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Richmond, Feb. 2-°..—ln the Senate,
to-day, M r - orr introduced ft bill to Test
in the Government, as a part of its post
age system, ftll the rights of the Ameri
can Telegraph Company in the Telegraph
Lines in the Confederate States. It. was
referred to the committee on Postal
Affairs.
The Exemption Bill was further con
sidered —amended —and finally ordered
(o be engrossed. The section relative to
Overseers, was amended so that it should
not extend to any farm on which negroes
bad been placed by division from other
farms since the 11th of October last.
Business in the House unimportant.
Charleston, Feb. 23.—The French
War steamer Renaridine, while trying to
enter the harbor thismorning, ran ashore
off Sullivan’s Island. The Brit ish stea
mer Petrel and the French steamer Mi
lan had been trying all day to get her
off. but so far, unsuccessfully.
Mobile, Feb. 24.—Correspondence of
the Advertiser, dated Vicksburg 18th,
says the enemy has erected batteries on
the Levee, in range of the city, and
commenced shelling at one o’clock yesj
terday, one of our batteries near the
depot. Every shell came within the city,
but no harm was done. Our guns re
plied slowly, giving shot for shot. From
the position of their batteries, that por
tion of the city fronting the river will be
untenable. The firing continued at reg
ular intervals till night, and occasion
ally till morning. At day light all was
quiet.
Richmond, Feb. 24.—The Senate oc
cupied to-day’s session in the discussion
of an amendment to the Senate bill,
abolishing the substitute system. The
amendment provides that any person
who has heretofore furnished asubstitute,
shall be enrolled for service in case of
desertitm of his substitute. After a long
debate, the amendment was rejected, and
the bill passed.
The House, after adopting various
resolutions of enquiry, went into secret
session on the bill to regulate the issue
of Treasury notes.
SECOND DISPATCH.
Richmond, Feb. 24.—Northern dates
t o the 21st have been received.
The Illinois Legislature adjourned on
Saturday. The Peace resolutions pass
ed the House, but were prevented pass
ing the Senate by the withdrawal of
enough members to deprive the Senate
of a quorum.
The gunboat. New Era has been seized
near Island No. 10, and three steamers
containing quinine, army blankets, Con
federate uniforms, and a large quantity
of other contraband goods. One steam
er had a large rebel mail, containing
valuable information.
Dispatches from Fort Monroe on the
18th, says arrangements for an exchange
of civilians has been perfected.
General Foster has returned to the
South.
A dispatch from Cairo, says a barge
with 7,600 ton of coal ran the blockade
at Vicksburg Saturday night.
The town off Bolivar landing, fifty
miles above Vicksburg, has been destroy
ed by the gunboat Conestoga, in retalia
tion for gtierrilas firing into the steamer
Jenny Lind.
The Brooklyn and Sciota were block
ading Galveston at last accounts : anoth
er account says the fleet entered the Bay,
but finding it strongly fortified, deemed
it best to withdraw for the present.
The Florida sailed from Nassau on the
27th January. Fourteen steamers, sloops
and schooners, had arrived with cargoes
of cotton and turpentine from Charles
ton, and other points.
The House of Representatives have
concurred in the bill, already passed by
the Senate, to provide a national cur
rency, secured by the pledge of the
[Jnited States stocks, awaits the signa
ture of the President.
The Senate passed an act for the en
rollment and mustering into the service
of all able-bodied men bet ween 20 and
45, excepting Governors, Judges, sons
of poor widows, and a few others—giv
ing a military force of three millions.—
The officers to be appointed and directly
accountable are to do enrollment, and
the men are to be called for by draft in
auoh numbers, and arraigned to duty, in
such manner, as the President pleases.
Heavy penalties arc imposed for resis
ance or counseling resistance to draft.
Com. Woodhull, of U. S. Navy, was
killed at Fort Marshall, near Baltimore,
by the accidental discharge of a gun
while a salute was being fired in honor
of Gen. Butler.
The Kentucky House of Representa
tives rescinded on the 11th the resolu
tions passed the day previous, inviting
commissioners from other State Legisla
tures to meet commissioners of that body
at UouisviUe.
Burnside has assumed his new com
mand at New York.
The Connecticut democratic Conven
tion at Hartford nominated Thomas 11.
Seymour for Governor. Strong resolu
tions were adopted denouncing usurpa
tions by the General Government Mili
tia Bill, National Currency Bill, Eman
cipation Proclamation, Suspension of
Habeas Corpus , Abridgement of Freedom
Speech, and the Compensated Emanci
pation Scheme and dismemberment of
the State of Virginia, pledging the Wes
tern States to unite with them in meas
ures for a cessation of the war and resto
ration of the Union.
Gold closed at 102 per cent, in New
York on the 19th.
Charleston, Feb. 2-I.—A British
steamer reached a Confederate port yes
terday, Another British steamer, on
entering this port last night, ran aground
on the shoals, about one mile from Sul
livan’s Island beach, where she now lies
in full view of the blockaders. She con
tains a very valuable cargo from Nassau
News at Nassau unimportant. The iron
clads Chicora and Palmetto State have
gone down to protect her. It is expected
she will be afloat, this afternoon. The
French war steamer Benandine wns
tugged off the shoals this morning, and
is now within harbor. It is also ru
mored that another merchantman steam
er from Nassau got. aground last night,
several miles above Sullivan’s Island,
but report needs confirmation.
Harper’s Weekly, for the current
•week, gives the President a hard hit.
|Mr. Lincoln is represented as a theatri
jcal manager before the footlights. Hi s
! attitude is obsequious in the extreme.—
I The following is his little announce
ment ;
Manager Lincoln—“ Ladies and Gen
tlemen, I regret to say that the Tragedy
entitled “The Army of the Potomac,”
has been withdrawn, on account of Quar
rels among the leading Performers, and
I substituted three new and popular
;,J r , ce l or , Burlesques ; one, entitled
ibe Repulse at Vicksburg, by the well
™“>wn popular favorite, E. M. Stanton,
£;. a , nil T the oth ers, “The loss of the
11 ? a “ d the ex P loits of the
Stl assure vm, a T er *B"eet 8 "eet thing in Farces,
: ’ Tfce Sentucxy Resolutions.
The following are the Resolutions of
the Kentucky Legislature of which we
have heard so much:
1. Resolved by the General Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Kentucky, That Ken
tucky will, by all constitutional means
in her power, protect her citizens in the
enjoyment of the elective franchise; the
benefit of the writ of habeas corpus; the
security of their persons and property
against the unconstitutional edicts of the
Federal Executive, and their enforce
ment of the army under his control.
2. That, by the Constitution of the
State of Kentucky, -“the right of the
owner of the slave to such slave and its
increase is the same, and as inviolable as
the right of the owner to any property
whatever;” that “Kentucky understands
her own interests two well to be thank
ful for gratuitous advice as to the mode
in which she should manage them : and
when she wants the assistance ot any
outside administration of her affairs, she
claims the privilege of originating the
suggestion ;” consequently the proposi
tion made by Abraham Lincoln, lor her
to emancipate her slaves, is hereby re
jected.
