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TRRAsURy DEPABrN.sr. ,
CONREnERAIE SIArEa np Anrn.o.

OANS ON THE SECURITY OF THE
FIVE HUNDRED MILLION SIX ppR
CENT. NON-TAXABLE BONDS, JNI,Ek TiIT
SEVENTH SECTION OF TIE CURRFNcY
LA"-Dcposlts on call will be received by the
treasurer IN thus city, Assistant Treasures AT
wilmington, Raleigh, Columbia, Augusta, Ssysu-
nan ana Montgomery, and certificates will be issued
ot The same, bearing interest at the rate of four rar
cent per annum, and secured by the hypothecation
OF an amount Of the above bonds equal 70 the sum
OF these loans. The bonds To BE- st apart by the
treasurer, and the proceeds, when soid applied ex-
eIa%Vely TO the payment Of the SAID certificates
The security and convenience afforded ,o b,nks
ana other corporations, and to the public generaly
by tins mode G temporary Investment and the ef.
teat OF the measure. II generally adopted in keep
ing the currency within moderate bounds. II il honad
Will commend II 10 the favorable nsderation of ths
community and secure their prompt co-operation in
carrying u INTO effect q. A. TRENHOLM,
an Us Secretary of the Treagurv
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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
RICHMo3D, November 3, lo6i

NRCULAR.-It being decided. that
~ four per cent. certificates, and the bonds is
SUED therefor afr receivable in payment of the tax
on com, moneys held abroad, bills of exchange aud
foreign credits persons who have paid these taxes
III issue entitled 10 the return Of the notes
The Treasurer Assistant TreasureTs ana Pay De-
positares who have received the d.posaof tax col
lectors are authorized, i'll such eases To refund the
notes and receive IN lieu thereof an euual amount
OF four per cent certificates, bonds upon the de-
nand OF the State Tax Collector. And the bonds
or certificates to be exchanged shall be endorsed as
follows :" certify that the within Tor nttachoD
certificate was received from -- in lien
OF 5" much tax enormously collected from him in
currency of the new issue, and that the Same haa
been exchanged for new issue to reimburse him -
and signed by the State Tax Collector
u. \. TRENHOLM,
no IV-lm Secretary Of the Tren,I
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TREASURY DEPARTM
toNFFDfRATE STATES OF AMERICA,
nnhr A ~ 4

Richmond, Va, August 26, 1864 }
- EQUATIONS FOR CARRYING
n INTO EFFECT THE ACT OF CONGRESS-
APPROVED JUNE Is. 1861 AUrIioRJIINI1
Sn,F =" NEisS oF REGISTERED EIGHT PER CENT
hoNDS, ISSUED UNDER THE PROVISIONS oE
TIE ACT APPROVED MAY I6 1861 ro ny
CHANGE THE SAME FOR COUPON RoNDS :
Parties owning registered eight per cent bonds
unier the act OF May l6, 1861 desiring TO exchange
thcm Tor coupon bonds, will assign them in th,
manner pointed out III the printed endorsement ON
the back OF the certificate, to the .Contrd,rata
states OF Amcnca, i'll exchange for coupon bonds )"
ana cause them 10 be presented to the HeyIstfr of
the Treasury Department, who will theTrunon IN
compliance with the provisions Of the act OF Jun,
-, 1851. issue coupon bonds for the amount specified
IN the registered bonds so assigned
q. a. TRENHOLM,
su [9-tS Secretary of the Treasury
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CHARGED WITH lIoESE STEALING. Wit
liam L. Morton, member OF company f,
Forty third Virginia battalion of cavalry,
was sent here on yesterday and commit
ted to Castle Thunder on the charge of
horse-stealing.
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~ - i''f ~ "f't,
toSFEnFKArE STATES GF AuIEtt.,
ki'HaoNu, November II, l-Gi J
NREASURY NOTES OF TIE OLD

