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From the Columbus Sun.
To the reuple of the Sculhrrn Cunfrderaep
To my inilid ihe most discouraging,
as well as the most humiliating feature
in our affairs is the manifestation of
that spirit amongst our people, which
prompts so many of them to estimate
iheir property and tlirir money more
highly than hie and liberty, and partic
ularly the life and liberty of their lel-
low-cilizens.
Most of you, fellow-citizens, would
feel indignant, if such a charge were
brought against you individually; but
now, reader, whoever you may he, 1
make ihe charge against you; your own
conscience shall he the judge of your
guilt or innocenee, when J have addu
ced the proofs. I know there are ex
ceptions, but I am sorry to say, that in
my opinion, they are scarce. Now to
the proof.
When the first Conscript law was
passed, putting every man between
eighteen and thirty-five into the army,
almost every man in the country—and
particularly those over thirty-five—
said it was right, because the necessi
ties of the country required it. Mark
you, the market price of a soldier was
then from $1500 to $3000. The gov
ernment pays the soldier $11 per
month. You are a planter.—When
the government has come along to im
press your surplus com, or wheat, or
bacon, or pork, have you grumbled and
complained because it did not pay you
the market price, or because you
thought if you had been permitted to
keep it a little longer you would have
sold it lor a higher price? If you have,
then you are guilty; for when the gov
ernment came after your neighbor, to
put him into the army to endure toil,
privation and hardship, and to face
danger and death, paying him only $11
per month, you said, “Take him along,
the necessities of the country require
it.”
You are a merchant, when the gov
ernment has come along asr ' * ken
your goods, have you grumb and
complained, and cursed ihe govern
ment, because it did not pay you as
much as you thought the market price,
or as you might have obtained by hold
ing them longer? If you have, you too
are guilty, lor, in reference to the life
and liberty of your neighoor, you too
said, “Take him, the necessities of the
country demand it.”
You are a gentleman of wealth, with
a fine pair of carriage horses. Have
you, when the government wanted
them, hid them away, or if you gave
them up, have you done it with reluc
tance and complained that you were
not paid quite as much as somebody
else would have paid you? If so, you
too are guilty; lor when the enrolling
officer came after the woman’s bus
band and that widow’s son, who were
their dependence for a support, you
said, “Take them along, the necessi
ties of the country demand it.” Ami
when that wife and mother complained
to you of the hardship of their case,
you sympathised with them, hut told
them it was necessary that we should
sacrifice everything, even life itself, in
defence of our rights and our liberty;
that it was better to die freemen than
to live slaves to the Yankees. Perhaps,
too, you promised them, you would see
to it, they should not want while the
husband and son were fighting for your
property and your liberty. I am afraid
you have not kept that promise.
You are a bank, a railroad, or a cap
italist; war necessarily brings suffer
ing, sacrifice and loss to any country.
Thousands have already sacrificed life
and properly; thousands upon thou
sands will yet sacrifice life, and thou
sands upon thousands will come out of
the war broken down in health and
property; but to you war has brought
neither suffering, nor loss, nor sacrifice.
You have made immense gains; they
come at last out of those who are fight
ing for your property, your liberty and
your lives.
If, then, when the government wants
your money to support them, you be
gin to grumble and complain, and talk
about injustice, you too are guilty, for
you loo said, “Take him along, the ne
cessities of the country demand it, and
we must sacrifice everything to the
cause.”
Thus 1 might go on and convict eve
ry class of property holders and money
makers of the charge I have made.
My countrymen, this spirit of the
greed of gain; this disposition to force
or even to l>e willing to permit others
lo bear the burthens while we reap the
benefits, must be put away from us be
fore we can achieve our independence;
and *lf we will not put it away our
selves, God will scourge it out of us by
llie instrumentality of the Yankees. If
He permitted the armies of Israel to be
routed and discomfitted, with great
loss, because there was in the camp one
Achan, whose lust fell upon the wedge
of gold, the shekels of sdver and the
Babylonish garment, how much more
will we be scourged with an Achan in
every house?
We shall achieve our independence,
but we shad suffer fnd sacrifice, and
the sooner anil the yiore freely we do
it the lighter it will be. Anil every
man must do his share. And yet, who
of us outside of the army has done his
share? The idea of making fortunes
out of the war should be abandoned.
