Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-. * - - ^ ' * t - * v*^? *-. - * -... .s&m-r ; ** , ry - . ,A : -'*''} ~<ZjP ' ? * *' * &Th T** * ' * a ' # wiSiam wEI#AST.}Proprietor8- 5>ii |nbej)cnbcnt familg ftefosjaper: for tljc promotion of % ^olhital, Social, Agricultural anb Commercial Interests of % |?out|. | $2 per yeab, ih advascb. VOLUME 8. " \ YORKYILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 16, 1862. JfUMBEE 3.,..,? fJsrMle Qhtqpim. rs ISSUES EVERY THURSDAY MORHIHG, AT Two Dollars a year, in Advance. THREE COPIES, ?5 ?5 j 10 COPIES, 915) ? And an Extra Copy to the person making a Club of Ten?the money to be paid in Advance. advertisements Will be inserted at ONE DOLLAR persquare for the first, and flktt CENTS for each subsequent insertion (lean than three months.) A Square consists of the apace occupied by 10 lines of this site type ;100 words, or ONE inch space. 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For each additional line, 81. y Announcements ofMarriages or Deaths ; Xoticesof Religious Meetings ptbUshed GRATIS and solicited, i-is* TrtKiitpH nf Reiueet rated as advertisements. fy*Obituary Xotl.ta exceeding one square in length, will be charged for the overplus at regular advertising rate*. *?'Personal Communications, when admissible ; communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendations of Candidates for offices of honor, profit ortrust will be charged forat from 3 to 10 cents per line. The War on the Seacoast. Up to a late hour yesterday evening, ail was quiet at the various military ports a long the sea-coast. The enemy have threatened to burn every house and out-build iog they fiad deserted, and have already begun their work of vandalism, having ap plied the torch to the fine residences- of Mr Adams, Mr. Chaplin and Mr. Wm. Fripp. The last named gentleman is well known as having first introduced into use an excellent seed for Sea Island Cotton. Three negroes from Barnwell Island, who were taken at Page's Point on Monday, report Mr. Trescot's house to have been occupied by a party of Yankee officers A few days ago, Major Jones, (from York District,) of Col. Duuovaut's Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, sent three men in a canoe, to a small island off Canningham's Bluff, to burn the cotton honse and barns, which they succeeded in doing. The enemy turned ont as soon as they discovered the fire, bat they were too late; the party bad returned in safety, and tbe Major merely threw a couple of shells at the be wildered Yankees, to let them know be wa9 there. On Monday evening, eight gun boats were reported off Mackay's Point. Their object in comiDg there was not known.? Mackay's Point is on Port Royal River, at the confluence of Pocotaligo, Coosawhatohie ?and Tulytiuny Rivers. Vessels drawing " * ? ? ? ?V?*#wk oo fr k Jo twenty reet can come up ?w ?*? point. Near the spot where Col. Jones lost bis men, on the 1st, just at the side of the causeway, lies a 12-inch shell, which failed to explode. Whets discovered, it created some surprise, owiDg to its being so much larger than usual. It was thought rat first to be a 13-inch shell, but being mea}* sured, proved to be nearly' rty-sir inches in circumference, and musi uave been fired from an 11 inch Columbiad. This shows the heavy calibre of the ordnance used by the enemy. It also iudicates that they have a larger and stronger class of gun boats than had been generally supposed to be in our waters The rapidity of the fire proves that the one gun boat in view on New Year's Day carried more than a sin gle gun. Whiie on the subject of projectiles, we may mention that quite a number of rifled shells have been found at Page's and Cunningham's Points. In length they measure twelve ioches, and in diameter about four inches, with the end pointed. The soldiers have ventured to open some of the many found uuexploded. On the sharp point is a percussion cap, which possibly does not produce sufficient concussion in striking the earth to explode it. The in terior is filled with a charge of powder and musket balls, as many as 173 of the latter having been obtained from a Bingle shell. This is furnishing contraband of war for the Confederate States on quite a UDerai j scale. Port Royal Ferry, on the North side, is I to our army of the coast what Mason's and) Muoson's hills were last September to the advanced guards of the army of the Potomac. At both points the hostile pickets have frequently spoken to each other. Here is a specimen of a recent conversation at the Ferry. Yankee.?Halloo ! over there. Southron.?Halloo ! yourself. Y.?So you've got Lee over there, eh ? S.?Yes, sir-ee. \\?Right smart man he is, too. Ain't j his headquartes at Coosawhatchie ? S.?Well, he is some. Y\?Say! ain't his headquarters at Coosawhatchie? S.?Can't say, come over and see for yourself. Y.?How are you off for tobacco and liquor? S ?Got pleuty of both. \\?We want some tobacco, won't you trade some for whiskey? S Don't want anv of your liquor. AtuoDg souue other pertinent questions; was the following, which effectually broke up the strange colloquy: Y.?Halloo! over there. How many did we kill of your men in the flat ? S ?Halloo ! 