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THOS. GILBERT &■ CO.
Cohunbtis, Ga.
Largest City and Country Circulation
15AH30UR County, Ala. —Col. \V. 11.
Bowen has been proposed as a suitable
candidate for representative from Har
bour nf the ensuing election.
Illness or .1 ctitir. Thomas.—Judge
r W. Thomas, of the Northern Circuit,
is said to be seriously ill of brain fever,
at Sparta, in Hancock county.
Hay In a little town in North Missis
sippi, under martial law, a darkie was
halted by the guard and his passport
demanded. “Oo way from lieali! You
link I’se gwine tout passlike white man !”
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Wheat in East Tennessee. The
Athens (Tenn.) Post of the 23d says that
in that, section the wheat crop is unusu
ally promising; better than had been
scon for several years past.
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Revival at Athens, Ga.—A revival
of considerable interest is in progress at
ihe Methodist Church in Athens, Ga.
There were some thirty seekers and four
conversions Ihe second night of the
meeting.
llaij Hoad Stock, No. —At a recent
auction sale in Augusta, Ga., 150 shares
Georgia It. H. stock brought $215.50;
brought $127. Negroes brought from
SISOO to $2250; one woman and child
brought S3OOO,
.McMinnville.— This beautiful little
town, in Middle Tennessee, was occupied
on Tuesday last, by a body of 8,000 Van
kee infantry, cavalry and artillery. This
makes the fkird time the place has been
occupied by Abolition troops. In peace
times it is noted for its flourishing schools,
healthful locality and beautiful scenery.
It is at present, like all other places
where the vandals have been, a mere
waste place—made desolate by Yankee
barbarity.
Good Time Coming!— lt, is| said by
persons entitled to know that there are
tens of thousands of bushels of corn be
longing to the Government rotting at
different commissary depots for want of
proper care. This corn will he con
demned and sold ; the distilleries will
buy it, and the whisky market will soon
be flooded with a poisonous fluid similar
to that we got from Cincinnati before the
war, but at S2O instead of 20 cents. —
What a jubilee the Bacchanalians will
have.
Gunboats in Virginia.— The report
which we had by telegraph a few days
since, relative to a repulse of the Yan
kee boats on the Pamunky river, turns
nnt to be pretty well authenticated.
Two propellers, loaded with troops, pass
ed West Point, Va., and started up the
Pamunky, in the direction of (lie “White
House,” when they were opened upon
by our batteries, and after a fight of
three quarters of an hour, the gunboats
retreated. One of the boats was struck
twice, anJit is supposed that considera
ble damage was done on board, judging
from the groans and screams of the
Yankees.
The Southern Illustrated News
f*ays: “We know we have employed all
I he literary talent in the Confederacy,
and if we Vail in getting out.a good home
journal, it is no fault of ours.”
The literature of the South is evident
ly looking up! Even Bonner in his
palmiest days, noted as he is, the world
over, for his Legerdemain, never claimed
that liq had “employed all the literary
talent” in the government on the columns
of his paper. Would it not be advisa
ble for men who cherish a lurking am
bition for literary fame to enroll their
names as “contributors” of the “News?”
Movements of the Enemy.
The enemy is crowding in upon us in
Middle Tennessee. A strong force has
been thrown in between McMinnville and
Alamont, east of Manchester, at our ex
treme right. Another force has sudden
ly appeared at Wartrace, at the junction
of the Nashville and Chattanoogp, and
Shelby ville Branch Road. A third force
has appeared in North Alabama, and
now holds Florence. It is probably
the purpose of the enemy to make a feint
upon our extreme right, to menace Chat
tanooga, and divert attention from North
Alabama. In this way he no doubt
hopes to recapture Huntsville, force our
army to fall back upo,n Chattanooga and
Bridgeport, and thus secure the undis
puted possession of Middle Tennessee.
We hear also that Burnside is on the
march to Summerset, Kentucky, with a
view, it is presumed, to menace East Ten
nessee and tjivide our forces west of the
mountain. The recent movements in
North Mississippi, and at Vicksburg, are
supposed to be part of the samo pro
gramme, and look to the reoccupation
of North Alabama and Middle Tennes
see.
Affairs in Baltimore. —lt is said by
blockade runners, that the miserable
system of Yankee espionage gets more rig
id and intolerable in Baltimore every day.
Spies and Yankee hirelings dog the steps
of all suspected persons, male and fe
male, and whole families are being ex
patriated. At Washington there is said
to be great uneasiness, and a feverish
anxiety marks the conduct of nearly all
the Abolition officials. Pickets are doub
led along the Potomac, the streets are
kept guarded, the whole city is under a
rigidsystem of military survelilance, and
everything goes to show that Abraham
fears somebody will be “ hurt” yet.
THE WEEKLY SIA.
VOL. VII. I
Slitiiild a Drunken Man bo allow*
ed lo Vote ?
This ((iiesiiou lias often recurred to us.
j it is one which is of no inconsiderable
j importance, hut it is one „f g,•*>.,,
I cney- I hat a man who would exercise
ihe right of suffrage must be sane, all
admit; but jurists everywhere testify
1 “>< o Uc of the most intricate points of
1 <c law is, to determine when a man is
non compos mains. A man may be in-
Sane 10 ft degree, but not sufficiently so
as to destroy his evidence or legal res
p Jii-ibility in certain cases. For instance :
a man may be a monomaniac on the sub
ject of religion, but perfectly sane on
the afiairs of ordinary business ; be may
regard every man as a reprobate or a
fool, and certain of hell tire who does
not believe as he believes, but on ttlj, se
cular affairs, he may be perfectly sane.
