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21) c Wcchlg C onstitwtion dist
BY JAMES GARDNER.
CFEEATICNS OF THE PATENT OFFICE. ;
We subjoin a statement of the patents issue! ,
by the Commissioner of Patents of the Confede* ,
rate States during the past year:
Alabama. —Wooden bottom shoes, G M Rhodes ■
said A Bingham, Talladega. Tent, J A L’etonda). 1
Aiebile. Instrument for leveling cannon, to same.
Army canteen, Nathaniel Nuckolls, Russell & Co.
Bullet machine, Wm Spidman, Prattville, Alba
nia. Musquito and fiv brush machine, R P Moore
and N Thompson, Mobile. Machine for making
lead pipes and bars, Wm Spillman, Mobile. Loom,
R P Clements, Eufaula. Tanning, B C Hatton.
Little Rock. i
Florida.—Plough, James L Roberts, White
Springs.
Giorgi a—Railroad car oil box, W B Wyley A A
M Barbee, Savannah. Camp co s, Jacob B A W
L Platt, Augusta. Musquito and fly brush ma,
chine, R P Moore and N Thompson, Box Springs.
Postage stamp case, Charles Mahon, Macon. Ros
tary plough, Wiley Turtrell, Oxford. Plough,
James Peeler, Bartow. Breech-loading gun, Carl
Laguegist, Macon.
Kentucky—Device for replacing locomotives or
railroad cars, Thomas Dale, Russellville,
Louisiana—Rail for railroad curves, Gardner
Smith, New Orleans. Cot»on tie, T S Copes, do.
Apparatus for clarifying cane juice, John E Pat® '
terson, Houma. Bagassee furnace, Abraham Ha, 1
ger, New Orleans. Vessel of war, John Cawdon, i
de. Machine for operating submarine batteries,
George W ■», do.
Mississippi.—Cotton tie, Win Conner, Natchez. ■
Cotton cleaning machine, Lauderdale Station.
Cotton Press, John Wells, Holly Springs. Breech- ;
loading fire-arm, A J M T 0 Clanton, Panola, i
Ditto, George Henry, Columbus. Plough, JE j
Jenkins, Pelahatchie. Machine for shrinking •
wagon tires, G W Dolbey, Carrolton. Chain link, !
J M Jackson, Columbus. Varnish, Jas A Came* ,
ron, Canton. Bellows, G W Dolbey, Carrolton. __ .
North Carolina.—Breech-loadjng fire-arm, J !
W Howlett, Greensboro. Fire-arm, GJ Peterson, j
Marion. Heating apparatus, John M Morehead, j
Greenville. Plough, Robert Bullock, South Mills, i
Combination bedstead, Jno D Love, Wilmington. ’
South Carolina. —Portable saw'mill, J T Fings ‘
er, Marion CH. Tanning vat, and tanning, (2 >
oatentsj John Commings, Charleston. Machine 1
for traversing guns, Jos A Yates, do. Portable ]
flat-»oat, £ B Stephens, assigner to J A Van]
Lew, Charleston.
Tennessee-—Cotton tie, J S Peete, Tipton. i
Breech-loading cannon, M Bridges, Memphis, j
Projectile, Wm S Wingfield, Springfield. Water- ;
proof cloth, John B Ward, Memphis. Sub-marine I
battery, J Nichols .and J Bennett, engineers to F ,
Smith, Memphis.
Trias.—Pump, Wm Hicks,- Henaerscn. Pro- •
jectile, Lucien Hopson, Lampassas. Bullet ma- j
chine, C V Littlepage, Austin. Toilet soap com
position, John Hollander, Sutherland Spring, J
Compound for expelling cattle worms, do do. j
Composition for washing soap, do do.
Virginia—Protractor and surveying instru* >
meets, (two patents,) G H Whitesearver, Rich
mond. Hay press, John Henson, Fork Union. 1
Machine for making shoe pegs, James H Douthat, ‘
Montgomery. Wooden-soled shoes, Aspinwall. ■
Knapsack and tent combined, James E Watson, ■
Petersburg. Percussion fuse, R Archer, Rich
mond. Mode of manufacturing scabbards, Aug •
McEurth, do. Fuses, (three patents,) C A Mc-
Evoy, do. Instrument for sighting cannon, Chas
E Stuart, J C Owing, and J fl C Taylor/ Aiex&ns j
ana. Breech-loading cannon, D R Williams,
Richmond. Evaporation, Benj Dennis, Scous- .
rille. Composition far galvanic batteries, Waa S
JUoms, Lynchburg. Water proof cloth, Aog
Mcßarthe, Richmond. Sloop of war, John S 1
Brooxe, Richmond. Reversible hock, do., do. ]
Stic marine battery, James C Patton, Petersburg.
