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VOLUME XXXli,]
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1861.
[NUMBER 14.
STt’ AlfTHORWY.
A C T H ASD RESOLUTIONS
°J l l‘ c Second Session of the
PROV1SIOXAL CONGRESS
of the •
CONFEDERATE STATES.
18 6 1 .
t'oart
LEG A L AD VEKTISEM ENTS.
iofLandand Negroes, by Administrators Tx
or Guarafans, arerequired by law to be’ Leif
-t Tuesday in the month; betwecu file hours „
„ |.,reno*iu and three in the afternoon, at tie
„a»e in thecounty in which the property is
it-
f thesenalea must be given in a public ga-
i;.todays pie*ioua to the day ofsaie.
**y tortile sale of personal property must be giv-
in like manner Id days previous to sale day.
v, ’ . -to the d* liters and creditors of an estate must
• be published 40 days.
V .tice that application will be made to the Court ot
le’iiaarv for leave to sell Land or Negroes, must be
oblishe'd for two months.
,■ talions for letters of Administration Guardianship.
^ must be published 30 days—for dismission from
\ I ninistration. monthly six months—for dismission
'.' r ., :n Guardianship, 40 days.
l;,j _ f.«r foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
:.it for four m mfhs—for establishing lost papers.
, . v, H spare rf thrre months—fur compelling' dies
•a Executors or administrators, where bond has been
. r -,i by the deceased, the full space of three
AX ACT recogn iz
the United tStHti
concerning Letters
Goods. '
\\ hcreas, The earnest effort
ment to establish friendly rein
eminent of the United Hate
.States, and to settle r.ll quesiio
(No. 10(3.)
g the existence of War between
ami the Confederate States and
i Marque, Prizes and Prize
PuMi
lies*, t!i
• the f<
cations will always be continued accordi
ug to
egal requirements, nulc-ss otherwise ordered
RATES:
ti.ms, on letters of administration, &e. ;
“ dismissory from Adinr’n.
“ “ “ Guardianship.
P e to sell Land or Negroea
re to debtors and creditors.
. ii.' personal property, ten days, 1 sqr.
of land or negroes by A’xecntors, dec. pr sqr.
ays, two weeks
iinan advertising his wife (in advance.)
4 5(1
3 (T;
4 00
3 011
1 50
5 oft
1 50
5 (Ml
general advertisements.
J, A. & W. W. TURNER,
attorneys at law,
October, 18, 1859.
Eatonton, Ga.
21 ly.
COATES & W00LF0LK
(liihrtljtnise anb (fammissioit
MERCHANTS.
ARE n
w open and prepared for the r* -ention of
licit NEW KIRK PROOF WAREHOUSE.
t<* Hardeman &. Sparks. We will endeavor to
mrsclves worthy of the patronage of (hose who
•or as with their business. Liberal advances
mention when desired.
it.Ga., Sept. 21, 135;*. IS tf.
JOHN T. 30WDOIH,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BiTOSTOH, GA.
Katonton. Ga., Feb. 14, 1360. • 38 t
BOARDING.
HOUSE will be open for transient and regu
lar boarders. .JAMES E
Milledgeville, Jan. IStli, 1861.
IIAYGOOD.
35
NOTICE.
'Pill: UNDERSIGNED having bought the es-
1. tablishineut of his friend F. SHOENBEIN,
ihrested. respectfully infoims the public, that lie
"ill continue the business in tin- same form and
respectfully solicits a sliaie of public patronage.
WM. SCHE1HING.
Milledgeville, July 15. IcOl. 8 lyr.
WATER PIPES,
FIRE . BRICKS. AC.
I F.tm isix; c(uiPA.VY,Kaolin, sc..
n now prepared to lurnish at short notice WATER
PIPES, double glazed, with a perfect vitriotis body
• liable for conduit pipes for cities, &<•., from twenty-
•.i inches diameter to one inch, capable of sustaining u
pressure of 150 head of water.
ALSO,
FIRE IJRICKS which have no superior.
We also manufacture all kinds of C. C. and Granite
Ware, and would most respectfully solicit orders for
the above goods. W.'H. FARROW, *
12 3m Agt. Kaolin, S. C.
made by this govi-m-
* Hons between the gov-
and the Confederate
tw..o„ II,, **,.,. . ■ - of disagreement be-
insti. e goyemiiieiitg upon principles of right,
Hi" livi-. . , ,, , r ^ :M ." have proved uuavail-
-,i v.T,. 1 f the reiiis.-il of the government of
l mtd. States to hold any intercourse with the eom-
oo-sioni'rs appointed by this government for tiie pur-
u- niak«” lt f i ,.‘ U »r rt ° Il ’‘ Ul ,' , i° “ ,,y l ir, ’l M ’ s « ls they had
i* i V ’-he peaceful solution , f nil causes of
m h -uky between the two governments; and whereas
t, * ts-'-dent of thcUmtci, States ,.t America has is-
uou ins proclamation making requisition upon the
states ol the American Union for leventy-five thorn
. ’ . nn-nfm the purpose, as therein indicated, of cap-
ti.r.ng n,n* and other strongholds within the jurisdic-
t.on o, aud belonging to the Confederate States of
A nenca, and has detailed naval armaments npon the
cou.ts „f the Confederate States of America, ami
;" w organized and equipped a large military force
«execute the purpose uforesaid, and lias issued his
utuer proclamation announcing his pui-pose to set on
h'nt a blockade of the ports of the Confederate States-
and whereas the State ot Virginia has seceded from’
tue rederal Lnion and entered into a convention of
ndiHuee offensive and defensive with the Confederate
Mate . an. has adopted the Provisional Constitution
ol the saul State , and the States of .Maryland, North
l .iiqiinp, iemiessee, Kentucky, Arkansas and Mis-
-oun have refused, atid it is believed that the State of
are and ttie inhabitants of the territories of
... an territory
south ot A ansa-, will refuse to co-operate with life
go' ernineiit of the L'.oted rttates in these acts
t iisti. ties and wanton aggression, which are
intended to overawe, oppress and tinallv
the people ot the Confederal
by the acts and r
the Goofed,
United Stati
except tl,
nessee, Keutnckv, Art;ansa:
and the territories of Arizona and New Mexico, and
the Inman territory south of Kansas: Therefore,
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
oj .4 menco do enact, That the President of the Coo
led, rate Mates is hereby authorized to use the whole
lend and naval force of the Confederate States to meet
,,:c Wat thus commenced,and to issue to urivatearmed
1
Dela:
Anzona ami New Mexico, and the India
,p«
these
plainly
subjugate
.Mates; and whereas,
means atoresaid, war exists between
ite States and the govern ment ot the
and the States and territories thereof
Metes of Maryland, North Carolina, Ten’
Missouri and Delaware,
Vi
UNIFORMS
rr
VOLUNTEERS
CUT UAO ORBER.