1 herefore in all cases not pertaining to
ecclesiastical matters, he would be an
impartial witness or a safe juror; and in
all popular elections, except such as
may have a remote bearing upon the
afiairs ot the Church, he would be a legi
timate sovereign. The question then is,
not simply whether a man be tane upon
nil subjects, but whether he be so on the
particular subject in question. It is not
one ot mere tact in a general sense, but
one of extent. If it be found that his
mind is deranged on all subjects, be it
loi ever so short a period, he is, during
that period, non compos mentis, and inca
pable of discharging the duties of a citi
zen ; and ot course, not having the prop
er exercise of his mental faculties, he
can be said-to have no will of his own,
and is not therefore legitimately entitled
to vote.
The same difficulty would arise in de
termining a man’s capacity in a state of
drunkenness, or voluntary insanity. If
a law tvere enacted (as some have sug
gested) disfranchising a man during a
state ot intoxication, the question would
soon arise, as to how drunk must he get
before he loses his right of suffrage.
Must he become voluntarms demon, as
one of the old law writers quaintly des
cribes him, so that he lose all reason,
throw off his linen, offer to fight every
body and anybody, rave through the
streets like a wild beast or an infuriate
demon, and defiantly call upon the God
who made him to “damn his soul to hell” ;
or would he have to become thoroughly
“saturated, ‘ so that his tongue would
refuse to perform its office, his limbs fail
to support him, and he tumble down
speechless and almost insensible in the
street gutter ? In the case, lie would
probably threaten to “whip out creation”
if his right of suffrage were interfered
with, and in the last, some accommoda
ting friend, who of course is generally
disinterested in the result of tho election,
would most likely carry him to the bal
lot box, render him all necessary assis
tance in depositing his ticket, and the
unfortunate wretch be in perfect igno
rance of what had transpired!
It might be a matter of interest to
consider whether it is not easier to de
cide when a man is too drunk to vote,
than to decide when he is too insane t to
be a witness in Court. It is a well es
tablished principle in the law of evidence
that a lunatic may be competent as a
witness, or even as a juror, during bis
lucid intervals. The same is true of
drunkenness, or voluntary insanity ; and,
by a parity of reasoning, might it not
apply at the ballot box as well as in the
Court room ? If a man be too insane to
give in testimony before a civil tribunal,
is he not incapable of exercising proper
discretion in delegating authority to
those who make the laws upon which the
tribunal rests ?
The Currency. —We see from our
exchanges that the recent funding of
Treasury notes in interest-bearing bonds
has been heavy all over the South. In
Augusta, the amount funded was two
and a half millions. In Columbia, S. C.
there were five millions, three hundred
thousand funded. In*Athens, Tenn.,
there was over one hundred thousand
funded up to the 21st. In Columbus,
there has been nearly two millions fund
ed. In Charleston, Montgomery, and
Mobile, the amount has been much lar
ger. Already are we beginning to wit
ness the happy effects of this wise policy.
Prices are “tumbling” everywhere.—
Even at Richmond, which is conceded to
be the head and front of extortion, and
the great rendezvous of speculators, we
notice that prices have made some tre
mendous tumbles. It is quite natural;
as money appreciates in value prices of
property’ must depreciate, and vice versa.
Tiif. Confederate Flag. —The Senate
have passed a bill prescribing the fiag of
the Confederate States. The old fiag
which has waved triumphantly over so
many battle fields in this war for South
ern independence is retained, appropri
ately, a§ the “Union,” or corner square
of the flag. The “fly,” or remaining
portion of the ensign, consists of three
horizontal bars of equal width, the cen
tre bar blue, the others white. The
white represents purity, “purity and in
nocence,” the blue, “strength and sta
bility.” *
Vicksburg. —Letters from Richmond,
of a late date, represent a belief preva
lent in that city, that the Government is
in possession of news from Vicksburg,
which has been withheld from the public.
The inference was that more boats had
passed the city. A few days since, we
had information by telegraph to the
effect, that infantry was marching down
the other side of the river to be landed
under cover of the gunboats below Vicks
burg, with a view of cutting off its com
munications. This will cause a land
fight, from which good results may - be
anticipated.
Confederate bonds of the $15,-
000,000 loan were sold in Charleston on
Friday at 100 premium. Some of the
recently subscribed jeight per cent, bonds
solds for seven and eight percent, pre-
COLUMBUS, GA./TUESDA Y MOKXLXO, MAY 6, 1863.
That “K<‘-fonstruction Candidate.”
The tricks to which ambitious politi
cians and-demagogues will sometimes
1-esorr in order to carry out their plans,
would he amusing were ihey mil pal
pable, and so ridiculously ab. ur.i one
ofthe most disingenuous l, U i prudent
poliiical canards of ihe day recently up.
peared in one ofthe Ailauia papers. A
man claiming to be a soldier from Geor
gia, addressed a letter io the Common
wealth, a lew weeks since, iu which lie
stated that information hud-reached him
to the effect that “a re-consiructionist”
would probably be run as a candidate
tor Governor at the ensuing election !
