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3 a i - mm n - i as a r-1 '- - sr. r a. . at - - ' ' r- . I ,i,.t'' ? '"Wiitf fir. ,. 4tSt'W t till W in W rtor hnlwiiw.MiA wH DUMBER: 0; . ...... ....'... ' V ' , .. I -l I r ' r . ' ' ' '' - -V Jt ...... .,., nr teleg:ba.fh; TheTederalists want more Mo-"eyr-TheJW&ll Strofet Broker's Conspire against theTreasury, KoxroLK, Jan. 40.-iThe lnr Bodk ha VeWfVei tb Mtw York Herald of th sib Inst, which states that the House of Representatives of th Federal Caugrcs ba raised Committee to report bill lb- raising four hundred millions of dollars by di rect taxation. Tb.!U.ao npw movement .In Void in New 1 wi, ana sterling exchange is quoteq at J i. - d The Herald says Y all Street bna . conspired to defeat the plain of the" Federaf OrWcrnincnt" for raising the mean to prwfnM the war, and thai (he Federal Treasury will be without a pent in angrier week. Th Philadelphia bank refuse to take the Trens Sory Notes of the Lincoln Government, and the dt Uwiuienr, - MoWi witn the banks," and call for a bationai currency. t '. Hon. J. W. Zachary, of Kew tfrleani, who was forcibly bikeo off the Euglne Hmlth, a Hr1U"h mlr ehant vew, truJIna between ilatana and Mntnmo-, rat, by the United Htntes wnf Trw j!rnr,ua tiimtiar. fro de Cuba, and ctm lined in. one of Lincoln's. liaatiles, bna been released by. the Federrl Uoero tnent, and arrived be re under a flag of truce on bie way liouie. , ... .. . - v,,.. . The Ueamcr Cnnadn reached Halifat on the 81h ' InsL, with more trootf n "tti'U'Ti '(1 Kl'X haiv drei lone of munitions of war.. .The Mibernia ia to follow, with more troopa. ... , . -. Tbe London. Xtiiies tnnd eghnst at the tremen 4oui proportion aod uiauitircul vfigeUlrtin of-XUe Yankee debt ' ' . , . f . , r The King of Pruuia has audreaseil a note to the frusian Miuistcrat Wa-ililnstuu, Condemning tle rrest of MtUKin nnj Slidcll. r. v j KiRMisnrxa and riGtiTiNa in Virginia. Ricbmokr, Jan, VLe prureedinir of Congress to-day were unimporUint, o tar as ie known, There was lienvy firing at Aoqnia crwk last bight. The Yankee Tcswel- e gaged our batteries. Kobodr wat burt ou our rule, and nothing U known ' a to the damage to the Federals. ..TJUe raid into Greeubriar county is now known to . hare lieeo by A Yankee pluudt ring party, who took off horses,. cuttle and other property belonging to (be people. The Yankees, it Is believed, escaped to .... ';t .,,.'.,.. ! .'. ,:!.'. The Lynchburg IlepuMiuan has intelligence from Wlticbesier, stAting that theru bud Ih-cii some littlf kirmisblng between that pi kit and ltomoey re sulting lu only a few casualties. ,., , .. , The Confederates burnt the bridge over Cupon river, and destroyed dam Xo. 6 on the I'hesepriike J-Uuio canal,. and sitmc brides on the iialtimorc aud Ohio Hailroi.d. .Tbiy tliwn returned in the directkiir of Winchester- The llonfedcrutes lost on tbe espeditinn nliout ten men. - On Monday, at a point alvout ' fi miles below Itomney, a miall force of C'onl'eilcinti'.i were attaci ed by about 4,000 Yankees. ; We lost three or four killed, a few prisoners, lva.cnnuou, and three bag gage wagons. Tha eueni destroyed the projierty of several Southerners in Hint lotion. , .The Confederates captured in oie of their expe dition two caniion, $:i0,p00 ur iU',000 worth of elotuing and military storos. A letter from Camp Allcghgi o r, dated the CLh Inst., says no iittack had been innde by the Federals on tnat vatup or Monterey.. 1 lie enemy. Hiter de predating at Huntcisvillc, double quirked it out of the reach of our loldicrs. Caiho, Jnn.,10. Six hundred Kiihmarine bntter leshnve been planted "between Coliimbuj and Meiu phi. .A geulJ'Bian who wilnesMid I lie ejiperiuieut says they were entirely successful. , ,. The urew of llu guuboaU were inuntered lu on Saturday. The whole fleet will probably anchor in tbe stream Ok Monday. , . r.Knyoxn, Jan. 1?. It Iiks been officially com municated to the Jir Department that thulnrge Federal tcnm-hip Pensacnln, from Washington, with heavy ariiniuiciil, parsed the Kraiiport butter le at daylight this niorntng. The butteries opened tiro upon her and dischnrad fifteen or twenty shuta but could not present her running the blockade. Hhe passed Aeqiiiu flrtek aUiul K u'clock ir. chtrge of two gunboat. It is believe! the Pcnsacola whs damaged by the KvnnsjHjrt balteriis, but o what extent could lint be ascertained. . ' Noaroi.s;, Jan. -12.The rhiladelphia fuqiiircrof the 10th has been rocoived here. 1 be inquirer says teit UcClellan, who has leeti snlfering from an at tack of the typhoid fever, is worse. Amiaky, Jan. 0. Reselutions he been intro duced Into the New York Lcgi'lnture rciue.tinc the Lincoln Cabinet to inaugurate a system of mu tual exchange of prisouors with the Oonfydorales. Wsamsoro, Jan. 9. ll is hinted in diplomatic circles that W'r ,witlt Knglund is inevitable, and that the next steamer may bring a recognition of the iidOH!ndence of the Confederate States by Kng laad and I'mtice. . It is rejiorted on the A venue that disjuiti'lii'S of a highly important character arc coining mt in the eveamer Canada, and that the Federal liorerumciit bas reeeiveil the purport of thmii by telcgrupli.. Tbe "On. to ltiehmond ' cry has been revived at Ike North, and the pressure for an onward move ment f the "Graud Army" uf the Potomac is unu sually heavy. The North is clamorous in regard to the Inactivity or the army. There are fresh rumors to-day in regard to dis sensions in Uie I'nbiuet. Tbe Treasurv Notes of the Federal