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VOLUME XIX
ROME 6A„ FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1863.
NUMBER 1
||t Courier.
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By M. DWTNELL,
editor and proprietor.
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Tho Ftont.
Our special dispatches this morning
from the "seat of war," announce the
fact that the enemy have crossed a di
vision At BrotVtt’s Ferry, three miles be
low Chattanooga, and have taken pos*
session of Raccoon Mountain, and are
still fortifying with rapidity. A rapid
sholling of our troops on the west side
of Lookout is kept up, and our bat
teries are roplying. Heavy skirmishing
was anticipated on our loft yesterday.
Later information by passeiigels trom
above, report that the two iineB have
already coma in contact, resulting in
scenes of fierco combats Wednesday
evening. It is said that our loss is al
ready as higli as one thousand killed
and WoUnded.
Wo havo nothing additional of the
movements of our-troops in Etet Ten
iivsseo.—Rebel 29/A. •
(ices i
snd thoy wil
Personal.
Wo arc pleased toh-al'-h Mint Lt. Col.
I A. R. Harper is improving, his leg has
I been amputated just above the kneo.
Gco.Montgomorv ot'tho Floyd Legion,
I who was wounded a few days ngo in as-
Isisting to arrest one of the lltU 'I'eJcnb
(hear this oity, is in a cHtie.il condition
land fears are entertained ns to his re
Ibnvr-ry,
We arb credibly informed that Lt.
| Col. Bounds of the 11th Texas wait
I killed a few nights ago by a private in
I ids Rug. Wo understand that the did
lenity arose at tho card table in camp
1 near Gunu-rsviilo.
Auditor of Mute Rond.
Cnptv Oeo. IIillypr of tho9th Gu. Reg.
land a resident of Walton co., 1ms beelt
I appointed Auditor of the Sta.e llond
I in place of Dr. Phillips, promoted to
[tlioSuporintendenoy to Oil the vsenn
Icy occasioned by tiie decouse of Muj
I ltowluml.
Editorial Correspondence.
8@*Tho Rev. Mr. Kaufman, recently
eleoled pastor of the Presbyterian
Church, has arrived, with his family,
and will enter at once upon the dis
charge of his duties. -
g®*This is a favorable season for
piokling beef, ahd Wo Would advise our
friends to put up enough to do them
at least six months, and save as much
bacon as they can for tho army. We
Would recommend -he following recipe:
Cut up your beef in pieces from five to
ten pounds, sprinkle soma salt on it
and let it lay all night; next morning
take lt up and wash' it in water just
from tho Bpl'lllg or Well) and then fill
up your barrels or tubs with water
enough to cover tho beef, put in salt
until tho brine will swim an egg, then
put in your beof and put a weight on
it to keep it all undor the brine; in
July pour off tlio brine and boil it
about ten or fifteen minutes, let it cool
eff and pour it back ill llife barrel, and
add about a pint of salt for every fivo
gallons of brine, and you will have
good.and firm hoof, end cun keep it in
that condition as long ns you ohooSo,
Try it.
A patent lias been issued by the
Confederate States to Capt. Francis D.
Loo, of the Engineer Corps, for a new
mode of naval at Muir. which, fl'ottt prU‘
Itcnli.d reasons, should not now be
known.
Fkdiouee or ms U. S.—Sired by
Washington, and Damned by Lincoln.—
Punch.
8®*Savo all the boef feet for they
Intake excellent lamp oil try it. Tho
|fcot are worth $1 each.
What bus made salt take such a rise
I Within tho Inst threo weeks? Four
I wcei.B ngo tho same lots of salt were
selling hero at 40cts per lb. mid now
I at $1. That is certainly a paying profit.
] Suppose our farmers had risen on .their
produce to the same extent, what would
have been said of them? Every body
and many newspapers would have
raised a war of extermination against
them. How do you expect a farmer to
| live when his corn is taken at $2 per
I bushel mid havo to pay $1 per lb for
[salt to salt Ids pork and then havo liis
I bacon taken by the Government at 80
Ute; per lb? Will srmo one who has
keen abusing tho farmer answer this
question ? Ore month ngo Factory
yarn was selling hero at $15 per bunch
and now soiling at $30, yet nothing is
l «aid. Let tho farmer advaneo on his
produce you will bo sure to hear of iX-
/«r/tn».
Military Clinngek.
0 choral Pulk has bocn assigned to
duty in Mississippi, iu place of General
Hardee, who will take command of
Polk’- former command in Tennessee:
«*■Atlanta Cor\federaey.
