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> g, THE SOUTH. (WALL THE REBELS ARM THEIR SLAVES? Interesting Debate on the Davis Proposition to Employ Them in the Army. @ is Breed that It Will Disorganiso the White Troops and Result in the Abolition of Slavery. Proposition in the Rebel Honse to Arm One Hundred Thousand Negroes. Shey Are to be Presented to the White Seldiers as Servants. Mabet at Reviving the Public Spirit at the South. . The Appointment ef Joe John- ston Demanded. Charleston Selected as the “Last Ditch.” §t is There that the Confederacy Must Fight the Last Fight, &e., &., Arming the Slaves. DEBATE IN THE REBEL CONGRESS ON THE SUBJECT. SENATE, Frapay, Feb. 3, 1965. ‘The Senate resumed the consideration of the Senate ‘Bill to provide for the employment of free and ‘aleves to work upon fortifications and perform other la- Ber connected with the defences of the country. The pending cones being on agreeing to the second amend- ment Honge to strike out the clause restricting the Bumber of megroes to be employed to thirty thousand — ‘Miseiesippi river, and ten thousand west of ‘that river. ‘Mr. Orn said he should vote against the amendment of he House. Forty thousand negroes to be employed in =, was the number recommended by the Execu- tive. mcg ee one hundred thousand had been Feeemmended should have voted for that number. ‘Wat the bill had given rise tothe discussion of a sub- §ect which had excited the public mind more than an: @ther whatever—putting rs pens in the army as soi- In his opinion, this would be one of the ‘Mest fatal steps that could be taken. He believed ‘our soldiers would oigect to the measure to such @ that WS wow d have the effect of ig ourarmy. When first to-occupy our country there was exc" Of our slaves to the enemy’s lines. This “seutinued until the +—"kees began to enlist the negroes = when it almost entirely ceased. But hs moment if was known that we designe Pulti into omg, armies they would leave ty g fed, negroes werk naiaraliy Coveetis} but if it was simply ‘ehoice b:tween entering one or the other army, they to the Yankees. Nine ‘andred and pinety- @ thousand would ¢3 0, Mr. Orr then went emancizzcuin was a necessary concomitant “és info the army as soldiers, and dwelt q the disastrous effect upon our country the slaves would entail. &e. a his unfortunate trip to the South, made m™ nate speech at Macon, wherein he said that two- of that army was absent, and one-third of those ‘ewo-thirds absent without leave. Georgia pape two-thirds of that army—the army of Tennes- many of them without leave. The was made in the Georgia papers, but not by that hnston, saying that ofthe Army of Tennesace a man ‘an honest and manly blow for Atlanta; "a campaign would be more disastrous than ofthe army of the French empire from Mos- tf | f i yt hi Sz E ‘and boys of South Carolina were in the field to resist the advance of Sherman. It confidence if Gen. Johnston were in com- report had just reached him that Gen. been relieved from the command of the dered to command in South Carolina. would be acceptable te the people of that @ thought that Gen. Johngon ehould be important command somewhere. He did not there was much of the army of Tennessee Gen. Lee, now that he had been if, would see to it that Gen. John- military genius should not be lost WELL spoke in to putting negroes \* army aa soldiers. inv lved abolition of slav-ry. ‘contd scarcely realize that he had heard such a pro- ‘dincu“#ed in the Confederate Senate. He did not ‘hat pultivig negroes in'o th armies would add to ‘and af “Le amendment of the House was to tend in 2hat direction, he would vote he 778s astounded at the ent. The BiyEit ! fp wn if aff Bi E i} iG hi if Ei 4 $ E uw . Jounson, of Missouri, said gange this debate had taken on this anjsudm qnestion was not whether we shall negroes ‘nto, the army as soldiers, but whether we shall restrict to icrty theusand the number of to be put at the di @f the commanders of our armies to cook, drive, throw Sp fortifications, ke. He was in favor of giving Generals ‘Lee and Beauregard whatever amount of negroes they should tnd Another subject had been freely @ecumed; the restoration of General Johnston to the of Tennessee. He had no opinion on this subject because be had no knowledge of its merits, but state that every Missourian of the army of Ten- hom he had conversed bad told him that General Johnston was the only man who could rewve the @ that army, and that the heart of every man in army had when he was removed from its com- wean Mr. Bonwerr said he had not lost the pride of a South. it his chief end was severance from the wament. If this could be done without ‘soldiers he would say never put a negro If he was convinced that there was enough in the country he would vote soldiers; but he was not convinced of it, called an abolitionist he was in good company. lee and many other distinguished officers putting negroes into the army. The material of the Yankee army was composed was Irish, Ger- and negroes. It was the policy of the enemy, Serine issned a proclamation of universal emancipation, put into the army all the able bodied negroes in the as they overran it. The portions of Kentucky our armies in 1862 were now garrisoned by negro the slaves of that country. In his opinion it was simply © choice whether we should put the ne- to our armies oF to leave them to swell the armies z 4 i t Hi a rT tt the hnaton, and he believed his restoration hailed with joy by the whole army. He did whether the President