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Cobb, awl Mooie, ®f 1 hornr-S. On the call < f the yeas awl nays, they were yeaa 50, nays '*9. I Tjje House met and to k up the resolution of the Senate in relation to the hirffling ol a Convention On motion iff Mr. Gartrell to niake it the special ordijr for Thursday nex’, (lie yeas an i nays were called lor awl were yeas Mp nays 4(1 . I he annaxeii hills were taken tip for a t.ini leading : A hill l<> authoriz; the Ordinary o. M icon eonniy to take pr rbaie of the wul ot Elizabeth Chappel awl lor other peisynß---tm» bill i voivinK sumo important points ol <' postponed lor the prr-[,t; to punish deatli persons convi't and < f-the crime on. stealing recommitted and referred o a spe cial committee of five, to repeal an not Jo l»« vent it..- iinnecf--ary consumption ot gram in "this htate- when this bill was put upon it. M .Hra-'e Mr. Liam, of Marion favored its pass aire in a speech. Pending the descision the House adjourned. SENATE FEB, 21. The annexed bills were introduced; a hill to f, x the fees of county officers. 11 raises the lees 150 per cent, and requires said officers to re , ,-i V e Confederate money for their pay; to ex empt from service the teachers exempted by < fongress from Confederate service. A bill introduced tp repeal section 1..01 ot Hie code, which forbidwiegroeß and free per »..iie of color to be employed as bar-keepers, was taken up and lost. A resolution renewing the assurance ot Georgia to her sister States of her determina tion to prosecute the war was introduced A resolution of thanks to Major Gen. G. \V. Smith and the Georgia Militia for their gallant services to the .State-. The rules were suspend ed and this resolution was unanimously adopt ed. • HOUSE—*IEB. 21. The House look up tiie unfinished business bf the day previous, which was “A bill to re peal an act to prevent the unnecessary con fuimptltn of grain in this State.’ the LegU jature is determined to prevent our surplus < oni from being converted into whiskey, as tal us it can. ..... A bill to antborizo administrators, execu tors, guardians and trustees to sell Confeder ate bonds under certain circumstances, was passed. A bill for the relief of persons whose prop erty bus been destroyed by the public enemy, •was put on its passage and lost. A bill to alter ami amend the charter ot the Central Railroad and Banking Company was passed, it. provides lor the election of Direc tors of said Company and a President thereof 1 >r the present year, and to change the office the Company from Savannah to Macon, and tu fix the number ot Directors necessary— presetibes two —for a quorum to transact business. The committc-h reported a bill in lion of a resolution requesting a furlough of officers and men of Gen. Smith’s Command, who have been elected to civil offices —the title as follows': “A bill for the relief of certain per sons elected to civil offices in this State.!’ The following bills were introduced: a bill to amend an act to incorporate the Southern Insurance Company of Savannah: to amend un act tc incorporate the Home Insurance Company of Savannah; to provide for the sup port of indigent families, and other purposes. This bill provides for the impressment of pro visions in the several counties 11*1 may be ne cessary to provide for indigent families the present year, iu accordance with -the recom mendation of the Governor in his mfesaage. it also provides that an impressing agent be ap pointed , who shall ascertain the amount of surplus provisions in each family, and if the price cannot be agreed npon, two persons are sons are to be Chosen, whose decision shall be final. AVTKBJtOON SESSION. A resolution was taken *up appointing- a Committee of live - two on the part of the Sen ate and three ou the part of the House, to pro ceed tf> Milltidgcville and report upon the prac ticability of rebuilding the Georgia konileu limy or abolishing the same. . SENATE —FF.li. 22. The annexed lulls were introduced; a bill to provide for the nppoinmeht of an agent in each county to attend to the distribution of money and supplies furnished by the State to indigent families; extending the time for the redempt ion of the last issue of State Treasury notes until the2sth of March ISCti. The annexed resolutions were introduced: a resolution adverse to the arming of slaves; that the General Assembly adjourn on Wednesday-, the Ist ol M uch; tin* bill for the relief of per sons ignorant of the law, against distilling spir itous liquors Ims parsed. Mr. Goulden, by permission, recorded lrle vote on the resolutions opposing the call of a Convention, he voted nay.* Mr. Mabry at the tame time voted yea. * .IIOC3EIEU 22. A communication from Thonnuv brigade, ad dressed to the Speaker of the House, cca . i.i . ing a series of lesolu' ‘ona, was read. It was accompanied by an address to the people of the B'ate The communication was taken up and a committee of the were appointed to respond to it. The Speaker was appointed the Chairman pf said committee. The annexed bills were introduced : a bill to organize a general court martial'tor the trial of offenders in the Georgia Militia : proscrib ing who are liable to road duty in this Bt.de — it specifies alt female slaves between the ages of 1U and 45 ; to amend an act authorizing the issuing of Treasury notes so as to extend the time for the redemption of the same to" the 20th of November. 1805 ; to relieve t e ciiizons of this State from the payment of laxc, i v the year 1804 upon all taxable prop r . t .ken, in jured, destroyed or rendered va'.iu i<-ss by the army of Confederate States : to in: -«w lax cm dogs, and ior other purposes, impost s sl. . luxul; providing for the more speedy trial <>l ole off ers against the law; to repeal to much of the Militia law of this State as authorizes the ap pointment of aids-de-camp in each Senatorial district—it provides that the senior militia of ficer perform the duties; to discharge li-om service all men. in the employment of the Quartermaster's and Comm!, ary 1 pad no of this State who are liable to eomcdpii; n; and placing disabled soldiers in their dead; amendatory to the Militia laws of this Sin e it authorizes the Governor to commission r;U isuigoons at posts or hospitals; n> amend an act to procure and furnish clothing, shoes, 1 .is and blankets for the soldieis from Georgia it authorizes the Quartermaster Gened to issue clothing, etc., io the regiments on requit sition accompanied with a certificate tlia; theclothing cannot he procured elsewhere to authorize the Governor of this State to appoint certain staff officers—this bill provid. - t; at the Governor, when he deems it nee sea ry, do place one of his aids de camp on post duty, requiring the assistance of such officers as he may appoint; one adjutant with the rank of first lieutenant, and a quartermaster and commissary with the rank of captain; to legal ize all marriages between first cousins which have been .contracted since December 11, 1883. to stop all interest in certain cases. This re fers to parties refusing Confederate money lor contracts entered into since Ist June, 1801; prescribing further duties of the Reserve Mili xia—makes the duty of the officers to order the arrest of straggles* and deserters, also, to col- I leet up all arms, etc; forthe relief of the Banks of this Suite, who have their places of bu<i’ie»s fixed by their charter, and have been forced to move by the enemy. The annexed resolutions wore introduced- a resolution instructing the conn-f “ » , e- L i' au.iitee to whom was referred the memorial of the p. p- v vention, at the last session, to take ‘lnto c->a tifferation the appropriation of 'five *hu ’ h-xi thousand dollars annually for the edurukv'V tlie orphan and indigent children of soli;. '- ■ C bill or otherwise: to disfranchise and dcY -il ! ity deserters. * The House suspended the ru’es, ar.d "took un the resolution in referenc-' to the n;m ri ; the Baptist Convention, an;ho>; dig the C-as mittee to take into cooshleraiioa s' ■ and ' I'T of appropriating f.’