- Camp 8tu Ga; Regiment,
Near Chattanooga,
October 28,1863.
Dear Courier : At a littlo beforo day
break yestorduy morning a forco of tho
enemy, said by prisoners talcon from
that command, to bo t\V0 thousand
strong, crossed this Tennessee river as
Kelly's old Foftl At the head of Will
anS9' Island, about fivo or six mile*
below Chattanooga, and attacked eight
companies of the 15th Alabama Regi
mont on Picket at that place. The
morning was very foggy and the Yan
kees got within less than fifty yaV'de of
our men before they wero discovered;
our melt tttttdo a gallant little fight, but
Wore soon forced to give back before
tho overwhelming force of the enemy
Tim Fods pursued them about a mile
and took possession of hill a little to
the right of the railroad mid below
Lookout Point. Our less is reported io
be fivo killed and seventeen wounded,
among tho latter Col. Oats severely in
the thigh. Tho 4th Alabama regiment
was on Pioket some four miles below at
the time of the attack and two com
panies of the 15th were on Raccoon
mountain. These troops soon came to
the relief of their comrades and a line
of battle was formed just above the
bridge and tho sreek on tho dirt road,
and a little below Lookout Point.
The Yanks crossed the river in Foil
toon Boats but nt noon thoy were very
busy in putting down a POhtootl Bridge
and had it about two-thirds completed,
the other regimonts of Laws’ Brigade,
^also Jenkins’ and Anderson’s started
n tho morning for the' scene of action,
Laws command went on immediately,
but the other two Brigades !ny on the
road just below and in ft'ottt of Look
out Point until about tliroo o’clock P.
M. They wero honvily shelled by tho
Yanks from MoccaBin Point but no
casualties were roported. Groat activ
ity prevails nil along tho left of our
lino this morning, yot it does not seem
probable that a general engagement
will bo brought on quite yet by either
party. It may lie Drought that Rose-
crans is getting so short of rations
“that bo is obliged to fight or retreat,
and the most prdhi-ble of ail is that ho
is now making a little demonstration
for the puaposo of coveting his evacu
ation of Chattanooga.
Tolerably heavy connOnuding is going
on this morning in the vicinity of Look-
Otlt Boint.
8©* President Davis and Vico-Pn-s
idem Stephens arc- still in this city.
Wc learn that.the President will visit
MavuMtah alld Charleston oh hts way
to Richmond from Atlanta.—Atlanta
Intelligencer, 30/A.
8®* Somo ooo broke into Myorhardt’
store Friday night, and then again on
Thursday night, and took therefrom
| »omo dry goods, a good many coats,
pants, shirts, drawers Ac. The thief
Will no doubt attempt to dispose of
them.
Wo havo a night watch and a pro
vost guard whose business it is to guard
the oity from such outrages. Why
don’t they do it ? Will they answer?
All these outrages has been charged
to tho soldiers’ account. We are in
clined to believe that citizens and ne
Broca are engaged in that business.
Salt.—For tho inlormation of the
• Soldier’s Families we would state that
Messrs. Laraberth A Watters hare rti*.
coived and are now issuing 25 pounds
of salt to enoh family at $4 10. Let
those who are ontitlcd to it bring the
rxact change/ and a sack to put it iu.
The Swamp Angel.
A member of the New. folk Kngi
neers, writing from Morris’ Island, fur
nishes the Washington Chronicle with
the annexed particulars of tho “Swamp
Angel.”
The "Swamp Angel," as she soldiers
call one oi tho batteries, was a bud job,
it required seven thousand day’s work
while Wagner,-Gregg, Moult tip, Sunn
ter, Boo, Johnson, Mrs. Johnson as we
call another fort on James Island for
want of a lititne, and over a mile in
length of small batteries, nil poured
their shot and shell into us tho whole
time wo wero building it, after they
saw the epaulmunt abovo the grass. It
stands on the very softest of mud,
nfeotyrtwo feet deep, so soft tha.a mau
will sink into it out of sight in a few
minutes, if he attempts to walk on it.
Wu uunit-d ten thousand bags filled
with sand over two miles, and brought
over threo hundred logs and pieces of
timber more than two miles, to make
the battery. Two miles and a half of
bridge iei-ns* tho marsh, had to- bo
built to get to and fi-urn the batteries.
ll| was no easy, job to mount the
uns, but it has been dono, ahd only
Jen Gilraoro and Maj. Butt of the En
gineers, were’willing to say they be
lieved the plan feasible. Beauregard
laughed at tbc idea of getting upon,
much less holding the marsh, as wo
have for over a month. The command
ing general Used frequently to say,
when others expressed their doubts.
