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COLQUITT & YYARItEV. Proprietors.
Volume XVI.
OilLiiQUim. tl KM)A\, IIKIEVIBKR :i. mi.
Speech ot Hou. Wzu. L Y .11 ty in
Lcnion
His Kfinarks Enlhusiaslitally \|>pUui!etl.
[from the London Globe, \uv. 12 j
Mr. Dudley Maun, and Wui. L. Yancey, (wo
ot'*the .Southern Commission*. r, low in I'upland
attended the dinner ot Ure F<>Um mgers* Compa
ny on Raiui day. Mr. Yancey in to a
n.mplim-’iitary toast, wad** the following speech
which derives iuter. tt trow the tact that the *
Minister from the United >l .-, Mr. Adams,was |
at the same time speaking m uu ;.iu di.
Mr. Y .uccy •win:
Upon the part .if hii cans, I since roly re
spond to the seutiliu nt ju t express'd hy the
Prince Warden, for the re-iored „ j. M( .„ j„
Vitt.-rioa. bueh a wish pr-udaiineJ hy . -.uipany
..I intelligent Englishmen iuum kind.. <ums
ponding spirit in Lbe b-. M . f; , unli.reien
ed and impartial Amern nn. Ti. j name Anieri
cso no longer represents aun ted i •■■*.!. 1 re
exists now two Ameriean nr. in - i| u
federate and the Federal Am . un |„. v „
may perhaps he a war.- -am a i’ -i. .and. r.j, . f
the Federal Am rican*. uu.ii n tiu : it..- .h ir
aider ot oU. c-.mm ju torefai hr . t.sd .kily lerm
me, a tenet, hut the justice uni tin , v n •~|
Uu* great tiovernni.-iK, promptly n.t, ; ~
0) trance and Bpatt>, speedily wijol out i|,,.t
stigma from our brows, and mv , un r\tiei t are
acknowledged here, at bust. |„. I„ :i. .*r**nt-.
i Cheers.)
Though indebted to an enlarged .nd enlight
ened view of (*ubtic law. ii i not >. th,. u.cre
giace .>r lavor ol Kugla'd *..r tin- .o knew dg
uienl of uur m quet-t no <_• nj.li
niuttdi 1 must li.f \n, i here to night ti at
deep tense *f ihaiiKAlness who h i mu -ure hII
uy country inoii loci ’or i- • . rly pnld • avowal
tt't <la( ifin < if- // t i I'jolonged < e*ers.’
From no other p.-w. •■••uid it . -im-so gracefully.
In Lhu—the old countrj he pi;n.|’ ot tudf
g'.Viruaicut is ret*.>gnired and p.., -!i, rd, hovvev
rver blend, and wtih the |m< i ratit,.- -,| ||*„ cr.-wn
and the prit ii ges of the m- i . ! your
institutions Auieru .t - . incud „ r the
chief of those vital pr m ,"*•.>> w.nh ituvecau ‘cd
them to stylo the ii.q übiic
The laud of the five
And the hum. of'di*? <.p; r - .
Such invaluable rights us i... ..id Engluh
writ of ho hen $ corpHu, of a s ; c.dy trial by jury,
of freed'm of speech, and freedom ot the press,
are tin* main pillars of Am Than ('<>nsiitutionnl
Liberty, and i am happy and proud to say are
observed at least throughout the Confederate
American .States a.-, vital .nd practical rghts,
even during th'ir stern struggle* to preserve
nations I life. ( Hear, bear, sn.l cheers 1 I feel
h< w unbecoming it would ‘us in me to intrude
upon such an oee-. ion c- to present any merely
partisan views of the chums which l.a.c broken
up the lain F-oniul Union No matter what
they umy have he n. one thing is <dtnr, and that
is that the contest now going on is upon the part
of the people of the t'.om d.jrale (States for the
right to govern themselves and resi t subjuga
tion by the North. Hear, hear.) They occupy,
a territory as large a.- England, France, .-pair,
and Austria togefto r < *•y number 10,00(1,000
in number—they are eoutby producers of impor
tant raw materials, and hu ; of ail kinds of
manufactured goods.
Their pursuit:’, soil, climate, and productions,
are totallv different li .ui tb*.*© ... tj... North.
They thii.k if tl leir interest to buy whom they I
vtiii buy oho..pest, a.id seli where they can sell
dearest. In all iti.n he North ditler* l
from them, aud n.>w uiakr* war upon us to eti
force the supreimo y of tl. ■'r imi.- kiti idea- and
selfish interest (Hear, h.tr, end cheer*.) In
defence . f th< ir lib. r ie a: and si.vercign inde
peo.leu-c the Oonf. <! .. . Mat. -and people are
united and resolute. ‘I he) arc invaded by a
Power numbering 2M,uf)i,tMiu, y. t b.r eight months
hss the t'oiife.it rae (Joverti :uent -o< fully re-
Mtod- aye, rope'.led that u va.t .t. along a mili
tary Iron tier of I oto mil. s
Though cut .dl by Llo.-ka.lc r.in nil foreign
trale, their internal t. - or > have l-ceit ade
•(uatc to the equij tnenl st.d maiutenat c <n the
held of an army ot <.cr “ u.ut tr<> |-. nail
thi- lie. and yet th*.- d,’of n'i !• - b.-di
vtded? The idea is prc| •<-! r..u*. Ho much has
ljn said about our lf..rts !<• obtain foreign m
tciv. ntu.ti that 1 m<y h alb wcl to dc l ire em
phatic.. liy that the t'oiited.-iatc States have
naither sought uor and. -iit- l it. Th-y can main
•am their inde| end. t.ce it.-sci hy li.. >r ■wu
strength.
As to their recognition by the powers of the
world, that of course they d.-s.re. They >'•• a
people, aiiatii.n, • xhibitotg oitun *nt< o( j >wcr
which tew .Slates of tile world p - •*. Hut
they no reason to c..*nplai*i u r do they
fell aggriev.d bee i ■ p-w s -ce lit
for a to deny th. ir formal recogni
tion and receptiou in the family of na
tiona. However t-y m •; ti -r ti n as
to the period when their r cognition all take
place, tiey fully under fa. I that su. ii action i#
purely a question to bo determined by those
countries ouch for it clt and with reference to its
own interests and v.t .i of public policy.
Other nation* hav.ug trading relations with
Us have quit*: a’ uiu. I. in Iciest to send luiiiisicra
an t consoia to us as v.e have to .nd si ch rep
itsentauveatro them. (!!■ ir, hear.; U l.y, tt i-o
shaHtberenot i? peace '( Simply because Ibe
North, in its pride, wiil not admit that to be u
fact—a fait uti-owp i wf.i ‘h old England, fob
lowed by the first p- wm. I Fur. p.-, has re
coguixed, and which the Confederate tevrn
meui aadariuns have leptatcdiy dvuionstrated
to he a stern and Idoody tact —the fact that wc
are a belligerent power.
There ( .in ho no b > is b.r nr;-tialion . r'.,r
peace proposals or consultation.-, so b.t.g u J t*e
Confederates sr ; doomed to be and are treated
as rebels. (Hour.) Hut wUu our adversary
shall bc-otue sufficiently calm to treat us as a
belligerent Power, Hie morning of peace will
dawn iu the h / n. When that hour -ball ar
rive, 1 thmk I may say the . onled rale Govern
ment will he inti xible up none point- its hollor
and its independence. T r the g'Cut interests of
peace and humanity it will yiild u*u h that Is
merely material or of secondary Importance.
(Mr. Yanoey -a lowti am and loud and continued
cheering.)
