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11 YDICALIfeM.
There has been no period, in the history of
this t evolution wr en there was greater need
of caution and cir< umspectlmt. than at the p"6-
eent moment. A sinale error in policy may
work irreparable irj'iry :.o our cause ; a nil gle
false step may precipitate u3 headioiw: into a
bottomless abyss < f ruin.
At such a time, wo require the counsels of
the highest and n aturest w , dom ; and above
all, w 3 need the inspiration ol a patriotism
that is unimpassioned in its tone and disinter
ested in its aims. And yet, as Iris often li ip
pened in similar emergencies in to- past, the
present day of da.denes* and distress is the
period when polit cal quackery aboands, and
when measures ur- brought forward which '.re
calculated to render our cau-e unpopular, the
Confederate Government itself odious, and in
Ihe en 1 to substitute license for liberty, and
an anarchy of blood and crime for the re gn
of law and order.
Os this complexion is the scheme lor the
immediate and universal emancipation of our
■laves—which has been recently ventilated
brough the columns of the Constitutionalist,
on the 11 msy pretext, ot conciliating public
opinion at the North, and securing diplomatic
■ ecognition from the king Hand potentates of
Europe--as weil as with the view of swelling
our depleted armies withou t the vigors of con
scription. The policy in question is so ftw Hy
absurd, that it is likely to meet with l ut li'tle
t avor in any quarter; and it is a sullicient
reply to the “ twenty odd theses’’ of IV.
that such a revolution in our system of labor a*
he suggests, would subvert tbo very foundations
of social order. It has,all the marks or a ties
perate expedient, and would utterly degrade
u> in our own eyts and in the estimation of
be balance of mankind.
Another measure that has been proposed,
■ oth in and out of the balls Congress, is
the seizure or impressment by the Govern
ment of certain leading aspricuhural pvodueU
obe paid for at certain arbitrary price**; and
hen to make these products, cotton and #o
1 acco, the basis of public creak S»ttc%
aside the obvious injustice of twch a preachi
ng, it is easy to rue that tire policy would be
productive of no permanent benefit k* »ur
finances. Nothing short «fa rentaraji*n* a* 1
lonlidence in the financial honwty rfiTWe l> v
'iimeat can remedy the erils from wkiah our
currency sulfcis. The faot that public scairi
tiee are hawked about the streets at a men
etrous discount, is a simple but emphatic com
meutary on tho various acts ot repudiation
which have disgraced the statute book of she
nation.
But these measures, bail ns they sue-ui. are
not half so mischievous in their tendenay as
another scheme which has been inaugurated
in Mobile under the auspices of Percy Walk r,
John Forsyth and others, and which has been
cordially endorsed by tho administration nr
guns in this State. We refer to the “ League
of Loyal Confederates/’ which it is proposed
to organise in every city, town and hamlet of
the Confederacy. The ostensible object of i
these Leagues is two fold. First, to encourage J
oui armies; secondly, to suporess disloyalty
at'homo. With both these objects we heartily
sympathise; but the menus by which they a-ce
•ought to be accomplished are liable to very
grave objections.
It is not necessary to our atgument to ar
raign the motives of those who shall join these
Leagues. We cheerfully give the greater por
tion of them credit tor integrity of purpose
and a sincere regard lor the common welfare.
While we do this, however, we must solemnly
protest against the scheme itself, as not only
useless but as dangerous to the most sacred
rights of our people.
There is no special necessity for this extra-judi
oial arrangement. Tin people are of one aaeord
with respect Lo the gieat end of this struggle.
Ho plot exists for the overthtow of tho Gov
ernment, or if it exists it hus«iu>t yet trans
pired. Moreover, the constituted authorities
are altogether competent for toe increase and
encouragement of our armies, and the uetec
tion and puuishmeut of tiaiiors and conspira
tors. Wherefore, then, should our territory
be covered with a network of political clubs
whose operations, if uoi very prudently con
dusted, will embroil our communities and sow
the seeds of dissension in lamdies ami neigh
borhoods.
The bare inutility oj.tbo scin ine is not, how
ever, its most repulsive Ratine. It cannot be
so administered in every place where it may
be established, but that innocent partiei will
■utter ; nor can it. be so administered anywhere
but that it will bu a most disgusting aauoy
anoe to the community. Our purple i£t large
have little relich tor such a species of espiun
age us is implied iu tli« very framework ct this
asaociatiou. They justly 11 is like to have their
personal views canvassed, autl even their de
mastic allairs mtermeddh and wall by a class ol ,
•pies amHnlormers that may be as unscrupu
lous as the Jacobins ot the French Revolution.
It may be said that nothing ,uis so> t.s c >u
templ ited. Our reply is, tk.n such are tt:
inevitable workings of the institution. Un*Ur
the Presidency of some restless dcimgogueit
will arrogate to itself these inquisitorial pow
ers, and it will be a contradiction of all expe
rience if it is not converted into an engine dor
the gratification of private spleen and party
Vengeance, as well as the promotion of other
•elfish purposes. At any time, even iu “the
piping times of peace,” such an organization
might be properly deprecated ; but now*, when
publie sentiment is demoralized—when the
restraints of law are disregarded. ;>.ud the dis
cipline of the church itself relaxed—it is stSi
more to be feared in its bearings and results.
Carlyle tells us that when Robespierre a
judge in the south of France, he resigned rath
er than pronounce capital sentence on a vt*-
MNi malefactor; but afterward in consequence
of the degeneracy of the times, he became a
monster of cruelty, and as head of the memo
rable triumvirate of Faris. he shed ihe bk>c-d
el thousands of his countrymen. Let us Bot
rep fur too much confidence in trail humanity,
which Holy Writ assures us is “deceitful above
all things and desperately wicked.”
