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AUGUSTA, GA.
WEDNESDAY M.ilt>!>b. McY 4
We Always stop the C'uao.t: i.s A S.-stwm. a h->
•nd vs la*: y :*r, jt it■: time fvr which it ui pA.tf, of wtoca the
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to 'jou .tßue it. it w nil i *eil to rne 4 your tuhaf ription ki
two we.iutefore the tiro** xpirw.
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fl v*» ut Ul£ f,rraw *u weli » &and 1 ft**.
Weekly ll«4e» —The pr ->f U»e W7ult Cintowic^s
« hi*..-.**;, is Iwur Uj.Ar* lor ort-e m .c,U.a, ior
lU m^htks.
H«4»’ R*<C»t ! lloi|s IJ l—iae pipv makor-wm rs|
nags of uotto .ue.t, tux old rs.pt, fc«c. Iu every Vi .a.e tuzrt
Ough to be Ar .* mtrehm • , ..ho h'-ui» buy t try •*
r rjcß he e*n fret froui all the BurroubiJsoj; courc r . 'V e 'xvnla
like tv h«*ar from Ahy who will u .uertuju; V. buy i iti*k
p*per for U.« <J*»cKrcls Jr hSMTiHBL. */q receipt of IftU*
w« wi’l «ie *- pr i •»/-. etc.
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Georgia. —An army letter writer gives ibe
public the annexed itrrrt of new«;
Hon. J. L M Curry, of Alabama, Is with
the Army of Tennessee, as a Coturaisi-ioner to
look into arrests of civilians near this army,
who, by the late law, will not have the right
0-f habeas corpui.
Was there no Georgian to be found supple
enough to Qll this office? Or is It deemed neces
sary to put all of Georgia's sons, wijo are wil
ling “to bow the knee to £aal," into some
military position in order that they might, to
use the language of one who holds bitch a
place, “spike Hie guns’’ of the defenders of
State righis and civil liberty ?
We are of the opinion that any civilian ar
rested by military authority in Georgia, will
• have the right of the wtit of habeas corpus, if
he sees fit to demand it, as long as Gov. Brown
controls the destinies of this Commonwealth.
The advocates of a central government
_ must be exceedingly careful In their unconsti
tutional graspings after undelt-gated powers,
n it to tresspass upon the rights or liberties of
any citizen of this Stato. Gov. Brown lias
t iken his stand by the Constitution, and will
maintain it. lie is not the titan tp be intimi
dated; nor is he the man to back down when
ho is convinced he is In the right. There is r.o
and mbt as to the correctness of his position ;
neither is there any doubt as to the feelings of
his constituents. They will sustain him iu his
course. Confederate officials knotA full well
what his policy will be if the 1 burly of any
citizen of Georgia is infringed upon in the
litilst. Knowing this, they will alone be at fault
If any collision occurs between them and the
hi fate authorities in regard to the suspension of
the writ of habeas cot pus.
In conclusion, wo will simply say, that the
appoiutmeut of a Confederate Commissioner
,ln Georgia, “to look into tire arrests of civil
ians who will not have the right of haffeas
eorpus,’’ is a perfect farce. It is a mighty
soft place for some favorite to occupy, with a
good salary and nothing to do. Expenses are
not to be taken into consideration, however,
as the dear people foot the hills, when they
pay their taxes. ,
An Imi%ktant Duty to be Aitended to
Accounts from nearly eveiy section of the Con
federacy represent huge piles of Government
fodder, corn, nn<\ oilier articles collected by
t id tithing tax, becoming utterly worthier on
a/oount of the criminal carelessness with
which they have been stored away. Those
whore duty it is to see to these matters, in some
localities, have paid uo attention to them at
all. In many Instances the government prop
ody lies tor days and weeks just where it was
put by the tax payet— exposed to wind and
weather.
It is time stops should ba taken to hold to a
proper responsibility those who are charged
with tho duty of preserving government pro
duce. It Is impossible to estimate the waste
that has resulted through tho indifference and
carelessness of agents. Something ought to
h \v« l>eeu done long ago to put a stop to this
great evil. Millions of dollars worth of gov
ernment property has been, wasted ; and tue
waste will continue to go on uuiee* checked.
The fact is, the iault lies here. Tho appoint
ing powers instead of putting capable, practi
cal men into places of trust and responsibility,
have filled a great majority of them with idle,
1 lofticieut, inexperienced favorites—men who
nsver did do anything, or who are too lazy to
and.» anything if they knew bow--ln order to
keep them out of the amiy. As long as tho
people suffer outrages of this kiud to go ou
anrebukud, they must expect to see corrup
t’on and fraud in high places ; and must also
expect to pay millions of dollars in <hu shape
of taxes that could he saved to tho country,
if affairs were managed in a more busi
ness like way and with less unjust preference.
The people should look into these matters
now, and demand that a different policy be
adopted at Richmond. By-and by it will be
too late. Delays are dangerous. It is mud
ness to stand still on the brink of a precipice
when we see by unfailing signs that.wo shall
be plunged into the chasui, uulet,* wo adopt
m*asurcs to prevent it.
The Point where Dskkscks should be tub
Strongest. — it seems to be the general opinion
that the Yankee commander is concentrating a
large force on the Potomac, with a view of
making another movement against Richmond.
This may be true. But it certainly would be
well for our authorities to him closely
The capture of our capital might produce, a
greater moral effect aTiroad thau the capture of
any other point. But we have nothing to ex
pect ftorn abroad. The sympathies of the
world are already with our enemy.
Wo should look well to those points, the cap
ture of which would most seriously injure us.
The enemy, with little regard to the public sen
timent of Europe, are resolved no doubt to
strike where we will most feel it. ibe capture
of Richmond, while it would lie a serious blow
to the Confederacy, would not impair her
strength so much as would the downfall of At
lanta. Richmond would secure to them valu
able military works, and the reundiyler of the
Butt* —which, of course, should be defended to
the last extremity.
The fall of Atlanta, on the other hand, would
in a short time, give him great portions of
Georgia, Alabama. Florida and South Caroliua,
—a fatal blow, perhaps, it would be ts> theCon
t.xieiacy. The consequences to our cause would
be more deplorable than the fall of any other
point. Both Richmond and Atlanta should be
defended at all hazards. Let us save cutr capi
. tallfwocHii; but let us also put Atlanta In
such a state of defence that it cannot be cap
tured. Oar foe is a wily one, and his laie
movements may be a mere feint to throw us oft'
our guard and to draw the greater part of our
force to Virginia, that he may the more easily
obtain the ‘‘Gate City,” which has, we know,
for a long time. I’een the goal of his ambition.
(.VmVATU'.v or Tot oon..—The journal* of
the country can do no better service *to the
Confederate cause than keep before the peo
ple the vital importance of this subject. Eve
ry energy of the people should be devoted to
production. Every resource that experience,
ingenuity and practical skill can suggest should
be tested to the utmost to produce food for
man and beast. The men who cultivate the
soil compose an army not inferior in impor
tance to that which Is in the field. They should
spare no paiue in the performance of tbeii du
ty. If one crop rails, try another. We should
be glad to see our scientific agriculturists giv
ing their attention to this subject, and publish
such hints, suggestions, and advice as will be
of use In increaeiug aud divers tying produc
tlon. * |
Gov Du.*.. _ nu'.rcse in Atlar'r
on Sunday tvetaug in bebntt of ihe edneath 1
of soldiers’ orphans He offered to giv< •is
■alary fo> tt>s yesir and also work for the ca se
In every way possible. About S4oOOO na
subecril-ed on the occasion We are glad tha
this noble cause has such an active and ener
getic supporter.
i A.v AosciMiTSa-rioSi Decision.—Judge Haiy
burton.of the Confederate States District Court,
at Itichinocd, has delivered a long opinion sus
taining constitutionality of the act sus
pending the writ .f habeas corpus. His decis
ion however, does not make the act any more
constitutional. It only shows that he is gov
erned by the same cringing spirit that perva
ded the last Congress. Any ten year old cchool
boy who has read the history of his country
knows the act suspending the writ of habeas
c .rpua is unconstitutional. Every unbiassed
and unprejudiced free thinking man it well
awar of the same faot. And all the decisions
Oi Judge Halyburton, or any other Judge, no
matter woo he is or what bis name may be,
cannot cn ke a wrong act right. The people,
the power, Lave decided the act referred to was
a detestable one, and the honied words or fklsa
and specious sophistry of ten thousand pam
pered officials cannot eradicate from th ■ public
mind the well founded idea that their liberties
have been assailed and are in danger. Judge
Ualyburton may flatter himself into the belief
that he baa done a big thing, but he will find
all his efforts in the eauae of error will amount
to just nothing.* The m-to of alarm has been
sounded by Gov. Brown, Vijo President Ste
phens, and others, and the country will not al
low tselr to be bound with th* shackles so art-
fully prepared. "The Lib-rty of the fifteen
and the ftighte of th' States’* is no#the watch
word. Such men as Ualyburton might as well
retire into private life. Their services are uoi
needed in a liberty-loving country. It does
appear as if some Confederate J udge* are de
sirous of tuking a higher seat on the history
page in the realms of infamy than Jeffreys and
others figured on the public stage in
days gone by.