INREASURI NOTES OF TIE OLD
l. lSHUE-lO the cudtiat every facility ma, he
Afforded - the holder, Ct tEc~r notes ia ,lir,tuy
the exchange iur Esw, the Treasurer. As.Isttut
treasurer" and Pay DvpueltaIles, and the b,pu-i-
tarle@ whose duty has been hitheft,4mitcd u fund
lnS, are hereby authorized tJ fcerivc tLe mote. for
exchange. Iho>e not supplied with funds will re-
CUSTER the names Of The dePYaItyTs Receiving all notes
offered Tor, and entitled to, exchange until The lst
day Of january. ISIS, inclusive. The notes te-
celved AMI registered must be- forwarded by express
10 the Treasurer AZ ltichmoui, with a copy 81 the
register and new issues tur the payment II the te-
posltors will be immediately tDrNardti ia tgL4r.
lhe Assistant Irea~Irrr~ and Deuo-ItArtps are
hereby instructed ~ roPuhli~h thus n"iioc
81. \ TRENHOLM,
no ls--tlJ Secretary Of the Treasury.
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1HtNsuRY DEPAETAFNr,l
CONFEDERATE hTAIEH oF AMERICA,
knhmonl- IILlN 2A IAhI

IAAED TREASURY NOTES In or
Il der to promote, as f,r a. practicable th. ,t,iv
hIuittuon by the Treasury Ot the OUTSTANDING
iAAEp NolES, the Ire. uTtI, A .i-ttut Tr,aau-
ter, ana Fay DtppsIt,ncs u the iiti-Irut state. arr
hereby authouzrd 20 receive the -sli notes. sx,rrc
lLt 500 hpte-, AT BOG per ccutuH i"Pysit i-eI-
thH Tor san" certificates Of loan, upon hypotlr,n-
t'oi "i noh-thNdhle hohd-. The sul certificate 10
b" payable demand alter The txIt..tlyu Of mn ~
IGVs.
And all agcnts Tor the sale II the above bonds ara
hereby authorized 70 rcCriy. the taxed note with
the exception above named, IN payment ot bonds
when sold, az The rate u 6ot per ccuttm
a.. a. TRENHOLM
hu It's Secretary 81 thr Trra~urv.
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THE EfEEPTFON EIII.

The general exemption bill. a reported
to tie House OH Saturday from the Mill
taTy Committee, by Mi, Miles, is very
much the same as heretofore a. reoaris
the classes, hut IS very marked in its re.
strictions and specifications.
The clause in relation to the prcss is
very materially altered, amounting al
most TO revocation. 1t eEcmpts lone
editor "t each newspaper being published
at the time Of the passage Of this act
a"d &"Ch p,"Ciich 91tatey> and pyessusen.
as said editor may certify on oatfts rs se -
Indispensable TO the publication of such
newspaper"
The clause eXerupting the owner OF
" fifteen field hands" is repealed
The hill eXempta mii ,sters Of religion
IN actual charge Of congregations, aeAo
h@ce net bcen enQoqt3 IN juaing aosd
8e1lF"g t5r YrcEt Physicians Of ''ten
years continuous practice, 50 eah1 haze nat
teen 5.|3.0e cni selling far p,oft. The
exemption OF teacher is restricted to
colleges, theological scminarios and mill |
tary academies.
The only new feature in the bill IS that |
granting exemptions to The officers and
indispensable employees Of the James
River and hanawha Canal Company.
The Secretary OF War is authorized to
rant exemption and detail 10 such plant
rs, farmers, oyersoers and other persons
IS he may be satisfied will be more use.
III to the country in'their several pursuits
han in the military service,
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DEPARTURE OF YANKEE OFFICERS.
Thirty odd Federal officers, for some time
confined in Libby prison, were sent South
yesterday morning.
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sliEkAAE's MOVEMENTS.

