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CJF" Announcements ofMarriages or Deaths ; Notices of Religious Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. py" Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. Hp* Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, willbe charged for the overplus at regular advertising rates. *,*Personal Communications, when admissible ; communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, prof^%4t or trust, will bo charged for at from 3 to 10 cents per line. EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE! VVarbkvton, Fauquier County. Va.,) , Saturday, November 2,1861. $ Dear Enquirer:?November's wintry blast, which has begun to blow chilly aafi rainily, marks the virtual close of the first campaign in our war of independence. All eyes are indeed looking for another great pitched battle before we go into winter quarters; and the Indian Summer, which is yet before us, may be a season of aotive and important operations. The rumored design of the enemy now is, simultaneously to cross the Potomac about Fredericksburg with a column of 25,000 j to engage our batteries at Evansville and Acquia, with war-steamers, supported by 10,000 infantry on the opposite shore under Gen. Sickles ; and to advance his heavy columns under s _ McClellan towards Fairfax and Centreville. A letter from Manassas this morning states that the foe are advancing; and many there think that in two weeks an eventful day is inevitable. But a battle appeared more imminent four or five weeks ago thaQ now, on thi9 part of the Border) and oar own opinion is, that the regions of greatest war interest thenceforth till next Spring, are Cumberland Gap and the Southern coast. The virtual close of the campaign, at least on the Potomac, naturally leads us to turn a retrospective eye to the past, and enquire what has been done. Search the records of history, and you will nowhere find a people making such gigantic strides towards the development of national character and the establishment of national independence. The Conventions of the States and the Provisional Congress have displayed eloquence and Statesmanship, worthy of the world's admiration. The administration of our public affairs has shown the enlightened humanity, and the vigorous intelligence of our people. Sumter, Bethel, Bull Run, Manassas, Springfield, Lexington, Gauley Bridge and Leesburg, have shed undying lustre upon the prowess of Southern arms; and the bril 1 ? *-*ahfL fKo \Tia_ 1111111 uuvul auuu at iuc mvum vi wuv 4vu? sissippi, has made the "Turtle" and the "Ram" more famous than the eagle. The united, ardent, determined spirit of our people?the enthusiastic sympathy and self-saoriScing devotion of our women?the gradual unfolding of our resouices?and the demonstration of our ability, civil, social, political and military, to achieve and sustain a most glorious independence :?all these have inspired renewed and universal assurance of the virtue of our cause and the favor of Providence, and placed our ultimate sucoess beyond the reach of doubt ^ or failure. ^ Meanwhile the enemy has been checkmated in all his plans. Setting out with the purpose of making the war a short, sharp and decisive one, thus far it has been j t on his part, DOthing but a succession of disastrous defeats and laborious preparation. The fair vision of a rich and populous country, lying at his feet, doing his bidding and subsidized to support his tyranny, has vanished into thin air. Wrangling at home, they are exciting enmity abroad. Divided among themselves, they are uniting the civilized world against them. With a terriMo fnfv at fbpir front. mutinv and riot have reigned in their camp; and they have been compelled, in order to make the war "popular," to muzzle the press, and banish popular liberty. Trying to subjugate us, they have slid like an avalanche into the abyss of despotism. "The drowning man will catch at a straw." The small success at Hatteras, we opine, has somewhat addled their brains. Splendid expeditions have been fitted out to follow up this victory. Numerous war steamers and transports have swarmed, and set sail upon a sea of adventure. But the hope of laying waste our coast, they will find aj vain one. They may annoy us a little; | they may land in a few places, and maraud i the country for a few miles around, but the length of their line of communications will add heavy expenses to the war, and make! the enterprise hazardous, while any perma-' nent success, is scarcely in reason. There can be no question that the enlightened opiuiotj of England and France j is even now in favor of the South. They! at least have accepted the rupture of the j Union as an irreparable event. The Chamber of Deputies of Franoe, we learn from a Yankee paper, taken by a scout recently, have memorialized the Emperor Napoleon to recognize our independence. The letter of Lord Lyons to Seward in relation to two British subjects, to whom the right of Habeas Corpus was denied, is certainly strong. We are therein informed that the law-officers of the crown have declared that Lincoln's arbitrary and tyrannical proceedings are unconstitutional The circular of Seward to the Northern Governors, to fortify their sea-ports, backed by this spirited letter of Lord Lyons, goes pretty far to show that the British lion is beginning: to be feared at the North j and the blaDd, "craw fisLy" reply of Seward to Lyons' letter tends nothing to conceal this hostile appearance. Every sign of the times, indeed, should tend to excite new hope in the breast of the Southern patriot. Whether the war shall be long or short, the victory is inevitably ours. A changeless fiat has decreed it. The march of events proves it. The strong right arm of the South will achieve it under Heaven. x