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Newspaper Page TextCOLI HRt . KBIDAT, M ARA B 11. IS** listens. Editor* : Will you do ms **>• tmvor to publish a short artfcta from my po, in <Ml tiou to what yott hav* already pnbluhsd, upon a vital question whiob whit b* dooidsd within a fcvtMkif Upon which <lponds (In ibo Judf- Boot of many) the Usoenofour preeont atrugflM for an existence as a nation—upon which U •- ponded our eel ration or ruin? The qudetlon lc ( will our Planter* heed the eounaele of wisdom, and plant wo cotton the present year ? I am a Minister of the Ooapel, neither a mer chant, mechanic nor farmer, ao that my riews are not modified by any pereonal interest in the matter. |i But I>m a citizen of the Southern Confederacy an<i <►— ~ tLrong u* the too* of lift, for lb. .access of ou: - ‘ tMal'm'i Mk IblifßVorat P o ”’ Th.. Is not new, •’ * 1)1111 P l * 4 * ol *"7 thought* upon it (ml iucb as have occnrrad in othm, toy tn .Isssa I'"* point. l‘ “•■* •“ *• ’ , 1 *ance, that io>ratblag ought to he a about it trbeiitvsr men me tin me streets —"t# pl.cn, of V... 1 , .„, ywb , r , An.l ...b,n,p U b l1 .b.d .v. %otei Co „ M . r : newspaper, throughout •* is ne War is prmocuted suoeessfolly we must heva provtiioti* for *“* Brm 7* •<•-<’ p*<.pl**t hdlbe a*—” “ r ® r * n *<arcely immsgina how .uadi is necessary to meet these demands. Heretofore we hare relied upon the North west to furnish these- nil as you know, la cut oil from that quarter. We have lost Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, do. 1 would mention a fact which haa not been noticed (aw far as I have seen) that ought to im press us all, which is this, that in Northern Georgia, Alabama, the Carolines and Virginia, where moat of the grain in the South ha been produoed hitherto, there are but few negroes, and the whiles are now. and will he before long nearly all in the army, so that not half the usual Amount* can l>o produced In those re gions. Last year our provision crop was by far the largest ever known in the South. But we did not even then, supply more than half of what was needed. The wheat crop especially was very fine, and yet nearly all the wheat now at our mills in this and other cities South, was bought in Mis souri, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Planters are now complaining of scarcity of money, suppose that laat year instead of plant ing cotton, they had planted grain, they could now get just as much moneyas they might reed byeelliug oorn, wheut and meat. Whereas their cotton is to them for the present worthless. Suppose that what the planters now fear takes plane, that the growing wheat crop provesafaii - ure, and in addition, what s at least a possibility, that the proscut year may he disastrous to the grain crops, and we plant out ton as usual, what is to become of us ? We have not more than half as much meat now as usual in our midst at this season of the year, and a largo amount of this is greatly damaged. Why increase the probability of star vation by planting colon which is of no earthly use to us now, eicept what is necessary for home consumption, and we have enough now m hand to last for years. Let us inquire what benefit we are deriving Trom tu w ’ much harm JJCL.S-’”- * l •. greater*.. , t iml.juguta us on that account, and it has a tendency to iu.. p*np| a | cs * determined in our proeoat struggle. In sect we have already been greatly damaged by our cotton. It has been shipped from oar ports- and in some instances stolen from ua by the enemy - so that now the question of raising the blockade is a forgone conclusion. My country uion let us for once lose sight of eli prospect of gain, and resolve to he free. — IMant corn, peas, potatoes, pumpkins, sow oats, rye, bailoy, grass, eto., eto. Kaiso horses, mules, cattle, hogs, turkeys, ducks, chickens, Ao. And under God's blessing we may hope to succeed and pot other wise. Uon't forget that if any suffer it will be the people ut home. Our army will have provisions if they are to be had- with or without money, • half million of men with arms iu their hands will not periah, it supplies can be secured on any terms. Your brother iu a common cause, h ii parks. From the Norfolk Day Book. The Bittlf of Hampton Kuaik At r ijniritr past •Levon o'clock on Satur day, the iron rind steamer Virginia oast a loose from her mooring! at the Navy Yard and made her way down to Hampton Honda toward* th* Mookndii.g Had lying oil Newport's Nwa—• •Sliw xea< bed their neighborhood aft or *ome • ie&eniiou at Hot <<lairuciioas below at 2 o'cl'k, Heee she found the two lira! ciaaa tailing frig •itaa Cumberland and Congreaa. With a deter mination to pay Iter reapeula to the Cumber land first, the Virgiuiu bore down lor that vt ---••ol, and while passing the Cougreta the gave her a broa.Utde by way of a aaiuto. Her op- e rationt on the Cumberland were performed in iheehort tpnne of fifteen minutes, at ilia 'udf which the Cumberland tunk just where ahe bad been lying. I he \ irginia on approaching her and getting within point blank range, fired her bow gun teverai timet, and ran Into her, sinking her fairly- with liar ram, which made her reel to tind -lro nnd sent her tpecdily to the bottom, bug while going down the after gun of (he t'unrberiand w*t ditchtrged at the Virginia, wuh what injury r know noi, The object in lirtt gelling rid of the Cum berjgud watprobably to destroy the very heavy armament which that frigate carried, it luring ibf he*viit in (he Yankee Navy. The officer* an.d ct;ew of the Cuinherland made their *# *’*pe a* belt they cou!d, many of iheiu being aptured bp our gunboats. The wounded on *• believed went down with the vet •g, . Tire Virginia unit turned tier attention to tb. VtlfgroiK, wbii'h vei.i 1 it in laid gellenily min ted Uer inevitable late for uearly all bour, bat ftualiy linilitig (lie ebip rapidly linking nbe hauled down her Color# and made for the iieaeh and ruu an high aground nipuulble. liar officer* and crew eere taken ott by our gunboat*, and ahde nbe bed ber Hag of truce boiated and waa Wiug t..vl Os ber killed aud wounded by our boat#..the kaukeeaou aboie at Newport'* Newa •iiaregurdlug the Itag of truce with Minnie uiua keta tued into ber and kdled leveral of their own men and aligbtly wounded lu tbe arm Mr. John Hvl'kitl*. one of our pilot*, alUched to the Beau fort While Ike \ irgiuia waa engaged with the CoU greaa with ber bow gun ebe (toured broadeide atler Itroadaide into tba nhure battetiea of tbe eaouij at Nawgor. i Newa. Out dt.charge from the bow gun ol tbo Virginia, >.yi oil* of the pnsoueis, oapsiaed (woof the guns of tbo Con* groM, killing Hus ber crew, and taking ufl'tbe bootl us a Lieut. (Smith, ami literally u>ro tbo l. pieoe*. Xbt vnouy teamed entirely unaware of our uumtiuii to atlark them, and it if Mid wort to oomi'Uulj lulled into security that tbo Virginia bad got down to Bowall’ i’oiiit bo loro they took tbe alarm WMiutka angageraaut waa going ou botweei, ibe two irigataa and tba Virgiala, tba unruiy'i vteaiu frigaio Minnatota put tut frum Old Poiul to tbair assisience. H.e laid wU ovar towardt Newport Naw, but not eutirely oat of tbo range us our batteries on Bewail'* Point, which opened un bar with what effect wo are unable tv ia j, but m “ without ny damage I •*“ ‘<?twuof <l J.u.