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and order, holding no farther coneapondence nor
giving aid and comfort to the enemies of the
Uuitej .States wll not be distrusted either in per
son or prepay, except so »«r, under the o.aers o
the Commanding General. ns the exigencies ot
th>- public may render nece3»ry.
The keepers of all public property, whether ,
State National or Confederate, tucb As collections
" of art, libraries, museum* as well as all public j
buildings, all munitions of war and armed vessels, !
w ;i| sconce make full return thereof to these !
bcti‘hjusrtk r s; all man ufactu rips of mins and mu- |
nitions of war will report to these headquarters their ,
kind and places ol busim«s. ^
Ml rights uf prope/ty of whatever kind wid he
held inv iolate, subject only to li e laws of liie Uni
ted States. . , .
All inhabitants are eiijoined to pursue tlieir
usual avocations, all shops and places of business
and emoeement aie to be kept open in ti e accus
tonied manner, and services to he had "in chur
ches and religious houses as in times ot profound
peace.
Keepers of all public houses, coffee houses and
drinking saloons are to report thair names and
numbers to the otiice of (be Provost Marshal: will
there receive license and bo held responsible for
nil disorder and disturbances of the peace arising
in their respective places.
A suffice nt force will be kept in the city to pro-
serve order and maintain mo law s.
The killing of an American soldier by any dis-
ordtrlV parson or mob, is simply «ssassinatiou
and murder, aud not war, and will be ;o regarded
and puuhhed.
The owner of any bouse or building in or from
which such murder shall be committed w ill he
lield responsible therefor, and the house liable to
bo destroyed by the military authority.
AH disorders and disturbances ot peace done by
combination snd numbers, and crimes ot an agra-
vated oatut^;.*. Hering with forces or laws ot the
United Kta^/Vill be referred to a military court
for trial and; punishment; other misdemeanors
w ill be subject te the municipal autbonty if it
choose to act. Civil causts between party aud
party will ti* referred to the ordinary tribunals.
'i be levy and collections of all taxes save those
imposeii&y v tii£laps ofjhe Ijniicd Slates aro sup
pressed, except those for keeping in repair and
lighting the streets, and for sanitary purposes.— 1
These are to be collected in the usual manner.
The circulation of Confederate bonds, eviden | AN ACT to legalize the acts of the district*
ces of debt except notes in the similitude of bank l torney, marshal and deputy marshal of the
notes issued )jy the Confederate States, or scrip, j State of Tennesseo.
dt i Section I Ti c Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That the official acts
gnniaed in tbe same manner be like organizations
ui infantry now are under existing laws
Sec. i He it further enacted, That the Presi
dent may cause the troops armed and organized
as herein provided, to serve as similar organiza
tions of Infantry now do, or to attach troops so arm
ed to other regiments in the service, in numbeis
not exceeding two companies troops so aimed to
each regiment. And the Colonel of the regiment
to w inch such companies may be attached - shall
have power to detail men from such companies to
take tbe place of men in the companies armed
with-fire-arms, whenever vacancies may occur
troni death, or discharge, or in cases of .absence,
from sickness, furlough or any other cause, the
true intent and meaning of this provise being to
reader every fire-arm in the army available at ail
tim-H, by having it always in tbe hands of a vveil
and i ffeclivo man.
Sec 15. Immediately aftlj the passage of this
act, it shall ho the duty of the Secretary of War to
furnish copy of tbe same to evory General in tbe
service.
Approved April 10, 1862.
No. ;
AN ACT to encourage enlistments in tbs corps of
Marines.
Section!. The Congress of the Confederate
States of America do enact. That frdm and after
the passage of this act, enlistment in the Marine
Corps shall be for the term ot the existing war or
for tbe period of three yeanna^the recruits may
elect a! the time of enlistment.
Sec. 2 He it further enacted. That every able
bodied man who may enlist and he received into
the Marine Corps, shall be entitled to tbe bounty
of fifty dollars, to be paid at 'the time of joining
tbe corps and every non commissioned officer, mu
sician and private now in the Marine Corps, who
may have enlisted tor three years; shall be enlis
ted to rec' ivc the sum of forty dollars as equiva
lent to bounty.
8ec 3. And be it further enacted, That for the
purpose of carrying Into effect the provisions of
this act, the sum of forty thousand dollars, is here
by appropriated out. of any money in toe Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
Approved April 10. 1862.
[No. 33. ] -
or any trade in the same, is strictly forbidden.,
liuvirijr been represented to the Commanding G?»-
eral by the clvn nurfiwrlefes iliaj these Confedor
ate notes, in the form of bank Holes, are, in a
gieat measure, the only substitute for money
which the people have been allowed to have, and
that gr-at distress w -uld ensue among the poorer
classes it the circulation of such notes were sup
pressed, such circulation will be permitted, so long
as any one may he inconsiderate enough to receive
them, till further osders i
No publications, either by newspaper, pamphlet
I nt J. U Ramsey, late District Attorney, and of
I Jesse I) Clements, late Marshal of the District of
Tennessee, and of the deputies of said Marshal,
from the time their respective offices were vaca
ted, by the. passage of the net of the Provisional
Congress Approved on the 12th day of December,
i lt*01, by which said Districts of Tennessee was di
ed into three several Districts, without any pro
vision for containing said officers in office, be and
or handbill, giving accounts of the movements of tm ‘ paHI<3 " rB hereby made legal and valid 'he
aoldiers of the United States within this Depart- ! same extent in the same manner, as :f thei had
nieiit; rtfiecting in any way upon the United I been continued in office up to the i nssage of this i
States or its officers, or tending in nuy way to ir. i act. and they are hereby exonerated from any pen-
tiuence the public mind against the government ot a *'y forfeiture or liberality to toe pnlnic or any |
the United .Stats s, will be permitted; and all arti- j private person by reason of any official act coin- ,
eles of wav news or editorial cuinmentsor eorres- | u,ltte d by them, to the same extent, ana. in the |
pondence', making comments upon the armies of ' snrr,e manner, as if they had been legally in office
the United Stales, or reb- U, must be submitted *■' Hie 'hue of cemnntM|<y lllfr- same An 1 sai<
to the examination cf an officer who will be detail- i officers are hereby authorized to collect and re
ed for ttie purpose from these headquarters. j <" eiye *?'« *« m f f f , s -L nd emoluments as if they had
The traiiHruinsion of all communications by tele- j rifrljtiuliv in office,
jrraph will be under the charge of an officer from i ^ ec - \ ** Anther enacted, I hat the said Mar-
the»e headquarter* *nal an(4 his Deputies may continue to act until the
The arnfi. tlie -Unit d States tame here not • successor* of said Marshal aie qualified,
to destroy but te Tank ■ good, to restore order our j Approved April 11, 1802.
