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e Church Bells for the purpose of casting
nnon out of th^ metal. They say
While copper is abundant, the supply of j
tire at its next j tin is deficient to convert the copper into j An incident is related of the Winchester fight,
tax of $25.00 i bronze. Bells contain so much tin that 2400 of a New Testament in the pocket saving the
i made in the pounds' weight of bell metal, mixed with the I )jf e of the man having it
citizen needs for his proper quantity of copper, will suffice for a I Ca t 'phgpi, 0 f tho 1st battalion of Virginia
our planters will haz field battery ol six pieces. ... regulars, was slightly wounded.—He received
they should lie Those who are willing to devote their bells . a Uinie ball tbrou b the pockct Testament in
the State and to this patriotic purpose will receive receipts hjs sido ^ whieh M checked it fofce that
Id be sold if ne* for them, and the bells will be replace , if re- ; t mer ,,[y broke the skin and bruised the chest
y would do well I quired, at the close of the war, or they will be 8bgbt |„
er. The Gover- purhased at fair prices. ] °
ess the passage of the
sentiment will requite tiie Le
it. Look out gentlemen,'the
e an expensive one to you. Corn
‘eh better.—Federal Union.
king is an "authorized'' semi-ofll-
Itnl >lu)iild be heeded, Governor
Already, in this State, several towns have
moved in the matter. Albany has surrender
ed most of her bolls. Oglethorpe has sent one.
Atlanta and Augusta are rapidly turning over
their bolis. Marietta has sent all her bells,
weighing in gross 1023 pounds. Out of the
what he says and generally ac-1 State, similar movemehts are becoming gener-
what he undertakes. The num- j al, and we see one church in Richmond is fit-
planters in Georgia who are so lost to ! ing out a complete field battery, with the ma
of patriotism, and even of self interest, tcrial oflier bell; which is to go into field un
. i but from some cause unknown it was postpon
es to plant cotton, must necessarily he very : Jer the name of the “second Baptist Church i C J_ Many of their guns are still lying on the
' i’lver j snia ^» *nd they need expect neither sympathy I Battery,!’ and we have no doubt will do good beach, which may explain the delay. Their
, »«or commiseration. If not public enemies, j orthodox shootin
the will at least be considered as indifferent to
the cause of their country, and vainly will they
hope to escape opprobrium.
CHtRCn BELLS FOR ORDNANCE. T Ora Cotton Lands to be Taken-.—The Yan
The Ordnance Bureau at Richmond have kee Senate has passed a Bill to provide for the
ued an appeal to the patriotic to turn over occupation and cultivation of the cotton lands
of the “rebels.”
Send in Torn Bibi.es and Testaments !—
Stories or the Savannah Prisoners.—The
Republican, of the 2d says :
The prisoners gave important information of
the progress of offensive operations ou Tybee.
The enemy are actively employed in throwing
up fortifications and plantin batteries to ope
rate against Fort Pulaski. They have on the Is
land 12 13 inch mortars, eight 10 inch coluin
biads, tvo 8 inch coluinbiads, and two Parrot
guns. The officers had appointed every Friday
for the last fiTe weeks for an attack on the fort,
Now w hat we suggest is this: If Macon
choo-es to turn her bells over to this patriotic
object, let us reserve one bell, such as may be
This proposition by Governor Bqpwn is not - agreed upon, for general church purposes, fire
a novel one. It lias already been brought for- . alarms, &C. With the rest, let us lit up a corn-
ward in the Congress of the Confederate States, pfote field battery ol four six pound rilled can-
nd two twelve pound howitzers, at our ( troops on I ybee. ^
xpense, and let them be the property of
forever. When they are ready and du-
ed and labelled, then let us turn them
er to the Confederacy for use during the war,
.st dates from Island No. 10, are the ; and received strong support there. Every in
th. At that lime matters re- i telligcnt man sees that the planters hold tb
quo.—the enemy keeping up j f ; ,t e 0 f the country in their hands. It is
force on the island is 2,000.
According to the same authority the prison
ers also state that they were driven into service
from want, and w ere also told it was the pur
pose of the South to conquer and enslave the
North. They represent great discontent and
a mutinous spirit existing among the Federal
sense to raise ai inies, if food is not pro-
for them ; and this food must come out o
own soil. Do you say it is hard an-J tyranical
that a man should be dictated to about whai
shall plant? Do not hundreds oftliousa]
your ow n fellow citizens voluntarily su
their personal liberty—become soldie;
tiie question of wliat they shall do, w
hew long slay, w liat eat, how sleep, wh
md even the questions of sickness or healtlij
life or death, iiy the hands of their commanders,
and all f
mi-lit
ant lire without much effect,
Iirning it whenever there was a
The Memphis Appeal says it
■d that they had fired 2500 6hot
at an expenditure of 00,000 pounds
cr, with no great r result than killing
i w ounding two of o-ir men. The shells
the enemy are stated to weigh from
pounds. The fire on our side was
ii>st wholly from Rucker’s battery*
lun land, somew hat in advance of
latteries. On the 25th, the corres-
the Republican says that this bat-
tained the tire of eight gun boals
briar boats for nine successive days
ling of the 20th the principal part
inorlar boats, gun boats, and transports
ip the river out of sight- Rucker s bat
partially submerged, the men winking
> their knees in water. The river »a:
; a foot of high water mark rod *-lowl\
P. W. A. says:
|Federals have everted four steam mills money can
f - ir Madrid, which no kept go i , v prop< , silion ;
and nluht. Jt is suppQ9’Xi th*y tft • 1 , .