Had this paragraph appeared in o n t .
of Gov. Brown’s special -organa,” the
trick would have deceived nobody, as
everybody would have at once recog
nized the object contemplated by the wri
ter. But inasmuch as it appeared in a
paper which is not the organ 0 f “liis
Excellency,” but which has upon one or
two occasions taken issue with tlie Gov
ernor, it entitles its author to.some little
credit for prudent ingenuity in that that
he succeeded in pulling the wool over the
eyes ot the editor by preceding his para
graph with a lengthy and well written
letter, giving the current news of ihe
day, &c. The most able and experi
enced editors are sometimes imposed up
on in this way, and the case is quite clear
that one of the conferes of the Atlanta
press has been for once in his life “caught
napping.-’ % The following paragraph
from the Richmond Enquirer will ex
plain what we mean :
“Georgia Volunteer.” —We arc de
luged with letters from Georgia soldier*
in various camps, all breathing the same
indignant amazement and horror at that
wild story of a “Reconstructionisi
mg to be a candidate for the Governor
ship of Georgia. We are well pleased to
see that such an idea is utterly intolera
ble to the troops; as, indeed, how should
it be otherwise ? But there is no occa
sion for alarm. We read, in a Georgia
paper, that the story was got up by some
prudent partizan of Governor Brown, to
cast the odium of “reconstruction” upon
anybody who might run against him—to
clear the track as it were. We doubt if
there be a single reconstructionist in all
Georgia. No man would dare to ask the
suffrages of the people on so infamous
an issue, and the pleasant circumstance
is this : when it is sought to discredit a
public man in Georgia, the foulest impu
tation that can be invented against him
is to say that possibly lie is no better
than a reconstructionist. Therefore, let.
our good friends in the Georgia, brigades
be of good heart and fight on, nothing
doubting.
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Shameful Negligence. —Some three
or lour months since, several hundred
negroes were sent to Mobile from East
Alabama, to work on the fortifications at
that place. Many of these negroes hav
ing become disabled, are now being re
turned to their masters, but. in a manner
that is highly reprehensible. We have
it from reliable sources that negroes be
longing to parties in Barbour county,
Alabama, have actually died of starva
tion and want of proper care and atten
tion while on the route from Mobile to
this place. Cannot the authorities at
Mobile do better than this? Why is
not ample provision made for the trans
portation of such negroes’ as have to be
sent home. We are informed that they
are merely turned loose with “tickets”
and with directions (o get on such a
boat or such a train, with no provision
made for their sustenance during the
transit, and with no one to see after
them. This is cert a inly a bad state of
affairs.
U%2!r The Yankee officers captured by
Gen. Wheeler, who during the several
days of their stay in this city were board
ed at the Lamar House, and received
great attention from male and female
sympathizers, were rather set back when
they reached Richmond. They were ta
ken to the Linwood House, where l'resh
shad, beefsteaks and other savory viands
saluted their gaze ; but General Winder
hearing of the affair, hustled them ojf
unceremoniously to the l.ibby Prison,
after a severe reprimand to the officer
having them in charge. Knoxville lire/.,
23 and.
Has it never occurred to the Register
as being a little singular that all the
Lincolnites, deserters, and Federal spies
happen to take up lodgings at one certain
house in Knoxville?
Correspondence of tire Sun.
Campbellton, Jackson Cos., Fla.,- )
April 21, 1803. j
This county can boast of as many men
in service as any other county in our lit
tle State, according to population. But
we have a few men left behind, and it is
of these I would now speak.
In this county, as elsewhere, we were
divided in sentiment as to the best mode
of redressing grievances with the North
at the beginning of our national troubles.
They pledged themselves to “drink all
the blood that would be spilled” in an
attempt by the North to coerce the South.
They would not listen to “co-opera
tion,” “Southern Convention,” a “united
South,” or any thing short of “separate
State action.” Separate State action
was had, the war ensued, and what now ?
I find some of our citizens selling corn
to indigent families of soldiers at sl>2s,
while others refuse to sell at any price,
waiting for the price to go vp. lam
sorry to add also, that the latter class is
made up almost exclusively of the “blood
drjnking,” peacible secession,” political
faction. J.
—
Yazoo is said to be an Indian
name signifying the .River of Death-
The water of the river is always of a
stagnant, slimy thickness, and certain to
produce an incurable disease when used
any length of time. Nearly all the men
in General Sherman’s army who went up
the Yazoo felt the evil effects of the
water, and some of the wounded who
have returned are yet suffering from the
disease there contracted. The river is,
properly named.
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Maj. Gen. Maury. —The Knoxville
Register of the 23d, says :
Major General Maury, who has been
assigned the command of this depart
ment, arrived here yesterday, with a
portion of his staff. It is understood
that he will immediately assume the
command of the Department.
letter from Richmond.
1 T:IX fiill—Gongress— Rloction* i„ Yirjdnia—
•’ L- Ganrcll—Northim News. See.
Richmond, Ypril 22. 18G3.
