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Ktifclnr.d and tie liaUf.il Slate*.
A recent r« a up 1 from h enemy’s lines an
nounces that the eaU,' te cordial* hits been per
lec'ly resumed between Mr. Sew rd and the Kug
lish M ; riigfer. 2 h»” all the ; ■ mptoenz of a ho*
tile collision beteu IV t-vo c onines seem to
hava disappeared for th- nr, ■ ,t.
Frequently and urhig t 1 — peat two years the indi
cation- of war h*• j n tiiecu two powers have
been so manifest that everybody has thought
that opt n rupture must c me. Buthobgh the
clouds bars sev l t tn-s paihcrcd thick and
dark, covering t’ e whole h ever s :.nd portending
the #*r>rm, they b,y• hr frrqu -n'lyhu dispersed
without fall)I ing the <•*•*•« .ti .n. When the
emergency sou ins jut about v- occur, one or the
Other of the pa-ti s stoops to soma dishonorable
oonoespton or 11c ■■ (> - tome lam. apology, and an
outward or pnli ,: and amity it b ast. Is preserved.—
Just about this time Mr ■■■ -■urd g ves a su. per or
dinner, and in the abandonee of good eating and
good drinking the bring' rent altitude is entirely
ignored, and the points at which the two nations
have their mos l mmediu «■ contact are so smooth
ed off that no blood is drawn.
Nothing now can be pi -.inor to every discern
ing man than 111 ex*, •arm aversion of tho U titsd
Btat sand E igland to go lo war with each ether.
For inferior pros- 3 v. '- n th i> which have
been given, tv ■v. 1!o ■ » ng) lave beend)-
clart and agal ut Ii ig! vtd, h and (he counsels which
ruled the Federal K'puh: c up to tho beginning cf
the present Adminis 'ian continu and lo govern
that penpl ’. Far oil'u as inch lees grave than
tho-e which have transpiri , hoatili is occurred
in 1812. And, if England had been true to her
ancient spirit, she would long ago have resented
the indigniti s which her Ira . i At'aalic rival has,
in repeated iii&'ancei, offered to her. Hut light is
not the policy. They wi : l bluster and threaten,
but th y evil I rot strike. 010 party will send
r giman'.j ‘mu ..is of wit" to Canada, and
tho other wilt talk ab mt th 1 . e millions ol soldiers
und F—urms 1 f privni-• - ; but ‘ nobody is hurt”
on either side. Each will remonstrate in every
possible way—save by arms—that they are u
high minded pcojfls, and do hnniued to preserve
their honor
Tho truth is that with uH th ■ r in maces to each
other, both pat tie-, are afraid if war. Tbe United
States fi ds its whole po er, both of the at my
and the navy ins fftcieiH to put down the rebel
lion. Aft r two years hurt fi lining, the best ap
pointed arm-.- 8 and the moat magnificent prepa
rations have been inadrquato to the reduction of
a city but little more than a hundred miles from
their own c.pLnl. Tbe ’mst boats which thatr
ifL.-/ command have net been able to re capture
the very fir. t fort which -uj wrested from them
in Charleston harbor. They have Buffered re
peated dis.istvrs -ii thu w i er, ’ icugh contending
with a people, who, iu llv beginr..ng of this war
did not owu a solitary v -nsl which was tuitablo
for war purpos . h ■. • m .ro work at homo
than tho military nti- ;• > .<! too country,
to its utmost capacity c..:t ix o.no, we ire not
surprised that they tin uld aw hacN from un
dertaking any n-.w m et* with urms.
England is tuff ring diepiy by this war. On
n any loioueh- she wou! ■ . - glad lo vit termi
nated. Hut she hts made the cold calculi tion,
and ascertains th. - it a ill be cheaper to endure
her present ills and ever, f- an; p rt her alarving
thousands from th public treu ury than to irenr
the expense of fighting. No nation is more vul
nerable tbau the Ku.-I th just at those points
where the Yankees w iM be prepared to strike
the hardest blows. Her great wealth is ia her
conim->rco and he.- . juufa'tnrrs. !3he knows
that the Unitqd Staton p.-.vuU rs would inflict
fearful and, v;.;da ie 1 upon - e ..r-ner, and that w*r
embarrasses all tha opt.a. ous of the latter, save
those which ere demanded for its peculiar pur
suits. The pr.it:' m i less aspect of these matters
will rule with be h tea Endian and the ankers;
und this w 11 be sufficient to restrain for tbe
present, at lea-.t, (heir beiiigeve t propensities-
We no tie:* that the London Time?, which has been
occasionally so b liic'Sj ia its tone, asserts of
late that there wil! be io interruption of friendly
relations. That journal, b -waver, is most vitupe
rative of tho Utiled F i-s, and i* iu appareut
sympathy with the Ci • fed.*racy. Tbo Yankee
journals, too r ar > pr. luss iu 1 heir denunciations
of the English, but s f-iuh'rnjt ni l keep them
from active violence.
As to Cotton.
Tho Charleston Mcrcu y, in 'he arf-cls append
ed, disabuses tho ,- b' c n dos . rroneons ira
pressiocs wb c'a have bre *n 1 c irrent r. spooling
the escort of csttou ft- n C '-federate”ports
Some interest;, • fact a: .--ated regarding tbe
blockade bus cts v,h are new to the public,
and the whole article w'il be read with inter
est : *
We see, from then-.r tap -sin various quar
ters, indications o diestf' tactier with tha people
of Chariest,’”, in ; ’■ u :. of the ioreign com
merce cirri-d ou l-y h r -erchants The running
of the blockade—'-: p r ng cotton and importing
goods—is r, garde,’. .- t:' p ot I’, and injurious
to the Lucre t; i ,* dr racy. Bv this means,
it is said, we *u; p!.v <5: B a.tin (who rtfuses
to enforce t;-V- aof > •*: at v. .Mug bl eksde)
with » nrc.-s-ity, w c>,-l I-• .in her, will at
least make fc.r i on; p'vr a-'d r uden
cy. It is aa -t t ;v a a > e 1 m this. W e
supply our «nor - It c. : >, ~ud eo euate
mantr goods iu i ' an, or '■ ho ■ i lire Confederate
States coa co l.rol * tr , ■ Nassau, and deter
mine that th# Vaox—s Ho not par, base our
cotton when e. Id lit; re, or reiu i us their goods
in payment tVrc’or ? - * » *
Now, we bog ;tr. to tVtit t s f*w tacts upon
this subject Toe ;■ op eof < haT.eston, at the
opening ot .hi* war, • * i os muc opposed to the
exportation ot on 1 -ta]u> to tor, igu nations
as any peoo’.e in tii 1 Con ci.er.uy. Indeed, they
exh bited their op '-si ion in . *v-t that we be
lieve no other p- pV ' r le C Ld-rncy maui
tested. They obj cted 1 1 per.tiii a slip loaded
with cotton to Irav ue b .th, and mouced her
owners t util ad, an;.! -t b o .sue U.s otic under
s'ood ! hat t; Ms r J 'ha Fro ter A Co s, intend
ed to scud all •-!. r ' - , io 1. ';i po. , aud to
import regafarlv and i.eav.iv th r the iroieruaeut
arms, powd- r, sab ire. : m nmiti "o. m< dieinee,
soldiers’ s' , o". A.\, ru’r comple'irg their
return cargos w tb 011,1 r tocos. To this doy thesa
gentleme, nave t'oi'ov and etrivly thsir intention,
and th.ir b.cc»a:ie ru . i-.ea o: immense
servic -to the c .u-o c Son h. Bar to tbis
day the trov rnin at lias r-n no limit or restric
tions to exp - . and imroriiog eitton
Yankee | , ,-• lions 1 | \ . » Oh her
par; ei ii.ee nr. K 1 . 0 .i.er.icnlar, and
■ some car, e .. , . ;> t { . Te contain. It
is known •v. utter wascousid
credits;-' .r -and that Con
WeM. at-. ev--y o’.h •-Co er ss which bits sat,
has refused 10 p ohioitit. » * * *
* n*in i' " ’ ' -'“hee goods across
the h.lO Grande io ~ i tv.g at one time prohi
bited by military authority. We arc informed
that Gen. Hagruder obtained instructions bom
Richmond to repeal the pmhib lion. Conre
qnently a great basin'sg Is going on steadily
'here.
How then stands the mattei? It is the law of
the Confederacy that co'ton rh II be exported,
and goods, Eagii.h or Yankee, ad libitum, shall
be imported into the ports ot ihs Confederate
States * * * Let Congress overthrow this
policy, and nowhere in the Confederate States
will there be a more prompt and cordial submis
sion to its behests than in the city of Charles
ton. * * * As to the extent of the exporta
tions of cotton, we have obtained from the
Charleston Custom House the following fig
ures m rouDd cu rib r
Hales of cotton exported : n year 1862 23,000
Hales of cotton exported Ist quarter 1863.. 0,800
We are also told that all the steamers running
the blockade at this port have willirgly ‘agreed,
of late, to import for the Government one-fbiid
of each return cargo.
