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THE W 1 LM1NGT0N JOURNAL. m . " , " 1 roFEDEEATB STATES OF AMWUC' Tn.MISQT05, N. 0., SATUBDAT, JANUA1Y 2,1864 It is somewhat noteworthy that member of botb bouses of CongresM who har bwa and are moat anx lav for extreme measurea to put people in tha army, eoine frenj States occupied Vy the enemy, whereof ecurse the law for which they karacgut 10 loudly can not take (Sect. The w lame devil" cf French fable had the privi lege ol seeirg Paris life unroofed, and a queer txpott it wt a. If ec me such power, etil cr beneficent, we know tot which, were to unroof the operations of Cot greases cud governments the world over, mankind i?6uld be puu'td whether to laugh or to weep over the petty xaacbiBtry which wculd inevitably be laid bare, and would stand amaaed to see with how little wiadcm the world ia governed. Certainly the congressional bodies North and South of Mason and Dixon's line are poor specimens of the sound sense and true wisdom of either people. Omnipotent Mars hath taken all the glory to the wars, ard Congress is made up partly of men who would never, under other circumstances have had a chance to chew their tobacco in legislative halls, or to be addressed as honorables. But Cccgrees is Congress, and we are sorry that the prtssent Ccngiess is eo near its er.d ; for, with all iu short-comings, it is far abed of the body that is to uc ceed it. That, indeed, will be a body a worshipfu body a bedy such as never was on the earth, abovi the earth nor under the earth as the guiding bead of a great revolution. We must lock to a higher source lor wisdom and guidance in our struggle, and we feel the cheering assurance tlat this will not be denied to us. A ccLLincy occurred yesterday morning between a force cf the enemy ard a Confederate force near Green ville, North Carolina. The enamy was driven back. We lost tome ten to fifteen men killed, wounded, kc. A comranv cf infantry of ours reported to have been - - , taken prisoners, were surrounded, bat cat their way out with the loss of only one man. Laity Journall lit imt. We happened recently to come across the following amocg the confidential correspondence of Napoleon the First, with hik brother Joseph. The great Emperor was supposed to know something of miiitary matters, yet if be did, and his notions were right,' then the practice current, both in civil and military circles la the Con federacy, mast be wroDg. We take it that Nat-olio knew notting of the art of war, and ought to have gone to school to soma of our M prominent oommand era' especially of the army of Tennessee, also to the "reliable gentleman," Eundry members of Congress, Mr. Foots in particular, to eey nothing of able editors in Raleigh, Richmond and elsewhere, who are always dis paragicg our own fcroe and magnifying that of tin en emy. The letter is dated from the palace of Sckosr brunn, near Vienna, and dated October the 10lb,1809 : M. Lk Gkmsal Clams : I wfh yon to wri'-s to the Kisg of bpa:n to impress upon him that nothing caa re more contrary to the rules of war tban to publlah the strength of hn rmy. either ia orders ef the day. in pro clamations, or ia the cewepapers; that when he has occa sion io ei-eak cf Mb sTecgih, ha orght to render it formida ble by t xag?Tati d. d on b ling or trebling his numbers; and that, ou the .ther band, whn he mentioas the BtiflBjrth of the enemy, ha should diaiiitisa it by one half or cne-ihitd ; tht io wr moral fore is every thing ; that the King de viated frarn this priLcpIs wLen be said that he had only 40 000 rneri and the insurgents 120 .000. ; that to represent the trench as lew and tte enemy aaccmeroos, discourages us, and givcB conridetej to them ; ihat it ia pobilsLiDg hi weakuesa throughout Sf.ain. lu bhott, to give moral fo;& to the enemy ia to take it mm cn'a self ; for man na'.or a-ly be!ice that ia ths long ran the una 1 number wilt be btavn by the greater. Jae in st experienced gsaeral flad it d fQcuit on ibe field ef battle to estimate the cneoiv' Dne,8. aud the laiact of every one is to imagine tham ei eater than they reaily are. Bat when a man is so impru dent aa to ailow noch ideas to cucala'e generally, and to ntvor za exaggerated accounts cf tha enem 'a strength, every colonel ot cavalry wio goes on a reconnaissance sees an army, an! every captain or .iingenrs cnoovers Dana Hons 1 see."theri.tore, with regret, ihe bad itflaence which has been exercised oer the spirit or my array or fp&iu by rAffrt.tinr that it ooootes a force or 40.OC0 men against 120,- 0i 0. The result ot these ancouuoemen s baa been to lessen onr repu'a'ion in Km ope, by making people believe tbatn reals on no foundation, and to give moral force to the ene my ana weaken our own ; for, 1 say again, in war feeliug - Skud opinion are more than half of the reality, lhe art o great captains has aiwaja been to make their nnrabers ap pear very large to the enemy, and to persude their own trcobs or tl e ei tmv's erf&i inferiority. This is the first tin e that a ceuerai his been fencwa to depreciate his own resou c s aud to exult thoBe of the eBemy. The private soldier doei net jaJge ; but ofhceis of sense, whose opin ion is worth havii g, acd who hve knowledge and experi ence, pay I'tc'e attention to orders of the day or reclama tions. 1 truBt that no more fcoch bluodera will be made, and that on bo pretext whatever uidets of tha day or proclam atiima rill be made tvutiicff to mikekacwa the real streich of ev armies. 1 desire that a 1 me ns, direct and indirect, be taken to t-Dread the bikuest opinion of our numbers The Finch no pa which I have ia bpain are twice as gosd, three (iaira a good, as regards steadiness bravery, b ever uuuibers, h ilic.ec tha 1 have in any oiher j an ui the wcrl J. Wijtti I c jLquered the Austriabk at Cckmuhl ( was one tu 8ve, at d yet iuj army fancied itsalf at leant tqual to the enem ; atd evea now, althcngh we have been so lon in Germany, the em my bis no idea of our strength, and we try to m-its it our g;e er and greater svery day. Far froou owniegthatat Wanram 1 hnd only 100,009 men, 1 try to prove ma 1 had 220,000. Cons'antly, in my Italian cam pains, when 1 bad only a hard 'ul of men, i exatgeratea their nuuibera; this served mj purpose without dimiuuhmg my glory. The skill of my oporai. )ns, including that ef ex aggerating my streegtb, was afterwards recoguiaed b geu erais and Kiteliigent officers. "With paltry motives, peity vanities and smab patstons, nothing great has ever been done. I hope, thereiore, that faults so great and so mis hievons will not be repeaud in mg army of bpain.' Cold. We think we run no risk in saying that this momicg was the coldest of the present year. In fact, we do not know but it will bear comparsja not simply with the other morning of 1864, but with any morning for the last twelve mouths. A lew such nights would make ice enough to ktep na co'd during the next Summer; if there was any way to save it. , Let us make a suggestion. Near many of onr posts in this vicinity there are shallow ponds o I good water, the very places where ice wonld be most likely lo form under a moderate degree of cold. Suppose that our soldiers should be detailed to construct the proper sort of houses and to save this ice for the hospital tfse, it might be the means of saving many lives during the fervid heai s of the Summer of 1864. It is true that this would call for labor on the part cf the soldiers, but it would be labor for themselves. Any solditr is liable to sickness or to wounds. 