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The Last Tanker Foray. ] A New I’lau of Subjugation.
The recent foray of the Yankees in-1 Memphis, Jan. 8.—A mercantile firm '
to Huntersville, the county seat of I here has received a letter from a friend
Pocahontas county, has given rise to i ot the South in Kentucky, stating that
innumerable rumors, and it is impossi- the Federal Government lias made
hie to ascertain with satisfac tion the clandestine arrangements with pardon-
truth with regard to it. Four facts,: ed convicts at the North to scatter them
From the Charleston Courier, Jbu. 11.
News from the Toast.
Passengers by the Savannah tram
report all quiet yesterday at the various
The Departure of Messrs. Mason and
Slidell.
Tho Boston papers say that some of
the New York relatives of John Slidell
posts. A rumor prevailed ol an in-j went to boston for the purposo of seeing !
tended demonstration ol the enemy in i him before his embarkation for Emope. 1
JAMES A. SLEDGE, }
ANDERSON W. REESE, j
EDITORS,
force on btono, and several regiments ' The Boston Journal, of Wednesday | -
however, are pretty dearly established through the South, for the purpose of had received orders to hold themselves > evening, says .
by a general concurrence of all the setting fire to and burning up every-> in readiness. ! “The arrangements for their return J
tumors on the subject: 1st. The Yan- thing, especially manufactories and' We learn that the bearers of the flag I " er0 ver y ‘(“•etly made, and nothing j
kees came. 2d. Our small fcrce ran i machine shops. j of truce from the enemy, in relation to ! wafl . know f n in tb is city in regard to the j
aw ay. 3d. The commissary stores of | The Federal Government will pay I the exchange of the pnsonei taken on u,,td ^our arr ' ve “ for their j
:'ue Confederate Government were all the expenses of these incendiary ] the 1st inst., expressed much anxiety ! de P“ rture * Tho steam tugboat Star-
1 urned, and possibly a n.irate house i access.,lies, believing .hi, .« h« n . r J<\ ! as In his fate J,I il . L . cc:' i h S»*t was employed by the government
or two. 4th. The Yankees wem on moue oi crummier me south. linsin- uea,n were vtrv ites.mns seeming j town Cape Cod' where they are to bo
‘ ’ 1 * • ‘ ' Rin
| ■■■ iii.i iiainu \\ duilll irnuu. «. i.ivu iiiiiiuu m .«..»* pOlt lost
and communicated to warn the South j Quincy Adams. He ranked as Ser- j night
in a sympathizer with the Confederate ! geant,' and was one of the party de- i " In accordance with the above plan
movement. ! ployed as skirmishers. The enemy I of releasing the rebels, the tugboat
j confessed to only one killed on the jfflight left this
field, besides Adams, in the late en- 1 ton 0 clock 1,1,8 forenoon and 8t0 PP ed
! gagement. This account, however,
along the same road by which they
came. Where they came from and
to what point they retreated are things
unknown, because it appears there is
nobody out there to watch and find
out their movements. Of a consider- j
able army ot Confederate troops there
some weeks since, there were only a
f**w, some two or three hundred pres
ent when the Yankees did come, and
they got out of the way with facility.
The first rumor was, that the Yankees
burnt the stores, but it is now ascer
tained on pretty good authority that
the Confederate guard left to protect
them set the match to them before they
t*
formation was obtained from a party j his remains to send them to his home ! transferred to the British gungoat
employed by the 1’ederal Government, j in Michigan. His name was John j aldo, which artivcu in that port
Atrocious Schemes of the Enemy.
1 he Lincoln Government is capable j does ,,ot agree with the number of new
of any atrocity. In the whole catalogue , ma(]e graves discovered by our men
of human crime and desperate malig
nity. nothing can he found too diaboli
cal for Yankee malice. No outrage
can he too fiendish to suit the vengeful
thirst of Yankee hate of the Southern
graves discovered by
after the enemy had retired, and must,
therefore be taken with the usual al
lowance.
at Fort Warren, where she took on
hoard Mason and Slidell and their two
Secretaries After receiving their bag
gage, ivc., the tug proceeded on her
way to sea, leaving the fort about
eleven o’clock. The whole affair was
conducted without any display, in per-
peo;
From a participant in the tight we i feet quiet, and in the ordinary way of
learn that the enemy after tiling a vol-1 conveying passengers
i ere fore, the telegraphic; | ey wouW immediately fall to
The Boston Journal furnishes some
Richmond Dispatch, 10///.
NOKTrU.ll.X A<TO! 1 N I .
Cineiiinnti, Jan. f>—A special dis
patch to the Gazette,from lluttonsvillc,
Western \ irginia, slated that the ex
pedition, consisting of four hundred of
the 25 th Ohio, three hundred of the
2d Virginia, and forty of Bracken’s
Cavalry, sent out by General Milroy,
to attack Huntersville, was completely
.successful. They attacked the enemy ance al
on Saturday morning, consisting ot
four hundred and ninety cavalry and
three hundred and fitly militia, and af-
tc r skirmishing an hour the enemy re
treated, with the loss of eight killed
and wounded ; on our side none killed
or wounded. Twenty thousand dol
lars’ worth of army stores and cloth
ing were captured and destroyed.