.iM.pm f or [vatid of orphans of soldi, -s. etc . which w,;.;'adopted*. The House took up the bill to increase the. efficiency ot the Geoigia Militia, aud i » turn over to Confederate service all who refuse to -do duty in tlu-same. Oa motion of Ms. S‘o- I’heus, ot Hancock, it was so s;i:i..-*u« and that the provisions of the act shall no; cap!-,- i-o ...un constitutional civil ofiker, and after some dis cussion, was passed. The substitute offered In the Ccmtnioeo in Jieu of tie jjiil to punish with death the crime taken up. The Lull - ‘the first offense the offender provid- lashes, and for the - ,! V ; VuDO'. From the fact that ' ; r ‘ ‘ mis been appointed to report 1 -.riety of abolishing the Pepiten ,!l ‘a w ;» ; tabled for the present. mr> sys * afternoon session. TIP armxed bills were passed; a bill for ikftrW »»>«» .««• th ;- Jf Jl n : j,v.- all persons from the tax given in ;. ii.-it war where the properly ha3 been des troyed or rendered valules-i by the public en , .„v •; o in crease the peijliem pay under the poor fund; to exempt certain civil officers in ttija state from militia service—this'bill makes constables liable whilst it exempts justices of the peace. . _ •i ijei on: o% cal.li.nu a cotfv ention. On Tuesday resolutions were considered in the Senate opposing the calling of a State Con vention . A motion to refer the resolutions was lost. They were then put upon their passage, with the following result: Yeas —Messrs. Anthony, Bacon, Blackwell, Chambers, 'Grice, Guerry,Hammond, Hubbard, M'Gutchen, Nisbet, Pate, Polk, Pottle. Price, Ramsay, Spear, Sprayberry, Watkins, VV r est, Whitaker, White—2l. Nays— Messrs. Baker, Bennett, Ezzard, Grif fin. Groover. McDonald, Mcßae, Pafford, Un derwood. Walk *-10. The Senate came up in the House. On motion to refer to a committee, the vot« stood as follows: Yeas—Messrs. Awtry, Barksdale of Lincoln, Barksdale, ot Wilkes, Beil ol Jackson, Berry, Blake, Brewster, Brock. Brown of Washington, 1 lurch, Carlton, Carter of Appling, Cooke, Car bin, Cumble, Dubose, Edwards, Gartrell, Gill more, Green, Hawkins, of Baldwin, Iliers, Hundley, Huggins, Jackson, of Clark, Jackson, of Whitfield, Johnson, of Spalding, Killian, Long ton, Leinonds, Lett, Matthews, of Ogle thorpe, McCurry, McDaniel, McDonald, m of Backs, McDonald, of r J homas, Overstreet, of Pierce, Player Reid, Rhodes, Robinson, Scruggs, Sclman, Shockley, ol Jackson, Simms, Smith, of Berrien, Smith, of Laurens, Smith of Tatnall, Smith, of Wajlon, Starke. Stephens,,Tomlin son, Underwood, Wells, Worley j Zeigler—s(i. Nays—Messrs. Adams, Barclay, Brady, Brown, of Houston, Brown, of Stewart, Bryan, of Greene, Burts, Carter, of Stewart, Crywford, Davenport, Davis, Dobbs, Dnclas, Dwinell, Klain, Ez/.ard, Gay, of Early. Graham, Grogan, Hall, Hawkins, of Oglethorpe, Henderson, Hill, HoP, Hooper, Horne, Horsely, Hunter, Hutchings, Jones, of Newton, Kennedy, Kim brough, Kirby. Lawton, Leonard, Little, Love, Mamin, Mathews, of Scriven, McDonald, of Lowndes. MeKenney, Miller, Moore, Mitchell, of Pike, Mitchell, of Pulaski, Parsons, Player, Poole, Redwine, Roberts, Calhoun, Roberts, of Miller, Roper, Russell, of Muscogee, Stewart, Sutton, Swauson, Taylor, Warren, Williams, Wright—s 9. A motion to make these resolutions the spo cial order for next Thursday, resulted as fol lows : - Yeas —Awtry, Barksdale, ot Lincoln, Barks dale, ojf Wilkes, Barnes, Bell, of Jackson. Berry, Blake, Brewster, Brock, Brown, of Washington, Carlton, Carter, of Appling, Cook, .Corbin, Dubose, Edwards, Eiam,Gav, of Early,Gartrell, Green, Hawkins, ol Lorsyth, Huggins, Jackson, of Clark, John son, of Spalding, Kennedy,Kimbrough, Langs ton, L-.monels, McCurry, McDaniel, McDonald, of Lowndes, McDonald, of Thomas, Miller, Overstreet," of Pierce, Player, Poole, Reid, Roberts, of Calhoun, Robinson, Selmau, Shock icy of Columbia, Shockley, of Jackson, Simms, Smith, of Berrien, Smith, of Tatnall, Smith, of Walton, Stephens, Tomlinson, Undeywood, Worley, Zeigler— 56. Nays—Adams, Barclay, Brady, Brown, of Stewart, Bryan, of Greene, Burts, Garter, qf Stewart, Crawford. Davenport, Davis, Dobbs. Dwinell, Ezzard, Hall, Hawes, Hawkins, of Oglethorpe, Hill, Ilolt, Hooper, Horne, liqrse. ]y, Hunter, Hutchins, Kirby, Lawson, Leon ard, Little, Love, Munson, Matthews, of Screven, McDonald, of Banks, MeKenney, Moo»-e, Mitchell, of Pike, Mitchell, of Pulaski, Parsons, ltedwine, Roberts, of Miller, Stewart, Sutton, Swanson, Starke, Warren, Williams, Wright—4(l. Bao Mahaueiiknt. —It was in the power of the Government, at the beginning of this revolution, to*have placed in Europe a basis of a circulation which would have neve: pet refitted the latter to be under a par value with gold. Was it the fault of the people that this was not done? And what excuse can the Government oILt lor not adapting the meas ure ? . The people were anxious to give up their cotton \o form this basis; and yet, almost in tho very m--merit whan Government, agents were soliciting loans, these loans'were repudi ated, and not only Government injured, but its promises to the people violated. This first, top towards bad faith has been followed by one of the most shameless systems of profliga cy that ever disgraced a government; and a me of Government'indirect repudiation, which, if adopted by a private citizen, if not placing him in the penitentiary, would at Raff be sufficient t * drive him from every mart u here honest raeu resort for trade. ft is,in vain that men, when they put a rep re.- entative of the labor and produce of the country inf lie hands of the people, wfu'ch they iv luce one-third of its value, call that reduc tion “ taxing it,” or say the people have more money than they used to hare, etc. Call the measure what you will, it is, in principle, re pudiating, and so mankind will ever regard it. To judity a Government in its error in infla ting the currency by the greatest error of de preciating ifc in tire 'hands of the people, is a species of tlinmciai argument that assimilate:; very closely to the philosophy' by which a rob bar fills his pockets. But to this the people submitted with as tonishing resignation;.and had the policy end ed with the utter destruction of the one hun dred dollar non sos the old issue, the reduc tion ot the value of oilier notes one-third, the forced fund: i.; ia four per cent.'certificates, the people generally would have acquiesced; but when the- e are succeeded by a system n! u . qual and badly regu! de l, ami otteu illegal iuipict.siueuts, aud men are. forced to receive soi . inr. s ho.lf, sometimes all, in certificates of ! . dm.as, wot tii from forty to fifty coots on the callin', v.t are the people to thick ot the value of rn-.inlaining the struggle for what is called liberty and independence, but which practically m oppression and despotism —Mo/it (joint)'JialL Sor.niF.RS to RK Edlcated.