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f'n Uni lYlit of August lust, the Federal Sec
l clary a similar with I lie view of con
v hiring the Statesmen of Kurope, but rape* dal
ly of Fiance am! .England. flow utfwiso (hey
I■ a• 1 fern in promulgating, the opinion that the
m ,n , ill, 'in America con <1 trot l>e subjuga
t'd am! that, thcv wereTntiib'd to the l ights of
Wlllgcrerds. In this circular Seward cm era in
, ton brief review of the military opcratUme of
ill.-fer tile past twelve months, andat
fciupt- to fclimv front I,is exr>oftition ol Ihe situ
utieH that the Confederate cause is so rapidly
on I lie wane thot Hs extinction must occur at
Won very iMstunt day. 1 tut singularly enough,
••"{Lit very durument by w(rich the Y ankee Pre-
I micr hoped to convince the transatlantic POw
L era of the error of llieir way and to bring them
% to a salutary repentance, only seems to have
pi .itlnnfd thorn in their original cimvlolions ic-
P spooling our cause, “if," guys the London
Times, ‘‘we could have foreseen that the buc
■ cesses of Ibo North, alter more than two years
• >if desperate lighting, would amount only to
mhe achievements now recounted with so much
■ oinplnceuey by Mr. Seward, we should have
t hotly lit the task of the Washington Govern-
I moot more li peleot than ever.” Mr. Sewsrd
writes after the battle of Gettysburg and pro
duces the result of that contest as tut additional
evidence <rf the approaching collapse, of the re
helliou. Kill the Times sees in Mr. Seward '# ar
gument .< further proof of the stability of Ihe
Confederalo Stales. “That Ms. Seward at this
period ot the strife, should be reduced to sing
a plena over’t ie deliverance ot the North from
the invasion .of a Southern army, is about the
strongest possible proof of the hopelessness Os
Lin cause.”
It Ihe Times, accepting Seward's expose of
aft airs as true, reaches a <-oiielu-4on favorable
to our enttse, how much more favorable would
have been his inferences had they been based
iijioii truth. We know that some of the state
ments ol the Yankee Premier are gross l )- incor
rect.. He says, lor example, that in the losses
sustained by us at Gettysburg, and on the Mis
sissippi, vie lost fully one third of our entiit; ar
mies. lie put down our loss by Leo's invasion
ol [‘eiiun Ivania at 40,D1M) men '. lie says the
fresh) 4<t's lust call for troops will nit add more
than 1t.i.000 men to the army. He exaggerates
the amount of territory which has been con
quered ami occupied by the K.ederal army since
the beginning of the war. He magnifies Ihe
victories wljkli they have achieved into an un
duo importance, aud ho makes it appear that
Ihe disasters which they have suffered have iu
tiielcd but little real damage. Me ignores ut
terly tin.'spoliations which our ships of war
have made iqion his coinmeree. lie is so much
engrossed v irlieon iratu rations on the oaptflreof
Morgan, that lie forgets that Semmes. Mafiilt
aud otlieis vyho ]i.ive destroyed scores, of ships
aud millions of money arc still at large. Sew*
nrd's ; t ittineut is just such a recital as von
would expect to hear from an astute jaw yet
who had received a handsome fee to give such
a coloring to what was true, and to distort aud
exaggerate pan in) truths as w ould make out
the most favorable case for his client.
And yet, in the face of bis special*pleading,
those persons on whom he would operate ill
Europe persist in their original con. lesions.—
The truth is that intelligent men in England
aid France comprehend thoroughly the designs
of tiro Abolition Government. It has been
found absolutely necessary in order (o allay
ibe impatience and irritations which foreign
t'ovveos feel at the prolongation of the w-ar to
promise them from time to time that the rebel
lion was well nij>h crushed. There is nothing
new in the object of this last circular. It is
but one oT the ninet y day manifestos ill another
form. It has Tailed utterly in its piece! so far
as England is concerned. It w ill deceive no
body. Seward himself knows as well as any
living mail (hat conquest of ti e South is aft ini
poMfro* . ..<• r, i ■
Ukmkvbgr tui: Boor. r l v < v persons who have j
huge incomes ova lucrative business, the shad- j
to v hat is throw 11 across-snmany hearth-ston -s :
ns the days grow short v Had the nights increase
.H length . as the autumn winds comes sighiug
through flic Uanches ot trees already wasting
their foliage and indicating the near approach
of that inclemVht season when coinlortable
house*, warm clothing. and thuinfance ts fuel
arc ne< essary; tvc say that, to such as we have
desertU 1, the winter brings no additional sor
l ! t is plea tint to sit beneath a sound roof,
w ithin papered walls, bofoto'a blazing lire, and
even to hear tie- storm raging without from
which one is securely shut within. -Hut, alas!
how many have poor shelter or none at alt! Or.
from how tuauy hovels do weary eves that long
for the morning, look up through open roofs
upon the clear bright stars that emit no heat.—
No fire within, and wot covering enough per
haps, to impart that warmth to thfibodv which
is necessary to insure sleep, how wearily the
hours through the long watches of a winter
night hang on. and dolay the advent of the
morning.
I'his is the time, alajve all others, for the peo
pie of this Southern land to stand by and help
each other. It is the duty of alt who are able
to give,—to give liberally and cheerfully to the
pt or iu our midst. Let it not be said that
• while husbands and fathers were patriotically
fighting the battles of their country that their
families at home were permitted to suffer.
Again we say remember the poor—and show
by your charitable deeds that you truly pity
themiatheir distress.
