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N S. MORSE. (iljro uclt re jiciuiittL .....i......... -.——-- THE WEEKLY CUHOMCLE A HEVTINEL 1 .-- r* ij Hi, I - I K ! 1C VKIt 4 -VfiON EBJIA 4 Tllßlf K HOiUTHM « #<tO(!> *l.< HOMIIIS Si»OV ALWAYS' ! T 'VT.VANrr WBKKLV \I>VKKTf«Ii\U KATUft Ooittki M> v* kfisr.u eiif pnb!i<Giec! in the Week! ■ we U.ir<e one stollsr .line each insertion. .ir-uiilAi- 'loTt'iKi ■?iUt>ii'. | ,ari:e.. one oollttr and twenty flveeent# AimefCreaebi .tot, ' ' - , I .aaiv; ui'iia 10<1 y - teu, ft orio *e five (ioliart ea^h. > uitoautNotlocftnne dollar per ljtie or one In « ithe 'Mllyor Weekljr. Where ObHuary Noth e b lit bed I tally and V , i h!\ —on. dt • -i r.t.d fin v cents THE lllU'.llsQ t HioL,. The following i the !■ su.qiendirig the writ, «l bah. .a <. irpus pursed iu the IJoutj.r el Representatives . )Vh treats, Tee t’oiif. dta t •• .Staten are inva ded, and the nubile . . y < q dies the Hiispen sioii ot the |irivi;--.' o. 'm - writ cf hnocu,, corpui, tile ns >i th • Confederate Fiat -. do i u vet, tint ui-t ii ivikgo ol habeas Cm pus in h’Teby hiiiipend-f.'i u.itu <u.herwis.e piovn-d by l-tw, in nil c.lv j of iiiu'iil or detention by i order ol the l*idikiit, tin-Secretary of War, or tin; G- ! -nil Oliie r comm uiditig the 2 i .mis : Mississippi Mili. ny Diqiiirim-iit. Sec. 2 Until eltiei «,j.e j.iovid'-d by law, the Raid privilege ,- nail in :I:,|K Ildrd fdt Sixty days I pan 1 t■ • : ofuntri.in every cast* u! arrest or dehnil iu by ord.l n General Util cer coiuamtiding .at u"iii, in a .Vlilitavy Do partraent or Di; tnc-t, _ Sec. 3 Every much or Uirsli.tH bn in writing, signed by ititi <;lii or making the same, and shall name or describe ibu j.». ..on to bo arrest ed or detained. Sec. 4. No military • : \i/ r . iailliog a per son by virtue to an, tuci on.- I? rio-di lie com poll (I, in aiihWer to :uty will ■: li -..tn is cor pirn, to appear in p. i on, t> u o die body of the peison so retail od ; bn;, upon his certifi cate, under oath, that such p aeon is ddfatned by him, UDdcrsiich an outer, Accompanied with a copy of the or,lor, lurtiiur proceedings under the writ shall r ease, ami urn,.tin sus -1 ended, according to ihe provisions of the | preceding sections. Anutixed in the vote ■. u ihn bill in the House: Yeas— Baston, Brail-x , hi. M Biuce, H. W Bruce,* (J iii'll, Christies, ( -uk, Clusk-y, (Joinad, U mow, L»‘ Ja:n iDupre, Kllictt, n-wiug, FuiisLeu, Uhoin u, U< . de, Gray, iiart riiige, HaUmer, lliidt n Holliday, Joimsiou, KoebJo, Lyon, ivlactxu, Miller, Mm re, i’erki.is, Bead, Bussell, fcjt-xtoa, ;• wan, Ti ip ’est, YiUere, Wilkes, Mi. Bj>~iiiiei'--!)(i Navs—Audios to, Baldwin, Barksdale, %Bsy lor. Bland idl'd, B ■•■.in:!.. Burnt Glopiou, Cos! yar, Dauhm I'-irvovv 1: alloc, G Miner, G-fmer, Manley, il -a beit, J. L-ach, Marshall, Mo- Callusi, MoM alien, r.iiic i,i!unsay, Ungers, Simpson. J M. Mimth. Bmuh u: Nor to Carolina, buead, tetanies, 'l’iirder, W,. .A,, WuAA.Vu, j Witherspoon—ll 2 i Fortunately lot ; .he count .1 he bill was do* tented in the senate. Aim-x«.d is-tho vole in that body : Yeas— H. lluiiml, Henry, daHnnonof Mis souri, Maxwell, I'dmins'di k..mucky, and Vest —O. Nils-Barnwell, Brown, Graliata, Hunter, Oiui.iuui.'bemnus, Wi-u-ar, W’u;.l-8, There is one tact to n utli v.e wi.-B to call tltt) attention oi' tne pivpVo <»t this State. Os the tiiiriy six membem 'oi the House, who voted m tire affirmative, f*,ucicou were Irom SUdes whicli h vo never coua.uiuicu wiy re ceded from the old Union, in the teeuate, of the six members who vet..-; f-r the outrageous bill, lour weie irom States which have never constitutionally seceded uonr the Old Union. These men have perhaps a ■ g -t by courtesy to seats ia the CouiVdei.ito 0 'i.gusw, and to vote upon measures »vii;ea altecl their own States immediately, ami. to dt .tier the inte rests of the troops from 111.a - ! rites—'■ ul we do not think tln-v hive -uy constitutional right to vote away the libc . 1 me citizens oi the other Slates which seta -.1, and m a coustilu tioual manner. Well, some may say, the.-. ... .- h ive tro.-ph ia our service True, , Ley ; . Kir would we say a wold against, m . amd in d-Tact from too praise ilia ilnv-c • ■e- u-Adi.-rs who have done such noble - i\ - in cause ot liberty in tim a pm f. and <■ a • amv > ugag.ai in assisting to drive the o". n. ... ra <rf South ern soil. But then,'Hie,, i.-e so-diem nr the Southern atpty from ne/ni, ev. iy, if not from' all the Slat s in the old Uai.ru. Almost as well may t le lovers of emu- 1 t.i, .-aa: liberty in these States claim a repressu' . i a in ike c u hera Congress, us the States vi lrunl to above. It is an old maxim in pci.tics, in fact the principle upon which the w r m the first n vo lution was fought— ‘* that ;.x -ica witnoui representation is tyranny " it the statement is positively ting, the rerersw is equally true ; and no people are entii led i> ■ t-j . . ib.Uou who do not pay taxes* provided i ui e they have property. Consequently tin e st • ,•* inside of the lines of the enemy, im wh ■ remain in side those lines by xheir own coi.sonr, should not give votes is to tic uunm.v oi spending the tax mot -y of other p. afn other words, is it right for p-pp.e »vI:.- pay no thxc*, so vote upon bills to >. x ih ? But to retur.r ro the t'c-. i.- fi point. people are not intluer, .! , L o- - pus act, for no Confederm- a; ;, a , trouble m- n behind the fence ot Yau&ee l-avoneta. Granted that some tiue men there do not approve ot SUph a fenee- Granted th q. many true men from there are in our ranks-what thou ? Tbe men inside the lines, whether their sympathies be Southern or Yankee, are not ti ctucl by the suspension of the habeas coipus, for their ’lib erties are, by the votes of the ma ority ol the States themselves, left in th-: cu.