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COLQUITT & W ARRET, Proprietors.
Volume XVI,
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Nov-ember 2s, I s 01.)
Miissks. Editors:— In the course of my mis
ceiitneouo reading, 1 recollect somewhere to
have met with an anecdote of a business man
who, having lout all of his property by lire, or
flood or some other disaster, received a visit
out; morning won after from u neighbor, who.
• Iter condoling with him for some time on the
loss of his fortune, ofluted him a present of
lilty doll mis to meet his present urgent neees
*,itie. Ihe hero of the anecdote gruceftilly
replied to the expressions of condolence, re
ceived the money, and after counting it over
three times, turned to the don -r and said, in a
most perfect business manner,"! telieve it is
ail right, sir.”
Very different indeed, sir, from this v tl e
manner in wh eh the Mevvart Grey* laiely re
eeiveo the boxes of clothing ami prevision*
sent to them by the kind, generous and patri
otic citizens of Stewmt County The eager*
ners with which they crowded aroun I the
boxes while they were being opened, showed
an unwavering confidence in the liberality cl
their Iriends at home, and the smile which
lighted up the countenance of each one as he
pressed ins wty th’ongh t lie crowd towards
ha tent. Ins arms tilled with just such ur iclrs
of clothing as he most desired and such deli
cacies to please his palate ns he had longed
lor. was a pleasing evidence that their conti
dence had not been misplaced. And even it
any one hail been disposed to “look the gift
horse in the mouth,” by calling envy itself to
his aid he would have hardly found anything
to complain ot. The son rejoiced in the pus
session of warm clothing in de by his mother
the lover wu rejoiced to find among the goods
a .warm pair of nuts or socks knit “expressly
fiir loin by his lady love; mid in fuel the wants
of every man were as well met as if a depnta
tton of citizens from home had visited their
camps and ton ml out what was lacking.
Allow them, Messrs. Editors, through me to
make use of your columns for the purpose ol
returning their sincere thanks to the citizens,
both ladies and geutleinen, of blew art County
for their liberality and kindness fn supplying
them with these articles, and to express then
sincere desire that the donors may ever enjoy
that happiness and approbation ol conscience
which the remembrance i having done so
meritorious an act never tails to bring wfth it
. AEEi.lv,
Ciiy papers please copy.
OLE Um MESSAGE.
The following telegraphic synopsis oft-bi and c
ament, which we find in our Western exchange?,
is mu-rb fuller than that already published by
uh. The Richmond papers of the 7'.b cord tin the
mas- uge entire but ‘he ab> i net is nucb more in
teresting and, we j resume, is *|U*? equal to the
patience and digestive organs of our readers:
“The commencement expresses the apprehen
sion that the existing relations between be Fed
eral Government with foreign nut In , are not
on as firm a basis ol frteu i.-uipa* *h -übl be, yt
he hopes to ewnvin e them that the best means
lor the re-c.-tabn.-'Min nt of <•• unnerve through
which to get * upp y of r-tt-u, can beat be
effected through the preservation es the l n.
Ho roc .lumuud* that K nst fennessco “es ern
,\ -rth Carolina, and K *mucky, •*. ronu voted with
ether parts of the I'm nby a r.'drwad, h-u mili
tary oieHHire. Ho ■nigged-* .1 ffereut routes lor
said road, and think* that K nlncky will ou op
erate wi'h the Govetunient in is- imm diutecon
struction.
lie proposes to pay the owner of tho British
ship Perthshire for her detention by the steamer
M isaaclmselts for ‘apposed breach of Id ck .do
Ho reiterated the charge .f piracy again”
privateers, and iiuth<riz*s that instructions be
given to captains of sailing vessels to recap
ture all prizes which pirates and privateers have
made.
Ho makes boast of the number “f troops ten
dered him, but advises the organ!*•i-bn of Die
militia, declaring that the safety ot the country
demand* it.
lie says the presont organization of the navy
is defective and recommends an improved t
Ho also recommends a codification of thr
laws of the United Mat. •. lie refr .r - r•-
establishing courts in the revolted States. ■’
better to faoilia'e the collection f debts for fur
of assuming arbitrary power. He hop.es Con
gress will equal bis demand to establish at m
porary urraiig mont id this kind.
He shows ad font of the Postoflloe Department
n ..< ..i - R ,. r of over
tor toe present nscat year ui . ■*• >
hopes it will improve next year
Ho pcrrpvMS HHgoti.t‘ions with Virginia for
the purpose of regaining that portion of the
District of Columbia seceded to \ Irgini.i, ’’d j
pronounces the secession to \ irginia an unwise |
and dangerous.
He complains that the receipts in land and
patents have greatly declined in consequence of
the rebellion.
lie demands that the p- n ion oflea •,- largely |
incmace4, m* numerous applications bused |*s> r j
casuallties In the exiting war, have uire-uiy
been made.
The rels'mns <f the government with the In
dian tribes are disturbed by InsufreetH n, es
pecially in the Northern superintend-rise. Nt*
M.xi.!., and till- I oll.ui .•■•<•< 17 m.utb i.l Ksata,
ar Dow in j0,, , ,.-ion of tl in,urgent?. \.-w
agent. Uave I,on un.lil. to reaeh thoir p™-.
while,old ..gome have o-fiood the ineurfw
tlouary cau-e. lie bi> ha*''' l ,h ’ ,bt ' M ~ldi‘ i n’
have organhiad wa iniliur, loroe and aHaehad
theineolvei e., the arm, .of tha ineargenle, hue
l.elieeee that the praeetn’U of a Federal urui,
would oaueu them lo eoaeu lhair boetila demon,
atration.
Ho roeuintnamU that an *--.cultural M.i
Haul lluroau he organlxod.
He coßgralultrtus the t'nunlrjr open the *ivu
li.m of the laws end the suj.preeeion ..f the Af
ricau slave trifle.
The territories of Colortdo, U.ictah and Ke
yed. have been nrgMised, and he refret. to
leant that treason exist* in thrin.
He reeotntnende the favorable enneideratlon of
Congre* to the intor.ua-f the IMetriol of Cos
Juntbia. Ho oontphtlne that lb. in.erreetion ha.
‘camed much duffcriug and MUriSoe to the inbab
itants.
A plan for the confiscation of slaves it re
commended, and proposes that Congress a* sept
slaves from the States, according to their mode
of valuation, Instead >1 hj diteet taxes, and
that such tlaves on the acceptance of Jtho Gen
eral Government he set free and colonised in a
climate eengenial-for them.
He proposes to colonise free blacks with them
in some territory .hereafter purchased, and re
commends Congress to take immediate steps to
make the necessary appropriation for the pur
chase, and asks the .|uestion, if it is not an ab
solute necessity, without which the government
cannot l.e perpetuated, as the policy to ho adopt
ed, for suppressing the insurrection.
Heexpres.es anxiety that tbo Inevitable con
flict for this purpose shall not degenerate into u
violent, remorseless and revolutionary struggle,
and thinks it proper to keep the integrity ufthe
Union prom ! nent as the primary object of the
contest on his part leaving all .(Ue.te.ns net et
vital military importance to Congress.
flic (iiilnmhßS Stows,
He clsiius he did not tnriMvnd tho net of
Congress In con fisc ting property used for in
sfliireeticT'ii’ v | inp.-M c, but prop .-os to consul
or the pr puny <1 any in w law on the Mime sub
ject.