Hurriedly, OUR CORPORAL. First News from "the Fleet"?LargS" Steamship Wrecked, &c. We had scarcely finished our article upon the Yankee fleet, written on Monday, when a despatch was received at the Adjutant-General's office, communicating the i fact that the Yankee steamship "Union" had been wrecked near Fort Maoon, and all on board of her taken prisoners. These , prisoners, seventy-one in number, arrived here by the Eastern train of Monday evening, and were marched to the Fair Grounds to enjoy the society of some of their brethren, who have for some months past been partaking of the hospitality of North Caro- , lina. The "Union" stranded on Bogue Island, about twelve miles from Fort Ma- 1 con, during the gale of Friday night, and , the Yankees, with great difficulty, succeed- , ed in saving themselves from a watery grave. When the ship struck, and was evidently goiog to pieces, a boat, with a ' line, was sent on shore and the line made|| fast. This was a ticklish operation, and|, flip hn?t, wss in an ace of bein? swamned ! several times. After the Hue was made j ( fast, the boat was by means of it pulled j, I backwards and forwards to the ship until { all the persons on board were safely landed. This was a sort of triumphant entrance up!on Southern soil which the Yankees did | not bargain for. After recovering their j wind, the Yankees marched to Fort Macon and surrendered to the officer in command. The prisoners state that the ship was a new one and on her first voyage. She was intended for a packet to ply between New ] York and New Orleans. Her machinery worked beautifully until the gale com men- ( ced on Tuesday, on the night of which day the "Union" was separated from the lost , of the fleet. There were sixty-four horses on board. All but twenty, which are now , in oar possession, were lost. The gale is ; represented by the prisoners to have been of the most terrific nature 9 The prisoners had nothing to eat from Wednesday morn- j ing until they reached Fort Macon on SatnrHflv Thrpp men whn had rftftnhed the shore were, from sheer exhaustion, left on ( the beach, and no doubt have since died. The ship had two powerful engines in her, which will be saved, as they are now visible in the water. The prisoners know nothing of the fate of the rest of the fleet, | but express the opinion that many of the vessels have gone to "Davy Jones' Locker," , as the oldest seafaring man amongst them ( states that he never in all his life encoun- : tered so terrible a storm. The hand of the Almighty is evidently raised against the , Northern vandals. On land and sea, disaster after disaster overtakes and overwhelms them. We should not be at all , surprised if more than half the vaunted ar- , mada were never heard of until the advent > of the day on which all secrets will be disclosed, as the prisoners state that they saw a large number of horses and cows, which did not belong to their ship, floating about in the sea. These animals of course belonged to other vessels of the fleet, and their f3te indicates that of their owners.? Rahigh Register. A Bighteoua Man. The Govprnor of Louisiana issued an order the other day to seize all the pork held ; in New Orleans by speculators. The object of the Governor is to pay a fair price for it, and furnish it to those who need it, at living prices. The graceless rascals had ^ monopolized the artiole and were forcing the people to pay them fifty dollars a barrel for it. The Governor did right. We say it emphatically; and would like to see all such rascals treated in the same manner. A few soulless men are determined to amass wealth out of the misfortunes of the country, and they ought to be marked so that they may be known through all coming j time, as Shylocks of the basest stamp. The above, from the Ashcville News, if ^ it is true, in regard to the Governor of Louisiana. is just the move that will do more good and lend more force to our cause than anything else that can be done at this time. Leather, pork and a few other articles, that i the people are compelled to have, are beiDg bought up all through the Confederacy by a traitorous gang of towii and country speculators, to be sold at prices to which the people cannot very much longer submit.? Every such man engaged in wicked cxtor- ] tion on these articles, is worse than a trai- ] tor, and is, by producing an unnecessary pressure on the people, doing more harm t tniLD fcULl i au&uc opiuo uau ciu.?""*|i We trust that the government, either State! c or Confederate, will take this matter in ( hand lest it become too intolerable and the 1 people be forced to do it. J We had just taken up our pen to make < a suggestion of this sort to Governor Clark,1 when the Salisbury Banner, containing the! t above fell into our hands. We endorse the i i sentiments therein expressed. All over the j country there is a set of peculators and|^ speculators that ought to be branded with the mark of public reprobation We ht?oi of them bidding against Government agents for bacon and beef simply that themselves may grow fat upon the profits. Let them be hurled out of society. Bat the farmei who sells to them knowingly, is as bad as themselves. And the government tnusl interpose or the country will suffer and its cause perhaps fail. If the government does not interpose, the people must. These heartless, bloodsucking, money-grabbine scoundrels must be dealt with, rather than allow soldiers or soid;er's families to starve Raleigh (.Ar. 6'.) State Journal. victory of the Southern Troops m the West. Memphis, November 8.?An extra ol the Appeal, to-day, contains full accounts of a bloody aud hard-fought battle neai Columbus yesterday. General Pillow's Brigade, 2,500 strong, composed of Tappan's Arkansas Regiment, and Freeman's Wright's and Pickett's Tennessee Regi