-x-dy of the enemy. The men in our ranks are subject to military law, and have no concern in the civil courts or tbe oivil laws. What light then have men from Sttii-s whose people arc not liable to the civil arrests, iv r cau be released, by civil remedies from military arrests —what right have these men to vote upon the liberties of people they do not represent? Tluy have no constituents in civil life inside our lines, save refugees; how then can they legislate upon our freedom ? We insist that iu ail equity and good faith, these men coniine their votes to matteis of interest to their own peo ple, if they have any. A man e teted in a towa a thousand miles from the Congressianal District he hails from ; a man who never received a vote on the laud . that he pretends to represent; a man whose OPMlitwati wo everywhere and hi# horns no j where ; who h is army volt s that do not u-r;-* U-m property, refugee votes that only ■ • - ! wot speculation ; with no actual c leri’n-nts to call him to account, and no people, at borne who will condemn hifri to r«-t re»». -t for tam pciing with old and pacred right? what ii Iff lias such a in an to vote away toe ijfo, liberty no I property of freemen who left the Union by legai votes, and who have never gone back to seek Rate shelter behind the old g. v-i mu t? As we Lave betorHsaid, members from lb: -*• Stases which have not seco-ied nave no ecu i tutiorir.l right to seats oil the 11 or of the (Jon federal« Cungn -s. Alt they can claim, is ' tie igbtu*»!t there by courtesy-v-atid then Ury have only the right, and sh.tu.'d only - at lowed the p tvilege, ot voting upon qu.u\krm which uifece the interests of their own mn.uie mate hUiUs*, or the welfare oi troops Ir-.ui them They have no light, nt-i.ther should they DC peruritt'd to .ote iii«:_ . liberties ol other Oiates, and force -uuon them despotic laws which representatives ol those States-re fuse to sanction by a majority ol their votes “In tub Wuuu, ok Ksyolutio - VViuxheh. aus we Dali'llN'u t ‘ —Vt*e arc giai u)iL. iu trovci or ilrown, we still have one man who auhcies to the original■priucipleo for wiiich tins rev olutiou was ccinui nevd thal is .Siale ilignts. : Uiu we uoi secede train the old Union because Jwe wete deatud our rights in it? Will any one deny tins? And yet Gov. Brown is abused because he still advocates, in the . new union, the very principles it was established to main tain Many men, especially tuose who nold commissions under the President,' think .lmt it is treason, and ought to bo punished with death, for any mau to talk’d citato Rights now; and. the Governor, who is tin. m » prom inent champion for the rghis ot the iiUteu a the iil erties oi the people, comes Hi lot the ini go tt share ot abuse, ineae men, as indeed, most of the opponents ot t».y Uov eruor, usually wind up itien sir pg oi atnise by declaring that they are in favor of obluent tiug istate lilies ana placin the power m too liunds oi one or more men to carry this war to a successful termination. Ni*w the Governor is as atixious, as any naan iu the (Joule lei m y to bring the War to a success!ut lermniauon, but ho does nut think that; is the way to do it. ilecaiiuot see how our cause will he benefit and by % t ramp ling the rights of the people under loot. The government must be for the bone lit of the people and not the people for the benefit of tie government. Lotus not sacri fice civil rights aud individual liberty under the delusion that by so doing we will gain our lud'-peudenee. Such a course would end in our subjugation and ruin. Lib,. . once gone is gone forever. Let men who really love imir • countly leti cf seriously on i,.iu lor lou iim extract lrom the Governor’s message ; ihe uchievemeiit.ot our inilepeiideuce seems to be the great etui aud only good uiinui at bv tuose who wield the power at Riehmou I. Wo have been told Iroui tiie hails of Congress that court.! must beciosed, aud State lines oiditera Msd, if necessary to accompii?h this object Iu deed, some persons in authority seem to have forgotten that we are'fighting fur any thing (>at independence, li so the whole struggle is in vain, for we had that in tbe: old government, which was our government, concentrated by the blood of our ancestors aud transmitted lrom sire to ton We were independent of all other powers But tho people ot the Northern States got control oi that government, and so administered it as to imperii not only our independence but our rights. We then separated lrom them, aud me lighting ior our rights and our liberties and as a menus of maintaining and seeming those rights and liberties we declaie bur indepen dence. Independence with these is worth ail the sacrifices which we have made or can m ike Uur lights and liberties are notsecou ■Mpy to ouv independence, but our indepen dence is only necessary to protect cur rights aud our liberties. Russia is independent ot ah the world, so is Turkey, while tne govern ment "f t-ach is a despotism ; and the people have only the tights and liberties which the sovvi l ign chooses to permit them to exercise if this is the soft ot independence f. r which we are fighting our great sacrifices have been m ide to but little purpose The recognition by foreigu powers oi the independence of uur rulers and oi ihei: right to govern us, without tbe recognition of oinr rights aud liberties by our liners, is not worth the bioou of the hum bles! citizen. We must gain more than this ,n ihe -struggle or we have made a most unfortu nate exchange. The further purnuit of our present policy not only endangers cur rights and our liberties, but our independence mso,- by destroy mg tne institutions and breaking the pit its of our people. Let us beware ho*v wo trifle with the rights, the liberties, aud 'the happiness of millions. Destitution in Atlanta. —The Intelligencer says there is much distress and destituti n in and around Atlanta—that couuty having been entiieiv stripped of everything to eat, aud their horses, mules and stock geueraliy. iiaviug been taken from them, they are leftiu a' most helpless aud dependent condition. Many ot those who are sufferiu 1 are the wives aud children of soldier--, who have siooa aud battled for (lit- rights ot tlieir country, wniio those dear to them and dependent upon them, were ormruu by the enemy ami robbed of the scanty supplies which their limited lesouices, in the absence ol their protectors, had enabled them to accumulate. Thm ought not to to be, and we hope something be done to relieve them. Here is a fine field of operation for the char iiab y inclined in our midst. Rows of large fiitures for the suffering poor fn Atlanta would look well. We hope those who have givui so liberally to the Columbia sufferers wiil open their purses anew. |Jere are starving women aud children at home, just as worthy as those of a sister State The Columbia commitiee appearec to understand their work well. We suggest that they keep doing. Isrr True? —We have hegid for several days a rumor that a number of propriiunt Chaarles merchants and planters, have sworn allegiance to the l nited States Government. Amongst the number George W. William, Dr. Geddings, Elias Vanderhoss, and others of equal respectability. We do not vouch for the truth o* this statement, but (ell the tale a? >t was told to us. From Wilmington.