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(mu n or Tmsms i» Mihbouri—From an
I,i. \S ir • The it chmond i xaminer bus just
reive r ii-i Sou burn gintleman in Missouri
. ' o tbe lamentable condition ot ailana
i a S.file, li.ro mrl Is completely under the
c ii i r and jui ■ f the Federals. Outrages and
t ci. f.v ry durription it practiced, and
’• oi‘ mi i prirooi-rs uia subje;ted to inhuman
'1 h >rrib e treatment. Tho writer, »»yg :
B, i e w .iidrawal of our army, Miggouri fell
t' li-'oy ol a brunt and remorseless foe. The
t>h<leS.at *os ut onoe put uuler the thraldom
i a in ii ry oeg ot t-n, and, bound haud and
It, .t . i.iodeil o*i r 10 u radical nod revolti
n' a i mob lie- constitution aud laws were no
in i rjj 'del than if trey had never ex ited
Ii O'er unlit ul the State wag se zed upon
in a in ck pruvigioi none substituted; her ,1a
f iiui )' torn do t u and military mock Iribuuaig
h- 1 up iii iid pa> ; her people ihot down in cold
t'lMM'Jj h pi 'l■ a need , tree speech loi bidden;
i •' i .clvo (ram hue abolished; a Legislature
i lee id Oy thi punt of the bayonet that would
a " c i o .logo aits; the right* o the people to
tn i, ~am uni and enjoyment of property and
lii and IU wi hout ouu process ot law utter yig
m - ■ i ; a uu.itury i,.x > xioned coder the threats
< t ih. i uy met; u«r peaceable cilixeng seized at
lid I our ol and brutally tom trom
.It ii i ui 1 1- io dura uud loalfigome prisons wi h
o h i g; toeir property burned and dea
lt y i , in luicfi aid iiaughterg subjected to the
ip insults and outrages ot a brutal goldiery
-au U uro anue ol the gnevuneos to whioh the
pto,i'e imve o in Buoj.de J.
.v ,il i ol tire Wuik ot opposition goes on. The
b ui. i m .nny ol lue enemy continues. Contis
c.-. inim aid u .aeg meutr by auilliary order are be
ng I'm i" an ov r the Htute, and thousands are
p .. ,m' aed uud mprisoued witliout oharge or
The iutuin.ua deeds that uie being
; al.-'l by liio miuiour of power ara never
, . . , . me martial taw prevails all over
. . . i, . ..d the papers are muzzled by tho fear
Oi sup,.re .ou and linprironment. The voice of
tin ~i cun .ol bn hour i. Taey dure not utter
n i oru t : eouii'i uni ut their wrongs We are ns
mi i ih ii .uu tics of citizens have suffered
de nii, m iKNell murdered the ton citizens at
ii-. iiu iu m tS-. te, mid that many of our poor
in--., me i ei liuwn l Ue doge, without arresting
|u r. a ii heyonh the nelghb ilhood. It is
ici i i.p. .he wrotou .McNeil openly boasts that be
nit . . iov rtr t.Uiuliod Missourians, besides
in in .. . i»o Hu- lei, mid laugh; with deflauoe
o' a n O.l retaliation ot mir Uovernaieni.
■ ii. *si i ul.io treat the threat of retaliation
with .ut cute, md say mat it is a mere “paper
p.i mi .u ’ - lh it our Government has not the
fiMve io carry it out. Our friends in Mi: soun
cimp u . ih t the Guvermnont bag submitted so
t ly iu me outrages commuted upon them, and
a" h ‘ •* when Pope invaded Viigmiaa tempest
■ <1 in uu bom and the enemy deterred
tr n inn b.ubiiriiy, although not a tythe was
. perpetrated by him that has
b , . i ul in Missouri any day since the war
.-mi ’ r icy Oiuik iliut a tew ezuinplea made of
..... . u.. | i c,out VD taken by ws would have a
, . : .me iff o.,anil that the (governmentshould
at i- tuuktt some retaliation for the hundreds
ths. h .ro tie. a murdered by such demons us Me
.i.t a counts wo got of the treatment of our
prit. ar* have ull the authenticity of on eye-tvit
ii * . , . < '‘hi lie eoeptea eo without exaggeration.
Tli. u atuuni of our men is beyond oruml—it is
mu .1 iutil. They are crowded and huddled into
pri ii . w mull urn lo rdly more thuu post houses,
uud w .ere de i.i com la as surely as by tbo gur
rutiii r (Kg gar. Oaii of their own surgeons,
uio e luiui i... than the rest, who hud examined
t pit ..in, a iot ito the Sanitary Commission
tha in* ilia si Hole ol C.Ueuta, was nothing com
pel. ito ttic in. lie hud computed the air allowed
to «,io i muo, and it war only übont bo cable feet,
w.j .i it is gaaerally estimated that 800 or 1,000
tine u c njaiy 'O heal h. But this torture of our
m ii ih n Ciougti. ISlnHi.ll liomthe world, in
a.i .uni i h r» b > vitiated that it is poison to the
brut s, a i luierconrse with them is denied. So
kino .y is th<« rule enforced that wives are not
u . » i .i roe their hnsbuud, mothers their child
ly. i, , .and rot ti e align est coiumumcatiou with the
outer word 'a ulmwe , except in cases of severe
il. i«, ivuen ig oriel interview, in the presence of
utt other s all that is grouted. Not even the
e . wo te ihat the patient would die it not re
l.o o.m been able to Brcnre (or lbetn the mel
on; my com ort m oloaing their eves in the bouse
Si rigid is the rule over the pris
.ii.a nil tut- liim s before us tell us t at to cases
' i. ■ gria M era hare been sick and shivering
w ii ui and, our friends in St Louis have hod to
leg, u.a u .or UK lives, to pass a gurmenl into
ii.ia vstaui of cruelty aud tortnre over our
p: a;. .a kept up by the notorious Frank Blair,
w f’ vo. t General ol Si Louis—a man ut
i ii . .1 f all bunianity. Be.ore the war he
ud was known by the
ock” —a perfect index of his
c i It lone da had searched the world
ci.-r, ■ a.u .1 .. I haie found a filter tool for his
pu t'Ucie is not a spark of manly feeling
. u rous -.itu LULSot in his oomposiiion. Hois
and. ui ins “u man who would sell his deW
n o .i. i's bones if you hcli a copper where us
giuo.ir oouid reach his eye.” An instance is re
.i«r t oi h » that snows his depravity and heart
lcs u -a Soma friends, hearing that two of our
p. l*, . r» >4 ire ill and expected to die, applied to
Blair or permes on to remove th«m to their
c s ..d lug ihat the Burg-ou end that they
m -ii c »er f they were r moved to a private
, , a ropa.eair and cure oonli be given
tli m .1 uu 8.-d wih attention. The api l.oa-
U* ua ie in the most modest and impressive
- . i a'he wrtdoin the most indifferent
t l.ed '“Let th m die. There is room
i u o d.e in the prison,”—and it was uot uu
* lat i r p • t and app i;attons and entreating, an
t. gi-ei 'or ihe r removal. ju»t a tew
■ r o de»lh. b-t in lime for them to close
1 a iu a q net room, suiroanded by a oircle
1 » -* rends. One was Captain Green,
G a Cli.'eu; the other a Contain Mills,
i .. .. mis i St. L uis think out Government
. a too.n and indiscriminate in its ex
■ • pi s.n re the en ray as not observed
the i ran* .1 ih- oartel, and tee prisoners teat
- g and have, iu rnauy inetaucee,
■m .I ate t t ki-o up arms agoia. A. Federal of
fin r % i.a just resigned, says that Gen. Grant
o .... t*v rv mat ot the Federal armv
v.!.. a* j .1 oled at Murfreesboro’ and Vicksburg
i. o the rants again, without any regard
v. v r io h.a pinole. The etory is firmly bo
liiicil i St Loins.
I T ;c• • • pr.' tiers that bar* rearhed St.
I 1 s ’ r e ‘-an. history of the battle ot Vicks
I ■ ea not us-.'o n the papsr*. The Yankees
I 'i w .» s mot*’. disastrous defeat to thorn
P : i was iinaienee A son of Geu.
I "■ . wl o pieced through St Lone with the
I h . admitted to bis friends that
I -* 3 chj-jj•> a one, in winch tbsir forces
I > t.v the rebels,"
I'■ T.ie Ccionisls were greatly de
I '’v t . itsa t nd-ed we may say almost
P tiue " •• maaoity, ”
’ - ' ■ were t rely applied to their gen
■ erals Ou .ha other band, our friend* were jnbi
Ii Pro Tides oe *u with u* in
■ : mae and liberties.
1 -> ‘ • h p ironed Si. L'msare said to
oak ot the «»r. There are a grent
U«. ot tttri.ttSS coinpaa es sta
* li 10 ■ ba'r.iehe awa-ting orders, not
1 or * answer don roll call—so
■ i 'h' o »and are t e c jui panic* by deser
letheaewe. Most ot the
Yi* * .i have H-TTed out tbeir time
Hu i,r t\, nil i.'dare that they will go back to
K r.. e . .is lur than oonunua in the armr.
W \ »i M * griadieg despotism over Mts
i«n> , i ere tightened evey day and hour.
■Ad * 3.1113 dislrnaled are made to swear allegi
lam- t.> ttie I- e teral power or be thrown in prison
■ the L-itiidaiure wh oh sits over a peo
■pl: is e-eu and soossing the propnety ot maaiog it
■a pc ii unary i ft.-hot to correspond with any one
Hla •' rep-.iiODS.” Poor, do»B-trcddet Missouri—
our noble, gallant, hetoie, lone-suffering, self
stcrifioing ester ! AH honor to her people, whose
devotion to our cause has defied the arts and blacd
ishmenta of the North to briDg about an estrange
ment between her end aod the South —all praiee
to her noble gens now in our army fighting our
canse of liberty and right.
