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CHATTANOOGA. Additional Details of the Fight at Ringgold. of Some of the Killed Names : and Wounded. ‘THE REBEL ACCOUNTS. t Oflictal Telegrams of General ‘ 4 Bragg. ¥ prekee He ‘The Effect ef the Defeat in Richmond, &e., ae, he. Cincinmati, Dec. 2, 1863, A special despatch from Chattanooga states that in the ‘Dattle of Ringgold the Seventh Ubio rogiment suffered se- voroly, losig Colonel Creighton aud sieutenant Colonel # Crane killed, and Adjutant Baker wounded, Only one comanssioued officer escaped unburt, The Seventy-sixth $ Onio regiment also suffered severely. ‘This buttlo was fought on the 27h ult., by the forces * ugder Ceveral Hooker, and after the rebels were do- - feated they retreated to Dalton in disorder. Prisoners still come in in large numbers, and they will 2 foot up seven thousand. : ‘The mountal:s are full of Keutucky and Tennesses de- *sorlers, trying to get home, Bragg, with tho skeleton of bis army, {s making his way seouth, i ‘The heads of a number of our soldiers wero found on he Chickainauga battle field, severed from their bodies, aud stuck up on stumps and poles, oa, RTA ‘ whe Recent Brilijant Achievements in Front of Chattanoog: Wasnnxaroy, Dee. 2, 1863. The storming of tbe ridgo in the great battle before Chattancoga, on the 26th, {s thus described by an officer 114 report tothe War Department,— , The storming of the ridgo by our troops was one of the ‘greatest miracles in military bistory, No man who climbs the ascent by any of tbe roads that wind along ts front can believe that eighteen thousand ‘nen wore moved upon it broken and crum- ‘ling face, unless It was his fortune to witness the deed. { seems as awful as @ visible interposition of God. toither General Grant nor General Thomas intended it. ir orders were to carry the rifle pits along the base of ridge, and cut off their occupants; but when this was nem boduy up the impracticabl ng rifle pita on the crest and the thirty cannon enfila. ing overy gully. The order to storm appears to have beon given simul on were not to be held back—hopeless as the attempt- | speared to military prudence; besides, the Generals ught tho inspiration of the men, and were ready them- ‘Aves to undertake impossibilities, REBEL ACCOUNTS. he Despatches ef General Bragg—The “Effect of the News in Richmond. NBRAL BRAGG'S DESPATCHES TO GENERAL COOPER. Mission Rivas, Nov, 24, 1863. General 8. Coorzr:— Ve havo had a prolonged struggle for Lookout Mountain day,and sustained considerable loss in one division. ewhore the enemy has only manquvred for position. BRAXTON BRAGG, General. Carckamavas, Nov. 25, 1863. neral 8. Coorgr, Adjutant and Inspector General: — {ter several unsuccessful assaults on our lines to-day, enemy carried tho left centre about four o'clock. The le left soon gave way im considerable disorder. The \bamaintained its ground and repelled every attack. 1 withdrawing all to this point, BRAXTON BRAGG. Additional Details. ‘TEKLEGRAM TO THS RICHMOND BXAMINER. AtLanta, Nov. 27, 1863. | thing since the morning from the army. The Con- | racy learns from a general officer, just down, that light mishing bogan on Saturday, There was intense firing unday and Monday, and becoming continuous aloug whole line at daylight on Tuesday. i 10 battle began by the enemy charg! impetuously vokout with forty thousand strong, and at the same o¢cupying the attention of our right wing at the Mission Ridge, The onset at first was not impetu- [Satta a er as the day advanced. corps, commanded by Breckinridge, met the \« with unflinching courage, Late in the afternoon jenomy increased, and by repeated attacks made an ession on our lines. At four P..M. the left centre way—the enemy pouring through the valley hike a Our troops 0a Lookoat, seeing themselves cut off, onfused, retreating in disorder. Ing the night—the enemy not pursuing—the rem a our left was withdrawn to Mission Ridge, where wore massed for the morrow’s battle. Some ~ commands on the left were captured. Wednesday before sunrise the enemy advanced hole force with ardor upon the works at the foot iswion Ridge. Hardee, commanding, then met ‘attack with wonderful vigor and success. te alter charge was repulsed. Five hundred jay in front of our works. Our right stood firm. ‘atte coased at dark on Wednesday. After nightfall omy improved his position on Lookout, posting 105 to enfilade our position on Mission Ridge, neccs- « tts evacuation, when our line fell back eastward ssioa and behind Chickamauga, whee it now The battle was not renowed on Thursday. Our killed and wounded is not @ thousand; the enemy 8 ast twenty thousand. Our loss in prisoners is not ; we have siz bundred prisoners. Grant com- ‘4 im person. Washington and Cobb's artillery lost rguns. General Waltham is not seriously wound di now here. Governor Harris, who fought the battle, is also here. Our wounded are be } to arrive, Bragg’s headquarters are now at 4. The Effect tn Rich: AL BRAGG AGAIN DEPKATED—HIS REMOVAL DEMANDED. | (From the Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 27.) '» the tide of battle nas turned again ‘supter does not come unexpected! loom and sorrow, yet no disappoint: -atry looked for defeat—apexpected disaster —and pod that it might be mitigated by some fortunate ; but when Geo. Bragg that “the “it gave way in considerable di "it ie evi- 400 unlooked for circumstance