“1 hold Sotrell responsible for that.’
I am happy to say that these batter
ies have . materially assisted General
Gilmore in the prosecution of his plans
The whole Country and tbe world near
ly by this time, is filled with the fame
ofthe Greek firo.batterios. I planned
and built thorn; eleoted the place for
thorn, and, I suppose was laughed at
or my presumption.
.. s ,ty, Jack, can ycu tell us what’s
*h« best thing to hold two pieces of
fope together?" " I guess not.
«®( The swindles of. Livingston in
Savannah, Ga., alone, now turn out to
be over $800,000. As ho still lives-the
greatest sharper of the time, he is no
longer Livingston, but a Living ‘Stun
[CONNVNICATED.
Negroes With the Army.
There is nt least ah averago of over
fifteen stout, able bodied negro men
with every regiment in servico who do
nothing but cook and wait on tho offi
cers and privates, all dfouVlMg shine ra
tions from the GovernhVeht, say noth
ing of those who - aro at tho different
posts Ac;'in all probability 50,0Q0 ne
groes at- a dead expense to our Gov*
eminent. They have comparatively
nothing to'do yot they draw some ra-
tiens that the soldier draws who con-
Atmy Cotfesjjtondcuco ofthe Savhn'Ah
tcpublicau.
fronts tho enomy. .
r ... . ... T .. „ ... . on with groat slaughter, and
It thu right! Is theta any justice in ( loss of n b onr i y 8,000 prisoners,
A Capital 'Idea.
The following order from General
Bragg’s Headquarters, which we clip
from a letter in tho Memphis appeal:
IIi:\D-qoARTERS Auxv of I'fnn.. )
Missionary Itldgu, Oct. 1(1, '03, j
General Orders No. 187.
In order to eugun-ul tho strength of
the army and .to givo to Our bravo sol
diers an opportuuity to visit, home
and provide for their fumilius, during
tbo coming winter, the following rules
are adopted:
1. A furlough of not exceeding forty
days will bo granted every non-com
missioned officer and private who se
cures a recruit for his company.
2. The recruit must bo received and
mustered into servioo and bo doing
duty in the company boforo the appli
cation for furlough is forwardod.
3. In all applications made in pur
suance of section 1st, tho commanding
officer of the company will certify
that tho applisant has obtained.an ap-
jfovod recruit who has been mustered
nto service, and is present with the
company doing duly.
4. All applications for furloughs un
der this- order will bo forwarded to
these hoa-lquarteis, whero iiimJ uciiun
upon them will be had.
By command of Gen. Bragg.
GEO. JVM. BRENT, a. a.-o.
The efleet' of this, when known at
home, will bo to make a recruiting offi
cer of every father, mother, sister and
wife, especially the latter, with whom,-
undoubtcdly, the infantry are ever
popular. Those who seek to evade tho
conscript act will be hunted out and
reported.—The quasi exempt Will bo
c.impelled to show his papers, :u:«l every
man within the prescribed.ages, capa
ble of bearing arms, wil) be made to
exchange his place at homo for the
temporary gratification to families and
frieds of a visit from the war-worn, bat
tle-scarred son, brother and husband;
In South Carolina, as before stated, the
plan has worked admirably, and when
it becomes known throughout the Con
federacy that able bodied men can
thus be made to take tho place of fur
loughed soldiers, we shall have an
augmentation of our forces in the field
us gratifying to our leaders ns it will
valuable to
thU? The cause for which so much
blood is shed and suffering endured on
the bloody field of carnage and at home
Would it not Be advisable for those
who havo servants in tho service to
send them homo and put them on a
farm whore thoy can bo made pro
ducers ihstchU bf consumers ? Who
will set the example? Wo would
most respeotfully ask those who havo
servants to cook for them, are you wil
ling for the Government to take bacon)
moat and flour from the poor families
(who have toiled hard) at the Govern
ment p.ices tlhd leave them without
bacon, or scarcely anything to keep
soul and body together in order to feed
gottr negro.? ho loafering about camps
more than half his time. Wo do most
solomnly protest against all suoh un
justness to our soldiers and wo hope
our authorities will give this matter
their serious consideration. If tho
Government now had nil the rations
that has been issued to nogroes who
havo not buen of any • practical benefit
to the service, it would feed our sol-
dic*rs for six months and if those ne
groes hnd been kept where thoy prop
erly belong, on tho farm, they could
easily havo made enough to support
the army six months longer at least.
