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E%L.teen hundred audjfixty lour open* with
the war cl.iiid i which have t ecu so long ili ■
charging their angiy content* upon ms. a-* ‘lark
an t portentous ;u -Wbofi tlio storm began it
jvi£,tPr. Sundry seers who most confidently
l.rc!kt«*<l that tlio war could not continue be
y.iinl the year which lias just been concluded
|iav<: li ve.l long enough , to see'tiie failure of
ili. ii vaticinations, ami to he admonished of
iho danger of venturing prophecies for the fir
t,i|o. The wisest among in have discovered
tli.st they were hut blind men blundering in the
<i,uk when they undertake to speak of things
vet to he. I .’onlrury to repeated prophecies and
to the earnest h port of tie- people, the ml tag-
,neats of the two countries seem now
to bo consolidating lor a liercer and more gi
gantic shock tiiau any collision which lias yet
occurred.
At Me Noilh, ait our anticipations from the
ctl .rts of "Copperheads" or "I’cace Democrats” ;
mil ‘ o.i Rights ' men, have been disappoint- |
oil. Instead ot any .developments from these
6t>urc«: propitious to/mr etwee, there is reason :
to ap; el ml union ; out i oe.n4»* a reaction i |
feeling. r i he w irlii.e li.n eh. 1,0 more belli- j
cose, the Inluiwaim have become zealous, ««<•• j
the Inditi ■rent are taking sides. As «n evidence
of this, v. j liud that tin se Northern journals
which beii-toforu manifested soldi* slight
disposidon to ilo m justice have of late become
ominously silent or have uttered cenliaients
which a tew month; ago were promulgated on
ly by those Tresses Whose bitterness and malice
wuto uudirguised. The New York World, tor
example, until recently one ot the most inoiler
ft-,- of tlie Northern Tresses, is out m denunci
fitions of the bite ineseage of RiWulent ltav s’
which rtlioiv etthbr tl.ai this uiWiopulitgn jour
nal has changed bauds or that its editor lots
changed his spirit. We nttiibutu this new ex
hibition of hate in tinv North, putty lothedis-
Mtsptr '■! It our arm* have so tiered in the West,
and' Aiy to tl.o I..litre itwim wlti. li prevails
In e'edr. il in u, that wo are nearly cotii|Ui*red,
ands -it it-u ■:.V.w of !■ tcrimiiaiion and union
on rn.it y v Not ours • ■ items tuust .-peedily com
*. r *k already ... r,..ur to ihtu. complish
t .'v .inolhei roason mity lie tomiil
in the. V-p<m,.,i in turd section, which
forbids T . which tin not chime in j
With the wit til of tin: i-iginns-dyna tv. How-I
. evor_W ; lt.al lain |.; *, ’Hirct.i a.'
to believe th . i ‘ " : ,Vl ' >' cutv.l a con- I
rplofablo a-'CI! .0:1 to chc .■■.H-tif.ioUli.- Htl.itll.n
--’ ftf' WhuU h.« UeretOlof pioiiii.i »in«mg-> j
them
w- - h- JJoith BM compuciltig the,.
Yt i’J lain li.ll the mod diligent pic
yariWlona ate niakiicf aino’.ijs ouv:ctvc.> to it
»i»t thu bit' l'lt. • : -'.Ui who ..liai'O liCli-tololc I
been ot ijtiMllitnahla purioicun. invent lute
•piikon out sc.dn;t the Noidtern (ioMofliitenl
In tiMjc.v whi. !i K.ittsf.tc.loril > and. iiue tU»>>
tlon When t-im-in eiO...:i,„i .he infamous
Trootaumti.a., .eiiutring every Southcm man
to be an abolitionist on oath, lieloro lie could
rlillm any protection front the stars and stripes,
be | trust •’■'bis l such terms iis constrained even
♦ho N'orlh t'ai olina Stnndivrd lo cry shame ! and
to denounce (ho infamy of tlie proposition.
Thu evidento tlml the people of the South arc
uwako to tlio Vila's is found in tlie Militnrv
Hills which have recently been passed by our
t-«*gt»l»tuii , and in the energetic measures for
tilling up thu tanks whh-ti Congi.sa lias just
adopted. Out people, though depressed to
some extent by llm dissident of tlie West, arc
giving themselves to the work of cell defence
with a tmanimily and courage which supply,
under Providence, the surest guaranty of suc
cess. Consolidation and impudence at the
North hive begotten rallying ami .leiiance at
ib« South. We opine that not many moons will
grow and diminish belore our Northern iuva
tiers will liud themselves touliouted at every
point by hosts of armed men prepared to dir
pnte every step of theii advance itito tl.e heart
of oar fair and beautiful territory.
After the mot tifioatlons to which wc have |
neett so many ot the Soothsayers ot the pas! j
voar subjected, vre’are nllier timid on ventur- !
jng Into tbo ro;ion of prophesy, lint we arc
willing to hazard tlie opinion that if the close
ot the presold ware m find us as strong and
tuiitcd ns its opening days, it will also witness
tbo recoil of the Anaconda whoso venomous
toms h.Avo so long encompassed us. ’t he pre
sent effort of onr enemies is, in our view, the
last great effort which they will be aide to put
forth for our overthrow. It Wo can resist this,
Umah more if we can destroy any one of their
’ inniea, wo shall witness the last ava
lanche of armij ujoij which they can hurl
against us.
Tiff Recmsi'S'i tiRATK.—Thia grape i> now
attracting tnach sttenti•>' lor witto-making
purposus, and wo ttiink ■.-servtsliy so. loe
qualify of tlie xx iuo is well established, and a
single vim is a substitute for a hundred ot tl.e
dnaru-h varieties generally cultivated. It is
a pertain and prolilie bearer end will endure
lot generations -needim; »o other care than
room to extend ilsolf. Tins blftvk variety is
lieeonting to be the lttos: .«teemed, on account
of the greater strength au t body ot tlie juice.
Now is the season that those who may wish to
ydfuu Vineyards of any kind honld !*• giving
their attention to it. and not put it oil a* is
often the ease, tilt the opening of Spring.
We lin t in the Macon Journal the following
ar.icle from the Patent Oftice Reports of
with regard to this gitpe. written by Dr. Chas.
T. Jackson
These are mere remarkable for the
high flavor of tho wines they make than tor the
saccharine matter they cvnuin. Il has always
beeu necessary to add a portion of brandy or
acme other spirit to keep the wine from sour
*ag ; neve .heleas. the ?■ ippemong wine is the
kust tbns far produced in the United States.
The grape- hive a very .thick, leathery skin.
*hieh is of a green color, w ith a tetv rusty
specks on tbo tu; lace of them.
The pnip is t t amt uiev. and tlie skins give
ape'ub - vroUlA to the win*, which is similar
to th* j okay of Ilunga Sometimes 1 have
obsei\>d a; ■ vr . jtt.-r tas’e in tlie wine, due
to the ertisbs l seed* of tbo grape, and not nn
fr«qu*ntlv tb • ii .vt r and odor of whisky indi
«at« the int- ~ Joa of that liquor into the
AV-;e With pr per attention and care. Soup
Mniong wine :< y be tiiude so fine'as to excel
fri vi6*r sjj th,i cautiflyat ; and I
i would earnestly advise those interested to at
tend to the r.tliiv ition of this grape, in regions
where the vine wilt grow, and make use ol
more skill in the manufacture of tlie wine.