The Kind ok 6tatk.ime.ji roil Waii Tiub.—
Macaulay, in speaking of the influence the
speeches and acts of the elder Pitt had on the
minds of the people and soldiers of England
during a war, remarks thus:
The national spirit rose to the emergency
that the national resources were contributed
with unexampled cheerfulness. This was un
doubtedly iiis work. The ardor of his spirit
had set tht whole kingdom ou fire. It inflamed
every soldier who dragged the cannon up the
heights of Quebec ; and every sailor who
boarded the French ships amidst the rocks of
Brittany. Before lie had l>een long in office,
lie imparted to the commanders he employed
his own impetuous, Adventurous and defying
character. They, like him, wore disposed to
risk everything to pay double or quits to the
last, to think nothing done while anything re
mainel—to fail rather than not attempt. For
errors of rashucss there might be indulgence.
For over caution—for faults like those of Lord
George Sackville, there was no mercy. Ver
sellles was appalled and bewildered by hU vig
'or. A panic spread through all ranks of
French society Our enemies soon considered
it a settled thing that they were always to be
bealen Thus victory begot victory; till, at
last, wherever tho forces of the two nations
met, they met with disdaiuffil confidence on
the one side, and with a craven fear on the
other.
Would that, we had men of such a spirit in
our national legislative bfftls. With a states
man of that stamp to gu.de our national af
fairs, “a battle would bo half won beforo
fought.’’ Oppressed indeed is a people who
are demoralized and dispirited by the acts of
Ua-ir national legislators. Who, while they are
endeavoring to free themselves from tho ty
ranny of a foreign fob, are also
rebuke and resist tho despotic acts of those
within their borders wfco are doing their utr
most to trample under foot the very liberties
for which they are lighting.
Mechanics.— Every skUtful artisan, what
ever blanch of the mechanical thi-y
uny pursue, cau render more available service
"to their country in the workshop than iu the
field jjThff Lincoln Government understands this
fully, and are offering extra luduconiehti "to
secure mechanics.
Lock at th • deplorable condition of oar rail
roads and other interests aid o
tlie mechanic Two many of our skill ul arti
zans have alieudy been pit in the army
Facts pro'te this. And instead of dragging in
to the i auks the few which remain out, onr of
fii iuls ougm to detail hundreds who are now
in the field.
Thy truth is, for the past few mouths we have
been pursuing a most suicidal course in re
gard to the producing and the mechanical
portions of the community. The last Con
gres#did m no to injure our cause, than Lin
coin with his , numerous armies has boeu able
to do for a year prev ous.
We trust the new Congress will have some
members who are possess and of a little common
sense, and wtio also have moral courage
enough to stand up for right and not acquiesce
in a wfoijg for the sake of expediency. It it
should prove o be composed of he same mv
■ Wrial as the last, all wu can say is “God have
mercy oy us ass- nation.”
The SriiUMiTY or Federal Imprcdesce.—
The Now York Times iu alluding to our cur
ency reform remarks U 111.1:
•‘Our Government can practice no such re
pud'at ug shifts as the rebel Government is
now essa\ iug There it- too much princMe yet
let in the Northern people to tolerate national
turpitu le of that sort.”
We saw it stated a few days ince * there
is sc ucely a hom. in the. North “in official cir
cles” that is not adorned with furniture, pianos,
plate and jewelry ->to!en from people of th#
South ; and it is a notoiious fact charged by
some of their own presses, that Butler while
in New Orleans, acti g under “national’’ au
thority, stole, enough money, plate jewels, fur-
niturc, &c., item the innocent families in that
wealthy city, to freight several vessels to Bos
ton, and lhat the wealth which lie has thus
acquired exceeds tl at of all the treasure ever
seized by pirates on the seas. But that is mere
ly private stealing and robbery. There is no
‘‘national turpitude” ia that—in the opinion
of Yankee judges.
Promotion' or Brig. Gkn\ Hoke. —Brig. Gen.
Hoke, who was in command of the forces that
captured Plymouth, has been made a Maj<fr
General by President Davis. He is a native of
North Carolina. This is a good deed, and one
which will meet with universal approval. We
hope this kind of policy will be the one adop
ted hereafter.
It valor and bravery bad been made the ba
sis for promotion - rom the first, Instead of fa
voritism aud influence, our army would be
much better officered than It now is.
A Movement in the Right Direction. —The
General Agent of the Produce Loan is institu
ting a careful examination into the condition
of Government Cottons, provisions, produce
stored in various districts of the South. ' per
sons h ivh g charge of the same are to be held
all damage aud cost resulting from
insecure shelter, or neglect otherwise. Cotton
left cn abandoned plantations is to be removed
to secure locations, and properly cared for. To
secure the obse.vance of these .requirements,
sub agents will be required to* make regular
and frequent reports in detail.
Deith or Judge Thomas—We are pained to
be called upon to announce the death of Judge
Thomas W. Thomas, ot Elbert county. He
died at his residence in Elberton, on Sunday
night last. His health for some time has been
failing, although his friends did not deem his ■
condition dangerous. Jndge T. was a staunch
friend of civil Ulasriy. and an able defender of
the rights of the State The cause of right
cn I fiet-dom has lost one of its most firm and
influential fhampiens
Yanie alvicvetto.u ic-xx-i epreser.t mat
ters uucl an-ed, with no prospect tor a cam
pagn.
New Orleans papers say that Matamoras was
captured oy the French without a fight,
Llbkktt ut Aaer.icA—S'ECßßtarr or React.—
An interesting lecture was delivered on the
night of the 14th, at Cooper Inst tute, New
York city, by Dudley Spring, bis subject being
"Liberty in America;’’showing the necessity of
peace. We make the following extract :
The independent political existence of the
country had its birth in certain central princi
ple* ciearly defined. Well understood among
them aie t e following : Government is for j
the benefit of the people, •and not the people
for the ben'-fit of The only
just and solid font datioa tor all government is,
the consent of the guvermd. When a govern
ment fails to promote the happiness of a peo
ple, that people Lave the right to change it.
These principles we h„ve ass rted to be truths,
and tueir usseition we have sustained at a great
cost We cannot go baok on our precedent or
do anything contrary to tt without moral in-
Oonsi.-ttncy and injustice. It the primiples
are erroneous then tva* the Revolution ot ’7G a
crime—f a crime, all that followed was with
out right, and there can be no remedy to main
tain it. Besid -s, one must not profit by his
own wrong. If, on the oilier hand, the prin
ciples are correct, it is a still greuter crime to
dispute and contest them, or to deny their ef
fect and operation because we do bo advisedly
and/*ith the price in our hands
Whpn we deny them we slander the title to
our existence a* a nation, ana defame those
from w-ioin w. derived tho inheritance. It is
our duty, in all h -nesty and honorable dealing
n tto straiten these principles in sense or ap
plication— not to throw them aside as gar
incuts that have served tlieir purpose,seen their
day ; but to hold them in veneration aa pre
servers of our liberty, the bulwarks of the na
tiou. the hop** of inankiod. A despot born and
nurtured is not without excuse ; but a freeman
become ad spot Las none. Nature abhors the
fcouster, and will not suffer it lang to live.
Decency, if not conseL uce, forbid a selfish
and partial application of these laws in which
we have our political being—forbid that we
should invoke them in our own behalf or deny
them when in behalf of others. It is our duty
to s.iow that this nation was established, not
in selfishness, but in right. We rushed to
rebellion ns a virtue ; let us denounce tyranny,
whatever shape it may assume, ns a crime. The
right to i elf government is not the right to
choose our government, but any government.
The right of communities to choose tlieir own
government is not exclusive in them—in
dividuals have the same right.
The individual exercises his right by the
only course in which it can be made eflective.
