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Army Rules and Regulations.
"For onneral information we Dublish the!
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following order from the War Department:
I.?Rules op Organization.
1. Troops tendered directly to this Department
may be accepted either in Regiments
or Battalions, organized by the election
of Field Officers, or in single Companies.
to be afterwards organized into Regiments
or Battalions, at the discretion of the
President, who then appoints the Field
Officers ; bat in no other form of organization.
- 2.
Where Troops have been raised by
the several States for the Confederate ser- ,
vice, all appointments thereto, except Staff
appointments, are made and commissions
issued by the State authorities under their
own laws Snoh Troops must be organized
in all other respects, as herein provided,
and are considered as in the Confederate
servioe from the date of their transfer, du
ring the term of their enlistment.
3. A Regiment is composed by law of j
ten Companies, neither more nor less, which <
must all be of one arm. A Battalion cannot
be accepted as such with less than five
Companies, and is entitled to but one Field
Officer, unless the number of Companies
exceeds five.
4. A Company must consist, if Infantry,
of from 64 to 100 privates ; if Cavalry, of
from 60 to 100; if Artillery (unless otherwise
expressly authorized), of at least 70
privates?in addition to all Officers. Com
panies elect their own Officers, and the
muster-rolls stand, until the oommissioos
are issued, as the evidence of their rank.
5 The Officers of the Regimental Staff
?Assistant Quartermaster and Commissary,
Sargeon, Assistant Surgeon, Chaplain, and
(when not already a Lieutenant of the Regiment)
the Adjutant, and the Officers of
the General Staff?are always appointed by
the President, through this Department.?
The reoommendation ot the Commanding
Officer is respected in making these appointments.
A Battalion is entitled to no Adjutant,
exoept from among the Lieutenants thereof,
and only to one Assistant Quartermaster or
Commissary, and to one Medical Officer.
Except Staff appointments, upon the
reoommendation of the Commanding Officer
upon whose staff the vacancy exists,
no appointments are now made from civil
life.
II.?Terms op Acceptance.
6. No Troop3 will be accepted for a less i
period than three years or the war, unless
?. full; armed and equipped.
7 All Troops accepted for the war will (
be armed and equipped before being ordered
into the field; or, their arms and i
equipments will be paid for, if reqaired,
upon inspection and valuation by the pro- j
per Offioer; but no arms will be paid for to 1
Troops enlisted for 12 months only. ]
8. No horses are furnished to Cavalry j s
but 40 ceots per day are paid for the use \
and risk of horses, and those killed in bat- t
tie are paid for. I
9. Batteries with equipments complete j
including horses, will be furnished to all ?
Light Artillery Companies accepted for the t
war, in the order of their acceptance, or c
will be paid for at valuation, if furnished t
by the Companies. Companies may be ac- s
oepted as Ereavy Artillery, when required to
man stationary batteries. 1
10. No Troops will be accepted for local i
service, unless required by the Officer com- <
manding the district in question, and then :
only as prescribed by the Act of Congress, i
receiving pay, subsistence, &e., only while i
in actual service;
Except under this Act, no Troops icill be I
accepted ic 'h any condition as to rehire tlwy
will serve. ]
III.?Acceptance and Muster into <
Service. f
11. Troops thus organized and accepted
are inspected and mustered into service by <
Officers designated for that purpose, and 1
are considered 3S in service and entitled to
pay and allowances from the date of their <
muster; or when previously accepted and
placed under orders by authority of" this I
Department, from the date of such acoep- <
tomo ohrmM fhpr> hp indicated on
the mu9ter rolls, by the mustering Officer.
After Troops have been mustered, the
muster rolls should be forwarded at once to i
the Adjutant General, and the mustering
Officer is authorized to call upon Quarter- i
masters and Commissa-ies for their due
supplies, transportation, &o., until they are i
otherwise provided for. No commissions I
will be issued uutil the muster rolls are received.
I
12. Volunteers or Recruits enlisted are
entitled to receive transportation and sub- I
sistenco. or commutation therefor, from
their place of enlistment to the place of I
rendezvous or muster; and when enlisted i
for the war, to a bounty of fifty dollars, i
psyable upon their inspection and muster.
But no Recruit will be accepted for less
period than the war.
13 Officers hold rank from the date of
the muster or acceptance of their respective i
commands into the service of the Confederate
States; or when appointed by the
Preeident, from the date of their appointment.
In no case will a commissscn be
conferred or promised in advance.
IV.?Supplies and Allowances.
14. All equipments, transportation, clothing,
subsistence, &c., or commutation
therefor, are furnished to Troops in servioe
by the proper Officers, in conformity with
Regulations, and no person, not expressly
commissioned for the purpose, oan be au- 1
thorized to make any purchase or contracts 1
whatsoever for the Government. 1
15. Contributions of clothing, or other
stores for Soldiers, Hospitals, &c., will be
transmitted free of oharge, if delivered
properly addressed to any Officer of the 1
Quartermaster's Department. Agents of 3
States in charge of snob articles will be al- J
lowed free transportation from their homes 1
to the place of their destination and back. '
Commutation is allowed the Soldier for 1
clothing, at the rate of 25 dollars for 6
months.
V.?Furloughs, Discharges, Resignations,
&c. 1
16. Applications for furlough must be f
addressed to Commanding Officers. (
No discharge will be granted except in
case of physical disability, certified by a '
Medical Officer, unless a substitute be fur *
nished for the war, io conformity with the 1
Regulations. 8
No resignation wilt be considered unless
forwarded by Commanding Officers, nor
accepted unless for satisfactory reasons stated.