“The l i ion must be j m-si rved, hence nil in
dispensable means must by employed, tlmt radi
cal extn me measures, r* aching loyal as well as
disloyal, are indispensable.”
He rvitcr-:ea his inaugural address in h>
message to Congress at its last special session
He says the last ray of hope tor preserving tbe
Union peaceably, expired by (ben-sault on Fort
Suiu’er.
He review.- the past, and saystbo Union pros- I
pect u F iituek\, Maryland, Delaware and
Mnx.uri b O'lisuh rvh.y brightened, lie esti
mates that inly one Uurd of the inhabitants of
those States arc among the insurgents; and says
the l nv n pc< pk . i Wesieru Virginia are mus
ters ol their own couu ■v, and claims some ad
vantage on tl-. Eastern Miorc. Also, lu fiasob
tniiicd a tooling at ib.tu ra . I‘ort Royal, Tybee
and Ship 1 -land
He has popnl ir uiovi incuts in North
Car >lina and Tenne.-sci. and ihcroiore the
arguiutnt that the cun - <>ftho Union is advan
cing steadily southward.
tic fnuipliiuuit* tit n. Scott and boasts of Me
Ciolian He cm oluUcs with speculations about
capital, ..ii*or, hi and ihe snpari.>ri*y of the United
States over the iilhern Contederacy.
flip lurny on thr fuast of .North Carolina.
Tl.o Kaloigli Ri gtsior ot ibe 4 h iust. has the
following:
IVe Imm from h rcliub.x nourw that a \ uokie
regiment b<s lauded and l.ikoii posses
sion of I'orismoiidi, in this State, and lh.it ibere
arc ten Vo-nkev - .mo - m I'.iuib*.. bound AN itli
the txctpti nos iiiuiao 1 arrow, tho iuhubitania
about Oorueoke wreckers and flsbunilua—ha
ring i\-it in tbuir adhi.<u lo (ho Yankees in
order to save their pi< porty. J hose are a peo
l> © .shi ih i*, and are in no degree a lype of
the population ol E is tern North Carolina.
Mr. Furrow we arc glad to hear got safely oil
from i ic V.inkees, but we are nut apprised as to
how iiis propert\ b.rod.
\u(tlir llems.
Th foil- w .i:g i’enirt arc from the New York
Herald <•( Deceit lei Ist.
The Nuw \"tk Oottimi Market was again
or \e ii rd.iy, nod do, ed at mi advancejjol
- -i c per lb The sales cuibraced about 1,700
chit ii, to spioners, at 27 l s per lb for mid
dling uplands.
C.ipt. Nathaniel itordon >1 the slave ship Kric
convicted of piracy, was yoaterday aentunced in
he U. 8. Circuit C .urt to be hanged on the 7th
f Fibruary mxi The prisoner lias n young
wife ana lovely child.
I . H. iV inhal vlurny lims been ordered by the
Secretary of Mate l*> prmreed to ‘Fort McHenry
o Investigate som- matters connected with the
existing treaeoo
Tho exports >‘f breadstuff* in Europe during
the p*t Week wore 1,000,000 bushels grain and
01,1 !>j barrel.- <r flour—a alight falling off from
the shipmonts ol ihe putt six weeks.
Four louein- ni buildings were destroyed by
fire in AbAundria, Virginia, on Ihe 2,'11) ult
Loss i.*,OMO.
E\-Marrbal k.nie of lialttUiorc, m to be re
leased from Fort Warren on bis pirolu tor throe
wrecks, t<> attend Upon his hither in law, who is
dangerously sick.
The '••-Minor V indvrdeibilt, on her way up to
Albany, mi Wednesday night, met with a slight
icc ilcot, and wis couipethd lo lay up. Hur
piis-t-iigers took the (ludsou Ru.r Railroad cars
The iron rides for Ihe iron clad Government
steam,*r now building in this city are being tuu
ufaciu.ed iu ir y.
Tooru appear* tube a bitch in the movements
of the lain ui \ criuont regiment, it is said,
however, tliai they w ill certainly pass through
New \ >rk this week.
A let.er ho- been reieiVed iu Troy friu the
l.fcti R Col. Frisby, stating that the bod
ies of iii vo id dm no in bora ot the rtigimeut
who w. re .ill >. ,eu io ihe foraging party ol Capi.
L toiiiog, hau i- it found iu the woods perfectly
naked, :w. wwhiiicir throat* cut, and the other
With his bead lakuu entirely off. This looks us
if the hiag li tg was flying.
Liur.ila IUiJ in Scutt t uuun. Trnn.
A /.mltman ju; t arrived from .Scott county,
Teuu., in forma us that on iiunduy uioruing lasi
a hand of Lin coin lie* from Kentucky, Msiston
by a umu her ot Tu. ic- < f that county, enteico
the village of Huntsville and seised the pc.
hous ot J hn L. Smith, John Carlin, f'uivi j
Srnitb, Sieriiug bmiib, Joe Smith and livooib
ers, wiio.-u names we could not procure, and irn
i,ud.ii dy ,■ farted with them to Kentucky as
i prisoner < ot war, at the same tune takiug ahouc
id./..ii l *t- Ail the geiilltmen abducted
were qu'-e uio ff ud n.g ..buns, belf-oging to
no uiiidary orgubizaliou in it t t ni,federate scr
( me. i i.i ir only crime was that they were se
i<i . : .on |, Smith is Clerk ami Master
Jol the Chanveiy l -nrt at iluutsville, at len t
1 eieniv \nt •’ g , u J 'd * nspectid by all w 1,..
Kn w bin i li e veryhighc-t degree, and the
others at dii> •” arc equally crl:ind.
The party I*mi wtioni we derived this infor
lU),ti.3Tf, Mr AN m. Anderson, was like Wise cap
lured by the mar under*, but made >• escape
lie *:iy lie could um aeeurtMin the precise
number of the enemy. He *w about forty or
(illy, but they represented their nuiuher* nt
j several hundred. They wen*piloted in by ihe
somewhat notorious John W. Smith, who wa*
released by the Confederate Court t Nashville
some time since, upon hi* taking the oath of
a’lcif nice, and who forfeited h * recognizance
*<nne day* ago in the Confederate CJourt at this
pluee, upon a ehnrge of counterfeiting. John
linger of thia city be ng Ins security.
