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Pe iUcchlt) Constitutionalist
JAMES GARDNER
I NORTHERN IYTKLLIUKJICE.
■ ec a: ha* tamed up as the President of the j
K, Pacific Company," and has applied lor
■ obitiMd the prtrilege of enrolling and em- j
8p,,,. large force of contrabands to buila the j
K~ so iaa nigger, after all, will hare to pat ;
Hj.j, i change ot masters, and to be the bew-
KVyid sod dra-ers ot water of his phtlan- j
K. *bite “brndder." It will donotlesa pay
to enroll them into negro regiments,
Kianghtered like sheep at Port Hudson and j
ftp N'.w York papers contain several state - I
I . ji lbs stop .age ot the exchange of pn- ;
■ Wusbiagton telegram to the New York j
■ • is >h»t toe rebel aatbori’.ies refit'e to i
B , . irhangi the officers of Cel. S weight's
I ;.p<i, c.pm:fr. recently in Georgia, they I
R. sren deosi dedoy the Governor of the
Render the rewlrv.ion act passed at the las; .
■*. “i the rebel Congress.- in eorrequenee of '
■ !t no more offic-rr. mil ho released or .
Rk-d unit! an arrangemes 1 can be made b,- i
R uMefonr officers that nr j fill into their?
E -b,!l be released. The exchange of the*
Eed re-n will be continued as heretotor^
K .- ve number of prisoners taken by Gen. j
Ban i ny G.-n. flints In tiieir operations will J
Rirct bring the rebel authorities to an oquua- j
R—on/ tp-.-nt tor the future. The Commission- I
I f r tue exchange ol« prisoners, Cols. Ludlow ;
■ OFi, have agreed upon an exchange which 1
Bn a .srge number of prisoners heretofore re- •
B< -i lejih sides. The official announceiaent
R- fZ-isaes of prisoners ot war restored to i
■.- this exchange will be made in a few j
Re Washington Chronicle attempts the follows j
■ explanation about Streight s officers:
fee retemion of the officers, on the requisition |
B vernor Shorter, on the charge of their arm- j
■negroes, is the flimsiest possible excuse, and j
| haded on the following: A member of the 73d
captured a silver-mounted carbine from ;
■o' Knudy's officers, and presented it to Lieu- *
B.i Colonel Walker. The Colonel's servant ,
Bi'd ii along with his other things, and from
■ the charge originated on which they refuse to j
Barge the officers of thal brigade.
fcr. ■ esL. au, dune sth.—A special dispatch !
Bi Ctpeinoati toadey to the Bulletin, but entire-
I’scrrdited by that paper, says:
I --port is current to-day that Gen. Joe Johns
■ uatead of marching on Grant’s reui to re
■ I'emberton is advancing on Memphis. The
Br: oomefl tn variants shaoes, and is somewhat
Bitad.
feather dispatch says: Gee, Joe Johnston is
fried to be moving towards Jackson,' but not
fcfEcient force to attack us.
fee. Grant’s number? and position would be
fe'tth >y impregnable in a few days. Particu
■c-inuot be given, but they are of a most qbeer
■eh-raeter.
B annual examination at West Point com-
B°e- "0 the 2d iusL The literary exercises oc»
ft' -’ ; r boon a day, followed each afternoon by
ffiifry, cavalry or artillery drills, mortar prac
■ ~sd target shooting by light artillery.
fee t ice President of the United States has
■.■ eh a drait on London for a sum which i
ffiurtv to oyer si.t hundred dollars, given as a I
ffiwill - d-r;i]/ to the cans? of emancipation by i
■oVorec women cf the British colony of Vityc- j
ffi'o be applied to the benefit of the freodmen ;
s'- .it Beaufort, C. The donors had i
■ ; t*»t on* hon d %ad mealy daiW -
*’ -tae.puia fore. like purpose.
i ) stated that the quota of Vermont in the !
| ap dratt will be 2,0b0.
fee Ca-s bae recovered his health, left New
[ end gene to his tome in Detroit.
I ,r f 7 inter Davia was nominated in Baftis !
| on theif to, for Cnagrees. He made a ppeecb
wyt -ig the ea .incipatien proclamalioo, and ’
ra vigorous prosecution of the war.
IKWt'heEtL
I ran; O»res»0Bd-L<- or me JotTeaerate.