The question with every man must be
not “What can I do to make money for
myself?” but “what can I do to help?”
Authority which you profess to re
cognize as paramount, has said, “All
things, therefore, whatsoever ye would
that men should do unto you, do ye
also even so to them.” You boast that
you have recognized that authority in
your Constitution. “God in not mock
ed,” and this recognition is mockery i!
you do not recognize it in practice. If
you were in the army enduring hard
ship and privation, and encountering
danger and death, tosave the {>rope*rtn
and liberty and lives of those at home,
would you that they should live at
home in ease and luxuty, while you
were shoeless, Mauketless and bread-
less? Would you ’fltat they should
make fortunes out of the necessities anil
the labor of your families? Would you
that they should permit your family to
want for the necessities of life? J think
not. Then apply the rule. Y ou can
not escape its obligation by saying, “Jet
the government do it.” ^ ou are the
government: who administer it. are
your agents; they can do nothing with-
out you, and if you so influence and
control them as to use their powers to
enrich you at the expense of others,
either present or prospectively, the sin
lies at your door.
The government can act only as you
give it power and direction. It can,
when you so order, call men to the
field, but can neither arm, feed or
clothe them, unless you furnish means,
And if you continue to act as you arc
now acting, upon the assumption that
you are to go on making and accumu
lating money anil property, while oth
ers are at their own cost to fight to se
cure you in tlie possession and enjoy
ment of it, you will loo late discover
that you have made a fatal mistake.
You have already pursued that course
to the verge of ruin, and it is time not
only that you pause and reflect, but
that you retrace your steps.—You must
lay your gains where others have al
ready laid their lives; upon the alter of
the country. The country needs all
’.hat every man can do. The safety of
your property, your liberties and your
lives, requires at your hands all that
you can do. If you are in a position or
have means to do more than others, he
not afraid of doing loo much, but be
thankful that you can do so much.
When we shall have achieved our inde
pendence, no man will feel that he has
done too much; but if, through our su
pineness or our cupidity, we shall fail,
how bitterly will you feel that you have
not done enough! If vve who slay at
home should give all our means beyond
a very humble living, we shall not have
done half so much as thousands of the
humblest of our soldiers; for they have
given all and life with it. In my next,
I will show you how every man in the
Confederacy can render a mighty help
without the slightest injury to himself.
JAMES N. BETH ONE.
UNIONISTS CONVERTED TO SE
CESSION.
A friend, who has conversed, recently ,
with several late refugees from East Ten
nessee, learns from them that Federal outra
ges on Unionists and Disunionists, indis
criminately, have had a happy effect on
the political sentiments of the former, and
numbers have been purged of their Union
ism, and hopefully converted to the South
ern cause.
A Presbyterian elder at Cleveland, uo-
ted for his disloyalty to the South, antic
ipating protection to his person and prop
erty from his Yankee friends, hailed their
advent with joy, but it was of short dura
tion. In spite of his protestations of loy
alty, and remonstrances against such
treatment to a Union man, the Yankee
robbers stripped his dwelling, barues, &c.,
of nearly everything valuable, lie was
well to do in the world, and comfortably
provided. The Yankees laughed at bis
professions of Unionism and iiis reinmi
•trances, continued their plundering, and
boasted that they were making a good
thing of it. He was so outraged that it is
said that he forgot his religion and in
the bitterness of his soul, heaped curses
upon them, and became a pretty fail
Southern man.
Another Union man and his wife had
been long remonstrating with a “Rebel”
son for joining the Confederate army and
persuading him to leave it, but without
effect. Their houses were, likewise, pil
laged, and they were cured of their devo
tion to the glorious Union and the old
flag,” and the old woman told her Yankee
friends that she had been trying to gel her
son out of the “Rebel army but, now
she intended to persuade him to stay in it
and kill as many Y’nnkees as he could.
These are but illustrations of a very
general feeling amongst former lories.
Brownlow, while at Knoxville, acnoun
ced himself an unconditional einancipa
fionist, and got at loggerheads, on this
question, with John Williams, who has, or
had, considerable negro property. Will
iams was at the head of a party, who pro
posed to remonstrate with Lincoln against
the inauguration of the emancipation pol
icy iu East Tennessee—perhaps any-
where-and they were denounced by B/ou-n-
low as “Copperheads.— Marie! I a Cot/Jed.
Arm.
