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ORNING, NOV. 28, 1862.
,]WkKO ?LM WHEN ^lN|”* 0ll ' t,On8taT * parp^«
^ PTTM1TBTH " I furnishing *n occasion u> genlleaieQ to veilul
K . , ,. ' . late their opinions, aud will probably, at last,
•*ng“i»rand udtcrou.panic ef the droppe d. A better deposition ot
*owh ****** '* our telegrams to day. The 1
frame#of yesterday spoke of large tires
Bcini alga-, the direction of Bull Ran, and
* * :!1 id burned his store*- -a proceeding
a AoV*® 5 * 1 * kt 4 lo! »* 10 account ter, aa well
ad&j ^ leu retreat towards Washington.—
smn.^ne hare the solution. Nine scouts
Vson’s army were detected suspiciously
'fin tering Seigel’s position—the alarm was
th^^iat Stonewall Jackson and his whola
•f^lrere coming, whereupon SeigrR* army
THE CONSCRIPTION RESOLUTIONS.
A member of the General Assembly yester
day expressed doubt wnether that body would
ever be brought to s rote on the resolutions
before them affirming and denying the consti
tutionality ot the Conscription lew These
A CRASH INTO THE EXTORTIONERS.
It will be seen that the Finance Committee |
• COTTON PLANTING.
Some movement looking to a restraint upon
of the House have reported a set of resolutions j cotton planting has already been .made in the
tor the seizure of leather, shoes; cloths, cloth-' Legislature; but we fully agree with “ a plan-
iag, Ac., wherever found, for the soldiers, at j ter” that stringent legislation ia imperatively
prices which they pronounce equitable, but j required. Without it, end without its due en
forcement, the cause of the South will be liter
ally starved out The best commentary on
By Electric Telegraph
show a slightdiscrepancy from prevailing rates.
For leather which sells at about four dollars,
ee resolutions propose to pay ore ; shoes the empty boasts we hear of abundance and su-
Scnd the Confederate srouta entered their
} koI camp and fired the etorea left behind.
•! rno| the magical prestige ef a namet It
io«t!( W on a battle, that time, and wa long
th* Dutch General’s report ef it We
^ of no parallel case in history which he
i/Lte. If he ever reed hie Bible, it mey be,
«> found an inatanee where * beseiging army
* * .laigans took panic at a noise;. but we cannot
* .jllect another case of panic at a Mint.
Manassas is an unfriendly and unlucky spot
7*5 he Yankees I Five defeats, two panics, be-
a three month's scare at wooden guns,
'•“'jire to render that portion of the “sacred
' totf Virginia,” a place of evil fame and ill
Let us hear Seigel’s report of his ta
pe from Stonewall Jack sou.
DEFENCES OF SAVANNAH,
j We call attention to the long advertisement
regard to labor upou the defenses of Sevan-
• j, in our paper to-day. It will be seen
at the Savannah Repcblican announces that
jD Sheriffs in the various counties will be au-
|iorised to act as agents in the collection and
orwarding of laborers for the patriotic work,
end at the desire of Ool. Foster, the State ofli
' - in charge of the business, to avoid impress-
nt, if possible In this oounty, we know
eral planters wuo havo brought in hands re-
uedly, hut finding nobody to receive them,
^‘•nt them back homo.
.. _! TOO SOON.
' r's Democrats of New York, in the way of
‘.ificalion over their victory, aa well as with
eye to business, are to have a grand ban
quet, in which the Congressmen elect are to
declare their views and position upon public
affairs. If they would only wait for five or six
months, they would than know a great deal
more, and be able to speak much naaror U> the
point, than just now. The real peace party of
;he Ncrth is but just born, but ws predict will
grow faster than any other bantling of the ago.
iu about six mouth* we hope ho will gain a
vigorous manhood, and the Democratic M. I s, I
of Now York, will have muck less to recall if
they do not. in the meantime commit them,
salves.
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State
|tem could Dot be made A more untimely
and unnecessary discussion never agitated our
Legislature. Gentlemen may claim that as a
co ordinate department of the Slate Govern
ment the Logialature, (like every body else) has
a right to ils opinion and should not be re
strained by the Court; but this is a time for
action and not for speculative opinion. The
Conscription is a fact—and has been mad# law
by the very authorities we have delegated to
make and expound the law, and it strikes us
there is enough of a practical character to oc
cupy the Legislature without consuming time
upon what, in point of fact, cannot be affected
by their action one way or the other. We are •
getting no i redit for all thia fuss abroad, and it
is doing no good at home. Some one
that the f act mat Georgia is now tbeoi
of the Confederacy taking issue with tho Gen
era! Government on the conduct of the war, is
due to the other fact that she is in less danger
than any, and therefore does not feel so much
that external pressure which is so conducive to
harmony. It may be so; but the very fact
that we feel the pressure of war less than our
sister*, makes this rumpus all the more un
graceful. Are Georgia State Rights any dearer
or more uncompromising in their charactei
than Carolina Slate Rights or Virginia Slate
Rights I What has got into us that we cannot
abide what they cheerfully submit to? And
what an axcess ot apprehension for State Rights
have we fallen into, under a government, the
fundamental doctrine of which is that we can
drop all connection with it at any moment ?
How oan such a government ever become the
instrument of intolerable oppression ?
thi
selling at twenty dollars, they will buy at
three; oxnaburgs 70 cents, twenty-five; jeans.
Sevan dollars, two; and so on. Tie com
mittee should provide at once for a blockade
( of the State, so as to prevent all egress of these
goods before the Governor can lay hold of them;
otherwise they will disappear like matter in
tho crash of worlds, and leave not a wreck be
hind. We venture to say the Governor will
hardly find a shoe, a pound of leaiher, or a
yard ot jeans at those prices, until after a search
which would detect a lost needle in a haystack.
However, let the search proceed.