The proportion of cotton going to Liverpool
and that sold at Nassau, we have not ascertained.
Hat many of the purchases of goods made at
Nassau are paid for in sterling exchange.
Crushed—oll l*at>*r.
Two mon' hs ago the Northern press announced
that the rebellion was so nearly squelched by
starvation and disasters, and reverses in battle,
that all that was required to crush it completely
was the capture of the three great strongholds—
Cbarlesten, Richmond and Vicksburg. The neces
sity ol accomplishing these great and important re
snl>s within the three succeeding months, so as to
bring the war to a close within the present cam
paign, was earnestly and eloquently expatiated
upon, and the Government directed all its ener
gies to the equipment and preparation of the flests
and armies to be employed in the undertaking.
Htrar.ge to say, and contrary to tho expectations
ol the Confederacy and the rest of mankind, it
has bee 1 completely successful. Indeed, but
two-thirds of the allotted period of “ninety
days” have expired, and wo bad the “ great
back-bone of the rebellion” not only broken, bnt
tbe rebellion itself, according to Northern papers,
metaphorically and everlastingly crushed.
In the middle of April last, the ciiy of Charles
ton was taken by the Yankee iron-clad fleet—the
most powerful naval armada ever created, and
fitted out at an expense of five millions of dollars;
the walls of Sumter were breached, and the high
places of the “ hot bed of secession” occupied by
tbe victorious hosts of Yankee Doodle. Imme
diately, the thermometer of Federal exultation
went up to fever heat, and the price of gold went
down. The intelligence came just in time to in
fluence important State elcctons, and gain an
Abolition majority in the lower House of Con
gress, and to go abroad by the departing steamer
tor Europe. There was congratulatory hand
shaking, flag flying, and booming cf uproarious
cannon.
In quick succession followed the defeat of Gen
eral Lee’s grand army, the fall and occnpation of
Richmond, the capture of that “ arch-traitor Jeff
Dav.s,” and his Oabinet, and the hoisting of the
Stars and Stripes upon the rebel Oupitol. Again
the price ot gold fell, and tha whole population
of the Nonh went crazy-druuk with uproarious
triumph. The bird of freedom screamed, and
the exalting popu'ace grew hoarse with rous ng
cheers. The sensation press piled Pelion upon
Ossa in blazoned head-lines of type, and triumph
al ink poured out in streams. Tue glorious
news chassezed from New York to New Orl ans,
and back again ; and tha True Delta, glancing
from Virginia to the progress of affairs in Mis
issippi, took up tbe echo of hilarious exultation
in this wise :
“ It looks to us undeniably clear that before a
vety distant day tbe entire fighting force of tbe
Jiulederate government will be concentrated be
, ,ecD Chattanooga south, and the line clothe
1 1 nes river north.”
*a* destruction of Vicksburg's the only one
.i. i» teedful for the grand consummation of the
i.u l hat it to be.
b|>t .presto 1 Vicksburg falls 1 A steamer was
v>j Ito sail for Europe, and. the rand intelli
onoe ;vmts just in time to bo dispatched with
aer departing mails. How opportune! Again
nra 'he newspapers variegated with stating cap
tious in big type: the burden of waich is Vicks
butg and Victory, How astounded will the trans*
Atlantic nations be at this great suceess coming
on the heels of the lesser victory. What praice
will redown for one brief hour to the uame of old
Abe Lincoln, for his indomitable perseverance,
wonderful miiitajy ability, end successful over
coming of great obstacles. The fame of Abe is
great. Great is the “ Prince of Rails”—ou pa
per. The truth of the old adage is proved beyond
dispute that “tbe pen is mightier than the sword,”
for it has aceomplished what the sword has failed
to perform. Says the New York Herald, of the
26th ol May :
“ This is undoubtedly tho greatest victory of
the war. Its results, not only in a military, but
in a moral and political point of view, are of the
highest interest. * * * By the noble achieve
ments of Its heroic troops the conquest hi s been
wrought; by its best blood its right? won—never
again to be questioned. The tall of Vicksburg,
therefore, cannot fail to be attended with vast
moral and political effects.”
And to Lincoln alone belongs the credit of this
epbemecal victory, at least, the Herald says, “ the
public ore indebted to the President for the early
publication of the glorious nows from Vicksburg,'*
and then asks," will Mr. Stanton make a note of
this?” But why reproach poor Stanton ? He is
eutitlad to his share of the glory for the victory
he won (on patia) on tbe Rappahannock. He
had not sufficiently recovered from that effort to
undertake so soou a iob of the magnitude of this.
His was “ glory enough for one day.”
O' course, 'Vcstmaton was all ablaze with tbe
news ot this 1 1st s iccess, and according to the
Chronicle, “th: greatest enthusiasm was mani
fested upon its receipt.” Never was there a glo
rification like this. But, alas 1 too high a flight
involves the fate of Icarus, whose waxen wirgs
melted as he reached the sun. tbe fall from
such a height, it might be naturally supposed,
would seriously damage the I mkee rfiaracter
and reputation, as well as the la-ise of the Abo
lition Dynasty and its own estima'.u i : n the eyes
of the people. But it is in vain to speculate
npon the sflect of such a congeries 0! lies upon
tho patience of those who have been so often
bamboozled, and who have by this time become
schooled to accept a lie well stuck to for the
tmth itself. The Yankee nation now under
stands'that Richmond, Charleston and Vicksburg
have not been taken, though they hardly yet
realize the fact. Possibly, when it is fully im
pressed upon the mind, it will be willing to re
ceive a lesson from this fresh accumulation of
disaster, and convinced of the frnitlessness and
folly of farther effort, and irritated by lorses in
the battle field, Bnd profitless expenditure, de
mand an immediate cess-at-on of hust.l ties. Their
complete discomfiture at Vicksburg, it God will
it, would t;nd greatly to influence such a deter-
I initiation. Bat onr experience of the past teaches
1 us not to hope for snch a result.
Statement of a Reti-rsbo Fsiso.vxb —Adju
tant T. U. Kail, who was captured in the fight of
Uen. Pegram near Monticeflo, has just returned
trcm the North. The account he gives the Knox
t. -e Register of the brutal treatment of prison
ers by the Federals corresponds with the state
ment of others, which we have recently publish
ed. They robbed him of several honored and 'l.ars
n money, and took even the most trilling con
tents of h s pockets. He represent th, secession
feeling as beicg very strong in Baltimore, and
says the prisoners met with many expressions o'
sympathy irom the women and c lildren, who fed
them as long as they conld eat with every luxury
and dainty the season afforded. There were also
many expressions of sympathy from the men,
but they were so closely watched by the police
. that any such demonstration was hazardous.
Adjutant Dail also narrates the annexed inci
dent which occurred as he passed through Colum
bus, Ohio:
A negro g'rl, with her clothes pecked in the
satchel ran to the cars as the prisoners were about
to start aud begged them to take her with them.
She said she had been trying to get back to her
master for many months, and now was determin
ed to accompany them. The guards droTe her
back, and they left her wring ng her hands and
shrieking that she wanted to be taken home..
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1863.
C.'ttUl.'.
Tb re has been a very marked decline in cot
ton in the Nrribern in rket within toe past few
days, the fall being fifteen cents within three
wteks. Darmf the winter and early sp ing it
ranged from ninety Cen s to one dohar per pound;
it is now sellirg at fifty five cents. There is very
little doubt that this fall is owing to greatly in
creased supplies of the staple, for it is not possi
ble that it is pre-d cated upon the antie pated
speedy termination cf the war. I here are no
other causes that couid affect the market so sen
s bly, and it is reasonable to suppose that this
.uflux of cotton is due partly to Banks’ succeEses
in Louisiana, and that there is much hard truth
in tbe following statement ol an army correspon
dent of a Northern paper now in Banks’ com
mand :
It is estimat’d by those who hare the means of
knowing, that at least two hundred thousand
bales of cotton will come io this market out of
the country recently occupied by our force*.
This is a very larg - amoun 1 ; but I see no reason
why it shiu'd not be so. General Bmks is deter
mined to make the most ol his conq rest in every
way, and I can see clearly that his u mpaign *■• ill
far more than pay expenses. Louisiana is con
quered ; it is to ail intents and purposes ours;
und Jeff. Davis may mako np his miud fully that
such is the case, no matter how disagreeable the
hose may be.
There is another source of supply with which
we have immediate concern, and we pr-sums
that there can be no doubt of th'correctness ot
our information in this particular. T e public
are well aware of the large shipments of cotton
that are cons'unt’y being made from Lirepnol to
New York and Botfion; and the quantity so
shipped must almost nicsssiri’y brar proportion
to the amount earn, and 1 «i to Europe by b ockade
runners fiom Conftdciaie poris 1 bat amount
baa increased very con-D-utrab;.: o : lute. These
shipments to Yankeedom, he , ;V -r, are within
the legit mate channels of trade, end beyond our
control or concern. It is not at all probabiethat
cotton ojuld be go delivered in quantity sufficient
to affect very materially the prices current in
North .rn markets, with the sevural ireigbts, cost
of transhipment, and brokerage, added lo the
original cost per poun *. If cec.'ssity compels
the Yankees to pay i)0 or 100 cents, und they are
willing to purchase at those rates, wo need not
vex ourselves about it. It is their loss, and, in
directly, our gain, for whatever tends to their
distress, impairs by so much their strength to
carry on the war.
