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BY N. S. MORSE & CO. C|nraitlt £ Sentinel. TERMS. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE & SENTINEL Ih Published Every TUESDAY AT FOLK DOLLIK3 PEK. ANNUM IN ADVANCE. WEEKLY ADVERTISING RATES. Ordinary Advbbtieements published in the Weekly will be oharged twenty-lire cunts a line each insertion. Hpscial Notices will be charged thirty cents a line for each insertion. Marbiaoks, Deaths and Funeral Noticss one dollar each. Obituary Noticrs twenty cents per line for one insertion in either Daily or Weekly. Where Obituary Notices are published in both Daily and Weekly—thirty cents per line. ■ 'I lie Capture of our Seaport*. Every indication potntg to a determined effort on the part of the Federals against onr seaports. Though their first attempts may meet with disas trous repalse, they are aware of the fictitious im portance which would be attached to success— by the nniversal Yankee nation and by Buropean people who aro not aware how little the ot our seaboard cities would affect the the war. J Should the enemy be snccessfnl in the im pending or any future attack, it is well enongh to consider if tbeir success will bring them any nearer their cberiabed object, subjugation, or will materially affect onr capacity for carrying on the war. The organization of onr country differs widely from that of all others. The capital of an European nation is its heart, and when that is reached by an onemy the nation is subdued. When I’arig wag taken by the Allies, France sur rendered, and all serions resistance ceused ; when Bonaparte entered the capitals of almost every European nat on, Europe lay prostrate at his feet. Dut our civic organization is widely different. We have oapitala—little interior towns wheie Legislatures meet and Presidents and Governors reside, hot around which there is no centraliza tion of power such us exists in other countries. We have seaports only impor taut as snob, conve nient places for the inlet and outlet of goods— nothing more. When we lose these we lose only a comparatively small spot of territory—a larger proportional number ol innocent families are driven from their homes and made to suffer the evils ot war, but we do nr t approximate subjuga tion so nearly as we should were we driven from places where there are no cities but which are of infinitely more importance in a strat-gotical point of view. The capital of the United States fell into the hands of the British in the war of 1812, yet the country was very far from being subdued. The same enemy took Charleston and Savannah m the first Revolution, yet the war went on, gene rally with success to the patriots, amid the woods, hills and swamps of the up-country. We do not suppose that the enemy will ever take psssccsion ol Chcrleetoo, Savannah or any other seaport, for all the skill cf man, and all the valor of which huiuun nature is capable will be exerted in their defence. But unticiput ng the worst that can happen, that by some stroke of ill- Tortone that no skill or bravery can guard ugainst, they should obtain possession of those cities—the result will bentlt them nothing, and we very much doubt it it would be produotivo of serious evil to us. We should be driven from the coast like the Whigs ot 1776, but our abilities to prosecute the war would be in no great degree diminished. Those eities now defend nothing that cannot be defended without them. As stragelic positions they are unimportant compared with Vicksburg, Port Hudson, Fredericksburg or Tultuhomu. We perhaps receive some bcuefit from the import cf goods through the blockade, but the general bene fit has long been very questionable—vessels loaded with munitions of war have met, of late, with singular ill-luck, and the ether goods which come through safely add very little to the comfort or convenience of the people at large. Asa point of honor, and on account of the bad prestige abroad among people who cannot under stand that with us when a chtef city is lost all is not lost, and also on account of the encomage meut it would afford the enemy, we Bhould deeply regret i uuy one of our seaports should fall into their 1 ar.da, hut we cannot peroeivc how any ma terial injury to the cause of the Confederacy can grow onto! the event. As we have said, we have no idea that the cities can bo taken, or if taken, oan b» permanently occupied by the eusmy. Dut granting the worst, our capacities for def-ure would be but little dimiuisbed. Our intercourse with outswers may be somewnat impeded or di minished, but our people have already learned to o without toreign luxnries, and to manufacture .or themselves all the impbenenta and materials necessary to carry on the war. There is no oc casion therefore to be frightened from our propri ety by any bad news which may come from the coast. Removal or tui British Vice-Consul at Mo iili.—James Magee, Esq., the British Vice-Con. lut at Mobile, who has occupied that pest for ip wards of thirty years, has been removed by the drtuih (Joverutheut, ou account, it is supposed, jf sympathy with the cause of the Confederates. The facts connected with the transaction we ibridge from the Mobile. Register : The Governor of Alabama, anxious to preserve the credit of the State, hid made arrangements with the Hank of Mobile for placing in London lunds to pay the interest in gold on the debt of >f that Slate due iu England, amounting to £4O • 100. Mr. Magee was informed of the arrangement I'he Captaiu of the British steamship Vesuvius hen at New Orleans, was requested to call off the Aobile bar to receive on hoard ihis treasure rhicb was done; but before the Captain cf the Vesuvius acted auv. farther in the business he trooeeded on board the dug ship. Captain Ha'ch sock, of the \ a tkee blockading squadron, ana dimmed his permission to lake toe specie on Mard. The London Times having informed the Yankee iinister m Loudon, Mr. Adams, of the trausuc lien,a* very honorable to the State of Alabama, kat minister communicated the tact to Mr Sew (r(j and it is supposed that he must baTs deinou iad’the recall of Mr. Magee. The British govern meßt, iu mean subserviency to the Lincoln Gov ernment, has complied with the request. Thus has an honorable mail been dismissed from an pipe* he has tilled with credit to himself and ad vintage 10 h‘ B country, for perionumg an act of benefit to that country, after having received pier mission to do so from an officer of that Govern ment, at whose suggestion he has been removed. TbeStat Laws. —The Mobile Tribune in speak ing of the bad effects of stay laws, remarks thus: It is very trulr said that these stay laws have a demoralising effect. First ot all, they impair the sacrednessof a debt ob'igation, which is the source >f credit and high-toned principle. They stunn ate speculation—lor they allow rnODey to remain ■l the hands of those whom it does net rightfully to, and thus they are tempted to make with a recklessness which would net ob jßkaf what they have » control of were the r Doe can see now how Utile principle there Hgnonp certain men who have hitherto stood in Hb?d credit. With an abundance at ibeir com- Kscd, they treat creduora with contempt, ~s Rhsugti. in the absence ot law, there were no rnor njwOtigation on a dehtor. A continuarce of this— n is tolerated to aa amasiog degree—Will lluari it* traces long fixed on our communities lit W<U uAlit rate that clearly marked line between I hoaeaty and dishonesty ; and the effect will be laXtremalj p e , nicious on those, young men now I Irwwmg up, and taking the form which will last I {beat through bfc. Tlie Danger of Lawlessness. It is to be hop id that the recent regulations made by Congress relative to the impressment ot property, will have the effect to put a stop to toe summary seizures which haTe been practiced, not only by the Confederate but by State Govern ments. Though, the law cannot affect tne proceed ings of the latter, the commendable example of the Confederate Government cannot be without a salutary effect upon them. Heretofore the prop erty of no man, not even the scanty supply of food provided for the subsistence of families, has been safe. We have always looked upon such seizures, made with no evidence of their necessity except the assertion of the seixer, as dangerous trials of the temper of the people, pernicious ex amples of lawlessness and destructive to the pop ularity of the Government. Men finding their property taken from them by force, with a mere pretence ot payment, were led to count the price and question the value of a revolution which thus cast"its burden’ upon a few, and was without cost in comparison with its benefits to the many, and if tney did not bteome lukewarm in the qause, at least, with good reason, murmured against an ad- ministration teat did not fulfil the first duty of a government, the protection of tho people in the enjoyment of their rights and possessions. We are glad, therefore, that a determination to test by law the legality of seizures, heretofore made, ia beginniDg to prevail. Let the military necessi ty ho nude obvious, and all good citizens will cheerfully yield, but whan every man’s property is placed at the. mercy