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. ! SUPBVMI COURT OF NORTH OAROLINA The following is Judge Pe«rion*s Decision in the eas*! of Worth & ■> iers vi Coaiini99i»n(>irs of Fayetterille. 'i he C.'urt baa had "t on the qu« ti->n jiirisJ-crion In this S.ace the Cou tit ut Li>» ind the Coart8 ot Equity are held by t' e 9aiuj pjrs)r;;i auu there id a atroug teadenoy to didfogtni rh^' dis'inotioQ bfltwe'o qu stioui of Law ani ol Equity, and to allow the jurisdiotioQ of the Courts t > run into eaoh o.hor aod bec:>iue oonfoaod 'J; tliat ii espeoialiy so wheo, as in this O'lse, botb parties wi^h to get a speedy a4jadioa tioQ, and rho defendants waive all olgeotioas, so as to pat on the Oourf the daty of raising the question as to jnrisdiotion and the burthen of de> oiding it without the aid of aa argojaent oa both sides. Maaiy v$ City of Rtieigh, 4 Jonts' Kq. 870, was a case like this: both parties wished a speedy adjudieatioQj the question was not raisad, and passed tub silentio; but that case is now re lied on to sustain the jurisdiction of a Court of Equity to determine on an injunction bill as a dry question of law. It is admitted the question could be presented in a Court of Law by paying the tax under protest and bringing an action for money had and received; but it is said, according to the mode of proceeding at law, every tax ptiyer must bring a separate action, and it is neeessarj that jutisdiction should be assumed in equity to pre veat the “multiplicity of suits.” That is a head of Equity jurifldiotion, under which tne Court has _^M^e. special instances interfered by inj unction, as Manly vs City of Raleigh was a bill against a municipal Corpcration, and not against its tax collector, and is a precedent directly applicable to the present bill, we have concluded to aet upon it, and take the jurisdictio.n. No injury can result, for if the operations of a corporation are likely to be seriously impeded by having its sources of revenue stopped, it may ipsist on an injunction bond being filed, and it will become the duty of the Court to require a boxtd large enough for full indemnity, and it is apprehended that the few who file bills lor themselves and «on behalf of ail others in like condition/’ will not be willing to bind •themselves to answer the whole def&ult for the qake of raising an equity on the ground of avoid ing *‘the multiplieity of suits.” We take ocoauon te say, in order - to “exclude a eoncluston," that this decision is confined to bills against Municipal Corporations, and will not be considered an au thority to siistain an injunction kill against tax collectors of the Confederate States, or of the State or a County. That subject involves other and far graver oonsiderations, whioh are left open, , and in respect to which we do not wish to be at all committed. I will suggest ena or two. 1. An injuac^iott against tax collectors, theef* feet of whioh as to stop all colleetions, might seri ously obstruct the operations of the Q-overnment, a consequence in comparison with which the no tion of preventing a multiplicity of suits sinks in to insi;^nifioanoe, and which consequence is avoid ed when the taxes ara paid to the coliector uider protest and he pays them over to the Glovern- msnt, takiag its indemnity in respaet to sue'a ac-' lions as miy be brought agiiast them. 2 Equity acts in penonam, and enforoM its orders aud decrees by process of contempt When one having judgment at law is about to use it ag&in^t coatioience, a bill is not ent^riained against the Court of Law or the Sherift, bat against the party to the aetioa; an inj^.ncuon goes against him aifd he is pai in contempt for disobeying it. A bill onnos be enterk^inei Against tbs divarni ment, and it would saeai it ou^ht not tj be «u* tertained against the o^aar of che Qoveninenti for should he be eaj iined, he cannot be put lu contempt, for he oimnot obey the order of the Court, unless he violates his sworn da.>;y, and is guilty 01 direc: disobedience to the orders of the Qovarameat ot whioh he is an officer. 3d. A Court of Eqa:ty h^j no Jisohinery ani no officers by whioh it c^n entorcj its orders agaiadt an officer of the dovernaienc For illas~ trs^ion: Suppose a bill to oj entertained against a Shariff ^ial h3 is '?oj >iaii frjm :h} collicjjon of taxes; the ojpy, subpoeai and fitt ar* nandei to hioi (iiy by ClerK;) ho dliooeys the order. vVhat oifioer has the Court by wht>m the Sinrtff can b3 tik?n iato oussid^ aad brjtigat oefore it lor the itnegjd ooasempt? Whw is to call out the pjSiC comitatui? I will pursue tha subject no further. ' On the question presented by the bill, we have had but litile iiffi^uity Qf the proper consu'^^ruo'* tifia of tae 4;h gjoiion of tha aat of May 1884, the taxes whioh may be imposed upon all persons whose ordinary avocitioas.are pursued within the corporate limits of the town, although resident be/oad the corporate limits are restricted to pro perty owned by them in the town, and their persons and subjects incident to th^.ir persom. The only question made is in regard to the latter, when one has a business residence in town, which is the meaning of the description ‘^persons whose ordinary avocations ire pursued within the corporate limits.” The money he has on hand, the salary whioh he earns there, the income which he receives there, whether it be interest on bonds, the debtors residing elsewhere, or dividends on etook in a factory