About The Confederate union. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1862-1865 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1863)
i Jtt*. 7f«ri>na.—m» xn-mctm** in P»»* .“-Hi* I>rpnr(«rr from Ci«<ini*»<ti cone?pondcr.t of llie New York ■eninp post, writes from Cincinnati, y 30th, as follows : . . --tailless uud ability with which you have tor the several nays since the arrival (ljBeh d t ,, e d / ties devolved upon you, Correspondence. Macon, July 25th, 1BG3 llo.v. A. II. Kenan—Dt gieut pleasure we have observed the faitlr- t aud rged nil, and even the mother of the prisoner is refused admittance. The pressVerc t even favored; but your coi respondent, a mere accident, had a few moments’ nversation with tiic guerrilla chieftain the Hebei General Morgan, crowds of , M tho r ° epresentati ve of this district in the pie bar e bertiged the city prison in or- | Oonfedo £ te Congress. While the general interests of the coun try hare necessarily absorbed much of vour attention, local affairs, and the inter- Tltr Dark Onritf (be tti-rolutfeiti It was near tho close of the rear 1776. or Sir: With The battle of Long Island had been fought and lost. .New York was evacuated by the Americans and taken possession of by the British. Fort Washington had been taken by assault with nearly.3,000 prison- producer five of ^ Gunboat Repulse on James R*v ™ O er-rurthcr Particulars. to get a view of the great‘ubiquitous,’ t tbe burning rays of a July sun had a idenry to cool the ardor. A general or- necess»ries of'life. , "|f JL C this vTcnfederacy, wh been filled to overflowing tie have increased so largely, entreat them first of all, ■atfJuM&h _ ^ ’” l Jersey lay open to the enemy and Ph"ila- : pay their tithes and the# %diik> it first. If wc /ould gain the earsJWBe ffctners 90 fiarnafcaip d whose c%t- we Vculd JOM 3 r from General Burnside denied access g S t a o f your immediate constituency have not escaped your vigilance. But it is the warm and manly support which you hare uniformly given the Ad ministration, that commands our highest approbation. To establish our young te appeared quite at ease until he found !Government upon a firm basis; to raise (at tjie “parole dodge was useless, and , and ; artn ;L . t0 devise plans to meet §at General Bums.de refused to recognize j sncc „ ssfu| , the effort8 of A re l ent l e88 when lie became somewhat reserved 1 J , . , delpbia was within their grasp same time, Gen. Ch arles Lee, who was re garded by many as our most scientific and At tbe j the sumlus supplies of bacon and meal and “ flu ‘ ' ilt*s^ind in the next place to live on As little as possible at home and forward all experienced General, and who was called j they can spare, to feed the poor and hun gry ; and when thev sell, to let conscience govern in their prices, and not the heart- tpe by the British the “American Palladium,” was taken prisoner. “The militia dis bsnded and practically retreated to their j less law of trade, “supply and ceinand, which works so much cruelty at the pres- i d thoughtful. lie seemed to fear that would lie placed iii uncomfortable quar t’s, as it was reported that lie and bis ficers would be sent to Johnston’s Island, Inch b e was told was a cold, bleak place, d that the prisoners were treated rough- Wc fold him sucli was not the cas^Jiut rat he would, no doubt, be closclyflRfh- I oed and closely watched, but that he | oulil be treated accordiug to bis rank and ie usage and custom of war. After about In minutes’ conversation lie was remanded ftek to bis quarters; and as lie left he remar- ed to General Mason,who was standing by; General, I wish yon would intercede and t a drink of whiskey for me, as I am irribly dry.” As he left he courteously owed, and, cigar :n mouth, accompanied y his keeper, disappeared, much to the tagrin of the gaping crowd, who were ithered outside the open windows of the coption room in tlie city prison. At nine o’clock this morning, three com- qif ihe lilth Ohio volunteer infan- f| i v, under command of their Lieutenant j lolonel. formed in hollow square iu front homes; even the regular troops,as if struck j with despair, also filed oft’, anil deserted in i cut tfine.—lntvlhgcnccr, parties. Everything threatened America ^ ^ ^ with an inevitable enstatrophe. The army purpose, unscrupulous iu means, ami j °f ^ asliington was so enfeeblqd that it j boundless in resources, to subjugate or destroy ns, is the grand business of that Administration. It needs and should re ceive the cordial support of every patiiot ] in the land. We. therefore, take the liberty of ie- questing you to consent to represent this distiict again. If you will, such is the de sire of the people to - preserve harmony, and to suppress everything like party strife, we believe there will be no ojiposi- | tion. Hoping to have a favorable reply from you very soon, we remain. llespectfully your fellow citizens, K. A. Nisbet, W. K. dcGrnffenreid. L. N. Whittle, Jas. T. Nisbet, Joel Branham, John Rutherford, T. G. Holt, of Macon,David Blount. Milledgeville, July 25, 1863. To Messrs. E. A. Nisbet, IA N. Whittle, Joel Branham, T. G. Holt, of A/a con, Win. K. deGraftenreid, Jas. T. Nisbet, John Rutherford and David Blount : Gentlemen .