'Cy (51oht. HURTINGDON, PA Wednesday morning, Feb. 1701864. W. Lewis, Editor and Proprietor. Our Flag Forever " I know of no mode in which a loyal citi zen may so well demonstrate his devotion to lac country as by sustaining the Flag the Constitution and the Union, ender all circum stances, and CINDER EVERY ADMINISTRATION RICIARDLPB OF PART? _ POLITICS, AGAINST ALL SASAILANTO, AT Holli AND ABROAD." --STRPHEN A. Dotroias. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TEE CON arrruTioN.—A resolution has been offered in the House of Representa tives at Harrisburg, instructing the Judiciary Committee to report-as soon as possible, the amendments to the Constitution passed by the last Legis lature, and, also, that the Committee be instructed to inquire into the expe diency of holding a special °Nation not liter than the first of August next, to - give the people of the State an op portunity of adopting or rejecting the same, in time, providing they should be adopted, to allow the soldiers to vote at the ensuing fall elections.— 'The resolution was 'adopted almost unanimously. Among the proposed amendments to the Constitution, is ono permitting Pennsylvania soldiers in service to vote in the field. Should the special election be authorized, and the amend. ments be adopted, it will entitle the soldiers to vote at the election next tali.- . Firiding out his Mistake. Some of the leading Southern trai tors—the men Who planned the scheme of Secession and precipitated the pen ple.into revolution—are now discov -ering that they have not gained very .much - practichlly i as regards their i does ofState independence and sover eignty. General Robert Toombs was suddenly awakened out of his delu sion a Pew days since, in a manner ;that must have greatly astonished, as well abirrits.ted him. Recent intelli --genet) from Richmond informed us that tie had "taken the cars in Savan nah. without a 'passport. The officer `on the train, whose duty it was to ex amine passports, called in the dis charge of this ditty, Upon Mr. Toombs, for his passport. Mr. Toombs had no passport, andso informed the officer, land 'Said that he would not * procure `tiny, adding that ho was General Rob ert Toomb,s, and owed allegiance to Georgia and no other .Government, - and that his State did not require her citizens to . travel with passes and pass ports, an . d , that he, would not procure a passport. The officer informed Gen. Toombs that his orders allowed him no discretion, but required of him not to allow any man to pass without a passport. General Toombs, Still refu sing to procure a.passport, was ejec ted.from the cars by the guard. Gen. Toombs proceeded to harangue them in en'excited and bitter manner, and .in disloYal and treasonable language. General Beauregard being in Savan nah, and hearing the facts, ordered the arrest and confinement of General Toombs, and he was taken in charge by a guard." . This was a, pretty —rough way of teaChinglifi.. Toombs a lesson as to the tial,4re of that Government ho had helped 31r, Davis to.ereet in the South and Many 'into experiences to come heieafter will go far to convince him, and othetain 'the same section, that they mado,a grand mistake in attemp ting, to establish a Confederate Gov ernment on the principle of absolute State sovereignty. No such political .fabric can stand. The Central author ity must be supreme in all National affairs; otherwise there can be no or der,:no cohesion; no stability in the hody politic. State rights were as nearly harmonized With , a supreme General Government in the Contititu tion of the United States, as it was or is possible to effect such a reconcilia tion in any federative By - stem. Every civil organizatiOn must have one head, instead of many. But Gen. Toombs thought that Georgia was equal to or greater than all the Confederate States as reprosented . bithe Central Confect-, *rate Government. In' other words he evidently supposed that the politi cal structure which he and his confer ees' in treason had built up, was foun ded 9n the absnrd . theory that the parts are separately equivalents to the whole. They must speedily find out their et:ror. And when they are bro't • back to their allegiance to this Gov ernment, they will be all the better citizens for the bitter experience thro' which they are passing, TUE State Senate adjourns from day to day without doing any business. The election to fill the vacancy °dna sinned by . too- resignation of Mr White who is still,a, Prisoner, takes place on Friday next The Senate will be or ganized next week, and then Clymer & Co., will have to stand from under [For the Globe.] The last Monitor makes an attack upon James Bricker, charging him with making money off the persons recruited by him into. the ,army. The attack is MaliCioue either onthe . part of the editor, or he is the:dupe of sons who have not the Optialty and energy to be as successful .recruiting - as Mr. Bricker appears to be. The truth is this—Mr. Bricker - and others were a committee for the 