Fourteen ‘Months in ths Bastilbs or Amerj
ca.—A pamphlet has jußt been issued at the North
bearing the above title. The Cincinnati Enquirer
in speaking of it remarks thus :
Its author is Mr. F. K. Howard, of Baltimore,
late editor of the Baltimore Exchange. It is a
very valuable contribution to the annals of these
times, and will be referred to in the future ae an
interesting memorial of ihe “ Reign of Terror ’ in
the United States in IS6I and 1862. Its sugges
tive title would Lave astonished our ancestors ol
1776 and 178 ft, who as soon expected to see the
feudal system come to life in i is land as the in
auguration of Bastiles, to punish men lor their
opinions and sentiments. They suw the ponder
ous key of toe Bastile in France, in Parts, sent to
Washington by Lafayette, because he believed
that in tbs land tyrants aid despots would never
be able to regain it, and that it would be consid -
ered as a relict amply of an extinct despotism.
It may now be taktn from the tomb of Washing
ton ot Mount Vernon, for who cares about look
ing at a key that has become oorumou in ail part3
of t e United States. Strange to say, the princi
pal leadtr in the movements which destroyed the
i- renoh Bustile, and who sent the key to Wash
ipgton, has been insulted in bis memory by hav
ing a meaner Bastile culled by his name—the
patriotic Lafayette. Not one stone was left upon
another to tell of the e. ormiiit-B of Vie French
Bastile, and we hope to live <o see the day when
an indignant people will level ihe American one*
to the earth, and build monuments to liberty upon
the spots which mark their ruins 1
The party pledged to a free press in its party
platform, made it its first business after i’B as
sumption ot power to destro its liberty. More
•ban for y papers it destroyed by violence, aud
the rest it put under a French and Austrian cen
sorship. The friends of free speech out of power
made free speech a crime when in power, to be
punishedby incarceration inadungeon. It throws
its thousands ol victims into the filthy prisons for
the same reason that the heathen Roman Emper
ors cast the Christians lDto the dens of wild beasts
and into devouring flames—-because it disagreed
witti their own opinion. In malice its heart was
as black and as full of hate to every one that d.s
seated fiom its views as was the Roman Emper
ors ; and if its powers had been as absolute, it
would probably have detained them to a worse
fate.
The faction that inaugurated the reign of terror
in the United States, winch embarked so earnestly
in a domestic war that has cost the nation hun
dreds of thousands of valuable !v-s and seas of
blood, and appalled the world by i a horrors, was
the peace humanitarian philanthropic party when
out of power. Like the leaders ol the French
Jacobins, who were opposed to capital puuiah
ment, and who created the guillotine, upon which
was shed the be t blooa iu France, our Jac bins
were professed philanthropists and urged forward
the most oruel scheme of persecution they could
devise in the name of humanity, just us they des
troyed free speech and a free press la the name ol
liberty. No deepo( was ever so dangerous to lib
erty and its prolesaed fi ends; no tyrants were
ever so cruel us our humanitarian philanthro
pists.
A Provision Choi- —Tne Tallahassee Floridian
has some timely and appropriate remarks about
the ‘‘Provision crop ” The editor of that sheet
talks in a practical comm in sense way about the
matter, thus :
The Planters of our country have done much to
sustain the Government, in the gigantic struggle
iu which it is now eitguged. Next to the soldiers
they have evinced u pctriot-sm unsurpassed a
rnidst the mighty throes ol the present war. They
abandoned the selliuh idea ol personal gain, aud
by increasing the grain crop enabled us to feed
t ic thousands thal.iiro nobly con .ending lor South
ern rights aud Southern independence.
Two years have elapsed, and the minions o'
Lincoln despot st o still hover upon t e outskirts
ol our Confederacy, unable to p letrate the briet
liug buyosetH that "weloomu ihem to hoHpuab.e
graves.” Such has been our wonderful success
teat many are looking confidently for an early
peace. Among this -number we find many—very
many—of the planters of our couniry, who, look
iog to such a result as speedy, arc preparing io
plant large crops of cotton. No course more
ruinous to cur prosperity and fatal to our final
success could be adopted. We trust that the
patriotism of our planters is of a sterner staff
than to yield the welfare of their country for sel
fish gain, after ihe example which they set last
Vt-ar. But they will tell .us they have large a*
mounts of corn p i hand and find uo sule. They
must remember that the pressing season for corn
has not yet arrived, still it is now worth f1 to
#1,25 per bushed—in Georgia and other .States it
has gone up to over #2.
The Government and individuals will have need
for all our oorn bi fore another crop is made— and
this idea of peace should be abandoned as a fatal
delusion." Let ns go to work as though the war
would last twenty years ; let us plant largely in
grain and use cveiy effort ti sustum our Govern
ment, as the only means, with God’s favor, of
procuring our independence. %
The season will soon be upon us for platting
purposes, and it is with great regret that we hear
ol many planters who are pn paring to plant large
orops of o itton. Each thinks that what little he
plants will not alltet the general result, and thus
we fear many are unconsciously crdeitvoriug to
starve our noble army 'ut > subjection to Linooln
hirelings. We believe the war will go on us long
sb the Abolition party cun prosecute it—we see no
hope of peace while they <’ iu ruis • men and mon
ey. Wi h such signs before us, it is amusing to
see planters using their test efforts for our tailure
when that failure necesrari.y involves their own
destruction. At present this section of country
has nothing to entice the money loving Yaukaes
—let us, however, plant large cotton crops, and
we otter a bait almost irres stible to his cupidi
ty.
We hope that a just public sentiment and a
laudable spirit noon the pa t ot our planters will
not allow them to beggar our soldiers and imperil
our saltty for a few bales of cotton.
Thk N skulk a>d thk Bayonkt.— lt is not all of
war to fight. The bayonet and its kindred weap
ons are not the only ones by which battles may
be won, and a nation saved. Undoubtedly it is
one of the essential, indispensible instrumentali
ties for the achievement of triumphs, but for its
efficiency it is dependant upon agencies. In re
marking upon tbe “Needle and the Bayonet,”
the I’etersburg Express pays tbe patriotic ladies
of the„South the annexed compliment:
Wo have a few words to sjy about the services
wh eb have beeu rendered by the noble army of
Southern women who have, since the commence
m<.nt of bostihlies, contributed oy their patriotic
aud indefatigable labors to the work erf c.oihing
our troops. Never was a ooiyitry, in us hours oi
trouble aud peril, mere mdebte l to the energies
of its daughters than ours has been, iu this dark
aud terubie sirugqle. Never did female industry
and sell sacrifices merit higher admuauou aud
appreciation tbau in the present case. Tue need.s
in their hands has been incessantly employed m
promoting in its way the bodily comfort of the
soldier—aud without this devotion of theirs to
our sacred cause, what would have beeu the con
dition of our army? * * * * * *
How many bayouets would have beeu useless but
Torthe needles? To tbe ladies of ihe Bouih, then,
do tbe Government aud army owe a debt ot grati
tude hat cun never be forgotten. It is oniy to
express britfly and imperfectly our sense cf the
lnest.mable value os their contributions to the
cause of Southern independence in the assistance
they have voluntarily and lreeiy reucered io cu
arms, that we write ibis article. In the bn-tory of
tbe war nena of its pages will be brighter taon
those which record their services, and their brews
will be wreaihcd with laurels as green an* as vo
ading as any whioh will be eatwineif arou and the
heaas ot those who tangle in the bioedy scenes
of tbe battle field. Alt praise and honor wui be
tbe.rs for ages to come, aud generations yet to be
oorn will bless their memories.
Th* SvrßEiit Cocrt Bill—The Confederate
Senate has agreed to the amendment proposed by
Mr. Clay of Ala., to the Supreme Court Bill, in
the shape ol aa additional section, repealing tbe
4tth uud 4 >th sections of 'be Judiciary hot of the
Frovisionat Congress, giving appellate jurisdio
tion to the Supreme Court over decisions of the
Btate Courts. The Lull, as amended, was passed.
It provides:
1. That the Court shall consist of a Chief Jus
tice, at and Associate Justices, any three of whom
Bfcal! constitute a quorum, and shai! hold aauuat
ly at the seat ot Government two session*
2 The Chief J usiioe shall be the presiding
judge of the Court and the Associate Justices
shait have prtc deuce uccoruing to ag. .
8. Tbe Justices shall lake oaths prescribed for
the Judges of the District Courts.
4. Each Justice shall receive an annual salary
of $5,000.
6. All papers and judicial proceedings of any
kind pending in or returnable to the Provisional
Supreme Court, are hereby transferred to the
Supreme Court created by this act.
6 Repeals the 45th and 46th sections of the
Judiciary Act of the Provisional Congres*-
The Richmond papers tuiok a battle will take
ptaoe on the coast before the Federal army of tbe
Potomac will ad vanes again.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 31, 1863.
'J he Eight at Jacksonville. Fla.
We publish below, from the pen of a reliable
eye-witness, a full account of the recent skirmish
near Jacksonville, Florida, about which so many
reports have found their way to the pablic, some
of them to the disparagement of our brave troops
in that quarter. The idea of even a handful of
our men being backed down by a negro regiment,
is a slander on freemen. It is hoped that Gen.
