s 't I'-t I; t" i4 From llio Mobile IIc-;i.!rr. Iu Addition la 200,000 straggleis, it is tlciiianded ibitl ni(iM-tut)i of Ihe produo " tin tx Ut jil the field, ud women, chil diu d dotard be loft idoue to clothe niid b;d n army, ; Ju other words, w 'want vety laxly' toe into an army, al ready nuked, liuugry, " nd ill equipped, ' mid iiobbdy If ft to anpport tem. y t Agliii, i to the nit of armies. I is the ltumlr of men or the handliog of them ik battiest: were i'tniMnnn i -muii. ' ,. . -..... it r :. e- ' j 1. 1 I Lr ;;.! purt ,.-a boi.i v'.d mi iay. l-tho is to liuike i Liu ili't.-iiUf ll.o I riU' nt, being uitius,nuJcr-ia-thi.-fl is the ouljf one who cm do so. What a beautiful ) sleiul Th president of ' Kepuulio will detail from ilia anuy the Cabiuet, the Senators, ti number of Congress, the Governom of State, the Judges, the farmeVs, lb man ufacturers, fh editors, the- merchants ! If auy of these geutry should do or ay any thing displeasiug to- Ilia Xxoclleiicy, his detail ia revoked, and lie k ordered back to hia-company for hi presumption, . battle of n.Clwrej jAaj Myrotye from oiMTOi tue strong poitioa..ou iu continent at Lookout aud Missionary ridge. Minus LoUeet'aeoroa, ,Lm w Lipped Hooker at Chanxallortville ; plua that corps, with Jenkins, Jibe and others ad ded, he was repulsed; at Gettysburg. ' Fif teen thousand fighting tneo won the first battle of. Manassas, and leaa than forir thousand achieved the victories of Shiloh aof Murfreesbbro. " Mrthaa forty thou sand raeo have nr, ucv tin Vr began, Lien brougbt into action to. advantage by either aide. And now we are called upon lo believe tbat big mob, of raw recruits, balf starved and poorly equipped, are to i go next sprine what vteraii nave nut been able to da after tbaoe years of bard and repeated trials. What we want is ibe genius to conceive and the courage to dare - Jtot un wielding; hordes -of -awkward, squads, with nobody at home to supjwi tlem. '- - ' J-1 From tbeJChattanooga EebeL" . ' Ws ane inclined to believe lhk if t be unnecessary gamnrwere -withdrawn from the town an J -eilies, where tber are of tittle n(wcept-toducttixen ubo are-quietly walking tlio rivrta and attending to their business, for' pae)i that there would be as many, tveu iu our armies as moat of our g enerab could man aje. i Every provost tuartiaatjaUroad fetation must have a guard sufficient uTdo picket duty fir a brigaae. , What earthly me that am, no. iwaaiejBLlItenlJhja :ireao toOTfferabfeirnnoyance-to the peo- . ple where tliey are quarterad, no one can deny. :Their officious intermeddling with "quiet "ciUzena'is bariesqne -opon-inilitaTy rale and a5. outrage Opoo civil rights, as intolerant as it is offensive afd annoying. Jtrom Uib AUanta intruigcncar. tirimviiti k7xMrroo muiwa'':i)' gwlalion.: If Congiwsa will adopt aome plaav whereby -tbe awarms of provost guards, conscript officers,, uuneceasarr AcAf to tlie difffrent wotkboj and Go varnineut roanufrtctorif' tbrouyhout ibe Coufederacy, and the large number of ab cu lees can be put jotu active duiy,. Ui army willle increased thwvby at least one-tliiid, aud that furtLr nileuMoa of the conscript act woalJ U uanecrMry, even were it practicable. It ia conceded, by thoM profeMing familiarity with the War Department, that if the xistig law vouldi be proerly eaforced, trud aWutreiaui pre vented, the CoufederaJe'Sutes would be able to inarabkl au array of between four and five hundred 'thousand eff-clive men. UUiia law paaaes it willmake ilr. Davis as much an Autocrat a ia the Ctar of Kusia, and place Uie' Tiberires of tbe pe$ fie in tbe hands of the military power. Ii i. av, Jan. c.iu. Bcter r ui. ni tt t -.e I llt.t if :,Hi..aiMed lUtll.egKtitn'-u.i cf the limn did not ijiow oul of llio tl of