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For each additional line, ill. 01 Bp* Announcements of Marriages or Deaths ; Notices of p Religions Meetings published GRATIS and solicited. r Cy* Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. P ty" Obituary Notices exceeding one square in length, wUTbo charged for the overplus at regular advertising a] rates. VPenonsl Communications, when admlssl- w ble; communications of limited or individnal interest,' or recommendations of Candidates for officer of honor, profit or trust, will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents perllnv. a I The Fight at Newborn. P( CoL W. F. Martin, who reached this city yesterday afternoon, reports having had 11 a conversation with Hon. Mr. Dortch, in a Groldsboro, yesterday, in which the following accoant was given of the fight at New- . bern: . 11 ' fi( The enemy landed abont 22,000 men below Newbern, and by this means cut off ? -fa tt the lower battery from communicating who the entrenchments and making the aban 01 donment of this battery a military necessity. They shortly after began their attack ai upon the second battery, which was also abandoned, and then advanced upon the . shore battery, which was situated at the ^ head of the entrenchment. Here our forces made a stand and the fight began. This battery was arranged so as to fire both upon a the land and river, and contained two 32pounders. Those, together with the light artillery, did good service. 0 By some means-r-that of treaohery be- m yond doubt?the enemy were informed of ^ the exact locality occupied by our militia ^ ?about 700 in number?and upon this point they made their fiercest attack. The militia stood their ground pretty well for ^ awhile?indeed, well as could be expec- ^ ted of militia?but finally gave way, which ^ had its effect upon the volunteers. The . latter, however, finally rallied again. The enemy did not use. their gun-boats at all against the batteries for some reason, ^ but simply followed up as they were si- ^ lenced. Obstructions had been plaoed in v the river to prevent their progress, leaving ^ only a very narrow ohannel for our own vessels to pass, and it was thought thut they would come iu contact with them; ^ but to the surprise of all, they avoided them ^ and oame directly up in the chanoel which . had been left open?thus giving the am- . pleat evidence that they had been inform- J.a ed of what bad been done by us. It is supposed that they obtained this informstion from a couple ot negroes who escaped to them the day before the fight. ' Our men having rallied, were doing terrible exeoution with the two 32-pounders, aj while Col. Campbell's 7th North Carolina Regiment made a brilliant charge. The . enemy could not stand the charge, but lv broke and fell back, but afterwards rallied and were reinforoed by numbers greatly superior to our own, and Col. Campbell 6 was driven back into the entrenchments. ar The fight continued for sometime. Fi nelly the Federals possessed themselves of 8e the point occupied by our militia, and then the order was given for our men to retreat, and the cavalry detailed to cover the retreat. At first, the retreat was made in good order, but a panio occurring among the oav- ? airy, the regiments became somewhat disorganized. The cavalry having passed er over the bridge, burned it, and thus cut m off the retreat of two regiments and foroed ^ them to retreat into Jones County. This, we presume, gave rise to the statement that they had been captured by the enemy. te After the gun boats had passed the batteries and the obstruction in the river, they lay alongside the whar/es aud threw shell into the town. These shells were directed 1 at the cars filled with non-combatants? ' women and children?not a soldier among them?and this fact, it is stated by those W( who Ought to know, the Federals were not n< ignorant of. S1 Our forces numbered about forty-two hundred, including the militia, and were 1 ^ T> L commanded Dy uen. urancn. wi cms number, some eighty were killed and one or A two hundred wounded. The number of R prisoners f;aken is not known as yet, but is ti certainly not very large. All the horses were killed at two batteries of light artille- pi ry, and all the gunners. The wounded sii were all recovered, and have been removed si to Goldsboro, where they are represented m as being well oared for. ot Our informant assures us that all the sv cotton, naval stores and provisions at New- as bern were fired before the place was evac- uj uated, and their entire destruction is al- b< most known with certainty. to Mr. Dortoh conversed with a couple of tfc the citizens of Newbern who left there af- pi ter Burnside had taken possession, who m stated that the Yankees represent their loss fo as exceedingly great?one of them estima- es - ting it at over six thousand. A Federal