Our sympathies with the whole telling pub
lic, (being a buyer.) are just now weak—eery
weak! We care not what part ot that public
it ia—whether it be the farmer who vends
chickens at a dollar each, turkeys at four dol
lars and a half, eggs at seventy-live cents, and
butter at a dollar—the shoemaker, who looks
you straight in the face and says a pair of boots
u worth forty dollars, shoes twenty, and negro
brogan* ten to fifteen ; or the merchant who
draws a blister on a poor man with every move-
m nt of his tongue—we repeal, our sympathies
with the whole dan of traders are weak and
need rousing by some of the serio-comic scenes
which will lollow the enforcement of he-*
resolutions. Let them rip; and boots, shoes,
cloths and clothing will fly up chimney, down
cellar, under ground and up garret. It will be
lun.
perfluity are tho famine pi ieet! Can anything
be more disgraceful and shocking to common
sense than these ruinous prices for food in a
boasted agricultural country ? Is it indeed
true that we can’t feed ourselves without the
help of the Western Abolitionists? We say
that Southern independence is a farce with ba
con at seventy-five cents a pound I Liberty
is a short-lived boon without food at prices
which place it within the rc.-ch of tba laboring
man ; and it does seem to us that a country
which whines and pines after cotton-growing
in such a condition of affairs, ought to be put
under a guardian.
And this wonderful talk of cheap corn and
superabundant, too—what does that amount
to ? Com is now worth a dollar and a half—
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTIONS.
Ralkioh, N. C., Nov. 28.—Curtis H. Brog-
den was re elected Comptroller of Public Ac
counts yesterday by a unanimous vote. He
was nominated at the Convention caucus. The
same caucus has nominated Jonathan Worth,
of Randolph, for Public Treasurer, and J. H.
P. Russ, of Wake, for Secretary of State. The
old functionaries, Daniel W. Oouats and Rufus
H. Page, are to walk the plank.
Augustus S. Mernman, of Buncombe, has
beeu elected Solicitor for the 7th circuit, and
Jesse J. Yeatea, of Hertford, Solicitor for the
1st circuit
Ail quiet below.
bombardment of lavacca.
Charleston, Nov. 28.—The Houston News
of the 6th contains details of the bombardment
of Port Lavacca, Texas, by the enemy’s fleet
on Nov. 1st. The abolitionists demanded the
surrender of the town, and on its refusal they
gave one hour and a half for the removal of
non-combatants. They then began shelling.
LG AU
»iwn
N.
MR. SEWARD A'
Seward, according to the A Wtiiiei n papers,
ia out again in an extensive effort at diplomacy.
He haa recently addressed a circular to his
foreign ministers which covers thirty printed
pages. Ths point of it is thus stjfed:
“The United States, Mr. Seward declares, is
determined never to allow the European Gov
eminence to take part iu the internal disputes
of this country. The war, he says, may last
for a year or two longer, but its ultimate result
cannot be doubtful ; and any attempt of the
European Powers to arrest ihe natural course
THE OPELIKA SALT MINE.
The Columbus Enqmrer of yesterday dashes
cold water on that salt mine as follows :
Tho Atlanta Confederacy haa been shewn a
lump of rock salt picked up on the railroad
track near Opelika, and has received verbal re
ports of “towering cliff- on either side, of pure
salt, while th* cross ties are laid on the saute
substance!”
We aie sorry that the truth about that boulder
of salt spoils so pleasant a report and dissipates
all the aaevuraging anticipations based upon
it We understand that it was a solitary lump
; of rock salt, and that it was probably dropped
' frcij tho cars while in transit—pel haps from
the Louisiana onaes.
That is too bad. if true. The trig in o,
press telegrams by which this alleged disc'
ry was first made known to the public, was
probably the following:
TELEGRAM TO SOT. riCKINS.
oft 11
icoVe-
o! even la will only (end to increase tne couflict Frc^rr. Ool mabla (8. C.) Southern Gmirdloa. Nor. %L
and to extend the area of hostilities. Marietta, Ga„ Nov. 22.-An inexhaustible
European powers will please take due notice
and govern themselves accordingly. What
with Lincoln’s letter and Seward's circular, it
will be their own fault if they rush presumptu
ously ia.<> interference aud ruiri. These indi
cations certamJy jjoint to the existence of ra-
supp’y ot salt has been discovered at Opelika,
in Alabama. I go down to morrow, and w ill
_ nated .from the following story: The Railroad
be able to contract for South Carolina at $o a ugt-nf at that place bought, some time since
bushel, delivered at Augusta Georgia. I have , ot uf ^ ^ from , CapUin direct fro
THE DELAWARE ELECTION.
The people of the South were surprised to
learn that Delaware had elected a Black Repub
lican Governor. The Philadelphia Evening
Journal explains it, and declares that it was
done by Federal soldiers, sent iato the little
.State fer that purpose, who not only took pos
session of the polls at several precincts and
drove the voters away, but also voted them
selves. Among these troops were four compan
ies of Maryland Home Guards, tho 6th New
York and 12th Pennsylvania regiment* The
Evening Journal groans over the proceeding,
and says enough to entitle himself .* a koine in
Fort Lafayette It was a deliberate plot of the
Lincoln Government to obtain for their eman
cipation policy they sanction not only of all the
Nertbem States, which the confidently looked
for, but even of a quasi Southern State. The
Journal says the State, upon a fair vote, would
have gone Democratic by 1500 majority.
written fully, and sent samples by express,
: It will be noted
. , , . , ! ings that the Speaker ol the House claimed to,. ,, ,
thor lively apprehensions by the Lincoln gov- .... , „ , . it to an old gentleman passing through the
eminent, that Ute European nations are d.spos , *T # * *“ U "“ C ' r °“ , place, who was found to be very lend of making
ll * Wln8 ’ “ d th * u * ht thB dl9C0,rer >' > uf ~ discoveries. Ho was asked to decide upou its
Scent importance and reliability to justify a quaiitieg> and at the ialu „ lilB . was told tkat u
formal announcement to the House. Can t 1
eminent, that the European
ed to put their fingers in the dish
give up lb* Opelika salt mine just yet.