I McMinvill, Tup*., Junes, 18b-'-
|«o'ev,..i C-»;i<fcr-jse;—Movemems of Rr-e-
I? ua T. dunng the last twor.cr three dot s, *
■citet retrograde movement, at far as Ka*h- i
| 101 *° “■? oth« *de of toe Cumber *ad. ;
fore uiiormation has been received hero that
■ecrjo» ceadquurtert a-e now in Kuhville, t
L. ““ «J T, a l> vf ß4 f fc ■** b “ a 86111 across i
I rX) Wlgeae.a. It •*, generaily conceded
b “ «<:' at least 25,«0 men to j
during the last two months, ’bus |
C r ; D4r hlB J« r 66 to such at extent that he 1. 1
I '•i?,!!* 1 aad I? BOW shelter msid--
Nhshvllle. Toe removal of
L -r' sT the . ri '* r Woßld *»ad us to sup-1
| ■ b d Eos;y O')ex cot fee! secure, ev. a ‘
I • —’.tie Gibraltar"
I 6a ** a * t , « , el>«d here that our car- I
I . '•*-’atmv out of Beadville, yest -rday,
tor “’toe of Murfreesboro’. Heavy!
u . b e srd 10 ,roa ’ : !,f Fosterrule Ji ■
| - **J, r V—>** a "t* *•! one o’clock la* night. I
L;.,. S r '“? northward with the "back
f '-“**-»»«* and Bragg tg pressing him |
|; ■
Lt Tenr^nte" S - j
** j
ae j
itherumT ?s « ran ' j
fcai-n-L. K '-he tumbi-riand in the vieinltv 1
-l-i-,.1.1'/“'./: : ‘/C a. „ta>’ 1
pSy.„ t 'ites&is
b tzsrst
l°l ; ike ,h9l,er iB Nashville,
K-oxd end starving Vfcc
te; navigable but a’few danlLger ,and
t m “ tl ° B tL bring his pro.
j° a: “®e inUia* th-
WfIBWIKG.
I iSi***? 3 PB -natord--y.in this ic^T'
Lv., ! 5 t-sewhri-e, end at this time bkL.*
U '* 10 ts-v middle and iawersec-.mnt o f '-he
fk \T T Z d T;,hoot ' e =J’ damage
|w upper cor,ones verv little
L. Tie crop.altogether,Wm*Jg I
It /J? &a 7 vve" oefore raised in the B;at».t
I - bread enough, anc much to*
r~-L;??°P» «veryntrere are promising, and* i
|; ‘»«W9l« Os lam year’s!
IsV, ,"«- 18 immense. We act-cod while 1
fe'-sd e-.-.T?" 1 11f 1 « Te 7 vscxnt store*!
| -j 'J-f that will hold 1,, is filled j
.-rli m€a; corn -” -aad a still larger
° a l ? a piaat.niona. All the
»“ he provided cannot re-'j
p-‘- of wf, *9dm. So says the best in&rnhed !
fe Crap oh?.k-. 01 ?’/- ‘ Roaelmg ears ” of the 1
R-JL, 15 he-pienty ttiere within the out ten 1
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AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 17 1863.
THE WAR U VIBGLtUA.
IrcmUiV Richmor l Exaudaer, Jiuetifi.
Contrary to expectation, the Yankees on yester
j day still remained on the south bank of the Bap*
1 pahannack, at Deep Ben. They occupied the an
gle formed by the creek and the river, end were
throwing up a line of entrenchments of a mile tn
j length, extending from Bernard's house up tu
- Deep Run. By aid of a field gbfcs their dirt dtg
i ging operations could be distinct!j seen from the
I hills above Hamilton's Crossing, but it was un*
pos=’.b!e to form any correct ca'imate o; their
'nnaiters. Beside the ducliera, only about tic
j regiments were v;tibia, list thete may have keen
: sever-.! thousand concealed is the gorge lit the
| creek,'and under the river innk. On the-Itaffird
: hillr.jjcwt opposit J>..p iiun, might tee set’ll sbeat
thousand tn-.-a, apparently sav Try.
There hud been aa scrmudiitog oV cannonading ,
• since ttaturdav. ..
i We see no ruts'.c to ti e opinion hither
' to express’d, tlfa-, '.his denienstration of the cue- 1
; my vtui designed -solely to disconcert or retard
jv me gopperv i plun of Getter 1! Lee. That it bus ]
J beea a .dead laden is already known to the
‘ Y-iufcceKTenerul.
Where Ho.-k. v, with the main bfldy of his forces ;
; now is. is a mutter open to conjecture. Ho map
j cc at Kelley’s Ford,thirty mjlet above Frederick*-
I burg, ot Dumfries, on the Potomac, or even so fi.i
I away as Meciissis Junction. We would most
I strongly vacliDe 1-0 the belief tliet he w- at one ol
l tbc latter places, were he not the great "Fighting
• Joe,”and iu command cf "the finest army on the
olanet,” composed of the victorious veieians o*
I Chuncsllcrsville. But with snob a name aad such
!un nrmy he cuncot turn his back -ipon a fie be
j ha? always p retended to despise. W btrever he is,
- we have co fears bat that we shall soon bear fi-om ,
ihim. Even while we write a great battle may
j have been joined.
