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About Weekly chronicle & sentinel. (Augusta, Ga.) 183?-1864 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 30, 1862)
| | ~ in N. S. MOUSE ■) iuouick # Sknlinel. Q TERMS. tHE WEEKLY i ll!.' IftICLU A; SENTINIii. Pnl»V-hed Kvfry TIIESOIV, AT 111 Hi. ‘ UOIiSiABH vm ANN Off . i. 4 Yft l« AUVAMK. !{*•<' iai U «ijhly t.lvi>rtlmtiuuii> "i’’ 1 VU-. er!n ■ ... ,1! i, published ontc a . -it,in Daily, or Weekly, ttven and a halt tiUt r line, for each inScilion. ,Incut None**, Ua ‘-ml* per line for the iiiel rtton, and ttfU can't per lino for oacti sitbse i)i»'Uf>i> AiiviuiitiiiMi, in. ijsnG per lino r, .cti insertion * i nukuom, Di*znx aud Fonshiu. Not: t», Hfly ■ «hi.li. JumiAaiss, ton emit pet »;ue. : t'ii- uuaOHii'ms 'fk ssfrr.ai'L S tin of IlinrKla, ay j . H. nawiTT. ,„l • <1,..,r ( .-a, win'll fought ill, manyh pi am, i raj.fl ill,, ffi rc-ht, and fields worn . strewn with slain; j, y a Ih»i.l heron the war bard's haip Malory'a p-g-s name you, and poets sing ■ aviuii'ainH ol Virginia have heard your bat tle Cry; ' i i.lomly j.i uiia of Hbiloh tiuvo aeon yoar ilasli . old Nonli Ht.iie Kentucky, the proud i’ul rtilfto. toft, Aml I'ciUH-rse.., liavu witnessed your valor staunch . and true. >\ livro'cr the drum wan snuudsd,.where Victory's trumpet yell’d, ■ :'.,r win . dm ttu» louder!, there your wild war song bwfil'd. . nil what Iki.-Ib lie bidden beneath Hie die taut mound, here . «t mug's deem ar« falling, and weird bo ms Hit round. - . marble t-iln who ul» 'p>.>>i within the loueiy s.> hiet«r tin-.. plants lloiveri!, no tears the rank grass lave, tut on each mount! ih written in churneteis ot blood, II i,i ultimo lite stream (lowed for bis country's good.” v ! Ut.iioi to tlio unit lot who struck the,stunning 'lnti clt» 7o il o dinfpol’a helmet, and laid Ins but: ner In* I 111 honor to H" c, Georgia ! thy men, unit Indies 1,1 [,.1-roi history .liin.itti - thcli naui and it.u wi ,l tllg'.'a. I, ,* nml It, kolii Ilona <>l «ImMU-iici «I \n- M'lUkli, Mrnelud 1 Hir'd, t|i|ir»tinl liy tlio Governor. I,if o,i■ ij is tli i hitfcueo of the niul . olnl . a„f the l:isl (i ory.is l.o|{irt!:i , -m : i,;. To change Ih*lima ot holding tho .Supirio' noI Infer.or Gnvvjnn Houston county ; ..n Ito :li:ui,f«i lilt! tnut- ol holding tint Superior ('oui lii in liilmer uml F’aunin. H i . Khi the support ol lud'gcnl widows suit ur ■di.imi ol soldiers who t'livn died or have been Hill 'll 111 the servic i of this State, or ol 1t,.-Con H, to rate Slates and lor oilier purposes. ■ J To I, vy mill collfft a tut for tho political Hear IHtid. H To prevent lt,e spread ot small pox m Ihe H ,1. J o authoi un 111 (toVBi uei to im. reuse tho Hahn ,«s ,nd il.n!y or i,ninthly wages ot the sevei ul H 'Jirers end employe's on tilo Sluto Road. H 7 a for the relief ol .losepli Slate, i t Gilmer I- uiily. I K\ir ilte lelmt ol 11. .I Nichols, executor of 111 u. OipniUii'l, decoassd. I , t To incorporate an Insurance Company in I Tti nulls legal uud valid the sales made by |o ci ids mui then Deputies in cerium fuses there- I meniiiicd ■ ,0. iC’unpi n- do Clerk r and Slmritls in (ho ■m On (or services therein mentioned. H ~ For the relist ol John B Anderson, Sheriil H ■ , ■ To eceure llio tux upon certain at tides ot liundne in this shale. For the udief ol Jesse Kitts, John Hull and VI. lluroside nt l.uinpkiu co. ■ : O. 1,1 ihe icltel ol /.. M. Winkler rd ChaH,am ■ Hhi T , nuiemi an net to mciu p : ute the Sevan (in* Inglil t’oinpunv, and Aiyii'ln line ■vht Cirtipsn > . upi i' v-d Ih eeuihi r l Ih, l- is ■ t o'ietlt , tiii it iclh between the Code ol ■ ml 11,,' 1.. «islaturo of this <i. in ml \-i H:iii,ii | sS. To chsuge the tiuieot holding the elect ous In members ot Congress. I >t To inert ue Jailors’ foes in ihis State I sS ii enforce the pay meat of tuxes due by free Irrsnna cl Color. ■mi To exempt from protessiunal tax nM Physi luus and Lawyers and ull other persons l übl to lav apr \: r.oiul tax, now enlisted as privates I ■late . i He ii . m dm oi • their continuance in eer I ■ .o.', 1,. 1 > rent I il and support o' all ind.g, nt uen cnuibataulaot theStatein certain cases. ■sc 1 o au.e.ul aii not to incorporate tho Cotton Bauttrs Ha m i Georgia and to confer certain Bam . i lp . -g«>a upon sai l corporation. Ms 9. To. piovnio lor raising a revenue lor the Hi!, oul year Imk', and to appropriate money tor He support ol tho Uoidrnmeut during said year, H i to make , rliiiu special appropriations, and ■ niti or purposes. H To mojjdior.iti t'uc Cobb county Halt Mi .iuu Bmp&tii. 4- H‘l To ext, ml and continue an act to ir.C >r peruls H Soui.i (!. orpia an 1 F.oridn Railroad company. H Ko. the nlicf ot Jaaies and Lucinda Jordan H for tlie relief ot th estate ol Col. F id. Hi tow, lato of Chatliaiu county. I ; To all ■« the To a Receiver and Collector of H-Iy coutiiy until the 'Joth of Kehruary, Isos, to H.x dual »ri< lenient a .lh the Statu Treasurer. ■ To legulix ■ t.e procec lings ol’Tho Ordinary ■Oglethorpe county. H H,:», ami provide , penally sot the viohmou 1. <vb. ■ , • i t ..u:.n lieasurt-r in Kifuit county K'i 1 1 . i, iu . .I,,;ni Bel.ini-. -r, : .tiii■.. ■tor of W. 8. Dobo.-, dcee-sed To sppr r, 0o m >o«y iNt the support of lotmUlf'Asvurn; lor lYs your 1863, ami ! .r in,- i>»«r ■Cv To chiui. .• 'i -i .. between 1.-mnpkiu .. •! BtiU counties iin C.,sUt? Rock Coal Com a. o i . :. i Mho acts of which it -lon. ■ .1 1,. ..I provide lor the u ■ to - • t.p;-uialm*uto! a Com ton. i Junes. attix Lis salary, H r : v increasing the ■ vpnop l istion, und lot uU.er purposes, Hh Jannurj IJth, 186.2. mtOLOTIOKS. f*. r to the soldier-; the military substitutes Bi slaves when impressed essuisnl |B. ' iv >u»l tie inti derate Govei uu.ent t • . -o . erti.a ,WH ty o! powder whieh Geor a has leaned lo ME) Uovarnmeul HH Tor ,ov«»t!e»l..ip the frauds suggested by report »l the Cc.ini.itee on the l’enitentiary ■nl the *ufc:--ct of 'lf ' orcl. is? ot u lot ot shoes A. H Bell. Authunzuif hi i.overuor to t»i; „utiao H'iiiects ct M I"-: to - uvdir.g Rauroed bridges. ?- Requeuing the Sirretury of War t 0 inves :ste the eoadret *imirieru.aslers 1 'finim*:. ti So’aeons, m ■ . .g J warp UKI , and -IteuV o! Hie <>. • eminent, ami lo cut their aijusi-s. au.l a,e si - ■ atiou oi-G r*«. nit: -era br partnership jr otherwise ■ ■ to the planting of Cotton. HH 4 tor forwarding the trtoiU oi tile Colton action of t&e State Vsroao Acts.— The Governor. says the MHidgt title Confederate Colon, bus vetoed the following bills for the reasons given in bis Veto Messages accompanying each, of which the followir, ± the substanoe: 1. A bill to incorporate tbe Confederate Kxprecs Company, for tbe reason that it does not, tabia opinion, contain a sufficient personal liability clause to bind the stockholders for tbe payment of all debts and liabilities of the Comoaay, iu csbo of insolvency ; and for tbe reason that it gives tbe directors the right to locate the principal cities without tbe iimits of Goo gia, which authority, be bolds, Georgia has uo more right to confer than she has to incorporate a bank to ba located in Richmond or Condon. 2. A bill to incorporate tbe Effingham and Sen- Tea Halt Mining Company, for tbe reason thut tbe charter in to run fourteen years, and there is no peraonallliability clause, whatever, iu lbs charier 3. A bill to cooler on the corporator* of the At lanta Insurance Company tbo banking privileges given to the Atlanta Bank, lor the reason Inal he does not deem it wise when there is so great n re dundancy ot paper currency, to increase the mini bar or ujachmos for the manufacture ot paper currency, unless there were something in tbe charter to put it upon a more se ure basis tiiau is usual in tuck cases, wtich Ibis bill does not do. 4. A Dill to reorganize 'lie Asylum lor tbe edu alien of tbe deaf and dumb The bill appropri ates JM.zOO (or tbe support ot tbe lußtitutiun, salaries ot officers, Ac , lor tbe year TbeOover noi thinks, that but lew mutes would be educated, und that tb9 officers would get tu .3t of tbe bcue lit of tbe appropriation. He thinks that so much moony ttfymld not be spout on the education of a few mutes when nine-tenths of tbe children of tbe State, who have all their senses and faculties for usefulness, are now depmed of tbe benefits of edu cation, and many of them hard run tor broad.— When tbe war is over, and the children of tbe Hiute can generally have some chance for educa tion, the Governor will advocate,tbe re organiza tion of this school for mutes. , 0. A cut of resolutionscxplaiumg the resolution authorizing tbe seizure of factories, tanneries aud manufactured articles tor tbe use of our troops, Ac. These last resolutions fix the price of manu factured articles at lb per cent, upon tbe price paid by persona Ironi whom tboy are taken, and 25 per cent, to luclorits upon the actual cost o! making the urticles. Those prices the Governor adopts under discretion into prices, given him iu tin.