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Editor JllijiKi ■ti/'P'Oii : A ie\f met/
connected with tlieiu wines may possibly
lie of interest and advantage to your read-
ovs. Business. n- few days since, took me
to Franklin, I.a.. where 1 met witli Col.
Robinson, of Madison county, who bad
iust arrived with authority from Bicli-
inond to seize the mines, or so much oj
them as to warrant a full supply of salt for
the army and the people. 1 accepted the
invitation of the Colonel and Major Broad-
well, Government "Agent at Franklin, to
accompany them upon a visit to the works,
some fifty miles distant from Franklin by
Bayon Teclie, certainly one of the most
beautiful of all tbe bayous of Louisiana.
Reaching Iberia, or Newton, as it is call
one month, wc may be cut off from it; j only one hundred and fifty of whom
for, so soon as the river rises, unless we . a pe available as laborers. These lahor-
bave gunboats and rams afloat, tlie enemy ers have cultivated, during the past
will doubtless occupy tbe sugar coiuitiy. j season, two hundred and twenty acres
Hound Major Broad well a courteous gen- j of coUon> three [nnu]red acres of corn,
tleman, doing five times more worn, man i .
any g- - official I am acquainted forty-six acres of sweet potatoes, and
with, id suffering: tea timesmore abuse.! twenty acres ol i ice and garden 'egt pounds killed last .'ate >
Before lie is condemned let facts to sus- ' tables. The gross product of these dipping in boiling brine, hungupsmok-
A Cheap BSodc of Caring Bacon.
Enon, Ala., Oct. ~3, ISO-.
Eds. Sun: I saw to-day, til the
house of Wra. Morton, a well-known
and respectable citizen of this place,
good bacon, from a hog weighing ~ >; 30
week, made by
vise ell to send before tbe rains set in.
Distance from Summit to Red River
ed by tbe natives, we took a carriage !<>r ! Landing, 00 miles ; from Red River Land-
the island of salt. Our route lay tor nine ring to Iberia, 160 miles, and fine road,
miles across a prairie, upon which large ; The salt (I send you a specimen) has
herds of cattle were grazing, until we came j been analyzed, and found to be the purest
to the marsh and Bayou Petit Ansia,
which separates Salt Island from the main
land- The marsh is crossed by a cause
way and drawbridge, affording a dry, bard
load for salt wagons during the dry sea- j
son, but it must be almost impassable af- j
ter tbe fall rains set in. Tins island w as j
an elevation of some 75 or 100 feet from i
tain a charge bo submitted. j crops cannot be less than twenty-sev
J. II. GRAVES, j cn thousand dollars. This is the esti-
R- ^ hose wishing a supply of salt j ma f e G f fj ie Superintendent, an intelli-
trom Iberia, and to fcecuio themselves a- imel careful business man. The
gainst delay, will do well to write to Judge ° .. • , • , i i„,f
h . >, in u« wen», win fe cotton picking has commenced, but
Avery, AewtoWn, La., and state the, a- . 1 .. . ,, ,
mount they want, and Itfarnfrom him when tlie crop can hardly be called an uyU-
their wagons van be loaded. 1 would ad- age one Tire planting was veiv tl L ’
and without any manure, and added
to these hindrances is the visit of the
‘•seven-year worm,” whie.h has des
troyed on many plantations nearly one-
fourth of the crop. We have heard of
thirty thousand pounds being picked
on one plantation, and from ten to fif
teen thousand on others.
I do not think there is as much
sickness among the troops as would
e.nu- .vnKiinii ivcna. j naturally be expected in this climate,
Wc continue our selections from North- although they appear somewhat ener-
ern papers bearing date of tbe 17th inst: yated by climatic influences. Gen.
article known, containing 99 SS pure salt,
and 12 gypsum. Parties going for salt
and carrying powder w ill be first served
and obtain a good price for it.
tbe level of Vermillion Bay, and lias .. .
... . .. - p v- . : i romtho ftpvr York limes
rolling surface, reminding one of Newport j i , , , - , • • s ,i._
Island, R. I- There are two plantations J . ..c t..c„ «„.» partinent, has much inspirited the
on the island, one owned by Mr. Maroh, j Take Richmond, and then, if they in- j officers and men under him, and signs
and the other by Judge Avery. The I rist, let them go, argues Prince John, next of activity are everywhere apparent,
mines are upon the latter, though the vein to Mr. Seymour, the principal speaker at If Government will give him neeessa-
the ratification meeting. And yet these | r y reinforcinents, Charleston and Sa-
same leaders affect indignation when their yannah will soon fall, and with them
loyalty is questioned. 1 ney seem to take
it for granted tbat the people have neither
the wit to discern, nor the spirit to resent.
In ordinary times, such presumption would
he incredible. But when Rebels are so
ed immediately. The plan is simple
and commendable for its economy of
salt. Take a kettle or large pot nearly
full ofwater, put in a littie more salt
than the water will dissolve, bring to
a boil, cut up the meat, and while the
animal heat is in it, put in the kettle
and boil from two to four minutes,
according as the meat is thick or thin;
rub on ineal to keep oft'the Hies, then
hang and smoke it. The brine must be
kept up to its full strength by occasion
ally adding salt. When the work is
done the remaining brine may bo boil
ed down) and the salt sawed for other
uses, or for the next killing.
Mr. Morton tells me lie learned this
plan from an old man forty years ago,
who had used it for years previous. He
has frequently tried it in the month of
extends under tbe whole island. Tbat
now being worked is a deep basin upon
tbe south side. Though this invaluable
mine was discovered last May, we found
ibat it is only at this late day 7 beginning
to be worked with some energy—only
about 500.000 lbs. have been taken out in
five months ! Seventy-five or eighty ne-
groesarenow at work, sinking new shafts.
