State only as limy are gov, idled by ,-ivil laws, and because they are governed by rfvii laws th. y aro fv'o.” .See Cbipmun on Government. In this authority we have a- recognition of the fa«l that liberty exists in civil association regulated by law, and in an m-noci-ttion of in* dividual or of States, where t.bs' ty is pro tected, tlu! Jaw, either statutory or by com pact, forms tin? principle of i; *bt, and if h»! laws, when we said of this ConMoiracy the Constitution was too law of its M-.y we a vi ed a truth, which would only bo weakened by the implied necessity of uu argument. Our 1 • iginige iu the case ot Kaufman was. “that ths Confederate Constitution is only leg imate source of Confederate jniser; tbul pie . rogative is no part or parcel of it a existence; that it lives an i breathes by the wo* nod | er of the Constitution alone.” t: is u-ted the.! the public policy dem mds "u time ot ;var t i I even the Constitution, should yield to this law of necessity. We do not see any benefit that could possi bly flow to the people from setting eaule the 'institution; on the countrary, tin; eye most "'vded that contemplates the future of ibis be si. 'au tho in.ditutiors of civil li’ooriv are land wb 5 n by the storm of auare'ij'. in the lent l« tava ' all that thro-teas, with ail tho very mb’st ot . 1 surrounds us, we can se no iringe of lire tba, ' i l( ,j.e :! s that which It* ds policy so fruitful 01 the public justice. through tile channels , ‘ s ke those who wor '4ho followers of policy, 1. 'ii»:, t aid cloud ship tho sun, will see i; sot iu • its Am hi r, end daikuess; but justice, like p, t .0 grows blighter to tho w.u> >ll e,u r> independent energy ot its resources v a nation to freedom. <; u > In view of tho law, wo ivitevafo that “Confederate 'Gonstituthm is the only’ bm.iti. mate source of Conlederalo power,” and will j therefore, examine the principles of this c >,-•.•, j under the grants of power contevn and upon the j Government by the Constitution. Bi-eiioml.l grants the power to ‘‘raise and support arm. and by virtue of this grant, the acta oi < a rcription have beeu nueted by tK* C - mv ate Congress Tho act ot lHf.l, it ': >s | nn constitutional: but In the vu-v? w»» h.'co. this question is not open to tilecassion. The Su preme Court of this 3,‘nta has atliCuu ’ t:.<* e< u •titutionaiity of conscript;m, a «h-Cisi.-n made by Judge Harris: ur.'nvbh the profound respect we entertain for thisuilum wo will not pass upouwhe act farther than to deciule their solemn judgment. The mode of “raising armies’’ by conscription, we tkeu-fpro, held to ue constitutional. The constitutional limitation cport if s excrete l s the question of this case; for the mode may tM legal and the yso illegal, within certain I.units may te constitutional, ami outside of them unconstitutional. or illustration : c-ou •BC'lpting men neocsury for the mttsatet.-av.ee of tb > State Government would be an it legal use of the power, for the soverSigiey « the State cannot be etnas :dated by an no-, of Cos. gross. The right to ta» is e ns itntiomU. but a tax to establish a feligi on would lo unconstitutional. r Phis question of limitation on conscription has been sanctioned by cur euprecw? court, in the cases of detailed anti exempt aciicuituraliste. We hold they vere not ia the . my or military • service of the Government, ami tins ease was affirmed by the court. We decided that Congress, in the exercise of the power "to raise armies,” could not detail ® id exempt agriculturists and hold exclusive military control over them: that the power of raising an army meant the taking of men into the army aud arming thorn lor war. The Su- > pr«me Court then affirmed this decision. We have not the grounds of their >pin ! dn;but rea aonably presume that they held like ourself— i ' that the power to raise armies was one thing, and the power to raise provisions Mother; tb,.i raising an army was a military act; raising 1 .ovisions on agricultural one: and over the agricultural interests Cob gross ha-1 no legiti mate'control or power. The Constitution tt-ves tha'poWer to take private property for public tae, upon that compensation, and under this ■power tfcugrem has the right to impress sup plies by paying for fheus. - Tire Gonstituvbm ft rants the power of b'vyiag taxes, and thus Taw mousy to carry out the law of impress ment constitutionally by paeiue for the articles taken, Ami thus support the armies; and we ■therefore decided that detailed agriculturists, as ■well as etftqjpts were not in the aim?, and li mited the power ot raising armies to the fac£ of raising them, not’upon paper, not by the pacaagdof law* .but* by mimary-actioo. -»- The still fnrtliePlimilaUou os ttae power be jpome# a question of Important inswept in itia * . • j 4. ' ‘' . ' ' ' • '.f e y*' .. crise. Vms decided in the case of Kvufmaa, ?! -t a person was not liable to be assigned t<> mental service atUr a hoard of surgeons had decided tho paily unfit for military service. -I his case prescifts for consideration whether a citizen owes any other than military servi e 10 the govern Hi' nt, and whether a man found unfit f r military p.ei vice can be detailed in other service. 'the power to raise armies and the power .to rapport a:mtea v*<s regard as distinct and sepa rate, as we will hereafter demonstrate. Con scription is the power to raise armies—taxa tion is the power to support them; and the funner, tho necessity of proper understanding Ike mean log of the t* in armies is apparent. What did the framers of our Constitution mean by the teno? In the military code ol nations, in the rules and articles of war, an. army means a body of men. armed for war. This is j if- n '.vernal meaning; it is 'the definition of | the Locks, and the true meahing Vattei itn parts to it,' as we will presently see; aod able bodied men, men capable of bearing arms -in di-ii-ose of the State, are implied by the lan guage used in the Constitution. If conscrip tion was intended as a mode of “raising ar rnicS,” wo apprehend its application was lim ited to men whr.se services were indispensa ble to tight the battles of the country. Vattei, page 291, says, “every citizen is bound to serve and defend the State es far as he is ca pable.’’ ’J he word serve is pressed with great iorce, a? authority to compel men to do any service the Government legislates duty. It, is therefore proper that we ascertain the word “serve,” before we go further into this investigation. Inthe view we hold, we think it means military service; and our reason for tlii;; opinion we will no present. In th* first place, the word was used as ap plicable to the people of Europe, and as no such power was bolder claimed by'European Governments over their citizens, it follows that the term was'not intended to cover so wide afield of duty, as that laid down, with outgiving it a meaning the author never in tended to convey. We fiud that in conjuuc t.iou with the terms serve and defend tho •State. Vattei says th's is necessary .for the .(a'inmen defense, and every man capable of bearing arms should take them up. Here is tho very doctrine we lay down, sustained, tor “every man capable of bearing aims,” are the men who constitute an army and elo military service, and they are bound.to serve the State. Again Vattei says the sovereign has the right to enlist whom he pleases. “The term enlist is applicable to armies.” If we ask the ques iiojj to illustrate, who is the citizen to serve: we get tile true moaning, for the citizen is bound to serve nobody. One man is as.free under the Constitution as another. It.we ask what lie is boun?l to servo, yvo answer he is bound to serve the State ; and service to the State is military service, service in annstoder fend it, for no person, says the authority, is “naturally-exempt from taking up arms in de fense of the State ” These only are exempted win) are incapable of handling arms.. We have therefore, we think, shown that the term army means a body of men armed for war, uiel the service tbe citizens owe is in the a: my for military service to the nation Wo will r.ow proeeed t«, eouspier whether con-, script ion can be applied to other pqrpcfjeg than raising armies ; or that men uhfit to go in* to die tinny, to render military set'vice, can bo forced by conteriptioa into other service, and the Sell section of ike conecript act passed Oc tober, 1864, ia in* Ibcae v/urus, the duty of provost and hospital guards and pierks, guards, agents, employees or laborers in the commissary and quarceimaster department, and’clerks and employees of navy agents, as also in fro elocution of the enrollment acts, and ail similar duiit:-., sbyU be performed by ;> vsoiifi between IS and -15, and who, by >1 re - pmt of a board of army surgeons, shall ba re port*-'i as unable to perform active service in the field, but capable'of performing some of ihe iib.-ve named duties, specifying which.” Is this tectum of the act copstß-niiongl ‘‘ We think not, except ooo*criptioa may be used to “support armies” as well •an raise them. In the proper in liytenancobf an army, elm {i.3, la bore:agents, employees, etc., are necessary; cloth, s Lave to be made, shoes, hats, etc , but it will hardly bo contended that making them is the woik of the army, or such service fs mil itary service. All these constitute apart of •! lie #pport necessary to armies, hut making cioßies or shoes are net military duty . They are necessities, and wo say the army is one .thing and its neces-lilies are another. Armies be conscripted, but* necessities must be ’U.eight: The power of taxation supports urine n ► Tho power of conscription ruists llr-mi. Th** right t<* take a man on crutches, or au invalid, to make a clerk or guard ot or out to any sunilar duty a doctor specifies, is a light., Va think, -neither authorized by the c- i-stilutlon iu-r justified by the law. . If the power to support armies embraces the P'.-y.t to raise provisions for the army, and the whole country oan he made soldiers of, by tue pas--age of a law, and one'-patt put into the ] ai a . and the rest to support them— Iwe.- ;y 1 1;i a power, Uit , xist as to men, it ex i as tb meacu, for power implies po'uer to give it eiLe:; and in till- view the Government t s :-'c right to the land, to use iiio agncniltu *■ ■ ''Wd of the country, and mm the owners i al l. to he governed by the rules and hls -to he j,^ascribed by toe Secretary of rcgu'almm. •* ;j'st unaware that some even V» Vfe e.-. bat deny it. % eiami tlua rigni. •<)*,,•]ugroj-soyOr the proper lt ia claimed oy v hi- JLuacoin ex-'rcises iy < f tßeir captives. ■ ■ armies rest.— ii i:i imritoi v upon which p fo (, e ctthese iu l’ui a gov.ermneut formed t- t•.•rests iMinot absorb them, x n.oet g ihx i.i the hiii-orv of rixilmuion is wn "-i z :»j si ti ori -codeai, and we trust for the sake ol c vtj ii will remain without a parallel. Hi*. - Bru > . men whose arms aie protecting the men; , with a gallauiry that challenges the ho, of the "world, have a right to their own against ft.,-. .o a ; m of any power in the constitution oi the (I .reiiuneat to dest-oy it. The power to Ue; ui ifiua.i to raise corn embraces the propo riiiou that r.he Govetument can take the land , ti.l stock tj raise it -it accessary. This prop,- ositioa is not only embraced but in part exe enh'd. The. Government claims (he right to nnprt'eß the mules and horses for tho army to mice negro,':' aud enroll the owner. We vay, if the power to support armies by cou aeription exists, it exists more prope/lyby im p e ! '-meut,mud this absorption ot man and b-.-a-d Into military seiyice, raises the very v , o’ ;.. : , the Government should exercise lim p -uvi.oi working them upon the land, and thus do by t> jleiir*' oi constitutional-power, what conquerors do to their captives. It the law of necessityjustify these acts, then woman may be conscript and and put under iruard and compelled tG labor, makiog clotlios or nursing m hospitals- It may be answered that the Government would not do this, and. rimt it is carrying the argument to an absurd length. We admit it; our object is to show the absurdity of this claim of power—-for ad mit tho promise and the. sequence is inevita ble. Sbjvis are as necessary to an army .as - hoes, ahi.it. is just as much a military service to make tqe ouegs the oilier. lj>e ot Bha ’ooqttt/y are under uo more exemption Iroai.iaUitaey" servlcd than Inlralii? by unfit Cftf ser vice. of sex wilt be no barrier when necessity appears. Male negroes are now irapros^4 t dp.iy in thb army pis there by more protection for female negroes than ipifesV The distinction of property being; abrogated, vhe distinction ot sex is ha protocliofu , Within the constitution there ie shelter, and_ ; -womeu and children, old men and invalids, may repose in security beneath it. i The power of taxation aud making money wi'h good faith in paying deits, Will 'supply j the necessities of the army—and here, we pay l -a pvssiug tribute to the genius and swtesmaa -1 ship of General Wuu Walker, of Nicaran*:*:, Lx.a«« he blotted out the arbitrary syßh.