THE Subscriber will, upon short notice, vi-it
JL any County in the State, and CfT UNIFORMS
iVr Companies, and warrant, a good tit.
Oiders respectfully solicited.
Ve Address, THOMAS BROWN,
Merchant Tailor.
Pull sett cf Patterns for Uniforms
" u? to any part of the State, ujmhi the receipt ol >0 00.
Milledgeville, Ga., Juiv i*>» IsCI v 6 tf
BOOK-BINDING
The Subscriber is now pre
pared to do Book-Bind
ing - , in all its branches.
Old Books rebound, A:c.
M CMC hound in the best style. Blank Books
tnxnutactured to order. Prompt attention will be
g ven to all work entiusted to me.
S. J. KIDD.
Kinder? in Monthmi Enlornl l uion Office.
Milledgeville, ^iarch IRth, IStil. 43
SLATING—SLAT IN gA
W. E. ELLIOTT,
PIUCTIC4L SLATER AYR DEALER IS
best slates.
RECENTLY FROM RICHMOND, VA.,
I S now ready to do any work in his line of busi
ness—Slating, and warranted free from Leak
age.
ItrpnirN to old Mini. Hoof, offended to
Promptly.
\V. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Manufactory
oflron Railing. Verandah, Balconies. Iron Stairs,
f ountains. Settees, Chairs, Tables, Tree Boxes,
Figure-. Arc, Ac, and all other Iron Work ot a
decorative character.
tarlsaiusremrlrry Lots will receive l«i»pnr-
tirninr Attention.
W. E. E. is Agent for an extensive Marble
Monument Works, likewise for the Steam Marble
Mantle Works.
Designs of all, with prices, can be seen at his
r, 9ice, up stairs, over Morning News otiice. Bay
Street, Savannah, Ga.
A specim j n{of our work maybe seen on the
Depot building in Milledgeville.
Reference—G. W. Adams, Superintendent C.
R. R. Savannah. ^3 ddsA-wtf.
5n Saw Cot ion Cin lor Si'Ie.
ONE of WATSON'S best 50 Saw Cotton Gins,
!,i offered for sale. This Gin is new, and is equal
to any in use. Sold for no fault, the present otv-
1 “rs having no use for it. Any planter wanting a
good Gin, can have a chance to pet one at a re
duction on the regular price. Apply at this office,
' 11 1N. Tift, or J. H. Watson, at Albany.
Confederate
TREASURY Notes an<l Bonds taken at PAR for
* Furniture or Notes and Accounts due.
WOOD & CO., Macon,Ga.
Am^ricus, Albany, Cnthbert, Fort Gains, Griffin and
•uilledcevjlle papers will nleasc copy six months and
’-od hill. (4 G ms.) W A CO.
FOR SALE.
^muxOR TENT CLOSE,
J weighing 12 ozs per yaid, 30 inches wide,
in Rt'i'b containing about *620 yards, manufac
tured by Ocmulgee Mills.
Apply to ISAAC SCOTT,
J u'y 18th, 1861. (9 6mos*) Macon. Ga.
you are afflicted with Piles, send to Hertj
, “ a11 and get a box of Sturdevant’s pile cint-
aei 2t,and be cared. Price !§1 a box.
0 JACOB'S CORRAL will relieve at once the most
,,f ''nee °f Diarrliooea, end dysentery, no mat-
severe or violent, iteontrols with the utmost
_ ll « k », soothing the mucous lining of the intestinal
a h»yiug all irritatioa and, bring, about a speedy
vessels commissions, or letters of marque and general
reprisal.in such form as he shall think proper, under
tin-seal of tl ■ Confederate States, against the vessels,
g. 'Hls and effects of the govcrmne-it of the United
.■state,-, and ot tiie citizens or inhabitants of the states
an i territories theivot: Provided, hotecrer. That prop-
etty ot the enemy (unless it be contraband of war)
laden oil board a lieu ral vessel, shall not be subject to
seizure under this act: And prod Jr,l, further'. That
vessel :.oi t he citizens or inhabitants of the United
States now in the ports of the Confederate States, ex
cept such as have been since the 5th of April la.-t, or
may hereafter lie, in the se rvice of the government of
the i idled states, shall be allowed thirty da vs after
the publication of this act to leave said ports and reach
t hcirdcslination : and such vessels and their cargoes,
excepting at tides contraband of war, shall not be sub
ject to capture under this act during said period, unless
they shall have previously reached tiie destination for
which they were boundon leaving said ports.
See. 2. That the President of. the Confederate
States shall lie and he is hereby authorized and em
powered to revoke and annul, "at pleasure, all letters
ol marque and reprisal which he may ut any time
grant pursuant to this act.
Sec. 3. Tiiat ail persons applying for letters of
marque and reprisal, pursuant to this act, shall state
in writing the name and a suitable description of the
tonnage and force ol the vessel, and the name and
place of residence of each owner concerned therein,
andtlie intended number of the crew; which state
ment. shall be signed by the person or persons making
such application, and filed with the Secietary of State)
or shall be delivered to any other officer or person who
shall be employed to deliver out such commissions,
to be by him transmitted to the Secretary of State.
