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MARBLE!
B. OATMAN,
ATLANTA, GA. #
Proprietor and Dealer In
m ITALIAN, AMERICAN AM)
TO Egyptian Marble,
|x Monuments, Tombs,
Tablets, Ilcnd and Knot Stones,
Urns, Vases,
M irtilc and Knaiuctlsd Slate Mantels,
Figures, and Furnishing Marblo of
nil descriptions.
, I,oil.
suit.
FALL & WINTER TRADE
)NI> ARRIVAL or Tiir. SEASON AT
H. M’CLUNG’S
Hrimd St., Homo, (Sa.
LADIES’
RE® GOODS,
Cloaks and Shawls,
Together with u Urge variety ol
WOOLEN GOODS,
Mini.', HRlJmn's utiJ Iliy.'W'ur.
A LARUB STOCK OF
HOUSH-FiJJNiSHJNS
PLANTERS' GOODS!
Ooiisisting of
ICIl MEDALtON. ItUUSSELS,
I Nil RAIN AND STAIR
CARPETS.
AND CANTON MATTING.
nee & llrocaliillc Curtain Goods
Gilt Window Shades,
CORNICE RANDS, Ac.
Spies nnd Incendiaries.
Tho following nrticlo from tho Nash-
ville Union and American, wo would ‘re
commend to tho sorious coiulderatlon
of our citizens ?
Many of our Southern exchanges
have warned tho public to be on tliolr
guard in relation to Lincoln’s spies, who
are perambulating about through tho
Houtlieru States, and every day or two
wo hoar of tho arrost of a spy by tho
forces of Virginia. Thcro is also anoth
er class of Linooln emissaries against
whoso dopredatlons tho pooplo of the
Southorn States cannot be too vigilant:
wo alludo to incendiaries. Thcro is un.
tniidaknbld evidence that this specios of
warfaro upon tho South has boon inau
gurated by tho vandals who aro in pow
er nt Washington. They hope to mnko
tho incendiary's torch one of their
moNt formidable weapons in tho war of
Buljugntion they aro waging against
tho South. Their probable plan of op-
oration is to send spies into the South
ern Statos to search out tho location of
our army stores or depots nnd our man
ufacturing establishments. This infor
mation obtained, the incondiary is sent
out upon h!s mission, to Iny waste those
indispensable auxilaries to our defense.
If ho succeeds hu is handsomely rewar
ded; but if he is cnfturcd, Ids iifo is of
no value, not even to himself, nnd tho
North is happily rid of such a charac
ter. This may not bo tho plan of ope
rations, but tlioro aro reasons to believe
it is, und it behooves tho i»eoplo of
the Southern States to watch all sus
picions characters with tho utmost vig
ilance.
Already wo have had flres in Rich
mond nnd Memphis, which were, be
yond a doubt, the work of incendiaries,
which destroyed a large amount of val
uable property and stores. Tho resi
dences of Bishops l'olk und Elliott, at
Sewn nee, in Franklin county, tho site
of tho University of tho -South, were
recently (aimed down by nil incendiary.
A largo and vuluuhlo paper mill at
Athens, On., ono of the most extensive
in tho South, was sot on lire by an in
cendiary a few weeks ago and totally
destroyed. Iho fir.o flouring mills in
Logan county, Ky., known as tho "Lo
gan Mills,” wero destroyed by fire on
tho 14th ilwt., tho work of an incendi
ary. Hero wo have accounts of the
burning of a number of dwelling bou
ses and barns in different portions of
the the South. All thoso flres, clearly
tho work of incondiaries, involves a loss
of quite one million dollars. In addi
tion to this, wo have the burning of
the armory at Harper’s Feiry by tho
vandals of tho Northern army, nnd the
despicable wretch who applied tho
torch to that line property, has been
warded hy promotion nt the bunds of
lincolu
Do not those facts clearly iudicato
the duty of the Southern pooplo to
kocp a strict watch upon all suspicious
characters—men who cot.io from tho
North here, without being able to show
hy and for what they eomo? Thoso
ho cannot givo a satisfactory expinna*
tion should .he tegnrdid nnd trentod
ipies. Tho adoption of this poll
oy will subject honest, high-minded
Northern men tD hut little inconveni
ence, and they will not regard it a hard
ship.
Prospect ol Civil War.
Tho Louisvillo Courier gives Iho fob
fowing acount of a villnnous operation
onfoot in Kentucky:
A secret organization has been formed
throughout tho States, tho tuombers
of which nro sworn to light on tho side
of Lincoln in his war on the South, and
are expected to omhruo their hands iu
the blood of Kentuckians if tho people
of tho State should determli o, as they
wilt determine, to unlto tlioir political
destiny with tho Confederate Suites,
oven ns tlioir material dostiny is united
with tlicso States.
The negotiations f the conspirators with
Lincoln, a Bast ml A til/a, have been success-
ful\ anil arms by the thousand are now in the
/State, and daily being received by the friends
°f the North here from the Administration.
This is no idle surmise. It is a foot.
Companies of homo guards in Paris and
clsowhoro have driven evory Southern
man from tlioir ranks, and nro now arm
ed by thoso who Intend, unless success
fully resisted, to roduco Kentucky to
tho position of Maryland and Missouri.
BLANKETS, KERSEYS,
AND
BROGANS,
Of th« best Southern Makes.
For i*1a at low prices hy
J. If. McOLUNG.
Q.
. EVES,
M A N1/FACT I! It Ell OF
And Dealer Extensively in
SMgpss
of all Styles,
anil Pace. C/tallcni/al.
THE FARMERS
A RE ru<|iio4tfi<l to examine lay largo ns-
{Y. nortim-ntof Plantation Bridles, Collars,
Depart lire of the Floyd Infantry.
