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Newspaper Page TextBOIGHTOA, MSBET A BiRi\ES» Publishers and Proprietors. <*. ■» jo< B01GHTO.V, , H. XIMRKT. j Editors. iijc Caitfckratc Pinion Is published Weekly, in Milledgri-ille, Ga. C orner of Hancock and Wi/kit .son Sts. (opposite Court House.) At $3 a year in Advance. BATES OF ADVERTISING. Per square of twelve tines. Oneinseition ?1 00, aud fifty ceula for each subsequent continuance. TbO'f scut without tho specification of theuuinberol insertions wiilbe publislied till forbid und charged accordingly. Bnsinessor Professional Cards, per year, where they donot exceed Six Lines ... $10 00 A lilwrul contract will be made with those who wish to Advertise by the. year,occupying a specif ed space LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land and Negroes, by Administrators. Ex ecutors or Guardians, m e required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the month; between the hours ol ft) in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court house in thecountyin which the property is sit uated. Notice of these sales must be given in a publicga- letts 411 days previous to the day ofsaie. Notices forthe sale of personal property must begiv- en in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of an estate must aNo be published 40 days. Notice that application will be madetotbe Courtof Ordinary for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be published for two mouths. Citations forletters of Administration Guardianship, Arc., must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly six months—for dismission troin Guardian-hip, 10 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers. forthe full space of three months—for compelling titl< s from Executors or administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. Publications will always be continued according to these, the Iegairequirements, unless otherwise ordered at the following RATES: Citations, on letters of administration, fee. }2 7b “ “ dismissory from Admr’n. 4 .in “ “ “ Guardianship. 3 (10 Leave to sell Land or Negroes 1 00 Notice to debtors and creditors. 3 00 Sales of personal property, ten days, 1 sqr. 1 - r >0 Sale of land or negroes by .Executors,&c. pr Bqr. 5 00 Estrays, two weeks 1 SO For a man advertising his wife (in advance,) 5 00 BOOK-BINDING The Subscriber is now pre pared to do Book-Bind ing, in *11 its branches Old Books rebound, Ac. MUSIC bound in the best style. Hi.ANK Books manufactured to order. Prompt attention will be given to all work entiusted to me. S. J KIDD. Bindery in Osnlhrrn F«-d»-rnI l nion Ollier. Milledgeville, March i0th, 1861. 43 VOLUME XXXIII.] COUNTING HOUSE CALENDAR, 1862. MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1802. [NUMBER 24. tSAVSs ? 2 - ; t o' 2 5 = - s' = 3 - JAs’r _ • j_ • i 1 2 3 4 July. 5 6 7 8 St 10 1! 12 13 14 15 1G 17 18 .82021 22232425 26 2 , 28 20 30 31 1 A of 4 5 6 7 8 Si 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 192021 22 23 2» 25 26 27 28 2 3 ©A Y3u 2 21H s ~7f- = c 1 c ,-r; J 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 Si 10 11 i-> 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 25 26 27 28 2930 31 1 2 8 9 Bist of Regiments, Battalions, dec., Prom Georgia in the Confederate, service, Com piled from the Records of the Adjutant and In■ Inspector General's Office, and other sources. COMMANDERS. REMARKS. 1 Col. V> J. Magill, Reguiais. 1 Col. Chas. H. Olmslead, 1st Volunteer Regi ment. 3 4 5 6 1 Sept’k 8 15 May. 2 3 4 5 6 f* 10 11 12 13 1 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 9324 25 26 2728 29 30 31 ■‘1234 5Gcto3’k 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20 27 28 29 30 4 5 6 7 June. 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 1920 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 -28 29 30 3J " 3 Novkm y 10 .12 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 li 15 16 17 18 192021 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Deceii. ' 10 U 12 13 14 15 )G 17 18 19-20 81 2223 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 1 2 34 5 g 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19*29 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 112 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10,, 12 13 14 15 16 17 , a 119 20 21 22 23 24 05 26 27 28 29 30 31 “ i , .1 r . „ 1 ; 2 3 4, 5, 6 / rt 9 ft) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ..I, 23 21 25 26 27 2 29 6 29,30, 7 8 9 10 11 12 n !4 15 16 17 18 19 .,9 21 2223424 25 26 5- £8 29 30 31 COURT CALLENDER FOR 1802. superior courts. JANUARY. , JULY. 2d Monday, Chatham. 1st Monday, Floyd* “Floyd AUGUST. 1st Monday Luuipkint FEBRUARY. ‘‘Jd M mduv, Campbell 1st Monday, Clark Clark t Lumpkin Dawson 3d Monday, Campbell •id Monday, Forsyth Dawson Polk 3d Monday, Forsyth Glascock Polk Merriwether Glascoc-k Walton Merriwether 4th Monday, Baldwin Walton J ackson 4th Monday, Baldwin Monroe Jackson Paulding Monroe Taliaferro Paulding Walker Taliaferro Thusday after, Pierce Walker MARCH. SEPTEMBER. 