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Vol. Ill] CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNTNG-, MAY 11, 1864. . , CNo.. 6. I
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Camden, Wednesday, May 11. (
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The News from the Seat of War. (
All interest is now centered in its
greatest intensity upon the momentous ,
events now transpiring along our whole ,
border. " We give in our telegraphic,
column the latest news, it will be. seen ,
that whilst brilliant success still attends j
our arms in the Trans-Mississippi we 1
have cause for profound gratitude to God j
for the signal repulses which wc have in- .
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uivieu upuu me eueiuy iu Virginia. ,<
Upon this latter point hangs, to a great ; ?
extent, the destiny of our cause and ,.
- country. Successful hero, the consc
quences cannot be exaggerated aid it is ; ^
on this account that throughout the ex- .
tent of our laud the contest i$ watched | (
with intense and breathless interest. I ]
But however successful we may be the ;
heart s'ekens when we reflect upon the ]
long list of gallant spirits who have given
up their lives upon the alter of patriot- j
ism. Thus'private anxiety combining1
with public feeling makes the present a j
time never to he forgotten.
The Daily Bulletin.
IV e have received the first number of
the Daily Bulletin, published by W. K.
JtouoERS, Esq. The Bulletin is neatly
printed, the typography good, and we
have no doubt will receiva the eucourngement
due all similar enterprises,
where a necessity is felt for the liberal
and extensive diffusion of knowledge. i
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Kingville Hotel.
By reference to advertisement in
another column it wHl be seen, that j
Messrs Bates & Miller, have opened :
the above named house, with a view of
* 5accommodating the travelling public with j
the .substantial, such, as may be required |
" to give relish and sustain life. We have
no doubt jjyat. under the auspices of these
. ? ""gentlemen the reputation the house enjoyed
under the superintendancc of Mr.
Freeman, some*t)ine years since, will
suffer nothing, during the administration
of the present management. When we ,
recommend this house to the many who ;
- , pass to and from our section, we do it, t
feeling that we are responsible for- the !
same, having enjoyed, recently, the bes^
meal we have partaken at a railway station
since the war begun.
An Incident of Gen Longstreet
During the Mexican campaigu, Lieut.
Gen. Longstreet was in command of a
company of regulars, and while engaged, j
observed a Mexican taking deliberate
aim at him from behind the corner of a
house. The ball whistled by without
injury. Longsteet himself hadamus1_
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set, uuu on mo re-appearance ot tne
. Mexican, both fired almost simul%
taneousl/and without effect. The General
now rccallod to mind a recommendation
of his uncle, Judge Lo.ngstreet,
the author of the famous "Georgia
Scenes"?which was, "Use buck-shot in
close quarters; and takiug from his fcartridge
box a bullet, he deliberately seated
himself on the ground, and with the aid
of^irock and his pocket knife, cut the ball
into slugs "and reloaded. The Mexican
made his third appearance. The cool of- '
ficer drew sight, fired, aud the Mexican
fell. We do not remember to have seen <
this incident in print, but it is so char- ]
acteristic of the gallant Lieutenant Gen?
? - eral who has occupied a prominent place:
in the affections of our people during the i 1
present war, that we commit the waif to i .
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me oroaa sea or public circulation. Since |
that time, probably a volume of incidents j j
related, equally characteristic the indif- j
ference of Gen. Longstreet uuder fire i1
might be collected. (
A Sad Incident.?The wife of a sol- i
diers on SulHvan Island recently visited 1
bim in camp, and carried with her deli- 1
oacies from home. Shells had not been I
' thrown on the island for two cx three r
days, but while the lady was setti&g in
the midst of a group of friends, the' en- I
emy opened, and the ve;y first missile ?
desended and exploded in her lag, killed u
two men around hoc, mortally wounded c
another, tore off one of her arms, her s
t limbs, and shattered her entire frame, J
Strange to say, she lingered' soveral days b
in this agonized condition and finally ?
died in the hospital.