The scono in our city on Thursday
morning was of tho most animated and
exalting nature. The streots wero
throngod with eitisons at tin curly hour.
he Company was escorted to tho train
by tho Light Guards and Miller Rifles,
and received thero by the Artillery.
I'liore were qiiito a number of those
leave takings that such an occasion on
ly could cause. Tho train moved oft’
amid tho cheeis of tho crowd nnd the
thunders of artillery.
dibijj nml Team Goar complete, at tho
Lowest Possible Cash Prices.
fip.’sunS Goar made lo order, nnd repaired
‘'"irt notice. My stock will hear inspec-
boforo purchasing.
fi'l»2l8B0.
Z-p*3na Advertisement inn
NEW
PTRM
MOORE & DUNNAH00,
GROCERS!
A full Asiortmout of
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
NCLUDING Flour, Mon!, Sugar of all
Kinds, Coflbo, Ruttor, Eggs, Fish of dif-
rp |»t kinds, Driod Fruits, and Preserved
'lilts. All kinds of Nuts, Candies, Cigars,
ibiicco, Pipe Liquors, Ac., Ac.
0 " ish it Distinctly Understood that
We will Sell on Credit to
U responsible men, who are
l the habit of paying at tho
ime agreed upon.
W. will duplicate upon timo to prompt
ring men, any cash purchase mi
a Gotl and satisfy yourselves ns to
^*4* and pricey
~ ly-J MOOR'D A DUNNAIfOO.
JiysPEPTICjS READ !
Dyspeptic llcmedy Known,
V “LPARED BY /DR. W.W. BLISS'
I.™" W. W. BhnrpoXind other, tn till, vl
juijo.tr? u Bom *
J. O YEI8ER
0.vk KrricT or ms Patent Law.—
The Montgomery Advertiser says: "Tho
law in relation to Patents, was passed
a few days ago, ropouts all ratcuts not
owned in whole or in part, hy citizens of
tho Confederate Stntcsion tho fourth of
February last. Among those repealed
by tills law is that for Morses' Electric
Telegraph. Tills is u matter of somo
consideration to the old Washington
mid New Orleans Telegraph Company
as that Patent represented IihII i*s
stock, and tho Patentees, S. B. Morse,
Amos Kendall, mid K. O. J. .Smith, re
ceived halt* its dividend. It seems as
if tho stockholders of this lino should
icc tako measures for a roorgr.niza-
ti n of the company, and we inontiou
tho fact for the benefit of stockholders
who nmy not properly understand the
terms of tho Patent B|ll.
U. S. Coast Guard Fired into at a
Richmond Pkopei.i.eii.— 1 The Washing
ton .Star of Monday has tho particulars
of an attack, by a propeller from Rich
mond, on the coast guard of the U. S.
steamer stationed at tho mouth of tho
Potomac, which had got aground.—
It is reported that, four of the U.'B.
soldiers wore killed nnd five wounded.
has
•up
suspended. Lincoln will entertain no
more applications for civil ollicc nt
present.
Tho New York Post repeats tho story
of 7<HM) men firing on Fort Sumter.—
There wero not 700 men, and not ma
ny over half of that number engaged
in the attack on Fort Sumter.
Artesian Wells.—Tho artesian well
at Columbus, Old-', having reached n
depth of 2775 feet, nud no water being
obtained, the work on it has been sus
pended. A current of water was struck
at 158 feet, sulphur water at 180, and
salt water at 075 feel : but nono of this
water roso to the surface. Dr. Ncwbcr-
•y, who lias made a geological oxamiua
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turn of tho materials brought up by
the lairing*, gives a discouraging report
to tho prospect of finding water by a
continuation of the work. The tem
perature of the well at 2474 feet was
found to ho 88° Fahreuhoit, showing an
increase of tumpemture of 1° for every
71 foot.
|£F*We learn from tho captain of
tho .Spanish hark Laura, which arrived
ill our river yesterday from Barcelona,
that his vessel was chased from day
light yesterday until *ho arrived inshl
tho bar, by tho Harriet Lane. The
Harriot Lauo kept u steady fire upon
tho Laura until timling it impossible to
overtnko her, she put about and headed
for tho North. She was at last accounts
in about from niuo to ten fathoms wa
ter to tiie eastward of Tylice.
So Lincoln's "pirates” aro ott’ our
coasts at last. We hope .left'. Davis’
"corsairs” will hurry up and return all
such compliments.—Savannah llepnblican
22 d.
NOTICE TO TUB fVDLtC AND INSTRUCTIONS
TO POSTMASTERS.
The following Laws have boon onaot-
oil by tho Congress of tho Confederate
States of America:
falter Postage.'
AN ACT to proscribe tho Rates of Foe-
tngo in the Confederate States of
America, nud for other pui'iioncs.
The Lbnyress of the Confederate &tates of
America do enact, That from and nftor
such period os the Tost master Gcnoral
may by proclamation announce, there
■ball be charged tho following rates of
postage, to wit: For ovory single sealed
otter, and for every letter in manu
script or paper of any kind, upon which
information shall bo asked for or com
municated in writing or by marks or
signs couvoyed in the midi for any dis
tance between places willdii tho Con
federate States of America, not exceed
ing five hundred miles, five cents ; nnd
t'oruny distance oxoueding five hun
dred miles, double that rato; und ovory
letter or parcel not exceeding half an
ounce in weight shall bodeemed asinglo
lot ter, and every additional weight of
half an ounce, or additional woigl.t of
less than hulj' uu ounce shall ho cliurg-
god with additional single postage; and
all packages containing other than
tainted or written matter—and money
packages uru included in this class—
shall be rated hy wotgtit us letters are
rated, nnd shall bo Charged tho rates of
I>ostago ou letters; nnd all drop letters,
or letters • placed in any postofllco not
for transmission hut for dolivory only,
shall bo charged witli postage nt the
rate of two cents each; nud in all tho
foregoing cases tho postage must bo
pro-paid by stumps; and all letters
which shall ucrcuttcr be advertised us
remaining over or uncalled for lu any
postofllco shall bo charged with two
cents each iu addition to tlio regular
postage, both to bo accounted for
us other postage of this Confedera
cy-
Matrimonial.—Mortimer Thompson,
hotter known ns "Doestieks,” was on
•Sunday married in Now York hy the
Rov. Henry Ward Beecher, to Miss
Gruco Eldredge, eldest daughter of
” Tho ceremon;
took
Fanny Fern. Tho ceremony
placo at tho residence of .lames Burton
tho biographer.