oftchi.os, and the government of laws in place of j
the passions of men: to this end, thorvforn, tbe! (No. 81 )
efforts of all well disjaiscd poisons a-e invited to j AN AC T to punish Drunkenness in the army,
have every species of disorder quelled, and if any ! See. 1 The Congress of the Confederate States
soldier of i lie United States should so tar foiget 1 of America do enact. That any Commissioned offi-
liis dut v or his flag, as to commit any outrage upon 1 cer of the Regular or Provisional Army who shall
any person or property, the commanding General i be found drunk, eitln-r while on or off duty, shall
requests that his name ‘be instantly reported to the j on conviction thereof before a court of inquiry, be
provost guard, >o that he may be punished and j cashiered cr suspended from ihe service of the
his wroughtful act redressed, j Confederate States, or be publicly reprimanded, ac
The municipal authority, so far as the police of j cording to the aggravation of the offence, and in
the city and crimes are concerned to the extent addition to a sentence cashiering any such officer
before indicated, is hereby suspended. ! he may aim be declared incapable of holding any
All assemblages of persona in the streets either ! military office under the Coafederato States dur-
dred dollars. and not exceeding twenty-four bun-
dred dollars: thirty per cent.,and on all sums over
twenty-tour hundred dollars; ten percent. Depu
ty Post Masters at distribtvin : offices shall receive
eight paf-cent. commission on the amount of pos
tage on letteis and packages received at such dis
tributing officees, respectively, for distribution;
which said several comtei siotis shall be allowed
quaitcrly and in due proportion fur any period h as
than a quarter, b.:t these commissions shall in no
case exceed the maximum compensation now ki-
lowed by law.
Approva l April 21, 5862.
(No. 67.)
AN ACT tiranfend an act entitled “an aetto pro
vide for the organization of the navy, approved
March 16, 1.-61 and for other purposes.”
Sec. i. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact; That the grades of the com
missioned officers of ihe Navy of the Confederate
States shall hereaft* r be as to wit: four
Admirals; ten Captains,Commanders,
one hundred First 1 twenty-five Sec-
ond Lieutenants, twenty m^nrs inline of pro
motion, twelve Paymasters,ffjsrty A sistant Pay
masters, twrtflyflWrfflT^eoirs, fifteen Past Assis-
lant Surgeons, thirty Assistant Surgeons; one
Engineer in Chief and twelve Engineers.
Sec. 2. All the Admirals, four of tho Captains,
five of tho Command* rs. twenty-two of the First
Lieutenants, and tivo of the Second Lieutenants
shall be appointed solely for gallant or meritorious
conduct during the war. The appointments shall
be made from the grade immediately below the
one to ba filled and without reference to the rank
ot the officer in such grade, and the service for-
petency.aud that.whenever a vacancy shall occur j . ■ •(creating from Virgin***
is the lowest grade of commissioned officers of a j p etcrsbur „ M 19th.—Eighteen of the
company, such vacancies shall be filled by elec-; , ° J ° , l
lion: Piovidert, however, that the President may, Monitor*crew came on shore at lliree
when in his opinion it is proper, fill *ny vacancy o’clock this afternoon, at city point. I hey
by the piomotk-u of any officer fr<un any compa- we rd surprised on landing by the Confed-
»y, battalion, squadron or r^ment,” er ate pickets and ordered to surrender.
*>&ine may occur, who shall have been aistmgmsn- . i r a:****
ed in service by tbe exhibition extraordinary val- 3me ot themi including four officers, Jam
or and skill and that when any vacancy shall cc-« down tbeir pistols and cutlasses; the others
cur in the lowest grace of commissioned officers rushed to a small l>*»at and pulled for the
of any company, tbesamo may be tilled by seke- Ei«ht were killed—tite renrain-
tion by ill- President of any non-commissioned . * "vicwmcu
officer or private from the company in which said , 1!! K ,>ne * ! -'St an arm.
vacancy may occur, who shall have been distin •
guished in ihe service by the.exh
ordinary valor ana skill an
made by the President shall hi b'
advice and consent of the Se|^te.
Approved April 21
(on of extrn-
intments
with the
Navnl Engagement at Fort Pillgw.
ing, the fleet was put in readiness, apd
about 7 o’clock the fight commenced.—
which the appointment ehail be conterred shall he j T he steamer Bragg, Capt. m. Leonard,
specified in tho commission: Provided, That all | ] e( ] j n t | le attack. She steamed up amid a
offices below the grade of second Lieutenant h f balls to the St. Louis gunboat,
promoted mere than one grade lor the , . , . . j . 1 1
’ b which was coming down, and struck Iter
The Monitor opened fire with' a heavy
gun and'prevented the rescue of the boat
and survivor. The nine who were captur
ed reached here at half past six o’clock,
and were marched through Sycamore
street to Gen. Huger's headquarters., sur
rounded by a great crowd.
, . ,, .. One of the officers is a Pay master. The
We get the following from the Memphis .• o(herg are Midshipincn .
Avalanche of the 12th inst. . None of the Confederates were hurt.
Gen. Jeff. 1 homson. who is in command j Late Northern papers report the sinking
of the gunboat fleet at Fort Pillow 0 f tbe Mound City and Cincinnati gunboats
bearing that it was the intention of tbe . Jeff Thompson > 8 cotton boat fleet.—
enemy to come down to atack the place on The BcnUm ig ba(] , y damaged . The ene-
Saturday, concluded that he would go up acknowledge the loss of 1,000 men
and antisipate their movements Accor- : killed 2 500 wounde d and 600 prisoners at
dmgly, about 6 o’clock on Saturday morn- I Williamsburg
» _
From tho Louisville Journal l-
Vcdrral Aecwaol—Aa**^*-
•f Jaba JlA|«d
V ester,ky «• d,”
auiles this side ot < ave , . .
stopped bv Col. John
me,.; numbering about two ,
Major Coffee and an lushmaii fired at
the rebels, whereupon a consid^ahle^nUm;
her of shots were fired, chiefly J
els, who seemed to be aiming P P y
, - i knKodVwas killed or
at the engineer, but uottoavw
hurt. Morgan took possestMf ' £
which passed on to Cave CH}, where
about forty-five tTeight cars, three passen
ger cars, and one locoinotivsrwere destroy
ed. Oue passenger and the express car
were permitted to return to Louisville.
