The New York Herald Newspaper, January 19, 1864, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1864,—TRIPLE SHEET. ~ Rebe North Carolina. MTORESTING FROM THE SOUTH B menet ined umaen feo, 14) camps to pat every’ sce An dus ts one penters ond cnnpart ofthe hiatery of the fay nacty nnn ° times, it is proper to take some najice of the manifests ticus in our Beiznbor State, conceraing which exageersted | seoveeism was the , a 7. & : e accounts have gai \. battle of Missionary Ridgo \ Otic CI phn ton estin So far as the 18 concerned, all our North Carolina Afer Cunt Interesting Proceedings in the exchanges breathe the soont pauricte and beret e oPabliam could give iden haan ute te duel pom oBicln) tenetaeary gneals. bo gute ite extstanes, r ——.e caute come Sey eomuel ead tory covers ots course . two. These, located at igh, rarel them ‘wore merous, “ thas Bo particular interest House, f "Tepsencatatoosy —_—_— Rebel Congress. Crery gleams” urticle ond at Vnvinprate accusing pang soy Sg i ee ate ae ae pang Fd had been FP fost, comet we ope! oy Pork for Petereburg. 2 cl ere . 5 stances a Sei aa aa agalses ane government ai ‘setimaute as ther paee- it, be would mention the,facts and vote against bim. | Created, Ho bad we ouch feelings towards the partios 3 bat 42. ae aad allt 2 Sees: 14.) ter ee ous. th outvin frequent denua- | General Bragg specially concerned transactioa as would Gt beng. bended yyy ; Cratisns of “the boceasieniss,, who, they allege, | BIS Army were absent. » Probably, wot | im today aoyibing YOry uakind or cecsorous. wes | Teremmaien @ thew Riware ony of Feterabara, marched sate, hat own 00 | LACK OF PATRIQTISM IN THE SOUTH. Drought on the war, for no. suiticient cause,” rloughs. bapy of thom were. no doubt, eo | sufficient for hut preseat purpose to way that he bad bees etregsio (We AF engaged iovotves —-. A ae $45, and they ‘“induige in ceasele s accusations that North | faxed im provost duty. it had come to that, that every | informed that this CuFtous ramilication of oficial power | Sat valuable rights aad isterens of our people. end te bebeld than « long procession of dirty iaadainule a2 Carol is pot tairly or justly treated by the Con. Mage in the country must have @ provost and pro | had owed ite origin tow, felt by soveral very amis- We secriice Withheld tm order te tn. | ing, sind-sided Yankee prisovers. ~~ fedorate government. Coupled with these, there are | YS guard, who, as (ar as lis own observation went, | bio, but over complaisant ‘ebarecters, te ‘a | Cure Guccess. tt that the rewurces f our * almost daily jeremaids over the horrors of war,the poor | Were & great deal more activ pleasant position for a in whese weltay tone country are more fp wyhE er gees Of our Sale of Negroes. Farmers Burn their Wheat Rather than | promise of ‘our altars, and the necessity of peace. One eventing deserters. The army ‘was discontented with | (uit a particular wterest. It i be was positive. and te aay that a Sie Paoailt & Son, Ly» Cy ‘@ large namber of ve < Of these papers, now before Us, Buys that the people of Substitute law because most of those who had put ia | correctiy op ihe subject, one Jebe, the multiplt ty i ‘ahomeuig 4 ‘of both sexes and ‘ages, at auction a | North Carolina “want ap honorable peace, of course; but | S¥bstitutes had sot themselves down ip towns and ams- | cation of has ‘been Celt in all’ countrios to | our duty. it rH a |, bud the crowd io attendance wes smali, and the Sell to the Government. they are willing to accept any peace that'a rity’ will el fortunes out of the necessities of the country. If | be a plen fountain of ‘and influence. pa yb them t the | Ging not spirited. The majority wore withdraws acree to, &c This is but the form in which it gives bad betaken themselves to some occupation useful | The gentleman for whose benefit ‘office bad been | imperative dety of surrendering al! porweat and for'e more favorable occasion, and the following ouly expression to 118 own opiniobs, and aunounces ite readi- | PRC ecosary to the country, this discontent would uot | created having been now, as be understood, otnerwise | foude—of iedignaatly sepaking SF grtinnion 0 tae | were ood — enna ne hes? for reconstruction—for that is embraced in “any | Dave arise ot Kaneminnanentinn. Of tis act | comiortably provided Lor, jhe Roped vaat there would be (ene Comper, pane Syed on | — id Rei ty | peace.” gaged in producing food pport | no louzer any opposition Of the act whick | Pretence—of Generous cuspert Sse, | Revers. : Slaves Déarer to their Owners than | pee ibe people sanction the ends to which these teach- wmeeres and the country would certainly be agreeable | ho had introduced. Letus, said Mr. aucep awray teat 1 all Ly 8 the cacrome of 8 | Seren. » 8,600 , a ings logically look? We are sure not. The good old State | the army, He therefore favored the amendment. this most useless appendage to the Department of State, | Powers, and of —— Darmoninus, weewiien aed | ray. | + 3,625 of North Carolina is pot prepared to bow the neck to | ,, Mr. Wiaratt said be wished to say afew words, aot to | and save the salary now paid (0 an officer who has no | Patriotic co-operation 40 which sles we can took for + 3.160 inf he mind Macdaleve Sons or Br ors- Lincoln in order to get **peace.”” She is not 80 poisoned uence the mind of the Senate, for he was satisiled the | sarthiy duties to perform to the goverament, whose faan | *¥00e%s. debe... + 2,600 | against her Confederate sisters and their common goy. | Spators had made up their minds, Indeed, he nardly | cial system is in such # condition at present as to calt for Eicrerene tiie, enecanig wort, oc haive gleam, | Guang (sili... _ ERS ET AS | crument as to have nothing bat reproaches for them and | Knew why he desired to speak, except that he had some | ait practicable retrenchment of expenditures. twohich have gone out to the poopie, They wore Ci : | to cutertain the thought of deserting them in the Mgnt. rane which be desired to express. This matter of sub And eaid that | the contemplation and the very Se ae arom THE REBE ir ESPAIR ‘The preamble to a series of resolutions passed at a late eGaies at cue which si cnet ave, been defended, from Tennes- | e007. They are sutes of enceuragement, a“ toy I nyt i uirer, xt. Be E L$ CRY OUT IN D. eetuty tells the old story about "tbo alarming and tear now it seemed to him thut the bill abolishing all aub- 20 uh ‘oflicer Sat of enrnces cutventy. They on oes VEX) See poy rua leuc! 6 Confeder ronment towards beet btato; duties daagore duty. . ’ RES BS military dedpotiam °” ‘The frst resolution aims that pos | 2utel sow performed | SU struggle, Une volcan ef those