?,. That the object and purpose of the
war having been perverted by the party
now in control of the government, in vio
lation of its oft repeated and most sol
emn pledges, our senators in Congress
are instructed, and our representatives
are requested, to oppose any further aid
in its prosecution by furnishing either
men or money.
4. That the proclamations of the Pres
ident, dated September 22, 1862, and
January 1, 1863, purporting to emanci
pate the slaves in certain States and
parts of States, set forth therein, are
unwarranted by any code, eithet civil or
military, and of such character and ten
dency not to be submitted to by a peo
ple jealous of their liberties.
5. That the act of Congress, approved
by the President, admitting Western
Virginia as a State, without the consent
of the State of Virginia, is auch a pal
pable violation of the Constitution as to
warrant Kentucky in refusing to recog
nize the validity of such proceeding.
6. That Kentucky will cordially unite
with the Democracy of the Northern
States in an earnest endeavor to bring
about a speedy termination of the exist
ing war; and to this end we insist upon
suspension of hostilities and an armis
tice to enable the belligerents to agree
upon terms of peace.
7. That Commissioners from this
State be appointed, whose duty it shall
be to visit the Federal and Confederate
Governments at Richmond and Washing
ton, and urge them respectively to agree
upon an armistice for the purposes here
in contemplated.
8. That the Governor of Kentucky is
hereby requested to forward a copy of
the foregoing preamble and resolutions
to the President of the United States,
and to each of our Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress.
The Law Regulating the Planting of
Cotton.
For the information of all who are in
terested in the raising of the next cotton
crop, we publish the law regulating the
number of acres to the band, &c., as
passed by the last General Assembly of
Georgia:
AN ACT
To prevent and punish the planting and
cultivating, in the State of Georgia,
over a certain quantity of land in cot
ton, during the war with the Abolition
ists.
Sec. 1. The General Assembly of Geor
gia do enact, That it shall not be lawful
for any person or persons, whether re
siding in this State or not, to plant and
cultivate in any county in this State, by
themselves, their agents or employees,
or allow the same to be done, a greater
number of acres of land in cotton than
three (3) acres for each hand owned or
employed by them between the ages of
15 and 55; and when said person or per
sons may own or employ hands over 55
years of age and under 65, or over 12
years of age and under 15, two of said
hands shall be counted as one hand, and,
therefore, said person or persons may
plant and cultivate three acres of land in
cotton, and no more, for every two of
said hands so owned or employed by
them.
Sue. 2. That every violator of this law
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined,
for every acre so planted more than three
to the hand or hands, or six to the two
hands, or nine acres to the three hands
or hands, and so in proportion to the
number of hands employed, the sum of
SSOO for each and every acre so planted
above the number specified; one-half of
which sum shall be, in cases where there
is a prosecutor or informer, paid to said
prosector or informer, and the other half
paid to the Inferior Court of the county
where the conviction takes place, for the
benefit of indigent soldiers’ families in
said county.
Sec. 3. That any person or persons
who may intend or desire to prosecute
any person or persons for the violation
of this act, may, upon application to any
Justice of the Inferior Court of said
county, supported by affidavit that he
has good reason to believe that said law
has been violated, obtain an order re
quiring the County Surveyor, or his law
ful deputy, to enter the premises of said
person, and make a survey of all the
lands so planted and cultivated in cotton:
and said person shall pay said Surveyor
for making said survey his usual fees,
which shall be taxed in the bill of costs
on the final adjudication of the same.
Sec. 4. That all owners of slaves or
employees shall give in, to the Tax Re
ceiver, the number of’ hands owned or
employed by them, betweeb the ages of
twelve and fifteen, and fifteen and fifty
five, and fifty-five and sixty-five, each
year during said war.
Sec. 5. That the Judges of the Supe
rior Courts be required to give this law
specially in charge to the Grand Juries,
at each term of then - courts, during said
war with the Abolitionists.
Assented to December 11, 1862.
Missouri.— Thomas C. Reynolds of
Missouri, has issued an official announce
ment ot his entrance on Executive func
tions, in consequence of the death of
Gov. C. F. Jackson. Mr. It. was the
Lieutenant Governor elected, and is now,
by the Constitution of Missouri, Govern
or for the unexpired term of Jackson.
Gov. R. writes from Richmond, Virginia,
where he has been tor some time on du
ties connected with the interests of his
State.
In his address to the citizens of Mis
souri, he says:
A witness of your soldierly qualities
the Commander-in-Chief of the Confed
erate armies fully appreciates your mer
its; confide implicitly in his desire to do
justice. It is rarely safe to depart from
the wholsome military principle that
troops should not know their destination,
but should cheerfully go wherever order
ed. But lam authorized to assure you
that your re union on our own side of
the Mississippi, under Gen. Price, has
been contemplated by the Confederate
Executive, whose continuing purpose is
that it shall take place as soon as you
can be spared from the important posi
tions you now defend; you should not
desire it sooner. Meanwhile, hasten it
by assisting your fellow-countrymen to
drive back invasion, and the turn in the
tide of war will float us all back, olf its
foremost waves, in triumph to our homes.
Where tiie Cavalry'Are. —At latest
accounts Van Dorn had crossed the Ten
nessee river with several thousand cav
alry. \\ hat he intends to do is not known.
He will undoubtedly be heard from in
due time.
Morgan s men are busily engaged in
harassing the lederals in the neighbor
hood ot Readyville—have already cap
tured more than three hundred prisoners,
a thousand horses, mules and beef cat
tle.
Gen. Forrest’s command, which formed
a portion of the late attacking party on
Fort Donelson, has returned to Middle
Tennessee,
Napoleon’s Seasons for Faming
the Davis Government.
The advices from Europe announce
that the Emperor Napoleon made a short
address on New Year’s day to the as
sembled representatives of foreign gov
ernments at his Court, in which be as
; sured them of his continued desire for
peace. We also hear that he addressed ,
a remark to our Minister. Mr. Dayton,
which is construed by some into a dccla- j
ration that lor another year he will not j
interfere in our affairs. Wc have never J
placed any great reliance upon Napole- j
on's assertions. We judge his course by
his actions, having a distinct remem
brance of his emphatic denials of any
desire to obtain Nice and Savoy, at the
very time he was forcing Victor Eman
uel, by intrigues and threats, to cede
him these provinces. From reliable
sources we obtain information from Par
is wich induces us to conclude that the
Emperor of the French has evidently
made up his mind to espouse the cause
of the South. The rebel leaders in Par
is are now the recipients of imperial fa
vor. The Empress has taken under her
immediate patronage the prominent se
cession ladies who dwell in Paris, while
the courtiers, one and all, vie in their
attentions to Slidell, his family and his
eircle of associates'from the South'.—
These are significant facts, and have a
greater importance than would be attri
buted to them by those not aware how
every action of Napoleon is weighed,
how carefully he shadows forth his course
by signs which escape the attention of
the unwary, but which carry conviction
to those who have carefully watched bis
policy.
