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raising TEE BLOCK ill
President .Stephens »a, <“» d -
n .be opc'a.in that we shouiJ bare, »ry
I n t v «r< ng to open our porta
ut tbe wor-u, ;bai, ir necessary, v>e
.. „, d e r-a be p-erared to convJT vess.-.s m acd
-Vnßa-opeen per-. There is no prababi ,= r .bat
- ~„G Tcrnrr- r.--' 'V . interfere m ih« Strugs
4 »neh is going ..n.n ibis country, or that they
undertake to r„.«e tne blockade, =.t n .13b
»(>i d relieve the distress of their people,
1 redtund greatly to the - own benefit tnaioo.st
. y res } ec". Verfcajs •is be=t that it should
t It leave:: •~r peo[ <e from ifiieicu com
a : r.s*, and makes them mure energetic in
jajr efforts 10 s ire the> Independer :e.
But it is necess-ry that we ehoold be relieved
; . 31 ibe blockade, a, least partially : and tins tve
.13, no doubt do for 1 crselves, witb the assistance
of British mercharte; ,or, there is a wide differ
e3C e between Britis > statesmen and British mere
bants, ami if st nave no sympathy from the
inner, it cannot be doubted, alter the evidences
vhicb we have had, that we have it from the
~:>er. The merchants, then, of Great Britain, it
.believed, will advance the capital toconstiuct
1 somber of sw: f i and strong iron-clad war
-amers, in Eng sh dock yards, for the purpose
■ rule, g the blockade. Teu <k twelve of this
>ss of vessels could, at any time, enter any port
>f the Confederate States, and bring to ns such
articles as we s'.tnd in need of—ammunition,
■ .thing, medicines, Ac., Ac., Ac.—taking back to
neichauts wr.o had advanced the capital to
■do our steameir, return cargo's of cotton,
pavnieni o* thi debt tnua coatrac.cd.
it may be that :t.o Government has already
nit pied this poi.cy—we hope it has; as it is
■m- d that vessels . e he ng built in England tor
-.he Confederacy. Hat, ■ no, the suggestion is
w jrtby of the m ' is c .usideration ; with
r two ports (• ied tt i.ireign commerce, we
•» .1 be enabled to. ’nr on the war indefinitely,
.-isnlerlessof its in a.-h ps than we will if the
,rts are to remain j.- .e. We should, then, bv
~ means, have a nav> sufficient for this purpose,
. well as to prey upon the c inmerce of eur ene
r,r upon the high --. , la- both objects can be
i ’atned, and the mov ben-iiemt results to our
Confederacy be arrived from t'tiem
O¥PTBOLL*;R GEHERAL'S REPORT FOB
1802-
From the ACriia 'ii. > fateUijci'cer, Oct. 29
•>1 O' ■•! j.: k Tidtsirv >, we learn from the
v - ( f »}.•*;. qipll• l ller,*tT;«i’ $2,320,000 have
bJ«n Used, U.— v. mss bills retained io the
Treasury for ha:•/-. Ail ;he * 100’s, fcSO’s, and
- ...»tir.sso,t* 1 f tne jO’sare signed by “John
Jones, Treasurer,” and “PThweatt, Comptroller
i u-.-ralthe r mu ping - I the sio's, ISO's,
aadf'*s&ie - juried by “John J n a, Treasurer,”
.
’ral. v Mr. Thweati’K other official duties prevent*
.agbiui from t ntinuing tc sign the notes.
Perhaps thi issue ot Treasury Notes by Georv
, > is the bi * paper currency t. w in existence
i the Confer* .‘o any other States ot Atneri**
■ui. We regret we enr.aot say it .a in circulation,
for it has been eagerly sought niter by Banks and
apitalisN, ana .a now safely .oeked up m the
malts of Bank .- : ?hc iron t%s.fes of capitalists. A
few of the sm til notes maybei ut, hut they are
ev indeed
While only -.20,000 of these Treasury Notes
have been issued, the Comptroller says: “This
-sue being Miihcient to pay i.l demands upon the
Treasury, including the Temporary Loan lor null'
•orv purpi sea from the Banks, and about the time
»t the lasi issue, $260,000 having been refunded
to the Treasury by toe State Commissary General,
; >ur Excellency directed tha; no more Treasury
Notes be issued or paid out from the Treasury;
but that the remaining nott3 on hand be prepared
1 »r issue, so that in case ot emergency there may
be no more delays in issuing said bill, or necessity
for resorting i > the Banks uud paying interest on
Treasury Loans. Os the remaining notes on hand
we only bav n graved and printed I,<X»O notes of
the sloo’h, 6,i»00 of !i»e f2o’*\ 2,200 r»t the slo’s,
ind 185,000 of ss’s. Ot this remaining 160,000
.otesof the s6’s, 90,000 ot them huv» already
been prepared in this office, ready f r tee signa
ture of the Treasurer—a portion ! which have
bean sign <1 by that officer. and hav» been sealed
md placed n bis vault, and r»*c» : eci h»r by him,
r-.s a special dc ; <-. it of Georg.a 'Treasury Notes,
not .ssued, subject to the future .lire :uon of the
Governor or legislature.”
