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MACOiN TELEGRAPH.
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 30, ISOS.
DR. LEYBURN’S LECTURES.
Tho Lectures upon Palestine and Egypt,
nowin course of delivery by Dr. Leybum, are
well worthy the attention of the Macon pub
lie. The Doctor is affluent, animated speaker,
and full of that enthusiasm which the subject
is so well calculated to inspire in tho mind of
the intelligent Christian traveler. The iirst
Lecture last night (Tuesday) embraced a view
of tho country from the Mediterranean—the
• landing at Jaffa or Joppa, tho ancient porf of
Jemsiileur—■» -deoeriptiou of tlw pl«o»—tho
journey to Jerusalem, which, though only
thirty : thrce miles distant, is practically a long
and burdensome trip-*-tho topography and
appearance of-the country on the route—the
entrance into tho Holy City, and a general do
scription of it, and very interesting accounts
of a visit to the Church ot the Holy Sepulchre
and to tho Mosque of Omar, which, since the
treaty concluding the Crimean war, has been
thrown open to the inspection of Franks. The
whole constituted an intellectual entertain
mont such as is not often afforded the Macon
public, particularly in those war times; and
we hope no one who can hear these lectures
conveniently will fait to do so. The house
was not more than half tilled on Tuesday
night, and probably some are restrained from
attendance by the fac{t that the seats in the
church are private property. They cease to bo
— g OTy^oW^ n ,i none - Bh0,ild fcel a °y
tho last day or two havo been out of jojnt—or
at least seem to have lost connection. On Tues
day and Wednesday the Richmond end of the
on? ^ U olfi‘l rt 0 . fr f t Au S usta - . We trnst
mean to be so exclusive'a grcat^SjS^^l
FORREST AT TUSCUMBIA,
Who Forrest has been fighting in that' bat
tle whereof we have not yet learned the con
clusion—whether a part of the petty larceny
force of Grant’s army corps qr of Rosecranz’
army, wo are pot yet advised, but we presume
the former. The fronts of both jtosecrana’s
and Johnston’s armies ar, now> however,
somewhat extensive.-. '^ ur right is sfid to rest
upon UcUimmlb eastward, and our left upon*
Columbia. jjjat jg ^ Johnston’s front Is
silty miles long and, from Columbia ' to the
scene of. Forrest’s battle in a S. S. westerly di
rection is a distance of about seventv miles.—•
We presume it is an attempt by tho enemy <0
flank our left which Forrest is lighting off,--.
Good luck to him. Wo hope to bear tho con
elusion of tho matterbefbre going* to press:
j^5Sp*-«rS' gratified to lcarfl that three ves-
—artS, one of them the Merrimac, heavily laden
with very valuable ordnance stores and army
supplies, have just run . into a Confederate
port. The blockadcrs made desperate efforts
to rapture them but failed. The ^go brought
ance ol the wheat crop promises an abundant
taSESufeV"* fcw d ‘y have been
In r ^ pU P‘ ,D S corn, and we understand
all our fanners hare determined to put in aa
i are °. cro P s *9 *hey can cultivate. Tho peach
crop has been badly injured by tho into fa
butitiawkni-wUl W — Jlnre VaiTure
we have no more frosts, wo will have an abun-
rcacVe?’^ ° f aPPk,S *" d 0ther fn,its except
—The Hon. Pierre Soulo is now in Havana
most anxious to roturn to tho Confederacy!
and to take part id our national struggle. *
„ ,F DE ^ I- n ’ k -—Wo write this paragraph with
a very blackireo flowing ink made by P boiling
™ r the b “V f j* he hay or dwarf magnJ?
»-» pieces. The ink appears to
us to be equal m every respect to any either we
obtainable 'almrat 0 * 3 '^ , made - from * material
ootamable almost anywhere in the low conn-
lyy. ft seems as thoughit Wfldld permaneHtiv
retain us color; at least some
nwly a month ago looks blacker than it did
at first.— Wilmington Journal.
A word upon the times.
•Camp Taliaferro, near Savannah, j
April 23d, 1863. (
Mr. Editor:—I proposo to notice briefly a
few of tho extraordinaries of tho times. Wo
have heard the ring of “ extortion, extortion,”
until I have grown sad, weary and mad. Every
one I meet is fall of railery about extortion.