— The Howard Col leg:?, located at Marion, Ala., has been opened for the especial purpose ot giving to disabled soldiers, who may desire if, an educa tion, as we are informed by Prof. W. S. Bar ion, of Montgomery. At present Rev. Henry j Talbot is President, A. B. Gcodhu and two disabled soldieis professors, all of whom are j accomplished aud thoroughly educated gentle- ’ men. This school is not open alone to persons j from Alabama, but to tiiose from a-ly State ia the Confederacy. Retired soldiers, if they will only avail themselves of the opportunity, can report there and receive a thorough education w-ith- ;;: the. expense of a dollar. At this time tln-ro are aieui one hundred students in at tendance. representing every State in the Con federacy,’and the buildings are ample to ac commodate two hundred and fifty persons, which number they hope soon to have. Sure y. if these ineu* —the President aild lVoitsiOTS— are w illing to remain there aud I devote their time’and labor to the education ; ot tiros. who are in want cl’such a thing, the j .disabled nnff retired soldiers will not refuse to report and ivc. ive the advantages gratuitously remised flilra. It is to be hoped that this Institution may be ?us‘a'ned,.for it is certainly the m;.y; rr.usevvor’.hy one that we have yet r°^ c If a similar school were established \ l } h vc i>' s - - ; c i; would be the means of distri - 1 1 - inculcuisble good throughout our j - y-- T w ; C/.niv ,K>; be done? v.V.r*.''*’ ac ¥ f ari her information \ undress the Rev. Henry 1 . rS 14 eai '- 1 arc requested to call - ycy o .. dar th . xtit Lw6 *ncwn —Macon\Conj\deracy. % sa > that Andrew Jack t): m Ron candidal? for Vice President on Ik r ill more ticket, ru 1806, has returned to that city from trie BoUth, aud taken the cath. THOM * S CARLYLE OX SLAVERY IX 1817. Annexed is an extract from the Autobi graphy of Dr. Theodore Clapp, of New Orleans, relative to an interview between himself and Thomas Carlyle. It shows that at least one of the great men of England is not blinded by prejudice: I was very anxious not only to see but to converse with some of the most celebrated scholars and authors of Great Britain. Mr. Bancroft, the historian, who was then our em bassador at the Court of St. James, afforded me all the attention add civilities iu his power. 1 was especially anxiorjs to become personally acquainted with Thomas Carlyle. Mr. Bin evoit told me that it would be impossible for me to obtain an introduction to him except at one of his evening levees, because he spent every morning iu his study, and recei.ed no visitors until after dinner. “But these levees are always crowded,” said he, “and allow no opportunities forextenled conversation.’’ As he had called my countrymen a nation ofboree, I concluded to a.-sutne the character and impu dence which the term designates. Mr. Carlyle re sided two Hiller from Mosley’s hotel, where I had lodgings I was told that his breakfast hour was eight o’clock. I found my way to his dwelling one morning, when the clock was striking nine, with letters from distinguished men frqm both sides of the Atlantic. A lady, with a very intelligent appearance, met me at the door. 1 said to her, “I have called this morning to see Mr. Carlyle; is he at home?” She replied, “Mr.Carlyle has just entered his study, and no gentlem in can see him this morning. li the Queen of England should now call here and request an interview with him, it would nop be granted.” I then asked her if she could oblige me by carrying a written message to his study'. “With pleasure,” said she. I sat down and wrote with t> pencil the following words: “Dear Sir : No gentleman, but a man at your door—a Unitarian, a Yankee, a Democrat and a radical, ail the way lrom The banks of the Mississippi; a careful reader and great ad mirer of Mr. Carlyle—and begs the favor of a short interview, which must be granted now or never this side of the grave.” 1 sent my let ters along with this scrawl. Directly the in vitation came : “Walk up, sir ; I shall be hap py to see you.” I was received in a most kind and uncere monious manner. The topics ou which we conversed were so numerous that I have not ro r ru even to mention them. The colloquial style of this gentleman is plain, easy, natural and unaffected, and heais no resemblance to that of his late writings; has none of those qualities commonly called transcendental. Our conversation was protracted until afternoon. Though 1 rose several times to depart, he in sisted on my staying longer, so earnestly, that I acceded to his wishes. Much of .the time was spent in answering his inquiries con cerning the statistics of the United States, the peculiarities of our Government, laws, man ners, schools, churches, literature, etc. He profeSsed to bo much gratified with the infor mation which I gave him in regard to these subjects. lie was very particular in his ques tions about siayety, and the narratives of ijia terrible sufferings to which African bondmen are habitually subjected in our country. The real facts, a§ I stated them, were iu direct an tagonism to all the representations .of anti slavery writers and orators which he had seen. He was rejoiced to hear thg tdaygs of"our Southern .States were well fed and clothed, not overworked, and mercifully treat ed in all respects. L told him that they were quite as well off', both as to their temporal and spiritual interests, as any class of operatives, cither iu the field or .shop, that existed in Great Britain or any part of continental Eu rope. He then uttered words nearly as follows: “From what you say—and I cariuot doubt the correctness of your statement—it seems that slavery, as it exists in your republic, is a sub ject enveloped in the thick ppst of ignorance, prejudice and misrepresentation. It is indeed true that not more than fifty years ago opr own merchants were emoloyed in transporting native Africans to your shores for sale. Tt is truj that Great Britain originated the system when you were colonies, under her jurisdiction and imluence. At the same lime the ships of N rw England w- re devoted to the odious traf fic. Tiio Southern Slates were rover engaged in the slave tiade. To bd sure, they purchased the captives whom wo sent to them, because they wore exactly fitted by nature for the cli mate, and bet a use they believed; as everybody then did. iu the entire rectitude ot such exchan ges. i understand what you say, that South ern planters .cannot possibly manumit their slavca immediately Without involving them in utter perdition. It duty to keep them in bondage for the present, till it pleases Prov idence to ifpt-n a way for their exaltation to a higher state.' The blame of African bondage in your land, if blame there be, belongs chief ly to us wo set up the institiniou among you by the force of law, oven against your de sire and earnest remonstrances And we are doing al! in our power to foster and perpet uate it. We live by slave labor. What feeds nr immense cotton manufactories ?. Destroy tlit i.i. and we shall ha mined All those com unities that use cotton, rice, sugar, coffee,-etc , produced by skive labor, are just as much im plicated in the wrong us slave holders them selv- s, and just as criminal in the s : ght of God. Iu the guilt if slavery, as things are, the whole civilized world puticipato. How unjust, then the reproaches and viituperation poured out upon j l a u, fora state of things which was forced up an-you by an iaevitahle Providence, and the cancelling of which is out of your pow er ! Thu principle, I admit, is wrong; ‘but let him who is without bin cast the first stone.’ it is idle, it is woise than idle, for one 'to in dulge in acrimonious declamation against Af rican sl.-vi.ry in the United States, who is uua able to speedy ayy feasible method of abolish •ing it.’’ ‘ Bach was the strata in which this far-seeing, just, and noble man ex tressed ideas touching slavery, which' must appear true and Joeautiful i should think, to every caudid, impartial and onlighttiied-miacl Aud ail the anli slavery men whit whom he conversed in England, . poke on the same sul.j ct ia the accents of a calm, gentle, humane, profound and consider ate. philosophy. They are free from that spirit of harshness, invective and denunciation, which characte-izs, almost invariably, the ef fusions of-American- abolitionists. Mvt vx’iJoly Amin.—A very sad affair oc curred \. ten!ay about one o’clock at tho Na va! 1 r<»• i storks by which two boys, John Mad .den i: - -d ab rut 13 and Jack McElrath agtd about id, lost their lives. It seems that while the hands of the shop were off at dinner, these' hoys began to try ihoir ski'd in extracting the powder from a forty pound conical shell, and while one was driving in a spike to make an opening for tho "powder to come out the shell exploded, bouibly mutduting each of the boys. John Madden had both thighs taken off by fragments of the shell besides being otherwise ba iiy iujured. McElrath had one arm blofvu off and was frightfully wounded iu the abdo men Fragments o f the shell were thrown in cv.-ry direction. Also pieces of bones and flesh. Strange as it may appear each of the boys lingered for more thau an hour after the acci dent. It is said that while John and Jack wore lying some eight or ten feet apart in then- awful mangled condition they were heard so inquire piteously about each others welfare. Young Madden was borne on a lifter near three quarters of a mile and Expired in a few minutes after reaching home. We learn that McElrath expired while being carried home.— All was done for the boys that could be done, but in their condition.death must have been a pleasant relief. This should prove a warning to all who may feel inclined to projeot with old shells This shell wa3 an old one picked up at Charleston. —ColunAus Times, teb. 22. Wealth of Chicago. The publication of the incomes n Chicago has begun. The list of those who?sih£OA»t* are over three thousand dollars L? quite large. The following are the names of chose whose income exceeds, one hun dred dollars : Potter" Palmer. $335,433; John Y..J>rwclE $137,152; Petes Schullier, SIOB,- 731. Those whose income is over flftv thous and less than one hundred thousand dollars,, number nine; over $40,000 and less than SSO - three; over SffO.OOO, and less than $40,000, sixteen; over $20,000 and less than $30,000, fifty-one; over slo,oo® and less than $20,000, one hundred and thirty-one; under SIO,OOO aud over SSOOO, five hundred and ninety-one. A Shocking Outrage. —The Columbus pa pers of Feb. 20i£, eomi tons with lull ac counts of a shocking outrage committed in that place the previous day. Thp following account we clip from the col umns'qf the Times: On Monday afternoon our community was thrown iuto the highest pitch of excitement by the killing of Mr. John Lindsay by one of the provost guard of Ibis city. From the best in formation we can gather, Mr. Lindsay was partially intoxicated, had been engaged in fighting, and had started home to prevent be ing arnsted, when Colonel Yen Zmken or dened his guard to arrest him and briug him in. The guard thereupon hailed Lindsay, and the latter not heeding, from inattention or some other cause, the guard fired upon him, and killed him on the spot. We look upon the whole affair as a very unfortunate cue Mr. Lindsay was a member of the Columbus Guards, originally, was afterwards transferred to the Nelson Rangers, and altogether has been in the service lor neatly four years :du rmg whi.h time we learn he proved to be a faithful soldier. At the time of his decease he was at home on furlough. We do not know whether or not Yon Ziukeu ordered the shooting, but if. he did, it was usurpation-of authority not justified by the circumstances of the case. It Mr. Lindsay had committed an offence it was ouefor the cogni zance of civil authorities. We can conceive of no case that would justify the Post Command ant in having a man skoß except in the case of a deserter who refused to be arrested. The man.who shot Lindsay was demanded by our citizens, and to quell the excitement, we un lerstand Colonel Von Zinken promised to commit him to jail. He accordingly sent him off under a corporal's guard, and the re port was late yesterday afternoon that he had made his escape. If such cases as thi3 are permitted to occur we may as welt he making up our mioils to bow the neck to a military despotism as des picable as tie government of Lincoln. We trust the Governraeut will proceed at once to investigate the cause, and define the powers of pro vost olMiers. If they are at liberty to shoot down a man for a mere civil offense, we are now entering upon au era of horrors c in pared to which the French Revolution in Paris in 1798 was not a circumstance. Since the foregoing was written, wo learn that a coHuniltee of citizens, * consisting of Sheriff Ligon, J. L. Mortan and B. L. 0 Cole - man, called on. Col. Von Zinken and demanded the surrender of the offender to the civil au thorities, and that he gave his pledge that he should be forthcoming and issued orijers to have him arrested. This is said to h ive ap peased the friends of the deceased. Nothing short of hi3 surrender and punishment will satisfy the people of this vicinity. The Enquirer comments thus on the affair: We have bggn crying out against the miser able management inaugifiated in pur city by Col. Von Zinken lrom the first and now we hope our people have seeu that we are right. Let him be put out of power and one idfy.trd in his stead who ba3 some respect for the life and liberty of our people. Directly he may not be to blame for this affair, but indirectly he is, and should not be allowed to hold the place another day- It is but a short Urge sin op vyo pamq quay be ing shot by ope of jiis gqard. We are there - fore tjred' of seeing lives and liberties of our people placed in keeping cf such a man. A good soldier he may be, and doiibtiess is, but being boin under a despotism pot nor cannot appreciate the liberties, rights and privileges of a people ip a free country. We tor the present desist from farther betray ing our feeiinga upon this subject, but Bhould oc casion demand will stand to all here said. Important Resolutions.