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Latest- From The Seat of War.
rhe Battles on the Rapid AnnContinued
Success of Our ArmsOfficial
Despatches from Gen
Lee?General Jenkins Killed
and Generals Longstreet and Pegram
Severely Wounded?Fighting
Continued all day Friday
and Saturday?Movements on
James River, &<*., &c.f &c.
Orange C. H., May 6.-We have the
"ollowing additional particulars of the
lighting on Thursday:
Hetji's and Wilcox's divisions were
;ngaged- They cheated and drove hack
:hree corps and two divisions of the en;my.
Lane's North Carolina brigade last
light surprised and taptured three huuIred
prisoners.
From 3p. in.., until nightfall there
was very heavy musketry fighting. But
little artillery was engaged. Cook's
origade fought well and suffered a heavy
loss. Thomas*and McGowan's brigides
(the latter consisting entirely of
sout-h Carolina troops) also suffered considerably.?Itosser,
with hi* single brigidc,
fought Wilcox's whole division of
i'aukee. cavalry,.driving them back at all
point*
The fighting has been rcsun^d this
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^Friday) morning. It is reported aud
believed that we are driving them. About
300 uiore prisoners have been received
liere, and more arc on the-way. Gen.
Benning was slightly wounded this morning,
in the arm, and Gen. Pcgiam in
the knee.
The battle field is about twenty-five
miles below here. The Richmond ambulance
committee have arrived lieiT.
The press correspondent left fur the
battle field this morning.
later?the battle ox- friday, *
Orange C. H., May 0-9, p. m.-Tke
attack of enemy this morning was very
violent, but it was repulsed in every instance.
A strong effort was tuade to
turn our right. We drove them on our
left but their line resisted stubbornly
on the right. Longsireet, however, fi
nally forced them to give way.
General Longstrcet received a severe
wound in the shoulder, and General
Jenkins, of south Carolina, was mortally
wounded. Col. Brown, of Georgia,
of the-Virginia Artillery, was killed.
Amongst tiie otper casuaiuies reported
8re the following: Colonel James
D. Nance,* South Carolina regiment,
killed; Colonel Miller, 12th Soutu Carolina
regiment, killed; Lieutenant Colonel
Bookter, 12th South Carolina regiment,
mortally wounded ; Lieutenant
Colonel Franklin Gaillard, 2d South
Carolina regimcut, (and formerly editor
of the Columbia Carolinian.) killed.
The fighting w^s principally with
musketry, the ground being unsuitable
fot the use of artillery. The battle was
fought near tlrtf "Wilderness," and the
enctny has been pushed back nearly to
Chanfeellorsville. Everything looks well.
The Yankee General Wadsworth, who
was the Abolition candidate for Governor,
against Seymour, in the last New
York election, was killed. Up to -this
time seventeen hundred prisoners have
been received here.
Ufc.NKKAI. Jifct ft UrtlUlAU UXSr.AlUM.
Richmond, May 9.?The following
has just been received at the War office
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Headquarters, )
Abtmt Northern Vio^ja, May C. j
To the Secretory, of ]\ar:
Early this morning, as the divisions
ofGcueral Hill, engaged yesterday,were
being relieved, the enemy advanced,
creating some confusion,; but the ground
lost was recovered as soon as our fresh
troops got into position, and the onemy
fras driven back to his original line.
Atterwaras, we turned tne iert oi his
"rcsh Hue and tfcove it from the field,
caving a large number of dead and
vonded in our hands?amongst them
jreneral Wadswortij.
A subsequent attack forced the enemy,
nto bis entrenched lines on the IJrook
[toad, extending from the Wildernessravern,
on the right, to Trigg's Mill,
'ivery advance on his part, thanks to a
nercifulGod, has been repulsed.