17. AH communications from persons in
the service must be transmitted through
the office of the Adjutant General, and all
communications from subordinates must be
duly forwarded through their Commanding
Officer, or they will not be considered.
Note.?All communications from camps
should contain, in addition to the specification
of the Regiment, the name of the postoffice
to ichich ansiccr should be addressed.
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Secretary of War. 1
Our Country, and What we Owe it.
The following interesting story (says the a
N. O. Crescent) is taken from an English 0
translation of a French book styled An d
Attic Philosopher in Paris," and the sub- il
joined account is given by one who enter- >'
id the French army at the age of 15, ti
lervingat Jemappes, where Louis Philippe A
irst distinguised himself, aud throughout C
he wars of the republic and of the empire, ?
losing at Waterloo. It is commended to
Ihe young men of our country at this crisis
in her fate. Upon being asked why he a
oeoame a soldier so early, the Frenchman p
laid: i<
I did not really think about it. [ then a
worked at toy making, and never dreamt st
hat Franoe could ask me for anything else
han to make her draughtboards, shuttle u
socks, and cups and ballB. Bat I had an 1
mcle at Vincennes, whom I went to see o
from time to time; a Fontenoy veteran, o
n the same rank of life as myself, but with b
ibility enough to have risen to that of mar
ihal. Unluckily, in those days there was 8]
10 way for common people to get on. My tl
mcle, whose services would have got him si
nade a prince under the other, had then si
retired with the mere rank of sub-lieuten- n
int. But you should have seen him in tl
lis uniform, his cross of St. Louis, his i>
vooden leg, his white raoustaehe9, and his k
loble countenance. You would have said
;hat he was a portrait of one of those old p
aeroes in powdered hair which are at Ver- tl
tallies!
Every time I visited him he said sorne;bing
which remained in my memory.
But one day I found him quite grave
"Jerome," said he, "do you know what f<
s going on on the frontier ?" ai
"No, lieutenant," replied I.
"Well," resumed he, "oar country is in h
langer!" w
I did not well understand him, and yet ai
t seemed something to me. ti
"Perhaps yon have never thought what ol
four country means," continued he, placing tl
lis hand on my shoulder: "it is all that p
foa have loved ? This country that you ei
lee, these .houses, these trees, these girls w
who go along there laughing?this is your (.
jountry ! The laws which protect you, the ai
>read which pays for your work, the words tl
rou interchange with otherB, the joy and ai
jrief which come to you from the men and
hings among which you live?this is your
sountry. The little rooch where you used b
o see your mother, the remetobeaoces a|
>he has left you, the earth where she rests tl
?this is your country ! You see it, you b<
sreathe it everywhere! Think to yourself, h
my son, of your rights and your duties, I?
pour affections and your wants, your past w
ind your present blessings; write them all (;
inder a single name, and that name will be j g,
pour country?" !w
I was trembling with emotion, and great p
;ears were in my eyes. h
"Ah! I understand," cried I, "it is our ti
home in large, it is that part of the world
where God has placed our body and our tl
soul." _ b:
"You are right, Jerome, continued the
)ld soldier; ro you comprehend also what
we owe it." ai
"Truly," resumed I, "wo owe it all that b
we are; it is a question of love." b
"And of honesty, my son," conoluded fc
he; "the member of a family who does not gi
Dontribute his share of work or happiness ai
fails iu his duty, and is a bad kinsman ; the w
member of his partnership who does not en- p
rich it with all his might, with all his cour- w
age and with all his heart, defrauds it of A
what belongs to it, aod is a dishonest man ; li
it is the same with him who enjoys the ad- (!
vantages of having a country, and does not
accept the burdens of it; he forefeits his e<
boDor, and is a bad citizen.'/ d
"And what must one do, lieutenant, to w
be s good citizen !" asked I. tl
"Do for youroountry what you would do b
for your father and mother," said he.
I did not answer at the moment, my tl
heart was swelling and the blood boiling o
in my veins; but, on returning along the e
road, my uncle's words were, so to speak, J
written up before my eyes. J
I repeated, "do for your country what si
would do for your father and mother." And J
my country is in daDger, an enemy attacks h
it, whilst I-?I torn oupa and balls! 1
Tbis thought tormeuted me so much all
night, that the next day I returned to Yincennes
to announce to the lieutenant that
I had just enlisted, and was going off to
the frontiers The brave man pressed ine
upon his otoss of St. Louis, and I went away
as proud as an ambassador."
Confiscation of Yankee Property?Important
Act of Congress.
We learn that Congress has, in secret
session, finally passed a bill amending the
Sequestration Law, and iovigorating it by
a number of new provisions.
The Richmond Examiner gives the following
summary of the most important provisions
of this law It provides, in the
Brst section, that all the estates, property,
and effect? of alien enemies, shall be collected
and sold, except that no debtor chose
in action shall be sold, and the fund shall
t>e immediately paid into the Confederate
States Treasury.
APPLICATION OF TIIE SEQUESTRATION
FUND.
The law requires that the fund realized
is above shall be equally applied to losses
justaiued by the acts of confiscation by the
?nemy.
If nmuirlAi ulan that: its nnnlirtntinn mat
r,v'^vu v~?v J
)e extended to other losses on the part of
aithful citizens of the Confederacy, which
he future acts of Congress may establish
is proper caseB for indemnity.
