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Tbe Propusiu! ftystcm of Detail**
We do nut mo tlio force of the jilijec-
(lonp netted bj many of the prcii to the
1HmSS^sssSSMK
'Aluntbus fcror.
Tyue ’Poetry.
Several wojiks eincc wo published an
exquisite little poem from lh*>#D of a
lady of Florida, who contribute* another
gem for our column* to-day. We are
pr omised still moro contribution* from her
pen, and indulge the .hope that the will
for eoine Umo delight our reader* with
cuch true poetry a* that which we have
already received. Thj* gjfted lady Is
certainly entitled to rank among the belt
. poetesses of the South* Her stylo 1* both
'easy and forciblei and her grncefnl verso
is as excellent in spirit as in metre. Her
poetry ii “good wine, that needs
brush/' and wo know that it will be ap
preciated by our reader*.
The Tax Bill In Secret leselon
Two very different reports of the main
provisions of the tax bill, >ow under con
sideration In secret session of tba Confed
erate House of Representatives, have
reached us-one sent US by 1 telegraph and
the other given by the Richmond Exam
iner,. Wo take it for granted that both
these reports are only conjectural. It
would bo puoriio trifling with the country
- for Congress to read and consider a bill
only In secret session, and at tho same
time let Us provisions eke out snd bo
known of nil the vrorld We are not pre
pared tobellevo that any member or offi
cer of'tho House has been guilty of the
contempt of making known tho provisions
of a measure wbiob Congress has by sol
coin voto resolved to-keep secret until Its
action upon It.
Of the two reports that havo readied us,
that sent by telegraph la by far tho most
satisfactory, and, we suppose, nearest the
truth. The Idea of taxing all agricultural
productions 20 per cent., and papsr mo
ney only 6 par cent., appears to us tho ex
treme of unfairness and Impolicy. We
Imagine that the most judicious plan
ivould be to tax all money on hand ox-
copt a * peel fled small amount for a roan's
ourroiit expenses, higher than any species
of property. This would sot a* a brake
upon (lie profaUIng mania for extorting
all the Confederate money possible, for
every article a producer or manufacturer
has to sail, and it would impose a tax. that
Would occasion the least hardship, be
cause it would take only gains or earnings
in hand. It may bo supposed tluu it
would for a time stop or restrict the sale
of produce; but a lUtlo reflection on the
subject will probably convince the reader
that, after tho bill is passed, prohibiting
the circulation of outstanding Treasury
notes as currency after* short period, no
one will care’to accumulate the money or
Will sell If for anything we can afford to
hold. ■■ ‘ i ,
Burt, in those itrl^turei, we are striking
in the dark, for w« really do not yet know
what the provisions of the bill are, and
therefore Wo stop abruptly.
••The Smith cannot make overtures, for
she is lighting for existence, and any oi-
. for on hor part to treat would bo consld
weakness and foart Al.
s let alone. Shalsnotlet
i tho foe
iu u. ..to Oonfi;
ng, as s single 'enemy U ...
soil just so long will she light. This is as
little as she can'do, If she were to offer
less to her enemies, or attoinpt to do loss,
she would he unworthy of tho spirit and
manhood of hor pooplo.”
We do not know what newspaper to
credit with the above. Rut it it truth,
sententlously and logically expressed.
Tho North is now exultant and gloating
over the assurance of triumphs that will
. atono for the dlsgracoful default It has
lUfflmd on.ao .manyJ>ioodyb'aU)e-ftcldjL-
would bo haughtily troatod as either ap-
peals for morcy or protoxls to obtain days
of grace. Tho South must take that do-
lualon out of the enemy by hard blows,
before propositions for an honorable
peace can bo properly appreciated or
respectfully considered. Our prosuut
negotiations for peaco must be Loo, Long-
atreot, Johnston and othorGenorals
mandlng our armlos, Whon tkoy havo
cleared away tho rubbish, and tho tomper
of tho two belligerent parties is of tho
right kind, thore will bo no difficulty In
determining which shall first withhold
the bolt and advance the olive-branch.
We are yet in the first stago of this
struggle—a war by.the North for opr sub
jugation. When that it abandoned us «
hopeless undertaking, the conflict, If con
tinued, will ba modified into a war Cot
territory. That yflll be a considerable
advance towards ultimate peace ; hut
poaoe pan hardly then be attainable unlli
eaolr party Jiolds territory nearly oquivn-
lent to its claims. It is evident that
"Many a banner must bo rent.
And many a shear of shafts he s#ent"
bofore tho two bolljgerents can each oor
cupy lilt olulmod or rightful territory.
Perhaps tho volco of,the poople immedi
ately Interested may at last ba appealed
to to settle this disagreement; or possibly
troubloi at homo may compel one or the
Other to abate its claims to particular
Butes or port* of States ' *
We see nothing Intrinsically wrong or
mischievous In the Intended movement
Imputed by ritmor to Senator Hill of ibis
Statu—to declare the roadiu«m of the Con-
federate Oosernmmt to troat separately
With any of the States or people of the
North who may be disposed to coast tho
warfare upon us. That would be dlflor-
ont from tho revolutionary proposition
that the Southern States treat separately
with those of tho North for a suitlement
os tho strife. It could Introduce no such
revolutionary and mischievous element
Into oar politics, uud we are in no way
bound Id respect or obiervo Northern
constitutional inhibitions of such a pro
ceeding. But the Itltne seems inoppor
tune for such a proposition. There ari
no Noathern States whose Governments
are at present disposed to troat with us In
this Way, and it will require the labors of
the military negotiators above referred
to, to bring thorn to such an inclination.
Our people should not bo deeoived by
any such propositions into the delusion
that the road to peace is yet open, or ilia
thoy can yet ground their arms and rely
on diplomacy to obtain for them their
righte. ^
The proposition “to put every able
bodied tuan Into tho array," pays the Ha-
oon Telegraphy is substantially a proposi
tion to conclude the war on supplies of
food and clothing now In hand. If It
can defeat and weary out an enemy bo-
fore these supplies aro gono, or can, after
that time, subsist our troops oh hU re
source*, well and good; but if wo (hit, our
cause is gono past redemption, unless you
can find an army wbiob wi{l light naked
or subsist on air. It soems to us the in
troduction and discussion of such a pro
position as this in tho Senate of the Con
federate Status will be held by our ene
mies as notice to tbo world that its adher-
'» ont* consider affaire iu so desperato »
position that only tho most desperaU
hazards present a chance of success, how
ovor poor that qhann* may be.
The Wilmington Journal says it is s
great mistake to suppose that citixcns'do-
wtous of skulking their duty are allowed
to leave the Confederacy nl that port.—
Gen. Whiting is very stringent in allow
ing no one to ship wuo has not a perfect
right to do so, We are glad to hear U«
men between cor tain ages,
I*resident and Secretary of War discre
tionary. authority, to detail for labor at
their respective occupations those whose
business operations are of more value to
the country then their services In the field
would bo.