Our loss iii killed is not large; but we 1
tave raanv wounded?most of them
lightly, the artillery having been little
wed on either side. I grieve to anlounce
that Lieutenant. General Longtrcet
was severely. wounded, and Genera! i
Jenkins killed. General Pegrajn was I
iadly wounded yesterday. General
Stafford, i4 is hoped will recover.
(Sigaed^) It. E. Lee.
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Saturday's despatches.
Richmond Ma}' 7.?The chief Moni- j
tor of the enemy's fleet in James River 1
is the Onondaga, which has just been j
finished in New York. The Yankee t
gunboat destroyed by one of our torpe- !
does yesterday was blown into fragments. J
The official despatch says that hardly a .
piece as big as a rovvboat was left. After
the explosion, the rest of the fleet
stopped.
Nothing has been heard of the situation
of affairs on 'the Rappahannock this
morning. Grant's plan was to turn our
right and get between Lee and Richmond
Longstrect turned the enemy's left and
was p isiiing hitu back steadily when he
received his severe wound. * He was
shot, owing ton mistake, by som: of our
own^mcn, of Mahone's brigade, audGcn. j
Jenkius was killed by the same brigade, j
Gen. Kershaw commanded McLnws'
division with distinguished .honor. Rattle's
Alabama and Gordon's Georgia
brigade suffered severely.
Biwnniv's FffiiiTixo
[Au interruption of telegraphic comI
riiunication with Richmond on Saturday
afternoon, which was not restored. until
a late hour Sunday night, has prevented
the receipt of the expected press despatches
in regard to the operations of
Saturday. Private telegrams, however
received on Saturday, before the [interruption
took ph.co, render it certain
; that the conflict still continued on that*
! day, w ith encouraging results.?Ed literI
j LATEST OFFICAL DKSPATCFI FROM GEN.,
LEE
; Geli. Gordon turned the enemy's ex'
frcme right yesterday evening, and drove
. him from his rifle pits.
Amongst the prisoners captured are
Generals Truman, Seymour and Shalloc.
A number of arms were aBo taken.
The enemy has abaudoned the Gcrmania
Ford Road, and removed his pontoon
bridge towards the Ely's Ford RoadThere
has been no attack to-day; only
slight'skirmishing along ouf line.
(Signed} R. E. Lt:b
A despatch from Oluffla's Bluff says
! that One of the enemy's gunboats had
1 beeu attacked and disabled, and after
wards boarded and burned on the 7th
instant. Two iron clads bore down on .
our forces, but subsequently withdrew.
Wc have no further particulars.
RicypiONi), Sunday, May 8?The following
was received at the War office j
this morniug:
Jackson, Miss., May 5---Officers, who
left Gen. Taylor's camp, five miles from
Alexandria, ou the 29th ult., confirm ;
, the news of Banks' retreat to Alexan- i
I
: dria. The Yankee gunboat Eastport j
j had been - blown up and two transports
| had been captured. The rc9t of the \
; enemy's fleet was abo-'e the Rapids, \
I with no chance of escape. Taylor has j
j certainly captured 4UUU prisoners.
| The?success of Gen. Price is complete.
j Marmaduke had captured StecL's wagon
| train ; aud Steele being surrounded, Gen.
Price demanded his surrender. Steele
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j consented, on condition that his negro
troops should be treated as prisoners of
war. Price refused to graut these terms, j
but referred the matter to Gen. Kirby :
Smith, who replied that the negroes \
must he sent back to their owuers. |
; Steele refused to capitulate ou these j
1 terms. What further action, had taken- J
place was unknown ; but't was believed 1
that the whole Yankee force would ultimately
be compelled to surrender, as
Smith was reinforcing Price.
J Summit, Miss , May 7.---A gentlemen
who crossed the river below Bayou Sara
ou the 2d instant says the Louisiana
i forces had pursued the enemy down Kcd
, River, recapturing Foit Do Rnssy and
Cbediville. On the 25th the enemy
i made a stand at Markham, where they
i were attacked and defeated with heavy |
j loss, estimated at not less than ten thousand
men.
