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MAY 22, 1861.
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ov it, I nmthounly Union mutt now ! WAYNESBORO,
in tliii Alabnm, nml I shall certainly
love just as soon ns I can git ofl’.
J. L.
Notv Bony.
I feels like one who treels alone,
Some log cabin deserted,
Wlios trends nr fled, wlios kin nr ded,
And all but ho departed.
J. L.
3IAY FH. *H«E.
tVImt War lias Cost (lie World.
There was a time when Americans
were in the habit of estimating the
enormous cost of war. They did so
for two reasons; first to show that
foolish nntions that met in mortal
combat to slaughter each other, what
an expensive pastime they indulged
in; secondly, to flatter themselves,
whose “empire was penco" Now
thecuso is different. In the whole
country, there are not three news
papers ttwit touch the pecuniary side
of wnrmattcrs. It is too suggestive.
Materials are in it to establish the
fact that the United States, whose
j!greatness was founded on police, is'
about to commence one tff the cost
liest. struggles ever mndo in the
world. Be it tho task of the Daily
“News” to enlighten people, then.
Lot us see what, expense wars have
hitherto incurred.
The war preceding tho treaty of
Ryswick in 1(197, cost. §130,000’()00
The Spanish war of 1739, settled
for at Aix-la-Chapelle, cost §270,-
000,000.
The war of the Spanish Succes
sion cost §311,000,000.
The treaty of Paris, in 1703, end
ed in a bloody struggle, which cost
§560,000,000.
The war of American Indepen
dence cost England and this country
§930,000,000.
The war .of ten years, which is
Known ns “the French Revolution
of 1793,” cost §230,000,000.
Tho war against the First Napo-
eon, whiyh I’egnn in lROMnnjl end
ed in-1815, cost tho extraordinary
(fount of §5,800,000,000.
The Crimean war cost §84,000,-
000.
The last Italian war (not includ
ing the hostilities between Victor
Emanuel, Garibaldi, Bomba, &c.)
cost §45,000,000.
The last war in India cost Eng
land §38,000,000.
The list might be doubled. It includes
wars only of which definite staticcs are
on record. The cost of the present war
hero no statistician can estimate, be
cause tho loss to commerce, indus
try and trade which it will involve
is beyond the reach of calculating
powers.—N Y News.
Newsfrom the Seat of War.
We have just received letters from
the Burke Guards, which state that
the Confederate troops near Norfolk
had fired into one of Lincoln’s steam
ers, and the fire was returned, kill
ing fifteen of the Southern soldiers.
The steamer went on her way.
Tho Guards are all well and in
fine spirits, their only wish is,
one of those steameio to com.. in
gun shot of their’ camp.
In speaking the hospitality of the
Virginians, they say tkcladicssend to
the camps every dayafter the clothes
of the soldiers, to have them washed
free of charge.
•FROM TYBEE.
Some of the Sharp Shooters arc
hero on a Curlew nearly every day to
visit their friends. W.-Jearn from
some of them who are iin Waynes
boro at present, that a schooner
loaded with Yankees was stopped at
Fort> Pulaski, on Wednesday last
and taken a prisoner.
We have several letters from tho
Sharp Shooters, and they all say
they are well satisfied.and that Ty-
bee feels like home to them! jfliey
all with one voice, speak of'Capt.
Holmes in the highest terms, and_
say that his kindness, and courteous
attention to his men, has gained the
highest regard of every member of
his company, and they are willing to’
follow him, even to death. \
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A Northern spy was hung at Col
umbus, Ky., on Friday.
iloiiic (Timmtarture of Permis
sion Cups.
Nothing more was needed to de-
velopo the industrial resources and
energies of the South than the sus
pension of trade with tho North,
which tho 'Yankees, unluckily for
themselves, have just occasioned.
As soon as the fact became known
that a more abundant supply of
percussion caps would be desirable
for the Southern troops, wc find
manufactories starting up in each of
the Confederate States Wc were
gratified yesterday on being present
ed with one of tho first percussion
caps made in South Carolina, We
are informed that tho now caps arc
found to ho in every respect equal to
those made by the United States
Government, and Messrs Cameron &
Co, are now engaged making the
'machinery by which they can bo
produced ill large quantities.
Seizure of Blarney's Artillery,
We learn that on receiving intcl-
lY'ence by the telegraph that Gen.
Yirney had been enlisting troops
tCcmoval of itio tap:: .1 to Kiclr
monel.
The Montgomery Advertiser of
Tuesday says:
It is now settled, we believe, be
yond peradventuro, that the Capitol
ot the Southern Confederacy is to
bo removed to Richmond. Va.. sh
ly, the direct vote upon the subject'
having been taken yesterday.
It is about time for old Abo to
pack up.
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Thrilling Events at Maud.
President Davis is now at Pensa
cola. Mysterious movements on our
Northern border indicate almost im
mediate collisions. Even while wo
pen this article, wc would not be
surprised soon to learn that the
thunder of battle was shaking the
hills at Harper’s Ferry. Probably
a simultaneous engagement was go
ing on at that place and Fort Pick
ens. We have, m all probability,
for the past forty-eight hours,-been
experiencing the stillness which pre
cedes the storm. A few horns more
will tell a startling story.—Augusta
Itcpublic, 18 th.
Adjutant-General Wayne has is
sued orders, in compliance with or
ders from the Secretary of War, that
no more volunteers will bo received
for twelve months, but only for the
war.
Mr.. Wigfall says in a letter to a
friend in Washington, in great con
fidence, that the Confederate army
will capture Washington, Lincoln
and his Cabinet, unless they leave
before the middle of June. lie says
they have nearly 100,000 well aimed
troops, aml'in less than two weeks
will be on their way to Washington,
and expect to winter in Philadelphia.
There is a private in the Rhode
Island Regiment at Washington
who is worth half a million of dol
lars A v Washington correspondent
states that he saw him yesterday
mopping tho floor of the barracks.
Possibly this fellow may have re
turned to his original occupation.
A Lady’s Account ok Things
in Washington City.—Tho follow-
| itig is an extract (rout a private let
ter, dated 22d April, from a South
ern lady, now in Washington City,
to a lady friend and relative in Pe
tersburg :
This place is in a terrible condi
tion ; it is really unsafe for a lady to
walkout alone. Old Lincoln.sleeps
with a hundred armed men in the
East room to protoot him Irotn n
.Southern army. Ho is expecting
them to attack tho city every night,
ho keeps a sentinel walking in front
of hin bed-room all night, and often
gets so frightened that he leaves the
White HnttS" and fleets out. No