— Ry way of the North we learn that everything is quiet in and around Wilmington. The Yankee papers state that business of all kinds is gradually resuming its former ohannels and its merchants‘and citizens are getting accustomed to the new order of af faire. 4 CJ.J-CJSTA, iX., WEDNESDAY'MORNING. APRIL 12, IS«6. Vlh Losn's Spsrxjh —Mr Long of Ohio, made agi speech iu the United i-tves House of Repos, iitatives a sh> rt time siune. It was a speech which will render iilu-tsions Iu it he showed up the imeonslitu'ional acts of tiie Lb coin government Tile basis of the spiv ch w«s H ate Sovereignty li quoted from Lit toiy and the records ot his own coun try to prove his p w-u.m a correct one. S m- o. the administration p<esses ot the Soutji are puulisbiug the spee.-ii We sup p se tbi v -lo so iu order to show what a ty rant Mr. Lincoln is, and how obnoxious it wuu:u be n i ;. liberty loving people to five ut’-t- ' be govern,uei.t. this is all light, as •a# a- o-m • Bui We p-:deivb'tbat these pa P"(.- ici-t. out .uc .eiii.nkj and arguffiuuls or At Lon.; in regard to tin* very doot ice* upon which the tp- toil is iiused. aud wqich' it was m ; :e u> dtit and and viudicate—Uni' d.<ctriue ol t>W »tkivi-oignty. j bey appear to be afraid to eniighicn their leaders further on this sub j'c:.. ior feat that the cloud ue>pg swept away b cm bol'ue their eyes they would see the mou trous desj.n ic.acts ol some of our rnjers, and would pi (in m the trim i.giii their efforts to wqie uu mb old ianfTuia ks of civil liberty mi State tfij.-nis, and »>uUd up a stiong, ty rannical, ceuirat government. Bu tnis tntiiug act on thw*; urt of the Ad iniiiic-tialion p.esH does not amount to musb when taken by itself. A great portion of the masses are already aroused, aud are aware ot the efforts which have been made to place their necks .under a yoke more heavy than that borne by the subjects of the Russian Czar. i\e only spoke of the matter to show that a portion of tiie press will stoop to very low flicks iu order to b dster up those who wish to dtp, ive the people of their legitimate rights. From East Tfnmessee.—Late dates from East. Liauessee mate that but two Federal regiments and a few cavalry are at Knoxville. Vaughn, the Conledeiate General, who has been opera ting below Knoxville, has changed the'entire programme of the enemy. ihe Yankee engineer troops employed 011 t !>, fe railroad from .Strawberry Fluids to Green • vilie have.been withdrawn and sent to Savan nah. Col Kirk, who attempted to make a raid in to Nor h Carolina with thirteen hundred men, was foiced back by the high waters in the stream;-! and livers. Important to Bis ckaoe Link Runners.— .A ialo Not thorn paper s:ates tnat Gen. Grant has issued an important ordeu prohibiting ail trade under Treasury or other permits with points within the rebel lines in the States of Virginia, North and Sdith Carolina and Geor gin aud declaring void all contracts made un der such permits It is understood that this less been ia a g.eat measure called forth by the di cowries made iu connection "with the recent tobacco and bac-m speculation at Fredericks burg, Virginia. . A Hard Road to Travel —The newspaper business appears to be a hard road to travel in t!:e Noith as well a3 in the South. According to a Yankee account, within the last eight months over lour bundled newspapers have eouae ro au untimely end in that section of the work!, in consequence of the high price of pa per. Ii ever there was “a hard road to travel’’ it is publishing a uowsper in war times. That is our experience—and we think most of the fraternity will say ‘‘Amen” to it. I'Ro.M Below, —A gentleman from below states that Brian, Liberty, and a pait of Mc liitorii counties, Ga., are almost wholly under the c jmrol of negroes who have been armed by the Yankees. It is very dangerous for a white man to go through that section of ihe Stale. Several have lately been killed. Clinch’s regiment of cavalry has been sent to oi. iv out the negro brigands. A large num ber of them have already been killed. A Serious Steamboat Disaster. —The steam ors Natchez aud Gertrude collided at the mouth of bpanish river near Mobile, March 24 The Gertrude suuk in four minutes,-the water covering her dicks about four feet. The cargo, valued at £2.000,000, consisted of pro visions, wh'ch belonged to the citizens who had purchased it to supply them during the siege, and is a total loss. The Natchez is uninjured. VicTorcr inEast Tennessee.—A 1 vices from East it*uesace state that the Yankee General Giimoie has been severely punished In a bat tle ib« fact accounts for Thomap sending re inforcemeuts to that section) Warm work may therefore « ; r 't he expected. Another Victory in Florida —A Yankee ra.di.ig party -vhH) has for some time Been op erating 011 th mam land near Cedar Keys, wa*- attack 3 a feu days since <*ud defeated. Six ol the Yankees were killed aud twenty lour wounded. — j l iIB Situation at Columbus.— Murders and robberie* have become so frequent in Colum bus, G<t , that the City Couucil has passed an viciinance requiring ail persons between the ages of sixteen and seventeen to do patrol duty alter dark until daylight. Loss or Mail. Matter and Postage Stamps* W e learn that the captured train on the Florida Railroad, had on board five or six de layed mail bags from Richmond and some twenty tin usand dollars of postage stamps en route for Mobile. Ihe Cotton at Montgomery . : —All parties owning cotton stored in Montgomery were or dered to move it before March 31 into the country, or it would be removed by the mil itary authorities at the expense of the owner. Death or Gen. Clanton.