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SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. JFntkera (Mtietatg J. mmJtLY 9MtTM, Ca-BeUt+r. ATLANTA. OBOBQIA i SUNDAY, MAY 2«, 1861. Kentucky We had do time nor epeee to make any re marks on the position of Kentucky, which our readers hare all learned from Governor Ma goffin’# froolamaiion, wkieh we published yee- terday. We look upon it ae most favorable, and as insuring her early secession. The po sitien of a Neutral canned be tnaintkined, if war oonlinuee. The 8tate Authorities have warned the troops of the world to keep off her noil. If the North shall attempt to make war on os, of oourte this warning will be disre garded, and then resistance and secession will follow etonoe. If the North stops in its mad oareer against us, Kentuoky will soon find it .to her interest, end altogether in accordsnce with her inclinations, to unite with us, and will do ffi. Of course, the warning to ua not to invade her soil is n ins re metier of form. We shell not set foot upon it unless she invitee us to do so. We shall not, in imitation of Lincoln's policy, try to foroe Kentucky to come with us, as he is trying to force the Border States to re main with him. Kentucky has resolved not to he coerced in to remaining in the Union, und assisting Lin* coin to subjugate us. She has cefiantly for bade the baooon despot putting bis foul feet on her soil—a thing he claims the right to do.— We look upon this as setting at defiance and repudiating all the authority which the Fed eral Government now claims over the State nnd people of Kentucky. It is, in feet, n virtual secession, and will no doubt be speedily fol lowed by an actual one, let things go as they may. The State has resolved not to allow her people to be subjugated, as is unhappily now the case with down-trodden Maryland. This Is a wisa determination, and the meinteinaoce of which necessarily involves a Union with the Southern Confederacy. Sixth Regiment Georgia Volunteers. This Regiment ia now enoamped at Walton's Spring, in our city. Their tents are neatly spread, and their arrangements all would do credit to the most experienced soldiers. At this writing, there ere only eight Companies on the ground, as follows t Baker Fire Eaters, from Baker county, Cept. A. H. Colquitt—86 men. Sidney Brown Riflemen, from Hancock coun ty, Capt. Wm. McJ. Arnold—68 men. Mitchell Independents, from Mitchell coun ty, Capt. E. II. Shackelford—69 men. Butler Vanguards, from Taylor county, Cap John T. Griffin—86 men. Crawford Grays, from Crawford county, Capt. W. C. Cleaveland—84 men. Beauregard Volunteers, from Houston coun ty, Capt. Charlss D. Anderson—81 men. Butts Volunteers, from Butte county, Capt. J. M. Newton—89 men. We are informed that this is ths first Company in Georgia that ten dered their services for the war. Look-Out Dragoons, from Dade county, Cept. J. G. Henna—56 men. Two more Companies are to arrive. The Regiment will elect a Colonel, Lieutenant Col onel end Mafor before leaving for tha war. The Sewell’s Point Affair. AH our readers know about the attack which the United States steamer Monticello, or Star, as sha is now oallcd, and also know how it re suited. The following ia the New York “Tribune’s' account of it, and one more evidence of the nnscrupuloua lying to which they resort to keep up the courage of their people: “On Saturday afternoon, the steamer Star disoovered a battery at Sewell's Point, mount ing two gone. Tha Star opened fire nnd soon silenced one gun. 8horliy after, the Thomas Freeborn, Capt. Cash, came on the ground, and bain| of lighter draught, at once upset the re maining gun. The same vessel, seeing a knot of Secessionists standing together near the dis mounted batterv, threw a shot into the group, the members of which scattered speedily. The engagement occupied three hoar* and more, at the end of whioh time the offensive work was thoroughly demolished.” To Corinth, Mlsalnalppl. Two tnoro Companies from Alabama, on their way to Corinth, Miss., pasted through yesterday morning. They were the Mountain Blues, from Jaokson County—Capt. Gunter —82 men; nod the famous Company of "Rac coon Roughs,”—Capt. J. B. Gordon, whioh ourcitisens well recollect. The following Companies arrived last even ing i Henry Grays, from Henry county, Capt A. C. Gordon—114 men. Loecbapoka Rifles, Cept John Kennedy- 108 men. % Hardee’s Tactics. We invite the ntlention of military men (and who in the Confederate States, oapable