10-daj i- une ol the prouiesi and
balmiest days we have had this Spring,
and, as a consequence, the streets are
: crow ded with the fair sex, who, notwith-
Siandiug (lie hard limes, seem (o find
means to purchase tine articles of dress,
ind, unlike Flora McFlimsey, have
■ “something to wear.”
the tax hill
Has finally passed both Houses’of Con
i g>ess v and now awaits the President’s
| signature to become a law of the land.—
It meets with great favor among the peo
ple ot this State, although some of its
j provisions contain taxes which are deem
ed exceedingly high. The tax-in-kind,
which is anew idea in law-making, will
greatly tend to aid the agricultural por
tions of the Confederacy. Instead of
paying his taxes iu money, the planter,
alter giving one-tenth of his products,
can retain the remainder or dispose of it
as he chooses, and that, too, without the
fear of impressment constantly before
him.
THE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT.
Some time since there was a greatex
citement raised in Congress in “relation
to the Quartermasters’ and Commissa
ries Departments, and particularly in
regard to a contract made with Haxall,
Crenshaw & Cos., to furnish flour for the
Government, in which it was slated that
some well known officials ofthe Confed
eracy were engaged, and were reaping
enormous profits from the same, thereby
swindling (he Government. The matter
was placed in the hands of a special
committee, of which the able and ener
getic Mr. Chilton, of Alabama, was
Chairman, and, after weeks of tedious
investigation, have just brought in a
lengthy report, in which all the charges
were proved to be unfounded. They
say, in conclusion, that by this contract,
the Government has been enabled to ob
laiu flour for the army at a cheaper rate
than could otherwise be obtained.
ADJOURNMENT.
The Ist of May has been fixed on by
the Senate as the day for the adjourn
ment of Congress. The House will no
doubt agree to the action of the Senate,
as there is but little business left to dis
pose of, of public interest.
The Coming Election.— The approach
ing election for Governor and members
of Congress is creating quite an exeitc
ment among the people of this State.
Os the candidates for the Executive Chair,
the contest will be between extra-Billy
Smith and Col. Mumford. Gov. Letcher,
whose term of office expires on the Ist
of January next, and who is ineligible
for the position again, has announced
himself as a candidate to represent his
old district in the Coijgress of the Con
federacy. His opponent is Col. .J. B.
Baldwin, the present incumbent. Both
are able men and are very popular in
their district, and it is hard to tell which
will succeed in the race.
llon. J. L. Gartrell. —Among the
able members of the present Congress,
this gentleman stands conspicuous, and
not one of the number who is more at
tentive to the interests of his constitu
ents. Always in his seat, hard-working,
industrious, he is looked upon as indis
pensable in the body of which he is so
efficient a member. He is also popular
among the large number of citizens who
have the honor of his acquaintance, and
while they are pleased to see his name
mentioned for the Governorship of the
Empire State, they would regret to lose
his society from among them.
From the United States.—Papers
from the North to the 18th inst.., have
just been received in this city. They
contain nothing of importance, however.
In regard to the advance of Hooker on
the Rappahannock, the Herald has the
following significant paragraph: “We
apprehend that the War office is still
solicitous about the safety of Washing
ton, and hesitates, to make a forward
movement, not so much because of the
muddy roads, as to get Lee back again
into Richmond, and out of reach of
Washington.”
Gold in New York oh the 18th, opened
at 154 and closed at 158. Exchange IGB.
Virginia G’s, G 2; Missouri G’s, GOJ ; Cot
ton sixty-six cents. * Ned.
Public Meeting in Chattahoochee.
Cussf.ta, Ch atta noocn f. k County, Ga., )
April 2,')tli, 1863. j
to accordance-with public notice, a portion of
the citizens of Chattahoochee county met this day,
at Cusscta, to respond to the “Address to the Peo
ple of tile Confederate States” by President Davis,
and after several spirited speeches and a free inter
change of opinions, the recommendation of Secre
tary Scddon, was substantially adopted; and, on
motion, a committee was appointed whose duty it
is to fix the prices of Bacon, Pork and Beef, confer
with the Commissaries, Quartermasters and other
officials at Columbus, give notice of the prices so
fixed, receive the amounts furnished by the citi
zens, forward the same to said officials at Colum
bus, and to receive and disburse the money paid
fur tlio articles so furnished for the Confederate
army, respectively, Ac.
And, on further motion, a committee of three in
each Militia District, was appointed whoso duty, it
shall be to see each and every person in the dis
trict who may be supposed to have Bacon, Pork or
Beef which can he spared to the army, to take sub
scriptions of what they can spare, inform them
of the price to be paid for the same, and to urge
upon them the necessity and importance of fur
nishing all they can spare immediately, for the
our fathers, sons and neighbors —our noble
and brave defenders, in tho the tented field. Can
you do less in return for these patriotic services
than to feed them to the utmost of your ability f
Tho Chairman then appointed Nathan J. Bussey,
William Shipp, and A. W. Bedding, the Commit
tee to fix prices, confer with officials at Columbus,
etc.
And for the Militia Districts as follows :
For Cusseta District Messrs. M. A. George,
Wright McCook and 11. G Baiford.
For Jamestown District —John Ifucll, Win. Col
lier and W. A. Sapp.
For Coleman's District—Win. Davis, Wm. Mciil
vey and Hubbard Vanhorn.
For Ilalloca District—Benj. Hickey, Wm. Farley
and James Whittle.
For Pino Knot District—Thomas DeWolf, James
M. Lowe and 11. J. Williams.
For Big Sandy District—Henry V. Smith, W. W.
Clark and Alvy Harp.