—^l^—— - ■ ■
Richmond, Monday, January 29. !
Reports—Fredericksburg—The Whig on Mr. Mai- (
lery—Examiner on Cotton —A Cartel —Failure
st Hilton Head—Attorney General’s Rbport—A j
Cry for Peace—Scarcity of Husbands, etc., etc. I
Reported, on good authority, that ex Governor
Pratt, of Maryland, has written to the President 1
that peace with the North is nc longer a question
of months, but of days. Also, that news, has ]
been received here that the Emperor will not onlv I
recognize, but intervene in February. Cense® I
uaently, the President, Gen. Lee, and everybody '
else are very cheerful. I am pretty sure that I
tnese are something more than mere "Sunday I
atones.”
Appearances indicate another attempt upon ;
out lines at Fredericksburg. Il is thought the
enemy is erecting mortar batteries to shell us out
of our works. As yet, no orders recalling officers
absent on leave have been issued, and hence «it is
inferred that Gen. Lee takes these demonstrations
of the enemy as a feint.
The Examiner again urges the Government to
make foreign nations pay off our war dent by a
tax levied on cotton. Beast Butler wants the >
Yankee Government to do the same thing. The
party that owns the cotton may object to Butler’s I
Bcceme. A carte), it is said, has passed between j
rhe editor of the Examiner and Mr. Douglas, of j
the Virginia Legis.ature, who made a fierce as® .
aaalt upon his paper in the House of Delegates, a .
day or two ago. 1 hear the matter has been ad* •
justed, or rather postponed.
It is admitted tiy the Hilton Head correspond
dent of tae New York Times that the cotton crop
:n that Otopia has. no* paid expenses, and as for
;ne "First Regiment South Carolina. Volunteers,”
iney are a worse and more expensive failure-than
Ils cotton crop.
Nothing was said in the Message about the At
torney General’s Report, for the reason perhaps
that it was not received until the Message was
completed. It contains, I learn, two recommen
uations, viz; the organization ot the Supreme
Court and the Court of Clai ms.
The N. Y. Caucasian cries out loudly for peace.
We shall hear more of the same tunes by the
time the sixteen hundred millions of dollars calls
ed for by Spaulding have been thrown into the
market. Gold 48 at last accounts.
Husbands must be getting scarce. A young
lady advertises In the Enquirer for an "intelligent
gentleman, with a view to matrimony. A soldier
preferred.” She gives her name in full. Are we
turning Yankees ?
Gen" David R. Jones will be buried to-day.
His death has been expected daily for months
past. Mr. Caperton, the newly elected Senator
From Virginia, is a man of more than ordinary
abilities, a cautious and sagacious politician.
Weather still very cold and clear.
DitGßAcaruL.—The Knoxville Register com
plains that a few days since, when many of the
wounded of our army in Virginia passed through
that city, on their way to their Southern homes,
and stopped for a time at the railroad depot, not
a woman of Knoxville made her appearance at
the depot. The editor says:
Our army Burgeons did their whole duty, but
there was no woman of Knoxville alleviating the
sufferings of the soldiers; there was none minis®
ienng to their wants, not one whose smile and
8o;t words of heartfelt (sympathy often remind
the dying of the welcome of angels that awaits
them st the gateway of perfect beatitude beyond
ice grave. A few days ago a body of Abolition
prisoners were brought to this eity-of those cut
inroats who have come amongst us as agents of
that relentless despotism which would evoke the
hornors of servile insurrection from the womb of
revelation. These prisoners of war were cared
lor by our military authorities just as they do for
<>oi own soldiers, and yet the fatt tophters
Knoxville have been seen in their midst dispense
eg delicacies and smiles.
THE JEWISH ORIGIN OF THE CELEBRATED
, LEGEND "THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.”
