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1 MARRIED, On lh iPorning of tha 19th Inst-, altha residaoct fWr U. N. Tajlor i Charl Hill. N. C , by Rev. Mr. Wilson. C.pt. T. CLANCY KV ASS I. of tb. 13th R N C. Troops, and Editor of tho Miltoa Chron ic!, to MiM F. AUGUSTA STEVENSON, Ute of Ntwbcra. Oo the morning of 24th ult., at the Te.idenc. of the bride'e fatSf. Guilford county. N. C, by Ret. Mr. Ilngb... Mr. 0- W. I'ATTERbON nd Mi.M L1ZZIK, dughtr of Oeorj;o Fouet, E. Junr lOtb, 18C3, JAMES M. CLARK from a iroun I r.ctied in the battle At Chanecllormlla, Ag,l 1'6 year n 1 1 month. la G'iilfurJ. on the 23d ultimo, by J. W. Patter son, Kq . Mr. TANDY M ATTN 13, of Foreyth, and Mi SALLIK KKKNER, of Guilford. DILI), " At the rfi inc of her father in Chatham, oa the liOth uli.. MARY WILSON, daughter of M. M. and Zi!pb AUtort, aged 7 mouths. Iunuruitce Ofllco, 4 r k s tRoaot o n, N- C. 125th Dec. 18C3 The annual meeting el thia company will take placr in the office of the Secretary on Taeaday the wOlh January, J bG 1. A full attendance ia earnestly retfaetiH a' 3 o'clock, P M. t2-4w k 1'KTER ADAMS, SecreUry. 1"Vlawo lor Mile. Averj handsome Rose wood Piano, nearly nw. maJe by Oa-hle tt Co. P.a'ltimare. lias been but little used. Apply-to Lr. T, F. COYLE, Malison, N. C. Salt Salt! I I will distritute salt at cost, to noldira'foiHea and the poor, on Saturday of tfry wrek durinjt the winter. AH ttrsons hating on hand county sacka will re turn them to me, , M-4 J Eli II. LINDSAY, Chmn. . M - , , ii mm i in i I Mllle M wlcaa. Oj VrwUy.aight last, the 1st instant, a sorrell mule, t! years old, medium su in l.ne, roo I order, was stolen from my stables Dpr Hillsdale, in Cuilford county, N. C. On the stiif night a suspicious character was seen riding between my house and Rruce's Cross Roads. On arming at the Croid Roads he commenced trading and tr-rf okin with romo negroes, cheating one out of i pair of socks. He here made inquiry for the direction to Greensboro', whence he said he should tnnelby railroad. He passed himself off as a sol dier. The preiumption'is, that he had my mule, and cu arriving at Greensboro', or more probably some other point on the railroad, he aold it or turned U We. A liberal reward will be paid for the return of the mule to me, near Hillsdale, N. C, where any infoi nation concerning it may be addressed. I would aUo state that the sides of the mule are rubbed by harness. , G. W. DROWN, j an" Q. M. Orrics, Griksjiioro, N. C. December 30th, 18C3. If trnjcl on the 17th inst. a large blsck stud J mule, with the C S. brand on lis left shoulder, at the time of leafing the GoTernmetit stables had a luthtr Btrac around bis neck and was shod in iront. The finJer of this animal will have all hia expen es psi 1 and be suitably rewarded by returning him to this post.- . K. b.'-lir Major and QM. i ki..iiiinri Tor Kale. In the town of I I I,nlion. N. C The lot contains six acrs, laflliinprosel, a larje nd comfortable dwelling witli nix rooms, a nice oflice in the vrd, good kitch en. urro houses, well of water, ice bouse, etab.Ca, Itisaood location for a poysician, healthy fcn.l irn from anr probability of tUnrer from the sold t ritatelT. will be offered lor .ilifl on the let of February. - At the name time will be sold a good assortment of ilciratle furniture. Terms Cash. Address Dr. T. F COYLE, s ,w Madison, N. C Q. M. Orrio, GRsasnoao, N. C. December 30th, 1S63. 1tmiiii1 Immediately for GoTernment wrk at this po-t, 1U) WAGON MAKERS, 100 r.LACKSMlTILl.andlOO LABORERS, to whom IsVeral wsj; wi'l be paid, and rations lurniinea ft hcition should be made at onoe. " S. R. CHISMAN, v w Major and (J. M. I f ill' l.cii rr renjUin7 in the Post Oflice 1 A it Hiuh L'omt. N. C. January 1st, 1864. !-c I'.e rrr. W J Rixhop, "3, George II Drown, 2. N M t row, Mrs KColliaa, Calvin Capps; Mary t,'o!i-inn. Poet II W Porsett, Miss Nannie R Datis, 2. Mim Iuie Elliott, Miss Mary Elliott. Mr El mire Ferel, W S Fowler. UeorceGrier, Julius Gordon, Mrs. Susan Gray. W ilium J IU11, Emily A HiftU, Miss S A Hcdf cork, W Hurt on. John Kio, Jrur.n E haycock. A 11 MeHulen, James A McKee, J McCarter, J McGowin. Jwhn Oahly. Ju!n W RcbpIs. Mm Virginia Smoot, J Scott, Mrs Emily li-etds. Mrs. Joan Wright, J M Weith. D W Waaoner. M Vmi Mr W illianik. t'rroons ailing for spy of the al ore letters will p!-ve ?ny they are adfertised. a.'-iw j. t. 