Tlie grape will grow and ripen its truit any
where acuth of Washington, but has tints far
proved more prolific in ttie soil of North Cato
| iina, especially near Haliiax.
; The sample of grapes i operated upon was
sent to inc from the United Mates Patent Office
ot* the 3d Octolier, 18. MI.
j One pound ot the grapes when pressed yield
j ed. eight fluid ounces ot juice, which had a spe
| ciiic gravity 1 IHB, and. by' tables, should con
] tain twelve per cent, of sacehnrtue matter, bu),
by the grape sugar test, yielded per cent,,
equivalent lo 4 'J p-r cent, of absolute alcohol.
If four or five per cent, of bUgar is added du
ring tlie fermentation of the juice, the propor
tion of alcohol will be raised to that of sherry
wine, if the fermentation is allowed to become
complete. „Onlv toe purest white sugar, sugai
candy, or refined syrup should tie employed.
Another method will give a still richer wine.
1 Distil a | Mir lion of the wine, and add the spirit
obtained to the wine when it is made and fined
I 111., a ill K'-CU U|l Ike tlavor Os th« Moi.(jp“inon«
j grapes, and not vitiate tl.e wine by any foreign
| flavors, such as ave given by the brandy and
\ whisky so often put into this wine.
The Scuppernong grapevines are, as I lourn,
j cnliivalcd on tielbses or arbors raised to some
: lieight above the ground, as is practiced in is
i i fiia and Venitian f.ombnrdv.
Thus far the vineyards arc wholly domestic
institutions in North Carolina; but I think the
cultivation of this grape will amply repay any
one who will devote his entire energies to
planting vineyards of this vine, and in manu
facturing wine on a large scale.
" ilioiiß Paiiriot;i,aus ok the Inhuman Treat
m ext or Co.xkedkratk Prisonkbs. —The Rich
mond Examiner extracts from the note books
of several Confederate prisoners, who have late
ly returned from Point Lookout, a few in
stances of barbarous treatment there chroni
cled. The truth of the statements can be
vouched for by the five hundred returned pris
oners. Whoever can read them without feelings
of indignation, lacks one of tho cs-entiid prin
ciples of our common nature. Murder it sfeems
wasnot only not scrupled at, but opportunities
sought for its commission by the guard, who
are known to have been offered, by * tie officer
ol the day, as much as ten and fifteen dol'ars
apiece lor cveiy pusouci m-j- —a.i al,A.it“arm
sintriiHy" in the discharge of their duty. Os
course, if opportunities did not present tliem
selvrs by the slightest infraction of the rules
by the prisoners, these opportunities were
sought. Here are tlie extracts referred to
above:
The prisoners are the bowers'of woo l and
drawers of water for tl.e whole prison post.
On one occasion the prisoners detailed for
wood pressed too closely upon the gate-way
before it was opened. A brute, named Sides,
with the title of ‘‘captain*’ prefixed, who was
outside, ordered them to •• fail back,” but not
being obeyed in a moment, he drew a live
shooter and discharged eacli of its live barrels
through teie ap llnro into the crowd fathered
at tlie gate, shooting one through tlie head, an
other through the arm, and a third in the leg.
No more notice was taken of tire bloody occur
rence by tiie authorities in charge than if Sides
bad tired into a flock of birds.
< >u another occasion, six of the prisoners con
trived a plan of escape, as prisoners have a right
to when they can. 'They dug a tunnel, com
mencing in tlie concealment of their little
house, built of cracker boxes, and ran it under
the enclosure and out tlie side of a ledge of the
Chesapeake bay. Thougn the distance was
-‘lici t, the labor was very great, and several
H“.ii"H-? At ieateh
t'VtM’V i lliflji’ Wjpj tratlt, cnrJ H ml*7jt WHS (iXCu
upon. They bribed the sentinel on that post
wuli n gold watch and seventy-trie dollars in
••greenbacks.” They emerged from the tunnel
and were directed by the treacherous sentinel
to keep along the water ledge until a high em
bankment was reached, where lay concealed
about a dozen cavalrymen, revolver in hand,
who were lying iu ambush. Luckily, tbe escap
ing iiai ly discovered them in time to turn back.
Ihe ambush men pursued, and tlie Confeder
ates cried out, ‘,\Ve haws been betrayed! we
surrender.” But the Yankees, iptent on their
Uitirjer and not their re capture, rushed up and
lired upon them with their revolvers. Four out
of the six were desperately wounded. One was
shot through both lungs and liver, and through
the bowels; another—private Morgan, cousin
of General Morgan— bad his head cut by a sa
bre and scalped by a ball. Two were mortally
wounded, iio-i were in the hospital dying when
theii companions last beard of them. Private
Morgan was among the paroled that came up
on the last flag of truce steamer.
The individual instances of shooting and
maiming ave literally too numerous to mention.
The rations of the prisoners consisted of live
haul crackers per day, with a piece of meat
that resembled a shrimp in proportion; in re
taliation, they said, for tlie treatment of the
pi isoners iu U chmoud. The pro vest marshal,
J.N. Patterson, took all tlie money from tbe
prisoners and g ive them checks to its value on
ihe sutler. Pretty soon that sutler was closed
up and another opened, who dispensed nothing
but tobacco, envelopes and v titing mateiial. —
A few weeks before Christmas the reception of
boxes from friends to the prisoners was stop
ped. as it was feared tlie influx of Christmas
presents would be too great. The goods re
ceived alter that were parted by lot. and fell
among Ihe Yankee officials and guards.
The hospital was wretchedly managed; or
rather not managed at all. With two hundred
and upwards of patients down with the small
pox, tDo Apothecary was often or without medi
' cine than with it. The dead accumulated at
! the rate of twenty per day, and were buried iu
the blanket on which they gasped the : r life out,
with no coffin except the earth, into which they
were huddled. It is not known that even a
record ot their names were kept.
With one other instance of Yankee barbarity
to ladies, we will close this recital of outrage
and wrong. While the prisoners taken at Get
tysburg were being marched through Balti
more, one of them tainted on Calvert street,
and fell ou the steps of a residence. A lady
from the window noticing his condition, ran
with a half tumbler of brandy to his relief,
and raising his head poured the nourishing
draught down bis parched and burning throat.
A Y’aukee provost-marshal, Morris, who was
told ot it by some creatures in men’s clothing,
rialo up, dismounted, drew his sword. And wit.h
a ternofe cam. that welt betitteiT his craven
lips, demanded if she gave the "rebel” the li
quor. Tbe lady confessed she had, when the
brave officer jerked her by the arm from tho
midst of her shrieking children, and placing
hei between two other creatures with loaded
j muskets and lived bayonets, ordered her to be
sent. \\ itb head uncovered, to the guard house,
i declaring as he looked on the execution of his
I order, that "these rebels are to be put down,
| and l am the man to do it.’’
Write to tub Soldiers in run Army.—The
army correspondent of the Atlanta lutclligen
eer relates the following incident to show how
welcome a letter from home is to tlie soldier,
and how depressing it is when those at home
neglect to write to him :
l witnessed an hn-itjent lately which goes far
to shew how wele <me a letter is to the sol Mere
and bow sad he feels when those at home neg
lect to w rite him. As I was riding to town I
maud a miut ou horseback hail auotlier in a
aikl going up, handed him a letter.