te wear tbe ponie tare | priest wore obtained oo credit ovine onthe hae litical power is derived from tbe poopie, ‘ec Tho'oeneed, who was | Comfided Interests te thus beard eb 0 the din 0d ry om S70 8 shged een vorth afiirias that the military power should be subordinate to Bees See, oben Reo he ; le Sand, actege Tere, $8,700; Fanny eee Peace with the No OF | the civil nw. ‘The fourth olaimas the right for North Caro- oat . the member | truih sag wo tans tae ae aera ote Caren nene ae roams | é am lina, as © soverelgu State, to consult ber present and fu. | Served. | We cou! Fopealing the | us yield to thei, Set, ae, (eden, Tf maid aged Starvation, ture interests, and to-cheose between a military despotism | 1neomp of State le incon | OA esr re aged Wwensyy yeurn, 06,480- agro" a and her separate independence, The fifth resolution prai- | + foaged thas there office of Assistant Seo- on (action, i < 132 for nine, of an average of $4,348 each. ses Gey. Vance, The last resolution declares in favor of b+ 3 iy Lt, re teses, et , ee any *honornble peace” —not “any peace,” een icrtken es Reruealons p Fe Ges ttt ees wah ar | cccsce Sicun'e Wortham Lady ts: @harios- 18 association of accusati and tru! we sco - Th Union Cam ai what may be au attempt to prepare the ‘of North two houses of Con- =e ove “the re | ot oo, ton—How They Are Living Thore. ] Pp @ | Carolina for the repudiation and abandonment of their Tr om | a Se peee Ge mamas atta tao kent one me caliente Basten Sroquiier, J9, SA] sia Coming g pe ering ager Bat See S a ae, Come ishing ‘he was certain thas Sao might Lave boon toon, bak proves enwerthy of Oe cotved by «lady in thie city from her sister, now pring. (be only direct, umequivocal charge of actual iniquity ef such an office at this time. “ anes im Charleston, where sho has beco siuce the commence- against the Confederate government is in the following, impossibilities, he oe SES et coq, y~] Py ‘ment of the rebellion. Tes or twelve letters bave beet FRessived: That the ate act of Congress, conscripting those | POEB00B, i ed ees ara {eevoanbulty of tbemestres ilvataiing tbe wantet Hasson, chore vin Liverjeol, Bagiens, ad’ coe . 1 of Congress, ing aaa But have us. Let them take t y i ws ho had batt in th 4 violation @f truce from Fortress Monroe. While her WEBEL APPEAL TO NORTH CAROLINA. | Scrictiel atin beircen ine goraraent and’ ter diuseny | If we failed soy, Tist_ tho, aut. | ot tnom patie the opr they ba friends have bers so foriuaais in hearing from her, ee . ‘and ts well calculated to destroy the confidence of the considered mean— to inquire into the | them put down votes, and down has during the last year received but one letter from in the stability of the government, ind the wisdom and ben- terms? \w for excoption | Conaures, ‘like faction, and every pernicious them, though many have beed written hor; and this is t= = esty of Congress and the administration. Confiscation means to have no house to bead; no jing for the repes! of of personal or y fouds. Lot them tus set iy We tt . a There have been other indications that the Zbstitute | bed whereon to lie; ‘i tes, in the event of | ea Scumpto, which sah prove tbe inspiration ST, ceria letter ae speaks of the panic created ta Ste = «Infirmities of the Rebel | !w ts the special endrmity on which the mal-affected | a negro guard in every house and 93 of persons who end the guide of their covstitucute in this hour of peril | tne ‘of Charieston when intelligence came that Gene- : have concluded to rest their case against the Confederate | every crossroad; wi ‘andoof stern trial and solemn duties. Jab Gilesare wen oben! t0 chal tho'chay, The cluaone Gi Government. government. Bat seedy eae never aces mecroe ight to visit te house of God without ais sembied at eve on their housetops, and in tho stillness of a for an atten a movement. Prove Mecotad, North Carolus fe nota whit more interested in the ques: |. Senators ‘The Revel Secretary of War's Report. | {be night the oom of the Ora gi ii sone ihe firtt shal, tion referred to than is any other State in the confedera- | the army. ee bs EE ot | from its starting point five miles away, on Interesbing Letter from a Northern Lady | $c e%cckyricvauce or people wit not be so conioer | or Congress titates, there | war has brought reverse to our artoy in Noriborn Gear: through the darkoee w wuiil i Durst in the beart of the é to shield those everywhere from military service, who | of certain cimeses, and bepeiiee lene Dear the theatre of its late trium, While a por- =... = te: — families rang a door in Charleston. have been thus fer exempted by thelr meney, | tion. Those 8 ee of our forces were engaged 1a, improving thelr vic- | *MTOt A Toro of the loiter is dated November 23-— as to commit “a gross violation of plighted faith? | July and Avgust prov by the expuision of theovemy from Fast + | My Daan Faxxo—What a treat you aiforded mo this to the other States by retiring from a contest on the eve, as appeared, of entire success, the eme- | ri oraing It was noxt toa good breakfast with you ab sacred to her ag to them, and consecrated by the com. | contented that their rich my seousnnlaiat age soe cote See a ae nice nbeets of Hope ISCELLANEOU: ITEM mingled blood of her sons acd theirs. Substituters,as | to share their lot with Southern Opinion of Irishmen. guered lines at so way L MISCEL a s $3, | the soldiers call them, whether their cause be plausible or | were content to rema\ 5 {From the Richmond Examiner, Jan. 14.) bors they assailed our mo, with not, are not so popular in the army, or with the people, | rich neighbors should be there also, . Sundry British protection patriots of the {elo | though meeting bloody Bee, Bboy ae that the foundation must be removed Ubrough a quixotic | sons forthe exemption of some and the here have, we are credibly informed, recentl: the position when ty | zeal in their behalf. That the repeal of tne Substitute | others to furnish substitutes. their shilialahs and cut stick for the land of Lincoin un unexpected reverse of law should have been selected as the chief griovance | some men could do more good, could benefit the country | dry others, too, born this side of the Potomac, have | thing of panic in aie Wo bave received full files of Southern newspapers | Bich is to alienate North Carolina from her neighbors, | and the cause moro, out of the army than init. We were | wended their way in the same direction—ail leaving their | Greading to be cut & papel aud kindred, and friends, shows what smail pretence | obliged to have metchants, tailors, shoomakers, black- | families behind to sell rum or make breeches other | retreat of the whole eufiers