is officer who was captured by Col. Campbell's Regiment corroborates the statement of pi heavy loss on their side, and that our bat- si tery did terrible havoc, and that up to the al time of the retreat of the militia they were JM whipped.?Norfolk Day Book, 18iA. a! The Town of Newbern ?Newbern is C the capital, of Craven County, and is situa- m ted at the confluence of the Neuse and JM Trent Rivers, 120 miles South east of Ral- p< eigh. It was, for many years, the capital II of the State. The Neuse River, which is tl only two miles wide at Newbern, is navi- m gable for vessels the greater part of the pi year. Newbern had a considerable trade tl before the war, and contained about 6,000 ri inhabitants. tl The taking of Newbern throws Beaufort p and Morebead City, distant about 42 miles, a into the enemy's possession. u Beaufort is the capital of Carteret Coun- I tL'l f, has a population of about 2,500, and ontains, beside the county buildings, aevral seminaries of learning and two or three hurcbes. l Purneral Sermon by a Popish Priest. The following is a funeral sermon, reached by Father O'Donivan, of the parib of Brillagh, on the death of Judith Iurray, one of bis parishioners: "Friends, you ate ail oome together to 3si8t in performing the last sad ceremon!s for our neighbor, Judith Murray, and s I intend to preach a furneral sermon n the ocoassion, I shall take for my text, leb. ix. 27: 'It is appointed unto men nee to die/ Oh ! and alas! this is a great *utb, man is mortal, and all men die, for ly text says, 'It is appointed unto men oce to die/ "Adam is dead, and Noah is dead, who ved near Jj one thousand years, for <It is ppointed onto men once to die.' Abraam, Isaao and Jacob are dead, and 8t. aol is dead, and St. Peter himself, the rinoe of the Apostles, is dead, for 'It is ppointed onto all men once to die.' And e mast all die, and what mast I say more; not poor Jadith Murray dead, and there te lies (God rest her soul), for 'It is spited unto all men once to die.' "The fathers tell as, that there was a lan, and there was a bear, and there was tree, and there was a rat ; and the bear ursued the man in order to oatoh him; at the man, to save his life, climbed up ito the tree; but when he got op and looki down, be saw the rat gnawing the roots : the tree, and the bear waiting below, iat when the tree fell he might catch the an. "Now the tree is life, the bear is death, id the rat is sickness, and so when the ,t (sickness) gnaws through the roots of ie tree (life) then it falls, and the bear leath) oatched the man, for 'It is appoind unto men onoe to die.' "But neighbors, is it not a sad thing for poor man to lose his wife, and be alone, ou all knew farmer Daley. Now farmer aley, had an old gray mare, and the mare ok a break one day and she died, 'for we ust all die. JNow tne poor old gray norse ted to come into the stable and look about r the old gray mare, and cry miwe? )gh, hogh, but there was uo gray mare answer, for the poor gray mare was dead. "Ia like manner, poor Jammy Murray tien he comes home from his work, runs out the house crying Judy, Judy; but ere is no Judy to answer him, for Judy dead, and mau and beast must all die." Seeing some of his congregation whisiring together, he cried, "Hold your agues, you that are there: you would ive your talk even in the mass house, if icero himself was preaching. Can't you i quiet there ! Sure we know as well as >u that Judy Murray was a good Cathoj, and paid the Priest his dues. Well, it there is another word in my text 'And ter death the judgement.' And accordg to this, we must all appear before the dgement seat; and I also shall appear here Jesus Christ. Oh, be, will see tue in e crowd, and will call out, Father 0' onivan ? And I shall say, here am I, 3rd. And he will say to me, Father 0'onivan did I not make you Priest of Brilgh ? And I will answer, 'Deed and you d Lord, and it was very good of you ? nd he will further say Father O'Dooian, did the people come to moss ? Aud will say, yes, Lord. Ah, ye, wretches, i are always confessing and nothing the stter for it Ah, you are talking again, e you ? Shame on you! Can't you hold mr tongues. I believe if St. Peter himIf was preaohing, you would not hold lur tongues. "What, are you going on still ? Oh, en, if you will talk, we'll gather the oats. But I must tell you a little more the conversation that will pass between snfl Christ, and me. He will sav. Fath O'Donivan, if the people came well to ass, and to confession, did they pay you iur dues.? Now you wretches, you'll be ere, and I'll leave you to answer that.? nd so, it is appointed once to die and afr death the judgment; and now we'll ,ther the groats." Dr. Adam Clark's MSS. says, "This lation was given me by the Rev. T. Grrear, . A., who was present at the burial of idith Murray, and heard the sermon." The last sentence is a