The feTAr Law Attn Hank Rkmkk Act.—
Hath houses have concurred in a reenactment
of the bill for the feliel of the people, known as
the Stay Law, and it Inn- been signed by the
Governor, ‘i lie House yesterday passed the
Bank Relief Bill, and the Senate met 16s! night
for its cohridera.’ ii. and doubtless concurred,
so aa to avoid any possible inconveuience to the
banks from the expiration of th.* prevision* 1
the old act. The act as it passed the House re
quire* the banks to pay out treasury notes dp.
when cal ed for by bill-holders in sums of fitHb
and also requires ;he bunks to issue change bills
to the amount of I ptr cent, on their c-mtai
stock, after JanuatTm^H^^
; 2#We learn from the Havana correspon
dence Ueiia, that Shuleldt, the Consul
of the Old Ounce ru, ordered the U. ti. slearu
frigate Han Jacinto to follow ‘he British steam
er Trent and arrest our Commissioner*. He
was, we suppose, acting uder instructions.
Ihj Cilitwlm HgeMir iip 4
Trying the Other Side.
i A correspondent of the Smoker*. Confnte/.u
i writing trom New Orleans mi ihe 22d ult. sh)\
The Yankee prismeis, ;.il j n number, are •
coufinod in tho I’wrishpprim,sm, except jO .* f.o,
wbu ,ook Ihe oath uii.i j lined the Conlcderst.
army for the wur. N\. cmumuuicuUon mil,
them allow .id, except on sp cial p rs.mal bu*i
llOS8.”
n, loiior .......ains lh following, in rWemnon
to the defences ui the Crescent city :
“Intelvoniug the city and passes of the Mi
sissippi, are several well manned Forts, and on
; the old Jacks..n battle ground, s few mi las down
i l, '° nv,r ‘.w.-i.-h I visited,) is in c lurseot ha*ty
n-ir” (i.,n uu earth w..ik of a m..t substan
’ cil character, ruiiuiug from the river tu Lake
1 otichartrsin, wiih angles so to rMke the one
tuy from any diitvin.u of sp| roach, end also ,
above ibe oily is auoiher ot a similar construe ,
t -n. and there are gnus of the largest caliber ,
• b.ug the river and coast amounting lu at l©a*t ‘ ,
.•00 iii number.
Une Hoatiug battery mounting 2 i'.irruts, 2 ( .
Hahlgreens, and It? eight inch tmluwbiads f
•uiidetc, aud another of the *nu- kind in rap'd | ,
pr.tciM* of construe iun. j (
I . batteries aro euustruclod as to admit 1 .
• and their sinking to out* lout haluw tue water and i |
|*i • ect the vessel thereby entirely from .long .
• I ball, the water Coming up to the caning, s . t I ,
(be guns and cast aiiubor just wherever d*-.i*. i !
•aid plav the gens in any direction, as they .- 1
all pivots. ,
From I'cusvoli.
Uokt Bar, M-AK, Nov. 24, ISt'l.
I o-.iiiy ( ten. Hf.igg *■ ( ompanied by At. i>>*
Gariior, reviewed ills whole lines, thoroughly
inspecting al hie batteries He found every
man at Ins post, the whole army til the high**’
*|m ns, and the but e tes in complete fighting
order. I l ] wry where tin* Ceneral was greeted *
w U* tieinendous cheers, that could he di
t'lielly heard at Fort Pickens and drew tin- 1
enemy fiom their hiding places, upon the ‘
ramparts of the fort. The heavy bombardment *
!•> va hi. Ii they hud been subjected, gnve new
e -ntidence anti enthusiasm to the men in our j *
Icitteries. Ihe et etny’s ships hove been se
verely datnaged, and have gone off to repair.—
°ir men are observing the Sabbath. Hrowti !
uid Mclveon, being very pious, are probably j 1
loin- likewise; but with different feelings i 1
I H
from our men
Yesterday, while the enemy was pouting j’
-hot and shell upon Fori Me Hue from every *
quarter, the men who were not serving the I
guns, auitoed themselves hy fiddling and dan *
cog.
The damages to the Foil are being repaired,
and she will soon be iii as good lighting condi
tion as ever.
The skillful and indomitable Villipigtie, who
commanded the Fort, though wounded, is mi
ptrinteuding everything in the Fort.
Our boys are eager for a renewal of the cotu
but. CW. A’. (). Delta.
Teiiuessee uu the Proctwi of ihe War.
The foilwing resoluuunr, relating to S, uth- t
era iudepeii'ence, were otiered in the lower |
branch ot the Tennessee Legislature on the t,
I Oh- c
L©solved, That it i the sense of this (true- t
fal Assembly that theseparstiHii of tho-e Males t
now form ug the Confederate State* of Ani.-i t
tea from the United States, is and ought lobe i
final, perpetual and inevocalde, and that Ten
nessee w ill, under no circumstances, en ertain f
any proposition, from any quarter w hich may v
have for its objeel a restoration or recoiistnn- ,i
non ofthe late Union, on any term- or cndi
lion* whatever. I
Resolved, That the war which the I mini
Stated are waging upon the 1 onfed. rate •* tales |
should be prosecuted on >ur part with the lit t
most vigor and energy, tinTl our indepettd r
ence aud nationality are unconditioiiallv tic
knowiedged by the United Stales.
Kesol ed, That Tennesaee pledges herself *
to her sister States of the Confederacy that she •
will stand by them throughout the struggle , 4
uid she will contribu’e afl the means which
her resources will supply, so fur as Ihe saute
in >y be nece>*ary, to the support of the com
inon cause and will not consent to lay down
arms until pence is established on the busi- of
. .. t
the foregoing resolutions.
We hope that our Legislature will adopt the
above resolution- as unanimous!) s our peo *
pie will sanction thrill if adopted. Let the
tiepreseflfalives of Muscogee do themselves ’
and ihe country the honor ol olicriug and sup- *
porting them.
Th* luUf I’nlpil “Kflribuliir Juslict” (or fhirlerfou. -
Ufl Sunday before lust a “Sermon for thq j
r*a’’ was preached at the Church of the j
i 111 y 111 Boston, by the Rev. Mr. Hepworth | I
wh<eh will doubtless luke high rank in the la j |
ituticaf literal ufeof the day. From the Boston j ,
Journal'* report of thi* sermon, we take the j.
concluding pa agraph, as follows:
“You remember how, m Sumter, Anderson j
and ins m> n knelt in prayer, before they sent j
aloft the stars aud stripes. Well, that pfuye- !
pas been answered. We have been led j
through repulse because we were not equal to j
ihe emeraeney. Now tlml we ate, the w 1 1. i ,
has been begun in the right plain. The -acifd
soil of South Carol ua, made sacred by the m |
famous treachery of political demagogue a, who j (
•lave be. u at once sophists and bullies *u the ; ,
tl .or of Congress, has at length been pressed ;
by Yankee feet
“Charleston bungs out the black fl >g and
thereby claims her brotherhood with savages
■f the South Sea Island* lio we /quar- j
ter from her ‘ Have we ever asked it ? Arts j
• iiif boy* likely to ask it ! The probabilities
are that she will never have an opportunity to
4 how her cannibalism in tins way. What do |
we all want to see f Two things, I lake it.
First, we want to see the star* and stripe* ■
.1 (luting over the ramparts of Fort Bumler;
•he rebel Hug, the shoddy flag of a sham Con
tederaey, must give way before the colors of j
Union and liberty Second, we want to see j
the city of Charleston, the home of treason ;
the hot bed of treachery, laid in ashes. Tins
j not revenge; this is retributive justice n*
its mildest aspect; and we want her ground
plowed up and sowed with salt. Ga’ no green
thing may aver grow there ; and a pillar, black
hh night, shall be raised, bearing the inscrip
tion “Behold the righteous end of those who
are enemies of God, of humanity, and ol their I
country.’*”
Thk Effw-T of ihk Late Storm on iiif
Naval Bhippieo.—The Navy Department ha* j
received intel igetice from many of the naval
vessel* along the Northern coast that have suf
sered by the late storm Not less than tvveufy
seven vessels are reported as requiring repairs.