Yankee transports going up Red River
with reinforcements had been whipped
back at Fort Pe Russy since we rc-occu;
pied tho post. The Yanfcec^wou tided
have been sent to Vicksburg.
General Walker's division bad erossed
Red River in pursuit of the retreating
| enemy. The Yankees bad burucd four
! gunboats above the Falls.
[Ao/e? In order that our readers may
j comprehend the state of affairs' wc will
i explain the position of-the roads and.fords
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alluded to in General Lee's despatch.
Germania and Fly's Crossings, on the
Rapid Ann, .arc on the foads leading
from Culpepper to Fredericksburg. Gcr- j
luuuia i3 the crossing for the plank road, )
and Fly's, which iA lower down the river, '
for the old wagon road. Thesb arc the '
roads formerly used by tire country -people
in passing froui Culpopcr to FredericWburg.*
When the enemy crossed, he
occupied both roads and both fords Hut
it ?cchis that, on Saturday evening, our
forces turned the right of his line, which
was drawn up along llie piauK roaa, ana
at right tingles to th^ course of the river,
Being thus'cut off from the south bank
of (lie river at* Gcrmania Ford, the enemy
appears to have withdrawn his line of
battle to the old wagon road, lower down,
at the same time removing his pontoons
from Ger'uiauia toHly's Ford.?Ed. Mercury].
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Naval Engagement in North Orolina.
tlik "albemarle" again victorious. ;
The following telegram from General
Beauregard was received at Department j
Headquarters last evening:
Wei,don, N. C., May 8.
To General Jomuel Jones General
! Martin reports, on the sixth instant,
j from Plymouth: "The iron clad A/bemarc
--with the cuemy's raised gun-boat, i
JBomshtll? encountered yesterday, at j
four p m., two monitors from the mouth '
; of the Roanoakc end nine of the enemy's j
j gunboats, three of the in being very large j
i ones, "from the blockading squadron,
j The fight lasted till night. We sunk the
j largest gunboat of the enemy and dis;
ablcii a! least two monitors, without scr;
ious injury to the Albemarle but lost
the tender. The result' was cncouragI.
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j Latest From Johhston*s Army. I
Dalton,' May 7.?The enemy ad-:
i vanced in front of Tunnel Ilill this moru|
ing and shelled our cavalry on the ridge
* this side of that place for two hours,
j They then fell back. They arc reported
. as uiovirij urtund to our left.
Our troops are in position.
| Another Brilliant Victory in Mississippi.
Mkrijuan, May 5?Advices from 01,
ivc Branch 'nave just beep received. After
eight hours'desperate lighting our force.'?
repulsed the enemy, driving him
! across Thompson *s C'rcelc. The enemy :
numbered ]f)00,and(.urs only SOO. .Rein- f
forccment are bciug rapidly scut forward
to our troops.
Auothor account, da toil Cleveland, j
Miss*, May 8, says: Col Jxo. S. Scott,
commanding a cavalry force ef 500 men, i
engaged 5000 Yankees from Batou llougc
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and Port Hudson under (ion. Andrews. |
After several hour's fighting, lie repulsed ,
thorn with heavy loss, including Colonel ,
T. A. Uo.auiwan, of the 4th Wisconsin
Cavalry-, killed. Our loss five wounded, j
The fight took place at Olive Branch Creek ;
The enemy is in full retreat towards Baton ;
Itougc, and Wing field's cavalry arc in I
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pursuit.
LAST NIGHT'S MAIL^ |
[ RlOIIMONI), May 9.?We have had a i
glorious triumph In Virginia, and the !
enemy lias everywhere bepn repulsed j
with tremendous slaughter. Orant is'
retreating towards Fredericksburg.
There \i :?s mo fighting at Walthall j
Junction to-day. The enemy's loss at I
that point yesterday was 1000 kille 1 !
and wounded. Beast Butler made a
narrow escape from our pickets at City 1
1'oint on Friday evening.