knew the truth, but he ‘what he could to enlighten him. In conclusion, the question of putting negroes in the armics as not before the Senate. When- ‘would vote for it as @ military ne- ing taken, the amendment was rejected— i nOURR. ‘Tennessee, offered a sertes of resolutions for those offered on Wednesday by Mr. Virginia, It will be recollected that the ro- Mr. Gholson declared thet the poople of tho States have ever and are now by peace on terms honorable to both j, Yet it in thejudgment of this Hoase that while wo manifest a willingness to treat Legh voy | we should to prepare for war in the judg- ‘House this preparation can be best made by effort to place at once in the army every man our laws to render military service, commmeary, quartermaster other administered with renewed ene: fn- activity, and, slace General Ive has made by sesiguing under him our best and (he command of our sevarate if oo of it | 1! n § run i i it i but the motion did not prevail, The subject beiny taken up Mr. Conran, of Louisiana, lod to auitrese the House, directing bis arguments Principally in opposition to the resolutions of Mr, Ghol- son. At the conclusion of Mr. Corrad’s remarks Mr. of Florida, moved that the resoluttens be referred to the Coumittes on Miltary Adairs, whieh was 80 Public Spirit at the South. THE REBSLS BECOME BNOOURAGED AT THE PROG- ‘T OF HAVING NEW LEADERS—LEE, JOHNSTON, dence, Already the worked imeenieat results, The army has been increased in morale, which is equivalent to no small amount of actual Teinforeements. camps, and is leavening the maas of the je, and soon we abel hear from those unfortunate Amtech without leave asking pardon upon their return to duty. An am- nesty from the new General-in-Chief to all who in thirty = shall report to their proper commands would soon ing many of those misguided men back to their duty. Each an one would do no harm, and might be pro- ductive of m' We are satit that the restoration of General John- upon the people of those States. There is no wish or purpose among the people of Missis- sippl, Alabaina or Georgia to reunite with the enemy; but there isa eadness and despondency amon; them, over what they regard as a useless sacrifice efforton their part, because the milit ement: has been in the hands of incompetent officers. Gencral Johnston would restore confidence and reanimate the zeal of the people of those States. This is the tenor and substance of all advices from that quarter of the country. General Breckinridge’s appointment as Secretary of War has contributed no little to the reviving spirit of confidence throughout the country. But few men during this war have made greater or more rapid progress in the respect and confidence of the people than this gallant Kentuckian. He has always been ready to fight, and success has almdst always attended him in the field. His capacity is kuown to of the very highest order, he goes into the War Department with the confidence of the whole country. Wis experience in the field will point out to him many defects that exist in our organization, and suggest the changes necessary to improvement. What changes, or whether any will be made in the commissary department, has not yet trans- pired; but the new secretary cannet be unadvised that the country has not been satisfied with the present ad- ministration of the commissary department, and that a change there would also greatly promote the spirit of ex- thusiagm now again spreadips <nroughout the country, Since the Congress has *<quired the President to appoint @ new commander <j the armies, and has algo réquired an impertan§ ©h<oge in the cabinet, as weil as suggested, if pot bY Zesolution, at least by the individual expression of. Opinion, still aroficeny 2 in the the desire" for new men in the other departments has also extended throughout the cou until a general cleaning out would be highly to all the people. The country is to have new measures, and new men are also required. Mr. Trenholm is a new man, and his new measures are fast restoring credit to the finances, The appointment of General Lee is equivalent toa new man, since he is the best man, and now the right man in the Tight place. General Breckinridge is a new man as Secretary of War. These-examples give an encourage- ment to hope that the next campaign will open under new men in all the departments. If the Cabinet would recognize this desire of the country for a change of men, it would immediately offer the President an opportunity to gratify the country with a thorough change of men. The Longs of the late siley © pn coer beget suggests the necessity fora change in the Navy Depart. ment. Men are needed who will not be turned back by obstructions, but be able to run over obstacles. An op- portunity was lost which may never return—an opportu- a which offered to the ey he hed recovery of its Prestige—an opportunity which, properly used, might have driven Graut from Petersburg, his army on the north side, and given peace to the country on the basis of independence. The Congress which inaugurated this era of new men has also provided new measures. The appropriation of all the resources of the country to the common cause is about to be carried through, and the cotton and tobacco made to contribute to the good of the cause just as the men have been taken for the defence of the country. The blowing upof the “bomb-proofs’’ meansa great deal; it means fight, and fighting at the front, the send- ing of all quartermasters, commissaries and provost