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CLOTHTNG THE ARMY.
From the Savannah Republican, Oct . 7.
This has become an important question, so im
portant that unless seme satisfactory solution of
the difficulties that environ it be not speedily
given, the w«*r on rvrj art must come to au end.
The troopsnust be clcthed and fed, or taken
from tfce held. 1 heie is no escaping the issue.
B Dd it bthooves etety ti»;zeo cf the Confederate
States to d;rtct at or.ee his sttention and his
puree to the subject. Ihe winter is coming; it is
cold enough in .Northtin Virginia for our
tree: e to require warm clothing and secure cov .
tiir.g for the Light, neither of which they have
at’jestnt ILtse things n-ust be provided, or
tlVe we stall be called on to encounter the on’.p
a!ttrr*itivt—a suiter dtr to Linco'n. We :vpp
tend ft w aie prefared for this latter cadastre phe,
\ei ve sha'l suitly resize it the coming */later
it the pec pie do Lot stand squarely up to, iheir
duty. iLdtetd, tLtie aie two branches t 0 th e
cbiigatic l, one itsm g m the people the
ether cn ihe gcvumrcDt. Both mr .«x be met
priirp iy and without regard to saw ittee, or ail
will be lost.
By i"i*Bin of the blcckt.de of < pc>rts y ard
crtt»q , cni suspension o! loreigr mmeice, tee
hare’s «; our government are to if not tightly,
cccughto cmEarress its me vt’/vnts no little. It
can command tie money, tut rwn g to tl e limits
td tzontol cur manulacttr and wool grows
ltg JDtutSis, litre s but 1 jt.y - Q buy. The mar
kit :s pe?t) wtli dials' e s 0 1 the necessary labs
lies, and it will Lave to, the best it can. It
n u.st dial with tLe tt*» j.y tflbidid Ly the dorms*
tic industry of the co» ,r* ry, ai-d these it should
c Literate, w tthc ut « eption, to the su.ct ?d work
ol t! e revc.uticn. & idle now to talk about
jr.7ate righis ar £ constitutional restitenons,
when the « xi terc s «,f all righ s, and of the gcv«
ertn i nt itself, f a proper and prompt
at pr pr:ation c tp e n euu?) u t (ur command
Ii •n» sci uj ’• 4 i law, y it . miy be it it without a
ectituyard n govur n »ct, to hecc me the slaves
< f Yackte />kn.as era. The government, ihen,
stiulo tak # jpotfctssirß, through Its agents, of all
tip wcolc f cloth am. weel iu the Confederacy,
end if r /t of a sufl.cient number of lacto
riis o ihe Utter into suitable cloth for
the so ,£;*<}£. It sbi uid make a similar appropria
te / all leather m the Confederacy, to be c«»d*
•<! :r<to shots. We understand there ate large
tJ u; Ttitits of this commodity stored away in the
h- j*ds ot atanc.ius spiculatus, ard if so, »t
S' <ouid ke biought !s? in its htdu g » lace at the
■ *>;ot of the t>a* < net, it need le. V? t buvt* also
heaid it suggested that a close search might de*»
•veil p a cc cstueiable quantity of woolen cloths,
tunable tor soldiers oniloims, and i! true, it
sbruld be similar Iy impropriated. If you can
•etr down a man's hcL»e or dig up bis He'd to
°ric a battery, there is no g< < d reason why bis
'tathtr aid cloth should no', be lorcihiy app-opri
leu to ihe public service. It is not nly natural
lew, tl;c aw cf cc n n.cn sense, tut iLc right is
:e«ily rtrcgniz>d in our written Constitution,
wbtretr provides that reasonable cc io; i nsauou
shall to made lor all private property taken lor
tr.e public use.
So much for the duty of government.
There is a corresponding obligation on the part
of the ct »z-n to do a patt toward the relief of 'he
at my, hd' 1 that part is the full measure of his abiit
ly, even should it be attended with self sacrifice
and reduce the Lumber of comfort* around him.—
lo his quet and pence;ul hi me he should think of
the poor soldier who is bravirg the storms and
plocditg over the snow>clad mountains ol Vir
gin a to defend us from the grasp of the oppressor.
It is no time lor selfishness. Every man that has
a blanket iLould send it to the soldiers, Iu this
genial climate wt cun readily save ourselves from
stifhr eg with cot’cn comforts and other means at
con maud Every man who has a woo! mattress
should spate it to the government, and resort to
cotton at d moss, which are abundant. There »re
thousands o» light half worn carpets tbat might
be cot up mio blhnkeis feet b> 5, and sent to
tieaimy. Aud then, again, insignificant as it
a. y appear, tbtre is an abundance of waim w in*
ter clothing. already made up, stored away in our
closets unu wardrobes, very much ol which could
be ►} artd wnhi ut uny serious inconvenience to
ti t i wner. l.et all these things be brought
ferwaro In Hi their hiding places and forwarded
to some convenient point to be shipped forthwith
Li toe army Coarse coiio:»soc-ka»r*.h.bo iu gnat
d- o.ac<j, end ihe won en of Geoigia, by an effort,
could supply every soldier ?i. ns ihe State with
two or tine pairs before the close of tLe year.
This i:j wb.it should be done, and now the way
.to do it. There must ;>e organ. zatton for the pur
po>e. or bur little will be effected. L. t societies
formed and canvassing committees appointed
n every coucy and militia district m the h*ta e,
and tfc’jis every family w i!i have an opportunity
to contribute its mite.