from the 28th of December to the 15th of January, in- | there is tor such a movement, and how poor the prospect | smiths, But when the bill passed permitting aubstitutes, Is for the Co'hing Bureau. When mothers andgis- | in men and material. bas clusive. We make Rao solections of highly interest- | Of Success. There is net even a ripple of faction in otner | what was the result? It was the fashion to talk about the er oremiantn and wives, thus intentionally and by a | tage with alacrity, and wore pursuing with ex efew ‘ ies as " States rolative to the Substitute law—there will be no | bone and sinew of the country, and to speak of the plant- | cunning arrangement left behind, present Tnemseives confidence when they were encountered by French. Her school és Sia Ing news from these journals, especially from the Zn- | disturbance in North Carolina. ers and farmers as having ali of the religion, oultivation, | at ing Bureau for a job, they represent, with the | uosbaken ange,” and | was almost afraid to have ber go this quirer end the Sentinel of Richmoud, Va., which contain ‘A resolution in regard to Stonewall Jackson is the most | education and patriotim of the country. Talk of | most innocent faces imaginable, that their male confusion and dismay. Borning; but there has been no shelling since much that Is interesting from all parts of the rebel con- | Temarkabie of them all. If anything could cloud the bliss | speculaters, extortioners and Dutch Jews! the are in Goa. Lee's army, and thus elicit sympathy, and | Vance, fot ce ree adant fdicatious of rapid pursuit, | Sib. The cannouadiag down voiow is vory heary W- as z of the beatified spirit of that gioat and good man and | farmers have been the worst speculators, extor- | sponge on the confederacy. To poor feméles every army, with all tho attendant indications of rapid pursuit, ederacy. hoble patriot—if anything could make bis matilated | tioneers and Dutch Jews of this war. ‘Hag the populution | ness and aid should be extended as long as they and thoge | Debind the lives of Chickamauga, where they have sinc Og Oe wins been ie ee cones eungnedt 8 form shudder in bis grave, it would be to know that his | of the Soath changed? No. Have the Yankeos driven out to them are true to us, but it is past eaduring | Fomained. Meantime, deep interest concautrates oo the plenty of them are jolt bere, We shail have to piteh our teat “up the road,’ I fear, he Lord ovly knows where noxt 1 speak tui ereouy. We bave Strengtheved and ioriiled, and are conte t do 60, Ui we feel very strong in Our harbor, and cap endure any amount of sneling Charleston will sever bo e Southern Infirmitiess name had been introduced to give cover to faction, and a | the people from their lands and put into their places the {From the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. 14.) contribution to his honor, associated with assaults on the | Dutch and Irish with whom they have wo Z The poople of eVery country are proue to consider | government in whose service he died, and in detriment to | nize the conquered States? No. Theso are the people of thomselves, tf not the salt of the carth, at least the most | the cause which he loved better than his life. Butso | the South who are fighting for their liberties or gotting faultless of its population. The celestial rat eaters of | long as Jackson is an honored name, the simple | other people to fight for them And, singular to say, they belonging that able-badied fellows should go North leave as a | events occurring in East Tonnessee, whore it is yet uncer- prea cde paperieglls jigations to | tain whether our disasters in front of Chattanooga may support, and who, by false representetions, shut out the | not have compelled the sudden retreat of our ‘oroes, wives and other female relatives of gallant fellows who | when on tho eve of consummating their work, by the are confronting our ruthless enemies. Chinn complacently term all the rest of the human race | story of his life and services will make abor- | think a great deal more of their ni than of jovements of the enemy on the ek hae | tiled by shellin live vender a militar; ‘outside barbarians.” Better instructed and more re- | tive all attempts to pervert his fame to aid au evil | their sons and brothers. A gentleman of his acquaint- The Re-Enlistment of Unton Troops. again proven the tuvincible Army of pond 9 pe hn MA my yihing bet the good of the people, you fined vations are restrained {rom so extrome an assertion | work. We join our North Carolina fellow citizeus in | anco had, iast summer, met a negro on the cars coming From the Examiner, Jan. 10.) under its consummate commander, the sure bulwark Know ; end what do such authorities eare for our lives OF of superiority; but there are, probably, none by whom | their tribute to him, and trust that they and we, and all | to Richmond to work on the batteries. ‘The negro looked Rapidan, in the city papors of | tue capital. Emboldened by some partial succes, the | oir ie aris the Idea of a higher excellence is not entertained, and | our people, will be ‘ourselves animated by his patriotic | sad, and the gontloman inquired the reason, Sambo said J ‘the | Tesults to us of incaution or over coufidence, the federal inced the re enlistment of many of the | Jy crogsea the Rapidan in full force, and with every ne fre che ar. nek teak “te cones fndigesion et making, by battle, a open way to Riche ee on propery, | mond. General Lee was prompt to offer them the coveted Per the day bas gone by te, an entrance to be made. ings wore to my view & Gilferont aspect three months ago irom what they do new, but I may be in error, U—— says | take & gioomy view of things whem T ought to be hopeful. I wish you could have seeal—— and | trudging aif ast wight afvor dark, to occupy by aur- selves @ iMely bonse th wo expect 40 50, one aud ail, if the the claim affirmed wita more or less freedom and confl- | spirit, and will imitate those noble virtues which con- | he was sorrowful because his old master looked so down- dence. tributed no less than his military successes to the gran- | cast when he parted with him ; that Ais master had five We of America haye by no means beon noted for ex. deur of his fame. We ask but one'question, which we | sons in the army, but never grieved half so much at parting emption from the infirmity to which we have referred. | hope oar North Carolina friends will ponder: Can any | with all of them as with him. The patriotic planters On the coctrary, truth requires the confession that the | man imagine Stonewall Jackson leading in such a meeting | would willingly put their own flesh and biood poopie of the late