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"WE WILL CLING IO THE PILLAES OE THE TEMPLE OE OHS LIEEBTIEsJklD IE IT MUST EALL, WE WILL PEBI8H AMIDST THE SUIHS. ? . .:.:*.? r. . . : . ?'.Ut : .? , .. .".?.y.v.-.M fi,-,. . . . - . .. - . . V ( I jfer? ; ' :i . '.. ?? ' .?> ?'''.I * >~ i&ty--." *'..' *' i *,?..?.. '?? ' ?? . -.':*? .. .... ?V7^ .. * -w . .. - .' '. " ?. ll ' 1 i c. *?^? *-it-t .? I t SDHIINS, D??lSOE L CO., Proprietors. . EDGEFIELD, S. C.,f EBR?ARY 4, 1863. VOLCME XIV311.-Ho; 5 The ?.rey?headed Father to his Mine ty? is dim, ny hair is grey My BUiuhood'a strength bas passed awi And with the brave I may not go On battle-field to front the fa?. Taint eye is sharp-thy liaaba are stroE Then np and join that glori?os throng. Sen to th? bravest never yield, * In deeds and daring OB yen field. Sternly now thy muakot grasp Around thy loins.the.ssbre'clasp ; t?o, with thine aged father's blessing, To gru s a the hosts our hornea oppressing Hone?, and forever, chas? their hordes, With Southern hearts and Southern ewo And wh?r? war's fires brightest burn, Be bra rest thoa, or ne'er return. Oh ! let thy deeds be each man's praise Each drooping bondsman's courage reis? Like the lighting flash thy steel, Till ?aven tyrants bleed and kneel. My son, now from me thou must go, Albeit thy heart's best blood may. flow ; What metters, if it waits thy name To liv.? for aye in deathless fame ? To that dreed hour be like the rock* 'Gain.t foemaa's tires and foeman't shock And ?ib?re tay?word did wildly sweep, May wany fathers come to weep. And siaouldst thoa fell upon that plath, And pillowed be upon th? slain. Oh ! a, ay mine eyes no mound then see> Tbat was not worthy, son, of thee. Ard when thou'st freed thy father land, Ai d childless near thy grave I stand, Though beat with years, I eft will turn Te gai.a upon thy funeral urn ; And, renting where thine-a.be? lie, I'll i h jut nut J the passer-by: " There fell my pride-my gallant son And here was freedom's fair fight won." KIT shall my tongue one sad word ?peak With love alone this heart shall breuk, Ix til J) y spirit heavenward flown, Shall greet my boy 'fore God's bright thrc -? ? . - ? From the Charleston Courier. Tb? Obligations of Citizenship. It refreshes our spirits and emboldens Confidence to call to mind tbe manifestai of tte Almighty's favor toward our ca And while it ia our duty to remember an cherish thee? marks of the loving kind of tie Lord, the glorious fact that he has ken [mri wi h a-, so far from cauMng ii relax our ? fforts and abate our vigilance, affect un properly,.will make us the mere iant, tie more patient, the more watch the more energetic. If with so just and noble a cause, appro and assisted by the God of justice and tn we fail from lack of courage, vigilance s enterprise, the failure will cover us with ul nal ahume and contempt. Tbe fact, tb that Ged ia with ns, that Ile ?aspires and recta our deliberations, plans and fights i battles, controls al! our affairs in the cou: chamber and on the field of battle, t strengthen and sustains the hearts of l people-tbat precious fact ?boult! make more faithful in the performance of our i ties, and more careful to abstain from o vt evil. It tie light of God's countenance shit upon cur cause, tbat cause bas claims up us thal; we dare not turn our backs upi The voice of Goremmeut is the voice God, and all ita requirements and common are clothed with authority and power, simply gives utterance to obligations wbi bave been binding by the Lord of all, ?nd making; known these duties, the Governine we ourselves created simply acts aa tbe orgi and imitrnmant of the King of Kings ai Lord of Lord*. This consideration vastly augments tl force of the obligations made incumbent 1 citizenship. And in refusing to meet thei in refuiiing to comply with tbe demands patriotism, we violate the commands Heaven, and are doubly criminal in the sig! of God. If influenced by unworthy considerntioi of any sort, we fail to do our part, in tim? .of peax?, in maintaiuing tbe majesty of tb laws of tba land, in correcting evils and abt ses in the Commonwealth, in elevating tb tone of public morals, and in the perfora ance of any of tbe duties tbe State mak? obligatory,' we ore guilty of grave ofleueei for which punishment hereafter shall be it flicted. How much blacker the crime an bow much severer tbi? punishment we sba receivi?, if we are recreant to those oblig. tions, when the very existence of that Gov .rnment is menaced by a bold and