- Your letter of the 25th ttl- Outrnge on CoMfirileriile OflU-rrs. The New York World, in an editorial scarcely amounted to3,000 men, who had t on the treatment of General Morgan by lost all courage and ail energy, and were j the notorious Burnside,protests indignantly exposed in an open country without tents I against such conduct, in the following par- to shelter them, and in the midst of a j a graph : population little zealous, or lather hos- i After several months of junketing, tile.” I Burnside’s army finally moved out to the f the city prison, having been detailed as timo, was duly received, and I return you 'scort to the. Rebel, officers to tbe depot of ,n y acknowledgements for tbe flattering ad. First came j terms of your approval of my Congression- ! J ohn Mor ml bavin nwering form prominent in the procession, constituents, lie is a man of over six feet in height,-j to represent reighing perhaps some two hundred lonnds, with erect form, florid complexion, lit hair, goatee and moustache closely . niiimcd. He has rather a pleasaut blue ye, full ;ering. Juke, a li, dressed in blue jeans pants, a l course. The Representative may just on a new grass linen blouse, bis ly feel proud of flic approbation of such \ ou request that I consent this District again. If in your judgment it is the wish of the Dis trict that 1 again represent them, it will be my pleasure to do so. You are pleased to allude in approving terms of the uniform and shap, and bis gait is swag- (support I have giicn to the measures of Beside him walked Colonel J ,ur Confederate Administration. Super- tail raw-boned man of somewhat added to my confidence in the wisdom and integrity cf President Davis. 1 felt it to be the duty of all to stand by the Govern ment and its measures in war. Our cause Lord Howe and his brother availed themselves of this gloom and despondency by issuing a proclamation offering a free pardon to all who would comply within Kentucky river, -but never came near an enemy. Tbe only enemy in Kentucky was allowed to pass directly through tbe State. In tbe face of Burnside and of all fifty days. “Many,” says Irving, “who fob, troops, Morgan was permitted te ride had been proniineut in the cause, hastened to take advantage of his proclamation.— Those who had the most property to lose, were the first to submit. The middle ranks remained generally steadfast in this time of tri^” Bottasays the subinission- ists “belt^^ed, for the greater part to the, class of the very poor or the very rich.— The inhabitants of Pennsylvania, like The «n the American War. Archbishop Hughes, of New York, has wr f oriser rarticniars. • I ; ab ?rece.iveda letter from the Pope on the } i ^ uesdjy evening, about four 0 f (mr Amcric.ru difficulties, urging o clock, the three gunboats and tliej' - nd desiring him to confer with Monitor passed Varina, corning up the Tiver# They were all connected by ines, and were tmving each other, the Monitor being second from the front. I hey commenced shelling along the shore to rouse up a Confederate batte ry, but the shelling was in vain, no re ply from Confederate guns being elicit ed, if any of our artillery was in tho neighborhood. They continued up the rivdr. About six o’clock they turned a bend, near which a torpedo lay in the channel of the river. The operator on shore exploded the torpedo. The ex plosion, which was terrific, took place a few seconds too soon and before the foremost boat had gotten her bow over the deadly engine, which, liad.it been beneath her, would have shattered her into atoms. The water was thrown up from tiie bed of the river to a height of sixty feet, lifting the bow of the ap proaching steamer high in the air, and tearing from it quantifies 'of planking and gearing. In falIiugXhe great mass of the water fell on the vessel, tearing open her upper works artid doing* fur ther damage. Those v>’ho from the by him almost unmolested,' and to cross into Indiana and Ohio ; and not until the citizens of those States had rallied in suffi cient numbers was the bold marauder cap tured. But if Burnside had nothing to do _ with catching the bare, he insists upon his sliQre witnessed this ifuexpected water- lit to cook it, when caught The commander of the department of the Ohio first appears in the field as a those of New Jersey, flocked in like man- jTjarber and jailor. He orders the. captnrqd ner to humble themselves at the feet of | officers first to the city prison of Cincinna- j f> the English Commissioners, ajul to pro- ti and afterward to the OSio Penitentiary. | telilgeiic ise them fealty and obedience. Among where they are subjected to the indignity ■ gone up worthy complexion, with dark hair, and ves which have a sinister expression. There seems much of the brute predom- [ J nant in his features, and, while unpopular j dependent for its defence upon the Con- ,vi111 bis command, is spoken of as having H cruel disposition. Next came Morgan’s Adjutant General, wearing a full rebel federate Administration, and all embar- \ rassment and hindrance given to the prompt execution of its measures and or- lniVorm, and by his side was the Quarter- j dors, in raising and supporting armies for master, a cousin of General Morgan. 1 wo ind two, to the number of twenty-eight, llowed the whole, enclosed by double es of soldiers with loaded muskets and fixed bayonets. Most of the prisoners were ntoking cigars, and we noticed a canteen freely circulating among them on their ■way down Nintli street to the depot. At he depot an immense crowd of jreople who Confederate defence, is not only unwise and unpatriotic, but calculated to dampen and demoralize public sentiment.