— hate Montgomery papers state that in the late fight in South Al abama, Gen Clanton received three wounds, from the effect* of which he died, after cap tured by the enemy. , Avery curious case ot smuggling on the Ca nadian border has recently been detected, for which the law provided no remedy. It seems that the built his house immediately upon the boundary line, with an entrance from the north andaouth. He can thus bring British or American goods into his house with out paying duties to either Government, and can without detection easily paqs them oyer to the other side. ! REPORT OF THE SE I T COMMiTiKB CS l*H SS •> ‘ \ f D\t*’s LAM S» GK. the following is 'tier port of the Senate Committee on the re. m nic.'-s -g>s of. Ibc-sidi ut Davis. It was r«..ui and a opted iu secret e*s> si'-n. ami the seat of seC t fiy removed on the 10 I. uistaai : The Sriect eor-vmr.er t * whom was referred «o much ol : e Pieside.in’s message oi the IS h instant as >o . to the ucoo-; of Congress (Hiring Iho r.i -e n e-ring duly cousid ered tl.e s -.m -, i*--. c; £*.iitv submit the fol lowing repei t : The atlenu- u of CoegSe" is «.ailed by Lie >t'Ui to me , xc- (..at. • ‘ Carrying on tn war success!u y,.ihe:e is u ut need of nseo and sup t .iieu ter ih. .iuij The neasui. i p» ,-ed b.-. U .ogress during the prise; ; session l .. oiu, t..,,. argay<M«con aid-r«-d by : -he ih* siiient iu eroieni ; and it ;» said thai the iesu is oi’ the ,v author z th j euig.oy iCeul ul Hia, ass au e iswiiibc jce-S than anticipated, in co.iseq uc-- of th. oil | lory ao fog ■ v.ougr.-ss a j'utng me inrdo- ; ure. it a law s,.- ludicai Jii .fa 6iiai»Ctef- so j repugn.i’;i to the prejudice- oil!' .0.,.p.e, and ’ so iutimatciy ass -ctiig t!ic organism •! s.nv y Should eucojinici oppu.-itiou, and receive a i,*.i dy sanct-.on, ungdt U ot e xdted-ui prise; built I me policy and uec- a-.oi the measure n a been | seriou-iy mg and ou (J.ingresd by aa Lxc u v message legislative action might h.»v. u-j • quickened iHe Prebuicui Us no uiijc'ai c -uj • lUCatnm ii.O ginan recoimn-.-udeu me p.i Sogeola'luw paluug kiov.es into lue aimy .ini soniie:?, ,uii cnn ss.-gc u, dor considoftit ou is the find eoiesat lefimaiion Lu -t such a low would incut bis appro v-i inn fi.XvCui.ve mes sage transmit i d.o Congress o.- Ui« 7th oi No - vember iast suggests the propriety ol enlarging the sphere Os employ incut oi ihe negro as a la borer, and ior this pm pose recommend* that the absolute title io impressment, aud, as aa incentive to thefaithiui discharge of doty, that the slaves thus acquired ba liberated, with the pe,m.ssiOuof t te (States from which they were drawn In this connection, the following language is used : •'ll this policy bhou'.d recommend itself to the judgment ot C«.,;ir is suggested that, in auditt-m to t,b« duues heretoime performed by the sl.uc, b- tnigiil oe advantageously tin ployed as pioneer and , ngiiie. r laborers ; and iu that ovciii, that, (he number slum and be aug mented to lol'ty yitusand Bejmid this limit and these employments it does not seem to me desirable, under criming circumstances, to go.” In the same message the President further remarks : “ 1 hesubjJ’ct is to be viewed by us, there tore, Solely iu the light of .po icy and uyr so cial economy. When 3.. regarded, I must dis sent lrom those who advise a general lev; and arming the slaves for the duty of s Idlers.” It is mao’ik'st that the President, in Novem - ber last, did not consider that- the .contingen cy had then arisen which would justify a re sort to tiie extraordinary p >licy of aiming our ;■hives, hide.' I no other iOl-.;reuse caff be deduced lrom the iangunge us'd by him ; ior he says : ‘•iiitse considerations, however, are r&thet applicable 10 the improbable contingency of our meri of reporting to this'el< meat of resist ance than to our present condition.” The Secretary of War, in his ir poit, under of November !]", ,'eeu <-d to concur in the opinion oi tne President when he sail: ‘•While it. is encouiHgiUfl: to know this ro source for further and future efforts is at our command, my.own judgment does not yet either perceive the necessity or approve the policy of employing slaves in the higher duties of sol diers. At what period of the session the President ir Secretary of War considered the improba ble contingency had arisen, which Required a resort to slaves as an element of resistance, does not appear by any official document with in the knowledge of your committee. Con gress might well have delayed acHon on this subject until the present moment, as the Pres ident, whose constitutional duty it i» “to give to the Congre.-s in urination of the state >f the Confederacy,” has never asked, in any authentic manner, for the passage of a Ikw au thorizing the employment of slaves as soldiers. The Senate, however, did uot wait the tardy movements of tne President Ou tiie 29th De cember, 1864, the following was adopted by the Senate in s cret session : “Resolved, That the President be requested to"inform the Senate, in secret session, as to the state of the finances ic eonnectioa with the payment of tue troops ; the means of supply ing the munitions of war, transportation and subsistence; the condition of the army, and the possibility of recruiting the same ; tbe condi tion of our oreign relations, and whether any aid Ol encouragement from abroad is expected, or has been sought, or is proposed, so that the Senate may have a clear and ifxact view of the state of the country, and or its tuture pros poets, and what measure*, of legislation are re quired.” , In response to this resolution, the President might have wet! have communicated to the Senate his views as to iho necessity and policy of arming the slav. sos the Confederacy as a means of public dufeuce No answer whatever nas be§n made to the ’■©solution. In addition to this, a joint committee was raise l by Con gress, under a concurrent resolution adopted in secret session on the doth December, 1864 I hat committee, by the resolution creating it, was instructed, "by conference with the Presi dent, and by such other means as they shall deem proper, 'to asqer chi a what a-e our reliable means di public defence, present ana prospec tor©.’ ’ . ' . A written rep rt was made by the commit tee on January 25ih, 1865; and although it uad \ conference with the J*reriden*, m> ail union 1* made m thro report to an/ suggestion by him that tbe herreksttios -A the country vequi- ed the employment ol slaves as soldiers. Una . , these circumstances, Congress, i .flu u.,e , no doubt, by ih- opfnioa ot Gon Lie,'determined 101 itseit the propriety, policy and nec**ouy of adopting in meusu e iu question The recummmciiiioufc ot the Presidedt to employ forty‘thousand slaves as cooks, team sters, and a? engineer aod pioneer laborers, w u s assented to, and a la-.v has been enacted atdhe preseu 1. session for the purpose, without limit as to number. i*l the measures recommended by the Presi dent to promote the efficiency of the army have been adopted except the entire repeal of mass exemptions; and some measures not sug gested by him—such as the creation of the office of General-in-Chief—were originated aud pass ed b> Congress, with a view to the restoration of public confidence and the energetic admin istration of military affairs. On the subject of exemptions, the President in his message of Nov. ~ih,uses the toilowing language. ••No pursuit nor position should relieve auy one who is able to do active duty from en rollment in the army qnles3 his functions or services are more useful to the defence of hi» country m another sphere. But it is manifest that this cannot be the case with the entire classes. All telegraph operators, workmen in mine-, professors, teachers, engineers, editors and employees of newspapers, journeymen printers, shoemakers, tanners, blacksmiths, millers, physicians and numerous other class es mentioned in the laws, cannot in the ndtore of things, beeUtyer equally necessary in their sev er»l professions,'nor distributed throughout tbe country in such proportions that on t y act numbers required are found in each locali ty,” etc. The casual reader would infer that tbs laws, os they stood at the date of the message, ex empted the classes enumerated by tbe Presi dent, as well as many other classes not men tioned by him. Such is not the faet. The only j classexemptmne-Avowed by the laws then in fore* were the following: Ministers of religion; fugfriatenduhU and.pkjMQiaa# of wyluaM for the deaf, dumb and biiod. ami of the ihsan;; one editor for each m .-spaper, and such m p oyees as the editor in iy cei tily on «it.it. - r'dtsoeas ,biy no- a. j; the public pru» -?r*<«» the tJontcderaic-.lid .Sia e G-v . ■;c , and thtir journeymen pr n Mrs;.,me sk! td ,ipo .. «ary m aoeh apothecary .tine wli- Wm inu business a . siii'h on Uie 10th cl 00-1S(»2; 1S(»2; pay.sician? ver th ity y -a,s ot «g«, for trie last s«v- a ym- >.n p, c >, e; prv?i and teachers of ct-l. g's seimn tries shvoG. am! the /Bupei miriuients, physic s and muses ■ n pu c .-ui ds; o< tril'i oo' tr .cuna an i dipv- is ot psi Coaches; v Officers and rai : -ad comp WP «; and certain ag; cu tutists or ovutseeis. Ottcete its ihe otaie roeermni n;s »>.e uot properly lucUricd among the tx-' .■ and c- »•- see, beoguse jt is C"in>; «-d ihn, i,. ig iio CuliativUJ :oUal po Vi rtoo* u C;*‘« i!« -a eoid cis. Noi -u. imnu 9 Qv ks f other non c-i.snba oua, reg-. a ...» iv, ol . „ •o class exemption imcaub., uid ; uio am Jr June 7, 1564, l.hr .-xompiion oi U-uk-. poig.ms h subject to the outrol of the tj.- r.- df of War. The. exemption* of agrauiuiihG or overaeere oetwe-n th aces ot s.gineeu and .vu-; , '. r has been repealed at th - p.cr, it »*c;-:rii,»n. i'anaors, shO'-maker.-;, millers, tdu k r-iu ih.(, teirtgraj l; operatois, and wo,kin 1 in mums enumerated by the Pr« Ride at as am-mg ;e °i,< ies exi-npted, ar,, hot now; and have i i«eu Bin!!; the passage of iho act of 17 fh of A’shtiiwv. 1864, exempted ns a ciars If um; i officers uud employees, an,, B. ate officow, i 'V.iO ;i:e not cjustiluimthiily subject to ou ?ct priori, be exciudnJ, the cl-tssesnow exempt ed rast ot li:e Mississippi river ctii’cr ice iViout uine thousand m- m one-third of who at are physici-ius, vvud uea-.ly agolLei third an nimm • birs of the g\>spei; the remaining third is .prin cipally o.ioiposi-d of teachers, Drotensois, piin tera and employees iji newspaper cilices, ~ml apothecaries lu remarkable contrast to ihn numb.a- of psison* relieved froru iniittary service by the • exemption# above menciuned, the repn.-i of the Oonscripi.Bureuu exh'bits the fact -iliat, e sr. of the Mississippi river, twenty-two thou and and thirty-five men have b en detailed by Executive authority. Iu coos, qaence ol this abuse tn the power of and tail, Oong.esi, at Us present session, passed an act invoking ail details and. lituitiug The oxotfus® of tiint p. wer in tee future. The tim'd section ot this act ex, mpeing" - skilled artisans and mechanics lrom ail military service, which is excepted to by the President, aud which has since been re pealed, was originally adopte i ia const queues of suggestions contained in the report ot ho Secretary of War. I; uliudiug to the einbar ras meats encountered by The administrative burca’ s, the Secretary Bays:-' ‘•-Iu addition, ihev have been constrained, by the stringent leuiblanoa of Congress,»tu r«- imquish their active and most, experienced agen sand employees, and substitute them lrom more mlnui and aged o.asses ” Again: “ liiterferencss of this kind are inevitably so prejudicial and disturbing' that it, is hoped a well devised and permanent system of pro riding and ietaiiung in coutinu.-u-i employ moot a sufi&ciexit iiuuibrr ot artizau®, experts aud laborers, tor all . .seated opeintions. may be devised and estate lisoed ’’ Iho truth is, that the bill originally intro duetd into the rienate extmpliog zans and me hauics was uc.uady p epartyi in one 01 tpe tmreaus of the War Department,. Gmgresi, thereibre, had reasou to su, pose that it would meet the sanction ot the Ex< cu ivo. To consoribe the miuistcis ot religion, and require them to obtain details to preac-h fcne gosptl, would shock the religious sentiment of the country, and inllict a greater mjuiy on our cause than otu be described i'h conscription ot editors and of the printers necessary to tiie publication of uow papeis would degcioy the independence of the press,.