Government are quoted in, the leading money imirke's at the Kerth at four per cent, discount. , Another ltritinh steamer has been dispatched from Liverpool with dispatches from the Drilish Govern una J tg Lord Lyons. AKMPOLia, Mn., Jan. ft. Rurnide's expedition, comprising tliirty-live vessels, tailed to-duy for tbe South. .A no tin' r naval expedition will fit out here Imme diately for the Southern coast, , Richmond, Jan. IS. . dug of t nice to Norfolk from Fortress Monroe tiring late and important news from the North. The Si. Louis Democrat of the Htb says 00,000 or 70,0ii0' toop. are preparing to move from Cairo and I'udtiuih against SashviJlu, la conjunction V'i'U Get. JJuell foicci near Urvuli river . t ... The. project ol attacking Now Orleans is iK-ing discussed iu the Lincolu Cubjuct. , . i Mrs. Groeuliow, who 1m 'eu kept in her own house in Washington under a strict guard for sever 1 months, and fMiiith.vm, the banker, have bt;u sent to Fort LufiO'ette. ; Tnevnte iu tho Federal Senate on the lesilu I iu to etpvl Mr. llright, of Indiana, was largely iu favor . of Hrighi retaining his scut. Th vole is regarded a signili' ut, s abeu the resolution was iutrodu wd, Ur, llright dechire.l lie was opposed to J.incolu and bis war, and if that was treason, they luighl make the most of It. The New York banks have refused to take any snore of (he Government loan. ' REPORTED CAPTl'RK 0 GALVESTON. Rk a)aoxi, Jan. '1 3. A portion of the RiehaionJ press pulili.-li lint morning a stuteuiont that (iol veslou, Texas, has beeu taken hy the Federals, but nothing nmflriuaUiry of the runior lus Iwn revel red tfy the Cunl'cdcralc euUiorituta here. BKIVRTEI) CAPTl'UE OF ROM NET, A report ia in chvu laiion here that I lid Krderals tiave tvacuutcd Hoinucv. This intcl)lKuce It aahl to have bean received by a pr.iiiiiiiut V irgmia o!h ial. but it neeU further cuiilirmation, , The IVtersburg Kpres received a flipich this flernwon lom Norfolk, wliicli sa. t the elvie' i are BchUuu our lui,Ues lur ut. A severe eale is host prevaiiing, aud hot luivod the ilurnside eki diliou to reluru u llauiplou Roads tor safety. - "' IMPORTANT FROM MlSSOrRIv Advice from Mitoouri reivirt thstl Gen, Price has been reinforced by troops fiom Arkansas, and that 4glit at Holla was eipn'ie.l hrtu rea ths fo(e uo ster tl oosansr id nd the Triti . ffitattorilU: (Slitoniclc, J" - R. W. THOMAS, Editor, " 3. S. NEBLF.TT, Pulluhtrt. S. K, GRANT. TERMS t )2 PR ANliVM IK ADVANCE : . i -.Hi - ' " "' TERMS OF ADVERTISING, , for oni sgtriES or TWBtVl IIKSS OB ISM., 6ne injertioa,.' Two Insertions rhree inserjions One month ' r" II 00 1 60 3 00 3 60 Two months $4 60 Three months 6 00 Six months 8 00 Twelve months J 6 00 CLiAi-R-KSV-IL'IilS. Friday, January 17th,' 1862. - Therri wbetttrtlfliw'thHh'tltirJ ing tli progress of') revolution to canvass the cansca which led to it, and to fix tbe principles of the government tint tnuat follow it, Resistnnoe to wrong Is ever the pretextbr a violent change in Ibe Institutions of a country, and unless that change be 'radical mottgh to remedy the wrongt the strug gle Is? an -idle eacrlfice. iThe institutions under which tbe peojile of botL sections of this'country lived for three-fourths of a century were, for many years, held op to the world as. a model of wisdom the perfection-of human 'government; but they fcave failed to secure tbe end for which they were established a stable prosperity and equal and ex act justice to all. The government bas fallen, crushing the last vestige of liberty in the North, and sacrificing tbe happiness, the lives and fortunes of thousands lathe South. For this failure of the government, there mast be adequate causes. If the principles upon which it was based were perfect, then the cause isr to.be found ia the Ignorance and depravity-of the people; If imperfect, it behooves us to seek out the defects and apply the remedies. On this latter point, opinions are as various as the prejudices that have gained ground during the pro gress of (he exiriraent in free government that has just so Bignally fulled, and as irreconcilable as the many specious dogmas that have misled the un wary and imjiosed upon the Ignorant. We have often given it as.our-piuiou, that tbe great defects 'In our system of government are too much Execu tive patronage, aa elective judiciary, and universe! suffrage. , The first is 'dangerous as overshadowing the coordinate departments and stimulating corrup tion ; the second, as' defeating the ends of justice by unking partizans of judges and judges of un scrupulous ' demagognes.) and the lost, as placing every great interest at tbe mercy of an irresponsi ble mnjoriry. ' vi - ! ' . In tbe earlier days of the Union, now dissolved, the judiciary Wns not clectrve, the ballot-box was governed by wholesome restrictions, and tbe Exec utive was cautions and corsewncious jn the exer cise-of the-power unwisely vested in him. The consequence was - that corruption was checked and wisdom and piitriotUro controlled the Administra tion of tbe government. , But tbe "golden age" of the Republic was Of shot t duration; demagogue) eager for preferment and reckless of the means of obtaining it, commenced the process of levelling dowifwnrds; the passions end prejudices of the people were artfully appealed to; and the cry was that , true democracy was stilled by the haughty spirit of aristocracy aud that we could uever be free aud equal until every officer was made elective and every loafer no matter of what oountry-had free access to the ballot-box. One by one, the Safe guards of lilierty were overthrown in the progress of radicalism; law and order, were spurned by heedlem .majorities 5 tbe government became the mere -organ of faction; 'the right of minorities found do protection ' under the Constitution, and sectional fanaticism gave the Inst blow to a long tottcriug government. It matters little to our present purpose, whether the government .was itself dfecltve,-or )be people. in fuulU ' If -the. latlsr are really capable of elf government, in the true meaning of tho term, a bad system would improve under their wise and vigil ant care; if not, no system based upon the idea of democracy can secure to them the blessings of good government.