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Capo Town. Africa. it lias ]>nl>-
h lengthy account of the cniisc and fa;>-
Bs made hy tlm I’liYitfriT Alaliam t. or 2Mi,
was called. 'flu: account is made up
lie- nanali' i .l ii■ ■rs
■lUniy interesting. We civ.' bchov tl.e
portions of lh 1 Ktalemcnt The ofli
■-S consisted chief!\ of those who hail i'-rnn Hy
on tho aalbint Rule Privateer Snin'er
■ l left Liverpool ..11 the l.'iili of August, !■”oP>,
steamer it ihaina. to meet the Alan im 1.
i !i“ had genet > r< eeito In r aimamcni.
Hw, &e.
tin: 2-1 Hi of August, the command of tin:
was formally handed over by Captain
who brought her out from Liverpool.
tinmen; and the “Stars and H,rs”
flung to the wind amid the cheers of all
H DF.HCRirriOX OK TIIR SHIP.
Alabama in a flue Snip of 1010 tons; the
of keel, 210 feet; breadth of beam 82
depth of hold. 17 feet li inches; lias two
combined of.“ Off horse power, and
furnaces, eacdi below life wafer line; the
of her propeller is 11 feet, with t-vo
of runnii gll knots. She monnlw eight
Hn 8 inch shell er solid shot gun, (pivots,) and
BS <2-poundC'H of forly two hundred weight
Her inutto is Aide tn-et Duo. t’ ai-
Tt o olfieen numbered twenty, and the
H w at tills time only eighty.
■ THE OIUISE.
HOn the sth September, we caught our first
K w . 'he Ocktmilg :e, off the Azores, and con
■nued to cruise in that vicinity lor about ten
■>ys, capturing and destroying several ships of
lie enemy. From the Azores we proceeded to
lie Batiks of Newfoundland, and cr used
lienee in the direction ot New York, capturing
Ind destroying several other valuable ships.—
Imoug our seizures were the Starlight, on
ftosrd of which we found some dispatches for I
■ecretnry Seward; tt e Tonawanda, hound from !
Kc»' York to Liverpool, with 75 passengers, 40
lif whom were women; and the T. 1!. Wales,
Irom Calcutta, with au Amelias 11 consul and
Iris lady on board.
I One of the doomed vessels, tiro Levi Stur-
Ibu k, was set fire at sis o'clock in the evening,
(anil was ..us v i the granwcsi. signis ev r wit- j
messed by 11s. After the decks took fire the :
flame- sprang tv tue rigging, running from yard
to yard until it reachad the royal truck, leav
ing half tho canvass head burnt away, and form
ing one mass of gllltering stars; in a few min
u’cs afterwards the powder charges exploded,
tearing the vessel into a thousand pivots.
When within-about 250 miles of New York, |
finding we hail but four days coal on board. :
Captain Semmos bore off for th- island of Mar- j
Unique, who e he had ordered a coal ali'p to j
rendezvous. On the way we captured and de- I
gtroyed two very valuable sh ps. We reached
Martinique on tho IBt.ii November, where wo
we were received with enthusiasm by the in
habitants; but finding that our coal ship had
been there a week 01 ten days, and that the
object of her visit'was well known. Captain
gemmed sent lier out to sea again, U| pointing a
new rendezvous It was well tathe di so.
for she had u-'t been gone twenty-four hours
when Ihe United States frigate San Jaciuto
arrived.
Wo coaled at th" Island of Bhmquille, on the
Unique, WDB C mi n*i«» « '"* v ‘ r j
rendezvous. On the way wo captured and do- !
81roved two very valuable sh ps. We reached
Martinique on the 18t,h November, where wo
wo were received with entlißsiasm by the in
habitants; but finding that our coal ship bail
been there a week oi toil days, and that the
object «>f her visit‘was well known.*Captain
Semtnes sent her out to sea again, itj pointing a
new rendezvous It was wtdl tat lie di so.
for she had U"t been gone twenty-four hours
when ihe United Suites frigate San Jacinto
arrived.
Wo eoaled at th* Jelaud of Blanquill*. on tie
coast ot Venezuela, the new rendezvous ap
pointed; and here wo found a United States
whaling schooner, but torebore to raptnie her,
because of the claim of Venezuela to the bar
ren little Wand—a claim as barren as the
island, for theio was no settled population ou
It, and ot course no vestige of government.
There wore only two or thn e fishermen's huts
on the place, 'a and we put ashore, witii the
brand of Infamy a seaman named Forest, who
hi and deserted Ir an the Sumter. nnd was cap
tured on board one of our prizes; he was found
guilty ot inciting the crew to muniiy.
Desiring to strike a blow at the enemy, the
AlaliMua, after coaling, -ailed for the east end
of Cuba, in the tr.ick of the California steam
ers. On our way we captured a_d destroyed a
bark from Boston for Aux Caves; in the 7th of
November, otter lying off Cape Maise for sev
eral days, we captured the l\ S. steamer Ariel;
unfortunately outward instead o: homeward
bound. She was brought to by a shot which
strie k her mizen must. She lmd ou board
SB,OOO in United States Treasury notes, and
$1,500 In silver, and as there was tut certificate
or other pa pore on boaid claiming it as neutral
properly, it was taken possession of as prize of
war. There were 140 marines on board, with
six officers, all of wlion were disarmed and
paroled, as was also Commander Stetson, U. S.
N., who was on board. As this ship had some
730 passengers and crew, many of whom were
women and children, and It was alike impossi
ble to take hev into a neutral port, or to receive
the passengers in the Alabama, there was no
alternative but to release her under a ransom
bond of $250,000; and as wo parted company,
the passengers gave three hearty cheers for
Capt. detunes.
After this, the Alabama hove to on the north
aide of Jamica, to repair some damage which
had happened to one of her engines, and then
set out for the Accas Island, Gulf of Mexico,
when- we refilled with coal, and caulked and
repaired Bhip. liere some of our men erected
on the island an epitaph in black, "To the
memory of Abe Lincoln, who died January.
1861. of negro fever of the head." with a card
on which was written, in Spanish, instructions
to those who visit the island to forwuid tho
board to the nearest United States Consul.
ybi: attack ox banks’ fi.xbt—caftvrk or tiie
hattkra*.