and di-posal cf anyone claiming to be the agent of someone cr other of our governments, and these agents alsoclaimto be superior to the civil luw, it ia a very violent sup position to imagine thut we are a tree people. The evil effects of the disregard of law by our Confederate and State Governments i* b ginning to make itself manifest. To their example and action may be ntcribcd the food riots which have occurred in soma places disturbances, caused not so much by actual scarcity, as by the inter ruption of supplies—the fear of seizure prevent ing from being brought to market by their hold rs, and the prohibition upon the free distri bution of articles of necessity, imposed by Gov ernors of some of the St itca—Gubernatorial em bargoes imposed without color of law at the will r* one man, amounting to praetcul secession, in sc.atmg one member ot the Confederacy from the o’, lers, drawing State lines so broadly that we are uude ucm stakably to feel that we are not 010 i eople, and teaching coterminous neighborhoods o regard each other a3 foreigners, who are not to share each other's abundan e or to relieve each other’s wants. When such feelings are fostered by the exicutors ol the law between those who shenid be brethren united ia tha same cause, how cun it bs expected that those who look to them for ga dunce will do otherwise than follow their example? How cun it be supposed Hhat scenes of violence and rapine can be avoided ? If the servants of the people plunder whom they please, why may not the people themselves? If they disregard the duliea ot good neighborhood, why may not we, and since the law is set at naught by those who should regard it most, why should men with stronger hands and with more pressing necessities, pay it obedience ? If the official—the creature of the ballot box—plunders whom he please, why may not those who created him? Shall the law forbid the people and permit their servants to holp themselves to what they want or pretend they want? It is a delicate task in a revolution to steer clear oi internal dangers—they are cq tliy to be feared with dangers from without. The. course cf most revolutions has been through anarchy ta despo tism; the former has been the first step to the latter, for t o absolute will of a uespot is always to be preferred to no law or to mob law. Our rulers and people should heed history, and be guurded by its example, lest we travel the same downward road. Tho law in the midst o' the clash of arms, should not be silent, but should speak out sterner and stronger than ever. It should demand obedience from all classes, ranks and conditions of men, and the people, for their own safety, and welfare should see to it that every intungement of the rights of lbe citizen, no mutter by whom or npon what pretence commit ted, meets with its due aad legal retribution. A Usekul Publication —We have received from the Publishers, Messrs. U. F. Hill k Go., Griffin, a oopy of the ‘ Confederate Slates Railroad Guide,” a neat, compact little volume,‘‘containing time tables, fares, connections and distances on all the Railroads of ths Coniederata States; aiso the connecting lines of Railroads, steamboats and stages,” Ac. Itis designed to publish this little work monthly. The present (April) number has the following table of contents : Counting House Calendar, Ho tel Directory, Comparative Time Table, Editor’s Portfolio, (with much entertaining readiug,) Official Railroad Tims Tab es, Advertisements. The whole is compiled aid arranged by Mr. J. C. Swayic, n gentleman who is well fitted for the task h has undertaken. The enterprise is one that deserves, and we hop? will receive substan tial encouragement. Especially will the travel ling public be indebted to the publishers for the largo amount of essential information it imparts. Tho price of the work is fifty cants. 11. P. Hill A Cos., Publishers, Griffin, Ga. Chinese Sugar Cane.—in view of the fact that syrup has gone up to eight dollars per gallon, to gether with' the scarcity and high price of moat it seems to us that the cultivation of Chinese Su gar Cane would be i> pay ing business. To convert it into molasses is a cheap and simple process, and there is net the lecst danger that profit will not be ihe result. If the enemy is whipped ot Vicks burg, he will still retain most of the sugar planta tions on the Mississippi. And even should he leave the State, tire desolation he will leave be hind will put it out of the power of Louisiana to furnish us with sugar. Now, what are we to do for these articles of prime necessity ? No practi cal man who has taken an intelligent survey of our situation at the present conjuncture can doubt that the salvation of the South depends mainly, if not wholly, upon the course pursued by our planters. Let them then reflect upon the mat ter, and patriotically resolve to plai t that which is needed most by cur troops and their families.— If a person has a spot of ground on which he can raise a sugar cane crop, let him raise it. He will uot only benefit himself thereby, but prove himself to be a public benefactor. Manx Teim.—Occasionally we hear of per sons in various sections q! the Confederacy who retasa to receive Confederate Treasury notes. — The man who demands ether money than the Government currency for what he has to sell, or who refuses to sell at all b-cause he discredits the currency, should be class,d with the vilest cmis s-r es. f re.gn or dcjncstic, which our country has to contend with. He is false to the ( onfederate cause-the worst k od of a tory. He strikes at the vitals of the Confederacy. You may attempt to palliate such conduct by excuses, but excuses for such conduct are mere flimsy pretexts. The cur rency must he sustained He who re uses or un dertakes to depreciate it, -is virtual!,• aiding and i betting our oppressors, and is a worse enemy to the cause of the South than the most viniictive foe we have elsewhere. I; a person endeavors to injure us one way, he » ill in another. Anyone who refuses .0 take Confederate currency, will not hesitate to injure us in other ways, should opportunity offer. No treatment is too severe lor such a class of individuals. They are traitors to their country, and ought to receive the punish ment of a trsi or. Faosrs —Oa Friday uud Saturday nights, frost* occurred in the counties above this sufficient to kill the tender vegetation Oo account of the un commonly backward spring, the woeat and fruit were not sufficiently advanced to injured.— “The full moon in April'' still maintains its pro verbial reputation for frosts. AUGUSTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL If, 1863. Thr r rubral Finance Bill. —After mnch tribu lation the Federal Congress has perfected a finan cial scheme of the most magnificent proportions, which entirely eclipses the fabulous conceptions of George Law, in the boars of his most anlimi ted prosperity. By its provisions the Govern ment assumes the entire control of the circula tion of the country, or rat' er forces private capi tal engag and in banking operations to become a means by which the enormons debt of the Fede- ral treasury may be held. The object is to se cure the absorption of public bonds, and the effect will be to add to the superabundance of treasury notes now afloat, a private circulation almost equal to the bonded debt. With this facili ty, added to Chase’s capacity to print, sign and sow broadcast a treasury circulation, the expan sion that must follow cannot be estimated. If the North is hereafter found deficient in a circu lating medium, certainly no blame can attach to the currency tinkers at Washington; who, by the way, also undertake to 1 gislateforthe “rebel” Slates, and have gracionsly permitted them to invest their surplus means in the gigantic scheme. The bill provides for A bureau in the Treasury Department under the title of controller of the currency, nominated by the Secretary of the Treasury, ard appointed by the President and se- ate; salary, SSOOO, bonds, SIOO,OOO, to hold office for five years ; to have de puty clerks, etc., none of whom shall be interest ed in any banking under this act. The controller is t 'provide geales, forms, etc. Associations for banking may be formed by an); number of persons not leas than five, who shall make certificates, specifying the name of the association, its location, amount of capital, which shall be rot less than $50,000, (and in cities of over 100,000, popula tion, not less than $200,000 ) names, resiaance and number of shares ot stockholders, and time of beginning business; this certificate to be legally acknowledged. Thirty per cent. Af the capital stock to be paid in at commencing and the re maining capital at ten per cent, every two months until paid up. When the controller is satisfied that these con ditions are complied with, he shall give the asso ciation a certificate authoring them to commence business, which fact shall be advertised for sixty days. All these associations are authorized to do business in the usual form, sue and be sued, and to perform all the ordinary functions of banking Their shares are transferable, pergonal property carrying tbeir liabilities with them. Capital may be increased from time to time,as maybe d«emed expedient. They may hold real estate necessary for their business, such as may be mortgaged as security for loans, such as may be conveyed for debts, and such as may purchase under their mort gages, bnt no other. Preliminary to commencing, they deliver to 'he United States Treasurer inter est bearing bonds of the government to the speci fied amount, and receive currency circulating notes in blank, registered and countersigned, equal to 90 per cent, of the current value of the '.onds deposited, but not exceeding the oar value, end at no time Bhalt such notes exceed the capital stock paid in. The entire amount shall not ex ceed $300,000 000—515.0,000,000 to associations in States and Territories, accordirg to representa tive population ; the other $150,000,000 to be dis tributed with regard to existing bank capital and interest. The following tab'e shows the proposed dis tribution among the States—lst, the amount allotted according to Congressional representa tion ; 2d, the amount to be allotted according to bank capital: State Representation Capital. Total. Maine $3,410,000 $2,833,000 $5,948,000 N. Hampshire... 