*.town|i.p pared /*• with their batteries, while the Virginia wmM attending to the shore bat eries at Newport News. The frigate St. Lawrence then came up to the assistance of the Minoeste, end she also got aground, eod.a steam frigate, supposed to be the Roao. ke, put off from Old Poiuttrith the same intention, U is supposed, but seeing the sad hav oc which the Virginia was playing with Iho federal vessels, she put back to Old Point* The Minnesota and Bt. Lawreuce, weUsrn, '* had’d aground and powsr of the Virginia# at high tide, as the latter vessel wo* at Bewoll s Point, affer the engagement, where she remained on Haturday night, ready to commence on them on Bunday morning, She is between them end oil oesiatauee from Old Point. The frigate Congrese was set fire to, on Hey day night by. a boat’* crew from some of pdt-tu eel*. She illumined the whole Roads n d river, •ad about midnight, her msgaxlne exploded with a tremendous noise, ller eonflnfntlon afforded a rare sight to many IkoMM* *■■*•***” *• - -k.rbor to witness the spectacla of a ship on fire. Many articles of value, we learn were removed r ro m her by our before bring fired. Toga and steamers were sent to the asiateßc of the Minnesota end fit Lawrence from Old i'.?M..Atoru,*Vwro unavailing. *T, # a~* ttred in the engagement is said to have been fired by the Confederate gunboat Beaufort at the frigate Congress. All of our steamers and gunboats are said to have been managed with the utmost skill and dexterity, rendering great assistance to the Virginia in this magnificent and successful engagement. We ere without means of- getting at the loss of the enemy in killed and wouudod, though it is believed to have been very great. Our total loss In killed end wounded, as far as we can learn, is nine killed and twelve wounded, most of them slightly. Twenty three prieoners were brought up to this oily on Saturday night. These were all ta ken off the frigate,Congress by the gunboat Beau fort, whilst our other gunboats took off others One of these prlsouers{dled while on*his way to the oily, lie and another one wounded, were shot by their own force* while being paved from the sinking frigate Congress. The wounded prisoners were oarried to the hospital. The Virginia bad two men filled at some five or six wounded. A shot entered the port hole end struck the gun <>n the tnutxle knocking off a piece nine inches long. This disabled the gun which was immediately replaced by an tber of the same calibre. Capt. Buchanan, and Lieut. Minor of the Vir ginia aro said to be wounded, the former slight ly, the lath r severely. Oa board the Patrick Henry a shot entered one ul her ports we understand, and passed through one of her boilers, disabling it. Hhe was compelled to haul elf temporarily for r psirs Thera were four men killed and three woun led, on board of her. Other damage not materiul. On board thu gunboat. Raleigh, uiidubiptnnn Iluiter was killed, we understand, though we did not learn of any other raxualtles. The James river steamers arrived tat the scene of aqtion it ia said, about one hour after the engagement commenced. They easily passed the Newport News batteries, and after joining in the fight, tendered very efficient Mid. * * The engagement was renewed again on Sun day morning, about B'v o’clock, by tho James town and several of our gunboats, firing into tbe Minnesota and Bt. Lawrence. At high wa to theke VNNff. —u •.#. x msmn .Since the above whs written, we hare been able to gather some additional particulars. Home detention occurred on board (he Virgin ia on Sunday morning, we learn, or she would have commenced tbe engagement much earlier than 8)4 o'clock; at which time she, together with the Patrick Henry, Jamestown, and our other gunboats, opened (ire on the Minnessota, which still lies hard and faat aground. The tide being at Ihe ebb, the Virginia did not take the channel where (be Minmeota lay, probably for fear of grounding, but getting within good range of bar, she opened fire with terrible effect, completely riddling her, and rendering constant exer'ion at tbe pump necessary to prevent hor from filling. Early In the morning, the Krriocsoa Battery, now called tho Monitor, was off Newport News Point, she having gone up there during the night. A sharp encounter soon took place between her and tho Virginia, during which time they were frequently not more than 30 or 40 yards apart, ('nfortuuately the Vir ginia got aground, and (he KrHccaon u*ed her advantage, pouring shot after shot into her, but without doing any serious damage In a short while, however, the Virginia succeeded in get ting off, and putting on a Tull head of steam, ran her bow lute the Krriccson, doing, ns it is supposed, great damage. We are rejoiced to say that notwithstanding th* firing wat much heavier than on Saturday there ware no catutl ict on either of our vet telt not a man being in the least injured by abot* from the enemy or otherwiro. Hvtr*l of the tneiuy'a gunboatt being within range, they were fkvored with a thell or two, from th* Virginia, with tolling effect, and in v ---•ry eat* disabling or tluking them. One of these lying alongside the Mioiieaota, had a shell thrown aboard or her whtoh on hurtling tore her asunder, and tent her to the bottom. Having completely riddled the Minnesota, and disabled th* St. Lawrence and Monitor, betiTlee, at stated above,destroying several of the enemy's gunboats—in a word having accomplished all that tht they t .deiigned, and having no more material to work upon, our noble vessels left tb* arena of their triumphs and return*l to the yard, where they wwait another opportunity of displaying their prowess The enemy's li as, during the two day •'battle in killed and wounded, it exceedingly large, and estimated at from fiOO to 1200. The ar*ne about the Cjngrctt i* represented at being heart sick ening. The officers of the Beaufort, who ran alongside of her on Saturday night and who boarded her forth* purpose of relucting the wounded aboard of her, and who wore brutally fired upon by the enciuy, while engeged iu Una work ot mercy to their own kitliaud kin, rep retented the deck of the vessel as boiug literally, covered with the dead and dying. One of them assures es that as he went from fore to aft, hi* shoes were well nigh buried in blood, and brains. Arms. Ivg md heads were scattered in every direction, while here and there in the death, would he found poor dtluded wrolchea. with tbeir breasts torn completely out. Os the crew of the Cumberland, but lew sur vived to tell the tale. At the went down her crew went with her, excepting some lew who ware taken •• prisoners by us, and a few other* who escaped to the there. Out of the five hun dred aboard of her, it is estimated that not over a hundred at moat etc a pad, the remainder either being killed by our shot or drowned as the vet- went down. Os coarse, the greater part of those on board the gun boat* were also drowned, as thero wat not autheieut time for them to have made their escape. Added to (hit very many iu th* carnpt of lb* enemy at Newport's New* were killed by the shells whith the Virginia threw among them • e * A Dcjfnpliea af Ike lerrim.v. The screw frigate Merrimac (now called the Virgiuia) wa* built at th* Charlestown Navy Yard, Ma*aa('hutts, in 16&6. Thia splendid vaessl, regarded as the finest of the seveu screw frigates built la IBi4 was of 22UV tons bur then and curried an armament of 4U heavy #-u ,. At. tbe tU tb.