DAILY .CONFEDERATE.
A. M. OORMAX, Editor. '
WEDNESDAY, January 27, .186-1.
JEST Office of The Confederate j
on F&ycttcvillc street, second door
South of loincroy's Bookstore. jgfli-
A fJonrentlon.-Thc Legislature.
In reference to a rawement now being made
in this Stato to cull a Convention, we deem
it not inappropriate tu recall public attention
to the action of' the Legislature, as expressed
in certain rclutins which wj ve bjlow,
with the votes upon thy sa'me in.tho
Houses. - . "
On the 27tlr of Xdvcmler. lhc
in- resolutions wen? i tho H-msa
of Common"13 ru .were sivjpeudcd, and
they r6 thfir three several "readings, anil
.were scut, to the Striate for concurrence,
where, also, on the same day, similar proceed
ings ivere had and the res o'utions adopted
thus passing both Houses unanimously. See
House Journal page 43. Senate Journal page
49:'
'.Besolccd, That the Confederate States of
America h ive the wean, and the will to 'Sus
tain and perpetuate the Government they
h-ivc established, and t) that end, North Car
olina iaf determined to contribute all of ber
power ami resources.
Jlesolced, That tho separation between the
Confederate SUlc.? and the United States is
final, and that, the people of North Carolina
will never consent to rc-union at any time or
upon any terms.
fiesolct'J, That we have full confidence .in
the Ability and patriotism of His Excellency
President Davis, and that his. administration i3
entitled to the cordial support of all patriotic
citizens. . .
Jlesolced, That we fceartily approve of the'
policy for the conduct of the war, set forth by
ilia Excellency Governor Vance, in hw in
augural address and message to the General
Assembly, ivnd that he ought to be unanimous-,
.ly supported in the manly and patriotic stand
ho lus taken for our independence." Ratified
10th Dec, 1SG2. See Laws 18CL'-C3, page 43.
On the 27th of January, 18G3, Mr. Love
intro luceJ certain resolutions of a similar char
acter, whc:r Mr. Grissom offered n substitute,
which after having been amended on motion
of Mr. Anus, w is adapted, an.l then passed
the Hume as follows: -
"Wherkas various slanderous reports have
been circulated both in the State and out of it,
rejecting upon the loyalty of the members of
this Legislature -and the people of this Stat),
and ascribing to them, hostility to the Cunfcd
erate Government and a -desire to reconstruct"
the Union. Therefore be it unanUirU3ly '
Revalued. That as the representative of the
people, and in . our Iwhalf as individual citi
zyn.s of 1 ho State, we protest against and de
nounce these accusations as utterly false in
letter and in spirit, as calculated to misrepre
sent the sentiments of those who have never
faltered in the support of all constitutional
measures fur. the prosecution of the war, and
as- tending to produce jealousies and heart
burnings among a people who.. have sealed
their devotion to the cause of Southern Inde
pendence with their blond, up.m the proudest
iMttletields r;f the Revolution ; that tho charges
of a desire on the part of this Legislature, or
any portion of it. to conflict with the Confed
eral Government, or to embarrass the Presi
dent in the prosecution of the war, is grossly
untrue, illiberal and slanderous; that we here
by plwdge ourselves most heartily and n
, phatically, to thu most vigorous constitutional
war policy, promising in the name of North
Carolina, lhc most libera! contribution 0 men
and money t$ the support of it, and protesting
against any settlement of the struggle which
does not seenn the entire independence of the
Corift t:f$,' States' (if America.
Itesi lced, That the Governor be reqnesfel
to cii;u;un'.ea e; a o-py o ihe-e resolutions to
tl.o Govcrui-n; of ih; several States of the
Confederacy, ar.d also to our own Senators
. and. l''.'pr(srnat.ives- in (.'01.gr to be laid
It fore their respective bodies.
The nycs were a follows:
Messrs. Allison, Albrilon, Alford, Amis,
A vera, Rarudhardt, R irringer. 1'eall, R irib'ury,
Uerry. Best, Riz. Cryau, Rmpin, Rums, Ry
itmn, Carpenter", Carson, Cowies, Craig, Davis,
Fleming, Flynt, Poiot, Fowle, Foy, Gentry,
'e'. ne,Grissoin, ILunpton, Harris, of Chatham,
L'.iirison, Hawcs, Henderson, Henry, of Hen
dcrson, Ileaden, lloll ngs.vo.rth, Hooper, How
aid, Jlorton, Ingram, .Tonkins, Juyutr, Jud-.
kins, Keener, Kelly, Kerner. Laws, Long,
Lyle, Mann of Hyde, Man'u of Pasquotank
t McAlen, McCormkk, McKay, McN.iell, Mc
Riq, Parks, Patteiou, Pcarce, Richards'. -i,
Riddick, Rhodes, Robhins - Rjss, Shephe i.