There remains to be stated a more fatal ob
jection to the policy in question igveu cgp*
, ceding that these Leagues will never be con
; trolled by ambitious and reckless partisans,
the very class ot offences of which they will
most likely assume c-rguizance, constitutes a
potent argument against them. Constructive
treason is as old as despotism itself.
In no early period of English History a
poor ruslic was condemned and executed for
having dreauiedffhat the king was dead. M»uy
j like instances occurred in those semi barbarous
i times, but in the reign of Edward the Third an
end was put to this by the enactment ti a ’aw
, requiring two witnesses to the same oveit act
' of treason.
Dirring the French Revol*tion, scores of men
were guillotined on bare suspicion of hostility
to the reigning authorities.
If these associations are fostered by public
patronage, men of unblemished Hvph wit; be
convicted on grounds iqualiy frivo'.us A
chance expression—or a harsh criticism o! the
President, will be tortuied into evidences of
disloyalty; and.if the extreme penalty of Rea
son is not inflicted, the victim will be exposed
to virtual outlawry from society—which to a
sensitive mind is more horrible than death it
self.
It requires no prophet to predici that one
principal consequence will be ; he alit-Hation of
the masses from the Government—the organ
isation of parties mutually defiant and impla
cable, to be followed by results as deplorable
as the proscriptions of By 11a or the blooiiier
scenes of tle 18th Thermidor.
We Lave spoken earnestly pointedly on
this subject, item a profound conviction that
!he highest interests of truth and liberty de
maud that this increasing radicalism be re
buked ; and ihit the latent Jacobinism of the
“League of Loyal Confederates” bp blasted in
the germ.
VtlfC 4UOLIIHOY OF THE
tDIVSTHU MOWLIHI
We took occasion, a short time ago, to call
the attention of our readers to the .abolition
dootmes which were then circulate through
the columns of our contemporary by a writer,
signing himse'f “W. W.” The sentiments of
this anonymous contributor to the Constitu
tionalist reminded us so strongly of what we
hod been accustomed to see from the pens of
those undisguised abolitionists, Wendell Plyl
lips aud Charles Sumner, that wo character
ized them accordingly. The salt thrown out
fell upon a sore place, and has produced no
little wincing. “W. W.” retorts in a column
of personal abuse aud attempted self vindica
tion. His answer to our charge may be com
prehended under the following particulars :
I.—The Chronicle & Sentinel is edited by a
man of Nortlnshr birth. 2.—The Chronicle &
Sentinel is a manifest advocate for the recon
struction of the Union, 3—“ W. W.” is a
slaveholder, and expect* so to cont nue during
life, <\r so ionj; m slavery lasts. 4 —“W. W.”
« not, never Mas beeß, nasi never will bo, an
aVofiuwifi®*. *
kin 4rst ansbdwM te our charge is true. We
r*wr of Noribeyi torch. We contess the “atro-
Jr*? tor oils fact. Bfft we beg
nsere so plead Mi externa;*,ion that, the place
our bfffeii w3o not a matter m which we had
the slightest volte. Wo were constrained io
accept the time, the place, and all the attend
ant circutiisiaucea as Providence imposed them
upon us. But for Lincoln’s war' upon the
Confederate States we should probably have
been at the North to-day. When he under
took the oonqtWSt of the South, we counselled,
as the flies ol the papei we weie then editing
wilt show, resistance to the measure. This
drew down upon us the wrath of the Black
re publicans, and alter the destruction of our
property, we were obliged to fly the country
to escape arrest and punishment. Hence we
are in Georgia.
But granting ull these facts —does this prove
that “ W. W.” is not disseminating the views
ol abolitionists ? Because the editor of tiiis
paper fl'st saw the light North of the Potomac,
is the conclusion logical that “ W. W.” is not
promulgating doctrines wiiioh are in exact
sympathy with (*ke opinions of Northern so
catted negrophelists ? We pause for a reply.
The seemd answer oi“ W. W.’’ to our
charge is false. We challenge him or any
other man to iho proof. Our columns are be
fore the world. Let-auy mau point out the par
agraph or the liue in which we have utiered
a word in favor of reconstruction. As we have
said before, that doctrine has only been talked
about by the Administration press.
We earnestly desire the independence of the
Confederate States. We do not think that Jef
ferson Davis is the right mau in the right
place—but we have advised no unconstitution
al opposition to his authority. We have wit
nessed with alarm the efforts qt centralized
power, to override the prerogatives' of Sover
eign Stales. We have given utterance to our
emotions in point blank English on more than
one occasion. But we have asked and ouly ask
ed that the Constitution of the country—the
eorapact by-whichall have agreed to be bouud
—should be faithfully preserved This is she
“head and front of our offending.’’
But concede again what “W. W.” demands.
Dc-es it follow as a consequence that he has not
advocated emancipation and declared that that
p nty would triumph in this war under whose
b inner the liberated slave was ranged ?’ ’ Our
readers cau tell whether this be logical- The
fa!!a yis too transparent to impose even on a
child.
Wo come to the to our charge.
•‘\V. W.” is a slaveholder and so expects to
coutiiiue. But this agaiu we submit to any
disci imiuating nutn is nothing „whatever to the
purpose. Some of the most virulent aboli
tionists we have ever known have been slave
h ddeis. They thought it very wicked for
*■ tv body to hold slaves but themselves They
s. .1 (c think that the aiu which they con
demned in others was excused in their own
persons in virtue of their zeal for abolition.