'itim, r. ai. Votlcc. Having determibed to remove to .1 another county. I now propose to sell on the Hthof January, 1 804. the following property to wit : Mu'.e, c .it tie lu Head of sl etp. LO Hogs, tome line Es.ex Tis, new Cane Mill, 2 or 3 waggons, 2 Bitit', 1 Kockaway, 2 good set of Blacksmith to U, t No. 1 Straw Cutter, 1 Thresher and Horse powf r, s rjutiutity of salt made 2 years, also, 6 Fat Hogs, iO or ."0 l!rrels of Corn, 70 or 80 Uushels of Vln-al, Oats, Hay, Fodder, Shucks and Straw. Alo. a tract of land, containing KS0 or 140 acres, niosMy wool '..it.iL, the cleared being mostly re&h cU-ared and in a fine state of cultiration, adapted to tie frrowth of t'oru. Wheat, Oats, Tcbacco, &c. A'so, a general assortment of Household and Kitchen furniture, a good assortment of forming tool an I nur.y other articles too tedious to mention. Trriim, n.. to and good security for G months or cash in Confederate iunds at the option of the purchaser. '-'w B. N SMITH. I lit III' I. CtlCi a remaining in FhVl'ost Office A atjCreriishorough, N. C. JaruiiryCth, lb64. J C AUe i, Thomas II Allen, Sergt iavid Alexan- diT. Mii mlia C I'-owman, Misi Ann Brown, Mrs Iwiii' Ii, on. Joseph Benton, l Yf Be'l. 2 () M Uirk'.fy, J 8 Badger, Miss Isabell Brown. Capt. G. H B irm. Iips .vaiah 11 Bradford, M B Bohannan, Col II l' Bre!ier. M ,g I nn ii G Collins, Mrs J H Cummins, Miss Ma-tU Cone, John C Clark. Miss Lauia J Coyle, L li t'uiiun, W CCook. Mrs Tatty Ghapell. JoLn Deans, care Capt T F Sikes, 7th Ga., M I)a- t(i KoaiJ, Mrs Elixa Field, Mrs E C Fulton, Mi- Timpi' Fonrnan. t' C G.krt'.. Lewis Green,' lr II A Gilmer. B F llainjfon, lentisl, "Messrs N tJ Harris & Co Jclin W Hilton. Jerry Hughs, Mpmitui Hardie, Je. U lUrly, lr W II Howston, M ones Hutching M C I lot U rt.y. .Vi- r.'iKtL B Johnson, J M Jones Wu P Jin-,,' B-tI W C Krnnett. 4 Mr Key Lewis, Win Lifcdsay, DrSamuol Long le;. Lin!s llby LconaiL M;t il.ie Merlin, H C JlcGowon. Mi M ihnda Newel. Mr, II 0uitnt. tl.-d U 1'iylcr, 2 Mrs Cebi Teedin, Green Tarson, J U Towrll, A J Powell, K M Powell. Sewtoi, U.jlua .n, J J L Boss. A'.heiiSpiilinfcCo., Ellis C Stacey. Amrs Scott Scales, Ueed Henry Sutford, Mrs E Stanly, M 1 s ;r r I, Mi.h v t Seymour, 1 book, S M Simpson, a i Sua, p. Ma-iter Mechanic. P M R R. B R Wi.v,r, Horace B Wolf, John Wright, L J W.u.euer. 2 Al) Ward. Genrgt W Varhromh. P L Young. IVr.ons callinjr fcr any ot the abo ibova letters, will please ? y they are advertised. . :'m 1 w J. E. TIIOM. P. M. ullt3i feather. "JJ"' F.ngli,h CALF AND KIP SKINS. a recent impwrwanon l,y t.s Advance, offered in exchange for I ;;er leather suitable sr arin shoes. k erai. of escuan20, market value. . J AS. SLOAN, A. Q. M., ."7" T Greensboro, N. C. . harlotte U let.n please copy daily 1 week, and Salisbury Uitchuiau a weeks. THE PATRIOT. GRCCX8UOROIUU, 5. C. Vol. OCX V No 1,262. THURSDAY,. .JANUARY 7, 1804. AroLooiTic. Wc disliko to is9uo the atriot on a half sheet at any time, and certainly nooo the Una on tbe beginning of tbe new Tear. But sickness among a i mi ted force ot printers renders it necesi sary, and perbapa inch may Do trie case next week though wo ahall struggle a- gainst it. Death of an estimable Citien. Mr. rancis A Garrett oqo of our moct estima ble citizens died at hia residenco in tbis place on Sunday morning last, at tbe age of 45 yeara." Oen. Moroan. This distinguished Cont edcrate officer passed tbtough this place on the 2Uh ultimo, en route to Danville, i where his wife has been residing for some months post. Ho was expected in Richmond on Tuesday evening, where a public reception awaits him. Capt. Ilines, who planned tbo mode of escaping from the Ohio Penitentiary, wo are 6orry to earn, was captured in Tennessoi and was not many steps from Gen. Morgan at the time. Tbo General saved himself bycon cealing himself in tho woods near the road- lie says most positively tkat thoy received no aid whatever from any one outside the Penitentiary, and as to the dispatch from Toronto, announcing bis arrival there, he attributes it to mere luck, and owes his final escapo to the prayers of his wife in his I behalf. ,m For the Patriot. THE PRISONERS OF THE 6TH REGIMENT. Mr. Editor : My son, Capt. J. Calder Turner, of the Sixth N. C. Regimen now a prisoner at Johnson si Island, desires mo to soy to the friends of bis company that bis men wero all taken and arc w oil and unhurt, except Scrgt. J. W. Williatna, kill ed, and Corporal M. 11. Irwin and privates S. L. Strader and R. J. Blakely, missing. I believe tho officers are at Johnson's Island and tbe privates at Point. Lookout. Re spectfully, JAMES. C. TURNER. For the Patriot. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT At a meeting of the Choir of the Methodiat Church in Greensboro', on Monday evening, January 4th, tba following preamble and resolutions were unani mously adopted : Whereas Bro. Francis A. Garrztt has been for many years a faithful and untiring member of this Ch)ir; and whereas God, in his all-wise Providence, has taken our Brother, as we trust, to the enjoy ment of ' the rear, that re-mains to the people of GoJ," and whereas by this dispensation our hearts are deeply troubled, Therefore we. the Choir of the Methodist Church in Greensboro', do RctoUe Tnat in the death of Bfo. Garrett wa have lost a most activs, faithful and obiiging member, who, in all his intercouse wi:h us manifested the spirit that should always characterize the gentle man and christian. Retohti, That tbis affliction not only dspri7es lis of a most efficient member, but berearrs our church of one of her most useful members and leaders. Rtiolrt'l, That we deeply sympathize with the af flicted family of tbe deceased, and pray that ihe sustaining grace of God may be. given them in this thair time of trial. Rtich td, That we reqaest the publication cf tbis Tribute of Respect in the Greensboro' Patriot, Way of the orld. Weekly Mesage, atebman ana liar binger and Christian Advornte. VM. E. EDWARDS, M. LAMB. ) J. R. COLE, J Com. W. S. li. Mathews, Seoetary. From the Richmond Whig. A GENERAL CONSCRIPTION. The question of the finances having been turned over for tho preHent to tho conside ration of a special committee, the Attention of Congress has been occupied for some days past upon tho efficiency ot the army. Iho act admitting substitutes into nervice was repealed with tho utmost expedition. A bill setting aside all contracts with the principal. 'whoso substitute- ha been receiv ed, and conscribing him also into service ha, passed tho Ilonso with pn-ipitaoey and almost unanimity, and there is hut 1 ti tle roaHon to doubt will be rushed thruuh thesenate. A more sweeping conscription, embracing all aMo-bud.cd men of all ai'H and classes, with various modifications, lias also been proposed. A frenzy f jr the mo ment seems to possess both tho Admislra ti?o and Letiislaiivo branches of tho Gov ernment upon the subject of swelling the muster rolls of our armies. When comes this frantic infatuation ? Is it a symptom of runic, of trepidation bordering on de- pa'r! Are we reduced to tho necessity of making uch an exhibition to our enemies and to the world, in reporting to such des perato measures, unparalled in the history of wars ? Is it t-iie of the pr-tean forms ot demagoguery that has bewitched oar civil leaders' Tho "i quality ol every man ;rp;o, 4 nil must go to the field V Is not our war b:;ed on tho principle ar,d f;ct, which all history has demonstrated as a truth the inequality cf man for policy we sav f iMi'H I Or is it thy scheme of the di-signingand the umpiring ? This sub ject demand tho turnest, tho cautious, the most deliberate consideration ana circuai npect;on of Congress. That every man should contribute equal ly of his means and services to the country; und that all should Lro into the field who can not better serve tho cause in some oth er wav. is a proposition broad enough to raeot the approbation of every one. Who is to decide the merits of each individual C ise as to his appropriate sphere to dis charge this duty ? Can a corps of irro &pousible clerks assembled at tbo capital, exposed to the influences of lavoritisms and of corruption, decide t hese cases for all parts of the country better than the repre sentatives of each section ? Shall tho ten ure of the "detail" bo dependent upon the subserviency, sycophancy, the obsequious ness of tbe recipient tn this central court, instead ot upon his merits T Does the pow ! cr "to raise armies" imply armies for the field ; or does it include atmies of meeban- ics, farmers, doctors, preacher, and all tbe various callings of purely the domestic itf VA iiinntiv V An1 orA all r f ifL.. ihnUn, th Aitnt nfnnr r-ountrv vuv J to be nassed unon bv some adventurer of a clrk a Jow, a foreigner, perhaps a Yan kee, or a renegade f rom the fieldy-instead of the responsible representative of the people T We have heretofore given our views fully upon the substitute question. We seo it stated by one of our city cotem poraries that many interested parlies have employed counsel, should the Senate pass tho bill before them, to test whether it is an unwarrantable and unconstitutional breach of faith. Such we regard it. Adam Smith thinks that a country pure ly agricultural may at certain seasons fun nish for war one-fiftb, or even in case of necessity one-fourth of its entire popula tion. But a commercial or manufacturing nation would be unable to furnish anything like as numerous a military force. In these relative characteristics bur country enjoys a vast advantage over the enemy. Dut is the case of necessity bo strongly now tefore us as to call for our utmost efforts, and be kepi up for an icdefinite period, perhaps for years ? Why are there now 200,000 strag glers from our armies ? Why has it cccun red that over sixty per centum of the men on the muster roll have, in one instance at least, been absent in emergencies? Whose fault is it? W by not bring these back in stead of violating contracts, or conscribing classes that never before were called