1 say. What made you run at Bull Run ? We have heard a touching incident related of the fight of the 1st instant. A Lieu tenant in Col. Jones' regiment was mortal ly wounded by a shell, which broke his sword iu half; he survived but a few min u'es; but before his death, he took a gold ring from his finger, and handing it with his broken sword to Lieutenant Colonel McGowao, made a dying request that he should forward both to his fiancee. A letter from a member of the Palmetto Guard says, that a detatchment of sixteen men, under 3d Lieutenant B C. Webb. I manning an eight-inch howitzer, were stationed at Port Royal Ferry, on the 1st in Stanr, with Leake's Yirginia battery, and - that, notwithstanding the bombardment of that position, on that day, no one of the detachment was injured On the 2d in slant, they had fallen back to the cross road leading to Page's Point, where their gun was held in position. Later acoounts represent them us having moved to another point. It is worthy of remark that three Generals of South Carolina militia are now in command of regiments encamped within sight of each other, Colonel Jones, Colonel Dunovant, and Colonel Martin. Each of them had previously seen active service, either in Florida or Mexico.? Charleston Mercury, 8fA. Marvellous Stories of a Yankee Just: from Savannah. Our Savannah readers will be amused by the following string cf amazing lies, which we take from the Frankfort, Kentucky, corrvspondence (December 29) of the Cincinnati Times: Mr. Nelson R. A. Biddell, a merchant of Philadelphia, who married his wife in Savannah, Georgia, and who left there on the 2nd instant, has just arrived here by way of Nashville, Bowling Green aod Lou isville. Mr. Biddell had great difficulty io getting out of Savannah, having lab ored j faithfully, but in vain, to do so for several! months. Mr. Biddell describes the alarm and panic at Savannah, after the Federal attack on Pore Royal, as most extraordinary.? Fear seized every one, aud all the citizens fled from the place The city has no pro lection or defence's whatever?all the guns, ammunition and cannon having been sent to Virginia. There were no soldiers there but one regiment, which was encamped near the town, temporarily, on its way to Virginia. During the residence of my informant in Savannah there were two or three drafts for soldiers, and he was compelled to furnish two substitutes for the rebel army, one of whom, an ex-lumber merchant of Maine, was the most violent^ Secessionist in the { place. The South, he believes, has all the j force in the field that it can possibly raise, j having made the most determined and persisteut effoits to furnish men and money for the oause. The people have been most severely taxed, and those at all suspected of Union sentiment*, or proclivities, have; been forced to contribute enormous sums j Many of the merchants and professional j men have been impoverished by the exac j tions of the "Confederacy." The strongest and boldest Union man is; Hon. Joho E. Ward, formerly our Minis-J ter to China, and he is dreadfully persecu-; ted by the rebels, who have arrested him at j least twenty times while attempting to es ; cape, robbed him of his entire property and some $400,000, and threatened several times to hang him. Mr. Ward says they can kill him if they like, but that ho will never surrender his allegiance to the Federal Q >v? rnment, or cease to detest and deoououe the miserable abortion known as the Southern Confederacy. He is very anxious to go North, but is so closely watched that he cannot, escape. Mr. Biddell thinks that it is not at all improbable that Mr. Ward will be assassinated in Savannah, unless he succeeds in getting out of the State. The greatest excitement, Mr. Biddel1 says, reigned throughout the South on the subjeot of war, and the women of Savannah daily praotioed with fire arms to perfect themselves in their use. He thinks that even in Savannah the presence of the Federal army would be bailed with joy by ~ a luujuiitjr ui wo pcupic. Savannah, like all the Southern towns through whioh Mr. Biddell passed, is entirely barren of business, and complaints j are rife of the stagnation of trade, and of! the scarcity of money. Mr. B. had thej greatest difficulty in obtaining $500 in gold i although his brother-in-law had $90,000 in < Georgia ourreocy in the Planters' Bank, i and, when he did procure coin, was compelled to pay fifty cents premium for it. Mr. Biddell says that the most astound-1 ing falsehoods are daily circulated and be-i lieved throughout the South, and that hel himself had no doubt, at one time, that Lincoln had been hanged. Such stories as the taking of Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York, are very common, and the Savannah newspapers publish accounts of false victoiies, won by the rebels, five or six times every week. Negro Subordination During the visit the Yankees paid to the neighborhood of Sbepherdstown, some weeks ago, when they disgraced themselves by their conduct at the residence of Hon. A. R. Boteler, they carried off some eight or nine negro 1 men belonging to Mr. Henry Shepherd ? After they were landed safely on the Mary laud shore, the Yankees told them they were then free, and might have their choice, either to go where they pleased or to return to their master. The negroes having their ohoice, professed their desire to return.? When asked the reason of such a ohoice, they stated that their wives and children were all there, but the Yankees promised to bring them over also ; still the uegroes urged their preference to return to the home and service of their masters. The Yankees, true to their promise, set them all uu ouc f ligtuia Piiure agaiu, auu luc uc groes are now at home contented and happy, tearing nothing but another visit from the Hessians Another instance might he cited, in the case of four slaves of Mr. Jacqueline Smith, of Clarke, who were taken, or enticed from their owner whilst Pattersou's army was near the Potomac last Spring.? Twoof them, after enjoying negro freedom for three weeks in Pennsylvania, became disgusted and voluntarily returned home The other two, after serving a Pennsylvania Regiment for three weeks, were sold by the Yankees to the jailor in ffagerstown, for ?20 each Like an honest man he iuform ed their master of the fact, and returned them to him. We are also informed by a reliable gentleman, from King George, that two valuable negro men stolen from that county by the Yankees, had made their escape and returned borne, their backs mangled in a horrible manner by the Yankee freedom shriekers. They stated that they bad been required to perform