Until Napoleon fully made up his
mind to favor the South he was cold find
forbidding to Slidell and his followers.
They wore not to be received at Court—
in fact, were ostracised. Those were
the days when our victories pressed close
ly upon each other ; those the days when
the continuance of tlio rebellion seemed
impossible. Our successes, however,
became worthless and without results,
through the gross negligence and imbe
cility of our departments at Washing
ton; and when it became evident that
the chances of Davis for a successful re
sistance were augmenting, Napoleon re
lented somewhat towards Slidell, and
allowed the rebel a short half hour's au
dience. From that moment the hopes of
the secessionists rose. They well knew
what importance to attach to Napoleon’s
least action. We met with reverses,
while, to add to our complications it be
came evident to the world that the North
was divided ; that a few fanatics—men
with but one thought, one desire—were
driving the country to destruction.—
Then Napoleon invited Slidell to break
fast. When they heard in France that
our gallant army had been repulsed at
Fredericksburg, the Emperor took Sli
dell into his intimacy, and now he and
his like are the favorites at the French
Court. Those who know what this indi
cates will understand that Napoleon now
openly espouses the cause of Davis. We
shall not be surprised if our next files
from Europe give details of the grand
reception at the Tuileries of “His Ex
cellency Slidell, Minister of President
Davis.”
There are many reasons why Napoleon
should favor the South, the most impor
tant of which is, that Davis promises not
only to help Napoleon in Mexico, but, as
a further inducement, and to furnish a
noble motive for Napoleon’s recognition,
the South actually promises to free her
slaves within some given space of time.
Napoleon is aware that he will be safe
from us for a period, as regards any in
terference with his Mexican expedition,
if he succeeds in raising up a barrier be
tween us and himself, such as a Southern
Confederacy. lie covets the silver mines
of Mexico ; has made grand plans for
working them on a scale never before at
tempted, and expects great results. But
he must be free from interference for
some time to carry out these schemes;
and only in the existence of the South as
a Government could lie remain uniis
turbed in Mexico. Napoleon will tell
his people he recognizes the South be
cause he is ever the “aider of all nations
struggling for existence.” This phrase
did great service at the opening of the
Italian campaign. It. tickles the vanity
of the French people to be told they have
built up anew power. Cotton will be
procured from Southern ports, and this
will be still another grand argument for
Napoleon in favor of his recognition of
Davis. lie will say to his subjects, “I
have acknowledged the existence of the
South as a nation, and you see the re
sults—immediate employment for the
starving operatives and the alliance of a
new power.” He trusts that, aided by
the South, his plans for the conquest and
occupation of Mexico will succeed, and
that immediate revenues obtained from
that country will silence tlio opposition
of the people to the Mexican expedition.
Up to the present time, Napoleon has
been unsuccessful in Mexico. He natu
rally understands he must succeed there
ultimately, as the French people would
never forgive his having undertaken the
campaign were ho to withdraw now, af
ter the useless expenditure of hundreds
of millions of francs.
Napoleon’s position in Europe, at this
time, is a most, unfavorable one. The
Italians have set aside his power and in
fluence, and will allow no further inter
ference on his part in their affairs. We
hear from a reliable source that the rela
tions between France and Spain wore
almost suspended, owing to the irritation
which had arisen out of Napoleon’s pol
icy in Mexico ; while in England the ciu
tente cordiale. has become an empty sound.
Napoleon must keep up liis influence
abroad, if he wishes to reign in France.
He knows that his people will cease to
care for or respect his rule the moment it
becomes weakened. So he will, we fear,
make a great show of recognizing the
South as an instance and influence of the
power of France, the more likely as he
will reap immediate and substantial re
sults from such a step. That lie is in
favor of the Davis government none can
doubt. His actions prove this. A care
ful survey of his present position will
convince those who understand the peo
ple of France, that Napoleon can make
capital with them by a recognition of the
Southern Confederacy; and we are all
aware that he is ever ready to follow
where his interests lead. We must not
imagine that respect for our power will
deter Napoleon. Our mistakes and
blunders have taught him to doubt its
existence. —New York Herald.
Attempted Murder. —A man who
registered liis name “Jacob Moore, Tex
as,’’ attempted to bill liis room mate,
named Jacobus, at the Spotswood Hotel,
Saturday morning, about 4 o’clock.
They arrived at the hotel the day previ
ous and took a room together. Saturday
morning, about the hour designated, a
scuffle was heard in the room and Mr.
Hefts, Superintendent, suspecting that
all was not right, knocked at the door,
but received no response. In a short
time Moore opened the door, and at
tempted to leave, but was taken in cus
tody by Mr. Hetts, and delivered to the
police. Jacobus was found in bed, in
sensible from blows inflicted on his head
with an iron pin, used in connecting
railroad cars. He now lies in a critical
condition. About $1,200 in money were
found in the bed, and it is supposed that
the possession of this sum instigated the
assault. Jacobus hails from AVilminglon,
N. C. —Richmond Whiff, Feb. 10.
Cool. —The New South, the Yankee
paper published at Hilton Head, con
tains, among other villainies, an adver
tisement of six columns of land sales,
“for unpaid direct taxes in insurrection
al} 7 districts,” which states that the lands
there offered have been forfeited to the
United States. Several hundred tracts
of land on St. Jlelena Island, Lady’s Is
land and Port Royal Island, are enumer
ated. The notice is signed A. D. Smith,
IV. E. Wording and Wm. Henry Bris
bane, Direct Tax Commitftioners.
Quebec Chronicle pricks up
its ears at the threat of leaving New
England out in the cold, and says:—
“Maine we want and must get—and per
haps all six of the States may seek to
be allies of a Canadian confederation.”
fefeeipft Sessions;—Emmisaaries tram
the North*West, £c.
the Richmond correspondent, of the
Savannah Republican, under date of
February, 16th,says:
The Congress has spent a good deal
of time recently in secret session. The
subject of consideration is reported to
be, in part, our relations with the North-
Western Slates, but with what, iruth, I
am unable to say. There can be no
doubt that cmuiissaricti have been scut
into the Confederacy by persons connec
ted with the Peace party ih the United
States. One at least from the North-
West is known to have visited Richmond
lately. Soon after the departure of this
individual, Mr. Sparrow, Chairman of
the Committee on Military Affairs in
the Senate, introduced a preamble and
resolution, in which the declarations set
forth in the act of the Provisional Con
gress, approved Feb. 25th, 1861, is reit
erated, to-wit : that “the peaceful nav
igation of the Mississippi lliver shall he
free to the citizens of any of the States
upon its borders, or upon the borders of
its tributaries.” This action of the
Chairman of Military Committee is sig
nificant. •
If what, we hear in relation to the ac
tion of the Legislatures of Ohio, Indi
ana and Illinois, be true, then the war is
approaching its end. One or more bat
tles may be fought near Vicksburg, Sa
vannah and Charlestou, and a state of
hostilities may continue to exist for some
time to come; but if the States just
named are really determined to with
draw from the contest, and to form a
treaty of alliance with us, offensive and
defensive, as the telegraph announces to
be true, then the heavy fighting will
soon be over, and speculators had better
dispose of their wares ; for the dove is
already returning to the ark with the
“olive leaf in her mouth.” And yet this
consoling fact, if fact it be, should not.
