North Carolina Newspapers

. ' , . . . ! ' - S3 per annum IN ADVANCE. ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET -CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, , AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. 3 Editor and Proprietor. CHARLOTTE, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1862. TENTH V 0 LU II E---N U 31 B E R 4t8. YJ I J li r It 1 I i I If I III Ge (QPublishcd every Tuesday,(o) BY WILLIAOI J. YATES, EDITOR AND PB0PH1ET0E. If raid in advance, $2 00- Ifpa'd within 3 months .j t Miifirr Jre-trxpiraiioa of the yeaf,!.. ...T... 3 00 j Any person sending us five new subscribers, a.-couipatued by the advance subscription ($10) will receive - .sixth copy gratis for one year. Subscribers and others who may wish to send money to ui, can do so by mail, at our risk. Transient advertisements must be paid for in ad vance. Advertisements not marked on the manuscript 'or a f.-p"-slie lime, will be inserted until forbid, and :harged accordingly. . " SAMUI-L V. SMITH, " t!ioi-ii-y him! Ciiii'1oi- at Law, CHARLOTTE, N C, Will attend promptly and ddiytntly to collecting and r niitiiii all claims intrusted to his care. Si.t-oal attention giveu to the wilting of .Deeds, Con- vi-vanres. &C. V-.v- !iir'.iir- hours of business, may be found in the Court House, Uilit e No. 1, adjoiuing the clerk's office. January 10. lbGl J. A. FOX, Attorney Iaxv, CHARLOTTE, N. C. GEXERAE C01.LKCTISG AG EXT. nr;.,. vr thp f)ra? Store. Irwin's corner. January 1, ltiol. tf Win. J. Kerr, A T T O R X K Y A T I. A V CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will nracti. e in the County and Superior Courts of Mecklenbuig. Union and Cabarrus count ie. Oy kick in the R raw ley building oppo.-ite Kerr's II January 24, lb'il 7 tel alOBEUT GIBBON, 31. P., pr,ictiticxi:r of niiuiciE AND Ojjlre Xo. 2 Inein's corner, CHARLOTTE, N. C. 1801. K. r. BKCKWITIl lias constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C Of the best English and Americau manufacturers. Call and examine his stork before purchasing elsewneie Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each. January, 1S61 J John T. Butler, PRACTICAL Watch ami Clock .TlaLcr, Jew eller, cVc, Opposite Kerr's Hotel, Charlotte, X. C. (Laie with li. V. Ueckwith.) rin Wale lu , Mrk A. .Ji V 1 rj , of every description, Repaired and Wai ranted fur 12 months. Oct 16, 1SG1. y WILKINSON & CO., PEALERS IN 7V atclies, "Silver A: plated Ware AND FANCY GOOF'S, No. 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mansion House. CHARLOTTE, X. C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and Jewelry. September 18, I8C0. y New Supply of WATCHES, JKWELRY. Solid Silrer and Plated Wart'. - The subs'.-riher has lately purchased a very extensive supply ( f the above articles. If is purchases being made directly from the manufacturer, he i therefore enabled to sell at a very small advance on cost, and persons may n st assured that all his articles are war ranted to be u li.it he represents them to be. lfi, Vate!ie and Clorks carefully repaired and will 'eceive my pergonal attention. R. W. BKCKWITIL Xv. 27, lfoO tf III:. K. El. A.MiKKWS, OIIARLdTTK, X. C, "Would inf.irnj the public generally, and ihe citizens of Mecklenburg particularly, that he h:is resumed the Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold. .Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Clieoplastie. process, as pitsents may desire, ami fill Teeth with (iold, Tin. Amalgam or Os Artificial. He is a'si) prepared to perform any operation belong ti!l to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas ed to wVit upon any of his old friends or new friends you mu- take that for granted. February 5. lPol j i NEW GOODS. KOOPMAXX k PHELPS hare received a handsome assortment of SPRING (lOOIVS. consisting in part of DUESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, to which they invite iarticu!ar nttcMitinn. ISol , UKArQCARTE.R5 xoltTH Carolina Tkoops. Adjutant tm-nerars Ofliee, Raltigh, Oct. IS, 18U1. neral Order, No. Ail companies hereafter accepted by the Governor will remain at home, without pay, until called upon for active service, when a reasonable tim -will h l. , 6 ""Pointed place oi ren- t (invniK Tin nn r 11 nwaaar .. . .i. . , t.-.j,! f .i. . . . - utiui'ui ui i ue ; or 1 . ! .) f i .i. j . t muiicu (uaniiiy oi doming nni camp equippage now on hand, and to e mble the Governor to have these sup. plies ready for -the use of the troops. By order of the commander-in-chief. J. G. MARTIN, 2- Adjutant General. J. G. 11 WHEAT ! The subscriber is prepared to purchase the new crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers will find it to their advantage t call at the CHAR LOTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. Jau'y 1. 