For Gobler's Hill District—David McGlawu, Eil.
Oneal and Elias Fulsom.
It was further Resolved, That in view of increas
ing tlie amount of Bacon for the army, that those
of its present will not issue but two and a half
pounds of BSscon per week, from now r until the Ist
day of October uext, to our field hands, and that
we will economise in finding our families and young
negroes to the utmost of our ability; and that we
earnestly recommend our fellow citizens in the
county to do likewise, and thereby give aid and
comfort to our brave defenders.
The meeting was then adjourned, subject to the
call of the Chair.
WILLIAM DAVIS, Chairman.
E. G. Baifoud, Sec'y.
The advertising rates of the
Charleston Mercury have been advanced
to two dollars per square of thirteen
lines. We observe that the papers gen
erally have found it necessary, on ac
count of the high price of ink and paper,
to increase their charges for subscription
and advertisements.
Special Correspondence of the*Snn
Letter from Richmond.
Suffolk, and Washington, North Carolina—A Gen
erous Yankee—Officers Confirmed. &c.
Richmond, April 24th
The siege of Suffolk, Va., and Wash
ington, N. C., by the Confederates, under
Longstreet and Hill, has been abandoned.
In the neighborhood of Suffolk, General
Longstreet succeeded iu procuring large
quantities of supplies for his army and
forage for his animals. Indeed, ft is said,
his only object in going to that section,
was the procuring of the articles men
tioned. The members of Stribling’s Bat
tery, captured at Suffolk, have been ex
changed, and reached here yesterday.
The commissioned officers are held in
confinement at Fort Monroe.
Noble Act of a Yankee. —A short
time since, Lieut. W. P. Stone, Ist Maine
cavalry, was captured by our men in
Fauquier county, Va., and was placed
in charge of Lieut. J. A. Payne, to be
brought to this city. Iu crossing a
swollen stream on the route, Lt. Payne’s
horse washed from under him and he
(P.) Yvould have been drowned, but
Stone, who is an athletic man, jumped
in the water and rescued Lt. Payne at
the peril of his own life. On the facts
being known to the Secretary'of War,
he immediately gave an unconditional
parole to Lieut. Stone. Strange to say,
since that occurrence Lieut. Payne has
been taken prisoner by the Yanke.es and
is confined in the Old Capitol at Wash
ington ; but Stone, who left here yes
terday, by flag of truce, says he will
use his utmost endeavors to get him re
leased, as an acknowledgement of the
kindness shown him.
Flag and Seal. —At last Congress has
agreed upon a flag and seal for the Con
federacy. The flag is to be a white field,
with the well known battle flag for an
“Union” in its upper corner next to the
staff and a blue bar runuinghorizontally
through the white field and occupying
one-third of the whole width. The seal
represents Washington on horse back,
as he appears on the monument in the
Capitol square: in the background a
landscape. Around this runs a wreath
ol corn-stalks, sugarcane, tobacco leaves,
&c., the whole very tasty and elegant.
The motto is— Deo duce vincemus —“God
being our leader, we will conquer.”
Expenses of Government. —The Sec
retary of the Treasury, in a recent re
port, estimates the appropriations neces
sary for the support of Government from
July Ist to December 31st, 18G3, to be
$300,537,742.93. The House of Rep
resentatives last night passed the csti
mates by a large majority.
Coffee. —At an auction sale, yester
day, this delightful but very scarce arti
cle was sold at $4 per pound, which is a
decline of fifty cents on previous sales.
There is still some hope left that people
will once move enjoy this invigorating
beverage at a reasonable price.
Officers Confirmed. —The Senate, in
Executive session, to-day, confirmed the
following officers, as Generals: Samuel
Cooper, Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. John
ston and G. T. Beauregard; as Major
Generals, Jubal A. Early and Isaac
Trimble ; as Brigadier Generals, William
Smith, (ex-Gov. of Ya.) and Prince Ca
millus Polignac, (French.)
The Rioters. —Tim Hustings Court
is now engaged in trying several of the
ringleaders of the late riot and robbery
in this city. The evidence is strong and
conclusive against them, and there is no
doubt, but that some of them will be
boarded and lodged at the State’s expense
for a year or two. Served them right!
Northern Dates to the 21st inst.,
have been received in this city. There
have been fresh disturbances in Indiana
and great excitement prevails through
out the State. The blockade of Charles
ton is to be kept up with renewed vigor.
There is no neYvs of special interest.
Richmond Markets.— The Dispatch,
of the 22d inst., says : „
The market is quiet, with occasional
sales of gold by the brokers at .S4 75@5
prem. The buying rates are about 30
@soc. below these figures. Bak notes
are still quotable at 75@80 per ct. Trea
sury notes, of the old issue, were freely
offered to-day at 1 per ceut. premium,
but most of the brokers declined to buy.
The privilege of exchanging these notes
for 8 per cent, bonds ceases to-morrow,
(Wednesday, 22d.)