11c was assisted in this infamous raid by other .
i,,rv residents of Hcolt county, among whom wus
lliloy (well, another individual who Was released
liy Major Fulkerson, at Jamestown, lest summer
upon making the strongest promises of good be
havior towurds the Confederate Klate*
We and e’v*y oitlsen, whe wishes rumy to
tho Southern . time, I maud that our mililary
authorities act promptly end efficiently In this
affair. l.et there ho no delay, no matter what
may be tho policy adopted by the authorities
These citisens must he relea.ed from captivity ;
or if a hair of their head is Injured, they must he
avenged forty fold, — Knnxvitle Ktyi.ttr, Ire A
■ K.tract of a le#lter|lo the New York Herald
Tbe “Kekeli” in EntrUntl.
tiosnos, Nov. 9.—When tho steamships owned
by Knglishtnen, loaded by Englishmen, die
pa'che.l by Englishmen, continue to leave Eng
1,1, ~„ rl s, under English colors, under the very
■ VO.- of tbo American Legation and the Kngli-h
foreign office, full of goods contraband or war, in
„U „( those In open rebellion against the Federal
Government | when Lord Palmerston replies to
Mr. Adams, “Yes we know It-eatob them if you
can;'’ when it become- generally known that
tho English army is race;.ton, the English church
in Finn, the English Parliament i* secession,
the English aristocracy I s steeinion, the English
merchautile murine and the English banker are
seeoMinu, a* you may auy day sec by reading
the seceshion articles in the English secession
daily, weekly and monthly pres*—l say, when
you see tho eiihro dress circle of England is se
cession to the hack bone, it is time to declare,
from persona) observation, that the Knglhh pit
is s mud and goes (or the Union to the last.
The boxes breathe hostility, but the galleries
are true to the Union cause.
AA'ar between England and America is absurd
simply because when tho war Cabinet demands
war the peace people will demand poaco, The
people of England will not fight tho people ot
Aineric t; but the leadeisaru doing their best to
egg them on to bloodshed. Tho driver of a
*tag-co*ch oau place ail the passengers iu the
river if he chooses. Rut tho Premier fears that
he cannot jump off in time to save his own in ck.
English politics are in a rotten state —nob >dy
knows anybody ; German politics are ctpiallj
mixed, French politic* are muddy; Rus-ian
politics sro rather hazy , while American politics
are divided in o the party of traitors and the
party of patriots.
Thereto more of ibe former iu Europe than
the latter, l regret to say Secession seems
fashionublo with many of our merchants and
bankers abroad. They think it for their in crest
to be neutral, as they call it. 1 consider ueutrali
ty tile basest kind of treachery—an open enemy
is preferable tu a neutral friend. Tho highway
man who demand* your mouey or yur iite in
an open road is nidder than the souiup who fires
at you from behind a tree and robs you alter-
Wards
England’s mutral position is contemptible. I
have soon one, two, three vessels under my very
face, with cannon, riflt-a, shoe* and blankets lor
tbe Southern coin pirators.
Testier look ill eighle*n largo rifled guns, two
one hundred slid twenty pound Whitworths,
7.i00 Knfitld, IS,mm Belgian nflo*. l>o,tum paiis
I rihoen, and 00,000 overcoats in the Bcriuud t
Tho Kingal lift the Scottish niiorc n for night
since with a duplicate cargo The Tie iumh Wat
son, 1 mu glad to see. ha* bei nMiiik off Charles
toll. Out ur two other vuescis hic now duo ut
the pirate rend* xou.’ , but ihi lot'cr, mu lo pub
lie tli roil * h y.ur column.-, is lo iiuihc sure hiul
st< p the Gladiator, i iglily hor-e p wr, 600 tons;
steiims iiino and a hail kn-t* ; old screw
sieaui packet ; sold by Bake, Adam t t’o ;
loaded I y the“Frivat J-dnt Stock Couipany
i unlimited) tf English and Southori) secoHßionist*’
with 600 cases lifleH, oaniioii, shoe*, blankets,
and a largo quantity of gunpowder,
which site took iii last n ght at Krith. Bho clears
> ‘d..y for Tenet itfo and Nassau.
From thu Memphis Avalanche, Dec. h
Ltnst Hint ST. Lillis,. .WKSUKA SLMIHiM
tt(IVSIt\TS UL THE re.UI.UALS.
YVe conversed yostorday with a gunllciiian liv
ing in Now Orleans, who loft M. Louis last Fri
day. liu is a Southern man. having largo pos
sessions in 1 linoi* and St. Louis, und recently
went up to look alter tho same.
He says that two of th.* gunboat* left St. Loui*
t<>r (’ tro lust Wednesday, and that two otbor*
wore getting up steam to leave on Friday after
noon, left on tho Kuima Duncan. Be
-idei* these, there i* (ho “Benton,” altered from
(lie Bell boat, slid three gunboats which wore
built at Mound City—ail of which except the
“Bentoil” ho heard wero already done und on
their way to Cairo, lie had examined ll,e J'Yd
oral gun touts, and also our jiwn Soul hern gun
boats and gives it a* hi* opinion that our bouts
•an sink them. Be i* quite certain that we ran
*mk all except the “Reuton,” and perhaps that
also.
lie says that the federal* hud a hd ol what
they called pontoons- the bottom made ol wood
and lined with iron designed to anchor in front
of Columbus and shell it. These are to he towed
by steamboats.
At M Louis everything relating to military
iiffair* was kept exceeding quiet. Tbo j e pie
living in the city seemed lobe ignorant of the
uurtibnr of troop* there, at.d of the nature of the
defenses.
The Union feeling, our informant states, is at
•t bnv ebb in St Louis. Tho South ha* many
that city.
The feeling against ihe South in very hitter
in portion*of Illinois. Sometd the Illinoisan*
contend that the war can only end with slave
ry; are lor a war of extermination. Still (here
uro a good many iu lllinoi* who oppose the
war They are called the “Secessionmil.**—
There me iu McDonough county, no lesnlhau
a ihoiixtind men who oppose the war. It is a
Democratic county, und but for Dougin*’ la*l
two speeches, there would not have been u
volunteer from that county. There nre some
of Doug<u*’ friends in that portion of lilinoi*
who do not believe yet that Douglas e ver made
■qieechi* in favor of Lincoln’* u nr.
j The Inspector at Cairo, who is father in law
i Me.Clernand,remarked to a friend ln*i week
while traveling on the ears til Illinois, that lie
had ills doubt whether tbe Federal* could suc
ceed in subduing the .South. He added that
the North had based their success on number*
and that every engagement yet had proved
that they were greatly mistaken.
He say* the Federal* lust Friday gave or
ders to stop thu regular Ft. Loui* packet boat
Iroiu running, and that all except Government
Dial* were forbid to run- the object being to
starve the rebels out. No boat* will herealler
be permuted to touch on the Missouri side
below Girardeau.
The Federal* *tiin* f *> tfoopx at ColuirihuM
*t 2a,000, au outside limit, and say that it im
useless to attack Columbus with luss than 76,000
men Thu people of Illinois believe that Co
lumbus can be tskon with that number, and
are urging the “powers that be” to do it at once
There are fouie who believe that the attack wil|
be speedily made; but there are others who
think it will not he attempted till spring, as it
wa- su'd on the Emma Duncan thut the troops
at B.rd's Foiut and at Cairo are building cabins
to live in tins winter.
Our informant says that if the Federal* attack
uii at Columbus and are repulsed, as he ooufi
den Uy* believes, it will hare a most flattering f
feet <u the peace party of Illinois, which is al
ready growing rapidly.
flu any* that pork In Belling in McCoinb, th
county seat of McDonough couuty,for two cents
a pound, wheat at forty-fiva cents and corn at
nine cents per bushel. These low. prices and no
market for produce touches the* pocket nerve,
and tends not a little to strengthen tbe peace
party.