Major Coffee and Major Helveti were
captured and carried <4 and-eight or ten
thousand dollars taken from the express
agent.
months, been clamorous for the restora
tion of Gen. Floyd to his command, up
to this time he has not been resto.ed.—
Throughout the western part of Virginia
the.name of Floyd is a tower of strength
to the Southern cause and the Legislature
of that State, in again placing him j n lbe
field, have taken a step which will, doubt
less, go far towards ensuring the security
of the important mines and railroads of
*>at rugged region, to conquer which is
now the especial ambition ot the pre
cious knave and-'renegade, John Charles
Fremont.
Affair* »• NwWk >*S Forlsmontb.
The Petersburg Express has had a con
versation with an intelligent gentleman
who was in Norfolk Saturday and Sunday,
and who left Ponrtsmouth Monday eve
ning at half past six o clock:
The Federals had full possession of
both places, and tbeir pickets extended
out on every road beyond the suburbs of
The special object of Morgan wa£ to re^ jj 0 t b cities. The city of Norfolk was for
capture the one hundred and eighty^threer i
To Hie Tobacco Planters of Virginia and Norib
Carolina.
may bv promoted
same service. ~ #
See 3 The Warrant Officers shall be ns follows: on the starboai side ; the Sumter. Capt.
twenty Pass, d Midshipmen,one hundred and six j Wallace Lamb, followed next and butted
Acting Mub-liipmen, filty First A-eistant Engiu tbe g t ] >otds near the stern; tbe Gen
eeis, one hundred and fitty 8Pcoi d Assistant hn- i A m TT . x navi
o'ineers one hundred and lifty Third Assistant Kn- j ^ rice, Capt. I . xlenthoin , ^
eers ten Boatswains, twenty Gunners, *Six Sail j and also butted tbe St Louis in tbe stern,
Makers and twenty Carpenters. ! knocking away her rudder and sternpost.--
Sec. 4 The annual pav of the additional grades ; Tbo y an Dofn, Cant- Fulkerson, came
created by this aet.^diall be as follows: Admirals . -* *-
six thousand dollars, Second Lieutenant, for ser- 1 )a ^t. , . : . , mands of the service. It is well known
vi<*« eiiionf tivolvc* hundred dollar* when on h ave * I li€3 Bragc, had her cliain shotaway and, , . . • , ~ i
,tr other duty, one thousand dollars. Master in the dropped back ; the Sumter was surrounded that the tobacco barns of Virginia and
.reafi^f 0 "' T 'b 0 " 0 "?' 1 t ,1 , !irs f0r , ser - by three gunboats, which for the space ^orth Carolina contain a considerable
vue w hen on leave orotiter duty, mne hun J quantity, which, bv a very simple process
dred dollar*. Past Midshipmen nine hundred doi- , ^ fifteen minuted^ poured «l most deadly . • •
C. S. NITRE BUREAU-
Richmond, May 8, 18G2.
Notwithstanding the large yield of Ni
tre from caves, frequently advertised in
our newspapers, the receipts from that
source have not been sufficient, and the
Government is under the necessity of
looking to otbar sources to meet the de
mands of the service. It is well known
lars for service ctiont when on leave or other duty
eight hundred dollars
Section.5. The annual pay of Assistant Pay
masters shall hereaTter be when on service afloat
twelve hundred dollars, ou other duly eleven hun
dred dollars.
Approved April, 21 1662.
can bo obtained from the earths of the
[No. 6.8.1
AN ACT making appropriation., lo rai rv inlo
**‘ — . exchange of bonds
in kind and the nhipment. sale or halls penetrated as much as six feet into
our boats yet, so far as their service
is concerned, they were uninjured. The
for article
hypothecation of such nruclos
8>-c. I The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That for the purpose of carry- - . , .,
ing mro i-ffect sit act authorizing the exchange of ’ an Doru s uppe" works were almost lid-
fire upon her. Some of the enemy’s . .
boats were almost alongside tho Sump- barn floors; and an appeal is now made to
ter in the engagement, yet she was every planter to engage m the manufac-
not seriously disabled, though her cabin tur ® of * 1,8 ar,,c ’ e ' wh,ch “ 80
was almost riddled. Tbe Van Dorn had P or,ant to t tho government at this time,
a special engagement w*h the mortar boat i^penmenton the earths ot tobacco barns
and.it is believed, seriously damaged her. ' v ' er „ e instituted, under the direction
Indeed, it is reported that the mortar boat of Captain Minor, by Mr. F. J. Barnes,
has since sunk. Some of the enemy’s a ?. d ^ was satisfactorily ascertained that
all tobacco barn floors contain more or less
Nitre, according to the length of time they
have been in use. A barn which has
been in use some twenty years will
millions uf dollars is hereby appropriated
Approved April *21. 1862.
lionu- for article fn ! ind, and shipment, sale, or died. A spy glass was shot out of ihe c ? n,a . in ® itr ° ua uartli to the depth of six or
hypothecation of such articles, the sum of two hands of her captain. ’There was no dam- n!nc Inc,le ®; ant * one which has been in
; done to tbe bulls or machinery of our ; s°me five years only, two or three
s. Gen. Thompson was on board the ! J n ,. le8 ’ j * UC °^ der ^ arns < ' 8
[No. 8!).] Bragg, which made the first attack, , believed, wi.l yield as much as 150 pounds
AN ACT to increase tho facilities of importing did their duty nobly, though special at ten- ; U. a " d P 1 . aD . ters will find it no less
goods, wares and merchandise into the ports of lion is made of Capt. Fulkerson, of the I P 1 ^ 0 * 1 able^tuan xc xs patnotie to engage in
I he Confederate stales.
by day or bv ni||bMlend to disorder and aro for
bidden. ‘
The various companies composing the Fire De
partment iu New Orleans will be permitted to re
tain their organizations and are to report to the
office of the Provost Marshal so that they may be
known and not interfered with in their duties.
And, finally.it may be sufficient to add. without
further enumeration, that all the requirements of
Martial law will be imposed so lung as in the judg
ment of the United States authorities, it may be
necessary And w bile it is the desire of these au
thorities to exercise this government mildly, and
after the usages of the past, it must, not be suppo
sed that it will not be vigorously and firmly ad
ministered as occasion calls.
