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From Yesterdaj’s One O'Cloek Edition.
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner has entered
the service in the capacity of Aid to Gen.
Jackson, of Stone Wall reputation.
The value of money has advanced in
the North, but Gen. McClellan refuses to
follow suit.
The Nashville papers announce pork as
dull in that market, at ten cents, without
purchasers. Will the dealers in Colum
bus put that in their pipes and smoke it ?
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The Permanent Government of the
Confederate States goes into operation
on the 22d of next month, the anniver
sary of the birth day of WasbiDgten.
Hons. J. L. M. Curry and Henry W.
Hilliard are advertised to lecture in Rich
mond for the benefit of the Soldiers’ fund.
They are both gentlemen of eloquent
tongues and extensive information.
A gentleman of Augusta has invented
a machine for the manufacture of shoe
thread, at very small cost. Thus the in
dependence of the South is being grad
ually developed.
According to the last Navy list, pub
lished by the British government, Great
Britain has fourteen thousand two hun
dred and forty guns afloat. This is the
argument before which Mr. Seward cow
ered. The Emperor of France has near
ly the same number of guns, preaching
French doctrines on the ocean.
A Specimen.
The New York Herald reports the Navy
Yard at Pensacola as being a heap of
ruins, and adds that the Charleston and
Savannah Rail Road is in the possession
of the Yankees. This is a fair specimen
of the lying reports with which that pa
per is gulling its readers.
Not a Graduate.
The Associated Press apologises for the
appointment of Jno. E. Jackson to a
Brigadier Generalship, who happens not
to be a graduate of West Point. What if
he is not? Gen. Washington was not a
graduate; Gen. Jackson, the “hero of
the Hermitage,” was no graduate; and
Gen. Price, the hero of this tear, is no grad
uate. Nujf sed.
Battle of Leesburg.
Mr. Roscoe L. Conling, a member of
the Lincoln Congress, in a recent speech,
declared the disaster to the Yankees at
Leesburg the most “atrocious murder on
record,” and the most humiliating tri
umph of the rebellion.” He says that
the Yankees lost, in that battle, nine hun
dred and thirty men. if the Hon. speak
er would only step into the shoes of Gen.
Stone, he might share his wilted laurels.
Peach Leaf Yeast.
A writer in the Richmond Whig, says
that the peach leaves make better yeast
than hops, which are now worth two dol
lars per pound. The process is thus des
cribed :
Take three large peach leaves and
three medium sized potatoes, boil them
in two quarts of water, until the potatoes
are fine; take out the leaves and throw
them away, peel the potatoes and rub
them up with a pint of flour, adding cold
water sufficient to make a paste, then
pour on tne hot peach leaf tea, and scald
for about five minutes. If you add to
this a little old yea t, it will be ready for
use in three hours. If you add none, it
will require to stand a day and a night
before use. Leaves dried in the shade
are as good as fresh ones. As this is
stronger than the hop yeast, less should
be used in making up the dough.
THE DAILY SUN.
Kentucky Items.
The Nashville Union and American, of
the 14th, has a letter from its Bowling
Green correspondent, dated on the 10th,
j from which we condense the following
items; —Macon Telegraph.
It is well ascertained that the Federals
are on this side of Green River. A Con
federate scout counted four hundred tents
at Rpwlet’s Station, and estimates their
force at 0,000.
On the 7th inst., the embankments
thrown across the deep ravine for the
Louisville and Nashville Turnpike road,
were blown up near Woodsonville. This
wag done by orders, and certainly for the
purpose of rendering the Turnpike im
passible to the enemy’s heavy ordnance
and baggage wagons. This was done
near where the road enters the Green
Brier Ford, passing from Woodsonville to
Munfordsville, and in the vicinity of the
place where the engagement was had with
Col. Terry and his valiant Rangers. The
positions of our advance forces, it seems,
go to show that a forward movement of
the enemy is looked for. Hindman, with
his men. forming as they did our advance
force on Green River, has fallen back to
near Oaklaud Station aDd is now only a
short distance ahead of Breckinridge’s
Kentucky Brigade, and about sixteen
miles above this place.
Independent companies, both of caval
ry and infantry, are being rapidly organ
ized. The blood of Kentuckians is
roused at last by recent developments,
and brave, determined men are coming
forward to the rescue of the State. The
fact that Hon. W. C. Preston, now Gen.
Preston, is to lead the newly raised Ken
tucky troops authorized by the Provis
ional Government, is working with the
potency of a charm. They are respond
ing to tho call, and before long so great
will be the accessions, that the General
will be able to take tho field in active
service.