WHAT ALIENS EXEMPT?-MARRIED WOMEN,
ETC
The act defines in separate classes, those
vho, although living out of the Confedera:y,
are not to be considered as aliens within
ts provisions. Among the exempts are
(numerated all persons residing in the
Northern States who have in good faith atempted
to remove their domioil to the juisdiction
of the Confederate States, but
lave been prevented from doing so by the |
oroe or power of the enemy. |
Another exempt class is that of married ,
romen, natives of the Confederacy, whose .
tusbands have not voluntarily contributed .
o the war upon the South. I
HEIRS OF ALIENS TO BE PROTECTED. j
-Where the next of kin of aliens, in the ,
scending or descending lines, are faitbfal ,
itizens of the Confederacy, they may have |
iecreed to them the estate of the alien, as ,
fhe were dead or iutestate, on paying costs ]
a the Confederate States District Court,
iking the property subject to all debts due ,
corn the alieu to faithful citizens of the f
lonfederale States. j
ARTNER8II1PS?EEAL ESTATE CONTRACTS
?RECEIVERS, ETC.
In cases of all partnerships in which
liens are interested, it is provided that
roceedings shall be taken against the reslent
partner in thesatne manner as against
' surviving partner in the event of a dia)lution
of partnership.
In contracts for the sale of real estate,
lade with an alien before the 21etof May,
861, the law allows the receiver to exeute
the contract on receiving the amount
f parchase money, which is forthwith to
e sequestrated.
The law makes some changes with repeot
to .the compensation of Receiversand
leir accounts j their compensation to be
jttled in the discretion of the court by
nch analogies as may be furnished in the
ites paid executors and administrators in
tie respective States, and the provision beig
repealed which requires Receivers to
eep separate accounts ot every alien estate. |
All debtors to aliens are required to re j
ort, under oath, to the Receivers within f
iree mouths from the passage of the act. ?
From the Macon (Ga.,) Telegraph.
Put Eeliance on God.
Just at this time, let us remember the
jllowing scripture passages: Thank God, ]
nd take courage.
His attributes?For thus sayetb the
igh and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity,
hose name is Holy, I dwell in the high t
nd holy place ; with him that is of a oon*ite
ana humble spirit, to revive the spirit
f the humble, and to revive the heart of
le contrite ones. (Is. lvii. 15) I am Al- c
ha and Omega, the beginning and the t
nding, saith the Lord, which is, and which a
as, and which is to come, the Almighty, t
llev. 1. 8.) But, beloved, be not ignor- ?
at of this one thing, that oue day is with \
ic Lord as a thousand years, and a thousad
years as one day. (Pet. iii. 8 ) g
THE SUPPLICATION. I
If thy people Israel be put to the worse t
efore the enemy, because they have sinned s
jainst Thee; and shall return and oonfess t
ly name, and pruy, and make supplication q
efore Thee; then hear Thou f/orn the a
eaven, and forgive the sins of thy people a
jrael, and bring them again unto the land v
LioK TKon itiuoaf. f/v frhom ?? nrJ thoir fnfr.hnra r\
2d Cbron. vi., 24 and 25) If thy people t
o out to war against their enemies, by the t
ay that thou shalt send them, and they s
ray unto Thee, then hear Thou from the f
eaveus their prayer and their supplies- c
on and maintain their cause-?(xxxiv, 5.) v
We will rejoice in thy salvation and in d
natne of our God we will set up our ?
anners; the Lord fulfill all thy petition, a
Psam. xx, 5) v
Ar.d Asa cried unto the Lord his God, i
ad said : Lord, it is nothiug with thee to i
elp, whether with many or with them that t
ave no power; help us, 0 Lord our God, r
>r we rest on thee, aud in thy name we t
o against this multitude. 0 Lord, thou z
rt our God, wilt thou not judge them, for a
e have no might against this great com- \
any that cometh against us, neither know ?
e what to do; but our eyes are upon thee,
md all Judah stood before the Lord, with e
ttle ones, their wives and their children t
2d Chron. xiv 11?xx. 12, 18.) t
The Answer.?And w jn they were help- t
d against them, and the Kazarites were ?
elivored into their hands, and all that \
'ere with them ; for they cried to God in I
tie battle, and be was entreated of them, a
ecause they put cheir trust in Him ! t
And when Judah looked back, behold t
ie battle was before and behind j and they fc
ried unto the Lord, and the priests sound- e
d with'the trumpets. Then the men of
udah cave a shout, and as the men of c
udah shouted, it came to pass that God c
mote Jeroboam and all Israel fled before c
udah; and God delivered them into tbeir
ands. (1 Chr. v. 20?2 Chr. viii. 14, 15, r
6.) fc
Our Duty.?There is great fitness in the i
foregoing Scripture quotations to our pres- 1
ent National troubles. Let us then usher ]
io our permanent Government by a perma- I
nent national trust in God?remembering <
1. He is unchangeable.
2. He will hear the prayer of a broken <
and contrite heart. 1
3. Our redemption is seonred by putting t
our trust in Him, and using the physical t
ability with which he has endowed us. 1
Fort Valley, Ga. W. J. S. ?
Address of General Longstreet.
A correspondent of the First Virginia
regiment sends us the following stirring
address or lieneral Liongstreet to the army 11
of the Potomac. Our correspondent says 1
that over two-thirds of the twelve months' k
men of the army will re-enlist, and more I
than that proportion of the 2nd Division : ?
Headquarters 2d Division, A. P. a
Near Centreville, February 8, 1862. E
General Order, No. 2: ^
"The rebel army of the Potomac will be 1
disbanded in the spring. Until then I will *
not attack it. Then, with their fresh levies 1
against my trained and disciplined hoBts, ^
victory will be certain, success inevitable." ^
Soldiers of the 2nd Division ! Thus the '
commander in-chief of the Northern army ?
proclaims the subtle policy by which the
enemy hope to crush us. Upon your decision
the issue depends. The army of the
Potomac has been styled the "Rebellion,"
for with our destruction must inevitably a
come the unchecked Yankee horde to over- tt
run and destroy Virginia, the Carolinas and *
the entire South. This is the only argu- 8(
ment, the only appeal your general has to a
make to a proud and gallant soldiery.?