United States, taken as a whole, were | as that held in Johnson county, and voting for a portion | into the army, but wi 1 aeked them for a negro the perhaps 23 thrasonical as any that ever had a uame | of ite resolutions’ If we honoy bim let us imitate him. matter approached the point of drawing an eye tooth. A veterans ‘hom offcienoy of our army. 70 a'- | ‘go often recoiled in defeat and humiliation. After their among the civilized nations of Xn ead reecove ths em. | Yauating manifestation they have iguominiously slunk v: pt Outskirts of the town, wi clency of the army and it {ts strength, but leave | ".undor cover of night, and again sought an Inglorious shelis come up higher. earth, In resources, great change had come over the planters within the last increase vid powtesbion while may husband takes care @& and in the character of the population, the world was _ ©he Coming Campaign. two yours Two years ago, retaee thes pink of try | ite organization intact, is the duty now before shelter in their lines beyond the river. ne’ { told that it Lad never seen such greatness and excellence (From the Richmond Sentinel, Jan. 12. ‘and soldierly qualities was at Manassas, to keep bis army | Regiments may be ‘small, but, if filled up, will fe ter a before. Bot chiefly of the system of government which The year 1664, the filling of whose circle will form | from starving he wrote a letter toa farmer in Orange | more useful than any reorganization that ‘can now be General Bragg in Columbus, had been adopted were the Joudest exultations made. | another stage in th> march of Lime, will also mark a | couaty, asking him to send him Sey Wage one et come ‘From the Columbus Times, Jan. 6.) It was the per ection of human wisdom, the grand com- | most interesting auc critical period in the fortunes of our | pengating corrective of human folly; the panacea | confederacy. 70 the timid the new born yar lowers gloomi- for al human ills. ‘Ja not this great Babylon | ly. othe prudent there appears cause for anrious solici- 1. And.as for the demagogiam of elections of officers, we ‘This distinguished officer arrived in our city yesterday hope that Congrese will not again permit it to disturb or- | from the Warm Sprit whither be repaired immediately ganization. the is made last year and provision; to for the grain hauling the tame as goon as he was infunds. On the next Sunday this letter was read at every church in 7 : ~~ = F > the house of oe or tude; Peg crane ‘itsetf sees pwns tug of war, the | Orange, and on Monday morning thesixty wagons, loaded | has not it for @ subsequent trial, We be- qi @ might of my power, and for crisis of che » us, an we must ‘with corn, were sent to General Beauregard, free of ‘that not exaggerate in sa; ‘that not one jocessant labor strength we are assured shai be equal to our . hover’ Of my wadjesty?"? iehadnezzar @id not pro- | ourselves for the treme shock. As when the skir- | charge, aud telling him to keep, also, the wagons and sterecel ofacer ta the aan, soonsaten Guntans se So cxpcenre, cece Att sence ae cue” Gated | teak can poe a0 ia Sf. words with a more swelling pride and | mishers ‘are driven in, and the distant cannonade is | teams’ Such was the patriotism in Conaae ove? then. | again bazard the efficiency of the army upon an ex- ! that General Bragg ‘would accord’ 40 cur citizens | sary (Thanksgiving) We Always tried to do boner in the hour when the kingdom departed | exuded, two great armies rush to the death 80d | Now, those very farmers will actually burn wheat | periment. the honor and pleasure of presevting him a public re-'] to the ovcasion since coming here. A your ago a fow from him, than bad been the habit with us when speak- | wrestle fcr the victory, 0 now the progress of war than sell it to the at five dollars a Provision with ied, we trust bis stay in our | frienas dieed with us. ing Of the late Union, eveu up 10 the hour whon_it was | bas brought us to that final stage in which decisive blows | bushel for the use of own song aod thers. | "present rank ‘woll aa Se et eee privilege of pri- Jt 18 @ time when to ordinary view a feast reat In twain forever. are to be given and received. They stood bageling about the price te ropriate and beyond the revch of most person, ‘te Although mucb larger part of this boastful, self- We canvot contemplate the coming of the next and | per pound their sone and ‘thought last year, but we came as near as wo could important spirit, ite radest and least amiable mani- { fourth campaign of the pending war without solicitude. | were living on a quarter of a pound a day, and sometimes ancient customs, under the circumstances, This festations, was found on the other side of Mason's avd | We shall be strongly pressed by the enemy. Aey are | had none at all. ‘Wwaat change in Dixon's line, and is there this day, yet we of the Con. | making busy preparation. They are buying mercenaries for The Rebel Bzempts. 8 a of a y price, and sometimes ‘* foderate States are not without that self-complacency | the fight as men “uy shecp for the shambles. They are pay- | currency. No patriotism covid stand an inflated eur- offered (From tho Raleigh (N. C.) Progross, Dec. 23.) "4 ‘same dress ia which inst saw which telis us “surely ye are tho men”” We are accus. | ing bounties the half of which the world never Acard of be. | rency. Make money cheap and you make men mean. Co i ipernity ing AL tg hy BA withoul” ty empusticaliy tomed to boast, not oly of our aggregate merit, but it is | fore, They are with @ m | But the effect kad been produced, aad when you talked of ee a reeetsreibt be much edited tneteby;’ but the | true with regard to Dow dresses, Dut we are thus saved @ not unusua! to Witness a vast assumption of wisdom and | that contrasts ly with their native The | patriotism of the planters and bone and of the fragments | People will no doubt be much edit Oo of able. | 40a! of perplexity —no trouble offdressmaxers, of running excellence on the part o/ individuals. cupidity with which they have ever so their own ad. | country. these facts should not be forgotten. Of latea co will not be complete the —_ Herculean, | Sfter miliners, of going shopping, &o., Kc. Shoes tax It Is not {o be denied that we have many reasons why | vantage at our expense is far transcended by the lavish | wild spirit of speculation had seized upon the people to ed favorites Kept out of service by the Herculean | Cir wits the most. Thy cost Gfty dollars now. 1 we may indulge an honest and becoming pride. In these | desperation with which they sacrifice their wealth for | wi id fair to work our ruin. This is felt in the army. , to | labors of the tithe and money