*m pf AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1805. “coercing a man end trying him with a mus ket to make, a soldier c-f'hicu,” and d-uie away with impressment, and thereby obtained plen ty of fruits and provisions for his soldiers. In “1 Lc War in Nicarauga. 7 ’ page 99 —in “Gmjsr’s History of the Swedes,” we find am ple illustrations ot protection to the interests of the country, and obedience to law rather than necessity. Io 1810 Napoleon said, *“I desire that the State shall be governed by law.” Great minds in great crises have concurred in the nocesHty cf protecting t’ue interest of the people; max ims of wisdom arc written on the highways of history against itcis of arbitrary power.* Tbe act under review is arbitrary in its character. The opinion of a doctor fixes a man under military service, as a clerk, guard, laborer or any eimilnr duty, and there is no door of com plaint open. Tho greatest monarch that ever graced a throne inveighed against administer ing the atiairs of State without opportunity of complaint. 11 is name tl*i:cs like a sun iii his tory too bright in it j own glory to fear cavjl or complaint. 'He invited it and men ec-uld complain without being assailed. latlvoact there is no room for complaint. The doctor’s, fiat is conclusive. * Again, why should not a man wV> was a volunteer and went to the army after he has been discharged from the arthy, be conscript ed back to guard a door, or fill sacks as a fa* borer, or other similar duty that a doctor may prescribe. It he cannot carry a musket, he may carry a sock. Is this exercise of the pow er constitutional ? A uian is first conscripted into tho army under the power to “raise armies. 7 ’ After he is wounded in battle he is discharged ; afterwards he is brousrht back and put to do duty necessary to support the army. Vv e ask if the case does nut show that conser'ptioh lor light duty men is au exercise of power to support armies as well as raise them, and to make this constitutional, the raising and sup porting armies must be one and the same thing ? if they are, the framers of tiie consti - lulion were guilty ot folly, for supporting armies is specially limited iu the constitution by biennial appropriations are to be made f _>r the purpose. Hay (Jongresa tho light to np proptiate tho services of men I Is ■ this the mode of appropriation ? Is tax to be’gathered in the shape of cripples and invalids to sup port the armies ? If so, t hen toe law or serv ice ought to be limited ior (wo years. Declor-. mg them in service for the war exceeds a bien nial appropriation. But it ia said the effect of this decision will he to turn twenty thousand men out of tho army, \f hose places must be filled with able bodied men. This is Ho argu ment, yet vve do not admit the truth, of the proposition. Wo do not think that cocse quei.ccs aie principles; besides there is tco much black on toe ease! that draws this pic ture. jf there ere twenty thousand m< 4 unfit, so» duty s.*• soldiers, we bclipve hovae their proper place. They can be useful to the coun try; social disorder will disappear at their re tain, and hot vests wave over fields now deso lated. To illustrate (bis view ot tbe cage,' we will take a man who hag a! home negroes idle and insubordinate, not only injuring their own but neighboring farms, by .depredations and bad examples. We find him lying at Government expense for four months around the camp per forming no tjuty and going on crutches.. We will’carry this man uqqis and pqqtrol fcjs ne g'oes and make c crop, and as a mere question of policy, we arc sotigti'.-d that home is tho most proper place for ail such men. But we will go on ;yitb that liio power to “sup port armies-• car.nct be exprpir-ed by cooscrip tion, but by purchasing or Impressing supplies or by employing labor. The Government is leslrietcd t j supporting armies. If men arc lit for soldi us, they can be put in the a: my; if they are m lit, they cannot to bo put support it. ft i*. aii. g;,-.! that many men in the array are compelled to do qViibi’ to .a 1..1U my i-.o vhp. — Tho rule -is that in the lines of t}jo army a sol dier may be temporarily assigned to acts that are outside of the army menial -to build bridges tin th- army on the march, to cross rivers, or to do police duty, kr the health of the camp. This duty, however, on only be t.-.uiporarjr, except asjigryshmcht. A General lias not the right to assign to menial duty egchi-lyely any po.tion ot his troops, For instance, if a black- volunteers juto the army, ic cannot be ordered to shoe horses.' 1 4 becoming ?;soldier he i.; entitled to a soldiei's privilege. If a pboe enakcr, ha is nc(f|Uble to be assigned, against his consent, torn.iiiii)jj shots. If the power exists as to the humblest private in the mnka, it extends to the officer, and a colonel elected from 'the trader referred to, is just as much oblige, to obey orders as the piivate. Under what rule and article of wav could be be punished for. disobeying coders to lsy down bis sword anil go to labor? We say tqat he is not liable to be forced to do other than military service, embracing the duties of a ‘soldier. Shoeing horses or making siiocs is not aso&ier’s duly; auJ if these 'serfices are. not military in the army, by wh it logic can they be made so out of tfio 'airfly. If they me cot military tor able bodied men, how can they be regarded *so for invalids. Necessity must have a transforming power wb are uua ble to analyze, ior mechanical duties cannot become military unde? rdies prescribed by the Secretary ot Wuiv . Our brother Hall, who addrasso-d the Court IPr request, ami Vho:*e n'gumt-ut we listened to. wiih pleasure, insisted that tho power to raisoaTmies w s unlimited and the Govern ment could assign ay many departments of the army as it deemed neevs-ary. We assent- to the proposition, but the logisimate conclusion wa deduce does not susta’a the scheme of ■‘light duty” Boldieri), ’for the department or ganized, lor the. army under lira power of “raising armies” must bd military, and the men conscribed to fill (ham, if military, must besoldieis, Qaartermasters, Commissary and Ordnance Departments arc governed by mil ftary moo, for rf’spoiisibility in these'positions