After coaling at Accas, the Alabama set sail
for Galveston, and arrived there on the 14th
January, and before nightfall made out the
enemy's deet lying off the bar, consisting of
five ships of war, One of their steamer.- we
observed to get under weigh, and and come in
our direction. Capt. S-iurn. s ordered steam
to be got up. Lit kept sail on our vessel as a
decoy to entice Ge enemy’s ship sufficiently
far from the fleet to give battle. We wore
ship and stood away from the bur, permitting
Jthe enemy to approaehby slow degrees. When
[ she was sufficiently neie we took in all sail,
and wearing short round, ran up within hail.
llt was near dark, about Uo- iock. The enemy
I balled ; "What ship is thai” j\'e replied,
t “Her Majesty's steamer Perce." x| le re piy
I W }-. "I'll send abet on board.'
I We now tailed in turn to know *hat the ene-
J my wag, and when we received th> reply that
I ch« wag the L uited States steamet Hatteras,
we again hailed and informed him that we
were the Confederate steamer Alaban* ; aQ( j
»t tbs j«a« time C»rcvlo seqjnss diisstid tbe
first Lieutenant to open fire on him. This fire
was piomptiy returned, and a brisk action eu
sued, which lasted, however.ouly thirteen min
utes. as at the end of that time the enemy fired
an oil'gun and showed a light; and on being
hailed to know if he surrendered, he said lie
di and was in a sinking condition. We im
; edhttrly di-,patched boa s to his assistance,
and had just time to rescue the crew, when the
ship wen ’down. The casualties were slight on
bi/th sides, atihough the action was fought at
a distance of 15“ to 40J yards.
Our shot all told on his hull, about the wa
ter I me, and hence the small number of killed
and wounded on the part of the enemy—two
ot the former and three of the latter. We had
none killed, and on!v one wounded, although
the Alabama received several shot holes, doing
no material damage. The Hatteras wounded
eight guns and had a crew of eighteen officers
arid 108 men.
The U. S. frigate Brooklyn and another
steamer came out in pursuit soon after the ac
tion commenced, but missed 11s in the darkness
of the night. Tin vinUv..... »»*<•» to
Kingston, Jamaic >, where tl.e prisoners were
landed on the 20th January, and we repaired
damages and coaled, and on the 25th proceed
ed again to sea.
THE CHVISE COXTINUKD.
The Alabama next touched at Ft. Domingo,
am the 28ili, to laud two captured crews, and
sailed again next day for tin: equator, thence
for the island of Fernando de Noronha ; thence
to Bahia, wheio same difficulties arose in 10-
ga.rd to taking in coal. The matter was de
cided by (/Hpt. Femmes directing the coal ship
to meet him at Suldanah Bay, Cape of Good
Hope.
On our passage to the Cape we captured the
8. Gildei.sleeve, the Justina, Jahez, Snow, Ama
zonian, Talisman, Gourad, A. F. Schmidt aud
Express—all valuable prizes, except the Jus
tina, which, being a Baltimore ship, was ran
somed, and a number of the crews of the other
vessels were transferred to her. The Amazo
niun attempted to elude us, but w r e gave chase,
and while live miles distant, from her, fired our
rifled gun, with a' educed charge 1 f seven lbs.
powder and a 100 pound snot, at an extreme
elevation, which crossed her bows, and she
scow clewed her courses and hove 10.
Tho Conrad which we captured was a fine
bark, and we tttt and her out as a tender to the
Alabama The vessel was named ilia Tusca
loosa, and commissioned at sea on the 21st
June. The c nnmand was given to Lieutenant
Lowe, an excellent officer, with fifteen men ;
she was provided with two brass rilled twelve
pounders, pistols, rifles and ammunition, and
having provisions for three months, was order
ed to cmise in the directi jn of the Cape. We
then made for Sahlanah Bay, where we an
chored and repaired ship, expecting to meet
the coal vessel ; but nothing could he seen of
her, and we supposed she must have met wiili
some mishap.
From Saldanah Bay we came round to Tabic
Bay, and spied the American bark Sea Bride
standing into port, outside of all headlands and
at a distance from the in a nlatul. As we ap
proached her, our officers were directed by the
captain to make observation of the distance,
and they all agreed that the capture was made
from Iwo to three miles outside ot the ufariiie
league.
THE CAFrU.'ES.
The total number of our captures lias been
fifty-six ships, by which we estimate the dam
age to the mcmy to he not less than four mil
suits of the cruise in the way of 10-s of freights,
high war insurance, and numerous sales ot ene
my's ships to put them under neutrrl flags. In
no instance, however, have we destroyed a ship
where the proof was complete that the cargo
was neutral—though there have been some
awkward attempts on the part of unscrupulous
merchants to cover properly —but when such
were destroyed the proof of the fraud was ap
parent on tho papers.
The Cotton Mania ai New Orleans. — A
New Orleans correspondent o! tho New York
Herald, writing under date of Oct. l.">, speaks
thus of the Cottou mania prevailing in that
city :
The cotton mania rages with unabated fury.
Cottou dealers and speculators trie daily ar
riving from Ihe North and West g.> that it in s
passed into an aphorism that there is a dealer
in every bail of ibe much sought for staple.'] he
consequences of all this is to onhance tho
price of cotton, ruin the discount and domes
tic exchange, and increase the value of‘•green
backs;'’ the local banks charging from one to
one anil a half per cent, premium for legal ton
der notes and currency. Go where you nr iv,
at tho hotel tables, pbblic walks, social circle
or elsewhere, the conversation turns on cotton,
cotton. Thd private dealer de der has little or
no opportunity for a fair trade unless he has
the run ot the trading "r ing." which is as well
organized bore to make money for the initiated
ss the alderman's "ling" is in New York.
Tho nation would be astounded were one half
of toe otlicial speculation from which quick
fortunes are made, ventilated.
. On this subject I will relate a fact to show
that a threat of exposure has made at lea t
some of the guilty parties afraid of Damocles'
sword. An educated and enterprising individ
ual a few months ngo commenced collecting
facts of the official corruption of the military
and civil departments, lie pursued his iuves
tigations unremittingly until a short lime ago,
in which time ho accumulated voluminous tes
timony. lie was about putting it in tho hands
of a New York publisher, when the parties on
whom it reflected heard of tho threatened ex
posure. They sought out the compiler of the
testimony, had a private interview with him.
and so impressed his hand and his mind as toi
make him forego the publication of this book,
ffiie author of the expose, in a conversation in
the rotunda of the St. Charles the other day.
remarked that he had made a good thing of
his operation and still kept "his" ofli ials in
terror. One of the local papers offered a
large sum of money for tho manuscript of this
desirable document.