Experience has shown that many of the mer
chant steamers purchased or chartered are too
weak for naval service, Reliable ships for
ihe navy can only be obtained by being built
especially for the purpose, though necessity
has brought vessels constructed for other pur
poses into the ter vice.—PAi7, Prett.
Stain] to Uur buns.
The lull “W !• -.vs he Savannah Daily Nows,
1 • **'• v.\ r,..M ir. in a prtviiio letter from a distin
r iiii-hed s ui.sinin ..| the South to a friend in !
I icity. Ilia v nv- wc !tcl confident, will l.
>h b i dby every redacting Southern patriot:
“ U n t lot the Yankees take Pulaski or Sav
■uuiih. In ii nety, perhaps in thirty days, the
hobble will burst; Kit rope must show its hand,
j i,f, d Y inkoed un also and ii the South can hold
j her I’V.u, 1 think -he can, she will ho what l
hive always expected, ‘the cock (hen if you
pica- of ihe walk ‘ lln y unis’all ground aims.
Uepciai upon it, V ttoii is ‘Kmg,’ though he mty
u< w and heft, a.< old king* have to do, use a lit
tle cold * eel. McClellan wants artilleiy and
long taw our game is the bayonet and shot guus<
t’annou, and rilled cannon, tY>\, and Kutield rt
dea.de., ate all the inventions of those who
make a game of war tho short sword aud bayo
nets are ihe weapons of those whose game is
peace, security, and independence, which it stands
them in hand to u<'quire*at once, and no non
“ihe North has given us more trouble than I
eXpecud. I thought they had more sense than !
to cut their throats, or force us to do it. I !
seem- otherwise, and she enlists England in the
pert -nuance ot the operation. She has made <
h. sue in >0 directly and emphatically, that j
n o- compel England to maintain her prestige,
“ ‘U*’ into the purlieus ! interna tit nai law
” it .- it her prestig. . whalis England’* weiltn
ton i- funder lor iv*-ry damig adventurei ? Ii
-to M-t-i this hi.-t insult to her flag he OondoUed
by Itchnicui logic, her status is gone
’ I ra'ln-r think owt> gu, hr fa lions, she will 1
do ir. | hope no -
Y ii s -iufterely; Ate , *
Itt'in- trom the Savannah Republican, ..Oih
ibe situation of atfair.* below Continues un
changed, except ti nt hut live ships are now ty tug ,
within the bur. Ii i* supposed bore has been uo
landing 1 (r r ,> . n Ty h.e in the last lew days, j ,
ami the i.uinlur lew .a ihe island is variously I
estimated at fr.un a iluilt-and to tlfteen hundred
But little h i t* n ascottam 1 ot iheir move
merits.
Hen. I. c and tdcu Lawton spent a portion ol |
yes erday at Fort Pulaski
IT La fa vkm Kt - Lieut Tattnall, of the l 8. ,
Marino corps, station, and lor soma time past ou
inc \lncan coast, was arrested recently tin his
arnv.ii ;.i Key Wes and sent uorthward to he
iuc.ucci- :ted for the wsr His offence w.i* re
signing his e mm is.-ion in tho i edoral Navy -
Lien . Tattnull is a Gvorgian, sud worthy souuf
our gallant old Commodore.
Fi.ao of Tri ob at Pa nut am During the
early part of last week, (says the Mt-ui|>bia Ap
peal of the 2N.h,) t*cu A. 8. .fotinsun telegraph
td to ton. Pillow at Columbus t< rend to the
neighborhood ot Columbus tor bis mother, s sier t j
and nt-ice. and have (hem conv.ycd to Nash i
ville.
<> neral Pi’low iintnedia cly Ci iumissioued
< t| ( \V illiuiiK . > bearer ol a dispatch to (tenor
a! JSui th for the above object, and accompanied {
by an oc ot ot thirty men, under Capt. Ralieu 1
line, ol tbeHhclbv L ght Dragoons with a tl.rgot
trio-e, the party started on their mission. At
the suburos ol the ally they met a Federal otti
cer who r sc>,r! ed t’n pt wins W illialiis and Ballon
line w ithiu th. city,to Hen. t-uitih’s headqtiar- I
ters, who h .u.ce g ive perriiicnioii tor the la tics i
■deja .1. aod ordei vd u earr age to bo pi woe lat <
their disposal. <
I etw t let ate officers were enter tamed i
(•I - vr. i* ■i* * - by the Fidt-ial roinmauder, <
w lit n i'. • r .•-I iti i com in and, and were
a, m i’e tt > ,< I-.*..r.*1 • liJiier to Capt. Da- t
v r . li e luih di-ta-.l in tie ■ .unity, where tire i
lad” -wm s'ayiug. whet parting •aluiatnms (
were tiler- hanged, wild tire gsllant cap Aina ami I
the b io 1 - under their charge staitod on their re <
turn to Coluuihufi The family of Gtn John- I
stoii have ,iuee arrived safely at Nashville. I—
• I
’lll*- -übjoiind Inter relative to ihe t'-mveii
lion eutun and into hutweul* Fee-in Hit ui t Price u.-
to tb manner in which the whi thonid be en
ducted in Missouri, is published:
Headquarters Weslirri Depamment f
Bpnngtiobl, M “ Nov. 7,1 HO 1 J i
lien. Hterlmg lb ice, Comutundiug forces at Cals
ville, Mo.
liemral |{ferriog to an agreement, purpor
ting to have hoe ii made “between Major Generals
Kr< in mil and Pino, respectively, c<iouiaiid>ng i
antagonistic foic.eH in the Htate ot Mias-url, to 1
the idled tt.nt, in the future, arrests or forcible
inter ere nee, hy armed or unarmed parties, ol
cimeiis within the limits of the said Frate, fur
the lucre ••ufertaimujut or expression of p diti
cal opinions, ihall hereafter cease; that lainilies
now *h> k* nup tor such eausea may be reunited, ,
and that, the war now p'ogrossiug shall he ck
eii s. ov ■ lined to uiiuioh now in the field.”
1 have to state
That, i- tl n.-ml i oiuiiittoding the l.rces ot ,
the I .iii uia in ib• s Dcpaitiuenf, i eau in
no iii an noi rwi.gmw the agreement a tores* id, or
any of it- |>i “Vision . wnether implied or direct,
and (hut I cun neither issue nor allow to he i*su- I
id, the “joint proclamation” purpotud to have !
litioii signed by ynursetf and M j. (Jell. I dru C.
Fremoit', n ihe Ist ol November, I Hi? I
S or respc* fully.
Your ohuiienl eervant, 1
b HUNT F It,
Maj Gen Commending.
I low to Wav. .i a Turn A hole is dug in
th*- ,-•-litre of the ten!, about two feel in depth
ami diameter. ‘This is wallml with stones laid
hi soft clay, and coveted at the top, with Ihe
exception ofa small nperturw for the introduc
turn ol fuel. For tin* apperture there must he
a < ios.- lilting d(or or cover, which can be
opem-d and dosed M pleasure. Across one
| aid* of I lit* lent n lrein:h is laid aud covered
with wood and colli, through which Ihe cold
|a ir i- * onveyeJ Ireely to the bottom pa-t of
i tin* subterranean lire place. From the top of
i the -iuue, and across the opposite side of the
i i.-ut, i* another trench inlaid and < mefully
covered with stone und earth, through which
i ihe smoke and siirplo*. lieat i* carried off. This
’is Ihe whole machtno The merits of it are
Coming Evknts. It is not wall toexaitatba 1
ex pact at him’ of tho people hy a goneral nrrula
-1 tion of tho rumors: but there are signs both from
the North and the ftotith which indicates the
uear approach of stirring events. It is believed
that McClellan in preparing for his long delayed
“advance ” from Washington; while the encroach
ments of the oueiny on the Boutberu coast will
not be quietly submitted to by a spirited and
gallant people. U<• A.
