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nndci ilicd Utat ' lew to d'.ncoin ue tit unite oxery reliable and intoreali. Heat Diutoent when the |>. t xlienees will justify, we shun . iluetiiiu in our charireu. .YttTHh Mr. J hu 1,. .Stockton is aattociated with the l.'.Twyneil in the jmMloanon XmalneßS, aod is fully uiitbur v -a to make mmtracts in connection with the i;,iiis!itut!iinalUt,the Southern Field and Fire -»n-, unit the j"h printing department. Thu xr* i.ingement dans from the (irat of May. The business wdl be conducted as huretofure i» the name of the undersigned. James UißnSiit. TOO f. U K. .Viu-t l-iacolns cli.ction, ami before the war ,rol,i out. there wits no manifestation by hitt Ptrly Inuleraol any disposition to consider, till ii sa to redr or to give guarantees again.-l tiif wrong and injustices to which the South 'uul been subjected in the Union, ami which, it w.i- tx ii: vnl, won' ill contemplation to He j committed by that nmd laetion which bad ucceed' dto power. The truth is tl**t the North voiM not iwtieve Vhut tin: South could t«- forced into disnuiou, or Unit, it forced to that la t .lUcrnative.it could maintain itself •.villi that devotion, that unity, that shiglo • uindcdner.-. that .unj;r«'. and Mini i.hirh have hvn -o ” loi iously made manliest | within the past two years. There were indi viduals at the North who weri disposed to rd the just demands of tiie South, hut they were few aud powerless. The great mans said. ••Iwtt'ne South go it she dales, and we will ie, hei dark .nto tlie Union, und make no terms with relx'ls." \licr a nia! m nuns lot a few months, and .*n* apparent that the North had’ undertaken a liopeic ■ task, and had become .dmoxt inextricably involved in the ineshea ol i 'in lolly no I madness, there were thou aids and ton of thousands who suddenly lie me will in to listen hi reason, to deplore the fnei of the vai, and to make such terms ar they ;li<■ 11 : ht would originally, and might at • \ time, have sniisiied the freeman of these I lu>v - I , omin.-s in the pa a. their faithlessness, their in gleet o! duty, th r disregard or comity und otsl leliowship. and were willinr to give many promie -of amendment. to consent to further ■ onstitutiouai guarantees, lor the sake of re storing the Union, and to keep the riches ol tie South in their clutches or nmler their con trol. l iven now these men. perhaps a large naiority of tin’ politieal opjsnients of tlie Aho litiouists would consent to almost any de ,Hands, it the;'' Slat ■ would return to the fold, tint they were, and are, Inn hih. The tiat has ..one forth the step Inis liven taken which can ( ver, and w ill nevi r. lie retraced ; the t’liion i.uaenilH !• 1 permanently, ami the separn ion ni du State: is final ami irrevocable. I 'oula and i.udliii u, what a pearl of inestimable nine in a mate i il-vu .r, they frantically throw away, when, by injustice uud oppression, and the threat nf worse, they drorw the l 'oufeder ue\ to declare its indejicudeiice. But there liny he "iliei partii*s info whose uva should tie thundered the two little words | ~.i Uv: . After mine Tiiiflf article— .varf.iiv. 'I -iiri: lit prospccta ami almost nniu iri upli'il succiw, we have come to a season <f gloom, and our arms have met slight je versi-s. There is not a jiartiele of reason in i icing thus depressed ami iles|>omlent —it is absolutely riiliculous ami absurd to suppose hat w-‘ are 1 in danger of being conquered by the Abolitionists. Hut human nature is ■abject to these tit- o( gloom, and there is no help for it. The real trouble is that meu. un der a temporary deprei-ion which tliey can not readily avoid, may so far forget their man hood and their honor as to feel that all is lost, and to talk o, to their shame and discredit for ,ull future time. If any man feds whipped, let him strive earnestly to be rid of that un manly idcling. for the fight is not whipped, if be is. And if any feel that the cause is so hopeless that he is Itecomc willing to make terms, or to listen to teriiis of submission to the hated and despised fee. to hitn we would say, in all earnestness, it is too bite. That there may !><* some wealthy slaveholders among us. who, to save theur"property, would cousent to see Tup authority of the Union nr stored, is quite probable. And there may be also some very poor, poor in heart as well as purse, who, having no proper conception of dishonor and infamy, would consent to re union. But we tell all such it is too latit Wt thank God, that however it mav be with a few of these classes, the great heart of the middle class beat* true and indomitable yet, and that they have no power to arrest the war—that it must ami will be fought out to complete victory, or to utter destruction. It, is too late for the slaveholder to hope to gave his property, .save only by the prosecution of the war, with all the vigor and power aid re- ’ sources of these States, if he hoped to save it i? v submission, that hope is blasted, for the people will not consent to submit that he nmy save it, nor" will the North refrain from email- cip&tion it he should submit There is no a . an leaven ferities .tiout tiny ater. ine to descant for it must be itch the rich slave . a stake in tho cause, ,1 on for the public do se people can give their tews, and emit sons, to fight ie country, and give them up ,-ctful emotion; but that when s—their property—nre called for pon fortifications, there is a general nt. and often considerable opposition, l \'t. we believe that the slaveholders arejust' | as patriotic, jo.d us devoted, just as ready to make sacrifices and bear burdens as other peo ple. They have certainly as strong or strong er interest to desire success as other people ; and -laying interest aside they, as a habitual ruling nice, emtio, educated, refined, but not ■lebauclied by indolence and ease to such a tie gree as to weaken their manly viitues, would (eel tin* infamy of subjugation more poignant ly than the common herd. Os course there arc exceptions, but only such as prove the rule. W< believe that everybody ought to be ready and willing to do any and everything that may be required of him, consistently with personal rights and self-respect., to sustain nnd help on the great work, liut in fact many men. not military men, are incapable ol under standing the necessity which spasmodically demands negro lutior to strengthen our coast defences. And not understanding it, some are 1 a little loth to rush forward at every rail that may be made. And they do not take with a very good grace the sort of highwayman sash ion, now so much in vogue, of demanding "jnnr money or your life.'' Hut besides, we know, ol our own knowledge, that some of the Georgia slaveholders have been most shame fully treated in this matter of slave impress in.