— :On last Mr. Hawes, o£ Muscogee, introduced the fol lowing highly important resolutions into the House of Representatives. It is a little re - markable, that just about the hour these reso lutions were submitted to tho House, one of his constituents. Mr. Lindsay, was shot down in the street. Ike a d“g—the result of the very evil which Mr. Ilawes is seeking to remedy. The Legislature we hope will sec proper to take some decided step to put a stop to this evil. The General Assembly of the Slate cf Geor gia do Resolve — 1. That subordination cl the nulitary to the civil power in all places where the authority of the civil law is not displaced by the pres ence or vicinity of the public enemy, is a luu damental principle of civil liberty. 2. That Comruaudauts of Rosts and Provost Marshals, exercising authority, outside of the amiy, over citizens unconnected with the army, are officers uuliiiowu to the Constitution and laws of the Confederate States, and that these illegitimate officers, while serving as a refuge from military service to a large class of at laches and supporting forces, are a grievous vexation to our citizens iu pursuit of their lawful business, and are rendered doubly odi ous by being filled, for the most part, by stran gers who do not comprehend the spirit of o-.ir people, nor iha genius of our revolution, aud from the fact that the functions performed by these persons belong to'the enrol Ling offieeis, whose appointment ami duties are piescribed by laws. and. That the action of General Richard Tay lor, in abolishing these obnoxious and illegal offices wi bin bis rnilitaiy department, meets cur cordial approval, and commends iffielt to the imitation of all our military authorities. 4 That his Excellency, the Governor, is re quested to send a copy of these resolutions to the commanding General of this Military De partment, to the -iecreta'y of War, and to the President of lire Confederate States. A Sharp Pcxcb at PaoscaiPrioNisTS and Street Dexuxciatous.—l he Athens Watchman talks quite plain to that claca, of rabid men iu our midst who are ia favor of proscribing every cue who does not agree with them in their fanatical views of any question—no matter how absusd and ridiculous. It gives the- torn mand which can very properly be termed “street denunciators” — and there is a laige command of them in almost every city —a sharp punch also. Here is what the Watchman says to these two classes of gentlemen; * We will be pardoned for a woid of adrnoui nition to those who are ever ready to denounce as “Unionists,” “tones’’ and • traitors,’ 1 - all who differ with them in reference to peace or any other matter. Cannot these poor, pitiful creatures lay aside for a time the vile trickeiy and chioanet'7 they have so long practiced? ibis is no time for such things. I'his is no lime to make personal or party capital by fraud. They deceive nobody by their hypocritical cant. The men they denounce stand so high above them that their puny shafts of detrac tion can never reach their proud eminence. Ail this base trickery is “plajvd out”—the people can be no longer deceived. PERQI 131TE3 OF THE PRESIDENT.— Cong ress htS passed the following, whictf is now a law, f< r the relief of the President: The Congress of the Confederate States do enact, That it shall be the duty of the Quar termaster General' to furnish to the Comrnan der-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States, the same commissary sup plies and upon the same terms as aie now -al lowed by law to commissioned officers in the field; aud the quantity of commissary supplies allowed to be drawn and- purchased by- the Commander-in-Ch es, shall be double the quantity allowed to a general in the field; Pro vided, 1 hat in case hereafter the arnual salary of the said Commander- in-Chief* shall bn paid in pat tuhda, the value of the forage and sub sistence given him by this act, and which may be furnished during the period in which pay ment of said salary in par funds is mads shall be deducted from said salary in the settlement of his accounts. Section 2. This act shall eontinue in force only during the existence of the war. ‘' The order of Gen. Canby, fftecting a draft of one seventh of the male population ia his department, for the Federal army, embraces West Tennessee, A G rkat -t-qs Government‘ possessed no paper currency, but • relied *x ffiusively for the payment «>t the army upon gold and silver, the system dT blockade which ii»s so thoroughly closed the avenues of com munication with foioign countries, where this coin could have been obtained hi exchange for our cotton, tobacco nod rice, tne excuse for the delay in paying oil the vet; runs of the war would have been too just not to have been re ceived. Bat when the Government Las had its machinery at work night and day for nearly four years, turning out by millions' bs paper money, what apology can reasonably be made ior the failure tu pay «off the army ? In no town or village of the Confederacy can cne go without finding crowds of soldiers who Lave no been paid oil'—sums* for one year, some for the war. Wo have been wonderfully rich ?n scheme? of finance. We have gloried in prophetic an-* nouncements of the value of o’ur currency, and the means for its redemption; millions ot mil lions of it has been floating through the coun try, the basea of every imaginable system of speculation, yet how is it that at every Quar termaster and Commissary cilice the poor, wounded, tired soldier finds staving him in tin? face that familiar sign-board "No money on Hand.” Do the notes of the Confederacy find their way out of the treasury except through the disbursing departments? We know there are no banks discounting; we know the treasury puis cut no money except through its agencies; and yet every body can have the funds except soldiers, who have endured the privations ot thcrlield, ami people whose prop erty has been impressed! Hundreds of dirty little papers, kepC ho long that the ink has turned pale from shame, are hawked about qver the country, bearing the scrawls of im pressment agents, good each for the value of from five to one hundred pounds of,bacon, •jerked from some poor mans smokehouse and the mouths of his hungry children, for which he cannot get a dollar,-even in Confederate notes! And if he complains, he ll stopped by some sleek and well-fed Government official, who calls him disloyal; who tells him he oiulit to be ashamed of himself for not making some sacrifices for his country and her glorious lib erty ! The people are disgusted with such non sense. Wiiat have cries of liberty and coun try to do with a plain man stying to his cred itor, ‘ pay me my bill; you owe it; you have had my property or my labor, and 1 want the money !” Is there any dtlicreme btHwtvu the Government and a, citizen occupying this re lation ? The best policy lbv a government is to be just; to teach its people to be honest by being so itself; to leads men the' virtue of punctuality by a prompt discharge of its en gagements. Another matter of grievous injus tice and wrong is the manner in which our soldiers are fed aud clothed. U glily respecta ble and distinguished officers of the army at tribute the disasters of the Tennessee campaign to this cause. They.say, and the noble soldiers oi that inconsiderate and tash enterprise, in their recent transit, by theiy lv.ggcduess and forlorn countenances, attest it, that the troops were in no condition to tight; that they were in want of food, barid'ooted, almost naked, worn out with fatigue and suffering from the effects of bad weather. flow hypocritically vise upon the air: “Army ot Tenner see, you have fought nobly; yop have died like heroes; your country will eternally remember you among her immor tals!” Such d’ e'amaiion tails coldiy upon the ears of the half u!oibed.