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*RIO GEE- JOSEPH WHiELEB, JB.
>B AhCDßta, Ga., Sot. 4th, 1862.
Ms Editor: I am sojourning, as astraDger, in
* besutiful city for a few days ; and, belie*.
citnens are not less al.re and interested
: B scrtb.ng which spperuins either to the wel
: r “ of fee same or to the honor of any of her
~* n 9 l3 »n other cities. I propose to give yon a
Brie f sketch of the deeds of one of yonr bravest
“ d noblest young men, who, during tins war.
" won an imperishable renown, which every
. l ien ot Augusta ought to be proud of.
t am well aware that no city of the Confederacy
L as acted a nobler part, or has sent a braver and
letter class of men to the Army tuan
Lch soldier, from the Private to the General
“serves his meed of praise, and 1 am conhdent
tag received it already ; but, when any one, with
t. .j anv extraneous influence of the ewpopuh or
poetical trickery, is elevated to an eminent post-
Lcn, secured by pure mem. it is but proper that
,i should be made known.
The subject of my sketch is Joseph Wheeler, Jr.,
gnn of one of your oldest and most esteemed cm-
It will be remembered that he graduated
»'th high honors at West Point, and was com-
as Lieutenant in the Ist Dragoons, L
« »d served as a most faithful officer in tnat
i.mv until his mother State, resolving to link
-be-destiny with her sister Stales, became one of
t e ricnesi jewels in .the diadem of the young-
K-nublieot the Many vigorous .hurts
wera made by the Federal Government to retain
» m in their service —but neither threats car
..'• red premises could swerve his noble young
rJ.' T f r om the path of honor or duty. He resolved
t the sword should be drawn it should be
• Ti.eathed only for the land which gave him a
crud e and m defence of her sacred and tune*
t- no’ed institutions. I bestow double honor - a
; - ,*se veung men, who, surrounded by the pres
•~*eot* rfce aid Government, and having thelair
tP* prospects ot military distinction, dared to do
» i»ht and arose to defend the right.
Cnnn < ffering hia services to the young lon*
feJeracr he was made Captain cf artillery and
Penaac* ja, where he did efficient service
'• ' several months, when he was called upon to |
t..:k /c mmacd ot the 18th Alabama Regiment of;
iniantrv. Uoon entering on the duties ot Colonel
©f that regiment, he immediately commenced to
labor assiduously to make it what it should be.
No: manv months elapsed, when the 19th Ala
bama was ranked among the first regiments at
C r uth, m completeness of drill and discipline,
* L ; cl. was soon alter more clearly evidenced in
tbe great Shiloh battle. However eulogistic I
luav ue of tbe gallantry of other troops, and those
v \ ‘ray own State, (Louisiana,.) who ever fought
v ha courage and daring worthy of the sugar
B:aie, vet, I must say that, throughout that
l) C'-dy*day no regiment could have been more
handsomely handled. Such was the coolness and
VU I , r exhibited by this youDg officer, that it was
a f arorite theme in the*councils of the Generals.
H s hotse was shot down under him in that en*
gagemept, but quickly mounting another, was
bravelv leading his regiment on to victory. Upon
Ui.» evacuation of Corinth he was placed in com
mand ot a choice brigade, and with it he was the
Lust to leave the breastworks, and aided the
cavalrv verv much in covering our rear.
Ainu: this period, the cavalry was looked apoD
w great dis’rust, and was taunted as a useless
branch of tbe service, and should be dismounted,
li was deemed well enough tor Generals to have
tLt.r body guards and couriers, but further than
#u-?n dunes the cavalry was not known. Ail civ.
li.zed nations as well as barbarous understand
Ut importance of this brunch of the service, aud
hence many men have spent much time in mihta* j
t \ u.ctiC3 and m eleyating it to irs true position
ii lhs been very appropriately styled the ‘ ‘eye of
iPe arrnv." The question arose in council who J
w i oring upt .e cavalry v Our little hero, (as he ,
is now termed, * was called from Infantry endgiv* |
♦ L c irntnund of a brigade, which was duly or* j
gua'2*-(i and disciplined, and has clearly proven j
u- - the doubtfu., that cavalry not only can be of i
Hia e iai advantage and service in an engage*, j
u-. . but is reai.y necessary. Huoh was tht ace* .
cr?*' wL-cb attended the movements of the Brig
aue iLr* -ugbout the Kentucky campaign that not |
rr- y did tbe “little hero*' receive the praises ot
the'whole Army of the Mississippi, from the,
to the private, but extorted the eulogy ot j
U-i:. Buell that he never saw cavalry do such* el
ite i.ve service. Prisoners from the Abolition
Army were constantly defaming their own cav
airv acd lauding our Brigade. On no occasion
when there was the least opportunity did our
fcrave leader fail to charge their cavalry, and each
t rue with the moat glorious success. During
me a’.e bloody battle at Perrvville, our position
was an the tbe left tlank of the army, and right
bravely did our Brigade engage and check one
whole division of the Abolitionists.
