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MACON, WEDNESDAY, 8 O'CLOCK, P. M., APRIL 3. 1801.
T ’I I .S I ply with any solicitation to recognize the inde-
(Vy v . (\ \ i, ^ Y pendeqec of the “Confederate States;" but tho
§Jl a in nurJg Cdlet* Ijr
It pntill.lipd nl IbcvTlnioiriliuiIJf lew ifh, otT 170
intercourse with them is childish. When the
goocbroT these nations are burdened- with what j
Important Commercial Regulations'
The Hon. C. G. Mcmminger, Secretary ofthe
Treasury of the Confederate States, has issued
an important circular in relation to the intro-
; duction of godtls, wares and merchandize by
no! I \trs nor annum— ONF DOL! \R for nix month* co t' Sl ^ er illiberal taxes in the northern j railroad on inland routes, and to prevent smug-
ter r W The foUo ™s Ra,< * ^
mrnt* m*" he mafia at the time of •uhscrlbinj;, 4ud the 'J!* tluwe of the South, tt is predosterous to amongst others, are to be rigidly enforced,
paper will be 'topped at the expiration ofthe timo anb- S 0ve ™ me " t S ' V *H putobsta- j They are generally important not only to mer-
f»r. mil ■— thenui-scription i* f etiewcd in- anoth- 2? „ ,, V an advantageous commerce. , chants and businessmen, but also to travelers,
er payment. file JfonitenT, the official organ of the French Qn railroad lines there arc to be established
\V!.eu you wtf.-r iho paper. bqap«dto>ri!o ydty plain- government, has expressed itself on. our new revenue establishments, to be known as “Rev-
the aniiitriwd htrfion oflTce, county, in “l 1 c ? „ tone as.the London enue Stations," located near to the frontier oY
and the Frinch government has alrca- the Confederate States. -At each station mil
dygWen instructions to the customs authorities be an officer of the customs, known as a ‘Vev-
oi the empme which show that it is disposed to enuc guard,” whose duties shall be of a super-
w1 . 1 ?. *t irregularities in the papers of vessels visory'nature over all merchandize introduced,
sailing from southern ports. 'lhc.statcs.pLEu-.. There will also be established “revenue depots,
tj-thsauott of the SnlisUlWd h(XJ>o<VoflTcc, county,
niul slate. When yon wnn! a p»lpcr etianijeil from ono
pout oflkv to •: '\rv nnunbnAy4i>tanrea. V
Then- are f paper* in the world so laiyc or so cheap
as the TF1 Ami’ll. Show it to joitr meads and in
duce them to subscribe.
.snVKRTISKW.— 1 The eobimtis or the Teleobapii
show the great importance of the paper n« nnpdvAtle
Ing m< Hum in Mi-Idle tlourgpl, Tbo-ixlo* of Advert!**
menu U oV.o dollar per square of an Inch in length of
column for the first publication, and half that amount
for all subsequent publication*; Ycarly_comrnett mad*
at a reduction from these rata*.
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For the Telegraph.
«IN TUB DEATH OF hlTTU CARJflE If-
Swevt v.i re thy cliTnr.*t vnyiittfe weo
\Vn« one on which aJt cHou’sj;low
. *» ever mu: and beauty, grace,'' -**“
With nrtle-snr-s Wete-thlne; and oh!
an byeanJM I pres* ....
Thee warif) and hind and dear, oh, hojv
VriyTttllr thoeghfr then the dust
Would be »o soon iputtl^ Ws* *-"*
A .. lime since, thy «hlk1l»b tear*
Tl- dew rd an infant sisters "rare;
And rreniil It plinteflst thon sweet flowers,
th ight. st then tlidt flpwrrs would wave
Si, *. on o'er lhiue; thy year* below
Were few ; aye, brief was tby sweet life!
Yet tM -■ e rJionbl not grieve to know,
since then art freed from earth's *ad strife. '
l!ut when thy r<wantAi< tie i'hair. ^
\\V see. and ertieifno-more tec hear,- *
At morn and eve, thy childish prayer,
tth! will may sorrow chtitn a tear!
Put oh! thy weep! street Carrie's gone * .
To *’l e brlfthter. purer sphere.'
Where ikiiuauu .r jef and death are known
No mote; oh 1 may wc meet her there!
J.c»w?.an b Cotta o e . March frfit. H.M.B.
Vo riightof ye Rnyl-splyttor.
- - • * It ALLAH.
W'a clip the following jeu dfesprit from the
Now J’wrlpJhiy .Booh t
©full >»• Uir,Uu ihnr were ever flown,.
Hv .event) pc-roDf. or,n)onc—
uY Seit ncv: or Dr. PriuikltfT# kite: •
t»f •\Mindo” Kaymoqd,a\vi»y from tUe ficUt;. *
i »r Hit* il ^M of rrt»fcwdr Lmve’8 balloon, »
From 2m ro U> I^tuIaihU om day at dooq ;
•i lie (Hgnt—or the drearias bore—
Wa# Abr
* r.i-Ut tliroagU Baltimore!
Weary su»4 v«irn. like a binlcd niooffj
Utah.bW« the windmill lancingloouo;
t'n-tVInc at heart and flighty at head.
The old li i! Spinter-h* went to bed.
Put scarce In his hUnkcla enveloped wwi he.
When he cried, 'T am struck with a hrlghtldcc,
rroenre me hither, ami don't he lee*,
A ho- rum toddy, nnd make |t strong 1"
Now various dream* are Ilk, to come
Kron a hrimr.ing healter of good old rnm;
And Ktnc of thmn, loo. are Just as had
As nwv that Tam o'Shunter had.
And So, when Abrahni laid him down.
To dream -f doing the Southerner* - brown,"
It chanced that* phantasy, bloody and grim,
Cntu* sailing oser aed Ut ae him t
Dead men tossed abemt like a stone;
Itinkrn brldg-st blood and bone*;
»irl lining ilsnvh's head*, such aa grace
livery aiiliqne bnrlal place;
Daeger*, pistol*, hlndgeone, cons,
Thunder ibuwtrt of rt*d hot wins j •
X{! , KeSSS«^?So f S- , i!?.l^"«SS’l-' - /-
Then suddenlv, in from the murky night.
There eaiue n messenger, wild with fright.
And he cried to Abraham, where he lav,
••lid up. <dd fellow, and scurry away I”
So ibe til tmal phantom* of sleep gave place
To a verv practical slew of the case:
And 'he ttall Splltter said as lie looked at him,—“John,
Jttst wait till I get my trowsers on l”
So be swore an oath, by the Kingdom Come,
That Satan was In that gla*a of rnm!
And . * tld. ‘-may I never split rails again.