Hon. G. W. Ewing, of Logan, candi
date for Congress, represents old Logan,
as being in a blaze, and her sons ready
and willing to array themselves on the
side of freedom, and under the banner of
Preston.
OntheOtb inst., four 82 poundersmooth
bore cannons and one 32 pounder rifled
cannon were received by our Generals.
The feeling is deepening and increas
ing every day in this section that the
Vandals are preparing, and will before
very long advance in force against us.—
The anxiety caused by this feeliug is
deeply and daily increasing.
The County and Circuit Court Clerks
office at Bowling Green was turned over
to the Confederates on the 9th, the old
officers refusing to take the oath. They
are succeeded by Southern Rights men.
We publish in our paper to-day the
circular of Col. Whitaker, Commissary
General, issued under the instructions of
Gov. Brown to the Justices of the Inferior
courts of the several counties in this
State, proposing to sell to them for the
families of Doldiers, and deceased sol
diers, the balance of the salt which the
Commissary General has on hand over
the supply needed for the army. The
blank left in the circular for the number
of sacks which can be spared to each
county has, we are informed, in no case
been filled with l|ss than ten sacks, and
to some of the larger counties a larger
number can be spared. The salt has cost
the State including freights and storage
an average of seven dollars and fifty
cents per sack, and the Governor pro
poses to place it in the hands of the sol
diers’ families at cost. He regrets that
he has not the right under the Constitu
tion and Laws to give it to them. This
will be a great relief at a time when mer
chants and speculators are asking them
from fifteen to twenty dollars per sack.
The act will not probably meet the ap
proval of speculators, of those who are
so much in the habit of finding fault with
Gov. Brown’s acts as to censure every
thing he can do, but we doubt notit will
meet the approval of all true friends of
our cause and of all who fully appreciate j
the privations of our soldiers and their ;
families. We trust the Justices of the f
Inferior Court in every county will take t
the matter in hand and secure at once the
number of sacks which have been allot
ted to the county, which will afford very
great relief to the soldiers families. We
also advise the families to look to the
matter at once and avail themselves of
the benefits. If the distribution should
cost the county a few dollars, no one will
complain; let the soldiers’ family have
the salt. —Southern Federal Union.
A sad, but Stern Duty.
If there is a necessity for the inquiries ;
spoken of by the Richmond Enquirer, in j
the following extract, it might, and, we
doubt not, will be made, let the axe fall
upon whom it may:
One of the duties which will devolve
upon Government, during the winter sus
pension of hostilities, and which may
best be attended to at that time, will be
an inquiry into the habits of the officers
of the army, as to sobriety, with astern 1,
dismissal of those whose vicious indul
gences disqualify them for their posts.—
We are sorry to say there is too much
necessity for instituting this inquiry. It is
a bitter mockery to arrest a drunken pri
vate, whose fault is confined to himself,
and leave unreproved the maudlin efficer,
whose fault involves the usefulness, and
the comfort, and even the lives of his
command. The bawlings of the besotted
soldier in the guard hsu3e are far less dis
creditable to the service, and far less
ominous of evil, than the revelries of the
general in his comfortable quarters.
COLUMBUS, GA., JANUARY 18. 1862.
For the Daily Sun.
MORAL BEAUTIES.
j “O, have you seen yet that sensation book?”
| “ No. prythee, what is it ? I judge by your look
j ’Tis something most wonderful, racy and rare.’*
! “ Wonderful ? O yes! and then what is more, |
j ’Tis the Book of the South, containing a store
I Os gems from the pens of Southerners fair;
j Poems, romances, by those we adore —
Our own lady writers, a talented corps.
There’s Madams LeVert and French we adore;
The ‘authoress of Beulah,’ none loved any more.
And Mrs. Warfield, who wrote ‘ Elixir of Gold,’
Os which many thousands of copies are sold.
Mrs. Caroline Gilman of Charleston, S. C.,
In literature none stands higher than she,
Her sweet ‘Southern Matron’s’ admired by all,
‘ Young Housekeeper,’ too, although it is small.
Mrs. Dußose, Airs. Bryan, Miss Blount and Du
prey,
Noble women of talent and genius are they. '
Miss Rogers ancl Kendal, those children of song,
To the top of Fame’s ladder are climbing along.
And sweet Mrs. Keyes, daughter of Mrs. Lee
Hentz,
And a great many others, all women of sense.
But all you will find in this young Southern book,
If you’ll open its pages and just take a look.
