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STUMP ORATORS.
a forUicomtox number of D* Rene's Review.]
BT GEORGE FITZHTGn.
acy, actuated by the same lofty im^Ises, ani
fired with the same fervid patriotism;can suci
From the Memphis Appeal.
A Looon from lliaterr. fired with the same fervid patriotism.
The Dearest historical parallel of modern cessfully achieve their independence against
Along peace is sure to demoralize a na- llue ® to the present position of the Confede- people not more than double them in numbers,
tton ; and a demoralized people alpeys select 1 te States, is that of France during the great ; nor yet equal to them in bravery ?
„> their representatives, judges antkinagisliates devolution, and it may, perhaps, give new hope ■ ■»»•
those least fitted to govern—those ’who will X Southern patriots in the trying hour now Tbe Confederate Prisoners at Chiraga.
govern least -the la*, the indulgent, the effem- l, P° n us > t0 <*'•* t0 mind the record of what [Prom the Chicago Times.1
mate, jmd the corrupt. Soldiers accustomed ' fsnee endured and Frenchmen achieved sev- Camp Douglas, with its rebel occupants con-
t„ rule, and who know host how to rule, are - tnt J J cars a K°- tinuesto afford the great object of attraction,
, s> t aside, and stump orators and demagogues, lhe most terrible crisis of the Revolution and crowds fiock thither daily. Though a rig*
u ho Hatter the mob and give license to their ”* s ' n 1798, after the execution of Louis XVI. ! id system of admission by passes has been in-
a*t-t passions, are elevated to all high places. Republic was at that time embarrassed augurated, there are many who seem to be on
I he c inker of a bad war and a long peace ” 1, '-h manner of domestic factions, conspir- j sufficiently good terms with the colonel com-
is m such times exhibited more glaringly
uiong the rulers oi a |>eoplc than among the
masses themselves, because the rulers are
-elected as the fittest exponents, representa-
u i,s v( the prevalent debauchery, effeminacy
and corruption of the day. In peace, long con-
tinned, the voice of the people is the voice of a
Belial like demon ; in timo of difficulty, adver-
afies, rebellions, and finances disordered to the manding to procure these necessary little bits
lost degree of confusion and discreditj i of paper. At any rate, the cauip is besieged
(n the midst ol these internal troubles war from morning till night by an axious and in
was declared against France, not by England j quisitive crowd, about half of whom continue
alone, though England with her immense na- i to gain admission, while the other half are left
vy and unlioundcd resources would have been op the outside to sigh over their hard treat-
a sufficient formidable antagonist, but by Aus- ' ment
triii, Prussia, Holland, Spain, Portugal, Sar-
tv and invasion, “the voice of the people is d ‘ n ‘*i Naples, the Pope, and several of the
the voice of God." Then they select their best, s,n,ller Germanic principalities—m all thirty
most honest, and most rigid men, and cast a- S>ta,es - g rt>at a » d small, the greatest being the
side corrupt, silly, indulgent deiria-ogues and I cilief P° wer s of Europe and the world,
stump orators. ° j These powers took the field with great armies.
1 iicse slump orators held all the high and 0n lhe frontier between Holland and the Ups
h morable positions under the late Federal Gov- P or Khine 250,000 soldier* were marching to
wards Paris. 56,000 Prussians, 25,000 Hes
sians, Saxons and Bavarians, threatened the
Rhine from Basle to Mayence and Uoblentz.
eminent, and have been bequeathed as a legacy
Vr lallen as a blight, upon our Confederate Gov-
iiiiiient. They interrupt and impede the ad
ministration ol aflairs, State and Federal, by
speeches to Buncombe, and by prying into ex
ecutive matters, about which they understand
nothing, or if they did, are too numerous, too
From this point to the Meuse 30,000 men oc
cupied Luxemburg. 60,00') Austrians and
10,000 Prussians were marching toward the
French frontier. At the same tune a Spanish
tattling,'aud loo corrupt to be trusted with ex- ar ®J[ ».s on the southern frontiers and the their own efforts
| A sort of rude curiosity in this aflair is be>
ing developed, which is becoming daily more
and more apparent. The unfortunate captives
are quite willing to answer all questions that
are put4o them ; but it must be confessed that
they are disgusted with the inquisitive glances
ol visitors, and the Assertion* openly expressed
and thrust upon them a hundred times daily,
that “You are in the wrong, and l am ir the
right” Then there is a certain class of persons
who, when once admitted within the camp,
wander from barrack to barrack, aud seek out
the communicative prisoners, with whom they
commence to argue, just as though the settle
ment of this accursed rebellion depended on
H utive secrets—for divided responsibility
makes all legislative bodiis more or hss care
less and corrupt. Besides, executive business
can only be surely or sately conducted by a
single sovereign bead. In times ol difficulty
Rome found two consuls—one too much—and
always called in a ilictator. England does the
Same thing, and virtually clothes her Premier
.Willi soverign power during the pending of se
rious hostilities. We must follow their exam-
p es. We must find in each Stale a governor,
lor soldier, or somebody else, no matter whether
i it he a Premier ora President, a priest, a eu
nuch, or a woman whose will, for the time,
Sardians threatened the southeast. In France It must be highly repugnant to the impetu-
itself whole provinces and large cities, such as ous Southrons to endure ttie stares and put up
Lyons, Toulon and Orleans were in arms
against the Republic, the revolt in La Vendee
being most formidable and for a time success
ful, it- leaders having nearly a 100,000 armed
followers, and from their po-session of the sea
coasts having free c juimunieation with the En
glish, front whom they received supplies and
with the remarks ot their visitors; and,
though these may be likely to lead them to
penitence, would it ■ ot be far better if the
guards w ere instructed to keep visitors at a res
pcctable distance ? Sinners are more apt to
become penitent when left to their own
thoughts, fer these overcome their worst re
solves, and in the gloominess ol silence repen-
assistance.
To meet these various enemies the French i lance takes the place of revenge,
convention at firs, called out 500,000 men. It intellectuai and phtsical capacities or the
was determined to keep the defensive on the prisoners.
east and south; to remain in observation along As has been previously remarked, these pri-
shall be law whose behestt’’the' Leclsl'ature th * an,i the coast > and to act on lhe j 80ners » or at k ‘* it the g reat majority ol them,
> iii ” , offensive only in the north, where, as General | have been greatly underrated both in intellec
obey, passing the laws which he proposes, and I . . . I . . .° r ’
grant ing lhe supplies which lie asks for. Sitting
ail the white with closed doors, excluding re
porters, and none shaking more than 15 min
utes at a time.