He migiates. A political community or State
gives effect to its choree, not by any change of
locality, that weuld be clearly impossible, but
by changing its political relation. Had these
sentiments prevailed, we would not have pres
ented to the world a phenomenon of inordinate
ambition proceeding from the most considera
ble of institutions. We would ffiave respected
the right of others for tho reasons which direct
us to maintain our own. Justice, equity and
prudence would have had greater influence in
our councils and administration. We alien'd
have appreciated the truth, that a strict regard
•or the rights of others, the weak as well as the
strong, with the exercise ofjuatice. magnan
imity, forbearance and moderation, is cot inere-
ly a duty, out a necessity. Our standard of
national and social excelU noc would have been
higher, it would not have consisted in wealth
and military power; these would have been
useful servants, but they would not have been
masters. Moral power, dignity and influence
would have constituted the glory of the nation
The troubles which have settled jipon us
would have passed over or heads, to some dis
tempered, more congenial zone ; ‘ and finally
we should have demonstrated that great tiuth,
in which mankind have so deep an interest,
that Republican institutions are in perfect har
mony with the best interests of society. Wo
must rectify these errors if we would save the
nation. Wo mugt bring back the Government
to :he faith and practice of the fathers, listen
to their counsels,* heed their advice and follow
in their footsteps. But all these considera
tions will be vain and fruitless unless we can
first have—Peace.
Negro 'Soldiers in North A Novel
Picture ot what the Negroes have gained
by ‘‘Freedom.' - Tho Yankees «re going on in
their mad passion for thy elevation of the ne
gro. They are not conteut to putting them on
an equality with their whites, hut they want
to wake even rnoro of them. The Albany Ar
gus is even forced to make the following con
fession:
Iu awarding apparent equality of pay be
tween white and black troops, the administra
tion. iiowever, g- e« beyond, in fact, and gives
to tho negro so'diers a much greater rate of
compensation. It assumes the support of his
family, and for every negro soldier enlisted, it
finds from five V) eight women or children, or
invalid or decrepid men, thrown absolutely
upon it for daiiy food. The negro troops, there
fore, wi'l, under thin svstemof equality, be the
highest paid troops in the world.
Weirds!! Phillips spoke of ibem as our no.
hies, to wkem the lands of the South were to
Is) awarded, as William, theCoi querer, divided
England among his Norman chiefs. They are
already upon the pension list to an extent that
few realize, and which the heads of de
partment refuse to reveal. But even this
vast expenditure gives no relief to this fated
class. They suffer and perish in their new con
dition.
We hai-e publ shed some evidence fiom abo
lition sources upon this point. A letter from
Ch plain Fisk, dated the 11th Instant, to tho
Springfield Mass Republican, presents some
lucts which are new. Ho says :
There are. between Memphis and Natchez,
not less than fifty thousand blacks, from among
whom have been called all the able-1 odied
men for the military service. Thirty-five thou
sand of th<-se. viz : those iu camps between
Helena and Nat Chez, are furnished the shelter
of old tents ad subsistence of cheap rations
by the Government, but are. in all other things,
in extreme destitution.
Th- ir clothing, iu perhaps the case of a fourth
ot this Dumber, is but one single worn and
scanty garment Many children are wrapped
uight and day in tattered blankets as their sole
apparel. But few of all these people have had
any change 01 raiment sinoe, in midsummer or
earlier, they came from the abandoned planta
tions of their raas’ers.
Multitudes of them have no beds or bedding
—the. clayey earth the vesting place of the
women and babes through these stormy winter
months. They live cf necessity in extreme filth
iness. aud are afflicted with all fatal diseases.
Medical attendance and supplies are very in
adequate T.i ey cannot, during the winter,
be disposed to labor and self support and com
pensatod labor cannjbt be procured for them in
the camps. They cannot in then present con
dition. survive the winter. It is my conviction
that, unrelieved half of iheui will perish before
the Spring. Last winter, during the months of
February, March aud April, I buried. at Mem
phis alone, out of an average of about four
thounmd. twelve hundred of these people, or
frofn twelve to twenty a day. One day we
buried thiity-five. Those who have been gath
ered into camp this, summer are quite as desti
tute as those who were on our hands last winter.
A Good Record.— There is not a State of ihe
Confederacy—with the exception of Missouri,
where we have no force—in which within a
bout two months past the Confederate arms
have not achieved some success or the Yan
kees met with a failure. Thus we have :
In Texas, Benavides’ affair at Laredo.
In Louisiana, Bauks’ defeat at Mansfield.
In Arkansas, the capture of Jacksonport,
and possibly by this time the discomfl.ure of
Steele
In Kentucky, the capture of Paducah.
In Tennessee, the capture of Fort Pillow.
In Mississippi, the defeat of Grierson.
In Alabama, the Yankee failure at Fort
Powell.
In Florida, the victory of Ocean Pond.
In Georgia, the repulse of Crow's valley.
In South Carolina, the confessed failure of
the siege of Charleston.
In North Carolina, the capture of Plymouth.
In Virginia, the defeat of Dahlgren's raid.
There are others besides, but we have con
fined ourselves to a single affair in each State.
Surely the skies all around us are bright with
happy oniei s.
The Climax.— The masterpiece of the Sew
ard-Russell correspondence about the jams is
the following brief dispatch from Mr. Layard to
Mr. Stuart. Her Majesty’s Charge d’Affaires at
Washing!on, written the very day that Mr.
Adams' threatening dispatch of same date was
' received, and three days before Earl Russell in
! formed him in three lines that the threat had
succeeded. We give it in full :
Foreign Ofticb, Feb. 6.
We hare given order* to-day to the Commis
sioners of customs at fciverpool to prevent the
two iron clads leaving the Men*ev. Thes-- or
ders had scarcely been sent when we received
the noie It m Mr, Ad ims, of which I send vou
a copy. Mr. Adams.is not yet aware that'or
ders have been given to stop the vessel*.—■
You may inform Mr. Seward confidentially ■of
the fart,
FQOM
It U now ascertained, that all the white
troops in Natchez, Vicksburg, and other Missis
sippi towns Lave been sent North. Their pla
ces are filled with negro Toops.
The negto school’s in Natchez have been bro
ken up, and all of the attendants able to work
j sent to work on Louisiana plantations.
| Great dissatisfation exists among the negro
| troops at Natehez, and outbreaks are of con
j tinual occurrence. T hey express great dis
satisfaction, with the freedom they are receiv
ing at the hands of the Yankees and are wdl
ing to return to thoir ma ters within the South
ern lines. Thev think however, that the Con-
Ceferates will hang them, an idea that the
Yankees are continually in aching to them.
Gentlemen who have recently arrived in
Richmond from Central Mississippi’fconflrm pre-
vious reports ol great abunuauce ol provision.-
in that prolific region. There are hundreds of.
acres of rorn yet standing in the field, for went
of the labor to gather the whole crop. The
barns aud other building are filled with tfie
grain a id the cattle and swine have been turn
ed into the fields. Butter, eggs, bacon and
beef are abundant, aud offered for sale at
pWace prices for Confederate currency, but there
is no way of getting teem to market—the Yan
kees having stokn or killed ad the horses.
The Federate captured at Fort Pillow have
arrived at Meridian.
The black tongue is maV'ng great ravages
among the residents of Memphis.
A gentleman from DtS o oounty, Misain ;
forms the editor of the A-Unta Appeal, that
that section has been laid aste by both par
ties, to the exte .t of destroying fences, etc.,
veTy generally. The dwell' .gs throughout the
c mnty have suffered but ii! e. but the pianta
tions have almost all bf< • desolated. No
crops woith mentioning are being cultivated.
The population is nea-’y all gone The
supply of meat in the corn,,,/ is good, but in
consequence of the maraud I g course pursued
by cavalry parlies, there is ut little corn left.
The deficiency is supplied l'roi > the gianaries
of the Mississippi prairies. . his is bought at
very low figures, and were it not for the trouble
of tram-porting it, but life inconvenience
would be felt in cotlsequonce of the home
scarcity. A considerable amount of contra
band trade is carried on h the Yankee
traders at Memphis, and by the profits arising
from this business, many who would otherwise
he in straitened circumsta’ es, are enabled
to make a comfortable living
FROM TK'WIIS^EK.
A greater portion of tho Federal army iu
Upper East ToniMEsee has oetn withdrawn
aud sent elsewhere:
The Federate still continue to send women
and children from Knoxville.
A large sock of supplies are being accumu
lated by the Yankees ai Knoxville. Five
steamboats are continually employed. Six
more are being built fpr the same purpose.
RobertaMassengale, Esq., an aged and iuflu—
entiul citizen of Granger comfy, was recently
beaten to death by Federal , IHs house
and other buildings have been burned end all
his negroes and moveable pro: '-riy carried cff
Andy JAhnson has made an cut and out ne
gro equality speech at Knoxville.
