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VOLUME XVIII,
ROME. GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 20, 1863.
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fturday Morning. Feb. 13,1H03.
Iicro is a title in tlio nffalrs of men,
Iiicli, taken nt the flow, lend* on to
I foriutio : , ■
Kitted, nil tho voyigo of their life
found in shallows and in miseries:
Ituch n full sea aro wo now afloat,
|l we must' take the^ourropt when
Tit flows, • •- * 8
noose our venture.-”-
Ilia glorious day of National Inde*
|(icnco now seems dawning upon
Already the beautiful 1-osy tinted
Bra is oreeping over * 1 tho sable gi'ey
Imoi-ning, and the golden orb of
li/mn about, t* burst upon our do
ited gnre. The fancy points ten
lissnd pictures of delight, in Joyous
jiiipation of tile titao when lovoly
i shall spread her silver wings 6ver
litis fair hind, and hope mnkesglad
hearts of thousands of wur-siok
land care*vorn women. But let
nt bo curried, beyond, the domain
|msou in these reveries of delight 1
beautiful prospect scon, mny be
Jllio,baneful light of tho Aurora
lulls presaging cold and blasting
Ins from the.North. At all events,
iuiost sanguine can see no reason
11 ujl. relaxing our sternest, efforts
lliquer an honorable, peace, while
rudsnt,, remembering that “eternal
unco is the prleo of liberty,” are
|lied that our only safety lies in
bubli'ng our oiforts in the impend-
crisis. , .
|ic dissousioHs iti -tho ranks, and the
and sectional divisions among
[implacable foes, should stimulate
■ put forth our utmost strength, so
fo take full advantage of their
kness, and speedily.’force them to
hdon their wild, scheme of aubju-
bn. . ■ i ... . ■ ju ....
I is to be hoped tlia.t Lincoln is now
ying the proverb “Whom the gods
|d destroy, they'iit-st make mad,”
|t lint nil his efforts to execute the
at ion proclamation, .may prove
|r6 many weights about 1 its neck to
I him down' to tho- dark regions of
lair; yet in his frenzy he will,fly to
1 era to > csoits, and wo must over-
i all tho wily solieines tho trcucher-
loo cati 1 devise.
fo next three months may—yea
ably will, decide the fate the -Con
fute States. If “I England expoots
man to do his duty upon the
le fiold and bloody deck,” with
much betteiu-iglit may it be expoqc-
at every man, weinan and child,
ghouf tho sunny Solilhy -will now
ueir duty. Let us have one more
pull, a strong pull, and a pull
gather,” as they Any at'sen, and our.
gle will bo over, r.nd then all sol-
may stay-' at home j all conscripts
service— all skulks may come from
nd their screens; 1 and dll classes eh-
he jubilee of freodom and indepen-
Privato j; C. White, of Co.
59th, Regiment, Qa. yolunteors,
l at-tlie- 'residence of A. P. Wood
[in Floyd county, on the 12th of
jsmbor last. - He had a furlough
[tho Colonel of k.is Regiment, then
loned at Murfreesboro’,. and was
' i «uy.. home- when he was taken
and ho stopped at the residence
r. Woodruff, where ho remained
jl bedietji i* 1 •••’*' .---'J ■
"■fbo name of iho «tenmer lFm.
ffy has been phnnged to .the more
[■cal one of Laura. Meorc, in honor
| fair lady of pur cit-r.
Prom Tennessee.
The only retrogrado movement made
by the enemy seems to be from Rcndv-
vi|lo. Tlie scouts of Gen. John II.
Morgan, dashed throu th the village
day before yesterday, finding no Yan
kees. They bad broken up their camp
and.retraced their steps to the main
army. This would rather incline one
to believo that ltosencrunz is massing
his troops for an advance upon Shelby-
ville.