ggy-Dr. R. C. Word requests us to
stato that ho will Vaccinate any of tho
Volunteers, free of charge, that desire it.
Divided.—Tho Cherokoo Artillery
hnvo had a division in tlioir ranks.—
A portion having formed themselves
into a Rifle Company, nud a part still
retaining tho old organization. Tho
ofliccrs hnvo not yet been elected.
Senator Mason of Va., married a Miss
Chew, of Germantown, and in her right
holds much valuable property near
Philadelphia. A bill is now helore the
Legislature looking to tho confiscation
of this property.
Gov. Floyd has boon appointed Briga-
tier General by President Davis, und
has rocoived orders to juisou brigade as
soon as possible.
Ono hundred Yankee ships nro now
engaged in tho whale fishery in tho In
dian Ocean.
Tho Now York #S'im cannot credit
Did John Russell's "stupid admission”
concerning letters of nnirquo.
Cu.NKEDF.RATR CONGRESS ADJOURNED TO
Richmond.—Congress adjourned
meet iu Richmond on tho 30th day of
July, unless sooner oonvonod by the
President.
Forty thousand dollars hnvo been
appropriated for the removal of tho
seat of Government to Richmond, and
to rent Government buildings tlioro.
Not There.—It is said that Wro. B.
Astor when callod on to make good his
liberal promises of millions to Lin
coln’s Government to carry on the war,
incontinently backed down.
A dispatch to tho Charleston Courier
says that riots aro throatonod In Chi
cago, unless tho laborers there aro paid
in other than wild cat money. Tho
Bank of the Ohio Valley was thrown
out by tho Cincinnati Clearing House
on Friday last, A crisis speins to bo
arising in tho Northwest.
JUSyA dispatch from Now York says
~ ndi
Com. Vanderbilt tendered Ids three
steamers to tho Government at their
prioe; if declined, ho will givo them
tho steamer Vanderbilt.
What* patriotic HWnlity, (£a aa pig\
W')
Tho Pennsylvania Legislature have
incorporated tho "Union Nurse Corps”
a body of women who all wont to bo
Florence Nightingales.
How a Minister’s l'ockct Was Picked.
York correspondent of a Sun
day paper tells the following, which
exhibits tho character of Colonel Wil-
Regiment. It is too good to ho
lost
•A good story is told of ox-Aldermnn
lly Wilson’s regiment of pickpockets
Postage on Newspapers, Pamphlets, and
other printed matter, including Books,
And hu it further enacted, Thai all
newspapers published within tho Con
federate States, not exceeding throo
ounces in weight, and sent from the
oflicu of publication to actual and bona
lido subscribers within the Confederate
States shall be charged as follows—viz:
Thu postngo on tho regular numbers of
a newspaper published weekly, shall bo
ten conts per quart or; papers published
semi-weekly, double that amount; pa
per* published tlirico a week, treble
that amount; papers published six
limes u week, six times that amount,
and papers published daily, seven times
that amount. And on new.-qiapcrs
weighing more than three ounces, there
shall be charged on caeii additional
ounce in addition to tho foregoing
rates, on those published once u week,
live cents an ounce, or fraction of an
ounce, per quarter; oil thoso published
twice a week, ten cents per ounce, per
minrter; on thoso published tinee
timos a week, fifteen cents per ounce,
per quarter; on those published six
times a week, thirty cents per ounce
perquartor; nnd on those published
daily, thirty-five conts per ounce per
quarter.
And periodicals published oftencr
than bi-monthly sliull l>e charged us
newspapers.
And other periodicals, sent from the
olflcoof publication to actual and bona
fide subsclibers, shall bo charged with
postage as follows—viz: Tho postngo on
tho regular numbers of a periodical,
published within tho Confederate.States
not excelling one and a half ounces in
weight, nnd published monthly, shall
l»e two nnd n half cents- per quarter;
and for every additional ounce, or frac
tion of an ounce, two and a half cents
additional; if published semi-monthly
double that amount. And periodicals
published quarterly or bi-monthly, shall
lie charged two cents an ounce; and
regular subscriber* to newspapers nnd
periodicals shall ho required to jmv
ono quarter's postngo thereon in ad
vance, at tho oftlco of delivery, un
less paid nt tho ottico where' publish
ed.
And tlioro shall bo clinrgod upon
every other newspaper, and each circu
lar not scaled, hand bill, engraving,
pamphlet, periodical und magazine,
which shall he unconnected with any
manuscript or written mutter, and not
exceeding tlireo ounces iu weight, and
published within tlao Confodomto.Stutos
two cents; und for each additional
ounce, or fraction of an ounco, two
cents additional; nnd in all cases the
postngo shall bo prepaid by stamps or
otherwise, as the Postmaster Gene:al
shall direct.
And books bound or unbound, not
weighing over lour pounds, shall be
deemod mailable matter, nnd shall bo
charged with postage, to bo pre-pnid by
stamps or otherwise, ns tlio Post Master
Gcnoral shall direct nt two conts an
ounco for any distance.