Sherwood, Shober, SinitS of VVashingt
Spruill Stancil, Vann, Wadded), "Wall. ,
"Walter, Watson, Wellborn, Williams, Wood 1 .
Young of Iredell, and Young of Yancey. b ;
Nays Messrs. Rrown.Cobb, Costner, Craw
ford, Gilliam, Hodges, - Lemmonds, L ive ai ;
Rives 0. Sve lLnuec Journal, pp. 175 to 190.
On the simc day the resolutions were sent to
Senate and passed by the following vote:
Ayes' Messrs. ArendcII, liagfey, Rlou-it,
.1'town, Diclvsou, Dickeison, Kdis, Lure, Fai
son, Graham, Harris, Jarratt, Jones. Las.i-
..... f T T ...... X 1 toll...' -
iei, ieneis, uiuu.i.ij, i.aur, i-eaj, i airiCK,
Powell, Simpson, Sharp, Slaughter, S.uith of
Anson, Smith of INlacon, Smith of Stanly,
Taylor of Chatham, Tayloruf Nash, Warrmi,
AVhitford, Wiggins, ooley, and Wright S3.
Nays Messrs. Carroway, Copcland, Drake,
Murrill, Whit and Young 6 '
Sec Senate Jounml, pp. 128 and 29 2J
Session.
. Of the nine gentlemen iu the House and six
in the Senato who voted against these resolu
tions, it is due to them. to say that they voti I
in the negative, r.s was explained at the tin.'-,
not because they opposed so much of tlere.- -lutions
as pledged themselves and the State t
a vigorous defensive war until the indejK".
denco of the Confederate States was obtaim-d,
but because- they thought the State and the
Legislature would best consult their dignity
by not noticing such attacks as those recre.l
in the preamble, and .bee iusq they did not
concur in certain facts st forth. These gen
tlemen are well knowai for their devotion to
our cause truer and more loyal men are not
to be found in ths State or out of it, And so
tho resolutions, so fat as they pledge the State
and tho Membcri of the Assembly to a rigor
ous defsnsive. war, and to tho acceptance of no
terms short of cur independence, may be truly
said to have passed the Legislature" without a
dissenting voice. ; "
Our readers have la(e?y feen that efforts aro
now making to get tip a Convention in this
State. Y&r what purpose ? It is believed by
thctcbest in formed '".on tho subject, that the
purpose is to take the 4Statc out of the South
ern "Con Tcderacy, ai;d of cousp to carry her
back, if possible, into the old Utlion. ' Mnv
do not hesitate to declare- that such tncnr
wish and purpose, though tb- aders in.the
movement are more and Tellcent. as
to their uhiroaf '"tcutious.
'Tb
fl baa been set in motion in the coun-
7Jof Jolmston, and resolutions adoj)ted, one
of -vhich threatens to break up the, Union of
the Confederate" States bv ths withdrawal of
North Carolina, on account' cf some very
shallow pretences ; and another resolution
requests the Governor to call back the Legis
latnfe at an early day, to the end that it may
call a Convention. We have not tjie remotest
idea that Governor Vance will hearken to
any such request. ?ijr do we believe' that
the Members of the Legislature could be in
duced to engage in any such moven.fiit. We
do not sec how they could do it, without shame
and'disgiace to themselves and the State, af
ter the solemu declarations and pledges made
in the foregoing resolutions, and which they
directed Governor Va.ice to send to all of our
sister States, and to our Members of Congress
to be laid, before that body.
No such movement as this hs bcn maie in
any other State, and least .of.all ought it to
have been made here. If wc cfy not mean to
Hv up to these resolutions, far better would it
have been for the character of the State and
those concerned in their passage, that they had
- -
never been passed. Let it not be said that
North Carolfna ia a sovereign State and has a
ri'ht to declare herself such and to set up for
herself. 'Let our people remember, if thi3 were
tho only purpose, that there is such a thing as
honor and good faith and that wb have solemnly
pledged both, first by joining the Southern Con
federacy, and again by the. passage of the fore
going resolutioas. - t .
Rut suppose North Carolina were to secede
and set up for herself, as a sovereign and inde
pendent State how long would she remain so?a
What U to beeome of bcr? Would Lincoln
acknowledge her independence any more than
that of the United Confederate States ? Assur
elly not. Rut left without the aid of her
Southern sister?, she would be 'overrun and at
the mercy of the Yankees iu less than six weeks.
Some may desire this "We hope they are few;
bat few or many, it behooves the reflecting men
among us to consider, to pause, and uot saffer
themselves and the State to be hurried into
rufu and discrace.
Good News from our Armies. Lee's army,
though not so large as it ought to be, 13 in fine
plight. It is Arge enough, too, to send Meade
on a begging tour for more men. Food is yet
ample, clothing abundant, shoes plentiful
enough, and the spirits of the men all that
could be wished. The Richmond Whig" says
whoever has the blues, the hippo, the megrims
or the hysterics, need only go to Lee's army to
be cured instantly. All who have been to that
army ogree that a visit there is an infallible
remedy for, despondency. Officers who"goto
Richmond make haste to get back' to the Rapi
dan. They declare that the croaking and gloom
of that city demoralize them.