WHO 18 TO UIaaVMEt
Tim enemy seem to be at" well posted cn the
movements of the mitifary—we will not say as
the citizens of the Confederate States, for their
knowledge is very imperfect—but as the au
thorities who themselves give direction t* these
movements. It is now no secret, that a tow
weeks ago Gen. Bragg was reinforced by the
accession of Gens Longstreet, with a considera
ble iou tof his corps. At the time of the trans
fer. the strictest silence was enjoined upon our
own press and upon the telegraph. Not even
a local—that argu.s-eyed individual who is even
on the qai rive to catch something out of which
to manufacture a paragraph of news—broke the
reticence by announcing the presence of the
distinguished General, and entertaining hi.s
readers with an account of his exploits, bear
ing, &<:. Despite the profound silence of all
Southern journals, however, the enemy has
been most accurately posted as to all Jus move
ments. A telegram ffom Washington commu
nicated to the New Yolk papers at what hour
in the night, and from what place in Virginia,
these troops took then- departure. Their
number and their destination were staled as ac
curately a< any man living in Richmond eouhl
have reported Ihe tacts, The arrival of Gen.
Longstreet at some of tho points which he made
cn route were also chronicled with a precision
showing that the intelligence of the enemy was
unusr.allv accurate.
Who is to blame for all this? Thatsoino’par
ties are culpable there can lie no doubt. The
merest tyro in military affairs understands the
great importance of concealing from the enemy
all such knowledge as appears in the present in
stance to have been fully communicated to him.
The country has no more dangerous enemy—
none who merits a more summary chastisement
—than he who apprizes the enemy of move
ments and changes among our troops when se
crecy-is essential to the succcssof the enterprise.
Every patriot in the land is interested in the
solution of the question, How did the enemy
acquire his knowledge of our plans ? If a man
is murdered, t ie whole community is instantly
tired with a desire to ascertain the perpetrator.
Every one feels that his own safety is involved in
the detection and punishment of the offender.
Hut the crime of murdering one man is insig
nificant (Compared with the actual extent of the
mischief which it does) when viewed in connec
tion with his crime who lodges information by
vvhieli the most important objects of government
may tie defeated and the safety of thousands of
lives i nperilled.
With regard to the matter in hand, we learn
from the Northern papers that “a lady just
from Richmond” communicated some of this
information. This said lady, whoever she was,
announced in Washington that she had seen a
number of Longstreet’s regimdnts in transitu
through Richmond a short time before she left,
the place, We were also told that this expor
tation from Virginia had been sent to the head
quarters of the Yankee General to be catechised
by him on sundry other points respecing which
it was supposed, that she might he able tq give
some information. We would ba glad if some
of our Richmond eolempomries would tell us
something about this lady ? Where was she
f:omHow Hid she procure lier passports?—-
Who were the vouchers for her veracity when
in accepting her passports she solemnly prom
ised' to make no communication to the enemy
which might he pernicious to our interests ?
The truth is, it is ton easy -quite too easy—
)o procure permits to leave the country. With
in a .-.port time past we have heard of quite a
number from this State—and in some instances
of men who owe military service under our laws
—who having made handsome sums bv specu
lation and extortion have gone among the ene
my oi among strangers to enjoy their gains.
Who grants these able bodied gentlemen per
mission to leave? Is patriotism a thing which
a man may to make a fortune with, but bar
iug compassed tbis em], may then be kicked off
as the snake Casts the old skin when it can no
longer serve him ? Was this war gotten up for
. the benefit of speenlatros who after bleeding
the country . make haste to "evacuate It ? Gen
tlemen }n elmrge of the matter cannot scruti
nize too carefully the character of the persons
who are leaving the country. In no case should
any one he permitted to go nnt.l subjected’to’n
quarantine long enough to destroy the value of
any information with which he may go charged
to the enemv.
The Examrilr or V'iroisia. —The .noble ex
ample now being set the rest of the Confed
eracy by Virginia, is well worthy of being imi
tated by ail her sister States. Slowly and re
luctantly she severed the ties which bound.her
to the old Union. Having done so, however,
she heaves no sigh of regret far the past ; she
•«.hes no backward steps. Though her fields
have been laid waste and trampled by opposing
armies, and her mountains and valleys have be- I
come red with blood, sbß shows no signs of
weariness, but her noble, gallant people, are ;
as proud, llfipeful and defiant as ever. Her
course lifts day is a stern and eloquent rebuke
ot-those in her sister States, who, withouthav- I
ing passed through any of the horrors which
; she has experienced, have even trembled at
| the sound of the bade afar olf.
; li was Virginia's lot iu the revolution of
, l< .0 to furnish a Washington, a Henry, a Jef
j lor son. It is her lot in the present revolution
| to.furnish the Slates with whom she Ims on
te.edinto*compact, in example of high-toned
hearing, tireless energy and indomitable cour
age. Although she lies prostrate and bleeding
at every pore, her nerve is unsubdued, and
he fire ot her patriotism undimmed. She
knows sonret uing of the deep inlamy and deg
radation ot Yankee dominiou. and is resoived
to perish utterly rather than submit to it in
peace.
An officer in the Twelfth Georgia Regiment
in a letter to a friend speaks thus of the posi
tion occupied by that Stats :
Half of her territory gone—her lovalty for a
long time questioned bv ultra men, even of
Georgia—bt-r lands laid waste, by foe and
triend her* houses sacked —her propertv en
ticed and stolen away—lier people imprisoned,
and a wail on every hearth-stone. How does
she stand to-day * Every throb ot her noble
bosom true to her noble instincts—every act
true to her sister States, between whom and
the foe she so gallantly threw herself at the
opening of the struggle.