As the occupation and pleasure of childhood
I produce a powerful impression upon the memory,
it is probable almost every reader who has pass,
( ed his infantile days in an English nursery recol
lects the delight with which he repeated that
puerile jinghng-legend, “The House that Jack
Built.” Very tew, however, are at all aware of
the original form of its composition, or the par
ticular subject it was designed to illustrate. And
fewer still would suspect that it is only an accom
modated and altered translation of an ancient
parabolical bymn, sung by the Jews at the feast
i of the Passover, and commemorative of the prin®
cipal events in tee history of that people. Yet
such is actually the fact. The original in the
Chaldee language, is now lying before me, and as
it may not be uninlereotiug io the readers of the
Congregational Magez’ne, I will here furnish
them with a literal translation of it, and then add
the interpretations given by N. P. Leberecht, 1731.
The bymn itself is ! ourd in “Sepher Hagganah,”
vol. 28:
1. A kid, a kid my father bought,
For two pieces of money;
A kid, a kid.
2. Then caine the cat and ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two pieces of money:
A kid, a kid.
i 3. Then came the dog, that bit the cat,
That ate the kid, Ac.
4. Then came the staff, that beat the dog,
That bit the eat, Ac.,
5. Then came the fire that burned the staff.
That beat the dog, Ac.
6. Then came the water and quenched the fire,
! That burned the staff, Ac.
7. Then came the ox, and drank the water,
That quenched the fire, Ac.
8. Then came the butcher and slew the ox.
I Thar drank the water, Ac.
9. Then came the angel of death and killed the
butcher.
That slew the ox. Ac.
10. Then came the Holy One, blessed be He,
And killed the angel of death.
That killed the butcher,
■That slew the ox,
That drank the wa’er,
That quenched the Ere,
That burned the staff,
That beat the dog,
Tbat bit the cat,
That ate the kid,
That my father bought
For two piec es cf money.
A kid, a kid.
The following is the interpretation !
1. The kid, which is one of the pure animals,
denotes the Hebrews. The father by whom it
was purchased is Jahovah, who represents him®
self as sustaining this relation to the Hebrew
nation. The pieces of money signify Moses and
Aaron, through whose medium tee Hebrews were
brought out cf Egypt. 2. The cat denotes the
Assyrians, by whom the ten tribes were carried
into captivity. 3. The dog is symbolical of the
Babylonians’. 4. The staff signifies the Persians.
5. The fire indicates the Grecian empire under
Alexander the Great. 6. The water betokens the
Romans, or tee fourth cf the great monarchies to
whom the Jews were subjected. 7. The ox is a
symbol of the Saracens, who subdued Palestine,
and brought it under the Caliphate. 8- The but
cher that killed the ex denotes the Crusaders, by
whom the Holy Land was wrested out of the
Saracens. 9. The angei of destb signifies the
Turkish power, ty which the laud of Palestine'
was taken from the Franks, to whom it is still
subject. 10, The commencement of the tenth
stanza is designed to show tbat God will take
signal vengeance on the Turks, immediately after
whose overthrew the Jews are to be restored to
their own land, and live under the Government
of their long expected Messiah.
London Congregational Magazine.
Every day we read accounts and receive
communications of the most thrilling and soul
stirring character, which record the deeds of the
mounted men ot the West. The exploits of Stuart
in Virginia are as nothing compared with those
of Van Dorn, Forrest and Morgan. The many
and signal detour of Wheeler at Murfreesboro’
were unquestionably evidences es the finest ge
nius, courage and skill; but more splendid ex
ploits than the capture of Holly Springs and the
recent operations of Forrest and Morgan can not
be found. Our cavalrymen have performed every
species of service. They have charged batteries,
sabring the gunners at their guns, and turning
their pieces on their wonder stricken comrades.
They have invested and taken towns and fortified
camps. They have t'orne down whole regiments
of infantry, and scattered columns bristling with
bayonets/ Above all, they have destroyed mil
lions of property, and seized millions of stores,
munitions and clothing for our use. We can, and
on some occasion will, present an array of figures
. of a startling significance, showing the actual
extent of the work performed by our Western
cavalry service. It will waken up the Virginia
boys, and open the eyes of the Eastern editors.
Oppression of thb Snemy in Jackson, Ten
nessee.—Through a private letter to Major R. B.
Hurt, received yesterday, the Appeal learns that
the Federate in Jackson, Tenn., are oppressing
the citizens cf that place with a heavier hand
than heretofore. Among other outrages com
mitted by them, Gen. Sullivan had ordered all
the bacon in the place to be seized, except two
weeks’ supply to each family. This is resorted
to as a war measure, and as the surest means of
forcing the people to subjugation and ending the
rebellion. Unable to conquer a peace by sub
duing »ur armies, they have adopted the edward®
fiendish policy of starving our non-com
batants, women and children. It is in this way,
we presume, they hope to build up a reunion or
reconstruction party in Tennessee.