1st Thursday. Pierce 1st Monday, Appling Isi Monday. Applm;: Chattooga Chattooga Cherokee Cherokee Columbia Coweta Coweta , Columbia Crawford Crawford Madison Gwinnett M arjon Madison Morgan Marion 2d Monday, Butts Morgan Bartow 2d Mouday, Butts Coffee Bartow Elbert Coffee Fayette Elbert Greene Fayett Gwinnett Greene Pickens Pickens Washington Washington Webster Webster 3d Mouday, Cobbt 3d Monday, Cobbt Calhoun Calhoun Hall _ JUaJl Halt Hart# Heard HcurJ . Maeon Macon Newton Newton Talbot Taibot Ware Tattual Bulloch Wive Thursday after White Tlmrsday after White “.li Monday, Clinch Friday alter, Bulloch ail. .Monday. Clinch Putnam Chattahoochee Putnam Lee Rabun Twiggs Chattahoochee Wilkes Lee Johnsou Twiggs Milton Wilkes Rabun Johnson Thursday after Habersham Effingham 4thThursday, Montgomery Monday af- i K( , ho]a ter 4th Mon- r day. APRIL. 1st Ac 2d Mop. Carroll 1st Monday, Dooly Franklin Emanuel Early Fulton Gordon Pike Taylor Warren Wilkinson Thursd’yafter Ranks 2d Monday, Hancock Richmond Harris Laurens Miller Sumter Tuesday after, McIntosh W Monday, Glynn Haralson Henry Jones Liberty M urray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Monday Worth after * 'Bryan 4th Monday,Wayne Decatur DcKulb Houston Jasper Lincoln Schley Whitfield Wilcox Friday after, Telfair Camden Thursday after, Irwin Monday’ “ Berrien Charlton , MAY Ot Monday. Clayton •Scnven Gilmer Randolph „ Epson -W.Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Chatham Fannin Mitchell Museogee 3d Monday, Bibb Burke Quittinan Spalding Troup Union Baker Thursday after T. .wns 4th Monday, Dade . Terrell Last Monday, Colquitt JC^E. l.t Monday, Lowndes , Dougherty sd Monday, Brooks •u Clay • d Monday, Thomas Id too Monday ) OCTOBER. 1st «fc 2d Mon.Cairoll 1st .Monday, Dooly Emanuel Franklin Early Fulton Gilmer Gordon Taylor Warren Wilkinson Ptke Thursday after Banks 2d Mon Jay, Fannin i Richmond Hancock Harris Laurens Miller Sumter i3d Monday, Glynn Harulson Henry Jones Murray Oglethorpe Pulaski Stewart Union W.rth Thursday after Towns Thursday > Montgomery after » 4th Monday, Wayne Decatur DeKalb Houston Jasper Lincol# Schley Tattnall Wl’.itfield Wilcox Friday after. Telfair Camden Thursday after. It win Monday "after Charlton NOVEMBER. 1st Monday, Berrien Scriven Clayton Effingham Randolph Upson 2J Monday, Catoosa Jefferson Mitchell Museogee 3d Monday, Bibb Burke Quittinan Spalding Troup Baker 4th Monday, Dado Terr oil Thursday after. McIntosh Monday “ Colquitt •- “ Liberty Mon. after Liberty, Bryan DECEMBER. 1st Monday, Dougherty Lowndes 2d Mondav,(Brooks Clay 3d Monday Thomas ’May holds three weeks, if necessary, at each term. kludge not required to draw Jurors for two **cks; and not obliged to hold two weeks’ Court ***atiaa of #obb and iamokio. Counterfeit Confederate Treasury Kotes. The notes mostly counterfeited are the 20’s, 50’s and HlO’s, of tlie issue of Sept. 2, lStii—lithographed by Hover & Ludwig, Richmond. In all the genuine issues of these notes there is a shield in the upper left corner, the the right upper corner of which is placed in the centre between the let ter N in months directly over it. In the counterfeit the corner of the shield is placed directly under the right down stroke of the letter i\. HUNDREDS. The Sailor in the lower left corner of the genuine note wears a black belt, with a buckle very distinct,—in the counterfeit the belt is very light, and { the buckle scarcely to be seen. The face of the sailor in the genuine is fine and regular—in the counterfeit the mouth seems pinched up, and the eyes have a bleared or scratched look. The sailor in the left hand end leans upon an anchor, diagonally across the vignette from left to l ight, in the gen uine, there is a hair line* very distinct, as if the stone from which the impres sion was taken liad been broken or cracked. In the counterfeit there is no such blurr or hair line. In the centre vignette, right side, near the cotton press, is a mule—in the genuine it is very indistinctly executed, and the mule looks as if he were walking from you, presenting only a tail view—in the counterfeit it is much plainer, and | the mule presents almost a broadside view. At the upper right corner of the genuine notes, the white ground ap pears through the shading of the me dallion work; in the counterfeit the* entire work is dark. FIFTIES. Several white spots appear just over the figures fifty, in the medallion work at the upper right corner of the gen uine notes; there are none in the coun terfeit. The outside of this medallion work in the counterfeit is covered by a running net work; in the genuine there is none. In front of, and at tached to the chest, in the centre pic ture of the genuine note, there is a padlock; there is none in the counter feit. In the genuine note the head of the man in the lower left corner is nearly bald, a little hair is combed down on the right temple; in the counterfeit a full head of hair is represented, the hair on the right temple being slightly dishevelled, as if blown by a puff of wind. In the genuine the head of the fe male between the words Confederate States, is near the centre. In the coun- erfeit the head is placed so as to touch the letter E in Confederate. TWENTIES. In the counterfeit bills the figure 2, on the right side, in cut by a fine line, entirely separating the tail ol the fig ure from the main body of it; in the genuine the figure 2 is perfect. In the genuine bills the hat on the head 0 f the man in the lower left corner of the note, sits more upon the top of the head than in the counterfeit; in the counterfeit the hat seems to be thrown more towards the back ol the 1 J. B. Villepigue, 1 Col. J. N. Ramsay, 2 Col. E M. Butt 3 Col. Li. Walker, 4 Col. Geo. P. Doles, 5 Col. W. T. Black, C 8 Col, L. M. Lamar, ‘J Col. Bfcnj. Beck, _ 10 Col. Alfred Cumming. 