18G1 tf - JXO. WILKES. FACTORY FOi: SALE. The undersigned propose to sell, at a low price and upon liberal credit, their COTTON FACTORY, locat- Led on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The ma- 2-4Qyney i cotMijariUjvly-. ntw ai iu jrood ordcr'Tor work. The water power is good and the buildings ample, and a good FLOURING MILL attached. The principal machinery consists of 1300 swindles, 9 cards, 26 looms, and all the machinery to work the same. J. & E. Ii. STOVE, Oct 8, 1801 Stowesville, N. C. BUTT E II I BITTii R ! ! The highest cash market prices will be paid for Butter, Ejjgs, Poultry, &c, at Sept 24, 18(31 PALME H'S Variety Store. IlflDES. I have now on hand and am constantly receiving huge quantities of Hides, which I will exchange for Leather. S. M. HOWELL, Charlotte, N. October 8. 18G1 Ct-pd C. I take pleasure in informing my friends and patrons of this town and in ij h hoi bond that I have returned lo Charlotte and res u runt inv tormer business. In consideration of the existing pressure of the time? I .-hall limit my terms of tuition (in town) on tlx Piano to S'M, for the full Session of 40 weeks, or 15 for the half Session of 20 weeks. I have a fine stock of sheet music on hand and will attend punctually to all orders in that line as also to Tuning. Repairing and Snle of Pianos. Address orders through the post-office. CHARLES 0. PAPE. Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Piano. -Oct 8. 1861. Hardware ! ! Hardware ! ! A. A. N. M. TAYLOR "W" ESPKCTFULLY informs his friends anil the pub JL lie generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete eto k of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, paunel, prun ing, grafting, tennon, back, compass, webb, and butch er SAWS; Braces and bits. Draw Knives, Chissels, Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hatchets, aud Axes: Brick, plastering, and pointing Trowels: Saw-setters, Screw plates, Stocks and dies. Planes of all kinds, Spoke- shaves. Steel-blade bevel and try Squares; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines, Gougcrs, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in great variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the .Man sion House. Chailotte. N. C. May !', 18G0. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Bellow ., Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers. Buttresses, farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stocks and dies. Blacksmith's Pincers aud Tongs, Raspers and Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cl'nch Nails. Borax; Tron of all sizes, both of northern and country manufacture: cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; kc, for sale very cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mnnsion House; Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, of all the uilioi cut sizes, at IAjlLOUS. Hardware Store, opposite Uau?ioii House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters, Corn Siieilers, Plows, Hoes. Shovels, rtpaues, rorks. Axis, 1'icKs. .uattoeK, luuooing Hoes, lrnee Cnams, Wagon Chains, Log Chains, Pruning 'I fledge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, with handles: Grain Cradles; grain, gra-s and brier Scythes, Bu-h Hooks, Wngon boxes: Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ers, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons froui 20 to 120 gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep shears. Ac, at TAl LUIi & Hardware Depot, opposite the Mansion House. Tin and Japanned Ware, A large assortment: Block Tin, Block Zinc, Tin Tlate, Babbit metal, &c. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion House PETER R. fAVI3. W. H. IIARDEK. DAVIS & HARDEE, PRODUCE COMMISSION MERCHANTS, PetersTourg, "X7". REFER TO R -leigh. X. C. Feb IS, 1S-61 Hon. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood, 5m-pd. kskis, isms. All kinds of EI ROPEAX BIRDS: alo. a beautiful asso tmcnt of XEW STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a fine Songster, will find it at 51 J. D. PALMER'S Variety Store, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. 