- The -truth of this remark has been verified in the most painful manner) and yet weare likely to emerge from a blody revolution with no better security for our future, as a nation, than the almost identical institutions which have failed to secure our rights under the plainest guarantees of a written Constitution." It is true that, as a separate people, the chief disturbing element will be quieted, but we have pot escaped th evil effect of a indie ri.Kf.ui verging upon Riiarohy, and tbe partial exeniv- (ion is attributable not so much - to a higher inlie'r ent virtue as to the fuct that tbe institution of Slav. ery has ivotected us from the iuroails of a rabble whose vices reach the whole body politiu through the medium of the ballot-box. And although this institution, lbs immsdiatn cause of our present troubles, partially dintiuMiea one dangerous ele ment, there are other defects challenging grave at tention and effective reiuedie. Corruption has mad it mark upou Southern character, and as the cautesstill exist in the form of federal government so recently adopted, so will tho effects continue to be felt. Power ought to be guarded agaiust.abujc whether U be vested In bne man, or in a majority, and the courtsof justice should be effectually rlssed against partisan rnlitk-s. Now is the time to at tend to these things, and. if there be not enough of wisdom and Intelligence Jn the people of tbe South to rualils them to uproot the errors which bare a lodgement in their institutions, there is less to bojie tora this revolution than we had once believed. tfj Tholot of tho Tennessee Regiments sent to, testers Virginia seema tor b truly bead one,. After their. severe trial about Cheat Mono tain, they were ordered into winter ejuartors, at Huuturstille, ud scaj-coly had they .built their .but when they were required to abaudon tbem and innnli to Winchester. 1 Arrived at that point, they came under tho command of len. Jackson, and, at this lute season, It seems, are making a forward Movement ii)u Homticy, iu tho heart of a bleak mountain renin. To tutm,tbis has proven a terrl Ije tumpaJgn j .but they hav boras It litest mea, and are entitled to the thank of their country. tf. The Yaukee Congress, seeing that all other means hav failed, are trying to make tbe bli&kadc, efl'ccluil Uj abuUaluug Southern port as x.:ru of entry. As Iketr most Isrilltaat achieve- meuu h.tvo teen 011 psj-er, tbi act will take a b'i;b plac among them, aud, in lie rasults, iU tiva) their ''forward to Rlehnspad " r VST As tho unsettled state of things bft 4 tween England and the United States may yet suit in a war between those powers, we. bare, t ho' t it might be of Interest to our readers to kpow the strength of the navy at old Abe's command. The table,wbich we publish to-dsy, was accurate a year agoj but is not strictly so at this time. It will be remembered that the Perinsylf aaut Portsmouth and Merrimac were sunk, by 4he Yankees, to prevent their falling Into the - hands of Virginia when the Navy Yard was fired and alwindoned ;. nd t we have heard nothing of the Preble, and Richmond since the battle with the "Ram" those, two-are probably added to tbe loss. On. the other hand, merchant ships have, no doubt, been purchased by the Yankee Government and converted into armed vessels, but the number so purchased and altered, whilst they' way bave increased the original list, can not have added materially to its strength. It needs but a glance at thd table, however, to satisfy any on how inadequate such a navy is to contend with that of England ; and as the South lias been deprived of its intarest in the former, w oar not how soon it may be swept from the ocean and this must .6 its fate should it como in conflict with a power that commands a fleet of not less than 4ix hundred vessel of war,- carrying not less than fif teen thousand .guns. ' . . , ' ' -1 B6T The last foreign, arrival reports an English vessel cruising off' Gibraltar in search of Federal privateers. Too JJosoniSlidell affair ought to teach - old Abe to let foreign vessels pass unmo lested. Tbey may have on. board citizens of tbe South. ' - -- 1 : - h . , . B, If any fartherproof be wanttng, that the Yankees are waging war against slavery and on a basis of the most savage brutality, it snay be found in the announcement that Ben. Wade, of Ohio, nnd'Jitn. - 'Lane, -Of Kansas notoriety, have been made Major Generals. The policy which dic tates such appointments need no eommcnL ,( tSf Tho burntng of; our army stores at Huntertville, in- Western Virginia,, is attributed to the fully of the Captain in comma id, in. having gran red leave of absence to two-thirds of bis force. Tbi accounts for the-mishap, but Is not a sufficient apology for thrf neglect. - Bt$u Gen. Jackson is said to have ac complished the objects of bis advance from Win chester, and to have returned thither, Accounts are somewhat, contradictory, and this may prove untrue. .