from the rear to the front, Coe ge tS “rear to nt” instead of ‘front to rear,"’arally forthe next campaign, which will do much to reinforce our armies. These new men and new measures aro most encouraging, and soon their good effects will be appreciable to any and every man. The Activity of Its Armies a Sign of the ‘Weakness of the North. (From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 4. ‘There are indications that the enemy intend to take a very brief respite this season from the fatigues of active campaigning, if, indeed, they intend to remit their efforts atall, It is not that they are so strong as to feel them- selves able to dispense with the ordinary winter's cessa- tion of hostilities, but that know themselvzs to be too weak to proscute the war with any of success if they allow time for the people of the confederacy to recover from their transitory depression and to bri to bear the immense resources, both physical an material, which yet remain in the country. The faisifications of ail the confident prédictions and as- sured hopes with which Grant set out on his expe- dition from Culpepper Court House nearly a year ago, has found something of an offset in the ‘successes which have crowned the Yankee arms on other theatres of action. But the capture of Savannah and of Fort Fisher, and the defeat of Hi would soon cease to afford ‘food for the cheap enthusiasm and boasting pre- figurement of Yankeedom, if these events were followed by that season of military inactivity which has always hitherto sufficed to develop new strength and new conf- dence in the confederacy. Hence the nervous anxiety with which the Northern press and the Yankee people clamor for an uninterrupied prosecution of the campaign. Hence the passionate eagerness with which they insist on the hypothetical exhaustion of the South, andon a sumed reappearance of that chimerical Union feeling which was the basis of all their hopes in the ba- ginning of the war. The moment seems to them so propituous, Lesae grog 3 the palpable decay of their military strength, that they cannot avoid availing themselves of the opportunity which it is pre- sumed to offer. They know weli that they are weak eaker than they have been at any time since McC led Sik magnificent army up to the gates of Richmond; but they know that they will be, relatively, far weaker in the coming rt months. 1 seeming willingness to negotiate, the modification of the pro- gramme of absolute subjugation, the permission ac- corded to our commissioners to visit Washington, all have reference precisely to this condition of affairs. The Washington government feels that it must fail in reinforcing its armies to the extent required to conduct the war on the scale of vious campaigns unless the declining zeal of the Yankee ple can be stimu- lated into renewed energy. It eee, also, that the confederacy, so far from being exhausted, is really capa- bie of making far greater efforts than thoee it has yet put forth; but it counts on the dey jon which it im: to have weakened the spirit of our people, and to have disposed them to abandon that which the North so por tistently represents as a hopeless struggle. We suppose, therefore, that the three Confederate gentlemen who have gone to Washington will be very politely received, and deluded, if possible, into the belief that there is a hope of success for their mission, in order that preparation for continued war may be delayed at the South, while it ts vigorously going forward at the North. In the meantime, Sherman, the military hero of the hour, will relax no effort to capture Augusta, or Branchvilig, or Charleston, and that being accomplished, Seward will snap his diplomatic fingers in the faces of our commissioners, and remand them to Richmond to await the grand movement which Grant is raid to be preparing. If it is trne that Thomas’ forces have reinforced Grant, we may conelude that the Lieutenant General intends to recommence active opera- tions within a very short time—probably soon enough to act in concert with the movement Sherman has un- dertaken in South Carolina. We have reason to believe, nevertheless, that both of these commanders will find themselves overmatched by the superior genius now controlling the eonfederate armies, Grant bas done his worst against Richmond, and we sincerely believe that Sherman has come to the of bis career of «eaccens, We hope and we believe that if Sherman continues his course, as at presemt indicated, he will meet with @ speedy aud’fatal check. The Restoration of King Cotton. THB COTTON FAMINE IN RUROPE ONLY JUST BB GINNING. [From the Richmond Sentinel, Feb. 4.) Tt onght to be an object of prime concern to either by romoval or destruction, the falling of of cot into the enemy's hands. Fler woner si allow them to capture munitions of war—for wh: would be indeed a convenience to them, cotton eesnity, and is daily becoming more intensely po, Nor are the necessity for and the reasons why we should carefully withhold it, confined to our enemies. On the contrary they apply with almost equal force to the nations of Earope. In the normal condition of the: cotton trade there ia alwoye at tbe points of comsumption a two ~sar's supviv HERAUD, WEDNESDAY, HRERUARY & THE TIBBETS CASE. The Plaintiff’s Ideas on Spir- itualism, Spiritualists. Likened Unto the Prophets. CURIOUS DISCLOSURES, ao. de. de, Supreme Court—Circuit. SBOOND DAY. Before Judge Leonard. Fra, 1.—Lather C. Tibbete ws. Horatio N. Twombly.