Hon. T. A R. Nelson left with the Yankees
also, and at last reports was in Knoxville
AUGUSTA, GA. WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 21, 1863.
( about in THFja Own j i;ai\ a t .'iorttime
since a brigade of Arizonians, composed mostly
of loyal Cplifon-ians, passed through ,?an An
tonio. Texas. ISeing in want of clothes and
other things, some of them went about tunong
the hucksters and shopkeepers of the town, dis
playing an minimal amount of coin. Bo great
was the cupidity of some of the shop&eejient to
get possession of the specie that they made an
extraordinary difference in the specie price and
the Confederate note price of an article. But
they were-caught in their ou n't rap. The Cali
fornians after getting the specie price of what
they wished, would take possession of the same
and pay for it in Confederate notes. This of
course earned a row at once. The soldiers, how
ever, came,off Victorious. - *
The citizens of San Antouid- then took the
matter in hand, bcl 1 a meeting, and passed res
olutions that any one caught depreciating Con
federate notes should receive a warning, and
that a repetition of the offence should call forth
summary measures. A committee of one hun
dred of ihe principal citizens \\ as appointed to
carry out the resolution.
As it general rule men rather have less ot a
thing they con ider “not good,” but not so
with Confederate money. Most of those whom
we have met, who speak disparagingly of it, arc
the men who want to get as much of it as they
possibly can. It is just about as hard to get it
•from them as bank notes were before the war
These men make it as an excuse when they have
any thing to sell, that money “is not as good as
it was,’" in order to get a large price. This is
the way so much talk has come about in regard
to our currency. Our soldiers are trying to
build up a government. Some of our citizens,
at home, however, are trying to pull it down by
refusing to take, and speaking disparag ngly
of our currency, cuch men are .whetting a
sword to cut their own throats. Break- down
fke currency and we overthrow one of the great
pillars of our government.
Tub Programme or tub Lincoln rats.—Sever
al of the prominent Liiicolnites have lately
been making speeches in the Northern States
in which elections are soon to take place. All
of them declare that the Union cannot be re
stored as it was. The tone of their speeches
show that they do not wish it to be restored,
even if it wor* possible. The programme they
laydown is this : Whip the South ; reduce the
slave States to the position of territories; free
•the slaves ; sequestrate the property to pay the
war debt of the North ; deny those residing in
the South all the elective privileges heretofore
enjoyed liy them ; in short to reduce the Con
federacy to a complete state of vassalage,
making her a lithe payor and burthen hearer
to her Northern oppressors.
This now is the-doctrine of the entire war
party of the North. They are fiahting for no
purpose in the world but to conquer and sub
jug-ie us. arm turn appuquitttc v,,., p«-or>o*-*y
to their villainous soldiery—reducing the
white man to the level of.the negro. Such is
the fate which awaits our people if ever fan
coin succeeds in placing hi? .yoke on their
necks. .
Vaixandiohamh Last “Letter.— Hon. C. L.
Vaßumligham, now at Windsor, 0. W., has
boon writing a letter, lo a Democratic Mass
■Meeting, lately held ut Dayton,.Ohio. The
opiatic bears date of Sept. 15. Iu it Mr. V.
plainly lays down the platform on which he
stands. It now appears that this demagogue,
after all, is not in favor of the South, Ivor does
he wish her patriots to succeed. He wants to
See all the States together again, under one
Pnsideut, as in days gone b‘v —this thing
is impossible. He is afraid, that Mexico
and France will recognize the Confederacy.
Denies that he is in favor of opposing Lincoln's
policy at home by the force of arms. Thinks
an invitation ought to be extended by the
North to the Confederates lo lav down their
arms. Goes in for getting the South back in
some way.
The whole substance of the letter can be
summed up thus. Mr. V. belong! to the party
at the North which is shut out from-the public
spoils. Me does not rare anything for the
South or her cause. All he appears to desire
is sitnplv to get into office, and thereby get
hold of a share ts the Federal plunder.
‘lf.”— Yes, that little word “it.” We notice
a great many of our exchanges and even some
of our leading men are making it a prominent
word. “If” this thing, or that thing, or the
other thing had been done at tins proper time
by this one, that one, .or the other one, the
Confederacy would now be in a far better con
dition. botirtinancially as .well ns socially.—
Gentkiu 'u—rit is altogether too Lite to talk
this way. If is of no use. Ifwill do no good,
on the contrary It will lead to much evil to our
cause. There is one thing certain, we-are in
just the position we are. No one can deny that.
It js worse than lolly to whine or speculate over
the past. The present is ours. The future
may be. Let us take prompt, energetic, and
effectual steps to remedy the many evils -which
now exist. Let lis rouse ourselves and prove
that we are fully equal to the emergencies of
, the times. If we so do, all will be udil. The
dark .clouds which now throw their dusky
, shadows over our hopes will he dispelled, and
| every thing in Use future will look bright and
; cheering.
Another Patriotic Dnrcv—Wm. Gregg, Esq.,
President ot the Granitevitle Manufacturing
Company, a short time sinoe offered to sell to
the State of South Carolina for the benefit of
the poor of the State. 10,Q00 yards of their
goods a week, at sl.lO per yard—less than
halt what the goods are selling at. The offer
has been accepted by the State. Examples of
this kind are worthy of a wide imitation.