By command oi Gen. Butler.
GEO. C. STRONO, A A G.,
Chief of Staff.
3T AUTHORITY.
Art* nn«l Koolutiou* of the Congrrn* of the
C*nfrdrrntr Mtatr* *f Amrrira Passed
at the First Nrssioa under the Permanent
Constitution.
[No. 26]
AN ACT to remit the duty on railroad irott suffi
cient to completo the Alabama and Mississippi
rivers railroad.
Section 1. Tne Congress of the Confederate
Slates of America do enact, That the duty on
Railroad iron sufficient to complete the routes
from Selnta. in Alabama to Meridian in Mississippi
held in bond, or which rnay hereafter he imported,
and procured for the purpose staled be and the
same is hereby rrmitted ; Provided, such iron
ing the war
Sec. 2 That it shall be the duty of all officers
to report to the commanding officer of the post,
ref intent or corps to which they belong, all eases
coming under their observation of intoxicalion
of commissioned officers, whether of super,or or
inferior glades to themselves, aud it shall be the
duty of the commanding officer of the division or
brigade to which said post, regiment or corps be
longs to whom such report may be made, to re
port the same to the officer commanding the brig
ade or division wiio sha'd organize said court and
order the trial of said offender at the earliest time
consistent with the public, service.
Sec. J The findings of any such court shall be
promptly transmitt-d to the Secretary of War, by
the commanding officer, together with his appro
val or disapproval tliereuf. and shall be reported
to Congress at. the next session thereafter, by the
said Secretary.
Approved April 21.1662. —
(No. 82)
AN ACT to organize bands of Partisan Ran-
gers
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
| of America do enact. That the President be and
[ he is hereby authorized to commission such officers
j as he may deem proper with authority to form
bunds of Partisan Rangers, in companies, battal-
lions or regiments to be composed each of such
numbers ns the President may approve.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That such Parti
san Rangers, after being regularly received into
service, shall be entitled to the same pay, rations
and quaitets during their term of service, and
be subject to^tlie same regulations as other sol
diers .
Sec 11. lie it further enacted, That for any arnt
Van Dorn. 1 the manufacture of Saltpetre, inasmuch as
The St’. Louis was seriously damaged j th °y wiII „ oe P aid h y iho Nitre Bureau
and was run on a bar apposite Plumb ^venty-fivc cents per pound for all Nitre
Point. Yesterday, at noon, slie was still I which contains no impurities over 10 per
on the bar, with a transport alongside cent. Unptnin Minor has kindly furnished
supposed to be in a sinking condition. ; this Bureau with the information^ which
The fight was brought to a close by the ' . * ,a( * collected on this subject, and un
Federal gunboats withdrawing into shoal ^ e8 . WI ^' n,e *hc publication of this
water, where ours could not go. They ! notlcc -
then -opened broadside after broadside at' Process—Dripping.—-Procure four bar
ns, throwing some three hundred shot, but ; vcls, with one head in each, as near water
with no damage. The Benton gunbgat, ; tight as practicable (flour barrels, will do
Com. Foote’s flagship, did not leave Uf j but whiskey or molasses barrels are hot-
I^nzHs aud pnz*: goods," Approved May 2lst, shore, but all the time poured a most dcs- j ter), number them 1, 2, 3, 4. Make false
Sec 1 The Confederate States ^'jc'ive firaupon our boats. j bottoms in them with twigs, or otherwise
of America do enact, Tba^fflk first section of the 1 he Federals made an attempt to board as may he most convenient, line the bar
above entitled Act ue so amended, that, in case the Sumpter, but the boarding party were rels over this pretty well with straw or bav
extending this li ne some distance up th
sides, and fill with earth from the
floor of the barn. Pour sufficient water
to each barrel thoroughly to moisten it
Sec I. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That it. shall be lawful for
vessels to nn'oad llu ir cergoog on any part of th
const of the Confederate States, and that the law
requiring entry of vessels or discharge of their
carg-jes at designated ports, and prescribing pen
alties for failure to do so, shall be and tne same
are, hereby, suspended
Approved April 821, 1862.
(No. 90.)
AN ACT to amend am acUanlitled ‘‘an act to
amend an act reeognizifl|BW*;xistencc of war
between the United 6tateSh>d the Confederate
Slates, aud concerning letters of Marque,
shall be imported or purchased and used solely for j ? nd munitious of war captured from the enemy
■ « ... . ■ • * 1 n V flfiV llfin V fit Furt'uan l< n era r c and du iv..rm
by any body of Partisan Rangers and delivered
to any qtuariermsster at such place or places as
may be designated by a Commanding General, the
Rangers shall be paid their full value in such in in
ner as the f*ecretary of War may prescribe.
Approved April 21, 1862.
[No. 63.]
AN ACT for the enlistment of Cooks in tho Ar-
my
Sec. I. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact, That hereafter tt shall be dutv
of th: Captain or Commanding Officer of hi*
company lo enlist four Cooks for the use of his
Company,.whose duty it shall be to cook for sucli
company—taking charge of the supplies, uten
sils and oilier things furnished therefor, and safe
ly keeping the same, subject to such rules and
regulations, as may be prescribed by the War De
pertinent or the Colonel of the Regiment to which
such company may be attached.
Sec. 2. And be it furtli r enacted. That the
i Cooks so diiected to be enlij^aL -may be white or
j black, free or slave p'-rsfins: Provided, however.
I’hat no slave shai} be so enlisted, without the
; written consent of his owner And such cooks
! shall be enlisted as such only, and put on the
muster-roll and paid at the tin e and plaee .the
| company inny Or shall he paid off, twenty dollars
duty of the heads of the several departments'Vo ^rmonth to theChief or Head Cook and fifteen
communieate-*»4ti*r*erre'nrv of the Tivaanrv the dollars per month for each of the Assistant Cooks
together with the same allowance for clothing, or
the same commutation theremr that nmy be al
lowed to the rank and file of the company.
Approved April 21, I'-62.
the purpose stated, within three months from the
date of the passage of this act.
Approved April 7, 1862.
(No. 28.)
RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS to Major Goner-
-al Thomas I. Jackson and the officers and men
under his command for gailant and meritorious
Services in the battle of Kernstowu.
Resolved, by tbo Congress of Confederate
States of America, That the thanks of Congress
are due and are hereby tendered to Major-Gener
al Thomas 1. Jackson and the officers and men
under hs command for gallant and meritorous
*eivices in a successful engagement with a great
ly superior force of the enemy near Kcrnstuwn.