induce the Government or the people to
relax in the least their efforts to defeat
and drive back the invaders. The faster
and harder our blows fall, the quicker
and more satisfactory will be the action
of the North-West. If we become su
pine and indifferent, and are defeated in
battle, we shall not only weaken our
selves, but. strike down the hands of the
advocates of peace beyond the Ohio and
indefinitely prolong the war. Whatever
be the intentions of the people of the
North-West, therefore, and whatever the
result, of the movements they are repor
ted to have initiated, their success, if
they be our friends, and their failure, if
they be our enemies, depend alike upon
the vigor and resolutions with which we
act.
It would seem, in view of the late in
telligence, that, the prediction that the
success of Democrats and conservatives
in the late Federal elections would par
alyze the Government and demoralize the
army, is about to be verified. It is not
probable, under any circumstances, if
we do our duty and foreign powers do
not interfere in behalf of emancipation,
that the war will last beyond the year.
The secession of Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois, if aesolved upon, will be followed,
of necessity, by the withdrawal of Michi
gan, lowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota and
Kansas. The geographical position of
the latter States will determine their
political relations in the future.
Paris Items.
We gather some interesting news from
the Paris letter to the New Orleans Pica
yune :
The mother of Cardinal Antonelli is
dead. All she had in the world was
S2OO. She was ninety years of age.
The profits of the “hell” at Spa from
Ist May to Ist November, was $240,000.
Two twin brothers have just died near
Rouen; they were born the same day,
baptized the same day, confirmed the
same day, communed the same day, mar
ried the same day, and died the same
day and hour, at the age of seventy.
The capital of the Societe Irnmobilicre
(which owns the Hotel du Louvre and
the Grand Hotel) is to be increased from
$4,800,000 to $17,000,000; the last re
port of its operations states that, it has
expended since 1855, no less than $24,
000,000 in buildings in Paris, and has
distributed 40.40 per cent, dividend to
its shareholders.
“Florida Water,” which is so much
used for dying the hair, and which is
“warranted to contain nothing but the
juices of exotic and beneficial plants,”
contains 2.786 per cent, of neutral ace
tate of lead, 2.052 of sulphur, and 94.562
of rose water. “Fluide Transmutatil,”
another favorite lotion for the hair, con
tains in large quantities annnoniacal ni
trate of silver and annnoniacal sulphate
of copper. The “Lait Antephelitique,”
for ridding the skin of freckles, contain
ing 1.075 per cent, of corrosive subli
mate, 4.010 of liydratid oxide of lead, a
trace of sulphuric acid, and 122.715 of
water. These fearful results are quoted
from an able paper, rend by Dr. Rcvial
before the Academy of Medicine to call
the attention of the Government to the
dangerous compounds sold by perfumers.
A belle of our day attired in the fashion
able Azof green, with her face washed in
Lait Antephelitique, and her hair dyed
with Florida Water, is ns dangerous a
companion as one of those gloves or nose
gays to which the Borgias were so par
tial, and which so often rid them of their
bitterest enemies. Poison is distributed
by every motion a belle makes; to kiss
her cheek is almost fatal!
From the Baltimore Sun, Feb. 14.
Religious Services in Baltimore-*
U. S Orders Concerning Them.
New Military Order. —Since the ad
journment of the East Baltimore Metho
dist Episcopal Conference last March, a
large number of that denomination have
worshipped in ihe new Assembly Rooms
on Sunday, where M. F. Bussey, S. A.
Wilson, and others, have preached. Two
large flags were left there over night,
and were seen on Sunday'. Some mem
bers left the room. The Provost Mar
shal hearing of it, ordered the superin
tendent of the room as follows:
“I understand considerable disgust is
excited in view of a class of persons who
assembled at your rooms in consequence
of the presence of the American flag.—
You will hereafter cause constantly to be
displayed, in a conspicuous position at
the head of the hall, a large size Amer
ican flag, until further orders.
By order of Maj. Gen. Sohkok.”
The congregation gives notice that no
religious services will be held by them
in future in the New Assembly Rooms,
and as soon as a suitable place can be
obtained due notice will be given.
RgF’ Thurlow Weed has retired from
the editorial chair of the Albany Evening
Joornal, where he has presided for thirty
three years out. of the fifty-three of his
connection with the press. In his vale
dictory he says:
But wc have fallen upon evil times
Our country is in immediate and immi
nent danger. I differ widely with my
party about the best means of crushing
the rebellion. That difference is radi
cal and irreconcilable. I can neither
impress others with my views not surren
der my own solemn convictions. The
alternative of living in strife with those
whom I have esteemed, or withdrawing
is presented. I have not hesitted in
choosing the path of peace ns the path
of duty. If those who differ with me
are right, and the country is carried
safely through its present struggle, all
will be well, and “nobody hurt.”
Wheat Crop in Alabama.— A cor
respondent writing from La Fayette,
Chambers county, Ala., in speaking of
the wheat crop says that “indications
arc cheering for an unprecedented yield
for that section of the country.” Ac
counts from other sections of Alabama
in regard to the coming wheat crop
arc very favorable. v
Counterfeiter Arrested.— Jno. Bur
dell, thief of Police of Columbia, S. C.,
arrested on Monday last, a man calling
himself J. M. Carpenter, supposed to be
an accomplice in a counterfeiting party.
His confederate is supposed to be in Au
gusta, Ga., from which place it is believ
ed he hailed.— Greenville Enterprise.
tetter from Mobile.
Mobile, Feb, 17th, 18G3.
FJ.i. Sun: To hare listened to the
boastful and vengeful threats of our
Northern foe, one would have thought
that all our cities from the Potomac to
the llio Grande, would long since have
been laid in ashes, or reduced to eervi
tude. But hard words do not break
bones, neither do threats always conquer.
Consequently few have yet yielded up
tlieii lights and liberty. Mobile ie not
“wiped out” or “subjugated.” They
have not reached the city as yet, and to
use the language of a clergyman of this
city, who was encouraging hiscongrega
tion a short time since, “If they do try
it, they will stand about aspoor a chance
of getting here as they do of getting to
heaven.” It is needless to say the con
gregation went away greatly encouraged.