Our Informant, as before stated, left St. Lou
is on Friday afternoon on the Kama Duncan,
tho last boat that was permitted to leave—got off
at Commerce, M<-., by land, tome twenty miles,
and thence to New Madrid, reaching hero yester
day, and immediately left for New Orleans, lie
is a reliable gentleman, whose statements can be
taken without discount.
If anything were wanting to convince the
world of the imbecility, corruption and down
right littleness of .Northern intellect, the announce
ment through Northern journals of a provisional
government for North Carolina on Cape flatteras
would supply that deficiency. A more thorough
pieco of child’s play never was onacted, even in
tbe darkest corner of oivilixed society, by tbe
rudest set of backwoods school boys; and yot
Northern journals herald it forth as though it
were a great triumph.— Nmcbarn Pr-grti.
THE SOYEKEIGNTY OF THE STATES.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY, DBCKMBBK 16, 1861.
: I'ULtMKI N, WKIthIiNDAI, UktFMKI lt lI.IM|.
Ibf Wir oo the Coist.. Mhl Ihe “Reliable Grille
mm” says.
(From the Charleston Mercury, 7th.)
This city yesterday was filled with lalse aud
cisggerated flying rumor*, tor the prcvalvut-e *f
which we could account in no aaii*factoy way,
except by supposing that our old friend ? Rlia
Ido” had actual y deserted tlie Virginia Central
Railroad, and couw down to travel to aud fro
.ui the ,** •v.innuh and Ctiarleston train, liu*
pres.'cd wivb iliis eouviotioo, we spent several
hours in ebasiug, ui< at ludefatigably, e\ery uu
lucky wight, who, by coming from beyond the
Ashley, lnd subjected hiui.*clt tu the suspioton of
being “reliable” aud tinuily, to uur intense de
light, wo Hucoeedt and in pouncing up< n cur mau.
tic uubosi mod tninselt to us as Icllow:
On fliursday ov.-umg, Capt. Elliott, with ode
laciiiueiit .'1 the lleauforl Artillery (mount and,)
started oil au expedition to i*rt Royal I Ind,
w.th a view of burning the cotton there. lie
succeeded admirably, destroying utterly no less
:Imtt thirteen cotton house, oonlaiuing au aggre
gate of upwarda t>l Dim* bales die whole amount
. I Dolton it inaihing upou the Island. No ene
my wa* l<> l*o seen, t'apt. Elliot, dutei mined to
iioooiupliidk bis work iu tho most thorough man
nor, crossed Battery River iu a little canoe, ac
companied onl y hj iw, or three of his men, and
huv.og reached Paris Island, put the (on-h to
the corn bouse of Dr. Kulloi.es well as to bis
coiti'ii crop, which uuiounlod to about TO bales.
Jbe work ot devastation being complete, tbe
galinii! captain then rejoined ills troopers, with
whom he retired to the main.
On Friday night, Col. AN. K Martin, at the
hud “Ia Company from hi* Kugiment, ere cried
over to Fort Royal Blind to reooumtio. It.c
had reached a p>>iut known u* “Tho Redoubt,”
willi mi about olio mile of Beaufort, when liny
were suddenly fired Upon by a large body ot tbe
out in v lying in ambush At tho first fire. Mr.
<)*hniiie Barnwell (who uci-oaipained Ihu de
tiichmonl a* volunteer guid- ) received u flesh
w ound iu the nriu. Our men retreated ut first,
but ‘” ‘ii returned in pursuit of the enemy At
lasi .u counts (hey were still upou Fort Royal
I stand.
lb. Jus |d: Bytb'W -od, wu U-arn,crested over
1“ L.idy’s Island, without escort, and km lire tu
In* entire budding*, crops, etc,
Tlir KugageDeut &l IVnwola... A Northcru Aauuui.
T he Philadelphia Enquirer Inis the follow ug
letter from it* correspondent:
Fortkxhh Monhok Nov. 27.
PasNeiigeia, by u Hug of truce from Norfolk
(hi* morning, lunindi some further particular*
ut regard to the fight at Fort Pickett*.
Great excitement wu* prevalent throughout
the South icspccreng the battle, bat it was
thought that Bragg would be able lo force Col,
B.ovvii to surrender A tuesseugi r arrived
Irom l'cit uco.'u ou Buuilay lust, with a per
emptory order for leiuforcenieiit*.
General Bragg was, at tlmt time, hopeful of
success and wu* replying ut interval* upon (lie
lortress with great effect. Ills regular sulvos
are described as being really terrible The
General was perfectly cool und confident. No
breach liu* yet been made, but ou Monday one
would l*e nmiiifeM, when Bragg expected re
tiiforeeuieiils, and would storm with troop*
und ordnance. Col. Brown had concentre,ted
a perfect voim ol hot snot and shell upon the
•Navy Yard, and il had been bullied down, lo
git her wit Ii all the outbuildings aud a comod.
•re aide amount of tinny and ordnance afore*.
Pensacola bad been* evacuated by order of
Ui-11. lirKß
Colonel Brown lias called to bis assistance
five vessels of war, all of wbioh hud Iteen drev
< u oil by the batteries. The steam frigate Ni
ngnru wa* almost riddled with bullet*, und tbe
i ’olorudo wa* thoroughly disabled.
General Bragg has declared to hi* troops
tha; lu* would never surrender alive, and Hie
greatest etithtisiuMii prevailed among ihcinea a
i )u Tuesday, General Bragg would engage Col
Brown iu front, mid land a free on the Island
so a* lo take Inm in the rear.
[lt i* getter illy believed at Foi tress Monroe
that an action ha* taken place at Pensacola
bctwi.cn our war vessel* gad the rebel*, and
that Bragg lot* been whipped, Pcimacolu
Imi rued and pi ninthly Bragg’s whole force cap
* m m
Oir Habit a PbilosopLcr.
We cannot resist Ihe temptation to furtii-h
to our tender* the following verbatim extract
Irom the Kangaroo's lale Message It prole*
c* to lie a disquisition upon the rulatt't* dig
nity and iner t* of “capual” und “labor.” Abe
‘MV* that tin* subject in new to him an ad
mission which but a moment anticipate* Die
conclusion of the reader Asa specimen of
.rgiiiiicffimioii, it surpasses anything we have
-ecu iii lire English language, and, us a curt
osily, is worthy of preservn ion. We defy any
body to sift uu intelligent idea from it, or to rise
from t* perusal an limit a strengthened eon
vietion that “a fool will l.e a fool,” though you
bore a hide tu In* skull ami pour lit a quart of
liquid wisdom through a liu (irnnol:
‘ It i* not needed tor tilling here that a gelt
••litl uigiimeut should be made in favor ol pop
iiiur institution* , but there t* one point, with
it.* . on a ee| mu*, not *o huckiiryi and u most oth
ers, to which I ask u brief attention. Il is the
effort to place capital oil uu equal wtlb, if not
above labor, in tbe structure of government-
It i* as sit tiled that labor t* available only tu
connection with capital t that nobody Inbors
mile** somebody else owning capital, sorue
bow by the use of it, induces him to labor.—
This assumed, tt is tied considered whether
it in best that capital hhull hire lalmrers, and
thu* induce them to work hy their own ion-
nunt, or buy them and drive them to it jvilhout
their consent Having proceeded so far, it is
iiut iif ally concluded that all laborers are either
hired laborers or what we call slaves; and
further, it is assumed that whoever is oiicu a
hired laborer is tiled in that condition lor life
fflow there is no such relatioa between capital
and labor as assumed, nor is there any such
thing as a free ii.mu being fixed for life in tbs
condition of n lured liftnuer Doth of these as
sumptions are false, and all inferences from
them are groundless.