Condition of the Men—Cusua ties in the late
Campaign—~»ts Present Position.
The excellent arm}' corn spondeot of
the Charleston Courier, w riting from camp
near Rogersville, Tennessee, December
11th, gives the following interesting par
ticulars :
To one point I wish to call the attention
of our people at home. There are at this
moment from three thousand to thirty-five
hundred barefooted men in this army.
Borne of them are officers high in rank.
One whom I know is a Lieutenant Colonel.
All of them are fighting men, who, but for
this necessity, would be in the front rank
in every hour of danger. The weather is
so cold that the icicles around the water
falls, are as thick as a man's body. In
twenty minutes after sundown liquid freez
es solid. The surface of the ground is as
hard as a rock, and at every step the fro
zen edges of earth cut into naked feet, un
til the path of the army may be almost
said to have been tracked in blood. To
remedy the evil, I have seen these men,ac
customed as they were at home to every
luxury, strip their coats and blankets
from their backs, and tie the rags around
their feet; I have seen them take the fresh
bides of cattle, reeking with the warm
blood, and fashion therefrom rude moccas-
sins to last them for the day’s march ; and
I have seeu them beg in piteous terms of
passing horsemen for a brief respite to
their painful walk, and where this has fail
ed, offer five, ten and twenty dollars for
the privilege of riding a few miles on their
wearisome journey, i mention these as
facts that have come under my own obser
vation, and which should appeal to liberal
and sympathizing hearts with all the elo
quence of suffering, and call for that speedy
relief which the emergency demands.
The total casualties of the campaign will
not exceed twelve hundred. Of these,
probably two hundred sick and wounded
have fallen into the bauds of the enemy.
Heretofore the treatment of these unfortu
nates, when captured under circumstances
of this nature, has been uniformly kind,
and there is little reason to believe that it
will not be equally so in the present in
stance. A majority of the ladies of Knox
ville are w r arm Southerners, and there
should be no apprehension that these no
ble hearted women will prove recreant to
the humane instincts and abundant sym
pathy which tbey have ever manifested in
relieving the needs of suffering humanity.
egade nahted Hall, who drove the stage
line between Salem and Sweet Springs
Was Averili’s chief guide.
Twenty-two of the enemy were drown
ed on Saturday night while crossing a
swollen creek ; ten or fifteen were taken
prisoners, and a large number bushwacked
by tbe mountaineers as they passed down
Both the Y ankees and their horses were
represented by prisoners as utterly broken
down and without food or forage. They
had committed many devastations, burn-
ijw bams, sacking dwellings, &c.
. ..r informant says that, if “ bagged” at
aif, Averilland his party must have been
“ gobbled” on Monday night, as, from the
disposition of our forces, it was confidently
expected that he would be if one of those
oft-repeated cavalry blunders did not in
tervene to baulk it!
The present position of the array is all
that could be desired. On the one flank
we have Clinch river and Clinch mountain,
on the other flank the Holston river, while
the whole country abounds in strong points
capable of easy defence. We are within
a comparatively few miles of the Cumber
land mountains, and occupy a threatening
relation to West Tennessee and Kentucky.
The success of the campaign would un
doubtedly have compelled a retrograde
movement of the forces at Chattanooga.
It is not uncertain that our very presence
here at this time may not lead to an entire
alteration of the plans of Geo. Grant, in
cluding the abandonment of his designs On
North Georgia, and a retreat to some point
where he can at least protect his line of
communications with Nashville and other
localities in his rear.
The operations for the winter may be at
an end, hut the approaching spring prom-
; ««s to open a grand campaign, to whose
success we may confidently look for a glo
rious redemption from the chains which
now enthrall our land. Pkrso.nne.
From Below.—We learn from gentle
men who readied here yesterday afternoon
on the Norfolk train, that Butler is rigidly
enforcing his order, requiring all persons to
take the’oath of allegiance to the Lincoln
Government.
Large numbers have taken the oath in
Norfolk, and every male citizen of Ports
mouth except three. These are Dr. Ar
thur R. Smith, Wm. H. Wilson, and Fish
er Matthews. These gentlemen, wc hear,
positively refuse, and say they will suffer
any couiiequences.
in Nansemond and Princess Anne coun
ties, all citizens residing between Bernard’s
Mill and Portsmouth, have taken the oath.