In Nashville, that truly industrious town,
For Southern enterprises a place of renown,
This book, ‘Moral Beauties,’ is printed and
bound;
The binding of muslin, morocco and calf,
At five and three dollars to one and a half.
And many will sell, and many have sold.
For the bindings are neat and gilded with gold,
and the matter within is so pure, rich and deep,
The prices, you’ll say, are remarkably cheap.
Considering you know, the first and the second
Qualities contain—a great many, I"reckon—
Fine steel engraving, portraits of those
Who’vc ‘mounted the temple of Fame,’ I sup.
pose.
I say I suppose, but really I know,
And all T have said is certainly so.” **
MARYLAND, M.Y MARYLAND I
The despot’s heel is on thy shore,
Maryland, my Maryland!
His torch is at thy temple door,
Maryland, my Maryland!
Avenge tho patriotic gore,
That fleck'd the streets of Baltimore,
And be tho Battle Queen of yore.
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Hark to a wandering son’s appeal,
Maryland, my Maryland!
My mother State, to thee I kneel,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
For life and death, for weal and woe,
Thy peerless chivalry reveal,
And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel,
Maryland, my Maryland!
Thou wilt not cower in the dust, 1
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Thy beaming sword shall never rust,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Remember Carroll’s sacred trust,
Remember Howard’s war like thrust,
And all thy slumberers with the just,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Come! for thy shield is bright and stronar,
Maryland, my Maryland!
Come! for thy dalliance does thee wrong,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Come! to thine own heroic throng.
That stalks with liberty along,
And give anew Key* to thy song,
Maryland, my Maryland!
Dear mother! burst the tyrant’s chain.
Maryland, my Maryland!
Virginia should not call in vain, ’ 1
Maryland, my Maryland 1
She meets her sisters on the plain,
“ Sic semper ” ’tis the proud refrain,
That battles minions back again,
Maryland 1
Arise, in majesty again,
Maryland, my Maryland!
I see the blush upon thy cheek,
Maryland, my Maryland!
But thou wast ever bravely meek,
Maryland, my Maryland !
But lo! there surges forth a shriek,
From hill to hill, from creek to ereek,
Potomac calls to Chesapeake,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Thou wilt not yield the vandal toll,
Maryland, my Maryland 1 i
Thou wilt not crook to his control.
Maryland, my Maryland 1
Better the fire uoon thee roll,
Better the blade, the shot, the bowl,
Than crucifixion of the soul,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
I hear the distant thunder hum,
Maryland, my Maryland 1
The old Line’s bugle, fife and drum,
Maryland, my Maryland!
She is not dead, nor deaf nor dumb,
Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum k
i She breathes, she burns, she’ll come 1 sh e’ll ’
come! |
Maryland, my Maryland'
-•The author of the “Star Spangled Banner.”'
Our Paris correspondent writes th at
the recognition of the Southern Confede
racy by France and England is close at
hand. We are not surprised at the ii i
forniation. If we cannot put down th e
Rebellion, other nations will certainl y
have lo admit that it has established a
Government dcfacto, and to recognize that
government accordingly. But to put •
down the Rebellion and at the same time j
gain the sympathy of tbe civilized peo- j
pies of our cause, there is but one meth- !
od. That is, to put down Slavery. i
Thus speaks the New York Tribune, of" 4
the 28th ult. Old Greeley, it seems, has j
come to this sage conclusion, that the j
only way to prevent the early recognition j
of the Southern Confederacy by European : |
powers, is to “put down slavery.” ' j
Referring to the report that General
McClellan was to be superseded by Gen. <
Ilalleck, the St Louis Republican enters j
a forcible protest. It says that “various j
considerations utterly oppose such an ar- j
rangement;” that “there have been j
quite enough changes in the western de- j
partment;” that is “ a mistaken notion !
that tbe principal seat of war lies in Vir
ginia;’ and that “since the Leesburg
battle, other fields, for cogent causes,
have assumed prominence; and there is
just as much need in Missouri and the
west of the qualities said by the dissatis
fied to be wanted at Washington, as any
where else in the country.” When the
enemy decide who shall fight their bat
tles in Missouri Gen. Price will accom
modate them. —Memphis Appeal.
The State Salt.