The Confederate guerrillas made a
successful raid on .the. Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, with immense destruction
of property attending it*
J1 ALTON, May 9.? Hooker's corps ai-!
tempted yesterday to carry the Big (lap ,
lly storm, but was defended by Kentucky
cavalry swid Arkansas infantry, who
made a desperate attack on the.enemy's
advancing line, inflicting heavy loss*
jVlkitiDiAX, Miss., May 8.?Steele's
army, 0000 strong, surrendered to fien.
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I rluCj ill VvilUlULMJ, ill 11 illiMIS. UU UJU -Ulll :
ult. 1
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Several1 of the Governors of Western
States are in Washington, urging upon the
President the propriety of calliug out two
hundred thousand more men for the purpose
of guarding against the invasion of
States bordering on the Ohio River. It is
said that the President favors the plan,
and will hoou call for two hundred thousand
volunteers from western States only.
The Courier doubts whether the Yaui
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uuu.> iiftt; i ii u nwRi; utuu ^ uvn;-^u ivuy a:?
served up at Plymouth, N. C. It is very
evident that our Flokc ache gave some of *
the rascals an unusual stoinach-achl; and
tiiat they were not at all delighted with s
the aquatic Cook who managed one por- t
tion of the fire." The Yankee commander r
evidently considered the occasion as seine- j
thing beyoud a nrcrc Wct-selL 1 c
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The Port' Pillow Afiair-Hefutation '
of Yankee Slanders.
From Governor Ishani G. Harris, of
Tenuessee, who accompanied, and has
just reached this city, in return from,
the expedition of Forrest into West
Tennessee, we get the following true
version of the late attack upon Fort
Pillow. In view of the" perverted accounts
of the Yankee papers, this official
narrative otthe whole proceeding
will be found as interesting as it is necessary
"to vindicate the truth of his-,
t*j.
Arriving in the vicinity of Fort Pil-'|
low, General Forrest having previously j
arranged his plans and issued bis in- !
structions for the attack, rapidly advanced
his lines, aud gained, after a brief,
sharp contest, the outeY wor^s of the
enemy. Having possessed himself of
this position, lie threw forward a line of'
skirmishers, in a sort of ravine between
the Outer works and the fort, which line
wasa protected from the Federal sharpshooters
by his reserve line in his' outer .
defences.
lie then sent in a flag of truce to the !
commander of the garrison demanding
the unconditonal snrrender of the for' i
and garrison, with all the stores- and :
munitions, stating the advantage of his j
position, his determination to .carry the i
fort, and announcing that if his demand |
was not complied with, ho did not feel
certain that lie, himself, would be able ,
to cor^trol' his men when they entered '
the fort, after- having been forced to i
take the risks of assplt.
Ill aring, af:er the note was despatched ,
and' before answer to it- was received, j
that the Federals believed the demandj
for a surrender a rutt deguerre and that
Forrest, in person, was not in command '
of the assailants?Gen. Forrest himself
rode up within hailing distance, announced,
ty the enemy in person that he was i
(Ion KnrrcnK nnd verhallv demanded
the surrender.
A reply was sent back, couched in ,
defiant language, declining to accede to ,
the demand.
Tiio assault was coiuuicnccJ, and in
five minutes after the bugle sounded the,
charge' ., fort was in possession of our,
men. Our advanced skirmishers went
over the works pell-mell, all aroun l'them,
each man lifting his fellow by the leg,
and niouu'itig on the shoulders <>i their
com ratios tin til the fort was filled with
Confederates.