'borough -'of Huntingdon to, raise its quota. - The mastering in fee which the Govern ment pays to each recruit was trans ferred by them to the committee of the bounty fund- of the borough, and to that extent it' swelled that fund, and the town and the recruits have the benefitptit, and the :recruiting com mittee make nothing by the operation. After the 'quota of Huntingdon was known or believed to be full, Mr. Bric ker has been employed bycomMittees from various townships in the county to exert himself to raise recruits for those places, the mustering irt, fee be ing credited to the committees of the respective local bounty fund as it was .in Huntingdon. The committees of those townships have made an agree ment with him to pay biro out of their fund a certain sum for each recruit he gets for them, whieli is all the pay he gets; and which is entirely a matter of private bargain. He has been in dustrious and successful in getting re cruits for the various places for which he is employed and therefore the Mon. itor and their informers have made the attack. No recruit will come forward and say that ho has not got the am ount he bargained fur. TRUTH. U. S. Christian Commission, ) 13 lianlO f t., Phila.,.Fob. 5, '64. DEAD MADAM : - Mr. Patterson, Treasurer of the U S Christian Com mission, will himself acknowledge the generous contribution received thro' you from the people of Mooresville, Manor Hill, &e. Permit me, at his request, to drop, you - a note concerning the work of the Christian Commission for our nation's brave' defenders. Ono thing about it, whatever it may be in value and amount, it would have boon very little in comparison if the ladies had not given us their help.— Their noble, humane and Christian of. forts have done much to supply stores and money, and the country owes them a debt of unbounded gratitude for it. The Christian Cot - limission is an e lectric chain between the hearth and. the - tent. It carries the- benefits of hoMe, 'and phurch, and• the press, as well as it can, to our sons and brothers gone to the war: 'Our delegates go to them ; seek out the suffering ones on thettattle field and in the camp, to relieve and cheer them. • They go fulthanded, taking . With them the clothing, delicacies, &c., pre pared by the ladies, or purchased with the money given, and distribute theni personally to the men who are suffer ing for want of them. They carry also the weekly religious newspapers in great numbers, the fam ily papers the soldiers are accustomed to see at borne; with books, and tracts, and, best of all, the Scriptures; with all these, they do all they can by per sonal influence and public preaching to make and• keep our noble men un spotted, and to fit theinfor life and fbr "death. This work everywhere meets the earnest "God bless the Christian Commission" from the soldiers, and the hearty approbation of all in au thority, from the President down. It has grown in a few months froth noth ing to more than a'inillion of dollars in amount, and has saved 0 hoW ma ny lives of the noble men who have gone into the deadly conflict to save the life of the nation. We hope the war may BOOT) be brought to a close, and the rebellion be put down; but while it lasts lot us do all we can for the bodies and souls of those who fight our battles for us. Many thanks for the generous help of the (Aliens of Mooresville, Manor Hill, and of Huntingdon county gon erally. •Truly yours, W. E. BOARDMAN, Sec. US CC Mrs. J. M. LOVE, Manor Hill. U. S. Christian Conanission, ) Philadelphia, Feby. 1864. f Received of Mrs. J. K. Love, sixty and one-half dollars • for the United States Christian Commission, being prodeeds of Concert and Festival held by the people of Mooresville, Manor Hill and vicinity. Jos. PATTERSON, Treasurer, . Per Wm. H. HILL Who Fired Colt's Armory? That the supposition of an emissa ry coming from the rebels to .fire the building is not preposterous, is shown by the fact that not long ago a work man did come there with the .piteous story that he was a deserter from the rebels, and was employed. But no tice how and when the fire broke out. It was during the only half hour in the . twenty four when, a watchman was not present; there - being an interval of half an hour in' the .mornin,g between the going away of the . night watch manfor that.floor and the one below it, and the coming of the day Watch man. It could not h i ave been fired in the night, because then the watchmen are4,l about, and no one could bare got into the building. It was kindled in the wing connecting the two main buildings ' so that it was.likely to take hothead destroy tbe,rifie as well as the pistol shops. It, started where the•patterns and much :choke: .dry wood were stored, which would readi ly kindle. ~ It, is a great.tuyati3.7 how it could have caught tire itself,.and po one but a-yebo syrripatiii* eon id,l3ave, desired its destruntion.Aartford Press. ger A fellow was - rocently 'arrested at Chicago, charged with gotting.up a swindling circular, announcing •.a "Grand Gift and Prize. Lottery 7 • for the benefit of sick & wounded soldiers; the patronage.of the.ludies of Clikago. The circular annouti.edl3o,ooo tickets for sale at $1 each-420000 to go.for the benefit, of tbe.soldiers, and $40,000 to be distributed in prizes. Tho low was tasking a fine thing of it. To Soldier's and Postmasters.