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CONFEDERATE CAVALRY .SURPRISED.
Memphis; Tenn., April I.—News from Hum
boldt, received here, confirms the report that
Cal. Edw. Pickett’s Tennessee Cavalry Regi
ment was surprised by the Federate on Sunday
last, at Union City, 26 miles south of Columbus;
100 of them were taken prisoners, together
with 300 horses, and all of their camp equip
page.
CONFEDERATE CON<»RESS.
Richmond, Va., March 30.—The House of
Representatives has passed a resolution ap
pointing a special committee of thirteen to pre
pare a bill carrying out the system of conscrip
iian recommended by the President; and also
to develop© the general resources of the Con
federacy.
FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., March 30.—Seven traitors
were brought to thia city on Saturday last from
Matthews County, Virginia.
The President haa proclaimed martial law, to
extend over Greenbrier. Pocohontas. Bath,
Alleghany, Monroe. Mercer. Raleigh, Fayette.
Nicholas, and Randolph Counties, Virginia.
Gen. Heath is ordered to execute the tew.
SKIRMISH ON THE RAPPAHANOCH.
Richmond, Va., March 31.—Twenty Yankee
prisoners were brought m to-night from the
Rappahannocb river. They were captured '
during a skirmish on Friday last, in which '
Wheat's Battalion engaged the enemy, and
drove them back, after they had crossed the
river. The enemy is reported to be advancing
in that direction.
ARRIVAL OF THE RICHMOND HUSSARS
■IN ATLANTA.
Atlanta, Ga., April 3.—The Richmond Hus
sars arrived here safely at 2 o’clock this morn
-IDg. Lieut. J. Jeffbbson Thomas.
CONFEDERATE CONGRESS.
Va., April 3.—Yesterday, the
Senate passed a bill increasing the number of
depositories of the public treasury to be lo
cated by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The House passed a bill to admit, duty free,
all imports, except those of the United States.
To-day there was nothing of interest done in
either House.
FROM RICHMOND, VA.
Richmond, Va., April 3.—A1l is quiet here.
There is nothing new from the Valley, from the
Potomac, or from the Peninsula. The enemy
is not advancing.
ITEMS OF NORTHERN NEWS.
We condense the following items of North
ern news from the Norfolk (Va.) Day Book, of
March 31st:
Major General Hunter has been lately ap
pointed to the command of the Federal forces
at Port Royal, S. C. He was expected to sail
for his poet on the 24th qf March last.
Gen. Fremont and family were in New York
City on the.£2d of March last
John C. Heenan has gone to Europe.
A Northern paper says that Fanny Fern has
separated from her husband; cause, ill usage,
The Yankees are busily engaged in construet
ing iron clad boats.
MOVEMENT TOWARDS SAVANNAH.
Port Royal, March 15.—A large quantity of
heavy seige guns and mortars aed shells and
ammunition, says the Baltimore American, has
have been shipped from Hilton Head to Tybee
and within the past few days. On Thursday,
March 13th, Commodore Tatnall attempted to
pass the batteries on Bird’s Island and Jones’
Island with a large fleet, containing supplies of
wood and water for Fort Pulaski, but he was
drivon ba.cz. Ilia only a question of time as the
surrender of Fort Pulaski. It cannot hold out
much longer.
FROM. ISLAND NO-10.
The Memphis AcatencAe, of March 22th, in
the course of an interesting account of the
bombardment of letend No. 10, says:
All agree that the attempt of the enemy
was a farce, for after throwing shells nearly
240 hours, we may sum up the result as fol
lows: He has expended over 3,000 thirteen
iach shells, a hundred thousand pounds of
powder, and has not yet struck the parapet of
a battery, has not touched a magazine, has not
destroyed a single house, or dismounted a piece
of ordnance, has not hit a man or damaged us
a farthing’s value. In addition to this, be has
fought One of our batteries for five hours with
those gunboats, in which encounter but one
jraa was killed oe our side.”
The communication is still unlnterrupte d.
s THE BROTHERS TANNER.
The Chronicle & Sentinel of April 3d, thusai-
Isdes to a patriotic family of our city:
The Brothers Tanner. —We take pride in
xentioniag that among the patriotic sons of the
South, our young friends the brothers Tanner,
of’.bis city, deserve honorable mention. There
are four of them now serving their ceuntry in
—e ranks Cobb’s Legion—one in company A,
and three in company B, of the Richmond Hus
sars—D. F., F. D., G. C., and W. A. Tanner.
