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iiv Joseph Ci.isby.
MACON, FRIDAY, 3 O CLOCK, P. M., MARCH 7, 1862.
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The -Gre at HocMaitM of tho Country.
CORN, MEAT ANT) SALT. *
On Monday wc published a letter from Gov.
Brown,presenting in strong light,the imperative
necessity of abandoning, for a time, the culture
of cotton for the production of food. The views
of the Governor are precisely those which we
have, at different times, tried to impress upon
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'* j' the reader, and in order to give them as
a circulation as possible, we will on Thursday,
republish that letter again, in the hope that
every reader will take pains to place it in the
* hands ol his neighbor who may not have seen
► Jut, and help to bring every possible influence
■‘ pa, to bear to rouse the attention of the whole ag-
' fieultural community >0 this subject.
w 1 | t |. The < i ivernor thinks that the qiiestinnof
Southern Independence is now really a ques
tion ol bread and meat, and it seems to us be
a is right.
Eight millions of people resolved never to
be hr-night under the Northern yoke, cannot
be subjugated so long as they have arms in
their hands and Imd to sustain Hie ; but fam
ine can soon accomplish what Federal bayonets
would ot Iter wise fail to do—it would soon up
nerve and destroy our armies and crush o-t
the spirit of liberty and resistance.
To be secuie against the attacks of this
dread monster, the whole agriculture of the
cotton States musty for a time, be revolution
ized, and every labor of the planter be direct
ed to the production of food. The Governor
says we must raise ttries as much corn as was
produced last year. In all probability we
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| of) " ice as much is
n ,.d. Immense quan-
^6r the consumption
large quantities aft
‘ ptroyed or taken by
•So prevent its tailing
aN^must strain eve-
and all caution
.seasons, and” with
should lie ruined
not enough. War
tit'es of (oik! arc
of the army—
wasted by
the enemy
into the en
ry m rve for
used in planting 1
•very precaution‘T, so as to meet, as
tar ift possible, tt^v^'lingency of drought.
There is no danger ol ovjr production—all the
fear is searcity.
l’lant all the corn, thcrefori, you can, and
add such other esculent crops as you can man
age with your force.
Another most important precaution will ho
the rearing ol all the stock hogs p.issihle. Man
cannot well live by bread alone, and custom
lias made pork the staple food in the South.
We grieve to'say that the promise of a supply
of this essential food is awfully' small. The
commonest bacon is worth now in our maikcts
w rty cents a pound, and promises t- • go op to
V>e dollar. It is one of tho enigmas of the plant-
■ <.* la .ijr r; ,ce that it hatesfto raise hogs, which are
ind' the first article of prime necessity. Planters
had rather raise a pound of cotton at three
cents than a pound ot bacon at a dollar. Eve
ry one of them will say that this is not true,
ha and yet all experience goes to prove it true.
' ue Bacon can be profitably raised at two and one-
, ir half cents per pound,, with salt at ordinary
prices. Tall me, then, if planters do not loathe
the raising of bacon, wTiy have they, year af
ter year, for four or live successive years, in -
•*. aisled on buying this coarse and wretched meat
kfroin tho Ohio abolitionists, rather than raise
1 themselves at an expense they could not feel.
Jkia might have happened by accident for one
j*r or two years, but seeing it year after year
W live, six, seven, eight and nine years, ad-
Vinits but one explanation.
The planters are above raising hogs. They
i.'ok upon it as what the Scotch call a “bame~
ly" business. They are inflated with the no-
• ; on of the dignity of the Imperial Cotton
/‘.ant—and the same idea has filled us all with
. wind and gas, which the Yankees are now let-
i.ug out with the point of the bayonet, and the
English by turning the contemptuous shoulder
upon us, while we have five ambassadors at
■ir court, standing out in the cold and beg-
ig for (iod’s sake to admit us to some hum-
i place among the family of nations!
Curses on your old white head, King Cotton
—you have nearly betrayed and ruined us,
and your serls are even now debating whether
they ought not to raise more cotton without a
market, and not degrade themselves on plain
^bog at forty cents a pound ! Your tyranny is
k more fatal than that of the veiled prophet.
But still, if we could overcome this fatal pre
judice against a meat crop, what are wc to do
i for saltV We do not mean salt at twenty dol
irs a sack or even more—for the price of salt
. , after all, a mere bagatelle—it enters to no
V great extent into enhancing the value of bacon.
We mean salt at any price to cure our meat
The newspapers amuse us with the wonder-
>.h
twenty to t wenty six looking on, some - plead'
ingover age and some physical infirmity, to
whom five pounds of meat at a dinner is a small
allowance, and who could have whipped a pla
toon on parade if they had only laid out their
strength. These men will die of plethora and
excess of strength, if they ddn’tsoon take camp
air and exercise.