THB LINCOLN ELEPHANT.
Th* Newburyport Herald, a Massachusetts
Lincoln organ, states thai Gun. Dim has made
application to Gov. Andrews, of Massachusetts,
te take 600 families of the contrabands, aad
provide a place of refuge for them in that State,
until the Government shall be ready to colo
nise them. Andrews Las refused, and the
Herald sustained the refusal. They want no
more “colored brethren’ in Massachusetts.—
hey want them neither temporarily nor per
manently, and the Herein .lares the opinion
that the idea of colonizing is practically all a
sham—and to lake the niggers at all, will be
b> take them for a century No free State will
have them for longer or shorter, and the Herald
then boldly enquire.-. What is to be done?—
They cannot get out of the South, and the
Herald does nut see how they com stay there
except as .davee, and finally th* Herald corn re
to the opinion that emaurij-itfen vs a praetieal
humbug of the firet water.
ANTI-EXTORTION BILL.
A coi respondent of the Richmond Whig
suggests the lollowing remedy :
Now, Mr Editor, these (hiugs being true
sad admitted as facts, all that is wanted to
crush this i.readlul enemy to our existence as
a nation and a* an un-Yankee ridden people, is
a statute, ample m its structure, yet capable of
reaching extortion in all of its forms and pha
ses, and easy and certain ol execu'ion, «ud a
Congress firm and earnest enough m our cause
to pass it. Such a statute can be easily framed.
It would consist in requiring every tax payer
to render, under oath (as he Joes in reference
to o:her taxes,) an admission of the amount ol
profits be nas realised since the commence
ment of '-he war alone—say two thousand dol
lars in his business, of whatever kind (not in
cluding those on capital necessarily put at haz
ard in business, nor the proceeds of his indi
vidual labor as s mechanic, arlizan or laborer;
nor his skill and labor as a piofossienal man,)
sod say 12 per cent, on ins capital employed ;
and in requiring him, in addition U> the amount
of his other taxes, to jvav the surplus, however
large, to the tax collector for the Tieasury ot gt e p of Lincoln to destroy us has been
i abounded in the greatest quantity in and near
j the place. The old gentleman was highly
Promotions Fisst Confederate Regiment— pleased with its saline quality, and decided at
th* Confederate htatea.
That bill would provoke any amount ef hard
swearing.
Hoes.—Did we say 500# hogs were to be
sent to Georgia to be fattened and killed ? The
actual number coming is 76,000, which makes
a difference—and will make a difference iu corn.
George A. Smith, Colonel; J. W. AJderhold,
Lt. Colonel; Capt. Jordan, Major; Chas. Ross,
Adjutant. Oliver Poe has been promoted to
Caprsin of “ Independent Volunteers,” from
Macon
RUN UP YOUR COLORS.
P VY A., in lb* last Republican, pours a
broadside of shot and shell into President Da
vis, from behind a battery masked by an af
fectation of friendliness or impartiality. He
nays, after a long exposition of tl.e xbsolu'n-m
and auctocracy ot the President: “It were not
going too tar to say, the President wields great
er power *t this time than Gen. Jackson or
George HI. ever aspired to in their palmies'
days 1” What then ? Does he exercise union
tlilutional powers ? Haa he ever trespassed
upon publio or private liberty ? While every
11 {Hill
three prices to what it used to bear when the ! Our battery replied, but the range of our guns
was insufficient. After some hours' ineffectual
bombardment the fleet withdrew, having bat
tered tbe town considerably, but nobody hurt
Our flag was still flying at the last accounts.
8ALT. SALT.
Wilmington, N. C., Nov. 24.—Fort Fisher,
24.—Schooner Harkaway, Capt. Sebastian,
eleven days from Nassau with 640 sacks of
salt, has arrived safely.
FROM CHATTANOOGA.
Chaitamoooa, Nov. 24.—The news from
Middle Tennessee is encouraging. The troops
are in fine spirits and ready for Roaencrants,
when ho ventures out of Nashville on that un
dertaking of his to subdue us. Skirmishing
continues daily ou the Lebanon and Murfrees
boro’ pike. Cavalry only engaged. Gen. Joe
E. Johnston is expected here daily. His pre
sence will greatly add to the confidence and
spirit of the troops.
A BIG SCARE
Richmond, Nov. 24.—Tho stores destroyed
at Manassas last week, were burnt by nine Con
federate scouts, whose approach being discov
ered by the Yaukee pickets cauaed the speedy
retreat of Seigel's whole command towards
Washington. The scouts were supposed to be
the advance ot Jackson’s corps.
Another dispatch of the same date says :
1 he skedaddle of the abolition army from
Manassas is explained thus: On Tuesday last
a party of niue Confederate scouts, shot off from
Jackson's corps in tbe direction of Manasaas,
ou their appearance at the outposts of the ene
my, his scouts raised the alarm that Jackson
was approaching. Manassas was Immediately
abandoned and a speedy retreat of Seigel’s
whole command towards Washington was the
result
Our scouts then went into Manaasas, set fire
to the extensive stores deposited there and re
turned to their command covered with glory.
Information from Tennessee gives assurance
that Rosencrantz has reached Nashville aud has
already thrown some of his forces out (probas
bly for purposes of reconnoisauce,) to the vi
cinity of Lavergne. The contiguity of the two
armies may at auy moment bring on a general
abolitionists led us. Corn will be worth three to
four dollars a bushel next Spring, in spite of
fate, and to all intents and puiposes the coun
try is in a famine even uow. We mean to say
that food is so scarce that the purchaser has
to seek it and tempt it with exorbitant prices.