* Labor is prior to and independent of capital.
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could
never have existed iflabor had not first exist
ed. Labor is the superior of capital, and de
serves yiuch the higher consideration. Capital
has its rights which are as worthy of protec
tion as any other right. Nor is it denied that
there is, and probably always will he, n rela
tion between lalor and capital producing mu
tual benefits. The error is in assuming that
the whole labor of a community exists within
that relation. A few men own cupital, and
that lew avoid labor themselves, and with their
capital hire or buy another tew to labor for
them.
A lurge majority belong to neither class;
neither work for others, nor have others work
ing for them In most of the .Southern States
a majority of the whole people, of all colors,
are neither slaves nor masters, while in the
Northern a large majority are neither hirers
not hired Men with their fa mil es, wives,
son* and (laughter* work for ihmn.selves on
their farms, in their houses and in their shops
taking the whole product to themselves, and
u*kiu no favors of capital on iho one hand,
n r of hired lab rer* or slaves on the other.—
it is not to gotten that a considerable number
ot persons mingle their own labor w ith capital
that is, they labor with their own hands, and
also buy or hire others to labor lor them; but
ihi* is only a m xed, mid not a distinct, class.
No principle staled is di turhed l>y the exist
ence of ibis mixed class.
Again, as has altcn.ly been said, there is not
of necessity, any au. h thing as the free hired
laborer being fixed iu dial condition tor lite.
Many independent men, everywhere in these
8 ales, a few years buck in their lives, were
hired laborers. The prudent, penniless beggar
in the woild labor* for wages awhile, saves a
surplus with who hto buy tools or land for
Inniself, then lubo s on Ins own uceoinit anoth
er win e, and ul length lures another new be
giuuui to lie p him i lu* is tin- just and gene
rous and prosperous system w hich opens tbe
way lo all, gives hope lo all, and cousequent
energy aud progress and improvement of the
condition of all. ’
Ufwrtfrs from the lUsi,Mp|ii Tvirnl) First:
The ‘u'lowing dispatch from General Stone,
we.take from the New Ymk Ileiaid,ol'lhe Ist
ifist
Pooi.khv 1t.1.K, Nov L'S, ISftl.
J\i M+jur lie/irrat McC elian :
Ye-lerduy one deser.er came fioin the Mis
sissippi Tweuty first Regiment, at the risk of
his lite. Two others of the same regiment and
company implored an oitleer biarmg a Hag of
ruce to bring them over with him. Os course
lie c uld n. t make such a use of a white flag,
it is represented that nearly a dozen in that
company wish to leave. The reason* given are
neglect when sick, and want of proper food.
T e total force in the vicinity of Leesburg lit
lor duty is represented to be about 2,600.--
There are f.om 000 to 800 sick. There ure two
companies ol Irishmen iii the 2l*| Mississippi
Regiment, represented to lie greatly dissatis
fied informer* say there art! no troops be
tween Man •*m* Junction and Goose Creek,
on (Jiiii Spring read
t F. STONE,
Br gadier Gelt.
Movraeittn of Hreltrii Truaps.
Tho (Imago, Id, Journal, Nov ember 2Kth
say* :
The movement of troops in tin* section of
the No) III we-| i* in excess of anything yet
seen since the war opened The Chicago Al
um, and Si. Loui* Railroad Company, for in
stance, are to move to day from tin* city toSt.
Loui* the Lincoln Regiment of Col. Wilson.—
On the next day (Frtduy) Col Keiiog’s Michi
gan (-Hvnlry, Irom Grand Rapids, are (o pas*
over (lie same line Ou Suturdny they trans
port a huge por toil of the Ninth lowa Regi
ment, who Icmvu lowa City and connect at
Joliet On Suuduy Die Wisconsin Ninth, on
Tuesday the Wisconsin Eleventh, and on the
same day thu Second regiment of the Douglus
Brigade, Col. David Stewurl, arc to pass over
tbe route—in all, upwards often thousand melt
to go fin ward wi h n u week
Eipilxiao of Mr. Bururtt from ('ou^rßß.
11l tho Wh-Ii UgloU House ul UcprcsontliUvo*
on the ‘ll instant, ilm following preiuihlu and
resolutions ware “Herod and adopted:
WhoruiK, Henry C. B irnet , a inembtr of thii
House from Kcuiuo y,is iu opou rebellion against
ihu i J..v iruuiiii of the United Slate*: Thuroforu
Resolved, Tint thu iloiiry C. Bu ne’t bo and
be i* hereby < xpulled Iruiu ihu Bouse and thut
the Govet nor ul Keul.uc.ky be uuliliod of bisex
puisiun.
Resolved, ‘I Iml Die Sergeant at urtns l>o direc
ted in t to pay Burnett’* salary, which bait accru
ed since the close of Dm oxiru lusidou.
From the London Morning Herald.
Tbe Treison of Ibe Virlb.
Lincoln and Seward, their Mcretaru s ami their
generals, hitv> all held tho same language;
have aB asserted, us solemnly a* words can af
firm any thing, that they have no desire tu in -
tertvre with slavery ; that Du y are fighting, not
to eunuioipate the it grocs, bat to on force u con
stitution which binds the free Hiatus to assist in
maintaining and perpe'uatmg the system of ne
gro servitude—a constituiion which embodies, in
a uist r*rfull> w- rded clause, u •ti-unct and
uniquivoual lugitive slave law
M-iiol Fi.uusylvsimi and Massac.huSMlt*cared
as a iule very (itile about Dm “domestic in*M(U
tioa"of the B<>uth until ihi* wxr fir-ke out.—
The marohunts of New York wore bitter parti
j sau-of slavery, fiat tbe iruumaslsr* ot Fetin
* v.vania and Die iiiaiiUlaciuruiH of New England
havo in xml tho Mouth fr ttietr l<eneli> so long
that b y caiiuot boar tbo thought ol losing the
power ui’ doing so for tti fu'ure, the brokers of
the Empire City are furious at the pro*)ioct of
seeing Dmif lucrative trade diverted to (’buries
ton or N w Orleans, arid carried on with Eng
lish capital. The lust ol iii ney has bad ten
nines more lo do with the s -thleii patriotism of
ho North than their love of liberty.”
>. * * * *
Every act of Mr. Lincoln’s, since Die taking
of Fort Humter. has been a violation of that
“fundamental law of the Anglo.Hax<>n race be
yond the Atlautio’’— or would la* so, but that
tha constitution has ceased lo exist, and, there
fore, cannot be correctly said to be violated.