The latest news from Sherman is, that
on Saturday he was at Bloominedale, on
The Central Georgia railroad, fifteen miles
west Of Savannah. II was not absolutely
certain whether it was in his programme
TO attack the city, To slide away down to
the coast, Or endeayor to force passage
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MONDAY MORNING 49, DECEMBER u, 1854

The nAHy Bt-Par,a IS Ann. hei 10 NYwe pyat-
a. *h3 tAtEIfEs at ~ SrE HaftsRs pen nt-S-
hAEU ,orgts.
~,'rsorifFas s"nlin- ia the ofi.e tor tacr raT4rs
"ih he cAsTptd tnr DuiI.trs per month.
S'N"Lf corr II the Dispatch TWENTY-FIVE
Cr>yE.
Ntsesra. srr agfhorzci 10 Char~r oss r1II,v
ssoheiS.
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LINCOLN'S MESSAGE AND THE GoIp MAP.

EFT.
Gold rose in New York on Friday
to 240, and letter in the Philadel.
phIa Inquirer, from New York, says:
The public are still nibbling at the
Presidents message and accompanying
documents. Down town, among the
money kings, there are two parties, one
OF which accepts the statements of Mr..
Lincoln and Mr.. Fessenden as crafty
ing evidence of the ability and willing
ness of the nation to so ahead and put
down the rebellion; the other, on the
contrary, accepts them as proof that the
war is 10 be indefinite. and the taxes.
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conscrlptions, etc, are to be inde6nite
also. The views of the latter seem 70
predominate, for the moment in the
cold Room and in the Produce FIX.
charge. Prices are all up, but before
the c lose of the week the outside puhl;c
Will he disappointed if we do not have
some good news from our brave boys in
the field that will place the.whoIe mack
OF secession sympathizers in William,
street, and all the other operators for a
rise, h0y8 du c0nsbaf. va "
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INSfRRhCYY0N ANONG TIE
YANKEE OFFTCERS ar D4E
pILLE
Yesterday morning the Yankee Off
GERS in the prison at Danville made IN
attempt to oyerpower the guard. They
We're fired on, and Colonel Rossier, Of
Ne" York, was instantly killed and
others wounded. This frightened the
rest, and the attempt was giyen,up. The
struggle lasted but a few minutes, and
all was soon quiet.
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OFFICIAI.



'"F'biHNfF NTArF~ 90 AaEEt,.
- kitHs"Nn, December 4 tz,i I
~ mi III RI \ TREAS INV
- ~ i.N.-in rur~uanoc ~ an art az C,ns,s..
"ppt"Neh NVFeinh"r 2S lsGt. entitled % A., ~, .,
authoflxr the SocretiTy of the T,r,s,,,v ., - a w w
coupon bonds for sCycn-thirty trca.nr,.y
ers of such notes ar. hereby rotitJ -. ~.
payment 81 The annual interest lus thereon on ,ba
first day Of January, lNG5, upon pfc~aut,,ia 81 ~
same the Trea gGrcr, Assistant Trr1surcrs - Do 80
DepOsitarics las designated at foot viii i-,,a sy
hcates therefor, which vill entit!e the hiI,I =.
coupon bonds payable thirty years after tho Irs, %
OF Janu1ry 1865, barring IN per cent interest from
the saii first OF January 1865, payable on the trt
days Of January and July IA each year. IN. TrsA-
surer, Assistant TreasuTers ard Deposit,ries will
make weekly reports 10 the Register Of the Treasury
OF such certificates issued their Offices whercupon
bonds will be sent forward in satisfaction Of same
The notes will be- cancelled IA the sul manner and
forwarded 70 the First Auditor.
q. a TRENHOLM,
Secretary of Treasury.
Treasurer at RiChmon3, Virginia.
AsSiSttut Irca-Irers at Charleston and Mobile
D'pnsitares at Raleigh and Wilmington, North Ca
ruhua,
DepoHitares at Charleston and Columbia, South Ca
i'erositarles Mt Savannah and Augusta Georgia
btpOsiuille> az Tallahassee, FLORIDA and Montgo-
meTy, Alabama.
DcpoSitarles at Columbus, Missis.ppi and Uo,n,ou
and Marshall Texas 90 3ts
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DIED,