1,866,000 1,680,000 3 465.000 Vermont 1.866,00‘) 1,390,000 3,226,000 Massachusetts... 6,222,000 28.972,00(1 30,194,000 Rhode Island.... 1,54f,C00 7,453t»00 8,698 000 Connecticut 2,490 JOO 7.737,000 10,227,000 New York 19, 5C0, 000 38,568,000 57,868,000 New Jersey 3,1Tt,0J0 2,846,000 5,956,000 Pennsylvania 14 950,900 9,164,000 24,114 000 Delaware 622,000 674 000 296,000 Maryland 3,110.000 4.366 0110 7,476,000 Dis. of Columbia. . .. 284,000 284,000 California 1,868,000 .... 1,868 O'O Illinois 87 120,000 355 000 9,067 000 Indiana 6 840 000 1,619 000 8 459 000 10wa... 3,784 000 295 000 4,029 O'o Kansas 622 000 35,000 657,000 Kentucky 5,600 0 0 5 324,000 10,924 iOO Michigan 3,734 000 213 0 0 3 947 000 Minnesota 1 245 000 100.000 1,351 000 Ms-ouri 5,700 000 3,993,000 9 593,000 Ohio 11,830,000 2,033,000 13,842.0()0 Oregon 622 uOO .... 622 000 Tenu.ssee 4.982.000 3.549.000 8 581 000 Wmsonsin 3,780 000 1 085,000 4,815.(00 Alabama 8 734 000 1,739,000 5 473 000 Arkansas 1,868 000 .... 1,868 00 1 Florida 622,000 149,000 774,000 Georgia 4 360.000 5.874,000 10,334,050 Louisiana 3,110,000 8 731,000 1,841.000 Mississippi 3,11> OOff .... 8 110,000 North Carolina.. 4,360 000 2,789,000 7,119,000 South Carolina.. 2,497,000 5,306,000 7.863.000 Texas 2 497,000 2 497 000 Virginia 6,842,000 5,849,000 12 691,000 This apportions to the fifteen Southern States SIOO 920,000, and to the Abo ition States $199,- 080,000. In lieu of all taxes on circulation under this act or bones deposited, each association shall pay semi-annually one percent, upon the notes re ceived, returns to be made on the first of July and first of January, and in default of two per cent, of the capital to be recovered for the treasury. When duly issued, these notes shall be received at par in payment of taxes, excises, public lands and all other dues to the United States, (exoept duties on imports) also for all salaries and other debts owing by the United States, except interest on public debt; and no association shall issue any other c rcnlating notes. If any bank fail to re deem its notes, the holder may protest them be fore a notary, whereupon the bank may be sus pended by the comptroller under forms pre scribed, their securities forfeited to the United States and enough cancelled to redeem the notes refused. In case of suspension, the securities to be sold at auction in New York, after thirty days’ notice. There are other provisions regulating exchanges, discounts, etc., too elaborate for this synopsis, nor are they necessary to understand the general purport and object of the law. By the scheme proposed in this law, a large amount of the indebtedness of Lincoln’s treasury may be absorbed, but it needs no prophet to pre duct the result of such an enormous expansion as must follow. The evidences of indebtedness that will obtain circulation, instead of being the rep resentative of bard dollars, will only represent nnoth r indebtedness, and one too, that has as sumed such huge proportions already as to for ever preclude the possibility cf its redemption.— No mors visionary scheme, or one fraught with more inevitable disaste?, could have been well conceived. The experience of 1636-37 is to be re-enacted, at the North so far as speculation and inflation are concerned, and these will be followed by results more disastrous than those in that country then felt; greater because the opportuni ty offered is greater than was then intended. The most amusing part of the bill is that part of it which provides the raising of $100,920,000, in the Southern Confederacy. How the North does love ns? How affecticnatelv they are get ting to be ? But it is the same affection and love that the robber and murderer has for a victim he supposes within his g-asp. Fort Pemberton. —A correspondent of the Mo bile Advertiser A Register, gives the annexed description of the position of Fort Pemberton, Mississippi: From a participant in the late engagement, we have received s solution of the puzile as to the of Fort Pemberton. The Tallahatchie river makes a bend of thirteen miles to the east, the neck of which is only two hundred and fifty yards across, and the indented line of Fort Pemberton. Tae Yalobusha river unites with eait'aworks thrown upon this neck is what is called the Talla hatchie in the bend, forming the Yaxoo, «ei that the ri ht flank of the works rests u cd the Talla hatchie and the le t upon the Yazoo both bow ev. r be'cg realty the same stream. The left flack opposite Greenwood, which is situated on the east side of the Yazoo. The Tallahatchie, under tfce cuss of the fort, is obstructed by an immense raft bellied which the Star of the West is sunk in the channel. The interrccti nos the point above the bend masks the whole cf our line ex cept the lea, upon which consequently, the nre or enemy’s boats has been directed. It is there tna* our heaviest guns are placed. The etemy, “ ow * erer, have placed a battery in front of the right of our line ; the want of ammunition at first preven ted us from interrupting its construction, for at *vhe end of the first day's fight we had oniy three rounds remaining. The ground in lront and rear of Fort Pember ton is orei flowed, and their sharpshooters are obliged to wade through water up to their waists to get within seven hundred yards of our works, i , euem T during their first attack, finding a ridge o! dry ground running into the Tajahatchie on the east side attempted to make a road through ! X ° ln f Yaiobusha, to bring a land lorce in our rear, but they soon founo themselves entangled in an impenetrable canebrake, and were obliged to de sist. Ou their retreat they left a quantity' oi tooie, wheelbarrows, ropes, chains, Ac., at this p ace wbteh proved qnue a use ul pr.xe to our troops The Yankees admit that they cannot get hack through the pass, even with h-gb water, owing : to the sinuosities of the channel and the rapid current. They must keep ahead or fail into our hand*. Great Britain and thrConfedskats Staves.— The correspondence of the British Foreign Office with onr Commissioner, Mr. Mason, the Unitid States Minister, Mr. Adams, and the British Em bassador at Washington, Lord Lyons, touching the American war, and the attitude of Great Bri tain towards the belligerents, has recently been brought before the public by a resolution of Par. fisment. Mr. Mason’s correspondence runs through a period of about a year, and discusses with abili ty and clearness the questions of blockade, recog nition and intervention. He has presented these subjects in such a light as to show, on the part of the British Government, a gross disregard of precedent and law, a shameless interpolation and distort’on of the treaty of Paris, a heartless in sensibility to the claims of humanity, and a cow ardly forgetfulness of what was dee to the man hood of the renowned Britsh race The most perfect neutrality that could possibly have been maintained would hare operated une qually on the Confederate States; but not content with that, the British Government, after inviting our accession to the Treaty of Paris, and obtain ing from that accession all the benefits it gives a neutral, has cho»en to interpret that treaty in a way that deprives ns of the only corresponding benefit that could have accrued to us. This is strongly set forth in ene of the letters of Mr. Mason. The position laid down by Earl Russell as to the requisites necessary to be possessed and presented on the part of a government* claiming recognition, though these requisites are not want ing in our case, is not in accordance with numer ous cases n British history. Bord Russell places the great people, whose organ in this matter he is, in the disgraceful, and, we believe, false atti tude, of having no other rule of conduct than nterest and policy. And even these he has alto gether misjudged, under a childish terror of S?wai t and his threats. The Richmond Whig rem ks thus on England’s course in the matter : It will not be many years, when, if the Confod erati Steles adopt the policy towards Great Brit ain to which