20, 18C0. Nov Notice. From and after this day (1st of January, 1SG1,) we will be pleased to sell our old friends aud customers, aad the rest of mankind, for cah, and cash ciiiy, any article in our line of business that we may have on hand. Any person sending or coming for Goods after this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in stead of tilling ;heir order, we furnish them with a cony of this advertisement, as ue are determined not to sell a single article on credit. Bi. And those indebted to us are requested to call and pay, as we. watt the money. OATES k WILLIAMS. January 1, 1861 tf Dissolution. The firra of FF I. LINGS, SPRINGS & CO. was dis- solved by limitation on the 1st January, 1861. The business wl be continued under the name and style Of FULL1NGS & SPRIXOS nnd tWr hnno. hv i integrity and strict attention to business, to merit the i same patronage heretofore liberally bestowed by their 1 numerous friends and customers. i The present fin in. ;.,!. j .k : r business, for the future compel us o ... "I " v . to shorten our time ! creau from twelve to six months to prompt paying All personsTndebjedDt the old fi m of Fullintr ! SprinesA-Co mnt come forward and make immediate ' settlement, as'it is absolutely necessary that the busi-j . be sp..dily eWd up. 4 word toe wis.!. -1 . . . - -! PROM THE NORTH. The Washington correspondent of the New York Herald says that the Mexican embroglio is beginning to assume a serious aspect. The United States refuses to join the tripartite treaty, but pro posed to pay the interest on the Mexican bonds heldby Englaiu! and France. The English and French Ministers ssy that this is unsatisfactory. Their Governments are determined to restore law and order in Mexico, by securing foreign itere'$. there. The Federal Government is much embar rassed by this matter. Joint Committees of both Houses of Congress are employed in the investigation of the conduct of the war, and are much bothered. McClellan refuses to communicate his future operations, but the Committee are determined to institute a rigid inquiry about the former reverses and future move ments. Much trouble is anticipated. A new tariff Act bus been passed, which im poses a duty on teas of twenty cents per pound, coffee five cts., raw sugar two and a half cts., white and clayed three cent?, refined five cents, molasses six cents per gallon. The New York Herald says the Mexicans have been playing a very mean trick on Tom Corwin, who was bargaining with them for the privilege of disembarking Lincoln troops at Guayamas, on the Pacific coast, Gulf of California. They told Thomas that the Confederates had offered 2,000, 000 for the use of the port, of Matamoras, when he immediately offered S3,000,000 for the use of Guayamas; and was taken up, after which he dis covered that, the Confederate offer was only a lit tlo Mexican trickery. Supremely disgusted with this and other things, he is coming home. PAY YOtlEJ TAXKS. All persons owing me taxes are hereby notified to pay up before the 1st of January. I must have the money to settle off the Poor and School Fund, but will not be able to do so without you pay me. I hope you will not force me to borrow money and pay your taxes for you. It is but a small amount to each one, and you can easily raie it. W. W. GRIER, Sheriff. Dec 10, 1SC1. tf COTTON SEED WAITED. The undersigned will pay the highest cash price for Cotton Seed, at their Oil Works, five miles south-east of Charlotte, at Isaac X. Alexander's mills. STEPHENS & W1JISXAXT. Dec 3, 18G1 tf North Carolina v MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. This Company, the oldest and most reliable in the State, insures white persons for a term of years or during continuance of life, on moderate terms. Slaves insured, for one or five years, for two-thirds of their market value. For insurance apply to TIIOS. W. DEWEY, Agt., Jan 8, 18G1 ly at Branch Bank X. C. JBAKLEY WAATED. I want to purchase, immediately, all tht BARLEY I can get, for which the highest maiket price will be paid. MART IX MUXZLER. Chailotte, Oct 29, 18G1. tf High Point Female Seminary. The Spring Session, 1SG2. will begin Jan. 13, with the same corps of teachers that has given such general satisfaction heretofore. The merits of the school, and the unusually loiv charges for board aud tuition cause us to expect a liberal patronage Charges fou 20 wkhks. Board, exclusive of lights, $40; Tuition, including Latia and French 10 to 15; Pia.io or Guitar, 20. Terms. Forty dollars in advance; the remainder at the close of the session. We can furnish books At peace prices for cash; but our stock of stationery is exhausted. ! for further information, address S. LANDER, A. AL, Principal. Dec 10, 1SCI 6t Cotton Buyers. ELI AS & COHEN, Will purchase COTTOX, GRAIX, FLOUR, and all kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE, for which the highest market price in Cash will be paid. Just received a large lot of Bagging- and Roping; and a complete stock of GROCERIES. ELIAS t COHEN. November 5, 18G1 "2m I-YOTZCE. 4"KrR CREDIT CUSTOMERS, have forced us to adopt the CASH SYSTEM. Our terms hereafter will be strictly Cash on delivery. - FISHER & BURROUGHS. Aug 6, 1861 tf SUGAR A.i jIOLASSES. 60 bbls. X. O. Molasses, new crop, 100 hhds. N. O. Sugar, new crop; 25 kits Mackerel, to hand and for sale wholesale. 