See. 4. That before any commission or letters of
marque and reprisal shall be issued as aforesaid, the
owner or owners of the ship or vessel for which tin-
same shall be requested, end the commander thereof
tortiie time being, shall give bond to the Confede
rate States, with at least two responsible sureties not
interested iii such vessel, in the pc-nal sum of live
thousand dollars, or it such vessel be provided wiili
more than one hundred aud fifty men, then iu the penal
sain of ten thousand dollars, with condition that the
owners, officers and crew who shall be employed on
hoard such commissioned vessel, shall and will observe
the lav s id the Confederate States, and the insiruc
tion, which shall be given them according to law for
the regulation of their- ooisduef. and will satisly all
damages and injuries which shall be done or commit
ted contrary to _ the tenor thereof, by such vessel
during her < ommission, and to deliver up the same
when revoked by the President of the Confederate
States.
See. 5. That all captures and prizes of vessels and
property shall be forfeited und shall accrue to the own
ers, officers and crews of the vessels by wlmui such
captures aud prizes shall be made, aud on due con
demnation had shall be distributed according to
ail) written agreement which shall be made between
them: and if there be no such written agreement, then
one moiety to the owners and the other moiety to the
officers and crew, as nearly as may he according to the
rules prescribed tor the distt ihiitiuu of prize money by
the laws of the Confederate States.
See. t>. Ttmt all vessels, goods and effects, the prop
erty of any citizep of the Confederate States, or of
pel sons resident within and under the protection of
the Confederate States, or of persons permanently
within the territories and under the protection of any
foreign prince, government or state m amity with the
Confederate States, which shall have been captured
by tiie United States, and which shall tie re-captured
by vi - els commissioned asaforesaid, shall he restored
to the lawful owners; upon payment by them of a just
aud reasonable salvage, to be determined by the mu
tual agreement of the parties concerned, or by the de
cree of any court having jurisdiction, according to
the nature i f each case, agreeably to the provisions
established by law. And such salvage slm'l be dis
tributed among the owners, offieeis aud crews of the
vessels commissioned as aforesaid, and making such
captures, according to any written agreement which
shall bo marie between them : and in case of no such
agreement, then in the same manner and upon the
principles herciuliefore provided in cases of cap
ture.
Sec. 7. That before breaking bulk of any vessel
which shall be captured as aforesaid, or other disposal
or conversion thereof, or of any articles which shall
be found on board the same, sncli captured ves
sel. goods or effects shall be brought into some port of
tiie Confederate Mutes, or of a nation or state in amity
with the Confederate States, and shall be proceeded
against before a competent tribunal; and after con
demnation and forfeiture thereof shall belong to the
owners, officers and crew of the vessel capturing the
-atne, and be distributed as before provided; and in
the case of all Captured vessels, goods and effects
which shall be brought within the jurisdiction of the
Confederate Slates, the district courts of the Confede
rate States shall have exclusive original cognizance
thereof, ns in civil causes of admiralty and muratime
jari: diction: and the said courts, or tiie courts, being
courts of the Confederate States, into which such
cases shall be removed, and iu which they shall Vie
fimtilv decided, shall and may decree restitution in
whole or ill patt, when the capture shall have been
made without just cause. And if made without prob
able cause, iniiy order aud decree damages and costs
t.i the party injured, for which the owners and com
manders ot the vessels making such captures, aud
also the vessels shall be liable.
Sec. 8. That all persons found on board any captured
vessels, or on board any re captured vessel, shall be
reported to the collector of the port in the Confederate
States in which they shalltirst arrive, and shall be de
livered into the custody of the marshal of the district,
or some court or military officer of the Confederate
Stntes.orof any State in oruear such port who shall
takechargeof their safe keeping and support, at the
expense of the Confederate States.
Si e. !'. That the Pr< rident of the Confederate States
is hereby authorized to establish and order suitable
instructions fertile better governing end directing the
conduct of t lie vessels so commissioned, their officers
and crews,copies of which shall be delivered by the
llcctnj-of the customs to the commanders, when they
provided.
unty shall be paid by the Con
federate States of $20 lor each person on hoard any
firmed hip or vessel belonging to the United States at
the commencement of an engagement, which shall be
burnt, sunk or destroyed by any vessel commissioned
as afofesuid, which shall be of equal or inferior force,
the same to be divided as in other cases of prize
money : and a bounty of $25 shall lie paid to the own
era. officers and crews of the private armed vessels
commissioned as aforesaid, for cadi and every prisoner
liv them captured and brought into port, and delivered
loan agent authorized to receive them,in any port of
tiie Confederate States: and the Secretary of the
Treasury is liereby authorized to pay or cause to be
paid to the owners, officers and crews of such private
armed vessels commissioned as aforesaid, or their
agent, the bounties herein provided.
Sec. 11. That the commauding officer of every ves
sel having a coinmis.-iou or letters of marque and re
prisal, during the present hostilities between the Con
federate States and the United States, shall keep a
regular joumnl. containing a true and exact account
of his daily proceedings and transactions with such ves
sel and the crew thereof; the porta und places he shall
put into or cast anchor in; the time ot his rtay there
and the cause thereof: the prizes he shall take and the
nature and probable value thereof; the times and
places when and where taken, and in what manner lie
shall dispose of the same ; the ships or vessels lie shall
fall in with: the times and places when and where he
shall meet with them, and hisubser\ ations and remarks
thereon; also, of whatever else shall occur to him or
any of his officers or marines, or be discovered by ex
amination or conference with uny marines or passen
gers of or in any other ships or vessels, or by uuy
other means touching the fleets, vessels andfoices of
the United States, their posts and places of station aud
destination, strength, numbers, intents and designs;
and such commanding officer shall, immediately on his
arrival in any port of the Confederate States,'from or
during the continuance of any voyage or cruise, pro
duce his commission for such vessel, and deliver up
such journal so kept as aforesaid, signed with bis
proper name and handwriting, to the collector or other
chief officer of the customs at or nearest to such ports;
the truth of which journal shall be verified by the
oath of the cemmauding officer for the time being.