For the in'ormation of perse ns at a distance,
*■= would state that we intend to open a store
r <yin at ibis i llice for the receipt of all con
tributions that may be forvarded to our own
a'Jdrrgs, f r» m town or country. They will there
te clahaified and tent on whh all poastble dis
patch.
A UHAPTE& ON THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH
The Meiiopoluan Record, ibe Roman Catholic
organ at New \ ora, has an article protesting
against the course of tb® Government in “locking
’Jp those who do not agree with it in everything
it does lisays: *
it is an easy way of getting rid of cn argument
U;ai one cannot au.-we r ; it is far easier than con*
viccirg an opponent; m fact, it is "as easj as lv*
:rg ” But is a man a secessionist because be de
sires peace, or deprecates subjugation, or inumates
a wish tbdt persone! liberty whs le-srestricted ? Is
he a secessioniht because be is not blind to the
di?crepaucies in offic. tal reports, or the shoitcoming
of Gi-vernment, the laccmpetency of a General, or
the blunders of a siatfsniau ? j b be a secesfi .mat
he abbors th*» idea of conquerors and c n«
quered taking the places of leilowcit zens in this
republic, 6. c.-.uso he wishes for no such Union »s
that of Ireland with Kng and, or Poland wnb
Russia, on this broad continent ? Is he a seces»
8k mst because be is alive to the wicktdmss and
ab>uidi:y ot enslaving white men to se* negroes
f'te ? Is a man a secessionist who does not believe
Uoverno»ent intalub e, our army invincible,
and our resources illimitable ?
Is it ae.essionism to hint that our Southern
ureihrea are bQm »n beings still, that they have
r:ahi« which it would be dangerous to disregard
aud feelings it would be wise to take into account?
-a it seejssioaism to admit that they are brave
and wary, or to doubt that they are so destitute
desponding as it is the fashion to represent
is it secesßionibm to shnnit f»cm taxation,
tba: our Government was more trank m
Jfaiiug WJ? h the people, more desirous of relief-.
• g them *be horrors of suspense, more
ttary of .nieriermg wi>h the liberty of the piers
ireea m ot speech, more ec Domical of pub
ttionev . Is it secessionist!! to long with a
people bare no conception
' « reconstruction of the Union r*n the basis
that V • « B j U ? l * on » ‘ n l^e eood oJ< 2 guarantees
that g t.shtd tbe men of ’76?
th „ bel,er are we they, or what beter is
sboulri^s 0 D °7 lban htt waß 10 tbeir dav * ibat
n. e niJ * d . e a t,one ot contention between the
Iniif n r*' dg ! t 0 st ’ ll! U P ,he R -Pcblic ? Oar
E- Et r * 'atberß never thought n( bgisiating
of•9 oal ' y With white men; thfir Sena*
from pi*“ ?" i nu . rt; sh artked by tbe,r exclusion
tioa of the “J pn7:le « e8 » h ao it was by the etc ti
the ca-e ot a 0 "?' aud tae >' wers r g hl . tor if in
lodged softie, e . !er > inferiority t.r intellect is
"be level ot ih» 3 ' ! ° place . the individual below ;
sufficient to Ly ia 301 ,fce BamP cause
Os a superior V 13 lnfenur rito e below tbe level
cause tl,-v eaunm ,v v Ca^ ei 8 cessions.- be
p cr-.-.y .LOividou’ fcr'',’rZG? : “ ta ’° :
- tbe Secretary of Si-ie * °" Vtn mem,
*£'?' ■» a pulici? district* thinks* 0 p.^ 6 fj’ we * t
*“*' se « r , e ,, m j U g to -Fr this is
'bey prefer t„ b? ° F
oon’sts. where rnn wii „ just nnw) etaancipj.-
jour to tl - 1 '* ar>d presume to assert
>ou- lioswhai:' "' r -T'-'irselt. U, crit.cise wilh
reed Or a«sumtt' ,nar i Un 10 J°nr bean;
aSb «mi>Uoc ,Kat your right to differ
from them is as clear as their right is to differ
from you; refu to accept their say so as an arti
cle of your p olitical crei d, and they discern at
once that yr»j are a secessionist.
In our op mum it is Dot wise to bandy about
such char* recklessly ; di.-loyalty to the Gov
erimeut should never be assumed for; in a land
like our under a Government elected like ours,
to j-av that the people are dis oyal, is to say that
the G overnment is unworthy.
LATEST FROM KENTrCKY.
Special to the Chicago Time*.
Louisvillk. Ky., Sep'embtr 26.—There is noth
I lag ot particular interest here to-day.
j Bueh’s army has entered the city. The men are
I generally id good htallh, and the army, us a whole,
is iu tiue condition.
A force of six tb* usand rebels commanded by
Claiborne, ot Mississippi, camped last nigh; five
miles west of Sht-lbyviile.
K*i by smith's futces seem to be working west*
ward, doubt'ess, however, only to join Bragg’s
a uny. Tlieir movemeuis occasion uo alarm in
this city.
A company of their pickets wire at Boston, eigh-*
teen mi:es southeast <»t here, last n»ght. They re«*
mained lheie ait night.
Col, Wilder, the hero of the fiist sfunfcrdsvnie
battle, having been exchanged, and being now
id this city, considerably lion z*d, us he dea
serves to be.
