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I LI.NGM AT IMOBK Wild KI AV AT HOME.
Our readers we presume lmve noticed a dirty
: tury originating with one of the Atlanta pa
pers to the effect that Gen. I). If. Hill on grant
ing to a soldier an application for a furlough
which had been referred to him by Gen. W. H.
Walker, assigned as a icnson for e implying
with tlbt request that unless soldieis visited
their homes occasionally all the children horn
during the war would be sons and daughters
of cowards. Gen. Walker denies that lie ever
reieuTd any sueii application to Gen. Hill, and
ho far as tl e former is concerned, tlio story is
therefore without foundation. Though we
have seen no denial from Gen. Hill, we hope
that the remark imputed to him was never
made.
The story as told illustrates a disposition,
which wo regret to see on the increase, to im
peach the patriotism and courage of those per
sons who have hired substitutes or who are ex
empt by law from military service. That there
are among the lifty thousand men who have
paid others to represent them in the army, not
a few who have resorted to this means to es
cape military duty for fear lest life or limb
should he destroyed we have no doubt. But
that the great mass of those who have employ
ed substitutes are properly obnoxious to the
» pithet of cowardice we do not at all believe.—
la very many rases, physieial infirmity which
wonJd he a legal exemption is the cause- an
infirmity which of itself would procure exemp
li >n, but the party waiving tii s ground has
been so anxious to he represented in ihe army
lias paid a large sum for a suitable person. In
other cases men have entered substitutes be
cause they have honestly be'ieved that they
could render more effective service on tlieir
farms or in their places of business than in the
army. Under the late call of the Governor
thousands who have already paid for substi
tides have taken up arms, and when the emer
gency will he found very few
ill refuso to shoulder theii
muskets in defence of their homes.
We see no good to bo accomplished by the
efforts of some individuals to foment jealousy
and ill feeling between the army and the citi
Kens at homo. Our Congress lias this whole
matter subject to its disposal, and we may he
assured that all the men will be called out
"fvhicli the necessities of the war may require.
There must he some who remain at home.
Without this, none, can remain in the field.
Our soldiers must be supported. Provisions
must lie grown ; clothing siud shoes must lie
manufactured ; our railroads must be equipped,
ammunition must be prepared and forwarded ;
and tins must be dene by those who remain at
home. It the service rendered by these class
es is not s-> perilous as the duty of the soldier
who ceiifronls the enemy, it is certainly not
leso important to onr cause. We know the
brave men who have gone forth at tlieir coun
try’s call. A grateful nation will cherish
among its most sacred memories the virtues of
those who have sacrificed health and life in
the cause of independence. But we at the
name time respect the multitudes, who, though
they may not be in the ianks, are doing alt in
tlieir power to sustain those who are.
The truth is, our cause is one- must be one
with the whole country. All that is dear to
the citizen ; all that is dear to the soldier is
involved in the struggle. Our interests are
identified. Let there he no odious contrasts.
no unfair comparison. Let every man ask,
“where ami in wlmt capncily I can beat serve
my country.’’'ami let him act in obedience to
the best response which enlightened patriot
ism can furnish, and then whether he be found
armed tor the foe or working at home, let him
receive tlie respect whi lie.
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Lincoln's Thakksuivino Proclamation.—
Lincoln lias ordered his followers to observe
the last Thursday in November as a day of
thanksgiving and praise, lie claims that (lie
North has been blessed with fruitful fields ; the
St 1i i.-stiee puUlwliotl in Northern papei egSves the
lie t<> this, lie then sa\ s that the Norlh is at. peace
with all foreign nations—but says nothing of
theli> k spittle; bat k down course he has pursued
in order not to gel into a tight with them. He
pays Federal mines are full of ore and coal;
here lie lavs told the truth ; the mines are lull
of minerals, and will probably remain in that
condition for"some time at least unless he ean
import men to t ike the places of those who
have been killed otT. The population of the
North he chums his steadily increased ; if that
is the case, why did the Northern press state a
few months since that labor was very scarce
and high? He winds up his document by
speaking of the numberless widows and or
phans made by his Abolition war.
The doccument is on a par with the rest o*
the productions that have Imen sent out from
Washington. Bombastic in tone, and full of
false statements In a thanksgiving proclama
tion one would suppose that Lincoln wonld tell
the truth -but he has not.
Their Future Flans. —The leading North
ern papers are discussing what to do with the
idouth at'tei the Lincoln despotism lias her se
curely under foot. Here i the plan proposed
by one of them :
The question next arises how to hold th eon
quei. a states ! \ve say let the count: v be
studded with Ports, garrisoned by loyal black
men, whose duty it anall be to ke'epdow n their
former masters.
\\ e think the Lincolnite, had better conquer
Ms nnst. before they talk this way. U * eU
euough. however, to know their'base designs
and to keep them constantly in view while
doing *ll in our power io thwart them
HKKUIt! EXAMPLES.
Mr. Rives, in his recent letter, records the
heroic example of the Greeks in resisting
Xerxes, and of the people of the Netherlands
in resisting the power of Spain. From these,
and other parallels in history, he encourages
our people with the hope of expelling the in
vaders who are now attempting the subjuga
tion of the Southern States. The success of
the French under Joan of Arc, and in the early
part of the French Revolution, is alike to the
present. But no where in history can a more
encouraging record be found than in Spain.