And upon all newspapers, periodical*
and books, as nforcstid, published be-
end tho limits of the Confederate
Statos, (hero shall bo charged postage
thoy may have occasion to transmit to
any person or placo, and which shall
relate exclusively to tlio huslnoss of
tholr respective offices or to the busi
ness of tlio Postolfico Department: but
in ovory such case the doputy postmas
ter sending anv such letter or pnekngo
shall indorse thereon, over his own sig
nature, the words "Postotfico Business"
And for any und every such ondorse*
ment falsely made, the person making
tho sumo shall forfeit und pay throo
hundred dollars."
Payment if Postage in Money until Postage
Stamps and /Stamped Envelopes arc provided•
Sec. 1. Tho Congress of tho Confed
erate .States of America do enact, That
until postago stamps nml stnmnud en
velopes can be procured and distribu
ted, the ro*‘muster General may order
tho postage of the Confederacy to bo
pro-paid In money, under such rules
nnd regulation* ns ho may adopt.
Repeal of the fatter Registration System.
And ho It fttrthor enacted,'That the
third section of an net entitled "an aot
further to amend an net ontltled an act
to roduco and modify tho rates of post
age In tho United States, nnd for othor
purpose*, passed March 3d, 1851," ap
proved March 3d, 1855, whereby the
letter registration system was Establish
ed, bo nml is hereby repealed from and
after tho day wlion this act goes into cf*
feet,"
Conveyance, of Mail Matter by "Express”
and other Chartered Companies.
Sec. 5. That it sliull bo lawful for tho
Postmaster General to allow express
and other chartered companies to carry
letters and all mail inattor of every
description, whether tho sumo ho en
closed iu stainpod onvclopes or pro-pnUl
by stamp* or monoy j but If tho sumo
bo pre-pnid iu money, tho money shall
be paid to somo postmaster, who shall
stamp tho same paid, nnd shall account
to the Postotfico Department for tho
same, In the same manner ns for totters
sent by the mail ; nnd If prepaid hy
stamps, then tho express or other com
pany receiving such letters for delivery
sliull obliterate such stamps, under the
penalty of five hundred dollars for
each failure, to bo recovered by action
of debt in any court having jurisdiction
thereof, iii tho name of the Postmaster
General, for tho use of tho Confederate
States: but if said letter*or mull mat
er shall bo receive*l hy such express or
company, not for delivery, but to l»o
mailed, then tho matter so carried sliull
he prepaid at tho snmo rato that tho ex
isting law requires it to bo paid from
tho point where it may ho received bv
such company to tlio point of its desti
nation, and this postmaster, wlicro such
company may mail tho same, sliull do-
face the stamps upon thosntno.
Sec. 0 .Jle it further enacted, That agents
of any company who may carry letters
under the provisions of this act,.shall
be required to tako nu oath Unit he will
fuithfullj comply with tho law of the
Confederate Stutes relating to the carry
ing of letters or other mnil matter, nnd
obliterating postage stamps, which oath
may ho administered hy any justice of
tho pence, nml shall bo iu writing, and
signed by such agent or messenger, nud
filed in the Postotfico Department.
Approved, March 15th. 1801.
AN ACT to continue in force certain
taws of the United Stutes of America.
1.ATKR FROM KUROPK,
Arrival or the fltennier PKIISIA*
New York, Muy 21.—Tho •teumshlp
Persia, .(Yam LIvci jkmiI, with dates to
the llih, was boarded oil’ Cupo Jhiup
‘ty Urn nows boat of the Associated
Press to-day
Sulos of cotton iu Liverpool fur tho
week U4,UU0 bales, ot whicit *|tcculutors
took 21,000, and exi»orturs 15,000 hales.
Prices udvauced |«t. Sales on Friday,
1,000 bales; market quiet and : prices
steady; fair uplands 8|, middling 7 U-
ltkl. Stock 007,000 hales.
Advices from Manchester unfavora
ble.
Un Saturday the sales In Liverpool
wero 8,000 hales; murket quiet.
in tho Jlouso of Lord*, J«ord Derby
exprossed the hope that tlio forthcom
ing proclamation by the Government
will give an emphatic warning that if
British subjects join tho privutuers, or
bucuino involved on either aide, tueir
blood ho on their own heads, lie
Miid there would bo no redress from
Kugland.
'iho Persia ro fused a large (Wight of
wut material..
Thu Paris Chamber of Commerce call
ed tho attention of tho French Govern
ment to tho unprotected condition of
tlio French shipping in American wa
ters, urging its notion.
Joird Palmerston deprecates the
present discussion of American af
fairs.
Tho Navy Yards aro activo. Theta
is a powerful squadron going to Amur-
iuu.
Tho London Times says that tho
United Stutes heretofore upheld priva
teering, and denied tho right of search
—both aro now turned against her.
KENTUCKY.
Louisville, May 21.—Gov. Magoffin
has issued a proclamation notifying und
warning all tlio othor States, whether
separate or united, ospooiully tlm Unit
ed Stales and Confederate Statos,
jaimt any movement upon tho soil of
chtucky, or the occupation of auy
port, post, or place within tho limiU of
xoutiicky hy auy of the forces of tho
aforesaid Slates, fur uny purposos what
ever—until authorized to cio so by the
.ogUluturo and Executive.
John Young Broun, member of Con
gress from the eastern suction of tlio
State, formerly a Dougins Democrat,
withdraws, not desiring u seat in Lin
coln’s Congress.
SEN ATOK DOUG LAS BETTER.
(Jiiiiwuo, jiay tfi, —ftcuaior u
is better, but uot considered out c
ger.
NORTH CAROLINA OUT.