The Battle Grounds in Virginia. —A cor
respondent of the Raleigh Progress, who has
paid the battle grounds of Virginia a visit,
gives the annexed description of their present
appearance;
I have traveled over many miles of Culpep
per and adjoining counties, once blooming as a
garden but now,as far as the iye can reach,is
one wide waste and desolation. The Yankees
have destroyed nearly everything The pal
ace and the negro quarter* ive torn from their
foundations to furnish material for their win
ter quarters; the fences are all burned the
luxuriant fields no long r wave with cultiva
ted crops; not a cow. or a horse or a four-foot
ed beast of any kind, is left to disturb the
melancholy silence. Even the birds seem to
havo taken their flight to climes fill tiler
South. Now and then an old dilapidated
house from which some old man or woman
will issue a- you pass to tell their doleful
story ot Yankee barbarity and cruelty or some
amusing incident which occurred in Meade's
rapid flight bet ore our forces. Thn town of
Culpepper Is gloomy indeed in its appearance
now. so completely is it despoiled ot its ori ;i
--nal beauty anil wealth. I here fonaed the ac
quaintance ot the Rev. Mr. Stone, whose wife
the Yankees fired upon standing in her own
door with several other ladies, one shot stri
king Mrs Stone and passing through a limb,
and several other balls striking around tie
door facing where the ladies stood. The pen
pie who are left h“re, the ladies particularly,
are brave and patriotic to a fault, and harassed
the enemy ao Uttic while encamped among
AUGUSTA, GA, WEDNESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 3, 1863.
From ihe Rklvn'md Chrifliun Advocate.
LBTfBH tIH'M 81-HOP 'VRU" OF THE
AUSTHOD feT I«tMsC PAL CHtfKCH.
Ft mmeijhet r>, Au., Oct. 1863.
Peak Bko. : Through the Divine Mercy we
are thus far safe from inva-ion by our enemies i
But who can teii what a day may bring forth ?
Hundreds and thosands of refugees from
Mississippi and Tennessee have been passing
through this country ; many of them have
st-pped in this neighborhood, whenever they
can find houses, but the greater part of then. l
seem to be aiming for Georgia. From them
we have accounts of the conduct of our Feder
al t nemies which are not at all calculated to
increase our love for them, or our disposition
so bo again united with i hem. The stories of
desolat 'd homes, outraged women, and hea-t
--less cozdnct generally i 1 the treatment of help
less women and children, is painfully distress
ing ; and whenever the events of this cruel
war sbal! be faithfully c hronicled. I venture to
say, it will eonstituie one of the darkest, chap
ters in the history of savage warfare. Perlmps
nothing better couM t»r expected oF tlieir com
mon soidieis, many of ah .m were formerly in
mates of foreign poor houses and prisons and
tiie scum and offscourings of foreign lauds
gener. 11 y. as well as the scum of the Northern
Staies picked lip from tlieir prisons and the
purlieus of th. ir towns ; but J had supposed
that their commanding oifi ers, at least, were
many ot them gentlemen, anil would repress
any such outrages of their men ; but it would
seem that in the progress, of events, officers
have Im lied up very larely, or if perchance,
such an one is found in charge of any particu
lar department, lie is speedily removed to make
way for a Butler, who will be suit' to allow the
rebels no favor, and are therefore no 11 more
afti r Mr. IJncol i's own heart.
The pretensions of Union and the Constitu
tion a; e pretty well “played out,’’ and they
are now beginning boldly to avow what has no
doubt been their aim all dong—the destruction
of tho white population of the South, and to
turn the blacks loose to live and starve aft -r
the whites are murdered The estates thus ta
ken from the rightful owners are to be divided
out among the soldiers as a reward for their
b:utality, or else they will be confiscated, and
soiil. and Ihe proceed.- go to the payment of the
heavy debt incurred in accomplishing our sub
jugation. This has, no doubt, been the aim
all the while, and is probably one reason why
they plunged lliei: government so hopelessly
in debt. 'They intend lur property shall pay
the war expeus, s, besides rewarding their sol
diers with farm- aud other things lo match.
But their treatment of the poor negroes is per
haps, one of the meanest of tlieir actions. They
have announr ed themselves as the friends of
the s : ave, coming to break his chains f.n I make
him a freeman, and hy fair promises ihey have
induced thousands of slaves to leave good
homes where they were kindly treated, and
when the negio was unwilling to go with them
they have bound him with chains or cords, and
have carried him off by violence, and frequent
ly have torn the husband from tne wife anil the
mother from the children. And what has be
come of the negroes thus to u Irom-their homes
and those that have been their best friends ?
They have forced them out into the army, arm
ed them with Yankee . weapon-,. and forced
them on in the front ranks in the and tv of battle,
where hundreds and thousands of them perish.
When any negro, after having tried liis new
friends, wishes to return lo his master, and
makes the attempt, he is shot down like a
dog, under pretext that militarv law requires
it ! But what, becomes of these who are not fit
for the army, the women amt lire children and
those who are helpless from age or other cir
cumstances ! They are thrust into camps or
pens where they sicken and die by thousands,
without a being to care for or give them a de
cent burial.
Now the real object of the Yankees is not to
benefit the slave, lint to min his master. Snell,
indeed, was the distinct avowal of one of their
commanders, on the much to Vicksburg,when
a lady, whose p.operty he had taken away,
was expostulating with him and said some
thing about their fighting for the negro:
“Madam,” said lie, “we aro not doing this be
cause we care for the negro, but because it
will inj ire the whites and thereby weaken the
cause of the rebellion.’’ Such is, no doubt,
the true motive of their conduct. They care
nothing for tlie negro, whether he lives or dies,
goes to heaven or hell ; in fact, 1 think the New
York Evening Post, some time ago indicated as
the result of these movements, tiro utter exter
mination of the blacks In :his country, and the
entire occupai cy of the land by tlie wiiites,
and no doubt this is the consummation for
which th y pray. In addition to all this, it is
currently, and I think reliably, reported, that
many ol the slaves stolon or forced from South
ern masters, have been sent to the Island of
Cuba and there sold into slavery. What a view
does this give of tin character of these great
“friends of the poor negro’’’ And yet these
are the people who ae lauded and glorified
In- tho abolitionists of this country and Eng
land.