limber to be us.il in the construe- i l,c thl ‘ (,fortH °‘ oWml,t ... ,
i bonis lor the navigation of the bayou- t dneld themselves from the judgment 4jt
nop w aters that b ad down the west | moo sense and the people. The indignali
land possibly cross over to :his side of j agajriat them will grow and mat urc faster th
They are also bid Id ing dank ways ; , cr , iind their fit . 1ds wi „ become an eye
vharves, ami such sheds and houses as art* 11 _ . r . „ ,
>ayv lor the protection of th. I. military j **re ‘<> them, however fruhful. Be wise, and
-. Thev have extended opera .ions as far raise food, and be surt, at the same tune, it w
down the river as they can advance by land.— yield you a better return than
Suoli at least, is tiie opinion of General Jeff ' ■ — ; ~ - _
Thompson, with whom I hail a long interview | FROM ll-LAND NO. 10.
yesterday. The Mem liis Appeal, of the 30th, sajs, it is
Thompson is stationed on the plunk-road w i( boU | additional news from Island No. 10.—
l* VT loir’i
still, raise a stout company to take
e field; ami after the war, let us
,cm forever as memorials of the pa
ins generation. Let our children’s
them as mementoes of the past,
athers and mothers turned their
into cannon to secure the liberty
These cannon will lie valued me-
l pa red w Uh which the price of the
Is not govern- j bells will be as nothing. They will always he
by con- ■ manned by some gallant train-hand, proud of
The Tanker Iona on (hr Frigate Cansriia
Lieut. Austin Pendergast, in his report ot the
sinking of the United States frigate Congress,
gives the following official statement ot the
Yankee loss:
Total number of ollicers and men on board. 484
Number accounted for 298
Killed, wounded and missing 186
Wounded, taken on shore 26
Killed and missing '
Wounded, since dead
Killed, missing and died on shore.
every I their historical interest, and will bear for ages
;es of their silent but eloquent appeal to the patriot-
r the | ism of Georgians and citizens of Macon,
suel^^^^^^^ffiii some considerable amount of brass
ndeed; wln^MWl lie useful in mounting these can-
Vmitted ] non, or we can exchange it for copper.
t our citizens think over these suggestions
.on their own enlightened conelu-
gALT-.! SERIOUS BUSINESS.^
onyersing w ith a friend yesterday j
ani.mnt of Salt consumed it*
ghi, at first, that two or)
land bushels would covel
rther consideration, we
Affairs on the Potomac—Gen. Jos.
.* £• Johnston.
We copy the following from the Richmond
correspondence of the Charleston Courier, da
ted 29th ult.: _
Private parties who have arrived here to-day
from the North, represent the Lincoln Govern
ment, and the Lincoln Generals, have not only
been surprised, but greatly alarmed, by the
recent masterly movements of Gene-al Joseph
E. Johnston. The New York Herald has maps
and essays upon triple sheet*, in iUu-.tration of
“the situation.’’ The Yankee Generals, fear
ing masked batteries, traps, and another Bull
Run experience, have retired to their lines of
the Potomac; and they freely confess that by
Johnston's policy their programme has been
thwarted for at least ninety days. But they
may calculate, and the Herald may amuse it
self and its artists with speculations: for the
future “situation” of General Johnston is like
ly to unpleasantly employ their skill. It is not
improbable that, if Bennett’s organ is to follow
his strategy, it will bear to facts the relation
which the dying Dolphin bears to color; and
if oar newsmongers will only practice a little
share of the reticence ot our favorite General,
Yankeedom will soon be taught a new lesson
in tho history of invasions. At least, 1 ask the
readers ol the Courier to put firm and implicit
faith in our Government, and to expect glori
ous deeds from the genius of Generitl John
ston. He is the favorite of all thinking, intel
ligent and experienced men in this region. His
intellect and tine common sense now begins to
display themselves grandly. Between bim and
the President there is a perfect and harmoni
ous understanding— the one faithfully relying
upon the other. Johnston is perfectly reti
cent, and the anecdotes told of him by his fa
miliar observers are always instructive, and
sometimes humorous. He never relies upon
Aid, Commissary or Inspector General for the
discharge even of the most trivial of important
duties. He labors without cessation, until he
has seen that all has gone right To every
paper of note issued by his authority, his own
signature is affixed; down to the furlough of
the humblest private. That popular and ac
complished officer who is his aid—and o! whom
1 heard the President speak yesterday in terms
of high commendation—Maj. Thomas G. Rhett,
10 Maj. U. G. Cole, who is his Commissary, and
10 Major Lay, his Inspector General, never know
to-.lay what are to be the marching orders of
General Johnston to-morrow! But his great
labors sometimes render him oblivious of those
who surround him. A story is told of him in
this respect too good to he lost—cne of his fa
vorite officers, indeed a messmate, accosted
him pleasantly a few mornings since. But
?rom the Memphis (lean.) Avalanche, March amh.
Island 10.
Inasmuch as the hope and expectation of our
people seem to centre on the above point, we
have taken the trouble to procure all the facts
who returned the lire with a few shots, though
out of range, which caused the enemy to sin
gle him out, and at one o’clock the bombard
ment commenced in earnest from the five mor
tars. About three-fifths of the shells were
directed at Rucker, the balance at the Island
and the floating battery,
ceased—nobody hurt
The first day’s woik waa entirely experimen
tal, although some thirteen inch shells, and
several thousands of pounds of gunpowder had
been expended. The second morning some
changes were made in the position of the mor
tar boats. Before nine o’clock, and at that
hour, a steady bombardment was continued
until dark—about nine hours—during which
time the mortars fired steadily about twenty
times an hour, from each, making in all about
nine hundred shells. None of our batteries
opened until about sundown, when the enemy
landed two six pounder ride pieces and placed
them opposite the lloating battery, and owing
to the peculiar situation of tho shore, he was
By Electric YeU*g ra P"
FROM iidflSIANA.