bas come to Lis apn yey Bf} pn jenerel Lenguired at lished the knows and feels the complaints that are im, and this fact causes him tosbe ity Oppresses bis military capa- od down as be is, can bave that bf alt his faculties #0 necemsary in the trying nite, Woe feel for him the greatest sympaiby him to be patrintic, and earnestly struggling to but cireumstances, which perhaps be could ave operated to impair his usefulness. Why nprowtee the cause and endanger the Guif piaining bira in command? By consulting the , Bow almost an open outcry, the T'renident No atrogele for liberty with new Impetos, and as one relieved from an oppressive burden, es and buoyant io the contest that iq yet coomplished the unaccountable spirit of, the troops bore teeps over the brist- neously by Generals Sheridan and Wcod, because the The retention of General Bragg by the President dis- heartous the peovle, by forcing upou (Rem the impression that there is but ono man, aod that te Geoeral Bragg. io whom the President reposes contidence for the command Of the important Army 0! the Tenvessee. Reduced to one geveral, tbe people cannot realize that astounding fact. After three of war, that no officer but General Bragg, in the . retains the Of the President, alarms the public, and uniess this impression ts ly re. moved, wi despair. Pembertou's disaster at Vicksburg nearly broke the public heart, and Ye at Coattanooga will greatly depress the spirit of the people; sce that both of these ublucky and unfor. are shielded and protected by the cannot look upon the fact as otherwise than as contemptuous disregard of public sentiment. We will not go construe it, but bope that this last disaster will convince the President that a change is immediately domauded. BRAGG'S DEFEAT LONG FORKSKEN, {From the Richmond Dispatch, Nov. 28.) ‘The defeat of Bragg, which hax loug’ beou foreseen, has taken, as far as wo cin learu, nobody by surprise. From the very moment when General Bragg, tn the full careor of ap unparalleled victory, ordered his men to batt in the pursuit. and employ the time that might have suiticed to nonihilate the evemy in picking up tbe arms that he bad thrown away, the very air has been preguant with augury of the most gloomy description. Nor were these dark avticipations in any degree dissipared by the quar- rele among the olticers, their distrust of , bis Dumerous arrests, avd the genoral dissatisfaction of sol- diors and men, followed as it wos, and necessarily mu: have been, by a general srelaxation of discipline, and the absence of tliat vigilance which prevents surprige and ie oesential to the very existence of an army. The public hoped nothing trom that quarter , and they have not been disappointed We profess not to know anything about military affairs—certain editors tell us that the art of war is not amenable to the criticism of anybody who has not gradu- ated at West Point, and that distaster after disaster, Dringing in ite train unprecedented Ines of life, and surren- der of territory, affords uo proof whatever that a genoral fe not equal to his place. We are .told, moreover, that it la presumptuous in any one who is not # West Pointer to express even an opinion upon military manawuvres, although their failure or success involve his life, his pro- porty and his freedom. Be itso. We only express the opinion of the unmilitary*multitude, when wo say that to ry eyes the campaign 'Y strange one, and that having looked daily for disaster they are enabled to bear it with per. fect equanimity. What farther evil is in store for the country at that point theyjcannot foresee, but they look forward with faint hope any hae (ig of evil. They see that no remonstrance, nor ti ‘nor prayer, can their hands almost in Reoaypes change, and they ( Bewspapers: writers baye been prophets after the event this time. The preee ot the whsle Confederate, Buatee’hta rong wiki protests against the proceedin, ore ince the battle of Ghlokamanga.© Accordieg ‘to present appearances General Bragg will ight another battle. He may gain another victory. But @ui bono? To what end? No advantage will be tuken of jt, an@ we shall oaly lose & umber of men for nothing. Chickamauga, where Braga bad rallied bis forces, is @ fow miles above Chattanoogs. and about two miles from the mouth of Chickawauga river, which emptios into tho Tennessee, The positi n i# just whore the railroads branch out, one runniag east through Kpoxville and the other south through Atlania, Bragg, thorefore, cov ‘both these raiiroads, aed must beaten before Lon, street can be reach d. Bis main ‘ace lies west, but the enemy are crosst zg at the mouth of the Chick: mung! on bis flank, be murt ba other line facing also to that direction, whic. no may still be abie to rzpel the enemy. will Nature of the Obstructions in Charies- ton Harbor, An extract from a private letter from an officer on board one of the Monitors now off Charleston following description and sketch of the obstructio which we bave heard so much, and which have, it is alloged, prevented our yessels from passing the forte and proceeding direct to Charleston itself: — Our pilot has at !ast brought on board @ specim the lower obstructions. They are like this: tis chad SX x ONEROUS NG XXX Xy KK KK) KKK KKK ARN IR 4 A A A—Boor varrels, pitched. B B.