>'irthrn ‘.flldnr* J***r’ J *l,l* |Lp.rt SO.jY.fl, they *>* Mer t 1 yio.ac, *l.l burnt h.r l# the 1 “* I olany rehi,lb•• *b* >•*/ V.r.t b—” 1“ I Vwr b*uil>. Ihe .rb irf tr.D.furtninf ibn b.lf-I burnwf wrrrb lbt<, irunr ln-l ttu.l. b.ruuj, | bn* bo.n X'.inA *tnn.ltly fornurA. ll T y t‘ lll I bar. in lr.in.it uu .iib.r *U* ° r ,l ** ****t’ nt aurh mi .iiijt- n. to form n roof ** th. gun d.ck, and l.y n doubt, lnjer r.llroad iron, pinond oroarwino and Oil-’™ 1 * l ‘ k i,on P l **”- tbi. roof ... in,i.l. .il>lnl*l7 bombproof. I.ight and air in Imi'ind through n grating connecting th. up,— *tgc of both fan., or tire roof. The ~<ii;r ol |bo n.'.t, a. fur down * rix font b- Jow th. w.tor m.ih, *r i llk.wino ho.vily pl.- Ud ■itbiroD. Tho ongioe. null ni.chlnnry of lb. iblp aro nt.o nil below the wntor linn. b. mount, only ton gun. Or tlictw four (l.n-ic“ onluinliioil*) #r of eni'h td, with a hw.r ri. go. nt the how and *tcrn. Th. McrrimM i* Cornmao.hd by Com. Franklin lluobnnnn. Sh. I. thought to ho nlmoit io.|trcgnnb!e, and French ollliwr, who have rlctfed hor have pronounced bor l more fcrin'dnMo engine of wnr than tub er tho vParrl'>f or La Olorln. rrt K MtStritUDfA, rt;Mn*Kt.AWt> AJ. CuSflßßS*. The screw frigate Mifloessots, driven ashore and badly crippled by the Virginia, is oneofthe best vessels in the cmffhy’e navy. Hhe was built at the Washington Navy Yard in lHbu, is of X2o® tons burthen, and carries 40 heavy gune. The CN.ntf— *“*-” * ••* frigate ol 10C7 ...nnagn end >o gnn. hhe was built at kittery ” io c-atnoeriatm wus sailing sioop 01 war of !72<> tons and carried 24 guns. Mho was built at C'Uarlaetown, Mass., in 1542. Both of these last numel vessels have heeu destroyed by the V'irginia, in one evening's work. (nit. MasruiWt frorlamalitrii. Headquarters Army of the Peninsula, I Yurktowu, Vo., March 4, infiV. ) To thr Army of th* Pflit'swL; L'omradcn, the term of service for which many of you enlisted is about to expire. Your coun try, invaded by an insolent foe, again demands your help: your homes are violated; your fire sides polluted by the prooiace of a mercenary enemy, or silen ,in their desolation; many ol your friends in captivity or in exile, our people slain, and the very aliare of our religion dese crated and profaned, The ruthless ty ants who have dared to iuvade us have vowed our con quest or our destruction. It is for you to rise and nvege our slaughtered cuuotryuieo or no bly i hare their fate. Ol whet worth is life without liberty ? Peace at the expense of hou uil The world without a home? When our lathorM perilled life, fortune and snored honor ia upr lirrl wur of indepondouce, was itan empty l* >ut, or wu* it the firm resolve us freemen, who know their rights and dared to dofotid tboiu? The long war ot tbe revolution culminated at length iu victorious triumph on those very plains of Yorktuwu. These frowning battlement*, ou the beight* of York, are turned, iu this xticuud wur us liberty, against the enemies of our country. You broathe the air aud tread the noil consecrated by the piceencu and the boruistii of our patriotio tires; shall wc, their sons, imitate their example or basely bow tbe ueck to the yoke us the oppressor? i know your auftwui! Yuu remember yuur wrongs, and you are ie*ol ved to avenge them. True tu the In stinct* ut patriotic devotion, you will not fill a oowurii’* grave-—you spring with alacrity to the death grapple with the foe, nor relinquish the strife till victory crown* our arms. Cowards die a thou -an 1 death*; bmve men die but once, and conquer though they die. It I*, then-lore, with'.at surprise that your Command mg (ioucrul has leurucd of your pur pose to rounlixl iu this holy struggle, and that you hour with a chocrfulncs* aud constancy worthy of hi highest admiration, the disap ; IrUti) you m vmt ytur nttmrv miVn the government promised you, and which the present (lunger* of our beloved country forbids me to grant. When the war J* ended, in the hour of triumph, you will ho proud to remember that by your suffering* and racriflees, no less than by your valor, yon cot.qacred. Boldlern! though revtrsos uiul disaster* have recently bofnlVn us, let us remember that troth 1* eternal, and that (rod i* just—llis anu Is oat tru.ff—and tbe great Ruler of nations and of men will protect tho r-giit and crown with victo ry thu noble and the brave. Let u* lake courago then. Our enemy, dead to ibo spirit us liberty, can only figbt while their .•offer;) are unexhausted. C <uiiuerce is tehlr king. Their God 1* gold. They glory in their shame. ‘1 he war which intensifies our devotion and conceutrutc* our rr* lurcos, scatters theirs. Tho day of retribution will eoiue. The strug gle will not ulways be defensive on our part. Wo will strike down our ruthless Invader* amid tho sin iking ruin* of thoir cities, slid, with anus in our hands, dictate terms of peace on their own soil. J. BANK HEAD MAGUI DKK. Major General Commanding. \ “Muiidius;” IJra from Bcuotlt. Taiino t of tho New York llerald, Ire i|tientiy “stuua” with the grandeur oi bis con ceptions. The following excels anyiliiug, however, we have a ecu from hiui in this line, lie eitye j There is still, however, one way o|’ escape lor Davis uiul Ins guilty Confederates from the extreme humiliation of defeated treason. As our fleet* and armies crowd upon them, let the rebel 9h efluin, Ins t'nbmct and Congress, and all hit soldier* who uhoose to follow him. push down through Texas into Mexico, upset the European coalition \herc, establish a genuine republic, ami then, after a satisfactory proba tion, we may forgive the crimes of secession, and lake buck its apostles and devotees into the Union, with the rich and beautiful coun try which they will have saved (rout Uuropenu domination. An immediate retreat into Mexico, and the liberation of that people from European bond age, is now the only chanow of Davis and his lighting follower* from the ignomiuious fate of defeated traitor*. Hilt in this retrograde move ment, and in the great enterprise indicated, there i* not only a way of escape, hut a way to high renown, offered to Davis, his associate rulers sa l his rebel army. Thus they way wipe oifthe stain* of treason and rebellion, and nionc i r this wiukednees and tolly, in sa ving our govern inent the expense of buying olf I**ii gland, France and Spam from Mexico ; and thus this rebellion may be ended on both side* in n decisive ex*rei* of American power and in a perfect blaze of American ulory. . _ VtF The N. O. Delta understands that a Ca tholic clergymen of that city has received u letter of a late date from a brother clergyman iu St. Louis, a uting that the Federalists there have desecrated the Catholic churches iu a manner that cannot be decently described, and destroyed or defaced sacred objects of art, be sides stealing the sacred teasels. Omxot'N. The ‘Chicago Times says: “Th# bell on the Ooart House suddenly cracked while giving out th* joyous note# of victory on the receipt <f the Fort Donclson nawa.” The “crack of doom,” so far sa that bell is concerned, has arrived, as it is to be replaced with anew one. Srwixq NnntiLis.—Tb# Iredell Kxprass gives the fallowing item of news. Tb* Kxprees is good authority, but w* should like to sea a paper of fine sewing nwedlei manufactured in Wilkes county, N. 0. The maker should be encouraged by the Sutcl,.SVaNifsrd, Fort Pillow W* learn, says tb* Memphis Appeal of the tfth, that Oen. Jones M. Withers, of Alabama, has tunn assigned to th* command of Fort Pillow, lie was in lb# city on Friday, en route for that potut -which is about seventy miles above, on the east bank of the Mississippi river, MUimbi*.Stress*f, ( -><w _ A Letter Ikwult lk f Bleekbde ! A genOmnun of tbi. city bM J*t ,*>*•> Utter ihrungn thcbh>cl'‘'l.ftemh.. Llvwpcol cuirc.pnnd.nt, whn rc.ldcj In lb. S-nlb.