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Tin Called Seeaion.
Our Legislature, it we may judge from the new
matter introduced In the first few daya, la laying
oat work enough for a long session. The usual
number of bills on frivolous subjects, wb cb are
only important to the people at large as serving
to conaume time and inoreuse espouse, have al
ready been introduced, and of course will hare to
be toted on. From appearance* thus early in tbe
session, Ihe crop o r bills to change name* and
county liu.s, to empower mmorß to practice low
or physic, and the like, will not be lees than
usual.
We hare always protested against the transac
tion of tuch business by tbe Legislature, and the
Legislature ttsell has attempted to get rid of it.—
A law was passed, we beliere, soma years ago,
which transferred each matters to the Cou>.ty
Courts. Why the Legislature continues to be
troubled with them now, we are unable to under
stand. Especially when it has been called togeth
•r lor the transaction of business ot the most vital
importance to tbe people of the wnole Htate, it
seems absurd to that it should waste time in such
frivolities.
We doubt the right ot the Legislature at a ses
aiou called lor particular objeots to devote its
time to any other business, until the measures it
wa* aageuihled to per ect are and spotted cl. Seve
ral of the in assures enumerated by Gov. Hrown
in hie message call for immediate action. For
Instance, If any further lettrioliona are to be
placed upou the planting of cottou, it must be
done at ouce. lu some purls of the State the crop
is already planted, and in a tew days *> ill be plant
ed throughout the State. If the plante'S have uot
11 seeded the three acres allowed them, they can
not be reached, by any tjc post /ado U*v. If the
legislature attempts ns u punishment to tax the
crops of those who have thus planted, an inierest
tng legal question may arise whether any law can
make that act a crime and indict punishmeit
therelor, which was not a crime until the time
when the law is enacted. It any good is expected
Irom farther restriction on the planting of cotton
oo time should he wasted in passing the law, or it
will be too late, if it is not already to. It wdl in
evitably he unequal and unjust, no matter with
what haste th-. lew may he passed, tor those who
have already plente i, or who plant their three
acres before the puesa'e of the law, will not be
allected by it, while those who \ lent alterwards
will be limited to one twelfth the quaolity of land,
it Gov. Hrown’a lecommendiition is adopted.
The subject of transportation discussed by
Gov. Hrown lu his message also demands imme
diate attention. Waile the people are Buttering
for bread in one portiou of the Slate, in another
there are hundreds of thousands of bushels of
eorn which cannot be got to market, although
continuous railroads oouueot the two sections. If
the corn ii South Western Georgia and the im
mense quantities on the Saraimuh river below
Augusta which is prevented from reaching mar
ket by the oha'iuctions iu the river, which are so
made ss to duai g« and keep out friends as well
as enemies, oould he released, we should bear very
little more about (attune or Ite high price of
cars. There ia really no scarcity ol provisions
if they could be distributed, and to the Legislature
we must look for the protection of the people
from the oonsequenoes of an urgUoial ecaroity
produced by ditlicultirs of transportation.
These subjects and otters call for immediate
allent on from the Legislature. If that body pro
ceeds in its usual.dilatoiy course, wasting time in
trifles and m long winded discussions, Governor
brown's intentions u calling them together, even
if the measures tie recommends were practical
and uaetal, will he ot little benefit, unless thsy
are adopted at once.
Tha Cad*,
The obj-ct of the codification of th# taws of
Georgia was, we supposed, such au arrangement
of the ditt'-.-ient slatut <s, with such amendments
and additions ss oircunistaucea seemed to require,
snd suoh ns would preclude the necessity of say
turthsr alterations, until the progress of time and
legislation o.IU-d tor a now codification, lt seem
ed to be the design of the eminent 'awyere whoie
work the code wss to bring the contused mass of
laws Into one harmonious whole, aud with this
design thsy took upon themselves the functions
of leglslstors, and made sjoh changes as wsrt
compatible with their desigu. Whether they sus
oeeded or not, is uot for us to say, since the Leg
islature at its regular session approved their werk,
and adopted it as the law of Georgia.
lt can hardly be supposed that the Legislature
would have approved aud euacted the code with
out thorough examination. Upou it depended
the dearest rights of every citizen, and we cannot
think so meanly cl auy meiLhrr as to aupooet
that he would have enacted the code without
knowing, or seeking to know, what be wss doing.
Ist it seems that thus early, before * he new oode
bas been the law fonr 1: oaths, bills havs been in
troduced to ohange it. Either, then, the code was
enacted without examination, or if examined was
not understood. If tfiere ere faults in it, no suffi
cient time hes beeu given lor their development
In pracl ce. It it poasibl -, uay very probable, that
ths usw code may not he faultless, but its fault*
should have been discovered end corrected before
tt became the lew, and the people were required
to obey lt. Its eusctaieut appears to hsve been
another Instance ot precipitate and ineoueidarate
legislation
We do not eav that the proposed amendment* of
the Code ere not necessary aud ludctoo*, we only
regret that thee are supposed to be needed. We
tear that we are never to bare a well digested
system ot laws in Georgia. The mania for law
making is so great among our legislators, that
It teems impossible to hare any stability in oar
legal system. Among the eix or eight different
dlgeeta, of the laws ot Georgia which here been
prepared and published, there it asarcely one that
Le not obsolete, a-d was not altered in some par-
Kinlar before it could be generally distributed
the people. We cannot expect a perfect
fs&fe, or one that shall not incur the neoeesty tor
alteration in the course of years, but we had
hoped the new Cods waa as near perfection as
isek a work could he made, and that thera would
be bo canae tor legislators to intermeddle with it
for a time. But it teems we are to be diaappnint
ed, and that it will eontlnue to be said that the
authorised digest, does not contain the laws of
Georgia—the book bee beoome obsolete before It
could be published.
Kbowld tbs Stay Liw be B*ptal*4 V
We answer, Yes, by all means, tad as prompt
ly as possible. The necessity which ertated the
law has eeaied to exist. Is the fall of 1840, when
the law wav enacted, each was the panic created
by the revolution about to be inaugurated, that it
waa simply impossible to eonvert property into
money at any thing approaching a fair valuation.
In the abeenoe at that time of some provision for
the relief of debtor!, bankruptcy and ruin muat
hare overtaken thousands. Rut in tbe progress
of events we have sees an antire change ia the
condition of the mosey market. The neeeeeities
of the war have augmented the ereulation to an
amount beyond all precedent. Our great staple
is worth at home fully three time* as mnea as it
oommanded when the stay law waa passed, whilst
abroad its value hat been enhanced more than five
fold. Lands whioh were then almost ansaleable,
are now readily disposed of st very liberal prioes.
Negroes have advanced fully one hundred per
oent. Labor of all kinds was nevsr more highly
remunerated than at the preeent time. If a mas
oannot pay his debts now, it is not si all probable
ihut be will be in any better oonditiou to m>et
hie creditors within any reasonable period in the
futnre.
The repeal of the law In question will have a
wholesome moral infiaenee. When the Legis
lators relieves a man from paying hit debt*, It
eanaot at he same time cancel his moral obliga
tions. These remain. But there are many who
will not be muoh attested by the morel if the
legal objection has been si'perceded. In those
communities whose laws do not comoel a man to
oomply with hie honeet contracts, public virtue is
always st a greater or less discount. When the
stay law wa3 passed many of onr best citisens
and many even of thoce who voted fpr it Is the
Legislature, felt that its influence must be mcrsl
ly pernicious; but it seemed to be absolutely in
dispensable, and hence the general scquiesoenoe.
This damage to the pubbe weal oan only be re
paired by a removal of the cause. At a time when
the demoralising luflueno* always inseparable
from war; no matter ho* just the esase) are upon
as, we should throw every possible guard around
that integrity and honor which, if Impaired, must
induos commercial disorganisation. We know
that the maxim . “ Inter arrna Ugta silent ” has ob
tained a considerable currency. Many regard it
as almost Inspired. Hut it U a popular fallaoy.—
Accepted as true it would threaten anarchy when
ever the people were engaged ia a foreign war—
If law* are not good, let them be always “silent.”
But if essential to the preservation of order, the
more formidable the war the greater the necessity
f.;r the enforcement of the law. No one, we sup
pose, question! the wisdom of those statutes whioh
secure to the laborer and the vendor a just
equivalent for what he gives to the purchaser.—
We hope to see them soon relieved from the law
under whioh they have been placed for more than
two years.