- first resolution, but be teluscs to sign the resolutions because tiiey restrict'.he seizures to the 20di of thin month. Ho thinks this would deleat the object had iu view in 'be passage of the first leaolunona und would by unjust us between min.n lecturers und merchants to se ze the goods o! uoc and limit liis prices, and leave the other to practice eitortion upon the State, at pleasure Salt Water.- -To fertilise a valueless article is to convert that, which is usel-sa iuto that which is iisefu!, and consequently valuable. A measure ol sob gallons of Beu water is considered valueless, while one of its constituents sella for tho enor mous sum of #25, when the incumbent Ir-sh wa ter is removed by an expensive pr,:c »a of separa tum. The Imsiiel of salt thus obtained is re-.dia si.lved in Ireaii wattr to he applied to the purpo sea of the kitchen. The transportation of salt wa ll.' to the interior of the State would probaly ex ceed the cost of evaporation, but the transporta tiou ol i. It water from our adjacent rivers to our kitchens would, comparatively, cost nothing.— lienee it may he that tho expence of transporta lou c! s?a water has ueceamatsd the manufacture ol salt, while ha 1 there been saliues in every Id cultly tho water of the Btdine would have been usid ler culinary purposes, and a salt manufacto ry might .tever have existed, except for tho pre uervation of tish and flesh Habit has taught us the convenient use ot tt sack of; salt as now ein pl.iyad, but the present scurc'.ly may teach ns how to substitute the natural water o- the sea for the crystals produced by art If suit dissolved in Iresb water be necessary for culinary purposes, wby may not tho salt wuter, as we tfnil it on our e.'i.st to ho used to accomplish the same purpose Ittn.iy be remembered that two quarts of salt watei contain one ounce of salt crystals; hence if tl, cook will think, and learn what one ounce of sdl w i t measure, judging by the eye, she can place in tho pot bull a gallou of salt water for o- >-ry ounce of salt required. i.x| criments leceutly maile to test the substitu li ,n ~| salt wafer fur iult, make itcerlaiu that seu watoi is toe suit for a lengthy boil, for the longer we boil the it sailer it becomes. 1 have diluted if with fresh water to the amount of one half; thils tijual 111 ,-cur«ii„l Halt and Iresb water exactly suit my ladle. I can perceive no dilfereuca in the bind lie i i.casoned with the ustutl measurn ot sail, i r be it boiled iu any equal mixture of fresb uml salt uter. In sooking rice, where one-half of Ih'W,. upouied id) lot the soaking process, pure rail water euu be used, but for cooking hom iny, while no such soaking is required, equal mixtures are preferable, to making soups from bind ..ini vegetables, or m the boiliug of vegetu Id a alone, the mixtuie isttlsopreferred In rousts the in- ;d in washed in pure salt water, and placed wet on the spit. The evaporation of the water ot the meat, us well us the water of tho salt, leaves the joint suttioieutly suited, white the sauce is flavored by a littie salt water added to the saucepan. The boiled beef of the soup was par fait, uud I infer that u leg of mutton will not be spoiled h, being boiled in an equal mixture of li esli uud suit water. Not being a bou vieant, nor a practical cook, my receipts may not suit all tastes; but every one who chooses to repeal tuy expeameut *ho has access to salt wuter and the cisleru, will tiud any degree ol saltuess can be given to food by a jupicioua mixture of the two w xtere (iir. CharUtton Oouritr. i tis Mountainkkbs or Viuuisia.—ln an appeal to tbs people, published by Colonel Imboden, cotn mandiiig the Confederate iorces in the neighbour hood ol Staunton, this otlicerrelates some charao- U ncdi" anecdotes of the patriotism, hardihood uud simplicity of the mountaineers of Virginia. ‘•'Jo a certain occasion,” says Colonel Imboden, •1 r nit and uear sunset, bv a log cabin iu one of the wildest goorges on the l)ry fork of Cheat. An og,.t mother uud several daughters were the only members ot the family at home. The father baa been iu Camp Chase over a year on a charge of tuing . label, an only son is a soldier in ouo of my companies. I asked for corn to feed over bti i hors. s. The old lady s.yd they only had a lit tic, raised tiy hers? If uud daughters, but I wi s welcome to it it I needed it. 1 look half she hud am) p. ! her for it w hen she seemed to doubt,the property ot receiving ntouey from a Southern sol die 1 ., in she theur.ht it a duty to g.v* us what we v i t . Her son’s company was not along aud ah- did nut see htut. The eldest daughter said, ‘•Colonel, tell brother we are all well aud doiug nell. We expect our pupa wilt soou be released 1,. ~ t ump Cuase uud come home.- Tell him to t>. nUutcd in the army, and to write to us it he cuu. It we Imd kuownyou were coming we would have had his winter clothes ready to send to him, but we will have no other chance when you leave Tell him we have made euou»h corn to do us and hare plenty meat. We have caught live large hears tu a pen and salted them down tor whiter. The 1 takes sher If came with tire soldiers akmg to collect the taxes and wasted to take the mare, bat t had sold the bear skins for money enough to pay him, aud l hope it is the last time I will crer have tu psy Yankee taxes. 1 thought us 1 rode away into the wilderness that the stripping soldier, but seventeen years ot age, whose home 1 had but just left, would bereatter, in the eyes of a just and impartial posterity, have a prouder claim to honor than the son of auy heartless spec ulnloi, though he inherited millions of his father’s I ill gotton gams ” The Colonel refers in another place to an old mountaineer, sixty-five years of age, who has "killed more Yankees than any man in the com mand since the war began.” Ae hunts them as he does large game, and larely fails to‘ bring down “s man at 200 yards witli a long old r:de. lie ■'t two shots last week, and says at the second snot ‘the Yankee behaved mighty curious; he put his hand to his si o at the crack ot the guu aid laid down on the horse's net k, like bo was sick, and then tell ott.’ Such was the old man’s simple account oi the fate of one ot the evading sc undrels.” hUkiaori A.. 1 -j mrr Ist CnuoK* Salt NVonss Tbeaj works are j located on the Ashley River adjoining the Charles- j ton and Savannah Rail Road D.pot, are new turning out daily trout titteeu lo twenty bushels ; ot Salt, which in quality bids (all to fully equal any European or foreign article. The priuc pal operation ut these works are as follows: Two large tanks are used alternately, so that while the brine is being drawn from one, the other is tilled by weans of a force pump, with water, and time t’iveu it to settle. It u then turned into j 11, • boiler pans, nre in number, and boiled sio* - It. t\ nen the brute guts to about twenty three i degree.«, it is taken from the pans into a asperate | tank, where it remains about twelve Hours, our- j ing which ali extraneous or inpure sediments settle to the bottom The pure brine thus pro duced is again poured into the pans and boiled i over again, malting a very fine pure white article : of Salt. The Salt is taken out to baskets and i placed in drying btus built upou a ground due running through from the pans to the chimney. Here it remains till perfect ty dried, and frequen tly becomes hard as to require breaking np with a pick or crowbar. The Sait is then ready for shipment. Much credit has oeen swarded to these works by purchasers and consumers ot the .manner tu which the Salt is dried. The salt man.-.factured at the Chicura Sait Works hss the reputation of not dissolving or increasing in weight, and equal to Liverpool Salt tor curing me^t. —CharUkon Con > icr The Northern papers are beaming to think that they will get but little cotton in Arkansas, Louis mna, and Mississippi. They say the new crop will he small, and ih*e oi l crop will be destroyed, j * heuever fhete is prospect of ns tailing into i their hands. We trust that this will be so lu Ittesd of cottuu, Ut them hud brave hearts, and •*<* bttileia swatting them wherever tbev go. AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 80, 1862. t-eltem from ttie Halite field. ! We have been permitted to copy the following j letters written by ai officer ot Major Gen. i Mohawk division. 1 be 10th Georgia has not yet been in the fight. ' Cot Bryan is well and unhurt. Camp niab.Fk(i>iricesbubu, Dec 14, 1802. | 1 esterday was our hardest fight. The enemy ! attacked Jackson’s corps ou cui tight. It was a most splendid eight, to see the enemy’s masses advancing across the plain, tire their kkirm-shere, then their line ol battie, then their Artilery, tfi -n their second line oi infantry uo-i behind their immense res tves, increasing by never endiog dark streams that continued to pour serosa the river in full view. Their batteries opened and tbe shells burst over the woods where our men lay concealed. Our batteries swept through their ranks, but ou they came never faltering, firing as they advanced, our men held the railroad, but ou the approach; of this terrible array, they r.