When our brave and just Braxton Bragg was
convinced that Kentucky, however loud her ex
pressions ot sympathy had been, was “joined to
her idols," and must be left alone in her chains
and slavery, again our “little hero" received the
brat compliment by being appointed Chief of
Cavalry, and the cavalrv of the whole army or
dered to report to him. ft was no small work to
properly dispose and handle ten thousand mount
ed men; yet the young chief showed as much
at 11 and military ability m managing that num*
her, that he did in controlling his own proper
command. With this corps, he was entrusted
with the duty of covering the retreat of the army.
Day alter day, and night af'.er n.ght, did he watch
the enemy with vigil;.o! eye, aud make him feel
the power of his arm. The enemy pursued our
retreat with great vigor, but we fought them
wherever they 'showed themselves. So completely
lac we whipped their cavalry, that at no time
anoseqtient to the battle of Perryvilie did it dare
to show itself in front of the infantry. Hence,
we were compelled to contend solely with ibeir
infantry. During the campaign, the brigade was
eegaaed in no less than thirty distinct tights, be*
eirtes skirmishes—and the loss in tbe whole di
vision, killed, wounded and prisoners, was not
more than two hundred. 1 have been in every
braneaof the service, and speak understanding!)*,
„ when I say that the annals of this war da not
present a parallel. 1 do not wish to detract one
iota ot the splendid fame obtained so worthily
bv Morgan, Stuart, and others, but I would as
»>on enjoy the good name won by Joseph Wheel
er, Jr.
Wnen the Commanding Genera! was called to
Richmond to hold a consultation with the Presia
dect, concerning the campaign in Kentucky, he
did not forget the name of our “little hero,” and
hnviDg commended bim bo handsomely, Mr. Davis
forthwith bad a tom mission as Brgadit r-General
issued to him. He now stands before the military
of the country as the youngest Genera! in the Con
federate Army, and 1 contideutly assert a noble
oce. His family may well be proud of him ; bis
C’ty.State and Republic should ever do him honor.
Hi? morality is marked. None of the vices which,
! blush to say, distinguish so many of ourpromi
cent military men, have cast thtir blighting
shadow upon his young brow or heart. A strict
disciplinarian, he is ever kind and just, dignified
ard manly; yet the humblest private will be beard
and respected. Few men have so eudeared them*
selves to tneir command. I have been forcibly
r.t-uck with this fact, whenever by chance cr
otherwise he would meet with the old 19th Ala*
bama—the boys would invariably give three rous
ing: big cheers’ for their brave Shiloh Colonel.
*'hoßld Hbeven bless him with a long life, I
ccthdently predict for him one of ihe highest
pot:lions in the Confederate Army.
Veritas.
Federal Steamer Burnt — Oa the night of the
H'*b October a large Federal steamer was seen on
tire.'.fi Bay St. Louis, La. In tbe morning a
number of dead bodiesfloated ashore. Tbename
o‘ the steamer was not known, but supposed to
be a Federal transport with troops tor Ship
h and.
The Litiie Rock True Democrat says a lady
h* rg near Ozark, Ark., witn an ax-', a saw, a
and an auger, made herself a loom out of
otsfc *a s. upon which sb* now weaves eight yards
o' cotton cloth per dav. The cloth is made for
army purposes.
18 THE ALABAMA THE 290 ?
We find in a paragraph in tbe New Bedford
Sentinel, that there are grave doubts entertained
whether tbe Alabama is really the 290. The Cap
tain, Gifford mentioned, was the Captain of the
Yankee bark Elista Dunbar, captured by tbe
Alabama. Tbe Seminel says:
Captain Gifford is film y of tbe opinion that
the Alabama and 290 are not the sirne vessels,
as he frequently heard the crew of the Alabama
speaking of the 290 and the Ovieto. acme of
tne newspapers taken from the Emily Faro Lam,
contained an account ot the 290 running the
blockade into Mobile, and on bearing it read
the crew cf tie Alabama gave three cheers for
the 290.
WAITING FOR THE “MERRIMAC, 7 ’ NO. 2.
From the following paragraph under the news
head of the Philadelphia inquirer, we perceive
that ihe Yankees are still nervous about ihe iron
ram which they believe bts been huilt at Rich
mond to “clean out" James rives :
A gentleman who left our fieet at the mouth of
the James river on Saturday, states that tbe
Galena, Oaptain Rodgers, and other strong boats
there, are waiting the appearance of the new
rtbel iron clad at Richmond, and are confident of
giving a good account of her if she shall be bold
enough to haurd a trial of strength.