300 bbls. X'. O. Molasses esiiected every day. Orders from .merchants will be promptly attended to, and prices lower than the same articles can be bought in the Charleston market. OATES k WILLIAMS. Dec 10, 1861 3t itlilbm-nie Paper Hills, RALEIGH, N. C. The Xense Manufacturing Company pay cash and the highest market price for COTTOX AXD LIXEX RAGS. N. B. Xot Woolen Rags. Preent price 3 cents per pound, delivered at either Depot in Raleigh. S. H. ROGERS, Pres't. Address H. W. Husted, Treas'r. Not 26th. 4t IVOTICK. The undersigned having qualified as administrator or of j ,0.DS' 1 ,D" .' , psiflio of R. B Monteith. at the October sessions 1861. of Mecklenburg Couaty Court, all persons t debted to said estate are requcMea io come .orwara , the same are "required to present them within the tire preseribed bj law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. .,.. ., , j A. .ALEXANDER, Adm ,. , I A l. a n .- k, AH . . and those having claims asainst 1 CONFEDERATE WAR TAX. Below we give the correspondence between the Commissioner appointed by the N. C. State Con- ivention, Mr ferebee, and the Secretary of the Treasury, Mr Memminrer. It will be seen that the only currency in which the War Tax can be paid is in specie or treasury notes. This, it is feared; "will press severely on many. But the Secretary thinks that by spring, the time of pay irw the tax, treasury notes will be in generaLcir c'ulation. 'We hope so. But if not, and they shall be at par, the tax collector can take any good currency and then exchange it for treasury notes. . This can and will be done : Richmokd, Dec. 9th, 18G1. Ion. C. Gr. Memminger, Secy of the Treasury: Sir : I have been instructed by the Convention of North Carolina, now in session at Raleigh, to proceed to this place and confer with yourself, and, if necessary, with the Confederate Congress, on the subject of the war tax, and the means by which the taxes assessed upon the citizens of the St;ite can be paid. Notwithstanding the abundant crops, the de privation of customary markets, and consequent inability to dispose of these crops, leave the people of the State but restricted resources with which to meet this requisition. The uneasiness resting upon the public mind is greatly increased by the fear that specie or Treasury notes will not be within their reach when the time for making payment comes. The a.ixiety which is felt on the subject is evinced by the numerous memorials which the Convention is daily receiving. In view of this difficulty of raising the taxes, the Convention has been considering the pro priety of assuming and discharging the sum assessed against the citizens of the State, and re lieving the people of the burden. I have been commissioned, by a resolution, which I have had the honor of laying before you at our interview this morning, to make certain inquiries of the Treasury Department, and to report the informa tion which they may elicit to the Convention for its guidance in determining the proper policy to be pursued. These inquiries embrace, in their scope, the following propositions: 1st. Will the claim of North Carolina upon the Confederate Government, audited previous to April, under the act of August 30th, 1861, be received in payment of the tax? 2d. If not, can an arrangement be made where by bankable funds, or such currency as is receiva ble in payment of State dues, can be received by the State in paying the tax ? 3d, The act imposing the tax, being silent as to tfce currency to be demanded by the collectors, while it expressly (Sec. 24) designates the me dium specie and Treasury notes in which the State, assuming the obligation, must pay, is it to be understood that the collectors may receive payment in other funds, current for all purposes of business or does the same restriction apply? 4th. The State proposes to issue a large amount of its own Treasury notes. These will, it is be lieved, become a part of the currency. Will they be accepted in payment, should the State under take the obligation ? If none of these propositions meet with the approval of the Department, then, in view of the prevailing apprehensions felt that Confederate Treasury notes cannot be procured in sufficient amount, you will further oblige pie by any informa tion which I may be permitted to report to the Contention, calculated to quiet such apprehen sions, and any other suggestions which you may make on the subject. An early reply will greatly oblige mo, Your very obedient servant, D. I). FEREBEE. C. S. A., Treasury Department, Richmond, Dec. 11, 1861. j D. D. Ferf.bf.E, Esq., Commissioner of K. C: Sir ; Your letter of the 9th. has been duly re ceived, and I take the earliest opportunity of answering the several inquiries which it makes. 