Another man in the same wagon inquired if
there was n.. letter for him. aud the reply was
•'uone. It was at that moment 1 noted tbe
feeling between the two men by their
changed, countenances. The features of
one lit up with pleasure as be perused the epis
tle in bis hand—doubtless the le ter of some
dear wife or mother —as he read it a smile of
joy would illuminate his weather-beaten face.
This was happiness. It was an oasis in the des
ert of hij rough lilo of danger and suffering,
and no dought was welcome by him as the dear
est gilt a relative could send. With the other
the opposite effect was observed. As soon as
the word -none” had passed the lips of the man
addressed, the look ot anxiety with which the
question was out faded away, and an appear
ance of extreme sorrow could have been seen
plainly nuuuped on his teal a res. while a lee
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ling of envy at his fortunate comrade was very
apparent. This was unhappiness. The song
■it hope that had illuminated his heart when
he inquired if there was any latter for him had
died away, and a feeling of loneliness and re
gret at the neglect of those at home took po
si ssion of him. Happy are they who have
homes anil loved ones to hear from.
We say with the Intelligencer's correspon
dent—write to soldiers in the army. And when
you do so. write cheering letters — lettci'3 that
will stimulate and encourage those who re
ceive them. Letters of Ibis kind will make those
who receive them contented. Will prevent de
sertion. Will do much towards forwarding
the cause in which we are now engaged Ev
ery jieison who lias relatives and friends in the
army should write them good, cheering let
ters.
Inaugural Aonauss ok Gov. Smith of Vir
ginia.—The inaugural address of Hon. \Y illiam
Smith, Governor elect of Viigiuia, was deliv
ered at Richmond, January Ist, 18ti+.
In his opening remarks he gives a«sncc‘nt
and lucid history of the adoption of tlie Con
stitution of the United States, and the Declara
tion of Independence, which maintained the
right of secession, nmt protection to the insti
tution of slavery— showing the continued
wrongs and injuries tlie South has sustained
in reference to the latter by tlie incessant war
waged upon it by Northern fanatics. This was
one of the great causes ot our present unhappy
difficulties.
In regard to the exigencies of the times Gov-
Smith considers it of the greatest moment that
the minds of the people should be trained to
allow that tlie entire manhood and property
of the country, lor the purpose of war, belongs
to the State.
In reference to the impressment of provis
ions for tlie army, he denounces those men
who. by fixing tho highest prices upon their
produce, would “wring from their bleeding
and suffering country the last dollar which can
be obtained.' ’ He recommends “the estab
lishment of a Stgte maximum, which, taking
tbe Confederate maximum as a basis, shall be
extended to all the productions of human in
ihuffry ” The practice of withholding from
sale other ariioles than provisions with a view
to obtaining higher prices in the future, is cen
sured. The auction system, he thinks should be
suppressed; as well as tlie distillation of spir
itous liquors, except for medicinal purposes.
Residents of foreign birth should be compete,
ed to perform military duty or leave the coun
try. Tire evil of so many aide bodied men
wishing to evade military service by seeking
easy offices under Government, or escaping to
foreign parts, might be corrected by a rigid en
forcement of existing law and the of
passports to leave the country.
Ho urges the importance of organizing tbe
reserve force of the State, as an auxiliary to tlie
armies in tire field, under the control of the
State.
He also submits the following financial
scheme :
First. Provide by law for the issue of one
thousand millions of dollars, at four per centum
per annum ou that part which lakes up the
currency, and six pm- cent, on the residue with
coupons attached; interest i»ayable in specie or
Lunik currency.
shall lie ninuvu m trie mntf,(r—w-w*i»w.«cdrW
issued.
Third. Make the banks of established credit
the (Deal agents of the Government, to sell, at
not less than par, ate bonds which may be iu
excess of tlie currency to be funded; to issue
their own notes as a currency, and to transfer,
when and where needed, the funds of the Gov
ernment.
Fourth, To tax freely; taxes payable in spe
cie, or in the notes of banks acting as Goveru
ernment agents, or coupons of public debt.
Fifth. Let the Government now take into
its possession tlie cotton, tobacco, and naval
stores of the country as auxiliary to loans and
taxes.
r i lie Governor thus elequently concludes his
address:
Virginia entered into this war with reluc
tance; but having entered into it from a sense
of duty, she "does not mean to sheathe her
sword until she has won her liberty and inde
pendence, or tbe bones of her last man shall
lie bleaching on her hiiltojis. Although hun
dreds of thousands ot her people have been
overrun by the enemy, their fields desolated,
their homes utterly consumed, in many cases,
by fire; their stock devoured, destroyed or car
ried away: their slaves enticed from their pos
session, while the blood of their loved ones
moisten every battle Held; yet, they oreuncon
quered, bright, bold and defiant; they are still
prepared to suffer. YV'e cannot believe that
otu good God will allow such a just cause as
ours to be lost. Much as we have done, much
remains to be done. Let us resolve to make
every sacrifice in a cheerful and hopeful spirit;
in short, perform our whole duty, and then
with the blessiugs of Heaven, we cannot be
subdued.
The End of the Colonization Scheme —How*
the Negroes were Treated. —The New York
Spirit ot the Times has the followiug facts rela
tive to the manner In which the United States
Government “colonized* the poor negroes
stolen from the South :
We are in possession of information direct
horn the Y\ est Indies that tlie famous scheme
gotten up by tlie President and the optimist of
the State Department, for the extradition of
the negro element of the United States to the
Isle de Vache, has utterly failed, and that tlie
colony planted in that place under their auspi
ces is on the very verge of ruin. An sgent
of the Government, who was sent there by the
Secretary of the Interior to inquire into tbe af
fairs of the concern, has just returned, and re
ports that the colony is well nigh starved to
death, and that unless the Government send a
steamer to return them to the United States
very soon not one of them will be left alive. It
—r-r- --7 ■■[■■_. ii nr.T, ni cowan!
conferred this prohtable job have boon treating
the colonists with the most shocking barbari
ty. aud that nothing is more common with the
local agents ot these model philanthropists
than to administer public flaggeiations and
long confinement in the stocks. While this
has been going on, and in face of the fact that
the Administration of the colony have offered
to sell il. with the poor devils left alive upon
it, as its "stock,” for tho sum of SIo.OJO, they
hive been constantly bedeviling the Secretary
for the sum of SBO,OOO as charges tor transport
ing and maintaining them. It was t,,ese de
mands which first induced the Secretary to
send out an agent to inspect, and the result of
his report is that -Mr. Usher will not pay a cent.
The agent, .moreover, reports that all tlie
original statements of the company were false.
That the island which was represented as an
earthly paradise, bearing two crops a year, is
a barren sand bank, capable only of growing
wild woods and prickly pear. The negroes”
sinking under tlre-ir misfortunes, are dying,
rapidly, while those which survive are begging
to come back to the United States to entei”ttie
armies of tlie country. Thus ends Seward’s
African Utopia, and we fear that, unless a little
wholesome direction be imparted to its finish,
it may wind up in a wholesale horror. There
Ls l ' ie greater reason to fear this, as the ruan
ol the concern have recently sent letters
to Washington, threetening. uuless relieved,
to soli the whole thiug out.