W-i not::-*- a/ o in ihia Report ;»•- at strict <f the
liabilities and assets < f the banks of this Hiatt
irepared fr< in the R»*portsa t th- Ha: fc* made in
June 1 *♦. r'ro:u this abstrai: it appear* that the
ibilitiv.s i t :t»* rk-r ks are If I,4a.",it>4j and that
.h-:r a-H re «*.*» f Glows
Notes d: : > ,ted $10,846,542
*»’!s of Exchange 2,444,687
Bfrom ' • .f'-d r v» State* 2,640,065
from State i f W<rgi».. .. 1,557,-445
Bor .. . 332,2* 5
■gia Tr irj - 527,700
-• 3 ■
Bills of other Bank* , 940,616
’Bills of (. V nks and Treasury
Notes. . * 6,188,036
Sterling Exchange .......... . 217,966
219
Bonds an • 6* '. ka of H.ates and r ’or- *
porati.r* ... 6 : ry\sßC
Miscel'ane*. 10,006 672
.
”anka.. . *.*.,*. 1,643,463
Total $61,43a. 264
*'* - '» tio k f - ja.- 1/ •’ _i ll: i' the
B ' • public
officers at .LVU-: piston W. i:u>: .f*er
g
a.mout • UT’. a law uv. .uemstlvei, the
•rmalv.Bg it ipk; i.i the t\ :» r W.'Aingh n are
aow like tin:_ the heathen—they are a law unto
themselv d, and about the only law, for to the
beat of our knowledge and belie! there is not a
awyer left ia towri o retail that . ommodity.
Should Brown nt to sue Jon; .>r Robmaon,
; could o tfind a lawyer to institute pr joeedines.
">c.onid he determine to be bis own lawyer,he could
get no process issued from any Court in the ho
**aco of the Clerks and all their representatives ;
-ad even if he could get over that difficulty, he
could not get the £roce?s served or executed, as
vterc is neitl er Bheriff*, Sheriff’s t slicer nor Consta
ble in town—“•'.arry” one, and if theie was, he
"sold cot put him in jal , us ti. re is no Ja'lor to
or keep him. Are we not as the heathen,
> <w unto oarfitlves ? Are we not a model com
munity ? A town usually eleven th*)us
icd inhabitants is grown - perfectly virtuous,
oai it does not require a lawyer, a sheriff’s officer
ar a conamb.e or au officer of court. The idea is
Arcadian—it is refreshing, reminding us of those
primeval days when man vrae innocent, and holy,
and happy.— W lmingtoniX. C.) Journal,
® Chattanooga (Tenn.) Rebel, of Oct.
13th, says thv. the Crutch&eld Hoose, .n that city,
006 been seiKd by the military authorities there,
■*> be used as * hospital.
The Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Confeder
acy, of Oc:. 28;h t says ih*; Q. Ellsworth, Mor
a telegraph operator, was in that city on the
Previous day. He exhibited to the wiitcr of the
oc.ederacy the pocket insUxjav?nt with which
e °P«rate<l the telegraph lines in Kentucky. He
as captured and brought South It aets of tele**
aaad.
[Sf . ktl Correspondence of the Constitutionalist.]
VICE PRESIDENT STEPHENS SPEECH AT
SPARTA, GA
Sparta, Oct. 27th, 1v.2.
Mi . Edii/r ; The short account which found its
way into the Columbns Times, and on which you
make comments in your editorial of the 23d inst.,
touching some points in a speech delivered at this
place, by Vice President Stephens, on the 15th
:nsh, was written by a gentleman who assures
me that it was carelessly thrown off in a private
letter, which he was surprised to see appear m
print. Its omissions and inaccuracies make a:i
impression ut variance with the objects, tenor, and
dcclara: tins of the speech itself, and th is Blue*
trate the injustice and mischief which often result
from the improper publication of private cc-rumus
Bivutious. The leading object of the speech was
to arouse the people to the necessity of providing
for our army. The army was in immediate want
of clothes, blankets, and shoes, and thousands of
them must suffer and die from the cold of the ap»
preaching winter, unless these wants were sup*
plied. The Government could not do it, and the
people must, or else be marked with the blackest
ingratitude. His appeal upon this subject was so
effective that it was followed, on the spot, by a
contribution of more than two thousand dollars
for the soldiers from this county, in money, cloth,
carpets, blankets, aud shoes. The plan which he
suggested was, for the people of each county to
provide first tor their own soldiers, and in doing
so, for each contributor to select particular
soldiers for whom he should undertake to provide,
until every soldier from the county should have
somebody at home to whom he could look with
confidence for the supply of all his necessaries.
In purchasing cloth and other materials, the
people might act through some common agent,but
each contributor should personally see to u that
provision was made for ihe particular soldiers
under his care; tied then the articles should b**
sent to the a» my and delivered itito the very hands
for whom they are intended, by some agent of the
people’s own select on tor that particular purpose.
This piau is now in operation in his own county,
am! every soldier from that county now has some
body at home who stood sponsor for the supply of
all liis wauls. The result had been that the sol
diers from that county have had all their necessi
ties supplied, and the same result would follow
everywhere throughout the Confederacy if the
same plan should be adopted, and zealously aud
faithfully carried out.