11 is very life may depend npon the use or the application ot ice. It is therefore his personal interest to save ice if he can. Fibk The alarm of fire between 1 and 2 o'clock on yesterday," wes carsed by the turning of 15 to 20 bales of cotton at the depot of lhe Wilmington and We!don Rail Road. The cotton belonged to the steam er City of Petereburg." It was in very bad condi tion, and the fire was no doubt caused by sparks from the yard eEgine. Another Firs. Last night, about 7 o'clock, an alarm ol fire was raised, caused by the burning of cot. ton on the wharf of B. Flaknkk, Esq., a short dis tance Boatb of the W. & W. R. R. We team that it was a portion of the cotton which had been removed from the Railroad during the afternoon, (from the pre vious fire ) and belonged to the same steamer. About 15 or 30 bales were destroyed. 87th N. C. Rkgimekt. In this Regiment there are two Companies lrem Mecklenburg county, one from TJuiou ai.d ore Gaston. Sioc tha organisation of the reg ment in November, 1861, the casualties in these companies have bL.,n aa follows: Company C, from Mtckienbhrg, 15 killed. 4 d.ed of wounds, 29 died of disease, 20 wouuded cca recovered. Company I, Irom Meckltnburfr. 18 killed, 5 aied of wounds, 17 died of disease, and 32 wouodal recotered. Company D, from Uuion, 13 Ml:ed, 12 died of wounds, 45 died Of disease, o2 wiuaded and recovered. Company H from (Jasion 18 killed, 7 died of wounds, 24 died o! disease, aid 30 woaacUd s,t recovered. WttUrn Democrat Defeat Mtli ubalttt Prpoltln In ihe Confederate Senate on Monday, the He use bill to put an end to the eismptioo of all persons here tofore exempt by reasou ot having furnisbedubstituteg, was taken ap and considered. The Hoa. Mr. Orr, of South Carolina, opposed the bill. lie would glance at .the legislation on this sub ject. Oar army regulations themselves provided for the reception of sabstitutes. While the conscript law was being considered, a clauje wis introduced allowing substitutes to be received under regulations to be pre scribed by the Secretary of War. At the time the junior Senator from Kentucky proposed to amend by inserting a clau, teat should the substitute desert the principal should be held liable fend should take his place. This proposition was voted down by the Senate upon the ground that the substitute, when mustered into ser vice, passed from under control of th? principal, and that it was not right nor jo3t to bold 4.he principal re sponsible for his fidelity. This may or may not have been a wise law; it may have been wise to not have re pealed it sooner, but it was passeJ, and bad not been repealed. VY hen a proposition was made, at the last Bess on, to put into the army principals whose substi tutes bad dessrted, the proposition was voted down. The Senate, at the last session, passed a bill to abolish the law authorizing the furthsr reception of sibstitutes, which, lor some reason, did not pass the other House. This was the history of the question. Congress had thought best to leave to the secretary of War to fix regulations under which substitutes) should be received, erid the o-crerary aia preserve regulations, un me 1 9ib of May, 18C2, he prescribed tie first regulation. In the geoertt! order intended to carry inU execution ihe conscript law, it wa3 prescribed that ntypersons abculd be exempt ''except those who had furnished sub rfUtuteo, aiid then onJy eo lor? as the substitute was Pimselt txtmpt frcm service." It was vtry fortunate tl at the Secretary did not put into this order a regula tion mkitg principals liable whose substitutes had ue eritd. But tb s was not done. The next gfuwul order ou the subjaot was issued Xo vembex 19, 1862, and prohibited the acceptance of sub stitutes undvT eighteen years of age, thu receptioa of substitutes in parusan raugrr corps, ant into compan ies befi re they were organia d and mustered io. The next order relative to substitutes provided that when tbe' substitute became liable, from any cause, their prin cipals also became liable. But the general erder cf the 20th July, 1863, pro vided, that hereafter psrsens furnishing a substitute shall be liable for lbs less cf taair substitutes from any cause whatever except the casualties of war. . The Secretary of War said there was no contract be tween the Government and the principals. Me (ilr. Orr) iusis ed that there was a contract. But if tf.ere wss none, put it upon the ground of good faith. The country makes a call for soldiers. A comes forward and offers himself. The Government eavs to him, if ho will furnish a suitable substitute, he shall be discharged. He furnishes B, who is accepted acd mastered id, and A is discharged. V as it contended that, consistently with rnr.d faith, the Gcrerarneut could afterwards take A and put him-into tbe array! tJ en a tors had s Aid there could be no contract between the Government and principal : that it was a r.cdum pactum, there be og no consideration. A consideration was not neces sary to a contract. He directed the grave attention ol Senators to Ibis question of eood faith. I hey had con ?cribed citizens to the age o thirty-five. They had said to them, it it suited tne r pleasure ana covenience, iney mieht furnish substitutes. Some of the cjnscribed searched cut subjtitutrs, paid the a their money, and, having put them into the army and complied with all tbe prescribed conditions secured thair discharges. Now, it was Eaid, there was no violation of good faith in patticg in these principals. Bat there were other difficulties in the way of this bill. If it was passed and became a law, bow was it to be executed ? He could ssy, from iutorm&tion that he bad, that it could never bd executed, except by the means recommended ths other day by the Suator from MiEsiPsippi, (Mr. Brown) in his revolutionary ppeech Already it bad btea decided by the Supreme Coirt of JNorth Uaroima teat tvn wnen a eaDsuiuie Daoama liable, -by the extension of tbe oonscnpt age, the princi pal was not liable. U.ner deciaioua on the same subject had been given in South Carolina, Alabama and Mis sissippi. It was proper he should here say, that if the North Carolina State Court had had the general order of the War Department oure them their decision