Barefoot SOLDI! ns.—' The Chattanooga Rebel
in speaking of the condition of some 'of the
valiant men who took part in the late battle
re marks thus:
-’Georgians! the recent great victory which
drove hack the enemy from your borders was
won in part by barefooted men! Think of
that—you that have tanyards, Rn d you also
that have money lo buy leather. If y ou want
to ride rough-shod over the enemy—shoe the
defenders ot the Confederacy." * lue
Mr E. J. Potter, of Greensboro', Ala is
manufacturing black lead pencils, said to be
equal to those of the famous Faber,
Tiik Tuaxs-, Mississippi ]>i.part.mext. —The
Governors of the Trans-Mississippi Slates,
Moore of Louisiana, Lubbock of Texas. Flani
gan of Arkansas, and Reynolds, cf Missouri,
recently met for the purpose of consultation,
and concert ot action, at Marshall. Texas.—
The meeting, which was held at the suggestion
of the Lieutenant-Gener.d commanding in that
Department, was attended anil participated in
by-several ot the Judges aud Senators.and other
distinguished citizens of those States. The con
sultation was private and the measures deter
mined on are very properly kept secret ; but
the Governors have issued an address to the
people in which they state that theyenme to a
thorough understanding frith the commanding
General, and will unaiimigusly sustain the vig
orous and decided pi eposes to pursue.
The bold tone and cheering assurance of the ad
dress are such as to he expected from the repre
sentatives ot the brave people who live beyond
the Mississippi. The warning given by the fall
ol New Orleans, tliev say, has not been unheed
ed, “and the interval since that event has bSen
used to develop the groat resources of the de
partment.”
~Wc now are self-dependent, but self-sus
taining. With our own manufactories of can
non, arms,-powder and ythermunitions of ware
with mines opened and factories' established)
with cotton as a b.tsitj for financial measures, and
with abundance of food, we are able to conduct
a vigorous defence, and seize occasions tor of
fensive on -rations against the enemy. Tho in
meuse extent of our territory, the uncertainty
of navigating our'riven, the ftnwdolesomeness
of the regions through "which our interior is ap
proached. the ditlicuties of transportation on our
l oads, present immense obstacles to the advance
of large armies of the enemy, with their cum
brous tru.. < of luxurious supplies ; small
bodies will ignomiai >usly fail in tho attempt
at our subjugation. To crush even his la,.ge ar
mies, we rely on the energy and skill of our mil
itary commanders, the zeal and efficiency ofour
civil authorities, the discipline and courage of
our armies, and the vigorous self-sacrticing pa
troitism of our whole people. There is every
thing to incite its to renewed efforts, nothing
to justify despondency.”
To organize and combine, without delay, the
individual efforts of the citizens, the Governors
have formed, unofficially, a Committee of Pub
lic Safely, to be composed of the Executives,
for the time being, of the State.-; in the Depart
ment, and have selected the Governor of Mis
souri as. present chairman thereof.
The address concludes :
We address you in the true language of firm
confidence in the final .triumph of our .cause,
concealing nothing of our perils, exaggerating
nothing of our hojjes. Our powerful aud
haughty foe propose not only to coerce ns into
submission, but to despoil us of our whole
property, and subject us to every species of
ignominy. Base is lie who would not continue
to contend 1 »v our rights even when all shall
be lost lint honor. The capitalist must bo lib
eral ot his menus, the speculator l'orcgo his
gain, tho straggler h isten to liis regiment,
every able-bodied man hold himself in r. udi
ness for military service; our women, the glory
of.mr race, tend tue loom and even follow the
plow ; our hoys guard the homes their fathers
are defending on the frontier, and western skill
and valor will prepare a San Jacinto defeat for
every invad'ng army that pollutes the soil of
this Department. Unsurpassed in courage, in
telligence and energy, you have only to arise
in your might, and the enemy will be speedily
driven hack. Be true to yourselves, your past
history, to your hopes, of the future, and a
baffled foe will gladly seek the peace which we
war to oh'ain.
r l'he enemy may dismiss all Hopes that the
Western section of the Confederacy will seek
any destiny separate from that of < nr sisters East
of the Mississippi. Attached to (li s Uoufedcra
ey by community of race, institutions aod in
terests. baptized in the lilood we and they have
poured out together, we desire no new political
connexion. Let our Eastern Confederates do
their duty ; these States and our Indian allies
will do theirs, and when our joint efforts shall
have seemed our common satiety, the remem
brance of the danger from a tempoary cessation
of the intercourse will only strengthen tho ties
which bind us together. In the darkest hours
ot our bistoty, the protection extended to us
by almighty God. has been so manifest as even
to be acknowledged bynidid foes. Their vic
tories have been-to them as fruit turning to
ashes on their lips; our defeats have been
ebastenings to improve us, and arouse our ener
gies. On His help and our own rig’llt arms ,we
steadfastly rely ;. counting on ajd neither from
tho policy of neutral nations, nor from the dis
tractions in the midst of our enemies, we look
confidently forward to the day when those
Thirteen Confederate Stales will in peace and
safety occupy t heir rigb.ful position among the
Great Powers of the earth.
Worthy of Imitation.— Five pf the leading
counties of Virginia—Albemarle, Buckingham,
Louisa, Augusta and Mbnroe,have deliberately
and formally pledged themselves, by i(isola
tions at couoty-mectiugs, not to sell their pro
ducts for more than the Government price, an*'
not to sell to speculatorsat all. Let their exam
ple be followed. It is well worthy of imitation.
If our people every where would do but half their
duty to their country and to our leave defend
ers n the field, matters would go on much more
smoothly than they do now. A reformation is
needed throughout our land. Now is the time
to commence. The longer it is piit off the
greater will be the evil to be cured, and the
stronger and more distasteful the wftnedy ap
plied. • Lot us all commence .being true pat
riots, in every sense of the word, at once—im
mediately.