Judging from what it has done of late, ad is
still doing, Longstreet's army, is also in fine
condition. Some' of the men have suffered
severely for the want of blankets and shoes,
but the people and the Government have come
to their relief, and complaints have ceased.
Any w.ny, naked or not, Longstret's men are
plucky and stout enough to drive the enemy to
witfiiu four miles of Knoxville, as the reader
will see by referring to the column of telegrams.
. Rjp-enltsted Fen the War. On the 17th
instant; Strahl's rjallarvt brigade of Teimessee
ans, in the army of General Johnston, held an
enthusiastic' meeting in front" of th'dr quarters,
and uruinimously adopted the following" reso
lution :
"The officers and men of Strahl's brigade
do this day resolve that they will re-enlist for
the tear, determined never to. lay elown their
arrns'until thei hnmes'ara rescued from the
enemy, and the Confederacy is permanently
established as one of the nations of the earth."
In order that there might be no doubt of
their earnestness, each man signed his came
to. the resolution. At this time, says the Rich
mond Whig, such action on the part of our
noble soldiers furnishes ajappy augury of the
successful issue of our uncedented struggb
for independence, and is eminently worthy of
the resolution of thanks "which unanimously
passed the House of Representatives, Satur
day. The mtnifestaioa uf such a spiiit does
not lotuk like demoralization, or the readiness
to give up the contest which the Yankees of
ten boast as existing in our armies, but is in
striking aud refreshing1 contrast with the brag
gadocio of our enemies, and the enormous
bounties which they are compelled to bring
to the assistance of the flagging s-pirit of their
own troops, whose terms of enlistment are
about to expire.
A cumber of letters have been rcceiveel at
this ofUce, making complaint abqut not receiv
ing the State Journal "after having sent the
money for it. AYe know nothing, of course,
about nueh matters. We send our paper to
all credited on the books beyond the present
time, and this is all we can do.
. We find the Mail books of the old estab-
lishmentin rather a confused state, which
t j 1 . :i:
may lead to some mismailing. As soon as pos
sible we shall have new books made out, when
any present irregularities will, we trust, be ob
viated. 'We are dong. the best we can, and
bespeak the forbearance of our subscribers for
any delincpuencies that may occur.
tr:. Judge Battle's Opinion.
? We. were gratified to pee tho following card
from" Judge Battle in the : last" Standard; It
is'but justice to Judge B. to say that while
he has shown commendable spirit , in en
forcing the law, he has also manifested a liko
disposition to sift the evidence in all cases
brought before him, to tbe end tbat justice
may be also doo 10 Government. We
hope '"dge Manly will also make kno.wn
y of iniun, in order that the point disputed
may be settled by a majority of the Supreme
Gjurt, for as" the law lately-passed by our
Legislature makes the" decision of a Judge
final in any particular case and allows no
appeals, but forbids the arrest of a party -a
second time, it i3 of the utmost importance,
that disputed points should be settled ljy the
SupTcrre Court. Unless that is done, no
matter if every Judge in the. State bA-one
should hold that certain persons were not en
titled to discharges, it vould amount to noth
ing, -fts these parties can select the Judge
favorable to them; and thus obtain discharges.
It was a great blunder in the Legislature to
pass such a law and allow no means for the
review of decisions made by single Judges.
ffrom the Standard.
Habeas Ctrpus. v
li an article whicS appears m the Fayette
vilift Observer ) Dec. 21st, 1SG3, signed "Ci
vic," there is the following paragraph : "And
I it is the opinion of at least one of the Judges
j of the Supreme Court, (upon the analogy, as
I suppose, of the principle decided iu the mat
ter oi II. C. Graham, as reported in the ap
pendix to Jones' law, Vol. S, No. 2, June
Perm, 18G1,) that a soldier who "is absent
from his command without, leave, being sub
ject to trial and punishment by a court mar
tial for said offence, cannot, while so absent,
be heard up n an application for his dis
charge from service." I believe that I am the
Judge to whom allusion is made, because I
had so decided in nioie than one case, and as
. r
.l find in your pf.per of the 15th instant, an
i opihrou of Chie Justice Pearson to the con
! trary, givenin the case of Myrick, 1 feel
that those who hare been affected by my de
! cision, if not the public "generally, have aright
to know the reasons upon which my opinion
wns founded.