11 Col. Geo. T. Anderson, 12 Col, Z. T. Conner, Jit 14 Col. Felix Price. 1(5 Col. Goode Bryan, 17 Col. H. L’ Bi nning-, 18 Col. W. T. Wofford, 19 Col. W. W. Boyd, 2d Col.B. Gumming, 21 Col. John T. Mercer, 22 Col. Roht, H. Jones, 23 Col. ’1 bos. Hutchison, 24 Col. Iiobt. McMilliun, 2.) Col. C. C Wilson, 20 Col. tV H Atkinson, 23 Col. J G Cain. 29 Col. W J Young, 30 Col. D J Baily, 31 Col. C A Evans, 32 Col. CAL Lamar, 33 Col. A Littlefield, 34 Col. J A W Johnson, 35 Col E L Thomas, 3<i Col. J A Glenn. 37 Col. nut know 11, 33 Col. Geo. VV. Lee, 39 Col. J .) McConnell, Col. Abda Johnson, 41 Col. C A McDaniel, 42 Col. It Henderson, 43 Col. Skideinore Harris, 44 Not known, Confederate p e g i - went The composi tion of'this Reg. not uudeistood, it being mixed command of Georgia and Missis sippi companies. Volunteers. Disband- ed. Volunteers.. Former ly Soemes’ Reg. V olunteers command ed at Sharpsburg by (.'apt. R I). N'isbct V Innteers rc-organ- ised. Volunteers formerly John K. Jackson’s. Volunteers formerly A. II. Colquitt's late ly Co.. Newton’s. Volunteers lately Col. W. T. Wilson’s. Provisional Army. V olunteers. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional A r m y , Volunteers, formerly A. V. Brumby’s. Volunteers, formerly Col. Millican’s. Provisional. Army. Volunteers. Voiuntet rs. Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Volunteers. Voluntceis. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers reorgan ized formerly C W Styles’ Volunteers, lately Levi B Smith’s. Volunteers, formerly T .1 Waithen’s. Volunteers, formerly Randolph Spalding’s. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers reduced to a battalion. Volunteers reduced to a Battalion. Volunteers. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Army. Provisional Volunteers. Volunteers. Vo lun leers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers, formerly R A Smith's. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. A olunteers. Volunteers. Volunteers. Army Voi’s. and Con scripts. Army Yol's. and Con scripts. Army Vol’s. and Con scripts. Yolun errs. Army Vol's. and Con scripts. Army Vol's. and Con scripts. Cavalry Volunteers and Conscripts. 1 J J Morrison, 2 VV J Law ton. 3 M J Crawford, Cavalry—Provisional Army. 1 Lieut. Col. Ohns. Spaulding, 2 Maj. M Camming, 3 Maj. D L Clinch, Legions. 1 Col, T R R Cobb, Provisional Army. 2 Col. Wm. Phillips, Volunteers. Battalions. 1 Maj. GW Ross, Volunteers. 2 Lieut. Col. J B Stovall. Volunteers. 3 Lieut. Col. W II Stiles. 4 Unknown, 5 Unknown, (5 Unknown, 7 Lieut. Col. J H Lamar, Vol's., formerly C A L Lamar’s. 8 Lieut Col A Littlefield, Vol’s, formerly 33d Cnpt. Irniflic* anti Ibc ‘-290.” Exploits of the Confederate Steamer “230” —Fourteen vessels destroyed, with 81,- 000,000 in goods—Yankee description of her Captain, and his “style” of taking vessels. The New York Herald publishes the statement of three masters of ships that have been burnt by the Confederate steamer Alabama (“290”) and say that Capt Se.m.mES, of the “290,” has captured and destroyed fourteen vessels with 81,- 000,000 of cargo, and paroled and sent to the Island of Flores 191 prisoneis: It is very, evident from all we learn from Capt. .Hagar, that the Alabama will, If not fallen with, captured and destroyed, become the terror of the ocean. Her speed appears to be unequaled, both under steam and sail. Her sailing qualities, as reported, aie superior to the speed of nine- tenths of our steamers in the navy, and under steam and canvass combined, it will take the Vandeibilt, or vessels of a simi lar class, to do anything with her in a chase. Her battery is very formidable, equal to many of onr screw sloops of war of the second class, and vastly superior to any of our smaller vessels. She is in all respects an ugly customer, and one that will destroy millions of property, before she is caught, if she is caught at all. In all cases where Captain Semme3 cap tures a vessel, he sends an armed boat on hoard and orders the unfortunate Captain on board the Alabama with his papers. On his arrival he is ushered into the pres ence of the pirate Seinmes, who receives him in the most pompous and overbearing manner. He is questioned as to the name of the ship, where from and where bound, and the ebaracter of bis cargo. Captain Hagar in reply to the latter question, said that some of his cargo was on English ac count OnkugtTiiig ibu reply Semmes scowled at him and remarked, “Do you take me lor a d—d fool? W here are the proofs that part of your cargo is on Eng lish account/” The papers, unfortunately, -not having the Consular seal attached, were, not con sidered proof, and the Brilliant and her cargo were in consequence seized by Seuimes as a prize. 45 Col. Tlios Hardeman, 46 Cel. F II Colquitt, 47 Col. G W M Williams 48 Col Wm Gibson, 49 Col A J Lane, 50 Col. W R Manning. 