Congress must, also, in the same manner, be
igtiided, directed, and controlled by the Presi
dent ami his Cabinet; do promptly and cheer
Rally what they arc required to do, and ask no
[impertinent questions ; for so numerous a body
Isliould never lie trusted with Stale secrets.
War naturally suspends law and liberty, and
if w e are not willing
ry sacrifice, we shall
torever.
Having thus
Congress and in
must next turn,
where they ari
ous a< in our c
Generals! In
miraculous interpoi
Phenomenon wasn
is true, there was
and Minerva, who
to lhe tempora-
I law nr liberty
tump orators in
gislatures, we
to our armies,
almost as nuincr
(ddence, such a
d before. It
7id Joan of Arc,
warriors, and j
Dun.ouriez said, “there can be no defence but ' tual and physical capacities. The popular no
by Lattles.” To execute this plan, 150,000 tion has pictured our Southern brothers as a
men were to occupy Belgium, and to cover the tierce, devil-may-care sort of fellow, with little
frovjcr from Dunkirk to the Meuse and the of intelligence, and stili less principle. He
Sair?; 150,000 to extend themselves along the was thought to he a lazy, untutored person,
Rhine and the Vosges, from Mayence to Bc-san j and at the commencement of the rebellion was
coi ind Gex. Lastly, a reserve was prepared thought to Le exceedingly unlit for fighting.—
at 0 batons w ith the requisite material, ready Yet these prisoners, m nine cases out of ten,
to proceed to any quarter where it might bfi are found to be strong, muscular men, the
wai.ed. Savoy and Nice were to be guarded very picture ol soldierly physique,
by tiro armies of 7,<>00 men each ; lhe Pyren- We all know how much they havesutfered in
ne* >y one of 4'1,000 ; and the Atlantic coasts their Southern campaigns, faring on the poorest
wet to be watched by an army of 40,000. of bacon, and enduring all manner ot depriva-
l>en these forces, however, did not prove tions. Yet they do not complain, and, although
sufficient, and a few months later, August 23d, there are many among their number wi o pro-
a decree was issued to the following effect: less an unwillingness to return to military
From this moment till that when the enemy duly, there are not a lew who proclaim that
sqi.l be driven from the territory of the re- ! they never will be subdued, hut will tight till
nuincr ^ pul>jall the French shall be in permanent death tor the “Confederacy.” In this is a real
improvise ( ,.,.q U j sl (j un tor the service of the armies. The earnestness which cannot spring from the minds
e, cxc. p as a j y OUI| g s |, a || a ]| g 0 forth and tight; the married of such men as we had fancied these rebels to
men shall make the arms and transport the be. The Mississippians are fine specimens of
supplies; the women shall make tents and physical strength, anti far ahead ot prisoners
clor.Le-, and attend on the hospitals; the chil- from other States in this respect,
dren shall make lint OJt of rags; and the old : As there are in camp representatives from
. , ... , i men shall cause themselves to be carried to the seven States, it is (air to infer th at the Missis-
piite out of the ordinary course of things, am b j ic pj aces io excite the courage of the war- sippians are the very dower of the Southern
w hoHy unlike a Ctmfgkrate stump wator. aid to preach hatted of kings and love army. The Tennesseeans, if we may except
of the republic. i the Irish brigade ol that S ate, are very inferior
A I the young unmarried men' or widowers to their fellow soldiers of other States. They
without children from the age ol eighteen to are, indeed, the very worst specimens of hu-
twenty-five, were to compose the first levy, inanity among the captives. The Texans are
tiny were required to assemble immediately tall in stature, and come nearer the popular es-
. in lie chief townsof the districts, to put them- timate of the Southern character than any of
lhe moat difficult to leain; and laar "'t | sel ,<* under drill and to be ready to start for the rest. They are, for the most part, better
el but men ol genius, who apply themselves ^ :<cene 0 f war at a moment's notice. The clad, though some of them seem to have been
it in you ill and practice i or many years. between twenty and twenty-five and thir- placed in a position where dress was notat all
old men, and most especially old stamp ora- weru notifled t0 * ot rtaiiy , a ^ meanwhile, consulted.
tors, can learn nothing new ur letter make Te „ u j rel j ^ suppress the revolt of the All the prisoners are receiving the best ol
a boy of eighteen n .eiierul, .or he is impres- y t , n j eahs an( j ol b t . r insurgents, and to keep j treatment, are allowed plenty to eat, and are
^(.liable, and learns new things rea i y t lan (li( , ei4 c e of the interior. Tile men between quartered in warm, comfortable barracks. They
.tempt to make an officer of a man over far* in reserve for the say they have met with ext,erne kindness on
h\e wh°hafN lad no military training. f ‘ gradual arming ot the population. In certain the part of the Northern people, and admit
lie incubus of deuiagogisin, in the shape o j )arl such ^ the departments adjoining La that they have uniformly fared far bette:- than
tamp orators, descended to us from the late Toul on and the Rhine the in the rebel ernps of Dixie. [Humbug J
monsters Our limbs, paralyzes us, and , whQ , e £ opl / lalio ’ n able to bear arms was at once ! a death.
cal lt d out One of the sick died suddenly yesterday
Tie means employed to arm, equip, and sub- morning, lie was taken ill with a severe cold,
sist these levies were adapted to the circum- a f KW - days since, and gradually became more
stances. All the horses and beasts of burden ill, until he breathed his last early yesterday
which were not necessary either foi agriculture forenoon. Ilis name was Ezekiel Bailey, a
or manufactures were placed at the disposal of member of company F, of the 2oih Mississippi
needed no teaching or training; hut they were j
We shall certainly be subject to frequent re
verses, surprises, and defeats, until we get rid
ol tliir pestilent material in our armies. No
trained and intelligent soldier ever was, or ever
will lie, willing to fight under the lead ol a
mere stamp orator. Of all arts, the art of war
is the most difficult to leain; and none learn it
well but men
l
w ill soon ruin us, if not speedily shaken oil.
The l'rr»ti*r of l
Urnvc Prnplf l onl.n.l-
ir^H far Ihrir Kighla.
Every true man cherishes in his bosoiu an in-
/stinclivc hatred of oppression, and feels when
lie is contending with it, that he has some
In the departments regiment, and he lias two surviving brothers in
7,, t Hurbor IWr’lnnln rl.ian : w tie re manulactures ol arms could be establish- the same company, lie was a son ol Col. Wui.