If they are not put on farms, they
ought-to be made to drive the teams
and let-the soldiers return to tin it- re
spective companies. It is true if any
one lias a servant and wants him to
cook and wait on him, it looks liko lto
ought to be allowed tho privilege of
keeping him with him for that • pur
pose, hut, at thc'smno time, it is not
right to take meat and breud from out
fumilio* to feed that negro with under
Lite false cover-of its going to the poor
soldier, yet it is done, no ono can deny
it, and thousands will testify to the
ti ut it of it. Those negroes draw their
rations ns rookr and washerwomen for the
Company, yet they do nothing for any
but their masters; when they do any-
thing for the soldier they i lim-ge him
the most exorbitant prices. If there
was an ju-dty issn-il :\g liiis) issuing ra.
tiohs to cooks and washer-women tnany
a Luck negro would soon find himsolf
between tin-plow, handles, where tho
law of natitro assigned him for duty.
It is as much as wo can d--> to feed the
soldiers without feeding negroes to
cook and wait on their owners.. This
evil ought to have been remedied long
since, but it is novel- too late to do good
Tito times demands the reformation—
The call for8tato troops has almost left
us without farmert, they aro all, or
nearly so, in service and their crops
ungathered, and no one to sow wheat.
There aro men detailed to recruit for the
service qrnl return all stragglers and
deserters to service which is all right
and proper, and we would respeotfully
suggest that thcro shall bo recruiting
officers appointed So recruit for our
farming interest. Authorize those men
to go through all tho camp and ssizo
all negroes no(,actively engaged in some
business iliui is essential to our iutorcst
and put them to work on the farm to
make something to support tho army.
Wo are needing farmers and laborors
just as much as wo are needing soldiers
and must have them or wo will see
trouble yet. ' * * * *
Ansiy or Teniessek. 1
Near Chattanooga, Oct. 20. J
One mtmth ago yestorday and to-day
til'd greftt battlo of Chickatnauga was
fought. Tho victory of tho Confeder
ates, though not so regarded by the
public, was a deoislvo oho, in this that
ft prevented tho enemy, from a$dm
sundering tho Confcd’erdby and reach
ing tho heart'of tho country, then ap
parently almost within his grasp. The
invasion ot Georgia already com
mencod, was defeated ero the enemy's
columns had gone a day’s maroll With
in hob bobU'oVs, and an army and a
General hitherto triumphant wero boat-
and with a
ovor two
scoro of cannon, nearly as many flags,
and many thousand small arms.
Suoh a victory would have been con
sidered deoisive in Europe where the
cause of quarrel related to the rectifi
cation of a boundary line, or somo sup,
posod diplomatic insult. Tiie French
and Sardinians, though victorious nt
Magenta and Solferino, could boast of
no such spoiU its graced the triumph
of Bragg on tho Ohickumauga, and yet
a few days thereafter we hnd the de
feated Austrian Emperor purchasing
his peace by the eesBiou of n large and
important portion of his territory. In
deed, such victories ns the Confeder-
etes have repeatedly won, would have
led to an narangement between almost
any other beligerents in modern times
and the reasons why they do not bear
the same fruits for us, is because oar
cause of quarrel is difforont. The Con
federates contend lor independence;
tho Federata for dominion. If iVe abb
successful, the union is sUhdebed for
evor, and iho Federal Government
shorn of half its power, and more than
half its wealth. If the North is trium
phant. then we loose everything—iifo
fiberty, properly—and become tiie min
ions of a domination more foul than
that of tho Turk. Nothing, therefore,
but the exhaustion of ono ofthe parties
tlu! success of the advocates of peace
in the popular eloctions, or the inter
vention of ono or moro of the great
powers, is likely to bring such a great
contest to a oloso.
prove valuable to the country at large.
8®* Mom. Paul, tho French Consul
at Riohmond, has been raised to the
rank of officer in the Legion of Honor,
.to mark tbe Emperor’s satisfaction with
the manner in wliioit he conducted tho
delicate negotiations which have taken
f lace between the Confederate and
mperial Governments.
«T A piece of Mahomet’s shirt was
burnt at tue late fire in Constantinople.
The ctiy is in great distress about it.