situate out of town, or in a steamboat company, are subjects incident to his person, and in respect to the particulars enumer** a^ed by the three gentlemen who filed this bill, we do not see that the Commissioners have exceed* ed the power given them by the act. We under stand the “riding vehicle” te mean the baggy used to come into town every morning and^o out every night, aad consider it adjunct to their town residence, and incident to its enjoyment. In respect to‘ the other gentlemen in be^f of whom the bill is filed, the allegations are notsuf- fioieatlj diatiaet to enabls (U to express an opinion The question then is narrowed to this: H«4 the Le- powar M fha Mayor Md Oommig- sioners to impose sach a tax on persons who traasftct their business and Uve in towa dnrtog the 4a/ and live in the conatry «luriog the nightT It was e»raeatlj contended by Mr. Move, that the Legislitture hag do power to authorisa the lapMit'oa ot aaoh a tax npm s(> aag9r who mty oooasioaally Tiait the town. That qaestioa is not pres«nKid by the case; for although the aot refers to these gantlemen as per’ soas resident beyond the oerporate limite ia e3ntr«d's- tiaotiOQ to persons resldrut within the oorporate limits, it also refers to them a« persons wiicse ordinary avoea- emtiotu are pursued within the corporate UmiU, aad tae facta being stated at large, the qua^tion of resnlenoe is left open to be governed by the appUoation of prinoiples of law Whereby these gentlemen ar« put oa very «fcffer eat footing firom mere straagers They have tw» resi dences, a bnsines} residence in town and a domestic r(^deaoe in its vicinity, and may be called ampU6iout ® conveniences and comforts of this double residence Taey have the beneflt of a town residence for the transaction of bnsiness, the advantage of town society fer themselves aad of attending chnroh, sending ther children to sehooL ao, Md the benefit of a country residenee for cheap- n^, heal^folaees, asd the pleasure of eonntry ltf«. Tliey hve in town nearly if not quite half of the twea- ewj day in the year, aad must be n^asldered »« part residents of toe town. Taking that to general principles, why ^ ‘0 expehs«s of the towa, exo ndio^ ilMir oouat^y reeideuoe »a i property nut of (W“ioh tCer iimT no row't o Liz i -n t"e c>>muianitf la wa;ob an ii—, t , ® e ^ruvision »hj- h These gentlsBea aad their eonatvy realdeneee might have been iasladed by exteading the Uaiits of the Towa. whereby all wanld h^ve beeeme liable to a town tax The freaiar iaslndes • ae less. Perhaps Ih^ object has b^ffa e'lswer'^d by making th'>m to purposes oi‘i*raa ot. the Town, ▼ tt»at th^ tao.aT«aieB'm of ite («irritori«l »rt:is. T&at h *»*»T le tot * q'i'sa:>on *f pswtr but of rp-4i»n*7 w‘t*» wh .h m aC>:ui t hive rs core*?®. The B'll is dsm':M«d Napoleon as A fFAy.”—The Paris corres pondent uf thfl London Morning Star says: Several carriages having a hiskorioai interest are beiag brought from diflfarent paiacoa to the new im perial ooaoh house on the Quaid’Orsay. One of these belonyted to Napoleon I, and wae on differ ent ocwasiens driven by him. The great emportjr vm«by no means a good “whip;” but he was am bitious of (taining a reputation as suob. This ambition, when he was staying at the camp of Boulogne, was very near being the means of shortening his d&js. One day he insisted on tak- iag the rcijis from Cse«ar, his pet coachman, who, not to ge%€T bis master, got up in the seat behind, along with Rapp, Monge aud Cambaceres. Of the safety of the enterprise, some opinion may be formed when it is told, that the Tehicle was drawn by live young, spirited and relatively un broken horses, presented by the town of Antwerp to Napoleon. It required ail Cmsr’s experience and strength of arm to drive t^em. The instant they felt a leos expert hand, off they set in full eallop in the direction of the sea. The uncrowned CsiHar thereupon roai^d to the crowned: *Siret tag ^^lns of a vei^ ^7 the left; pull them to the left, and gWe the .rein "tatee that he n flhiHFotntii of tlI^ uvw *■ * he^ ealls the Cataplastio, and defines as “The whole art of beautification of the face, farm and costume.” He says that “cataplastic proceesss” have hitherto failed to produce their full effict becatise net combined under the direction oi a single competent professor; and adds, that in kr- •Jer to obtain the full and brilliant success whldi to the second gray to the right.” “Hold your tl>njG;ue, Csesar, I know what Tm about,” returned the Emperor. Seeing that the driver was no longer master of the horses, Cambaceres imploringly said, “Ah, Dieu, sire, wh^re is your majesty going to?” “ W hat a coward you are, Cambaceres,” was the answer; “don't you see that I am driving you as I sKouldf” “Certainly,” said Rapp, enjoying the frigbt of the Arch-Chancellor, despite the danger he ran, “your majesty is driving you straight to Eagland, where we so badly want to go.” But Camba(}eres, on seeing that, out of ipite, Napoleon lashed the horses, besought- him to pull them up before ♦hey went over the cliff. Monge, his eyes shut, stuck to the door, yellow with consterna tion, till the wheel came in contact with a big stone, when the carriage turned over and the horses of themselves sto}d still. The Emperor was thrown froiu the box to a great distance, fainted Cambaceres escaped with a bump oa tho foreheaf^. Monga’s hat was driven in, and Caesar and Rapp managed to land oh their feet. Notwithstanding