their assignment-, but while the chief is a s'Mdier, the labor is done by Government employed, It jssaid, however, that a nnn not tit for military service ?»jr for the atmy, may be p rit to making saddles, bridles, harness, knap?aces, etc , and that these duties are dearly military. If it is a military doty to make a saddle, we cannot see it. A , saddler in England, who made saddles on which our cavalry ride, is just as mack in military service as the. man who made them ia Georgia. If oc upation distin guishes the service, change of location cannot make the differwuca. It may he answered that England being at jjpaoo, and ih’JJ country at war, constitutes the difference. We rep.y, that the power to raise aud support armies ia this country, is just .as unlimited in times of peace as ia war, and a nation's necessities cannot change the character of the occupation. Bnt we desire to meet the argument ‘ally. nf t_ we believe, in uhe law and under the constitution, making cannon, powder and cartridges is not in themselves military service,.. -Ijykjng a cannon is no more military than' lnSKtag n canteen. In times of peace, (and it vi;l_ a? borne in mind that the powef to •‘raise armies same in peace and war.) they are made bv mechanics, paying them wages, not a,? sol diers but employees. Indeed, soUitaf?. ’nothing io do with it, even ih Got'vWffißhf; shops. Cartridges are made"*noW by wocafik and children, dearly not liable to'anv' niiliWry duty. ' • p’ ‘ ; If making cartridges is a “mijjfafy ’ wrvice then women auiTch.ddrsa iii’ .ice. The navy is oigaaiaed, 'tinker’."uffi same grant of power as the ajiny. a'nd if mak ing cannon is a military service,! fekfii is naval or making ro;>es or skilsl ices neither for a soldier canhdt make 'a cvii non nor can a sailor b-niid a Fhlpv- There could be no army without cannon nor. - eouUi. lbeijo be a navy without a ship; but an army does not make the one nor a navy tho other. — They are made by artisans or mechanics, anil ar&uecd by soldiers and sailors. The man for illustrajm h who makes a gun is a mechanic, the man to «s it is a soldier; the one labors, the otaer fights the one is a trade, the other a pro fession “the cure remains without promotion or commission, tbe other seeks and enjoys both; the one'is a science of aims, the other a sci ence of'art?; tat'one carries the sword, the cither wields a hammer. It wc regard them in military service, tl >ere ought to be promotion in this new science of war: for the rules and articles of war makfi no mechanical militarism. Because a thing is ne ceesary to the army does not constitute it a pai tot the army, and the power to raise armies amb not cause tho right of taking the cou dry into the army. The idea of raising leaves some balance out of which it is to be done. If the who le was meant then the grant to support armies wou’d have been a nullity. The power of raising a thing out of the country cut not mean a deed or gift to ihe country. A power of attorney to raise money by mort r , ge ou land, cannot be con strued into a gilt of tbe land; and therefore we say the power to “raise armies” is limited first by ils application to men capable for militaty service, anu secondly by * biennial ap propriations from the resources of the country for tre-ir support. We think therefore, that we have demonstra ted that the people ate She source of ali power. That the power they h ive granted iu the Con stitution is the right of raising armies. ‘That an army mrans a body of men armed for war. That the service men owe to the Government under conscription is military service*. That the power to raise and the power to support armies, are distinct and separate grants of power. That conscription applies to raising, and taxation to the means oi'supporting them.* That military .necessities are not military ser vices. That the use may be military while the thing used is not. That the liberty of the citi zen cannot he taken away from him except for the absolute defence of the country; and under the protection the government owes to the per son and property of the citizen, it cannot ren der both subservient to its will. With these propositions established applicable to times of both war and peace, we will desist from fur ther elaboration of the subject with the re mark that it may be said that the views wo present are against tho policy of conscription. We intend oniy to limit tho iawflo a constitu tional exercise, although we believe the policy to be in conflict with the best interests of the nation. Its abandonment would* be worth more to restore the aifection and and patriotism of the people than a victory. In turning con scription to the slaves, it should be repealed as to their masters, for it has been a wound lo the. pride and patriotism of the people, that lias proved both to them and the army a mu lling sore. We therefore adjudge for the rcaaojis stated, that the inoyant be discharged from custody. * _ Q. A. Lochrane, Judge ‘mp-’r Court Ga. EAb't’ Tf*y*fi*sißM, A correspondent of the Richmond Whig gives ihe annexed news from East Tennessee; There is great activity among the enemy’s forces at, Knoxville. 'lt is rumored that Salis bury, N. C., is the object of the next move ment. officers have made their escape from that prison recently, and have furnished the authorities at Kmoxvide with maps of for tifications, routes, &o.—everything requisite to thak« an iayad:rig,parry successful. ‘ New horses have been furnished Gillem's command, and they are ready for another,ex tensive raid. Stoueman has*reluraed from Nashville, There will be 40 demonstrations on South western Virginia until towards- spring, when ihe troops from Iteufucky will be transferred to this department. An infantry force and a small quantity of cavalry, as scouts, make a demonstration’ on-this front, as a diversion in favor of the raiding parly that shall move into North Carolina. There is nothing-being done towards repair ing the railroad east of Strawberry Plains, This is a sure indication that no sei lou?, advaqee, .for the purpose qf.oppnpotion,,1a anl-i'cipaled by the enemy at present. They seem to be coa ceutiaticg considerable quantifies of supplies at Knoxville, gatfiprifig them along the rivers east of Bristol. AU foraging parties of the en emy an I detachments ol troops throughout the country have been drawn into the vicinity of Knoxville and the Plains,.. Tho country between Watauga line to Straw berry Plains is tilled with robbers. Deserters and outlaws rob all. Yankees and rebels act alike. Our cavalry docs ;ore harm than good, aud we would have more frieuds if they .were entirely withdrawn. The country would be decidedly more prosperous. Not less than 1,500 men roant at large over tho territory be tween JonesviUe, Virginia, and Ashville, North Carolina, under tlie disguise of scout3, bushwhackers, &c. Weeks must elapse. before communication by rail is opened between Wytheville and Jonesboro. .The road is being repaired slowly. Gen. Vaughn !r s so arranged his men as to prevent a surprise, DiSTiLLSEtrs Daoui'.x In. —Within two or three weeks, Captain Eao3 A. Tate, in' comp a ny with a few of the Reserve Mdilia has taken a p and .delivered to the proner authorities in this town, some several* sfiils. U nfoutwxate AsFAirt.