General Buell is fcusilv engaged, at private
| quarters at the Galt House, preparing mr the ols
trnsive campaign upon w hich he is about to enter,
lie dentes bimselS to ail visitors, save those who
! call expressly on connected with the de*
partmeut
■ The dtfetructu nt) lLe rebels,,on Wedn sdav
j night last, of the bridge over Salt River, at
I ShepbeidsviJle, lud.cates clearly that Lragg no
J longer entertains any designs uga’ost this city;
j o. her wire be would itquro to use this bridge.
Optain Morris, ot the Clinton county Lome
gujtda, a few day a since, attacked Champ Ftr*
go son’s guerilla band, killing Ferguson and 15
others.
Bragg’s f, rces were at Middletown, 12 miles
from Lere. It is said that they withdrew on the
apptoach of our pickets. Bragg's main body is
re oiled moving toward Springfield.
Frat'k'or t advices tay there are no rebels t)>**re, I
except a few sick ones, aud those in Lex<ugion i
I are supposed to be t vucuattng,
i Louisville is quiet, but has betn blocked up all ,
! day wi.h Gen. Bued’s forces pars.ng through to]
! camping grounds in the vicinity. The hotels aud
! boarding houses are crowded to overflowing. The
j market is almost drained of the necessaries oi
: Inc, trom producers unu rnarket-Uien being kept
1 back by ihe rigid system ot pa>s*:S. Business is
becoDi ng quite active, but iiqur*r is allcwcd to
be so<d.
Ktfugees are rapidly reMirning.
New York, Sept. 26.—A dispatch li(»m ljouis
vdle annouuec.s the oeizufle by the rebels ot Suit's
Salt River distillery building, though most ot the
stock has been removed to the city. The distil
lery is but thirty miles from the city.
THE FEVER IN WILMINGTON
From the Charleston Courier, Oct. 7.
We are indebted to a tru-ud, who communicates
for the Courier, the following portion ot a letter
from one ot the Charlts on phjstciats, low in
WilmiDgton, N. C.:
Wilmington, N. C\, Oct. 4, 1862.
Dear Doctor: Your letter ot the 2d was duly
) received, and I thank you for >i ut prompt corn*
piiance with the requests made tu mine of the
| ?Oth ult. The articles have been received in good
oruer and turned over to the proper persons, and
are now being cimpensed to the poor sick. To
i enumerate all our wants in the way of com forts,
nourishment, Oifcdiuue, A:., would involve the
1 necessity of making out a list of all fetich things as
| are required,.not only for tbestek but lor the well.
The population has so generally and umver?<. ly
I stampeded, leaving their houses, stores, A .*, j
j ciosed up b* bind them, that there is no getting at
| the things that are ol hand; and the fear of con
tamination iu so great that no one comes into the \
i city to bung in any thing, am no one from the I
cry is allowed to go in'.o the country to seek lor j
■ what is wanted.
! To say that famine is imminent, (even present,)
I would be no exaggeration, for really the tick fi.id I
l it difficult to gel tuetr most urgent wants supplied.
I Even the welt are in want. It J were to specify, ;
| however, the class of articles most needed ur the
'sick, I should say that stimulants for the use of
; ihe til and convalescent, weie the most urgently !
demanded. Brandy, wne, ale, Ac., would be
greatly appreciated t and if you tan find more
nurses, they would soon be employed. But let
me beg, if u be possible, that you will send us a
j couple of apothecaries— good, reliable, steady
i men. There is but one store now supplied with
, an apothtcary. All the others have been closed
' in consequence of the illness or death of the pro
| priet ;rB, aDd the one now open has only one clerk
: lelt fit lor duty. I stepped into that store jus?
j now, and found the counter surrounded by per* 1
I sous eag-rly wailing iheir turn to be served, and |
j the clem said he bad alftady put up eighty pre*
; fecriptiouF, though the day was hardly half gone. ,
; If possible, send two or three good, active drug** i
! gists immediately.
| The disease does not yet abate in the number of i
i cases occurring, but is more manageable—fewer I
1 die. It is estimated by the Mayor that there are I
: now about three hundred parents under treat* ]
1 meDt. This is certainly not an over estimate—l i
I thick it is below the truth. The panic and dread j
do not diminish. The sick find it very difficult to
| obtain the usual ministrations to their most urg- |
! ent wants- They say no one will come near them . ;
! It is absolutely necessary to furnish our nurses to j
almost every sick house, or else ihe ill are left
without the Die ids of obtaining ihe medicines, or
getting them administered; of having their food
provided cooked or served; of getting even a
drink of water; of having the most ordinary and
urgent wants of the chamber attended to.
A Salute for Lincolns Administration. —The
New York Independent, which is charged by its
contemporary with belonging to the league for
the displacement of Ltnco.a, has the following
complimentary notice of the Gorilla :
We have no doubt whatever tha; Mr Lincoln
meant well, and Laeks himself to do well for the
country. But he is an overmatched man. He
cannot carry the Government in his great ext-»
gency.
* * * * * *
Bat there is a country as well as a President.
There is a cause as well as an Adaimi.-tration
Every prudent man foresees the utter exhaustion
of the country it we have one more such year as
the last. Yet, wa have the same Cabinet, the
sam- floating expedient, the same stationa y
Generate.