- Augusta, 31 st-—The Charleston papers of
£ s?s 1 «*• «— * ^
gether with other matters that will prove inter- ° rUa P*» March 29th, which says that
esting at this time. two of the Federal gunboats yesterday com-
1 he enemy made his appearance above Is- inenced an attack on Fort Jackson, at the
la “ d J 0O , n !u e l '«° 6th iDS V ilh mouth of the Mississippi!. A good deal of fir-
a force of three gunboats, five mortar boats, . , , , „
ami » nu.,.w.. tlllJS andl Trans- the day, but nobody hurt on
ports. lie speedily made his preparations lor 1 - ;J —
the bombardment by placing the mortar boats n7 ; v ,
in position easterly from the I.land, and a point Rlcn *° ND . 81st-Twenty-nine ' ™kee P™-
of land and the main channel interven ng.— 1 oners were brought in to-night from llappa-
The gunboats in tho meantime threw a few rifle bannock, captured during "he skirmish on
shots at the batteries on the Island and at the i Friday. Wheat’s batteries engaged the enemy
floating battery to induce a return fire, and j and drove them backi aftel . lb had crosSt? ',,
thus ascertain the points to be assailed. All " . ,
our batteries, however, maintained a dogged the mer l Th ^. eneh >y « reported to be advan-
silence with the exception of Captain Rucker, * ‘" f ‘
A BRILLIANT SKIRMISH.
Acgcsta, 1st.—A despatch to the Augusta
papers, from Savannah, to-day, says that three
Georgia companies attacked the enemy yester
day, at Wilmington Island, below the city.
At night the firing and killed one, wounded three, and captured
fifteen prisoners, a barge and a six pounder.
Our loss, one wounded, it is feared, mortally.
FROM THE WEST.
Memphis, April 1st—News received from
Humboldt confirm the report that Col. Ed.
Picket’s Tennessee cavalry regiment were sur
prised on Sunday, at Union City, 26 miles
south of Columbus, by the Federals, and 100
of them taken prisoners, together with 3o0
horses and all their camp equipage.
FROM RICHMOND.
Richmond, 3J.—Yesterday the Senate passed
not discovered until he had opened with one of ', a l>1 " increasing the number of depositories of
. 120
tifa. Fricr’a Krtrcut from
We have already published the Yankee ac
counts of Gen. Price’s retreat from Springfield
into Arkansas, previous to the battle of Pea | q iu General scowled, muttered to himself, and
Ridge, as well as the General’s official report never recognized the compliment. The unfor-
of the affair, exposing the mendacity of the j tunate man felt not alone slighted but humilia-
Federal commander. We now copy from a ! ‘ ed ; Ile * ent ‘° Ma J or rclat 1 ed what
, . .. , nail passetl, ana grievously protested iriat he
Louisiana paper a port,on of a U tter written kneW , not how lle could have offended his su
by one who shared the perils and suuerings oi
the retreat. The allusion to the brave MeCul-
loch has additional interest from the fact that
he has since perished gloriously on the field,of s ^ on
battle:
All day Monday we fell back slowly, hut in
eor- j good order. In the afternoon the advance
iree t guard ol the enemy made a rush upon our rear,
and for nearly an hour a desperate conflict en-
. sued, in which artillery was freely used on
d both sides. Wc succeeded in driving them
'400,000. But by an examf^a- I back, the Confederates losing three killed and
! turn of Congressional documents for 18o9, j seventeen wounded, the enemy 120 killed and
wounded. The dash of the Federal cavalry
his pieces, but before his shot had fairly land
ed, the guns of the floating battery were mann
ed, jxiicl the rifle thirty-two pounder, “Davis,”
belched forth the first answering note at the
enemy, in range. Our boys lined the shore of
the island, and as the sharp crack of the big
rifle was heard, a tremendous cheer was sent
up; the universal depression caused by the
shelling, without being able to return the fire,
was in an instant dispelled ; “we’re at ’em on
our side now,” ran along the line. In an in
stant all was hushed, and all eyes were strained
to see the ellect of the tire. It was but for an
instant, for the gun was well aimed and the
shell took effect upon the enemy’s piece, dis
mounting it and knocking down his -cannon-
iers. Then came immense applause, and a
rapid and well directed tire from the batteries,
which sent the rascals scampering tor dear life
across the Held.
This was the end of that day’s work, the
enemy down anil rather worsted. All night
derior olticer. Dinner hour having come our
pitting friend was not at the mess. i the mortars continued to play slowly at Ruck-
Where is ?” inquired Gen. John-! er, the tracks of tiie sheils being distinctly
“He is mortified and afflicted by the marked through the air by the burning fuses,
slight which you put upon him this morning.” j Early in the morning the shelling was rapidly
"Me slight him ?” exclaimed the G rural. “1 remewed. At one o’clock the gunboats form-
have not.set n him to-day.” An explanation ed a line of battle, heads down struam, and ap-
ensued, the officer was sent for, Johnston proaching to within about 2,000 yards of Capt.
’ , (having none of a later date) it is found that. ,, , ■ , ,
olton, at bust. . . was so impetuous that they became mingled
tiie importations of salt for that yeai into j w ; tb our t r „ops, and there was a free use ol
Georgia could not have been less than six hun
dred thousand bushels, and we are led _ to be
lieve that that is about the amount of ordinary
leading Irotn New Madrid out to C rowloy s j „(• tbe em . m y to take the position ] annual consumption. The figures are below
ridge. This road presents the on. y route by , .. : ...
uhich the enemy can advance down the river »«**<-* far resulted only in injury to then- , Import of salt lor the year
by land, and this he says they cannot and j selves, and the confidence of our troops in their J issn, was 12,476,139 bushels.
shall not do. For the present they are water- ability to stop the pr
bound. I he river is nearly up to high watei continues to increase.
mark, and is again rising slowly. In June it ♦-•
nerally attains its greatest height. He thinks, | HOWLING DERVISHES.
ress of the invaders
g'
therefore, that it will be impossible lor the ci
Uncoir
emy to make any headway down th: west bank j. ;|ir at tbl . White House on tlie l2th ult.—the
Gen. Thompson’s force is composed entirely j ,; " t l‘“ ,, '“ r ' nMn '-“ m <•>“ E....1 «.»«*- undertaken
1858,
To Charleston, 1S59.