If, however, we are permitting cotton to leave
our ports, with the knowledge and certainty that
it is to be carried direct to the North, and in eueh
quantities as lo sensibly reduce its market value
there, the fact does not speak well for the patri
otism cf those enne-’rned, or their desire to ter
minate the war. Wo caa render no more accept
able aid and comfort to the enemy. It has been
asserted by some iu high position that the suc
cessful clearance of vessels for Confederate ports
is carried on by the blocksders, and it was only
recently remarked as singular that no such ves
sels were ever captured. These vessels sail direct
to Nassau, cotton loaded, and the quantity of cot
ton so taken baa been unusua'.iy large within the
past three months. But it is stated positively
that a large proportion of it never reaches a for
eign neutral port; ateo that a brisk business in
this staple is now going on between Nassau and
New York. Where doss this'cotton grow?
Where does it come from ? Is it brought lroui
Africa or the East Indies to E gland, and thence
to Nassau, to be shipped to the Coiled States? or
is it Southern cotton that ha; been sh’pped once
to Europe, and is now reium. and to Nassau, for
the benevolent purpose of ving remunerative
freights to n;edy shippers? Wo will not suppose
for a moment that there is any other explanation
of these singular vagaries cf commerce. P«.rhips
there it, though, and it may be that there are
those who can clear a-vay the fog.
One thing ia certain—uo cotton should be per
permilted to leave our shores, exempt with the
positive assurance that its and otmution is a foreign
neutral peri, or that it is not intended for our
enemies.
In judicious AunuuuccmenM.
We notice that the New York II raid gives a
full account of tho rad of the Yaokge cavalry
through North Alabama and Georgia, spicuyieg
the mischief which was doae, the ernsternation
which was excited emoety the cit zins, a”d the
great damage which they would Lave inflicted
upon oar cause bad they not been captured by the
manceuvres of Gen. Firrest near Rime. We no
tice, aiso, that the Northern papbra have inform
ed their readers of some of the movements of
troop3 which have recently occurred among ns
giving names, numbers and places with an ac
curacy which shows that their information has
bseu derived from persons who were well aequa'nt
ad with what was transpiring among uo.
Whence do our enemies obtain this intelligence
in regard to our m .vements? In some instances
by returned prisoners, who ttr: allowed too much
license whilst passing thr< ugh the country, a
other times by emissaries, whom they may have
domiciliated among us ia the garb of fr.erds, and
again by means of spies in their employ. But we
have no doubt that by far the g. eater part of their
ir formation is dtrived from tbe indiscreet publi
cations of our own journals. This is evident'from
the fact that th y frequently quote different
Southern nt ws tapers as authority for their state
ments. For one of the statements to which we
have referred, the Herald gives ss authority e
journal in this State and another in Virginia.
We do not w sh to sat ourselves up ts Censor
master General of our brethren—we have re
ceived no commission for executing the functions
of such an office—nor do we claim that our
own columns have always bten unexception
able in the matter on which we auimad
vert, but we -beg our contemporaries to ab
stain from the mention of any thing which can in
the smallest degree afiord auy intellqet.ee to the
enemy which could re wed ior our detriment.—
We know no papers ia the Cotf-deracy who
would intentionally publish anything which could
be so employed. We b ieve that onr journals
are loyal and patriotic to the core. But in the
anxiety to feed an appetite far news, w hich is eoali*
devouring cs to be positively morb and, and in the
hurry with whica cclamn's must often times be
filled, items cf news are inverted which convey
valuable hints to the enemy. H is safe for every
editor to assume that what he publishes may in
some way be seen uy tbs en my, and with this
assumption, it is his duty to enquire whether such
publication can give him the least aid or comfort;
and if the-e be even ad ,übt in regard to tue mat
ter, the-item should be suppressed. In the be
ginning of this war tbe j .urnais es the enemy
supplied us w h much v«t u able military informa
tion. They tppr:s?d cs cf tbe number of their
troops at and ff rent paints, of the nrrivals of m»n
in their cities, of the pieces which were protect
ed, and of the changes aud movements which were
in contemplation. When McCleiian superseded
Scott, he immediately pnt his veto upon all such
ann<iaEceme..*«, and enjoined upon the press a
“reticence” in regard to military operations,
whieh remains unbroken to the present day.—
They are now careful to give us information on
those matters only war re the knowledge can be of
no avail, or aft ?r the event has actually trans
pired. Sometimes they make yub -cations ap
parently valuable to n , evidently with a view of
misleading any who may be so verdant as to
credit hem. But they ar ■ very chary, under the
j stern surveillance to whi - a.they are subjected, of
j comruun ci'.inn any tru'h which it would be de
j sirable for us to know.
Now, there is ~n old maxim which declares
j that it is lawful to be taught by an enemy —fas
I es‘ (b h> si and cor. —and we wcu.d do wed to take
i a lesmn from the foe on this subject. We have
j no espionsge or -r oar u w papers beyond that
j which 13 exited by a wholesome public opinion
But we coaid wish th t dating this war ail edi
■ furs were men of such discretion that they would
j give nothing to the world from which t s e enemy
t-co ltd m the remetest degree be profiled. In
Isuth a time each press must exerc sea becoming
i surveillance over itself—or incalculable mischief
l must be the result.
Shooting of Lex Va« Dors — Dr Pereis who
shot Gen. Van Dorn at Spring H 1, has succeed
ed in making his way into tbe enemy’s lines, and
at last accounts was in Nashville. ’1 he following
statam-i-t made by him was pub ’s id .in the
N shville, Dispatch, ot the 13‘.h of May :
• The reported killing of Gen. Van Dorn by
Dr. Peters has been confirmed. It occurred in
his quarters at Spri. g Hill on the mornirg of the
7th lust.* Dr. Peters has arrived in this eir v, ini
from tim we learn that the cause of the diffiieulty
wb oh resulted in the death of Van Dorn wos an
interview held thirty hours previous to the kill
icg, m which the latter agreed, on his honor to
give Dr 1 eters a written statemen the next day
s ttir g forth four distinct facts Dr. Peters said
to h m that upon the fulfillment of this prom 1 e
he would spare his life to his wife and children,
although Van Dorn had said he oared nothing
for his own wile. The next day Dr. Peters was
sick and did not call on Van Dorn untfi the
second day,(Thursday morning, about eight,)
when he demanded of Van D rn, a compliance
wit 1 bis pro ruse which he seemed not inclined
to do. Dr Peters then said that he would give
him halt an hour in which to comply, and distinct
ly notified him that, in case of failure, his life
should be the forfeit. He then walked up in o
the village. On his return Van-Dorn read to
him what he had written. The first clause !u : ly
complied with his promise, the second was an tu
tire misrepresentation, and the other two ackcow
ledgcmenls lie refused to make. Dr. Peters thru
denounced him for his bid faith, when Van Date
cursed him lor a “coward y dog,” and otdereh
him to leave the room or he would kick him oui.
Dr. Peters then drew his pistol and fired, thu bell
taking > fleet in the left side of the head, and pro
ducing instant death.
Dr. Peters picked up the statement VanDorn
ha i prepared, end has preserved it as circumstan
tial rvidence of preceding eTents, and mounting
hia horse, rode off. Avoiding the pickets at Hurts,
he crossed Duck river and arrived at Shelbyville,
when e learned that General Polk, to whom he
had intended surrendering himself, had issued
an order for h s arrest. The next morning he
left for Winchester, disgu’s and, an •, passing
through (x .msboro and Galiaiiu, arrived at this
place Monday Vening.
Dr. Peiers tays it is not Due that he detected
Van Dorn in a 1 riminal act with his wi e. He
rciuses to reveal the history of the thirty hours
previous to the tragedy, and will only do so in
a court ot justice, iu tbe justification of th i coarse
he felt it his duty to pursue.
Dr. Peers was for a number of years a dis
tinguished practitioner of medicins in West Ten
nessee, tud was a member of the Senate of this
S.ate one or tvro sessions. His present residence
iB iu Mississippi, where he is regard and a3 a weal
thy planter.
Northern Account of Vallandigham's Depar
ture. —The Northern pipers give the annexed ac
count cf Valiaudigham’s “passage through the
lines.”
Mr Vtillandigham arrived at Murfreesboro’
about 11 o’clock on Sunday night May 24 by spec
ial train. The following despatches deccrioe his
leoeplion:
U:s arrival vas expected by the milffary and
public but, the time col being known, no demon
strclion ol any k nd took place.