Alas! for the fair fields of Mississippi and
every portion of our Confederacy which shall
fall under Yankee dominion. And yet 1 see,
that some people among us who have been
great warriors at home, ind who have kept all
the while away from the smell of gunpowder,
have absurdly talked of reconstruction, or at
least peace ou any tuns. The men who are
defending us, anil who have sealed their pro
fessions of natriotism with their blood, in
many hurdfuught fields, are not tho men who
talked thus. But, Mr. Editor, our prou l toe
lias left us no alternative except to light! Can
we ever affiliate with men who have desolated
our homes, outraged our wives and daughters,
desecrated our churches, imprisoned our
preachers? 'Can we trust the-fair promises of
such men? lint it is not their purpose to even
promise to us anything honorable. They offer
us but tho alternative of death or subjugation.
Can we hesitate as honorable men and Chris
tians which to choose?
Jambs O. Andrew.
IV ills Yali sy.— Tiie Macon Telegraph gives
an interesting account of an interview with
Mr. Nisbet, who was within the Federal lines
for two weeks in Wills’ Valley, during Rose
craus' advance in that direction. We make
some extracts from Mr. N.'s statements :
Mr. Nisbet says he was fully assured that all
his possessions in Wills' Valley were confiscated,
anil he states that the army is accompanied by
registry men who take down the names of the
residents and numbers of their laud, which me
returned to Brownlow in Knoxville, who is
Chief Confisfiator for East Tennessee and Geor
gia, and feels sure of the job of selling out
every property owner within these jurisdic
tions. Ihe popular idea in Rosecrans’ army,
was to oust the owners ot' the soil—drive the
negroes into the Atlantic and the Gulf, and di
vide the broad acres among the virtuous and
happy Dutch, Irish and Koosicrs who composed
that indomitable phalanx. And when they
left ids quarters, before the battle of Chica
mauga. they wi re infullbelief thatthev should
do this aud much more during the winter.
They expected to take possession of the whole
county,—Sana on i capture Charleston, Savan
nah and Mobile, and ship out of those ports
cotton enough to strengtban Secretary Chase's
bank accounts. With his experience of Fede
ral policy and knowledge of what they propose
to do in Geoigia. it i? something wonderful to
hear people down this wry groaning about
“ impressments. Ihe only possible chance to
s eve anything is to back up Gen. Bragg at any
personal sactif.ce with supplies and men. If
the people of Georgia fail to do their whole
duty in furnishing bread and meat to that army,
they may prepare their minds to surrender
everything they have got in the world to the
Northern robbers, for nothing is more certain
than a universal sweep, so soon as the Federate
caa make it, U that time ever comes.
Napoi r ox’s Position towajlds Russia, Aus
tria, AND Esc LAND, ON TUB I'OLISH QdKSTIOX. —
The Memorial Diplomatique, of October 24,
publishes the following analysis of tho dispatch
sent by M. Drouyn de I/buye to the Ambassa
dors of France in London aud Vienna upon the
20th Jane lat, and of the dispatch forwarded
upon the following day to the Due de Grauront:
Iu tbo first dispatch the Uabiu'et considers
the preliminary agreement of the three Courts
as a gauze of moderation anti strength, be
cause, although it imposes upon them too ne
cessity ot proceeding hy way of compromise, it
adds to the authority of their language ; it
shows them united iu the pursuit of the same
end. ’
It is as useful as necessary to maintain this
solidiarity which, in addition, presents a gua
nmiee of security for Austria, most exposed by
her geographical position.
Tlie dignity of the lliree Powers which sign
ed the notes of April iO. ah<l tlio gravity of (he
interests which they (lefeud, render it a duty
to foresee the eventualhy of non-success, which
might either occur from a direct refusal upon
the part of Russia, or a negative result of the
conference of the Powers which signed the final
act of 1815, then suggested to be held at Brus
sels.
For this purpose it would be requisite to
a >ree upon the wording of a diplomatic net
either in the form of a convention or a proto
col. By means of this document tho three
Courts would solemnly renew tlieir engage
ment to place Poland In the conditions of a
solid and durable peace, and to reunite their
efforts to attain the common end in case of
methods of persuasion being exhausted with
out result.
In the dispatch dated June 21, which the Due
de Oramoot rend two days afterwards to Count
Rechberg, the French Cabinet declared that it
fully understood the circumspection which pru
dence rendered necessary for the Court of Vi
enna in the Polish questiou. France was far
from attributing to Austria any idea of timidi
ty, which was as nnsuiled to so groat a Power
us it was incompatible with the lofty character
of its Emperor.
Being tlm nearest to the theatre of war, Aus
tria, more than any o’her Power, was forced to
take counsel with herself, and weigh her reso
lution before acting. Tlie dignity of the three
Courts demanded firm maintenance of their pro
posals.
France was, above all, guided by the desire’
of assuring to Austria all the assistance upon
which it would be useful for her to be able to
reckon in every eventuality. > .
The surest method of causing the balance to
incline in favor of an amicable and proximate
solution was to throw in the negotiations the
weight of common will. This agreement was
and would remain a guarantee of peace.
France was ready to assume every obligation
of furnishing to Austria the guarantee and as
sistance which she would have a right to re
quire in case of her geographical position expo
sing her to disadvantage. In proposing to link
mutual interests ti.mly together theGovermnent
of the Emperor wished to offer her every secu
rity whica her interests could desiie.
“These two French-dispatches, ’•’ concludes
the Material Diplotnutiqe, “in spite of the re
moteness of tlieir date of more than four montl s
back, still preserve g'eat actual interests. They
not only g : ve the key. of the re*l state of the
Polish quesli'-n, but they still constitute the
most striking justification of tlie policy followed
by the Cabinet of the Tuillrics in the anterior
m-gultattOUs ’’
Perusal of these two diplomatic papers estab
lishes with the utmost possible clearness that
even at the time when the Ihroo courts which
signed the notes o' April 10th presented the
programme of the six points for the acceptance
of Russia, the Government ot tho Empeior wns
not under any illusion as to tlie veritable dis
position of the Court of St. Petersburg.