When Napoleon in 1808 procured the abdi
cation of Ferdinand and his son of the govern
ment of Spain, lie was at the height of his pow
er. His soldiers had humbled the Austrians
and Russians on the field of Austeilitz; he had
loitgl.c er,,, Vnillft ,»r Dm a and ruined the
Monarchy of Prussia, and by the peace of Tilsit
had made the whole of Europe from the
Pyrenees to the Nieman tributaries or vassals
to lfis empire.
By pretending to aid Ihe Spaniaids against
Portugal, he had introduced 90,000 of his
veteran troops into Spain. They occupied t’ie
capital, had possession of some of the fortresses
in tire North and the centre, and were scatter
ed ovr r every part of the Peninsula. But the
Spaniards were as one man, and without the
aid of a single foreign soldier expelled King
Joseph from Madrid, forced Gen. Dupont to
capitulate at Raylen, raised the seige of' Sara
gossa, and drove the French not only from tho
South and centre, but from the East, and West,
pushing them across the Ebro and hemming
up the remains of tire French army at the foot
of the Pyrenees, reducing almost the whole of
Spain from the sway of the foreign usurper.
All this was done without regular disciplined
armies, with unskilful leaders, with divided
counsels iu the Juntas who directed and cp
pointed the Generals and planned the cam
paigns, and with soldiers who were no where
able to cope with the French in the open field.
United only in their opposition to the foreign
yoke of Napoleon, maddened with hate and
fury agtiiust. the French who had betrayed
their King and se zed the crown of Arragon
and Castile, and placed (lie brother of Napo-
leon in the palace of Ferdinand, they every
where surrounded the detatchmenfs of French
soldiers, cut oft' their supplies, murdered the
stragglers, killed the sick and wounded who
fell into f heir hands, liarrassed their retreats,
fell hack before tlieir advances, disputing how
ever every inch of ground, defending their
cities and tlieir castles, filling the mountain
passes, burning their provisions and laying
waste the country which the French attempted
to occupy, and exhibiting at all times, among
nil classes of people, the.pcasant and the citi
zen, the monk and the layman, the men and
the women, the old men and the children,
that heroic “suirit never to submit or to
yield - ’ which vanquished and destroyed tlieir
invadeis.
We may learn lessons from these Spaniards.
We are far better able than they were to resist
our foes. Wo have better armies, better sol
diers and officers, better arms and discipline,
united councils in the Senate and the camp, a
more constant and self-reliant people, a vaster
country, a more malignant climate io fill the
hospitals of our enemies ; and we have no such
generals or soldiers arrayed against 11s as the
Marshals and veterans that Napoleon sent
forth to conquer Spain. The same heroic
spirit, the same determination to be free, Iho
same unwillingness to he slaves, will secure
the expulsion of the aliens who come to en
slave and degrade ns ; to burn, ravage and
destroy onr lands ; to lilt every town with
robbers and murderers ; to intioduee univer
sal anarchy nnd lawlessness; to subvert so
ciety and place the lowest and the vilest in
power and authority.
Wherever the foe advances, disorder reigns.
Prisons are filled with the worthiest citizens ;
the women are insulted and wronged: the
negro is transformed from a slave to a master;
property is outraged or confiscated ; instead
of law and courts and juries, a military Gov
ernor with arbitrary power and obedient sol
diers : despotism instead of liberty.
Who would not emulate the Spaniards and
drive hack the foe and save his country from
ruin and pollution, aud bequeath to his chil
dren the legacy of freedom.
The Polish Question.— The Kussian reply
to the French note is conceived in courteous
terms and expresses sentiments favorable to
the good relations existing between France
and Russia. It concludes thus :
The French Government wishes to see
promptly re-established in the kingdom of
Poland a stftte of things which would restore
tranquility to that country, repose to Europe,
and give security to the relations between the
cabinets. We fully participate in this desire,
and all that may depend upon ns shall be
done to realize it. Our august master contin
ues to he animated by intentions the most be
nevolent toward Poland and the most concilia
tory toward the foreign powers. The well
being of all his subjects, of all races aud all
religions convocations, is an obligation which
his imperial majesty has accepted before God,
his conscience, aud his people. The emperor
devotes all liia solicitude to fulfil it. As re
gards the responsibility which his majesty may
assume in his inter national relations, these re
lations are regulated by public right. The
violation of these fundamental principles can
alone enluH responsibility. Our august mas
ter has constantly respected and observed
these principles toward other states, llis
majesty has a right to expect and claim th j
same respect on the part of the powers.
The reply of Prince Gortschakolf to the
Austrian note on the Polish question is brief,
and announees that a more detailed memo
randum will follow. Prince Gortschakoff con
siders the entire six points to have been set
tled by the previous declaration of Russia.
He gratefully acknowledges the pacific senti
ments displayed in the Austrian note, and
shares Austria’s wishes for the welfare of
Poland. Prince Gortschakoff regrets, howev
er, that the expectations based on the diplo.
matie discussions and thoir results had not
been fulfilled, and that t differences had not
been removed. Prince Gortschakoff thinks,
therefore, that a further prolongation of these
discussions appeals superfluous. He finally
states that Russia assumes the full responsi
bility of her acts.
The reply does not suit the Austrian Empe
ror, for his official organ advises the oceupa
tiod of Poland at once, in the name of Europe.
AUGUSTA. GA . WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 28, 18(>:J.
Federal Oitkac.es on English Subjects. —A
letter litis been published in a Canada paper, in
which the writer, a lady, narrates the outrages
•she has suffered at the bands of Federal officials.