mwcl have be-u dinreot. Uat sua tnat court nad decided th.it when the substitute was accepted and the principal discharged tbe latter could not be taken again. If, after this decision, this bill is pasa;d, the prinoipals, when conscribSd, wiil sue out their writs of. habeas cor- pus, and wili ba forthwith released, and tbe Government must either acquiesce or trample the civil tribunals un der toot and put the whole country under military rule, as recommended by the gent1emu from Mississippi, (Mr. Brown.) Ho was not prepared for such a condi tion of things as tnis, He .did not believe there was any necessity for it. Tht re was a set cf declarations in North Carolina, South Carolina and Alabama discharg ing the principals, and, in Mississippi, putting them in to tne army. Those principals who had furnished substitutes were an odious class. He desired it to be understood that no relative or particular friend had furnished a substi tute. He had no personal interest in the matter. But he wished to protect untarmeh&d the good faith of the Government even to this cdioua class, and would not be overawed by the clamor of the country or the army. He was unwilling to paes any law wbiih might throw a stain upoq tbe good fitb cf the Government. It was necessary to pass aoolher conscript law. He was not prepared to say what effect tbe passage of this law would havTupon trie old law, but thought it would abrogate ti e while of it ; aad that would be leas sub ject to objection, as it would put in others besides those who had lurmsheu substitutes. In conclusion, Mr. Orr proposed to amend tbe bill by tte following am'-ndment, by way of a substitute : ihat all priucpls wno were lisbie to conscription under tbe several laws of CoDgress, and who have fur- oisbed substitutes since the 19th May, 1862, whose eno- stitates were not exemnS from conscription, or who nave since become liable to conscription : and &H prin cipals who have furnished substitutes since the 8th of September, 1862, who were under the age of eighteen years, or who were larmshed in any partisan corps, or n any company not fully organised and received by the War Deportment ; aod all principals wbo have, since tbe 20 tb of July, 1863, furnished fcubititutes, and the services ot such subbtuutts have txen, or may hereafter be, lost, from any cause other thp the casualties ot war, are hereby declared haoie to military service. : Srcti9k 2. Tha; all principals claiming exemp lion by res uu of having furniebed substitutes," iaddi tiou to exhibiting exemption papers, sbali be required to prove, to the satis'actijn of the enrolling officer, that he is not embraced wiihin either of the provisions of the first section ot tte act." Mr. Orr said if his amendment was adopted it would put into tbe army all who did not have gsod substi tute, and at tbe tami time save the good faith and credit of the Government. Mr. Maxwell, of Florida, moved to aBssed by adding to tbe House bill lhe following additional clause : " Nor shall it affect any ptrsoa who is now actually employed in the cultivation, or superintending the cul tivation, of his farm or plantation, or the farm or-plantation of another, unless his substitute has deserted, or is between eighteen and forty-five years of age : Pro vidti, There is no other white male person on suck farm or plantation, managing, or capable of managing, the cultivation of the same." Mr. Maxwell said it was his object to allay the dis content in tbe army which had beea created by the large number of suostitates put in by able-ksdied men. He spoke against the argument that there was a con tract between the Government and the principals fur nishing substitutes. He denied that the Government could make any contract exempting a citiaen forever from military service. Whenever the exigency arrived, every cit'ueen should bo obliged to take up ams in de fence of the Country, 'l he iife of the country must ba preserved. Tbe Government bad no right to take citi acn's property except in cises of absolute necessity. Then tbeyfhould take bis prtperty or his body. But it was plainly poor policy to put every body into the army, only that we mignt witness bow soon they womld starve. The soldiers who bad raised tbe clamor against the substitute meu would, he felt sure, see the Telly of such a plan. The army must be ted as well as recalled. Mr. Johnson, of Georgia, said it struck him there was no necefity for the passage of the bill under con sideration. The bill reported by the Military Commit tee covered the whole ground. It extended the con script age to fifty five, and all the substitutes in the army, he thought, would be found to be under thatws. Should the committed bill be adopted, any legislation on this subject will be found unnecessary. He would," therefore suggest the propriety of laying aside this bill until the bill of the committee shall have been acted upon. He moved its furtner consideration be postpon ed till Wednesday. Mr. Clark hoped the bill would not bo postponed. The bill cf the Military Committee would take a long tlnft to be disposed Ot. It wag a Btttfr of tb? grit necessity that this bill should ba parsed at once The country wus icsing by delay, rboueand? of men who bad furniaeJ rubetitu es were running off into. the. en em j '8 lines He had no idea the civil courts should have anything to do with the t xe cutiop ot this law. It we passed ano'.her conscript I w Congress would, if the civil cturtshad anything tu do with th qa siion, fiad tbemfcle8 in conflict lu more States thaa North Caro lina The whjle conn ry would be iaoc.usi n from conlictic? opinions- . Mr. Cia,y hoped, the ra tion to postpone would pre vail, lhe Chairman acd two of tbe moat active em bers of the Military Committee were absent. Vr is, o! itself, as agoodreuson for postponement, but there were otters. The bill introduced by the Military Com mittee would eff ct the same object as thi3 bill, and of fend no one. All desired, t it could be done consistent ly with good' faith, and withcut difficulty with the courts, te put tbe men iato the army who bad tarnished substitutes. But it.was necessary to adopt laws that would conciliate, whilst tiey bad the desired effect. No court had decided that it tte substitute became liable to mili ary duty that the principal shall not beenbjrct. If tbe conscript law was extended b'fyond forty five tbe whole obj:ct would be accomplished thct all were aim ing at. The bill of !ia Military Committee proposal to cod scrlbe all white male residents of tbe Confederate S'atee between ths ages of sixteen and sixty years ot age. This would have the effect of holding in the service the troops now in tbe field. The first conscript law gave dissatisfaction, and nothing but the loftiest patriotism sufficed to keep them in tbe serv''. They said it was an act of bad faith to hold tbem for three years when they