- and sunjuot it to the control ol the Executive Dspai tin nt of the Government. The lailroad officers and em ployees to e as necessary to the prosecution of the war as soldiers iu the fleid. Physicians and apothecaries are essential to the hea th ot the people, and no complaint has reached Congress of abuses iu this ciars of ex m'ptions If the education of youth bo regarded as con ducive to the 'maintenance ol society an 1 ihe preservation of liberty, it is not. perceived that the exemption of professors oi colleges and teachers of schools can be justly consul cd I'ne Senate passed a bill containing'a section re pealing the exemption allowed to ni .il con tractors and duvets of post coaches ; b it, at » subsequent stage of proceedings, aud on the recommendation of a committee ~f conference, based on tbe urgent remanstrances of the Postmaster Goner,.l, the section aifuded to was stricken out. The Kutiject of class exemptions was called to the attention of Congress by tne Executive message of November last It was caretully oonsiderod, and an act was passed expressive of Iha views ot the Legislative Department of the Government. The message under consid - er itiou recurs to the same subject. It is to bo regretted that the views of the .egiulative De partment of toe Government have not met the favor ol the Executive, and that ho should dvsm it both neecssary and proper to express dissatisfaction with tie matured opinion of Cg ogress. Ic is true that Congress has failed to res pond to the recommendation of the President to enact a general militia law. The subject was considered, and tho tailure to act was the remit of deliberation. The conscription laws enacted by Congress (lave piaeed in the milita ry service of the country ail its able bodied citisans between the ages of seventeen and fifty The whole military material of the coun try, so far as legisia ion is concerned, ; s ab sorbed by the ronsciiption acts. There a none mu oa which a militia law can operate exoept exemoted closses, aud the boys under «e.-!,teeti and the men over fitly years of age f* r v* deem and expedient to allow this material ■i-ma i subject to the control of the State -.it .horities for the purposes oi local pod e, to akt 1 u the arrest ol deserters, and to enioroe the administration of State laws. it is also true»,that the President has recom mended the passage 01 a law suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus.. This recommendation was the. subject of a special message, in secret session. It occupied tho at ten cion of Congress for four or five weeks After maturejfieliberation, the m.usure, was ;a:d a*ide as unimportant and inexp^’dieat. be arrested and tried summarily without suspending the writ of habeas corpus. Conspiracies, tending in any. manner to the injury of our cause, were provided for by a special act, pas3t-d at the present session, ‘‘to defi ie and punish conspiracy against tbe Con erate States.” The States of Noith Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi, had expressed, thiough .their Legislatures, great repugnance to the past legislation of Congress suspending the writ, and a large portion of the pepom throughout the country was arrayed against the poky of tnat legislation. It was deeded wise and prudent to conciliate opposition at a time when dissensions are ruinous; and as the benefits to be derived lrom the susp-mcion of the writ were conjectural, the de iberate judg ment of Congress was expressed by its silence on the subje -t It is to be that the Executive doss not concur in thes** views, and again oalls on Congress to revise its action, and to suspend the writ of habeas corpus as a tneas ure ‘‘almost indispensable to he successful, conduct of the war ” It the facts seated in the Confidential Message, alluded to by the Pres' dent, be the basis ol opinion that the sus pension -of th© writ ‘"’is indispensable to tbe successful conduct of the war,” the Congress does not concur in that opinion, the writ has not been suspended since Au-u-t last. It is not perceived that the military reverses of the country sine© that period were occasioned by the absence of the legislation asked for. ItFragMd to impressments, Congress, at the gTflffff&fc wwioa, has passed a bill declaring VOL. LXXIV. —NKM SERIES' VUE. XXIV No. 15 i thst the terms -jus c .L,p.'u«*i mu," ; ,s um-i iu tiie Constitution, entitle t e owner whos : o'opeTty >s impress* and to u-e m iket: v ’he i thereof at th** lime and place o impressmem ", rins legihiation w ,is coumie td ■ cssan. in : consequence of ju-l mat >ee»i . 1 g.un ~*• j rho States, and because ■ !v (;1 j„. r ,. j curiig supplies on my • n..-* tuns Imi ■- and. itw is ruppose-t that the E\eci - ua,d re:;- i? txi rue name conclusion, - tbe Com rai-. * General, on the 20th December, 1854, 1cu1.,,:- vei seel that ho would pay for 1; Pti’ by local appraisemen t ; 'whieh -. in ’ «<:t, the market price. The Pieskioi t. b- \ his louual Message of November hist, <i>, r<ii < cail tho attention of Gougtviss to o.ay ds .1; : ties atiendaut on the execution ot the lm;u •-; ! ment raws. The present message, for i,? ii • time dunua this session, Migiteste iu i, ti-'iis oi those lavvs ; ami the recomiU‘..ml.i . of li,e Fresidem, wiii doub-Uos itxeivi tee . . peci u! consideration oi tj ~|g.c .. .. wail be doubted, h.iwev wh-.-J,- ;... exit specie value, payab.e in the intuit, induce the owner ot property io part wi ll ; ; aud whether the pas-age of such a mea'- -1. would not result iu a general concealment ul provisions, and constqueut sun iati-.m ol ii army^ It is apprehended by the Fresiil.-ui th .( some degree of emiiuvraßsment in the mau t • ment of the finances will be felt in cm-, queue.-of the inadequate provision made bv Coogie s ; and it is intimated that ?.r*n<* of ! the- me surea recommended by hint were OAI tardod us to lose much of their value; V others, a'ter being matured, were, (ov the , reason, 11b tu loned, bsi'iiiiso no iiuige:- p;; ble to <»uraltered condition. Aermiy ii am- \ ciat measure abandoned after bei g u u ; was ihe currency bid, tecomuie ~1 and vy the Secretary of the Treasury and mi- : ?i , 1, ~• President in ids Aattuul Aiessage. [ .a ry be rt marked that iho fniiuro to enact an* fiscal measure, which haß no l suflio ent v Jh r - tty render and Valuable and applicable for the shon period of tou.-'moni he, does uot deserve niucfi regret. The currency bill was recoin minded ! to Congress, and iKced "on the coudi: i.»n toe j finances -presented by the President in his me.. j sage, and by the Secretary of the Ti asurt b j his ropiU’t It was bandoned without regr< . j because, at a subsequent period of the session, j it was usceriained that ilie arrears ul public * deb; constituting cash demaiuis on :h- i i-.