Finnegan will adopt a vigorous policy towards
these black scoundrels, and either capture or drive
them from the State. Their white leaders should
be forthwith hung whenever they may fall into
our hands. The facts concerning the fight are
taken from a letter published in the Savannah
Republican, under date of March 18:
On Sunday night, March 15, Gen. Finnegan,
with his lorces, bivouacked on the old Panama
road, within half a mile of Jacksonville. Dctacb
meats were tak-n from the different compani -s
aud placed in oharge of Et. Hill, of Cap.. Bird’s
oompany, and a detachment from Capt. Wescott’s
“ Swamp Marines” under himself, and went to
w thin sixty yards of the enemy’s pickets. The
day and night’s rcconnoissance discovered to Ma
jor Brevard that the enemy had burnt the suburbs
of the town, t&d barricaded all the streets with
sullen trees, the tops outward, making it almost
impossible to get over them, and wills masked
batterAs bthma to sweep every man as he mount
i-d ths b rncude. Col. ii'gginson, of the “ First
Sputh Carolina Volunieeis,” is Commandant,
while the notorious Kansas JuLg Montgomery is
second in command. There were also three gun
boats in front of the town.
Monday, about 10 a. m, Major Brevard sen:
Capta n Diokinvon, wuh about tineeu of h s cav
alrymen, to anniy tho enemy and induce them to
capture him. Us succeeded iu drawing out as far
a-i tho old brick yard about two hunored cl'the
black scamps, but could get them no further.—
Captat i Dickineou, beir.giuthe rear ot his men,
was partially cu eff, when tenor twelve dusky
orms made for h:m, crying: “iitap dah I hole on
dab!” He gave his hone the spar, and leaped
down the hill, through tho old graveyard, across
the marsh, cl ared two fences and was soon out ol
reach. Major Brtvard, who was at the Haddock
House with his infantry, sent Capt. Wescott to
the right to come in on their rear when he
should advance, captain Qu ncy ritewart’s com
pany were deployed as skirmishers, is order to
give them the appearance ct oot pickets, end af
ter becoming eng-g and to fall back before their
fire and druw them out to where Captains West,
May’s and Bird's companies were cone saled and
get them betwo-n them and bag the whole. Bui
instead o s aiding and showing fight, us goon as
Capt. StewarTs company b came Vis.ble they de
livered one fire ana put towards town as last as
their jty bit and heels could curry them, skulking
behind fences and hillocks to keep ont'ol the way
of our boys’ peisuhsive mils. Major Br-vard or
dered Capt idiewait to push forward as skirmish
ers, going wiih them biuiaeit, uct 1 he got beyond
ihe brickyard t> a laig-. opening woicb t-t », had
cleared off fa trout ot the to n. The skirmishers
rdvanced down the railroad aud through the
fields, to the right and 1 ft, where they became
engaged with ihe enemy, who wore remurced.—
They tr'ed to thro » Mujor Brtv.a and in range of
the ; r marked batterie.-, bui he uxirmished with
tbo enemy until eveuing, when, tinting they would
ooi coino cut to rn-et mm, he witudrew.
On Tuesday Major Brevard moved his battalion
to the trout, putting Cupiaiu Biru’s company out
us skirmishers. The euemy got the rai go end
position Ol his troops, and 3behed him ten. iicaliy,
but his i eu were him a. and steady, aud ob yed bis
orders with alacrity. V m lookout reported t‘ e
enemy lauding trm ps from transports ab ut S
o’clock they catue w tn a to co oi about 1,000 or
1,200 white meu mid negroes, ftirsu ciuipauies
of white men Cams up uu the le t ot the railroad,
where Alaj B. had p V-eil Capt. Q Stewart’s com
pany ; the b'lanos came up ou tue right of the
railroad with tie and artillery meuaitd on a car.—
Capt Bird engaged thorn wi’-U Uis bkirmishers and
tell back on the main body, who were poasted iu
a ravine at the hr.ck chuico, whole the action be
came general. jShortly oiler Wer '. i courier came
Irani hie right and repnrteo that the enemy ware
crossing the ravine btdoto £1 is ' ■ , whereupon
iie ordered his command to iad i- -,k <ui %he hdl
to prevent the threatened movement. In the
menu tune the eLcmy were pouring a heavy fire
of email arms, grape, can -, r a.;d shell into his
mm. He throw ih-m into line oi battle on the
edge of a pine thicket, nod disposed his rnen in
such a manner that that they could not be flanked,
and from this position turned loose on the enemy,
drove them back and forc -d them to retreat with
their ariillery. In failing back they set fire to the
houses on either side of the iu iroi.d.
The ioss of the enemy ia not known ; as fast ss
they fell they were carried to the i ear. That of
our buttai on was six wounded, none seriously,
noue killed. The coolness aud bravery: of tho
men, aud the promptness wiih which they obeyed
orders, were commendable, Capt. E. West, J.
Wescott, S. Mays, J. Stewart, R. B. Bird, aud
their tomoany oflicets, deserve much praise for
the energetic assistance which they rendered
Mfjor Brevard, who proved himself a soldier of
ability, and handled his men handsomely With
his small force ot five Companies he diove back a
greatly superior number ot the enemy’s infantry
and artillery.
Distress Ahono ths Workino Classics in
Franck —The Opinion Nationals of the 29th of
February, contains a communication growing out
of a petition of five hundred inhabitants of Ciig
nancourt to the Senate for relief in their destitute
condition. The article alluded to is quits lengthy
as to the evils to which the workmen are subject
in their spinning and weaving occupations, and
we make only a short cx ract to show the deep
distress, debasement and degradation to which
they have been redut id by the want ol the great
staple—cotton—which hithmo has not on y fur
nished them employment and tubsistence, but has
been in its various ramifications the source of
commerce to a large but now suffering popula
tion.
It is easy to see that if the conflict between the
North and South coif ones muo'u longer, and
France is still d-prived of the staples and mar
kets of this country, ths must either find some
new and discovered path to relief, or else submit
to the fate which a revolution will eutaii. The
following is the extract;
As td the actual condition of the workmen, what
sha 1 be said of it which is not already known?
The weavers of some parts of Normandy eat the
leaves of the co'za or rape seed. At Ecu □ a sin
gle parish, at Vivien, contains 1 370 famil es in a
state of destitution, and iher- 1,170 families Lave
their most iodi-peusable eiltc.s, to the amouut of
one hundred thousand francs, iu pledge with thr
pawnbrokers. Mothers inscribe their daughters’
names npun the public registers for viie purposes,
and wh-n ihe Registrar endeavors to turn thtm
from their fngh fal intentions, they - nswer, “We
have no bread!” The peasants, iu the middle
ag s, gave their children to the wolves, and we
have now fedvanced one decree farther in misery
and shame.
We are only yet in the beginning of this doleful
condition, and moss await tbs development of this
“immense process."
A Pun and Ink Fkktce or Lincoln. — From tbe
mass o' rubbisd in the “Diary” o; Russell, the
London Times’ coneipon tent, we extract the fol
lowing pen and ink sketches ot Lincoln :
“Sooq afterwards there entered, with a shatn
bimg, trr- guiar, almost unsteady gait, a tail, lank,
lean man, consfde &hiy over s x tee : . <n begin,
with stooping shoulders, ong pendulous arms,
terminating in hands o fX < aodioary demengioua,
which, ho *ever, were by isr suce ded iu propor
tion of his teet. wa- dr.s.-ei iu ai ill fit ing
wrinkled suit of bl c :, which pa our- iu mind of an
an uudei taker-, un f > mat a iu .oral : round Lis
neck a rope of oLck s-. k vno led lu a large buib,
with flying ends, pn j-oting b-yond tbs collar of
his coat j big turned down s i--t cjllnr ditclosed
» siuewy, muscular ci'OV ue. k, and abu? ib it,
nest ing m a great rams of hia. k bar, brisUiDg
and compact like a tuff ol mourning p n rore, the
strange qua Lt sac and L-ad, c. ve td w.ih it
thatch ot wlid repub-ic .n iu-r, ot X‘i\sifeut Lu
coin. The l iipies- ju produ- -«1 bf~ Ilia eixs o.
big t-xtremitics, acd b> his flipping and w:de
' proiec.ing oars, u.uy be r«j uhh o» tuo appear
I nnee o' kiodiessn.s* sap .c ty, and the awkward
' bonhoramim es Lio tuce ; ihe month is absolutely
| prodigious; the Ups, straggling aud ext Hiding
| almost from oac 1 ne of black b ara to -he other,
i ere on y kept in eider by two deep lu rows Uo a
I the nostril lo the chin ; ihe novo i-eif—a prooai
i nent organ—stands ont from the !*ce, wub an
i .nqnir.L'g, -nx.uu* u.r, us -.i. il ... ;t were sniffu
for some good things in tue wuid ; the etc* cark,
l and deeply set, are pane .at t g, mi full ot an ex’
I presaioa which almost a . ants to tenderness •
and above them pr j-cw t: - shaggy brow, run
i oieg into '.he sma.i t -.re trout.. *'p c % the devsl
i opulent of wh en can scarcely he estimated acca
j rately, owing to the irregular flocks of thick La.r
; careLss y brushed across it. ”
|- ; A gentleman from Arkansas, who states that
* the appointment cf Gerer..; Kubv Smith to the
j command of the irso*-M.ss ssipui Department, in
j place of General Holmes, and' he sobstitntion of
i General Price lor General U ndmau who has been
! ordered to report at Jackson, Mississip. i. Las been
highly gratifying to to troops, ad there is every
- leason to expect that be ua*at>s’Lotory condition
of tilings which has prevailed in that department
for several months past, wifi now be terminated.
A Graphic Account of Van Barn’*
Retreat.