on sunday morning, at halt past O'Clock, PA
TRICK M,NEIL.
" An honest man is the uoblest work Of God"
The friends and acquaIutances Of the family are
respectfully invited to attend h- funeral at O'clock
TODAY, from his late residence, IN SIDNEY al the
upper end Of Nam street.
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CRY CoUNcn.-A regular monthly
meeting of the Council will be held this
afternoon at / o'clock.
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a "rIRATICAL EXPLOIT on JAMES RIVER
| TWO YANKEE VESSELS CAPTURED AMI
| DESTROYED.
| The Fortress Monroe correspondent OF
The Philadelphia Laqutley writes that
| paper an indignant account Of the cap
uire and destruction Of two vessels lyine
OF Warwick river where it cmpties into
the James, He says
The stcamtug Lizzie Freeman. Can.
tam Sawtelle, left Norfolk late Yesterday
| afternoon for City Point, having in tow
| an empty barge. On the barge were .
number Of colored lab0rere bcIongino to
The tdartermaStc5' Department, and
ionr coloTed soldiers as a guard. When
the Freeman was off the mouth of War
wick river She wa greeted with a vol
ley oI mu>ketrY ana ordered to come to
from schooner near by. The Freeman
"hrytd the summons, ana was immadi-
ately boarded by thirteen guerrillas.-
ihe leader of the band wore suit of
rebel grey, the collar Of the coat r2r-
hished with theinsiania Of a Confederate
captain.
They had, previous to haiIing the
freeman, been busiIy Engaged in rum
maglng the schooner, which was loaded
with suffers stores; and the thieves wore
new h"ehAkln gloves, which were in
strange contrast with their tattered cloth
lnS. They dropped alongside of the
barge, when the colotcd guard fired nDon
them; they returned the fire; thirteen
OF the white chiyalry against four Of our
'oiored soldiers, The first fire Of the
SuerilIaS put the Guard hor& ia c0as6ut,
killing one and wounding three. They
next opened the hatchcs OF the harge
and threw the dead and wounded into
the hold; then they robbed every indi
vidual separately, relieving them of their
watches, grcenbacks, boots and oyercoat&.
As soon as an individual was heeced he
was thrust into the hold
The crew OF the schooner were also
brought Oft and forced into the hold of
the barge Then the schooner was set
on tire, and, with her cargo, totally de |
Stroyed. The engineer and two tircmen
oi the Freeman We're retained by the |
5nenllIaS to run the tug. Each white |
'ctim was also forced to sign parole, |
setting forth that he would not bear arms |
against the Confederacy during the pre-
sent war
The matches Of the barge were fastened
iown over the luckleSs crews and wound
ID soldiers, and the barge was left to
!rllt helplessly with the tide. She was
picked up by passing vessel and her
ihinchy passengers are now safe in Nor
Ok. by arrivals from up the James. we
earn that the Freeman was afterwards
lbandoned and burned. The fate nf (ho
.nSlncer and fremen is, as vet nm
,nOWn.
This daring outrage was committed
bout sixteen miles from here. and only
I'VE miles from the guns of the Atlanta.
Are we to have a nautical Mosby p
he schooner was first brought to by a
olley fired from a roughly constructed
oat, in which the guerrillas had left TIE
hore IN quest OF plumber They were
OF able to carry off but very little of the
ehooncr's cargo, and by far the larger
art OF 1t was consumed.
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&sitIrmond 1ispattb,
gy ]. A. CowARDiS & co.