ments, encountered the enemy on the Missouri side, opposite Columbus, early yesterday morning. The enemy's force was 7,000 strong, and was commanded by Major General John A. McClernard, of Illinois, assisted by Gen. Bowlin. Pillow's Brigade fought gallantly until their ammunition was exhausted, when, overwhelmed by superior numbers, they retreated back to the river with heavy loss. Oq reaching the river bank they made a desperate stand, pkfsing in with the enemy wherever that was possible, with their bayonets. Capt. Watson's battery was temporarily lost during the retreat of our troops. At this critical moment General Cheatham's Brigade, composed of Smith's and Russell's Tennessee Regiments, and Colonel Mark's Louisiana Regiment, assisted by General Polk and Blythe's Mississippi Regiments, arrived and turned the fortunes of the day. Thpo nhnrcprl tYirinnslv nnnn t.li? enpmv. J ^ ?J J 1 retaking Watson's battery, and completely routing McClernand's entire force, pursuing tbeui for a distance of seven miles to their boats, when they embarked in haste and ignominiously fled. Two of the eumy's guns and large quantities of arms and ammunition, which they had thrown away in their flight, were captured. The road along which they went was strewn with coats, knapsacks, guns, etc. Gen. Cheatham took several prisoners with his own hands. General Bowlin was made prisoner by the Rev. James Rogers, of Tennessee, who also took a stand of colors. Colonel Dougherty and Coloael Beaufort are among Lhe Lincoln officers captured by our troops. Ihe fighting was most desperate and terri Sc throughout the battle, which lasted nearly the whole day, having begun at nine o'clock in the morning and ending only with dark. Oar loss was less than two knn/lrnd b-illar? nnrJ trnnntlorl nnH nhnilf, 11UUU4VU thirty made prisoners. Among the killed )n our side were several gallant company jfficers. Wright's, Husscll's and Freeman's Regiments of Tennesseeans, suffered most severely. The enemy's loss in killed ind wounded is variously estimated at from five hundred to eight hundred, besides a i great number of prisoners taken. The Southern steamer II. R. W. Hill, after transporting our troops across the river, was badly injured by the fire from the enemy's guns. During the battle the gun-boats made a simultaneous attack on our batteries at Columbus, Ky., but without doing them any damage. Another battle in the same vicinity may soon be expected. How to Win Battles?Effectiveness of the Bayonet. The New Orleans Bee, in an editorial article on the surest manner ot' winning a battle in our present contest with the North, has the following truthful and complimentary remarks upon the great skill and success with which our brave Southern soldiers use the bayonet: Our boys have already displayed their aptitude in the use of the bayonet. We learn from authority worthy of confidence, that during the memorable and glorious combat at Leesburg, the musket at short distances and the bayonet were aloue used. The latter weapon proved itself highly serviceable in the several sweeping and irresistible charges. The enemy never waited to cross bayonets with us, but shrunk terrified from the gleam of the terrible weapon. They attemptedttpore than once to make bayonet charges themselves, but were again and again forced to fall back by the incessant volleys of musketry with which they were received. In fact, the Southern soldiers have not ilone mere animal courage; that is equally in attribute of the North, and is common to almost all nations. They are peculiarly distinguished by their impetuosity, tire, recklessness of life, and determination to 10 or die. Such men possess the stuff of which beroes are made, and every iudivid11 composing our armies adds his own particular individuality and energy to that of the mass. The best thing to be done with soldiers of this stamp is to place them in iituations where they cannot be held afar )ff by the power of artillery, and. frprn whenoe they can be hurled like thunderjolts against the foe. The experience at Leesburg proves not merely that the Conederates understand and can practice ihartrcH with the bavonet. but that the dil o ? / gent use of that fearful weapon is one of he most certain means of routing the foe. :Yt Leesburg they were literally forced ino the river in endeavoring to avoid the hrusts of the bayonet. We hope most sarnestly that the lesson will not be lost on he Confederate commanders hereafter. What England and France will l)o.?The Richmond correspondent of the \lemphis Appeal writes: ' The Government here was advised a brtnight ago that Charles Francis Adams tad notified Lincoln, that unless some deeded manifestation was made of the power )f the United States to put down the rebelion by the 1st of November, England and france would then recoguize the indepenlence of the Confederate States." We have no doubt of the truth of this statement. It is fully corroborated by leters received here some days ago by the Theodora, via. Havana.?Savantiah Refill kan. i Loss of the Lincoln Transport Oceola. Capt. Morrill, of the Yankee Transport ; ) Steam Propeller Osceola, arrived here yesi terday from Georgetown (S. C.) in charge of i Captains Pinckney and Mazyc, and was ta- i r ken to the Guard House, at which place we i 3 saw him, when in answer to questions he I t made the following statement: The Oceo- 1 j la sailed from New York on Thursday, Oc! tober 24th, for Hampton Roads, with a cars go consisting of fifty head of beef cattle, ; five hundred barrels of potatoes and sun- . i dries arrived at Fortress Monroe, October . 