If 1 don't run tiff'by a special train 1” •
Then, shrouded closely, «P to the eye*.
With a cloak and a Scottish cap likewise.
He tcit his people dissolved in brine.
And ran away as the clock struck nino.
Swiftly along the Central Road
Went the flery horse with his preclons load;
And »l every snort he seemed to say,
•• "IT* a Western gentleman running away!
The greatest hectra under the sun 1
Pec If U isn't-) gloriousn»G •
Then Honest Abrom, ssfe and sonna.
Stood nl last on the Capitol groutid.
Ah. very noble It seems to be.
This modern standard of chivalry!
And very ncMe and very grand
Is the chtelest magnitude in the land, •
Abraham Lincoln, stalwart and tall.
Who ran away quaking from nothing at all!
The •-HonestVncle,” in
Whv skulkedln the night to Washlngton!
' CUR ILL-TIMED TARIFF.
Tho Groans of tho Woundod as chronicled
in tho Now'Cork World,
Tho article on the Morrill tnrifl; which we
reprinted from the London Timet,- no doubt
cx|>reSMO views which will bo generally indors
ed by the public opinion of England. The
Timi't does not over-state the tendency of the
new revenue measure, when it declares that it
“scents calculated st once to alienate foreign
“ nations, to embitter domestic strife, and to
“ provide an inexhaustible aliment for the an-
“ tagouisin unhappily subsisting between con-
*• fcderacy,” The rival .revenue systems now
stand in the very fore-front of the practical diffi
culties consequent on secession, embarrassing
the qiitoiiun alike in its foreign and its domes
tic aspects * * , * * ** ,
It is tor *>;y interest that foreign batiocsshould
look on the new confederacy with disfavor; and
wc blunderingly make it for their advantage to
cultivate close commercial relations with tho
new confederacy* X%tiu r than with us. It is the
policy <4 our government to And, if possible, a
peaceful solution of our -difficulties : and its
friends have, with a fatuity unpalleled, not on
ly given the rebels a manifest advantage with
foreign governments, hut have enabled them to
divert the Importations of the country into their
ports, dry up the sources of the federal revenue,
ami necessitate a southern blockade. The Uni
ted States tariff .of 1857 is, in the main, still in'
force in tho rebel confederacy, and if the late
Congress had been wieo enough to Jet it alone,
the substantial equality -of duties in the north
ern and southern ports would have left trade to
How in its usual channels. Nearly all the for-,
eign importations would be made, as hereto
fore, into northern ports, and the loss of reve
nue by a temporary non colletion of duties at
the South, by the federal government, would
not he seriously felt.
rope Wonld violate no_princfple bfintcrnntional
comity by treating the new confederacy and the
United Statcs.as equal parties . to a civil war,,
and admitting the .vessels of both into their
ports On the same teribs. And, unions an axtra
session of Congress Is immediately called,-and
either the Morrill tariff repealed, or efficient
measures adopted to enable, the Plresidc-ot to
collect the revenue in the seceded states, this i$
tihe course which England anil France will
adont hefnro snidanwmwr
TARIFF SCHEDULE.
The Provisional QovcuimentoJ the Confede
rate States, adopted abortion of the Tariff jaws
of the United States.. The following abridg
ment was compiled by "the R(ftfie‘"Southcrner,”
and wiH bo found useful to merchants and im
porters. Some leading articles, the product of
our own country are omitted It should be
read, in View-of the Suplemental Act, which,
for instance, admits “Gunpowder and all the
materials of which it is made-’’ free of duty:
Schedule A and B—80 per cent.
each having a chief officer, with alb the powers
of collectors of the customs over importations
by sea at ports of entry. * • *.
A rtf ON o* amttvAl at rew^ur STATIONS.
** Immediately on the arrival qf any railroad
carria'ge or trafn from any foreign territory con
tiguous to the Confederate States, at any of the
revenue stations, the conductor o'r other person
id charge shall btf required to produce to the
dfze brought into the Confederate States on Momll^ar' r B^rfi^unate S o£pring 0 f the
board such railway carriage or train. ‘Andit is late Black Republican Congress, Mn Raymond
made tbe duty of the rifvenue guard at the rey r ha6 ^uddeuly become a convert to Jefferson
enuc station, to hoard all tail way trains arriv- Davis , , ow toriff doctrine8 , -
mgJit satdstanorffrdm said foreign territory at . . _
all houi-s of the day and night, to receive . the, rFromthe New TorkTimes.]
man fest, and on its presentation, to see that . ~ E^rtra Session of Congress,
the goods described'therein, are placed in sOpc; M isndt easy tb see now we are to avoid the
rate cars from fhoscln which mails orptusen- ne«*sity ofnn extra sessionof Conjjress;—;
gers are conveyed, and to place on each of said Critical and extraordinary as the condition of
freight cars revenue locks of the Confederate thdcountry is, the Prtsident is without power
Slates of America. The original manifest, bike any effectual step towards its relief,
properly certified, shall be returned to the con- tie can adopt no fixqd and decisive policy to-
- . ducter, and it duplicate forwarded undersell to. wards the seceding States, because no laws
Brandy, anejother spirits dtsfllled from^grain^ thc revcnue 0 fli cer at theftret revenue depot to S» ve h,m authority to carry it into effect. lie
whfch the cars are destined, by the shortest cannot enforce the laws because ho power has
route. - * been put at his command for that purpose, ’ ne
<• cannot close the ports which refuse to pay
AtrrioN on AHHtvAL at revenoe heeots. - • Federal duties, r.or has he authority to enforce
On the arrival ofthe railway train or.cats af> payment except through the local, authorities,
llte first revenue depot, within tile-limits of the - These, moreover, are among the least of the
Cordials; Camphor, refined; Cassia; Dales;
Figs; Fruits, preserved; Manufactures of Cut
Glass; Cedar, Mahogany afid^» Rosewood j
Prunes; Raisins;'Sardines;,Sweetmeats; Se-,
gars; -Snuff; Wine and imitation "Wines. ,. „
Schedule C—-24 rEitCENT.
Ale, Beer or Porter; Basket; Bracelets -of
Hair ; Brpoins;' ^rushes; Cameos; Canes; Card
cases; Carpets, Carriages and parts of Gar-
riages; Clocks; Clothing of every description;
Cotton Velvets; Cotton Hosiery, b’.eaclied or
colored; Coach and Harness Funuture; Coal;
Coke; Combs; Candles; Crockery; Cutlery;
DeLaines; Fans; Flowers; Fire Crackers; Fur
niture; Ginghams; GTass; Hats and Bonnets;
Iron and Castings;. Jewelry, Manufactures of
Cotton, blcacEad, printed, painted or dyed;
Manufactures of Brass, Copper, Gold, Iron,
Lead or Silver; Manufactures ol Cotton, Linen,
Sill, or Wool, if embroidered; Manufacturcsof
Glass, Leather or Wool ; Oils, volatile or essen
tial; PerfumesPaper aud Envelopes; Shoes
of India Rubber; Soap;..Umbrellas; Vinegar;
Wool; Watch Crystals. » —
Scheduled—19 ter cent. . .
