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BY N. S. MORSE & CO. Cjjnmide & TERMS THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE & SENTINEL In Published Every TUESDAY AT FOUR DDIiLAUS PER ANNUM ALWAYN IN ADVANCE. WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES. Ordinary Advertisements published in the Week!/ will be charged twenty-five cents a line each insertion, .Special Notice* will be charged thirty eents s line lor each insertion. Mabriaaes, Deaths sod Funeral Notices one dollar each. Obituabv Notices twenty cent* per line for one Insertion in either Daily or Weekly, Where Obituary Notioes are published in both Dally and Weekly —thirty cents per line. 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