1st. The claims of the State of North Carolina cannot beset off against the war tax. The object of the tax is to sustain the financial operations of the Confederate Government by securing payment of the principal and interest of the public debt. This' obicet would be defeated if the claims of the States were allowed to absorb the tax. 2d. An essential feature of the financial scheme of the Confederate States is to create a demand for Treasury notes. The circulation of these notes is secured to the extent of the war tax by making them receivable in payment of that tax. The acceptance of bank notes or any other cur rency would defeat this object, and they cannot therefore, be accepted as a substitute. 3d. According to the existing laws, payment of public dues can be lawfully made only in coin or Treasury notes. It was not necessary, therefoie, to declare specifically in what medium the war tax should be paid: the general law applied to this, in common with other public dues, and made it the duty of Collectors to demand coin or Treasury notes: and fo exclude an exceptional construction where a State might assume.payment, it wa3 expressly declared that such payment should be made in the same medium as is required by the general law. 4th. This inquiry is already substantially answered in the negative. It is obvious that the same objections would apply to the acceptance of a State currency in payment, whether issued by corporate or State authority. In conclusion, permit me to say, that I think the flnnrehpnsions entertained in your State as to the difficulty of procuring Treasury notes by the tax payers, are not well founded. They arise from the present condition of things. You will observe, however, that the tax is not payable un til May. Before that time a large amount of Treasury notes wi!l be issued by the government nH thorp trill be no difficulty in procuring them in exchange for other currency of good credit, at j or very nearly at par. The superior convenience trhich they afford in being available in every State j of the Confederacy will make them more valuable; ! 1 . It : V . n .In.r. r.Mrfl.t oltlo in ' a U Dul a small preuuuiu una ainajo " t control mis auvauiage, " w paw mo i at the command of any person desiring them; and such will be ihe ea?e here if the go vernment shall be ; so fortunate as to prevent a redundancy. I R.spectfully, your b tjgj l. YANKEE PROPERTY DESTROYED BY THE CONFEDERATES. The Confederates in Missouri appear to be' worrying the Lincolnites worse than anywhere else. When they are not fighting, they adopt every remedy possible to cripple the enemy. The following is from a Northern paper : Warrenton, Mo., Dec. 24. The damage to the North Missouri Eailroad by the rebels may be summed up as follows: Bridges at Sturgeon, Centralia, Mexico, Jeffstown, and Warrentown, butnedj also one station and perhaps twenty cars, from fifty to sixty culverts, large and small; three or four water stations, 10,000 ties, from 200 to 300 telegraph "poles, and five ruiles of iron de stroyed, and ten miles of wire rendered useless. Two trains, one having eight car loads of hogs and several car loads of hemp, and two cars of merchandise, are in the possession of the rebels. Some.of the men who belonged to the trains have arrived here, from whom I learu that the persons who did the damage are yet encamped along the road, about five hundred being at High Ilill, and other bodies at or -near Martinsburg, Mexico, Centralia, Sturgeon and Allen. At Ceu tralia they went within half a mile of the Berge Sharp-Shooters and destroyed a bridge and water ftation. Two freight trains were captured within four miles of the camp of a detachment of the same force. At Bcnwick the work was directed by practical railroad men, and the right course was always taken to make the destruction complete. Where the track was taken up, the rails were removed, the ties gathered in piles and set on fire, and the rails thrown across the pile, so that when the centre of the rails became heated the weight of the cold ends ben them so as to render them use less. In destroying "the bridges the fires were kindled around the corners, where they would soon throw the bridge down, and the trestle guides which spanned the open culverts were burned, as were also the frames on which the water tanks stood. The houses of railroad men and of all Union men in the vicinity of the road were surrounded, and the inhabitants assured that no harm wea in tended them while they remained in doors We hear of scarcely any pillage, or any other outrage beyond the destruction of the road and telegraph lines. The damage to the road cannot fall short of 5300,000, and at least one month will be required to repair it eo that trains can pass. FROM THE INDIAN COUNTRY. Another fight Killed and wounded of the Enemy near five hundred. We learn from Maj. Clark, of Texas, direct from the camp of Col. Cooper, that a battle took place on the 