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SOiVBTOS, 1M11ET & BULYES, publishers aai Proprietors. jo* HOrCHTO>, ) II. NIMBET. { L r|)f goutljmt fc'mul Stnion /, published Weekly, in Millcdgcrille, Ga., Corner °f Hancock and Wdkinton St*., apposite Court House.) Af $2 a year in Advance, Unless in Advance, $3 Per Annum.) K»Ti:» OF AOVEBTIHIXG. /Vr square of twelve thus. r insertion $1 00, asul fifty cents for each subsequent •oatinusnee. r .. --ut without theapcciucation of the number of ‘ Ip.'.rtious will be published till forbid and charged ■ccordingly. , ; r Professional Cards, per year, where thej u ,t exceed Six Lives - - - jf|i; on \Jcral contract trill be made icith those irlw Irish to A.lcerlist by the year,occupying a specified, space Ba ft: 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.