The repeal of the stay measure, by opearating
as a stimulus to industry, will hare a favorable
influence on the food supply. Tire, just now, ia a
question of the Uret magnitude. The Governer
hoe anticipated the time to whioh the Legislature
stood adjourned that this subject may be brought
to their attention. Any legislation which will
even promise an Increazeol provision is worthy of
the most earnest attention ot the General Assem
bly. The proposition is a very plain one, that if
men are compelled to pay their debts, they must:
provide the means of doing so. This involves, on
the port ol many thousands iu the State, an Incen
tive to the production of those things which can
be converted into money. And as nothing pays
better than provisions of all kinds, it is in fact a
powerful stimulus to the production and sale of
those articles which are imperiously demanded for
the subsistence es oar at miss and for the supply
of our population at home.
Confessedly one of the greatest evils whioh now
threatens us, is the depreciation of onr currency
to a point so low as to cense to answer the pur
poses of the government. Uen everywhere speak
slightly of the value ol Confederate money. But
repeal the stay law, pass wholesome tax bills, both
in our State and Confederate Congress, compel
men to settle with eat h other and the government,
and we shall soon invest the now abased currency
With an importance and dignity which wi 1 at least
bring it into very great request.
Weareawaie ibat it may be said that the repeal
of the luw would operate severely on soldiers and
others who are engaged in the servioe of the gov
ernment. Nothing is easier than to discriminate
iu iavor of euoh classes—au exoeption, we are
persuaded, which would be oordially approved by
the public at large.
To I’lantebs.— Several of the largest tobacoo
growing counties in Virginia have held publ'c
meetings and determined to cultivate no more to
baoc > the present year, notwithstanding the high
prlee which the article la commanding. This la
truly laudable aud patriotic eondnet. It ia really
refreshing in these times of money making to see
sueh a patriotic spirit evinced by a people strag
gling for liberty. It is an oasis in the desert of
which has spread its banefal influence
over our Confederacy, and marks those, self-deny
ing and patriotio enough to pursue euoh a course,
as worthy deroendants of the sires of 74, aud
worthy themselves of all the ehoioest blessings
which freedom oan shower upon them. We hope
yet to see a like action become general in all the
tobacco and cotton growing regions of the South,
and the ground devoted to the culture of eorn and
potatoes, end peas and other articlea of food for
our soldiers, or sowu in oats tor provender fur
cur horses. With a great portion of the best grain
raising regiou of the Confederacy in the hands of
the enemy, or desolated by the previous occupa
tion of onr own or a hostile army, tt will be a
matter of difficulty, even with every foot of aveil
able loud planted in grain, for us to maintain our
armies. Let our planters red not upon the matter
well, and let ibem be assured that every foot of
ground planted in tobaceo and cotton is a rivet in
the ohsin of slavery with which we are threatened,
whilst every foot planted in csrn is a bullet in the
heart of their enemies.
The Sal sbory (N. C ) Watchman has some ex
cellent remarks on the food question. We com
mend it to the attention of our readers :
Wuheut supplies our army mast disband , sad
without our army the enemy will march in and
take possession of every thiug we have, aud drive
our people from their homes and plantations, or
compel them to take the oath of allegiance to
Abraham Linooln. Are tha people prepared for
these reealuf We know they are not. We know
they never can be willing to yield the cause in this
or any other way. And yet many of tbea do not
hesitate to eommit acts which inevitably leads to
thu end. Is it thoagbilsssoass r J hey had better
•top and think, before tbey go any farther. Is
it indiflereDoe to consequsnc af Thsu they are
enemies to onr cause—are doing the country more
harm than they coaid if in arms against na.
Plant Broom Corn.— Next lu importance to
the planting ot proTiaion crops, onr farmers
should attend to the cultivation of broom oern.—
Wa have so long depended on Shaker dom for onr
brooms that it is bard to davtste from onr old
ways j bat tbs raising of broom corn can be done
her# at well as at the North. Those swamp
brushes which are manufactured here will do very
well for some purpose# of the household, but
tOey can hardly supersede the use of the substan
tial broom made from broom ooru. Let oar
planters attend to this without delay. Directions
for iU culture may be found in tbe Southern Cul
tivator for hi nr oh and ApnL Wa saw last year
M me excellent broom* of Soathern manufacture
made from this specie* of corn.
Plant Swssr Potato as—No healthier or plea
santer esculent i“» be found than the sweet pota
ton, and what is more, it may be said to be
Indigenoua to our soil. Nowhere do they grow
such fins specimens as we een exhibit hers in the
season. This is gratifying. And in view ot tho
foot, lot onr ngrtcoltnrUts see to it that a much
larger area of ground thun usual is deroted to its
cultivation. Let ua have such a crop of sweat
potato?* this year as will make the poor laugh
outright and famine slink away discomfited. «
AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 7. 1863.
Fedssal Or wages ox Convsdebats Pusoxxbs.
—Col. Deshlea, of tbe Confederate States Artille
ry, who wss among tbe number ciptnred at Ar
kansas Post, has written a letter exposing the
inhnmsn treatment tbe prisoners captured at that
plaoe were sobjeoted to while on their way up th*
river He says:
According to ihs cartel of exchange agreed upon
last July, by the United S'alee and Confederate
Biatee governments, throogb their commissioners,
Generals Dix and Uiii, we should have been ex
changed or paroled within ten days. This eartel,
howerer, was utterly disregarded,; we were plao-d
upon steamboats and sent up the Mississippi river.
My brigade was crowded upon the steamer Ns
braska, in a manner entirely inconsistent with the
health of tbe men, to Buy nothing of comfort or
deoenoy. It consists of the 10th Texas infantry,
and the lfith, 17th, and 18th Texas dismounted
oavalry. In addition, Oapt. ALf. Johnson’s spy
company aud a few sailors and marines belonging
to the Confederate gunboat Ponohetrain were also
plaet and on this boat, making between eighteen
hundred and two thousand prisoners, in addition,
six companies of the 84th lowa, Col. Clarke, were
placed on board ass gnard, making altogether
probably not lets than from twenty-tbrse to
tAenty-five hundred persons on this host.
Many of tbe prisoners ware sick, and so much
weie they crowded that many could not get a
plios to spread their blaikels witbou< being ex
posed to rain aud snow, or else laying them in
filth too disgusting too mention, consequently
they had to stand or sit, night and day. Under
these circumstances, of eoursi, sickness increased
rapidly. We were kept in this Mate from ihe
night of January 13th until tbe 28d, when the
boat getting aground, a good many ol the men
were removed in order to lighter her.
All the above, however, eiuks into absolute in
significance, when compared with tbe inhuman
and malignant act of selecting for our guard, a
regimentjmfested with the small pox, and known
to oe eo mfeoted by the officers who ordered it.—
Os the companies of the Thirty-fourih lowa on
the Nebraska, one has now six cases-of smallpox.
How many cases there may be in the other com
panies I do not know, but ! presume that alto
gether there are not less ihan twenty oases among
the companies now composing our guard. These
sick have been kept in tbe same cabin w th many
of the sick prisoners. From the very nature of
things, orowded as wi have been, it has bees ut
terly impossible to preserve the men from ex
posure to contagion.
For tbe conception and exeeut on of this fiend
ish act MoJ lien. Sherman, United States army,
commanding a corps of McClernand’g grand
Vioksburg army, ia responsible. I am informed
pn creditable authority that before leaving the
Poßt of Arkansas it was represented to General
Sherman, through the proper channel, that the
Stfh lowa had small pox, and it was represented
by General Steel*, and perhaps other olfioers, to
place it ia quarters where the disease might be
properly treated. This he not only refused to do,
out ordered it to be tent as a guard to the ConUd,
crate prisoners.
Inhuman as such conduct is, still it is nothiug
more than might be expected trem a black hearted
wretch like General Sherman, who told Colonel
R. R. Garland, a'so commanding a Texas brigade,
and a prisoner of war, that he (Sherman) would,
|f he had the power, {exterminate eveiy man,
woman and child, along the M isseuri river, in case
anotuer boat was tired into by tne Confederate
troops.
Suoh acts and sentiments as the above ought to
hand down to future infamy the name of General
Sherman, coupled with that ot his brother brute,
Batler, the beast.
The set of violating the oarte), by retaining our
soldiers as captives under any circumstances
longer than the time stipulated, is but slightly
censurable in comparison with the other outrages
to whioh they were subjected. Gen. Sherman
doubtless felt a secret gratification in being thus
able to vent bis disappointment arising from the
pjnishment infl.cted upon him by tho com-oles
of his victims, in bis move against Vicksburg
and to his shame be it said be evidently willingly
embraced it. It seems that there is a pleuty of
Generals in the Federal army us devoid ot feeling
and humanity os Butler.
FeDEHAL CSTBiOES i# Nouth Alahama.—' The
Montgomery Advertiser publishes a long corres
pondence from North Alabama, in which is nar
rated u few of the many outrng-s cemmitted by
the Federate during the late raid in that section.