-- tfi-ed and gave the enemy position. They seut up loud choirs and pressed forward. Their triumph was of short duration. A. i’. Hill's men came ironi the left and right and poured iu their volleys, driving back the enemy b.yond the Railroad. Again they tallied and'advanced, again and for the last time retired in disorder across the plain. Their ambulance corps came forward aud withdrew with their wounded to a deserted cabin half mile in the plain. Their reserves came forward but to join the retreating bodies, as they hurried aefoes the plain. Their columns moved still lower down the river und tbreo times *“,HayeU 'o advance against D. 11. liill; ’twas 100 far from mv stand point for any of the particu lara. But Jackson captured a good many prison - ers; our loss was not heavy. On A. P. Hills left 1 witnessed late fn the evening a charge of our men; 1 could not see what Brigade, they came across tbe held in splendid order upon the enemy. We thought at one time they would stand aud give our men an opportunity to test their skill at bayonet exercise, hut they retired, our men driving them to their artillery. The Yankee skirmishers in front of Hood’s position commenced falling back, next to a wooded ravine where our nieu were advancing, I saw their officer gallop around him and shoot him down. Thia stopped the panic. On out left ut the edge of the town are fine eminences, one is ca’led Marye’s Hill; upon thia was placed the Washington Artillery of New Orleans, at the base of the bill was Cobb und Kershaw's Brigade of McLaws’ Division, on their lett Ransom's Division. Here tbe enemy made their chief attack, they came lorty thousand strong, tbe artillery crashing through their ranks with most terrible effect. On they came, formed in the valley behind the lust eminence aud ad vanced; Cobb’s skirmishers retired to their posi tion. He ordered his men to remain concealed and hold their lire until he gave the command, when about 100 yards distant.] The shell from the Louisiana butteries slaying them by scores, their officers cheering aud amma ting their meu, Cobb’s men, the 18th Geo., 24tb Geo., and i’hillipa’ Legion opened their lire —again '.bey opened, and again. The dead lay before them, dotting the plain. Ransom's meu poured in their volleys on the lelt. Again for seven dif ferent times did they advance; their troops in continuous lines, from two different poiuts as far ns the eye could reach, euuie down the bills from tbe opposite side, and joined the fighting columns —not less than 40,001) meu tried their valor. Ker shaw, the Carolina game cock, advanced to Cobb’s support, und tiia men increased tbe slaughter. During the seyeh hours that this engagement last ed, the tire trout the batteries wfis incessant. Hide by side our two brigades stood, never a man fal tering. They exhausted their cartridge boxes, replenished und again replenished. At nightfall they made their last attempt to drive these bri gades away. They hud planted batteries in the utreots of Fredericksburg; their loug range guns on the oppOßite side Bent their whistlin'; missiles, but llio same deadly tire uwuited their advancing columns. They were repulsed at eeery point. Not a success to reward their valor and cheer tbeni for to-day's c.inflict. Hut whilst we did not have many, the dead from our ranks were the best of tbe South. Georgia must mourn through out her territory, lor bar best son, Tom. Cobh, was killed by uslie'l sbaUuriug his thigh In the prime of manhood, talented, cultivated experi enced, brave, a good soldier, unblemished moral character, of sincere piety, he benefited his people as much as any man within our hmiis by the wis dom ot bis counsel, and more by (ho pure example of practic tl religion. He died before the dwelling of his fathers. On earth a bright future awaited him. In Heaven is now his home. Cos). Cook, of Thil - lips’ Legion, was also killed ; and Capt. King, of Uou. McLuws’ stall', is missing, we suppose killed. In the brigade of Kershaw, that splendid soldier, Col. Nance, was wounded; -Lieut. Col. Rutherford, and Major Matiit, aud the three ranking Captains of the 3rd South Carolina, considered one ot the hudst regiments in the service those were all wounded. Major Uaillurd Was also wounded: Capt. Ifen ten, of Cobb's stall, also; and Lieut. Tucker, of Ueu. Mu Laws’ stall. These were the only killed and wounded among the ortioers 1 have heard of—our casualties were comparatively fe.v. Gens. Lee, Lougctreet and McLatvs, wtre all day at a battery overlooking the tight, and command ing a view of (ho plain, apparently undisturbed by the shells which whistled and burst around them. The loug range guu, 3u pound l’arrot, near which they were standing, burst, but strange to say did not even slightly wound a single per son. ’TU a. to. There bus been some can - nonading, but the engagement has not yet co ,i --menced loth Dec. 1862, a o’clock A. M. There was no eugageuieut yesterday except with skirmishers. The toss of this Division iu the engagement of the 13th was 531 killed and wounded. The 3d South Carolina lost iu wounded and killed 117. Col. Nance, Col. Rutherford, Maj. Matiit, Captains Gary, Todd, aud llauce were ail wounded. ’ Cap tains Summer aud Foster killed. Lt. Peister aitd Hill killed. Lts Pitta, Hunter, Buzzard, Swag gard aud Garliugton wounded Major Cuilhtrd, of the 2d South Carolina, was wounded. Jeueral iUuxey Gregg killed. We captured the aids of several Y ankee Ueuerals. Jackson’s corps cap tured Out) prisonets ; they broke through A. P. Util’s advauee line and were taken prisonets. Ueu. Hooker it is reported was killed, his corps was opposed to Jackson, Sumner’s was opposed to Me Laws' aud Anderson and Rausom.’s JLhv isi ins suf - tered severely ; none lought with more bravery ; they occupied the top ot the hill. The body of Capt. King of Gen. McLawa’ Division was found to day; tie had been sent to Utn. Cobb, aud buy iug lied his horse on top ot Murye’s Hill, ventured to desetud the bill iu front ot the enemy and not more than two hundred yuids Irom tho.r sharp shooters. He was shot with lour bulls, one in the right hand, one iu the uncle, one in the knee and oua entering hta left side and came out his right shoulder killing him instantly. He was a galluut officer, ot hue talents anti had distinguished him self on several occasions. Sunday was a most beautiful day ; the enemy appear lo- be preparing tor a grand attempt. Seigel’s corps has arrived aud were expected to cross during the uight. To-day is the last t ir day they will have. TUe prisoners state that Banks wes expected to make a demonstration upon Richmond. We are nil well. Ueu. McLaws is in hue health, depressed by the less oi Ueu. Cobb and so many others of his best officers, but sauguiue be can maintain his position. The Game Cock Kershaw has told his commaud that there is but one way for them to retreat, that is through the enemy’s lints ’l’is nuw cine o’clock und no engagement. Ln xrpool Cotton Famine—lnteresting Bta nsTici. —The Richmond Examiner has received a Liverpool circular of the cotton trade, dated the 19 th ultimo ; the siatemeuis and statistics of which ure interesting. The figures show a sad disappointment of the vision ot the capability of India In the way of supplies. The average supply actually received from India lor eight years trout 1552 to 1359, in elusive, was tour hundred aud twenty-five thou sand bal.-s per annum, in 1360 it increased to live hundred au.l sixty t«c> thousand eight hun - died and fifty-two bales, in 1301 to nine hundred undeighty-stveu thousand live hundred and thirty hales, aud this year, with all the iuduceiuents Oi higher prices, it :s very questionable if one hundred thousand hales more man last-year will arrive, whilst the high authority ot Mr. Laiug, us w ell us that ot commmevcial houses oi high stand ing iu India, is quoted lor believing that ills very doubllui iudeed if a greater supply of Cotton will be received front India in 139: than we sha 1 have leceived this year. The following statement is made o. the supply of Cotton in Europe, up to toe Ist of Jduj next: Bales. iu Liverpool ...14th November, 1ied....235,000 la London “ 50,000 lu ki&vre .... “ 54,000 Interest of the Con urut of Europe. 11,000 | Steel uow in Europe. 40u,000 ! At sea, for Europe trorn India it 5,000 ! To be further shipped from ditto, to ! arrive by Ist ot Mav . ... 