#™ twenty y.nr*. Were jnrinlttcd to mnbn tb* following nut mot* iron, tbn !••*. “kkb January 31, l-SW* To my great satiet'otl.o I received jwwr dey,your lertersof liccembrr Vtlifi : all previ ous letters afar November 2Sih. have faded to reach me. No letters by the Tampico route, have come U> b *nd, and tho talk opon change is. that that route'i* a failure. Don't make any . # dvsces on cotton, it will be a long in. before it can be ultlpped, and •ur cotion daalere and manufacturers lock f* r very low price* when the blockade is removed. I hey say Uiat the large supply from India end uili r placei brdughi to market l>y our preseat high prices, to/sdef with your crop tn>u> om hamJ, atldtd l> th* crop your plant*r* will sou*! put ia the ground, even, if on ly part of a crop, will swell the quantity tube thrown on our ussikets, and produce very low prices, per peepie, almost, univermlly *>mpa thise with your C gfederacy. We all believe that you oatioot l conquered i you aie united and determined. Our government no doubt en ter tain.-’ the same view, b~t appear* resolved to act tbe pa it oi neutrals, and thus leave yon tu fight it uu>. Mason and Slidell arr ved on the La Plata. All England a‘ and trance are indig nant at the c.*ward y act of block* Lug Char ice turn before y*mr i, y.. M . tut a jvhi/AuUI.. f*# selves, you wiii trn trium|*hnt and command the acknowledgment of all ballon*.” Plant Corn anti Ip Free, or Plant fvtton aid be Whipp'd. Tbi* is the naked state of the question, “//*. much cotton sh-ll *e i Unt t” It there ha* been any doubt upon tbot.utject, the events of the past few wtoks h ive completely dispelled them, and w have m.w tli % fac*, “pure and simple.” All the Valor of t outheru soldiers Will be power less against grim bu.'iger and guant tamiue, such as will overwhelm end aruifi u-, it we iosaoely raise cotton insttud ol corn. In yiars past, no little sport has betu made ui the North’s srgu roent, that their hay arid puie erop wosiqaal ia val ue to our enUon crop ; (he derisive reply has been, ‘you are übii igtd to eat those crops, while cotton ctimtuiiiidr rash “ Justao l*n,- .ts we had a market |*>t col Urn, we hud an inti u e advantage, for wo could huy all ol broad anJ meal that wo till short of ing; and ailer this we lint a surplus of cottou, which returned to us in money, / cuttun wat hiny and commanded th* mo .ty ; hut UoW the tables are turned—we have plenty, yo#, four million* rj halt* of n-t un, and we uau neither oat nor sell it. we. it we could do either, for we need both biead and arm*. Wo would willingly exchange coltwii | or cyra 1 to day to a largo amount, yet Unit (h vW is still some d,cuMii,,n of he question “how much Ool ton ahull we pluu/'aud Uus tou, the full view of the appa.ling sac-, that U Ike plain a dons around us were called on t<* supply meat, at any price, lor the soldiers who are leaving us this week to tight* ur battles, they could no;—sts Judge Crawford eloquently told us the other day furnish one hundred pouud* per m*U. Now add to this tact another equally appalling, vis : that wo ure completely cut off from the states on which mu have always dej.u oi for bread and meat, and is it not enough to make us ques tion thu sanity of the iuuu vt b . asks, how math cotton we shall piaut ? Is cotton King? We b< lu- v * is, hut like other J< .ng* ho u.ou he U.< ihe production of Tennessee and Kentucky in IHMI wax iu rouud uurnU-i* lil.uch,Uuu bushels eoru, 4,UhO 000 bushels ol wheat, and 4,000.000 worth of slaughtered aetw>h. Kvmev • “fl ki...— teat tluaflh nil. 11*11 Hid mu couiu inn have lived Without (houi, uuiveS mu hai uO*i tinrj /tom taieiuy cotton. New h*w much does auy plan ter cxpeul to get ol breed and meat iioin these Htatcs, uutu ttie uoutiug crop? and yet wo have much discuesiott of, Auto much cotton shall we plant? Add oueotbei fact: In less then sixty day* *u '* 11 have uot loss than &OU,ooO uion iu arms “for tbe war.” This vast b..dy of tneu will not only be non producer* but con* .mm, thus making a fearful d;fl mice “f r the war” in the feeding materixl <>f the Oonteisnky! and yet men say, Aoic Mvcl cotton shall we plant f Can such thing* be, and not ercite onr w .nderf Ha* jadgment fled the mii.th of men? and mutt we shut our eyes ugaitiHt a painful truth, and ig nor# the possibility of a nation etarced into mb mission while nv and ecus* how much cotton we shall plant? The cordon of armies that Would starve us is n .w around u . Federal fleets threaten usin every seaport uni mile of coast in the Confederacy, w tide numerous columns well arui'd w ih M t’lo’lin’s artillery, line our nor theru border, fr<*ui llarpai's Ferry and dow* to (be Ivauitwha o untry on t* the Osp, and *- ping down t<> N r *rhviltc, swing up in a vast obsia tu t cui- ii.il f tbe Mis-oii'i. and on b yond to the In-ltan country But no man d.*ubU ibo issue, there is but mt ground of apprehen sion throughout our suuy, and it is the feartbst tbe Cotton Phltes should fall to come up -a their solemn and unavoidable duty. For it • their duty to feed th* armiet who -A .U arhtece our ia dependence. This cordon of Fedaral armhe make* tl.is plain. Whatever e may achieve of su-cescoa, on (he border , or in (he border btates: who supposes that a crop of grain can be raised tbi* season, tn either Missouri, Tea nesseerif Virginia? fte advancing and rece ding tides of k*l. ral and < ‘onfederata lorees, leave draolafbm in their tracts; and hear it bear if \e cotton planters of the sooty sJlih, who formerly were ted fr m Tennessee, mutt nm> feed yours.lves and f\Due.see and Vlrglnbi h aider’ K.il! • ‘ and.. .hi-, and blsvrj's page will record that H e I'cdrral b*a*t of Btarviog this people in * o suiimissioii, was 'cuiuptished by your own suicidal policy. With this dangtr staring us in ihe face, shall we continue to .n quire “how much cotton shall we plant?” This contingency stirs the heart of the Con federacy, no one eau doubt, who is at all awake to what is transpiring around him, but if mis worn fully alive to our dangers, certainly th*rv woul i be an eud of all discussion, and a univer sal determination to plant —mut o ten of at lon ikia jftttr, uud yet a rooout luoetiug ofplaa* tora in Houston oounly, unanimously roared “to plant but four aero* to Ibo hand.” W iy, this would, at tlio lowest figures, give ut a crop of between <ue and two million* of bal*—- if acted upon throughout the ootton State*: Put such resolves by tbe *ido of other* wbioh de clare, that ovary one shall ‘ plant mure oorn and less ootton than usual, *.> that aaob one shall bo able to raise hi* own meatand where will it leave usf whore?’ Lot tbo bitter wail of an enslaved posterity answer. There must bo revolution of opinion and actiou or we shall parish. Happily there is no clashiog in these ques tion* r g fitly considered —between patriotism and interest. The planting community has boon accustomed for a generation, to look at cotton, as the only profitable crop, and all oth ers as mere contingents. He who could make a heavy cotton crop eon side ed all else sale—for ootton would buy eve rything else. Ordinarily this wss true, for the section, which of all othera was adapted to cot ton, could most profitably raiao that staple and buy all othar necessaries out of tkair surplus. But revolutions, such as this now in pro gress iu our country, affect all interests, and upset all routine policy, and he is wisest who takes the broadest view and shapes his action accordingly. Passing now the claim* of patri otism, it is plain, that tbe planter’s prosperity depends upon his pfaNfiwy no evtton tkia yser, and substituting grain crops. The present po sition of the planting interest is without a paral lel. Pour millions of bales of eotton on band —in the country’ and the time at hand to plant another crop? and with this Is coupled a scare!