51 Col. W M Biaugbtir, 52 Col. Wler Boyd, 53 Col. L T Doyal. 54 Col. C II Way, 55 Col. C B Harkie, 56 Col. G P Harrison, Jr. 57 Col. W Barkaloe, 58 Col. L P Watkins, 59 Col. Jack Brown, Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. Provisional Army. X'ol’s, formerly Regiment. Provisional Army Volunteers. neck. .. , In the genuine the crown of the sailor s hat is broader than in counterfeit the sha ding line on Ills jacket in the genuine, run square across the body—in the counter feit they run diagonally across the body. Also, between the XX on the right lower comer are two hearts separated and pointing towards each other m the genuine, but in the spurious only one, or if two, run together. The paper of all the genuine notes is of poor quality, but in th e counter feit it w of a fair quality of bank note paper. i’IMKSS. «»'t» «"■"<” sight. SPECIAL NOTICE. . • __ r pmoved from rpilE undersigned lia ^”’? nttndg to c ] t , se up bis I ledgerillt: desires and t ed;jy M posgi . business matter* of tba pa I t i, at the ble. All persons indebted are of j A _ not f-s and accounts are ! who gre authori- BKF.KDI.OVK, and P. II. LA” - b Jf not ar . zed to collect and " ,ak ® s tl L nent g will be enforced ranged at an early day, settlem by law. . g VAIL, Agaat. 1* tf. *■' 9 Unknown, 111 Maj. J E Rylander, 11 Not known, c 12 Not known, 13 Not. know n, 14 Not known, 15 Not known, 16 Not kflowh, A i tillcry. 1 Capt LPGirardy, Volunteers. 2 Capt. J II Tiller, Volunteers. 3 Capt. G A Dure, Provisional Army. 4 Capt. H N Eils. Note—Many of the above-regiments and Bat talions have been changed, and their status tan only be ascertained from the Secretary of War. W e publish as far as we know, and trust that per sons wbo are better infor :ied. will furnish us, or some other Press, facts which may enable us to correct the list from time to.time and thus perfect it. Editors Confederate Union. From the Enquirer. T5ie Comfort Cloali—A Niib.tiuil!- for Over* c „ns, :>nil Blaakrto foe oar Army. I see that great complaint is made of the want of clothing for our army. Al low me to suggest a cheap and warm sun- ^ pm-,,;,, pau pj. seen many miles, stitute lor a blanket and overcoat, and fln( | cvcrv other ship within seeing dis tance stands towards the light, thinking to rescue a number of poor fellows from destruction. The pirate keeps in the im mediate vicinity, awaiting the prey that is sure to come, and the next morning the poor fellows who have, to serve the cause of humanity, gone many miles out of their course, find themselves under the guns of the Alabama, with the certainty that be fore another twenty-four hours they will share the late of the ship they came to serve. This plan will enable him to destroy an immense amount of property without much cruising. He can lay in one posi- hnn and gather the ships around him du ring the night ready lor operations on the coming day, for weeks to come; for it will be a long time before bis depredations Personal appearance of Si tames. Capt. Hagar says that, however much Semmes may have had the appearance of a gentleman when an officer of the United States Xavy, he has entirely changed now. lie sports a huge moustache, the ends of which are waxed in a manner to throw that of Victor Emanuel entirely in the shade, and it is evident that it occupies much of his attention. His steward wax es it every day carefully, and so promi nent is it that the sailors ot the Alabama term him “Old Beeswax.” His whole ap pearance is that of a corsair, and the transformation appears to be complete from Commander Raphael Semmes, Uni ted States Xavy, to a combination of La- fitte, Kidd and Gibbs, the three most notorious pirates that the world has ever known. The officers of the Alabama are report ed as very dainty gentlemen. In plun dering a ship they take nothing but arti cles that suit them. If replenishing tbei stores, they invariably reject brown sugar, taking nothing but tho best loaf. With kid gloves it is the same—they refuse col ors; and will have nothing hut pure white. Aud so it is with them all the way through. They appropriate everything they lind worth having, and destroy the rest, and are pirates iti every sense of the word, ex cept that they do not take life—or rather, they have not yet done so. When Capt. Hagar left the Alabama there were between forty and fifty of the crews of the different vessels she had de stroyed still on board. They were con fined below in irons, in the most miserable condition. They were where every drop of rain fell on them, and every sea that came aboard tho vessel washed over them and the poor fellows were in a terrible plight, having lost everything with the vessels they belonged to, the pirates per mitting no baggage except the very small est quantity, to be brought away from the prizes before they were destroyed. I hey had the satisfaction of knowing, however, that it could not be long before they would bo released, for Semmes could not afford to have his ship filled up with prisoners. The plan that Semmes has adopted to bring fish to his net is as follows: It will be seen at a glance that the position he was last reported in was in the track of many vessels bound