stroke of rhetorio orthy of Cicero or Demosthenes, and, > doubt, produced a number of extra oats. Both the name of the Priest and e Parish are a little disguised to prevent ving offence.? The Wesley Banner. Places on the Mississippi.?"P. W. the correspondent of the Savannah 'epublican, gives the following descripon of places on the Mississippi River : New Madrid is 165 miles above Mernlis, and is situated in a bend of the Misssippi Rivor on the Western or Missouri de. The-place is proteoted against a flank ovement on the North side by a bayou and 1 the South by a curve of the river, which reeps around it to the left. With the isistance of our gun-boats, which can run p the bayou on the right and around the md of the river to the left suffioienly near i participate in the aotion, it is thought lat our forces are fully able to hold the ace and repulse any attack that may be ade upon the position. Should it be innH nflnfissarv. rAinfnrnnmfmts nan hn isily sent down from Island No. 10, which only ten miles above. Fort Harris is seven miles above Meratns, on the Tennessee Bide of the Missisppi River. Fort Pillow is seventy miles )ove, on the same side of the river. New [adrid, on the Missouri side, is 165 miles jove. Island No. 10 is 175 miles, and olumbu3, on the Kentncky side, is 220 liles. Thus you will perceive that New [adrid and Island No. 10 are within supjrting distance of each other by water.? ; is of the utmost importance, however, rat our position at New Madrid should be laintained, as the loss of that point would robably eventuate in the abandonment of le island above. With both banks of the ver above and below in the possession of ie enemy, it would be diffioult, if not imonsible, for us to bold the island. The verage width of the river is about one ii.le and the island lies nearly midway, if amcorreotly informed. We Eat too Much. The late Sydney Smith, a divine as emii nent for wit as piety, once wrote to a friend that he had made an estimate of the food that he had eaten daring the first thirty years of his life, and found that he had in that period unnecessarily called on his patient stomach to digest meatand vegetables enongh to fill twenty seven wagons, at a cost of twenty five thousand dollars. He added, with words of regret, that bad he been more abstemious at the table, he would be worth in hard cash so many more dollars than he was, and that by over feeding he had been guilty of a doable injury? firstly to himself, and secondly to sooiety; for, had he eaten less he would have enjoyed better health, and others would have that to sustain and nourish them which he had wontonly wasted. Kirtnau Smith ifl nnt, t.h? nnlv nfiraon who has bad reason to accuse himself of excess at the table. The fact is we all eat more than our stomachs can well digeBt, and for it we are daily punished, sooner or later? When the stomach is imposed on it sooner or later rebels, and disease is the consequence?disease in its most disagreeable form, dyspepsia Could we refrain our appetites?could we teach ourselves the important lesson that it is better to eat to live than live w eat, how muoh better off we all would be. Could we rise from the table with an inclination to eat a little more instead of gormandizing to the full, the general health would be a thousand times better than it is, and soon would be rid our bodies of diseases which now seem to be almost natural to us! People complain of the "hardness of the times," the dearness of food," the "doctor's K?11q " on/1 nf n/>.RH." and vet thev "??? -- ? J' - -J possess the means within themselves of removing all these standing complaints by exercising a little self-control over their appetites. "Eat less and you will have more," is an old adage, and although a homely one, it is not without its grain of wisdom. Drinking is not the only intemperance that is indulged in. There are more people who destroy themselves by eating than by drinking alcoholic stimulants Alcohol, it is true, is a very bad thing to take into the stomach for the reason that fumes thereof fly to the head and ^induce intoxication; bat what shall we say of tho stomach debilitated by its continued efforts to reduce the enormous masses of food, half masticated, that are forced into it for a momentary gratification ? Can we ask the blood to be pure or the stomach sound that is treated three or four times every day with unhealthy, indigestible trash. If you want to stupefy a brilliant mind, staff the stomaoh; but if you want it to do work so its corruscations may be seen of men, let the body be nourished with light, pleasant food, that is thoroughly masticated before it is finally deposited for assimulation. If you would live long and be exempt from diseases, resolve "henceforth and forever" to eat just food enough to sustain life and no more?in other words, eat to live and not live