Parson Brownlow advises that every South
ern man, including ministers of the gospel, es
pwially those of the M. E. C.uurch, should be
driven ontef East Tennessee, or put to dealh.
The court martials of the Generate ol Long,
street’s corps lias terminated. Geu. Robertson,
ot the Texas Brigade, is sentence ! to be repri
manded ; Gen. Laws, of Alabama, is returned
to duty* and Gen. McLaws' sentence has not
yet been published, though the inference is
that he lias been acquitted.
Low's brigade has been ordered bv the War
Department back to its original position in
Hoods Division.
A brigade of infantry, a brigade of cavalry,
and a train of Artillery have been sent to look
after Forrest by the Yankees.
Ten trains of Yankee troops have late-ly been
sent to Decatur.
It is thought in Middl- Tennessee that the
\ankce anny wiil soon advance towards Atlau
ta.
The Yankees claim one hundred and sixty
thousand men at Chattanooga. Our friends
however, think they hr»ve not sixty thousand.
The returning Yankee regiments, re enlisted
men who have been home on furloughs, eiu
braeb-g all the new recruits they have been
able to obtaip, are universally small, and do
not average more than from four to six hun
dred men to the regiment.
The prospects for a large crop in MUdle Ten
nessee are good. 'I he wheat, .of which fully
an average quantity has been so vs. is looking
finely and gives promise of an abundant har
vest. * a
Thero is no garrison at Winchester, though
the place is visited every day T>y the Yaoke
cavalry.
* daripg feat was recently executed by six
Confe edemte cavalrymen. They rode up
quietly to the Yankee pickets at Murfreesboro,
tired upon them, and then, with pistols drawn,
lashed through the town, and made their es
cape on the other side
rtlOM MEXICO.
Northern advices from Mexico to the 14th of
Marc’- very clearly indicate that Mexican re
sistance to the establishment of the Imperial
Government is about to terminate. The news
papers are filled with new acts of adhesion to
the Em ire from all pars of the country. In
a letter dated -s far back r.s January 2d, iu
which Juarez refused to accede to the propo
sal made by Dobeago and Ortega to resign the
Presidency, he admits the hopelessness of his
cause
in consequence of an attempt made by Jua
rez to get at the proceeds of tho Custom House
at Fiedias Negras without the permission of
Gov Vidaurri, the latter had assumed an ex
ceedingly hostile attitude toward Jaurez. This
Governor, who had hitherto supported the de
clining fortunes t.f the President, refused to let
him have a dollar of the funds of the State,
imprisoned a portion of his men stationed at
Monterey, seized their artillery and prepared the
citadel for defence, having assembled therein a
force of about 5000 me i. «
Vidaurri’s conduct is regarded ns amounting
to a declaration of war against- Juarez and an
adhesion to the Empire. Faimors were abun
dant. One reports him as having been assassi
nated, and another that he wasa fugitive on
his way to Matamoras, endeavoring to flee tjie
country.
French reinforcements continued to arrive at
Vgra Cruz. A newspaper publi hed at the
capital says the country ‘‘was never so tran
quil as now.’’ As usual, there are insignificant
skirmishes occurring now and again, and a
small coach that gets occasionally robbed ; but
these are unworthy of mentin and are daily
lessening in number and importance.
FROM TR\\B-MIgSIPfMI>PI.
All the news (rotn trans Mississippi contin
ues to be of the most cheering character.
It is stated that seven steamboat loads of
wounded Federate have been sent Sin the late
battle fields in Louisiana to Baton donee.
Cotton is selling in New Crican* at forty
cents per lb. in gold, or sixty cents in green
backs
Our cavalry are deslroying all cotton along
Re t fiver that is within reach c f the enemy.
Yankee Gen. Steele has oommenced his march
towards Texas by way of Arka'delphia, with a
long train of wagons, pontoon Inidgns, &c. It
is thought by some of the Te: *s papers that
hewillaltei his course and inarch on Shreve
port.
The crops in Texas are rathe: backward, but
promise well, . •
Texas papers say that the Yankee force on
the coast noar numbers only about five thou
sand-
A telegraph line is now in operation from
Houston to Shreveport, La.
Hamilton, the renegade, has established the
Yankee seat of Government at Brownsville,
Jexas.
DIsCONTiNTAXCE OF Federal GOLD CKRTlEl
gates.—The following letter, from Secretary
Chase, addressed to Mr. Cisco, of New York,
explains the reasons for discontinuing the issu
of gold certificates :
Treasury Department. April 13, 1 804 —Sir :
Much complaint Is made by a number of the
leading meichants of New York, and by many
of Boston, Philadelpba and Baltimore, about
the instructions of the Department for the tem
porary issue of coin certificates from your office,
receivable for duty in lieu of gold.
This instruction was given partly, indeed
with reference to geneial public interests,
but mainly for the purpose of relieving, as far
as possible under the law, the importing mer
chants fiom hardships occasioned by the nec
essary accumulation of coin in the Treasury.
As the complaints referred to sufficiently
show that the main object of the instruction is
not accomplished, the issue of such certificates
will be discontinued after the current war,
and duties will be collected uniformly in ooin,
as heretofore.
Very respectfully, yours,
8 P. Chase.
Secretary of the Treasury.
Application for Exeuptks.—By circular
issued from the Bureau of Conscription in re
gard to oases for exemption or detail, it is pro
vided -
-•Every application should be sworn to by
the applicant and verified b» the affidavits of
at least two respectable citizens, who are
personally acquainted with the facts testified to
by them.
BY TELEGRAPH.
LATEST FROM THE’ NORTH.
The sale of the gold certifidates is stopped
by order of the the Treasury.
Subscriptions to the ten forty loan, at the
fir»t National Bank were $$30.000;
receipts at the custom house $1 012,000, of
which $068,000 were in gold certificates.
Indianapolis specials represent military mat-
ters active: a large number of recruits leave
for the front daily.
A colored regiment will leave on Monday
to report to Gen. Burnside at Annapolis.
t The new Indiana regimonts are being rap
idly organized for the field.
It is understood that the oommittee of Fi
nance, and Ways and Means have agreed upon
certain features of the gold bill. The Senate
oommittee, through Mr. Sherman, reported an
amendment to the bill introduced by Mr. Sher-
man dtclaring it unlawful to make a contract
fir the purchase, sale, loan or delivery of gold
or bullion or foreign exchange at any time sub
sequent to making such contracts, or lor the
payment of any fixed or contingent sum, iu
fault of the delivery of the gold or bullion, or
any other terms than immediate actual de
livery at a price agreed upon. The seller oi
t ie gold must be in actual possession of it and
make bone fide sale and delivery. All con
tracts in violation of this act shall be void and
a violation subjects the offender to a fine of
SIO,OOO and imprisonment for three months to
one year: The bill was debated to-day by
Sherman, Fessenden and Sumner in favor, and
Johnson, Clark and Cowan in opposition.
The mud has nearly dried up near the army
headquarters. Sutlers and citizens have all
gone. The extra baggage is all to be sent lo
the nSir. Cavalrymen acting as orderlies, or
on other detached service, are ordered back to
their regiments. ’
' Accounts |of the battle of Plymouth
represent the Federal loss at l. r >t) killed and
2,500 captured ; the rebel loss at 1,500 —an
enormous lie.
All the negroes found in uniform were taken
out and shdt.
Dispatches from New Orleans state that the
rebels destroyed not less than 75,000 bales of
cotton on Re 1 river.
The Unicn array were at Grand Ecore forti
fying on both sides of the river. Banks and
Admiral J’orter were both there.
There was only five feet of water at Grand
Ecore. The gunboat Eastport was eground.
Prisoners taken report that Gens. Kirby
Smith and Sibley were both killed.
Cotton at New Orleans had declined; sugar
advanced.
Memphis advices of the 22d say that For
rest's entire force was moving towards Ala
bama, followed by Grierson.
Price had evacuated Camden, Arkansas, and
Steele occupied ths place.
Murphy had been inaugurated Governor of
Arkansas at Great Point on the 18th.
The Yankee House have adopters joint res
olution increasing the tariff temporarily 50 per
cent.
Lincoln has accepted the 80,000 troops ten
dered for six months’ service by the Governors
of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, lowa
and Wisconsin. They will be used for garrison
duty, relieving veteran troops.
Gold in New York 01a the 2(ilh, 185. In Bal
timore on the 27th, 181 J.