This same general object of persuading Unpeo
ple to provide for their armies, ied him to speak
of the regulation*!)! our crons, for another year,
and during the war. He saia our first care should
be to make uu abundance of provisions for our
armies iu the held and for our people at home.
There must be no mistake and no deficiency in
this point. Our people had acted with patriotism
in plauting their lust crop, and he believed they
would do so again. Just here, however, he took
occasion to express his dissent from a somewhat
prevalent view that our cotton is a disadvantage
to us in our foreign relations, and that our foreign
policy requires u suspension of its production.
Some had supposed that such a suspension w ould
compel England to break up the blockade in or
der to restore the production and supply of this
article of prime necessity to her vast manufacture
mg interest, but he had never believed so; and
the result had proved that he was righit. On the
contrary,nothing would please the English Minis
try better than such a suspension during a series
ot years. Their idea is, that, m the absence of
competition trorn our better and more
cheaply produced article, the cultivation of
cotton in the British dominions in the
East, could be carried to a perfection
ttiat would forever afterwards render them iude
ptudent of onr supply, an l transfer from us to
England the sceptre of King cotton. It was,
therefore, a vain expectation that a suspension of
the production of cotton on our part can ever
drive the present British ministry into a breaking
up oi the blockade, or ihe recognition of our tna
v.epenUence, or into any other action beneficial to
our cause. We had no ground to expect that
such a suspension would produce any beneficial
reflex from foreign governments. He, therefore,
did not believe mat the lack of cotton, or the sus
pension of :ts production, wus to us any source of
power with foreign nations. On thecontrary, he
believed that us possess on, if w isely used, was
the source of immense power. While, therefore,
he believed that * sound home policy required us
to make moat ample provision crops for our ar*
mies and people, h u!m> believed that a wise
foitign policy required os to produce as much
cotton us w»* car. con t ally with the mote ims
portant horn p* i -:.y. ‘ - h believed that cotton
was king, notwithsia- i j the loss of confidence
in tt;at theory on the t tuf some who had once
been its warmest advocties; btu it wa* impor
tant to undeietaud true nature of its kingdom.
He had ever bt :i veti its kingdom was ot a
commercial ai d ti. nr i na ore, not political, as
those had vupp < ■d.wt- had lost faith m itsp «w
--er. Upon thi- p-. .: *lr. Stephens touched out
light! v n the . t •. :i u.\ .er consideration, but as
I have often i * rd him enlarge upon it m conver
sation, and as the satj* . ' i* one of vast impor*
tir.ee to our »:r»u - ry. 1 . J h «:» hero take the liberty
t in g • f its striking re«
suits. To ho . attention ->•: -* he directed to the
marked diff recce which ex’sts between the dis
positions of foreign g ver merits and foreign
capitai : fts % es t c;ui!y .• Br.-isri government and
But s k » c.-.j itaiist' - i .0 our cotton.
While statesmen ;.’e iadulgmp warns
of n&Uooolo3grao:' ; *.-:r,i;at ihe Cisuuoe,
- -re kietil* .. >•>- H.e reuliziUKm of
presi tpn-lits. They ar« -■ r ti- lornwb ns oil
; our oec ssuiy Mipplu-s «.t unu, clothing, salt,
& r our ■ - ieager
we ar*> to tiri ;03e onr cv. -n ' " ao7thuig ** re
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ceb&ury, i jl cjnv€y* .y the <• a iron* us to L p
an j our supplies •» finrop to us. Tne inaugu
ration of i.iia poll' j by our Government and its
ciisunci dec a atiou foreign capitalists, would at
once inspire continence oa their part. They
would accept a pleug:* of our cotton, because they
would see tban we were providing the means to
secure its There might be occasional
captures of onr cargoes by : e enemy, but there
would be a commercial c*rv.iatv that we c >u d
succeed iu delivering cotton m Europe, lar more
than enough to meet ..U our necessary contracts
there. Our currtncu also would acquire a new
value, because u wou.d serve ae purpoee.of buy*
rogcottoaiu Europe. Our obligations, hen, would
oe convertible into cotton, which u< just now more
desired th».rv than the precious metals, and would
be preferred to the mal gold of oar enemy. Our
cotton would Idas tea commercial instrument to
sappiy our wants from Europe and a Luanciui in
strument to serve as the basis of oar currency.
To accomplish these resu. - 4 , on r cotton must be
bought by our Government, and devoted, in the
first instance, to tbe purchase of the necessary
ships of war. Mr. Stephens said these could be
bought with the sum yhich we are spending in
one month of the war. It roust be borne in
mind, too, that our Government would pay for
them m cotton at <» remarkably high price.
In speaking of Gen. Le:’s expedition into Mary
land, Mr. Stephens sata i's soie object was the
capture t : Harper's Ferry, and that ho considered
the successful accomplishment of ihat object as
the most brilliant achievement ol the war. As u
necessary part of the plan, Li threw a large p ir>
tionothis army between the besieged and the
mam beciv of the enemy in order to cut them off
from a!' relief bv reinforcements. The battle of
Sharp-burg was the incidental result, forming.no
part of the object in view, but n>t bv any means
unanticipated. Whatever oiir enemies might say
to the contrary, that bu t!'. aiso, was a victory—a
i decided victory on our aide*
I Ido not pretend, Mr. Kaitor, to L-ive a report
r | of Mr. Stepnens’ speech, and 1 therefore hare con-
I lined myself to those points of it winch hare snf«
j sered from the omissions and inaccuracies of the
1 accounts in the Columbus Times. ! ask that ail
, papers which bare published that account mar
■' also publish this correction of it.