He was qu etly taken in a carriage to the quar
ters o: M.jjr Miles, Provost Marshal General,
whers he was received by General Rosencrariz
and a number of other officers. He appeared
to be fully composed, and abstained from the ex
pression of any disagreeable sentiments
At 2 o’clock P. M., hia southward journey com
menced. Majpr Milts, with a mounted escort,
started down to take him below our linoß in Shi 1
byville. Tie prisoner was very cheerful, aud
discussed his situaiiou ind.ffcrently ; but on ap
proaching the nearest rebel picket, commanded
by Colonel Webb, oftheß.fi Alabama, some eight
mil-*s out, be became perceptibly affected.
Upon taking leave ot his companions, be said in
substai-.ee : “I am a citizen of the United States,
aud loyal to them. I want you to understand
that j ou have been a prisoner to the Confederate
authorities.”
To Colonel Webb he made similar remarks.—
The former received him with a remark that he
liad read his speeches, but did not like him ; that
he could nut receive him within the Confederate
hues, but be would permit hun to remain at his
post until he bad ascertained the pleasure of thu
authorities.
Tne Hag oftiuco party then left Vallandigfiarh
and returned. Vallandigham’s speech was a very
ingenious stratagem, by which he expe -ted to
prevent his reception by the Confederate authori
ties, and secure himself the credit of martyrdom
as a persecuted ioyali*t.
I deem it more than probable that in the fees
ot the antagonism to the South he assumed tue
ene >.y will reluie to receive him. He was given
to understand by General Rosencranz that, should
he uriaoge to rcturu to our lines in the same way,
the President’s orders to carry his original sen
tence iuio effect would be executed.
A dispatch from Murfreesboro’ to the Northern
press, dated, May 25, reads thus :
C. L. Vallandigham was received here on an
exra train from Nashvi le,between ten and eleven
o’clock last night. After some hours conversa
tion with Gener tljiiosencranz and others, he was
put iu an open spring wagon, and escorted by a
squairon of cavalry to the outposts, and at nine
A. M., to day, was delivered into the hands of the
nuthorities.
A single private soldier received him, to whom
he made tho following declaration : ; ‘I am aciti
z jit of the St tie oi Oloiojm-.i cf the United Suites
lam here by force, and against my will. I
therefore suirender myseit to you as a prisoner of
war.”
Another Infamous Federal Order. —Brigaditr
Genera l Roberts came into Weston, Lewis county,
Vd, week before last, alter our forces under Gen.
Imboden had osssed through, and co meneed a
aeries of tvw.nio lacts alone worthy of Ab ditiou
commanders Sixty-three women and children
were srnt put with the lady who received the or
der which we copy, ancf sixty two, who did not
have natural protectors n the South, were at the
same time started for Gamp Chase. This treat
ment is hereafter to be dealt out io all Southern
sympathisers who may be ound in their lines.
Provost Marshal’s Office, (
Weston, Virginia, May 16, 1863. )
Madam: I hav3 the honor to L’form yo 1 that
yourself and the grown members of y ur family
are required to hold yourselves in readmes to
proceed outside the Federal lines on Tuesday
morning, May 10th, 1863.
The following regulations will be strictly cb
serv-iri:
1. No person will be pencilled to take with
aim pv htr mure than sixiy pounds ot baggage
li. No person will he allowed to take with him
or he more than SIOO ia Un ted States funds,
sold and silver included. No limit pl-c.d on
Come- erete scrip.
il . Persons who cannot provide themselves
witu z. ansportation wifi be furnished such by the
G vernment.
By trder of Brig. Gen. B. S Roberts.
L. Markrrit,
A. D. C. and Provost Marshal.
General Bragg to his Army.— The following
orccr was is usd by General Bragg to his army
on the 13th instant:
HKAtyUARTKES AbMT OF TENNESSEE, I
Tcllahomi, Tbnn., May 13, 1863. )
General Orders A’o. 109.
The Commanding General announces to the cr
my another great v.ctcry on the banks ot the
Rappahannock.
Atoli er vast army from the North, nndrr a
selected General, attached the army ot Virginia,
and, b: 111 ,-d and beaten, has t gain sought ?he.ler
ncd=r protec.ion of its guns bejond the river.
The battle of the Rappahannock is b'azoned on
banners bright with many triumphs and obssur
ed by no defeat.
Soldiers of tbe army of Tenn- ssee, let us emu
late the deeds of tbe Army of Virginia I
We cannot-surpass tht-m ! Let us make them
pioud to call us brothers ! Let us make the
Cumberland and the Ohio classic as the Rappa
hannock and the Potomac.
(Signed) Braxton Bragg,
General Comnianuing.
Official:
W. W. Mackall, Chief of Staff.
Gen. Bragg's Army.— The New York Herald i
contains a list of the divisions, brigades, regi- ;
meats and battalions of Bragg’s army, showing
us strength, the names 01 its commanders, etc.
The recapitulation to ns follows :
infantry—DiVisi aii, 5- brigades, four to each
division, one uaatt-e eJ, 217 regiments, five to
each brigade, 105; edertive ! orce, averaging each
regiment at five handrid, 52 500. Cavalry—Di
visions, 2; brigades, ; regiments, five to each
brigade, 40; effective taice, ave-agiDg each at e’X
hnndred, 24,000. irtliery—Batteries, one to
each brigace, an3 les /ve of lire, 20; effectiv
force, 125 men to bautiy, 3.250. Total effective
force, 70,750.
Beech Tf.es Leaves. — Tbe leaves of the beech
tree, ciliec-ed at autumn, in dry weather, form an
admwable article for filling beds. The smeil is
grateful and wholesome, they do not harbor ver
min, are very elastic, and may be replenished
annually without cost.
Useful Receipt.— A few drops of oilof lavender
, will save a library from mould.
hurupeau slew*.
Sir. J .hn White Aspinwull, Oommissioner from
Noun lurolina, has .seutd an invitation at Alaa
c-its'.-r ■ r suhscrip .ions to the cotton bands of
thu» chute, for tne sum 01 £300,0U0.
rhe Mayor aid Ojrporatiou ot Liverpool de
nied taut thev haa a .-lively employed their police
aaiLoriiy la tiunnug down Uoulederate agents m
the town.
E-igiish reports from America caused a heavy
fml ia 1 tie Couitdera.e loan in London. At one
raumen. it bad gone down to lour per cent, dis
count. D suhsequendy closed at from three and
a nail to tLree disuount, experiencing a fall of
turee per eeui. in one day.
I-is reported that Uupt. Bullock was to leave
Liverpool, oa tne 16. h, for me Clyde, to take
command of another Confederate pirate cruiser,
rcaay tor and ;pur ure from tout r lTer -
Ine London Army and Navy Gazette says that
the Federal efforts recently m a fie in London to
raise a loan have not been succe ßS idl.
J .run cu letters received in fcmg* aQ fl report that
on me 7tn of April a figatoccurred between three
vesseis and a large wa: steamer, strikingly like
the Alabama. Tbe fight lasted hours. No
particulars are known.
'the London Times, says: No recognition or
med atiou would have tae smallest weigat, unless
it were nocked up by the probability of more
fore hie arguments, and three arguments we are
not disposed to apply. * * * We have nothing to
do but to wait, and hope that these two unhappy
dhiniacs my soon come to themselves and sue
vaa* they art about. It is not for our interest
that ei.heii should conquer the other, or both
should be irreparably irjured.
it is said that Russia lias conceded to Napoleon
ibat a European Congress shall be assembled in
rcgai and to matters affecting this country.
Cou iols elosad for money in London on the
lO’.h ■. t Slay at The Liverpool cotton
market closed, on the 16 1 ot April, unsettled,
wit :11 slight decline cn all qualities. Breadstuff's
were firmer. The provision market was general
ly quiet.
Tne Liveff.ool Post, of March 20, says the pri
vata-r Southerner, bailt tv, Stockholm, has been
launched on the Tcer. She is tbe largest iron
vess il ever built there, length 294 feet 0 inches,
tonnage 1,963, 3794, old u easurement. Herb Tld
ef!i have orders uu baud from Liverpool lor 8,000
tans shipping.
l’ope Fius is dying. The question of his suc
cassor is bein-< alreat y vigorously discussed.—
cardinal Wiseman of England, is said to be the
iavorue candidate cf the saloons of the Fauburg
St. German.
The London correspondent of the New York
Times dates that fourteen thousand Irish emi
grants lit Liverpool ler our shores in a single
week cf April.
The Prince do Joinville relates as an instance
of the 0 and coo'nes3 of our people, that during one
of the hottest bettles of the Chickahominy, news
paper sellers went up und down the lice, crying
out the latest news frtm New York, and found
purchers for the joarnals they had to sell.
The attempt 01 Al. M. Dupasseur & Oo.,—ship
owners of Havre, who alleged that they had a
claim on the Confederate Government, for
a million of irancs, as an indemnity for the willful
destruction of their ship, the Lemuel Dyer, with a
cargo ot 2,683 bales of cotton, when leaving New
Orleans in April, 1862, —to seize the proceed of
thu Confederate loan in France, tas been debated
in court.
The London Times has been summing up the
copdition of things in this county, and ados ibat
the possibility of n Federal loan being entertained
iu England is entirely out of the ijuestion.”