With the presence of suoh trained and tried
veterans of the Southern pioneer army, the
victory is already won; with your back w
turned upon us and the foe, victory trem- ^
bles fearfully in the balance. The allure- 0
ments of home are strong to entice the citi v
ten soldiery from the field, but the voice is n
i syren, to which, while it pretends to call
to duty these, may, aye! will, lead us to a w
felon's cell, and leave for our mothers,
ivives and children a country polluted, des- ~
jlated, and enslaved?a home already pic:nred
in Northern prints, where "Northern ^
natrons preside, while Southern ladies ^
jend over the wash tub !" 11
South Carolinians ! Authors of our glorious
oause; first iD the field, can you, in c<
he darkest hour, tear this, the proudest
aurel, from your brow, and yield to other
States the keeping of your now burnished 8t
"ame ? Will you trail from the field the ^
Palmetto banner, first in the breeze and tc
sarliest baptized by the best blood of your t(
State? *
Virginians 1 While your brethren-in- ^
trms from other States are standing upon 61
?our borders, shoulder to shoulder, shall the
sentre of the column, the "Stone Wall" j{
vhich dashed to spray the waves of inva- n
lion. eriiHiblB in tho verv height and mad- ^
lest fury of the storm ? Is it to be left to 'c
>thers to defend the mothers, wives, daugh;ers
and homes of Virginia? Must battles ^
)e fought on your soil, and veteran Virgin- ttl
ans not be there to strike, braver than all,
'or their own altars ? C
Soldiers ! Your choice is inevitably de- c<
'eat or victory; freedom or slavery. While h
10 will not doubt your decision, the major
general commanding appreciates the neoes- 1?
lity which impels many to visit their homes &
'or a seuson, and he pledges you that, in bi
mm, so as not to impair too greatly the ef- ai
iciency of the army, furloughs will be
granted to ail who feel it due to themselves ri
;o ask it. ai
By command of Major Gen. Longstreet 01
G. Moxley Sorrel, A. A. General. w
Mr. Seward's Apology for the Stone
Blockade of Charleston Harbor?
Lord Lyon's Despatch on the Subject.
The London Official Gazette publishes
ho following despatch from Lord Lyons: di
Washington, January 14. tt
(Received January 27 ) a'
My Lord : Three days ago, in obedi- fii
lience to your Lordship'a orders, I spoke
o Mr. Seward on the subject of the plan di
adopted by this Government of obstructing tt
he entrance to some of the harbors in the to
Southern States by sinking vessels, laden ti
nth stones, in the channels. b;
Mr. Seward observed that it was alto- hi
;ether a mistake to suppose that this plaD ti<
lad been devised with a view to injure the in
larbora permanently. It was, he said, tfa
imply a temporary military measure adop- th
ed to aid the blockade. The Government N
if the United States had, last spring, with vt
, navy very little prepared for so extensive sb
,n operation, undertaken to blockade up- th
rards of three thousand miles of coast.? bt
Fbe Secretary of the Navy had reported m
hat he could stop up the "large holes" by nc
ueans of his ships, but that he could not ri(
top up the "small ones." It had been at
ouQd necessary, therefore, to close some
if the numerous small inlets by sinking
'essels in the channels. It would be the pi
luty of the Government of the United
States to remove all these obstructions as
oon as the Union was restored. It was ac
veil understood that this was an obligation m
ncumbent on the Federal Government.? ni
U the end of the war with Great Britain
hat Government had been called upon to
ernove a vessel which had been sunk in so
he harbor of Savannah, and had recogni- at
;ed the obligation and removed the vessel wi
iccordingly. Moreover, the United States so
-- ? ? ?- ? 1 " ? - -I?! 1 on
vure uuw eugttguu iu u uivu war vritu tuc
South. th
He was not prepared to say that as an op- N
iration in war it was unjustifiable to des- gc
roy permanently the harbors of the enemy,
>ut nothing of the kind had been sunk by
he rebels to prevent the access to their w<
torts of the cruisers of the United States, on
[be same measure has been adopted by the to
Jnited States in order to make the block- w<
.de complete. When the war was ended, hi
he removal of all these obstructions would dc
>6 a mere matter of expense. There would to
ie no great difficulty in removing them da
ffectually.
Besides, as has already been done in the M
iase of Port Koyal, the United States would re
pen better harbors than those which they th
Tosed. ra
I asked Mr. Seward whether the prinoi- tei
>al entrance to Charleston harbor had not|w<
leen reoently closed altogether by the res- ? w<
I
sels sank by order of this Government, and
[ observed to bim that the opening of a new
port, thirty or forty miles off, would hardy
console the people of Charleston for the
iestruction of their own harbor.
Mr. 8eward said that the best proof he
jould give me that the harbor of Charleston
lad not been rendered inaccessible, was,
;hat in spite of the sunken vessels and of
;he blockading squadron, a British steamer,
aden with contraband of war> had just
lucceeded in getting in.
I have, &c., LYONS.
Se-enlisting for the "War.