' action* of row, Ind Etan Justice hold" ** ,he P^hc buildings and the public places Da,ley, a wealthy planter living ,n the town o,
sword that is to decide between right and I wer,! »? lven “? to workshops. At Pans lorges Lake, twelve miles Iron, Jackson Mississippi.
I between the oppressed and the oppres j wc ™ CreC u led l " th f S ardens of the Luxtu ; hur K- comrades watched tenderly over his dy mg
1 r 1 an<l machines for boring cannon on the banks bedside, and, when ail was pa.vstd, shed bitter
irl FveretL wlmse inauic intellectual of trie Seine. A. 1 the journeymen gunsmiths teeis over tile loss of their departed fellow sol
turns' all to gold over which ,t passes, were put into requisition as were also the dier. U was a sad sight, never to be forgot ten
uatrated this grand, consoling thought wat * a,,d clock-makers, who were aipable of b y those who beheld the flush ol life fade from
>ric that w ill outlive both tvrants and cxecut.ng certain parte in the manufacture ol , tb e cheeks of that dying prisoner of war.
iotims. No man letter undersUnds than | \ r,nj - } ! ‘ e resu ‘ l w “ 8 ‘ ha , t ver y so “ n the work ‘ dbpartcre or the commissioned officers
lights of man, or better appreciates, shops of Pans began to turn out muskets at During yesterday, Col Tucker, commanding
sordid interest d «- not turn the scale. ll “' rat ® of , a lhous “ nd a da y- As tl } ere was a at Camp Douglas, received a telegraphic order
-4 | -> ck to send all the com-
ld at the camp to Colum
They were accordingly placed on
’ ta
les not turn me scale, , , , i . — f o—- • —
“us ^SSSe of a people struggling want of saltpetre, orders were issued to exam- (rom M aj. Gen. Halle
free. Against Everett arrayed on the in ‘ :dl «»»« cellars, and those in which theearth missioned officers heli
of plunder ami oppression, we desire to : wa f ‘ ound to contain saltpetre were dug up, • -
— ’ and the mold lixiviated to extract the nitre.
The first levies produced in a month 600,000
mer, but these were not soldiers, and for four
or five months the armies of the Republic suf
fere I a continued series of disasters Irom panics
and want of skill in both troops and com man- street line, aud were switched on the Madison
decs. _ _ street line, thus moving to the depot grounds.
But the tide at length turned, as it is bound Tnerc were 86 officers, comprising nearly all
to i > in this war, and the Republic not only ex- 0 f t bc commissioned officers brought hither.—
... -nu pel led the invaders, hut carried its victorious They were accompanied by six contrabands—
gulatTv "aDDDronr*iate' to* the stan ^ ard into the adjacent countries. During j lb eir body servants. Tbe cause for this sud
we have entered ' Mr Eve ad P cr ' ,,d great embarrassment was caused i dcn change in the Government progrimmo has
■ ing Everett the patriot ami freeman. The
Dinp&rison is sublimely apposite to the times
urid circumstances in which we live, and can-
>t fad to strike the reader with a Imitation, if
it amazement In an old school book, as a
imen of American oratory whose word and
mt are to be copied by the youth of the
c find the following extracts from an
delivered by the Great Puritan, some
.go, on the affairs of Concord and L
IIow sin
in which
bus, Ohio
board the evening train on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne and Chicago Railroad, under a guard
detailed to escort them to ttie above mentioned
place. They were brought lrom Camp Doug
las on horse cars, which came down the State
“I
itt said:
‘In the prodigious efforts of a veteran army,
k alh the dazzling splendor of their array,
fre is s. mietbing revolting to the reflective
1. The ranks are filled with the desper-
Itbe uiwCanary, the depraved ; an iron tla-
liy the name of nolwrtlination, merges the
will of one hundred thousand men, in the
aualitied despotism of one ; the humanity,
and remorse, which scarce ever desert
individual bo-, m, are sounds without a
•iv who are most to be coimnisserated, the
7t.-hed people on whom they are let loose,
'the still more wretched people, whose sub
stance has been sucked out to nourish it into
}renglh and fury.
‘But in the efforts of the people, of ttie jteo-
n ; glut n»-. ■. 1 hey i ercigntv of the people, the abolition of feudal-
without orders act together without comb na- j ^^es, of all abuses; let all the old au-
tion. and brave the flaming lines of battle with- , ^ ^ |ved . , et ' nuw loca , adlIlfnis .
by the position of Bclg'um, whief , like some of nol transpired. The opinion is current, how
tin! border States, halted midway between the eV er, that this action was taken to proven any
pr i ciples of the Republic and those of the possibility of an Canute, w hu h might arise
enemy. “The Belgians," says I heirs, desired f r0 m tbe consultation of the men with their of-
a n volution, hut not a complete and radical tj cers .
on s, like the revolution of Franco." Dumouriez, j
whe had occupied Belgium with a French army, : ISf Pairlalic •« ihe n*s*uin«.
was himself like some of our own generals, a It gives us pleasure, says tbe Richmond Dis-
lul:iwarm republican, and favored the “Border patch, to state that the women of the border
State” policy of the Belgians, lie was strong- counties are almost universally true and loyal
u i. i- »rv »oiinu> v4iiiiviuL i4 ^ rebuked by tho convention, which saw that to the^South n the present struggle, and will
uiviuuki aetMiv., »rc scuiius mivuvuv m lt was n0 t j mc f 0 r temporizing, and knew the do their duty like patriots whenever opportu
nr V W U tard of half measures. 1 nity offers. The Rockingham Register his the
i" - H.'.?! k* .a.. The sense of the revolutionary leaders was following illustration of the fact:
well expressed in the famous speech of Cam- t The lute Yankee raid into the neighboring
hon, who, alluding to the red-tape, temporizing county of Pendleton elicited some of the pluck
policy, said: and spirit of the ladies over there. They at.