All tbe salt heretofore furnished lias been,
supplied from one small shaft, 24 by 7 24
feet, and two or three kettles. Two new
shafts having been completed the day be
fore our arrival, in which blasting had
commenced.
Shafting for Salt.—The salt lies from
fifteen to eighteen feet under the surface
in tbe basin. The dirt is removed by tbe
same process that cellars are dug in our
cities—carried out by cnits so long as the
depth will admit of it, and then thrown up
on stagings. Owing to a stratum <d
quicksand, the shafts have to be curbed
up, and the seep water, from time to lime,
thrown out. The dirt removed, a floor of
the purest salt presents itself, of as yet,
unknown thickness. The salt is blasted
and drawn out by windlasses, and weigh
ed into the waiting wagons, tbat come sup
plied with goods boxes and flour barrels—
sacks are unnecessary, as tbe salt is solid
and dry, and without the least drip, car
ried any distance. The shafts, finished
and unfinished at the time of our visit, are
as follows, viz:
No. 1, old one enlarged from 24 to 48
by 24 feet.
No. 3, 28 by IS feet.
3 kettles that yield eight or ten bushels
of tbe finest table salt we ever saw.
Lnfinisbed shafts :
No. 4, 50 by 25 feet.
No, 2, GO by 50 feet.
No. 3, 180 by SO feet.
Two of these are by this time under
blast, if so, there is a surface of salt 176
by 137 feet now being worked. I doubt
not by 7 this time all who take their teams
there are supplied without delay.
Price.—These shafts are worked by in
dividuals or companies, who pay Judge j
Avery 2 1-2 cents per pound for what they \
mine, and are not allowed to sell it for '
more than 4 1-2 cents. Every pound of,
salt is sold at the mines lor 4 1-2 cents, the
Judge making 3 1-2 cents clear on all that
his shafts do not produce ! Already a
man of wealth, at this tariff upon salt, if
the blockade continues, he will soon be
the richest man in the S juthern Confeder
acy—or the continent itself. His son who
discovered the mine, (by sinking deeper
an old salt well,) infosmed me that fie
could sell tbe salt at 75 cents per sack
and make $15 per day 7 on each hand ! and
vet 4 1-2 cents per pound is charged for ,
so indispensable an article at tbat mine !
and Judge Avery could not afford to per- '
mit tbe Government to mine it for tbe
army 7 for less than 2 1-2 cents per
pound !!
.Satisfied that the vein was extensive
Mitchell, but just located in this de- August with invariable success. Eve
ry one who knows him will vouch for
the truth of his assertion. He has nev
er weighed the salt to ascertain its
exact amount saved in this way, hav
ing heretofore found its chief advantage
in being able to save meat at any time,
but is satisfied it saves at least three-
the States of South Carolina, Geor
gia and Florida will be of easy con- fourths, one peck being equal to a
quest. bushel in theold way. The only difl’er-
j ence between his meat and the best
Mr. Stephens’^Sparta s&pccch—Bis w-iutcr cured bacon is, that itdoses
Advice to the Planters Misrepre- slightiy iJs fl avor , ar ,d tastes a little
old. That which I saw was dry and
The Augusta Constitutionalist, of
Tuesday, says : We are authorized to
say that Mr. Stephens, in his recent
speech at Sparta, Georgia, did not vrge
the planting largely of cotton next year.
. monstrously infatuated.it is not strange
rebel sympathizers .should also display un
common folly. Nobody can be deceived
in tbe meaning of tbis speech. If we are
to let the rebels go, after taking Rich
mond, why not before ? What care we
for Richmond, but as a vantage ground a-
gainst t-be rebellion ? Why spend blood
and treasure in gaining the rebel Capital, j
if, when gained, we are to give the Con- {
federacy option whether to keep its power *
or not ! No man in bis senses can believe
that our encampment Shockoe Hill would ! consumption, but, also, to feed the ar
make tne rebel leaders love ua better than I my.
before. It would only humiliate and em
bitter. If option is to be the word ; it
bad better be spoken on the Potomac.—
In either case it is certain that tbe rebel
managers would not for an instant enter
tain the idea ot returning to tlie Union.
T hey know full well that such return
would be their political annihilation. Ev
ery cal illation and every instinct would
hem to stick to tbe Confederacy, j licy, the idea of some, that we should
jptiun means national disunion— ! abandon the growth of cotton in otder
to force our recognition abroad, was,
salt enough, with no appearance of
having been cooked. He saves beef in
the same manner.
When this plan was published last
,, , , , ■ . i spring, I was a skeptic, believing that
n the contrary, he urged the importance f } ° . , . 1 . , , ,
, i -| ■ the meat being partially cooked would
raising; large crons o grain, while , , 01 , .. ,
° t ® 7 1 , i i „ ,,. ! sour and become worthless. I knew
the war lasted.—not only lor home) .. „ 0 , ,, ,
, | nothing ot Mr. otubbs, and was not
prepared to take for granted what he
said. I know Air. Morton and am
Tiic shoeing, and feeding of
our men in the field was ttio n f
31 r, Stephen’s address at Sparta, as
well as that in Oglethorpe county, on
Wednesday last; and he then declared
that the supplying of the army was
the first and highest duty of every
patriot. In relation to our foreign pol-
Yan Buren’s
go,” is simply
impel
Rebel
notiiiag more or less. Mi
exhortation to ‘‘let them
an • xhortation to let them go anyhow.—
The locality where the alternative is pre
sented is nothing. Whether at Washing
ton, or Richmond, or Charleston, or New
Orleans, the offer would amount, to a re
in his judgment, a radical and funda
mental error; as he believed cotton to
be one of our chief elements of pow
er— not political, but commercial—
but we should first see to it that our
cognition of i lie Confederate Independence | procision crop is ample for home and ar
il would give the rebels all they ask for.