ireau Med there, | @ good su ‘We bave ali bad several presente wre, do well decorousiy to rawico, | Dut we have faufis, | oer destruction, American patriots of the betior days | The soldiers in the army believed thay were better than reor- | $®, Thousand of favorites bave been provided for by them, which have ran the blockade. and if we are wise we will consider them and endeavor | wore accustomed to say, ‘Millions for defence, not » cent ‘at home, but be honestly believed they were under. | Siting law that would Dave Oen ewer elicse oy the | _ Saturday I made a pair of deer skin tops, to be soled to correct them. It is too much our habit to sbink more | for tribute.” This maxim remains to usaione. Our | n> better. If the soldiers were sent home, in the present conscription but§for such thoughtfulsess on the net ise, ae is very scarce. But of rights than of duties, and more of commending our | enemies have altered it to read, ‘Millions for tyranny, of the currency, they would immediately turn sto | Part of Congress. Verily, the gatherers of tithes, Wf | Loses kind Vankos friend (a native of your native merits bhan of correcting our errors. Asa people we are | not a cent for honesty and justice” speculators and extortioners. And if the now at town, a man worth $100,000 be’ore the war, | do not too proud and {oo impe!uou: and passionate. When our Our enemies, too, wili, mence the next campaign with | home were put into the army they become pa- know that anybody has ary now) told me ke = eves geet nic albany! eed tye Sewing of 1863 They will pote oe Sunetaes topes Nalabe, a be di cn meennees, or by hint soto os a | sappounimeni, swift many were to laim is v4 |, ant cou one y was Decessity arises, our wants Scmssbed prodjied al di, soomune oc dieuld aon of Nashville; at Vicksburg int-ad of Memphis They come | reduced. t.. z 8 a a arcomyawn 5 our deliverance and owe the world no thanks. But this | flushed also with wiid bopes, and ‘was only an affectation of pleasure; for ewiftly we } increased arrogance, were pled with the most intemperate denun. It will be incumbent upon us during the current year. ciations of these who had rendered us this alleged signal’) to call out all our resources and put forth allour When the Substitute bill Congress said to preacher, doctors and some ober, you are ; and lo others, you will be allowed to furnish substitutes. —Will this ever reach you isa query. Wheat service, and with passionate demands that we should | We musi make the most vigorous battle of which we are ca- | these men. The contract, if any there was, was between mond, where ced this i, was warm enough t sit up stairs precipitately assume towards them a hostile relation. | pable. Everything is at stake—property, honor, liberty, | the princtpals and the substitutes themselves. Govern. course, Whoa eT oy . with windows open. The uext wight water froze in my! Where were Gar equanimity and our cool wisdom? Why | life itself , and a a presses, ** The Philistines | ment only said, if you can get a man who is not liable to Caro- | that a negre man hired at the me aud place for seventy- | pantry, and under a comforter and three blankets 1 ina war, be blind to all those considerations aod avpliances wate ‘be upon thee, Samson |’ military duty to go for you, you shall be exempt. But constitute calm statesmansbip, and thus roar lik a mob If we thus act our part the dangers which menace us five cents, Amid all che wreck Bot keep warm in bed. So much for the “sunny Souté.”* ow government wanted them all, substitutes princi- Gtitution’’ will pay. ‘ou are either roasticg or freezing all te ti in amarkel place’ will all be averted. The ship may be am: the rocks | pals. We were again to conscribe all the men in bi could ot scoert “your invitation to ‘Thankegiving, Take the case of the President. Much, perhaps most, | aud the sound of the breakers may be beard, but a steady army, not for three years, but for the 4 Our dinner was roast turkey, roast ducks, boiled that he does, is upon secret and confidential information. | captain and brave and united crew shail bring her safely | war, if that war lasts, like the contest in which [From the Richmond Sentinel, Sweet potato pudding and ground nuts. Whore were He bas shown a judgment ands merit that caused om | out of her peril. Our rea! danger lies not io the martial to. be «upacimously chosen for his present high | array theenemy may send against us, for under the and responsible position. It is still admitted | blessing of God we have already shown ourselves able to by many, probably most, of his revilers, that | withstand them; bui the point of anzious solicituie is, are Wo learn by a letter received from Enterprise, Miss., dated the Sth instant, that General Polk addressed the on the 30th ul ee oe oe heal ee 5 88 engaged, for years. They stay in the army till they di our ive ce is achieved. These men in the army did not feel it was right they should do all the fighting he 15 the best selection we could make. And | we all prepared and resolved to do our whole duty? for the protection of their lives and propert and for —_— in the defence ir country. The troops are comfort. manner ‘uation; bas road much, yet they scruple not in this ignorance of the grounds of Do we appreciate the magnitude and the vital character | the lives and greater rty of the sul fate t men. If The Coming Fate of Buatie. ably quartered, have good rations, and are very well wa saaaty taseneand Py topics of the ry his conduct, with these reasons for personal respect, | of the crisis that ts upon us’ Are we all reaay to make | it wassaid these substitute mon were necessary to the ‘From the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 15.) lothed. Can cook anything that was ever cooked ia Boston; but does well on piain eora bread, our daily fare. I eave just engaged a man to bring mea pair of turkeys for twenty-five dollars, Diana, toe plague, is still one of my household. 