twice the amount of labor ever required of them before, aud iu case it was not performed they were cruelly punished. Their backs bore ample testimony of the truth of their state meats.? Winchester Republican, 3d. Forney on a War with England. The following extract from a late number of the Philadelphia Press, gives Forney's views on the consequences of a war with i England: i Eugland knows she is strong. Thi3 is our hour of weakness, and she may make it her opportunity to strike. She can now i be arrogant and insulting, for now her arro- i gance and insults cannot be resented. The Northern coast is exposed to her large and powerful navy, our towns are not fortified, and she may bring destruction upon our people aud our manufacturing interests.? All this she knows Her armaments are large and well appointed; her army has been increased almost to a war footing; and she is prepared to throw large bodies of troops into the Eastern and Northern portions of the republic; Canada is filled with armed men, and the froutiers of Canada are simply so many garrisons Our commerce is at her mercy. In the Mexican Gulf there is a large British fleet, which could render our newly gained strongholds on the Southern coast untenable, and accomplish the destruction of the brave men at Port Royal, Hatteras and Santa Rosa Island. She may break our blockade, and eutirely nullify our expeditionary opera tions. With the Potomac virtually blockaded. and an immense array under Beaure gard in our rear, Washington would probubly full With the Chesapeake bay open, any navy that may choose cau enter; with u disloyal population in Maryland ; with enemies along the Virginia and Atlantic coasts, England could precipitate a fearful series of disasters, and, perhaps, with the aid of Southern armies', turn the bloody tide of war upon the Northern States. . That is an honest admission, says the Guardian, to say the least; and it was, doubtless, the knowledge that these consequences would result from a war with England that induced the Lincola Government to humble itself before that power. But, with all its humiliation, it will not escape the ordeal of war with England, agd the consequences are ouly anticipated in the above extract. Foreign Items. A telegram of the 20th ult., from Berne, Switzerland, contains the followiog important announcement: The Federal council has received a circular addressed by the French Government to European Powers, declaring that the arrest of Messrs. Mason and Slide! 1 was con trary to pnociples which are regarded as essential to the security of neutral flags. The circular states that the French Gov CtlliUUIH UUCliiCU It UUttojfl I j tU nu jujh mm opiuioo to'the Cabinet at Washington, in order to determine it to make concessions which the French Government considered indispensable. A large meeting of masters and officers iu the mercantile marine had been held in London, and they had resolved to heartily co operate with the Government, whenever their services might be required. The Shipping Gazette says that either our merchantmen must be armed or the Government must detail a number of the fastest and most efficieut ships to watch American privateers. The London Herald bitterly criticises Mr. Seward's foreign correspondence, charging him with insolence, folly and wickeduess, as wanton and mischievous as any that history records The London Times also has an editorial on Mr. Seward's dispatches, and treats them with ridicule. It says Mr. Seward assumes and get a glass of nog, but oo looking up we saw too doors, and as we knew our room c had but ono, we thought we would wait till t< our friends with whom we were drinking should return and show us the way out.? a Tasted some more nog, and imagined that e we had been converted into a big egg, and that our darling Mary Ann was about to tl break us in two, preparatory to converting t< us into nog. Found we had been snooz- f, ing, and took more nog to keep us awake. We?here?began?to?think?that ?the ? ?nog?was? **** c The British Naval Force on tiie it American Coast.?We notice the publi- r< cation of estimates to show the great naval force which England can immediately bring to operate against the United States, lc should hostilities aotually take plaoe. In this connection, it is interesting to exhibit tl the strength of her fleets in the waters of si North America and the West Indies, the it Oulf of Mexioo and the Pacific ocean, as c< their united force will, no doubt, operate Ii against that power in case of war. On the tl North Ameroian and West Indian station fe to instruct the eDtire human race as to the origin of the rights and prospects of the war in America, and his coufident assuran cea as to the dimensions and duration of the war are belied before his words reached the public B The London Post's Paris correspondent says that neither France uor Russia have taken any steps as mediators, i The Paris Patric, in enumerating the ;five French vessels at New York, says oth ers are speedily to be sent there. <>! > ? The Bayonet the True Weapon.? A gentleman who participated in the glorious battle of Greenbrier river, iuforras us that he himself heard the Yankee Goueral repeatedly call upon regiment after regiment of his valiant heroes to "charge the d?d rebels," and that they declined to budge an inch. He siugled out particular regiments, invokiug them to charge, but they respectfully declined, und he then called upon select companies in those regij meats, but none of them had a stomach for the job. lie called upon the officers, with a volley of oaths, to lead their men to "the I imminent deadly breach," but the officers replied that unless they carried the men on 'their shoulders, there was no way of getting them there. At last, he offered to pay them if they would "charge the d?d rebels," but even that all powerful influence fail d to bring them to the soratch. We understand that at Drainsville, whero