- t* of ehd gvald, and the usual country Os *ap,.lV not onlje t off, kit lik-lr 1“ P*“ T dependent < pon us - whom thev formerly helped to feed!—Who ever witnessed the like twfof*?— To reise another bale of oottou tbi* T r 10 to tbe supply n>w in h*i and i# to the Ust de gree suicidal |olicy. It is at the fatal moment taking tbe shadow for the substance, without the power ever to revoke the mistake. How of un * c last Heptembqr. we beve heard tbe prediction that the “blocked, would he raised in sixty days “—"Europe would have cotton,” Ac Ac. The latest news fiom .Liver pool shows us a stock of I7o,UUU bales American cotton on band there, bee ides a much heavier stock of East India end other oottone, and with this —we have also tbe feot. that the pres ent Ka*t India crop is more tbau double that of last year—with a still furthpc prospective in crease. Why should we suppose England obe influenced by the (4-iixotio motive of mere sym petbj for e people fighting to be free? Let us not deceive ourselves. England in this, os in •II else, has an eye solely to Kngiaud's ioteiest*. She is suffering somewhat for leek of ootton, but she is her own judge of the profit and loss, of suffering, and feeding hungry operatives— while she avoids the expeuse of a war with the Tutted States —and cvd6*cs(hu of Federal •locks iu English hands. Meantime, knowing that she may le pressed iuto breaking the blockade, she watches with keen expectancy, to see the p.anteis put in an other * top of coUon, thereby wrr*ntiug her iu the calculation of getting the needed supply outlay ana exf.eu*r*ta- * v * r J all her good* mauutaelured ftoin high priced oottou. At the same lime, theee high prices beve stimulated be pio iuctioo of euiiou in her East India possession* -rendering her less de pendant on America for the staple. With whet exultation will the English manu facturer learu of a half, or even a quarter crop of cotton—put in by the Southern planter. The prospect abea<l will amply pay tor present stria geuoy aud Jut e**. An essential element in the oalcuiati on will he that the addi ion of which may he raised this year, will be a sufficient make weight upon the market, to keep prices depressed for >wers -as consumption will not quite keep pswo with production, and the stock will there fore gradually, but survly increase. Huppose the planter ha* now under shed Ioi baler, for whisk he might expect 1U cents after the ports are opened and it is kuown that no or- p is piauted this spring but if the ports are op mod and the , present crop shipped under expectation of a growing crop of even one-fourth of the usual quantity, it wonld be in keeping with post expe nonce to see the planter* lUd hsles of old and Vo bain* of new cotton put on the market aud sold at h cent*, ilc Would thui receive $5,(10 fur 100 Data* in tbe first ease, aud SU. 12$ for I2& bales ia b* *the- Hit if in the uaeer tain fat ure tbe o *rn crop sb *uld fit e* in 1 i6Q, where would be the planters an I the auaatry. It is plain that t ime, lau I and labor, given to oottou this year, cannot but in heavy loss—even leaving out of the count su.-h contingencies as a fresh hurst of war over Europe, which would material Ty roduoe the demand there for our cotton. Lot us suppo<e M mphia and the fortifications ab ve it to fall, leaving New Orleans a beieagu ertd eity, and perhaps to be captured. This would give tbs suemy trse gunboat rangs up the tributaries of the tower Mississippi, cutting us off from Texas - (be great wool-producing, cattle growing portion of the Con federates. And to t.u an unfavorable grain season, aud a limited crop of it planted, while we bad, is the language of the Houston county resolu ions, only “(bur acres to the hand” ol cotton growing, nothing to at for our half million army, and the coun try full everywhere of cotton. What a pro r 4 What could l.ucp the coun / - UMv the ‘llmfll Hi wMh 1 ‘Ttflue ol what value will ootton be ‘ All luta* will cease. We can neither pay tax a* with it, nor barter it for corn ur for. meat, wl tie under Hoy circumstances, ern wiU,be.ibe ble orop. Interest, a* well as patriotism, safety and independence, should silence the a diseuiou of “ Wow much oottou should We plant ?” Let each planter determine to ptant|w(. hut put every acre iu oorn. Home aey, “If I plant all < rn, my neighbor will take advantage ofit, and plant more cutton. Should your neighbor seek thus to deceive, lot it add to your determinate h, tor if h does bo, your oorn will be only the more valuable, while hie cotton will he proportional ly lues. To those who say, “We live too remote from market tu uiske corn priUtable,” I would reply, the demand fer U will extend to the utter iuo*t parts ul the Confederacy ; and in every par*, the largeet profit wiH inure to the raising of eettle, hogs and sheep, for driving to markets, however remote. Lei no planter measure his cooduot by what hit neighbor may or insy not do , but let all, rather*ome squarely up to the solemn fact that upon tie decision they make may hinge the luJ.qiendeuoe or those ‘air field* of our loved South, the peace, purity aud happi ness Os our households, aud all tbe hopes of ..ur children wbu shall <-oue altar us. GEORGIA. Calln Ilin ii CktlUksscker. Whereas, the euiaeue of Jamestown District, Chattahoochee oounty, having this day met to gether, and after having rea l and considered the letter of lli* Kzcellency Oov. Brown to the Hon Linton Step bens on the subject of lb* cot ton crop of 1802, it was unanimously Resolved, That we feel end acknowledge the truth and loro# of the I#'ter. And that we hereby pledge ourselves not to plant, the present year, exceeding two acres of land in cotton to eeob hand we work. That we niploy (he land hitherto planted in cotto.. to provision crops for the sustainanoe fom rains and families.-- Be it farther HesoWed, That we ask our fellow . tiuens throughout this county and throughout this State to join us in good faith iu ib above Kso lution and that each of as sign the same. Resolved That these proceeding* tfs published In the Columbus papers. Rsr’d C'haa. Fisher, Judge Moses Jones, Colliar A Raines, Deo. W. Fisher, Charles A, Fisher, Henry Wynn, K. H Jones, Jaa. A. Pardaw, J W. Cook*, Ollmer R Batiks, Eugene hacks. Col. Isaac N. Johnson, Juug# Jon. \V ||..aril, Lawson Cody * A. W REDDING, Ch*n. N. J. Uvssit, Ssv’rj March 7th, 1862, Uiung Tukte The follow tog incident, related uot long ago by a Tennessee paper, shows that the repute lion which Texas has acquired on the Potomac, is fully sustained ia the West ■ Sum* days ego one of the Texas Hangers in Kcutucky, whilst out on a scouting expedi tion, rode tuddeoly and unexpectedly into the presence of a Federal picket. Before he had tune to cock hia trusty r.lle, the picket brought his Mini# to bear on him, and ordered him to surrender. The Ranger felt that he was ia a fix—he was fairly in for it, and could aoi do anything more than to throw down hie gun with the beet grace poeeible. Having done eo, the picket stooped to gel it, when iu aa instant the Ranger's lasso was tkrowu around him, end be felt himself dragged along aa faat aa a bores at full ga lop could carry him. The picket yelled, but it waa of no use- the Ran ger had him to his heart’s content, the Ranger returned, got hie own and picket*’ gun, and proceed with his prisoner into camp. The Yankee was badly hurt in the dragging, but it taught bun a useful lesson. When he gets loose, and meet# a Ranger agaiu, he will know something of the “ropes ’’ C*nr*a<ieKt *f tfc ntrtary. M.ruh 0. Diiiruoiion of Cutt m Tb. Frlco us I.iUrt; N. Mil lira M*mt*r* .f Con- KrM- Mr. MilM — Footo'* In.iiMt.lioß— (J.B Im.’