- 1 i.: t . :, ; i, We learn, from the -Little Rock State Journal, that On. Price has been made Com mander-in-Chief of Mbsouri aud Arkansas. . If the statement be not true, it ought, to be. . The ap pointment is due to Gen. Price as simple act of justice, and to the Confederate States as a measure iu the hif best degree promotive of the success of the war. ' . -.:' ' -u .- Tbe N. Y.Vorld fays -'the espbn- ses of the war are so great that bankruptcy is inev- tttble, unless Congress devise a fiscal system that cau avert it.- We thought such a system bad been devised, and that the expenses of the war were to be paid with Southern cotton. ' ' i - 1 ? 1 tigi, A new Ynnkeo programme is an advaucc uponNoshville by Gen. Bcll,,on one side, nud on the ' other, by the "Cairo division, up the Tennessee and Cumberland. , Hut for our antipathy to bod company, we would invito, them to give Clarksville a call, on their way tip. -" . . . ;7 " - KSf It is stated, in Yankee dispatches, that a war with England is Inevitable, and tbe be lief ia predicated upon the supposition of the early recognition of the independencu of iheSouth. We do not believe a word of it, The people who have already humbled themselves at the; foot-stool of British jiowrr, will submit to any indignity from the same source. JsjT' We understand that Utah is asking admission into the Yankee Uuion, and as the asso ciation is proper,-the application, will be granted. Be&- The Cincinnati Monthly speaks of the hardy laborers ot .the North wlio have urged on this war with "thunder-tones aud lightning-acts." Thoir thunder bas proved to be nothing but the loud boasting -of cowardly bullies; and of their lightuUig, we have sceq nothing, unless it be light ening unarmed citixens of their projierty aid their ewn backs of all superfluous weight when flying from armed Southerners. . . -i B&w A Northern Catholio sheet advises the Catholics of Charleston, since the great fire, to leave that city. We second that, motion, provided tbey be of the same stripe , with. tbsir Northers brethren. . ' Jay It is reported that tho Spaniards have taken Vera Crui, aud that a French fleet has arrived at Havana to co-operate with them. Where is old Abe, with the Monro doetriueX &&" Thre has been much speculation about Gen. Scott's early return to the United States, but we suspect it will turu out to be another char acteristic display uf "fuss and feathers," instigated by iuordtuate self-conceit. , , ,'. ' ... War with England. It must not be supposed that the. Jurreuder of Mason and Slide", doe away Willi tile, probability of war with England. Uarriet Alarlineau, In are cent letter, justly remarks tliat however that matter may teJiiiinul, tbe two nation. will never be on th same footing a bel'nro, Ttio ill tWing engen dered by it will not sulfide with the remofatof the ejcciting cuuse ; and if EnglamL evidently anxious to make our national distress her opportunity, adds additiuna) demaiils to those, that tosulled in the rendition uf the Re'el (.'cmmlssiona, tbyy fill lie m"t jn a ery diuerent sjurit. . . , Tin report rvas'lMW us by way of I1nllifr, that the blockading of tviuthern port wilh atone will create new ditllculties, and that Kuglund will ques tion our riubl with our owq ports a w please. We do not attach much credit to the rumor, but there is a possibility that, in her desir to pick a quarrel with the t'uited states, sji will uwk it iu pretext lor oosunue. , . T. lion. C. 1. Faulknes ha entered th Coo federal sarvic as Aid to Un. Jackson, of sums wall notoriety, now in otitqiaaua of WincbUr, Virginia. , . rW ' Jtmy -Cof resptfxrdeice BRIGADE CAMP, 1 . December 29, 1861. J bias Cnaokicts : Now that we bave fully sat isfied ths seeming fickleness of ibe military author ities, and finished the long march from Rttntersvill to this place, w "are allowed a few days rest to re-; cruit our lost energies and worn sole. For the last month w bave been moving, marching and counter-marching with such rapidity that time has7 not been afforded that I might keep you posted concern ing oar peregrination' -ii ,-ai..; :f-... , Within the last six weeks we have built winter cabins, tptitted tbem and completed march of ISO mile with that cheerfulness which ever character ises the Tennessee volunteer when there 1st chance . of gett?ng a viow-of tbe enemy.,, , ( ,(, We left fiuntersvilla on the. 10th and arrived here on the 26th, baviag halted about five days on the route. We passed . through . some beautiful country, and were everywhere greeted by tbe ladies and Complimented for our brave and manly bear ing. The waive of white 'kerchief -ia . tbe bands of a pretty-woman, was. something new- to the. mountain boys of the "whale-bone brigade," and tbe shout we sent np on its Brat appearance testified the inspiration it communicated and our apprecla- 1 tion of the fair one's greeting. ' ' , All the troops stood the march very well, and to day the old 14th has more men fit for duty than it has had since it came, into the State, and is, at least, the left bower of the bngado. " . Two Virginia regiments, the Irish battalion and two batteries accompanied us from the Northwest, under the command of Col. Gillum. - ... 