Secession, perhaps, is unconstitutional, but co
ercion is equally so. Mr. Davis governs by the
authority of a successful revolution. Mr. Lin
edn governs in the name of an authority which
ft'ibt'ls ovary thing that he does and cannot
h> ip loing, and if the constitution were in vigor lie
iiiu >i he impeached lor high treason, without a
chance of defending himself, and would he liable
at the same time u actions for false imprisonment
which would ruin a Rothschild.
He has ordered his officers to set at ilcliuM#
the Supreme Court of the Republic. He has sus
pended the habeas corpus. He has proclaimed
martial law. He*has set up a uew Legislature
in Westorn Virginia in opposition totha authori
ty of tbe lawful (Jovernor. He has suppressed
the Comtitution and Imprisoned the collective
Legislature of Maryland. He has put down
freedom of the press and annulled the right of
petition. In a word, he has committed many
hundred distinct acts of high treason, or what
would be such bad America any longer a law or
a legal government.
Are we, then, to believe that a war undertaken
in defiance of every constitutional principle is u
war in defence of the constitution—that Presi
dent, Ministers and Uenerals are fighting for a
law, the operation of which, if really enforced,
would be to hang them all. We waive the ob
vious impossibility of constitutionally governing
the Mouth, if re-conquered, becaure the contin
gency Is too improbable to be worth discussion*
But we think it is too bad to accuse Sir John
Paokirigton of'•hatted to free institutions” be
cause he desires to see a stop put to the war
lathe first plaee, free institutions in the North
mean mob law. and in the South vigilance corn
mitt eon; what we understand by the phraso is
nowhere known in tho United Staten, In tho
next place, tho necessary eflbctn of tho restore
tion of constitutional law in tho North would bo
to stop tho war at once.
Plain Talk.
The London Herald, tho accredited organ of
Lord Derby, in a Into number usos the following
plain language towards tho North :
First, wo have no trade worth keeping with tho
North ; .second, war would open to us a most
valuable direct trade with the South. Viowod
purely from a commercial point of night, It in
oven possible that a war with Mr. Linooln’s gov
ernment would boa Mossing to the .staple manu
facturos of tins country. Wo trust that our
trails Atlantic contemporaries will make a note
of this fact, and bear in mind that what further
patience aud forbearance llroat Britain may
show to the rock less and insolent niun who un
fortunately rule and represoul tbe Northern
Status, is granted to kin.ir< and blood and to in
stitutions free from tho stain of slavery, not to
trade oounectiou So long as honor permits, wo
would fain avoid aveuging on the Northern
States the lawless outrages and impertinent lan
guage of their rulers, ambassadors and officers;
but we would not (but they should attribute tlie
dignified patience and long suffering of England
to a wrong motive, least of all to a tear of in
juring iuture *ts which would cortaiuly not sutler
by war.
In another part of the article (In; writer sar
castically adds:
Wo deprecate war at all time*, alien war can ho
avoided without incurring w>i.o disinters; wo
deprecate above all w ars a war with u kiudred
people, where victory is too certain to be glori
ous, und whore ut.r victory must he encouraging |
to tbe supporters of a cutise detestable to Eng
lish hearts. But we buliovc that tho only dan
ger ol war arise* from tli * violent tcinpor and
unprincipled calculation of certain leaders of
public opinion in the Northorn Stales ; and we
wish to warn tbi in and their friends in England
that their calculation* me utterly unsound, that
they have already one lo tho English people all
the mischief In their pow er, and that to compel
us to wur would be to repair tho worst material
injuries they have already indicted on us. If
they undcrMlunil this in lime, we believe peace
lo bt maintainable; if not, the guilt will rest
with (boric whose wanton outrages disturbed it,
nut with those who futhoar a* long us forbear
mice is possible, it is lo ilium, not to us, that
remonstrance* in favor of peace should lie ad
dressed.
The Klrel ion fur Itfjirosfntstivrs in (.’impress.
The following, says the Charleston Mercury,
uro tho returns of tho election in this State lor
members of tho first Congress of the Confederate
Btatos :
First District*—Hun John McQueen —no op
position.
Boeoiid District—Hull. \V. Pereher Miles—no
opposition.
Third District—lion. A. L Ayer—no oppo
sition.
Fourth District —Hon. M. L. Bonham —21VI
votes.—Col. John A. Calhoun -82 fl votes.
Fifth District—Moo. James Farrow—26Bo
votes—Col. G. K. Townes---800 votes.
Hlxtli District—Hon. AV. VV. Uoyse—no op
position.
SIILDIKHS ATHYITOV!
Tho Augusta Chronicle d’ Sentinel of Monday
says:
We are requested to ptiMitd) tho following dis
patch received by his Honor Mayor May, this
morning Our eotemporaries through the State
are requested to call attention :
Yonktown, D o. Bth. 1801.
To Honorable Robert 11. May, Mayor City of
Augusta:
Please havn communicated to all officers and
soldiors who may be in or passing through your
oily from tho Second, Fifth or Tenth Louisiana,
Tenth Georgia, and Fifteenth Virginia Regi
ments, and all Regiment* erving iu tho Puuin.
sula, that by order of Gen Mugrudor, their
leaves ol absence are revoked, und that they
must return immediately and join their respec
tive cniiinumds. L. McLAWS,
l’.rig Gun.
hum Ibf liulinn I'uiiulry.
Yesterday m< e pres* arrived from Fort Gib
son, bringing ih-pntohe* from Major Qiismiii
berry, Quartermaster t* Major Clarke, of ihi*
post, from which we obtained the following
extract :
“Col. Cooper ha* had n light wile Opolhley
liolo’* force* and Kansas Jay hawkers, killing
some sixty ol them. Four ol Col U’* com
mand were killed Fight took (dace on Red
Fork. It commenced at dark; Ihe prairie
we* on lire. On next day about sixty Indiana
and .luyliawker* found killed. The body of a
brother of John W. Taylor, merchant of the
Creek Nation, ioiiud among them Seventeen
wagons taken with entile, sugar, coflee, Ac*.—
I’url Smithy Ail., Nil's
KuMolts ok a KioUt. -Tho Knoxville Regis
tor of tbe fltli has the following fi de from a < or
respondent at Whitesburg. Ton!)
“This morning ah*uii ;unrisoeanm.rinding whs
distinctly heard in the direction of Cocke comity,
suposed to be tho fighting butweeiw our forces
an 1 the mountain toil’ s.’’
In confirmation of lb s, -'vy* tha K igistor. we
latirii that Adjutant G nore SfiMfsiirrat, of Gen
eral Carroll’s brigade e*,s***d Cbuoky river, at
the Build, ywdurday iu rnir.g, and while doing
so sludlml a force of the lories who were annainped
on Bird 11111, oo the opposite side of the river; -
who it wa* said bud hoisted the black (lag.
The Council of the Provisional Government of
Kentucky have fixed tho price of pork at seven
dollars and fifty cents per hundred pounds.
IJy the Huie authority a tux bill nfs2U,per week
in levied on all brokers who aro engaged in
shaving Tennessee money.
Fkom Tyhkk. The steamer brought no news
of special interest from b clow yesterday. A
party of Yankees were treated to a shell from
the fort ns they were strolling on the beach yes*
terdny, and scamporod away at Dull Bun speed.