shall give bond as pro
Sec. 10. That a bou
And such collector or other cbitf officer of the customs of tLe gigantic public loans negotiated, we j the Court report to the Governor, and let i beyond
shall, immediately on the arrival of such vessel, enter - ' • 1 J
the proper officer of the customs to go on board and
fake an account of tiie officers and men, the number
and nature i f the guns, and whatever else shall occur
to him on examination material to be known ; and no
such vessel shall be permitted to sail out of port
again irfltil such journal shall have been delivered
up, and a certificate obtained under the hand of such
collector or other chief officer of easterns that she is
manned and armed according to her eommissiou, and
upon delivery of such certificate, any former certifi
cate of alike nature which shall have been obtained
by the commander of such vessel shall be delivered
np- , j
.Sec. 12. That tin* commanders of vessels having let
ters of marque and reprisals as aforesaid, neglecting to
keep a journal as aferesaid, or willfully making frau
dulent entries therein, or obliterating the record ot any
material transaction contained therein, where the in
terest of the Confederate States is concerned, or re
fusing to produce and deliver such journal, commis
sion or certificate, pursuant to tin* preceding section ot
this act, then and iu such casc-s the commissions or let
ters of marque and reprisal of such vessels shall lie
liable to he revoked; and such c >mmanders respec
tively shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of
$ 1,000. one moiety thereof to the use of the Confed
erate States and the other to the informer.
, Sec. 13. That the owners or commanders of vessels
having letters of marque and reprisal asaforesaid. who
shaR violate any of the acts of Congress for the col
lection of the revenue of the Confederate States, und
for the prevention of smuggling, shall forfeit tiie com
mission or letters of marque and reprisal, and they aud
the vessels owned or commanded by them shall he
liable to all the penalties and forfeitures attaching to
merchant vessels in like cases.
Sec. 14. That on all goods, wares und merchandise
captured und made good aud lawful prizes of war, by
any private armed strip having commission or letters
of marque and reprisal under this act, and brought
into the Confederate States, theye shall be allowed a de
duction of 33 1-3 per cent oil the amount of duties im
posed by law.
Sec. 15. That five per centum on the net amount
(after deducting all charges and expenditures) of the
prize money arising from < apt tired vessels and car
goes, and on the net amount of the salvage of vessels
and cargoes re-captured by private aimed vessels of
the Confederate States, shall be secured and paid over
to the collector or other chief officer of the customs,
at the port or p'aoe in the Confederate States at which
such captured or re-captured vessels may arrive, or
to the consul or other public agent of the Confederate
States residing at the port or place not within the Con
federate States at which such captured or recaptured
vessel may arrive. And the moneys arising therefrom
shall br held and are hereby pledged by Die govern
ment of the Confederate States as a fund for tile sup
port and maintenance of the widows and orphans of
such per,mis as may be slain, and for the support and
maintenance of such personsasinay be wounded and
disabled on board of the private aimed vessels com
missioned as aforesaid, in any engagement with the
enemy, to be assigned and distributed in such manner
as shall hereafter be provided by law.
Approved May ti, 1861. 13
are compelled to contemplate tiie fearful
spectacle of an idle and wholly impover
ished population, already in a state of
destitution at ‘lie most favorable season of
the year, when food is cheap and house
hold expenses are trilling, and looking
forward to a coining Autumn and Winter
when their means of' livelihood are to ho
still more fearfully straightened, and the
tithes which Government will demand
at their hands shall lie a thousand fold in
creased.
T he man who witnesses the Winter of
ISO 1-62 in this and other Northern cities
will have need for a heart of marble and a
face of brass to resist the emotions of pity
and horror which must crowd upon him in
beholding the fearful scenes that will pre
sent themselves. A ruined and beggared
people, struggling with destitution and
exorbitant taxation at IiomCj and contend
ing with expensive and bootless war
abroad, has been described by history un
happily again and again ; hut the terrible
spectacle is now apparently about to he
produced here, with illustration of unusual
poignancy and effectiveness
The inability to pay rents in Summer
foreshadows a terrible condition of affairs
when cold weather shall he upon us
What must he the state of things in No
vember February it this is what we are to
contemplate in 'August? It would be
easy, doubtless, for landlords to evict ten
ants and relet their premises, hut would
the next comers be likely to do better ?
The fact is the war is ruining New 1*. It is
the North, ami not the South, that is suf
fering the effects of the present hostilities,
as every clearsighted financier and states
man predicted, from the beginning, would
he the case. It is we who are blockaded
—not the Cotton States. There is but lit
tle suffering, comparatively speaking, in
Charleston, Savannah or New Orleans,
hut there is a fearful amount of it in New
York, Boston and Philadelphia. The in
dustry of the South is not paralyzed. 'The
negro still goes to his cotton, rice or sugar
field, as lie did before the war, and re
turns to dance before his cabin at sun
down ; hut our Northern mechanic, busi
nessman, or laborer—how does the war af
fect him .- How does the capitalist of whom
the NewY ork correspondent of the Phil
adelphia journal tells, whose August rent
al roll in this city has shrunk from three
thro'* thousand dollars and upward to a
pitiful ninety-six dollars, like the effects
of war ? Wc predict lie will soon be a
Peace man, if lie he not already convert
ed ; and that lie will agree, as the whole
community—contractors and epaulet wear
ers excepted—wil^ ere long, with the
Peace organ, the New York Daily News,
that this war ought to come to an end.
From the Mississippiau.
£>iita«*« und A'apariiim of Ssatr Oorcrn-
niFiatLi.
From the Stratlord (Canada) Examiner, Aug. j.
ttoiilSst'i'Bi 2Karbnri<<:u :•«::! ^Vortlirrsi SUiiSau-
(Sirophy.
True, to their old policy the Northern
journals now labor" hard to counteract the
damaging impression produced abroad by
the terrible defeat which their vaunted
‘‘Grand Army” sustained at Manassas
Gap Junction. Having evidently for once
spoken the truth under the influence of
surprise and terror, great pains are now
taken to hide, as far as possible, the ex
tent of the disaster. Instead of five thou
sand, their telegraphic reports reduce the.
loss to only from one hundred to a thou
sand (a pretty wide margin, it must be
confessed !) while the “immense number
of prisoners,” the loss of arms of every
kind, cannon, horses, &e., first reported to
have fallen into the hands of the Confed
erates, are studiously ignored.