— ‘The trial of this somewhat extraordinary case was re- sumed this morning in the presence of a large crowd of spectators, among whom we noticed several well known spiritualiste, Tibbets continued to conduct his case, as ‘on the previous day, and seldom conferred with his oe crennied, & peat at his elbow, and is client fe jo ia nt posted. The follow. TOOMERE, Sanderson follows: oa Wc Tate orders him On or about a broker for Mr, ered the escape of our troops as of small import. know not what has become of Hardee," he sald “but I know that I have got eighteen millions of cotton.” side will continue to treat my client with forbearance. To baffle the ise pal duty of war. To de- Judge Leonard—l am determined that the plaintiff prive or disappoint him of whatever would add to his shall have the opportunity of trying his case fairly; but he must be guided by the rales af this court fi Q Did you Te ee ee eee for me on grain after the 8th of February? Objected to, and ol sustained. @ Did you try to sell corn belonging to Tibbets after the 8th of February? Objected to, and objection sus- Q Were you not told after the 8th of Fel that it would not answer for you to come to the Corn Exchange and do business for Tibt Objected to, and objection sustained. Q Did you see Mr. Twombly in Mr. Young’s office after the 8th of February? A. I did. Q What did he say? A. He asked me fora statement of your affairs. What was said? A. He wished to examine into Tibbets’ affairs for the purpose of seeing whether it convenience or strength isan obvious policy. There is nothing which our foes now so much desire and so ur- gently need, and nothing which we can so easily hinder them from obtaining, as cotton. In pro jon to value 1 is readily removed. When it cannot be removed it may be very easily burned. The cases must be extremely rare when one method or the other is not in our power. If we can keep our cotton from falling into the hands of the enemy, the distress which will resuk will fall just where it is most deserved, and will be least patiently borne. Massachusetts is the cotton spinner, Massa- chusetts was the chief fomenter of the war. But Lincoln well understands that Massachusetts is as sordid as sho is fanatical, and that when her spindles must be idle, her spirit will become seditious. The same who burned blue lights in friendly signal to hostile fleets, as soon as & war, undertaken for their interests, had become irksome, will'be ready to oppose the present war in like | would be advisable to out some of corn’ con- manner, if it shall trench upon their employments and | tracts while he was lying in prison, their gains, It is therefore ‘Einooln’s business to getcot- | @ Didhe may say’ about my being unfit for busi- ten, and it is ours to hinder him. ness? A. I think not. ‘THE AFFAIR AT THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. Cross-examined—Will you describe what took place the Produce Exchange on the 8th attention was first drawn to Tibet ‘The loss of Wilmington as a wil the cotton e cotton which found exit at Wilmington, was very important in rendering available the inferior staples from. other countries. The export of cotton is pow nearly at anend, Only the leak in remains, ahd it is at least dou! wi 7 fe! —~ en ee not ae e inconvenience stoppage. of ou; trade, but will feel it more than we, with that has. been at great loss to ourselves and great profit to her. It is, to aay. the not an unmixed evil that it has ceased. If now we revent our cotton from reaching the English factories, rough Yankee the distress of the lish spinners will greatly increase. The annual flow ofa bun- dred millions of specie into the Asiatic abyss will contin- fast pressing dis- & kicking. he had two knives in his the table by a Mr. Thorne, and - man after several blows were struck; I next on the 10th; he was then calme@ down-and was under the influence of medicine. G a ln Snag cl ade al @ Did you see him strike me on the head? A. I did not; he struck about the legs. ‘MR. TIBBETS ‘Tibbets—I propose Our ‘but will not avail to avert other and as We shall certainly have no reason for concern at the inconvenience which the closure of our ports will bring to ‘and France, The conduct of those Powers tow us has been more extraord! than even that of our enemies. They have, without the palliation of hostile relations, been false to the solem: invited and received our and thus pledged their faith to ours. They lon; zed, to our great injury, a blockade such as they ind themselves to di For four years they have refused justice and theirown bound them to accord, m fear of Lit or jealousy of each other, they have done those and cruel wrongs tous. It is not injustice. In short, the time has come when cot'on ts in, '@ power, ds in fact because a ing necessity, both in Yankeeland and in e anxious efforts of MAKES 4 PROFOSITION. Mr. I to read the by-laws and charter of the Produce me in justification of my entrance the day of the difficulty. Mr. Field—' fe might ex well have the Pickwick Papers read as the by-laws of this institution. fens grr gen evidence as irrele- v Mr, Tibbete—I propose to read the by-laws and charter of the Produce Exchange toshow that inex me from the building the managers were guilt; ‘acrime. Ju Loonand The evidence la impauper aaa sonst be excli ¥, Tibbets—Be kind enough to note my exception? judge Leonard—Certainly. ir. Tiobets—1 now propose to place Mr. m attorney, on the stand, to refute this idee thas any ef te different suits brought by me against my are vexatious or