Cincinnati, Jan. 0.—A dispatch to
the Commercial, lrom Iluttonstille, | Goeernment
• Huntersville was the rebel depot 1 reckless an.
trmsic improbability. But the wonder
is how comes it that the scheme is so
soon betrayc 1 to the world. It is pre-
to say that the forbearance exercised in this
instance must not lie permitted to consti
tute a precedent hereafter fer infractions of
neutral obligations.
I am. respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Gideon Wells.
Let us hear Mr. Wells further. We have
not seen his last annual Report, w Itich was,
| usual, directed to the President, and by
him laid before Congress. Wc find in an
; exchange, however, the following, purport*
! ing to be a-r extract therefrom, and we
! doubt not, a true one :
“The prompt and decisive action of Cap-
! lain W Ukcs merited and received the emphat-
j ie approval of the department, and if u too
! generous forbearance was exhibited by him
; in nut capturing the vessel which had these
' rebel enemies on hoard, it may, in view of
• the special circumstances, and of its patii-
j otic motives, be excused ; but it must by no
! means be pe; mi tied to constitute a prece-
i deni hereafter for tlie treatment of any case
. ..r .J./Lrfifi'nn* 1»v
ATHENS, GEO KG IA
o f film'tar infraction of neutral nidi gallons by
foreign vessels engaged in commerce or
the carrying trade.”
Hear, too. what the Lincoln (’ongress
than to adhere to the position it has aft
assumed. In numerous ways Govei
gnd people have fully endorsed the
Captain Wilkes, and the verdict wi
be reversed, although all Europe, with }
land at its bead, demand it. W lint in;
done to qualify or sofirn the matter,
to be seen. But to oiler any humble ? i
nv, or to give up the two traitors who i>.
done so much to imperil us at •
abroad, need not be expected . ■' n, ‘ '» ''•«
the only condition on which tho nat, oe
remain at peaco with England, win
sooner we enlarge our preparations tor
diet the beiter.
The following were published after
news had heett received from Engine-
the feeling there :
Krom tlic Now \otk Ilt*rfil‘l.
If England is determined, in spite of
own code and long practice, to make
,-lands upon litis Government such as
rated in the London “Observer, she
of course assume all the responsible.:....
u war brtimt ft the tu-o nations. It tvi!!
probably enter the mind »f a singh D,,
can, tor a moment, oven atler reading
I news in our columns to-day, that \] .
I and Slidell will be surrendered to the |;
WEDNESDAY MORNING JANUARY 15,1S62.
said on (be very first day of ils present as- ! hsh Government.
3 ' • From the Pbiladelpbia
Z!T See fourth page.
All communication- iu«<-u<teil i« u«l-
rancc ll»r inlrroitx of voi-|iot-»lions nr
individual*, will be chui-«c«l n
rfrliM'uicnli*
ol (in-
|yi)r, II. H. Carlton, of the Troup At
tillcry. is here on a visit to his friends.
^oards on duty, were kept
and quietly nailing for the enemy lo of the lort where the prisoners quarters j
sumable that the Lincoln Government
would select none but close mouthed
emissaries for the work, and that the
only chance of even partial success is
in the profoundest secrecy. Fore
warned is forearmed, and every char
acter of villainous antecedents will be
more closely watched, and his appear-
the South will be his death
warrant. Every unknown and un
vouched for person will be arrested,
and a strong tone and short shrift will
be his fate, unless he can give a clear
account of himself.
The burning of the bridges in East
Tennessee is a foretaste of what we arc
yet to expect from the thugs and van
dals of the North.
But it is marvellous that the vile
waning upon us is so
shameless of the world’s
get within easy range of their muskets.
When about one hundred and fifty
yards distant a gun in the hands of one
of our men went oil accidentally, which
at once put the enemy on the alert.—
Had it not been for this, it is thought
were, and there were hut few persons
upon the wharf when they embarked.
The other political prisoners, as they
bade them good bye, congratulated
them on their release. Mr. Mason
went off in good humor. Indeed, ho
!■» .«>*“<** P arl > «~ut
for their supplies in Western Virginia, j °I dn,on .- One would suppose that its
Their cavalry were armed with car
bines, and attacked us within two
miles of Iluntersvi
from point to point
Wc d-ove them
and finally they
beat a hasty retreat out of the town as
we charged through it.
Their supplies, consisting 350 bids,
lion., 300 bb!s. of salted beef, 3,000
ihs of salt, and large quantities of su- j
gai, coffee, rice, bacon, and army clo
thing, worth lrom 825,000 to $3(1,0U0 |
were entirely destroyed. j
We raptured a large number of j
Sharpe's carbines, sabres and pistols.
