The Greensborough patriot [January 7, 1864]

              MARRIED, '
On the morning of the 19th inst., atthe residence
of Mr B. N- Taylor in Chapel Hill, N. C , by ReT.
Mr Wilson, Capt. T. CLANCY KVANS, of the 18th
Knr N C. Troops, and Editor of the Milton Chron-icle
to Mis. F. AUGUSTA STEVENSON, late of
Newbern.
On the morning of the 24th ult., at the re.idcnce
of the bride's father, in Guilford county. N. C, by
Rev. Mr. Hughes, Mr. Q. W. PATTERSON and
Miss LIZZIE, daughter of George Foust, Esq.
June iOtb, 1863, JAMES M. CLARK from a
wound received in the battle at ChancelloriTille.
Aged -6 years and 1 month.
In Guilford. on the 23d ultimo, by J. W. Patter-
-on, Esq , Mr. TANDY MATTHIS, of Forsyth, and
Miss SALL1E KERNEB, of Guilford.
DIED,
At the residence of her father in Chatham, ol
20th ult., MARY WILSON, daughter of M. M.
Zilpba Alston, aged 7 mouths.
tbe
and
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IiiNurance Office,
<iIEK {NSBOROI on, X. C. 25th Dec. 1863
The annual meeting ol this company will take
place in the office of the Secretary on Tnesday the
'iCth January, 1864. A full attendance is earnestly
regnested at 2 o'clock, P M.
THE PATRIOT.
GREENSBOROLCiH, S. C.
POSTMASTER GENERALS VOL. XXV No 1,262.
THURSDAY, ...JANUARY 7, 1804.
or "to raise armies" imply armies *ur the rusmAaiin i<t.\tit.\LS REPORT.
THE CAPTCRFnp vutxr
field ; or does it include M mies of m^-ban- Ab.traet ofthe Po.tma.Ur General: ReportM the JU- ' McCLELL AN'RinSniS Tn nJfmfSr I
ics, farmers, doctors, proachers, and ali the j «■* *«*■- fiom th, \.t of July, mS,to the tothof' ^*~J~e OKDER TO Bl TLER
various callings of purely the domestic! Junt' 18fi3 ! u A°?" fll8loT of General Butler in1
economy of the country ? " And are all of R«»"»u«» from postage $8,887 858 01 ! *iew °"eane, says the N. Y. Journal of'
tnese throughout the extent of our country ExP"""u"» of department 2.W2 804 67 bommeree, contains ranch new matter. It
; soenis that General McClellan
to tbe credit for laying -low
operations in ibo Southwest
X2-4* PETER ADAMS, Secretary.
Piano for Sale.—A very handsome Rose-wood
Piano, nearly new, made by Gaehle & Co.
Baltimore. Has been but little used. Apply-to
IT. T. F. COYLE,
82-3w Madison, N. C.
Salt ! Salt ! I—I will distribute salt at cost, to
soldiers' families and the poor, on Saturday of
every week during the winter.
All persons having on hand county sacks will re-turn
them '.o me.
84_4W JtU H. LINDSAY, Chmn.
Mule Molest. OJ iVida^-aight last, the 1st
instant, a sorrell mule, 2 years old, medium
p in line, good order, was stolen from my stables
near Hillsdale, .n tiuilford county, N. C. On the
same night a suspicious character was seen riding
between my house and Druce's Cross Roads. On
arriving »! the Cross Roads he commenced trading
and tr-rtioking with some negroes, cheating one out
of a pair of socks. He fcsre made inquiry for the
direction to Greensboro', whence he said he should
travel by railroad. He passed himself off as a sol-dier.
The i.resumption'is, that he had ay mule, and
on arriving ot Greensboro', or more probably some
other pjiot on tbe railroad, be sold it or turned it
loose. A liberal reward will be paid for tbe return
of the mule to me, near Hillsdale, N. C, where any
information concerning it may be addressed. I
would also state that the sides of the mule are rubbed
bv harness. G. W. BROWN,
jan" 88-lvr«e
Q. M. OIFICS, GREENSBORO, N. C.
December 30th, 1803.
"IT* strayed on the 17th inst. a large blsck stud
JCi mule, witt. the C S. brand on his left shoulder,
at the time of leaving the Government stables had a
leather si rap around his neck and was shod in front.
The finder of this animal will have all his expen-ses
pai 1 and be suitably rewarded by returning him
to this post. 8. R. CH1SMAN,
8_'-4w Major and Q M.
Residence for Sale.—In the |own of
Madison, N. C. The lot contains six acres,
well improved, a large and comfcrtable dwelling
with six rooms, a nice office in the yard, good kitch-en,
negro houtes, well of water, ice house, etablPs,
kc. It is agood location for a physician, healthy
and (ree from any probability of danger from the
enemy. Unless sold privately, will be offered lor
sale publicly on the 1st of February.