We suppose, after the volunteering of yes
terday, in which three more companies were
completed, giving Bibb tirenty in the field,theic
are left in the county about 000 men liable to
military duty, of whom -toO are heads of 1am-
ilies. We can therefore raise a few more men,
but the next requisition will draw blood. Bibb
has r.ow raised and is supporting ovef 1,500
men in the field, with a voting population of
1,700. -This beats all that was ever heard of
in any age or in any country in Christendom.
The drafts in the next requisition should now
be equalized,-and every county sternly requir
ed to come up to a just ratio of soldiers, com
pared with their military or voting returns.
The field oflieers gave us ul! fits in marching
and counter-marching, keeping us under arms
five successive hours. A great many cursed
who belonged to the church, which is to be
regretted—for why should any set of men put
on feathers without allowing the people, and
especially the ladies, time enough to take a
good look at them. But it was hard on the
old folks, many of whom* wished themselves
“at /tome.”
IN CAMP AT SAVANNAH.
The writer took a leisure day last week to
visit our Macon troops in camp at Savannah,
and found tkeiu all duly sober and comfortable
—almost every face beaming with health. The
Ross Battalion, now encamped at the race track
had not lost a man since its organization. The
Bibb Cavalry and German Artillery, stationed
near tho park, were in like good condition.—
fhe Napier Artillery, encamped by themselves
upon an old field about a mile from town, are
also in tine order, and ready for effective ser-
vice. We dined with them and can testify that
they have plenty to cat. This company num
bers ninety-seven, hut is anxious to obtain a
full complement of ICO men. Lieut. Ells will
soon visit Macon in quest of recruits to make
up the number.
W e were under obligations to the officers
and privates of several of these corps for many
kind attentions which we remembSr with pleas
ure. All the quarters are neat and comtorta
hie and some of them exceedingly pleasant—
Most of the tents are lloored, and none sleep
upon the ground. They tell us they kept dry
during all the late wet weather, but in lact had
much less of it than we experienced in this re
gion.
We visited some of the batteries. A world
of labor has been expended upon them, and it
is enough to make a lazy man's head ache to
look at them.
We gathered from observation that the attack
upon Savannah will not probably be made in
short of six weeks at least, and it will then be
a very slow and cautious approach'. The ene
my are meeting our batteries with courier bat
teries, and evidently mean to avail themselves
to the uttermost of their superior range in gun
nery. Capt. Cercopuly, of the Ida, has a shell
fired at him which lodged in the marsh, with
out exploding, after a flight of four miles and a
half. At long taw fighting they can beat us all
to pieces, and will stick to it as long as possi
ble.
All communication with Fort Pulaski is now
cut off, even to scouts. The enemy’s are thick
between the town and the Fort, and they are
very active and impudent.
TWO MILLION BALES OF COTTON.
The New • York Herald has promised the
world forthwith two million hales of cotton, to
be taken at Charleston, Savannah, Memphis
and Nashville. What amount of cotton was
stored at Nasliyille, we are unable to say, but
it must have been very small. The Memphis
Appeal says there are only about 1,800 bags in
that city, and ii may well be doubted whether
there are as many as 500 in both the cities of
Savannah and Charleston.
It is a pity that virtue should go unrewarded;
but if the Lincolnites are really counting
upon the plunder of two million hales of cot
ton, tthen they capture these cities, they are
likely to he disappointed. Tho Herald, how-,
ever, probably invented the story as a seda
tive to foreign manufacturers.
Heavy Fall of Rain.—During last,month,
10j inches of rain fell in this city, as measured
at the City Gas Works.
t jl productiveness of the salt springs in Kana-
.^“rlta and in Texas, but who ever saw a bushel
■it >if salt from those places. The talk isall bosh
and there is no other way of getting salt for
our meat in Georgia, than just making it from
sea water. Should anybody complain about
. this? O simpletons, to complain at an open
ing to coin wealth. Every planter can go to
the seaside and with a thirty gallon kettle and
one hand, make a bushel of good salt a day,
with six dollars. There will be time enough
betwi£ the laying by of the corn crop and
the curing of meat, for every planter to make
an abundance of salt for his own supply. Ev
ery man who has an abundance of cane and
yet laments about the want of syrup and su
gar, is a wise man compared with him who,
with the whole ocean before him, groans about
salt. The sea water costs nothing and is salt
juice, just as tho cane when grown and express
ed with much labor, is sugar juice.
Here, then, to conclude, is what the planters
jDUit do. They ought to raise every possible
bushel ol grain—every possible hog, and be
tween the laying by of the com and hog kill'
ing, they should manufacture for themselves
abundance ot salt to onre their meat.
THE PARADE YESTERDAY.
About 875 men turned out to the parade of
tho Bibb regiment yesterday, of whom proba
bly six to seven hundred men were liable to
military duty. 146 men volunteered for the
war, which was 17 more than our quota. It
was a frightful sight to see the number of grey
and bald headed men in the ranks, who refused
to confess to overage. Most of them had young
wives or were widowers, and we therefore ad
mired their spunk, but still men between s*x-
ty and eighty should be more careful of them
selves.
un tho other" hand there were youths of
ARRIVAL OF THE NASHVILLE.