1 wish you bad’her, but only fora little while. She woold pat ‘on out of all conceit with negroes. She is not yet four. teen years old, but agiant in wickeduess. [think the apart from the reapect due to the oftice which he filsand | every sacrifice which the canse may require; to go into ced him there, to speak | the ranks, if called for, to coutribute our property; to be rbuy and a violence that | ready with our personal service, wherever wanted, and to count not our lives dear unto us if our country is tobe Nor should we shut our eyes to the fact that there are | served? Are we ready to respond, without murmuring, a rivience and intemperunce in our public discussions yene- | to the military laws which Congres shall judge the ex- that we should do well (9 avoid. igency torequire’ Are we propared to hail the law subsistence of the army, it might, with truth, be replied that they were not doing anything for the subsistence of the army. They, wove speculating—charging from fifteen to twenty dollars for a bushel of meal, and upwards of a thousand per cent profit upon shoes and clothing. ‘AS be had said, he believed every man im army should remain there; and as to send the substitute men there woul a trace boat was reported yesterday to have Judge Watts, of the District Court, the letter states, is arri atCity Point. If this news Te true we sbali | keeping a good many out of camp by issuing writs of Peng Aoyagi bye ationd United States today. {t | habeas corpus. Such buncombe harangues, euch sophistical arguments, | which shail impose heavy taxes upon us to retrieve our ive and the Beast is to be given authorit; 01) rece a humbug and @ great bore, and my wonder ons and vicleut invectives, as too | currency and establish cur finances? tisfaction to the army, be was for repealing the whole | Cots anwar? end) aud the Es Krustworthy sources thst | ristown, His cavairy skirmish with the enemy daily. | fy that Southora pesple bag tuem ao cosely b> thelt assemblies, would disgrace a mau, Fellow citizens, if we are not ready for all this, wo | Substitute law and making he a He would tell bas assumed command at Point Lookout, and that | Gen. Ransom is at Morcsburg, Hawkins county. From | peorts, But 1 think (Le begining of their end bas not only #5 amember o/ I’ai . must become go. Such # spirit aud resolve among us are | Senators that afairs had reached that point when they | tho first intimation our im; soldiers had of | this place he is enabled to watch the movements of the | come. Why caanot we correct ya tastes and babits in | the conditio they will prove the guaranty, of our } mustact. They might suffer @ re-election of officers; but | the fact, beyond rumor in camp, was the | enemy at Cumberland Gap, and prevent a flank move I © friends now who are paying as much for one tion of these respects’ We exhibit in many things,and in the | success. [ut we must win this victory among and over Begregate, of Our cocial ile, a superior excellence to tbe | ourselves before we shall be ready to meet the enemy. British—at least, as a Confederate, we shall be pardoned | We must be ready to risk all, and offer all, if we de not for thinking 80. But iteurely will be an acquisition not | wish fo lose all. Avery man who ts able to level a musket if we shal! become more patiept, more | musi be ready to shine in arms; tf too old or infirm for the . Considerate and respectful, if we shall | army, then as Stale guards, or home defenders, or reserves. to violeat expression and extreme opin- | Every’ producer must arouse his utmost energies to pro- J not be so quick to lose our temper, and | vide food aud clothing for the soldiers and the people. , 00 those very eubjects which toost re- | All must be ready to renounce comforts or endure bard- e their hoaliby exercise. Let tho people honor only | sbips without murmuring or complaint. Ob, it is an the men who exhibit the excelioncles and avoid the | houor to sulfer in such a cause; and, in the happy days to Cauite we bave named. tome, such sufferings will be told over from agiad mremo- emcee Ty witb an bonest pride. To 4 > — © - ecure this cordial union of hearts and heads we ae a LA pg no oo void everything calculated to cnill our ardor, to that would disorganize the army. They might suffer the troops to go home at the expiration of their present term of enlistment ; but our liberties would be lost. They must keep the men in the army and send the substitutethere too, The only question with him was whether he should ‘Dot move to substitute for this biil the Conscript Dill of the Military Committee. It was ited to him by Se- nators that the Military Committee's bill would excite a long discussion, and that we should pass nothing. He would say to Senators that this Substitute bill was noth- ing. Our liberties were inovitably lost uniess we passed the Conscript bill—the bill of the Military Committe. If we were going to disband the army it was useless to pass any other measures. ‘The question being called, Mr. Maxwell's amendment was lost. The vote was then taken on Mr. Simms’ amendment, proposing to repay the principals a fair proportion of the an order from him itively | ment upon Gen. Longstroet. A iarge supply of shoes and Prerbiing the citizens of Maryland ire” aoe me blankets has been forwarded to Gen, Long#treet's army, ty sympathy to our men, or rom furnishing them | of which a great many of his soldiers siand much in with any necessaries whatever. Before that, owing to | seed. Major General McLaws has beon relieved of his the kindness of the Maryland women, who are almost en. | command under General Lonzstrect and ordered to report tirely Southern tn their feeling and action, the Confeder. | to the Adjutant General at Richmond. The order reliev- ate prisoners had managed to bear the rigors of confine. | ing Gen. Mclaws is based on disagreement between tho ‘ment with tolerable equanimity. Their condition now ig | Commander-in-Chiet and himself, and does oot in aoy Butler is an outcast, and can never be recog- | way impugn his courage or capacity. Dized as entitled to the privileges accorded to afoe taken in lawful warfare; yet, it may become @ question whether The Rehe! nesse: . our government should not consult the feelings of the {From the Richmond Inquirer, Jan, 14. Confederate soldiers now lingering in Northern dungeons, | From an officer in the Army of Tennessee and take the earliest practicable opportunity of releasing | here last evening, we have the most encouraging account them, ‘Treating with Butler will not release the pitiful | of afaire in that quarter. The officers aud men have great wretch from the ban of outlawry pronounced against him | confidence in Gen. Johnston, aod the condition of the We oan still hang Aim—when we catch him, but catching | army bas been much improved, both as regards numbers ig before hanging. He should, however, be ae and supplies, It is intimated that there wili be stirring pair of shoes for one gir! ag | pay my Cook io s(x months, Bome of them aro locking for future developmonts + bring relief. I am so giad that I am not cocumbered with property that runs on legs, for if I had a horee oF @ cow, I could not feed thom in these times, 1 have just sven a letter from the son of your former pastor, He has just Deen ordatoed over a church m@ Athens, He says at the seminary be was called ot ains."” Dec. 4.