The healthy laws of trade, wherein the com
modity seeks the market, are reversed. I n such
a state of things, the talk of superfluity or
abundance is mere mockery, and it is, in truth,
all fancy and fiction. If planters cannot find
temptation to raise and sell food at present
prices, we should like to know what business
would satisfy their desir; for gain? In spite
of big crops and a year professedly devoted to
provisions, every article, (except corn, which,
by reason of a short crop, bore at that time an
exorbitant price.) is now worth double, and
more than double, what it was then—and still
we talk of superfluity I Every call of self-
presrnatiun demands that the whole agricul
tural force should be turned to th production
of food, and if it is not, another year will see
us played out, in our opinion.
to reinforce the Spanish squadron at Havana.
The cotton market dull and easier. Bread-
stuffs quiet and ateady.
_ RtOHMOND, Nov. 24.—Passengers by the eve
ning train bring nothing new from Fredericks
burg No fighting has occurred yet. The
enemy is occupying the same pos ition as on
yesterday, and though nothing positive has
transpired concerning his moveme nts, the im
pression prevails that he must mire from his
present position or perform a movement not
laid down in the programme, such as Jackson
helped McClellan to perform. It will not re
quire long to develops t’ue designs of the ene-
tny, which will be promptly met.
Fredericksburg, it is said, presents a dasert-
ed appearance, nearly all the inhabitants having
left. It is reported that the civil authorities
advised egainst any retiring for the present.
Some report that the enemy is gradually falling
back towards the Potomac, but have yet no
satisfactory proof that he has abandoned the
design of advancing on Richmond by way of
Fredericksburg.
Kroxtilli, Not. 24.—Reports indicate that
RoaencranU is advancing, with one hundred
and forty—two regiments.
Breckinridge, with the advance of our army,
is near Lavergne, skirmishing daily.
Gea. John II. Morgan came verv
the military, to comer with Gen. Patric
interview lasted about an hour, when fh^ 1 * •('
mittee returned with word that the Fc
might be expected Saturday evening. ,
6 P. M. that day notice w as received from .-y
Sumner, that so long as no hostile demorMLl
tions were mqde from the town, that no fiS*.
on cars should occur before 11 A. M. Sunday 1
Richmond, 25.—Passengers by the evemAs
train report all quiet at Fredcricksnurg- no
a gun fired.
The enemy is perceptibly falling back.—4
i Their camp fires extend in the direction ol
1 A T ui a Cieek, and it is believed the enemv is
i moving in that direction.
J Richmond, 25.—The London Post of the 8th
i thinks it a bold couiee adopted by the Demo
cratic party North, in denouncing illegal the
proceeding*; of ihe government,and it must be a
source of satisfaction to every well-wishing
American.
The Post trusts the Democratic successes are
harbingers of the restoration of the C'onstitu
tiou.
Garibaldi is removed to Piza bj r advice of his
physicians.
I he British Mediterancan fleet is aliout to be
reduced by seven ships and S6.1 guns.
( 7 he Spanish Plenipotentiary, at Washing.
r.rL“„sees• *i■* -*• *-•—* •
... . i Richmond, 24—Persons from Fredericks*
All the preachers m Nashville have been re I burg to day say all is quiet, and no demonstra-
feased from the Penitentiary except Elliot. \ tion on either side!
Abner Jackson, a prominent citisea who has Tbe impression is that the enemy moved the
been confined here for treason, has been
THE OPELIKA SALT MINE.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 27, 1862.
Ed. Telegraph - Sin: Noticing a great ex
citement going the rounds with the newspapers
about an “immense bed of rock salt discovered
at Opelika, Ala.,” 1 take this opportunity of
correcting the false impression that prevails
throughout the country regarding this “im
mense bed.” My business calls me to Opelika
every other day, and I have made careful inqui
ries upou this subject and found that it origi-
Captain direct from
. i Saltville, Va. It seems that some one of the
the legislative proceed- .
.u„ l 1 Opohknns had Secured a piece of it and gave
leased.
Richmond, Nov. 25.—A New York lelter in
the Philadelphia Enquirer, says that the Epis
copal clergymen brought from New Orleans
have been received with kindness and attention.
A despatch from Fairfax C. H. says that the
rebel force which destroyed the stoves and
bridges near Manassas numbered eight thous
and. When their approach was discovered, a
panic ensued among tbe soldiers and a Wixcon
sin and New York Regiment threw away' their
arms.
The steamer California from Mobile tc. Ha
vana with a cargo of cotton was recently cap
tured by the steamer Montgomery.
At a meeting recently held at Exeter, Eng
land, Mr. Dulz, of Somerset, first Judj;e of
Admiralty, a Cabinet Minister, said that a u of
fer of mediation might be received only with
resentment, and that time and opportunity
must therefore be carefully watched. Th eonlS
a ay to restore peace,ae far as bo could a* e.was
by mutual concession on the part of th e bel
hgerenta.
The following is a condensed account ol
correspondence between Gen. Sumner an-d the I tbe fo'ndficaT.^sTS^Oha'rle’swn’ may “be
bulk of their force toward AiquaCretk. Their
picket- extend to the Rappahannock river.
1 Some refugees have returned.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston. November 25th.—The Legis
lature met at Columbia, yesterday. Governor
Piekon’s Message was read at noon to-dar. —
He urges u cordial support of the Confede-
rate auifioritivh, iu measures for common de-
tence. Ho forbears, in view of the crisis, to
object to the Conscript La
all iuch acts against the sp£
tLtion. He alludes to the
tarnation and recommends tl
State Guards of citizens und'i
over forty five, for police duj
izens
adopt-
racy. Urgos
tabor, so that
once that th* Confederacy was tavril—for here
was a great salt lount from which every one t an K a 6 elnBnt ' D vicinity ol Murfreesboro’ or
might be supplied with the greatest quantity. ' k* ver 8 ae -
Found.—We are informed that th* body of
an unkuown person wax found in the Chatta
hoochee nver, on Sunday last, about three
miles above Eufkula, on tbe plantation of Mr.
