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<i LAW.
, at Barncaville writes us an
refer-
in reading
etween our
rt Russell,
>ugh until we came
' ev, Rost and Mann
t'c tbe s ' aver y
1 bo, that the
seceded, were
• ‘tension about the
’’Hon, and that, in fact, they
hfty the Federal Government
-surances of the entire security
T ^d organization under Black
L s jistration. In a word we
l( id and seal of our commis-
, l an allegation as it is pos.
t le enemy. 1vera j factories adjacent to
two rnonth^ an( j j| acon “f or the pur-
teaching their respective proprietors
-t they are regarded worse than Lyncoln’s
Tmidons.” In a subjoined letter he says
'll save our poor bleeding country from
blood-suckers.” Exactly so, Mr. Pike,
your poor bleeding country is not worth
saving—is not worth a sutnarkee, or a conti
nental dime, if a man cannot be protected in
the enjoyment of his own property by its laws.
The factory men have paid for their machinery
and their labor, and they do not attempt to
force anybody to buy their goods. If you do
not like the price of their goods, let them alone
and they will never hurt you. 1 do not like
the price of your com and your doctor's stuff,
but is that any reason why 1 should burn your
cribs and smash your pill boxes ? In the name
of heaven, man, reflect that we profess to live
under a government of late, which protects
you, me and the factory men alike, and by
which we can all charge just what we please
for our labor and our commodities, leaving oth-
v that every motive which had im' er people the same liberty of taking them at
advocate revolution and advise j ouf valuation, or letting them alone—just as
Ith
- i '3—■' * r
jeu as a of
‘Would rest with the one
“ole to strike its adversary
otum upon the broadside.
w.
.j the Virginia was able to inflict
^ous and formidable nondescript,
- "" ng battery, the telegraph docs
said to have been “con
r are left to conjecture
'uded there, or continued
(arg. ^ e have, at present, nw in-
the Erriesson battery is little
■ WJloating platform, designed to car
F"4>etrable iron ynv. r —v*—
are mounted, for the purpose of as-
|f; c fo:irbor fortifications. It is in no respect
[igf. A description of the contrivance will
round in another place. We regard this,
<n, as affording no fait test of the power it
_ ‘ram. 1'he Virginia might almost as well
| run upon a rock.
■ jn iron a ail proof vessel was first tried by
w 1 temh in the Crimean war, with consider-
iD-uecess, although the experiment at that
Jcj* wjieiv ssarily imp i led. No actual ex
. mu warfare im Ii them have been made
^iier tk tune, and it may well be supposed
& Vrxploit;< of the Virginia will awaken
nJvhC V< ' Sl *** b * n England and France,
t • l,ul r, "9 el ' t! ’ are investing so heavily
hoO' l "«r vessels, rather upon faith
toknowledge gained from experience.
# juiced lo he aid these glad tidings
g, f ’ _ rrr
.r^‘JV.lSIl GOOD FEELING.
Sole , f ‘ an * ^ rolil Richmond contains the
God 6 intelligence” that the British Parlia
fir feels better to us than represented. O,
oils! We trust those “worthless fellows,”
Commissioners, made their best bow
■>nen they neaid ihenews; and would rejoice
if the next steamer should bring all the various
tribes of Confederate Ambassadors safely
home* again. W ■ should thank God, if we
knew that not another word would be address
ed lo the Courts of Fi ance or England except
upon their own application for treaties of ami
ty and commerce. Ours has been made too
long and too pressingly for our own dig
nity, or the value of the guerdon which
we have asked but for leave to pour into
the lap of European commerce. The “So
called Confederate States,” as Lord John
llu-sell styles them, should never renew
an application for recognition with our con
sent, until foreign governments have at
at least ‘istinctlv intimated *h«t eo-v. ~ r
p nation would be entirely acceptable; and
th.s course, we believe, due to our own digni
ty and self-respect. Let us stand upon our
own feet, and maintain our own independence;
or if we faii »o do it, (should nn angry Deity
consign us to such a bitter calamity,) we shall
take some comfort in the reflection that En
gland will have the extreme satisfaction okbuy-
ing Scnthern cotton of the Yankees, burdened
with an export duty of five cents a pound, and
ship us goods in return under the hydraulic
pressure of an eighty per cent discriminating
taritr. There will be some comfort in the re
flection that, if the Yankees subjugate us,
Great Britain will never thereafter prove so in
dillerent to the /net, as she seems to be to the
proposition
THE NOBLE WOMEN OF TWIGGS.
ONE HUNDRED CHEEKS FOR THEM 1
The 4tli of March found not only all the men
but a large number of the patriotic women of
Twiggs, assembled at Marion, for the purpose
of responding to (he requisition made by Gov.
Brown for troops for the war. The quota of
Twiggs was forty eight men.
The gallant Colonel, Daniel G. Hughes, hav
ing his regiment in line, made the announce
ment and called for volunteers, when our as
tute friend, Daniel Bullard, Esq., judging oth
er inen by his own feelings, slyly made his way
to the group of ladies gathered near the stand,
and suggested to them to fall in as volunteers.