To Savannah,... “
Grand i To Apalachicola,
....10,091,635
453,282
..... o41,646
99,898
ien. Thompson's lorce is eompo
of swamp men, who are familiar with every
bavou, lake, and swamp from Cairo to Helena.
They think nothing of wading and riding
through the water for miles at a time, and
their horses can be relied upon to swim as long
and venture as far as the Hippo pet tin ns of the
Nile.
The enemy have planted two or three butte j
below 1 iptonvilie on the west side. They
under tint roof. It was a very grand affair,
got up, as the bills say,“regardless of expense,”
with oceans of wine—mountains of confectiona
ry and tons of turkeys, ducks, pheasants, par
tridges, &e., all exquisitely prepared at enor
mous expense, by Maffliard, of New York. As
tor the guests, tl
See then, Georgians, wliat has got to be done
to snfiply If,- own wmmn. AUlMovary poseil.l*
allowance for retrenchment in the consurap
sabres and small arms. They could not stand,
however, the deadly fire of the Missourians’
shot guns. Monday our forces reached their
winter quarters to spend the night, while
Brice's army occupied Cross Hollows, distant
two and a half miles. Young’s Texas regiment
camped with us. The next morning wc march
ed to Cross Hollows and encamped in an open
field. This day Rector’s and Mitchell’s regi
ments joined us. The latter regiment had
marched 45 miles w ithout halting in twenty-
four hours, lieu McCulloch arrived and was
met with such a storm of enthusiasm as sel
dom greets any man. It made his men almost
w ilil to see him once more, aim that, too, when
placed in such a perilous position without their
tion of salt, and still, what a vast amount we ' General. Such a deafening cheer as tl
must produce, or suffer great inconvenience j isiana Regiment gave him has seldom been
and distress.
ries below 1 iptonvilie on Urn west side, l ney , d descri ption, am
dig trenches in tho earth, so as to bring the j - 1
muzzle of their guns just on a level with tbe revelry and not exceeded
We warn every man in time to look out for
himself—not by bidding against others for the
were grand and numerous little remnant of foreign salt w hich is left in
and the hilarity, mirth, the country, but by interesting himself person-
,nozzle of their guns just on a leve' with the I >e> ->'■ ■ — del anything ever before ! ally in fitting out expeditions to make the ai -
ground. As soon as they have fired them, they : Heard of. The Ne . ) ork papers are delighted tide Irom saltwater,
run the guns bad? out of sight and reload with the display of fashion and splendor; but
them, tn this way both the men and the guns j j bere comes ^ip a terrible howl from the Abo-
are concealed, and their presence is know n on-, . js[s of h district8 . Thc Lincolns,
ly bv the smoke and report ot their pieces. . ^
They arc proto ctod by a force of sharp shooters,! I ' ,e y aro 1)0 better than fiudling Ncros
also’ concealed, whose minnic ballt penetrate frolicking over a ruined country—Ddilahs—
the sides, and sometimes enter tin cabins ol dancing Herodiases-drunken Belshazzers—and
the river steamers. The Confederates e ' tbe j r lro ij<. o a drunken wake over the ruins of
also erected batteries on the side ol the river, „ ,, , ,,
opposite to those of-tho Federals. It is im- a defunct Republic. M lnle the \\ bite House
possible however, for our transports to get up iuns riot with feasting and drunkenness, they
to Tiptonville. | cite the declaration ol Bully AYiIson in the
Our men at island 10 are in good spirits, and | g,, na te, that “he had seen certificates from sick
arc well supplied with provisions and ainmu- ; sddiclR that lbcy bad actually to go to thc
nitKMi. Geu. Thompson estimates the lores . ,
of tho cneiuv in andnear New Madrid al forty > ^ <«> ll ‘ ew 10 1,Te t* 1 *-' h ° 8 P<‘» 1
thousand men.
The Memphis Appeal of the 27tl says .-
We learn from an officer whose position gives
him manv facilities for obtaining correct infor-
j nation, that Gen. Van Dorn israpidty concen
trating his loiceH, and will immcui.itely move
to Pocahontas. His object is tc move against
New Madrid, and assist in defending the great
V illay of tin- Mississippi. It ia far more im
portant that we should hold the Mississippi,
than the hills and swamps in Southwestern
Missouri.
The same paper ..^iitains the following des
patch
i The Villains.—It is our painful duty to an
nounce that the “remarkable” Hot Spring dis-
' covered by the Charleston Mercury in that citv,
! was nothing more than a vein of “April fool”
' humor. The Mercury had tho whole town
running to see that Spring and fooled all the
I newspapers to boot. Tell us not there is any
! Martial law in that city.
Accident.—Dr. Beasley, of Troup county,
Assistant Surgeon ol the 13th Georgia, waa
shot in the leg, on Whitmarsh Island, on Tues
day last, our troops taking him for a Federal
officer. The ball struck him four inches above
the left ancle, shattering both bones.
The Blockade.—Mr. Gregory’s motion in
at Alexandria.’^
Newspaper Reductions.—The Augusta Con
stitutionalist and Charleston Courier have both
reduced their size again to five columns to the ! the House of Commons, for correspondence in
page—that is to say, one sixth smaller than | relation to the blockade, was laid on the table
the Telegraph is now. So great lias been the on the 7th nit., without a division,
decrease in advertising that both papers can | "
print their usual amount ol reading matter in
this diminished space, while the amount ol
paper saved serves, to some extent, to counter
vail the exactions of thc paper man ulacturers.
One year ago tiie current price of blank news
Ilia. Arc, March iff.—The troops arc gather- j paper was eleven cents per pound, with a
ing in large numbers at Jacksonport and 1*0-
- ahonlns. They arc in the highest spirits, in
prospects of immediate s-.-rvicc.