The tine brigade turned ••ut yesterday
for review by Gen. Bucknei. and presen
ted a fine appearance. It t- composed
partly of men exempted by the Secreta
ry of war in erfrisideration of their ser
vices as firemen. The}’ have formed
themselves into military companies, will
drill every week, and will no doubt ren
der the most efficient service, should the
enemy condescend to pay us a visit
There was another arrival in our port
on yesterday. The schooner “Break
O'Day,” arrived with an assorted car
go. consisting in part of coffee, nails,
and tea, but having many other valuable
articles. She ran the gauntlet boldly.
This I am told is the eighth successful
trip made by this adventurous little craft.
Spring seems to be coming on apace.
Vegetation is beginning to put forth, and
all things give promise of an early sea
son. R. B. C.
Suaksveahe’s Siiylock. —We find in
the Jewish Record, a journal devoted to
the interest of American Israelites, and
published in New York, anew version of
Sliakspcare’s “Merchant of Venice.”
The writer, who is himself a Jew, says :
The play is founded on fact, with this
important difference, that it was the Jew
who was to forfeit the pound of fiesh if
he lost the wager. The circumstance
took place not at Venice, but at Rome,
during the pontificate of Sixtus the Fifth.
The Jew lost; the noble demanded the
pound of fiesh ; the Jew demured and
offered money, which was refused. H ;
tus decided in favor of *Ke noble, with
the provision that, he should have but
exactly one pound of flesh—not one
grain more or less, on pain of being
hanged. The noble naturally declined
the risk ; the pope fined both parties in
heavy sums for making such a wager.
The old Shylock’s memory is vindicated
at last. We fear, however, notwith
standing “the truth of history,” that
Shakspeare’s will continue to be the.
popular version of the story.
“War Phrases.” —Josh Billings, a
correspondent of one of the Yankee pa
pers, takes a logikal vu of war frazes:
“Ou tu Richmond,” this is tu sa, if
the kussed rebels will allow it.
“Parallel lines” are them kind of lines
that never kum together.
“Militara necessita”—ten ofiscrs and
a gallon of whiska to every three pri
vat es.
“Onluce the dogs of war but muzzle
the darn critters; if you don’t some
body will get hurt.
“War of extermination”—this fraze
belongs to tlia kommissara department.
“Advanse Card”—this is a gard tha
hav tu hav in our arma tu keep our fel
lars from pitchin’ into the enema frunt
wards.
“Rere Gard”—this is a gard tha hav
tu keep our fellers, when tha are sur
rounded, from pitchin’ intu the enema
backwards.
“All quiet on the Pottermack”—this
shows what perfeck subjeckshun our
fellers are under.
“Militara. stataga”—trying to reduce
a swamp by ketchin the bilyous fever
out of if.
“Pickets”—these are chaps that are
cent out to borry furbaker of the enema,
aud tu see if the kussed rebels has got a
pass.
Live or J. N. Maffitt. —We learn
from the Whig that W. Overall, Esq., is
now in Richmond, and has ready for the
press a Life of John Newland Maffit, the
famous Methodist preacher, and father
of the gallant commander of the Florida.
Mr. Overall was a long time one of the
editors of the Sunday True Delta (which
was almost exclusively of a literary
cast), and other papers of New Orleans,
and is the author of some of the best of
our Southern poetry. We have seen
part of the manuscripts of the Life he
lias in press, and can promise the public
that it will be full of intei*est. We un
derstand that much information was de
rived by the author from Captain Maffitt,
while his vessel, the Florida, lay in our
harbor. The remains of John Newland
Maffitt, our readers, perhaps, are not
aware, lie within this county. He died
here and his body was interred here.—
Mobile Tribune.
Gas and Small Pox.— A gentleman
of intelligence and observation informs
us, from all the information he can ob
tain from medical men, now having ma
ny cases of small pox under treatment,
that there is no house in the city where
gas is burnt of the ordinary consumption,
in which the disease found lodgment.
The gas, it is supposed, is a disinfectant,
aud hence there is no contagion within
the circle of its influence, He says that
a person burning gas may contract the
disease abroad and take it home with
him, but it will not be communicated to
any other member of his family.
We found the above in an old exchange.
Is it a fact, or merely an advertisement
for gas companies ?
Railroad Accident. —The Mobile
Register contains the following addition*
al particulars of the railroad accident in
Mississippi, of which we published a
telegraph account a few days since :
The freight, train which left Meridian,
going west, at three o’clock yesterday
morning, carrying many passengers, ran
into Chunky river, drowning fifty or sixty
passengers, mostly soldiers. No names
arc given, nor nny further particulars
reported than that the engine and four
passenger cars are out of sight in the
water, and five more cars on top of
them.
The Yankee Soldiers Kill their
Officers.— A correspondent of the Phil
adelphia Sunday Dispatch states that
there is not a shadow of doubt that their
officers have been “picked out” and shot
by their own men on the battle-field, in
numberless instances, to gratify private
grudge. “A stats officer, in conversation
with me on this very subject,” says the
writer, “stated that he had been inform
ed by a surgeon who had gone over the
bat tie-field at Antietam, that he found to
his great horror and surprise that nearly
all the officers killed were wounded from
behind !”
“f iGHTiNG Joe’s” Army.— lnformation,
deemed authentic, has been received in
official circles, that th greater part of
Hooker's army are now at Fortress Mon
roe, Newport News and Suffolk. They
are much demoralized, and it is believed
were moved from the Rappahannock be
cause of the numerous desertions that
were daily occuring, and which threaten
ed to break up the organization of the
army. The number that has been sent
to Suffolk are estimated at twenty-five
thousand. The occupation of Newport
News, it is thought, is intended to be of
long duration, as the troops have been
set about the construction of cabins,
ovens, &c. —Richmond Examiner, 20 th.
Retaliation.— The Governor of Vir
ginia has thrown into the Penitentiary
of that State two Yankee officers and five
privates, in retaliation for the confine
ment of the gallant Capt. Zarvona. He
has also ordered to the Penitentiary two
Yankee officers in retaliation for the im
prisonment of two citizens of Virginia
under a false charge of robbing the
mails. These prisoners were captured
by the State forces, and hence are sub
ject to the Governor’s control.
For the Snn.
To
talioofliec.”
_ A VALENTINE.
The star-fleet of night is all lying at anchor,
With its gold gleaming lamps, in the blue ether
sea;
While the late roving lireezo, seems at rest to
have sank, or
Have wandered afar, in its spirit-like glee.
And ere, like that breeze, thought goes transient
ly gliding
Into slumber’s oblivion, or fair land of dreams,
Where forms, feelings, fancies, seem scarce more j
abiding
Than the rainbow, which oft o’er the stormy
cloud gleams.
I will pause, gallant stranger, a garland to twine
thee,
Os hopes and of wishes. Yes, had 1 the power.
I would will that bright joy in its realms should
enshrine thee,
Sweet happiness waft to thee, many a flower.
That the rocks which make rugged the life sea of
mortals.