to and from Europe. This is the position he has chosen to do the greatest possible amount of destruc tion; and lie certainly lias been most suc cessful. Whenever he captures a ship, after taking from her all that he and his officers want, he lays by ber uutil dark, and then sets her on tire. The liftht of made by any country mat- wliicb can L ion. Take a sufficient quantity of common cotton shirting, dye it brown, with the black walnut, cut it. and make it in the farm of a large, loose cloak, without sleeves, leaving slits for the arms; wad it with cotton batting, in thin layers like a quilt, fix an oil cloth cape to it, reaching down to the waist, fasten it with a belt around the waist, the throat and breast part to be fastened with strings—and you have the most complete cloak and blanket a soldier ever slept in, and much lighter than the woolen coat. The writer of this Uc-eil one an entire winter, in tbenortliern pari of Iowa, where the cold is intense, and he can assure you he never was more comfortably clad._ The object of the oil cloth cape is to protect the garment as well as the arms from the rain. The collar should be made wide so as to cover the eats and neck when raised. All the old woolen stockings, carpets, blankets, Ac., should be gathered up, well washed and pulled to pieces, spun into cloth, and made up into pantaloons and jackets. Ail the old shoes and boots should be repaired and sent to the companies in the field. Let the ladies in each city, county, town, or neighborhood, make up garments for their companies and send them forward by a trusty agent- We have no time to lose—winter is upon us and our boys are shivering- HOWARD- will continue to be until we have ships of greater speed than we now possess or ex pect soon to have. Statement of a Skipper. The following is a statement of one ol the unhappy Yankee Skippers, which will show how the thing is done: Oapt. S. R. Tilton, master of the late bark Virginia, of New Bedford, reports that oil Sept. 17, when in latitude 39.10, longitude 34.20, at 9 a. m., sigiited a sail on the weather bow, steering for the Vir ginia, tlie wind from the southwest, the bark heading east southeast. At 11 she set the St. George’s cross, being about two miles distant, we answering it with our colors, and hacking my main-yarO. thinking her to be an English steamer. , When distant one-fourth of a mile she set j the Confederate Hag, and boarded me ! with an armed crew, saying I was a prize to the Confederate Steamer Alabama, and that I must take my papers and go on board the steamer. After arriving there the captain asked me where I was from, aud how long out?—first demanding my papers, lie said to the first Lieutenant to go on board with me, and allowed me to take a small trunk, and the crew a bag of clothing each. After getting on board ev erything being in confusion, they hurled me into my boat, with a few clothes, and ordered me on board the steamer a- gain. They then commenced taking the stores chronometer, and all nautical instruments in their boats, and at 4, p. m., they set fire to "the hark, and in two hours she was burned to the water’s edge. On arriving on hoard tho steamer the first time, 1 asked the Captain to release me, as I was doing no one any harm. His answer was: “You Northerners are destroying our property, and New Bedford ceouL »••** having their ...ceungs, offering two nunared dollars bounty for volunteers, and sent out their stone fleet to block up our harbors, and that lie was going to re taliate.” I went on the quarter deck with my son when he ordered me in the lee waist, with my crew, and all of us were put in irons, with the exceptions of two hoys (cook and steward). The reply was that his purser was put i* irons and his head shaved by us, and that he was going to retaliate. We were put in the lee waist, with ai; old sail over us, and a few planks to lie upon. Description of the Alabama. The Alabama was built at Liverpool, 6r Birkenhead, and left the latter port in Au gust last, is about 1200 tons burthen, draught about 14 feet; engines by Laird Sc Sons, of Birkenhead, 1862. She is a wooden vessel, propelled by a screw, cop per bottom, about 210 feet long, rather narrow, painted black outside and drab in side; lias a round stern, billet head, very little short flush deck fore and aft; a bridge forward of the smoke stack, carries two large black boats on cranes amidships for ward of the main rigging; two black quar ter boats between tlie main and mizzen masts, one small black boat over the stern, on a crane; the spare spars on a gallows between the bridge and foremast, show above the rail, fcilie carries three long thirty-two pounders on a side, and is pierc ed for two more amidships; has a one hun dred pound rifle pivot gun forward of the bridge, and a sixty eight pound pivot on the main deck; has tracks laid forward for a pivot bow gun, and tracks aft for a pivot chase—all of which she will take on board to complete her armament. Her guns are of the Blakely pattern, and manufactured by Wesley & Preston, Liverpool, 1862. She is bark rigged. She was built express ly for tlie business. She is engaged to destroy, fight or run, as the character of her opponent may be. She took her ar mament