Where our young men give such evidence of pa>-
'.riotism and self-sacrifice as this family, the word
subjugation has no place in tbeir vocabulry.
W« may mention here that Mr. D. F. Tanner is J
the well known and popular daguerrean, who
vo untariiy resigns a lucrative business here, to
enter tbe ranks. Although bis “gallery” will res
main for the present without its proprietor, we
trust be may soon return to resume his artistic
vocation, and that the public will then remember
h:m bounteously.
GENERAL TRIPIER.
-ne Savannah Republican announces that I
' fen. Trapier has, at his own request, been re- J
Loved of his command, embracing Middle and i
Eastlorida, and transferred to the department
of Gen. A. Sydney Jo? nß on. The Republican
defends General Trapier from the charges
made against him in connection with the sur
render of Fernandina, and other points on the
Florida coast, and thinks that these charges
were unjust.
Grateful for Small Favors.—a western edi
tor was felicitating himself, the other day on
te?s D fond r of“ ea 7 beeDCalied " b °ney” by the
. r iena eil ’ did * he Call you > ’’ heQ asked a
•What ? Why, she called me old Beeswax !”
COMMENDABLE-
We learn from a private letter from a subscrib
er at Albany, Ga., that Col. L. A. Jordan has de
termined to plant all his lands—embracing many
acres in South-western Georgia—in corn and
other grain ; he will not plant a seed of cotton
and has instructed his overseers, in the event of a
volunteer stalk coming up, to cut it down. This
is the right spirit. With an abundance of grain
and provisions, our independence will be doubly
sure.
♦ •
GOTHAM FRIGHTENED.
The New York Herald, of March 25tb, contains
the proceedings of the Board of Aidermen of that
city, in which it appears that the report of the
special committee on harbor defences was receiv
ed, recommending an appropriation of $500,000
for the improvement and defence of New York
harbor. A message was also race tved fro a May
or Opdyke ou the same subject, in which be says
that there is no danger to be apprehended from
the Merrimac, as the Federal Government bus
procured ample means of destroying her should
she leave Norfolk.
Alderman Boole was sorry to see this statemen
of the Mayor; as from the measurement of the
vessel, he was sure that the Merrimac could reach
New York, and would prove a most unpleasant
visitor there.
Special Correspond*:.oe of tb« ConrtltutonaKi!.
LETTER FROM THE 7TH GA. REGIMENT.
Camp Brown, near Savannah. I
March 80, 1562.
Mr. Editor—Presuming that ypur numerous
readers would be pleased to bear from the army
at this point, I take the liberty of addressing you
a brief epistle.
This city is being rapidly fortified, and will
scon be surrounded with strong breastworks.
The State troops have been actively engaged for
some time on Fort Boggs, a work which com
mands a very important position, and will be,
when finished, of great strength.
Tue “th Georgia regiment is engaged in exca
vating rifle pits, and when these are completed
as it is expected they soon will be, together with
the other works, Savannah will be so strongly
fortified that it will be hardly possible for the
Yankees to take it.
Our troops here fare remarkably well, and the
officers of the 7th Georgia give great satisfaction
to the men of their command. By-the-bye, our
Major is from old Richmond county —and never
was there an officer more popular with his men
than is Major Burch. Your county has cause to
be proud of him.
The Richmond Rough and Readies is the name
of one of your Richmond companies in this regi
ment. It is commanded by Captain Goetches, an
excellent officer; in fact, the entire company has
. an excellent reputation here.
\’here is no prospect of an immediate tight
here; but there is no telling when it will come.
Indeed, the whole .country should now arouse to
the importance of being ready for the blow when
ever and wherever it may fall. We must be
- ready to meet the crisis like men and patriots.
Volunteer.
From the Norfolk Day Bock, March 81st,
EUROPEAN NEWS—DEBATE ON THE BLOCK
ADE SUBJECT.
In the House of Commons on the Tthinst., Mr.