A correspondent of the Savannah Republican,
writing from Columbia, Tenn., under date of
March IS, gives the annexed graphic description
of Van Dorn’s retreat, and the manner in which
he successfully eluded the Federate :
On the 10th we had retired from Spring Hfll be
fore a large force of the enemy, and taken an ad
vantageous position and expected on the 11th to
have an engagement of short duration and retire
across Duck river to this point on a pontcon
bridge, which was then constructed aud about to
be launched. * * * o ar position
was at the head of the peninsula formed by the
junction of Carter’s Creek end Duck river, while
the enemy’s position was upon another peninsula
directly opposite, formed by the junction of Ruth
erfotd and Carter’s creeks, all of which streams
were unusually high and well nigh impas3abie.—
Our forces were disposed on the ssuth side of
Rutherford’s creek, our centre resting upon the
Nashville pike, onr left extending to Carter’s
creek, and our right, under Forrest, extending a
a mile or two to the right of the pike and upon
the border of Rutherford’s creek. The position
was a very strong and commanding one, and
King’s battery was put upon the highest hill
commanding the approaches from ths pike. In
front of our position, upon the oentre, open fields
strttohed from Rutherford’s creek back a thous
and yurds io a woody hill upon the left of the
turnpike, upon which their enemy mounted their
artillery, but which was perfectly commanded by
King’s excellent position. From the top of this
hill ilie movements of the enemy might plainly
be described. On the 10th three brigades were
plainly visible, and large wagon trains ware mov
ing ’n alt directions.
At 10 o’clock at night a council of war was held,
of which Forrest, Jackson, Crosby and Van Dorn
were members, and the plan of escape adopted
In the morning our troops were ordered to make
an unusual noise and keep up a cheering, while
buglers were made to sound “reveille” aud “for
ward” from many more points than whore we
had troops. At 8 o’olock A. M., the enemy’s bat
tery uoou the lelt of the turnpike opened fire
upon Kmg’s battery and gave that officer the
much desired opportunity to return fire and con
vince tnem ot h s whereabouts just before his
battery was withdrawn. Several sheila which he
had t,ken from tbe battle field of Spring Bill
were returned rapidly to the enemy to whom they
originally belonged, and* our battery was then
taken to tlu terry and crossed by the indefatiga
ble exertions of the Captain, and the horses swam
across. At 10 o’clock, A. M., everything was un
der way, the artillery and wagon trains having
been crossed upon the ferry and the animals swam,
me position completely evacuated, save by tbe
outposts and pickets, who were directed to with
draw so soon as we got fairly under way or the
cni my sbou and advance.
W-i were now all upon the retreat, and the enc
mv unaware of our having lett, and most of the
command ignorant as to our destination At
Han’s cross roads, where the Franklin and Mur
Iretsboro’ roads come together, and within a few
miles of which we passed a division of the enemy,
under Sheridan, was reported, but we passed tbe
critical point unobserved. As Crosby with his
advance was about crossing Caney creek, a force
app-artd iu sight end the fences were thrown
uown to f rm in line aid meet tbe foe, but fortu
nau-iy this foe proved ta be friendly and under
Forrest; and tbe two oolumns now joined an 1
pussed in column upon the same road The en
ure command was Better “closed up ; ” perhaps,
than was any large number ot men before, lo' no
matter how jaded tbe horse, hungry or wearied
toe rider, the knowledge that tbe enemy were
upon every hand, and to become a prisoner was
iu bo sen to camps Douglas or Cha*e, tended to
keep every laggard or s-ragßer in ranks. Con
tinuing ou through this knotted forest of ced&is
over rooks and into mud holes, wo passed com
plotaly around the enemy’s right flank and with
in three-quarters of a mile of toeir encampment,
and rescued, at 3 o’clock on the morning of the
11th, White’s bridge, crossing Duck river thirty
miles above Columbia, but which we had traveled
more than that distance to Here we met
Roddy’s foice, and once over the river and inlo
our own territory, afeeliDg of safety was indulged
iu, which it had before been impossible to appre
ciate. The command had stopped two hours
during the night to feed, but this was the only
delay.
Doyliglit revealed to us the Bewisburg pike, and
the tiead ol the command reached I.ewisirarg dur
ing the morning. At this point Van Dorn re
ceived despatches from Polk, which should have
reached him at his position before the enemy, in
forming him that ou the night of the 10 b Jeff C.
Davis, of the Yanke- army, marched with a divi
sion Bom Eaglesville at midnight, and another
from Versailles at the same time, with a view to
cutting him off.
We then left Lswisburg at noon, and reached
Columbia at dark, March, 12 fully expecting to
liud the enemy across the creek engaging our bat
teries upon tbi3 side, ♦kich had been instructed
to prevent the enemy from bridging the river and
crossing. Upon arrival here it was found that
the enemy moved cautiously forward, fully as
sured that their trap was successful, until they
reached the river at nightfall on the 11th, to find
that their cage was not close enough to hold the
golden bird.
When they bscarne aware that Van Dorn had
passed cut by their flank, they retraced their steps
at a double quick to Franklin, df stroying fences,
corn and fodder cs they went, and telling the citi
zens that Vun Dorn had got out upon their rear
and was attempting to capture Franklin and de
stroy their trains, but they would catch him. When
Vun Dorn arrived at Columbia, having passed
so successfully around them, and traveled 76 miles
in 8U hours, to reach a point only two miles dis
tant, he learned that the enemy were not only de
ceived in regard to catching him napping but
concerning his whereabouts aud expecting him
at Frankiiu.
1 have forgotten to state at the proper point,
that before we evaouated our position the enemy
had succ eded in crossing a fores over Ruther
ford’s creek, upon our right, and this rendered
our escape still more precarious. Forrest engag
ed this torce and drove them back, killing seven
of them
Col. Ferguson's ExpKKITION IN T3K VICINITT OF
Ghkenvillb, Miss. —The Yazoo Banner publishes
the following letter giving an account of Col. Fer
guson’s expedition in the vicinity of Greenville,
Miss, t
We presume it is generally known that a force
of six pieces of artillery and a small oavaly sup
port was sent from Vicksburg, about a month
ago, to operale against the abolition transports at
Greenville. It may interest some of your readers
to know the result.
Finding the river olosoly patroled by two gun
boats, Lieut. Col. Furgerson found it difficult to
keep a position on the river about Greenville, and
bad to go up to Bo'ivar, where he opened upon
two transports with considerable effect. One of
them was towed off while the other s'owly made
its w»y up the river by one wheel. The day this
occurred, the abolitionists landed a force of 800
cavalry, 4 piroas of artillery and six regiments of
infan'rv, under command of Brigadier-General
Btrbr dje at Greenviiie for the purpose of cup
turmg Col. Furgersenls command, which they
thought was still on Deer Creek. They landed
early in the morning and immediately removed
out where they remained a day or two and then
returned to Greenville or the purpose of toing
up the rtver and capturing a battery on the Ar
kansas sidß that had given them much trouble.
Had the enemy kept the position on Deer Creek
it would have been impossible for Colonel Fur
gerson to escape, for his only road was down the
creek.
T.,e Yankees went up and run the Arkansas
battery back eight miles, and on last Buaday re
turned 'o Green vile. On Monday morning they j
came down on us, tbe 'nfantry byway of Fist' j
Lake br dge. the cavalry and artillery by the Biack |
bayou bridge, both of which had neeu bnrned, but |
the cavalry auada a dash a Sh lby’s bridge, :
guard-d by about twenty pickets, whom they ran, i
and q-i ckly repairing the bridge, crossed aid |
gave chase to our pickets. Col. Ferg rson ban i
received timely notice of the’r movements and had
s-nt two piects of artillery to Fish Lake bridge .o
check the infantry while hia wagons acd other ar
ti lery escaped.
Having ran away their infantry, he w thdr.w
hi# two oteoes of cannon as fast as possible back
to the road on Deer Cr -ek, and comm need his
" trea 'f, enemy’s cavalry pressed on, and as
the artillery wr-s passing round the bend of the
creek at Bucsner’s place, they crossed through
the field and got in advance of our artillery cap
fur, g our caissons, ba-gage wagons and about
tc-iy o. our men. Our caval y stampeded on the
appearance ot the enemy, and with tbe exception
ot eight or ten were Been no more that day. Oar
f.rtUU ry, thus surrounded wth cavalry in (root,
uitu heavy masses of infantry in the rear press- and
on, advancing and firing, driving the enemy like
chaff be ore them into the cane, re-took all our
caissons, wagons and about forty of our men that
he enemy ki&d taken, and made its way down tbe
creek so inst tn&t neither ihe enemy’s artiii- ry, or
infantry, were able to fire a gun. By night our
arttu.rv had reached bayou Faliah, three mile*
oeiow Col. rail -q and the enemy were at Samuel
lay lor 8 two miles above. Col. Furgerson worked
all night, ana by Tuesday at noon Lai put all the
artillery and wagons in fiat boats, and started
down the bogue, and I left them at Col. Latham’s
on Sunflower on Thursday.
Be Diligent.— lndustry is never un'ru’tfnl.-
Action keeps the soul both sweet and souud,
while slothtnlae?s rots it to noisomeness. There
is a kind of good angel waiting upon diligence,
always carrying a laurel to crown life ; whereas
idleness for her reward, is ever attended with
shame and poverty.
Maeeiape of the Peincb of Walis.— Tuesday,
March 10, was the day appointed for the marriage
of the Prince of Wales. In anticipation of this
event, ail England has been stirred fer weeks—
every city, town and hamlet getting itself in holi
day trim for the joyful occasion. From the many
items of interest which crowd the oclumne of tho
leadiug journals, we dip the following. The Lon
don News say* :
The bouquet-holder, in which the bouquet will
be presented to the Princeas Alexandra, on her
landing in England, by the lady of the Mayor of
Gravesend, in form will resemble a cornucopia,
and ii so arranged that by touching a spring in
geniously contrived it may be rested in an up'right
position. The ornamentation will consist of the
armsol England and Denmark, surmount'd by the
Prince of Wales feathers, issuing from a gold
crown set with sapphires. On the reverse will be
repr»s-:-i -ed the motto of tbe corporation of
Gravesend. The gold work of the comuoopia
will be enriched with pink, coral and pearls, being
the national colors of Denmark.