Frederick County .{Virginia, on tbe twenty-third
day of March. Eighteen bundled nd Sixty-two.
Resolved, That these resolutions be communi
cated by the Scretary of Wat to Major General
Jackson, and hy him to his command.
Approved April 9, 1862.
[No. 29.]
AN ACT relative to the estimates of tho heads of
the several departments.
Section 1. The Congress ot the Confederate
State* of America do enact, That it shall be the
any person or persons shall invent or construct all dispersed by a shower of balls and hot
any new machine or engineer contrive j|Ty new . 1 Several of the Federals were
.method lor destroying the armed vessels of the j *^ e% . erdl ot 111 f lecleral8 were
enemy, lie or they shall receive fifty per centum killed at their guns, and othera at their
of the value of each and every such vessel that forecastle. We fired from ourhiggunnot tv
may he sunk or destroyed, by means of such in- exceeding twenty-shots, mostly from the 1 Each barrel should be little inclined to
ventiou or contrivance, including the value of - — — 1
the armament tliet^xiLjuliett of twenty per centum
as provided hy said Act.
Approved April 21,1362.
(No. 91.)
RESOLUTION of thanks to Major GeneralsVan-
Dorn and Price, and the Officers and soldiers
under their command for their valour, skill
and good conduct, in the battle of Elkhorn,
Jefi. I homson. . j one side, and should have a spile hole as
Our loss in the engagement is two—the | near the bottom as possible, which mus
cook on the Bragg, and the steward on the be stopped with a wooden spigot for ahou
Van Dorn. The former has had leg shot | twelve hours after the first water is nour
CC „ t * 1. _ xl.: _1. J XI 1 - »z. l.„ J I i • i . t . *
off at the thigh, and the latter had his j 8 d in, and then unstopped, and the water
head shot off'. Wo also had four slightly allowed to run or drip into some vessel pro-
injured. The Federal loss is known to be j vided for the purpose. The drip pin" now
at least twenty-five. The engagement from No. 4 should be returned to it°until
in the state of Arkansas, and' of respect for took place at Plumb Point, and lasted an it drips clear; that from No. 3 should be
tosh." 6 " 100 ° f Genefa S ‘ 5cCulloch aiid McIn ' hour and a half, when our boats returned j poured into No. 4; that from No. 2 into No
Resolved, by the Congress of ;he Confederate to r ||j ef P rt * * j 3. and that from No. 1 into No. 2, pouring
luoi'ivr-u. uy uiu v/impicro ,uu v>uum<jer*U.U rpi * t •!•* /* » * | j .. . . ^ .. ~
•States of America, That the thanks of Congress 1 ho impregnability of our cotton clad ; atter this, all the fresh water into No.
communicate •**4l»»r*er're , ary of the Treasury th
estimates of their respective departments tliirti
days prior to the assembling of Congress; end the
Secretary of the Treasury shall submit said esti
mates, together with the estimates for his own de
partment, to the President, ten days prior to the
opening of the session of Congress
Sec 2. B< it further enacted, That it shall be
the duty of the several heads of departments, in
case ot estimates made during the session of Con
gross, to furnish ti.e Secretary of the Treasury
duplicates thereof, who shall report thereon to
Congress tbe ways and means t > provide for the
lame.
Approved April 9, 1862.
in the State of Arkansas. passing through. Therefore there is now j changed liquid goes into No. V getting
Resolved, further. That the Congress has heard no danger of the enemy reaching Memphis I still more nitre; that on being drawn off
with profound grief of the death of Generals via Fort Pillow. i from No, 2 it passes through No. 3 ’and
McCulloch anu McIntosh, who fell in the irudst , m , M * • *, , i -5 .
of the battle gloriously leading their comands rr> mi n * . ,j 1 ally carried throngh No. 4. getting
against the enemy. l wcljtfi (jeorgia. A private soldier, j an additional supply • of Nitre at every
Approved April 21,1862. 1 writing from McDowell to the Richmond 1 change- Thus the liquid .egming from
4No! 92.) ~ • ti , ,, , . No " 4 j s as highly concentrated as can
AN ACT to organize battalions of sharp shoot- ! " lie Twelfth Georgia, I learn, had killed ; conveniently be obtained. The clear lye
ers. ! und wounded two hundred and ton, four troni, ]No. 4 uiay be set aside in some ves
Bee. 1 The Congress of the Confederate States captains, four lieutenants—more than half < sel to settle, until enough is obtained to
of America do enact, I hat. the Secretary of War of our entire loss. Our entire loss is esti- commence boiling-
may cause to he organ-zed a battaKbr.of sharp ; about t ] )rfte hundred and forty.—-
shooters for each brigade consisting ot not less w .. , ., .. . 11 » zt "»wi uas ueeit passea utrougu
than three nor more than six companies, (to be ma ) it ho said of those gallant Geor- j f oul fjme. it will he exhausted and
composed of nun selected from the’ brigade or '■ gians that they deserved the honor and cal1 be emntiod and filled ntil f 1 ’ it
otherwise, and armed with long range mnskets praise of all admirers of true bravery and ™ d 5 Z i f D * V l’
or rifles, said companies to lie organized, and the i . t ■ J m p'acea as t>o. 4, ot tlie series, No. 4
commissioned officers therefor appointed%y the 6* *«try. When I speak so praiseworthy ; becoming No. 3, No. 3 No. 2, No. 2 be
President, by and with the advice and consent of lIle Georgians, I do not wish to discour- ; coming No. 1- the present \o 1 (former
the Senate. Such battalion shall constitute parts age my own troops. Their gallantry on j v n o\ „-it ’ ’ . ni j ~
of the Brigade to whi h they belong, and shall the day of battle will be remembered hv j V V 1 ”. OW ? e “ 1Ied W,th fresh watpr
have such field and staff officers as are authorized y , j c T t , . , , ^ : an< l fk'S having dt ained through, the earth
by law for siq^Ba^BoTfaTious. to he appointed by | ™ s 1 ^ dn }y bound ! will be emptied and fresh earth put in and
the President, by and with the advice aud consent 8 P ea « praiseworthy of Georgia especially the barrel pIaced as No 4 thl|8 p rese rvin"
of the Senate. ; the old 1 welfth Georgia. She battled for : - rominnoH ,1 . ^ , * r
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted. That for the pur- our country on the 13th of December ! ^“Gnued lo ation of the barrels anti
pose <ff arming thesaul battalion, the long range sr , c-J 1 j u ; at oidmg the necessity of Stopping to refill
muskets and rifles iu the hands of the troops: may She endured al the hardships of a j al | at once . Care8 bou f d be la ^ e F n & ■
be takm for that purpose: Provided, the Govern- " inters campaign ou the summit ot the : t bp clear lv A into r u -i-
ment has not for its command a sufficient num- j Alleghany mountains, and knowing the Tirmr "V»fi - e sa ' s lor boiling, to
berofap: roved long range rifles or muskets, where- j gallantry and bravery of these men well i P? a f . 00 tl,c s . fidlment as P <,8S| -
Approved, April 21, 1862. might we speak in high terms of them. I
have discovered that this regiment is com-
(No 93) posed of the best fighting material in the
JOINT resolutions to provide for the payment of ; army. They know no fear-they enter
ataaonery purchase fov the provisional Con- „ , . ' . . . ^
jjre*s. a nettle not to be conquered hut to con-
K. solved, by the Congress of the Confederate q»er. I frankly admit, men of the 12th 1 v „ rp .; nc , nn „ii 0 „j , ... .