Decisions of tub Supreme Coi nr at Nov.
Term, LS(!3, in MiLi.EDiiEMi.Ui. —lst. A soldier
who becomes a contractor with the I*. O. De
partment for carrying mails over a route more
than ten miles long is ijjso facto discharged
from the army, because he is exempt by tho Act
of Congress, which applies as well to those
thereafter becoming contractors, as to those
who were so at the passage of the act. This
seems to be so upon principle, apart from tho
exemption act ; for the Government is a unit,
and if a man is by contract bound to serve it as
mail carrier, it cannot also claim military set
vice from hirn-at the same time.
2d. Persons ixempt from conscription by
reason of substitution were not thereby exempt
from draft under the proclamation of tho Gov
ernor, kc., for State defence.
3d. Will directed that the estate should be
kept together during wife's widowhood and
the minority of the children, each child to draw
It's share except 25 per cent., upon his arrival
at manhood, the object being to raise and edu
cate the children out of the proceeds of the es
tate. Held that, proceeds was not necessarily
confined to annual profits, and if it was made
appear that the object of the bequest could not
otherwise bo carried out, the property might
be sold to carry them out.
4. The Legislature authorized the Savannah,
Albany and Gulf Railroad Cos to extend their
road from a point at or in t,ecity of Savannah
to Tybee Island. The Company were authorized
by the Mayor and Council of Savannah to run
sai l roail in the centre of Randolph street along
its entire length to the river, they saving the
city from damages. The Company proceeded
to build this extension 16 feet wide in the cen
tre of said street, so as to leave but 12 feet on
each side of this railroad between it and the
sidewalks. At the instance of lot owners upon
this street, and lor the reason 'a»t stated only,
the Court below enjoined it. The Court affirm
ed the judgment, but upon the broader ground
that tiie Mayor and Council of Savannah were
trustees who had no authority to sell the city
streets without a direct authority from the Le
gislature. Even if that were not so, the injunc
tion was properly grnuted, liecause not only
was the street there obstructed, but in some
places covered by embankments, 12 feet hiah,
and in other places ruined by cuts, 25 feet
deep; and besides all this, the record showed
that this line was not going towards Tybee Isl
and. and that that island could not be reached
except by a deflection at right angles from this
5. Toe New Manchester Manufacturing Cos.
(Sweetwater Factory, in Campbell co., Ga.),
made a return of net profits and capital inves
ted whereby it appeared that they had made
40 per cent. The Tax Collector, suspecting it
was not a fair return, had assessors appointed
by the Inferior Court, who upon investigation,
returned the net income at about 10 per cent
more upon the capital than was given in. But
the assessors added to their return, “In our
judgment, no fraud intended by the Company
Thereupon injunction was granted against the
tax collector to keep him from issuing fifa for
the double tax. The bill alleged that not on
lv the assessors had made a mistake, but that
they themselves had returned too much as
profits, and prayed injunction till these mu
tates whic* l made a difference of about $5,-
1500 00 in the tax, should be corrected. To
1 th’s bill demurrer was filed and over ruled.
! The Snnreroe Court moved the Court below
! oulered bill dismissed and tax collector to pro-
I coc ,i putting their decision on bee. 5115 New
Code’—“No reverse shall lie or any judicial
, interference be bad in any levy or distress for
taxes under the provisions of this code,” Ac.—
Cor- Atlanta hntdligeivyr.
The Northern papers announce in prepara
! tion and to be soon forthcoming, the life of
Butler It is being written by James Parton,
i ihe same fellow who, some years ago, wrote
I the life of Horace Greeley. If the truth is
! told, Butler will have a biography equal in
! point gs siiae to U»t of aoy robber or ptate.
TaiATMBKT os Pblsonhks or Wab. —The Yan
kee papers aro loud and furious just now In
their denunciation of tho Confederate authori
ties for alleged maltreatment of the prisoners
of war. We have replied, remarks the Rich
mond Whig, as far as we thought proper to
their groundless complaints and slanderous
obarges. The question is not one for argument
with them, and it makes but little difference
whether they are pleased or not with the treat
ment received by these captives. We advert
to tho subject for the purpose of pntting on re
cord, in perpetual memory, evidence of the
character and conduct of those who thus rail
against the Confederate authorities. Here is a
narrative embracing specifications which it
would have been easy to disprove if they were
false, but which, though published some mouths
ago, remain without disproof or even denial
that we have ever seen or heard of. It is the
account of a member of Bragg’s army, furnish
ed to the Memphis Appeal, of his axperience iu
the Yankee prison at Alton, Illinois :
The Alton penitentiary was, some three or
four years ago, condemned by the State author
ities as totally unfit for criminals even. Yet
thirteen hundred officers and privates, two hun
dred of which had the small pox, were confined
in the basement, five feet Inflow the ground, al
most shut off from daylight, sunshine and air
—stone floor covered with water trickling from
the walls on either side, aud mid winter as it
was, the only provision for lire was a small
stove to eight meu. Tlie berths were after the
fashion of horse stalls, one above the other,
with a passage so narrow as barely to admit of
one person passing at a time —and soon there
was an average of more than every other berth
occupied by some unfortunate Confederate
with the small pox—aud as fust as they died,
others from St. Louis prisons supplied their
places. During January the average of deaths
reached for a time eight, and eventually thir
teen per day; and in February tlie mortality
became so great, aud burying Confederates be
came such a tax to the government and so lu
crative to the undertaker, that the com zander
of the prison adveitised in one of Ihe Alton pa
pers, “Proposals for burying tlio Confederates
will be received and let to the lowest bidder.’’
This same enterprising undertaker was detected
by one Os our number, who suspected him, and
privately marked one -of the coffins, in the
work of “Yaukee swindling,’’ by closing the
coffin in the “dead room,’’ and on arriving at
the cemetery would dump the coi rso into the
grave, and return the same coffin for another
subject, until nine had thus .been buried, and
he of course receiving pay for nine coffins,
when he really supplied but one.