A CARD FROM ARCHRIFHCP HUGHES
I Archbishop Hughes published a card m denial!
| of certain statements made by the New York cor*
! respondent of a Philidelpbia paper, to the effect
I that threatening letters have been sent to the
i Archbishop from Baltimore, in consequence
|ot his speech on tne war. The Archbishop’s card
i says: #
| First, he has received no anonymous letter from
Balnmore or elsewhere, threatening him with any
S species of p..ysical violence. Seen nd, the only
| letter which he did receive was not from a seces
sionist. Third, toward those of h:s acquaintance*
who are sect-ssi-mit-ts he entertained peisonaliv
the »ame regard which he euiertaiued ue.ore in*e
outbreak ot our civil war. He thinks that they, ;
or rather their leaders, liuve acted imprudently,
rashly and disloyally towards ih? government
which they had so much contnbuu d 10 establish, !
to support, aod, lor that n atter, to administer I
daring ihree quarters of a century. But neither i
in Europe or America has tbe Archbishop ever
employed cornua ellous epithets towards ibem.
As for himself, he stands tirmiy by tbe Governs
meat at Washington, which, fn m tbe first term
of Monroe'a administration, has siood protecting
and tirm yby him. And yet, if duty required it,
he would not be afraid tp trust his life to those
who are now uubfappily engaged in what is called
secession, either in Savannah, Charleston, or even
Richmond ; aud he thiuks that if duty, connected
wi’h this civil strife, required his presence iu
either cities, be would not entera'n the smallest
apprehension of personal danger."
By the arrival of several Captains at New York,
whose vessels were destroyed by the Confederate
9teamer Alabama, we are put in possession of
some further particulars relative to that vessel.
She is descr.bed as follows :
The Alabama is a wood vessel, of 1,200 tons
burden, copper bottom, 210 feet long, rather nar
row, and painted black. She carries three 32
pounders on a side, and she is pierced for two
more amidships. She had a 100 pounder rifled
pivot gun forward of the bridge, and a 68 pound
er on the main deck. She b&9 tracks laid forward
fora pivot bow gun for a pivot stern chaser. Her
guns are of tbe Blakely pa* tern, made by Wesley
A Preston, Liverpool, dated 1962. The privateer
steamer is barked-srigged, and is represented to
go IS knots under sail, and 15 under sieuin. She
can get up steam in twenty minutes. She has all
the national flags, but usually se»s tbe St. George's
Cross on approaching a vessel. Her complement
of men is 120, but she is anxious to ship more.
£*** We find the following paragraphs id the
Richmond (Ya.) Enquirer, of Nov. Ist ;
From the Potomac.—The accounts from the
enemy represent their army as advancing, and in
search ot a fight. We should not wonr.tr if thev
are soon indulged, unless, they take the back ■
track again. If reports be true, the two armies;
are mnnoLaveriug again and a collision may b,- iu \
the programme.
The U. S. papers are indulging tbenseires with j
accounts of the grand advance which they.sav j
McCleiian is making. Our own army, we are in - '
formed through tbe same channels, is retreating;
rapidly—half of it, under Jackson, to Staunton,
and the other , uuder Longstreet, to Gordonsville.
These veracious stories are introduced with sen
sation captions, and are, perhaps, designed to
help out the New York election next Tuesday.
We understand that General Bragg left this
city on yesterday to resume the command of his
Department.
General Bragg. —We copied yesterday a paras
graph from tbe Montgomery Mail, containing a re
port that Gen. Bragg had been superceded in his
Western command by Gen. J is. E. Johnston.
Ther« is no foundation for such & report. Gen.
Bragg hae, since his arrival in Richmond, com
municated fully to tbe President all the facts and
circumstances connected with his recent move*
meats in Kentucky, and the President baa ex
pressed himself entirely satisfied with the expla
nations Gen. Bragg will return to Tennessee
and resume his command as before.
The above information may be relied upon, as
we have obtained it from a source that leaves no
doubt of its correctness. — Petersburg £jrprrs6.
TheWbisket Affair.— The Atlanta Intelli
gencer copies the Rebel’s article concerning the
refusal of the superintendent to ship government
liquor on the State road, and adds:
The Rebel has been, we think, misinformed.
We are advised tba' tbe .Superintendent of tbe
State road does not refuse, when officially advised
by a government officer of a desire to do so, to re
ceive and transport whiskey to any point on tbe
road. The Agent on his way to Georgia, to take
possession of the State road for the enforcement
of such transportation, wiil have but little to do.
What his “other purposes" may be, like the Reo
el, we shall wait the knowledge of “with some
curiosity."
To Dte Wool Yarn a Durable Black Without
Copperas. —Place in your kettle a layer of Walnut
leavtß, then a layer of yarn, then a layer of leaves
and another of yarn, and so on till the kettle is
full, pour on water till ail is covered, and boil all
day. The next morning pour off the liquor into
another vessel, and put fresh leaves with the yam
in layers as before and pour tbe same liquor over
it and boil again all day. Then hang the yarn in
the air a few days, after which wash it and it will
be a fine black.
The Wainut leaves should be gathered in the
Autumn just as they begin to fall from the trees.