— Oi Thursday room ing Mr Jeptha Bullard was killed.ut Fisfidam, near this place, by James Gunter, under the following circumstances, as narrated by one who was on the spot a few moments after B al lard was killed. It seems that on the evening previous, the parties h-d made a trade, Gunter swapping Bullard a cow for ahorse, and the cow not proving to be &3 valuable as she was represent ed to be, Bollard was not willing’ to latily the bargain—hence the .difficulty. The next morning, Ballard rodd over to Gunter’s house, pud, approaching tho door, someone inside iuqrtirtfj, “Who is-I,Hat ?” Builrrd replied, “Me,” with an oath, at the same time Pis mounting Iroin his horse. Gunter got his gun, came to the door, and lired, killing him in stantly. BuUard, on seeing Gaater v/iifi his gun, started to run, and received tho.whole charge in his back. * Gunter immediately fledi — Elbe,ion StarofSjulh , Xeb. 13. Sensible. —The Raleigh Progress gives some very excellent advi.e to war men—bomb proofs as well as others. Here it is : “What have you peace men to say now ?’’ was pompously propounded to us by a half do lieu bomb proofs after the peace commission er dispatches had been posted. We make thiJ answer to all: We want all men, old and yonng, who are in favor of an indefinite pro traction of the war under any circumstances, to go at once to the trenches. We are for an immediate peace by negotiation, and -we are satisfied that if the whole matter could be transferred from the hands of the rulers to those of the people, we should have it-.g We espeet to hea? a good deal now about Thy**',-” and as it is the duty of every th in who advocates Vfich a policy to make good iris professions -bjr tyforks, wn hope a recruit : jffg office will be opened in this city at once. A number-of gentlemen beyoni (he require - taents of-the Conscript act will want to go ftird ; atfCh a*rend-svft4a will hexui accommoda- Yidtt to ‘tltbffi.; ‘HoffUfcies 1 h;m;- commenced again rrrbnnd Metebpr-s •«ad :I Wtert»au : it ! ad ’ Vanohig, uad rush; ffloS TOif,' iff* bad ly noctfeA: It *trm * be’ k f poor argument for (■hoSH wltbiire in'fhyhr of “fighting iff say fiat their services are worth more ac Hoads; n e :wrl!‘ Itrrtißinj 1 trrtißinj Bubrr. . . - r "‘Gen. Sanborn, commaniing the 1 district of Southwest Missouri, banished forty-eight fam ilies and hundred other men and women, to a distance of fifty miles outside of his dis trict, for feeding and bushwhackers. FROM MJSBISS(PPI. A correspondent of the Montgomery Appeal giv.es a full account of the flip made by the last Yankee raid in north Mississippi.” He says a Federal cavalry force of fifteen hundred men, a few days before Christmis, left Mem phis by the Raleigh road, but soon turning to the right, and, keeping Wolf river on the left, advanced through Lafayette, Lamer, Salem, Ripley, and so on to Baldwin and down to Egypt, on the Mobile am] Ohio railroad, ami thence back across the state again to Winona and Grenada—surprising every place, public and private on the route—capturing an im mense wagea tmin at Verona and. of course, doing immense damage whereever they went. It is understood, indeed, that Gen. Ghbl?on gallantjy repulse 1 them from*Egypt, with a mere handful of hastily collected troops, him self losing an arm in the fight; hut, ‘in addi tion to the damage done on the Mobile and Ohio line, if, is authorityu ely stated that they burned a part cf Grenada and. destroyed two locomotives and two trams of ears, compris ing all the available rolling stock of the Mis sbsipni Central. The Federal General IJu!hurt’s * cotton trade regulations ou Hie Mississ : ppi. orders the confiscation of all cotton brought into ihe department Irony OonJederat) lines without his permission. He issues all bring cotton into ills lines from Vicksburg down to New Orleans. All cotton brought in under his permit has to pay a duty of six cents per pound, and if has to be sold to • the United States Government, two thirds paid iu money and one third in goods, a permission to carry which through the federal lines ft granted to those who sell the cotton, ' . Gen. Hodge has established hisheadquarters at WoodviUe. The “corporeal punlmmeat” order of Colonel Scott lias b j en revoked, and instead Hodge levhs a tax of sixty dolin'os per bale on all cotton taken to the bank of th > Mississippi river. After paying this tax, it has to run the risk of encountering guerrilla bands, each of which will levy an additional tax if the leader happens to-be in good humor, or if he should perchance be bilious, the cotton is burned. The Beacon, published at- M-vcon, where Gov. Clark’s headquarters are just now, and Where the Legislature of Mississippi is soon to assemble ia extra session, says that one of the objects iu calling tire Legislature togelfier is to provide .for holding a State ..Convention. Maj. Gen. Forrest has divided his depart ment into two sub districts All or West Ten nessee, and the counties of Noxubee, Win ston, Holmes and Wa-Lingtop,, m Mississippi, •onatituto a district palled the distiiet of Wist Tennessee and port'd Mississippi, to the com miiKil of which Brig Gen. Marcus J. Wright is assigned. Alt that portion of Mississippi not 'Deluded in the foregoing and West Lou isiana, consul,ute a district known as the dis trict of goqt h Mississippi and East Louisiana, •and Brig. Gen.. Wirt- Adams is assigned .0 the command. Department head quart era at Macon, Miss. » gunboat Rattler, which for some time has. been patrolling the Mississippi liver, at-Grand Gulf a few nights' since during a* storm collided with