1 Auditor.
, dllX?” M’e clip the following paragraphs from
( the Richmond Dispatch, us Oct. 2i ill:
- Recognition op the Confederacy.—A run.or
, prevailed extensively Saturday that intelligence
* had been received that Belgium and S..aih lad
1 recognized the Southern Confederacy as a (tee
i end independent nation, and that the President
I would issue a proclamation to that effect. ITp
to last evening this rumor had not been authenti
‘ rated,
t
, The Difference.—A marked dlifeience in ire
price of articles of “prime necessity” exists ic
various localities of the Sonin ; for instance, the
1 “staff of life," which is selling in .Mobile at 440
per barrel, while in Richmond it commands for
the very best quality, $27, and in Winchester it
only brings from J? to sl2 per barrel. Wheat at
no time since the war commenced has sold here
for more than $4 per bushel, but in Alabama it
ranges from $4 to so, and in King and Queen
counties, in this State, it is selling for om dollar
, per bushel! In Danville, Farmville, Lvnchbure,
and Staunton, butter is selling (for fresh) at 50
cents per pound, while in Richmond markets it is
retailing at $1.50 per pound. The commodity of
coffee, strange to say, is now selling here at $2,
while in Mobile, where it ought to sell at low
rates, it commands $S a pound readily at public
auction. In the articles enumerated, the rates
and ffuctuations are due in a great measure, if
not altogether, to the inadequate transportation
facilities.
LETTER FROM NASHVILLE.
From the Chattanooga ( Tttin.) Hebe', Oct. *&th.
Nashville, Oct. 20th, 186*2. j
Editor Ckat'-uAjoga HtUl : Thinking you 1
might like to hear from us iu the City of Rocks, I
we pen the following tines, not to say that we are ‘
still in Yankeedoin—this you know already—but
to give you some idea of our condition.
We have always heard that this is the lreestj
country on earth. Forever and forever let me
contradict it. Imagine a lamb in the jaws of a
lion and it will give you as good an idea of our
liberty as you cuu well have.
Gen. Negley is now in command of this post.
I mean by that, Nashville and as far round the cuy
as his thieving soldiers dare venture, with several
reg meats of cavalry and infantry, and from two to
tour pieces ot artillery. For almost three months
this army has been living on half, and sometimes
quarter nnioua, and stealing the remainder from
the people in our county and Williamson. Parties
go out every day, and sometimes as many as three
or four a day in different directions, and when
they go they are licensed to take anything they
can lay their ptws upon. Remember these sol
diers have no restraint put upon them, and they
are no better than animals. In the first place they
take from a faun all the corn, fodder, and auy>
thing they cantind in that line. Then everything
like cattle, horses, sheep, hogs, turkeys, ducks ana
chickens. Then to the house. First, everything
to eat, then to the clothes, for which they have a
terrible passicn; ail the silver, china, knives and
lorus, and furniture are pressed; and at last the
man who, a t!:w hours ago, was living in ease and
luxury, linds himself sans meat, sans bread, nans
everyiking except bare walls, and the clothes on
his back, provided they do not burn his house
down
About the time that Gen. Morgan established
bis headquarters at llarU>ville, tue war on the
part of the Yankees assumed the form of a tilk
dress war. One party that turned out returned
with iiltv-sw dresses. An olficer who was at Gal
latin said O a friend of mine, “I never ran in my
life a* I dll from Morgan at Gallatin, but I paid
them for It.” “How V* said the lady. “I took
four silk dresses from ooe house." The war bias
now come down to ladies’ underclothing, but let
me hay right here, it is not the privates alone
who have this thievmfr passion; from Gen. Negley
down it is the same thing.* Ido not believe this
a-mv woild stav in Nashville, only they expect
to do as General Mitchell did—steal themselves
rich.
Gen. Pipe’s fiendish order has been carried out
in and around Nashville, and tell us why the or
der of thi Confederate Congress, about Pope and
officers, thou Id not extend to Negley and army.
Little, contemptible puppies of orderlies make do
more of cursing a gentleman and telling him, it
he opens his mouth, he will take all he posse?ses
<>n earth, than he docs ot eating the dinuer he
sUate. In the neighborhood of Nashville the
other day, a Dutch officer, after taking all he could
ruke up trom one place, took the sp d teles from
a lady’s nose. Sbe was old, and begged him to
give'.hem back to her that she might read her
Bible, he said, “I have von old vomaa vat vouid
I ke h: me cold spectacles as veil as you,” and ho
took them- The day of the fight at Luvergue, one
officer showed to a lady, and iu fact to several
persons, a diamond ring he took from a yoi ng
iedy. He said, she told him that she had rather
die than give ii up, she pnz-d it so much, but the
gallant officer ot the L T nited States Army told her
that he would cut her Unger off and she gave up
the nng.
