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From tbe Milled gevHle correspondence of the
Chronicle A Sentinel, under late of tbe 18th,
we extract the following. The eel ion of the
Senate meets our cordial approval and we trust
It will be concurrel in by the House with at least
equal unanimity:
Mr. Gordon reported back from the Commit
tee on Banks the bills re enacting the provisions
of the relief bill of 1860, with an amendment
that the Banks be required, on applieatlon, to
issue one per cent, of their capital.stock in small
bills, redeemable iu sums of five dollars, in cur
rent bills, and allowing the Banks, in their dis
cretion, to issue three per cent In tbair small
bills. Tbs bill was furl her smended by Mr.
gsward and Mr. Gordon, o as to do away with
tbe provision whiob prohibits the Banks de
manding mors than one per cent, for foreign w
changes.
Col. Vason offered an amendment requiring tbe
Banka to issue three per cont. of their oapital
stock in small bills, to be redeemed in coin, when
presented in sums not exceeding five dollars.
Ha inslstad on his amendment, In order that the
people might have confidence in the Issues ofthe
Banks, and that coin to some extent was abso
lutely required. He paid a just tribute to tbe
Banks for their liberality in sustaining the Htale
and Confederate Governments in this crisis, and
disclaimed any hostility to them, or any dasire
to smbarrsss them in tbe slightest degree.
Col. Heward, Mr. Jaekaon, Gen.
Mr Gordon opposed tbe amendment, and it was
lost.
Mr. Gordon addressed tbe Senate briefly in
support of bis positions, in bis accustomed elo
quent, felicitous and graoefui style. He believes
that if Mr. Vason*i amendment, prevailed, the
specie would be drawn realty by speculators from
the vaults of Georgia Banks, to supply tbs Banks
of tbs adjoining States, and that this provision
would not be any benefit in reality to the mass ot
our people. In conclusion he rejoiced that the
day had come which verified theopinions so often
expressed by him iu tho Legislature, that iu the
time of trial the Banks would prove themselves
the fast fiisnds, the liberal and patriotic, and in
dispensable friends of people and Government,
and not tbs //• corporation* which they had
been called by some. Ilia remarks were well re
ceived, and tbo bill was passed with little oppo
sition —aud thus the banks are placed in position
where they can bring their great facilities to bear
for the relief of all the people, more particularly
tbe cotton planter, and ,1 doubt not they will do
tbe thing liberally and satisfactorily to all con
cerned. As tho now Constitution requites that
iio bill relieving the bonks from the liabilities of
suspension shall pass except by a two thirds
vote, tbe roll was railed, and the aye* were ‘.'o,
nays 5.
From the Macon Telegraph.
Sroitoriil Ekctioi.
Contrary to our belief, Wednesday evening, it
seems, the Legislature did complete the Henato
rtal elec lon (hat afternoon. We gave yesterday
the result of the I at and tlth ballots, which elect
ed Mr. B. 11. Hill and Mr. Toombs. Tbe follow
ing is a complete statement of the votes on both
elections
First Ballot—H. If. llill, 127, (elected.) Rob# !
•rt Toombs, CS; scuttcnng 4.
(Second Ballot -Iverson, 85; James Jackson,
35; Toombs, 49; Johnson, 22; scattering 8, Hon.
K. A. Cochran requested members not to vote
tor Governor Johnson, as he had not been put Iu
nomination nfid was not a candidate.
Third Ballot—Tverson, R 7 Toombs. fl 7; Jack
ton, 43; Mattering, 3.
Fourth Ballot—Toombs, 8? I verson, 73; Jack
ton, 44.
Fifth Ballot Toombs, 9H; Iverson, 58; Jek
•on, 47. Mr. Iverson withdrawn.
Sixth ballot—Robert Toombs, 129, (elected.)
Ips. Jackson, (17.
Os the scattering vote#, wo see our friend ofthe
Corner Stone, received five votes, and stood No.
1 among the outsider*.
The election of Mr. Hill upon the first ballot
should satisfy our friends of the late opposition
that there is uo such dtsposilion iu proscribe them
a* they supposed to exist. It is true it might
have been In part the result of haggling, but if
there was any bargain, it proved insufficient, for
the mn entered against tho field took the purse.
Asa measure of pacification we are glad Mr.
Hill ia elected, lie is not a man of much orlg.
inalty, force or depth, and as a legislator, so far
as we can judge by his career in our General
Assembly, he is decidedly inapt. But that ia our
opinion. Thousands of Georgians look upon him
as the brightest light in the State. The Senato
rial delegation, as a whole, is worthy the reputa
tion of Georgia. The brotherhood of the llouse
on tbe other hand, as a whole, ia such an one as
Gaorgia never sent to Congress before, but under
the benign influences of King Scrub, tot us flat
ter ourselves that it is intellectually far superior
to any we shall send again. Wo are bound to
eoiue down to the very rudiments under the scrub
system.
Seiwe of Salt by (be Governor.
KXECrTIVK DEPARTMENT, [
Milledgcville, On., Nov. IHili, 1861. }
C(>l.. J HK I’ I. WIIIT A K KII,
ComtnitMty (rtntral, <fic.
OOM---I have learned llist there if now icon
aiderable queutlty of salt iu tho depot of the
Central Railroad at Savannah, and I have noti
fied Mr. Adam*, the Superintendent of ,lhe
road, that he i required to detain it in |the de
pot, fahject tu your order, for the u*e of the ar
my. You are hereby ordered to take charge
of the aait and give Mr. Adaina your receipt lor
it. tV hen the owner# prvaent their elaitna you
will pay each five dollar* per aack, which I oon
•ider )u*t At we shall need a
very considerable quantity for public u*e, you
will inform me of any which you may find In the
hands of speculators or trader* who are telling
at more than five dollars per feck, with freights
from Savannah added, eud 1 will give you di
rection* ai to the selturos necessary to be made.
No leisure* will l*e made ol any auppltee in the
hand# of peraona who are felling to the pe<>p[o
at five dollars per sack with freights from Savan.
nah added. I feel that it is gross injustice to
the Uoverument and to the people to permit
•peculator* who have managed to get the con
trol of article* of absolute ncoeasity, to sell
them t the enormous prices now demand
ed iu the market. The Constitution of this
State dearly prorides that private property may
he taken for public use by paying juel rompem
•4<k>n. Under this provisiou, I feel it my duty
when any neeer-ary article is controlled by a
few persons, who demand from the State and
beroititens unreasonable and unjust compensa
tion for it, to authorize you to seise iu tbe bends
of those who ask tbe ‘highest prices such sup
plies-as in ay be needed tor public nee, aud pay
the owners just eompentatton.
I very much regret the necessity which must
control tuy action tn the present emergency, hut
a sense of duty compels me to assume the re
sponsibility. If the constituted authorities do
not interfere, but will pay on the part of the
Flats the high price* demanded by unpatriotic
speculators, the oust of the supply necessary
to maintain our army will soon swell the public
debt to an enormous burden and as tbe high
prices paid by the State will control the mar
kets and compel its citizens to pay as much,
provisions will be placed out of the reach of the
poor who labor for their daily bread, and much
suffering and misery must lx> the result^
1 shall use all the iniwer rested in me by tbe
Constitution and lews of this State to prevent
lhe*e deplorable Yvsults.
Very respectfully, As ,
JOSEPH X. BROWN
How Oar eamisioien were Oweriak***.