Winchester, Va., February 12.?I noice
in your issue of the 7th an artiole oomnending
certain regiments from the far
louth for re-enlisting for the war. Let me
five you a few items to show that the Virfinia
boys do not intend to leave their posts
t this crisis. In the 2d Virginia Regi
nent, 247; in the 4th, 296; in the 5th,
!32; in the "bloody 27th," 341; and in
he 33d, 221 have already re-enliBted for
he warj and will in a few days return from
heir fnrlonghs, ready to take the field.?
?hese boys all belong to Jackson's StoneVail
Brigade, and I expect that in less
wo weeks the entire command will be in
jt the war. There is a fine spirit existing
FOR TBE WAR.
We learn from an Adjutant in one of
be Mississippi Regiments, at Centrevilie,
bat some sixteen Mississippi uod Louisina
Regiments have rein listed for the war,
nd that the good work is going forward
rith great alacrity. He estimates that
jme 40,000 troops on the Potomac have
lready enlisted for the war. He says that
be late news haB given a great impetus to
le work.?Lynchburg Republican.
We are pleased to find that nearly the
'hole force on Gen. Holmes' line of the
lower Potomac and Rappanhannock is now
r will soon be in for the war. With a
ery few exceptions, all the twelve months
jgiments have turned themselves over for
ie fall term, and the balance no doubt
ill. This is cheering.?Raleigh Register.
The Military Spirit of Tennessee.
-In Memphis and Nashville the spirit of
le people is fully Aroused. Both cities
ave taken prompt and energetic measares
>r the purpose of putting every available
tan in the ranks for defence.
In Nashville, a large meeting and pro38dion
of the first citizens of the place was
eld. The Union says :
They marched through the prinoipal
reets of the city, amid the waving of handerchiefs
by the ladies on the side-walks,
> the Public Square, where they were contained
with able and eloquent speeches
om Gov. Brown, the Hons. G. A. Henry,
iodrew Kwing, Judges Baxter and Turnr,
all of whom had marched up in the pro
;ssion. The speakers explained the ob
>ct of the meeting to be for the purpose of
lising and equipping a regiment for the
efence of our homes against the Hessian
ivaders, and the thorough organization of
ie eatire effective force of the city, so that
ley may be thoroughly drilled and ready
t any moment to take the field.
To the Militia of Virginia and N.
arolina.?Benj. Huger, Major-General
immanding the Department of Norfolk,
as issaed the following order:
Such portions of tbe militia as are called
ito service in this department will report
i the nearest Confederate officer, and will
s emp'oyed in defending their property
id homes now threatened by the invader
They will obstruct the water courses and
>ads by which the enemy may approach,
id from the narrow batiks of the^ rivers
se their shot-guns on the ravagers. The)
ill arrest all citizens who hold intercourse
ith the enemy.
Let every man do his duty and the de
royer will be driven from your country.
Thomas Jefferson Sole, an indepen3Dt
farmer, writes the following letter to
le country newspaper. His complaints
e reasonable, and we trust he will soon
id a teacher to his taste :
"Jfr. Editer: I have been sendin' my
uer iliiUUJf IrU BV2UUUI tu a ouuuuiuiaobci 1U
lis oaborhood. Last Friday I went over
i the scool jast to see how Nancy was getu'
along, and I sees things I didn't like ;
y no means. The scoolmaster was larnin'
it things entirely out of the line eddyca- i
on, and as I think improper. I set awhile
> the sooolhouse and heard one class say
ier lesson. They was a spellin, and I
iot spelled quite exceedingly. Then oum I
ancy's torn to say her leBson. She sed it
;ry spry. I was shot! and determined i
le should leave that scool. I have heard |
at gramer was an onoommon hoe study, i
it I don't want any more gramer about *
y house The lesson that Nancy sed was i
>thing but the foolishest kind uv talk, the j
dicles luv talk yu ever seed. She got up '
id the hrst word she sod was: j
Ilove! I
"I looked rite at her hard for doin'soim- .<
oper, but she went rite on and sed, <
Thou lovest,
He loves,
id I reckon you never heerd such a riggeryrole
in your life?love, love, love and <
ithin' but love She sed one time, '
I did love. i
"Sea I, 'who did you love?' Then the i
hoilars laffed; but I wasn't to be put off, i
id I sed, 'Who did you love, Nancy ? 1 i
ant to know?who did you love ?' The J
hoolmaster Mr. McQuilister, put in and j
d he wood explane when Nancy finished <
0 lesson. This sorter pacyfied me, and ]
ancy went on with awful love talk. It t
it wob and was every word. She Bed, ]
1 might, could or would love. t
"I stopped her again, and sed I reckon I <
ould see about that, and told her to walk s
it of the house. The schoolmaster tried f
interfere, but I wouldent let hioi Bay a 1
3rd. He sed I was a fool, and I nockt r
m down and made him holler in short or- ,
ir. I taukt the strate thing to him. I c
Id him I'd show him how he'd lam my t
iter gramer. v
"I got the nabers together, and we sent c
- - ~ u i r .
i. iUuv^uiiiiSLor uu iu a uurijr, auu j. a
ckoa thar'l be no more gramer teeohin' io 1
ese parts soon. If you know of any o
ther oldish man in your regeen that doaut t
ech gramer, we would be glad if you c
)uld send bim up. But in the footure a
9 will be keerfui bow we employ men.? t
Young schoolmasters won't do, especially
if they teeches gramer. It's a bad thing
for morils. Yoars, till death.
THOMAS JEFFERSON SOLE."
The Great Mortar Fleet.