Shocking Scene at an Execution—A horrible
occurrence took place in the town of Woodstock,
Canada West, December 17th, at the execution of
a man named Cook. The criminal was a blind
man, aged seventy, and had been convicted of the
murder of his wife, which he alleged he perpe
trated under the influence of liquor; making very
little defense of any other kind. The usual grim
apparatus of execution, and the crowd common to
such occasions, were on the ground; but the last
finisher of the law had constructed a part of bis
machinery so badly as to add double horror to the
usual disgusting character of the spectacle. He
employee! so long a rope that the man fell much
farther than is usual, er than was required, and
the jerk of his body was consequently so great as
to completely sever the head from the body.—
Horrible to behold I
Fight Between Stanton and Halleck.—A gea.
tieman direct from Washington informs us that
on Sunday last there was interchange of civilities
between Stanton and Halleck in the White House.
The Cabinet was in session, discussing the late
slaughter at Fredericksburg, when Stanton denied
having anything to do in advising it. Halleck
replied that, had not the Secretary of War order®
ed the advance, it would not have been made,
when Stanton called him a liar. Old Halleck
immediately shot out his left fist at the frontis
piece of Stanton, handing him one on the left
eye, which felled the hurley Secretary to the
floor, frescoing the left side of his “human face
divine” in a most artistic manner. Stanton, al
though reputed good in a rough and tumble,
couldn’t stand the impetuosity ot "Old Brains,’’
and Old Abe himself had to interfere, by threat
ening tc thrash both parties if they didn’t behave
themselves.— Pittebwg Poti.
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY JAN. 28, 1863.
From the Richmond Dispatch, Jan. 23.
INTERCEPTED CONFEDERATE DISPATCHES
The National Intelligencer publishes the follow
ing papers, being the correspondence of the Con®
federate authorities in Richmond with their dip®
lomatic and financial agents abroad, which have
been recently intercepted by the United States
Government. They are said to have been cap.
tured on the person of Maj. Sanders, who at
tempted to run the blockade at Charleston in a
sailing vessel. There are several columns of let
ters, dated as far back as September last, ad
dressed by the Hen. Judah P. Benjamin, the
Confederate Secretary of State, to the diplomatic
agents commissioned to represent the Confed
eracy in Europe, and especially at the Courts of
London and Paris. The Baltimore American,
which copies the letters, and from which paper
we take them, has the following;
FRENCH DESIGNS ON TEXAS.
But perhaps the most interesting portions of
1 this diplomatic correspondence will be founa In
the exposition it makes respecting the supposed
discovery of apolitical “intrigue” believed to have
been set on foot by a consular agent of the French
Government, residing at Galveston, for the p ar
pose of detaching the State of Texas from the
i Southern Confederacy. Grave reasons of State
■ aggrandizement, confirmed by historical traditions
j of French policy, and by present military opera
! lions in Mexico, are assigned by Mr. Benjamin
I as the probable,motives which may have induced
I the French Emperor to countenance this plot
j against the integrity of the Confederate Govern
] meat, if, indeed, it shall be found, as the Coni'eti
] erate Secretary fears, that the Consular Agent at
i Galveston has not acted without receiving his
inspirations frt’tn the Government he represents.
Mr. Slide]. l , while cautioned tc proceed circum-,
! spectly, is accordingly instructed io give this
matter a thorough investigation, and arguments
are furnished by which tne susceptibiliies and
ambition of England may be played off against
the probable schemes of the French Emperor.
The suppositions of Mr. Benjamin as to the ms
tentions cf France, are summed up as follows ;
1 have, in accordance with the instructions ol
the President, expelled both Mr. Theron and Mr.
Taboulle from the Confederacy, and have forbid
den their return without the previous permission
of the Government. I enefose you copies ol the
ciders of expulsion, marked C and D.
In endeavoring to account for such a coarse
of action on the part cf the French Government,
I can only attribute it to one or both of the lots
lowing causes:
Ist. The Emperor of the Freren has determin®
ea to conquer and hold Mexico as a colony, and •
is .desirous of interposing a weak power between
his new colony and the Confederate States, in
order that he may feel secure against any inter
ference with his designs on Mexico.