Our last paper contained the glorious news
of the arrival of the Nfshville, so long blocks
aded by, the steamer Tuscarora, in the harbor
of Southampton, England. The Savannah Re-
publiean adds to ( ur sat: ... i.on by stating
upon “reliable authority' 1 that she brought a
large quantity ol arms and ammunition, where
as we'were under the impression that her car
go must have consisted of goods not contra'
hand of war. How she was able to ship a car
go of arms and ammunition in England at this
time, passes our comprehension, but we hope
anil believe, nevertheless, that the inlormation.
obtained by the Republican is certain :
The best News of the Day—Skies Bkigut-
KNIN'AFOK THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. The
arrival of the Nashville, in a North Carolina
port, is for us tne most important event of the
war. It was a dashing exploit, worthy the
ga-lan try of our new Republic, and we have
reason to anticipate the grandest results to our
cause. We have reliable authority for stating
that the Nashville brought a very large amount
of arms, with a quantity of ammunition ready
for immediate use. This is glorious. Our great
trouble, and the real cause of all our reverses
thus far, is the lack of proper weapons with
which to conduct the war. In every fight, ex
cept, perhaps, those on the Potomac, our
MESSAGE OF
President Jefferson Davis,
OP T1IK CONFEDERATE STATES.
To the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Confederate States:
In obedience to the constitutional provision
requiring the President, from time to time, to
give to the Congress information of the state of
the Confederacy, and recommend to their con-,
sideration such measures as he shall judge ne
cessary and expedient, I have to communicate,
that since my message at the last session of
the Provisional Congress, events have demon
strated that the Government had attempted
more than it had power succeslully to achieve.
Hence, in the effort to protect, by our arms,
the whole of the territory of the Confederate
States, seaboard and inland) we hive been so
exposed as recently to encounter serious disas
ters. When the Confederacy was formed the
States composing it were; by the peculiar char
acter of their pursuits, and a misplaced confi
dence in their former associates, to a great ex
tent, destitute of the means for the prosecution
of the w ar on so gicantic a scale as that which
it has attained. The workshops and artisans
were mainly tube found in the Northern States;
and one of the first duties which devolved upon
this Government was to establish the necessary
manufactories, and in the meantime to obtain,
by purchase Iroui abroad, as far as practicable,
whatever was required for the public defence.
N o effort has been sp ired to effect both these
ends; and, though the results have not equal
led our hopes, it is believed that an impartial
judgment will, upon lull investigation, award
t« the various departments of the Government
credit (or having dona all which human power
and foresight enabled them to accomplish.
The valor and devotion of the people have
not only sustained the efforts of the Govern
ment, hut have gone far to supply its deficien
cies.
. The active state of military preparation
among the nations ol Europe in April last, the
date when our agents first went abroad, inter
posed unavoidable delays in \llc procurement
of arms, and the want of a navy has greatly
impeded onr efforts to import military supplies
of all sorts.
I have hoped for several days to receive offi
cial reports in relation to our discomfiture at
Roanoke Island, and me fall of Fort Donelson.
They have not yet reached me, and I am, there
fore, unable to communicate to you such infor
mation of those events and the consequences
resulting from them, as would enable me to
make recommendations founded upon the
changed condition which they have produced."
Enough is known of the surrender at Roanoke
Island to make us feel that it was deeply hu
miliating, however imperfect may have been
the preparations for defence. The hope is still
entertained that our reported losses at Fort
Donelson have been greatly exaggerated, inas
much as I am not only unwilling, hut unable
to believe that a large army ol our people have
surrendered without a desperate effort to cut
thtir way through investing forces, whatever
may have been their nuaibers, and the endeav
or to make a junction with other divisions of
the army. But in the absence of that exact
information which can only be afforded by offi
cial reports, it would be premature to pass judg
ment, and 1113- own is reserved, as I trust yours
will be, until that informa turn is received. In
the meantime, strenuous efforts have been made
to throw lorwaid reinforcements to the armies
at the positions threatened, and I cannot doubt
that the bitter disappointments we have borne,
In’ nerving the people to still greater exertions,
will speedily secure results more accordant
with our just expectation, and as favorable to
our cause us those which maiked the earlier
periods of the war.
The reports of the Secretaries of War and
the Navy will exhibit the mass of resources
for the conduct of llie war which we have been
enabled to accumulate, notwithstanding the
very serious difficulties against which we have
contended.
They afford the cheering hope that our re
sources, limited as they were at the beg.nning
of the contrtit, will, during its progress, become
developed to such un extent as fully to meet our
future wants.