The roads in Middle Tennessee are
certainly in a most untravelnble condi
tion. Thp turnpike loading between
Murfreesboro’ and Sliolbyvitlo, mid a
partially graded road lending to Man
chester are the only routes out of Mur
freesboro’, over n-hiph tho transporta
tion of a lnrge army could proceed.—
Tho blockade, also of tho'Cumberland
bus not J-et been raised, and Rosen •
crrtllt, wlio is n {wily, sagacious .fox. In
his own nay, may not wish to risk a
forward movement from his snug base
line.
Our loss at Donebon hnsbeen greatly
magnified. Wo learn that we lost but
ninety eight men killed, wounded and
missing. The enemy confess to a loss of
fourteen killed, nud thirty-seven wound
ed. Wo captured one cannon, destroy
ed one transport, and pnrolled 80 pri
soners. Our forces consisted of For
rest’s nnd Wharton's Brigades, the loss
being confined almost exclusively to
Forrest's command.—Chat. Hebei, 13th:
‘Good Prospect for Wheat and Oats.
—There was probably more wheat sown
last fall than ever before in this section
of country. The “stand” is' excellent
—the recent snow nnd freezes nro fa
vorable to its growth, nnd, though not
“forward,” it yet promises a most
abundant harvest. The large amount
of Fait Oats sown nro looking finely,
and, if the spring is favorable for the
perfection of these grains, by tho 1st
of July tho country will be flooded
with food for both man and beast.
Our Savannah Correspondence.
Caiii* Youno, near Savannah, 1
Nonlicni Items.
Richmond, Fob. 1).—New York dates
of the 5th and 6th have been received
here.
the news of the Charleston fight had
reached the North through Southern
papers. The Now Yon. Times learns
authoritively from Washington tiiat
there Inis been no in term pi ion ' of IHd
Charleston blockade, nnd that no such
assumptions will be admitted by the
Lincoln Government. The Times l«.irr.s
also that nn attack upon Charleston is
momentarily expected, when the block
ade -will be raised in a manner not at all
agreeable to the rebels.
The rebels under Forreit nml Wheel*,
er had been Utterly routed nt Donelson.
AK official dispatch received nt Cairo
says they mot with considerable loss.
Tim Yankee loss was from 30 to AO.
The rebels have also failed in their
demonstrations lit Island No. 10.
Biitler has Charged himself in account
with the War Department with one
million eighty-eight thousand dollars,
as having been received by him from
military assessment and confiscation.
The Congressional Committee report*
cd against tho admission of the wing
from the Norfolk district. Ouly 050
votes were polled in the district which
heretofore gave ten thousand, (10,000,)
therefore there is no election.
Tho Vicksburg canal is a failure.
The water is six feet deep in the out;
but the channel still follows tho old
course by, Vicksburg.
Cid.'Si’U.'irt.’ chief oh McClernand’s
staff, was killed on tlio 24tli ultimo,
while recnnnoitei-iiig near Vioksburg,
by rebel sharpshooters.
[No material change in gold oy ex
change. Cotton slightly lower—quoted
at 80.
The Herald regards the cleetion of
Morgan as Senator from *“' ew York ns
the beginning of tho organization of
the’“grout National Convention Union
Party.” "
A dispatch from Fredericksburg,,
dated on the; 7th, says that flags of
truce came over en Friday and Saturday,
but no papers were obtained, Hooker
having forbid exchanges.
Mrs. Fustaco Conway and two chil
dren, who left, Fredoricksburg during
the bombardment, came over- in the
truce boat oil Saturday. Buff , and J.
Lime. Green, of Falmouth,. have been
arrested and carried to Washington’.
There wns great activity on the other
side of tho river on Friday,, during the
day and night. The cars were running
All night. Troops were seen moving up
tho river Saturday morning, and it is
thought some went off by tho cars
Saturday morning.
Bay The 4tU inst. was appointed by
the Governor of 'Texas ns a day of
thanksgiving throughout tho Stnlc, lor
the successes that have attended our
struggle for the rights of freemen, and
for tlio recent discomfiture of the in
vaders on the shores of Texas.
4@“Stato Change Bills can be now
obtained in Montgomery of the Stato
Treasurer of Comptroller by deposit
ing Confederate or bank notes in ex
change for them.