and eftew and most of her officers on hoard near Terceria, Western Islands, from an English vessel. Her crew are principally English; tho officers chivalry of the South. All the water consumed on hoard is condensed. She has eight months provisions, besides what is being plunder ed and has about four hundred tons of coal ou board. The Herald in commenting upon tlie daring feat of the “290” says. A very unusual excitement prevailed in our commercial and financial circles yes terday, iu consequence of the news of the terrible work of destruction [commenced by the rebel privateer, the Alabama or “290,” among our whaling and merchant vessels on the high seas. The intelligence of these depredations, however, so close behind the warning that the rober had ta ken to the road was very naturally calcu lated to produce a sensation. It adds that the Vanderbilt, tho fastest United Stales ship afloat, is to be sent af ter the “290.” “The universal cry for bread, to a hu mane heart, is painful beyond description, and the great price demanded and given for it verifies that pathetic passage of sa cred writ. “All that a man hath will he give for his life.’ Corn is sold at four dollars, hard money for a bushel, |Thi at the rate of exchange then, was equal to thirty dollars in continental money.J I scarcely know the looks or taste of biscuit or flour for these four months ; yet thous ands have been much worse off, having no grain of any sort.” In 1776 there was a great scarcity in these parts, of sugar and coffee, articles which ilie ladies in particular were very Dth to give up. In one of the published < Iters of Mrs. Adams, she gives her hus band an account of a new sort of mobility which had arisen in Boston, in consequence of the scarcity of sugar and coffee. This was no less than a female mob, a “food riot” among the ladies of Boston. The scarcity was believed to have arisen from a source which has more than once opera ted in later Years to produce high prices, viz., the liording up of the articles by the merchants, for the purpose of increasing the demand. According to Mrs. Adams, several stores were opened by the disaf fected coffee drinkers, and coffee and su gar carried into the market aud dealt out by pounds : “It having been rumored that an emi nent, wealthy, stingy merchant had a hogshead of coffee in his store, whicli he refused to sell under six shillings a pound, a number of females, some say a hundred assembled with a cart and trucks, maiched down to tho warehouse, and demanded the keys, which he refused to deliver.— L pon this, one of them seized him by the neck and tossed him 5a ihe cart. Fiudiug nn i)u*rtcii), he delivered tlie keys, when they tipped up the cart and discharged him; then opened the warehouse, hoisted out the hogshead of coffee themselves, put it into the truck, and drove off. A large concourse of men stood amazed, silent spectators of the whole transaction.” These were times that tried the souls of tlie women as well as the men; and thev met every emergency like free women and heroines. They despised and rejected tea when it was subject to an odious tax ; but they had no notion of depriving them selves of that, their own peculiar luxury, to gratify the avarice of stingy old bache lor. The merchant who suffered as above described was and old bachelor by the name of Boylstou, who afterward left Bos ton, we believe, and went to England, where he was probably less annoyed by the rights of women than lie was here. Boston Traveler. Inlfrcitinj Incident. Kingston. Sept. 11, 18C2. Truth is said to be sometimes stranger than fiction. I found on a recent visit to Richmond a beautiful verification of this remark, illustrated in the person and for tunes of the accomplished daughter of Sir John Musgrave, of England. A few years, ago, Sir John Musgrave and lias beautiful daughter -visited New York, ^ can tell. A stop should be put to this loose.oath-taking, nod means taken to puiifsb the forsworn.—Moidt Tribune. 'S'nStoTr C *ft«l to *lur. Messrs Editors .-•-.Jt m* * 1 i of e -3PC j interest to your numeioos rt ' ; rt» -J.no | that, wit*, not a cent of auditiotui St* pense, tallow caudle;- can be made fully equal in point of merit to tho common star candle. To two pounds oft allow add one teacup ful of good strong ley, from wood ashes, and simmer over a slow fire, when a greasy scum will float on top ; skin this off' for making soap, (it is very near soap hlitady,) as long as i( continues to rise. Then mould your candles as usual, making tho wicks a little smaller, and you have a pure hard tallow candle, worth knowing how to make, and one that burns as long, and gives a light equal to sperm. The chem istry demonstrates itself. An ounce or two of beeswax will make the candles some lmrder, and steeping the wicks ici spirits turpentine will make it burn some brighter. 