of bearing arms, is not at this time a military man ?) to the advertisement. In another col umn, of Messrs. Tompkins k Co., of Louis ville, Kentucky. *. flmlth. Having just returned from New York, takes pleasure to the assurance he hee received from the New York Companies he represents, that their losses will he promptly paid ae hereto- fore. Repudiation (of an honeet loss) never hee, nor never will enter their sows sets. He also represents els tret cites Southern Com pa nlee which he can assure tb#fmbllo arsinev ery respect reliable and prompt ic adjusting and paying their losses—no better in the ooun- try. Should any wish to change their risks into Southern Companies, can do se by salting at his office, eorasr of Whitehall and Alaba ma streets, where every thine in tbs way of Inesrancs is dons on ths square. Jon* Bull well Flbaibd—The Liverpool papers congratulate the mercantile interests of that city npen ths prospects ef a groat la- ersase sf their "steam trade" la ceaseqssnos ef the difficulties Is America. They state that Unts of steamer# to res direst between Lirsrgoel and •sntltsw perm are sbesi ■pcl.1 t'»rr.p.MiM. of th. to.th.rn Conti FROM pBNaACOl.A. A C r «*W TraaHing CWjantote-IpS CtOmneCt KUHnUe-Tht ffcopa- »»*•( flfpett**—/•tWtl Work In OOmr IMu—blcut to Km a Ohuil Ate —Th* War Cloud up Maw—Two InchseqfCsn- die—Pensacola /tame - Cannon» “Plaiited"—The Health of the Georgia Regiment at Warrington —Dirk Haync*’ Recovery Ifopcit for. Pisnacola, Florida, Mey 23, 1861. Dear Confederacy: I premised to ^fiy yon fiom Montgomery, but I made no stop longer then to change frees owe train to another at that place; so I wee not able to fulfill my promise. I am sorry I promised you I would drop you i line at ell. Not that I have any objection to writing, but because I find so much to attract my attention end keep me employed otherwise, I am afraid I cannot interest your readers as I would like. I left Atlanta on the night of the 19th, in oompaay with our friend 0. G. K. He ie the most “whole souled fellow” I ever traveled with, and, if not closely watched, he will get in ahead of you and foot nil the bills in spite of you. [We trust our friend “ Pickens” will devise some plan by which we can have “0. G. K ” for a companion the next time we have to take journey.—Eds. CoarsosnAcr.] I cannot tell you anything of the crops along the line of the Atlanta A West Point Railroad. We passed over the whole of that road in the night. As soon as we left Atlanta, I appropri ated, to my exclusive use, a comfortable bunk that Tim O’Connor, the Baggage Master, with true Irish kindness, prepared lor me in one corner of the baggage car, and successfully courted “Tired natures’ sweet restorer, balmy sleep.” When I awoke, I found that we werejusten- tering West Point, end that the “king of day” had for a full hour been shedding on all nature his animating light. Being now fully refresh ed, I gave particular attention to every passing scene along the line of the railroad until night again set in. I never, in my life, saw crops look more encouraging. Most of the fields within view of the road are planted in grain, and where, for years past, we have seen cotton growing, is now covered with corn and wheat. The fields of wheat, in many instances, have already assumed the golden hue; indeed, I noticed that in one field the reapers had al ready entered. I hear no complaint of rust.— Ths corn that I noticed all along the route is beyond description. I never expect to see finer. In many fields it is now waist high, and looks black and vigorous. It reminded me of those dark thunder clouds which sometimes so sud denly rise of a summer’s evening, and which I used to welcome so much when I was at work in the field with the negroes. I know that your G. W. A. has also welcomed them often ; not because of the good they were goiDg to do the crops, though, but because we wanted an excuse to quit work 1 [G. W. A. acknowledges the hoe impeachment; but now our people have laid aside “de shubel and de hoe,” and taken up the musket and the sword. The dark cloud that has now arisen is a “ war cloud.” It does not promise as much ease and respite from work, as the thunder eloud used to.