—Ono and a half inch diameter rope. 0—* Cotton rope”? made into network. Lager bier kegs aud clotbeslines the ‘ and chains, with mazes of rope,” have at last shrunk 1n\ All this is very mortifying to us, when we know we might bave fought our battles under weigh, instead of detng targets. Musical. THB GERMAN OPERA. The Academy of Music wore a rather cheerlers appear- ance last evening. The contrast betweon the house as it ‘was on this occasion and during the late brilliant repre sentations by the Maretzek Italian Opera troupe was too marked to be pleasant, The whole affair was chilly. Decidedly the bouse is far too large for Mr, Auscbutz’s artists, pone of whom possess voices sufficiently power- ful to Ol) the vast amount of ompty space they were facing last night, Before speaking of the opera—wbich passed off rather tamely—we wish to mention ip terms of praise the adnftrable orchestra, which certainly played with groat ensemble and power, and the effective choruses. Of the artists we can say but little, Mme, Jokaansen ie well known to the public. @he is au artiste of great merit. Her voice is, however, not suifielently powerful to be beard to advantage in 80 4 theatre. the tenor, who sang the role of were sadly disappointed in. He baa but cons,” Horr Habaymann who was the Malvalio, did tole rably well. Weinlich’s capabilities the public are familiar with. ‘We will add @ short synopeis of the plot of the opera for those of our readers who may wish to know something about it— Alessandro Stradelia is & singer of marvellous ge- Diusghe loves and is loved by Leenore, whom he nv doubt charmed with his dulcet tones, We may assert bere, tn thesis, that we can’t !magine the possibility of Herr Bimmmet ever being so succesef |i}, and be was the Alessa dro last night: aod then we will continue by stati that the cruel guardian of the fair Leonore objects 1p jicb) to the pretention: This latter ie upon the hired to do the 9 Jover) wings to to the surprise of all those who beard ning, instead of killing bim outright, let the belmed with ver voiced (7) lover. being murdered by two br job by the base guardian, when be them and t astonishment at such @ r Curtain falis upon the happiness of the liviog Alessandro and Leonore. To say that the music is by Plotow is 10 assure ite ‘The first of a series of morning concerts, propored to be given every Wednesday and Saturday, came o7 yester doy, at the Park theatre, Brooklyn. The attendance was of m character to inspire the fullest confidence in the #uc- cess of the enterprise, being both numerous and fashion. able, It te not often that so good a bill is offered to the lovers of music. It embraced the names of Mine. Comte Borchard (her firet appearance in public rince her return from Havana), Mr. William Castle, Mr. @. C. Campbell 4nd the Bretto children, Of Madame Porchard, who bas heen beard here only twice or thrice, |t may be necessary to premise, for the information of our readers, that «be is ap artist of distinguished antecedents, having fret made ber detut in Para as @ pianist, and subsequentiy parsed to the Opera Comique and Italian opera, re are few more accompliehed musicians op the stage, and in by singing can be traced the resulte of that severe train- jog to which the pupiie of the Contervateire are subjected. Her first aria (from the “Domino Noir’) & gem of wre, was cung with a ery, and precision equalgto (hat of an inatrument In and trio from “Attila,” with Meners. Castle and Campbell, and in the Polita' 6 copfirmed the favorabie iinpren sion that she made by it, Besides the last mentioned pieces, Mr. Castie sang the ‘‘spirito Gentil’ and Kuken's & on Night,” both of which gave great patisfaction, Although laboring under @ revere cold, Mr. Campbell de livered with fine effect the grand aria from the ‘Ballo’ and “The W: Messenger,’ one of his most success ful efforts. This artiat is destined to @ brilliant future if ia ried r the performances of the Bretto children we have had occasion frequently to ex Press an opinion. We are not partial to these exhibitions Of precocious talent, but must admit that the toa Of these children of their instromente—the ar} T support that can be given biv. Buch entertainments as that of yeaterday relees credit not only o@ bim, but on Brookiy®. ‘The Strike of the TO THE EDITON OF THE MRRALD, Having seen a poties in your paper of the 20th No- Yember in regard to the strike of the United States Weighers’ men, you will allow mo to contradict the en- cloned statement, About four monthe since the we: Advance of five centa to their wag Ubat they would get tt they were ubeolutely retuned, and were told by the Collector, through the weighers, thas the wages should be but the old price—twenty five cents per hour, and when the men calied a meeting on Thurs. day last and resolved on a strike, then ‘ue thirty cents were offered to the men, for fear the atrike would bring odiom on, The Collector, after the men bewg patient for four mothe A® regards the police in guarding the med at work, it woul be better for them to attend to ether matt tha 'weighers men ar 00 More row dies than the weighe £0 Lbemnsoi ver. ORO W. DEMAREST Secretary United Btateg Weighers’ Mea Aspucialioe NE and letter, | of my appliontion fr a Gourt of log IMPORT ANT FROM THE SOUTH. The Exchange of Prisoners Controversy. General D. H. Hill and the Battle of Chickamauga, GENERAL HILL'S CARD, Speeches of Rebel Senators Toombs and Johnson, of Georgia. Northern and Southern Pray- ers for