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^SKa-crsieKW—v' I I WII I Iirn Iiuijiiai 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*. •4 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.”