—Edi tors of newspapers throughout the United States will doubtless confer ii . favor on.the soldiers in the field, ay well as their friendi at home, by Bid ing pulAcitytei the - following : kx Act to amend the law prescribing the artielCs to be admitted into the, • mails of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Unded States of America in Congress assembled, That artieres of elothing• being • mbinifab: tured of wool, cotton or linen, and comprised in a package not exceeding two pounds in weight, addressed to any non-commissioned officer or pri vate serving in the armies of the 'Mil ted•States, may be transmitted in - the mails of the.lJnited States at the rate of eight cents, to be in all eases pre paid; for every- four ounces,- or any fraction thereof, subject to such regu lations as the Postmaster General may 'prescribe. • Approved, January 22, 1864. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, January 25, 1864. toic4f.‘.!!'g . T 0)11 4 10 '1 - rr2r the information of the public; and es peCially for the guidance of Postmas ters, and is thought to be so full and plain that no one can mistake its mean ing. P6stthasters will, however, bear in mind that plickages of clothing em titled to pass. in the niils—four ounces for eight cents-must be manufactured from wool, cotton or linen; and not .ex. cecding two pounds in weight, - and must be addressed to a non-commis sioned officer or private serving in the armies of the United. States. Copse quently a package addressed to a com missioned officer, or composed of other materials than as 'above Specified, such as boots, Shoes, &c., if:sent by mail, must be prepaid by Stamps at letter rates, viz: three cents for .eVery half ounce or fraction thereof M.BLAIR, Postmaster General We observe that the 'above has been published extensively. but incorrect in regard to the sums to be paid as pos tage. We re-publish above an official copy.the same cm`rectly. In a speech delivered at Boston a few days ago, General Burnside tokl the following incident, illustrative of the patriotism of the Beet TennesSee ans:—During the siego of Itnox:ville his bominiseary reported to kim that there was no bread for the garrisOn. They must live on meat, then, was the order. But next morning, and subse quently over morning, a fleet ‘ of flat boats from Sevier county was floated down the Broad river into the 'Reis tonjoaded with corn and wheat.— nip boats had to pass the rebel pickets but the gallant men guiding them built parapets of the barrels, and not one of the boats was lost. "It seemed as if they were guided by the providence of God," said General Burnside, "and I felt there-was no danger of starvation" lte),„ Fernando Wood uttered an am• endment to the enrollment law on Tuesday last, "To exempt from •the draft all who, from conscientious die• belierin the humanity, necessity, or eventual succe s s of this war, are op posed to its further prosecution until an eflbrt has been made, and failed, to end it by negotiation." 'The effect of this amendment would- have been to exempt the entire home traitor party, and would have suited that miserable faction exactly, but unfortunately the House'"didn't see' it," and ' Pernando's motion was voted down . by .23 in fa vor to 103 against, . A National Tax on the Ciroulation of all State Banks. Petitions are being preSented . to Congress.from various quarters pray ing that the circulation of all banks chartered by State Legislatures may be taxed to such an extent as to com pel them to call in their issues, and use only the national legal tender cur rency. This is - a: reform which cannot be too speedily put into operation. By a system known only to the banks, no institution in this Commonwealth pays out its own notes in its own lo cality. Checksum almost any bank are paid in as many different five dol lar bills as are called for on the Mee of the check, all on different banks, distant from the locality of the banks which issued them, and totally un known to the persons who are expec ted to receive them as money. What good reason is there to preVent - theSe batiks from,circulating the notes of the Government: - The Government is just as Solvent:as any of these banking companies, so that the bank which re fuees thus to contribute to the general success, should' he heavily taxed On it.`6 own issues to nukeup for the refusal. Now is the time for CongreSs to its power over tho currency of the country. Now is the time•for the Federal Government to insist upon its exclusive right to make and issub mo ney. ' Letithero be no delay -about thpso assertions. With this right firmly-fixed and exercised exclusively by the Federal Government, it great blesSing will bp vonchsafed, tinagciully no* and forever, bereaftCr.