The policy of enlistment for short terms,
against which I have Bteadily contended from
the commencement of the war, has, in my
judgment, contributed in no immaterial degree
to the recent reverses which we have suffered,
ind even now render it difficult to furnish you
an accurate statement ol the army. When
the war first broke out man)' ol our peopl
could with difficulty be persuaded that it
would be long or serious. It was not deemed
possible that anything so insane as a persistent
attempt to spbjugate these States could be
made; still less that the delusion would so lar
prevail as to give to the war the vast proper
tions which it has assumed. The people, in
credulous ol a long war, were naturally averse
to long enlistments, and the early legislation of
Congress rendered it impracticable to obtain
volunteers for a greater period than twelve
months. Now that it has become probable
that the war will be continued thfough a series
of years, opr high-spirited and gallant soldiers,
while generally re-enlisting, are, frouwlhe lact
ol having entered the service for a short term,
compelled in many instances to go home to
make tho neccssaiy arrangements for their
families during their prolonged absence.
The quotas ol new regiments- for the wa.*,
called lor from the different States, are in rapid
progress of organization. The' whole body of
new levies and re-enlisted men will profiabty
be ready in the ranks within the next thirty
daj’s. But, in the meantime, it is exceedingly
difficult to give an accurate statement of the
number of our (orces in the field. They may,
in general terms, he stated at four hundred
regiments of infantry, with a proportionate
force ol cavalry and artillery, the details ol
which will be shown by the report of the Sec
retary of \\ ar. I deem it proper to advert to
the lact that the process of furloughs and re-
enlislmcnt in progress lor the last month had
so fanalisorganized and weakened our'lorces as
to impair our ability for successful defiance; but
I heartily congratulate you that this evil,
which I had foreseen and was powerless to pre
vent, may now he said to he substantiall)' at an
end, and that we shad not again during the
war be exposed to seeing our strength dimin'
ished by this fruitful cause of disaster—short
enlistment.
Tlie people of the Confederate States being
principally engaged in agricultural pursuits,
were unprovided at the commencement of hos
tilities with ships, shipyards, materials for ship
building, or skilled mechanics and seamen in
sufficient numbers to make the prompt crea
tion of a navy a practical task, even if the
required appropriations had been made for th
purpose. Notwithstanding our very limited
resources, however, the re|>ortof the Secretary
will exhibit to you a satisfactory progress in
preparation, and a certainty of early comple
tion of vessels of a number and class on which
we 111a
enemy ever our waters,
of a single article of export—the cotton crop
of the year.
■The report of the Postmaster General will
show the condition of that Department to be
steadily improving—its revenue-increasing, and
already affording the assurance that it will be
self-sustaining at the date required by tlie Con
stitution, while affording ample mail facilities
for the people. #
In the Department of Justice, which in
cludes the Patent Office and Public Printing,
some legislative proceedings will he required,
which will be specifically stated in the report
of the head of that Department. I invite the
attention of Congress to the duty of organiz
ing a Supreme Court of the Confederate States,
in accordance with the mandate of the Consti
tution.
I refer you to my message communicated to
the Provisional Congress in November last, for
such further information touching the condi
tion of public affairs as it might be useful to
lay before you; the short interval which has
since elapsed not having produced any materi
al changes in that condition other than those
to which reference has already been made.
In conclusion, 1 cordially welcome Uepreseii
tatives who, recently chosen by the people, are
fully imbued with their views and feelings, and
can so ably advise me as to the needful protis-
ions for the public service. I assure you of
m3' hearty cooperition in all your efforts for
the common welfare ol the county.
JEFFERSON DAY1S.
By Electric Telegraph
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, 26th.—The Lynchburg Republi
can has a special despatch from Bristol, Tenn.,
tO'day, stating that the enemy occupied Nash
ville on Sunday.
The.Confederate loss at Donelson was 7000
prisoners, 500 killed, and 1,500 wounded. The
enemy admit of a loss of from 6,000 to 10,000
in killed and wounded. Gen. Floyd saved all of
his command but the 20th Mississippi, and
Guy’s and Jackson’s Batteries,"who were taken
prisoners.
Congressional proceedings unimportant
The President has not yet sent in his Cabi
net appointments. The opinion prevails in
wet. informed circles that, an entire recast of
the Cabinet will be m^dc. There is a strong er'-
sido pressure herein favor of Toombs foi
rotary of War. It is believed that it
earnest ^:sire of the President tp.divif |*
Bermuda has piohibitcue hffl
coaling there.
The Sumter was at Gibraltar, and
test'account, had captured and destro
ty ojfls Yankee vessels.
CONFEDERATE CONGRf L
Richmond, Va., Feb. 27th.—Sb
Senate to-day, confirmed the nominal!
P. Hill and J. J. Pettigrew, both of -|
Carolina, as Brigadier Generals in the CorWeMPy
erate Army.
A resolution was unanimously passed that
the Government will entertain no peace propo
sitions excluding any portion of the soil of the
Confederate States, and declaring that the war
shall tje conliriv-e-Ciintil the eneni3' is expelled
from the CorWeeenUy.
IIot sE.—In the House, Mr, Miles, of South
Carolina, Chsirman of the Military Committee,
reported a bill creating the office of Command-
^General of the Confederate Army, during
"" ir. The indications are strong that the
Cabinet appointments among the most tlreyll pass. Pending its adoption, the
tent and capable of former political parties. E.W*d - went into secret session.