The case of the ship BeterhoU is exciting much
attention in iiugiaud. It is stated to be the in
tention of tbe merchants and shipowners intarest
td iu the iraia .Torn the port of London to memo
rialise the Goverumant, calling upon them to put
amend at once to the preto lions of the Federal
Government in seizing neutral ships proceeding
to'neutral ports.
A letter appears in the Rio de Janeiro journals
from Gon. Webb, the American Minister, contra
dicting a r port in that capital that the Federal
Government had exp,essed a willingness to. agree
to the arbitration of the Emperor cf Brazil in its
quarrel with the South, but adding, that in the
event of ; a,- arbitration, the choice of the Cabinet
0: Washington would no doubt fall on that sover
eign, who had so mapy claims to its respect and
coufidecce.
Tbe Electric Telegraph Company of London
propose to establish a wire communication be
tween individual and individual, at any distance
'nptrr, iir tfre uretrrp jhs"ao that they may gossip
Or r;jinter; each other, ad libitum, for £ls a
year.
Avery curious chemical discovery has been
made by Die enbacher, a youog German chemist.
By the audition ofaimill juantity of chlorine or
iodine, pure su p iur is rendered perfectly soft,
and the Bans Academy, to whom the experiment
was exhibited by C. Deville, were astomsh to see
a thin feat of su phur treated as flexible as if made
of wax.
In the House of Commons on the 4th of M*y,
Mr. Jlagoira asked the Uodar Secretary for For
eign Affairs lvheth r the Government had leceiv
eu any information that Capt. Tatfiam, of her
Maj -'tj’s ship P. te.on.fi ty guns,hau lately found
th United States flag flying on tne island of Som
brero, iu tic Soul.il t>eu, and bad caused it to Pe
haulad-down; and wocther her Majesty’s Gov
ern bai any obj-ic ion to produce the correspond
ence winch p-bst-d on tbe subject. Mr. Layard
said H was a mistake to suppose that the island
cf Sombrero was ditcovered un years ago by an
American. The island was well known, und had
long foru. and u part of the British possessions in
the Uui ribb.au Sea. It was surveyed in 1810 bv
Caot. Hayes, u British officer, and again n 1850
by a Briusa .. ffici-r. In 1350 an American cap
tain discovered upon the island some deposits es
phosphate ot lime, and since that tiaie the mine
bud u-.t n worked, and pecplo hud settled upon
the island. When Cap!. lV.ham recently visited
the i-.iaad he found the United Staley iixg hoisted
upon it. Being a British officer, he thought that
by allowing,rhe United States Uag to remain
uoisttd while he was there it might be interred
that ”e tb r-by acknowledged the sovereignty of
; e U-it-3 S-ates. He r-quested that it should
be' hand and down, ana on relusal he caused it to
be pulled down. No correspondence had passed
011 the surjecii.
The Liverpool Mercury in speaking of the
et-umer Alexandria says: The siezure of this
vessel is likely to give considerable emplopment
to the legal profession. The Government will,
of course, Lave to follow up the proceedings which
1. has commenced, and tbe owners of the vessel
are not likely to mount to the attack which has
men made oa their properly and rights without
determined resistance and a demand for adequate
comp, nsation. From what we have heard with
regard 10 the Alexandria we believe that the Gov
eran.ent will not succeed in justifying, on legal
grounds, the course which it has taken. Tnis
vessel has been appraised ut £9500. The follow
ing s thee,use 01 seizure stated in the appraise
u ni bird in the CourL ot Exchequer : “No 1,
Da e, 1863 .Se z-A by officer Edward Morgan.—
O .us: oi to ziue: For being equipped, furnished,
nd Sited out with intent to be employed in tbe
Ss; vue of persons exercising-or assuming to ex
treme the powers ot self-government in and over
a i r Tgu S ate, colony, province or people : the
ship or vessel Alexanum, of Liverpool, with her
iuki -, appa.el and iurniture, as she now lies,
(cii.iuei ) c-umnei Piico Edwards, John King,
U. W. KeJi c-r, ii. 6. Watson.”
Biioerim, one of the latest Cardinals
cl it-. 1 , di,d ii Rome cn thelu-.hol April.
Toe London Hi raid o, the 13. h, anoouuces the
an’iva. at l aim .ulh, from L.verpool, of the Eu
ropiaa Can es - gun ves>el Kwan Tang, Com. Al
len Yeung, five torus oub of tbe squadron pro
ceevuig tu China. She is built ot iron, 600 tons,
a<..-i pa .die wheels, an and engines of 150 horse pow
er. Sue Lai a ram stem, is double plated, long
ngge.l, niicU w.th a.i the modem improvements
and c,rries an armsmeut of six gans, including a
3u pound, Whitworth aud a picxed crew of niue
ty men. She was to leave the Monday night pre
vinu-lor Guma. The New I‘ork Herald asks if
she is a “ram” privateer?
Fioiessur R=tpight of Bologna, has announced
his discovery 01 a comet, just visible to the nak
ed ey?, ia the con-.teliatiou Fegasus, on the night
ot ti e In h April, 'ihr comet has a sharply de
fix and . ..c.cua and a enghfly curved tail, and with
ow power oa the telescope 13 a beautiful object.
THE D2FBAT AT CHARLESTON.
Irom ihe Loudon lost, April 27th.
Taa-p .r-.,cu, ,sos the engagement at Charles
ton, ffli ca Lav reachei us by the Canada, place
it beyond a doubt the Fedora l fleet has sustained
a de. sive deieai. Not only have the forts com
manding the entrance to Charleston not been
taken, out any attempt to rescue them bas been
dtfiur.tiy abandon and. On the day succeeding the
ea-agemeni u council of war was held by the Fed
eral eomman ;trs, when they unanimously decided
that it was useless to rtnew the attack. Shortly
aiierw .rds thefi .-et retired to Fort Royal, and ac
ccraing to me latest iuie.ligence, it w-n iu con
leap aaon to send Admiral Dupont, with bis
iron cams to the Mississippi, to seek at Port Hud
son and V Cisoarg the success which was denied
him at Fort Sou:ter. foj terminates the great
navi i expenition waich, at an almost fabulous
cost, was cirpa.ched by the Federal Government
for the redjciion ot the capital cl Scuta Carolina.
l>;~‘ Lbain ha- an attempt on the part of the
a oriheru forces to sgixs one of the most im
, cities in ihe Houthern Confederacy result
; ed in signal, ignoble defeat.
Adxira. Du . jot failed to force a passage up
to me quays 01 Charleston, it certainly was not
owiLg to me want ot an efficient fleet. Never,
* P-rhc s, m the annals of naval warfare, did any
ACmirat un Jertakc the reduction of a town, with
its covering de tnsts, with more terrible and ap
pmvatiy irres.stiale engines of war than those
whic on the 7 hos Aptil were marshalled outside
the bar of Charleston harbor. Iron clad ships of
j war are tne crea.ion of the past three years, and
I ncrer until the present month hays they bee*
YOL. LXXVIL—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. No. 23.
employed in naval operations oa what may hi re
garded as a large scale. A ye.r siWo fad tho
single handed fight betwe n the : rri.nac and
the Monitor, and during the pa?t few months the
merits of iron clad gunboats of sma 1 size have
been tested on the Mississippi. The advance of
nine iron clads to tbe attack of the beavt’y armed
fortifications commanding the entrance to Charles
ton harbor, must, however, be considered as
opening anew era ia naval bietorv. Every one
of these vessels was first ctats of is kind, and
they were oonstrueted for th* sp ctal | urpose of
reducing tbe strongest fortifications, and passing
unscathed under the heaviest fire. The results of
the reoeat engagement ma? Consequently be ac
cepted as fairly testing the value cf iron c'ud gun
boats when o; posed to fixed batteries, and their
capabilities of sustaining a heavy und weU direct
ed fire. ******
Tbe loss of the Keokuk will not perceptibly
diminish thostrength of the Northern navy, and
the injuries received by the oftr vers-Is will
doubtless speedily be repaired, but henceforth
the Federal Government most abandon all hopes
of reducing Charleston. This is surely one to be
added lo the many bitter phis ibe North have of
late been obliged to swallow. Twi-e the number
of iron clads would not have effected a diffeient
result. The point may now be considered as set
tled that even at long range forts Can inflict more
damage on ships, however protected they may be
by armor, than shipß can upon forts.
TH* CHARLBSTOM AFFAIR IN PARLIAMENT—A GENE
RAL TALK OF IRON CLAS AND IRON NAVIES.
Sir J. Elphinstone rose to move that an ad
dress should be presented to her Mtj jety, ihit
she would b 8 grucioufiy phased to appoint a
royal commission to consider tbe best mods of
construction and form of ironclad ships übich
which were to compose tbe luture navy of Eng
land, and to report upon tbe ship-; at present
built and building, and tho amount of di ck and
basin accommodation rtqairid ior their use at
home and abroad. The honorable burouit said
that during his time there hal been three recon
structions of the British navy, which had cost
large asms ot money to this country.