1 write with one before me. Mobil a News. E r i'oi3S The Now York “Tribue” ou the 20th, in an editorial, says : The last advices from Europe render it morally certain that France and Great Britain will recognize tlie Southern Oon- federacy on or about the first i i January next, provided, the situation shall remain unchanged till that time. In other words, if our Generals should henceforth stand on i he defensive and in due time subside info winter quarters they decide to give up the Union, If our armies go into winter quarters without achieving further and more decisive successes. Western Europe flies to the rescue of the rebels. The Washington correspondent of the same paper, writes. Ladies here of rebel proclivities, who are ori intimate terms with, the Belgian Legation, confidently assert that Belgium is aboiight to recognize the Southern Con federacy, and that her example will be followed by the larger Bowers of Eu rope. From the Richmond (Va.) D". ; ..Vh, Oct. 22. I'rout <«pn. A.rzsij-% We have stone further particulars of the recent skirmishing along ohr lines. Oa Thursday, the 17tli, the Stonewall brigade was sent out beyond our lines to destroy a certain bridge on tho Baltimore and Ohio railroad, and to tear up the track. The enemy, who, at that time, crofsed the river in force, perceiving this, attacked them with overwhelming numbers, and they were compelled to fall back, with the loss of several mer.- Col. Ronalds, of the 4th Virginia Regiment, v. ho was at that time acting Brigadier General, is low in Yv'ia- chester, severely wounded. Ou Friday morning the enemy seeing the smoke of a barn which was accidentally lired near our lines, and supposing that we were burning our commissary stores for a precipitate re treat, made an advance along tlie whol« line ; but finding that our forces were pre pared to meet them, and that our army ad vanced at the same time to meet them, they declined an engagement, and tlit* main body of their army again fell back beyoud the Potomac. When this made known, our army went back to their camp well contented. They are now leaf ing quietly. A dash was made by our cavalry on a dwelling below Charlestown, on the iOrii instant, of which a correspondent sends us the following account, and a copy of a let ter to Wm. H. Seward, vrrfiieu by Lis nephew, vv Inch was captured t> our mtu. Our men were, a little too late, ns a-11 the blue birds bad flown to the woods about bringing with them the prestige of a good j Our correspondent says : name, aud wearing the livery of exceeding ' gracefulness and refinement of maimers— they were feted aud caressed by- the mer- j fifteen minutes before. But in their hasty chant princes of the great commercial I retreat, the Yankees left behind a package metropolis.* The daughter won the heart j of letteis, Ac., just made up for the North, of the gallant son of Henry Griunell, the ] to be sent via Harper’s Ferry. Through generous and noble hearted merchant of | the kindness of Corporal M., who made New York, who hath been, and ever has j the capture, I have been allowed to copy been, and is now-, the unflinching and j the following, which will be found exceed- dauntlcss friend of the South, and who has ingly* rich. It seems to have been written defied the Lincoln government in tlie | by a nephew of Seward, but there is noth- expression of a bold aud manly opinion j mg to explain what K his position iu the ■uni: i’rices. Messrs Editors: We have recently .had some ratlior uncomfortable specimens of the high prices of food ; but I apprehend in our behalf', and in the manifestation of tho most substantial aid and comfort to our i cause. Sir John and his daughter returned to i England, and son thereafter his daughter j accompanied Florence Nightingale to the ■ Crimea, and was the constant companion day and night of that angel of mercy, in her ministrations to the dyiug and wound ed soldiers in the Crimean war. On her return to England yound Griu nell met her in London, and they were married, where they settled, enjoying all the luxuries and elegancies of life, which the princely wealth of their fathers could so well afford them. Col. , of Virginia bad often met Miss Musgrave in New York, and whilst passing down the street in Richmond, suddenly and unex pectedly met her, wearing '.hat bland and joyous smile and expression of recognition which imparts such a beautiful benevo lence to her countenance. “Mercy !” exclaimed Col. ; “I would as soon have expected to see an angel from Hea ven ! Bray, Miss Musgrave, how came you here ?” Her story was soon told, with most unaffected simplicity*. “After leaving New York,” said she, “I returned to Eng land and with Florence Nightingale to the Crimea. Cn my* return home i married Mr. Griunell, and on the breaking out ol these prices are nothing to what some of the war in America, my husband avowed our forefathers experienced when their his determination to link his fortunes with dy currency was continental money, or 1 the South ; and I accompanied. He soon Government scrip. The following extract raised a company—fitted them out at his from the Journal of the Rev. Thomas own expense to himself of fifteen thousand Smith, of Falmouth, (new Portland,) will dollars—preferred that some one of more give a specimen of the prices of food as experience than himself should be Captain, they ranged in 1779 : 1 taking for himself a Lieutenancy, and he rVpril 1. There is a grevious cry for has gone to light for the South, and I am bread in all the seaport towns, and there j here iu one of the hospitals of Richmond, can be made known, so that our unsus- , co