Borax; Burgundy Pitch; Buttons; Baizes;
Candles; Calomel; Camphor, crude; Feathers;
Flannels; Grgss Cloth; Hair Cloth ; Leather
japanned, printed, painted, or dyed; Mohair
Cloth; Linen Lustres; Camlet Lustres; Man
ufactures of Silk or Worsted or Wool; Mat
ting; Woolen or Worsted Yarn. .
Schedule E—15 per cent.
Antimony; Alum; Blankets of every kind;
Bagging; Blank Books; Caps u Gloves, Socks,
Stockings; Wove; Shirts, made wholly ol cot
ton; Castor Oil; Cobalt; Copperas, Coculus
Indieus; Copper, in sheet or plates; Cream of
Confederate State--, the conductor shaH deliver
to the chK-f revenue officer residing tliereaVthe
original manifest presented to and endorsed
with the certificate of tho revenue guardarthe
station aforesaid, and ul-o to deliver to the s«id
chief revenue officer all the. luwohandiao de
scribed in Raid manifest, by either leaving at
s«id depot all the locked cars containing tho
same, of .depositing said goods fn a warehouse
oT.deposit at said cepot, to be provided for tltat
purpose under, the regulations now governing
bonded warehouses, or as way be. otherwise
provided: On such delivery being made and
examination being Instituted -of the train by
said revenue officer,- be shall, if satisfied that
all the merchandize has been delivered, furnish
The baggage of all passengers 'passing over
the railroad routes, on arrival at the revenue
stations or depots, shall be subject to .the in
spections and exitininations of either the reve
nue guard at such stations, or revenue officer
at.such revenue depots, and any baggage that
may be intended to be landed at places between
tbe revenue stations and first revenuo depots
may be examine*! by the revenue-guard, and if
. . , JV. ....I.:—. itt .1..*.. .1,-11 I...
containing no article subject to duty, shall be
landed at the intermediate place named by
having a permit, signed by the said revenue
guard, pasted peruiano/fyly onThe trunk..valise.
Tartar; Ether; Flaxseed; Glue; Hair; Moss; carpetbag, or other enwope of such baggage.
Hats,-of Wool; Ipecacuanha; Leather; Lin
ens,'of all kinds; Litharge; Manufactures of
The South haa no great manufacturing inter
ests to protect, and has always believc-J that its
welfare would be best promoted by free trade.
It waa only by the withdrawal of their senators
and representatives that the Morrill tariff was
able to be passed—an advantage that assuredly
ought not to ltavo been pushed so long as the
question of preserving the Union was still
pending. At any rate, a highly protective tar
iff should not have been enacted unless the
government had determined to put down the
rebellion by the strong arm. 'When Congrcs
passed a tariff act calculated to divert importa
tion* into the ports of the seceded states, whwc
they would escape burdensome duties, and, at
the same time, omitted to clothe the executive
with any additional powers for collecting the
revenue, ‘it committed a double blunder, which
gives to the rebels a great advantage, both at
home and a broad. This late Congress volun
tarily opened the veins of the government, and
Ml tt to bleed its life away, without affording
to the now administration any meinsofstranch-
")g the wound*. ,
England and France will not at presentcom-
Flax or Hemp ;• Medical Drugs Roots and
Leaves, and Gums; Metals, Manufactured;
Musical Instruments; Needles; Opium; Oran-
cs; Lemons;. Pine Apples;. Paints; Paper
langings; Putty; Quinine; Quicksilver; Sad
dlery; Sal Soda; Salts; Stereotype Pjates;
Starch; Turpentine; Thread Lacc and Inser
tion; Type; White Lead; Whiting; Windflw
Glass, broad or crown.
Schedule F—12 xer cent.
Gold and Silver Leaf; Steel in bars, cast,
shear, or'German; Tin,Foil; Tow, Hemp, or
Flax ;.Zinc.
Schedule G—8 per cent.
Ammonia; Books; Magazines; Burr stone's;
Camphor; Corbonate of Sofia; Engravings;
Gold Beater Skin; Mahogany, Rosewood, Eb
ony, Cedarwood; Saltpeter, Snjphuric Ac’d;
Tin, in plates or sheets; Watches and parts‘of
W atches. ’ -
Schedule H—4 per cent.
Acids; Aloes; Arsenic; Asafoetida; Borax;
Buchu ; Bristles; Brimstone; Cameos and oth
er stones, not set; Dyestuffs and Dyo Woods ;
Grindstones; India Rubber, not manufactur
ed; Indigo; Lasting for shoes and.Buttons;
Madder; Music; Pewter, -old; .Soda Ash;
Spice; Watch Materials, jtnd unfinished parts
of Watches. .
Schedule I—Duty Free.
Animals; Agricultural ■ products in naturAl
state; (Arms of every description; all Philo
sophical Apparatus, Instruments, Books; Maps,
Drawings, Ac., imported especially for any
school,- college academy or semin try of learn
ing; Bacon, Ac,; Bark, Peruvian; Bolting
Cloths; Bone Dust; Brass, in pigs or bars;
Burr Stone' unmanufactured; Caps, Percus
sion ; Coffee arid Tea, imported in. American
vetjscls; Coins, Gold, Silver and Copper* Cop
per, in pigs or bars; Flour; Garden Seeds; Gd-
ano; Fish; lee; Lead in uH jts forms; Linseed;
Maps and Charts'; Models of .Inventions; Muni
tions of War, Military Accoutrements; Paint
ings ;Stationery; Planter oF Paris; Sheathing
Copper, 2€ by 14; Silk,Taw; Substances' for
Manures; Tin,in pigs,bars blocks; Trees, Bulbs,
Plants or Roots; Wool, unmanufactured;
worth not more than 20. cents per pound where
purchased. * • .
• *' TIIE*NEWS. '
Tiiheb More Powerful War 'Does.—At the
Junction, yesterday, three innnensu guns were
transferred trom the Danville to the South Side
Rail Road. A gentleman present, says they
were tho largest he has ever seen,* measuring
over twelve feet in length, the sire of bore be
ing in proportion. They were roamffiictured in
Richmond, at the Tredegar Iron Works, and
arc destined for the glorious State of Alabama.
They go by tiro Virginia, East Tennessee and
other connecting rail roads, to their place ofdes
tination.—Poteriburrf Erprett,£Oth init?