No sooner said than done, and the volunteei
line was filled with a bevy ot as beautiful and
high aouled women as ever made lovers’ hearts
beat quickly. This was too much for the men
o Twiggs, and instantly a rush was made to
flu the ranks, and in a few moments eighty
tin , -tin a an and brave soldiers responded to
if. ail. We suggest, it another demand is
to (I for troops, that “Bullard's trick'' shall be
p a- i on • vert muster ground in the Confed
erate > .le- ami our wor I for t there will be
iiii ] ,c-k of iii-ii to fill-t ie ranks of our patriot
.. m Goo. fir Hollar i—hitter tor the vis
o.ri • t I « ig, s
Tiieir ImmI's.— Tut Penile of Maine, it is
slat-a, has just pass-d a resolution with only
four dissenting v -ices, memorializing Congress
to fr< anil arm 'll- whole Servile population.
, Velm.mein al Northern feeling tu-
.gGjIa know arid
totf malignity
t*( the
1 nmr ulh
?r, lyngof
the ftes uf.
lunW. e wi
Stas#
.eft
tour
■pjie s ited only
ey>
~ -Ts to it, was a mere farce, a groundless de _
ision, and the wretched irrepressible conflict
government of old Abe was sound and safe on
the slavery question.
We speak of the substance, not the words
of Yancey & Co’s, letter. 11 the reader
wants the exact words let him refer tq it, and
read to his own amazement. Its objt.. was
to soothe old Earl Russell’s mawkish abolition
ism with the idea that slavery was a matter
outside of this revolution and would not be af
fected by it one way or the other. And this
letter was ptobably penned by Y’ancey him
self,—the man who sowed the seeds of the rev
olution in Alabama—who procured the prelim
inary secession in Charleston—perfected it at
canvassed the North in the last
Richmond
Presidential <-b—im-—*" "p<-» *’-* single ,Qe VTr
ol opposition to the insidious designs of tfi-
Northern anti-slavery party, and who know 1 ^
better than we can tell him how futile wo
have been the project of bringing up the Sol
them people to the point of civil war upon !
any tariff question. Nothing but the well with
grounded ideajJjj^Je North had^termined they
to revolution
more or less
of the pow
vernment,
otl its
sition.
Such
the faith of
characters, seem
on the well setl
and upon all the
have eventuated in the £
ern States. At the same time, it has
the North with a perfect armory of weapons
to assail the movement as groundless and un
necessary, and convict the declarations to the
contrary, of insincerity and pretence. We do
not know how far the obligations of truth arc
heid to devolve upon diplomatic functionaries,
nor will we determine how stringently they
may have been felt by our Commissioners.
Hut no man can suppose they would ever held
such language at home
THE GREAT NAVAL BATTLE.
The following letter is front Lt. A. G. Butts,
'one hundred well armed men ot the Macon Volunters, who witnessed the
late engagement at Norfolk:
Georgia Barracks, March 9th, 1862.
Dear Brother: Yesterday and to day I have
witnessed one of the most thrilling scenes of
my life—a naval engagement. Victory has
crowned our arms. The Merrimac, now called
the Virginia, left the dock yesterday at twelve
o’clock, and steamed down Elizabeth River,
with three small gunboats following, each gun
boat carrying one gun, (rifled.)
I went to Lambert’s Point to witness the en
gagement, where I had a full view. On my ar
rival there, the Virginia was just entering the
Roads, in the channel leading into the mouth
of James River, the little gunboats in the rear.
On steamed our little fleet up across the mouth
of the river, taking the* left hand channel, pass
ing to appearance within range, and across the
bows of the Cumberland and Congress, the
enemy’s two large ships of war, the little gun
boats taking position on the left. The Virgin
ia still steaming on around her prey (as a cat
would play with her victim mouse) until she
had passed entirely around without firing a
gun. About this time one of our gunboats
tired three guns, which, I supposed, to be a
signal for the Patrick Henry and Jamestown
to come down the river. .On steamed the Vir
ginia, taking position between the Cumberland
and Congress, both of which opened their
broadsides upon her. The Virginia placing
bow to one and stem to other. At this time
she commenced from her bow and stern,
plunging her 124 lb. shells into each, soon she
approached nearer to Cumberland, all became
enveloped in smoke; in about 80 minutes the
firing ceased. The wind blew the smoke from
the combatants. The Cumberland settled at
the bows, careened over and sunk.
The Congress dropped her topsails and stood
for the beach upon the Newport News side,
where she run aground disabled. About this
time the Patrick ^igyry and Jamestown came
down James riveri,,- take a share in the fight,
but the work was done. Just about this time
the steamship of war, Minnesota, made her
appearance around Sewell’s Point, firing a
broadside into Sewell’s Point. The battery re
turned the fire spiritedly, and she ran up near
to Newport News, where she got aground.—
The Virginia gunboats commenced firing upon
her, raking her from bow to stern. The ship
of war, Wabash, soon made her appearance
around Sewell’s Point, firing broadsides into
the battery—our battery plunging her rifle
shell at her. The Wabr-h went up about half
way to Newport News and stopped till another
ship of war hove in sight around Sewell’s
Point, firing upon it as the others had done.—
The two iast ships, seeing the fate of their
consorts, soon put back to Fortress Monroe,
out of danger.