Late Intelligence which we have received, ex
plains bow Messrs Mason and Slidell were taken
by the Yankee frigate San Jacinto. Tbe Com
missioners’ arrival in Havana, and the neture of
their mission was so far from being a secret there
that they received the marked hospitalities of the
Captain General of the Island. Immediately up
on their arrival, the Consul of Lincoln, ooe
Shufellt, cent a fast yacht, the Nonpareil, to
Key West with tbe news. Ihus the eueiuy had
abundant time to mature all tbeir arrangements
for tbe eoup. Tbe Commissioners had taken pa*
sage on tbe royal mall steam packet from Ha
vena to Liverpool.
On the 9tb lost., shortly after leaving the port
of Havana, tbe steamer was boarded by the I , 8.
man-of-war San Jacinto, under command ofCspt.
Wilkes, for tbe purpose of arresting Messrs. Ma
son and Slidell, who, with their Secretaries, were
brought forcibly oil’. The party of badio* who
accompanied tbe Commissioners proceeded on
their way, and look with them, it is caid, the offi
cial letters and dispatcher* of the Coimuisioners.
The San Jacinto, on the evening of Saturday last,
reached Fortress Monroe, whence, it is said, tho
arrested Commissioner* will, by permission of
Gen. Wool, send e dispatch to our Government
on the subject of their capture- -i ‘hatUetou Her
onry.
Tlr AIIkI oijke Knjl lirkt.
The Galveston Civilian, of the vth, lias the
following account of this affair, which has been
mentioned in tbrteiegrams :.
Our people were startled this morning with the
rumor that tbe Confederate schooner Royal
Yatoh, commanded by Capt. Chubb, bad been
set on lire last night by the enemy, and that all
on board were captured. Besides tbo rumor,
several parties reported that firing had been buaid
during the night. Subsequent developments
oofirmed the rutuor.
At 3:30 A. M., the seuLinels on the Hunk saw
the Royal Vetch on fire off Boliver, in the bay.
Tbe boats started, and at about the same time
boats from Pelioen Hpit Fort started. Both par
ties readied the Yatcb about the same time,
On boarding, the party hastened to savo the
magazine, toward which the fire was gathering
rapidly. It was within a few inches of tho moga
skne. The fire on deck was also put ou’
Since writing the above, tbe Bayou City has
arrived with tbe Royal Yatoh in tow.
On examining her condition wo find the tire
not near so severe as we had anticipated, yet it
is a matter of wonder that it wav extinguished
aud tba vassal saved at all. The nails are burnt
up, the upper deck, cabin and hatchway are
much scarred. Immediately over the magazine
the deck had burnt through and through the top
of the magasine. a heavy oak plank, two inches
thick. When Jbo Rusk's party reached the
magaziria, some of the ends of the curt ridges were
crisping, and the oannon cartridge- were so hot
that they oould acaroeiy be handled.
The Royal Yacht's cutlasses were found be
low, and her small arms, with the exception of
two guns found on deck, were missing. ‘too of
the muskets found on dock went oil after our
/Viands hoarded her. Her gun, aa stated before,
was ou deck, but burned and blackened con
siderably.
The night was quite dark, and the opinion Is
that the frigate's launches got near the Royal
Yacht before they sbto discovered. A number
of musket and pistol halls were found bedded iu
her ai les and on deck. The frigate’s party must
have been badly scared and left in a hurt hh
several articles belonging to them wore found ■ ■>
deck.
Smmh Items,
We find tbe following items in (lie . nvaniiah
Republican of Monday
FiKine Below. -Very heavy aud continued
flriug whs beard yesterday in the direction <f
Beaufort, but up lo the time of going to press,
we oould got no explanation of the affair. It is
probable the eueiuy attempted to get r foothold
under the cover of their guns, and were resisted
by our troops.
Liberal, Very.- We understand that Gen.
Hherumn, who commands the Lincoln Naval
Expedition has Just issued a proclamation to th#
Carolinians, expressing his regret at their dis
persion, and urging them to return to their
homes and usual occupations—(hut he has not
the slightest intention of harming them In body
or estate, and only desires to uphold the Con
■t itu tie it and laws. He st-eum to forget that
these are the very thing* we are fighting
against.
Obohoia Arms.—Wright’s * Legion, comman
ded by Hon. A. 11. Wright, the Representative
from the 10th Georgia Congressional District,
arrived here a tew evening's since, aud are en
camped in Lite vicinity. They number about a
thousand men, and are, all from the upper por
tion ofthe State. They are a fine body of men
and tbeir arms in some respects, diflerent from
those of auy other command in the service.
Home three companies, or perhnp* more, ure
armed with pikes, a most formidable weapon lor
close quarters, and of Georgia invention. Long
blades of steel are inserted in a handle of wood
some six feet in length, and are suddenly thrown
out by presHureon a trigger or spring at the
opposite eud. Thu*# blades or pikes, are about
two Inches in width and fifteen inches long.
The field pieces of the Legion are also worthy
of note. They consist of four beautiful rifled
•lx pounders, three rifled twelve pounder* breech
loading with double chambers, aud a rifled gun,
mounted ou wheels,with percussion attachment#
aud capable of throwing a ball wllh accuracy
some four miles. These pieces era all f Atlanta
manufacture, and, except tho first mentioned,
the inveutlonof Mr. W. Rushton. of the Georgia
Railroad workshops. The design and work
iaan*hip are both admirable, aud we expect great
execution from them when brought into action
under the coutrol ofthe gallant nun of the Lo
gton.
A correspondent of the Charleston Mercury,
writing from I'cnsncoU under date of the Gtb.
says-
Two soldiers woro shot yesterday by sentence
ot a court martial, tor violating the 9th article
of war. One, a Mississippian, struck his Order
ly Sergeant, and the other, a Louisiana regular,
choked bis Captain. They met their fate with
cool indifference. They died quickly, and with
out pain. The fortutof a military execution is to
place the victim upon a chair in a sitting pos
ture, blindfolded, aud with his arms pinioned
behind him. A squad of twelve is detailed to
•hoot him. Twelve loaded gun* are handed
them, six ofthe guns having blank, and six of
them balls cartridges. They are drawn tip at
a distance of teu paces from the victim, aud fire
simultaneously at the word of command. Thu*
no one of the executioners know* that be bus
shot the victim.
Ah Imcidext or >hr Colvmboi Piuht fUe
Memphis Argue tells the following
Our esteemed citisen, Leui. Farron, of this
county, had a son in the fight at Columbus, who
was, perhaps, the first to meet his death. Hi*
serraut was with the company, and, in tho pro
gress of the battle, missed his master. Looking
for him, be tound him cold iu death. The faith
ful slave took his young master's mu*ket and
cartridge box, tell iuto the rauks, sad fought all
day with unflinching gallantry, dealing death to
many a Idncolnits.
3WR‘Tb# news sent to Kansas of the battle >•!
Leesburg, was that “the National troops were vic
torious, and they had killed 1,200 rebels and ta
ken 4,000 prisoners.” That falsehood takos the
premium.
The Richmond correspondent of the Charles
ton Mercury says.
Mr. Blakely, of the Virginia Convention, pro
poeee some very radical changes in the Constitu
tion, as tor example, that nojone who shall be
come e citizen of the Confederate ffutes after tbe
war, Yankee or otherwise, shall be entitled to a
vote, er be eligible to any important office.