—Harris burg Telegraph. The Loyal People of Missouri Mov- nag. ST. Louis, Feb. 13.—Mr. Johiaiou, chain - lan of the comniittee to investi -gate military affairs for this .State, made a lengthy and ,very elaborate report to the lower house of the Leg. islature yesterday. • The 'Memphis Bulletin publiihes a card, signed by'three kundred of the 'best 'citizens of the city;' addresded to - the . people OfTerinessee upon the sal). joet of tliere organization of the State. and ro.estublishing rellithins with the National Government. It recommends immediate and unconditional 'emanci patien us the best and truest and Only 'alternative; and calls 'upon all td support the SUMO by a meeting 'at Meinphis; on the '2.2d' inst. •• . us , . • . Flour iY selling in :B,ielamond foi• $250 pyr bbl., and pug4r at from' 1, 3 7 to $8 per lb. \ The Enrollment_ ; Bill, as Amended. The following is : the enrollminitbill-, il9 "tsiuonded, It.haVing passbd both HoMieei'or:Cangres4;" only,:awaits tho Presideneff:sigritittiroAo become* law; .;The : piiseeif: by; the iiMisp provides that the qnOta of I each:ward 'of a - city, town, township,: - pireeinct,-* election district, or of alcourity;:iv the same is divided into wards, towns, townships, precincts, or election dis tricts, shall be as nearly as possible in proportion to the number of mon resi dent' therein Sill:Oct 'to draft, taking into account, as far as practicable, the number which, has licen, , previously furnished therefreni; - And.ln ascertain ing .and, filling the said quota there shall be taken into account the recent number of men who have heretofore entered the naval service of the'United States, and whose names are borne upon the enrollment lists as : already returned to the office of the Provost Marshal General of the . United-States. Any pbrsong•enrolled under the pro V isions of the enrollthent act, who may hereafter.he'so enrolled;may flirniSh at any time previous to the draft an acceptable substitute ; who is not liable to draft nor at the timein the military Or naval service of the United States, and such persona so furniShing a stib stitute shall be exempt from draft, during the.time for which such substi tute shall be exempt from draft, not however, exceeding the time for Whiell such substittite - sidl have been accept ed. But no private soldier, musician, or non-commissioned officer being ac tually in the. military service of the United Staves, shall be pts:euNd or accepted as the substitute. The: boerd4 of enrollment Om to enrol elf persons liable to draft under the provisions of this act, anti of the enrollment] act, whose ;mines May have been omitted by the proper 'enrolling camels; and all persons who shall have arrived at the age of 20 years before. the draft; all aliens. who shall declare their in• tention to become eitizens; all pcirSons discharged froth the military and na val se...vice of the:United States, who have not been in such service two years. during the present war,' and, all persons itilio have been.exempted tin der the provisions of the:'second see Lion to which this act is' a supplement. but who are cot exempi,d by the pro visions of this act; and the boards of enrollment shall release and dischat•ge from' . draft :all persons,' Who,' between the time of the enrollment and the draft, shall have arrived -at the age of forty-five -years, and shall . strike .the names of: such peraena from: the en rollment. Any -person drafted: into the military service of the United States may, before the time fl :d for his :appearance , for duty at the-''-tuft rendezvous, furnish an acceptable sub stitute, subject to such rules aud regu lotions as may be prescribed by the Secretary of War. If such substitute is nid..liable to draft, the person furn ishing hint shill be exempt froth draft during the time for which such substi tute is not liable to draft, not exceed: ing the term for. which be was drafted, and if' such substitute is liable to draft, the name of' the person furnishing him shall be liable to draft in filling fitture quotas; and if any draftial persons shall •hereafter pay money for the pro. curation ofa substitute under the pro visions of the, ilet to which thi4 _is an amendment,:fitteb payment .Of money shall operate :only to relieve such per sons froth: draft diiring the tithe for which the person was drafted, unless the:names : placed in the .box. become exhausted; in which case.the names shall be returned to the wheel. Mem bers :of yeligions: denominations who shall by oath or allirm:ktlon declare that they are conscientiously opposed to the bearing- of arms, and who are prohibited from doing so by the rules and'articles • of faith and practice of said :religious . denominations, when drafted into the military service, he considered as non-combatants, and . shall bo assigned by the,Socretary of War to duty m the hospitals or to the cate of freedmeu,'or shall pay the snni of $3OO to such persons as