The Newport News batteries continued firing
upon our shipping during the action. Our gun
boats took possession of the C#ngres8, took off
some of her crew and some valuables, she
having surrendered. The soldiers from shore
tired muskets into our gunboat—she left, when
the Virginia fired hot shot upon the Congress
and set her on fire. Thus closed the action of
v i»» . .. ... . , yesterday. The Congress burnt to the water’s
;,u^ erth “ tbe P ubllc mind will b % .^ e —her magazine blew up about 12 o’clock
in this outcry against extortior last night^B
the position could not bo evacuated and the
whole army saved as well as a part, nor is it
THE VIRGINIA RUNS THE ERRICSSON I ahown what authority the two senior Gen-
Richmond, 10th.—The Norfolk Day Book ^"doned their responsibly by trans-
of this morning says that the Virginia sunk I fern " g ‘ he,r ^°»nd to a Junior officer,
the Cumberland after fifteen minutes. The -j
they please. This is a free country ; but when
mobs undertake to control it, we hope heaven
will sink it forty fathoms deep under salt wa
ter. It will not be fit for a white man to live
in. It will be as much worse than China or
Tur-ey, as a million irresponsible tyrants with
bad whiskey in their heads, are worse than one
0>d grey bearded fellow who can cut your head
off with a movement of his little finger, but
after all, has only his own malignant cruelty to
rh der such restraining influences as
'■ -n may interpose; whereas a mob
..of a thousand such tyrants under
: whatever. They may burn thi
otres one day, and smash the pill boxes and
the corn c- ; bs next The man who sets such
Jtgi nc-j- (f’j’ " Deration against hi# neighbors,
t - , *’ ‘ £ ^paring his own neck lor the
•lv- liat w *R g et to him before long,
the t like the conduct of the Fac-
« moild cotton cloth last year for
htstru-j w ith cotton at eleven cents,
wc^-all ’ 8e,lin g R at twenty cents
-tin at oeven. This is extortion, but
ijtermined they can practice it safely—Why f Simply
tt> J^ by a ; because the people find it more convenient to
|Ution ; pay these prices than do without the goods.—
In other words, they must have the goods even
at these prices. What folly and stupidity,
the factories under the idea of
serving tBwtOuntry 1 Better have clothing at
I any price than go naked. Better pay a dollar
r supper than burn up the kitchen and
'.wiger of confounding things—
Y irginia ran in point blank range and fired her
bow gun several times. She struck the Cum
berland with her ram, causing her to reel, ca
reen and sink. The officers and cTew escaped
in boats. Many were captured by the Confed
erates. A number were drowned. Three
wounded Federals went down with the Cum
berland.
The Congress was the next attacked. She
resisted gallantly, but was forced to run ashore
and hoist the white flag. Her crew were tak
en off by the Confederate gunboats. The Yan
kees fired on us with minie muskets while send
ing assistance to the Congress. One of our
shots dismounted two guns, killed sixteen and
tore the Congress to pieces. While the Vir
ginia was engagiug the batteries at Newport
NewB, the Minnesota oame up. She engaged
our Sewell’s Point batteries, and got aground.
She was then attacked by the Confederate
steamers, Jamestown and Patrick Henry, with
great fierceness and damage. The Federal fri
gate, St. Lawrence, came to the assistance of
the Minnesota, and she also got aground.
The Congress was set on fire by our vessels
on Saturday night. About midnight her mag
azine exploded. Federal tugs and steamers
went to the assistance of the Minnesota and St
Lawrence, but couldn’t haul them off the bar.
Tne loss of the enemy is very great. Our to
tal loss is nine killed and twelve wounded.—
Twenty-three prisoners were brought to Nor
folk on Saturday night.
The Virginia had two men killed and five
wounded.
A small Y’ankee schooner was captured and
sent to Norfolk. Two others have also been
captured.
The Erriesson engaged the Virginia at a dis
tance of thirty or forty yards; the Virginia
ran aground, when the Erriesson took advan
tage ol this and poured shot alter shot into
HARR FIGHTING IN THE WEST.
Fort Smitu, Ark., 9th, via Memphis, 11th.—
Our troops under Gens. Van Dorn and Price
engaged the enemy on the 5th, 6th and 7th,
at Pea Ridge, Benton county, Arkansas, near
the Missouri line. Our loss is very heavy, in
cluding Gens. McCulloch and McIntosh who
were killed on the 7th. Gen. Slack is mortal
ly wounded ; Gen. Price wounded in the arm;
Col. Smith wounded in the arm. Col. McRae
was killed. Our forces are in the rear of the
Federals driving them Southward, and are
sanguine of success. We are looking for far
ther news every hour. The bodies of Gens.
McCulloch and McIntosh have been brought
toFort Smith for interment.
Foreign News—L-ineoliidom Exci
ted.
Norfolk, 11th.—Information of the great Na
val Battle and disaster to the Federal Navy
reached the North on Sunday.
Bennett’s Herald says that a slight reverse
combined with a reactionary success has oc
curred to the Federal Navy.
Bennett admits the destruction of two old
wooden sailing frigates by the rebel naval mon
ster, the Merrimac, and two iron c'ad gunboats,
and says that the whole rebel fleet was defeat
ed on Sunday, and the Merrimac disabled by
the new iron clad gunboat Monitor. [Erriesson
Battery.]
The Herald admits that the Cumberland,
Congress, and other Federal frigates were
completely at the mercy of the Merrimac and
the two iron mailed gunboats, and that the
Merrimac fairly cut the Cumberland open, and
then drawing off gave her a broadside and
dashed into her again. The ship immediately
went down under the terrific shock.