powerfu fee. It. iii then that patriotism calla upon ua ii loud authoritative tones. It is then that ou consci snces urge with the greater vehemence We may not counsel, under such ctrcumsten ces, with flesh and bleed, ambition, ea>e, in terent, fleshly delight*, mutt not be permittet to have anything Ito do with tbe determina tier of our minds. We?must turn a deaf ear u the bhindUhmenta of pleasure, the ?weeta o domestic happiness must become bitter'to om taste, wife, child, property must not interfere with '.he imperative claims of our country We m u*t forego for a space the gratification of the finer and more delicate feelings of oui suture. The times demetri sacrifices and nc aiatte ? how great the self-denial it must b? made. Every interest must be considered ai inferior to the public interest which is ex posed to peri!, and not only must we aban, doo ambitious prospects and gainful pursuits and not only must we bid adieu to tbe en dearments of home, and give our undivided and earnest attention to the work our country calls s pou ut to do, but we must be williup to lay our lives upon the holy altar a sac to principle and patriotism. These duties are made the more bin by the war our mean and wicked enen waging against us. For it is a war " w object is our subjugation or extermina He will be satisfied with nothing ul o ri of destruction or our thraldom. He purpos despoil us of our substance, to overthrow institutions, to subvert our liberties, tc grade our honor,' to inflict upon us ever; aginable woe and misery. All the intei that are most dear unite in enforcing claims of patriotism. They give utten to the same sounds. They are in perfect mony. We consult our highest profit in y i?g to the demands of our country. We charge our duties to our families by gire on the (.word. We d?fendeur domestics) tuaries by going forth to the battle aga the brutal invaders who would apply torch to those homes and stain the punt; their inmates. So that indeed we give cieap'st proof of cur affection for those profess to love by complying with the derna made upon us by the authorities of our im] illed country. Engaged ic a righteous cause, upon wh we can with propriety solicit the blessing Heaven, in the maintenance of which i made our duty to take part, he should stigmatized os a traitor who, from any ci sideration whatsoever, refuses to lend bis i in its support and achievement. Conden ed by public opinion, and at the bar of j own conscience, such a man should be i cursed. Letter front John .Martin. At a time when such Irish patriots as Mi eher are doing all in their power to 6ustt Northern despotism, it is pleasant to G afloat upon news-paperdom so feeling ai warm a letter as the following, from Jol Martin, one of the Irish exiles of 1848. is addressed to tbe Dublin Nation. His lc ter is held to be of so much importance th the Irish American of New York, a furioi war journal, feels it necessary, though with protect, to reprint it : RILBROXET, ROSTREVOB, Nov. 5, 18G2. To the Editor of the Nation : UKA?: Sin : My name has been mentiont in your paper ot last Saturday as that of sympathiser with the Southern Stutes, in tb war which ie at present raging in America, am a sympathiser with the South. And sine the fact is now publicly stated, I desire, wit your kind permission, to say a few words b way of explaining and dt-fiuing my sympathy Both parties are our kindred, our frietidi our benefactors. Ireland bas no quarrel wit either, but is bound to Loth by the stronge* ties of affection and interest. The Irbb rac hat? contributed largely to the people of tb Southern as well as of the Northern States and the Irish in America, like all other Ampi ican citizens, have to take part in this wa with the Statp, of which they happened to b residents. The most honored and trusted o our political exiles ara upon opposite sides Mitchell is with the South, Meagher is witt the North. Williams and Doheny hs,vo diet since the war broke out-the one a soldier o the South, the other leaving his sons in arinf for the North. Those noble Irish hearts now cold in American grave?, surely both o them burned' with the most intense love foi Ireland. In ahort, it ia a war between States and populations ?rho are all allied to us by blood, who are ali entitled to our eternal gratitude hy th? munificent charity with which they strove to feed our people when starving un der the English rule, who have all constantly afforded a friendly refuge to our people when driven from their native country by the curse of that rule, who have all shown pity for our Bufferings under a foreign yoke, and given sympathy and encouragement to our aspira tions after independence. To a mere -Irish patriot, the honor and prosperity of North and of South are c-quallj dear. What a spec tac"e for him-the North and the South con tending against each other as the deadliest of enemies 1 If he feels that bis voice can have no intluence over the combatants, he may well be silent, while, like the O'Donoghue, he ga zes upon the fratricidal conflict " with stream ing eyes.'