C'd. Booth, coiuinnnding the garrison.,
was the first man killed ; and not an <>ffrer
t?f the negro regiments was left <
alive. |
It is true that a few, black and white, j
threw down their arms and made signs
of sun under?but at tbc same time the:
men on each side of them still retained
their arms and kept up a constant fire :
and show of resistance. In the heat, din j
and confusion of a fire at such close quarters
there was no chance for diserimina j
linn. In less than five idioutc'6 after
our men scaled the esplanade, tlie fort
was cleared uf the enemy, the main bo-:
dy of whom fled to the edge of the river
leaving the fort colors still flying. At
the river they still kept up the fire, until !
the number was fearfully reduced, and I
until, as General Forrest, states himself,
he absolutely sicklied to witness tbe
slaughter. He ordered the firing to cease,
and dispersed his staff along the lines ;
with orders to that effect. -It was next
to impossible to effect an immediate ccs- '
sation of the tiring ; the enemy them- ;
selves still fighting. General Forrest
rode up and d<>wu the lines ordering the
men to cense firing, and finally stopped
the carnage. The survivors of tbe garrison
were,all taken prisoners. *
The maximum aggregate force of the j
Federal garrison was ?00. About 000
were buried by Gen. Forrest's men. [
About fifty of their wounded were pa- j
roled and sent upon a gunboat to Mom
phis. Two hundred prisoners were j
brought away, and among the Dumber i
about thirty* negroes.
There is not the semblance of a shadow
of truth in the Federal exaggcra- !
tions of wholesale slaughter. TLc above
are substantially flic facts of the capture,
coming directly and officially from tho
prominent actor in tiie bloody drama.?
AConfederacy.
Lincoln Means to Hold Over.
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It is intimatcrl in/the North that Lincoln
menus to hold over for another term
elected or not. The Washington corre.v 1
pondent of the World, speaking of a plot j
going on for this end, writes :
Every one in Washington understands j
that the removal of Pleasantori, French.
a? CmI'aa am/1 a^Kai? 4l'nrinr*i ? c .
IWUj KJJ l\ U3j UIIU lilt V/I/I1V/I V'VIIWIUI^ ^
from the Army of the Potomac,is a blow
to McClellanisin there, aimed by Secre-!
tary Stanton, though apparently executed
by others. That purpose is to use every i
means to control1 the vote of the. Army !
of the Potomac in the coming Prcsiden-,
tial clectiou. Now, the ariuy. would vote :
for General McClelhin if he were a cap
lid ite, almost enmasse, in spite of all ;
;be blandishments of Mr Lincoln- There j
ire those here who believe, and do hesi- i
:atc to assert, that it is the intention of j
lie Administration to Dcrnetutc its pow ;
tr in any event, whatever the resu.ll o i
he November election, and that the plans !
ire laid, wide and deep, to accomplish j
hat result.
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The latest style of hoop skirts is the j
elf-adjusting, double-bad;-action., bus-- i
le?struscan face-expansion, .Viccolonii-1
li-attachment, gossamer, indestjuctible<
lolocticomoram. It is said to be a very j
harming thing. ']
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Copperheads?The^SUJXiiiSg^^ttilie^^B
for a Revolt. fl
,The following despatch from Washingtan
is'significant:r " ~'X
Information received here confirms siftpicions
of a wide spread conspiracy in the .
Northwestern States to inaugurate armed **^B
resistance to the Government, the object.
of"this organization of which we have freauentlv
heard so inuch. is to" fiW>PrtmnlioU
Vallandigharo's idea,-'and to force the ?
country mtocomproriiise with the Southern * B
rebelion. Crawford ;conDty, ,Ohio, the .B
headquarters of a gang of Butternuts, has B
been placed under- martial law,'.and jfl
other counties in that Slate will probably M
soon be putin the same position. Ohio,
Southern Indiana, and Southern Illinois BH
contain the principal portion ofthoae in- 9|?||
eipicnt, rebels, whose leaders onl^?awflitn ^^B
disaster to the National arms to give the ^^B
signal of revolt.
Fluttering.