27th, where eleven head of cattle were landed, leaving thirty-nine on the vessel. At New York we were ordered to take ou 5 board water and provisions for only fifteen f days, which made it evident we were not j to proceed South of the coast of Georgia, as such a supply would not have answered j for a trip to the gulf. Remained in Hamp. ton Roads until Tuesday, October 29th, i when the entire fleet sailed, consisting of from fifty to sixty sail of vessels of all ciaQO. es, from the powerful steamships Vander-| hi 1Rn.lf.in. Wnhnah. Minnn^nfn and Rnnn. ' oke, to the ordinary sized tug boat. On Wednesday, it blew heavily from tne South-west, lasting twelve hours, when the j : wind changed North-west, and continued stormy, but the smaller vessels were somewhat protected from its force by keeping ( close under the shore. Early on Friday, 4 the 1st instant, the wind shifted to Southeast, and increased to a most severe gale, ! in which the squadron got separated.? 1 While keeping close in shore early on Sat- J urday, say between two and three a. m., the Osceola got ashore on the Day Breaker, J off North Island, near Georgetown, and in . two hours she bilged, the cattle soon taking to the water, and many of them reaching shore. The vessel having become a wreck, ^ the officers and crew, twenty in number, took to their boats, in which they reached ( North Island, and were taken prisoners ' Capt. Morrill decribes the gale as very . severe, and thinks that many of the fleet must have become disabled or lost?some of them being old and by no means capable of going through such weather. He had no instructions directing him where to proceed, his only orders being to follow the large ships, and other Captains . whom he questioned in regard to the desti- ^ nation had only been directed in the same way. ^ ( The Osceola was owned in New York, ( and has been engaged in trading from Cuba to Honduras. Her tonnage was 177.? j Capt. M. informs us that some of the large ... Uft. \T V?1. 1. ' iiauapuiio iuitv:cib new lum IUu&uu uuoiu ^ troop9 at that place, but he was not inform ed as to their number, and had no correct idea. . The wreck of the Osceola was boarded on Monday by the Yoats of a blockading steamer.? Charleston Courier, 6th iiist. The Great Expedition. The following order was sent out with the commanders of the forces accompanying the great expedition : Washington, October 14,1861. Sir:?In conducting military operations within States declared by the proclamation of the President to be in a state of insurrection, you will govern yourself, so far as persons held to service under the laws of such States are concerned, by the principles of the letters addressed by me to Major General Butler on the 30th of May, and the 8th of August, copies of which are herewith furnished to you. As special directions. adanteel to snecial circumstances. / r -? r cannot be given, much must be referred to 8 t your own discretion, as Commanding General of the expedition. You will, however, c in general, avail yourself of the services t of any persons, whether fugitives from la- t bor or not, who may offer themselves to the c national Government, you will employ such t persons in such servioe as they may be fit- r ted for, either as ordinary employees, or, if 8 special circumstances seem to require it, in r any other capacity, with such organization, a in squads, companies, or otherwise, as you 1 deem most beneficial to the service. This, c however, not to mean a general arming of them for military service. You will assure 8 all loyal masters that Congress will provide 1 just compensation to them for the loss of ( the services of the persons so employed? t It is believed that the course thus indicated c will best secure the substantial rights of f loyal masters, and the benefit to the United * Qfntsto nf tkrt o/irninaa nf oil rliannaprl t.n sun. C port the Government, while it avoids all in- t terference with the social systems or local institutions of every State beyond that which insurrection makes unavoidable, and which a restoration of peaceful relations to ' t^e Union, under the Constitution, will immediately remove. Respeotfully, SIMON CAMERON, Sec. of War. ? Brigadier General T. W. Sherman, Com- a mauding Expedition to the Southern t coast. j Tiie Provisional Government Or- j. dered in Kentucky.?The faot that the ( Convention of Kentucky, recently in session v at Russellville, had passed an ordinance of 0 secession from the Lincoln Government has \ already been announced. The following synopsis of its proceedings we copy from v the Louisville (Bowling Green) Courier, u of the 1st instant: On Monday last, a number of prominent j, citizens of Southern Kentucky met at Rus- a sellville, for the purpose of consulting to- 5 gether relative to the future; feeling that n duty to themselves and their posterity, the t? protection or tneir constitutional riguuj, their lives and liberty demanded that they v should resist the oppressive legislation of s] the State Legislature, and the tyranny of ft the Liucoln dyoasty. They remained in jc conference for several days, with closed f doors. On Wednesday, before their final adjournment, the injunction of secrecy up- 5 on their proceedings was removed, and we ft have had laid before us a very brief synopsis of their action. di About forty counties were represented in the conference. Hon. H. C. Burnett, presided, and 11. McKee and T. S. Bryan ac- li ted as Secretaries. A series of resolutions, ic reported by Hon. G. W. Johnson, were ai adopted. They recite the unconstitutional C and oppressive acts of the Legislature, pro- ni claim revolution, provide for a Sovereignty ol Convention at llussellville on the 18th of a] the present month, reoommend the organi- at zation of county guard?, to be placed iu the service of and paid by the Confederate States Government, pledge resistance to all Federal and State taxes for the proseoution of the war on the part of the United States, and appoint a committee (heretofore