another craft. She sprung a leak and was. run on a, bar to prevent” sink-,- iug. The crew went in quest of material to repair Usßpagtw. Lieut. Yau Dalson, with four men, had been cfosely watching the move ments of the enemy, and as soon ay they got off, he boarded tbe Raltier,.and after supply ing themselves witch much of tire rich-plunder on board, such as coffee, boots, blankets, sugar, etc., etc., applied the torch to the b.oit, arid soon she was .wrapped ia 'flames and sunk, with her nine gnus, to the buttoin. Just j»s ' the feat was performed, anouu r gunboat hove in sight, and commenced shelling furioulv, but the Confederates very wisely left the'place. The Yankee ram Indiaoola whkh was sunk at the seige of Vicksharg been rasic-L, Iter machinery, guns and upper woiks were all gone, the more valuable portions having been takes away by ihe Uuiojf authorities imnn-di atejy afser the fair of Vick iburg, and the bal ance washed away fey tho current. The hull, cu being set- afloat, was found to be very strong and in excellent condition, scarce ly the- least injury having been suda.nfed either in the fightr or by tire long immersiorrit had undergone ; the hull waa towed to Vicks burg, from .who noth it will be taken to either tho Cincinnati or bt>, Louis Navy Yard, to be built up anew. „ lift; airs have been made in the Miiisisaippi and Central road, so that cars new run throiigh from Jackson to Grenada, Oxford and Senalo bia. Col. J. J. Thornton, ofTDartoon, is ruftniiott ed a3 a candidate for Governor of Mu-i; io pi. The reported passage of a bill to seize all the rot to a and tobacco, coupled wiih tlie lib erality of the Yankees ia granting permits, has given anew impulse to blockade running in North Mississippi. Capt. Aberhethy, enrolling officer of Panola county, was shat by a deserter a few days ago. The wound may prove fatal. Massachusetts has opened recruiting offices at both Vicksburg and Natchez. Twelve hundred head of hogs have been sent to Cuba station to be slaughtered for the Gov ernment. . Col Jesse Forrest is at Salem. Mks., gath ering up stragglers »nd deserters, an 2 ha? no tided tife latter that unless they come i;i iqul report within ten days, that they need txpecfc no raerev. , Gen. Forrest has made his headquarters at Jackson for the provent. Mr. 'Warren Adams, government courier, made the trip a few days since, between llou3' ton, Texas, and Brandon, Mississippi, iu eleven days, the quickest fa ip' .the Mobile lloiii »t.er believes yet made since the blockade of the Mississippi. . A change has recently been ma le in Federal commanders at Natchez. Uea. Hear man has been relieved and sc id over to-Vkliiia, white General Davidson assumes command of Nnj~ chiz. This man Drayman bus ruled with a most tyrannical rod, and his removal is looked uoou as a Messing by the people -of Natchez. Gen. Davidson is spoken of in high terms by parties recently out Ire nr Natchez There are thousands of sold'erS still at Co s A strong (gTeclive force is ’ef above the place, and v y -ju remaim there. Forrest now has a splendid command in Mis sissippi and will do good service. The enemy are tightening their lines on the north border of the Mississippi. Large numb.-i-sos trofcpsh-ave been ••s-v: from (he enemy's in this cectioa 11 Giant and Sherman. A heavy contraband trade exists all along Northern Mississippi. It is sanctioned and connived at by Lincoln. The wagon teams and stock of this depart ment are in the beet order. The enemy for the past few weeks have been very quiet. * Corinth was occupied by the Federals cn Jan.2s. Col. P. B. Starke, of Mississippi b’ a ? been appointed a Brigadier General, upon the im plication of Gens. Hood and Hardee for impor tant cervices arujmd AdJanii. > , It was reported recently. ia Jackson, Miss., that a FfdeisM at 2000 strong, had aiva.qgedjEPja Natchez some twenty mill s towards Brqokhavep. where they, were met by the Confederate fotets, add that a fight had t.v' keupfhce- . '' ' The Amite Wander leaias thut the Ynhj kees of ■'A'fire dfccnrred in.ShuqaVak, Miss., Jan. 22, which destroyed ah entire'block of firm build ings. 'Cause--carelessness on the part of a negro woman. The officers %pd men of Gen. Lorjpgs divi sion returning from furlough, ary ordered Vo ; LXXI y.""KEW SERIES VOL. XXIV NO. 9 * FRG3I MEXICO. ' ' A project is on foot iu Mexico, for a railroad from Matamoras to the city of Monterey, ’i he distance is eighty miles, and the estimated cost of the road, wi ji the necessary machinery, &c., is $3,100,000. The'Monterey Era says that the Emperor is protecting and inducing'a spir it of enterprise to all ptojecls of internal im provement. Tire Imperial force* have gained signal vic t ones, in all the different Departments,, wee re there still remained tho opposition forces ol Ex President Juai.cz. During the moid li of October the mint at Mexico coined SIOB,OOO-trad the mint of Gua dalajara during the same month coined sl°3- 000. The Monitor of the frontier‘says that Gener al Rafael Olvera, second in command of the division ot Mejira, was to leave Matamoras, at the head of his column, on the 28fh v It, for ihe city and that he would l ike charge of the military operations of this Department. General Lopez will take command at Piedra Negras, and co operate with Gen. Gortinas. A French paper of Mexico reports the Re publican army under Pm fin c Draz to number S,OOO m n with sixty-live pieces ofaAillory. >]o is said to be now supported by a large por tion 0 the .church party, who have advanced the cause of the Empire where Maximilian has, ratified ! .he pa est sales ot church property, and introduced religious toleration. A Consul o * the Mexican Emperor has been appointed a-t Havana, who made a demand upon the Consul General of Ihe Mexican Re public (or the archiver, but, of cotire, met with a pointed refusal. Maximilian has written a letter re-affirming ms views as to the church question, and an nouncing that though there is to be a full and free toleration of reljgous opinions,- yet the S f ato religion of Mexico wiil be that .of tho Roman Catholic church. Over one thousand soldiers and seventy mu sicians had lauded at Vera C;uz, being the firsi; detachment of Austrian forces intended for Mexico. Count, ihun had arrived duly accredited En voy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentia ry .from Austria. _lt was stated in Mexico that the Impe rial Government -v/oulo -be