Tbe latest report which,- however, docsj not
(came very well authenticated, from King WiS
J Ham is, that the Yankee gunboats have again as
cended the Mattcpoat. But there is little doubt
! that they will renew thsir raid unless some steps
j are taken to prevent them. One battery of flying
artillery, ststioned at West Point, would efiectual- ]
Iv keep them out of both the Mnttapoui and the
J’amunkey. This matter is well worthy the at
’ tendon of the commandant of this department.
The wheat crop on tusse rivers is uncommonly
fine and almost ready for the sickle, but unless
the farmers are grantee some protection it will
all be lost. Already we hear tie people of means
are making preparations to remove with their
families and uegmesi The Confederacy cau at
this juncture but ill atfotd to throw away so rich
and productive a section of country, and espe
cially one that can be retained by so small an ex-
Ifcnditure ol means.
From other pans of the State we have no re«
ceut intelligence of interest, if wa except Colum
bia, on the James River and Kanawha Canal. At
this p-acc there was a great panic last Sunday,
caused, by a rumor, whicn obtained circulation cud .
credit, thatStoneman was again advancing from :
Lou.sia Court House upcu the devoted town. For
several hours there was u mighty flurry and tx-
C-.tem._ut. Farmers hid their horses, people ran
I into the woods, and all the boats lying at the
wharf were scat oil iu haste up and down the
(canal. Hy a Singular coincidence; at this very
time life report prevailed that the Yankee cavalry
were at CTilcmb.a, t« reals for the Central Rail
| road.
PUBLIC MkEHlfi.
A'-cor -iug w. aayou.-aiuiw'vxt';- masting to take
1 io'b consideration ibeenpp'v r me army with.
1 provisions uhd forage ine; to heal the report of
1 the committee of two from each district, who
, made ’he following report, which was adopted;
Resolved, Ist. Tout we adopt the following
; prices for previeions, Ac.: Wueat $3, per bushel,
- rve |vt, oats sl, oais in sheaf t- per hundred,ecru j
ii fill per bushel, per.* #1 -TO, bacon 30c. per I
pound, wool (2, leather 4 . 50, hour s2’> per bar*
i rel, sugar cane syrup |2 per gallon, Chinese cane I
> syrup tl 50.
j find. That the Government shall bo bound to
j buy the produce by the Ist day of July next, and
' that the procure shall be delivered by tbe Ist !
day of October next, or the producer shall not be i
j bound to hold t*. for the Government. Tbe prices |
nbove fixed ate considered to be paid at the !
: Crib.
’ 3rd. And further. That person/ owning mills, ’
; where they have a quantity at shelled corn on ]
! hand that will not keep, they can give notice to •
) the nearest Goverctnei:-. tfuartermtster that he '
(must take the corn month/., and if.said Quarter* ;
master declines so to do, the owner is at liberty ■
to put the same upon the market,
j J. A. Baewinake, olfe:ei the toliowing presm
i ble and resclolion?, w-fiith rrcre unanimously
•j I* i C'ptcd*
Whereas, the iate laid attempted to be made by j
! the Abolition cavalry on the city ol Rome, in this j
1 ft ah.-, admonishes us to prepare iu time to meet -
•! aey such n th.s par; si our .State, and as i
1 we believe every citra rn of Burire 13 willing to do j
1 l"'s whole duty to defend hie home and country. 1
itaereiore, ’ i
S'nolftd, Ly 'his meeting, that a 1 ..mmittee of'
i tiv,., n each militia district of this county, be ap- j
: pointed by the Che’.rman, whose duty it shall be ,
i :a see every m..’e ait rOl iu their rsspeettvs die* .:
trict, and obtain the canto ot, eve;-.- such cuiien
j who is willing to join a miltery organization for !
f home tieiencv-, and repo: , tit? saire b> a meeting i
jof said oomx.'-tue, to be held at ih 3 place un
j Monday, the 2f '.h day of this month, with a view
J to organize at least "four ci.tnpacies to act as cir«
j ocmstances may require, as cavalry or infantry,
1 and that S lid companies, when organizid, shall be
j organised to act ss a battiiitcn, with ihe u3ua!
field officers commanding battalions, said officers
Ito be elected by the members of the different
companies sc o-gMaired.
In accordance with the above resolution tbe
following are the committees appointed for the
several districts:
tilth. Gideon Dowse, £ F Lawson, R A Row
land, WSC Morr's, A L Boyd.
Slst. Dr A B Wallace, ii Attaway, E A Carter, 1
J D Parry, J G Stone.
G»d. B Watkins, 6 A Ward, T H Blount, H J
Schiev, E J Carter.
63d. J A Snewmake, £ R Lasseter, E H Dar*:
ling.on, J E Royal, Dr W Barton.
64th. G W.s*pp, A Graham, £ N Bargeron, R !
M Heringtoc, Stephen Hertngtos.
65ta. £ B Greenam, R Wail, Jmr., Dr B E
Fryer, R Tarver, F A Bradshaw.