Pinkston.
Gas. IIowkll Coaa.—Speaking of the recent
appointment of Geu. Cobb,lue Quincy (Florida)
Dispatch says :
No appointment could be more acceptable to
tbe people of Florida than this. He is well
known here, and full laith and confidence is
reposed in bis skill and ability to do all that
can be done for our defence. Florid* will
standby Gen. Cobb to a man. We hail his
appointment as auspicious of good.
the liberties of his own people — while in our
- own State, Constitutional rights have been
confessedly infringed in respect te alleged pub
{ iic necessities, has not Mr. Davis earned us
' thus far through the revolution without a sin
gie infraction of Constitutional liberty? The
; wonuer is, after the trying ordeal he lia.% pa.ss-
| ed through—not (hat hi siionld have assail-
1 ants, but that he should havo sustained bim-
j self so well.
ONE MON 1H GONE
The venerable gentleman left for Atlanta under
this belief, with a large piece of the genuine in
. his pocket for exhibition, and, as I understand,
gave an exaggerated account of the discovery
io the Atlanta Confederacy, from which paper
the story started. The joke is highly enjoyed
by tbe Opelikans, as it had succeeded in bring
ing several avaricious speculators to tbe place.
Th* newspapers of this morning announce
four cases of bold and audacious robbery in
Richmond.
A writer in tho Whig nominates John B.
Floyd for the vacant Senatorship.
The brokers are buying gold at 190 to 200,
and selling at 225.
Richmond, Nov. 24.—Nething additional has
Mayor of Fredericksburg: General Patriek
crossed tbe river on Friday the 21st, under a
flag of truce with a eommunication fn >m Sum
ner to Mayor Slaughter, stating that i mder tho
cover of the houses of the city, shot had been
tired upon the troops of hia comm ind, and
that mills and manufactories were fi irni.shing
provisions and material for clothing ) forarui d
bodies in rebellion against the Gover nment of
the United States. This condition of things
he says must terminate, and by the direction
of Major Gen. Burnside, I demand th e surren
der of the city at or before five P. M , and fail
ing to receive an affirmative reply, aix teen hours !
will he allowed for the removal of non-com
batants, which period having elap sed, I will
proceed to shell the town.
The Mayor replied that firing sho- ts upon hia
troops on th* northern suburbs w»ji » n act of
the military for which the citizens w ere not
made permanunt. Pays a glowing tribute to
I Southe rn women and especially to women of
j Virginia, to whom South Carolina owes ever-
| lasting gratitude. The remainder of the mes-
I sage is occupied with consideration of finances
and of the intern ,1 policy of the State.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Ralk.'oh, Nov. 25.—J. P. Russ was elected
Secretary ot State over Rufus Page, the present
incumbent, by a majority of thirty six on joint
ballot
A joint committee of four was appointed to
wait upon President Davis to lay the unpro
tected condition of our eastern counties beti^Jf
him, before the Legislature takes any step r ’-
raise a force of 10,5o0 men for their defen.- j
It is proposed to raise this force from lumr
tween the ages of 35 and 45. , 4 ,
Yesterday Rev. Calvin H. Willey was «
The above, Mr. Editor, is a true statement of I transpired aoncerning Fredericksburg or
facte concerning this “immense bed." Hoping
that it might have beeu otherwise, I remain
yours, Ac , B. B. Simons,
Mail Route Ag’t, between Macon A Opelika.
A poor, poor hoax—which has cost hundreds
time and money aptnt in going to Opelika, and
disappointed hundreds of thousands.
Camp or Ikstkiotion at Maoom.—A Camp
of Instruction of Conscripts from the first, se
cond, third and fourth Congressional Districts
will be formed in Macon next Tuesday. Capt
Hull will be in command.
SALT MINE AT OPELIKA.
There have been so many wonderful sait die-
ooverieb which have turned out fruitless that
we are disposed to wail awhile before reposing
boundless faith in tbe great salt mine of Ope
lika; but should it bo there, what a downfall is
in Ntere for the salt speculator*, who are now
charging about forty dollars a bushel * lt will
be one time when man will exult over the
miseries of his fellows. It may be remarked
that Opelika is an extremely favorable point
for the distribution of salt over the Cotton
States—just ths point for a big salt mine, and
we hope it is there.
Skiufl'a Panic.—It will be seen in the tele-
gnuas that the Yankees have magnified the
nine Confederate scouts, who scared them from
xnassas and burned their stores, into an army
of eight thousand rebels—such was th* effect
ef the fright!
They themselves state, also, that two whole
regiments threw down their arms and fled upon
the fancied approach of these 8<»00 rebels, a
con lues ion calculated to impair confidence in
th* prowess of the new Lincoln levies. The
Last Bull Run panic certainly caps th* climax!
LO! THE POOR NEGRO.
The Cairo correspondent of the Chioago
Journal, an Abolition paper, thus declares the
deplorable condition of about on* thousand ne
groes that have either run away or been sto
len by the abolition army and sent to that
plaa*. He says:
The fugitives are placed iu the empty bar
rack buildings more open lhaD many North -
urn barns, with no places for tire, and with no
wood to make a fire of. Half naked and bare
footed women and childran may be seen a half
mil* away picking up bite of bark, chij>s, or
stray bite of wood, to cook their rations with,
or to keep warmth in their shivering frames.
Some have carried dirt into their shanties,
forming rude hearths, on which a few embers
oan be placed, the smoke escaping into the
building, almost blinding in ils density. Wa
ter is carried from tb* river—distent from a
half te three quarters of a mile. Ot counts,
there are no facilities for washing, cooking, or
other household work. Many of them are
sick, and others have died from exposure.—
Mothers, with from five to eight children, sit
from day to day eruuched in these dreary, cold
buildings, trying to hold on to warmth and life
by meaas ot personal contact and the few rags
they brought from tbe land of their eaptivity.