25,0u0 j Braid, American, Egyptian Ac., to arrive by Ist of May ........800,000 —500,000 Total supply to Ist of May, 1353 * . .900,000 It every bale of Cotton uow in Europe and to arrive by the Ist ot May next were taken out of stock and converted’ into cloth, but little more than one third the usual production ol i Europe could be produced therefrom. ft is considered as a caretui conclusion from these statistics the supply of Cotton for years to ' come w. 1 be below the necessities of the world, 1 and hence a higer scale of prices than has been witnessed for many years mast, rule, until the j production of Cotton is again in excess of the demand, and as heretofore reduced the current ; prices to a lower standard, | ( aiutlilei lu ficorgla lttglnieuti nt it»e Iftttleef Fredericksburg. yoBTV-NIMH asomsNT. _ Killed G U Kallv, H Ward, Wm Welch, U Di xon, J McCook, VV S Fuller. Wounded—J Dixen, jaw, soverely ; D Doke, ia hack severely; K Swabs iu thigh; J McCook, iti arm, severe ; B Holder, head seveiely; Cupt J '1 Jordan, in ankle slightly; Johu Crtbb, in Loan severely ; Henry Horton, thigh slightly ; t ied Uorion, lace severely ; Jas N Hai ti.on, in head slightly ; Wm Osqorn, foot severely ; Lieut Nott Johnson, mortally ; Jas Ray, iu thigh andaukle ; N J Tax lor, in hand severely ; U H Mulligan, iu arm ; Wm King, iu baud ; L eut A 0 McCleaaon, ia thigh slightly , Heigeaol DKeed, in foot slight ly ; Jas haircloth, in bead slightly; John Anuiew, m hip slightly ; Geo Taylor, in leg severely; Wm York, side mortally ; Joe l.iuJcay, in loot severe ly ; J Walker, m arm severely ; N Clements, iu face slightly ; W Brauce, iu side slightly ; J Tuck er, breast severely ; Sergeant O 11 Aneley, iu shoulder severely ; Color-hearer Jordan, iu arm severely; J Auiguod, in arm severely ; A J Stew art; forehead slightly , W .1 Johnson, in abdomen severely; Kincheu Mtrrsey, kuee severely; R Rocket, tece slightly; Daniel New, in abdomen severely; K Wiggins, waist slightly; R Bunds, fare slightly ; J Bailey, side slightly ; SeahUai ri sdn and Wm Tenuibe had their hats—and H.eve Jordan in tils canteen —perforated by Minie balls; Lieut 1) 8 Haynes, above the groin, severely ; Jus Baugb, in arm, s rerely; Win Carr, in hand, se verely ; T Dunn, in tho side, slightly ; KJ l’guods, in brt), slightly; Jaspel Allun, iu ly ; W 11 Horton, thigh, slightly ; K V Collins, thigh; R Boutwick, thigh ; I. Jobuston, in tbigb, sevciely ; Jas Williams, shoulder severely. TDIETY EIGHTH aEGIMEST. Wounded-O Thompson, arm amputated; J W Walker, in hand ; M A Bently, in hand ; A Laud ram, m band; W T Thorutou, in lace; J J Feutrel, in face ; M Patou, in baud ; W A Bates, iu right arm ; J B AHuiund, elbow aud shoulder; fciergt W M Meadows, in cbiu ; U D Lord, iu head ; U Kirk laud, in head; B F Brown, shoulder Iractured; Hrrgt J W Kavousou, shoulder ; W B Hildebrand, elbow; Ul< May, finger, amputated; J W Hall, elbow iractured ; J W Nash, ankle; W Simms, thigh, severely; J 1 W King, leg, severely; L W R Utnry, ankle joint; R W Wiggins, forehead; Oorpl W L Owens, thigh, severely ; .1 O Wiggins, arm iractured ; J A Smith, back aud neck ; A Bond, arm ; J 0 Thornton; head ; J 11 Jones, axilla; T K PetermaD, finger ; J G Williamson; abdomen, slightly ; J W Johnes, arm ; D Cooper, arm ; U A Wayne, arm ;J 0 Warmack, axilla ; I A Moore, hand ; J B Peterman, ear; J N Smith, Iracture ol forearm ; R F Idson, hand; W 0 Cross, foot; J C Langford, arm ; T King, knee joint ;T N Perdy, forehead ; SergtVV L McDonald, thigh; SMcGehee, (ace and mouth ; N Harris, shoulder; 8 H Payne, shoulder; J 0 Harris, wrist; R M Himpsou, left arm; M G Ramsey, right hip; W T 1 Martin, right thigh , W 1- Lanier, right forearm ; J 1< Roberts, right kute; W Oglesby, side and urm ; 8 8 Uiuu, forehead ; l.t Johu Oglesby, shoulder; Capt liber hart, shoulder; W A Booth, ankle; J W Booth, band; J Dill, baud, L B Childers, arm, amputated: M Pool, hand ; Sergt C 8 Vartium, ear ; tiergt 11 A Grimaley, torearm; J R Flanders, nose; J K Campbell, loft arm; J Moxley, thigh, severely; J Orl, kuee ; J C Brown, bead aud luce. SIXTIETH RKOIMKNT. Wounded—T Day, mortally ; ,1 Day, mortally; S &1 Halt, right arm broke; W S Hall, shoulder; (.1 W Hall, band; J A Heruden, shoulder; J K Wardlaw, stomach, J Lauiberth, leg and side ; W R Pay no, foot; Ull Kllis, foot; M C Harris, leg broken; VV U Keowu, face; J Arnold, hand ; J Kuttey, side; Lt McGhee, back; N II Neal, thigh; J M Smith, leg; T G Jones, head ; 0 H Green, log; P B Bowles, thigh; A Brewer, back; Corpl Langford, shoulder; L Henson, arm and shoulder, W F Cain, thigh; J M King, leg; J L Smith, arm ; Higgins, arm; Nelson, b,g; Sergt Raistey, thigh; H Stoney, arm uud breast; J Castleberry, Lund uud thigh; J Powell, head; J Watson, loot; .1 Pitts, arm: Sergt Brown, arm; .1 A Newell, shoul der; .1 A Baker, foot; S McDonnell, knee; J J Childers, foot; T P Young, neck; Captain Farris, groin; Sergt Inman, hand; CorpJ Hill, abdomou; Corpl Hawkins, band; P Jones, left arm broken ; I, W Dnnn, left hip; J Caldwell, band ; Captain How rtf, arm; Lt llagins, foot; C More?, hand; J Ship, hand: K A Patterson, shoulder; M Parris, h ijr, F M Landran, hip; Lieut l.atuer, left arm broken; Hergt Jones, severely, Corpl McDaniel, arm; FM Miicklov, neck ; Sergt Brandy, n«ck , .) W McGhees, s lie; It Bowlin, left unu; S H King, shoulder, J F Koilius, arm ; J ilitrk, shoul der; N B Martin, hand. SBVKN’TH RKUIMENT. Wounded- W II Fosytor,seriously breast; Ran som Djiga, severely m head ; Lsauc Collins, ttesb wound in thigh. EIGHTH nail I HUNT. Killed Jas Boggs, il Garrett. Wounded—Sergt Geo Ajooek, dangerously in heud. FIELD AND STAFF. Ktlied Cci Atkinson, Actiug Brigadier General command! ng. lawton's tiaiOAnis Killed—Capt Lawson, A AG; T B Vtrderey, Adjt 21st Ga. • TWENTY-FIRST REGIMENT. Wounded—Maj A S Hamilton, slightly : H Hen dersou, slightly ; M K Owens, slightly ; .1 B Orabb, slightly. - TWELFTH REGIMENT. ' Wounded— Lieut T VV Harris, thigh; Li J Ma- Dowell, thigh alight , Lieut B B Marshall, slight; Dan Brown,thigh ; J M SummeitieUi, slight; Bgt W A Pendor, slight; U and Kaudre, siigut ; N J Zeigler, slight; R F Joey, hand : Lt J A Walker, slight; Lt J 'Thompson, slight; Lt J K MeVli ehuel, slight ■ Capt J 1’ Carson, slight. THIRTEENTH REGIMENT. Wounded —.1 K Smith, slight in head; J L«ak, severely in hand; M Sledge, slight in knee; D N Gibson, tiesh wound in thigh; J S Lloyd, slight; J Haw, slight; W G Webb, slight ; W At Rey notds, slight; VV S Thomas, slight; J W Key, slieht; R S McDonald, slight; H C Ilamsnn, slight; J M Travis, slight; J E Walthall, alight; N H Moss, slight; P VV .-mith, slight: il 11 Downes, slight; J L Strickland, slight; D Ellison, slight; .1 C Phillips, slight; li VV Miller, severely in arm ; Lt J T Matthews, severely ; VV Crapps, slight ; VV H Nortou, llesh wound in leg ; J Wilson, side ; G 11 Grumble, thigh ; M A Sappiugton, thigh and foot; A F Howell, ankle; Wm Kolins, calf of leg ; J T Pugh, thigh; W J Pugb, shoulder ; J U Brown, hand ; J 1) liolcombe, log above knoe; E .) Fussell, slight; A Hill, hand ; W Harrison, back; B M Snttoa, hand; R Kain, hand; A Par rott, sight. TWBNTX SIXTH CKOUGIA. Killed—W O Atkins, M Robinson, A Sumner. Wounded—Et P W r Pettigrew, missing; J Strickland, elbow siigbt, J becks, leg slight; b A Brockingfon, side slight; Corp’l Pauttas, arm slight; U Dart, severe; J Dart, hip slight; U Goodbteed, serious; •) M Klinn, hand slight; J Randolph, elbow slight; T ileeues, arm slight; J Muldroe, head serious ; W Deverzer, stomuch serions ;Lt Crawford, slight; 1) A Groover, knee slight; H Clemmons, foot slight; A Smith, J Kalsom, W H bericat, breast, C llerriug, severe ; W E Williams foot slight; J 1) Harris, severely ; Perriman severely in lag; J W Braton, head slight; J Bennet, thigh ssver-e; J B Lawson, baud severe ; R Herring, tbigh severe ; P King, sould-r slight; W R Uersey, face slight; J Messer, arm slight; P Lewis, leg severely; .1 J Loveriu, back severely; N Cruises, uria slight; .1 Siarting, leg mortally ; N Sutton, huger severe , M V Shepherd, knee serious ; J Cutner, ihigh severe; 11 Howell, wriotßlight; .1 W Clark,slight; P McCarthy, arm severe; b bivel, foot levere. NIXKTKBNTH RBUIMSXT. Killed—bergt John McCorley, bergt John Sherwood, Sergl T s Eunis, bergt P Kennedy, Jas. Wilson, B E Wilkinson, Jasper Al eu, E Edwards, J 11 Hummers, J Livingston, G W r Alford, R T Reid, Corp! W Knight, .1 Frasier, J P Brooks, F J Peters. Wounded —Maj J U Neal, iu aide and arm slightly ; (Kpt F M JohDsen, arm shot through ; l.ieut John Harwell, leg biokeu; 1) Kellner; J B George; Lieut P Peulou, leg broken ; Eieal J Mc- Gee contusion in the side, (life saved by pocket book,) bergt Kelly shoulder, badly; 51 Huvert) head, slightly , Mui ray foot, slightly; McCaffrey lag, badly; Corp’l Hurley in the banns of the ene my and wounded ; J T Weaver, U J Little, K C Greer, and J F Leatherwuod, all slight wounds; W J Harris; Capt Hunter aim broken and shot through the kg and foot; Lieut. Bridges, in leg, s -fitly ; Lieut btallings seriously .Lieut. Coggins badly in leg , Bergt D Odum, W H Spence, Yv B Anderson R G Wiggins, badly ; Lieut Hamilton, ft M Eeid, C B Glading, J Morris, A Pate, John Benford, A F Yancy ; Lieut Seifndge, Lieut Love badly, Sergeant Elliott, J M Johnston, berg t Scales, H 8 Mcßae, J L Hill, J W Vines, J II McCurdy, Capt Mabry slightly in hand, Lieut Sims, Capt Hooper, foot badly. . (ISHTKSNTU BKSIUKXT Killed—G D Morgan, E