A large force left Port Royal on the 14th for
Fortress Monroe.
Burnside’s corps, reoently encamped at An
napolis, passed through Washington Monday
afternoon.
The report that the Florida was at Remedios
Was untrue.
Labor sti ikes Continue throughout the North
and West.
Butler denies writing the protest recently at
tributed to him.
A great conspiracy has been discovered in the
Western Stales.
Crawford county, Ohio, has been placed un
martial law.
Sixty pieces of artillery have been sent from
New York to the army of the Potomac.
Forrest’s attack upon Fort Pillow is regard
ed as the boldest and most sanguinary of the
war.
The 13th Tenn. Regiment, who were in the
fort, were cut to pieces. Eight hundred were
killed outright besides three hundred negroes,
with their horses.
The terror and oxcitement produced intense
feelings at the North against the Governor of
Illinois, for grafting commissions to officers to
command negro regiments.
Long will not be expelled from the Yankee
Congress.
Thirty-five French detectives who had ar
rived in New York, created much speculation.
’ A fleet of war steamers went to sea from
New York on Wednesday. Tho fleet will
touch at Humptou Roads. It is said the orders
are not to be opened until after the departure
from that point. •
Butler demands to be relieved frtun his pres •
ent posftion or to have control of the military
movements, having his base within the limits
of his department.
The <sovernor of New York has determined
to call out the State Militia Regiments to do
duty at the fort* around New York and allow
the forces stationed there to be transferred to
the field.
Burnside left Washington on the 21st for
Fortress Monroe in a special steamer.
Grant has established his headquarters in the
field.
FROM VIRGINIA.
The letters purporting to be correspondence
between Lord Lyons and the Present's pri
vate Secretary, are forgeries.
It is officially estimated that the tithe bacon
in Georgia will exceed five millions of pounds.
•No further developments in regard to the
French tobacco.
Thu Superior Court of Appeals has granted
anew trial to Forde convicted of the murder
of Dixon, former Clerk of the House of Rep.
resentatives.
Mosby surprised a picket post of forty men
at Hunter’s Mill, Fail fax county, on Friday
last, capturing six men aud eighteen horses.—
The rest escaped.
During the day the enemy pursued Mosby,re.
capturiDg four horses and taking prisoner Lt
Hunter, commanding Company A, and wound
ing Lt. Nelson, of the same company.
A fight between Mosby and the Y'ankees oc
curredwt Leesburg on Monday, in which the
Yankees lost three killed and seven wounded.
Our less was one man wounded.
AH the \ ankees have left the Valley, the
most of them coming to reinforce Meade.
Averill has gone to Southwest Virginia on a
raid.
Meade is receiving reinforcements over the
Alexandria Railroad,
There was a sharp skirms|j,' a few days since
at Wautauga Bridge, East Tennessee.
A large lorce of Y'ankees attacked Gen. W.'
A. Jackson, and were repulsed with consider
able loss.
The cancellation of the old currency is pro
gressing at the Treasury at the rate of SBO,-
000,000 per month.
FOREIGN NEWS.
In the House of Commons, on the Bfh inst.,
Layard said the Government was taking mea
sures to investigate the alleged kidnapping of
Irish emigrants into the service of the Federal
army.
A large company has been formed in Eng
land, with a capital of one million dollars, to.
purchase steamers to run the blockade and
bring out oottou.
The Emperor of Austria has allowed the
I formation of a corps of six thousand volua-
I teers for tho Empire of Mexico.
'J he steamer Matilda, built at Glasgow', for
the Confederates, and bound from Card iit to a
rebel port, with iron and steel, was totally
wrecked on Candy Island.
It is reported that the case of the 1 ompero
has been settled. The owners consenting to a
verdict for the Crown with the nominal for
feiture of the vessel. »
A great part of the city of Demerara has
been destroyed by fire—loss between two and
three millions dollars.
The Peers delivered a judgment adverse to
the Crown in Mtet, Alexandra case, and dis
missed the appeal from the judgment of the
courts.
Garibaldi was enthusiastically welcomed cn
his arrival at Southampton.
Standifield, implicated in the Mazzini con
spiracy against Napoleon, has resigned.
In the House of Lords, Earl Russell inciden
tally referred to the spurious report of Secre
tary Mallory, and iutimated that he was orig
inally led by Seward to accept tho report as
genuine ; but, said the Earl, Seward states
having made further inquiries, be finds it to
have been altogether a forgery.
The Courts of London, Rome, Viena, Berlin.
St. Petersburg, Spain and France have agreed
to recognize the Emperor of Mexico on his
accession.
In the Parliament at London they advocate
an attack upon the British Cabinet regarding
the opposition feeling. Fears are entertained
for the continued peaceful relations of the peo
ple that are not expected to rocovef. Consols
90£.
All difficulties ab-ut the Mexican crown
have been adjusted. Maximilian was to sail on
the 13th.
FROM THE FRONT.
A party just through the Yankee lines re
ports that aR the troops had left Huntsville
and Knoxville but a small garrison. Two
divisions and a train of four hnnareu wagor*
had arrived at Cleveland from Knoxville.
The Yankee force at Cleveland under How
ard was twenty-five thousand.
The enemy were throwing up strong works
at Athens, Chaileston and Cleveland.
Ten thousand Yankees are at Chattanooga.
TwoAhirds of the Federal army refuse to re
enlist. The time of one-third of the army ex
pires in May.
The enemy are concentrating troops from
all other points to Virginia and Tennessee, leav
ing only small garrisons.
The Yankees say they will be ready to ad
vance on Atlanta within the next twenty
days.
B#ven hundred Wisconsin cit Valry made a
raid April 22d on Boiling Swings, fourteen
miles Northeast of Dalton, capturing fourteen
of our men and two officers. All serene.
A lady who came through the lines
reports that Forrest attacked Grierson at De
catur, Term., killing Grierson, and capturing a
large number of prisoners.
Gen. Wheeler had a review of his cavalry
to day, which was witm ssed by a large num
ber of general officers.
* It is currently reported that Grant arrived
at Chattanooga, and has taken command
of anny of the Cumberland.
FROM MEXICO.
Accounts from Mexico report that Vidaurri
fled from Monterey with ail his forces ou the
advance of Juarez's troops.
Semi-official news has been received from
Saltillo, the present seat of the National Gov
ernment of the Mexican republic, dated the
22d of March. Vidaurri’s treason is con
firmed.
Vidaurri has ?500 hundred men, and was
marching r n Monterey.
Gen. Doblacjp was marching with his force to
give him battle, and Gen. Patori was on liis
way from Durango, at the head of a brigade,
with the same object. The inhabitants of New
Leon and Coahulla had acknowledged the
present Jaures authority, and were raising large
forces to subdue Vidaurri’a rebellion.
When that is accomplishid the Mexican gov
ernment will have about 10,000 men ready to
march upon San Luis Potosi, and capture that
city in the State of Oajaca. Geu. Digp had
8000 men perfectly well organized under his
command, and thought his force of such im
portance that Gen. Buzirne was going to at
tack him in person.
• The French have been driven from the States
of Chiapas and Gabuco, as well as from the
isthmus of Lehmant.
French troops have occupied Matamoras
without opposition.
The French fleet have sailed from tho modth
of the Rio Grande.
Cortinas was defeated at Monterey by Vi
daurri.
Juarez has gone to Durango.
CONFEDERATES DESTROY A GUNBOAT
AT YAZoO CITY.
A dispatch from Brig. Gen Wirt Adams, da
ted Yazoo City, April 22d, says
A section of artillery and a detachment of
sharpshooters under Col. Griffith attacked and
captured that day a gunboat near that place,
while lying near the shore, driving the men
from their guns, and finally the crew from the
boat.
lie removed her fine armament-eight 24
pounders—the valuable stores, and then burnt
her to the water's edge.
The captain and pilot were taken prisoners.
A number of the crew were killed. Our casu
alties small.
The Yazoo Valley is now clear of Yankees.
BANKS' DEFEAT CONFIRMED.
Western dispatches confirm the defeat of
Banks on the 14lh and loth at Grand Ecore,
losnlg 4,500 prisoners, with his camp equipage.
On the 18th, eleven boats carrying the Fed
eral wounded passed Bonnet Carre.
Banks, was at Fort Derussey calling for rein
forcements.
Taylor lollowed Banks from Mansfield.
Reinforcements going from New Orleans to
Batoa Rouge for Banks were at Natchitoches—
the army demoralized. Taylor was well up
and pressing them.
The capture of fourteen gunboats above Red
River fords is reported.
