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1 , .In.-I,. w\t fro'To your face turned heavenward, you will realize,
Jorresponaenceoi taejelegraph. it*.y OU area man in your own right. This
j is but an outline picture. T ' "" 5 “ L
i Sort ihr Mali Ki»rei •( uke Ckmtkta |
in this Crisis f
ts co-operation in defence of our
If filled with its
reasonable embellishments, you would be ready
to exclaim, Surely this is but the vision of a
madman. But it is not. It is the practicable
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Ho« i an the church appropriately result of independence, and if we are true to
ourselves, the necessary result
Reverse the picture. Suppose that we are
subjugated, what then will be your condition l 1
Before I undertake to inform you, allow me to
ask for your consideration one or two thoughts,
the obligations of both relations. The Do you imagine that if the worst comes to the
,i of performing their civil duties, will worst, we will be remitted to the condition we
were in before the State seceded ? If you do,
you labor under a delusion, of all others most
fatal. The system of government of the old
Union, is at this moment in process of subver-
fr’S without abating one jot or tittle of sion. The doom of the Federal union is sealed.
,i effectually co-operate, is an impor>
lion. Church members are citizens
a., Christians, and therefore, bear
weight of responsibility. They must
itiolled by the precepts and teachings of ’
jgniiy. *
will render to Ciesar the things which
From the Norfolk Day Book, of the 10th.
The James River Blockade Opened.
Two Yankee First Class Frigates
Destroyed !
The Hated Cumberland Sunk!!
The Congress Burned to the Water’s Edge.
The lVinnesota and St. Lawrence
Agrornd.
Great Success of the Confederate Iron
Clad Steamer Virginia.
Ren-
U i wt , to the King of Kings. Ren-1 IFitA wor unthout us, it can never again be
... ... ,w:_ .u . a Constitutional government. It is alreadv a
b ,rl are l>ar s ’ 1S despotism begun. It descends into anarchy,
,.m simple obedience to the laws. It is with terrible precipitancy. It will emerge
■ oo operation in sustaining the policy from that, in the hands of a despot Wheth-
Matc, when not in conflict with the laws j er tbc y conquer us oi not, the result will be
1. Submission to national wrong, is not th ?“ me \ , ^ do C0IM i uer US ’ We * nd ‘
r t • .• . i . . will be whelmed in a common ruin. 1 he rede-
o i i lam j, and tlie assertion ra | Constitution is now a practical nonentity,
i mai right, is a relijj-ps duty. Regulated j Opinion is enslaved—the press is muzzled—
i 1 v—the Liberty of Caw—is the necessary property and person are liable to seizure with-
:■ l the prevalence of the principles of the out the forms ol law—military governments
are established in the States, and the doctrine
j has been avowed and endorsed by Congress,
free that military necessity justifies a violation of
Large Number of Yankees
and Drowned.
Shot
|\ religious people are obliged to be
In the nature of the case it cannot be the Constitution. All this is true now. But I
fnviM- The reason why Christian States beg you to consider that in the social, econom-
iiot always few, is. that the majority of the
>ple are not religious. Sucli a war as we
w wage would be an impossibility, if the
war with capital, and poverty with wealth—
ical, political and religious system of the .North
the seeds of destruction are embedded. In re
ligion they are divided into true believers, De
ists, Naturalists, Infidels, Fanatics and hypo
ll States were under tlie influence of the crites. Manufacturing capital demands high
1. But to return. Resistance to tyrants tariff, and agriculture free trade—labor is at
lienee to (iod. Resistance to Lincoln is
i>i e obeuienee to God. This proposition
\ doubts. To the honor of Christianity’
..u.i, that through all the ranks of all the
bes of tlie Confederate States, it is held
iw of conscience, and an injunction of
: , to resist the murderous aggressions
\ rili, even unto dea’h. The indepen-
..i the confederate States is necessary to
i.:,tainance of a pure religion. Subjuga-
At a quarter past 11 o’clock on Saturday,
the iron clad steamer Virginia cast aloose
from her moorings at the Navy Yard, and made
her way down to Hampton Roads, towards the
blockading fleet lying off Newport’s News.—
She reached their neighborhood after some de
tention at the obstructions below at 2 o’clock.
Here she found the two first class sailing fri-
grates Cumberland and Congress. With a de
termination to pay her respects to the Cumber
land first, the Virginia bore down for that
vessel, and while passing the Congress she
gave her a broadside by way of a salute. Her
operations on the Cumberland were performed
in the short space of fifteen minutes' time, at
the end of which the Cumberland sunk just
where she had been lying.
The Virginia on approaching her and getting
within point blank range, fired her bow gun
several times, and ran into her, striking her
ignorance denounces education, and vice plots | fairly with her ram, which made her reel to
and combines against virtue. Peculation re
wards contractors, and an insatiate greed for
gain pervades all the walks of life. When they
and fro, and sent her speedily to the bottom,
but while going down, we understand, the af
ter gun of the Cumberland was discharged at
have passed through this war, with a debt of . the Virginia, with what injury we know not.
countless millions—with banks broken, man- j The object in first getting rid of the Cum-
ufactures paralyzed—ships rotting at the j berland was probably to destroy the very hea-
wha-res—credit exhausted—the passions of I vy armament which that frigate carried, it be-
ing the heaviest in the Yankee navy. The of
ficers and crew of the Cumberland made their
men lashed into frenzy—millions without
bread, and half a million of soldiers at large
&
am-'e. g "'I he'Vatse^philosophy^and !',l ,on society—pray what then will become of , escape as best they could, many of them being
..logy, which first dissolved the Union
, precipitated upon us hall'a million of
in reinstate it, will ripen into sneer
The spirit that sought to abolish
.s a sin, will seek under the auspices
it ical despotism, to force its dogmas
-object States. It will hate the reli-
1 leaven, as wicked men hate virtue,
it is to them, a condemnation. Let
M.slian therefore remember that the
•f Christianity depend* vpon the safety
tilings being so, what does the State
t the Churches?
She expects the
gilance, the do
»>fthese they
it a trust! It
. of all human
ipnn ehr
mi of Chilli
united—not in'
nun
»f» uii
In.m
hi —but in
l justice, charity,!