At tbe same time will be sold a good assortment
of dc-irable fumiture.
Terms Cash Address
Dr. T. F-. COYLE,
82- 3w _ Madison, N. C.
Q. M. OFFICE, OREISSBOEO, N. C.
December 30th, 1863.
\lTanted Immediately for Government
? ▼ † work at this post, 100 WAGON MAKERS,
100 BLACKSMITHS, and 100 LABOBERS, to whom
liberal wages will be paid, and rations furnished.
Application should be made at once.
S. B. CHISMAN,
BS ; w Major and Q. M.
Liit Ol' Letters] remaining in the Post Office
at High Point, N". C, January 1st. 1864.
Isaac Eerrv, W J Bishop, "3, George H Brown, 2.
N M Crow, Mrs E Collins, Calvin Capps, Mary
Colenan.
Doct 11 W Dorset!. Miss Nannie R Davis, 2
Miss Lizzie Elliott, Miss Mary Elliott.
Mrs Llmire Kcrel, W 8 Fowler.
UoorgfcGrier, Julius Gordon, Mrs. Susan Gray.
William J Hall, Emily A Hiatt, Miss S A Hcdg-eock,
W Horton.
John King,
James F. Laycock.
A H McMulen, James A McKee, J McCarter, J
McGowin.
John O.ikly.
John W Kcaels.
Mis Virginia Smoot, J
Shields.
Mrs. John Wright. J M Weith.
Walts, Mr — Williams.
l'crsons calling for any of the above letters will
please say ihev are advert'sed.
82-Iw J. Q. PITTS, P. M.
"j^LjotlCC.—Having determiLed to remove to
i^l another county. I now propose to sell on the
1-liliof January, 1864. the following property to
wit : Mules, cattle 10 Head of sl-ecp, 50 Hogs, some
fine Essex Pigs, new Care Mill, 2 or .3 waggons,
2 Buggies, 1 Bockaway, 2 good set of Blacksmith
tools, a No. 1 Straw Cutter, 1 Thresher and Horse
power, a quantity of salt made 2 years, also, li Fat
Hogs, 20 or HO Barrels of Corn, 70 or 80 Bushels of
Wheat, Oats, Hay, Fodder, Shucks and Straw.
Also, a tract of land, containing 130 or 140 acres,
mostly wood land, the cleared being mostly j'resh
cleared and in a fine state of cultivation, adapted to
the growth of Corn, Wheat, Oats, Tobacco, &c.
Also, a general assortment of Household and
Kitchen furniture, a good assortment of farming
tools anil many other articles too tedious to mention.
Terms, note and good security for G months orcash
in Confederate funds at the option of the purchaser.
t<2--'w B. N SMITH._
IiNt Of Letters remaining in the 7'ost Office
J at;Greeusborough, B.C., Jai uary 6th, 1864.
.' C Alia i, Thomas H Allen, Sergt David Alexan-der.
Miss Amelia C Bowman, Miss Ann Brown, Mrs
LewisC Boon, Joseph Benton, D W Bell. 2 O M
Barkley, J B Badger, Miss Isabell Brown. Capt. G.
B Barns. Mias Saian B Bradford, M B Bohannan,
Col II P Urewster.
Miss Fannie G Collins, Mrs J H Cummins, Miss
Martha Cone, John C Clark. Miss Lauta J Coyle, L
B Caiman, W CCook. Mrs Patty Ghapell.
Joau Deans, care Capt T F Sites, 7th Ga., M Da-vis.
Oli Fuaid. Mrs Eliza Field, Mrs E C Fulton,
Miss Tetnpic Fogoman.
C i' Gates, Lewis Green, Dr II A Gilmer.
B F Haington, Dentist, Messrs N C Harris & Co
John W llolton, Jerry Hughs, Montitus Hardie,
- H Marly. Dr W II Howston, Moses Hutchins
M C Holderby.
Miss Elizabeth 11 Johnson, J M Jones, Wm P
Jones.
Rev I W C Kennett. 4.
Mrs Kessy Lewis, Wm Litdsay, DrSamuol Long-ley,
BS Lints Ibby Leonard.
Miss Bake Mwrtin, H C McGowon.
Mrs Maiinda Newel.
Mrs II Ozment.
Rod R Plyler, a Mrs Cebia Peedin,Green Parson,
J D Powell, A J Powell, F. M Powell.
New ton Robesoa, JJ 1, Ross.