the plight to whioh his men was reduced, the whole party laughed heartily, and when Napolejo gu up, he, ^ andin^ the whip to Caesar, a^id: “1 must render unto Cssiar the thingi which are Cssnr’s. I have had enough of coachman’s work, ani, a5a)rliajU r3$ign.” Tha F^i-sK^ttnt —Ingenuity amoo- ihc female sex was never demon>itratod to exist to «aoh a considerable exteot, sayi the Atlanta Register, as is provm oy a birJ^s eye view ot t^e dear crea tares as they prom^nuada Broad street any plea- ssnt aicd'raoon, siagly, in squads, platoons and companies Any one with aa obeorvaat eye, in glaticing at what appears to be an elaborate toilet, will detect the marks ot amiquity whioh is deftly concealcd by the arti'^tic fl-igers of the remodelers. Look as a dress clisely, aad you find by the figure that the skirt has bjen inverted. The frixaies that woun 1 about the lower ea^ are now hidden in the aoat f jlds of the waist The body you can’t see, because it is worn oeuea^h the neat Uttlo net ahawi, thew^rkof h»r oirn Sag»rm. Th«n ob- asrve the “set” of the skirt. The full rotundity —the perfect symmetry of a bran new hoop skirt is wanting. The sliape is goodly, however, for che dear creature has had it off for the hundredth tjm, and hangs it o^er Dinah's or Cnfft»e's hend while she mends some of the broken ribs She h is bandaged oie ’« half ft dozoa p'lC's as O'^re- miiy and,neatly aa a surgena bandaj^'s a broken limb. Anotncr that is injured beyond repair is extraotod from the siceloton and its place is left void Thus she has gone over the whole a.aato- my of her hoop until it is qaite pasMble, and wheo coaceahd beneath her siowy skirts— which, also, have been tarnei upside down-^nd the folds of her dress, it nends the eye of a con noisseur to detect that the thing has ever been m?nded. Then look at the hatsi Into how many comely shapes do wo sec the Palmetto woven—and pret ty, at that, especially when they are rigged out with scraps of jed, green or blue ribbon —resur rected from some dilapidatad old band-box—and OT-namented with wht*t appears at a distance to be a white goose. In the manufacture of plumes, the cock and goose have supplied the functions of the ostrich—but it is all hom'^ manufacture. Then, again, look at the feet. The stockings are home-knit—^tore hose are too high—and the shoes are made of some of Pa’s ol^ pants, and fit as neatly as a three hundred dollar gaiter. Thus, without going iurther into our subject, w^ee that the work of external improvemeat is mAifest'y progressing among tho ladies. And the fair ones could do no more towards whipping the yankees than thoy do in this way. * '■'■L'JL"' _J l_L_JJJLL_J. lU,. Farnitare, Negroes aad Top-Bu^r AT AUCTION. An EXrEN3!VE 8ALi4o^ FOaNITUaU. ooasisiiag of Oh^ira. B^iiLeals, VfaUr:s9es, OLms Ware, Raivas aal F >rks, SofM, ^1. an 17 h i-^«t, «t Exohacge ilotal; one NB3ftO WQMi\N, 24 yoar^ of a3 •♦nd oaitl- I} 7»ar»; a firjt rat; ei/la TOP B QOar, and liOUdE ani LOT oa co'nar of Uamberlaad a.i'iOr«age streets, •^jslning lot of Mi*0. Bat^be JOHN H COOK, Anet’r. Jan. ». 99 2t Confederate Tax IVfti^e. I WILL Mtead wiii the i'/se«orB at the offioe of A M ^jampoolt, from We«iaea^y January 4.a to Satardaf January 21st 1866, to receive the Confederate Taxes due Jaanary 1st 1866, to- sit: Speoifia Tax, (^or Lioense;) Tax on Sales for tae Qtiartrr easing Dec’r 81st 1P64; Tax on laoomej, Profi’« 1 Salaries; AddiUonal T*x oa Profits by buying and Miliog at any time between Jan’y 1st. 1863 and Jan’v lit 1885: Addidon^T^ on Profits oxceeding twei^-five per OMi ^e during the year 1864 by any oorr«atim m jolat stock eoaapany. I wouM call tha attention of dealers to tin foilewiac extract from iastmettons rei leived by me: ••Twenty days are allowed r^pstered peraeas |e make quarterly rrtans after the « xpiratioa of a qoarter. aal payment on the tax is ragnirei to be mads witfaia tkat‘ •• E. W. OABDH, CMUeetor Std Dist, N 0. I>ee 19, 1964 »!SlJi IVOTlCfi. PERSONS owing the “l^ily tTorth Oa/oliniaa" estab lishment for subscription or advsrtising will please call immediately and s«« tie ap at NO 17, MA&KBT 8Q(74RB. Jan 9 99 2» IB wa'oi ae iiwef. T oonr»?rs oa h6se •mp-.ibioan oitixona ik. u. ' “ ai rauuioipal ckoiions taeeia me bj oUjb ou.«w.,e have been ^ad« cn fopr,,"”*"' power of the Legislature. It Is th«re held tlut the Lecia- of a. inoorpSSud tjwnwit^ th* MMe^5 the persons incUid la*fntnlviewtkaa«tud«MA^ PRIVATE BOAKDIMC}. The subi«»;&jr Oim a::oi)iUund«to a Clsatleoiea »nd Ladies witik board and iodg’j iic, or with bottj't*' alnaie Fayetteville, Jan'y 6. W. J ANOEUeON. -99 ART OF BlAgTiriOATIOR IN PARIS. The return of the gay world to the capital often a source of chrious surprises. Red or is often found to have changed to auburn or fe and, stranger still, heads tnat have be«n { ously eorered with black or dark brown hair sae-*, on their return te town, to be covered luxuriant crops of flaxen earls. Others, w heads had been aetually grey oasse back hair as white as snow, every bit of color been, by some ingenious chemical proc pletely gotten rid of. Blondes aid I too, are found to have changed their coapl and fat oeople, t>>o, have grown thin, wfi people fat. Both sexes seem equally skill _ brintiug ab«mt these metamorphoses; wkidh usually been the result of a summer pass some remote chateau, out of sight af *'tht^ five hundred” by whom these curi^ changM to be duly admired and quiueu, aa the may be The ait of making mp the human'exterior certainly been oanied further in the Paris of day than ever elsewhere. We have special pi titioners for the hair, the skin, the shape, teeth, and so on. But these “artists” have hit> erto worked apart, each in his own sphere; aij^ no one had bethought him of setting himstlf as a general beautiler of the human subject. Tlfe waat, however, is now to be supplied. A prosp^- tus ha« just been issued by seme one who has ot yet divulged his name, but'Whe is eTidentl^ AUBRIOAN PBO3PE0Ta. j THE BATTL* OF FRANKLAI. | WAR !f9WS. From the Liverpool Albion. | The Columbia Carolinian is indebted to a gal-1 iVom South ^rolina.