*balf-ied survivors of that terrible sacrifice, and is drowned by the bitter wail of wives and mothers, who, with outstre.ched arms, call upon the-projectors of it, “give us back our husbands and our chil dren I” Can tin: Government expect to stop desertion ? Can it suppose that meu will be encouraged to sacrifices undtr such a policy? We notice that it is proposed hereafter’to make reputation prima Jack- proof of discretion. Even this unprincipled innovation will fail to hush complaints, suppress tto indignation ol oppressed men, or fill the army with satisfied and cheei fu I.troops. Audi. — iZissM.- T Judge LocukameV Dncisip.v. —'The civil law is the palladium of our right a.. This is emi nently ‘true in these days when “ military ne cessity” is the aigis of legislation and is made to justify the abuses which, only intensify the evils of war. It is well indeed for liio country that there are some in authority who, as the faithful and fearless guardians of cur rights, date to do their duly and shield us beneath, the broad aegis of the civil Law, The decision of Judge Loohrane, touching the Conscription of those unlit for actual'mili tary service, does honor lo his head as a jurist, and to. his heart as a patriot. Able, eh quent and just, it is worthy to be treasured in the ju dicial archives ot our country and enrolled with the most eminent decisions chronicled in the jurisprudence of England. If. is important not simply as itdeci les rho rights of a single man, but as it involves the best interests .of the country, and the rights of thousands who now groan under the bondage of an unju3l conscription, galling a- Ihe chains of tyranny ; a bondage oppressive and iiqpilliatiug lo them, and more than useless l<> ilm country. Wo do ijot propose to dffcUiS tbo i uono ably canvassed in the decision. It is 1 bore set tled with a logical force— clear" and unanswer able, and the great heart of the nation will eu deisc it. In the effort to make vis a-nation of soldiers and traas! ol in the country to a camp, Congress has seemed to forgot that there is a vital issue to be settled in the eorrfioti its will as the battlefield; that bread as well as ballots' is an essential, active element, in this revolution, and is constantly becoming more important, as territory is lost ami as our communications are interrupted Wish a proper superintend ence and direction of the agricultural forces of the country, any Klato in the ‘Confederacy could feed our armies and its citizens. We have the land and' negroes—more than enough—to rabe all lire supplies necessary for the army and (he country. Rut they need overseers to control ar.d direct their labor crS litably. This.is tbo great want of llie land. Release those who are until.lor actual m tlifary service from their unjust conscription and thoustluds of them will return homo to raise these supplies. Then will <;ur soldiers whose breasts is the buhyat k of our defense, no long er suffer for bread, and pale and haggard with hunger, draw their feeble frames to the battle held on whose fearful issues are impended the destinies ul the country ; no longer, while bat tling, for our hearth-tones, wiii their spirits bink down within them a: the thoughi of their wives and children starving at home. — Macon Tel. graph. Put the Blame on the Right P.iurisa. Gen. Hood,.since. conclusion of the recent disastrous Tennessee campaign, has come in for a pretty liberal share of criticism an 1 cen sure. Complaints even from those who advo cated bis appointment and the removal of hie predecessor have been lavishly distributed.* The truth is, llood did nothing more than was required of him. Richmond wanted a man that would light, and he did light. The Fabi an policy would not do, and lioqd was a re puted charger? They wanted a man to press the enemy, and he pressed them, if retreat ing before superior uum jers to save an army regatdlesa of territory, was disapproved--here was a man who did not retreat. To hold on to garrisoned posts, to save cities, to preserve territory, is not war. To tako care of an arrnv is ! *To carry breastworks with terrible loss and capture battle-flags is glorious enousrh—but it is not war. A bold, dashing, fighting man was warded—and where a bolder or more dar ing fighter than Hood ? He was reckless of his own person in the Franklin affair even to cre ate the Impression on she minds of somewhat he was indifferent as to whether he should live through it. He was ainfirig the bullets. He fought desperately, and heroic bjood tan in rivuiets beneath his horse's hoof-, yet; still lie did bat what he was put there to do. “Hang be the heavens in blaqk,” let Justice Btill be done. Let the" responsibility 'rest upon the proper shoulders. What was Hood -placed in command for ? Tide Che Miteon speech. Who put him in command of ' that afruv ? There ! Why endeavor to shift the pressure of public opinion ?— Montgomery Hail Slate Coloe on Cotton ce • Woolen.- Take beech bark, boil it man iron kettle, skim out the chips after it has boiled sufficiently, then add copperas to set the dye. If you wish it very dark, add more copperas. 'This is excel lent lor stockings, as it does not fade, CQAFKDESt VTC sr.\Tt» <IO.\C UU* b senate - san. ltd. The Chair laid before the Senate a c .mmu nicaliou from the Secretary # of the Treasury, asking an appropriation for the payment of expenses incurred in carrying election returns of of Tennessee to the State of Ar kansas. Kefeired to Finance Committee^ 'The following resolution was adopted Resolved, That the Committee on the Judi ciary be instructed to inquire into the expedi ency anu propriety ol creating anew executive department of the Government of the Confe 1 erate States, to be styled the Home Depart ment, to which shall bo try rusted the develop ment, management and control of the internal resources of the Confederate States. On potion, the presiding officer was author ized to e.ppoiut the committee on the part ot the Senate to inquire into the treatment cf prisoners. The following resolution was agreed to : Resolved, That the President be respectfully requested to caqse to be furnished, for.the in formation of the Senate in secret session, state ments showing, as far as practicable 1. The number of commissioned and non-, commissioned officers and privates on the mus ter rolis of t' e army, now liable to military duty. .2. The number, rank and file, now presen for dujy. 3. The number of officers and privates ab sent from duty with and without leave. 4. The number of officers and privates now' in the,hospitals and absent from duty on sick leave. 