published in this paper) to carry out the resolutions. Telegraphic Dispatches. Nashville, Nov. 11.?On Friday, the 3th, Gen. Scott sent a flag of truce from Washington to Gen. Evans, at Leesburg, to inquire what disposition had been made of the prisoners taken at Bull's Bluff.? Gen. Evans replied that they were confined in Richmond, but be would communioate with his Government relative to an exohange of prisoners. News from Europe by the last steamer shows that the rebel commissioners in Lon ion and Paris are very confident in the belief that the necessities of the manufacturers would lead to the breaking up of the alockade, in order that a supply of cotton may be had. The London Post depreoates any interference with the blockade, and prooeeds to show that recognition of the Southern Confederacy will not reopen the cotton ports, 3ut, on the contrary, recognition will only jause an increased vigor in the blockade, ind any interference will be an act of war. The Shipping Gazette continues to delounce the blockade and wrongs done Britsh ships, and says some action on the part )f the British Government is indispensable, rhe Times thinks it not unlikely that the moment a drain of specie commences, the inancial community of America will have ts Bull Run. A special dispatoh to the St. Louis Republican, from Springfield, on the 31st, says a good deal of excitement has prevailed there for some days, respecting the report of Fremont's removal. Washington idvices from head quarters mention nothng of the kind. Fremont's removal would eause no little trouble. In the camp a lumber of officers declare they would re ugn, m that event, and insist on creating lim dictator of the Southwest, independent >f the Administration, which is bitterly leuounced in camp for its vascilating, inudicious policy toward the Western Departnent. Philadelphia, Nov. 4.?In the circuit :ourt to-day Judge Grier said that it seernid like a farce to try the privateers at this ;ime. He said he thought the dictates of humanity should lead the Government to ireat captives taken on sea the same as ;hose taken on land, and he could not unierstand the policy of hanging the first, ind holding as prisoners of war or releasing ;he second. Albany, Nov. 4.?Thurlow Weed and ^rohbishop Hughes are about sailing for Europe to endeavor to counteract the operations of the Southern Commissioners, and :o prevent the recognition of the independence of the South by England and France. Fredericksburg, November II.?A lederal steamer threw 140 shells into Urjana, Middlesex county, on Friday, seriviqIc flnmntrinor t-.liA aIhh-aTi nnil flnrflllincrs. V to?to v"~ - ? - - Q-The Confederates killed two federals and mounded several others, who were abductng slaves. In Richmond, on Thursday, Col. Corcoan, three captains and ten lieutenants of he federal prisoners were chosen by lot to )e hung in the place of Baker and the irew of the Savannah, convioted of pira:y. Mr. Ely drew for Corcoran, now abent in Charleston. The voluntary contributions for the solliers from the people of the South continue 0 be received here in large amounts. For he last few days contributions to the anount of #16,000 have been received for he seeond, eighth and sixteenth Georgia egiments; not sent through associations it Augusta, but direotly through to the egiments. #27,000 in value for the Missisippi regiments; #33,000 in value to the Alabama regiments, and a great deal more if smaller value from the other States. A skirmish occurred on Sunday night V>r>nf fifinon miles frnm Rriqt.nl. nn thfi Sast Tennessee railway between a party of Confederate scouts and Unionists. Two of he latter were killed and nine takeu prismers. The Unionists are said to be at two loints, both numbering about 900 men, rith a prospect of being reinforced to 3,100. Rather stirring and exterminating imes are expected in that neighborhood. Important from Missouri. The Memphis Avalanche of Monday has he following special dispatch : ordinance of secession passed ! Little Rock, (Ark.,) Nov. 3.?The State Legislature of Missouri, which met ,t Neosho, on the 23d ult., passed an ordilancc of secession. The ordinance was >assed on the 28th of October. The State Legislature meets here to-day. V. lively time is erpeoted. There are two Confederate Senators to be elected, and a parm time is expeoted between the friends f Hon. R. W. Johnson and Judge David Valker. Our border is threatened with federal inasion, and an imminent crisis seems to be pon us. The federal force at Ironton has been reiforoed from Cape Giardeau, and at last ccounts numbered about 7,000. A large ody of cavalry had been detached, and 1 'ben last heard from were moving to at- 1 ick Pittman's Ferry. General Den. McCulloch was at Bentonille when last heard from, and moving ! owly toward Springfield with his small ( )rce, while Gen. Price was attempting to ' >iu him. Either or both intended to give ' remont battle. 1 Fremont's army is full 40,000 strong? ,000 cavalry and artilery and 35,000 inmtry. They are well armed. ' Skirmishes we may txpect daily, and a < ooisive battle within the next ten days. ' Cavalry.?A battalion of South Caro- < na cavalry, for the war, with privilege of < icrease to a regiment, has been ordered ( id authorized, under command of Lieut. 