Many of these, if not all, are loyal to the
Confederate Government, but tLey have
no alternative save banishment from their
homes. Bernard’s Mill is the outer picket
station of the Federals.
Six citizens of Nansemond county have
been sentenced by Butler to six months
imprisonment for whipping a negro. We
could learn the names of but three, viz :
Wright King, Cornelius Bidgood and Jno.
E. Wright.
The reported fight near Elizabeth City
turns out to be only a skirmish, and resul
ted in nothing of any consequence.
[ Petersburg Express.
From the Richmond Examiner.
„ Averill.
We regret to be obliged to say that we
know little more about the movements of
this, just now, most interesting character
than vve laid before the reader, exceeding
small as fbat information was.
Jt was reported yesterday morning that
the President had, on the previous night,
received a dispatch from the commanding
officer at Staunton, stating that one of our
cavalry commanders in search of Averill
had missed the road lie designed to travel,
and that, in eonsequeuce, the Y ankees had
escaped, with the loss, however, of all his
artillery and baggage. We think it very
questionable whether thi< dispatch was re
ceived, but think it more likely that the
story originated in a dispatch which we
have reason to believe was received by the
Secretary of War from the same source, to
the effect that Averill had succeeded in
crossing Jackson’s river at Covington, and
had burnt the bridge behind him, but that
two of his regiments were cot oifniid would
probably be captured.
This is not good news, hut, at the same
time, not altogether bad. The capture of
two regiments is certainly better than the
capture of none, and it must he borne in
mind that his having crossed Jackson’s riv
er does not involve Averill’s certain es
cape. Helms along and tedious journey
before him ere he reaches the Greenbrier
river, and along a read which, if we mis
take not, Gen. Samuel Jones informed us
Gen. Echols was blocking up. If Gen.
Jones is soon enough informed of his route,
there i.-; reason for great hope that his ca
reer will yet be brought to a disastrous
conclusion. When we hear he has put the
Greenbrier between him and his pursuers
we will abandon all hope of his capture.
A gentleman, who arrived in Richmond
last evening direct from Fincastle, which
place he left on Monday evening, says that
Averill’s command was at that time be
tween Junction Store and Roaring Run
Furnace, on the Fincastle and Covington
turnpike, with Generals Fitzliugh Lee and
Jmboden pressing him in the rear and
Jackson confronting him. If Jackson was
pushed back by Averill, which was im
probable, with Lee and Imboden hedging
his rear, he could retreat across the Cov
ington bridge and burn it,which gone would
leave Averill a prey, to the forces iu his
rear.
The cannon ammunition of the enemy
became saturated in crossing some of the
streams, and the caissons and carriages
were destroyed along the route and the
pieces pitched down the mountains. The
horses, as they became broken down aud
worn out, had their throats cut, and strew
ed the route of the retreat, fresh horses be
ing impressed from the farmers.
The enemy carried along with him all
the able-bodied negroes they came upon,
but did not come across many, as they fled
to tbe mountains on their approach. At
Salem they killed one negro because he
would not receive a carbine, mount a horse
and follow them. They armed and mount
ed all they took, and employed them in
guarding prisoners and as guides. A ren-
The Bombardment of Charleston.—
We have been able to learn but few par
ticulars as to the amount of damage done
by tbe recent lire in Charleston. It ap
pears that the grocery store of Klinck &
Wiekenburg, on the northeast corner of
Broad and church streets, was fired by the
incendiary shells of the enemy about half
past 1 o’clock Christmas morning. It is
reported that some four or five of the ad
joining buildings were consumed, aud that
the fire crossed Broad street, extending to
within a few doors of Tradd, destroying
Mitchell’s Cotton Press, on tho west side
of Cnurch street, in which was stored a
large amount of cotton. The firemen
worked with untiring energy, but they
were forced to leave their engines from
bursting shells, the enemy’s fire being di
rected to that portion of the city where the
fire was in progress. Nothing but tbe
undaunted heroism of the citizens prevent
ed the destruction of the lower portion of
the city.
The fiendish hate and dastardly cow
ardice of the Y ankees in shelling a city
they never expect to possess should con
sign them to everlasting infamy. But the
glorious defence of that proud old city
by the sea will adorn the brightest page
in the annals of warfare and shed a lustre
upon Carolina undimmed by the lapse of
time. All honor to Charleston an$ her
Spartan defenders.