2d. The French Government is desirous of se
curing for itself an independent source of cotton
supply to offset that possessed by Great Britain
in India, and designs to effect this purpose by
taking under its protection the State of Texas,
which after being acknowledged as an indepen
dent republic, would, in its opinion, be, in effect,
as dependent on France, and as subservient to
French interests, as if a French colony-.
tife. BEN JAMIS TO MB. SLIDELL.
[No. B.] ( Depabtment or State, I
Richmond, 2Ath October, 1862. J
Hen. John Slidell, A<., Pana.-
Sir ; S.-nas-wfim-g my No 7,27 tn anc 20tb
instaift, j have received from the hands of Mr.
Fearn, (who arrived on 25th inst.,) yous No. 10,
of 28th July, with its very interesting report of
year interviews witt tee Emperor of the French
and Mr. Thouvenei. I had previously received
(on 21st instant,) your private letter oi 18th Sep
tember. forwarded through Mr. Mason, this iaet
having reached me in a shorter time that any
communication hitherto had with Europe,.and
demonstrating the great value cf the new means
of intercourse now opened and which we hope to
maintain. Mr. Mason will explain tcyou the de
tails of the new arrangement, and your best
course will be to forward your future dispatches
through him.
The YoluHiinous contents of your dispatch and
that of Mr. Mason have prevented their communi
cation to the President, with whom 1 desire to
confer before answering you. The President is
for the moment deeply engaged in military mat
ters, and in endeavors to repair by new combina
tions the evils resulting from the failure of the
Kentucky campaign, which has eventuated n
none of the riappy consequences which we con
fidently hoped. The only gain has been the cap
ture ol a very large amount of supplies.
I have no time to add anything by this conveys
ance, but another opportunity will offer in a few
days for a full dispatch.
I am, very your ob’t serv’t,
J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
MB.. BENJAMIN TO MR. DE LEON.
[No. 2.J Dbfartment of State, l
Richmond, Dec. 13, 1862. |
Sir—l avail myself of an unexpected opportus
nity to acknowledge the receipt of yours, Nos. 1
and 2. They have been read with lively interest,
and you will not fail to keep the Department fully
advised of your conclusions as to the probable
action of European Powers, as fast as their views
are developed, either through the press or other
agencies.
’ ’’The President has been so fully occupied with
military matters that it has been scarcely possible
for me to confer with him at length on the mat
ters suggested by you, and he has just departed
very suddenly for a tour in the Southwest, where
his presence was greatly needed to iestore affairs
and to impart renewed energy and activity to our
military operations.
On bis return I will take measures to forward
- vou additional means to enable you to extend the
1 field of your operations, and to embraeff, if possi
ble, the press of Central Europe in your cam
paign. Austria and Prussia, as well as the smaila
er Germanic Powers, seem to require intelligence’
of the true condition of our affairs, and of the
nature of our struggle, and it is to be hoped you
may find means to act with efficiency in moulding
public opinion in those countries.
The bearer of this goes in part to complete ar
rangements for more prompt communication,
and I hope that for the future my dispatches will
reach Europe more regularly and promptly.
Your obedient servant, J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
Edwin de Leon, Esq., care of Hon. John Slidell,
&c., Paris.
• MR. benjamin to mr. mason.
1N0.7.1 Department of State, (
Richmond, Sept. 26, 1862. )
Hon. James M. Mason, Ac., Ac., &c., London;
Sir: Since my No. 6, ot 10th July, I have re
ceived three communications from you, (notnums
bered,) all of which arrived the 25th August. 1
also received duplicate of your No. 14, of 16th
Ma fencloße you, for information, copy of a dis
patch sent u> Mr. Mann on the subject of a recent
convention between the United States and the
King of Denmark relative to Africans captured
from slavers at sea. It may be well to have an
eye to the movements of the enemy in the dis
posal of slaves captured from our people and
you will perceive by the instructions to Mr. Mann
what are the President’s views on this interest
ing matter. r .
I must again request of you to have communi
cated to Mr. Mann a copy of that part of this dis
patch which relates to the war and present elate
of the country, as it is out of my power to write
to him by this conveyance. I am, sir, respect®
fully, your obedient servant, •
J. P. Benjamin,
Secretary of State.
MS. BENJAMIN TO MR. MASON.