11. Our forces around Winchester now number about 13,600; but whether to be employed against Rom ney, or any other place soon, we privates are not 1 allowed to know yet we feel pretty confident of one thing: . .the tent ia to be our only cabin this winter. - 4 ' - - Tbe .railroad iron which Gen. - Jackson (old "Stone Wall") "pressed." is being hauled to Stras- , burg, to complete and repair the road there. Tbe General's dam exploit the other day was a complete success, and will materially nauage the Yanks, who bave doubtless tfamned tbe Gen. for the dam destruction he committed a thousand times ere this. . , Doubtless you wondered, at the social Christmas board, bow we were spending the day. I am glad to inform you that,.tbough far from the scene of. former Christmas holidays, we were not without the invariable morning bererag", nor the cake, even. Egg-nogg was moderately plentiful, and mean whiskey was in abundance yet do not imagine that any one got drunk, for we were unexpectedly ordered to march soon after breakfast The bugle calls me to dress parade o Tgood- bye. .. ... - ;, ..: ,.Cuou.j 1 ..., . Army Appointment) Confirmed by .... rConfrress. t-.i I Congress has couCxmed, the following nominations made by the President, to take rank in the order in which thev are named : MAJOB GENERALS. Braxton Bragg, Sept. 12, 18C1, La. Earl Van Dorn, Sept. 19, Miss. Uustavus' y.:Smith,:Sept. 19; Ky. T. IU Holmes, Oot. 7, N. Carolina., W. J. Hardee. Oct. 7, Georgia. Ben. Huger, Oct. 7, S. Carolina. J. Longstreet, Oot. '7, Alabama. J. U. Magruder, Oct.,7, Virginia. T. J. Jackson, Oct. 7; Virginia. Mansfield Lovell, Oct. 7, Maryland. E. K. Smith, Oct. 11, Florida. BRIQADIKE' GENEBAL8. Jos. R. Anderson, Sept; 3, 1861, Va. Simon B. Buckncr, Sept. 14, Ky. L. 1 Walker, Sept. 16, Alabama. A. O. BUochard, Sept. ,21, Louisiana. Gabriel J, Rains, Sept, 23. Ky. ' J. E. B. Stuart, Sept. 2t, Virginia. Lafayette McLaws, Sept. 25, Georgia. T. F. Drayton, Sept. 2S, 8. Carolina. T. C. Hindman, Sept. 23, Arkansas. A. II. Glsddin, Scpt..'30, Louisiana. ' John B. McCown, Oot 12, Tennessee. Lloyd Tilghman, Oct. 18, Ky. . N. G. Evans. Oct, 21, S. Carolina. Cadmus C. Wiloox. Oct. 21, Tenn. Philip St George Cocke, Oot. 21, Va. R. E. Rodos, Oet. 21, Alabama. Richard Taylor, Oot. 21, Louisiana. . L.T. Wigfull, Oct. 21, Texas. Js. M. Trapier, Oot. 21, S. Carolina. Sam. G. French, Oct. Miss. , , W; II. Oarroll.'Oct. 2i7, Tennessee. II. W. Mercer, Ool. 29, Georgia. Humphrey Marshall, Out. 30, Ky. Joba C. Brockinridije, Nov. 2, Ky. Richard Griffith, Nov. 2, Miss. Alex. B. Stuart, Nov. 8, Tennessee. . -Win.'M. Gardner, Nov. 14, Georgia. Richard B. Garnett, Nov. 11, Va. Wm. .Mahone, Nov. 16, Va. L. O. B.. Branch, Nov. 16, N. Carolina. The Emancipation Question. WUKUS TDK eotTTBAHANOS CAS BK StXT. " " Pmmineut members of the Lincoln Conrrress are considering a nw proioaitioii for the olution of tbe "contrutiund uucbUou, in order to avoid the expense of keeping crowds of slaves in idleness, arul to furnish the American mills with cotton. They take the ground that the Indian territory west of Louisiana and Arkansas was ceded to the t inted States bx treaty and on certain conditions. With out provocation they have violated the treaties and levied war on the Inited States, thus rendering the treaties null and void. ' It is proposed Ui apply tbe priociplo of Beuton's Florida aimed occupation act, and scud all contro- bands to this Territory ami uppreutk-e tliem to the settlers upon these cotton lands, leaving the question, of their Aual disposition to k set'lul by Congress1 at tbe close of the war; all contrabands', as fast at tbey com in, to lie promptly forwarded thither. The country Is approached from I.oui thro Springfield, n distance of 200 milts. The remain der of the nilroad troiu Ilolla through 8iringrletd to Fort Smith, can b eompleteil in twelve months. It is said that the plantation of the Cuociaws and Chickasaw alone could supply the Americau mills even the first year of the experiment. Tbe countries tlms reverting to the government embrace the valleys Of the Red, Ark hums and other river, and contain about 20.000,000 acres f cot ton tainl, of wrtsurpassed fertility, capable of pro ditciug about la,O0o,000 boles of oottou petaanum. Enolakd II car IUva Cowos. Th Cork Repor ter, of December 13th, say : - It is stated that Esrl Russell had assured a depu tation which hslwaiUv' on him that va't't kad en moiis for th exporlalion uf cotton from tb rVouthern State during tnt month of February ext. ... " Karats,' Class aad IrWaWntsor tessch belonging to the U. SL Narj. RAHM. Ct.ABS. Pennsvlvahia i. Ship ef the Line. - ;, do . . "' d : ' do do " d do do . do ' .''' do Columbus..,. Ohio , North Carolina Delaware Virginia..... .. Alabama..,., New York.... NW Orleans-........'....... VectaonU.,., .............. Constitution!, . Frigate -Sea)! Shop. .Frigat. . - 1 ' da p'1 ' do . do " " ' ( " ' do -' - United States. .-. Potomac , Brandvwlne , Columbia. , Congress. , ttnritan.. St. Lawrence , Santee...:.. Sablae Cumberland.;.'.;....... do f of Wa t ioop or War, Savannah. Constellation ,.do do I Macedonian , Portsmouth do ' ' do""' Plymouth 1 St. Mary's Jamestown. ......1 Practice Sbip-Aan. Ac')) c?t f tr-. oiuup Ol VI Of. d(J Germantown..' ........ : fle, . do 1 do Saratoga.. , Jobn Adams Viuceonee.,., Falmouth........ Vandalia,.. St. Louis. . do dd do " . ' do Hi a.