Gregory, pursuant to notice, called the attention
of the House to the blockade of the Southern
ports, and moved „for a copy of any correspond-,
eace on the subject subsequent to the papers ate
ready before the House. He expressed his strong
sympathy for the struggle now going forward in
the Confederate States, and declared that a separ
ation of the South from the North and a re-con
struction of the Union were the only means by
which they could hope to see slavery abolished
in America.
He contended that the efficiency of the blockade
’ of the Southern ports was a question of great im
. portance to England and to Europe, and he as-
> serted that uur recognition of it, in its present
s state, bad exposed us to severe criticism on the
part of foreign jurists. Amongst others, M. De
> Hauteville, cue of the most eminent of modern
French writers, had charged us with conniving
at an illegal blockade and that we did so, not
i from any frwndly feeling towards the United
> States, that in order that we might make it the
t basis tor enforcing our own arrogant pretensions,
whan having become a beligerent ourselves, it
might be to our interests to set’ aside the princi
oles of international law. Uur justice and im
partiality, in fact, were involved in this matter.
If the blockade is effectual we are conniving at
the use of a weapon of warfare by the belligerent
which it is QOt in the power of the other to em
ploy, and we are thus acting unjustly to fair
traders by making commerce a matter of smug
’ gling, gambling and speculation. We are also
depriving the manufacturers of the country of
that raw material by the manufacture of which so
• many have hitherto obtained a livelihood. The
f privations which have resulted in consequence of
, this have so far been borne patiently, but no one
could say how- much longer they would be en
; dured, when the impression was daily gaining
, ground that they were forced upon the country
by illegal acts. He (.Gregory) had no desire to
1 attack the Government for the course they had
. taken. They had a difficult part to play, and they
had played it well. Though resolved to vindicate
to the utmost extent the honor of the country,
they bad been actuated throughout by’a spirit
of forbearance and conciliation, but still they
might go too far.
The opinions of the neutral Powers were al
most unanimously against the legality of the
blockade. Hitherto the blockade had not fulfilled
any of the conditions which could constitute it
legal and efficient. On the contrary, steamers of
light draught have continually run it, and were
daily plying between the various ports of the
Southern States. In conclusion, he urged that if
the country continued to connive at an illegal and
inefficient blockade, in order to conciliate the
United States, the Declaration of Peris would
be, so far as it regarded the Confederate States,
a mockery, as regarded international law, a de*
fusion —and with respect to the trade and com
merce of the world, a snare.
jjJMr. George Bentinek seconded tbejmotion. He
thought his honorable friend had established a
i clear case as to the efficiency of the blockade.
! The only prospect of bringing about a conclusion
of the war was the recognition on the part of this
country and the great European Powers of the in
dependence of the Southern States. The reunion
of the Northern and Southern States he regarded
as an utter ixnpossibilty. The Northern States
could not complain of the recognition of the
I Southern Confederacy when they remember that
! they derived their origin from a successful secas*
' sion from the Government of this country.
I Mr. W. E. Fester denied that the blockade was
I i ntffectual, and stated that the list of upwards of
: three hundred vessels, which had been handed in
jby Mr. Mason as a list of the vessels which bad
i broken the blockade, had, on examination, dwin
died down to nineteen, and most of these had
escaped on dark and stormy nights, thus evincing
the stringency, rather than the inefficiency of the
blockade. He also reminded the House that
during the war between Great Britain and her
revolted colonies in America, no less than five
hundrad privateers succeeded in getting out of
American ports. He warmly eulogized the con
duct of Her Majesty’s Government in reference to
America, and said that to. bearance and firmness
had been the means of preserving us from one of
the most doplorable wars in which it was impos
sible we could be engaged. He trusted that no
temptation, not even the sufferings of a portion
of the population, would induce the Government
to depart from, tbe strict neutrality hitherto obi
served.