An expedition for some unknowo Southern
quarter has been forming for several
months at New York. It is known as the
mortar fleet, and is to be commanded by
Commodore Porter. The New York Times
of Saturday, notices the departure of more
vessels of the mortar fleet from the port of
New York, and says that day by day they
quietly slip their anchors and depart for
their mysterious rendezvous, nobody knows
where. Their mission is equally shrouded
in mystery. But the most likely suggestion
is that the mortar fleet is to go to Charleston
harbor, where it will be the indis
pensable compliment of the stone blockade.
The mortars were cast at Pittsburg, and
have an average weight of about 17,000
pounds. The diameter of the bore is thir
teen inches, and the depth thirty-five inch'
es, with a thickness of metal around of fifteen
inches. The diameter of the trixnnions
is fifteen inches, and the complete
length of the mortar is fifty inches They
L 1 __ 1 ^ 4 A.
may oe uses upon sea or iaaa. accurate
firing may be made at a distance of two and
a quarter miles, may be aimed in any direction.
The mortar carriage weighs about
two tons, and is capable of resisting a pressure
of about one hundred and fifty tons.
The bomb-shells to be used weigh, unfilled,
two hundred pounds eacn, and when
filled, an additional weight of twelve pounds
is given. About 8,000 of these missiles
have been manufactured for the fleet.
Each vessel has been provided with two
32-pounders, weighing 3,700 pounds.--They
are smooth bore and throw solid shot
and shell.
Instructions to be observed in time of
attack have been transmitted by the Government
to the officers of the fleet, and a
convenient code of signals has been adopted.
The vessels, which arc mostly schoon- i
era, Of two and three hundred tons burden,
numbor twenty-one in all. The side wheel
steam gun-boat Octorara is to be the flagship
of the flotilla.? Washington National
Republican, 10 th.
A Snaee of the Enemy.?It may well
be doubted whether the frequent reports
we hear through the Northern papers, ap
parently from Europe, of the determination
of France and England to intervene
in this war against the North, are not i
snares and devices of the enemy to lull us 1
into a false and sleepy seourity, and prevent
-- / 1 : i i.u:
uh iroiu sireugtueuiug uur army auu latuug
those active and prompt measures for selfprotectioa
which a people should do who 1
are menaced with imminent and total ruin
Look at it: Our Saturday's paper contain
ed a statement from the speech from Napoleon
himself, declaring that he would
still maintain a strict neutrality in this
struggle under the hope that it would soon
be terminated, [most probably, in his opin- i
ion, by the subjugation of the South,] and
the same paper contained later telegrams, i
from the North, to the effect that the inter- l
vention was postponed only a few weeks! i
Now put that and this together. See the
anxiety of the Northern papers to keep a- ;
live in the South this hope of foreign inter- i
vention. Spurn it and let us rely upon our- I
selves alone. If we but do our duty, we i
need no intervention j if we fail in our duty, i
intervention will not come, but ruin will i
be upoo us and that speedily. Fur our i
part we wish we had do minister at any i
foreign court, instead of the half dozen we i
have got there.?Macon Telegraph. I
A Drunkard's Brains ?The startling i
doctrines taught in "Youtuan's Basis of .
Prohibition," are fully corroborated by the I
following passage from the Boston Medical i
Journal: i
"Hyrti, by far the greatest anatomist of
the age, used to zzy that he cou d distinguish
in the darkest room, by one stroke of t
the scalpel, the brain of an inebriate from f
that of the person who had lived soberly. \
Now and then he would congratulate his t
class upou the possession of a drunkard's i
brain, admirably fitted, from its hardness i
and more complete preservation, for the I
purposes of demonstration. When the an- <
atomist wished to preserve a human brain I
for any length of time, he effects his object i
by keeping that organ in a vessel of aloo- i
hoi. From a soft, pulpy substance, it then i
becomes comparatively bard; but the ine t
briate, anticipating the anatomist, begins a
the indurating process before death?be- s
gins it while the brain remains the conse c
crated temple of the soal?while its deli- ?
cate and gossamer tissues still throb with 1
the pulses of heaven-born life. Strange
infatuation, thus to desecrate the.god-like ! t
Terrible enchantment, that dries up all the s
fountains of generous feeling, petrifies all i
the tender humanities and sweet charities i
af life, leaving only a brain of lead, a heart c
3f stone. ?
Camp Diseaseu.
Soldiers in oamp suffer from three dis- e
eases?diarrhoea, rheumatism, and fever, c
Ihe commonest cause of diarrbcoa is bad v
watei, its cure, complete rest and abstinenoe t
from every kind of food except plain boiled a
rice. All ordinary diseases will yield to t
;bis treatment in twenty-four hours or less. d
Rheumatism is usually brought on, not by v
getting wet, but by remaining in wet v
jlothes. Hard drinkers are particularly t
iuble to bad attacks. To avoid rheuma a
ism wear flannel and keep digestion sound, t!
Fevers are generally caught after dark in fi
;he open air. A mun going out on night ii
luty should never go hungry, and never i!
itand still louger than necessary. Good g
bod and active exercise will generally tl
ceep a man well unless the air is uncom- a
nonly deleterious. To cure a case of not tl
rery severe fever, nothing seems so eflica- tl
sious as a change of air. It is said that ci
be removal of a patient only a few miles ai
vorks an immediate improvement in his n
londition. In scouting along the edge of tl
i swamp at night, there is no danger so b
ong as the party keeps on the windward side
u it. These doctrines are laid down in
be writings of army surgeons and of physi
lians who have given much attention to the V
abject discussed, and ought, therefore, to it
i? trustworthy. ?j
News from Havana.
The New York papers have Havana
dates to February 8. Miramon, on arriving
at Vera Crux from Havana, was arres
ted by the British Admiral for a former
robbery of the British Legation in Mexieo.