Day before yes'erday a Yankee gunboat came
up the York river, as far as West Point. Thev
made no stay, but gave notice that they intended
to send up a large vessel to blockade the river,
and put a stop to the trade in that direction,which
is principally in oysters.
They also say that the people on the Rappahan
nock river have not yet tasted the horrors of war,
and they intend to make them & visit shortly.
Richmond { Pa.) Examiner, Nov. 1.
A Havana letter to the New York Tribune Btates
that the Confederate 9teamer burnt on tbe Island
from the Cuban 9hore and her crew taken by a
Union steamer, is no Confederate, nor was she
loaded with cotton, as stated by newspapers. She
wa£ a slaver, who discharged 200 negroes in the
port of La Mulata.
The U. S. Government is preparing remon*
strance, addressed to the Confederate military au*
thorities, on the subject of the treatment of prisoD>
■ers of war. It is said that the speech made by
Gen. Prentiss receives the sanction of the Govern -
ment, as so some extent an indication of tbe views
it intends to urge.
The Washington Star announces that Lin
! coin has given a special invitaiion and brilliani
| reception to a little dwarf, Commodore Nutt by
! came. All the members of the Cabinet were
| present oa ihe import int occasion. The dwan
: performed by singing something about Columbia
PONDKNT.
A Washington correspondent of the Chicago
(I1L) Times, in a review of General Scott's letter,
read bj John Tan Buren, at a recent Democratic
meeting in New York City, says :
“Prince John Van Buren is certainly entitled to
the national thanks tor making the document
public."
It is startling to see bow actually the old hero’s
predictions have been -lu!fi led. Instead of re
quiring, as General Scoit supposed, 35,000 troops
and no fortifications to defend Washington, it is
now tound necessary to keep 150.000 troops here,
and, even with that immense force, ana the 32
strong forts around the city, Washington ;s not
regarded as safe yet! And, m the rnid.st of all
this tremendous military array, the friends of the
President are clamoring tor a strong body guard
to attend him, because, as they allege, be is in
danger of assassination ! The President himself,
very sensibly despises these groundless fears.—
But to quiet the apprenbeusions of these officious
friends, he came riding into town a few days ago
wilh a private soldier oundled into the carriage
with him, and another one mounted on the box
with the driver, both armed with their leaded
blunderbusses! Such are' l hi6 ideas of tbe time
in which an American President ought to rides"
The writer adds;
But, so far from being half through with the
task, it has just commenced, or, rather, we are
worse off now. so far as any prospect of a sue*
cessful termination of the war is concerned, than
we were at the beginning Instead of Richmond
being attacked, it is Washington that is be- !
featured. Instead of invading me South, we are j
; virtually standing on the defensive, and the •
Northern Stales are being invaded and the North* j
ern towns captured. Although we have three ’
times three hundred thousand troops in the field,
we Lave no? got three hundred thousand disci** •
plined iroops, nor more than that moor. ;
The South has now 500,000 disciplined troops; j
and it is very evident, from the experience ot the
past sixteen months, iha* an equal number of our I
iroops cannot conquer an equal number of South- ;
e T n iroops. it is not ’he fault of the men; they •
fight vv. II enough. It is not altogether the fault j
ot the officers, many of them are br.we, skilful I
and prudent enough, although some of tnem are j
neither skilful noi prudent. But it is an inexore- ;
ble rate of military science—a rule that has!
received the sanction of all military history, from :
the times of Alexander the Great, Caesar, and !
Hanmoal, down to the time of Napoleon—that no •
nation can be conquered unless* the attacking
army is from one third larger to twice as large as
ibe army of the nation which is attacked ; and J
not always then. Our experience, therefore, I say j
bus shown that we cancel conquer the South I
until we have in the held an army of a million of
disciplined soldiers, under cce head.
“When rogues fall out, honest men come by !
their dues," says the old adage; and in the
quarrels now going on between the Abolitionists,
the truth is being pretty well ventilated. The
Times’ correspondent will, probably, admit, after
a while, the absolute impossibility of conquering
the South ; he virtually admits it in the above ex
tracts from his letter.
This writer, also, draws the following very
pretty picture of what Lincolnism would do for
the country, if it had the power:
The last paragraph in the third plan suggested
by Gen. Scott ought to be deeply pondered on by
statesmen all over the country, and it may yet
avert from us some ot the calamities that seem
looming up in the future. Fifteen devastated
provinces, once Siates, to be held for generations
to cOdoe by large garrisons ot .roops, followed by
a protector or an emperor; with the people of the j
N orthern States ground down by the weight of a
taxation that can never be paid, and every North- |
ern lortress made a oastile for the incarceration j
ot innocent men, whose only crime will be that ol j
invoking the Constitution—this does not const;*
tute a pleasant picture for the contemplation of •
the sons of Revolutionary sires.