■tit, by their Government, or rather its offi cials. We happen to know positively that citizens, who, with patriotic ardor, answered the very first call for slave labor, and never waited for impressment, have to this day gone unpaid the paltry wages for slave liirg which the Govern ment promised. There are planters in this section of Georgia, pel Imps in this county— we know not how it is elsewhere—who sent _. r u auriy i.isv mu, mreil them for two or three months, or more, aud vet have never received one dollar of corn pen rntion: while others, who waited till the hist— perhaps allowed their slaves to lie imprest d— have received wage They have been told that no payment could be made except on peruomd ajiplicatiou then Hgain tluit, with out personal application, which would entail an uxjxnse c. ( uai to the hire, no payment could lie maiie except mi the exhibition of a duly attested power of attorney then again that there must lie a duplicate jiower of attorney ami finally and repeatedly, that there were no funds in hand to make payment with. Such treatment is shameful and almost unpardon able ; it might be avoided, we think, as if ought to l>e, we know. It is not to U- ivoudiTcd at. therefore, that meu, once so misused, should be slow to sub ject themselves to similar treatment, that they should feel aggrieved, and inclined to wait foi lin' future until assured of better usage. It has been treipiently said that Savannah, six months ago, was perfectly defended, so far as ' ’• —a , .—LI :* . |.„» „ new eall is made for negro laborers to work mi it- defence*. The decision has been made by military men thoroughly acquainted with the necessity of the ease, and we earnestly hope that the c all tor labor will be re-]smiled to cheerfully ami with alacrity; but we hope the t.’overnmi-ut will promptly fulfil all ita obligations, and especially that it wilfnot fa vor eleventh hour men rather than those who j VK'ar the heat and burden of the day. «hk m.Rcrt ,\s. N otwithstatiding the excitcmeuts of tlio war ! ami the anxiety and solicitude felt in regard to that, the subject uppermost in all men's j minds, there is- yet a great interest felt in ref j en-nce to the approaching elections for Gov-! ernor. members of Congress, ami uiembars as tae Stale legislature. We are glad to sec ; that the people ,Vi fed a becomiug interest in 1 so important a mutter as the selection of their ' public servant*. They feel that the crisis of the cause is upon us, and that it iiehoovcs 1 then; more than ever to tie careful that tliey I ■hoose wise wen, discreet men, tried, capable, i faithful ami patriotic wen, to entrustwith the 5 management id' atVuirs. To the Confederate ' Executive and the Congress, to the Governors and the State legislatures are confided in > trust for the public weal, the dearest rh'lits i and all the hopes of a great, jgmeroos, trust- , iig people. It is an awful responsibility,l which none should seek lightly to assume, and uone refuse when thrust upon .them, except 1 under » conscientious conviction that some ! one else i s m ore capable ami more fit. “Fools j rush io where angels fear to tread," ami any '■ wild hmnt after office now. any prcsnuiptuous | ami reckless seeking of such grave responai-, bility, is pretty good pnmn faat evidence that ! the seeker is unworthy. It is the people'sduty to seek out candidly, and without piarion, tlarir lies! men. and clothe them with so great i a trust, for the single purpose of advancing i * public is already gacions, good j prejudices and .eased still of the .obation in the main. - ’ J laws lie is invested nd charged with the ex lUties. In such a war as is, as Comma ndcr-iu-Chief, rily with great power. 1-ike j is liable to err; and with such aried duties, it is almost imfiossiblc .■ should not; hut as a whole, in the nt of his people, of the enemy and of vorld, his Administration has been signal brilliant and successful so fnr against many and great obstacles. But lie needs all the aid which a Congress of our ablest men can give him, in order that the public safety may be -teeure, and the rights of the people at ths same time duly guarded against the natural and inevitable encroachments of military pow ex. The people owe it to themselves not only to elect their ablest men to Congress, but such as will not afford factious and embarrassing opposition to the President in his sphere of duty and authority; that will carry neither animosity nor prejudice into Congress, but only wisdom, patriotism and an honest purpose to ‘io gs od, but such us will not shrink from do ing what they conscientiously tliink is their du ty to the country, iu their position, despite the frowns and the blandishments of power. The country wants neither factionists nor toadies iu Congress, but men of capacity and firmness, who will not. swerve from duty. The Governors of the States, iu conjunction with tho President, have an important part to play in thi j.-cat revolution. In two States—Tenues j and Alabama—elections have already r>ee,> neld.und two fit and worthy men—Carat hots and Watts—chosen. The former,we believe,had no opposition; the latter opposed the present incumbent, Gov. Shorter. We do not understand the grounds of opposi tion to Gov. Shorter, but we think the State has elected a man every way qualified to be his successor, lie is a staunch and true Con federate, and though always a Whig was an ardent secessionist from tli» beginning. The election in Alabama seems to indicate a desire tor ehange in public servants ; but change is not, always for the best, and we regret that Mr. Curry, one of the ablest oflbe State dele gation, has been defeated. The people should J t>e very slow to change officers, especially now, [except for the very best reasons, but should ■ not hesitate if the public good requires a 1 change. I In Georgia we arc fortunate ia having an 1 Kxeantive, known throughout the Confeder acy as an able, firm, upright Governor, who ; has managed atfiairs with most remarkable ability aud success. He will not be rhung -1 ed—the paipte desire no change. Guv Grown I lias done well, and the people know it, and are content. There are indications of oppo it ion, 1 but tie will distance all competitors. 