It Is, objected that it would put- men—
especially those connected with the press
at the morcy of tbe-Presldent and thus
make them subservient to his views
. ViCttcr ’frdw *‘f* ,T. c.»*
Bad Weather ami Difficulty o e .Transport
\ tatUm—The Troop $ Well Clad and (bin-
fortahle—An "Old Rut" on the Muster
Roll, <fe.
Dalto.t, Ga., Jan. ft,18&4.
Editor Enquirer: In consequence of
tho extreme cold weather for the past two
weeks, drillings in camp have ceased;
fatigue parti** grow slim every day; no
business is carried on whatever, oxcopt
what is absolutely necessary to be done;
the trains from Atlanta arrive very Irre
gularly ; our commissaries find it a diffi
cult mailer to keep a sufficient supply of
. ' . . . - • cult matter w Keep a sumciennujipij «
Ui. «wir of llfo.n b.rdW .upplr ...
that th*,,details would be granted to
classes, not to individuals, abfl that no
man would have to solicit and obtain a
detail for himself. If this be so, ]f, would
be a mere transfer of the power to exempt
men from service in the field from Con
gress to tbo President. How would this
affect the freedom of the press? It* at
taches are now exempt by tbo act of Con
gress. Has that mado thorn subservient
to Gongs ess? Docs lt.pt event them from
op|>oiing the re-oloctlon of tbo Congress
men to whom they owe this favor? We
fail ao hesitation In saying that a feeling
so dependent and unworthy ha* never
swayed tho course of asioglo editor or
newspaper ctnployoo In the Confederacy.
Why, then; shupld the dependence of
their class upon tho discretion of the Pres
ident for detail from service in the field
mako them any more his sorvitors or blind
adherents? The argument, in our opin
ion, is derogatory to the press and based
upon a mi’undorstandlng of the intent of
the proposition.
Wo areas much opposed as any one to
drawing from home lubor, to swell the
ranks of tho army, the men Incapacitated
for military service by age,, or .whose
business pursuits cannot be suspended
without injury to the country and its
cause—which Includes the people at home
aV well as the Oovornmenj and the army.
Bat wethink that a general conscription
of all between tbo ages proper for milita
ry duty, and the granting of details by
Classes to those who can be'ter serve the
cause at home than in the army, is the
true and just policy.
■ ->♦•»«» —
From Western Texas.
A letter from Matamoros, dated. No
veraber I2tb, to the Houston Telegraph,
says that Banks had promised to restore
to the original owriors cotton that bed
been impressed by the Confederate
General Bee and sold; that one Hr.
Perkins, of Louisiana, who had quite a
lotol cotton impressed, had taken the
oath of allegiance to tho United States,
and that Banks had promised him that
no vessel should leave the JUo Grande
with ope bale of hit cotton on board, pro
vided Perkins could prove it to be his pro
perty ; that it wui bolioved others would
tako the oath in order to get back the!
cotton; that tho people of Matamorai
were with Banks, and ho would .proba
bly die enabled to on force bis or,dor. Tho
movemont, howefer, was oroatlng some
excitement and feeling among tho for
eigners.
The samo leltor says that Jack Hamil
ton (a Representative from Texas in tho
Federal Congress while Buchanan
President) Wns expected to arrive
15,000 Yankees to refnforee Banks,
• Gen, Moo, in a letter from Corpus
Christ!, dated November 21st, had de
clared his intention to opposo the land
ing of the Yrfbkcos, wherever attempted
in that rogion.
A lottor to the Telegraph, datod De
co tuber Oth, says that the Yankees worn
advancing from their landing on Mata
gorda peninsula up towards Yob sco, n
that thoy wore garrisoning every espi
ed point with noirro troops. Tho (Jul-
voston AVit't of tbo Uth, however, *uy
rings
t long since A Confederate soldier ra
il from the wars to hi* home near the
lino dividing Kentucky and Ten-
wants. Thoaevorily of tbo. weather will
induce many of your readers to think
that the troops must noevssnrlly suffer.
Such, however, Is not- the case. 1 have
yot to meet up with the first individual
case of suffering in our division for the
waut of shoos and clqthing. In making
this statement I know very well that 1
run afoul of and contradict tho statement*
of nearly every army correspondent up-
this subjoct. My position io the ranks,
with a gun on my shoulder, affords me a
better opportunity of ascertaining the
condition of the troop* than those men
who have snug quarters about the Gene
ral in town. Dalton Is not a “Valley
Forge/' nor Is there much likelihood of
its becoming one.
Considerable merriment'was indulged
in at our brigade headquarters, a few days
ago, over's muster mil from on* of ihe
Com pan fe* of * Regiment belonging to
the Brigade. A Lieutenant of a .certain
company—which, for prudential Teutons,
shall be nameless—ha* been absent from
bis company for a long,time. A wag of
a fellow belonging to Isis company, at the
lato musterr got hold of the muster rod
and opposite the name of the absent
Lieutenant, In tbo column for remarks,
he drew*tin* picture of n Hospital in di
lapidated condi.ion; close by this he then
drew a large Rat with bis tail curled over
Bis back; In.the curve of the tail was
written, “An Old Rat.” It so plainly
and feirl>*r presented the absent Lieu-
tenant, that Col. T. I). Smith, command
ing the brigade, woul i not all<?w it to be
erased. The above is not* an isolated Case
by any means. This army is cursed with
many such catot. It is strango tluft
stringent moasures are not adopted to fer
ret out all such cases, and eilhenreturu
thorn bsck to the army or mdor them
b«fere a retiring board, so that worthy,
efliciont, and competent men can be pul
in tbeir place*.
Lieut. V. JX. piston was examined,
few days ago, by a board ot officers, f
the Captaincy of Company K. Ho passt-d
a very creditable examination, gnd will
in a few days bo ordered on duty as Cap
tain. Lieut. Jobn Eohaail, of Company
B, is Acting Inspector Uor.orul of the
brigndrf.
No news from the front worthy of any
note. J. T, G.
Marrying under Difficultfe»—‘The-Ho
ney Moan Hadty Interrupted.
The Memphis Bulletin publishes the
’
turned .... .. .
Bute line dividing KenU-^.,
nessee. The first business be attended to
was that of marrying the girl he had left
behind when he first, surunlout to seek
tho bubble reputation at. tho cannons
mouth. A large party was gotten up bv
the bride’s family, and a man who was
conceded to be h justice of tho peace, be
cause be had held tho'oflice for twenty
years before this cruel war bad commenc
ed, performed the ceremony that united
two loving hoaKs that had. but a single
lb Affe h r U |he.e rite* bid been observed,
* hominy, roast
. . Burn Cot
Mr. CliibV" I n x«
noticed art'article he
od of Curing Beef an
must either bo an omisi
in stating tho compoD®
gallons of forty rod whisky to be discuss
ed.- In the course of human events, the
newly wedded pair were-wut to bed, ac
cording to the custom still in vogue among,
til* rural populalimi.