We say then that it is absurd for these
men to profess adhesion to the war. Fol
low their counsel, and there is nothing left
to fight for. It is just as absurd for them
to claim loyalty. This language rivets
and clinches every charge of disloyalty.
We tell these factionists that they are
known. There, is treason on their brow,
as plain as if a C. S. brand had burned it
there. No man can talk peace at this
juncture, directly or indirectly, and be
true to his country. No person can bold
out to the rebels tiie hope of a settlement
at this point, or at that point, or at any
point this side of absolute submission to
the old Constitution, without complicity
with the rebels. The great body of tlie
taint
7 not
secession,
can be no concession tbat
and that secession is treason.
They are thoroughly pervaded, too,
with tlie sense that tbe treason must eith
er be crushed, or it must prevail ; that it
must either be subjected to authority, or
naj consumption; and, when that is se
cured, the more cotton we raise tlie
better.
It was the capture of Harper’s Ferry
(which was General Lee’s principal
object in crossing the Potomac, as he
did) which Mr. Stephens alluded to
as one of the most brilliant achieve
ments of the war, and not the battle
of Sliarpsburg, which was but an inci
dent of the expedition; and, though
the enemy was repulsed there, could
not called the most glorious victory of
the war.
These explanations are due to Mr.
Stephens, and should be alluded to by
the press generally, as it is important
that the views of one bolding sueli a
high position in the Government
should not be misrepresented. We are
gratified to have it in our power to
correct the impression that Mr. Ste-
enough for the Government and the States. , .. , . . .. -, , .
., , d 7 . i . .i 7 i- i . r cripple it, but to smite it down, and utter-
Col. Robinson, much to the delight of , 11 . .
,1 . i-ii . . . P c Iv exterminate it. J hat is what the peo-
Judge Avery, decided not e— ' '
it must overthrow authority. Thus they | pheus advocated the planting ot cotton
have rc.-ponded with such fervent spirit to largely tin? approaching season; and
the call of the President fora new army, to add the weight of his advice to
They are now sending forth six hundred ' t J ia t of the press urging the planters
thousand of their brothcis and sons for the to plant largely of grain for the use
express purpose of giving the death stroke - - ° - - °
to the rebellion ; not to parley with it, not
to conciliate with it. not even to hurt and
to interfere
with individual enterprise and seized only
so much as might subserve the purposes of
the Government.
It is tbe present intention of Colonel
Robinson to work at least 1,000 hands and
iurnisb salt, not by the 100 lbs. but by the jj on w ;]| pay, or whether it will be best to
1,000 tons per day, and if the Government „ ive seccss ion leave to go, will find them-
w,U permit it. furnish on« half of what lie 8elves j a the day the people move, but
produces to the people at one or two cts. | cliafn , e fore the whirlwind. Their little
ly exterminate it. J liat is wiiat tlie p
pie mean. Jt is this public spirit, and no
other, that surcharges loyal hearts, the
wide land through.
The cravens that would shrink at this
crisis, the recreants that would stop to cal
culate whether further war against rebel-
per lb. One mill per lb would be a hand
some compensation to the proprietor, and
yield him a princely revenue. Colonel
Robinson, so soon as he communicates
with the Government, will let it be known
if he can furnish the people at reduced
rates. One thing is certain tin price of
salt is bound to come down, for if the Gov-
devices will not avail them. Their puny
protestations of loyalty will meet contempt
only.
They may as well set tlieir house in or
der at once. Our people are as resolute
to carry this war faithfully through as any 7
people in the land, and profoundly deter
mined to accept no result but the complete
ernmern supplies itself at this price, the restoration of the nation’s unity. It is safe
large amounts of salt produced by private J 0 .
of the army and the people generally.
The advice, it is to be hoped, will
be generally followed, and tlie patriot
ic course which was adopted last year
be repeated tbe present season.
[iVivr. News.
Why not make moccasins.—In the
course of the newspaper discussion
about shoes for tiie army, some have
proposed to let the negroes go with
out shoes during the present winter,
while others insist it will be econo
my to buy shoes for them at any price.
Nowin old frontier times it was tlie
custom alike of the Indian hunter and
sqttler to make moccasins out of dry
hides and nobody ever thought of shoes.
Every man made his own covering
for the feet, and it was not only made
very easily and cheaply but it
enterprise ben and supplied by Virginia j scenc Jant advantages from the Union as
will be thrown into the market and specu- the Empire State, and that none has
lators cannot monopolize it. | snch Ineasure l es8 interests bound up in its
e are aware tbat Colonel Robinson, maintenance. There is no effort it will
in bis zeal to servo bis Government, ex- no t put forth, and no sacrifices it w ill not
poses himself to the charge of private spec- make, to save our nationality. . It is the
illation in salt, as have the Messrs. Broad- last spot in the North where Secessionists
well A l’ayne, Government agents, wlio can gain popular favor—the last spot-where
purchase sugar and beef for the Auny. ' - . . . 7
I am happy in being able to say in ad
vance, that Colonel Robinson is possessed
of the most ample fortune, and not only 7
makes a gratuity of his services to the
Government, but defrays bis own expen-
• lias derived such tran- fius vve >'^d every purpose ofsboes. Why,
tbe cry,
success
Let them go,’ can be raised with
November will show this.