-a-.n- I ry exceeded, by nearly four c.iudred mii >»,<, I the amount originally repoited to Congi-ess by j the Secretary of the Tre.isury Tiie curse j bill contemplaied the .roduc 1 iof the curreo- j cy to one hundred and fiiiy millions by a ; on, j version of treasury yob s is to tithe certificateß, j payable after ‘ho war, and by an au ual a.- ; plication .of a portion of.tho taxes in tiie aa lure of a slaking fund The treasury 1100-: • received for tiihe coriiticabu were to be cm ceied. The military w-iico impair . • j the credit of tfie GovernmeiiE 1,0 suou an x- j tent as to destroy the saleability of any of .0 | bonds, left little hope that treasury n 1 ; j would be exchanged for tube cert'ideates A; i soon as the enormous ineftase in the an- a o- ! debt was discovered, as above mentioned, a'i ; idea ol reducing the cnncucy was -du -.limed i as impracticable. For these reasons, t-.o o>»u mittee pfcon'ereoce having charge ot xir- . • ■ renev bill airrecd to abandon it a* a u ,:l - pledge of future resources wi’ hout iug present advantage, indeed, ii to bill had been passed the first day of the session it wou u have ex oiied from inanition on thefiih of Jan uury, 1865, the.day on which the S; cretiry 'oi the. Treasury reported to Congress th<? and li i-. of four hundred 'millions, and recommended an increase of taxation to meet it. The tax bill is regarded hv the Presklen ;m liberal, though inadequate. * No na-uiti/.m earth ever conducted a protracted by re sources derived from taxation alone. ;."he message intimates a regret that tiie rect.su meudatiou by the Secretary 01 the Tieasu y of a tax on agricultural income equal to the augmented tax ou other .nc’tue, payable t. treasury notes, was rejected by uomrress Phis is evidently a fhis;,aKs, as it assumes ciiere has been an increase' of taxes ou other than agricudural incomes. The present me mo taxca are ihose laid by the act ot Aortl, 18(iJ, ! as amended and re enacted on the 17 th o FeO ruary, 1864 Po requfe tne agrtcuLutist to pay a tax on the in* ome derived imm ns !;i; m m addition to the one-teutii • r his y io'S pro ductions, and lit property tax ut nine ;>.TCeiit. nd valorem, would tie uauiieetiy u ju • and opprefioive. Ar.ei the deny, iy o: li s ui!i| . to tax the inc >me of th*.-. agucuitui ist jjieicvim i irom the properly p-oduc-og me utfi • would | mave int o fo* amuy sutisi-ienot, f ta ; qur- i euase - 1 suppti' b ueces at } 101 car.;, .u- on oi-. ; igiicutiurat operau 11-, aud * r tti payment I -i tbe ad valorem tuX n ins. property Con | gresd, therefore, u.d not e meur in .tie iccoiu- ; taeuuaaon of the b icrevoy ot the Treasury, j believing it. to be highly inexpedient The recommendations of tueßic.eE- y of the | Treasury nave, in ihe main, rec-iveu .ne' ap probation of Congress, and cv-iy 'disposition nas been manifested to co-operate with uim.- the tax bill adopted very neatly approxima. --s tue rale desired by him. He recommended' t«n per cent, on property. Congress has im posed a tax of nine per cent. A now foreign j loan was authorized in secret session, at ins re i quest, without any limitation on Ids iinihoriiyfj except as u> ihe amount. A transfer of certainj sierllng muds abroad was, by joint r. solution, i directed to be made from the Navy to -the j Ireasury. Efforts were made to raise specie, i A bill was passed in tin- 8. nate, in secint s’-b sion, to accomplish that object by th i.aie of j certain Lee Bes. It is understood tao'biii was detected in the House of Beptesenla ives by acquiescence, if not at ihe instigation oi the i Secretary of the Treasury. It appears irom ; tho correspondence to Congress th * tho Secretary of War, as early as the ibtii of ! February, notified the President of the tmbar- ■ rassed c .adition of his Departmea’; and it- iu ! to be-regretted that the Executive deliberan and on, and postponed for so long a period as-near j 1/ twenty days, the communication of that in- j iormation to Congress. It lose of time be a vice inherent in de*ib : erative assemblies,-promptitude is a great vir - tne in Exec - ive actioo. There is every ohpo- : sition n u ihe part of Coyigiess to c. mpty wth tne recommendations of the P-'.- id- ni, aL.' i- nl-j j means of raising the coin desired wnl, uu donut i be devised, irie untortuuate that me 1. ces ; sity for coin in the ComuiiSoctry Department was not made Xnown until tUe m^s=-gc uuder consideration was received. The use oi coin m oi e department ol the Government is cVtcuia- \ ted to superinduce tne necessity for its use in 1 all oth* r departments; ana hence the policy of 1 the proposed measure, in a financial view, is j very questionable. Tne necessity tor supprigr, ; however, overrides ail other considerations, if practicable, it would be wiser to employ the i specie iu the purchase of treasury notes aLd ■ men use the notes to obtain supplies. Nothing is mote desirable man concord and coidial co-operation between ait depurtmen-.s j of Government lienee your comm tteeregf t ! that the Executive deemed it necessary to ' trausmit to .Congress a measage so well caicu rated to excite discord and distension But j for tbe fact that the success of the great st-rug : gls in which tne country is engaged depen -s as much on the confidence of the peoDie m the Legislativ«a» m the Executive Department if tne Government, the message would have beta received wunouc comment. Your committee would have preierred silence. It ha" been iu duced b-. an opposite couise, because tncy be lieve Congress would be derelict in its duty o permit ii= legitimate aud const! utional afij euce co be destroyed by Ex oalive admotii - rions, suck os those contained .n the meoßug.- Under consideration, witnout 80m pubac ex position of its con-duet. Respectfully submitted. James L Orr, Chairman, Thomas J fcXMMEs, W. A. G. aham, A T. Caperton, Josh W. C. Waison. I Corburpoxdkni'.- 11 ~.. , _ 1 IWv n gk\kkalsLkr ».v > ; Grant, the follow „ u 'R *oe currespondeuc.s |r. ,eii.( foiu the Pi'esident’s message, in r - t " :: ios ; cu: icrecceto adjusLte n g j (>i | . ac> !•, m -unsol 1 i jury convention : iiKTrsa ok tiis pkksidrvt. { Kiohmovo Va , Keb. 28 h, 1565. j !*• L L o, tit mil mditig, &■, &. ; j*. Ge.'ie".*l A ') -*ru bv the fetter j General- L - .;-iu the result ol hs. secoi;-! j ,1 1; >tview w u, ,• at ' )rd I'ne*point, as u wiieiii. r your, e.f or G-„ pul (?e.»nt should i 1- v’tetheot • to a conference is not wirth 1 s'lal O 1 reade >t probably useful that thee >n - ei'tnc.!p-iigg.! •: t.nould ns had, you will on-tv.: as , at may ' er. aud are cloths.l wic *li ‘lies pp _‘*:n ilia! authority you in ay 1■• i ■: the eonNii'J iitn of *ny propositi.m ' ; ;ry c 'Uvctu ,m or ‘-he app-inn ment ••a « otenter ;uto such aa ar -Img nn*.