Whether “W. W.” boa bona fide abolitionist
or not, we pretend not to say. We have no
acquaintance with the gentleman. But we have
said and we re-affirm that the positions which
he has taken on the slavery question are fitly
characterized by the intelligent “S’’ correspon
dent of the Constitutionalist as “radical and
mischievous'’—that they sound vlry much like,
the utterances which for many years we have
been accustomed to see In the New York Tri
bune, New York Times and the other fanatical
journals of th* N«rtk.
Lastly, “W. W.” meets our charge with a
dat dental. This of course was to be expected.
But if any man will read hie communications
asd mark how, notwithstanding all his dis
claimers of hostility t© slavery, he persistently
D rges for emancipation, the necessity
of revoking tii© prejudices nnder which we
have hm'ot'eior® labored tn regard to the negro
race, and of putting arms int# his hands, and
investing him with all the privileges of a free
man. and muck of equivalent import—if he do
not conclude that the man irtio holds such
sentiments is an abolitionist, he must acknowl
edgt that Ut«« is a Tory close W|t«rnka
t>on bet «' F , the two. The twenty-four pos
tulates which “W. W.” announces in his arti
cle of the Bth inst remind us most strongly of
is a, ny bal>s (not very weighty out* however)
' armed by -ked battery on *n object which
I the atsea'd »nt v s seeking to demolish. His
shallow 8.-- L? ; i ies have been lucidly exposed
by ih(. writer to whom ve have already rtfei
red, .'-ad who, we have no-doubt, is abundantly
able t. silence any other guns which may be
oot-ced.
The art:cl*s of “ W . W.’’ are not devoid o 4
some cleverness They are well calculated to
iim><>-e upo’i -uperficiai thinkers. H- enfolds
his fallacies in incontrovertible truisms, and
under this plausible covering seek-* to intro
duce them into *he uiinds of his readme
Wi.houtbeing i philosopher, he assumes the
) hilosopbic air. and in v-.-rbiage, for the most :
pert polit* ;nd ligniiied, he proceeds to con
emsi .ns which have been justified by no induc
tion cuffi jieatly adequate. Whilst he avows
the utmost reverence for truth—unchanging,
eternal truth —be is manifestly a mau of policf,
aud would shape his conduct on great questions
more by the logic of evanescent facts than by
tHe light of fixed and unvarying principles.
Lover of tiutn as he is, we hope he will wor
ship anew at its shriue, i-hould he again bestow
a column on the Chuonicle & Sentinel.
THE EIiYAL. COYFEDEUATES.
vy.* perceive by the announcements of eer
iain journals, that a proposition is entertained
to establish in lhe citi-s and in every nortion
ol the Confederacy, a society of “ Loy and Con
federates ” The duties of the members are
to be defined in council and to lie of a patri
otic character- every individual pledging honor,
life and fortune to sustain each other in discov
ering and representing to the regulators, who
will act as officers, the dangerous meu and
women of each p.ecinct. It is proposed to
flake it open and free Jroui secrecy, but that
s object shall be the good of the country.
The women of the land are urged to become
ctive memoers aud lend their helping hands
lo sustain the iabric. Many gentlemen of
worth aud iutiueuce are figuring at the head of
he. project in Mobile, and their ukase has gone
torch to the multitude, inviting co-operation
n lhe object of the organization.
Thus, we see the gradual approach of de
truction to our liberties familiarized by mak
ing the most contemptible meahs used for it
popular. The earnest devotion of the sexes is
appealed to, to render the leagu: attractive.
The women of our laud are asked to learn and
practice all the arts and dissimulation of in.
qu.sitcrs, spies and informers. To render them
effective tools for the consummation of the de
figus of ambitious political v intriguers, who
hope to gain place and honors under the myth
cai influence of secret cabals, they are ap
pealed to to become “ Loyal Confederates.”
But the mask is so flimsy, that the hideous
skeleton appears-and it is local revolution,
the society propose to regulate the actions and
sentiments and principles oi every citizen in
their viciuity. Free opinion, and a free press
wouid be tbe first victims of their unrighteous
machinations.
In all revolutions, woman has been ajfpeal
. and torand deified as the incarnation of ail that
is beautilui in the principles of liberty, or de
moniac in the utter license and abandon that
runs riot aud surfeits on blood. Madame Ro
land was He angel aonl virtuous impersonation
ol the principles of the Girondists in the French
Revolution. She could not combine the ele
ments of the sacred and divine right to rule,
with the fierce democracy that denied all law
but equality, and demanded the sacrifice of all
the virtues of civilization. She died on
the guiTotloe. Bat a Charlotte Cor
day, the fiendish incarnation ol every prin
ciple of the doctrine ol equality, became the
idol of worship of a nation which run mad and
was intoxicated with the warm crimson blood
of the best, and noblest, and purest of-France.
Wiih the beauty of a Venus, the eye of a fiend,
and the heart 9f a dragon, her insatiate maw
tod daintily on the lives that were sacrificed to
■er and prov ided by the Jacobins and infidel
League!s. The pernicious aud heartless mob
of irresponsible societariaus, who penetrated
every recess of the Kingdom, furnished alike
the uiity and innocent as vic.ims to the rest
-t’ss guillotine, presided over by the heartless
courtezan. The streets of the f*i rest cities in
France once flowed with blood, and women
prtsided over the carnival. Would we avoid
the same scenes? Then let us keep our noble
hearled women away from these infamous dens
qf secret intrigue and political Cuba’s. In the
practice of the virtues as patriotic matrons and
as pure religious women, they will avoid such
alliances, and only engage in those practices
that ennoble them by alleviating the distress
of the suffering and ieeble millions of our dis.
traded and afflicted land.
To those ambitious meu, who are so anxious
to make themselves questionable fame and
name for patriotism, we can only say that the
laws ot the land are sufficient to punish treason
and all the other crimes that men commit.