In Graham's case it was held by all the
JudgeaVf tie Supreme Court, that an enlisted
soldier could not, either by himself or by his
guardian, be allowed to rx&te the question as to
the invalidity oT his enlistment on account of
his infancy and theVant of his guardiau's con
. sent, while he was under arrest for a breach of
military duty; and the Judges, for this reason,
declined to give, or even to intimate an opinion
upon the merits of the case. The principle upon
which the preliminary objection was sustained,
is clearly expressed in the opinion delivered by
the Uhief Justice. It is as follows. If such
were uot the law, all order and discipline in the?
army would be subverted. Would it be toler "
atcd, that pne should insinuate himself into the
condition of a soldier, and when by trus dis
obedience of orders or otaft vio!atiou of eluty,
the saiety of the whole army has been endanger
ed, evade "the military jurisdiction by being
heard to impeach the validity of his enlist
ment?" "
Under an act of the Confederate Ct ngress, a
mau may be made a soldier by eonsfription as
well as become one by eulistment. . When con
scribed, and haviug acted as a soldiei for
months by receiving pay, &o.f and obtaining a
furlough as such, would not all ord-r and dis
cipline, in the array be subverted, if he were
allowed, while a deserter or absent without
leave, to raise the question as to the legality of
his conscription ? Why should a mn, claimed
to be a soldier as a conscript, be placed upon a
better footing than one claimed as a volunteer?
If t'ue pviuciple settled in Graham's case is
worth any thing, it appears to me to be just as
applicable to the one case as the other. Roth
the volunteer aud the conscript are prima facie
soldiers, and if they desert, or are absent from
service without leave, they ought, in my
opinion, to be treated alike. It is the effect of
a preliminary objection of this kind, when
sustained, to prevent an enquiry into the case
upon what would otherwise be its merits," and
ns a defaulting volunteer ought not to be-heard
to impeach validity of his enlist'iiont, so a
defaulting conscript should not be he .rd to call
in question the legality of his conscription.
Rut it is said that the case of Dix- n decided
at tho last teiui of the Supreme Court is a direct-authority
against my. position. 1 do not
think so, because to the best of my recollec
tion, the preliminary objection was not urged
by the. counsel " for the crovernnient. The
case was so plain against the petitioner upon
its merits that I-do not think the Court deem
ed it necessary to file any otner than a mere
formal opinion. .At any rate, Mr. Jono has
'net reported it among the other cases, of hi-'
ocas corpus decided at the term ; and in the
bhort reference to it made in Guyer's case,
-thrreM not a single fact stated to show that
the preliminary" objection could have been
taken. (See Jones' cases of habeas corpus at
page 73.)
I have thus briefly set forth the reasons
np.n which my opinion in the matter under
consideration -was formed ; and I have only to
add that the case in which I made my first
decision was from Moore county, and was be
fore me in the month of July or Augnet last,
and as I have not been convinced of haviug
committed any error in makiug tho decision, I
shall feel bound to adhere to it until it shall
be overruled by the Supreme Court.
WILL. II. RATTLE;'
Suppose the proposed Stato Convention
snoun oe cauuu, ana Aorth Carolina should
"assert her sovereignty and set up for herself,"
what will she do, "and what will her citizens
have to do, then. To suppose that she can
matutain her sovreignty and be a separate and
independent Government, is to suppose an
absurdity. The Northern Government will
no "smore recognise the independence of No"rth
Carolina - than it will the entire Confederacy.
What then ? Will she attempt to win her
independei ct, single harded, agains' the
! North? If so, she wilL have a much, harder
J struggle than with her. Sonthern sisters to
help her, and will indeed have to bring hei
-fast man ' into the field, and - expend her
"last do'lar." So those who expect to escape
the war by this ruse, wili be sadly disappoint
ed. Rut supposeshe unjtes with the North
ern Government, of course North Carolina
will be required to furnish her quota of trc- ps
to conquer the other Southern States ! Is
there any man in North Carolina base enough
to desire such a change in the attitude of the
'State? It is utterly impossible to get the
lo.-i-. . ,f ii. L c?u. . . U . 1 j
State-out of the fight. She must take a hand
iu some way. Shall it be with our noble
sister States, with whom we hare battled for
toree long yevs ? Shall it be single handed
and alone? Or shall it te with the North
i and against the South ? -
The Currency, . .
- The Richmond Examiner of Friday last,
ha3 th folio ving encouraging article relative
to the improvement of the Currency :
The assessors of the first general Confeder
ate tax are uow drawing towards a conclu
sion of theirjlabours, and if the accounts we
hear of the results "in particular cities and
counties be true, aud if thee results be a fair
fample of what will be .realized in the Cm-;
federacy at large, the aggregate tax must be
very considerable; probably not lessihan three
or four hundred millions of rf-41.tr The
money tax ii Lynchburg is stated to be .more
'than two millions of.dollars. The same tax. in
Washington county, Virginia, bordering on
Teunessee, exclusive of the. tax in kind, will
be upwards of half a million. At this rite,
Virgruia will pay, "in money and taxes in
kind, ver j nearly, if not'quite, a hundred
millions of dollars. Georgia is larger and
more populous by "half tlun the portion of
Virginia not overrun by toe enemy, and will,
.doubthss, if these dita be tnrt;, pay more than
a buudrerf mill ons ; possibly as mil- h a a
hundred millions in money. If the accounts
we hve alluded to bo correct, great pains
should be taken to make known. the fact ; for
tlTe Goprnnient would, in that case, be fully
ab'e to carry on the War without a further,
nnnu'acfure of paper me-uey, and the Confede
rate c 1:1 rency W 'lild at oiice b.'giu to exhibit
a rapid appreciation. The question of our
aVility to maintain the army and cirry on the
war to abv extent of time would be settled,
and Cvtifederate credit be esUbiished at home
on an enduring an 1 impiegnable basis.