Scott
uly, M
Simpson,
APOLOGETIC.—Wo dislike to issue the
Patriot on a half sheet at any time, and
certainly nono the leas on tbe beginning
of the new year. But sickness among a
limited force ol printers ronde-s it noces>
sary, and perhaps such may be the case
next week—'though wo shall struggle a-gainst
it.
DEATH OF AN ESTIMABLE CITIZEN.—Sir.
Francis Ai Garrett one of oar most estima-ble
citizens died at his residence in this
place on Sunday morning last, at the age
of 45 years."
GEN. MORGAN.—This distinguished Con,
federate officer passed through this place
on the 21th ultimo, en route to Danville,
Va„ where his wife has been residing for
somo months past. Ho was expected in
Richmond on Tuesday evening, whore a
public reception awaits him. Capt. Hines,
who planned tho mods of escaping from
the Ohio Penitentiary, we aro sorry to
learn, was captured in Tennessoa and was
not many steps from Gen. Morgan at the
time. Tho General saved himself by con-cealing
himself in tho woods near the road-
He says most positively that they received
no aid whatever from any ono 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 prayors of his wife in his
behalf.
For the Patriot.
THE PBISONEBS OF THE 6TH BEGIMENT.
MR. EDITOR :—My son, Capt. J. Calder
Turner, of the Sixth N. C. Regiment, now
a p isor.er at Johnson'* Island, desires mo
to soy to the friends of bis company that
his men were all taken and aro well and
unhurt, except Sorgt. J. W. Williams, kill-ed,
and Corporal M. H. Irwin and private*
S. L. Strader and R. J. Blakely, missing. I
believe tho officers are at Johnson's Island
and the privates at Point Lookout. Re-spectfully,
JAMES. C. TURNER.
Scott, Mrs Emily
D W W.aoner. M
For the Patriot.
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT-At
a meeting of the Choir of the Methodist Church
in Greensboro', on Monday evening, January 4th,
th» following preamble and resolutions were unani-mously
adopted :
Whereas Bro. FRANCIS A. GARRETT has been for
many years a faithful and untiring member of this
Choir; and whereas God, in his all-wise Providence,
has taken our Brother, as we trust, to the enjoy-ment
of 'the re.'t that rejnains to ihe people of God,"
and whereas by this dispensation our hearts Rre
deeply troubled,
Therefore we. the Choir of the Methodist Church
in Greensboro', do
Retake That in the death of Bro. Gar-ett wj have
lost a most activs, faithful and obliging member,
wbo, in all hie iutercouse with us manifested the
spirit that should always characterize the gentle-man
and Christian.
Rttolved, That this affliction not only deprives us
of a most efficient member, but bereaves our church
of one of her most useful members and leaders.
Resolved, That we deeply sympathize with the af-flicted
family of the deceased, and pray that the
sustaining grace of God may be given them in this
their time of trial.
Resolved, That we request the publication cf this
Tribute of Respect in the Greensboro' Patriot, Way
of the World. Weekly Message, Watchman and Har-binger
and Christian Advornte.
WM. E. EDWARDS, 1
M. LAMB,
J. R. COLE,
W. S. B. MATHEWS, Sccietary.
I- Com.
From the Richmond Whig.
A GENERAL CONSCRIPTION.
B R Webster, Horace B tVoIf, John Wright, L J
Whitener, 2 A D Ward.
George W Yarborough. P L Young.
Persons calling for any of the above letters, will
I MSC ?ay they are advertised.
-mlw J. E. THOM, P M.
l^ii^liHh Leather.
ID doz Knglish CALF AND KIP SKINS, a recent
..nporut.o,, by the Advance, offered in exchange for
upper leather suitable for ar/nr shoes,
lermsol exchange, market value.
JAS. SLOAN, A. Q. M.,
r?"T „ „ . Greensboro, N. C.
Charlotte Buletin please copy daily 1 week, and
Sausbury V\ atclunan u weeks.
The question of the finances having been
turned over for the present to the conside-ration
of a special committee, the .attention
of Congress has been occupied (<>r somo
days past upon the efficiency of tbe army.
Tho act admitting substitutes into service
was repealed with the utmost expedition.
A bill setting aside all contracts with the
principal, whose substitute has been receiv-ed,
and conscribing him also into service
has passed the Ilouso with precipitancy
and almost unanimity, and there is but lit-tle
reason to doubt will be rushed through
tbesenate. A more sweeping conscription,
embracing all able-bodied men of all agee
and classes, with various modifications, i.i«
also been proposed. A frenzy for tbe mo-ment
soetns to possess both the Admislra-tive
and Legislalivo 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 p nic, of trepidation bordering on des-pair!