—Eds. Con- vcderacy ] The cotton that is up also looks fair, and in most of the fields where it is plan ted I notice that it is being cross planted witl corn. Our Georgia farmers should follow the example; and, if they caooot plow it up like Capt. Jasper 8. Smith, of Cobb county, let them mix corn with it. We arrived here at 12 o’clock on the night of the 21st, having been just twenty-four hours in coming through. I commenced a letter to you immediately upon our arrival here, but the hotel-keeper only gave me two inches of can dle, and I had just fairly commenced when it gave out and left the room, (not the world as Cowper has it,) “To darkness and to me.”— From neoessity I again de r erred writing. This is an old looking town—of about 3,000 inhabitants, I suppose. It is perfectly level, as is the country for miles around. Its streets are narrow, hut straight and regularly laid off. On almost every street corner a cannon is planted, abont half length in the ground, with mouth down. They represent and stand in the place of those granite posts which mark our strsst corners in Atlanta. I thought, when I first saw them, that they might now be appropria ted to a better use; but they are very old, and I learn were in use when we were contending ilh the British In 1812. I have just returned from Warrington and the Navy Yard. I staid with the Georgia Reg iment last night. Most all the hoys from At lanta are well; none of them really sick enough to take any notice of, with the exception of Richard O. Haynes. I have strong hopes that he will recover. He is not so sick as I expect- ed to find him, however. The hoys have given him every attention at the Camp, hut to-day Dr. Weetmoreland thought it best to remove him to the Hospital. I will return to the Navy Yard to-morrow— that ie, if I can get a permit again. If I write you again, I will try to he more interesting. I will be more particular to give you n history of camp life, and how it agrees with the At lanta Volunteers. If I deem it prudent I may also give you some of the points ns they now exist around and in sight of PICKENS. Aixbit or a Bbaxbr cr Dispatches. —The New York Eipreee of Thursday evening saye : Mr. Guitavue Holland, a passenger on board the steamship Arago, whioh arrived here on Tuesday, was arrested by the Federal author ities on Wednesday, at hie hotel, on n obsrgs of being the Usurer of deapatehea to the South ern Confederacy. The papers of Mr. Holland were examined, and resulted in hie release.—* The reasons for this are two fold : first, that there was nothiog found tending to implicate Mr. Holland personally : second, that the des patches were of a semi-official ebaraoter only, and wars so discouraging to ths Montgomery Government, that tkeir receipt waa not likoly t# afford rnoeh “aid er comfort to the enemy/' Wonrar nr Hanenn.—Hen. Ida nnd Burke, of Concord, If. H., at n meeting recently Sail ed In tknt city, for tke purpose ef raising funds for n Volunteer oompaay, aaid: "This sir is n wav against our own brotk- ers. There is ns glory to bo von U seek wsr. Thom worn both glory nnd bnnor to bn won In n wnv again* a foreign enemy ? bn) net in bnninnss of bnieborlng our own > war avail ■ (•arable [Written expressly for the U fieuthern Confederacy."] i LETTER FROM /.itTLA. The Degenerate race of Daughter $ ef the present dag—The active Industry ef our Grandmothers Labor by Women now considered “weyeit- teer—An Hr ample sf Domestic habits in High Life »» days gone by -How to cure Gos sipping Women —How it would affect the Doc tors—A Young Lady in early times carrying her gun to the “Wash place”—The “Hanks” that Ladies could Spin, and yards that they could Weave tft other days—Their Wedding Trousseau—The * claims” and the 'fascina tions” of our Grandmothers—A Law which was anciently in force at Farmersville that would be considered a little singular now. 0UB GRAND-MOTHERS. If one of our ancestresses could rise from her grave and walk about the streets of our cities to day, or seven visit our rustic habitations, what emotions of astonishment would she ex perience. And doubtless she would carry book to her spirit's compeers a sad account of their degenerate reoe of daughters who "toil not, neither do they spin.” We often hear ladies wonder why they are in physical stamina so inferior to those of an earlier age. Would they but take the trouble to search some rec ords of biography, they might fiod that one reason is, the want of that vigorous exercise and healthful interst in household affairs whioh our progenitors took. There is, in truth, as wide a difference between the two generations as respects systematic, active industry, in the influence it exerts, as between the rose blush ing in beauty on its parent stem, and