The Bicknesa and deaths among the allied
troops were frightfnl The pirate steamer
Viotoria sailed from Havana on the night of
the 7th, with a valuable cargo of arms and
ammunition Capt. Mailt, formerely of
the Crusader, has taken command of the
pirate steamer Cecile. Taloott, formerly
civil engineer of the Mexican Railroad,
who left to join the rebels in South Carolina,
has returned to Havana in the pirate
steamer Kate, and is en route to Vera
Cruz, in hnnnn tn nhtain his nld nit.nat.inn_
in which he will be disappointed. Miramoa
was arrested on board the steamer
Avon, and, is confined on H. B. M. frigate
Challenger. He will not be allowed to
land.
The British steamer Gladiator is still at
Nassau, mounting guns, and she will change
ber flag and become a rebel privateer. The
allied Commissioners have returned from
Mexico. The Mexioan Government insists
upon the withdrawal of the Spanish
foroes and will accept the intervention of
England and France. General Prim has
sent for his family. The Br> 3h gun-boat
Porter has been lost at Alva?. Jo. Desertions
from the Spanish troops at Vera Cruz
continue.
Safe Arrival of the Victoria.?
This steamer, commanded by Capt. Forbes,
coming from Havana to this port with a
valuable ''assorted" cargo, attempting to
pass into Barataria Bay, on Friday night
got aground, within about a mile of Fort
Livingston.
The next morning, the Federal steamer,
South Carolina (a letter from a gentleman
on board says the De Soto) came up within
about three miles of the Victoria, as near
as the blockaders dare venture, on account
of the shallowness of the water, and opened
fire upon the Victoria. Whilst exposed to
this fire at long range, there were two hundred
and eighty-five shells thrown at her
by the enemy,, but all but two, though
many of them were disagreeably near, fell
short of their aim. The damage done by
those two was very insignificant.
Relief was dispatched hence on Thursday
night to the beleaguered steamer, and
she was finally got off, with vessel, cargo,
and everybody on board perfectly safe, and
anchored under the guns of t e fort. Part
of her valuable freight has already come
up to the city, and the rest will arrive duly.
Three cheers for the Viotoria and Capt.
Forbes !?JSeic Orleans ficagune, H'elrrn'
ary 15.
French Man-of-War.
The Norfolk correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch says:
One of the perplexities of the Federals,
just now is produced by the constant in
crease in the number and quality of French
men-of-war on the Southern coast; in fact,
the Southeners share this feeling, though
from different motives There are now five
of the frigates of France in Hampton
Roads, three officers from which came up
yesterday afternoon. Suoh movements certainly
give new strength to late declarations
of Northern journals, that the Government
of Napoleon contemplated our prompt
recognition as soon as the provisional gave
place to the permanent Southern government
This and more is probably true?
in truth, let me predict, from information
in which liberal confidence may be reposed,
that in less than sixty days at least one
European power will peremptorily demand
commercial privileges in Southern waters.
Another thing: in much briefer space of i
time Southern power will raise the blockade
in a certain direction?now it is only
necessary to watch and pray to see.
An Excellent Decision.?Mr. Gerad
i gentleman of independent fortune in El?in,
England, was in the habit of drinking 1
:o excess; and although perfectly rational
vben sober, he would beoome very violent
when intoxicated, accuse his wife of wish g
to poison him, getting up plots to make 1
lis servants suspected of theft, and threatening
to shoot his friends. The faots were 1
aid before the sheriff substitue of Elgin, '
ind that wise functionary directed the oomnittal
of Gerad to a lunatic asylum, as a '
'urioQS madman. Mr. Gerad was confined '
iccordingly, and thereupon immediately
ipplied to the High Court of justiciary to >
let aside the order /or his committal. The
sourt, however, decided agaiost him, and
it last accounts he still remained in the aay- I
urn.
We like the plan which was adopted in I
be case of Mr Gerad. It savors of good i
ense as well of origioality. If every hab- 1
tual drunkard should be regarded by the <
aw as a dangerous lunatic, and treated ac- i
tordingly, there would be less need o? strin- I
;ent liquor laws
An Interesting Relic.?Dr. Perkins I
ixhibited at the missionary meeting at Lonton
last week, a copy of the New Testament, <
rhioh he found in Persia, which was seven <
luodred years old. It was written in the '
noieut Syriac language (the same spoken '
?y Jesus Christ when on earth,) upon parch*
nent, with a reed for a pen. Of course, the
olume was bulky, though not as large as 1
re should suppose a Testament made in ]
hat way would be. It was not thicker than a
Webster's unabridged, and not more i
ban two thirds as large. Dr. Perkins
aund three or four copies of the Testament f
q this form in that country, whioh were, t
we understood him, the only written lanuage
that the people had. By the aid of a
hose he made a language for the Nestori- a
as, and instructed them in it for nearly a
i - T\ Tfc _ -t_? I J _ 1
aircy years, ur. rersins saiu aiau, turn e
lis New Testament, wbioh bad been trans- t<
ribed in this rude manner several times, o
nd banded down from the time of Christ, b
as in every important respect the same as tl
le Word which we now have?a remarksle
proof of the authenticity of oar Bible.
Caledonian, St. Johnsburg, Vt. ?
8.
