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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
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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