Grind Stories of an excellent) quality
aro now obtained in Rusell county, Ala
bama.
jfcjy-The Virginia and coast salt was
sold, at auction at Macon, on tho 9th
inst., 14J to 16 cent* per pound.
fgSyTlie Columbus South Carolinian
received an advertisement on the 10th
inst offering for sale corn at 90 ients
per bushel, and bacon at 25 cents pey
pound, *•
Feb. 12, 1803. }
Dean Courier t—'The 25tli, 29th and
30th Regiments Go. Volunteers, re
turned from Wilmington) N. C., last
Saturday night and have received or-
dors to hold themselves in readiness
for any emergency, on short notice, if
is t|ie opinion of rnnny that the fight
which is to decide - the fate of Savan
nah nnd Charleston will be fought in
a few days, others think there will be
no fight nt nil.
Tlie health of tho troops here was
never better than nt present and all
seem anxious to meet the enemy.—
Sorno of them sny they have lost all
hopes ot doing so, as they have travel
ed over four States hunting a fight,
and have failed thus far. * The health
of our company is good. There is 54
bun for duty this morning. Serg’t W.
W. Darnell, Corp’ID. Brosnllmni, Corp’l
T. J. Davis, T. W. Cox, G. W. Froomnn,
J. R. Holcombe, L. Motrow, W. J.
Nichols nnd S. T. Rhudy, nro on tho
siok list this morning, but all able to
be up And about the camp. J. W.
Smith is in the'mcdicnl hospital sick ;
Jos. Andrews, J. G. Stroud, and Burrell
Shivers, are at Whitcsville sick ; John
Henry at Mncon hospital; Serg’t H. C.
Morrison. J. M. Morrison, Corp’l H. C.
Smith, H. W. Berryhill, J. R. Bond,
J. W. Culhnnn, Sam’l Coney, J. L
Dodgin, jr., Thos. V. Duke, II. I/'
Green, W. II. Mitchell, J. W. B. Pow‘
ell, A. Sprnggins, W. J. Trapp, and
J. It. Waddell, are absent ou sick fur.
loughs.
Samuel Fuller has had Ins trial nt
lust; ho was cleared and returned to
duty.
Leonnrd Morrow, met with a serious
accident on Sunduy morning lust, while
guarding a prisoner ut Cutup Randolph.
His gun went off accidentally and
shot off his fore finger, and seriously,
injuring the one next to it oti his left
hand.
The weather ’ is unpleasantly worm
through the day, though the nights are
cool.
There is one man in this division
under sentenoe of death for desertion.
Cnpt. Jake Reed, of ‘Reed’s Artillery,’
has been suspended for tlie short space
of three years, so Madam Rumor says.—
His oompany belongs to tho 1st Ga.
Regulars.
Capt. Jno. D. Cameron, A. Q. M., ari
rived lo cloy from Richmond. Ho says
nedording to bis construction of, the
Army Regulations, he is required to
remain four • miles in the rear of the
regiment while in an engagement, and
while traveling about hunting up :a
fight, four days behind, and when on
a retreat just as far ahead ns he can
get. 'He says he regrets that such is
the case, but will yield cheerful obedi
ence to the powers that be, iu all such
!CS.
It is amusing to hear him give an
account of his trip from Richmond and
what ho taw, heard and did. How
Lieut. Dtvinell and himself mnnagod
to come through in the ladies’ car, &c..
Ac.
Capt. Jolin W. Turner is in good
heal th,nnd seems to bo perfectly at homo
—always ready lor any and every emer-
geney. He.has tho largest company
iii tlio regiment. IIo is proud of his
men and. they of him.
Li.eut. Hooper is in camp and on
duty, and lobking ns well,, if not bet
tor, thari! over saw him. Tlio high
prices of provisions and tlie blooknde
don't provont him from sleeping at
night-after ho rotires to his blanket.
Liout.,.Carney has not boon able lo
do any duty since he roturned.