They hud scarcely began to reuliee the
‘situation” belore there was a great rat
tling at their chamber door, and an im
perative demand for them to rise Borne
prying people had just discovered that
the magistrate was nut a regularly elected
officer and wn* not a justice at al«. Alarm
took them all, and another justice was
seut f«r who lived soino miles distant.—
Before midnight the knot was lied' again
and tho unxious couple were suffered to
retlro for the,second time.
The first contretemps was discussed
freely by those who had not gono home,
and ihe various contingencies of the mat-
tor investigated thoroughly. All al once
it was fourd out that tho lost justice lived
in Kalmuck, whilo the ceremony hud
been performed just o* er the lino in Ton-
nossfte. There was a hurried rush up
stairs, and amv.her arousing of the bride
And groom. They came down stairs
jonfriwhat diisatUffed with the turn mat
ters had taken, and then the whole party
win. down tho road three quarters of n
mile till they gut into the Bute where the
iquire lived, and there tha waddiug rites
wcre.perforinod fur tbo third time. The
bride's mo.bur, not satisfied with all thi*
comedy uf enori, bad sometime before
dispatched a swift messenger for a stated
preacher, und when thoy got back to tho
paternal mansion, to make all things'iafc,
tho knot was tied.lor the ‘ourth lime by
tho man of Oo.l. By this time the first
glimpse. i.f daylight was streaking the
eastern skv.
Woari. _ ..
anxieties of the ...
suffered to retire in peace. Half an hour
had not elapsed bofore there was another
confusion in tho house. A thundering
ktiuck ut the chamber door of the young
couple mado the groom thoroughly mad
lie to.d wboover it was that it was ‘'too
late," gnd swore lie, would Hot got up
again for all the mistakes in the world.—
lie would whip the first man that dis
turbed him uaiiin, ho dhi'nt care who it
was. A giutf demand to open tho door
if ho did not wish to have ithesten down,
and the rattle of a musket decided him to
submit oiicj more to tho imposition.
On opening the portil, he was confront-
Vainly did Im plead to have the privi
lege of giving bail for hi* appearance, and
all Ids offers uf bribe* were us lueles* as
the idle wind. The officer charged with
the arrest wa» inexorable, and now tho
clmp is spending bis slum of the honey
moon a). Columbia, in tiie guard lie
The Captured »*Nelson Hangar*.”
Wo *ro permitted to copy the follow-
Ing letter, received by Dr. Thomas. II,
Dawson. It gives grat}fying4i)formatlon
in reference to most of the "Nalson Ban
gers” captured near Vicksburg, end the
s«d intolingence of the death of three of
thorn:
LcxrxpToM, Ivy., Dec. 10,1800.
Dr. Tho a. II. Dawson :
Dksk Sir—1 taka the liberty of ad
dressing you, at the request of your sou
Henry, who, a* you pnrbaps.kiiuw,
captured in the rear of Vicksburg la»t
June, and has lain in Alton Military
Prison over sinco. I became acquainted
with him a little over a year ago, while
;S2»4» Jg-aa’.Jft. WhBfi jiffiilHifag*-
The Exemption Kill—Cornet fun.
We hnd not before us the Kxeinp-
tlon bill now pending in the House of
Representatives, whon wo wrote our ar
ticle of yesterday, in which we assumed
tlml tho objoct of tbo bill was to delegato
to the President »nd Secretary of Wat
dlscrotionary power to detail parsons by
classos nnd not ns Individuals. The bill
is now before us, and a purusal oflt bat
convinced us of our error. It does pio-
vide for tho de'ad of individuals sepa
rately, and not by classes. Tho follow
ing Is the bill as reported from the Mili
tary Gommitteo:
A bill to he entitled an Act repealing exist •
ing, ami regulating future, exemptions
from military servlee.
The Connreaiof the Confederate States
do enact, That, from und aftor tho pass
age of this Act, all nets and par:* of acts
exempting persons from military sorvioe,
be, and the samoare hereby repealed, ex
cept in so far as they relato to officers of
tbb Confederate and State Governments ;
and hereafter no other persons shall be
exempt ftom such service than the fol
lowing, to wit: allwho shall be held to bo
unfit for military service under rules to
be rreaortbed by IUq Secretary of War,
und such other persons us the said Secre
tary, with tho approval of tho President,
may deem it expedient to exempt in viow
of the fact, Which must be satisfactorily
established, that such persona can, by
their skill, labor, occupation or employ
ment, better subserve tbo vital interest*
of tho country und contribute more sub
stantially to Its defence outside oi tho ar
my than in its ranks: Provided, That in
even such cases absolute exemptions frqm
military service should not bo granted, if,
In thoppinlqn ol tho.Bocrotary of .War,
khosawe end cun ho ohtai'ird by regular
enrolling and detailing for specified times
and stated purposes, the persons whoso
skill, labor, occupation or amploymenl
may mako tholr services more valuablu
out of, than in the actual ranks of the Ar
my/' . .
Such a system of details as'this bill
twins lo provlde»for, we uru not iu favor
It would bo impossible for the P
idont and Secretary of War to examine
and determine upon such application for
detail separately, und they must there-
ibro needs do one of two things—either
:uinouneo tho genera) ‘detail ot classes
occupations, in violation of tho latter ol
the law, or delegato to numorous agents
throughout the country the power to
grant details within their respective dis
trict*. If the first of these alternatives is
aece«ary, itshouK'be adopted in pursu
ance of law, not in violation of it; a
if the latter should be adopted, an opp<
tunity for favoritism and corruption such
as* was cover witnessed beforo in this
country will bo afforded. Men’s position
and influence in society, their wealth and
political standing, and their present
past opinions and prrty associations, will
all have their weight and thore will be no
end to complaining and dissatisfaction nt
the decisions made, The*oulyju*t and
satisfactory plan would be to grant details
ta classes, or, where any one class is too
numerous for all to be detailed adv
tugeously to the public interests, to solcct
hy some general rule those who are most
deserving, or least capable of rendering
efficient service in the array.
We notice that, on the Sth instant, the
House adopted au amendment offered by
Mr. Miles, chairman of the Military Coin-
mittee. "te specify tho military ago iu the
hill—18 to 45.” The effect, of this amend
ment, we suppose, will bo to make the
provisions of tho bills applicable only’ to
persons between the ages of 18 and 40,
leaving to future regulations the exemp
tion or detail of men over or under fhosi
ages, should tko conscription be oxtendgd
to persons under 18 oc over 45.
Wo have sinco corresponded rcgul
ly. He hays he is in fine honltli and
spirits. Tho prison regulation* aro such
us to debar him the privilege of writing
to you himself, m you are not in the Fed
ora! lines. My muthor and some other
ladios who know him, mado up a box
of warm clothing for him and his ten
companions of the Bangers, They were
permitted to receive ovorytklng sent, and
1 silpposo are now as comfortablo as,
they can be in lheir situation. Thn.-o of
them have died in urisoh—Messrs, Cody,
Cnnley, and Frank Wadsworth. All
the others aro well. Your son is very
anxious to hear from home, and if yon or
any of your family write to me, I will
iranicdlktoly lot him know it, and take
great pleasure in doing so.