TnE Old Owns Cents.—In November last
tiie directors of the mint at Philadelphia made
BACCACB CONTAINING DUTIABLE MERCHANDISE.
. Should however, dntiahle articles be found
in such baggage, the trunk or other package
containing the same must be placed in the car
with tho merchandize, and under the revenue
lock as before required; and tbe fact noticed -in
the manifest. And such baggage shall bo de
livered, with- the other merchandise, to the
chief revenue offifim* at the revenue depot, un
der the foregoing regulations.
DISPOSITION OF BAGGAGE AT REVENUE DRPOTS.
Passenger baggage, destined for places be
yond or more interior than the revenue- depot,
must bo exclaimed by tbe chief revenue officer
at said revenue depot, and, if they are found not
to contain any merchandize subject to duty,
may pass to their destination, by having a per
mit, signed by the chief revenuo officer, pasted
thereon. Should, however, such baggage con
tain dutiable merchandize, the trunks or other
package in which said baggage is contained
shall be deposited at said revenuo depots
OTHER REGULATIONS.
The circular sots forth at length many other
regulations, including tbe “Disposition of Mer
chandize,” “Disposition of Goods on arrival at
Destinations,” etc., etc.
Wigfall as viewed through Northern Specs.
The editors of Harper's Weel ly haying spent
-“.Two nights in the Seriate 1 ’ at Washington,
thus alludes, in his correspondence to his pa
per, to the witty and chivalrous Wigfall, of
Texas, who has become such a festering thorn
in the sides ol the Abolition dotards and whi
ning syoophants that infest the Fcderaljnetrop-
olisc
Senator Wigfall, of Texas, is- the exact op
posite of these speakers. He is a finished ora
tor— probaWy the roost charming in the Senate.
Ilis yoice is clear, melodious,- and sufficiently
powerful to be heard everywhere. lie speaks
grammatically, e'egantly, and without effort
He neVor brawls. He never screams. His'de
livery -is perfect, and his action suitable. When
to these merits I add that he is witty and smart
I have said everything that can be said in his
favor. For he Has the misfortune of being al
most always illogical, - incorrect, and often ab
surd. He is a duelist, and carries his life in his
hand. When he was a yotlng man he went to
practice Jaw in Ashmore’s District, in his na
tive State—South Carolina.
He wrote artioles for the country paper, and
made enemies. One of them challenged him
They fought, and Wigfall winged his man.—
.Another took Up the cudgels,'and was winged
likewise. The leading men of the county no
tified the young stranger that he did not suit
theif temper and must go. ' Vfgfall replied.that
he preferred to stay. “ I will shoot a regiment
of you," said he, “ but I won’t go.” He shot
eight altogether, I believe, including the broth
er of the late Preston S. Brooks, who shot him
too; -the two belligerents lay, side by side, on
their beds, in a tavern ot) an island in the Sa
vannah river. The end of the war was, that
Brooks 'died, and WigfSIl, notwithstanding his
bravado, left the State, and migrated to Texa».
er wc had a government; that if we bad none
he would leave the country; he would go to
some country where they had one; ho would
go and live among the Camanchcs. Wigfall
!• plied: "Tk- Seii:.ti-r says tint muler e -nili
tions he will go and live among tho Camanchcs.
God forbid! The Camanebes have already suf
fered much—too much—from contact with the
white man!” ' His' wit and repartee over
whelmed his opponent, even in the. opinions
of Northern hearers; though, on ’ the main
questions that issue between them, he was ob
viously wrong and they were right. So much
for a good delivery and well chosen language.
- ' ' »o* i.' - -. . T ‘
PANIC IN THE BLACK REPUBLICAN
Camp.
We publish below an article from the New
York Times,'the Seward organ, of .the Empire
City. It is confirmatory of.reports we have
received from other quarters, to the effect that
the Black Republican leaders are seriously
afraid that*the Lincoln government will crum
ble to pieces in less than six months. .The-
reader .will be struck with tbe Times’ adrice^ to
President Lincoln, to commggj-’ .
drift before that time. We may not have to
exert force, .but a nation that cannot do so,
whenever its vital- interests are assailed, in
spires only contempt. Wo cannot place dbr-
selves in such a category.
difficulties which embarrass tho- action of the
Governmen t. New loans are called for; hut there
is no prospect of revenue to render them safe.
The seceded States invite imports under the
Tariff of"1857—at least ten percent lower than
that which the Federal (lovomsumt Em just
adopted. As a matter of course, foreign trade
will seek Southern ports—until the Govern
ment has authority to arrest this commerce;
and it cannot have without.further legislation.
The new tariff is thus almost certain tb drive
commerce from our own ports, an«l our reve
nue must suffer in proportion. . •
The recent tariff was enacted under most ex
traordinary circumstances. It was brought
forward and earnestly pressed at the first ses-
to_thc conductor or other person in charge of _sj 0 n of the last Congress, and at a period of re-
*Ue train a permit, to proceed to a further des- prosperity in every branch of mdus-
tination. - - try. At no previous time in the history of the
passenger baggage. country -had tho manufacturing interest been
so successful as from 1850 to 1860. The pop
ulation of the manufacturing States of Mass*
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jer
sey and Pennsylvania had'increased in £his de
cade* '1,144,040 against 1,060,84(5 from 1840 to
I860. Tbe New England States never made
more money than in tbe past ten years. Their
great manufacturing districts never gained - so
rapidly in population. The same may be said
an arrangement with tho Adams’ Express Com- ^ 10 an ^ C £ a " dIc , r wa ?
panv to oanvey to the mint, free of charge, all I extremely smart. Mr. Chandler had abused
old cents to bo exchanged for new ones. On the 9°T- Floyd as a common th.of and^a scoun-
20th of last month this
arrangement was
brought to a close. During this time (about
three months) there have been received and ex
changed at the mint five millions four hundred
thousand cents (fifty-four thousand dollars.)
Cnc million one hundred thousand cents (elev
en thousand dollars) were sent from Boston and
the East.
Kentucky.—An esteemed subscriber writing
from Paducah, Kentucky, says:
“Secession and Southern Rights are rapidly
on the increase here. Our State is aeting slow
ly hut surely. Wc have lent out circulars ask
ing the Governor to call a Convention about the
1st or Utb of May, at which time some defi
nite action may be looked for. Cur milk-and-
water Legislature meets in a few days at Frank
fort I think that during the interval of the
recess some of their hearts have been fired, and
that they trill now do a little bettor.”—Charles-
toU Mercury.
did, Wiigfall twitted him- with offering in
sults for which he could not respond in the
field.—“I will make a bargain with the Sena-
tor,” he said. If he will write a letter to Gov.