If three hundred millions of currency are
collected "by the tax aud paid into tiie Treasu
ry by the mi idle of-Spring, a wonderful revo
lution will be effected hi prices, anl specula
tions begin to iay as heavy losses as they have
been paying heavy profits. A very large class
01" produce m.t .having ready cnh to meet
iheir taxes", will disgorge at greatly" reduced
nrtes. their hoarded grain, meat aud forage ;
thus increasing to ths army ami to. non-pro
dncers the supply of the necessaries- of - life.
Many will hetake themselves, as of old, to the
Jjanks for loans, and those institutions will be'
able to pay outtheC'nfederatecnrrcncy which
they have handled so reluctantly.
pontrary to the general expectation, tho
tax will not be paid without much ijifiicnlty
by the masses of the people. 1h'y have
nbw verydittle to sell, anil they pursu'd the
short-sighted policy, while Confederate mbney
was in their bauds, of getting rid of it at ex
travagant loss. Just ajt the time when every
body will want full supplies of Confederate
money, suduenly it will bo found very diffi
cult to procure. There is not enough of this
money in the hands of the general public to
meet the taxes. Like everything else, it has
been engrossed .by speculators," and this bane
ful class will have it in ther pjwer to drive
harder bargains with the people, in the capac
ity of usurers, than they have done in that
of speculators in commodities. For this
reason the new tax law of Congress should
lay a heavy rate on money loaned. The great
majority of our present Confederate capitalists
have como by their money by foul means.
They deserve no mercy at-the hands of the
people or the people's representatives. Tne
measure that they have meted lo others, the
same should be meted to themselves.
Heavy taxes hove the two-fold benefit of
rcpletiug ths public treasury and drawing
forth into market the entire disposable pro
duce of the coiiutry. They have the evil effeet
of placing the general population very mnch
at the mercy f usurers. For this reason, the
tax laws should lay heavy duties on loans of
money and enforce certain forfeiture upon
violations of the unry laws.
If Congress "will absolutely, prohibit th
further manufacture of paper money, the
revenue laws which it has enacted and is now
maturing, will effec'iuilly cure the diseases of
the currency. Enact sush a prohibition '; lay
heavy taxes; mike the business of money bro
kers a penitentiary offence ; crush out usurers;
encourage regular; legitimate banking j'anrf
in twelve mouths Treasury' notes will be the
moat popluar currency in the Cmfederacy.
Tjik Advano. A short time since this ves
sel, -which has made so many successful trips
with army stores for North" Carolina, in at
tempting to 'run into the harbor at Wilming
ton ,was pursued by the ene'my ad run
aground. WeTaie happy to learn, ho wover,
that both ship and cargo are now safe. The
Advance is at her wharf taking in a 'return
cargo.
Task Courage. We are standing upon
the edge of a crisis which Calls 1 for the best
stieugih and the noblest energies of-our peo
ple. Our situation is by no meaus desperate,
yet it is on'e"vhich denands of men to paiAe
and reflect. Diifiing'as we now go heedless
ly down the- current, our late in inevitable;
but let our country up and face the stern re
ality let dreams be dispelled, and false hopes
be buried let the busy, note of preparation
ring thjough tho now .stagnated Couutry, aud
we have no fear, for tho future. The next
cainpiign i the hinge on which may swing
.our destinies, and it is for us to say whether
we ohallbe ushered into the presence of events
gilded with the hah? of success, or darkened
with the; shadows of defeat..- If.tur people
will be but tru6 to themselves, snys the Colum
bia Carolinian, true to the instincts which
havo permeated. the breists of every nation
who have fought for and won their liberty,
and true to the gre it principles which at the
beginning of the war stood at high water
reidt. God is by our sijie, though he fights
with "visor down. Our cause is truth itself,
and truth cau " never fail. Our physical
strength is abated only for the moment. Pow
er, a ruigbiy power, is still latent on the
strong aim and will of the people. Bring
forth this young giant, instill into his heart
the genius of morality and rcirgioii; unite
faith wiih labor, and prayer with good works,
arid we believe that the Almighty will ag;.iu
shower down upou us those wonder fid b'es
' kings which in the past have ma'd'eVour nation
a bye-word for greatness throughout the world.