had enlisied only for twelve months. This thing we Ehould have to do again or surrender the liberties ot the country. No measure would go eo far to reconcile tbe army to this new conscript law as putting in tbe 8dbautute men. The bill oaght to be passed vet with amendments It had evidently passed tbe Heuai hastily. Mr. Brown, of Mississippi, wss oppes d to any delay. The result of delay bad been ebowu last session, when both HoHses bad eevuv.liy passed biita to abolish the substitute laws, bat neither bill passed both Houses lhe bill allowing substitute ought never to have been passed, but since it had it should be repealed ts 3jon as possible. Mr. Orr said tbe law author;x'ng sabatitu'.ea was abolished. Mr. Brown said yes, the tioor had heeri6hui nfttr the horse was gone. This law should oot be allowed to drop through from respect ot the mere technicalities, such as decision of State courts. It was agreed upon all sides, with fare exceptions, that legislation on this subjsct should bo retraced. Ihe legislation of the House on this subject me bis views, but it it did not he would agree with it. If we coul J not get what we wanted we should agree with the House in what they wanted. Their opinions were as much entitled to res pect as ours. Tbe bill strikes at the root of thn evil. The Senata Gbould pos3 it promptly, and if tliere was danger of the law not being exejuted there wag a rem edy, and let the senate use it. Suspend the habeas cor pus. Tbe country should not be lost became cf tbe opinion of every petty judge, auhoriz?d to isjuc a ha. beas corpus, giving diflerent decision? in Virginia, Ten nessee, Alabama ard Mississippi. To get uniformity, Congress shculd pass a law dec'ariog this law to be for the regulation and discipline of the army, and by that means, a3 to this measure, suspend the. writ of habeas corpus. Congress, there wa3 no doubt, wonlJ suspend the habeas corpus as to particular measures, having au thority to pas it generally. It would be bad to bve it said, after we were in our graves, thst our liberty had aeen lost wbil3t we were struggling over petty con stitutional qaeatiens. Mr. Hnry, of Tennessee, was also opposed to a postponement of ths qnes'.iun. Wbilst we were discuss ing tho bill thousands were running eff to the enemv. Mr. Johueon, ot Atkansa?, could see no such great need ot hurry. He did uot believe that we were going to faii. Rs J'y the manr-cr in which gentlemen had been talktog was caiculited ti alarm oce. If tbe sub stitute fellows we.-e g mg to run tbey. had better be permitted to run away then, perhaps, carry with theai valuable information He thought tie tubjo it should be postponed. After somajurther remark3 by Mesa ts. Hill, Oidhftji and aemmes. tbe bill and amjn'imcnta were oiued to ba orinted. Pending tbe farther consideration, ci' the subisct the Senate resolved into secret exeoutiv- ses.a - - sion. A. CLASSIC i'OILKT. According to testimon', which Is scarc.lv to bo dis puUd, the sun could never have shone upon a less luve ly object than a Roman lady in tbe days ol tbe.C3ar3 when stia opened her eyes in the morning or, rati er let ua say, as ene appeared in toe morning, for, oaore she opened her eyes in the mrnioga great deal ud to bfl done. When she retired to rest, hsr lace had been covered with a plaster composed of bread and a milk, which had dried duriu the night, and, t'onso quently, presented in the morning an appearance cracked chalk, lhe purpose of the ass milk was not onlvta preserva the delicacy of the siin, but to reno vata the lungs: and sa strong was tbe belief in the effi eacy of the specicc, that soma energetic ladies bathed themselves in it seventy times in tbe course ol a single day. As for Foppc, the favoiite wita of ero, edc never set oat on a journey without taSmg in her triu whole herds of eta asses, that sue might baths wceuev er she pleased so to do. The piaster of Paris oust aavinff waKenedir oe mornios in acracKcd conuitiun it was tbe officei. Jhost of female slaves to mature it into perfect beautyr To clfar the field for further on rations, the first ot these, eentiy wasaed away with lukewarm ass milk the already crumbling mass and left a smooth face, to d-j colored by more recondite artists. The slave, whoe vocation it was to paint the cheeks, delicately laid ou the red and white havintr moistened tbe pigment with her own saliva. The apparent nasticesa of this operation was dimiui?hed by the consumption of a certain numbor of scented lozn ges, which, ir tne Bisve nfjgiec'.ed to taue, sne suiiered corporal punishmsnt. Dickens Ail the xe r Hound Letter from Captaix Skmjie3 Tne editor of the Mobile Register has been favored with a perusal of a letter from Capt. Semmes, of tbe Alabama, to his wife and was permitted to make tbe following extracts C. S. Steamer Alabama. kLABAMA. 1 tJocd Hpe, 8th, 18G3. ) Cups Town. Cape td August 8 i naa no iaea WDen i leit ivew urieins in the putnmsr tha t hs war wonld last over twelve months, and lo ! we are ia its third jear, and as jet I see bat faia hopes of iU enne nsion- l rot yon last irom Bahia, m riraz I by the 'way of England, ana directed iry letter to you at U.Eomnau; since which, seeing that the laviKoe brnt Bnroside bad warned yon to quit, I have feared fhit m? latter d d not reach yon. I hope tht yoa hav-3 at feng'h al safaly reached oar lines, where I doubt no' y a have fenad kind friends to we!ome you. I hwa ivcaing to .vld ia rcsneot to my crnis wh'ch wou'd ba of much ktersKt t. you. slsce the busy public doubtless keeps you prettv w.i informed of my whereabouts and doiosra. I feel now practically what ia meant by ' times that try meu'a s uk: Jjut w mast not give way to weakness. We mast school ourselves to these reverses like Christian philos ophers We must be brave men end women for our country's sake aod trust the rest to God. As for the Internal arraciremscts of my ship, her inner life, it U satisfactory. I have some clever genttemen Villi me as officers, ssd have had but l.Ule tiifaculty in the gov ernment of my crew. I have every reason to be satinSed with my aoocess agaiast tbe enemy. I believe I have ren dered as good service to my country as I conld possibly have rendered in any ether direction, and the world is kind enough to tala to me in a friendly spirit, and to put a high er estimate upoa my labors than I think they deserve. If I estimate them by the abuse which the Yankees heap upon me, they are certainly very great. To give you an idea of the enthusiasm which the Ala bama oreates svsry where particularly among Englishmen I enolose you a slip from a newspaper published at Cape Town, giving a graphio account of our arrival here the other day. I am sore our excellent President Davis nerer had a mors crowded levee than 1 had in my cabiu, from o'clock In the morning to 8 o'clock la the atterneon, yes terday. The ship was packed from stem to stern, and there was a constant jam la my cabin of men and women offioers and officers' wives, ladges end lawyers and their wives and daughters, and Tom, Dick and Harry besides. all pressing forward to shake hinds with ire, and to beg my autograph i Was not that a predicament far a modect man to Joe placed inr Indeed, they nearly tired me otU with demonstratlcDs of kindness. 