1 olonel John Logan Black. Five compa- c ies have been enrolled and accepted, and i ;her companies will be received on early \ pplication, provided each company musters 1 ; least 72 men.?Guardian. i Bepel the Invader. The enemy has made the first bold and daring attempt to invade the soil of Soath Carolina; the war has come home to as, and its theatre has for the present been transferred from Virginia to South Carolina. As we said on Saturday, so we repeat today, let us rise as one man and drive the invader from oar soil?let every man bear bis part in this glorious work : the ablebodied young men in arming and proceeding to the point where the struggle is in progress; the older citizens of means, who may not be able to enter the campaign, should promptly contribute to the maintenance and support of the poorer soldier, < who leaves his family unprovided for, but I who still feels it to be his duty to aid in 1 driving the Yankee invaders from the soil he desecrates. No excuse can be taken now for holding back, whether it be among the able-bodied men we see flaunting the * Palmetto on their hats, or the others who, ' indifferent to the great struggle now in * progress, meet in bank parlors and count J their profits, or the probable chances of a ' profitable speculation out of the wants of i the community. Those who withdraw or J hold back in either class are enemies to their country. We feel confident that in 1 either class we will find few laggards. Ev- I ery man in Carolina must be prepared for ' the encounter. We have no time now to ' go back to the past, to criticize this move- 1 ment, or that apparent dilatoriness. Our J first duty is to come up to the great and patriotic work before us, and stand shoul- ' der to shoulder, that we may prevent our ' ruthless and inveterate foes from desecrating our soil, and despoiling our altars, our homes and firesides. No Carolinian, na- ; tive or adopted, can now hesitate j the merchant and his clerks must leave their coun- 1 ters, the mechanic his shop, the banker his ' ledgers, and all go forth to save South Car- 1 olina from the ravages of the thieving, rascally foe who now threatens to overrun her soil. God is with us, the struggle will be short, and we will at last come out of it victorious.?Guardian. Large Federal Fleet ope New Or- 1 leans.?The New Orleans True Delta, of the lit w'St., says: Commodore Hollins received late last night a despatch from Fort Jackson, giving him intelligence of the highest importance, obtained by a naval reconnoissance down . the river. It appears probable that the vangnard of the great Lincoln armada that recently ( sailed from the North, destined for impor- , tant operations on the Sonthern coast, and 1 said to carry a force of 25,000 men concerning which the Northern papers have been ( boasting for weeks, has arrived at the moutb of the Mississippi River. The despatch to Commodore Hollins j reads that a fleet of eleven vessels-of-war and one transport had arrived off the Balize yesterday, (Tuesday.) Such a formidable naval force cannot be intended merely for the purpose of blockading the river; ] nor would they choose such an unsafe por- < tion of the gulf of a general rendezvous. | If it is to be taken as the vanguard of < tfte great reaerai navai expedition, tnen we ] may expect the balance of Lincoln's force , in a few days, and we must prepare for warm work and a desperate defence of our gulf ooast and our city. The Human Figure.?The proportions J of the human figure are strictly mathematical. The whole figure is six times the 1 length of the foot. Whether the foot is ' slender or plump this rule stands good.? 1 Any deviation from it is a departure from 1 the highest beauty of proportion. The ( Greeks make all their statues according to ' thisrule. The face from the highest point c on the forohead, where the hair begius, to c the chin is one-tenth of the whole statue. ' The hard from the wrist to the middle r finger is the same. The chest is one- J fourth; and trom the nipple to the top of the head is the same. From the top of the obest to the highest point of the forehead, j is a seventh. If the length of the face, from the root of the hair to the chin, be divided into three equal parts, the first di- jj vision terminates at the place where the t eyebrows meet, and the second at the place of the nostrils. The navel is the ceotral part of the human body, and if a man should lie on his back, with his arms extended, ^ the perphery of the circle which might be t described around him, the navel for its cen- t tre, would touch the extremities of his j. hands and feet. The height from the top j. of the head is the same as the distance G from the extremity of the fingers when the arms are extended. The Waxy Hero.?The Herald pays I its respects to "Col." Wilson thus : fc That mean and graceless slink, Henry c Wilson, United States Senator from Mas- v saohusetts, recently managed to raise a regiment for the war, and got a Colonel's com- C mission in his pocket. He was feted and t: toasted and toadyed around by sundry New York swells, foremost of whom was Rev. b Dr. Bellows, who accounted for the inac- 3 tion of Gen. McClellan, on the-score that v n 1 tTT'l 1 L I. ! l 1 3 i. _ _ uoi. ? usoq aau am regiuieub uau uul hi rived at Washington. n This poor wretch, Wilson, was as brave q as a Caesar a hundred miles away and a j( month's time distant from a battle, bat ^ things looked monstrous threatening at a Washington, so the gallant Wilson quickly jubsided into a Bob Acres, and the quick- ^ sst way to gain fresh courage was for him Q to resign his Colonel's commission, and this j be did forthwith, according to the Northern R papers. t, g Coroner's Inquest.?Coroner Whiting i,, beld an inquest, yesterday morning, over ^ ;he body of an unknown white man, whose emains were found floating in the dock.? The verdict of the jury was, "Death from ? jause unknown, but supposed to have been i;i irowned." Deceased was dressed in mili- aj ;ary uniform, grey pants with green stripes, ct tie was about five feet in height, and had w >n his person a gold watoh, with the initials tb S. Also, a gold chain, ring, seal and in vatch-key. His hair was black, head near- wl y bald, and light whiskers.? Charleston wl l/ercwry, IDA. as Alabama. The Legislature of Alabama has