What is extortion f Who is the extortioner ?
defy any man to put his finger.upon an ex
tortioner and prOTB that he is one. Every man
(with a few insolatcd cases of ex'ception) is en
gaged in the same business and consequently
it has become a general thing; and what every
body docs is right, and what every body says
must be so. Such has been tho rule, until
wrong has become popular, right and comi
inend.it: ie.
Here is brother Farmer selling (some retuse
to sell at all) their corn' at ono dollar and fifty
cents to three dollars per bushel, (old price
seventy-five cents to ono dollar.) Potatoes, at
ono to four dollars-per bushel, (old price twen
ty-five cents.) Peas, two to five dollars per
Kwnl.nl, (ohf price seventy-five eonts to one
dollar.) Here is brother Lawyer, Doctor,
Merchant, Mechanic, and the balance of man
kind swearing that these old dolt-headed farm
ers arc going to ruin the country by ex-tor-tion.
Well, Mr. Shoemaker, what will you charge
me for a pair of shoes for my poor bare-foot
wife ? Fifteen to twenty-five dollars,' (old price
one dollar and fifty to three dollars and fifty
cents.) Oh! murder tho extortioners! Well
Mr. Doctor came to my son, who is a soldier,
and has come homo sick with fever. Well
Quinine, twenty to twenty-live dollars per
ounce, (old price one dollar fifty to three dol
lars,) but as ho is your son and a soldier, I will
administer the physic for five cents per grain
equal to twenty-eight dollars and eighty cents,
charge mileage, etc. Olvextortionerl Well,
Mr. Merchant, what aro your prints worth
Two dollars and fifty cents to three dollars,
(old price six to twelve and a half cents;) can’
take any less—scarce in the Confederate Slates,
[am obliged.to live; Corn this, Flour that.
Ob, my soul, extortion
W ell, here is Mr. B., a nice man, who is do
ing all things right for humanity’s sake, and
the good of the Government. Ho- is no far
mer, lawyer, doctor nor rag dealer. Ho has
just bought two thousand bushels of corn ;
has just put it in that old storehouse there
with a cellar to it—going to save it for the
families of poor soldiers who are spending
their lives in the w ar. It is not for sale at
present. C. cries “whiskey at twouty-five
dollars per gallon I” B. stands straight with
out turning his head. D gays “whiskey at ono
thousand dollars per barrel—old prise ten
dollars IT Where? cries B. Just be still—
meet me at the old store there to-night. In
that cellar I have a still and ono hundred bar
rels of whiskey. Ke?p dark. -D. All right
l*m idrMgmf
ran sell it to them at 75c to $1 per drink, (five
to ten cents old price,) which is equal to fifteen
hundred or two thousand dollars per barrel.
Extortion I. \
Well, Mr. Cotton Manufacturer, what aro
your yarns worth ? Ah 1 I am a mill man;
Of action". * 1 ran onl/M J& escribes my rule
vance on cost—that'is my oath.
to all my neighbors a bunch or two ol yarn
just as the pressure is. What goes with the
the remainder? Well, I fill bills-with the rest.
Lets Mr. C. have one thousand bunches at 75
per cent advance on cost, and ho sells it for
eight or ten dollars per bunch. Well what is
done with all these profits? “ Well, that’s a
secret'' Mr. Cotton Manufacturer has a great
quantity of money and but little yarns to sell
to bis neighbors.
Now these aro all men engaged in the same 1
way. Now comes “all mankind.” The wo
men are “starving” to death for factory yarn*
dry goods and other kinds of groceries. Well’
about 26 to 76 band together—led on by a few
sorry ——in pants, armed to tho teetW—bo-
.seigo a coUon mill or grocery—demand life or
^°odgandchattela-riproprietor ltowr liberal*
mew- -dMttanSfc ’nV ac nraTr n ' K ’
women sell the goods and chattels, thus eo
i(berally bestowed, for large profits. Oh! Ft
tortionl Where is Mr. SEHfeSftSE:
wi naT ? , K KCO, - mlro1 ’ bIa< *-hearted wretch?
T ’ ,S ui h r pn r ate soldier, who is fighting
for ins righto,for the honor of the Government
and foF.ffo safety o f his |home and family, a
P ^ a ‘ 0r ° f a l the cruel outrages that
IxtariW. ioT COm “ lUed > T think the soldier’s
extortion is tho most unjust.