tha same rose when wilting in the drawing room vase, between the single wild wood fiower and the artificials in the rim of s bonnet. Labor is almost ignored by many as -‘uugen- teel,” and considered as not far from degrading by some fair scions of a hardier stock. Al though so much of the virtue and well being of society depends upon the right management of its homes, such ladies, fettered by conven tional opinion, shrink from the task, and while they clothe themselves in purple and scarlet, neither look well to the ways of their house holds, or eat aught but the bread of idleness. What would the languishes of upper tendom say to the followiog record extracted from the journal of an English fine lady, who afterwards, as Queen of Edward IV., filled a royal throne? Here it is, given verbatim for what it purports t> be, au authentic entry: “Monday morning. Rose at four o'clock, and helped Catharine to milk the cows. Rachel, the dairy maid, hav ing scalded her hand in so bad a manner the night before, made a poultice, sad gave Robin a penny to get something from the Apothe cary. Six o’clock.—The buttock of beef too much spoiled, and beer a little stale; mean to talk to the cook about the first fault, and to mend the other myself by tapping a fresh bar rel immediately. Seven o’clock.—Went to walk with the lady, my mother, in the court yard ; fed twenty-five men and women; chid Roger severely for expressing some ill-will for attending us with some broken meat. Eight o’clock.—Went into the paddock behind the house with my maid, Dorothy, and caught Cheerup, the li:tie pony, injs If; rode a matter often miles without saddle or bridle. Ten o’clock.—Went to dinner.” The last entry for the day is, “Six o’clock.—Fed hogs and poul try.” We venture to say that the blood of such a stirring woman never stagnated in her veins from laziness, and that heartburn, nerv ousness, hysterics, never, in her case, alarmed “the lady, my mother.” If parents would bring up their children, no matter how wealthy they may be, in genuine, independent, well directed habits of activity, the world would be a changed sphere. No woman could be either gossip, tale bearer, or slanderer, for her energies would fiod other employment. It is only for idle bands and tonguei that Satan has work to do. The Doc tors might possibly rue the change, and ex claim, "Our occupation’s gone." We have some amusing anecdotes of life in the earlier settlement of this country. Tkus, for instance, we are told of a young lady going beyond the pickets one spring morning to wash some linen in the clear stream, carrying her bundle of clothes under one arm, her gun on the other, and being followed by one of her beaux with the entreaty to be permitted to stand guard over her while she did the wash ing. We are told that the young women then did not pride themselves on the finery they could purchase, but on the "number of hanki of thread they could spin, or yards they could weave a day.” Indeed, their wedding trous seau consisted of counterpanes sod bed quilts made by their own hands ; and they had need to be busy, lest they should fail in preparing it fully before the expected proposal precipitated ths marriage day. By the way, either our grandmothers .vere more fascinating, or their claims more considered in those days than now. Witness ths following article taken from the code of a village called Farmersville, made near a century ago: “If any single wo man, over fourteen years of age, shall come to reside in our village, nnd no one of this con- fsdsrsoy shall offer her hi* company within n fortnight thereafter, then, in such case, our hoard shall be called together, and some one shall he appointed to make her a visit, whose duty it shall bo to perform the same, or forfeit the approbation of the company, and pay a fine sufficiently large to buy the lady thus neg lected a new dress.” Well done for Farmers ville ! What would, the gentlemen of our “Confed eracy” do if such a law were revived in our village? There could not have been many “old maida” in our grandmothers’ days. ZIOLA. Our Texae Correspondence. The People a Unit* and for the War—Crop Prospects-—Advice to Persone Removing to Texas—Mistakes heretofore made, $c., $c. Chocksr, Houston oounty, I Texas, May 8, 1861. j To tbs Editors of the “Confederacy:* I send you a few Texts papers, thinkingyou would be glad to see them. [We roturn our thsuks for the papers, which cams safely to band.