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who not yot planted from the privileges I •
of the old law, while others enjoy them, I
is unjust; 7th, the passage of the bill
will be regarded as a reflection on the i
patriotism of the cotton, planters; Sth, ■ i
there is no need of the law, einco the ;
patriotism of the planters will prevent;
any abase of the right to pant. The;
report closes with, resolutions, Ist, that ,
it is impolitic and jinwise to_disturb_the ]
existing law: 2d, urges those who arc i
convenient to transportation t«’plant’no |
cotton, save for domestic use.
Two hundred copies of the bill and j
minority report were ordered sprinted. ;
A bill to change the line between the
counties of Cherokee and Forsyth • was
taken up Mr. Mullins of Cherokee, ob-
bill. Mr. Zfawkins [oi
Forsyth, favored it, but was kst.
SENATE —MAUCH 31.
A bill to’repeal.tbe 137th and 4496th
the Code—relates to ncgio
preachers and exhorters. The bill pass
ed, and the authority to grant licenses
to preach, or exhort rests with churches.
It was discussed by Messrs. Seward,
Lewis, Vason. Echols and Gordon, in
the affi mativc,and by Messrs, ,b c or,
and Moseley in the negative, r.r ? w; s j
passed—ayes 32, nays 12. !
Afternoon Session. —Aftr rj.he close
of my letter on yesterday morning, the
Fenatc passed the bill to allow negroes
to be .learned to read repealing the law
prohibiting it.
BOUSE —MARCH 31.
■ Committee to whom was
reported a resolution to decide on what
basis tax returns shall be made reported
a resolution that property holders shall
be required to make returns of property
at its market value in Confederate
money ;’that property within ene
my’s lines Lc exempt from taxation,
provided it do not apply to wild lands.
The resolutions, were freely discuss
ed by Messrs. Love, Whittle, Cochrane,
Schley. Adams and Kender, in the aG
firtnalive, and by Messrr. Candler, T>oc
and.Smiih in the negative. They were
slightly amended passed.
Judge Cabines* presented, a long and
able report from the commit’ce on the
endorsement of Confederate bonds. A
minority report was also presented, both
of which were ordered printed.
The General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church Tn the Cocfcderate.States
of America, will hold its third annual
session in the Presbyterian church in
the city of Columbia, S. C., commencing
on the*first Thursday (the 7th day) of
May, 1863, at 11 o’clock, A. M. The
opening sermon will be preached by the
Rev. J. L. Kirkpatrick, D. D., the
moderator of the last Assembly.
The Richmond papers are calling on
to tax dogs, and also to
pass a law making dog owners respon
sible at law for all sheep killed by dogs
There is one thing certain, something
ought to be done in every State that
will kill off the tens of thousands of
worthless curs. It cost as much to keop
a dog as a hog, and yet’each man keeps
ono/ir more. How much better tokeep
hogs which will serve to support so
many people than to waste food in
pampering worthless curs. But it is
not only the question of food that
is involved. The matter of clothing,
also, depends on it. Many "people es
pecially near towns and villages, are
deterred from raising sheep altogether,
by the constant apprehension of danger
from dogs. Hence the supply of wool
and mutton is greatly diminished, and
the cost increased. Now is the time to
stiinulte proluction, and to make the
South independent. If dogs can be
disposed of, sheep raising can be made
a very profitable business in some sect
tions.
Movements of the Enemy.—The enes
my begins to exhibit unwonted activity
along our coast. Ou Wednesday last
twenty-one vessels, four of which were
evidently turreted iron-clads, and the
rest gunboats or transports, appeared
in North Edisto river. These “Vessels
could be plainly seen by our pickets at
White Point, and the transports seemed
to be without any considerable number
of troops on board. On Thursday only
'fourteen steamers remained.
Official intelligence was received on
Saturday that a gunbeat and three
transportshad approached Cole’s Island
at the mouth of the Stono, and landed
THE MARIETTA WEEKLY ADVOCATE.
a small force, supposed not to exceed
two hundred men. Nothing definite i
was ascertained as to their object but I
it is generally believed to have been a <
reconnoisance, preliminary to more im- <
posing movements 1
The bloekadinging fleet on Saturday <
numbered twenty vessels. A steamer
flying the French flag was also noticed |
in the offing.
(Charleston Mercury 29th.
Let every available acre in the South
.be brought into cultivation, and let
nothing be neglected in the cultk.
v tion of the soil which can be made
to contribute to 1t man subsistence.