* - But, though such considerations as these havo hitherto withheld me from any public declaration tis to the right and wrong in this unhappy wur, they have not prevented mefrom the free expression of my sentiments among my friends, and in conversation. And latter ly I have begun to doubt the propriety of keeping silence, while strenuous efforts are being made by several persona to represent all the true Nationalists of Ireland as parti sans of thc North, and to prove that tie hopes of our national cause depend upon tbe success of th?j North in this war. It was, therefore, with a fe&ling of relief that I read your article.of last Saturday and the letter of your correspondent, who signs himself " An Iriah American." At all event*, let the truth bo known. All true Irish Na tionalists are not partisans of the North in this war. I do not believe that a majority of them are partisans of the North. Certainly I am not. I desire and hope that the North may never succeed in its attempts to subju gate the South. I sympathize with ray whole heart with the people of the South defending their homes and liberty agaiust tho invading armies of those who were lately their follow citizens, to whom they have done no wi and of whom they desire nothing but t allowed to depart in peace from the poli partnership which they dislike. Resis hostile invasion, fighting to save themst from the yoke of a conquerer, the peop the South are defending a just and holy ct and-they are defending against treinem odds, with such gallantry, endurance, dev patriotism, heroic virtues, as have never 1 surpassed in the whole history of wara of dependence. A most noble people has there to taki place among the nat io is, and, springiuj arms in defence of its lights, has at once seuted before the world a national arra; good and beautiful -that; the proudest of pires might emulate it. fa statesmanship military genius, in the courage and discip that make up for inferiority of numbers i of arms, in the devotednesa of the worn in the lofty spirit of national honor that < mates a unanimous population, the So possesses defences that entitle her to the ' tory. But the victory is not always to righteous cause, nor to the best and bray It may be that the greatly superior resour of the Northern States will enable them time to exterminate the defenders of t iou th, and to subjugate the country. I h< not. But victors or vanquished, my sy pathies are wholly with the people of 1 South. I fiad that I have enlarged so much in t mere expression of my individual feelii concerning the war between the North a South/ that I must not attempt in this lett to argue the question between them, nor discuss the bearings of the war upon our Tri national policy. Indeed, it may suffice say, that I agree in everything with your le' ing article, and also vdt h the letter of "1 Irish-American." I am, dear sir, sincerely yours, JOHN MARTIN. --? ? . A poor woman of Campbell County, Vi sent nine sons to the war in one company the 42d Regiment, one of whom wita belo conscript agc, One of these has died of di eaj-e, another hat? been crippled by a woun but the remaining seven are now " present fi rhity." Well, this mother of the Graccbi *aid Gracchi being uuable to go to see her catuo to b?Vthem the other day. She iii aboi iixty years cf age, but walked to the pot where her boys were cn picket a*, the timi from Guiuey's station, lifteen miles distant, i an incredibly short spitce of time. Do yo wonder now at the per formance of Jackson1 loot cavalry, when they have such mothers But to go on with the ??tory : The nceorn pliai ed officer now in command of the 42d bavin mentioned these fucts to Gen. Jones, it wa decided first, that the beat ambulance in tb brigade should convey lier back to Guiney' * believer it should please her to return; am second, that she should dine with himself am staff. Hearing that the wife of oue of thi nine, as well as another woman, the mothei of three soldiers of the same regiment, hat accompanied the old lady, they too were invi ted. Dinner passed oil' very pleasantly. Ont of our guests, (the mother of thc three,) con vinced us that we soldiers of Ute second wai of independence were much better off thar those of the first, by telling us that she hac often heard her father, who was a Reveltition ary soldier, tell hts bjys that they didn't know nothing-that he had often waded through snow a foot deep in his bare shirt tail ! Goon FOR GE.V. JOHNSTON.