9th, on Bushy Creek, near the Ver tigris Biver, about 180 miles from this place, be tween the forces under Col. Cooper, and the enemy, under Opotheholo, estimated at 4.000 or 8.000. Col. Cooper had only about 1,300 men. The enemy attacked Col. Cooper about 11 o'clock and the fight continued all day until sun down. Col. Simm's Texas regiment that was in the fight fought with great bravery; and the Choctaws, Chickasaws and Creeks fought like tigers; in fact, the battle was one of the hardest fought battles that has taken place in the country. The enemy followed Col. Cooper several miles and attacked him with great fury. Col. C. drove them back to the woods, a distance of two miles. A large number of Chej-okees were with Opolh leyholo; likewise about 150 Scminoles. Col. Drew, with his men who remained with him, fought well and did good service. The Choctaws took about 150 scalps, and the Chickasaws nearly 50. The Creeks did not scalp any, because the enemy was their own people. The enemy's loss is not far from 500. A white man, by the name of Eli Smith, was taken, who had gone over to the enemy, was tried by a court martial and shot. He was a deserter from a Texas regiment. Other deserters were taken and dealt with in the same manner. Col. Cooper behaved with the greatest coolness and bravery. He has called for reinforcements with which to give them another trial. Ft. Smith Ark.) Times, Dec. 14. A Sagacious House. The Louisville Courier, published at Bowling Green, tells the following: Texas Rangers can do anything that can be done on a horse, and their noble animals can do any thing that can be done by a Iiomo. We saw one on the street yesterday that knew all the cavalry commands, and performed all the movements as his rider called them out. After the drill, the Ranger asked him what he wouid do with the Yankees, and he replied by leaping on the ground as a deer leaps on a poisonous snake. A Warning from Havana. A Southerner in Havana, writing to us on the 5th inst., says : "My countrymen have to contend with unscrupul ous foes, and our people should not be luik-d into any fancied security by the very moderate pro clanfttions of Sherman and others; for I have this day learned from a Yankee, styling himself the in timate friend of the Yankee Genera!, Burnside, that the latter, at his table, in New York, had mentioned, in confidence, that the proclamations of the Generals of Lincoln were to be a part of the programme to induce, as far as possible, non-resistance, until Charleston and Savannah could be placed under their batteries, and laid in ashes. As the burning of either city would ereate horror in the minds of civilized nations, it appears that the invading forces are to Le supplied with heavy seige guns of great range, and, under pretence of the ignorance of their effect, they are to ignore even the rights of humanity until they can effect their complete destruction. I am not aware whe ther Mr Burnsidc is the intimate friend of the party relating the above, but I do know that my informer is a member of the firm of Haugbwoat & Co , of New York. I fear not for the result j but let our people know that they must not sleep j the sleep of Brutus, but be prepared for war to the . . U . .1 -) - T7 .U V. V 1 t Kiiue ; iuai mejp arc ucaiin mnu iaucs, nuu -n . ir. .a w: j .v. t... ' t.. I win ouer pruiecuuu syiu .miuucoj, iuc uener m De able to destroy their victim. Let Carolina and , Georgia be as Sparta of old, and the breasts of j their sons the walls to defend them." CAarto , LINCOLN CONGRESS. Mr Vallandigham introduced a bill to enforce ! the writ of habeas corpus and secure the liberty of the citizen. , ,. MrMoorehead, of Pa., offered a resolution that the Committee on the ' Judiciary be instructed to report a bill, that any person or persons engaged in the present rebellion against the Government of the United States shall not hold ..office in any of the States) passed." '- Sumner preseuted the memorial of citizens of Boston, stating that the freedom of the press had been abridged, and atkiug relief. Mr 'Watts, of New Mexico, introduced a bill to provide for a temporary Government for the Ter ritory of Arizona. Referred. The House resumed the consideration. of Mr Wilson's resolution, that the Military Committee be instructed to report a bill enactiugan addition al article of war, for the government of the, army, prohibiting any officer from using the forces un der his command in returning fugitive slaves. - Mr Noell moved to lay the resolution on the table, upon which the yeua and nays were ordered.. Yeas 33 nays 58. . The resolution was then passed. Mr Vandover, of Ohio, offered the fallowing re solution : Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the legality and ex pediency of establishing a Territorial