In thine may be foam \vr> a tiled and moss-crown
ed : not drear.
May the morn where tli v barque glides, stream
bright through life’s portals,
It- noon-day be radiant: its sunset as dear.
I know not the hope that thy heart may hold
dearest,
The tie that may hind thee with sweetest con
trol ;
1 know not what vision thy fancy deems fairest.
When dreams of the future enrapture thy soul.
Yet, still would I ask. that for thee lip’s fruition’
May be beauteously bright as the summer moon
beams ;
Sweet reality crown every cherished ambition.
Bless each dear hope irtnl love—all thy visions
and dreams.
But ‘tis time to cease wishing; the night fast is
flying,
Her sable wings crimsoned with light of the
dawn :
While the stars seem to tremble, grow pale, and
are dying—
“lion vnyagef Lieutenant ’ <io .<1 night—Or,
good morn!
May-Bee.
Apres le soiree. 4 A. M . t’eb. 14th. lMi:;.
l-’or the .Sun.
Answer to Enigma sent yesterday by
Trio, Reconstruction. j
Latest from the North.
The Richmond Dispatch mokes up the
following summary from the New York
World anil Herald, of iho Kith :
JOHN VAN BURKN's SPEECH.
D. A. Mahoney, who succeeds Roileau
by appointment of the Tw~ciauc Uen
dun of Philadelphia, writes an ar
ticle in the New York World, of the 14th,
on John Van Buren's speech, in which he
says:
“If he (V. B.) represents the Democ
racy in New York, there is a vast chasm
between them and the democracy of the
Northwest, who ‘ are for a vigorous prose
cution of peace, 1 who believe the war is
prosecuted for the purpose of perpetuat
ing the existence of the Abolition Repub
lican party, and as one means for the
subjugation of the Southern States and
people. We of the Northwest are not in
favor of such purposes. We of the
Northwest, especially those of Illinois,
Indiana, and lowa, are opposed to furth
er prosecution of the existing war.—
Some of us never believed the object of
the war was the restoration of the Union.
Why should that party become the spe
cial guardian of that compact, which is
denounced as a covenant with death and
a league with hell? My object is to
produce harmony between the conserva
tive element of New York and the North
west. Does not Mr. Van Buren repre
sent the conservative sentiment of New
York in favor of a vigorous prosecution
of the war for the purpose indicated by
the emancipation proclamation, acts of
confiscation, and concomitant acts of
plunder, which have become character
istic of almost every Abolition anc Re
publican office holder and contractor ?
The World, commenting on this article
or communication of Mahoney, says:
“The West is undergoing an entire revul
sion of feeling, and it is the most alarm
ing sign of the times.” It thinks the
West despairs of success of the Union
.arms, and has no heart for the intermin
able war. The pressure of pecuniary
interests has caused this powerful reac
tion. If Abolition policy is successful,
the resulting prostration of Southern in
dustry would dry up the main source of
Western prosperity. The West “went in”
for a short, vigorous, and successful war,
which would permanently restore, not
destroy, their best market. After sacri
ficing the value of their crops for two
years, and seeing less chance than ever
of restoring the Union as it was, large
masses of her people have become advo
cates of peace. Feeling is vigorous and
earnest, and is rapidly spreading over
all that portion on the great rivers.—
The World fears, if the administration’s
policy is not speedily changed, the ca
lamities of the next six mentlis will be
more serious and potentous than any the
ccunti’y has yet experienced.
Wiiat a Yankee Girl Thinks.—The
following extract is taken from a letter
picked up on the battle field of Mur
freesboro’ :
You want to know if there are any
pretty girls out here. Yes, there are
some very pretty ones here ; but, poor
boy, you are not out of this horrid war
yet. If you had married and settled
down, instead of going to war, it would
have been better for you. Look at the
slaughtering that has been done, and the
negro is not free yet. There has been
enough white men killed to have paid
for the infernal negro fifty times over,
nnd you will never conquer the South
until you kill the last man of them.
There is too much grit there. They
have been wronged, and they know it,
and will di<* rather than give up.
From tiie Army of the Potomac.—
The following extracts are taken from
the New York World, of the lGth:
Gen. Hooker has issned a general or
der to the Army of the Potomac, in which
it is announced that the order for the en
listment of volunteers in the regular ser
vice has been rescinded. The sale of
subsistence to citizens residing within
the limits of the army, and its distribu
tion to those who are destitute, is au
thorized upon the applicants taking the
oath of allegiance, and swearing they
are without other means of sustaining:
life.
[Having in defiance of all law, stolen
private property, they offer a premium
to promote perjury as the only means of
escaping starvation.]
Captain B. C. Berry and A. M. Sey
mour, of the 2nd regiment N. Y. cavalry,
have been dishonorably dismissed from
the United States service for desertion
on the march to meet the enemy Janu
ary 31st, 1863. [Has Hooker looked
for them in the mud of Stafford. Dili
gent excavation might exhume them.]
The costly furniture of the Phillips
House, recently burned down, wa.s saved
and placed in the Lacy House, where
such as is appropriate will be applied for
hospital necessities.
The World, in an editorial says. “An
order has been issued prohibiting the
the circnlation of all newspapers in the
Army of the Potomac until further or
ders,” and proceeds to denounce the
same. It saya the Administration hopes
by this means to prevent a knowledge
of the growing discontent from reaching
the soldiers for fear it would effect their
morale. The newspapers did not produce
the present state of feeling throughout
the country and in the army. The ab
sence of newspapers will increase and
embitter the feelings of the soldiers.
Charleston, Feb. 19.—The French
corvette Milan, from Port RoyaJ, came
up to the city this morning. She reports
that all the Yankee fleet had left Hilton
Head, except the Wabash and two other
vessels.
The Mercedita, which is one of the
vessels struck by our rams in the recent
naval attack, was not at Hilton Head.
The Yankees at that point say that she
has sailed for New York. They also sta
ted that Charleston will not be attacked
for some time yet.
tfi?“The Augusta Chronicle announces
the death of Hon. William Cumining, in
that city, Tuesday last, after a long ill
ness. Mr. Cumming was one of the
greatest minds that Georgia ever pro
duced, but an unfortunate repugnance
to mingling in public affairs prevented a
full development of bis intellect to the
world.
Seward's Lies.
In his recent dispatch to Mr. l>avlon.
for presentation to the French Govern
ment:
1. That “the Govei iiiiicu has had and
avowed only one purpose —a determina
tion to preserve t| le integrity oi the
country !”
2. “We find no oemi-m.ii to abate that
confidence i In'.nigh which, m an ibcro.i
tion of vo 'Uiiics ami detent-, ns is il Je
appointed iio oUm of War. the land and
naval so ecs ol the United States have
x ‘ ■lihljf adruiia <l.” SiC.