* The mighty conllict in which our country is in volved should silence for the present at least, the opposition of factious ambition and State Rights’jealousies. The public peril demands that we have union and concert of action—prompt, cordial and ’oliowed them on their march, made the j subordinate co-operation betweeu State Istveets impassable for wagons and horses.”: an, i Confederate rulers. Me cau alone I‘At 10 -o’clock tbe rebels were placed in tbe | maintain and defend our cause by united ars. and, under guard of a full regiment I action—action which will arouse and dif- f infantry left for Columbus, where, by j fuse the spirit of public confidence—action [order of the. Secretary of War, they will be [confined in the State Penitentiary, in soli- ■tary confinement, until the release of our Tofiic(rs held as hostages in Richmond. .Thus is the termination of the great Mor- f g.tn raid, and Cincinnati breathes free once 1 more. I ff - ii V. In rr fli orgjn ii fn br From an editorial iu the Rebel of tbe 7 tit inst., we make the following extract: In this crisis we rely upon one man more than any other. Georgia lias to-day jj| a Governor of courage and ability. We | believe Joseph E. Brown to be a true pa- power? || triot ami sagaciuus man. Georgia is the Egypt of the South, and be is its Joseph in person, as well as in name. If lie would T deiend Georgia bis position is along the a line of the Tennesse river. Let him coine j ( and look for himself. He will see a net 'ji work of kills, the most potent barricades y nature ever devised for local defence. He [: will discover no other point which presents which supports the Confederate measures, j in conducting the war—action which frowns upon all embarrassment and hin drance of State Executives in tbe execu tion of the military laws of our Govern ment. The cause of our sense of securi ty, amidst present reverses is to be found in the confidence we feel in the action of | the Confederate Administration. What i ambitions discontent then can induce us to feel jealous of this shield of protection^ - . ~ dtolook.to tbe inb&rmonirgis action n f iicCessary, with_ the luxury of meat, and any part of the advantages held out along the line now wisely chosen. He will not | fail to observe that this once lost, all Geor- ; tria is lost. T hen let him return, put liis j hand and muscles to woik, muster his fel- i low-citizei s, assume command and march hither. If only tor three months, it will lie sufficient, and lie and his people will I have reason to bless God to the end of tlfeir days ” The views expressed in the above in re lation to tbe defence of Georgia are cor rect ; for if the line of the Tennessee ltiver and Cumberland Mountains is lost, tittr own State will then become the theatre State Executives, whose acts would have neither uniformity of policy or stability of True, we have met with recent reverses—incident in the tide of war. But still wit li unconquerable will we look to tbe Confederate Administration, which is iike a “ship on the ocean tossed by storms, but proudly still bestriding tbe high waves aud holding on her course.” The duty that pressingly devolves upon the State Executives, is to maintain our regiments in the field, by tilling up their ranks which the casualties of battle have thiuned. Let this be done, and the valor of our armies, which are battling for our liberties, will be as euduring as the patri otism of their homes. With high regard, your friend and fel low citizen, (13 It) A. H. KENAN. 12m. Pcmbrrlon nnc! the* Army. The Richmond Sentinel says that no one need trouble himself about the terrible conscquotices to result from allowing Gen. Pemberton to remain in command ; for Gen. Pemberton is no longer in command, lie lias lost bis army. We suppose he is ion duty, Gen, Hardee outranks him.— ■ There is no reason, therefore, why all our State from the horrors of invasion it ! contentions and clamors shall not cease, must he successfully defended cn the soil of Tepnessce —Constitutionalist. tit war, and North Alabama and Georgia not even exchanged. And even if he were will be laid open to the predatory incur- ’ ” ... sions of the enemy. Jf we would save and the whole matter be referred to tho j Court of Enquiry, which i3 to meet at - i Montgomery on or soon after the 15th in i stant. That Court will be charged wit!, i the duty of inquiring into the events of the campaigns of Mississippi and Easterif Louisiana, during the months of May, June ! and July last, aud especially as to the j surrender of Vicksburg, of Port Hudson, and of tho evacuation of Jackson. It will i report the facts, together with its opinion on the merits of (lie case, and the proxi- 1 mate causes which led to the results. It is now to be expected that all will he i content to recall their judgment, and abide | tbe investigation. Sub-Terra Shells.—These shells-are the invention ot Brigadier General Rains, and were used in the evacuation of Jackson.