5. The number of troops now ou detached service, together'with a statement iu what that service consists. (i. The number of persons liable, to military duty, who have beeu detailed, and on what necessities and for what objects such details have beeu made. 7. The number of Confederate prisoners'still in the bands of the enemy. 8. The number of officers and privates who have been killed or have died of disease, and the number rendered permanently unfit for service iu the field by reason ot wounds or sickness. TiieiMilitary Committee reported back Sen ate billto amend an act to provide an invalid corps, w hich had been returned from the House with au amendment. The amendment was agreed to. „ The consolidation bill was passed—yeas 13, nays 3. The Ohair appointed Messrs. Graham of North Carolina, Walker ot Alabama, and Setnmes of Louisiana, on the joint committee to prepare an address to the people of the Con federate States. HOUSE—JAN. 23. The Speaker laid - before the House a com munication from the President in response to a resolution of inquiry detailing the means de vised to communicate with (lie Tran.r-Miasis sippi Department Ordered to be printed. Also, a communication from the Secretary o! the Treasury asking fqr the appropriation of $5,000.t0 meet the expenses incurred in the transmission ot the army vote to the State cap ital. Referred. The Home-hill authorizing the establishment of depositaries in connection with the Treas ury Department was returned by the Senate with the following amendments : , Ist. That there shall not he more than cue Depositary for each State. 21. To strike out the fourth section of the bill which exempts deposits from taxation. The first amendment w'as concurred iu ; the second'was tl sagreed to Moesls. Fuller and Gilmer, of North Caro lina, presented copies of the resolutions of the Legislature of their State, relative to the brig ading of North Carolina troops. Also, r< so lutions from the same body concerning the payor the expense incurred by that State in the execution of the conscript law. Both re ferred. A insolation was adopted instructing the Ocmkdtlce on .ho Judiciary to inquire into the expediency of so amending the i nv prohibiting the traffic in the currency ot toe 'em my as that it shall not'apply to our prisoners ot war in the hands ot the enemy. The fcpee'afcommittee on the Claims of the S:ates, under the provisions of the act of 'til, reported bills for the payment of the amounts • found due the States of North Carolina and Louisiana. Passed. The Chair announced the following special committee on the part of the House, under the joint resolution adopted to prepare the ad dress to the soldiers of the army of the Con federate States : Messrs. Miles of South -Caro lina, Lives ol Virginia, Sexton of Texas, and Anderson of V irginia. The following were referred : a bill prohib iting, under severe penalty, the traffic in gold or silver in any portion of the Confederacy not within the life § of the enemy ; to amend the act,.to organiz » forces for the war. The exemption bill was further considered. SENATE —JAN. 24. The following resolutions were agreed to : “Resolved, That the President of ihe Con federate States of- America be requested to'iur nisb the Senate : • ‘‘Firstly. Information as to the number of white men, between the ages of 18 ami 45, and the number of negroes, who. in audition to their own officers, may be required for the necessary employment and the proper dis charge of the functions of the Department of Medicine, of the Commissary General, of the Quartermaster Generals Department, of the Engineer, of the Oi finance and of the Nitre and Mining Bureaux. “Secondly. A like estimate ba to -the Post office and Navy Departments. “Thirdly*. A like estimate in regard to the railroad transportation of thecounity, inclu ding not only the wo: king, but the equipment, repairs and construction of the number, in his consideration, required for such transports lien. “Fourthly. To specify the railroads, if there l>e?u\y such, whose repair's and construction, in his opinion, will be necessary for military put poses, and ought to be effected, in whole or in part, by appropriations.fiom the Confederate Treasury.” * The Naval Committee reported back, with the request to be. discharged from the further consideration of the subject, Senate bi.l to in crease the compensation of Naval storekeep ers. Ou motion, the bill was postponed lor future ccmsidmation. House bill to reduce the number of exemp tions and details was referred Lo the Commit tee on Military Affairs. blouse bill to provide more effectually tor the reduction and redemption of the currency was taken up and transferred to the secret calen dar. house-jan. 24. The case of Ileury S. Foote was taken up.— The vote on the majority report (for expulsion) was taken and resulted yeas 51, nays 25 —so the report failed. The minority report (a vote of censure) was adopted. The Speaker laid before the House a commu nication from the Secretary of the Treasury, asking lor an appropriation by Congress of 51,000,000 to redeem mutilated Treasury notes. Referred. Government Stocks in Texas.— lt appears that a most extraordinary market for Govern ment stocks has sprung up in Texas ; which is accounted for by the fact that foreign capital ists are investing largely in them iu course of trade—especially in the fifteen million loan, from the idea that this stock, as it represents a patriotic loin of specie to the Government, at par, is bound to stand, whatever else fails. The counons are also available to pay tbe ex port duties on cotton. The Houston Telegraph states that the Government six per cents are selling from 125 to 180; and adds that the fif teen million loan, for peculiar reasons, is “worth ninety cents in specie in this market.” It is strange, indeed, that our people should be going about Richmond bunting tancHul in vestments, leaving our Government stocks to be monopolized by foreign capitalists. It Is quits probable that the fifteen million loan has already passed almost entirely into the hands of •foreign holders, who have already seen its peculiar advantages, and proceeded upon the supposition that it must be a wife investment in any contingency — Richmond Examiner. J. S. Rock, a oolored lawyer, of Masaachu setts, has been admitted, on motion of Hon Charles Sumner, as a practitioner before the Supreme Court of the Vuited Stated. MOtVl'HKttN RStTVS. A complimentary supper given at the St. Nicholas hotel, in Cincinnati, on the 24th ult. to Richardson. Br.owu and Davis, the three correspondents of Northern papers, who had been taken prisoners, but had escaped from the Confederate prison. Great speeches were mads on the occasion. q * Seward has determined to continue his block ade upon travel across the Canadian line. A late Chicago paper says: Mr. Hall, ex-president ot tue Saieua railroad Jett De troit for Washington iu behalf oTtho Central and other railroad companies, to suggest rea s Oils in favor cf the revocation of the passport order of-Secretary Seward, has returned. He says Mr Seward informed him that the order could not be revoked. Among the Yankee wounded at the storming of Fort Fisher were the commanders of the three leading brigades ; General Curtis being wounded not severely, but Colonels Penny packer and Ball dangerously. A corre-pondent writing from Natchez to the New Orleans Times says : ‘-iu tact, the Gov ernment has dftne all that, is proper and dis creet in the premises, and those who wish to deal ia cotton upon the, liberal basis offered to them in go’od faith, find butt little difficulty.