There are n’ghtecn vessels lying oil’ the island,
and in addition to the bark already reported, a
ship bus been run ashore.— San, Hep.
Tit a FisiiT—Ou Huturduy Inal there wns in
sight near this harbor, tbo following Lincoln
vessels:—Thu steamship Bu*r|uehnnnali, two
side wheel gunboats, u storuship, u largo
schooner, supposed to lie laden with coal, and
the Swedish bark Minolta. Wo hear that this
lust vessel was bound to this port, supposing
there whh no blockade, which waul of inform
ation will be unfortunate for her owners, as
she will no doubt be seized. —Charleston Couri
er, 9th.
Benjamin Htnrk ban been appointed from Or
egon to take the place of Col. Baker in the Hon
ute of tho United States Stark is said to be a
democrat of the Vullandighum peace proolivlty
next thing to a secessionist.
OULIIMBUft, THURSDAY, DK KAIHKU 12. IMtl.
Captain Croft.
Wo had tho pleasure yesterday to witness tho
drilling of the Columbus Flying Artillery undor
command of the above gallant officer, with his
subordinates who uro no loss gallant and patri
otic than h tusoif. Capt Croft commands a bat
tery of four cannon and two howitzers, which
are now fully equipped, and drawn by horses
equal to any requirement. YVe wero surprised to
observe tbe proficiency they hnvo attained in <o
short a space of time, which certainly re flects
groat credit on Capt. Croft and ail oouccrned.
All who wish to servo their country und assist
in tho work of driving back tho vandals that
now infest our bordors, should not ,fail to identi
fy thoinsolves with this gallant company with
out dolay. Only a few more chances left
Appeal tu the T*cl Months’ Troops,
General Braxton Bragg hits issued the fol
lowing circular to Ins twelve months’ troops
soliciting these brave battalions to continue to
to the close of the war:
lIAKnqtiAKTEHs, Army ok Phnsacola, a
Near IViimicolh, Florida, v
November 21, IMII.J
[Cikcu.ar. )
With a view of preserving to our cause the
invaluable service of those soldiers he has so
long commanded with pride, the General is
desirous of reorganizing his old-regiment* “fur
the war.” The advantages to be obtained by
ihe officers und men themselves ure so appa
rent ns to give the strongest hope of success
But few of us, ffuny, can contemplate retiring
from the field to the inglorious occupation of
idly witnessing the labors of our mothers
wives and daughters nobly working for their
defenders iu the field.
To receive n discharge and go home tempo
rarily, with the viewol again enlisting in some
oilier command, will subject tho soldier to
many annoyances lie has not contemplated.—
He will never again lie as well satisfied, mix
ed up, as he will be, with strangers und raw
meil, where he will Jinve to go (liroiigii nil ihu
drudgery of elementary instruction, so ereen
toil to them, but irksome to him All his form
er acquaintances mid tin corps will be
Ibst, and he will be looked on as n raw recruit
instead of u veteran of one campaign. Above
nil lie will lose bis arms, lor the army i* now
lull of men eager to sec him depart, tli t they
may necuie hi* gnu with which to will a name.
To return with 1111 old shot-gun, or, perhaps,
with no gun ul all, aud await a chance oppor
(unity to secure what has been thrown away,
will be the lute of those who thus depart.
Those who remain limy confidently rely 011
soon being employed actively) if not here, at
some oilier point to which they can now be
sent, their places being supplied with new
troops. And as far a* he can do so, consist
ently with his sense of duty, the General will
allow’ those who re-enlist, und require it, an op
portunity to visit home and arrange their bus
iness affair*. This indulgence will lie granted
to re enlisted men in preference to all other*.
1. ( ompanies of not less than sixty four prl
vales (a larger number would be prelerrod,)
with their proper officer*, will be received and
mustered for the war, retaining their present
arms and equipments, when they will be dis
churgcd from iheir old engagements, and paid
off’to that dale.
2. Such companies will be attached to their
old regiments, until a sufficient number is ob
tained to constitute anew regiment ; when
they will be aggregated, and field officers will
be appointed by the Proaidmit
In making tlm appointments, he will, no
doubt, be influenced by a known desire of a
large majority of u regiment, ascertained
through the proper military clTaiincl. But no
elections will be held, und uo electioneering
will be tolerated. Mont, not popularity, will
control the selections.
Such of, his veteran* as are willing to join
‘‘for the war,” the General will be proud to re
ceive, ns evincing a confidence lie lias labored
to deserve. It limy not be hi* good fortune to
lead them against the enemy; but on any field
nml against any foe, he will answer for their
conduct, and predict for them n brilliant victo
ry or a glorious death.
By Com maud of
MAJ. GKN. BRAGG.
Qkouok G. Garnrr,
Assis'l Adj’t Gen.
Th Confederate Steamer NudliailU.
AVn httvo already published a brief announce
ment of thu arrival of tho O'. 8. steamer Nashville
at tfniuliaiiiptun, England, the fact having been
communicated officially to President Davis. Wo
now hive a lull cuiiliriiial ion of tho nows, by tho
last European steamer. Kite rtniehed Southamp
ton on tho 21st of November, with the “rebel”
flag flying. <n her voyage out she fell in with
the American ship “Harvey Bitch,” from Havre,
bound to New York; and after taking the cap
tain and crew onboard the •learner, set fire to
the prixe nnd burned her to the water’s odge,
Tho “prisoners” were Del at liberty oil thoir ar
rival at Southampton
The Nashville is commanded ly Capt. Rob
ert li. Pegrnm, C. 8. N , a native of Virginia,
and a gallant ottico". It i. stated that he com
mune a’ed with jVIr. Yancey directly nltur his
urixvul at the British port A leading abolition
paper >r New York iiitimalex that the Nash
ville 1* “fitting out” at Southampton, and may,
very po*-ihly, waylay n* and capture the steam
ship Arngo, making rapt ve of Gen. Scott,
Archbishop Hughe*, aud Thurlow Weed.—-
Another take* up the alarm, and -my* that
‘ Government ought to lute no tune in viispatcb
mg steamer* in search of the Nashville;’’ “let
no room he left lor after regret* that proper
precautions were taken to prevent ihe impris
onment of the bile ('nininundtr ill (’hief of the
American armies, now seeking Kiitope lor the
benefit o| ins health; of the revered Archbish
op of the commercial metropolis of ihe Union*
and ol Mr. Wacd, wholfe presence 111 Europe
1* so much needed to enlighten the understand*
mgs of British statesmen respecting American
iifliurs.”
These extracts show that no little appr hen
sion oxists lest Ihe capture <T Messrs. Mason
and Blidll rn ty yet find ample retaliation.
Huh. Dn. _
Anothku Ciinimmt.-- There is a large MhcW,
ugly looking customer lying at anchor oppo
site our wharf, in just about the mime place in
which the Northcru gunboat A. O. Tyler lay
on the Ist of .September. This boat is a nov
elty to iis. She lurks foi all thu world, like
she felt inclined to sturt of her own accord,
und go right into Abu’s dominion. This makes
our fleet live in all at Columbus. — Cotmnbus ,
/f y, AW*.