With rospect,
.Jun. II, 1801. '
mritjor to-r *
„ day. I
Eaglish Moth-
Pork," There
i of a misprint
... or -quantity of
meat usod, for *d man of common sense
would put tea pound* of saltpetre to one
gross hundred pounds of fresn meat.
Besides, the present’ price of saltpetro
would make it very expansive beef—and
nioro than that, it Would endanger tho
life ot any man to make a hearty dinner
* moat f» cured. .
I will give you a tfmtlnof curing meat
that I have practiced loriy years, and
have nevur bean ablo to find a better
*/ho animal, when killed, should be
made to bloed as freely as possible; then
let it be dressed .without gvtting any
blood on’it. Let the meat hang until tlm
animal heat is eptirely out, of it—thort
cut it in pieces of A size suitable fur boil
ing for family uio—pack it closely in h
water light harm! or tub, with a light
sprinkling of rail between each layer of
meat, and let it stand twenty-four hours.
Then make a brine of dear cold water
ud salt, strong chough to bear up a hen
egg. Then dissolve iyr<» ounces of salt-
petro fur every barrel of meat In a smal I
a hantity of warm water, and when- all Is
itsoWed, pour it into the brine, stir it uu
nnd put it all together on the meat,
enough to cover the whole. If the
weather is warm, let tb* brine be put on
ns soon ns the meat is packed. In about
ten days, pour the brine All off, boil it,
skim off tnn scutn that rises, and when
perfectly cool pour it back on tho moat
again, taking care to have the ueaf all
under tbu brine, and you will have good,
swost cofned heof for many months.
Yours,
Jams:* vast Vaucijuiuro.
We copy from a Richmond lettor to
the Atlanta Confederacy •'
While on rout* hare, several thing*
ime under my observed n worthy of
ue, and one especially, that Cnnares*
should not fall to tako proper steps in
regard to. At •Kingsville, 8. C-, I.-aw
throe box cars loaded with cattle, with
this endorsement upon one nf tho b.oxes:
"These cattle have boon hero for three
days, and have never received food or
wafer. Where are the coinmixarief ?—
December 1ft, J8ti3.” This cnu*ed inu to
inquire into the matter, and/I learned
from a gentleman who lived -there, that
they liao be n there for six day* and r.*-
coived neither food nr water. In one of
the boxes there ware six dead, In another
two, nnd In the third one. Hovaral w^ra
down in each car, that In all prohabHty
died in the next 24 hours. Should Mich
uoglfeenca as this, on the part of any offi-
-^r, be tolerated ?
Chaulxston.—The Mercury says : It
as exactly six months-on Sunday since
the Yankcss landed on Morris’ Island,
whon tho siege of Charleston nuy be said
to have fairly commenced. A half year
has passed, and they are now no nearer
the possession of the city than they were
the 10th of July. In fact, 'they ate
ovon farther from that desired ond; for,
with erory day of tho long end tedious
siege, vre have grown stronger on our
mean* of defence and offence. When the
y oar is completed, if Gill more shall,not
Have abandoned the siege by that Urn ..
ho will at leant, uru are sura, have advan
ced not a single >tep.
The Fort Jucknou Kiuutcs
Tho first report* of tbi* affair wer<
aggerated beyond the usual exaggera
tions which come from the Mississippi.
But thoro was something in it, although
of no groat consequence to any ono. The
last that we have *eon of it in the North
ern papors is given as follows in a letter
from New Orleans, dated 12th uU.,
too Boston Courier;
Our military authorities havo just had
a fortastoof the wisdom in trusting im
portant military posts to ’colored troops/
by a revolt at .Fort Jackson, which tho
uowipapors iu this department, " by
thority” will inform you was "only
altercation between an officer and *<
or the men; and soon quieted.” I have
my information lrom the lips of the offi
cer In command of that post, the garri
son of which consisted of five hundred
cotored soldiers and officers and twenty
white men, (though some of the colored
men are as white as some of their white
officers) and so serious had beeome the
revolt that the officers themselves declare
that hnd they attempted to exercisa any
authority over their command, every
white man would have been killed, and
the negroes have boen iu pos«es«ion of
ilia fort* which cost tho United Suits
Government so much of life and treasure,
and so maav months delay lo get into
ourmand*. *11 has been decided that this
regimeat of "clored men” must be "mus
tered out of the service," in consequence
From the Rlobmeud Whig.
A Hell on Ifiartli.
The articles touching tho fete of Po
land, Iruluiid,und other opprsssod nation
alities, which have appeared in recent
issues i-f our notionpurury, tho Examiner,
c.«nnut fail to arrest the ultontiun uf a
people who have bmin forced at Iasi to
cnntuioplnto, not withoui seriousness, j.
contingency, which, at the beginning of
the war. wui never inmitioned, or if mnn-
Cloned, excited only'derision. Whether
our weakness or our muinanagammit has
brought us to this contemplation, it boots
not to inquire. Whether the Into legisla
tion jn OoiigroM and such spunches hs
that of Senator Brown, or tho lugubrious
vaticinations of tho newspapers havo og-
chsioued tho great depression among the
people and tho moro joyuu* exultation of
the enemy, ueod not n»*ro ho considered.
Whether tho dospuralo incasuros^j^^^.
Wforivw 1 luF'CmRToir anu uiicreiiuo n<l-
yuncad on the oltrr, both# a lsor "pulley
in war,” wa shall not stop to discuss. Ii
is on .ugh for us to know that, aftor threo
years of ierrible warfare, tho enemy an
nounces openly his purpose to subjugate
us, is making gigantic preparations to
that end, nnd has lixod upon tho present
year for lira consummation of bis design*.
Tho time Jins come, thuroforo, for us lo
examine, iu Us whole length and breadth,
tho meaning of this word "subjugation,”
so glibly vised by tho Yankees,
In a previous article. bu*od upon a’
portion of Genera) Lee’s Inst battle ordor,
wo ntlergip ed to placo before our readers
au outline of the horrors which would at
tend the overrunning « f this country by
the enemy. We cited tho deliberate
opinion ot General Lee, thut the “cruel
foe seeks to roducoour fathers and moth
ers, our wives nud children, to abject
slavprv,” am} wo urg«‘l tho importance
of such an opinion, coming from tho uiust
truthful and unexaggorating man iu tho
Confederacy. .Musi tho danger of Ibis
"abject slavory” be kopt beforo the peo
ple? Then, the daily acts purpotraled by
tho enemy will servo tho purpose, with
out comment from tbo nowj-papers. \Ve
noed nut go-io VolanU or to Ireland to
learn whul subjugation means. Thu fact
is before u* wherever wo turn the eyo.