FEDERAL FORCE AT FORI DONELSON.
Gen. Grant, in his official report, says he left
Fort Henry with a force of 15,000 men on the
12th, having sent around by water, the day
before, six regiments, with instructions not to
pass the gunboats. This would make his force
a}’ nineteen or twenty thousand, and he sa3’S
nothing in his report about any reinlorcements
from Buell. If, therefore, he has told the truth,
Fort Donelson was captured with a force about
seven or eight thousand more than our own,
according to Gen. Pillow, and the tales of forty>
titty, sixty, seventy and eighty thousand men
are all idle inventions. The country should
now the truth. Grant estimates the Federal
loss in killed, wounded and mitsing at 1,200.
The gunboats, according to bis report, did very
little. He says : *
On th<?14th, a gallant attack was made by
lag-Officer Foote upon the enem3’’s works with
his tleet. The engagement lasted probably one
hour and a half, and bid fair to result favorably
to.the cguse of the Union, when two unlucky
shots disabled two of the ai mored gunboats,
so that they were carried back by the current.
The remaining two were ver\ much disabled
Iso, having received a number of heavy shots
about the pilot house and other parts of the
vessels.
THE WHISKY PROCLAMATION.
We are highly gratified with the position
taken by Governor Brown in respect to the
manufacture of whiskey, hut had no concep
tion that the evil had risen to the extraordina
ry height which he depicts. His statement in
regard to the number of distilleries which are
robbing the people of their bread to convert it
into poison is alarming. Nine-tenths of the
people will sustain him in the exercise of the
most stringent measures t-j suppress it sudden
ly and effectually.
troops have been armed with almost every spe- wo may confidently reh for contesting the
cies of weapon discarded percussion mus- j vUunted control of the enemy ever our waters,
kets, flint and steel ditto, shot guns, sporting The (inancia! system devised by the wisdom
riheiij &c., &c. Even at Donelson we hear ma-1 u f your predecessors, has proved adequate to
nyofour brave defenders had to fight the bat- supplying all the wants of the Government,
tie with every species of weapon, whilst seve- notwithstanding the unexpected and very large
ral weeks before it occurred several regiments increase of expenditure! resulting from the
were sent home because it was impossible to great augmentation in th.; necessary means of
arm them. defence. The report of the Secretary of the
This cannot be so again. In the last three Treasury will exhibit the gratifying fact that
weeks, it is believed loo,000 stand of the best we have no gating debt; that the credit of the
muskets and rifles, with ammunition to suit, 1 Government is unimpaire 1, and that the total
have been safely landed in the Confederate expenditure of the Government for the year
States from Europe. 1 his will set us on our has been, in round numbers, one hundred and
feet opce more, and enable us to prosecute the , seventy millions ol dollars; less than one-
revulution with perfect confidence in our auc- j third of the sum wasted by the enemy in his
W8S - I vain effort to conquer us—less than the value
1-iT A Company styled the “Zollicoffer
Guards” has been organised in^orsyth Coun
ty,—II. P. Bell, Captain.
r5**Thc State Government of South Caroli
na has taken vigorous action to suppress the
sale and distillation of whiskey.
S§T” A tax has been .evied in North Caro
lina of 30 cents on each- gallon of spirituous
liquors manufactured in that State, from any
kind of giain up to the 15th of April next,
and after that time it is made a penal offence to
distill it A tax of $1 is levied on every gal
lon brought into the State after the 15th inst,
The ordinance continues in force until Janua
ry 1st, 1863.
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4'orrcspoii«lcnce.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, j
Milledgeville, Ga., Jan. 27, 1862. j"
Hon. Robert Toombs, •
DeakSib:—It becomes my duty to inform
you that you were elected by the General As
sembly ol this Sta'.a, at its late session, a Sen'
ator in the Congress of the Confederate States.
It is a matter of the utmost importance, in the
present eventful period of our history, when we
are surrounded by a powerful foe, stimulated
by wounded pride, and revengeful hatred for
us and our institutions, that we have in our na
tional councils our ablest, wisest and most ex
perienced men, who will be able to give proper
direction to all matters pertaining to the future
policy of the government, and to conduct our
national deliberations in such manner as will
best promote the public good. The whole peo
ple of Georgia look to you at the present criti
cal moment, and rely with the fullest confidence
upon your known patriotism, your enlarged
experience, and your splendid talents. Had
the election ol Senator been left to the vote of
the intelligent masses in this State, I do not
hesitate to express the opinion that you would
havo been chosen by a large majority' over any
other citizen of the State. Allow me,"there
fore, to express the hope in which l have no
doubt the whole people concur, that you will
accept thp laborious and responsible position
to whictfyou have been invited by the General
Assembly of the State, which has so long coil'
tided in you, and delighted to honor you. I
have directed my Secretary to forward your
commission to Richmond; and I direct this
letter to you in duplicate, at Richmond and Ma
nassas. 1 am
Very Respectfully,
• Your obedient servant,
Joseph E. Brown.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 14, 1862.