- s" . . 'n»e*at least temporary V-ry truly youm, [Signed] . Jr FFKRSOV DaVIJ. Ltrrtsß of « nx. u k i.ias- Hi adq . x s. Armtus, [ 2d .T/m h. TSGo. j U. c: n. U. 8. Grant, <om wading U. s. Armies: G umj.! —Lt Geu. Lbea-i rcc l h»9. informed m.! that, in a recent convert uiou between him Kids and M:j >r G?serai O. and, as to the possi t»>■ ■ty t»f irTivunr ‘•> -j-tistiei.-icy adjustment the present unhappy difficulties by m. aus of a i.ii- i .A v ct v Geu. Old sUied that »• I ;!• oei . v- interview w ill you on th" subje. . viw u uot decline, provided I had am >i !*y ;.) Sinceiely desiring to leave run .. a u ;o m , which may out an end to toe (.mi.svmii'. v.ir, 1 propose to mset you a -uc:. u time hu pace as you aaav .e* hops! tnat uihju a" in tet. h !!v v. -r- mty fie found practicable to Buimci i; j -.Tfe of coinrov. rsy between tne b.v'ug •'•.'untß 10 a conveni'on ot the kind mentioned. In riic.-j event, i. am authorized to do what ever the icntiit o; tii-- prop’os and interview may render necessary... or advisable. Should you accede foAhia praposuion. 1 would, suggest Hi t if agreeabio to y ou, wTmedt at the place se lected tiy G.umvs O ii *..d Longstr et lor the interview, at II * id ,on Mondav 'next. Ytsry respect lnl iy, Your obedient servant, (Signed) \ • R. E. Lek, • General, Official copy. (Nigmd) 0 S Yevabi.e, A. A.G. Baauquarters, March 7th 1865 I,! .TIER Fit OH GBS. U. S. GIIAXT. J !I£AOQ'ItS AItMIiSS U S., j Mxrcli 4 h lbtiS. j General li. E. Lee. Cam wilding C. 8. Armies: Gen. a >;n‘ two ieftors of the 20ta iust., were received y. s n-day. Li regard to any apprehended udsimdcrstanding iu reference to the exuhaug© oi p iliucal prisoners, T think Uie a ne-M n. uc. ~*sll.o*ol' G«:i.- Lougrtreet have probably laisur.d'-rstood what I ’said to the lormer on thv subj cc, or 1 in iy have failed to make my sell uumastood, possibly. A lew days before -me interview be ,weens Gens L >ngslreet aud Oni. I .and • -ived 1 dispiych fromGcu Huff* man, Qommissaiy Gent '.ii of p. isouers, stat ing, in Miusi-nCt), tliat all prisoneis ot wjif who w*re or h-d been vi confinement or. irons, whether under charges or sentences, had I been ordered to City Point lor exchange. I | forwarded the substance o that dispatch to L; ut. Col. Mulfoid, Assistant Agent of.Ex cnabgo, .md pret ;;tn. I it piobable that he had* coiiiuiU-jiCc-ied .it to Gob Ro. Ould. A day or two after, aa offender, who was neither a pris nn«*'oi. war nor a pollen prisoner, was exe cuted after a fair and impartial trial, and in accordance with tbe laws ol war and the usa- ' ges of civiliZ and nations, it was in explanation 04 this class oi oa-es that 1 \o»d Geu. (Jrd to Speak to Gen. Longstreet. R itireace to my letter of Feb. 16th wilt show my understanding.oll .'be subject of re learing poiit.cai or cu.iz :ii pusoncis. in regard to meeting .ou <m tbe 6th inst., I would siate that i have no auihunty to accede to your proposition fur a couiereuce on the subject proposed. Such authority is, vested in the President ol the Untied Stales alone. G :ii. U:d could only have meaut that I would not rejuse .in uuervte v ou any sU'-j it wuieh i have a right t: act; wu cb ol couise, would be sueb as a.e pureiy ot a. in , a y coar.cter, and on the -ucj-ct ot exchange, wiuen has been entftsmd to me 1 have t e honor to be, " V-ny ri *-ppaiuliy, Your oh t serv’t, (Bigaed) U. 8. Gra't, Litut. Gen. An Important Oaozit Lincoln.—The '•foliowing imp >r; tat onl in regard to trade and intercourse w. a the O-u.-ederates tasj nt con irhued l;y Ij - 5 1 o i : m Department, ov State, t ■* Washington, .'.iuren 14, 1860. j - The Presid-ut thus aii persons who are now, or her. aiter snail be, lound within the United btales, who hj.vu otien engaged in holding iuEercourne or tr *!e with tbe insftr ,g"tns by s; *, ii tney 1 re c tizors of the -Un ted sta c<; or_do!!ii..i ud i; tens, be trreste l aud t.- .and aa prisoners of w: r until the war shall close, subject, : -vertlielese, to prosecution, an; :me- ■ 0 Quitted by them as Spra or oUier.wrse against tne laws ol war. , The Piesidenf, iurther directs that all non residents, to eigq«sß, who now are or h.-reafter piiaii b-; i-uud in uie Unu- and rita : js, who have been or snail nave b «u e,g iged 111 vioiaiiug the biocx.ide Ol »lqj insurg- ut ports shall leave tne Uni ed BUtes ivitmu twe.ve and *ys troua the publication ol iLisordor, or from their eebse qurx: ar iv.»t iu th l ; .ed S atu», it on ihe Atlantic side, and tony d-y.- ii on ihe Pacific si to of the coiiatr , ai.u s.-cii persons snail not v turn 10 tue U iia.- » uunug the con tlllUa nm of'the WU'V Pr jvo-;. jia- ra and M rsiidso the Uuit ed Suites, wm ..11. 1 lauiuiit to ru lita ry custody, -i. ..-ou off-a i « as snail dwre gtrd this* on! : wirerii rru 7 have pas.-pnrta or not, and im-v wm and gained in socn cus- Uj/ly f H Jltll Lii ; • :*lt; Wi: . Ut’ till tit Uld— charged-fiy suosequeni jc 1- >i «. 1• F esitoat. '[Signed{ vVilliam H Bewakd, >■ liei iv ol ■'itaie. IMH —■ * LCOIDENT4I -ii - : iGKE RalL road O i Friday afternoon a car cm a fieffiht triiin «u the way to Columhu!’, ran off ihe track, and rive thSu-nnd pounds of powder in it exploded. The resuit was terrible. The Sun says: Five cars of the seven attached to the en gine woie kDockei to pieces, toe hard clay di vectiy under the-powder car was toe de:;th of four or five feet, and ail ttw ses in the engine cab were broken. Mr. Hen ry Rats n. :• pr-mog'-r from MaCon, was in st mUy liißiji. and a negro. Bid, so terribly j mangled tha. it is thought he cu not live. The l engineer. Hugh McDonald, had his band in i»red' and th c -1 luc 01 tec Vf.l a blow over I Vs W > last w-unda not being at all j RB ,j., UP >,[r. Rais on bad twj horses on-.he i tram Due wa- kii=evl and the other i& j thought wli not rive. The ;*.vo cars next to I the enxi'- were not '"c h dam.igid. Tae *-n --! giac aloo«* cam t-> 0 mmbu . Two ears toad- I t ..d with tob«<o md raolosses were aieo blown to pieces ar-d their contents scattered ia wild confusion.ov r lie woods. The engine was damaged by the concussion, and the teiegrapa iq wires thrown down.