Ooe very great objection to our present system
was the) diversity oi s zes in wh ch these ships
had been built. There was no aing more esfeu
tial than equality cf rate. (Hear, hear.) The rul
ing rate ol speed of a cquodrou was n und to be
that of the slowest ship ; and wh i t tho Warrior
and Black Prince canid- m.,ke fi t en rr sixteen
hours, he doubled whether other vessels w hen at
890, would be able to maintain a -speed cf nine
knots. This is a poiut to which a rovai commis
sion would assign great importance ad whatever
we did, it was essential that equality of speed
shouldbe maintained. (Hear hear )Th noble lord
the Secretary to the Admirably had gisen the
House some description cf the iron c ad navy of
France. With respect to the iron A ct of Ameri
ca, events have recently occured ia that, cotta ry
which threw the strongest light on the question.
The American Administration had been complete
ly untrammelled in the construe.Uu of ships, and
yet it was most extraordinary that, with tb«- whole
resources of the country at command, and with
the undoubted skill in naval shipbuilding which
the Americans possessed, they r.ad not yet suc
ceeded in constructing one serviceable iron clad
Ship.
The most reliable information to which he had
access was to be found in a French publication,
the Jievue Maritime et Colorda'e, in which the va
rious classes of the American fi jet were minutely
described. It appeared that thira were no less
than eight or or ten different ci s:es, vary
ing in amount of tonnage from four thousand to
seven or eight hundred, of every degree of speed,
iron coating and construction; and vet iu the ac
tion which took place the other day before
Übarießton, nine of these ships were entirely de
stroyed. One was gunk, and theo hers appeared
to have had very great difficulty ia g Biug away.
One ship to which ho would big particular y to
call the noble Lord’s attention, bsouuso she great
ly resembled the Warrior in construct or., the
Ironsides, totally and entirely lefusea to answer
her helm. The Indianoli, oie of the largest of
the ironclad ships, having lost her way, was at
tacked oy two small gunboats on her aide portß
to such a decree, that they were '-bilged to run
her aground, ans then she became a prey to the
Confederates, or was destroyed.
The iron fleet of this country, os it at present
existed, was totally without that dese.iptiou of
vessel which Bubdued the Indiancka. We bad no
gun vessels laid down to carry a single heavy
gun, to go with a good rate 01 speed, which in
the ev nt of one ot these enormous masses like
the Warrior being brought to a stand still by
another opponent, could attack her ’h" those parts
in which no doubt she was vulnerable, The Gov
ernment had, ia a paper which he thought it was
a great pity was ever published, thrown serious
rell ctiona upon the build ug of ships *n private
jards. There might be some ground for this in
the case of wooden slips, for Government never
had recourse to budding in private yards till
their own stock of seasoned timber was exhaust
ed, and no.private builder could compete with
the Government in the amount of stock. But
with regard to iron-ship building it was a to
tally different thing. Any nun acquainted with
ship build ng must know that many of the iron
ships builtiu private yard.s were the pe.feotion of
naval architecture as far as structure wes con
cerned. But still there we e me invent cces which
Government ought not to put up with after their
public yards were comp! ted. It wa3 needless to
say there was any difibulry in this. Whenever
the tide roße soms tvreuty Get in a river, the
manufacture of iron ships could go io any extent.
He affirmed that no iron shipbuilder was so good
as a shipwright.
Lord Rooert Montagu said: Iu France the
master shipwrights hud to undergo a regular sci
entific education It was t-> Francs that people
from all parts of the world wont to I am naval
architecture, and not to England, wh’ch had al
ways prided herself so mttoa on her min e. It
was on persons educated in this manner that the
French Government de.peu ied for everything
connected with the construction or be manage
ment of ships. Much was the dema id for schol
ars of the French school, that th'-y were rarely
permitted to finish their bird year. Mr. Scott
Russell had borne witness to the fact that t ie
ships of England were the w:rat iu the world;
and that the French were gradually driving us
out of our monoply.
Mr. Lindsay said : With regard to the cupola
ships of Capt. Coles he Inhered they w ire more
effective than port-sided ships. It was said that
the manner in which cupola shins had tu sefied at
Charleston proved them to b . in* Uicient; but it
must be remembered that the cupola shi, s there
engaged were ot a very inferior character. He'
believed onr iron fleet was sup ji ior to any in the
world, and he had uo complaints to mak; of the
Admiralty on that ground ; but he must tay, that
in hiS opinii n, onr navy costs us a very great
deal of money. It was nut the work they had to
do, but what they had to uado, that cost tho
money, and he would suggest taat instead of
trusting to one man, a board 0/ five piactical
men should be appointed to report upon matters
connected with ship-buildin > to the Comptroller
of tbe Navy.
Lord Clarenco Paget saic:—A few days ago it
would have deen said, “Build iron ships,” but the
information which had reach and us from Charles
ton was rather a ainst thorn. No two people
agreed as to the lorm of a ship erthe armaments
of a ship. With regard to armor-plated ships the
Goverment were carrying out at t! is mo cut ex
periments in every oirto ion. Hs h ino doubt
that these discussions were extr<im !y 01, bi
cause they called the attention of -iit G ivern
rnent and the public to various imp. uveuionts in
the construction of vessels.
COST OF BRITISH IRONCLADS.
From a Parliamentary return, we learn that the
cost of the British iron plated thips iacethe War
rior, had been as foil ;w*: Tae Black Prince,
£252,897; Resistance, £257,548; and the Djfenc-s,
£373,890. The whole cost of tne Warrior, before
being ready for sea, is how known; it amounts to
£377,378; the principal diffvrencs bHwsen the
cost ot the Warrior aid that of the Block Prince
being in the item of masts and yards, rigging
and stores.
Yankee Raid on Uombahse.—A dispatch from
Pocotaiigo Tuesday morning r p.ried that a par
ty of Yankees haa made their a opeara-. c•, and
were destroying the pontoon bndge at C imbahee
Ferry, besides burning some houses on the banks.
About three hundred, the dis.i c said, tad also
landed at Field’s Point, probably u d.vision of
part of the r force to cover tbe burning opera
tions of the others on Combahcr r.ver. Later iu
the day it was reported that tho enemy, after
visitiDg several pl.ntaDons and destroying con
giderable property, had gone ottek. They were
still hovering around, however, up to a lute hour
in the evening. The force making the raid is
believe! to be small, fhey have k pt class to
their boats on the river bants. Pur forces are
prepared for them sboatd tney attempt to move
up farther inland. It was reported last night
that they had burnt the residence of Mr. A. Bar
net, and had visited the p natations ol Mr. Hey -
ward and Mr. Blake, and one or two others,
doing eons derabie mischief i’cay are no doubt
endeavoring to imitate the Abolition raids re
cently made in other Santhern Stmes.
Charleston Courier, ox.
Small Pox-Tbe German ft-formed Mcspengw
has received a letter from a friend mCh .
says a great discovery is reported to have bee
recently made by a surgeon ir . the
in Ctiina, m tbe way of an When
pox. Tne mode just before
the Pleading fsver is a. b h b3 ru bbedwnh
the eruption appen»», chv causes the
mlppelron that part of
to the relief of ihe res- It aLo si c ires
i ftmln’d Complete eruption, and thus prevents
?h« diseai from attacixmgthe mter .al organs.
This is Mid to be now the estabhs e<l mode of
treatment in the English army in Ch-na, oy gen
eral order*, and in regarded as a perfect success
Nasliiaal Him—lu M or*e.
BY A WORCESTER BARD.
P. S. —I rite this worse—what they ca'G blank
—because it ciw be red like prest, <f it svtc ; and
the indoowidual most konsernde ken rads it but
ter— Orthur.
Grate Abram ! Grate Patraik of all tbrss
Nighted States. Grate Pat Don of the fellows
Which travel in the sea of Specarlashuu !
Grate Patrarkal shepperd of great flicks!
I see your Eheep a gambling.
A grate many are black sheep, imported
From Africa into Merican descent,
For the improvement ol there wool;
Thave been pend up tu long, and node
A change of paster; for thavogot tu fat,
And the wool don’t gro, end tha ele tu
Much korn; but when there turned out
Tu paster, thale hunt grass for tharesffves, and
The wool will gro over thare ize, and the
Izs of the white sheep, so neithsr cm see;
And so you can ken ketch em both —tu sueer
Or tu make mutting uv.
Fayther Abram 1 yure the Faytber uv Histsry I
Yure makin history faster than a sowing mersheen,
With ten fare fingers workin it; yure makiu it rite,
Afore yur time histery wasen’t tru ncr gud ;
Yure mi.kin histery grate—yu air! and mebbe
Histery will make yu grate; wele sea, es we live
Long enuff! Fayther Abram I make a prokier
mashun
To that effect; yure proklermashuns have grate
power;
Yure mitier with the pen than all generals
With the sord. With yure proklemashua
Y u might abolish deth 1 And then wede have
A gud time generally. Bnt what wud we du
With the rebels, then ? Yu must leva them out.