Gen. Van Dorn and Gen. Jeff Thompson
are preparing for an early movement on some
point on the Mississippi River. VV ith this
force it is considered the Mississippi valley is
irmii the enemy. *
Wc get nothing important in reference to af
(airs »t Corinth. Last accounts represented
Ihr main Indies of the Federal and Confederate
armies not more than 22 miles apart, and their
discount on cash transactions—now it is twen
ty-five cents cash inexorably, and no discount.
We shall he glad therefore to see all the press
reducing their issues in size, just as fast as their
diminishing advertising patronage affords an
opportunity io do so. Why waste paper al
these prices? The Constitutionalist is pub
lished at £8.00 per aniMiin and thc Courier at
$10.00.
The Expedition against New Orleans.—
pickets within two miles of each other. A fight The latest advices from Key West leave no
w as almost dailv expected. The enemy’s force room lo doubt that the inortar fleet has actu-
considerably outnumbered ours, but the lattei ally left for l.ake Ponchartraio.
was being rapidly strengthened by daily in: [ Thc fleet consisted of twenty-one mortar
vessel*, eight steamers and one storeship, and
was amply provided with heavy mortars, shell
and ammunition.
The nfficers and seamen enrolled numbered
about two thousand in. n, and are spoken of as
he-n - peculiarly fitted for the work they bail
n hand. The ili-et is under the command of
Commodore David Porter. The Harriet Lane
is his Flag ship.
cessions.
The. Exploits or MouoAH-^Many have rx-
•d doubts of the truth of the recently
rative ot the exploits ol the gal- 1
ohn II. Morgan. We
i the official re '
paper. The j
is has drawn
|n -se achieve
lip the ro-
Oonrr Martial Prices.—A tariff of Provision
prices has been established by Gen. Lovell at
New Orleans lo put a “limit to thc avarice of
“persons who are disposed to maltf^asty for-
“ tunes out of the necessities of those who arc
“ fighting their battle of independence.”
Some of the rates established by this tariff'
are by retail, as follows: Beef, 11 to 17c\; Pork,
13 to 17c.; Hams and Sides, 22 to 28c.; Flour,
$14 to $17 ; Corn, $J.lb to $1.25.
“A little iteri|>ture now ami thru
la icushed liy very few meu.”
“Go to now, ye that extort from the people,
and demand the last cent from thc widow and
orphan, your silver and gold shall eank?r;
blight and mildew shall visit your fields, and
boils and murrain your herds and flocks; your
barns shall be empty, and your store houses
and mills (Quere : paper mills V) shall rot and
decay, and your habitations become the- abode
of w ild beasts, the owl and the bittern. For
heard. Bearing his head, while his eagle ey
ligllled up with ail unwonted lire, he* remarked,
“Man, I am glad to see you;” a greeting which
was responded to with interest. A line of bat
tle, under McCulloch's energetic direction, was
formed, and soon every hill-side glistened with
bayonets and batteries frowned upon every ave
line of approach. During nil this time the
weather was bitter cold. The men, on account
of the suddenness of the demand for their ser
vices, were without tents, blankets, or provis
ions.
That night wc lay down upon the frozen
ground, around huge fires, to snatch, if possi
ble, a short sleep, while expecting the enemy,
To add to tho hardships and trials which we
had encountered, it commenced a cold, freozin
rain, which continued nearly all night. Some
few slept through it all; but tho majority of
the troops gathered in shivering groups around
their camp tires. While thus waiting for the
enemy’s approach, they suddenly appeared in
Bentonville, on our cxtrcimTleft flank, taking
possession of the quarters ol Rector’s regiment.
Two of their scouts were also captured on
White river, on our extreme right, indicatinj
an attempt to think our position. Of course
they destroyed the greater portion of thc cloth
ing, etc., of Rector's men, besides killing one
or two citizens, and coiumiting other outrages
too diabolical to mention. Early on Tuesday
morning we once more abandoned our posi
tion, and commenced retreating in the midst
of a bitter storm of sleet and snow. The road
was a solid mass of ice,slippery and as hard
a rock. All day long thc weary march cons
tinned, while thc beards of the men became
white with their frozen breath; the- water even
became ice in tbeir canteens. Weary, foot
sore, hungry and cold, we arrived here last
night, only to find nearly every house deserted
of women and children, w hile every man had
shouldered his jitle for the- deadly strife. Last
night tho Northern heavens were reddened
with the glare of our winter quarters given to
destruction to prevent their tailing into the
hands of the Hessians. Naught remains of
those fine and comfortable buildings now ex
cept heaps of smoHldering ashes.
Price has conducted a masterly retreat, cov
ering as ho lias, a train of 3,500 wagons, load
ed with army supplies, and moving titty pieces
of artillery. We expect to make a stand on
Boston Mountain, and have only- retreated thus
far on account of the scarcity ol forage for th
immense number of horses, and also to prevent
the enemy cull ig off our supplies, which they
are attempting, It is impossible to estimate
the numbers of the enemy. They have a very
, ,, , ,, , ... , large, as well as the best organized and equip
are not all tbe gold and silver, and the cattle | (JP.rmy which the Northern Government
on a thousand hills, mine, saith the Lord of have ever sent into thc field.
Hosts. I will avenge mine elect upon tlieir
enemies ”—Xnhum, 4th chapter, 19th and 26th
Verses.
Senator John W. Lewis contributes $1,000
for the benefit of the wives, children and wid
ows of soldiers from ten mountain counties ol
Georgia. In liis letter to Dr. Phillips, enclo
sing the donation, Dr. Lewis says:
Doctor, w hoever of us may live through the
THE CONSCRIPTION.