passed i a law that will materially effect speculators j in salt. The Montgomery Advertiser says : \ The law passed by the Legislature an- ( thorize the Governor to seize and hold, to ] be sold at fair prices, all salt now in this y State on consignment. Holders of the I salt to be allowed the privilege of appeal t in oase they are dissatisGed with the price t >iven. It also authorizes the Governor to t forbid the shipment of large quantities of c salt from the State. Heavy penalties are f iffixed for violation or attempted evasion of :his law. \ Under the authority of this act the Gov- j irnor. on Saturday, seized 1,400 sacks at , ;he depot, wbioh weie about to be shipped from Montgomery. Bridges Burnt, &c. Richmond, November 9.?Reliable in;elligence has been received that several 3ridges on the railway from Atlanta to Chattanooga, also on the railway through East Tennessee, have been burnt?evidenty a preconoerted movement. The telegraph wires on those routes have been removed at several points. The Lynchburg Bridge and about two hundred feet span on :he East Tennessee Railway, ten miles beyond Bristol, were burnt about four o'clock ;his morning by the Unionists; half a mile of the track was also destroyed. It is reported that several other bridges have been burnt on the road South of Knoxville.? No trains arriving and the wires being destroyed, makes it difficult to ascertain the sxtent of the damage. ^ ] Richmond, November 5.?The Norfolk Day Book of this morning, copies from the ( Baltimore papers, Gen. Scott's letter of ( resignation to President Liacoln. The an- ^ Liquated General says his resignation b tendered in oonsequence of bodily infirmities which compel him to take thb step, he adds that "it is with regret I withdraw, in these momentous times, from a President who has treated me with such distinguished kindness and courtesy, and whom I know fpnm Twirortnol inforpnnpflp tn hp nnf.nnt.in and without sectional partialties or prejudices." The Cabinet concurred on Friday, and accepted the resignation, allowing the re- 1 tired General to draw his pay as usual. Lincoln complimented Scott, on his long services and devotion to the flag of the Union, &c. Salt ! Salt !!?Col. Isaac Wilkerson, of this place, proposes to buy salt for those wanting it free of charge, except enough < to pay the traveling expenses of the buyer. : Bis plan is for the people to commission i one man to make the purchase at Abingdon, i Va., and superintend its transportation to this point. Let some one take the matter in hand immediately, and make the necessary arrangements, as the salt will soon be needed for packing. The above is taken from the Athens (Ga.,) Southern Banner, and the example recorded there is worthy of imitation elsewhere. The Athens Watchman thinks that the salt can be delivered in that place at 53 50 per sack. Might it not be delivered here at or near the same rate ? We commend the subject to our citizens. Will Plant no more Cotton. We hear of some planters who declare < ;hey will not plant Cotton next year, unless i ;he blockade is raised before plaoting time. I We should not wonder if this becomes a i jopular idea. What is the use of planting I Cotton if it cannot be purchased by the ] jommercial world at large ??or if the com- i nercial world does not wish to buy ? Let i )ur planters raise provisions, already ] lave enough Cotton to look at If the t mtside world can get along without Cotton 1 >ur own people surely can. But to say the east, we have a sufficient supply on hand i low to last the Confederate States several rears.?Montgomery Mail. .<at i To the Public.?As seeding time is f tear at hand, and Abe Lincoln's blookade 1 las raised the price of bluestone very much, c ,nd soaroe at that, and money not very i ileoty, it is time for farmers to look out for 1 , substitute, which can be easily found in f he article of Lime. One peck of rock or t mslacked Lime in three bushels of cold rater, will make a liquid as efficacious for c oaking wheat as a pound and a half of c duestooe, and more fertilizing?the grain 0 o remain, as with the bluestone, from 5f- j een to twenty hours. The Lime oan be ^ md for twenty cents a bushel in Spartan- j. lurg. The author has tried them both for j. oany years. An Old Wheat Raiser. Prom the West. c Memphis, November 10.?An Indian I legiment was engaged in the late battle, tut only in pursuit of the Lincolnites, who o lumbered 7,000 picked men; but they I rere badly whipped. c Telegraphs from Pearoe, Ark., says that 1; ren. Borland expects an attack at Pocahon- ( as, to-day, from 7,000 Federals. Jeff. Thomoson has been hard Dressed, at is reported safe at Little Rock, with 8 0,000 men. Fremont is at Springfield, 1 rith 40,000. A great fight is impending. c B&~ It is in contemplation to move 250 tl lore of the Yankee prisoners now here, to t; Jolumbia, South Carolina, to-day. We n iarn that the last lot of prisoners received w ere (those from Leesburg) are quite docile nd give Capt. Gibbes no special trouble i manage them. It was reported that they 'ere turbulent and otherwise disposed to ^ jake themselves disagreeable. There were ,711 prisoners in Richmond on Saturday ^ lorning. Within the past sixteen days ley had eaten up 32,600 worth of beef.? ince the war commenced, 2,685 prisoners ave been received here.?Richmond En- sc Hirer, 'id. ci c< Latest Richmond Fashions?Hoops, rc -The fair ladies of Richmond, the Exam- Hi er tells us, have begun to discard these ipendages. The ultra fashionables eslew them altogether. The middle classes ho desire to preserve iooks and fashion at ?? e same time, hold on to them, diminish- 8 g some of their exuberant proportions, bile those country cousins and others, bo don't care for dame fashion, sport them ad large as life. ar The Blockade op