1s tie have uo personal scramble, growing out ol 1 miserable, old the public good i forbids it, and no persona end can be gained ! by it. •I’litv tiKi'.n v. at jonrsuimu It liitd boeo intimateti that there was a Jeuvtiu ■jf disloyalty iu Ihe vicinity of Jonesbgro’ in this | there were soma wbo thought th«y “emitted Hex , sun m Ihe minted gale.” } take pl»utiurt> iu copying --UD&oiiriteii ll*« proceed of Hit- uimting, *ud lUtid viudiofttiu^, | to lL«s extent of our humble iuHueuott, the iiijuri t imputation upon ttti honored portion of our ! State- The etearner ilebe, wn letuu, ban arrived at i Wilmington. Tim Wiliutugteu Jouruul, of • Tuemiay after good, Hays ; i The heavy caonouaUiiig heard on tbe coast this • un.ru mg hua iii'iii tfie blockwd«rs linn# at a i steamer that vfeut nithore last night, iu the gal**, i about six miles above Kort fc'nher. <‘ol, l.tmli j was on band as «ar!y as poftftibi*, uns Urn tiling 1 trout the blockuder ceased utioiit 11 o'clock We I learn that tire prisouers were taken on the btacb • his mormug. TMK OOIA.MBIV KAILKOtI*. | The following is an extract from a private fete tir from Columbia, Aug. 20 ; j “ Our railroad project for the road from Colum* | bia l» Aogiisle will go at once iuio opernuou. j Messrs. J.ibu Kmzir X Co., yesterday subscribed , *500,0011 to tbe seme. Tbis will nearly complete j Ibe amount wauled, say *2,000,000. The ioad i will not be over 68 or 75 miles long, uu.l will shorten tbo distance to Augusta from tbe old road at least six hours in tune, il not mure, and carry passengers over a healthy route the entire way to Richmond.” '••Hi * FIKt.IT t l i.-Al|Va~ The following interesting items are gathered from tbe last K ig. Held Advertiser, un e best weekly papers published auy where: lie^f!;r'KXbe U ir]i.iw“T«4uU^,. a mat^r edge the receipt (from Ibe bands of Si' Carwile) of bve hundred dollars—the inauiiceoi anil patriotic donation ui Mr. Harney H. Un w ! Ot the vicinity Ot Hamburg, ft gives us tbe I prolouud pleasure to record such a bigb-afuiUj jactofcbumy and to bold up to .be ey.s of j bdgetield such a noble example, ft is au example I which we hope will ‘‘leaven tbe whole turn j fefldutswict® W ' !olC ‘ U,UI> " l ‘ s riCh “« ■“ Hdges ! On Monday eveuiug, the 24th of August, will be giveu m the Masonic lUII at Kdgeti«iu C. il » varied perluioiuce—tubleaux, charades, imis’c lea Ming Ac.,_f„ r tbe beU ebt ol Ibe soldiers. The object is one which appeals by all the 1,.* p.inoti.m—by 0 u ti, e j l)Ve honor and aid we owe our gadant and gloriooe "soldiers—to tbe hearts and sympathies of our people. And the claim is presented through a bevy of the fairest of the fair. Come oue, caiue all; you will much that Is beautiful, and huir rniieh that is beautiful. We call special atlention to the action of the proceedings of the Railroad meeting, held on the Ridge, on the 14:h iustanl. Our enterprising and public-spirited neighbors of the K,dge have done well in this matter—exceedingly wed—and have acted us becomes liberal, enlightened and patriotic men. They are evidently determined uot to be left behind in Sleepy Hollow. At this meeting, one houdred and eight thoux sand dollars was subscribed to the Augusta uod Cmuuibia Railroad; und they have but little doubt of being able to swell this, in a short time to yne hundred sod Ally thousand. They cal! upon Kdgefiela Village to co oue rate with then, ; ce r iainfy Kdgeteld Village ought l„ do as much as ihe Rid go. We are reqhested to state that a meeting will be heal at Dry Creek Church, on Saturday, the 2»th msiaut, for the purpose of organ xing the i Association fur the aid and relief of soldiers’lam* I people of that vicinity cordially in. . fit# all who may be interested in thlsgood cause ! to meet with them. dav'hLp-u'*'! U , I!&co b was elected.cn Toea- Wgcbel* Ui.tnct -to till ' A slmk ni! y ‘“ e d “‘ h 01 Ute UuD drowning ii“! 4 “cow escape from Ta°mad?e - Sk i U ‘ ri " '‘ he d “V- J*meß i:lstha«!;“ n «l >be , wof K»v- s. U Mershon, «.f i«ri; l s-,iKsr.:'dln“-:ss!.* i FROM I IIARUfSmv ~ Our readers will be startled by the intell:- genee that Charleston baa been shelled by the enemy, from tbeir works between Morris uml Jamas islands. The man nor in which it was done, at the dead of night, before the sleeping eitizeo.; had any Intimation of the purpose of the enemy, is in ix-i-sect keeping wilh the un principled, uncivilized, and inhuman usages of, Yankee warfare. 1 I be notification, If made in proper form, was an outrage upon civilization, for the enemy well knew that the crowds ot uon-combatanls could not be removed or even notified of their danger. informa nsitwas.it places them in the •ttitudfrof shelling the city without having really demanded its surrender. Fortunately, the kind I‘rovidenee which so signally shield ed helpless innocence at Vicksburg, threw the a:gis of protection over the sleeping oitfteus of Oburlestou, and the missiles of destruction did no injury to life or liuih It seems impossible that much damage can be done to the city at that distance ; but the extraordinary power of the guns used com pletely annihilates all the rules ot ‘ordinary siege operations, an 1 they may be able to so increase the imuilicr and force of their projec tiles as to burn the place. The exodus of the people is precipitate and general, fart us ex tend those who may come among us every possible hospitality. VVKI.I. SAID To dishearten the people and the soldiers at a i>eriod like this; to enfeeble the springs of action and destroy the elasticity requisite to rise suneto the pressure of adverse vii euinslances, is to stride the most insidious and yet*tl»e most fatal blow at the very life of the Confederacy. And yet this is done every day, by people who pretend, when cornered, to be good Confederate citizens. It is done by croaking and complaining of the hardship of the times ; by undue severity in strictures upon the authorities ; by complaining of mili tary police restrictions ; by raising the price of rents, so as to distress soldiers’ families ; by charging oppressive profits on articles of food, anti by paying current rate 3 for gold. In th sc and many other ways, the spirits of the people and ol the army are broken, ami their power of endurance weakened. There should be harmony, forbearauce, and benevolence— tlidse constitute prnetkal patriotism. MEXICO. Mexico is selling us an example of tena cious resistance to an offensive oppression, in the conduct of her guerilla bands, who are hanging about the city, and showing the friends ol the French no quarter. \Vt* may also learn from her condition the horrors ol military rule. Cadies, who signify their con tempt for the French authority, are sen tenced to receive two hundred lashes, and their weight iu silver will not buy exemption from this barbarous punishment. If such are features of French “ mediation" ami French authority, deliver us from all such allium os. The ('iuc.innati Commercial says the fact that (he rebel papers are denouncing deserters and men who are for submission to the au thority of the legitimate l.lovernuieut, proves tiu; exiateifee of serious apprehensions by those deeply committed to rebellion, that the lorti tude of the Southern soldiers and people are giving way. This only confirms what we did about deserters ami “ latent treason.” l'l does no good, nud gives tlie army ami the ! cuetr.y au emmeotm idea ol the condition ot public seiitiiueiit. The number of reu: trai lots is too contemptible for notice, und recon strnctiouiste are scarcely more nnuierous l ilt. I'HItX OK KI.ODH. Hour cnntitiueß at the extraordinary Enures which have prevailed for sometime. There is a geiie.nl desire to kuuw who is responsiblefor ibis state of things. Home suy it is the which lulerferes witli the concise of trade by seizures; noine say it is the farmers, who aic bolding ou for hither prices; and some say it is die millers, who having made purchases of wheat at four to six dollars a tnishel aud sold boor at ssl> aud too a barrel, the farmers refuse to sell them their wheat. Wherever the faalt is. it i» winking grievous iuconveuiruce. it would seem that the Qoverunreut might decide promptly the amotml of Horn to he required ill given locali ties and make th« ueressnry purchases or 1.07. ures'aud then giro Iht public a chance. '1 hat would relieve the Government aud Uovernmenl ■iHicers of a part or the blame which is chaigud upon them, in preventing wheat from c'jmtng to market, on account of the tear of seizures. 