[No. 3.j Department of State. 8
Richmond, Oct. 28,1862. J
Hon. James M. Mason, &c., &c.,
Sir—The arrangements made by the "bearer of
dispatches 16 and 17, for facilitating intercourse
between us, have been approved and will be con
tinued as long as successful. The details will be
explained to you by the bearer of this dispatch
(Mr. George Sanders,) in person.
The subject of a loan based on cotton certificates
has been fully considered, and you will receive
herewith a communication from the Secretary of
the Treasury, informing yon of the conclusions
reached by us after much deliberation. I com
municated to the Secretary your tender of services
in connection with this matter, and he requests
me to express his thanks and to solicit your aid
and co-operation in any movement that may be
made to secure success by Mr. Spence, to whom
the Government has confided the business, in
consequence, chiefly, of your recommendation.
He had been appointed to take charge of other
negotiations before the receipt of your kst dis
patch.
The President desires me to express his appro
val and satisfaction with your conduct in assum
ing, under the circumstances, the responsibility
cf making the arrangements necessary for the
success of Capt. Sinclair m hie arrangements for
building a ship.
It is gratifying to perceive that you had, as was
confidently anticipated, reviewed your impres
sions, and determined not to withdraw from Lon
don without the previous instructions of the Presi
dent. Your correspondence with Earl Russell
shows with what scant courtesy .you have been
treated, and exhibits a marked contrast between
the conduct of the English and French statesmen,
now m office, in this intercourse with foreign
agents eminently discreditable to the former.—
It is lamentable that at this late period in the
nineteenth century, a nation so enlightened as
Great Britain should have failed yet to discover
that a principal cause of the dislike and hatred
towards England of which complaints are rife in
her Parliament and her press, is the offensive ar
rogance of some of her public men. The contrast
is striking between the polished courtesy of M.
Thouvenei and the rude incivility of Ea~ Russell.
Your determination to submit to these annoyances
in the service of yoqg country and to overlook
personal slights, while hope remains that your
continued presence in England may benefit your
cause, cannot fail to meet the approval of your
Government. I refrain, however, from further
comment on the contents of your dispatches till
the attention cf the President (now concentrated
on efforts to repair the ill effects of the failure of
the Kentucky campaign/) can be directed to your
correspondence with Earl Russell.
J am, sir, your obedient servant,
J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State. .
CORRESPONDENCE OF CONFEDERATE TREASURY AND
NAVT DEPARTMENTS.
BE. MKMMINQEH TO MB. MASON.
[Duplicate.]
Treasury Department, C. S. A., I
Richmond. Oct. 24, 1882. 5
Hoc. J- M. Mason, Commissioner Confederate
States, London :
Sir—The cotton certificate forwarded in your dis
patch to the Secretary of State has been carefully
examined, and upon one consideration of the i
views expressed ty you, and the probable ability I
of tbe Government to furnish cotton, a form of
certificate hag beet adopted somewhat differing
from yours. The differences are several.
1. In price. It has been deemed best to fix
thie at five pence sterling. This form of stating
the price has been adopted in preference io cents,
because it expresses the rate to be paid for the
cotton here in a currency which is understood to
carry a right to- its value in London. Thus five
pence sterling would imply a right to receive that
amount in London or so much of our currency as
would be required io purchase five pence ster
ling. At the present rate of exchange this would
amount to twenty-five cents. It is thought that
this would not be too high a price to demand.
2. The cotton is made deliverable at certain
ports, instead of any port at the option of tbe
holder. This change is required by tbe fact that
mos tof our cotton is at tue West; and if a large
portion should be required at an Atlantic port,
it would be impossible to. perform the contract.
It is, therefore, proposed to seperate cer
tificates for the Gulf and Atlantic ports in such
amounts as can be delivered at each.
3. The certificates are demanded only after
peace, and within six months there alter. It would
be impossible to transport the cotton to any great
amount until that period. To provide, however,
for such eases as might desire to run the blockade,
it is proposed tbat for some premium, to be ad
justed by yourself, you should place in the con®
tract an clause, as follows, which you
are authorized to add:
"The Government further agrees'to deliver the
cotton called for in this certificate at any time
during the pending war, at any port within its
possession, (if practicable to transport the cotton
to the port selected,) upon the payment by the
holder of the cost of transportation-”
4. In case, by accident or otherwise, the holdsr
should omit to make his demand within this pe
riod, the certificate is not forfeited; but the Gov
ernment has the option to deliver the cotton or
return the amount paid, say one thousand dollars,
with interest at six per cent, from the issue of the
certificate.