exeniptioii. Tln-y originated iu the ynteni of ihitaili allowed by the Govern uiuiit. Here ia I he luinchief, and here tbt. remedy abould be applied. It i tbi that ia destroying the vitality of the army ud the eneiyiea of the struggle, lie dwelt at much length upon this. point, and, "id if the detailed meu, able to do duty, were tul into the ranks," the deaerters brought Ucki'and the' exemption law iiiodiSod iu many particulars we liould have an army SALKsr.UIiV.X.C: JOHUir KK.Mi;, JJM1BY IS, llol. 5" Mr. Chilton, of Ala, rvad an extract of a letter from the agent iu charge of the IW Oillce taieas Wrt of the aippi, which deolaret tltft if Corgreaa re fused to exempt contrauiora for currying the mail the postal service ju t hat Dvpart -meat would be entirely ilisaolved and do strored. Mr. Chiltow'sUied that the en tire number exempted1 for' this reason uu J tlie law was 'Hot over 500. " ' ' Mr HirlL ttt V siikl ! That tlia Coin. xnti'ifv" AflTiiihrtt- thrtft''4iifimi' SMALL POX.--We learn that there are ten' or elevjrti cf en of pmal!' pox at tlioRrriaon in tliia place. ' The disease is of the conflnent type. It' was a anrprta to our cojnm nnltjr to kear of so Jare'a i nuiiiler of cat- ; . ' " A PEOPLE BLIND. From the Mobil Evening News. ' Li strange, but true, that fierce nstha pending war haw been, our-peopler hae UOt yet realized the randeur f the cuif testflor nerved ' tbeautetve to iu height. The crazy pursuit of gaiu . proves it ; for iu the realized presence uf the true dourer (that threatens them, .wealth JWould fade away luto proportions of contemptible in- -t Iti lVL .111 a itruiucai.ee. t no woaiu iioara monen 7. , . . kill I - , . . . . . . . I win iiiiv-hr-j voiliivr nx M inil ijmuprariyJt ii teitoVL-jn 'i, TO that be was only amassing it for the- lan- kee conqueror and tiiaster I Oongress desires what was never known ia the citilized world the entire male population of the country abandoning all civil pcrsuitsr and taking op arms. ' We are. not Uiod to tW importance., of rein forcing our army. - We feel the necessity, - bcr beliere "that other raearote- an adopted to perform, th desired workv-i-Coogreas has called into service, the seven tr or sevebty-five thousand abU bodied men who have put substitutes in die army.- These, with tbe erne hundred thousand now absent from tlieir commands, are am t!r ufScient to meet all emergencies, and ihecivn pursuits-f the oouutry au sifll - go on, for, if interrupted any more tlisn it U now, 1 fearful hardships and sufferings " wJJliwthe resulU- .J : : : Itiay W said thafgetting the one tun tjrei thoosan 1 men absent from dutjf k easier said than done. We wilt show a way to doL it AWluA the abominable practice of puniibiog.men By branding in tiie foreheadweariiij barrel shirts, nod putting them in the stocks. J Iteruove from coamand and reduce to the ranks those officer who are tyrannizing over tbei men and treating them like bru;es;aud&abier all tLoe who, from their want of proper dis cipline aftd "loose treatment of their sol diers, abaolulely encourage .Uiertion, ud are as mueh to blame as tKe deserter. Let tfei he done and then let the I'resi- dent issue a proclamation to All abject without leave to return to commands by a certain dato-or seiTer the ! cnalty of deatn, and as soon my the day fixed - has expired, aboot every-eserter caugbt a&erwatd. Ibese will do more to reinforce onr'ar- mj than all the sweeping conscriptions. io, .we- are not in earuest m bis war : we have trust ed to our Government -to take care of our liberties, to our brave soldiers to fiht for tbefci. and we have filled our barns, and feasted and rested in content aud safety. Yei tbe mailed baud of invasive war knocks at our doom, and the language of tbe spirit to the rich man