46,h. W; Wimberly, CB I’cwsi:, J E Row
land, S J Cox. R S Scruggs.
67th. H P Green, Y Fulcher, L't J T-Palmir, J
G Gyeea, J W Co ison.
GSth. B ii Blocker, S H Buxton, W Griffin, 31
M Tessier, r. R Oj tu
-65-tb. J 3 Key, Jethro Thomas, T Dillard, Dr
ft D Toro'i, V T Logies.
70th. H Lcs:s, fl B Cates, M Saxon, J 7< Ap
p!ewhi'e, Z Atta-hy.
7is:. J A It/Biir. A L Archer, A L Patterson, A
tVu/ia'.:. Rob.nson.
Md. a Dawson, John Boyd, C Matthews, W
Thatntr, G A Palmer.
iSa., F A Jones, T J Barron, T Pierce, tv S W
ItJwel 'rs, K r AJcnneHy.
»i'h, J B Jvhes, W M.'.ier, J Hall, J 3 Inman,
£ W Sones.
J 75th. 5T Boliird, W B Jones, R A Murphy, DSI
jßhisias,T Jutes j
j On ibouon Joseph A Snewmake it was order- 1
| ed.th lYtiie proceodisgs ol this meeting be pub’i
j lished in -.he ladepenaect Soath and the Augusta j
j papers. The meeting then adjourned until the j
I' Hit .-nttaat.
J. W. Caaswtan, Chairman,
n A. ShAujs, Secretary. j
Wav'Mbtra’»nUL I
IVnoUBTUG DECtiIO.I.
Th« following opinion of th* Adjutant-General
of North Carolina, deciding that foreigners and
all persons who have put substitutes in the army,
are still liable to perform militia duty, will be
found interesting:
Ekicutite Depactuuiv North Carouju, 1
Acjo.taat Ueneral’a Office, Uiiilra, May 25,1563. j
OolornU —Your communication makiog inquiry
os to 'be liability of “ loreigm ?a and pc.-s ns who
have placed substitutes tn tbe Confederate army,''
to do militia duty, has been received.
By the 70. b chapter, section 1, Revised Code,
no one is subject to nniitia duty ur Isas he is a
“ citizm ’* of the Btule or o* .he Ci’Peii Stales,’’
but at the session of the Genera! As
rm iStO-’ei, ihe law was so a* r.d'. as to eir.
i brace “all Ires white maies aud appremirea ' i
i bi-tw ;ea certain ages, “ who rs/'ie in the State,’ j
| It is clear that Foreigners would not be ;m- !
, braced under the lerin “citizen,” but i: is equally
j c oat that u-.ey are -rriidems,” Sml are embraced
Imi leL' the act of 1810-'6l, They are theretore li
able. As ip loose who have placed substitutes in
too Cunlederate urmy,l cm nut awate gfnuy law i
by which they are exempt trous rmlitia duty". The I
late Lrgisluture passe,l an “Act to amend an Act ;
entitled Vlilma.” In section 3d the Legislature j
enumerates the classes of persons which it was !
their inieution to exempt.
Those fumishtag rubstitutes nr* not enumcrat- j
ed. We must, therefore, take it that-.he Legielr.-]
i ure intended that they should perform militia j
duty.
twill state further that Justices of tbe Peace;
■ apd persons owning twenty > agrees are not ex-j
erupi front militia duty. >ieu uitaded by the j
O' nfederale Governtnnnt ara exempt, because |
they are still regarded as soldiers, aud are liable
tu oe ordered into active service at any time.
Very KespecUuliy,
D, G. Fow bt, Adj’t Gen”. 1
To Col. Nathan lv r , 38H. Reg. N, C. N.
"rocr rauTvo >u£u»r
The editor of the Columbus Httn has recently
visited the Rock Island Paper Malls, and thus de
scribes tbe process of paper makng, and alludes
to some of the difficulties which beset paper
u.oxers. This mill has recently extended facilities
to ns, in the supoly of paper, which we approoi*
ate, and we cordially unite with the editor ot the
Sun in wishing that Mr. Winter may long live to
enjoy tbe fruit* of his industry *n<! energy, aud
in supplying the requirements ol the press lor
paper in this period of scarcity :
Through the courtesy of Mr. J. F. Winter, we
were treated to a delightful drivt io and from ihe
above nulls, located two and a quarter miles
' north of the city, in Alabama, on the Chattahoo
; chee river, and at an island bearing tbe above
] name.
I Tne modus operandi of mat; ag paper from rags
I anti cotton was politely shown and explained by
Mr. W. It is a rare curiosity to tho novice, and
must be seen and explained by tbe one initiated
I to be understood or appreciated. •
j lu the beginning we see the rough, dirty rags,
! which are thrown into revolving boilers, capable
ol holding fifty thousand pounds, and hut steum
j let in upon them, which, with the revolving mo
• non ol tbe builers, aided by some chemicals
placed in with the rugs, perfectly cleanses them ot
all filth and dirt.