God bless Gen. Scott When he is in his grave,
to** American people will honor his memory as j
TUB LAST OF TBS GREAT PATRIOTS. X. j
}IY COURTSHIP.
BY ARTKM US WARD.
There was n uoy affect in ties which made me >
banker arter Betsy Jaue. Her lather’s farm jineo j
ourc; their cows and ourn squenchi their iburst
at the same spring; our old mares both had stares
in ibeir forrede;'the meaßles broke out m both !
farmerilies at nearly the same period, our pan* j
ents (Betsy’s and’mine) slept regularly every,
Sunday in the same meeting house, and the na- 1
bers used to observe—“ How thick the Wards and j
Peasleys air!" It was a sublime sight id the i
spring of the year to see our several motheis j
( Betsy’s and mine) with their gowns pind up so
that they couldn’t Bile ’em, affecshunitely bilm !
soap together and aboosin the n&Ders.
Althu I hankered intensely after the objeck of
my affeckshuns, I darsent tell her of the tir?s that j
was ragm in my manly Buzzum. I’d try do it, j
but way tuug would kerwballcp up agin tbe roof
ol my mowth A atick thar, like deth to a deceast
African, or a country postmaster to his offis, while
my heart whauged agin my ribs like an old fash
ioned bale agin a barn floor.
’Twas a cam sti l nite in Joon. All Datur was
husbt, and nary zeffer disturbed tbe sereen aliens.
I sol with Betsy Jane on the fenee of her father’s
paster. Wed bin rompin threw the woods,
kuilm flours and dnvm the woodchuck from his
Nauv Lair (so to speak) with long sticks. Wall,
we sot thar on tbe teDse, a swinging our feet to
and tro, blushing us red as the Baldmsville scool
house when it was lust paiuted, and lookin very
simple, I make no aoub;. My left arm wts
okepied in ballunsin mvselt on the sense, I
wbi!w my right was wounded luvingly round her [
waste.
I cleared my threat, and trembiinly Bed :
“Betsy, you’re a gazelle."
I thought that an was purty tine, i waited to
see what tffeck it would Lave upon her. It evi
dently didn’t letch her, for she up and Bed—
“ You’re a sheep ' ’
Sezl
“Betsy, I think very much of you."
‘•1 don’t b’leeve a word you say—bo there, now
cum" with much observation she hitched away
from me.
“I wish there was winders to my sole!" said I,
“so that you could see some of my feeling.
There’s Are enuff iu here," said I, striking my
buzzum with my fist, “to bile all tbe corn beef and
turnips in tbe neighborhood. Veersoovios and
the Critter ain’t a circurostan*.”
She bowed her head down and commenst
chawtn tbe strings of her nun bonnet.
“Ar, could you know toe sieepless nitesl worry
threw with on your account, bow vittles bas seiz
ed to be attractive to me, and bow my lima has
shrunk up, you wouldn’t dowt me. Gaze od this
wakiin form aod these ere sunken cheeks— ’’
1 should have cootinnered on id this strane
probly lor eumtime, but unfortumtly I lost my
bailunse and tell over into the paster, ker smash,
tearing my close and severely damaging myself
ginerally.
Betsy’JaDe sprung to my assistance in duble
quick time, and she dragged me 4th. Then draw.n
herself up to her full hjte, she sed—
“l won t listen to your noncents no longer. Jes
say rite slrate oat what what you’r drivin at. If
you mean gittin hitched, I’m in."
1 considered that ere enuff for all practicle pur
pusses, and we proceeded immejitly to the pars
son’s, and we was made one that very nite.
A Thus Man.—Alex. C. Morton, formerly edi
tor of tbe New York National Democrat, has
served for over twelve months as a private in the
20th Georgia regiment, and is now promoted to a
Captaincy in tbe same. He is on duty at Win
chester, Va.
Man, says tbe anatomist, changes entirely
every sever years; ‘’therefore," says Jones, “mv ;
tailor should not ask me for the bill I contracted j
in 1848 —I am not the same person—hence, I owe \
him nothing."
lowa.— The latest report from this State peaces .
the Republican State ticket elected by a majority
of from three to five thousand, and the Demo-!
crats cliim the election of tbe : r candidates uj
the first and fourth districts.
riot has occurred in Crawford county, Ohio. The
Cleveland Leader says:
A regiment of soldiers, with loaded guns and
fixed bayonets, and with a fearless and fighting
Colonel at its head, is wanted at Bucyrus Craw
ford, county, according to the reports which we
receive from there. We have already noted tbe
disturbances which prevailed in that town at the
commencement of the draft, when ihe streets
were paraded by bands of men hurrahing for Jeff.
Davis, and swearing that they would never sup*
port the Federal Government. That excitement
| was quelled, and temporary quiet ensued. A few
days subsequent to tbat disturbance Judge Hall
was arrested tor having resisted the draft, aod
taken to Camp Mansfield. This aroused the ire
of the traitors, and they swore no more arrests
should be made. On Saturday last the town was
intensely excited. The ringleaders denounced
the Federal Government, and cheered for Jett'.