^m-eil in our fun’
nt rests upon* the gV
Bible. If, as Christian!?
gion are the bulwarks ol the State, it is
ai v that those bulwarks remain staunch.
finitely 1 an-
♦ h with un-
lght by tlie
rust ulians.—
n as are tlie
ivernment is
e lost all fear
With us they
stratf n of gov-
amongst
ones. God
’, and gov-
ne principles
leve, the truths
are in this, if no other view, that is, they
Constitutions? But if they de not pass into
anarchy, ice will pass into military provinces.
When this miserable war terminates in subju
gation, there will be for the surviving no gov
ernment possible but that of the sword and
tho chain. What, I again ask, will be Jhe
condition of the planter if the South is con
quered ?
In the first place, I have no doubt but that
the plantation States will be organized into
territories, governed by armed legions and of
ficials appointed at Washington. They will
probably be denied a local_ Legislature, and
be tax'd without representation. It was this
you remember, that brought about the reno-
lution of 177i’>. The laws which govern them
will be the rescripts of a tyrant, or the enact
ments of a foreign legislature. They will bear
the same relation to the parent government
captured by our gunboats. The wounded on
board it is believed went down with the vessel.
The Virginia next turned her attention to
the Congress, which vessel it is said gallantly
resieted her inevitable fate for nearly an hour,
but finally finding the ship rapidly sinking,
she hauled down her colors and made for the
beach, where she was run as high aground im
possible. Her officers and crew were taken off
by our gunboats, and while she had her flag of
truce hoisted and was being relieved of her
killed and wounded hy our boats, the Yankees
on shore at Newport's News, disregarding the
flag of truce, with Minnie muskets fired into her
and killed several of their own men andslight-
ly wounding in the arm Mr. John Hopkins, one
of our pilots, attached to the Beaufort
While the Virginia was engaged with the
Congress with her bow gun she poured broad-
The engagement was renewed again on Sun
day morning, about Si o’clock, by the James
town, and several ol our gunboats, firing into
the Minnesota, and St. Lawrence. At high
water we expect the Virginia, will pay her res
pects to these vessels.
Since the above was written, we have been
enabled to gather some additional particulars.
Some detention occurred on board the Vir
ginia on Sunday morning, we learn, or she
would have commenced the engagement much
earlier than 84 o'clock; at wh-ch time she, to
gether with the Patrick Henry, Jamestown
aud our other gunboats, opened fire on the
Minnesota, which still lies hard and fast
aground. The tide being at the ebb, the Vir
ginia did not take the channel where the Min-
Can the Confederate States be
jngated ?
From the London Times.
Now that the war cloud has pi
from our shores without bursting, we
to turn once more with calmness and with a
clear view to the contest which is raging in
America. One may judge of the importance of
the late crisis by noting how extraordinary are
the events to which it made us for a time in
different Tho New Year has opened on a
spectacle to which only the wars of Europe in
the days of the First Bonaparte can show a
parallel. Just fifty years ago armies were
mustering for the invasion of a vast and ill-
known Empire. Along a line of a thousand
miles were massed bodies of troops take
lay, probably for fear of grounding, nearly’ all the populations of Western Europe,
but getting within a good range of her, she , From the fogs of the Baltic, from the volcanic
opened fire with terrible effect, completely rid-j heat of Southern Italy, came men, strangers
dling her, ar.d rendering constant exertion at i to each other in race, language, and religion,
the pump necessary to prevent her from filling, forced by one mighty genius to take part in
Early in the morning, theErriccson Battery,
now called the Monitor, was discovered off
Newport’s News Point, she having gone up
there during the night. A sharp encounter
soon took place between her and the Virginia,
during which time they were frequently not
more than 30 or 40 yards apart. Unfortun
ately, the A’irginia ran aground, and the Er-
riccson using her advantage, poured shot after
shot into her, but without doing any serious
damage. In a short while, however, the Vir
ginia succeeded in getting off, and putting on a
full head of steam, ran her bow into the Ericc-
son, doing, as it is thought, great damage.
We are rejoiced to say that notwithstanding
the firing was much heavier than on Saturday,
there were no casualties on either of our ves
sels—not a man being in tho least injured bv
shots from the enemy or otherwise.
Several of the enemy’s gunboats being with
in range, they were favored with a shell or two
from the Virginia, with telling effect, and in
every case disabling or sinking them. One of
these laying alongside the Minnesota, hail a
shell thrown aboard of her which on bursting,
tore her asunder, and sent her to the bottom.
Having completely riddled the Minnesota,
and disabled the St. Lawrence and Monitor,
besides as stated above, destioving several ol
the enemy’s gunboats—in a word having ac
complished all that they designed and having
no more material to work upon, our noble ves
sels left the scene of their triumphs and re
turned to the yard, where they await another
opportunity of displaying their prowess.
the enterprise which was to make him master
of the world. The fate of this sublime military
conception is now one of the stock examples of
moralists. Every preacher or poetaster can
declaim on the folly of the Great Napoleon ;
can point out that a nation fighting for its ex
istence can never be subdued ; that enormous
armies must break down with their own weight;
that an advance into a foodless, roadless and
hostile country, must be ultimately fatal to a
vast multitudoof men who have to bring with
them every necessary of subsistence or trans
port, and who “drag at each remove a length
ening chain.” As long as any of us can recol
lect, the invasion of Russia has been the wonder
of mankind. Some have explained it on the
theory of judicial blindness, some have been
content to say that the conqueror, puffed up
by unceasing success, threw aside those calcu
lations which had led him to his former victo
ries. Some have asserted that luxury and
failing health had enfeebled the powers of his
mind. But, at any rate the present generation
thought it had learnt wisdom from the rum of
the conqueror of Austerlitz. The conditions
ufac
that tae Fed!
abroi. / On i:he othi
have artillery in suffi
their positions, which
have been strengthen!
dence of the ablest ofltev
orrr-y -aawr-L,
doubt be long and stubborn,
little beyond we shall see t!
rates be in earnest a Fe;
ly be the beginning of
retreat to a new position Vm
quence, and the Northern lit.
advance through a wasted cou
tile population, every day taking
from their friends and resources; and,
ginia alone is as large as England and
we may form an idea of the time neccss.”
the complete subjugation of the South
veil must now be falling from the eyes-
Northern people, and they must be a v.-j
the gigantic enterprise before them. If.,
we find that the dream of a Union Party
isting in the South has completely passel
away, and that the North now sees that it may
conquer or destroy, but can never conciliate.