then, may not planters get up at home,
with a very little labor and expense
moccasins which will answer all tbe
subsistantial ends of shoes and keep
tlieir servants dry footed and healthy
during the winter. It does appear to
us tbat a very 7 little ingenuity and
labor will be required in this way to
make all the negroes comfortable, and
still save the shoes for the soldiers
The Yankees and their SchemesI _ ,, [Telegraph.-
on the.Soil ii Carolina Coast.—A j Our Seaports and Rivers.—The time
scs. He is the right man in tiie right correspondent ol tfie New 3 ork J ri- will soon nrrwe, says the Richmond Whig,
place. He now designs at an early day to hime writes from Port Ifoyal, on when in accordance with tbe experience of
construct a horse railroad to the Petit An- [],£> South Carolina coast : , last winter, and the probable necessities of
sis, so tbat salt can fie delivered at all j Q ur forces in this Department are the season, active campaigning in Virginia
points between Iberia and Vicksburg by ; jn posst , ss gj ou 0 f a ] ar ge number of fer- ! will cease till the Spring. The presump-
ivater. * - , , ! tions and indications are, that, as the en-
\\ ill yon allow me a word in viudica- 1 .!* . . i< ,'‘ ‘ ■ emy find themselves compelled to suspend
lion of our governme-ut agents at Frank- j of ( aro ' !,ia > keorgm and 1( \ r] - ! their efforts here, they will renew them
lin, Messrs. Broad well and Payne. Bri- da, from which that portion ot the f art her South with desperate vigor aud de
rate speculators in sugar represent these ' white population at war with the
men throughout tbe Confederacy, as un- j Government lias tied, leaving' behind
donbtedly carrying on an underhanded j their s l avc8> ] )OUS( , s , f„ ril iturc, etc.
game ot private speculation and under cov- ;'ri,, • .i„. . i- . i
15 - - - — i ncse islands, according to .General
who lias bestowed much
er of tlieir official position making enor- I
mous fortunes. It is alleged that they
purchase sugar by tbe thousands of hogs
heads, and tbat tbe army 7 cannot use it all
—and some of it crushed at tbat! It may 7
not be known that our army required 100
hogsheads per day of brown, and the bos- j collect a few facts concerning the
pitals ten or fifteen hogsheads of crushed
or relined sugar, and both several hun
dreds of barrels of molasses per day. So
tar as I can learn, they have not been able
even to deliver this amount per day on an
average tbe year round. The sugar is
now open to us, and it becomes them to
move out tlie last hogshead they can get
transportation to move it with, for within
termination. They are now. making her
culean preparations against the few re
maining seaports of tbe Confederacy, qnd
to obtain a complete mastery of all our
navigable rivers. Charleston, Savannah
Might on the subject are capable oi l an( | M , 0 . bi1 ?’ are doomed if Yankee power
staining a population of from one! an<1 mahgmty can accomplish the, rdestruc-
1 1 tion; nor should any interior city 7 , ap
proachable by a water course, feel that it is
safe without the most thorough blockade
of the stream. We warn our Southern
friends not to lose a day or night in pro
tecting themselves against tbe dangers
ahead. Wherever the robbers are permit
ted to penetrate the country, they will at
tempt to enforce Lincoln’s brutal procla
mation. .It is therefore more than ever
i the ruffians out of our
tions ot all are needed,
Mitchell
thou
sustaining a popi
hundred and fifty to two hundred
thousand. I have only lmd time to
cultivation of these islands during the
past season by the contrabands. Tlie
island of Paris is near Hilton Head, is
about three miles wide and about nine
miles long. This is a rich and fertile
island, but not in a high state of culti-, Dece to k fh ,
ration. 1 here are upon this island borders. The exerti
satisfied. Others may still doubt. Let
evv..^ 77.1,0 Koc tried it publish the
fact and benefit the public. Some of
our blood-thirsty speculators may be
hurt yet, and those planters who give
the high price of salt as the reason for
raising the price of their corn to un
reasonable rates, may learn that hones
ty is tlie best policy.
Another STaval Expedition Fitting
out in the CTorth-
The Yankees are fitting out another
naval expe ition against the Sdutli,
“the destination of which is pruden-
tially withheld.” The New York Com
mercial Advertiser, referring to it,
says :
No necessity exists for concealing
the fact that an expedition is now
preparing to operate against one or
more Southern ports. The rendezvous
has already been occupied by 7 a fleet
of vessels, the presence of which with
in view of the rebel signal posts, will
reveal the strength of the intended
demonstration. The expedition, what
ever its destination, will be command
ed by naval heroes of acknowledged
ability. It will be stronger in point of
armament and class of ships than any
Meet which has embarked on an offen
sive movement. The points toward
which it will be directed are, under
any circumstances, unable to success
fully contend against them, for the
fleet will be provided with every appli
ance which ingenuity, experience or
skill can devise to secure the accom
plishment of its object. These are by
no means enigmatical assertions, as
the events of a very few weeks will
prove. When success has crowned
these efforts, as it most surely will do,
we shall be in possession of ports by
means which will close them effectual
ly against armed or cunning opposition.
The season will not be unpropitious
even, as has been suggested. In the
early part of November, last year, we
achieved the great naval victory of
Port Royal, and in the latter part of
December the victory by Burnside,
in North Carolina. Therefore, with a
powerful, almost invincible fleet, the
skill ofab’e commanders, a measura
bly propitious season and eligible
points of attack, we may safely promise
to record, ere long, a series of brilliant
naval vietories, which shall dismay
our enemies, and seriously disconcert
the plans of their trails-Atlantic
friends.
three hundred and twenty contrabands, j and not an hour in to he lost.
A prayer for our Armies.
BT BISHOP GREEN, OF MISSISSIPPI.