THE WILMINGTON FIRE. #
Wilmington, April 29.
Six thousand bales of cotton were destroyed
by the fire last night. Berry's ship yard, the
Government cotton press, Manchester railroad
office, State of Virginia cotton sheds, and Hal
let’s-oil works were also destroyed.
The loss is estimated at $5,000,000. The
loss of the Confederate Government, is about
$1,000,000. The balance falls on individuals.
The insurance was only about slofooo.
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP OUR MAGAZINE.
The Atlanta Intelligencer learns fiom a gen
tleman just from the front that on Wednesday
night last between eleven and twelve o’clock
a fire broke out at Dalton near the Magazine
After some trouble it was put out aud the Maga
zine saved from explosion. It is supposed to
be the work of an incendiary, aud intended as
a set-off for a like attempt made some time ago
on the Y'ankee Magazine in Chattanooga. We
reioce to know that the scoundrel who set it
on fire was foiled in his undertaking, although
he escapt and.
A planter friend in Baldwin county informs
the Mliledgeville Recorder that garlic boiled
with corn and fed to hogs will cure and prevent
cholera. We suggest to our pork producing
lriends a fair trial, and request that they re
por- their experiments to the public.
, Too clear annual income or salary, onJISf
t-e sovereigns of Europe does not amount
to £23,155. Up to the commencement of tho
pie.teut century tho richest sovereign family
of Europe, excluding Russia, was the house of
wapsburg-Lorraine. They possessed, and still
possess, enormous estates within the Austrian
empire as private property, which, though
mismanaged in most ins tames, produce above
a million sterling per annum.
coMMEKun
AL’UtSTA MARKETS.
Weeklv Reporl May 1, 2 P. »l.
Financial. —Gold slß.l new currency; Silver,
15a 18; Sterling exchange"s2o; Bank notes 3,00a
5,00; Confederateßouds. 8 per cent,, long date,
95 and i it.; do. do. short date, 95 and int ;
7 per cent, bonds, 85 ; 0 per cent, bonds, 8o •
Cotton loan bonds 2,25; 7 per cent Georgia
bonds GOO. ,
Cotton. —Market quiet, and unsettled ; prices
nominal; Middling to strict Middling 75 to 80
cenis.
Domestics. —We quote domestics as follows
{ shitting 250 ; | sheeting 3,25 ; 4-4 sheet
ing, 83 75; osuaburgs, $3 75 ; yarns, 540a50
per bunch.
Flouk.—in good demand at advancing prices;
scarce.
Grain.—Wheat, 5515&20 per bushel ; Corn,
in the ear, from wagons, sloasl2 : peas, SIA
00 ; give, $12,00; barley, $10 : "0; oats $5,00
Gbuuekiks, Fkovisions, &c.—Bacon. s3,ftoa4
coffee, $ 12a 15 par pound; rice 4Ua4sc; sugat
5 OOuG 00 ; salt, —coast 76c1s ; Liverpool 85a
90o; tobacco, dull; iard 03.50a4,00 ; Molasses
N. Orleans, none; Florida $23,i24.00; Sorghum
Ga 7,50 whisky $05,00 pr gal; brandy s6sa7opi
gal; ba.-ging s9alo; bar soap $1.75a2 ; cotton
rope $4,50; nails $2,50; corn meal sl2 pef .u.
retail; fodder $20,00 per cwt»; shucks 12,00 pet
cwt; hay $15.00-per cwt ; tallow 4;G,60 pe.
lb; Candles 4,50a5 per lb. by box: I’errebine oil
$lO po gal retail; black pepper 10,00 per lb;
Tea 20a25 per lb;; Iron, Swedes, $5,00 ; bi
curb, soda, 4a5; starch 4,50; drv hides s6a7 pr
it).
Country Produce. —Beef, 1,50a2 per lb nett;
pork, $2,00a3,00 per lb, nett; mutton, none,
kid 2,50 per lb; chickens, $lO per pair; turkeys
$20a25; eggs, $3,50*4 per doz; butter, $lO ;
sweet potatoes sloal2 per bushel; Irish pota
toes, none.
In the present state of tho currency—there
being several different kinds—to-wit: old eur
ieacy one-third off, new currency, 7.30’s and
$5 bills—it is almost impossible *to give cor
rect (piotations of our market, until the Sec
retary of the Treasury issues ne’w currency.
iVteralrarg, Vo. Mai fcet —. 5 pril 18.
Financial.—Goffi 20a22; silver 18a21; bank
notes, quiet, 2|a3J ; Confederate cotton bonds
194; Confederates per ct bonds (coupons) 108
al 22 and ini ; Confederate 7 per ct bonds 102
and int; Confederate 15 million loan (coupons)
150al80; Confederate 15 million loan (register
ed) 130; Confederate 8 per ct convertible bonds
110 aud int ; Virginia old sixes (coupon) 500;
Virginia six per cents (registered) 145a190, ac
cording to time they have to run; North Ciro
lina six per cents (old issues)- 450; North Caro
lina six per cents (new issues) 175; North Car
olina eight per eenls (new issues) 180 ; Sou.h
Carolina old sixes 500.
Blockade Stocks —Bee Stock, Charleston,
$24,000; Campbell, Petersburg, 11,500 ; Rich
mond and Petersburg, 500; Richmond Import
ing and Exporting, 1075 ; Old Dominion lia
ding Company; 825.
Cotton $2,50 per lb ; bacon $7 per lb ; corn
45 per bushel; peas and beans 45a(>0 p#r bush;
rice 75c per lb; salt slls per bush; meal GO pr
bash; wheat 60 per bush; apple brandy JOO pr
gal; flour 325 per bbl; leather 15 per lb; green
tea 50 per lb; black tea 40 per lb.
There has been no pjublio sale of tobacco for
the last ten days.— Register.
Fayetteville, IS. Market,—April !!>.
Bacon $4,50 per lb; butter $8 per lb; cotton
2 per lb < coffee 15 per lb ; cotton yarn 20a50
per bunch; flour 225 per bbl; corn 30 pr bush;
wheat and rye 30 per bush; peas 30 per bush;
green hides 3 pel' lb ; dfy hides (i pur lb; solo
and upper leather 15 per lb; corn whiskey, ap
ple and peach brandy 05 per gal; molasses 30
per gal; rice 1,50 per lb; sugar 15 per lb; spir
its Turpentine 3 per gal; Fayetteville 4-4 sheet
ing 1,40u5 per yartl; salt 35 per bush; wool 4a
6 per lb. —Fayetteville Carolinian. ,
Auction Price* lit Fur mi null. *
On Tuesday last, Messrs. Beil & Christian,
Savannah, had their auction sale of imported
We take the following list of articles
and prices from the News :
Irish whiskey, S4BO per dozen; Port wine,
300 to 310 perdoz ; Holland gin. 410 per doz ;
salt, 71c per lb ; corn starch, 2 50 per lb ; ma
chinery oil, sl6 per gal ; ground akpice's 75
peril); quinine, 110 per oz ; oprurn gum, 3GO
>er oz ; opium pulv., 275 per cassimere
rats. 60 each ; common wool hats, 15 ; bleach
ed grey cloth, 0 10 per yard ; mourning prints,
5 40 per yard,; organdie muslins. 9 25 per yard ;
ladies’ kid peg gaiters, GO per pair ; patent
leather skins, IGO each ; Morocco skins. 155
eiuh ; cassimere, single width, 47ja53j per
yard ; 'cassimere double width, 65a1074 per
yard ; knives and forks, common, 3G per half
doz ; knives, Rogers, 724 per half di t ; plated
tea-spopns, 37 \ per doz ," scissors. 7 j per pair;
butcher knives, 324 to 36 per doz ; ps-cket
knives, 120 to 288 per doz. Clothing did uot
bring proportionate prices as the stock ottered
was chiefly suited foi winter wear. •
Raleigh IV "C. Market-April 20.
Bacon $5 per lb ; beans 30 per bush ; butter
$8 per lb ; cqrri per bbl $175 ; coffee sl6 a 20
per lb ; flour S2OO per bbl ; dry hides $5 per
lb ; green hides $2 per lb; molasses S4O per
gal ; meal S4O per bush ; potatoes sls per
bush ; peas $20,i30 per nush ; rice 1.50 per ib;
silt S4O per bush ; sugar $12a15 per lb. —
Pi ogress.
Petersburg, To., Money Market—April 23.
Specie—Gold 2-*; silver 2 i.
Bank Notes —Quiet, 24a3J.