44 Thk Fkoudmt Wokdb." Writes a Chaplain in the forces sent from the Army of Northern V irginie, to tbe Army cf Tennessee : " When the diu of war sball have died awsy, and the sweet notes ot peace shall be heard throughout our bap py and redeemed country, the proudest words any lipj may,niter are: -.a served as a private tnroun the neroe struggle ror boutnern independence ' AMiTii of Fbdbkal P&isonkrs Major Thomp son, of the 11th (Abolition) Tennessee cavalry, together with 8 officers and 125 privates, belonging to Burn side's corps, captured in East Tennessee by lien. Long street, were received at the Libby Prison yesterday, via the Danville train. Preparations are being, made to remove a number of the prisoners now in this city, further South. Should the Lincoln Government not accept in a few davs. onr overtures for an exchange, the objects of their solicitude nay bo goaf when wanted. Richmond Examiner, Hist ult. I TELEGRAPHIC Ilrports or th Press Association. nterrd .according to the Act of Congress, la the year 183, by J. S. Thbashkb, ia the Clerk's Office of the Dis trict Court of tho Confederate States fo the Northern District ot .Georgia. CONFEDERATE CONGRESS INAUGURATION OP THE GOVFRNOIt OP VIRGINIA. Bichmond, Jan. 1st, 1861. The Senate was not ir session ts-da. The House ad journed soon after the hour of meeting. The reception at the Executive Mansion was attended by a great throrg. The weather was propitious and the eveat passed off in a most satisfactory manner. Geo. Morgan will arrive from Danville on Tuesday. Pre parations are making to give him a grand reception. Baltimore papers of the 25 th ult. have been received. No news. Gold 151. Gov. Pmith was i imgurated to-day in the presence of a Urge number of spectators. "After ths ceremony he deliv ered his address, fie reviewed at some leagth the causes of the war, thowicg that the North had Irritated the people of the South beyond ecdaraco9, and rejeoted every effort to pievent ho Iitias between the two sections. In suggest ing the du'Jeanow reqaired'xf us, Gov. Bmith said that it is of the greatest moment that cur minds should be tralaed to for the purpose of this war, belongs to tha State the ooun tr must not be ruined by the rapaolty of the people and the government will not hesitate to exorcise all cotatitt tnnal powers, when nec3sary, for our safety. The Gover nor advocated the establishment of a State maximum for the regulation of prices, the suppression of the auction sys tem and breweries ; that foreigners wko deny the obliga tion to unite in the defence of the country should bo expell ed ; that the reserved force of tha State should be organ-, izsd as anxiallar? forces In the field by the State and not by the Confederate government. A sovereign State with out a Koldicr wou'd be nothing mere than a wretched de pen e'enoy, to which he would grieve t see Virginia re duced. 'I be Governor "next presented a financial scheme which he advocated at some length and olosed with an ap- Eeal to the peoplo to make every sacrifice in a cheerful and opaful spirit ia short to perform their whole duty thea, wiih tho blessings of Heaven, we cvinot be Bubdued. FROM TE5NE83EE. Jonbsboho', Tenn., Jan. 1, le4i A courier from Horristown states that heavy skirmishing have been going ou betreen cur cavalry and the enemy who are advancing in that direction. No 'particulars re ceived further than that their advanoe -had been drives back. A, press reporter has Btartrd for the front and full particulars will be sent If possible. The breather is ex trenK-ly cold. PROM CHARLESTON. Charleston, Jan. 1, 1864. No flrtrg on either side yesterday. A strong norther prevails and the Eea la roiling very high. Most of tha fleet jave taken shelter in L?ghthou?e Inlet. The Stlg- One Iftimlrod nnd SeVenty -Fifth Dy. Tbe -neciy still continues to pursue bis work, node terrcd by the heavy fire to which he is often subjected. Among others labors, he i3 re-openirjg tha embrasure of tho ten inch Columbia at Gregg, and throwing up a beavy work at the end of long Island, opposite Seces Eionviile. A derrick boat was also ot?rved on Tursday, em ployed in larjdio? guns from a schooner at Oys'er Point. On tbe ec-me day some barges Were observed abreast of Waguer. They appeired to be dragging the chan nel, probably to find the sunken steamer Weehavsksn. Tne vessels reported on Te?dy were as follows: The lionsides, four monitors, three wooden gunboats, two mortar boats, sixteen sailing vessels and tvo tugs L sldt; tbrte biockaders and ono schooner outside: three ateamerp, three gunboats and thirteen schooners in the S ouo, nnd fi teen crafts of all kind in Lijht House In let. Tbe oeratioDS for the last two days have not been important. Some firing took place on Tuesday, be tween our batteries on Hecesoicnville and tbosaof ths enemy on Morris i.nd B.ack Islands- rhe batteries in action on Wednesday were Marion, Kutledse, Simkits, Chevea and Cummines. In the mornsng seven shells wire thrown into the city. Soma firing was heard in the afternoon in tbe di rection of SIolo. ( harlestori Mercury, 31wl. From the South Carolinian. Tie Brakfcii Ileurt. Mr Kiu'vr : Tho following lines were suggested on hear ing ot the death cf a broken hearted mother, who had lest a uevoted and only s ja at the Dame ol uet.ygbnrg : I'm sad to-day ;. these tean they tell My heart is full of gloom ; My rsiLd roves, like the wild wind, Arcund tho silent tomb. The bright Heaven smiles &.bov, O'er hearts so glad and free, Bnt from tha,t sacred throne of love Tie re is no emiie tex me. W'h"t mean this pang of grief and woe That guaws my very noul ? That hauets ray mind like some vile foe, Ar.d leaver rae on a Rhoal, To wanrlef throcgh this wicked world To mourn to griave and rave A lasting burden to mankind A manisc , nd a slave. Alas ! tli war drum sounds i'B dirge, , And tti - is mournful tale, There is a igh from every heart From every home a vail. Tha battle smoke has cleared away The bloody work is done ; Sad nws lo; me ! bereft of all ! My last pud onljBon! O God ! from this my cench of death, L"t to a woman's prayer. A brokrn heart appeals to Thee, And sheds her life's laat teat; May This, a woman's sacrifice Of ono of freedom's great baud, Enrich our sacred cause with peace, And free this new bcrn land. S on from rhe blooming stem of life, Daa'n pincked her .aded form, And bo.e it to i's resting place, Fr'; from life'." angrv storm ; And now .m every Sabbath morn, 'L'id sorrow, grief and gloom, Tb villftzers, with