A Manchester paper says:
Ths Princess Alexandra ig to be received in the
city by a levy of blooming belles, the bn (l htest,
gracefulest, and most fascinating of the beauties
of the city; and the mode of the reception, and all
the patty details belonging to it, w 11 be immedi
ately arranged under the auspioss of a committee
oi ladies.
The Liverpool Town Council have adapted a
resolution to place £2,50» at the disposal of the
Mayor, for the pro vision ot outdoor amusements
on the day and evening. The fetes will include dis
plays of fireworks in three parts of the town, mu
sical performances ut the Park, organ performances
at Si. George’s Hall, and a treat to all the school
children oi the town. There will be no illumina
tion of the public buildings, but it is expected that
the various tradesmen, <fco., will illumtuate their
premisss. Ths Mayor will give a grand ball and
b.inquet, for which ens thousand invitations have
been already issu id. A number of toe ladies of
the town have united to present a souvenir to the
Princess Alexandra. Tne corporation intend to
grant a holdiday to .heir servants in all depart
ments.
Similar festivities would mark the day in all the
principal towns of England. Tho Princes* will
be escorted through the different countries by the
representatives of Great Britain from their respec
tive capitals. A Copenhagen correspondent of the
Boston Post thus alludes to the Princess:
P'inoess Alexandria is a most accomplished
young lady, and one.ot the fairest daughters of our
little Denima k; her education has oten of the
highest order ; she speaks fluently six living lan
guages, nd is quite an artist m oil painting as
well as an excellent performer ou tbe piano and
harp. But better tbau all these things are tne
noble qualities ot her heart and mind, her benevo
lence io the poor, her unostentatious manners,
unu lur sympathy withal that is Danish.
Tub Kudhua .Uu .KXNCir—l baching j of the
' AtT—The Chicago Times talks very plainly
about the depreciated Federal currency in this
manner:
History is of so avail if its teachings pass by
unheeded. The history of the revolutionary war
is full oi the ripest wisdom, if we but choose to
adopt ;t lor the pießent guidauoe. It should be
a u aiter of some moment to us that our tore
lathers went thruUgn with tribulation and suffer
ing, not only that we might thrive and grow
.iow riul, but that we might leuro to shnn the
rocks on which they split. It is in this regard
that -he reooids of the past become a necessity.
Ihe history of the continental currency is open
»0 our view, so that we should study its lessons,
aud catefnliy turn aside lrom tne path which led
to repudiation and bankruptcy in those days, and
which must just as certainly 1-ad to the same end
now. Let us follow the events of that period
briefly.
When tbe continental money was first issued,
in 1776, it held a value equal to that of gold, and
pitbS-.a at par m commercial transactions.
Lliug the same year, an issue of twenty-five
millions was gain-d, and the currency depreciated
five per cent.
Twelve months after, the issue wag forty mil
lions, uitd throe hundred dollars were uot equal to
one hundred in specie
At toe end of uvo years, one hundred millions
hat been issued, and seven hundred and fifty
dollars equaled the value of one hundred.
At Hie close of 1779, when the issue was stop
pod, at two honored and lorty-two millions, three
ihou-iiirid dollars weie required to pay a debt of
one hundred doliars.
In 178 U, when ihe nation made s sacrifice of the
sot-re amount by ceaaiDg to use it as money,
seven thousand five hundrtd dollars equaled ouu
hundred dollars of good money, and passed cur
rent ut those rates.
Bat one result could accrue from such a con
dition of affairs. The nation went into bankrupt
cy. Congress did all in its power to sustain the
currency. Euactment after enactment went forth,
threatening social proscription and criminal prose
cution io those who refuted to take tbe money.
Appeals were thrown out, in whicn it was shown
that the enure ddot could be paid in a few years
by an assessment on property, which would not
become onerous. Lotteries were devised, under
national saoclidn, to ra.se means and credit; and
finally, abandoning State issues, the people rallied
on the national currency, aud strove with all their
might to sustain it until the war could be carried
through. It was but a vain effort. Legislation,
penalties, and the most fervent devotions could
not combat the inevitable laws of co nmercial iu
tercourse, and the vast tabrio ‘cme down with a
crash. Two hundred millions,field bytbe people,
were cast aside as one casts aside worthless rags,
aud the country went back in its history scores of
years and began anew.
We are travelling, with magnificent strides, the
same road over which our forefathers went with
their feeble steps to financial ruin. And in pro
portion as our progress is gigantic, so will our fall
be terrible. -Will the lessons of history aid ns in
solving the problem, or shall we still go on blind
ly to tue end?
Tne Revolution in Indiana —That a revolution
is rapidly gatheiiog volume and thieatens soon to
burst iu ti_e Northwest, no one, with even ordina
ry inteil gence, now fora moment doubts. Draft
have been resisted, deserters have been assisted
it escaping. The Abolitionists in Illinois have
become greatly alarmed, and are casting about for
something to drown tbe clamor, lest any moment
they may find themselves stifled with their milita
ry supremacy overthrown. The following extract,
which we clip from the Cincinnati Gazette, is from
a lett.r written by a citizen of Indiana to his Rep
resentative in Congress, trying to devise measures
for ihe suppression of this home rebellion. The
writer says :
“ The people are alarmed at the measure now
on loot and developed by rebel sympathizers.
We greatly ne-d, in lorm ior distribution, a de
tenoo of the President’s proolamat'on, and tbe
refutation of the.cbargi that this is aa abolit'on
war. bucb charges are educating t e public
mind ter resistance to a draft, oe assured that
there is great_ danger of their doing their work
effict ially. No threat is even now teore com
uion than that of resistance to any drait; and it
ib no id .a one, either. It is inevitable, without a
great change in pu lie sentiment, and it is use
less to disguise it. Deserters already find armed
pro.ec.iou in this eounty. It is so in almost every
Dcm icrat c county in ladiana. A reaction Bee
i..sicg place, bat unless stimulated it will be only
euip irury.
Under the dreaded apprehension that civil
war i ut our doors, the people are ready to ao
c. pi almost anything that wen and promise even
temp iru v r lief from such calamities as that
» uu.d inflict. faking advantage oi this, the
DeLouci ais ar* propoß ug o circulate petitions for
Siion ot Goagress, to propose some
measures pi compromise —telling the people that
it cficred and nfused by the rebels it will unite
ue at home, and avert the orioles and horrors of
civil war. Th nk ot it at we w 11, all men will
ruck into such a peiicy. If the Pr.-sident, on
alien application, shall refuse o call Congress to
gether, they then intend to explode the magazine
and precipitate us into revolution.”
Prosperity and A dvarsity— Faith and friend
ship arc seldom truly tried bat in extremes To
find friends hen we huve no ueod of them, and
to want taern when we have, are both alike easy
and common. In prosperity who wifi not profess
io love a man, in adversity how lew will show
that they do~ it. When we re heppy in the
soring-tide of abundance, and the rising flood of
plenty, then the world will be our servants, then
all around about ug with bowed beads, with
bended bodies and protesting tongues. But when
these pleasing wavers begin to ebb, when our
w-.-alib beg ns to leave ns, then men look upon
ns at a ai_--iu.ee Oar fortunes and ourselves are
so closely linked, tba: w,i know not whioh is the
cause of the love we find. When these two part
company, we may then discern to which of them
aSectioa will ciing.
At a recent public meeting at Stamford, Conn ,
Fernando Wood is reported to have told the peo
ple that the Conscription act was not only uncon
stitutional, but that if he were elect.d (ioverncr
of Connecticut, not a man should be forced from
tbe State under its provision* without first walk
ing over his dead body; and he was satisfied that
I< Seymour, their candidate, held tbe same news,
and if elected, would not shrink from reducing
them to praenoe.
VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO. 13.
! Ths Mercusr ako Sewxjd Difficulty.—'The
correspondent cf the Philadelphia Inquirer, un
der date of Feb. 28, writes thus concerning the
Seward and Meroier .difficulty :
“The ch'ef interest in American affairs, ou this
sid % of the water, centers this week in .the bellig
erent attitude of Mr. Seward and M. Merrier,
and tbe general news sinks into siguficanace
when compared with this. But one in view appears
to be entertained upon the subj ;ct and its proba
ble results, and tbe politicians and editors bave
settled down into the conviction that Mr. Seward
must speedily be dismissed in compliance with
the peremptory demand of the French Govern
ment. Tbe nnivenal sympathy seems to be on
the French side of the question ; and th“ ‘leader’
writers of the various j >urnals have again over
hauled their vocabularies in order to discover the
scandalous and obnoxious epithets to apply to
the American Secretary of State. No two
statements could be more thoroughly an
tagonistic than those made by the two high func
tionaries in question, and, as’certainly, but one of
them can by any possibility be true. An attempt
has been made here to reconciliate the conflict
ing statements and to apologize for Mr. Seward
on tbe ground of h ; s probable ignorance of the
French language, or ot‘ bis having been misled
by the imperfect English of M. Msroier. This,
however, is cheer nonsence, a sieve that will hold
no water. Ido not know whether or not Mr.
Seward is a French scholar, but it is clearly un
reasonable to suppose that bo would have held
such a conversation as the one datai'ed by M.