From the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
Arrival and Discharge of the First Georgia-
After many delays and disappointments the
First Georgia Regiment unexpectedly arrived
in our city, by a special train, early yesterday
morning. As they were not looked for until
about ten o'clock} out few of our citizens were
at the depot to meet them. The young ladies
had, on Saturday, tastefully decorated the de-
Mt. with evergreens and flags, presenting a very
under which conquest is possible, or evenj 11 - Rut effect. < >ver toe carriage way iea. ing
military success advantageous to the victor/*" 1 '* 1 roin j’? 1, a very neat arch was thrown, and
seen.ed to have been fixed by this great histov’ sie w iL s 1 \ rotn 1[ the motto
rical evont. In the war of 1854, if Prussia an
Austria and every European Power had joined
A hearty wel-
A short distance up Reynolds
strAjpm^Tb of evergreens with a wreath at-
the Xllies, and been willing to devote thepyl tae l, e -^ ter J^ e< ^ across the street,
last man and last ounce of silver to the task ’* - * le abie ' 5
humblin
should nev
nifr**
had prepared an enthusiastic re-
g Russia, it is perfectly certain that/D’ “ b °y s -" but their early arrival
icver have thought of a grand inva.f a fiUI ' r ender I y H) the arrangement, they will, how
of the Russian Empire. As the engineer ki/” ant ^ l
The enemy’s loss, killed and wounded, dur- j the strength of iron or the strength of b to, Jf a 'j
that India does to Great Britain, or Algeria to side after broadside into the shore batteries of
F ranee.
The pecuniary exactions of tho Congress
will be extreme.
They will hate the slavff owner with a con
suming hatred. In tlie event of a conquest
even, tliis war will prove an awful disaster to
the Federal States. Should they retain a
constitutional organization, it will require
years ol prosperity to recover from it. They
think now, and they will think then, that the
_ slave Stales proper, brought it on. Their treat
. I or semi-infidel opinions, originate in
of intellect, which springs from high
I the enemy at Newport’s News. One discharge
from the bow gun of the Virginia, says one of
j the prisoners, capsized two of the guns of the
| Congress, killing 16 of her c. ew, and taking
off the head of a Lieut. Smith, and literally
tore the ship to pieces.
The enemy seemed entirely unaware of our
intention to attack them, and it is said were so
completely lulled into security that the Virgin
ia had got down ter Sewell’s Point before they
took the alarm.
While the engagement was going on between
the two frigates and tho Virginia, the enemy’s
1 citizens of all who accept them.— . ..
that munt °* them, will be therefore, vindictive.
11U ui hi"h They will g[ind them with taxes to punish
, . , .... them, as instigators of the great rebellion. ! steam frigate Minnesota put out from Old
u ..MUM ing p *pc y- Again, their interests will prompt them to im- i Point to their assistance. She laid well over
I, strangely enough, induces men to & e . .
„ his sovereignty. Our enemies illus pose a weight of taxes,, limited only by capac-
,..s lad. They would tear down the | V 10 W- Already they have announced that
y*
I <: of the Almighty, and wrest from His
l. the administration of the universe. Wo
r -ui.stantially homogenous in our tenets,
well a in oni population. Let us so remain,
:u r I u. ,1 tiir outposts of our Faith. This
~ 1st i tb.-lually done by a manly eo.uv—ion
o\vtfi ignorance, and a resolute dcnuncia
1 any and all teachers, who would rnodi-
trulhs of revelation. Tlie State expects
'in. Ul.arch, that around the struc*ure of the
Diifederatd
Point to their assistance. She laid well over
towards Newport’s News, hut not entirely out
of the range of our batteries on Sewell’s
the rebel States should pay the expense of the ’ Point, which opened upon her with what ef-
Government, from “foundation
war. Their war debt is now from seven to
eight hundred millions, and increasing at the
rate of two millions per diem. What will it be
one, two, three or five years hence, if the
war should continue so long? You, the plant-
‘ ers of the South, will be required to pay it. It
will exhaust the opulence of your soil—it will
strain the last sinew of your labor—it will
uck, like a vampire, the blood of your pros-
feet we are unable to say, but she replied to
them without any damage whatever. The
Minnesota got aground when within a mile or
two ot Newport’s News Point. There she
stuck, unable to get off, while the Confederate
steamers Patrick Henry and Jamestown pep
pered her with their batteries, while the Vir
ginia was attending to the shore batteries at
Newport’s News.
The frigate St. Lawrence then came up to
. . , ,, , ... ., This is not all, they will foster their manu- the assistance of the Minnesota, and she also
u01,111 f 11 ’, f ' C " * ' ,e 1 factures by high tariffs, at the expense of your I got aground, and a steam frigate, supposed to
'"f? power of revealed truth. . _ f. * ! k. mA
ro.ci ting pow
The State expects of the members of the
uch the eery highest order of citizenship.
i the re-ults of piety is to sanctify patri ,
How can it be otherwise when loyalty j
State is allegiance to Heaven ? Every
nan should, in his conduct and conversa-
illuctiate the good citizen.
kbe
be the Roanoke, put off from Old Point with
'he same intention, it is supposed, but seeing
the sad havoc which the Virginia was playing
with the Federal vessels, she put back to Old
Point.
The Minnesota and St. Lawrence, we learn,
are hard aground and in the power of Vir
ginia, at high tide, as the latter vessel was at
Sewell’s Point, after the engagement, where
she remained on Satuiday night, ready to
commence on them on Sunday morning. She
is between them and all assistance lrom Old
Point
The frigate Congress was set fire to, on Sat
urday nigiit by a boat’s cre* ( from some of our
vessels. She illuminated the whole Roads and
river, and about midnight, her magazine ex
ploded with a tremencous noise. Her con
flagration afforded a rare sight to many thou
sands of spectators who lined the shores of our
ship on
learn, were
removed from her by our gunboats, before be
ing fired.
Tugs and steamers were sent to the assis-
ity of Yankecdom for Southern farms, will* as tance of the Minnesota and St. Lawrence from
. rets ot tits insert)- j nevjta ^i v abolish slavery, as sufficient causes Old Point after they grounded but their efforts
,° ou r A 11 /’ an . produce their legitimate effects. Without abo- i to haul them off were unavailing.