That the Northern press should seek to
diminish the victory of the enemy is per
haps not strange, hut that it should en
deavor to change the world’s contempt in
to sympathy by relating monstrous tales
of Southern barbarity, and cowardly cru
elty, is really infamous. Thus we road
of wounded men placed in the shade bv
their comrades, being tired at by the pur
suing cavalry; of bayonets and knives
stuck into tlic breasts of dying soldiers ;
of heads severed from the bodies, aud used
by way of amusement for foot-balls ; of
setting hospitals on tire, and roasting the
wounded alive, and other similarly in
credible atrocities.
Such charges, we repeat, can only re
flect disgrace upon those who prefer them,
though they are only of a piece with the
general tenor of the vilifying policy pur
sued by tiie North towards the South.—
In bravery and chivalry the Confederates
far excel their antagonists, and such traits
are never stained by wanton acts of cru
elty. Revolting deeds of this character
are without parallel iu the history of mod
ern warfare, for even the cowardly Mexi
cans were ashamed to commit them, and
left this kind of work to the guerrillas
who hung round the stragglers in the rear
of the American armies under Scott and
Taylor.
The circulation of these slanders re
minds us of tho humane counsels lately
tendered by the Detroit Advertiser, which
prove that the North is far more likely to
jierpietuatc acts which disgrace a South
Sea Islander. This disgusting sheet act
ually advocates the hanging af women—
as may be seen from the following re
marks :
“It is bigli time for the Administration
to adopt some decisive and effectual meas
ures to cleanse Washington of the infamous
gang of traitors who infest that city.—
Every department of Government, every
hotel, and almost every private house in
the city is polluted with the presence of
these degraded wretches, either male or
female. Many of them acting as spies,
and others keep up a treasonable corres
pondence with the enemy. Through
their means the rebel leaders are kept
thoroughly posted as to the number,
strength, position and movement of our
troops. Every item of information that
may be of value is promptly communicated
to them. This is done with the utmost
impunity, and chiefly through the agency
of female spies—women passing for ladies
in Washington and mingling with all
classes of society there. Papers and
maps lelt by rebel officers iu their flight
from Centrcville, proved that the rebels
had been advised of our march to Manas
sas. Thus far the Administration seems
to have made very little effort to rid the
city of these spies and traitors. Every
man in the department found to have been
iu correspondence with the rebels, and
every spy, even though she should he the
■wife of Paris or Beauregard should he
hung without remorse. The country Las
already suffered too much from these bate
wretches, and it is time it was brought to
an end. The public safety requires it.
Nothing but the summary execution on
the gallows of every such traitor and spy
who may be arrested, can accomplish the
object. If the Administration longer neg
lect this precaution, it will be held re- i be thick soled, high-quartered and laced
sponsible for the consequences.”
doubt that the men who
the Governor send on to the Confederate
1 Government. Some may say that here
after Mississippi should be reimbursed for
all this, being for the jmblic good. Very
well. Let the Governor keep accounts
and take receipts, and when the war is
over it will be easily adjusted.
But time presses and time is now gold
with us. It is now the last of July.—
Three months brings us to the last of Oc
tober—a late day in Virginia. Then we
have barely three months to work in,—
Can we do it ? Y es! Wi 11 we do it 1—
Surely ! Surely ! Think of Hetlicl and
Bull Run, and the Ldoodred field of Manas
sas, and let each man remember brother
aud son, friend and comrade on those mem
orable fields, and do his duty here, and the
work is done* Thank God, our women
need no reminder. In earnestness, in
faith and in heroic devotion to their coun
try and its brave defenders, they as far
surpass us as they do in all that refines and
purifies human life.
You were the first, sir, lo make this
suggestion I had already thought of it,
but I take it freely from you. Then, sir,
at once and earnestly lend it the aid of
your powerful journal, and among mem
bers use. your just and legitimate influ
ence that it may at once take such leg
islative shape as their wisdom may sug
gest. _
Ere this I suppose you and all Mississip
pi! have heard and “inwardly digested”
the news of the 21st July. I atn no Chris
tian man as things go, but it does seem to
me as if a power higher than man was
there and had smitten the foe in their hours
of pride. It was indeed a crowning glory,
and since I heard it, ever and at all hours
the solemn music of Macauley’s stately
lines has floated through my mind—“Glory
to the Lord of Hosts from whom all glo
ries are.” YVith all our joy mingles the
strains of sorrow—a glory and a loss such
as few nations ever knew. May God help
the dead ! “They have gone and gone in
glory. From us rises the dirge ; from them
floats the Bajan of triumph.” May God
bless the living ! The heroic Davis, the
dashing Beauregard, the dauntless John
ston, and all those wild and deathless
spirits which swept over those memorable
fields. In after years grateful milions may
essay a Temple to reward the services
of those who have won again all our Lib
erty* G*
Mississippi Crrv, July 28, 1861
Maj. Barksdale—)Iy Pear Sir : There
is an error into which some of our State
Governmeu’s (I will not say that of Mis
sissippi) are likely to fall, and which may
work an injury. In ordinary times a mis
take or an omission of duty, or to speak
more closely, a failure to do all in our
power, may be overlooked. But in tlii
day of battle and tumult, in this hour of
storm, we must brace every nerve, strain
every energy and do all, States and coun
ties and cities and towns and villages and
individuals, each and evety one, all and
more than all, for the great cause of con
stitutional liberty into which we have been
so wickedly plunged.
The error and hence the dangers of
which I would speak (for all errors yield
up a compensatory danger) is this: That
the State, so soon as received into the
Confederacy, would seem to regard its
functions in this contest as to many most
essential particulars, at an end ; that ev
erything both as to foreign war and do
mestic defence is cast upon the Confeder
ate Government, and tiie States are mere
cyphers or at least very unimportant co
adjutors. T his idea or feeling, as ffiTasit
extends, is all wrong and essentially inju
rious. Of course in its own proper sphere
the Confederate Government is supreme
and much is dependent upon it. and iu all
matters in the sphere of its jurisdiction the
States must act in subordination and mere
ly as auxiliaries to it. All know this, but
it is this very auxiliary part which I fear
will be overlooked. Herein a thousand
wise and judicious things may be done by
the States which will not touch the author
ity ot the Confederacy, but aid and com
fort its mighty arm upraised to defend
and secure independence, rights and
safety.