Peace. Archbishop Hughes and Dr. McGill, te. ae, ae We have received our files of the foliowing robo! Papers :— Richmond Enquirer. Richmond Enquirer, Richmond Enquirorg, Richmond Enquirer. Richmond Daliy Dispatch. . Richmond Daily Dispatcn. Richmond Datiy Dispatoh . Richmond Daily Dispatch’... Memphis (Atlanta) Daily Appeal Savannah (Ga.) Republican... Tm another part of the paper will be found the latest in. teresting accounts from Chickamauga and the Rapidan, under their appropriate headings. ce. Enquirer, Nov. 30. Judge Uuld recently received a letter from neral Meredith, enclosi Gonesal Hitchoock, of whteb the tollowing is a copy — Waasinaton Crvv, Now. 13, 1863. A. Mxnsorru, Commissioner for SR—I am not yet tformed whether any, or how far, relief may have reached our unfortunate prisoners of war in Richmond and ite vicinity, under the orders of the Secretary of War to send supplies to them of both food and clothing Mr. Ould whould be notified, for the information of his fovernment, that whatever siepe may have been oF may 0 taken to extend relief (to the prisoners of war in Richmond), must, on no copsideration, be appealed to by the enomy to relieve him from the ‘obligation to treat prisoners according to the laws of civilized warfare. If, {n other words, our prisoners in Richmond fail to receive Such supplies as the laws alike of humanity and war ri quire, the authorises in Richmond must be Informed ti 1t will not be considered a valid explanation or excuse for thom to appeal to the fact, should it exist, that sup- plies from us have not reached (nem. ‘The action of our government on this mattor is dictated purely by humanity, only an eflort to relieve our Prisoners of suffering inflicted upon them contrary to the Gtaims of both humanity and the laws of war, and must not be understood as relieving the authoritice of Rich mond from responsibility to the Chr: world in the premises If the authorities in Richmond will send us these pris oners we will not only feed and clothe them, but will continue to supply food and clothiug, as heretofore, to such prisoners as ney our possession ; and you will propose to Mr. Ould that Im this case we will agree, with. Out any reserve, to respect the parole they muy give ac cording to the laws of war, frem which they shall not be relieved in view of tho past differences or pending ques- tions on the subject of exchange, without the previously obtained cousent of the authorities represented by Mr. Ould, as _— for the exchange under cartel. You will please lose no time !m communicating a co of this note, certified by yourself, to Mr. Ould, and will urge upon him ite nee as due to the moat solemn considerations in the face of the civilized world. Very Fospectfally, your obedient servant, F.'A. HITCHCOCK, Major General Volunteers, Commissioner for Exchange of isoners Judge Ould replied as follows:— Ricumoxp, Nov. 18, 1863. Brigadier General *. A. Mevxpren, Agent of Exchange:— Sin—The letter of General Hitchcock has been received. Intil the Confederate autboritics appeal to be relieved “from the obligations to treat prisouers of war according to the laws of civilized warfare,” or ‘offer, as an ex- planation or excuse,” for inauficient food, that supplies ave not been ‘forwarded by your government it is eutirely unnecessary to discuss what will be the views of your authorities in either contin wency. Statements, most infamously false, have recently been made and circulated at the North by perscos whose calliag should have imposed a reapect for truth, which their own honer seems to have failed to secure. Our reg alations require that prisoners shal! receive the seme rations as soldiers in the field. Such your prisoners Dave reveived, and will continue to jive. Do you ask more? If 80, what do you demand? We recogniza, in the fullest for: if obligation to treat your prisoners with to serve them with the same food, in er 8 communication from Major bumanity, uaptity and quality, as is gi it jsvern bing which gives the barge of cruelty or inbu- Im the first place permitted to vend with OF limitation ll kinds of supplies to them, Hitcboock requests that the prisovers pow in our hands be returned to your lines. This if not accom. panied by auy proposition to release cur prisoners now iu your hands. So far from that being the cae, he prom. sea ‘to continue to supply food aud clothing as hereto. fore”’ to puch. General Hitchcock need not have urged you to ‘lose no time in communicating” his leer. No degree of hasto would have recured the arent of the (on- federate nuthoreies to & proposition so fagrantiy unequal. We are ready to relieve your government from the bur then of supplying "*food and clothing as heretofore’’ to our people in your hands, and if they are sent to us, yours: de returned Lo you—the excess, one side or the other, to be on parole. { bope you will ‘orge’ on Geveral Hitchcock the acceptance of ,this proposition “as due to the moet solemn cousides the face Of the civil ized world.”” We are coutet that the ‘civilized world’ should draw ite when in tbe two offers | Will thank you to forward munication to General Hitchcock, or inform bim thas the Confederate authorities decline to proposition. Respectfully, your obedient ser and the Battie of hickamau \From the Richmond Inquirer, Nov. 97 publish this morning a card from Lieutenant General We D. H. Mill, fully and completely exone aby