Are we reduced to tho necessity of
making such an exhibition to our enemies
and to the world, in resorting to such des-perate
measures, unparalled in tht; history
of wars ? Is it one of the protean f-irras ol
demagoguery that has bewitctiod our civil
leaders? The "< quality of --very man ;"
ergo, "all must go to tbe field !'' Is not
our war b:i#ed on the principle and fact,
which all history has demonstrated as a
truth—the inequality of man —lor policy
we say of rates: Or is it. the schemo of
tbe d-.-sigtiingand tbe aspiring? This sub-ject
demand** the earnest, the cautions, the
most deliberate consideration and circum
spection of Congress.
That every tnun should contribute equal-ly
of bis means and services to tbe country;
and that all should go into the field who
can not better serve ihe cause in some oth-er
way, is a proposition broad enough to
meot the approbation of every one. Who
is to decide the merits of each individual
cuss as to his appropriate sphere to dis-charge
this duty l Can a corps of irre
apousible clerks assembled at tbo capital.,
exposed to the influences of favoritism*
and of corruption, decide t hose cases tor 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 to this central court,
instead of upon bis merits ? Does the pow-to
be parsed upon by some adventurer ol
a clerk—a Jow, a foreigner, perhaps a Yan-kee,
or a renegade from 1,'ie field*—instead
of the responsible representative of the
people ? We have heretofore given our
views fully upon the substitute question.
We seo it stated by one ol our city cotem-poraries
that many interested parlies have
employed counsel, should the Senate pa-s
tho bill before them, to tost whether it is
an unwarrantable and unconstitutional
breach of faith. Such wa regard it.
Adam Smith thinks that a country pure-ly
agricultural may at certain seasons fun
nish for war one-fifth, 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 » military force. In these
relative characteristics bur country enjoys
a vast advantage over tbu enemy. liut is
the case of necessity so strongly now tefore
us as to call for our utmost efforts, and be
kept up for an indefinite poriod, perhaps for
years ? Why are there now 200,000 strag-glers
from our armies ? Why has it occur-red
that over sixty per centum of the mon
on the muster roll have, i i one instance at
least, been absent in emergencies? >* hose
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 slave olding people,
with Blaves already pretty thoroughly de-moralized
? Why extend the age so as to
take in those unequal to the hardships of
war? At tbe beginning of the French
.Revolution the citizen soldiery were ealled
out for the national defence. " But these
three millions of national guards," saye
Jomini, " were useless for reinforcing tho
army, and.utterly incapalbe of defending
their own firesides." Washington, in his
letters to Congress, opposed sweeping re-quisitions
of men for service. " ucless in
cases of extraordinary emergency, such as
could not be expected in the common
course of events." That the saving in the
articles of clothing, provisions and a thou-sand
other things " would amply support
a large army, which, well officered, would
be daily improving, instead ol continuing a
destructive, expensive and disorderly mob."
Frederick the Great of Prussia, with a popi
ulalion of five millions, successfully oppos-ed
a league of one hundred millions. Yet
but ono twentieth of his population was on
the master 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
first nations ol the earth.
Besides the incalculable injuries that
would in every way result from wholesale
conscription, tho agricultural interests of
the country would be wholly neglected.—
Negroes left to themselves will not make
oven a support for themselves. The neat
year would be one truly of famine. Alrea-dy
wo are experiencing the trials of scan-ty
provisions. The greatest suffering felt
in our army is from '.his cause. Thj want
of food with their families at home is the
cause of over half tho desertionB. It would
bo a good policy now to detail every skilful
(armor and overseer from the ranks and
put them to raising provisions. Yet why
not in this general conscription go to the
full extent, and take slaves to entrench
and fjrtify our camps? Do our soldiers
now do it? Tho Yankees take Chaitattoo-
«a, and in five days make it impregnable.
We take Lookout Mountain and Missiona-ry
Ridge, hold them for weeks, and alilu'
positions infinitely stronger than thoec of
tho enomy, there being no negroes there to
handle spades, our Generals surrender
them at the first assault. Can a people bo
a military people, or have any solid claim
to tho name, whose atmius require slaves,
negroes from the cornfields to entrench
tbeiu 1 Human armies wont over tho world
and conquered it; throwing an impreg-nable
and completo camp at li e ' oi ev-ery
day's march. The muster rol i of their
consular armies were Ie6si tha twenty
thcusand 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 mauy
raoro miles a day.
Congress cannot act with too much de-liberation
en these measures. A refined
sensejof honor and a fervent spirit of liber-ty
are tho characteristics of our Southern
people. In our dealings abroad we have
endeavored to preserve unquestioned our
claim to these scutiments. Shall they be
disregarded in our dealings at home?—
Shall we till our Treasury by force? and
the first step toward adding to the army
be by fraud ? Shail wo commence by re-pudiating
the debt of thoore,and denying
contracts with exempts Irorn tho other ?—
Where will such a policy carry us? We
may j'Ct realize, from such 'also steps now,
the 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 Gonius of Liberty weeping over
her people, prostrate, bankrupt and dis
graced."