they numbered fifteen thousand to our sixteen hundred, aud ou several other occasions, they manifested a similar disinclination to eorne to close quarters. At the battle of Alleghany, out numbering us five to one, they took to their heels iucoutinently at eveiy charge of the bayonet. These" facts should impress upon our mea the value of cold steel in Southern hands, and impress upon them trie importance 01 ormging me enemy to close quarters whenever it is practicable.?Richmond Dispatch. ?l? The Confederate War Tax.?In the tax bill enacted by the Confederate Cougress there is a clause placing a tax upon "all interest bearing bonds " We learu that, according to the construction of the law given by Secretary Mcuimiuger, the tax payer will uot be permitted to deduct his liabilities froui the amount of money due him, although he may be, in fact, in arrears. Thus, if his liabilities amount to SlOO^ 000, and he holds "interest bearing bonds to the amount of $50,000, he has to pay i tax upon the ?50,U00, when, in reality, he is worth uothiug Again : has purchased a farm at forty thousand dollars, and sold his own for thirty thousand. He is in pos i sion of the forty thousaud dollar farm, and i has to pay a land tax thereou; at the same time he holds the bonds "iuterest bearing" . for the thirty thousand dollar farm, beoause tt the "stay law" prevents their execution.? tli He is, therefore, required to pay tax upon vi the thirty thousand dollars, and also upon m the forty thousand dollar farm'. Thus ai paying a tax upon seventy thousand dollars, when in reality he holds only forty thous- & and dollars' worth of property. His bonds are fastened upon him, and he oannot collect them. Again : B holds A's bonds for a the forty thousand dollar farm ; B must, G therefore pay a tax upon' these bonds.? Therefore, the land purchased by A from B * is paying a double tax; so is the land sold ? by A to C; for a pays A tax on C's bonds 0 for thirty thousand dollars, and C pays on C the land in kind. Such a law, or the con- ^ struction of it, is certainly wanting in uni- ^ formity and justice.?Richmond Exami- r ner, 1st instant. f ? >m> 8 From the Coast. t On* Wednesday last, the 8th instant, i about noon, some twenty cannon were fired by the Federals in the direction ot s Boyd's Landing, on Palmetto Point.? s In a half hour after, one of the South 1 Carolina videttes reported that the t Federals had landed, in two large boats, t about sixty men. A portion of the c forces of Carolina stationed at that point t went to reconnoitre the enemy. When a within striking distance, the men moved t cautiously to ascertain the number and position of the Federals. Seeing no ? one at the house, the Carolinians march- 1 ed up to the point which the enemy had a occupied, and found that they had re- t tired, after killing and stealing several e fat hogs near at hand. The Federals t fired about twenty rifled shells and six- c inch* shells at the Carolinians. Three 1 or four of these shells, which had not j exploded, have been found and taken i to camp. The Federals placed on the < Southern side of Broad river, not far t from Gregorie's shore, a marker, to designate the point from which to shell j our men, in their advance upon the 1 causeway, which led to the house, and < under cover of which they landed their t men. The Carolina pickets being but i few in number, retired half a mile to j make observations as to the movements i of the enemy at the house. The mar- < ker was taken up yesterday. ( The Federal gun-boats shot down one of the chimneys of Gregorie's house, i and put a ball through the house. A- t bout ten shot or shell were put through t the stable, one through the mill-house, j ana one through the servants nouse, t and many shells were lying about the 1 yard, some having exploded and others not. Our informant says that on Wednesday, he went to Palmetto Point, and found two Federal gun-boats and two sailing vessels on the Southern shore of Broad river, about a mile below Gregorie's and Murray's Island. They were moving about without coming up. It is thought that the taking up of the marker rather discouraged the Federals. What the next Federal movement will be in that direction cannot be told, but we learn that the Carolinians are prepared to give the enemy a warm reception. It is tltought that the Federals will not move far off from under the cover of their guns.?Savannah Neivs. An Editor's Christmas Experience. The local editor of the Vicksburg Sun relates the following as his Christmas experience : t Egg-nog is a very difficult thing to oompound to suit one's palate. We tried the experiment yesterday, and after drinking one glass we arrived at the conclusion there t was too much egg. We diluted the mix- ^ ture with Otard and tried again, but after j two glasses of the new compound, we dis covered it was not sufficiently sweet. More sugar being added, we imbibed several glasses, but the result of the experiment was that excoss of sugar we bad added 'gan to pall upon our wearied sense. So we ] again unmeet cue mixture sua set iu, uui this tiuie it involved the opening of a second bottle of brandy, which proved to be 0 rather tiery after sipping three or four a glasses, so we qualified the mixture with t rum. Now rum per se is a very delectable ] beverage, and when mixed with brandy f and converted into nog, it is fit for the gods So we devoted all our attention to the nog, c and managed to put about a quart under f our belt. We then smoked a ciga", and i feeliug dry, imbibed three or four glasses of nog, but it had a villainous twang. We [, added more rum and then we drank. We f, believe we drank several times more, when b not liking the flavor of the sugar, we thought a we would go out and buy a plantation and j| make sugar to our owo liking. Took a j; turn around the room and took another p drink. Somebody set two glasses and two w bowls of nog on the table, at least it seem- j ed so to us; so we waited for our friends to come, but as they didn't, we drank to their w health out of both bowls and with two turn- c biers. Made more nog, cracked an egg containing a very juvenile chicken, popped t| him in, and rather reckon that chicken got u tight at a very early age. Drank more nog. [, Feeling very dry, we concluded to go out 8J lere are 30 vessels, in the Gulf 4, and io 8 io Paoific 20; making a grand total of 54 e ?ssels, carrying 1,360 guns, the crews a- 1< ouoting to little less than fifteen thous- it ad men. b w .K" ACT to incorporate the York GasLight Company. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House f Representatives, now met and eittiog in reneral Assembl)', and by the authority of c be same, That John H. Adams, Henning o \ Adickes, J. Rufns Bratton, Richard S. loore, Stanhope Sadler, and others, who n ow are members of the York Gas-Light f lompany, and such other persons as may f iccoine members thereof, be, and they are lereby, declared a body politic and corpo- 1 ate, by the name of the "York Gas-Light j Company," with a capital of sixteen thon- t and dollars, and the privilege to increase t be same hereafter to any sum not exceed- c ng thirty thousand dollars. f II. That the said company shall have t ucceseion of officers and members, and \ hall have authority to make rules and by } ?A. . . it i # *?_ t a aws, doc repugnant to tne laws or tne land; o have and use a common seal; to sue and ( >e sued, plead and be impleaded, by their j :orporate title, in any Court of law or equi t y in this State; and to have and enjoy all ind every right and privilege, incident and t >elonging to incorporated bodies. j III. That the said company shall be able md capable, iu law and equity, to have, lold, receive, possess, enjoy and retain, all iuch property, real and personal, as they nay now be possessed of, or in any wise mtitled to, or which shall have beea, or iball hereaf.er be, given or bequeathed to, >r in any way acquired by them; and shall lave power to alien, sell, or otherwise dis lose of, the same or any part thereof: Prolided, The amount so held by the said tompaoy shall in no case exceed in value be sum of twenty thousand dollars. IV. That the capital stock of said comiany shall be divided into shares of one lundred dollars each, and on any increase >f the capital, as hereinbefore provided for, he same shall be raised by subscription, n shares of one hundred dollars each.? \od at the election of officers, and on all natters that may be submitted to a vote of if stockholders, each shall be entitled to ine vote for each share h7!ld by him. V. That the shares in the oapital stock if the said company shall be deemed per>onal estate, and be transferrable only on ,he books of the said company. And no a. :j i jari ui me hhiu uapitai snail ml auy ,ime, or uoder aoy pretence whatever, be oaned to, or divided amoog, the stuck- < loldera ; nor shall said capital be withdrawn 1 >r divided among the stockholders, until all i he liabilities of the company have been i 'ully paid; nor shall any dividend at any :ime be deolared, except of the nett earnings ind profits of the company, over and above . he capital. VI. That the said company shall have )ower to manufacture, make and sell Gas, I o fee made of rosin, coal, oil, turpentine, 1 >r other material, and to furnish such quan- ' ities of Gas as may be required in or near ' he town of Yorkville, for lighting the 1 itreets, stores, and buildings there situate, ' ind for other purposes; to lay pipes or oth- 1 !r conductors, for conducting Gas through ' he streets, alleys, lanes and squares of the rown of Yorkville and its vioinity. VII. That if aoy person shall wilfully 1 njure, or cause to be injured, any of the jroperty of the said company, such person 1 hall forfeit and pay to the said company 1 reble the amount of damages sustained by itich injury, to be recovered by aotion in iny Court having cognizance thereof; and ' hall also be considered guilty of a misdeneanor, and being thereof convicted, shall 1 >e punished by fine not exoeediog throe ' lundred dollars, or imprisonment not ex- ' teeding one year. 1 VIII. That this Aot shall be deemed a 1 mblio Act, and continue of force for the ( >eriod of fourteen years jatest Northern and European Intel- I ligence. Richmond, January 11.?Mr. Zacharie, i if New Orleans, who was arrested on board i , British vessel by the Federal steamer San- i iago de Cuba, has been released by the * fankee Government, and arrived at Nor- 1 oik yesterday. The Norfolk Day Book has received a 1 opy of the New York Ilerald, of the 9th, t rom which it makes the following ex t raots: f The Federal House of Representatives < as appointed a committee to reports bill 1 or raising four hundred millions dollars y direct taxation. There is an upward jovement in gold. Exchange is quoted a New York at 115. The Herald says a hat Wall street has conspired to defeat the e lans of the Government, and the Treasury c rill be without a oent in another week.? j 'he Philadelphia banks refuse Treasury t fotes, and the public begin to cry, "down t rith the banks!" and to call for a national e urrency. i Vallandigham said, in a recent speech, t hat the moment Mason and Slidell stepped C pon the deck of a British steamer for Eng. i md, they became, indeed, Envoy Ambasidors of recognized Independent States, c The several thousand bales of sea island 1 otton landed at Northern port9 from Hi 1- t ) Head and other points South, turns out s > be sand bags filled with unginned cotton, S nd weighing from eight to twelve pounds o aoh. tl The steamer Canada reaohed Halifax on e ae 8th, with more troops, artillery and 900 n >ns munitious of war. The Hibernia is to p >IIow up with more troops. is Tbe London Times stands aghast in conjmplation of tbe tremendous and magoifi- ? ent proportions of the Yankee debt. n Prussia has