COLI 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.