into war; depopulating a elaveolding people, with slaves already pretty, thoroughly de moralized? Why extend tbe age so as to take in those unequal to the hardships of war? At the beginning of the rrench Revolution the citizen soldiery were ealled out for the national defence. u But these three millions of national guards," says Jomini, ' were usoless for reinlorcing the army, and utterly incapalbe of defending their own firesides." Washington, in his letters to Congress, opposed sweeping re ouisitions of men lor service. " unless in ca8eg 0f extraordinary emergency, such as r could not be expected in tbe common course of events." That the saving . in the articles of clothing, provisions and a thoo sand other things " would amply support a large army, which, well officered, would be daily improving, instead ot continuing a destructive, expensive and disorderly mob." Frederick the Great of Prussia, with a popi ulation of five millions, successfully eppos- ed a league of one hundred millions. Yet but ono twentieth of his population was on the muster rolls during the terrible Seven Years' War. At its close .Prussia was weal thier than when the war commenced, and from that period dates its growth and pros perity, which has long placed it among tho urst nations ot the earth. Besides the incalculable injuries that would in every way result from wholesale conscription, the agricultural interests ot the country would be wholly neglected. Negroes left to themselves will not make even a support for themselves. The neat vear would be one truly of famine. Alrea- mf dy wo are experiencing the trials of scan ty provisions. The greatest suffering felt in our array is from this cause. 1 h a want of-food with their families at home is the cause of over half tbe desertions. It would bo a good policy now to detail every skilful farmer and overseer from the ranks and put them to raising provisions. 1 Yet why not in this general conscription go to tl full extent, and take slaves to entrench and fjrlify our camps! Do our soldiers now do it: The Yankees take Cbattanoo ga, and in five days make it impregnable We tako liookout Mountain and Mtssiona ry Kidgo, bold them for weeks, and all h j positions infinitely stronger than thoee of tho enemy, there being no negroes there to handle boades. our Generals surronder them at the first assault. Can a people be a military people, or have any nolid claim to the name, whose ainnes require staves negroes from the cornfields to entrench them ? itoraan armies went over tho world and conquered it ; throwing up an impreg nable and completo camp at the end of ev ery day's march. The muster rolls of their consular armies were less than twenty thousand men, less than half of whom were Romans, each man carrying from fifty to eighty pounds on bis back, and march' ing from twenty to thirty, and often many mo ro miles a day. Congress cannot act with too much de-' liberation on theso measures. A refined sensejof honor and a fervent spirit of libera ty are tho characteristics of our Southern pecple. In our dealings abroad we have endeavored to preserve unquestioned our claim to these sentiments. Shall they bo disregarded in our dealings at home? Shall we fill our Treasury by force? and the first step toward adding to the army be by fraud? Shall wo commence by re pudiatingthe debt of tbo one, and denying contracts with exempts from tho other ? Where will such a policy carry us? We may yet realize, from such false 6teps now, tho vision of our country "struggling in tho slough of Debt, with Labor resting on her implements, Commerce furling her wings, dejected Trade in prison garments, and the Genius of Liberty weeping over her people, prostrate, bankrupt and dis graced." Exemptions raoM Military Service. Tho bill reported from tbo Committee of Military Affairs, repealing the Exemption Act, though not quite so sweeping as was ir.timattd by tbo Chairman of that Com niittee, seme days ago, it would bo, ia not withstanding a striking exemplification of the tendency of Congress to consolidate all puwer in the hands ol the Executive. The uill concedes that certain exemptions are necessary that certain desciintions of persons can be of mure use to the caue out ot the iield than in it, jet it is proposed that tho Representative of the people, who know the diverse and peculiar need of each Slate and District shall, divest themselves of the. privilege, duty rather, of saying what exemptions are proper to be made, and devolve it upon the already over bur- thened and (for this duty) far less ccrapei teni department of tho Executive. A dozen Secretaries 'of War, aided by as many Presidents, would have their hands more than full of such a task, if they had no other business to attend to and it is impossible that their information would enable them to act j diciouslv in such a matter, even it the volumoof it did not overwhelm them. In tbe name of the peoplo we protest against their Representatives handing over this great and delicate power to the -bxe cutive branch of the Government. Richmond Whig. POSTMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. Abttroct ofiht Pottmatttr GentraFt Rtfvrt fmr the fit- cal yar, from thi lit of July, 1662, to the 30tA of June, 1863; Rerenues from coatare JS SS7SM m EPditures of department . 