jHh bfspAroH ~ Published daily, tsundags except
Ell at sf5F noLtARs for twelve months; TWENTY
FiNs aofI,es 10. months rtyr,sx baYt4Hs for
Three months or rtvF for one month in ad-
vance Al retnittances by NAL the risk OF those
wab make them.
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NfUhU Z IT. I fiOMAS,
Major General 1Ommand,pa

| All sorts OF rumorS prevailed all over
ihe city when the news that a tiag. Of
| truce had come in got abroad The GENE
raj >uppoaition wa that General Hood
| had demanded the surrender Of \aah-
Vile.
General Hood ; headquarters had been
liked at Brentwood, about six miles soutls
OF the city, on the franklin pike. The
following is one paragraph in the DIS
patch which viii find few believers after
the Franklin "victory"
Generals Milroy and Rousseau are at
Mnrireeshoro', which is amply garli-
soncd aAd defended against any rebel
lorce which may attack it. Yesterday
a body OF rebels attacked block houses
Nos. and 7, near Murtrcesboro'. They
were GaIiantly fought by the garrison,
and soon 4 body OF troops was sent by
Mi!roy from MurtreesbOro', who attacked
the rebels with such eject that they
We're driven of in confusion, losing six
pieces of artillery and a number of pri-
soners.
Matters at the front to-day are ouieter
'han usual. No artillery that can ho
seen mas yet been placed in position bv
the rebels.
a dispatch from Louisville, dated the
9Th instant, says;
a special dispatch to the .EouyuaI
dated Nashville, December &, saws the
rebels lost at Franklin ten General OH. |
GERS, among whom were Generals Goran |
and Qnalles, not previously reported. |
"enefai theatham escaped capture only |
by the tleetncss of his horse.
The Louisville Journa5 learns that
General CoOper's brigade of white and
brigade of colored troops, the latter of |
which garrisoned J0hnsonville prior to
its evacuation, both of which were cur
oil from the main army when General
Schofield retreated from Franklin. have
arrived at Clarksvile.
The Nashville train arrived here on
tune thus evening. Passengers who left
Nashville this morning at six O'clock re-
part that all was quiet there at that time.
There had been some slight Skirmishing
the previous night
The steamers Pfima Donna, Prairie
State and Magnet, captured yesterday on
the Cumberland river, were rccaptured
Today by the gunboat Carondelet
The latest dispatch from Nashville is
lated the eth instant. 1t says the Con-
ederates erected IA battery on bluff on
he river, fourteen miles below the city,
which was unsuccessfully attacked by
seven gunboats, one Of which was badly
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INHE GRAND ANNUAL ASSEMBLY
/ or TIIEGRAND ENCAMPMENr KNIGHTS
TkNPLAE OF VIRGINIA viii hc held at the MA
SONS HALL, IN tins city, on thu kSDAl NEXT,
AT ~ O'Clock NJ
BY order Of the A /. Grand Master.
de 9-tdm JOHN DOVE, q Il
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damaged. y reconnaissance on the lie.
banon pike discovered the ConlederateS
IN strong force. The Cumberland river
ieli a foot more on the .th. The Nash
vile Press of the 7th says;
The rebel General Forrest, with his
command, IS SAID to he across the Cum.
berland river. We cannot vouch for the
Truth Of this statement, but give it as
We hear it. The impression gains
strength, among both our soldiers and
citizens, that the. rebels are evacuatng
and II this be so, the march on Kentucky
may be said to have commenced. We
,hlnk tins is quite possible indeed, pro
bablc.
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1.-TWO THOUSAND POUNDS COP
pERAs, for sale bv w IL. SCOrr
Druggist, corner Of Seventeenth and Franklin
STREETS. le So
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EXTRACT LOCKWOOD, for sale by
IL W, IL. SCOTT, Druggist,
corner OF Seventeenth and Franklin stTests.
dc 9-3tt
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shFKHtN's MAECE-BIs MArL FORWARDED
10 TIE COAST