We arc then carried io the eek'ass, whiih cuts ‘
or grinds :hei.'a bad ragv u* co .i/jlu-' sruai j.
called pulp. This pulp when fiuirjhed :3 tbot- j
uughly washed with clear Hprin, water to remove
ah remaining dirt, and then harried t? the mu
cl.ice for converting it into paper.
We cannot pretend to describe how the pulp
j floats in the water so thin one can scarcely ob*
j serve it, but is gathered in a smooth thin flake in
I 1 a revolving cylinder covered with fine w.rs cloth,
whiel; it delivers on to an endless btenket, pass
ing over this it Is taken by other machinery as
delicately a* dainty as lungers eould do it, and
separated Jrom the endl-.SE blanket, a iraii wisp
i looking sheet of white, passing now over and
j then under cylinders heated with steam, drying
las it goes; then through the callendering rollers
which irons it smooth, and on to a reel where it j
is wound up; which so soon as fall is taken off J
j and another put in its place.
| When three or more reels of wide paper, say
i four leet wide, is obtainod, they are placed on a
! machine for culling to the suet desired. As th*
j taoricis drawn through this machine little rollers
! au: it scauothly in the centre aud trim the edges,
! while a revolving knife outs it the desired length.
' Two girls receive the sheets as cut and lav them
' even and smooth. So soon as the cutting is done
j one of the gi-ls proceeds to count it into quires,
I while another folds it. A stout negio fe'low
packs the quires into bundles, binds and marks
"them reedy for shipment to the office in the city.
, The want of wire cloth has forced llr. Winter
j tu convert his machine, which is a Foudrineer,
i 'nto a cylinder, wht h heiniorms ue very seriously
j curtails his operations in the amount of paper
' turned off. The present capacity r,f the mill in
jibe new- department ie about forty tbou/and
, pounds per month.
In another room of the building i»a machine
1 used entirely for letter and envelope paper, speci-
I mens of which we have now before us,'both ora
I superior quality to which they have heretofore
auißufhctured, and which he assures us he shell
still injure ve on, so long as the necessary cbemi
cals and fixtures tor bis machinery can be ob
tained.
The energy displayed by M.I. Winter in keeping
Lis mill running is worthy of ail commendation.
He showed us fine tapestry carpets, which he look
from bis floors as substitutes for felt. Without
which his mills are entirelyuseless.
We candidly acknowledge we did not appre*
ciate the half ol tbe Übor and vexations to winch
this mill has been sutjec’.ed since the commence*
meat of this war umllhe blockade. Many have
said bard thiaes of is nanagement, which, it
' they bad been m charge they would have shrunk
(from the job before the*. The domestic arrange
ments of the mill and -care for the operatives is
high toned, noble and manly, and it affords us
pleasure, to thus pay him this public complr*
! ment.
' The following GenerJi order is s fit and appro*
j priate tribute to the memory anc gallant services
I of one of the finest oficcia and most esteemed and
i respected in the list »f the noble dead cf Tennes-
S* Gfnorol OrifNo. 12 -, announcingtki
name ts \TnH Baiu."
fd'PT J
Hbado ais Attar Tixntssea, 1
Ti:4ahom.'., May 2k, 18*3. J
: <7ja-4* OrtUr No. 12).]
The principle fort a) Tnllahoma is named and j
will be known as “Fort Rains.”
It ts so named Oyth) Commending General in
honor of B.ig. Gen. J*ne3 E. Rains, a gallant son
of Tennessee, who fcllpa the field at Murfreesboro’,
in the heroic diachirje of d-:l«. delending his
State. .jfe f
By comasEd of
' (-igned) i (Sax. Brass, j
E. W. Waixsr, A. 1.0.
The ttcvsKßMtt oflflL YAi.pAKDrcu.iN.—We j
• hear that Hon. U. E. wllandigham, exiled from j
j hisown country, and jemfiorari'y sojourning ini
j the Confederate State* has sailed from a South- 1
!em port with N*ssaa |br hi* first destination.— ;
; Whither he will uitimiqqj direct his steps is a
j mailer oi speculation,*ut most probably iu the
! direction o’* Canada, (Uni thence to conduct the
Igabomatcrla! can Tass hfcis owe State—Ohio.
jEnmiur.
VICHjEDI HG—bPKCCLATIOAX Ag TO IT* PALL.
“ L. L.,’’ the ablo correspocdent of the Knox*
vilto Register, writing of the strength of Vicks,
burg and its importance to as, says:
Missiasippians, in many instances, deem Vicks
burg already lost, and when the passible results
of tuig event are contemplated we anay well de
plore them. How long can Central Johnston
ma-ntain fats position in the vtc’nity of Jaskeon ?