Ronds and Stocks. —Confederate 8
per cents, issued in exchange for Trea
sury notes, under the recent act of Con
gress, are selling at 8 per cent. prem.—
Ronds of the 100 M loan are quotable at
100(7C 111 for long dates. The last auc
tion sale of coupon bonds, of the 15 M
loan, was at 177 and int. We quote Ya
6’satll2; N Carolina do (old) at 178;
Va and Tenn R R, 2d mort, at 120; R, F
and R R R stock, 105; It and D R R do,
120; R and Y R 11 do, 48; Va Fire and
Mar Ins Cos, 48A; Merchants’ Insurance
Company, 84; Old Dominion •Insurance
Company, 41@42; Exchange Rank, 121;
Bank of the Commonwealth, 128; Rank
of Richmond, 100; Bank of Va, 87; Trad
ers’ Rank, 120; Farmers’ Rank, 122;
James River and Kanawha Cos, 10.
Groceries. —Sugars have a declining
tendency; we quote brownat $1.15@1.25;
molasses s9@lo gallon; coffee, s4@,
4.50; salt, 45c. lb; whiskey, $28©35;
apple brandy, $24@25; French brandy,
SOS gallon.
Congressional Summary. —On Thurs
day, in the Senate, nothing of importance
was done in open session. On Friday,
Mr. Clark, of Missouri, moved to take
up the House bill to amend the act pro
viding for the transfer of soldiers in a
regiment from any State of the Coni'ed-.
eracy other than their own to regiments,
from their own State. After a lengthy
debate, the motion to take up and con
sider was negatived—yeas 9, nays 12.
The amendment of the House Jo the
bill amending impressment Act was con
curred in; also the amendment to the
bill concerning the pay of detailed sol
diers. ♦
The Senate bill to provide for dropping
officers of the army who may be absent,
was passed.
The bill to confiscate the interest of
alien enemies in telegraph lines was in
definitely postponed, but a motion to re
consider was submitted, pending which
the Senate went fhto secret session.
In the House, the bill relative to con
scripting foreigners was taken up, when
the House resolved itself into secret ses
sion for its consideration.— llidi. Dis.,
2bth. __
The “United States.” —Why will the
Richmond Enquirer and other papers
insist upon heading news from Aboli
tiondom, “News from th z United States” “t
There are no United States any longer,
since the North has become a foreign
country. If the U. S. still exist, we are
a part of them, and consequently there
can be no Southern Confederacy, which
we so much desire to be recognised as a
separate nation. Let us hear no more
of a name that was—and that hag passed
away forever.
From thti Now York Freeman’.-: Journal
Xew Bills to be laid before Congress
the Present Session.
A lull to mako buttons a legal fonder.
A bill to prevent private parties front making
buttons.
A bill to order said buttons to be made from the
bones of mules that died “kickiug for the Union.”
A bill for white-washing negroes. Carried.
A bill to prove the Constitution a humbug, os
well as the framers thereof.
A bill to make buttons superior to gold.
A bill to cheat persons generally.
A bill to rob persons more systematically .
A bill to provide Greek Lexieous for each intelli
gent contraband. Carried.
A bill to alter the shape of the nosro's head. Laid
on the table.
A bill to .shorten his heels, &c.
A bill prohibiting theniention of any liquors. Ar
am! regulating the number of sneezes per diem.
A bill compelling every white person to take the
oath of allegiance at least once every twenty-four
hours.
A bill calling upon members to propose similar
bills to the above.
LOBBY MEMBER.
Nlw Military Offense.—The Federal War De
partment has originated anew crime against mili
tary regulations, as will be seen by the following,
which the New York World of the 4th publishes as
a genuine document:
War Department; Adj. Gen’s Office. )
March 11,1803. (
Special Orders No. 110. [Extract.]
3d. lty direction of the President, the following
officer is hereby dismissed from the service of
the United States: Lieut. A. .T'. Kdgerly. Fourth
New Hampshire Volunteers, for. circulating “Cop
perhead Tickets,” and doing all in his power to pro
mote the success of the rebel cause in liis Stale.
By order of the Secretary of War.
L. THOMAS.
Adjutant General.
To the Governor of N’ew Hampshire.
Valuable Scripture Mss. —The im
perial Library of St. Petersburg has just
purchased the celebrated collection of
Hebrew and Caraitc manuscripts formed
by M. Firkovitch, a Caraite himself, who
is well known for bis scientific zeal, and
who during 30 years in his numerous
travels in Palestine, the Caucasus, and
at Constantinople, had collected the me
morials of Jewish antiquity wherever he
could find them, at the expense of his
fortune, and often at the risk of his life.
(The Caraites are a Jewish sect opposed
to the traditions of the Talmud.) The
collection consists of 47 manuscript rolls
of the Pentateuch, 77 collections of the
Old Testament, 23 translations in Eas
tern languages, 272 Caraite and 523 ltab
binist works, 5-50 historical letters or
documents, 722 funeral inscriptions, and
300 plans of the ancient fortresses of
New Russia. It also contains 124 au
thentic manuscripts ofthcOldTestament,
of which 21 are anterior to the ninth
century. According to the opinions of
MM. Tischendorf, Dora, Bekker, OhT
shaussen, and Choolson, no European
library possessdk Ilebraic manuscripts
of so early a date, and consequent
ly can furnish such rich materials
for the complete study of the text of the
Old Testament, or present so much his
torical and geographical information
upon the Crimea, the Kbassares, the
.Greek colonies of the South of Russia, ike.
A detailed history of the collection is in
progress.