—CHABLMisdJti, Jan. Amcmgst those that are born of woiaan th^re • ' oung officer of the late G^en. Gist's staff,; g.—dilrpatoh from Grahamvilie, S. 0 , rrpor-** ts not a bolder hoart than that of Jeffeison ’ '^bo h-js jaat arrived from tho Army of Tenoes- | do news from the eaemj this moraing. A is We are not ashamed to coatees 10 a Urge i for tlse following cloar and comprehensive tieman just from Savannah rrporfs that Skcrtna»» unt of horo-worship for tue mun for whom : aocoant ot the b.*ttie ot ITranklin, reon. It will ^ has sent tfte ITth army corps to B'adforii to co- Northern foPS c*n find nj better name than ' bf* seen that, with bis cHaraoteiistij irapeta'-sity, operate with Pi’>«ter'(» troops belwet-n Pocot lii-. and tii&vs-owner. Xover utiduly ela'e>l by j Gcu Hood ha!4 pressed the enemy tvith ,snd L/Cosswbaf^t'ie. I, never dismayed by adversity, hia voi jo ! tiiat the yankee report ot the engage-: (JiiAiiLlrtTOii, Jaa. •—A di5p» eh fironi Ma ut clear as a trumpct-call oa the dsrkofit inflnal, a fal«3ho(d:- ‘con r»^orts wic«iv, 1,000 or 2,000 et oiig, befals his country. Not Cato himself ! Cotumoia, Tenn , was first threaHned by *L‘a>’s ^ with vrsfrooa and artillfxy, on Olop^ River, mcv- his iittle Senate at Utica with more dig- i corps. Subaequtatly, Cheatham’s corp^ arrivcJ. : ir>g in the direction of Soutbwest-iTa Georgia stoadfafftnesi th»n does the Southern ! O.i Sa#day evening, November 27, the »meray | ExcJmngnof Prisoners—Richmond, Jan. f t when Adiros'^ing bis suffericg feilow ! commeflced to evacuate, and on Monday morning I fug of traea l>uit to-day nt Var nn broM^ji t onr pickuts entered and took po.'tseesion of j Muifor?, wno hss hid an interview with Col pik-^ between Ooiumbia and Nashvilla. 0^*^ j Quid, our exchM?ge sgent A^o^er interview toons not having^arrived, it was im|K)«»ible ^ ! takes pUo« to’slaj, rnd it is scpfoscd tiat«'o! Malf»rd will Buauii* j*»opoijijoM Icr a renewed c4 exchargej* AVOi« E, HAI.L, d«i|>auih (« goKl« eonaigiied te Ub "fasrz. eairs i n^BCTSiiiik \ these processes are capable of insuring, it j neccssary to combine the sure and efficacious pro^ ducts of the dermic chemistry of the line of A* pasia and Aloibiades, of ancient Rome, and tb^i Middle Ages, with the modern iny»ntions of t‘ hair dresser, the corset maker, the worker gutU percha, the dentist, oculist, orthopedi pedicure, tailor, dress-maker, aad the jewel The Cataplastic artist unites all these speciali ia his own person, and proposes to issue a w ly nowjpaMr, in which all there elements of groat work of ‘‘Beautification” are to be tr of and ia whioh accouats of resnlte obtained to bs duly communicated to the reader. ‘*Tha work I propose to undertuke is a gsi one,” says tue Cataplastic oracle. ‘‘I mend! the fl shy paits, smooth dowa asperities, i hoMows, melt the tints into one another, hi ten or tono down^the complexion, soften the and render it soit and lustrous, modify the and snyle of the hair to suit tho general oharacte :i' the physi'>gnomy; I attack the imperfsotions o the eyes, tocih, limbs aud feet; I make the crook ed s.raigh;, and cause digoiiy and uprightoies succeed to a stoop Having rectified tha devia tions of the body, givea aaigiatioo t« the glaac charm to smile, aad graca to tho outline, I pr. ceed to tho toilette of the rejuvenated beiqg. “Cooie to my rcomi, ladies aad gentleman, add the oraoi', and I will change you so completely that your friends will not recogniza yot—so y uthtul, freah, agile and enchanting shall I have rendered you. You will leave roy handa in a sute of-j^rfecdoa, and will oaiy nood, ia ord^^r to enf>ure your triumph, to avoil cxpoaiag your^ self to tha sua or raia A pto'^y in told of a^wrtaia elderly din'Ty wh ceati&nes to pass himsolt off ix younger than is, by the aid of these complicated apnli ‘‘ «nd who bad recently eng&gei, ns vaUt ^ b'-e, a yoang fellow freshly native village. The valet, who had been imj^ ea by the graces of his new masters persio^ who had no suspicion of their artificial nature) was gr*^tly amized on assisting him to undrei«, on the night of /lis entrance oa his new place, at the work of dem^itioa in which he w-s cal’cil upon to assist, ihe coat and vest carried ofT with them tbs rounded ouctiiies that had sho;ved to such adv.intas;e the moment before, aai at unbuckling of the corset, toe jaunty uprightn of the dandy uaderwentan cq lally sudden ecli Tne withered and shrunken being, duly wrap ia a dressing gown, the old beau seat^ hi at his dreasiog table, and proceeded to take self to pieces. The removal of the lustrous tro wig revealed a perfectly bare loalp; the teeth followed the wig, and were carefully pli >n a glass of water for the night. Tne pair gutta-percha “plumpers,” so skillfully placed tween the gujas aad the