the course of her Foreign Minister prevkes us, she will repent in sack cloth and ash-t that she tolerated him for a day. It can never be forgotten that for more than two years that Government occupied towa ds us, in this our strug le for liberty and life, a gronnd of pretend ed neutrality, all the benefits of which went to our enemies, while all its hardships fell npon us; and that 'o justify itself in continuing to ho and this ground, it did not scruple to pervert the plain and solemn meaning of a treaty into which it had profidiously induced us to enter. It can never be forgotten that for more than two years of » bloody and desolating war, the horrors ot which were intensified and prolonged by her delay, she refused us the recognition to which we were en titled by the highest proofs ever presented in the listory of the world by any people asserting a ' laim to independence. The mighty Kinedom for which this nairow minded and soulless Secretary speaks, was never itself put to such a test as we have been compelled to undergo, and have under gone triumphantly. These things, we say, will not, ought not to be forgotten, when we come hererafter to establish those relations of am ity and commerce to which peace will give birth. How the Prince of Walbs took his Seat in the House of I ords —The following is an inter esting account of the cerimonies observed on the occasion when the Prince of Wales first took his seat in the House of Lords. Parliament had been opened in the morning by the reading of the Queen’s Speech : “The Commons haTing quitted the Honse of Lords, the lat’er adjourned, the mace remaining on the table, in front of the wool sack. For two more hours the large gilded hall was eileot like a hermitage; the rays of the sun fallingfrem above the painted windows, full with the life-sized pic tures of a hundred kings and queens of Great Britain, and playing on the fl/or in ever varying lantastin shadows. It was uo‘ until the large be* 1 in the easttrn tower had struck a quarter to four that e gos of li-e began again to be visible. One by on.- o' the sober peers of the realm began to drop in and take their seals upon the leather cov ered forms, now vacated by tbcladies, while th“ benches close to he right of the woolsack got filled with and gnitarjes of the Church, crowding together nearer than ever. The nooie lord at the hea :of the Foreign Office. Earl Russell, who had ensconced h msrlf comfortably, a few min utes previous, in the seat belonging to the P;i ma e of All England, was driven from bis repose by the rustling of the lawn sleeves, and had scarcely composure enough to find his way down to the Aiimsteria! bench “At this moment the clock 6truck four, and the Lord Obanc. llor, in his dark robes of office, once more entered the House. The narrow seat ed form in front of the throne has now been re moved, and for the first time the Speaker of the Lords takes his seat on the bo>ad woolsack, standing, theoretically, not within but without his House. No sconer has his lordship taken his seat, when the youngest of the mem bers of the Episcopal bench steps forward to the tablo on which lies the mice, and begins to say prayers. All the Lords simultaneously sink on their knees. Again the vast hail is lulled into deep silence, through which only the voice of the bishop is heard. Slowly, after the final Amen ! the peers of Great Britain resume their seats, t@ listen to a few words from the Speaker. Then all eyes turn towards the door opposite, from which issues a long procession. “The caronet of the duchy of Cornwall is borne on a velvet cushion in front of the sol-nan corteye, consisting of corns twenty lords, robed in long scarlet mantles, with the colters and insignia of the Order of the Garter. In the midst of tne procession walks a youthful figure, with head erect, the brow flushed with excitexnent. It is the heir apparent of Great Britain, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, now going to take his seat for the first time as Duke of Cornwall among the peers of the realm Led by the Colonial Secre tary and the tall Commander-in-rihiefof the army, the Prince walks up to the table of the clerk of the House, to 'ake the oath on the Constitution cf Great Britain and in- cnbe his name upon the roll of Parliament. ‘ In faltering aocen sand low voice the Heir Apparent swears fidelity to the laws, and his hand all but trembles while he kisses the Bible, and signs bis name in confirmation of his oath. But he regains bis compssure as soon as this act has been accomplished, and ihe procession has been set in movement again The long line of scarlet robed poers, who have stood in a semicircle around the table of the clerk, now move on to wards the woolsack, which has no sooner bden' reached, when the Prince of Wales leaves the procession, and with graceful steps a'cends the royal dais, seating himself in the armchair to the right of the thron q and covering his head. Hav ing greeted the lordly assembly by a twice re peated silent bow «f the head, the Prince again descends, and, walking up to the woolsack, shakes bands with the Lord Chancellor in a warm-heart ed frienly manner. The most perfect grace of mien and deportment ristingnish the whole of these movements, and before the mind bag well realized the historical scene, th * heir apparent has joined once more ihe procession of peers, and is leaving the hall on the Opposite side.” Hired a Substitute to Stay Behind. —We have heard of many cases of men liable to con scription hiring substitutes to take their places in tha ranks ; but the instance reported below is un commou and noteworthy. The young volunteer who hired a substitute to stay behind with the ord nance wagon, while he ha r tentd to take part in the fight, was Seaborn ' illiams, of iuskegee, Ala., a very modest and etiring but courageous youth, of less than eight-en years, who was killed in the great fight neai a’ orfreesboro’. The aoceunt which - e copy is from a letter from the Captain of his company, which formed part of the 45th Alabama Regiment. Capt. Abercrombie writ-a this concerning the matter : ‘‘The day before the fight, I received an order to detail a man to stay with the ordnance tiam, to bring up ammunition when it was needed to the company. I detailed Seaborn. Inotieed that he left his place in line vary reluctantly, and went back to the train. Early next morning, I saw him again, with his gun, in line. I went up to bim and asked him why he was there. He re plied. ‘I have hired another man to stay behind with the wagon, and if you will let me I prefer to be with the company in the fight to d-iy. Un willing to mortify him, I consented to his stay. .ft.***’****-*- * He was conspicuous for his almost reckless dar ing and courage, and though immediately front ing the etemv’s arvll'ery, which was but a few vards from us and was sweep-ng anes through our ranks, he boldly and fearlessly pressed etrsght forward, while some others would attempt to seek seme shelter from the intervening tree*. His arm seemed to be the first to plant a victorious banter upon the enemy’s artil ery But be was too consp euous a mark o pass unscathed through the shower oi balls and canister that the enemy was raining upon us, and just a* the enemy was giving wsv, a fatal ball entered bis bowels ana passed through them H fell but looking up fi om the spot consecrated by a brave soldier s fall, he saw the enemy fi ing in dismay and bis comrades in hot pursuit to avenge his fall. Anew weekly paper, cai.ed the Sentinel, has made it* appearance at Alexandria, La. I* is printed upon vxUlpap*r. A Mammoth Hctbl.— Anew Hotel has just been completed in St. Louis. It is called ihe Linden House. The architect has given the_ annexed de scription efit: “ It is seven stories in height, exclusive of base ment ; its height from the sidewalk is 112 feet to the top of lave cornice; its principal front is 272 feet; its depth 227 feet Tne two principal fronts are faced with cream-colored magnesia limestone elaborately finished. The two dining-rooms’ (with carving-rooms between,) easily thrown to gether for dancing or oth *r festival purposes, are 283 feet in length, 45 feet ii w dth, eviden ly the largest in the world ; tha* part used as the gentle men’s ordinary is about 12S feet long by 45 feet in extant. On the same floor, and contiguous, is a kitchen 60 feet by 46, and 20 feet higa. This hotel can accommodate with ease 1200 persons. Some idea may be formed of its great extent by a tew statistics of materials used in its construc tion. The brick laid in its walls is sufficient to pave an area of m re than 88 acres. This is in addition to S.OOO perches of rubble stone in the foundations, 35,000 cubic feet of cut stone in the (routs, 740 tons of cast and wrought iron, 27 acres ot plastering, 810 windows, 650 inside doors, 3,240 lbs. of copper for gutters; the plate glass in the buildings weuld cover an acre of ground, tbs floors seven acres, tbs skirt ngs, or washboards, laid in a continuous line, would reach thirteen miles, and if a boarder desires to take a waik through the lolty corridors before break ait, he may travel one mile and a quarter without going over the st>me floor twice. Besides the marble flooring and other flagging, 300,000 feet of floor ing boards have been laid, and it will require 30,000 yards of carpet to cover them. Thirty-two tons of sash weights are used, 16,000 feet of gas pipes, (with many thousand burners,) 120,000 pounds oflead, and 30,0D0 of iron pipe to supply it with water, Oes des that for heating it. Thirty-two miles of bell wire was required, and three water tanks conta’ning 30,000 gallons of wa ter rest upon its roof. The actual cost of the building is $950,600, which, with the grouud, val ued at $326,400, makes the whole value $1,276,- 400, without the furniture. There are 525 bed rooms, 19 parlors, and 36 shops, besides the sa loons and billiard rooms. The basement has a railroad under the entire building, and connected with the elevators.” Threatbnsd Financial Trouble in Europe. — The New York Journal of Commerce remarks thus shout the position of matters in Europe: The prophets in Great Britain hive sneered over much at our financial troubles, but from pre sent appearances, they are quite as likely to be caught in the laws of a momentous crisis as their more reckicss cousins on this side of the water.