—I bave just beon to a sale of gros (blockade), pip od accommodate not be 69 not auction, but selling at fix consumers. All I wanted was could not get. My husband bought » calf skin for sixty dollars, ‘There was arush, which reminded me of Kiu- mouth’s in ¢ gone by—all but the prices. Tie meanest calicoes sold for six dollars a yard ‘What think you of late affairs ia Teguessee? Will they bring peace to our borders’ ) Progress, ec. 22. discourage our efforts, and to estrange our feelings from ration’ It le folly 80 Jane to | cach other. There are some, in (his supreme hour of 1ife ‘yiies in tho country, | and death, when we are fighting a foe that comes in upon (From the Raleigh Peace aime can preven wus about Usre being enc 8 i$ pot te fact, and those who adhere to such a | us like a flood, when our country itself is at etake and si money paid by them to their substitutes, and the amead- | doubtless, will be, by the first Confederate officer in news from a jon of that department, which will agree: Shelling is not very brisk here at prevent As yet i pro, jon will find Out, when it is too late, that they | threatened with destruction, who make i their part to ble | ment was lost by a vote of, yeas 10, nays 10. bands be may onsoe to fail. ably Saryeiee tus public, before many days. bag all been far from us, often upbearg, but ali dows have been mistaken. Confederate moncy is bad enough Goreme malay on State tha Tage spe ler ag uni ‘amendinent was also down—yeoas 5, ements ndilinidestas town has moved up FIRES i kuow, but tue qoarth of provisions iu the market is | the largest liberty to every person who is disposed A ~ Thave just come in from the sale, bringing in my fot enue’ by & waut O° couhdence in the curreucy, but | They are aa wiso as the man who cried “Fire!” in the to amend tho bill by altering | Comtemplated Raid o: water. | g Seppositions Regarding Kaoze | 1 wrapper, a whole piece of calles, for whieh I becau, rodugers bave nothing to bring im, Men | midst of a universal deluge! Others thore are who dog the aera eat command means are atuering up gold, silver, | steps of the President, assail nis acts, assail his motives, bank notes end Treasury notes, with wiicd to buy pork | attack bis usefuln do all they oan to make ta adjoiwing counties, aad be thank/ul to get it upon | his efforts unsuccessful. His leading officers und gene- the terms and for the hard substance olfered. How | Fals are often honored with a like indiscriminate abuse, theu will it be with those who have noibing but the | From all these men the people must turn away. Whether pittance i: Gonfederate money, earned in sewing or | in Congress or out of it, they are doing tho enemy's other work? Whben the currency of the government | work. They are distracting us when distraction ts destruc- conses bo ferve as a means of trade, and will no longer | tion. They are dividing us when division is death! Wuy what the soidvers and the people went, the army and We must unite, heartily and cordially. If we do, our the people will resolve themactvee ino a mb,’ and those who | Success 18 askured. If we do not, we shall inevitably go awe misiod and ruined them will ha-e to fly for their lives, | down, We shall die the most inglorious death that can Do our people realize bow near we are to this state of befall a peoplo—die of a want of public virtue, die of things? If not, tet any citizen take & einal) sum of movey te ot to factionists and demagogues, and breeders of rket some cold mornin, , 5 mee ee ca poopie and the authorities that the present We believe our people will thas unite and thus devote dition of things cannot and wilt not las’. The masses thomseives to their country. Wo do not all like the signs beyony honest, bard working people have been deceived and | we soe. It is @trange to see Congress talk so much when misied long eno! ‘acd thoy will not suffer and endure | the timo is so precious. We have wondered to see our sways. ag oDURD AeA At, end peace they will havo; if | Legisiagure calmnly taking unwonted holidays when the not upon such terms as the [dadere who baye betrayed country isinagony. We trust, however, that these ‘them desire, upou such ter as they themselves shall | bodies will Speediiy set an example which the poople will \ thelr moat and bread; | do well to tollow; and that whatever of torpor, oF inde: $258, not to wear, country, ‘Toll it not in Gotham.’ You ought beset with inquirers, and ‘‘bow cheap, ‘at the doot of ber carriage dows themselves at the gntowa) servants | vent p yusly home with & load te, ak for our consumption, but to be converted, as abore, articles of greater necessity. Mr. ORR movod tho enacting clause 80 that instead of reading “The Congress of the Confederate States do therefore,” it should read “The Congress of the Confederate Rates.of America do.” The amendment was agrocd to. The bill was then passed by the following voUe:— ‘Yuas—Meesrs. Brown, Caporton, Clay. Clark, Davis, Dortch, Henry, Hill, Huoter, Jamison, Johnson of Arkaa- aa ea Phelan, Semmes, Simms, Sparrow and Wig- all—17. Noxs—Messrs. Johnson of Georgia and Urr—2. The following is the bill as amended and passed:— 4 BILL TO BE RNDTLED AN ACT 10 PUT aN END TO THE RXEMPIION FROM MILITARY BRAVICK OF THOSE WHO BAYS HRRETOVORE FURNISHED SURGTITUTR ‘Whereas, in the present circumstances of the oma) it requires the aid of all who are able to bear arms, Poe gy of bdo yng ‘ate States of America do enact, no person from military service by reason of his having furnuched © substitute; but (his act shall not be so construed as to affect persons who, though not liable to render military service, have, Bever- theless, put in substitutes. Parties who came up from Ivor Wednesday evening, General Wharton's scouts (says the Knoxville Regster says the Petersburg Ns it information direct | of the 3d inst.) have been within ove or two miles of from Portsmouth and Suffolk. A ange Deere force is 0@- | Knoxville without encountering any fedorais The suppo- ‘temou! are now there | sition is, that for want of subsistence Burnside has evacu- ‘about three thousand negro tafantry, rae & battalion | ated Knoxville snd fallen back to Clinton. temp! 4 towards the Blackwater. No Yankees bave recently . e's Dofaications. Visited Suffolk; but the pickets are still at Jericho run, | A Rebel Quartersoncser'e, tox two miles below town, and a camp of cavairy is i up at Bornard’s mill. A Miss Pinner, daughter of Wright Pinner, of Suffolk, married a Yankee officer last ween. rt, but to exchange for edibies ta the have Oar al Correspo: St. Awonnwe Bar, Fia., Doe. 16, 1863. Operations of the United States Bark Reiies— Destruction Of Rebel Salt Worke—GQaiiant Ounduct of