Hoarding. We have information from a
gentleman of unquestionable veracity, tbat
mauy of the farmers of Roanoke county are
unpatrioticaUy hoarding up fl.ur instead cf
putting it upon the market lo supply the ne
cessities of the country. It is stated that the
most of them are keeping on hand three years'
-supplies, refusing to let either the Gityern
Eftent or tha people have- it. For imiianco,
where a farmer previously retained ten barrels
of flour for family use. he now retains th'uty ;.
and so, weiave no doubt, it U with other
necessaries, such as corn, bacon, Ac. Sash
a course a this is reprehensible in the extreme,
and we invite the attention of the Govern
ment agents in that see'iou to the matter.
Lynchburg Republican.
Is it not so in North Carolina ? .
TELEGRAPHIC.
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i REPORTS OF TIIE PRESS ASSOCTIOX.
Entered according to act of Congress in th year
: 1863, .bv J. S. TnBAsntfc, in the Clerk's office
-of the District Court of ths Confederate State
for tbe Northern Ditriet of Georgia.
Congressional.
Richmond, Jan. 25. v
The House passed the Senate bill to appoint an
.apant of tbe Po?tofTice Departmtnt west of
Mississippi, with a flight amendment A resolu.
tion was offered that the bill to continue in ser
vice during tb war all person now in service, be
J hereafter considered and acted upon in open ses
sion. An open vote on the resolution .was a.ked
far. The yeas and nays were called, but the cull
was not snstainfd, and no vote was taken. A re
solution was offered that in tbe judgment of tha
Rouse it is earnestly durable that in order to
aseuraomforOable inbslstence for out. valitnt
arrar, and allav the discontent known to exht'.in
certain localities, that the present Commissary
General be r'emoTptl. Th- resolution was laid on
the table vets 46 nars 20. Mr. GartrU, from
the Judiciary Committee, reported back the
Senate bill to fix tho time of thetin of next Con
gress, with the reC'vjv:iTit'on that the Ronse
concur in the bill, which fixes the f.rst Mo'ndav in
May. . A motion was made to insert tho 19th of
February. Another motion was tnada to post
pone the consideration of tbe -vhole matter till the
15th of February. The question was taken on the
last motion by division ayes 29, noea 30. The
IIoHse then went into secret seion.
In the Senate a communication was received
from thr Secretary of the Treasury in relation to
the public dedt, in response to a late resolutiny.
In consequence of not knowing the precis amount
of notes fundfd, the liabilities of tV government
cannot be accurately strt1. The funb-d debt is
1297,871.650; caU certificates, $99,200,770; In
terest bearing notes, $100,466,4iO ; non-interest
bearing notes $720, 893,09 5 ; small notes, over
$10,000,000. As near as can be estimated, the
whole liability of the government, of every kind,
is about $900,000,000.
The Number Of Deceased Soldiers
-. . IticnuoND, Jan. 25.
The number of soldiers that have been kilfd
and died in theservica from each Statojnav some
what be approximated from the following :
To 31.' t Pec. last thp following number of ap.
plications had been filed In the 2d Auditor's office
; byvidows and cphansof deceased soldiers : Vir.
! ginta 4.915; North Carolina 8,261 j South Caro-
Iina 4,51 1 ; Georgia 9.054: Alabama 8.0C0 : Mm-
j siceippi 3,270 ; Texas 1,224; Tennessee 87? ; Flori
da 561 ; Arkansas 851, and Louisiana 327.
.General Orders N'o. 89, is3U-d 13th October"!
1862, requires th;it commanders of companies, im
mediately on the'death of a soldier, shall make
out and forward to the 2J Auditor a descriptive
i l'wt showing the name, when and where enli.ited,
r from what cause he died, and when last paid.
Surgeons in charge of Hospitals are alo re
quired to make similar reports of all soldiefi who
die.
The following bad been reported up to the 3lft
Dec. last: Tirginia 5943 ; North Carolina 7,912;
South Carolina 2.900, Georgia 6277 ; Alabama
8,987 ; Tennessee 2.S39; Mississippi 5,367 ; Louis
iana 3,139 ; Florida 1.119; Arkansas 1,648, and
Texas 6,377. These return? show a great deal of
nejligence by Captains and Surjecnin reporting
the deatks'of seldiers.
later from the "North," t.
Richmond, Jan. 25. j
"New York p ipers to the l?'Vreceived.
War news unimportant.
In the Senate,. on Saturday, Trumbull offered an
amendment to tha enrollment bill, requesting tbe
President to ,ca)l out una hundred thou-an! men
for one hundred days, with the so'e object of dri
ving the rebels out of .Virginia. After debate the
amendment was rejected. 1
The Ariel, from Aspinwall, on tho 18th, brings
accounts of a horrible corflagration at Santiago,
on the 8th ultimo., being the last day of the cele
bration "of the feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Th:i Church of the Company of Jesus was fill
ed to overflowing, mainly by women and children,
to witness the magnificent illumination of the ed
, ifi?e, and to participate in th-i closing exercises.