in lae parable. exclaims, " tuou fool I this night Wall thy ul b I detnaoded oPthee lTCs yearr dreamer and " fataliat L the Yankee will dmaodthy wealth, thy liberty, thy home, tby all that is worth poseseasiog, unless thou wakest from thy slumber, and usest the means-which God and nature have given thee to defend thy heritage. The ' war has grown tu proportions that reqaires the help of ail lo carry it on. None can be spared.. The able must fisht ; the aon com bauu to fronijtn firjijily or ageilie. wo. Jiian, tim vry child, uU h.ve their arU to perfornvaud can do something in the great work. -Alas if our people only fell this wlitle it is tune, mem wouiu tlieu be no need tec despondeocy ; no need to look forward- to the gloomy prosect of Jet more vears of suffering and trial. A people uwved to thecriMa and nutting forth the. , imjrht that slumbers in a feenian's arm," could 1 by one grand audhetoui slfort be ready in toil au-J reueom rery foot of it to the oc- cnpaiK-r aiwi possession ol iu nglitrul own era. -ITiiiajJie-iiotm we fearnul it will come Inter, when the more terrible realities of war shall have forced .the oon yiciiiNi of duty and danger upon eves that yrH"-. j a tr-n eoldiera auaeara uaiviii not near. theirl 8 mmiwon anfl ureadtul ua niiin vi iimou tuai require amicuon so fearful and an, atonement so bloody. WoaresiiJI JjlMMmenropingjo iJark-C nes, out UiUyCUastening rod of God will yet- restora Our vision. te one now under consiueratioiv It waa at'iected in thia House' br a decisive vote. Let ua devoutly hope that this bill may share the same fate. He had voted sgaiiwt the proposition then.- There) waa nothing iu thu condition of the country, or in tbe leaaotiiog of the honorable gentle man fmin ISouth Carolina, (Ms. Miles) that would induce him to cbauge theopiu iou tbea entertained. He (Mr. Staples) argued at cunsidrrable length lo-sbow "that jlhe Secretary f Var oould not perform tlmdulien this bill Would iuiHe upon him ; i bat he (the Uecreiary) would be com pel k-d to delegikte tke power, to innumer able boards aud agents disported through out the country ; tbat these boards would open new source of patronage and power; j that they would be exposeil to all the temptation cf personal, political and family influence, to fraud, corruption and brib erycreating by their decisions, dissatisfac tion amongst people and dweooteut in the army. , He insisted that tlie expense would be enormous ; that no man could estimate ttie injury that would be inflicted upon all the industrial in it rests of the country v by the sudden stoppage of so many culling aud pumuit-s until tbe Secretary of War 1 II a ' 1111 l. -I 1 "1 siimii determine who siuai v oeiaiioo, anu for wbt purpose. The honorable gentle man from Squill CaruJjB4 says thai Cton gres cauuol agree ujkmi n bill ; that the i a bill. J be man is mistaken. U Tuajr require time ;. but an actual vole will always test the s-hm) of ibe House Uiam any proposi lion for excluptlous. The. same process uf reasoning wooid lead us to delegate to the President the whole subject of taxation and currency. Uj-on that question there were wider difference of opinion than any other in the whole range of political econo my differences as to principle aud differ- enee as to detail. Rat sir, these difficul ties do ot ; rhw Co vrosiv from the ob ligation of maturing suchmeasure of tiuauce as the necessities of Uie country tlemaud. The whole subject of eonscrip . liou and exemption belongs to Congre, aud to Congress aloue. It is a legislative power, a legislative discretion, and a h'g-' islativ obligation. Cougreas must deter- mine who are to compose the armies, aud who are to be (exempt tvem military service. ror in proper exercise oi mis irusi, me tneinbors