The American War — Th s Cate of the Barque
Boyne— To the Editor of the Skipping and
Mercantile Oner Ur,
Sir--We shall l>e glad of yonr opinion on the
following case, viz The bark Boyne sailed In
March last for Savannah, and was boarded on
tbe IHh of May about seventy miles north of
Savannah by an officer of tbe toiled States
Frigate Niagara, who aaked for the ship’s papers
aud endorsed thereon, that tbe whole of tbe
Southern Const of the United States we# than
blockaded, and told tbe master that he would
not he allowed to enter any port south of Dela
ware break water. On this the master pro
ceeded -n to New York, and loaded a cargo of
grain, Ac., for Liverpool, her whole lreigbt
amounting to about A 1,150, whereas if she bad
been allow .-d to go on to Savannah, she would
have made a freight, at tbe current rates of cot
cotton, •>! nearly £B,OOO, entailing upon us, as
we can prove, a loss of £8,500. It is now well
known i- our Government that Savannah was
not blocaaded till the Bth of Msy. Under
these circumstances, we are entitled to compen
sation from the United States Government, and,
if so, how should we proceed to make good our
claim? We may state that ships were allowed
to go to Savannah without let or hindrance till
the 2Mb of May, and the Amerioao Govern
ment allowed nil ships till the 12th of June to
clear out again.
Yours, truly,’
Owners or the Bov, ex.
October 18, Iflfil,
Arrest of Ike Committioien.
in r| ly,*aays the Charleston Courier, to in
quiries from a iriend, (fen. Benjamin Huger
telegraph* from Norfolk ;
Nostrum, Nov. 18.
Messrs, Slidell and Mason and their Secreta
ries worn taken from a British steamer by Cap
tain Wilkes of the San Jacinto ou the Bth inst
They were brought to Fortress Monroe, and
left there on Saturday for New York. Tbe )a
die went on to England.
BENJAMIN HUGER.
ErricT or this Ca*tukb or Port Koval in
Wall Siiikkt.—The New York Herald of the
12 th umlaut, Bay a ol the ato< k murket :
The cheering news from all parts of the coun
try, contained in this morning's Herald, impart
edwnore f-ourugo to operatorii on Stock Exchange,
and caused a pretty general advance in prices.—
The market betaine especially buoyant on re
ceipt of the dispatch continuing the report of
captu r c of Beaufort, which, it was argued, was
the beginning of the cud. Missouri's ruse %.
There i* mote talk about a combination to
buy up a largo amout of Missouri's, iu view of
tho now certain redemption of tbe .State from
rcWI control. Tbe scheme seems to be attract
ing he attention of wealthy men out West. The
market closed strong, the following being the
last quotations- Halted States fl's registered,
1881, do fi's, coupon, JBSI, V4 y n <&
yi?, do, it ‘a, 1874, (jjsßs; Indiana s’s, 72;
Virginia b‘s, 48 (jpi'J, Tennessee fl’f, 4i(q,11;
North Carolina ti’s, flO 1 * (<j,fi! l 'j- Missouri ti's,
44*^44
Yankkk.h Whipped Again. The following
telegram hum received hero yesterday:
Kansar City, Nov. ft.
Colonel Anthony:
One hundred and twenty of our men, uuder
Capt, Schields, wereeaptured to-day by theeue
uiy, near Little .Santa Fe. T. 8. Cask.
Little Santu Fe is filtoeu miles Houtb of Kan
aasCity, und <>n the L -undary line of Kansas and
Missouri.
A g’ liikimtn who arrived here last night from
Kan# i City, r* ports that the capture was made
ut .! ‘in it in; o’clock yesterday morning.
Capt. Vanberg n and bis German company
arc captured. Only seven men escaped one of
them badly wounded and they are now in Kan
mu- City. Several wagons were taken at the
same time. The troops were from Fort
worth, und hud gone out to overtake a Luton
train and escort it to the army.
[ Lrnvetupiirlh Cv nett retire, 7th.
Tmk. Blockai>*.—-The Charleston Mercury
announces tbe return of the Thendaia to that
port, with a valuable assorted cargo. The Theo
dora it will bo remembered took out Messrs. Ma
son aod Slidell, and their companions to Cuba,
where tl.cy took passage on tbe British steamer
Hohtauek Conveyed to Jail. The several
field and company officer* selected by lot from
among the Federal prisoners at present in th>i
city, as hostages tor tho safety of Southern pri
vateerMuen ou triul iu tho Nurth, were, on Thurs
day last transferred from the tobacco factories
iu which they had previously been contiued, to
tbe county jil hero, in compliance with the or
dera of the secretary id’ War, they are to be close
ly imprisoned “iu exits reserved for prisoners av
cuaed of iniatnouM crimes.” Tho purpose of the
Government is to deal out to these hostages pre
cisely such treatment and such a fate as may be
impoaed upon our men now in the power of tho
North. Among those transferred are i'ols. Lee,
Cogswell und Wood, Liout. Col. Bowman, Ma
jor* Hotter, Revere aud Vodges, and Captains
Ricketts, McQuado and Kockwood. —flit h. A'*-
Blai r Rectblicak Drckhct. We clip the
following from the Evansville (la.) Journal of
the ttlh, and give it as a specimen of what that
people consider “rich:”
“A Rich Toast.—Lew. Wallace, after the
reception nf his commission a* brigadier gen
eral, gave a jollification to the gallant 11th
regiment. Among the standiug toasts drank on
that o caslon was tho following toast in Aowor of
Jell Davis:|
“May he be set afloat in an open boat with
out rudder or compass; may that boat and con
tents bo #wallowed by a shatk, aud the shark
swallowed by a whale, that whale the devil's
Lolly, and the devil in hell, the door locked and
the key lost, and further—tuay he he chained in
th# southwest corner of bell, a northeast wind
blow s#h s iu his eyes to all eternity—God and -n
him’**
Lireiial, Very. We understand that Gener
al bbermun, who commands the Lincolu Naval
Expedition, hu* issued a proclamation to tbe
Carolinians, expressing his regret at their dis
persion, and urging them to return to their
hemes und usual occupations that he has not
the slight##! intention of harming them iu body
or estate, und only desires to uphold the Consti
tution eud laws, lie seem# to forget that these
are the very things wo uro fighting against.—
llepubiirau.
In a siiimidi near Murraysville, Jackson
county, Yu., lust week, forty Yankee: were taken
prisoners, by cue hundred rebels called the
“Moecs.Miis,” and after being disarmed, were re
leased on tukiug the oath not to bear ariusagiust
the South. This news we get from the Cincin
nati paper*. - I.ouitri/le t'ourter.
1 MakK Goon Cahdi.ru. A lady correspon
dent 1 the Houston Telegraph furnishes the
following recipe, which in our preseut condition
will be fo.tnd universally useful:
7 - Harden Tallow, Suet or Laid for Can
ill’ * l ake a half pound each of allutn and salt
pen*. pulverize coarsely, pour on it a quart of
boiling water —take from twelve to twenty
pounds ot tallow, according to its firmness. The
former quantity for the oilly tallow, we get
from u fat bed in summer, or for lard, and the
Utier for tallow that will stand in a oaks; put in
•n iron vesssl near the fire, and when melted,
stir hi tho dissolved ailutu aud saltpetre, and
boil uutil (ho water is all expelled from tbe tal
lo© Have wicks made smeller and of rather
smuller and imcr thread than is usual for horne
tnado caudle* dip them in a strong solution o
saltpetre, and wheu perfectly dry, mould tbs
caudles iu tbs usual way. If any ons. after giv
ing the receipt a trial, govs in darkness, it is
because tbeir deed* are evil.