Cot’on and tobacco will have only *
speculative vi’ueun il peace is declnr- i
ed; but wl eat, corn, and pi t visions have >
a real value as soon as they are toady j
for ti e market. Those plan ers who '
arc governed by interestjj'»nly, should ,
this year | lant no cotton, but turn the r ,
entire attention Io raking corn and
provisions.^’t will be for their pecun
iary interest so to do—to say nothing
al out tho duty they owe their coun
..y,
♦ _ - |
j Caep 7th Ee;'t, Ga , Vol’s. ) j
March 29th, 1863. } !
To the Ladies of Powder Springs and |
Vicinity.
We the undersigned, having I ten ap- ;
po’nted a committee, to represent the
Confederate Guards, take pleasure in |
tc during the sincetc thanks of the Com |
pnay, for of kin incss done with
your own hands, for our com'oit and
that we’appreciate the genetous contri
bution of a quantity of socks, and gloves
to ousclves and comrades, and that wbi e
serving our country in a land distant,
from these we Jove. Such acts of kind
ness cannot but remind us of the sym
pathy that is felt for us by those we
represent, and that such acts, are surely
encouragement, which gives vigor arid
emotion to our endurance of the hard
ships and pi (rations of the nriny. So
in closing thetc resolutions of thanks,
we can only wish for our remembered
friends at home, a bright realization of
their fondest hopes, aud a speedy re
turn of peace.
We have the honor to be Ladies, your
obedient Servants.
F. M. Duncan, J. F. Lindley, R. W.
Perkinson, P. F. York, J. M. Reagin,
, H. A. Patillo.
I __ .
- Communicated;
A number of names has been men
tioned in political circles in connection
1 with the candidacy for the office of
; Governor, for the next term. Georgia
! has many worthy sons capable of filling
the duties of that highly important of
fice-more important at this time. The
, times demand—the people want a man
i of experience and tried abili y. We no
. tice that the Hon. Lucius
the able representative in Congre s from
• the Eighth District, has been named in
, this connection. It strikes us that he
; is a statesman of trained ability and
i from long experience with public as
i affais, weuld in that < slice be the prop
, er man in the right place. 7/is nomina
, tion would be hailed with enthusiasm by
! the people in tho country west of the
i Chattahoochee. It.
Cottos Panic.—Cult >n took* terrible
. fright in the Maccn market on Satur
, day. The speculators had been foot
j balling it back and forth till they had
kicked it up to forty-odd cents a pound
but Saturday morning telegrams came
from Augusta to buy no more over a
maximum of twenty cents. This, you
will observe, left a somewhat broad
margin between buyers and polders and
the result was —nothing done, nor was
there any effort to accommodate the
difference. Nobxiy wanted to biiy s —
From an object of too fond and eager
pursuit, cotton suddenly sunk into uni
uersal disfavor.
Th? causes of the sudden change were
numerous, but the pricipal ones were no
doubt, first. The Confederate tax on
cotton and other produce in the hands
of speculative holders, this tax is ten
per cent., or say twenty dollars per bale
Another cause was the failure of the
one acre bill in the Legis'aturer. The
crop is of this year under three acre law
now in force, liberally construed as it
will be in practice, will largely swell
the volume of thia id e product now lj
ing useless and cumbersome in ail the
market towns of tim State.
Thus it will be seen that at the mo- 1
inent the paper makers took fright at t
the price of cotton, a concatenation of t
events has come to their relief, and the
old staple will probably subside quiet
ly again into sober habit and safer pri- 1
cea. Indeed, we shall not be surprised 1
to see it g > very low. Plan ers wi Ibe
indi-posed to hold it st an annual tax of ’
five per cent., an I speculators will not 1
like it much better at ten. — Mason 7W
egraph.
Indians in Texas.
A letter has just been received by the
Governor scut by express from Monta
gue, dated Ft binary 11th stating that
tl e country is by Indians.
The writer says:
I "On the day before yesterday a body
! <>f thice made an attack on the i eigh
i t orhood nine miles south nt this place,
! killing and scalping Moore and his son
| after which they placed a ted flag, and
i left, taking all the horses it; that scc
i tion. While in pusuit of them yesterday
another oartv, consisting of about thir
ty, altackel the neighborhood ten miles
east of this place, wounding mortally a
[ Mr. Stump and killing Bais
i ley.
*At th<’sc< ne of action, they erected
I another r d flag, then procecded/’fivc
I miles south, stole some’borses and stuck
|up another piece of red cloth. While
! this was transpiring about twenty of
I th< m'passed within a’mile of this town
I taking all the horses in their wake.—
j When the above occurred a company of
State troops in three detachments were
all on different trails. Expresses were
sent to the frontier reg ment, which were
responded to ly Captains Wood and
Rowland, who detailed two scouts from
their repeclivc camps.