— They were located tor tbe benefit of the, enemy in case they followed up the letreat of our army. A correspondent ot the Atlanta. Appeal writes as follows of their effect : I learn from a gentleman who remained in the city and witnessed what he relates, that the advance of the enemy, a large body of cavalry, crossing Pearl river with a view to fall upon our rear, march ed over and exploded a bed of these shells- About fifty of the enemy were killed and wouudpd, and a large number of horses, and the explosion occupied an immediate stampede of these latter to the rear. They in their turn communicated the panic to the infantry following them, till the whole party was involved in confusion and panic, those in the rear imagining that the ad vance had fallen into an ambush, or were engaging onr whole force. Tbe President’s address to the soldiers of the Confederate States, granting- am nesty to soldiers it) confinement, or serv ing out the sentences of court martial, lias nused great joy among the large num ber confined in-Castle Thunder, among whom aieten or fifteen under sentence of death for desertion. mise others there came the Gallaways, the Allens, and others of the most wealthy and respectable families. Every day ushered hi some new calamity ; the cause of America seemed hastening to inevitable ruin. The most discreet no longer dis semblcd that the terra of the war was at band ; and that the hour was come in which the Colonies were about to resume the yoke.” In this dark day of peril our own Washington remained firm and undaunted. He bad now retreated beyond tbe Dela ware. “What think you,” said iie to the brave Mercer, “if we should retreat to the back part of Pennsylvania, would the Pennsylvanians support us?” “If * tire lower counties give up, the back counties will clo tlio same,” was the discouraging reply. “We nuwt then retreat to Augasta county, in Virginia,” said Washington,— “Numbers will repair to ns for safety, and we will try a predatory war. If pressed, we must cross tbe All'eghanies.” “Such,” says Irving, “was the indomi table spirit, rising under difficulties, and buoyant in tbe darkest moment, that kept our tempest tost' cause from foundering.” Mobile Register. Co»t of fjiviiig. It is a matter of .surprise to most unso phisticated people, that in a year, when the earth has yielded a’n abundant harvest of every crop that has yet been gathered, and promises equally as abundant a one of those remaining to be gathered, never theless the cost of living is higher than was ever known in the memory of the old est living person. We may take this city as a fair aver age, and the cost of living here is fright fully high. If we stop at any of the Ho tels, we are charged what the keepers seem to think a moderate sum, of Ss a day for ordinary meals, and common beds-— 'At a private boarding bouse S3 a day or •820 a week is about the-average. Pri vate families regulate their expenses ac cording to their means, dispensing, w hen of they having their ibjccted heads shaved. Sucli a | spout, describe it ns a grand spectacle. TlieTiegro spectators were greatly as tonished, one of them running to his x _ I master’s house with the astounding in- nce that “tie ryvec had done in de ar.” The scene aftto the explosion was proceeding is an unworthy of a great na- j one of terror oil hoard the \ankee ileet. tion or its representatives as it is unwar- ^ ' ' 1 rar.table by all the laws of war. It is j»e. On the foremost -vessOTVcreams and calls for hell) filled tfie air. ‘-For fectly right, of course, that these officers G 0( p s M kcTiring up afloat,” was the clionhl lm /I AtnifWlrl O O li net O irOC foi* I .fllllTlP.l .. • . . ncacc, aud desiring the Archbishop of New Orleans in pursu ance of tho object. The New York T ab let, which publishes the letter in the origi nal Latin, states that it is the duplicate of •i letter addressed to the same prelate, under date of Oct. 18, 1862, but which must have been lost, as it never reached its destination: [translation-J To our Venerable Brother John, Archbish op of New York. POPE PIUS IX. yaierable Brother, Health and Apostolic Benediction : Among the various and most oppressive cares which on us in these tur bulent and perilous times, we are greatly afHicted by the truly lamentable state in which the Christian people of the United State* of America are placed by the de structive civil war broken out among For, Venerable Brother, wc cannot but be overwhelmed with the deepest sorrow which we recapitulate, with paternal feel ings, the slaughter, ruiu. destruction, de vastation, and the other inuuniberable and ever-to-be deplored calamities by which the people themselves are most miserably harassed.and dilacerated. Hence, we ha\e not ceased to offer up, in the humility of our hearts, our most fervant prayers to God, that he would deliver them and so grea’t evils. And we are fully assured that you, also, Venerable Brother, will pray and implore, without ceasing, the Lord ot Mercies, to o-raut solid peace, aud prosperity to the country. But since we, by virtue of tho office of our Apostolic ministry, embrace, with tbe deepest sentiments of charity, all tho nations of the Christian world, and, ( collectors twelve dollars for every drafted tliouffhTtnworthy, administer here on earth man that pays three hundred dollars.— . . r tir ... i • it. n ! 'PL,™ 11 . twin ™ time owler should be detained as hostages for Colonel m()gt f , nt C rv from'thc first stcam- Streight sparty,capturnedm Georgia, but . •. . .. Libby prison, treated as«ali er to her companions in the rear. Ou all the steamers the seamen were run ning about in the >\4Jest confusion, and it was some enou aid being gi*en their distressed ebtnpan ions. Thr first to her aid. was the Monitor, v^ni^-fr.Vifn up along side, and after that all KukIs -on the fleet were engageil ^repairing dama ges. Had a battery of artillery been on shore at the time the explosion eurred and opened a brisk fire upon tbei there is very little donbt that at least two of the boats might have been cap t tired. Fractured pieces of the bow, chains, sailor’scapsandplanning floated ashore during Wednesday. The vessel which was so badly damaged was nearly square, with the ends slightly pointed, and our informant thinks was ail iron clad gunboat, ot* an old ferry boat sheathed with iron- The fleet, after the accident, sailed up the river,where it lay Wednesday night, and Thursday morning about five o’clock passed Ma rina again going down the stream. At deep Bottom, a mile below Vari- Vhe itrnfi In the X.riiV The following items, gathered front Northern papers, indicate that in New England at least the draft is raising very few soldiers- The examination of con scripts has commenced in Boston, and in the 4th distiict the whole number exam ined last week was 1,135, of whom 937 were exempted, 70 paid 8300, which makes 1,007 that gqt clear, 108 offered substitutes, ami ten were passed as fit for duty’. Thus less than one in a hundred of the original conscripts go into the army.