T'iie stars -and stiipes were lei ,
lloatir.g over the Court House, and ; outlier,’i
out iroops returned to Huttonsville in j' u, I in * eilt
fine spirits. jinny, pn
ecent infamy, in the Mason and Slidell
back down, would make it a little cau
tious how it risked still more of the
world’s contempt and execration. But
its proposed incendiary schemes are a
fit sequel to the stone fleet atrocity.—
It has sunk so low in the contempt of
civilized nations that it has little left to
lose in the world’s good opinion.—
Arming penitentiary convicts with tie
torch of the incendiary, is the fruit ol
their disappointment in being unable to
use Southern slaves for such atrocities.
The Lincolnites are getting down be-
] e ft j Heath the contempt of a respectable
negro. Their malice is as
as it is despicable
been killed or capture
The officer bearing the flag of truce,
a Lieutenant Elliott, of a New Y ork
regiment, scented very desirous of hav
ing a parley with our men. When
asked why he was desecrating ihe soil
of South Carolina and fighting against
our liberties, he responded by saving
that they came to avenge the insult to
their flag, the stars and stripes. I'pon
its being intimated that they had thrown
away the rnott favorable opportunity lor
redeeming their honor by releasing
Mason and Slidell, the officer said that
wtsfoieign to the subject, and the
conversation dropped.
It was rumored that Gen. Sherman
had sent anoli cr flag of truce yester
day to Gen. Lee in relation to the ne
groes on Port lloyal Island, asking
iheir removal from the Island in con
sequence of the small pox having
broken out among them. We could
not trace this, however, to a reliable
source.
University of Georgia.
We are happy to learn that the rxercDos ' ina! resolution adopted.
seinM;
I [Hotsi: or Kepresextatives, Drc. 3.1 i On this subject, on.- M-i.trnce >
i , f , ... . .... . , ' n hunilrcn. It wo know tho 1
l . Mr ’ Lov. joy, (Kep.) of Illinois. olWod a j' ' p e8i(lrn t, the Cabinet, and I
joint resolution tendering the thanks of Can- 1,10 . , . ,
j to Captain Wilkes/,, eLja} The l' 1 * ,*?,? ^Wh
! traitors. Slid, II and Mason. J \ *•« made Ni . .it . VMi.il <
«•-j Mr IMgerton, (Rep.) of Ohio, moved, as
j a substitute, that the President be requested
I 10 present Captain \\ ill.es a eobl medal
\ will, suitable emblems and devices, oxpres-
j sive of the liigli sense of confidence enter-
! tained for him by Congress in his prompt
} arrest of the rebels, Mason and Slidell.
The substitute was rejected and the orig-
U-'t. «
in U,';
ii I
i naii'i;
lo'.vu !:
air of a philosopher.
Mr. Slidell was somewhat sulky, and
not at all pleased at going in such an
unostentatious manner, and in such a
vessel. He evidently expected that a
steamer would come here especially
for them. Part of his til nature may
be owing to bis health, which has not
been good for some weeks, keeping him
pretty close to his room, although lie
lias not called for medical aid.
The tug Starlight, with the four re
bels, reached I’rovincetotvn a little bc-
Idio 5, 1*. M., and immediately pro
ceeded to tho English sloop of-war
Uinaldo, and transferred her passengers^
Commander Hudson, who was in
charge of the arrangements, went with
them on board the English war vessel,
and retuaiuded on board for about fif
teen minutes, when he returned to the
tug.
At about 0, 1’. M , tho Rinaldo gat
under way and proceeded on her voy
age. In about two hours afterwards
1 a violent gale commenced, and blew all
I night at Provincetown with almost the j
! violence of a huiiicnne, lilt, as the
•wind was off shore, probably the safe-
! ty of the vessel was not endangered
ol the Fniversity nave been resumed under
very encouraging prospects. Tho nuiubnr
of students during tho Fall Term lias been
considerably increased, and there are at
present many indications that the patron
age will be much enlarged. All interested
in the University will be glad to hear that
the action of the Trustees Inst summer, in
placing the continuance of the Institution
beyond all contingencies, has resulted most
favorably, and that, despite of the times, it
bids fair to enjoy a chceting measure of
success.
Death of Soldiers.
The remains of Mr. Wallace Murray,
of the Athens Guards, and Mr. J. Dos-
ter, of the Mell Volunteers, citizens of this
countv, were brought home for interment
during the past week. They died in V ir
ginia at their respective camps.
Sudden Death.
Mr. A oner Graham, one of our oldest and
most respected citizens, died of apoplexy on
Sunday, 12ih inst. On the morning of the
10th he was in his usual health, and took a
tide through his plantation. He returned
home and was sitting talking to his wife,
when tie suddenly fell and died in a few
moments afterwards.
PROCEEDINGS IN HOSTON.