Our sheets are t#o free lor our citizens to be
driven along them through streams of blood,
wasted by ravenous mobs of irresponsible exe
cutioners. Our pure Southern air is too in
spiring for the harsh notes of hideous revolu
t« >o to echo their discord, and the taint of de
composing au 1 mangled bodies to make sick
tue heavens, that they would have to witness
tho madness and fanaticism of theso self-ap
oinied, cruel and relentless judges. 'lhe
monstrous proposition indicates an appalling
contempt lor the lew of the land, and would
establish a worse thau heathen auarchy.
Tom Bad. —>We are told that at an auction sale
iu this city a few days since, photographic
likenesses of Gon. Beauregard and President
Davis w>-re put up. Gen. Beauregard’s brought
five dollars, while President Davis’ could
not be sold at any price.
This little cirtumstanco, though trivial ©f
itself, shows how high the exertions of the
President to deprive the citizens of what little
liberty they had left, and establish a military
despotism over this land, are appreciated in
this (commonwealth, where his officials have
never dared to deprive the people of the
privileges of the writ of habeas corpus, not
withstanding a servile Congress gave them
at one time the pow&r so to do.
w
A friend at our elbow states that some of
the crowd, after the President was passed “on
account of no sale,” had the boldness to offer
fifty dollars for a photograph of either Gen.
Johnston or Gen. Lee. Too bad! Too bad 1 A
terrible cor-didon of things truly ! What are we
eoming to! Our feelings are so depressed in
regard to the matter, that we cannot comment
further I
The Grass Jurt oj Madison Cos. have pre
sented -Col. Dorrough and his cavalry com
mand as a nuisance. The Colonel denies the
soft impeachment in a published card, to which
are appended several certificates in disproof of
said allegation.
I’HK i*«C\CE CYWMH 101 TO FORTRESS
MOYROK
.We have had the misia unie to stand °imo a t
alone in opr interpretation of the report* o.
Messrs. Stephens, Hunter and Campbell
We interpret ii in the light ui Lite evidently
friendly character of tne conference.
None or t.he C nnaiissiouers were likely to
dsteu to dicliCn rabie u i*u ; and yet we hear
at joke*, told an t enjoyed; oi Mr. Hunter of
Va , the in >6t uiira of the three, sending, kind
messages io liieutts ;u the North; ot the kind
•Go bi«c» i ou/ with whfoh the President of
the Cubed SUtce paired wnh me three Soulh
ein tiaie.^men.
Witii liiifr 'igiit tieioto lid, arc
i*j ritJi. Litiue euiudiy tiic- pit-iact; written by iUr
brivin, ti> ibe it oi me tyuanniosivuiers, aiui
n ueve ’“at the gloss ne puis on lhe repirt
is Uilei.p incofre t.
The report si ews io us to ba simply t .da •
The war oil tk part oi the North, rests both
xt home ami ahraad., solely on t.e idea that
lhe t>uuid an S.at ;S, u-.ivtng no right to go ouc
v>f the Union, uie yet m it
i’neieioie what wecaii itcousiruction orreun
on, imtn.s with IdesideutLincoln Only au ad
mission iiint we mu m sue Union and willing
to obey Us raws.
The day beiort the meeting at Fortress
Monroe, the United States Congress passed the
i mend; ,ent to the Constitution abolish
ing slavery—si t'jeci, ol course, to be
iatiflta by lhe vote ot two-thuds of ihe
•Stales ■ l the Union. The Bta.es ot the South
ot couise—there I ting ten ol them—in connec
tion with the Stni.s ot ihe North who wouid
vot»: ii e - bub lion <* i sia-Vuiy, would
»y voting in the l uiuii, savt their own domes
tic institutions In m whatever power tne ene
my might now ciaim or cXtiuise.
'i'fle two points ol the report were—lst, re
union ; 2nd, the q nation ol slavery to be set-,
tied by the voti* of ail the old Stoles.
. We make no o. mnicnt on this, and neither
aj prove or c< pdeinu. We have never
said a woid in favor of reconstruction. The
administration journa's are the only ones
wtiich have ever said anything about that
lootrine, as lat as we have seen.
We only give oi r view of lhe meaning of
the ieport of the commissioners as io what the
offer of the North; rn Government was;
Mr. Davis, of the tJonfederate
•States, looks upon it as an insult.
Ihe Commission- rs do not say that they do.
It we are right 1 l our interpretation of a
somewhat dark document, we hope that
lion. A. H. Stephens wiil reply to the letter
from au eminent Georgian, we published,to day.
“1 et the truth 1 e fold if the heavens fall.”
Wj ask for the truth as a •matter of infor
mation. We cniy sustain the right oi each
: fcate to fix her o« n destiny in her own way.
A Suggestion. —Wouid it not be an excel
lent policy to have General l ee’s and John
ton’s proclamations distributed broadcast
where papers do ni4 freely circulate? W«
think our esteemed commandant could effect
much good m this way.— ConsiitutionalU.
There is no necessity for those proclamations
being published and distributed as suggested
above, in this section. Both have appeared in
the columns of the Cukoniclk & Sentinel—
and no circular could reach any ham
let, village or town in the Western, North
ern and many other auctions of tho State,,
where our paper doe3 not. Gens. Leo and
Johnston knew the importance of having their
orders circulated, aud publish them in
papers which have the circulation. Besides
they do not belong to that bigoted, proscriptive
sj.t,of men who beiieve official orders are pub
lished only for the benefit, of a party organ.
There is no narrow mindedness in their acts—
but we regret to say that there are a plenty of
Confederate officials in which this trait is a
very prominent one.