— It will take a great many soldiers of the regular army to watch the conscripts.— The Washington Star tells us : Detachments from the various regiments of the Army of the Potomac continue to go North for 1 drafted men. To day tbe following left on that mission, viz : De tachments of the 78th, 59th and 102 New York ; the 9th. 109th and 111th Pennsyl vania ; the 5th Connecticut; 13 men from other Pennsylvania and Ohio regiments, and sixteen men from the second division of the second corps. The Pittsburg (Penn.) Dispatch, of. Monday, says : There is quite a force here now from the old regiments, who have come to take charge ot the drafted men. It is the in tention to drill the conscripts for some time iu camp, after which they will be sent to such regiments as they may have selected to joiu- Substitutes continue to take legs to themselves, and tlee away wherever they can. The New London Star says : On Saturday evening two of the substi tutes sent down from Norwich the day be fore were shot while attempting to escape from the cojmcript camp in New Haven.— One of tlieWeii was instantly killed, and tho other was badly wounded. A Vermont paper says : Tbe four per cent, gives “Honest Abe’s Col. S. is iu tbe Libby prison other officers are treated. The cases are so nearly alike that they arc naturally suggestive off-set's of each other. And if vve mistake not greatly this cruelty to ward Morgan will but inaugurate a fresh and painful retaliation upon our prisoners in Richmond. T he indignities of Burnside and the fe rocious yells of the Ohio populace whi cli greeted poor Morgan on his way to the Penitentiary, are ample testimonials to the thoroughness of tbe fright he inflicted. They can never insult him as much-as lie lias scared them. From the Kiclnnord Whig, 10th. Latest from the North. The Baltimore American of tin has been received. The followin summary of the news : From the Southwest. The steamer Ruth was burnt on the night of the 4th at Island No. 1. She was bound for Helena, and had on board eight paymasters and 8200,000 in “ greenbacks” to pay Gen. Grant’s army. Altogether about thirty lives were lost. The cargo embraced four gli could he .restore* * alto* rfj earnestness of our mind j w. *. .’to exhort.with your eminent piety and emg gifen tfce.rdistressed eohipan-J„ eal> - t 0lir clergy and faithful tiie vicegerent work of Him who is the Author of Peace and the Lover of Charity wo cannot refrain from inculcating, again and ■gai.n. on the" minds of the people ■ ‘honest men to rule.’ tliemselv.es, and their chief rulers, mutual ; offers a substitute, whicl charity and peace. Wherefore, we write you this letter,in which wi urge you, Venerable Brother, to offer up thoir prayers, and also apply all your study aud exertion with the peo ple and their chief rulers, to restore forth with the desired tranquility and peace by Plus will probably amount to S3(>,00() to the three collectors in Vermont. That is tbe way the money goes when we have Wh en a conscript h is accepted by tbe enrolling officer, ai Hartford, Conn., the said substitute is instantly placed in the county jail, there to be kept till want ed. All negroes taken under the present draft are to be separated from white con scripts by Provost Marshals, and consoli dated into tiie nearest negro regiments or companies being organized in tiie several Ktates. Instructions to this effect have 8th IS il hundred tons of commissary and sut- a t hev were destined to receive an- lers stores, and about one hundred other * rise . The artillery and in- The Montgomery Advertiser states that at the surrender of Poit Hudson, the officers bad the choice of either going North or to New Orleans. The 1st Alabama chose the latter destination, and are now confined at “Connor’s house prison,” in that city. We are informed that they are well treated, and that the ladies furn ished them with clothing and many delica cies. Gep. Gardner and staff arc confined in the same prison. A Daring Rcconnoisancc.—Captain Le- Roy Hammond, accompanied by two of his men, made a very daring and success ful reconnoissance within the enemy’s lines, gaining some very useful and impor tant information. They were absent two days, during which time they passed com Several hundred will be released from pletely around tho Yankee lines, and inside the Castle accordingly, and restored to their commands, where they will serve tbe Confederacy faithfully, we have not a doubt.