11 is a pity that through mismanagement, bad feeling between producers and bu ters, or other cause, the countr y should be deprived of needed sups plies of bread at reasonable rates. hKl'l’KK MtO.VI tlHUl.tt t. We invite especial attention to the interesting letter signed “Georgia,” by a gentleman recenliy Irom Virginia. Tie necessities of our troop;-, aud the tnuaus of making the relief furnished by tbe bounty of the State available are subject, rn which every one feels a deep interest. Tlie Columbus Kuqinrer says that the returns ot taxable property ot this year will be about Jo per cent, over that of last year, or about s<u;7,« 000,000 against $587,000,0(10 last year. This is the reason that the per cent, is lower this year thuu mat, notwithstanding tLe amount to be col lected this year is over 50 per cent, more than the umonut collected last year. As money is so abundant, aud the expendi tures of the Stale must necessarily he large dm iug the war, it is a pity that tbe last Legislature did not give the (Joveruur and Comptroller dec era! such discretions as would have allowed them to have put the lax at 20 ceuta on the oce hun dred dollars. The meeting to form a vigilance committee in Atlanta on Tuesday night was atteuded by aboil! 150 parsons. Major J. H. Steele was called to tbe chair aud l>r, J. W. Price appointed Secre tary. Speeches were made by Col. K. J. Cowart, Col. Wallace, Major Crewloid and others, in which it was staled that ilisloval aud uulriendty feelings arc entertained toward the South to an alarming extent, uot only by casual passers but by cit-zms ; it was, therefore, deemed wise and proper to organize a vigilauce committeo to look alter suspicions persons. A compintee was ap pointed to nominate a committee of fifteen, to constitute a vigilance committee. Such organize tic ns, as auxiliaries to the execution of the laws, may. in proper bands, do much good.while in the hand of malicious or evil-uituded persons, they may be the agencies ot intiaile mischief. Capt. .1. N. Chandler, commanding the 24(h Georgia, in ttie absence of Col. McMillan, at Get tysburg, writes to the Athens* Watchman that the tegimeat did uot -*• waver,*' as charged by “ W, A and proneuuces his statement “ uot only salsa, but nubecomiag the character of the gentleman who made it.’*- 1 EVILS OF IMPfIKSSMEXT. COSDITIOX OF OVll ithKevy, AC. .: w asuington, Ga., Aug. 12,1 S <53.. | j j To the FdUor of the Constitutionalist ; j Hia—l read with interest, not uamixed with | paiu, your editorial article of yesterday, on j ■ j “Army Subsistence—lmpressment/’ l entire!/ j I f concur wiih your just encomiums on our army ia ' . i the rivld, and in the inflexible purpose you au f j trounce to .support it there at ail hazards, and 1 j cannot doubt hut that we shall tigtee, generally, ] ’ in the means most proper h r the accomplish- ] 1 j men lof u result' so* vital to the public gaiety, j j But having u fixed conviction that this end can-. j j i not be attained by the impressment act j arfsetl it » the last session of Congress, as interpreted rt IvielmouJ i lid enforced in Georgia, i de#»n it uiy ; duty to give iay reasons lor this opinion to ihe public. 1 think you are mistaken in the state - 1 ment that tli« Supreme Court <1 Georgia has Je- : , cided this act, us administered m Georgia, to b : constitutional. That tribunal certainly decided ■ differently at Atlanta, during the last month, Had | * 1 am not aware that the question whs ever sub- j , united toil until tbat term of the Court. Hal, however that may be, the experience of mankind J has demonstrated the impossibility of supporting armies, by such means, for any considerable length of time, in the winter of 1777 'B, in u i great emergency iu <ur affairs, the Continental 1 . Congnsi vested full powers, for the impreasm.-m of army supplies, in Genual Washington. AftC; a very brier experiment of the policy, under the , most urgent necessity, he wrote to the'l'rrsideut of Congress, that unless some other and better » means 1 han impress tut-lit could be found to sups piy his* urmy, it most disband. Yi»u may find this 1* tter written, 1 think, on the sih of Jauu* ary, 1778, and containing the strongest nud most convincing reasons against the policy of impress-, j tiieul, even when prml-ntly administered—in the ’ 1 tifth volume of Spark's idle of Washington. From Alexander the Great down to our own times, all successful leaders ot armies have found it wiso and Mces&ary. ev*u in heH'.ile cenutries, to pay fair market prices for all needful army aup * plies, 'i he usual and approved method has b *«-u * to levy takes fur that purpose upon the whole community,according to the methods to which they have b*eu accustomed, and with the money thwu routed to fuirctinrti* mI iiiarlral price u-ir?i i necessary supplies. Both the object and effect o? 1 the policy were to distribute tho bnrtheua of sup* porting the army equally, and therefore equitably . and justly *-veu among enemies. Can any gov* ' eminent afford to he less j i»t to iis own citizens? * Whenever it makes the attempt it wifi finally x reap discontent, disappointment ua j rum. What it sows it will surely reap. This impressment A act rests upon the fundamental error that the i Government baa the right aud that it is sound policy to impress com me <iit.cn for the supply of Urn unay whenever it may de term me fbui t!ie ? market price i f kucli commodities is 100 high, , This principle subvene the vtny foundation* of ' justice and privute rights, and cuds iu simple, , nuked spoliation—a spoliation, too, llm more iu-» tolerable sud unjustifiable, because it imposed largo and grossly unequal share oi the public : ourlheas upon the producers of unity supplies to r the suss and lav or of all other classes at society. r This policy uot only rallies injustice and ia -1 jury o ! this class of cil zjdh, tut the whole coun try, by thus discouraging | : oducti.oßrt