At the breaking out of Ibe war she was a resi
dent of Louisiana. Wishing to visit a relative
in Missouri, she procured the proper papers
from the British Consul in Mobile, and was
passed through our lines. Alter spending some
time in St. Louis, she started on her return
South, with the proper papers from the British
Consul iu St. Louis. The United States offi
cials near the lilies, however, treated her in the
most outrageous manner. She was arrested
and sent to the house of a “woman searcher.”
Here she was Stripped of all her clothing and
treated shamefully. This pait of her story is
too bad to republish. From this place she was
cut. to orison where she was subjected to every
indignity mortal flesh could bear and live.—
Her letters to British Consuls were also stop-
ped by tho Federal authorities, and she was not
allowed to communicate with any one. Final
ly, however, a friend who obtained knowledge
of her situation, informed the British Consul at
St. Louis of it, and he obtained her release.—
During her imprisonment the Federal officials
robbed her of all her money and jewelry,
Here certainly is a case for Lord Russell to
consider. We doubt, however, if he will lake
any steps to redress the wrongs spoken of above.
He does not appear to want to get into a fight
witli tho United States, any more than Seward
wants to get into a fight with England. Both
of these worthies have, during the war, twisted
and turned, and disgraced themselves and the
nations whose affairs they have in charge by
their double dealing course.
A Goon Policy. —Gov. Smith, of Virginia, is
at present delivering addresses in the principal
towns of that State, urging the people to do
their whole duty in tho present contest in
which we are engaged.
It is said that Hon. T. 11. Watts, Governor
elect of Alabama, will soon make speeches in
many places In that State, to arouse the people
to tlieir duties, in opposing an active, energetic,
persevering resistance to the aggressions of our
enemy. . •
We are glad to notice this movement on the
part of tlie above mentioned officials. It is a
good policy. We think it would be very bene
ficial to our cause if the leading men in other
S ates would follow the example thus set.
Action or tiie Citizens op Stewart Coun
ty.—Some of tlie residents of Stewart, county
having refused to take Confederate money in
payment of debts due them, the people iu that
section have held a mass meeting, at which
they adopted the annexed resolutions :
Resolved —That we view with fearful appre
hensions a refusal on the part of any one to
take Confederate money, seeing that the suc
cess of tlie people of the Confederate Slates in
tlieir struggle lor me uuremy nu.l army of
these States, and that the prostration ol' the
former necessarily disbands (lie lalter.
Resolved —That it is the sense of this meeting
that he wlto by acts or otherwise impairs 1 lie
public confidence in tlie currency and army of
the Confederate States so far is aiding in tlie
overt hrow and subjugation of these States.
Resolved- —That there can be but two sides
to the issue growing out of tlie present war.
that who is not for us is against 11s, whether
be strikes the currency or the army.
Resolved —That we will use all lawful means
to sustain the Confederate money, thereby we
shall sustain the Government.
Resolved —That a committee of two heap
pointed liy tlie Chairman in each district,
whose duty it shall be to ascertain and report
sueii persons as shall refuse to take Confed
erate money, whether he be principal, agent
or-attorney, and report him, so that the name
of that person may he made known to the pub
lic.
Taking Revenue. — The people of Virginia
are revenging themselves upon the Federate
wLenever an opportunity o7ers. A correspon
dent of tlie Charleston Courier mentions the
following incidents :
Not. long ago, an officer returning on furlough
to his home within the enemy’s lines, was star
tled by the crack of a rifle. Glancing around,
lie saw a boy about fourteen years old, looking
up a tree, as if to ascertain what had ■become of
the squirrel he had missed. The officer was
about to ride on, hut, being doubtful of his
road, went back to the boy, and made some
jesting remark about his bail shooting. The
hoy then began to question him, and, satisfy -
ing himself that he was a good Confederate,
said, “Do you think I am fool enough to waste
powder and lead on squirrels ? Come here.”—
He led the way through the thick woods, jand
some thiity yards off stopped beside tho body
of a dead Yankee, still warm. “That makes
eight I’ve killed,” said the boy. ‘-They are
either deserters or stragglers,! don't know and
'donT care which; 1 always kills em.” In the
same county, or one adjacent, there is 411 old
man, a “still hunter,’’ who lias killed seven
teen Yankees and sent in sixty prisoners, all
b igged with his own hands. These facts come
to me from a gentleman who obtained them
from the officer in question, and places implicit
faith in his word.
These things prove that, although a country
may be overrun by an enemy.* .yet tlie people
thereof may not be conquered. A people with
the truo spirit within them'can never be.
To Tax Payers. —The Secretary of the Treas
ury in reply to an inquiry has issued the an
nexed circular :
Liquors sold by commission merchants for
others pay the same tax as other goods. But
regular wholesale and retail dealers are prohib
ited from selling liquors under their registra
tion as such; aud if they sell liquors, will have
to do io under separate registry, paying the tax
of five or ten per centum as the case may be.
A commission merchant buying and selling
liquor for his own account, must pay a specific
tax as a wholesale dealer in liquor, in addition
to his spec tie tax as a commission merchant.
Wholesale dealers in liquor cannot sell in
less quantities than three gallons, unless they
pay a specific tax as retoil dealers In liqnor ;
neither can a retailer of liquor sell more than
three gallons to any one person without pay
ing a specific tax as a wholesale dealer in li-
quor.
Manufacturers of saddlery, harness, and
dealers in same, selling artillery harness to the
Government, decided to be wholesale dealers,
and liable to registry and tax as such.
Manufacturers of all goods, wares and mer
chandize. whether of foreign or domestic man
ufacture, are liable to a tax of two and a half
per centum 011 their sales. Therefore nails,
candles, cotton and woollen goods, cotton yarns,
flour, shoes, boots, hats, clothing, and other
articles of domestic manu&cturd are subject to
the tax. whether sold by the manufacturers
themselves or their agents.