To His Excellency, Joseph E. Broxcn,
Governor of Georgia,
Sin:—Your letter of the 27th ult, accompa
nied by a commission, authorizing me to rep-
esent the State of Georgia in the Senaie of the
Confederate States for six years, from and after
the 18th inst, has been received. For the very
kind and flattering terms in which you are
pleased to refer to my public services, accept
my sincere thanks. I regret that I am con
strained to decline the proffered honor. Upon
a careful review of the personal and public con
siderations which ought to control iny judg
ment and action in relation to this subject, I
have determined that I can now better serve
my State and country in the Army than in tho
Senate. I deem it not inappropriate on this oc
casion to say that the manner in which the
Legislature thought proper to confer this trust
upon me relieves me from any obligation to sac
rifice either my personal wishes or my convic
tions of public duty in order to accept it, I shall
therefore, as soon as 1113' duties in the Provis
ional Congress terminate, return to the army.
With sentiments of the highest consideration
and regard, I am
Yery Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
R. Toombs.
U. Ewing, of Tennessee, is mentioned as likely
16 be tendered a place. The following cast of
ilic i abinet is general^’ reporicu.
J 4*. Bupjamin, Secretary of State.
R E.*Lee, Secretary of War.
G. W. Randolph, Secretary of the N
C. G. Mejnminger, Sec. of the Treasu!
H. A’. Johnson, Attorney General.
G. A. Henry, of Tenn., P. M. General
FROM LINCOLNDOM.
Norfolk, 27th.—A Hag of truce with North
ern papers, and sixt3’ passengers, mostly worn-
m and children, bound South; arrived here to-
%•
The New York Herald thinks thk>uld[ -<ft
battle will soon occur near Nashville. %
'The Confederate troops were actively engag
;d at Columbus on Monday for an import!
no yement. " C'VfcJU;
•ft r . lag of truce was sent from Columbwby
theM^onfederates to the Federal gut£ at8
of the Southern otfioers w jtfWE
boarijf and held a consultation for"’ ” ®
The^ederal officers of the squad (
Tufeflay. ^
Lincoln has signed the TreasvP
fur two hundred millions; the *’
previously issued to be a legal tender.
A bill passed the House on Tuesda3' prohib
iting all military officers from restoring fugitives
trom service, thus virtually appealing the fugi
tive slave law.
A resolution was adopted instructing the
Committee on Wa>’s and Means, to enquire in
to the expediency ot taxing cotton three per
:ent. per pound, none to be carried away until
the tax is paid.
The Herald sa3’s tk at Gen.Tilghman has been
sent to the Penitentiary at Alton, Ill., until his
blood cools. *
Sales of 500 bales of cotton at 22 a 23 for
middling Uplands.
Liverpool, 7th. —Stock of American cotton
104,970, and no cotton at sea from America,
against 310,0u0 at the same time last year.
The North Star arrived on the 25th, with
$759,000 of specie.
Special intelligence from the South Pacific,
states that peace reigns from Ecuador to Ura-
guay. There is a strong feeling against the
Spanish, and ly-aguay threatens to conquer all
her provinces.
The Yankee government has taken military^
possession of all the Telegraph lines.
A skirmish occurred on Tuesday near Occo-
quan Creek, between a body of Texas Rangers
and the Lincoln troops, in which several Yan
kees were killed and wounded.
The nomination of WinlieliJ Scott as an ad
ditioual Envoy Extraordinary has not been ac-
■ted on.
Boston, 25th.—A most disastrous fire oc
curred yesterday, during a furious storm, snow
and hail. An immense amount of property,
splendid buildings, including the Exchange
Hotoi, was destroyed. The loss is estimated
three quarters of a million. The tower of
the Catholic Church, in East Boston, was blown
down last night, demolishing two smaller tow
ers. 2,000 bales of cotton, 80,000 bushels of
corn and oats, was among the property de
stroyed.
A terrific storm raged at the North on Mon
day. There was a great destruction of prop
ert}’ in New A'ork ifnd Brooktyn. Buildings
and steeples were blown down, and shipping
damaged. Great damage was done to build
ings in Washington, Baltimore and other
cities.
The ship Groto ftoui Havre two brigs and three
schooners went ashore yesterday at Vine
yard Sound, and the sea is now bcatting over
them.
A new gunboat has been lanchcd, and arri
ved at New York. Four gun boats left New
York on Saturday for Ke3‘ West.
The New York Herald warns Congress .that
it is no time to suffer the imports of foreign
goods to increase, and says that in a few
months the exports to Europe may cease, and
if cotton is not ready to take their place, the
deficiency will have to be supplied with gold.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, 27th.—The President has issued
a proclamation declaring Martial Law in Nor
folk, Portsmouth, ani the surrounding country.
It is understood that Congress to day passed
an aet authorising the suspension of the writ
of habeas corpus in certain cases.
LATE NEWS FROM THE NORTH.