■† » ■
Excels of receipt* over expen-ditures
^
COUNTER .REVOLUTION.
The Constitution of the Confederate
States ordains three Departments of Gov-ernment—
Executive, Legislativa and JB-dietary.
They ar< coordinate in dignity
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
Do do do
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*676,04S 44
Number of mail contractors in Virginia 240
£° *• do N. C ;.180
V° fo do S. C lia
do Georgia Ub
Florida 3:
Tenn 61
A abama 131
Mise 88
Louieian 48
Arkansai 84
Texaa >24
Totaf number! 1,258
Of thij number, 147 obtained contracts up bids
for a nominal rate of compensation.
Number of post oScea In the Confederate States:
Albama 78g
Arkansas gig
£,orid» ."".,'.'" ".V.V"."."l 67
GeorK.» 816
Louisiana 3(57
Mississippi 668
North Carolina iiil 070
Ponth Carolina, .' .'.'.'.'" '57a
Tennessee .'""""956
*•«•-, 710
V'rgmia 1,732
Total ..8,287
Number ef offices filled br Preaidental appoint-ment,
88 rr
Number of dead letteys opened, containing $13,700
i*3. ir. money, registered and sent out, from July
1, l«-32, to June 30, 1863 1,618
Number of dead letters opens and
filed, containing $15,307 23. in
money, not sent out 794
Number of dead letters, containing
drafts, checks, bills of exchange,
&c , amounting to $691,567 76
regie'ered, and sent out for de-
_,iTery 1,813
Total number of dead letters con-taining
money and valuables 8,726
Number of unpaid letters held for
postage, and returned to the dead
letter office 81,896
Number of drop letters held for
postage, and returned to the
dead letter office il,816
Number of dead letters 476,116
Total namber of dead letters
opened from July 1st, 1862,
to June 30th, 1863 618,827
Number of quarterly leturns
received, and passed to the
Auditor, from July 1, 1862,
to June 30, 1863 20,999
THE MAONESS OF CONGRESS.—Tbe Ra
leigh Progress says : The present Congress
is benton fastening a military despotism
on tbe people of those Confederate Stales,
and tho people must either submit quietly
to receive the yoke, or resist the tyranny.
Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God,
and tho people of North Carolina will not
hesitate as to tho course tbey should pur-sue.
Pass tbe bill to enroll the whole pop-ulaiion
reported in tbe Ilouso by tho Mili-tary
Committee on yesterda}^, and a spon-taneous
cry will come up from every nook
and corner of North Carolina for a Con-vention,
atid unless the military shall tjag
the last man in th) State, including the
Governor, the Legi&iaturo and other Slate
officers, they will have it.
Mr. Duvia has the reputation of a patriot
and statesman, and as such we implore him
to u*« bis influence to arrest tho madness
of Congress. Pass ihe tyrunnical bill re-ported
by tho Military Committee and tho
collision so long talked cf between North
Carolina and the Confederate States is up-on
iii. Wu 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 his Congress t>>
pause and reflect before it is too late. North
Carolina cannot and will nut submit to
have every able-bodied man conscribed and
the whole State turned into a military
camp. We want to achieve an indepen-dence
over the common enemy, but we are
not williug to become the vasals of usur-pers
at home to achieve that or any other
object. We speak the words of truth and
soOernofs, because we knowtbe sentiments
of tbe great massess of tho people in N. C.
This Slate will never willingly submit to
a despotism with Jefferson Davis or any
one else at its head.
EXEMPTIONS FROM MILITARY SERVICE.
Tho bill repotted from tho Committee of
Military Affairs, repealing tlie Exomption
Act, tnougb not qaite so sweeping as vaa
intimated by the Chairman of that Cum
inittee, some days ago, it would be, is not-withstanding
a striking exemplification of
ihe tendency of Congress *to consolidate all
poW'.-r in tho hands ot the .Executive. The
oil I concedes that certain exemptions aro
necessary—that certain descriptions of
persons can be of more use to the oau-e out
ot the licld than in it, yet it is proponed that
tho Representatives of the people, wbo
know the diverse and peculiar need of each
Slate and District shall, divest themselves
ol th<? privilege, duty rather, of saying
what exemptions aro proper to be made,
and devolve it upon the already over bar-thened
and (for this duty) far less cc-mpei
tent department of the Executive. A dosen
Secretaries of War, aided by as many
Presidents, would have tbeir hands more
thau full of such a task, if tbey bad no other
business to attend to—and ii in impossible
that their information would enable them
to act j diciously in such a matter, even ii
the volume of it did not overwhelm theca.