Manufacturers of fire arms for the Govern
ment who sell them under contract, are deem
ed wholesale merchants or dealers under the
act, and are taxed accordingly.
Manufacturers selling their own fabrics by
the piece, and other articles, are subject to he
taxed as wholesale dealers.
| A.VMJAL HEFHItTpOKg’MK COMPTROLLER
VVe are in receipt of the “Annual Report of
the Comptroller General of the State of Geor
gia, made to the Governor, Oetob. r 16, ISG3.’’
It is an invaluable document, replete with
useful information, and affording a complete
view of the financial condition of the State,
tlie resources'of public revenue, the channels
of expenditure, the operations of the tax laws,
and statistical facts which will prove of great
value for reference and comparison.
We avail ourselves of a brief synopsis of the
Report from the Maeou Telegraph :
The receipts into the Slate Treasury from all
sources for the. fiscal year ending October 20.
180‘S, were $8,E>3,442 45, and with the cash
balance of the previous year amount to $!»,-
451,445 87. Os these receipts 51,050,000 were
net earnings of the State. Railroad—embra
cing. however, heavy payments from the gov
ernment for peviouK services. The Comp
troller estimates the 'receipts for next year at
SOOO,OOO. Tlie expenses to October 20th, were
$7,331,841 43 leaving a balance in the Treas
ury of 52.099.G03 44. Tlie income tax receipt
was $125,241 64- all other taxes $1,136,795
04. Ot the expenditures, the following are
among those contingent upon the war :
$5,000,000 Military Fund, $2,462,101 75
Military Fund i863. 318,971 40
$350,000 appropriation for manu
facture ot arms, 84,497 42
Soldiers’ Clothing Fund, 1.088,000 00
Indigent. Soldiers’ Family Fund, 1,690,430 25
Fund to supply people of Georgia
with Salt, ' 202,387 65
Fund to pay freight on Salt sent
to counties in !862, 248 24
Georgia Relief & Hospital Asso
ciation, 450,000 00
Refunded in part to Western and
Atlantic Railroad, amount ad
vanced to purchase Salt iu
1862, 30,000 00
For obstructions on Apalachicola
Chattahoochee & Flint Rivers, 45,000 00
For amouut refunded to City of
Augusta for obstructing Sa
vannah River, 53,606 03
011 account of Cotton Card Fac
tory, 80,717 08
For Bank Note Paper, Fngraving
and Printing and clerk hire, &c.
in issuing Georgia Treasury
Notes and SUte Change Bills, 25,513 58
The Comptroller estimates the next year’s
regular receipts at about three millions short
of disbursements, allowing 53.900.000 for sup
jiort of indigent soldiers’ families, hospital and
relief associations, and military fund. As the
taxes of 1864 will not court: in until November
or December, the Comptroller recommends
that tile deficit hr met by Treasury notes, pay
able iu Confederate currency, [Anything but
increasing the amount of currency about.)
The Comptroller reports the public debt of
UeoYgia, at this time, is as follows :
Bonds hearing interest, $ 5,911,750
Bonds not bearing interest, 176,000
Treasury Notes not hearing interest, 7,588,000
State Change Bills, not hearing in
terest, 473,6G0
Total, $14,149,410
To pay this interest nnd meet this debt, as it
becomes due, Georgia has not only her tax
able wealth, returned this year at $991,596,583,
but she has also the following public property,
which, if sold at any time after the resumption
of specie payments, would pay more than two
thirds of this debt, leaving l.ut a very small
debt to be paid by taxation. Her public pro
perly is as follows :
7,000 shares of stock in Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad. $700,000 00
2,909 shares of stock iu several
banks, 290,900 00
Also,her Western and Atlantic Rail
road, which has been paying into
the State Treasury since 1859 be
tween 6 and 7 per cent. upon $7,-
OOfi.OOO, and paid into the Treas
ury during the past year $! ,650.-
000, and which, before the rise of
all kinds of property, was valued
by a committee of the Legislature
at 7,849,224 68
$8,840,124 68
As over $6,000,000 of this debt lias been cre
ated liy tlie State during the war, for her mili
tary defense, and for assisting in clothing the
soldiers of tlie Confederacy from Georgia, the
amount thus necessarily spent will nodoubt at
some future day he tissu Qcd.aud be refunded by
the Confederate States Government. But whether
this he done or not, if the State is not forced to
increase her debt further for war purposes,
even with our present tax of not quite one-fifth
of one per cent., (which is not high, compared
with the tuxes of other States in peace times.)
and with the annual net income from our Rail
roads, we can go on and del ray the ordinary
expenses of our State Government, and he lib
eral towards Education, our Lunatic, Blind,
and other institutions, and pay our debt prompt
ly, and could thus pay the whole of it. in about
half the time some of it is doc, if persons hold
ing our Bonds would receive par for them be
fore coming due; without selling any of our
public property.