addressed a note to her Min- r; iter at Washington, condemning the ar? ti 23t of Mason and S lidell. p ? ? ?? ? S Our Financial Condition.?The Char- h iston Courier says: b We learn, and are authorized to slate, it lat B. C. Pressley, Esq., Assistant Trea- w irer of the Confederate States of America m i fchis oity, has, within a few days, advan;d 895,000 in coin to Gen. Albert Pike, idiao Agent, to aid in paying moneys due q\ le Indians, under treaties with tbe Con ft iderate Government; and baa on hand L 90,000 in coin to pay interest on Confedrate bonds, and will still have a surplas t ;ft. Does not this speak well for the cred- t ; and resources of our young Confederacy, f attling for her independence against a t realthy and yet powerful, although often t iacomfitted, foe ? t 8craps for War Times. , Cromwell said that ten brave men ] ould stop a thousand from retreating | r running away. ( "Fortune favors the brave," as more | nen are killed in running away than in , acing danger?better meet it "face to | ace." , The cannon shot for the first five j lundred yards destroys or grinds to , >owder everything in it hissing course, | ut farther, though the impetus be less, , he danger is more, as it is guided by , ibstructions, and when nearly spent j 'ractures bones without ever breaking ; he skin, and a soldier has lost his foot ( >y KicKmg on a spent Dan roiling to nm. The fatality of the windage of balls, in proximity with the body,) as supjosed, is a falacy ; clothes have been ;orn off without much injury. Fragments of shell are not so disas;rous as round shot, though lacerating i great deal. The conical ball (musket, etc.) is nore fatal than the round ball, more lirect, lacerating, and difficult of exfaction. Any obliquity of surface, bone, etc., will turn a ball even to a fnll circle. Gun shot wounds of the face, in the Crimean war, were only fatal in 14 out Df 535 cases. A soldier's food should be well cooked ; (no tainted meat,) his meals at regular hours; no violent exercise after eating ; a hearty breakfast and at least me jpeal of animal food a day, with plenty of .vegetables, as carrots, onions, rice, etc., ripe fruit, and after exposure [>r fatigue, good hot soup, cleanliness abserved, and the feet kept dry if possible. He should have coffee once or twice a day, but if not to be got, the substitutes are?acorns, stripped and roasted, ground sassafras nuts, grated crust of bread, rye or wheat parched with butter, beech root, horse beans, etc. The substitues for tea are?the pon, rosemary, strawberry leaves. But the best home made tea is made of good well made meadow hay (infusion.)? While on the subject I'll say that starch r??n Ko marlo nf frnsfrAfl nnt.afcnps. and the tops make good potash when burnt; and the myrtle glycerine, etc, will furnish the other component of soap. Closino of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?Magnitude of the Loss to the Enemy.?A writer in the Boston Daily Advertiser says :?We doubt if the public have aoy conception of the immense imount of property which has beeu lying dead on the banks of the Potomac sioce the blasting wind of rebellion swept over that beautiful country. Since the destruction of the bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, thirty one millions of dollars, which distributed yearly to its owners early two millions and a half of earnings, has been almost as dead as if lay at the bottom of the river. In the year ending September.30, 1860, this road carried into Baltimore 84,590 car loads with freight. Part of this was 32,000 head of cattle, 140,000 hogs, 45,000 sheep, 400,000 tons of coal. Think of the vast numbers of merchants, miners, mariners, truckmen, drivers, butchers, tanners, shoemakers, &c., employed by such a business; even then you will fail to realize the suffering inflicted by the stoppage of this railroad on the regions at each end and along its line. This road employed 236 engines and 3,581 cars. The great New York Central has but 218 engines and 3,290 cars. Let those who have invested their earnings in the New York Central, or who share in the prosperity created by its vast business, imagine that road temporarily destroyed, tnd they will know how to feel for Maryand, Western Virginia, and part of Ohio. While this great avenue is shut up, whose business it is to bring to our army be very provisions they need, straight from he region where they are cheapest, how itraoge it is to see a sane man propose that Government shall contract for a new line 'rom New York to Washington. The News. The News, both from Lincolndom and ibroad, is still quite hopeful for the Southirn cause. The panio in Northern fioan:ial circles increases, and besides the deireciation of the treasury notes, we learn that ( he Northern banks have determined not to , ouch the federal loan. With an exhaust , d treasury, and no means of replenishing , t, either at home or in Europe, it would , ake a muoh more sagacious financier than j lhase to invent any effective mode of rais- ( ng the wiad. I The abstraot of their Congressional pro- ( eedings, and the movements in the New t fork Legislature, are also indications that j he people are getting tired of their oxpen- j ive and furtile attempt to subjugate the louth. The effort to collect a direct tax f 8100,000,000 will strengthen and confirm he popular feeling against immense war c xpenditures. It can only be collected by t lilitary force, and when it comes to that 1 oint, the doom of the Lincoln Government t ) sealed. i The indications and rumors from Europe a rarrant the expectation of an early recog- a ition of the Confederate States and the c miog of the blockade. The outrages on neu- c I a __j .1 _ 1 1 A rai nags, unu me uaruaiuuo attrujpu ttr t ercnanently obstruct the harbors of the a outh against the commerce of all nations, fc ave raised a storm in Europe that will not t e allayed by anything less than the break- ?! )g