STATE OF GEORGIA, 1
Commissary General’s Office,
Milledgeville, Jan. 10, ’O2. j
I am directed by his Excellency the
Governor to distribute the balance of the
salt which was purchased and now in my
possession, and not needed by the army,
among the counties of this State, so as to
supply, as far as possible, the actual
wants of the families of soldiers in the
service of the State or Confederacy from
Georgia, and to sell it to them at a price
which will barely cover its actual cost to
the State. With a view to make the dis
tribution as equal as possible, and to
place the. small amount on hand in the
hands of the families of soldiers in all
parts of the State as soon as it can bo
done, tho Governor instructs me to ad
dress you, and say that if you, as Jus
tices of the Inferior Court of your county,
will, out of tho county funds, or other
wise, forward tome at this placo, in cash
or bank cheek, or a certificate, that you
have deposited iu any Bank or Bauk
Agency in this State, subject, to my or
der, the amount of money for the number
of sacks which cau or may be furnished
to your county, and will inform me by
letter at this place, at wbat Rail Road
Depot you will receive it, I will place at
the Depot designated by you, subject to
your order, such number of sacks of salt
as 1 may consider a due proportion for
your county, at seven dollars and fifty
cents per sack, which is about the aver
age sum, including freights and storage,
it has oost the State; on condition that
you will agree to have it distributed at
the expense of the county, if there beany
expense, among the soldiers’ families,
including families of deceased soldiers,
not exceeding one half bushel to each
family, in your discretion, at the rate of
one dollar and twenty-five cents per half
bushel, which is about its cost. I have
tried to make an average distribution of
the amount on hand having reference to
the number of population and of troops
in service from each county; and I can
send to your county <
sacks, which will cost dollars,
or you can have any less number of sacks
you may wish for your county, at the
same price.
I hope and trust it will afford you
pleasure promptly and cordially to unite
in this effort of Gov. Brown to relieve to
some extent the families of our gallant
and glorious troops now bearing all the
fatigues of camp life for our common de
fense, and that you will favor iqe with
an early reply.
Yours very respectfully,
JARID I. WHITAKER,
Commissary General.
The Spaniard Again In Mexico.
Spain is again a conqueror in Mexico.
The city of Vera Cruz is again in her
possession and the renowned castle of
San Juan d’Ulloa is occupied by Spanish
troops, while the Spanish Flag waves tri
umphantly over its walls. The time was,
when we sympathised with Mexico in her
efforts to throw off the Spanish yoke;
but that time has passed; and she has
no sympathy from us now. Her people
have proved themselves incapable of self
government, and in the scale of nations
she has sunk so low, that none “do stoop
to do her reverence.” She has lost even
the respect of the civilized world, and
mustsuccumbto her inevitable fate of be
ing once more under the guardianship of
some foreign power.
The Spanish Fleet which has taken pos
session off Vera Cruz consisted of eleven
steamers, six steam frigates, and seven
sailing vessels. It anchored off Vera
Cruz on the Bth ultimo. On the 17th,
the city was occupied by the Spaniards,
the Mexican forces in obedience to orders
received from their government, haviug
previously evacuated it. The citizens
received the Spaniards joyously, while
the troops that lately occupied it, have
doubtlesss gone to commit bloody depre
dations upon some defenceless provinco
elsewhere.
The Spanish Commander in bis address
to his army states the object of his expe
dition thus : “To demand of the Mexican
government satisfaction for the insults
offered to our Flag; the fulfillment of
treaties ; and to prevent the repetition of
violence to our countrymen, by showing,
here, as was shown a short while since in
Africa and by our companions in am s in
Asia, that Spain can never be iusulted
with impunity, and that distance is noth
ng when honor is concerned.”*
Lincoln’s diplomacy is now ended in
Mexico. He will not dare to interfere
with Spain, muck less to insult her Flag.
The poor creature would not now insult
the flag of the most unwarlike, or the
weakest nation of the civilized world. His
agent and spy, Corwin, has, we notice, re
tired from the city of Mexico, disgusted as
well with Mexican duplicity, as with
Lincoln’s hesitation to show a bold and
determined front. Mexico will now be
come the ward of Spain, I ranee, and
England, and Yankeedom must submit to
■ see its commerce, and its silver and its
gold, pass from beyond her avaricious
1 grasp. —Atlanta Intelligencer.
Pleasure is to woman what the sun is
to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it
beautifies, it refreshes, and improves;
if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates,
and destroys. Bat the duties of domes
tic life exercised, as they must be, in re
tirement, and calling forth all the sensi
bilities of the woman, are perhaps, as
necessary to the full development of her
charms, as the shade and shower are to
the rose, confirming Us beauty, and in
creasing its frsgranoe.
{NUMBER 151.