—Eds CosskskiiacT.J Lincoln will be much mistaken, if he thinks to get np a division among tie. There is n good deal aaid afijut Gen. Houston promising to aid Lincoln. No one here believes it bat those who wish he would do so, to get rid of biui. Texas will do her whole duty, and no mistake. Every man, woman and child ia for war. Our crops are fine—never saw batter. 1 hare sixty acres of corn now ready to receive Hit plowing It has some tassels and tilks. Oats headed out, and are fioe. I have planted about one hundred acres in cotton, and I have forty acres to a stand with four to tsven leaves.— Every one seema to be cheerful at the future prospects of our country and crops. Georgians have been much mistaken in lo cating in Texas. They go too high up the country—especially those from our section. (I ■till feel glad I was born iu the good old State ) They imagine this is too low and sickly, which ii a mistake. Although there are a good many Georgians in this county—touie you know.— Col. Stell, John Rivers and Judge Smith are just above me on the River—all large plant ers, and have beautiful farms. We have good land, good water, and plenty of timber and prairie lands. I will close, hoping I have not tired you.— With the kindest wishes, I remain yours very truly, B. F. C. P. 8. Don’t stop ray paper, I can’t well do without it. f sent two one dollar pieces in De cember last—hope you received it. No paper money in this country. B. F. C. Prom (lie New York Neut. COTTON AND TOBACCO. Abraham Lincoln, without the authority of Congress, has closed or attempted to close the ports of the slaveholding States against the export of Cottou, Rice, Tobacco and the other products of those States, and against the im portation thereinto of the products and man ufactures of other countries. Let us see bow important an act this blockade (to be approv ed, we presume, by somo ex post facto law at the coining session of Congress) is, and what it will effect, if effectual at all. Great Britain is the great Cotton Spinner aud Weaver of the wot Id. Five millions of her people in the British Isles, men, women and ohildieo, upon whose daily labor tnmy other millions are directly dependent, toil in her Cotton Factories, or are otherwise em ployed in the trade or manufacture of Cotton. The following is the total number of bales of raw Cotton, imported into England from the United Stales, and from all other parts of the world, for each of tho last seven years : From the l\ S. Fi om other sources. Total bates. 1W I,fir,7,9o2 5»4.69i 1,626,US6 lift 1,224 lotfi 1,168,295 1*51 1,4*1,717 1*58 1,$55,840 109 1,0*4841 1800 2.500,848 2,172 598 2 977,810 2,401,768 567.406 742,769 785,741 2,417,58b 2,422.786 2,829.110 8,866,5*6 Coax axd Swbbt Potatoes.—Hoe everybo dy that has land planted every hill of eorn that be hee room for? Ie corn planted among ell of Ibt (bin cene et the dietance of eix cr eight feet from bill to hill? When tho cane ie too thick cut out n foot or two width end plant corn ov ary eight feet. Some of our planters will raiao nearly a double crop of corn by ibis prooeee. What Will sugar bring while our porta are un- dor blockade ? The edict hae gaaa forth that tha blockade ie to be kept up until we are eiarvod into aubmiaeion. Give ell your epare ground to tweet potatoee, and pee para tho graved ae nans ae ponaihln. Thia is a matter off vaet important Surplaa worn wlN be mors saleable next fell than sugar or athe ees. If thla matter la a#i attended to $4#"* the aeaeea for |ln(h| will toon have paesed •♦ay. ’ The prescut consumption of raw Cotton in British Factories, as stated in a very able pa per on the subject iu the April number of the Westminister Review, probably amounts to 51.000 bales per week, of which about. 4:1,000 bales are American. Were prices to prove this present year as low as they were last summer, they might demand of the Southern Confederacy, and use in Britain, as much as 40.000 bales per week. The total crop of the South for the season of I860-60. reached 4,676,770 bales ; it has not been calculated, even should peace be preserved here, that it would rise above 4,100,000 this year. But Mr. Lincoln undertakes to say it shall amount to nothing. Is there any mao—oris any Black Republican- insane enough to suppose Great Britain will tolerate such a prohibition for a moment—that the most selfish, grasping, un scrupulous nation the world has seen siuce lbs fall of imperial Home, will allow so msny mil lions of her people to starve and rise in insur rection, her