Blake wa*. left at Wilmington in
charge of. tbb wagons, and has not
arrived yet, . .
I am authorized to say, when the
Seoretnry of War calls out all those
between tho ages of 18 and 45, thero
is room for many more in our regiment,
and wo cordially invito (hem to come.
Col. l’cnnington, A. Q. M., will tnko
pleasure in mustering them in and
giving them transportation to tho rog-
Imcut. They can’t place themselves
under a better Colonel; all tho ofli
oers on his staff aro perfect gcntlomen.
They know and do thoir duty, and the
officersa»nder them
Friday Morning, Feb. 13.—All is
quiet this morning on tho coast.
William|Allen,Seaborn Alfred, H. Z,
Barnes, Joel Stowe, D. II. Spraggins
and Leonard Young aro on the sick
list this morning, in addition to what
was on yesterday morning. Nichols
was quite sick last night but somo bet
ter this morning. Morrow’s wound is
improving, and will soon bo well.
Tho absentees from company D, 29th
Ga. t Regiment aro referrod to Captain
Turner’* card in this paper.
• < . Fi.ovn.
The Dangers Before us.
The tremendous efforts making by
the Lincoln despotism East, Welt and
South, indicate a determination to
throw all on the die of battles to be
fought within the next throe months.
If ever there was a moment when tho
Confederate Government should dev.el-
ope and concentrate nil its energies,
and when their. Generals should at once
exercise the greatest circumspcotion
and the highest resolve, now is that
hour. Wo are almost in sight of port;
but, as tho coast is moro dangerous to
the seaman then all tho porila of the
open sea, and a9 many a goodly ship
has been wreokod' upon tho breakers
which encompass the haven which it’
was appvonching, so wc have our great
est hazards to incur as «vo draw near the
long sought harbor of independence,
and if wo relax for a minuto our vigi
lance, or trust to tlio transient reposo
of the treacherous elements by, which
we are surrounded, may go down and
perish just as our hands are almost
ready, to grasp tho glories of the prom
ised land. Each hour tkat passes over
us now is big with fate. Bolter would
it havo been for us if the Southern star
had sunk upon tlio bloody field of Man
tissas than that, fuR orbed and ap
proaching the mid heaven, it should
suddenly plunge into obscure darkness.
Soldiers of tho South,' the Post, tho
Future, Memory, und Hopo—the fame
of the dead and the honor of the living
—all call upon you,'in this tremendous
crisis, to gird up your loins liko men,
to bo as watchful as you aro brave, as
prudent ns you nro resolved, nnd look
ing to the benignant heaven which has
so long inspired nnd blessed you, to
strike wisely and boldly, the blows that
aro to determine for Weal or woe, the
fate of this contest und ! tho- destiny of
yeur country.—Wch.Uis.
Late News.
From the West.
Port Uidson, Feb. 10.—Information
has just reached our pickets to iho
effect that a portion of Sibley’s com
mand encountered the enemy at Indian
Village, and totally routed them after
a severe fight.
Tho enemy admit a loss of one thous
and in killed, wounded and missing.
Positive information has beun receiv
ed from Baton Rouge that a Massachu
setts brigade and negro regiment have
teen sent below.
THE total forco of tho enemy is now i
nineteen thousand. 1
these condition* are accepted by plant
er* or other parties, faithful service and
Hurbordinntion shaD be enforced on th#.
part of tlio negro by the officers of the
government. To socure the payment
of the wages to the negro, their labor’
shall constitute a lien on the . product*
thereof. The Quastermaster Of th*.
Department are charged with the duty
ol hnrvesting the cowon deserted field*,
and cultivating ’abandoned estates.
Employed negroes will be engaged in
this service.
By Command of,
MAJOR GENERAL BANKS. -
An”Edltorinl Opinion of the Florida,
Tho Now.York World say»i
iiuiuen itiuuKttuu. ..I Tlie exploits of the Confederate stea,
Deserters nro continually arriving ! lne r. Florida, off the const of Cuba, ere.