This same r flcer told of a large quantity of la
dies’ nuderwclothing that he had. If von could
luxe apec r -> mt» tne office of one of the first U. S.
A. officers here to-night, you would see a rnagm
licent castor taken the Barne day. If you can catch •
that officer, sail and pepper him we,l. Give him j
a rjm.d from areoei cast r m ihe shape ot a
shooter.
At ore place r wretch th.manded the ear-rings
from u !•■ lies' imv. Wmie she was ;uk.sg on**
from *• r right.ar he tore the tr«>m the left.
At the house of a in, a few miles from
...viike, they went man* fr-und the lady ill,
with an wv.antthree weeks old. After taking
everything fron the house of any cjus? queue?,
f-xc> ut. :h • bed .‘he lay ur>oa, she asked them to
p! use l-.-ave tinrone cow.her little babe could
r.ci live withoutmilk. One of them replied by
•* >a ' g the curing bottle and breaking it. and
.■7:' gli should have nenhtT rank nor bottle. I
rf*.!y think th4t Ibis would be a good army to
l - v*:icr; IVqe has gone T e.y are t.o much like
j ■ t:. y should be s*to tight t • m
} You*!.:;'«; he t. *■ i the murder of Dr. Ida-s. How
L , r » anv < f our citizens may be murdered »n
I . ; e • '■■■> k r .g om nr r we do rn»i know, i
I could r> . nut itiiigs or this kind all night, bu.
) mr. ‘. o.Y i Hfial. • - .rum me again. God
bless y uad in Dixie. A KiraeL.
* Afedailfth and Diamond, tiie *.w-> fine hors.t i r.aw in his
h-. •’ fam.tr Maary c--uty. Tuty
Blankets iron, ouh Troops—A Suggestion.—
Brownsville, Gcanville, N. C., October 2d, 1862
a
h: ,u; soldi'.- 1 .ts s» serious matter of concern. At
the suggestion cf the ludie.-i in this vicinity, who
are eudeavurtni; '.o Rid in T(,3 cause, I call Life at*
wnli-.n of tholaiiesof the Confedeiacy to oue
resource 'or liie supply cf tbw want. Let each
family «rlio are laking clothes for their servants,
till in coarse wr.lien yarn npon the cotton warp,
upon ‘he end ot a niece of cloth, so that two
brearl hs will miXe’a blanket. An immense num
ber o: exeelieni ones may be made in this way and
the amount scarrely missed from the fatr.ily.su «
plies. The iadi.s here bare determined to inau
gurals this enterprise and invite their sisters
throghout the Confederacy to their work of holy
patriotism. Our soldiers must be supplied with
covering if all ou- carpets and blankets are sept to
the camp. The women of our Confederacy have
shown themselves equal to any self.deoial lor the
comfort of iheir gaiiant protectors, and will come
np to any sacrifice which patriotism and humanity
demand. Your obedient servant,
A. W. Ybnablic.
w There wae a fall of snow, to the depth ]
ol an inch and a half, in Chattanooga, Tenn.» on
Saturday night, Oct. 25th. The Rebel says that
the rare f*igbi was presented of hoary winter
> miugliog with the green foliage cf the trees and
1 vegetables, and tba*. not even a fro6t had fallen
k before thi* to prepare the people for their cool
visiter.
t PENITENTIARY FINANCES
* From the Millcdgevilte (Gad tSo7ithern Recorder +Ck t- 23.
N The State Prison, usually employing the !ab*r
of 150 to 200 convicts, has heretofore been a source
* of expense to the State, each year requiring an
•' appropriation for its support, and for su h ims
provements*‘as time and experience made reces
sarv. It has teen reserved for the present ener*»
getic Keeper, Col. James A. Green, to make it a
1 I' .yiug institution. Within the last few days he
has paid into the State Treasury the snm of ten
. thousand dollars, after reserving an equal sum to
. meet future contingencies. This speaks well for
1 the management.
While doing only justice to Co' Green as the
Principal, we take pleasure in tearing testimony
| in behalf of his Assistants who have contributed
so materially to the success of his aduiinistra*
lion. The officers of the Institu ion are compe
tent and faithful, each with particular duties ass
signed. Heavy orders have been filled for the
State and Ccnfederate armie*.. in shoes, caps,
clothing, tents, sword belts and oayonet sheaths,
knapsacks, haversacks, canteens cartridge boxes
and munitions of war. In additi- ato these man
ufactures, the State Armory has been stablished
within the last twelve months, much of the ma*
cbinery of which, and most of the fine tools and
dies have been made in the workshops of the in-*
stituhon, now turning oat daily a* considerate
number of rifles, muskets, swords --d bayouets
for the Confederate service.
In this department, Mr. Peter Ji cs. who was
many years head Armorer at Harper's Ferry, has
given evidence of superior rcientific kill. Major
Mclntosh, Chief of Ordnance, has the snpcrinw
tending control over the different branches of
•manufacture in the Armory. We do not feel au*'
thorized to be more specific as to the quantity and
desciiption of arms made from the raw matemi.
or of those which have been renovated in the in
stitution, and ready for use. The proper officers
j may give these details in their Reports, it Uiev
j think necessary. Our object has been to satisfv
! li .- public on the expenditures and profits, leaving.