Stales ot America, That the clerk of the House Georgia, my incapacity to do you justice, m-acticable ' c as tihgt as
cl Representatives is hereby authorized to nnv ; .0 .1 ; practlcaDle.
file, thus having so much less filth to get
rid ot in boiling. Where it is not conven
ient to get barrels, hoppers may be used,
conforming, as near as practicable, to the
same rules as with barrels. The hoppers
should he made of split timber or slabs con
cpresentames ,s hereby authorized to pay ! Rest assured you have the p'raise" of all
out the of the contingent fund of the Provisional i ,1 1 • .1 •
t _._ _ _. j Congress, the account of Btark and Cardoza; for j Uie P e0 P le ln th,s sectecn «f tho country,
AN ACT to increase the corps of engineers of the ! the sum of ten hundred and forty-five dollars and j as well as tllS command you are attached
[No 84]
provisional Army.
Sec. 1 The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact. That the President be and
he is hereby authorized to appoint with the advice
and consent ot the Senate, an additional number
of officers in the Engineer Corps of the Provis
ional Army. <>fa rank not higher than Captain:
Provided. That the whole Corps shall not exceed
one hundred • .
Approved April 21, 1862.
(No. 30.)
AN ACT to authorize tho advance ot a certain
sum of.money to the State-of Missouri. (No. 80.)
Section 1. The Congress of the Confederate AN AC T to authorize the Appointment of officers
States of America do enact. That the Secretary of of Artillery in the Provisional Army,
the Treasury be authorized to issue to the State of $ e c. 1 "The Congress of the Confederate States j
Missouri the sum »f one million of dollars, author I of America do enact, Thar for tho purpose of en-
ized by an act entitled an act for the relief of the Isro-mc rh» imml.er nf »-.:n—
State of Missouri, approved the 27th January.
1862. upon the authorized agent or agents of said
Slate first filing with the Secretary the sum of
four hundred and ninety-one thousand and five
hundred dollars, in bonds of said State of Missou
ri; as provided in said act, and executing a receipt
Boiling.
Procure an iron pot large enough to hold
the liquor to be boiled, and pouring all
the liquor into it, boil it briskly,
when a scum will rise on its surface, this
tor the use of the Treasury Department.
Approved April 21, J662.
tor the remainder of aucli advance conditioned fot
the filing of the remainder of said amount in bonds
of the State of Missouri, whenever the same can
he conveniently done, provided, such remainder
in bond* shall hefiled with said Secretory within
six months after the passage of this act.
Approved April 9, 1868.
(No. 31.)
AN ACT to provide for keeping all fire-arms in the
armies ot the Confederate Stales, in the hands of
effective men. —— 1 »
Sec. i. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do enact: that the President he and he
is hereoy authorized to organize companies, batal-
ions or regiments of troops to be . armed with
pikes or otht*r available arms to be approved by
b»m, when a sufficient number of arms of tbe
. kind now ui«ed in the service cannot be procured;
k such companies, battalions or regiments to be or-
w
larging tho number of officers of Artillery, and
enabling them to discharge mom effectually the
duties ol Ordnance officers, the President is here
by authorized to appoint, with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate. Officers of Artillery, of the rank
uf Captain and First Lieutenant, in the Pro*1s
oinai Aimy, not exceeding eighty in num
ber.
Approved April 21,1862.
(Nit86.)
AN ACT Regulating tbeC&mpensaticn of deputy
Post masters.
Sec 1 The Congress of the Confederate State*
of America do enact, That from and after the first
day of July next, the Deputy Post masters of the
Confederate States be allowed the following com
missions and none other for their compensation,
respectively, viz: On any sura not exceeding one
hundred dollars, fifty per cent: except such Deputy
Post Masters as regularly -receive the mail at their
offices between the hours of nine o'clock at night
and five o’clock in the morning, who shall be en
titled to sixty per cent, ou the amount rec»ived
as postage under one hundred dollars On all
sums ov-r one hundred dollars received as pos
tage and not exceeding four hundred dollars, forty
per cent. On all sums so received, over four hun-
and sixty cents, tor stationery furnished the Pro- j to.
visional Congress, 1 _
Approved April 21 1862. __ , ’*" , !
[Special to the Mobile Advertiser.]
[No. 94 ] j Vicksburg. May 19.—Eight of the Fed- j scum must he skimmed off and returned to
JOINT resolution to authorize tbe joint Committee j era * "dicers landed near Warren ton, ten j the barrels, and the boiling continued un-
011 public building to Rent rooms for the tress- j miles below Vicksburg, this afternoon, til a drop taken up hy the end of a stick
ury depart ment. . | when the)- were attacked by Southerners, j becomes hard or solid when let fall upon
StJtSof'AmiLldo^n"ct e That rile Jo^Tcom® I and , fou . r of tl,em killed ' remainder j cold metal or upon a plate,
miltee on Public Building be authorized to rent, j Ina(le tlie ir escape. Our loss was one ! J he liquor is now to be dipped out of
as many additional rooms as may be necessary j wounded. j the pot and poured into a cloth placed
j The Federal fleet is still at anchor below i over a tut or barrel, and allowed to strain
the city. through into the tub below and become
I Corinth, May 19-—The Federals have cold. As soon as the liquor begins to cool
j arrested the following persons at Hunts- crystals of Saltpetre will commence form-
ville ing, apd when cold the liquor left-—called
Wm. McDowell, Mr. Crews, Treasurer mother liquor—must be poured off from the
of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad, Saltpetre back into tbe pot with tbe fresh
Augustine Martin, Dr. Thomas LaFearn, ’liquor for boiling, as it still has considera-
Augustus Withers, Dr. Wilson, President ble Chiltpetre in it.