are responsiWe to their cointitu eats, to-their country, and to posterity. Who so capable of discharging this trust as the meu upon this floor, fresh from the peophj and familiar with all their wants. their necessities and thu- divwrai6el' iuteiv est of an extensive counlrjxt Why, sir, we are sent her (br litis, aorpose, aud when T6 acknowledge ourselies incapable ol performing tbta legislative duty. We should rcsigo our seats, and' go back and so tell our coustituents. This bill clothes the President with the ehauge.Vu the jolicj tf tlr frobT one;" of vLtcli tbe licttlrd liotlr we shouIddiNve uHn US a.pnlracled and , , i . . i ,i . ,t ' blootlv strucirhj a struggki such as Prus. sia had wheu one-sixth of ibe whole n)ale populatiou perished on thGld of battle the authority of nmglstratea and laws sus Iodd, and the horrera of jestileuce aud famine added to the atrocities f war. But if the measure be indicated re adopted, he wa MtWlJed tlheamiy nld bi in cressed ; that another yenraould termin ate the struggle; tL clouds would p awsy, and lit bow oflieaje wuce more jaii tlm arch of the beaveus, -- . Mr. Dargao, of Ala, also oposed the bill, belie-iug it to be, in its prveiil form, fatally deAjctive. : :H would prefer to bav no exemption law at all to ach a this, but a one , was csaouliid, he preferred to say who sliould be exempted. The fct that the aubjea'lferrWT6heSeCTe tary of ar was a broad acUntsston Inat thra must be aome exemptions. Hr1(oe the Socrelary of War well," and that he would be incapable of any tvrannkal ac tion ; but beknew, ersoiiNlly,4)fivstnaoea of the moat merciless tyrrauny praoliced by the su1ordiitei of -th-Ws-Depart meat. He bad. for example, seen a man briieght up before a conscript officer and enrolled, who had never walked quarter of cmue in his life and. nver would, and ioj. - We unJerstand that the no cessarj steps hare been taken in the garrisou to prevent the spread of the dfsease auionp; the prieonera and gimnl; so far as we know nothing lias been done to protvet the trwi, or provide a lionpirhl in Vase the disease eliould make ita appearance uiuongst its citixuis. lliiu is a matter wliicli jlionld not be neglected by on r town autlioritK. . ; F11!EIcediaritn'.Xt leart fji' a fvtfvr frnn Mr. L V. Cmjr bell, of Iredell Qo.; that the dwelluii; HtciIirud:a'moke CoU Fratejr, in the North-western end ofTlredell, was entirely C'nniu ed bjr tire on Inst Sunday morning just betriro day. There were, aboot 150 basheia of corn tu the house, beside some other nrtieles U val ue, as Mr. -Fi had aoinctiine sinoe removfctlwi.il nearly all M---ruper it was vuly nfteiv a long Ume, and wheu W j ty to this GoUUty fur protCcUott frolll was-declared phvaicaily unfit for miliuay I ftoin lawI.34Citiztns and deserters, duty, that he waseWL Hr. (Mr. U) ueCNH,u v( J,i8 ceal in belialf oT our iwa ei n apjriicHtioer 10 ftte-iwrevary of War for hi te!eae, but either thejflmd never got here, o are never returned, oi, as i roost likely, ere, hauded. over from one officer to another until they were lost or word out. This bill would merely en large the powers" of tliese subordinates for the puipose of oppreiiig the already op pressed. The success of tbi war depend ed on tbe confidence of the people in the uovernraeni, anu wnen luat connueuc W aLakeJi the cause w au end, ad nothing could more couduce to such an event than Such a bill as thia. 4- FIGUT OX COSIir. ITT ' ,,i--rrf--;t" en ertearn mat iurea um frequently len' tnade fp bnrn Mr. FraJet'a property, avud at Jast carried . into execution. Every j;n4 cittxeu t owes it to himself to aid in ferreting out the perpetrators of Lthit wicked deed. - - . k'e leath from an officer oat from" liicliHionq, that tbe Government will jhp Ihfyin tdJiujMm' wftiaktL j brandy fur medica.1 purpo, boayit. ' i t- ' , ti t..J. 1 aia, AC. sou nme- cariivaiijr mrpv From the Montgomery Mail The danger if Dot that Congress will do Bathing, but that it will do.too much. Car ry oat the recommendation hi refereu increasing the army, and put tte whole - - .A THE WnEATRQt? 