groundiess. Mr. Fiold—f will ofer no objection. Judge Leonard—Well, let the witness take the stand. HIS ATTORNEY ON THE STAND. Nehemiah Millard deposed that he was an attorney and counsellor-at-law; none of the suits brought by the plain- tiff are groundless or vexatious. ~ Q Have you lost any confidence in me as a client since these suits have been instituted? A. I have not; 1 be- Neve ee oie e . Twombly’s office and demand bey rs iri had been stolen from me by one of my ‘A. I did; Mr. Twombly said he had not the in his jon; but said that some papers had ‘Tibbets’ office, and that he come into of them in some way. @ Did not Tibbets demand those papers? A. He did, in a written notice. hig right mind? A. Tha = that reatter ve be v x7. carefully, and have come to the conclusion that there noghing going to show that he is insane. . @ defend him in the Court of Sessions when he was for stabbing the man? A. I did. Q@ Was not his defenceinsanity? A. Icannot answer " Pia not try to acquit him the that you on the ground he we pad the occurrence at the Corn Ext wol place? eB; e] be was not responsi le at that time for what transpired. @ Do you consider these forty-six suits referred to as having any foundation in fact and in law? A. I cannot answer as to any of those suits except those that Iam retained in. @ Do you know anything about those suits which are not committed to your A. There are many of the plaintiff's suite that I know nothing about. @ Are you not the standing counsel of the plaintiff? A. [have his business in this city, I believe. Q Are you not his. standing counself upon a yearly retainer? A. I don’t want to answer that question. Q This suit that was brought in November, 1864—this conspiracy suit—were you counsel then? A, I was his counsel. @ Itappears to be brought by him in his own name. pore act as his attorney in that case? A. I told him 1 did not like to be connected with him in that suit. @ Doyou not believe that that suit is utterly ground. such blunders or neglects as being J Hardee would cotton and fose half bis to be seized. or seruy within our lines the only for the benefit of our ask the question is to answer it. necessary to be deeply in earnest in this matter. We must make it a cafdinal policy, and we must sacrifice d A appar it is diligently and cul The Rebel Army of Tennessee. {From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 4.] ‘The editor of the Southern Confe has had a long ‘and confident conversation with a gentleman just from the army of Tennessee, who was with the main arm: throughout the late unfortunate campaign, and the fol- lowing gives the main facts of his account:— The army of Tennessee is not so reduced as the public was led to suppose, and is in good fighting condition; fn ‘one word, its morale is good, no desertions have taken place, the gallant soldiers have stuck to their colors and be cause, and are ready to battle anywhere and every- where, The sufferings of the soldiers in their long retreat, closely by the enemy, were very Spat were borne with unmurmuring fortitude, Like our revolu- tionary forefathers, many of them were barefooted. This is not figurative, but is literally true, The gentleman estimates the loss of artillery in the ‘Tennéssed campaign ata higher figure than any account wo have seen published; but the loss of men is much smaller than has been estimated in the current accounts, | less? A. No; not utterly. desire f restoration of General Johnston is Q@ Do ‘ou think there is an; oo. Inet James ates cumiowess ” Gordon Bennett? What ie e done > iajers your client? A. I don’t know what he was impleaded in the complaint for. h int @’Appai” of the Confederacy. Pet eae co tg 7 1 OP o you think he has any claim against Mackellart CHARLESTON DEMANDS TO BE MADE THE LAST DITCH. A. t bone nom cee nted to me is tos. mm the Charleston Mercury. you @ Bul broug! inst the Wish conde bay bo talten ta the pace) OE pra Justices of Peace and referee in Connecticut have any foundation? A. I think he was very much outraged there by these parties; but whether there is any founda- tion for the suits or not I cannot say. around with Q Have been in the habit of Tibbe: = notices upon people and demanding an papers trom mf A. I have in some particular in- stances, ‘we do not know. It is in other hands, not in ours. Yet it appears to us as plain as the nose on a man’s face that here is the point to fight. Not that we should not fight elsewhere and everywhere, where the enemy advances; but that here is the point at which to arrest our stepe— to stand or to fall. Here, above all other places, under all oe | circumstances, it appears to us, is the point d@appui of the cause, Others, wiser than.ourselves, and better informed—in whose hands this matter reste—may think otherwise; may act otherwise; but we know that here the brave soldiers of Georgia and Carolina and others, who have so long fought here, would love now to fight. For ourselves, we confidenty expect some noble work to be done here yet. Charleston cannot fall without it, And we trust she never will falk. The > gomrtatenan ~ the Gunboat Dai thing. the Charleston Mercury, Jan. 28.) Wo have no incidents to report this except ‘the destruction of a Yankee gunboat on the baheo river. She was called the Dia Ching. A lieutenant and five men belonging to her crew were brought to the city ie wm . It acon that the boat was steaming up the mbahee, on Thursday, and got aground, when our bat- teries promptly opened bre she was burnt pede Mpnen a ees yl AU the