Chablestos.? despatch from Washington to one of the Northern papers says: We learn from an unquestioned commercial source in this oitj ;hat two English sailing vessels entered the port of Charleston, South Carolina, a few peeks ago, there being at that time no & )lookading ship at Lhat port. Lord Lyons low demands of the Secretary of State that hese vessels be allowed to leave Charleston inmolested, on the ground that, at the time )f their going in, the blockade was not effective. Richmond, November 6.?The Peters)urg Express publisher, telegraphs me that, he New York Times, of Monday last, vbiob baa been received at Norfolk, contains the following important item: Lincoln has sent an order to the Western Military Department, transfering the command From Fremont to General Hunter. The jrder is absolute and unconditional, and baa reached Fremont ere this It is based in Lincoln's thorough oonviotion of Fremont's incapacity as a General, and of the rross profligacy of expenditures of the pubic money under his administration. P. tQF Advices from Charleston state that in the two days within which the Eeoeivers andcr the sequestration act have got fairly to work over one hundred cases amounting, it least, to $200,000 of alien enemies' property have been brought before them. In jne case the property of? non-resident now it the North will be to the amount of $75,300 in real estate and negroes. In another, the sum of $20,000, invested in a planation and negroes will be added to the Receiver's funds. A Good Suggestion.?Let no sane man 'gays the Southern Field and Fireside) think of money-making until every battlefield is whitened with the bones of our sensual, brutal and depraved invaders. Every thought about gain and self must now yield to the wants of our brave soldiery."1 If, through our Deglect and indifference, our armies become disorganized, then will land, slaves, bonds and stocks, become worthless, except to the rapacious Yankee invaders. < Every feeling of patriotism, and every selfish considerations, require as to demote money, labor?indeed enerything-1?to the 30 m fort of our soldiers. MoCulloch's Army to Winter in ihe Arkansas Valley.?The Port Smith Times, of the 23d nit., says: We have information from reliable sources that after a sixty day's campaign in Kansas and Missouri, the McCulloch division will fall back into Arkansas. The .jrJ. quartermaster has advertised for the build- r'~, <? ing of stables to accommodate five thousand ^ army horses and a large number of mulea^.^: also, for 100,000 bushels ofoorn and 3,750 *1^ tons of hay to forage these animals. The Effects op thb Gal*.?Nor/oik, Nov. 4.?Captain Milligan has arrived here in charge of a cargo of coffee, which had gone ashore on the North Carolina, and wae ' purchased for the Confederate Government. He reports the gale off the coast of N. Carolina as having been terrific and destruo I> L.4A M'jli.. J .AL '<t uve xvucaetf, guua, Biguai lignta, sua otuer signs of distress were observed from many points, and it is believed that several vessels of the Lincoln fleet b&ve been wrecked. A Sham Naval Vessel.?The Philadelphia Bulletin says the United States iteam sloop-of-war Brooklyn, whioh was launched in 1853, and onght to be almost is good as new, is now at the Navy Yard :here, as rotten as if she had been twenty pears at sea. Scarcely a timber in her-is lound, and her engine and boilers are in i terrible oondition, and before she oan be put in serviceable order, forty or fifty thousind dollars will have to be expended upon ler hall and machinery. Departure op the Bermuda.?The British steamer Bermuda, having laid in a :argo of 1,800 bales of cotton, dropped down he river four or five days ago, to get ready or sea, and watoh her chanoea. Saturday light last, about 8 o'clock, she weighed anihor, proceeded down the stream, and findng all things favorable, made a clear and ainmnlianf ovit nnoe fbo Kov .Qka nlnava/] lIUUIJ/UdUH OAIV VICl VUVI UHt UUV or Havre. Three cheers for the "effective ilockade."?Savannah Republican. S&~ The steam ram Manassas is having ertain alterations made to her destructive apacity, suggested by her late experiment n the Richmond, (or Preble, as you like t,) which will be rapidly oompleted. A lay or two more and she will be poking ler nose out among the whales and other tig fish.?Algerine News Boy. Salt,?Messrs. Koopmann & Phelps, aerchants of this town, inform us that they lave determined to sell all they have at 12 per bushel, but they will not let any >ne have more than one bushel at a time, n this way they desire to accomodate as oany as possible, as long as their stock asts. This is showing the right spirit.? Jharlotte (N C.) Democrat. Save Your Empty Vials?Wc oberve that the Army Sargeons in s^me of he Confederate States are calling on the itizens for all the empty vials they have to pare, to be used in dispensing medicine to he siok soldiers. In ordinary times, empy vials were comparatively valueless, but ow, when they cannot be bought, they are rorth cleansing and preserving. A letter from Iowa says eggs are illing at one cent a dozen, corn at fifteen snts per bushel, apples at twenty-five to lirty cents per bushel, flour two dollars er hundred pounds. Such are some of the Sects of the Lincoln blookade on the far* lers in the Northwestern States. Very Handsome ?Gen. J. R. Ander* m, in command at Wilmington, in anti* pation of onr receiving a visit from Lin* )ln's fleet, has gallantly offered South Oa* >Iina five thousand men to assist in repel* eg the invader. Savannah, Oct. 31.?Captain S. J. eort of the British Navy, has resigned his mmisaion and arrived in Savannah, and is tendered his services to the Confedete Government. J^*Tbe London Times says the blocke is ineffectual, and that foreign nations e not bound to recognize it.