Sir James Ferguson contended that without a
declaration nf war there could be no legal block
ade, and called on Her Majesty’s Government to
intefere in the matter. By sanctioning the con
tinuance of an illegal blockade, thev were virtu
ally parting from the professions of neutrality and
BBB Mr ll> Milner*wu , ld e not ) believe in the final disso
lution ot the great American Union, and so tong
as it existed he deprecated any active interference
by the British Government in the struggle now
U Mr ß Ltmtenv quoted from several letters he had
reemved from America in proof of his asserttou
that the blockade was a null paper blockade, and
that it had been broken nearly one hundred t mes
bv vessels trading regularly between the South-,
"ifeSSXj q».wn U
was the duty of the Government to maintain, a*
™ hadl hitherto dune, strict and tmparttal neu-
Fudged bv Great Britain by those principles of
international taw which had been fatd dow n by
the most distinguished jurists, and which had in
va.riai.ilv been acted on when questions ot block
tere-d us unv country tn the world in maintains
mg the righ ts of blockade by a belligerent I o.Wei’,
and she was bound to exercise the greatest cau
tion before she took any course watch might ulti
mately destroy the value of maritime supremacy
that great arm on which independence and
strength had been established.
The Hon. gentlemen entered into a ;engthy ar
gument, in the course of which he quoted numer
ous precedents to show that the present blockade
was as efficient as other blockades had been in
former years, and that it would be a violation,
both of international taw, and of the principles or
neutrality to break it. In 1798 public notification
was issued by the British Government that there
would be a rigorous blockade of Havre. A torce
was sent out to establish the blockade, but the
Commander was so remiss tn the execution of his
duty, that he habitually allowed ships to run in,
so that practically—it might be said there wus no
blockade at all. Yet it was neverless held that
so long as a force remained, and the notification
was not ignored, the blockade was considered to
be in existence, and any neutral vessel breaking
it was reliable to capture. That was, he consid
ered, a case strictly analagous to that of the block
ade of the Southern ports, with this exception,
that the duties of the blockade in force in the
tatter instance had beenjmore rigorously executed.
He complimented the speech ot Mr. Tras’ner, as
serting that the facts the honorable member had
laid before the House were wholly unanswerable.
The returns received by the Government fully es
tablished the accuracy of his statistics. He proved
convincingly that there had only been one or two
instances, and those, too, under cover of night,
in which the blockade bad been successfully
run.
He had failed to gather from the Hon. member
from Galwav what was the precise end he wished
to attain. Did he wish this country to dictate to
the United States the manner in which belltgers
ent operations, so farastbejbtockade was concern
ed, ought to be carried on, and if their offer was
not accepted, to establish an armed neutrality
and by torce break through and destroy the cb
stacle which the Unite 4 States had placed to the
access of our merchant vessels to particular
ports? Such a course on our part would have
been actual war, and was not more honorable
because unavowed. In conclusion, he spoke tn
the highest terms of the patient forbearance the
manufacturing population of this country had
exhibited under the privations this unfortunate
struggle had entailed on them, and urged that
a deprecating voice, even more po vertul than
that of Governments, would have been heard
from one end of the country to the other if Min
isters bad listened for a moment to any proposi
tion for breaking the blockade. lie resumed his
seat amidst loud cheers from all parts ot the
House.
After some further remarks from Lord R. Ce
cil and Admiral Walcot, the motion was nega
tived without a division.
Mr. Layard, in reply to Mr. D. Griffith, re»
peated the statement made on the previous evens
ing, that the officers of the Confederate steamer
Sumter, arresttd at Tangier at the instance of
the United States Consul, had been released.
The London Tinies has an editorial to show
that the present phase of the American war ex
hibits simply a contest for the border States, and
says that the Federate will simply have succeed
ed in the tenth month of the war, in placing
themselves where everybody expected to see
them at its very beginning. They will stand on
a frontier of States which have rejected their alli
ance, and will be called upon to commence the
work of subjugating an enormous territory ins
habited by an hostile and exasperated population-
Itcau hardly even be presumed that they have
gained a secure base for these operations, for
Tennessee, though not purelySeeessionist in sen.
timent, is certainly not purely Unionist, and the
probability is the Northerners, if they do overrun
the State, will have to hold it, as they hold Mary
land, by the sword, at a cost proportioned to the
extent of territory. That is the position to which
the Northerners on the most favorable suppose
tion will be brought, whereas, if the reverse
hould befall their arms, the result may be most
serious to them They have undoubtedly assert
ed what had been so long and so accountably ob»
served, the military strength, but in such a work
as the re-establishment of the Union, mere mili
tary superiority will be of very little avail.