It’ A gentleman who wn* iu Cairo when
tbo troops who bad boon in pursuit of Jeff
ThompHon returned,say n they swore worse than
tbe “army in Floodor*,” and dooiured that Jeff *
boys had oust tho United .Status $2,000,000 in
apeoio, besides several thousand dollars worth
ofproperly captured. They nbo said that bo
had dodged them threo times alter being hoiuired
0, without half an effort.
PEYTON H.COLQUITT, >
JAMES W. WARREN, < Edit”*
Number 50
Your Paper will be Stopt.
It is our purpose lo discontinue,
on Ihe first of January, 1868, the
papers to our subscribers* who are
in arrears; n mark around this will
l>o notice to all such. We shall bo
glad to replace them all ou our list
on tho reception of arrearages and
one years advance pay.
A True I'alrinf f
Charles B U. uss, of Winchester Virginia,
dispatched an agent lately to the Salt Works
iu South Western Virginia, to buy one thou
sand sack*. Owing to deal ruction oflferidgea
mid other cause*, the order wa* delayed. And
the following correspondence will tell tho
story :
SriiA-nt'itn, Nov. 28, 1861.
C. It. Homs :—There are one hundred sacks
<>f salt hereof yours, and l am offered one
llioiiriiittd dollar* for it. Answer.
JOHN FLEMING.
WINCtIKSTKII, Nov. 28, 1801.
John bVemin: r ‘ Ten thovsond‘dollars would
not buy it.
0. B. ROIJSS.
Tim Winchester Republican continue*:
< in the arrival of the sail at
before it was unloaded from the wagon, Mr
K. wa* offered fourteen dollars per sack for
the lot, but he refused the tempting bait, on Hie
ground that he k hud purchased it for accom
modation, not speculation. The entire lot of
salt was disposed of ul live dollars per sack,
no purchaser being allowed more than one
sack •
Mr. Hollas has been equally liberal and
t-brisl like in ibe article of sugar, disposing
ol muny hogshead* at hail'what he might have
got for it. Hi* reward iiue.
tlur llcfi-iise* and Rwourm.
The Fayetteville (N. C.) Observer, referring
(•> Houiuquorius which lately uppoaod in the
ChuriuHtou Courier, adds:
“It has sin prised us that spirits tnnlentine
and rHiu wore not used to repel the Yankee
fleet from Fort Royal—-indeed it surprises us
iU.it thi y nre nut now ured. Thousands anti
tens of ihcusuud* of barrels of both would
have been well applied, and might still bo well
applied to that purpose. YVe remember that
some years ago a single barrel of spirits turpen
pentiuc burst oil the deck of u steamer at New
bain; it ran from the deck mm tloa water below;
a flreiuati tiirow into the water some live coals
from his furnace; tbe spii its (1 >atiug up the sur
face caught, and set lire to ihe boat, which was
j commnud, and we believe other vessels also.—
YVh.it hiudured tbo Fort itoyal people from
emptying a thousand barrels of spirits ami sot
ting the whole hay and Y'unkuo fleet on fire? or
from sending dowu old hulks filled with burning
rosin among thu tiuei? Tho water which tbe
Yankees might threw upon the rosin would only
tutiko tho fismo umro fierce There is an old
nduge that ono should “fighttho devil with firo.”
Buoh measure tuneal cwe near filling this
injunction uu unyvffnug that run be done upon
this earth.’’
Scntiincut in the Unrlliwral.
Tho following is un extract from u letU r re
ceived from u town iu Iwu, by ,i man iu
Momphis, which the Memphis Appeal is allowed
m publish. The writer say*:
“There is a very large party throughout tho
North that would be ginU to havo peace ns soon
!!;•■ slide iu any way and up n auy terms. A
good many are Loginning to cutuo to thoir souses,
now that ii is too lute, ouly to find that tins wur
is going tu ruiu us ull throughout thu North,
whilo its ton deucy appear* to ho only, to put the
North und .South further apart than over be
fore. Business here is a pur foot standstill
oyery thing has stopp* •(; there is no nx-ucy; the
I>r"ducc .l ilc coUßtiy cannot bo sold at any
price, and ill ia-tu have about arrived at the oon
< lu-mn that wu are all going to ruiu us fust as
possible. Tl.e policy ol every one is to uon tract
nod ny to wind up affair, g morally an soon us
they . ,u.
YV boro the end is to be, no ono can foreset •
Tho blockade of thu river was intended to ruin
tho South, but we now discover that it is min
ing tbo North and rendtuing t)>e Houtii indepen
dent of u* for their supplies, winch they find can
be raised on thoir own soil.”
Inn Yasrkk* Fjckixu Uutros—A Wash
ing ton dntpukh lo the N. Trilmuo says:
‘lie sold ioin at Beaufort and the ulavus on the
isbii.d, wll K)''ll ho jncklug the iingarberud cot
ton ; tho foruier under au order from the Govern
ment, and the latter under the impulse of wages
illreqjj'l t-> be paid to them ly Gou. Sherman.
It is also probaiilo that the eultivution of the
Miu island, for the next cotton crop, w ill ho con
tracted for by some responsible Y ankee wlm
will be required to employ tho slaves aban
doned by thoir masters, upon tbe .sovorul piuu
tUtIODM.
Tuk Blavk Tiiaiir Qiikstion.—We are advi
.lou that •he re bus boon in Mecret ses
sion ul ('"Mgrersit lull iu put down the sluso
trade, and pr<hibitti<e iuportsii<>M of ucgroi-s
Iroiu Africa. ‘lh. iflleutioii ol the bill is to carry
into effect tho section of tlm Frov i- >OOlll Cnnsti
tution re quying (kmgrers to pass snob laws us
shall ufloctuallj prevent the importation of Afri
can mgroi Irom.my foreign (■••unlry tUbtr than
tho mu rehoblii'g M ile* N” u‘tion lots as yot
bevli tukuq b . G’ - 011 Iho rUj-joet —ltich -
uioiul K's<imot*r,
Tiik YVah on tiim We got bet scanty
advice* fioin Imiow. There hoe been node, idul
uiovomun , though tin- Yankees seem to he get.
t ng bolder, and gradually und cNUlioonly feeling
Un lr way )•••.ut Fort Royal Island A small
tody of them woru seen iu tbn neighlmrlmod of
Fort Royal Ferry on Kundny.
Tho ru'-li of troops to tbe suabomd continues,
every day bringing in additions to tho already
formidable Army • I tho <Jwust It is mid.-nt
enough that wo shall huve no luck *if nun—tbe
right man whom (Jon. Lae will put in the right
place.— (h. Mar. 10.
hrl (jnifiiia Vuluntcrni.
We had lire plea* 11 re of meeting with Oapt.
F. G. Wilkins, of this regiment. The Captain
11 in flue health, mid not an inch shorter than
when he left home, lie informs us that lie
learns by dispatch from Richmond, thut the
regiment ha* been ordered to Manassas, and
i* nowon its way. This will Iks agreable news
to lliowe wlio hVve relative* and friend* under
Col. Ramsey, a* almost any change for the
winter will lie nn improvement on We*tern
Virginia; to any nothing of the opportunity
which the gallant First may again have of
thrashing the Yankees.