recognized by the United States in. March - next, and this re port finds credence in diplomatic circles at the capital. ' The present whereabouts of Jamvz is uncer tain, but he is supposed to be with General Patixii at Almas, a town of Sonora. More of his chiefs have, according to the government journals, given their adhesion to the imperial parly. GEOHCI.I I.EtfIHbATS RK. The General Assembly of this Bi da met in Macon Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. The Senate was called to order by the Se cretary of the Senate, Cffpt Lewis.Kenan, the President, General A. 11, Wright, ‘ not being present. Col. T. L. Gu-rry then being called to pre side, tha body adjourned until 3 o’clock this afternoon, no quorum being present. The House was called to order, at 10 o’clock by the Speaker, Coi. Thos Hardeman, but gji a, call ol the roll no quorum was found present and it adjourned until 2of clock this after noon. Both bodies met at 3 o’clock, No quorum being pe.sent they adjourned until Friday morning. SENATE —FEB. 17. The Senate met at 4 o’clock, and there not being a quorum adjourned. HOUSE—FEB'. 17. A resolution to adjourn to Millidgeville was laid over. The Speaker ruled that the present, wan a separate and distinct-session,* and that all business must begin de novo • Decision ap pealed from and sustained. The annexed resolutions were introduced; ordering the printing cf two hundred copies of the rules ; instructing the Judiciary Coeimit tee.of-boili Houses to report a bill .abolishing the Penitentiary system in this State ; request iug the President to place Joseph E. Johnston ia some coiqmand in the field ; providing for the assembling of the people of Georgia in con vention ; expressiVe of the unalterable determ ination of Georgia to prosecute the present war. The annexed bills were introduced a bill to relieve the county of Bartow from State taxes, for the year 1804 ; to allow Alien M. Walker, a minor, to receive and redpi lor his estate; to authorize the ordinary of Macon Comity, to take a probate of the will of Eliza beth QMfcppell; to alter and amend the Char ter of he Central Rail Road & Banking Com pany ; to punish with death persons guilty of the crime ol horse stealing; to provide for the pay meat of non-commissioned officers of the Militia; to allow the people of Georgia the op portunity ol deciding whether they wish a Convention of the bfcaie ; to repeal al! acts’re quiring Judges of the Superior .Court to charge grand juries, specially in certain particulars— the hilt leaves the matter discretionary with sudh Judges; to allow parol testimony on con tracts, bonds, &c., executed since -tho com mencement of the war; relative to juries. SENATE-—FEB. 13. Hon. T. L. Guelry was elected President pro tern. Hon. C. C. Clay, of Alabama, Hon. B. 11. Hilt, and (Jen. Howell Cobb, of Georgia, were invited to seats on the floor of the Senate. The Senate decided this to baa new session and nos a continuance of the last. AFTERNOON SESSION. Different part§ of the Governor's message wire referred to appropriate committees. Two hundred copies ot the wore or dered printed. Piivilegi aof the floor of the Senate were ex tended to the press. The following bills were introduced: a, bill to alter the "divorce laws of the State—it al lows of divorces in-certain cases where cither party has gone over to the enemy ; to aiiow bar keepers to employ their slaves fur the re tailing of liquors; for the relief of Benjamin Tharpe; to extend the time for the settlement of Tax Collectors to the first of April next. house —fee. 18. The messenger was instructed to furnish seats outside of bar for ladies. The following resolutions were introduced: a resolution requesting the Governor to urge upon the Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States the payment of all certified accounts'; relative to the payment of the mi'ilia: in relation to Tax Receivers and Col lectors ; rcccommending tno Secretary of Yfar to restore Gen. Johns ton to the com mon! cl the Army of Tennessee; requesting the Postmaster General to require the mail contractor to fufll his contract to carry the mail from Marie via to O ■ iartowh; authorizing the Governor to put in running order the Western and Atlaiilffc Railroad from Atlanta to Kingston; authorising tl>B State Treasurer to rent an office in Macon; requesting the Gov ernor to furlough Lieut Col. Beals Battalion of cavalry. • The annexed bUs were introduced: a bill to amend the lavs in relation to writs of cerliorai In cei.tain easel : for the relief of J. D. Frier efN.il, tn '-tee of Ci nil ouuuty : to pay back to tli*- citizens of- tfci- htate the taxes paid by ,ti:cin ior the year 1864 upon the slaves who are now in the enemy's hauls ; to exempt cer tain property from taxation •; to suspend the -operations of an act In relation to the charter of Guthbart, in Randolph county ; for the re •' lief of James Daniel, tax receiver of Cherokee county ; to increase the efficiency of the Geor gia Militia, and to turn over to Conlederato service those who fail to do duty in the same , to make an appropriation of six millions o dollars in addition to the amount already ap propriated lor the support of soldiers and their families ; for the. relief of person's who,;e prop erty iias been damaged or destroyed h v the <nemy ; to alter and change tile coi'jr.tto. lumts of the town of Ferry in Houston cour.'v; to repeal the act preventing the consumption °;. S ra ’ J i by distilleries ;to repeal section « i the Code ; to authorise executors, ad mi ids tracers, guardiarts and trustees, to sell Con feu crate bonds under certain circumstances : for the relief of Samuel Shell, of Putmau-oounty. AFTERNOON SESSION. Mr. Stephens of Hancock, offered the follow ing which was adopted Resolved, That his Excellency is requested to tarnish this Home, at the earliest convenient time, a copy es *h« •' correspondence between himself and. the Sec retary of War on the subject ot tie demand which was made last August for the militia of » the States by the President of the Confederate States. The resolution in relation to abolishing the Penitentiary system, was taken up. and agreed to. The resolution expressive of the continued determination of Georgia to prosecute the war wars referred to the Committee on the state of the Republic. The resolution-relating to the 1 assigning of Gen. Johnston to duty in the held, was refer red to the Military