The Daily News regards the successes id Ten
nessee as of immense importance, and predicts
now that the North is organized and on the move,
it will continue to show its superiority over the
South, and dispel the illusion that the Southern
ers are invincible. It has not the slightest doubt
that the next three months will show many more
capitulations.
The Army and Navy Gazette suspects the
strength of the Southern armies in Virginia,
when it finds them so easily dispersed in Tens
nessee.
The Herald complains of the fate of Mr. Greg»
ory’s resolution in the Commons as showing that
England has no rule of conduct, no principle of
policy, beyond the dictates of self-interest.
The Daily News eulogises Mr. Foster’s speech
as a masterly reply to Gregory on the whole ques
tion.
Brass Utensils and Ornaments for Cannon.—
The patriotic ladiesof Mobile, having shown great
enthusiasm and liberality in contributing and
irons, fenders and other like utensils to recast in
to cannon, the Advertiser and Register publishes
a communication from a “Foundryman,” which
contains the following suggestions \
The Government has copper enough in Mobile
to make four or five brass cannons, but it cannot
be made for want of t'n, which cannot be had, or
at least is very scarce.
This scarcity of tin (not tin plate) wasprobablv
known to Gen. Beauregard, and may have prompt
ed his appeal to the community for contributions
of bells; for bell metal is gun metal, or nearly so.
He certainly did not mean to cal! for bouse bells
and brass and <. ronze utensils and ornaments such
as are need in private families. These are of no
use to foundries or the Government. There is no
gun metal in them; and we are daily refusing to
receive any such articles. The targe bells which
are used by churches, taverns, steamboats and
sugar plantations are the articles the General de
sired.
The foundries in Mobile can make no more brass
cannons at present. Their whole time is devoted
to making more useful articles, namely, iron can
non and shot and shells, and rifling cannon. For
the shells, copper is heeded, and for which the
foundries will pay the highest priee in cash ; also
for lead and heavy brass, but none of these ar
ticles are to be found in family households. Why
Gen. Beauregard,’desires some brai-s cannon is not
of army use, and iron cannon being substituted.
If the war lasts a few years iron will i.be measur
ably discarded, and steel cannon will take then
place. Napolean is already initating the change
Precocious.—We told a little boy the other day
that some of our soldiers were troubled with tin?
camp-ich. “Yes,” said he, “itching to get home.”
This same chap goes to school, and, reciting in
the evening to his mother, runs on thus : “Ten
mills make on cent—ten centsone dime—ten dimes
one dollar—ten dollars one eagle—ten eagles one
buzzard.” He will graduate soon —in u-Aurn.
MRS. LINCOLN’S GRAND BALL-
The following articles, from late Northern pa
pers, we take from the New York Herald, of the
IStb. They are the comments of a rough press on
a giddy woman. They certainly evidence no
very amiable feeling towards the wife of their
President:
From the AOams’ Tniuswlpt,
FIDDLING NKRO and BURNING ROME.
The first ball ever given at the White House
came ofl’last Wednesday evening. The Cabinet,
both Houses of Congress, many of the army offi
cers foreign Ministers, leading citizens, &c., to
the number of five hundred, were present with
their wives and daughters. The ladies were
dressed in the highest style of fashion and ex
travagance, especially Mrs. Lincoln. The gen
tlemen were generally very plainly attired. About
12 o’clock the supper room was thrown open, and
exhibited one of the finest displays of gastronom
ic art ever seen in this country- a temple of lib
erty, a fort, and war steamer, admirably moulded
in candy, and a ton of turkeys, ducks, venison,
pheasants, patridges. &c., all exquisitely pre
pared by Mallard of New York, at a cost of thou
sands of dollars. While the country is shaken
as by an earthquake by the mightiest and most
unnatural civil war recorded in history, and on
the eve of bankruptcy and ruin; while itps even
now a question—a fearful one—whether we are
to be henceforth the free people of a tree nation,
or whether we are to become the subjects of an
archy, a second Mexico—we say, that while these
diretui calamities are threatening our very life
las a nation, such an extravagant and foolish dis
play is shocking.
At any time, such mimicking and aping of
European courts is disgusting in the capital of a
uepublic; but at such a crisis as the present, such
a wanton display of extravagance and indifference
on the part of the administration is an outrage to
the interests and feelings of the people- It is
tempting a kind Providence to our destruction.—
What will be thought in Europe ol such frivolty ?