1 . .. .. -. ... . taa'.e popuhttion ia the service, . vanquished and overrun before i 'he Laa villa llesrixiif hue Kn Informed from different portions of uie surrrounumo; country, tuat tlie wheat is looking poorly. it diiuks we are j a heavy snow1 oext September ; net br but by starvation. . We a Li first of in armies, grealiv beiietit two foes, neither one One of the best and mo&tsncce&ifnl ronted by ! faruiera in thia eonntr w..rl., 1 w,' Bot Tole tf expose the people to 0nejpmihAuitiI-ek demoralising. I -will hotf toe other. Ibe 1 aqkeea and want of food a VigJant ew lofruh. AbsUacl th wboleT..n f,.t ; ,i,T.-.:V t... . unn ff i n. tin. U.. . i .... wj:te male pbpolatioa from producUooL. :j ,li t. , and famine .talks over the UimL idrwlfm' From tli Uaoon Telegraph. the crop and atari it lo growing-- cal knuwledgo of agriculture in- ive oeTore wliico those of iSa- iioleon sinLinto itwignificauce. J?as this bill, and no- man can. pursue a mechauical occupation no man practice medicine pubhlr anewspHpcT,-oT ascendthrputpil ana proclsin the tidings of tbe Gospel wituoui crawling to tbe iootstool of power and humify asking irmissioa from the li of an omnipotent Executive favor and patronage. W shall bav tbo. War De partment and the Executive mansion be- leagured by an - innumerable throng of suppiiaqu, ana beggars for "tbe thrift that follows fawiiing." Members of Congress, too, will be expected to swell tbe host' of applicants, Y ehall be seen, hat in baud, crowding the ante-room vf th War De wrtment and the avenues that lead to the Executive office, humbly asking for the detail of a shoemaker, or tanner, or minu ter of tbe uospel for our constituents! . rtt i ... T ' .lmu junrsuay, tlie 2itu, tj.en. jU);$ j,,, wilHro pwmptly A'ance had abrush witi some 300 1 elecatedr If the braudyand wbia tones, on the the head of 0.by Jty'W hoarded no inihe hands of CdCcK.' Cocko roniitv. H-nn Miin I 45 cr50. uilTea-fiuiu this- place. The euetuy were strongly posted, but after a few roands oar men charged. speculatws were appropriated to tlie nse rf the Gnyernment, it wwjhl bably fully sopply all the hospital and .arioiea. in t!e C6nfeIeraty. them and they lied, leaving Ihreefj- dead, three Wounded, all their camp equipage, anu n mutter or horses, uud lew guns behind. Gen. Vaticw captured six or eight of the gang. iW regalara, and " t ho Henderson Hbme Guards undtfr;Capt,JUanuiiig and the Hay wood Home Guards ricluity, awaiting lull prices, or a chance to stip out to some nmirket. If present etit be-made lor-3iy Gen. Vance's force 'cuBstited of atT t!lilT?vtllJ"s tlle ' . ., '. ' " T ' " -T. , it slum Id not be exempted ; especially is it one that sliould ctnne under tho rn lo in this time of scarcity of grain. It wil however, iiike the owners siB-the-Hoaie Gnarda dMslu.d ..fi howl. One of them will make more j mmj ww AvaMW V IS St 4 Mu powersofan autocrat It mmto hirnjvjtlLitmder Mafr llay. All acted imblv. trt,vTtvr tx.ffA .slnJ. sWM ,Y I a ' . - 1 ana wnen tne order t iliafge was t Mtil-tT It , t .,! .v , Benstor Brows proposes that every able eodied man, irrespective of age or occopa- tioo, be eo&Aoriptedw Member of. Cos. gress, Seoatora, Govern ors of States, Judg ef and the-President himself, not to be exempted. Everybody is tof go isto the army. Senator Brows admit that Armies have to be fed sad elothsd, and hi crop- ositioe prqvide that 'after all tbe abl bo tWtfiiWiftli lam, the halt and the blind