Then what can Mississippi do ? It is
true her warrior statesman leads the Con
federacy and the steady tramp of her sol
dier sons is heard on every battle-field.
But can the government and citizens at
home do nothing ? I answer they can
and ought to do many things. 1 know
they have the will. They only need to be
shown a way ; and on this way I offer a
few practical suggestions.
I will assume, without seeking to be.
exact, tiiat Mississippi lias now or will
soon have 30,000 troops in the field. The
war seems likely to endure this fall, and
perhaps the coming winter. Our men will
in this event, need a new supply of cloth
ing of every kind. The Confederate Gov
ernment will be pressed by every descrip
tion of duty. Some may say this “duty”
is their business, and 1 answer this busi
ness is “our salvation.” Suppose then
Mississippi steps forward and says she will
at once clothe her own sons !
What will our men need? Though not
fully informed, I will suggest each man
will need anyw uniform of strong linscy,
a new cap. new shoes, and new flannel
shirt and drawers, aud also a new blanket.
If the men of the State will furnish the
material, our ladies and their hand maidens
will make them up. As to shoes, if the
Police Court of each county will take Hold
of the matter as volunteer commissioners,
aud iu the several precincts, we can pro
duce 50,000 iu three months. Let them
and split in front. I fear it will be difficult
to get blankets, but our ladies can furnish
us a substitute perhaps better. I allude
to cotton or woolen “spreads.” Ladies
are familiar with them in every cottage,
and on plantations numbers can be made at
shortest notice. YVith these article, and
good yarn socks, our men could bid defi
ance to the colds of the North as success
fully as they have to its scoundrelly and
The experience of almost every one of! boastful representatives on the field,
r readers will probably bear us out iu | Then, sir, I suggest that our Legisla-
YVe have no
took their heels at “Jonathan’s Run/'
(the new name for Bull’s Run,) are jus! the
heroes to hang Southern women. This
would be far more safe than to face their
husbands and brothers.
From the N. Y. Daily News 6th inst.
Real Rsfale Remain.
the conviction we express, that scarcely a
quarter part of the rents due in this city
upon the 1st inst. has yet heen paid.—
Such almost universal inability to pay has
certainly no precedent. The excuse of
one is the excuse of all—no business, no
employment, no income, no money.—
Among the poorer classes of onr people the
burdens of this war are already beginning
to press with a fearful weight. Before a
solitary tax has been collected, or a cent
sugge
ture pass a law authorizing the Governor
to receive all such contributions, to pre
serve the same and forward them to the
proper departments of the Confederate
Government. Also that in some instances
he be authorised to pay a part of the ex
pense, as where it may fall too heavily on
one or more individuals, though this can
not often occur* Yet let him have a
proper discretion. Let each Police Dis
trict report to the Police Court. Let
[From the New York Day Book.]
Trouble Among tbe Germans—(hey Remand
Aid.
It is useless to disguise the fact that
trouble is brewing among tbe poorer
classes, and especially among our large
German population. The organization of
ward clubs lias been begun, and a Pro
visional Committee hold regular meetings,
and are making preparations for a grand
demonstration of the workingmen in this
city on Friday evening. The position
taken by the managers in organizing this
movement is, that the community and
State, and even the General Government,
are in duty bound to take care of and pro
tect its individual members—tbe poor as
well as the rich; to guarantee to the poor
sustenance, as the rich have guaranteed to
them the right to hold their property. In
fact, they claim that the power of labor
must be recognized by tbe Government as
the representative of a community.—
Therefore, they say, as tlie laborer, can
not now, by any possibility, help him
self, it is the duty of the authorities to
provide for him and the thousands of
starving poor in this city.
The following is a copy of the “procla
mation” circulated by the Committee of
Twelve:
PROCLAMATION OF THE WORKINGMEN’S
UNION.
The object of this organization shall be
a common pledge of all its members to use
all lawful and peaceful ways and means in
attaining tbe following objects:
1st. To ameliorate, in general, the con
dition of tbe working classes, step by step,
to do away with the tyrannical influence of
capital, and fraud aud speculation with the
productions of the. physical and mental
powers of the laborer; to reduce its in
fluence to the lowest ebb, nay, to abolish
it, if possible entirely, so tiiat the indus
trious poor man may hope for the time to
come when, in order to earn his subsis-
tance, lie may not have to pray, to bog,
and anxiously solicit, but when he may
reap the harvest of his industry for him
self.
2d. To induce the State anil com
monalty, through their authorities, as the
representatives of the people of the State
and commonalty, to furnish the opportu
nity to every member of the communal
family to employ in his behalf bis produc
tive power, in consideration of the fact,
that under the present state of affairs
nearly every exchange of productions by
main labor against money (which is the
only means to procure life necessaries) lias
ceased. In other words, that the princi
ples be recognized, that the State, as a
family, is in duty bound, to guarantee the
welfare and the “right of existence” to
each of its members, and the means and
guarantee for such, as it has, iu part, been
proclaimed in the Declaration of Inde
pendence by the fathers of the Republic.
C. Michf.l, President.
II. YY T . Mensing, Secretary.
The following call has been issued for
the mass meeting:
GREAT MASS MEETING
of all workingmen, without distinction,
without regard to business, to deliberate
and decide in what manner and by what
means our condition may be made better.
Laborers—The object is to begin a con
test, to secure and reorganize the following
principles:
That tbe community, as a family, is to
be bold responsible for the welfare of each
of its members, by the guarantee of em
ployment.
Gome all! No difi'erenco what political
parties you may have heretofore adhered
to ! U nite on the taiss of socialistic prin
ciples to obtain employment for the bread
less unemployed!
The meeting will take place on Friday
evening, August, 9, at 81 o’clock, in the
Metropolitan Rooms, 150 and 160 Hester
street.
In the name of the Committee.
Ohal Michel, President.
H. YYL Mensing, Sec’y.
These tunnels are four or five
I ’ feet under ground and are used only in
the heat of the day, or during a storm.