Montuombrv, May 21.—Gov. Ellis *.ol-
jruphs President l)avls that the Con
vention of North Carolina has passed
un ordimtneo of Sooossion by n unani
mous vote. >
Billy
ilergyman got his congregation in
Brooklyn to * »- ~ ! ~
Brooklyn to contribute quite a pilo of
monoy last Sunday, for tho benefit of
Wilson nnd his crowd. Ho waited up
on tho Colonel, made him a pretty
speech, full of sympathy, explained tho
mrposo of his visit, put his hand in
piirpOSO OI HIS Visit-, pus uia iihiiv. in
hi* pocket to tako out tho gold—but it
wasn’t thero 1 Ho felt tho oilier pocket
—vanished! "Novor mind, Colonel,
said our divine, "some of your boys have
got it I it's all the same." Tho fact be
ing that tho reverend gentleman'
pocket was pickod before lie had been
on the camp-ground live minutes. This
story has leaked out slily, and makes a
laugh here."
on Sunday morning, about ton miles
from Port Royal, boarded tho ship A.
B. Thompson, from Savannah, bound to
vLl. Tl.In irnnanl luifl illsL fir*
Now York. This vossol 'had just ar
rived Saturday in ballast, from Ant.
worn, and oloarod immediately for Now
York. On examining her papers tho
Cemmandor of tho Lady Davit, found
her clcaranoo not properly signed, and
only vouched for by tlio Doputy Clerk
of tho Savannah Custom House. Tin
ship was taken into Port Royal, and is
detained to await tlio orders of tho
proper nu tbori tiesChas. Courier#
lie it enactad by the Ooifeileratc States of
America in Cbngress assembled, That all
tho laws of tho United .States of Amcri-
, in force und in use in tho Confeder
ate Statos of America on the first day
of Novemlter last, nnd not inconsistent
with the Constitution of the Confeder
ate .States, be and the same nro hereby
continued in force until altered or re
pealed hy tho Congress.
Adopted, Febunry U, 1801.
Postmasters’ Returns must ho made to
close on tho 31st March, tho 30th June,
tho 30th September, and the 31st De
cember, In each year : And the Return
for the fractional part of tho currant
quarter, which ends Juno.30th noxt,
nui*t he promptly ronderad to the Chief
of tho Fiunuoe Bureau, Postotfico De-
part moil t, Montgomery, Alabama, In tlio
form und manner presciibcd by exist
ing laws and regulations.
WATERt’Boor Cloth roa Soldiers'
Overcoats.—Twenty thousand tuuics,
rendered waterproof, and yet porous t
were served out to the French army
during the luto war with liussin.—
Thoy were prepared after tho following
recipe:
Take 2 lbs., 4 oz., of alum, nnd dis
solve it in 10gallon*of water; in like
manner dissolve the same quantity of
sugar of lend in n similar quantity of
at double tho foreign specified rates,
The publisher* of. newspaper* or po-
.iodicnls within the Confederate Statos,
may send uud receive to-and from each
other, from their respective offices of
publication, ono copy of each publico-
and city vngnlionds, who nro now on- tion. freo of postage,
camped on Staten Island. A patriotic All newspapers^ unsealed circulars,
or other unsealed printed transient
matter, placed in any post ofiioe, not
for transmission but for delivery only,
shall bo charged postago nt the rate of
ono cent ouch.”
[8pueiii] Dlspatoh to tlio Chnrlwston Courtor,] The Engagement at Sewell’s Point.
Affairs in Virginias Washington, Mis« Columbus Times, of Tuesday,
Ac.—Interesting Dispatches.
Richmond, May 20.—it Is stated that
*, 0 V 10 tlio Minnesota in
llnmnton Roads, on tho 13th shn lias
JJJJJr. JJW. hundred thousand dollars
north of shipping and tobacco.
Gon. Butler’s command at Fortress
Monroe lias been Increased by addition
has tho following from its correspon-
Norfolk, May 10.—An ongagomont.
took plnoo at 0 o’clock thhfovening at
Fort Beauregard, Sowell’s Tolnt, bo-
tiveon tho steamer Monticollo, two
steam tugs and t L **~ *»•-*»-«- - ~
nies uud tho Cite
nl logimcuts of Inrantry antl Arttiioiw 801,10
from AliissaciiusoUs. J J vc, ° promptly, gallantly and
It 1* stilted nt Washington Umt Gen,
McColland will enter Western Virginia
at tlio head of tho Division or Ohio and
Western troops simultaneously with
Butler's movements upon Norfolk.—
Al tho sumo time n column of regulars
will move forward from Washington.
Thero has been somo skirmishes near
Annapolis between Butler’s troops nnd
tho Secession forces. * .
About fifteen hundred Tennesseo
troojw arrivod hero this morning.
•St. Louis is environed hy a lino of
ivoly returned hy our troops.*who.
all undor tho command or Captain
quUt,
military posts,
iMissoui
side.
Tim Missouri .Stale troops have erec
ted batteries along the lino of tho St.
Joseph qml IlannUNil Railroad, for the
purpoto ol stopping trains and Govern
ment supplies.
Mora failures of Northern Banks aro
reported.
Richmond, May 21.—Efforts will he
made in Washington to mUotirn Con
gress when the way supplies have been
voted, with a view to prevent compro
mise.
It U reported that a terrible peat!-
Tho Savannah Republican has tho fob
lowing!
Richmond, May 21.—A private dis
patch received hero from Norfolk,
statcn that in the rcGont engagement
six men wero killod on board tho
Monticollo nnd soveral wounded on
our side.
lence has brokon out In tho barracks
of tho soldiers nt Washington.