“So many of the States and districts
wit* eh the insurgents, included in the
field of their projected exclusive] slave
holding dominion have already been re
established under the flag of the Union
that they now retain only the States of
Georgia, Alabama and Texas, with half
of Virginia, half of North Carolina,
two thirds of South Carolina, half of
Mississippi, and one-third respectively of
Arkansas and Louisiana.”
4. “It is to be remembered that this
nation of thirty millions is civilly divided
into forty-one States and Territories,
which cover an expanse hardly less than
Europe; that the people area peace de
mocracy, exercising eccrywhere the utmost
freedom of speech and suffrage.' 1
5. “It is manifest to the world that
our resources are yet abundant and our
credit adequate to the existing emergen
cy.”
0. “We have here, in a political sense,
no North, no South—no Northern, no
Southern States. We have an insurrec
tionary party, which is located upon,
and is chiefly adjacent to, the shores of
the Gulf of Mexico, and we have, on the
other hand, a loyal people, who constitute
not only Northern States , but Eastern,
Middle, H ’extern and Southern States
Does history furnish a parallel to such
unblushing mendacity ?
Yankoe Politics—A New Feature.
In a recent speech in the Lincoln Sen
ate, Mr. Conway, Senator from Kansas,
declared himself in favor of recognizing
the independence of the South, on cor
tain conditions, and scouts the inW'-y
subiuofl*“• wnen it Is remembered
that Mr. Conway is a Black Republican
ofthe Wilson and Sumner school, his re
cent speech is the more remarkable.
The following extract from his speech
develops new and strange political com
binations, which he says have recently
taken place at the North:
THE DEMOUR ACY TREE TO THE UNION.
The Democrats will not, of course, lis
ten to separation lor an instant. Such
a suggestion, in their eyes, is a proposi
tion to dissolve the Union—for which
one ought to be hanged. They expect
the question whether the Union shall be
restored by force or by compro
mise to be submitted to the people in
the next eloction; and upon that to carry
the eountiy. Their plan is to oppose
the Administration simply on its anti
slavei’y They put in issue the
Confiscation Act, the Missouri Emanci
pation Act, the Presidents Proclamation
of Emancipation. These measures they
pronounce unconstitutional, deny their
validity aud everything done, or to be
done, in pursuance of them. In addi
tion to this, they attack the administra
tion on account of its suspension of the
writ of habeas corpus, false imprisonment,
corruption, imbecility, &c., and a thous
and other incidents. But ou the war
and the integrity of the Union, but to
be for compromise rather than war.—
They say very truthfully that the Repub
licans have tried for two years, and ex
hausted the counti-y, aud upon this claim
the adoption of their method as all that
is left to be done. This is the manner
in which the politicians of the country
propose to terminate this great conflict.
THE GREAT CONSERVATIVE PARTY.
An alliance seems recently to have
been ctfected to this end between certain
elements heretofore hostile. The border
State politicians are the remnant of the
old Whig and Know Nothing party, who,
all their lives cherished an intense hatred
of the Democracy. They now unite
with that party to effect this object. The
republicans of the Albany school, under
the sagacious leadership of Mr. Weed,
who for long years fought the Van Burcn
regency and finally broke it down
through the agency of free soil, are also
hand in glove with their old opponents.
Thus the army of the Democracy takes
the field for the next great political bat
tle, supported on the left by the follow
ers of Clay and Crittenden, and on the
right by the special friends of Wm. 11.
Seward. Such a host may well feel con
fident, It is a combination for victory,
tory. The elements have been well
shaped. Not in vain have the border
State politicians thronged the hall of the
Presidential mansion. Not in vain has
the discreet Secretary of State incurred
the reputation of having become imbe
cile. Not in vain has the whole admin
istration suifered the odium of drifting
with the tide for lack of a policy. Tlioy
could well afford to dispense with the
applause of the radicals, while they si
lently directed that under current which
was to refer the gigantic questions, with
which they would not grapple, to the
decision of another Presidential election.
The Conservatives will triumph.
The chief element in the accomplish
ment of this reactionary movement is
the war, which the administration is con
ducting for the restoration of the Union, j
The war is indeed the trump card of the
Demociaxcy ; not war for conquest, but
Mr. Lincoln’s war for the Union. They
have no fear that it will serve tlac end of
Abolition. It has passed that stage. Its
results are now in their keeping. All
they wish is its prolongation. In the
place, it holds the nation pledged to the
principle that the Union is intact, and
the Constitution open to amendment
through Southern votes. In the next
place, the responsibility ofit being with
the Republicans, it weakens them sadly
in the elections. And in the third place
its effect is to wear away and depress
the slaveholders, and dispose them in
favor of conciliation. The war, in what
ever aspect it may be presented, is an
admirable instrument for them. If it
should happeix to meet with unexpected
success, and defeat the rebellion, the
slaveholders will be brought back just in
time to join them in the election. If it
should lag and accomplish no results, as
now seems likely, this will inevitably in
sure them a triumph in the popular vote.
Their theory is—and it is a sound one—
that the two forces, Abolition and seces
sion, now in deadly conflict, have only
to be permitted to continue the fight long
enough to wear each other out, and
cause the political waters to subsidp to
their former level.
A Prediction or Daniel Webster.—
Some of the Northern papers reproduce
the following:
The Hon. Daniel Webster, of Massa
chusetts, in a speech delivered in Wash
ington, just thirteen years ago, gave it
as his opinion that “if the infernal fanat
ics and abolitionists ever get the power
into their hands, they will override the
Constitution, set the Supreme Court at
defiance, change and make laws to suit
themselves, lay violent hands on those
who differ with them in their opinions
or dare question their inability, and
finally bankrupt the country and deluge
it with blood.”*
Tennessee. —We learn from a gentle
man who recently had an interview with
Gov. Harris, that an extra session of the
Legislature will not be called—for the
sufficient reason that membei‘3 enough
to constitute a quorum could not be got
together in the present condition of the
State. What is to be done ? It is the
opinion of some, learned in the laws of
this land service, that the Governor can
hold over until his successor shall be
chosen and sworn into office.— Athens,
( Venn .) Post, 20th.
The present Empress of France,
Eugenie, is said to play billiards with all
the perfection of an expert, and the
grace'and beauty of a seraph. Her
Majesty, the Queen of Britain, finds
billiards not only a great consoler, but a
most favored amusement.
Affairs at the Yankee Capital
Washington, Feb. 14.—The Sen
took up the conscription bill Mond
and pressed it to a final vote.
Bills are prepared on emancipation
appropriating ten millions of dollars f. •
the abolition of slavery in Maryland „
one and a half millions for Western v!’ ‘
ginia, and four hundred and fifty q,, ‘.
san I for Delaware for same purpose
Hie McDowell Court has adjoin,,, ,|
atui -ixly seven days’ work. ’|j, c |„ ,
mg i not yet published.