the Secreta ry of War shall designate to receive it, to be applied to the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers: Provided, That no person shall be entitled the benefit of the provisions of this section, unless this declaration of conscientious scru ples against bearing arms shall be supported, by - satisfactory evidence that his deportment has been uniform ly consistent with such declaration.. Any mariner or able seaman : who shall be drafted shall have the right, within eight days after the - notification of such .draft, to: enlist in the naval service. as: a, searnan. .No pilot; engi neer, master at-arms. , acting master, acting ensign,' or acting master's mate, having an appointment, or acting .ap:- pointment, as such, and being actually in the naVal service, shall be subject to a military draft while holding •stwh appointment.. -• The .following persons are exemp ted and excepted from the enrollment and. draft—namely .Sticli as aro rejected as phl-sically or mentally mitit tor the servie.o. All personsmetnally in the military or naval service of Alm United States at the time of.the' draft ' All persons who have -Served :in the military or • naval service- two -yours, during the present, war, and who have been honorably Alischarged from the service; and. no persons but such as are herein excepted shall be exempt. The two classes heretofore provided for in the enrollment, are consolidated.— In all cases Whore colored persons have been heretofore enlisted in the military service of the 'United States, All the provisions of this act, so tar as the payment of bounty and compensa tion are prOvided, shall be equally ap plicable, as well as to those, who may be hereafter recruited. The bill also.oontains the section for enrolling all able-bodied persons of African.descent;.upon which a separ ate vote was takon.before the bill was passed. : • . , . Feb.IMPORTANT Rumoa.— Baitiinoro, 10.-The itiontgornery' (Ala.) Daily has-the following significant an notinefiinent "Rumors of an evacuation of Rio mond are daining credit. There is'a ,novernen't on foot Which will create mord consternation at Richmond, than anything that has oectirreadoring the war. r, re 11 Vs. stable .was de ,stroyed by.fire,on he,.night of tilo,100) incepctiory,. fino borseo.aitcl two carriages were burned WAR FOR THZ UNION The Expedition towards Richmond. New York -Tub. 9.—The Tribune , has the':followinv despatch •: FortregS• Monroe, Feb:. B.—The peditibn having returned, we are per- mitted to state the following facts: 'On Saturday morning, General But ler's forces, under command of Brig. ,Gen._Wistay, : mayched frora, Yorktown by the way of 'New Kent Court House. The cavalry arriVtient2-1 o'Clock:yes terday morning at Bottom's Bridge, across, the • Chickahominy„ ten miles , from . .Richtnond; for the purpose of makingarai4 top jiichmootl, deavoring bya surprise to liberate Our prisoners. • The cavalry reached the bridge at the time appointed, marching in 1.6 i. hours 47 miles: A force of infantry followed in their rear, for the purpose of supporting them. It. was expected to surprise • the enemy at Bottom's Bridge, who had had for smite time only a small picket. there. The sur prise failed because, as the Richmond Examiner of to dily say s; "a :Yankee deserter gave information in Richmond of the intended moVemen : t.". The en emy bad felled a large amount of her so as to block up and obstruct the fords and make it impossible for our cavalry to pass. . . After remaining at the briage from 2 o'clock until 12, Gen Wistar joined them with his infantry, and the whole object of the surprise hatin g been de feated, Gen Wistar returned to Wit Hamburg. On his march back :,to New Kent Court House, his rear was attacked by the enemy, but they were repulsed without loss to us. A March by our infantry, three regiMents of whom were colored, of. mere than 80 - miles, Was Made in 56-hours. The cavalry marched over 100 Miles in . so hotirs. ThiS shoWS that it i 9 possible to make a campaign in Virginia in winter. The Frightful Panio at the Rebel capital Baltimore, Feb. 9.—Tbe•.A.merican has a special dispatch from Fortress Nionroo, from C. C. Fulton; who has been (10 to City Point. It says: . The rebel : flag of truce steamer Schultz, - With Ctinimissinner Odd and Captain Hatch, the trude -officer, ar rived on Sunday at City Point. Two citizen prisoners, beotigTht doWn by too Schultz, were" sebt on hoard tho New York. The prisoners bro't exciting "news from Richmond; which they repreSent to have been ima state of feverish ex citement froM midnight on Saturday up to the ,time they left, at a o'clock on Sunday afternoon. • At inidnight on Saturday. the !mils of the city-- were rung and Men wore rushing through the streets crying— "To arms, to arms—the Yankees are coming." During the remainder of the night an intense commotion was everywhere visible : the Home Guards were called out; and the tramp- of armed men could be -heard in all direc tions. , Cannon yore hauled, through 