2*- Gen Bcott says one of his reasons tor
dropping tbs commuud of tbe army was—he has
tbe tleopty.
Uadios.’ es the Knemy it Matthias I’uist. Wanton
Restriction of Property. ‘
We have important news from the Potomac.
The Fredericksburg Recorder ofWednesday,
reports the landing of the enemy at Matthias
Point, and gives the following particulars of
their operations :
The enemy made a landing at Matthias Point
about Iwo hours before daylight ou Monday
morning in numbers reported ut from sixty to
two hundred.
They immediately moved outward into the
country, hilt so quirt hud been tbe lauding that
our pickets in the vicinity were unapprised of
the fact. One ot the pickets, named Baker,
belonging to ('apt. John Taylor’s cavalry, chal
lenged someone approaching, w hen he wa
answered that “u tr end'’ approached, and ini
mediately thereafter received a bail fro in a pis
tol which struck him in the breast and glanced
around on the shouluer. The ball was after
wards extracted with hut slight injury to Ins
person.
The enemy next fired and burnt to the
ground the residence of Custis Grymes, which
had been so perforated with shot arid shell du
ring tbe last few months by the enemy’s vessels
in tbe river as to be nearly, if not quite unten
antable, and has been unoccupied, we believe
for some time.
They next visited the residence of Mercers
Tennant, which they are reported to have
fired and burnt, together with his barn, wheat
•lacks, Arc. Another repott is that the house
was not burnt.
They then advanced to the residence of Mrs.
Stuart, (Widow of the tote Col. John Stuart,)
and arreHed Mr. Dent and his son, of St Ma
ry's county, Md.. and a'so an elderly gentleman
named Nalley. Two of the Misses Snowdens,
of Alexandria, were at this house, and one re
port is, that ail the ladies escaped to the woods,
in their nzght clothes , another report is that
the ladica remained iu the house and were not
molested.
The Federal* also visited the house ol Ben
jamin Grymes, which they are reported to have
destroyed.together with other properly ‘1 his
is confirmed.
After these outrages the Federal* * ontneuced
their piratical feats in stealing ofl the negroes
in the vicinity, and from a dozen servants who
arrived here lavt night we learn that ut many
instances s Ves were forced oil by the soldiery
against their pro citations to be allowed to re
main where they were.
A gentleman wht> left the vicinity yesterday
forenoon, reports that Col Cary’s thirtieth Vir
ginia regiment were within eight miles of
Matthias Point, en route wh**n he >i,
and that Col. tffoke* North Carolina regiment
were pressing on the same point
Capt. Cook’s artillery tie nr-, rrp.-ru-.l i.
have been ordered to the name point.
We have no i-lrn of a fight, aa that is not the
object of the pirates, who divide their lime on
land and water, umTwhose purpose is not to
meet our forces iu manly warfare, but to skulk
around fioiil neighborhood to neighborhood,
where they can pract.cally iliuslrale the prin
ciplea of the L uce In dynasty
LA TICK.
We have just seen Colonel Arnold, of King
George, who was in the vicinity of Matthias
Point yesterday, lie states that the enemy
had all re embarked, and that their vessels
were lying off iu the Fotomsc.
Colonel Cary’s regiment Inn! returned from
tho Point at far a* Fairview four, awaiting
orders.
About forty negroes escaped on Saturday
night, and were carried off by tbe enemy on
Monday morning.
The Wr in the tt ! \ne Trjlutf,
The dispatches from Springfield to tbu Mis
souri Republican, which so publish in another
column, with that papci’s own heading, disc lose
anew and important feature in tho plans of the
enemy. It amounts to i, Ices than the with
draw*! ofthe Federal forces fran Western .Mis
louri and lending them down the Mississippi.
That this is tbe policy nf the administration we
have no doubt whatever, and it behooves the
government as well as the whole peop’u of the
valley to took Well and eaiuodly to the fact.
Tbe descent of the Mississippi will be made by
a probable force of from reveuty five to one hun
dred thousand troops. To meet this force, will
require all their source* that can h brought to
bear against it, and what is more, there is no
time to be lost The Fcderals at Ft. Louis are
building and have well nigh completed six (or
eight guuboats accompanied by one hun
dred aud fifty barges as transports. These de
moiiAtrations, together with the fact (hat troops
are pouring iuto Cairo by regiments daily, are
pregnant with significance, and should servo to
arouse uur whole people to a sense of their dan
ger. We adiuonitii them that they have work
in Store for them if the v would defeud their homes,
their rights and their sacred honor. TO ARMS*
must be the watchwsrd from mis day henceforth’
Every ruan iu the country should be prepared for
the emergency.— ( Memphie Appeal, \bth.
ConMtrat* Settlor!.
The telegraph has already iu formed our rea
ders that the Georgia Legislature ha* elected
lion. B. II Hill and lion. Robirt T< wmbs Sen
ators front ibis State in the I ••nkderate Con
gress. hi# hardly necusssry fur ua to say that
wo are not pleated at this rtsuU. If General
Toombs intends to ru* ; gn his position iu the ar
my of the Confederate Staten, it is altogether
proper that th# State should a#k h services
again in the public councils. Iu imuus like this
we cann and afford to be deprived of (he r#otirre*
of his great intellect.
For tho election of bio colleague there was no
suoh reason. Mr. Hill i* a non of lair talents
and much personal clove rues-, but is tar fr<>ui
being a great tuau. Asa mem tier of the Pro
toional Congress h not only gained no reputa
tion but lost uiuoh that he had Weighed in
the bellance with great men he bus been tound
wanting. Under ordinary circumstances ©e
could rejoice at an event which we know has
gratified so many of tho people of our State; tu t
the public necessities require that all personal
feelings should be put aside, and (hat tho office*
which have thus boon tilled by our Legislature*
should be bestowed only upon men distinguished
tor tbeir commanding mtelligutice, large experi
ence and approved statesmanship. This requi
sition vre fear has been’oniy half met.
Traitors. Seven uien have been arrested in
Chattanooga on a charge of being connected
with the late bridge burnings and the rebellious
movements in East Tennostioe. Their names are
Wm. v rutchfield, a very rich man, George River,
John Blackfield. a rich man, Col. Vaughan, au
old citizen, but disloyal, #aid to he very sly in
his Union movements, James Cstnoron, Jacob
Humphreys and George Alexander. So says the
Atlanta Confederacy.
Krom folnnkts.
From tbe latest intelligence from Columbus,
we learn that the Coufedorate*are cutting down
all the timber on the Missouri side of the river,
so that it may afford tbe enemy no cover. The
residents of all the country between Cairo and
Columbus on tbe Missouri ride are abandoning
their home* and crossing tbe river
A soldier who had buen taken prisoner, but
who escaped from Cairo, reported that soldiers
were coming into that place in great number*,
and that (he day before be left, Wedne#day,uine
regiments arrived There wa# a general ex pec
tation at Columbus that there will soon be an in
vasion of a more serious character than the late
one at Bel mont.
Revolution in Sonora.—th# Mesilla Times,o !
October 17, says:
The Mexioan (Slate of Sonora i* again in a
state of revolution. Wa have dates te August
20, via Chihuahua City. A party of men num
bering 400, with eight pieces of artillerv,had lan
ded iu the district of Alamos, under one Chedi
ohelli, a Frenchman in the interest of Manuel
Gandaraex-Governor ofthe State. Many toreig
nera were connected with tbe expedition They
were carrying everything with them
t'OLl MBIH.SATIKDA 1 KOYF.MBKR2I, 1861.