iudisp* *.Si ' able to the safety aud existence of the iStaic it self. lam uot aware that any attempt has been made to tix the prices of couimoditms by law or statutory nmebiucry, iu Kogluud, since the l ift-- of lvJwmd H, about live hundred aud hity years ago. The result of thin attempt was then go dig i astro us lo society, aud the lolly of tins and kin* di ed nu.ußurt s have been go <»! ten and ho couv<nr> tugly di iaoaetiate:l niaeo that tiuir, that 1 really ' supposed, until our present (.'ongretss passed thr , measure mid-r contuderatfon, th.t thi?! oxjdo led ' error was destin'd no more lo vtx and haravj j h< ! • human race, at le*«*t whorerer tha ttng’ish j t 'nguo was gpokeii. Hut, ulus! i$ eeems t«. h | d*-cu**d by Providen •'that one generation shall ! - derive but small profit Irmn the experience, the j j or the wisdom < f i‘g predecess rs Two very respectable, and I hufe no doubt r» ry I 1 bont-bl gentle mfcn, of ihoiiSfatr, acting under th ! authority of thin law, hare fixed the price of ! wheat in Georgia ui four dollnis par bushel, pay -1 able in (Confederate Treasury Notes. This price j is to stand us a maximum iiDtii their further pl at ure is m dr known. That is about one hull o» j , the market pries of Unit commodity in tins Stale j To meet this state of thing*, the Confederate r-i- * < licetM charged with this branch ol the puhlie : *?r VICO have given notice that they Will m-z; lip iu all wheal ulim Jj tiny heeoid to any other pci.iOn i than a couhmiioi ulu higher prom than four dol lain, and appropriate u lo ibt public service. The resuK ol tins arbitrary and illegal policy, so tar, h.»s bean, that it.ere no Irto I ar j gaining between jiiuilucc* unu purchaser, no i ■* I wheat (or a very f-uiull quantify) bus been n-.hl * flour has risen iu « t.r large market lowus to Si .m * dour ii.iH Miilni ally 1 M'dr.l it;* pried 111 vrhe ii i t ", j I lue iKI. ri'ii -tt.ui del ating Hie Tory ibp*:t u j . Mlule "Bic.iilt' had m th-w. VVlieil in aim luuimlilv j wbr-h id lucapdbltt of Monopoly iu ttiiw c**u.i-i'v ’ 1 Ind lurann ot itn production are open to ull, mi.l Hdflt'itint for all, who prefi-r lo m&ko bread r’liii.-i 1 than buy it. Those enitatfed in its prodne i..n j arc too numerous, too widtdy scattered over ih» country, with ton great nvaiiuly ol conditions j and wants, to make .monopoly possible- the r - I fore it way b« merely lop to I head nittni’nl | , w -« which regulate price , and under these condili m * it may be salely asaumed that Us market p.-ie i is tiie tine, cei lain aud uuly infallible teat n , ’‘just compensation’’ to its ownnrs. If ths b true, Whosoever seizes wheat for less than ilia ' market price -no matter under what pretence o under what authority, or color ot authority- vm later jus t ire add the ffoMtiUiUoii ol the UonO ,|e , rate Suites, robs labor id Us i igtits, ami utl :t a deep wound upon society. Nor is there slightest necessity f,*r the commies ton of th, s, crumH. 'J lie whole people prefe; to sell this a; well as ail other commodities to their Govern. , ment rather than to any other purchaser, 110 iln t.'ouledelute officers pretend timt the people wil Uot sell to them an cheaply mi toother purchase if sol The suggestion is an insult to the pe le Are not the men in the army the lathers, bus bands, brothers, sons, aud friends of the people a homey Are they not lighting in defence of our lives, liberties, properties and country, as well a: their own Ail know and (eel aud appreciate these great tacts, ami eveiv loyal heart at hi no has made and is still ready to make every Sin n lice which atlection and patiolism can demand t. sustain the army and to uphold the cuuHe of rhi country. Milt the people do not believe that they are supporting wisely and well the or my m ib, cause of liberty and independenc, by uphold,up an act of Congress winch subverts • quality and justice, violates alike the rights of toe soldiei and thecitiz-u, and the organic lav.- oflhe luod. They oppose an equal, and just, and wis-sy-ienr for supporting ttie army amt the Government, to •an unequal, unjust and unwise one. They desired that the necessary and proper means tor tl sc purposes be raised by fair und equal taxation no on all classes of citizens according to their abiii ty to pay, and that the money thus raised shall lie honestly applied lo the public service, and cx . pended m the purchase of army supplies in open market. There is a growing habit among memo patent public servants lo drag 11 the poor soldier ” on the stage, to conceal, or to divert publioatlru lion from tiittr oivu want of capacity m fidelity. It iies in the way of my argument to exp,,s this trick in the piesent instance. This vic'i im system works as cruel injustice to the soldi?, - . to unv 0i1,..i»c0;-> -f *>»>• -uunti y. A very large number ot the soldiers are farmers -a mejirit- •.,* the r.riny belong to that dims- there are but few exempts among them. Let us see how tins affects them. A soldier ui_t.be army, by the care, attention and industry of hfs wife aud children, (too young for military service.) makes one hundred und si.-sv one bushels of wheat; fifty bushels, under the I - is reserved for his family, he pays eleven bushels f omitting tractions) to the tax gatherer, ami puls the remaining one huudred bushels upon theuinr* ket, and ,s offered lor it eight dollars per bushel by one who wisheiuto buy, in order lo sell again in stecs the Government officer aud says to t,,e purchaser, ”i will seize that wheat and pay you but four dollars per bushel for it, if you dare tu buy it, at the market price.” What is the effect of this proceeding upon the poor soldiei? Ho has already paid bis laxes, (one-tenth of the gross produce ot .In; labor ol Ida wife and children ) and is now deprived of an additional four bun', dred dollars, taken for the public use, over and above his just proportion of tbe public bur thens. The benchl of those four hundred dollsrs nruher mures to him nor lo bia comrades in the army, for their rations of bread are not increased asijigfe ounce by the mode in which ttie Govern-’ ment collects it. He was ready and willing to sell his wheat to the Government at the market price rather than to any other person. Tim ben. eht neither inures to him nor the Government, but relieves from that amount of taxation all other tax payers, including even those much-abused scapegoats- the speculators and extortioners. Ihe case or Hu K soldier is the case of thmis sands and tens of ibousauds of otuer soldiers who grow wheat, imd the example demonstrates that these pretended f iends of the soldier, white they praise, still plunder him m common with bU class I have already pointed uui the remedy, to market qua ii '“’L* 11 ? 0 “ n * l fair purchases in open if'- He "ho holds tbst the armies of the tte n7e k y t be sustained by impressment may a s we.l alike up bis miud to a speedy and naaaiioua close of the war. 1 know it is u.