Almighty God, whose Providence
watcheth over all things, and in Whose
nands is tbe disposal of all events, we
look up to Thee for Thy protection
and blessing amidst the apparent and
great dangers with which we are
encompassed. Thou hast, in Thv wis
dom, permitted the many evils of an
unnatural and destructive war to come
upon us. Save us, we beseech Thee
from the hands of our enemies. Watch
over our fathers, and husbands, and
brothers, and sons, who, trusting in
Thy defence and m the righteousness
of our cause, have gone forth to the
service of tlieir country. May they
be precious in Thy sight. Preserve*
them from all the dangers to which
they may be exposed. Enable them
successfully to perform their duty to
Thee and to their country, and do
Thou, in thine infinite wisdom and
power, so overrule events, and so dis
pose the hearts of all engaged in this
painful struggle, that it may soon end
in peace and brotherly love, and lead
not only to the safety, honor and wel
fare of our Confederate States, but to
the good of Thv people, and tlie glory
of Thy great name, through Jesus
Christ our Lord. Amen.
De.uh of Judge I'crkins.—A letter from Luitid-
kinlmforms the Columbus Enquirer of the dettli
of Hun. William C. Perkins,. I ml ge afthePatmii t
Circuit. He died at 2 o’clock on the innrning of
the 22d.
From the New York Times.
Tlir Black v«. Celtic Feeling.
A few week’s ago, when the President's
emancipation proclamation was first pro
mulgated, the rebel Congress was pro
foundly agitated. Violent philippics were
bulled against the people of the North—
threats ot an exterminating wav were free
ly indulged in—and the usual alarming ap
parition of a “Hack flag,” with death’s
head and cross-bones painted in ghastly
while upon it. flashed before our faces.
Who of all the loyal millions of the loyal
States would be spared if the South, just
ly inflamed by the President’s edict,should
declare a war of extermination against us,
and henceforth “give no quarter? ” The
Virginia Legislature, then in session, sym
pathized with this frenzy, and forthwith
prepared to utter a decree that no person
in that State should be 1:eld to have com
mitted a crime who might kill a soldier or
citizen engaged in carrying out the Presi
dent’s proclamation.
We have not watched the further action
of the Confederates very closely on this
exciting and “exasperating” subject, be
cause wc have lacked the Richmond pa
pers, in which Confederate history is writ
ten. We know, however, tbat the Rich
mond Whig, in publishing what we have
recited, promised the world the immediate
inauguration of a war of unspeakable hor
rors, “for,” said the Whig, “after the pro
mulgation of the President’s policy, the
Confederates can hold no terms with-the
North.”
So much for the first intimations of what
the rebels would do on account of the
emancipation edict. The record of what
they have done since the Proclamation was
known among them, is in astounding con
trast with their bloody programme. 7
First, ivc find the rebel government ex
hibiting extraordinary industry and unim
peachable suavity in the .paroling and re
turning of Union prisoner* in their hands.
Many who have suffered for six months in
dungeons, are finding liberty at last.
Second, Colonel Wood, keeper of Cap
itol prison at Washington, who was at
Richmond a few days i>go, effecting ex
changes of prisoners, was taken with re
spectful ceremony on a tour of inspection
through a Richmond prison-house, and his
complimentary comments on its condition
made public, with manifest pride and com
placency. On the 9th inst., when Gen.
Buell’s army marching out of Louisville in
pursuit of Bragg, came up, near Salt Riv
er, u-ith a portion ol the enemy, the rebel
officer'gravely sent in a flag of truce, ask-
iug "a suspension of hostilities until they
should h ear the result of t .?e mission of the
Peace Commissioners, whom the Confeder
ate Government was about to send to
Washington ! ” Last week, when Gen’l.
Negley, at Nashville, applied to the guer
rilla-chief at Gallatin, for a safe conduct
through bis lines of over two hundred sick
and wounded prisoners that he was desi
rous of sending North, the rebel officer not
only granted the request promptly, but
sent forward a party ot his own men ahead
of tlie Union train, to have bread baked
for them each day in advance.
All tiiese events have occurred since tlie
“black flag” was threatened. We are
heartily glad to record them. We do not
impute them to any motive derogatory to
Southern courage or chivalry. On the con
trary, we prefer to attribute them to there-
deeming virtues of good feeling and hu
inanity which are at the bottom of the
hearts, we hope, of all American people.
They are evidences, we think, of the sub
sidence of passion in the South, which not
even the President’s proclamation can re-
infiame. May we not hope that if in a
state of war such amenities can exist, a
restored Union is not impossible, even with
slavery perished, as it ought to perish, in
every land of light and nominal freedom-
The* Coin in i*snry S>cpar(mrul—How
ehnw 1 * nrc .lludr.
The frauds in the contracting and pur
chasing departments of this Government
have become so notorious and brazen as to
be the common talk of the streets ; and any
mere general reference to them has but
little novelty or interest for this communi
ty. But we refer to the subject because
ive have been put in possession of the par
ticular facts of a characteristic operation
in the Commissary Department, the testi
mony to which is so distinct and unqnes
tionable as to challenge the severest inves
tigation, and theflagrancy of which is such
as to give our readers an idea, without
goiug into any very general observations,
of tlie corruption which is daily and noto
riously practised in some of the depart
ments of this Government.
The transaction referred to occurred as
late as Saturday last, in the Bureau of
Commissary Northrop, in this city. On
that day a purchase was made through
that officer, by the Government, of a lot
of cattle to the amount of about ten thou
sand dollars, the sale being made by the
owners, who had driven the cattle from
Western Virginia, at the very reasonable
price of ten cents a pound.
When tho venders came to get their
money at the office of the Commissary,
they were told there that they (the sellers)
would have to pay commissions to the par
ty who had purchased the cattle for the
Government ; that these commissions
1 would amount to one dollar per head on
the cattle, and one per cent, on the money
paid them; and, in pursuance of these de
mands, they were required in the Commis
sary’s office to sign a false receipt, giving
tlie Government credit for several hundred
dollars more than was received- The fact
is capable, as far as we can understand, of
abundant testimony. When the false re
ceipt was signed there were several persons
standing by—among them one, at least,
whose position as a law officer in this city
should have prompted him against the
transaction.