to eat. The Countryman. This is the title of a newspaper, edited by J. A. Turner, and published at Turnwold, Putnam co., Ga., "upon the plantation of the editor, away off in the country, nine miles from any town or village, at SI per annum in advance. It is emphatically a country paper, and will represent the interest of the country. The post-office is Eatonton, Ga." As a specimen of the patriotic feelings of the editor aud because of the excellent advice it oontains, we give bis first edito rial. IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY. Let it be remembered by farmers, that if tbey wish a speedy terininatioD of the war, aod a speedy establishment of their independence, they must raise very large grain crops. Let it be remembered, that now is the time to plant very large corn crops. Let it be remembered, that a small piece of land well ploughed and well manured, will produce more grain than a larger piece carelessly prepared. Let it be remembered, that there are sharpers all over tbe land, speculating in provisions, and that the ravages of these army worms are more terrible than the "grand armies" of Lincoln. Let it be remembered, that if we are subjugated, it will be by the speculators in our midst, and not by Lincoln. Let it be remembered, that our farmers can do more to conquer these, than all our soldiers in the field. Let it be remembered, that the way to conquer the speculating miscreants, is for the farmers to raise large provision crops of all kinds. Let it be remembered, that the worst n L.f.ll ? miSEOriUDe lUUl uau ueuu any peupie id a dearth of provisions. Let it be remembered, that any people who have enough to eat and to wear, are obliged to be prosperous, and cannot be conquered. Let it be remembered, that if you wish to grow rich, you must fill your corn cribs and granaries now, and be prepared to raise large crops of cotton when the blockade is raised. Let it be remembered, that it is your duty to rais? provisions for yourselves, and a surplus for the soldiers who are fighting for you. Let it be remembered, that if you do not raise large provision crops, you are helping Lincoln and the speculators to fasten the yoke of bondage upon your wives and children. Let it be remembered, that you owe it a solemn duty to God and your country?to your wives and children?to religion and liberty, to raise very large crops of provisj ions. S?~ The Confederate States Navy wants all kinds of hands who understands ship and steamboat work, to complete and build gun-boats. Several gun-boats are in progress of construction and under contract, and hands are needed. As these bands are at work on gunboats for the Confedererate States, they are exempt from all military duty, and cannot be drafted; and any one who is in the army oan obtain a fur lough to work on them by application to Col. D S. Johnston, Saffold, Early County Ga. The Confederate States Navy Yard is situated upon the Chattahoochee river, at Saffold, Early County, Georgia, and accessible by steamboats from Columbus, Ga., Eufaula, Ala., and Fort Gains, Ga. Savannah Republican, VIth inst. Fashions. It was for years our pleasure to furnish ou> readers, spring and autumn, with an 'urtiole, selected or original, descriptive of the mutations of our fashionable world, until last fail. Then we utterly failed to do so, not because there was uniformity of ohange, and the new fashions were not altogether as popular as they should have been. These fashions were, at first, detested by a great many young ladies and gentlemen, but most persons accepted them as the "Fire-eaters" of 1850 accepted the "Compromise measures, (pardon the exenrfthlfi nnn?which was not intended^ thev acquiesced. As the same fashions continue, and. will probably prevail through the ensuing spring and summer, we may attempt a charcoal sketch, confining the result of our observations to a few only of the most important articles of wearing apparel in which masculines of the beau monde are wont to ^splurge," beginning with "tiles" : Fashion for Hats.?Hats a la stove pipe are now worn with a very short nap, which fails to cover the entire exterior surface; and where the fingers touch in lifting, it is ornamented with a coating smooth and glossy, remotely resembling velvet: there are several irregular inden-1 tations near the top, and occasionally hats are soen with a larger indentation, (produced by a "brick,") embracing one entire side of the crown. Other tiles are sometimes worn, resembling nothing desoribable. They must be seen to be appreciated. In our view they are perfectly horrid, "shocking bad hats." Fashion for Coats.?For coats no particular material nor cut has been adopted, probably owing to some difficulty in obtaining reliable "noos from Noo Yawk." We observe that broadcloth coats, wheu worn, are considerably so about the elbows and buttons, and