Thk J’ jtumac Connoxadr- Rkmam* ai.k Ite
m i/r. -Tho Fredericksburg Recorder mentions
tho following remarkable fact:
Tho ‘i ankeos have thrown from 4,OUU to 6,000
shot and shell from H* ir various war steamers
and tugs within the last six months at the soldiers
manning our guns in the various batteries on the
Potomac, yot, most extraordinary as it may ap
peal, they never destroyed life, nor even were
guility of drawing Southern blood until last week
if wucxrtept the very slight scratch received by
a Koldier on the first of June at Ac-quia creek
Surely a kiud Providence must he shielding the
heads of ouraoldieta, whan only one such dis
aster occurs in a department whose soldiers are
numbered by the thousands.
THE SOVKR KIGNTY HE THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAV, DECEMBER 9. 1861.
Cußfrdrrslp Cst Operations tl Skill Florida.
A Tampa Bay correspondent of tho Tullahas
see Floridian, gives the following statement of
; operations of which notice bus I erctefore boon
made:
Major W. L. L. Bowen, commanding at Tuiu
pa. some week a ago del* i mined to break up th“
nefarious trade ami communication that has boon
going on over since the war began, between our
Southern const and (be t uited States uu hori
ties at Key West. To this and be chartered the
little steamer Boottish Chief, and went iu search
ot the Hilling tribe. Armed with a six pounder,
he soon soouivd a fine fishing smack and brought
her i ito Tatuba Bay; hut without going up to
town he trim starred his aim ament troui the stea
mer to the smack and uent out again, and with
out indulging >u lengthy slory, he has captured
(waive suit, in. o siUAcks and three schooners,aud
est-et ally broken up the infamous traffic, and
put a stop to the easy end effective means by
whioh the enemy kepi himself posted touching
our affairs upon tho coast.
Ihe orews ot the s.-verei vessels captured ar
rived si beadquarlei on Saturday night aud
huvo been duly trausb ried i.. the proper author
ities tor final disposition.
i’hey number t H and are a mixed multitude,
some Yankees, some Epainiards, s.rnie Fortu
guest) and some Key-Westers.
Tbs Juiiit tiipttliliuo to Vfiifo...Tkie Hrsprclivt toy
limp'tils.
A letter iu tho Brus-els Independtnce stales
that Fpain, ax iliep -wer moat closely interested
is to turniah ..into men, France laud aud Eng
land *OO
Ihe Coii.-tiiiitiofiuel say s the French Coiitiu
g'it “111 eonsi.it ot a line ol battleship, four frig*
ste.i, u corvette, a gun h .at and an advice boat.
The number of troops wil) be about Hut) ureu,
cou'plisiug 61)0 Z mavc.s and a dcliichilieul of
■avalry The Ik i-c wiii be procured m Mexi
iho Fatne uLo Says the Coutli.geut w.mb
France will send wi*! numtur iUHIt) men.
ms R kM>i.v. v"U s a vii tint clans.
According tti tlu: I‘atiie, the allied squadrons
ha Vo fixed iqou i lie i .a.i-u ad ..| Vors (uu for
their reu L evous. The city will he immediately
oc> upied, and *h< u.d lh*i measure not lead to
any faiisl'actory result, the allies will *ucccaslve
ly occupy I umpico, Malaiu run, Tahato >, and
Uiu towu • f CaiUicu, in ti e Yucatan, and uiu
uiauly, it neciosaiy (he city of Mexico.
‘lhe Baris papers ol the evening ol the ttih,
auuouuce that the squadrou will usst inld< al
Havana.
Ilealb of Crorge W. Wilier.
Wo ar-i paiued to learn tho death ol George
W. Winti-r. whi -h occurred at his residence iu
Auguria o.i •Suuda j The decea- ii i*.t ihe
third son of d.hu U Winter, L q ol this city,
aud was him.suit, tor mutiy yearr, uoiua.n ui i;*>-
luiut'Ui. lie died ol tuhuiculiir puuuiuouia, iu
the “ft h year of his ago, leaving u wile and five
children. Mauy there areiu this city who con
dole with them iu their ulllicting bereavement.
Legialatarr.
Among the iiotieoable Legislative incidents ol
I'hurbilay, wo ohsn vo ihat thc -’cnaie passed 11
bill fixing itie trim id the >upi me ('ourt Judges.
at six years A bill to allow volunteers in ser
vice to vote A Inil to autli rise the n imeotion
of the Centra I and Gull 110-uisut avunnoh and
a bill to incorporate the Georgia Telegraph
Couipu ny.
lii the ll.mac, were p ie-cd a hill t” authorise
the Governor to draw sloo,ol’o from the Treasu
ry for the support of (be voiuntreis; .Semite
to extend the limn ot settlement with Tax Uol
lectors to the Ist of March next. Tue stay law
without amendment un-iniinouUy, Senate Ini*
for the relief of the loiukc , .-mate bill consolida
ting the offices ct lax itcceivor and t’olkc or; a
bill to amend ‘ho t'barter ofthe Brunswick and
Finllda Kail Hoad Company Mi.can Ini’
Incidents at (VI Kuyal.
A eonespoiideut of the Chaileston Mcrcuiy of
the ‘.tub, writos as follows:
A foray was planned into the enemy's country
last night, which resulted very auceerxlully For
some time, ihe enemy huvo been “t xcuraiotiing
it” iu large purlieu, to Bull’s Inland, Jistai.t
sums five or stx miles from this place, making it
a depot tor lunaway tiegrois and plunder, and a
station whence limy could lie tiadaferrod to Hil
ton Head Last night u party of thirty or forty
word down under c miusud of Capt. Kuk, with
inutiled - mis, h- ping to secure some “food lor
the halter ” The Ysi.hvi", however, had oxer
oised SO laudable a prudence, that they had all
retired to their stronghold on Hilton Hoad liy
slipping rapidly and silently Up the Bluff, they
succeeded in unto niching sumo 40 Contrabands**
. who were politely flondiicled to the boat and ro
turned to their In wtul owner* Having applied
■ a match to tho t‘• ru House, ((he cotton was ul
; ready hurotiij ntid looked in vain for a Yankee
| physiognomy, ih* y returned io Bluflt. u, arnv
! iog s’ dawn.
Fa:.* Arizona. We are permitted to make
the tollowuig ex rai l trom a private letter,
;<oiu <mu (</ the otficcis (<l lord’s regiment iu
Arr/iiua, to a rvlulive iii this city. It wiia
written from I.u* < rn- *•*. m der dute ol Nov.