chsoxs, wore oare. taken out, betr^iag the hollows they had tectaaliy disteaded, aad an artificial eye w.a rcm >ved from the empty socket. The amas •if the uaK>t>histioated servant had bee daepening into horror, as he witnessed th oessive transformations; aad when the ex stooping towards hia lower extremities, pi ed to unfast)n a pair of false oalves, the t agining that his master was going to take onmpletely to pieces, exclaimed, in a tono of gled anxiety and terror: ‘*0h, monsieur le quis, pray do leave enough of you for me to into the bed.'' men. Four years have p-scd since the endoas strrggle began with which his name be forever identified; and, if American figures be trusted, (a point oa whish we always feel 3US misgivings,) those four yeai's have wit eased a greater amount of bloodshed and a larger 038 of human life than any other f^^ur coasecu^ tive years since the Peiuge. The loss of ten thousand men on a single day htis boooms q iitc a common event; and a conscription of one, two or three hundred thousand at a time no longer exoitee astonishment. The wave of w&r has surged firom North to South and from East ts We.^t It haa been waged by land and sea, on mid-occan and in haibor, and up thousands of miles of r^ver —in the midst of forests, on spacious plains, and on the sides 01 lofty m^ntatns Prolessional solditra and amateur geoorals have t'tteir ‘hsndfi u^n. it; attorneys and politicians have brought their talents to its aid; every iu>reuviou of modern times has been pressed into iU service. New-fangled ships, cannon of hitherto unknown salibre, rifles of novel construction, new tactijs and new tools, all have been u*ed in turn, and yet the end has not come. Such energy, such obstinacy, such determination to win, have been shown on Doth sides as were hardly ever seen before, and such an amount of money expended as ne other country ever spent in a period ten times as long If, ia the early days of this strug gle, we were ever disposed to sneer at the efi^jrts of either side, we must now confess that we had un derrated both their inteatioas and theii probable erformances. It is a struggle of heroic propor* ions'oa both sides. But, come what may, it is the weaker party that the highest amoant of miration is justly due; and what ia true ot oae oubiy true of the other. Ani now, atter vi- itudcs innumerable, ihe tide hao turned of against the Sou^h; aad, doubtless, sore dis- agemeht has fallen upon m&ry a heart which long ago wait exulting ia the t«eDdc of victory, t not, indeed, a great many weeks ago since were all told, on what was assumed to be go^d ority, that discouragement va.^ universil oughout the Northera States, aud that the cry peace—peace at almost any pric3—was upon every tongue. Tho result shows the folly of generallaing freely from par tic ulac instances, and yet only fortyicight hours ago there were many faint-hearted friends of the Southern dauae in a state bordering oa despair about h* future pro4 eta. So maay mea are ready to ru^h Irom onr treme to its opposite! But clear aoro.^s the atcrs‘comes the brave voice of Jelfjrson Davis; tnere is no quiver in bis tones—be speaks with no uncertain souad. Few as aro his wo'^ds re ported to u^, we caanot for a moment dou.>t his rcsoluti in; uis voice is still fur wail DariL as is tne present hour, he has pa^wed through hoara as dar£ belore, aud thri;ugh the gloom ha ndievcs ae sees the ejmiog dawa Wh'3a Ne>i O-leans •?as takea, when VicksWarg w^ sarreniered, ^hen Stoaoivaii Jaoksoa lell in the noonday of his y, a sadnoss aad discoara^cjicat spread over he Southern Coaiederacy; and as taeir an ted Presid^nk raided anew their spirit tban, e are persuaded he will do now. We shaii , of course, think of dejying that the exhaus. Bou of men and uioani has been im^ucnse sinee those events took place; but it must bj bora'e in mmd that, whar?a^ th-j Sjutiiern armies are still entirely ootnpoicd of white in;a, tho Northern .»niiy, aoeoTuing tu a rcO^iOt ot Mr. Lin 3oia, auoiberii two huadroi th r )nt Uoka a mjngst its s ;ldicra. * * * So Ur, therefore, as tne supply of men f jr th ir acni^s is conc-irn ed, we do not thia« the South is as yet auy worse ff tiian the Noroh. Cures for Fiu. —For a fit of P^sion— out into the open air; you may apeak your miad tc* the wiad-i without hurting any oae or pto« claiming yourself a simpleton. | For a Fi: of Idleness ^Couni the ticking of a clock; do this for one hour, and you will be glad to> pull off your c jat the next and work like a man. For a fit of extravagance aad Folly—Go to the workhouse and spaak wi^h the inmates of a jul, and you will be eonyiaoed,. * Who makes his bed of brier and thorn. Mast be eanteat to lie forlorn. Por a Fit of Ambition—Gk> into the oharoh- yard and read the gravestones; they will tell you the end of ambition. The grave will B00& . be your bedchamber, the earth your pilfbw, oormp- tion xotu* father, and the worm jonr mothet and sister. For a Fit of Despondency—Lo^k on the gfod things whioh God has given yon ia this WMd, and to those whioh He has promised to His fol lowers in the next. He who goes into his den to look for cobwebs and spiders, no d will find them; wnile he wao looks for a fli may return into his house with one bloamin his bosom. F6r all Fits of Doubt, Perplexity and Whether they respect the body or the whether they are a load to the should head or the heart—the following is a radi whioh may be relied on, for