In the commencement of this unholy stru'e-
rauS R W,r?i hr ° Ueh this countr y and
. 1110 , ibako llk ° an aspen leaf,- was our
our h ^rn U f <dt ? rs ’ 0ur fireaide > our native tend
dcar , hoiues . patriotism, honor, eoun-
kIi “Pi he, P—awe, save our blooding coun-
i’-Y , And w hen the raid is fully made all
Shoulders to the wheel, it is a certain class’**
- a.d. this war, how sick I begin to feel. Now
* T' ouspito trie protest of our
great and good Presideut, that passesonr bill
exempting a part of a certain cLs W bur AL
law ,u nd then comes {he substitute
law, allowing the remainder of that same class
SUSmSafE ,h ;
aier’s Jife, to be borno by whom ? Not the
young men, who tho scriptures teach arc the
£L e JL£° r T ar ’ but tbo maa who lias not his
and hardships; stand up for your rights until
ou die, and we will stay at home, live** ease,
xtortion, grow rich and tako care of the coun
try.” Delectable state of affairs.
J “Old Upson,
From the Memphis Appeal-
NEGRO LABOR IN LOUISIANA.
From tho Richmond Examiner, 2Sd.
| the marquis of hartington on the
—HIS OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS OF
THE SOUTH.
Our readers will remember that the Marquis
of Hartington, tho eldest son of the Duke of
I Devonshire, member of Parliament for the
northorn division of Lancashire, recently paid
J a visit to the Confederacy, and went sou th-
Oeneral Banka an Overseer. j waT ^ M f ar as Charleston. On his return to
ment is enforcing what he supposes 10 Tllni A r T j0r( j s 0 f the Admiralty, and
ment . ,
purpose for the benefit of the latter.
.uu The I their constituents, Lord Harting
but nominal, and these himself to Lancashire for that Purpose.
M Sop P s “0? approximate in pecuni- occasion1 of his
ary advantage to tho value of privileges hero- to his {ormcv seaL ia tho
toforo allowed deserving hands by every ha- Hartington on behalf o.f the Confedeiacy is
mane master And those who are acquainted more valuable, as according to the stricte
foltowing^ documents, developing the plansof country whohad 0PP 0rtunlt ; e f. of intercourse
the newly imported Yankee overseers. The with him. Here is his speech
first establishes the relations between the Prom tne London Times, Maicb-jC.
master and laborer, and is the blank used on The re-election of the Marquis of Harting-
plantation which tho advance of the ton— [It will bo recollected that this is the>Eng-
Abolition army enables the “Genera Super- lish gentleman whoso name according toPrrai-
intendent of Negro Labor ” to control r dent Lincoln, rhymes with that of Mrs. Dart
rci.es AND regulations. _ I ington, who lately went down to Richmond
1 We agree to work on this plantation J and who on his return had the emeute at 1
for one year and to do such a day’s work as I party given in one of the Fifth Avenue man
wL don y o in former years. u . sions in New York]-as one of the members
2. We will obov tbe manager in all things, j for the northern division of Lancasmre,rena-
and* assist him to"enforce these rules against I ered necessary by his acceptance of ofnee as
j one of tho Lords of the Admiralty, took place
Lazy work I in the Shire Hall, at Lancaster, on Monday. .
Tasks will [ After the declaration of his election the
Marquis made a speech, in which he said It
■will get through this crisis. England has proved
to tho world, and I think also to America, that
cotton is not king, and I think that Lanca
shire will ‘have cotton from America or from
India, and if she cannot have cotton she will
have something elso. Her capital is Still here;
her wealth and her power,buried her in coal mines,
are still hero; her laboring population with strong
arms and honest hearts aro still here. She has
passed through other.criscs and tri»ls_before, and
has come out stronger; and I have faith that she
will dome out of this, poorer indeed in gold, but I
believe stronger in the confidence she has in her
people, and richer is lessons of wisdom and expe
rience. ’
FROM BEAUFORT.
We had a call last evening from Mr. M,
Leonardy, of St. Augustino Florida, who,with
a largo family, was banished from his home at
St. Augustine, for the crime of having sons in
the Confederate service, and that after being
compelled to take tho oath in order to get
subsistence for those'who are dependent upon
him. He first went to Lake Oity,- and thonce
to Jacksonville. On the last invasion of that
place, he,-with his family, was taken to Boau-
lort, S. 0., from which place they wore sent
over the lines Saturday last and arrived in this
city the afternoon of the same day. We gath
er from him a few facts which may bo interest
ing to the reader. . '
There are at Beaufort three regiments ot
whites and two of blacks, all of which were
encamped near the town. There are no gun
boats at tho town or nearer than Hilton Head
Tho iron clads aro still at the latter place un
BY TELE&RAPjT
all offenders.