Th i Advertiser takes occasion to remark upon
these outrages thus :
The bare recital of the countless atrocities com
mitted by the Yankees during their raids into the
territory ot the Coufederaey, is sufficient to cause
every Southern man to take a solemn oath before
high Heaven, of eternal enmity agaiast the vile
miscreants who bare made the names of the bar
bario Goths and Huns respectable in comparison
with their own. The barbarians of the early ages
had nc elevated code of morals to guide and is
strain them, but no one can plead iu extenuation
of the brutalities ot tie Yankees, that they
sinned unwittingly. The Yankees claim to be
civilized, Christian-Kid, humanised, and yet they
have been guilty of acts from which the wild aud
untutored savage would shrink ia horror. Rob
beries, murders a’ 1 *! rapes, are common occur
rences. Every oonceivable epeo.es of outrage
which the ingenuity of the enemy could invent,
has been perpetrated, aud yet the leading men ot
the Yankee Government profess to wonder at the
perversity of the Southern people in not consent
ing to return to the embraces of their former as
sociates.
‘lhc deeds committed in North Alabama by
troops from those Northwestern States whioh
some people are axions t i admit into our Con
federacy, are but a repetition of those perpetrated
in other portions of the country where the Yan
kees have obtained a foothold. Property of all
descriptions has been taken or ruthlessly destroy
ed. Residences plundered, smoke houses, store
rooms, wardrobes, bureaus, and trunks p.llnged,
ladies’ clothing destroy* and, furniture broken up
and burned. Every indignity ottered to men and
women, and money and watches demanded in t. ue
highwayman style. If any one thing was needed,
however, to furnish indubitable evidence of th*
complete barbarity and total deprav.ty of the
marauders, it would be found in their treatment
of churches and cemeteries The laiter, by oom
meo consent, even among barbarians, is consider
ed sacred. The last resting place of the dead is
rarely profaned by the tread of a hostile foe
There is ib all hearts not absolutely brntalized, a
reverential feeltog which forbids intrusion upon
a spot rendered holy by a thousiai tender ties
and memories, lt bus remaiatd for the Yanktea
te break over all the barriers whioh civilization,
humanity, and religion had erected, and with
profane hands to destroy the mementoes whioh
respect and aflection had reared above Ihe sleep
ing dead They have also in Ncith Alabama as
Well as Mississippi and elsewhere, entered the
churches, destroyed theorgans, libraries, pulpits,
pews, chairs, and have gone so far as to tear in
pieces and scatter about the desolated sanctuarie*
the holy bibles found therein I
- (Jan anything more horrible be imagined V Is
it not enough to induce every man and woman to
thank God that s'paration between the two coun
tries is oompleto aud final 7 And while such deeds
are being perpetrated bythe troops from all sec
tions of tbe North, the West, as well as the East,
is it not enough to tudnee our people te forbear
discussing the propriety of admuting into cur
community, on equal terms, any portion of these
States whose representatives, the libertines, assas
sins, incendiaries and plunderers from the Yankee
army, are upon our * oil, intent on involving the
whole country in one wide spread, general ruin.—
Tbe Yankees lliostrate their feelings towards us
bw their condnct in North Alabama, Mississippi
and elsewhere, and we snow our appreciation of
their diabolic brutality by eeriou.-ly considering
the terms on which they cau be adm tted into our
sisterhood of States! It is one of the strangest
teaturee in this most remarkable war, and wecon
fldently expect to see the few who have been de
luded with the idea of a speedy reunion with the
States and people of the Northwest abandon it as
untenable, and conclude that the only thing left
for the people of toe South to do is to exert them
selves lo the utmost to answer tbe argumeuta ot
the armed diplomats of the North, who are mak
iag some of the 'airest portions ot the Amenoen
continent a desolate waste, with baronets aad ar
tillery instead of rl#*#*" l "wolation/
Thi TosaciX) Spxcplaiion.— Everybody lately
appears to be rushing into the tobacco specula -
tiou, with a “perfect looseness.” There has been
a great deal of money already made out of tobac
oo, and probably .will be a great deal more. But
adma one will bare te lose eventually. When tbe
crash comes—stand from under. The lucky ones
may rub their hands with glee, and congratulate
themselves, bat tbe feelings of t-.ose «bo get
euught with tobacco on their hands with priced'
tenaiDg downward, will be of a far different na
ture. The Petersburg Va. Express speaks thus
of tbe tobaec speculation in that section
Verily, speculation seems to be the order of the
day, and tobacco seems to be the article mostly
speculated upon. Old men snd yonng, and mere
yohtha, who ean command a reason able eum where
with to indulge in the prevailing mama, are buy
lug and selling, and changing money in every
oaae with profit. Where ibis is all to end, we
knew not. Tbe weightier matters cf this life are
overlooked in the rath a*ter lucre.
Th> Federal! do not setoi to have much success
as ye' in tbe Mississippi Valley the expedition np
the Texoo has proved an entire failure. Tne at
tack upon Port Hudson was worse than a fail
ure.
DiWloa Grays.)
At a meeting of the Dawson Grays, C«. C, 8d
Reg. Geo. Volunteers, convened at Camp near
Massaponax Church, Caroline county, Ya., March
14th, 1868, a committees was appointed to draft
resolutions expressive of the thanks of ths Com
pany to the cit : nns of Greens county, Ga., for
late favors. Ths following resolutions wars sub
mitted and unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That while exposed to the chilling
blast of winter, nnabie to procure for ourselves
those articles of clothing so essential to the com
fort ol a soldier, we duly appreciate ths efforts of
tbe patriotic citizens, especially the ladies, of
Greene county, Ga , to supply our wants ia that
particular.
Resolved, That ws have reasons to, sad do re
turn our heartfelt thanks for ths inestimable
gilt of blankets, oomforts, shirts, drawers and
sooks recently received by ue.
Resolved, That snob untiring efforts on the
part of our friends to provide for our wants,
causes our hearts to swell a emetine? -f the
purest gratitude, and we are'eseonraged to go
forward more eheerfnlly ia the performance of
those duties incumbent upon us se soldiers.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
forwarded to the Chros el* k Sentinel, and Con
stitutionalist of Augusta, Ga., (or publication.
James Armstrong, Captain.
Lieut. Jobh F. CuswiT, 1
Hrg’t Psrbt L. MoCotobsx, [-Committee.
Cotp’l Edward B. Tuqqlb. )
March 14lb, 1868.
Tbs Apt-sal op tbs Alabama Dsliaation.—
The Confederate Senators and Representatives
from Alabama have issued a very patriotic appeal
to the planters of that State, urging them to raise
everything in their power in the eatingl.oe. ’1 he
Honorable gentlemen say:
The raising the present year of the largest pos
sible quantity of provisions, and th* railing of
poik, beef and mutton for the supply of the army
and the support of the people, have become man
ifestly the duty of every eitissn. The enemy
hav- I'ossersi nos tor# portion of our country
well adapted to raising provisions. In other por
tions when in the poauession of tbe enemy, they
bare damaged farms, houses and fences, plunder
ed and appropriated stock, and destroyed farming
impiemf utß, under s hope that if they con id not
oonqosr us t>y arms, they could subjagate us with
the aid of a arvation.
It betnoves us, therefore, so to provide as to
sat gfy our enemies they are not to have the aid of
snort crops, and consequent went and suffering, in
their wicked attempts to subjugate, rob and
plunder us. We have the soil and the labor, if
propeily used, to raise provisions and supplies in
abundance. We urge you and each of you, in the
present state of affairs, to devote tbe soil and the
labor at your command to the planting and cnlti
ration of provision crops, guoh as corn, peas, po
tatoes, ana vegetables of all kinds; sud that you
raise pork and beef, so that onr gallant army may
be liberally fed, the people have abundance, and
our servants be saved from want and suffering,
such os has b -en the fits of those who have fallen
into tiie hands of the enemy, left to decay, starva
tion and neglect.
Every cultivator of the soil is deeply interested
In expelling from our lines the invaders of onr
homes, and this can only be done by raising sup
plies sufficient for the liberal support of all. Our
true policy is to cultivate no cotton except to a
small extent (or home eonsumptioa, and devote
the labor of ths country to the raising of provi
sions.
Ffecblation and ExToaTioN. —The Wilmington
Journal has the following just remarks upon the
subject of speculation and stay-laws :
It is useless to charge starvation prices upon
speculation alone or mainly. Let any onetry to bay
anything from the farmers, and ho will find that
they leave nothisg in the way extortion tor the
spec 'tutors to do. If, after paying- tfc e farmer his
prices, auy man can find a margin for speculation,
or even for a legitimate retail profit, he must be
a smarter man than any one ws are acquainted
with, ft is welt to speak phrnly about .his. It
might bs more poouiar to keep telling our farm
ing friends that the men of the towns, the traders
and speculators, are doing all the harm, that they
alone are extortioning,—but it would not be true.