The church was heavily bung with alrapery anel
lighted with' twenty thousand lamps. Not less
than three ihousand persons were present, includ
ing the ere of the capital. Suddenly the gas pipe
burst, 'and almost instantly the entire building
was in fl.unas. The poor creatures inside found it
impossible, through insufficient meant of exit, to
escape, and in leis than fifteen initiates twentj
five hundred jaersoas perished. The conduct of
tbe priests is censured without stint.
Tde Vanderbilt arrived at New York from a
lung and uacessful cruise, after tho Alab una.
Gold 1572. fc
The trial of torde, indicted for the murder of
Dixun, commenced in this city to-day.
SKCONU DISPATCH.
Kiciuiond, Jan. 25.
Northern papers to the 19th received. In the.
.House of Representatives, on the 18th, Davrson
of Pennsylvania, offered a resolution to the effLpacd by the Se.ate, for Congress to merfthe 1?
mat, mc war is noi wagea :or conquest, and re
questing the President to issue a proclamation
fbat when any State ip insurrection shall tmbinit
to the Fedil government, hostilities against her
shall cease, and such State be protected against
all interference with local laws and Institutions
tabled, ayes 79, noes 58. Mr. Cor offered a reso-
lution to rfi'r .the" To"-.r)rH t.f - -
Hoard ox Commisi'ioncr tabled, nyea 91, noes
55. Mr. Smith of Kentucky offered strong war
resolutions. Adapted ayes 112, noes 16.
In the Senate tho resolution for the expulsion
f Davis was leferrcdto the Judiciary Commit
tee. . Gold 158 and 159.
Frora Northern Yirglnht.
Orange! C. II., Jan. 25.
Lt. Stringfellow captured on the 22d, between
Warrenton and Germantown, a detachment of 5
men, with a brigade cavalry mail, also the arms,
equipments and horses of the prisoners.
Tw o prisoners, captured by the Priice William
Cavalry, near lirUtow Station, on tbe 20th, arriv
ed here to-day. -
All quiet in' f. on t.
From East Tenneree. - -
RtTSSELLVILLB, Jan. 23..
Advices from the Croat are very encouraging.
I Our csvalry were within four miles of Knoxville,
' and have captured Ave hundred beef cattle, one
hundred wagons, atd a large amount of property.
From lhc 'orih,d:c.
Mo3:.?,-JaB. 25.
Tbe Evening Newa has a special dispatch fom
Como, with Northern dates to the 21st. The ,
steamer Ariel has arrived at .New Yoik.
'tie
Cathedral at Santiago, Chili, was burned on the
8th ; cause explosion of gas pipe-gwo thousand
liveilfct.
Twelve transports with troops went down the
Mifdsstppi a few days ago. Also" Sherman atd
staff destination unknown.
" From the Southwest.
Pascaoocla, Jan. 25.
Gentlemen who left the te?ghborbod of Co.
Injton, La., on the 15th, say, that on the 7th, two
of the eneray'a gunboats and six transport schoon
er appeared oil' the mouth of the rivtr rnd com
menced shelling the marsh, when he Cffth-dirate
picket?, seven men under charge of a rWgcant,
ttarted from Madisonvi'le in a skiffon a tonr.ot,5
observation and wore fupjoed to Have been cap-tured-the
Sergeant being the only one known tt
have escaped. The flet then proceeded up the
river," took poje?ioa ot Madisoatille and four
saw mills which our force n. glected ds.roving
they threw out pickets on Covington road within
two miles of that towa. alsoon Madisonvill road
on the cast fide of the river.
Oar iuforuMttit was t Covington on the 7th ani
' tttirtcd for Madisonville on the mmc night, ia
company with John Polloek and Frank Peter?
Being ignorant of the near approach f t)ie etH,
mj, the two litter were taken prisor.rs, but our
informant escaped unhujt, though repeatedly find
at. lie climates the enemy's force at not tu.-r
than two or three hundred. They are engaged in
rai-ing the hulls of feveral vcsbcIs rank in th0
river by our authorities.
Our force, at the time, consisted of one rompa.
ny of Greenlee's Sharpshooters, fetation d nt Cov.
ingtn, which withdrew tow;iidi Frankliutori.
Our informant represents the trade iu cotton
carried on between Amite Summit and tl,. r
places, on New Orleana and Jackaol K.itlro-t-1,
and llaton Rouge, as being very extensive aul
Xvithout molestatien.
Four gunboa.U in sight yesterday three eff
Round Island by the side of another. Othera pro
ceeded towards Ship I.d.ind
Troni Charleston.
Charleston, Jan. 26.