K Saunders, Srgt Earp D H Nowley, Tbos Heskill, W B Davis, Rob Sage) Lient Wottord. W’osnded—George V' Grisham serioa-ly, G M Pat torso n seriously, Li M T inner slightly, J F Ellil slightly, N B Smith si.ghtlv, J JI Overton slightly, J Shaw slightly, John Polls seriously J S Lord mortally, bergt Callahan s ghtly, J ’a Kinnv ghghtly, B Mitchell slightly, J C Green se riously, J McCrayislightly, John W Doner, s’,ightj F R King slightly, M Tedford slightly,CorplDur ham seriously, Wm Ray slightly"J PmsonsEght ly, F Etters slightly, Wm Rioh shghtlv bergt A T Fox slightly T M Sage slightly, Joe Jenkins slightly, Hibernath slight!?, W'm Collum slightly, J M Warren seriously, j Lockmaa se riously, Capt Armstrong slightly, Private Rollins slightly, fit Brown slightly, Jno Dale* al.ghtiy, J j " Es Missing—J W Johnson, Cjjrmude & %ratind. AUGUSTA. UA.. lUJtdfixV MOHAiNU, DKCKftIBKiI 30, Our Rati iluZdt. (be xissiolnessof rail roads iu ear had never been testeJ until tbe commencement ot t’-e pre sent revolution. Nogreat war bad beeu-oartted on siuse they had come iuto common use, or had been cxriied on in countries where that mode of communication was kuowu The advantages the/ live t.i belligerents were yet to be de moustiYitd aud could not be estimated. It bus been oris about to be fully tested in this present strugWo Hereafter the tabulations of strategists must Flake into account the rapidity with which troopt-, stores and munitions can be transferred from place to place, aud the capacity ot the rail roads which will be used for their transportation, They are an element of strength, going to make uji the want of men, arms aud other niodts ot transportation. The party which has tbe best couimaiiafo! railroads can throw troops upon aDy dy./Gnat^r point with leu times tho Client/ of that which is wanting in such lacilities, and the troops arrive iresh and ready for action while the opposing fore.a are worn out with plodding slowly over miles, ol muddy and dusty roads. Tho advantages which railroads liafc been to both parties.iu.L'is war have been too plain to need demonstration, but like many sell evident things they seem to have attracted little notice or comment. Unfortunatey for us, we ore the weaker party iu th's necessiry of war. The Northern and Wes tern States contain three, perhaps four times as many miles ofrailway as exist in the Confedera cy. They ais* have an advantage in possessing greater facilities for manufacturing all the eijuip meuts of raiirtads, aud tlmy also have a greater abundance of skilled Their, advantage has been partially and fortunately neutralized by the fact that iiies running north and south through the theatre es var, are few, and when the invading army gels beytud its own system of railways, it is on an equality nearly with the defenders of the country. It ctn mass its troops almost instanta neously upon tie borders of the Confederacy, but the farther it advances from tbe border the more the beliigercuU are on an equality. Acknowledging, as ail will, that railroads are necessary to the snccessfni prosecution of the war, it heheovest us to use carefully and economi cally our limited power in that regard. The means we huveior repairing losses and damages are slender, no (ufficieut stock of iron or locomo tives can bs obtained when those now in use are wotu out, and tlat they are fast wearing out the oxperieuee of evjry day teaches us. The use made of the railroads ly the Confederate Government has been recklestly wasteful, aside from being an unjustifiable infringement ot the rights of private properly. Had the seizing and destruction of cars been necessary, or had they been returned to their owners uftel being used, there could have beeu uo justifiablf cause of complaint, but this simple net of justbe lias not been done. It is trout the want of transportation caused by this monopo lixing*t)l the railroads by t';e Government that we find corn mid othtr articles of necessity bearing prices three or four times greater in otic section than iu another aaxrccly a huudvc.l milesxlialant. If the Goverumeul wishes to avaid the imputation ol giving encouragement to exltntiou, it should facilitate by every means iu its power the distri bution of tn : tu* i i«u of Kfo and tltieit-s of nierehaudza. We have been killing the goose which laid the golden eggs, and tve hope we sliai! not feel the present inconveniences more severely. It were better to husband carefully and judiciously what remains of our railroad facilities than to be de pt tved of the-ut altogether, wiuch we fear will be the caee i‘ a more careful management is not adopted A Northern Protest Against the Atrocities of the Lincoln Government, —The exoesses of the Lincoln Government are even awakening-the iudiguatiuu of the more reasoning and intelligent among the Northern people themselViS. The Chicago Times, of lists. 20, makes them the occa - sion of a very bitter iuve'otivu against the corrupt aud iniquitous Governmental Washington, rfucb language three mouths ago would have consigned the author to ft Mon's den. But now, there seems to be a growing sentiment oi disgust against Lin coln, even in the Hodom ot the nineteenth eeu - tuvy ; and hia opponents are beginning to speak a little more boldly. The Times says: “ The New York Tribune has recently given the public a detailed account of an expedition ol negroes in Georgia aud Florida, commanded by officers of the navy aud array, whose acts of pil lage and arson would compare very favorably with the atrocities ot the Indians in Minnesota. The account hms been generally copied by the Abolition press, aud accompanied with cosiments seeking to prove the value of negroes as soldiers. The report made by the correspondent accom panying the expedition, is sufficient to make in famous every peraon, except the negroes, who had auy command or responsibility in the bi'Si ness. It was such a foray as was made by Scottish clans in English borders be.'ore the days of Wallace aud Brace, lt was an expedition such as has characterized the marches of English armies in India. It was similar in character to the robberies aud devastation which have J'ol lowed the march oi guerillas iu Missouri. It was an expedition oi slaves enticed from their mas ters, aud incited to rob and burn. There can be no justification of such warfare. The admiuis traiioa which permits it and tho otlicera who conduct it, ara earning a detestable notoriety. Negroes were stolen, houses were plundered, plantations were reduced to ruin, suit the pious priest woo joiued the foray, und details its euorrn tties iejoices iu the destruction. One of the fe male philanthropists located at Port Roysil, im pressed with the idea that the priest wat incap able ot doing the subject justice, takes Uu- pencil to polish the picture. French, the school Duster, of negroes and abolition stipendiary, and his female associate, have exhausted their descrip tive powers in accounts ot this raid upotr peace able inhabitants, made by stolen negro's, aud commanded by government officers, li >va are u Christian nation aud amenable to ti -■? laws recognized by enlightened and Christum gov ernments, it is nearly time that robbery, our der, aud arson should cease in the conduct of this war,” Thus we see that the inhuman barbarities oi the Lincoln government in the prosecution of this wm , is calling upon it the scorn aou detestation of honorable men at the Nortfi as weii ns righl mtuded uien iti Europe. It is cheering t • know that there are some stiil left iu Lincoln's ■ ,-ui.u ions who condemn it,s doing.-,, Orel, :i they cannot do its much gojd at present. Ail the acts of the powers that be at the North, are horn of revenge and b:s„;>poiat,.d malice. They attest t~e pur pose of our enemies to sacrifice to a cru, t ven geance what their injustice lost, ami au their boasted power cannot regain. Olr Asav is Virginia.