! .f°- . ntod profound excitement i.i ship
The following is a letter from Geh.
Lee to Gntn Howell'Cobb, oh the death
of his brothor, Geh. T. R. It. Cobb:—
“Cash* near FitEDEnicKsnimc?,)
18th December, 18C2. J
“GenernlllowellCobb:
''General:—I beg leavo to express myJ
deep sympathy in your grent sorrow.
Your noble and gallant brother has
mot a soldier’s death, nnd God grant
that this army and our country may
never be called upon again to mourn so
great a sacrifice.
“Of his merits, his lofty intellect, his
accomplishments, his professional fame,
aud ftbpve all his Christian character, 1
need not speak td.you who knew him
so intimately nnd well. But as a patriot
and soldier,- his death has left a deep
gap in the army which his militnry
aptitude anil skill render it hard to fill.
In the battle of Frederioksburg he won
an immortal name for bimself and his
Brigade. Hour after hour ho held his
£ okition in front of our batteries, wliilo
li vision after Division of the enemy
wns hurled against bitn. Ueannounced
the determination himself and his men
nevei; to leave their post until the
enemy was beaten, and witii unshaken
courage and fortitude lie Kept hjs
promise. V
‘.‘May God give consolation to bis
afflicted family, and may the name und
fame of tho Christian statesman and
soi-ier be cherished as a bright exam
ple and holy romembrance.
“With great esteem,
“Your obedient servant,
. “R, E. LEE.”
* ■ -. I mm i .
—Elizabeth Jewel, 'of Montgomery
county. Vn., has now living two hun
dred and ten descendants, viz: eleven
children, one hundred nnd nine grand
children, ore hundred nnd nine great
grand children, nnd one great- great
grand child. The old lady is in hor
highly,eighth- year, hale, ; hearty and
vigorous, and bids ■ fair to live many
years yet. - ~
KSf'Tho Convantion of Goorgia which
passed tlio not of secession was hold
tlio 19th of January, 1861. Of its mem
bers eight have died on the battle-field.
Amon<j thorn wns tho distinguished
Generals Bartow, and T. It. R. Cobb.
figy-Next to a vigorous and vigorous
enforcement of conscription, and of tho
regulations nnd restrictions concerning
furloughs aud absence, it is important
that tho military and civil authorities
should agree in arresting and checking
the movements and operations of ! the
impostors and vagabonds who go prowl
ing about tho country in borrowed or
stolen uniforms. The interest nnd hon
or of tho country and tho service re-
quiro that all who woar uniforms should
bo able to give a good account for them-
solves.—Chas. Ceur.
Yesterday as it countryman driving
two “frames,” yplept mules, wns coming
in at tho upper end of Whitehall street,
tho poor brutes stopped. The country
man done tho “subject justice” in curs
ing and whipping them. Ho war puz
zled to know what‘caused thorn to stop,
but on getting out he discovered that a
small lad was holding tho hind wheol.
—Commonwealth.
KOSKNCIUNZ’s SOLILOQUY.
Tlint follow Wheeler’s mined all
My sour krout and beans—
^Yflio ever hoard of taking boats.",' ’A ;
Witii rebel horse-marines. . ' " '
• cl-- »!>Wl • '• :< iJi$»iVk af-tXe Smith.
.lj{a;n:i.A t- &t ri
here. I, uhw/ijwi
A flag of trubo camo in to-day. Noth
ing important gleaned from it,
A flag of truco boat, witii prisoners,
will go to: Vicksburg.
Ten thousand Confederates are report
ed at New.Orlonns, Doubtful.
Fror* (lie North.
MonitE, Feb. 11.--The Advertiser and
Register 1ms the* following special dis
patch from Jackson, dated to-day:
A dispatch to tho Crisis from Grenada
says Chicago dates of the 4th and Now
York dates of tho 3d havo been receiv
ed.
Dry goods have advanced beyond tlie*
reach of groen backs.
Gold is worth 1G2}.