Col lane, William Moore, Mr. Burns, and RICHARD MORTON, Capt.
Bishop Lay ot Arkansas. j . In Charge Office.
No charge have been ^preferred against
them but they arein _cloj| confinement. Bdkbau of Ordnance & Hydrography
(No. 93.)
AN ACT supplementary to an act further to pro
vide for the public defence.
Sec. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States
of America do President be and
he is hereby authorized, to accept the services of
any companies, squadrons battalion or regiments
which have been organized »ljd are now in service
under the authority of any of the States of the
Confederacy, and which may be tendered by the
Governors of said States with an organization con
forming, the Act of March Sixth. A. 1). Eighteen
Hundred and Sixty-one “10 provide for the public
defence.”
Approved April 21, 1662.
[No. 96 ]
AN ACT to amend an act. entitled an act to fur-
ther provide for the public defence, passed tbe
sixteenth day of April, eighteen hundred and
sixty-two.
See. I The Congress ol the Confederate States
of America do enact. That all vacancies shall he
filled by the President from the company, battal
ion, squadron or regiment in which such vacan
cies shall occur, by promotion, according to sen
iority, except iu case of disability or oth er iacom-
GEORGE MINOR, Comd’r,
Chief of the Bureau.
The Prisoners to be Paroled.-Ordem t Remand, May 8th, 1862.
were received from Gen. Beauregard ves- * J a PP r <>ve of the process above mdica-
terday says the Macon Telegraph, to put 1 ed,and recomm0nd !t for adoption.
theNortheru prisonersat CSmp Oglethope GEORGE MINOR /
upon parole. As soon, therefore, as des
criptive rolls can be made out and they
are sworn not to bear arms iu this war j Death of Dr. Alonzo Church.- Alonzo
until regulary exchanged, they will be Church, DD-, for many y W s President
sent up to the Federal lines beyond Chat- of the Georgia State University, died at
anooga, and there turned loose to seek his residence near Athens, Ga., on Sunday
tlieir homes. i njo*h(. J
pi lire iuc UUC n-
men, including his brother, who'were ta
ken the other day by Gen. Dumont. The
prisoners, however, were not on board,
being still detained in Nashville. Mor
gan swore to some gentlemen on the c^t
tnat he would have the prisoners at _
hazards—that by Saturday next he would,
if necessary, have four thousand mefl to
gether for that purpose.
We are told, that, but for the earnest
interposition of Mr. Moses B. Morrison,
the route, agent, and our folfqwyeitizen Dr.
Bush, dtoth of whom have 'jWen fellow-
townsmen anSHbrijpl&te «<^|fintai»fc8 of
John Morgan, the remaining locomotive,
passenger car, express car, would have
been destroyed. Tlfonrails w^re spared,
and this forbcarpwco, we have Yto doubt,
was due to Mr. Morrison’s influence. Mr.
M. speaks of Mbrgan’6 deportment in very
favorable terms. Tb.o rebels didn’t fre
till after Majof Cofl&efBad fired, and even
then, as M. stated, withaut his order.*'
Morgan’s intended raid, wo are told,
was known at Elizabethtown yesterday
morning. A citizen of that place was
about starting ou the cars ftrr Nash ville,
but-a friend or acqumntance warned him
not to do so, as, iMio did. he would he
captured. Morgan informed the railroad
passengers that Geri. O. M. Mitchell had
beeil cut off hy the rebels, but Wo earnest
ly hope and <rust that this was a fiiistake.
He aud his Pathfinder Fergufon sent to
us their kindest regards, an^4he former
vowed that he would yet make us his pris
oner, but'we hope and trtist that this was
another mistake.
\Vhen the passengers returned from
Cave City, Morgan was there on the look
out for the train from Nashville, but our
informant was able to send a dispatch to
Bowling Green, and thus prevent Hie cars
coming this side of that place. We shall
know soon.
How much longer are these raids of Mor
gan to he continued 1 Can no way be de
vised to put an end to them 1 Must all
communication betiveen Louisville and
Nashville be broken up by them ? If this
bold partizan leader can come with 200
men from Corinth almost to the bank of
Green river, what is to prevent his gath
ering 2,000 men, cutting the telegraph
wires, and making a dash some night into
Louisville ?
We have received the following state
meut from a passenger ou the train cap
tured by Morgan :
May lltli, 1862.
To the Editor of the Louisville Journal:
When the morning express train of the
Louisville and Nashville line got opposite
Wood ville, quite a commotion was pro
duced among the passengers upon seeing 1
company of ladies and children running to
wards the train and halloowiug at the top
of tbeir voices and making motion for us to
stop. When the train stopped, amid the
din and confusion, we could hear the
words, “run back, or Morgait and his men
will fire upon you.” We could see ahead
of us smoke and flame, as if Cave City
was on fire , and the cars immediately
took the back track, but had not proceed
ed far before obstruction upon the track
stopped them. Here wero several mo
ments of anxious suspense, not knowing
what our fate was to be. We were much
relieved when Morgan’s men emerged
from the bushes and took possession of the
train. They ordered the train back to
Cave City. When we got there, we
found the village untouched, but a train of
cars on fire. The train was variously re
ported at from - thirty-three to forty-nine
cars and a locomotive. ■ Our train was
then parted aud three of the passenger
cars subjected to the torch likewise. Af
ter taking from tbe Express agent a largo
packago of money—the amount not known
—Col. Morgan magnanimously permitted
the balance of the train and passengers t<>
return to Louisville. When we got back
as far as Woodland we found six more
cars in flames. Most of the cars, I think,
were loaded.
Morgan’6 ostensible object in paying
Kentucky this unexpected visit, was to
escue liis men taken prisoners by the
Federals some days ago. We do not
know whether he succeeded or not. He
was anxiously looking for the Nashville
train when we left. The number of his
men aro variously reported at from two
hundred to one thousand. We did not
see over forty or fifty.