.A lition, conquest will be held a failure.
..ul i a t . . o , >< T’bcy will leave them among you, because
they will never pay the cost of their removal,
in what condition as to civil rights I know not,
Where, then,
will be your estates, your lofty chivalric spir
it. vour sweet domestic life, your literature, re
»..u ..«uiu U u.« U, I ,-’f on an(1 nationality ? All, all, buried be- I We are without means of getting at the loss
’ " " 8b0Ul<1 ’* d0, ‘ , , ’ . | neath a mountain of infamy, whose base is sub- ; of the enemy in killed and wounded, though it
i family ties are severed, law is The male population, exhausted by is believed to have been very great. Our to-
taple, or it may be prevent competition in its
purchase, by a prohibitory export duty.—
What then of the iruitsof your labor and capi
tal, will remain to you? Little, very little.
Or it may be they will take a more direct
route to their end, and confiscate vour lands,
The'inorai aceonl P'' s ! , ' n S thereby yet another purpose,
. ,,, - . i -,i .v, , and that is, to substitute for you on the so 1 of
should be u ingled with the political. ,, ’, , , , J . ■ , v
. . . ,.P , - • / . , Georgia a wholesome loyal, anti-slavery, xan-
d raise high the standard of patriot.', b , s
, o kee population.
thor ’ This is the most favorable presentation of
. " c° r your condition under the yoke of Northern ty-
J 'anny. I do not believe that these tender mer
les will be vouchsafed to you. Worse—infin
itely worse—will be your fate, lour slaves
will be freed and left in your midst. Listen,
.r religious belief, should carry him “ J f ... -
,, t , r " lve J j and you will now hear the muttering of the
anti-slavery thunder. They would abolish
slvavery to-morrow, but for its effect upon Ma
ryland, Kentucky and Missouri. I have no
high
obedience to the laws
id cheerful—bis reverence for author-1
jul—hi-
ened—his pecuniary sacrifices lim- , , , .
■ , '.in i cies will be vouchsafed to you.
• 1 be, only bv the last dollar in his , , •
I he spirit which carried raartys to
l.lier’s grave.
cr that this is not a war to gratify
•f kings, or the fierce passions of a
the two days battle is exceedingly large, and
estimated at from six to twelve hundred. Tlie
scene around the Congress is represented as
being heart sickening. The officers ol the
Beaufort, who ran alongside of her on Satur
day night and boarded hei loi* the purpose of
removing the wounded aboard of her, and who
were brutally fired upon by tho enemy, while
engaged in this work of mercy to their own
kith and kin, represented the deck of tlie ves
work, so from the experiments of tlie
Napoleon, the military man took it for gra* . m '
that the capabilities of the machine call 1 ’ 1 L
army had been fully tested.
A year ago no people would have been more
ready than the Americans to acquiesce in these
conclusions. They had not only the late of
Napoleon before their eyes, but they might call
to mind the annals of war on their own conti
nent. If they have not too completely sur
1^‘the will for the deed ;” our city
doubt, found the ‘’hearty web
d to them at their own firesides,
'absence—a cordial recompense
rivations, suffering and toil. The
•s of the regiment are all lo iking in tine
and are ready to again march tprth in
defence of their country. Our city, w- fts ac
customed liberality ’! ,'oded *° *Le t,it
the hospitalities <)F uo '‘ ***•■ K1 " c ^< they f e j r
stay they will b^ 1 '' ai 1 "'■/ co, iimati^ uea t. s
of the city. / chargingj^imes, and ptlj
sel as being literally covered with the dead and | rounded theTvents’ of ‘the' RevoiutiorC'ind^of D 1 ^
dying. One of them assures us that as b: wit h a mist of fable, th. y must recoguitr. A& riK„>I «mv
went from tore to aft h.s shoes were well nigh | that their main defence in both cases was t,u ’ c jdTnt s of thi 1
buried in blood, and brains.—Arms, legs, and
beads were found scattered in every direction,
while here and there in tlie agonies of death,
would be found poor deluded wretches, with
their breasts torn completely out.
Of the crew of the Cumberland, hut few
survived to tell the tale. As she went down
her crew went with her, excepting some few
who were taken as prisoners by us, and a few j XtlVntic cLa'^to regions far weiUof the Mb}-**
others who escaped to the shore. Out ot the gippii a seri c»‘ of armies extends, which food
ive hundred aboard of her, it is estimated that ■ march sou* '-Ward through swamp and fe»y.
extent of their country, by which troops were
worn out by the very advances which were the
priz • of victory. Yet the history of foreign
countries and of their own has been withoyL
warning for the Northern Americans. Atitigs.
through the Federal States the people have
been lor ni, 1K ths intent upon reproducing the
| errors of Gi, ,ge III. and Napoleon. From the
are sorry that l ,
undeLjts old na '
sa
not over a hundred at most escaped, the re-1 over hiil d rivers to conquer and
mainder being either killed by our shot or country bait as Urge as Europe. The i
drowned as the vessel went down ! gchome8 ot the Federa i s though discu l
Of course, the greater part ot those on board
the gun boats were also drowned, as there was
not sufficient time for them to have made their
escape.
scores of newspapers, are even now uninttm_
hie. The supposition most favorable to the
.. . , Government at Washington is, that the tactics
Added to this very many in the camps 0 ( ( ew months were hut a concession
of the enemy at Newports News were killed by t0 the fancy of tho people or the ambition of
the shells which the A irginia threw among j various leaders, and that the real contest is
them.
On our side the loss was indeed small, and
now about to commence; for tho campaigns of
Fremont and Nelson, and one or two others,
when we consider the storm of shell, to which ■ together with the expeditions to llatteraa and
at times they were subjected, we can but won
der while we rejoice that so lew of them suffered
injury.
On the Virginia there we're two killed and
eight wounded. Among the wounded wo re
gret to mention Capt. Buchanan and Lieutenant
Minor. These wounds however, we are happy
to state, are but slight.
On the Raleigh, Midshipman Hutter was
killed and Captains Tayloc and Alexander
wounded, the first mentioned quite severely.