If Grant hold* Vicksburg reinforced Irom Por
ter’s fleet, and Bancs, how Song can the at my,
which ie now too email to cross the Big Black and
assail Grac ’s rear, hold Jackaouf It bas beta
believed that Bicks would nut be permit ed to
join Grant; but we have no news indicating any
movement ot Johnston to prevent the combitm
uoli oi tbc iwo armies. Kirby Hmitli, it waj ru
mored, has tressed the Mi-ais-ippi from Louisiana,
j out this story lacks confiimation. In very truth,
j the news from Jackson is conflicting and unsatis
j ..ictory. I have seen a negro irom Vicksburg
since the tight began. He confesses that he has
been subjeaed to suck constant ingot by the ex
plosion oi shells that he has stea nothing bat
smoke aad Lame, and heard nothing bu> tbe per
petual roar ot artillery since tbo~ Federals laid
siege to. die place. He siu’.i.r, that the earth in
front ot the fort ticitioss is covered with the slain,
and that the sfenpu arising iroui the rotting
IDu’chorea is perfectly intolerable.
But little news comes through the Federal and
iCoirtaderate lines. The proclamal-on of General
Johnston and of . the Governor have induced
men to expect the Ivors:. Knowing the characa
ter and worth aud stubborn courage of many oi ;
i the defenders of the little city, 1 am not inclined'
j to believe that the garrison will be surrendered j
j nor the place lost. There is no suffering, nor 1
flosses nor aangers that can be boi no which the
defenders of Vicksburg will not endure to the ut
j tersest rather than capitulate.
1)1 this must occur the first stuud made by our
f iicee will be on the Big Black, about 15 or 2';
■lilies from Vicksburg, and at Jackson, SO mileo,
•ahich in now being fortified. Flank ru jvemecta
from Port Hudson below, and Irom different
points along th* Yazoo above will force our troops
to retreat towards Meridian und llc-bilo, and thus
we will be driven from .the Mieahstppi. From
Memphis and other points, above and below Vicks
burg, Federal troops will advance into the lute*
nor; Johnston’o position will be turned, and he
must again retreni. Thus we shall be compelled
to,retire irom tbe river, and thus the Federal
Government hopea to reopen trade wiih New Or
leans ; thus Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago und
ihe wdoje Northwest are to he appeased. Thus
the Vallandighum party is to be shorn of its
power. Very truthfully did Gen. Thomas assert,
when he mduoed Gran; to return to tho assault ot
Vicksburg, that there were “political considera
tions” which made the capture of Vicksburg an
inevitable neaeeaity.
TH K IMPOciVfl!lUTV*tir TWK lILOCR VDK.
Tbe following recent official statement made by
tbe Superintendent of the United States Coast
Survey at Washington is interesting, in the evi
dence it affords of ‘.Le impossitulity of an actual
effective blockade I
Coast Soavar Ore res, 1
May HI, 1803. )
Admiral: I have the honor >.o send herewith,
in compliance with your letter of April 8, 1863,
the following s’etements, prepared in this office,
appended to the inquiries contained in that lettsr:
First. The length of the coast of the Ignited
Htutep. now under blockade by our naval fo-ees,
jbnguruli’jiatthc «I’y of A.les-uA*a* r *r-n_ J«(*Awu
-1 irg down the Potomac river and Chesapeake Bay
io Cape Henry, and thence continuing along the
outer line of the seacoast around the peninsula of
Florida as far as the Rto Grande, this line to cross
the rivets and harbors in the direction ot the
coas:. The line thus measured is thirty-five hun
dred and lorty-mn* statute miles.
Second—The number of openings in this line
of coast, whether rivers, bays, harbors, inlets,
sounds, passes, or ether. There are one hundred
and eighty-nine openings in the line of which the
measure has just been given.
Third—The classification of these openings ac
cording to the depth.of water on the bars at their
entrance under tbrea following directions: six,
) twelve, and eighteen luet eurres, as they are
( drawn on the charts of the coast by the United
I States Coast Survey. The classification of these
I openings is as follows; At mean high water the
) number of openings under six feet in depth is
j forty-five; between six feet and twelve leet iffi
I depth, seventy; ber weep twelve foet and eigb
j teen feet in depth, forty-two; over eighteen ieet
j is depth, tbltty-two. Very respectfully yours,
A. D. Bache,
Superintendent U. S. Coast Survey,
j T.ißeer AdmirslDiVis, U. S. N., Chief ol Bu
i resu of Navigation.
AE\> MIUT.VH X mtilEß -
Tte orders of “the Bath,’’ “Legion of Honor,”
4c., are distanced out of sight by the Yankee'
Negro Republic eetablishing a Now Military Or
der of Merit for ’he fcerots of tho Chancellorsville
buUle who did not take Richmond, but hastily j
put a deep river between theoisoives and theeoa- :
quering hosts of Lee. Think of giving tnedal3 of I
merit to such heroes as are mentioned below: !