sometimes under the armpits. The same glossy substance noticed on the huts is also iu vogue for coats, and is mostly displayed on the cuffs and lapels. Fashion 'for Pants.?There is something particularly noticeable in pants.? They usually appear to have been made of some substantial material, aud according to whatever style the convenience of the wearer dictated. It is mentionable, however, that occasionally "exquisites" display a "killing" pair of speckled or crossbarred "unmentionables," the material of which is considerably thinner in an indescribable portion, and from which sometimes a flag of truce flutters in the breeze, than the ! ' others?while a clay-hued border or fringe adorns the lower extremities. Fashion for Boots.?Boots are worn long, much on one side of the heel, and at the toes; the other side of the heel jotting out towards the opposite ankle. This style of boots is better adapted for summer, we think, than for winter, "we might as well be out of the world, as out of fashion " The Schooner Beauregard. We learn, from a trustworthy source, that the schooner Beauregard, which left this port on the 5th of November, was captured by the Federal bark W> G. Andrews, Capt. W. G. Rogers, 6n- the 12th of that month, and all on board, numbering twenty-seven, taken prisoners and conveyed in chains to Key West. These unfortunate men have endured great sufferings and every imaginable indignity during their captivity. On the passage to Key West they were fed with felon's fare, compelled to remain in a recumbent position with chains on their hands and feet during the day, and at night were confined in a bread-locker about six feet square. The four officers were treated with special roughness. They were assailed with the most offensive epithets, and annoyed by every means at the command of their brutal enemies. Since they have been at Key West they have been in rigorous durance, fed on the coarsest food, and watched day and night by heartless and base fellows, who take a fiendish delight in aggravating the miseries of their condition. Key West is completely under the con4-krt T.m/tftlnifoa art/1 flinu fnlo Li UX Ui IUD iJlUgUIUlbLO) uuu uuwj I vnw vuv inhabitants with a rod of iron. The people have been required to swear allegiance to the Lincoln Government, and so rabid are these slaves of the despot, that they have compelled children eight years old to take the oath. More than two-thirds of the population are with the South, but they dare not give expression to their sentiments. Those who were bold enough to give utterance to the feelings of their hearts, have been seized and dragged to prison.. There are twenty vessels of war lying at this port, and three thousand five hundred men stationed on the island. The soldiers are represented to be the sorriest-looking creatures that ever disgraced a military uniform. They are coarse, vicious and ignorant, and so brave and generous as to insult women, steal whatever they fancy, and destroy furniture. There is always a strong police force at the post-office, who examine every letter, paper and package before it is dropped into the mail.?Charleston Courier. Heavy Shot.?We are gratified to learn that the large gun, recently cast in Richmond, for the Virginia, has been placed in its position on board of that vessel. It throws a solid shot, we understand weighing 360 pounds. The shot is long, , and has a steel point. This, together with her two fine Armstrong guns, put on board since her return from Newport News, gives her one of the most formidable batteries in the world, in addition to her being perfectly shot and shell proof. We would like to give our readers a description of this new gun and shot, but fear we have already stated more than is prudent, lest it should get to the ears of those the information is not intended for. Norfolk Day Book. w . '' _ ?* We publish elsewhere the copy o instructions found with one of the thieving operators from th8 Yankee herd at Por Royal, who was lately captured by somi of our pickets. We are indebted to Briga dier General N. G. Evans, for this precioui document, and we think commanders of al departments and posts would do well t< publish all similar documents, showing tlx nature and character of the war we an called to meet, and the purposes and pro penalties of the plundering invaders wb< use "the Union," and all that sort of senti mantal oant, as veils for their stealing. There is just enough of sbow of courtesj and civilized warfare kept np in soux places by the Yankees to deoeive the un thinking and to delude foreigners. The revelations that have been made a Port Royal, Hatteras, Roanoke, Newbern Nashville, and other places that have fai len within their power temporarily, shov us the real character of this war. These revelations cannot give as anj deeper oonviotioa of the thorough degrada