| -'-''''- g - VI IL Oish AhitLi ID
10 THE COAST.
The Yankees really have no news from
sherman but in default Of it, they pub
| IiSh the following telegram from Wash
ngtOn
In addition to the admissions of the
Richmond papers Of the 9TH instant that
uoneTal Shcrman's main army had
reached MIllen, the authorities have in
formation, OF unfuestionable reliability,
that Henerli ShermaH's main army had
already passed Millen without battle
and without the expenditure of any am.
munltlon except what was used in the
two or three SkirmiSheS OF detachmentq
already reported. Having passed MilIen.
there Is no opportunity for any rebel
'ofce whatever to interrupt his march to
Tue point upon the coast for which he
originally set out, and where the srIpplieg
ANA mails for that army will arrive sinul-
taneously with its arrival. The complete
success OF 9herman'S great enterprise is
no" beyond the shadow of a doubt, and
II mas been demonstrated that all that
remains OF the armed rebellion is com |
PrlSed IN the two armies of Hood and |
Lee, both of which will soon be rendred |
p0werIess.
A letter from New York, dated the
Tth, says;
1Q-morrow morning, bright and early,
the mted States steamer Fulton will
star ioF the southern coast with a mail |
ior the army of General Sherman. tits
eontTahand to specify the point at which
she VIII touch, but it is not contraband
to say that she expects to reach it on
sunday next
And the Baltimore Americoa adds:
\ number Of officers, absent on leave
1t the time he started, also go by this
General Sherman having
ordered them TO Join their commands on
he coast
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ElVE rHOUSAND BUSHELS FLAA-
= SEED Wanted, five Thousand b1ahesN i'+>E>-
SEED, lot which the market price wall be lS'i'
dc 6-6t. UEoRtiE BAoBf. HS stieet'
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A toGNAC OtL,-For SALE several pounds
genuine FRENCH coGNAC OIL
dee--os' IL WESDESBuRG Il co,
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MILLINERY AND DRESS GOODS.
lFi The subscriber has lust received "a lot Of
FASHIONABLE MILLINERY, a. also a great va
rcty of beautiful DRESS GOODS and HLEACIiED
cOrToAS, to which she invites the special aiten-
tion of the ladies MtpAMr DEMElMAN,
d. 1-St- No 2IS Broad street
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NJ OTICE.-Ihe annual meeting of the
Y stockholders II the Manchester Cotton and
Wool Manufacturing CompakZ will be held at the
Office OF the agent on IIiu RSiJ&, the 18th Of De-
ecrnber, at IL o'clock. WM. III MOWERS,
de SIT. Agent
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/ SITED STATES CURRENCNIPsr-
~ sons having in their possession UNITED
STATES CURRENCY, ana wi-hin, to dispose of
the same, can do good terms and without yio-
lation Of law By presenting 1t l. the GOVERN
MEAT AGENT At the Office Of lancaster d Co.
de .--I5f
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EOR SALE, PRIVATELY, SMALL
HOUSE, containing three rooms. on Twenty
clghth bctss.a O and l. Streets Union Hill. Pos
sesSioal given OH before the 1st Of January -
Also about fifty bushols COAL. For terms &c
apply the premises to Mrs. TUCKER.
de l0-Sts
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our obedient servant,
j. +, lIooD, General.
Confederate States Army.

To this letter General Thomas sent the
following reply:
HEADQUARTERS DrPARTurNr
OF THE CCMBEKLANB,
NASHVILLE, December >, 1861.
Gs"Cr"} Il +, Uood, CoD.0.aading Gem
f'dcT'ts hoFces on he f,auIIu Rad i.
General have the honor to acknow.
ledge receipt Of your communication Of
this date, making a proposition for the
exchange OF prisoners Of the army Of the
United States ROW in Your possession for
hike number ot Confederate prisoners
belonging 10 your army in my hands. In
reply, | have to state that. although nri.
sonerS from Your army. they have all
been sent North, and are Consequently
now beyond my control am, there
fore unable to make the EXCHANGE pro-
posed by YOU
Very respectfully, yours. &c.
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T'IE GRAND ANNUAL CONVOCA.
lion Or ItiE GRAND ROYAL ARCH
CHATTER OF VIRGINIA will be hela ~ tho Ma
SONS HALL, IN this cIty on nURSDAY tte I;th
instant, at C'Cio1k L. NJ.
By order OF the NJ. r. Grand High Priest
JOHN DOVE.
dc -luG1h2t&dtd Grand Secretary