In Baltimore, St. Louis, Nashville,
Memphis. New Orleans, w* s«e tho first
fruits of that unspeakable suffering and
shame which'tniirt come when the holy
cause is abandoned, and nothing inter
vene* between the brutality of the foe,
drunk with oxcess, and his helpless vic
tim*. Nay, we need not go so far us thu
cities named to find evidence of tho emu
my’fc purposes. Look at Fredericksburg,
Suffolk, Williamsburg, Yorktown, tho
Northern Neck and tho great d»«ert of
ruined farms, that wide extent ofcrople**,
treeless, lifeie s land which extends from
ihelUpidnnto the Potomac. But yes
terday tho ctfisent’of Norfolk, unwilling
lo give up their homes to the Yankee*,
and afraid to encumber the threatened
Confederacy with hundreds, perhaps
thousands of women, vhiidreii ami did
ineo, who could render no aid In battle,
and only consume thu fasfercur liin ted
subsistence, decided wisely to remain,
oven stthe price of annate of allegiance
to a nation abhorred, out which, in the
eye of God, wal not, and could not.be
mado binding by any cunning of tho Yan
kee. And now anus are forced into their
ids, and they must either fight their
a flesh aud blood or bo shot as desert-
If any young men, who might with
, priety nave com* into our lines, have
taken the oath, theirs is a righteous retri
bution. But if men boyond the proper
arms-beariugago aro driven into tire en
emy'* rank*, then they dcsorvn thu pi'.y
of God ami man. But their fato thouid
teach all a lesion.
Quite as recently, wo have' proof of tho
enemy’s »iial>oli«n» in the outrages com
mitted upon the ladies at Rlizxbuth City,
in North Catolina. Later still, wc have
the fiendish utterance* of Butler, crying
for the fiercest retaliation, because we
refuted to treat with him, a declared out
law, and denounced by the civilised
world a* an enemy of mankind. . Nor
have we forgotten that, a few weeks ago.
within cannon sound of this city, an old
man was murdered in cold blood, buried
head fora most in the common road, and
a horrible placard left affixed to his pro-
truding feot, as a warning to all who dare
defend the honor of their households.
All these things are fresh in the public
recollection. Othor horrors will come
trooping dav after day. Thoro is no fear
that tho enemy will leave us any excuse
fur believing, hoping, or even dreaming
of an honorable adjustment on any terms.
Wo inuit win, or we must submit abso
lutely and unconditionally to "abject
slavery." There vs ne help for it, even if
the kankeo wished it. His war debt
must bo paid. AU the property in the
South will not .mure than pay iL Pro
fessions of Unionism will uol save it.
This hat been tried recently by tho lories
of Bast TSnnossov, and everything they
owned was swept away. When ull the
property of a poop I o is gone, they aro
beggars, and b«agars cannot t>« choosers.
But why argue the matter? It is as plain
as noon day. tVe must conquer our in
dependence, or we must become the'
servants of oorvanu-—the slaves, literally,
ef our slave* and of Yankee fanatics, who
will delight to coranel us to perform the
raostmonial and disgraceful drudgery.
And if this be not a hell on earth, what
Is, what can be?
a total of receipts, $4,&!7,8u3, and
in ndituros $2,6028ttt. leaving a balance
in tho Treasury of $576,048. which prove*
that tho Department is soif-su^uiuing,
the Constitution requires;
Tbo number ot post odious in tho Oon*
fedarncy, i* 8,287 squiring a mail service
ot 23,451) 1 lies! in W*.*, and 4.410,740 miles
of transportation, which is performo I by
1,253 contractors xt a cost of $2J57,84'J.
*Tiio amount <>f postage e Heeled in
Georgia is $021,824 72. which is the next
highest to Virginia. $830,603 93. Araaii-
*«.♦ is tho lowest, $11,380 61. Total ex
penses in Georgia, $tU,o?3 23.
From tho do ails and matter of the Re
port. wo think there has boon ability and
system in tho Department, and in rut uru
wo hope that Mr. Jteagsn will be better
understood hi a vigilant Postmaster Gen
eral. —Southern rarJrr.
A TripOv*r tub Black Watkr — A §
correspondent of the Futersbarc. Express,'
who recently crossed the Blackwatcr
river, give* tin* following as the re*ult of
his observation* of the condition Ol af
fairs :
I crossed <*n Thursday evening, the
24th of Docombur, ami rode five days in
the counties nf NaniiMiiond, ffetes and
Purquimmons. 1. found pork in abund
ance, but no facilities of getting it to the
rirer.
Tlio negroes havo almost all loft, and
the wagons and teafps boon taken oil’. A
few broken down horsns, muiut and earl*
only are left on tho Urge farm*. You
cannot lure a white man to drive hogs for
ten dollars a day. They are afraid of be
ing informed against nnd taken oil’ to
Norfolk.
The citizens seem loyal, b'lt are greatly
Alarmed, expecting every day to be vis
ited by tiie Y«nk«*<. N'o ono wlio has
isitcil this besulifol country can form a
orreet idea of the nilmrable condition of
ha people. There limy ara, oxposud
dally to the foe, with no hope of relief,
Tim Wealthiest inhabitants havo boon r«-
iced to a state wl dep-ncioriou, and this
a general thing, almost without axc»p-
*ii. Whilo pork is tho principal thing
they have, it voomin it lia« been left only
to lie felted and cured for the usu of the
Federal*. Their recent raid, near South
Mills has spread terror through that sec
tion of country, the inhabitants having
b»nn ordered not to inposo of anything
to the Confederates, on jeiin of having
their homos burnt, thoir fend* contisen-
(I, and themsviyet sent into our line*.
Corn is soared, and sells for fifty dol
lar* a hsirel.
Tho gruntost attention is paid to hogs.
They are fallen"., principally on pea*
booed nnd fleshy, and uan bo easily Made
fat at uny igu.
l.atest from KnoxylUe,
_ . j parties wfio have reached this
citv from Knoxville, inf
nee the first of January
Icresting particular*..'
unfortunate section.' ?
the city is represei«KpL_
extremo. The etreaU arc* not only dis
gustingly filthy; but are lUertvUy alive
with tho vermin shaken from the persons
of tho beastly invaders. ' All the fencing
nnd many of the Shad# trees havo been
destroyed by the Yankee soldiery for fuel.
Tito citizens are sulfering»f6r food. The
scanty supplies brought in by the neigh
boring country people being insufficient,
many families are dependent for' subsis
tence cm miserable ratios*' doled out. to
them by the Yankee military authorities.