Chase regards the uniform o Urrt ,,
and Bank bill as absolutely esi-enti ii
the successful working of the finance*
and expects great aid front the com •’
j quern rise in value of United S r
| bonds. Should the banking bill
i J oes not think the loan bill can bewj,]/
■ed out to successful results, but the i*
sue of legal tender notes must thens .
| increased indefinitely, which will
! disastrously to public and private i, ller .
! esis.
Carlile proposes that the President’.,
proclamation, after the popular ratifiea
tion of the act making West Virginia” a
State, shall not be issued until the coun
ties of Boone, Logan, Wyoming, Mercer
McDowell, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Green
brier. Monroe, Pendleton, Fayette, Nich
olas, and Clay, (now under‘rebel con
trol,) have been allowed a free and fair
opportunity for voting upon such ratifi
cation.
The loyal Indians have taken a rebel
flag and Albert Pike’s manuscript trea
ties with Southern Indians, 100 horses
and $1,200 in Confederate money.
The Batik bill is likely to meet with
opposition in the House, on the ground
of conflicting with the rights of State-
Gen. Shields has been ordered to the
Department of the Pacific.
Gen. Phelps has been nominated fora
Major General, of Dec. 4, ‘Ol, tints out
ranking Burnside, Hooker, Ncc.
The World, editorially, is in favor of
the Administration accepting the prepo
sition of Napoleon, and concludes its
leading article thus : “It would seem,
therefore, to be our single duty to pre
pare ourselves as rapidly and as calmly
as becomes a great people, for the fresh
complications which a foreign recogni
tion of the Confederate States must in
evitably introduce into the struggle we
are sustaining.”
Recent town elections, says the World,
in New York, show immense Conserva
tive gains over the vote of last fall. We
judge, if an election for Governor were
to take place next week, a Democrat
would be chosen by 100,000 majority.
The Alabama was spoken on the 28th
ult., thirty miles N. E., of St. John's.
Our Markets, and other Matters.
The weather, in the language of Grier's
almanac, has been “changeable.'•
Trade has been steady, though many
articles have not “moved.” for want oi
transportation.
Tobacco is firm. Cotton goods non e>>.
Members of the Georgia Legislature who
advocate seizures and regulating prices,
will please make a note of this.
Yesterday we paid sls a bushel for
those Irish potatoes. But little sugar in
the market—sells at 55aG5 cents. Corn
scarce at $2.25. Whiskey brisk at S2O,
and brandy at $lB per gallon. Dry
goods and hardware bring ayvful prices.
Yams $3 per bushel. Fine sugar cured
hams (new) from 75 cents to $1 per
pound. Country wagons coming in, re
alize all that heart could wish in the
way of prices. Salt is dull at loal 7 cents
per pound. Auction houses flourishing.
Crawford, Frazer & Cos., are becoming
an institution. Negroes are scarce, in
great demand, and at the tallest kind of
figures. Real estate much sought after:
see our advertising columns, if you want
to invest.
Thieving is going on. The “burglar”
that last robbed Col. Lowe's store, lias
been caught. He was a lad named Shiv
ers. The robbery was done in day time,
when the doors were open, hence, it was
no “burglary,” and the lecture which
was read to our city police by a portion
of the press, was unmerited.
Small l’ox—We observe a few friends
on the street, who are handsomely
marked. Red flags are favorites with
some—at least, they are waving in front
of a few houses in the city. Health of
the city is generally good. Small pox
largely abating; nearly everybody been
vaccinated; a few cases of scarlet fever.
Gen. Beauregard is at the right plnce
with plenty of guns, but he has called
for 3,000 negroes. Who knows hut
“spades” is trumps.— Atlanta Confedera
cy■
Bill Arp’s Latest.
Mr. “Bill Arp” has addressed another
letter to “Mr. Linkorn” advising him
to ‘ kumplete his immortal heroism of
karakter by leapin from the topmost
pinokle of glory, and with spradled and
extended limbs brake your shy poke
neck upon the yeath below.” Just im
agine Lincoln Hying through the air in
the manner indicated! What a picture
for a carricaturist! Bill thinks the en
forcement of Abe’s “proklamashun” was
prevented by a “little diffikulty at Fre<i
eriksburg.” He says that lie forewarned
him about “krossin them sickly river*
—the Lee side of any shore are onliealthy
to your popalashuu.” and by crossing
them mn&es it “too hard on your bury&l
squads and ambulance bosses,
subjoin the closing portion of Bill's let
ter:—Rich. Whig.
.Mr. Linkhoru, Sur—when nr this war
to klose? How much longer ken jo”
renew yor note of 90 days which you
said were time enuff to difficul
ty—do yon pay intrust? How much
territory have you subjugated—what
makes kotten sell at 90'cents a pound in
your diggins—ain't it owful scace—whaj
do your bony wiinmen do for stuffin an.
paddin? I heard they had to use hay an -
saw-dust, and sich like, and I tbot itnm*i
be very painful to ther tender bozzein
to have to resort to such kourse koui
moditics—l would like to send you >
bale but Gov. Brown would seize it. •
would like to see you pursonally
Linkhorn, and hear you talk and ‘ ■
some of your funny antidotes ‘ike y
told Gov. Morchead. I luffed wacn *
read cm till the tears fairly rained .• -
my eyelids—l know I could make
fortune Mr. Linkhorn compilin yearwi - s
—maint I be your Boswell and feller y
about. j
But fare the well my friend, and,
forej|you cross another Rubikon I a**' l ”
you in the eloquent language ‘
Burke “konsider, old cow konsider.
Yours till deth, Hill a
P. S. Give my respects to Johun;. •“*
Buren, I herd you and him were mtg*-.’
thik and effecshunatc.
I*. S. I kant. klose without Jett m
kno that our kotten krop at oi j
pound air worth two billions two h lll f
millions of dollars. Enuff to I'-
debt twice over if you will just c i
take it.
* <>-- ‘ . !
The World has the following e ;!
romarks about an Buren s spt - -■
Let the emancipation F OOI . j] ur e,
which is already a demonstrateu i
be revoked; let the door be * { .
for a return of rebels by a - 11
fer of amnesty whenever the,- ‘ , s .
mit to the Constitution; let men
pacity be put in the ar , 0 f
Departments, and the g reat *5/ gupP or:
democratic party will cheerfully
the Administration until R p re *:-
stitutionally superseded by at - in
dential election; if it will put “McClel
the War Department and res re
lan to his position as
discard the Abolition schm ci .
the direction of the war n xj n ion
pable hands. The doom of the ._ re .
sealed unless the abo. „ v thinc r ‘^ : ’
nounced; for, if *•“
lately certain, it is tbit te
Who will Cheerfully fight ■ v . ;ir .
will not support an Abob .
l. flS sougH
{teg” One little newspape ..j ettn der
notoriety by advocating a3po s t j oD o
certain conditions a
the Union. Some of our na® f ’
dignantly denounce the p. P i9 not
and ask where it is publis the p apß
necessary to ask this que > be as
will do no ham, and it ificft nce
to leave it to silencee and insig
— Ch. Courier.