tearful eyes, Weep o'er her eacred tomb. G. L. M. Columbia, Sept. 21, 1S63. Flack will Win. Bete is a war sang which will stir the heart. It Is trans lated from the German of HanfT. Some oompoeer should set it to music : True soldier pluck tha wide world o'er, Will win in peace or war ; When loud the flashing cannon roar, When triils the light guitar, Ba't for a kiss with maid or wife, Far life's blood, with the foe, The soldier's eager for the strife For pluck will win, you know, ' Hurrah ! For pluck will win, you ksow ! Where sweeps the dance in giddy wfllrl, And bright eyes flash with joy, The arm enclasps the laughing girl, And hand with hand may toy; Who sues too long ne'er wins a kUe, The soldier woos not eo. Fat dashes boldly op to bliss. For pluck will win, jou know, Hurraht For pluck wiH win, yea know ! For, when on sultry summer's days, ' The march is far and fast, The gallant chargsr's strength gives way, He tiiaks and falls at laot ; The soldier keeps his courage np, And sijxns, ri-too-r"al-too, For he will neither faint nor drp, cheer plnck win take him through, Ha-rah ! Sheer pluck wi'l take him through 1 Ajod where proud banners flaunt the gali And hostile columns clash. And far and near, o'er hill and dale, Tte iron thunders crash ; The flashing steal from out the strifa, Lends forth its glittering ray, There man to man, or life, . True pluck will win the day, Hurrau! True pluck will win the day 1 And should my mortal hour be nigh, 1'n ready, prompt at hand, 'Tii not for sordid gold I die, But for my fatherland 1 I've done my duty like a man, And sealed it with my blood 1 So live o die be that your plan, And pluck will make it good, Hurrah I Asa pluck wili makt It good I The Drifts at Sly Door. Angels, sweep the drifts away, They're heavy at my door; Imove my lips, aad try to pry, My heart has lt its powar; Jly faith is weak, and hope's last ray Is si-king lower, lower: Oh ! angeis, sweep the daft away, They'e heavy at my door. . Ths lamp is dimly flickering, The embers mouldering low; The silent fear is trioklin? Why throbs my temples so? Ah, me ! what meagre py, E'en when my task is o'er; Angels, sweep ths diifts away. They're heavy at my door. Two helpless ones, with silvered bead, And limbs with palsy shaking, Look up to me and ask tor bread; Oh ! God, my heart is breaking; Despair is clamoring for its prey, With loud and angry roar; Angels, sweep the drilts away, They're heavy at my door. Ther is a grave yard in my heart, I'm wandering 'moug the tomU; Ghos of aead hopes attend ms here, And cctgrf gittd groom ; The dead leaves rustle as I stray. . For Summer days are o'er; Oh! argels, sweep the d.ifts away, They're heavy at my door. I stand upon a precipice, And close my eyes to think, A yawning chain lies below, I'm leaning on the brink, God save me from temptation's lure. That g'.lf th;it has no shore; Angela, sweep the drifts away. They're heavy at my doer. TI1K BODY AND ITS MKSXBK IS. Cotgrefs, we know very well his a Foots, A member that urgently calls lor a boot, Sot through all the proceeding we've painfully read, We deubt whether CoEgresa is blefet with a hsad. . BIRHlGHX S L.AsT R1ID. ATTEMPT TO B.-CAP13 FROM THS I.ISBV. UNDERMINING! TUB WALLS. Prosa tho Bichmond Exanuntr wa Team that on Friday night lt, Cel. Mraight, O19 bi'ico3e Yai-keo, escaped from the Libby prisou, but was alnust immeuiate'y carjght and returned to his quarters. Btreijtbt had, ha tbonght, succeedad in biibing the sentinel a his. pent, but greenbacks," ia this instance, failed in thsir cardinal virtue. The sentinel informed Lieut LeTouche, aad h dirfctee" the secticel to receive tbe bribe money and let tftrcght paes. Ii tbe meantime, ether sen tinels were proputy posted. True to his appointment, at the hour named, freight appeared cloibed and mefflid, andhadjim bidden good night to tho ceutinel .thst bad passed him, when be waB pcuacod upen and cirriei before the cmuadart, who ordered him to be pkeed in irons. StreigH's second raid freaa the Libby ended li!:e his first in Georgia he got cut ff and captured. On Sa'urdsy i-ijiht, as we learn from the same pap r, the Yankee desprwrs confined in the buildiDg opposite Casile Thunder, also attempted to escape from that ptiaon. TJo percired by the official, they had cnt a large hole in the wall on th west eDd, acd by nicely replacing lhe bi'lcka in tha daytime, kept their oper.itiorji covered np. One of their own rumter turned traitor ard informed the inspec tor of the plot. In order to get at the ringleaders, tiiey were alt called by name singly, ad the guiity were point ed out by the informer. 'iMrty-Eine were separated and transferred to the Castle, where they were placed iu close confinement. fetre'ght has eent his cffldal r?pDrt of hia grett Georgia raid to Wasb.Egtoa. Tee Esamiuer says : For the flst time in this or any ocuer war, we beievo, tha tf3:ial report of a cptured commanding officer has emanated frooi a prices n the country of bra enemies. Gol. A. D. gtreight, the Yankae Civajyman who got en tangled in a Forrest last Bummer while iijii'jr a raid throah North 'abma and Georgia, end, with ninety-five cCteeia aid twelve hundred-men brought prisoners to IJiChmofid, has forwarded from the "Libby" to Washington the offi.iidl report of the part he took and tLe fighting he done on that occasion, aEd iha.eame appeals in tho Washirgtoa i'.'e pub lican of a recent date, tban paper dors not intimate the source to wLich it indebted tor the docuavent in advance cf all its contemporaries, nor does Slrcighs attach hiafiH" to it; bnt neither an admsdion er siiLiat.ro are necessary to a cluo of it auiLorship cr the cbanuei of "its trinsmis sion Ncrth. SUeight prepared his rapert ia pi is -n arrti forarddd it surreptitioiuly to VnehiLgcon by tho hAi;da of one or the surgeons recently releajcd, aod ia violttiou ci tho ptiaon regula'iona. According to fctre ght, hU 44 raid" was cn of iriumpbal march, even witn Forre--t ia hii Irons and rcr. It ia Straight first and Streiht at the lat, and thieo chetis for feiroight" all the tiine. Otie lie ia piied njo'j another, w.th an asioniihlag amoant of asanracce, thiough two eu tire colomns ; acd if lhe list of hi s compotir, irs was not so large, Htreight wouid be entitled 'o lhe sobriquet of Sireight out-and-ou; liar." Sireiht is aughug in tbe dirty pool ot the Yanlree Vvar Dc-pai tineas for a Brigidisv Generalship; that's piaia. And h; vi,l get tha extra star on his oollar, "ior ha is eoucd on the nigger," it uwouc'd in h:s ind ; is an accomplished liir, and, more over, has executed a leat which no commander, Yanke or Coa'edorate, fcaa ever yet exhibited impudence enough to eocorupijsh he has made his cClcial report tb the yanSee Government, while he is yet a prisoner, and had it printed in the official organ at Washington. Well dene, Wiiisky btreight ! Ihe U. S. Presidential Eltctlpi. Tho