In this one instance alone we have a fair
sample of the great love the Northern aboli
tionists have for the Southern negroes It con
sists simply in this-steal them.or induce them
to run away from aconfortable home, and then
allow them to die from absolute want and
starvation.
It is said the Macon & Brunswick Railroad
will soon be in running order again,
| Cotton Raising in India. —The Calcutta
j (India) Gazette of Sept. 2'h has a long article
upon the raising of cotton in that section of
i the world. It says:
i The season 1362 has been almost universal
; iy a bad one in respect to the cotton cultiva
i tion. ■ There has been too much rain, and over
! moisture is inimical to the development of tbe
I plant. < )ar previous expectations of the gross
out-turn have consequently not been fully re
ali/.ed. Thus, whilst the yield was estimated
at above 47,000.000 pounds, the actual out
turn. as estimated at the close of the season,
only amounts to about 37,000,000 pounds, that
is about 10.0U0.000 pounds less. The injury
done to the crop by the superabundance of rain
is, however, not fully represented by the de
ficit of out-turn just mentioned, tor it lias since
been considered that a larger area was under
cotton cultivation than that stated at the be
ginning ot the year. Thus instead ot skt>,boo
acres being under colton, as was supposed,
there were 628.021 acres, or an increase of 41,-
071 acres. This area of 628,021 acres has been
ascertained 6y actual field measurement, field
by Held, iu tlie Saugor and Jubbulpore divis
ions anil in aluioat tbe entire tract forming the
Nagpore division.
Notwithstanding this large increase in the
quantity of land brought into cultivation, the
actual increase of production, it appears, falls
short relatively of expec'ation. Embracing all
localities and districts in India, the actual in
crease in exports for England tor 1863 over
1802 for eight months are dftly 390,000 pounds. ’
The article in the Gazette then goes on to j
give the pal ticulars of the yie'd of a good sea- i
sou, resulting in the fact that only eighty-two j
pounds of clean cotton cun lie realized from j
■ one acre of ground, or three hundred and twen- j
ty-eight pounds of kceil. This will prove a :
very slender reliance for the spinners and ope- j
ratives of Great Britain. In these Southern j
States it is considered a poor season’s yield i
when, two hundred and fifty to three hundred \
pounds of clem cotton are not made from one •
acre, while four hundred pounds, or a full bale, j
is not an uncommon yield on some rich lands. ■
However, a considerable increase was expect- i
ed in certain districts in the central provinces
for tlie past year 1863.
The article further states that a quantity of
acclimatized American cotton seed had been
received, and ‘distributed among tbe farmers
in tlie best cotton-growing districts; also a
small quantity of Egyptian. It expresses tlie
I clief that the success of the present sowings
with the foreign seed will be greater than that
of last, season, when it almost entirely failed.
Here is the rub—the soil of India is not adapted
to a free cultivation of cotton. American seed,
which is of so prolific a nature on Southern
soil in this country, will not succeed on tho
poor lands of Hindostan. Tlie native seed,
from year toy ear cannot be confided in.
It is now about twenty-seven years since the
East India Company, with its stipendaries in
England, sent to tlie United States for cotton
seed, cotton gins and cotton planters, to be em
ployed in the vicinity of Bombay as well as in
other sections of the country, spending large
sums of money, which ended in a total failure
after two years’ trial.
Capt. Mackenzie, the superintendent or sec
retary of the Chief Commissioner for tlie prtW
motion of the culture, winds up with tlie hope
that tlie next season will give more favorable
results from tlie change of seed. We can add,
Hint it will mi..* an nit iition of several millions
pounds of cotton per acre, to lilt ihe void 01-
cover the two millions and a half bales which
Great Britain received in some years from the
United States.
Address of the Democrats of Kentucky.—
The Democrats of Kentucky, through a commit
tee appointed for that purpose, have issued an
address to the people and Congress of the Uni
ted States, 'lho document sets forth the wrongs
of the citizens of that State in the deprivation
of their civil rights in the military occupation
of the polls and the exclusion from the rights
of suffrage of all who were not, in the judgment
of Lincoln and Burnside, “loyal,” in the arbi
trary arrest of citizens, and in short, in all the
outrages that ever were or ever can he perpe
trated upon a conquered people.
The oppressed and down trodden people of
Kentucky are truly to bo-pitied. None but
themselves, however, are to blame for their oc
cupying the degraded position they now do.
They were warned of the evils the unmanly j
neutrality would bring upon them, and were ’
toid time-and-again of Ibe hitter fruits of sub* j
mitting tamely to Lincoln’s despotism. Their '
honor and liberties are now buried under abo- l
lition fanaticism, and the only way left for Ken- !
lucky to regain what she has lost is to appeal j
to the sword. The time for her to diseass mas-
ters has long since passed by.
The Richmond Enquirer appropriately refers
to the address in the following language :
The record is distressing to every .man who
values the freedom ot election; hut, as the peo
ple of Kentucky brought it upon themselves,
and tamely submit to its continuance, we must
say that our pity is much mo*ilied, and “serves
them light” rises in spite of all pity and affec- j
tion for that people.
A base calculation between property and lib
erty intlucrU'cd the pi;oplc and it in the effort
to secure the former they have lost the latter,
and if now neither property nor liberty is se
cure; if the people are now oppressed with
more than Austrian despotism, the same rem
edies are theirs which have broken the chains
of the oppressor, and set the people free in
other countries. .
But aS long as the people quietly sub lilt,
the world will not stopato read “ addresses
or to take an account of grievances which,
ho.vever great on paper, do not rouse the peo
ple to action. Kentucky must’ strike for her
freedom. All the Jeremiads that Committees
era IV I I to wilt never attract OttO-UaH the atten
tion, or win one tithe of the respect that the
heroic gallantry of her Breckinridge and other
noble sons has won on the battle field. It is
the sword, and not the pen; artillery, not “ ad
dresses,” that strikes down the oppressor ; and
liberty won upon the battle field is the only
freedom woilhy of the • eldest daughter ot
Virginia. ,
The despotism and tyranny of Russia lias
nerved the arms of oppressed Poles, hut they
have not been satisfied with '■ addresses
their ultima ratio is the musket, the sabre and
the cannon. Is liberty, t>eedoin and the res
pect of the world of less value to Kentuckians
than property If so, “ addresses are use
less silent submission will leave them undis
turbed by the mortification of the world's con
tempt.
If the grasp of oppression is too firm for or
ganized resistance, surely the guerrilla warfare
now made so terrible to Russia by the Poles'
can be resoited to by Kentuckians. The peo
ple of Kentucky have allies and friends ready
to aid them, but the people of the Confederate
States cauaot he expected to tight the battle for
Kentucky. The tyranny of Lincoln and Bratn
lette c.vn never be overthrown by the pen ; the
sword must cut the fords that bind the people.