— The trade with India for nine months, leaves them a deficit of over fifiy million dollars, to be paid out in specie, and the continued arrival of cotton, at high prices, are adding to the embarrassment.— To buy cotton of a people who are hungry for no thing but silver, and who swallow all sent to them without a promise of disgorging a dolter, will b; found a very different task from buying of the Yankees and paying in sundries at a handsome profit. It i3 true that a large amou tof English capital heretofore used in the United States has been drawn home ; and a still greater amount added by the timid Americans who 'eared to leave their all m their native land, amid these scenes of commotion and bloodshed ; and this will partly bridge over the Engl sb difficulty. Bat it will not give permanent relief; and if our difficulties should be settled, and this money called back, the pinch in the English money market would bi any thing but laughable, however funny our troubles appear in English eyes. The-e are those who predict the suspension of the Bank of England jefore the close of thmyear; but whether this occurs or not, it is certain that there will be suffi cient stringency over there to turn the attention homeward, which is now occupied concerning American affairs. France may share in the same trouole, as her imports from new avenues of trade have not been counterbalanced by exporis of Frenf h products sufficient to equalize the current of exchange. Generals Killed Durinp the War. —A North ern paper puoitshes the following list of Generals kilted during the war : Confederate Generals Regular Army.—Alberi Sidney Jutius o , Ti x ,s, at Smioh, April 6, 1862. Brigadier Generals.—R. S Gurueit, Vug ma, at Carrick’s Ford, Juiy 10,1861; B. E. Bee, Sou ti Carolina, at Manassas, Ju y 21, 1861; Felix K. 7j. ulicoffer, Temiescee, at Somerset, January 19, 1862; Jauu-8 Mcjuiosn, Arkansas,, at Eikuoru, March 7, 1862; Ben McCulloch, Texas, at Eik uorn, Marcu 7, 1862 ; A. U. UlaUdeu, Louisiana, at Siiilob, April 7, 1862 ; Turner W. Annoy, Vir ginia, in a sku mish. May, 1862 ; Robert Hatton, I'ennessee, at Seven Pines, May 31, 1862; Rich’! Griffith, Mississippi, at S .vage Station, July 1, 1862; C.S Winu r, Ma ylnnil, at Cedar Mountain August 9, 1862; John T. Hughes, Missouri, a>- In dependence, ougust, 1862; R. E. Guriand Vir ginia, at Soutu Mountain,. Sent'mbei' 14,1862; L. O’B Branch, No r lh Carolina, at Antieiain, September 17, 1862; Wm. E. Starke, Mississippi, at Antieiam, S ptember 17, 1862 ; Henry Little, Missor ri, at luka September 19, 1862 ; George B. Anderson, Nerth Carolina, at Antittam, Septem ber 17, 1862 ; T. R. R. Cobb, Georgi. , at Freder ick. burg, Decemoer 13,1862; Maxcy Gregg, South Carolina, at Fredericks.urg, Decemoer 13,1862; James E. Rains,Tennessee, at Murfreesboro’, De cember 31, 1862; R. W. Hansen, Kentucky, at Murfreesboro’, January 2,1862. Total 21. FEDERAL Brigadier General Regular Army. —J. K. F. Mansfield, Count client, at Autietam, Sept. 17th, 1862. Major Generals. —P. Kearney, New York, at Chantilly, Sept. 1, 1862 : 1. 1. Stevens, Massacbu set s, at Chantilly, Sept. 1, 1862; J. L. Reno, Pennsylvania, at South Mountain, Sept. 14, 1862; I. B. Richardson, Michigan, at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Brigadier Generals.— N. Lyon, Connecticut, at Springfield, August 10, 1861; W. U. L. Wallace, Illinois, at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; T. Williams, MichigaU, at Baton Rouge, August, 1862; R. L. McCook, Ohio, by guerillas in Tennessee, August, 1862; Henry Bohien, Pennsylvania, on the itip pahanno k, August, 1862; Taylor, New Jer sey, at Manassas, August 28, 1882; J. P. Rodman, Rhode Island, at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862; P. A. Hackleman, Indiana, at Corinth, October 3. 1862 ; J. S. Jackson, Kentucky, at Perryvilie, October 8, 1862 ; G. D. B-iyard, New York, at Fredcr.cks burg, December 13, 1862; W. B. Terrell, Virginia, at Perryvilie, October 8. 1862 ; C. T. Jaok3on, Pennsylvania, at Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1562; J. W. Sill, Onio, at Murfreesboro’, Dec. 31, 1862. Total—lß. Eon. L. J. Garteell.— The Richtnoud corres pondent of the Knoxville Register pays the an. nexed compliment to Hon. L. J. Gartrell, the. member of the Confederate House of Representa tives from this Stae : I have never entered the House of Represente tives when Mr. Gartrell was not in his sent. He is the universal agent of the Gei rgia soldiers.— Fresh from the army, he understands thorough!? the necessities of troops in the field, and is the medium of their communica ion with the legisla tive and executive departments of the Govern ment. I am told teat Mr. Gartrell will be the competitor of Joseph E. Brown and others for Gubernatorial honors. Mr. Gartrell is an excel lent debater, and no member of the House is more assiduous in the discharge of his duties. He would grace the highest office in the gift of the people of Georgia. Give Tone Child a Paper. —A child beginning to read becomes delighted with a newspaper, be causa he leads of names and things which are very familiar, and will make progress according ly. A newspaper in one jeer is worth a quarter’s schooling lo a child, and every father must con sider that substantial information is connected with advancement. A mind occupied, becomes fortified against the ills ot life, ami is braced lor any emergency. Chil dren amus> and by reading and study, are, cf course, more considerate and more easily governed. How many thoughtless young men have spent their evenings in a tavern or grog shop who ought to have been reading f How many parents, who have not spent twenty Collars for books for their families, would have given thousands to reclaim a son or dsughter who had ignorantly and thought lessly fallen into temptation. . Prosperity and Adversity.— Faith and friend ship are seldom truly tried but in extremes. To find friends when we hare no need of them, cud to want them when we have, are both alike easy and common. In prosper.ty, who will not profess lo love a man; in adversity, how few w 11 show that they do ? When we are nappy in the spring tide of abundance and the rising fiooa of plenty, then the world will be our servants, then ail around about us with jiowed heads, with bended bodies and protesting tongues. But when these pleasing waters begin to ebb—when our wealth begins to leave us —then men look upon us at a d.stance. Oar fortunes and ourselves are so close ly linked, that we know not which i* the cause of the love we find. When ihese two part company, we may then discern to which of them affection will cling. How to Cdre Chills - strong hoaraound tea, well ooiltd ano drank freely, will cure the most obstinate cases of emits on re ord. It is easily obtained, and the remedy should be known to etery poor soldier throughout the Confederacy. To Hard*!