2,662 804 67 Excess of receipts over expen ditures $676,041 44 Number of mail contractors in Virjiaia. Do .240 .180 .112 .145 ...81 ...61 .131 ...88 do do N. C.. Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do Do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do S. C Georgia. Florida... Tenn..;.. A'abania. Miss....... Louieiui. 48 Arkansas... ...86 .124 Texas. Totaf numbers. .1,253 Of this number. 147 obtained for a nominal rate of compensation. Number of post offices In the Confederate Slates : Albania... Arkansas .....768 .....619 167 rlorida... Georgia.. 815 Louisiana ..367 ...663 1,070 ...576 ...955 ..710 1,732 Mississippi North Carolina.. Poath Carolina, Tennessee Texas... Virginia Total. ..8,287 Number ef offices filled by Presidental appoint- ment, 88 Number of dead letters opened, containing $13,706 d, in money, registered and sent out, from July 1, 1862, to June 30. 1863 ....1,618 Number of dead letters opens and nled, containing $ 15,857 23, in money, not sent out 794 Number of dead letters, containing draits, cnecas, bills of exchange, &c, amounting to $691,567 75 registered, and sent out for de livery .... .1,313 Total number of dead letters con taining money and valuables... ..b,o Number of unpaid letters held for postage, and returned to the dead letter office .81,895 Number of drop letters held for postage, and returned to the dead letter office.... ...ll,816 ..475,116 Number of dead letters. Total number of dead letters opened from July 1st, 1862, to June 30th, 1863 518 827 Number of auarterlv teturna received, and passed to the Auditor, from July 1, .1862, to June 30, 1863 .20,999 The Madness op Congress. Tbe Ea leigh Progress says : The present Congress r.... , e.. is ueriton iasiemng a military aespousm on tbo people of these Coofederato States, and tho oeoulo must either submit ouietlv to receive the yoke, or resist the tyranny. KoS atftnPfl tn tvrfvnta is nheri inon t.n Clad and tho people of North Carolina will not hesitate as to tho course they should pur sue. Pass tbe bill to enroll the whole pop ulation rcpoitedin the House by tho Mili . J ... 1 tary Committee on yesterday, and a spon taneous cry will como up from evijry nook and corner of North Carolina for a Con vention, and unless the military :shall gag the last man in th) State, including the Governor, the Legislature and other Slate officers, they will have it Mr. D:ivis has the reputation of a patriot and statesman, and as such we implore him to ue his influence to arrest the madness of Congress. Pass the tyrannical bill re ported by tho Military Committee and tho collision so lontr talked cf between North Carolina and tho Confederate States is up on us. Wo may be imprisoned for this de claration, but believing b lore God and man that we are doing our duty, we ap peal to the .President and bis Congress to pause and reflect before it is too lata. North Carolina cannot and will nut submit to hav every able-bodied man conscribed and the whole State turned into a military a camn. We want to achieve an indepen dence over the common enemy, but we are not williug to become tbo vasals of usur pers at home to achieve that or ar,y other object. We speak the words oi irutn ana suberness, because we know the sentiments of the great masseBS of tho people in N. C. This State will never willingly submit to a despotism with Jefferson Davis or any one else at its head. CONGRESSIONAL. Richmond, Jan. 5. 1 he Home now meets everv dav at 1 1 o'clock. This morn ing tho Military Committee reported an act to increase tho tmciency of the army bv the employment of free negroes and slaves in certain capacities, which provi j . dud that all male free negroes between 18 and 50 shall be held liable to perform du ties in connection with the military de- Knee of the country, such as work on tho fortifications, government works for the production and -preparations of materials of war. or in military hospitals, as tho Secretary of Wai may from time to time prescribe, and while performing such da. ties they tdiall receive rations, clothing a.ul eleven dollars rer month. The' act authorizes the Secretary also to eraployJ , i . .t.