Tlie tollowiug are the classes and number of
persons who have been lienefiuiariesof the funi}
for the support of the indigoat soldiers’ fami
lies :
Widows of soldiers who have died
in service 4,022
No. of disabled soldiefs by sickness
or wounds, 553
No. of wives, mothers, &e., depon
ent upon soldiers in service, not
able to support themselves, 22,855
No. of orphans of deceased soldiers
under 12 years of age. 8,556
No. of children of women, not wid
ows, dependent upon soldiers in
service, 46,219
No. of children over 12 years of
age not able to support ’ them
selves and dependent upon indi
gent soldiers in service, 582
No. of children and other indi
gent persons unable to support
themselves, and dependent upon
soldiers, * 841
Total, 83,628
The Income Taxes fop. 1803.—The table of
returns from the counties displays the most ex
traordinary' discrepancies. It shows a gross
tax of 8683,235 2!) from which the comptroller
th nksabout $500,001) will be raised. In this
table Bibb returns $10,174 —Chatham 48,412 —
Richmond sl23,B76—Muscogee 559,213 —Ful-
ton $Bl, 280—Decatur ssl,24l—Clinch $50,5-
97.
The total valuatiou of taxables this year is
$991,596,583, showing an increase on the val
uation last year amounting to $413,224,321.
A Vobmidable Vessel.— A new iron chased
frigate is to he built for the English navy. She
is to he enchased in one uniform thickness of
armour plates, so that her how and stem will
he as fully protected as her broadsides. More
over she will carry a pow erful battery of guns
at her bow, thereby differing from all vessels
now afloat. Tins battery will be placed so as
to.enable the guns to be fired straight ahead,
the solid, iron-plated bow being carried up
sufficiently high of from a sort of tower in.
which the guns will he placed. The body of
the Ingate will be built out into a long projec
ting prow several feet below the water, and the
extremity of-this prow will be furnished with
a steel stem shaped like a cleaver. It is antic
ipated, that this weapon usod as a ram will cut
completely through a hostile ship, as from the
enormous size of the vessel, and a speed of
thirteen knots an hour, it is supposed that no
vessel afloat can withstand the force of her
charge.
THE if' HRtON COITOA TRADE.
Tlie English Abolitionists claim that that
country can get along well enough without
Southern cotton. Facts, however, which are
constantly coming to light, prove tlieir asser
tions to be false. The annexed interesting ar
ticle from the London Times shows how com
pletely the English manufacturers are depend
ent on tlie slave labor of the South—tlie idle
vaporings and lying statements of her empty
headed Fanatics to tlie contrary notwithstand
ing ;
While Lancashire seems to he oscillating be
tween reviving trade and returning famine, and
while the public is scanning with deep anxiety
the prospects ot the ensuing - winter, we can
place before the country tin exact and particu
lar account of the progress made during the
last two years to that consummation which is
to render cotton famines impossible for the lu
ture. It is known that we have proclaimed our
necessities to the whole world, and have sound
ed our demands for cotton in every quarter of
the globe. In all our own colonies the produc
tion and export of this precious material have
been encouraged by authority ; jn all foreign
parts we have applied the stimulus of high pri--
ees to increase the supply. This extraordinary
demand has now been maintained for at least
two years; indeed the American blockade has
actually existed longer than that, anil could
liave been anticipated with certainty for some
time before. Although, therefore, it must be
remembered that cotton planting is not an in
dustry to lie matured in a inont.i or two. we
might reasonably look to the results now ascer
tained with some liveliness of expectation.-
Willi the whole world for sellers and England
for a buyer, the market ought to show some
promising feature. To a certain extent, indeed,
this confidence would he justified, hut we doubt
whether the predominant feeling will not be
one of disappointment.
We shall present the truth to the public by
i fating the exact figures of our whole cotton
imports for the first six months of the present
and two preceding years, lu 1861 the Ameri
can supply had for the two quarters in ques
tion, been but partially affected. The blockade
was ill force towards tlie latter part of tne pe
riod, Lint then tlie exports had been pushed ea
gerly forward in the beginning of the year un
der a conviction of the crisis impending. In
those six months, then, commencing with Jan
uary and ending with June, 1801, the raw cot
ton imported into tlie United Kingdom readied
tlie amount of 0,857,857 cwt. Os these 5.874,-
435 came from the United States of America,
leaving 983,422 to be supplied from other quar
ters. Os this remainder, again, India sent 695.
542, so that only 258,480 had to lie canied to
the account of the world at large. Tlie balance,
too, can be reduced still further. As Egypt
contributed 205,915 cwt., and Brazil 52.525, ma
king together 258,480, it follows that tlie mis
cellaneous or scattered imports from all parts
of the world except those named produced but
a total of 29,400. This analysis of the account
before us will supply some very convenient
standauls of comparison. In contrasting the
years 1802 and 1803 successively wiili 1861. we
have only to look lirst to the total imports,
next to those from America, then to those from
India, then to those from Brazil and Egypt, and
finally to the balance remaining, which will
show what has beon done for us by the world
in general.
in 1862 the total drops down from nearly
7,000,000, as just stated, to little more than a
million and a half—in fact, from 6,857,857 to
1,052,733. The decline in the American con
tribution explains this at once, being nothing
less than a fall from 5,874,435 to 37,288. How
ever, this was simply what was to be expected;
let us see how far and from what quarters the
deficiency has been met. India, instead of
sending 695,532 cwt. sent us 1,001,247; and
Brazil and Egypt together, instead of sending
258,480, sent 471,764. Os the whole balance
therefore of 1,615,445 cwt. remaining to be
made up from other than American sources tlie
miscellaneous ports of the world contributed
hut 142,254 even in 1862—India. Egypt and
Brazil providing all the rest. This year the
account exliihi s similar features. The lotal
imports have increased, to an almost nominal
amount—6,B76. The world, therefore, lias up
wards of 2,000,000 cwt. to supply;and of these
India furnishes 1,204,763, and Brazil and
Egypt, between them, 565,763. It results lliaf
our miscellaneous supplies amount in the ag
gregate to 357,373.