Tbk French Feioatf.9 in New York. —The
Richmond Examiner acconnts as follows for the
appearance ol French vessels of war jti New
York harbor :
The Vicomte dc St. Remain has been sent by
the French Government to finis to negotiatefor
the exportation of the tobacco bought for
France by French agents. - The Confederate
States Government lias at last consented to al
low the tobacco to leave the country, provided
the French Government will send iff) own ves
sels for it. The latter will send French ships
accompanied by armed convoys. To this the
United States Government objects in toto. Vi
comte de St. Remain is now" making his way to
New York to send the result of bis mission,
through the French consul, to the Emperor.—
The French frigates in New York are there on
this errand.
Let rs do our Whole Duty—The unrelent
ing blasts of winter will soon be upon us. Our
brave defenders in the field will in a littl
while be exposed to the Northern blasts, and
the cold pitiless, pelting storms. We know
that those at home are called upon to suffer
many privations and hardships, but we have a
thousand comfortsunknown to the soldier. We
know that many of our people have done much
for the comfort of their brave defenders, but
there is much moTe to do. Let us leave noth
ing undone that will tend to increase the com
fort of our troops. All their wants, as far as
posable, should be promptly supplied.
Tiie I’oltsh Question. —The brief statement
of the present aspect of the ‘Polish Question”
indicates a termination of the diplomatic dis
cussion, and a prnoabio resort to the -ultimo
ratio." The replies of the Russian
Gortsehakoff, to the notes of the Western
Powers, had not been published at the date of
our latest advices from Europe, but the London
Times of the 16th Sept, says the sinn and sub
stance of them 9eems to be t-iat “Russia will
hold her own." a-sutoing ‘-the full responsibility
other own acts.” The Timea also remarks
thus on the subject :
We are now assured that, there is no more
truth in the reports of intended political re
forms witnin Russia itself tliau in the report
that the representations of France and England
had been favorably received. The Emporer
Alexander will make no concessions at all, and
not only so, but it is asseited that he never
contemplated making any, and is supported by
tho unanimous sentiment of tlu- Russian people
\n assuming this defiant position. Instead of
heaping coals of fire on the head of his Polish
subjects by including them in the grant of a con
stitution to the whole empire, lie is determined
to crush the insurgents first., and to hear their
grievances afterward. And so the contest in
Poland is to be continued r. V outranee ; mili
tary force, and not statesmanship, is to be the
agent of pacification, and in answer to tire re
monstrances of the Western Powers tlieCztr
will hencefoith take ids stand upon tin- letter of
treaties, o' » At last it turns out that the
Cabinet of St. Petersburg rejects all lta'f
measures’With disdain; that'it trusts to the win
ter ami to the chapter of incidents for carrying
out its purposes, ‘'•assumesthe tnll responsibility
of its own acls,” and is willing lo run the risk
of being called to a stricter account in the
spring if Poland should be able to maintain Lie
contest so long
The concluding paragraph of Earl Russell’s
note to Napier, dated Aug, 11, communicating
a copy ot Prince Gortsehakoff’s “unsatisfac
tory” dispatch, presented to Parlamcut ou the
20th July, and discussing the question at issue s
reads as follows:
In communicating their views to Prince
Gortsehakoff, it remains to her Majesty’s Gov
ernment to discharge an imperative duty, It is
to call his Excellency’s most serious attention
to the gravity of the situation and the responsi
bility which it imposes upon Russia. Great
Britain, Austria aud France have pointed out
the urgent necessity of putting an end to a do
plorable state of things which is lull of danger
to Europe. They have at the same time indi
cated the means which, in their opinion, ought
to he employed to arrive at this termination,
and they have offered their co-operation in or
der to attain it with more certainty. If Russia
does not perform all that depends upon her to
further the nioileratiyamt conciliatory views of
the three Powers—if she does not enter upon
the path which is opened to her by friendly
counsels, she makes herself responsible for the
serious consequences which tho prolongation of
the troubles of Poland may produce.
Modern Greek Fire,— Capt. Travis, of Mo
bile, whose celebrity in the manufacture and
use of fire-arms is daily increasing, invented a
a modern Greek fire which will prove invalua
ble to the Confederacy in tho conduct of this
war. Two experiments recently tried near Mo
bile were crowned with success. A correspon
dent of the Registor says :
On Tuesday evening last, near the Bay Road,
in the suburb i of this city, in the presence of
several scientific professors', ordinance aud ar
tillery officers, Col. Miller, commanding this
Volunteer and Conscript Bureau, other officers
of the army and navy, a score ol' ladies, and at
ie >stonc representative of the press, Capt. Tra
vis made two distinct experiments of his Fiie
or composition, using on each occasion less than
half a pint of the preparation, a fluid. Both
were eminently successful, eliciting universal
commendation. Instantaneously on being ex
posed to the air the lltiid siecaine a blaze of tire,
with heat intense, resembling that of a liquid
metal in the smelting process. A pile of green
wood into which it was thrown ignited immedi
ately like tinder. Without delay, within ten
seconds, a number of buckets full of water
were thrown upon the flames- a dense vol
ume of smoke ascended, the hissing and
singing sound of a quenched fire was heard, but
the burning fluid licked up the water, destroy
ing ifti oxygen, a fuel seemingly added to the
flame, and the w ood cracked aud hummed, and
the flames- arose again defiantly, unquenchable.