-The Mobile correspondent of the Courier report? the fol lowing rare instance of military modesty in letter dated the 24th : Night before last he was serenaded at thc residence of General McCall, with whom he was sojourning, by quite a mob of Mobilians. They called for him loud and long. Finally he appeared, whereupon three loud shouts were given for the hero of Manasaas, to which he replied : M Gentlemen, the hero of Manas saa is not here to-night, he ?9 in Charleston." Three cheers were then given for the hero of Seven Piues. Tp which he replied : 44 Gen tlemen, no one man was ever the hero ot" Seven Pines. In that bloody hattie there were many heroes under our flag, and the very noblest of them were from Alabama." Where upon he made his bow, said " good night," and retired amid Shouts and cheers that he did not stop to answer. THE CAMP ITCH-A REIIEDT TUKBEFOR. A gentleman who has had much experience in the treatment of that loathaomd disease, the Itch, sends us the following recipe for ita cure ; Dear Express : For the bene6t of our sol diers suffering with catup itch, 'i you think proper, you may publish the following : Take Iodide of Potassium GO grains lard 2 ounce.-, mix well, and after washing the body well with warm soap suds, rub the ointment over the perron three times a *eek. In seven or eight days the Acarus, or itch innect, will bo destroyed. ' In this recipe the horrible efTectB of the old sulphur ointment are obviated. I speak knowingly in thu treatment. MEDICO*. We publish this rert;?e with pleasure as we understand there ia ereat bullering in the ar my from the effect* >f this dboase. The rem edy is a very simple one, and within the reach of all who ar? near an Apothecary store. Petersburg Expre?. Acts Passed by the Legislature. AN ACT TO SUPPRESS T?TSDUE DISTIL LATION* OP SPIRITUOUS Liguons FROM TUL CIR SAL GRAINS OP THIS ?ATE. Be il enacted by the Senate end House of Represntatioes now met ana&ti?ing in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the ratification of this Act, it shall be unlawful toJnistill, or cause to be dititilled, or be concerned in the distil lation of Spirituous Liquors" fiom corn, wheat, rye, barley, rice, or any of ?he cereal grains within the limits of this State) except as here inafter provided ; and any person or persons who shall distill, or cause totbe distilled, or be concerned in the distill: ?>n of the grains, or any of them aforesaid, ia violation of the ptovisions of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeaner, and mon conviction in the Court of Sessions, in addition to forfeiting their stills and other apparatus used in the distillation, shall be imprisoned not less than six month*, nor more than ?wo years, and be fined in any sum in the discretion of the Court, not Jess than one thousand, nor more than five thousand dollars-two hundred and fifty dollars of which shall go the informer, who shall be a competent witness to prove the fact ; Provided, that existing cont mets made with the Medical Purveyor of th6 Confederate Government for distillation of whiskey, or alco hol mar ' e executed according to their terms ; at?'' rovidtd further, that the. Governor, if satisfactorily informed that a ijupply of spirits, which cannot be otherwise obtained, is abso lutely necessary for medicinalpnrposes in this Stat?, may contract with a proper number of responsible and skilled agents, in any one or more of the Districts, to manufacture a limi ted quantity of pure spirits, at a limited and reasonable price, strictly for medicinal pur poses,'taking care that such proper disport:;:: of the product is made as to secure itu appli cation alone to the purposes intended. Sec. 2. That agents thus appointed, before entering on the execution of .their contracts, shall enter into bond payable -tc the State in a suin equal to treble the value.of their con tracta rexpectively, with two?'or more good sureties, before the n'- ' District that th. shall be limited is'mentit will turn by the ( may be e tte Court . uvHivuH ; and shall also take I and subscribe an oath before the Clerk of the j Court, to be filed in his office, that they will truly comply with the terms of their contract, | and will distill no more, nor dispose of any ! portion of that distilled, otherwise than is mentioned in th* ir said contracts, upon which ! oath, if violated, perjury may he assigned in the Court of Sessions. Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the I Magistrates of this State,* in their respective j Districts, to see that the provisions of this j Act are enforced, and if. from personal obser vation or information on oath, it shall come to the knowledge of any one of them, that any person or persons, are engaged, or have been engaged, in unlawful distilling, it shall bj the duty of such Magistrate to issue his warraut commanding the airest of the party or parties, and the seizure of the still.i sud i other apparatus used in the distillation ;. the j party or partie*, to be held to answer tu an indictment aa herein provided, and the stills i and other apparatus seized to be detained, ? pending the prosecution, and on conviction to j be appropriated to the public use, as may be ordered by the Coiirt. SKC. 4. That every Captain of Patrol shall, j in his regular return to the Captain of the Beat, report any violations of this law, and said Captain shall immediately report the fact to (he ucarest Magistrate for action thereon. Sse. 5. That this Act shall continue in ex istence for *\x months after a treaty of peace with the United Sutes, and no longer, in the Senate House, the eighteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and in the eighty-seventh year of tho sover eignty and independence of the State of . South Carolina. V7. D. PORTER, President of the Senate. A. P. ALDRICH, Speaker House Representatives. A TERRIBLE.OCCURRENCE AT HAVANA.-A terrible and heart rending catastrophe occur red in Havana, on ?ec G th, at the Plaza Tor res- Bullring, Mr. Vanni, the celebrated tight rope walker, and rival of Olondin, ad vertised among the many wonders that he would perform on the tight-rope, the ce try ing of his wife across the rope stretched from ont- side of the ring to the other, at the heigh t of about sixty feet, upon his back-a feat he had performed in other places. He started with the lady'up.m his back, and had nearly finished his jouncy across, within about four feet, when the audience applauded the daring act it seemingly being completed ; and the lady, in acknowledgment of that applause, loosened her hold upon her husband's neck, and waved her bands, and on the instant of doing BO, she discovered that she bad last her balance, and called to her husband to catch ber, as she was falling. This he attempted to do, and caught her by the skirt of her drew, but tb* frail fabric was nc-, of sufficient strength fo sustain her with the impetus given to her fall, and, oh horror, the dress gave way, leaving a piece in the unfortunate man1., hand as he hung suspended from the rope, sustaining himself by the joint of his knee by means of which he had buved himself, and she went down crashing upon the seals that ascend from the curb of the ring to the top of the inclosurr. She was taken io baud by the ladies in the neighborhood, and every thing that could be done was done. It is said that from $10,000 to ?20,000 will be raised by subscription for the child she bas left behind. The Extortioner. Of all the various beasts of prey That thirst for bloody gore, fl That sneak sad prowl, relentless slay, Whose constant cry is more, There's none like him whose eraring maw, V7ould fill bis coffers by this war. No beast, of wlioh w? ever read, Would prey upon bis like ; Whoso craven boart, to feeling Jet J, J] Would 'gainst bis species strike ; 'Tis left to man, man's high estato, To do the deud he'd execrate. Aye, can it be-alas ! 'tis so All " Shylock's" are not dead There's those who wring the heart with woe, That take the orphan's bread, Whoso monicd might tho poor oppress, Who should relieve, but make distrsss. Now is the time we all should .