Confederate Sieges*. —The public has
cheated itself, and the public is indig
nant. When Jericho was, in modern
parlance, “reduced,” there was a great
winding of ranis’ horns. When “Bethel”
Hill invested Washington, there was a
loud blast of trumpets. The ranis’ horns
leveled the walls of Jericho and the blast
of trumpets blew “Bethel” Hill back
from Washington, without accomplishing
anything. Is the fault “Bethel” Hill’s
or the trumpet blowing public’s ?
Longstreet went very quietly to Suf
folk. Excitable newspapers made him
surround the place before bo was fairly
in sight of it. It now appears from tbe
statement, of a paper believed to be on
intimate terms with the Government,
that Longstreet laid siege, to Suffolk
merely to cover a foraging party. So
far the cost has been 75 men killed and
wounded, a fine battery of five pieces
captured, a number of deserters, and*we
know not how many prisoners.
Confederate sieges seem to be very
profitable investments —very. — Richmond
Whig.
Ann est or George B. Lawrence.—
Geo. 1L Lawrence, author of tbe well
known romance “Guy Livingstone,” was
arrested a mile and a half beyond tbe
Yankee Virginia picket, lines, on the
night of tlie 10th inst., while making his
way towards Richmond. Lawrence ar
rived in this country two or three weeks
since from England, and, (says a Yankee
paper,) has occupied his time since with
prominent secessionists in Baltimore.—
He is known to have been on unusually
good terms with prominent rebel sympa
thizers, and when taken was armed with
letters of introduction and direction
from a well known source in Baltimore.
He was committed to close confinement
in the Old Capitol. Lawrencedined with
Lord Lyons while in Washington, and
seemed to enjoy friendly relations with
all the British legation.
The $15,000,000 Bonds. —Many per
sons do not understand the cause of the
high prices which these bonds command
as compared with those of tbe $100,000.-
000 loan. The export, duties on Cotton
cannot be paid in Confederate notes, as
any one may see by tlie conditions on
their face. They must be paid in gold
or silver or the coupons of these $15,-
000,000 bonds. These latter are there
fore sought after by blockade runners as
eagerly as specie, and prices have run
up accordingly.
Funding of. Treasury Notes. —We
learn from an officer of tbe bank that
the exact amount of Treasury notes
funded in 8 per cent, bonds in Columbia,
is $6,049,000', nearly a 1,000,000 more
than we stated yesterday. At Greelie
ville, S. C., nearly 1,000,000 have been
funded. Columbia South Carolinian , 25 th
inst.
The Washerwomen on a Strike.—
Twenty names of women, calling them
selves “We the washerwomen of tlie ci
ty of Macon, Ga.,” are signed to a no
tice in the Macon Telegraph, prescrib
ing rates for washing, and denouncing
as “rats” all who do not comply with
them.
W&f The New York Tkfies concludes
that McClellan at all times did exactly
the wrong thing, and that Abraham Lin
coln is a better General than McClellan.
Richmond Markets.— Specie and
Bank Notes. —Gold, on tbe 24tb, was
‘heavy” at $4.75 premium—demand
very light. The brokers were offering
$4 premium. Silver was 25 per cent,
below these figures. Bank Notes had
declined. They were dull at 70(5 75 per
cent, premium.
Bonds and Stocks. —The last sales of
Confederate coupon-bonds, (15 million
loan) were made at 183(186. Bonds of
the 100 million loan, long dates, are quo
table at 109(5)110; bonds of the new is
sue, (8 per cents,) 102(5,103. Other se
curities remain at about last quotations,
Ztttsi or LtvcotWa Prociamaticn
in Nash7lLLK— Horribly. Condition- or
the Contrabands.—The following ac
count of the horrible condition of the
skives in Nashville is from the charge to
the Grand Jury by Judge Brien on the
act for the punishment of slaves:
“Vo oi the city of Nashville are al>
soluk-Iy cursed with the presence ol
negro population which r.i find it im
pood!>lc to control? Nashville is made
! the general rendezvous for all (lie runa
i way negroes in this and some of the ad
| joining States. They thrust themselves
i into the houses of our citizens and defy
j ihe owners to oust them. They pilfer,
j they steal, they scruple at nothing: they
I respect nobody; they regard no law hu
{ man 01 ( divine. Some of them are en
gaged in hospitals, but they are so nu
merous that this is perhaps only a frac
tional part. 1 hey promenade our streets :
they crowd our sidewalks: they thread
our alleys; they till our homes, cellars,
garrets. They are too lazy to work :
too ignorant to distinguish between lib
erty and license; too shameless to res
pect cominou decency, and too degraded
to observe tlie ordinary rules of morality.
The men are thieves and burglars, the
women prostitutes and vagrants. There
is scarcely a stable, a bog pen, or a hen
roost that does not bear the impress of a
long heel and hollowless instep. These
negroes are a curse to the army, a can
cer to society, a blight- upon honesty,
morality and decency, and a leech upon
the Government. But we are not only
troubled with what are termed “contra
bands.’’ The negroes in this city and vi
cinity have actually acquired more pow
er than if their free papers hft*i bvA'U
given them. They eat and sleep at the
houses and at the expense of their own
ers. They compel their owners to clothe
them, to pay their medical bills and tax
es, while they refuse to work for them,
but on the contrary make their own con
tracts for hive, and receive pay for their
services, and in each instance, if their
owners seek to assert their rightful au
thority, they boldly threaten them with
the military. Instantly the complaints
of the masters are hushed by the dread
and terror which those threats inspire.