* soap —tto.t Soap, after boilding un til well done, caa De bardeuea by stirring in a sufficient quantity of corn meal, which is a great m. provement to the soap, and cheaper than salt at present prices. The Attach on Charleaion. [Piom the Charleston Courier, Sth ] The day of trial for Charleston has at length arrived. The battle, o long threatened, was be gun on Tuesday afternoon. The result of that conflict has increased the confidence felt in our ability to frustrate the devices of the foe, and pro tect our faircity fromthepolutiono' his presence. As no mind was disquieted with apprehension by the boastful threats and formidable preparations of the en’mv, so now, after the repulse of h.a first attempt, every heart is sanguine of complete and brilliant success. Information received from mysterious sourc e caused the General in command of this District to expect an attack at an early day. And that intelligence received confirmation on Sunday morning. On that day four Monitors, the Iron sides and thirty vessels of various s zes, were seen off'the bar. Four Monitors and thirty-five wooden vessels were added to the fleet on the following day; thirty five vessels, for the most part transports, appeared in the Stono, and the enemy landed a force of about six thousand men on Coles’ and Battery Islands. These facts, with other indications, lead General Beauregard to count npon nn attack on Tuesday, and the ex pectations of that sagacious and watchful General were realized. T.ie atmosphere early on Tuesday morning was mis’y, bnt os the day advanced the haze lighten ed, and the Monitors and the. Ironsides were seen lying oil Morris’ Island. Between two and three o’clock in the aiternoon ad spatch from Col. Raett, commandant of Fort Sumter, informed Gene al Beauregard that five Monitors and the Ironsides were approaching the Fort. The fleet were seen rounding the point of Morris’ Island, the Keokuk in the advance. When the double turreted monster, the most formidable of its class, came within range, Fort Sumter opened upon her with a broadside. They kept on their way and formed in line of battle off the Fort, at a distance of about two thousand yards. At three P. M. the action was opened, by Fort Moultrie firing the fii st gun. Fort Sumter opens ten minutes later Battery Bee, Forts Wagner and Beauregard, and the Battery at Cummins’ Poini, also opened, firing by battery. Tue fiatt fired with great rapidity; our Forts and Batteries replieo with spirit and singular accuracy. The Ironsides took position to the left of Fort Sumter, and recting all ner guns at that Fort, and throwing shells exclusively. It was maniiest that the Ironsides was appoint ed to test the strength of the Fort, whose reduc- tion was the inauguration of the terrific contest now going on. Fort Sumter acknowledge the compliment of the preference by pouring the con tents of her biggest guns into the sides of that pride of the Y’aakee navy,and she was not treated with contempt by the other Forts and Batteries. About forty-fire minutes after the engagement began, steam was seen issuing, in dense volumes, from the Ironsides, and she withdrew from the action, taking position to the South of Fort Sum ter, but remaining a silent spectator of the ex citing scene. It is bel eved she was seriously damaged. The firing from our Forts became more end more accurate as the engagement proceed; and. The shot and shell fell thickly in the midst of the hos tile fleet, and the smoke stacks of every one of them were struck several times. Fort Sumter now appeared to be the chief aim ot all the ene my’s iron clads. The Keokuk, a double turreted iron ciad, and considered by the Yankees the most formidable of their terrible monsters, received a laige share of attention from our gallant gunners. Sac occupied the post of honor, and in accordance with the cus tom of war it was made the post of danger. She paid dearly for her reputation, having been hit several times. At about live o’clock she followed the example of the Ircnbides, and withdrew, evi dently seriously crippled. Toe other Monitors continued the fight, till for ty five minutes past live o’clock, when they steam ed away, and came to anchor oft' Morris’ Island. During the battle, a drummer boy, named Ah reens, was killed at Fort Sumter and five mtn womided, two severely in the head, ths other slightly. One man came to his death from the fall ing ol the fiagstaft ot Fort Moultrie. Two houses on Su.livan’a Island, on the back beach, were struck, one of which was demolished. A shot passed through Fort Sumter’s flag. Colonel Rbett was in command of Fort Sumter, Col. Buiier of E’ort Moultrie, Capt. Silgraves of Fort Be.'uregur , Lieut Col. Simkins ot Battery Bee, Mujjr Huger of Baiterr Wagner, ana Bieut. Lese ne, with a detachment from Fort Sumter, of the Battery on Cummins’ point. Fort Sumter was hit thirty four times, but re ceived uo damage. We learn that six men belonging to Captain Mathews’ Artillery Company, stationed at Bat tery Wagner, were wounded. Two oi tuese have since died, iwo Were very Seriously wounded, and is was thought one would die before morning. The other two, including an officer, were bu» sligb ly wounded. The last gun was fired by the enemy at half-past five P M. Three iron clads, one supposed to be the Keo kuk, were seen about six o’clock going Soutn, ap pareutiy in low of a targe steamer. The oihe s wtre all outside the bar. The Ironsides was struck in the stern by a r.fled shot from Battery Wegutr. There were no caseualties at the Cummins’ Point Battery. Tne practice was admirable and reflects great credit upon officers and men. All who took part in the battle performed their duties with ardor, shill and fidelity. Their behavior and the accu racy with which they used their guns assure us thut they are sufficient for the important work assigned them, and furnish uswith strong grounds upon which to bottom our hope of a decisive and glorious victory. \From the Mercury, BfA.] About halt past four o’clock the battle became fierce and general. The scene at that hour, as vi‘wed from the battery promenade, was truly grand. Battery Bee bad now mingled the hoarse tfiunder of ns guns in the universal din, and the whole expanse of the harbor entraace, from Sul -I,van’s Isiand to Cutmning’s Point, became en veloped in the smoke and constant flashes of the conflict. The iron clads kep, constantly shiftin'g their position, bat, whichever way they went, their ports, always turned towards the battle ments oi Sumter, poured forth their terrible pro jectiles against the walls of that famous Btrong boid. Ever and anon, as the huge shot went rico-. chatting towards the mark, the water was dashed up in vast sheets of spray, towering far above the parapet of the Pori, while the wreaths of smoke constantly ascending from the barbette guns showed how actively the artillerymen of the post were discharging their duties, lo the foreground, our own staunch httle iron clads, the Palmetto State and Chicora, could be seen steaming ener getically up and down their chosen fighting posi tion, evidently impatient to participate in the fray. Up to this time the frigate Ironsides had born a conspicuous part in the fight. Her long hull lay at the distance, apparently, cf a mile from our batteries, and her tremendous broadsides were more than once fitly answered by broadsides from the Fort. It soon b-.came apparent that she was unable to stand the severe tire directed against her. Ste rning rapidly southward, she gave Fort Sumter a few parting sltots, and withdrew from the rciion. Tnc Keokuk, a double turreited Mon itor, soon alter loilowed her example; and before five o’clock the firing had evidently begun to slack n. The remaining Monitors, howe er, still kept up tae bombardment, and our forts and bat teries replied with undiminisbed alacrity. At quarter after five, p. m., the Monitors began to retire, and at half past five the enemy fired the lust Shot of the engagement. [lrom the Charleston Courier , 9 lh ] The Keokuk was one of the most powerful of her clats, end her loss will be a staggering blow to the enem ?. She was built last spring and sum mer, in accordance with planß furnished hy Mr. "Whitney, an iron merchant of New York, and was said to be impervious to tbs largest shot or shell capable of being thrown from the most formida ble fortification. Her armament consisted of two fiiteen inch Bahlgreus—one in each turret. Thus ends one of the boasted invulnerable fleet, wbmb, it has long been trumpeted forth, cooid not be suck, but would demolish and wipe out everything that opposed their progress. Tae result so far has elated our people and given the highest satisfaction to our military com manders. Whether it will prove as equally satis factory ta the enemy r.mams to be seen. It is known that several others of the fleet, said to have been ten in number, that made the attack, were severely injured. We le rn from good authority that the distance of the Monitors from Fort Sumter du mg the en gagement was not over eight bundred'yarus.