Wd:
“l have iiotliing nu this time to wiite
about, only that We are hourly expecting the
Ah*, from New Mexico, 2 **oostrong. Every
thing like stores, .V. , have been removed to
Fort Quitman, below Bii*>*,nod vve intend fig Id
mg them there, rely inp “ii a just i*roridem-e
to equal our numbers. bur lorce, all told, in
but fio*J, but good and line men. Expresses
have been sent to .Sibley to hurry tip. 1 ex
pect to be in Santa Fe, the capital of New
Mexico, on Chrblriuu* day. Home twenty Cal
ifornians have just arrived here from (.'alitor
ma. They bring dates ofthe I2th of September
aud we learn with pleasure that Sumner ia
not coming here with troops." —Houston Tele
graph. *
Amothkr Skirmish We learn through sre
liable gentleman direct from Clarksville, yester
day, (say* the Union and American ofthe if Wilt)
that a dispatch was received there from Gunoral
Forrest, staling that a scouting party of six hun
dred cavalry came upon the Hessians near .Mad
Isonvill*. Ky-i yesterday, and routed them, kill
ing about eighty. (Jen Forrest did not give the
full particulars, but spoke of It as a fine stroke
by tbe South’ rners.
Auollier Fire!
We regret to announce the burning on Mon
day night ofthe splendid hardware und tinware
store of Capt. D. IE Thompson on Broad Street.
Tbe stock was estimated at $76,000, very little
of which was Insured, so far as wo can learn.
Th# Fire Companies were promptly on the
spot and by tbeir united and energetic efforts
succeeded in preventing the spreading of the
tUrnes, notwithstanding the store was in the
middle ofthe block and a strong wind blowing
from the north. The fire is reported to be the
work of an incendiary.
I’Old MHI V WhimNfiU. UMKMHHt 4.1M11.
Klftliek of Suiff (lllitm
Both llauae* of the l.egilatur© met iu Con
vention on t e 2tub ult., tor the election of
Stat • Officer*, which rceiilleu m the re-eleo
tion ofpcieraon Thweait. Iv-q , us Comptroller
General, without oppoHition ; tor Mute Treasu
rer John Jones by n large majority , for Secre
tary of State, N. C Burnett, who received it 1
majority on the lib ballot.
A better selection probably could not have
’ eeti made,and the S ate iiuiM be congratula
ted pariimilmly on ccurnig h r another term
Hie eivice* ol the able and indefatigable ■
t omptr lor General ic and the efficient State
1 leasurer. Mr. Baruott Ihrmerly served, we
believe a* Secretary of State, and wilt doubt
loss justify the renewed confidence ofthe i
I .egislature.
The Aduiswiuß of Missouri.
Ihe noble Mate of MiHsouii is imw b-ruially a
member of the Goufederaoy the twelfth star in
the Southern Constellation. Thu billowing is
the President’s ptoelaunt mu siinounoing the
fact
PHOI I AUATIOM iiK I'MR RRKSIOKNr OF THK CON-
I'M'SHA I'K STATKN ot \VJF KK. A
Whereas a wet of the Uongre ot the Con
federate States of A unit, a, approvud this, the
2fttb day of November, Idltl, pfovidas that “the
Htute of Missouri be, mid i* hereby, olmitted as
a member of die (. oiileiL-iatu Siaits td Auierioa,
upon an equal foiling with the other .Status of
lae Contentistn, under ihe Constitution for Ihe
Provisional Govtrument of the Mime;”
N w, theiefote, I, .Ilhah*..* |i.*is, Presi
deut of the Confederate ‘ tu*i. ot Auiericti, do
issue this my proclamation, making known to all
whom it may toncero, thut the admisMoii of the
said State of Misnouii into the Confederacy is
complete, and that the law sos the Confederacy
are extended ovei add St itc, as fuily und uu
plettly an over tho other Suites utw composing
the same.
lu testimony whereof 1 hnv, hereuiito signed my
name, and caused li e real .and the ( “iifederate
Stat to hw . rtixed, at H chiuoiid, this UJHh
day oi N’.vciul ei. A. D,|St>|
JKI’M Km'.V DAY If?.
By tho PrtMdotit
R M. I*. Huiiicr, °et*ro ary of State.
llte >rw Bomb aioti ball Proof Cutiboat.
‘Hie Algiers Newsboy, has the following de
nuriptioti ot anew b.o<t building ut Jelferson
City, liu
“We paid a visit on Monday to tho temporary
navy yard which has been established hi Jefier
-on L'i'y, where we found a large mimler of Al
geriuis ongugt and upon a vcfsol far the must t-
I* ctive o( any yet and vised tor our river aud hur
• ‘or defense. I lna v*nd m 2.it! feet in length
■sud ofi feet beam. It is to bn fiat bottom. Its
‘"•"'"in >h -2 inches thuk in to)id planks, ludtod
md rebolted, PHuikcd aud recaulked. Its walls
-re 2 feet solid in I lurk new, wi ti numerous
keelson*, of gigatittd thicknee-', bracing it. Hero
n.uuiices ihe hold, which will he 14 feet in
depth, oil the summit ol which will he placed tho
buttei v of heavy rifled sud shell guns, as nu
merous as can bo Wotked with ease, all under
•'SiiUiaes. Above this risis u cupola, which
will contain v arums con v it him h, and be Htirtuouu
tod wii Ii iiiiMtlior bntteiy and ii shooting-gallery
lor sharp shooters. The vessel wi'l h • trerigth
ened ly iron bubs through und through, m <1 It .
finally plait I over with H inch in n. Bh will
be diivcri by itircv | nq oih t>, woikc l by ur-giti.-i
and boilers of great powi i
“The vessel has a pcculiur shape ; such, that
when driven ul the utmost sp-cd against u wood
on vessel of no greater strength tlmu the Niaga
ra, It UtUFt Mp it upeb l'i b.d, this VOSS©]
promises to do on t email scale the w >rk of the
Warrior for us, and it it can be finished in time
wdl more than rlf set all the indiiMUa Benton
and the Hosting but'eries in .Mn.-oun are to do
■gains! us Another will immediate ly follow this
•no. This verSel i* built by th* Govurnuieot
under the superinu nd. ice of Mr ‘l ift, formerly
of Florida.”
From fflissoori
'l he new* trom MissoUii, as given iltrough
f not ce source*, will be received with the
u*uui a lluwuuce for falsehood and exuggers
lion :
The following are the latest dispatches :
JhRFFH'iiiN fTty, Nov *<fo Reliable iufor
riitttiou reached here to day that the Federal
(’avuliy had overtaken nod captured the Con
Icdcrales, who seized our supply train uoar
Whi leu-burg, on Moi.luy. Abut one hun
dred and tivo prisoners were overtaken and
-ecursd
Kansas City. Nov 20 Colonel Bun-hard,
dtid twenty four uieii ol Jenuing -. Brigade, at
:ucled Capt. Hays slid 150 Confederutes, at
the latter’* plac e of residence in day, and sue
■ ceded in driving ilieiu away, binning lfHys
house and the house of a man usmed (regg.
Both May* und (>:egg are capla-n* iutiiwCon
lederatc army.
Colonel Hurciiard and Lieutenant Bust wick
were both slightly wounded, and their two
horses were killed. ‘The Confederate* have
five men killed and eight wounded.
Print Mffoiltti to lit ifjju'ti At/rfltwing.
Jsffkhs ft City, Nov. 2U -Special to the St.
Louis Democrat.- The “Id tern ban Battled
down upon tbe eo-iiities of the Smit h west since
tho rtlrogade movement of our hiuiy, and rein
gees are beginning to arrive again, driven from
tbeir home* by fear of Price's Confederate* who
are reported to be again advancing.
Mr. Gravelly, a member ofthe .State Convon ,
lion, arrived here last night from Spiiugfield,
which place he left on Friday IhG He says u
body of 6000 of Price’s cavalry have made their
ppearance at Marcoxie, and that foraging par
'ies follow up tbe track of our retreating at my
plundering the Union citizens, ami renewing, with
impunity, every species of outrage.
Ilu passed a train ol emigrant wagon., a in do
long, containing Union refugees, and nuuthe J
train of five wagons arrived here to day. Five
prisoner* were brought up to-day from Callo
way county, being the first fruits of an expedi
tion which was sent into that county yesterday.