Wc must declare ourselves a revolutionary , tempted to enter the residence of Solomon
power in the countries which wc enter. It is Hederick, Esq., at the mouth of Seneca, when
useless to attempt to conceal our position. The Mrs. Iloderick and her daughter, a young wo
man, drove them back, with no other weapons
but an axe and a pitchfork. *‘.s. H. ysed the
axe with effect upon tho skull of a Hessian,
and the daughter ran the pitchfork into an eye
of one of the cowardly scamps. After this
cordial greeting on the part of the gentlewo
men of the house, the rascals left, and alter
getting reinforcements, returned and valorous-
ly knocked down the doors and broke out the
enemies—that is to say, of the nobles, the . windows with their bayonets. Brave fellows !
priests, etc., be immediately sequestrated and i A dozen good women lrom the “State of Pen-
placcd undet the safeguard of the French dleton” would whip a regiment of such cow-
nation, in order that it may serve as a pledge ' ardly villians.
for the expenses of the war. No half measures ! The reception of the Y’ankco invaders and
Every State that will not go the leagth which | thieves by the male population of the county,
we here propose, shall he our enemy, and shall was also very spirited and determined. Gray
deserve to be treated as such. Peace and fra- ' haired men, boys, and even negroes who had
ternity to all the friends of liberty ! war to all no arms but rocks and brickbats, promptly ral-
the partisans of despotism ! war to the mans j lied to the defence of the people of the North
sions, peace to the cottages ! Fork, declaring '.hat no Yankee should set and
r the mountain*. Steen rocks and everlasting I "'hen France rose in arms to meet the force k “P his loot on the 8oil of Pendleton county.
h.;ls are “h^ir castles ; the tangled, pathless of 30 Sutes.mcluding more than halfof Europe, No wonder that with such a cordial reception
thicket their palisado • and nature— God, i* her entire population was only twenty-five mil- <>n P art of l ^ e people of Pendleton the
thdr ally Now be overwhelms the hosts of lions, and of these not less thar. one.fifth were vandals were suddenly seized wit n a desire to
their enemies beneath his drilling mountains traitors, in open revolt ngamst the Republic.- j ret re ‘
of sand ; now he ttanes them beneath a falling 1 hough blockaded on every side by fleets and | j Beu ; Pat1uot1sm ._ A .Member of the
atmosphere of polar snow; he lets loose his arm.es, she was able to arm and equip from her Raymond
tempests on tl Jr Herts ; he puts a folly into own resources, thtr ecn armies, amounting ,n I ,7 ®. '" w *rl b u ,
th. irrouneds a moAu-ss into the hearts of . the aggregate to at least a million of men In, Gazette Hum Murfreesboro, thus speaks of
their leaders Mid never gave, and never will j this tremendous conflict she was successful not the Hon. John BeO and lady :
give a full and final triumph over a virtuous, merely in defence, but in turning back the tide ] cannotdose this tatter without alluding to
gsllar l people resolved to be free."—Savannah of war on her enemies, most ol whom saw their the conduct of Hon. John Bell and his most
liepuUican. capitals occupied by her triumphant armies.— | ,. XC ellent lady. • Mr. Bell procured medicines
_— - The kingdoms which made war on her contain* ;in 6 the services of a physician at his own ex
ile : Loss at Doneuon.—The Huntsville ed at that period not less than a hundred mil. pense, whi!e Mrs. Bell attended about two
f Ala.) Advocate of the I2th insL says: One of; lions of people.
nTon^i!I<n>rave the flaming
out entrenchments to eover, or walls to shield
them.
* * * * f *
“Tu rmau alttayt conquer. They ala ays
mutt eonqurtr Armies may be defeated ; Kings
may be overthrown, and new dynasties imposed
by foreign armies on an igniirant and slavish
race, that care not in what language the core-
mnt of their cubjectjon runt, nor in whose
name the deed of thtar barter and sale is made
out. But m* caoi’i-E never invade; and when
they rite againet the invader, are never seb
III ED.
If they are driven from the plains, they fly
trations be provisionally formed, under the di
rection of our generals; let the property of our
hundred sick in the Court House, who had no
our surgeons at Fort Donelson, who made his Thus will it be seen that our difficulties, medicine, no nufse, no physician, and nothing
r-cape with other* two weeks after the battle, compared with hers, are small—our prospects to eat—yet she, like an angel ol light, came
states that the Surgeons had made their reports of success far brighter. Tbe population of the alone among the sick, nursed, fed them, and,
there, aud that the Confederate loss* was 140 Confederate States is about ten million souls, with her hwiband, secured for them all the
killed and 426 wounded—total 666. This, we our army in the field about 380,000 men. The medicine they recuived. About forty of the
presume, is exclusive of our wounded sent to population of the United States is twenty mil. above mentioned si. k belonging to the 22d
Nashville before the surrender. Tbe Federal lion a .d their available army 600,000. If France Mississippi F.egiunyiL I speak of tbe above,
loss was ascertained by them to have been res * ed eight times her strongth, is it going too for it came under my own observation for two
lour thousand killed and wounded. > far (0 IMume that the people of tnis Confeder- 1 days during my stay in Nashville.
IM ^QJfl’ANT FROM JfflE WEST. 1 The Virginia' Etamined After
[Si eclsl Correspondence of tteSsvsnnak Republican.] Battle.—Some of Her Plain W
Memphis, March 15.-Authenttc information j QetheT b the shot.-A Singular Phemome-
has been received here of the evacuation of the ,
town of New Madrid, on the Mississippi, Mis- na " ” a y Obstruct Biren.
souri side, by the Confederate troops. An ar- I From an interesting letter from Lieut. A.
tillery fight raged throughout the day on G. Butts, of tho Macon Volunteers, dated Nor-
Thursday, of which the Confederates got the folk, the 15th inst., we copy the following par-
bC Thursday night reliable information was re- a 6 ra P^ which cannot fa.l to interest the reader
ceiveu of the arrival of General Seigle with ' have been to see the \ irginia since the
forty thousand Federal reinforcements; where- en K*g«ment She must have received the lire
upon it was immediately determined to evacu- 01 guns during the two days^fight and
ate the place,
up (?) the river
down the river to Tipton...._. . . ,
Jefl. Thompson slipped through the Federal *“ e . s b'P wllS aground I hey produced only
lines Tbursdav night, and brought this in for- an indentation -upon the iron plating, some of
mation, which is reliable. fhnm " : * 1 ’ t ‘""~ ““ rho
not open
ofJ
imediately determined to evacu- • guusuurmg me two uajs ugm. mm
A part of our forces proceeded i 80lne of them of thc largest kind. I saw the
r to I.-land No. 10, and a portion marks of nfled shot and solid ,ihot ’ weighing
. t 0 Tiptonvillc. P oun ds, tired at very short distance while
The small arms and most of the ammunition
of the Confederates weresa^ed; the artillery
was lost.
Nine Confederate transports are at Island
No. 10. Our gunboats are at Tiptonville. The
enemy are below Point Pleasant, quartered on
the bank ot the river. P. W. A.