— Au entire change has lately been made in the Confederate coast guild on ihe east side, and the men are rather more active than the old. This renders oar cotton dealers more wary and the military more vigilant.” A Northern paper states that a number of “copperheads* and secessionists” have decided to quit California in di-gust. They have founded what they call a ‘ White Man’s Col on zation Soc’ety,” and intend emigration to Mizitlao, MJx• co. lieriah Brown, editor of the San Francisco Democratic Press, is at the head of the movement. The annual report from California shows tliat the total-revenue of the Federal Govern ment, on the Pacific coast for the past year was about nine millions of dollars; the excess of disbiitsements about six hundred and forty five thousand dollars. 'I he import duties collected amounted to nearly six millions of dollars in gold. The total coinaee reached sixteen mill ions. The entire product of gold and silver for all the Pacific mints was about fifty-five millions of doliarw. - Col. McAvtlivr, late commanding at Colum bus, Kentucky, has been arrested by order of General Meredith, and superseded by Colonel Hici s ueneral Meredith claims to command Colonel McArthur, who claims to cotnmaud under General Cauby alone, and the arrest is attribute 1 to lh:s clashing ot views.. There are 18.5>2 houses in Boston worth over $-13,OQt),000. The total value of land in Boston is over $100,000,000. • The Little Rock Democrat savs the recent election of W D Snow lo the United States Senate from Arkansas was a farce. Only sixty voter were cast, while it required seventy six to constitute a quorum »f the Legislature. The Message of the Governor of Pennsylva nia io the Legislature of that State is almost as long as that of the Governor of Massachusetts. Iu it be declares that 'lie for volun teers are not only expensive, but demoralizing and unproductive cf benefit. Here is his state ment ot' the number troops furnished by Penn sylvania 'The number of troops sent in the service during IBiit from Pennsylvania, is 91,704, of which over seventeen thousand have been re enlistments. .Since the beginning of the rebellion, ilie number of volunteers fur nished by Pennsylvania, has been 33(1,444,. to which we may add 25,000 militia called, in service in 1802 making altogether 301,444 men. The Memphis papers .state that the troops concentrating at Pascagoula are mostly ne groes. A draft now going on in Washington, is con ducted in secrecy, so that those whose names are drawn, shall have no Qiance to run away. It is estimated that the enrollment law may be so amended us to moke this mode of drafting the general practice. John’Antrobus, artirt and renegade, who haa been at Philadelphia superintending the exe cution of the gold medal for Gen. Grant, which he designed, lias completed it and brought it to- Washington. -It will soon be presented. A similar medal is to be given to General Sher man. A soldier by the name of Coffield was shot and killed in the act of stealing a mule Irons the Government stabie of Capt. Toorner, at TusoaloosiY He had bribed a negro, who had tied uv> the watch dog, an-Tthen, proceeding to the stable, bridled and mounted a mule, and rode out. Upon iking hailed, be spurred ott and re!tiring to bait, was fired- ou by the guard, under oidup- from Capt. Toorner, with ihe re sult above mentioned. A private, Thos. 0. Dugan, Guibbon’s Missou ri bat tery, brother to Bishop Dungan, of Chica go, fomeraly of.St. Louis, was recently shot and killed instantly in Selma by a sentinel. A difliecully occurred on the streets In Co lumbus, Mississippi, Feb. t> between John Fran cis and VV, II Henry, which resulted in the death of Mr IlenrV. Mr. Richard Aden, residing near Canton Miss was murdered a few days since by one of his own negroes. Memphis papers say that a British agent from Liverpool at Corinth, is paying forty cents for cotton, part in gold and part supplies. They also state that considerable cotton, after failing to got within our lines, has been taken to Corinth. The Springfield Republican gays that “two thirds cl the people ment ofT*encral Butler’s supercedence with satisfaction, arol the'rest with indifference.’’ _ Judge J. K. Baldwin, Chief Justice of the Su preme Com tof California, died recently in Sail Franciscy. It is lm who was author of a very clever book, “Flush Times in Alabama.” Kentucky papers state that Confederate guerrillas show but little mercy to negro sol diers. A bill passed the kgkladure of West Virgin ia authorizing the Governor to surrender cer lain prisoners for exchange. It appears that the Confederate authorities have placed in close confinement certain officers of West Virginia regime nt3 as hostages I'ortbe return of certain Confederate bushwhackers and other disloyal persons, now held in custody by the authori ties of this Plate. Tho obj< ct of the bill is to relieve the Federal soldiers by authorizing the Governor to surrender (he State prisoners iu accordance with the request of the Secretary of War. W. A. McCJoy, IFq., editor of tho Memphiar Democrat, was arrested January 25, and his office closed by the military authorities. -The publiaction of articles reflecting on the acts and morals of ihe powers jhut Le, was the sole al leged cause. Rev. Dr McMullen, late President of the Uni versi'y a . Clarksville, Tain, is dead. Tils Rev. Vincent Ash, formerly of Vaa Daren. Anderson county, Ky., who went as Chaplain in Gen. Morgan’s regiment, and was captured during the raid iu Ohio, died recenliy at Camp Chase. Six hundred barrels of whiskey are consum ed in the city of New York every day on the average, according to the report of the com missioner of internal revenue. The U. S. Secretary of war has sent to the Senate a list of all the General officers in the armies of Lincoln. It comprises 66 major • Generals and 276 brigadiers. Ben Wood, of Now York, who had a mort gage upon a race track near Sacramento, re fused to take the oath of allegiance prescribed by the statutes of California, and accordingly refused the privilege of foreclosing in the near* est court/ Soldier's Bonds —With reference to •th* bounty bonds to wmch many so'diers are en titled by the act of February 17, 1864, It & stated that it is only recently that the law bae defined the form of these bonds. Since that has been done the subject has engaged the dil igent attention of the Xreasnry Department and they will be ready for delivery with as lit tle delay as the magnitude of the issue wilt allow. These bonds will be prized by our sol diers not merely for their value, bat as certifi cates of their gallantry and will b« proud, an# it is designed to give them a character and appearance worthy of the interesting eirctin stances of their issue. I hey will be et»pon bonds, and will run for thirty years from th» Ist of October 1864, the interest payable sea** annually.