the nia we have A PERTINENT QUESTION. ia tnt conspiracy asst “A. expected I would have in this conspiracy ox; would have arse of it along with the other suits, @ Answer my question, sir. Did I ever ask you to be my attorney in that case? A. No; I think you said you preferred to bring the suit in your own name. gluten rn inh ta renting po ‘ou wes se 4 Lap smal A. Nothii cee ‘ar as you are able to ia there an; untrue in that complaint? A. Novas faree'T Bhow, A PUEELER, Cross-examined—You say you believe the complaint to be true Do you believe that a number of merchants employed spies to follow Tiibbets wherever he went, and ‘that they Ae hers reports all over the city about bis living in criminal intimacy with Mra. Neal, &.? A. Ihave formed no opinion in the matter. Q The complaint speaks of Mrs. ope as abigh minded, upon her, crew Personal Mention, [From the Richmond Sentinel, Feb, 4) Lieut General 8. D. Loo was in Columbia, Miss, on ie Governor A. B. Moore, of Alabama, declines belng x-Governor A. B, Moore, of ines a candidate for the Exccnuve chain.” virtuous woman, and porsessed jualties that wou! adorn any lady; ‘do you Delleve thas ts be true? A. Yes; ‘as far as I know it is true, Q. Do you know that Tibbets made over his Eorew to Lovell, Mra. Neal's father, so that his wife might be turned out of the house? A. I do not. @ Do you believe that the fifty-nine persons men- tioned in this complaint have really conspired inst Right Rev. Henry ©. Lay, Bi Arkansas, | the plaintiff, and that they have ed him to the ex- me IE. in Raleigh, N.C, on thedadene” . tent of million dollars each? A. Not having been ro- ‘The Macon ofthe 26th ult. says that Lieut, tained in that suit I cannot say anything about it. General Pemberton been assigned to active duty. Re-direct—Have you ever known me to tell you thing which you subsequently found out to be filset ke en have known you to make some mistakes ug Q Have you ever known me to withhold anything Items of Interest in Rebeldom: (From the Richmond Sentinel, Feb. 4) It is stated that the most of our men captured by Grier- fon, at Egypt, have made their escape, from you asa lawyer? A. Not when I required it from An cxplosion took plaro on Friday, at the powder | you a8 rour lawyer. milla, in the vicinity of Columbia, 8. C. A small building Mr. Tibbets—We have copies of some letters which wes rant co introduce as evidence, ir. We cannot find the originals, and offer these copies, which we believe to be correct. Mr Field—We do not know anything about them. Mr. Millard—Well, I i hi Mr. aha TIBRTS ON THR STAND AGAIN. was destroyed and two men seriously injured. We learn from the Columbia (4 ¢.) Guardian, of the Mth ult., that communication ts now direct and uninter- rupted between Columbia and General Lee's army. About three hundred bales of cotton were burned in Griffin on Monday, Janvary 15, Work of an leg a ‘A lot of sugar was sold by Ellis, Livi Co, Ga., on Saturday at fr ‘tb. Lather C. Tibbets that the letters in his hand Cea sia Waleigh, on Monday, 4¢ nae" sae "pie' ten | were. the coples of seven leters weitien by Horatio N. days age it sold 0 $70, Twombly to the wife of the plaintiff; the originals were taken out of ‘And they come from an unseen world? A. Yes. Do you receive communications. from the dead £ T answer yes or no my answer will be perverted bgr Mr. must ask the court to enforce the rule. Fog Leonard—You must answer the question. Mr. Tibbets—I believe in receiving communications Just as Judge Edmonds, Andrew Jackson Davis and others. do; the spirits are with us all the time, and we could nob live a single moment if they were not. Do you consider yourself as bie up inthe circle of itualism as Andrew Jackson Davis? A. Not quite. As high as Mra, Neal? A. I don’t know. Did ever have any commt with the on the subject of corn? 4: 1 am in counaunica- with them at all times. @ {Are zou in communication with Mra, Neal now? a that is absurd, No; @ Did you about the : pe whe ever havea le dream remarkab! A. [have had remarkable dreamsall my -m ete i bal 4 is an i ¥ 3 a & i § = @ While ‘were speculating in corn did you receive from the spirit of your wife a pamennaion celeny e te the price of corn? A, I am not prepared to answer. Q@ Have you seen Mrs. Neal in a trance? A. 1 decline Q. Did you not hole night you awi wit hile she ‘was in a trance? decline 10 akawers but there ie be trath in the story; it is false. . gis in waichlag' those ‘robbers who ave got all Say @ Do you live with the Neals aot siege you live w! or a lefaig ack euameang to map tates Eas coumpenen saree 53 BE B gfe £ | i have injured sng do You olin oan Non dollars each? A. 1 do; in law f think they are all about 160,000 bushels and had ae ‘was about all the corn there was in the Cros#-examination resumed—Q. When you owned all this corn, how much capital had you? A. Several hun- Fg in wi in mone! corn. Pim you ten nd in ave le es. Mr. Millard proposed to read the defendant’s letters to the plaintiff’s wife, and, leave being granted, the jury were edified with the correspondence in question, The court then adjourned for the day. tracted for €50,000 I upon me in; he said he would come when he fiked, when I told bin bim not to call upon me if he wanted to visit the prison. 