The quantity of rations supplied us was in
sufficient to meet the requirements of the well,
and altogether unfit for tlie sick. Well men
would go to the sweepings of the prison di iing
room and gather up scraps of bread and meat
and eat them with a perfect relish; aud of the
sick, those of fliem that were fortunate enough
to recover were supplied by their fellow prison
era with rats, which they killed and prepared
with their own hands.
No record of the dead was kept until Februa
ry. One of the officers of my room wrote to
General Curtis, commanding at St. Louis, re
questing that inasmuch as the small pox was
raging to such an extent, would he not order
that we might be sent to some other prison.—
Ills reply was, that “under tiie circumstances,
lie would advise immediate vaccination.’’ Uu
riug tbo prevalence of small pox, besides pneu
monia, erysipelas and diptheriu, the scoundrels
wou'd propose to release any who would take
the oath. Believing it to be between the oath
and death, they availed themselves of the con
temptible proposition.
Tub Affair at Rogkrsvili.e.— The Lynch
burg Virginian contains the following interest
ing account of the recent, success of the Con
federate forces at Rogers vllle :
From members ot the guard, who brought
down the prisoners captured in East Tennes
see, on Friday last, we have some particulars
of the afiair at ltogursvillo, which will be read
with interest,
It seems that Gen. Wrn.E. Jones, who com
manded the expedition, learning.that a force
of tho enemy was at Uogersvillo, determined to
effect their capture, and with this purpose ad
vanced upon the placo with his own and a
brigade commanded by Col. Giltner, Upon
getting within a few miles of the town, he sent
on a small portion of his command to make the
attack, and conceal his main body in tho woods.
The attacking party, which the Federate great
ly outnumbered, were ordered to bring on a
fight and then Tetreat, as though they had only
alter the commencement of the engagement
found that they were outnumbered. The ruse
succeeded admirably, our small force retiring
and being pursued by the enemy until they
got past the place of concealment of our main
body, who suddenly, and if by magic, closed in
upon their rear, while those who were retreat
ing stopped their apparently hurried flight and
offered battle. The contest was soon over,
for, surrounded on all sides and attacked si
multaneously iu front and rear and on both
flanks, no recourse was left the enemy but to
snrrender unconditionally, which they did.
Eight of their dead were found on the field,
aud about thirty wounded, the number sur
rendering being eight hundred and eighty
four, of whom about one hundred are sa.d to
have escaped while ou the march to Bristol.
A fine battery of four pieces of artillery, six
hundred horses, nine hundred mules, and fifty
eight wagons, with a quantity of ammunition
and quartermasters’ and commissary stoics,
wore tho fruits of this admirably planned and
brilliantly executed affair ; all effected with
the loss of two men killed and two wounded—
none missing.
Tkiity-three commissioned officers, the high
est in rank among them being Major ’Carpen
ter, of the 2d Tennessee cavalry, aud seven
hundred and two privates, of the 2d Tennessee
and 7th Ohio. The prisoners taken at the time
were sent from here yesterday to Richmond.
A Grasd Cavalry Review. —A correspond
ent from the army of Northern Virginia, de
scribes a review of Stuait’s cavalry by General
Lee:
A grand review of two Divisions—Hamp
ton’s and Fitzhugh Lee's—of Stuart’s cavalry,
took place _ Thursday in a large field near
Brandy Station, the spectacle represented be
ing more imposin' than the review of infantry,
had some time since at Orange Court house.
Gen. Lee, as usual, first passed along iu front
and rear of the extensive lines of hoises and
men, anil then coming back to the Gtneral’s
stand point, the two Divisions passed in review
before him, the men presenting a good appear
ance, and the horses, considering the service
they have lately undergone, looking remarka
bly well. But the grandest feature of the day
•was still to come off; for General Stuai t desi
ring to show the knowledge that this branch
of t»ur service had gained in their many en
gagement# with the enemy, ordered the col
umn to pass a second time in front of General
Lee. As the head of the column arrived vrith
ia a given space of the stand point, a bugle
was sounded, and General Stuart and staff.
with swords dtawn, dash with impetuous
speed—in memory of the Knights ot ancient
days—past General Lee, the gallant Stuart as
he passes, giving a cut and pass with his sword,
that would have done jnstice to the best
swordsman of the age. And now as each col
umn arrives at the same point, the bugle is
sounded, and with sabres drawn the men dash
in a grand charge past, yelling like demoas
the meanwhile.
The Federal troops have pillaged every hoqge
every towa in ratal Ewt I«m*uee, '
VOL. LXXVII—NEW SERIES VOL. XXV-il. 'fto.4B
Ahstrancbs or History. —The Rev. Mr. Ren*
free, chaplain of the Tenth Alabama Regi
ment, on Fast Day last, preached, a sermon
from the text, “The Battle is God’s.’’ It has
keea published. The Richmond Y> big thus
speaks of it:
The author quotes the remark of Victor
Cousin, that “History proves, even when
viewed from a human stand-point, that wars al
ways terminate just as they should, and that
their results are always fall of blessings for
coming generations"—aud the follbwing pas
sage from Sir William Temple’s Essay on Ile
roie Virtue: “Tho second observation I shall
make on the subject of victory and conquest is.
that they have in general been made by the
smaller numbers over the greater; against
which I do not remember any exception in all
the famous batths registered in story, except
ing that of Tamerlane and Bajazet.’’ In proof
of the general correctness of this observation,
the speaker says the Persian army under Cyrus
was but a handful when compared with the
vast multitude of Assyrians, over which they
were completely victorious. And afterwards
these victorious Persians, with an anuy ot six
hundred thousand, were beaten by the Macedo
nians, who were never more than forty thou
sand strong. Tho little Athenian army ot ten
thousand, fighting for their liberty and inde
pendence, 03 wc are, drove back and overcame
one hundred and twenty thousand Persians at
Marathon. In all the f vinous victories of the
Lacedemonians, they never had over twelve
thousand soldiers at any time, though their
enemies had often twenty times that number.
Aliqost every one of the celebrated victories
of tho Romans was achieved over far greater
numbers than themselves. Tho great Ciesm’s
armies, whether in Plmrsalia, Gaul or Ger
many, were in no proportion to those conquer
ed by him. The army of Marius was never
over forty thousand, while that of the Cimbres,
which he conquered, was three hundred thou
sand. The famous victories of Etius and Beli
sarius, over the barbarous Northern nations,
were won with numbers astonishingly small.