Floyd saying, “Gov. Floyd, you are a scoun
drel, and I am a gentleman. ‘Hezekiali—no, I
mean ‘Jeremiah’—no, I beg jwirdoh ‘Zccbariab
Chandler.’ I will covenant that Governor
Floyd's friends shall make up the whole
amount which he is accused of stealing from
the .United States Treasury." The Northern
trains had just arrived, and the gallery was full
of Northern spectators. Waring bis hand
gracefully at them, Wigfall continued. “The
difficulty between you and us, gentlemen, is
that you will not send the right sort (if people
here.’ Why will you not send either Chris
tians or gentlemen?
Either people who will not insult us with
gross words, or people who will admit their
personal responsibility for their language} 1 ’’—
Chandler had said that he wanted to see wheth-
of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The anthra
cite coal trade ot that State hod increased
from 3,200,000 tons in 1850 to over 8,000,000
ton* inaooo, tir at lUU
cent
There was some depression in the iron trade,
but this was the natural result of the almost
entire stop put to the construction of rail roads,
which reduced foreign importations in many
varieties to merely nominal amounts. Bat "the
depression of a particular branch of industry-
no evidence of a need of legislative protection.
There never was an interest so entirely protect
ed, yet so thoroughly depressed for years as
navigation, involving a heavy’ loss tu almost
*ny one who was unlucky enough to own a
strip. The same has been tlte case with many
branches of industry which get no protection
whatever, such as the manufacture of boots,
shoes and li&ts. We believe that it is the sober
conviction of a majority of the ironmasters in
the United §tiUes, that a high rate of duty
would injure rather than help them in the long
run. It could nbt be otherwise. - We have
hundreds of sites at which enough iron might
be made for the whole consumption of theooiin
try. Nothing would be so fatal as to give an
extraordinary stimulus which would lead to the
erection of numerous works when tho market
fully stocked with the products of those al
ready in operation.
No such depression existed in the manufac
turing interest as to call for an extraordinary
increase of duties. It was a snap judgment in
favor of a comparatively small knot of interes
ted manufacturers. The country at large did
not desire it- We never made such progress
in popu’ation, wealth and amount of produc
tion as from 1850 to 1860. ■ No further duty oh
the great mass of importations was needed for
protection, and none.for revenue, unless wo re
duced the free list, and taxed tnorc heavily ar
ticles we must liave and cannot produce.
As a political blunder the measure was with
out parallel But this was not the act of Mr.
Lincoln’s Administrationindeed, it was pass
ed against his declared opinions and wishes.— :
What the country wants of the President is
that he should act simdy 'In reference to tlic
crisis in which he finds himself placed. The
very Congress which saddled him with this
blunder, refused to give him ahy authority for
meeting the extraordinary emergency that had
already arisen. Had the bill been complete in
itself, had it contained provisions for its own
enforcement, it could never have passed. Con
gross was not prepared to take any such step,
and refused to adopt any measure looking to
the enforcement ofthe law in the seceding
States. To say that under any such circum
stances its action should have the slightest in
fiucnco on the policy of the Administration
wonld be an absurdity upon which even the
warmest friend of the present Tariff would
scarcely venture.
lu the present emergency wc must address
ourselves to our political condition, which is
our great emergency. Wejmust be free to
meet every phase that may preserit itself. We
cannot afford to lose the sympathy of England
orFraricc. Wc cannot afford to alienate any
of out people still well affected towards the
government We cannot afford to sit still do
ing nothing. AYc therefore hope a session of
Congress will be called, if only to remit us to
the Tariff of 1857, under which the seceding
States arc acting. This would at least produce
temporary uniformity, so important both to
merchant and manufacturer..
But Congress should go further. It must
adopt' some measures which will enable it to
act in regard to secession. At present, the
action of our government contrasts most unfa
vorably with the energy and freedom displayed
at Montgomery. Tho Government installed
there acts with a view to its own interests and
convictions alone. Let us show it that while
we desire peace, this is a game that two can
play at Wc can at once shut up every South
ern port, destroy its commerce and bring utter
ruin upon the Confederate States. AYc should
injure our trade somewhat, but not more per
haps, than by our present inaction, which every
one sees may have to terminate in some dcci-
-sive step, of the character indicated. Let us
begin to have some kind of a policy. The
country' cannot wait till the end of next Decem
ber. There is n* knowing where we may
Tho Discoveries of mineral Oil—Excite
ment in Virginia.
As -much excitement prevails in some por
tions of the country on account of rtcentAlis-
coveries of a species-of petroleum or mineral
oil, as was occasioned by the first announce
ment-of gold in California; and if thecommer
cial results do Dot prove as important, enough
is already known'to show that the subterrarieair
deposits of bituminous-oil are destined to enter
largely into the channels of trade. -The “oil re*
gion" is very extensive. Boring i» going, on
with varying success in Pennsylvania, South
western Ohio, in a large portion Of AAfestcrn
Virginia, and at several points in Kentucky.'—
In the region thus indicated, considerable tracts
have been leased by squatters, at enormous
rated.
But according to Mobmt* gtym by a gentle-
max) of.OJ^iacpuftiDtsJac^ va- ’.-wtiemVfrc-
present moment, is in the neighborhood of tho
Little Kanawha, about twenty-eight miles from
its mouth, near Parkersburg, AVirt county.—
Speculators of every grade, cages to stake out
their respective claims, have exchanged the re
finement, of civilized life for the ltarw usage of
tbe backwoods, quite content to sleep on the
floor of jt cabin extemporized from a few logs.
Remote from any habitations people of all class
es had assembled in such nuniliers that to get;
away immediately was impossible; whileto re
main was to be deprived almost of the means
of subsistence. Fresh arrivalsonly aggravated
the case, until other arrangeroentacouid be pro
vided; and without regard to age or condition,
all were smeared with the black, lctid, molas
ses-looking substance which, formed t)ie eom ;
man object of pursuit.' The. accounts given
are quite marvelous. Ouv informant says t—
“One well, bored by Lcwelon A Co., has pro
duced 1,000 barrels per day. There are two
other wells nearly as productive, upon the land
of Mr. Rathbun. Hundreds of wells-arc being
Officers os tiik Treasury Department of
the Confederate States.—The following is a
list of the officers of the Treasury Department
ofthe Confederate States .-
C. G. Mvnmiiiiger, Secretary of the Treasury,
S. C. •
. A. M. Clayton, Asst. Secretary of Treasu
ry, tap-/--. - —
II. D. Capers, Chief Clerk, S. C.
Lewis Gruger, Comptroller,.-S. 0..
,"Chief Clark, ~
4, B. Glitherall, Register, Alabama. .«*. «.