; ihe new walls and other improvements to be duly
noticed iu the fortneoming report of Col. Green,
I who will, no doubt, give all suitable information
j «o the Legislature.
| THE YANKEES AND THJEIB SCHEMES ON
THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
writes from Port Royal, on the South Carolina
coast!
Our forces in this Department, are in posses
sion of a large number cf fertile inlands, stretch* '
ing along the* coast of South Carolina, Georgia 1
and Fionda, from which that portion of the white j
population at war with the Government has fled, j
leaving behind their slaves, house*, furniture, etc.«
These islands, according to Geu. Mitchell, who j
has bestowed much thought, on the subject, are i
capable of sustaining a population of from one 1 ,
hundred and fifty to two hundred thousand. 1«
have only had time to collect a few facts concern
iug the cultivation of these islands during the’
season by the contrabands.
The Island of Paris is near Hilton Head, is
about three miles wide and about nine miles long.
This is a rich and fertile island, but not iu a high i
state o( cultivation. There are upon this island j
three hundred and twenty contrabands,.only one I
hundred and fifty of whom are as available as
laborers. These laborers have cultivated, during
the past season, two hundred and twenty acres of
cotton, three hundred acres of corn, for;v six
acres of sweet potatoes, and twenty acres of rice
and garden vegetables.
The gr ms produce of these crops cannot be le.-js
than twentynseven thousand dollars. This is the
estimate of the Superintendent, an intelligent and
careful business man. The cotton picking hue
commenced, but the crop can hardly be called an
average one. The planting was very late, and
without any manure, and added to these hin
drances is the visit of the "seven year worm,”
which bus destroyed on many plantations nearly
one-fourth of the crop. We have heard of thirty
thousand pounds being picked on one plantation,
and from ten to fifteen thousand on others.
I do not think that there is as much sickness
among the troops as would naturally be expected
m this climate, although they appear somewhat
enervated by climate influences. Gen. Mitchell,
but just located in this department, has much in
spirited the officers and men under him, and
signs of activity arc everywhere apparent. Itj
government will give him n * c.isarv reinforce* l
meuts, Chailoston and Savannah will soon tall,!
and with them the States of South Cirohna, Geor»* j
gia and Florida will he of easy conquest.
Let every Georgian perish before this shall be ,
written m history against her.
CUR KENTUCKY ARMY CORRLsFOSDERCK j
Front the Atlanta (Go.) Southern Oonfedirazj, Oct. 2£.
Kn 'XvillK; T«-nn , Oct. ifc, J 862.
A • r one me most extraordinary
n* - rdi diu h ory, un i oae to “your own” per
tc ly n xpl!‘.ab>c, we have arrive® here jaded
and worn; and looking every minute t*f orde a to
in ;a the direction of the “City of Rocks.”
Everything here, of ©curse, i* in a stai-: of cons
lus.ou, resulting from this immense army hav;u
been thrown u it. is plac destitute of everything
a most.
Gen. Biagg has been ordered to repo*;- Rich- ;
ino.i l, and left tor that place . >«terday n rning,«
and the old rumor that Gen. J. E. Johns on ;.>j
:.8 ’g.itfd to the command of thin Dcpartmen: t us
b ■ revived. 1 sincerely desire that it im true,
l ou' : ir that such <•* not the M Genetai
Hardee :s quite ill, and the command of the le.
wing has devolved upon Major General Buckner
Gen. Folk being the ranking General, of course,
h :s co nmand of the army.
Tiie I ne of operatioua suggested by G* a. B -au
regard m bis letter ciptureil by the enemy, ar.a
publuhed in tne Northern papers, w..l in all
p: < j.'.bihty, be adopted for our “base of opera
tions.” <vnd her*.* i would statu tao »deu muo
Gea. Beauregard's—the adoption of tn>B ae
h iving been urged upon oorGovt r r;r:t nt by Gen.
Bnckaer befora ho accepted a potii ; i >n .n the
, Confederate army ; aud und r h d recTton a:.
H . ieer w .< sent to th*; lex . ■> to vie • lb
str and and report upon the s«v: • , <*s. r- p *.
Wits submitted Pi U-.a. Hidce- J \ and ru-*;
l \ approbation, bat said he, “it -s - •vti o l-.’c to
•, -upy that liae.”
B ;»11, if seems, is determined to act upon Geo.
B r b ird’s suggestion, and id pushing orwurd
p iS column in that direciiou for the p irpos**
■there first. In which I hope hew .he u.#
ippomt'wd.