These lattor obtain their supplies from
Chattanooga via Kfftgston; ’ '
Tho Yankee* have fivo small steamers
running on theTennessoe river, and say
thoy ha ve/our more bdlldlirgin Nashville
for the same serviced Four of these boats
convey supplies to Kingston (.at the junc
tion of the Holston and Tennessee);, from
thence one of thehl plies to Loudon, 1 but
can go na farther at present, owing to the
shells which (Jen. Vaughn sunk in the
chaonel of the river, and which tnoy dare
not attempt to drag out for <ear of explod
ing them. The river at (IBs Tfbittt Is fur
ther obstructed by the wrecks of the en
gines and car* which w«*a run into it
when lastcvacuatod by our forcek. They
have tho railroad in operation, however,
between Loudon nnd Knoxville,' tad are
running two broken down (rains, which
nru thoir chief means of transportation for
'i’hore arc four army corps at Knoxville
rind vicinity, nominally under the com
mand of Foster, who pleads ill health for
riot reporting for duty. Grant, in person,
viritoo Knoxville about the last of D«-
ctor.bur, and then went to the front near
Ulnju’s Grots Roads,.to direct. tLo move
ments in opposition to Gen. Lougstrsot.
Tho MUtiioritirs at Knoxville have thus
far refused to permit Southern men oi the
families of rebels to pass through their
lines South, but linvo readily granted per
mission nnd oncmiraged.themtogo North.
As their policy is to devastate the coun
try So ns to render it untenable by our
forces, they thus allow Southern men no
alternative between starvation and emi
gration to the North. When our Infurrn-
l-ift. tney were preparing a list of such
Takb Tuvvuut \f hat Vs UuiKK.-Wasoe it
StatsH t.tatan Knrliiu i«otar«i) re-
:v»tly Ciitks adult* rations of feud. Ms hanJcJ
omul soffit, whisk w.s ar,»n»un«e4 exoslUnt,
thun tald tho aain-tes ta u »h«f bad busu r«-
sujtjd with thu luxuriss ol Imlfatx’a blood,
shUurr and tkssp's tivsr dried, and old snffe*
mn U, He then gave thou capital portor,
*. made of M'OiU of wise, gtm arabic and
burnt sugar. There aro erstfy nauseous esm-
peunds, Imt do not o'impare with a quart of
wuwkir. whleft was sabjeeted te a ehemiral nn-
al.vsis in PosalisnUs a few day* aiuca. U uxs
id of aquafortis, slulecib-
"feperas, quinine, bssf
. • - v -,v -..la.ouratalam and dried
muskrat tall. Now her* was a doss that would
have tauusd the iuuer coating of a utu'i
steuiaeh in twenty-four hours, provided h*
had lived ao long after drinking it. Bswars.
yonagr.iea, and old ones, too. what ye drink,
for touob that the bnitie contains Is n» bettsr
than gold t'sissn.**— y>p reM .
A. DirrKitKNCK.—A K.ntl.m.n |i,jin,
Ins subsuripiion to the Observer yostor-
ilay, remarke.l that ho had delayed it
longer than lio would in the expecta
tion that wo would ral*n the subscription
price, mid lie* was willing to pay more.
• i0 j | ikQ ono our , u hj 0r Jheis
mth* ago, whan w« gave notice
that wn would on a certain day advance
tlio price, lie wrote us that he was pleas
ed with tho nfcrwa*", wn ought io have
inure, Ac., disc., nnd wound up by saying
(hat he sent the money to rqnew his sub
scription, nnd hoped it would reach us
beforo our new f„t»»* went into operation.
Fayetteville Observer.
In 'peaking of i ,« lo.se* inflicted upon
thn l ankee Government by rtterillns, the
York World of the 7ili Ihst. says :
"In tlid Department of Washington three
million* del Ur** wot in of qiurtormniter
ndcomini»*ary stores have been lost by
is—captured by goorilfe*. The only
onsolation al >ut the'losi of these stores
s, that tho Treasury got them cheap
irh-having riven it* mo tf for them
JUriT i.v Ilia Ham*.—A gumbl
ought up by lha "|»r«s» gang” yesur-
dny, and after soma questuming. ordcml
into a regiment, whereupon he said to the
officer: "Ido not threaten, but if you
knew me as well as I know myself, you
would not put mu in any ragiment. 1
«lnt a safe man to have around.” Ha was
taken at bis word and ordored through
tbo lines. Ha retorted by saying, that
was just iirh s hana as h* had been try-
Prksticb ok Lincoln.—4i must.. v ..
bo appsront, to the true friends of the
Government everywhere that they have
nothing to expscl from the party in power
or from spy nmmber of it. The last
ground of hope* or father thu Inst shadow-
yt* ground, has vanished. Tho rugged
issue is br.ore us. There is, under i’rov-
.idtruoe, but ono Unpondoncft for the con-
•ervative Uaionists of tho Kopublio,
which is thorough co-operation on the
basis of singfemindo-T devotion to lh»
country, b»r luaovvrthrow aud expulsion
of tho party in power at the ballot box.-
AYanksk Ntuae Canp.-A Vlckshurg
rssponUtnt wrhas:
..Any who looks at a large tnaa of the
MUsisfiapi nvar *— * * * *
burg, sa ii
the shape
yluehed togstlier. Usvorunaat has taken pes-
icssio- -r.w- --J «...
cam i
uoiisa, just hslow Vicks-
r.-;--.- mease boud, enalosiag a space ol
the shape of a kone sko*. with th* htsU
pinched togstlier. Uevoruneat has Uktn pe
acssiot of the proparty, and is t* establish _
■— .v,, eslloeliou and omaloymoat af as-
thuaesk of Us pemnssla, lest than
nail n mao across, sm. sutrsushmsut will be
thrown ap, nnd a suitable guard of a«aro
troops will be ktpl to dsfead the placo against
guerrillas.
From me valley.
.. YTs lesj-n from tho Morkingham Register, i
”*■* *”• ,k -* •»»of the*
ably intended to ehsck
isinovon
lerula i
loveusnts of
Oar own troops havabssn as law down the
A aifey ss Maakorlim, whero they captured
and brought off some pritontrs. The Valley ’
to haVe adequate protoatiun undar the sou
mead ofeoa of our moetdajhlac Brigadier*.
A aether steamer, felon with Uevernment
freight, has shaped into pert. The blockadsrs
ssw hsr nnd tried local her off, bnt she had
mash heels for thorn. 3he is sailed the
. * '’r*ed
bnt she had
"i>eub\gik, M {s(na4e et.ir( .
gw,” She <ota«M (on »«i| kumrn .■ , m ,
‘ to whieh she bflungs.—MUiU Adv. J* /fey.,
1SIA.
North Carolina paper, bos been tend*]
•ev.-Vaoee the appointment ta fill th*
rirad term ef jiaaator Davis, raeeotlv appoin
ted Attorney qeneml. Mr. Orahnssk regalnr
tb ** “tC D * T * * U0CM4 * r wiu wltk
ministers are said to have W J”
go. Gun. Bazninu ha i r.vio Ddr| »*
12,000 French troops at
Gen. Diusi was at>Jalam %no /)■ * 3 i
leagues from Guanajuato, u ’-
that th* Guvorninanti of , IiM I< V*H
Spain had fecognizsl tlia n« vf ‘/ i nu *M
Ifiantof Mexico. Ge ». h * r| ’
ceod<jd Common fart as Minuter
for Juarez. ' u * w lr
Affaire in jthe Vnifey^Th^~CAn»
Yankeen in fiordy Ooum? 01 ® cf
Wc mentioned seroral davt
fact that » "nrtfA* J
made print
county. Our
captures' w«ro und..