ff ee 4, sugar 3. is but little meat, and no fish. April 7. Indian meal is sold at 30 dol lars a bushel. April 27. I hear that wood is 25 dol lars a cord in Boston, and flour at c£50 per hundred, i. e. a. barrel is more than my whole salary*. May 3. Corn is now sold at 35 dollars a bushel, and coffee at 3 dollars a pound. June 1. Molasses is raised to 16 dollars. peering merchantmen will be on the look out for him. A"ain lie will be enabled to cruise for an June 10. A man asked 74 dollars for a ! bushel of wheat meal. June 11. Green peas sold at Boston at indefinite length of time, for he uses no 20 dollars a peck ; lamb at 20 dollars a coal, depending upon his canvas entirely, quarter. Board 60 dollars a week, which, it seeuis is not sufficient for his pur- j June 17. We bought 3 pounds ofhali- p 0 « c . He carries stores for eight months, but lor a dollar. [Probably this was a real and can always replenish from the prizes silver dollar.J he may take. Ho will be here to-day * ' and there to-morrow, and will bo certain to be found where no one is looking for him. Looking for him will be like “look- mo- for a needle in a hay-stack,” and with the majority of vessels we have cruising Aug 19. We bought a pound of tea for 19 dollars. caring the l est I can for the wounded aud dying soldiers of the Confederacy.” Aud she passed on—if not an angel from hea ven, certainly an angel of earth—the Florence Nightingale of America. J. W. B. Worth Attention—Alien Oath.—We are informed that a good deal of laxity exists iu administering the alien oath. Men, iu many cases, acting as friends ot applicants, are permitted to swear to the statements embraced in the affidavit, whilst they are unknown and irresponsible. The act calls for a responsible endorser of tlie state ments therein narrated. That endorser swears that he has known deponent for a given number of year*.; believes him to be a truthful and reliable person, and that he was born iu a certain foreign land, and has alway s considered the place of his dent we might add, that at the time to which he has referred, the people of this _ neighborhood were greatly distressed for at the present time, should one of them be want of breadstuff's. The wife of John fortunate enough to see him, all we shall Adams, in one of her letters to ber bus- benefited thereby will be a look, and so it band, written in 1779, says: To this reminiscence of our correspon- birth his home, and intended to reside ... r.i n D-l 11 outside of the Confederacy. This would imply that the endorser has been the con stant companion of deponent. In a word, one irresponsible person swears tor anoth er, and when the question is asked:— “Who are those endorsers 7” few, if any, army. THE LETTER. Near Charlestown, Va., 1 October 19. 1862. f Dear Uncle: I got here from the Ferry yesterday afternoon. I have not time to write you but a few lines now but will write more fuliy iu a day* or two. I send you hali a dozen copies of the various Richmond papers, captured by some of our cavalry last night. By read ing them you will see that tho rebel* are not yet fully convinced that they hare nvt been routed in Kentucky. The Whig’s editorial says it never expected gnccc*4 there while tlie rebel army r> a* under such incompetent Generals. And the Exami ner is still in a state sf painful anxiety about the battle of Berry vide! It seems that they have received dis patches from Gen. Forrest, ..:id numerous other Southern Sources, telli. ■; 1 f their vic tory ; but Bragg’s official report ha; not been received, and they havo seen tha Federal papers, and as those do not admit a defeat to the Union army, the Southern ers really doubt whether any has occur red. Is not this another evidence of the wisdom of your policy* in regard to tilt Northern press ! General Scoit y/a*j right iu saying that falsification ---af. n necessary part of the machinery of war. In thU war it is a powerful aid, as the Southera press re-pnblish and seem to credit »o much of wliat wo choose to give to our papers. Bush your policy as to thy press still further. Make them stale orerr fight a glorious victory* and slick t > it. It will do a **reat good North and 8outh. No time for more now: Bob Verplauk is here and well. Verv affectionateiv, vonr rmqhew-, W'U II. VANBELT. Hon. TYm. .//• Seward. To Dye Soleerind.—Take a quantity of poboberries, squeeze out th-. juice ami. to each cupful of the juice a d on-.- cupful of vinegar ; put in a brass or tin kettiu, put your yarn in warm water, - jneze it out, then put it in the o and let it boil strongly* about thirty minutes, or until it receives the proper color. 7/ vnnto.v. The writer of the above b,«r *hown-K9 a child’s stocking dyed after the -Move re cipe. Though it has been worn ..ad wash ed, it retains a deep and handsome and ap parently permanent scarlet color. Indeed it is as pretty a color for children s wear as any we have ever seen. [ Columbus (Ga.) Euyuirer, Oct. 22. GEORGIA. PENITENTIARY, ? Septeif.brr 20th, 1662. ) O N and after the lrt October next, all *ood* bought, and work done at this Io'titution, will not be delivered until paid 1 r 3 5is ml* will be Strictly enforced without any respect to parties. 18 tf. THOMAS T. WINDSOR, Book Jk**pv.