On the Beaufort, Gunner A\\ Robinson and
two seamen were wounded. This was all the
damage sustained by this vessel among her
men. Two Yankee prisoners aboard of her
Port Royal, seem to have been dictated by no
settled military policy. In the Western States
no great advantage has been gained by either
side, and the armies, if they can be called so,
are going into winter quarters, the one to the
north and the other to the south of a desolated
region, the inhabitants of which have, for the
most part, deserted it to dwell with whichever
side lias their sympathies. It is hardly time to
speak of the expedition up the Mississippi,
which is intended tor an attack on New Orleans.
We know not what means of defence the Con
federates have in this quarter. It may be that
the Federais will be able to inflict a great de
struction of property on their enemies. The
were struck by the balls of their friends, one , occupation of a place so far from the sea is,
of them killed and the other severely wounded, .however, not likely to be attempted by the
1 he former was standing in the door of the , Federais with so small a force as they have in
wardrobe at the time the Beaufort was along- the Southern waters. The idea of an expedi-
1 1 Y lit 1)11. IWllVUVAV aim Jlianuuu. * nan. MV w Dpvvwwi o ” ou
L.ivnH. racy, mt a war for defence—de-, ^ f or t h e argument The sentiment at the j harbor to witness the spectacle of
f UU, ny ; t r b 'r North-backed by the sentiment of the world fire. Many articles ot value, we
ntions, but wield all l ie agencies of , , .:i it r f,, r «irrn immigrants whose removed from her bv our cunboata
human policy. His intervention may . ,
ic heaving elements of strife. Peace— name is rgion^
—the hostility of foreign immigrants, whose
the institution, because it
Are . ,T , •’ » i excludes them from the South; and the cupid-
\\ hether he will inteipose m our be- | jMr . ,- e.„ Somber , farms will as
t, is among tlie secrets of his inscru
ereignty. Let us
pa
to endure its discipline, with the
Finch spring- from faith in that Pro-
vhich presides alike over the fall of a , . . , , ,
, . r nu hut as to freedom, your equals.
aud the destinies of empires, lhe
• of the Christian in times of war, over
i ines and institutions of the church as. |
lis ow
that
The first gun fired in the engagement is said
to have been fired by the Confederate gunboat
Beaufoi t at the frigate Congress. All of our
steamers and gunboats are said to have been
managed with the utmost skill and dexterity,
rendering great assistance to the A’irginia in
this magnificent and successful engagement.
AVe are without means of getting at the loss
'the war. will be numerically smaller and weak- | tal loss in killed and wounded, as far as we
The negroes, in a
1 thousand forms,will visit upon you the memory
' of their past servitude. 1 ou mill be the slates
of a tyrant's serfs, i ,*s well as the victims of that j this city on Saturday night These were all
ne stirred to excess, peculations and , . ., ...
ns are rife, and violence reigns as the ! e , r lhan V*, e A,nca .?, ™r?'.
1 minister of peace,
intervenes for our deliverance, it will
; ,ke of 41is church, and He will in-
r f at all, when each Christian man is ^ degraded _the objects of the contempt of the
e obligations of his profession. Let wor , u Th ’ ink of thcse things, and
arr;st so horrible a fate by now pledging esta-e
and lift to the cause of Southern Independent
Rltledoe.
can learn, is nine killed and twelve wounded,
most of them slightly.
Twenty-three prisoners were brought up to
tyrant's curse. You will become mean as well
/ore, rise to the mark of this mighty
.he State expects pastors and others
^ministry in olticia! positions, to stand
- charges. As yet they have no voca- 1
jggf” AVe see it stated that when the day
.e field. 1 here are exceptional cases, j d ^ ^ lost at the battle of Fort Donels
[.e instance of Gen. Polk. Chaplain*! ■ .u- .„.i
} supplied from supernumeraries and son i t>lu wmte flag wus run up in the fort, and
men w ithout official or pastoral relations, that thrice the Fifteenth Mississippi Kegiraen-
erds inaj not abandon the flock when tore it down, renewing the combat, and sweart abled the gun which was immediately re-
' i ing they would die there sooner than surren- ' J ' *’ * *’
der.
taken off the frigate Congress by the gunboat
Beaufort, whilst our other gunboats took off
others. One of these prisoners died while on
his way to the city. He and another one
wounded, were shot by their own forces while
being saved from the sinking frigate Congress.
The wounded prisoners were carried to the
hospital.
The Virginia had two men killed and some
five or six wounded. A shot entered the port
hole and struck the gun on the muzzle knock
ing off a piece nine inches long. This d : s-
side the Congress, and one of the shower of
balls sent by the enemy on shore from their
Minnie muskets, stiuck him on the forehead
penetrating his brain and killing him almost
instantly.
On the Teaser, one man was wounded very
slightly.
On the Patrick Henry four men were killed
and three wounded. AVhile the loss of the ene
my is counted by hundreds; ours, as will be
seen from the above, amounts to only seven
killed and seventeen wounded.
This loss on our part, as small as it is, was
not the work of the enemy’s shots from their
vessels, but the result for tho most part of the
fire of muskets from shore.
During the contest, tlie iniinftiast of the
Raleigh was carried away. The flag staffs of j
the A’irginia were also cut down. *
The report that the Congress was fired by j
the Federais to prevent her falling into our
hands, is without a shadow of truth. She was
tired by hot shot from the A’irginia, for firing
into our boats while she had a flag of truce at
the time flying, after she had struck her colors
and surrendered to us.
Among the prisoners taken off the Congress
was the slave Sam, the property of Drum
mond, Esq., of this city, who escaped to the
en$my some time in October last. He is now
safe, having reached his home sooner, and un
der different circumstances than he anticipated^
On the arrival of the A’irginia at the Yard
her men were mustered and addressed by the
commanding officer in terms ot praise for their
noble bearing during the engagement. They
responded with hearty cheers and expressed a
desire to again re-enact the scenes through
which they had just passed whenever opportu
nity presented.
The injury sustained by the Patrick Henry’
wns not as great as at first supposed—being so
trifling that a few hour’s repairs were sufficient
to place her in readiness for action.
The officers of the A’irginia are represented
Ihowl around the fold. Let the ministry
abide at tlie fountain of peace, and see
e -weetness and purity of its flow. Let
i -land like Moses upon tlie mount, with
i.l- uplifted heavenward. But should inva-
reach, or threaten to reach, fireside or
.ck why then let the called and consecrated
raids of the ci#s, not sheathing the sword f cav& ,
: tlie spirit, gird on the sword secular, arfd -
.arch to tlie conflict
TWO REGIMENTS OF CAVALRY.