The same is true of the first great victories o'
the Turks over the Persian Kingdom, a.d of
the Tartars over the Chinese. Iu all the immor
tal victories ot tire renowned Scanderbeg over
the Turks, he never brought together more
than sixteen thousand men, though his ene
mies often numbered over a hundred thousand
To come down to later times, the English vic
tories at Cressy and Agincourt, so famous in
history, were gained with incredible disadvan
tages in numbers. The same is true of the
great victories of Charles the VIII., in Italy; of
Henry the IY., in France; of Gustavus Adol
phus, in Germany; and of Charles tlie XIL, of
Sweden, til Denmark, Poland aud Muscovy.
Tlie King of Poland, who had an army of
twenly-four thousand, wns defeated and driven
from his throne hy a force less than twelve
thousand; and the Russian army of eighty
thousand was beaten by him with a little army
of only eight thousand. Nor must we forget
the fate of tho great Napoleon in Russia. He
invaded that country with an ar.ny of six hun
dred and thirty thousand soldiers, and was
finally completely vanquished, and driven out
of tho country, although the Russians had
never over two hundred and fifty thousand
men in the field at any one time.
IXTERB-iTIXG IxCIDKNIS Or TUB BATTLE OF
Chicamauga. —The Cbariieston Courier says a
young officer of Memphfar, Temi., now in Ec
tor’s Brigade, gives to iris father in this .city
tbo following history of what must have been
n very exciting period of tv few moments in the
Southern army on the Sunday evening of that
memorable light. lie says :
Late on Sunday afternot-m. the enemy having
been driven from his entrenchments, our entire
army paused, as though to view and meditate
upon the desperate work it had just accom
plished. There was a lull us if both armies
were tired of that terrible strife nml carnage.
Suddenly, miles away on our extreme right,
Hood’s boys sent a shout—a shout of triumph,
solid, invigorating, unmistakable. ’Twas pe
culiar to Southern troops, and all instantly
knew what it meant. Quickly it was caught
up by the next command, and the next, and
thus, 'frith Increased volume, it passed on to
the left. Each command,in its turn, caught up
tiie refrain and added to the chorus, none drop
Cing it. however, and soon those old woods aud
ills rang again frith the spirit-stirring yell.—
Imagine, if you can, the electrio thrill that ran
through the nerves of such an army as ours.
After a long day of lmrd fighting the dull roar
of canucn turned to the sharp rattle of mus
ketry aud this followed by that triumphant
chorus of humau voices. None can describe
the electric, thrilling effect of this Southern an
them as it echoed among (those grand old
mountains. It touched the sublime, and doubt
less accelerated the retiograde movement of
the foe. 'Twas as if some old King of the forest,
after a hard fought, but victorious field, had
shaken his terrible Uiane, and made his native
woods tremble again with his defiant roar.
Another incident is told of Ector’s brigade in
Saturday’s light. It had stood the brunt of the
fighting with Thomas’ corps for several hours,
but was likely to he eventually driven back.
Two gallant brigades from Mississippi had been
terribly cut up in their at.empts to relieve it,
and the officer commanding one of them sent
word to Ector to retreat by tiie right flank as
the sole chance of saving himself. The mes
sage was delivered, and ihe advice urged.—
“No,” said Ector, “to retreat now will be to
be slaughtered. Wo must charge and then re
treat as we best can.” This brigade (Ector’s)
is mostly Texans. They did charge with that
wild yell that is alarming to Yankees, mid, us
Ector hoped, tho latter gave way. He extri
cated his men from their perilous positions;
and just then Cheatham, with bis gallant Ten
nesseeans, came on, sweeping everything be
fore him, and the day was won.
A Pious Yankee Chaplain. —The following
is an extaact from a letter written hy an Aboli
tion Chaplain connected with Lincoln’s Army
of Virginia, to liis friend and brother preacher,
located at some other point. The letter was
captured along with other mail matter, when
Capt. Enrigh “took’’ tho United States mail be
tween Burlington and Williamspoit the other
week. The letter is dated
“Camp nbar Romney, Oct. 11, 18C3.
“All quiet on the Potomac. Rosecranzis all
right. Avery sanguinary battle will come oft’
at or near Chattanooga before long. Oh ! for
success. I now believe we shall have it. And
O for a little more ‘Greek lire’ to be rained
upon Charleston, that sink of inquity ! As fire
and brimstone was the remedy tor Sodom anil
Gomorrah, so is ‘Greek fire’ the remedy, and a
very befitting one, too, for that nest and hot
bed of rebellion. Burn it to the ground, and
the inhabitants along with it if they choose tc
remain in it; then raise its very foundations
until one stone shall not be left upon another,
and then rear a hecatomb of skulls ou its ruins
t> tell to generations following the folly and
wickedness of its former inhabitants. And so
mote it be.’ ’
The Right Spirit.— We learn from good au
thority, that throughout South Carolina a rule
is very generally observed which is worthy of
imitation. Soldiers’ families are supported by the
several counties, but when they
the invariabie priM to ffiemj* h *J/ 0 loht their
Mopwty!the price is two dollars and a half per
ChS, whilethose refugees who either have
their negroes, or have not saffered se
!^eiy, the price charged is five dollars r This is
I just discrimination, founded i» ju*tjce, ftfld
GEORGIY L’ (iISLYTITISK '•
SI’KCI AI, C0RI! guROXICLE ifc SKNTINE L
rt*ltk. /
MILLKDGK.Vn.LR,
In the Senate this morning a motion was
made to n consider a lost bill to prevent gam
bling. A lengthy discussion ensued, in which
tlie evils of gaming were -forcibly stated. The
opponents of the lull were by no means the
apologists for this detestable vice, but did not
think the provisions of the bill practicable ami
wise. The motion to reconsider prevailed.
The following bills were read a first time’: a
bill to change the penalty for simple larcfny
in sums under $20 —makes it imprisonment in
jail ; to prevent and punish persons for milking
range cows.
The toliowing House bills we;e passed : ti
bill to amend the charter of Spring Place ; to
amend the oaths of notaries public ; to exempt
persons from taxation who have been driven
from their homes ; to repeal the act compen
sating maiV'gers of elections in Mclntosh
county; to amend the charter of the city of
Atlanta.