These prisoners are charged with repeated out
rages on Union men.
Tbe Colton Crop.
Kwr mhiio lime past we have iiad an editori
al oh the purchase of the cotton orop, by the
Government, on hand, which has been crowd
ed nut.
lu lieu of it, we ley before our readers, to
day, the powerful and conclusive letter of Hou.
Martin J. Crawford to his constituents on the
subject. Wc arc astonished that any man
ever seriously proposed a project so insane
and full of danger as this is. Judge < ruwford
discusses the matter with the ability and stules
uiaushipofn first i'll**,Legislator. We have
known him well and personally for yenrs. He
is emphatically an honest man, and one ofthe
wisest, ablest and most efficient legislators
that we ever knew. Wc consider it a mis
fortune to the Stute that he has been defeated,
and especially a calamity that he has been do
fetled on this issue.— Btut/wrn CunfeJtracy .
From the Memphis Avalanche.
From Columbus...hpecteJ Butetueuli of tbe Euemt.
HkAUQI A if'l'KHH, Uoi.t Mill'S, )
November 2, 18tl. j
The ‘oliowing are extracts from dispatches I
have receivod to day. The first is from agon
tleman at Bt. Louis, the second from a friend in
Puducah :
First “The enemy intend to make an attack i
on Colutubua iu 20 days, with a foroe of from I
6,000 to 100,000 men. If you can repulse them
it will have a better effect than a defeat on the 1
Potomac. There has been shipped from Bt. ‘
Louis to Cairo a large amount of cannon and
ammunition. In Bt. Louis there are IKS mortar
boats aud 8 gunboats.”
Second extract: “They, say when they do
move on Coluuibuß, they expect to aurrouud you
and starve you into submission. 1 beard a re- ,
sponsible gentleman, who is porfeotly acquainted |
with affuirs in Puduoah aud Cario, say that this |
is the calculation publicly expressed amoug the ,
officers at Cairo.” (
Those extracts ‘ shadow forth correctly their ,
plans, and every effort should be made to pre- ,
pare a strmur force to meet them on my right and ,
roar. No thue should bo lost. ,
GIDEON J. PILLOW, ,
Brig. Gen. 0. 8. A. Com.
Ilu# Jt'B*Thuupau Cipluml the IVdtr.l Spin.
Thu 4’olumbus correspondent of the N. O.
Delta, thus speaks of the maimer in which Jets. ,
Thompson captured the spies on the Platte ,
Valley :
Last Suiui'day Jeff. Thompson got informa- ,
lion that the Mana Denning would pass Price's
Lauding, between Commerce und Cairo, Sun
day, on the way to the latter place, with (
large quantity of ariua and ammunition, gov ,
eminent stores, etc. It is useless to add, as
the matter was possible to accomplish, that ,
Jeff, was soon on the bank waiting for the boat
to pass. He had some of his men dressed in
Y unkee mi form*, taken from some captured
Federal soldiers, to hail the first boat which
appeured, which, however, proved to be the
I'liiite Valley, a private craft, without govern
ment property on board. Jeff, hud übuut one
hundred picked men with him, and demanded
the iirreuder of the boat. The captain sur
rendered accordingly, but Thompson finding
no government property uu board, released
her. He, however, captured two spies, who
hud plana ofour fortifications, the position in
tins und other points, the number of our forces,
etc. These fellow’s ure here, looking about
as crest full mi as possible
Mailers iu lad Ttinmt.
A correspondent of the Nashville Union A:
American, writing from Rogt-rsv tile, East Ten
iieJßee, under dale of the 20th ult., gives the
following gloomy account of affair* iu that
section :
The extraordinary state ol utl'airs prevailing
here induces me to u*k the privilege of your
columns to muke a suggestion to the million- 1
ties. All East Tennessee should, iu my opin
ion, be pul under martial law at on. e. 1 think
the necessity exists. We are in a state ol nc- •
tual war here to day. We are kept constant
ly on our vigilance, and have, as it were, to 1
sleep upon our arms, not knowing at what
moment we may be called upon to defend our
homes aud fannies. We have enemies amongst
ut, many of whom are known tons, but, by
Mtenltli und duplicity, (hey manage to elude f
ilie civil authorities. An ordeal must ho ap
plied that will test every man * status, mid
subject him to treatment accordingly. All who
have been “Union men are not enemies, but
our enemies here are of thut class. We must
know who our friends areiu tliis vital crisis.—
It is ull a miatuke about the abolition of East
Tennessee being ul an end. A lurge force of
put ate eiiizeiia from this county are now gone
with then anus lo break up a rendezvous of
avowed Lincolnites in the mountains betweeu
this aud Jonesboro’. How much better is u
Linciiliiile here than in Kentucky 4 We ure
not willing to send our sons ami brother* to
Kentucky, and tolerate iu our midst ineu who
are in lull sympathy and clandestine CO Ope
ration with our ©iieiuie*. The civil law i*
held in terror over our patriotic people, aud
yet it is insufficient to give us the protection
Which it forbids us to prepure tor ounelves.
Thou let us have military law —let the actu
al war in W’l.” h we are engaged, be recogni
zed, and le “• take no more prisoners-'-or it
we 10, only /< /.'>ms/a of war. These me the
seiilimeii *ui ..I the sound men here, i be
lieve.
IVwlil Ihr Inbuilt.
The steamer lieu. Clinch, Capt. Dexter, ar
rived here on Baiiirday uiglit troin Jehossee
Inland und neighborhood. The Lincolmtu*
bud not got beyond Fenwick’s Uland, aud no
event ot importance bud traiiHpoed for several
diiji* in that vicinity.
The plant©!* on Hutchinson and Fenwick’s
Glands have all burned their crops and re
moved their negroes. These places are loca
ted iii St. Helena Sound, near Ashepoo river,
und hi s easily approached by the enemy's gun
bouts.
Lain. A private letter, dated the 29th ult.,
lihh been received trom Hutchinson * Maud,
stating thut on that day one of the enemy’*
steamers had approached and landed a force
, ol two hundred men, who broke into the over
seel * house and piiindried and carried oil
everything valuable ah ml the premises. They
then proceeded to the residence ofthe propri
| etor, the door of which iliey forced open, and
! demanded from the servuot* (tie keys of the
wine cellar. The wine*, however, hud previ
! otisly been removed. The mat under*, sliei
> committing some further petty depredations,
skulked off to their bout*, lea ii rig, probably, a
■ surprise.
Immediately upon their departure, the torch
was applied to the building cor.luiuiug the
, crops, und soou little was left upon the rich
i plantation, except heaps of smoking ashe*
Ch. Meimitji, 2d.
KKTURNKD.'-Horgeant T. J. Bates, of the
Bussell Volunteers, fitb Alabama Regiment, who
was among the prisoners so long eon fined in
Washington, returned homo several days since,
in good health aud unbroken spirits, lie ha*
endured hardships and disappointments, but iss H
ardent and determined as ever in support of tho
cause for which he has suflsrod so much. Wo
learn from him that it is untrue, as reported in
the Northern papers, that hu and the other re
leased prisoners took uu oath not to bear arms
against the United States again during the war
Their obligation was not to de *o until exchsog
ed for. Rnquirtr, td.
Z4T A maid, who has her eyes a little to one
1 side on Matrimony, aaya “the curse of tin*
war is, that it will make so many widow*.
, who will be fierce to get married, und who
know how to do it, inodesf girls will stand no
chance at all,
, Sol Til IKK MoNKV IN Bal.'l IMoKM.—Th© Hal
. timore Hun suys that the discount there oil
Western Virginia money i* Vs a 3 percent,,
and ou Eastern Virginia, Noilh aud 3outh Cur
oliuu, aud Georgia, 18 a ‘JO percent.
t'OLIiMBIM, THURSDAY. UH KMHKIt 5, (Mil.