We all know it would not. Those who ho- rd up
their supplies of food, creating an artificial fam
ine and waiting for famine prices, are just as bad
as any others, although they may not think so.
But preaching and praying and editorializing
appear to have little ettect. Men arc not obliged
to sell, for they are not obliged to pay any debts,
So they oan hold back for their own prices, and
when they do sell, they take their money and
speculate with it, addi'ag fresh fuel to the flume.
Nothing in the world would tend so much to bring
things to their right beariog in the way of re
straining speculation and extortion, as a repeal
of all stay laws throughout the whole Confedera
cy. Ot course this measure would require to be
guarded so us not to bear ui justly upon our sold
i< rs in camp, and this we think, could be done,
without impairing the general efficiency of the
repeal in the reatiiction of the evils complained
of. Upon the whole, the good results of ths
measure would work so great a good in redactug
the price of food for the soldiers in the army ana
their families out of it, that both would be gain
ers, even should the measure of the repeal of all
slay-laws uot be guarded in respect to them
although, of course, it would be.
Thu Puuohasb and Salk of (Jem is Febbral
bojj.—The lollowing regulations contain the sub
stance of tho recent not of the Federal Congress
in relation to the purohase and sale of gold and
silver com
All contracts for the purchase sod sole of gold
and silver coin, or bullion, and all oontraots for
the loan of money, or currency secured by the
pledge or deposit, n. other disposition of gold or
silver coin oi the United states, if te be consum
mated after a period of three days must be in
writing.
Such contracts must bear adhesive stamps
equal in amount to one half per centum es the
amount named in the contrast; and, in addition
thereto, stamps eqnal to the amount es the inter
est at six per o -ntum on the amount es the con
tract for the time specified.
A renewal of the contract would be subject to
ihe game conditions.
No loan of currency or money on the account
of gold or silver coin of the United States, or
u on any certifloate or other evidence ot deposit,
payable m gold or silver coin, oan be made for
un amount exceeding the par value of the coin
pledg'd or deposited.
Go and and silver ooin, loaned at the par value
thereof, is subj et only to the duty Imposed cn
loans.
Gittiko a mttlb Bte* ov Tana Job —lt is
very evident that a portion of the residents of the
North, at least, is getting quite sick of the job
tbey have undertaken. Some of them are begin
ning to “see things they never saw before,” o' io
other words, are beginning to look at matters sb
they really exis r , tn their true light. A corres
pondent of tbe Boston Courier, writing from
Cairo, remarks thus:
Cairo, you know, is a military poet. From my
hotel window I gee gunboats, steamboats under
arres 1 , army supplies and ammunition, soldiers'
barracks, and last, and moat revolting of them all,
the freemen's quarters. If I ever did havs a
doubt about the polioy of abolition of xlaverv,
humanity shudders at the awful condition oi the
negroes here, and justice is outraged by the ssnd
i-g them away irom their homes. They are hud
dled together in very foul plaoes, suffering and
dying from exposure and disease. They are
dying at the rate of about a dozes a day. Small
pox is very prevalent.
They will not work. They are freemen, and
their ides of liberty ii freedom from work. I
saw, this morning, a captain loading grain for th*
army down the river. He had a gang es fifty, and
they would not work. A half aoore of Irishmen
would perform more labor than ail es them. They
ail want to go home, and if the Government weald
allow it, they would all go baek. We have taken
upon ourselves a contract to fight for, feed, clothe
and bury four millions of negroee. That is the
plain statement of fact.
Bktllfsl St rural Upxratios.— We have been
shown a tumor that bad been extracted from the
throat of Lieut. Wm J. Underwood, late o( Craw
ford’s cavalry, by Brg. Wingfield, Ooluey and
Baird. It was a fibrous tumor, as large as t guinea
egg, and that bad grown in the throat, just ante
rior to the palate, almost preventing articulation
and threatening to sutfooate tbe patient. Its for
mation had beeß rapid, snd it was es a firm and
tough character. The operation wts vary skill
fully pert'oimed, by an ineision of tbe lamer
through the month and it- extraction by the
roots, the patient being uader tbe infiaenee of
ebloroform and suffering bat little. When we saw
Mr. Underwood ho waa experiencing no pain and
felt greatly relieved. The operation, we under
stand, is one of an uncommon character, neeessa
rily dangerous and requiring much skill for its
successful performance.— Enquirer.
CaPV- Cos* —We bna me following in tbe
Fredericksburg correspondent of the Richmond
Whig'M*r chß7lfel _
For the benefit of the many friends of Copt. T.
(J. Cone, of »h« lt«k Georgia Regiment, the only
living son of tho late Hon. Francis H. Cone, ot
that Bute, I say, that acme tima tinea he
demanded a Court es Inquiry upon a charge in
formally preferred by Gen. Wrght The inves
tigation resulted most triumphantly for him, the
Court having honorable acquitted him. But for
bis demand no investigation would have been had.
Lik« Mi dijUßguuhta Capt. C. “ ahana on
fcuestion, wears no meek.’’
Com. FABSAOtrt’s Visit to Natchsz. —At four
o’clock Tuesday afternoon, tbe Federal flag-ship
Hartford, with Com. Farrsgnt aboard, hove in
sight st this city, opposite Hatches Island. Soon
her tender the Mongahela, also came forward ia
the wske of the Hartford. Th* flag ship steam
ed slowly up to tbe front of the city, anchoring
m the stream about san-down. Her tender was
brought to anchor three miles below, at the month
of Bt. Catherine Creek.
About dusk, s rmall boat wss sent ashore from
the Harford under a flag of trocs, with the an
nexed commnnioatton from Com. Farragut, ad
dressed to Mayor Hnnter. We learn that the
Mayor of the City was in person st the landing,
and reeeivt and the communication, deferring the
reply, if any bo had to make, until yesterday
morning This being satisfactory to the flog of
tiuoe officer, after some exchange of conversa
tion upon other matters, the news of the day, <fco.,
the party retired te the ship again:
C’omtnodort farragut to Mayor Hunter.
United Stats* Fla* Shit Hastpord, I
Off Natchez, Miss., Maoh 17, 1863. J
7b Bit Honor, the Mayor of Hatoktz, Miss:
Sis—l trust that it is unnecessary to remind
you of my desire to avoid the n ojssity of pun
ishing the inneemt lor tbe guilty, and to express
to you the hope that the soone of firing on the
United States boats will not be repeated by eith
er the lawless people of Natehes, or by the Guer
illa forces, otherwise 1 shall be compelled to do
the set most repugnant to my feelings by firing
on your town in defense of my people and for
tbe honor of my flag.
I shall be most happy to see his Honor, the
Mayor, rn board.
Very Respectfully,
D. G- Fabbaqot,
Rear Admiral, Com’g W. G. Bl’g Squadron.
Com. Farragut rested with his vessel at anchor
opposite Natchez, daring Tuesday night ; and
there he conld have remained a score of nights
unmolested. Although our city bears a celebrat
ed Indian name, its people are not of that species.
What thy do is always done in open day ; in the
face of the full, round sun. Tuis was their situa
tion in the attack on the Essex ; and so it will
ever be on alt oeoasions. The note of the Com
modore wag therefore unnecessary in every parti
cular, except as a matter of courtesy, which char
acter has been awarded him by some of his form
er acquaintances.
The Monongabela lay at anchor below where
her small boats went up St. Catherine Creek, her
men cut and carried off a portion of the telegraph
wire, carried away three negroes from Mr. John
Miner’s place, Ac., ; thus showing that toey were
active aud accomplished servants ia Masse Abe’s
employ.
At 8.40 yesterday morning, both boats steamed
up the Mississippi river.— Courier 19 thinst.
A Gallant Fbat —On the morning of March
Bth, Col. Ward, who ia posted at the Camp near
Liberty, Tenn. received intelligence that a forag
in'party would be sent oat from Gen. Crook’s
division of abolitionist now stationed at Carthage.
Col. Ward immediately started with a hundred
men to watch the movements of these thieves.—
Taking position on a hi 1 about a mile fron New
Middleton, he diecovered the wagon-train and
about one hundred blue-coats coming into the Le
banon and Trousdale ferry Turnpike, and moving
towarda Caney Fork river. Pursuit was immedi
ately given.. Near Gordonsville the enemy was
overtaken in a lane, on one aide of which was an
open tisld with a dense hedge of burdock near
tne road, and on the other a wood lot. The ene
my having discovered us, had stopped their wag
ons and formed a line ol battle behind this bridge.