The Feeling Elsewhere.— A gentleman
writing Irom Griffin says : “Send me your pa
“per, and let me read the truth as in days of
‘wore. Speak like a freemin.”*
A gentleman writing from Monroe, Walton
county, in remarking upon the absolute ne
cessity of a change of policy on the part of the
President, comments thus ; “We are fast los
“ing sight ot lhe principles on which tho rev
“olutiou was inaugurated. If. the policy
“announced by tire President in his late Rich
mond speech is carried out, the war will nev
“er end—uuU ss one side or the other is ruined.”
A gentleman writing from Buckfiead, Ga.,
speaks of one ol the iutu acts of the
Georgia Legislature thus: “The residents of
“this section are disgusted with the action of
“the Georgia L gisiature, in refusing to sub
“mit the question of a convention to the peo
“ple. Wo tru t you vvii* advocate a conven
tion of the peopfo over the heads of dema
“gogues and tricks'ters who rcluso the people
“a voice.”
Fhom Upi'eii Geokoia.—A gentleman just
from Upper Ga , reports a consideiable body of
Wofford’S men at Upper King’s Bridge, some
•ighteen miles above Dalton. The Yankees
have evacuated and burnt D ilton.
Wofford’s force now numbers over 6,000
men. -'
The force above Dalton is supposed to be
Graham’s cavalry, which now numbers about
1000 Ho is acting under Wofford.
The people aie returning to Cassville and vi.
cii>ity. The Yankees completely destroyed
this place—leaving nothing but the churches
standing. Several houses are cow being erect
ed.
Our scouts are scouring the country iol’
deserters and tones. Many are captured.
Our troops in that section openly threaten to
destroy ali the property ol those who are sus
pected 0! sympathizing w ! th the enemy in case
they again advance.
Ax Impookaxt Trait Lacking.— Whenever
you find a person who is willing to stoop low
enough to assail another person through the
columns of a newspaper over an anonymous
signature, you always find a being who lacks
the noblest of all the traits that go towards
forming the character of man—moral cour
age.
We have alwayfc had a great contempt for
writers of anonymous personal articles; also
for abolitionists; also for midnight thieves.
The first would rob you of your character
if he could; the second would rob you of your
property, if he could get a chance; and the
midnight thief would do no more.
There is one thing certain—the latter is no
h ypocrite—for he is just what he professes to
be.
Thb Preparations at Mobile.— The Merid
ian Clarion says our preparations for the de
fence of Mobile ara very complete. It thinks
the city can bs held against any force. Provi
sions for a six months siege have been accu
mulated in the place. Gen. Taylor has done
every thing possible for a successful defence of
the «ity. ....
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PREPS ‘ F. x - \-i -Pa OH.
Fos* :r’s 6' mm. tt' e* and of ne
groes, irvvke lids '"dr fro., <'h - ' stun and
treat the pc pie a *-<>u -. biug and
bvfVning resi-’enc*s. =*•:-*-ohii ’n.l i ati g the
ladies with all maune *.*. c aii-y They car
ry away nil the able-bodied i groes to make
soldiers of
Admiral Dihlgren’s*fiag M t Moon,
was sunk on the 31 im*t. in Wactaa vv river,
while on her way to Grorg»down. Sou .ii Caro
lina. She was exploded by ar> t.el Torpedo. -
The officers a/id. crew., except the steward, were
saved.
A cotton fleet criivMiup of Ihirteen nssels
that left Tybee on the 3d inst. is. supposed to
have been lost emirs'the s>*emy pales th«t
prevailed duvins He past two wepks, * ff Cniie'
Hatteras.
Alhi ge r.mrl.er of vessels were obliged to
put in the harb rof He nip;on ly -lids, smr.o , -
maining a week, unti l the w; atber beium. !
auffidiently calm to permit a continu tion of I
toe passage.
On the 20th of March, a number ot negroes
having built a raft on Brier creek, about one
hundred miles this city, floated out and
attempted to navigate the .savauu fa i ver an ■
go to the Yankees it ; av-mtmh 'ihe craft
struck a torpedo mid flew ti e raft to pieces.
None of the party heard of so a.. All lost. They
numbered between thirty a 1 for tv
By special request ot' Gen Joseph E Johns
ton, Su; gton A J F- !is placed on his staff
as meiiica! Director of Tie a m*
By orders recyiv. and from i;.- wr and purfm rt
on the 20ih, he is n iiiwi e m duly r-s med
ical Inspector ol' the Hospita sand armies in
Georgia, Alabama, and Miss? -sippi. and assign
ed to duty with Gen* Johnston in the fi Id
FROM VIRGINIA AND THE NORlfc BY
UEIURNFI) PRISONERS.
Major John S Hope of Gen D* k Tovlor's
stuff, arrived this evening Hi- left Richmond
on the 14th and reports Liy; chb -# g strongly
fortified and considmid safe.
The people and soldiers at Richmon ! aie
confident and earnest to meet the enemy.
"The lines of Lee and Grant confront each
other on the line'of the Son hside Railroad.
The Yankee force are on the Northside, com
posed mostly of Sheridan’s raiding force, and
negroes. A battle is threatening, and no doubt
will soon occur.
A reliable officer lately p roled from Camp
Chase states that bo •dime in a party of one
thousand paroled Confederates to Richmond
on the eleventh.
As they passed the French ship of war in the
James river they cheered the French flag and
were answered by the French sailors. No op
position wa3 made to this demonstration by the
Yankees, of Admiral Pouter's 11 ,*et of twen'y
eiglit vessels in the river.
The returned prisoners are in good spirits.
Five hundred Kentuckians went to Lynch
burg to Gen. Duke’s command.
•Twenty-ffve hundred prisoners, including
eight officers, took the oath and, remained at
Camp Chase. ‘ .