-t | true, and I know that nothing bnt'tka obstina'e ! < lolly of oar rulers could continue this system for < a single day longer. The difficulty of supplying the army with broad consists neither iu rcarcity , nor high prices. Wo have-an abundance ot corn, use the word in its larg st sense, including wheat, ma»z? f oats, Ac., & ,) and it is cheap (heap relatively aud positively; post lively, be cause a bushel of corn ran be bought for la»s mmev in Georgia at this time than at any other time within ihe quarter of u century ; rcla* lively, because this is equally true of 1*» ix« r.h&Dgeabfe value for tv! otft.-r co:oui*.4a‘ea of • general consumption, foreign or domestic- *•!**< dollar will buy u bushel I wheat m uuy piir. | the State where it is usually grown, and any c•••«•- 1 modify which cun be i- tidily exchanged-lor *»ne j dollar will buy il also; but it ink. B eight or ten | Confederate paper dollars to perform this »x* j change—to bu»* one hundred cents in our stain*, i ard money, F.ud here lies ihe great mvaiMv, if mystery ii be, in the 1 rice oi wh«.al and all other ' commodities—the depreciation of he currency. The stem truth ought-to be spoken— we cuMwt j avoid dangers by shuttiug our eyes to them. I»-1 j us look them full iu the face gr. p,dd with tfauin —conquer them. The task is u«nv only difficult, not impossible; we liafs departed lrom sound prior pies, we 111 ust return lo them promptly, or prepare to see our currency go out tin that of om fathers did in 17S0„itI the'datkesl hour of their revolutiouary ttiuggle. The Confederate Government have committed two 1 tidies! errors in flu management of cur; finances, which produced ot»r present calamitous j condition by the operation «»f laws of currency j as fixed, certain, nud immutable an the laws which goreru the planetary system. At the Las j ginning of this struggle we had large ualmuat I lesrfurcea and unequalled elements of public j credit; we borrowed gold at i>ur for our bonds -wealth laid its treasures ut our feet, and por | erty itself claimed it us a privilege to augment our resources with its n.ile. Folly has mainly i eontnbuted to tLu drying up A ibis liviug toim* 1 tain of public supply. The first great error was J in attempting to carry on a great and expensive j wur solely on credit without taxatiou. Thin is ! the first attempt of the i.iad ev.-i made by a ; civilize*! people; the result of liie experiment ! will hardly invite its repetition During the lirat year of Its existence, liie present O-mqieas itei- Iher levied 11 ,r colleen d a single coni of tax .uid postponed the collection of those levied !*»» tI.M aown.l year to u period fatally too lab- to support our currency The sucoud error naturally resulted from the first, hud consummated iln destruction of public credit. This error was, 1 tie use of the public credit almost exclusively in the form of currency. The uaturai result of this policy was plain, inevitable, overwhelming. l< it a well settled and sound principle in cur rency, that a uatioa which hats u suiheu-ut qti n\ iity of circulating medium properly to answer the wants of iie trade and commerce, cannot add 10 the value of currency by any farther ad dition to its quuutl.y. In the ordinary slab- of trade, any ex es:; of Pie nro.er quantity exhibits itself in ttie term of the exum Union <t bulti •*»; any lieficiiuey, iu luiportairou. When lrom imy j cause whatever, the operation of this law is pro- I vented, any redundancy of currency luu-'t nt« *B - Murilv depreciale the whole mu hj, and »his do- I precision will exhibit iteelf in the ns* iu piict jof all com mod ins which it circulates, it is 1 also true, that if this redundant curieccy t.x at> I 111 the form of paper nionoy not c invertible into [coin at the will of the holder, the measure of il-is I depreciation is the difference between lire ttatid | ard or mini pne-j of bullion nod the nisi Let pi ice, when paid iu ill h cuneiicy. 1 Tea ted by tbdi»o plain and sound principles the solution oi the causes of our present bourn ml | troubles is ea;>y. When this revolution com j ineßccd our currency was in excess of the wants lof society * the proof is iliut m-wHy all 0 f tb* bunks v. ift*in the Goofed*? ut« Stales had mm pended cash payment;), and their iiotca were de preciai *d; therefore Ihe liist Treasury Ldle which wua put into circulation wild d its ooini» i nut value to inis excess; each succeeding no?tie cnlatged il, and tncrciuo-d th« oeprccialioo of the whole mass. Tins d. ;»rcculion ao.m begin j to manliest nadf ia the rise of coin mod 1 lie:i; yet the Cbivcrniiiuut. has unwisely continued daily j uy a foiccd circulation to add to this fkiess, iu- j crease thw depriMMatioii uud eubanco tbo prii cl ‘ ull the couunodiiies which it ia couipallfd to pwr j chase, uud s thus « xhauHiing the natumul ie- : IsourioH to the ratio of gei iocUici.l piogituouou. j 1 i’his turn os policy would UuVe l.mg aiUCH run i«H course b»*t N.r Ui.j that luw, inuiiiidattiin, 1 j and above at!, the vidru., sincere. In.oust, i.ui I ruiHtukeii patrioiisiu of lh.** people ha Vo been 1»1- | vokr-d uphold it. But ihe principle bring ia* I dicaliy wrong, no lo.man power could • phoid it i h.ug, and in spite <>j uit tfiose powerful pro«.!s, our national (urren yis dep»eciaf* d more lii m lone thousand percent. I> :low g <ld and silver, lour hundred per cent, below notq.t.nded h. u -i»b, and prices uud p.t/urciati* are rapidly ad i jusiiug to the inexoiable faefe. Many \ unsound reasuna are yiven for tl.is state t t things <Uv the euppoi ters or up otjie.is this . i u;c oe policy, fireny aw e ahu persons iiti.o. honestly believe that lYvm Jlie pectiliurr.r rum stances which fciuroiind us, bullion is uo longer a slumlord id value or a tru • ui aaUio *.| ’ the deprecialion of our curreuc v. Thm tj ror h»a | produced iu finite cps'hief 1> i.u true that gold and hilvm d » rise <iiid fall 1 in value like, but iu n mm*'i lesi degree, than ! other Commod 1 lies, and it 11 mainly by ibid |va< j sou »h*i they base been adopt, d |>y uinnkind hi* 1 the standards ot vulim, and however they n. »y j 1 list*, or bail that iu tio degree fttfV. si ifieir valoe J ' hi um a tent **f the dcpr**ci»il»u’i <>t mien.»§• chto j e j ties; llitrv cerluioly Hill roumitt if i..q the t u u<- >f libla, yet i!i»: liioal acc*n it*-, uioasui* of tuck «!.•- >t I j.rociatioQ winch the wisdom «.f the world bus as t- j yet beeu able to discover. Tliia in no jdefein.-t r j picture f» i im lo behold, yet even :LLm is bt-tlar >* ; than the (ill more glo>my oufe fvhich u runt r,-. ! j ounce in the paths of error will h; codify p»e --•H rtc.it to our visions. The uio fright* !»