up of the ineffectual and sham blockade ith which Lincoln has annoyed the comlerce of Europe.? Guardian. t Georgia Cannon.?The Columbus En- b ixirer says a hoe brass canoon was success a illy cast iu that city, at the Columbus p ;on Works, last week. p Incendiaries sent South.?Informaion was received here several weeks ago, tri >y the government, from reliable parties, mi Heads of the Confederacy io Philadelphia, Li hat an organization had been perfected pa here by gangs of desperadoes in the pay of he Lincoln Government, charged with the fo inty of penetrating into the South by tho tb lsual means and appliances used by Yan- n< tees, and when there of burning all railroad m )ridges deemed usefal in the conveyance oi )f troops and the transportation of muni- pi ;ions of war. That the soheme would be Si jarried out was deemed certaia by the in- Si formant of the government, as the parties G engaged in the enterprise were men will- fit ing to Hsk their lives to carry out the idea \f mikimutinn laid /trtotn ho T.innnln Ha . " au"Ju6'*"v"" """* """" "J ~ rightly conjectures that if the Southern railroads were rendered unavailable by ^ means of the torch of the incendiary, our independence would be more difficult to q| aobieve than now appears. All suspicions ^ characters should be watched, and eapeci- ^ ally in times like these, an efficient guard ^ should be placed in the vicinity of every ^ Southern railroad bridge. The government may have taken the proper step for ^ aught we know to the contrary. ^ Richmond Dupatkh. j Important From Havana.?The New 8 Orleans Delta learns that his Excellency Don Francisoo Sarraoo, the Captaio Gene- e ral of Cuba, has expressed his indignation I at the frequent outrages committed by Fed- s eral cruisers almost within sight of the forts t at Havana, in overhauling vessels leaving the port of Havana Several messages e have been sent by him to the Consul of the o Uoited States in regard to these outrages, t and the commaoders of the forts have or- t ders to keep a look out, and if any United States ship is discovered in the act of cha- b sing or boarding any ship within cannon t shot, to open upon aod sink her. The Captain General has been so disgusted by the audaoity aod insolence of the Yankee shippers, that he opeoly declares ^ his sympathy with the Confederate States, j his determination to protect their ships, q their citizeos and their flag whilst within bis jurisdiction, and his conviction of the utter inanity of the futile attempt of the ^ Yankees to subjugate the South A Frenoh Vessel Fired Into by the * Federals Mobile, January 10.?Oo Monday last, t a French man of war approaohed Ship Is- 1 land under a neutral flag, for the purpose of f attending to some business with the French i Consul at New Orleans, and was fired into ' aod somewhat crippled by the Federal fleet. 1 The Frenchman did not return the fire.? < The Yankee apologized, but tho French t Captain refnsed to accept the apology. He \ . x- D._ o. t?: k:? came CO uuy Ot UUUIB Vfitu uio uuat, auu telegraphed at once to New Orleans On Monday, there were nearly thirty Federal J vessels at Ship Island; bat, after this affair, all bat five left. They are very quiet. ?a?- It is high time (says the Charleston ' Courier,) that Cotton planters had a dis ' tinct agreement as to operations for the 1 year, in view of the ^var. Some have pro- ' posed that unless peace is speedily restored, no cotton be planted; others, on consid- \ | oration of the demands of domestic con j 'sumption and a supply of seed, propose ] that a certain small proportion of a crop be ] planted. ] ! We have repeatedly expressed oar pref- ] erenoe for the cottoo plan, and we renew j the proposition, as a basis for agreement, that each planter put in cotton only onefourth of the area given to it in 1861. Will our Cotton planting friends and * readers give their opinions promptly 7 Richmond, January 8.?The statement 1 published to the effeot that the Treasury De * partment had purchased gold at a large ( premium to pay the January and March interest on the funded debt of the Confede- ] rate States, is unfounded. The gold neces- 8 sary to meet these payments has been in t the treasury for some time Confederate p bonds of the original fifteen million loan, t issued in March last, are quoted at 100, t interest off. ( A despatch from Europe, recently received by the State Department, writteo ( prior to the reception m England of the * capture of Mason and Slidell, represent the feeling in France and Eogland as being 8 highly favorable to the cause of the Confede ^ rate States. [The despatch here referred 0 to was probably among those brought by 3 Mr. D. T. Biabie, the special messenger 0 from Mr. Yancey, and who came passenger ? by the Ella Warley ] .M Prom Nashville. q Nashville, January 8.?A gentleman direct from Louisville, reports the Lincoln ei army between Louisville and Bowling cj Green to be 100,000 men ; of these 25,000 e; are unfit for duty, chiefly on account of 3 jiokoess. The enemy are pushing forward she work of repairing Green River bridge, which will be complete in a few days, when tfl t is probable that a movement will be made ^ :owards Bowling Green. A gentleman just t': rom Paducah says, that the enemy intend ^ soncentrating a force of 100,000 men at hat place. It is reported here.this even ?* ng, that the enemy are crossing Green sliver in considerable force. sp MM* QJ The Seduction in Size. p< We trust the present size of the Advo- ^ ate will only be temporary. It is una Q( midable for the present, as our subscription Vfi ist is suddenly reduced from eleven to four housaod, by the rule requiring payment J nadvanoe When it has increased so much a is to justify it, we will make the paper lar ^ :er, but cannot coosent to hazard its dis m ontinuance by spending all our money at va >nce. It greatly anooys the Editor to have P 0 send out so small a sheet?particularly 8 he has to withhold mnoh of the copy be oe tas prepared for the press. But we must all jQ iave patience, and hope for better things.? 