O, G, Jones, Chief-Clerk, AA'ashingtori, U>. C.
BpblinBaker, 1st Auditor,.Florida. -
” At. AY: Lestar, Ch of Clerk, Mississippi.
AV. UsS.-J’itylor,.2 1 Auditor, Louisiana.
• CMtyQlfrl^c—~ - - . **
. -Ed. C.’Elmore,.Treasurer, Alabama.
.T. T. Green, Chief Clerk, Alabama.’ . j
J. A. Grawl'oriJ, Clerk, Georgia. . '
J. AY. .Robertson,.Clerk, Florido.
J."K. Itopham, Clefkj.A’irginia. ; .
N. L. Furgcrsfen, Clerk, Alabama.
HcnryEparnlck,' Cicrk, South Carolina. *
M. C. Ball, Clerk, Alabama.
, -S. G. •fauafl^EArt rtf&rlr.
M. F. Govan, Clerk, Alabama.
J. AY. Anderson, CI?rk, Alabama,
v Thomas Taylor. Clerk', Alabama.
Messengers:. ';. .
■ Daniel Frazer, Alabama..
05ft.* Clcyvlind, GeorgjaT ‘ .
Wm. Orerishaw, Alabama* '
AV. L. Corbin, Virginia.
E..H. Ulcott, Alabama.—Montgomery adver
tiser. - - *'
Ax'KDrtoieiN a. New Suit,—Mr. Clark, edi
tor of the'Kendall (IH.> Clarion, is a man who
loves » good joke, and 'never lets an opportuni
ty slip-thal promises a dish of fun. Here is one
uf his last: '.. - * ;
‘■‘Bis'gttissd.^Wftiivo lately got a nftfr snit
of clothes,"And-no man Could be more Cflectuaf-
ly disg’uised. / -Wc look like a gentleman. Up
on fiist puttingIhcnt i>n, we felt like a cat?na
strange garefr and for- a long time thought we
were swapped • olC,
their machinery,—and the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company, I understand, use, it on
their cars in a crude state,—saving at the rate
of |50,000 per annum, - compared with the lu
bricating oils heretofore employed. 'At present,
the oil on the Little Kanawha.scL's for twenty-
five cents per gallon. There are- often 1,000
arrivals at tho wells in a single day.—One-third
interest in a tract of 178 acres was sold a lew
days ago for $100,000 bonus, the lessee paying
to the lapd owner one-third of all the oil obtain
ed over and above the amount of tho bonus.
Before the discovery of oil, this land was worth
five dollars an acre.”
The oil mania, is destined to 'have its day,
like all others which have preceded .it A few
large fortunes will be made—chiefly in the sale
or transfer of lands;—while many individuals
will be, and indeed already arc, hopelessly ruin
ed. For illuminating purposes, (wo nrc inform
cd by an old oil merchant of this city who can
speak disinterestedly) the oil now coming for
ward so plentifully, and which almost gluts the
market even now, has no superior. In illu
minating power it com pares favorably with gas,
i ■,! i4-vW»w| n.-iMit
awback of
.“AYc. went to- Jhc ho-fse and scared the baby
of Mr. . Kathbun. Hundreds oi wens arc owng 1n‘!most-int<r fits-bur wife, asked us if we-want- directed,
bored in the vicinity, bu11hese cd to-oee Mr. Clark; and'told us that we-would
._ .i . i _ .. Ji„d4»im at. tho-officer went there and pretty
soon One of our business men came in with 1
trjp of pap*r in hia lisnd' . He asked Ifilie effi-
othera in the amount yielded. Still, twenty-five,
fifty or a hunured barrels per day afe not unu
sual. Thisoil is of superior quality, other for f#"
brieatinir nr illuminating ^.rpottrrr. : »Dmy of tor . told him we thought not ;■ asked him
tiie steamboats on the Ohio are using tt on ;r h.. jsUkAia <imi hit* AavSixiWIv Vaairi hli
evaporates, which is a serious drawback of
course, and is liable to objection on account of
its offensive odor; but mechanical ingenuity is
being directed with earnestness for the discove
ry of tho most approved construction of litmps,
and thus far with promising results. Improv
ed machinery for purilying tlte crude oil is also
being devised, so that eventually we may ex
pect to be in possession ofa substance much
cheaper, and for many purposes more desirable
than the oils now in use.'
It is obvious, however, that the manufacture
of coal oils will be attended with uncertainty
and risk, and will continue to be, until the
chemical difficulties experienced shall have
yielded more fully to inventive skill. The great
Kerosene Oil Co., recently dissolved, establish
ed it's works at a cost of some $750,000 or $1,-
000,000, most of which was lost bqyond recove
ry ; and the Breckinridge Oil Company proyed
anything but a successful enterprise. The ex
perience thus obtained, may, however, be use
ful to succeeding companies.
' One fact is decidedly noticeable in tbo histo
ry of the oil discoveries. Artesian wells were
"bored almost everywhere, to obtain supplies of
water; and though the object immediately in
view was failure in many instances, the “oil re
gion" was unconsciously mapped out, ready
lor development when enterprize should take
the proper direction. Industry seldom fails of
its reward.—Journal of Commerce. * •
*, From the Nashville Christian Advocate.
NO TARIFF ON OUR BOOKS.
AYc call attention to the following com muni
cation, which will bo read with interest The
liberal policy ofthe Confederate States will be
commended by the friends of the GhurcR'cre-
ry where. Let our brethren in all parts of the
Church sustain our Publishing House. Our
Church papers will do well to copy this:
Mil Editor:—Shortly after the promulgation
of the tariff of the Confederate States, the Book
Agent and myself wrote a joint letter to the
Hon. Mr. Meinminger, Secretary of the Treasu
ry, requesting his intervention to secure an act
of Congress to exempt from duty the publica
tions ol' the Publishing House on the ground
that the House belongs to the Conferences with
in the Confederate States in common with those
in the United States. I have just received ad
vices from Montgomery informing me that such
an act had been passed by Congress, and re
ceived the signature of President Davis. It is
embodied “ An Act to exempt from duty cer
tain Articles of Merchandise therein named,”
approved March 15, 1861, and liras follows.-
“Sec. 2.'And "be it further enacted, That
all books, pamphlets and tracts, and other pub
lications printed and published by any Church
or Benevolent Society whoso organization ex
tends to and embraces citizens of the Confed
erate States, shall bo free and exempt from du
ty.” . - -
. l hp' friends of the Publishing House will not
fail to appreciate the liberal policy of tho Con
gress. As there will be no embarrassment
from the Southern tariff, it is .hoped that our
brethren in the Confederate States will give the
House a more liberal patronage than ever be
fore, and that all others will rally around it
with equal zeal. Tiios. 0. Summers.