Col. Ward making detour into the wood opposite
diemonnted half his men undar Capt. Russworm,
aod formed in front of the er emy, sending a por
tion under Capt. Katse around the wagons into
fields to the left of tho Yankees while the remain
der under Lt. Skillmen, were lent to get in their
rear on the right. The disposition being made in
much less time than it takes to tell it, the order
was given to the dismounted men to “fire and
right nobly did they do their work. Immediate -
ly reloading, the order was rang out to “charge,”
and our boys went over logs and fences and
through the hedges, while at the earne time those
under Capt Kates, oame thundering down on the
enemy’s left. At this juncture the abolitionists
commenced the raoe, every man for himself, but
their offiears leading in the distance.
Those who were not picked up in the field, L L .
Skillman run down in the wood behind with few
exceptions. This was in three and a half miles of
the abolition camp. Collecting our trophies to
gether, we found we had IS fiae new wagons and
gearing; SO mules and 81 prisoners with their arms
and equipments, all new and of the latest improve
ment?, whioh we were told had just been drawn.
Among the prisoners a Ci plain and two Lieuten
ants. Five ot the prisoners were too badly wounded
to bring to oamps, but were left in charge of eit
iz;ns. None were killed. Not one of our men hurt,
though cue mati’s knife was bursted in his pocket
by a bail whioh was lodged therein. Learning, that
other abolitionists were advancing, Col. Ward
started immediately for camps with spoils and
prisoners, lt was well; for n thirty minutes
after we left, a regiment of Yankees came upon
the field. This, though not large, is one of the
most complete and succefsful feats of the war ; and
much credit is due to the < fliers and men for the
0001, determined bravery wuti which orders were
executed.
Destruction of thb Steahbb Natchsz —We
regret to learn, as we do by a letter from Yazoo
city, of the destruction of the magnificent packet
steamer Natchez, by fire, which occurred on the
Yazoo on the afternoon of the 18th iast. The
boat left a azoo city on the 12th inst. bound up,
having on board forty-three person , crew and
passengers—iocluding three iaoies—and freighted
with thirteen hundred bales of cotton Owing to
the larges.** of the boat, and the smailnesi of
th# stream, ahe was compelled to lay up at night.
Oa the afternoon of the 18ih inst., just after laud
ing a lady, the cry of fire was heard and then
occurred one of those scenes which can only be
realized by one who has witnessed similar acci
dents. The flames gained so rapidly that the pas
sr ngers and crew had barely time to gain the boil
er dtek and leap overboard. Through the exer
tions of the pilot, Captain Seabury, the boat was
backed os far into the swamu as she would go,
the whole country being oveiflowed. As soon as
it was found tbat'the boat coaid go no further, all
on board leaped overboard, and soon the water
was dotted with their forms. Captain Christy
was the last to leave the boat, and is
have acted with the greatest coolness ind judg
ment.
We are advisid of two instances es individual
courage, worthy et mention. A member of tbe
2d Texas regiment, at er reaching a place of safe
ty, heard the sereams ot Mrs. Eddy, who witn her
husband was bat a tew feet from the burning
wreck, when he plunged in and rescu and her
Another member of the same regiment, who did
not cease his efforts to extinguish the fUmee until
bis buckskin jacket was burned to a crisp, leaped
from the guards, and although hr bad tbe use of
but one arm in BWimming— tbs other having been
disabled by a Yankee buttet—he swam to the as--
tUtanee of a drown ng negro and sucoeedpd in res
cuing him, Tbe names of tbe two giflant gen
tlemen ere given to us as Messrs. Fletcher and
Lawson.
Tbe Natch z will be remembered by #ll who are
acquainted with the craft on the river when the
war broke out, as one of the largest and finest
packets on the Mississippi. She was burned to
ibe water’s edge.
Everything transpired so qu ekly that there
wia no time to make any preparation whatever,
to pot on a life preserver or save anything at all.
Messrs. Wilson, Atkins ant Bounds—the two first
passengers, and the last named chief engineer—
were drowned. S.x negroas are nnsiing.o! whom
one is known to have been burned to death on the
wreck. Ueptaia Eddy, a volunteer pilot, and his
lady, were on board ; both saved bnt badly burn
ed. The rescued party was in the water abont
two hoars, before they were taken to ths opposite
shore, which was dry. Tbe eit zens of tbe neigh
borhood were antiring in their ettorte to make
tbe sufferers comfortable.— Jackton Appeal, 2\st.
Plsasinu Lvsarsoar.—Heaven help the man
who imagines he ean dodge enemies by trying to
please everybody. If guoh a man tver succeeded
we should like to know it. Not that we believe
is a man’s trying to go through the world trying
to find beams to knock his head again**.— Imput
ing every man's opinions—fighting all elbowing
and crowding all who duffer from him. That
again In another extreme. Other people have a
r ght to their opinions—so have yon—fall into the
error of supposing that they will respect yon less
for maintaining it; or respect you more for turning
Tier coat every day to mateh the color of theirs
Wear yonr own color, spit# of wind* or weather,
storm or eonahi< e. It costa the vaoiliating and
irresolute ten times the trouble to wind and shuf
fle, and twist, that it does honest, manly inde
pendence to stand its ground. Take what time
you please to make np your mind ; bat having
made it up to stiek to it.
Tbs Crsapkst Food.— Tbe cheapest and most
nutritious vegetable uied for food is beans. Prof.
Liebig says mat pork and beans form a eomround
of substance peculiarly adapted to fat nish all that
is necessary to support life. A quart of beans and
half a pound of pork will feed a small family for a
day with good strengthening food. Fonrqnarte
of beans and two ponnds of oornid beef, bdfled to
rags, in fifty quarts of water, will furnish a good
meal for forty men.
Taxi Cabs os too a Comma*— A New York pa
per, in SDnouncing the wreak of a vessel near tbs
Narrows, says:
"Tbe only passengers were T. B. Nathan, who
owned three-fourths of the oar go and the Cap
tain’s wife.”
VOL. LXXVIL—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NO
, From Vicksburg.
The following account ct the attempt of the
enemy to pass our batteries at Vicksburg on the
morning of the 25th ult. is from the Whig:
The strength of our proud Gibraltar has again
been triumphantly test* and. At about five o'clock
this morning two of the Yankee gunboats, belong
ing to the upper fleet, started down the river.—
Ooe war, to all appearances, a large steamboat,
well protected with cotton or iron; the other,
which was mnoh the smaller, was evidently one
of their boasted iron-cled gunboats. They started
down under a full headway of steam the larger
boat leading by about half a mile.
As soon as they came in range of our batteries,
our gallant boys opened upon them in fine style.
The water battery in the bend above the city was
the first to fire, but with no perceptible damage,
as they still kept on their course in the most de
fiant manner, until they came opposite the city.
Here both of them were struck and disabled —the
well directed shot from our guns passing through
the boilers of each boat.
As the steam burst forth frem the first boat,
and she swurg around unmanageable, cheer after
cheer went up from the brave cannoneers, and
when another round shot went crashing through
the vaunted iron clad, the joyous shout wss echo
ed and re-echo9d, until it reached the ears of tbe
crest-fallen Yankoe sailors and marines.
Both boats were unmanageable, and at the mer
cy of our shots, drifted down the river. Hbot
after shot was fired with terrible execution. The
larger boat was bady damaged, and had the ap
pearance at ooe time of being on lire. She drift
ed on, however, until she passed onr lower bat
teries, when the Albatross came up and t iwed her
to the Louisiana shore, at Brown A Johnston’s
place.
But the gunboat was not so fortunate. It soon
became evident to the gunners that she was in a
sinking condition, and right well did they pour
destruction into her. Two yawls were seen to
leave, filled with men, going toward the Louis
iana shoie, and several were seen *n the river,
swimming for their lives. Soon she careened and
gradually took iu water. Then her bows went
under; down and down she w-*nt until nothing
was seen but the stern of tbe Yankee gunboat.
Some portion of her machinery must have fallen
out, us she soon righted, and with nothing but a
black streak ou the water to indicate her former
great iess, she drifted down the river, until she
reached the Albatross, when she, too, was towed
ashore.
Daring the engagement, every prominent point
of our hilled city wes crowdtd with men, women
and children, who thus had an opportunity of
witnessing and rejoicing at our proud victory.
Fiom New OrJeaua.
..The Federal organs in New Orleans are strong
ly in favor of enforcing Lincoln’s conscription act
—but oppose the letting off of any per»ons|that pay
three hundred dollars.
In the case of R anobo vs. Farragut, in the Uni •
ted States Provisional Court, for the recovery of
Confederate money ; and other property belong -
ing to plantiff, unlaeflully se zed by aubordiate
officers of, and held by defendant, tbe Court held
that Confederate money was contrabard and for
feit, and no action would lie for that under any
circuor stances, and other property captured with
it would be subject to the same disabilities. It
conld not be rec ivered from a person not bolding
a commission from the United States Govern -
ment.
A serious row has oecured between the Federal
soldi*rs and the New Orleans police, because the
latter undertook to arr*st some o: the former.