It is notorious that the Generals who conduct
the military affairs of the army are pro«slavery iu
their beliefs and sympathies. One drop of poison
is a match for the health oi a whole bodyful of
good blood!
The South is jubi'ant. It is the North that
desponds. They have leaders who know how to
control dtffjcu t»es—to coerce unity among heteros
geneons materials. There is will iu the clr.«r r.t
Richmond. There is will in the saddle beyond
the Potomac. Oh. that slavery was as poorly
served as liberty is!
Richmond determines, Washington reasons.
Rich nond is inflexible, Washington vacillates.
R cbomnd knows wbat it wants to do, Washing
ton that it knew. Richmond loves slavery
aDd hates liberty ; Washington is somewhat par* .
at ti* liberty and rather dislikes slavery. Re
bellion is wiße aod sinful. Government 19 foolish
We learned the other day from a Lieut.
Cotooel ol Partisan Rangers that when the Fed
erate were driven from Columbia, Ternessi-e, and
our boys entered tb* town, that the ladies met
them With waiving handkerchief* and joylul
countenances, and told them to drive off the vile
Yankees. L t them said tney, shell the town it
they choose. We hid rather, exclaimed the pa
tnonc ladies of Columbia, seethe town burned
than see it occupied again by Yankee soldiers.
A I honor to ?he n >b!e ladies of Columbia. This
officer assured us tba* no troops ever received
such welcome as did our soldiers on taking pos**
session of Co-umbra.
Chattel'toyga. {Tent i.) Rebel, Oct. 7.
THE WH iu T CROP-
Irotn the Petersburg (• •.) Express, Oct. 5.
As tlere is a great lull i 1 ibe military world at
presen which gives us an * portunify to direct
public ttenlion toother mat -is than marches,
battles and all the exciting < t nes and incidents
of an ative campaign, we tin i ihat we will be
dt ing jgreat public service in uiging upon our
farmeriall tarough the Confederate S'utes to sow
all the meat they possibly can ti is fall. Thesea
son forthis great agricultural work is now at !
band, ;»d the weather at present is ♦ xtremelypro- I
pitioustor it, and nav be reasonably expected to I
ccn’mii so for some lime, as »he In nut* summer !
is not freff and general y Jus's fora in nth. Oc !
tuber did X jvembtr, and even tu fi st two
weeks df December, are the time i sewing I
w heat, nd u the ground is properly prep, r ed and !
the ensimg winter and spring should pr ve more
lavorabp itaa the last, a largely increas'd crop !
may b«r*ised. It is vastly important tha'
effort ihould be mude for this purpose. The !
prices t*w ruling in oat market for this grainure !
enoughof theuißelves to stimulate production in i
its widet extent. But besides this view of tLe |
subject.here is another si hi more weighty. Tbt |
wants <! the army must be supplied, and they |
will be?reater next year than they have been, :n j
const qi&nce of the heavy additions of troops that
will btaiade to it under the new Conscript bill. 1
These cun be easily met by the farmers if j
they wil devote evciy acre of land that they pos
sibly cm to the cuUuio of the gia n crops aud
raise iljtlie m a , vegetables, A • , which it is in
the.r purer to do. A kind Providence, which has .
tiithertOßo sgnally favored us, will continue to |
bless uwiih an abundance of the fruits of the !
eaith, ijwe will, by industry and energy, prove i
worthy to be thus blessed. At all 1
events 1 :s our duly to pul the seed in the ground,
and hociuliy trust in the Divine goodness tor the
fullnesso* the harvest.
The li!lowing appropriate remarks on this sub*
jee*, wljch we find in the last Chattanooga R •
Del. mat be very aptly introduced h**re in con
nectionWiib those we have submitted :
i TLe sl.ison is close at hand wLeu the farmers {
j will haw to sow all the wh* at which they intend j
for nexi year’s crop, and we must urge upon
! them ifc propriety and necessity of having a
great dial ot wheat and other smad grain sown.
! Owing o the small quantity made during this
i year aui the immense consumption, there will be
| great dun at d for wheat next >ear and so long as
j the wg* continues. Flour is mere Binfable for
| food sot the army than corn meal, because it can
j be so finch mote easily kept and is in every way
: more convenient tor use. The wheat crop id the
i Somhetn States can be greatly increas'd, and
now isihe lime when that increase will be of the
! greater advantage.
Flour ia now selling io some parts cf the Con
j federaiy at Irom thirty to forty dollars per bar*
re!, uni although we tli nk this an exorbitant
price, jet we may reasonably calculate ttiat flour
will covimaud a fair price during the continuance
ot the var. Another season why a great deal of
small «ram should be sown is, that unless this is
done Uc laud in the South will be uncultivated.
Instead of cultivating so much in core, cotton
and tdbacco, le* a consideiable portion be sown
I in small gram, and in that way all the land will
be made producuve. We will be compelled to
take aconsideiable portion o r the labor that has
hither io been employed in agriculture and uee
lin tu canny. This would leave much of-the land
I in the South unemployed urless it be used as
aboveiodicated. Laud sown io wheat will not
only ke improved in value, but it w 11 yield as
i mocha* if cultivated m any»lung else,
j (m JfcC », the Southern States, not including
Maryhod, Kentucky and Mif-soun, raised 31 367,-
j UOO bashelH of wheat; Kentucky, 7.894 800; Alary
! 1and,6,103,500; and Missouri, * 4,227,600, making
| for tliese three States, 17,725,000 bushels. Add to
| this le amount produced in the other Southern
• Sta'a* and it makes 49,092 000 bushels of wheut
made id all the Southern States in 1800. This
i amotnt can be greatly increased by proper exert*
i tioni until so *d will become much cheaper with
I us lkan it now is. This is an object greatly to be
. desired, and therefore, not only self-interest but
j patrotic feelings should prompt men to sow 1 irge
| ly (/ wheut and other Email gram this fall. Under
i a pnper system of culture not an acre of ground
1 n* el go uncultivated, not withstanding the large
l diaiu made upon the labor of the coun.ry by the
( ar»j.