"Monsieur Tonson Cone Again.”—
Tho immortal Parson Brownlow has
turned up again—this timo in a letter
to the Cincinnati Commercial, breath
ing fire and.dostructiofl upon tho "reb
els.” -He sayB:
For my part, I havo every confidence
in our ultimate success. Let Rosecrans
bo reinforced and he will Whip tho
whole Confederacy. The mediation I
advocate is that of tho cannon and tbe
sword; and let there be no armistice, on
sea or land, until all the rebels, fbont
and rear, North and South, are subju,
gated or exterminated. And then let
condign punishment be speedily meted
out to the surviving loaders in this un
holy erusado against civil'zation. My
motto is, Greek fire to thee^ masses and
hell fire for tho leaders. And none but
tho loyal should bo counselled in the
great casting up of these accounts.
Wu. G. Brownlow.
Looking at the contest in this light,
wo find no cause for despondency.—
The United Stales are quite as uoarly
exhausted of native soldiers who go
willingly to tho fiold ns we aro; thorp
is already a largo ahd increasing peaoo
party in ail of the Northorn Stales:
and; if there should be any intorven
tiPn’by foreign powers, it is universally
agreed that it will bo in our behalf.
if it be said that our victories are
l-osultless as compared with those of
Napoleon nnd Frederick thu great, the
t-pply is that in Europe the roads aro
numerous and good, tho aountry open,
and supplies abundant, thus rendering
it easy to pursue a beaten army, whero,
as tho rcrerso of ull these is triio in this
oouiilry. In addition to this, tho Fed
eral* outnumber us so far, that our
Geuerals liud it uoccssm-y to carry their
Inst man in to tho fight in order to win
tho day, aud oan keep no reserves to
bo put in at tho critical moment, and
to render the victory decisive nnd com-
ploto. Their troops having already bo-
como exhausted in tho struggle which
preceded their triumph, nro utiuble to
press their advantages like a body of
ft'Csh reserves who have been hold back
for that very purpose.
It ia owing to this fact, perhaps, that
Bragg and Rospncranz ocoup/ the posi
tion they do to-day.
If tho former had had 20,000, or oven
ten thousand fresh troops to put for
ward at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon, ho
would in nil probability have captured
all tlio artillery and wagons of the lat
ter, and slain and taken the greater
pa/tof his army. As it was, Rosen-
cranz managed to got his forco back to
Chattanooga, whero ho now remains,
he has only not had timo to render his
position impregnable toassault, but to
receive reinforcements who havo trav
eled more than a thousand miles to get
to the Tennessee River, A portion|of
these reinforcements—thoso from Gen.
Meade’s army—aro reported to have
crossed tho river at Bridgeport, as if
preparatory to another advance upon
our flank nnd rear.
An effort will doubtless be made to
reoccupy Lookout Moutain, and get
possession of all the railroad'from Chat
tanooga to Bridgeport. Feasibly these
-forces have been crossed over, for that
purpose, if at all, or, it bejng difficult
to feed them at Chitttanoaga where the
Federal* aro roported to be reduced to
one quarter rations, thoy may have
been stopped near Bridgeport in order
to be near supplies.
The wagon train destroyed by Gen.
Wheeler wss loaded with ammunition,
clothing and commiBsiiry supplies, all
of which aro snid to be much noedod
by the Federal army. It required a
whole day for him to burn tho stores at
McMinnvillo, thoy wore so numerous,
among other bridges destroyed by him
was the one over Duck River.
Major Gen. Cheatham has succeeded
to the command of Folk’s corps, and
Maj. Gen. Breckenridge to the Com
mand of Gen. Hill’s corps.
The Tennessee is stilt very high.—
The weather is clear and cold.
Erou Charleston.
Charleston, Oct. 27.—Four Monitors
opened at 11 A. M., on Sumter, at a
dtstauco of a mile, and ceased firing
between three and four P. M. The fi
ring from Gregg, Wagner nnd tho cetl-
tro batteries, on Sumter, Johtts'dh and
Simkins, has beon very seVci-e to-day.
At half past oleVeh this morning, tho
cltcffiy tired threo or four solid shots*
from tho centre battery, on the city.
Only ono building, the Union Bank,
was Btruok. No person Injured.