Gcus. Fitzhugh ] r ie Rt ul }»,
rapture was otfert. .1 cm... '
Mooroflold,
terso'n’s. cr«^k. On
came up with a tr»«
otis, which thoy sue
their tennis, guards
flight our(orcas> Ull .
some fifty Yankee wh » w«. r ,» 0
In a church In Hardy c-.untv Vt ’ 6 '
t» .v-A . 2.WO Yankees W(
HUty.
i portion of our cnvshf ft
rapture was etfectid urT’
‘ “ w«M»adin* J ft;
Bund.- ' * t5
com’Cort to tho Southern army, and theao
they intend to drive Within nuf lines,' in
fili-thernnce uf their human* scheme ot
"starving out tne rebellion.” '
Forage is so difficult to pricurn Hint
leir stnrved horses nod mules are daily
dropping dead in the street^; Many of
those wretched animal* huvebeen given
to tho stolen “egrocs who tffroug His city,
who take thorn to the country and bag or
steal forage' fur them, and aftor sufficitmt-
ly recruiting their strength, earn a pro-
carious subsistence, by hauling in wood,
nnd such provisions «s they can obtain,
to tlio famishing citizens.
- The infamous Brownluw bad returned
and wns making preparations for tbu ru-
i-tuc uf hit scurrubu* journal; but it is
tc*s rampant than upon bis first advant,
having lust castu both with tho Yanuco
soldfery and his tory neighbors,
Ourinfoimniits report but few. Yankee
troops on this side ot the Tcmimiau river
—about two thousand only in all scatter
ed from Loudon and Kingston to Cleve
land—and these aro sloeoing nightly on
thoir arm* iu parprtual terror of a raid by
Juhu Murgnn, ol !whose safe arrival in
thu Con fad a racy they have learned. We
trust their worst apprehensions may bo
realized either from Morgan or eoine otb-
*r gallant chieftain. It is very certain
tlmi iheir'proicnt condition affords an ex
cellent opportunity to any dashRig caval
ry force.
The'Yankees in Knoxville declare that
tho fore* which repulsed Wbocler at
Ci#v«*l rid, and at* frightened his mcr.
that they ran over each other in thoir
efforts to «acap<>, and which wms reported
to be Tun or fiftebii tnousand strong, con
sisted only of some eighteen hundred
half nrmeu convalescents from tho woun
ded at Missionary Jtidge, .who were on
thoir way to Knoxville, and liavs since
safely ruuched there. This, of course, is
but a YnuUe-a slander, invented to bultUr
up lira courage of thoir own cowardly
troops. • . .
The damage done by their incendiarism
while thoy ware besieged iu Knoxville, is
estimated at two millions of dollars.—
About ono hundred and fifty huu*Ri,
compibii g tii« \vh«do of the city north
nfjdwi to.r,.t. Both tho
depot*, nn.l tho machine shop ol the Vir-
jWiln&ronimJeu r«ilro».|,, r ,uiiiiiJ„r«d.
Duly two huiuus wero dostroyed uu tlio
suntli side of tho railronii.
The enemy’s urbgrumma for the future,
at far as our infirinunts could loarn it, is
to avoid fighting as much as possible, in
order to'have lefeure to perfect their
communications with their bass* of sup
plies, and with-the opening of tho spring
campaign, to burl two immense columns,
one from Chattanooga into Georgia, and
one from Kn*t Tennessee into- Virginia
on Richmond.' It, U to bo hoped our
Government will be prepared lor thorn
in both directions. — hnaxville Beg., \Atk.
jZ2£r- Extract from a letter received by
a gentleman in Mobile, dated
LivKiti’ooL. lstOot., I8G3.—Dear Sir:
Our cotton mark*, has been firm with a
large business doiug during th* past week
at advancing prices, 27S cent* per pound
is tho value of middling Orleans, but
thoro is,very littlo of-this class of cotton
iu the market: Business in Mnnchcstor
is also bi.itor, und manufacturers are able
to make n profit at present price*.
It givos us grout pleasure to receiva
your lottor* from timo-to time, und we
shal l bo roust i.nceraly glad to see Iks and
which is now^devuiUling y
«nd
with i
. Kn-
glislimen, wc admire the gallant mann
in which you are struggling for your
cause. Respectfully and truly.
, I have been enthusiastic and joyful a*
any one alter u victory : but I also mm-
fes* that e ven Uiun the sight of a field of
battle has not only struck me with horror,
but even turned mu sick ; und now that I
am advanced in life, I cannot understand
any more than I could ut fifteen years of
Hge, how beings, and who call themselves
reasonable, and who luivr so much fore
sight, can employ this short existence,
notin luring nnd uiding taou other, and
passing through *t as gently as possible-
hut on lha contrary, 'endeavoring to de
stroy each otli-Pf a» if Time did not him
self do this sufficiently rapid! Wliat I
thought nt fifteen years uf age, I still
think; "war with (ha pain of death which
society draws upon itself, aro but organ
ized barbarisms, an inlinritance of the
favago state, disguised or ornamented by
tngotiioua and false eloqueuce.—Louu
Bonapdrte. • _
<Tuut Legislation,
Mr Phelan bus introduced n bill in the
Senate to confiscate tho property of nil
person* Hoeing to the ouoiny from tlio
operation of our conscript laws, and Mr.
Henry has introduced a bill in the sanio
body, declaring null and void ail deods of
conveyances of property made by such
parties with a view of covering it up iu
thoir flight.
Tbeso bills should be promptly passod,
as the only mode of reaching these par
ties who aro fleeing from the defence of
their country. Men who havo been
amongst ut for years, making money,
buying property, and axereiaing nil tho
privileges ef frauman. now make false
conveyances and cut stick to the Yun
k*c*. If these men will not fight far
t.iair country, their property ought to tie
confiscated far its benefit.
* Lync/i. Rep,
Gent Butler’s orders commanding "all
persons in East North Carolina between
Ihk ages of eighteen and forty-five, both
whito and black, to report to the General
commanding without delay/ Is placarded
on trees. AII persons In Eastern North
Carolina who do nat eomo forward by
tho lftth of January and tako tht oath of
tdlogisnce and giv# their parole aro to be
seized,and held as prisoners of war and
thoir property confronted. Parsons can
leave the lines within that time, but they
will bo allowed to carry nothing with
then? except fifteen pounds of meat to
each mouther of their families;
Man found Dead.—On Tuesday even
ing coroner Peacock held an inquest-on
th* body qf an unknown .wtrtto man—
supposed to be trained — Goolsby,
from papers in his possession—and proba
bly livad, or had lived, near Columbus,
Go. Ho was found dead at the depot of
tho Montgomery and West Point rail
road. 1 he verdict of the jury wa* "came
to his death fr.uu exhaustion and expo
sure.”— Montgomery Mail
a hundred mad tweatr-fivt malse. and
undred prisoners, captured ia lardy
t*o**kundre4prIf<
county, wuutd
said that
at Front Royal,
early part of I;
direction of lb>
Tills is a movement or'
probably with tlio di
movements upon tho p
ces. A portion ofo. r
Icy wore rrccntlv a* I .