CASUALTIES IN THE 44TH REGIMENT GA
VOLS , AT THE BATILE OF 8 4ARP3BURG,
MARYL iND.
from the Atlanta [Ga.] I/.teiligcncer.
Commanded during the action by Capt John C
! Key.
CO. A, CAI'T. W. H. CKBIDLR, COM'dG.
Killed.. Private W’ .1 Derick.
Mortally wounded .."tergVJ W Derick.
Severely wounded. .Capt W H Creidle, GW
Wjait, J »hn Roals, C II Daniel, R B Richardson.
slightly wounded. .1 W Adams, J M Williams,
1 II A Turner.
C'J. B, LT. JAMSS HENDERSON, COM’dG.
Killed. .Jacob Goolsby.
Slightly wounded..J W Qooton.
CO C. CAPT. WM. B. UAYGOOD, COM’DG
Killed.. Private L N Johnson.
Severely wounded.. W M Elder, G W Atitrey.
S ightly wounded. W W Hunt, N F Hunt, A J
Allen, Capt W B Hay good,
C'. I>, LT. S. D MASS, COM’DG.
Killed.. Private A M Nash.
Severely wounded. .Lieut H T Creele, Privates
Jesse Eouns, O Bewen, J R Betterton, W E Jeu
kins.
Slightly wounded. .Orderly C S Mann. C B
Sims, W H McVicker, C R Stephens, B F An**
thony, A F Cuncle.
Mowing.. Harrison Johnson, W H Cancle, A2
bert Lloyd.
Co. E., CAi*T. J n. CANS*ALLY, COM’jDQ.
M-T'aUy wounded. .Corp W H Vaugnn.
Severely wounded . Moses Harper, J Edge.
Slightly wounded. .Serg’t J W Man v, R H
Norris, G W Samson, Lloyd.
CO. F , CAPT c. D PEARSON, COM’dG.
Killed..t'apt 0 D Pearson, J M Lawrence, L M
White, J D Brewingtop, John Cochran.
Mortally wounded..J C Alford.
Slightly wounded. .Sergt J R Reese, Sergt J H
Howard, Sergt A H Wright, Corp! Thos Moore.
Privates A S Wynn, GJ Spirer, J Sanders, R
Brown, J W Cole, N B Vincent, C S Moonahau,
W H Fuller, J B Maddox.
CO. G, LIKUT J L. BLALOCK, COM’DG.
Killfd . John Jenkins, Ord Sergt C Harden, O
Ward, Jas Hasten, N Barge
Severely wouade 1.. Lieut F J Edmondson, J
Edmondson, Geo Bishop. A Hasen, A B Tins'ey
CO. H. CAPT. J W. BUTLER, COM'DG.
Killed.. W B W hid by.
Severely wounded..J J Cook, U Parker, G W
C«'ats.
Slightly wounded.. Lieut M T Butler, Privates
J M Hale. J R Sanders.
C). K, LIEUT. T T. EASON, COM’dG.
Severely wjunded.. Y P Wright, W H Chris*
topher J T D W G<>odwin.
Slightly wounded. J B Carsou, J C Cusslio, J
S Freen-an.
It is proper to state tbar the rcg ; ment went into
action with U>n men. They were exposed to tire 1
for nearly six hr urs. Toward :be end of the en
gagement, the regiment was marched to the rear
wi h the rest of the Brigade, their ammunition j
having been exhausted, by Col. Doles, Gen. Rip
ley h-iving been wounded in the early part of ibe •
engagement. They re’urned ’o the find after
being supplied, where they remained during the
night
M. V. Estes, Serg’t Viaj. and A. Adj’t.
%3j r Tb^ 1 New York World of the speaking
ot rbe order for a draft in the Yankee .'tares
say*:
H*-re at the North, where the people have taken
up arm* to maintain theau’honty of the Federal
G ; rv».rnment, there has been practical revolt
:»gainst a conscription by an act of
C«tbgress and ordered by the centra! executive.
The Secretary of War oraered a draft oo the 15»h
of Augo t last, and then again on the Ist o Sep
»err.ber, but ihe Governors of the several loyal
States re'UAed lo ob**v the on both nccamous.
The Governors of N Jeiaey and Connecticut
were the only exc -ptions to this general disobev
dience to the orders ot the Government.
i*r i ne Postuttioe Savings’ HauK>, iu England, |
appear likely to prove a great success. There are '
already more thau 360.00<) deposits in these !
banks, although they have only been in operation
a few months. The rapidity and precision of the i
business connected with them cauuot bo* too j
highly extolled, and an instance is mentioned ;
which proves it. A man who had deposited money
in a Pi.stoffice bank in London, and whose occu
pation compelled him to visit a town in the North
of Eugland, wanted a portion of his money. He
wrote io the usual way to the General Posuffice
on a Thursday Dight, aud on the morning of the
fallowing Saturday the money w.ts paid to him at
the I\>sn Uice of the town at which Le was stay*
ing. The machinery must be extremely perfect
which can maintain rapidity like this. Already
the new banks are displacing many o* the old
Savings’ Bauks, anu a list of twenty-five of the
latter has been publi-bed which have succumbed
to the new establishments.