—A corrospoucent of the Savannah Republican w, iling from Fredericks burg, Ya., under date of Dec. 6th, remarks thus : “The ground is covered three inches deep in anow. We are now having winter in earnest. Poorly supplied with blankets, and only one tent or flv to the company, we are experiencing the worst we will likely be called upon to endure. Many are entirely wittuiui shoes, and very few have overcoats. We suffer, of coarse, bat our suiieriugs are Seem, tar less '.ban we expected, should wintei . .ten us in the woods unprovided fpr, unprotected ag c ;S, the keen leasts of winter. -Notwithstanding out unprotected condition, the men are in fke spirits, and, while I write, they are conducting a regular battle w,lii snow balls /’hardships, hunger and v c,abhor dampen the spirits of our noble citizen soldiery, Under any and all circumstances they are cheerful, buoyant, and rarely do we hear murmurs from them. “Our camp presents a novel sight. It reminds me of the Esquimaux v ilages in the North re gions. The men have constructed little Eats or bunks of logs, covered with oil cloths or blankets, and just large enough lor two or three to sleep iu. They vary iron) three; to six feet high. They I nre very comfortable, and but for their diminutive si: s. are equal for present, purposes, to the wants jof the men. A good deal of ingenuity is displayed j n the construction oi som e of these huta. i*ARBOX BrOWNLGW AGAIN’ IN THE FIEI.D. —This traitor to ! is country is stumping the North and venting his spito against the South before large audiences, who loudly applaud his vulgar expres. s ons. A short V me since he announced that he would address a public meeting in the McKendree Methodist Church in Cinciitaaii from the le.t, “Go into all' the South, aud preach Jett Davis to every ci eat ure He that beti67eth ami is bap tized shall be damned ; and fie t! at btheretb not tball be saved. He spoke according to appoiataieot, and the Northern papers tell u 4 that his blasphemous and low-bred talk was loudly applauded. Amoug other things, he said, that if 1 “the slaves were emancipated, it would be a righteous retribution on the South.” He claimed that tire present difficulty was “not the work ol Aboli tionists, but of God-forsaken Southerners.” Ho poured forth much veuoui against the Southern Methodist preachers. The following extract will give our readers the tenor of his tvltoie speech : “I intend to call a Conference of the local preachers, and we wilt expel the last devil of these rebel priests. We will put these seceders and rebels out, and recover the church property, which rightfully belongs to us, and not to the traitors. This Methodist Book Concern hi your city, which has published so much treason, is not the property of the rebels. It belougs ' a the loyal Methodist, aud we mean to have it l ack. — Hero is a copy of the Church Discipline, ,u.d it most positively enjoins upon all our preachers obedience to the laws and constituted authorities of the laud. A transgression of this injunction makes the ofiender liable to expulsion liom the church. * * * * * * These rebel preachers are perjured—foully, wick edly peijured. Karly, when be was ordnineda bishop, took an oath to promote peace aid har mony, law aud order. I heard him swear the lie myself in Columbus, Ga. Barson Hawrie. who knows him well, in some private transactions, says that Karly is a miserably corrupt old creature. Let ns believe these rebels always when they testify against one another f “When the villainy of these wretches shalibe exposed, tbe revelation will shock the country. These .Southern Methodist preachers began the work of disunion years ago. John C. Calhoun, the arch-originator of treason, sent for Bishop Capers, aud had a long private conference with him at the time the split occurred in our Church. This was the entering wedge of disunion. I mean to show these traitors to the scorn and abhor rence of their countrymen.’’ Remarks like these, from such a source, of course do not injure any person or any society. The above extract, however, thows how vitiated the taste of the North has become. For when “large and crowded audiences’’ are delighted with, and applaud such slntf, ttfo public mind has become debased—very low indeed.j Wooden Holed Shoes. —This is the day of'substi tutes- -substitutes for collee, substitutes for soap, substitutesfoi soldiers—substitutes aro all the go now u-days. The last substitute is lor leather, and we are glad to tiud that ituuswirs the purpose admit ably. Shoes with wooden soles are being manufactured by every smart planter throughout the country, and are, in reality, better than the broguus we once got fioiu the North, where they were supposed to grow on trees, und from their want of durability were also supposed to be picked before they were ripe, on uccouut of the shortness of the season up there. Our new substitute for leather actually grows iu trees, und has several recommendations. Wooden soled shoes keep the feet, it is said, dryer and warmer than leather, they are much less expen sive and are more durable. There are some ob jections to them; a negro may take a r non to light a hru with them, which was tho fate a pair lesented to ns some years ago by our friends Gray & Turley met with, aud they are aim very uutit to “ trip it, on the light fantastic toe,” iu fact they tire rattier umumable for a genteel tea parly or a ball-room, as the toes which have on them hail an moil of hickory are by uo means light, though fantastic in appearance. Over frozen ground the approach of the wearer is far from silent, us his shoes give warning of his coming souiethiug less than halt a mile otl—no chance to steal chickens of a night, except burofooted, as the noise would wake all the watch dogs iu tho neigh borhood. it is the custom with some people to call their servants “ block-heads”—to one wearing this kind ol shoes “.club-fool” would be more applica ble. Hkntbnck of the Slave Patrick. —The slave Patrick was yesterday sentenced to be hung on the 30lb of Jauurary next. As the law relative to public executions has been changed since there was an execuiiou in this city, now requiring them to be private, we copy the sentence in full, lor the information of the public : Whereupon it is considered und adjudged hy the I,‘ourt that you, the said negro man slave Patrick, the property of John Wilkinson, be taken hence by the Bberitf to the common jail of Richmond County, and there securely confined until Friday; the thirtieth day of Jauuury, 1863, that ou the day the Bberitf erect a gallows within the jail yard; that if the walls around said jail yard are not such as will effectually exclude from public view said gallows when erected within the same, that said HheritT have constructed such enclosures around said jail yard as will effectually exclude from public view said gallows; that on said Fri day, the thirtieth day of January, as aforesaid, at the hour of noon, the Sheriff take you, the said slave Patrick, lo said gallows, and then aud there execute said siave Patrick, upon said gallows, by hanging you tho said slave Patrick by the neck until yon are dead. That no one be allowed to witness said execution except the executing offi cer, a sufficient guard, and such clergymen us you, the criminal, may desire to be present on the tc casiou, together with your relatives. And that the body of the criminal, when executed, besubmitted to the inspection and examination of a committee of physicians, to determine if death has superven ed. And may God have mercy ou your soul. Iverson L. Harris, One of the Judges of the Superior Gourts of Geo., Presiding tor Judge Holt. Pbivatk Anvicss from Abroad.— The follow ing is an extract from a private letter of a Liv erpool merchant, to a member of one of our lead ing Charleston firms. The gentleman who wrote it had been reading the “First year of the War,’ a pamphlet published in theßouth. He says: “ Its perusal has given myself as also many friends, a great deal of pleasure and instruction m its perusal; at the same time, it has called forth many feeliugn of regret aud sympathy that so many valuable lives and untold misery should have been sacrificed to the obstinacy and blind ness, influenced by the political corruption of the Northern States. Such now is the feeling s. read ing amongst society here, from the highest to the lowest; and I enclose you extracts Horn our pa pers, which only in a slight degree expresses the present opinion; for our Ministers are without hesitation publicly statinglhattheSouthernStates have fui y estibliehed themselves as a separate Government, and that a return to the Union is not to be expected. It is anticipated that our Government are preparing with the Continental i’.iweisto make s. represent .tiou to the Northern .States, which is expected to inflaence fi. m in putting an end to the war, aud allow of settle ment by mediation, which it refused, tlu- Euro pean J'owt-rs will immediately acknowledge your Government. Our Minister at Washington, Lord Lyons, sails iu this steamer with a Russiau Min ister, and it is believed ha.-, tire above instruc tions.” How to curb Bacon with littlr Balt.—Dr. W. B. Youug, iu the Macon Messenger, gives his experience in packing Bacon, rs follows. To five gallons of water si-ven pounds of Lilt, one pound of sugar or one pint ot molasses, one tea spoonful Jsaltpetre—mix und after sprinkling the ueß<t Side of the hams in the salt, pack in a tight barrel, bams firgt, then shoulders, lastly mid dlings. Pour over the brine, and ifnotenougb to cover, make another draft of tbo above and re peat till ali is covered—leaving the meat in brine trorn four to seven weeks, according to size. For sausage Dr. Youog says: “Take oue or two pounds ol brown hundred pounds meat, mix u .td peppe and let no water come in conta becoming The Bugar prevents the sausage from -om g strong. f ti*f*j|igencer, that it not mm '*■<'- ’ t that« preset B *lt was abundeot and cheap. _ .'mont. who has been m at. Louis toi aoml time, h*e b^ Q summoned to Washington. VOL. I.XXV. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXV. No. 52. fne Emancipation Wksikkn States. - The Chicago Times, of Dec. 4, shows up anew s-cret emancipation political society that has just been started iu Illinois. The organization is called the “Emancipation League” and has as complete a set of passwords, signs, aud grips as the old know nothing order ever had. It is in favor of encouraging the influx of “loyal colored people,” or in other words Southern slaves, into the Slates, and ‘.heir elevatiou tojcomplele citizen ship; that through their assistance the worship pers of Lincoln may be enabled to overthrow the Democratic party iu every election herealter. — The annexed is the portion of their platform that r< ft rs to the South and slavery. " tVe are determined to destroy the last vestige of Alricau slavery in the United States peaceably if w.- can, and forcibly if necessary, nuu that we will sustain that feature of the President's pro clamation which contemplates insurrection liming the slaves, wherein he says, “that tho ar i v and navy will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in the efforts they may make for their actual freedom,” —notwith- standing the air may resound with the screams of the women’and children of the rebellious tyrants, for ii. is belter that the States should be inhabited by our loyal colored friends than that rebels should persist in the practice of slavery, to the disgrace of the nation.” Cuu human ingenuity devise a more uncivil.zed aud barbarous plan ’? Look at tho matter. A body of men pledging themselves to do all they cun to incite insurrection among tbe slaves “ notwithstanding tbe air may resound with the i screams of women aud children.” The Roman ruler of the Jewish nation who slaughtered the innocent, has always been looker! upon as one of the most blood thirsty wretches that ever dis giaced the earth; but it does seem as if our Fed eral oppressors are endeavoring if possible, to bo more vindictive and brutal. History never has, nor will it ever record more barbarous deeds than the Abolitionists of the North have been guilty of during the present war. Honor to whom Honor is Due. —The following beautiful oxtracts are taken from a sormon deliv ered at Christ Church, Savannah, on Thursday, September 18, 1862, being Thanksgiving Day, by the Right Rev. Stephen Elliott, Bishop of this State: woman’s hbroism. * The attitude of woman is sublime. Bearing all the sacrifices of which I have just spoken, she is moreover called upon to suffer in her idfeetions, to be wounded and smitten where she. feels deepest and most enduring y. Man goes to Ihe battlefield, but woman sends him there, even though her heartstrings tremble while she gives the tareweil kiss and the farewell blessing. Man is supported by the necessity ol movement, by the excitement of action, by the hope of honor, by the glory of conquest. Woman remains at home to suffer, to bear tbe cruel torture of sus pense, to tremble when the battle has been fought and the news of the slaughter is flashing over the electric wire, to know that defeat will cover her with dishonor and her little ones with ruin, to learn that the husband sbe douted upon, the son whom she cherished iu her bosom, and upon whom she never let the wind blow too rudely, tbe bro ther with whom she sported through ull her hap py days of childhood, the lover to whom her early vows were plighted, has died upon some distant battlefield, and lies there a mangled corpse, un known and uncared for, never to be seen again, even iu death! Ob I those fearful lists pf the wounded and the dead! How carelessly we pass them over, unless our own loved ones happen to be finked with them in military association, and yet each name in that roll of slaughter carries a fatal jiang to some woman’s heart—some noble, d:acted woman’s heart. But she bears it ail, ami bows submissively to tbo stroke. He died for tin-, cause. He perished for bis countrv. 1 woul l not have it otherwise, but 1 should like to nave given tbe dying boy my blessing, the ex piring husband my last kiss of affection, the bleeding lover the comfort ol kuowiug that I kuii led beside him. THE FRIVATB SOLDIER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. “And when we turn to our armies, truly these victories are the victories of the privates. God forbid that 1 should take one atom of honor or of praise from those w, o led oflr hosts upon those days ot glory—from the accomplished und skillful Leo, the Admirable Crichton, of our armies—from the God fearing and indomitable Jackson, upon whose prayer bedewed banner victory seems to wait—lrom the intrepid Htuart, whose cavalry charges imitate those of Murat; from that great host of Generals who swarm arouud our country's liag ns Napoleon’s Marshals did around the Im perial Eagle; but, nevorthoioss, our victories are the victories of the privates. It is the enthusiastic dash of their onsets, the fearless brayery with which they rush even to the cannon’s mouth, the utter recklessness of life, if so be that its sacrifice may only lead to victory, the heartfelt impression that the cause is the issue of every man and that success is a necessity. What intense honor do 1 feel for the private soldier! The officers may have motives other than the cause —the private soldier can have none. He knows that his valor must pass unnoticed, save iu the narrow circle ot bis company; that his sacrifice can bring no honor to bis name, uo reputation lo his family ; that if he survives be lives only to enter upon new dangers with the same hopelessness of distinction; that if he dies he will receive nothing but au unmarked grave, and yet is he proud to do Jus duty and to maintain his part in the destructive conflict. His comrades fall around him thick and fast, but with a sigh aud a tear he closes his ranks and presses on to a like destiny. Truly, Ihe first monument which our Confederacy rears, when our independence shall have been won, should be a lofty shaft, pure aud spotless, bearing this inscription : “ TO THE UNKNOWN AND UNRECORDED DEAD.” Tribute to Virginia. —The following just and beautiful tribute is paid iu Gov. Pickens’ mes sage, to the Commonwealth of Virginia. It came with appreciated grace from the sister sover eign of South Carolina “We of this State, owe a debt of lasting grat itude to ihe women of Virginia, in particular.— There is scarcely a wife, a mother, or a sister iu South Carolina, (aud there are thousands,) mourning for the loved ones that have perißhed on the bloody fields of Virgiua, whose grieving hearts have riot received comfort from the thought that the sinking soldier and hero had his dying moments soothed by the kiud attention of some tend.r female ot Virginia. No people of any age or country have ever suffered more than they have in.the nobieState of Virginia, and no peo ple, with the same amount of population, have ever in the annals of history,, presented to the world more captains of higher qualities to lead and command, or soldiers of more heroic valor, than has Vlrgraia, amid the terrible sufferings, and hereafter, when asked for jewels, Virginia will not be confin ed alone to her sons, but she can turn and proudly point to her daughters, as pearls that will throw a more royal- luster from her diadem of honor. Vise* Kind Indeed —A correspondent of a New York paper, in remarking upon the sufferings of tbo citizens of Fredericksburg, Va., who have been driven from their homes, has the annexed paragraph in his letter: As the female portion of the inhabitants of Fi edencksburg are the most violent secessionists, we have no pity for them ; it is the poor children who are now obliged to sutler in common with the guilty wretches who are endeavoring to des troy oue of the best Governments that ever existed. This fellow does try to make his readers thmk that he has a little feeling left. But it is o! sanie kind that venomous reptiles ijave crushing their victims within their slimy 0 The Weather in Vl ® a,NlA f ~* of a Northern paper writing ( lbei , ar dy \7 be of b theNirth-men who Have been used to hardships a DdoU *^°° r ll y tbe weather, how If these men are affected “y wbo hllVe uiual it tell on our brave-o _ eaae, and j beeii rocked in the _ Those who have to Mared . cheerfuliy and liberally when £2Ci contribute for oar soldiers. A corporation WITH a BocL.-Pres.dent R. R. ,1 of the Central Rail Hoad aud Banking Company of Georgia, in his last report, states . ••The company subscribed the sum of 41,00) to the sufferers by the fire in Charleston, and 41,000 a cash c od 4100 per month afterwards during the war for the bsneht of the families of a l ? o subscribed |5,000 towards the gunboat, aud, recent! v, has presented 1,000 yards of cloth to the arniy Virginia. Buch expenditures being out of the usual course, are now mentioned, in the expectation that they, as well as any further i amounts which the Board may think proper to fc.ve during the course of the war, will meet the approbation of the stockholders. The f-edersls are reported to have a lage totce , at Dumfries, Va j Provost M akshals. —There seems to ba very itl-difined ideas as to tire duties and powers oi Provost Marshals. We arc led to believe that they have no existanee outside the linen of ».