-triru To do all thc good we can ; Not hy our neighbors' sufferings thrive, Hut help our fellow man; And, in a measure thus requite, Our being absent from th? "fight." But rest assured, the hearties man, Tho meaner than the beast, Who speculates on what he can, While others starve, to feast Murk what I say, believe it well He'll surely die and go to h-ll. . Extortion. Ai a meeting of the Committee on Extor tion it ww resolved to send for persons and . nee of this determination, ught before the Comniit . of one of the first class lowing proceedinga were are aware, Mr. Boniface, ito every man's feelings man's operations byjPhi invariable rule of right. Gross outrages have been perpetrated on thc community by the extortionate and intolera ble charges of every class of people. We in tend to make the cormorants disgorge their ill-got gains, and.to institute such regulations as will render it impossible for them to repeat their iniquities. You have been summoned as the representative of your croft, and you will make true and faithful answers to thc questions that may be propounded. .Yr. Boniface.-I am at your Honor's ser vice. Question.-What do you charge a day for board ? Answer-Eight dollars. Q.-What did you charge in April, 'Gi 7 A.-Two dollars. Q-On What principle do you justify this vast advance in your rates ? A.-The advance in all the articles of con sumption. Tea U now ?12 a pound, then $ 1 ; coffee 12 ceuts, now $4 ; epgs $2 a doz en, then one shilling ; oysters $8 gallon, then 50 cents ; turkeys $8 a piece, then 37 j centa> &c, &c. Q.-Well, suppose we reduce these articles to the then prices, could you not afford to re duce your rules 7 A.-By no means. That wou'd ruin nie. These high prices justify my high rates ; but I take care not to uso these articles at all. My hens have not Juegan to lay, therefore I furnish no eggs, aud make a clear gain of the ? original shilling-and so with oysters, tur- j keys, tea and coffee. Thc North Carolina hen-nest grass constitutes my tea and genuine Virginia rye-o my coffee. Q.-What are your profits ? A.-Very inconsiderable-I ' suppose they do not much exceed $40,000 per mouth. Chairman.-That will do, Mr. Boniface {ot the; present-you may retire ; the Com mittee ivill take order in your case.-Rich mond Whig. "--*-*r*-' Tip GBEAT ANTI-LINCOLN MEKTIXG AT SPRINGFIELD, III.-In the St. Louis Repub lican of Jan. 7th, we find a brief report of-an immense meeting of the conservatives of UH nois, held at Springfield, on the evening of Jan. 5th. The correspondent of the Repub lican says it was a large and imposing as* semblege. The hall of the representatives was crowded to suffocation, and th? most enthusiastic applause greeted every expres sion of the speaker which denounced Lin coln's proclamation, and a war carried on for the purpose of freeing the slaves of the South. The committee on resolutions submitted the following which was unanimously adopted amid great applause : Resolved, That tbp emancipation procla mation of the President of the United States is as unwarranted in military - ns in civil law -a gigantic usurpation, at once converting the war, professedly commanced by the ad ministration for the vindication of the anthe r ?ty of the Constitution, into a crusade for the sudden, unconstitutional and violent etnao cipatiou of three millions of negro slave result which would not only be a total version of the Federal Union; but a rt lion in the social organization of the Sc ern States, the immediate and remote, present anJ. far-reaching consequence which, to both races, cannot be coutempi without the most dismal forebodings of ror and dismay. The proclamation inri tes servile insu tiou as an element in this emancipation sade and means of warfare, the inhume and diabolism of which are without txai in civilized warfare, and which we denot and which the civilized world will, deno'i as an ineffaceable disgrace to the Amer name. . ? ? From the Southern Enterprise. Are Confederate Bonds a Sole and B ii table Interment ? I have been asked by several persons ti :I think of Confederate eight per cent. Bo as a safe and paying investment ? Al me, in your paper, to say a few .words, wh if heeded, muy help the Government, anc the same time put money in the pockets those among us now investing funds. I th Confederate Bonds eminently safe, but e cess as a Government is now only .a quest of time. I have never believed in a sh war-nor do I at present see reasons for lieving it will terminate for eighteen mool or even a year longer tbau that. But i final success is now sure. If we Bucee ; Confederate bonds are the best investmi any one cati have, besides measures v soon be taken, to add State endorsements thc; Confederate debt. :(f so, uew bonds will be issued thus endo ed, and these bonds will be (.Mered fina! in exchange for the present ft per cent*, such an exchange, thc present bonds