New Yoik News bus au article on the coming if, indeed, it comes at al! Presidential election in the United States : Thus far in the Congressional session Stcator Hale has been exceedingly industrious ia seeking to vindi cate the action and motives of officiate. At one time ha pieads custom and precedent ia justification cf his own questionable proceedings ; at another he becomes the asalous defender of Mr. Lincoln's political reputa tion. It was in answer to th3 imputation that the Administration desfro tha continuation of, tbe war, in order to control tie next Prisidential clootioD, tbat the Senator waxed sensitive acd indignant. " lie believ ed one thing met everybody's asstot, nanie'y : that Lincoln is eminently on boDest and patriotic man. To day, for the first time, he had heard the LoDeaty and patriotism of the Executive questioned." In view of tbe delicate position in which the Senator himself has lattrrly teen exhibited, we preeume that he has an origi nal and accommodating conception of "bonesty," and as lor patriotism every one wiil tccord to Mr. Lincoln a full share of euch patriotism as Mr. Hale end his fel low radicals have made their standard. If the Sena tor, on the day in questicnteard Mr. Lincoln's honesty and patriotism quesiioned for the first time, his ears must have been as completely ssaled aguinst tbe popu lar voice as they have been against the implorations ol his suffering country. One day's sojourn ia this me tropolis would have sufficed to eu!iy the rcsa-tints of immaculateness ia which his fancy painted the Execu tive's character. In public and ia private, upon thor oughfares and at social circles, at ail time3 and in all places where citizens are accustomed to speak their minds freely, any man who ia not willfully vc actually deaf, may hear Abraham Lincoln denounced "as a low, cunning fanatic, aa unscrupulous partisan, and a per jured magistrate. Tbe trouble is that Mr. Hale conceives hiaie.f and liia party to constitute the political world. Whatever i3 thought cr eaid or done beyond that world ia not taken into account. It has been repeatedly charged by public speakers and public journals that the Adminis tration, and chiefly Mr. Lincoln, are moulding the cir cumstances of the war to assist their parly aspirations. From the commencement of hostilities to the present time, tne executive nas Eeemea to study less tho inter est or tne country man tne consummation ol certain partisan schemes, which before his time weie held to be beyond the sphere ot .Federal official action, lie has been tbe President of a faction, not of a people. He has not only served his party and their faaatical idea within the limits of his inactions, but he fcaa usurped new functions in order the better to fulfil the mission of emancipation, for which, he is sacrificing the Republic. Q 1 ; L. : 1. - - 1 . ou iur irum iiaviug uis uuiieeiy ana pairioiism ouqees tioned he has been branded by millions as a despot, acd we doubt if there is a man m tbe North more thorough ly detested and generally suspected than the Senator's reproachless paragon. It is very natural tbat a Black Republican member of Congress saould attempt to lull thj masses into fan cied security upon the subject of the Presidential elec tion. The gigantic pl?n of disfranchisement and usur pation' that is in preparation could with difficulty be carried on in the. face of a people awakened to a sense of their daogtr. Mr. Hale repudiates with grandilo quent wrath the idea of any design on tbe part of the Administration tb control the Presidential election Like Iago, he exclaims : " Fie, there is no euch man ; it ia impossible ! " But can this Senatorial wbite wss'aer purify tbe past of tbe damniDg facts tbat c'in? to it, as well aa he can cleanse tho fu'.ure cl it3 doubts? Tte military power that fcaa con trolled a State election may well be suspected of an intention to repeat the experiment upon a grand er scale. Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware speak far more eloquently and conclusively than Mr. Hale. It is safer to take counsel of their experience tban to trust tbe fair promise of innocence that cjmea from a Radical tongue so well skilled in special plead ing, and that has so lately demonstrated the facility with which it can disguise a contemplated political wrong, and palliate a mercenary ene ah eady committed. Has it even been denied and can it be denied, that an armed Federal force was stationed at the polls in Marviank and tut a Federal eabaltern armoanc?d that fca waa ia-1 structed to prevent the polJicg of any but - the yellow, or Cresswell ticket?'' Were net tbe jnjges of election of a oertain precinct marched off to prison for relusisg to act under the control of tie Provost Marshal ? ' Were not numbers of citizeis Mr rested and .confined in temporary tt8tilcs by Federal ssldiere and kept there until tbe polls closeo, without an cause bejond the suspicion ci being Democratic voters ? All this is upon the record, and provts that iho Administration have not .only the will but the power to control elections. Vhat has been done already to tecurean inferior advantage i3 not likely to be refrained from when the Presidential cfc.iir is tbe tempting prizT to be coutended f r. By tbe terms of Mr. Lincoln's amnesty proclamation four thousand Federal soldiers, tdraitted to the privi lege of the elective franchise in Louisiana, can bem-id-to choose the Presidential Electors of tbat State. 1 Le same process can secure, according to tbe will of the Executive, th voices of any other of the scored Statu within wboee limits a sufficient number Federal sol diers can be brought tor the occasion. It wonld be rceiees for any candidate cf the people to contend. against the array ol electoral votes tbat ctu'd te manufactured to order in tfrs way. Of what avail would be tbe protests of the people? Of what avuii any remedy except revolution ? With Federal re'ain ers constituting tbe eiitire vo'e of tbe stceded States, and Federal soldiers to control tbe votes of the North, tbe Administration have but to be as bold and unrcru pulous at tbe text Presidential election as they were at the recent election in Maiylatd, ind no omouct cl popular opposition can prevent tbem fromeivatu-.g. tb'! candidate cf their choice to tbe next Presidency. Secret Prayer. Men never take &'o firm a Lo'd of God as id secret.' Remember Ja;;ob. Thou abou'dV. pray alone, for tbee hast sinned alone, and thou art to elio filoce, and to be judged alone. Aloae thou will fcuve to appear before the scat. Why not get alone to the mercy soat? In the great transaction between tbee and God, tbou canst have no human helper. Yen ere not going to tell any secret. You may b; sare he will not betray jour confidence. Whatever rivsoiia there may be tor any species ol devotion, there are more tud stronger reasons for tetr. t de votion. Nothing ia more embarrofsin? and did turning iu secret prayer than unpropitom circunisU'.