How forcibly and unpleasantly it calls to mind
the fi.tdling of Nero at the burning of Rome I
That same night, while in Washington all was
wanton and gay, the hunted Unionist in our
bloody border land stole in secret from his den,
and, aided by the glimmering moonlight, looked
once more upon the ashes of what was ouce his
happy home. That same night wounded volun
teers died in the hospitals for want of care and
comfort, and our noblest sons and brothers pinud
in the loathsome horrors of a Southern prison, and
sighed hopelessly for release; while on our Wes
tern frontiers the houseless mother clasped her
starving babe, and the prairie wolf gnawed rav
enously the bones of the loyal dead. And still,
with band playing, and streamers flying, and the
noble old ship of State tempest tossed, and drift
ing along thefvery verge of an abyss, the “august
wisdom of the capital” are merry with wine, jolly
and indifferent, toasting and teasting, dancing
and capering about the White House goose with
devii-me-care imbecility, as thoug.i life were in
tended for }a pasttime—civil war an agreeable
tableau. Shade of Belshazzar—ashes of Ninevah
—golden calf of Aaron—come forth,'ye are wanted
in Washington.
From the Jeffereenian Democrat.
MRS. LINCOLNS BALL. '
The first ball ever given in the White House
came off to-night, says the Tribune's correspond
ent of Thursday last. We have read of the crews
of sinking ships, when all hope had fled, throw
ing off all restraints, human and divine, and
mingling their revolting orgies and mad carous
als with the avenging spirit of the tempest, which
was hurrying them to a swift and sure destrucs
tion. Are the incumbents of the high places of
trust and power mad or demented, that, in this
dark hour of our history and our hopes, they des
ert their posts of duty to inaugurate the reign of
fashion, and worship's! the shrine of folly? Or
was this a shameless funeral wake over the unbu>>
ried remains of a defunct Union ?
“Most of the Senators and members of Congress
and Generals of the army were there,” says the
reporter. Faithless betrayer’s of a people’s’ trust,
was it for this you were sent to Congress or placed
in command of our armies ? Are we incurring an
expenditure of two million dollars per day, and
sacrificing hundreds of lives, that you may con
gregate and riot at our expense?
Again, says the reporter, “The supper was set
in the dining room, and is considered one of the
finest displays of gastronomic art ever seen tn this
country. It was prepared by Mallard, of New
York, and cost thousands of dollars.” And this
was while Secretary Chase was urgently importu
ning Congress to adopt some measures to replen
ish an empty treasury.
Again, says the faithful chronicler, “The tables
fairly bent under the expensive luxuries heaped
one upon another.” Only one week before, Mr.
Wilson had stated, in his place in the Senate,
that “he had seen certificates from sick soldiers
that they had actually to go’to the swill tubs to
enable them to live in the hospital at Alexandria.”
Is the White House to be made the scene of
disgraceful frivolity, hilarity and gluttony, while
hundreds of sick and suffering soldiers, within
plain sight of the dome of the Capitol, are left to
suffer tor the bare necessaries of life, unattended
and uncared for? There must be a moral ma
laria in the atmosphere of Washington which
stuprnes the intellect, and dims the perceptions
while it dries up or poisons the fountains of hu*
man kindness in al! who enter its transforming
circle. Slavery and Deason still live and flourish
there. Samson was shorn of his strength by a
woman of the Philistines. The White House
may have its Delilah • who can tell?
[from the K.chnioad (Indiana) Independent Pross.i
BOW TO bc A Pattebn.-If Mrs. Lincoln would
study humanity instead of French ; practice be
nevolence instead of dancing; visit the sick sol
dXnrt h r’ e . Ba "'^ ced home and happiness to
defend the Capital of the nation and the White
tanX e </h ai k S i t i a f hn , st ’ ,!e enemy, instead of gate
-anting the halls of th it mansion on the arm of a
European court snob; if she would spend iter
money tor the benefit of ibe families of the sol
diers who have already yielded up their lives for
Un! °? the »ld
u g .’ en twen, y thousand dollars in
a single night for the entertainment of men and
Zdtoiteln nable Vi r Ue ’ She Would then be
tnn h? horaa Jto and respect of the nation •
won d become an example to be patterned after
by the opulent everywhere, and would cease to
v - high
yesterday, that about one hundred Yankees with
Colonel Jones’ 'et COtUi ? g “ P
of i r .