— The steamer Passaic was the leader, and not the Keokuk, as at first reported. The latter is said to have been the last to come into line, and the last going out Seven of the Monitors aad the Ironsides were reported at Headquarters as still inside the bar Wednesday morning. A later report in the af ternoon stated that these v-seels had gone out side, and ightturreted Monitors were seen steam ing Souths apparently bound to Port Royal- H was thought they remained inside during the night and following morning to reader ass.atence to the Keokuk, but finding all their efforts ,0 88 V, her useless, they abandoned her and left as •» slattd. In the e 1 eniag, however, the Be ™" reted montters app ared, and it is be t * had merely gone" round * dß n« £ beaTj blo«f that prevaKed at tu.e ■^^ d ‘T^.r:sar£Si , '««ts itc the cban&el. wes noanehMion Island W£n..d -y . «and- now m red” wtfb a -oug protruding oeak -d jattmg iron or c aw*, intended ior the removal and bursting ot torpedoes. It was attached to the Passaicftbe leading vessel, and managed by her dunog the engagement. VOL. LXXVII. —NEW SERIES YOL. XXVII. NO. 15. It is also reported that two of the small boats belonging to the Keokuk have been secured by our men on Morr s’ Island. It is hardiy probable that the enemy, after his injuries and experience received in the attack of Tnesdav, will be ready for another trial very soon, if at ail, especially in the same direction. It is a curious coincidence es war that the Com manders Generals Beaurega and, R’pley, Colonel Raett, Lt. Colonel Yates, and nearly all the gar rison of Fort Sumter, are the same men who were the chief actors in the bloodless reduction ot Fort Sumter in April, 1861, and who have now so gloriously and successiuily repelled a formidable a tack upon ibis famous fortress, while in their keeping. [From the Charleston Mercury of the 9th J On Wednesday morning the glorious news reached Charleston that the donble-turreted Mon itor, Keokuk, the last built and by far the most formidable of the enemy’s iron-cluds, had sunk ju«t one hour before, off'Morris’lsland, and about one thousand yards from the beach. It is sup posed that she was kept afloat during the night succeeding the engagement by her steam pumps, but that the water steadily gained upon the pumps, and soon after daylight all hope of saving her was abandoned. Justjpreviousto her sinking, a tug sent from ths fleet took off her crew. The Keokuk now lies in the position where she sank, her smokestack and pilot-house otilivisible above the water. It was noticed on Wednesday morning that one Monitor, besides the Keokuk, was missing from the fleet, leaving only seven Monitors and the Ironsides remaining. It is believed that the mass ing Monitor was so badly injured in the action as to render it necessary to senl her to Fort Royal for repairs. Altogether the evidence is complete and satisfactory that the Y ankee iron-clads, whatever other merits th> y may have, are not in vulnerable. In coming up the Main Ship Channel to the at tack, the Monitors advanced in singl file, the Passaic slowly leading the way, and pushing for ward this same "devil,” with the hope 0‘ causing a premature explosion of our submarine defences. The Monitors, in delivering their Are, steamed round in an elliptic course in front of the east face of Sumter, he closest range into which they came, being estimated at six hundred yards. AU the batteries ia the harbor were commanded by Gen. Ripley, admitted to be probably the best artil.ery offioir in the Confederate service, whose appro .ed arrangement of works and of guns for tne defence of tne water approach to Charleston, have at length been put on trial. General Beauregaid himself, accompanied by Genera) Jordan and stall officers, was a radiant and confident spectator of the fight from the East Bay battery promenade. This successful repulse and first destruction of ths dreaded iron monster of the deep, must add new laurels to the fadeless wreath he already wears, and again unites his own triumph with the distinguished and so fur suc cessful services of Gen. Ripley to tha people of South Carolina and Charleston. Coitlcderaie. Suites Gonsteti. SENATE—APRIL 2. The following were passed : A bill to establish the formot fifty cent Confederate Staten Treasury notes ; a bill to establish a preferred mail across the Mississippi river, ; a bili to allow minors to hold commission in the arm? ; a b ii to pay offi cers, non commissioned officers and privates net legally mustered into the service of the Confeder ate States for services actually perform and ; a res olution that the President iu requested to inform the Senate, if any, what orders nave been given by the military authorities m Richmond to arrest, soldiers whose furloughs have not expired, and confine them in barracks or prisons, while Eaid soldiers remain iu Richmond. The following were reftrred: The House bill f r the relief ot certain officers and soldiers of the State of Missouri; a bill to provide for having the laws relating to military and naval affairs di gested and printed. (The bill provides for the publication of ten thousand cupies of the digest, uod appropriates $30,000 ior their publication.— This sum is only au advance by the Government, as the book is to be sol! at a sum not less than cast.J The message of the President of the Confede racy, returning with a veto, the bill “to increase the strength and efficiency of heavy arullerv for scacoast delence,’’ came up as unfinished busi ness. Tho luriher consideration ot tha bill was postponed until Friday, the 3d instant. HOUSE—APRIL 2. The following were passed : A bill to exempt contractors fur carrying tb>- mails, and drivers o pusi couches aid uacks from milnary service. A .-'solution to empower tae Dourneeper to employ au ussisiajt. A resolution ‘ That tue c'residjui be requ oted to communicute to the House wheth cr the r. quireuieuts of tne 5m sec-ion oi ihsect to better piovide lor the sica aud wounded n the army in hospitals, approved September 27, 1862, have been complied with ; aud n so, >he number and locauou of those wrtum aud near thecit) o Richmond which have been respectively assigned to toe several Slates, ana tae names aud p ace whence appointed, oi the surgeons aud asnslaul surgeons assigned a id doing service at each ; and if said requirements have not been carried out, the reasons for such delay.” A resolution to adjourn on the 20th April; a bill to exempt certain persons from military duty, and to repeal all acts heretofore passed by <to ogress on the same subjeot. [Adopts the House bill.J During the evening session the House consid ered the Dill to reguiate the compensation for pub lie printing which was passed by a vote ol ayes 46, no es 81. On motion the House adjourned over until Sat urday, to observe Good Friday. SENATE—APRIL 4. The following bills were reported : A bill for the conscription of aliens resident in the Confederate States; with a substitute, the House bill to pre vent frauds in the Quartermaster's and Commis sary’s Department, and the obtaining, under false pretences, transportation for private property ; an act to convert the l3t regiment of South Caro lina infantry into the 2nd regiment of S. C. artil lery—passed. HOUSE —APRIL 4. A number of resolutions of inquiry were offer ed and reierred to the appropriate committees. The ollowing bil's were introduced and refer red : To authorize a detail of men lor service in the Engineer Department; to amend an act con cerning pay due deceased soldiers; to provide compensation for horses killed in action; to reg ulate furloughs and discharges in hospitals; to admit free of duty the machinery for the Comal Manufacturing Company, in Texas; to provide compensation for the disbursing officers of the several Executive Departments; supplementary to the acts prohibiting the exportation of cotton, tobscco, Ac. A resolution proposing to increase the compen sation of clerks of tohe standing committee in the House; a resolution of thanks to Maj. J. L. Brent and the officers end men under his command for their gallantry in the capture of the Federal.gun boat Indianola; a joint resolution of thanks to Brig. Glen. N. B. Forrest end the officers and men under his command; a joint resolution for the relief of the sufferers by the explosion of the C. S. Laboratory. The following resolutions were adopted : That the President be requested to inform the House whether or not any special efforts have been made lor the release of Burgeon JosephE. Dixon,of the 9'h battalion Tennessee cavalry, held in close con finement at Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio; that a special committee of five be appoint ed to inquire into and report to this House as early as practicable—lst. What punishment, it any’ in violation of law, ffhs been inflicted upon prisoner - confined in Castle Thunder, the kind and character of punishment inflicted by the officers of that prison. 2d. How many have been killed, by whom, and the circumstances und.r which they were killed. 3d. The committee have power to eend for perscDS and papers. The following bills Were passed : A bill to in crease the pay of all non-comm’ssioned officers and privates in the Confederate States. [The bill increases the pay $4 per month, to take effect from January Ist, 1863 1 Abil to punish forgery and counterfeiting. [T fie bill applies to forgeries and counterfeits of official seals and papers, and fixes the penalty as follows : imprisonment in the Penitentiary at hard labor not less than three nor more than fifteen years, and a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.] Ab 11 to amend th3 act to secure copyrights to authors and composers, fit extends the operations ot the law to cdPT' r ghts secured previous to the separation of the Btates.J SENATE—APRIL 6. The following bil s were r f el ‘; r ( r ( f d ; Ja era te create a provisional navy of the Confederate States • a bill to pro vie c for the trans er of per sons serving in ,tbe army to tne navy ; a otd to stn art entitled “an act to regulate impreas -I’approved Marc 26, 166?; a bill to pro “de fer the re irmg offices ot the army •. a bfl to authorize the S c.etary ■ f the Navy to purchase a Hite lor tbe Laboratory and Magazine near the city' of Rtcbmoud, for the preparation and safe keeping of ordnance stores ; memorials in behalf of certain destitute families taken Irom ad near the city of Pensacoia, Florida, by military au thority. The o lowing resolutions, Ac., were