When Wilkes arrived at Boston with his
piisoners, and after they had been duly in
carcerated, the leading men of Massachu*
setts di<l liiin the special honor ol a banque 1
'n compliment to his exploit. Of the brave
things said on that occasion we select a few
of the most noticeable.
John A. Andrew was there, the man whom
the people of Massachusetts have msdc
their Governor. We extract the following
from the proceedings published in the New
York “Tribune
Gov. Andrew, on being introduced, said
lie rejoiced to be present on an occasion like
this, for the purpose of paying the utmost
honor to the illustrious commander who was
the truest of the evening. Enough had
beeirdone during the past two weeks to
make the name of Wilkes History.
lie hud performed the most illustrious sere
vice that had been rendered since the u-ar be
gan. It had happened to him (Gov. A.) to
be present on official business at the War
Department when the telegram announcing
the capture of the two Rebel Ministers was
received.
He thought it hut courteous that the Sec* j an j t ], en
retary of War should lead in the cheers which j
followed, but he begged to assure the com- i
pany he was not beli nd the second man to I
raise his voice in loud acclaim, and he had
Sixtecuth Georgia Regiment.
We have bail an interview with Dr.
R.
did was justified by the
the law of England, as
Stowell, and other of her eminent juri-,-.
and more than all, by the practice ot C,
kind. Under such circumstances, \\e h
tate not to say that, sooner than A
nation by yielding to the insolent
of imperious and faithless Kngland, \
shall yield to the last necessity, aid 1
with Iter on the question.
F:o:n the I’liibidcipbia i.r.
If the British government makes ■•
such demand, it is positive proof that u
is its purpose, for it well knows from i
character of the nation that i*. is dealn:
with, that the demand will he pertnij/ irr
riftned. Indeed, under Fie cireumstatn'
that we were exercising a lawful helliger-
right, and that tlie practice of England h
self has hern invariably in accordance wi..
the principle embraced in this ititernauoiri'
right, a demand such as she is now report,
ed to make, would be an outrage ilS'-p,
meant to be insulting to the government,
and a pretext only for hostilities.
From tin* I»osio;i Courier.
* * * Her ministers must know tha:
j to demand the surrender ot Mason and Mi.
dell, would be to demand simply an imj,.it.
\ sihility. This woul i he a humiliation '
I which the country could not hr e.rpicitd ;
1 Submit.
It will not do to forget tho hero ot tin-
affair, the veritable Capt. Wilkes. .On fine
14th December, he was in Washing:.:,
where the ‘•Slat” reports that he was ser
enaded. Mayor Wallach made a sp>ve ,
the Marine Band played ‘flail to the Cliit!,'
e Chief” response I. He won::
not make a speech ; “would only say t!:;;
should another similar emergency arise. 1
should do exactly th ' same thing again."
i The above quotations a
out of the r.uniiVr w Itich
e hut selects,
even um'.et on
the satisfaction of knowing at a very early-
hour that the territory of Massachusetts
would have the opportunity of furnishing a .
prison to these unnatural and rapacious j limited opportunities lor information,
traitors. reached ti t. Commuted by the official k-
When be thought of the contumely and i cor ,i s commit'.1 by rejoicing-.private ar.-:
scorn our glorious New England had ie-1 ,, f . s , . m
M. Smith, Surgeon of tho above regiment) j {.^,-{.,1 from these men, once Senators, now i P' 1 c ' - •
Vtcd by boasts and prcte.lDtens in-
The ! tnerable, their ignominy clearly tores* er
n <f j - yt tua ua mu v •«. »»w *v f miumou uuyui wuv i * — • . , J
c,l, j ! __ I ivornnr PfiniMiiilPii nv nrniincinir t!ip liPalln 1 An -e A /,ilf *' • 11 f-I V <’*! IH O.l 5*C tllOy
During tho stay of tho Rinaldo at.
Provincetown no communication was I c0,,mi:,nded b y CoK Howc, | Cobh * who ,n ' j he * c ! 1 “ wrr lh , an re P a ‘ tl ,n .
^onus us that it is now stationed about one i ^'inpldtirijf tnrtr present condition.
Fires! Fires!
On Wednesday of last week, about
9 o’clock at night, the large workshop
of R. Towns, Esq., situated on Broad ;
sheet, was set on fire and everything
except one wagon was destroyed. j
On Monday morning last, about 9 \
o’clock, 'lie tesidence of the Rev. S. i
G. Daniel was set on fire, but wasdis- j
covered before any material damage I
was done. H e know oj cut ou-n j
I. noiclcdge that the dwelling was set on
lire.
On J ttesday last, about 11 o'clock, I
A. M., the barn of the Rev. S. G.l
Daniel (in ihe rear of iris dwelling/
was set on fire, and the barn and con-
tnjiiry by
but it will
retributi
Col. .McMillan’s Regiment.