One hundred aud seventy two officers dame.
During the month of January and February
the average number of deaths was twenty-eight.
The trial of Col Greenfield was progressing
at Cincinnati. Judge Morris of Chicago, was
in custody at the same time.
William Worden, editor of the Chicago
Times, while ou the way from prison under
charge of the guard to the court room in Cin
cinnati for trial for treason, escaped and went
to Canada. A brdther of Worden commanded
the vessel that engaged the Mcrrimac iii 18C1,
near Fortress Monroe
CONGRESSIONAL. .
Richmond, March 17.
In the Senate last night, a report was pre
sented from tho committee to whom was refer
ed the President’s Special message, and the re
port adopted without the yeas and nays being
called. The report says : The measures rec
ommended by the President to promote the
efficiency ol the array have been adopted, ex
cept the entift; repeal of all exemptions, aud
some measures suggested by the President,
such as the creation ol the office ot General
in Chief, originally passed by 0 -ngre-s with a
view to the restoration of public confidence
and the energetic administration o' military
affairs.
Classes new exempted east of the Mississippi
river embrace about nine thousand good men,
while-twenty two thousand mcnThave been’de
tailed by Executive authority. In consequence
of this abuse of power to detail, Congress at
its present session passed an act revoking all
details, and limited the eJLreise of the power.
To conscript ministers pi religion and require
them to obtain detail--to preach the gospel,
would destroy all religions seiuimenls, and
inllict an injury upon tho country which can
not be described.
The conscription of editors and printers ne
cessary to the publication of newspapers would
destroy the independence of the uress.
To subject to the control of the Executive
Department physicians and apotkec -. : s, es
sential to the health* of the people, it ■com
mittee cannot agree to. No complain have
reached Congress ia this class of ex- ~q ;ous,
and Congress does not concur in the opinion
of the President that the suspension of the pri
vilege of tho writ of habeas corpus is indispen
sable to the successful continuance of the war
that has never suipendtd, since it is ftot proved
that our military reverses were occasioned by
the absence of the legislation asked for.
• The closing paragraph of the report sajs:
If loss cf time be vice in important deliberative
assemblies, promptitude is a great virtue in the
Executive. The transmission cl di ■ message
was well calculated to excite and
discord.
«
Nothing else of importance done.
The House concurred last night in the Sen
ate bill to adjourn to morrow.
To-day, the bill amending the act organiz
ing a force of reserves during the wai, was re
jected by yeas twenty-seven, nays thirty.
The bill to provide for the payment of ar
rears now due the army and navy returned by
the President with his objections, was
considered and passed, by yeas tbiriy-nine
nays eighteen.
Riciimgkd, March 18.
The House met to-day at five o’clock. After
executive session the bill to provide for tbe
ayme nt of arrears due tbe army and navy
wa§ lost for want of a quorum. Yeas eleven
nays one.
Watson, from ihe joint committee to wait
upon the President and inform him of the
readiness of Congress to adjourn, reported '.hat
the committee had discharged that duty, sec!
tho President stated that he had no further
communication to make, audthat in his re
cent message he had fully explained his views
as to the legislation needed by the countiy,
[ a*d as far as Congress had not acquiesced in
! bis opinions, he hoped it would turn out tb-'
he was mistaken. To the full extent ot im*
| Powers and resources placed at- his disposal, all
might feel assured of his purpose faithfully to
j protect and defend the country.
I A„ two o'clock, the President protein of the
i enate adjourned it sine die.
! xhe House panned the Senate bill amending
the impiessment law.
. i Aller transacting ether busing of no special
interest the House adjourned sine die.
THE BILL TO BORROW AND TAX COIN
Congress passed in secret session, and the Pre
sident approved it, an act to raise coin for the
purpose of furnishing the necessary supplies
for the army.
. The first section authorizes the Secretary 0 f
| the Treasury to borrow from any bank, cor
poration, or Individuals, auy amount .in coin
not to exceed three million in the aggregate
and secure repayments at such time as miy,
be‘agreed upon, not to exceed two years after
the conclusion of a treaty of peace, by the
issue ot bonds payable in coin and bearing six
per cent, interest payable semi-annually in
specie.
The Secretary is empowered to pledge tho
cotton aud tobacco by the Government to the
extent of its value for the ioan obtained, or
convey the same for the payment of such loan,
with its export to London tree of duty except
to the extent of one eight per cent, as now im
posed by law.
The second section provides furthermore
that there shall be levied and. collected a tax
of twenty fiv«rper cent, upon all gold and sil
ver com, bullion and foreign exchange in the
Confederate States, payable in kind on the
first of April, or as soon thereafter as practica
ble.
Amounts not exceeding three hundred . dol
lars value, excused from tho tax, and all
amounts loaned to the government under the
first section.
CARD FROM SENATOR HUNTER.
A card from Senator Hunter is published this
morning, contradicting the report that he was
in favor of reconstruction of the old Union.
He said, there is no person in the Confedera
cy to whose feelings or interest such au event,
would be mo; e repugnant than to me. I have
always thought we ought to maintain the
struggle for independence so long as there is
hope of. success. The General-in-Chief and
President of the Confederate States, the high
est military authority, are beet able to under
stand our resources and prospects. Whilst
they have hope in the contest, it seems to me
that we should do all in our power to strength
en their hands ; but after all, it is in the sense
of tho justice of their cause that the hearts of
our people should be conformed. And it is
to the Chief Ruler ol the universe they should
look for aid in the mighty struggle in which
they are engaged.’
GALLANT FIGHT.
Headq’bs Armies C- S. |
March 20. j
Hon. J. C. Breckinridge, Secretary, of War :
Gen. J. E. Johnston leports that about, live
P. M , on the 19 th inst. he attacked the enemy
near Betonnville. routed him, and captured
threo guns.