Half Moubninq.?The recent ball in |<
Washington, in wbioh Mre. Lincoln figured k
i half-mourning, in imitation of the Courts q
f ?urope; on account of the death of her ?
royal cousin, Prince Albert, was the finest
imitation of high life below stabrv thai tile
capital of Snobdom has yet exhibited.'? >
This is the first time that anything of the
kind has been attempted in the United
States. We wonder if Old A5e appeared
in half-mourning also, a feat which aright .%
bo easily accomplished by washing half of -j'.
his Black Republican face for the first rime
in his life He and his admirers may have
to go into full mourning yet, a color which
will suit their dinarv comolerions and sable
w ft - >
characters, as well as the fa taw destiny of
their-party and country.?Richmond Du
patch.
The Military Draft?There was jfl
much activity in military affairs yesterday
in this. city. The readiiJeea with which
volunteers, came forward in the various
companies was very cheeriog. A Urge ,
comber/however, consented to a <fraftjr
which took place in the rifle regiment, sixteenth
and seventeenth regiments of g ?
try. In the rifle regiment-hot twenty-nine ^
were drawn; in the sixteenth about four
hundred; and in the seventeenth about ^ i
three hundred and fifty. ^ |#K
we have beeo enabled to iearn, was the
result of a combination, with a view of pU> >\ -|j
cing all the members of varioos companies
on an equal footing. ' Many who
ling to volunteer held back for this reason.
The number enrolled yesterday is aboat'.
1390 good, effective men, who will at ence
be organized and mastered into the Confederate
service for twelve months. Some
of the companies have volunteered for the
war.?unarieston courier, zvtn.
? . "? . .]
Wife, Mistress and Lady.-?This par- M
agraph, from the German, most happily Wag*
the attributes of wife, mistress and lady.?
It is just as true as wit:
Who merries for love takes a wife; who
marries for consideration takes a lady.?
Yoa are loved by yoor wife, regarded by
yoar mistress, tolerated by yoor lady. Jlmr
bave a wife for yourself, a mistress for your
house aod its friends, a lady for the world*
Yoar wife will agree with you, your mistress
will accommodate yon, yoar lady frill " J
manage yon. Your wife will take oare of
yoar household, your mistress of yoar house,
your lady of appearance. If you are sick,
your wife will nurse yoa, yoar mistress will
visit you, yoar lady wit! inquire after yoar
health. Yoa take 8 walk with yoar wife,
ride with yoar mistress, and join parties
with yoar lady. Yoar wife will share yoar t
grief, your mistress yoar money, yoar lady.;
yoar debts. If yoa are dead year wife
will shed tears, yoar mistress lament, and
yoar lady wear moarning.
Come Up with Yora Money !?Rich
man, to yon we say come up with your
money. Talk not of hundreds; yoar thou* '
audi mast come. Mot one dollar of all
onn nlaim is nnnn until rninr (Mnntra M.
cares her independence. Yoa need not
stand back, and hope to escape this fiery'
ordeal. It is for yon and yourproperty that
tens of thousands of poor men are slow
figMing. The time has come when you
mast open your parse, and give a part of
its contents to secure the balance. Not a
few dollars, bat thousands of dollars. If
we are conquered by the Yankees, yoa wi|l
be poor as the poorest. Now, then, oome
to the resoae! These are plain words.?
Bat this is no time to ase idle language?
The rich men of Bibb are doing their duty.
What are the rioh men of Baldwin doing 7
Nothiog. Wake op from yonr slumber,
before the barning rafters fail on your
conscious heads.?MilUdgeviUe Union.
BSF In a letter written in 1779 to Joseph
Reed, "President of Pennsylvania,"
George Washington, io writing of extortioners,
who were profiting on the publio
necessity, said: "It gives me sincere pleas-,
ure to find that the Assembly is so well
disposed to second your endeavors in bringing
those murderers of our cause, the moo- i
opolisers, fore-stallers, and engrossers, to
condign punishment. It-is much to be la
mooted thai each State, Jong ere ton, oas
not banted them down as pests to society,
and the greatest enemies we have to the
happiness of America, I would to God
i hat some one of the more atrocious in
each State was hang ingibbem apon a gal-'
lows five times as high as the one prepared
for Hainan. No punishment, in my opinion,
is too severe for the man who can
bnild his greatness upon his country's rain."
? 1 1 1 ?
The Memphis Appeal says: "We
have confidence that our reoent disasters
will prove beneficial in many respeots, by
bringing good out of evil. The effeot is
already being seen by the manifold developments,
which will soon be palpable to
svery observing mind. The boor of trial
is now upon as, bat the morning of oar fatare
will break brightly." ]
Thus speaks and feels the true patriot.
Let all who preaoh despondency, and who
50 about with faces as long as the list of
Lincoln enormities and iniquities be Bent
;o miud the baggage The battles of Southjrn
regeneration and redemption will be
'ought by brave men and brave women, not
io makers or Garnet knitrhts.
J O
nan
f?- An exchange calls attention to the
13th, 14th and 15th ohaptera of the Second
Book of Chronicles, as giving lessons of
ingalarly appropriate encoaragement and
nstraotion to the "oath at this hoar of trial.
Let oar readers read these chapters care*
ully and oar Chaplains expound them to
heir bearers in camp.
A Bible believing people, foifa jost
aase, in the fear of God, and aoknowledgaent
of His sovereignty over nations and
aeo, can never be in want of lessons and 4
xample8 from history. Let as oling closer
3 the Bible, and the God of Battles will
aase His face to shine on as, and will
less as, although for a season it may seem
hat His favor has tarned away.
STOP MAKING WHISKEY- -LOO W*P Bj
)epartmeat has issued an order for the 1
eizure of all corn in the hands of distil* ?
jrs, or others, to be used for making Whis- n
:ey. On last Saturday, some 8,000 tosh* jf
Is beiougiog to one distiller was seized in i
tiohaoad. j|
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