The Cotton Market in the North and Eu
rope.—From the New York Herald's (of the
lotb instant) notice of the cotton market we
make the following extract:
The cotton market was again excited and ac
live. The sales embraced about 2,000 bales,
closing on the basis of 27i a 28 cents for mid
dling uplands. The Liverpool Brokers’ Cireu
lar, of the 21st February, gives the stock ol
American cotton in that market as 177,000
bales, against 628,540 at the same time last vent them from ascending with their gunboats,
year. The stock of India was 245,330, against 1 l would give more for a good crew of river
178,810 last year. The total stock of all kinds boatmen for such work than all the engineers
was 479,250 bales, against 791,210 at the same of tho Confederate service. It would be an
easy matter. Take the large trees upon the
river banks; first trim them properly hycu't-
them struck with such force as to weld the
plates of iron together, producing, no doubt,
the heat of lightning. The plates were bro
ken in several places, but not broke through.
They are now taking oft' the broken plates and
putting on new ones, Which is easily done by
taking off the nuts upon the inside and back
ing out the bolts. Her prow (which IS made of
cast iron) was broken in running into the
Cumberland, that has been removed and a
better one is to be put on in its place. She
will soon be in order again. One of the offi
cers told me that she could easily pass the
Fortress Monroe guns if necessary, without re
ceiving any injury. I do hope our Southern
people will go [o work in earnest in this mat
ter. It would most effectually break up the
blockade. I am surprised our people do not
stop up all tbe navigable rivers, so as to pre-
Tht
quantity *
cultivated'!
and ifrowsi
period last year. There was none reported at
sea from America, against 887,000 last year,
and 178 hales India, against 150,000 last year.
1'he average weight ot American bales is about
450 pounds, and those of India about 300
pounds.
BELL METAL FOR CANNON.
An Kloqurnl Appeal lo the IMnntei > of the
xtliaaaaaippi Valley.
Headquarters Army of the Mississippi, >
Jackson, Tenn., March 8, 1862. (
To the Planters of the Mississippi Valley ;
More than once a people, fighting with an
enemy less ruthless than yours, for imperiled
rights not more clear and sacred than yours,
for homes and a land not more worthy of reso
lute and unconquerable men than yours, and
ing off tliu.nx.tl limbs, leaving the large limb
at a certain length so that the tree can be tio.
ed down the channel where the ratt is to
put; then cut the tree into the river and fl
it to its place, anchor the butt of the tree w.
rock or iron, letting the top be down stream,
fill in trees in this manner until the channel i
effectually closed to the passage ot any
boats. Let there be rifle pits dug alo
bank ol the river to pick off the crews
gunboats. Such obstructions woul
them.”
W hat 44 a■
ih«* Ntatrmrnt of .VIetsr*
cey, Ko»l and Jlonn f
A correspondent asks us to publish
a graphs in Messrs. Y’ancey, Rost am
letter to Earl Russell, which relate to the sub-
lor interests of far less magnitude than \ ou ject of slavery. \\ e do so below. The letter
have now at stake, have not hesitated to melt j >s dated 14th August last:
and mould into cannon the precious bells sur
mounting their houses of God, which had call-
wi generations to prayer. The priesthood have
ever sanctioned and consecrated the conversion,
in the hour of their nation’s need, as one holy
and acceptable in the sight of God.
'Ve want cannon as gteatly as any people,
who ever, as history tells you, melted their
cbnrch bells to 6iipply them. And I, your
General, intrusted with the command of the
The undersigned are also aware that tho anti
slavery sentiment so universally prevalent in
England has shrunk from the idea of forming
friendly public relations with with a govern
ment recognizing the slavery of a part
Human race. The question of the morality of :
slavery, it is not for the undersigned to discuss
with any loreign power. The authors of the
American Declaration of Independence found
the African race in the colonies to be
army embodied of your sons, your kinsmen, both by colonial and English law, and by <.TT
and your neighbors, do call on you to send law ot
your plantation bells to the nearest railroad left th
depot, subject to my order, to be melted into i existence
cannon, for the defence ot your plantations.— that ther
Who will not cheerfully and promptly send uie ' "ies, on
his b.lls under such circumstances ? Be of freedor
good cheer, but time is precious.
G. T. Beauregard,
General Commanding.
Cotton In India. —Vast etloi is arc now mak
ing in Great Britain to increase the growth ot
cotton in India, and also to improve its quality.
By the extension of the railroad system now
gradually penetrating all parts of that peninsu
la, and steamboat navigation on the rivers, the
means of getting the staple to market aru con
stantly growing better, and companies are be
in. formed, with large capital, that propose to
oiler every facility to enlarge its cultivation,
and add to its value for manufacturing purpo
ses.
Tshould the hopes and expectations of many
in England be realized, and the present war
and blockade last until ttie Lincoln dynasty
goes out ot office, our planters may expect to
meet a formidable competitor on the return ot
peace. The following statements are made in
a prospectus, published ilia late F.nglish paper,
proposing lo form a company with a capital ol
£5«>0,00U to engage in purchasing cotton in
Himloostan and otherwise to facilitate the
trade:
‘The growth of cotton in India is at present
nearly double that of the .Southern States
of America, and admits of almost an infinite
expansion, without the stimulant of extreme
prices, but only wi'h improved transport. The
exports from Bombay alone increas id 60 per
cent in thc thirteen years emlind 1850, beyond
the pjevious 13 years ending 1846' and 85 per
cent during the last two years.
The quality of some ot the cotton in India is
now nearly equal to that of New Orleans, but
owing to the want ot labor to freett quickly
from the seed, imperfect hand churka cultiva
tion, great exposure, both during and after
picking the crop, tbe want of appliances to
prepare it for export and damages in transit,
ttie portion exported is greatly deteriorated in
its transmission to Europe ; besides which it is
extensively adulterated by middle men, by
whom the trade has been liberally conducted.”
lions. Those great and good men
fact and the responsibility of its
.•here they found it; and thus fi
ere two distinct races in th
ee and capable of maintaini
nd the other slave, and, in
ion, urf^ted to enter upon that cont
govern themselves, they made the
declaration of freedom tor the white i
They eventually planned and put in operation,
in the course of a few years, two plans of gov
ernment, both resting upon that great and re
cognized distinction between the white and
black man, and perpetuating that distinction
as the fundamental law of the government
they framed, which they declared to be (rained
for the benefit of themselves and their posteri
ty — in their own language,. “ to secure the
blessings of liberty to ourselves and our pos
terity.”