Dreadful Accidents.—Two terrible
accidents occurred Sunday morning from
the explosion of shells while the unfortu
nate victims were endeavoring to draw
the contents. The first one resulted
fatally Mr. Frank Gilles, a well known
aud highly esteemed citizen, foreman of
the South Carolina Railroad blacksmith
shops, residing in Nassau street, was in
the act of drawing with a wire the powder
troin an eight-inch shell, when it exploded
taking off his loft leg and left arm, besides
dreadfully mangling his thigh aud severely
injuring him in the head. lie lingered
till about four o’clock in the evening, when
he expired.
The other explosion occurred about one
o’clock, at the corner of Church-street and
St. Mitehacl’s Alley. The sufferers in
this case were observed by a policeman,
engaged with a hammer and chisel en
deavoring to cut away the cap. He warn
ed them of their danger, to which they
paid no attention. In a few' minutes af
terwards the shell exploded, cutting off
the right leg of one man named Johnston,
aud shattering the right leg and arm of the
other, whose name we did not learn.
They were both conveyed to a hospital
in a critical condition.
These examples should bo a sufficient
warning to others in the handling of such
dangerous missiles.
C/t a rlesion Mercur y.
can form of Government is too feeble to
hostile elements without or within tho
State. To separate these opposing ele
ments, A liberal test is made, by an oath
of allegiance, which accepts as sound
whoever recants his former unsoundness.
In returnJU’or pardon Rnd restoration of
foifeited r^uts, and their necessity for the
suppression of the rebellion, a pledge is
exacted for the maiutainance of'the enian
cipatiou proclamation aud laws in regard
•to slavery. No modification or retraction
of the proclamation will he made, or any
person made free bj^it be returned to
slavery during the continuance of the
President in his position.
The proclamation presents a plan which
will be a rallying point for the elements
of reconstruction, aud it has been shaped
to avoid commitalism on points that may
he left for further developement.
By pardoning certain classes it is not
meant that others will never be included.
It is not meant that reconstruction will
not be accepted in any but the specified
way. Congress should aid movements for
emancipation in the States not included
in the proclamation. Little can be done
towards reconstruction, until confidence is
restored to the loyal element of insurgent
States, that they will not again be overrun.
Hence the main reliance is on the war
power, and the chief care should be di
rected to the army and navy.
^flutjjern |lecurirfr.
MILLED GE V ILLE:
TUESDAY, JANUARY 5. 1864.
LINCOLN’S MESSAGE.
Lincoln’s Message was read to Con
gress ou the 9th ult., and is unusually
brief. We subjoin a synopsis :
Foreign Relations and Foreigners.
He congratulates ; Congress on the friend
ly relations with foreign powers and the
unavailing efforts of disloyal citizens to
involve the United States in foreign wars.
Great Britain has prevented the departure
*>fi hostile expeditions fiom foreign ports,
and France has vindicated her neutrality.
The blockade and other questions with
foreign powers have been accommodated
in a spirit of good will.
He complains of the course of foreign
ers in evading military duty, and advises
an amendment of the laws so as to make
voting an estoppel against any plea of
exemption, aud the fixing of a limit be
yond which* no citizen residing abroad
may claim the interposition of the govern
ment.
He submits the expediency of encour-
aging foreign immigration to supply the
deficiency' of laborers, and affording as
sistance for the purpose.
E m ant ipa lion Prnc.la mat ion.
When Congress last assembled, the tone
of feeling abroad and at home was satis
factory. The popular elections indicated
uneasiness among ourselves. Our com
merce was suffering aud we were threaten .
ed with the raising of the blockade, and
tbe sweeping of our commerce from tlie
seas. Tlie policy ot emancipation aud
black soldiers gave rise to fear and doubt.
Tlie government bad no power, accord
ing to our political system, to emancipate,
in tbe States, and it was hoped that the
rebellion could be suppressed without re
sorting to it as a war measure. The cri
sis came with its necessity, aud dark aud
doubtful days followed.
Eleven months have passed, and the
rebel borders are pressed further back.
Tbe Mississippi is completely opened ;
Tennessee aud Arkansas have been re
claimed and openly declare for emancipa
tion ; Maryland and Missouri, not includ
ed in the proclamation, dispute over the
best method of removing slavery.
One hundred thousand slaves are in the
military service, one-half bearing arms.