[)ar*g, while their followers helped to swell the
chorus of infamy and treason. One man was ar
rested and taken to jail, wheD the sheriff refused
to imprison him, and he was therefore released.
Treason was rampant, and it was really dangerous
for any man to appear on the streets and declare
himself a Republican. What the end of this day’s
proceedings was we did not learn, bnt it is evi*
dent that there is a nest of traitors in Crawford
county which must be crushed out by military or
■ civil power.
FURTHER FROM THE PASS.
Prom I*e Houston ( Texas) Telegraph, Oct. 9.
October 3d.—Since the enemy have had posses
s on of the Pass, I am informed ty parties from
there that rfcev cave taken three small schooners,
one ot which was sharp enough to slip her cable
and get awav, the others they stilt Lave. Yea*
terday morning they started a*small schooner up
towards the city, with the Eeemirg intention of |
going into the Sabine Lake, but she ran upon the
ovster reef, and no fatter attempt that we have
heard Las been made to come up. They came up,
however, in their boats to the depot of the rail
road, where the lam;lies of the trailers Kirkpatrick ■
and Davis were living, and afttr raking them
aboaid, burned the depot buildings and returned, j
Ol course no body wts hurt, because no one was j
there to interfere, notwithstanding the enemy j
were two or three miles from their vessels. ’ j
Four young men by the name )of King were !
sent here amongst others to guard the N. O. R. R.
bridge at this place, deserted this morning, nei- j
ther Taylor nor they have been heard >{ yet.
The weather for the last two days has been j
clear and pleasant, just the weather to brace the |
nerves and give elasticity to the muscles, but i
fortunately too cool for those already sick aud
not qu.te CO; 1 enough to arrest the progress of
tbe disease. The interments yesterday at Oakdale
Cemetery were four. This will comprise all the
deaths of white persons, as all, we believe, were
buried in the Cemetery. We have heard tLat
there were six colored interments, bat lor this we
have no official authority—we have no doubt,
however, but that the colored interments fully
equalled, if they did not exceed those of the
wb’tes.
It will be seen that the comparative mildness
of the atmosphere yesterday, while it diminished
the mortality, coonsiderably increased the nuin*
her of new case—as compared with the cay be*»
fore.- Wilmington (JV. 6.) Journal, Oct. 30.
The New’ York Market.—The N. Y. Herald, of
October 2Stb, says ;
“The stock market was generally better yester*
day, the chief advance being in Hudson River j
and some of the Western shares. Hudson rose
three per cent. The Fries were a fraction lower.
Notwit standing the inclemency of the weather,
the market remained steady throughout the day.
The dealings in gold were limited. The prioe a*,
the close was about buyers. Money was
worth five per cent. Exchauge on Londou 145.
Tbe bank statement shows an increase of $2 367,«
201 :n loans, #i00.514 in deposits, and a decreuse
ol *1,305725 m specie.
The Recognition Question.— Tbe New York
Herald of the 28 th,rates tbe Express as a traitorous
journal for puohshing letters from its Londou
correspondent, predicting the interfer«uci of
foreign powers in this war. The PhilaUetplita
Inquirer, it is said, though a genuine Lincoln or*
gan, credits a statement from a London corres
pondent that Lord Lyons was detained from t&kiug
passage on the Australasian to wait for di-patches
to this country, asking, on behalf of England, for
an armistice, between the contending powers, of
sixty days or six months, med.ution in the mean
time to be offered by England and France. This
is given for what it is worth.
The Public Debt or the United Status. —A
telegram from Washington, dated the 26tb,
says:
The representation made in some quarter that
the public debt has reached f 2,000,000,000 is a
gross exaggeration. On the first day of the
(•resent month it was only 1620,000,000, and is now
ess than ♦660,000,000. This amount includes the
entire circulation and every species of notes, and
between 170,000,000 and 180,000,000 debt of the
late Administration, bnt excepts claims for which
no requisitions have yet been made. The claims
adjusie i aud unadjusted cannot exceed #20,000,-
000. _
Richmond Markets.—We continue to quote
Wheat, from sales at the mills, at #3 00, and #4
for prime red and white. Flour—superfine #2l to
#22, extra #22 to #23, family #2B to $25 per bbi.
Corn. #1 t*o t(. #2 per bush. Bacon, 65 to7ocents
per lb. Butter is selling a! 8b cts. to fl 25 per
lb. bv wholesale; retail price #1 50. Apples. $S
to #ls per bbi.; Surry county do., in boxes, #5 to
#5 50 per busk Suga-, 53 to 72 cents per lb at
auction, for good brown to prime clarified. Mo
lasses, #.? to #3 25 per gall. Coffee, #1 90 to #2
ptr lb. Tbe Tobacco market continues firm, with
an upward tendency.