-• ful; ti iuk pursue them a !tl*!e farther. Ui us v j suppose that we have live bundled mil lit* on of « | currency unvr id urculaiiou w«*/th fifty millions ■« !of standard bui'i.m, the issae of an n«ld:t>ou-t! *• j live hundred nidlion* of such currency will i,..t II add ft Single dollar to ilh value. Tile thoottan.l millions will be Woith no nmtuthau the lire hun- I ’ died million* Were before the last is.oie, to wil | fifty millions of bullion. The addition has only •t 1 deprtciaieJ the whole currency by one-half, unj r j thin depreciation will invariably exhibit ’it ,d* a*| m the riae of the eommoditieß ho which it n: i7 1 joe exchanged. The Gi*vei nment, therefor*, b t j e j expends the additional issue in commodities - ] loses first the whole nmount ot depreciation ex . isling ut the beginning of the issue, also all the 1 j additional depreciation produced by ns daily j - ; expenditure, and the noteholders I >se one half «d * tue value of their notes. It will therefore follow ' | that if the market price of wiieftt is eight dollars I J per bushel under the isbuc of five hundred ml!** t lious of Treasury notes, «l will be sixteen dollars ! per bushel under the isvue of a thousamS mil* < hone, and the sixteen dollars will be wotth *o ' more than tlie eight dollars, and will exc-bangr i i for no more of other commodities. This being the uniform law of currency when ! * you fix an arbitrary juice ou auy given com- I raodity and leave all other commodities to 1 1 4he natural operation of this law, you utterly i destroy all sound principles of exchange, and j tiiysl in the end rum the produce « of the regu lated commodity unless tbVy abaudon that b i bin ’ I uess at least to the exteutof producing a surplus, j This must be the effect of tins impressment uu» [ le?3 the law is throttled by the wisdoui and pow* j er of the p.-opie. But i« this priucjpJe true * « That i | coin modi lies will rise or fall in propoilioii ♦** u»*> j j X’t •i.ulinUUptl Os lM*.*M‘-y, I Hhfrnilie 88 K | fact which is m con trover lib le." This is the Itn* I gauge ol Mr. Ricardo, and he is supported b? ' j Adam Smith and all of the great writers and j thinkers ou currency who have flourished within the last bundled years. The same gr 4 *at truth i* ’ daily pressing itself upon our observation and I demonstrating itself before our eyes every day/ The pay of our officers and soldiers, the pay ot <he civil emplovees of the Confederate and State Governments, the compeusatiou of ail, either in military and civil life ut wages established on the old bans of a sound currency baa diminished and j is daily diminishing in real exchangeable value to a sum for which the actual necessaries of life cannot be purchased. They feel the misery and ; generally know not its law/ The capitalist lends bis money to the Govern* t meat, and finds at Ins first half yearly dividend j he receives in payment Treasury note:?, not worth ooestbird in money what ihey were when be ; made the loan. \et the Qorernment wonders i why people will not hoy its bonds, investments ! | in gold for the last six months hate been the ! I safest and among ibe best in the Confederate I 5U.ie.3,.. They hate paid one hundred per cent, j per mouth on the original investment, in Treasti- ! ■ry. notes. Can 1 say more lo expose the bound- i leas folly of cur present financial system ? Tbe j history of the currency ot our enemies, since the beginning of this war, is humiliating to us. j Neither had foreign credits,- both had powerful and established Stale Governments to back then), i Wc were united in favor of the War; they were j divided. They have kept twice the men in the field that we have upon half the money, and paid their soldiers better than wc have. Their Treas ! ury notes sel! at a discount of less than thirty | per cent; ours at more than one thousand ! Tbe j rewon is solely that their Government bp* better | understood and more firmly adhered to the true principled of currency than ultra In all else v. e had the advantage. 1 have endeavored to point out the main ditlieully in ourfiuanotal policy, and have, to the best of ay judgment, traced it lo its 1 true sunrce.excees in currency, not national Cebiltty ! * hara labored to iMurtrate ♦ c!,.aily uuU.r.tood, ! J,. 80 , * 1 *uh - > '7 ! “’ le iu the (,nce ,7 •*,„ cnrr ' 'i<'l u ' other cuuimodit,; but 1 do affirm r ol <ti m-iin elouieuiii, always 11J3 ' uud Other tbtuga being r M .ul ■•77 .V" «u., omuiuoditiee 11,list everywhere rm?!,r v pardon lotbw increase or .iiu,imit„, r , f ,! t i - ney nhleh eitcubttes them.” Su 1 . U '' • iikeu la the epplicadun ol Uus »nu',7"-' pre»eut cucuiiisiancee; Bonin,.. J, p “> Hxc.lleiii no n do tinuiv i!7il tUt | ouliai citciimetanoea gold nnu’ml , J? r w ; ■•itber ‘.be true etsudard of y,| lla “f* 01 »■; I ■*( «•* depreoiution ol * \ 1 Wlll nu l deby the iruib. bui J wilt llj '‘ vlelorence to Uurel putrlui. V„* ! ; nd , 7* public good - but i w,U l terrible Iruib,ne plmua, tb, neond M *uo . euv and every etuudurd which unv mlertio u - ran apply, und ala velocity rapid „„j 7 .*' jcre«tnj{. our curieccy is dfpiedaiiL il,“' uud Without ottr most vigorous efforts m'l,."" 4, I *"»y- *'«••» depreciation ~f u ’ “ 5 1 , WdN-etore. Whatever U.av be its regula Ul ,J "*■ : whatsoever.Btwudaid you may ts»t h, our monster evil. • “ The iniacbief la still will,in our ,h*o mav al.» remedy it, if.** have .Le w,auom7 ueas sad cotP.age which the crisis decani . iiivotvea our independence. We must d„ have no alternative which . dreiuau -1„„ ii . •wdri; any settlement wubthose miserable 7' ! creams on our northern border, short or I rte Pm ai»ou ah.l independence, would t* rt ih* ; ho m mall on of all evils which ev«*u ihj i o ‘ ,a 4 c ‘ ,u,J «« »a this ih ere , i *h*h:Vrr may be the cost in wealth ot a rtlurn-' a sound currency, we must piy -he peualtv past fully-and pay u now. This of cm retie? Uaviug iieeu shown to h*T a rw ,,.y I chiefly lrom the excessive of Treawir, j notes we cao ouly correct ih.a evil by stoLn.J | •usually any furtbor issue, auder soy proas’ , whatever, and b? redm-mg as rapidly as put.* ‘ j our prsssni oulsfantfiug issues. | t i Urge and tfinieut ineasurt!. t,. r ; their deduction, uuul they shall r 8 , | in value und appioxunafe as Bear Iy as o Ure , r . ! c.itmslauoes will stloyr, to the ataudsrd rsiue void and Silver. I mration and loans are the only ru -a?,* of taiuing Hits result.