3. Lost time will be deducted,
will cause a deduction of wages,
be given when possible,
£
MS P . _
hours for meals. For being
’ w will go to work at daylight, and will has been said that, in the few remarks which
"k until dark, taking the usual number of I made at Preston the otlicr day, I took rather
Hours for meals. For being too late at getting [ a gloomy view of the state of things I have
out ten minutes, ten minutes after the last tap seen in America. 1 am afraid that l do taKe
of the bell a fine of 10c. Habitual laziness, rather a gloomy view of these events, but 1
... * . _ 1 - .1 I xL.4 Cnnfa ^notifir inn in nmnorRO-
peaco
ires to the hospital fund. All fines go to this I in America. 1 cannot iook ior peace 10 como
• I from tho Southern Confederacy. I spent
5 All hands will be in their cabins at the I short time in the Southern Confederacy, and
last" tap of tho bell, and remain there till the the result of my observation—not the result of
first bell in the morning, under a fine of ten conversation with a few politicians, nor what 1
cents for each off'enso. have read in violent articles m interested polit
6. The wa"cs are one dollar per month for I ical papers, but in information gathered in the
women and boys; two dollars for field hands, I calm conviction of the people of that country,
and tlireo dollars for mechanics—or ono twen- j as expressed in their daily conversation, lives
tieth of tho crop; with clothing and rations and conduct—led me to suppose that they
dergoing repairs.
Tho Yankees manifest great disappointment
at the result at Charleston, and swear in their
bitterness, that the place sha'.l yet bo taken,
even at tho cost of their last man. ho pri
vates of the army, though, are thoroughly
disgusted with the war and anxious to see it
closed on any terms.
Our informant heard them speaking freely
of their loss on the iron clads, which they said
was very heavy. Tho negroes mako but tri
fling soldiers; they invariably run in a tight,
and often shoot each other at the posts through
awkwardness or mistake. At Jacksonville,
(ter tbe first fire they catne running back into
tho town at a long trot, and were half fright-,
cncdout of their wits. Some 20 of them were
killed in tbe engagement with Finnegan’s men.
Beaufort now stands on a common, all tho
fences and outdoor improvements having been
destroyed, together with tho ornamental
growth of the place. It is kept quite clean
and in a wholesome condition. The houses
are occupied by both whites and blacks, many
of tho latter being installed in the stately halls
over the seat of fashion and refinement.
Sad. Rep. 27.
usually furnished.
will never, under any circumstances, return to
7. Each hand will be responsible for loss or j tho Union they have learned so cordially to
detest.
I have seen men who have spent their whole
lives in affluent circumstances and rural pur-
damage to stock, tools, or other property.
8. Each family will be allowod half an acre
9. &o liquor will be sold or bouglit on tho I suits, men who have led quiet and peaceful
place by any one, under a fine of one dollar 1 lives—I have seen .them serving as privates in
For tho first offense. Liquor will bo kept in I rogiments of their State3, serving badly cloth-,
the hospital, and sold for the general fund. J ed, badly fed, perhaps with hardly shoes upon
10. No 0110 will leave the place without a I their feet; but, in spito of their provious educa
of tho army—I havo seen these men in their
camps as choerful as possible, and asking for
nothing but again tobe.led to battle witff the
enemy. This is not aiono confined to tho men
but the women of tho. Confederate States ap-
twen(y negroes, or enough money to ifire a
substitute, and the poor indigent elfs who can
be bought in for a few dollars.
Now it becomes necessary, in tho con™
extortion, that Congress refuses to pass laws
or (he equality of our fellow citizens and Z
lows all men of a certain class to find a feasible
excuso to resign their interests in the hardshios
of war to their less favored friends who have
'css interest in the questional issue than-anv
r.n^ er , C aS,; ' Bu r 0U r b, ghly favored friend^
find it necessaiy for them to go home to take
rare 01 tho family; the orphan children; keen
down insurrection among the slaves; business
■ ■ _ bf importance at home which is obliged to
Aspinwall New York steamer Mos« Tavl? 0 „ te ? d ® d ,0 - Sonie resign because President
Z'^*?*&**&* more than n m^ 0 .w°.P™ p ^- 10 . P r . oulot ° to
1 . mm mf^M ninto
and fifty cents for each Sunday’s work. '*
14. If over five hogsheads of sugar are mis
ed to each hand, the proprietor will dividofive
dollars for each hogshoad over that nunrier.