commerce and manufactures, the basis of her greatness, to be mined, one-third of her entire foreign trade to be wiped out, and her power revolutionized, to gratify all the Presidents of ell the republics in the world ? There can be only one answer to this. Ev„ ery man in his senses cau give that answer. A persistence in hlockading the Southern ports, so as to prevent the egress of Cotton, will in volve the Lincoln Administration in n war with Great Britain, just ns surely and as soon as the Colton crop is ready in September next. Great Britain will say to Mr. Lincoln, with exceeding blandoess, doubtless: "It is all very well, sir, to talk about rebellion and tha rights of belligerents—all very well, indeed, but it don’t answer our purposes. We must have Cotton. Open your ports, or els# we shell open them for you ! You ere not strong enough for us to be afraid of, now !'* But let us look, for a momeut, at a siugla other product of the slaTeholding States—To bacco. Upon Tobacco the Government of Great Britain levies e heavy duty—seventy two cents per pound. This impost, as we learn from a tabular statement prepared for this paper by a gentleman of entire reliability and correct information, and which we published a day or two since, brings in one-eighth of tha entire revenue of the British Government.— This impost, in fact, amounted in tha year I860 to thirty four or thirty-five millions of pounds sterling, levied exclusively upon To bacco raised iu what is now ths "Rebellious" Confederacy. In Francs tobsccoo is n Government mo nopoly, and Louis Nsplson derives from Amer ican tobacco a revenue rising $25,000,000 per annum—about one half of ell hie Government obtains from duties upon imports! Several tobaoce-ladsn ships from Virginia have already been captured and confiscated by Mr. Lioooln’e blockading squadron. Wa cannot bat tbiok this capture was deliberate ly purposed by the Southern authorities, ia order io open the ejpa of foreigners to the danger which threatens their commercial and political interests by means, of thia closing of the Southern ports. The news ef these cap ture# will show the tw# grant Allied rowers •f Weetern Eurspe, together with Spain (which not only now consumes elbioet ai much aaseswaaaawoc. oihar grate atoaaait; of thair enmmaraa, of •ssrotSSkKBSssx. by the WaehWm<m<*«» What will they say I deubt? winr ^ that great Power which goee to w^r always for profit, and the other great Power whioh "goee to war for an idea.” suffer the now weak. ImpedeQt, United Stales, ehopu of their Wealth end capacity to resist foreign aggres sion t# trifle with their .moat materiel later eels? Seriously, what particular reason exists why the great Powers of Europe should b« very polite and oomplaieant just now toward Mr. Lincolu’s government ? Much obliged ae they may be to him for having split his country in two, and reduced it from the rank of a first to • fifth Class power, (thereby relieving them from all apprehensions of Demooralio aggran disc went and Democratic example in the fam ily of nations,) they are not likely to openly thauk him mnoh for this. They aro the mere likely to proceed at once to take advantage of his weakness. The foreign policy of his Re publican party has been particularly vicious and offensive to them The Morrill tariff, en acted by that party, sbuta European manu factures out of the North. Tne blockade threaten! to keep them out of the South.— But worse theu this, it threatens to keep at heme in the South, and away from Europe, two articles whioh Victoria and Napoleon, (not to speak of Isabella and others,) eaanot and will not do without. VVe may rely upon it, they will have them, even ai tha ooat of a war with the United States Government. This it oertainly not among the improbabil ities if our Government persists in itsreeklees end tyrannical coarse. Our Union Defense Committee does well to appoint a sub-commit tee (composed of excellent gentlemen, but who nevertheless are not probably the best military engineers in the world) to examine into the harbor defenses of New York. A Truce Agreed upon in Missouri. The following is the truoe agreed upon by Geu. Price of the Missouri Slate Guards, and Gen. Harney, of the United States Army, for the preservation of the peace of Missouri.