- Cyan e.. do" . do do r 1 ri do ' - do do c :i do , Stoi VesseL , do , . Permanent Hcc'g Ship. dO t ; do , Permanent Store Ship, do ' . Screw Frigate. ' - do - i '. " do ! do , . do " , ,. do,, '. do . . Levant... Decatur ., Marion ,'...,.....v,...iiiii. Dale Preble..... Hainbridsre Perryto ...,. IJOIptllB,... Relief. .. Supply Releosei.i Independence. Alleghany ,,.,.. PrinotoB...,....i...,..,. v arren .., 1, Fredonia Niagara.. Roanoke Colorado'. Merrimack Minnesota Wabash,, Franklin. , San Jacinto , 1st class Steam SJ'p jScrew. Lancaster..!..,, PensacoU..... do-. - . ' , do , do do.;, ... rin Brooklyn.,,,,.. Hartford. Richmond..... , Mississippi.,.,,, Susquehanna Powhatan. . , 1st class SteamSl'p 5. W. dow, do Saranac.,...,. ,. , Mohican 1. 2d class Steam Sl'p 5creic. Narragansett. Iroauois . i,,..:dol ,1 do v do do r do-.. ' : do IO. 3d class Steamer S. If. 3d class Steamer Scrtw. ' ., ,do ' ' i .,i Pawnee.."., ; WvomintrT.. Dacotau. Pochahontas...., Seminole......... Frilton (at Pensacola) Wvaudotte Mohawk.. ..i Crusader ............... ..... Sumptcr........ Mystic... .. Water Witch Michigan Pulaski ;1 do do 3d clas Steamer 5. IT. do , " i ....... dQ , do"" Steam Tender Screw. r .dO ' - Saginaw Jobn Hancock Ariacostia Bureau of i', J j American tlott&ii in' Liverpool. . .--1 't ; t.-. . 11 r rr- ' Recent arrivals from Liverpool bring a statement of, American cotton in that market, Which amoun ted on the. 3 1st ult,- to 330,000 bales. ; Tb com mercial reader, says the Savannah Republican, who is probably better informed with regard to the consumption by manufacturers at th present time than ourselves, can make his own calculation as to bow long this supply will last. '.Placing it at 30, 000 bales per week at a rough estimate, it will ap pear that tbe entire stock is bound to be., exhausted by (! expiration of sixty days... This done, the looms of England must stop and ber fonr millions of factory laborers seek some other employment, which is not to bo bad, or starve.. The East . India cotton, it is understood, will not do to work alone. In this connection, the following from a corres pondent of the Richmond Diipatch is both sppro pos aid Intererestlng . , ' " ' Charles Dickens, in Ids IIouteho!d Word, say's : "Let any social or physical convulsion visit the United States, and England would feel the shock from Land's End to John O'Croat's. - Tbe lives of early two milH'jns of our countrymen are depen dent upon the cotton crop in America; their des tiny may be said without any hyperbole, to bang upon a thread. Should any dire calamity hefal the land of cotton, a, thousand of. our merchant ships would rot idly in flock ; ten thousand mills must stop their busy looms, would starve for lack of food to feed them." ' Such is the language of England's most popular author some right or ten years ago, and it comes to us now with double force, fresh and as full of meaning as it rums from his graphic pen. The same argument then, answers now, and although the Federal Government may lick the dust "and yield for the present," yet there Is a power greater than diplomacy that will force Knpland to raiie the blockade that (with the good feeling already ex isting in Englund for our nW government) will compel tier to stretch forth her ijtrongarm and roll back the cloud of war. ur paer show too much anxiety on this subject. Let us wait; Euglaiid is bound to have, cotton, and sli will have It. ' Let our people follow the example of our President; and declare our Independence of foreign powers. And should England arrange this present trouble with the United, Stat,. it will, make but i(tlo dif ference in tb end; for, wliji ih hlewings of God, the strong arms and stout hearts of onr people, and iho necessity for uur great staples,, we are bound to triumph.. J , v. ..... .-... Shoes ad Clothi.no. A correspondent of the Charleston Courier, writing from Richmond on the 84 Inst., says : Soma large shoe manufacturers froa th South have Just gon borne from Richmond, lraa:essed with the idea that "shoes won't sell." Hu great an impetus teas givwn to th tnaunfaotar several months ago by the knowUsdse that the supply was giving out, that the market i now overstocked. Tbe Confederate Gove n ueut bn six hundred case of army shoe on baud, over and above tb dauiand, and th Government contruvtur or furnishing it with a constaut supply of two hunred additionnl pairs per diem. Tha saia pkuthora Is observed 1 1 the article of clothing. Is the clotlimjf bureau uf the War Drparluieut, are ont-buudrcd thousand suits of clothing on baud. Th donations ef indi vidual States o (heir own voluntet re, hav materi ally lessened tU demand on th CuukdVrale Gov ernment Th blanket brought by th Fingal ar being traasiorutci ise handsuras; and comfortable t sveoefes. , Aamnsrr. "IK. I JO gtlnsi 80 " , 84 8 -84 ' ' " 84 84 . 84 ,, . 84 ' ' 4v, 60 o 60"" 60 " , 60 , 50 60 " 48 4S 1 " 33 " , Lfii.br. - 30 8 Inch 90 SB pounder. - 70 t inchr-SO 31 pooudcra. 20 8 inch 64 32 pounder. "'do , .... ... - v :. , . do do do I ' do ' 32 pouiHlera, 10 8 inch 40 32 pounders. " do ' do" ' . do " do.: . do do 12 8 inch 33 31 pounder. ; do ; 1 10 inch 22 9 inch. ' 3 10 uicb 8 8 luch 14 82 pr's 16 8 inch 4 32 pounder. 2 10 Inch 18 8 inch 4 32 pr's 8 inch. . - '. - 3 8 inch 6 32 pounders. 6 8 imh 16 32 pounders, . '" do' - 8 8 Inch 12 32 pounders. 8 8 loch 12 33 pounders. 4 8 inch 14 32 pounders.. 24 SO " 33 " 16 : " 8 - 22 20 20 18 : IS ' 18 do " Converted into a H'orejSliip 2 Si pr't 20 0 4 8 inch 16 sa pounders. 18." . 4 8 inch 14 32 pounders. ' 18 " ., -do . ... 18 do . 14 " 32 poundors. . , U " . do... sv 14 h -a0"", 10 do - 8 . " do . ' ' 0 do" ' 4 " do 2 - " do , 4 ; . - ; do ' 1 - do 3 4 12 42 43 . 42 " 41 42 60 i 15 22 ' 21 ' 21 16' 16 11. 