We leant that Col. McMillan's reg
iment—the2Illi Georgia—which ritnn-
bets about 1,000 men, 700 or SOU of
whom are ready lor active sen ice, is j allowed with tho shore, t.or was any i — - * 1 t; iv'pmorconcluded bv nronnsimr the health 1 , n
stationed at YYashingtcn, N. C. Col. j boat allowed to emne alongside. ! and a-ltalf miles from Y orktown, \ a., upon • f)( p a i rtiix , oificers and crew of the i an ' , f f KmO rnd-tt,
f McMillan is cotnntander of the post, ] A treiuendoun gale is reported to the identical spot occupied by Gen. Wash* | ,s; an Jacinto. It was received with great ro ' ’ =<
Thet ! and is very popular with the citizens of I have prevailed f.t tlio time ot the sail- i iugton during the Revolutionary war, where j applause.
ot Messrs. Mason nod Slidell. j they have gone into winter quarters. Most I [Cameron led off in the cheers, did he j
“ j ol the men have their cabins finished which j Gov. Andrew was not the only rejoicing
Co.MH O.X ! Y Ol 'I'll \T Lot K VOCIt ! Mrp vpr V ronifortable. The health of the I dignitary present :
slant!, about tlm tnr.p t;f !’ic-” ~ J 1 men is excellent, an t inetr moral character “.Chief Justice Bigelow made a fervid
, ir.lnct some temporary j the place. lie lias had, at one time,
ir latest form of villainy. : some 7,000 men under his command,
coil with a thousand told nut a portion cf these were sent to “Comk U.\ ! Jot that lovk voru ; arc ver y comfortable. The health of the
n t:pc>t. them. I lie North has i Roanoke Island, about t lie tiir.e of Pic-! ^' ul ’ k V 1 '*-*/''. Ictteis, i niC| , j 3 excellent, an I their moral character
fore the world
ed and selt-ro
now star,'! be.
self-accused, self-court;:-
mned, both as a gav.-ra
1 ment and a j cople ’ According to ,i
j Bigelow, the North has h-tight pence
j ific cost of degradation according t-r -in
i not yet felt the war, as they are ties- I ayune Butler’s occupation of Hnttera
lined yrt to fee! it. They should be j Island, llis defences
j faiioht, by the light of their own burn- ■ i,,gton are highly comnie
i towns end villages, to teat! a lesson Confederate Generals in th
recently received from the army, ive
on ot iiatttra- | lcarn tbat ,i ie foregoing wore about, it i ,, g n . u '
around \\ash- not tbu vcvv la4t ^ ords Mttercd hy the | ab,y w,lh 1 any
lendetl by Hie h atc nmc h admired, but now deeply la this latte
of Southern power and Southern ven
geance. The next campaign of our
Southern armies should be on Northern
I soil. To this result, the South look's
hopefully, and Southern hearts are
beating high with impatience for the
coining spring, and for the joyful word,
“Oxw ard "'--.daglist-1 Constitutionalist.
j greatest aud best of out land.—Jack-
I Repaid min.
Supposed W reck of an English Trans
port with over Eieicu Hundred Men
on hoard-
•The screw
tents entirely consumed.
\Ye have repeatedly urged our eiti- j Gasrk Lav, January 1.
/ens and the public generally, to be steamer Australian, supposed to be
|ant at all times, and especially in j wrecked on the shores ol this bay,
sailed from Liverpool for Canada, with
leeply
neighbor- j niented, Lieutenant Colonel J. B. Mat-
hood, and the post is thought to be one ( tin, when about to lead bis men in the
of the strongest on the coast. charge. YVe have been scarcely 7 able
\Yni. II. Patin and YV. B. YVillis, to repeat them since, without a falter-
who escaped front prison in Boston a mg voice aud eyes dim with teats.—
short time since, have rejoined the 1 hey will stand side by side in history
Colonel’s command. wi,h lLc last words of thc ,,oblost * thc
YY’iiile upon this subject,
state, for the information of litose tie- J
siring to correspond with the members 1
of this regiment, tbat their letters I .
should be directed to Washington, K rom Richmond, in a speech in New
j Beaufort county, N. f’., as there arc jY.°rk enunciates the following truths :
two Washingtons in thc Stale.—.In- 1 Gentlemen. I am pursuaded that the j tance of*375 yards
•gusta Const. vast army committed to tho trusty'
....— — I bands of General McClellan lias too
| The Lynchburg Republican basin- much to do. If tve have learned nny-
tliinif in the nnst it is that wc l'mlif.
Congressman Elv, lately released
So notorious
latter fact, that farmers in the vi
cinity havo invited them to encamp upon
their premises, in order to give their fami
lies a feeling of security. Their good de
portment was made the subject of a com
plimentary order which was read to the
regiment. 'They have also a high reputa
tion lor proficiency in drilling.