We may say that the authority for this
statement of facts is a party who was in
terested in the negotiation of the sale—
Mr. J. il. Raymond, of Marion county,
Virginia, a brother of General Raymond,
and a gentleman whose respectability and
worth are such that we are persuaded his
word cannot be held by this community in
dispute.
This case is characterized by such un
blushing effrontery of fraud as to need no
comment to point its repulsiveness or to
add to its vile and flagrant character.
There is every reason to suppose that this
case is but one of many ; that the Gov
ernment which purchases cattle every day
to tlie extent of a hundred to a hundred
and fifty head, find that those with whom
it negotiates are generally more pliant or
more timid than Mr. Raymond, and that
to keep on the good side of Gove i ment
contracts they will easily submit to their
black mail
It is by management of tins sort that
the Government is defrauded, and that
scurvy adventurers, nicked up in the petty
employments of local politicians and small
demagogues, have become suddenly rich
as assistant commissaries and agents in
-Mr. Northrop’s department.
| Richmond Examiner.
From tbe Comptroller Cniernl’n Report. f
The Public Debt—in Bonds and Treasury
Notes.
Through the courtesy of John Jones, , :
Stale Treasurer, l am »uabled to furnish th** lol- j
lowing statement of tlie present indebtedness oil
the Slate, in Bonds, viz:
Due in 1 toi, 7 percent. Cl JVk Bonds
“ 186:!, 7 “ “ “ 7 ‘
EE 1 A^TTSOSliaY.
1864, 7
180-2. 7
1^6-2, 6
18i;:i, 6
1805, 6
1868, 6
ffi()9,6
1869. 5
187(1, 6
1871 6
1872, 6
1872, 7
187J, 6
1874.6
1874.7
1878, 6
1879, 6
1880,6
1881,6
1881, 6
1881.7
ir-72,7
for YV & A R R
now redeemable
now redeemable
War Tax
63.500
41.500
25 51.0
18,000
40.000
18,001.
176.500
262,509
72.000
B! 1.500
153,750
023.500
10:1.600
169.500
75.000
J 76,500
100,COO
209.000
900.000
100,00ft
25.000
842.500
>,441,0(0
AGTd AND RESOLUTIONS
if the Sixth Session of the
PROVISIONAL CONGRESS
OF THK
HONFEDEBATE 87
And due in 1859, probably paid.
“ 1861,
6.081.750 i
6.000 I
10.000 I
6.097.750 I
It will be seen that $6,000 Central Bank Bonds
due in 1859, aud $10,000 of similar Bonds, due in
1861, have not been presented for payment—at all
events, they are not. marked paid in the Bond
Book. But as the State has, for several years past
at diifei ent times redeemed bonds not due, it is
possible these boudsjnay have been paid, and the
fact of payment omitted to be entere i on the Bond
Book. But, if paid, they are sealed up in pack
ages, in the treasury office, which neither tlie
Treasurer or Comptroller General can open with
out authority from the Legislature.
It will thus be seen that tlie State is now in
debted in Bunds to the amount of $6,097,65(1—
$82,00(1 of which being past due, are not paying
any interest. The remaining Bonds now out arc-
paying an annua! interest of $596,875, viz: $3-
665,00(1 7 percent Bonds, $256,550 00; $2,278,750
6 per ceu* Bonds, $136,725 00; and $72 000 5 per
cent. Bonds, $3,600; which amount of interest
will be reduced each year as the Bonds become
due and are redeemed.
The amount now due and coming due, during
the fiscal year 1863, is $186,000 but whether all
will he presented within that time is questionable,
as some of them are no doubt in the Northern
States, and m Canada, aud may not be pieseuted
until after the close of the war.
In addition to this debt ot tho State in bonds,
she alsoows fur $2,320,000 Treasury Notes, lately
issued, that bear no interest. Neither are they
fundable or redeemable until “six months after a
treaty of peace, or when the hanks of Savannah
and Augusta resume specie payment, il before
that time."' As it is not at ail probable that the
Banks of Savannah and Augusta will resume
specie payments before six months after a treaty
ot peace, these notes may therefore be said to be
redeemable at that time—and at that time the
State, on the face uf the note, promises to redeem
tlie same in “eight per cent stato Bonds or spe
cie.” The public hebt of Georgia, therefore, at
this time is as follows:
Bonds bearing iutciest $6,015750
Bonus not bearing interest 82,600-
Treasuro notes not hearing interest 2.320,00 1
Total $8,417,750
To pay this interest and meet this debt, as it be
comes duo, Georgia has not only her taxable
wealth ot about $650,000,000 but s.h- bus also the
following public property, which il sold would of
itself pay this debt at once, if the holders ol our
Bonds and Notes would take par for them. Her
public property is as follows.'
7,00ft shares of stock in Atlantic &
GulfR. R $700,000 00
2,909 shares of stock in several li ks. 290,9u0 00
Also her Western & Atlantic Rail
Road, which has been paying in
to the State Treasury since 1859
between 6 and 7 per cent, upon
$7,600,000, and which road at d
assets, I learn, has lately been
• valued by a committee of tie
Legislature at 7,849,224 68
$8,840,124 68
As over $3,000,000 of tiiis debt has been crea
ted by the State during the war, for her military
defence, the amount thus necessarily spent will
no doubt at some future day be assumed, and be
refunded by the Confederate States Government.
But whether this be done or not, if the State is
not forced to increase her debt farther for war pur
poses, even with our present tax of not ijnitc vve-
jijih of one yer cent., (which is not high compared
with the taxes of other States in peace tiaiesj aud
with the annua! nett income from our Railroad,
we can go on and defray the ordinary expenses of
our State Government, and be liberal towards Ed
ucation, our Lunatic, Blind and other institutions
and pay our debt promptly, and cquld thus pay
tbe whole of it in about half the time some of it is
due, it persons holding our bends would receive
par for them before coming due.