Then to ui ms. Kentuckians
In Georgia here have been exempted—Civil
officers, 522; Rail Road employees, lilG; Tele
graph employees, 13: Newspaper employees,
LT4; Ministers of the Gospel, 274: Shoemakers,
594; Tanners, 377: Blacksmiths. .>9O; Wagon
makers, 266; Millers, 409; Factory employees,
554; School teachers, 2*6; Salt manufacturers
151; Overseers, 201; Ferrymeh, 10; Physicians,
486; Militia officers, 397(f); (N. C. 3430;'
Aliens. 028; (Va. 69;) Express Company, 13
Cadets, 12: Manutacture of Dental Instruments
3: Hatters, 14; Nitre and Minffig service, 120
Mail Contractors and Carriers. 4: Shepherds
107 : Physical disability, 1.499: Substitutes
7,000.
llomf. Rrsouki fa --The good of our coun
try, tlie advancement of our cause, tlie com
fort of our brave defenders in tlk> field, self
interest—in fact a hundred reasons combine to
urge upon every family to look to its own re
: sources. The hand card and the hand loom
and the spinning-wheel, should be found every
where—in every family. All who can, shouldgrow
their patches of dux and cotton. Ail who can
should have sheep, if but a few. Our forests fur
nish dyes as various and as bright as tho tints
that make their foliage as glorious at “the turn of
tlie leaf.’’ With these materials,there is no reason
why our ladies should not be clad in beautiful
apparel, the product of their own industry and
taste ; while they also may clothe their hus
bands and sons. There is not a planters wife
who may not easily provide clothing for all
her servants, and make some to sell besides.
Ladies in the cities also can do much towards
providing cheap and substantial G .thing for
their families, it they only had the mind so to
do. V> here there is a will, there is generailv a
way. A little energy, a little determination,
a little effort put forth in the right direction by
ladies who now do nothing, would accomplish
a groat deal.
How much more independent and haupy we
should all he if we thus provided for ourselves as
we ought to. Much more now. than hereto
fore, should all housekeepers and heads of
families make their arrangements for meeting
all their-wants by home industry and enter
prise. Earnestly, therefore, do we advise alt
to use every means in their power to provide
for themselves and their families from their
own resources.
Lincoln's Opposehs.— lt is evident from the
movements of those in the Federal Congress
who are opposed to Lincoln and his supporters,
that they are trying to commit their political
enemies to some sort of policy for the pui pose o
providing fuel to light up tlie coming pres if
(lential campaign. In other words, the Demo
crats arc not dead, but looking ahead; and the
Liueolnites are resolved to hold fast to the
power they possess. The result will be that
the session will lie mainly a hustings for the
next presideniy, excepting tire passage of mon
ey bills for the carrying on of the war. It is
something, but not much, that.tbero are fifty
nine voters ill the federal House for appoint
ing peace commissioners—the vote standing
fifty-nine to ninety-eight, considerably over
one-third. One would hardly have supposed
that Iheie are so many bold enough to say that
their souls owe allegiance to truth or humanity.
Theso legislating bodies; however, are very
uncertain. Many in the federal Congress are
undoubtedly opposed to Lincoln fiom principle.
Others aic opposing him, probably in hopes
tljat some tempting office or fat contract will
he given them for their influence and votes.
There has but little encouraging to us us yet
transpired at the North. It is very certain
that for some time in the future, as in the
past, we ehall have to trust to our own re-
and strength.
•''Tiik SoumußN Express Company.—The At
lanta Appeal speaks thus of the Southern Ex
press Company:
Within tlie three years, we have neces
sarily had many dealings with the Southern
Kxpr-ss. -••u' : •■••.,•!• faii.wi to find the
agents attentive did accommodating. Amid
Ihe present confusion created by the war, it
semis to have become a necessity which it
wou be extremely difficult and prejudicial to
dispense with.”
Tills Is a deserved compliment. Tlie Com
pany well merit all that has been said in their
favor. It has become an indispensable institu
tion. Without it it would bo impossible for tbe
business portion of the community, as well as
others to get along. Much censure has been
bestowed upon tlie officers by those who are
not acquainted with the immense and almost
insurmountable difficulties they have to con
tend with. Rut it is both undeserved and un
jus'. Instead of being blamed and abused
they should be praised for their untiring ener
gy. There is no greater public convenience
now existing than the Southern Express Com
pany. Long may it flourish.
Fraud in High Places in Fedek.vloom.—A
Yankee paper says that there ; s evidence that
a prominentNew England Senator is guilty of
receiving S3OOO for his influence in releasing
from the Old Capitol, Washington, a prisoner
confined there for defrauding the government
Invest gat ions proved that Ilifle, Senator from
New Hampshire, was ll*e man. lie is one of
the most corrupt beings now living. Honesty
is a trait never possessed by him. He will be
tray his best friend for money. He has sold
his vote in Congress time-and-ngain. Ilis whole
course, both political, financial and social, has
been om»c>f fraud, treachery, deceit, and double
dealing, in short, he is devoid of all honor and
integrity—a mere walking mass of everything
that tends to make a big rascal. He is a good
sample of the rest of the .bowling crew who
now rule the destinies of tiro North.
•Abolition Philanthropy.—lt is stated tha
more than ton thousand Africans have perished
in Memphis and its vicinity under the treat
ment of their Yankee benefactors. The Fed.
erals who have settled in the Confederate cities
on the valley of the Mississippi, look upon the
negroes as a pest and treat them accordingly.
In fact, every where throughout the (jplirc
North, the liberated Southern slave is consider
ed an iuto'orabie nuisance, and are hated, de
spised and maltreated. And when attacked by
sickness are consigned to filthy hospitals where
they arc permitted to die in neglect—in many
cases of absolute starvation. Truly this ‘‘ Ah- j
olition philanthropy” is a great institution, '
worthy of Exeter Hall and the babbling fanat
ics of the North.
Let us Perform ora Durr Faithfully. —
About the best thing our citizens out of the ar
my could do, at this critical juncture, would be
to devote all their energies to strengthening
! clothing, feeding and encouraging our gallant
; aud self sacrificing armies. They should use
| all reasonable efforts to discourage desertion
j and to return to the field such delinquents as
have already abandoned their colors. Indeed.
! every man should regard it his first duty to
support the war with all his might; and if the
| great body of the people can be fully aroused
i to a proper sense of their danger and their duty
! —be made to feel and to do as the exigency re
' quires—no power on eaith can break their gpir
j it and subjugate their country. The time has
come to suffer as well as to fight—to exhibit
fortitude as well as bravery.
A Yankee letter writter says that for some
time past patrols walk the streets of Vicksburg
stopping every man not in uniform, and de
manding a sight of his pass. If he could not
display the proper documents, he was walked
up to the provost-marshall's office, and there
i put under a courc of examination. If he coulu
; Lot display the proper authority, or dehne his
position clearly, he was marched to the jail,
i and from that point delivered over the tender
mercies of some regimental commander as a
recruit Two choices are given Utm—that ot
i or entering as * draf'ed man,
VOL. LXXVIII v —-NEW SERIES VOL. XX \ HI. M). 2.
The Army Letter.— The following letter
was sent to the Congress of the Confederate
States from the Army of Tennessee. It bears
date December 17:
In the existing condition of affairs, it is
hoped your honorable bodies will pardon tho
variance from custom, of addressing you from
the army. It is done in no spirit of dictation,
but under the conscientious conviction that tbe
necessities of the country demand the voices
and labors of all, and that delay, even for
thirty days, in enacting proper measures, may
make present disorders incurable, and tlie dan
gers of the moment omnipotent for our destruc
tion.
lit our opinion, it is essential to retain, for the
term of during the war, without reorganiza
tion, the troops now in service; to place in ser
vice immediately, for the same term, all othei
white males, between eighteen and fifty years
of age, able to perform any military duty; to
provide for placing in service, at the discrete, n
of the President, for the same term, ali white
males between fifteen and eighteen, and be
tween fifty and sixty years of age; to prohibit
substitution; to prohibit exemptions, except
for the necessary civil offices, and employments
of tlie Confederate. States and the several
States; to prohibit details except for limited
periods, and for carrying on works essential to
the army; to prohibit discharges except in
cases of permanent disability from all duty; to
prohibit leaves and furloughs, except under
uniform rules of universti application., based,
as far as practicable, on length of service and
meritorious conduct; to prohibit, to the great
est possible extent, tlie detail of able-bodied
officers and men to post, hospital or other inte
rior duty; ami to place in service, as cooks,
laborers, teamsters and hospital attendants,
with the army anil elseiVht re, able lioilie 1 ne
groes and mulattees, bond and free.