“YYhen they get hungry, the long file
spreads itself through the forest in a front
I line, and devours ail it comes to with a
i fury which is quite irresistable. The ele-
pheut and gorilla fly before this attack,
t lie black men run for their lives.—
Every animal that lives in their line of
inarch is chased. They seem to under
stand and act upon the tactics of Napoleon,
and concentrate writh great speed their
heaviest forces upon the point of attack.
In an incredible short space of time, tho
mouse or dog, or leopard or deer, is over
whelming, killed, eaten, and the bare
skeleton only remains.
“1 hey seem to travel night and day,
many a time I have been awaken out of
my sleep, and obliged to rush from the
lint and into the water to save my life, and
all suffered intolerable agony from tbe
bites. YVhen they enter a bouse, they
clear it of all living things. Roaches arc
devoured in a instant. Rats and mice
spring round the room in vain.
“An overwhelming force of ants kills a
strong rat in less than a minute, in spite of
the most frantic struggles, and in less than
another minute its bones are stripped.—
Every living thing in the house is devour
ed. Thus they are. in reality, very useful
—as well as dangerous—to the negroes,
who have their huts cleaned of all the
abounding vermin, such as immense roach
es and centipedes, at least several times a
year.
“When on their march, the. insect world
flics before them, and I have often had the
approach of a bashikouay army heralded
to me hy this means. YYlierever they go
they make a clean sweep, even ascending
to the tops of the highest trees in pursuit
of their prey. Their manner of attack is
an impetuous leap. Instantly the strong
pincers are fastened, and they only let go
when the, piece gives away. At. such
times, this animal seems animated by fury,
which causes it to disregard entirely its
own safety, and to seek only the con
quest of its prey. The bite is very pain
ful.
“The negroes relate that criminals were,
in former times, exposed in the path of the
bashikouay ants as the most cruel manner
of putting to death.
“Two very remarkable practices of
theirs remain to be related. YVhen, on their
line of march, they must cross a stream,
they throw themselves across and form a
tunnel—a living tunnel—connecting two
trees, or high bushes, on opposite sides of
tbe little stream. This is done with great
speed, and is effected by a great number of
ants, each of which clings with its fore
claws to its next neighbor’s body or hind
claws. '1 bus they form a high, safe, tubu
lar bridge, through which the whole vast
regiment marches in regular order. If
disturbed, or if the arch is broken by the
violence of some animal, they instantly
attack the offender with the greatest ani
mosity.
“The bashikouay have the sense of
smell finely devolved as, indeed, have all
the ants that I know of. and the}' are
guided very much by it. They are larger
than an inch long, aud are armed with very
powerful fore legs and sharp jaws, with
which they bite. They tire red or dark
brown in color. Their numbers are
great that one docs not like to enter into
calculations, but I have seen one continual
line passing, at good speed, a particular
place for twelve hours. The leader may
imagine for himself how many millions
or billious there may have been contained
here.
the savings banks will carry with them all
other banking institutions, and all will go
down together in the crash.
We repeat it, the financial affairs of the
country never stood in as critical position
as they do to-day. Thirty days from this
may see the banks and financial firms
tumbling in every direction. The Wall-
street philosophers may, however, in view
of the action of the Boston bankers, re
verse their decision, and decide to furnish
the money even at tbe Congressional
figures Should they decide upon that
course, we may escape the storm that is
now peuding; it not, look for breakers.
New York Democratic Convention.
—Albany, N. 1'., Aug. 16.—The Bieckin-
ridge Mate Committee assembled at the
Delevan House. Twelve of the members
were present. The following was unani
mously adopted: That this Committee,
representing that portion oftlie Democratic
party which sustained the Maryland In
stitute platfrom, witness with deep con
cern and apprehension the long predicted
result of Northern sectional aggressions
on the. rights of the Southern States. We
have uniformly opposed the policy which
wc foresaw must produce disunion. So we
are equally prompt to raise our voice
against civil war. We deny tiiat the
present war is in any sense a struggle for
the Union, and believe that those who
precipitated it neither care nor desire a
restoration. YY’e advocate a proposition
for a armistice and a Convention. That
the administration has suspended the Con
stitution; expressing gratification at the
refusal of the other wing to co-operate
with the Republicans; respectfully tender
ing the other wing the right hand of fel
lowship; sacrificing minor considerations
and burying past dissentions. That this
committee will not call a separate Conven
tion, but recommend those who recognize
this organization to unite in the elec
tion of delegates to the Syracuse Conven
tion.
Washington, August 14.—The Secre
t*-try of State to-day, on receipt, of the in
telligence that tbe privateer Sumter was
permitted to enter the port of Curacoa, in
the West Indies, ordered the. immediate
removal of the American Consul at that
port and the appointment of Richard E.
Ylorse, of Iowa, in his place.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Exchange, in his letter of the
14th inst., says:
The Cabinet has been evidently to-day
iu a state of most uneasy excitement. It
is privately rumored that a despatch lias
been received from Nova Scotia, giving
the intelligence that England and France
have taken decided grounds upon a
speedy recognition of the Southern Con
federacy.
2\. well known gentlemen, holding office
under the Government, remarked to-day |
in the piesence of my informant: “The
statement is too true. Our worst fears are
now realized, and we shall now have the
whole world to fight.” This appears to
he rather premature, as the news of the
deteat of Manassas had net been received
in England at the time of the departure
of the Nova Scotian. Men who ought
to know speak confidently, however, of its
truth.
Major Gen. YY’ool will certainly take
command oftlie forces at Fortress Monroe.
He is expected here during the latter part
of this week.
The act passed by Congress appropri
ating ?sl0,000,000 for the reimbursement
of those States who have made advances
to the Government for the support of the
war, will not cover more than one-Lalf of
the expenses actually incurred. These, it
is stated, will amount to at least 820,000,-
000. Pennsylvania and New Y'ork are
drawing the amounts due them, and the
orders presented are being paid at the
Treasury Department in the United States
Treasury notes.
A Terrible Enemy.
DnChaillu, just returned from Africa,
writes as follows of the terrible ravages of
the electorial ant:
“It is their habit to march through the
forest in a long and regular line, about two
inches broad, aud often ten miles in length.