Attention is invited to the Governor’s call,
in another column, for two volunteer regi-
AA’ebster County was called upon for 46
■ men, and 86 men responded.
I!
Rutledoe.
rTHOUGHTS FOR - THE PLANTERS.
No class of our people are so deeply interest-
n the result of the war, as the Planters.—
I pose that we succeed, what will be your
lition? A’ou will be proprietors of a soil _
fin ’ richer and more various products than Johnston. AVe have since been placed in pos-
und. r tho sun You will be citizens of a session of facts, before unknown to us, and
•»> *» Sj;‘r,“«r£ tysc s?
* Gen. A. S. Johnston.—The Memphis Ava
lanche of the 4th says:
We indulged a few days ago in some strict
ures upon the military movements of General
i ail the rights of person, property, opinion, j^ ent has loudly and generally condem-
tu 1 con-cience. Taxes will be light—cotton ned hi* move in the AVest
a ill go forth to the world, sending back large- —
ly remunerating prices. Free trade will bring
to vou from the ends of tho earth, both neces-
Raries and luxuries, at prices fabulously low.
Vour slaves—a healthful happy race—undis-
A Row among the Yankees in Salisbury.
—A correspondent writing from Salisbury, on
Friday last, to the Raleigh Standard, says :
1 understand that one of the Federal prison-
.orbed by foreign influence, and restrained by ers> confined in the prison at this place, was
\ alike of love and force, will rise in value, hung by his comrades night before last for
placed by another of the same calibre.
Capt. Buchanan, and Lieut. Minor of the
A’irginia are said to be wounded, tue former
slightly, the latter .severely.
On board the Patrick Henry a shot entered
one of her ports we understand, and passed
through one of her boilers, disabling it She
was compelled to haul off immediately for re
pairs. There were four men killed and three
wounded, on board of her. Other damage not
material.
On board the gunboat Raleigh, midship
man Hutter was killed, we understand, though
we did not learn of any other casualties.
The James River steamers arrived at the
scene of action it is said, about one hour after
the engagement commenced. They easily
passed the Newport’s News batteries, and af
ter joining in the fight rendered very efficient
aid.
By this daring exploit ww have raised the
James river blockade, without foreign assis
tance and are likely with the assistance of the
Virginia, to keep open the communication.
Several small prizes were said to have been
taken by our gunboats from the A’ankees, one
of which, the schooner Reindeer, was brought
up to the Navy Yord on Saturday night Two
•thers were said to have been carried over to
Pig’s Point on Saturday..
Another report we hear says that but two
, ■ /will l.e to them a Patriarchal head, and using strong anti-Lincoln doctrine-thaf he in- pereons were killed on board the Virginia
' . , ' , tviend- as well as servitors. Con tended to remain in the South when released, Andrew J. Dalton, a printer, who left our of-
ifilho the bond that will unite master and battle for iu institutions, instead of being tice a few days since to join the A^irginia, and
' / " Re giori ll shed ov/r thein and ! under the dominion of Lincoln & Co. He was who was at the bombardment of Sumter and
s ;*iS influences. You will be a rescued from death by the timely interference participated in several other engagements dur-
i ople among"the*nation's! and a power among of some of the guard, who heard his supplica, ing the wyr weHearn ^ ineof the wounded
the States, You will stknd erect, and with I tions, tc. on board that 00 Saturday.
lion which was to start from Cairo down the
Mississippi seems to have been abandoned, and
it is probable that this wild scheme of advanC'
ing hundreds of miles in boats through an
enemy’s country has been discountcnance'd by
the more sober spirits at Washington. On the
other hand, there are reconnoisances and ad
vances on the Atlantic coast, and we are told
hit an attack on Char.eston or Savannah is
uaily expected. The railway station near Edis-
to Island, between Port Royal and Charleston,
has been occupied by a detachment of Federal
troops. It seems likely, therefore, that the
Northern Government persists in its policy of
operating at a number of isolated points on the
coast. In default of great successes in A’irginia,
this is, perhaps, the only thing that can be
done. With alf a million of men to keep and
no money in tho Treasury, with a people clam
orous for war, yet unwilling to pay taxes or
even take Government loans, it is, no doubt,
necessary for the Administration to have at
least the semblance of success. If they cannot
win a great victory they must win little ones
and call them great. But in the history of war
there is probably no instance of any good be
ing achieved by the occupation of headlands and
harbors on an enemy’s coast, except when they
have been used as the basis of great operations
in tiie interior. So in the present war it is
plain that the capture of Ilatleras has been
without effect on the course of affairs; the re
tention of Fort Pickens does not terrify Alaba
ma or Florida, and tho capture of Beaufort,
or even tho destruction of what remains of
Charleston, cannot affect the Cotton States of
the Atlantic except for a few miles from the
seaboard. But in the North these little suc
cesses give infinite gratification. The magnifi
cent exploits of the Wabash at Port Royal
were on thousands of Northern tongues until
Captain Davis was thrown into the shade by
Capt. Wilkes. As this present month of Jan
uary will see the Federal Treasury pouring out
incontrovertible promises to pay as fast as the
improved printing machines can produce them,
marked their career, for the strict discipline
they had maintained, for their kindness and af
fection to each other, and in conclusion, exhort
ed them to go to their homes, recruit Jtheir en
ergies, again form their companies; and go
forth once more maintaining the honor and
glory of Georgia, and add new glories to those
already won by the 1st Georgia.
At the conclusion of his remarks, three hear
ty cheers were given hy the Regiment, when
Adjt. Palmer read the order of discharge, and
the regiment was mustered out of service. A
resolution of thanks to the citizens of Augusta
for their hospitality was passed—Lieut. Col.
Jas. O. Clarke made a few remarks, and the
large concourse of our citizens dispersed. Most
of the regiment will leave for home to-day.—
We bid them God speed on their journey.—
Their deportment, during their stay in our city,
has been marked by the utmost propriety.