Bennett also admits the surrender and de
struction of the Congress, and says that the
gunboat Monitor which left New York on
Thursday, arrived at Fortress Monroe at 10
Norfolk x.
10th, states that Uiu
Scdalia by McKean
with a 1 )t of prisoner^ - __
City of Washington froi^f^R^ AH O
Queenstown 27th, arrived in^ ' j { hi.
Monday The Liverpool Telegraph .
says that the Captain of the Sumter haa’^AJEf
arrested at Tangirrs at the instance of the A-
merican Consul at Gibraltar, and the Captain
of the Tuscarifra, who went to Tangier* for
that purpose.
In the British House of Commons on the
25th, Lord Palmerston said that Sir Robert
Peel had used language personally inaulting.to
O’Donohue, and it was understood that results
out of the House might ensue. He, Palmerston,
was Peel’s friend, and the question at issue
must be settled in the house by an apology
for the insulting taunt from O’Donohue. No
fight is likely.
Troubles are increasing in Fiance. 2000
workmen proceeded to the Place de la Bastile
on the 24th, and in attempting to march
around the column of July, were dispersed by
the Police. Bourse firm on the 25th. Rentes
70 fres. 60 cen.
At London on the 26th funds were firm and
advancing. Consols 98$ a 93$.
Liverpool, 26th.—Sales of cotton for three
days 24,000 bales, ol which speculators aud
exporters took 12,000. Market firm and
quiet at last week’s figures.
| At London on the 25th, funds were steady.
; Consols 93$. At Liverpool on the 27th cotton
, was unchanged.
Was JixGTOM, 10th.—The stars and stripes
are now floating over Centreville. The rebels
j evacuated it last night. Our forces now oc-
I cupy the fortifications and warm by the cauip
tires of the enemy. Reports ol important
movements of the troops are in circulation at
Washington. There is bitter and angry com
plaint at the North at the Merrimac being al
lowed to commit sach terrible havoc in the
Roads.
her with no effect After getting off, the Vir- o’clock on Saturday night, and conquered the
ginia ran into the Erriesson with her bow,
when the Erriesson fled.
Many of the enemy’s gunboats were sunk
and disabled. The enemy’s loss, on both days,
is estimated from 600 to 1200. Out of 500 on
the Cumberland, about 100 escaped. All the
batteries on Newport News have been silenced
except one.
outcry against extortion last night, with a terrific explosion. The ac
a man for taking advantage 4 linn lasted about five hours and a half. At 8
Sties occasioned by the war an* 1 °’ c,ock t,lis morning, the action commenced
- > l,«nc«the p-ic, N. Sr ESI****
o not mean to question his . , our hours’ fighting, the Erricson retired to
CONGRESSIONAL.
Ricumosd, 10th.—The operations of Gen.
Albert Sydney Johnson in Tennessee were dis
cussed to-day in Congress. A warm and
lengthy debate ensued. Adkins said that near
ly every member of the Tennessee Legislature
had signed a petition for the removal of Gen.
Johnson, from the Department of Tennessee,
and the petition had been presented to the
THE CROPS.
Great alarm is felt among the best inform
ed in regard to the prospect of the Confederate
Stales for provisions during the war. Food
;.upplies ar« evidently now very short in all
quarters and the government stores are now
lar from large. Congress are so concerned
about the danger of a blind persistence in cot
ton growing that a bill has been already pro
posed for levying an export duty of seven cents
per pound on all cotton grown this year and
hereafter during the continuance of the block-
h-gal , f>r them what lie please.-.
They are hi^^wm * There is no law (in the ah
sence of a special statute to meet the case) to
compel him to part with them except upon his
own terms, any more than there is a law to
compel the public to buy them, at the extor
tioner’s price. He is entitled to hold them as
long as he pleases, and the government which
does not protect them in bis hands, fully and
completely, against the mobs and against the
world, is not worth fighting lor. It would
fail any and every man when, by ill-luck, he
happened to get into the minority, and become
odious.
When, therefore, we denounce extortion we
hold its perpetrators only to a moral responsi
bility. W e denounce them not as violators of
law and therefore forfeiting its protection; but
as men who, in pursuit of personal ends, are
vinUting thotr moral obligations tO Society and
to the country. To bring a mob against them
Fortress Monroe. The Minnesota was still
aground, but continued to tire rapidly, but is
supposed to be badly disabled. Two gunboats
Merrimac on Sunday, the latter being towed to
Norfolk in a sinking condition, the Monitor
being uninjured, and ready for another fight.
In the opinion of the most experienced Naval
officers at Fortress Monroe, the St. Lawrence
as well as the Minnesota is badly damaged.
It was the intention of the Minnesota to
board the Mc-rimac, she having a picked crew.
The report that of the crew of the Cumberland
500, one-half, perished, has been fully confirm
ed. Gen. Wool despatched two regiments to
Newport News by land on Saturday, and six
companies of cavalry and Mounted Rifles.
The balls glanced from the Merrimac like
pebbles. The Merrimac and Monitor fought
touching each other front 8 to 12 o’clock.