Dr. Smith has shown us one of tho En
field rifles, with which thc regiment is
armed. They were brought Irotn England l *°n.
on the Bermuda. It is the finest gun wc
have cvcrsoen. It is said to have a range
of 11(10 yards. Wo saw it tested at a dis-
It shoots with great
accuracy.
and general deportment will compare favor ' sp^ch. There were occasions when a man j New York “World” it has sml«r->
. o . • i did not need to look into law hooks nor ; ln ;iiai\on tho “Press" teaches that ••the ^ i
“ ”° 1 “..«!• Hi. «■ *-«!—« i SETi. -V—• -*!
Ins own patriotism would tell him what to
do. He vindicated the act of Capt. Wilkes
as being in exaet and strict conformity wi h
international law. * * * *
He ventured to say that England, unless
she falsifies her own conduct, the declara
tions of her statesmen, and the decisions
of her judiciary, cannot make an issue with
us on the arrest of Slidell and Mason. We
need only to refer to the recorded judg
ments ol her great jurists to see that site can
make no just quarrel with us on this ques-
llale
World” it
Bress
nation
says it is “ a humiliation Senator
says the Northerners are England’s ‘ vas-
#a | 3 ”— n ot respected abroad and humbled
in their own eyes—their honor lost—the
peace thus bought tnore dangerous than
war—humiliated now and to be destroy'd
hereafter.
These antecedent verdicts arc now con
summated ; and they have become liistork
‘tccletl nut! offenders brought prompt-
tu justice.—Album) Patriot) 10th.
The \UtgHl romitrrfrUs of Confutier*
alp Notes.
.jjj, .burnt the bridge over thc Capon River,
tion, they havo waxed desperate, and
neither life nor treasury will be spared
gid diligence, that mischief may be (>crs al "> l,BS;t inert namely, ... . . . v
° brigade Royal Artillery. 'J’ltc Aus-1 destroyed dattt No. fi on tlio f Itesa- ^ t
traiasian bail also on board four men jP ei, ke Canal, several bridges on the j to prevent the advanco ol our arms.-
of the Army Hospital Train, two horses, j Baltimore and (Inio Rail Road, and | A rebellion so extensive aud zealous ns
six Armstrong field guns, nine tons of|^ ,cn relumed in the direction of Win- j tlmt which now reigns throughout the
ammunition for the ordnance, and «-’bester. Thc Confederate loss on the South can only be overcome by the
best and strongest eflorts of a united
We noticed, a week or two
the detection, by the officers of the
State Bank, in ibis city, of several
counterfeit Treasury Notes ol the Con-
fcdeiute States, and the article has
been extensively copied by the press.
It were but just to follow it with an
explanation.
Whilst all the facts stated in that
atlicle are true, we are convinced, on
further investigation, that the conclu
sion arrived at, to-wit, that the notes re-
ferred to were counterfeits, was incor
rect. The reported discrepancy be
tween the signatures, on which the
suspicion was founded, we find, upon
careful inspection and compatison, also
exists with the genuine notes.
It originates in the fact that Mr
Eliett and Mr. Goodloe have two ways
of signing their names. In comparing
genuine notes just brought f ont Rich
mond with the autographs of those
olliceis as furnished to the Banks by
the Treasttty Department, we find the
same discrepancy, viz. the initials of
built are |oinod in some and separate
mothers: in thc autographs they are
both dts connected.
Wc are therefore ol the opinion that
the suspected riotts presented at the
State Bank and refused, are not coun-
terfeits, and the Teller of that Bank is
now ol the same opinion.—Sav.
Jan. 10.
g field guns, nine tons of | , * ,cn returned in the direction of Win- j that which now
“for the ordnance, and tester. The Confederate loss on the South can only
expedition was about twenty.
On Monday, about fourteen miles
below Romney, a small Confederate
force was attacked by four thousand
Y’ankces. Our loss was three or four
killed and a few taken prisoners, be
sides two cannon and three baggage
wagons. . The enemy destroyed the
property of several Southerners in that
section.
In one ot our expeditions we cap
tured two cannons and $30,000 or
$40,000 worth of clothing and military
stores, which were distributed mostly
among Capt. Alexander’s Arkansas
Regiment.
i 000,000 rounds of Enfield ball cart
since, tidges, \c.
The destination of the Australasian
was the mouth of the St. Lawrence,
with instructions to steam up to the
island of Bio, or the Riviere du Loup,
and land the Hoops and stores at which
ever point is accessible. Should the
prevalence of ice prevent either point
being reached, the vessel was to make
for Halifax, Nova Scotia, or St. John,
N. B., according to the judgment of the
authorities out there.
Gaspe Bay, where the traces of
wreck have been seen, is in the Gulf
of St. Lawrence, near the southern side
of the entrance to the river St. Law
rence.