We chronicle, with no little pleasure. .z-A
gym turns of a decided relaxation in:pricdjflB fl
The market is in atf unsettled condition,
but the pendancy is downwards. The
new crops will add to the depressing^' k|
influences at work, especially as they will J J
be coming in when the heavy tax due the - B
Gevcrnment necessitates the use of'money-BR
Our ci'.izcnsjvaiit money now. As the-^^H
Macon Telegraph pertinently remarks: ^ SB
Every man who has anything to sell ^5
will then see it would have been far better jfl
to have pressed his stuff upon the market >d
and taken April prices in the ^depreciated 5**
fives" than to have "waited for the new wB
issue"?fnr-Ais ait ial hiss will be far beyond
the discount. So now the policy is B
to sell as soon as possible, for the prices -iB
will fall gradually from day to day, just "B
as certainly as the, value of the couimod- 1
itics for sale'bare (q be measured by a -B
contracted instead of an inflated currency. aB
We know it is %nf im K?. >.-? ?i
- . . %jj c?'inc .uiab 1110
scarcity df fuod supplies will prevent a J
decline; but that is :i false hope of this -s
speculators, because the same scarcity .J
: entered as a condition into the price while . 1
the currency was inflated. The scarcity, j
wliMtever it may be, is nut a tiling of-to- *J
day, but existed months ago; and besides,
wc have no idea that jr is actual ami natural,
but afliriu ami believe it is, fur the
most part, a purely artificial scarcity, L
occasioned by hoarding and clamor
against the currency.
Furthermore, when the .-initial cxperino-lit
of every householder (except
sji-culating'mcti, who have or bad more
ni"?cy than-they knew what to do wit'i,)
has satisfod him tint a community may
dimini.-h it> consumption offjol one-half
without detriment, scarcity becomes a
mere relative term. Let no speculator in
food, therefore, pin his faith upon "soarcity"
to combat the inevitable tendency
of a vast reduction in the volume of tbo
currency. If he docs he will lean upon a
broken reed. Prices mu-1 go down, and
when producers, who are waiting for the
new issue, are abie to get it, then they
will have to wait for higher prices, and
tlu-n they will have finally to sell for
lower prices'. The days of four dollars ,
per pound for bacon and lard---nine
dollars for butter?fifteen dollars for peas
nod potatoes, and so on, are numbered
with the past.
Tali. I'll ice.?One, thousand ' dollars (
is the j.rico now asked for ladies' spring
bonnet?*. Witliin tlie pa.-t week, a number
have been bought at that figure by
fashionable females of Richmond.
Earnings of Seamstresses.?Army
drawers are given out by contractors to
be made in Portland, Maine, at five cents ^
a pair. A woman -sewing all day could
uot make more than two pairs a day. If .
the thread given out with the drawers
falls short, as it is apt to do, the poor
seamstress is told that she must supply .
the deficiency. " _ _ '
Forrest's Plunder.
One of Forrtet's meu* called upon a
tailor in Mobile recently to have a shit . j
of clothes made of materials from 1'adupah.
lie represents, says the "Register?' the
spoils-of the expedition as immense
? quite beyond lis means to estimate. ^
At the different points successfully at- . *
O1 *"
tacked vast stores were found, and horses
and mules in targe numbers. This being
the case, every vehicle of whatever description
was harnessed and loaded, and
only such of the plunder destroyed ag it
was impossible to bring away. Of jeana
alone St l'aducah, they took enough to-*
load completely a long train of army
wagons. -There must,' he says, have?
been euough to clothe all Gen. John>
ston's aruiy. The Yankee story of 5,0001
horses and 2,900 wagons brought offy
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think. s
These is- a good story told, of Medhaj, .
the native Bust InjJia general. His fol- * ?
lowers took from .the English a lot of
hermetically sealed provisions, in tia
cans, and not having seen anything 06
the kind before, he mistook" them for
canister shot, and fired nothing from his
guns for ^irec days but fresli lobsters*
pickled salmoud and other delicacies,
thus supplying the British camp (which
uu uriur tu auu ve iuiu a aunuuuury
with a shower of the freshest of English,
provisions/
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