111611 the streets, W 0 and children were hurrying to and fro, and there were all the evidences of such a panic as had seldom been. witnessed in Richmond. On. SundaY morning there was no abatement in the excitement.. The guards were all marched out of the ci ty to the defences, and the armed cit. izens placed on guard over the prison ers. Horsemen were dashing to and fro, and the excitement among the prisoners to know the cause of all this commotion became intense. It was soon learned that a largo cavalry and infantry force, - with ° artillery, bad .made their appearance on the Penin sule at Bottom': Bridge, within ten miles of the city, and that Riehincind was actually threatened by the Yan kees. The same` harrying of troops, arming of citizens and excitement among- the : women and_ children con tinued during the morning. .• At 2 o'cloc hi the afternoon, when the prisoners were about to leave in the truce boat, the Marin bells were again rung_with great fury, - and they left a scene of confUsion and turmoil such as they. had never before. Wit nessed-in the city.` The rumors thitt pravailed were conflicting and wild.— was their. impression that 8,000 'or 10,000 cavalry would have found but little difficulty 'in entering the City, liberating the prisoners,' destrOying the fo - its and public, property, and re turning hythe Peninsula before any sUfficient . foree to resist; there, could be brought to the aid of •the small garri son left to defend it. . . ' For. several days , preyious" to. this alhrm ;the troops in and - arOund.the city,,to the number, of 4000. or 5000, had 'beeti'tient off to joiiicilee' -army with great..dispitteb, the impression prevailing that a movement was con templated by General Meade: In . this they were right,as daring the progress' of the exciteinutit on Sunday, irence NV received that Meade had crtissi , d the Rapidan. . iliondity morning - a cotirier ar. rived at Uity Point bringing copies of the morning papers with the "'mice thiit the excitement liad abated and that it had.been -ascertained that the Yankees - - Were back from the Chieltabominy and - hati abandoned the. attack. FROM WESTERN` • The Union Prisoners - to be Removed from Richmonct-- 7 Gueril* Defecated. Headquarters West Virginia, Fohy. 9._lniormation of high 41'4)pr:talkie reached our outposts today, and, wits brought in 1), , a inaurited'aCSM;terfripm. General Early'e: cornmatid: The,.; : de. sOrter says that,.when he left ii - ruinor was, prevalent or.the remeval,' or''pre : partitions .being made far the immedi aVirepieval, Of all the Yankee prison erglrom the neighborhood , ot Rich noud:`-: that .the Rif:Li - nand 'au thorities had detained the mads, news. 'PaPerS, &e., going from Richmond to : the soldiers in camp. Captain Dougherty, of-the 18th Va. Union Infantry; while ,in.ociairiind of a scout in Hampshirocount,r, yester dayoincountered-the noted rebel gue rilla, Mike,- Cairn,- at the head' of his gang,' killing the loader, rind capturing his lieutenant and four men, with...bor.' s'Os' and aqu trt, :&;(0 The encounter -,,t00k place between Romney and-Irjorefivld„ ;Lierifeb and cdinpiillod- 'to take - .:to-Abalr woods' Mid 'mountains in all directions for immediate safety. FROM TENNESSEE. Gallatin,Feh, Btll-..An expedition, composed of 4ettiphafents of the 71st Ohio Volnnteef - InfltntrY, 52d Ken tuckyond:the Tdunessee State guard,' in all three hundrod,,Was organized by Brigadier Gcnifiral Paine, commun. clerof tn*post, andi:Made a successful "raidlneo,Putriariv - Otelion, White and Fel - dress counties. It was out eleven days, 'rind traveled about three hund red miles, killed thirty 7 three . guerill, took TM priSene.rs, and captured about one hAndrp o ti =hofses and niule - s,"fit'd a considerable Quantity of stolen proper ty. Among the captured is Colonel Murray, of the rebel army, the killed arc Captainllrown - add two lieu tetiants - .. — Coloriel 111 C n el I, of the 71at Ohio, Vol Infirrtrk; 6om mantled the expedition. From Knoxville. 10.--Persong At rive6l at Nashville, -yesterd4, Knoxville, report that our communica tions with Cumherland Gap are cut off, and that nearly:ail: ot East. Tennessee is 'in possession Of the "rebels. 4 The smallpox-prevails . to an alarm ing in Knoxville. The Army of the Cumberland is in splendid condition. The troops draw full rations.- •-• ' The most of the rebel army ,is at Dalton. Gen. Johnson's headquarters are at Atlanta. Nearly all the Tenriessee brigades, and two-thirds of, the Ken tucky regiments have 15eerrsont South, ostensibly to assist in holding Mobile, but, in reality to prevent deserticins.