. Cbr.oler -T.. TH. TUtlo. Mo., etc. Without OOUIDfC to ui. hollo oooolu.ioli, ltie b.lßßo* of opinio, to Congiuo. omm. to b. .a roroo to t.Turing plMtor. uioro lho other uieo who ui.ke too rib oe,. The ,MO i* Ter, .iu.pl. Either th. puop). of tho 80. lh dniro liberty, or they do uol. If they do, ihuy will poy ihe pnoe. The planter uho tend, hut .on. to h.llle will not .tickle .bout bis crop.- Ifth. Vtuikee. gel hi. oottoo or lohBOOO, lb. loM io Hot only jo.l th. UU, .. if h. hut biuinolf destroyed th.ui, hut it t. grwl.r -fur th. .n.loT obUin. the a..8. ol prolonging the wur. To destroy th. booty us which th. Voultee. .re Iu qua. , i. to Injure thu .peedy tunniuutiou of ih. wnr ; tu i.t U full iuto their hand., i. totmeililote our own detent, with th. curUint, ol ouTing to puy thu .ipeDM. ol the conquest. 01 tbe new meuibtr* who have beeu leturned lw Congrese, not one has yet made his mark, or so fa', shown a capacity for *o doing. Os the uld members, Mila* i* saiJ to exhibit sound practical sense. There are able men in tbe rienete, but they seem to he doing nothing. In the House, 1 ain told, that auhjervienre to the Piesideut ia manifested, Foo.e's Indiscretion i* laid to operate power fully in fsvor of the President Mr. Davis fa vors lieu. Lee as Commanding Ueneral. This rjrhotttf SiNfttwtf, wherever be hosg-ine. I. be niuhkes no advances, neither J*e the euerny If he is nut rapid aud daring, bs i* energetic, and has forecast. Ilis character is lofty aud -p Alices. Could tbe Presi dent reiuse himself the pleasure of iuter ering with Lee aud out get jealous of hiui, or destiny Would be safe io his hands. Fifteeu sail are re ported to bo iu the Rappahannock River. Pe tersburg is clamor mg fur martial law, aud so is Lynchburg. Its operation here has beau mos, happy ; our sireels are as quiet at uight as death. B shop WHimr was cuusecre'.ed Bishop of Alabama this morning, at Hi. Paul's, by Uuh ops Johns, Meada aud Elliott. ‘'Reliable” Says that our prisoners ol 3 late are to he seut to i.au jail in the tar South. Out of a rcgimeut of 21*0 men tu this c.ly, who ate sutject to draft only 541 tleuueJ no ixauiplion, 031 re I used to report themselves; 34d w*.re employed on Uov •ruuicst wt-ik, were phys.cally disabled; t'7 employed substitutes ; and so on. Tbe Wur DaprUneul has knocked substituting on the head bigus tuuiiuuo to point to toe evacuatiou of Manassas. Au immense mail trorn tbe South west reached us yesiorday he first iu two weeks. Wo had gas last uight in tbe street*, for a rarity. Baef i* selling at 2o cents a pound. More rain is promised by the weather. Hsunns. From the Chicago Times, Fob 5f2. Next Blow on the Southern Coast, uaihodure Porter's a lor!>r Fleet. Vw Orltsis sod Mobile Ike PmsU Is be Attacked. ngSTinariuw or tub susub vslst. A portion of the monsr flotilla which has been so long fl.tiug out at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, under the charge oi Commodore Porter, sailed for us destination several weeks sg >, and at imcrva's ever since (beu other vessels ,pf ihe fleet have put to sea tor the Southern rendezvous. Our telegraphic dispatches yesterday morn ing announced that live ships oi the expedi tion ou the t>lh iul , arrived at Ship Island, in the Gull'of Mexico, aud that two were spoken otl Havana ou the lith. This leaves barely a doubt but that the flotilla is intended to operate wmi in *M probabftt'y, tn'fohiirtimn vfitritfen Butler's command. The greater portion of Ins troops are now at Ship Island, and yesterday, Own. Butler sailed from Boston !o assume com mand. With the light draught aud easily managed mortar vessels comprising Com. Porter's do lilU, lb. reduction i>f lb. r.b.l lon, on lb. Mmiui|ipi, b. ow NewOrle.n., would teem to be in K biereißrut of uo difficult ..com ! I'liibmeul. Alter the rebel, are (helled out of ibe lorta, the MtaataaipjH wilt afford a noble bigbway forth, heavier war reaaela aud troon j i ran,porta to New Urleana. The city may al o be approached by Lake, Pun. barlrmu and Korgne, and the reduction of the tort, guard ing the paaaeatuto there lake, will enable our j war veaaela to penelrate from the eaat to with .a a tew tuilaaol the ctly. * iub koki'a* oiir. Thu plana of Com. Porter’s exped.tiun were formed teverai months ago, but thu novel character of the enterprise has necessarily re tarded the arrangements. Fl*lx>raij experi ment* have been made in order to test the strength of the heavy mortar* with which the fleet is armed, and the equipment of the Vea seis has been a work of time. At intervals the public has been apprised of the progress of the work bestowed upon the expedition, but no complete account has been given to the character of the armament or the object which the fieri la intended to serve The fleet is arrayed la three division#, a* follow* : Hag ship--Side wheel guutx>at Octorara, Com. D. 1). Porter, commanding. Kir,l Division —Ural. W.i.i,, 9a.ilk, com -landing “choonera Norfolk Packet, (Hag aniaal.)Oßwer W.ltiam Bacon A.ln.io C P. William*. Para. Second Dina on W W queen, com ..lauding—SchooneraT A Ward, (tlag vessel t.corga Mangiim, Adolphus Hugel, Matthew Vaa.ar, Jr., Sidney C. lone, Maria J. Carlton, Orvetie. tk.rd Division Lieut. H. Kaudolph Brswge Commanding—Schooners J. lirlOlk, Id.g t... acl) Kncar, Sar.b Buren, Sna K0a0.,1 brig rigged i Ilanry Joan, Kan Smith Tba Horace Beala and A. Houghton, arc alao of tba dot Ula. It ia undaratoud that they entry ordnance and ordnance atorea and subsistence. Tbalaat of tba aipadition, It araa anticipatad, would be ready to anil far iu Southern domina tion, bon lha Brooklyn Sevy Yard to-day. Tbi, coo.lata of tba flag ehlp Octorara, tba guo bwnt Korbac, tba alanutara John P. Jeckcun, Westfield and Clifton, and tba bark A. Hough ton. .Nearly all tba mortw reel, are schooners, of two or .brae buudre.i inna batibcn. In .bin* rcr.ioa steamers cannot bo adrantageouily eni pluyad, tba pondaroua mortar, uaccMarilv oo capying tba oaulre of tba Taiaal, o that tba position usaally aaiignad to lh, engine, or machinery of a ataamar is taken, ap. Besides, •mall vessels are atrongar in proportion than I large on„, tb.ir light draft tiling them .for tb, oar igatiou of ,bellow water,, and tbeir amall tonnage r.qu ring comparetir.ly f, w men to manage them. Moreurer, a, a mortar vessel tgbt, beat at aneber, facility of moaement ia uu necessary. (übotli 01 tbe liumippi, A Norther# new.p.per h#i tbo follow!## ■,#. t®rotting loMljg.Bc. ” o hove tb< noil reliable information in tbit vicmitj thnt tbe rebel gnnb.nt tret, of tbe cun- Itluoliun of which the Souther# piper, frequently tpoke provioue to tho eitabliibureut of the block- J, II now completjr a tied out nnd equipped, *“ a it reedy for thn upwrd mircb. A Federal offioer .poke oflbi. metier yeaterday to one of the Vnplein* of Col. Hanaon't Kentucky regiment. Tbe Utter m,d he ... In New Orl.nn. . eoopl. of week! linen, nnd th v oight Conred.nl. gun 7u “” Ikm lying nt tbe wbnrr .waiting or ders to proceed up the Mississippi. The fleet, he Mid, U under thn oommand of Commodore HoU libi. The bo#ti era #ll iron-clad ; much more h#vi!y pl.ted then oure, ##d l##i vulnerable. Tbirm„.hl.