- 8. GreaWattei'tioa ought ehvavs be paid to this poii.t "Enter iato thy closet," s.-.ys Chris! (he e:iys not a closet) some place in which hei.i accustomed to rctuo far prayer some spot consecrated by many u mtvtini; there with Gcd some pluce that has olien been tohira a bethel. The Saviour uses the word to mem any plua wLereV with co embarramtnt, either from the tear or pvide ol observation, we can freely pa:rr cut our I rr.ta ia.secret prayer io God. No mv.tcr what ere the c'i ii ;n sionj of tt e place, what its fboricgor canopy, Ciu L-t'd clojet was a tuouatau," Isjac'd a fi -id, Pair's t:ob u e top. Thkft Extraordinary. An infant cuiU wu3 pine d in a bundtvox by an i&humsin mother ant left upon the door-step ol ono ot our cit;z3tis. A buy, "iuditK-rently hones:," passing by, concluded be wculd "confiscate" said bandbox. Ho ttizrd it aid conveyed it home, but great was his horror when fce diseovoad its co-ittnis. I 'he "vvcif 13 'alive and kicking,' ted las been con veyed to the clo:a bouse. It waa fortunate that thn covetous urchin happened to come uior.g, r-ihrrwia? !: little joker ni'ght Layve frezjn. "How poor an instru ment 10 do a coble d?ed V Portland (Ale.) Argus. From the 2 tiuu'.a Confederacy. C iii Intuit In Cainp. A friend, a gallant clliccr of a crack regioitnt, new commAndipg a brigade " in fiont," etnus lis the tollotv ing spicy Christnus incident: Daltox, (3a, Dec. 25. 16C3. Christmas is ogam with u?; we are a l irr a hili glee and the racral of the army 1,-0 d. It yv;:s never in lett.cr fighticg trim thai 4iow. Ccn rul Hardee lad whi?i:y raticT.3 i.'.-ucd to in lafet eveniug; A vjry aa:uding thing bf.ji.iietl last nijht ia my brigade between somo of tho juiva'f h ol the gallant old Fifteenth cid Thirty-Seventh Ictjihs ste regiments, acd some o! the soldiera cl GtccrJ Fm ley's brigade, in cur divieioa, (General BucknuV)--Some private got a Eword and sash and a djty.cbiii.xt of fi'ttea or twenty arrxcJ men, then wrote aa orJir signing seme General's carr.e, ordering liujsell to prt all the whi?fey louad iu the camp3. Havirg csJcrtaiutd that the Florid sacs had a keg for to-Jay, tic party went over, showed tho older, shouldered the barn.1, a:.J marciicd eff i he old eoldiers cf ihne yeii's ttanding 't-ruclt a rat" by the time the party he had gone a hundred yard.i, an J demanded a " Lalt," but it waa no " halt." Thry then seized' thiir gacs end fired over lh2 " raiders " who fled precipitately, but held on to their whi-liy ull they reached their camps when they toi'k their and a regular " eki;miaa " took place. Fortunately no one w&3 curt. It was a Cbristruaa incident. goxl joko acd will do lcr a Will our Aemy fall hack to Atlanta! "P. v. A.," the Savannah Republican's array correppondeut, corrects an erroceou3 irjoprttffiiou ia regard to tbe lututo movements cf the Army of 1 eaneeBO?. lie say: 1 allude 10 tho bJief, said to bj entertained very generally in Georgia, that th2 army was engaged in re pairing the roads and constructing bridi3 in its rear, witlfa view to ailing back upon Atlanta, ii.virg heard that smo uneasiness wis felt upon this suojoct. 1 called upon Gen. Hardee before leaving Vxlton, and 1 havs h'u autiioriiy lor sajing that he has not the ha.st thought ol retiring from his present pcsiiion ; but, ou the contrary, it the enemy should advance tai3 v.ii.tt r, which he does not bIievu th?y will do, t c wiil dis. u;q every foot of grouau from Tunnel Hill to Atlanta, lie believes, moreover, ihat if the absentees will return to duty, and tbe people at heme will coniiuuo to supply tte army wua tne m;aua of subsistence, the Federal army will Lever succeed in reaching AthnU any more than it ha3 succeeded iu reaching itsebmoud. " P. W. A." gives strorg reasons fjr the belief that Grant will not make a forward movement thin winter. I'he Confederates have ail gone into winter (partera. 111 jiKAsew way, Tb3 Cincinnati Enquirer tells this "i'ood one upon Stanton : When Stanton, tha Secretary of War, made hi3 hte rapid trip from YVasfcitgton to LDuiaville, tie follo-ving incident took place at night, on one of the Indiana railroads. Tha train on wbic'i Stanton Wi3 tra7tlir.g was switched cfi" to allow ai.olher to pis. Ti e Secre tary wa3 indigent at the delay, and elippetl cu. nio the mud, which exaspjrated bim riorc, aud takia? th j conductor by th breast he shook him aud demanded bis reason for stopping 1 :Tbe Western man didu't ande-rt:aud tb?.t way cf ask ing a question, so he d.ew back a heavy wire-bound lamp, and threatened to demolh tha S.creta-y f h'j did not let .-o; One of StRnicn'3 clerks sfee-nf d u; and informed him that the rreat man Iir nn ! ad urr-n- moniously wss tha Secretary of Wat expecting to nee aim drcp into the ground, after Euch an announcement. But the conductor replied that he d:da't care a u who ts was I A tall, bij-boned iloosier brakeaman, heur- iug the conversation, and fearic-? his chie', the conduc- tor, woma ntcu neip, sieppa up : "is your name Stanton : "Yes," replied the Secretary. "Are you tbe Secretary of War V "Yea." "Well, stranger," replied the brakesman, "if you ba i been in such hurry to reinJiorce Rosecrans, when you knew he waa orerh:lned by cumbers, as you are to reach Louisville, thj General would not have brc".i checked at Chicimauga." TLe Secretary rushed into bis car, and, being a man cf small things, te removed Rosecracs to be roventred on ths brakesman. Don't fall to . ducal your CMMr.11. If amid the excitement aud tumult of War tho edu cation of our children 12 neglected, the whole nation will reap the bitter fruit9of th.s negligence tor many yecjs to come, lie boys that are now running wild about the s.reeta, will, in a few years have control of the coun try, and will lave tho management of all afliir3 both in Cnurcb and State. A very heavy respoasibilitv then cesta upon parents acd . guardians of tbo present day if they do not educate them in euch a manner us to Dre- pare them for the important rjlacc3 thev will have tc fiil in the future destiny of the country. The Negro Hostages. Ths tbrte cGk-era Dhc'd in irons at the Libby, to be held &s hostages for tha safe ty and.good treatment of three ;f our soldiers held in the North for the safety of the Ecme numb it of Yank officers of negro regiments, said to be in our possepriion, are E. E. Chase, Oaptaia of the lat Rbodo Islatd Vol unteers ; J. 43. Litctifield. Canton of the 14th Maine Regimeat ; aud J. L. Kendall, tiaptain ol the 1st Mas sachusetts Regiment, the names of trie real cCicers cf negro regimen . s, now duguued at toe Liibby, have not yet been disclosed. Rich. Examiner. Panola, Miss., Dec. 23. -The enemy are sending eighteen thousand cavalry from Memphis, Column u and Coriath'tO captaxe Gta. Forrest.
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