■Outlie Occasion of these experiments, “Travis'
Greek File” burned for something over a qtiar
ter of an hour in full vigor and force. Its heat
is intense, and flies at once into the body ot the
substance it touches.
Make Yoiir Choich, — Under this caption a
writer in the Mobile Register depicts in a very
forcible and succinct manner the alternative of
subjugation or sut mission to Federal rule.—
lire choice we have to make, lie says, is be
tween a manly and patriotic struggle, till our
independence is gained, or base submission to
the demands of the foe. In the litter alterna
tive, ww have the following conditions and
practical results :
Ist. Every Soutlioin house from the Ohio to
the Gulf must he emptied of its occupants, ami
filled with infidel Yankees ami half savages
kak' free negroes. No man will escape this
order of things under any pretext whatever,
unless he can show that he longht in the Yan
kee armies.
2d. Submission in every day life and busi
ness to the claims of negro superiority- any
conflict or collision with a negro being decided
in his favor by Yankee bayonets.
od. l’he imprisonment, banishment, or mur
der of every prominent eitizon,and particularly
those wfco-a:e moat trustworthy and patriotic.
4tb. The institution of police regulations
prohibiting any Southerner from having, keep -
ing or bearing arms of any kind for the defence
of his person or his property.
sth. Subjection to insults, indignities and
brutal violence by Yankee or negro, against
man or redress, publicity or
■ inpathy.
ilth. , The perpetual surrender of free to f
frage, or any voluntary control in the affairs, of
Government.
7th. A vassalage more galling and degrad
ing than serfdom in the most despotic and cruel
Government on earth, with no appeal to, and
no mode of redrees but individual resistance hut
individual resistance, ending in speedy ven
geance and death by the hand of the tyrant.
The acts of the authorities thus far
have been of a character to warrant us to believe
that the programme laid out by the writer in
the Register will be carried out to the let
All can here see their fate marked out if the
Lincolnites succeed in overrunning the South.
No one but a coward at heart could endure
to bear such a yoke of bondage. Every man
who has the least spark of a true man in him
would prefer death to living in such degrading
vassalage.
Some of our troops, commanded bv Col. .T.
E. Carmr, had a severe skirmish with'the ene
my near Bull's Gap a few days since, in which
the Federals were completely routed. Two
Yankee prisoners were sent back from this en
fagement: it is also reported a number were
illed. Nine prisoners, chiefly officers, were
captured and sent back from Greenville, as our
army passed ou through that place.
‘ Oli. LXXVIF—NEW S.EM.HS VO. XXVII. NO. "43.
Atrocious Dkcl-xr ztions"— A Yankee (.'of.
named Jonnison, ol' Kansas notoriety,•'is rais
ing a reghnsitt in that Stale to operate in
Missouri. • Read the following extracts from
a speech of his, and then let, all ask them
selves if they could ever affiliate with a gov
ernment so unmindful of the opinions of the’
world a% to entrust military power in the
hands of a man, who beforehand, avowed
such criminal purposes—indiscriminate pil
lage, slaughter and destruction :
“Do you suppose I wilt match into Missouri
and ask them to take the oatli? No. not by g,
confounded sight! If they have protection
papers I will hang them, for real Union,men
need no written proot of their loyalty. -
In my next .proclamation I will say to every
physically able man in tiie State of Missouri—
“ You must, light for your homes, or you'll be
put to death 1” And the Inail of the column
will make the road so clear that no Copper
head shall ovpr see the tail end of the coin ■
maud.
1 put the negro on the top and the traitor
underneath. Every thing disloyal ffopi a (Shang
hai chicken up to a Dupham. cow must bo
cleaned out. Adopt litis policy and there will
be no more Copperheads in Kansas.
The Fifteenth will bo filled within three
weeks from to-day. Its whole duty will be to
kill rebels. A voice “Have you got the
horses ?” Jennisou—“l never had any trou
ble in tho old Seventh in "getting al (he
horses I wanted. All tho trouble i ever had
was in preventing the boys (and particularly
old Pardee, over there) from leading' off six or
j)ven. ’ *
Kilt my men must not take anytliing that
will nut further the inlereits of his ow n. regi
ment. Everyman must, of course, be hie owa
judge. ' .
This regiment will march with the revolver
in one hand and flu torch in the other. . It will
be organized on a military and
not a political basis.
We carry the flag, kity-.with the sabre, and
hang with the gallows,.”
Were ever sentiments more infamous uttered
by any people who had. the j least claim to civ
ilization ? We thiuk not.
A French Decision’ about Confederate Crui
sers.—The Journal of Commerce of Bordeaux
has just given judgment in a case in which Ihe
point iu dispbte was the character of the rebel,
cruisers. The question arose btween tee mer
chants whose grinds, embarked onboard Amer
ican vessels, have been seized and burnt at sea
by,the Alabama and the insurance companies
who have gurant'ed the cargo against capture
or damage from pirates :
“The question was a simple demand of in
demnity on the part ol the merchants, butTn
reality the debate involved the solution ot the
international question. What view is to.bo ta
ken of the acts and conduct of the Alabama?—
If a pirate, *the insurance companies are respon
sible; but there is. of course, n5 responsibility
if she bo regarded as a privateer. The tribunal
relies upon the declaration of the French' Gov
ernment of June 11, 1861, which, proclaiming
an absolute neutrality in the American war, ac
knowledged the riglds of beligerants to tin:
Southern as well as the Northern States. It
holds the Alabama, probably furnished with
letters of marque, although no positive proof
could he given in the case, has never attacked
any but vessels of the enemy, respecting neu
trals; and lays down that in such-conduct espe
cially lies what constitutes the difference be
tween a regular privateer and a pirate. It ad
mits that if the Congress ot Par sos the 30th of
March, 183 C, lias abolished privateering and
letters of Marque, its declarations are not appli
cable to ihe States of the American Union,
which-did not agree to the Convention, and de
sired to preserve the advantage of the old tra
dition of maritime war. It concludes, finally,
that the Alabama, strietly speaking, has not ex
ceeded Us belligerent rights nor incurred the
reproach of party.”