The Bill Opened nl I'-nsacola.
Our realtors wiU'observe under the Telegraphic
head the announcement that the long deferred
conflict at Pensacola, began yesterday morning
at V o’clock. The forces in the Fedoral fortress
opened fire on tbe Confederate batteries, in obe
dience, we suppose, to orders carried out by tbe
Lincoln fleet. We further surmise that this
uioveiutnt is made for tbe purpose of engaging
Gen. Bragg's attention in front to enable the
fleet to securely land a force in his rear.—
Wha'ever be the programme, we have full confl
donee that our brave General and his gallant
men will meet tbe enemy successfully at all
points.
Viikra loti Di\i* Meet is til* Middle es lb* Mississip
pi Elver.
Ll*. (HI*.A AN$ HUH. GHAUT MAV* All INTER
VIEW !
Columbus Kr, Nuv. 14.
Ed it ore Appeal On yesterday, the I Jib inst.,
Tbe elegant steamer Prince, Captain Butler, left
our wharf at 10 o'clock, p. m , and proceeded op
tbe river toward Cairo, On board were Generals
Polk, Cheatham and McCown, with their respec
tive staffs. Lieutenant-Colonel 1 illinan, ofthe
infantry, Captain Orsy, of the artillery, and Cap
tains Haywood and Balleotine, ofthe cavalry.—
About midw*y between Columbus and Cairo we
met ibe steam* r Atoc ttoott, having on board
(sen. Grant, Col. Logan, Major Hatch, and other
officers of the Lincoln army, together with
venerable Judge Brcese, late United States Sena
lor from Illinois. Tbe steamer* both bearing the
white flag, were iashtd together in the middle of
the stream, and a lengthy interview took place
between Gen*. Polk and Grant.
Iu the meantime tbe officers, both Federal and
Confederate, mingled with ea'-h other, drank
champaign# together,told anecdotes aud incident*
of the late battle, complimenting each other up
on the heroism aud bravery displayed on both
• idea, snd altogether, had a most delightful time.
The result of the cou'ersn ce between the Gene
rain was that our prisoners, about .HO or 00 in
number, were to be given up to us in return of
the 104 wounded men that we bad of theirs. leav-
ing about VO of tbeir weii men still in our hands.
The ceremony over, the two boats again sepa
rated, amidst the waving of bats and handker
chiefs of the officers of ‘he two armies, who, in
ail probability, mil agatu meet eonu in deadly
conflict. Besides the officer* there wire tbiee la
di**ou ach of the boats, who *emcd to enjoy
the some v.**ily. The whole parley was conduc
ted on h -tu Mides in tbe uiont ebivalrto and high
toned style.
Lido and Slidrll (nti sp aul.r Crutrit.
Richmond,Nov. 18—Tbe IritabSU-enter bad
left Mad.ira when overhauled by the San Ja
nuito. The CaplHiQ deman led a-list of her pas
sengers. This was refused, and given under pro
test. Mideii and Ma.o were demanded snd
given under protest.
Thu Washington Star of the !4tb, say* the
Fedtrai vi<v*ry near l* ketou is oorrect, and
changes tbe location to Prtstooburg. Pays the
number of prisoners was two thousand instead
of one. tien. Williams aud 11.. w prisoner*. Con
indurate* killed, 400.
The flags captured at Purl It tyal are now used
as curtains in the Navy Department. Navalsa
lutes wire fired at each naval station.
Bbaruian is to be reinforced with |4,U00 troop*,
immediately.
John Cochran, in his soeech, advocates ar
ming tbe slaves.
It is again reported that the Sumter was cep
turned by the crew on hoard the Niagara.
LtuieviHe Courier, A’js. iv.
Imprtaut Irm! in Km.luu.. .Capture nf 19 (o.lub
ißeawr.
•
Boston, Nov 14— Samutl P. Fkinner, of .New
Bedford, was convicted iu the l oiled States
Circuit Court to-day of lilting out ibu Margaret
Scott as a slaver.
On the perron of James Brown, arrested as
a ><u-e*Mooiat yesterday, wal bund a letter
from Wm. I, Yancey, in England, his son in
Atobtma, in which he speak a. ol
the prospects fur tbe reocguijflHn the (South
ern Confederacy by the European Powers.
A vessel, arrived at Holmes's Hole, reports
that a Urge English steamer, laden with muni
tions of war. _had been captured by a Tuiled
States frigate, and taken iuto Key Wust.
Tbo Niagara, from Liverpool the I’d aud
q'ucciistnwu on the -'ld of Novriuber, reached
Halifax yesterday morning n her way to Bus
i tun Her new* is two day* later than that
brought by the Nora Scotia to Farther Itoiat.
►'rum the kt-ntukj Lmr
News was received last night from Wise coun
ty that the euuuiy, under .N'eiaon, had succeeded
in getting through the Pound Gap, aud were ad
vancing on Col. William* iu heavy numbers,said
to !>e ten thousand. On Friday last Col Williams
was four or five miles this su e of the Gap, the
enemy • n the other side. We have no further
intelligence, but tbe foregoing is sufficient to de
monstrate the pressing importance of active ex
ertions to prevent dhuster. The Government
here have ordered up several regiments to Ab
ingdon aud Bristol.— K'l'hutand Uispolth, IVIrA
,‘MSf.
Th. Vilkiac I'api-rn of “tb. Ki.hl Baa ia th. Kicht
flat.”
Fremont got his permit to “run (he blockade,”
and take Jessie A Cos., along with him, after the
following style
snaoiAL GRUBB—B*>. 004.
iltc a i*q r a ktk h h or th a Army, I
Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, Nov. 12th. )
Maj->r General John C. From out having beeu
relieved from the command of the Western IK
pertinent, and from duty in tbe field, those men.
l*rs of bis staff who have been selected from
civil life, under the authority of the act approved
August, 1861, cease from the date on which he
relinquished command to be connected with the
service.
AH person*, with the exception of regimental
snd company officer*, who have been appointed
into the military service by Major General Fre
mont, and whose appoiutmeut have not been
sanctioned by tbe President, are hereby dis
charged fr ui the service of tbe United (State*.
By co mm aud of,
Maj. Gen. M-'CLKI. LAN
L. JTmmas, Adjutant General.
th. I'rJ.rsl Tro|n in u.l .uaaiul RishuitM.
Thu Charleston Courier, of Wednesday, con
tains a narrative of Mr. H. C. Ferrell, one ofthe
recently released prisoners of the Lincoln Gov
ernment in Washington It contain* the follow
ing statement respecting tbe Lincoln force in
and around Washington
A grand review of the army in and arouud
Washington was made by Gen. McClellan, the
(Saturday previous to the release of the prisoners.
The procession commenced moving at half past
ten in the morning, tbe last of the troops passing
tho Capitol grounds about half past three in the
afternoon. The force was estimated by (be pris
oners atebout 300,000, with 300 piece* of artille
ry. Most of the troops marched very badly, and
several of the cavalry tumbled out of their sad
dle*. <ne of died the next day. Upon the
arrival of Lincoln a salute was fired, bursting
one of the pieces and killing two men
| Old Abe Bcrnt in Krriuv.—From a gen
tleman just arrived from Ohio, by way of Owens
boror’, we learn that tha indignation at Zanes
ville, in that State, was so great at the removal
of Gen. Fremont, that Lincoln was publicly
burnt in effigy a few days ago. Our informant
also say* that the Cincinnati Germans “over the
Rhine,” were so disgusted and enraged about
the removal that they refused to take Federal
bonds at more than fifty cents on the dollar.— j
Louieiille Courier, 14 th {net.