Ttie wisdom of that course is not a matter
for discussion with foreign nations. Suffice i
to say that thus were the great American in
st'tutions framed, and thus tiave they remained
unchanged to this day. It was from no feat
that the slaves would be liberated that seees
sion took place. The very party in power ha.-
pri posed to guarantee slavery forever in the
States of the South would hut remain in th.
Union. Mr. Lincoln’s message proposes no
freedom to the slave, but announces subje tion
ot his owner to the will of the Union ; in oth
er words, to the will ot the North. Even after
the battle ol Bull Run both branches ot ttie
Congress at Washington passed resolutions
that the war is only waged in order to uphold
that (pro slavery) constitution, and to enforce
the laws (many of them pros'avery), and oui
of one hundred and seventy-two voles in th.
lower House they received all but two, and in
the Senate all but one vote. As the army corn
menced its march, the commanding general
issued an order that no slave should be receiv
ed in, or allowed to follow the camp. Tin
great object ol the war, therefore, as now oth
daily announced, is not to free tnc slave, but
to keep him in subjection to his owner, and to
control his labor through the legislative chan
nels which the Lincoln government designed
to force upon the master. Ttie undersigned,
iherelore, submit with confidence tb it, as lar
as the anti-slavery sentiment of England is
concerned, it can have no sympathy with the
North; nay, it will probably become disguised
with a canting hypocrisy which would en.is
those sympathies on false pretences.
The undersigned are, however, not insensible
to the surmise that the Lincoln governmen
may, under stress of circumstances, change it-
policy—a policy based at present more upon a
wily view of what is to be its effect in rearing
op au element in the t 'onfederate States favor
able to the reconstruction ot the Union, than
Rather Funny.--The Greenville Banner re
lates a tunny incident of the war which hap
pened lately in one of the border counties of
Tennessee, as follows:
A company of s ime thirty or forty Union
men were trying to make their escape io Ken
tucky, to join the Northern army ; they came
to a creek which they were compelled to wade.
Not wishing to wet their clothes, they hauled 1 upon any honest desire to uphold a constitu
"ff, all to their shirts, and while in this condi- tion, the main provision of which it most
lion they were surprised by a company of J.-ff's shamelessly violated. But they conlldeotiy
cavalry boys, who were in hot pursuit of them, submit to your lordship’s consideration, that
Being somewhat frightened, they tied in double success in producing so abrupt and violent a
quick, making a “strait shirt tail" up hill and j destruction of a system of labor which has
down hill, leaving their clothing in the pos- ! reared up so vast a commerce between Aineri-
session of our boys, who, of course took pos- i , a and the great States of Europe, which, it is
session of and appropriated the same. What ' supposed, now gives bread to In, 005,000 of the
becameof the lories, we are unable to say ; but population of these States, which it may be
rather suppose they are in a poor condition for , safely assumed is intimately blended with the
tbe cold weather. - basis of the great manufacturing and navigat-
* ing prosperity that distinguishes the age, ,.nd
YANKEE FAITH. J probably not thc least of the elements oi this
How little reliance may be placed in the prosperity would be visited with results disas-
promiscs and faith of the Lincoln commanders ; trous t0 the world, as well as the master and
is shown in the action of the Government at ! slave.
Washington in sending an agent to Nashville to Resort to servile war has, it is true, as we
tak* possession of the cotton there and trans i ,iave heretofore stated, not been proclaimed,
nut it to New York, to be sold for account of ! but officially abandoned. It lias been, howev-
the Government. This is the protection of 1 er been recommended by persons of influence
private property promised by Commodore Foote 1 ln lbe U'nited Slates, and when all other means
and General Buell. The cotton found in Nash- i slia11 toil, as the undersigned assure your lord
ville was private property as much as the bed- sb ‘i ) fbey will, to bring the Confederate States
ding and clothing of the citizens. It was the int0 subjection to the power of Mr. Lincoln's
sole means which its owners had ol meeting government, it is by no means impossible that
the demands of their families. But lor the it may be inaugurated. Whenever it shall be
criminal and disgraceful panic, or delinquency done, however, the motive, it is rendered clear,
of the commander of our army, or of the State W <U not be that high philanthropic considera-
authoritii s, it would have been burned. YVe I non which undoubtedly beat in the hearts of
do not regret, however, says the New Orleans "> a ny in England, but the base feeling of selfish
Delta, that it was not done, as much as we aggrandizrtnent, and not unmixed with a cow-
may deplore the general imbecility displayed j ar dly spirit of revenge.
by the authorities who had charge of the Helen !
ces of that c.ty, inasmuch as it has uttorded an | Provisional Government for the Rebel
example of the bad faith, and a proof of the Territories
T n A ri Cy ,^.l inVa, T r , Wh,ch ma > j The following section from the bill now pen-
be usetul to us in the future. To leave cotton I r • » c r
to fall into the enemy’s hands, is little short dm!i Llr ^ " the S 0 ,! 6 ™,'
..„ <nn nll(i ,i| a i„„.n„ tV . ment of the rebel States as territories, will af-
h J T rt P r °P rietor - ford an idea of what they would do if they only
w ho objects to the destiuction ot his cotton, or , “, 3 J J
the military commander who fails to destroy
cotton, under such circumstances, may well
be suspected of infidelity to our cause, and
ought to be subjected to prompt trial anil pun
had thc power :■
“Section 4. And be it further enacted, That
the Governor and Legislative Council arc here
by authorized to take possession of all aban
doned, forfeited or confiscated estates within
EZL'UST* T h °’ ° nthe a PP roacho< the limits' of •»id”diatricte, m the nam« an'd“on
the enemy, would destroy arms, and leave cot
ton to fall into their hands, is either a panic
strickciMmbecile Jpfrdoubtful friend of South
ern InjF^tdenco^-^
cism on ttie part
human family dith
and they do differ,
just so long will thi?
We are no trucklers
it is power; and play toady ti
Yet we like to see justice
heavens fall.” We
instrumentalities, ai
case we must look for
and it by no means to
or other<, discover the
after the result is manifest, weiiurse
have been gifted with such superior
to have taken it ourselves.
That we ourselves have in past y«j
sinco this war begun, experienced th
we will not deny. But we have /bnj
waiting that we were wrong, and t'l
result has proven how egregiously T
were. And on these occasions the major*;
the people have been in unison with us in
timent. One memorable casein point was tile
evacuation of Harper’s, Ferry by Gen. Joseph"
E. Johnston, which took the wnolecountry by
surprise, but which was only .one move in the
grand drama then enacting, whose finale was
the glorious triumph on Manassas Plains in i s. tabling eo !