Le Nord, one of tiie leading French Journals
in reporting this judgment remarks on the to 4
tal emission from it of any deference to the
most delicate side of the international question
—the circumstance that the Alabama and Flor
ida have not submitted their cat turesr lo the
decision of.a prize court, according to the re
ceived “invariable rule,” but have eooetituted
themseives judges, and appropria'ccl, of their
own authority, goods seized oh board Northern
merchantmen.
A Description of tuk East Tennessee Tories.
A correspondent oi the Richmond Examiner,
writing front East Tennessee, gives the annex
ed description of the lories of that, section and
of the country they reside in :
There arc numerous ridges of mountains run
ning through East Tennessee, the soil of which*
is thin and unproductive and mostly covered
with original torest. These ridges are ’Tuhab
iteil by the meanest and most depraved popu
lation on earth, who subsist by hunting, gath
ering wild honey, killing the stock of .Bic’’ far
mers of the rich valleys Which shay to the
mountains, and, at present, upon the stipend
paid them by Lincoln’s minions. These-arc
lhe true Unioft men of East.- Tennessee. .They
are body and soul Lincoln’s, and valuable tools
he finds them. The men are the both bush
whackers in the land, and both m;n ami wo
men daring and accomplished .scouts. No
movement of our troops can take place in all
this country, from the salt works in Virginia to
Cumberland Gap or :lonesborbugh, aaciirabe in
formation of which is not at once Conveyed to
the enemy.'by these people. When the war
broke out these people were-'for sale and Lin
coln bought them.
Good Example-!. —Our exchanges make men
tion of. the annexed good examples aaid patri-'
otic deeds. We think them all worthy of imi
tation :
• Mr. Archibald C. Leach, residing near Gilo
polis, Robeson county, North Carolina, lias
sold and stilt selhrhte corn to Ids needy neigh
bors at one dollar per bushel, refusing to sell
to others at the usual high prides.”
‘‘R. F- Simonton, who owns a tan-yard near
Iredell, N. C.\ for a length of time has Mipolied
the families of spldiers with leather for shoes
at half price and will continue iu future to do
so; and in many Instances Mr. Simonton has
supplied leather for shoes to the poor tree of
charge.”
“•L Withers, of Steel Creek, N. C., has been
and now is supplying the destitute with wheat
and other needed supplies at old prizes. Sol
diers wives are supplied by him with wheat at
one dollar per bushel.-’
Promotions in the Army. — ;he following
promotions to the rank of Brigadi.tr General
have recently been made by the Pres Went :
Colonel G. C. Wharton. of Virginia-from du
ly Uli. Colonel W. A. Quarles, of Tennessee,
from August 25th. Lieutenant-Coloncl
D. Johnston, of North Carolina, from Septem
ber . Colonel A, Perrie. of South* Jaiotinp,'
from September lOtli. Colonel A. \V Reyn
olds, of Virginia, from September 14 th. Col
onel E. W. Pettus,. oi' Alabama, from Septem
ber 18th. Colonei T. N. Waul, of Tex as, from
September 18th. Colonel A. L. Long, for ar
tillery duty on General Lee's staff, f.-om Sep
tember 21st. Colonel H. R, Jackson, of Geor
gia. from September 21st. Colonel Wirt Ad
ams, of Mississippi, from September 26th. Col
onel James B. of North Carolina, from
September 28th,
Ax Important Speech bv Eatm, Kussull. —
Ihi the -Oth September, Earl Rir vilwa ; pro
seined with the freedom of the town of Dun
dee, on dbe occasion of the opening’ of'the Peo
ple's Park in that town. Provesi Parker read
the address of Town Council, which com lined
the following sentence:'
“We cannot close the address without con
gratulating your lordship, as Secretary of State
lor Foreign Affairs, on tiie peaceful relations at
present existing between the ( town and all tho
European Powers ; aud expressing our great
satisfaction that her Majesty’s Government have
kept the nation from entanglement in the
much to b ) deplored conflict still existing be
tween the Northern and Southern States of
America. The constitutional principles which,
have been the guide of your lordship hitherto,
are the best as.Mirance the nation can have as
reg Tils the future.” .
In his reply E irl Russell said :
“As Secretary for Foreign Affairs, it lias been
my object to preset vo peace with honor. You
may rely with confidence in' the admin
istration of Lord Palmerston, who is so justly
and universally popular, for maintaining a line*
of strict impartiality in the lamentable conflict
in America. The duties of nentrality between
parties violently hostile are not easily perform
ed. It has been, and it will be our endeavor
to exercise the powers now entrusted or which
may be entrusted to the Crown by l’arliment,
in such a maimer ns at once lo del eat cry at
tempt to engaaro our people in enterprises in
consistent with our lie; Iral position, and to
preserve lor ourselves, our persons, and mu
property those safeguards of British law and
British justice to which alone they are indebted
for the security they now enjoy.