the property of l M r al p three De ß roes >
camps bavii-a j < ven ’ bad arrived at our
from Port R.'.ya' TteTse ?,“ their escape
negroes on thl* 8 report lhat tbe
dJYankeVove'X' ha a d nd ee w/ Ut ■ t<i i WOrk Un ‘
and would « . er ’ aQd were planting corn,
that thev were tSe p,a “ tin g os cotton;
and wer>> no-, ii ? rotu sunrise to sunset,
Wed the usual Privelege of a
•ask, as they were under tbeir lawful master.
i nn lstru ADercury, April 3.
ceprim^ 1 "\^ I ’, lß 'rJ ,^ rd Campbell, who took ex
recent i- .’ c ’ ot the blockade ’n a
fen uohti -tan 111 tbe Parliament, is a vete-
th.riy ±o d haß not been r in a minority for
and is now r aS eei ? ord Chancellor,
He haa dnnh“ bl:e ' ustlce , of tb e Queen’s Benell,
if he hi st. t ‘ SSS ® Ur . ve y e d his ground well, and
-j ’’. htken a decided stand against the block-
He aows his ability to maintain his position,
betrir, ,1 , e betn chosen by the opposition to
K ’ -si in Parliament* which a
If ten n ! eiier ' wr '-ter predicted as imminent,
frnrn m P r ar 2 y ’ s UGlte d. with such an ally
■'*°l d L ‘ b ® Ta ‘ party, the issue of the con
sDo.douotfui-—Oc'urier, Aprils.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Washington, Wilkes Courtt, >
April Ist, 1862. f
At a meeting of tie citizens, held this day, the
object of which, having been explained by the
Chairman, the following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whhrbas, the United States is waging an un
just and iniquitous war against all that we hold
dear; and whereas, we believe that interest as
well as patriotism should induce the planters in
the Confederate States to make every effort to
raise the largest possible amount of all kinds of
provisions; therefore
Resolved, That wo most earnestly recommend,
that the planters)of this county plant, the present
year, very little, if any cotton—that they devote
their energies to raising provisions of every kind,
believing that our liberties depend upon an abun
dant provision crop.
Resolved, That each member of this meeting
most earnestly urge and recommepd the Impor*
tance of the above resolution, upon the planters
of this county who are absent.
Resolved, That the proceedings be published.
mn n SAMUEL BARNETT, Chairman.
M. G. Bobbrt, Secretary.
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Lbttrrsof Southern Women Yound at Faxrfax
Court Houbb.—A correspondent of the New
York dimes says:
Many of the letters are from mothers and sis
ters. It is wonderful the energy with which these
dear little rebels enter into the cause of the Con
federate States. Not one appeal is there to son
or brother to return home. It ,is “Fight
John let me hear frsm you in the front
ranks.”
Granges and^Lbmons.—We lately obtained of
Mr. Barker Dazey, who has an extensive orange
orchard near Berwick’s Bay, a barrel of oranges
fresh from the trees, as fine fruit of this kind as
we have ever seen. There having been no freeze
to injure the plant, its flavor was delicioui. We
have never eaten better oranges from any soil or
clime. And the oranges were very large—only a
hundred and eighty to the barrel. As a matter
of curiosity, half a dozen oranges were sent as in
the barrel, w’hich were perfectly green and of
full size, being from twelve to thirteen inches in
circumference. And two or three extraordinary
lemons accompanied the oranges. They, too,
were green, with a yellowish tinge. The largest
was fourteen and three quarters ipches tn circums
ference. The rind was as thick as that of a cits
ron, and as rough and irregular on tbe surface as
that of an Osage Orange. It was very juicy, and
as sour as line juice. Mr, Dazey says his lemons
blossom the year round. He informs us that he
has sold a hundred thousand oranges from his
grove this year.— St. Afary Planter’s Banner.
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Augusta, Ga., March 21st, 1862.