July. I the root reaches a soil unfit for
Fault has been found by some with the ap- ol this plant pale. If the ground tr
parent, want of energy and sagacity on the | suitable, it is inferred that soils se-4.'
part of the Government, and some people pro I like ch iracteristics are so. The g
fess to wonder why we have not more arms ;} signed for the young ilants is then set ^
why we do not make more; why tonndrjes plantains and bananas. These having
d manufactories are not established at once large leaves, trunk and branches herb*
he government ; why the government did afford a line shade for the young
f more arms and moot tions belore the furnish also food for the plantatioi
And then they wonder why we , the ground is in course of preparati
a Navy now, wherewith to drive the made a nursery, and mustgiveyou
ttalc. iers from our coa^t, or sink them in the \Ve go into the woods end select as
briny deep; and why Gen. Sydney Johnsion remove the dense tangled undergrowiTT
not send reinforcements to Fort Donelson and cactus; cut out some of tbe cedar,
""ng to do that, why he did not defend ny and lachera trees, 1 oaring sufficient to>
All these subjects of wonder could the plant well. Then work up tin-
d to thc wnnderer’s satisfaction well with a hoe, the rich virgin soil need
-nly “stop and think " \ nothing more; then put in the fruit, fresh
been informed that Gen. Johnston the truer before it dr.es at all (this ki
tired to rest on Satui day night, I germ.) After a year’s growth, we draw
the full assurance that Fort Donel- shorten the taproot and the top, ,uid
was safe -and, in fact, telegrams dated to the fields prepared for their re cep lit
at 4 A M, Sunday morning, i^tainlv in- opening ot rainy season in December.
rein- : trees are lost in transplanting. When
ask- lished and being able to endure more- hea
been requiring more to im and air, the pl&ntau
Port some o them removed, which are left
the ground, and protect th* roots of the ct.^
if the season is unusut.ily dry, they are li
o suffer from the cracking of the earth,
hre-e years, the tree commences bearing
live, it is in full bearing. The average yield
We ! from three to lour pounds, and it continue* i
exceed ; bear for twenty years,
l of the | gathering.
believe It has been in (err ed, ij out the small pebbL
Irength found in coffee, that tilt trees are shaken, ij
r _ . It* powtioo the fruit gathered lrom fee ground; this u
___ 'render of so many men j mistake. Tnere are throb gatherings, the j
eakeued Johnston that be felt ruin cond ueing the I'llie-t Generally, ythet. l
follow, obstinate resistance. It mm 1 the fields are pitke i over once, they are reaj
to retreat than to be defeated. lor the second picking, arid so with the tlii<
r i refcollect that some weeks ago some very (The fruit is taken Iro n the tree by the ban ,
vere strictures were made on the N .vy De ■ and the tree is kept cropped down, with a viev
jariment lor alleged mistakes in the c nstruc ! to convenience of gntl ering.) Each picket L
non of the ram Virginia, and charging that | furnishe’d with a barer, or sack shaped basket,
she had proved a (allure, an i that the monej : made of yaro—a specie of long, pliant palmet-
expeniled was a dead los-. Butyesterday the i to—which is suspendtd from the person ba
country was startled with an acejunt of one belt, in which he deposits the fruit as taken
dicate the same
forccments weq
ed for, we doj
forwarded,
Donelson
defeat ant
ji<7Tieri''R
the on win 7
overpower?
of the mo t brilliant naval exploits of modern
times performed by this same vessel—a bright
gleam ol vivilying su ishine through the dark
surrounding g.oom winch overshadowed us.—
Another rebuke to fault finders.
That the Government has made some mis
takes may no true. But is it str inge that it
-tiould ? In our humble opinion it has done
all that it could, and deserves credit for having
done so much. It is le-s than twelve months
since the new Government was inaugurated,
nid in that time it has gathered and organiz --I
tu army of lour hundred thousand men, winch
lias gained more victories than it has lost, and
-lone it all at a comparatively snail outlay oi
money and loss ol tile. It was termed a re
beliion, and hence was without the present
means, and without the credit abroad, to pro
cure war material us expeditiously and in si r
ticient quantity io meet the exigency of t..e
demand. Aud President Davis informs the
country in his Message that had we possessed
money or credit, the warlike preparations then
making in Europe would have prevented our
piocuring them.
But why have we not a larger and a more
tfficient navy ? Because we in past time ne
glected all attention to the manulaciuring and
mechanical arts, and allowed the North to in
vent and make everything for us, fiom a broom
or axe handle, to a ship—lrom a nail to a loco
notive; by which ail the shops for making the
from the tree.
Sometimes it ripens too fast for the pickers,
and falls on the ground, in which case the lit
tle ones are employed in picking it up ; small
pebbles being gathered with it, or fragments
of cement detached from the sacadaras may be
gathered with it.
It has been asked, why in some coffee many
discolored gr ins are found. Generally during
the harvest ol coffee the season is luvoraole
for drying ; but sometimes rain fails, and then
it is liable to injury by mould, aud the mouldy
grains are gatheied witli the sound ones. Not
nnfrequeutly, crops thus suffer partial damage.
L’bese d--‘ails will sufficiently account tor the
inequalities m appeurai. ■ and value of the
same kind of col fee.
PRE8I1 t-’.N
Thennnou
about to t '
ery who
The po* 4 ot
riotism whicn
(hey unanimo
T DA''
dencaT—Sar.dklorning Newt.
Madrid Bend, Miftcltt.)0I8G£.