„y ia .11 below lb. gun-d#ck.. In tbii rupee! they ere .quel to the Behtoo, the belt boat of tb* Fedef*l fleet The feboi kftc* r further stated that it i* the intend >n of Comm >- doro Hollins to make an attack -n Coiro, end that speed ily. 1 Mark my prediction *'M find theae boa's below Fort 11-dt in less than t n days,” wa* one of the remark* which l heard him Malta. From the Charleston Mercury. The Cbboal Qu'#lion. The construction of gunboat* by in divulge! enterprise, in order the better to cope with vhfr. Yankees upon the water, seems just uuw t<< bi all the rage throughout the South. The lad e-, ever foremost in any patriotic enterprise iu wkivu their efforts can avail, have taken up the gunboat pro /art with their wonted energy and enrhusiasui The idea of tbe “Ladies Gunboat” nrigiusled among the fair “rebels” of Mobile ; but the wo men of siour.h Carolina have gone into the work with a xeal rivalling that ol their sisters ol Ala bama. The Editors of the Charleston Couiier have already been made the recipients ol con tributiuns amounting to upwards of and we shall take pleasure in transfeinng to their hand* any “ uides” that may be sent to ua in behalf of the proposed gunboat. The 1 idles us the Empire htatr, too, have also resolved to build a gunboat tor their gallaut Ta tuell; and we all know that the Georgians, men and wo men, make thorough work of wha ever they un dertake. The ladies, we know, will be glad to loaru that their example, ha* animated the men of Chat.es ton to set on foot a movement lur the speedy com pletion of an iron-clad gunboat of the most lur jnlrtasr*- - 1 impeded blockade of Charleston nurhor, now maintained by the war vesbols of the enemy.— The success of tbe Merrimac has girtn a won deriul impetus to this very proper euierprise, which is in tho ban-!* us our very fist uieu-liunts, and will undoub edly be pushed t >rwerJ with all possible despatob. Stiraub tn the Saotilli River. U'e are perinittei to make the following ex tract from a letter received by a gentleman tn this city f.om a friend at Way ties ville, (ia.— The letter is dated March 10 b M Oue of our cavalry picket* bad a dashing brush with one of the enemy's gunboats ye* terday on the SantilU river, twen y-four nule* from here. They got right on to them and used their r ties with such deadly preejai <n that the eueiuy could uol use hi* guua until j he got the steamer out ol ntle range. Fom the number stretched out on the deck, they think they must have killed twenty or twen f*4 five Yankees. ‘ Nobody hurt’ on our side ’ FkjU Bki.oW.—List night, ob *u uiiduigbt, the report of musketry was beard in tbe city.— This m>raing w barn that tho filing w> hi Muckay’s Point, s->uie three mile* below the *• y It appears that two Fcdeial boats were ou a re eounoiteriug expedition, hii I were d-.< vm J by oar pickets, who o|H>ucd fire on ih<m. About HR) shots wore uxch ingod, but with no rlfcct un our side. Wtial i-ffact the fire of our p ckets had •>n th. Federate could u->t bsnscoiui .■(. After the fire (he Federal* rapidly retreat* and From tbt oio-e proximity of tne of tbe Fedot at boats t< the shi re, it IS supposed that “aotuult dy was hurt.” The Thirtneuta Georgia w- ro imuie dlalely called to arm*, aud #' auxi -u* tor the expected cuiiie.-t. (jaivt, however, wa- soon io* tored, and the g.i!iain Tuirteeiuti again leme ilo lhair q laiters. -Stv mnuh Xeice, \Uh From the Mobile War .Sptri'- fmMrit (wi, mil lr. VtgUl...> tlarvlprijlic Stef. Mr. VV'igfad. ot TeX *, is >ue ol that Sort oi tueti, we tako it, wuo.-o bump ol teteruuce ha* bo targe development tu impress I.iuj with uu un greamess We wi.l a scene between hna and the President aa it wu* decribi n ; Wigfali—” Davis, you urea great mn, h smar iu in, a heap smarter uion Hmu 1 am.” Ihe President—(lUpues wi h a nasal gruut not susceptible of being (udicaied by any combi nation ol the letters of the alphnbelj W igfoll —"Davis, you area mighty kuuw.ng man, hut if I wore in your pta.e, as the Chic; Magistrate ol this #.niggling young republic, 1 woud kuow a sight more thou you do, and a great deal that you w mV Ihe President- (Putting uu an air ol prim dig mty, replies with two grunts.) | Wigfali— “itavie, ii I Wt rj President, as you are, I should Uevui it a % duly I should owe tu uty country, to kuow something ol what others kn -w 1 Would pul my self in free and easy commuiiica i lion with the men of mind, whether ui official or private station, to seek inloiuiatiou from their, | and to learn their t.ew* comeruing puU.e urt*irs in order f at I mig’-it proli. by them iu ibo cou duot oi the great affairs of state. No man is xo ! OBHtUOI.HI but that bo IU., 10.10 . Ui.lbiUA ; l>/ UMciMh.. ...J trou .0UV.1.0 Mi.b bn UI j lowsC’ i Exit the Presxknt <*u*u img n.s waicii A Von c ra'ia mg Pais , ‘A prisoner make* the following queer appeal iu tbe New Orleans Delta: Parish Prison, Niw Orleans, March I. It IS 111 sal respec fully luggisied to vou for notice in your paper, that there aro a largr number of strong, able kodicd men or,tried In this prison, for rari ius rnißll offences, who would be glad to enlist for ibe war if a chance wai ailsrded Ibem. All lha Courts bore ad. Journ.d, and will probably not meet again un til tba war is orer, and these men bore to lie here while the country ne.da (heir scrrlcis.— There are also a number us men here, sentenced tu Vsirtru.d sburt terms of imprisuumenr, who i* released ny the (lorarmr would gladly enlist. Your paper is daily teeming with stirring ap |rale lor eolditrr, i Bering large wages and boun ty. Here is a chance 10 gel a company til alroog men, who, in courage end pxlriolism are not behind ibosu who are uiore liirtuiiately eitu *i*J- Rvppect tiilly, A PKIMONHR. Terpsloti, Wa bare aeon an ingenioua eontriaance, by a gentleman of this city, which can Ira constructed ala fritting expense, that deserves the exami nation of the aithoratWe in tba defence ofJan.ee river. One of these machine, can be built at a coat of fifty dollars, and a doxen of them, placed ie one of the channels, would send a Y nnkea Baet in five minutes to Davy Jona'a locker It i* iuiporiaui that wc should multiply obelruo lions to the passage of the enemy's gunboats, and aoy plan that is suggested by a responsible source deceives at leaal investigation.— K,J,n,ond Inipalck. The release of the fine army of Ofin. Folk at Colombua will place in ibe Held a moveable oluinn, which under (lens. Baauregaid and I*olk, minforcad by the new corps that are Hook ing te Tennessee, in greet number,, and acting in concert with Johnaon’s force at Mnrfreeeboro "H, ii properly handled, soon restore the for tuuee of our Confederacy. Thera was never , hnar opportunity presented for the display of high military qualities. All that is needed is for all our lighting ra , n to hurry to the ren de.rou. of onr Cl.o.rel, wilb just such weapon, as they can get. Wa can no longer say that the enemy .re beyonl our reach. They aro far In thn interior of our country, with lung lutes of communication, and may bo easily cut oB from thatr bate, The defense „f the Miaaiaaippi riror under the new plan, will he made impregnable without th, necessity of cooping up a largo in fantry tores in a fortification —.V. o. cl(u A Pl,m,-Wi have a.hinpla.ter of recent Jute, purporting that Turley hnd depo,j.e.l Fifty ceou in lire “August. Imurance Bank, to be redeenre “in current Hotel, Arc We bnv. tire belt nutbority so, .i.,„,g ,ha, there >• uo luch i tint i tut ion a. tbe Augtutn |„,„r “'"i ‘lretefore the notes call be hoiking but a trend.