General Augur has left for Baton Rouge, ac
companied by bis staff, lt is understood that he
resumes his command at that place.
A sale has be -n made of all the blooded stock of
Mesera. Kenner A Minor, siezed by tie Federal
military authorities and confiscate 1.
Gen. Banks has issued an order that “owners or
agents occupying plantations, or other landed pro
perty, tnroogh wh oh the military railroad and
telegraph lines of the United Stateß Government
in this Department are located, or bordering upon
such lines, will be held rigidly accountable for all
malicious interference wild or injury to tie same,
within the limits of their possession.”
Several persons have been arrested for display
ing secession fl-ige.
New Orleans papers have not yet made any
mention of the Federal defeat at Port Hudson.
In New Orleans, business in financial affairs,
was at a stand-still, owing to the sadden fluctua
tions in gold and exchange at New York. Pro
duces was also dull with a downward tenlenoy.
FStoBBAL Vandalish at Oxford, Miss.—A cor
respondent of the Jackson Appeal, writing from
Oxford, Miss., gives au accouut ot the vandalism
of the Federate when they occupied that section.
He Buys:
When the Federal troops firßt arrived in the
place, they occupied every nook aud corner of :he
town, galloping up to private residences, throwing
open guteß, breaking down enclosures, etc, and
entering private dwellings generally, unlocking
with stolen keys which they had with them, smoke
houses, larders aud cellars, and all other buildings,
and forcing an entrance when necessary—taking
therelrom provisions and wines wten they could
be found. They broke open stores and took what
goods they wanted, and gave to such negroes as
tbey found near enough to receive the stolen goods
what they wanted, and the balance they cast into
the streets and scattered to the four winds. The
manner ia which all k nds of property was de
stroyed, has no parallel in wars, ancient or mod
ern, of the most barbarens nations. * * *
Alter the troops had been in town one day, a reg
ular system ot pillage aud plunder was inaugur
ated. Residences were forced, and furniture Bro
ken and des rnyed, beds torn to pieces and scat
tered, clothing tent and burned; mouey, watches
and jewe ry, silver plate, and all articles of value
were taken. Carpets, blankets, and bed clothing
seemed to be in great demand. Pianos broken to
pieces, fine carpets were used for beds—torn up
and made into blankets and saddle cloths for the
miserable hirelings. Tables were taken to their
dirty camps, and buckets, cups, stoves, fire-dogs,
chans, and ev ry article they could lay their
hands upon that they could use in their oamps,
and when tbey bad no use lor them they would
destroy or give them to ihe negroes.
. From Fort Pickens. —We learn the following,
particulars Irom Mr. Benjamin Leggett, who
made his escape from Fort Pickens last Thurs
day, after a confinement theie since the capture
of New Orleans : The only forces now at the fort
ate one Vermont regiment, numbering abont 500
men, and one company ot regulars. There, are
only 700 men guarding the mainland, Fort Baren
ess and the Navy Yard. Tbey are in command
ol a Captain Allen. AU the other forces have
been sent, as previously reported, to reialorce
General Banks. The only vessel blockading the
ports is the Potomuo. Now lyinj; near the Navy
Yard are the Preble and Susquebannah guarding
the city, which, as we stated some days ago, has
been evacuated and partially burned.
Mr. Leggett also states that the Hon. John T.
Monroe, Mayor of New Orleans, J. B. Leaf, mem
ber of the late finance committee of that city,
Girard Siith, ex-Mayor, Dr. Mackin, of the True
Delta, B. C. Bruoe, ot the firm of Gregory <fc Bruce,
Dr. Wm Uooth, of the Quarantine Station, Mr.
Lawrison, Albert G. Middleton, of Pensacola, and
about forty others, nearly all prominent and in
fiuential citizens of New Orleans, are there as
prisoners, kept in c ose confinement and subjected
to h*rd labar and ihe most brutal treatment. We
trust that tbe matter may be looked into, and
eooie effort be made to restore them to their
country. — Mobile Tribune, 2 fit/*.
Thb Spirit of the Tikes — A Charleston corres
pondent of the Nassau Guardian, after reviewing
the gloomy prospects of the Yankee nation,
adds :
Our own future, on the contrary is bright
We hare “walked the wildern ss with the bleed
ing feet, but the promised land is near.” After
two years of unexampled suffering, in which we
have fought over two hundred battles, with the
story of desolated cities, of ruined (amides, of
crippled fortunes, of broken hearts, disease and
death, written npon its every page, we stand to
day proudly triumphant. Oar army of half a
million veterans are d-rciplmed and elothed.—
Oar spirit is stronger and our means is greater
than ever before. Our billa and valleys, our fac
tories and band looms are supplying the material
of war, and our merchants hare tapped the resor
voirs of the woiM to give us through their splen
did ships the artioles of comfort luxury, and ne
cessity, ot which we have been deprived by the
blockade.
Posesatocla.— We have learned that on Wed
nesd&y about I£oo Yankees made an incursion
upon PenehatonU, which was guarded by only
150 cavalry, and so sudden was their adroit that
our men were obliged to run without their horses
They retreated about 20 miles, telegraphing at an
in ermediste station for reinforcements, which
came tbe next day in tbe form of 1,200 of our In -
dian troops and run the Yankees back, encamp.
iDg a cone derabie distance beyond Poe customs.
The Yankee* s*t fi •to the depet and sev
eral houses, which were extinguished, but they
succeeded in burning all tbe scboooßers in whiao
to set of traitors have been trading to New Orleans
with the epenivanee of some of onr officers.
[Mobile Beg. 39th.
Old PierisM —Mr. Keegan’s report shows that
ten cents postage rates creates a deficiency of
near a million and a naif in post office receipts,
whilst the five cent rates created a deficiency of
about a million, he dislikes to seknowledge tbe
trror of the increase, and proposes, by way oi
remedy, to pile fuel on the fare by an advances in
the rates of newspapers.— Mobile HegitUr.
CoL James F. of In connec
tion witn tbe ensuing Gubernatorial election In
Alabama.
Foreign Items.
Som9 of the London papers think that Seward
has not ever yet had a just idea of the great job he
has undertaken—the job of subjugating the .South.
They say at ihe beginning, the war to him was
only a riot, and the first sight of blood was to
bring tbe rioters to their senses and obedience.—
And they are of the opinion that he has not got
rid of that idea yet, for hs has for a year and a
half run about exclaiming, “1 am the Pacificator <
Sixty days 1”
The latest advices from Cracow are in favor of
the Poles. The Polish Prince Domireiki has been
killed by the Russians.
The newspaper correspondents are determined
to marry off la petite Patti. “Spriridon,” the
Pans commentator, with the Boston Gszsite, says
she is engaged to one ot the Aguadoe, a wealthy
Spanish banker and marquis. From the P ins cor
respondence of the New York Herald, we extract
the following concerning Pertti: “The financial
world was made glad last Sunday by a grand fete
given by M. Casimir Rosier at his beautiful Louis
XIII. Hotel, in tbe Champs Elysees. All the
magnates of the Bourse were there, and the
entertainment wag lavish beyond description. On
such occasions Patti sings a morceau or two to
the tune of twenty-five hundred francs. I remem
ber when the greater Grisi used to sing for us at
the conrt, and a bank note for only five hundred
francs was sent her the next morning. Patti
makes her twentyninth and last appearance this
week, when the Emperor will present her an
emerald brace et, set in diamonds.
The English papers say that the 12,000 bales
of cotton from Turkey last year have augmented
to above 60,000 this season, and will next season
inorease to above 100,000 bales.
A picture bytMons. Gerome, just completed, is
creating a furore in the artistic circles ot Paris.
The subject is a most felicitous one, and will prove
highly popular when the picture is publicly exhibi
ted. Ii represents Louis XIV. dining, tete-a-tete,
with Moliere, and surrounded by his ministers
and attendants, some of whom titter, whilst oth -
erg scowl at the astounding absurdity of a great
king admitting a poor author to such distinction.
Tbe grouping is admirable, the color exquisite;
belter still, the character and inoividuality of the
heads bespeak careful study on tbe part of the
paiuter, accompanied by a knoweldge of the more
subtle forms ot human expression, which will ma
terially increase the reputation of this talented
artist.
The Calcutta Englishman states thit a priva
teer is cruising in the Bay of Bengal, aud that her
commander declared to the Captain ol the British
ship Selim, that he would catch, aud burn, and
destroy every vessel leaving Calcutta under the
Federal flag.
A remedy for poisoning by strychnine and mush
rooms is announced iu Eng’and. It consists in
making the patient eat large quantities of refintd
sugar, and iu desperate cases opening a vein and
injecting sugared water. Its effects are to oxygen
ate and restore the circulation.