At the first of the excitement we heard
several pistol reports at the head of the
train but no one was hurt, and no private
individual or private property was molest
ed. The Federal soldiers were taken pris-
>ners, hut such was the confusion that I
could not learn how many. 1 think, how
ever, there were only five or six on the
ain, and one of that number was permit
ted to return in virtue of tbe pleadings of
bis wife, who happened to be on board.
Among the. number taken I heard the
name of Major Coffee and Major Helveti.
Colonel Morgan spared the mails for the
sake of an old friend, the carrier, Mr. Mor-
ison.
T. R. LYNE,
Of Gordonville, Ky., ou board train.
Major General Floyd.—The General
Assembly of the State of Virginia has
passed a bill appointing General John B.
I loyd Major General of the force of Vir
ginia, with authority to raise an army of
twenty thousand men (non conscripts)
specially for the defense of Western Vir
ginia. It will be remembered (remarks
the Charleston Mercury.J that after the
bloody andjgtubbornly contested fight at
Fort Donelson, and when it wa»-decided
that tbe post could no longer be held
against the overwhelming odds of the en
emy, General Floyd, who had resolved
never to be taken prisoner, succeeded in
extricating himself and his brigade from
the doomed fort, just previous to the sur
render. Soon after, both he and Briga
dier General Pillow were pnblicly suspen
ded by tho President from their respective
commands. .Although the press and the
people of the Old Dominion have, for
marly surrendered by Mayor Lamb to
General Wool Saturday evening about
dark, tbe latter immediately returning to
Fortress Monroe. Several large war ves
sels came up to Norfolk Saturday night,
among the number the Minnesota, and
anchored in the stream fronting the city.
These vessels were piloted to Norfolk
through the narrow passage in Elizabeth
river by tbe traitor Tobias, who ran off to
Old Point Thursday while in discharge of
important duties entrusted him by the
Confederate authorities.
The Military commandant of Norfolk
has established his headquarters at the
Atlantic Hotel, and the soldiers of Lincoln
ou Saturday evening and Sunday crow
ded the streets t<J such an extent that it
was difficult for one to make bis way
through them. At a dress parade on
Ward’s farm, Sunday afternoon, five thou
sand Federal soldiers were present, and
they all exhibited admirable drill and dis- '
cipline. The soldiers, upon dismissal scat
tered themselves thickly about tbe late
entrenched camp of the Confederates, and
the officers expressed amasement that,
with such fortifications, the Confederates
should have dreamed of evacuating the
place. General Wool was loud in his ex
pressions of astonishment at the evacuation
a nd declared, in the presence of several,
that with such fortifications by land and
water, and the Merrimac guarding the
Roads, he could have held Norfolk against
any force that might have been brought
against it.
On Sunday morning at ten o’clock the
Seminole 6teamed up to the city. A
crawd of a thousand or more persons as
sembled on Chamberlain’s wharf, for the
want of something eDe to do, which the
commander of the Fedora! steamer con
strued into a welcome to the “old flag.”
Instantly all hands were beat toquartcis,
every flag was flung to the breeze", the
jack tars manned the rigging, and gave
three hearty cheers. This Jubilant de
monstration " was responded to by the
crowd with nine groans, which were giv
en with a strength of lung distinctly audi
ble at the wharf in Portsmouth.-—The
Federals were taken all aback, and the
gallant tars dropped from the rigging with
much more alacricy than the) had man
ned them.
The halyards having been cut by the
Confederates, a sailor “shinned” the flag
staff on the Custom-House Sunday morn
ing about six o’clock, and having adjusted
the ropes, the start and stripes were spea-
dily run up. A few faint cheers from a
crowd of drnnkefr Federals in front of the
Atlantic Hotel was the only but benefit-
ting reception with which the Y’aukee
bunting was greeted.
We are assured that tbe great mass of
the Norfolk people are as tiue and loyal
to the Confederate Government as those
of any portion of the South. One citizen
named Kayton, a dealer in musical in
struments, was solond and outspoken in his
laudations of our own and denunciations
for the Lincoln Government, that the mili
tary commandant of Norfolk has caused
him to be arrested.
Portsmouth was surrendered by Mayor
Nash about the same hour Saturday eve
ning as Norfolk. A Federal general na
med Wyman, having been appointed
military governor of the place, received
the surrender, embracing the occasion to
assure the people that theYankees came not
to destroy property, but to restore older;
to relieve an oppressed people, and rein
state that g-a 1-o-r-i-o-u-s old flag which
had been so long concealed from the view
of the dear Portsmouth people. Much
other gasconade and highfalutin kind of
sentiment were indulged in, but we Lave
quoted enough to give the reader an idea
of the style.
The Federal officers made dilligent en
quiry about the destruction of the navy
) ard, and earnestly solicited information
of the wherebouts of any who had bee en
gaged in the incendiary proceeding. Five
hundred Yankee cavalry escorted Gener
al Wyman to Portsmouth, and took pos
session of the officers’ buildings in the na
vy yard. They had been spared for rea
sons already given.
Tire Federals endeavored to make them
selves very agreeable to tho people of
Portsmouth, and stated freely that but
few of them would remain there. Tbe
greater portion of their men, they said,
would speedily take up the line of march
for Richmond; that the “rebellion” was
now on its last legs, and that they expected
tho “rebel” capital to fall without the
fighting of another battle.
Monday morning a wagon drove up to
the market-house in Portsmouth : ni swept
every pound of beef from the butchers’
stalls. Upon being told that the citizens
desired to live, the commissary replied
that the citizens must dispense with beef
for the present, as he desired it for the sol
diers.
The Federal soldiers all expressed th’e
most profound amazement at the destruc
tion of the Merrimac. They said she had
made them feel more uneasy than any other
event oj the war, and the opinion at Old
Point, was general that she was the most
formidable war vessel ever constructed.
But one regret mingled with the univer
sal rejoicing which her wanton destruction
"had produced, and that was the fact that
she had not come into Yankee possession
intact.
lire in Jonesboro.'—A. friend from
Jonesboro; on the 19th instant, writes us
that “last night between 8 and 9, o'clock,
the beautiful and valuable residence be
longing to and occupied by Mrs. Julia A.
Burnside, together with nearly all its con
tents aud out-buildings, was destroyed by
fire aud rendered useless. No time was
allowed to remove anything scarcely; ev
en the wearing clothes and money was
destroyed, and tbe family, in comparativt -
ly few minutes, were deprived of a good -
house and those necessary things that had
taken years to accumulate. The cause of
the fire is unknown. There was no insu-
s ti ranee.”—Atlanta Intelligencer,