In connection with this subject I would respect-
fully suggest that the Act of 22d December, I--*43.
be so amended that taxes, as well as “military
claims aud all other funds which may he paid into
tho Treasury in this State,” be appropriated to tbe
payment of the “Public Debt.” As "‘Taxes” are
usually the main basis upon which Governments
support themselves, yay their dtlts aril maintain
their credit, I cannot imagine why the words “oth-
erthan taxes” wereinserted in tho 7th section of
that Act. It being there, had hot the State issued
Treasury notes this year, and thereby got other
funds in the Treasury, I don’t see how the tempo
rary loan for military purposes could have been
paid, even though there had been plenty of tax
motley in the Treasury until further legislative
action.
I would also suggest that tho legislature not
only make this correction, but that it pass an act
appropriating annually ail the funds in the Tieas-
ury, not otherwise appropriated, to the payment
of the public debt. The Governor to be author
ized to use this surplus, 1st, iu the payment of the
interest aud reduction of the public debt, as it be
comes due, and 2udly, to redeem, it he thinks the
condition of tho country will authorize it with any
surplus that may be in the Treasury, any r.f the
Bonds of Georgia, not due, that lie can obtain at
par.
In my opinion, Governments are like individu
als in some instances. If they have much money
or currency in their coffers (even though they owe
tor it) they are disposed to be extravagant. Many
of our law makers do not seem to take into con
sideration what their Governments owe, when
there is plenty of money in the Treasury, hut they
seem to think if a large surplus is shown, tiie Gov
ernment is "rich ” AH sorts of schemes are re
sorted to, to get this money out of tho Treasury,
which are sometimes successful, and when pay
day comes heavy taxes have to be laid to pay a
debt that might have been long since paid, or
largely reduced had the proper care and economy
been observed. As therefore, in consequence of
the issue of Treasury notes, we may hereafter
have a respectable surplus, if Georgia is not forced
to expend more money for her military detonee
during the war, and especially as perhaps the
holders of our Treasury notes may prefer to re
ceive "eight per cent Bonds or specie” for them,
in preference to any other currency of the country
a* a matter of propriety and economy, I think it
would bo well for the Legislature to pass an act
appropriating annually hereafter every surplus
dollar in tho Treasury to the payment, of the pub
lic debt iu tho manner above suggested.
(No 7 )
AN ACT in relation to the transfer of troops.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That it shall be the duty ot the
Secretary of War to transfer any private or non
commissioned officer who may bo in a regiment
hem a State of this Confederacy other than his
own, to n regiment from his own State, whenever
snch private or non commissioned officer may
apply for such transfer, and whenevensucli trans
fer can be made without injury to the public ser
vice; and the Secretary of war shall make regula
tions to facilitate such transfer: Provided that
tiffs act shall not apply to any onu who has enlist
ed as a substitute.
Approved Sept. 23, 186*2.
(No 9)
AN ACT to provide tor the payment cf certain
Claims against the Confederate Statia in the
State of Alissonri.
The Congress of tlie Confederate States of
America do enact, That all officers and soldiers
belonging to the Confederate States service who
were enrolled into service under the command of
Major General Sterliug Price, in the State of Mia-
souri, shall be allowed by the Quartermasters of
the respective corps in the Confederate army to
which snch officers and soldiers may belong, com
pensation according to the laws of the Confed
erate Slates for that period of their service be
tween the time of:such troops having been actual
ly enrolled in tRe Confederate service and the
time of their regiec.r acceptance by the proper au
thorities as Confederate troops.
S -c. 2 All officers and soldiers of the Alissouri
uard called into the service of the Confed-
tates by ordtlr of any Commanding Officer
of tiie Confederate army, and rendering service
;o the Confederate States under any agreemtuts
made between thc'authorities of tho State of Mis
souri and those of the Confederate States shall re
ceive the same pay for tho time during which
siqj^fiicers aud soldiers may have been iu such
■servTc^te-thcy would have been entitled to re
ceive if belonging to the Confederate army, Pro-
rided however. That all staff officers belonging to
said Missouri State Guard shall only 7 receive for
their services the samo compensation with Staff
Officers discharging like duties in the Confederate
Army.
See. 3. Before any officer or soldier shall been-
■ itled to receive pay under the provisions of the
two preceding sections, he shall present to the
■ fiicer to whom lie may apply for payment a cer
tificate signed by the commandant of the Divis
ion, Brigade, Regiment, or Battalion to which he
may 7 have belonged at tho time of the rendition of
-ervice. which certificate shall state the precise
oeriod during which such officer or soldier was
u actual service, as contemplated in the first and
-econd sections of this Act: And provided further,
Flint the said officer or soldier sbail file with the
disbursing officer with whom his application for
payment may be made his affjtlavit that tlie period
•dated in said certificate is tlloiruo and correct
time of his actual servico as aforesaid, that lie is
not. indented to tbe Confederate States on any ac-
>uut whatever; and thereupon it shall be the du-
■y of any officer eharged with the payment of
ronps to pay such claim.
, Approved Sept 23, 1N>2.
No. 10.
AN ACT to regulate the rank of officers of tlie
provisional corps of Engineers.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That tha- officers of the Engi
neer corps of the Provisional Army may have
ratsk conferredjon.them dtiriug tho war, equal to
that authorized by law for the Engineer corps of
the Confederate States army: Provided that tho
number of officers in each grade be limited to one
Colonel, three Lieutenant Colonels, six Majors,
fifty Captains, thirty First Lieutenants and twen
ty Second Lieutenants.
Approved. Sept 23, 1862.
No. 11.