How is it?—Can any one tell howi t is, men
who ab-olutely cannot pay small debts can al
ways find plenty of money to buy liquor and
treat when happening among their friends ?—
Can any one tell how young men who dodge
their washerwomen and are always behind with
their landlords, can play at billiards and ten
pins day and night, and are always ready for
a game ol “bluff’’ or “seven-up ?” Can any
one tell how men live and support their fami
lies who have no income and do not work, and
why others, who are industrious and constant
ly employed, hall-starve ? Can one tell how
it is, that a man who is too poor to pay for a
newspaper, is able to pay fifteen cents a drink
for liquor five or six times a day, and fifteen
or twenty cents a day for cigars ? Can any
one tell how these things are done ?—Lynch
burg Republican.
FROM THE AVEST.
As we surmised would be the case, the re
ported rumor of Gen. Price’s victory over the
enemy remains unconfirmed. Advices from
Clarksville, Ark., however, received yesterday
by telegraph, states that a rumor prevailed
there that the enemy were o.i the retreat and
Price and McCulloch in pursuit of them. This
latter report is probable, as tho late brilliant
exploit which resulted in the capturing of over
two hundred Federal wagons, with army stores,
below Springfield, cut off' tho enemy’s sup
plies, and possibly thus forced a retreat. Per
haps the publication made in tlie St. Louis
Republican was based upon tliis achievement.
—Memphis Appeal, 9th.
The Cabinet.—The Richmond Examiner
ays:
AVith reference to the delay in the recon
struction of the Cabinet, we may say that it is
reported in well informed quarters that nomi
nations have already been sent into the Senate,
and that that of Mr. Mallory, as Secretary of
the Navy, has, by a large vote, been rejected.
Doubtful, we thinl£ We cannot believe that
President Davis has made such a nomination.
and
d of
[efence
hv’table
Green,
Gresham,
Haynes
Haynes, J
Hearns, J H
Hearse, L H
Hooks, Daniel
Hooks, Thomas
Iluckaby, W J
| Hudson, B
j Kendrick J A
King, R W
Kitchen, Hugh
Lane, John
STATE OF GEORGIA. I
Adj. and Insp. General’s Orflaw.
Milledgeville, Ga., March 12, 1862.
GENERAL ORDERS, (
No. 6. v
1—The Governor has received information^
from the Secretary of War that he will accept.^
two Regiments of Cavalry—that is to say,~
twenty companies—in addition to the twelve
Regiments already called for, and on the same
terms, to wit: for three years or during the
war ; each private to receive a bounty of Fifty
Dollars, and to vote for his officers; and to be
clothed, equipped and armed by the Confede
rate Government. The arms will be carbines
or double barrelled shot guns, and sabres: or
lancers will he taken and the lance provided.—
No pistols can be furnished. st
1L—By law, Cavalry companies consist of „n-
* less than sixty privates or more than one -»,e that
\ndred. No company will be received and ^
commissioned therefore, that his not on its
rolls at least seventy-four names, including of
ficers, non-commissioned officers and mi si- uni!
cians. It being fairly understood that the rollt 0
deposited in this office and commissions issued^
upon it no man has the right to draw back, and ’
that if any fail to appear when ordered for*® 1T0 lj
muster, such will be regarded as deserters, andhe ai
dealt with accordingly, unless a valid excus«i
be offered.
III.—Volunteers are to furnish their own
horses and horse equipments ; and each non
commissioned officer, private and musician
will be allowed forty cents per day for the use
and risk of his horse; and if any volunteer
shall not keep himself provided with a service
able horse, such volunteer shall serve on foot.
For horses killed in action, volunteers shall be
Regiment formed in
Georgia Railroad passenger depot
g at 10 o’clock, after which they
through Jackson street to Green,
square was formed, in front of the
er, and Col. Ramsay, in a brief speech,
ssed the Regiment. We are sorry we
cannot give the gallant Colonel’s remarks in
full, as his address was replete with eloquence
and patriotism.
He returned thanks to the officers and men „ .
for the patience and zeal which had always | a!lov ' ed compensation according to their ap-
■ it- • urmCaH irsliio n f tnu notu nt TD HOtfll* inflt CAr-
lliv wiiivuG wi Hiv i ii Lima aiv 1 vl/i vOviHvU . lit . , .
as having acted with the utmost courage and U w ! 11 be recessary to do something to restore
bravery during the contest It is related of
Captain Buchanan that during the thickest of
the fight he remained on the deck of the A’ir
ginia, and that he discharged musket after mus
ket at the enemy as they were handed up to
him. It was while thus exposed that he re
ceived the wound of which mention is made
above.
It is said that all of the batteries on New
port’s News were silenced except one and that
our shot and shell were thrown with such un
erring aim and precision among the enemy that
great numbers of them were killed and wound
ed.
Adj. and In?p. Gen’s. Office, )
Milledgeville, Ga., March 7, 1862. J
Joecph Cllsby, Esq., Macon Telegraph,
Macon:
My Dear Sir : I have received information ! and that thirty years of bickering, followed by
good humor, and to keep before the eyes of
the much-trusting people the mirage of a sup
pressed rebellion. It is therefore probable
that as as a political device some attempt will
be made on one ot the cities of the coast. What
the fortune of such an enterprise may be, we
have no means of knowing, for the strength of
the Confederates in those parts is quite a mys
tery. Yet, from all that wo learn, it seems
that the Confederates hold much the same
opinions as have been expressed in Europe.
One thing becomes more and more clear the
more the question is considered, and that is,
that everything in this war depends on the
earnestness of the Southern people. Do they
really intend to fight it out to the last, or will
they think it to their interest to join the North
again, and reconstitute tlie Union on those fa
vorable terms which the North would be re
joiced to give them ? Everything indicates
that the former is the true temper of the South,
to-day that leads me to fear that the Confedc. a y ear o f actual hostilities, has turned these
rate Government may not be able to supply
fully our volunteers under the recent call with
blankets.
To prevent suffering, therefore, as much as
possible, permit me to advise, through the
courtesy of your columns and those of the
press throughout the State, each volunteer to
carry with him to camp, a stout blanket or
comforter. Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Henry S. Wayne,
Adjutant and Insp«ctor General.
proud and vindictive people into implacable en
emies of the Yaukees. If this be the case, then
all the fleabites on the coast will be disregard
ed, and the Confederates must be crushed by
armies advancing through the country and
conquering it mile by mile. So thisks Mr.