—Richmond Examiner. of their tents. The Captain returned Tuesday night, highly gratified with the success of his efforts. Charleston Courier, 1th. i t i < The New I ork T imes says ; From the All prosperous men can give good coun- I interior towns of the State, as well as from 6el, and they like to do it; it costs them the New England States, we hear that, nothing. It is an easj’ matter, when more than half of those drafted pay tb« one’s stomach is full, to declaim against exemption fee. j feasting. entirely ignoring sugar, coffee and tea, and sometimes - llour. This would leave but a very ineagre support supply of pro visions upon which to sustain life. A glauce at “market prices,’’.will show why these charges are kept up at sucli a high figure, and why much distress it felt Let us refer to these, prices for a moment. For common corn meal, the indispensable necessary for ever} family, we pay 84 per bushel; for bacon, next to meal in point- of indispensability, we think ourselves fortunate if we can obtain any at all, even though we pay 82 per pound. We next come to what we may denom inate luxuries ; aud for Hour we pay 835 per hundred pounds, for butter 81 75 per lb; for Irish potatoes at tbe rates of 810 per bushel ; for sugar SI 75 per pound, and for every other article that comes on the table proportionate prices. Peaches and watermelons, which no former year ever saw better and more plentiful, are offered at such prices that very often rot on the hands of those who offer them for sale. The former aie commonly sold at from 50 cents to 81 per dozen, and the lat ter at 81 50 to 83 a piece. In estimating the cost of city living at tbe present time; we must not forget the enormous charges of rent and firewood.— it was expected that amongst a people all of whom had been doomed to destruction by a common enemy, conscience would gov ern as the law of trade ; but the old heart less one of “supply and demand” continues to rule at least so far as landlords and renters are concerned. A house that be fore tbe War the owner would have thought himself fortunate to get oft' bis bands at 8300, now is rented at 81560 and even 82000 a year,and firewood commands from 810 to 820 a cord. We put out of the calculation clothing, but if it is made, the very highest prices must be set down. Now let any farmer only reflect on these prices of which he is entirely free while living in the country. Corn and wheat and potatoes, and garden vegetables, and bacon aud butter, a*nd even syrup are as cheap to him that raises them as ever they wero, while in addition the surplus quantity of such bring him in from live to ten times their old prices. T he conse quence of this is that while the denizens of the city feel heavily the prices of living, the farmers and planters of the country are living as well as they ever did and real izing several hundred per cent more of profit on the articles which they have to sell, than they did in foimer years. Borne evil consequences are likely to grow out of this very abundance wbicli the farmers of the country enjoy. They false ly imagine that-while all is well with them all is well also, with all ; that while they have plenty, and feel not the burdens of war iu any restraints which they are com pelled to put upon their larders, their fel low-men arc not enduring all that men can endure in the privations to which they are compelled to submit. The lust of av arice has taken hold of‘the hearts of too many of them, and they have been hard ened by the corrupting influence of gain. As a consequence, prices are still kept up to an euoruious figure, and' the Govern ment is deprived of the food which the soldiers at this time need, aud every non tons of private freight. The boxes containing the money were consumed. Maine Democratic Convention. The State Democratic Convention met at Portland on the Gth. Nine hun dred delegates were present. Resolu tions were adopted invitingafl men who are in favor of the termination of the calamities which now oppress this un happy land to unite with that party ; declaring that the Union cannot be preserved without concession ; denoun cing the administration, whose course has been destructive to the Union and the Government; asserting that the fantry which had been sent there and placed in position the night before, about 1 o’clock, opened upon them briskly, t6 the utteV astonishment of those cm board. Borne effort was made to return the fire. The Monitor back ed up the river a little distance to get the range and delivered several shots, but finding it useless, put on steam and went down as fast as she could move. After the fleet passed Deep Bottom, the artillery was limbered up, and, with the infantry, went at a dou ble-quick down to Turkey Island. They had arrived there about five min- war cannot be carried on for the aboli- j utes, and the guns had just been got- tion of slavery; that if the Rebel States ten into position when the Meet hove should show a disposition to return, ; in sight, coining slowly down. This they would be welcomed with all their j time one of the gunboats was being dignity, equality and rights unimpair- towed, having been so damaged by the ed, denouncing the system of arbitrary lire at Deep Bottom that she was una- arrests, stigmatizing the conscription f ble to make her way through the \va- as unjust and oppressive, but counsel- ter. Her engines were not working; a shot through her wheel house was visible. As they came in range they were received with a galling fire,which was continued until they passed out’of the reach of our guns. . As they passed City-Point the Moni- ling obedience to it until its constitu tionality is tested, &c. Bion Bradbury, of Eastport,was nom inated for Governor with great mia- nimily. A private letter from him to a member of the Convention was read, in which he expresses the opinion that I tor was flanked by .a "gunboat on either madness rules the hour, and the Repub-! side, with ano’ther’wooden craft follow ing in her wake, but attached by a tow line. Larg# holes could be seen in the hindmost steamer, and great pieces of canvass could be. seen over the sides of the oue next to the South ern shore of the river, all indicating pretty rough treatment. There is little doubt that these gun boat raids up James river are intended for the purpose of ascertaining the lo- cation and rflectiiiir the removal of the lie can be saved from impending ruiu only by the conservative men against the spirit of fanaticism.