Iu the name of the people we protest
against their Representatives handing over
this great and delicate power to the Exe-cutive
branch of the Governmeafc
Richmond Whig.
CONGRESSIONAL.
RICHMOND, Jan. 5.—The House now
meets every day at II o'clock. This morn-ing
tho Military Committee reported an
act to increase tho efficiency of the army
by the employment of free uegroes and
slaves in certain capacities, which provi-ded
that ali malo free negroes between IS
and 50 shall bo held liable to perform du
ties in connection with the military de-
Unco of the country, sLch as work on tho
fortifications, government works for the
produotian 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 du-lies
they shall receive rations, clothing
atid eleven dollars per montb. The act
authorizes the Secretary also to employ
as many male slaves as tho wants of tbe
service require, furniahing ralioos, cloth-ing
and paying the owners eloven, dollars
por month. Their loss by act of the enemy,
or escape to the enemy, or disease incurred
in discharge of service required, tbo own-ev
shall bo entitled to receive their value.
The Secretary of War is aulhoiized to
impress as many slaves as required, from
time to lime, where needed. Placed on
calendar fct.d ordered to be printed.
Tho bill to place in the service citizons
of any of the Slates or Territories of tho
United State* was taken up and a motion
made to -refer back to Commit tee, with in.
strociion 10 report earions amendments.
Tho bill was discussed til! ihe hour for tbe
special order arrived when tht. House
went int • secret session on tho tax and
currency bills.
Great anxiety is manifested to know the
provisions of tbo bills, but. the House
seems disposed to consider the measures
entirely "ti secret session.
The Seriate passed a bill declaring the
intent and meaning of the IIth section ol
the tithing act to be that fanners shall not
bo required to pay a tenth of their Straw
of wheat, rye, oats, barley,
cornstalk* The Senate went
session at an early hour.
al 3utier had done all that he was ordered
to do, we should have bad a very different
story from there. General McClellan's
genius and foresight are admirably ex-hibited
in tbe orders under which General
Butler went to Now Orleans, and what-ever
credit is due to military operations
there clearly belongs to the young Com-mander.
in.Chief. The following ar.« t ie
orders:
Headquarters of tht Army,
February 23, 1862
MAJOR GIN. BUTLER, U. S. ARMY :
GENEUAL : You are assigned to the com-mand
of the land forces destined ioco-op«.
rate wiih the navy in the attack upon New
Orleans. You wii! use every means to
keep the destination a profound secret,
even from your staff officers, with the ex-ception
of your Chief of Stafl, and Lieut.
Weitzel, of the Engineers.
The force at your disposal will consist
of tbe first thirteen regiments named 111
your memorandum handed to me in per-son,
the 21st Indians, 4th Wisconsin, and
6th Michigan (old and good regiments irom
Baltimore)—these three regiments will
await your orders at Fort Monroe. Two
companies of the 21st Indiana an? well
drilled at heavy artillery. Tbe cavalry
force already en route for Ship Island will
be sufficient for your purposes After iu.l
consultation with oficers well acquainted
with the country in which it is proposed to
operate, I have arrived at tho conclusion
that three .light batteries folly equipped,
and ono without horses will be all that will
be necessary.
This will make your force about 14,000
infantry, 275 cavalry, S80 ailillery; total,
15,255 men.
The Commanding General of the De-partment
of Key West is authorized to
loan you, temporarily, two regiments;
Fort Pick ens can probably give you ar.i
oiber, which will bring your lorce to near-ly
18,000. Tbo object of your expedition
is one of vital importance—the capture of
New Orleans. Tbe route selected is up the
Mississippi river, and tho firfct obstacle to
be encountered, perhaps the only one, is i 1
tbe resistance offered by Forts St. Philip
and Jackson. It is expected that tho
navy can reduce the works; in that case,
you will, after their capture, leave a suffi.
ciont garrison in them to render them per-fectly
secure; and it is recommended, that
on the upward passage a few heavy guns
and some troops be left, at tho pilot station,
at tbe forks of the river, to cover a retreat
in case of a disaster. Tho troops and
guns will of course be removed as soon as
the forts are captured.
Should the navy fail to reduce tho works,
you rill land your forces and siege train,
and endeavor to breach the works, silence
their fire, and carry there by assault.