marks, will be entitled to the highest nrize
($^5,) with five prizes cf $15 each, twenty of
*10, and the balaace will be divided equally
among the hands. i *
On the same sheet, wo find a circular xom
Uie general superintendent, eta, to “Dr B
F. Smith ” who appears to have charge of
some plantations; also a card from the “doc
tor, showing an anxiety to engage laredyin
ho business Hanks and Smith evident!?
wnnuh th °-£ h#V S discovered a sure ro&d to
wenlth, and are determined to pursue it vigor-
s ' 70 tbem tho be «efit of an aifrer-
tisement m our columns:
Nkw Orleans, La., March 9th, 1813. |
Dr. B.F. Smith—Sir; By authority if the
Wil i the p! in fa- -
^ii* 3 • BUI cuoiguTfs lrequently as pos—
sible. • I will take good care, so long as you
observe your part of the contract, that the
negroes shall render faithful obedience and
labor during the year. They will not be M
lowed to leave the place or hire to others.
If they violate their agreement, I will place them
on government works without pay.or.eubiect them
to some other salutary punishment, ‘i highly ap
prove the above rules, and being personally famil-
iar with your practical success in working a large
number of hands, I am led to believe that you will
certainly be able to maintain order and securo
iiuthfuTlabor, with but little interference of the
military authorities.
pear -to have changed their very nature They
friend^ St ° P a° ,” n their relations and
Tors ana d i 5 i H they ur S° oa the su ™-
und would refuse to own them if they
should hesitate, for a moment, to follow the-
I ^y P sn°cb th0SO W , h ° had SSRSW
ii T.^I SU0b a people^ animated with such a
thllift 6 r Ca l -! t > lf , you like > Patriotism or blood-
thirsty ferocity—1 say this is not a people X
aro going to give in. They will fight and bUed
and wfil accept no compromise—they will fi?ht
to the very last. Their terms aro clearand sim-
pie enough they ask that every Northerner •»- >•-
withdraw from Southern sri 1 ---u until that
object is gained wilt continue to fight.—
They may h-o exterminated, driven from their
cities ;>vne enemy may occupy their strongest
-.positions and have possession of their rivers •
but they will not come back into the Union —
It is possible they may be exterminated; but
I do not think tho circumstances of the war
give ua any reason to suppose tho North will
be so far successful. It is not impossible that
North America will fight almost to desperation
to prevent the dissolution of such a magnifi
cent future as they hoped for, becausc°they
have not yet realized the fact that they are \rnr,»« m 7 1* 4 . ;o — ---- ivuug
beaten. They have not felt as the Souther- ^ ea a ,^ bnstian Association, m front of which
Be assured, however, that justice to the blacks,
as well as to the employer, will lead me to use
strong measures to Unforce labor, as also to pro
tect the laborers.
V Cry respectfully yours, - *
t . . Gxo. FT, ff A ygg
meut. and Gen. Supt. of Negro Labor
TOlIOTXON AND SUGAR PLANTERS.
I wish to rent, or work on joint account, one -
iwo plantations. I can supply anv
labor, mules and snppHes. T&ZdS?% m°/
own list, to secure order and such continuous la
bor as will insure a crop. uuous la-
THE MYSTERY EXPLAINRD—'THE LATE
CONFLAGRATION IN COLUMBUS THE WORK OF
YANKEE INCENDIARY,
A man whevgives his name as E. B. Pattin
gale, a deserter from a Vermont regiment,_ a
St. Augustine, Florida, and joined the 45th
Goorgia regiment, stationed at Savannah, was
arrested a day or so since at tho Barracks ir
that city, by Sergeant D. B. Ficklin, of the en
rolling office in this city, and brought to our
city last night and safely lodged in jail. Pat-
tingalo confesses that ho and a man named
Sullivan, who was killed a short time since in
this city, set fire to Mr. Beihler’s shoo shop,
alter taking therefrom all tho leather, hoots
warehouse, affl'tho P55t
that SuIIiyaD, the deceased ahpvo referred to
burnt both of them. He confesses to ha vine
taken, some time since, Dr. Tuggle’s case of
surgical instruments from his buggy.
It will bo remembered that a man named
Sullivan was killed in the city, just about the
timo of the late fires, which very probably is
the same person alluded to by Pattinga’e.