postponed: resolution for the navigation of the Onto ; reseiu toa relating to general criers is ued from Adju tant General’s office; bill to abolish ports of de livery in Confederate States ; bill to ot.fi-cat telegraph stock owned oy aliens; bill declaring telegraph part of postal s-rv a. Bid in relation to publication of Digest of the Laws ordered printed. A ac to au O' ze the Secretary of the Navy to make certain coutracts wttnunt adver is ng lor proposals, approved august 29tb, 1861, was passed. BOOS*—APRIL 6. Communication from Hou, W. Smith, from Ninth Virginia Congressional D.strict received. A committee was appointed to examine into tbs manner Castle Thunder prisoners are treated. Honse refused to suspend rules to vote on it resolution requesting withdrawal of oar Commit* sioaers from foreign ports. A Committee of Conference was appointed rel* stive to the exemption of mail contractors on routes not over ten miles in length, aad asking* Committee of Conference. A bill—which refers to the cases of officers and men sworn into the Confederate service by Gen erals Price and Van Dorn, and while in aotivs service were either killed or eaptured— was passed. A bill was reported for the relief of officers and men irregularly introduced into the military serr vice of the Confederate Siates. Onr MiUedgeville Correspondence. Georgia Legislature. SPECIAL COBRXSPONDEKCE OF THS AND SXNTXKfIr SBNATB— AI'IUL 5. In the Senate, a bill was introduced for the re lie' of widows of deceased soldiers. The special ord ir—the bll to gurantee Geor ' gia’s share of $500,090,000 •> Conlederate bo ’ds was taken np, debated and inrther consideration of same postponed until eleven o’clo.'k to-mor row. AFTERNOON SESSION. The resolutions declaring it impolitic to allow slaves to read or preach or exho.t, was discussed and lost. A Honse bill amending the charter of the Bruns* wick and Florida Railroad was passed. A message was received from the Governor en closing a statement from General Wayne, in re ference to the modification of the Miliua laws. HOUSE —APRIL 5. A bill to provide lor the payment of guns fur nished to the State, was laid on the table for tha balance of the session. A protracted discussion arose on a resolution to restrict speeches to ten minutes, and one to adjourn next Saturday, which were lost. Air. Barnes mads a fine speech against ell such attempts to restrict debate, and nurry through legislation. A resolution, by Mr. Thrasher, to raise a com mittee to report on the business before the Gen eral Assembly, was adopted. The counties were called and the following new matter was introduced: The following bills and resolutions were in troduced: a bill to provide funds to support indigent patients in the Lunatic Asylum; a bill to increase the peniten'iary guard; a bill lor the relief of John w. Lewis—provides for refunding certain expenses paid by him; a bill to enabl the Coroner of Chatham county to hold an inquest; a resolution in reference to reguluting the provi sion ot clothing for soldiers, under the bill ot the last session; a bill for the relief of Marcus H. Gutchin and Mary J. Gutohin—asking for a di vorce ; a bill to change the time of holding the Superior Court in Gordon, Walker, and Chattoo ga ; a bill to regulate the admission of testimony; a bill ta allow tne City Council of Atlanta to as sess tax on brokers; a bill to provide certain volumes of tuu decisions of the Supreme Court to the county of Fulton; a resolution asking Con gress to prohibit unlawful trade by runniug the blockake; a bill to allow Dr. T. E Smith to distill alcohol for medical purposes; a bill to repeal the clause exempting Warren county from the bill allowing cerium counties to levy au extra tax; a resolution that the Governor’s message in refer ence to the Code be referred to a special commit tee; a bill to regulate and encourage the mining of coal, iron, and other useful metal—relates to right of way; a resolution to adjourn on Satur day, the 11th inst.; a resolution to carry out in crease of pay on W. & A. Railroad. The bill to amend the act to prevent the unne cessary consumption of gra n—tne distillation bill—was taken up, and consume! the balance of the mornii g session. V. nuua amendments were proposed, and the bill as pass.-d prohibits distil lation (save under contracts for Government or medicinal use) of all products save peaches and apples undried. AFTERNOON SESSION. The House took up a bill to change the line between Miller and Early counties—passed. A bill to provide against insurrection, by the organization cf a Stat g urd. I* included all be tween eighteen and fifty five, und all exempts, or who have suustitutes, exc pt gov rauieui em ployees, telegraph operators, railroad and Express nen, millers, ana such others a> the Governor nay exempt. The bll was lost. The impressment resoluu ns were taken up, an! debated until the fo.ur oi trtj rurument. A lumber ol amendments were proposed, aud voted town, but no vote was taken on the resolutions. 3 NATE —APRIL 6. . The following bii.s and r .solutions were intro duced ; A bili to iucorpora e tne Augusta und Dablonega Mining Uompany ; a bil< t. i"CO po ate the Ghestatee and Four Greek Gold Mining Company; a bill to incorporate the Confederate Coal Min ng Company. The Governor’s message in reference to increas ing the salaries of oldiers, was read. He recom mends that Congress be requested to raise the pay of privates to S2O per month, aud non com missioned officers in proportion. The Judiciary Committee reported a bill to re peal the stay law as fa- as relates to rents. The following bills were passed : a bill to in corporate the Warehouse Insurance and Banking Company of LaGrange and of Amencus—Lost; a bill to authorize the Superior Courts to appoint persons to assign dower ; a bill to regulate the admission of testimony. The special order—the bill to provide for the endorsement of Confederate boflds —was taken op at 11 o’clock, debated and postponed until to morrow. AFTERNOON SESSION. The bill to repeal the stay law so far as relates to rents, Ac., was taken up. It was discussed freely by Messrs. Pmckard, Yason, Harris, Han -8311, and others. A motion to postpone indefinite ly was lost. Mr. Swearingen moved to recommit ihe bill, which was adopted. A bill to allow teachers of common, or poor schools, 50 per CBut. on former rates, was discus sed and killed. Toe impressment resolution were referred to a special committee. A committee was appointed, to be a joint committee to prepare an address to cotton planters. A bill to charter the Chattahoochee) Insurance Company, passed. HOUSE—ARPIt, 6] In the House, the but to organize ;,|he State Guard, was reconsidered. The Cotton Planting Committee reported a sub stitute to the former bills, with a minority report. A bill was introduced to incorporate the Or phans’ Savings and Loan Association. The Governor’s message in reference to the pay of privates, Ac., vas received. Mr. Trammel of fered a resolution asking Congress to carry out the Governor’s recommendations. la response to Mr. Thrasher’s resolution in ref erence to the baainess belore the House, the Clerk reported as follows: Tofa! number of House bills 158 Number of general bills to aot on 58 Number of general bills read fiist time 23 Number of general bills read se :ond time.... 32 Number of general bills passed 8 Number of local bills passed 17 Whole number of Senate bills Number of general Senate bills “ Number of Senate bills read first time • Number of Serate bills not read ® Bills not disposed of Jr? The impressment resolutions were tuken up ana referred to a Special Committee. A bill was introduced to amend the oath or tar P The 3 report of the Cotton Planting Committee was called up. The majority renorted, as a com promise* to L every acre or fraction of an acre {,l nta j nvpr two acres to the hand, Ine minority reported a series of resolutions that the planters be addressed in an appeal to raise gram crons The bill was debated, and on coming to a vote, the minority report was received m lieu of the orig nal bill and adopted. The House adjourned. The afternoon Beseton wag devoted to reading bills a second time. SENATE—APRIL S. The special order—the bill to endorse Confeder ate bonds —wbb taken up, and discussed at length. Tbe House bi.l to prevent the distiiation of grain was taken up and passed with some slight am .nd ments. It is to take effect after the 20 .h inst Mr Gibson proposed an amendment, allowiig every family to destil spirits lor their own use, which occasioned some pleasantry and was lost. BOUS1 —APRIL 8. In the House, at the morning session, the bill to endorse Coniederate Bondr was taken up • Lester proposed an amendment .. shall not be sold ir Europe f" rlessU Su per cent., or in this %*«'/ ™ clause re.a ng a[l( . r Bome debate, amended »7. p y a c mendmeots were proposed, when Mr Bigbam proceeded 10 argue agai »t the bin He spoke until the bouro* adjournment, “Hl£ a “ H-a. £.• '~k ,"r..'pr rate argn e 8j , 00 p., g 0 b, 9 speech. iK dom -peats/ out -s a soli th .W, and a fogTca »nd eloquent debater, and Commands “Ch™“ adjourned not*' to-morrow, When the dittcoeiion will be re*aa?ed. [Bll BICOKD PAG*.}