‘Viio’b lit nr?—We understand from a reliable
source, thut, in the recent game of hall at Pen*
saoolu, the redoubtable Dickons suffered a eon
liderublu broach. A gentleman who oxHmincd
the opening with a glass, from tho opposite
beach, says it is lurge enough to drive a coach
through, and that the Federal*, mortified at the ■
fact, have endeavored to conceal thoir sbatno •
with sand bags. It is more than probable that i
this result induced Col. Brown to desist from his
effort to try the strength ot our butteries.
From tho Mobile Ahvertisor A Register.
Cn. Bragg's Congratulatory Ortl*r.
Barrancas, Wednesday evening, Nov. L’7 1
I have been kindly furnished by Major Gar- ‘
uor, Assistant Adjutant lloncrul, with the fol- ‘
lowing General Order, complimentary to the
troops ou their signal victory ovor the enemy
after a two days’bombardment. It put* to blush
the boastful threats ot Col. Brown that be could (
annihilate the works und defences of Pansacoltt
in a few hours. Its stylo and language is iu .
that vein which characterises all the papers of 1
Gen. Bragg, and it. met with the warmest recep
tion by the different corps ot lit* command:
li K A Oqr A HTKHH AIfMV OR I'hNXACOI.A, f
Near Pensacola, Flu., Nov. 2ith, 1861. j
[General Order, No. lftn.J
The signal success which lias crowned our for
ty hours’ conflict with nu arrogant aud oonttdout
enemy—whoso government, it scorns, L lmnrly
looking for an announcement of his success in
capturing our position-should fill our licsrts
with graiitudo 8o a merciful Providence. This
terrific bombardment ol more than u hundred
guns of the heaviest calibre—cttu.'dag the very
earth to tremble around us -has, troui tho wild
firing of the oueiny, resulted in tho loss of only
soveu lives aud eight wounded ; hut (woof them
seriously--fiva of the deaths from an accident,
and hut two from the enemy’* shot.
We have crippled their ships, und driven
thorn off and forced the garrison'of Fort Pickens,
in-its impotent rage, to slake its revongoby tiling
on our hospital, and burning Uio habitations
of our innocent women and children, who iutvo
been driven therefrom by an uiianm unoed storm
of shot and shell.
For the coolness, devotion, and conspicuous
gallantry ofthe troops, the General tenders his
cordial thuuks; hut for the precLion of their
firing, in this their first practice, which would
have done credit to veterans, ho is unable to ex
press liis admiration. Their country und their
enemy wifi both remember the 22d and 2'M of
November.
By command of Mhj. Gen. l’.ragg.
GEO G. GARNER,
Assistant. Adjutant General
Mysterious Mumncnls of ihe Enemy... Erarualiou of
Tybee lilinil,., Stumer in ul \Ur.
<>ur citizens were tuk- it by surprise, Saturday
afternoon hy a report from below, thut the one
my had pulled up stakes and wore taking iheir
departure from Tyh >e. Furtlior advices received
yesterday continued the report. Tbe particu
lars os wo learn them from authentic source*, are
as follows;
Early Saturday morning a movement was db
ouvered among the Federal.* on the Island. Boon
the boats coniimticol pushing out from shore
for the fleet, and up to nightfall some twenty
four boats, .containing from forty to fifty man
j had left the Island. The embarkation muiiou
ed through .Saturday night. Due ship load had
left Saturday morning for tho iSouth, and one
yesterday hearing north want
The indications on Tybee yesterday, as ob
served from Pulaski, seemed to warrant the be
lief that a garrison had been left behind, suffi
cient in their opinion, to hold the Island against
auy force likely to ho sent against them.
Saturday afternoou, a largo ship, equal in
size to the New York and huvannan steamers:
was seen from the Fort to enter an inlet to the
south, supposed Wu taw, uud run up several
miles. Supposing her intentions to he to inter
oept our inland navigation, which has been con
siderable in (lie last day or two, Ooutodore Tat
nall went down with hi.* fleet yesterday to run
her oil or give battle. She, however, disappear
ed before his arrival, nud the fl.et relumed to
the city lust night.
Bix Federal vessel* w r<; ..tl Tybee yesterday
afternoon. S’ •. :•
Mullers al Bawling Green.
We are phased to learn >n . quatntanee,
who left Bowling ( rreen “ii Thursday evening,
that the deJeiisv; at that point are progressing
in a most satisfactory mantinar. Gens, John
ston and Kuckitor, while they have preserved
tbeir equanimity, have *tili been energetic mid
lahorous They now have mo excellently armed
and well appointed army, iifli McnUy lurge in
numbers ti hold their p -iti<m, without fear nf u
successful tl ink uiovoui,:.(, ngiimf at least 0(1,-
(100 men. Tho enemy •> . . .m.uoo, ; <ii t„id,
between Green river un i L- uisvilk.
I ‘The timber has bain - u away lor fbrtc or four
utiles arouud IlewUrig Gi.t “ o u, give onr
batteries a fair sweep at th.: Hcasians and pie
vent them from renorti 1 g t< their fair favorite
sfylu of warfare, i. ©. “iniHli whacking.”
Tne impro -ion awn ng is.>u.c of our officers, w
le.irn, is (bat the main attack <>f the enemy will
bo inii'le at Bowling Green, and shat the threat
ened movement on t'olumbu* is a mere feint.
At. ihe time onr Informant left, u light was
whispered <d in m li'ary circlis, as no: very fur
distiint. Mr a. jih / ■ Ajipful, Id.
Two .Moni: Nkw Gknmuai.h ron Tita South
Carolina Coaht. Private advice*, wo learn
(says Ihe Cliarle#’* II Mercury, 21,) have been
received from KirJiiuond that liiigiulier-Generuls
N. G. Evans uni John C IVmb r: u have been
ordered to repair iinmedutoly to command*
which will b<* unsigned them up< u this coast.
Tho Hero ot Lo* sburg needs no introduction (<•
the people of South (Carolina. Gen Ptinberlon
whs appoio'” I to Wed p.dnt from Pennsylvania,
and graduated in IH.iDuring the .Mexican
war, he distinguished him it i: tor hi* gallantry in
the successive conflicts a’ M.-ntorey, Uheruhusco,
M.ditio del Roy and the City of Mexico, in the
last named action he was severely wounded.
flip ltpputlcd Capture ill (lie Mississippi Suuntl-
It app’MTS, suys tho N. 0. Delta, that the
statement made by Capt. Buckley, of th* sfeamei
Jeff Davis, to Major OJltu h at Fort Piko, nud i>y
him telegraphed to (}en. Lovell, that three of our
boats engaged in the Mofiilu trade were captured
on Thursday last, by tlm enemy, was unfounded
in fact.
One of the boatH named, the Watson, has Ar
rived sate at th© NeW Banin, and her commander,
Capt. Kohl. Pierce, reports that he uiet the
other two, the Gray (Rond and Henry Lewis,
subsequent to tho tune tiny were reported to
hate been taken, proceeding on their voyage uu
disturbed, and under convoy of tho Confederate
gunboat Oregon.
PuavßNTifcu Plantin’ Cotton The Smulo
of Mississippi nu uf .pc and a preamble und [reso
lution pi'opoMiig the passage of elite live laws
preventing the growing of unotiier cottou crop
until the present one is disputed of.
PEYTON H. COLftUITT, ) VA;tnrm
JAMES W. WARREN, \ Edltor *
Number 49
*
Clip Spifitrr of Messrs. Misnn and Slidell.■ .How lie
frivpil iu lamhi.