Columbus Tines.
STARTLING TRAGEDY.
R „ ,pho , ( ^ erkof the House of Representatives
Robert E. Dixon, Esq., was yesterday slain
a street rencontre by Robert T. Forde lit
Assistant Clerk of the same body Tb'°
cumstiinces, as far as known, are brin°-J tb ese.
On Tuesday last, Mr. Dixon disc’ - ur S ed Forde
from his employment, in ce—-'cqucnco of th
latter’s neglect of duty, x ‘ be next day ho re
ceived a lette- ~—r Forde, demanding to be
reino*- - y-“>, and warning hiua if this were not
uone, that he (Dixon) must prepare to defend
hunself. Yesterday, about one o’clock, they
met near the corner of 10th and Bank streets
when, as is stated, Forde at once drew a Colt’s
pistol, and commenced discharging it The
deceased also drew, and as is believed, dis-
chargcd two or three barrels of his pistol—
though^ accounts vary upon this point.—
ri° f f ° rda,S f hots took effeot 111 th e right side
of the deceased, and traversing the body per-
forated the heart. Ho fell and died immedi
ately. Forde was at onco taken into custody
and conveyed to jail. Tho body of Mr. Dixon
was conveyed to the building of the Young
FROM THE NORTH.
Jackson, April 28.—A special to the a-
peal says the Chieago Times of the 27th his
been received.
Preparations were being made at Washine
ton to enforce the. conscript act.
Stanley has been superceded as Governor
of North Carolina. *
Tho transmission of important news below
Cairo has been prohibited.
Gen. Foster escaped from Washington, N
., in a steamer with an escort. The boat V13
riddled by forty shots—pilot killed and seven!
wounded. Foster reached Newbern on ik»
15th.
Great excitement prevailed at Nashville i a
consequence of an expected attack by Vm
Dorn. All government employees in thy
department were armed -by order of Ro^.
cranz.
The French bombarded Puebla ten daysatj
were repulsed three times, when they
ceeded in capturing the outer fortifications.
Lincoln says that notwithstanding the Un
defeat ho will keep ‘pegging away.’ The fig
must return to Charleston, Hunter co-open,
ting with his land forces.
A company of 118 haa been raised by Pg
Douglas for a negro regiment from Ohio.
All tho Monitors have returned to Pg
Royal except the Ironsides and a few bloej.
aders at Charleston.
Richmond, April 28.—Northern dates ol tfc
th received.
Dispatches from Geu McNeil at Cape Gig
deauofthe 25th, claim a repulse of ttier^
force 8000 strong, under Gen. Price, at tlx
place. The rebels had taken a new position^ '
last acco'unts and were preparing to tsax
the works. The Federals wero reinforctici
two regiments had arrived to aid them.
The latest dispatch says the rebels inn
treating..
Advices from New Orleans give glorious*,
counts of Banks’successes. Gen. Groom tai
captured the celebrated Salt Iberia Uiaes,itl
destroyed tho works.' Sixteen hundred nbei
were captured, and more being taken.
Destructive fires occurred in New York® j
the 2Gth inst., ono damaging the Herald boat
ing.
General Blunt commanding the depute
for Kansas has issued an order directing fix I
all guerillaas, when captured, be shotorhugd
without delay.
The seventh and eighth N. Y. Reginas. I
have arrived in New York from the anj(
the Potomac, their term of enlistment bniq [
expired. They will be mustered out 1 j
service..
The Canadian Premier stated recently tk ]
his Government would accept a hundred ihw f
and volunteers and Bupply them with arms.
The Florida has captured a vessel and cup I
1 “Wiw XI Boston. / f
The Washington correspondent of the P’®
says that intelligent from Enriae-** ‘“M
t ho belief that the departure of the' 1 Pd
from British ports will be af - 3ted ty fcj
British Government. , ■■
The rebel loan has raP”*^ * n England igi I
at a premium, with a “ponnous business oa 41
10th. _ .
Nothiq— " ow witb respect to the PeL.
loan ' lbe London Horald hints that thmi I
-Onionagainst it, and its friends laud* j
undertaking would not be successful and ral I
consequently disposed to seek to raise the»[
quired amount in Holland.
The Polish insurrection is still in great li;. - 1
The Czar had offered a general amnesty ton I
Poles who return to their allegiance.