Nashville, March 22, 1861.
Lincolnism and Railroad Earnisc.s.—AYc
notice in a Connecticut paper that the receipts
of tho Housatonic Railroad during the month
of February, 1860, were $17,405 05; in Feb
ruary, 18G1, thoy were $11,781 49; decrease
$5,710 56. Of this dccrcaso $4,786 85 was in
freight, Probably the manufacturers whoso-
establishments lino the banks of the Housaton
ic and other streams in Connecticut, are be
coming aware of the fact that tho accession to
power of a Republican Administration and its
determination to abate not a jot from the ex
treme sectional doctrines of the Chicago plat
form, is having its legitimate effectin depriving
them of a Southern market, and that conse
quently a good third of their business may be
set down as permanently lost. The falling off
in freights may be taken as about the rate in
the falling off in purchases. —Heic York Hexes.
if he.-wialied to see him particularly- said ho
yvanted him to pay that; bill-; told hint -we did
not thirtk -he’d be in: business • man loft -
“\Ye started to the houseagain ;mot a couple
of young ladies; one of- them asked the other.
•AVTiat handsome stranger is that V In our di
lemma we. met a friend and told'him who wo
were^and -got him to introduce us to our wife,
who is now as pr< ud oi us a scan be.
“Tho next time we ge t a. new suit of clothes,
wc shalLlct our wife know it beforehand.”
The Suspended Banka in the Confederate
States.
- Tho following Circular from the Treasury
has been sent to.the. Presidents and Directors.of
dach of the Banks, in .the Confederate Slates
which have suspended specie payments.
The Circular explains itself, and if the- sug
gestions of tlieSccretary are inet, as they should
be by the Bat As, the happiest results, will fol
low : - .
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
Treasury Department, '/
Montgomery, Ala., March 27, 1801. J
To the President and Directors of th-i~
Gentlemen !t is well known that tho Sus
pension of Specie Payments hy the Banks in the
Confederate States during the past winter, was
the result neither of. Speculation, nor ofa desire
of gain, but that it was a political act, done by
the authority of the State Governments, and
that urgent public necessity justified the action
of the public authorities ami of the Banks. The
object- intended by both, was the publio good.
Permit me in further promotion of tho same
good, to request you now *to modify that Sus
pension. - ’
Congress has authorized a loan ot fifteen mil
lions to be taken up for the public defence—
part of which is to be offered on she 1-7th April.
In thirStatcs of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas,
and the lower part of Alabama, the Currency is
either Coin, or Bank Notes, redeemable in Coin;
while in Georgia, South Carolina, -Florida, and
in the upper part of Ainbama, the Currency is
in Bank-Notes, which are from two to Three
per cent, below the value of Coin. It is obvi
ous, therefore, that under existing circumstan
ces, the.Subsci iption to the Loan cannot be paid
in Bank Notes in all the - Crnfedcratc States,
without producing inequality and confusion.
The only means of making the Subscriptions
equal, is to require payment hi- Com, or in Cur
rency, atlts value in Coin. And as the former
would be an impracticable condition, the De
partment has "been compelled to adopt the oth
er alternative. You will readily perceive, how
ever that in nil the States occupied by your
Currency, a serious obstacle wiH-arise to indi
vidual subscriptions, from the idea that the Two
or/Three per cent difference between the value
of Bank Notes and Coin, is apremium paid on
the loan. I would oarnestly recommend to you
a measure,'which will remove this obstacle. , It
is the immediate adoption by you of a resolu
tion that you will redeem in Specie, such ofyour
notes as maybe paid in upon this Subscription.
Such a resolution will immediately rniso these
Notes to the value of • Coin, and will disembar
rass the entire Subscription. -It is true, that
tnisamounis. to a virtual return iqr part to Spe
cie Payment, but it is made to advance a great
public interest, and the cost of providing specie
l or the entire loan, would amount to less that
$150,000, to be distributed am.ongst all the
Banks of tho Southern Confederacy. But if
will be far less than that to you, inasmuch as
more than half the ’ loan will probably come
from*the Specie-paying States u and the real bur
den would not amount to more tban Eighty
Thousand‘Dollars, equivalent to an abatement
on your Annual Dividends of about J of one
per cent, on your Banking Capital.
Tho difficulty wilj be further diminished to
you by tho fact that the Notes will be in the
hands of tho Government,* and will, of course,
be used in such a way as to produce the smal
lest inconvenience to the Banks which had thus
come forward to the aid of the Government
Coin will, in’lact, be wanted to a very small ex
tent. At home, the Bank Note Currency will-
pay current dem ands; and exchange, foreign
and domestic, can be Substituted for Coin, and
will furnish a more, convenient means of remit
tance to pay demands upon the Government.
Besides these, another important relief to the
dcifland for Coin, will arise from the issue of
Treasury Notes, which is to be made as soon as
they can be prepared by this Department
And lastly, it may be urged that a prepara
tion for a general resumption of Specie Pay
ment is always desirable, and that season ofthe
year when crops have all been sold and when
calls for money arc less urgent, Is the most ap
propriate period for such preparation.
I would, therefore, respectfully ask your im
mediate attention to this subject, and the adop
tion at your earliest; convenience, of such a reso
lution as that above recommended.
With much respect, your obedient servant,
Signed G G. Memmincek,
Secretary of the Treasury.
pYjT 3 The confidence of the Southern people
in their new Government is evinced in the fact
that whim it is called for a loan of $15,000,000
they promptly took it at par; whilst at the
-ante time the Government at Washington,
called fora loan of $10,000,000, which was tak
en at an average discount of8 percent —Port
land (Afe.) Union.
Corres;--iE lence of-thc Coiumbaa-Titnes.
Effect of Washington advices—Gen. Pragg—
Jjoeation of Batteries—Ftrrt Pickens—A
question oj metal—Gulf Squadron—Lieut.
Slcmmcr—Humber of> Men, their health —
Army Ofi-tcrs— Georgia 1'roopj-lookedfor.
Pens \cola, Fla., March 25.
Afessxs. Editors:—Tho peaceful news from
AYashington has not induced the least relaxa
tion in the work of preparation for war, at this
point. Gen. Bragg is indefatigable in his ex
ertions, and in a short time he will be prepared
to mike Fort, Pickens too hot tobe comfortable.