respousibility for the faflure of « reap the fruite of the victory at Chickamauga. f when we copeider the manifest injustice done Generai Hill we are surprised, as well ne pleased, at the tempe- ral Bragg to Indeed rate choracter of bis vindication. General’ Hill bas made the reputation of s hard fighter, of which no injustice can deprive him. aud 6, ip common with our countrymen, earnestly hope he may be speedily reivetated in the Army of the Tennessee, under Longstreet, or Johnston, or Lee, and (hat General Bragg may be permitted to rest for a fearon, @ENERAL HILL'@ CAnD. At peveral erronec U4 gard to my being relieved from Tenpesne Len the order relieving me was recoived, | tnd asked (be caure of \t. ‘He e of complaint agaioet me up battle on the 20th of September, that putations had been, or could be, made againat my roilitary character, and that be would promptly rebuke any ove raking such in his presence. | then arked what could be He alleged se the cause a0 oo my 4. 1 inquired wh: Wee beld reapouatole for thie widprances when’ the. rit three corpe commanders (1 er |, Buokner and Cheat ) had concurred in it, To Mis Bo satisfactory answer was given ‘The insinuation made by some of the army ents, of my being tardy jo attacking on the morning of ine 20th september, is unjust. The first intimation 1 received that we were to be the asesilante wes an order to advance from the wing commander (Gen. Polk), received at tweoty ive minutes after seveo A.M And tbe firet I beard of the contemplated attack at daylight wae from Gen. Bragg bimeeif, some half hour later. The four emsential preparations for battie bad not been made at eight A. M., and, im fact, could pot be made with- presence of the Commander in Chief, who then ont a trod on the field. jeutenant General Longstreet bas since told me that he was so far from being ready st daylight that he was net even ready when | begao the attack. My imprenwe is that my woe more than an howr before ‘8 trigger wae drawn by any other troopa. To the Serce. noes of the ‘assault by thie heroic corpe the Yankees as. be their massing on cur right. If lam pot greatly taken, we Rad gained the (hattanocga road, turned the Yaukeo works, and pearly renehed ihe Kelly house before tne left wing The Yankees concentrated their forces rapidiy to regain the key point of their posiioa ele, and Dechler were killed, and Geo. Adama was wounded and captured by the ‘overwhelming masses thrown againet my ringle corpe. Gen, Aftams told me that the Aukees sa copvereation with !Am, ascribed the lows of the battie to their withdrawing to many troops rem their right to meot (his mor sing attack of my beroie men oo their leit. It would eeaca that the delay in attacking on our left led them W Selleve that our forces were Massed on Our right. Adi the Yankee ncoouuts Of the battle agree in this View “4 our plan Of atlark 1 beard no firing on our; left wott! after the fine troops of Waker and Liddell bed come to our eupport ‘The charge of tardin oes boing diapered Of tt may be (0 quote to the + olf constituted t Crom the lett or of the Adjutant General. im retu ry fervice and 9 @ preamp! ior came into setion. an oiheer of your ta er complaint mene cs and? ‘ “t. BILL, Laoutsnant General | five, and may cail out wil other « nearly every fami! not. forever \° cepts the grave trutl Lier the following | W YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1863. Jebel Senator Herschel V. Johnson on the War. Po y= 2d the Richmond Daily Dispaten, Now. 30.) Herschol V. Jobason, the newiy siecigd Consede. fate Senator irom Georgia, ‘mado @ speech Id Milledgo- ville o@ the 24th iva. A tester gives tho fuliowing fum mary O bis address — He came eqvare up wo the support of the adminwtra- ton, and defended tho tmpceeamont law as a noce-sary monaure ‘or the subsistence of the army. He would aye prices fixed by arbitrators of tho vioivage. le Counsclled Cordial smpport of the goverument as tho Of our hopes. He thought ft unstatesman Like aad unmanly to say that the law was unconstitu Monat oF that the government was oppressive, There were ome, ho said, th angel Gabstel could not oo Me would not have the arrogance. he said, toaay chat fe see ie b remety for ane Maanoial diMouttics. Ho ought Must bo vigorously resorted to, and had been delayed tov long ng ' He denounced those who have tried tho by abuses of the improasment law Fmony and hopelul perseverance. Ho Janguage 60 portrny the importance 0! our whole people being 4 wait. With our armies in the Held—the nobiost Faoe of men ever marsallod wonder banners, with their bosoms bared to (ho onemy—bow will they feel when thoy seo us wrangliog over a (ow dollars taken (rom us by impreesmont. If wo would discourage thom lot us foduigo this fault-inding apirit. Ho was proud to sce that General Asseinbiy bad reattirmed the step abo took im 1861. Thero ts no stop backward. All is wow in volved in the struggle that is dear to man—homo, sooty, Wiberty, bowor, evorything—with the certainty of ihe most dograded fate tat evor oppressed & people, i wo fall, 46 i8 not recorded in history that eight millions of Fosolved to be free, have failed. Wo can no iF mo would. Yield to tho federal authoritios— vi Subjugation, The bleaching bones of ove area thousand aliant woldiore wlain ta battlo would be in tongues of fire to curse to overiasting infamy theman who whispers yiold. God is with