New York papers contain a long description, j
anu '.ngravipg cf a new Decoration, or Older of ■
Merit—“M'.dais Tor the heroes of Chancellors* I
viliei’- a cross of bronze, with the words “Kear- j
nev Cross” inscribed in the centre, and on the 1
cordon, the words, to. trout letirtt, “Chancellors- j
ville.” Two columns of the Herald are crowded I
with the names of privates and non-commissicued !
officers selected to receive this honor.
Th* Richmond Enquirer says it is impossible
for us ever to understand ihe Yankee nature;
ana we are glad of it; for this shows how exceed
ingly foreign we and they are to one another. For
example, let any honest Confederate try for a
moment to conceive himself, a Yankee, one of the
best in the army of Hooker, carrying upon his
breast for the rest of his life a medal, a decoration,
bearing on it, printed in plain fetters, tbe word
CionetUor ttiilr / To ge through the world and
appear in society.
General Lee.—lt is too generally known to
raise any question of prudence in speaking of it,
that Genera! Lee has put* his army in n&otion.—
His designs are known only to himself and those
with whom it was bis duty to confer. A few days
will disclose them to the public, who are willing
to wait patiently, in lull confidence that the res J
stilt will the wisdom of what he under* 1
takes. A forward movement op his part has been
for some t;mo anticipated by the enemy, and is «
regarded with very peiCrptible uneasiness.— $
W hether he is about to justify their apprehension,
by crossing the Rappahannock, we have no bet- i
ter .mean? of determining than our readers?.— j
Should be do so, events of great consequence
must speed:'.? loilo w.— RkAnt>o< d Whig, B*4. j
Gbakt's LocSfcs. —Ly reference to onr special ;
dispatches, it will be *eeu that our previ< n 3 re* ;
ports of the immense losses sustained by Grant
m his various assaults upon our works at Vicks*
bnrg, are fully confirmed. The Federa.s them*,
selves admit as much es was claimed. Grant’s
army has evidently been almost half used up,
aaa be undoubtedly needs the 50,000 he is catling
for. We,hope they will be sent, fowwith John* i
Eton’s asais'ance another half a hundred thou, j
sand can be taken of m the same manner as the ;
suffering wretches now being provided for have i
beta,— MUtim/rpi**
VOL.i* No 21.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ftxx at Flobuci, 8. C.—We lesni (tut ox
Tuesday last (lie Postoffice at Florence, 8. C., was
destroyed by fire, together with some eight bales
of cotton, twenty-one bales of fodder, some corn,
peas, Ac. The cotton belonged to Mr. Sumpsou,
of JuhnsonTille, the foddor, corn and pees to the
Government. It is believed that the fire origi
nated irorn sparks from a locomotive.—Cnwirr.
It is believed that the Yankees on Fully island
placed lights on the Not there end of that place*
tor the purpose of leading vessels e-tray, which
are bound into this port. Our seafaring friends
had bettor keep a sharp lookout,
Fbom the Coast.—The firing heard Xltcrsduy
afternoon ive learn proceeded from onr beftno
on Morns' Island, which opened upon some ot.
the Yankees-be Foify island who ~ad gone
down to the beach and wete engaged in piuu-i
daring from- the wreck of the Kuby. A few well
director! shots compelled them to desißt from
their work, and soon after to disappear al
together. It was also reported that tho Yankee-;
lor a short time replied to our lire from oneof
their batteries on Folly Island, but failed to ef<
lecl anything.— Couritr.
General Beauregard and tee members of hie
staff who accompanied him in his late tour of in
spection to Florida, returned from Savannah
Thursday afternoon to this city.
Losr of the Stuawks Rtmv.—We regret to say
that the steamer Kuby, Captain Feat, trem Kan
san, got ashore on Folly.Xsund breakers, near this
' bar, on Wednesday night. A large portion of the
. cargo was thrown oveioourd and everything pos
* fihiy done togst her off", but without success.—
The Yankees or. Folly Island having discovered
her early on Thursday, opened on her from a
tery. Captain Feat was then compelled to set
her co fire and abandon her, and she afterwards
blew up. While Captain Feat and bis crew were
coming ashore to Mortis’ Islaud, they were shot
at by the Yankees with cannon and small arms,
and the balls came dropping around them in
every direction.
.Since writing the above, we hare been furnished
wtlh the following particulars by Gapt. Phillips,
an r.fleer of the Kuby:
000 man is missing, and is supposed to bare
been killed. The last seen of him he was holding
un a trunk to protect himself train the hie, by
platoons, of the Y’auaees on Foliy Island against
him. The Yankees fired grape and canmster at
our non while some of them were up to their
necks in water.
The Ruby had arrived without accident off the
bar tbout one o’clock, Thursday morning, safely
pasting the blockading BOadron. About two
o’olock, the olioera were deceived by a ligh.t
shown on Foily Island, and unfortunately at
tempted to enter Foily Inlet, wheu she grounded
hard and fast on a reel between Folly and Morris’
Islands.