He has already completed two sand batteries,
each mounting four 8 inch Columbiads, and in
a few days he will have finish*-.! another batte
ry of 10 inch Columbiads. These batteries are
so located asto bear with destiuctive effect up
on the bastions and AYalisof Fort Pickens. J6
is intended also to extend tliese batteries and
erect others, for. which there are about a dozen
eight-inch guns in Fort McRae, and a number
of ten-inch guns have been- ordered. AYhen
these batteries aro all completed, the reduction
of Fort Pickens will onlv ,b. : a mn-.u.m - -F
iue.ee mi Laouc. Sk innier s side -can determine
against us. We are now able, to maintain our
position against any force a.t the disposal of the
Enemy, and in a short while we .shall be in a
condition to expel him from Santa.Rosa Island,
whether he is-reinforced.or not There is bub
little probability,however,that-Fort Pickwts will
be reinforced, for, uples*-. the reinforcements
are on a scale-&ufiicjen4 to retake the- positions
now held *}y our force* («uid that .is out of the
question).thqy will/be worth Huffier nothing tu
tiie enemy. You now!, npt .be at ail sWMia§^ >
therefore, if Instyid.pf attempting to reinforce,
tho fort. tlie^ulf ti^uadien, which at present
■}ies in sighfoT her..should be withdrawn, and
Slcmmcr abandoned to the same “military ne
cessity” which.hap overtaken Majpf’ Anderson
at Sttrafcr.
Sen. Bcagg’ii-appointuient to the command at
i is pi st has latpurcd our fore©* with l-cm-w -.d
zeal and confidence. Everybody feels that Mb
his hands everything .which ought to bo done-
will be-done, and’ tho conseqtwffie.is, our. -gKA-r
wmloVithjhe assurance that their labor is well
ms as well pleased with his. men
aw thqy are with hitm. better,seto< men have
never bee a assembled. Tb«y need nothing but
training, to in#ko. them as ^ood soldiers as tho
sun'eva safanL qft> Ihurtiav* now,about M00 -
jbOnTters, anil fn the course of ten days there
will be 3j5^0 more*, U{*-to iRis..timo-we have
felt tho need of .experienced officers to.trum tho
trqopsjin the a#§ o| jyafv , That, want aotf;
supplied by a number of the best officers, from
the army of the United States, who have re
signed their cottiuiistvojis and entered tho ser-
rice*of tiie Confederate States. The force hero
consists entirely of’ twelve months volunteers
#qntf3^ama.'aJJ.>pf7 fallow ha ■ -larily
transferred’ to thet service of tire- .Confederate
States. , They wijl.be kept in.service for the
full term of their enlistment ifaelmi h .-lilities
should demand their presence, but. from ap
pearances they will be discharged in a month
or two. They are in line health and goo-1 spirits,
ready to fight, willing to work, in short, they
come here to serve their country and they arc
willing to tender that 'Service 'wherever, and
however v it Is; needed.
Pensacola Is a delightful place, and the troops
here are as comfortable as soldier life wiil ad
mit of. -They are well fed, well clothed, have
good quarters, and a fine salt water air which
comes from one of the handsomest bays on out
coast. AYe understand that Georni* will short
ly send a thousand or two men to this place.—
If any ofyour companies are to bo ordered out
at all, I should like to see them here, for I am
sure there is no position where they, would be
more comfortable.. Yours, H.
NOT VERY COMPLIMENTARY
The following is an extract from a letter
written by a prominent member of Congress to
a "gentlemanirt Easton. It vcaa.net iujended '
for publication, and gives no vfry cptppltmen-- -
tary account of old Abe: • -.- *
j. _. • AV*.L4itD’s,HoTsr, j
'- ' AA'ashlsgj'OX, March-1, 1861.)
“I was caUed here to vote -iu .the House, and
will return to Richmond to-morrow. The Re- -
publican party is utterly -.demoralized, disrupt
ed and broken up, Cameron and Chase, AVced
and Greeley, c_a.ii never affiliate. Lincoln is a
cross between a sand hill erotic and an Andalu
sian jackass. He is, by .all odds, the weakest •
iriitn who. has ever been elected—worse than
Taylor, and he was bad enough. I believe ATr-
ginia ; under his follies and vernilities, will se- -
cede. It will take time, and she will act delib
erately, and with her goes all tho slave States.
I was sent far by him. I speak what I know.
He is vain,-, weak, puerile, hypocritical, with
out manners, without social; grace, and as he
talks to you, punches his fist under your ribs.
He swears equal .toUpclo Toby, and in every
particular, morally and mentally, I have lostall
respect for-him. lie is surrounded by a set of
toad-eaters aud bottle holders, and did not
know what the Adams Amendment was until I
told him. In addition to this, I am perfectly
satisfied he is an Abolitionist of the Lovejoy
and sumner type.”—Basicn Argus.
Trie President jias a Chanck to Tua
Yesterday President Davis went over
West Point rail road depot, probably to see
President Pollard, who being out, one of the
young men invited tho General to a seat Now,
our young friend who did the-honors-Un theoc-
casion, supposed, (drawing inferences from the
President’s grey Mississippi suit,) that the visi
tor was a backwoods farmer—and espying the
President’s watch chain, drew tho Watch by it
out of the fob, remarking naively; “fine watch
—how’ll you trade P* Before G<*n. Davis could
mako up his mind on this proposition, Col. Pol
lard came in and saluted “President Davis,”
The cleric dropped the watch in the Presi
dent’s lap; fell backwards over his own desk;
and commenced writing at all his books, pro
miscuously.
So they tell the tale. For ourselves, wo be
lieve it and aro inclined to think that if Col. Pol
lard had reniainod out n little longer, il ther«
icoufd hare been a trade." AYe take it that the
General never refuses a fair banter in peace or
war.—Montgomery Mail.
Laxe, tue LrNcoLN Appointee.—Georgia AY.
Lane, Lincoln’s North Alabama.Judge,m any
tliinlc ought to be hanged: wc do not. He is,
in our opinion, an honest though a pitiably weak
cieaturc. He was once Judge of the Circuit
Court of Alabama, and was, precisely, a ninth
rate Judge. AA’ithout ever comprehending law
enough, to be responsible for any violation of
it by himself, he early displayed an aptitude
for squeezing large words into small situations
—so that many foolish and ignorant people
came to think him an orator. He is, literally,
tox etpreterca nihil.
AY.c repeat, that we believe the man to be
honest. And if the average of the white race
were not intellectually his superiors, the negro-
equality doctrine of his new party would be
right. At any rate, George W. Lane is one oi
the white men who is)excusable for countenan
cing it.—Montgomery Mail.
French and English Gunners.—Capt Gar
nett, who was sent by the United States Gov
ernment to Europe, to observe the artillery im
provements going on in services of the differ
ent powers, visited, a few months since, the
“cannon depots” of Paris, andsaw the French
men go through their evolutions, lie says that
their proficiency in gunning is greater than
that or the English. “The French are quick,
correct, intelligent, and careful of their pieces,
and made admirable shots.”