- He declares his opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation, to the Confiscation Act, etc. To secure the restoration of the Union is the first duty of the citizen. Brief speeches were made and the Convention adjourned. Claims for damages from the late riot in New York are pouiing in upon flic au- wliich the happine-s of both the Christian been sent to the officials of Pennsylvania Negro conscripts in rendezvoused at p commanded by” at Camp Dela ware ; in Rhode Island, at the camp of the first company negro heavy artillery ; iu Maryland and Delaware, at Washing ton. Negro troops from New York, it is thought; will be rendezvoused ht Wash ington The Boston Tjjfmscript says : Some of the substitutes who were placed in Brinlev Hall, Winchester, for safe keeping, attempted to escape by digging a hole through tbe wall of tire building, but their operations were discovered and frustrated, and yesterday’ the whole lot, seventy in number, were seut to Long Is- peoplc and their supreme rulers, even in land, iu Boston harbor. A partnf them compatible- with -the nature of tiie holy- ministry, to conciliate the minds of tlie combattants, pacify, reconcile, and bring back tbe desired tranquility and pc-ace, by all those means that are most conducive to the best interests of the people. T’ake every pains, besides, to cause the people aud their chief rulers seriously to reflect on the grievous evils with which they are afflicted, and which are the result of civil war, the direst, most destructive aud dismal of all the evil that could befall a people or nation. Neither omit to admonish and exort the our Dame that with conciliated minds they would embrace peace, and love each other with uninterrupted charity’. For we are confident that they wouid comply with our paternal admonitions and hearken to our words the more willingly, as of them- felves they plain!, and clearly understand that we aie influenced by no political rea sons, no earthly"considerations but im pelled solely by paternal charity, to ex hort them to charity and peace. And study with your surpassing wisdom to pursuade all that true prosperity, even iu this life is sought for iu vaiu out of the true religion of Christ aud its salutary doc trine. are said to be New York roughs Six substitutes who escaped from Taun ton oil Saturday, have teen recaptured.— One of the slippery fellows was a substi tute broker. On Saturday a meeting was field in Hackensack, in Bergen comity, Row Jer sey, at which series of resolutions were unanimously adopted denouncing the con scription act as “unjust, .unconstitutional, and slavish in its provisions,” and that they will throw themselves upon the courts for -protection against the wrongs and outrages which the Government seeks to inflict,’ and failing redress there they intend to ‘resist, with all the means that We have no hesitation,Venerable Broth- God had placed in our power any attempt- er, but that calling to your aid the services and assistance, even of your associate Bishops, you would abundantly satisfy these our wishes, and by your wize and prudent efforts bring a matter of such mo ment to a happy termination. We wish you, moreover, to be informed that we wrote in a similar manner this very day to our Venerable Brother John Mary, Archbishop of New Orleans, that, counsel ing and conferring with you, he would direct all thoughts and care most earnestly to accomplish the same object. May God, rich in inercy.grant that these our most ardent*desires be accomplished, and ac soon as possible our hearts may exult in the Lord over peace restored to that people. In tine, it is most pleasing to us to avail our selves of this opportunity to again testi er! infringement of our rights and privi leges as freemen in a free country, deter mined at all hazards to maintain their free dom.’ A copy of the enrollment was also 1 demanded of tbe enrolling officer, which was refused, and the meeting adjourned. Gut of the fifty-four men from Nantuck et and tiie Vineyard '.vlio have presented themselves to the Board in New Bedford, fifiy-one have received exemption papers, [ who have paid 8300, and one was passed. In Washington City the draft had com menced and tiie full qnoja obtained in the 1st and 2d wards. Iu the other wards the draft was to have been made on Tues- 1 day. Not many months ago, says the Rich mond Examiner, when Federal green- ! backs were selling as low as a hundred fy the special esteem in which we hold d gevcot eight - cents f or the dollar, Ut which also receive a most assured , ,, J , , , you. pledge the Appostolic Benediction, which, coming from tbe immost recesses of our and all expected them to run down to two hundred and lower, the New York heart, we must lovingly bestow on you : Legislature adopted a measure, which, Venerable Brother, and the flock commit ted to your charge. more than