Garibaldi is now able, with the aid of his
crutches, to walk to the seashore, it is said
in the French journals that he speaks continually
of Poland, and writes to the Italian patriotic
committees to do what they can to aid the insur
gents.
t,e Nord says instructions have been sent to
the Frenoh legation at Rio de Janeiro in a sense
essentially sympathetic with Brazil in her diticul
ty with Ragland.
It appears from a return just issued, that the
expenses of the English national debt—for inter
est and management—last year, was £22 828,01d,
6s. 6J.
The London Spectator quietly observes that
inasmuch as the maximum Income of a great
Boglish noble is £300,000 a year, the Fnrlimeuta
ry grant of £IOO.OuO a year to the Prince of Wales
cannot be regarded as extravagant.
Thb St others Express Company. —The cutting
off,of alljour water facilities for transportation, ana
the exclusive occupancy of the rail, oad freight
trains by the government, have thrown upon the
Southern Express Compan r, an amount of busiaess -
which isjwituout a precedent to its history. To
enable them to accommodate its augmentation of
business, the company have established store
rooms at all the prominent depots of the South,
and have offered extraordinary inducements to
the railroads for addi tonal space on the trains.
This last mentioned obj-.ct they have so far failed
to accomplish. That they are doing all that can
be done, with their present facilities, is attested
by the inorease of messengers and clerks, and the
multiplying of w igons and teams at every impor
tant office in the South. But these additional ef
forts to accommodate the public have proved
greatly inadequate to the increased demauds of
the people, and as a consequence, we hear much
murmuring aud complaint on the part of many
who hare not been accommodated as soon as they
desired. We have made enquiries into the mat
ter, and we are satisfied ihat the company are now
doing all that it is possible for them to do with
toe present limited spacejon the railroads to which
th y are restricted, and we think if that portion
of the public which has manifested such a dispo
sition to find tan't and make complaint, would
look at the matter calmly and dispassionately, they
would concur with us in this opinion. We have
been compelled recently to travel much on busi
ness through the South, and we hare been com
polled also to rely mainly upon the Express Com
pany for transportation for suoh material as we
have been enabled to purchase. We take pleas
ure in stating, that from Mr. Plant, the gentle
man y President of the Company, and Cos). Bul
lock, its very efficient Superintendent, down to
every Agent and Messenger in the company's em
ploy we have met with nothing but undeviating
courtesy and a cheerful disposition to accommo
date the public to the furtherest extent of their
ability. We hare not been recipients of any es
pecial favors at the bauds of tho compauy ; we
have been compelled to bide our time, and take our
chances with ths rest seeking transportation, bat
we have invariably fonnd the agents polite and
accommodating, and at all times willing to ex
plain why it was that the public oould not be ac
commodated with the same promptness now as
before the war. If the public will only bear in
mind that there are five hundred seeking trans
portation now where there were not one tenth of
that number before the war, and that the Express
Company’s facilities by rail have Keen ratheV de
creased than augmented, we think that many who
now complain will see at once that tbey do so
very unjustly.
The truth is, it is a matter of surprise that the
company are enable to accomplish the half that
they do accomplish, under the circumstances. We
can conceive of no men whose labors have been
more increased by the war, and we take pleasure
in bearing our humble testimony to the value and
efficiency of such an institution, and the uniform
urbanity and spirit of accommodation which emi
nently character zi all connected with it, eo far as
our observation has extended.
[Petersburg Ex,press.
Thb Flour Ihpressxznt Case—An Injunction
Granted by Judgb Lyons. —ln tbe Hustings
Court of this city, yesterday, Judge Lyon; de
livered his decis’on relating to the impressment ot
a quantity of flour belonging to William B.
Isaacs, and granted to tbe injunction asked for.—
Tbe demand upon our space prevents the inser
tion oi the decision in full, and we append a brief
abstraot.
On tbe 7th of March, 1863, Win. B. Isaaacs
presented his bill, stating he was the owner of
200 .arrels of Superfine and Ex‘ra Superfine
flour, which be had purchased in October, for
about the sum of $22,000, and on whioh he had in
curred considerable expense in drayage, storage,
Ac., and that he had been informed that Major
John H. Claiborne, acting, as wsb alleged, uuaer
the orders of the Secretary of War, had given
notice to Danlop, Mancure & Cos., ia woose ware
house the flour was stored, that he bad impressed
the same for the use of tbe Confederate Govern
ment ; aod that the Government would al.ow him
in paymeqj, the price of $17,50, per barrel for ihe
Superfine, and $19,60 for the Ex re Superfine, be
ing nearly $3,000 less than he paid for it, and
nearly sl2 per barrel less than the market price
in Richmond. The injanctioa was prayed lor to
prevent the removal of the flour, unt 1 just com
pensation should be made, or .until some provis
ion should be made for ascertaining what is a
jnst compensation for the flour.
Tbe Judge was of the opinion that under the
Constitution of the Confederate Btates.no im
prelaments of private property could be made,
unless absolutely demanded by pnblic exigency,
for the use o the army, and it bad been plainly
shown that in the present case, no such exigency
existed; that Congress, in whom resides tbe pow
er of eminent domain, so tar as tbe Confederate
Government is concerned, has no right to author,
izs the taking of private property without pro
viding just compensation tberlor, and that it could
not be saccessfntv contended, in tbe absence o!
such legislation,that an Executive officer could
do it, or decide when tbe necessity might exist,
or fix the amount of compensation to be paid.
After the se 2 are of the floor, leases could not
avail himself tbe remedy of an action for tresp its
against Claiborne, because tbe latter ia an officer
in tbs military service of tbe Confederate States,
and ns such, exempt from arrest under civil pro
cess. The remedy of Isaacs was not therefore
complete and ndcqu te at law; irreparable inju
ry to him angbt be tbe eonsequence of * refusal
to grant an injunction, which was tbe opinion of
tbe Judge, tbe only complete and effectual reme
dy, and for that reason ought to be granted.
Judge Lyons, in delivering his dicisicn, alluded
to nomsrons legal authorities to sustain him in
the position assumed. —Richmond Whig, Hth.
Tbs Btat Law. —The clamor for the repeal of
this law ii becoming nniversal. The merchant
ia voe serous for its repeal, the exigency of the
timea seems to demand it, and that the people
would be greatly benefited by it we have no sort
of donbt. We nave not hoard a dissenting voioe.
All want the law repealed.— Colwnbue Hun.
I Our Mffledgeville
Georgia LegrtiMatnre.
[special coaster worn-: up . ~,.s * ,
• S SAW—HARCU CO.
The Senate was op ned w > : mvc-Tbr !trv. J.
H. Echols. K
The folio-viog bills we-e t uo f -n third
reading and passed: ab.!; :.ut v .-•-«*
owning or using property hr t.-.-r o-• Wa or
Without the constat of slieu* -s •a f :o pro
tect. sheep raisers; » , , ■ Irize ih • c mi
soliaaiion ot tho stock or the N.v - -in - .vbiiny
and Gull and the Atlantic and Gol: i;„..'- s 7 a bill
to repeal the act of 1861, fix tho s ’es ot
membeis; also the bill tii i, ,V, er J ! • a
bill to chaiigr the time t>: iuuci :g m. Su. rior
Court oi Ba .or county; abill . . id
Section of the Code; a bill t > eont ekrtain
privileges on the Citizens’Fire ‘.-otnpanv qf An
gusta; a bill to incorporate then mi i. io
sarance Company of Augu-.-ti; a b ll to n.ciu .>o
rate ths Augusta Fire and Mat me In ura- Com
pany.
The Senate agreed to th • re i'iu(i „f tha
House for the compensation ot Rev. Bt. Hilmer
lor visiting the Capitol to ofiit'.. : th v;o s
of Fast Day. The de-ale
F. M.
HOUiE—UABOH SO.
The following local b.lls v.ve <,>.■ Firths
close of my letter on S:f.u, . .
repeal the special read- ia*-* ot Hu ke’t; ; »
but to allow a grant to issue tea c.-u .to
land in Brooks county; a bid he
between Madison and Hart c ; .> [to
amend the charter of the i!
pany.
The House met at 9 o’dseh; prayer I !'cv.
Mr. Smith of Brooke.
Judge Cubtuees cfibred a usolniion; - the
Governor be author)/..-d ta pay , . t -x ; .. j D
curred in tho religious m
which was adopted.