How they pass these cold nights, God only
knows, as they have no bedding worthy the
name. Thus they arc dragging along iu utter
wretchedness, said suffering more than pen can
express.
Such is Northern sympathy for the Negro.—
It should ho th* duty of masters in exposed
situations, who oan not better piovide for the
safety of their servants, at least to warn them
of tho consoquenoea of falling into tho hands
of tho Yank so*.
THE ODORS OF HELL—AN INCIDENT OF
COLUMBUS.
Our readers have heard of tho explosion of*
rifled one hundred and twenty-five pounder,
which occurred at Columbus, Kentucky, on
the 10th of November last year, by which the
lameutable Capt. Klilerand eight others wet*
instantly killed, and many dangerously wound*
ed. Among the injured were Col. Pickett, of
the Engineer Corps, Major Rucker, of Con
script immortality, and Lieut. Gen. Polk.
With the gun, the magazine beneath it ex-
.v. . r | ploded, filling the air with dust and earth and
One month o. the active operauons of the j ghell> alld wlltl fragments of timbers and iron
Yanks with their new levies has gone, and no j by which the gun was moved.
DEFENCES OF SAVANNAH.
W* call attention of tbe slave-owners of Mibb
to tho call of tho Sheriff for laborers on tho
Savannah defences. One fifth of all working-
hands are wanted from every person who owns
fiva, and wharo ths number of fifty ia
Gaoani W. Scmmibs.—The Richmond En
quirer of the 2Sd publishes the oath of allegi
ance taken by George W. Summers to tbe
Lincoln and Pierpont governments. It was
taken in Putnam aounty, on th* 8th day of
April last
harm yet It will scarcely be another, before
tbe storms of winter will make locomotion on
land (1 ttcnlt, if not impossible, and our atten
tion will be principally occupied by their gun
boat operations and assaults upon the Southern
eitien. At present, their movements in Vir
ginia arc an enigma to us, if they have any
well settled purpose. Perhaps toey are merely
holding off from Fredericksburg until they can
transport such of their forces as they intend to
operate from Suffolk and the South. For the
rest the rnosL contemptible raids upon unarmed
citizens, women and chiluron and the destruc
tion of bou.-e« »..J household and kitche fur
niture, make up the sum of their current
achievements. The winter campaign, so far,
evidently wears a feeble and irresolute aspect
Would ll.at it might continue so.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Hu huosd, November 27th.—The recently
published United States Navy Register, places
the number of the Yankee Navy at 388 vessels,
mounting 3,072 guns. There are yet 117 re
nrgade Southerners holding positions in the
enemy’s navy.
The Dispatch, ot this morning, says it seems
to be under*loud that s portion, at least, of
the Federal force, which threatened Fred
ricksburg, has been withdrawn.
Au opinion prevails in smue quarters that
tfiry have gone up and down the Rappahan
nock, with the intention uf crossing that
stream a)>ove aud below the town. It is not
improbable onr forces may yet have an oppor
tunity to repel the invaders.
Two tnen, Ware and Miller, were arrested
at Charlottesville, yesterday, charged with
counterfeiting Treasury notes, aud brought to
this eity.
Tim A a ass v os McClbllab’s Stas* Ursicsaa.
—This, it sooms, was done on complaint of tbo
Now York Tribune, for violence practiced to
wards their army correspondent They met
up him oa theWarrqnton and Alexandria turnpike,
ky a club, in one squad, they will bo entitled 1 just before McClellan's departure, and looking
to an Overseer. VV« trust tho whole oounty I upon him as owe of tho conspirators against
will come square up to this business immodi- I their chief, rode over him, trampled him in tbo |
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
Raloish, November 26th.—Tbe conserva
tive caucus faded, last Right, to utuke a nomi
nation for th* Judgeship, leaving it an open
question, and today, Hon. RobertB. Gilliam,
of Geransvilie, was elected, by a majority ol
twenty-one, over Robert P. Dick.
Tb* house branch of the committee to wait
upon the President, relative to tbe defence of
this State, consists of Hon. Satn. J. Person and
M. O. Waddell, Esq. Nothing from the East
Rucker was blown from the embankment
that surrounded the gun. When ho had par
tially recovered his senses, he felt some one be
side him. The air was dcnsly filled with smoke
aud powder ttist the sufferers could not aee,
and breathing was painful and difficult.
Rucker asked who he was that lay beside
him. “I ain Gen. Polk,” was the almost in.
audible answer
“ This is b—II, ain't it General ?” inquired
Rucker.
“It smells like it, I b'lieve,” answered the
General.
This is a literal fact, and all tho stories bruit
ed about, especially by the Aliolition Press, to
the effect that Gen. Polk has ever forgotton
his habits as a Christian, since his assumption
of the duties of a soldier, are utterly aud whol
ly false, lie has never been heard under any
circumstances to employ a prolane expression.
His quasi endsrseiuent of Major Ruckner's
smothered ejaculation, would hardly present
an actionable case before a Court of Bishops.—
KnoxtiUe Register.
Who ask “Prick's Men?"—This expression
is frequently employed without any definite
meaning, lt should be known that Major Gen.
Price, as the commander of a division, or of a
department, for the time, has had in his com
mand troops from Arkansas, Mississippi, Tex
as, Louiaiaua and Tennessee, as well as the
Missouri troops. For the drill and discipline
of these troops, except the Missouri troops, he
would not properly be held resjioiisible. At a
recent review by Gen. Pemberton, it was the
concurrent declaration by the reviewing officers
that no troops in the West, or iu the East, in
ih( provisional army, or in the old United States
regular service, have over eai.inited more per
fect and beautitul drill and military order than
the Missouri troops.
These veteran soldiers never falter in battle.
They are never whipped I They do not seek
sick furiougha They do not straggle. When
batteries are to be taken, they take them!—
When an enemy is to be routed, they charge
hitn with a shout of defiance. They nave met
the foe on fifty battle fields 1 They may be
killed, but they cannot be conquered! 'ihase
are “Price’s men.”—Missitsippian.