We consider this somewhat discouraging,
because it shows how little at present the
whole world stands for. It is not that tlie
miscellaneous contributions have not actually
increased, tor they have in fact, been multi
plied above tenfold —rising from less than 30,-
000 to upwards of 300,000, But Hie thing
comes to nothing when it is done, 'ihe whole
sweep ol our great drag-net does not bring in
as much as we get from the single land of
Egypt; and this is the more remarkable from
the astonishing extent of the area included, it
seems perfectly true that cotton will grow al
most anywhere. Even in 1861, when our reli
ance was still upon America, we imported the
material from as many as thirty different coun
tries. The next year eleven new sources were
added, and sixteen'more the j ear after that. At
this minute we import raw cotton from sixty-six
different quarters, and yet, after all, our gross
supply is scarcely swelled by this multitude of
contributions. It is still upon one or two
chief sources that we depend. Jf anything
were to interfere with the Indian or Egyptian
exports, tve should have another fall. Tho
“scatterings” go for next to nothing.
Nor do we see any indication of material
change. The increase in tlie Indian export lias
been considerable and steady, no doubt, but
not large enough to putusat ou’ ease. Bombay,
tlie chief source of this supply, lias "rather
fallen off this year. It's exports rose from
656,691 cwt in 1861, to 847.480 in 1862, hut
declined to 834,200 in .1863. On tiie other
hand, Bengal has sprung up from some 5,000
to more than 150,000, and Singapore now first
appears as an humble contributor. We ob
serve too, with much interest that China which
sent nothing in 1861, and only 143 cwt. in
1862, has scut us 110,469 cwt. in the first six
months of the present year. But there are
certain items in the account which require a
good deal of explanation. The exports from
the Bahamas represent, of course, not home
produce, but cotton which had found its way to
those parts from the Confederate States, and
other contributions probably partake of the
s ime character. Still it is clear that we get
but driblets of this supply. The blockade o
the Southern ports is effective; the cotton isf
kept at home; and Lancashire, notwithstanding
all our e lorts, is prostrate inconsequence.
We do not pretend to say that any evidence
at this early period of the experiment can ho
considered conclusive. Possibly another year
may yield a very different return, but we do
not well see where to look for the improv
ment. It must be a work of time, and the
question is. whether even time will do it, for it is
juice, after all. which will determine the result.
Will India or Egypt, or any other country, or
all countries together, send us not only sutn
cient cotton, but cotton at 6d.ap !
then the trade of Lancashire will revneamn,
but if the raw material is only to be l bongl
twice that figure, then we can never
tomers for our clea as before^
We have hitherto been underselling tuc wnoie
\v e nay c m that our goods found
“ every quarter of the globe,
P nd thus our great cotton trade was created.—
tt has been suspended because cotton became
Jear and it never can be restored until cotton
becomes cheap. We have fair stores of the
material still, but our manufacturers are afraid
te work it up at the present price. That is the
history of the case, and we fear its aspect is
not much improved by the returns before us.
Even dear cotton does not reach us except in
driblets, whereas it is only cheap cotton in
abundance that will net the mills of Lanchasire
at work again.
U)I, LXXVII—NEW SERIES VOL. XXVII. NQ.4B
Sumnkh’s Late Suukch. —The editor of the
Columbus Sun has had the patience and prese
ver to wade through the late lengthy speech
made by Charles Stunners in New York city.—
lie gives a good synopsis of the same. Here
it is :
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, the same
whom Brooks, of South Carolina, once caned
in the halls of the old Congress, for his Yankee
insolence, and low breeding., recently made a
speech in the Cooper Institute New York on the
perils of foreign intervention, and in which he
undertook to expound the law of recognition,
This speech is of extraodinary length, but like
most of his productions, it contains little else
than mere abuse of slaveholders.and hiiter de
nunciations of the rebellion, in speaking of
tilt Confederate Slates, lie employs the term
“slave mongers,” and steadily avoids any other
appelation. such as our “bretberu of tlie South,
the‘‘Southern States.” or the “so called Con
federate States.’’_ He denounces the Govern
ment of England for had faith towards tlie
Abolition party now in power at the North ;
says that England first set the hall of "free
dom" in motion, that she encouraged the friends
of “liberty’’in the Northern States to wage a
war for the extermination of slavery, and that
she is now giving practical aid and comfort to
the “Rebels,” and thus seeks to perpetrate an
institution—a reiic of ancient barbarism—
against which she lias heretofore given her unit
ed influence. He is. therefore, very hitter in
liis denunciations of tlie English Cabinet, and
especially that portion of the English press
which openly advocates the immediate recog
nition of the “slave mongers’ Government.”--
He admits that according to the law of nations,
England would have a right to recognize the
Confederate Government, hut for the fact that
the “slave mongers” seek to establish a now
power inconsistent, with Christianity and the
civilisation of the present age. If the rebels
were merely seeking independence, *ntl not
endeavoring to perpetrate and extend the insti
tution of slavery, then, according to Mr. Sum
ner. the powers of Europe would have a legal
right to acknowledge the independence of the
Confeilerae .■States, and treat with them as an
established nation.
This is an important admission, when we
consider that it was made by one of the leaders
of the Administration party and Senator in the
Congress of tlie Yankee Government. It shows
that tlie Union is the pretext, and that the abo
lition of slavery the immediate object of the
war on tlie part of tlie Noitb—a fact which ev
ery- sensible loan in tlie South lias known from
the first., hut which the lloosiers of tho North
west, are slow to understand.
lie argues that the Government of France is
likewise committed against slavery by tlie trea
ty of 1807, and that whilst the Emperor would
he justifiable in tlie recognition.of the Conled
erate Government without shiveiy, lie could not
do it under present circumstances without an
open violation of the law of nations ; and that
his oflers of mediation, already made to Eng
land, are “audacious and oltbnsive" in the
highest degree, and if regarded strictly would
be a casus belli.
