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MMtUFI. riUKAT. JIOTMIBK* .!'’ The Lrfiililtrc 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. m • (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.