Jefferson Davis, for, according to our Special
Correspondent, the Confederates are concen
trating enormous lorces in Virginia, and com
paratively neglecting other parts of their terri
tory. The war in Kentucky and Missouri^being
interrupted, every regiment that the Confede
rates can obtain they will bring to Manassas,
in order to make good the defences of their
positions on the Potomac. Here, apparently,
praised value at the date of muster into ser
vice. (Act March 5, 1801, Sec. 3 and 7.)
IV.—No tender under t.iis call will be eon-
sidered that is not accompanied by a correct
roll of the company. The first twenty com
panies tendering in strict observance with the
specifications of this order will be accepted,
commissioned, and ordered to the camp of in
struction.
By order of the Commander ’n Chief.
HENRY C. WAYNE,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Sewing Machine Nef.dlf.s.—Dr. i’>. B. Al-
friend. of LaGrange, Ga., has invented ma
chinery to manufacture Sewing Machine Need
les, and is now making them.
{^“Gen. ilragg has declared martial law at
Memph ; «, 'G nn.
Auction tv. e.—The sale of coffee, etc., on
yesterday, was well attended, and the follow
ing were the prices of the different articles sold:
117 sacl:i coffee at prices ranging from 65 to
70 cents per lb.—65 being s.bout the ruling
prices; white soap, 28 to 804 cents per lh.;
castile soap, 374 to 394 ct 3 - P er lh.; flax
thread, 1 lb. pkgs. $2. 25; spool thread, per
dozen, $2. 30; needles, $3. 374 P er 1,000, and
morphine $10 per ounce. The steamer Wava
brought $3,50u.— Col. Sun, Friday.
I
GENERAL ORDERS.
Headquarters Army of the Mississippi, 1
Jackson, Tenn., March 5, 1862. )
Soldif.es : I assume this day the command
of the army of the Mississippi, for the defense
of our homes and liberties, and to resist the
subjugation, spoliation and dishonor of our
people. Our mothers and wives, our sisters
and children expect us to do our duty, even to
the sacrifice of our lives.
Our losses, since the commencement of this
war, in killed,^wounded and prisoners, are now
about the same as those of the enemy.
lie must be riiade to atone for tf’ese reverses
we have lately experienced. Those reverses,
far from disheartening, must nerve us to new
deeds of valor and patriotism and should inspire
us with unconquerable determination to drive
back our invaders. ’
Should any one in this army be unequal to the
task before us, let him transfer his arms and
equipments at once to braver, firmer hands,
and return to his home.
Our cause is as just and sacred as ever ani
mated men to take up arms; and if we are true
to it and to ourselves with the continued pro
tection of the Almighty we must and shall
triumph. G. T. BEAUREGARD,
General Commanding.
A blacksmith in Wilkes county, N. C., has
commenced the manufacture of ladies’ sewing
needles, and will soon be able to supply any
required quantity.
The New York papers of the latest date an
nounce the death of Capt. Philip F. A’oorhees,
U. S. N., Rev. C. Hance, merchant, and Ex-
Senator Robt. Y. Grant
CoimnRrcinl Intcltlgeiioe,
MACON MARKET.
Omci Daily Telegraph,
March 13ih, latii.
Business—Business lifts been very active during the
week, and there has been an increased demand for
goods. The difficulty of transporting Sugar and Molas
ses from Memphis, Tennessee to this city, has caused
these articles to advance. Whiskey is also advancing.
GROCERIES.
Bacon—But little in market, quoted at 30@33c.
Labd—26@27c in bbls.; 88c. in kegs; 40c. retail. Ad
vancing.
Flour—Superfine $6.00; Family $6.00. Stiff.
Candles— Scar, 60c.; Hard Pressed, S54$40e.; Sperm
65c.; Patent Sperm, Transparent, 15c. $ 1h.
Coffee—Rio aud Cuba, 65c 1? fl>.
Rice—4ffi4J<c. V B>. Advaucing.
Scoar—New Orleans, Brown, 7>tf@l0c. V 16: White
ll@l5c.
Molasses—No Cuba in market. New Orlean- is ... ji
with upward tendency at 80c $ gf.llon.
Snuff—Maccaboy 50c p tt>; Scotch, 85c.
Whiskey—Common brands, $ J,25 $ gallon.
Starch—20c. @ 25c % B>.
Soap—Bar Soap, 80c. lb. Stock small
Soda—Super-Carbonate, 50c. & lb.
Salt—$18 f) Sark.
Pork—Sells from 15c.@18c. Bi.
Beef—Fresh Tennessee l*X@15c. V B> i Dried Te«-
nessee, 20c. P lb.
Mutton—Dried Tennessee Mutton SOc. (1 lb
GRAIN.
Wheat—$1,90 $ bushel.
Corn—$1,25.
Corn Meal—$1,15®$1,25
Oats—$1 bushel.
Hte-$2%) “
Barlet—$2 %) bushel.
Peas—$1 25 ^ “
Sacks nut inclnded.
OILS.
Oils—Tanner’s $!,50&$1,75 )8 gallon ; Cotton ;Seed,
$2,a5&$3,73 v gallon ; Sperm $4 gallon.
H ARDWARE
Steel—Cast, 50@7ic.; Plough, ll®12>fc.
Iron—Refined. 8t&10c.; Swedes 92&10C.
Nail Rods—12;<c.
Nails—Cat, 20c.; Wrought, 25c. ; Horso Shoe Nails
50c.; Stock very light. j "• i,;.- , r
COFPEK-Bolt, 00(2.75c.; Sheet i t t e d from their train
AXES -None in market /a on Boston Mountain!
Shovels and SPADES-J e -r fcjI ff - -
MISCEljv
Yarn a—Very scarce.
$2(&$2 50. Advancing
Shirtings—iOc.
Shbbtin os—-iic.; Macoi
Osk abu &ea—24c.
Drilling—22c.
Kersey*—75® 90c.
Thread—Factory Sewing Tfcr<
Hides—12X ®15c.
Beeswax—25c. $ 3b.
Wool—50®60c. $ lb.
It ope—Hemp, 30®35c. *
Bagging-—Gunny,
Twine—Hemp Ba
30c, V 1b. *avy
unions—$6 $
Potatoes—lgJsiry
APPLE!
Butte/rei nfc
Cinq/and V
KQ Vcden
S’