will woith from fifteen to twenty per cent, abo par-so that if the guaranteed bonds are so to ether parties for fifty per cent, premiui they will be ?old to those having the pig per cent, bonds at thirty to thirty-five. Und such circumstances, one who now buys Co federate fight per cent, bonds, Trill get f them not only an interest of eight per cen but also in two years a premium bf ti : teen < twenty. Adding this to the iuteresf, tl owner of these bonds will make or them fi teeu'tp eighteen per cent, ayear for two ycai teiHneir, i?eobofe*^ seU-t&eui- for a cur rei cy better than that he now pays for them or if he prefers, get instead of them guarai teed bonds at les3 rates than others. Another inducement to buy Confedcrat Bonds is, that as soon as our ' urrency is prc perly improved, (and the prospects of this ar bright,) the Confederate Government will pa its interest in specie. And still another rea sou in connection with this is, that if tin Government pays out specie for interest 01 its bonds, it will require tuxes to be paid ii specie. Those who hold tho bonds will havi specie enough from the interest of their bondi to pay their taxes, but others will have ti buy the specie for taxes, at whatever ma; be charge '. As long as we hold Conf?d?ral Bonds, we need not be afraid of taxes paya ble in specie, but those who do not hold thea are constantly in danger. In what I have said above, I have gone or the supposition only of the value of these bonds while the war lasts. The very mo ment we have; peace, their Value as compar ed with other.-; will be greatly enhanced. In truth, every other kind of security will then go down, and these bonds will rise. If we had peace to-morrow, no one would take less for Conferate bonds than forty to fifty per cent, premium. I will be gild at any time to give further information to any of my constituents or oth ers. I write i:he above because I am satis fied if the citizens of this District know the advantage of this investment, a large amount will be added to that already contributed. I trust it will lead many to call on my friend, Hamlin Beaty, Esq., the Agent of the Guv ernment, and obtuin the bonds. Let all nee to it, too, that they get the bonds which have the longest time to.run. They aw? by fur the most valuable; .TAJIKS P. BOYCE. --. ? ? Sinking of the Hatter:?*. We have received through the kindness of r, friend, a copy of the New Orleans Picayune of the l?th imU., from which we obtain the following particulars of the sinking of the Federal war vessel Hatteras, spoken of by* UB last week. OFF GALVESTON, TEXAS, ) January 13,18fi3, \ Correspondence of the Kew Orleans Delia. Of the. first Galveston dieter you know all. The rebuts occupy the city with a Krong force of five thousand or seven thousand men Thc city is well fortified with batteries all around. On Sunday evening a strange sail appear- J cd olT the harbor. The gunboat Hatteras went in chase about seven o'clock. A heavy fire was soon siter, heard, and the sloop of war Brooklyn and the gunboat Scotia started in pursuit. The firing ceased hefore these '< vessels reached the spot-some twenty miles ; from Galveston. At daylight next day Capt. ? Lowry, cf the Scotia, picked up a boat con j taining an otficer and five men, belonging to the Hatteras. They reported that at seven j o'clock, on Sunday evening, the Hatteras ! I ranged up alongsideof a steamer, which look- ' ' ed like tho Alabama she was ; hailed by Capt.; Blake, and replied that ? I ana her Britain Majesty's steamer Spitfire." Capt BU said : K Ilea ve to-will seud C boat aboat of you." ? boat was lowered-the one'ar) ken of as having been picked up. Just as this boat shoved off, tbe strang steamer opened a furious lire on the; Hat lera, Both vessels then engaged in he.ce combat running ahead of the boat ; but soon afters say about twenty minutes-the 'officers,' t ibu boat saw. the U&lleras stop, evident.; crippled ; then there was loud cheering oe board the rebel steamer. The Brooklyn alu Scotia cruised all night, and next nj arni n| found tbe wreck of the Hatteras sank io ulm fathom water. Some of her boats were pick ed un, which contained arma and blood? clothe-7. But the victor bad disappeared. Thc Hatteras was a purchased iron veatel, aist?i to the steamer St. Mary. She was unfit foi a man-of war-having no powers of endur ance. lier battery consisted of three small rifled guns and four short o2*poandcrs. The rebel bad heavy guns-G8-pouoders by thc sound. 