Nsw Matter.—O in call of the roo:- , tho
following bill) were in ora- ■>: hr li . u
the time tor granting hud ii; ': ;
the road laws ot Bo,lack ; aVd • A
to pay managers ot elect-oar : h ; , ,
to prohibit the salt, of I quor
to repeal the license laws; a i ; ; inr-- ~ :
the Stonewall Insurance Comp- ;in . d:s
band the State troops; n’oh-i o t-j -
tuition for teachers; a bill t? I-'-v x:r. ' xou
speculators; a bill ui Ly. a t„x o n, ! ,ies
aud profits; a bill toch-uig ■ thn \ ■ >' ■ o.
holding the Supreme Oouri-s of i ;,..i ; bill
to require the Inferior ourts to - | a ree ird ol
volunteers; a bill to amend tux l.i 3— Uvi-.i an
income tax; a bill to encou] th# gh» M>f
wool —[this is the “ Dog Bdl,” which Ilr. S., ley
has advocated with heroic persistenca and m
ability]; abiil to repeal tbe acttoprevenl «Ves
and Iroo negroes Irons living apart >rom <• »rs
in Warren und Taliafetr ; a Dili -. .ra: e rev oe—
[prescriqes the mode of making tax reiu..- to
punißh tax payers for false sw. :tr n ; -j ; a mil to
repeal the iast clause of ejection 4 i2l oi the « da;
a bill to ameun tho law iu l-Terence i < *uits
against railroads— sap;. i.os to roads under I,
a bill to regulate com.-i. sious o. s,-x Cbii.. ms
and receivers ; a bill to pu :i trerpi-ss; ts e
scrib* the quantity <T co -.-m io pmuteu; - uiil
to relieve the {sheriff of Onsite!-., i. -un.y; a -t to
prov.de for the return cl' a L.-'- 1- p >• i ».il
dren ot White county ; a mil «•;->-• iuit» be
brought against banks ivh *
Tue special conmituc on tp. at. ■** a
report, through Mr. Adams, CLa--; • v, » ich
was tukeu up and debate.i up to t; ii. tir at - .It
lam compelled to close for ihe lilt, y. uen '..0
laid on the table for the present.
SENATE 31 Alien £O.
But little was dme in ill: e . ' s •re m
Toe following (Sills
prevent monopoly and extort-on -in the it- or
or control of locations tor work: 0.-. ih*: ;
a bill to incorporate tbu Uianceviiis Suite M . g
Company in Folk coumy.
A resolution was introd wed th it the G 1
furnish copies ot the ac’.a pa - u at 1113 list ces
sion ior the use ot th - -icnate.
The Committee on Cotton Flan i 1 : in.de a ma
jority and minority report, absti . c of wr ich
will be founu in the prcceec iaga ot the iio , ,
both ot which were ordered printed ior the u of
the Senate. The Senate adjourned to U o'clock
to morrow morning.
Hoosa— mahch SO
12 O'clock.—A bui to cnaoge the ii 10 b t eea
Bartow and Gordon oouiiy .s was lost C-mmsi.
Akin sustained the bill, Col. B-über, olOjul.i,
opposed.
Mr. Briscoe, from the Commit* ', c- I]> i ,a
tion, reported a biil which prov.-i . l .; Ii
not be lawful to distil apimuous iqu —•., pi
for medicinal purposes, und;r trem 1 u
Inferior Court—lrom corn, whi.u , 1 , b ly,
potatoes, peas, pumpkins, ch ~ >
cane, molasses, sugar or dried an 1 u
doors shall not be cioeed sga-.i.-- 1 .; u q
tion ; that irresponsible p- roans 1-I1 ■ • 1
ployed to carry ou disliile-v.-H -u 1 . y i ir
violation of the biil lo bj;. Ii . ■.c .0 in
thousand dollars for eac.i t li-Lca, m u. ■ 1-
ment for six months. Two huuuroti cop iu ot ue
bill were ordered printed.
A resolution instructing tax receivers to retv vo
returns according to the v.. ue in C i.hderute
money, was amended so m 'u exempt pt-monr
from taxation who have been dm . from t ;ir
homes, and referred to a special com . i-.'ee.
A bill to amend the charier of tne Brunswick
and Albany railroad, parsed; aii I 10 1 t io
law taxing sheep grazing m Colquil couh >, ioftj
a bill to prescribe the mode or <i ; -wo.; :ui , joi ,r<
in Chatham county, paea-.d; a biil to . . ■*■ • ifie
oharter of the Masonic Hull company ol M ltedg#*
villa, passed; a mil to change die I. I ,-t en
Baldwin and Jones, jau- i; I. i lor the relief
of Turner Brown, of Bibb, pat
Leave oi absence was giant.-il 1- M-. -my.
A bili to repeal the license 1t..... w;::-. Mi 0 n.s,
Mr. Thrasher was p rraitte ito wi. •; m l!
he ottered this morn ng ior th
it as a aubstiqpe. It was adopt and, m
Adams, ot Claric; moved io lay it u out ! o i.ilile
for the present. Tho mot on was lost bv tho
sound, when tho ayes and tiayn w.re ca.lcd by
Mr. Barnes. Before taking them the hour ol ad
journment arrived.
Ia the afternoon the call for the aytn and ti yu
were withdrawn, when Jud >e ft-, mi nr, .<i
that it be laid over until his coih-.-.'-ue arrived,
who had a biil oa the same tubi -, wi ,dh h
thought would he generally acc . . .bi:\ Tb t veto
was taken by division again, a.-d the motion to
lay on the table prevailed—s 4 io 40.
A bill to allow Messrs. Coos, F tar ! cm! oth
ers to navigate the N.irih Ocm*-<. -i ;.i b'.il ww
objected to as interfering with pi ivafe rights, end
was sustained earnestly by Me ?r«. Adams end
Gedd us, aud on motion of Mr. Adams was recom
mitted.
A tu.l for the relief of ir.soivont d.b’ora—ex
empts one slave. It was referred.
The special oommittee on cotton p’r-ritin;-r >-
ported a bill of which the foil
It allows one acre of cotton and o -*• iourtn a-ir
of tobacco to be planted, and affixes a penalty cd
|SOO p;r acre for every violation, cn , i.-..’* to go
to the informer and one half to the ln eriort! u-t
for soldiers families. None bat lie and hands to be
included in the bill, lt provides fr.r he survey
of the land where there is reason to believe tt
law is violated. It provide l that every m ill s: nil
give in the number of bancs employed, and the
amount planted. It repeals t'.e act of the ta 1
session, and requirts Jid es to g-ve the bid in
charge to Grand Juries.
Mr. Hester presented a minority r por , diss -nt
tng from the bill—lst, because t* _• bill of th la it
session has been sequ ejCtd in •• . 1 comprom o;
2d, the proposed change will not i.icre-se 1 p 1 o
duction oi grain ; SJ, a luli core cr- po . e u>n
plantation requires more plough tca'»ia,wi b —o
not to J>e bad ; 4ti, odr tram - e is.
an increased grain crop from 0 o r a *ll
- stb, many have already .. .. utr ,r crop,
6th, to exclude those who have u -,-, piau'eT,
Irom the privileges of the o i law, t. ile others
enjoy it, is unjust; 7b, the passage ot th bit
will be regarded as a r<fl t o tj • i-v.r.o - n
of the cotton plant-rs; Sib. t.. 1. is ; 1. o
.the bill, since the patriotitio -.. ;• outer:* v 1 1 p ;>) .
vent any abuse ot the right to plant. T e lep rt
closes with resolution!.—l-t, ih it s •: one
and unwise to disturb the existing I .\7; fcd, •r ; a
those who are convenient to -pur . . a to
confine their cctton c op to t *•::• o -n and m* > 3
use. Two hundred cop es of bath r , oiu were
ordered printed.
After reading bills a tecond time, the Wow
ing new matter wai introduced: a bib to
c range the line between Newton W-b -.n; 1*
biil lo change the tune oi hoi i:.* g ti: l-l 1 "
Court of Washington couutj ; *
reserves in Mason to the Macon & li:a *i'k »'•
Macon and Augusta Ka Iroad; • - : 0* - * ' ll * '
limits Os the city of Macon; a bui to pr v, 1 slave,
from raisiog chickens. H.u-ie a jo-roel to a
o’clock to-morrow.
SENATE —MARCH 31.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock. Prayer by Rev.
Mr. Bryce, of S. C.
The following bills were introduced; A1 to
prescribe the mode of ordering ehciiocs tor sh : ; -
tia officers; a bill to compel the pla:.tini» o: n
provision crop—requires every tana.:? to > *
thirty acres to every plough t am, o- hand ; a V I
to repeal the slay law, so far as re ictus to rent r:
House and lands ; a bill to incorporate ttia town
of Eenwtckin in Lee county.
Bills on their Passage —A bill to regulate
the rates of wharfage, dockage and store; ge in
Savannah. Passed.
A bill to authorise administrators, tru ' '
guardians to receive Confederate notes for clair >a
due estates, was discuss.d at eoa:e length by
I Messrs. Seward, Lewis, Vaion and Hans i- ia
favor, and by Mr. Harris against the bill, and after
[six SECOND PAGS. j