Northern District of Georgia.
From the Southwest Shreveport, La. March 2, Via Mobile March 16.
--All quiet in this department.
A passive campaign on the part of the Yankees is anticipated.
The enemy is now making a reconnaissance up Red river. Gen. Tyler is anxious to meet them.
The action on the part of Congress on the currency question is anxiously looked for. The department is self-sustaining, and could feed our army for twenty years.
It is had poncy to furlough any to cross to this side of the Mississippi river.-- Gens. Lee, Johnston, and Longstreet are constantly losing men, who cannot or will not return east of the river.
The people everywhere in the department are buoyant and expect to win our freedom before March, 1865.
Stonewall Jackson's Commissary, Banks, is no more respected or favored here than when he made his disastrous flight from the Valley of Virginia.
The people and army have entire confidence in Lieut. Gen. E. Kirby Smith.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Taylor.
Public arms.
Senate bill authorizing the collection of public arms was read a first and second times.
Subsequently taken up and passed.
State specie.
Mr. Joynes, from the Committee on Courts of Justice, to whom was referred House resolution relative to the report made to the Governor by. J. M. Bennett, late Auditor of Public Accounts, made a report concerning the specie ($21,000) borrowed by the State from the Bank of the Commonwealth in March, 1865.--The facts connected with the money in question and its subsequent disposal have already been laid before the public.]
The Committee gave as their opinion that this money cannot be recovered by the State because the State has no title to it. The bonds upon which the money was borrowed cannot be constitutionally paid, and the bank would lose the money should it be recovered.
From the fact that the loan was a compulsory one, the State could not, consistently with her dignity and honor