Richmond Whig, Oct, 28.
Death or Caruni.-—Foreign journals announce
the decease ot Carlini, the distinguished Italian
astronomer and mathematician, at Milan. For
more than half a century he held a prominent
place among European scientists. His researches
on the lunar theory, in connection with Baron
Plans, and his pendelum experiments on Mount
Cenis, to determine the mean density of the earth,
having nlaeed his name among tbe ablest contrib
utors or science. His last labors were directed to
the determination of tbe orbit ol Tuttle’s late
comet, which bad been early observed by Florenw
fine and Roman astronomers.
A Qdibt Jcke. —The celebrated John Wesley,
with all his ministerial gravity, was addicted to
joking once iu a while. His servant, Michael Fen
wick, complained tbat his name was never men
tioned m the published journal. Wesley, in the
next number, said : “I left Epworth with great
satisfaction, and about one preached at Ciav*
worth. I think none were unmoved but Michael
Fenwick, who fell f£6t asleep under an adjoining
hayrick."
A Strong Firm.—The Benner and Baptist seems
to be well provided for “weathering the storm,"
as :t has Wood and a Milker to cook what mortal
Uversttt, and with a Bom a-iiy one would think
tbat they needed little else ! [£iU.) But it seems
tbat they now want canes and boots! We should
not be surprised next to hear that they would not
re!use to take m*r*y.—Atlanta Confederacy.
er We learn from the Galveston News, pubs
hshed at Houston, Texas, that there is great alarm
in Houston, produced by two cases ot Yellow
Fever. Tbe physicians 'however, do not think
tbe ma’adv will prove epidemic, vet tbe News
says the cars are crowded with cit zens leaving,
besides many who leave in private conveyances.
The News also understands the hotels are ail
closed.
Sale of Steamers.— The s 4 c-amer Huntress, of
333 toes', ab- at s:x years old, was sola here ves*
:erday, by Messrs. A. J. White A Son, for #l3,*
►•SO cash.’ Tbe iron bull of the steamer Lady Da
vis was sold ’a‘eiy for 3,200 cash. The steamer
Nna hap been sold, as she now lies up the Pee
Dee r.ver, h r S4O/. 00 cash.
Charleston. Mercery.
The following ii the article froa the New York
Expreee, alluded to by telegraph from Richmond
a few days ago :
PROSPECTIVE INTERVENTION ON THE
PART OF EUROPEAN POWERS.
FBANCE AND ENGLAND TO DEMAND AN ARMrSTIBI.
Prom tte New York Express, Oct. 57.
Reliable information has been received in this
city, from semi-official sources in Europe, that
England and France are of entire accord in regard
to their line of conduct towards this Government,
Lord Lyons, who was to have returned to the*
United States in the Australasian, was detained to
the last moment, by order of Lord John Russell
(Her Majesty’s Secretary for ForeigD Affairs.) to
await further instructions, m consequence of the
President's Abolition proclamation. Ilis lordship's
departure was then fixed for October 20, last
Saturday, and on his arrival at Washington, he
will positively inform Mr. Seward ot the pro
gramme decided upon by the European powers,
instructions similar to those of the British Minis
ter will be forwarded to Count Mercier, the
trench Minister at Washington, by the same
steamer which will bring the English Minuter
back to this country.
We are also given to understand that our Gov*
eminent will soon be informed that England and
France have decided upon the recognition ot the
Southern Confederacy, if the joint otters ot me
diaiion and armistice to be proposed to Mr
Seward are not accepted. At any rate this Gov«i
eminent will be duly notified of the intentions of
England and France iu this respect; and, us these
powers are fully aware tLat any otter of med a
tion on the basis ot separation will not for au
instant even be listened to by-our Government
united tudeavors w-ii then made by all the
European ambassadors in Washington "to obtain
an armistice of four or six months between No; t!
and South. Tnese foreign Government* are
unuer the impression that if occe a cessation of
hostilities can be effected a calmer spirit will
succeed, which will enable the two sections to
negotiate.
The utmost endeavors wiil be made shortly af
ter Lord Lvoas’ return r*» Washington, bv the
whole corps diplomaKfu at W ashington, to bung
about such an armistice. Oniy then, wheu ai!
these otters of mediation and armistice shall have
proved of no avail, will ihe South be recogin; -d
simultaneously by England and France. Aside
from the fact tl a» these powers should no*- 1 >ok
upon the Sooth as ade facto Government, they
fear that an insurrection ot the slaves in the
South, as a consequence cf the late Emancipation
Proclamation, wni take place after the first of
January, and hence, m order to afford protection
to their own citizens residing there, are compelled
to grant protecting power to their agents iu the
several Southern cities, which, as things stand
just now, they do not possess.
