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THE i\ E f SOUTH. Joa. H. Sears, Editor and Proprietor.. 1'c >RT ROYAL, SATURDAY, MAR..28,. 1863. j Scffemxg ix Savaxnah.?Tli? tone ol" the Sa-J vanuah press indicates a good deal of suffering among all classes in that city on account of the ; scarcity of provisions. In the Republican of last. Wednesday a writer complains that the only nour-. ishment provided for the sick and wounded in the hospitals oonsists of bacon and corn bread.. fihe leading article is upon the subject of high prices, arid extortional profits, and expresses the fear that civil commotion cannot be avoided, nor "our revolution fought out to a successful issue/' unless some remedy be speedily devised. The article condemns the seizures of private property by the i Confederate government as unwarranted and un-i n cessary, and characterizes them as " nothing more or less than high-handed and illegal, outra* gcs."' The government robbers are infesting every highway, impressing bacon, corn, and rice. For bacon it allows do cents a poi nd, while the ruling. I rice is 90 cents. In the Republican of the 2oth a return to the ?Mtme topic is made. The writer savs: * t "The subject of provisions for our city is becom. ing more and more important. Our city authori. ties, in looking at it, thought best to request the railroads to refuse to carry any out. This, so far as rice is concerned, may do good; but it is questionable whether, we have anything else, for the }*ast tew days it has been dtlficu Vto buy bacon to supply families in this city, and many persons could not find corn meal even m small quantities. So the shipment ofjhese articles need not be prohibited. But this is not the difficulty. The evil is this*. The retailers of provisions have been i forced to go or send to the country for supplies, j They have tried to obtain tbem?have bought some in small quantities?brought them to tt e | depot of the Gulf road, there to be stopped by j government agents. Evew small packages and parcel* there remain, while soldiers families and uth^nqftht city require them." The members of the "MitcbelGuard." a compa- , ny of the 47th Georgia regiment, publish a card,: .thanking the Hon. Thomas lurse for covering a want U>og.and sorely felt by presenting each mem.ber of the company with a pair of pantaloons. They have been in service over a year, th-y say, u* ithoul jjta- and with but one suit of uniforms.. Out op Saj.t.?The people of Savannah are getting excited about their salt. Owing to the ap. pearance of our vessels along the coast very many ol the salt boilers have destroyed their works.and, :ded4otbe interior. The remaining manufactui rera have taken advantage of this fact, and the ; price baa gone up recently from eight to twenty : ..dollars a sack... Even at that price tlrn article is i hard So get. . }'eal &4.0akd DKM a.Von '1 HE MUl'KDITV AND key -i?.wXK Stats.?uespatcn in rne xiviuiann m- publie.ru states that the steamer Stoiio, under a i:iiag of trace, went out to the- blockading fleet on Mtfondry morning list.. She took to the flag officer ;;a communication relative to the deliver}* to T.the rebels of the steamers KevWone State ::and . Mercedita, which, it is claimed, were . ?ai>htred by the Chicora and Palmetto Shite on . .the 31st ot: January last.. The case of the Merce- j . dita, the. oftiCc-rs and men of which sirrren.:tiered aud.avere afterward parole!, is somewhat, ?peculiar. J:i many points it has no precedent. We learn that it has been submitted to Admiral i Shubrick. of. the navv and Gen. Totten of the army : for decision. r Another Blockade Kv.vner Destroyed.?The Anglo-Kebel steamship Georgiana, laden with ordnance and ammunition, was driven ashore by our blockading vessels off Charleston on the evening of Thursday of last week. She was approaching the har at full ar>eed when ?he was intercepted by Ihe yacht Jmerica, and shortly afterward four or five staamers suddenly appeared about her and commenced tiring at her, and headed her tor the shore. After cryiug out that she had surrendered, her captain endeavored to get her into deep water, but finding that her tudder-head bad been shot away, she was drfren ashore as far as her engines would force her. and thoe#""on board i escaped to .Sullivan's Island in tbvir boats.. The Georg a<w it is said, was the consort of the Jlubuuia, and was pierc id for sixteen guns. A number of Whitwortb guns, and a large quantity of fixed ammunition were in her hold. As it was imi>ossible to get the steamer off,^g^gui;l>o^ts set her on tire. We copy from the Charleston Courier a paragraph relative to her, from which it will be seen that all hopes of saving anjthing from her have been abaudoned. Fit Compliment to a Copperhead.?The ' 'great speech 1 of the Hon. C. L. Yallaudighain upon the war, delivered in the House of Kepresentative of the United States, has been reprinted in Savannah, and is advertised, with many encouiums, by the publishing house of E. Knapp and Company. It is by such reading as this iniquitous dooumunts affords that the South is upheld, and its soldiers inspirited to figlit against the Union. It would be a good thing for the Government if the author of this speech could receive a commission to iubabit some State Prison until the rebellion shall have been put down. Southern Heroes.?From a glowing tribute paid by the Charleston Courier to Captain Mickler and his men, who were the authors of the recent raid at Spanish Wells, we conclude they must be a highly delightful party. It is said that "they have a religious bebef that they must kill every Yankee they get hold of; and had it not been for the precaution of Captain Mickler in entering the signd station, on the recent exploit at Hilton Head, in advance of his men, they would have shot or bayoneted every inmate of the premises.