TELEQR -AJP HIC
■ to the Daily &**i-
INTURRSTItiiTwAK NKWBI
Richmond, Jan. 17. —Intelligence from
Charlottesville, Va., states that the abim
ney of the Monticello House, used by the
South Carolina Association as a Hospital,
took fire on Wednesday night. Half the
building was burned. The sick were
safely removed. The furniture and Hos
pital stores were muoh damaged, and a
portion lost. No casualties.
New Orleans, Jan. 10.—The remains
of the lion. John Hemphill and Colonel
Hugh McLeod, arrived yesterday. Du
ring the day the remains laid in state at
the Mayors office. In the afternoon they
were escorted to the Railroad Ferry land
ing by tho military en route for Texas.
New Orleans, Jan. 10.—Edward Hul
bert, of the Southern Express, was ar
rested to day on an affidavit made by C.
W. Clarke, for perjury, in making a false
affidavit in October last against John E.
Simpson and Jas. E. McDaniel, of Mont
gomery, Ala., for embezzlement and ab
sconding. J. J. MoKcever, of tbe South
ern Express, deposited oue thousand
dollars in Court for Hulberts appearance.
Hulbert left the city this afternoon.
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Deceased Soldier*.
Unfortunately, a very large class of
persons are interested in the following
regulations of the Treasury Department.
By following these directions the repre
sentatives of deceased soldiers can obtain
the arrears of pay from the Govern
ment :
Treasury Department, l
Second A'uditor’s Office, >
December 30, 18G1. j
Regulations for the Payment of Claims for
Arrears of Pay due to Deceased Soldiers.
Ist. When an Administrator is legally
appointed, the payment must be made to
such Administrator, upon his filing in
this office the proper certificate of the
clerk, under seal of the Court.
2d. Where the amount due exceeds one
hundred dollars, administration will be
required, otherwise not.
3d. When there is no Administrator,
payment will be made first, to the widow;
second, to the child or children, (or if
minor, to tho guardian producing the
proper certificate under the seal of the
court;) third, to the father; fourth, to
the mother ; fifth, to the brothers and
sisters ; and lastly, to the general heirs.
4th. The claiming heir must produce
his or her affidavit, and that of two dis
interested persons, stating the relation
ship, and that there is no other person
entitled to claim. For instance, if the
claimant be a mother, the affidavit must
state that there is living neither wife,
child, nor father of the deceased. The
magistrate administering the oath should
certify to the creditability of the witness,
and the clerk of the Court should certify,
under seal, that he is such magistrate.
Claims, prepared in compliance with
the foregoing instructions, and transmit
ted to this office by mail, or otherwise,
will receive as prompt attention as the
press of business will allow.
W. 11. S. Taylor, Auditor.
I concur and approve the above.
Lewis Cruger, Comptroller.
December 30, 1861.
“Bull Run” and “Dixie” In Canada.
As showing the current of popular
feeling in Canada, we give the following
from a late number of the Toronto Leader:
An officer of the Federal army has been
parading the streets of Toronto in full
dress these two or three days. He is in
a bran new, bright and shining Yankee
uniform, aud some indignation has been
excited by the impertinent display. It
is remembered that a British officer off
duty in his own town wears a plain un
dress garb, and that in another country
he would appear as an ordinary civilian.
Northern oflieers, it is said, should be
have with equal propriety. Perhaps,
however, the supposition presupposes too
much. Our visitor may not have another
coat. While parading King street yester
day, several young urchins, as well as one
or two “children of large growth,” cried
out loudly, “Bull Run ;” but, instead of
blushing for bis country, he seemed to
acquire a more magnificent strut by the
notice he attracted, uncomplimentary as
it was.
On Friday evening last a scene occurred
in one of our favorite saloons which shows
the current of popular opinion in this
city. A valiant warrior, clothed in the
blue and brass of the United States ser
vice, entered and seated himself at one
of the tables. A Southerner in tbe room
—a gentleman from Louisiana unable to
get home—betrayed considerable excite
ment, and presently called for “Dixie's
Land ” The musicians struck up the
air, which, in this neighborhood, is un
derstood to be particularly offensive to the
North, and the voices of ail in the crowd
ed saloon joined in a leud and stirring
chorus. The Y'ankee soldier looked
abashed, and something being saidabont
Bull Run, he soon beat a hasty retreat,
amid the laughter of all present.
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Major Jack Downing remarked to Gen.
Jackson, that he had always observed
that persons who had a great deal to say
about shedding the last drop of their blood
were amazingly particular about the first.