A report from Fort'Johnson says the
enemy’s gun tiring On Ulo’cUy, bbi-stc'd;
A dispatch from Sumter states that
ono of the onomy’s guns in tho battery
East of Grogg, burated nt 12 M. Up to
six in tho ovoning, 830 shots had been
fired nt 8umter. • „„
Charleston, Oet. 28th.—Tho mo 8h
Sumter from Gregg nnd Wagner nnd
three monitors has been inffessnnt sine*
tills morning. Tho monitors drew off
this evening, leaving Gregg and Weg
ner still firing trom their 300-pounder
Parrotts. 073 shots havo been fired at
Sumter, 88 of which missed, liearly all
boing directed nt tbo sea face, No
damage of consequonco to tho fort,
nithUugli tho sen wail is pretty well
battered.
'Iho fire nt Fort Johnson was not so
heavy to-dny.
Somo fow shots have been fired on
Sullivan’s Island,. Our baUeries keep
up a regular fire, making CXcellctU
shots,-and excelling thoonemy in accu
racy. Not a singlo casualty has occur*
rod at Fort Sumter, Moultrie, or any of
the other batteries. No further firing
on the oity. Some of tho sholls thrown
wore picked up and found to contain
Greek fire. One in Union Bank foil
ih the oistern; the other fell in Water,
Ch arleston) bet. 29.—lotteries Gregg
and Wagttel 1 kept up a continual firo on
Sumter last night.
Tho Monitors took no part dunhg
the night.
No casualties had been roportod up
to tho present time.
Major Elliott; Commanding, reports
all well and in good spirits,
Very littlo firing from tho enemy on
any of the other fortifications.
Our baUeries kept up a regular fire
on Morris Island last night,
Ono gun is reportod to havo been
silenced by a shot from Moultrie,
From Richmond.
Richmond, 27.—Tho last flag of
truce boat brought up ono hundred and
eighty slok and woundod prisoners.—
Tho samo number of Yonkoos will bo
sont to City Point to-morrow.
A letter from a London correspon
dent says the French Emperor has al
ready sent 60,000 soldiers to Mexico,
and is quietly embarking and Bonding
soldiers, canoh and army supplies
every wcok.
Cotton is selling at 84 ahd 86 cents
in Now York.
Richmond, Ootober 28- Brig, Gon.
Chns,. Diramick, Chief of the Ordnance
department of Virginia, died suddenly
Inst night at his residence in this city.
Rumors are afloat of a contemplated
raid by the Yankees from Peninsula in
this direction.
The members of Congress are begin,
ning to arrive to secure quarters next
winter.
Gcnfedorato eight per cent bonds sold
at auotion for ono hundred and thir
teen.
lt is bolloved that tho Yaukeo Gov
ernment wilt withdraw its consent for
tho removal of tho French tobacco
stored in Richmond, in eonsoquenco of
tbe privilege granted tho steamer Flor*
da at Brest.
■ =T. .
Skirmish at Bcalton.
GottDONSviLLB, Oct, 28th.—The skir-
mish at Boalton on Monday Was be
tween Johnson’s division and a large,
body of the onomy’s cavalryf The
fight commenced oarly in the morning
and lastedover four hours. Tho enemy
fought dismounted. We drove him
back ovor tbreo miles. Captain Sea u
bord, Hungarian, Aid-dc-Camp to Gen.
Frenoh, wm captured at Boalton and
sent through to-day by Gen. Lee, to be
unconditionally returned home.
The Yanks are reportod concentrating
at Warrington Junction,
. o
The New York Herald,has dis
covered an “astonishing revolution in
ordinance." It says that upon a trial
recently of the new Ferris gun, a range
of nine miles. was obtained. If the
yankees get to shootingballs nine miles,
they will have to send a man along with
tbe ball to show it where to hit..
We find the foiloivihg contrast in
tho Cincinnati Enquirer. It speaks a
volume:
In his correspondence with the at
home, Lord Lyons, the Dritish Minis*
ter at Washington, say* that Mr. Sew
ard, then as now, our Secretary of State
said to him:
"My Lord, I cah touch that bell oh
my right hand and order the arrest of
a citizen in Ohio; I caq touch the bell
again and order tho impressment of a
citizen in New York;' and no power on
earth but that ofthe President can re
lease him Can the Queen of England
in her dominions do as much?"
Lord Chatham, of England, saidt
“The poorest man in his cottage may
bid defiance to all the forces of the
Crown. It may be frail; its roof may
shake; the wind may ' blow through it;
tbe storm may enter; tbe rain may on*
tor; but tho King of England -cannot
enter it. All hi* power does not erose
the threshold of that ruined tenement.'