Twolvo Confederate prisoners were
frozen to death utCamp Douglas.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 3d
says Judgo Croymer lias decided that
groen backs are not a legal tender.
Tho Hnttcrns wns sunk by the British
ship spitfire.
Indianapolis dispatches of the 3d
instnnt, say that Federal deserters are
making forcible resistance to arrest.
Great’excitement in consequeiico.
Tho Kontucky Legislature 1ms order
ed out twenty thousand men, under
the Military Boats], to resist the en
forcement of Lincoln’s Proclamation.
Northern News.
Richmond, Feb. 11.—Northern date*
have been received here.
The Washington correspondent of
tho N. Y, Tribune says tho yellow book
in possession of Count Mercicr contains
eviccnco that the removal of Butler
was known to Drouyn do l’Huys in Par
is long before it wns known to promin
ent members of Congress in Wa
ton. I
fashing-
Congressional.
Richmond, Feb. II.—The Senate pns-
sod tlie Financo bill yesterday iu secret
session. The provisions, of the bill havo
not yet been umdo public. .
To-day, Mr. Phelan, from tho Select
Committee, roported buck the bill to
impress cotton for public use, with tlie
recommendation tlmt it puss tho bill
placed on the calendar.
The Senate then went into secret
session.
House in socret session
McMinville, Feb. 11.—Late North
ern reports show agieat revolution in
all Western and Border States. The
Louisville Journal says Lincoln is crazy
or mad, and begs him to rosoind his
proclamation, nnd says their soldie*.*
tnust fight side by side with the negroes
which are to bo sent into the field.—
The Soldiers at Murfreesboro held a
meeting and resolved to uphold tho
democrats in their several States.
: - i second dispatch.
A bill passed tlie House of -Reprosen
tatires of. the Federal Cengress on tho
3d inst-,, by 53 agninsb 15, authorizing
Lincoln to raise and equip one hundred
and fifty thousand negroes for army
and naval service.
THIRD DISPATCH.
Maj'. Steele, of Morgan’s brigade,
with one hundred men, orosied tho
Cumberland river and injured the rail
road in several places between Bowling
Green and Gallatin. Ho captured one
train and many prisoners.
“General Orders No. 12.—Tho fol
lowing Proclamation by tho President
of tho United States, dated January 1st,
1863, is publisliod for information:
' *#■*■***
'Government officers and soldiers in
tho command, and all persons acting
under authority: It designates portions
-*» ---«•»—arliich aro not
-revisions. Tho
to be affected by its,
laws of tho United States however,
prohibit offioors of tho Army and
Navy to return slaves to tlieir owners,
or to decide upon tho claim of any per
son to the service or labor of another.
The inevitable condition ol a stato of
war is undoubtedly to doprivo all classes
of citizens of much absolute freedom of
i 1 i -ALl
^ , . seizure of pay
from scrvico or labor by owners of slaves,
is inconsistent with .tho laws and condi
tions of war.’ Offioors and soldiers will
not encourage or assist, slaves' to leive
their employers, but thoy cannot com
pel or authorizo their return by force.
Negroes who leave their employers will
be compollod.to suport themselves and
families by labor upon tho public works.
■To socuro tlio objects, both of capital
and labor, tlio sequestration comniip.
'rizocl
negro labor, which shall . j|'iOYi<Ii*.io(i<l.
clothing, proper .treatment ami just
.compensation fqr negroes, or a.fust.iwl
equitable propocttyn of tho yearly.m-op,
as rijay bq deeiitfcd !t<lvisablej and when.
f \* * '
oiyoles iu this city yesterday, And well
thoy might. As swift a* the Alabama,
stronger, nnd with heavier guns, the
Florida is, moreover, coramnnded l>y
an officer that believe* in fighting. Hi*
dash nt the Hatteras, right under the
guns of a whole fleet of Union vessels,
shows Capt. Matflt is a very different
person from Semmes. The career of
fie lattor has been very destructive tQ
our commercial marine, but he ha*
never yot ventured upon a fight.