The writer encloses a letter received
from a second
one of the detaehmenis that went in pur
suit, dated Camp Maine Feb. 13th, in
which lie Blates that after following the
trail for some distance and coming up
J within an hour of where they had left,
i they were c 'inpclted lu abandon the
i pursuit, their animals being entirety
br ken down. They then sent a dispatch
’to Captain Howland’s sta ion, and ti e
last heard was that his scouts were still
’ in pursuit of the Indians.—(Austin Gas
zette, March 16.
’. < «» »
1 Late Northern and European
News.
Richmond, April 3.—Northern dates
of the 30th have been received.
Jhe papers a< - e puzzle Ito know what
1 to be ieve in relation to operations on
f I the Mississippi.
1 j Gen. Gilmore crossed the Kentucky
liter last Saturday, lie retook Dan
ville and drove the rebe s in the di.ee-
' tion of Crab Orchard. *
1 The Yankee B‘eamer Sam Gates w r as
' captured in the Missouri by guerillas.
The prize steamer Granite City, from
Nassau captured by the blockaders, has
at rived at New York.
The clergymen in Norfolk gave no
tice that their churches would be open
on the 27th in conformity with Presi
dent Davis’ proclamation; but our sol
diers prevented services being conduct
ed.
Brigadier General Jame* Cooper, Fed
oral army, is dead.
Gold han taken a turn upward. The
market opened on Monday at 47.
The steamship Asia arrived with Eng
lish dates to the 15th.
Two blockade steamers had arrived
at Liverpool with cotton.
The diplomatic correspondence on
American affairs has been laid before
Parliament.
The case of the Alabama has been
made the nubject of strong complaint
by the Yankee Government.
Mr. Mason’s latest urges the British
Government to declare the blockade a
nvllity.
The irritation among the Lancashire
operatives is growing very strong.
The Bank of France reduced the rate
of discount from five to four and a half
per cent.
Miss Slidell was thrown from her
horse. She is seriously but not danger
ously injured.
Cotton is buoyant at an advance of
one half.
Oonsols
j®_The Yankee account of the fight
at Port Hudson states that one of the
officers of the Richmond had both legs
his right arm aud left-hand taken off by
the explosion of a shell from oUr bat- '
teries. Os couise his death was al- i
most instantaneous.
Somethin® to be Done.—One of the
greatest wants of the medical depart
ment is opittm and its preparations.—
The poppy, its source, i« within err
reach. The comon g irden popp,y is Ea
sily cultivate!, and all we want is for
the ladies to take itjn band. The only
preparatu n needed is to slice the cap
sules and collect the juice on plates or
glass, and t® dry it and forward it to
the nearest medical purveyor. lie will
prepare it for u»e.
TKtmmrw*
From the Yazoo.
Vicksburg, Apiil 2.—The enemy
made a reconnoi<ance up Yazoo liver
yesterday, threw a few shells at Lug
der’s Bluff. Nothing of interest from
below.
Paper Mill Burnt-
Augusta, yfpril 2—The Bath paper
Mills near this city was burnt to day
Congressional-
Richmond, April I.—ln the Senate to
day the House bill to abolish floggin in
the army was passed with amendments.
The Hous .• bill, t< r rganize the na
vy, and the Senate bill, to increase the
number of military courts to attend
the army in the field, were a'.so [pass
ed. •
A message from the President was re
ceived vetoing the act in ic'ation to the
Ist regimci tof South Carolina volun
teers, entitle ! an act to iucorparute said
regiment as heavy artillery for coast de
fense.
There was nothing don- in the House
The members ;re drawing (or seats in
the hall of the Virgin a llou-sc of Del
egates, which was vacaivd yesterday bj
the adjournment of ths General A-sem-
• ’ bl T .
! NORTHERN NEWS.
: Richmond, April 2. —Aforthern dates
I to the 30 h ult., has been received
, The papers arc puzzled to know what
to believe in lelatijn to operations in
the Mississippi.
t General Gilmirc hal crossed the
Kentucky river on Saturday, re took
Danville and di®ze the lebels in the di
-5 icction oi Grat Orchard.
The prizej st'samcr, Sain Gaty, was
1 cr.pttiri-djii! M.tsouri by Guerrillas.
1 T. e prize steamer, Granite City, from
Nassau, wh’ch was captured by the
’ blockader.i. arr ved in New York
From Charleston
’ Charleston, April 2.—No signs thus
far of the expected attack.
1 There has been no landing in force of
’ the enemy on any of the islands below
as reported.
The skirmish on Seabrooks Island was
between a few independent scouts a«d
a watering party from a Yankee gun
boat.
Chattanooga, April s.—The enemy
advanced on Woodbury and McMinn
ville, and were outflanked by our for
ces, and retired.