(COB PORT ROYAL
The news from that portion of the coast occu
pied by the enemy, continues to come to us most
tardily and in meagre proportions. The distance
of Hilton Head from tbe mainland, and tbe haz
ardous nature of all navigation in the neighbor
bond, render it difficult for our forces to approach
near enough to form ai y very dt finite idea ol
their number or movements.
It is understood, however, o pretty reliable
authority, that the eueiuy has abandoned Beau
fort and Port Royal Island, on which it is situa
ted, aud are now cobfioed to Hilton Head, Pinck
ney Island, immediately west, and separated from
the former by Skull Creek, and the point knqwn
as Bay Point, ou Jenkiua’s Island, across the
Sound, and opposite Fort Walker lllllon Iliad.
It is said they are throwing up extensive at and
formidable works on Hilton Head, thus giving
evidence of an intention to make a permanent
lodgment on tbe Island. Skull Creek is now
completely im tor tbeir control, and the works at
Braddock’s Point on the south eud of the Ltond,
command the entrance to Daufuski Sound.
It ia said that a party of two Federal-) ventured
on the mainland a day or two since, when, being
discovered by our tneo, on > of them was captureu,
•he other got to hi* boat in time and made good
his escape. Thu prisoner states that tbe fleet
landed IJ.UQU ofthe 20 UOU with whom they set
sail, lie could give no account of the remaining
7,000, and, from all indications, there is good
reason fur tho belief that they went to tbe hot
tom in the storm. Ifth.s he *o, leaving out tbe
ships and vast amount,of property that perished
with them, the Yankees have purchased an island
footboid on our coast at a fearful cost. Ia view
of (he fact that they are l.kely to stay thore, we
are almost inclined to the opinion that they de
.ervo it!
Yesterday d*-veloped nothirg iu explanation ot
tbe firing on the uoast, reported in our last issue.
[.Vor. H*p,l\ei.
(uDfrcsiß.D froa Riunri.
The Missouri Legislature adj urr.ej on the
7th inst., after having passed an ordinance ol
secession, and a namber of important acts
—among ahich was appointing a fuil delegation
fr**m the State fn the Couiederate Congress, as
follow*:
Senators—Gen. J- hu B Clarke, Col. L)pryton
Representatives Ist District W. M Cot k.
2d District—Gen. C. T. Harris
.'} i *• Ca*pr W. Bell.
4th “ Adam 11. Coudou.
4tb ** G. C Vest.
Ath “ L W, Freeman.
7th “ Dr. Hyer of Dent county.
Tli. R u m krolitli) I’m ut lik Sktlthei ut our
Owil, it lulimbui. ky
A correspondent ofthe New York Herald, who
accompanied a deg til truce from Cairo own to
Columbus, paints the following pen portraits of
our Generals there, wht e ralibre the North has
just learned :
ucmlrsl j*l*-
Getn-ral Leonidas Polk, the Major General of
the Western Division, I should judge to be a man
o fifty winters, tall and straight, bearing in every
w>>rd and look the impress of the general rather
than the divine ; gray eyes, deep set, keen and
penetrating , nose rather of Roman order of ar
chitecture, mouth sunken, lips tightly compressed,
hair and *ide whiskers (/ milnair) precociously
frosted, quick spoken an 1 ready, and, withal,
uffahle ia conversation. To give New Yorkers
a butter ‘dea of the looks and buaiiMg* of the
rebel leader, I would say, take the elder Stetson,
at the Astor lioutr, add two inches to his stature,
sprinkling a lew inure gray hairs over his brad
and sane, dress him iu a Major Geueiai's suit,
and they wid have Leonidas P.dk iu (teriVctioa.
lie is by n meaus an ausire mat-, if we are to
Judge by his address during tb three or four
hours he remained iu our company; yet deter
mination sit* upon rveiy lineament of his cun
tenauce, and tiruiness creeps out in overy look
and jtwlure.
WKMfcKAL PILLoW.
General Gideon J Pillow stands about five
feel nine and a half inohes in bis rhuet, a finely
formed man, and looks much younger than his
superior, though I am told if rank in the army
wore based upon age, he would rank as the higher
officer- A high and broad to re head sets ofl a
pleasing face to very flue advantage: small,
keen, black or rather haiei eye, tuil beard, clas
aicat nose, teeth white and regular, and hi*
whole person tl appearance betokening him rather
the gentleman than the soldier. General Pillow
it strictly temperate in his habits, drinks oo'.bing
but water, uses no narcotics, employs no physi
cian, and bids fair to live to see several more
campaigns, unless, at an unlucky moment, ho
should fall into the hands of tbe United Slate*
Government, wheu, in all probability, hi* suavi
ty as a gentleman, his good looks and temperate
habits combined, would be inadequate to pro
long his existence.
URXKRAL M'cow*.
General MoOeVB has tbe exterior look of being
tbe fighting man of the stafl -a tail, well made,
j mueculer man. a face sun burnt and hard from
exposure; bluff and abrupt in bis manner*, yet
withal, not unpleasant ; just such a man as one
would choose fur a friend and fear as an enemy.
Thirty five years of vigorous manhood, wrapped
in leather, nerved with iron, propelled by light
ning, and robed in the plainest arid roughest of
common ninth, form the tout tmevtnble. When he
speaks one can almost imagine he hear* tbe snap
and snarl of a bull terrier; yet his men love him
aod he to a man toward whom one feels drawn
the more he sees and knows him.
A (SKNKKAL VIEW OP TH* CAMP.
Os the inferior officers, I must be allowed to
say that a more gentlemanly, attentive, aud
kindly dtopoowd set of uien I have not seen any
where. But of the troops (I ought hardly to
• all them such, so rough, ill clad, aJ ununi
f rmed did they appear), I may say there seems
to be a vast field tor improvement. I noticed,
howver, that the horse* <>f the camp were much
ouperior to those of our own army, and oould
not help indulging the most invidious compari
sons between them and the pour, old, broken down,
spavined, heavy, rough coated, knock kneed>
purblind, wind broken, condemned things that
the War Department is furnishing our cavalry
and artillery.
Ofthe forces at ColumbuM I can say nothing,
for our mission there was not to pry into the
secrets of ihtir camp ; but I discovered that
there was no lack of fort* and cannon, or tent*
and stables, end I Judge that, if tbe place is
ever taken, it will be at the expense of more
live* than the public at present imagine.
Th. friiii ei Ibr linis.ififii.
Nkw Orleans, N'ev 20
The mo*t intense anxiety prevails here with
regard to the situation of affairs on the Mississip
pi, near Cotumbux, Ky. A grand combined at
tack by all the enemy's forces, land and river, is
anticipated at any moment. Commodore Hollin*
is there in command of our flotilla. lie to-day
sent orders by telegraph for all tbe available
boats and the steam Ram Manassas, togo up im
mediately. A floating battery of 2U guns goes
up at If o'clock to-night. It will be towed by
tour boats, and it is expected that tbe voyage
will occupy eight days. Alt tbe river pilots here
have been impressed into the Confederate service.
(Seventeen thousand troops and seventy pieces of
orduance are at Columbus.