-—ffow# Cvutitr. From the ih RpUb)trn. \ firlbur W.icti Iron t.kbtsis. MKVrm*, Mnr. h 12 —\ dispiatuh from Fort SmitL say* Capt. Roger* ariived in charge of it r au tiiui|iliiiti trio, anl the - fllciai account ts th ha-.tit at R'khorn The fighting was lerribU.— The 0 ii federates w :rv mostly armed with r fly* auu shotguns. They changed the cneu y ug-Wi and, again, clubbing their yui a aud driving tkA* hack lr- m ‘buir first posilli n Tbs enemy had tulu n a second and mn n^f Whou if hecauio known to hi* troop* that (If McCulloch had ‘fathey were frantic wpl rage--lighting like dctu B u ting to and gkt five lin t* the r Luu^f’ Foarfu that McCulloch’s troop* wou&M*? orgun i and, Van Dorn deemed it Hdvnable withdraw, lie renewed .(he attack next d\ ’ and retired in spf ndid order, undai cover on 41 , artillery. The atti.ck wascon.ilcrodnt>rilliantmun a'uvre. Mclntosh ut the head of his command fell ear. ly : also Ilehert. Prisoners report ll* Fcdcia’ loss at six thou sand. The Conft J .r*t 8 htucked the enemy on all sides, p*>sii g round them. Van D >rn says he is not whipped and cannot be, with reinforcements. We will soon have the C .nfe 1 r t e train on Uu*ton Mountain, out of roach oi thw eneu y This nows {s reliable. P. W. Ai.kxanofh Farlicubis f (be AlUtk uq the Wukreg urar St Msty. Capt. ( talk of Col. Davis’ mounted n gimeul of Florida, aud a number ol volunteer eitreeus started frum Calbofln's station on Wedesitay night last to inter.-epd a Federal gunh >at whi.h had g >ne iu pursuit of the litile steamer Hard Times. Alter travtding twenty miles to the bluff, iu tbe vicinity of Alberti** mills, they found that thu guuooal hftd passed up beyond that point. They (beu galloped I <ur miles far ther up, to another bluff, to await ihe ic urn of the boat, and after hitching tneir horse* at a convenient distuu- e, they scattered about a halt mdn along ibo edge ol ihebinff, each man ta king a tree, and with their Maynard rifles and doOtie barrel snol gnus. A* tho etuuiy’s gun boat got wiihm MXly yaids, the lirat of the am buacade line opened, and (be lire told wub deadly tiled up >u the thickly crowded decks ol the gulib .at, causing j real confusion and ex arn.mg thu Liucolnilc. Considetable IMStciti.iuuit I nva.ltd i-B hoard, as they saw their ct-ujiu.li s tailing Officers corning m u and men cursing ■ hi cie. The Yankees u.-ed. lbc*r orduuii -e, but wub n • eflic, tire sbo .linking the top* ot ihe lieur. They used their OHvjr pUtuis ata.., Ktt with uu d>m igo other in in .-lightly wounding a horse that w.iß kiu hod about two bundled and bfiy yuruo liorn -be o.ig of the bluff. Our iuii Uui| li.uuoue to bvu sbota each Oue oi th<.m a v. iu tc-r, a noted hunter and excclkul uis.k-uttu, intdlivu tilli<-.“, and emu time s iucuti Ins miU- U e one w.lb the moil bra. n buUuiiß on, si be expressed it. Atler usch bvM, be J and not again gd a glimp ae and b * otjcci. Au u.r .nieivciic-i W..OU the boat w us ugilu at.if ka by CapL Land's Cos (of t amdt-u Cos.) who vfeic aiuiiiarty ainooscaded ou a Llud a bull i c Igu l in and r lipliiin. Oue ol thu vuiumeer* ut Cos. l*u.i a ’ luvunit-d rtgimcui id>o boib Uarrci* ol b.s gun, loaded wub wiie cai ii ol “blue wkiatlers,” or buck I rhut, iuto a'group ot lour ol the Pederula uu deck, about nt yard* from his positiou, undsw no mote of them alter be tired. Dne of the Yankees cursed oue of our men, u* ho caught a g iuipse ct him, * You d—d coward 1y rebel.” 11c s.cq pad Out and responded “you “ ulUwLlr '“ Jt Tbe Yankee* look to tho bold of their veeeel when they found it too hot on deck lor them A negro who hud been a prisoner ot the Van lice*, and escupcd from Amelia lalund tu iho camp near Feruandiua, siaUs that be was made to assist in burying 47 of tbe Yankees aud n ports Id wounded. Wo trust that all our troops in ibe Coutcder wry will prohl by the example set by this gutr ilia movement.—Sue. Ftp. 11. lllf Has. It ia rumored that u committee us tTngre.-a hat. agreed upon a .\aHunal flag tu take the placed the pr,ev.ut abuuiiimbte parody ell the Star, and .Snip*,. Woveiy much apprehend that upon ibe mere que,li<m of ta.le the U..u grew, ill u .t duvtw a proper flag , bin we treat that whatever tbe device ebutten, it may have the merit of being wholly unlike either the Fed •ral flag or that we now have. With respect... flag, aud picture, we put little fairb iu the de ciiiutr. ol a Jcgialaltve body, or auy largo nun. her of reran. It would be belter Iu trust iho whole ma ter to two or three goutlcßleu who are c> lupetent iu Ihe premia, a. Hut, nevarthrleo we would b> willing to eumprumiao on anything that ia novel an t entirely untike tbe Fideralatd present Col.federate H ig. U e would like to add that it ahall have uu “ alara” in it. Wa rympaibil. somewhat with a iliiliuguialied Southern Senator, who declared that no man who talked .ta>ut *’ stars” bad the faintest con • caption of ii,. present revolution : ff.cka.o.a - • CoiKiiftiM. The flovernor and Kxecutivo Council tiouth Carolina have. We learn, decided to OisS. a radical and Important change In the m„is „i raiding tro.ipi in this State, whenever thej- iupi l>* needed hereafte-, U j lung i| Jt war sUII Ibp . On und sfer th* 2uth of the present iu .nth, si. requisitions ><pou the hut* lor troop* will *t once be filled by conscription, which •> tnaiiy pcrei.ur, well iuforiucd ou tbe vulje.i, regard *, il„. m, si tffi.l toand ..,uilable plso Ibe coiisor.pti will be uuuitxf.d in for tbe war. No Volunteers, for any arm ot the service, a.J >e received utter tbe 20. h in a t. All fie.d and liuo effictre, 1r- in the grude of Colonel down to that of Third Lienfonatit, will be appointed ljr theUoveLur and Council. The nun-cutninissiub ed offitiers of each cuiup-my wil he appointed by the Captain , with the approval of the cowman diugofficer o the Battalion or liiginient. The*. wo bolieve, ara the main features of the new military regulation , wLich will probably be pah lulled in a f ttir and j*.~C 'karleston J fnreury. i.'t* llye Coffee,. .Impurlant InforEilioit. Many of our people ere daily iu tbe habit vi u?ug rye as n substitute fur cufiee without U iog aware o. the fact, that tbe grain wheu burnt contain* upwuidsof fifty per cent of phosphorw avid, which acts injuriously upon the whole bony structure. In the young it efl'eciually prevents I (he full development ol the osseous tissues, j in the old, it la)h the foundation for dry g* D ‘ f grene. It posse,ses th*power of dissolving tt I phosphate of lime, which constitutes upwards vl | City ptr cent of the hone in uiuq. The hsiu* power it exerU over utero gestation, and tbert by brings about all the concomitant evils ol abortion. Cases of this kind have corn# uoder my professional observation during a few uiuoib* past, and 1 think tbe facts should be spread o*- fore the people. L. J. ROBERT, M.I Lad range, (Jh. Oub WoUNDSU Pkihonkr* IN NahjiVILLX-” ‘I he Atlanta Confederacy sitye :—W. N. Haiti*?* man, Ksq , lute editor of the Louisville Cour u-r has direct inlonnation from Nashvile wiib in a day or two past, lie learna that our s‘' k aud wounded soldiers who are there isl ltie hands of the Yankees, are si.aniefully ncfll* 1 led, and auireriug terribly for want of lk* il ’ I lention of competent surgeons ; that only one I Southern physician is attending, and though a most excellent phyaician—is uut 1 j surgeon; and the Yankee surgeons * ] not attend to them, from which cause n**°* j are dyieg—the mortality among tlie wouuJ* I Coolederaiea leing five tunes great than 1 wounded Yankees.