Fayther Abram ! we air kummin with
Nine hundred thousand men, tu help yu
Make histery; for this is a histerikle
War, and it must be made ; and made to end—
Es we kud sea it; and them ibat kant, yn mast
Sand to prizzen, where the vishun’ssurkumsoribed
Fayther Abram ! Kummander-in-Chief,
Arid nu Herodotus of Histery 1
Tais is a Nashunal Him—bnt yure
A himmer ! In sac yure a Nashunal him
Yureselfl A'ure the him —the grate him
That dez and kummaqd all things and boddies
In these Sighted States!
Grate Abram ! its a kustum mong grate Hims
To rekumpence thare poits. Ime moderate
In all my asperashuns. I kummanded
A maleisha kumpany wuns, and I think
Ida make a fustrate Major General!
But less rank will du with bigger pay !
Interesting Letter from Virginia,
Quarters Ga. Relief & llosp. A so. |
Guinea’.-, Station, Ya., May 27th, 1563. j
Rev. W. H. Potter, Genl. Supt. “ Ga. Relief and
Hcsp. Asso.,” Augusta, Ga.:
Dear Sir— Since the late battleß the Govern
ment haa had almost exclusive control of the
ll iilrqad from Richmond to the Army, so the As
sociation has been able to do but little in for
warding boxes, Ac., to the Georgia troops. Our
soldiers generally appreciate the disadvantage
under which we labor, and, although anxious to
receive what their friend t at home ha»e sent them,
watt patiently. Mr. Saulsfcurv, in Richmond, is
ever on the alert, and if the Road opens for pri
rate freight for a single day, takes advantage of
it and pu bes as many boxes through as he can.
I hope the Road will soon be opened daily for
our use, when we can hurry iorward tho lreight
iu our depot in Richmond bsfore the army makes
a move.
Requisitions for clothing are frequent and ur
gent since the battle Many of the camp3 while
the troops were fighting were robbed by negroes
and skulkers. The dense wilderness through
which the soldiers fought a-d charged not only
tore the clothes they wore into rags but left its
effects upon the lace, hands and body, atid the
marching hitiior and thither through the mud
and water after the hard rain of Tuesday, ruined
shoes sadly.
With all these drawbacks, however, a livelier
and more cheerful body than Gen. Lee’s army
does not ex st Most of the hrigades are in t eir ,
old camps. Tho fatigue of the marching and j
fighting is forgotten—daily drills go on as of old i
—reveille, tattoo and roll call come and go, and !
nothing reminds one of the late perils past and
victories won, save the absence of familiar faces
which lie, perchance, oold iu death around Chan
eellorsville and along the Heights of Frc-dencks
bura, or languish in the Hospitals of the Capitol.
The most plessnnt intelligence to you wi 1 be
that of the great religious r.vival now going on
in almost every regiment n the army. I have
had many aoconnts from Chaplains, and til agree
in saying it seems to be genuine and powerlul.—
Hundreds are joining the church every opportu
nity, and-thousands crowd the anxious seats at
nigat. You noticed a great change in the troops
before you left. It still goes rapidly 00. An
oath is seldom heard where volleys used to greet
the ear. Card playing and gambling have al
most entirely ceased, and many who used to in
dulge ia these boldly avow their determination to
do better. Jackson’s daring and ardent patriot
ism were long since infused into the troops.—
Slowly, but I trust as surely they ore trying to
imitate him in Christian zeal. But one thing I
feel sure, could make our Lee a prouder man
than he is to-day, and that would be to lead his
army, all Christians, against the brutal and infi
del foe.
You will also be pleased to hear that the troops
are fed better than for several months past. I
learn .t is to be a permanent thing. The rations
now with economy, are sufficient, and 1 believe j
the troops are perfectly satisfied. The great need
is vegetables, Ao. Without them, I teu> some ,
sickness will be the result during th. summer. j
Arms, ammunition, and other spoilt sUll come !
in from the battle field I hear from those w .0
attrnd and to the shipment 1 f spoils that we have
eollec ed quite 50,000 muskets and lilies. V>”t
q lantities of loose lead have also be* ii s. Vod
The battle field around Chancellorsville s re
ported to be unbearable. Thehoiseskilleu in the
fight, and half buried bodies of the enemy have
driven the citizens from their houses.
No movements of importance have taken place
in either army. I will write yon as matters of
interest transpire. Yours, truly, * D.
The Destruction op the Chattahoochee. —Just
os the steamer Jackson was pushing out i'nm the
Aharf at Chattahoochee, Fla., a cuurie- arrived
from below, with news that the boilers of -ho
gunboat Chattahoochee had exploded, killing he
pilot, Wm. Bilbro, for a long series of years h
pilot on the Ceattaboochee river. and wounding
nearly every officer on board. This was on the
27th ol May. Toe following is a list of the per
sons killed :
Henry Fagan, 2d Assistant Engineer, of K y
West, Fla; Euclid P Hodges, 3d Assistmt Engi
neer, of Md; Fred W Arens, 3d Assistant Engi
neer, Richmond, Va; Eugene Henderson, Pay
master’s Cerk, Tuskegee, Ala; Wm B Bilbro,
pilot, Columbus, Ga ; Joseph H cks, Ist class fire
man, Georgia; Enoch C Lanpher, 2d class tire
man, Columbus, Ga; Edward Conn, coal heaver,
Apalachicola, Fla; Chas H Berrv, Q isrtermas’er,
Tampa, Fla; John Jolifi, seaman, ; L-wia
0 Will, landsman, Florida; John 8 Sp-ar, lands
man, do; Wm Sloore, landsman, do; Jas Thom
as, la dtman, do; Chas Douglass, 21 Miss tire
man, residence unknown; James II Jones, lanr's
inin, Fla. Mortally wounded —M Fail cloth, lands
man, Fla Dangerously wounded—Midshipman
Charles K Mallory, of Va., face, hands and feet
badly scalded; Comelias Daffy, of Asalacbicjla,
Fla., lace and hands badly seald-.d. Slightly
wonndad—Hamilton Golder, Mastei s Mate, Md.,
right arm scalded; Joseph Bia, Apalachicola, face
burned ; Midanipman W J Craig, Kentucky, loot
slightly burned; Joseph E Coles, coal-heaver,
Fla., foot burned.
The vessel has sunk below her decks. The
wounded were brought un to the city last evening
by the steamer Wm. H. Young.
Columbus Timet, May 31.
Particulars cr the Explosion of the cff>r
boat Chattahoochie. —The boiler exploded whilst
the vessel was at anchor, and at the time there
wus only seven pounds of steam. The disaster
fcappei ed immediately after jeold water had been
put into the boiler.
The magazines of the ship were within three
feet of toe boiler, and the shell room as near, as
soon as the explosion occurred a panic commenc
rion tb of r
wounded and b ona , effecls 0 f the crew and
gether W.th Talowg OE d blowing very hard,
° ffi j°the bank was very muddy upon which the
wounded were landed. The po r fellows lay
writhmg and groaning in the mud for some f'me
before they could be got to a cotton gin near b...
The ship was hauled in near the shore and Lai
sunk to het deck, settling firmly on the bottom.
The powder and shells are a total loss.
The guns have been landed and the 9 inch and
rifle are already in position at a strong po.nt, aad
aitbeugh the loss oi the vessel and the msn
is much to be deplored, yet with the guns ashore,
manned by the B'ilendidly drilled crew of the late
Coattahoochee, the river is much safer than ever
, before.
Midshipman Mallory died at the Ladies Hospi
tal, in this city, on yesterday evening at live
o’clock.
He is the same gallant little fellow who pushed
his way first aboard the U 8. Frigate Congress,
| at Hampton Roads, after she had struck Ler colors
j to the Virginia.— Columbus ijun.
Sorlbsrii N.xve.
The nigger women of Bo . t >n have b"en nr'sent
ing colors to Geu. Andrews, nigger rerimeafs
A great parade was made ever the eilcr.
Two propositions are equally true in ri<» ar q < 0
the pecuniary effect of the war n the' nort
namely : that no war ever cost a nation, as such
so largo a sacrifice of interest; aid ; one ever
brought into the pockets of tho immediate class
cs, having tha raanag-tm .t of operations, such
heavy profits. From these facts result two ve y
anomalous circumstances, to wit: that while the
general community are largely in favor of a cas
sation ol hostilities oa any hono able term i, the
immediate managers of public ntfur.i are o» z al
ous as ever for the continued prosecution of war,
and wil continue to be, until, by sum cjnstiiu
ti->nal or revolutionary menus a cuarfg, is effect
ed ia the ruling dynasty.
Lincoln has comiuenod enforcing tha con
scription act in Pennsylvania.
Some thirty anti Lioooln leaders have been
natifi and to join Vallandighum in his travel to
- Dixie.
The wife of Dr. Cheatham, of Nashville, is to
be sent to Alton, Iff, to be confined during the
war.
A perfect rcorn was recently found embedded
in the centre of one of tnsse immense trees
which are found in Caldoruia, and -.vaicii, from
the layers nt wood around it, must huve beau
there for 1300 or 2000 years.
Chas. L. K. Samwaß, late Colonel of tbe Penn
sylvania 133 ii infantry, has baeu urr. i.'e l ou the
ebarg- of wearing crape for the late Ganeial
Jack-on.