all other expedients com- j.bined, put a stop to the depreciation, Dated Rome, at St. Peter’s, Oct. 11, [and brought them gradually back to a 62, in the seventieth year of our l’onti- hunted and fifty cents and less. That tbnrities. The law of 1S55 in respect to ; torpedoes suspected to be ill the river, payment of damages caused daring the riot, makes both cities and counties respon sible, and requires a notice of a claim after the expiration of twenty days from the time of the damage, and also requires a lapse of three months before a suit can be commenced. (Untlalic* of .Unuror Connly. The following we gather from the tax- book of our county just closed : * Polls, Professions, &,c, Value of Professions, Acres of Land, Value of Land, Value of town property, Number of slaves, Value of slaves, Money, &?, Merchandise, Total value, Nett value, Amount income tax, ■ 630 ' 32 ' 8352 50 326,043 82,768,954 8221,757 10,239 S10.0G6.S66 82.265.9S6 8170,463 817,126,763 816,981,163 82,522 50 ^ [ Educational Journal. The Open Mississippi.—It will he seen, is not so open, after all. One steamboat lias been sunk, two others disabled, and twelve were turned back. It will be dif ficult to defend so long a line of river com raunication, and navigation will be so hazardous that high freights and war in- suranee will probably turn Western pro duce back again upon the railrtmds.—Ma con Telegraph, and this anxiety to have the course clear may be deemed as proof that the next “oil to Richmond” will be made by two routes—one of them be ing the Peninsula.—Rich. Dispatch. From TVest Tennessee—A gentleman from .Okalona informs the Mobile Register that 1400 West Tennesseeans arrived on tbe 3d instant, unarmed, but on their way to join tbe army. They bad hard enough of Yankee domination, and had forsaken their homes to escape from it. Banding them selves together in numbers so formidable, they ran the Yankees, who doubtless, sup posed they were armed, into their stock ades, and so pushed their way through, before the enemy found out how powerless they were. The object of these men, who are a fine looking, intelligent set, embra cing some persons of considerable wealth, is to be mustered into tbe Confederate service, to procure arms, ajid then, as their own choice of a field of action, to return to Tennessee. T'hey bad submitted to many outrages, but tbe announcement that the conscription for the Y’ankee army was about to be enforced was more than they could endure. For tbe sake of their help less families they could abstain from fight ing, though unwillingly, but no alternative is now left them, and they are determined io fight it out to tbe end. We pass our lives in regretting the past, complaining of the present, and indulging false hopes of the future. 186 fieate. Pope Pius IX. , measure was a simple law, forbidding j gold from being made a subject of spec ulation on tbe stock of exchange. , ... . The Confederate Congress lias it irt. \u} P ansi v sugges e its power to restore the currency by one vigorous measure, just as eticctu- • Mo^-.mi-:.\ts of Grant’s Troops.— It hira^>een that tiie return home of many regiments of Grant’s army, whose terms ofser-j al| M conMence in the public credit vree have expired .has given, rare to the , > rcstoreJ b , he Kew Vork Legis- rurnora that Grant was sending large ;, T |, a t measure would he a Taw bod,cs of troops to reinforce somebody ; c|osj ba „ k tho Conf ederacv. No ' th . er " r , “P e , rs , have “'ready | „? aki > a hn inc om . nce> a i_ else. announced the arrival home of some eight cr ten regiments, some by way of Cairo, and some via New Orleans. We think it more tliau probable that the Federal army numbers many thou- companied by the confiscation of all property, to carry on the business of brokerage. Things to Remember.—If you do sands Jess to-day than it did at the time t not keep your paper, cut this out and of the surrender of Vicksburg tyid the j p Ut j t where V0lI can t] ni ] j t Gettysburg fight. j A surveyor’s chain is 4 poles or 76 ™ 1 ' " j feet divided into 100 or 790 inches. Lee s Army. The Lynchburg Re- , ^ square chain is 10 square poles ; publican, in speaking of the improving j an(i lt) 8quare chain are ail acre . condition of Lee’s army, remarks thus : j Four roods are an acre, each con- r We have seen a letter from a very i tabling 1,240 square yards, -34,7S7, or reliable officer in Lee’s army, in which ! 04 ya ,-(j s ao ,j i DC fces on each. is the gratifying intelligence that the ranks ©four forces are being daily filled with returning volunteers, that the spirit of the troops is first-rate, and that shoes and clothing are being furnished those deficient in such articles,in abun dance. He thinks that Meade is not yet in a condition to give us battle,and that when he does venture upon that experiment, Lee will whip him badly. A heavy expedition of transports and gunboflts is said to be moving in the neighborhood of Natchez, deterring of ficials from crossing the river, but noth ing certain is known. yards i A pole' is oi yards each way. An acre is 4,840 square yatds, of 09 yards, 1 foot SI inches each way ; an.d three acres are 120 yards and half each way. A square mile, 1,600 yards each way is 100 acres ; half a mile, or SSO yards each way, is 100 acres; a quarter of a mile, or 440 yards each way, is a park or Farm of 40 acres ; and a furlong, or 220 yards each way,' is ten acres. [ Field & Fireside. Some persons think what is nnspeaka. ble, and as many others speak what is no* thinkable.