Tob\ccofrom Algiers.—Toe Aigi rs papers
give some ictereptmg particular > with respect to
the production of tobacco iu that colony. The
crop of IS6S* is estimated at 5,747,000 kilog
rammes. The increase ra the culture of the plant
during »he last e’ght-en years Las bee., immtnse.
In 1844 it appears that there were only three tobac
°o plauters aod their unit'd pfanta'uns covered
but 1 hectare 42 acres, or about acres English.
Ten years la»er there w ere more tbad 2,0' 0 plant
ers, and 2,81 S hectares were alloted io tobacco.—
In 1859 this hud increased to 6,697 Lectures, be
tw’een the three provinces of Algiers, O.au and
Constantine The French papers speak highly of
the qmlity of this Af'ican tobacco, and urge fur- J
ther exttn-io!) of its growth as purticulaiiy e’esirn 1
able now that the sources, the Southern 1
States of America, wo . e Eng>aad derives by
far the greater part of b *: enormous annual sup
ply, are closed to cummers • The a.tent on oi Uie
English trade bss been . er.icularly attracted
during tne present London Ex ibi'uon to the Ale
geriau tobacco there exhibited.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT T * SCALE THE
MATTERHORN.
The Alpine cumbers who went r*h early in
June to scale the Matterhorn—and udd the list
triumph of skill and danng ro be w< n in ttie
I Sw’ss mnunta’DA—have again been defeated. The
i peak detLsaM attempts. Mr. Whimper, one ot
the Alpine club, reacted a b:g!jer point tha . had
| hitherto been reached; but an accidental f all,
which may be truly described a«* one of tli» uk»*i
j miraculous escapes from immediate death on re
cord, caused him to abanrfou for the present, and
perhaps forever, all furtherHiSsauftp on the virg'n
I summit.
' In ascending ths mass of so>»w and ice, Mr.
Whimper, who was alone, was rompclUd m one
place to cut a series ot >teps in the ce Knowing
there was no further difficulty of that kind to be
feared, he left bis hatchet behind him, and, on
returning from his bath-d attempt to mount, he
found, to Ins horror, that his steps were gone—
the sun had melted them away ’ As his ha'chrt
could not be recovered, he leaned over the precis
pice and began to prod at the ice with his afpeu
sto k.
Some snow gave way, aod he rolled over the
ledge, brazing his face aod body on the rocks acd
ridges, eras i, cra-h, down the sides of a chasm
eight hundred feet deep. By happy chance he
was caught ou a rough bed of rocks on the crest
of a precipice scarcely equalled in tbe Alps, an i
the r e remained for an instant stunned and bleed
ing, though not seriously hurt. He is slowly re
covering from the sh »ck and from his wounds.
A few days later Professor TvndaJ re appeared ou
the sce» e o’ his last yeai’s adventures.
Mr. Whimper's tools and experience were placed
at his disposal, and the cor querer of the Riffei
set off, full of confidence and c-oirage. But his
courage and endui ance were taxed in vain. Aguin
and again he risked his Si f e. Higher than any one
| has ever been up the peak he ere; t and climbed,
higher than Mr. Whimper; but the steepness ot
the highest peak r< pulsed him, and the unduuoted
but unsuccet'H'ul mountaineer left the Matterhorn
unsealed. —Jynidun A'htu'uvi.
The Last Census. —The Yankee papers are
publishing extracts and resul a tiom the cen.-us
of IB6o—the last of ih't (Juited States, as they
were. We give the following figures:
Total white populut.on I 860:
i Miles 13 846,960
Females 13,116 702 —26,002,662
Free colored males 284 GOO
Free colored ternales 253 996 437,996
Infants, males .. 19.474
Infants, females 17 138— 36 662
Slaves, males 1,988.625
Slaves, females 1,971,135 3,953,760
Total population, 1860 31,445,030
The whites are thus stated for
Males. Females.
South Carolina 140 160 145,14')
North Carolina 313,67*> 316,272
Georgia 301.t66 290,434
Florida 41,123 36,619
Alabama .270,190 256,381
VALLANDIGHAM ON THE STUMP.
This gentleman is busily engaged in canvas
sing his old district, preparatory to the election
to be held on Tuesday ruxi The Middletown
(O.) Journal says that, in a speech at Post Town,
he declared the President was a disunioni.-t, said
the “sun, moon and stars wou'd turn to gore bes
fore the North could conquer the South,” aud
spoke of the army of the l/ciou as carrying the
“black flag.” TheJou.nal says:
He exhibited a five dollar gold piece, aud slid
j that when Democrats were in power that was the
currency; but now th s is tbe kind (holding in
view an old Continental bi!l J, and five hundred of
them will not buy a loaf of, bread, an l iu one
year the mun who has a pocket full of “green
backs” w'lll not be as rich as the man who has
twenty five cents in his pocket to-day.
He told his friends that General Pope was a
Republican, and that ha cmie to Washington
boasting ihat he saw notbirg but the backs oi the
rebels in bis Southwestern depart men’; that as
General McClellan was a Democrat, the udminoss
tration took d viston after division from him.”