Liverpool cotton market quidt and unda ]
ged. • V. •
TnB t). S. S. Alabama—It is stated by con
itraafeasatss
S.S.
left, that the a
of doll*rS.-A/ 0 6i^^£6^‘ n " “ , ® 0n
m
part of that *>MbecncoosI*nflyd e ^^ )
ing m numbers, until barely one hnndr^ri ff"
eluding the lihe officers, were
r C i rC .L- f day occnrrenc O- At one time
only thirfy-flve were reported on the daily re-
£?“■ ? n ' tbo 6th inst, Adjutant General
Thomas issued an order to muster them out of
• be position that the/think’Vhey are entitled
to. 1 liu.-, it stands; the man of means is loft
free to speculate to his heart's content; nm at
large upon the fortune he has.made; support
ed by our Leg,stature that refuses to support
fullv Jn by cndors! ng her debts cheer-
tally, and putting down tho ruinous practice
wi-h « t0 V P K, ntlD < r S '’ ( ‘° r fcar il wiil interfere
/: h ..°' lr highly favored friends,) and encour!
the raising of cereal crops for tbe indisnen
y go it patriot, endure privations
I have parties engaged in collecting netroe
mules and carts.belonglng to the plantation Iaa
now working, who will be instructed to aSst o?,
er planter who furnish a list of their lost preperti"
I will also hire able-bodied negroes on Z ( »
ment terms, and wish to hire or purchase one hm
dred mules; also, to purchase a circular saw min
and wood-sawing machine. n a
Address, with full particulars,
vr . Bbj. p. SuiTH
Ao. 5d Magazine street. New Orioo-o -
At the St. Augustine Plantation, ten miles'below
Doualdsonville, on tbe Laforche
■n ~T Wo . have a report to-day that General
iow l0 7 iS .? bove . Opalousas and falling back
tr,l n ^' eXandria Y This wi| l let vo the route
from Opelousas to the mouth of Red river a
2*5““ Of about 76 miles, open to Banks, and
t j crow tlf 4 eXpKC f t0 hear of his attempting
br near tb at Point. Wherever an!
N mnf 1 V he pas " a £ e oi ' th ° Mississippi is at-
tempted, he will find obstacles not. now anti«
cipated.—Jackson Appeal 23d.
.-i- stated that a house is being prepared
in Vera Cruz for the reception of Gen. Don An
tonio Lopez do Santa Anna. From this an
nouncement, we suppose he is about to turn
FW S h m ’ T°?- den le S and ah- It was the'
w h’ w ® believe, who deprived him of his
leg when they were .at-war with Mexico on T S « ™ay De before we again
ners the horrors of war at home. The war
has been conducted upon Southern, mid not
upon Northorn soil.
. 1“ ‘ho groat cities of tho United States trado
is as flourishing as ever; they have as much
noney and as many luxuries. Tho men who
'oin the war are not so much missed as in the
isoutb. The defeats they have suffered they
attribute to want of capacity in their Generals
• . or the administration of their Government —
| There iS a party in the North favorable to the
1 success of the South, and who have co-onerat
ed.cordially with them, and now, in the re
verses of the North, aro beginning to SDeak
more openly for peace. There is such a party
bul l do not fall back upon it. There is too
Z 1 h r , the hi S hes ‘ respect in
too United States, who love and revere the
Union, but who love and revere more the Con
stitution under which that Union formerly ex
isted, and who are much more attached to their
own States than to the Union generally Thov
Wish to carry on the war for the restoration of
tho Union, and to carry it on under the Con
stitution, but they do not wish to see the pri
vileges of their separate States swallowed up
by tho grpat contra! .Government at Wash
ington.
■ But I do not believe that if this party were in
power they would ablo to carry on efficiently a
war so gigantic as that now being waged. I believe
the only chance is by placing an almost despotic
Government. The question is
whether the Democratic party wiil yield up their
State rights, or whether the other party whi eivi>
up their contralizing efforts. That question, I
’/’L 1 S0 ° n be e J aded ' Tbcre 13 the conscript
in 1’ 7 s3 P 1 ?? ed * which affects all State rights
and all State privileges. If tbo States and the
constitutional party in the States will stand bvthe
law, the war will be indefinitely prolonged; but if
they think the time haa now come to make
a stand for constitutional principles, I think the
Government will not' be able to raise the men re
quired for the war much longer, and that the issue
will be within a reasonable time.
I will say, in conclusion, to you as a Lancashire-
man, that however long this unfortunate war
la9t,_ and however long it may be before
ho fell.