No tendency to insurrection or violence
has marked these measures. Discussion
has improved foreign sentiment in regard
to them. The crisis which threatened the
Union is passed.
Method of Reconstructing the Union.
With reference to the resumption of na
tional authority within the States, a proc
lamation has been issued, in which noth
ing is attempted not justified by the Con
stitution. No man is coerced to take the
oath, and pardon is promised, if tho oath
is voluntarily taken. The Constitution
authorizes the Executive to pardon at his
discretion, and ou terms established by
judicial authority.
We are dealing with cases in which the
element of a State favorable to a Republi-
OP The last day of 1863 was rainy*and
warm. In the night the wind shifted, and
a genuine old fashioned freeze was wit
nessed in the morning of the New Y"ear.
In the afternoon of Friday, the Oconee
was higher than it has been since the Har
rison Freshet in 1841 ; but in tuenty-four
hours thereafter the water had fallen about
three feet, and is still receding. We have
heard of no particular damage from the
overflow.
GF*As the rail road connection between
Chattanooga and Knoxville, has been de
stroyed, it is believed by some, that Burn
side will have to retire from his position,
for the want of supplies during the winter.
Our opinion is, that Y ankee ingenuity is
equal to the task, and that we need in
dulge no hopes from such a prospect. The
Yankees will have provision trains to fol
low their army in spite of all obstacles-
We can whip them iu open field wben they
give us a chance, but to starve thorn, by
cutting off their subsistence, is impossible.
YY hat they lose by capture, they make by
plundering the inhabitants.
GPThe Emperor Napoleon has address
ed a letter to Queen Victoria, in which he
styles her “Madam, my Sister,” and signs
himself, “ Your majesty’s good brother,”—
The object was to invite the British Gov
ernment to be represented in a congross at
Paris, to revise old treaty stipulations for
preserving the balance of power, aud to
pacificate Europe on a more definite basis.
Lord Russell declines the invitation with
marked courtesy to the Emperor, on tbe
alleged ground that there is no necessity
for such a conference of sovereigns, and
that its purposes have not been sufficient
ly indicated.
CdF“ The brigade of mounted men which
it is proposed to raise and equip for Gen.
Morgan, will rendezvous at Decatur, Ga.
Large contributions have been made fo r
the purpose. It would.be cheering to see
Morgan again iu the saddle, animated by
his recollections of the Ohio prison uni
form, and his shaved head by order of
Burnside.
BP* We had the pleasure, a few days
siucc, of greeting our gallant townsman,
Gen. Geo. P. Doles, of the army of North
ern Virginia, who is ou a brief visit to hi*
family. His health is nt.
Th* «• which be was Captain,
lett in April, 1861 for Norfolk, it being the
first Company which entered the service
from Baldwin county. He was elected
Colonel of the 4th Georgia Regiment, aud
subsequently rose to the rank of Brigadier
General, for meritorious services, thus
gracefully recognized by the President.
Up 3 The pulpit of the Presbyterian
Church in this city was occupied ou Sab
bath last by the Rev. YVm. Flinn, Super
intending Chaplain of the Army of Ten
nessee. He has been hitherto attached
to Gen. Longstreet's corps in Virginia ;
but having been assigned to a larger ju
risdiction, be has been separated from
that command. We think it probable that
he will soon resume his pastoral relations
to the Church in this city which have been
suspended during his absence iu the army.
Hi> return is hailed with great satisfac
tion, not only by his own flock, but by the
other Christiau denominations.
fdp* For future reference, and as a mat
ter of curiosity, we publish Mr. Lincoln’s
Proclamation offering pardon to those who
will lake the oath of allegiance, aud aid
in forming a tenth part of the voters to
restore any State to the Union. Tbe docu
ment emanates from a feeble source, and
will uuly augtueut the resistance of the
South.
^ number of deaths have been caus
ed’in Charleston by persons who, from cu
riosity. tried to remove the charges from
Yankee shells throwu into the city. In
one instance, the foreman of the rail road
smith shop was killed, a most useful and
respected citizen. We hope that more
caution will be obseived *m future. It is
grievous enough to be killed burst
ing of a shell as it explodes in f»\; n g f roa}
a Y ankee gun ; but for our people i ; £0 p
ard and lose their lives by tinkering w^.
it, from tbe novelty of the examination, a
to be doubly regretted.