us, because Ho ig always with tho right Ho closed in coucaclling @ Grm reliance on Providenco, and the cultivation of @ apirls of reliance and devotion, 8) ch of Robert Toombs. (Prom tho Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer, Nov. 13] GPBEOH OF ROBERT TOOMBS, IN THR HALL OF RE- PRESENTATIVKS OF GKOKGIA, NOVEMBER 9. a4 Wy, ‘0.708 I all candor, thas the course our gorerament aued in obtaining supplies has sown seods of discontent broadcast over the land, and is erating houtiiity to the mont itself. Look at fe Workings of it in your own State. In tho aor section of it the hand of Providence has boon laid heavtly upon them for the last two years, Laat yoar the rains were withheld from them. Btorility cursod, and old mother Earth seomed to forget ber children. This year tho frost has como, and, in addition, the foot of the tnvader has been sot upon the land, aud blighted the prospects of the agriculturista. Famino, war, aud worre than tmpressment has laid its hand upon them, and you are aszed tO make provision for the support of many who will be uoable, from these causes, to support themselves; and I hope you will do it. In addi« tion to this, the tmpressing agent bas gone around, and, ‘in many cases, robbed the families of their meagre support tor the year. As a consequence the soldiers in the tcld become discontented and denertions have takoo pia conceal these facis. ‘The +t of wiadom is to rectify the evils, not to conceal them. It ts your dutye, as tho guardians of the people of Georgia, to speak out and to see to it that the republic shall suitor no detriment at the hands of those whose duty it is to ward and defend her interests. You are bound to seo to it that the rights ani liberty of the people are maiutained. T will invite your attention to another not less important topic. Our currency ix depreciated. We bave gone on increasing th wry credils mouth after 4 yet we wonder that our bag much a8 standard bullion, ay if 5 a was not uniform, that the greater the amount of the circulation, even if it Were gold itself, the less would bo the value, and that whenever the circulation, no matter of what it consisted, | exceeded the wants of trade, that it must Of necessity depreciate. At ‘the beginning of this war, when I was honored by the Conveotion of the people of Georgia with a reat in the Provisional Congress, the government borrowed $15,000,000 by pledging one eighth of acent per pound on ali the cotton exported (rom this country, payabie in nothing but gold and silver, or ‘the coupons of the bonds, and for the first year of the war, they were ov a par value with gold and silver—and even at the present time, when gold and silver have greatly increased in value, are worth 80 or 100 per cent premium, ‘and with this loan and treasury notes, net exceeding the taxes of the year, the war was carried on for the first year, But the war enlarged ite dimensions Gur enemy, ‘ater putting 75.000 men into the Held, went on in their army until they had accumulated an army agaist us, which neither we nor they, nor any bumaf being, er dreamed would be called out. Column after column, and army after army of this mighty host did we roll bi » Until be, in the madness of bis lust fo fop, with'the seas at lia command, levied trooy every part of the world to bring against order to take from us {bis magnificent creator bad given us, Merce, we cid HOt slop, we went on increasing UI to 180,000,000, 400,000,000, 00,000,000, and the rewult was inevitable, The depreciation from Marc 1 to July 1 bas deon at the rate of five por cent. per day up to July 1. It seemed to be overlooked that while you increase the {suuee of the government, you, in the same proportion, depreciate the value of the currency. It t be other. wise; it la governed by & Jaw that no human legia- lation cam centro!, You may, by appeals to patriotism, or by intimidation, feduce men to take it; bat after whicth every means will fail, and the vaiue of your imue must finally be determined by the tnexorabie standard of gold sud silver, the world’s messure, And all these laws regu the prices of produce, or other articles of commerce, and estabjiahing maximums, will Rot induce these oredia to be taken when {t becomes wortbiess, and will have no other @fiect then to discourage industry, to cow the seeds of iscontent among the people, and to raine up aparty Sgaivat the government itnelf, ‘This is a law an invariable as that which the Oconee to ow and mingle is waters with the Atlantic Ocean. Men may reenact the folly of Capute, but they caunot arrest tho laws of nature, Appenia to patriotiam to auatain a currency on false pri ciples weaken the (riends of the cause without benefiting the country, however weil intended they may be. They may give lo the government of their substance that is pa yet it cAbDOb sustain @ currency based on fa principles. You wust give ng the quantity down to the re of commerce, and it will regain in ite value to do this, and shame and dishovor stare you We must reform, and commence by 0 reasing the value of @ dollar to that at which the fixew it, seventeen pen igbis and eight greine abd pot let it what it is now worth half of wilver to the dollar. 