Meroier, unless he both kuew what he himself was
saying, aod what his interpreter intended tzsay
“If you will recall to mind the chief contents
of my last two letters you will, I imagine, ob
tain the oiue to the whole mystery. There is not
the least Bhadow of dm bt, ia my’.mind, that the
result just now reached was part and parcel of
the grand soheme long rgo concocted at the Tuil
lerits, and that M. Mercier has, from the first,
been merely following the instructions conveyed,
to him by bis Imperial master. Intervention, ia
Borne way, and at soy hazard, having been deter
mined upon as ameasure of Fienchpolio*-, it was
not enough that an army and navy should be
concentrated in the Mexican Dominion, some
pretext must be found for an event ul rupture
with the American Government at Washington
and to this end M. Mercier was doubtless di'
reeled to bead hta utmost energies. How well
he has succeeded in the portion of the general
programme entrusted to his management, w- al
ready see, and somewhat sooner tbuu I expected.
That it bas been accomplished at the expense of
truth and candor, personal as well as diplomatic,
however, we may regard it, is a matter that will
not trouble the Fre.ch conscience much, as, in
their national politics, the end always justifies the
means.
“T ie only cause of apprehension, and I fear it
is a serious one, is that tbe wily and smiling
Freno iman has been too successful in hoodwink
ing his stolid antagonist, and that Mr. Howard,
and the Government generally, have failed to de
toot in time the uuderplot, so that an opeu rupt
ure cannot now be prevented without that sacri
fice of the national honor aud diguily, which is
now held as inevitable by the unfriendly British
press.”
Lirs in Yanksedou.—A prominent Massachu
setts lawye has just beau arrested on the charge
of endeavoring to take the life of a person iu Chi
cago, against whom he had a spile, through the
agency ot an infernal machine. The Chicago
Times thus speaks of the matter :
In the latter part of December, 1562, a box was
forwarded rom North Ada ns, Mass., to New York,
and iroui then .s to Chicago, 111. It was directed to
a Mr. Whipple, of that city. As he was absent
from towu when the box arrived, it remained in
IDs express office for two oeeks unnoticed and
unopened. Mr. Whipp.e returned from Chicago,
and suspeoled that eometning was wio g about
thisinysterioua box, which was about fifteen inches
long, fourteen wide and ten high, enveloped in
thick wrapping paper, tieu With a cord, while on
the front side was a board tareo quarters oi an
mch .hick covering the keyhole bud fastened by
a eci’i w in e.oh corner.
Between Mr. VV hippl.-, to whom the box was ad
dressed, aud Nebemiuh Hodge,ot north Adams, a
teeliug of enmity hid for u long time wis ed. Mr.
Hodge is the inventor uad patentee oi u railroad
bruke, which is in general use throughout the
country. He has Several suits pending against
corporations and individuals fer alleged lninsge
meets on his pateut and improper use of nis
brake, was for several years counseled
with Hodge in the owuernhip of tine invention,
but tins connect.on was severed a snort time ago,
and Whippl ’s interest was trauslerred to several
railroad companies. Hodge became greatly in
censed, a ,and is said to have made threats to the
effect that ‘ he would hung the powers of hell to
beur against Whipple.”
The mysterious box having been placed in the
custody ot the person to whom .t was addressed,
0. F. Bradley, Ceief of Police of Chicago—whose
reputation as a detective is national—was con
sulted. He took the esse in hand, and prooeedrd
to a reconnoissance ot the box. He became satis,
tied that it contained an infernal macome. In or
der to open it he effected un.ingenious mechanical
arrangement. The box wag pluced between ledges
of rocks —a wedg was inserted in the cover, and
a fifty-tux pound weight was suspended over it,
held by a rope over two hunmed leet long. Chief
Bradley, at uie safe end ot tbe rope, gave a strong
pull, the weight fell, the wedge aid its duty, ana
the cover was removed. An envelope was tnen
discovered in iront o! the key-hole, containing the
key to tbe box and a description ot its contents—
which were said to be new inventions, requiring
the utnost secrecy in their removal. Still tue box
was unopened. The maebau cal device wa3 re
adjusted. Down came the weight, and as it struck
ibe-box an explosion followed that was heard lor
the distunoe ot many miles. The box proved to
have contained about fifteen pounds of powder.—
Un tbe inside ot the cover a spiral spring had been
so arranged as to release a hammer and strike a
percussion cap at the moment the box was open
ed. There wag no possibility ot a failure in the
murderous engine it un attempt was made to open
it m tbe usual manner. Death was a certainty to
every person in the vicinity of this terrible ma
chine.
To discover the person who had sent this box
on its would be errand ot destruction was the tusk
of Ohiet Bradley. To it ne devoted the energy of
himselt and bis corps of assistants. About two
weeks ago he came to this city, and consulted
with detectives Walter L Kipp and Lemuel Hurl
but, whose co operatioa wa3 secured in the im
portant investigation. Chief Bradley procured
ail tbe evidenoe that he could ootain and returned
to Chicago, whereupon the United States Grand
Jury touud bills of indictment agaiDst Nehemiah
Hodge, of North Adams, for conspiracy aud as
sault with intent to commit murder.
Ths Lays Riot in Indiana.—The Chicago Times
gives the annexed account of the late riot at Calu
met, Indiana:
At Oalnmet, a town of some five hundred in
habitants, situated ou the Michigan Southern
railroad, near tne crossing f the Michigan Cen
tral railroad, in Porter county, Rev C ipt. Wm.
Copp was announced to speak on Monday even
ing, the 2d mat. Tue evening came and with it
the speaker. The au lienee gathered. The speak r
‘ook tue stand; unbuttoned his coat; took from
his Bide pocket a navy revolver, which he deitoe
rateiy placed by the side of th* sacred Book, and
announced t at his subject would be “ foe B bie
and Bullets.” The audienc* was a large one for
that place, and composed ot I)*mocrat4 and Re
publicans, expecting, when they came together
to hear tbe iru.h frem a d.v no who had Leen in
the service. They t-xpec ed that Ik, at least,
would deal justly to ait men—‘nithing extenuate
or aught set dowo in ma ise;’ but woat was their
astems imeut w: ea, at era oriel mtruduoi ry, to
hear him propose to take a vote of ihe meeting to
see hoar many of tfiose present would “assist in
bangi g the o->pperh. ads ut that cuunfy.” At thi
juncture the Democrats present w.t’jur 5 w to the
street, .. here tbe Abolitionists followed them, as
saulting them wrh pistuls, kmv s, blu geona and
m i hort with everything available—in.-tuntly kill
ing one ano wounding two otners. in the imme
diete v cinity the moat intense excitement pro
ve la,' and more bloodshed is an .icipated before the
aflair is • tided.
Bui this is not all. A few days previous to th's
affray, this same demon Copp spexe at Valparai
so, iu ihe same county, uunouucing the same
subject, and hluutty asking how many of those
present were ready aud wining to assist in hang
ing five of the moat prominent aud wealthy
cit zens of Valparaiso, whose oniy crime is that of
Busiainirg tbe Oonatitaiion. Upon tbe vote be
lnu put, about two-thirds of the audience arose
tJ theii feet. It is ou'y the love o law and order
entertained by the people o' Valparaiso
this wbite-cravated missreant from ' uli .
a limb of one of tne trees that adorn that “
fnl Court House square.
Tbe Times, iu speaking of Copp s cou.se, uses
the following mild language i •
How long mast these tbe
long will Ihe P«OP‘« crl £s and demagogues?
canting Os sued Da e uTp *nn men,
Upon wbat evil tfmee have we aod )r0
under the garb I S (<J Bnd i cc i t j nfr
thr °U e kJt h ln«t«!d of TOODSehng love and mercy?
freemeD gaat aut«?d bytbe
rlnetAution, to he ba-ely trampled beneath the
* 4aV Abolition erneaders, the laws of our conn
and the pnipit and the Bible made
inbservient to’ends and aims of despots and ty
" tg f x* there no more protection to the rights
of fre mti in this country f And must we tame
lv rnbmittn beahot dfiwn in cold blood for dar
lig to choose our ow» political faith ?
Letter Trom fOUddie Tennessee.
The correspondent of the Savannah Republican
writing from Columbia, Tenn., under date of
March 14th, says:
Tbe entire cavalry command having arrived
bere, is now resting in this vicinity, after the
tiresome marches of the past two weeks. Tbe
poutoou bridge being thrown across Duck river
at this point will occupy several days, and during
that time the entire command will be rested. The
pontoon once completed, the “little dragon ’ will
again be in the saddle and sparring the flanks of
his horse and of the enemv.
It is a somewhat remarkable fact, tbataßbough
the enemy were not deleated and captured by
Van Dorn until the 6th inst .aud although he hud
no idea of fighting them so socn, the papers bad
a full account of the fight on the 3d, three days
before it occurred. Fortunately the prediction
was verified, save that the enemy attacked us in
stead of our haviqg attacked the enemy; and that
we captured 2,200 instead of 3,000.
I have before me a Nashville -Union of the 7th
inst., whioh oontains an account of the recent
Spring Hill fight. The Yankee forces that w re
engaged were the 83d Indiana, lfttb Michigan, 22 t
Wisconsin, 65th Indiana, 18th Ohio battery, aud
9th Pennsylvania and 2d Michigan oara'ry—all
under command of Col. Coburn, of the 33d Indi
ana. Ot these we captured tbe entir ■ 38d indtaaa,
Ssth Indiana, 19th Michigau and £2d Wis onsm
regiments, with 250 commissioned officers, includ
ing Col. Coburn, commanding brig de. The Ohio
regiment, the battery, and the two gavalry regi
ments cleared out when they discovered Forrest
moving around upon their rear, and succeeded in
effecting tneir escape.
About one hundred and fifty of our wounded are
here, and an equal number of the Y'ank -ex are at
the hospitals. The mortality among ihe Yaukee
wounded bas been very great, most aii of whom
had been severely wounded.