2 How did you popes to keep Tischer in your em] a to, Objection sustains Mr. Musee We want to show that MM? Fletcher is now in Mr. Twombly’s employment, he hat been || meicennias she plaintiff's employment by the defend- Judge Leonard—We are not trying Mr. Twombly for bes 5. se an employe of the plaintiff. Mr. i—Is there anything else you wish to say? Witness—Yes; I would like to say that‘on various occa- sions Mr. Twombly has interfered in suits where he had ‘no interest except to annoy me. Q Has he attempted to arrest you in any suit in Con- yer A. He did arrest me there on three com- plaints. Q When was it? A. About the 12th or 15th of October @ Do you know of his threatoning your servants in any way? (Objected to. Objection sustained.) ‘MRS, TIBBETS’ ESTATE—WHAT EECAME OF IT. Crogs-examined—My first and second wives were sis- ters; I lived in harmony with my second wife until the Ast of last; there was a certain sum of money The Prussian Extradition.Case. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE. Before Commissioner White. Fes. 7.—In the Matter of the Application of the Prussian: chiara Guatiee 4 led on, Mr. Leopold! a for the Ext Voi '—This case being Schmidt represented the Prussian Consul General. ‘Mr. Capp, the first witness, deposed that he was coun- sel for the prisoner; prisoner’s name was entered on the books of the office in connection with the sale and pur- chase of a farm on Long Island; the contract of sale an® purchase was not fulfilled. Jacob Kessler deposed that he knew the accused’ during his boarding in the Prestott House; registered hip name as Richard Hille. ‘Mr. Lespaugh, counsel for the Prussian government, read a paper, written by the accused to his brother, im which he sisted that he had had a narrow eecape from the Prussian police, who he knew were in search of him; ‘but that he was then on his way to America, where he would be free. The evidence of the detective officer was then amounted to $21,000. who deposed that after his arrest the prisoner attem Q. Hag your wife ever had any of this money? A. I | to make his escape by jumping out of the railway train, think shé" has; I or her some lots'‘in Harlem which {and that he was subsequently recaptu! were worth from $15,000 to 000; there was a mort- ‘The farther of ‘the case was postponed til on this y to the amount , 000. next. s In theee in! a ae ly ee not ask you to return to your wife prey had ai v Day. bees aft to ber by her em 4 Tdon't Soran Goons—Gincers Pars | ~Ogu opens gt yn Ge ay ‘ o'clock £ M. Nos. 805, 943, 87, 713, 367, 381, 41 @ Were not some papers drawn: up to that offect? ‘A. , 735, 7130, 337, 687, 085% UE, Sad, 863, 1, 921. ‘nes 2-43" Duane street. Court opens at ten o'dlock: Q Part of this which Twombly wanted you | 43,” Nos. 866, 858, 02, 1 ‘ach A i ibaa you afterwards conveyed to 606, 640, 642, 604, 902, 674, 708, ne. ol @ Do you recollect exhibi a knife at the Neal’s be- oe fe tang Oe Exchange? A. I do. 20000 @ re ae an on that oocasiont A. Lid there preted was a rac me, L) was Toads to keep we ond of ths Racuangell would put my | 10000 way in there if I had to butcher fifty people. nee @, How many sia jor say tothe Bacang | 18 that day? A. I had two in my pocket and six inboxes of | 100 ., 20. corn. : 2 ‘What wore these six knives for? Is it usual to carry | 10 knives in boxes, of corn? A. I intended to give these ‘900 Loe pg tl gs tbialt nee tras gar her ed 300 ht have a chance to slaughter me, (Laughter.) P State what occurred when you entered the build. | 200 hm ‘A. As I went in the door I ‘passed Mr. Vanderbilt, | 100, do. wi onld Tone 0b 6 the floor; I pushed past him, do. when he a for me and upset two of these ee noading a, boxes of corn; I drew a knife and said I would go on the 300 Mich 86 RR. floor, if I was'to be slaughtered for it; I then made sevo- | 209 Mich £0 ay appre cette dling ac spermeprs 4 200 do. Fi we Hafner re idl satel ee 100 & wepneainees oe thing on abd wes telling some ox of 100 hos i my wrongs when two policemen entered, and one of po eal oo them struck me on the head and rendered me partially rf do insenaible; I don’t remember anything after that. ¥ @ Whet did you do with the six knives? A. I threw them on a table and told my persecutors to take them MISCELLANEOUS. B Meise NITED STATES SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. ‘You felt equal to the task of siz of them? way at ak did not, but I was “retained ia is rather tina | BY authority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the wnder~ fs etd pat tbe pry tyson buclrogptees Cg signed has assumed the General Subscription Agency for tha ie 3 remember bone at Sadietaen; Thato wenatesed idea of straggling to get sale of United States Treasury Notes, bearing soven and away from some one. 7 Do you think you were in Your right mind before Gireo-tenthes por cont interest por nemam, knows a0 the {oh went cere to the Corn Sat bdo; T think SEVEN-THIRTY LOAN. maa wi fe to save : — family tnd hig repaiation ea coward and undt vive,” ‘These notes aré ferued under dale of Aug. 15, 1864, and are rou ou were sane on da} ab thas 14, aside from the effects ot the blow on Une bond.” “| PaYsble three years from that time, in currency, or are cone ee noe seeeat to your counsel the defence of | vertible, at the option of theholder, into me iM etwas co did you instruct him to make? A. UNITED STATES FIVE-TWENTY SIX PER CENT e act was lo. ee @. Your opinion was that what you did at the Com praia ei sas Exchange was justifiable? A. Yes; under the circum- | ‘Thesebonds are now worth a premium of nine per cent, in stances I thought the law justified me. 3 — @ Did you study law for this ular case? A. I | cluding gold interest from November, which makes tho have studied law for the last twenty