5. An additional formality is added in requir
ing your endorsement. This addition has been
made to guard against capture or loss of the cer
tificates on their way to Europe, and also to give
an official supervision there.
I now send, by Mr. G. N. Sanders, one thousand
certificates for the Gulf ports and five hundred
for tbe Atlantic. In order to have the payments
put in proper form you had better deposit the
certificates with ourdepositaries, Messrs. Frazier,
Trenholn* & Co., at Liverpool, directing them to
receive the money and deposit the same to the
credit of the Treasurer of the Confederate States.
This will place matters in a business form, and
relieve you of the necessity of keeping accounts.
In order tbat you may act underslandingly,
permit me to apprise you of such financial ar
rangements as have already been made.
At your suggestion, I have appointed Mr. Jas*
Spence, of Liverpool, financial agent, and have
requested him to negotiate for the sale of five
millions of dollars of our eight per cent, bonds, if
he can realize silty per cent, on them. I haveals
ready sent over two millions of the bonds, and
will send another million in a week or ten days.
Mr. Spence is directed to confer with Messrs.
Fraser, Treuholm & Co., who bad previously been
made our depositaries at Liverpool. Had I known
with certainly where you were, I would also have
referred him to you, and I would thank you now
to place yourself in correspondence with him.
I have also directed Mr. Spence to endeavor to
negotiate for the application of two and a half
millions of coin (which I have here) for the pur
chase of supplies and munitions for our army. I
hope that this coin will be accepted by British
houses in payment of the rate of sterling-in Eng
land, less freight and insurance. It seems to me
that, upon its transfer to British owners, they
cou>d obtain transportation for it on their vessels
of war from any Confederate port, inasmuch as
it would be bona fide British property, and in any
event the holders of tbe transfer would have a
certain aecurity.
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A difference has been made by our Congress m
some of its appropriations for the navy. Those
for building vessels are payable in bonds. It fol
lows, therefore, that a discrimination must be
made in the application of funds from the differs
ent sources of revenue, of which you will take
notice.
Under the act of Congress authorizing mg to
accept produce in exchange for bonds, (of which
I enclose a copy,) I have procured a considerable
amonnt, which is stored on plantations or in ware
houses- I send you a copy of one of the certifi*
cates taken for the cotton. These certificates it is
proposed to offer for sale in Europe. They would
give to the purchaser an absolute right to the
particular lot of cotton with the privilege of ship*
ping the same, and may be preferred by some
purchasers.
In conclusion, allow me to request your co«
operation in these various plans, and any suggest
tions which your experience and observation may
deem proper-
Respectfully, your ob’t serv’t,
• C. G. Memminger,
Secretary of Treasury.
GEKEEAL HARDEE *T THE BATTLE OF
MURFREESBORO’-
From the Savannah Republican.
I have just seen your paper of the J 2th instent,
containing a report from General Rosencranz of
his operations about Murfreesboro’. This report
contains an error, respecting Lieut. Gen. Hardee’s
corps, which it is important to correct. On the
26th of December Rosencranz says Gen. McCook
drove General Hardee’s corps a mile and a half
from Nolensville, and occupied that place. The
truth is, no part of Gen. Hardee’s corps occupied
Nolensville op that day, or had occupied it pre
viously. One division, Breckinridge’s, was sta
tioned at Murfreesboro’, the other, Clebern’s, at
College Grove, twelve miles from Nolensville, with
one brigade at Triune, nine miles from that place.
Nolensville was occupied solely by a portion of
Warton’s brigade of cavalry, attache dto Polk’s
corps, and which retired fighting gallantly as the
enemy advanced.
On the night of the same day, the 26th, Gen.
Bragg, convinced that the euemy was moving in
force on his position at Murfreesboro’, ordered
Gen. Eardee, with Clebern’s division, to fall back
immediately to that place, leaving one brigade
and the cavalry to skirmish with the enemy.
Clebern’s division reached Murfreesboro’ on the
morning of the 29th, save Wood’s brigade, which
bad been left near Triune, as directed, and did
not reach General Hardee until the 30tb. The
original line of battle was formed with Hardee’s
corps on the right, and Polk on the left—Stone
river separating tbe two corps.