Burnside’s movement*.
Tbe Enquirer of this morning says that by
latest intellegence from Fredericksburg, to six
o'clock last evening, the enemy's guns were si
lent, end suppositions were rife that no attack
upon the town would occur, and that the enemy
would execute a mysterious disappearance.
Barnaul* evidently desi-es to seize the south
side of the Rapahannock, and his tardinoss in
in essayiug the attack, is attributable more to
prudence than to strategy. Quite likely he will
give up the accomplishment of bis objeet, not
only for these reasons, but from other and
more pressing causes, which will sooa develop*
themselves.
The Examiner says : By last train, whioh
arrived at 5 P. M., yesterday, the report was
brought that terms had been agreed upon by
which the town should not be bombarded.
The enemy had thrown a number of shells
into Port Royal, a village twenty-two miles
down the Rappahannock from Fredericksburg.
Four of them struck a house which for a week
past had been occupied by our pickets.
Ricumons, 24th.—The Exchange Hotel, in
this city, was sold at auction to-day for one
hundred and ten thousand dollars. It was
bought by Robert A. Lancaster for himself
and others. Sals considered low.
Port Hudson, (mouth of Red River) Nov.
34.—A gentleman has arrived at this place
who has just run the blockade from New
Orleans.
He says Farragut’s fleet, oomprising thirty
to fifty vessels, reached New Orleans on the
10th instant. It is supposed to be a fleet fitted
out at Pensacola. No reinforcements have
arrived.
This information is credited here. The Fed
eral gunboat Essex is still quietly anchored off
Baton Rouge.
sponsible. In regard to tho other matters of eloct<;<1 Superintendent of Common Schools by*.',
complaint, he was authorized to say that the *. unaniln0 “ s vote - A motion to go into an
mills and manufacturers will not furnish any
further supplies for the Confederate troops,
but the military authority informs us that
as their troops will not occupy the town, they
will not permit the Yankees to do so.
Sumner replied, that in consideration of this
pledge and the assertion that the time allowed
for the removal of the women and children was
insufficient, he would not open upon the town
at the hour designated.
The correspondence closed with n note from
Sumner saying that so long as no hostile de
monstration ia made from the town, it will not
be shelled.
Richmord, 26th.—The Enquirer learns that
on Monday about a hundred Yankees came up
from W illiamsburg as far as Barhamrille, cap
turing seven of our pickets at James Gates’. / ber t0 33,000 at that point Gentlemen
election of Supreme Court. Judges to-day was’
rejected in the Senate. The subject will U:
caucussed on to-night for the third time. Rob’t
P. Dick and lion. Robert B. Gilliam were the
conservative aspirants. Dick will get it.
No news from below.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Richmond, 26.—Rumors from the valley
state the Yankees are advancing towaics
Staunton by way of the Alleghany mountains,
in Highland county. They number over four
thousand. Their progress in that direction, will
soon bo checked.
Richmond, Nov. 26.—The Petersburg Ex
press of this morning has late intelligence from
tsuffolk. Th* enemy is being largely rein
forced there. Reliatile parties state the num
Wtsly and leave n* excuse er opportunity
imprsesuioot. There ie net ae heur
tuuity lor i
for delay j
« «» emi Jt
iDftfir Y*» rne «mmmrjr «m Louuty,
both rcalttiul personal, belonging to ihe estate
of -* liner i*. 1'owern, late of naid Oounty, dece&ged,
which did not pjiM by hie will. This Morembpr 3d.
18#*. VHAHCIH U viiWKRH
dost, end seriously disfigured hie eeuntemanoe
This oorreepondent wae Dissti*ke.alis* Tbemp- I
,qlw.jtoM4tike*i..
tat* . Rein place. Sold by order of the Court of Ordinary o<
Jours county, for tne benefit ol me creditors ot Alfred
M. Prttcbetl. deceased, late of Jones county.
iTfrtWs.l>«li er* rood note benr*. isuf (•>«
RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT.
Charleston, November 27th.—The train to
Florence, S. C., lost evening, ran of the track,
killing two young ladies—Misses Newbold—
wounded twe, severely, aud twelve slightly.
Marion county, U*. JC. W. MlteusK, jix r.
r. 8.—Said tract of land may be easily anu conve
niently divided into two settlement* wtth Improve-
-IT** AcHEujMU.’ttt A
“That’s What’s th* Matter.”—Week be
fore l.uit the price of coffee in Richmond was
one dollar and sixty cents per pound; it has
nearly doubled in price the present week.—
This is explained by tbe allegation that one
man, a rich Jew, has bought every pound in
the market except a small lot in tbe hands of
Messrs. Kent, Paine A Co., and is demanding
three dollars per pound wholesale. This “fore-
staller ” has no store, but has laid away up
wards of one hundrod and fifty bags of coffee
in his dwelling. The above fact, if true, car
ries with it its uwu oomtnenL—Richmond Ex
aminer, 13 th.
— The draft in the city of New York haa
again been postponed—this time indefinitely.
Richmond, 24.—Northern papers of the 21st
strenuously urge forward the movement by
way of Fredericksburg, but little else of inter
est
The latest from Fredericksburg to day re
present all quiet.
A dispatch from Gen. Sumner to the Mayor,
dated 22d, says so long aa no hostile demon
stratiou is made, the town will not be ehelled.
Cuarlbston, 24.—An immense bed of rock
salt, affording apparently an inexhaustible sup
ply, has been accidently discovered at Opelika,
Ala. Gov. Pickens has received a telegram oft
faring a contract to supply the State with any
amount delivered at Augusta, at five dollars
per bushel.
Richmond, 24.—Northern dales to tbe 21st
received by special express to the Associated
Press, stated that th* steamship Persia arrived
st New York with Liverpool dates to the 8th.