- -r.u na mnnv mfim Biaves 38 L11U WUUIM Ul IU service require, lurnisuing ratioua, ciuiu- ing and paying the owners eleven, dollars ZnW Thairlnssbv act of the enemy, r i Der month or escape to the enemy, or disease incurred n in discharge ol service requirca, uio own-o- hhall b entitled to receivo their value. The Secretary of War is authoiized to impress as many slaves as requirou, irom t:m to time, where needed. Placed on calendar at.d ordered to be printod. Tho bill to place in the service citizens fthnSLates or Territories of tho United State was taken op and a motion made to-retor back to Comniii tee, villi in struction to report various amenuments Tho bill was discussed till the hour for tho erw.r.;l urAfv arrived when ttc Uou?e went int secret session on the tax currency bills. - and Great anxiety is manifested to know the provisions of tbo bills, but the House seems disposed to consider the measures entirely in becrel session. The Senate passed a bill declaring the intent and meaning of the 11th-section ot the tit.hin.rr act to be that farmers stall not 1 to nav a tenth of their straw of wheat, rye, oats, bailey, shucks or r.nrr.at.illr. The Senate went lt.to secret session at an early hour. Curran said of the Liberty of the Press i Tli-t. crr.;it Sentinel of the State, that grand detector of public imposture; guard it, because when it sink, there Hnmi wnu it in nnp nr.mmon frave. the liberty of tbe subject and the security ot the crown. ., ... e . ,, T,HJrS?TDRB0F NEW ORLEANS McCLELLAN'S ORDER TO BUTLER. Parton's History of General Butler in New Orleans, says the N. Y. 'Journal of Commerce, contains much new matter. It seems that General McClellan is entUled to tho credit for laying down the plan of operations in ibe Southwest, and if Gener al Butler had -done all that he was ordered to do, we should have bad a very different story irom there. General McClellan's &4nkt0r?Zht V dlCirab,r - hibited in the orders tinder which General sutler went to Now Orleans, and what- evercMdii ia Hna i fhlla i hf i i, i military operations lmdS: mander.in-Chief orders : ; Headquarters of the Army, February 23, 1862. Major Gen. Butler, U. S. Army : Genebal : You are assigned to tbe com' mand of the land forces destined toco-op. rate with tho navy in the attat k upon New Orleans. You will use every means to keep the destination a profound secret, even from your staff officers, witn the ex ception of your Chief of Staff, and Lieut. t euzei, oi tne -bngiueers. aria lne lorce at your disposal will consist thtrteen regiments named in your.memoraudum bandedlo me in per- r,k m" V 77 4 , u.,, nnu 6th Michigan (old and good regiments irom cailimore) these three regiments Will iiwftir. rH- o,' Hi' m rnmrmn a nf iko 91t T.J;.nn n I j k run, jiumuo. x wu rilled at heavy artillery. The cm rv uw Ataou luuiauii uic wen I r , j . 'm. . t . . I luiocaireauyen route ior onip isiaiia will uc Duuiwtiiv lurvuuruurpusps. Alter iu.l consultation witn omcers well acnuanned a- - - " .. .! u wuirv mwDicD li. is proposca 10 operate, I have arrived at tho conclusion that three light batteries fully equipped, and ono without horses will be all that will be necessary. This will make vour force about 14.000 I. mf w i y eavniry, oov anuieryj loiai, iut4oj men. mi. v. . - j.ue vo-nmanaing ijeneml ot the Le. partmeHt of ,Key West is authorized to loan VOU. lemDOranlv. two remmcntt ; tortiickena can probably cive you am r r j ' a ,i n har ....11 i I w.w, nm uriug yuur lurue wj ucar- io.vw. xno opiect 01 your expedition i5-ouv0f Tital inlPance the capture of .N ew Orleans. The route selected is up the ju-ississippi river, ana the nrfct obstacle to be encountered, perhaps the onlv one. is in the resistance offered by Forts St. Philip on4 r..,.i, r. - i ., . uu wn.ouu. xi is expected inai mo ' ... rruuco e woras ; in mat case, J.0aiwil, Her their capture, leave a sum. I ClOnt Parriion in them to rcr.Hpr thorn rr. ( , , . . r 7 WVUI ' ttUU 18 recomraenueu, toai 00 .tne uPwaia passage a few heavy guns a!,?l0?e1lrooP,l be eft at tho J,ilot 8tation' l "'"i I in ruca r.V a iliun.,'.. rri,.. . n I guus win oi course ne removed as soon as Ml i r . the forts are captured. Should the navy fail to reduce tho works, you will land your forces and siege train, and endeavor to breach the works, silence their tire, and carry them by assault. x ue next resistance win oe near the Jng- lish Bend, where there are some earthen batteries: here it may be necessary for you to land your troops, to co-operate with the f"1"' although it more than pro- nun mar i hn nanrr " " " 7 1 can ac- compusn me result, lr these works . t . 1 . . . . 