When the Yankee prisoners arrived at Sbelby
vilie, they were met by a large turn out ot Union
ists at that place, who furnisued them with cakes,
pies, and other delioaoies, telling them to cheer
up, a blighter day was dawning ; aud at the Court
House, were Coburn was on parole, a per ect
ovation was paid him by the ladies, and it was
difficult to get a glimpse of him through the
many bonnets and skirts.
Gen. Bragg has issued an order directing all
officers, either sick or wounded, to report to and
receive treatment at hospitals alone, for whica
they will be charged one dollar per diem.
We heve learned with sumo certainty that the
two divisions under Jeff'. C. Davis and Sheridan,
sent out by Rorencranz from Murfreesboro’, to
aid iu the capture of Van Dorn, have returned to
whence they orma, and Granger’s division has
gone bacx to Franklin. Aa they fell back they i
destroyed all tho bacon, fodder, fences and inrun :
ing implements which came wi hin reach, and i
heaped bitter imprecations on the noble Xeaneu- i
Sbeans for having harbored and succored our i
cavalry. ;
From the fact of Uo3encranz having deiached
two large divisions from bis command to pursue
Van Dorn, I am led to b-lieve that, he duns not
fear an atteck from Bragg, or he would not have
dared to ruu such a risk, and his hav'ng detucaed
this large force for several days leads me to be
lieve that he himself does not intend an attack at
an early day. The roads, too, are such as to for
bid an esriy advance. T.io Cumberland has com
mencsd falling and iu a short time Roeencracz c uu
n« longer depend upon it lor the trau-' or.anon
of his supplies. The railroad through Kentucky
is not to be trusted, and I am at a loss to conjec
ture what route he will be dependeut upon. I
half fear the crossing of a part of Grant’s arm?
up tho Tennessee.
Rosencranz sends forage trains, of a hundred
wagons at a time, fairly within our lines, uud<r
escort of large infantry guards. Thus far tbe
little command of Rodney bas been unable io pre
vent this, as they can do nothing with tho “web
foots,” aa the Yankee infantry are 6tyled.
Tub Capture op the t euzral Bhip Jacob Bell.
Tbe New York Herald’s Halifax correapoude.-oo
gives the annexed particulars of the capture of
the Federal ship Jacob Bell by the Confederate
steamer Florida :
The ship Jacob Ball, from Savatow, China, was
bound to New York with a lull cargo of teas, cas
sia, ctmphor, cissia oil, As., all British property,
valued at #1,500,000. Wuen 100 miles from Som
brero, Feb. 12‘.b, she discovered a steamer in pur
suit, under full *ead of steam aud all sail set
After six hours’ chase, the steamer fired a oho',
striking twice the length of the ship astern, When
the Captain ordered his ship hove to. The steam
er carried the Federal flag. Atter sailing around
the Jacob Bell three tmioS,she presented a hro-d
--side, ran up the rebel flag, aud seat a boat’d crew
aboard. Tbe steamer proved to be tne privateer
Florida.
Alter examining the Bell’s papers, she was de
clared a prize to the Confederate States. Officers,
trew ana passengers of the Bell were imm. diately
transferred to the steamer, being allowed bait an
hour to collect a few uecessar- articles, the prize
crew appropriating whatever pleased their fancy
of the remaining articlis. Tue Florida immedi
ately started in pursuit of a schooner which es
caped in the darkness, ordering the prize master
to steer a certain course and meet the Florida io
the morn ng. They met on the morning of the
19th, when the prize crew were taken off and
the sh ; p fired. Tne Florida narrowly escaped be
ing run down by the Bell, having banked her
fires, and tae crew being so iuten'fy enguged in
trans.erring plunder as to neglect the management
of the ship, which, with sans set, bore down on
the Florida, the rigging of which had to be
manned and the Bell shoved off'. She war thin
abandoned and burned to the water’s edge.
The Florida carries six 68 pounders and two
chasers, 120-pounders. The crew number 160, all
told. The oificers are quite young, at and the crew
principally Irish, some ot whom express a desire
to leave her. Capt. Maffit and officers showfd
th>m every attention, and seemed dtsirous oi
mating them as comfortable as possible. Capt,
Maffit mentioned having passed tue Vanderbi.t iu
pursuit of him, but being night, and the Floridu
lying so low, with sails tnrlei and smoke ttack
down, she was not discovered.
The U. B. men-of war Vanderbilt, and Shepherd
Koapp, all carrying heavy batteries and ot great
speed, left Bt. Thomas'on the 20th ult., in pursuit
of the privateer Fiords
A Proposed Remedy to Make Provisions
Plenty. —The Miilsdgeville Union proposes a
most excellent and effectual remedy tor the scar
city of provisions, as iollows :
There is an abundance of all kinds of provisions
in the country. But those who owu t ecu will not
sell even ut a price mat startles the mau who is
neither a speculator nor an extortioner, 'ih y
keep back provisions to make the scarcity grc.ti
er, in hopes ot getting more mouey when hat-liy
the death grasp of their palms loosens its icy
clutch. Thousands of these avaricious in in, who
have their barns full of corn, their smoke houses
foil of meat, and tneir yards lull of poultry, owe
a great deal of money to merchants auu otaers. —
But not a bushel ht corn, nor flour, or a pound ol
meat will they sell to a creditor.
Now what is the remedy? Repeal the Stay
Law. Put on a heavy iax, and compel the stingy
souls who are making starvation in every com
munity, io unhouse tneir grain aud unearth iheir
bacon, if men were compelled to pay their debts,
to the citizen ana to the goverumcul, We Suouiu
hear no more of this tpeclre of starvation, which
haunls our dreams until men are become deep*
rate, and are ready to lay violent hxuas ou tue
meat and bread whica their wives and chiidrtu
must have to keep then, from actual waut. Wil.
the Legislature apply the remeoy? We have no
doubt.it will.
A Good Judge or Metals—The “Government
agent” mentioned in the following report should
certainly be promoted.
A correspondent of the Fayetteville Observer,
describing a visit to Angus.a, writes :
I witnessed there a rather amusing tejne aDd
one from winch some oce ougtit to profit. A
lot of wrought iron brnz*d cow bells were bi * • u
by a Government agent—Gapt. f°“ d 7 " t
North Carolinian who was present asaea nin
what he was goiog >o do with them,
tain replied tuat he intended e he did come
gun metal »“ r f taS eoumi*r*
from the wild* of “ * toid the oup
bie reputation for be,D £ wrou>«ol iron bi»zed.
tain that they "ere bei : m ul. or
The Captain inr,t ® d o ££dVbet N. C a ilbOOoa
at least copper, ' and offs re t uud woa hy flung
the point, which bet «• w
u.Aoousi. — .apt. Hudsm and
*^of S tbe steamer Ueorgiana, with Mr Hope, a
mate of tne boat > s crew, went down to Hahi-
gaturdnr mo rn'ng, lor tbe purpo»e-
If risitinß the steamer ano trying to save, and pos
°Me a portion of the cargo. On ther ai rival
th«v’we'e kindly proffered asaistaace by Captain
Haskell, who joined them with a- detachment oi
men from his battery an-i one gnn. 'lhe party
proceeded along the beach and discovered f jar o
the blockading vessels c o*e in and in such aposi
t on as to be able to rake the stranded at*amer
with their guns Upon seeing our men approach
the blockaders steamed up and commenced fir ng,
most of their shot and shell striking upon aud
around tbe wreck. Captain Haskell replied, but
was unable to reach them The enemy succeeded
in completely nddiiog the Georgian*, and all
hones ot goving anything, we believe, have been
abandoned. A crew oi six men from Captain
Haskell’s battery who left to *visit the wreck ou
Friday night, are reported missiog, and it is fear
ed have been captured by the enemy.
CAarletton C uritr, 2Sd.
Several Confederate blockade runners have ar
rived at Nassau.
FOR TBS CHROXJCL* AND SKNTIXU
AsvbyxixiiuK Slit Is Against liv .i»
Clads,
Auousta, March 23, ibOJ,
To Idtut.-Colonel Rains,
Confederate {jlaCs Ordnance Cot ~,
Sir : — ln common with rnauy others ut this cri
sis, my mind has been exe upon the quo-,
tion, How can we best provide measures ui no
fence against the iron-ciad gunboats with which
cur cities iu the Southern States ot tuis Confede
racy are now threatened? I address to you ia
this public way some observations upon t.ie sub
ject, because tnat you aro engaged iu the maau
faoture of military appliances lor our defence,
and ii the hope, tbat it woul 1 may say docs not
Contain suggestions willed you may useluily .m
--prove.it umy at least aid iu setiiug your uund
(perhaps the minds o! others) to work success
fully m the direction indicated.
Ot oourse, the best defence eg linst these “inou
sters,” in the opinion ot ail ivou.d he jush thu.iu
ing blows as taey received at Drewry a Bluff aa’J
at Fort McAllister. But it is not always pjsiiOia
to a iminisier these, anl we koo v ths. tuesc ves
sels are regarded as so very lormidaole, and itun
gerous, simpiy because that by means ol their
iron mail, tuey are rendered more or less shot
and euulf proof. Their impregnability is set at
naught, wneusosver they crabs pou trated of
an agency, wuich wiil des x*jy tueur inmate,or
reader them incapable oi action. This being so,
the problem tc be solved is: How cm succ in
jurious agency be provided with facility an i-it
reasonable cost in the presen emtrgeucy*; ami
how sopioyed ia order to produce the desiied re
sult ?
,J he suggestions which 1 submit may possibly
contain tne kuy to a solution ol tne tirsi. Dr.m.:ii o.
this lnquir, —me seeped om best be .otveu by
miiit ry men, like youiseu, who are familiar w.ta
ordnance service.