tion of the large mass of the race that i: urging this war against us. We have long been convinced that our language had ne terms low enough to measure and reoorc that degradation. To those who have doubted or who hav< believed, against ail indications, that oui enemies were only mistaken, and were hon estly waging a war for supposed necessitiei of political position, will now see their er ror. Planters who remain exposed to the vis its of the Cotton stealers, will see the ne cessity of prompt measures for removal 01 destruction. Planters who are hesitating about the next crop, will see, also, the im perative necessity of immediate decision whioh we hope and believe will by a large majority, if not by unanimity of all true Southerners, be against Cotton planting fo: a crop?Charleston Courier. Profitable Investment.?The iron clad steamer Virginia cost 8185,000 to fi her up, and in one day destroyed over 81, 100,000 worth of Yankee property. She lost her prow in striking the Ericsson t slanting blow, and not by running againsl the Cumberland. This can be replaoed it two days, and then she will be in as good if not better condition than ever. We give an extract from a private letter receiv ed in this city from Mr. John L. Porter tkonoinl i>nnatimnf/ir nf thfi Vl'puiniii. FT( "MW **** "* vw"w""? * --o~? ? writes: * I received bat little encouragement fron any one wbile Virginia was progressing.? Hundreds?I may say thousands?assertec she would never float. Some said sh< would turn bottom side up; others said tb< crew would suffocate; but the most wis* said the concussion and report of the gum would deafen the men. Some said sb< would not steer; and public opinion gen erally, about here, said she would nevei come out of the dock. You have no ide: what [ have suffered in mind since I com menced her, but I knew what J was abou and persevered. Some of her inboard ar rangements are of the most intricate char acter, and have caused me many sleepiest nights in making them ; but all have turnec out right, and thanks are due to a kinc Providenoe, whose blessiugs on my effort! I have many times invoked. I must say I was astonished at the suo ces9 of the Virginia. She destroyed tb< Cumberland in fifteen minutes, and ir thirty more the Congress was captured. The Minnesota would have shared th< same fate, but she got aground, and thi Virginia could not get to her. The Virginia steers beautifully, and hei speed is three miles more per hour than i ever was. She is very comfortable ; then is not the least unpleasant sound from the guns, and all the officers are highly pleased Great Battles. At Leipsic, the allies numbered 330,00C and the French 260,000. .TheFrenoh losi 45,000 killed and wounded, and 30,00( prisoners; the allies 48,000 killed anc wounded. At Moscow, 134,000 French met 130, 000 Russians. The former lost 50,000 kill ed and wounded, and the latter 58,000 At Wagram, there were 137,000 Aus trians against 170,000 French. The loss of the Austrians was 20,000 killed anc wounded; that of the French 22,000. At Ealiog, the Austrians numbered 75, 000, and the Prenoh 35,000. The loss oi the former was 20,000 killed and wonnded j that of the latter 13,000 killed and wounded, and 3,000 prisoners. At Austerlitz, 70,000 French desperately contested and finally won the field against 83,000 allies?Russians and Austrians? with a loss of 40,000, whilst the allies losl 26,800 killed and wounded. At Jena, Napoleon, with 141,000 men completely destroyed an army of 150,000 Prussians. The loss of the French was 32,000, and that of the Prussians 41,000. At Waterloo, the English numbered 70,000 men, and held the field against 70,000 French all day. Towards evening, the English were reinforced by 30,000 Prus siana, which turned the heretofore wavering fortunes of the day in favor of the allies. The French lost 20,000 killed and wounded, and the allies 31,000 At Solferino, 135,000 allies?French and Sardinians?met and overcame 170,000 Austrians. The loss of the former was 18,000; that of the latter 16,000 in killed and wounded. Destruction of Crops in North Car olina.?We learn that our military commanders of the South are taking measures for the destruction of private property likely to fall into hands of the enemy. It is proposed in all oases that admit of such warning to give notification to the planters to remove their crops within a speoified time to places of seourity. General orders are said to have been Bigned by the Secretary of War for the removal within the military department of North Carolina ol all cotton, tobacco and naval stores East oi the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad.? Such of the above mentioned products as are in exposed positions are required to be removed at onoe, and those less exposed must be removed or secured by the 25th instant, otherwise they will be destroyed bj the