are nofsofficieat to sop port the snea'fa the eld, a well a to ear ' if oa the lhoaaadAd-oo aCairs of civil e alternate spells of tKawinr and ireeziog is tearing tne plant np from its root and checking its growth. Ilia opinion is tbat after a thorough thaw the wheat should be well rolled with a hear j roller to aaten It well in the ground. Stat Journal. When AVistole was asked what were the advantages of learning, he replied; "It is an ornament to a man In prosperity and a" refo in subject myself to the loss of that mauly pve m ill wliole intercourse with the Ex ecutive departments of lb Government. I will not say that an. obnoxious member or an obnoxious, editor might rBot prove as successful in 'those application as one w bo basks in tbe beam of Executive favor, llot this may ba said J the will be con stant temptation to favoritismt Jo abuse, audin tome instances, to bppressioa. 1 know lbs presant Secretary of War, and know him to be a man of the most elevated talent and patriotism. Nothing but the i steraest dictates of duty Tuld induce him to eoeownter the aaooyanoe and labors that belong to his position.. BuL in the eceungenciesofwat, ke may ba removed, or . may resign, and I cannot tell who mav be bu iucoeeiW. The Iiberti of a beool. witlia yeU that nrnde the mountains Gen, i ancu any a vetermi tnp9 never acted mure -gallantly. From sources deemed rcJiHtde, w e learn thnt Gen. Longs t re vt had a stiff figfct with the enemy in the r Wnity-of DandridgeySO tniles Eut of Knosi He, Jt. Xhu rs-iny, wab' loping" them as his custom is. Our forces ikiw Wd all East-Tennesseer above Nuoxvillo A$hvilU lYcws. SUt J)ex "WAatia led), rut of ' tie Great L'tuternrTlio Vork Herald says ----- A glahce at our advertifting cob umns will solve tho mystery. There. HiigJeAtietiHU.Salts,? may oe Hfleertaiiietl the fact that on fnss than forty farmers jleprived of their grain or baeua. 2e verthelessi. the public will sustain esu datflago by this seixure of whisky and bran dy than by almoetktny tiling else w Cau tliuk of and dieaeforo wehope tlie Government will spare the grain and take the hoarded brandy, atsl r wions x.issicni, jsi,yt ions, (Jiy Ul iii . length, S fettitr breadth "aild hvttg four- paddle engine- of !,(( horsu power, end four screwnglnes oi i,ouu norae powerwilhbo soTT at anction by'order of the mort gagees, at tho sale rooms, of Messrs. Cunard, Wilson Co. Liverpool, .PASS WUiKZaa of this county, ia now, and ba been for some uroe, engaged gnndingjlour, com, dast hill,tre otolVlur thTwivof soldiw, and of those whose bosbaodsare hi Uw nn?, ood of widows wh sons in the ewV'U Paos oa the roB of boo. Pass Ltm rouai-.iaZ. Vo- whlsky. ASSISTANT QuTlH UiM ASTEI-A . P1M)I$LEM FOlt CUNfilirS. W learn that our : of mr Coufedsrate quarteriaastera has heeii'discoverd to be a defaultarjn the iiaall sum" of (5.0XHOO0. the invstikattoa of his defections had not discovered.. It i not tmurobable that the Hill if Januars- faliother ciidmr will tfuallv have to bo ad ttorliotl DadleTi'ml ,::.....).;.. &tfM&M&:b cB acco'uuia. r nsissssiLf l. Mai ftofrm IL Wsere lstlslfV tsS Skir a.s.lfss.rw skl.skt ll.U f. - -j Misi lyyei ihi" but U ia so- much talked of b tbe street noioviooa This' taan was living'nt the rate of . five or ten thousand dollars a day having carriages alhiscoinmud everything that 1 wsf good la the maUer of food at, like" Di vee, jof th meat that the poor markets of tbi coaiiUy.afJord. In abort, was clad in raiment of gold on Li sleeve, and wild ducks aodjPutr oiriMoa bw table. - Tb asrieSiibVaa6i)tnv be- earn divulged. ) The luxureu goilroo bad the ran of Mr. MfibnungeVa bank . at likhmotxi, Hr:;4"-; f '- Ks man ia bis senses ever believed that this country, .hoQJT Mi: aaraeaUy ao4 . 1 . .. . . . - - - .