On the evening, the enemy not appearing on
the right, and it having become certain that he
had extended his right flank beyond Polk’s left,
the ever-reliable Hardee was ordered, with Mcs
Gown’s and Clebern’s divisions, and Wharton’s
cavalry, to our extreme left, with instructions to
get the command into position that night, and to
attack the enemy at daylight the next morning.
Breckinridge’s division was still in pesition on
our right. At early nawn Hardee completely
surprised and routed McCook’s corps. It was
driven back to the Nashville pike, a distance of
more than three miles, with the loss of many
pieces of cannon, several thousand prisoners,
and several thousand stands of small arms. This
corps and their commander covered themselves
with imperishable renovn, and the impetuosity
of their attack would have done honor 10 the best
troops that ever surrounded the eagles of
leon. The first battery was captured without dif
ficulty, the horses being uuharnessed and the
men at breakfast. A Georgian.
THE LOUISIANA SALT WORKS-BUTLERS
ATTEMPT TO DESTROY THEM.
The Cincinnati Commercial has a letter from
New Orleans, giving the particulars of Butlerte
attempt and failure to destroy the Louisiana Salt
Works. The correspondent says:
Did you ever hear of the great salt expedition ?
You must know that a great salt mine has been
opened near New loeria. It is situated on Avery’s
island, m Petit Anes Bayou, running into Vermil
lion Bay. Tbe supply of salt is inexhaustible,
and is taken from the earth perfectly pure, only
needing to be crushed to make it ready for use.
The salt is quarried in great blocks, dike stone.
Gen. Butler heard of this source of salt supply,
and laboring under the impression that it was" an
evaporating institution, and being opposed to
the Confederates having any salt, except as it
was exchanged for cotton, across the lake, bag
for bale, he concluded to strike the Confederacy
a blow below the belt, by destroying the salt
works. He accordingly ordered Col. McMillan to
take bis regiment on the steamer St. Mary, and
with the gunboats Diana and Grey Cloud, go to
Vermillion Bay, and utterly demolish the con
cern. JThe Colonel, knowing that the works could
only be destroyed by digging up the hole and
carrying it away, and, furthermore, that it was
impossible tor tne vessels to get there, wrote to
the General, remonstrating against being sent on
such a hair-brained errand, and at tbe same time
informing him that he knew of a point where he
could load the vessels with cotton. Gen. Butler
does not approve of any one in the department
knowing of anything of which he is ignorant, so
he telegraphed to the Colonel: "Your business
is to make war, sir, and not to steal cotton.”
Among our officers, to whom the deep-rooted an
tipathy of Gen. Butler to cotton stealing is no
secret, the dispatch was received like the threat
ening letter of the Austrian chevalier to the
American Congress—with “roars of laughter.”
Fortune favored the expedition. A heavy south
wind blew for several days, and the two gunboats
anchored within two miles of the salt works. The
St. Mary could not get within five miles. That
night, however, the wind hurled around to the
north, blew all the water out of the bayou, and
the next morning found the two gunboats high
and dry on a mud bank. In the course of fifteen
or twenty days the two gunboats got off, but the
Grey Cloud again grounded further down the
bay ou, and lies there still. In the meantime, the
salt hole remains.
Incidents of the Capture of the Habrict Lanb,
—Captain Wm. M. Armstrong went on board the
Lane after the battle, and found lying in the
blood on deck a bible. He picked it up and re
marked, “Now I am going to open this bible this
new year’s day, and the first passage I read I will
take as an omen for the new year.” He opened
it carelessly and the first passage his eye fell on
was the first verse of the 20th chapter of Deuter®
onomy, “When thou goes out to battle against
thine enemies, and sees: horses and chariots, and
a people more than thou, be not afraid of them -
for the Lord thy God is with thee!” It is a gooi
omen as well as a most startling circumstance.
One of the Texans who boarded the Harriet
Lane immediately jumped aboard, grasped a Fed
bv the collar, exclaiming, “Surrender, or I w[ll
blow your brains out I” The other replied: “You’d
better look at me first f” Recognition was instan
taneous; they were brothers!
The Issue.—Forney’s Press, pliant an if is
the behests of Lincoln, declares P “that the nnU
condition of treating with the rebels is
emancipation shall be the leading featureanv
agreement. The legend ot the war,” ?ts ad d /
"is emancipation, and thousands 0/ lives have
been sacrificed to the idea.” We of the Souih
must and wiß accept the issue, however rSd
it may be. The impression that the purpose of
our foes was that now avowed, has caused all the
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