45 ' 11 9 6 24 jxmnders." -S4 pound CarronadesI "" 11 inch. ' 2 lv luth 26 6 inch 14 8 In. Uio 110 Inch 28 9 Inch 14 8 in. 3 10 inch 26 9 inch 14 8 in. 3 11 inch -28 9 inch 20 8 in, 8 inch. , . , . . 2 11 Inch 20 9 Inch. ' ' ' " 1 1 1 inch 20 9 inch. 1 10 inch 30 9 luch. ' 9 inch. -.. . do 1 . 1 10 inch 10 8 inch. 8 inch.' ... 1 11 inch 10 8 inch. 8 inch. 3 11 inch 4 33 pounders. 1 11 inch 4 32 pounders, 2 11 inch 4 32 pounders, U Inch." "' ' ' ' " . 2 11 inch 4 32 pounders. " " A . ..-'.'. 110 inch 4 32 pounders. IU inch 4 32 pounders. 33 pounders. 4 32 pouuders I 24 p'd bowt'sr j v 1 i SlO ... i. . . 24 pound howitzers. 4 33 pouuders 1 24. pounder. 1 ;' do 1 24 p'd how'tzrSr-9 12 p'd do. 8 inch. . r . 13 pound howitzer. ,5 6 8 6 S 5 5 4 o 0 8 5 5 1 3 I 1 32 ponuder-2 2t p'd howW 1 24 p (1 how tzrr 2 12 p d do. 12 pound howitzer.! . Ordnauce and Hydrography, February 23,1881. Serious Charges atjalnSt ITlscon- lt Colonels. - - ' A Washington letter appears lu the Milwaukee Daily Witcontin, Republican Bheet, dated the 18tb ul(., which makes serious charges against tbe Wir consin Colonels. r Tbe.foUowiug ia, an. extract . from the letter In question t V"; Three week ago f beard", hi Ctiloaffo add Madi son, tnat innny ot the. Odd oncers of th. Wiscon sin regiment hod" taken raw-iey from railroad com panies to give (h roads' fcpresenteil by said agent the trar B',orta(ion"'pf tlieir men. I hoped t wit not true, but airi cllcd to ay it is- . There may lie some mistake In tbe uanies given aud tin amounts; tf so, tlii.se aggrieved will have the op portunity to Set themselves right "in. the matter, and this publication is to tbem a bcpclit. ' 1 ...'' , '' "' It Is snld that every Coionel now 'in' the service, who left Wisconsin with, his regiment, thus took money except Col. Cibb, of the Fifth, aud he, wber the proposition was inado to him to tnkd one thous and dollars, told the agent If he did not leave im metlutely be would put Mm under arrest, and sub seaucntlv he made a contnu-t ul:l tl, P!iiul,n. and l ort Wayne ro, tein the most direct route, and the oiie all should have gone, Jn which the uniieo ftaies was saved one thousand dollars. All honor to Amasa Cobb, Colonel of the Wiscon sin Fifth! We can hardly lielievc the above,' and trust that an examination will expose its falsity. - . Bm-sj-Stoxh. Wc have at I his nfflce a Sftmi.' f Blue Stone, InnnutUctnrcJ at the Polk county CV - ler .nines. 1 ins is an urueic llidispen'aule to tck- grapu, 0iert(jrs, ana for some other purposes, and in general aemuna aninug Mrmers at seeding time the supply had become nearly exhausted, but it l now being manufactured largely at Ducktown, and no turllier diljiculty will be experienced in procur ing it. f Atheus ifost ' , , ;. t . 8jr. The Houston Telcgotph, of the 1st, learns from ggod atthority that a steamer bas arrived iu a Texas port within the ost week, under British col ura, bringing 45 tons . of 0 union powder, a Inrs ojiitumtof rill?.. powder, TO'l.OOO army caps, 5,0ui cannon primers, and a considerable amount of cof fee, baggiug. dry gKHl! eto. .... floops roa ths Pboi-ls. Testerday one of out citj wharves presented quite an. active scene. In coiisenu"nce of a line display 'of mcrehandize which crowded the surrounding ajw and which as be ing dischargud from a vossul lately rum foreign ports.. The rariro"' consisted of English Blnnkebf, Con federate Grey t'lolhs, Hardware in caks, coffee Soap, candles, codrl!i, spool cotton, ' Knglish paper ind Knvelop, BuUr, -Arrowroot, cheese, liuenn. noise ty, bultons, udle, Bimnlsb separs, and va rii.ua other sriii les of great value ul thU tim QharU'Um Qvtniet 4'V VX. A petition from Ohin to iptint Fremont LleutrnanUGccml of jh Federal l'uro bas been presented lo lieFend .St'uslo, t , Th Mexican cotton mannfaeturers r get ting tiieh cotlin 'rasa Tviiv at the lyw rat of nine Mull nr '.-.'. I"' I J6F OeorLee, Iiuk pro-rty irj Kew Orleans tia just uir eonh-uaie.l, c,.h:'..rtej suicide liallatoe Spa, N. T. a fr dn alure. I k I.-. t a bun.lred thnuund dollar c-aua-d k!1 latjw Report of Soldier's llelief Society From its Oyttnn-atfwt, Ort. 1, 161 to Jan. 1J, 1863. W bave received in currency,. Expended for Hospital,....,.,'.,,, Balance in Treasury,. ...........,.J. S We have had donatious to our Society tnadcjinto- bedding for the Hospital 13 both) of domestic we hay received and delivered to the, JflospitaL,.! iheets, 313 pillows, S7T case, 13U comforts, .0l blankets, 350 beds, beside, those mode of th.ii d,o inestip above mentioned200 shirts,. 123; patri ot drawers, 3)6 pairrof socks, 81 pr's of pants, 4 .coats, 4 vests, 3Q5 bandkcrchlels, 189 towels, I, table )3 wash P'OS, 13 pitchers, 14 buckets, 4 do, bowh 26 spoons, .18 chairs, 4 qur's paper, 3. bottles of Juk , 6 packages of envelops, pen and pencijs BfO lb, soap, 1 bbl sugar, 1 bid rice, 205 bottles of trine and cordial 35 bottles of pickles, 60 bushels fruit, jar and, cans of preserved frui.T gal's strajned honeyn 11, bags dried beans and pens,. 80 gallon vinegar, 18 lbs pf lard, 60 bushels of potato,. i3 bushels, meal,. 3, bbl flour.. 318 fowls,. 28 baoon hams, J beef and 1 rhqtton,. 145 lbs, butter,. 