Great fears are expressed at Washington
that the Merrimac will go up the Potomac .nd
rip out the Potomac flotilla and set fire to
Washington city. The Merrimac is believed
to be invulnerable. The wild excitement at the
capitol has been increased by the intelligence
that the rebels had burned the steamer Page at
ade. The people have been aunealeH *n « ;,K
some apparent effect, but still the most ration
al talk only about growing a much diminished would only prove that they were right in dis-
nutnber of bales to the hand, as if, in this ex- regarding a government of no value for their
tremity, t ere were any use for cotton except j own protection.
to be captured by the enemy or to be burnt to ——»
prevent its falling into his hands. Others in- The Burnside Expedition—Proclamation
-anely talk of raising lull crops. In short, the *Jl e Tankee Commanders to the People
° . , r ^ of North Carolina,
extraordinary nature of the cruns fa.ls to im- , Xhe lollowjng proc i amatio n from Commodore
press itself upon the public mind. Goldsborough and Gen. Burnside “to the peo-
THE NEXT CROPS. ! pie of North Carolina,” savors of the usual
Congress has passed a resolution beseeching amount of Puritan cant and inflated patriotism:
planters to turn their whole attention to pro- Roanoke Island, N. C., Feb. 18.—The mis-
visi«n crops. The Richmond papers sound 8 *. on °f our j^* nt expedition is not to invade any
the. alarm and declare that the cause of South-
Further Particulars of the Naval
Battle.
Norfolk, 11th.—The Minnesota will reach
, - _ , , . , - . Fortress Monroe doubtless in a very crip- .“■». ..«> .«»—<=
of the enemy are reported sunk to-day by our .. , .... „ „ , „ J F ,
fire. We have 9 killed and 10 wounded, while i,lcd condltIon ‘ 0n Saturday, all the guns at Acquta Creek,
that of the enemy is very large and some pris the fortifications at Newport News were silenc- 1 The telegraph fine has been completed to
oners. I have not learned full particulars. ed by the Virginia and other Confederate ves- Fortress Monroe.
Our fleet has received 6ome slight Bsiuage, sels, except one. The garrison at Newport! Washington, 9th.—The Stars and Stripes
«hich will soon be repaired, lhe \ irginia has : \ ews have evacuated their works. I now float over Cock Pit Point. The rebel tents
broken the end of her iron prow and started .-.mi j.. . „ ,
some of her plates—all of which will be easily L,eut ‘ ra >! or ' was w °un (1 e d b y the enemy, and other property were fired, lhe steamer
and quickly put in order. She went into the under a white flag, and died yesterday. Capt | Page and other vessels were burned. The
Dry Dock this evening, She broke her prow | Buchanan and Lieut. Minor who were also gunboats opened fire upon Cock Pit Point Sun-
in running nto the Cumberland. Our loss at 1 treacherously shot by the enemy under a white day afternoon, and ran up the old flag.
S) * The'papers'no dTubt^vnll cSaiiYuU ,iag ’ are sti11 im P™ving. The enemy killed Hooker reports that all the rebel battereis in
particulars. I teel that I have been repaid for I two their own men when firing on us after front of his line have been abandoned, and the
all my trouble during my time in service. 1 raising the white flag. j the guns spiked.
have seen with my own eyes that the enemy! The Erriesson battery, after being struck! The blockade of the Potomac has been vir-
has been chastised. Yours, affectionately, b the y irginia relrea ted to Fortress Mon-
A. G. Butts. I
] roe.
ern liberty hangs upon this point Many ques
tion whether the entire arable soil of the Cot
ton States will be sufficient to afford susten
ance to the people and the army, and indulge
the most gloomy apprehensions on this sub
ject, in connection with the stolidity of the
itanting interist For our own part, we will
not yet despair that interest and patriotism
may triumph and rouse our planters out of the
Cotton delusion and stupor. But, we must
confess, things do not look promising. The
.■reat danger is that famine will subjugate us
to the abolitionists.
BAD NEWS.
We ought to fortify our minds in advance
ol your rights, but to assert the authority of
the United States, and to close with you the
desolating war brought upon your Sta*e by
comparatively a few bad men in your midst
Influenced infinitely more by the worst pas
sions of human nature than by any show of
elevated reason, they are still urging you astray
to gratily their unholy purposes.
They impose upon your credulity by telling
you of wicked and even diabolical intentions
on our part: of our desire to destroy your free
dom, demolish your property, liberate your
slaves, injure your women, and such like dtor
mities— all of which, we assure you, is not only
ridiculous, but utterly and wilfully false.
We are Christians as well vs yourselves, and
we profess to know full well, and to feel, pro
foundly, the sacred obligations of the character.
No apprehension need be entertained that
the demands of humanity or justice will be dis
regarded. We shall inflict no injury, unless
against reverses this Spring. It cannot well f orce< i t 0 do so by your own acts, and upon
be that we shall escape them. Our lines of
defences are so long—our force so small—the
enemy's so large« well disciplined and well
appointed—so many of our own troops will be
new levies and poorly armed, thet we ought to
be prepared for a run of bad fortune and brace
ouiselves against it. The tide will turn when
tiol weather sets in.
Moreover we believe every body concedes
that the plan of entrenching camps and wait
ing in them six months for an enemy to attack
you or turn your position, will hereaftei be
abandoned—and our whole anny will be mo-
Inland and brought into active service in har-
rassing the enemy. THe warm season will re
lease a part of our force on duty on the coast,
and the lapse of a few months will find u- wi h
perhaps half a million men to drive out the in
vader.
this you may confidently rely.
Those men are your worst enemies. They,
in truth, have drawn you into your present
condition, and they are the real disturbers of
your peace, and the happiness of your fire
sides.