1, are taken, the city of Now Orleans necessarily In that event, it will probably be best to occupy Algiers with the mass ol your troops . a 1 si. ' also the eastern bank ol the river above tbo city. It may' be necessary to place some troops in the city to pretorvo order; though, if there appears sufficient Uni -n sentiment to control the city, it may be ueeu, lur me purposes oi oiscioiine. to Keen your men out ol the city. Alter obtaining possession ofJSow Or leans, it will be necessary to reduce all the works guarding Ub approaches from the east, and particularly to gain tbeManchac irass. Baton Rouge, Berwick's Bay and Fort Livingston, will next claim yuur atten tioa. A faint on Galveston may facilitate the object wo have in view. 1 need not call j uui nueuiiuii iu uio necessity oi gaining possession of all rolling stock you can, on the different railways and of obtaining control of the roads themselves. Tho oc- cupalion of Baton Rouge, by a combined naval and landjorce, should be accomplish- eu as soon as possmie aiier you nave gam i . ..i r. ? ea iNew urieans ; then endeavor to open your communication with the Northern column of the Mississippi, always bearing in mintl the necessity of occupying Jack son, Miss., as soon as you can do ho with satoty, either after or before you have ef fected tho junction. Allow nothing to di Vert you from gaining full possession of'all the approaches to New Orleans. When tho object is accomplished -to its luiiest extent, it will be.necest.ary to make a combined attack on Mobile, in order to gain possession of the harbor and workn, r . . V I as well as to control tho railway terminus at tbe city In regard to this, I will send more detailed instructions as tbo onera detailed . . ------ , i Lions oi mo xxorLnern rnni.nn nevcion . ' r .1 tlt . t I .1 - - themselves. I may simply state thatthe general objects of the expedition arc, fTmi tnfl raniinf inn nf i a rr I Wlna n a u 1 1 its approaches, then Mobile and .all its de fences, then Pensacola, Galveston, etc. It is probable that, by the timo New Orleans is reduced, it will be in the power of the Government to reinforce the land forces, sufficiently to accomplish all these objects; m the meantime, yon will please give all tho assistance in your power to tho array and navy commanders in your vicinity, nover losing sight of the fact that the great object to be acLieved is the capture and firm retention of New Orleans. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, GEORGE JJ. McCLELLAN. Glass Factory. The Columbu Times says that a glass manufactory is about to go into operation in th t city, u.vler ths auspices ot John Y. iving, esq , presrjem ot the company, and J. A. McNeaf, agent The company desire lo purcle bi"k. i glass ot every description, and will thus contribute, materially, in saving an arti-h which has heretofore been worth! ss. We like to see such evrdenccs of a disposition to make tho most of our situation and to turn all tho "odds and er.dsM- of hitherto wasted material to some usetul purpose of domestic economy. This is the true road to independence Dr. A. L. Acres ef Talbot county, Georgia, has been mccessful in cultivating the tt plant. COUNTER DEVOLUTION. ' The Constitution of the Confederate States ordains three Departments of Gov ernment Executive, Legislative and Ju diciary. They ar .co ordinate in dignity and authority, and each in its sphere su preme as against the others. Tbe success, tul attempt of one of these Departments to subordinate the others would be revolu tion. The combination of two of them 16- The onsUUti Wd troveTrbn and tho liberties of t h rLL 7?r aestroy the other sneh nm,,, " "1 r'S r " . v' c fc",M- ttleu mere no occasion to tbink of tbis ? Let us seo. a In our issueof yesterday, we mentioned oi me senate, ot a bill repealing the MMIIIUJVM s VV emption of those who have placed substi- ex. mies in me service. This bill, having been rushed through the House, where it origi nated, with most undignified if not inde cent precipitancy, requires now but the signature ot the President to become an act. Of the merits of th-Kin nA ii-- -i ready spoken. It may now be regarded as a law. We wish at tbis time only to make some passinff comments nnn iK 4J W 11 J manifested in Conp-ress in the debates nn. on mis measure. A Senator (Mr. Orr nf S. C.,) among other objections o the pass age ot tho bill gravely questioned its itZ uy. u ibe pending bill b-comes a law." said Mr. 0.. " there will h AimL in executing ,t hr OQ r.uj...::J- V ' ' 0 ucvis.um ot me courts in seven.l nf th SrtQ IV- . - . v0. o mnsr. nin'iiseia m r . i mnrt, n,,n.