The officers, ere* and passengers remained on
board till daylight, bating been fired upon from
the moment the ship grounded until beyond raupte
in their owe boats.
Tiii3 mishap, in addition to involving the entire
loss of the cargo, includes the loss of the per
sonal effects of ail ou hoard. The muil was hap
pily saved.
The Ruby belooged to a Manchester firm, end
her freight consisted c! a general cargo, wiifi
some Government property.
Passinviss vat Steame Aktoniua rr.ou Mar.
sac.— J. T. Andrews, Ch as. tit.ahau, W. li. Tuti,
K. B. Fuilenwider, Wm. lioue, J. W. ilorion,
M-Jr- rase A. Falun, Dixon A. AI been, W. E.
| * L1 ™, Cl. Chicuesner, E. Coxettci.— Cow hr.
CAPTURE OF TUE MAtMiAUEI AND JiMlk.
The Nassau Guardian, of the Sd, contains the
following account of the capture of the blockade
running steamer, Margaret and Jessie :
We have to record this evening another unjus
tifiable outrage committed by a Federal gunboat
within the prescribed limits of our shores.
On Saturday last the steamer Margaret and
Jessie, Capt. Wilson, from Chaiiesiou for this
port, was fallen in with by the Federal steamer
Rhode Island off Abaco, and chased until she ar
rived close to the shore of James Point, E.eus
thera.
There would have been no legal cause of came
plaint had the pursuit and firing ceased us soon
as the Margaret and Jessie approached within
the distance of three miles from the laud; bu. as
she neared the coast, and was only 250 yards oil,
that is, between the reef and tne land, the gun
boat, which was not more than from a quarter to
halfa mile distant, commenced pouring in bread*
side ailer aide—varying the performance with
shot, grape and shell—not only to the mini sent
danger of all ou board (and there were ladies
among the passengers), but to the senens alarm
of the inhabitants of the island, tvbo suddenly
found themselves subjected to a sharp and dec s
sive bombardment.
The missiles fired from the Rhode Island
ploughed up the earth in various directions, and
caiue in close pieximity to, if not actually pass
ing through, dwellings, aud driving people to
seek refuge behind rocks and oilier prcjec.ions.
This was kept up fer rnilun, end at length the
Margaret »fcd Jessie received a shot lurour.u her
boiler and another through her bcivs, which
forced her to take the bench, '.hen only 50 yards
distant. We understand taut one cl the Lennon
was injured, and it a fatal result should ensue,
it will, assuredly be a case of aggravated murder.
IMPORTANT FROM CUffitiAlitA.
Sax Antonio, Texas, May 12, IS6B.
/Editor TtUyrapli—h:s: evening an express ar
rived Irom Eagle Fuss to a gentleman in this
city, with the following important intelligence.
.1 cun vjuch for its being per eetly reliable:
On the 23th of March an express arrived in
Chihuahua, from Acting Governor Orncy, o: New
Mexico, to Gov. Ferrares, of Chihu.t us, with a
request that he meet him (Orueyj at El Paso, or;
the sth day of April, for the purpose of art -aging
for the occupation of the State by Federal troops.
To which Got. Ferrares replied that his oibou!
ri'Jtnoa.would prevent his meeting Gov. Orotv in
E! Paso, but would be pleased to see him in Chi*
buahua. On the 14th March another express ar
rived in Chihuahua with a communication to
Governor Ferrares, from Actißg Governor Orney,
in which he staled that he had recetvedsorders
from President Lincoln to give protection to the
.Stales of Chihuahua aud SOhora, and to do so
effectually he would have to occupy both the
Stales with United Stoles troops.
it yet remains to be seen aga'nst wbai. they are
going to protect them—piobaoiv tho French.
“ Yoors, 45.. - John L. Bryaxt,
Captain P. A. C. S.
Death cr Lieut. Col. Frank Baxttok.—',Ye re
gret to learn that private dispatches received
yesterday announce the dealh of Lo ut. Colonel
Frank Hampton, from wounds received id the
cavalry Sghi on the 9lb, on the Itspo^os;.’)-k.
ft setms to have been aa obstinate engagement,
lasting from 5 A. M. to a P. ii , bur cAu-to
d :cidod success for the Ccafeder- ce. la tins
prolougeti action Colonel li. has fallen, and the
country has to mourn a gallant soldier, this com
munity a useful and public spiritsd c:»i:o, aud
society a member without reproee'e. He was
highly esteemed in the State, an:, hu death wi-i
carry grief tor beyond the cuoie ol hu, o.tc i.miiy.
Cot. Ottardum.
j.ACisox, Jiiae?.—uoireci adviceo form Yicka*
buig place our losses in the .ate assaults at from
five to six hundred. Among ihe killed is CciuinJ
Marks, of Is,