These measures, we think, if promptly enact
ed ns laws, so as to give time ibr reorganizing
and disciplining tlie new material, would make
our armies invincible at tlie opening of the cam
paign of next year, and citable us to win back
our lost territory and conquer a peace before
that campaign shall be ended.
We beg further to suggest that, in our opin
ion, the dissatisfaction apprehended or exist
ing, from short rations, depreciated currency,
and the retention of old soldiers in the service,
might be obviated by allowing bounties with
discriminations in favor of the retained troops,
an increase of pay. the commutation oi enlisted
men of rations not issued, and rations, or the
value thereof to officers.
This letter was signed by Gens. Hardee, Ste
venson, Cheatham, Breckinridge, Brown, Pet
tits, oynolds and lackson.
Gen. Cleburne, Hindman, Lewis, and Col
Govan, signed the document with the annexed
added:
We sign ibis with the reservation that wc ap
prove the President's proposed system of per
manent consolidations :
Gen. Lowry and fourteen other Generals sign
ed the document with the following added :
We approve* the above, except that portion
which has reference to exemptions, and tuo pro
position to-place in service those under eigh
teen and over fifty years of age. We believe
the old men and boys would be of more service
to the country at home, and that ministers of
the Gospel and a necessary number of physi
cians and teachers should be exempt.
J. H. Sharp, Colonel, commanding Andei
son’s brigade, approved the document, “but
would favor consolidation of regiments and no
increase of pay.’’
A kjsw Facts a Rout Cotton. —A writer in
Hunt’s Merchants’ Magazine for November,
gives some interesting information about the
cotton trade, and the increase in the consump
tion of the raw material. Here is an extract
from the article referred to :
Since 1800 option has been so increased in
pnv’ii. ii.m iinvi manufacture “»« ♦<> form two
thirds of tlie whole material used for modern
clothing.’' in 1790 England imported iiO.'iTL
-374 pounds of cotton, and in 1800. 1,225,989,-
072 pounds. Tlie exports of cotton from the
United States was in
1860. 1,767,686,3381bs $191,807,555 lOJclsprlb
1863, 850,2801b*. 660,224 Sticts pr lb
Inasmuch as Great Britain derived her prin
cipal supply of cotton from us. its cutting off
lias caused an immense diminution of manufac
ture and consequent reduction in tlie supply of
clothing. The reduced supply of cotton olotli
in Great Britain, Europe and the United Steles,
is estimated at 7,793,733,000 yards, and econo
my in consumption and larger use of other ma
terials are the only remedies for this deficiency.
Os tlie raw material used in tlie production ol
goods in the United States, prior to the war,
eighty per cent, was cotton, and the withdraw
al of this lias for two years nearly stopped the
manufacture and increased the price of cotton
goods font times the usual price.
As much ignorance exists with intelligent
people as to the foreign production of cotton,
I append a table of the receipts into England
(lining live mouths of this year:
United States, 394,450
Brazil, . 9,954,100
Egypt, 52,881,700
East Indies, 108.283,950
Other places, 27,097,425
Total, 138,505.025
Tlie tilling high prices have certainly stimu
lated produutious in other countries, and in
duced them to spare as much cotton as possi
ble. “They cannot, however, furnish the re
quisite material for the goods wanted.” Tbe
cotton required by the trade of the world is of
three divisions—the long staple, the medium
staple, and tlie short staple. Much of tlie long
staple is not needed, but the best of this descrip
tion grows “only on tlie coast of Georgia and
South Carolina.” “The medium staple is that
used for low numbers of warp and for the weft,
and a large quantity of this description is
needed, and is obtained only in the Southern
-tates.” Tbe short staple is “used tor wick
yams and in some cases for welt. This is the
foist India or Surat cotton, and is incurably
bad. An experience of fifty year* of great ex
pense, after the introduction of overseers, saw
gins and seed from the South lias established
the fact that no other kind of cotton can be
grown in tho East Indies.”
In Lancashire, England, the colton trade
employs 28,000 spindles. 300,000 loom:-, and
has 800,000 persons dependant upon it. “The
sole support of this business was United States
—Confederate States—cotton, of which the
crop has failed, and famine has overtaken the
crowds of workers, and the most fearful dis
tress is apparent in ate quarters.”
Gun. Johnson’s First Order.—The following
is Gen. Johnson’s announcement to the tioops
on his taking command of the army, and which,
for its laconic, concise and appropriate style,
is a model order and address. It totes the
whole story—without any high sounding
speech of promises, or fulsome flourishes, so
often dealt in by Yankee Generals, and at the
same time is complimentary to our troops:
Dalton, G\., Dec. 27, 1863.
General Orders No. 1.
In obedience to the orders of lli.< Excellen
cy the President, the undersigned has the hon
or to assume command of the Auny of Ten
nessee. J. E. JOHNSTON.
Dkcioeulv Cool. —A Wheeling Ya. ; paper
tells the annexed decidedly cool incident.
One of our city pbyseiaus lias tor some tune
past beeu attending a young girl who ho* been
sadly deranged. Yesterday, to seo what effect
it would have, lie poured about a pint of wa
ter upon her head. The girl was then permit
ted to go into anotherroom, where she conduct
ed herself very quietly, ’i he doctor was about
leaving the house, «hen die girl, who was
standing in the door of the room, beckoned for
hi mto come to her. She stepped back into the
,oom and. as tbe doctor was about to come in.
she threw a bucket of water upon him, remark
ing that bis face needed washing as much as
hers did. M
The present Congress expires on the ]7 th of
February. Propositions have been made to
assemble tho new Congress as soon as the old
one expires, but no final action has been had.
An Oregon paper estimates tlie gold crop
from the mines east of tlie Caacades tire pres
ent year at $12,000,000.
street robberies are occurring in Charleston,
Treatment of our Officers on Johnson’s Isl
and. —It appears from a letter received in thin
city that the Confederate officers at Johnsons
Island are better treated and have better quar
tets than most of our brave defenders now in
Federal bands. The extract below is taken from
a letter written bv a returned Confederate Sur
geon to a gentleman in this city, who has a son
on the Island:
The sleeping accommodations are very com
fortable, consisting of a bunk with a straw bed,
and if the individual has no blanket one i> tui
nished. and he is allowed to buy as mauv mote
as he wants. Every room Lias a good stove and
furnished with a sufficiency ot wood, which tlie
prisoners have to saw tor themselves altei it is
brought to their doors —by tire way a very good
exercise. The prison consists ot thirteen large
buildings ot wood. The space of ground en
closed is sixteen acres, of which the prisoners
have full privilege to exercise in, to sing South
ern national songs, to hurrah for Jell. Davis,
and to play at ball or any other game they may
see fit. The rations are exactly the same as is
sued to the garrison, consisting of fresh beef,
pork, baker’s bread, sugar, coffee, beans, rice,
hominy, vinegar, salt, soap and candles. Be
sides this, up to the time I left, there was nsut
let ’s store inside the enclosure, from which we
could obtain any kind of vegetables and meats,
or nick-uacjvH, that we chose. We could pur
ehSse clothing of any kind, or anything we
wanted. Clothing and eatables ot all kiuds
were allowed to bo sent to the prisoners by
their friends in the North iu any quantity ;
money also without stint.