I nad it Great Physician—^‘Oast thy burden on and He will sustain thee." For a Fit of Repining—Look about for and tho blind, and visit the bedridden, 1 afflicted a'd deranged; and they will mak ashamed of co^iiplaiaiug of your lighter sffli —- « Licuor Law in Alabamt —The Legisia of Alabama has p Ae(^..a liquor ISw to tale on the 1st of January next. It entirely prol^ its diotiilation from Indian oorn and w^eat. sons distilling these are to be fined not less $5,000 nor more than $50,000, and imprisoni in the county jail not more than twelve nor thnn one monA. Mot€ of fj'nc fin’s JoU^,s. —The yaukay paoers tell the following as soaocaiog “very g^sJ”: About two years ago, wh*>o the Princo of ^aios was soon to marry the Princcs.s Alexaadra Qacea Viot;>ria seat a letter to eacii of the sov- fraigns, informing t lem of her son’s bstrotaal and am»ng the rast to Presidaat Lincoln Lord Lyons, her ambassador at Washington, aai who, by the way, is uamariicd, requested aa aai.eace Mr. Lxacjln, thit he mtgat preaeat im- rtant document ia person. At the time ap inted he was reeeived at the White Hoose in mpany with Mr. Seward. “May it plc^ yoar Exc^lleacy," said Lord lyoas, “I hold ia my naud aa au ograph letter m my royal mibtress, Qieea Victoria, whioh ave beea commaaded to preseat to your Ex* eelleney. In it she informs your Excellency that her son, hi« Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, is about to oontract a matrimonial alliance with her Royal Highness the Prinoe Alexandra, of Denmark." After continuing in this strain for a few minutes. Lord Lyons tendered the letter to the President and awaited hb reply. It was short, simple and expressive, and consisted simply of the words: “Lord Lyons, go thou and do likewise." We doubt if any Eaglish ambassador was ever ad dressed in this manner before, and woo id be glad to learn what success he met with in putting the reply in diplomatic language, when he reported it to her Majes^. It is said thtre sometime siaoe, whea a deputa- tioa of clergymen presented an addro s to the President, in whioh he was styled “a piiiar of the church,", he quaintly, and perhaps truthfully, re marked that “they would have done much 'better to oall him a steeple." Whatever might be the case, ia ordinary peaoa times, there is no difference, now, bet'^/een a constant, systematio opposition to all the meas ures of the admiaistratioa, without ever fiad- ing anything to commend, and opposition to the goyernmont itsell By the success of our administration, we are to stand or fall. And he who willfully, wantonly, and constantly throws obstacles in the way of that success, is to all intents and purposes as mueh our enemy as braham LincW himself. Aud not only so— who bends all his energies to a denunciation the Confederate administration, now, under etenoe that the administration is a very dif- nt thing from the government, will as oertain- take an open and unequivooal stand, ia favor Lincoln, finally, as Baylor did, or as the .sua shines in the heavens.”—Georgia f k untri/mon. Gen. Quarles, who was reported to be mortally wounded at che battle of Fraaklia, Tenaessee, will probably recover. He loses a right arm. Lord Bacon beautifully said: “If a man be gracious to strangers, it sho;Vii that he ii a citizen of the world, aad that his heart is no island cut off from oth«r lands, but a continent that joins them " cross the river at'once; but meantime Lee made a feint ea if he intended to do so, and under cover of his fire, Chfatham’s and Stuars's oorpa moved to a point several miles below and patpcd the river there. Without halting, tbo commands last nam(>d pushed rapidly f ,rward, "rith the view of reaching the rear ranks — supposed to be about 13,000 strong—and catling them off irom re treat. But on reaching Spring HiU, the point aimed at, it was found that the Fcdfrals had been notified by th'^ir cavalry of the movement, and hud reached that locality in advance. It should be added, however, that their line of march was over eleviJu miles of smooth road, while our line of march was over eeventeen miles of rugged country. Oa arriving at Sprini; Hill, the Ffiderals Were dinooTpred to bo in ba*tle array and fortified Gen. Forrest, with a part of his dismounted eaval- ry, led the charge in person, and that night the breastworks were in our possession. The enemy after burning their supply train, had evaouated the pr>sition and moved on. The next morning, Wednesday, our troops were early on the march, Forrest leading, Stuart next, and Cheatham fol lowing—Lee was still in tho rear, but coming up. The enemy were closely pushed, retreated rapidly, and left evidences of their haste on every side. Wagons half burned, or with wheels out, and ani mals weltering in their own fresh blood, were strewn along the road. Alter traveling in this manner for about 7 miles, Sluart sent word to tho rear that ho had brought the Federals to bay, and they were two miles in his front, in line of battle, occupj^ing a range of hills. By the time a disprsition of our forccs was made for an assault, tho yankee columns broke nto marching order, and moved on as before. A short distance ahead, the Federals again made a stand We prepared as before to attack. No sooner wrre the prepara tions conaplete, however, than the y*nkces re sumed their march, and thus gained time foi their wagjn train!4 and artillery. Oj renching the last otmed ridge on which tbe er/eoiy had halted, wo saw before us the town of Franklin, and in froat of it three strong lines of battle, in tbr- e heavy scries of breast works At fir^it it was thought best, by reason of the lateness of tha hour—it now bei-'g afternoon — to delay the attack until daylight of the follow ing morn ng, ani then to open wi^h a park of 100 pieees of artillery, and follow thi» cannonade with a chargf*; but the object of Gen. H‘wd was to dr*- feat the yankeo army before it roachfd tho out skirts of Nashville, and ho feared, from its de moralized condition, that it would escape during the nigljt. An attack was, therefore, ordered to be mr«de at once. Stuart and Forrest made a de tour to tb^3 right, and by 5 o’clock had struck the ^ni.'my a.