EP’The “Magnolia Weekly,” published
at Richmond, a popular double sheet, is
furnished to subscribers at $20 per annum,
or $10 for six months. The prize story,
entitled “Guilty or Not Guilty,” to which
was awarded $500, is now passing through
its columns. We are glad to see many
warm compliments paid the “Magnolia,”
which is now taking a higb rank in South
ern literature.
Not having received the number contain
ing “Parson Gray,” a rival to “John Gil
pin,” we hope that some of our exchanges
will reproduce the Parson for general a-
museinent.
trP^We thank the Hon. David W. Lew
is, Representative iu Congress, for a pam
phlet copy of the President’s message, aud
also for the official Reports of Battles, em
bracing the Defence of Vicksburg by Gen.
Van Dorn, aud the attack upon Baton
Rouge by Gen. Breckinridge, together with
the reports of the Battles of Corinth, Harts-
ville, Pocotaligo and Y’amassee, &c.,—an
interesting document of 170 pages, laid be
fore Congress by tbe President, pursuant
to a resolution.
GPCol. Mauusel White died in New
Orleans on tbe 17th ult. aged 82 years.—
He was a Captain under Gen. Jackson at
the battle of Sth January 1815, and was
the Factor of Gen. Taylor upon whom tbe
latter gave an unlimited letter of credit in
favor of Gen.LaVega, who was takeu pris
oner at liesaea. May 1S46. and sent to
New Orleans on parole. Col. White was
also the Factor of Gen. Jackson, and held
many trusts, showing general confidence iu
his integrity. He was a wealthy planter
and merchant, and for many years a mem
ber of the Board of Administrators-^ the
University of Louisiana. He was a native
of Ireland, and first came to New Orleans
as a boat hand in 1802.
t^“The Hon. John Belton O’Neall,
Chief Justice of tbe Court of Appeals of
South Carolina, died at his residence in
Newberry, on the 27th ult., in the 71st
year of his age. His useful life had been
actively devoted to the good of mankind,
as a magistrate and Christian.
C^~Tbe True Delta of 15th ult. mentions
the fact that a number of negroes had been
brought before a Yankee Judge in New
Orleans, for praying in their religious
meetings, for the return of their masters,
for Gen. Beauregard and Jeff. Davis, “say
ing that their expectations of Abraham
Lincoln bad not been realized.”
COMMISSARY’S REPORT.
Tbe tables included in tbe report of
Col. Whitaker to the Adjutant General,
for the fiscal year ending October 15,
1863, show great exactness and method in
the accounts of his office.
The supplies
purchased during the year for the “Bridge
Guard,” an
d the two Regiments of the
“State line,
” and also for
the “State
Guard,” an
d other troops in
the Confeder-
ate service,
cost $315,554,91, consists of
Fresh beef,
ponuds
61,785
Dried beef,
do
15,853
Bacon,
do
258,220
Rice,
do
63,523
Coffee,
do
3,691
Sugar,
do
17,034
Rye,
do
789
Lard,
do
8,075
Candles,
do
5,993
Soap,
do
12,511
Meal,
do
249, S94
Corn,
bushels
12,061
Wheat,
do
123
Pen*.
do
253
Salt,
do
423
Flour,
barrels
2,183
Molasses,
gallons
* 2,486"“
Vinegar,
do
412
Ihe quantity of salt furnished to Sol
diers families, has been 70,000 bushels, at
a cost from $2 to $8 per bushel, to reim
burse the State for expenses.
List of contributions for Gen. Jno. H.
Morgan’s command, received by Charles
Price at Vlilledgeville.
Gov. Joseph E. Brown, $500,00
P. Thweatt, 50,00
Wm. McKinley, 100,00
Mrs. S. G. White, 100,00
Jno. Jones, 50,00
J. Thos. Bivins, 50,00
N. Hawkins, 50,00
Geu. S. P. Mvrick, 100,00
Maj. Lachlan McIntosh, - 50,00
W. H. Mitchell, 50,00
Cash from various sources, 250,00
R. M. Orme, Sen., 50,00
$1400,00
\dtf~ Others disposed to contribute to
the object, will please call and leave their
subscriptions with Messrs. Grieve and
Clark.
Dec. 28,1863.
The City Council ot Richmond, has ten
dered the hospitalities of the city, to Gen.
Johu H. Morgan, who is expected to ar
rive on 7th inst.