When 1 left tlie Island the excitement about
the release of the prisoners by a force from Can
ada was at its highest pitch, necessarily earning
the garrison to be reinforced. This coming so.
suddenly found the commissary stores on the
island deficient, and tho rations for both pris
oners and garrison were somewhat curtailed.—
The sutler was also sent away and the prison
ers still Ynore restricted. I hope however, be
fore this time things are pursuing the even ten
or of their way, and that tlie prisoners are en
joying themselves as heretofore. We had the
privilege of writing as many letters as we chose
and when we chose, of course subject to certain
restrictions; we could purchase writing materi
als in any quantity.
Tlie officers over tho prisoners have at all
times conducted themselves as gentlemen, and
have been very kind and lenient, nor do they
suffer tbe prisoners to Do insulted or abused in
any way.
I.MeitBSSMKNT Bint.. —The billrelatin; U> Im
pressments, reported from tho Committee on
tlie Judiciary, after lining read a third time in
the 1 Kruse was adopted. The following is the
Dill as amended and perfected:
A bill to be entitled an Act to amend an Act
entitled “An Act to Regulate Impressments.’’
approved March 26th, 1863, and to repeal the
Act amendatory thereof, approved April 27tli.
1863.
Sec. I. The Congress of tho Confederate
States of America, do enact, Jahat so much of
the above recited Act, as auVirizes the Com
missioners appointed by tlie President and Gov
ernors of the different States, to fix the prices
to be paid f..r property impressed, be, and tlie
same is hereby repealed.
See. 2 That in ate cases where property is
impressed for tlie use of the army or navy, "or
for other public use under said act, the same
shall be paid for at the time of said impress
ment unless an appeal be taken from tlie de
cision according to the valuation agreed upon
between tho parties or ascertained aud determ
ined by loyal and disinterested citizens of the
city, county or parish in which the impress
ment may lie made, in tbo manner, and accord
ing to the regulations provided in the first, se
cond and thirit sections of the above recited
act, or the Bth si-cHbn thereof.
■Sec. 3. Whenever the officer making tlie im
pressment of properly muter the net, hereby
amended, stian i.«i:e\« that the appiaiscmei,,
is fair and just, he shall endorse his approval
upon the certificate of appraisement and make
payment accordingly, but if lie shall believe
that il is not lairand just, then he shall refuse
to approve, aud endorse the reasons of his re
fusal on tlie certificate, and shall have the
right, to appeal from the decision of the ap
praisers by reporting the case to the Commis
sioners appointed under said act. to which this
is an amendment, for their decision, whose judg
ment shall be final, and in tlie meantime tlie
properly shall be held by the officer impressing
the same, who shall give a receipt therefor to
the owner, who shall also have the right of
appeal as herein p>ovided.
Sec. 4. The said commissioners •shall have
power to summon and examine witnesses to en •
able them to fix the value of tlie property im
pressed, which shall be tlie value of the prop
erty at the time amt place of tlie impressment
and.the sole duties of said commissioners shall
hereafter be to fix the value of pioperty, in case
of appeal, aud ate (heir o'lier duties are liejeby
taken away; and when the commissioners shall
iiave fixed the value of pioperty in case of ap
peal, they shall furnish the owner and impress
ing officer with a statement of such value, which
shall be paid accordingly, which valuation shall
tic made within three months from the teme of
impressment.
Sec. 5. That said commissioners shall be
sworn faithfully to discharge ate their duties
under this act, and the act to which this is an
amendment.
Sec. 6. No slave laboring on a (arm or plan
tation exclusively devoted to tlie production of
grain shall lie taken for public use without the
consent of tlie owner, except in cases of urgent
necessity, or an order of tlie General command
ing the’Department.
Sec 7. Be it further" enacted, That the act
amendatory of the above recited act, approved
April 271 h. 1863, and so much of the Ist section
as requires tlie owner or agent to make affidavit
that such property was grown, raised, or pro
duced by said owner, or is held, or lias been
purchased by him, not for sale or speculation,
but for his own use or consumption be and the
same is hereby repealed.
See. 8. Be it further enacted, That no im
pressment shall lie made under this or any oth
er not, which may be for the use or benefit of
tlie contiactors with tlie government.
Coxi'BDKiiATß Vessels is Ecroi'e.—A letter ,
from Calais contains the following respecting
tire Rappahannock :
The steamer was in the roads from midnight,
wailing to receive on boardfiileen young Amer
icans, who have been residing here tor more
than two month*, to serve as officers. These offi
cers had embarked on board a nailing boat
which they had hired to convey them to Bou
logne, as they had told tlie master, in order to
conceal their project and avoid the police.
When once they were ou4si<le the port, howev
er, they ordered him to put them on board a
vessel from which rockets were being fired,
which was the signal agreed upon. 'I lie master
ol tho boat, in alarm, called for assistance from
otlrer boats near him. and with their help he
sailed into port, where be landed his passen
gers, who were much annoyed at what had oc
curred. *
fhc Rappahannock has been purchased for
the Confederate Government; she was an Eng
lish vessel undergoing repairs at Shearness. .She
left that port under pretence of trying her ma
chinery, and, taking with her as ctew the me
chanics and shipcarpenters who were at work
on board. Once at, sea the English flag was re
placed by lliat of the Southern States. She lias
not yet any guns on board, tint is pierced for
eight Jieavy guns. Her repairs are, it is thought,
about to be completed at Calais. It is report
ed that a part of her crew have arrived by steam
er from Dover.
A private letter from Hull, dated Nov. 27tb,
and published in the Daily News, says :
“There was a prize vessel-got away from here
some days back. Stic was an undoubted‘ram.’
with masts fitted to lower on the deck and tel
escope funnel. She was launched with steam
up, amt came alongside the West pier. Two
cabs full of Southern looking gentlemen drove
down and went on board, and she was oft like
a shot. Every one was taken by surprise.
The fact, that Dr. A. Y. P. Garnett’s house,
in Washington City, tents for s2,Boo .while un
der the confiscation law it sold for onlj, ■
shows that the Yankees do not considei the in
vestment in confiscated property as ie ,
permanent one.