Committee. Mr. Dumas’ resolutions relating to fHo’ cal ling of a convention, of tho devising of means Jo unite the McClellan party of the North, was taken up. Mr. Dumas, spoko in support of tho res elu tion. He drew a picture of our trouble, and thought our safety lay in unity with the Mc- Clellan party of the North for the overthrow of Lincoln. He was replied to by Mr. Long of Troup, and Mr. Wright, of Coweta. Mr. Warren, of Lee, moved the previous question which was seconded, and on putting the question the .'yeas were 2, nays, 90. Tho resolution of Mr. Adams to ad journ to Milledgeville was taken up and lost. The resolution requesting the Governor to furlough for thirty days the battalion ot caval ry, under the command of Col. Beall, of Car roll was referred. The Treasurer of the State was authorized to rent an office in, Macon. SENATE iTEfI--2#. Mr. Pottle introduced the following: A resolution in' inference to t ie calling of a Convention of the people of the State of Geor gia. • Whereas. His excellency tho Governor, has, in his late message to the General Assembly, recommended a call of a convention of the people of the State, lor certain purposes there- • in mentioned, and whereas the General As sembly, in view of the consequences which might g**ow out of such a call, to wit: The distraction of the public mind, from the great business of prosecuting the war with vigor, boes not concur with IPs Excellency in said recommendation, i hereforebe it. Resolved by die General Assembly of the State ol Georgia, That we see no Rood reason for the assembling of a State Convention, and as the same might be productive of harm and $ damage to the great came which should unito our people—this General Assembly respectful- Tv declines to recommend the assembling of • said Convertlien. Resolved, That this General Assembly are confirmed in the foregoing opinion by reason of the late action of President Lincoln inandiug terms which the people of this State universally condemn. A motion to refer the same was lost. The resolution being placed on its passage was adopted—yeas 20, nays 8. The annexed bills were introduced: A bill authorizing the public records of the State to be removed to Macon, and officers for the use ofthe heads of departments of the State, ami .a mansion for his Excellency to he leuted in Macon; to allow officers from Georgia, in the array, to purchase clothing from the Quarter master General of the Sta'te.for their own use, at the same price Ss that charged by the State for similar articles of clothing;'fixing the per diem pay of members of the next General As - bill fjxes the pay at $2 in specie, or its equivalent in currency; to provide for filling the office of Ordinary, when the incum bent becomes unfit by reason of mental o£ phys ical disability, for the discharge of the duties of the office. IIOCSE—FEB. 20. The annexed bills wore introduced : a bill, to increase the pay of teachers of poor schools in this State; to appropriate a certain amount to build the court house and jail*of Butts co.; to authorize the suspension of specie payments by the banks of the State until. Jan Ist, 18(16;** to authorize t!;e Superior and Inferior Courts of the State to carry'into t fleet the Ist par graph, tith section, of the 2d.-;irlicle of the Coo siiiution; to exempt certain civil officers f;o,n militia duty in the field; to limit the tax up -. thtj citizen.-.’ of Marietta, Gx; to allow cl rke of the Superior Courts to officiate in uniting persons In mai’. v *age; to ixeiupt from militia servicß in certain cases; to pro vide for the support a.nd maintenance of cer tain exiles from the city o* Atlanta; to compel certain persons who have ts*,'- e “ or received property either stolen or imprtq? taken from the owner or other person, to uis<C te fli «* same and make the samo penal; to present the tax on banking- companies and all incor porated companies, and relieve them from double tax; to require the several county trea surers of the State to be elected by the peo ple; declaratory of the common law in refer ence to the gaming law of the State— : [this bill has reference particularly to faro tables; if the checks or counters be seen, cast the onus upen the defendant, and he must show the checks, etc., were not purchased by money or anything of Value;] to,authorize administrators and ex ecutors to sell Confederate certificates and bonds for distribution; to legalize the record ing of deeds and mortgages in counties which have been overrun by the enemy; to pay bounties to the two State Line regiments; to extend the time for the tax collectors of the State to make their returns; for the relief of persons who failed to givh in their tax for the year 1864; in reference to tax payers whose property has been taken by the public enemy, exempting from taxation the property of all resident widows, femme.is sole, minors and sol diers in the Confederate service, where the eumo does not exceed $2,000. and for other purposes; to change the rank of Quartermaster General of the State of Georgia; to exempt from taxation slaves and free persons of color employed by the Confederate States Govern ment lor field service;, to amend an *ict of ' the 14th December, 1863, au thorn ng the treasu rer to issue certificates of deposit for- ceitam Treasury notes: to allow ordinaries to make out the annual returns of ex ecutors and guardians, and to charge for the same; to doled taxes on net ec. The annexed resolutions were introduced. A xne aanexeu * , y governor, iu certain resolution cf c . j inics to put counties, to detai - (i7 the enemy; the miils in older o. - J . 0 T members of relative to sh« per to P > e j a ‘ive to return £ £giS3l penSsof any tiaaß detaUed Who do not perform the duty assigned Jo relative to the running of trams of ']o West/rn an.l Atlantic railroad on other rall- J h refer so much of toe Governor s mes ro*T’ relates to the reorgm zation ol the m!- to thu Military Committee; relative to and 'importations authoriz'd ? ~ irg Legislature of this State; to increase the fnrees of the State line. 1 \ resolution was received from the Senate m reference to the opinion of thit body adverse to the bolding of a Convention in' this Suite.- Oa a motion to refer the same to the appropri ate Committee, a lengthy discussion ensued, which was participated in by Messrs. Warren, j bTLee; Stephens, of Hancock; Matthews, ojj Oglethorpe; Wright, of Cowetaj Gartjtjll, M