The Bnltfinoro Sun of Saturday says
that Lincoln on Saturday hist made a
personal roconnottro on tlio batiks of
the Potomac, nnd visited the Great
Fall*, sixteen miles above Washington,
crossed tlio chain bride and passed the
pickets of the Virginians twice.
Washington dlspatchos state that the
Niagara has been withdrawn from tho
blockading forces of Chrleston fora
moro important service, nnd that un-
othcr vessel will tako her plaoe.
.Sooratary Cumoron regrets that the
oondltlon of tho barrack* domands
the attention of Surgeon-General Wood
to make an inspection.
Col. Vosburg, 6f tho New York
Soventy-fiist Regiment, died In Wash
ington on Monday.
Tlio DeSoto, at New York, reports
passing tlio frignto Niagara and tho
6 un boat Huntsvillo, cruising on the
ulf Stream for privateers. They have
captured two vessels and sent thorn to
tho North.
Tho foreign intelligence bore to-day
Is regarded as quite favorable to tlio
HI.
VIRGINIA ELECTION RETURNS..
Alexandria. May 28.—At O P. M.,
tho vote nt this point stood—for ratifi
cation, 015; against ratification 102.
voto
South
FROM EUROPE.
Ricumond, May 21.—Late Europetin
arrivals confirm thn speech of Lord
John Uussell, recognizing the issue of
letter* of marque and reprisal by the
Confederate States.
The Commissioners from tho Con
federate States have arrived ill Lon
don.
CANNONADING NEAR NORFOLK.
Nubfolk, May 21.—A heavy cannon
ading was hoard below hero this after
noon, but no particular* have reached
here.
MILITARY APPOINTMENTS.
Richmond, Muy 21.—Brig. General
Wnusticld has boon named as com
mander of twenty-five thousand Lin
coln troops for tho invasion of Vir
ginia. Tho forces under Brigadier
General A. II. Houdor (of Kansas no
toriety) will operate against Harper'.-
Ferry.
Alexandria, May 21, 8:80 A. M.—
Fears of a pestilence aro entertained
In Washington. Tho body of a soldier
who died suddenly yosteruny, changed
after his death to the color of inulgo
blue.
Tlio troops aro being romovod from
the Capitol to make way for the meeting
of Congress.
Henry Winter Davis has accepted
tho nomination for Congress, tondcrod
him from Baltimore, and in his latter
of acceptance justifies all of Lincoln’s
measures as political necessities, though
admitting the unconstutionafity of in
creasing the army nnd navy forco. llo
says, a nation .may again bocomo fra
ternal and united after tho longest and
blood lost oivil war.
It is now almost certain that an at-
took is soon to be made about Norfolk.
Fifteen thousand troons under But-
lorara to garrison Fort Monroo.
It Is how understood that South
Carolina a ad not Tonnessoe, is to bo
the new military distriot ordered by
the Cabinet nt Washington.
It is said that tho stenm ship Per
sia from Liverpool, now otV Cape Race,
refused as freight on lior voyage out a
largo uuantity of war material.
Lorn Derby expressed tho hope in
Parliament, that a proclamation would
bo issued, warning all British subjects
against heccining involved on either
•file.'
water, nnd mix tho two together. They
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.
Ricumond, May 22.—General Bon-
Imm’s South Carolina brigudo has been
assigned tho distriot betweon Alexan
dria nnd Harper’s Ferry, with tlioir
head-quarter* ut Manassn Junction.
Thu South Carolina brigade consisting of
Col. Gragg’* nnd Col. Kershaw’*
incut which aro now in Richmond
move to morrow to that port.—Gen. Jo
seph K. Johnson has been appointed to
command at Harper’s Ferry. U is re
ported that Gen. Beauregard is ordored
to command nt Norfolk.
'Q 11
drawn, uud tho cloth imtnorscd for one
hour in tho solution, when it is taken
out, dried in the shade, washed in clean
water and dried again.
This preparation enables tho cloth to
repol water like tho feuthorsof a duck's
back, nud yot allow the perspiration to
puss somewhat freely through it, which
is not tho case with gutta pcrclia or In
dia rubber cloth.
Pranking Privilege.
And be it further enacted, That from nnd
nftor the day when this net goo* into ef
fect tho franking privilege shall bo
abolished : Provided, That tho Postmas
ter General nnd hi* chief clerk, tho
chief of tho Contract, Appointment
and Finunoo Bureaus, and the Auditor
of tho Treasury for the Postofllco De
partment, shall he und they nro Jioroby
authorized to transmit through tho
mail freo of postage, any letters, pack-
A Vessel Btoffkd.—Lieut. Pelot, of ft gos, or othor matters relating exclu-
tho Confederate steamer Jjatly Davis, lively to their olliciul duties or to tho
sivoly — -
business of the Postofllco Department
but they shall, In ovory such esue, en-
* ' )ftin
dorso on tho back of tho letter or pack-
ago to be sent froo of postago, oyer
tlioir own signature, tho woods "Official
Business," And for any suoh indorse
ment falsely made, tho person so offend
ing shall forfoiet andnay throo hundred
dollars. And provided further, Tho
several deputy postmasters throughout
tho Confederate States shall bo and
hereby aro authorized to send through
the mail, freo of postage, nlllottors nud
packages which it may bo their duty or
Blistered Feet—A Remedt-TIi the
Eliters of the Commercial Advertiser:—I
had for several years two sons ut .School
at Geneva, Switzerland. In vacations
thoy, iu company with tlioir tutor, made
excursion* through Switzerland, Italy,
Germany, Ac., on foot, homing their
knapsacks containing their necessary
wants for a month. Thoy wore provid
ed with a small bar of common brown
soap, nnd before putting on their stock
ings turned them inside out, and rub
bed tho soap well into tho thread* of
thorn, consequently thoy never bocame
foot sore, or hud blistered feet. Let
our volunteers try it, and my word for
it, thoy wont complain of sore or blis
tered feet. Those boys of miuo are in
tho Seventh Regiment, and modo tho
march from Annapolis to Washington
scuthlcss ns fnr ns foot aro concerned,
and carried their knapsack* with com
parative easo, from early schooling.