AN ACT amendatory of “An act to re-ovganizethe
Marine Corps.”
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That from and after the pas-
-age of this act there shall be allowed to the Ma
ine corps, iri addition to the uumber of nou-com-
•nfissioned officers and musicians allowed by the
■fist section of the act of Congress, approved Alar
2 >th. 1861, twenty Seargeautj. twenty corporals,
twenty dinmroers. twenty fifers, and two princi-
■ u! musicians, each principal musician to raceive
•he pay and allowance of a Sergeant Major.
Approved Sept 24, 1862.
No 12.
AN ACT to change the time for the Assembling
of Congress for its rflxt regular session.
The Congress of thojt.VJk federate States of Amer
ica do enact, That that Congress of the Confedo-
77 :• re States of America forkts next regular session
-hall assemble on the second Monday in January,
1-63, aud not on the first Monday in-«December,
ir62. •
Approved. Sept. 26,1862.
No. 13.
AN ACT authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to offer a reward for tho apprehension and
conviction of persons engaged in forging or ut-
t'-ring counterfeit Confederate Treasury note*.
The Congress of the Confederate States of
America do enact, That the Secretary of the Treas
ury be and he is hereby authorized toofferare-
ivard not to exceed five thousand dollars for the
apprehension and conviction of any person en
gaged in forging or uttering counterfeit Confed
erate Treasury notes.
Approved Sept26, 1-62.
JOINT Resolution of thanks to Captain Raphael
8 'mines, Officers and Crew ot the Steamer Sum
ter.
—- !, y d‘ c Congress of the Confederate States
of America, That the thanks of Congress are due,
and are lioreby presented to Captain Raphael
Semins, and the *fficers and crew of the steamer
Sumter, undctlff* command, for gallant aud meri
torious services renj*n "fijy them, in seriously in
juring the enemy s commerce upon the high seas,
thereby setting sn example rejecting honor upon
our infant navy, which cannot be too highly ap
preciated rby Congress and tho people of the
Confederate States.
Approved, September 9, 1862.
(No 2.)
AN ACT making appropriations to comply with
the provisions of certain Acts of Congress, &c,
The Congress of the Confederate Slates yf A meric l
de- enact. That the sura of thirteen thousand five
hundred dollars be and tho same are hereby ap
propriated out of any money in the Treasury, not
otherwise appropriated to pay tho Choctaw Na
tion of Indians the interest due July 1st, 1862. by
the State of Virginia upon four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars invested in the ‘Choctaw Gen
eral Fund, which interest has been placed by the
said State in tho Treasury of the Confederate
States, in trust for the said Indians.
Approved September 10, JS0 - 2.
YVe take the following item from the Chatia-
nooga Rebel of the 28th :
Snow.—This section was visited on Saturday
night 25th Inst., with a pretty heavy snow storm,
which was preceded by sleet, causing the ground
to be frozen, so as to retain the suow. The t round
was entirely covered, probably to the depth of an
inch and a half. The rare sight was presented ot
hoary winter mingling with tho grct nifoliago of
the trees aud vegetation. Not oven a frost has
fallen before this, to strip the trees aud prepare
us for this cool visitor. Yesterday however tho
day was delightful, and the sun drove away every
vestige of what had so suddenly fallen on us. But
tlie nights are very cold, and our soldiers must
suffer a great deal from the suddenness of the
change, many ot them bring without blankets,
and all indiilVieutly clad.
For the information of those who may intend
visiting onr city, we would impart tbe intelligence
that the Crutchfield House is no more. It was
yesterday seized by the military authorities fora
hospital. Alany who visited Chattanooga during
the past summer, and then found accommodations
very scarce, even with this House in operation,
will readily understand the present strait to which
we are rendered for Hotel accommodation. YVe
must, therefore, advise all who contemplate a
trip to Chattanooga, to bring their own provis
ions and bedding with them ; for wc have no places
in which to sleep or feed them.
The Atlanta Confederacy is informed that Major
Monroe, of New Orleans, who was so long im
prisoned by Brute BUTLER, has died from the
effects of his imprisonment on Ship Island.
(No 3.)
JOINT Resolution on thanks to Commander
Farrand of the Confederate Navy, Senior officer
in Coftttnand ot tlie Naval and Military forces,
and Captain A. Drew ry. Senior Military Officer,
and the officers and men under their command
at Drewry’s Bluff, on tha 15th May. 1862,
Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States
oj America, That the thani:/j*£-X’ongress are em
inently utte, ami are hereby mod cordially tender
ed to Commander E. Farrand J senior officer in
command of tho combined nr.va! and military
forces engaged, and Captain A. Drewry, .senior
military officer, and the officers and men under
(heir command, for the ’great and signal victory
achieved over the naval forces of tho United
States, in the engagement on the 15th day of May.
1862, at Drewry’s Bluff; and the gallantry, cottr
age and endurance in that protracted fight, which,
achieved a victory over the fleet of iron clad gun
boats of the enemy entitle nil who contributed
thereto to the gratitude of the country.
Itesotred further. To it the President be request
ed in appropriate, u»cnern! Orders, to commuuicato
the foregoing.resolution to tho officers and men to
whom it is addressed.
September 16,1862.
(No 4.)
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled an act to pro
vide for the Public Defence.
The Congress i f the Confedi rate States of America
do cnacl, that the sixth section q/ the act to pro
vide for the public defence, apprised ou the 6th
of March. 1861, be amended by apdiltg alter the
words “brigade and divisions” thfe v,;0rds "aud di
visions into army corps,” and such ferny corps
shall bo commanded lty a Lieutenqiit-"^fenefal, to
be appointed by the President, by and -with the
advice aud consent of tho Senate/ who shall re
ceive the pay of a Brigadier General.
Approved September IV, 1962.