They fear that the Confederate Government,un
recognized us it is, may at any time tell their
consuls in Charleston, Richmond, .savannah, and
elsewhere, that there is no diplomatic relation ex
isting between the Confederacy and Europe, and
they cau, therefore, not permit them to act iu a
consular capacity. It is to guard against such an
emergency, and to afford their own citizens re
siding in the South ample protection under the
aegis of their regularly app.mited agents, that
England and France will claim the necessity of
recognizing the new Confederacy.
A REBEL IRON CLAD FLEET-THE PLANS
FOR WINTERING IN PHILADELPHIA.
A Baltimore correspondent says the , foil ow
ing rumors have beeu circulated there for several
days, coming from such sources that he '‘cannot
ignore them
It is said that the efforts of the rebels in Europe
towards the formation of a navy there have been
attended with good success, und that there are
now, in various Europeau ports, no less than fif
teen iron clad steamers, in various stages of pro**
i gtess, ot which e ght are nearly ready for sea.
I These eight vessels already have their armament
[ aboard, and it is said that on a g veu day they,
• m company with the steamer “290,” will rendez*
vous at some convenient point, and will cross the
Atlantic in company; that they will steer direct
| for Delaware Bay, sail up the Delaware river, and
| attack Phi adeiphia. The armor of these vessels
; f said to be such that they w’ll be
to vhe etfect* of any known projectile, while men
unmum:lit is said to embrace guns auu «»ot i«u o '
the most approved construcion. It is said tba»
the power of this fleet will be such that they will
be able to lay the ent.re city in ashes, but that
they expect that, m order to avert this,calamity,
the city w ill be surrendered to them. And this
is only the beginning of the exploits that are ex«
pected of this new rebel navy.
No doubt there is much idle brag in alt this
But it may be wise to provide against such an at*
tempt. Intelligence from other sources has dem
onstrated the fact that the rebels are really har
ing ironclad vessels built ia European ports.
And I am informed to-day that, besides the Mer*
rimac No. 2, there are two other large irou clad
steamers now nearly ready for sea at Richmond,
and iwo more at Mobile. There is no doubt that
the rebel Government is preparing to strike a
blow with their navy somewhere. But I cannot
see that Philadelphia is any more exposed than
New York, and uot so much as Boston or Balti
more.
The o*her rumor has -eference to the rebel de«
signs on Baltimore and .Maryland It is said to
be the design of the rebel leaders to concentrate
300,000 of their best troops at Gordonsville, in*
eluding 80,000 cavairy, iu order to invade Penn
sylvania, capture Philadelphia, and to hold that
city and Br.Uiraore during toe winttr. They
boast, of having 300,000 other troops, which they
sav are sufficient to defend Mobi.e, Charleston
und Savannah, and to operate m Kentucky and
west of the Mississippi. With SoiyK*o of their
best troops, they say they can accomplish the
above designs, in spite oi whatever force the
Union cau bring against them.
A EURSni Ul* FOR SHOES
From the Montgomery Advert iter <& Register, Oct
An old and experienced citizen has called our
attention to the subject of the use of cowhide
moccasins as a substitute for shoes. He slates
that when he moved to the Mississippi, filtystwo
years ago, no shoes were to be baa tor the ue
groes and they made their own cut of this mate*
rial, which answered the purpose as well as the
more elaborately made article, and in some re«
spects better. The process is simple: take a
green cowhide, or one well soaked, with the hair
on —which is to go next to the foot—“put the
foot down firmly’’ upon it, and cut out the pat
tern desired ; make the necessary holes along the
edges, and lace it with a thong of the same ma
tonal at Uie heel and up to the instep, bet it dry
upon the foot, and it accommodates itself per
fectly to the shape of the latter, while it ia suffi
ciently substantial for all kinds of traveling, and
its elasticity is preserved by use. Socks should
be put on when it is made, though it can be worn
without, and such allowance made for shrinking
as to avoid too tight a fit. The moccasin, it is
scatcely necessary to observe, adapts itself to the
shape of the foot, and the fit is perfect. It out
wears leather, aDd is not hard, as some might
suppose, but quite the reverse. If de6ired, it can
be half soled with the same material. The hair
lining gives the advantage of warmth, so that
socks, when not to be had, can be better dispensed
with when moccasins are used than if shoes were
worn.
Tne gentleman to whom we are indebted for
this suggestion says that be baa mentioned the
subject to soldiers, who are very much pleased
with it, and say there is no reasou why soldiers
should go barefoot while so many hides are throwu
away in camps.
We thiuk the idea a valuable one, and would
be iilad that every newspaper in the Confederacy
would lend its aid in giving it circulation.
Liberal.— E. J. Hale A Sons, editors of the
Fayetteville Ob&rver, have for w arded to Governor
Vance one hundred pair of shoes for the soldiers.
This is equal to SI,OOO in motley, and far more
preferable than money.
John Van Buren, tn accepting the invitaliotfjljV
speak at Rome, telegraphed a< follows •
“] will at end meeting at Rome on Fruftiy,
two o’clock—if not in Fort Lafayette.”
“John Van But