Thtfre are two methods, to which I will cilt at
tention, by whici the result iu question mu j
produced—ins of a very Uusiiuo.ive u- pr , hi
involving sjmewhatof danger to tii opt rawr wnb
provides it; the oth.r not destiu .irc ol :i
uur evolving so muua of risk in tue iabaraimy.
yet psruaps, w .11 ni U us effective ia ov-ercom.a ;
an tueuiy.
The hr< t of these agencies may not be conve
ni«n ly procure i at aujihiug n»e a reason aiis
oust at present; the sec nd can be easily suppled,
1 think, aud suineieutiy cheap, i’us mpiuymeu:
ot the titst Uiim htary pr. j etile is by no me-tud
a ue.v idea. 1 was nuccessiuily submitted to.tlx
pcrimsnt a number or years azo. vVe Were .a
inrmed bf the Ei giish newspapers, ae la- baekas
ihe year 1854, tu,»i, "Tae Gnm uutee of U. duaace
save baa iu ir at.ention dr- mll a u w p ro) jo
file, if 13 a sOeil Charged withal.qi and Wuioa
when released by the eoucueei .nos me ball be
comes a shoot o liquid hie, consuming alt ..ithiu
its influence, tne smoke omitted also ues
human life.” This 1 quu. is tho resuUOt ctuuncai
processus nu-w wedcomprthjudsii.und wnioh may
be provided withou much difficulty by taooe >vuo
can command tae reqa s.te material, aud the lab
oratory. ft pousetscs the proeerues of w at 13
known oy the chvinuts as kukody e. inis com
pound is u c >mb na.ion cf aox-me wuh meauy<e.
i'ne process of lormation is timple cnougu.
Wu-o dry wood is distilled iu an iron retort,
there courts over along wuh the tar water aui
vinegar produced, a peculiar alii.,hoi, wb c.t is
called metbylic alcohol, or wo>d spirit. vV'ion
this wood spirit is distilled wita double u-bulk of
sulphuric nc il, au ether comes over whiou is
kuowu a3 wood-spirit ether, or woidetuer.or
melbj lie eth ir Tue compound radical suosiuucc
cal ed methyls is a dis'.iuou.s.nug feature oi inis
ether, woicu is indeed au oXyde 01 meiL-yie. Now
ia tins melbyie be diaiillea with arseuic, it seems
that u volatile substaice is prouuced, tne smeil o:
which is Ureudluiiy offensive and wmch is a dead
ly poison. This is kakodyie. When it ii exposed
to me a.r, it lake* hre, end as it Purus, me arsenic
in it combines with oxygen, aau forms white ur
seme, winch diffuitn-g itself through the air, and
htlng oreauhed, is latai to life.
Tips is the liquid which has been £ ucCt-'.-s .i y
experimented with by the Board ut Ur..j.' tJC • iu
Eagiaua. Arid a akodyie, or its c impound*, has
been chief!v employed iu the waich
have oeen made lor the purpose »f suppl/lug at,
phyxiating eneiis. W.tu appi.aucej lor
projecting this liquid, or the shell, iu winch it
uiay be contained, upou the rungs ol th and ci,
or into the-p irtholta of an lron-cl-d v , s I, there
can be no a fficuity, 1 suppose, in ciusi. g i. to
penetrate the inienor, where ito effects wou.d be
overwhelming aud dee s:ve.
There is uuuther compound of arsenic, > rea
more iearial in its tffec s It is kuuvyn us A 1 ; •
siu. When white ar.-.euic ij distilled with ac. tv.
o', potash, a liquid comes o er, wh en it-p j,-. i
Oils oei.il long a owu to CXtiuia.R us th ;iq i,r
Oudet. It possesses a garlic I.tea »m.ul, volatile,
terribly offena.ve, and mug continued, and its
vapor acts aa a deadly poison, i bis co up uni
may be also used in the way I have s-iggrct.-d.
And So may other arsenical compounds ol this
c.ass. Bee Bniiuian’u Jauruui, xv. p. llt>.
There i j reason to believe, ibu, by co i-. heg ar
senic with tnecompound radical etlivi* ( ‘ a -eh
radical I snail say more presently) wh iS.oUau
in the union of alcohol aud sulphur,c u, that n
to say, iu wfiit is caned slut eih. ; or wila
amyle, wmen ii louud in tue un. a oi pota.o
biauuy with sulphur,c acid, that is id say to po
tato ether (which is sometimes called Fusil o.i)
other suotstauces like to kakodyle may bo lernied,
and these in turn being oouibiued wuh.oxygen
wul produce other* nke to Aikaisin—*ll being
exceedingly fetid aud poisonou*.
'1 hase substances, a* I nave suggested, may
possibly be found at present, uot readily accessi
ble, or too cott y. Toe second method oi deieucy
to which 1 have leftirred may uot be obnoxious to
these objections. Ita arainbiluy lor the purpose
indicated, coosists in its ieii and ini L i able
stench. When alcohol is mixed with iwie-; its
oink oi Bulphur c acid, and Iseijtilied in »retort,
eibor passes over, a* we know. The'qpmpeuod
tudical substance called elhyle la the dislingn su
ing spirit of this liquid—me «t ,er itself be ug un
uxyde of e.,hyla. Now wnen e by le is combined
artificially with sulphur, it forms suiphuret o:
ethyle, as it is called; aud when this azamis
comoned with sulphuretted hyurogen, it forms
wont is kuown as mercaptan. This colml s *,
volatile 1 q«id, i, is said, poks.sses something
ot ihe odour of garhc, ad j r*s to .tie lu.r aud
clothes, aDd is more r<-oulsive anil ov rpoweriug,
it possible, iiiaa the a of the skua;.
The oilier Compound radicals may a si be com
bined with suipour end sulphuretted hydrogen,
and thus form substances similar or aumgoua to
mercaptan. There are several of vtn.se radicals,
besides mHbyle and amyle, (to wLith i Lave ad
verted,) and several sueti mercupt ns may thus
be formed, differing from each other, yet ail ter
ribly off naive. Uu this subject, tiie celib ated
chemist Johnston, author ol ‘ L.mures on Agri
cultural Ghemis ry,” “ihe Chemistry cf Common
Late,” <Ste., tefis ua that “iu the compounds ol sui
phur alone, tbe cuemigt has ut Uis command a
very large number ot exceedingly lout a,cells”—
And hs declares that “if we c.n.iot use such com
pounds B-i means of sensual grauticitio. , it may
not be lm .Ouibte to employ t v n ar weapon* ol
offense or delence. ***** Squirted-rom
tue Walls Ot u Desie ed city, piojected into tue h
teriur o: a fortified fiu id ng, and tiueed through toe
hold ot asbipot war, the Greek fire won and be
no hiug to them ; and as tor me atiuk pots ot 'be
Chin- se, they must be mere bag*telee to ’he
s eocbes we ctn prepaie.’’— ('turn,, of Com. Lift,
Vul. 2, V 233
i can add nothing to the pungent el' q irnce o>
this pa.sage, nor to tbe important »ug 'nations
thus maie by this prac cat and l;mai=u coe.n s
aud ihmker; and lor the present t-*k« w y
Sir, Iy- commending tuese suggestions to y .
to those like YOU. who are charged With P|« f
oaraiioa ol munitions aud sppnu J
the delence ol ou, country.
Respect ully ,
7 —' J “ ? .* atar —O i Tuesday
fKiaMisa °* , jjjn „ c d Y.us c aval
mom up .rum Rud U io a
r J» Uud- r • .P . e u^r 1 xflijltilu, ttU i
riharged* upon two' compauie* o. Saulh ..aroi ua
tl'i sbooier*. who wee support ug apieci ol
*“* rV )hay were fire* mm oy cur uieu and
«oon EOatteie 1 m every dir cuou, le .vn.g two
m-udrad on be livid aud iwo otners mprta ly
wounded Eigh.ot die m my Were prinou
era—arnoog ihern a Captaiu. X uese insu report
a large number of ttieir c.iinpaoious w,uu ed.
Not a single maa on our sdi *« k.lied or se
riously w.uaded. Tuis ckir.uish is regarUed by
all as a very oriliiaut little ass air.
It is also stated, from a uuect and reliable
source, that tue euemy are bemf strongly ieiu
forced at Buffoik.— lto.lt. hi p’liclt, H-tr.ih z-jtk.
A SeirzißH in Florid* Ui i i->d»y last the
Y*- kies, wist trim I.bOJ t- 1 200 ut ;■>, advaacel
*nme two or three miKS f om J-:k*onvuie. I’u*
obj ct was to ban down some iuu'diug t»eh od
wh ch be Goofed rates We e Btßtioneu. M jir
Brevard’s battalion attacked them, and the ogat
lasted about an boar, durmg which we hai nva
mtii wonn ted, bat uooe k llfe'" Duriog me smr
in'Sh th* enemy’s wagons could b s e carrying
off their dead aud wounded The enemy biiuj; in
superior force, came near •snrruuiid'ug th uon
itderates, who w re c n.pel.ed to retire to more
favorable position. The centre it >h : Yauxe*
forces was composed of walte t 'Ops, aod tneir
•rig it ana left wine*of negroes cffiierid by whites.
Iu a few days we look for more .motr ant.in or
rnalion from tba' q arter. Tho Gocf -der-fe trot p
m.ve been reinforce 1, and »r* anxious to meet tua
enomy. —oi.’
Bv way of tne Nor*u ™e .- ..<u .uat ib* wrrk on
the fa nous Federt canal at V.cksoorgha* been
stopped in account of the bg i water.
Tbe Northern ppe s claim tl’at Vazcq City has
been captured, ac > it large curT.brr o i.'ocfed.-ra'a
trausports dts.royed. It is wi.fl ii=s ot t .is k and
that ihay stuff' their readers to keep up their
courage.