-tuani.'^g blow on his left flank Cheat ham now moved up, aad j lining his right as near OS prac ijable to Stuart’s left, the battle was join- od aad waged with fierooncss on both sides T.nou^anda of our soldiers were standing once more on tl^cir own soil, aad some in sight of their own homes, and they fought with every inoeative ia their hearts tho^ can urge man hood to do noble deeds The enthusiasm of the troops was glorious-—the country a vast un brokea plaiu, hs level as a uble—and the sight •»t iiio-»e loag d-ir lia:s. f ing>>d with fire aad siflok**, with 20,000 riflea mingling their sharp n >tcs with tuo deeper thuuders of the artillery, wa« w«ll calculated to iaspiro the heroism which impelled our army -'n to victory. Major Gener als, hriga iiers, and colonels rode in front of their commands, waving hats and urging on the troops. Men fell wounded and dead—great rents were torn—but with the stea-Maees of veterans, the gaps were filled by the Rviag, and the oolmnn moved on The first line of breastworks was swept clean. Oar loss had been great. The noble Cl'.burne tcli, shot through the head with four balls, and died oa tiio ramparts. Gist, previously wouuded in th) leg, had refused to leave the field, and timpine along on foot, oheerng his men, finally reeeived a ball thro^h the breast, that took away kis precious life; while Brown, Manieault, Sirahl and siorcs of field aad staff officers, who had expos3d theiUselves at the head of their troops, ware either killed or wounded. Still, our men faltered not. Dashing on they reached tbe second line. The Federals were stubborn. On tho righ. they, had charged Bate's division and gained a momentary advantage; but recovering, that g^lant officer was again at che front, and with hi^rave Tennesseans, doingeplendid service. For a tiTie, the Yankees held their breastwork;^, and the fightiag was hand to hand between those in the ditch on the outside and those behind (he entrenchments. But the struggle was not long, and again the foe was flying aoross the field. It was night, however, aad the difficulties of Qon- tinaing the battle so great, that at 2 o’clock a m., save the oooasional spattering of musketry, tho grand churns of battle was at an end. The next morning, it was discovered that the Federals had evacuated the position, and werd in fall re treat to Nashvillo. It W|g. likewise discovered chat Thomas had been largaly reinforced, and thus enabled to make the stubborn resistance which had not been anticipated by Gea. Hojd There are in^a man 527 muaoles, 257 of whioh ate in pairs. Of these no les* than 100 are con stantly used in the aot of breathing What relatum is the ▲ ftop-filllMB. “I can't find bread for my family," said a laxy dooK-mat to the aendVlfeUow in oompuy. “Nor I," replied an iadoa* |tnflMniUer, ‘Tn obliged to wadL £» il." Yan/MH N*v}t —Biohmond, Jan 9 - The Bal timore American of ;-he 6?h h-ts dicpatchcc trcm Hilt^c liesd, stating that Shuman’a army is qaietly resting, havir-iir undertakfu no new ag» ^rreeaive movement. Ril^iatrick’s aavalry, how ever, is eonstantly in s*rviee, wa*thing darde^'s army whioh is organit ng for the new cainpaigu. A tel(*gram from 0«'«rtlsnd, Ala, rays that Steadman baa eaptured and burned Hood's pen* toen train, aad oMttired 600 msUs, 1000 wagons and 200 hogi. He reports Forrest near Russell- yille, Ala Mr. Stanton, Seb'y of War, has gone to 8avui- nah to confer with Sherman. A Meaphis telegram of the 4th claims that Dana's raid on the Mobile k Ohio Railroad was oompletely luoceasful 25 bridges were burned, 4000 carbines and a large amonnt of ammunition were captured. The New York Chamber of Commerr« h»s adopted resolutions of thanks to Gapt. Collins fer the seiaure ot the Florida. A FOR SiJLLE. BOND, 0. d cOrTON LOAN Ooapoas payable in Gold or Cotton. Apply to JAS. N SMITH. Jan’y 7. 99iif IVon-Xaxable Bonds. 600 Million Loan.—Sale ContlnneA. NUMS^-OUS applications having beea saade at tte eptablished pnee of $196 ud iaterest, under olroom- atanoee that entitle them toAvorable consldbration. It has bean deiemined to oentinae the sale until tether aoilee. AUG. W. 8TIBL, Aff’t fer sale of Confederate Be^ Oei 32 7S iS«. RfiiflOVAIi. '^pHR tmdetsigned have removed from their sld stand 1 on Water Street, te No. 7, MARKET STRRBT, whi>re they expect to eostinus the General Commission Qroeery Bnslnesst Prompt atteaiion will be pven te ail orders wd eon >gnneKtc catrnAtwl te oar eare. L. 0. UNSBIRRr * 00 w. n, n»t 10 The £uterprise Cotton Factory is now prepared to ezchaage for oora or boooa the Finest Nnmbeni tf 8poa Tar^ table for ^prine aad SonHMr QoUi. TUs Taread is A Terribli Cafamitjf.