Th* Paris correspondent of th* London
Times, gives a rumor that France had made
•vertures to Russia, in favor of the Great Pow
ers making a move towards mediation, or re
cognition of the Confederate Mat cm.
The Morning Herald learns that the proposal
of France has fteon laid before the governments
ef Russia and England, sod agreed to by the
former.
[As soon as one Monsieur Tonson Recogni
tion ia disposed of—along eoiues another—and
another in endle-s succession and repetition.—
Like the ghost of Banquo, recognition will net
down at anybody’s bidding—Ed.]
Five Spanish war vaaaels have been ordered I
Proceeding down tho Dcagcund road they cap
tured four ol a picket of seven stationed below
the bridge. Continuing their successful raid
they came upon two pickets from tbe sainr
post, who had been in search of forage, and de
liberately shot both of them without even de
manding a surrender. Having succeeded ,n
capturing twelve horses, killing two and ma’x-
ing prisoner of aix of CoL Shuyier’s command,
tho Yankee^ made their way rapidly back, to
Williamsburg.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of the 21st re
ceived here, contains little war news besides a
glowing description of the Grand Match on
Fredericksburg by Burnside’s army.
The same paper has soother intervention ru
mor, this time from the Paris correspondent of
the London Times, who says France and Rus
sia have agreed upon a programme, and sub*
mitted it to England—the basis being a propo
sal for an armistice with recognition, if rejected.
from Portsmouth say tbe number is 60,000.
The abolition officers at Suffolk make no at
tempt to conceal that their ultimate intention
and designs are to inarch upon Weldon, seize
the railroad and isolate Richmond from the
South. The Express says that it would not be
surprised if the enemy were to march upon
Petersburg instead of Weldon.
Tho Methodist Episcopal Conference at Pe
tersburg expelled Rev. J. K. Littleton, bv a
vote of 46 to 29.
Richmond, Nov. 26.—Passengers by the eve
ning train report all quiet at Fredericksburg,
and no movements of importance have trans
pired in tbe vicinity, and. nothing received
from any other quarter that can be made pub
lic.
Tho London Times says, on the Chamber of
Commerce and the Conlederatc steamer Ala
bama, “The York Chamber of Commerce
had better so
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1
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Richmond, Nov. 25.—The correspondence
betwoca the civil authertiea of Fredericksburg
and the Federal commander, published this
morning, says Friday noon Gen. Patrick cross
ed the river under a flag of truce with a com
munication from Gen. Summer, stating that
under cover of the town shots had been fired
upon the troops of his command, and its mills,
manufactories and railroads furnish aid and
comtort to the rebels, and demanding a sur
render before five Friday afternoon, otherwise
after the lapse of sixteen hours the place would
be shelled. Mavor Slaughter, with the assent
of lb* military authorities, responds that, firing
was the act of the military, for which the civil
authorities are not responsible—that Sumner’s
troops will not be fired upon from the town—
that the mills and manufactories will uot fur
nish supplies of provisions or clothing for Con
federate troeps, nor will the railroads convey
supplies from the town to the depots of such
troops. But 1 am assured by military author
ities that, while their troops will not occupy
the town, they will not permit you to do so.—
The Mayor also informs the Federal comman
der that his me*M4 of transportation are so lim
ited that it would be impossible to remove the
women, children, etc., within the time indica
ted. Abdut 3 A.M. the Mayor received a com
munication from Gen. Sumner, stating that, in
consideration of his pledge, that the acts com
plained of shall cease in that town, and that
it should not be occupied by the enemy’s
forces, etc., the Federal batteries would not
open on the town at the hour designated. An
interview was invited by the Fuderals, and the
Mayor appointed a committee on the part of
the citizens, and Gan. Kershaw on the part of
ar
inderti
!apt Wilks after the Alabama.
We cannot undertake to capture tbis one Con
federate cruiser. We are sorry the Brilliant
waa burnt, and so we are that tbe lojgps on the
Mississippi were burnt; and that yviurder
and dishonor ol men and women of ALbarna
took place—these scenes are said to have sug- *
gusted ths name of this terrible cruiser.” „
The Lincoln Government has agi,m hacked
down. Diario de la Mariano savs “ as soon
aa the Representative of hor Majesty at Wash
ington, Sc-nor Tassara, received the details of*!?"
the ease, he visited and read to Mr. Seward
the dispatch of the Capt Gen. ot Cuba, iu
wh:«h the facte of tho case were stated and tb*
necessary declaration made. Mr. Seward as
sured the Spanish Representative, in the most
categorical manner, that the U. S. Government
highly disapproves the conduct of tbe naval
officer who violated onr laws and territory,
and was willing to give complete satisfaction
to the Government of Spain.”
Tho London Star, in an editorial on the
escape of the Alabama says :
“It is known that aa many as nine other
ships are being built or equipped in Bristol
Harbor, for the Confederate service.
If they were to serve simply and strictly as
▼easels of war—if they were tu be employed
ia the attempt to break the blockade—to re
cover New Orleans—to fight tbe. Federal* in
Southern Rivera, or other legitimate acts of
warfare, they would b* subject toariestand
detention.”
>
— Communication by electric telegraph has
taken place between London and Turen, in
Siberia, a distanced! 4,089 miles. It is antic
ipated that an »xtension of the wires will be
made to Nikolaievski, ou the 1’aciflc, by thi?
year, and that telegraphic communication with
New York, by way of Siberia and California
will be established by the end of the next year’
the Court of Ordinary ofTwti
leave tu sell the land belong!
rVBnV(ll)«-rf- ——
g» county for an order for I the laud ad
to ItaacYoongJate ofj late of emfl const:
negroes of tbe estate or Joan H. Lewis, i »*'r '-“-j '.. . . , , , , ..
deceased. , tilvei^mdernilhandoflWidlythteTthdayofJuly^^d,
for tne ueuou*. •
HABKLRT HOURHlIN