* inks, and heir existanee anywhere is justified by the presence of a military force to which their jurisdiction extends end is applied. Provost Marshals are uukuowu to oui laws, but were borrowed from those of Euglund. • Uampbell’s Dictionary of Military Bcience,” a standard English w ork gives the annexed deli nition of the word, und tbe duties of the person who tiliS the office: A Provost Marshal is an otlicer appointed iu every army to secure prisoners confined on charges of' a general nature, to preserve good order and decipime, to use every possible means ui preventing crime, by frequently visiting those places nt which breaches ot order and discipline are likely to be committed. He takes cognizance of all followers aud retainers ot tbe camp, as well as the soldiers of the army. The provost mar shals is entrusted with authority to inflict summary punishment on any soldier or individu al conueoted with the army wuorn he may detect in the actual commission of auy.otfense against order aud discipline ; but bis authority must be limited to the necessity of the case, where the prevalence und freqaeui ticular offence may call for an immediate exam ple. Whatever may be the crime, the provost mar shal must see tue ofiender commit the uct for which summary punishment may be mfficted; or if the provost marshal or Liis assistants should not see the offender actually commit the crime •but that sufficient proof ol hisgu.lt cun be estab lished, a report must be made to the geueral offi cer commanding. Officers who impede the provost marshal, or any other officer legally exercising authority, or refuse to assist him when requiring their uid in the execution of his duty, are liable to be cashier ed. A soldier guilty cl this offence is liable to punishment by the sentence of a goneral court martial. By the articles of war, no provost marshal or officer commauding a guard can refuse to receive and detain any prisoner committed to his charge by any officer or non-commissioned officer of his Majesty’s forces, who must, however, at the same time deliver a written charge.’against.the prisoner, signed by himself.” The Last Cotton Crop.—R. Bunch, E British Consul at Charleston has taken sotno pains to collect information of our last cotton crop for his Government. This letter has been published ia the English papers. Below we give all of it that will interest our readers ; “There can be but little doubt that tbe crop ot 1362 would, under ordinary circu instances, have reached 4,501),000 bales ; but iu consequence of the civil war, not more than 1,500,000 liavo been planted. It is thought by some that tbe present crop will not exceed one million bales, but I have reason to believe that tbe supply from Texas bus been under-estimated. That State bus been as yet very little disturbed by military operations, so that agriculture has been less iuterlered with than elsewhere. On tue banks of the Mississippi very little cotton has been ji’anted, as the danger is too great. It is only in tue interior of the va rious States, at a distance from the great rivers, that the crop of this year is to be found. “The crop of IsOO was disposed 01, und, iu a con siderable measure, exported bafore the blockade of tbe Southern ports was established, but it is calculated that 750,000 bales still remain on Luud. “The crop ot 1801 amounted to about 2,760,000 bales. Ot those about one million hales have been destroyed, at various places, lo prevent their fall ing into tlie hands of the Federate ; the rest is stored iu the interior of the ditleront States. Much ot it has been bought by foreigners, who hope to preserve it as neutral property through ull the dangers of the war. “About 50,000 bales have run the blockade sue a -iisfully,chiefly to Nassau. One cargo has goue to Barcetonu, aud one to France; 1 oo not Lake into account the products of the Sea Islands ot South Carolina und Georgia. They are in the pot sessiou of the Federate, und 1 have uo means Os ascertaining whether any cotton at ail has been grown there during the present season. “The amount, tuerelore, ol cotton m: miug in the Southern .States at this date, whic h gin be available to foreign eonimorce as soou us the blockade is removed, may be said lo stand thus Bales. Remainder of crop oi 1860 750,000 Cndestroyed crop of 1801 .1,750,000 Crop of 1362 (not yet picked) 1,500,000 4,000,001) Shipped through the blockade. 50,000 Remaining in the South 3,950,000 “It must, of course, be remembered that u por tion, or the whole, of this accumulation may be destroyed at any moment by the Southern people.' Thoughts for Planters.— -The Raymond, Miss., Gazette, in a recent article, fakes a very dispas sionate view of the situation of the country—and can descry no signs of a peace, or even un armis tice. With this conviction the editor offers the following sensible advice to planters “Such being the prospects—such being the cir cumstances by which tlie country is well us every citizen te surrounded—it is not difficult to airiva at a conclusion as to the duty ol our planters in arranging for their cropping operations tor the ensuing year. If every consideration of prudence aud patriotism demanded, last year, that cottou should be almost wholly abandoned—that corn, meat, potatoes, peas, &c., should be produced tu the exclnsion ot the favorite staple—the reason for a like policy the coming year, comes home with a tenfold iorce. Should the same condition of things now present continue until the first of March next—the planting time—cotton must again he thrown oui. ot the question, aud eveiy acre planted iu those things which will contribute to Hie sustenance of man and beast. “ F'ortuuwte for us was it that such breadth was given to the prime necessaries of life last spring, to the eXcluaiou of the staple production of the country.' Had a ditterent policy prevailed throughout the cotton States, not only would starvation have been now iu our midst, but our independence itself would have been lost. Who knows but that drouth, or freshets, or worm, or blast, or an overrunning enemy, may cut short the corn crop of next year ? Let us give it breadth again, to the exclusion of cotton, that we may run uo risk of being subdued because of the want ot subsistence lor ourselves and our armies in the field.” There is good, sound, practical common-sense advice und advice that ought to be followed. As long as this war last, let every man do all he can to raise and produce things that are required for food and clothing. I! we suffer for the necessa Ties of life it is our owu fault. There is no good reaeon for our present high prices. Let every planter turn his attention to raising crops that are needed for food, and making articles necessary for clothing, and the present high prices will quickly be materially reduced. How they Love ds !-The following is an ex tract irom the prayer delivered \>]rtbe Bev. r Stockton at the opening of the V ankee J We pray that in our conflicts and ft(J - Thou seest right Tiiou wi t g , u * f tbe ba voc and .vancement. «e_mindfaJ, lbroogb desolation that is WhoK u bnd the wounded this war. Kemembi2r thi e bretbr «,n uow m and the dying, "e pray Tbee tbat it iS B 0 ea sy arms against us. *v “ .four Redeemer—love for us to obey ot ceaae t 0 love them, your enemies. » n( i ace d to relinquish the evii May lh f 6 ““i b ih e a, 1 and place higher value on 8 * ’raat Principles of the charter ol our tndepen l | nc K e ani show that they regard “life liberty iZ the pursuit of happiness as the right of all mankind and as beyond all mere local advantages, so tbat there shall be a restored Union, with in creased goodness and love and glory and joy upon the earth forever and ever. Yes! How they love us! Theyjlove ua aba*, as much as a rogue love’s honesty, or the evil one piety. Thanksgiving Day at the North.— According to the reports we see in the papers,, Lincoln’ Thanksgiving Day was employed by the New York clergy alter the manner of the publican—in thank ing God that the people of that region, were not as other men, and especially not such as the Con federates. Ward Beecher was as blood-thirsty as a disappointed and famished tiger in his demands for fiercer war. Continued war, on Abolition principles, it is stated, waa the cry of these men who profess to be chosen to preach “peace on earth, good will to men.” Dr. Bellows called for sixteen years of war, !f nectary, rathe,- than tbe North be defeated in their purpose. He, however, paid the Confederate soldier the following compli m*”wi,ether they have small feet and hands or Wbetaer die— fsaiiliarwith arms not, they are not ts raid tod t 4 aß d bound Hjiethjrby .’articpa “gtattk energy deterniiautiGiv ot tue AMt. 1