Wc present to day a communication from a
highly intelligent source, against the Conscrip-
tion, ami copy an article on thc other side from ! -V ear 18fi2 . wil1 h **. e,i *. ed an . ordinary age.-
.. „ , r». , , , ‘ . , , | Events will transpire in rapid succession du-
thtaRichmond Dispatch. Georgia takes a le- ring ^ wi „ down in (heir
gal and constitutional view of the question, and consequences through distant ages. We arc
Salt.—The salt question is again attracting
much attention. With-n the past ten days thc
article has advanced in our market from $14(>r
$15 to $26 a sack. We have received a sample
from some salt works in Horry District, which
equals any thing of the kind we have seen, and
which is pronounced by superior judges to he
a first rate article. A specimen of this salt,
which looks like granulated snow, may be seen
at our office. As an evidence of what a little
enterprise may accomplish, we have been in
foi med that the gentleman who manufactures
this line article, turns out about 150 or 200
bushels a week, for which he finds a ready mar-
the Dispatch urges a necessity which knows no 1 now living for the weal or woe of unborn gen- ' tbe . r . en> ’ on , a ' , ' e P rice now a-days _ of $3
Let the reader judge. j erations. All we have, all we are, all wo may
*♦* j ever hope to be, is staked in the great contest
Talbot County.—A letter dated Talbotton, | now pending between the dissevered Northern
2d \pril, says: We hail a glorious meeting j and Southern States,
here, yesterday, on - cotton planting. Several | Let ! K U P to dd , 8 «" t « t «
(.four largest planters will not plant a seed, ta no baIf way grouud to .’ no timenow
inong them, Major J. H. Walton, who has 1 fo r dallying; no time now for close calculations
n in the habit of planting 600 acres in cot- about loss and gain; no time now for pondering
■io also old Mr. Searcy and his son, Dr. I ov er safe, inrutments. The truth about all this
’ ’ , „ n (k.i:.„„'liei!intliespaceofa nutshell. If wew n, we
.anil Mr. J. Caukcr. : win all; il we lose, lose all. With all our
ill be 300 acres cotton planted in the, JlcanS( with all our physical and mental pow-
We have a Cavalry company in prog-; i-rs, let us come up to the help of our suller-
the equipment of which $1,600 have j ing and persecuted country, and with the help
| of God, work out her redemption ; or like sons
of worthy sires, who passed through darker
F armers, plant broom corn. 1 d*y*i perish in the attempt.
a bushel. His salt pans consist of an old steam
boat boiler, divided longitudinally, and lie has
already made a fair profit, which he truly de
serves, on his investment. Cannot many oth
ers in our State turn their attention to the sim
ple manufactory of this most necessary article ?
Chas. Mercury.
Foreign Arrivals.—Tho Savannah Morning
News, of the 2d, says :
We are credibly informed that a steamer
from a foreign port arrived at a Confederate
port on Tuesday. She was fired at several
times, but succeeded in running the blockade
uninjured.
We know that a sailing vessel also ran the
blockade a few days since, and her captain has
arrived in this city.
apologized and peace was restored to the bosom
of a loyal and sensitive soldier. Soon alter,
however, while pacing in one ol these moods
by the door of bis residence, an officer, with
i saddle on bis back, inquired of one, his su
perior in rank, if he knew whereto iluect him
to a shoemaker. “There is one,” was the wag
gish answer, pointing at the same time to
Johnston, who was in citizen's clothes. On-
Uuoker's battery, lashed together, and mad-
fast to the Tennessee shore, began a furious
cannonading upon the last named battery.—
Their firing was rapid and well directed, most
of the shells goii g into the parapet or directly
over it. Rucker commenced replying accu
rately and deliberately, frequently striking
them. The Belmont gun, not the Lady Polk,
ofCapt. Humes’battery, also replied, sending
ward strode the interrogator until he readied her 100 pound shot a distance ot three miles,
the latter. He their threw down the saddle, (and directly over the boats. After one or two
and looking ternly at the General, with his | shots sl>e struck the enemy several times.—
b
tho Public Treasury, to be located by the Sec
retary. The House passed a bill to admit,
dutyfree, all imports, except from the United
States. Nothing of interest to-day in either
House. All quiet here. Nothing new from
the Valley of the Potomac, or the Peninsula.
The enemy not advancing.
A t'niini il of War ia Wanhin a i*n.
The New York Times of the 21st inst. says :
The statement published last week that a
council of war in Washington decided, eight to
four,- that the army a>f the Potomac should not
t present, is on-
cre unanimous
d proper. Tbe
!an of tbe pro-
blicat., the
be moved against the
tirely untrue. Tho
that an advance was
only' diffnence was as
posed attack.
To whieh the W»
organ oL President Linc9
The ‘Statement”jjeferrel
upon authority murli I
Times, and is true.,
that an immediate ai
Eight opposed it.
the four, and therefore’
constituted tiie Potomac army in four divisions,
to he commanded by them.
,de by’ us,
tat of the
rals believt d
Id be made.—
lent sided with
rder of March 8,
“the great farce—THE enemy at ckntke-
VILLE.”