A Liueolnite csl'ectiag informa‘inn in Morgan
Cos. Md , against members of the Knights of me
Golden Circ-e, has been shot.
The Alab ma is said to be at Gandafoupe,
blockaded by the United States vessels Alabama
and Oneida.
Among the mnnv lies started by the Northern
papers to bolt ter up the sinking c U'.me ot their
troops in Mississippi before the lets battle, was
one which stated that President Dtvis and his
cabinet had been captured by tae Federal Gen
eral Stanetnaa.
The Federal force flint occupied Jackson is now
ac icg as a reinforcem -nt to Gen. Grant.
The eleventh and twenty feurth lad nna regi
ments lo t two hundred and filly meueaahin Fri
day’s at Vicksburg.
The Herald says, editorially : “It is now ascer
tained that Mr. Lincoln was nut cognizant of, and
consequsnt’y had nothing to and > w;tu the rsceut
politicil unes's sn l o'her urbi rary measures
carried out in Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois by their
pliant military tools — urnside and Hascall.
Staunton and Chase were elec.ioneeriug, and de
serve all the biame.
The Herald complains of the interna! or infer
nal revenue tax. s— says it h .a paid 3-1 000 taxes,
and wants to know if .He coli-ctors w.su to lave
it paid two or three times a day to and fferent per
sons, as it has been called on by several.
The Herald wants tbe negroes <o be crucified—
soys “we have no need of negroes at the North.—
Let the whole race be sent South If thty will
.not fight, they w.ll do well enough to run away,
but wc hope they will bn caught by theen. mv and
nerer exchanged. The country trill have a good
riddacoa of them.”
Northern papers think that tbe repeated Con
federate bo-sis of un invasion of the North ura
intended to cover some movement being made
or to occur, to make them ke: p a large force
along the border aud iu Washington unemploy
ed.
The Nashvilla Dispatch says a bridal party
awaited the train at E mira, N. V., wh ch wou and
( bring a returning reg men; The buopy, 1 only
drersed belro.hea was to marry tile Culoael, but
he came a corpse.
A lady named Dty, iu Uhniis, ha- given b rlh
to triplets up n thru : oesm ons. Vur.ly, there
is no telling what a Day may bring lorta !
Tt e Herald’s special dispatch fr m the nrnty
of the Feto use, dated May 29, says: The Con
federates are ia motion, to ir trains being ob
served tooving towards Culpeper, followed oy
heavy columns of troops. Geu. L ;e, it 13 s id,
b.s isnu and addresses to his army c ngrutu—ting
them upon th*ir past aohiev'-meuts and furt
thadowing a raid into Maryland.
Northern dispatches, dated Murfreesboro’, May
28ih,8ay that Bragg’s ;.rmy ia iailiug back, and it
is quite probable Rosecrans is advanc ng We
took for itrportaot news from that qu«..e. sou...
The Court martial iu thecae of Gin C reo
ran, for shooting Col Km hall tas conultraefl'its
inves igation. The result is u justification of the
murder.
The Federal Secre'ary of War, oa Thursday,
ordered that all .Confederate offie.; « * ou pa
role, be placed under o : ose arrest, ad uo more
paroles are to be granted uut-l im ror • rs.
It has been state! that the N w Y- rk T in h is
new printed on paper ma le in Belgium -t s-v o
and a halt cents a pound- but Ups, whim th? du
ty, exchange, freights and m araticu are ad; r-.d,
m ikes it cast fifteen cants a pound in Nov York.
The Yankies have be n pu'su nor t e offer s ve
policy and -ring the war, but th ur - flort to rout the
reb.ls at Vicksburg by the sttno. fdnd Ab -
litioci ts, ts a.'cidt and y the most offensive opera
tion '.hr: hag b on know a.
The French have met with serious r;.verses i 1
Mexico.
Farragut’a flag ship, the Hartford, which is J
to have been dst -oyed near Red R ver, w . .1 ■
of the best vess-ls in the F. lit; u! avv, - :i-;t
fri ate, with a tr-anendou* b ti'ery f.f t-atl- gun.;
(forty pounder riff nerrotts) to each hr >a ; e,
and rneasur and 2100 tons. Bhe was a fast sailor,
and very eflioieui.
Among tho exiles from N 7 Orler-ne io -ha
R-v J M. Gutfpiim, the chief R hoi .1 li-J-w
--isn congregation -a that city.
Orde r s for fi teen new Mo .i ore le v bc. g v n
by the Washington governmeut- ioa. or five of
them are lo be built in Barton.
Gen. Wactew rtb, in a spetch at Rochester, ac -
knowledg e th-* Fediral loss in the late ba.tles to
have beta 25,000.
Brooks iu tis Vaflandigham speech in New
York, aid —“In mv ju gaunt ;nd l el-f it *s
not so much the ii- I. action < f the Arim .-is »a ion
to s-ilj iga’.e tlie 8 >utb as it is its intent oa to
sui ji; -t the North.”
The muun r in which lhe Yai.kes Oovmm<*ut
has determined io ou, 1 1 e gr sdd ers i- -T.r'hy
its financial fume. Man *s’ oxi-.r at New Or
leans recites th ,t i. y 1 e o . ■ . id •* a eerd ng
to the value ofthiir sin c-t 1 ’ Id pi's the
wfco'e th.ug in the hands o : tn- Vank t-., its h
negroes are very Hire to rt-. and r no s -tvei that
will more than cover tbtir ratmus.
Beorsiary Chase claims 'b t ho soon will ne
gotiate a 1 .an of #IOO,OOO 000 in London. Robert
J. Wa k rlO btec rum li'-ntr.
General Wild »r and t ff sailed frrm New York
for Newborn, May 15 b, to orgi-.t z a negro brig
ade.
The N. Y. H raid say two companies o! nr-oust
ed riflemen h .ve bveu ba !'y cut up ceur Sufi dr,
Va , by CoufederLt r troo 1.
Meur.ce.L. Hobson, ot Virgirfn, beaver of deg
patebes, w«s 1a tuieil on a b rk-.to- r■' a-r fiom
Mobile to Nassau, by tin U. 8. steamer Union.
Mi? Laura Ke"'a has g'vru up the Tbs ati • m
New York, which h i 0 long r-rn b r cam*. Miss
Matilda U -roa is now at t - B ook'yu Ac and my
of Mus’e Jehu K Owe i l , to; c me • ri, s plav
ing th good hous s at W ood’s Tbea r , L-u s
vilie Ky.
Alexandria, La., was fskci on the 6 h rs*.—
The capture v. a.i mado by Farra-utV lie-it not by
Barkis’ army. The coiresui.' dent of ibe N w
Orleans I'.ru writes as if a s cces.fal r f s s ir.ee
might have been mud •at D Rgsry. As it was,
the Albatross was disau : oor troops evac
uated the place lu le.rUu it they i;e kaj iheir
guns with tbern except a64 pounder ahiciwas
lost in the river.
A Cincinnati despatch cf the ISth says that the
Confederates are col dug a largo c.v ~rv force
sooth of the Cumberland river, a.I ..a v-.n
--fantrv force in East lenu ;- • u < W:l. : ran e
into Kentucky this month, under B-ecnandge.
In the United Sta'es District Court tV Dis
trict Attorney fi and tbe ii et l b i ui.d-r '.ho
co’cfiseation i.ct in Virgi-ra to forfeit u »r ct of
land in Alhghany county, the pr«-p-ny of Jo-eph
li Anderson, v.-ho is alleged to oe iu the Con
federate service. .
Win. B. Compton was m rested several mootbg
agoonihi charge of b-i g a Conleut-rate - py.
He wag taken to Fort Mcll-r ry, where hev-.g
tried by court martial, con 1 ud ud seute ced to
be hung The gen'e jce b ■.-* bei n appioved br
Lincoln and the 19.a,0f .ay h»s be n ap.»o . and
un the day for be exec -.tion. He wa.i arre,ud n
Wegtern Virginia.
On Taesdsy a-ternoon, while a por'io 1 of Ibe
negro regiment rec ntly r is-d iu i a
wer marchirg a'o g near '.ha Old C-; i 0 , wilt
out ULi-orms and u-arm.-d, gome soldi re of tie
5. ) aid 15.a FonnsjHauia r s-tv -, -i de a 1 t
tack upon them, throwing g.one.-. at the 1 aad in
flicting to ue w.uods.
About half a million of dollars c' n. td ha-ds
on the reanlt of the recent ptize fight at the
North.
Rev. Gen. OharLs P. Stone bus be -o ordered
to New Orleans. He ranks all Federal odice.s.iu
that department except Banks.
It is expected the Fed val War Dipartm-nt
will call far thrte bundrzd thousand men and
that cindcripti jn wili beg n at the ear.test pos
able Moment.
Tb? New Y«fif*£jltraid a.-y< ts-a-; u-<- S‘ »*•
eommanding the district of Ida. , an -ed
the Columbus City, labia ... News iu
frr cn ! iciamg one ot his orders.