CONSCRIPTS TEAEY MADE-
There ought to b an aptness in certain classes
of civilians for military duties, which should, by
all means, receive the at ten .* n of the Congres
sional tinkers on the Exemption bill. It is only
by such arrangements that The right men can be
found m the right place*. A few specimers will
illustrate the excellence of the proposed plan : I
Surgeons o igbt to form a body of Laucers,
and. with Druggists, kcow hrw to excel at mortar ,
practice; Smi'hs ugbi to be foremost at single
and double file, (to say nothing o rat-tail tile.);
Magrns, »n forming ibe square; Shop-keepers in
C'>unter*in*rehiDg ; Pick-pocke’s in rifle practice ;
Watch makers, in making La vyers, in de
livering the grand c- urge; Primers, io forming
bn* sand columns; Weaver-, in dressing mbt~;
Tailors, m makmg “bleaches;” Lovers, present
ffrms and ealute; Quack Doctors, Auctioneers,
aud others of 'he same genus, will make the
boldest trumpeters; C opera, the body guard of
fashiopbb e ladies, rescued from Northern prison ;
Debtors, in quick march ; Creditors, in scouts
and on the lo »k out; Expectants of an early close
01 the war, wtllf*rrn the forelorn hope; Cripples \
are good at baiting ; Tones stand at ea-e ; Specu- j
lators ‘advance,’ ( ; n doub e qnuk ‘) Po-*ts, on the ,
wing; Farmers, at drill; Oculists, eves right; j
Bank rs, drafts aud exchanges ; Teachers, in/aut
ry movements; Millers, ground arms; tne Lazy
man, rear rank ; The jtarried, close order;
Bachelors, open order ; the Impertinent, to the '
front; tbe Modi st, to tbe rear; Hypocrites, !
change front to r-ght; the Happv, fail in; :b»*
Discontented, 4V. .1 out; the !)• loyal and cow* !
ards, retreat.
Thus, from the various classes enumerated, I
the combination which c *<nple r .es the essentials J
of a soldier is attained. L a wonder «he idea j
has not beeu t » r«<ngress before. Os
the-re is no use of ex * np’ing any oody
now I Rick. Eq.
Educating thb Fish To an angler who was
complaining of the absence of fish.to ibe keeper of
one of ihe Shropshire preserved waters, tbe said
keeper repbed, “Ah. there’« plenty of fish, but
ibfv wont rise, and nu wonder, sir. see what a
bedication There’s so many gem men a
fisbio* now.”
I THE RETREAT TO WASHINGTON- ERGLIBK
VIEWS OF A BISING IN MARYLAND.
ty<jin the /, ( ,i.doTi Times, Sept. 17.
These operatione* now diaunctiv presented to
i new, r< fleet high credit on the Confederate
'arms, and show the inferiority of the Federal
Generals, if not of the Federal troops. Pope
fought well, and it deserves to be noticed that he
did succeed in preventing the enemy from getting
between him and the capital. Jackson aid not
cut hint off from Washington, though he drove
mm for shelter to its wal.s; but there ends the
Federal success. At every other point the North
erne: s have been foiled. McClellan’s troops were
not found available for Pope’s support, the lines
ot the Rapidan and Rappahannock have been sne
cesrively lost, and the Unionists have sustained
a tresh series of demoralizing, though not dis 6 *
graceful, defeats. Their conduct m the field re
dounds to ibeir honor; but the er.d o: the cam*
paigo is that Washington* inateud ol Richmond*
is beleaguered* aud Mary and, instead of Rich*
nu nd, is exposed to invasion. It does noi appear,
indeed, thai a single acre of VirgiLia soil is now
held by Fedetal troops, except on the very brink
of the Potomac itself, aud everything indicates
that woise is at uund.
Possiolv, the dettnees of Washiug on, raised
with so much care a twelvemonth eg », may prove
too strong tor the Confederates, and i* is not unn
liKely that McCle.lan, who seems given »n engi
noriing, and v*b i now cominauds ut me capital
may g j better behind the.-e fortifications thaL he
did in an aggressive campaign. But a smgie,glance
at the map will show that WashiLgmn rselt, with
all its defences* may be tnrued bv iheConfeder*
| utes. Toey have but to cross the Upper Potomac,
which, as far as cuu be judged from lUe latest ad»
1 vices, is their intention, and they will find them**
| se’v«;s iq Maryland, the whole 01 which State,
j wnh all its p'ecious resources in men* money*
j and uiunituns, is prepared, we aie credibly as
j sured, to rise and welcome them, r uch an msur
! rection would leave the Federal capital environed
I on every side by foes, aud an escape by sea would
I be the oniy chance open to those rulers wuo have
' threatened the St u h with c inquest and BH r juga«
I non. These are the present pn spects of the civil
war. Well may the New York press begin to des
pair ol the Uuion cat se, aud well may the Guv«
ernors of the New Kugian 1 States take counsel at
Pievidence. li such leversts d > no» teach the
North to reconsider its course, we do not see how
political wisdom is to be learned or politcai error
reineved.