1: a government it wil) be among our for no otber eve, will taae our and the poopie ed to the arnount it may be found necesmary to redeem it. Cur go bas already calied for the service in the fe bodied males between the ages of eighteen and forty bodied men when necessary, Why may it not just as weil call (or money to any desirable extent of (hore who may have been per mitted to stay at home aod make money’ Movey i» just as necessary for the prosecution of war as ecldiers, abd the remark of ove of the greatest of modern warriors, Louis XIV., pot far from the truth, that wheo two nation# £0 to war the one wil conquer which has (he inst dollar in (he treasury, I put it to every bouest man Who bas staid at bome if be @ not as much bound t Aid the government with the mowey which be has m during (be war a» any soldier Is to dofend it with hiv blood’ The man jp the army giver all bix time, which Liber ies Bball you w the war, for may be al! bie capiial, to defend the live property of himself and bie countrymen, give all your acquisitions, at least durin the same tons go t as to what one? 1 think wo You bave clowbed your essary powers for the pri Support bim, rpower w the owers. At the same wh (he least encroachment upeo public member that the President o te im the land are bot th t thelr masters the people, and should be You need not fear that your Fxec stroog eoough be bas the control of & thousand jour per anuum; Congress has invested bun the of appointment over the ar my and civil appointments, inciading the power of exemtpion from military’ ervice, which roaches in the republic, There ix no weaknons bere. It may have been expected of me Unat | would fay nomething of on this occasion, | will y-Bve yours of public service have convinced me tbat it is io vainfor any maa io public life to expeat to oncape Censure, Getraction and malice, if he serves him viry faithfully, Tam pot vain enough to deem mynoif an exception to the rule, Asa man, [am ready to meet All a-tractors, but Bave no grievances for the public— powe to coutrol my public duty, To all my defamers I ‘will anewer, (np the language of Dan Dut the bicod of the [Vrom the Richmond Enquirer, Nov 4.) dole Diehope of the confederacy have wet apart three weeks of December as & season of prayer The reepected Bishop of Kichmond, bir neing $hie arrangement to hie flock on Bun 1 Intimate (hat the peace (bey were was pence obteined by defeating abiiehing the independence of our come Oly #ort Of poace that good Conrece ¢ Wil submit to, Of peace there be mea: y wy Hughes, of New York, aio prays posee mesma - for penoe, but Wey inen | that eabogaton ned erger to moct tho foo im gho wt cause of freedom and couutry. 30 whl! the God of Gaition bieks our starry flag, and tho hosts of the heathou Xgakoo be rolled witb siaugblor and with Bi ‘TNEG let poace como and say, No lear of Bishop MoGill praying for auy Peace bat the Flebt perce. Thore ts no sounder Coufedonale than the bishop. THE GNION PRISONERS IN RICHMOND, Arrival of Buppites at Fortress Munroe. Vowrnass Mormon, Doc. 1, 1863. Kiovea thousamd dollars worth of provisions and clothing arrived today from J. I, Dancoust, of the Chretiaa Commission, also provisions from tho Baitunore Rolie Fund, for Uniow prisouors io Drxte. Shipments for the Un nm Prisoners. Barriwoux, Doo 2, 1861 Thore was ehipped to-day for Michmoud, by the faltl more Amorioan Relist Fund forty tive boxes and (wonty. barrels provisions, costing Over $1,600, Shipments (rom thin fund, mainly contributed by citizens of Maryland and #om0 Of the surrounding cities, are mado daily m the North Destination, LETTER FROM GENEKAL MEKEDITH Fortaas Monrox, Hoc Ho. Eowin M. Stanton, Secretary of War Government supplies for our prisoners are recoived and forwarded by the rebel ay Supplies furnished by Staio ¥ Aro also received and forwarded, also indi Vidual ruppiios I sond two bouts Iadon with provisions to City Point to- day 8. A. MEREDITH, Brigadior General and Commissionor of Exchange. The Ssuppiles £ eaching v 2, 1843, Mr, Webb's Entertainment om the Italian Freig AUTY, MUBIO, GAIFTY AND GOOD FARR RE D'ITALIA. Last night Mr. William H. Webb, the bulldor of the Italian frigate Ko d'Italia, gave @ vory pleasant entertain. mont on board that abip to the offcors, and to @ select circle of his personal friends of this city, Though the affair had aot been extensively anvounced or talked ‘about, it was none the less agreoable on that account, as the very evident enjoyment of Mr. Webb's hospitality by tho hundreds of ladies and gentlemen present might suf- ficiently witneas, Indeed no pleasantor ocoasion has been made for the enjoyment of the nocioty of foreign vis since the memorable trip of Christepher Columbus, who was, wo believe the first {talian sailor that ever visited these shores. The ship was drawn in at the dock of the Bremen Steamship Company, at Hoboken, and though the ap- Proachos to it might have seemed formidable to the im- Agination of one/comfortably at home in New York city, they were found to be just what they #hould be by those who were on the spot, Weill lighted by calcium lights, and without crowd or bustle, the sald approaches gave premonition of the orderly and well conducted entertain ment that all met, ‘8 band was located on the gun deck of the of course inevitably mado that in the earlier part of the entertainmont ihe central point of at traction. Thither, therefore, crowded aM the questa as they arrived—and tho animated faces and brilijant dresses Of the ladies and the scarcely lems brilliant dresses of the officers of the ship, dispersed