Editors Appeal: Gen. McCown has put th
river in effective defense. The forts he had
erected at New Madrid are impregnable. The
enemy is reported 30,000 strong. No gun
beats have appeared. Gen. McCown has in-
lused a high spirit among the whole array here, the intent and purpose ol this to establish jus
All are bopelul and ready. We will make this tiee, and promote the peace, salety and weliare
an American Thermopylae if necessary. I of t> e inhabitants, by securing life, liberty,
,H. S. B. 1 utf (he fruits of their own labor.’’
behalf of tho President and Congress of the
United States, and to lease the reality thereof
on such terms and for such time, not to exceed
five years, as the Governor and Legislative
Council may by law pre-cribe. Provided,
tall leases shall be actual occupants who
re iovpl and have not been in rebellion against
the government of the United States; And
provided further, That all leases shall be for
limited quantities, not to exceed nge hundred
and sixty acres to any one persofi—it oeing
IN THE F1RLD.
ment ( .- Pre-ident Divis is
L field i person, has been ov-
•vith un.. -.ed satisfaction.--
Uisstep tuat highsouled pat-
iey attributed to him when
ly invested him with tbe Chief
Magistracy, and thus their sympathies are uni
versally e 'isted. They will rally to bis side,
old ana young, and beat back the insolent foe
who now pollute the soil of the South. No per
sonal sacrifice is deemed too great by Prtsi-
...iPH ;j ...c 'lent Davis ; and, setting aside precedent, he
one and building the oth-. r were concentrated J SU 'P S lrom his high sphere, surrounded by all
in that section, and we remained in a state <x ; tbc comforts which car sweeten life, lo encoun-
uUqi- destitution. When the wer l.egan w. ter tho daiqte-s and vicissitudes ot thc s lidiar.
weie without master-wori- men and art.zane in 1 lie noble heart of Davis bleed* for the re-
sufficient numbers, and without establisninents verses sustained by our armies. U nlike the
of fufficient size, to supply all we needed as stolid and besotted wretch whose wickedness
quickly as it was needed. It will appear won- i bas entailed so much disaster and bloodshed
Jerful to us now when we review thc past year, j "poo two countries, he is keenly alive to t.he
and contemplate what has been accomplished. ! doty "hich the hour ot peril entails iiponhiui,
the manufacture of all kinds ot arms and mu- : | be caused Southern independence does not
unions ot war, and all the enterprises called find bun shrinking lrom the post of danger,
into being by ihe defensive necessities of th>- bll ‘ with ah tha. chivalry for which in times
g ivernnient. It is sufficient to make us truly P as * be was distinguished, he flings aside the
proud of our rulers, our military commanders [ i-croll and grasps the sabre. VV ith his own
and forces, and the magnificent resources of: r 'K bt hand he will advance tho standard Mat
our young Republic. ' points to victory.
With no means, no credit, and, comparative- ! " ^ ia * t now ' " Car> P a Y. tbo ^ l S*
ly, no manufactures, and suff ring the odium i g ar 'l ' ’’ herever the blood of the patriot cour-
of being stigmatized as rebels and pirates. 1 SLS through honest veir s, there will be a quick
they have raised all the money, marshalled al! ’ response. 1 hoosands will rush eag« . to se-ve
the forces, and supplied all the arms necessarj ! under his banner, ami march wit . the r h.-ro
to conduct lor a year a war upon the most gi- ( President the sure triumph which await
gantic scale of any of modern times, gained | fi' 111 - lhe dashing Murat never led prouder
glorious victories, and established a nationali- , charges than Jell Davis ; and it may oe
ty. And against whom ? i anticipated that we shall have the most hr .nt
Against an established, rich and powerful campaign that ever adorned our annals. J here
government, with unlimited credit, vast y®. | will be no more sluggish movements nonnre
sources, a standing army accustomed to victory, ; perishing in camps, with the spade and mat-
a large and powerful navy of boasted invinci- | lock f° r emblems ; but the neigh of the fiery
oility, extensive manufactures oi anus, muni- : charger will he heard as he is urged to -he
lions and all the material of war, with ship i “deadly breach, and thi sun will be obscured
yards, docks, and snip builders and workmen I by the-dim cloud of tbe artillery.
innumerable, and a population nearlv doubling i kfuick work will 1 De the watchword. On 1
ours _ * on!—ever on! The obdurate and anartleas
All this, and more is the nation we are fight- enemy will no more »„> permitted to make his
ing. The intelligent reader can continue the s d ent and cautious approaches no more plant
contrast further, and it will conclusively ue - bis batter ies at will, and build up f is fortifica-
uionstrate how proud we ought to be of our j <- l0,ls . uninterrupted, until fully pr-pared, he
country—its rulers, defenders and resources-- j descends like an avalanche. I he eigle glance
and how grateful we ought to feel towards the I wiil scan from afar nis designs, and
gracious God for his unmistakable favor. with those rapid combinations which denote a
[ true General, will lro>trate them.
The Sacking of Winton.—A correspondent | This determination of the President must
of the Raleigh Standard gives the following ao-| more than ever endear him to the popular
count of the proceedings of the Burns'de Yan- 1 heart. He asks no nitre irom his countrymen
kees at AVinton during their recent visit to that I than he is ready to perform himself. Be ready
place : to go with him. To desert him now, would Vie
“The Yankees caine up to Winton onThurs ! to desert the rfoats o man—to go down to a
dav, with six gunboats and ten transports, and bed of degradation from which there can be no
after throwing a good many shells, landed resurrection. Bo ttie Hattie cry, “Davis and
about 15o0 men and proceeded to rob and plun- Victory 1”—Memphis Avalanche
der the place. I’hey carried off whatever they
could conveniently. They stoic ladies’ and j„ E State vs. Thus
children’s clothing, bed clothes, and threw ^j nce Friday
beds in the fire and burnt them. They broke ! | or l h s countv
up furniture, and then proceeded to burn up \ , ant j n
such of the buildings as were in the lower p rt bv tbls C()n
of thc town. The principal sufferers by the | eul pl 0TC d OI1 botM
fire were Col. P. Jordon, Mrs John A. Ander j m a masterly mari#®?^
son, Mr. James NorlhcotU Mrs. Halsey, and by Messrs . Langra'act**
Dr. D. H. shields. Most of the others were GeI1( . ral Montgomery .'qi
rified of their contents/’ an d by Mr. dcGraffenii^
Federal Movements in the River.—\V e ! Gov. Johnson for the
learn, via U. G. R., that the Yankees have been j submitted to the .
quite busy in our river, both above and below lerday morning
Fort Pulaski. They have one rifle cannon on Jury rendered is
an old hulk near Decent Island, 2i miles souih
of Fort Pulaski; 1 on the Martello Tower, and j. . ' It: .
a battery of Dahlgiensand Columbiads on the ( poisomngj
point of Tybee ; and a battery on Dautuskie Is
land, apparently of four guns.
The fleet Tybee consists of 1 shipof-war, 1
bark discharging, and 2 coal schooners off the U
point >
On Thursday week the rifled cannon on
Martello Tower was tired once at a boat n
tbe north wharf of Cockspur, twice at the hj
pital, i nd once at the Fort, neither shot f
effect. No additional batteries have been t
ed in river above tbe Foi*—Sav. Be;