The next resistance will be ncar the Eng
lish Bend, where there are some earthen
batteries; here it may be r.cces->ary for you
to land your troops, to co-operate with the
naval attack, although it is more than pro-bable
that tho navy, unassisted, can ac
complish the result. If these works ate
taken, the city of Now Orleans necessarily
falls. J
In that event, it will probably be best to
occupy Algiers with the mass of your troops
also tbe eastern bank ol the river above
tbo city. It may be necessary to place
some troops in the city to preserve order;
though, it there appears sufficient Uni -n
sentiment to control the city, it may be
best, for the purposes oi discipline, to keep
your mon out of ihe city.
After obtaining possession of" Now Or-leans,
it will be necessary to reduce all the
works guarding its approaches from the
east, and particularly to gain tboMancbat
Pass.
Baton Rouge, Berwick's Bay and Fort
Livingston, will next claim your atten-tioa.
A faint on Galvcstun may facilitate the
object wo have in view. 1 need not ca.i
your attention to the necessity of gaining
possession of all rolling stock you can, on
tho different railways and ot obtaining
control of tho roads themselves. Tho oc-cupation
of Baton Rouge, by a combined
naval and land force, should be accomplish-ed
as soon us possible after you have gain
ed Now Orleans ; then endeavor to open
your communication with the Northern
column of the Mississippi, always bearing
in mind the necessity of occupying Jack-son,
Miss., as soon as you can do so with
safety, either after or before you have ef-fected
the 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
fullest extent, it will be necessary to make
a combined attack on Mobile, in order to
gain possession ol the harbor and works,
as woll as to control tho railway terminus
Ian is entitled , and authority, and each in its sphere eu-rn
the plan of | preme as against the others. The BOCOSfl*
,and if Gener- ; lul attempt of one of these- DDeeppaarrttmmeennttss ttoo
subordinate the others would be revolu-tion.
The combination of two of them to
^estrcT the other would'bo conspiracy.
The Constitution would he overthrown
and tho liberties of the people subvertod if
such a procedure were tolerated. Is there
no occasion to tbink of ibis? Let us seo.
j In our issue of yesterday, we mentioned
the passage by an almost unanimous vote
ot the Senate, of a bill repealing tbe ex-emption
of those wbo have placed substi-tutes
in the service. This bill, baling been
rushed through the Houao, wbe-e it origi-nated,
with most undignified if not inde-cent
precipitancy, requires now but tha
signature ot th- President to hecome an
act. Of the raeri» ol the-bill we have »|.
ready spoken. Ii may now be regarded as
a law. We w-.sh at this time only to make
some passing comments upon the tone
manifested in CDngress in the debates up-on
this measure. A Senator (Mr. Orr of
S. C.,) among other objections to tho pass.
age ot the bill gravely questioned its legal,
ity. " II the pending bill b-comes a law "
said Mr. O., •' there will be great difficnlty
in executing it, by reason of the decisions
of the courts in several of the States. We
must acq liesce in tbe decisions of tho
courts or resort to measures which be was
not prepared fo-." A Senator Irom Mis-souri
(Mr Chuk,) representing a consti-tuency
wholly beyond tbe action and Con-trol
of our laws, replied in urging its pass-age
that '• in regard to the action ot tbe
courts, steps rtay and should be taken to
removo tho su'-ject beyond tbeir jurisdic-tion."
The Senator from Miss. <Mr.
Brown) goes further: " Wo should not de-fer
our legislation to consult the views of
every Stato Judge—to ascertain whether
ho will overthrow it or not by his judicial
decision. We have high duties to perform.
Let us perform them without reference to
State J udges. There was a remedy agaiust
tho interference of tho courts. in tho sus-pension
ol the writ ol habeas corpus." The
vote of Congress upon this measure shows
to what extent too provisions of the Con-etitution
aro getting to bo disregarded in
the Legislative branch, and how far 1 evo-lutionary
sentiment already prevails in
that body. Tho strength of tho popular
respect for our Government, and the COCu
sense of the quiet masses, may lor the mo-ment
allow such declarations to pass, W th-out
disturbance. The little respect in
which substitute men are held may influ-ence
a temporary acquiescence in them.
But the intelligent and ardent lover of his
country cannot witness such proceedings
with indifference, nor will ho, with submis-sion.
There is as mcch patriotism and intclli.
genco out of the Halls of Congress as in it,
and the tendency of tho Legislative and
Executive deelantiiona so far ibis scs-ion
to a subversion cf tto liberties of the coun-try,
at.d a miliiaiy despotism, is already
*Owiog the seed" of a counter revolution.
Our people claim it as their right, as tho
duty of ihe peneral Government to ensure
to them, as tho basis of the compact by
which they have associated toge'her, tout
the Confederacy is but a community of
Sovereign States. They look to the Con-stitution
as the- Stipieine Luw of tbe Con-federacy.