We give below in full the article of the Toron
to Lender, the orgun of the Government, upon
tho seizure of Slidell ami Mason, which loin al
ready boon briefly alluded to hy telegraph :
“The arrest of Messrs. Slidell and Mason, un
der tho circumstances recited in tho telegraphic
dispatches, is, in many respects, the most impor
tant incident of tho war.
The information furnished us upon the subject
is characteristically indefinite. YVo gather, how -
evor, that tho Confederate Ministers to France
aud England had passed from Cuba, whore they
had landed from Charleston, t-> Bermuda, with
the view of taking passage in a British steamer
for England. (V in mod ore Wilkes, of ihe Fede
ral service, commanding a vessel of war, demand
ed their surrender, and was met hy the British
Captain with a declaration that “there whs not
force enough to take them.” Another American
vessel was then placed in position, aud under the
threat of American guns the Captain of the
British vessel delivered up his passengers, at the
same time protesting against tho Couiae of the
American officer. And Ves*ta. Mason aud Bli
d* II are now prisoners iu the hands ol the Fedo
ra! authorities. It ii admitted that tho partios
proceeded on h. uni the British steamer, as ordi
nary passengers, in reliance Upon the inviolabil
ity ofthe British flag; and they were received iu
good faith hy the Captain commanding.
Accepting the statement* which come to us
from Northern sources, there iii not room for any
s ispicioii of eutiusiou between ihe Southern Min
isters, ns passengers, and tho officer* of tho
British steamer. Tin y were ee< ure under tho
protection ofthe Union Jack uii land; they ro
uialnod under the same protection when they
transferred themselves G a British deck,
Tho action of the American Commodore, then,
constitutes the iu..si oflonsive outrage which
Brother Jonathan has dared to perpetrate upon
the British Hag. il Me.-si ‘. Mason and hlidell
may ho seized ou hoard of a Brliieh steamer ami
carried iff as prisoners, they might, with equal
propriety, have lciti tv / -J during tbeir stay iu
Bermuda, in rcgunl to the British Hug, tho
Y ankee Commodore ha* i” right at sea which he
does not posstsa ou land; and tho tact that ho
Aid n.'i make any a I tempt t” t fleet an arrest iu
Bermuda i equivalent to a confession that, ho
hj'i no lawful authority in the premises. Avow
edly, ho Waited until Me**rs. Mason and 8lidel!
had sailed, ! and then, sustained hy un overpow
ering naval for© ■, he exacted thoir surrender
under protest. As thecas** stauus, there is not
a feature to modify its i-fV-jnsiveneßs. It is a
wanton, unprovoked and utt.riy indefensible In
sult to the British Hg.
The prneeodin ■ i- rendered worse hy the tone
which tlm Americans have uniformly maintained
in relation to the right of search. They have
hold that the H*g oi a country is an inviolable
shelter to ihe person* win* J ul beneath it; and
they went to war with B. t* 1 rather than *ub
mit to the right which ..ire Government claimed
of taking British sailor* from American ships.—
They peril, and everything rather than acknowledge
fhreigu uut horny in A meric u vessels ; and,
tacitly, their position has b*eu acquit: red in.
Now, however, they venture to do what they
treated as a cause ot war, when done hy anotbo
power. ‘1 hey have assurted their right to search
British vecsuls, and ti take from them parties
whose wiiolo ofknso i* political iu da ijiai arter.
Clearly, if such an act be tolerated in this in
stance, it may be multiplied indefinitely, amt
the pr u.l boast of England, that lo r ling guards
all beneath it, will be heat a in* more.
If an American ma-u of -war may coerce s
British vetsel in theefianrud of tho Bahamas,
American officers may slop and search the Cu
narJs, the Canadian steamers, >*r any other Brit
ish steamer, when ami where they please. If
they may outre go the liri firth flag nf son, they
may do if on bind .nd they may drag from
Camion the refugees who are seeking shelter
from Federal daspotiriu- Tbe pretension ©unfmt
and wiil not be tolerured Ami this arrest of
Messrs. Mason and Midtdl will probably bring
the question to i*n issue. It is not the first at
tompi ihe Northerners have made since the com
mencement Ot the war, to and” as thuy will toward
British authority. I lie incursion of armed ruf
fians into E.-sex, to cap ure British subject*
win* had loft the Federal army, was a sample of
w hat wo might expect if Mr. Reward’s agents
ware permitted to tamper with the loyalty of our
people; but that occurrence, though gross, whs
, riv • i compared to the proceedings of Cmo
dcrc V\ r.k'.s The arrest of Mason and Flidcll
strikes at (tie root of British authority, and af
firms ii right on tho part of tbe Northern State*
to which tho meanest nation in Christendom
could not honorably submit.
We assume that Lord Lyon* will at once de
mand f'r..m tho Washington G iv rnuu nt a diSA
v .wui of flw a -t **f thoir Commodore, anil the re
leii-e of Messrs. Mason ami Rtidell. Not to as
sume tliis, would ini lo fUpp-.iie that Britain is
indifferent to the rights ami honor of her flag.—
Os thcST contingencies w*> mod not nay which is
liie more probable.
Akmh Cumino In. Wo met at A (lions yester
day, Captain Borgrcss, who eouuuauds a compa
ny of Minute Men al RiuitL’,’ *v Roads- He was
delivering a lot of between fiity and onu hun
drsd good country rifles, for iiiipin.ut to Col. P.
\|. M©Clung, who IniHcha ,;e ofthe armory at
this place. Thwwarui* “ > taken chiefly from
the lories of Me Minn and .Meigs ©ciiul os. Capt.
burgles* has been nci ng under a I’oUimiesii U
from (’ I. Wood, su i iu tlm • disutiuing torie*,
ami c .ntribi in -to aim tl**.- t *> ti derate forces,
he is doing most ©fli-i©nt s©iv:©v,
Capt. J. J. Wright, 1 t M ii-ouvibe, we ltarn
cd,ship{*ud ye*Uirly, 1 ioiu M i county, 116
rifles and sic t gnus, unretng wiib h' previous
shipment H ■*. He thinks th •’ Monfoe will ftif
uish altogc.ther near live hundred good guns.
[A ‘ n f/e Uttj. ltd.
the House of K presentativw in our
Legislature, ott Friday ; amHuded ‘lie hill to
cluing*’ the name *•! C’a < uu yto Bartow, and
Cass ville to Bartovcyillu, by subsfiiuting “M*-
narsa” for the lot** r. Tf*s bill usamendsd, was
pare**!
L* ok “ii K"ii Gkni mai mutt. -When Gen.
Boott leave, New Y ork for England, In one of
the British Bteumr ho will be taken out of them
also every American ofthe North, by our Con
federate Privateer© nnd held in Bondage for
Mason and Rlidcll. Our Privateers men arc now
bound for London and Liverpool, and will taka
from John Bull's soil all the American Diplo
umtcs, and olhor American spies und traitor* to
our Confederacy. English ships are now no
Lunger sovereign ofthe ©©as, but a tool of Yau
keedom and Lincoln.— WUmiutjhm Journo/.
An lu'i'ortant Cai*T’ RR. By recent ar
rival from Ht. Lorn*, soya the Memphis Ap
peal, we have infiirmation of Hie capture, on
the upper Missouri, by u portion of tbe Mi
souri Plate Guard, under Colonel Kelly,
ofthe Federal steamer Runshiiie Her freight
consisted of the entire eoinp equipments
destined for two KHnsns regiment*, to
gether wdh a coiwideruble amount nf other
military stores. The Missouri Btale Guard is
performing an important work.