*' x ? Capt. Conovkb's Sword.?A Charleston journal says that Gent Beauregard has presented the swerd of the commander of the Isaac Smith to Lieut. Joseph A. Yates, in compliment to the skill and success with which that officer conducted the expedition w hich effected her capture. Thx Law of Parole.?Attention is directed to the General Order from the War Department, relative to the rules herealter to be observed in paroling prisoners of war. It will be found upon the first page. In accordance with the requirements of the order, a copy was transmitted on Wednesday last to Gen. Mercer, to be forwarded by him to Gen. Beauregard. ^??M?Qidl.?L eut. G. Penible, who was one of the officers of the hauc Smith at the time of her capture, is said to have renounced the old Union and to have taken the oath of allegiance to the so-called Southern Confederacy, in consequence of this action he has been discharged from confinement, and is the recipient of glowing pufFs in the columns of the Charleston papers. The Iuac P. Smith.?The rebels at Charleston have refitted the captured gunboat 1taac P. Smith. She has been rechriatened as the Stono, and will be the flagship of Commodore Ingraham. The rebels profess to have put her in complete fighting trim. ? Shutting out thk Foreigners.?In the Rebel Congress Mr. Clav has introduced an act repealing the naturalisation laws. The confederates claim that this measure wfil elevate the tone of Southern society. Mistered ()it of Service.?Col. Bisbeo and' i Major Baker, of th>? Nine Regim.nt of Maine. Volunteers, were mustered out of the service on? the 19th instant, in consequence of the reinstatement of Col. Kicli as commander of the regiment. Their action was based upon the following extract 11 from a *]>ecial order from the War department, d ted Adjutant General's office, Washington,>! March 4 : , j " All musters into service or appointments to till acaneiea-resulting from the dismissal'of Colonel Jt. ILich, 9th Maine Volunteers.-are hereby rcvo1""' Pol/Mini einli liii ihir ltoon hid r.oiiv I HUl, VW?V.?,. * ?" WVM. .? mand. Officers displaced by the said restoration, - may return to their former positions in the regi, raent, or, at their option be mustered out of ser-j vice in tlie new grade, from date of muster in." Presentations?Col Rich of the Ninth Maine Volunteers has been presented by the men of his regimentovithta valuable horse, with saddle, bridle and complete equipments. . ?Major Win. F. Baker, late of the Ninth Maine,, was the recipient, <n 'Jhnrsday evening o! last vreek, of a costly and beautiful' sword, presented' to him by the officers and men of C'o. D, of whichI Major he was the former commander. The following is the inscrij tion upon the weapon : " Primus inter pures, suaviter in modo, fort iter iu re." ?Lieut. Thomas II. ( arrkpie, of the 3d Rhode Island Artill.ry, acting signalofiicer, was presented with a handsome sword last week by Mr. Geo. W. Johnson of the Fort Itoyal Post office. Review.?The troops on St. Helena Island werereviewed on Thursday last by Major-General Hunter and Start'. Their appearance was very fine,, and their evolutions showed an admirable degree of drill and discipline. Tne 24th Massachusetts and 10th Connecticut regiments attracted especial attention, as did the very tastefully adorned encampment of the 81st New York Volunteers. Resignations The following officers have resigned their commissions since our last publication: George W. Earlc, 2d Asst. Surgeon 81st New York Volunteers; Adolphus Bagline, 2d Lieutenant Independent Battalion New York Volunteers. Trices ok Steamboats.?The following are the prices paid by the Government lor some of the steamers now in use in South Carolina wateis: j Canonicus, $f>0,(Hj0; Nelly Baker, $43,000 ; Nan1 tasket, $42,000 ; Golden Gate, $21,000; Harriet A. Weed, $30,000 ; General Hunter, $80,000. Correction.?We recorded last week the promotion of Private Wm. H. Holmes to a First Lieutenancy in the Second Rho !e Island Volunteers.. The name was incorrect. It was Corporal David. A. Holmes, of Company A, 3d Rhode Island Artillery, who was promoted. Narrow Escape.?A train of cars going out oft Louisville one da/ la t week was thrjwn off, thi * "? -* - - l- :i'-~ ?j :i. iraCK, nrea lniu ov gucrnuaa, mm iuu Iiiana mm ^ express matter robbed. \Vhile the rebels were engaged in pilfering the mails and in paroling the prisoners, a party of Union soldiers came up, recaptured the train, and drove the guerrillas away with considerable loss. (Jen. Branuan was a passenger in the rear car, but escaped-in >afety. He was on his way to Nashville, where he is to have* con. uand of a division. Mob? Greenbacks.?The-arrival of-Major Mar son with half a million in treasury notes, by the steam ship Jrago, is an event-worthy to be recorded; A New SENiORUtvMAerFJt.r-MajorE.E. Paulding has been relieved from duty in this department. and is now paying Ike troops- at Newport News. He is to be succeededby Major Bannister, who has been assigned to this- Department as Chief Paymaster. ?The steamer Jtttonica* front Nassau, with an. assorted cargo, ia-said to Jtiare got into Charleston, j on Tuesday last.