All along this line are larger ants, who act
as officers, stand outside the ranks and
keep this singular army in order. If they
come to a place where there are no trees
to shelter them from tbe sun, whose heat
they cannot bear, they immediately build
under ground tunnels, through which the
whole army passes in columns to the forest
Financial Storm Brewing at the North.
The New York Herald of Wednesday,
the 14th, instant, in an editorial upon tbe
backwardness of the New Y'ork and Phil
adelphia banks in taking their share of the
Government loan, says:
The exigencies of the moment are such
that it leaves the financial officer of the
Government but one alternative, and that
the resort to the Napoleonic or people’s
loan. The bare announcement of that
policy will create a panic such as lias
never taken place in this or. any other
country. The parties to whom the two
hundred and fifty millions now in the
savings banks belong, will no longer hesi
tate when they cau increase their inter
est from five to seven and three-fourths
per cent—the former doubtful, and the lat
ter the very best of securities—bnt will
forthwith demand their money. The re
sult of this universal demand is better
imagined than described. Our savings
banks loan tbe money which they receive
on mortgages upon tire real estate and tbe
purchase of first class stocks and bonds;
it is in this way that they are able to pay
their depositors interest.
Let this money be demanded, and those
mortgages, stocks and bonds will Lave to
be thrown upon the market to obtain
money to pay the depositors. The class
of depositors are such that, at the first
symtoms of a crisis, even if they do not
wish to purchase Treasury notes, they will
forthwith call for their deposites, and the
result will he the same. Tbe failure of
CAROM AND TlIK BIBLE.
The following curious broadsides is ta
ken from an English newspaper of the
year 1774, and is there called cards spirit
ualized:
“The Perpetual Almanac, or Soldier’s
Prayer Book, giving ail account of Rich
ard Lane a private belonging to the 47th
Regiment of foot, who was taken before
the mayor of the town of Glasgow, for
playing at cards during divine service ”
The sergeant commanded the soldiers
at church, and when the parson read the
prayers he took his text. Those who had
a Bible took it out; bnt this soldier had
neither a Bible nor Common Prayer Book;
hut, pulling out a pack of cards, he spread
them out before him. He first looked at
one card and then at the other. The ser
geant of the company saw him, and said—
“Richard, put up the cards; this is no
place for them.”
“Nevermind that,” said Richard.
YY'hen the service was over, the consta
ble took Richard prisoners; and brought
him before the mayor.
“YVell,” says the mayor, “what have
you brought that soldier here lor/”
“For playingat cards in church.”
“YY T ell soldier, what have you to say
for yourself?”
“Much, sir, I hope.”
“Very good; if not, I will punish you
more than man ever was punished.”
“I have been,” said the soldier, “about
six-weeks on the inarch. 1 have had but
little to subsist on. I have neither Bible
nor Common Prayer Book. I have noth
ing but a pack of cards, and I hope to sat
isfy your worship of the purity of my in
tention.”
“Y r ery good,” said the mayor.
Then, spreading the cards before the
mayor, he began with the Ace.
“When I see the Ace, it reminds me
there is but one God.
“When I see the Deuce, it reminds me
of Father and Son.
“YY hen I see the Tray, it reminds me
of Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
“ YYhen I see the Four, it reminds me
oftlie four Evangelist tiiat preached—viz.;
Mathew. Mark, Luke and John.
“YY’heu I see the Five, it reminds of
the fiye Wise Y'irgins that trimed their
lamps. There were ten, but five were
fools, and were shut out.
“ YY’hen I see tbe Six, it reminds me
that in six days the Lords made heaven
and earth.
“YY^hen I see the Seven, it reminds me
that on the seventh day God rested from
the works that He made, and hallowed
it.”
“YYhen I see tbe Eight, it reminds me
of the eight righteous persons that were
saved when God drowned the world—viz.:
Noah and His wife, his three sons and
their wives.
“YVhen 1 see the Nine, it reminds me
of the nine Lepers that cleaned by our
Saviour. There were ten, bnt nine never
returned thanks.
“When I see the Ten it reminds me of
the Ten Commandments which God han
ded down to Moses on a table of stone.
“When I see the King, it reminds me
of the Great King of Heaven, which is
God Almighty.
“When I see the Queen, it reminds me
of the Queen of Sheba, who went to hear
the wisdom of Solomon ; for she was as
wise a woman as he was a man. She
brought with her fifty boys and fifty girls,
all dressed in boy’s apparel, for King Sol
omon to tell which were boys and which
were girls. King Solomon sent for water
for them to wash themselves; the girls
washed to the elbows, and the boys only
to the wrists—so King Solomon told by
this.”
“YVell,” said the mayor, “you have
given a description of all the cards in the
pack except one.”
“YY’hich is that?” asked the soldier.
“The Knave,” said the mayor.
“I will give your honor a description
of that too, if you will not be angry.”
“I will not,” said the mayor, “if you
will not term me to be knave.”
“Well,” said the soldier, “the greatest
knave 1 know is the constable that brought
me here.”
“I do not know,” said the mayor, ”
whether he is the greatest knave, but I
know he is the greatest fool.”
‘YY hen I count how many spots in a
pack, 1 find three hundred and sixty five
—as many days as there are in the year.
“YYhen I count the number of cards in
a pack I find there are fifty-two—as many
weeks as there are in a year. And I find
four suits—-the number of weeks in a
month.
“I find there are twelve picture cards
in the pack, representing the number of
months in the year; representing the num
ber of months in the year; and on coun
ting the tricks, I find thirteen—the num
ber of weeks in a quarter. So yon see,
sir, the pack of cards serves for a Bible,
almanac and Common Prayer Book to
me.”
The estimated cost to the North of the
first year of this war is abont $600,000,000.
This is about tho estimated value, in
p,eace times, of the whole Island of New
Y’ork, and all its property, real and person
al.
The first year’s expenditure in the vain
purpose of subjugating tho Southern States
is about equivolent to the sinking of the
whole Island otNew York, with all it con
tains of inanimate life. Another year
will abbot swallow up Boston aud Phila
delphia.