Two companies from the State wt Alai am a
were engaged in the battle of
Jabe Curry Ritlea” ami the ‘AutaffSHKlrda”
both attached to Blythe'a M talion
They behaved with great galMK^-
i
m •
“The bee thrt garden rovea,
And hams the eourtahip o'er.
But, when he finuOhe dower he love*,
lie aettlea there, and huina no more.”
—(Hymeneal head of Each, paper.
There'a the difference ; the newly married man
ataye to hum.
Another Sciiirc of Sill.
A lot of salt was seized by tbe order of the Gov
ernor at the Bouth-W stern Railroad Freight
Depot in this place yesterday. It cost the owner
nine dollars per sack, and at five, the loss to him
will be coneidirable. We submit that this seis
ure ofthe property of merchants in active trade,
whose only business is to supply their customers
on the best terms they can, is likely to work very
serious hardships. Such seizures should be con
tiued entirely to stocks bought at old prices and
held up from market ! There are cases of this
kind in Savannah aud Atlanta, as we are inform
ed. But to lake men’s salt at five dollars, who
have paid seven and nine for it, i* neither just
nor reasonable. If the rise in salt ia due, as is
charged, to monopolies of the article, then it is
simply punishing tbe rut me aud not the meri
no/#. Tbe upshot ofthe seizure of salt so con
lucted, must be an entire banishment of the ar
ticle from the market, distress among
the people, wh > may soon find it impossible to
buy a quart of salt to season their food with. —
We do not ol ject to a proper exercise ofthe pow
ers assumed by tbe Governor, but there is great
necessity for prudence and discrimination —Ma
con Tel.
Two More Federal Straiten Missis*.
The Baltimore Clipper, of the 13th, has the
following paragraph:
It will be remembered that about one month
since, the steamers Peerless and Osceola were
chartered by tbe Government to carry # cattle
to Fortress Monroe. Some apprehension was
then expressed as to the strength and general
availability of one ofthe steamers,but a favorable
report of one of the officers to whom the matter
was referred led to noth being chartered.
Ample stalls were fitted up in both vessels ;
and about two weeks since they were forwarded
with ibout one hundred and fifty head of prime
cattle to the great fleet for the use of tbe troops
on board, tiiuce their departure, nothing what
ever has been hear t from them, end there is a
u prevailing apprehension in the Quartermas
ter's office that they have beeo wrecked or dam
aged iu the great storm of Saturday week.
Th* rm>*r*xn*iiT or Secrbtahv Sbward.-
The New York In dependent (Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher's paper) of tost week, oontains the fol
lowing queer paragraph:
“Just aa we are going to pres#, we receive a
most important piece of information from a re
liable source. It is nothing lesss than tbe ex
pressed conviction of Mr. Seward that the Gov
ernment eu’ceed tn th it %oar; that the
Confederacy will probably be recognized by the
European Powers, and that pesos will result in
sixty days. Iu view of this Mr. Thurlow Weed
has been sent to England, and if he shall find the
British ministry determined to recugnitetbe Con
federacy, the administration here will prepare at
ooce for peace. It was to pave the way for this
(bat tbe discouraging report ot Adjutant Gen
eral Thomas was allowed to be published. We
have no space at this late hour to remark on this
information, except to say, if entirely correct (as
we are positively assured) it will simply break
down the administration and destroy the coun
try”
Tbe New York Tribune denounces this as
huinbuggery, aud as “good for stock Jobbers." —
Tbe writer of the article was subsequently ar
rested by Reward and sent to Fort Lafayette.
TUT* A Washington dispatch ssjs the total
balance to the credit of tbe United States Treas
ury ia the States now under insurrectionsry con
trol is stated at six and a half millions.
No Mo** Tko .vn raou Minsisaippi—Tbe
Jack*on correspondent of tbe Vicksburg Sun
say*, he has seen a totter from Gen. Johnston
to Gov. I’ettvs declining to receive more troupe
uudt-r the late requtoition. Laving already more
soldiers than be cjo dispose of. Tbe Governor
is requested to dirband all companies organised
uuder said requisition, unless they go armed and
equipped for the war. The Sun states that the
volunteers who bad recently been mustered into
service at that city were very indignant at being
disbanded, and their officers bad toft for Jack
son to lay their case before Gov. Pettus.
4Hflr A gold box and tbe freedom of the city is
to be presented to Gen. Robert Anderson by the
Mayor aud Common Council of New York.
Avery small box will suffice to bold all the
“freedom of the rrty” there is toft in Gotham.
JEBT We have been shown a letter, says the
Louisville Courier,f the 19th, from the wife of
a *urgeon iq one of tbe regiments at Cairo, in
which she says that there were six thousand
troops toft that place in the Belmont expedition,
and the next morning after their return, nut three
thousand could be tound to answer to their
name*.
Id Breckinridge county, Ky., tbe other
day, a band of abolitionists broke into the house
of an old man, carried him out and whipped him
nearly to death to make him take tbe oath of al
legiance to Liucoln. They could extort bo oth
er answer (ban a refusal, and they carried him
off nearly dead, a prisoner to a Lincoln camp in
the neighborhood.
Hoe. Juhr K. Wari>.—Tho Quebec Chronicle
!*yt the Hon. John E. Ward, late Minister to
Chins, was in that city recently,'and has gone
to England. The Chronicle says:
“It is conjectured here .that Mr. Ward took
liters of marque with him to he given to priva
teers to cnitoe in China waters, if not to look
after California treasure ships on the Pacific side
ofthe Isthmus. Numbers of other Southerners
have come and gone thisjrammer by our steamers
and many inure have been staying in Toronto,
Montreal, and even here. The United States
passport system i* not only a nuisance, but a
very useless one.”
Election or Manobic Grand Master
David Ramsey, K*q., of Charleston, was elected,
November 20tb, Grand Master of tbe Grand
Lodge of Masous tor South Clroliom.
.&~Pikevilto, where Humphrey Marshall’s
Confederate force is said to bare won a decided
victory, is tbe sbiretown of Pike county, which
constitutes the extreme easterly portion of Ken
tucky. Pikeville is probably not more than tea
or fifteen miles from the Virginia line. The
presenoe ol Confederate force in that locality
menaces the toft flank of tbe Lincoln army
which threateus Zollicotter at Cumberland Gap;
but will probably never advance from Rockcae
tle county upn ohim. Zollic. ffer holds the gate
of Eastern Tennessee against traitors within and
luradiug toes without, aud can hold it as long
as necessary, so impregnable is the position.
A onbut vs. Mibpobtubb.—The following
vood joke is current in the London clubs
Tbe Prinoe Imperial ami the Emperor Napo
leon were in disoussieu about *eduoationai sub
jects, and from pothooks had got lo synonyms
and equatonte of words, when tbe jurenile im
perial blood asked his parent te explain to him
tbe difference between tbe words “accident” and
“misfortune’’ whiob have certainly a little closer
affinity in French than English, and seem to re
quire elucidation. After a pause tor illustration
his majesty said “I will tell you, my boy, tbe
the exact difference. It would tie an accident
if your cousin, Prince Napoleon, were to tumble
into tbe Seine, but it would be a misfortune if
any oue were to help him out agate.”
Large supplies of salt, coming in from Western
Virginia, are bringing down the price of that ar
ticle in Richmond and Petersburg.
Str A servant in the employ of Mrs. James
K. Polk, in Nashville, last week took a knife,
while in a temporary fit of derangement, and
killed three of her ebildren, completing tbe trag
edy by cutting her own throat.
OOLI'MKI H. MON HA l. .NOYKMHKK 25, IM,|.