years; I have often officiated in my own suits instead of giving the cases to dishonest lawyers. @ You certainly never employed a dishonest lawyer— did you dissent to this defenceof insanity? A. No; not in court; but I always maintained that I was justified. @ The defence urged was insanity? A. Yes;I be- eve it was. SPIRITUALISM AGAIN. Q@ While you were in the Tombs did you receive any communications from your deceased wife? A. I decline to answer that question. Mr. Field—I ask that the Court instruct the witness to answer bE ae op It goes to test the question of his sanity, which is the very gist of this case. Mr. Millard—It is of no consequence whether he re- ceived any communications or not. What he might con- sider communications the jury might not. Judge Leonard—I know that there are thousands who believe in these eee manifestations; but the major- ity of the people in this country donot. There can be nothing wrong in the witness answering the question. Witneas—I aid not. Q Did Mrs. Neal send you communications which pur- a to be from your deceased wife? A. Not to my now! je. @ Da Fletcher bring you slips of Lig wedere pe: what purported to be messages from your wife actual profit on the seven-thirty loan, at current rates, ins eluding interest, about ten percent per annum, besides ite exemption from State and municipal taxation, which adds from one to three per cent more, according to the rate levied, on other property, The interest is payable semi-annually by coupons attached to each note. whieh may be cut off an@ sold to any bank or banker. The interest amounts to ONE CENT PER DAY ON A TWO CENTS PER DAY ON A.. TEN CENTS PER DAY ON A... TWENTY CENTS PER DAY ON A. ONE DOLLAR PER DAY ON A. Notes of all the denominations named will be promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions. This is THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET now offered by the government, and it is confidently 6x. Judge Leonard--But you must, pected that Its superior advantages will make it the Witheas He did not. pat = Q Do you believe in ae een with your GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE. ‘wife? A. I decline to answer on the und Less than $200,000,000 remain unsold, which will probably be disposed of within the next sixty or ninety days, when the notes will undoubtedly command ® premium, as has unt. formly been the case on closing the subscriptions to other ‘Loans. ee TR In order that citizens of every town and section of the country may be afforded facilities for taking the loan, the National Banks, State Banks and private bankers through. out the country have generally agreed to receive subscrip- Hons at par, Subscribers will select thelr own agents, im whom they have confidence, and who only are to be responsi+ that I would be doing violence to my Qeespey sty tad T did; that is a sacred matter between man and his Judge Leonard—You must answer. ‘TIBBETS’ RELIGIOUS PATTH. ‘Witness | I am not afraid of telling my religious faith to any one; but I dislike to have the truth in the public prints and tobe held uvtoscorn. Thisisa matter between me and—— Judge Leonard—There is no uso of here. We will proceed to the trial of this cause. Witness—I am_ perfectly ig} that they should go into everything of this kind jut am unwilling to have my answers per verted ; not proper cross-examina- tion at all; we did not introduce the subject of spiri- Jism. tu Judge Leonard—Oh, 5 it ia, ‘Witness Then my counsel misinformed me; that’s all. Mr. Field—Now, will you be kind enough to answer — my question? Do you in receiving commana. ble for the delivery of the notes for which they reostve orders. tions from the spirit world? A. I object toanswer thls | CtmoN TO BUYERS AND HOLDERS OF 7.90 uestion, because these matters are sacred. The witness then went on to say that he believed in God and the Scriptu in the great ots Isaiah and Jc in Jesus Christ, who had set an example that had never been set before or since. He believed that Jesus Christ and the hete had ministering angels around them on all occasions when were en the earth, and com- parea tne impuence of agels to spiritualism. He spoke in this strain for Ofteen minutes perhaps, when the Juda terrupted him, saying he could stand it *“Yritnew—Bat you wanted to, know whet my religions fe was, and I was giving it to you; lon’t suppose the count for the defence wants to hear me; but the \t. bg Bg Leonard—We have had enough of that now. 8 with the trial of the cause, NOTES.—In order to prevent the mutilation of these notes, the Secretary of the Treasury hasfgiven notice that tho notes are not negotiable unless all the unmatured coupons fare attached. penne ORNS, BUNIONS, BAD ee 40., CURED, WITT. p * RICE, 88 Bowery, Citizens’ Bank, Creat Dron corns, bunions, chilblaing, frosted feet, &c. By mail 60 cents and $l. Lat w Jobn Lynch, Deputy Sheriff, deposed that he was | 7y gpINE, KIDNEY AFFECTIONS AND DIABATES unable to produce the original letters written by Mr. | 1’ Ne remedy Ix spertor to the Twombly to plaintiff's wife; they were in his possession POROUS PLASTERS OF DR. ALLCOCK. once, but have been misiaid, Decoming more and more tad every help ray should ve in 6 f violent cold is usually BEAMINATION OF LC. TIKAETS ReSUwED—ermrrvaLiers | day. , THEY posted LIKENED UNTO THE PROPHETS. on IN A SINGLE NIGHT Q Do you believe that you receive the same kind of | py one of these re ‘upon tha heab before going 19 communicationa that the prophets of old received? A. If P bad. Bald by