— The Tennesseeans leave the rebel ar my in large numters. The Discontent in North Carolina, The press of North Curtilina contin ues to denounce in vehemenflang,uage the despotic measures , of the Rebel Congress. . The :Raleigh Progress of a recent-date.speaks. in. the foll?wing emphatic titshiou . • . pr(tsent Congress is; bent on fastening a military despotisM on the people of these Con felleote, States, and the people must eithcr.stibinit quietly t - receiVe . the yoke, or resist the '' , ty• runny. - RdsiStatiee 'Co tyrants is obe ditmee to God, and peel* of 4re r h Carolina wile dot hesitate as tothexourse they should pursue. Pass the bill to en roll' the whole population reported in the Rouse by-the Military Committee, and a spontaneous cry wilt come up. from every nook and corner of North Varolina lora Convention, and unless the military shall gag the last man in the State, iwiluding e Governor, the: Legislature ; and other. State officers, they Willi:are it. " • • * * "We , may 'bis imprisoned fo'r this declaration ; but believing: before. God and man, that we are doing our duty, -We appeal to -the President and his Congress to pause and reflect. -before it is too late. North Carolina cannot and will not submit to .ha.Ve every ablebodied man conscribed 'and the whole State turned into a military camp. We Wane to achieve . an lode pendent:6 over: the cot - ninon enemy, but weave not willing. to become: the vassals of usurpers at home to achieve that or any other object. We speak the words of truth and soberness; be cause we know.tho sentiments of the great mass of' the, people in North Carolina. The state will never willing, ty submit' to a despotism with Jefferson Davis or any one else at its head. In the same vein the Salmi (N. a) Press remarks : • "Every day convinces us more and more that we are upon 'the, eve . of events Which are pregnant with the fate of the eonfederaCy. True, all seems quiet, but it is but the lull that precedes a storm. Every paper we open contains remarks upon the exo dus of our Citizdns from their homes to avoid the recent law placin g ' the principals of substitutes into th ar my. c'Even men who were " devoted to the 'cause of southern independence feel their courage grow IeSS and' less, as the prospect for placing them into the army . :heeemes More and mere Cer, tain. . ''Last sannther, when. the people held meetings in many' 'counties in this Statoovith ayiew, to, inaugurato .ne gotiations honorable peace, Itiq were denounced :hand of ' traitors who were striiiink`ap - Steifo, and giv . .- ing aid and comfort to the enemy'!-, A change' now seepis to' have • come over the spirit of their dream;"and the time is not far distant when all will avree that.this war.must, be brought to a close by other means than did A Wail from Georgia. - The editor of the BaltiMore Clipper has been 'permitted- to make the 10- ieVang extraets a fi - .6M . a letter ; ; froth. - a, wealthy'planterof Georgia,, who . has Wen a therongh , secessionist, .to relative in :Gast Tennessee,;'.novv• en - a visit to Baltimore, 1010 .. ‘5113 from the beginning a true and loyal citizen, and had Warned .his Georgia relative:of the danget, of going to Nvar -for his rights in the territorieS! many things to.tell you ab out. ,Idy troubles aro numerous find I want seine help:if possible my g ro women and children will eat me up, unless raft get •theM off. My carriage Will he taken by my negroes so soon as they got back have . no regret ; a(loSing ; the;w6gi;ii* they all wouldgo . , : astbuy have never been of any prefitfto me; but tO-be left With the 'wointiO, and children and Old pee ; ple—makes it bud. It I- could.get the women and children to the Yankees, tbeY 'may have .them, with ; my good wishes for their.wellare; but if they stay, and the men return:, I fearfor the consequences of nogroes to Yankee ,ipliforins. I always told my men not to run away, but lot me know, when they wanted to go; and they go, off with all they had, in good style; but they became afraid of mod and left Without giving notice. "I am fully satisfied that slaYery is done in this country, and not sorry for it, if we could only have peace and quiet the remainder of our lives. ' The LogiSlature'bf'GreOrgia bag passed , a Militia hill, requirinialf Men to he (Mroped Votwo6o, the ages; of .16 and 66: . toJas tUrnedovor pow lederaio Governiiiia on ri:"6:11 the Pmitlopt, §o,plt,p9o,.aftou-beitig i•Obbed' - dt c clfthing_,we Gana mad©, 'onruegroes all gonO,' 'then put all tluy meu in the army, and leave our wivcs ECM le.. tt. and, aliildred siarye ,under thei a.die of freedon - r for our honiei arid • fire - Odes is a•rich idea. °apt and old fie'rihe only men left in the-4-th distfidti'llrtiA:ii6,t, one 'of • them •rible to eti t,*(i6d This leeks like ‘geilJtige ciiir:ritl;lits the territories ' - "We - bare no money that can be used outside of the Confedergey,' and we can't livelo it. Lye,. have meat and corn to dif.for my family for the Cu,Ya ifenly mill is not destroyed; and'l do not know. : that I will 'have it bY the time this reaches yon., If things keep on as ilfeY are going, all will be gone beyond redemption soon. Money will be money when this war is over;, and we of the South will,n'ot have it.' [Af ter stating his-fears - that his 'young son would be forced into the -army, and remarking that he don't wad;him there, he continues:] , .1-do notknow how far confiscation is to pi It may clear out all we of the• South haye; but what is not consumed in that way will be by taxes. rearful Adventure_ on the Re. . . On 'riday, a F.renelitna, i Whose name we did not 'learn,' .reSiding, in Spring Wells., Wishing ta. visit Canada, ventured to cross the river tin_' . .the ice with a' team. Efehn4-;witb'him hie wife and two childoo-,:-Ahe.iidie`bun dled up and snuglyi , csconeed gin~ the bottom-Of the sleigh, fur , protection against - the wind that blows, ogee the river. :'.The entire - partY 'were if? th'o most disadvantage ctiS pozitiimi to moot an accideht of the mature . the `. dim which befell them' on - their- ..