—On Saturday morning, about o'elook, a flre broke out in the paymas ter’s department in the building immediatly ponth of Uie 0. ii S. C. railroad, and N. C. railroad pM- senger shed, and before assistance could bo admit- ted.it became impossible to subdue the flauseti. The next building and adjoining, one of the lar gest in tbe Southern Confederacy, occupied as a srovemment warehouse, was soon destroyed The fire then commucicatfd with the large waref oase j net being eompleted, to the south ot the depot shed, thence to the shed, a larie and Leaut fai stru«tcnre, thence it crossed to the uorth, destroy- ing the old buildings formerly used as a d> pot and ticket office of the C- & S. C. railroad, alt of which Were totally destroyed The fire then ratged eastward, consumia^ tbe western wing of the N. C. reilroad depct owned by th« Charlotte & South Carolina railroad company. The loss by this eocflegration cannot be e^r- rectly estimated. The government, railroad eoa- ponies and associaMons, to say nothing of the loss private individuals wiil eustain, nan aot fall much if any short of $20,000,000 Our railr ad com paniee have lost heavily; and the Tredegar Iron Works company, of Richmond, have also suffered heavily—Charlotte JuUetin. ’ (''urrertry Fiojfcts—In the Senate last week Mr. Oldham, of Texas, offered tbe following rese- lutiont: “&.80I *9 Thtt th* C«atrl'*e' »» fiK%ooe be tn- «>.rn>ifd tn inqai««r icto t.'a ?X( e-li'sof pr»«t;e»> cf adopting tX*- fnilowint aeasaree as a meaiu ef t f'Ft^riac aad ■nstuoiag the UnaToial credit ef ihe 6ev- frnment, to-wiJ: ‘let Of !i?x>itlnf the oa*et*sdiaK cirenlatipn «f Tr«a- •nrj •9tee hr law, so that it shall never rx4«ed tha vaxrmaa of one han1r«d as^ flftf sa^ilicBS of daliats. ■-^d. Of le^ijig a a«x of (J%j Jtaadrei per esat opoa •li the inbjiiote of taxation epteiied in thv aet of 18(^4, te be eollec*ed ia Trfasary notes at th«ir market Talne ia rpeeie. the valne to be Moertainrd aad iraovn from time te tisa*. in a ino-Je prescribed by law ‘.84. Of lewinf aa expert duty of twenty-ive oer e*a'na aT>OB the valae of all exports, to he eoHeeied ia ep«eie or ia th# e«a»cB J of t^*fire hiuidred biiUtcnleui aader 'he aet of Feh’y 17, 1R64, tee epeeie eo eell«ei«d bo applied te the redeaptioa of the eoapeni ef eaid •can.'* Mr. Oldham said he would not move the ref^ enoe of the resolutions at present, aa he desired to addreas the Senate in regard te them He wotild eall the attention of the Senate now to the second resolution Under the aet ot February last, the tax levied' is five per cent in Confede rate money, without reference to its value The resolution proposes a tax for value, to be collected in Confederate money, without regard to thd amount of currency, to raise t*iat value Under the aet of February the tax payer is interested in obtaining the amount of his tax in Treasury notes for the least poi^sible value Tbe more Confede rate notes depreciate the less value the amount of his tax will cost. But, under th-i rcBolution, the amouat will enlarge with the depreciation and in ure to the benefit of the Government. It will be to the interest of the tax payer and holder of Con federate money to appreeiate it, as they cannot be benefitted in any manner by its depreciation. The resolutions were l»id on the table and ordered tj be printed. Another young and gallant spirit, gone.—We regret to announce that L%. Ivey Foreman ot thia ^laoe, of the Navy, is no more. He died in Rich mond of Typhoid fever in December^ At the time the war broke out young Foreman was a student in the Naval College at Annapolis* He left Anaapollo and came home, tendered his dorvices to the Secretary of the Navy, which were accepted. Since then he has been in active service in that arm of our o'taafry’s defence, fie waa in the Naval engagements in Hampton Roads in whic^ the Merimack played so conspicuous • part, and in the one whiob took place in the waters of the Albemarle Sound, in both of whioh he is said to have b*kav«d gallantly. At the ’ time of his death he was in command of one of the* C. S. Ships. (The Torpedo we believi.) Tarborough Southernor. Otnrral Hosvital No. 3, Gotdnhori/.—The following will show the operations of this Hospi. tid during the past year; Admitted dnring the year, 2,287; Returned to duty, 887; Transferred. 866: Farlotfghed, 372; Died, 39; Deserted, 10. Total, 2154; Remaining in Hospital Jan. 1,1866. 133.—iS«oe Journo/. ' Prisoners of War in Richmond —Of the fifty odd thousand jankee prisoners oomputcd to be now held in the South, not over two thousand are confined in Richmond, and more than the balf of theee are in the hospital.—Examiner. The "time honored and nniversally known door-keeper” pf the White House, domesticaUy called Kdward, publiely named Jimmy, who has been in office sinee General Jaokaon's day was discharged by Mrs. Linodla last week. Sixty thousand dollars in silver bars have been revived at San Francisco irom Idaho, the first shipment of silver from the new silver mines in Southwestern Idaho, whieh promise to rival those in Nevada. Thn ,N^«w York News says: Preston Williams, a Baptist minister in Kentucky, was lately con* scripted for the Federal army. His congregation were going to bay him a «abetitute, but he told them he would lead to the Oonfederate army as many as would follow him, rather than allow a subedtute to go into the Federal army for him. He wmi mih two kvadnd aa4. tikii^-ive fol>
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