Government within the limits of the disloyal States and dis tricts, and to report by bill or otherwise. The President signed the bill recently passed by Congress to retire from active service all of ficers above sixty-two years of age, or who have been forty years in service. It is now a law. Senator Hale, of New Hampshire, made a pow erful war speech in the Senate, on the "27th in stant, protesting against the United States humi liating itself before the haughty insolence of Kog Iand, by giving up Mason and Slidcll. The Senate has been debating the right of the President to order arrests by telegraph, without warrant, charge or trial, and Mr Trumbull of Ill inois said, "It seemed the very essence of despo tism if men could be arrested by telegruphj with out power to reply, or to have a trial." Wilson of Massachusetts replied, that "the President had done more in this way to save the country than had the whole military force to this hour." Hale sai;3, "If the people now pouring out their blood and treasure find they have been trifled with, and that imbecility has stood in the place cf cburaga in a vigorous 'prosecution of the war, then there will be such a storm come upon their heads tis his tory has never recorded, and with no great degree of faith ire might even now hear (he rumblings of the coming fttorm.'l "If the time ever arrives in the history of this country when constitutional liberty, regulated by law, cannot exist, let the na tion die let it perish and its memory be blotted from among the nations of the earth." "The hon orable Senator from Massachusetts, who is at the head of the Military Committee, says he believes that these arrests have done more to secure the liberties of the country than all the army have done. Well, tir, I shall not question that ; it may be eo ; if we can stand here two months from to day and God knows whether we shall be in the land of the living or not and the remark of the Senator from Massachusetts be as true then as .it is now, you will find an army against you compar ed to which the army on the other side of the Po tomac is as nothing." The plain meaning of which is, that if th Ad ministration do not have a decided victory to boast of within two months, the people will revenge themselves on the administration. That was .ipok en on the 16th December. Look out therefore for an uprising on the 10th Feb'y. , Dear Cotton. It is reported in the New York papers that th Yankee Government . has al ready obtained five hundred thousand pounds of cotton, as the result of the invasion of the coast of South Carolina. As the original expense of fitting out the expedition against Port Royal was not less than four millions of dollars, the to tal disbursements tip to the present time cannot be less than five or six millions. This would make the cost of five hundred thousand pounds of cot ton, even supposing the Yankee have obtained so much, more than ten dollars per pound, and we seriously doubt whether the Government can af ford to pick cotton at that price, or the Yankeo manufacturers buy it. lhey ratist tlnnk by this time they are getting-cotton under difficulties. Montgomery Advertiser. A correspondent of a Northern paper writing from Port Royal, says they got only one hundred thousand pounds cotton. International Correspondence. It in not, generally known that by the flig of truce which leaves Norfolk almost daily for rortress Monroe, persons in the South may communicate with the North. Hundreds of letters are frequently car ried in this manner: but all are carefully examin ed both by the- Cn federate and Federal officers. To prevent tile abuie of this privilege on the part . of those who are Inclined to fill twenty or thirty , sheets of letter paper, General Huger has issued at order that hereafter no communication will be sent which covers more than an ordinary sized page. All reference to political or military afLtirs , must be carefully avoided, and an enclosure of three or fire cents made to secure transmission, i The outside address of the epistle should be "via NorfolL and flag of truce." Richmond Dispatch. What the West has done. The ten moun tain counties west of the Blue Ridge in this State , have raised and sent into the field forty-n in companies of volunteers, averaging over 100 ' men each. Can any portion of the Staie tuake a tot ter exhibit? Ashville Nkm. " New Orleans, Deo. 29. Last night, the powder mill opposite . this city exploded. The guard had inspected the place half an hour pre vious. It mu5t have been the work of an incen diary. All the powder except one thousand 'a. UA Av wrlrtn. saltpetre and brimstone in another building was saved. Anothermill will go into operation in a few days. The lots i small and will DOt affect tbe GoT-rnmeot. i'""" "" wv. iviwhj jitv. Tbe