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i > Fi. n, the Jackson Missi-fippmn- TIM .\«r *b"i« Hall .’line. 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.