4 59 doi..eggs, 69 gars milk, .besides mottoa-su-sage, onions, cabbage, red pepper, nuistard, sJipperreln. honrhquud, mint, lint, bandages and rags ipausoer able, also pins, thread, ncedl, scissors , , , ,.. . ,, Mrs. E, B. Jf asking Jnmttff The soldier's Relief Society bos received valuabTe contribution of provisions mid clothing during Jh past few weeks, from Mrs. America Juhnson, MrVj X. Barker, Mrs. J. Whitfield, Mr. Magaran.. and one from Mrs. J. D. Tyler, some weeks since, ,tho' uu miyii niwu?um. niv iimegieu Air, ivr, Drnne for weekly and most acceptable donations of buttermilk, Ac, for which we bop she '(1V'cce' our thanks. " ' ' s ' We have received donation of cast from th fol lowing Jicrsoiis!' Mr, G,T. Lewis, 20 00, Mrs.S. b. Beat a 00, air. Uick Howell, J5 00, Mr K. Day (3 00, Mr. John W. Barker and dnughtor'$30 00. Mr. J. N. Barker collected as a Kew Years' .gift for the sick soldiers, $75 00, from the following persons: J. X. B.arkor T 00, Mrs. J. N, Barker, $ 00, Mrs. Q. S. Atkins, $2 60, Mr. 0. T. Atkins,, 3 60,,rs. Kens, $1 00, Robert Furgurson $10 00, jos.C, jqhrj. son, $10 00, Dr. Long, $5 00, Mr. A.' w Roacl'i, $1 0ft, John AIcKeage, $3 00, S.s! Williams! 1 00, wlC. Johnson $1 00, Cash $7 00, W.H.Dran, $5 00, Geo. D. Mims, $5 00, itutcheraon $5 Q J. F., Snodden, $3 00. t Whilst we. would MHt each bile oilr warmest thanks, we must offer a doqb Ie portion to Mr, Barker, who so klndlv remeuxbes ed upon IW da the sick soldieis in oUf (orpita).' As they thought of. borne and friends more.paxUn ularly at that time, it was doubtless deeply toufbf ing to know that although sick ami .strangers, end for from home, they were not forgotten,,, ., ? . Ht , Mrs. O. A. nE.RT, Vra. TT. Tt tfnitnsn Aw' EtSecti or Co:d on oar Soldiers. ; J Our Washington CbrresTiordont "Informs' us thai onr soldiers of tb Potomac army are beginning to suffer considerably from the cold weather; . This is not surprising, when tbey are still under canvass, From this very circumstance, however, we. are aU Isfled that' Gcu. McOlellan is conlethpfatiug a for ward movement, and bus no idea that the return of spring will find hi vast, army still stretched along the windy bills of Fairfax.. Ha knows, from ilia experience of Napoleon, that in army in motion, uivouiKing anucr ine open skv in, ins aeaa ot win ter, sutlers much leas' from discos tharr an armV evpr so well cstabl'sUtiJi in winter quarters. .. . compare, fur. example,, Ibe sttfTawiugs of the British army la lis winter quarters before Sebasto pol with the remarkabl' good health Of Xnpoleon'i legions in that winter campaign ef Aasterllts.- Vast bodies of men enclosed or hutted for two or three months in the same., place inevitably, to a greater or less extent, produce infectious or mlig-i oant disorders. ' Hence, no doubt, the shifting of Beauregard's eentral eolrrmn from Manassas to Gen terviUe, aud the continued moyeuieuLof tueeoemy from one point to auotucr along their general lio Of occupation. Let us be patient. There are good reasons for tbe retention of otit Potomac army un der caTas at' this, timo. . Tbe climate, as you g southward, becomes )va-nier, sad Jog nuts r not convenient articles of transportation. -V. Y, lit a'JZ'.lhulC " - ; Outrage on tho Fronch Flag: Th Mobil Register, of Saturday kst, has the following dispatch! ,;:-... ,. .1 . j., ,.. ,,, Ocw. Samsr'Jan. 10. Mr. John Egan, ertr wUurftister, wa-jM Bay St. Louis vn Mouday.lwrt whop a .man-of-war boitt.frotn the Fiench , tau Mlleur lu ided. Ilo hoard the Captain say that b ipprooch 'd Ship Island amjer the neutral ling fbf he purpose of eommuiiicatiog wilh tb French Jousul at New . Orleans;, that t' Federal .vessel -fired on him, and, after doing niin some damage apologized, but be wou'd not accept the apology., lie came to Buy SI. Louis to telogrnph to bis Cou sul. Un Monday there were nearly thirty Federal vessels at St.ip Island, but after this affair all but lye li ft. . Tbey hove been very quivt. Tb firing was not rciurned by, the French uian-oi-War . fTha Ht. Louis Rpubticau, of th Id, bat 'ho annexcij parapiub;. , . ,. . , f'A report is quite crmrit tlmt Brlgadlar General -ligel hns resigned hi position lu the army, ji4 'hat it I to ba followed by oilier rt-signatioo of oflieer attached to him,- and who think that b has out been, well treats! iu beirg upersded in tb iomniud of the army at Roll, or recently thor General Sigcl is expected in this city to-morrow, , 1 . ' 1 t ' - 1 Blub Svoks. We have t this office a, sample of Blue-Stone-, manufactured at the Polk courtty Cop ier Alines..., This is an article hullrpeasible to teleJ graph (ipemtoi 4 aud for soma other purp-we, and; n general demand among farmers at soudiog tiuie., l'be upily had become nearly exhausted, but It is', now brinor largely manufactured at lm ktowu, and' itud no luitUr diUlculty iil beuxwnauedd ut pra curing it, 4net i atU .... .. . ,,, , .... . . .( Richmono, Deo. S5. The RichmouJ Di-patcS of his morning has a special dtspttcb from Norfolk lated yesterday, stating that the Confederate team'' v He Bird captured a kVIVti svbooaer yesMrdsyj whirl) mm txnug towmj to Forlnr-s Womoa by tb K ol steamer Kxpre-t. When the Sea Bird fired into th h'xprmd tli lattrr an.inuouea th schooanr, : lin th Sea Bn'l biok her in rlmrir d towed . 'ier to Mofliilk. foil iwrl hy nin Federal gunboats' arbu b kept up a coinlnuuus, catinonada, Th Sr dird returiie'l Ilia lire, setting the Eiprsiion fir.' nd disabling on of th 'giinboart, rsunf of our ihor batteries pepporcd the Federal liandj likely Ihttl Leeit'iirv Is lln stinnlv for ified and will be ii.idae of the luvul;irati p' f s against Use Y uikues. i figf Tho Whig says tbk Yluksb irg (1 tum'srs; 1 troiu eiebt to ten brwss eauuou par week fVui9 uf Ihuli) : ritjril, ... s. The Conductors of th Arkan.i ?3t p.nf .leuiiniv my, bn by Kprltig b will hnv lo.ouo valr' boot andrliAe for lb to)1ler mir js- 1 hr ih eeavlrls.