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 28.— Thc£cderal steam
er Express is reported to have been lost on
the Eastern siiuic ..r v:,.i.„ „r
£ebruar3' 24th. The steamer Hoboken, which
.■« or.gaged in laying the telegraph cable
d up 18-Jiie Ba3’ Shore to Cape Henry, is going
TVit fofo pieces. The crew were saved by the steam
er Spaulding.
The attempt to lay the
cable across.
half ot it
‘CTigfl
firm, buT
Const;- The Erric$
Ameri’•^ptojj. Pfiies lav?
A movement lias been made 6
lion in the Bank of England.
Liverpool, 13th.—Sales of cotton^
days, 28,i)00 bales, including 6,000 to.
tois. Market firm with upward tendenj
Nothing ver3 - important from thtj
Capital, or the army of the Botomac?
MARTIAL LAW IN lil^
Richmond, 2d.—President Davis.*
proclamation declaring martial law in RS
mond and ten miles of '.he surrounding ctn^
try, anti suspending all civil jurisdiction exc
ui»tur.i.. u. r „, n f Richmond; also suspj
ding undi :• the authority of Congress the w
of Habeas Corpus. All the distilleries arc nil
dered to be closed, and sales of liquors of any!
kind prohibited, and the-establishments for the
ale thereof closed.
ork
ys that the
tag the oud-
;>evere, that
•jury u pory ( j; s j ur g ances<
*1 lor want of cotton,
li’Wmt’RRUnsands of operatives are out of
ploymenl The correspondent says that un-
the Emperor interferes in the American
arrel, the operatives must starve; and that,
nless Gen. McClellan speedily strikes a blow,
Washington government will be exposed
to a pressure from France, and perhaps Eng
land. The people of France are losing confi
dence in the ability of the American govern
ment to put down the revolution. The cry lor
help from the manufacturing depots of France
will soon be heard and heeded by the Imperial
government.
New York, Feb. 26th.—Theje is a spasm in
the money market, and bankers are lending alh
their money at 7 per-cent Enquiries for Fed
eral and State stacks are active. Missourisand
Tennessees are lower; the leading Rail Road
shares are also lower; Virginia Sixes 64 ;—
North Carolina, 72.
ADDITIONAL NORTHERN NEWS.
Norfolk, Feb. 28.—Northern papers of tb
27th have been received here.
There was no movements in the army of the
Potomac on the 26th inst
St. Louis, Feb. 26.—A telegraphic dispatch
from Port Donelson says that a boat just in
from Clarksville, Tenn., reports the evacuation
of Nashville by the Confederates, and that the
Governor had burned all the State documents,
and retreated to Murfreesboro.
Gen. Grant had declared martial law over
Westei n Tennessee.
tlniCAyio, Ill., Feb. 26.—It is reported that
the Confed rate ! will make a stand art Colum
bus, Randolph, ind Memphis. Forces are con
centrating at Memphis; and the streets arc
barricaded with cotton bales. The reported
pacification of Tennessee is denied. The Gov
ernor had made a patriotic anil spirited war
speech.
The Federal mortar fleet for the Mississippi
River has been finished.
New York, Feb. 27.—In the cotton market
to day, there wasitiore Lone ana stability ; with
sales of 1,000 bales at 23c for Middling Up
lands. The New York Herald says that in a
very short time tlie North will be in possession
of 2,000,000 bales, captured at Savannah,
Charleston and Memphis, and will then he able
to send to Europe the usual supply for the
year. Then, prices will decline to the usual
figures.
Washington, Feb. 26.—Tho Committee of
Ways and Moans, of the Federal House of Rep-
presentatives, are laboring on the tax bill. Its
principal (eatures are unknown. Secretary
Chase says that the actual payments of the
Government average a million and a half of
dollars a day ; but the^arreamges liave largely
accumulated, causing serious trouble and dis
tress. Payment is required on unsatisfied re
quisitions in several instances—the Federal
debt being $26,500,000, while the floating debt
exceeds $40,000,000. Certificates of debt are
to be issued. A General Bankrupt bill will be
reported in the Federal Congress at an early
day. *
GLORIOUS NEWS.
Richmond, March 1st.—The steamer Nash
ville arrived at Beaufort, N. C., this morning.
She brings about three million dollars wortla
of stores for the departments of the Govern
ment, principally. The Federal blockadcrs fir
ed 22 shots at her without effeCt She steauted
up to the blockading squadron in a defiant
style, and although at one time within musket
shot pf them, she soon passed Fort Macon and
beyond the reach of her chagrined pursuers.—
She destroyed in the gulf a schooner bound
from Philadelphia to Domingo. Commodore
Pegram and Paymaster Taylor have arrived in
Richmond, and a portion of the Nashville's
freight is now being delivered in front of the
Treasury buildings. Com. Pegram speaks in
glowing terms of the hospitalities extended to
the oflieers and crew of the Nashville in Eng
land, and thinks that Belgium will soon recog
nise the South. [A mere opinion, and not
worth much.]
FOREIGN NEWS.
Norfolk, 1.—Northern papers of the 28th
have been received.