THE FRENCH KJf PMOK ON RECOGNITION.
j Tht Paris correspondent of the Londou Time«,
wi ting on the ltith ult., says;
i i t continued successes of the Confederates,
I and the decided superiority which their armies,
and, still more, then Generals, seem to have ea
taolisheu over ih site of their antagonists, natural*
ly ein bold ti tiie b«pes of the Southern sympa*
tn z-rsfor Uuirrtc >gnit on by England and France
That ibe Emperor is very much disposed to adopt
that cou.se there cannot be any doubt. It is no
aec.etpmd is quite certain, that to various English
gentlemen who, being lately over in France, at
Gha'ons or Sit. Cloud, bad interviews with him
in which the subject was broached, be did not
conceal the view ho took on the question, as de
cidedly favorable to recognition, aud his wish that
the Bug' isb Government could be brought to adopt
it. Row far this is likely to be the case you are
better situated to judge than 1 am. A<l I can
tell you on ibe matter is* that there are persons
here, t‘oDfederates and triends of Con federates,
: who profess to buve reasons for knowing
that the American question is to b* made, some
lime in ihe course of uexf month, ;he subject of
very serious deliberations on the part n« the Brit
ish Cabinet-deliberations which those same per
sons hope may, possibly, at no very remote date,
lead to the recognition they so greatly desire. —
And eueouiaged by recent triumphs, they sun
guinely reckon on fresh ones coming to give in-,
creust-d foice to the Claim to acknowledgement by
European Powers of the independence of a country
which has already shown itself so competent to
maintain their rights and light its owu battles.
lUK RATTLES AT MANASSAS—TUE POSITION OF THE
CONFEDERATES.
\tron% the London Post, (Government Organ,) Seytern j*r
10.]
Three days afterwards the Army of Virginia lay
behind ihe forti’icatii m of Washington* They
wore fairiy beaten back and driven in there by the
Ooo'ederaies, for on the Ist and iid of
the Southern forces followed up their successes
and a tacked the divisions which w.-re defending
the rear of the Northern artnv.
j In those minor battles the North lost two GjDl
- erals, K. aruey and Stevens, who were both k ilcd,
! aud such ul -rm w.<s instilled m the m Dds of the
; Federal commanders that they res • vtu to seek
J safety behind the tar hworks of VT:*fihington,
j They removed the planks fiom the cLau bTtdr :
iat Washington, and lhe late besitc.isof Riciis
j m< ud are now contented with the hope ol suc%
j cessfullv defending their capital from imp nd.tig
. attack. From what q tarter this a;tack will he
| made it remains to be seen. W.b :h • Confides
rates cross into Marylaud and take Washington
jia the rear by a coup dt main/ Or have they ibe
I means of besieging it id ihair present po.iion"
. Iu a short tune we shall have the answers to lhese
j questions. Meanwhile, it would be piemature to
anticipate the immediate consequent-es of this
most important engagement. The mail from
America n.ay possibly relieve us (V.*m ou r sus
pense.
j How C/»N OCR Ct'RRKNCT BB Br 'HOHT WiTHIN
I tub Limits of a Hkalthfcl Cokditi in ?—The first
j siep »o relieve the country of this inflated cur*
; rency* says the Mobile Register, Would be to ion
i duce the officers and soldiers of our army,
■ members of Congress, c intruders and others, to
j take at leas: ba’f of their pay in theb »nds oi the
! Government. This cculd be doje by au appeal
not only to their patriotism, bin their interest
' l he witndrawal of bis amount from the currency
of the country, and it * investment in bonds,
| would reduce the price to the soldier of his
j clothes, shoes and everything else, at least 60 per
cent The ex ravagance which is now so common
in the army would be checked, and a spirit of
saving engeudered, to say nothing of the pleasure
which the soldier won d feel in the refl'Ciioo ibat
lie would have something laid up for himself or
his family when the war was over*
Another useful measure would be to make the
treasury notes the sole currency of the couulry
during the war. The banks should be requested,
or required, if necessary, by the Legislatures of
the sere? at States, to withdraw, us Hr as possible,
their circulation. and emit no m re mils during
the war. Above all things, the Su es should en a
force their laws against ibe emission ol what are
called shiuplasters.
By replacing ihese with treasury notes of small
denominations, the amount nrg it ne increased to
that extent. Toe shiuplasters ail up the channels
ol circulation to an extent greater ihuo is con.-
ceived. We know some intern.r counties in the
Slate in which they are issued by as many *m five
or six d fferent individuals and in bplsas Urge as
five dollars, and we pr sume the same is true iD
all the States of the Confederacy.
clip the subj nned paragraphs from the
Petersburg (Va.) Express, of Oct. 6»fi:
Salk of Cotton Goods —The following sale of
cotton goods was recently made at auction by
Messrs. Lynch & Callender, agents of the £* tricks,
H&ilersea and Matoaca Manulacturing Companies'
at their office on Sycamore street: *
% 39^@40 U
A ■'hirmiMS 47 (#43
4 ; 4Sbee«M.g ca , ss
% Osnaomg
Us,, “
Ltavy T.vil.s K 3
Ins t f:cb if Nbgr.iks—l'he followiog piicei
wnie ob'uim-d by V\ m. Pannill, Auciiom-er at &
rablie sule o negroes in front ot the Merctiants’
hxvbaL’ge on Satutdav. 1 h- negro** were mostly
\oung, nrd s«>me of them well skilled in profit
able trades;
•i e,, ‘ un * 650
y" race 1.250
J^ ewlß 1 000
£ alßnc e 1460
B - tlie 1,200