We invite you, in the name of the Constitu-
lion, and in that of virtuous loyalty and civi-
lizat on, to separate yourselves at once tTom
these malign influences, to return to your alle
giance, and not compel us to resort lurther to
the force under our control.
The Government asks only that its authority
may be recognized ; and, we repeat, in no man
ner or way does it desire to interlere with vour
laws, constitutionally established, your institu
tions of any kind whatever, your property of
any sort, or your usages in any respect.
L. M. Goldsborough,
Flag Officer Corn’s N. C. block. Squad.
A. E. Burnside,
Brig. Gen. Com’g Department N. C.
An interesting commentary upon this proc-
STATE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT. lamation was the fact that while it was being
We are indebted to the energetic agent at circulated, and assuring the people of “protec-
Millen, D. W. K. Peacock, Esq , for the lollow- tion to their property and institutions," the
ing summary of the operations at that point of 1 Federal troops were engaged in stealing cotton
the Commissary Department, for the month ol at Elizabeth City.
February :
Received.—5,963 sacks of flour; 971 bbls.
of flour; 1,130 sacks of meal; 839 sacks of
peas; 49 boxes of candles; 1,260 barrels of
beef; 168 boxes of bacon ; 84 hhds. of sugar;
278 bbls. syrup ; 257 boxes of soap; 950 sacks
of salt; 217 bbls. of lard.
Issced to the State Troops.—1,006 sacks
of flour; 664 sacks of meal; 111 bbls of beef;
104 boxes of bacon ; 50 boxes of soap ; 285
sacks of salt; ft bbls of lard.
It is said that the town authorities of Ma-
i^»n.will not surrender up the town, a la Nash-
e S e t‘i Fernandina, to the Federals, but will
andl a
few rounds at least.
p8f"Gen. Beauregard has assumed the com
mand of the army of the Mississippi. Gens.
Polk and Bragg will be connected with him in
command of the army—the former making his
headquarters at Humboldt, and the latter at
Memphis.
fgT" The Charleston Mercury says Gen.
Pemberton has been assigned to the military
district of South Carolina and Georgia, in place
of Gen. Lee, who has been summoned to Rich
mond.
V&- The Northern journals are now unan
imous in the testimony that there are only six
thousand prisoners in their hands surrendered
Thbat.urday last, a new Mayor was by Buckner and taken in the neighborhood of
20 1 shy file—Cheatham retiring. 1 Fort Oonelson.
out
A DRY SUMMER.
The probability that a dry summer will suc
ceed the tremendous rains and freshets of this
winter, must occur to every reflectirg agricul
turist. In this view, it will be important that
every prudential measure should be adopted
in arranging for the crops, with a view to meet
this more than probable contingency. Plant
ers should select lands best adapted to drought
and plant at different times, so vs not to risk
all upon the chances of one dry spell. Every
one of them will know how to improve upon
this point if they keep it in view.
THE TEARS OF OLD ABE
Come in every now and then with melo-dra-
matic effect to soften the rigors of the stern
tragedy of war. At last dates Old Abe was in
tears again over the atrocities of the wicked
Merrimac, and he thanked bis stars and the
Commander of the Monitor, who took his name
from the old Saxon god of war, that a single
ship in the Lincoln Navy was left afloat. The
despatch is ludicrous.
A HARD LICK !
About the hardest lick which can happen to
any free born Confederate citizen is to have
his front door knocked off the hinges by a par
cel of Lincoln’s Dutchmen, inquiring “If der
be any of der dam secesh mitin der haus.”—
The citizens of Tennessee have such calls every
now and then.
A PITHY SPEECH FROM GEN. BRAGG.
It seems Gen. Bragg was “called out" the
other day at Meridian, Miss., and altera good
deal of noise and solicitation they squeezed the
following out of him :
Fellon Citizens.' In deference to your re
peated calls, I appear only to see and to be
seen, and to tender you my thanks for your
kindness.
This is a time lor acts, not words. Experi
ence has taught me, too, that every man should
stick to his trade. In many efforts, I believe
I never made but one successful speech—and
that was, in a few words, when 1 courted iny
wife—the result then being due less to any
merit either in tl • speech or the speaker than
loan unfortunate habit with young ladies of de
ciding more from impulse than reason, by
which, as in my case, they are too apt to be
unfortunate. Ponder well, then, my fellow
citizens, this piece of advice: never call on an
old soldier for speeches; and, if you will par
don me the liberty, I will add, never send pol
iticians to command your armies.
From that time our cause will prosper.
Kye Caller— Imptrlnnl In farmalian.
Many of our people are daily in the habit of
using rye as a substitute for coffee without be
ing aware of the fact, that the grain when
burnt contains upward of fifty per cent of
phosphoric acid, which acts injuriously on the
whole bony structure. In the young it effect
ually prevents the lull development of the os
seous tissues, and in the old, it lays the foun
dation for dry gangrene. It possesses the pow
er of dissolving the phosphata of lime, which
constitutes upwards of fifty per cent of the bone
in man. The same power it exerts over utero
gestation, and thereby brings about all the
concomitant evils of abortion. Cases of this
kind have come under my professional obser
vation during a few months past, and I think
the facts ought to be spread before the people.
L. J. Roberts, M. D.
LaGrange, Ga. La Orange Reporter.