The National Republican, the little Abolition
sheet published at Washington as thc “organ”
of President Lincoln, is terribly riled, because
McClellan suffered the rebels to “escape” from
Oentreville. Under the head we have given
above, it publishes the following :
Human history contains no parallel US tbe
military performance on the Potomac, of which
the finale is the bill pending in the House, to
impose an annual internal tax upon the people
of this country, estimated to produoe onjphun-
dred millions of dollars. When the facta are
ands in his pockets, gave the word of com- Several other batteries opened but fell a little
maud, “That saddle must he ready in one i short. At sundown the enemy hauled off, his
hour, sir.” He then turned to depart. “Hold 1” loss not known. Ours was one man killed and
said Johnston. “What did you observe?’’ “I-1 several slightly wounded by splinters. This
said have that saddle ready in one hour,” re- . brush, though of no great consequence, cleaily
ponded Captain Obstreperous. “Do you demonstrated that to reduce Rucker’s battery all brought out and established by such i-vi-
know who I am “Yes, you ave a shoema-! the enemy must come to close quarters, and j dence as is necessary to inspire belief i%.what
ker, and I want yon to hurry up, too!’’ “I then he comes within range of Humes’ ter- | is apparently so incredible, it is not merely
am Gen. Johnston, sir,” shouted the coinman 1 rible Belmont battery, which is in itself capa- America which w ill be amazed. Blundering
der. In another moment, the saddle was pick- ble of contending with all the gunboats that , so stupendous will receive, as it deserves, the
ed up and the Cap
shouted the General, “who told you I was a besides several other batteries will be in almost
shoemaker?” “An officer, sir—1 don’t know point blank range. So well are our batteries
bis name.’’ “Then leave the saddle and return located, that the enemy, undertaking to reduce
in a hour, precisely.” He heard and obey ed, j one, exposes himself to fire from the others on
In one hour the saddle was mended and in his I all sides, fore and aft. We may well imagine
possession. “Now, Captain,” said the Gener- that if Columbus was held in dread, without a
al, “endeavor to serve your country as ljiave cross fire to her batteries, Island No. 10, with
endeavored to oblige you, and depart.” Such ; this great advantage, will prove a mighty stum-
a man makes heroes and patriots out of sol- bling block. From the third day forward up to
diera.' But he is also a rigid, severe and jeal- j the last advices, the mortars were still shelling
ous disciplinarian. And for traitors, or per- ■ the timber about Rucker’s battery, and poor,
sons suspected of treachery, he has no charity, unoffending Island No. 10. Our men have be-
lenity, or commisseration. No person, civil or I come perfectly accustomed to the spot, and sit
military, is permitted to cross or recross ins and watch the curling smoke from the mortars,
anther moment, the saddle was pick- blc of contending with all the gunboats that | so
the Captain in retreat “Halt!” j the Lincolnites have on the Western rivers, j.attention of the world. We obtained, yester
day, from a most careful and reliable gentleman,
for many years a member of Congress, who
has just arrived here from a thorough person
al inspection of Centreville and Manassas, thc
following accounts:
The fortifications at Centreville (distinguish
ed by the letters of the alphabet) have the
number of embrasures, and wooden guns
pointing terrifically through them, as staled
below :
Batteries. Embrasures. Woo-ltn Guns.
lines, unless possessed of his own special per
mit. Whoever is found, without this authori
ty, inside of the prescribed and forbidden limit,
is immediately arrested and brought befote
him. Under such circumstances, prevarication
or suspicion is fatal; and the General’s orders
are simply—“Send him to thc rear!”
One of the bloodiest battles of thc war has
been that fought near Winchester, in this State,
between thc small force of Confederates under
Gen. Johnston, and the combined Federal
forces commanded by Shields and Banks. Our
inen were literally outnumbered three to one.
But they fought with bravery and desperation.
And the cheering intelligence from the scene
of conflict to-night is, that we have won a vie
tory. Thc enemy received a terrible punish
ment. lie is disheartened and mortally dis
comfited; but in a few days, aye, before this
letter is in print, the cup of his woes will lie
full, or he in rapid retreat. Jackson will be
enabled before the setting of the sm< to mor
row, to assume the aggressive ; and then ag
gression will be tho ol der of the day. Shields
has lost an arm—the gallant Ashby being the
hero who winged him—over two thousand in
killed and wounded. And up to 10 o'clock
last night, he was torpid, or burying aia dead.
W. Gilmore Simms.—The fine residence of
ibis distinguished novelist was destroyed by
fire on thc 28th. An extract from a private
letter published in the Charleston Courier, dis
closes a painful series of calamities which have
lately befallen Mr. Simms. Ile writes :
“You have heard, l take it, of our continued
losses. We have buried nine of fourteen child
ren. For myselt further, 1 need not tell you
that my copyrights and plates are all confisca
ted and fost—some $25,000—the whole earn
ings of my file, save my library. I realized
annually from my copyrights, from $1200 to
$18U0. “Othello's occupation’s gone 1” and
cotton is not to he sold. But I do not regiet
the loss—present or to come—or tho privation;
if I can bestow upon my children the more
precious inheritance of independence.”
Mustard.—The supplies of this article, of
which immense quantities are generally used
in the South, have heretofore been mostly sup
plied from the Western States, although it can
be raised here much more e isily and abundant
ly. 11 is another example of the shameiul de
pendence upon our enemies, wo have hitherto
lived in. In this, us well as -n many other mat
ters, we are at last happily copipelled to depend
on ourselves'. Aside fiom the necessity we are
under now of providing a large supply of mus
tard Tor medical and other uses, in the point of
profit there is no crop a former can raise more
remunerative. We have seen in some of the
Patent Office Reports a report from an Illinois
former of his experience in raising mustard for
market, and he estimated his profit at (wc
think) $300 per acre—much better than mak
ing cotton at nothing per pound.
It should be planted early in the spring in
drills 18 inches oi two feet apart and thinned
to six inches in the drill.—Aug. Churn.
-+♦+-
—The Stato Road has paid into the Treasury
forty thousand dollars, as its earnings for the
month of March.
Negroes Returning.—A num tier of the ne
groes that ran away from their masters in
King George, have returned. In ene instance,
we hear of three who had their backs very
much lacerated—a sortol' treatment they had
not been accustomed to at home—and so they
ran off a second time; but on this occasion
from the Yankees.—Freierickthurg [ Virginia)
Herald.
with no other remark then “Thai’s for us.”
Dodging having proved tiresome, has gone out
of fashion.
JJuch credit is due Capt. Rucker and bis
officers, for the manner in which they return
ed the enemy’s tire. Lieut. Sanders manned
one side of a gun himself after the parapet had
been shot away. Others did well also.