Bonds & stocks —Confederate cotton bonds
i94; Confederate 8 per cl bonds, coupons, 103
a122 aud bit ; Confederate 7 per ct bonds 102
and inf; Confederate 15 million loan, coupons,
100al80; Confederate 15 million loan, regis
tered, 130; Confederate 8 per ct convertible
bonds, 110 and int; Virginia old sixes, coupon,
500; Virginia six per ceuts, registered, 145a
UK), according to lime they have to run; North
Carolina six per cents, old issues, 450; Nortb
Carolina six per cents, new issues, 175; North
Carolina eight per cents, new issues, 180; South
Carolina old sixes, 500; City of Petersburg
bonds, sales 275: City of Richmond bonds 200.
Blockade tyroCKS-lsee Stock, Charleston,
$24,000; Campbell, Petersburg, 11,500; Rich
mond it Petoiaburg. 500; Richmond Importing
and Exporting, 1075 ; Old Dominion Trading
Compauy, 825.— Register.
Hptersburg, Yn., Market—April 25.
Cotton S3 per ib; bacon 0,75 per lb; corn 50
per bush; salt 40c per lb ; peas aud beans 50a
00 per bush; rice, none in market, last sales
7.>c per lb; meal GO per bush ; apple brandy
100 per gal; wheat 00 per bush ; butter 11 per
lb; sugar 10 per lb; Leather 15 per lb ; Hour
325 per bbl; black tea 30 pqr lb ; green tea 50
per lb.
There has been no sales of tobacco. The
market is very unsettled on account of the dis
turbed state of the mousy market.— Beyister.
Wilmington X. C. Market—April 27.
Bacon $5 per lb; butter sls per lb ; corn
25 per bush ; corn meal 20per bush; copper
as $4 per lb ; cotton $2 per lb; eggs $5 per
doz ; Hour 315 per bbl ; green hides $2 per ib;
dry hides 4 50 per lb; sole leather 15 50 per lb:
upper leather 17 per lb ; lard ii'i per lb ; pea
nubs $25 per bush ; cow peas 25 per bushel ;
potatoes 30 per bush ; rice 130 c per lb by the
cask ; ground salt 30 per bush ; sugar by the
bbl 10 per ib ; Fayetteville sheeting $5 per
yard ; spirits turpentine $0 per gal ; yarn by
the bunch $55.
The market is very poorly supplied with
Provisions and pistes appear to be advancing
instead of getting lower. The sales during ;' ue
week have been mostly in the small y ltt y
The money maraet rules about the same, and
scarcely anything doing. The brokers are
btiying at the following rates : Gold 20 ; silver
18 ; N C. bank Mils 3 50 ; and S. C. and Geor
gia 2 50 for one.
Prices in MuLlle—April 23.
Bacon, $3 per lb; corn 2a3 per bush; and salt
from 10 to 18 per bush; sugar 5 per lb.
Prices of X'ccessertcs in oilier Cities.
Bacon Gas declined in Atlanta from $5 to 4;
in Selma, Ala, from 5 to 4.50, and Savannah at
$3.
Prices in Columlitis, (la.. »-
In Columbia the price ol meal is from
to 10 ; Salt 00c to G2ic per pound; Flour
$1 10 per pound ; Sugar $5 50 to 6 2a l )e!
-pound.
At a late m a h ° USe
girl thirteen years old sold for $.>,000.
At a laie auction sale m Colninbus, Ga., a
~e*rro boy eighteen years old who a short lime
ago would have sold for $4,000 to $ >.OOO
brought only $3,200. and the average price of
the valuable negroes sold was about $3,000,
r * H “ A I.4KE EItUJ.
U( ter this head the Louisville Journal pub.
jt* following In :s, written by “As i
ai.z, the correspondent of the Mobile Tribune,
'nay not be amiss to say ’that “Asa Hartz”
11,01 night, cf Gen. Loring’s start’. *
1 ori'i!".! in Goo'.- blue bead,
Dvi- chaaf “ cr atll so queenly—
on xhe scen>e
a,..i 8,0 and dreary ;
in prtSwTSK S ve ' 8 «*“*«»
1 d 2 y! of
a« 11810
Come ».*ck it. tlud tom sag aui worn
In prison on Lake trio ° n *
A .£ff’, n * dou<i ® '9 o’; r the scene,
1 * e lirftit -i moment hamc- *
ns '.teiali , bin n.nv a’v'
lbe \ sun b Vht as v 'ished
, e “*PPy view of. hlldhooiVa iliron-'
"'' ft ves but a p cmrcnuurv
- o re t •ne acton* t j'e upo ”
In I.ii6ou*o.' Lake Lric !
' n9 * and wwu. ;
«• wm m ntou’hswil a u!<n
*T Vn,'h V; ; h,l f u 1 comes
God t! h , ? .
’ - on a<-. r on-' ttehMnli
Johnson’s wJTfT 1 . 2, La!l0 E ’“-' '‘ '
A sa Dazxr
riCTUM OK Hex. Bcknsiok.—Not-lcngago Gen
..side was expected to visit Chicago. The
H.st-iate notice ’ of bis coroinwr is
from the limes of that city :
'eJ assSn h : f ,°h F rK liorickt:b " r ?’ «'temp
i M °’ s l* ejll a "' l "I the
pie s .ti the Northwest, is coming to Chiemo
‘"'if of Bundry abolHnntets, who
Ellta 1 leVe ’ to '' lll 1 public exhibi
’.on ot him some time duriim 4h« ; day They
are fit parl.es ter the peri-; mam-e. id he is a
fit object for their adulation He is not much
„* ‘f ,10wev f r ’ «w not the head butch
er and assassin; he was only the e’eature, tho
mean instrument, the puppet, the jumping jack
of the pnncipal butchers aud assassins. He did
ntc nceive the butchery’and assassination: ho
docs not rise to anything so grand as that; ho
was the ruffian procured to do the crimes, than
winch character none is so detestable in the
eyes ot mankind. It is th s ruffian who will be
on exlnbi ion in some public place iu Chicago
surrounded by even meaner ruffians than him’
seh. He will have spectators, as other nion
stiosities do, but it must be a singularly morbid
mind that will enjoy the repulsive spectacle.
Cotton. The Manchester Guardian
.speaks thus ol the worthlessness of a great deal
of cotton bL'iqied to England from India :
We have seen in :>• v. ;;; chouse in this city a
quantity of what is called coiffin taken from,
fifty-one bales consigned from BomoaV t: i„\
eTpool for sale. It is a heap of mere dirty
sweepings, which cannot be spun at all even
mixed with what does not posse* staple.’ It is
hardly worth 2d. per pound for any purpose.
After the bales were placed on*shipboard, tho
captain finding grounds for suspicion, caused
samples to be drawn, and then ho refused to
• convey the stuff to England without prepay
ment of freight. We hear a great deal about
the bad quality of a large proportion of the
cotton received from India and now on the
way to this country. We do not, hcftvever, in
tend to convey the idea that there is very much
of it on a par with the consignment here re
ferred to.
Sjjpaking ct the war, the Chicago Times savs:
—Nor have we doubted, nor do wo now doubt,
that, it no better terms of peace shall be offer
ed to the people of the South than those pro
posed by the powers at Washington, the war
wnl be interminable, and that in its -progress
the mst tutions of the Constitution will bo
wholly overturned and iost.
MARK l£ A.
In Dougrorty county, on Die 10 h Inst., bv the K<-v n
• OMTTUAM3~ \
h °' the
A native ot 1 ehwJ. g.ftec wiUi a waim and generous heart
—4.iinl. amiTbie and forhranng in his in'ercourse with all who
kne * h.ni; endowcn w.th the noble t Jrtuen r f nnnk nd, and
a strict dherenjcs to tru h. honesty and integrity, wen tor him
a large c.rcle « f wieiids and acquaintances, to whom he has
to realiz?, lhal we no more shrill vra.sp bis trlemliy haml. n r
hear Ms greeting voice; no more to gaze epos bis manly form
yet the mi y pa i sceincs or Byful uasoehnions in his society
will often r c-illJilmtO 'o;kI m mur in the future. 1 bough
sadness eltui! our row audthe heart de-ply (leplores tho loss
of so noble and generous a It;-ml, with tear strained eyes wo
m ekly bow ill turn 1 subm'seinn to .|.« wild an a.lwl-u
Providence which luo decreed bis removal to tn among us
• A Fbiknd.
CTAT OF HE n...1A, GHE KNE COUNTY.