Destruction of llie long Staple.
From the following extract from a private In
ter published in ‘he Columbia (43. C.,) Ourotiniuh
we are gratified to lean that tbe planters on the
coast of South Caruiiua have tonne.l and are
acting upon tbe patriotic resolution to tqttor
nothing of value to fall into the hand* of the
Yankee invaders. We trust that the specula
tion of the writer in reference to the conduct of
our Georgia planters, will not be disappointed
wheu occasion offers. Indeed, so strongly does
this policy commend itself to our reason, that
we should rejoice to see it practically endorsed
by the Confederate Congress. If that body would
paas an act providirg compensation to such
planters as will destroy their crop* which may
be in imminent danger of fulling into *the ban i
of the enemy, and exc'uding from its benefits
those who shall refuse to make tbe temporary
sacrifice, its action w< uld be bailed with satis
faction by the whole country :
“Kdisto Island is nearly laid in ruins. Mr.
J. J. Mfkell, Mrs. Hopkins, and Mr. I
have all burned tbeir entire crops, negro houses,
barn*, Ac , and at a meeting ofthe planters this
has been universally determined on. The same
spirit* actuates the owners of all the Bea Island
plantations. I fu'ly expect to here that the en
tire Sea Island crop of this State will meet *
similar fate. None will be saved, tor all is m
the fields or gin houses; thus twenty thousand
bale*, tbe product of this State, amounting r
two millions five hundred thousand dollars, wi 1
be destroyed by the hands of the proprietor.-
themselves, rather than it shall full into tb<-
poesessiou of our vandal enemies, and 1 have n<
reason to beliove that Georgia will pursue m .
other course, llor people are as noble and a-
self-eaerdicing as ours. The Bea Island crop :
ast year was estimated ut forty thousand bah-.-,
and this year the favorable seasons tqjide tbo
planters calculate on forty-five thousand halve
Should tbe vandal* over run Florida, and make
any demunstratkn on tbe Sea Island producing
portions of that State, you may expect # the plan
ters there to follow our example, and thus will
the entire fine staple crop of this Confederacy bo
totally destroyed, estimated in value ut SIOO to
$l5O a bale, t om tour to five millions ; but tho
is Dot ail. The cultivation of this article will tut
be resumed while the war lasts. It is .known u
you that the seaboard of South Carolina. Geor
gia and Florida, are the only regi >ns of thr
earth where fine and extra tine cotton, termed
LongjStuple. can be successfully produced.
Now, the productiou of this article is indtopen
sable to tne utanu(acturcr* of Balton, Lun<-abue
and many other ot the vL#tricts in England.
France, Gtrmany aud Switz< rian.l. There is
no substitute for it.
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(uulilir) it fort Icßip.
We learn from a gentleman, who pas.-ed
through this city, with the corps of one ofthe
Macon companies, that several of the soldiers
from that city were killed and wottuded by th
failing of some of the timbers in Fort M Hat
on Friday. We condole w ith our sisier uty ,u
her losirs.
Tua Eisxr:—We have nothing important
from Hilton Head. The enemy have landed
about a thousand head of htrses hi I'iucktu-y
Island. Could not Clingbam send a few ol bir
red uieu to raise a stampede among thtrn Me
have uo doubt they Would run as their
did at Manassas.
There have been rumor# of (ho Yankees at
tempting to cross from Pinckney lriand to ti e
mian, at the ferry, which w# hope to be true
They will be welcomed to ‘'hospitable grav.
Columbia Carolinian, 22 et.
Sill ! Salt!
We had the pleasure of a vtoit ou Wednesday
evening, (ruin l*rof. Tbomss.-y, who was on bis
way to New Orleans. He iuforms us that ou
bis return be will select some safe locality on
the coast of Georgia or South Carolina and corn
meoce the manufacture of salt, ills lute opera
lious were unfortunately broken up by tbe cap
tur# of Fort Royal.
We hope his works will toon be uuder way
for notwithstanding they is a large amount <:
salt in (he country, tho poor will find it difli
cult to obtain unless the present high price i >
reduced in some way.— Sj. Conftd.
It will be seeu by our new# column#, that the
Lincoln government is retreating from its p<*#i
tion in regard to prisoner#, and is now seeking
au exchange. Not, indeed, in that frank honors
ble manner in which it should be sought, but
oovertiy and indirectly. It is strango that Lin
coin and bis Cabinet <l,> not see how thej thus
expose themselves to ridicule, and increase the
shame which they seek to hide. They virtual y
tell the world that “their poverty and not thuir
will eoDsents"—-that it is au exceedingly bitter
pitl they have to take, but that utessi'y compels
them to it.
Among the prisoners whem they thus propose
toexchange,are five re.-igned U. S- Naval officers,
whom they arrested in Boston, at the moment
of resigning. Prisoners thus captured, they a.k
us, in tbe deaf and dumb dialect, u> exchan
tor men taken on such field* as Manassas and
Belmont and Leesburgl.The proposition do-gra
ces them. —ltichmond Enquirrtr.
Destructive Fire.
Yesterday morning about 2 o’clock, a fire broke
out in the new candle manufactory of J. J
Thrasher, Esq., on Whitehall utreet, and not
withstanding the prompt and faithful exertion#
of our firemen, the building owned by I. G.
Mitchell, tbe Sash and Blind (Shop, of Day A llill
Carpenter’s Shop of House A Boston; a small
dwelling owned by Mrs. (Mark, and another
dwelling owned by E. Holland, Esq., the stable
and back buildings of L. E. Bartlett, the obi
Roark corner, and tbe new brick store of J. B
Lofton, Esq., were ail eousumed, together with
most of tbeir contents. The amount of loss has
not yet been ascertained. The Roark corner
building waa insured for $2 000. We have
beard of no other insurances on the building# r
goods consumed.
The tire was evidently th© work of an in dun
diary. Let every citizen be ou the alert, aud
our firemen have everything ready for action at
the shortest notice.- Alina ta Confederacy
Interesting to Housewives. The Vick#
burg Whig notices a favor sent to that office by
a lady, as follows
A great curiosity was *ent us by Mrs. Blanch
ard. It is a “model economical candle ” sixi;-
yard* long, and it is said will burn six hours
each night for six mouths, and ul! that light at
a cost of about 50 cent* It is made by taking
one pound es beeswax and threo-tourths of u
pound of rosin, and melting them together; then
take about four thread* of slack twisted cotton for
a wick, and draw it about three times through
tbe melted wax and rosin, and wind it in a ball
then pull the end up above the bail and light it,
and you have a very good candle. Ours i# very
fancifully wound round a corn-cob, and makes a
pretty orn&meut.
ScfL. Lincoln, to sot a good example to his
subjects, has lately taken SB,OOO in bis own
treasury notes—an instance of self-sacrificing pa
triotism, which was forthwith telegraphed over
the astonished North, which was immediately
convinced that “ such a people could not be con
quered,” aod could conquer the South.
Texas Pork.—Wb are gratified to learn from
all sources [says the Galveston News of the .oth]
that we have a prospect of an abundance,oi
pork iu the interior. Mast is unusually abuu
dant everywhere, while the crops of corn have
been heavier, perhaps, than ever before known
in Texas. The oost of fattening hoga is, there
fore, almost nothing. We would inform our
farmers that they can find a profitable market
here with our citizens and soldiers for large
supplies of bacon, for which we now have to pay
20 cents or more per pound, and rarely any to
be had at thet.