Mr. Editor : Please permit me, even at this
late date, to correct some impressions made in &
letter published in yonr daily of the 23d January,
m connection with the Ogletherpe Infantry, o
the Ist Georgia Regiment. A postscript was ads
ded to the letter stating that the Oglethorpes were
scattered, and not one of them was with the Regi
ment at Romney. This statement was partially
corrected by Lieut. J. V. H Allen, in your daily
three days after the letter signed “J” was pub
lished in your paper of’the 23d January; and
here, for my part, the matter should rest, but for
the reason, that since we have reached Augusta,
miny friends of the company have informed us,
that there :was a general impression that the
Oglethorpe Infantry did not go to Romney, and
that there was some negligence of duty by the
commanding officer of the company, Lieut. Alleta,..
who was with us at the commencement of the
march from Winchester to Hancock, and from
thence to Romney,
Without going into details, it is sufficient to
say, that one-half of the company (the other half
sick) were at Romney with the Regiment, and
during our stay thes’e, freaponded promptly to all
calls for duty, and discharged those duties as
willingly and as cheerfully as soldiers eH any com
pany or regiment ever did; and D<Jver- me
during its twelve months’ service, did u ” c ? aa ‘
pany absent themselves from tbe Regiment; uT? 4 *
on tbe contrary, were always present, and served
their country with an enthusiasm as warm as
any in the Government.
A statement is now due by some one of the
company to Lieut. Alien, commanding the Ogle»
thorpe Infantry during tbe Hancock expedition
When first arriving at Hancock, the company,
together with the regiment, were required to re’
main in their places without fire, tents, or ra
tions, while our artillery was engaging the ene
my in Hancock. This was on Saturday night,
the 4th of January. Early the next morning’
however, Lieut. Allen obtained permission from
Colonel Taliaferro, commanding the brigade, to
dispatch some of the company to the wagons for
food. This done, Lieut. Allen was untiring in
his efforts to make the company as comfortable
as circumstances would permit, and refused to
eat the provisions in his own haversack, but di
vided it among the company. By noon our
meals had been prepared and returned to camp,
and from that time, there was a sufficiency of ra
tions. The use of tents was forbidden by the
General; not so with blankets. A detail was
sent every evening to the wagon train for blan
kets; and, so far as it could be done, Lieut. Ate
len allowed himself no rest, sleep, or food, until
his company was properly cared for, and the
members made as comfortable as could be done
in tbe snow.
Lieutenant A. had a furlough dated the 28th of
November, but did not avail himself of its use
until the campaign had ceased active operations,
January 15th, ou our return from Hancock, and
would not then have left the company to go to
Augusta had not the members insisted repeatedly
upon his returning to transact business of vital
importance to him, and of a character that could
not be represented by an agent or attorney.
While in Winchester, on his return to Augusta
from the Hancock and Romney expedition, Lieut.
Allen procured quarters for all the sick of the
company before leaving them—and not until all
were provided to stand the sleeting blasts of North
western Virginia, did this unselfish officer take
leave of the entire company. These statements
are certainly due to remove any erroneous
impressions towards the Oglethorpe Infantry and
towards Lieut. Allen, which have been made in
the letter of “J” of the 23d of January; nor are
they made to wound the author of that letter,
since I have been imformed that the impressions
made were not such as he intended.
Asking your readers pardon for this long com
munication, as I have never before appeard in
these columns, either over an anonymous er full
signature, I hope the impression that there was
any negligence of duty, either on the part of the
company or Lieut. Alien, have now been removed.
W. G- Johnson.
Vessel Ashore.—A schooner formerly known
here as the Experiment, from Nassau. N. P., with
a cargo of salt, was chased ashore at Long Island
Beach, at an early hour on Wednesday morning,
by a Yankee steairn gunboat.
The cargo may be saved and the vessel got off
if speedy assistance is rendered.
This schooner spoke on tbe Ist instant, twenty
five miles East of this port, and was boarded by
the Yankee ship Onward, Captain Nichols, which
was armed with six guns.— Chas. Courier, April 3.
A late celebrated judge, who stopped very much
when walking, had a stone thrown at him one
day, which fortunately passed over him without
hitting him. Turning to his friend, he remarked.
‘‘Had I been an upright judge, that might have
caused my death !”
Learn in childhood, if you can, that happiness
is not outside but inside. A good heart and a clear
conscience bring happiness ; and no riches and no
circumstance ever do.