Basin Rua sell, de., de. ‘The United @tates bark Restless has beea practising her eld tricks again. Upon the 34 of December an expedition ‘was fitted out from this vease!, under command of Acting Ensign J, J. Russell, for the purpose of recoouciteriag Lake Ocola, with an evil eyo towards certain rebel anit could make it more notorious. ‘Thie man was living at the rate of five or tea thousand dollars a day; having carriages at bis command; every (hing that was good in the matter of food ; ate, like Dives, Of the best that tho markets coup! pints, ine rel ey faction now weighs ow 1 | Un motion of Mr. CLay the Senate resolved into seeret works in that vicinity, Arriving at the lako on the 4th “Dat we tell them it will not rem: ith them unleas the | cision or pon. re om the country swiftly ai .. We believe that Provi has | executive session. , Me. Rasesll, with ber of men, landed, ead L. Se provided for. eyed will | Suis oer 1 Gnd that te blessings will crown OF REPRRSENTATTTRS. = etyperdeciy ° s got 6lar aw the land. Peace ech ‘e pmeoe, pp tds — wom a our virtuous might obtain for us— would give us av abuudance Proceedings in the Rebel ereature comforts at reasonable friced would réward | Interesting Cs drmest toil with ao aboudant chrome but war—a con Congress. he SENATE. vi ery mam who if now for war, in pret we to de- MiBSSSIPPI RESOL! TIONG. cided hove by both Confederate and Grate authorities Mr. Pre.an, of Miss , presented joint resolutions of tho foaking to poaoe, regardiogs o! age ot condition, should at | Genoral Assembly of missiseipp!, which were referred to once enter the army, for thee is but ‘one way | the Military Committee. in which our ruin can be imade thorough and The resolutions, severally, provide U cautiously proceeded along the coast. Presently 8 seow, commanded by a white youth ead propelied by the eneg- tions of a crow of coutrabands, was discovere, and, upoo being hailed, they pulled tothe beach, where they wore faithfully catechized. een they were upon their way to the entrance for we pur water to carry to the works, ia Pree maue Sly ad that these “works” ware two 4 miles “A yon a candid review of the subject, Mr. Russell con- cluded to inspect the salt manuf , Sod, uoder the HOUSE BRAGG'S REPORT OF THE RATTLE OF CINOKAMAUGA. Mr. Seuss, of Lotitane, sebeatived the (otlowiog resolution, which was Resolved, ‘ibat the President of the Confederate States to the Sonate « of the report of Genoral Of the battle of Chi '" with all the reports of subordinates that have been re- ceived. Tho followingybill was taken up and :—A bill to be entitied = act making uidwantes to ofhoore of avy of the Confederate States, under certain ci stances, and to amond an act entitied ‘An act to Sentinel.) ie tive pony? lodulge me wi ive ae conte live in the Army of Nerthera Virginia. ee teas | 1 der We ao Eri give my core expenses for the ident | month of December 5 a ” jatler's. 27 00 he &@ Rebel Oficer to Live. ihe ‘What it Costs of the, 7 ‘ibe adc an oe vot th ie measures to e sone’ what they must do? or do. the a ig t© coBtinue the 5 uest repeal that portion of the Consor pan gol hgh > PE A a quested g-cuberitition in the army; to take into considera. | for the’ organiaation of the navy,” approved Marob 16, | in command caro not if we aro crushed ve the slates SE el nt cone [sweat os ee coneider honorable, and that those who as to rule us | tion the practibility of an negro men in the service | 1861. Gite where be was welcomed by the “tslivul , BOPP PLACES AND SINRCURNS UNDER tre Gowns HwENT. Mr. Foor introduced @ bill to repeal the act establish fog the office of Assistant Seoretary of State. Mr. Foore said that he recrotted to be compelled to brivg this somewhat delicate matter to the consideration of the House, but be could not refrain from doing 60 without a serious violation of his own sonne of propriety. Several “wind Speed by bilt or resotation, beve been the place, seventeen In number, one of wh daughter of the “sunny So: ‘This aristooratto gang of F. by Jordan, who was the presidiog gonius of ¢he saline cookery. AN tthe worthy. Gel were oarnestly invited to ascompany Mr. Russell to an exbibl tion of fireworks, which he proposed to display roe of charge, and this invitation, atter a propet degree of hesi - take steps at once to make it, fo arosters, &o; and appoint an agent, or tae at by the ‘enemy to satisfy ali rearmalle ageote, on the part of the Confedetate States, to visit they would gladly remow the quarre! from the sword and | diiterent portions of the State of Mississippi for the pur. velar Mt to the council chamber, Though net in favor ot | pose of auditing, adjusting and paylog off certificates ‘and the best peace that can be made, we are in favor of av | receipts given persons for provisious and other property ‘Mfort on the part of our authorities to make some peace, | impressed by the Confederate government. ‘and the truckling misoreant who objects to this is a SU RSTITETES, coward if be do not at once shoulder bis musket and The Senate then remumed conside’siion or the House od our mi Morciful Father, look. pay 1 eer deliver us, Prom the band of the oppressed , 6 iT we cannot be rollovod, sond peatilence or famine and death toend our sufferings. I had rathot be a pri- vate C9 and face Lo od Lg pads . t federal government pownaar mi 8. teint ith bread and wator in ths ‘and af the frog | «Making @ tOtAl Of.4,..-.+++ee-sssecserc cessed ‘and the home of the brave.” What ia life filled with anx- eSa8huac H set m" bi to pr tion ons who have | heretofore made to repeal the act providing for the eatab- LT fing To~ | tation, was accepted mare 10 the Trout.” we intended om the question of | furnishes wubenates, the pongiag ‘qvention being ou tha | lishinant of the oifice of Avsietant Secrotaty of State, and | fey, as Wo ace, DOL Knowing when wo go to bed oan | Cates, one Nerem © Hoke Prices, Tho’ pyrotechnic services wore inaugurated . bo he tee Ans contempt fr stay-at-home seressiog- | adoption of the amendment of Mr. Maxwell, of Fiorida, | yet, from various and pet dela vat Canges, this ay woneae oe pd Pindbnene sy sengphad ee ‘nt ho Richmond Sentinel, Jan, 14] explosion of an impromptu “mine,” consist 4 ‘ rt bus cepling those engaged | i TY purwuita wbose | die ous exerereance upon our ‘Mioiat aystem renvitnad. | at ewer many hune yone p (oie pug thal we caa Tot 00 Opportunity pase Wo abuse | excr7 ling those engaged in agticulvural pursults WudSe | dic ious sxe certaes Sy Oat Alolat ayntem ram wi Pesaper|ese wo once wed on flluenon. Femaus are V Nise Yaakoe ane olghs Captederate prisouore Wwopousdor shell lagesiously concealed tous Gubelibuleg DAY Up) degerved.