A column ®f Fedcra’s, 15,000 strong
is advancing on Columbia. A battle is
considered imminent before the week
Milledgeville, April 4.—Both houses
reconsidered by large majorities the ac
tion of yesterday in reference to the bill
restricting cotton planting.
•—.
Richmond, April 4--In the Senate
to day an act to convert the First Regi
ment South Carolina volunteers, now
stationed at Fort Sumter, into the Se ond
Regiment of Artillery, recently vetoed
by the President, was again passed
after discussion in favor of the bill.
The Senate then went into secret s.t
sion on the tax bill.
Charleston, April 5. Important
movements are taking place here. But
for militaiy reasons no particulars can
yet be given.
Richmond, April s.—Zn the House Mr.
Foote introduced a resolution proposing
to change the seat of Government. Re
jected by almost a unanimous vote.
A bill passed to increase the soldiers
pay four dollars per month.
Senatobia, April 4.—The AppeaVsspe
cial says that Richardson's guerillas
fought a regiment at Summerville, kill
ed and wounded 80.
It is stated that five thousand troops *
were shipped from Memphis, ostensibly
for Vicksburg, but after night went
North.
Milledgeville, April 7.—The House
this morning rejected the reconsidera
tion of all.further measures restrain
ing the planting of cotton.
The house adopted resolutions ap
pealing to planters to laise provisions
principally. This action is caisidercd
final.
BOMBARDMENT OF CHARLES
TON COMMENCED.
Charleston, April 7.—The attaclc
commenced at three o’clock this after
noon.
Four iron-plads ran out and were'
soon engaged in heavy firing with Fort
Sumpter and Moultrie and Morris’
Island. ,
The Ironsides was hit and rarf afshorrf
but got off.
The engagement is stiH gVing on at
four and a half (/clock p. in.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Charleston, April 7.—At 2 p. m.,
nine Monitors and the frigate Ironsid< s
crossed the bar, and steamed in towards
Fort Sumter. Three opened fire at
the batteries on Morris’ and Sullivans’
Islands, which replied with great spirit.
At 2 1 5 p_. in., the firing became very
rapid, almost continuous, and contin
ued till 5 o’clock, when it gradually di
minished, and is now heard only 11
long intervals.
Their fire was concentrated on Fort
Sumpter. The iron-cladsand Keokuk
withdrew at 4 1-2 o’clock, apparently
disabled. Fort Sumpter was uninjured..
The enemy’s fire killed one man.
Intense excitement prevails, but ev
erybody is confident of our triumph.
The battery is crowded
with ladies viewing the fight. •
Our iron-clads have gone out to take
part in the melee.
At this hour there is a lull in the
Charleston, April B—lo o’clock, a.
m.—The enemy have made a renewal
of their attack on Fort Sumter.
An official dispatch just i eceived from
Sumter says that Montauk, tho most
formidable of the Monitors, and pos
sessing two turrets has sunk off Morris
Island.
THE SITUATION.
The gunboa's have been driven back
and defeated on the Tennessee river by
sharp shooters.
On yesterday at day light two iron
clad vessels came up the river as far as
Tuscumbia. They were met there by
uur cavalry outposts. Very considera
ble cannonading ensued; but our sharp
str oters u:ad« the port holes two uasafe
for heavy practice, aud aftcr’anjneffec*
<ual effort to land a party, the gunboats
backed about aud retired. Their loss
is considered to be heavy.
From Middle Tenaeasec we hear of.
skirmishing at Unionville.
Passengers by the evening train re
port the capture of several wagons and.'
prisoners of Wednesday. Otherwise *
the line is quiet.
No news from Charleston.— Rebel.
We have bad news from Kentucky.
The Soutlucastern section of that
State seems to be unlucky ground fur
I our arms, and the disaster to Gen. Pe
grain’s command is a fit but sorrowful
appendix to the melancholy field of
Fishing Creek. We trust the detail of'
the affair will prove less serious than
the first tiding that reached us.
We have also news of a disagreeable
nature front the front. We arc inform--
ed that a regiment of Gen. John H. Mor
gan’s command was surrounded on Sat
urday near the town of Woodbury.—
It succeeded in cutting its out but af
ter much hard fighting and some loss.
Rebel. y
Another Successful Skirmish. —A
correspondent <>f the Jackson Appeal,
writing from Clinton, La , March 26tb r
says:
Pryan’a (formerly Stewart’s) Baton 1
Rouge company attacked a force of
Yankees at Galveston on the Amite riv*
er and killed, and wounded and drown
ed a number of them.
They were attacked while in flat®,-,
and every flat and skiff containing., a,
Yankee was emptied into the ARite« '
which is here a wide and deep ntpoain.-
TLcir loss must have been heavy.