— The St. Louie Republican, a strong Union pa per, has great confidence in the " arrange ment,” while the Journal, a State’s Rights pa per, does not seem to regard it with so much lavor: A DECLARATION. Sr. Louts, May 21, 1861. The undersigned, officers of the United Stales Government, and of the Government of the State of Missourri, for the purpose of re removing misapprehensions and allaying public excitement, deem it proper to declare publicly,that they have, this day, had a per sonal interview in this city, in which it has been mutually understood,? without the •embUnoe of dissent on either part, that each of them has no other than a common object, equally interesting and important to every citizen of Missouri—that of restoring peace and good order to the People of tho State, in subordination to tha laws of the General and the State Governments It being thus understood, there seems no reason why every citizen should not confide in the proper oftioera of tha General and State Governments to restore quiet; and, as the best means of offering no counter influences, we mutually reoommend to nil persons to respect each other’s rights throughout the State, ma king no attempt to exercise unauthorized powers, as it ie the determiuation of the pro per authorities to suppress all unlawful pro ceedings, whioh oan only disturb the public peace. Gen. l’rioo having by commission full auth ority over the militia of the State of Missouri undertakes, with the eanction of the Governor of the State, already declared, to direct the wholelpower of the State officers to maintain order within the State among the people there of; and Gen. llarney publicly declares that this object being thus assured, he can have no occasion, as he has no wish, to make mili tary movements which might otherwise create excitements end jealousies which he most earn estly desires to avoid. We, tho undersigned, do, therefore mu tually enjoin upon the people of the State to attend to their civil business, of whatsoever sort it mey be; and it is hoped that tha un quiet elements, which bava threatened to dis turb the public peace, may soon subside, aud be remembered only to be deplored. WM. 8. HARNEY, nrig. Gen. Commanding. STERLING PRICE, Maj. Gan. Mo. 8. G. To the People of the State of Missouri: I take great pleasure in submitting to you the above paper, signed by General Price, commanding the forces of the State, and by myself, on the part of the Government of tho United State*. It will be seen, that tba uni ted foroee of both Governments era pledged to the maintenance of the peace of tho State, and the defense of the rights and properly of all persons, without distiction of parly. This pledge which both parties era author ixed and empowered to give, by tbe Govera- menta whioh they represent, will be, by both, most religiously aud sacredly kept; and, if necessary to put down evil disposed per sona, the military power ef both Govern ment a will be called out to enforoe the terms of the honorable and amicabla agreement whioh hae been made. I therefore, aek of all persone in this Stale, to observe good order, and give them (he assurance of protection and security io the most ample manner. WM. 8. HARNEY, Brig. Gen. Commanding. Tba St. Louis "Republican” eayt: "As one Immediate effect of the arrangement be tween Geu. llarney and Qen. Price, we hear that tbe tbe prisoners taken by the United States troopa at Poloti, and sine# confined ai the Arsenal, will be disohargsd." Tho Western Corn Again. A gentlemen of this oounty brought us this morning a atalk of ooro not a foot high, whieb had shot out a big tassel, and was evidently worthless. He said he had a large field of just such corn, and bad laarned on tha ears that thousands of sores in Southwestern Geor gia in no better condition—all of which had been planted with the Western tack cornu lie asked us to urfe upon all who have oomitted this mistake In planting Western corn, to plough up at once and replant with native need. Other planters here tell ue that this trick of Western eorn is se well known among plautere that it is impossible that many can have used tbe sack corn for teed. Wo are puzzled a Utile on this subject. ~ After bearing these accounts, some few days ago, we went home determined to have our own little coro-peich replanted, but found It two feet high had showing no signs ef tfttaer succor or tneeel. Momover, tke gardener told ua he planted saok corn last year, and although it succored badly at Aral, It produced eves ia that uofavorable eeaaoa fifteen I# twenty b#fh- shets to tbo nor#—nil of wbiota wo era eeefi- dent upon recollection, to tae true, now (about six acres upon poor sandy looks ae well as oorn eaa, and yet it wi u. .ill HI. pr»di c. UT gnu. aad all farm ia ikat oaaditiao Mi b. ^qili I* to to-*.