A more important piece of information still
is, that burnt rye muddies the water—render
ing it unfit to drink—and is not coffee, “no
how you can fix it”
Eight Confederates were killed and ten
wounded.
In the battle on Saturday, it is supposed
that the Cumberland lost in killed and drown
ed about 300. Killed on board the Congress
about 100. It was some Federal gun boats
that were burned, and not the Minnesota, as
supposed. The loss of the Federals is two
first class frigates, fully armed, furnished and
equipped. Four gun boats and one merchant
schooner were captured and brought into the
harbor, and the best frigate they had placed
horse du combat for three months at least.
The bravery arid gallantry of Capt Buchan
an and all of his officers and men were unsur~
passed. The veteran Com. Forrest was in the
Roads and witnessed the action. Capt Buch
anan remained for the greater part of the fight
in an exposed position directing the movements
of his men until he was disabled by a rifle ball
from the treacherous foe. Lieut Catesby
Jones, then took charge, with signal ability
and cool courage. The pilots were specially
efficient The gunnery was unsurpassed for
coolness, mathematical precision of aim, and
deadly and destructive eftect. Capt. Kevill, of
the Norfolk United Artillery, and thirty of his
men, who volunteered their services to the
Virginia, are highly commended for their hero
ic conduct, courage and efficiency during the
furious contest with a powerful enemy that
fought with desperation. All quiet in the
Roads to day.
The tall masts of the Cumberland, in unhal
lowed memory, lean far over southwardly,
above the watery tomb of the hundreds slain
in Saturday’s battle.
tually opened. Things are brisk at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard.
Poolesville, 8th.—Leesburg was entirely
evacuated by the rebels yesterday, taking their
baggage to Middleburg. It is reported that
Garey will advance there.
New York, 8th.—The New York Banks ex
hibit an average of specie to the amount of
thirty million. Foreign Exchange, 112$—
Gold, 1$. Stock market steady with fair de
demand.
Cotton market excited and higher. Sale of
2,000 at 28 c^nts for Middling Uplands.
The British sloop of war, Kinaldo, came into
Hampton Roads last night.
The Federal frigate Vermont has been lost
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, 11th.—The President sent in a
message to Congress, to-day, stating that he
had suspended Gens. Floyd and Pillow from
their commands until they can give a more sat
isfactory account of their action at Fort Don-
elson. The President is not satisfied with ei
ther of their reports.
Official reports of the recent action in Hamp
ton Roads have been received. Our combined
squadron had only 21 guns. The Federal fri
gate Cumberland had 24 guns; the fngate
Congress 60; the frigate St. Lawrence 50 guns;
Minnesota and Roanoke each 40 guns; besides
this, there were the batteries at Newport News,
and small steamers with heavy rifled guns.—
The engagement lasted for three hours. The
flag of the Congress and the sword of her Com
mander, are now in the Navy Department.
The following is a list of the casualties: Capt.
Buchanan, wounded wtth a minnie ball, in the
thigh, scrions; Lieut. Minor, in left side, not
dangerous; two men were killed, and five
wounded on the Virginia. Congress has voted
a resolution of thanks to Capt Buchanan and
the officers and men of the Virginia and other
Confederaio vessels, for their unparalleled gal
lantry in the late action in Hampton Roads.
The House passed a resolution advising
planters not to plant cotton or tobacco this
year, but to raise provisions, hogs, cxttle, etc.
[Good.]
The Senate passed a bill organizing the Su
preme Court of the Confederate States.
The President in his message in relation to
the Donelson affair says that neither of the
reports of Pillow or Floyd state that reinforce
ments were asked for, and it is not shown that
FURTHER FROM PRICE AND VAN DORN.
Richmond, 12th.—Despatches received at
the War Department, dated Fort Smith, Ark.,
9th, says that a great fight occurred on the
6th, 7th and 8th, at Pea Ridge, Benton coun
ty, Ark., near the Missouri line. Our army is
under Van Dorn and Price. The force on both
sides about 30,000. Our troops are badly arm
ed, but are fighting like devils and will eventu
ally defeat the enemy. Our loss heavy. That
of the enemy unknown.
Gens. McCulloch and McIntosh were both
killed. Gen. Slack was mortally wounded. Gen.
Price was slightly wounded in the arm. Cols.
Lewis and Sinuns had their arms broken.
A later despatch says that our forces under
Van Dorn are in the rear of the enemy and
driving them Southward.
THE FIGHT IN ARKANSAS.
, FEDERAL ACCOUNT.
Norfolk, 12th.—Information has been re
ceived hero from northern sources of the battle
in Arkansas, in which the Federals claim the
victory. A despatch from St. Louis the 10th,
from Gen. Halleck to Gen. McClellan says that
the army of the Southwest under Gen. Curtis
after three days hard fighting near Sugar Creek,
Arkansas, had gained a victory over the com
bined forces of Van Dorn, McCulloch, Price
and McIntosh. The Federal loss is estimated
at 1000 killed and wounded. The Confederate
loss much larger. Guns, flags, provisions, etc.,
had been captured in large quantities, and the
Federal Cavalry were in pursuit of the Con
federates.
confederate account.
Richmond, 12th.—Gen. Van Dorn despatches
the War Department under date of the 9th
that he was victorieat on the 7th and slept on
the field of battle. Oft the morning of the 8th,
in consequence of the death of McCulloch and
others on the right wing, he deemed it judi
cious to alter his position and withdraw his
command to tho west of Fayetteville, 13 miles
from the battle field. He retired in good order.