The cnptnih of the Greta, or Florida,
is a different sort of person, and evi
dently emulates tho fame of a Paul
Jones, rather than a Capt. Kidd. The
fact that his ctew were Southerner*,
while the mon on board .the Alabama
ara Englishmen, may necount for the
boldness of the one officer, and tlio
caution of the other.
But there is no getting rid of the fact
tiiat there are now two formidable wap
ships afloat, preyisg upon our commerce
The trouble is that wo have not more
than half a dozen steam ships of wap
swift enough to overtake them. Tlye
Florida is probably a match in a fight
for any cave our largest ships of wop,
end arc must expect to hear ct a disas
ter .every time Matflt comes across any
of the smnll "converted” gunboats that
swarm in our Navy. There are hopes
however, that his very boldness will
bring him to grief before many week*
are over.
Another Speech peom Vallandioham.
—The Northern papers contain a lor.g
and interesting account of a debate in
tho United States Congress between
Vallandigliam, Wright, and Bingham,
In the course of his remarks Vail and}j-
earn said:
You can never subdut the seceded States,
Tv>o years of fearful experience have
taught you that... Why carry on the
war? If you persist it can only end
in final separation ; believo it now, a*
you did r.ot my former warnings, th*
whole,Northwest will go with the South. Be
lieve me, us you will not, the Bolemn
warning* of year* past, the day whioh
divides tlie North from the South the
self same day decree* eternal divorce
between the West and the East. There,
is not one drop of rain that fall* over
tho whole vast expanse of the North:
west tlint does not find its home in the
bosom of the Gulf. We must and will
follow it, with travel and trade -, not
by treaty, but by right; freoly, peacea
bly, aud,without restriction or tribute,
under the same Government and flag.
What Dreadful Carnage.—The most
carefully prepared statistic* of tho pres-,
ent war go to show that this carnage on
both, sides has been rarely equalled in
the history *f the world. It is estima
ted that of the killed and those who
have died from wounds received in-bat-
tlo, and sickness engendered in camp,
these are not less than 325,000 of the
Federal army—while the Confederate
army has suffered to a number not le**
than 175,000—making n grand aggregate
ol half, a million raon since the war be
gan? And for wlial? To gratify mal
ice, 1 and envy, and Hatred, on the ope
side—to achieve an independence of
honor and a national existence op the
other.—Southern Crisis. ,
ggyElizabetli Jewel, ot Montgomery
county, Va., has now living swo Ji,qn.- :
dred and ton descendants, viz: .eleyep
children, eighty nine grand, chpildyen.
one hundred and nine great grand
children, and one great great gron$
child. The old lady i* in her eighty-
eighth yoar, is hale, hearty and vigor
ous, nnd bids fair to live many y.enrp
BQfTho Christian Index states the
following as a singular fact: Cfll. (Cal
houn, of South Carolina, challenged
Mqj. Rhett, of his own Regiment, apd
tho result of tho duel was tho death ,qf
Col. Calhoun. Indirect contrayentiop
to tho articles of war Maj\ Rhett.is not
punished, because as Gen., Beauregard
says the 25th article requiring tho .pun
ishment of duelling among officers hs*
always been a dead letter, because of its
severity. But tho death of Col. -Cal
houn loaves hi* office vacant, *pfl Maj.
Rhett, by regular prometiop, assume*
the office left vacant by th« .man he
has just slain . ,
Fatal Dual at West Point, Ga.- We
aro credibly iiilbrired tiiat *n yester
day the 10th inst., a «W1 was faugh*
near -West Point, H».. between Mr.
Michael Kennxn «n'l Mr Ooidsby. both .
Selma Alabama . in which the former,
wus idled at the first fire. We have no
farther particulars ol tim afiair,
8S3P*y»B'itvBghum -lin« consented to
h'e k MVidichrm fhr Governor of Ohio..
\\ r e. • Rliji|>oi;« he will --lie elected/ He
will.certainly-test the opinions of the
pcople of .t.lje State -ill relation to th*
Mr I