—taxation,. cooipishefUti simple, rigid aud equal. The present* •toes not possess these qualities u is i.di u uik qual und complex, vulgur prtri 1.1 J und will gather un übundaut harvest ot fr «nd perjuries. The tax in kiud principle i* loot to many grave objections. This mode of tm, ati.ui should never berea(»ned to when the etirr* cy is redundant, but with at! of ilsf&uila msy b*« mcessary evil whenever there u a great a e ticifciicy :u the circulating medium. The « ri , 4 , lion of such a law is necessarily ditto , ; U t UjiU ling, wasteful, aud productive of much irJ U j But certainly in Mir present coudtti.u canuoi be carried on end Iho current y i,asbiiici jby taxation alone—we must resort to loans ! i am not in the least discouraged by the ill merit* j ol the Government lately ia (uudiug itsTr*a«uif i uolcs. Treasury notes ate iu great excess, il holders m e anxiously huutiug tor u saie: prtifuablo iu vestineut for them. The (ioveruu. t u! s pei fectl y able to supply that want; heretofore ii has nt»t done Ho. Wc m»ist iesue new tuodj principal and inleiast payable in goldaau gi|f*f or then equivaloQi, aud adopt uoasurca to *ucli payment eel tain. Tins can he fa? umrtirag lug » specific port ion of the rcveoti-u, the new boud h«>lderH, adequate to the paysixQl ot both prim-1 pal and Intel eat us . act* tnay re spectively fall due, coupled wpli clear pru*m;.,Lj that their taxes Shall be until it* mortg iges ai<* paid, and that these ffcXea shall only be paid iu gold aud silver or the ooap-.&i of the bonds toi whisli they are pledged. By making the provision for our bond* ample al the beginning, so lhat uo future shall necessary to preserve the piiblte f*»p, we give the public creditor the bent pi>B*ib!«»a! •unty for Ins money which ive are able to«»R«r The overthrow of Governcuent will he Lis .i> danger, that caunot bn provided agsitiai. V- • ((realty lessen the chaucesol rtpudiatmo, tMnaux | in tins caae il would require ills direct eoorm iience-of the Fx jc.iti v« and both brunches ! tV.ugress to defeat the security; wberni*, mtb case of bonds charged on the gen»ral irwune, i il may be dsfaated by fun Fxecutivs or ailo«r i Branch ot Oougresa even -4he BMMKtKa t» ! oiiher would be fnlul to it. Whsture called tic Gotton li tas Bonds, thoogb they have hut oue t ihese principles engrafted upon them, lo it it' tie pay incut of interesi m cash, sell tor a large pre* in mi m. The fi'teeu millhu loro w»s based pro ciseiy on these priuciplfs, und although the ft «♦ er nm.'-ut has violated us pledge to pay then tkoods in coin, aud they nutter under the gnat# disa-ivautags ot being secured by uu-export duu on cottou* wtitcli is ro »d-t nearly uuavatlaDle t the present by the blockade, their market VAi*?-} • is neatly deubie that ot ail other eight per feu 1 bonds. These facts demonstrate Ihe s*iuudanw !of the theory which i advo*'uie. If the cud a UOildH had br(?fi StMtlli'nd L*v ii I'aiiil t*x, Ujjjll !'■: terms I bate britfiy sketched, Mdequun* tn tiani them, their coupons would instantly very near - ' apprex i.'naie to g-dd aud silver in value, ami the } pieioiimi upon them, payable in our curr=u : would bn taige. We ‘hum so', and th.it quickK; the public n* ' tereat uud public sahdy will uo longer t l a '«* luv. Our pretenl system is utterly .ueupp .i l»b - it is upsetting tbc very touudat'ioua of pnn I i ighio, woukeuin«r daily public confident »« i c use at home and abroad —sown g dtttigeriM diecoutenta aao»ug uie people, which aiedxi deepening aud widening. PaUriolirm d6inaii ! that &tt good men should unite to correct (f.u evils. 1 am, very roepetHfully, Tour obriliout servant, K Too a bi. b t»m \ • Most people wilt recollect one Coht.sivau.i' feast a peison cailiug fiiinsel! Gol. Kskvan. »*l Uguird here a?? a psitnei in the Coafedr u .Sword Factory, but whi.se b >ne»ty auu tide were verv much doubled, and troin whom to partner, Mr. Froelicb. whs coui|>ellsd to dissocww himself. 'lbis man rlstvau wusainero uJvowt uier, a e&brc?i, a soldier «»t tor tune, tic saidt* wua u iiuuqariao. i'erhaps he was. Ihe Hon* gariuus uio a gallant people, but even the u»-e; gailant and honorable people cau produce ntw.i thy peiaouS, and of this, Katvan, it he he idJ«?o a llungutiau, atlotils an Mlustration. Be hk-t !><-- a fencing muster iu Kichrn -nJ, and idea gi*v- ut tbe University ot V ugitiiu, aud had attached hioiseSf to <ieo. Wise an-l got on fils Blab, heuce hid aSsumptioU of the title of But. Del li seems that this man beinu found Out iu h«s plucLcos, aud COfflpotied to leave the fivUlL*. L»: comt out with u book entitled “Was Ficturw from the Suuib," by B. Fstvau, Col. ol Csvu'iy ic the Confederate army, Lmdhfi: K •utieUgc, W ar«.e and lion Hedge, in which book, ad we Icuro from. the L uduu Index, he abiidrs the B-.ulh h«v«>uJ measure and without situl -reprekenta Mr IbifiJ aud the leudcis of the .South as eugageJ m»t- “I and Ireacheroiis conspiracy against au tiCoUeul, just and equitable government, »;nd he held these views cveu while tendering h»s sei vicrs tu the Conic derated. The ludtx says: “ilia (Eatvan's) sketch a the Confederates from lust to lust betray a tan* cour that is perfectly inexplicable by anytloa* that is publicly kaowu of his history, li be L#u beeu publicly drummed out of their service cowardice, or detected in a treasonable curr**- pwudeucu and forced to tiy for bis life, be cotiiJ not rev lie them with more unscrupulous and u-i« j snaring hitt*<rnMa. lie pyinls them as I bruggarls uud bOftaiers, apt at talking, but by - oiean# ready to make good their boasts wbcti d I cauuc to light/’ Perhaps there may have bcu things about Katvau that the ljidex docs know, uud that the public is not fully posP-l about. We tLiuk lie was detected aud had Why he Wins allowed to escape we do not kuo*. Ao for bragging, and all that sort nfibiagi£W»& was certainly one of the most complete we ever Saw. Wc recollect once iu our littte sanctum, when lie got to lelliug of bis own f^ iW at (he Gauley Biidge, in Western Virginia, bow he drew his sword, ihrew lnmscifintoausttiluJr. struck out, howled and spluttered to that sundry persons rushed in, thinking thwie wus unude’ about to be committed .tic may be a brave mau, he may not. We don't know. * But Ins way l * talking did not quite harmonize with our q U!,2t uotious of such things. The moral of all this is, that we cannot «*■ k ' careful. Yonr mere a iventurers—soldiers ,J ‘ fi rluue,'mercenaries, Dugald jfnlgettri, «"« l,u ‘ ! sate companions. This man rial van is uow, as we learn, al f ranis torUou-lhu-Hatue; what his •ostensible bu i or pusition may be we do uot know, bill shoe I his leal position—that of a recruiting agent is i intercut and pay ot Abe Lincoln there seem lo be no doubt. Such are the sgenls t j fideia! Government employs, aud and upon w : ' i recruiting, aveu more than upon the draft; ; that Government rclv to lid up its deplet | ranks.— iFiUrungton Heralt. | Oik Torpkdoks Woheixc Will. --The Kic ’ mond Examiner says: ”Tne kankee gunb 1 Barney, injured by tbe explosion of a torpedo 1 hr- James, on tbe occasion of the recent gu*D p excursion up that rirer, is reported to hate set' between City Point r.nd Fortress Monroe, W“ being towed to the latter place. The «»“ papers adi.itled that tbe Barney, which "ss • wooden tub, was lifteddear oat of Ibe tester, the strain upon her timbers must have boBB her terribly*. We credit tbe report that shews ‘ gone under.’