.uuiniuuuu, MYO
ind throe Virginia Cbmpn-
| city Uuards. Tlio .learner
forty shells at us, which
rodt-
_ woro
iptain Col-
Tho ongagomont lastod an hour,
when tlio steamor rotroatod, badly crip
pled from flvo holes mndo in hor by
onr guns.
throe of Iho shots which took effect
by Cnjit. Colquitt.
“'mod and tin
The flag of the
„ . of ‘he City Light Guards
floats to night triumphantly and glori
ously over tho first hattlo Bold.
Tlioro was "nobody hurt” on om-
was “nobody hurt" on our
ItloiixoNDiHny 13,P. M Tlio vote
"gainst ratification In this city, is vory
rifling. Ilobcrtson is oleotod to tho
8onato,nnd Messrs. Btegor, Boborlsop
nnd Wynne to tho House.
Hai.tiuork, May 10.—Trains from
Ifnrpor’s Forty continue to arrivo regu
larly. A thousand additional Minnio
muskets wero rccolvcd by tho Virgldia
troops thero vosterdny from'North Car
olina. Two baltories of railroad Iron’
similar to tho floating battery at
Charleston/liavo been orectod at tho
Point of Books. A gentleman wlm
■aw the troons oxorolslng yesterday |p
the bayont drill, Bays they aro porfect
in it,
Arrival of a British Floct in tho Golf.
Tlio nrrival of the Knrnak from Hn-
tipnac ...
jord John Itussol announced in iho
House of Commons tho other day as
having boon dispatehod to tho Gulf of
Mexico to look after British intorosts,
is reported off Capo Florida.
Tha North Aiiiorlean and West India
Squadron of tho British Govornmoht is
under tho command of Boar-Admiral
Sir Alexander Milne, K. C. B., whose
flag-ship is tho Nile, ninety-gun screw
steamship. Ho has undor his comniniul
a forco of 14 ships and 212 guns, all of
whloh .re available.
Late from Notr rork,
Wo have bosn furnished tho subjoin
ed letter, l-ocoivod by a mercantile house
od letter, rocoivod by a mercantile house
of this City, for publication:— Charlatan
New Yoax, May 17,1801. •
l Uio' St. Goorge's dinner, when tho
,h was denounced, Mr. Young, of
Att
South was denounced, Mr. Young, of
Hf0 Albion, uotod nobly. I soo publish-
M1U aiuiuii, uuwu nuuiy. i see puuusn-
cd in tbo Courier what ho said in tbu
Albion. But both ho and Hr. Beales,
tiro formor President of tho St. Goorae’s
Society, made earnest spooches ng
tlio Yankeo clergymen, Vinton, Bol-
Fhom Arkansas.— tlio Memphis Aral
anohu learns by gentlemen from Little
Hack, tlmt (Jen. Tlios. Bradley bus boon
appointed Miu'orOonond of Arkansas,
Tlio following dispaloh.is from tho Av-
nisnoho, showing that Arkansas is in
dotui earnest in resistance to Lincoln-
ism ;
Litti-e Hike, May Id, 1801.
7b (Ac Klilor c/the ciroAmcAc :
Tlio Military Ikuird created, consists
(!nu ft P. I'nitini tin-l 1*1 (T llnillnu
It i* stated that tn moro troops will
l>o ocoopted by Liucolu, os somo two
I quid red nnd twonty thousand men
hnvo boon enlisted, whom it will tako
timo to muster in and organizo Cor
sorvico.
Lincoln i* reported to havo said that
something is now on foot that will
startlo the quiet pooplo of tho North
and South.'
Tho Northorn papers nro becoming
more perplexed os to the position of
England.
On the question of lottcrs of marquo
Loid John Russell is renortei to Imvo
said, thoro was a precedent in tho case
of Grooco when it separated from Tar-
key. The right of that country to
itaiio letters of niurquo was allowed,
and tlio law officers of tho Grown who
had been consulted, declared that suoh
a right would bolong to the Sou thorn
Confedi
was asked to speak at theUhlon moot
ing, but ho declined. His lotter has
never boon published. Ho refused to
give any monev to tho war fund. His
residence has been threatened, but tlfo
mob Is afraid to harm him.
Nine-tenths of the persons goiqg
from this city to fight aro Democrats.
Tho Republicans havo not yot sont a
S romiuoMt man. Most of tho Soventli
egimontofficers aro Democrats; all
of the Sixty-ninth are. All tho recent
volunteers are tho rag tag and bob-tail
of eroation. Since Wilson’s crowd and
othors havo boon sent out of tho city,
or gone into camp, everything has been
vory quiet hero. The PolToo Court*
havo no business, and all that the Po
lice do is to look out for drunken sol
diers at large In the streets.-
Business is nowhere, Thero are more
stores to let than are occupied. Others
aro closing, and if this thing continues,
moro, and perhaps all must go. A*few
houses liko Brooks Brothers, fn tho
olothlng business aro making piles of
monoy out of government contracts for
of Gov. B. C. Totten und C. G. Dnuley.
Two millions of dollars are appropriat
ed, and tbo entire military force placed
at tbo disposal of tho Gonfuuerate
States.
leraoy.
Tho ; Washington Republican, Lin
coln's organ, intimates that if Kon-
tuoky secedes, tho Government will
subjugate her at tho point of tho bayo
net.