These negroes, “contrabands” .ami slaves,
are to the well being of society as the
locusts of Egypt*were to the vegetation
of that doomed country. They are not
only original perpetrators of crime of
every character and description, but they
readily become willing instruments to
tlie bands of practical and skillful burg
lars, thieves and felons, in the commis
sion of offences, the bare mention of
which would cause the heart to sicken
and the blood to chili in our veins.”
English Views.— The debate in Par
liament about tbe “Alabama” is suggest
ivc. The Solicitor General and Mr. Laird
talked “right out in meeting” some plain
truths not wont, to be heard in Pallia
ment. Mr. Laird’s reply to Mr. Baring,
who was afraid that the Solicitor’s lan
guage “must be offensive to America" —
i. e., to Lincoln and the Yankees—was
as felicitous as it. was a stinging ad homi
nem rebuke to the political member of
the great Banking House. The best of
it was, that it was received with “loud
cheers,” showing that English hearts
have not. been all corrupted by abject
fear of Yankee prowess, and English love
of truth not perverted by the cowardly
policy and special pleadings of the Eng
lish Ministry. Wc have before us a prin
ted reply to Mr. Bright’s political” dia
tribes against (he South, dated at Paris,
but published at Lancashire, in England,
which ivc propose to publish in whole or
in part in our Sunday’s edition. It was
brought in by a recent blockade-runner.
It shows up the boasted English free
trader and liberalist in his true light of.
a blatant demagogue, whose principles
-of liberty lie no deeper than his lips.
Public opinion in England is against the
Ministry, and is, in the main, strong
and sound on the American question,—
Mobile Reg.
From Suffolk.—From tliis point tlio report.-
which reach us are of fin important character.
These state tljat the battery of Capt. Sibley, con
nected with General French’s division, was sur
prised and captured on Sunday night at Keeling’s
farm, on the Nansen lend river. It is also said that
40 of our men were captured at the same time.
Passengers by the train from Pctursburg last
night confirm this report. During the forenoon
of Monday, - -oth heavy tiring was heard in the <lj
rcction of Suffolk, supposed to result from an en
gagement between the gunboats of the enemy and
our artillery. Gen. Longstroet moved from his
headquartes at an early hour on Monday morning
llich. Dig., ‘2‘Jil
The officers and crew of the steamer St. John’s
arrived here yesterday from Santee. She left N’a.~-
on Monday, the 13th instant, and expected to
get up to Savannah through Warsaw Sound, hut
was chased from that point by the bloc leader.-. and
when she again got in shore site was near Capt
Jioinain, where she was run aground to get clear
of hut they afterwards came in and
took her off. She had on hoard a general cargo.—-
Char. Mrrrnrn. 21st.
A Wail from the Tribune.— A Hil
ton Head correspondent, of the New York
Tribune writes: The attack upon Charles
ton lias been made. Our force of of
fence, collected during tlie last three
months, in tbe waters and upon the sen
islands of South Carolina, have been
fairly tried and found wanting. Instead
of the pleasant duty of chronicling a
triumph to the Unjon arms, which 1 had
fervently wished rather than hoped, the
thankless harbinger of ill tidings de
volves upon rue. We have experienced
a bitter repulse. The iron-clads have
disappointed the expectations of the
most confident, and we are now mourn
ing over the apparent, certainty of an
abandonment of tbe enterprise of which
the country, with more faith than rea
son, hoped suclt good results.
A French officer, wilt! ffUueßljed the
fight, reports to the Herald that the tur
retted iron clads were not suited to the
attack, the turrets ottering too large a
surface to the shots of the enemy. Me
thinks tite only possible way of attacking
the rebel batteries was by means of ra
zeed batteries, perfectly light, and cov
ered with iron all over, with no tangible
object above deck, and two rows of guns,
one on eacli side, placed one or two feet
above water. He does not think the
rebels have the best, implements of mod
ern warfare ; for, if they had, they
would have sunk all the Monitors. The
French navy, he says, has a projectile,
which, at four hundred yards, goes
through any iron plate, however thick,
and produces an explosion sufficient to
blow up a vessel of the size of the Moni
tors.
Newspapers in the Army.—jit is a
notewortlfy fact that, while the Yankee
Government is laboring to restrict the
circulation of newspapers in the army,
thus giving the coup de grace to its un
constitutional war upon the liberty of the
press, the Congress of the Confederate
States has just enacted that newspapers
Shall be sent through tbe mails, to sol
diers, fro* of postage.
Tbe Government of a tyrant fears the
effect of- free discussion, upon his army ;
and trie3, by suppressing some newspa
pers, and interdicting the circulation of
others, to remove his soldiers from an
influence which has always been deemed
fatal to the cause of tyranny. Behold
the contrast I— Lynchburg Virginian.
Hon. Owen Lovejoy is exceedingly ill
at Washington. His physicians, we are
informed, do not seem to comprehend his
disease. It appears to be a gradual de
clension of all his powei-3. An effort
will soon be made to have him removed
to bis home in Illinois.
Negro Spy Huxo.—A free negro, acting in the
capacity of spy for the enemy, was hung near Suf
folk, Va., by order of Gen. Longstreet, on Tuesday.
The Hon Pierre Soule is now in Havana, most
anxious to return to the Confederacy, und*o take
part in our national struggle.
{NO. i.