Several shells fired at the city since last report.
Enemy engaged all day in hauling ammunition to
Fort Gregg and Cumming'a Point batteries.
Considerable activity has been observed among
the fleet. Throe 'monitors .have anchored in
side, between Cuinming's Point battery aud Irt
Sumter. Na other change of importance.
From Mobile.
lk, Jan. 20.
Ranks ordered an election for a Convention n
the first'Monday in Aptil. Convention to hut j
first Monday in Mar.
K-gUter and Advertiser by special rrecpen
deuce, have received Northern dates to.the 24th.
Another plot to release tho .prisoners on John
son's Ibland, by rebels in Canada, has been Un
covered, aud two companies of Lritith troop sent
to "Windsor opposite Detroit. 1
It is reported th2t tjuantrcM, with 1,500 men
are now at Carth fge, Louiciania, below Vicks
burg. The Florida tins been repaired and sailed bom
Bret.
Vera Cruz advices of the 2d inst., say, that in
the fight of Dec. 17, Morelia (French)f captured
eleven-canon and one thousand prbcuers. Juarez
escaped to Monterey. . .
From Teifnesee.
KfgfKLLVH.LK, Janv26.
Our cavalry ttill in th viofmfr of Knoxville.
Their captures during 'the recent retreat gums up
800 cattle, 500 wagons, two flat boat a loaded with
crackers, tobacco, and several hunored barrel or
flour. " .
Reconnoisanee in the direction of Tarewell Ten.
terday by Major Day, found the Yankees strongly
fortified there, and in ccusidei able .force. Twen.
ty -eight of our wagons were captured on Friday,
whilst foraging bvyond French Rroad.
The cars' ran to Greenville yesterday and will
reach htrc4Satut d iy,
hFCOND JlSl'ATCl!.
9 . Rcsskiaim.k, Jan. 26.
There is'no change to report in the condition of
affairs in this (tcparttocnt Tbe wngona captured
by the. era my rf vntly, amount to bat 20.
Weather clnr rM very ple.istnt.
Confederate (V. n;rcss.
ItiuiMo.M', Jan. 26.
In the House, the re?olution concerning the
154th Tennessee regiment, on rp-voluitecring for
the war, presented by'' the SpeakTwas "ordered
to be printed. " '
The bill Gxing the time for-the meeting of next
Congress, 'was taken up. ;
Mr. Miles, .ChairBian of the Military Committee
appealed to the lI,oue, stating that highly impor
tant bills passed b' th Houe in secret s'tf-ion
and sent tc the Snate, bad not been taken up, by
that body, and these, with matters of the greatest
possible moment to the country uow b fore his
committee still unacted ou, 8 were mere than the
present Congress could properly ddiberate nnd
act upon before it expired ; and urged that in
these perilous time there should bo no inter
regnum in tbe pensions of Cougr-??.
A motion to insert 22do Febt u'iry wax rjf ld
ma mm rr a a j a .
yeas jz, nays 4. ine urn men agrei M to as
Monday in May next, and now awaits the Presi
dent's signature. -
t"
SECOND DISPATCH.
R iciiaovurJun. 26., "
i) ' ispatchs and other information thtt largi
numbers of Mississippi, Louisiana and Tcnnfk?eo
troODS in Lee'a and Johnfton'a armies are ri'-e-
T listing for tbe war, presented this tnrning in the
heroically determined never to aoamton thj n-i
till the la?t vandal foe is driven from our sil,
wero unar,imouI y adopted. a
Re.'olutioni heretire reported bv I ho Cvr.
mittee on military afl'alr?, relative to the office of
Quarter-master General, were taken up and adop
ted ayes 15, nay a 6.
The previous" report thai these resolution? were
adopted on tbe day they were presented by I he
committee, wai erroneous the reporter beiag
miainformed.
New Advertisements.
Notiee.-Vls hereby slvcu tl7!Tt on Sat
urday, the 30th inst, 1 shall ajtend at the
Court House to distribute the bags placed in my
hands for the purchase of the Rock salt All b
hare bags there will t lase attend.
THOS. G. WIUTAKKU.
2-2t Salt Comm icfioner for Wake Co.
A Grand Bait will come off at
the
Catlina' Hou!, Kittrill's Depot, on the night
ot Thursday tbe 4th of February next, the pro
ceeds of which wiil b donated "to the Hospital
Fund ot this State. Terms of admission f 20 per
headi 1), McD. LINDSAY,.
2-lw Proprietor.
The Sale of the Real Kstatc of the late
John Kane, advertised to be made on tho
0th alay of February next, is pestpoaed until, fur
ther notice. Persona desiring to rent tbe premt-
sea in town and country for the current year, can
"ake application to the unJ-rsigned without de-
lay. uu.r. iiav-J
lor tU"Univeintv.
2-2 1
Raleigh, Jan. 25, 1864.