here and there, on gaged in conversation and’ even in the deop mystorien of flirtation gave great liveliness to this romewbat yarrow salon. Promenade, flirtation and chat were the order of the earlier hours, then came the dance, and somewhat later the creature comforts furnished from the Maison Doree. Sapper was spread in a salon on tho deck next be: low the gundi and was ready at seven P M. It was honored with punetuality and am ple appetite, an every ood supper should — be. There were birds—that boro, the woodcock—and that fine favored gontieman, the quail. There were salads ot every variety. T sham, which the French waiters described as “splendid.” it was calculated 10 excite thirst. There was abund no to relieve that in tolerable condition of ti yatem. There was Charlotte do Russe, there wax Neapolitan ice, candied its, and countiess indescribable dainties aud deli cacies. And there wore toaats #1 speechon peeches distinguished by that createstZof all oratorical exceiiencies—brevity. Captain Marshall, for justanos, proposed the health of Mr. Webb. Wm. H. Wenn rose and said: —Ladies and goutiemen, I bid you all welcome, and hope you will enjoy yourselves. (Appianne). Every one felt under obligations to do it, Siguor Pertinatt), the Italian Minister, was present, and Ith was given, So was that of the Captain of the ON THE Ir. Gimanp, of this city, gave “The health of two Kings—the King of Italy and the King of Shipbuilders’ which was honored standing—there were no chairs—aud with immense applau: Mr, Jonarn Hox being called upon for a xpooch, made one. He regarded this ship as anotuer of those great triumphs that were so peculiarly American—the tri umppa of educated labor. Mr. Webb bad written bis pame in the navies Of the world; but no where io nobler chasaviors (has 08 LOIN BbIp, WHickswould honor him tn the Mediterrapean waters na tho great American me. chanic, just «the General Admiral had done in the colder regions of ti.) north, the evening wore away. Supper wan patronize’ by ew throngs, a8 thowe who had eaten contioued the dacce oF tried # promenade in the crisp and delicious air on the spar deck. Fvery arrangement was perfect, and the oc canion was crowned with ite appropriate ruccess in the happiness of al! who had the good fortune to be present. Inauguration of Uniom Pacific Raltl- Ouana, Nebrarka Territory, Dec, 2, 1869 ‘The ceremony of formally breaking the ground on the ail west nid@ of the Missouri river for the Union Pacile It road occurred to day. Nearly o0@ thousand persons wnclading Governor Baunders. of Nebraska, Couneil of the cities of Omaba and Co d & Dumber of ditinguinbed strangers. At three v clock, amidst @ roar of artillery and the rhouts of the people, (he engineers of the road com 1 the work, assisted by Governor Bander of Omabe and Counc B moojen, addresses were made by Governor Saup others the President, Secretary en, Mayor Opdyke er of the day wer the Hema House and & geberal re rend from y MILES O'REILLY IN THE WHITE HOUSE. The interesting and graphic account of the reception of Private Miles O'Reilly at the White Hone, which we gave Inst week, will be published in fall in the Wieeiy Hurnas p of this week. All atudenta of the Pree otial qnew tion should give heed to the developments made on The subject war therein fully discussed ae “army vote’ being eut to very seriou A New Perfume for the Handterc hier. beaut et ovly Ask for Praion Murray, Kady & Co.'s Kentueny and Missouri State Lotteries, Kasvecey, Crass 620—Dec. 7, 1 1s, 41. 67, 7, 74 44, 6%, 6 Cncuiars sent tree of chares, 17 atrees Covingios. Ky. or Ht Louie, di 2 Of the Bheiby Coll Bares Crate T19—Der 2. 160. 16, 24, 68, 15, 3, 66, 20, 70, Crane TP Dee 2 20, 64, 41, 22, 10, 66, 36, 17, Ouwslarscent by eAGreees, s gruwons & 00. Rucceseore ve Jon A Morrie & Oo OMcial Draw the Lt Cavon Comoeay. * Louery of Kanwens rary Asso- rms Ciset 45—Den 2, UL 34, 27, 36, 63, 11, 65, 66, 29, 66, 57. 61. Cisse hm Dee 2 Ah 19, 66, 22, 2, 64, 39 Managers, Covingos, Ky and Inf war- ned Laoltarion BOK ECO. brokers, 9 Fine owers, N.Y. piabed in ebb Henatifat Completion. <Latet. Pi , At 58! Reoadtwear, 6! oon Ww t ” . iy r one ' . ¢ ' ' * ao MAILS FOR THE PACIFIC. ‘al Grants @ in Texas—rew Europe—spo: ‘Tho wall steamship North Star, Capt. Jom this port (0-day. at noon, for Aapinwall. The maita for Contral America and the Soute Pactie will clowe at half post ton o'clock this morning The New Yous Mexaro pay Paciti , will leave be ready at balf-part nine this mornings And will contain full particulars of \ @sent Vien riow by Gen, Graat’s forces ab Chattanooga, accompansdh With an excellent topographical May of Ue > 614 of Oper ratios, Latest News from Gen, Moate's Ariny, Dotatie Of the Operations of Gen, Banks ia Tex The Lategs from Gon, Hurneide’s Army, Tho Siege of Coariexton: Interesting Nows (rom Rurope, Sporting Intelligeoce, and ail offer events of the past ten daye of an iuterosting eter Opies, Im wrappers, ready for mailing, #ix conte, A Word ¢ . . . ° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘5 = . e The bigh character, echo: ainments eraditten em@ ‘soot! qualltient wa of American ¢ w pesudions eo hiatoey of other nat Coming 4 reetly ray aurpring, he bas ascertained r * With this reetim befor of effects meeting them ou all sides, the aueeras of f nthe rook of truth i nt Kenora! 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