E?.,u ‘“V 5 ' •J*"I'’* 1 '’* V r, “ &r Administrator of the «a ats < f
V .I!,nin Bowden. - erease> , petitions the court r>l' i .rd l.aiv , |
Said coun y ;or a dhebarge from his said Admiid Ita o •
These me therefore to cite end r quire all t ersons ron-er od
to show cause again, t ihegrudiig of tiie disci,-,-,. 0 i AJ.
mlnlstrai r aud issuing Lett is Dismiss'd. , tll .
Court o ordinal- to re had in and for on the mst
Monday in her next.
Given under my hand at olflcj,. l„ Greeuesboio’ Apr,] 20th,
1864 V,,, , , fiuGENiUSL.KINV.
np23 Cmwlam 6 Ordinary.
GTate of taliafe bo' ou ty.
t J hbreks, illiam M. Harrison, administrator on the Es
, s O' air.- Luiinna BiUii gsk-a, du.ua ed nnplks to me for
Euursof Dismission ;
I hose tve ih. re Oie to cite and adtaonleh, all ands ngu'ar
the kindred ami creditors of said deceased, to lie and apt car at
my ciiie . v ithin the. ‘ line pres, riba by law. to show cause, if
anyth 1 avc. w,.y -aid Letters should not be gra. ted
Chvej under i.,y hend and offi.lnl signature, at office Iu
Utavfor vide, this 23d day of April, 1864.
ap37 iw 8 , 1) Ii MMACK, Ord‘y.
Stat ok geo. uiA, Taliaferro ounty
Whereas, J s ph F. E.els n Admini ira or of enry H6I
diceus . tipples,o me f. Lr tis M Dismi aiou 1
Tlies :et therefore,; tile and adunuiisn, all and ingulaj
the kiwlied anil creditor, of s-id de eaa-d, to be and .'” 1 0,. , r a {
ray office, wlthi them.. iht-c,b « y aw to -tmViiu-e.
ifanyth yhav why s..h! Letters should net tv, * r niod
G iven . Oder toy hand ad offle-td s.gna Ut> w , t u Craw
foids'ii.... it n-.-.'.id oinpiil, led.
a y 2i26w!aml3 J. D. ft-. 'MACK, Ord’y.
Sf VTeVFcIeVTuaTwilf,s> county --
Whereas. John N. Wid* -u ,pp u,s to m or letters of
giia.dta -Lip oi ti e person m-. - property of Kobert L Johiacai,
i amino-. e , s v
ihese in the eforo to clto aud a monish ait and strgu ar the
anu re.l and credit, re o eaid n inor to he and appear at my ol
fl v witidn tne tilu.. presepbed y law, lo show cause, if any
Jiey bars, why raid l- ’tcr- should not be granted.
G.v. ti ut der n y hand m.d ofdc a’ elgi—ture at office iu
ts asUtiigton ih a Shtii day of April, l&d
„„ G.G.KOR AN.
i.p.9Cwl7 ordinary.
UT te of eokgia. g^eenecounty - "—"
q Whereas, Mr- Fl!,.a a I> ,r am a,. ; Ii sf r letter- of ai
“dulst.. iot ou the estate of ;)urline f'. ParT.am, la', 0 f said
coumy, i- ca-:ed.
luff ;•» tbere’o e, to cite and admon .«h *.i' 0r™,,',,,
the ki •Md and ci editors of Bui dtcu.ee. ( r>"s. ow rtu? i
ur.y tn have, wr.y sa.d letter, should at th*
flmt MonS ?n JIJ N :0r BR ‘ a
-fcfTO ted. at u- . e ln reenesboro’. A or*.! 27th,
1 t,.i7 • EUGENICb L. KING,
a P 3Qi * A7 Orulnaty.
LATE oiTbEOROiA. *icf IMONifCQUNT i .
► \V urea . Maigurct V. D>e applies to m l=r etterg of
uuar danship for William Henry L ty.-, orpbau and minor or
auid eouLty.
The e are therefore, to cite and admonish a ', y.td hlnru'ar the
kindred and friends .of said minor, to be and appear at my
office, on orbefjie lie zfr.st Monday in June next, to’sbow
cause, if any they have, why r*ai > setters should l»e granted.
G iven under my h nd and official signature, at office in Au -
gusta, this 80th day of April, -804.
DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary..
Mya 1,1864. owl..
CiTftTEOF Gfc.OP.GIA. KlCll MON IJ COUNi Y.
H Wneieas, E:izi il Judkins applies to rue for Letters of
a irninifiiiatio i oil Hie Estate ol benjamin T. J udkins, lata of
stud cou. tv, deceased.
These arc, therefore, to cite and all, 'rid singular,
the Kindred and creditors of said decr jSe d,to be and appear ah
my office on or before the first M' in Ju ,e, to show cause,
y'any they havn, why said should not be granted. #
Given unde:* my hand a official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 30th day of Apr lL 1864
may 1 DAVID L. R ATH, Ordinary.
CTATE Or' GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
H Whereas Louisa M. V> hltebead applies to n<• tor letters
of Adm nist ration on the Estate ol b rancis O. »»lntehead, hue
ox »>*id county, deceased. '
These are, to cite and a hnonmmall and singu.ar
the kindred and credit rs of paid deceased, to oe and appear at.
my office, on or before the first Monf.ay in JUNE next, t>
fchov/ cause, if any tney have, why said Letters should not b<s
under my hand and official signature, at office In Au
gusta, thbi 3-ith day ol April. 18’4.
mayldwH DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary.
LJTATE OS’ GEOR'fJ'. RICHMOND COUNTY.
hereaSs Edward O'Donnell applies t j me lor Letters of
Aftaiinhstrast n or. the Estate of Richard Quinn, late of
county, dcccu cd.
These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all, and Singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear at
rny office, on or before the first Monday in June next,
cause, if any the* have, why said Letters should not b- c gVant
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in An
gimta ibis 9r>tk day of April, 1864.
mayl 4wj7 DaVID L. V,OATII, Ordinary.
I’ToTE OF GEORGIA, COUNTY.
W hereas Mrs Mary R. Atkineon applies lor L liters of
Admini.tration on the 01 - laMV , Al klnson, late 01 s*d
county, de^jeaserl.
These are the;to cite aid admonish all, a;,d
tbekindr rseftaid deceased, to show caute (if
any have) Le ters should not !>e granted at tne
-«»urt ol Ordinary held in and l'or said county, on the
first Monday iu June next.
G.ven under my hand at office in Grecnesboro*, April 28ih,
1864.
my 1 4w17 EUGENIUS L. KING, Ordin »ry.;4
OTaTE OF GEORGIA, KES COUNTY
© Whereas, Robert W. Quarioi applies to me for IcUen ot
administration ouUife Estateof Elizabctn llanu.ck, la.e of caid
lore, to cite and admonish ah, and .singular
the k ; udred and • editors of said decked, to be and appiarat
„ .1 w-. • iietkue prescribed by law, to show cause, if
have wav Sid letters slioulu not be granted.
3 J'ven 7 under n v hand, and official signature at office m
W ashington, this 30th day ol A,-id. h T CR»' A^
m 1 gw 17 Ordinary.
riTATEUF GEORGIA, lUCH"OHd COUNTY.
Wlisreas, the t state ol Marv 0 f gjy coun
iy, deceased, is unreprcseiit' <i \
These are iherefore, to and admonls > all, and singular the
kindred and c f-il to,a Os saiQ decease-d, to be and appear at my
office on or fir.it i.onday in June next to snow esuse,
if any they (ijive, wiry letters oi Administration dc bonis noa
should, not be-g.anted t j benjamin F. flail, clerk of the tSupe
-rlcr Court of said county, or to such til ana proper perron as
nr*> be named J»nd preseuifd to the (joint.
Given ur;Jer mv hand and signature at office in Au
gnsta, this Mih day of pnl Ijibi
may l 6w17 DAVID L. ROATH Oi’diri^jv^
XrOTIOK TO DEBTORS a.VD < hllDlTOits.
All pertions indented to the s ate of Jvhu *|p * t
of Columlia county, deceased, will make paymr- ut
der-igned, and inostffha lug claims agJntt ‘ i;‘*iutear ’ ncL;
byiaw PPrent Uiem dUly atteßlfc ° wl l b --» tne time pre^rkJell
8 6w17 R. HARRIS ', Achr/r.
i bf.tnUti appHcation wi;l r® ?. a. to the
court of O uifiAiy of Oglethorpe county, 101 L*siV<‘ to tell il,<*
Dnds b310n,-ing to the c-htty oX Hu lah . oi:*, laie of sad
o-ounty.de-eased. v LAYMON NUiLE,
aplWtWl'j AduJulstiatvT