They regard it as among the
tlessings for wliich they aro indebted to
their ancestry, that ihey transmitted to
u* a wi-icii Constitution. It recoived tho
plighted faith of our fathers. It is tho
hope of our posterity. To argue questions
out side or above it. is but to assail tho
cause of law, of right and order. The wise
men who so recently remodeled our pres-ent
government m:.y have doubted its pi r-petuity
when they saw wreck after wreck
floating on tbe tido of time of the short
lived Republics which had preceded them.
Remodeled, too, alter bitter experience
from violations of tho old chart, and at a
liroo when clouds and darkness were hov.
ering over us, they g„ve it to us, and we
look it, as the anchor of hopo to cling to
in tho coming storm. We took it as our
reliance, as our supreme la\V ; and tho Con-gress
or Executive who would now throw
it as<de would perjure their oath to ab 1'e
by it willingly in letter and spirit; to ren>
der it obedience, and to support und main-tain
it, and neither in conscience or con-duct
to ever transcend it.
Should the poison of the doctrines to
which we have referred taint tho rewri
once of our people for this fundamefal
chart—should the insidious councils of our
representatives corrupt the very stamina
of our Government,—what antidote can re-storo
it to bealtb and honor? Should < ar
people be brought to drspiso tho weakness
of tbeir Government, or sespeet its inten-tions
of hostility to tho general Welfare,
tho slightest irregularity, tho exercise of
any unauthorized power, whether by piir-cipal
or subordinate oih'ccrs, will bo huffi-at
the city. In regard to this, I will send cicnt to arotiBO their angry clamors, or ah
detailed instructions as tbo opera
of tbo Northern colu.nn develop There is a spirit o! resistance in tho hearts
of our countrymen. They value life not
by its convenience*, but by the independ-ence
and dignity of its condition. At this
moment we appeal only to the discretion
of Congress before they amuse tie ieaioos
madness of our people.—fitchmonl Whig.
shucks or
it.to secret
Curran said of the Liberty of the Press:
" That great Sentinel ol the State, thai
grand detector of public imposture; guard
it, because when it sinks, ihere i-inks with
it, in one common grave, the liberty of the
subject and the security of the crown."
more
lions
themselves. I may simply stato that the
general objects of the expedition arc, first
the reduction of New Orleans and all its
approaches, then Mob'lo and .all its de-fences,
then Pensaoola, Galveston, etc. It
is probable that, by the time New Orleans
is reduced, it will be in tbe power of the
Government to reinforce the land forces,
sufficiently to accoinpl^h all these objects;
111 the meantime, yon will plenso give all
tho assistance 111 your power to tt.o army
and navy commanders in your vicinity,
never losing sight of the fact that the great
object to be achieved is the capture and
tirm retention of New Orleans.
Very respectfully, y ourobedicnt servant.
GEORGE B. McCLELLAN.
mo^ to make them rise in arms a»ainst it.
GLASS FACTORY.—The Cc imbu« Times
says that a glass maoufactc.y is about to
go into operation in that city, under the
auspices of John W. King, esq , president
ot tbe company, and J. A. McJMeal, agent
Tho company desire* 10 purchase broken
g!ar«s of every description, and will thus
eoniribute, materially, in saving an artn l«
which has heretofore been worlhl ss. U\
like to see such evidences of a disposition
to make tho most of our situation and to
turn all tho "odds and ei.ds" of hitherto
wasted material to some uselul purpos« of
domestic economy. This is the true ro^d
to independence.
Dr. A. L. Acres of Talbot county, Georgi
keen successful iu cultivating the tea plant.
a, has
DOWN OK Hia-.—Tbe Richmond Exam-iner
speaking of the demagogues in Con-gress,
thus ventilates the representative
Irom the Wheel ng, Xv., district:
II i? enrioes to tbaeree the competitive
zeal of certain demagogues in Congress in
all S'*rts of violent and im}>••«,.-it.-le legisla-tion,
intended to gratify the blind pas*
«io'**vor th-* ignorant c arnors of tho <lay.
rhf.^/fst prominent competitor in tbese
lists in the ilouso seems to bo the imm-ln-
r from Wheeling, who has lately distanced
ail his rivals by a proposition to increase
»tc aimy by the addition of the cnuie
population, always eSO"'-liug his inn
white pampered i-areass, nut--'d In broad-cloth
aid fastidious shirt collars. It up-pours,
ind ed, ibat Ibis man is anxious to
make himself quite as supple a tool of
military consolidation in Richmond as he
was of the Iioncoln government when n*
made it bis busiue»s to travel over the
rial 1 im' re and Onio ru-lroad to election-eer
witii its employees against secession.
The Examiner says ii is undent! od that
General Braxton Bragg is to be appointed
Secretary ol War, and mat he will accept.
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