A mile in the rear lie rallied upon fresh
troops, but was forced back slowly until six
P. Si., when receiving more troops, ho appa
rently assumed the offensive, which was re
sisted witnout difficulty until dark.
This morning he is entrenched.
Our loss is small.
The troops behaved admirably well.
Dense thiekets prevented rapid operations.
(Signed) R. E. Lee, Gen. «
LATER FROM THE NORTH.
The Canadian Parliament has voted one mil
lion pounds sterling for the permanent defence
of the country, and thirty five millions pounds
Sterling Jbr the expenses of volunteers on the
frontier.
Norlkorn journals declare that Andy John
son was immused in an insane asylum nea
Silver Springs by a cabal, with Preston King
and Blair managing it. They look on his ac
cession to the second position in the executive
administration gs national otfaifs as an insult
to the people and disgraceful. A competent
board of medical examiners pronounced him
laboring under tempo-cry aberration of mind—
insanity caused by beastly intoxication requir
ing his confinement. It is expected that the
opposition faction will manage his overthrow,
despite the influence' and interference of bis
friends with his patron Seward at the head.
Jerome Clark, alias Sue Muudy the female
guerilla was hung on the 15th.
Sir Frederick Bruce, late Minister to China,
supercedes Lord Lyons at Washington.
It is slated that one of the St. Albans raid
ers has been found guilty by the Court martial
and sentenced to be shot.
£ dispatch to Grant from Sherman, dated
Fayetteville, 12th, says his army is ia fine
health and spirits. He had met with no se
rious opposition.
Sheridan reports that on Monday lasl a por
tion of his cavalry was engaged In tearing up
the railroad between Hanover Junction and'
Richmond, while his main body was pushing
on towards White House.
Two letters from Fayetteville say, that noth
pig was destroyed there except the arsenal and
the office of the Observer.
Lincoln has appointed John Bigier Charge
d’Affairs, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary at Paris, ije madd a speech
in Washington on Friday, in which he expressed
the hope that the rebels would employ negro
troops. He says the negro cannot fight and
work both.
Sheridan reports the James River canal
rendered useless us far as Goochland, and the
Central- Railroad from Toleraville to Beaver
Dam destroyed. •
The South Anna bridges were also destroy
ed.
The New York Herald’s army of the Poto
mac correspondent says tSere are no ada'i-;
tional indications of the evacuation or Rich
mond.
A large number of troeps have been sent off
it is supposed to Lynchburg.
Over iyrenty three thousand of bales of nos
ton have been received from Savannah,
Fry, Provost Marshal Genera’, announces
that the. law authorizieg recruiting in the
States in r ebellion Las been repealed, and no
credits, will be allowed for men mustered under
that law after Mrrch Bth.
Seward has revoked the order restricting
travel between Canada and the United States
The New York World’s Washington letter
says Gwln has returned to France to arrange
plans far the c lionizing oi Sonora, and allying
it with California for an empire.
A large number ot Confederate prisoners
passed Baltimore on the 10th far exchange.
Orders have been issued by the U. S. Govern
ment teat all clt.zcns prisoners living within
the •’rebel” linos, unless under gravo_charge3
[•r ur. led for ex~
j charge excepting those nv.,. ‘-'ing to be ex
j changed.
j Hatch commands the Northern District of
South Carolina.
j An exp* - ; a has left Key West to capture
i St. •-
flu.. a has issued a proclamation di u«Uoa—
alizing nli deserters not; returning to duty
within sixty days. • *
The great iron cla.i Dieu.tor is pronounced
a failure. At
New Orleans papers speak eoufidintH*-*?* - ;
early attack and capture of Mobile Af •;; *.
Memphis papeis are -fitted WiuJ|& d'M c '
guerrilla outrages ia that vicinuywA3*s-; :
Washburue includes * toe aotlj
counties cl Mississippi in nis ■ 1
. ]nV\ ' '-•■•
placing uieui under tuo same traqffiy*,*'
with Tennessee '
Roger a. Pryor has b eu exCf"^
The New York Herald s Arrhag ” . .
mac correspondent tays “ mud ;V;
ol ihe situation beioic i* i. ■ ■ .aun...
ihe Richmond* p&perc ate cud>•
Grant wiii move isle momenL 't'A
sufiiciencly hard. i
The Yankee forces are wat
au attack, from the rebel, tie*
A Pmindolpnia dispatch
below Georgetown, til 0., ’ -
by the fleet. .-^ : 'v
Tjiio telegraph line will kfe\ jSjU
California and BritmtiOotuiJ; '■%'). V
and will thence be coatMafp,^;....
Washburae has published • %■
tee lines to trade in his district. vri s *'*
A Washington telegram o. aiie Bih c>
Sheridan’s victory over Early, *and cluifli
capture of forty office.s, thirteen burn!,
prisonoik, eight cannon, a hundred wagoii
and he was following up his oiiccess. ThA
batue took place at Waynesboro.'
An Arkansas report says a Yanke force that
recently started from Little Rock wM met aud
badly defeated by Shelby. .i fie Yaqkees lost
lour hundred prisoners ami tiiirty—two cannon.
The New Orleans Picay uuo o_ the Bih says
Maj. Gen Bankhead was captured at Rod
ney, Miss, by a detachment from a gunboat
and sent to New Orleans.
Ike amount of goods allowed to be ship
ped to Memphis has been -increased from two
millions to* lour millions per month.
A large number of Yankee officers are said
to have gone to Mexico to take positions in the
new Mexican cimv.
There is a great freshet in the Cumberland
River. Two hundred houses ,u Nashville are
untenable.