Tho following were lost: a bill Urfunend
the 2d and 3d seeli ns Kith division of Code;
lo amend the penal code—relates to pleas of
insanity transferring parties to Insane Asy
lum ; resolution to pievent the impressment of
breeding cattle ; House resolution requesting
the disbandment of the State Gumd—debated
and lost.
HOUSE.
. S.m hday A. M., Nov. 21.
The following bills were passed : a bill to
prevent the sale for slaughter of stock cattle
and sheep - prohibits the slaughter of breeding
cows or ewes ; to fepea 1 the ti.’iod section of
Code—relates to Bead Commissioners: to al
low Attorneys to i-sue, subpoenas and com
missions for inter'ogatories in certain cases ;
lo allow'ordinaries to draw the portion of tbo
school fund to which tlieir respective counties
are. entitled—a substitute was offered which
pass- and ; ti> ailow the Governor to appoint cer
tain Staff officers ; to amend the Istith section
of Code in ref- ivnee to. taxing defaulting tax
payers - provides that any person failing to re
turn all taxable property shall be double tax
ed for the first offence, and for the second tax
ed fourfold, and*so’oh from year to year in
like r.iti’s; to incorporate the Fons derate Coal.
Mining Company ; to appoint a Committee to
examine into the condition of the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum and report to next session ; to
authorize and legulate the voting of all sol
diers ; to increase the salaries ol curiam offi
cers—makes the salaries of Comptroller Gene
ral, Treasurer and Secretary of State $3,000,
and of the Governor’s Secretary $2,500, to b«»
assessed in Confederate currency; for tlio re
lief ot the banks from the penalties of suspen
sion until after a treaty of pence is ratified.
The follow ing were lost: a bill for tlie elec
tion of the officers of the tire companies in Sa
vannah ; to regulate continuances; to } r :scribo
the mode of assigning (lower ; to establish an
election precinct at Millcn—reject jd for uncon
stitutionality.
A bill to increase the pay of all officers and
soldiers. A substitute was offered, and tlm
whole was lvf. iled to a committee of eleven.
A resolution to proceed to tlie election of
Speaker pro tern was agreed to on the record
ballot. Mr. Moore of Thomas was declared
elected. Capt. Wallace was permitted to in
troduce a bill to re-enact an act exempting
soldiers not worth over slot)<' from taxation
and to extend its provisions to disabled sol
diers and the widows of deceased soldiers.
SENATE.
Monday, A. M., Nov. 23.
A motion to reconsider the lost bill to par
don John W. Martin, was lost.
The following were passed : a bill to extent?
the time for the returns by Ordinaries, of chil -
dren entitled to the school fund ; to amend
the charter of the Stonewall Insurance Com
pany.
The special order—a bill to prevent extor
tion—was postponed until to-morrow*.
House bills were read a first and second time.
A House resolution to bring on the election
ofa bank director for the State on Wednesday,
was concurred in.
A resolution calling on the Governor for in
formation as td salt making, and the salt sup
ply, was adopted.
A resolution was offered requesting Congress
to alter the tax law, and to build more depots
for storing the tax in kind. This resolution
led to a spirited debate. Referred to Commit
tee on Confederate Relations.
A House resolution asking that the Stato
Guard troops tie furloughed to sow wheat, waa
indefinitely postponed.
HOUSE.
Monday A. M., Nov. 23.
A motion to reconsider the lost bill in refe
rence to killing breeding stock under 12 years
of age was passed.
A hilt to increase tho salaries of certain State
House officers was reconsidered ; also, a hill to
extend the time of settlement with tax collec
tors ; also, a resolution in reference to the
Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
The following were read first time : A reso
lution that the interests of the State forbid that
any portion of the population over 45 be sub
jected to military duty, save for patrol purpos
es ; to repeal all licenses ; for the relief of- Au
gustus S. .lores ; resolution that a committee
be appointed to examine the W. & A. Railroad
and report; petition from Mr. Farguson ; bill
to provide for the education of soldiers’ chil
dren ; to provide for the burial of paupers ; to
authorize the Ordinary of Jefferson to keep Ids
office open only on Monday and Saturday ; to
allow Eliza Carter and children, free negroes,
to go into slav ry ; to prevent extortion in
.yarns— authorizes the Governor to seize factories
in certain cases ; to reduce the bond of the
sheriff of Mclntosh county ; to allow the lufc
ferior Courts of the State to appoint druggists ;
to amend 2d paragraph of sec. 1783 of Code
inserts the word negroes ; to repeal secs. 2508,
2503, 2510, 2511 and 2512 of Code ; to r< peal
sec. 2503 of Code ; to change the line between
Chattahoochee anil Stewart ; to amend 201lh
paragraph ot Code -relates to Supreme Court;
to repeal 228th paragraph of Code ; to encour
age the organization of a navy ; to declare all
laws of force which do not conflict with the
Code ; to allow administrators, executors aud
tiustecs to invest in Confederate interest heal
ing notes ; to incorporate LaGrange Warehouse
Insurance Company; resolution asking Con
gress to repeal the exemption and substitute
laws.
Tiie following were passed : A bill to ex
tend the time of settlement with tax collectors;
to extend the time for making retains of chil
dren entitled to the poor school fund.
The Committee on Finance, to whom were
referred the various bills for the relief of sol
diers’families, reported a bill providing for
the appropriation of $5,000,000. /Various
amendments were proposed, and a discussion
ensued which lasted the balance of the session.
Tiie motion to strike out $5,000,000 and insert
$0,000,000 was finally concuried in.
SENATE.
Tuesday Morning, Nov. 23.
The following bills were introduced and
read the first time: A bill to authorize tho
Governor to impress railroads, cars, ’engines,
&c., to transport necessary supplies to desti
tute portions of the State; to amend the 4012th
section of Code; for the relief of the estate of
C. T. Crawford; resolution to purchase sup
plies for indigent families of soldiers.
Hon. H. V. Johnson and Hon. Clifford An
derson were invited to seats in the Senate,
A House bill to purchase and distribute corn
to destitute counties in North Western Georgia
waa discussed and passed.
The special order—a bill to prevent extor
tion —was taken up. It fixes the rates at which
gotten yarns fvud ittiuuiiMturvU goods may bq