Oam i* Com forts in Disguise.—'Thirty
women wero discovered in Ellsworth’s
Zouave* after the regiment arrived in
Washington. They were sent home.
The Zouaves probably thought it would
bo a good plan to carry tlioir nurses
with thorn In uniform.
Nortoi.k, May 22, 11.45 A; M.—No
attack this morning as yet. Tho fight
ing thus far has boon mere isolated out
post afl’airs, by small const guard steam
ers, without troops, nml with tho hope
of driving our pooplo out of an unfin
ished battery. Wo aro strengthening
it ov«*ry hour. Wo do not for somo
timo oxpoct a general attack in force
by land and water, and will koep you
posted.
Alexandria, May 22.—Tho Massa
chusetts-Guardian says that tlio South
ern Commissioners have had an inter-
lew with Lord John Russell.
Tho New York llomld says that Lin
coln, somo moths since, gave tho For
eign Governments notice of Aw aocop-
tansoof the tratty of I'arls ooncorning
private* rinix, Also, that Russia, Aus
tria ami Prussia - countenance Linooln,
while England and Franco romaju
neutral. ^
’ L.
Wo are pleased to loam that many of
our merohanto nro preparing to visit
European marts, for personal olootions
of -*ui plies and for opening correspond
ence and direct trsao. We’trust they
will use all possible diligence to lay in
soloot supplies of all necessaries.
Every merchant who goes from tho
South to Europe will be virtually a di
plomatic representative, and will add
now foroo to the considerations whlh
must soon induce the recognition of the
Confederate State?,—Cfiarfaton Courier.
Missouri Affairs.—A detachment of
.volunteer* surrounded the town of Po-
tosi, on the Iron Mountain Railroad, on
Tuesday night, in_ consoquenoo of
Unionist being driven away from there,
and ono hundred ar.d fifty citizens umdo
prisoners. The Unionist'woreliberated
and the Secessionists wero then releas
ed on tlioir parole. N ino ot tho leaders
wero lodgod in tho arsenal as prisoners
of war.
Four hundred pigs of lend wOro seiz
ed nt tho lead factory while returning.
A Secession company of cavalry was
dispersed at Do Soto, and thirty horsOa
seized. Tlio volunteers also raised an
American flag on tho polo erected for
tlio Secession ling. Two prominent Se
cessionists thoro and at Victoria wore
captured.
Thirteen Union families have arrivod
ntSt, Louis having been drivon’from their
homes In various towns on tho Paolfio
Alexandria, Va„ May 22,—O. L
Leary has pledged himself to the un
conditional support of Lincoln, uud has
upp ,.. , - .
been nominated for Congress iii tho
Fourth Distriot of Baltimore, by a vote
of 30 to 29.
Tho stenmer Jas. Gray was soizod on
tho Potomac river yesterday and carri
ed to Washington,
Gen. Harney and Price havemado an
agreement in Missouri, to tho effect that
the hitter will maintain order among
tho people, and tho formor mako no
furtuor military movements. A pledgo
in advance has boon. mado to support
all Lincoln’s mcosuros.
uniforms. Braatvs Coming, of Albany
is also said to bo makiug a good thing
out of tho war.
Capt. BuHoch, formerly of tho Unit-
corn
ed Statos Navy, and recently in ci
mand of the Bienville, of tho New
Or-
pilots
Charleston steamers wore not trusted,
and had to go ashoro.
Fanaticism hero lias had another il
lustration, even worse than painting
over tho Palmetto tree and coat of arms
of your stato on the Columbia. Tho
name of Cnpt. Dick Adams’ new steam
er has been changed. They dura not
call hor after John P. King, ‘ ’a South
ern traitor,’’ and will give nor tho namo
of "Eagle." Isn’t this rich? Capt.
Adams was urged to go in ono of tho
summers conveying troops and stores
to Annapolis and Washington b«t re
fused.
A good many persons with Southern
fooling* and friends are being driven in
to this war. Thero is Lieut. Gov. Ar
nold, of Rhode Island, whose wife is a
daughter of Richard J. Arnold, of Sa
vannah.
"Col." Fred. Lawrence, of Fit
who marriod a daughter, of the lat
Ker Boyce, of Charleston, is raising
a regiment on Long Island. Thero aro
many other such instances, though not
quite So noticeable. All those mdn
who go off as Captains; Majors and Col-*
onoK ©xpeofc when they como buck
to be made Congressmen, United
railroad. /.jVJ Stato* Senators^ Judges; Governors,
Gon. Frico has issued orders Inifij %
Ing tho Brlgadlev-Genomls to lmm<
fttoly organizo the militia in their' ro.
speotlvo districts, and hold them iu
readiness for active service.
Tho officers and soldlors are. onjoip
od to afford all. tho protection in tholr
power to the persons and proporty of
dtizons of tho State, without roferonco
to tholr political principles, the o^ect
Tho troops nro wnrnocl to ovoid collis
ions with any armed bodies, u.less ab
solutely required to protoot tho I lives,
liberty and proporty of the pooplo.
Tho flag of tlio State of Missouri is
tho only out to bo used by the militia.
statos Senators, Judges; (Jovornors,
ntid what hqt. But will they all coino
baokt
JgyJphh Quinoy Adams, on tho 2d
of Docombor, J828, spooking of tlio
Stato and General Government, says:
"The case of oonfliot .between thqso
two powers has not boon supposed, nor
lias nny provision boon mado for it, itt
our institutions'.”"
Hard ox Jaoko.—Tho ‘ Nnshvillo
Union nnd Amorican oalls “Old Abo’, a
baboon. Wo think tho wholo monkey
rare ought to riso with righteous indig
nation and grin that editor out of ooun-
tonnneo, for tho vilo slander on their
faoe,—Motile .Vercary,