The whole drift and point of the speech, if it
has any point., is about this : If the Confeder
ate Government will abolish the institution ol’
slavery, then she may rightfully and legally
claim recognition by foreign powers; but iuas
nntch as the'-Statcs in rebellion” seek to es
tablish the institution of slavery, and to pro
cure its acknowledgment by the nations of the
world, 110 power can recognize the Confederate
Government without a manifest breach of in
ternational ltnv! This argument is worthy of
tlie abolition oracle who once designated the
constitution of tiie United States as a “league
with the Devil, and a covenant with Hell-” It
goes to show the policy and temper ol‘ the Ab
olition administration, and gives us a clue to
the reasons why European nations have so long
denied us tlie right of recognition.
Cotton in India. -Mr. Samuel Smith, who
was sent out from England to India to investi
gate the subject of cotton culture, in a pamph
let, thus sums up the reasons why that country
cannot compete with America in tho cultiva
tion ot cotton :
Ist. That India is not able, as a cotton grow
mg country, to supply the place of America ;
2d. That large supplies of cotton can tie drawn
from India only by excessive prices, and when
ever prices return to a normal level, the pro
duction will recede correspondingly; and _3d,
that no Hope whatever exists of India being
able to fill the void made by the stoppage of
the American cotton trade at anything like re
munerative prices to the spinner, and very lit
tle hope of her being able to provide a quality
that would suitably till tlie place of American
cotton.
Mr. Smith holds that Egypt is iu many re
spects a better cotton growing country than In
dia, and that a very considerable increase in
the ordinary supply of cotton may be.obtained
from that country.
Operations op the Patent Office.—We sub
join a list of patents issued from the Confed
erate States Patent Office from Ist duly to Ist
October, 1863, with the date of each patent;
Benjamin Cook, Kinston, N. C., explosive
apparatus, July 10.
Albert Bloomer, assignor to W. N. Smith,
Richmond, Va., fuze guage and cutter, duly
15th.
John Stilwell, Spalding, Ga., churn, July
15th.
diaries Knowlton, Talbotton, Ga., machine
for cutting shoe pegs, July 22d.
Philip E. Lovts, Augusta, Ga., projectile, July
22.1.
M. Waterhouse & W. Wheaton, Charlotte,
N. 0., varnish, duly 25th.
A. Barbarin, New Orleans, La., torpedo elec
tro-magnetic magnetic, August sth.
11. Holland, Charlotte, N. G., process of pro
ducing copperas, August Bth.
Hughes, Pendergrass & Snow, Monroe, Ga.,
loom, August lOtlu
' M. 15. Tyler, liiemnond, Va., hominy mill,
August 10th.
11. Conner, Mobile, Ala., projectile, August
22d. - -
11. Conner, Mobile, Ala., breech-loading can
non, Augnst‘22d. .
A. K Volek, Nnremburg, Baravia, design or
bnhfc of Jit. Gen. Jackson, August 251 h.
\i .} White A G. JL Leu her, Richmond, \ a.,
to
Ausiin, T..xa-, ii,ir .mci
on Ssded shoes, August 28th.
Z. McDaniel, Glasgow, Ky., torpedoes, Sep
tember cith.
Thomas Morse, Richmond, Va.,
ing fire-arm, September 10th.
E. O. Suiger, Port Lavaca, Texas, torpedo,
September 15th.
dames E. Hanger, Staunton, Va., artificial
leg, September 18th.
Z. McDaniel, Glasgow, Ky., torpedo, Septem
ber 21st.
B. 11. Washington, Hannibal, Mo., machine
for casting friction tubes, September 24th.
A writer from the late battle-field says he
never saw anything to surjiass the earnestness,
courage and constancy of our men. Even
when undergoing severe-t surgical operations,
they would manifest these qualities. -Arc you
suffering much ?” ‘‘Yes: but we hav e whipped
old Rosy, and I am satisfied,” 01 “Doctor,
don’t keep me long; I want to get 'sell quick;
so as to help drive the Yankees across the
Cumberland.” Everything augurs our trium
phant and continued success.
Sweetwater, Tenn., has been og eupied by a
large force of the Federals.
Austria and the United States. —A gentle
man in Vienna, who holds a high position ia
that city, and has from his position opportu
nities not enjoyed by others to obtain informa
tion, writes the following piece of news to a
friend iu Cincinnati, under date of Aug. 20 ;
1 can also give you a little political informa
tion. which may interest you Americana. You
will remember the Kostza affair, and toe so
called Hulaemann letter. The Austrian Gov
ernment has never forgotten nor forgiven the
insult then oft'ereil to her flag and her diplo—
plofriatic representative. The insult was given
to Austria, she thinks because her naval power
was small, and because she hail no efficient
means to resent it, and therefore has to pocket
it. They believe there that the United States
would not have done so to either France or
England.
When the first overture for the Mexican
throne came to Maximilian, who, as you know,
represents the little Austrian navy, the oiler
was accompanied by a suggestion from the
French Government that the acceptance of the
Mexican throne would in the course of events,
give its Emperor an opportunity to revenge
the wanton insult to Austria's naval flag. -
Maximilian is said to have mode the remark :
“We will yet be even with the braggart na
tion.” My informant is likely to be well in
formed, and I must say, it would indeed be
strange if, eventually, Austria would, in this
•roundabout way, take up tlie gauntlet years
ago thrown to tier.