The steamer Hibernia from Liverpool, 18th,
ria Londonderry, 14th, arrived at Portland^ on
the 27th, with five days later intelligence.
American allairs were being d.-hated in the
House ol Lords. Papers relative to the block
ade of tiie Southern ports, is promised shortly
by Lord Russell.
The great Exhibition buildings in London
have been completed.
The Pemberton Coal Mines, at New Castle,
have been flooded, and a thousand hands are
out of employment
The steamship Great Eastern is going to
New Y'ork in April.
The arrest of British subjects by the Lincoln
authorities, is being discussed in the House ol
Lords. Russell admits the right to arrest
British subjects suspected of treason.
The Sumter was at Gibraltar on the 13th.
A Paris letter says that Slidell was received
by Thouvenal in a private capacity, but
diplomatic character was Ignored.
The bourse on the 12th was firmer,
71 f. 85 c.
M. Mon, President of the Spanish C
cated his seat on the death oi Morti
Roaa. Senor Mon will return to
pointment of Ambassador to France:
...
FOREIGN NEWS.
Norfolk, 2d.—The sales for the week en
ding on thi 14th at Liverpool was 54,000 bales
including 17000 to speculators and 10000 to -
exporters. The market was firmer at unchan
ged pries Orleans fair 11,. Mi (Idling 1
Stock on hand 525,000 including 194,cOT
American.
Breadstuff steady, except corn which is dull
at SO shillings. ' For mixed Provisions declin
ing. Consols 93 J.
New York. 27th.—M uey quite acti^
da3’. Port ign exchange dull. First cla
113. United States sixes registered 186
Middling Upland cotton 28.
The Federal House ol the Lincoln Congre!
referred, or Thursday, the joint resolution to
print V\ ashington’s Farewell Address, and
Jackson’s .proclamation on Nullification, and
the Declaration of Independende, for general
distribution.
Upton, who claimed to represent Fairfax
District, Va., in the House, was declared not
entitled to the seat.'
Snow in the Northern section of New \ork
five or six feet deep oir a lev6k Fears are en
tertained of inundation from the Hudson arid
Mohawk riven.
Startling developments have been made by
the investigating Committee. The swindling
contractors are shaking in their boots.
Bennett’s Herald admits that the armies of
the Potomac and Shenandoah must be defeat
ed before a lything decisive can be accomplish
ed, and say.- that tho moral effect of a menace
of the Capful nf the United States must be re
moved.
Was* nmi.t 27th.—Gen. Dix and Hon. Ed
ward P: . poii ve bc:ii appointed special
commix :oner.' t - ex amino into the cases of
State prisoners now in military custody, in the
United Su es, and determine ex parte whether
they should be discharged or remanded to civil
tribunals for trial.
The nomination of Gen. Scott as Minister
Extraordinary to Mex : co, has been with
drawn.
"Wilson, of Massachusetts, introduced on Fri-
da3*. in tlie Lificoln Senate, a resolution to ex
tend aid to Maryland and Delaware to abolish ^
slavery.
Henry Dangerfield, Ex-Mayor Price, H. O.
Claughton, E. MeGraw, A. W. McGraw, W.
W. Hooper, H. Heal, W. N. Brown, E. S.
Hough, J. W. Burke, J. A. Field, W. Coyan,
J. L. Smith, W. L. Booth, W. Avery, J. N-
McGraw, E. Snowden, Jr., A. F. Fleming, J.
N. Chamberlain, J. English, J. Green, AV. FL
McKnight, J. L. Kinser, T. Clowes, J. Entwis-
tle, J. R. Ashlay, J. T. Baldwin, and C. Mar-
bury have been arrested on a charge of conspi.
racy and will be sent to Fort Warn 1. They
jire all highly respectable citizens of Alexan
dria; some of them very wealthy. Their ar
rest causes great excitement in the ci'y.
Cnirac.o, 27th.—A despatch from Ci.i .3-
ville, states that the people are n-ry gloomy in
Sccessia.
A large quantity of rebel stores were carried
off l>3' the Confederates, the balance they de
stroyed. The rebel leaders shipped 1,000 ne
groes last week from Clarksville.
FROM THE WEST.
Memphis, 3d.—Jonas Libhetts, who furnish
ed the Union flag to the Fedcrals at Fayette
ville, Arkansas, and pointed out the leading
Secessionists and their property at that place,
was arrested and brought to Yan Buren in
strong irons on last Friday, by our troops.
Late advices from Clarksville state that it
will be a week before a fight at Boston Moun
tain.
Latest advices from New Midi id represent
the Federal army 20,000 strong, within two
days march.
A skirmish occurred on Saturday between
an advanced guard of 2.000 Federal cavalry
and 200 Confedci^PWron MoiWam^ 'HJison,
in which Thon»*f off - V^nDoro says Vral
loss 25.1
The I* 1
Madrid.
Late ad;
there are
The Lincoln _
of sympathy
Union at NaslnH
Capt. Jo in n
erals, on ThuM