( ,: L- . . ,rwi uiv-ttBurea wnicn ne was not prepared for." A Senator frpm Mis- soun Mr ( hrk. rnri,hAn . v w . vi' vvvniui: a tui an tnpnrr mjimii,, -j ... troi ot our laws, replied in urinnir its Phs ajjo that in regard to the fctinn' nt ti. regard to the action ot the courts, steps rtay and should be taken to remove the subject beyond their jurisdic tion." The Senator frnm Miao t A Brown) goes furthor : " Wo should not 'del J P-J IfV OU1IU ier our legislation to consult the views of everv Statu ' Jndan in Dentin i..k.. I. r" nwi,.,,! nuciucx ho will overthrow it or not fv h; i.vi;..;.i decision. Wa harft h?,h frt r,., I ,t. na nnrfm 1,,. ,;it,n... r State Judges. There was s'rHmo.ir " Kv,''" niiuuuL reiEicuLB i ( i vae lnienerenco Ot tlio courts, in tho BUS a L t- ... . " pension of tho wr t of A7W vr. " Ti. vote of Congress upon this measuro shows o what extent the provisions of the Con. stitution aro getting to bo disregarded in the Legislative hranr-h nm u.m fo .r. lutionary sentiment alreadv nrevil in .i . . . . j. t tnat Dody. , Tho strength of tho popular respect tor our Uoverument, and tho good sense of the quiet masses, may for the mo I mpnt ill,-0 o.ml, ,lnU..,;, .. . .i i ucv.omuuu iu jnes, wiu out uisiuroance. . The little which substitute men are held respect in may in flu- enco a tornnorarv aconieKrpnr in thm But the intelligent and ardent lover of his country cannot witness such proceedings with indifference, nor will ho, withsubmis- sion. There is as much-Datriolism and intrlli. genco out of.the Ilalls of Congress as in it,5 and the tendency of tho Legislative and' Lxecuiive declarations so far this session to a subversion of tbo liberties of the coun ; try, and a military desDotiam. is nlromlr' . No wine the seed of a counter rPvolnti,n Our people claim it as their right as tho" duty of the general Government lo ensure to them, as tho basis of the ccmpact by 1 which ihev have assiociated toirihpr iimt tho Conft-deracy is but a community of I oOVLtP If n rV'.-lT.t'M I ior hnt n 41, I . stitution as tho Supreme Law of the Ton. r - f 'wor . f iuc J-ii - I r , Jivderacy. J hey regard it as araonif the tlcssinirs for which thev aro indhfpd to their ancestry, that they transmitted to us a'wi'tcn Constitution. It recoived tho plighted faith of our fathers. It ia tho hope of our posterity. To argae questions outside or abovo it is but to assail tho cause of law, of right and order. The wise men who so recently remodeled our pres ent government may have doubted its per petuity when they aw wreck after wreck floating on tbo tido of time of the short lived Republics which had preceded them. Reinodtled, too, after bitter experience (rom violations of tho old chart, and at a timo when clouds and darkness were hovi ering over us, they gve it to us, and we iook it, as me ancnor ot hepo to cling to i" mo turning aiortn. V6tooK It as our reliance, as our suprene law ; and tho G'm- gress or Executive who would now throw it as'de would pejure their oath to ab t'e by it willingly in letter andpirit ; to ret) der it obedience, and to support and main- I... - . uuu ii, unu uenoer in conscience or con duct to ever transcend it. Should the poison of the doctrines to which we have referred taint the reven ence of our-people for this fundamen'al chartshould the insidious councils of our representatives corrupt the very stamina of our Government, what antidote can re storo it to health and honor? Should rar peoplo bo brought to despise tho weakness .".-' . ... ol their tjrovernment, or suspect its mton- nons oi nostiiity to tho general wcuare, tho slightest irregularity, tho exercise of .1 , any unauthorized power, whether by prin cipal or subordinate otficeri, will bo suffi. cicnt to arouso their angry clamors, or ah most to mako them rise in arms against it. There is a spirit of resistance in tho hearts of our countrymon. Tiiey value life not by its conveniences, but by the independ ence and dignity of its condition. At this moment we appeal only to tbe discretion of Congress before they arouse the jealous madness of our people. Richmond Whiy. Down on Him. -The Richmond Jixam iner speaking of the demagogues in Con. gresa, thus ventilates tho .representative from the Wheeling, VaV, disirict: . It is curioos to observe tho competitive zeal of certain demagogues in Congre' in aii s rts of violent arid impossible legisla tion, intended to gralily tho blind pas fiio'or the ignorant clamors -ol the day. Tbr'OHt"1 prominent competitor in tht-no lists in the IIouso eecrns to bo the mim. hir f rom Wheeling, who has lately distanced ail his rivals by a proposition to iticret'-o t,c bimy by the -addition of the entite population, always exc-'-ling his ovn white pampered t-ircusn, nutted Ui hroad doth ai d tast!hou shirt v collars. . ft sp ed, thai this man is anxious to ooars. ind make him;clf quite f:s suiplo a tool cf military eensolidalion in Richmond as he waii of the Lone oin government when ne made it his business to travel over the Baltimore and Oliio railroad to election eer with its employees against secession.. The Examiner says it is under5.l( od that General Braxton Bragg is to be appointed Secretary ol War, and that he will accept.
The Greensboro Patriot (Greensboro, N.C.)
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