Confederate Sfcait. —A correspondent of tho
Macon Telegraph gives the following process
for making ‘’Confederate-’ sugar. As there Is
likely to tea great gpiant.ity of syrup made from
the Chinese sugar c.nie this year, the mode of
conv trting it into sugar is worthy, of being
knotvn :
The process is simple and easy, and as plain
as the “handwriting on the wail." In the first
place, the cane must not on;y be ripe, but fully
ripe—and the best test of its ripeness is the bald
ness and brittleness of its.seed, neve, being gov
erned by its general appearance It is my opinion
that the prime cause of thin, dark, sour syrup,
is owing to the greenness of the cane from
which it is made.
The cake being fully ripe, it is ground and ilio
juice boiled in the usual way. After it is put on
to boil some alkali should be added, either lye.
sdda, or lime water, yet 1 know no special quan
tity to be added. It makes very well to add a
halfpiuCHjf lime water accgsionally for three or
four times for a kettle sixty or eighty gallons,
until tiie scum ceases to rise on the top, which
should be removed "with a strainer as fast as it
rises. All the alkali, of whatever kind, can bt<
added at once if you choose to do so. ihe fire
should never be too hot for. the first half hour to
enable you to skim it well. After that it can bo
boiled rapidly if you choose until it is ready to
take off, which should not he 100 soon, as thick
syrup is much to be p eferre l, provided you
wish t o mate syrup of it. When it lias reached
the stage of thick syrup very little more Doffing’
will convent it into sugar, which will granulate
as soon as it cools. By boil ng a little once or
twice an 1 experimenting for sugar you will
always know at what stage to remove it, from
the kettle belter than 1 can toll you, though I
didn’t make a single failure. After removting it
from the'kettle, place it in some vessel a short
while until some of its heat has left it, and then
pour it into your barrels with the hoops a little
loose in order that the molasses may drip from
it, of which there will not as much as many
, might suppose. Do not ■ tir it after removing it
from the kettle, as is tho'common custom, or
the grains will bo small and flue.
A New Breech-Loading Cannon. —The Mo
bile Tribune makes the following reference to
Capt. Travis’ new gun :
The gun is thirty inches long in the barrel,
and weighs ninety-seven pounds ; with carriage
and lull ammunition boxes, the entire weight
is seven hundred pounds. If necessarv, it can
be taken apart and the different pieces t im
ported on the backs of horses and mules, and
then put together with the utmost ease and ex
pedition. There is, in fact, no place where a
man can get- that the gun cannot go. It can
be det died from the carriage and placed upon
a pedestal—on the slump of a tree, for in
stance- in which position it. possesses a univer
sal motion.
The gun is rifled, an inch and eleven six
teenth calibre, and throws solid shot, shell or
musket balls—a thousand of the latter or
twenty ot the former in a minute, with one
ounce of powder to the load. Os its range, we
are not precisely informed, but it, is quite equal
to that of other guns of the same calibre, and
some idea rqpy be formed of its efficiency from
the fact that at 400 yards it will penetrate an
inch and a half of .solid iron. For accuracy,
the name of its inventor is a sufficient voucher,
as the world renowned Travis would not per
mit his reputation to suffer by being connected
witli anything that shot wide of the mark.
Gen,. Grant and a Confederate Officer.
When Vicksburg was captured oi.e of our oft)
ears was among the prisoners, who had been a
messmate of Gen. Grant in the Regular army
of the United States. When these officers met ,
their greeting was very cordial, each addressing
tut- other by his Christian name. Grant asked
the other to take posession of his quarters where
he would soon join him. When Grant returned
many bottles were uncorked, and such liquid*
were drank as the thirsty, half starved Confed
erates had not imbibed for many a long weary
day. The Confederate-officer la .much of a wag
anil humorist, even when uninspired by cham -
pagne. When Grant was growing rather rue! -
1 \v, heated by wine and his great victory, tho
Confederate stated in a confidential tone tin t he
was weary of the war. “Is that so ?” said Grant.
“Vos tell me what J might expect if 1 were to
abandon the cause of the .South!” ‘‘You shall
be a Major General and besides have a liberal
stipend—a bonus, that will compensate you for
all losses yen sustain in Kebeldoin.
“Gen. Grant answered the Confedearte, ‘I oc
copy a very humble position in the army’of the
South, but would not exchange it for all the
wealth that Chase disbuises, nor for all the
glory you have achieved, nor for the highest
position in our profession which your wicked
master can confer. I have heard that proposip
ions if this character have I een made to others
,of our men and officers, and have to say that
they are unworthy of you who make them, an l
\vill be spurned by all true Southerners.”
Grant, we are told, was silent for a m ment,
and then said that the rebuke was deserved, and
tbal even he could appreciate the constancy and
heroism of a people, who in the mids of so
many privations and calamities, adhered stead
fastly to the cause which they had espoused.
—Allanla Jie'jsler.
Result of the Election. —The returns indi
cate that Governor Brown has carried the pop
ular vote, though by not a very large majority.
in the Congressional election, so far the re
turns indicate that in the First District Julian
Hartridge'hos been re-elected ; in the Second,
Col. Wm. E. Smith has defeated Hon. Chas. J.
Minmcrlyn, tho present incumbent ; in the
.Third Col. Mark 11. Blanuford has defeated
Hon. Hines Holt; in the Fourth District, Cl f
ford Anderson has defeated Hon. A. 11. Kenan;
in the seventh, Col. James M. Smith has been,
elected. In the Fifth, Shewmakc has bet-n elec -
ted over Lewis; in the Eighth, Lester elected
over Glenn; in the Ninth, Col. McMillan; in
the Tenth, Warren A kin. But few returns have
been received from the Sixth. The probability
is that the entire delegation will be new men,
except Mr. Hartridge of this District.— -Sav. Bt-.p.