The Federal steamer Keareoge was Olltclde
Plymouth Sound pn the 10th ipsti
, Secretary Chase’s Tone Towards England.—
i The Federal Secretary of the Treasury Chase,
; has on several occasions lately, threatened to
punish England unless that nation pursued tho
exact course Federaldom wished to have her.—
His bombastic talk however does not appear to
disturb Mr. Bull at all. The Loudon Times
comments thus on the subject:
What will most strike the English reader is
the tone of Mr. Chase is a cabinet minister ; he
i is the exponent of extreme republican princi
ples in the President’s councils at a tints when
those opinions are dominant; and be is said to
aspire to the Presidency itself, and to have a
fair chance of being elected. He is,'therefore,
as important a man as could be found to speak
on the relations between his countrymen and
us. Now. what is the language which thisgeu
tleman, with all the responsibility of office, ut
ters with regard to this country ? He consid
ers that the English aristocracy and the French
despotism- would like to see the Union destroy
ed, but that these two powers have been in
duced to abstain from intervention by the dis
play of Federal strength. Now as to tho fear
inspired by the Federal armies and navies, wo
have only to remind Mr. Chase that, ns we
were not influenced by it when the rights ot
th.s country were violated two years ago by
Capt. Wilkes, when the Federal force was un
broken, we are not likely to apprehend it. now,
when after two years of constant effort, the
Federal navy has not succeeded either in cap •
taring a single cruiser or in subduing the de
fences of Charleston, while its army has been
six times repulsed in its attempts to reach a
hostile capital a hundred miles front its base of
operations. Mr. Chase’s theory, that tlie gov
ernment of this country have desired to iuter
leie in favor of the .South, but have lieen re
strained by the successes of tlie northern arm
ies and the power and activity of the northern
navy, is not only untrue, but is an insult to a
people who have made sneli large sacrifices to
the integrity of international law. It has been
said from the beginning of these troubles, by
those wlio know the Americans liest, that what
ever might. *ic the conduct of England they
would never allow that any act of hers was in
spired by anything but enmity to themselves or
fear of their power. Tlie result has proved the
truth of this remark. ’The most necessary pub-
such ns the recognition of the
Confederates us belligerents, has been made a
reason for querulous complaining, while tlie
just, and faithful manner in wiiich this country
has performed all its international duties re
ceives only the complacent remark that the,
power :>f the Union can extort non interference
from tlie old country. For what England has:,
done, however, she is to be excused, thought.
Mr. Chase lias often felt that lie would like “to
'take her by tlie hair and give her a good shak
ing.’’ This pardon, however, will Lave to be
earned by our paying fovall tlie damage done
by the Alabama.
Such is tlie stuff talked by a man in thu
highest position in American politices—a man
who may in ejjffee, n months have supreme,
authority in the Federal States, and a power
over tire community and individuals greater
tliaiiHbat wielded bjFany sovereign in Western.
Europe. Ought it to suprise any one that the;
cause of the Federals is unpopular in Eng
land, when we find them all, high and low,
threatening this country with future vengeance
This is the unfailing burden of American song.
In public and in private, in speeclis and cou-.
vernation, in the pulpit anil the press, the hu
miliation of England is put forth as the first,,
consequence and the sweetest reward of north -
ern victory in this war. Tho vague jealousy
of the days before secession Uas deepened and
settled into a steady revengeful purpose. Mr./
Chase but speaks the common language, but
that one in his position should thus speak is
significant enough.
A Northern Opinion ok Northern Prospects t
—Tlie Chicago Times, occasionally talks’quito.
plain about the prospects of tlie failure of tin*
North in the present struggle. Hen: is a.; opir. .
ion about matters lately published in that
per :
It is a good time for those who have gold toi
hold it. Wall street will reipond to the Pres
ident’* message, not immediately perhaps, but.
by approaches which cannot be long deferred.”
The war has lasted three years, and will nc fi v i
terminate during Mr. Lincoln’s
if he maintains his present position. * « «.
The Gull States will he found as impenetrable .
as Virginia, and if by overpowering number*
they are penetrated, only armies, equaling the
inhabitants of these States can hold them in
subjection. Treasury notes bid fair to become
as numerous as blackberries, and nearly a*
worthless.
The Mayor of Richmond has denounced the*,
practice of parties allowing their slaves to go*,
at large, to hire their own time, Ac., aud stated
that nearly ate of the larcenies perpetrated in
the city, were attributable to the fact thatsufii-,
cient care was not taken of them by their
owner* who trusted, too much t° agents. H®,
■Eled further, that In his opinion there were.
m least 2000, male and female, of this class, in'
the city, and that in every case of the kind'
which might be brought before him, he intend
ed :o enforce tlie law rigidly.
Civil Law to ue Exkorced in Alahama.— A.
late act passed by the Alabama Legislature ha*,
tlie following as its chief section :
That any person, as to whom a writ of
habeas corpus lias been issued and served, who
willully fails or refuses, under any pretense,
whatever, to obey the mandate thereof, or tlies
orders of the Judge or Court thereon, before
whom tlie same is heard, or who knowingly
and intentionally prevent tho service of Ilia
same by force, or by keeping out of the way,
or who shall wilfully fail or refuse to permit,
any person, upon application by counsel iu hi*
custody, to consult with, and have the assis
tance of counsel, for the purpose of
or prosecuting said writ, or who shall send
away or conceal any person who is in his custo
dy or under his control, with intent to prevent,
said writ from being sued out or executed, on.
the petitioner from being discharged when the
Judge or Court s<> orders, shall be guilty of a
j felony, and on conviction shall be fined not;
! less than SIOOO or imprisoned in the peniten
j tiary not less than one nor more than five years,
; at the discretion of the Jury trying the same.
A Ni;t* or the Abolitionists.— ln last July,
white our army was falling back from Gettys-,
burg, and while a wagon train and a portion
of the Donaldsonvitee Artillery, from Louisiana,
were passing through Grcencastle, the Yan
kees made a dash into the place ami captured
some of tire wagons and a section of the artil
lery. As soon as the capture was made sever
al citizens, women as well as men, turned out;
and with saws and'axes crippled the wagon 4
as much as possible. Among other prisoner*
was a faithful negro belonging to a Captain iu
the artillery. ' While this wa< going on, a part
of Gen. Imboden’s command, in the neighbor
hood, hearing of it, dashed into town, recap
tured ate that was lost, and taking prisoner*
and a section of Yankee artillery. As soon a*
our men appeared this negro approached art.
officer, telling him what tire citizens had dont».
hut a few minutes before. The Captain request
ed itiin to point out of those, who were, most
active in their efforts to injure us. lie imnre
diatcly pointed to one who was standing a short,
distance from them. This man, not liking tha,
aspect of affairs, replied, with an oath, “Y'our
lie, you black scoundrel.”
The negro turned to tho Captain, saying*.
•‘Mass Captain, must I stand that?”
“No,” said tlie Captain, “he puts himself one
an equality with you pitch into him and hi*
did so. knocking him down and beating hith to
hits heart’s content.
Rlackivo.—Take's*half bushel of Chiaaber
lics and, having them wall picked from tho.
-iem.-. put into a kettle, and add three gallon*
of water; boil down to one gallon, then strain
tlie liquor through a sieve from the seed _ am?
skins, and add as much pine wood (the richei*
the better) soot as will make a good black,and
it Is ready for use. ” A pint of good, or a quart
of weak vinegar, or stale beer, fir-t mixed with
the soot will make it better, and ff you add this
whole of one egg to a half a gallon of liquor.,
it will be equal to any Yankee blacking. Thtv
blacking costs little besides trouble, and we.
have seen boots cleaned with it inferior to nou •-
in gloss, and it will not soil awhile handker
chief. Let it stand several days before you
bottle it off.— Confederacy.
Salt has declined from seventy-five to fifty
Cents pet pound in Selma.