All day the r-iaa hc:‘ been ihr(»nged with wagons
laden wi U quartermaster stor* s brouirht !r tin
Kentucky. UiS*»t.nm V 'd that Kirby Sm.thaLn
h.is sent out two hundred and thirty ... sand
v irds ol Kentucky jeans, • • - • * • *■ "
—all of which is badly needed f-r our
army. , f „
Knoxville thronged with refugees from K j
tuckv, uuttihcrs of wh mi have bri-ngn. a. ih - r
fatal lies and negroes, leaving every-hi ng • ->’• to 1
he coufiscaled bv the Yani:e»*s rather iLaa ng- u
b** subjected to tbe tyranny of Lmco.u’a enusta-
Lost night wo hid a alight fall of snow eu- ugh,
however, to make it exceed ngly dieugree-ble o
the troops Who are bivoua- ng m the woods ad
jacent to the town; and to day has been one.!
the “bluest” I ever saw The men are nude e i
an und th * fires, anxiously looking forward to h,*
distribution ot clothing to morrow—which is very
badly needed. __ _ Guilbubton
Visor, or Skow Cap fob Soldikrs We have
received a note from a lady, asking us to repub -
lish the direct ion* which she alleges she saw in
tbe Recorder last winter, how to knit a worsted
rap for the soldiers. Not remembering the article,
o* at what time it appeared, we have submitted
her note to several ladies who have knit the caps,
and have obtained the following directions:
“pat on 150 stitches, and knit, fibbed, one
finger and a quarter’s length. Take oft, tor th*:
► e.id piece, 81 stitches, and knit a finger s length,
us vou would the heei of a stocking; then ia*e off
S 3 Bti;chfcß, and nearly a finger’s length, narrow.ug
each side nntil ail the stitches are taken ofiL-
Then take up the stitches as y»u voukl tn-T foot
of a sock, und knit as on a sock until you have
1*26 stitches left on the needles. norrowing,
knit a few rows round, ana b nd off”
if* i/dg'VtUs ttra.) iS vulittm Jitccrd'f, Ooi- ‘2O.
C?rTUHE OF THE STEASEi AX»,!.->
Tbe British steamer Anglia, Captain New lands.
r which left Nassau on Monday, the *Joth ics* . fo*
- this port with a valuable genera! cargo, wad heard
i from yesterday. A boat, with the pih.t and fire
' aeameu belonging to her, arrived here on yester
' day afternoon. They inform us that the Anglia
• bad thick weather and a heavy sea most ot the
1 passage, and on Thursday had'reached the hr,*
‘ tade of this city, none of the Yankee cruisers
1 having been seen up to this time. Ou Friday the
Anglia was observed by a schooner, who reported
her to the blockading fleet, and on Friday night
when the Anglia stood in for the land, a constant
succession of brilliant lights were set off, which
illuminated the neighborhood fora considerable
distance. The rockets were so bright as to pre<*
vent the Anglia from standing in shore, and she
was reluctantly hauled off. On Sunday, her fuel
having become exhausted, she was run into the
harbor at Bull's Island, where she was p.a?e«L
hard ashore. She bad no passengers, and most
of the officers and crew prefer to remain and he
taken to New York.
At the time the above boat left, the Yankees
had not reached the Anglia, but were soon erpect
ed, as she was observed bv a blockading bark op
passing into the harbor. We are informed bv this
arrival that the Scotia was not in 9igbtat Bull’s
Bay on Sunday afternoon, and it is supposed that
the Yankees have succeeded in getting her of,
and have taken tier away. A valuable letter bag
which was or. board the Anglia was destroyed.
Mr Ziichririon, formerly of New Orleans, who
cam- as a passenger by the steamer Anglia when
she to run the blockade some weeks
bu' k, ind who was left oa Folly Island with sev
eral other passengers, has turned np at New
* ik, ! - and his friends having been compelled
to go on board the Yankee fleet to escape starva*
tion.
A report bad reached Nassau by the steamer
British Queen, fr »m New York, which arrived
there on the 20ih inst., that the Yankees were
making great efforts to complete their fle«t. es
iron clads, and that they expected to attack
Charleston as soon as they were ready.
Chas. M-.rcury , Oct. 29.
t**" We take the subjoined paragraphs from
the Milledgevitle (Ga.) Confederate UnioD, of Oc
tober 28th :
Co ns and Cotton Statistics. —The Comptroller
General in h a annual report this year, as usua‘,
has many valuable statistical facts. In ms ,oh
structions to the Tax Collectors in the State to
' required them to report Jfce number of acres
planted in cotton, also the number planted in corn
| and other trrain. Five counties did not report at
j all. In the remaining one hundred and twenty*
seven counties, it is reported that only 23*;,»'•«
j acres are planted in cotton, while 4,009,0n> acre-*
nvere planted in corn, and 1,349,317 acres w
| planed in other grain. At fourteen bushels t
j the acre, the Comptroller General estimates me
corn crop thin year in Georgia at 59,600,000, near*
• ly double what it wits in 1849, which was «-ne of
our most fruitful years, and notwithstanding this
immense crop, the prospect is that corn
will bear a good price this year, so that those
patriotic farmers win plant'd corn instead of
I cotton will be rewarded for their labor. I* is true
1 that cotton bears a good price now, but u a fu
crap bad been made this year, cotton could not
hav • been sold at any price. Corn always brills
a fair price; t;ie price of cotton depends upon a
thousand contingencies, which no man cuu fore
see. Wh’le the war lasts, both patriotism an*
! policy demand that we raise much gra n ar.d but
I little cot’ou.
: Tmt Legislators Meets tub TnrasnA
iv NovßAfßKft.—l he Legislature, bv law, now as
sembles on the first Thursday in November, in
stead of tbe first Wednesday. The cl *nee w-*
made at the last session, in order to make Monday
the last of the 40 days, of Sunday.