'Opinion diner- to who she was. Some think she was from Mobile and uot the " 200.'' ---- ? ? ? Lincoln's Message iu England. The English press bas thoroughly ana to mat iz ed Lincoln's message and find but little in it worthy of comment except that part which refers to " compensated emancipation :" The London Post-the Governmen* organ -says that the message is as unsatisfactory ts might have been anticipated, and that it is particularly valueless as an index of the political course to be pursued by the Govern ment. In referring to the emancipation scheme this jourtal remarks that it " clearly proves that thc President has lost faith-if, indeed, he ever possessed any-in the preposterous proclamation which some montba aince he ?-sued for the emancipation < f all the slaves in thc Southern Confederacy on the first of January," and that '* the President is evident* ly apprehensive that the incoming year may i?monstratc but too clearly to the world bow dender is the .minority which he exercises in :hose States which be professes to mle; and he K anxious, while there is yet time, to .avoid yeing placed iu an undignified position. The Times says " that towards the South' Mr. Li nev lu's Message to Congress ia less a ? hreat than a bid for peace ; that the scheint); : of emancipation announced is such as we-;. might fancy Mr.-travis and his .Cabinet; re? wmrhending to the Confederate'States, ifthej/. were hard pressed by the enemy and desired ?. :o guin the active good will of the Europeanv Powers ; but that the Union should be re<:\ stored by such a simple process as this, and * ihould emerge out of this great strife steadied >y a debt of some three thousand millions of": lollara, and purged from its curse slavery, iv:: ire are afraid, the dream bf ? 'very weak V nan." It concludes its article by saying that .;0 ;le whole scheme is a labored substitute for s'< ;he edict of September last. '-. The London News, the orgaaof the Exeter ' Hall or Abolition party, says thaj, " in muk- K, mg his present proposition to Congress, Mr. w' Lincoln, fur from revoking any of his former u: Kilicy, and nullifying tbe proclamation of ', Sept. m>jr last, simply fulti's a pledge which . ?se gave them that, in the next session of : Jongress. be would recommend a measure - jli'ering compen-ation to" tbe loyal owners of "r daves,*' aud adds that '' the froemeu of the S?rth have it in their power, if they are worthy of their cauee, to destroy, root and branch, the monstrous growth which-la* cursed their country." - The Manchester Guardian in its comments upon the message, remaiks thu there are some points of interest in it, though they do - aol bear on either the duration'or issue ol the war. It adda that President Lincoln nor his .' Uongreas-have any power to legislate for ala- ' j very in the Southern Confederacy, and it has !ong been* evident that nothing they can say ir do on that subject will affect the determi nation of the South to establish its complete independence, and thinks " we should have beard nothing of the project if it bad not been - lor thc succtsu of the Demociat* in the late ?kctions."' Thc Liverpool Mercury regard? the ?m?n-' oipatiou scheme proposed as a prospect for a pacific settlement of all difficulties between . . the North and the South on the basts of an. amended Federal Constitution, bot abstain? i rom any criticism of the proposition upon the ground that there is not the slightest pro bability that it will ever become a subject of practical discussion. It says, that k on the whole there seems a more subdued and mod erate tone throughout tbe present mea**ga than wc have observed in any former utter, ance of tbe Washington Government tinco the commencement of tho war, Minister Adama, in t letter to Seward, dated London, October 17th, says that In his opinion the recognition of thc thsUrgcnta bow depends almost entirety oft thc future of tl? . .". wan If We prove ourselves by.Ftbrttiry . next no more able to control itt resalta tha i we are at this moment, lt will be difficult for Ministers longer to resist the current of sen timent tending in that direction tn both Houses of Parliament. -?-#-?- -J- ' CHEAP BLACKING.-To a tea-cup of molas ses stir in lampblack until it in black, then add the white of two eggs, well beaten, and, - to this add a pint of vinegar or whiskey, and put in a bottle for u?e--?hake it beforeosmg. the experiment is at least worth a trial, aa tbe - price of blacking has so rapidly advanced ?inca; the blockade, . lr .. ,-v, iwat ,C f