Loss on both sides very heavy. This is relia
ble.
Despatches from Van Dorn received by Con
gressmen state that on Sunday morning, the
9th, he and Price by a flank movement had
turned the position of the enemy, and cut off
his baggage. Gen. Van Dorn then drew up in
1 line of battle in the rear of the enemy, and sent
a Courier to Gen. Albert Pike to hasten up
with his 6000 Indians. Pike was only 20
miles off. The enemy was completely hemmed
in by Gen. Pike on one side, an impenetrable
wilderness on the other, and the South in front
It scarcely seemed possible for the enemy to
esaape.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Ricn.uoND, 12th.—The Senate has refused to
pass the resolution of the House advising
planters to plant no cotton und tobacco this
year.
FROM LINCOLN DOM.
Richmond, 13th.—A leading Northern jour-
of brave men
the Merri-
dence and
lint As to the
■“eat loss,
;opriW, the
“tu to
43 have
viathan.—
arrival of
,-uction of the
nal bewails th j terrible
and vessels in Hampton
mac, and denounces the
neglect of the Federal a
cause of this deplorable di
equally disastrous as the
angry question of the,
blame ? All the sailin'
been out of the reach of
The journal adds that t 1
the Monitor prevented
whole f eet. We must, have a change in the
Navy Department. Old t-me sailing lumber
is as helplcsa as an infant in. the hands of tho
giant Merrimac. The journal urges that a
mail clad fleet be built in one hundred days.
The dead wood in the Navy and Navy Depart
ment m ust be cleared out.
Wa ; ninotoji, 10th—Tho Merrimac was
struck 75 times, and returned to Norfolk un
injured.
The State prisoners arrested at Alexandria
on the charge of aiding the Southern cause
were as.ced if they would take the oath of al
legiance, but all cf them unanimously refused.
A Northern despatch says that perhaps, be
fore long, Lincoln and Hamlin may try tho
plan of sotting fire to Norfolk Navy Yard, by
means of a stream of liquid fire, which they
brought before Congress sometime ago.
Worden, who commanded the Monitor, ia
being “lionised” at Washington, (because he
escaped from the Virginia.) IIis heal and
eyes is closely bandaged, aud he is led from
place to place, (exhibited at 25 cents a sight)
When introduced to the President, tears gush
ed from Lincoln’s eyas as he grasped his hand
and said, “We owe to you, sir, the praservn-
tion of our navy. We cannot thank you
enough.” No one at the Navy Department
could give any answer to the telegraphic des
patches, which caine thick and fast, as to who
onboard the Cumberland and Congress, were
killed and wounded.
Charlestown, 10th.-“-Winchester has cer
tainly been evacuated.
Baltimore, 10th.—Gen. Dix announces that
for the present no more passports to the South
will be granted.
A despatch from Fortress Monroe on the 9th,
states that Worden, of tho Monitor, was
wounded with fragments of shell and powder
driven through the lookout holes. He was
stunned and carried away.
The naval authorities at Washington are con
fident that the Merrimac was disabled, and
that the Monitor is her match. It is intimated
that perhaps the statement in the Norfolk pa
pers that the Merrimac was a failure, was a reb
el ruse, any it is feared from the proceedings of
the Merrimac on Saturday, that she will sweep
the seas and raise the general blockade.
C'apt. Davis, late flag officer of tho South
American squadron, brings inteligence of the
capture of Fernandina, Fla., and Brunswick,
Ga.
The Federal fleet fight at Hampton Reads
has affected the Northern stock market, unfa
vorably.
EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT.
We are advised that Gov. Brown has confer
red the appointment of Senator from Georgia
to the Confederate Congress, upon Dr. J. W.
Lewis, vice Gen. Toombs who had declined to
accept the position, for reasons to which wo
have already referred.
We learn, also, that Dr. Lewis haa accepted
the appointment, and will proceed forthwith to
discharge the duties of the high trust confided
to him. It elevated patriotism, great practical
wisdom, stern and unbending integritv, are
desirable qualifications in a Senator, then in
the pei^on of Dr. Lewis, Georgia will have one,
of whom we predict, she will be justly nr.^l’
and the Confederacy one, upon whotn'in ciffy
hour of trial, she may confidently rely, lie is
not the orator that some may be, but he will
prove the sound, practical statesman, and do
honor to the State. Gov. Brown has made a
most excellent appointment. He has avoided
“Scyll i and Cnaryhdis” both, and selected for
the vacant post, a tried, true, able and honest
man.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
Y\ e urge no objection to this appointment,
except that the incumbent has not the informa
tion, experience and training in political affairs
and the science of government, to qualify him
to fill this office intelligently and creditably to
himself and the Commonwealth. This aside,
we cheerfully concede that Dr. Lewis is an
honest and patriotic man, and will do his best.
But it is due to the public that the Intelligen
cer should say who are this “Scylla” and this
“Charybdis" whom the Governor haa avoided?
Why should the special organ deal thus dark
ly in tropes and figures? Descend to particu
lars, and give us tho men or the parties ,-ym-
bolized in these treacherous whirlpools.
I? Georgia wassailed upon to furnish 12,-
000 men and some 22,000 have responded.