North. YVe must, as one man. shoulder
to shoulder, heart to heart, forgetful of
party, of prejudice, of all 1 ut country,
join with the government in its exertions
for the preservation of tho republic.—
So we only may . wo, by God’s good
help, restore the national banner
whence it has been rudely torn ; and
by conquest, win enduring peace, and
establish our power to cope with trait*
ors at home as successfully as wo have
with foes abroad.
Change of Name.
It should not he forgotten that the last
Legislature changed the name of Cass
county lo that of Bartow, and Cassville to
Manassas. As letters directed to that plare
are frequently sent to Virginia, they should
lie directed, Manassas, JSartow County, Gear-
gia.
truth. From a people so thoroughly liuaii!-
“Nothing could lie tnore deplorable than j -, a tcrl by the combined effect of their uivn
a war with England ; but he trusted that if j fo)lv an(i COW ardice, one
turns away \v;tli
it did cotno we were prepared to meet it , .
like men. Y\"e needed peace with all na- ] sentiments of sickening disgust, for
lions, but wo should never buy it at thc cost j themselves, we do not know what beiiei
of our own degradation." i ifiey can do than to lake the advice cl tlio
So much for the Judge. General Butler New York “Express:” “Let in lung out
—ho whom men cal*. “Picayune”—had his j heads because of our humiliation!”
word: ! *
HP Tho mysterious steamer, the arrival
of which at Now Orleans was announced
last week, and which wc supposed to ho
thc (Radiator, appears to have been the
Vanderbilt, from Havana, with 90,000 lbs.
cf powder, 10,000 Enfield Riilbs, and an
assorted cargo..
Military Appointment.—Henry C
Wayne, of Georgia, (the present Ad
jutant General ol that State,) was on
yestetday appointed Brigadier-General
in the Provisional Army of the Con
federate Stales.—Richmond Disfa'xh.
The Financial Hull Run.
The signs are thickening in the po
litical sky that mother Bull Run catas
trophe awaits the Lincolnites. Their
first great catastrophe was the physical
Bull Bun at Manassas. Their second
was the morn! Bull Run in the late
Mason and Slidell affair. The next in
order is the financial Bull linn. YVe
find the following suggestive paragraphs
in one of our exchanges, copied from
the St. Louis iJeinocral ol the 31 si ult.:
Orders from Washington, directing
thc suspension of coin payments on
demand United Slates Treasttty notes,
have been received at the Sub-Tteasury
in this city, and are obeyed.
A dispatch from a leading bank in
New York, to one of our Banking
bouses, of yesterday’s date, says:—
“United States Treasury notes are not
redeemed. Wc cannot receive them
on deposit until provision is made for
paym».it.”
The Lincoln Confiscation.—A
YY’asbington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune, who professes to have
good authority foi his statements,gives
the following as an important subject:
I am able to correct the painful im
pression here noticed with regard to
the President of the United States, and
I do so with the more satisfaction anti
gratitude, that 1 was deeply gtieved,
in common with nine-tenths of the
loyal citizens ol the country, by the
countermanding ol Fremont’s procla
mation, and by Ihe application of the
check-rein to Secretary Cameron’s just
and wise inclinations. Mr. Lincoln
assures his fyends, without reserve, in
conversation, that he is in favoi of
measures which shall enable us to de
prive every rebel from Virginia to Tex
as of his slaves, and every other spe
cies of property, and that ii any dis
agreement shall arise, it will, I pre
sume, relate to thc possible involving
of loyal masters in the consequence
of emancipation to the slaves ot their
disloyal neighbors.
Patriotic Southern Lailirs.
A correspondent of thc Pctersbnrg
Express, writing from Clarksville, Y’a.
January 1st, says:
There lives in tho lower cud of
Mecklenburg county, \ r a., two sisters
and one brother. Homo time in June
last the brother volunteered in the no
ble defence of tho South. The sisters
said go, and wo will do tho best we
car.; and what they have done is not
to be beaten. They have clothed their
brother, gathered the crop and taken
care of it; wove about one hundred
yards of cloth lor the soldiers, and
made about forty garments for them,
uosides taking care of and feeding all
the stock. Such patriotism can never
be overrun by the Y’ankce vandals, let
Anoivcrsary.
Next Sunday, 19th, is tho Anniversary
of the passage of the Ordinance of Seces*
sion by the Convention of Georgia. In
the “good time coining,” wo hope it will
he made one of our holidays.
The “Leek” mat the Yankees Swal
lowed.
Tho Richmond Enquirer says: It will
interest our readers to see again, some of
the commitments of Officials, and the brave
words of organs of Northern opinion, which
have been dishonored by Lincoln’s pitsillan
initty in tho surrender of Masou and Sli
dell. YY’e, therefore, reproduce and collect
a number of them, as loliows : YY'o begin
with .
SECRETARY WELLES’S LETTER TO CAPTAIN
WILKES.
Navv Department, Nov. .70, 1801.
Captain Chas. Wilkes, Commanding the U.