-passage . over. When about liAte: wily ijOoss, the ice gaVc precipitating..theMinto the water:. effekii of the team to get out, were co,r! qiitiallt, creasing the size of tlie h 616 which they had fallen, and Ling fraiments of ice.. Before he could .reach out.hia arm tegrat4:the.'Sebild, one of thellorses. one fbot, high "e"tiongh.- theedge of theice; tempted to raise himself;--The move ment threw him - over lizieliwakl, - en• tangling bitn.in the harness, at the SaMe LIMO :Striking,,OP upon his bead witb'one Of' hiefo'rb`feet, or else some hard portion' ofba.rnesS, o pening a large Wound.—The fa ther seized his ehild just' :104i :sank; 'and succeeded in placing him with thh others, although.,tmaidy,!defeated: by the commotion created hy'the bosses, Whose fear had en tirely eovereom them and, being entangled' in.tl a hatMees. were at last, being- drawn . under the ice, the sleigh having passed Ander.by the action of the current. _Seeing that all efforts to save the horses were fu tile, he'turned his 'attention toward the mother and Childietr, two of whom were heroically clinging` to a box al though nearly benuinbed, the mother holding also--the „injured and senseless child Upon a board frem the bottom of the. Sleigl; , which . become . .detached, . • ..-; • • Almost immediately . after' leaving the,team they Were taken -under:the ice. 11.6.1aborcal energetically in -IT moving the flunily from the edge of the hole, and 'Was successful, filth& nearly chilled to ..death, in:.ptaeing them upon firm ice, after almost in credible labor.. Upon reaching, a place of Safety,•a feW feet from thd edge of the hole in which th'ey had been en . - gulphod, that strength which had .sua tained them sank from, exhaustiOn, and.thiS, Combined ~:with the stupor caused by cold and fatigue, almost overeamolhem. It was with great .difficulty that energy sufficient to keep awake and under ,motion could be mustered, and their lives, :were e qually in danger from- the effects of this lethargy- with that of their condi tion anion,' the fragments of floating ice. By areng exertions,. howeyer, they succeeded in reaching...the land and a house, whereithey were . taken care of.. There.- are . : Al fearS - it& the child, which was:injured in:: the: , head, will not . surviYe,'as the-mound andex posure combined: place in.' ra'pritiL car•condition. The„ - otiers; , .howeyetf, are doingmell."-=DkroiC.Pres's.•., Maivelous InoideAt In the coin.se of Mir readilfg we rb member to have iiiet with a few•.cases whore, at tho moment Of death; a vis ion of the dead has appeared to friends at a' great distancie from the place of death, as if to give notice of thcOvent; but these instances wore in Europe, and occnred a long . tittle' ago so ' one might doubt their authenticity, or at leksthodeusb.d.,for,nOt.'aeceptim,, , thein as veritieS, and 'all the more sinconoth irt ortlie kihd:Was tl'ltT;ei'lleare 'Of in his own region.; We have now a case which is free. from:. these 'objeOtioni, and is quite is, extraordinary as any that have been 'recorded. A friendAwhose ,name we do, not giVe, simply bee:tithe; did'not 1)4i)- pento ask his aatlibrity,,,fdr, pUblica mon) recently called on: us,-, who. has lost a son in the army;,..atc:officei; of good prOmisc; ser‘'ing. under 'General Banks. We alluded to the great _loss of our friend, and, conversation up on that subject, he Baid gi very ,reinar kable thing, had happened - to bitki connection %vial it. When ho had no reason to doubt the ‘ ivell-boing of, his son, and had no anxiety for, him be yond what *HS ri s h a l , and. Was was'suddenly awakened by a shock as if be; had been soot through the head. His firSt thought was that he had been shot—or, to use bis own expression, "This is death."— But the next instant a, vision ;of his son appeared to him, and the impres sion was that his son and ncit hitnSelf was killed. hie had never believed in. gbosts.or spiritual manifestations; nor- did ho at the occurrence obthe , vision; . - nor does he nevi, undertake to account, for . it, or call it a spiritual Manifestation.— Ho did not reeollect the date or Wour bat ho did in the morning relate the cirCumstanae to two, of his friends.-- Tlioy did net record the date; but when, about three weeks afterwards, intelligence Was received of the' death of the son by a shot through the, head, at _Port Hudson, at six o'clock