— Mum 4MTMM.I. r yihhwto Inii-ii w«i—i, —• rr.lni.iLf TO THE PEOPLE OF THE L, xm.iSFZSsi 4»no« .poo Cod, f„l Hhb.,1. by pari l ui difficulty, it to. bumble thaaMalraa under tke d„ Write 1'roiid.nce, lo r»»0|»itoL Oorarnm.nl, to ockoorlrl,, Hi, tlmto pul, and oupplicote Hi, , taction for the future. The manifest proofs of the Divi hitherto exieoded to the efforts ef of tho Confederal* States of AtaertaH tato and perpetuate public libertt J rights and National Independent their devout and heartfelt graiii*? 1 comes.to give them public i this gratitude, and of their d. tbe Judge of all tha Barth, aaiu continuance of His favor. Koouii butajuetaod righteous cause tu Divine fever, we would iinpUr* i Hosts to guide and direct oor f path* of right, duty, justice aw , unite our bearia and our efforts feeij of our dearest rights; to weak uses ; crown our arms viike enable us lo secure a speedy, ji able pesos. To these ends, end in coefoi request of Congress, I invite tke a Confederate States to tbe observai of fasting and prayer, by such l. vices as mey be suitable for the w I recommend Thursday, the 13tf \ next, for (hat purpose; and tl on that day, with one accord, J„_ „ and reverential approach lo Utnl hands we ere, invoking Him t* ta with n proper spirit aud temper ofi mind (o beer our evils, to bless as a vor nnd protection, end to benov 1 benediction upon our Governmeat i try. (Signed ) JEFFERSON | By the President: K. Toombs, Secretary of State. Foreign Ministers at Wi It is stated in the New \ Washington correapondec* that coin hae notified the foreign dipli that if any Eurpean power aball Commissioner or Minister from Ike ate States, ell intercourse with will be broken off, end the Mioii ting it at Washington dismissed! Wa understand from a gentlci eently left Washington, that nothing I can do will bo more gratifying te ministers. Every man of them disgusted with tne association th compelled to endure. They have accustomed to associating with men, that the release from tbe low, dirty blackguards who now I House aud Cabiuel Departments, ed with the most ecstatio very readily appreciate the paiafei i now ocoupied by the foreign dipl —Petersburg Express. The Attack on Sewell’s Point Tba following letter is taken froafl ing Chronicle of last Sunday, s licnn paper published in Wash! olaiming to be tbe especial It is represented to be a privets perfectly reliable: "U. 8. Fbiuate Mii»i " Hampton Roads, May 17,1 "We arrived herefrom Boston and commenced oor assaults oa ikes We have seized about $300,000 wortkI and tobacco. 1 went ashore at ikef terday to see some of the Maeaacl unleer militia. There are aboot there,^including the Vermont Rej arrived a day or two eioce. The, for a fight and down on the coon cause he wont allow tbem lo» * Hampton, where there is s sli feeling. Th# Harriet Lane is ahead of us. She leaves to day too. Ths Star, lets Monticello, Is miles above ue, off James river, houtss earns ia yesterday, sad tain paid his respects to tbs flag went to aen; destination to os jW"Ws are anticipating an part of the enemy to fortify Sot about three miles above oar set they do, we aball attnek tbem, they 1 Elizabeth River too well fortified us to attempt passage up, without taoked in tbe rear; asd (bore is enough at ths Fort to warrant '.hat ICE-CREAM 8/ T HE subscriber ban fitted v in eonaeotioa with hil ( Whitehall street, where Lsdieessdfi may procure a firat-rate arttatae* ■* any heur during tbe day or# of patronage ie solicited. May 24. f eveniag, F. M. JACK, i OLD DOMINION 81 RICHMOND, VIRtHRI*- . I K coDicqu.nc. of tho lecf—ioa * , wa ahaU haraaftar offar oar PJ* eular,” “Croaa cat," “MuloJ, , te., at faraitn pricca. McKACGHTiOBKiW^ •pr J,-Sm. SILVEY fi DOUG K0BCB088’ BOILDltt J unction 'Whitehall to 3 Street a, jLtl—Utlt, OrOC H AVE jolt receded, and artit tha largaat alack af Good. Ik— atT.rad In onn seuoo. Their' .w* axaluatTol/ fat Ctoh, and will — r ^Thnp haw atttj wriatp of DRY GOODS* from Brown Home.pua. la 1 Sitka; all kind, of froth h GOODS, a largo aaaortmaal ai ■TAFIjS including Linen., Lawoi. Gingham., he.: all kind. « FARCY ARTICLES. Aloo,ol«f" ad JBWMLBY, WA’ la thair Baa.moot Boarti, gaol and full aappl/ of Rsady-Mad* .. .. and GEKTLIMKK-8 TV*™* TBUKKS, UMBRELLAS,**. V Uad) „, rW rartk to SHOES. BOOT aaihraciag an Mato, aid ai ffcweajnr “SK—2f-rS’J and examine their tioeh s#d r