S. Steamer San Jacinto:
Sir : 1 congratulate you on your safe ar
rival, and especially do I congratulate you
them come as they may. I withhold I on g f * a t public service you Itavc render*
tho names, but it is certainly true.
Now that the Yankees no jda
cecl in their true position before the
world ns “tyrants without courage, and
cowards without shame,” tho buttle
for thc South ig virtually won. Tho
whole world is now satisfied of this
lact, and it remains only to prove it
to tho Yankees themselves. It it is thc
Divine will that we should teach them
this lesson effectually, we are ready to
go on cheerfully to perform that duty.
— Louiscillt- Courier.
cd in the capture of tho Confederate emis
saries. Messrs. Mason and Slidell have
been conspicuous in this conspiracy to dis
solve thc Union, and it is well known that
when seized by you they were on a mission
hostile to tho government of tho country.—
Your conduct in seizing these public ene
mies was marked hy intelligence, ability-,
decision and firmness, and has the emphatic
approval of this department. It is not nec
essary that 1 should, in this communica
tion—which is intended to bo one of con
gratulation to yourself, officers and crew-
express an opinion on the courso pursued
in omitting to capture tho vessel which had
lhe8o public enemies on board, further than
“A letter from Major Genera! Butler was '
read in which tie characterized the conduct I
of Captain YY’ilkcs as equalling in impoit- j
nnco any one of our naval records.”
The report concludes as follows :
“Speeches wore made by Mayor Night
man and by several other gentlemen. The
greatest good feeling prevailed throughout
the evening, until ten o’clock, when the
company seperated with cheers lor Capt.
Wilkes, his officers, the Navy, and the
Stars and Stripes-”
Let us now take some of thc earlier ut
terances of the Lincoln press:
From the New York Herald.
The surrender of these notorious tr aitors,
Mason and Slidell, into the hands of Eng
land, is absolutely out of thc question. It is
difficult to believe that England will el is—
graco herself by a demand so utterly im
possible off ulfilment as this, and, as an ulti
matum, so exKremely offensive. Limited as
are our ideas of the dignity and honesty of
the British Government, it seems to be ab
surd to suppose that upon a shallow pre
text she can be prepared to plunge into a
wasting, profitless and dangerous war, as
the ally of the most scandalous rebellion in
the history of mankind.
From tlie New Turk World.
* * But if that demand is made to
comprehend the surrender of Mason and
Slidell to Uritidi protection, it can be met
with nothing short of a point blank refusal .-
and if England insists, the settlement must
be made at" the cannon’s mouth. * * * *
But if the British government, not con
tent with this, demands the restoration of
Mason and Slidell to the shadow of a Brit
ish flag, there must bean absolute refusal,
let the consequences be what they may.—
This nation can submit to no such humilia
tion as surrendering her own citizens, even
though they be rebels, to foreign authority.
We can no more make such a surrender that
guilty citizens ntay be screened, than we
could that innocent citizens might be op
pressed. For no purpose can we allow a
foreign Goveinnient to stand for an instant
between our own Government and its citi
zen s on its own soil.
From the New York Tim es.
Local sentiments and associations areal-
ways more potent than general convictions,
liut making due allowance for this,we take
final 6tand on the acknowledged rectitude
of our position. If popular passion is lo
he allowed to contravene a right in tlio law
of nations, we accept any issue that may
result. Of course, the status cannot be re
stored—the Confederate emissaries can
never be surrendered.
From tlte Baltimore American.
The Government has no other alternative
Tired of Waiting-
The Savannah J\hrs compiles a low
extracts from Northern papers, which
goes to show that the people of the old
States are getting tired ot waiting for
the “onward” movement. This is
more especially true of the YYcst,
where they have nothing to gain hy
the subjugation of the South. A lew
extracts front some of l lie papers will
exhibit to the reader this discontent.—
The Cincinnati Enquirer, ol the 24th
ult., says:
Eight months, with a well-appointed
army of half a million troops, have
been employed to crush out this rebel
lion, and we are no nearer,apparently,
the accomplishment of that object than
when we first commenced. Winter
setting in now, when we are at the
very height and completeness of our
preparations for demonstrating our
power to crush out the rebellion, is
very unfortunate—provided it lias been
the intention of the administration to
permit a big fight anywhere, which is
doubtful. Spring will find us in a
worse condition than we now are in,
while it will find the Confederates bet
ter prepared for resistance.
A Chicago paper of a late date ex
presses similar opinions. As far as St.
Louis is concerned wc have no speci
fic news; but suppose tbat the gener
al in command there does not allow
the expression of any discontent.
In Louisville the Journal, ostensibly
controlled—(but really nof)—by Pren
tice, has been notified that the price of
its frank censures is its suppression. ;r
Everywhere, also, within the middV
States there is a similar resrtessne r< '
In the West, however, thetmiit^ ^ N \
spotisiu does not so generally
as in the East. The turbulent popu
lation of the former section is not so
-easily constrained as in tho latter, where
