, 1864-02-11
TIE REBEL CONGRESS.
GI,EENDACKs PRESCRIBED,

GHEENDAcks PRESCRIBED. $50. .
From the Richmond Examiner, January 25.l
The following bill, to be entitled IAN Act
to prohibit dealing In The paper currency Of
the enemy" las passed both houses Of Con-
gress:
d,ne1icd do enact: That no broker, banker, or
dealer In exchange, or person concerned In
trade ns q merchant, or vcnder of mcrchau-
disc Of any description, or any other person,
except within the lines of the enemy, shall
buy, sell, tahe, circulate, or in any ma1nar
States: RrvtIaf, That the purchase Of post
nge stamps sh.u not be considered vlolatiou
Of this act.
Q, That ary person violating the provisions
of this act shall be subject to Indictment md
proeccution'in the Confederate Court holden
Tor the district within which the offenso was
committed, and shall, upon conviction, for
felt the amount so bought, sold, circulated,
or used, or sum equal thereto md shall be
moreover subject to fine Of not moro thnn
twenty thousand dollars, nor less ttan i've
hundred, and be imprisoned not less than
tie discretion Of said Conrt; and It shall be
the duty Of the Judge Of the seyeral Confede-
rate Courts to give this act specially in Charge
to the Grand jury.
TIE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS AND TIE NE
CEss1TY FOR HEISFo1cEMENTs.
On Jan. q, willie bill was under discus
sion TO relieve from the operation OF the non
substitute law farmers and planters engaged,
in the year 1865, in agricultural pursuits by
their own labor or in experimenting that of
others, under certain conditions, Mr. Cham
bliss, Of Virginia, said the agricultural inter-
ests 1lad received less favor than any other,
hut he feared the danger OF this entering
wedge. The best bill that could be adopted
would be 10 put more men into the army in
stead Of taking them ont. Tho best currcn-
e bill that could be passed, would be 70 one to
mauga would do NOR fore thesrestoration OF
the currency than nil the bills that could be
Passed He would 70 os far as any one TO fA-
yor the agricultural interests, but we had lost
New Orleans and Norfolk, and Gen. Lee had
lest the fruits Of Ills yictories--all for the
Want Of men What good would bo accom-
I'lished by cxcmpting overseers, farmers and
planters, If we hare no country to cultiyate :?
Un1efs en- a1nlE was got in the field, and that
speedily, he Would not give groAt for all the
bills that were passed. II the bill under con-
sideration if passed, the act repcaliny exemp-
Gon By Substitution would be mere myth.
'Tht rc was great outside pressure, and ail
Ind never regaincd an inch of soil from the
enemy, simply from the want OF men; not
Il cause the agricultural interest had not been
properly attended to.
Mr. Hilton said the bill did not propose to
exempt agricultrrists generally, but only
those who had substitutes In the tield.
TIRE REBEL sEADOARD.
THE ApplEuENDED ATTACK ON MOBILE
[From the Richmond WhIg, Jan. e..]s
Apprehension exists at Mobile that the city
is Threatened will, IN carly attack BY the en-
emy. In connection with the statements of
late United States papers that q "sccrct ex-
pedition left New Orleans on the Goth Of De
cenber to oper'te against Mobile" and that
en- int1enchcd camp is to be established ut
Pascagouln, "to facilitate operation when
the ra1ny season ends" the Mobile Trib.ae
says information has been received that ex-
tenRiye operations are on foot at Ship Island
Heavy transports have passed along the Al
lantfc coast eouthTard Tor some destination
not stated.
The Tri6une appears to be so we'll satisfied
OF the intention Of the enemy, that it assumes
1t duty to give warming, and urges the re-
moya1 Of ofnln-combatants, nl that the city may
be left Us much as possible to the fighting
men.
A6 operations Of auy magnitude must nee
cssnrily be suspended in Virginia md Ten
neesec during the winter months, the proba-
bility is TINT Mobile Ia Ms likely to be attacked
as any other point on the coast The purpose
Of the enemy Is to agaiu bisect the Conteder-
ncy, and the possession Of Mobile would, no
doubt, bc desirable as necessary preliminary,
and Us IL basc Of operations tor cooperating
with the descending column from TENNESSEE.
Should these appft tensions be well found:
cd, tue city will very probably be subjected
to an attack both by sea and land. Whatever
may be the enemJ's intentions, VIC arc pleas
I'd to learn that, If they are resisted with to1-
cradle spirit, no doubt is entertained Of their
repulse-
The Mobile Register Of the I'D says:
"Commodorc Farragut was reported at
Pensacola, q few days ago, with nine vessels
1t now appears that FarTa:5ut had left Pensa-
cola Tor New Orleans.
The scouts On the coast near Perdilo re-
ported, some days since, twenty-three vessels
steering eastward, and their supposed dcsti-
milton was Pensacola. No such flcet has
gone into Pensacola. The movements Of the
enemy are quito mysterious, and SO far his
purposes are not developed. Whatever they
may be, the country will be glad to learn that
paratIoos and arrangements, on the hypothe-
Sis that an early attack on this city Is con
templated."