8W Southern Christian Advocate. iQ It is said that there are 3)000 fateoed bogs in Lexington, ready tb^be 8U lauorhtered for Price's army. They blajre P? o - " V ' nt een paid for in Confederate notes, which oanng the secessionists in Lafayette county ass current at higher rates than Missouri tei ap?r. ph Lancaster.?Lancaster, the native disct of Jackson, Miller and Blair, is deterioed not to be behind in the war. Tht inoaster Ledger gives a list of seven commies now in the field, adding: The latest statistics report the militia roe of the State at 80,000 men. Under ie two-third basis South Carolina should >w have in aotive service about 40,000 en, a number equal to about one-eighth ' her entire white population; This is obably a larger proportion than any other bate now has in the field. If all of the tatee were to contribute in proportion, the onfederate Government would have in the eld over one million of men. 1ST The Norfolk Day Book, of the 9th ist., whioh came to hand last night, bring! . : JJ:.: i c A. 3 fcllb iuuvwiu? uuuiuuuai ucwo iiuua w?y :ew York Herald, of the 4th inet: Oq the twenty-seventh alt., there wete ae thousand one hundred, and fifty-five Uk slid soldiers in the hospitals at Washing* )n, Georgetown and Alexandria. Three uodred and thirty-seven of th6 number elonged to the New York regiments. . The cotton market was firm yesterday, rhile sales were confined to aboat 800 ales, closing on the basis of 86 a 87 oeats. i'or middling uplands, chiefly at the oat* ide figure. Washington, January 9.?It is hint- ' d in diplomatic circles that war with England is inevitable, and the next teamer may bring the recognition of he Southern Confederacy. It is reported on the Avenne that aost important dispatches are coming >ut by the steamer Canada, and that he Government has already received heir purport by telegraph. A heavy pressure from the North is ?eing exerted on the inactive state of he army of the Potomac. The Late Arrival* The Mobile Tribune my* it is currently retorted, and generally credited, that the teamer Vanderbilt baa arrived at Near Or* eans with 90,000 pounds of powder, 10, 100 Eofield Rifles, and an assorted cargo. Another exchange says: The steamer whioh has arrived *t New )rleans is the- Black Joker, freighted ihiefly with powder for the Confederate Government. This is reliable. A Strike ?The workmen engaged in he Brooklyn Navy Yard bad a strike on phnrajon laflt thon vanthorn tn wiawlr Luuiouaj ibov. a. uoj wnuwu iu?w w wut* Tom sunrise to sunset, sad to redaoe theif vages to the same as that paid outside.-? rhe workmen held a meeting and r?fased. rbere were three tbooavnl and five huuired eogaged in the yard, five hundred of v :hem went to work, and the balanoe eoninaed on the strike. The Prisoners ?The Federal prison3rs recently incarcerated at Charles too have been sent to Columbia, where we hope the officers in oommaad will see that they are properly isolated. Their arrival was allowsd, we think very indiscreetly, to be greeted by cheers and Yankee songs from the resident Yankee prisoners in the jail.?Columbia Carolinian. % Richmond, Jan. 12.?A portion of the Richmond press published this morling a statement that Galveston, Texas, las been taken by the Federals, bat lothing confirmatory has been received bv the authorities. The renort that the Federals have evacuted Romney needs further confirmation. The Wheat Crop.?The Memphis 4* ilanche says the wheat crop is said to be . unong the most promising for years. A arger extent of land has been sown thai isnal, and the prospect now is, according a the observations of the well-informed, hat it will be most abundant. A portion >f it may be expeoted in market in May. a general exchange of prisoners.? iVhen the exohange of the 250 prisoned eat by as into the rebel lines through For* res3 Monroe shall be completed, it is the mrpose of Secretary Cameron to send all he remaining prisoners in onr bands South, o be exohanged for an equal amber of Joioo captives?New York Tribune. More Conspirators.?The Little Rook State Gazette says: Another instalment of Jayhawking con* pirators of Van Buren county was received lere yesterday. Among the party are some f the most noted ringleaders of the oou* piracy The band is now entirely broken p, there remainiog but one or two not yet rrested, who fled to their abolition friends 3 the North. England most have Cotton.?The !ork Reporter of December IS says: ^ It is stated that Earl Russell had assur* d a deputation which had waited on him, iat arrangements had been made for the cportatiun of ootton from the Southern tates during the month of Febraaiy next Cannon can be heard a great dismce. The guns at Pensacola were beard y negroes 130 miles distant, who oalled le attention of their masters to the sound, he firing of cannon at Port Royal was sard at Jacksonville, Florida, a distance ' 200 miles, on an air line. What Ely Says.?Ely in his New York >eech says MoClellan's vast army has too uch to do. The Yankees have to fight iopie terribly in earnest. War, even to e knife, is still their ory. They will spare sither life nor treasure to prevent au adtoce of the Northern troop*. fg* The Petersburg Exprm received dispatch this afternoon from Norfolk, hich says that the elements are fight* g for us. A severe gale is now prei,iling, which forced the Burnside exedition back to Hampton Roads. A man in Boston is exhibiting ft w invention by which "he makes boots fifteen minutes," and the Boston Pott ears that he performs the work neatly and the time specified. Forty newspapers in Virginia have spended recently, either from a want of per or a want of punctuality on the part subscribers. $^ The Vioksburg Whig says eight or i brass cannon are turned out in that Me every wesk. 6vae of theaare riled,