W. A A. R. 14.—This Hoad has paid' into the
Treasury the sum of 443,000 for the month of Oe%
tuber to the 20th inst., completing the sum es
$440,000 for the year.
SALINEB OF WABHINQTON AND SUTTB.E
COUNTIES, VIRGINIA
From the if ilUdgeviUe {(Ft.) Confederate On,on. Oct. 2k
Mr. L. Carrington, of this place, made a trip t*
these Salines a few days ago, for the purpose of
procuring salt for citizens of this county. He
was very fortunate in getting salt, and bv good
| management he got »t shipped out of the State
| a day or two before G »v. Letcher’s Proclam »t;on
seizing the salt of private individuals, appeared.
From a conversation with hio* we gather the foi*
lowing items of interest. Large numbers of
Georgians bad arrived at Saltvifie. Speculator*
i were plentiful as leaves in Yalambrosa. Salt was
rising in price daily. At the time be made h.s
| purchase, it was worth sls S9O per bu-he.
The Proclamation of Gov. L tcher ihough luted
j the 10th mot,, authorizes the ev’zare of -h x a*lt
I
I 12. h of Oct, 95 ear loads, »f 170 sacks . .c ~ were
j e zed at Goodsoa, and also large qaanti’i ili the
various furnace,-, and m ih depot atHultviiie,—
! Great consternation existed among speculator*
I aad buyers. Salt makers held a meeting md r*l
fired Gov. Letcher 2,509 bvehe's daily ui • ne uo--
i !a” per bushel if he would revoke bis proci&flba*
i tion. Halt formerly si oat these works ui ft tn
|loto3oc*ntß pe»- bushel Mefcsrs. dtuart, TJiv
chanan A Co., pr pri* ..*ri of the property, ne w o*.
man.l three out of ivo , four asheiz maoof*.
: ured, for tb*> u>e of ■ water. Wood i.* worth
| from sl2 i * $25 per cord. Gov. LeicherwiU siz
the salt m uie by Sum works fth .» private works
Jo not supply the pe*»p f e o: Virvuia. North Car*
i olina, Georgia, T .*nne<se« and Alabama have salt
works there—Virginia has not.
Mr. Ca rit'g'.on bought salt a*, i-5 pt* haabei,
and was lucky eaougn *.o get it »t ot the gr.*jp
of Gov. L.uc’tcr. Tbe Gv. me co luct is urn*
versall • c nd< mu* 1 :• dr f Yirg ni. Mr C.
informs us that th* l corn used by the hands at
these w< rks, as »v. il as hr .-naourg , of whish.
Lilt • * rgia. Itifl
unkind and i«»--*!, O r : Cher's pa*’?, to
: seize the priva';** property of citizens of o.her
8' iNM, p : c iv -ws tie u*tog the procftacts oi
sister .8: ...s toc. *• . «m his operations
A Tkruib .* Flood. -The W a ogt m e; rr->
pondeatof tae Chicago Times, of tbe il!h* w rit-v*
as foil **s ab-mt *?e ” ble flood threatening th<-
Norih :
Bat »f we arc in danger from too great a supply
of acuz pi uiali# we ar •in no 1 ss danger from a
ohowt-r f in h r sort. If ;h»- ram fall* till the
wheels of cannon are impeded it does not oocue
alone, for a paper shower *s now raining upon us
that will equal 1 v embar : ass the wb-els of progr*'«n
of every sort. I rtf-.: - .•> the rum of ‘‘greenbacks, *
which ’ i.l not steadily from the press, but also
price. Th. nation is up to its breast tn this paper
flood, and its waves a-e still rising. It bids (air to
soon reach our national ch n, • ur Bps, eyes. sca*p
—and then ? What becomes of u 1 when m are
all afloat m its deluge of green ? The ark of tbs
Constitution • xsb.va scuttled and sank »oug
since—a lew of us may swim u while, a few float
fir a time iu laain**ss bouts aud rafts of their ewe
building; but as thr waters rise higher and vte
mountain tops are covered, wc will die through
inanition .
Mobs gv tkm Work or rn« Vils Beast.— We
were informed vesterday by Hon. F. H. Hatch,
Collector of the Vort o; New Orleans, that Mayor
Monroe; who had been so long imprisoned by
Batler, the vile brut** beast, is dead. He cbed
from the effects of his imprisonment on dhip
1 dand, where be suffered, with neg ect, all manner
of want, disease and torture of body, besides tAat
of mind. Death has kiDdly relieved him of ht«
sofferings; out the brute ami live*— still mftHie
hia hellifih cruelties and torments upon men aud
women for being hone*; and patriotic. Why
don’t somebody kill him? How us it that be bM
been permuted to liw* ihus long iu New Orleaii«f
How much longer snail he be endured?
,J l <<U (ft CzmtiA*r*et‘
tsr The Columbus (Ga.) Times, of vtcisber
28th, learns that Du Witt Seymour, of that city-,
ha** been appointed to the o.tioe of Assistant
master in the Oor/ederace Statas Navy.
Gretas A. Brownson, mo OatholM wnwr,
has been nominated fo r Cong.es** by tie Federa.lv
,ats of the Third Dietrict of New Jeraey.