“I am also informed that Secretary Seward
lias indicated to the Austrian Government that
Lincoln’s administration does not hold to the
position then assumed by the Webster ltulse
inann letter, and that persons having only
their first papers will not hereafter he regarded
as citizens of the United States. 1 doubt
whether this declaration lias been given by
Seward iu that formal manner which would
appease the. offended pride of Austria.”
The Virginia Resolutions.-—The following
are the resolutions unanimously adopted few a
days ago, by both branches of the Virginia
Legislature:
Whereas, The General Assembly of Virginia
did, on tlie 17th of January, 1862, adopt the
following preamble aud resolution :
Whereas, The public enmity, invited by do
mestic foes being in power in some of tlie
counties ot Virginia, where they are confisca
ting the property of loyal citizens, and other
wise oppressing them in a civil manner : And
whereas, tlie traitors there contemplating a
division of this time-honored Commonwealth,
with tlie aid of the public enemy, have set up
a pretended Government over the same, which,
under tiie force of circumstances, could not:
ho prevented by tlie timely sending of an tide
qll ato military force: And whereas, the Leg
islature desires to reassure all loyal citizens
throughout, this Commonwealth of their desire
am! intention to protect them. Therefore,
Resolved, by the Senate and House ot Dele
gates, That in no event will the State of Vir
ginia submit to or consent to the loss ol a foot
of her soil; that it is the firm determination
of the State, aud known to be that of the Con
federate Government to assert and maintain
the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State
of Virginia to the uttermost limits of her an
cient boundaries, at any and every cost.
And whereas, since the passage of said reso
lution by the General Assembly, the Govern
ment of the United States, in pursuance ot in
settled purpose to override and destroy tliesep
arale existence of the States, has attempted to
form anew State out of the State ol Virginia,
iu contravention alike of the Constitution of
tlie United States and the Constitution of the
State of Virginia, and in upholding, by tie
power of her armies, certain evil disposed and
traitorous citizens of this Slate, Who are leagued
with the said United States in their nefarious
and wicked purposes against tlie peace, wel
fare, institutions and integrity of Virginia; and
whereas, it is tho fixed and unalterable iuteu-
tion of Virginia to maintain and assert her pre
rogative, as set lorth in said resolution of the
last General Assembly, and approved by the
Confederate Congress, and to protect alike her
citizens and her soil from the machinations of
traitors within and enemies without : There
fore—
Resolved by tiie Senate and House of L>ele
gntes. That Virginia maintains, fixed aud un
alterable, the purpose and determination so
clearly set forth in the resolution of the last
General Assembly, and that this General As
sembly cordially re-adopts and sanctions tlie
same, and re-declares alike to her citizens and
the world, that it is the firm determination of
the State, and knojvn to be that of the Confer!
erate Government, to assert and maintain the
jurisdiction and sovereignty of the State of Vir
ginia to the utmost limits f>t her ancient boon
daries, at any anil every cost.
Resolved, That the Governor be requested to
present a copy of these resolutions, properly
certified, to the Congress of the Confederate
States, to convene on the 22dof Febiuary, 1864,
for their approval.
The Effects of Federal Rule.—A New Or
leans correspondent of the New York World,
gives the annexed account of the desolating
effects of Federal rule in Louisiana:
The Opelousas road runs through the richest
region in the State. . It is midsummer now ;
the ioilage is at its full development, and the
woods and fields are fatly luxuriant in leal
lite. Along the line of the track, on either
side, for the almost entire distance between
Algiers and Brashear, there is a wall of living
green, but it is a weed growth. The garden
of Louisiana has become an alligator pleasure
ground. The farms, undrained and uncnltiva
ted, arc reverting to the original swamp again.
As far as the country is concerned, its devel
opment, its return in crops, in wealth, amounts
to less than nothing. Another year of “resto
ration” will complete the ruin of the South.
One more year of this ‘‘new lite and -there
will he nothing left for the hand of death.
Louisiana has takeu a little more than hity
vears to shut out the Mississippi by leveeing
its banks, to drain aud redeem the swamp
lands, to make itself a great aud jirospeious
wealth producing State. It has required only
a few months for the “Administration” to
prepare the State for its retnm to its original
worthlessness ; to “restore” it to barbarism
to re-people it in spots, with half-breed bus.
lards ; to drive out every vestige of civilization,
and to make the paradise of the South a rank,
rotten, miasmic, alligator and moccasin swamp
ground again.
It will be some consolation, however, to the
Northern Abolition philanthropist, to know
that the negro has ceased to be a “slave,” and
that he has the fullest-‘liberty” to become a
barbarian.
It is stated that 190,000 slaves have been run
in Texas from Louisiana and Mississippi, and
yet they sell at $3,000 to S4OOO each.
A pfkofbtAte Recommendations,— The an
nexed appropriate recommendations we find
in the Richmond Sentinel. They are good
ones, and ought to be acted favorably on by
both the government and people :
WHAT THE UOVEB.VMENNT MUST DO.
Tax as high as the people can tiear. Reduce
the volume of the currency by every possible
means.
Suppress high prices by law.
WHAT THE PEOPLE MUST DO.
Pav taxes cheerfully.
Sell to the Government and the people
promptly, and at fair prices.
Be content witlAsmall profits.
Lend as much money as possible to the Gov
ernment by investing in its bonds.
Hold property and personal service at the
Call or need of the Government.