Lieutenant-commanding Samuel W. Averett,
of the floating battery, and his officers, also
deserve commendation for the gallant style in
which they dislodged the enemy from the Mis
souri shore.
Tho Navy officers who watched the fight
throughout, are not of the opinion that the en
emy’s gunboats sustained any serious damage.
The boats continued thc action until dusk,
and then hauled off separately. They did not
appear to be crippled, and strange to say, the
identical gunboats remain in sight of Island
10, notwithstanding one of them sunk below
Hickman. There has never been more than
three gunboats at Island 10, and they are
still.
Our troops on the Island and the mainland
are in excellent spirits. The entire line shore
is guarded by infantry and batteries to prevent
the enemy from effecting a crossing in force.—
The passage of any considerable number of
troops across the liver from New Madrid in
flat boats or on rafts is simply absurd. They
cannot keep close in on the Missouri, rafts are
unmanageable, and fiat boats nearly%o. Nei
ther can they be constructed without it being
known to our regiments opposite, and should it
be done and the voyage undertaken Flag officer
Hollins will be at his post.
As for subsistence stores and ammunition,
both are in great abundance. It is found per
fectly easy to transport all needed articles from
Tiptonville—it being only four miles over a
good level road.
All agreed ihatthc attempt of tho enemy was
a farce, for alter throwing shells nearly two
hundred and forty hours, we may sum up the
result as follows : lie has expended over three
thousand 13dnch shells, and a hundred thou
sand pounds of powder, and has not yet struck
the parapet of a battery, has not touched a mag
azine, has not destroyed a single house or dis
mounted a piece of ordnance, has not hit a man
or damaged us a farthing’s value. In addition
to this, he has fought one of our batteries for
live hours with three gunboats, in which en
counter but one man was killed on our side.—
Then why should we not be confident in our
position ? If our soldiers, who are in sight of
the enemy, aro confident, why should w# not
also be ?
There seems to be much solicitude for fear
that our communication with Tiptonville has
been cut oft. Such is not the case. All trans
ports laden with army stores and supplies are
conveyed to Tiptonville by the gunboats, where
they discharge and return in safety. Two
twenty-four pounder guns have been placed in
position by the enemy below Tiptonville, but
they received a sound drubbing from Captain
Carter, of the Gen. Polk, some days since,
which has induced them to remain quiet.
What a Pitv !—Morgan’s visit to Gallatin
was just a day too early to catch a Federal pay
master with $1,060,000 in hand. Paymaster
was coming next day but unluckily heard what
had happened at Gallatin. However, we sup
pose lie had nothing but Lincoln sh'nplasters
with him, and possibly Morgan might have got
into difficulty about passing bad money.
CnAGiiiN of the Federals We have some
edifying accounts of the chagrin of the Fede
rals over the retreat from Manassas, and tbe
discoveries of the wooden batteries in a Our
camp. Read them and laugh.
A 7 7
B 7 G
C 3 1
D .7 3
E 5 —
F 9 2
G 6 7
H 5 5
I .4
Number pi embrasures 54
Number of wooden guns 81
The guns were pine logs, charted black, with
muzzles delineated with chalk, and properly
protruded from the embrasures. No real guns
had ever been mounted. This was the repre
sentation mado by the negros, and the appear
ance ins'de of the work proves this represen
tation to be correct. A negro who had been
sept at work for months by the Confederates,
report them as having said thattheLe pine logs
would answer just as well to “skeer the ene-
my.”
JJJJ Of the numbers of the Confederates, tho
highest estimate obtainable from the negroes
inan | was s j x jy thousand men, and this was prediem-
there ^ upon tbe bas j s 0 f one thousand men to a
upon
regiment, which is double the actual fact The
bulk of the Confederates were at Centreville,
a6 appear:, by the huts in which they lived.
Our informant says that the most intelligent
person he saw thought that the number at
Centreville was twenty thousand. The Con
federates had at Centreville about twenty pieces
oi field artillery.
The fortifications at Manassas, five in num
ber, had been mounted with real guns, and
guns, too, of good size and description. But,
of course, they were not formidable to those
wbu kept out <^f their reach, and these works
could easily have been passed on either flank,
and reduced by cutting off their communica
tions in the rear, if a direct assault was not
thought desirable. But the works at Centre*
ville were a mere sham, built only to “skeer,”
and most admirably serving that purpose.
It was for the nineteenth century, and for
this new world, that these performances on the
Potomac were reserved. The old world wi s
too much exhausted, and former centuries had
not the necessary science and monej- even if
they had the genius. An army neari^floulilc
that with which Louis Napoleon fought the
battle of Solferino held at bay for noboilv can
recollect how many weeks, by thirty-one wood
en guns, is something which mankind never
saw before and may never see again. Let us
of thc contemporary generation rejoic: that it
has been our pre-eminent fortune to witness it.
LETTERS OF SOUTHERN WOMEN FOUND AT FAIR
FAX COURT HOUSE.
A correspondent of the New York 'I imes
says:
Many of the letters are from mothers and
sisters. It is wonderful the energy with which
these dear little rebels enter into the cause of
the Confederate States. Not one appeal is th re
to son or brother to return home. It is “Fight,
John; let me hear from you in the front
ranks.”
Gen. Shields—Prophecy Fulfilled.—The
Columbia Guardian says Gen. Shields com
manded the Palmetto regiment in Mexico.—
Alter the campaign he paidavisit to Columbia,
and was leted and feasted. In the course of a
speech he made from the portico ot one of our
hotels, after applauding the daring and heroic
deeds of their regiment, he said in substance
that he hoped, if ever he drew his sword against
South Carolinians, his arm might be severed
from his body.
The prophecy or self malediction has been
literally fulfilled. Recreant as he has proved
himself te be to his most solemn asseverations,
the only regret felt here is that the shell only
fulfilled the malediction he invoked |upou.his
body.J