At a later hour it was removed to the un
dertaker s and prepared for transmission to
his home, Columbus, Ga., where a bereaved
family and a very targe circle of friends await
its coming. Upon intelligence of tho frightful
occurrence, the House of Representatives took
a recess till night; when on reassembling re*-
olutions of respect and condolence were adopt-
od, and touching and eloquent tributes paid by
Messrs. Hartridge, Curry, Perkins and Wright,
Mr. Dixon was a Georgian by birth, and was
widely known and warmly esteemed in that
Mate. He has been clerk of the House from
the organization of the-»Permanent Governs
ment and Assistant Clerk under tho Provis
icnal Government He was a prompt, efficient
and accomplished officer, and a gentleman of
generous, manly and ardent nature. His suds
den and tragic end sont a shock through the
body with which he was officially connected
and produced a strong sensation in the com
munity. He was, we suppose, about thirty
nve years of age. J
Forde is a native of Kentucky, and a refugee
from the Stale. He is several years younger
than the deceased, but also a man of family. 8
■Richmond Whig, 25th,
Yankee Ra^gautv.—Last Sunday a printer was
1 Olir nftlPA or, t 1* _ J
may
bnm» r °t/’ en r0nte for his comm and at.Tulla-
h»Hl» Th ! 3 “ an taken at the Murfreesboro’
battle, carried to Alton, HI., and finally exchanged
at City Point, Ya., from which place ho has just
come. He says he had enough to eat, while -x
prijB»h» t tnltBtataa that the Yankee knthorities
took all his money, as well as the money of some
seven or eight prisoner comrades. When they
were started from Alton for Richmond, the officer
in command of the guard told them that “he r
money would be sealed up in an envelope and
handed over to the Confederate officer who shoeU1
eceive them at City Point. Arriving at City Point
an envelope, purporting to contain their money
was handed over as stated. . Upon arriving b pl'
nrnve U sf 4 w e e “7 elo P e waa opened, and the money
proved to be all counterfeit, the vandal thieves
having substituted it in place of the good Confeder
ate money taken from our men. The amom t
toto, was several thousand dollars. We reeord’the
fact tu bo preserved asa relic of Yankee honor!
W mthuter Bulletin, 2Ut.
RAIiROAD ACCIDENT.
Rich mind, April- 28th.—The down a I
train on the Richmond and Danvillo Rsilroi: I
run off the track this afternoon, at Oo*I Fiti [
13 miles from Richmond. Two passs
were killed and ten'severely wounded.
FROM VICKSBURG.
Vicksburg, April 28.—More of the cbccu I
tents were seen across tho river yesteriu
afternoon ; but only three transports ia si;t
to-day. [
Tho river continues to fall with unpreceM I
ed rapidity. 1
A tug boat ran past our batteries on Santo
night, and reached the Federal fleet near Caitk-
age.
Firing heard below this forenoon.
FROM VICKSBURG.
Vicksburg, April 27.—A Tugboat witbt**
barges in tow ran our batteries this moista
at two o’clock. The batteries opened on t*
The elfect is unknown. All tranquil to-d»J-
FROM JACKSON.
■ Jackson, April 27.—Tbe enemy hts
Kosciusko. None were at Louisville; bath*
Yankees entered Lagrange.
The Yankees have stopped repairing to*
Railroad from Grand Junction to Coimth, an*
are guarding the lines closely.
Jackson, Tenn., is reported evacuated by th*
enemy. They passed Raleigh in the directa*
of the N. O. and J. R. R. and burnedta'j
bridge. - ’
Alter passing they left the river an^wirfr*
in forced near Corinth by Cavalry.
The river at Memphis has fallen 17 feet fin®
highest point and is still falling eight uk 1s3
daily. The water at Yazoo Pass is too lo' r a "^
rapid for navigation of but few boats whisbf-
up and down tho Mississippi. The wsW s ‘
fort Pemberton is four feet eight inches -
the highest point and falling threo and a- 1 -'
inches daily. A very large covered flat, ei' i ‘‘ r
towed by a tug or propelled by machinery 1 3 '
side, passed Vicksburg last night. Gen. SU 7 ‘
son reports he- struck her several times, W
she was not stopped.
Negro Spy Hung.—A free negro, acting 10
tho capacity of a spy for the enemy, was h 00 =
near Suffolk, Va., by order of Gen. Longstreet
Tuesday.