Hill, Barlteley countv,
tured and brought :i'
Richmond Disp., 1 !f/».
• BKVSRg Coxuuaa 10N. — A t
past five o’clock thi» u,.. 4 ,
sion wa* felt her-' f 1 I .mu- , ..
in tovrn to shake, jirrij • . .
windows and "waking r v
Whether nnv r ..p., r t w-.-. |. \
know; we fait lira ckumv,,, ,,
the noise produced hy tho
nothing else—no muon m of ,1
like. Tim feeling w.o; uf *!ur
iv '"< i«'ft
erfnl jerk or slam.
A* yet w-i ha
vrhora the explo
i it i
nly
It
Fort Fishur fro
ville, aed apparently fr . n
that place, and bey«*.nd I *,
the sontrie* on the wl.-irfra
short time before lii^ c •.
Tho iiglit wn* down tin* ri
tion a little west of South,
The shock wa« uviiini.t!y
explosion ot a magnzino <
up of a ship with powder n
biockadvr or block.rio rti
no magay/mnon the river n
and from tho sound n* h»»*
it was beyond Smiihvitlon
It may possibly iiaro b»«»i
cinity of Lock wood’s l«vn.
some voisal Pray hnvt; Lmoi
Wa will probably hoar d
course of the day.
with the Yank no North,
tho South huvw found .»*it
manufacture t\ Irat muci
they could import it from
Philadolpliia. In Rich..
’ two
blisi
manuf.
turn out daily, flni-lrad A
largn miiniiur, that
tho Yankou hul* ru
by Juw blockade rt
about half the pric«
turned out by tlio t
greatly increased if it w
I IlH
obtaia the
men Iiat.tr
Suutii, and lift* imijo
Tim
aft
played, it bo ing imp is
without a datnii from \\
signitlcantjs their agcr<
a detail of them all fai
their craft would he a i
vice and th* (Junfc-fenii
ihe Next Spring
The * Yankee jaiirnals. say*
mond Dispatch, th--
tlio rubuls a fimtl (piiutus in
open
They pro
piling up stores aud
Grant’* army nlmos
mountain. Goliath
more confident of sn
ruddy stripling that
tnan tlio buck era of
niliilnling tlio robu
Campaign.
Wv mo not diepoi
magnitude uf the *•
hand. A colo
but we must nu
emulate tlio Yankee* in t’m f<
calculation, thu ayateui, tin*
bor of preparation far the d«.
al dan
do this, if ■
chance, i
dent a» we are brnro nmi
then, with tho blessing of ti
atruggl* of next spri- g .<
backbone of thi* war, Mini
para yaia u-ion the »nergies
States. We look farwar l
with confidence, with n fir
every man in the Con fed si
his loins for ono grand ,
uurt far tiie iniv
of hii
A New I’kintinu I’xes^ -Mr. .Isms
Gordon, a young farmer from < a : r.loni*
New York, bus come to t .... .•> wiu. ti.
juodul of a how priulitig j.'i -• of i o e»,
iuvonlion, wffiich c.onui ie. *..».« .. v
eltins, tlio utility uf w.Sk.i «-«n only b
determined by actual trial. T ... prei
print* both sides or ihe sheet at -i..- ferd
ing, ono form being on n flit b<*.i, ti;
otlior farming Him h^.ruiont oi « '•ylmdCT
Its speed‘is calc :feted ut :’. O 1 "* p
sheets an hour, its cost but Jiitle n r
than the largo Taylor pro**. ; cv. n
der form does n<>t % m tho If | r—»
make a cumpiotM rcv.dution, I*.it turn
partially and return*. Tho sheet* ur
fad from double banks at the U>|>. uu 1 u
ken .M succession around tl.c < j fin'l* r .in-
over thu Ifet form hutioath, (heme bj
tapes to tho fly, as in ordinary !*•">
prustes, und doiivurml at each «ifa.
far o» wo can ju<)g.«, this pr. »< atfirds 1
bettor opportunity to prevent sctting-ul
than any other nerfoctmg pres* we i.ari
seen, Mr. Gordon is u farmer, wui. <
mechanical genius. His only kn • •
of presses wns derlv d from seeing an or
dinary Taylor press in a Rochester f
flee, and lie resolved to improve upon
A", i'. Tribune.
SlKAMKUS FOHI'IIK BloCXaPB.—I.* ?
weok, throe Clyde st«amor%wuro report
ed hs sold for tfra purpose of being em
ployed as blockade rutinar*. Thme w«r«
the C.ifedoniii, well known on ti:o 8trsn
rour station, but lately running lietwe^r
Glasgow and Ruthsay, for which ■*
been fitted with iraw boilers und featl.ur
ing floats, and now sails wel*; the
steamer Iona, thn finest finished »
swiftest steamer on the Clyde, built Uu
year for Messrs. D. JLIutchinson & C«».
West Uiirhlatul line, which olfe J durmi
tlio »unnnl*r on tiie Glasgow ik Ar.lri»h*i.
route; and th# saloon steamer Fury
unother of .Messrs. Hutchii'on A
We a t Highland line, which pliod ^
Utmn round .Stafl» and Iona. Tn*> pne
obtained for the Iona was £20,000 »•*’
Bag.—Edinburg Scotchman.
Muanca.—Several men belonging t
Waddell's battery of aitillery, lsft tb«* r
quarters on Saturday evening l"»t. , wlt /
out leave, and caino into town. Knft*!
ing a house on Decatur street, thoy drsr.s
freely of liquor,
whole party
dry
hich resulted lu e private, o
th# battery, named Win. Shnys, b«u-
killed. Who struck the blow wbio
killed him has not yrt been posiB
certained, although we leai
. .v-.. that
. been arrueted and confined,
the barracks on suspicion of being*.
the
parties who committed tho deed.—Atlan
ta Confederacy.
Geh. Gbant fok the Pki:sid**cy--
▲ Difficulty.—Tbo New York D
4s out in f*7or of the unanimous ,
ot Gen. Grant to th* next rr.c*ft£ , . lc J ^
the Yankee nation. A paragraph 11 K 0 '
ing tbe-rounds taken from a .
ffiM £ I
true tbeivthe U. 8. Consvi^tton will rs r
quire a change, or must A# once »or
disregarded, before our Geuernl can ne*
com# Presiaent—for thy instrument,
believe, require* that tto President shsi
be a native born American.
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