The Yankee Congress has passed a joint
resolution for the publication .of a list of all
the Federal officers who n;vc been in ihe serv
ice since the war commenced
_ COMMERCIAL
Jx. ij <fci *L»JI‘ A C.L 1 ISLETfe.
Vi'fceirii; ileport,. * 27—1%
Financial. -Gold, SSSaGO tor ono ; silver, «>o
to 55 ; Sterling cACiuiii£xti| 50 a52 ; % iiaiik
iiotcy 2\x 5 liOxixisj, <3 pci
con*;., long date, par ; ditto eiiort date, 00
to 05 ; 7 per cent, booxlu, 50 ; 0 per cent,
bonds, oos loan builds i,Vd; 7 percent.
Georgia boudd (old) 600 5 / ,ood 40 } Oolutn
bia 4X. AlauiouL’g ii -it GO ; iJatli i'aper Mills
block, 6,50 j Ulioe jJaiiii slock o lor 1 j Geor
gia Kali road i> tnk. stock, 0 ier I.
Goiton!—in o market.
DoAOasTics.— l vv o 0 note as t< Jjiow 1
i shilling 4,25 ; | (meeting sOy . 4-4*sht;.ei
nig, 5)0 W); osnu burgs, iiii i>U; yarns, SSO 00
per buncii. Market suit ; good demand.
X f noun.*—s4oo to 450 per obi.
Grain.- -Wheat, 4>ooauo pm bushel; com
in inc car. irom wagons, s36a4u ; pens $25 •
rye, $20ct.45; .barley, Mo, oo.
G&oOfiiiiks, Piiovnuoxs, Ac.—Bacon, uctiv'e
7,0 o; coffee < 0*75 per lb; c:<.o 5,g0 per lo; sugar
12a20, salt oi all uescripUous quoted' $5,00 per
ib, tobacco, S,GI)aZO; lard $0,80*7,00; Molasses
N• Uiicans, none, hioiida, $3o,o0; iborgbum
S3O; whiskey $120*130 pr gal; brandy SIZO pi
gal, bagging bur- soap tcaic© ; cotton
rope $5 0J; nans $4 00; corn meal $35 00 4,0*1'
bush ; fodder s7saiooper owl.; shucks $45*50
pel cwt ; guo i hay, $45a50 ; Cailow $7a750 pel
tb; Candies, 10,00 per u>. by box; Auazuahtine
Candies $lO per ib. by box; icrrebine oil
did pc. gar retail; biaon pepper 20,00 per ib j
lea, $l5O pel ih.; iron, swedes,. 4,00 ; bi
care, sona, S2O, starch $-iaGp dry hides ssa7
pei lb; Manilla Rope sl2.
Couisi-Kir i Konucsi.—Good Beet $2a3,50 per lb
nett; pork 3,50 per Hr 1 ; i.50ai,75 gross ;
mutton,’ none ; ohe-l'p soo to oO p-sr head :
kid 2, 0il per ib, • emcinms, sßul2 each ; eggs,
$7,00 per dozen; iiuum, ;;,10,00<t12,00 per Z ;
Irish potatoes. $30x40 per buohei ami in good
supply ; bweel potatoes, $35*40 per bushel.
snad were seitiqg this morning at
sl2 to S2O apiece.
Negro hales.
At a recent auction sale m Montgomery the •
annexed prices wet; obtained: a boy twouty
fiyo years ol age $2,050; a gin lilteen years of
age $2,050; a boy twenty - live jfearS of age -
800; a woman and cn ,u $7,300; a woman and
three children $7,000; a woman twenty-two
and Guild xhiee years oi age $0,i00; a hey lif
years ol age slxoo.
let-it jilt j. XG I
-llenduiiarters, Avcvsrx, U.. Mur.-i, ..., , ... ,
Klin, civntr...s No. 14 " 4> 18fi5 - QkK *
I. la oseaieaeelo onluis IrjDi rtl , iJer . or HfiAdquarters, ail
olnocro a„il men o. ilie ar,' ,1
horn ttm.r prjoe.e.iii.nana. Wll uuat aalin y iU “‘
‘ , X IV.S.OU ■•line H , Jl’mpjaritrs jJtp’t
” duU - will, upon tlieir rrlval, -Aiihout Ue
ny.ieDv.ttu 00.. -r, 4. mciftiae, com«’g U-inp of bheciion
a Ups * AUordeis, furloughs, ueiails m ituves ol at
•se* which have ocm ftrau cu by uher tbau liiu above au
ihoiiiy u:e hereby revoked.
11, All office, = an, men Ct the Army of Virginia will, upon
heir arrival at this I'ost, repCrt al once lo Col. A. J. Mciiride
toxnd g Camp cl birccuon, to to oigan.stu and forwarded to
their respective commands,
by command ct brig, Oem ii. I), i’lty.
F. A. TlMßliaiiAKii, »
nih23 liddiwlS AAA doa.
KoTlbEi
BSIOI'GHT !0 -Tailat ~p„itog Columbia coujty, Ga.,
Oa Inc aoui January aUG*., -* utsgr-} l> , I wiu any a hia
ixuiae id £*aijtly. aud 10 ■& .05 u.< -1 or near Ua
cuii, ii.* lie is oi dj.ru c eyed iaiJ tiud borne wiiat
cr ofeed. xrc is übaut uve .ect ts *0 iuciied ihe owner
.a 1 e<iueaied t»ocome for wuxa, piove ojnity, I*/ ciL*i£C3
aud udie him ir*ui juii. !*£>•
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rewa any one lor taking tiicHt t|- u..\ 4 u - huw
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pi;i!g, tAld kitojoi ffiuf-.itu.
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