military authorities?Richmond Ex aminer. f Maryland.?There ij ye* a. ray of hope 5 that ^re the close of the present straggle, t gallant Maryland, whose sons and daughi ters have been groaning beneath the heel of oppression, will be with us, and one of 3 us. Her proud spirit cannot be crushed, 1. and her brave men and women intensely ) long for a deliverance from their thraldom. i As an evidence of th3 spirit prevailing in ? Baltimore, we give the following extract from a letter written in that oity and pub) lished in the Norfolk Day Book, of the - 16th instant : However, we have not yet despaired.? jr We see the anchor of Hope dimly in the 3 distance, and we pray for you and our Bear - ones night and day. Some of our loved ones have shed their blood and drawn their t last breath for our holy oause; we will ever , mourn tbeir loss, and their blood will be avenged by heaven through their brothers. i An Idea may be formed of the sentiment of Baltimore by the Boene on Baltimore j street to day. Column after column o? Yankees marched alonsr. and on the side i walk stood oar citizens. As the; passed ' along not one cheer was raised, not one ) voice to bid them God speed, but a stabI born silenoe was observed?only broken by some sneering remark at the expense of the 5 hirelings. r Oar women (God bless, them) wore the - red, white and red in honor of Jeff's inan3 gnration. ' Now I must close, but impress it on your people that Maryland mast soon be freed, - or she will be an unhappy broken-hearted sister when you do claim her. [ "Consoiencce" and two Dollars! ]. A few days since, we found among the business letters from oar punctual subscri j hers, one which contained a single word and a two-dollar bill. That word was "Conr scienceand the enclosure, doubtless, was from some one who was indebted to us? U) whom we had, probably, appeajed in vain for our just dues, and had, finally, orossed t bis name from our books. Conscience," - however, ceased not to remind our debtor i of the sum whioh was due us. Two dollar* i was the nightmare that disturbed his b slumbers. Two dollars were the words that i fell on his ears whenever he passed an I auction-room. Two dollars was the price } of his railroad tioket, if be took a short trip - into the country. Two dollars was the sum , be paid for bis Christmas turkey. Tbe 3 bottle of obampague wbicb he opened on bis birthday cost two dollars. The Sabl bath bells, to bis alarmed ears, seemed to - ring out two dollars. In faot, whether awake 1 or asleep, at borne or abroad, the bugbear 3 that disturbed bis happiuesss, was tbat un3 paid two dollars ; but now, having cancels led the debt he owed he is, do doubt, re3 leased from all annoyance, and enjoys eve3 ry moment of his life. We wish tbe "con sciences" of some others we oould menr tion were haunted and relieved in tbe same i manner. t The Enrolment.?We are requested, says tbe Charleston Mercury,. by the Adjutant and Inspector-General, to publish i the following information, by way of ansI wer to numerous inquires wbicb have been I addressed to him : s All male citizens, between the ages of 18 and 45, not in service, are required to enroll them-selves within ten days. } Persons exempted will enroll themselves, x with cause of exemption stated upon enrollment. Persons failing to enroll themselves will j be first conscripted for service. It is to the advantage of each maD to r enroll promptly, as he thereby seoureB a t proper enrollment of himself, and lessens i the oha'oces for his conscription. Tbe enrollment is not the conscription, fKo Anrto/trifthnn UUt tuc uaia upuu ttuawu vuw vvuev>.^.ww is hereafter based. The conscription will not be bad until ) the enrollments are completed, t The enrollment is to obtain a correct ) statement of all citizens, between 18 and 1 45, not in Bervice and to famish data for filling requisition for troops. When proper persons can be obtained, > officers will be appointed from among those conscripted. 3 V3F Capt. F. Buchanan, the hero of | the great naval combat, is a glorious old man. For many years he had served under . the old fiag, and had but a short time bef fore the revolution broke out, been promo ted to the office of Commodore. He was . in Baltimore for some time after the war broke out, but made his way South through r the West. He has two daughters in Geor; gia, twin sisters, and most estimable ladles. . One is the wife of Mr. G. P. Soreeven, : Jr., of Savannah, Ga.; the other of Lieut. Miere, of the Confederate States Navy ? i His youngest and favorite brother was I Parser on the ill fated Congress; and it is ! a matter of history, and proves the unselfish patriotism of Capt. Buchanan, that the . fire of the Virginia on the Congress was I particularly severe. We hear that he is . also related to Commodore Goldsborough, . of the United States Navy, whose flag-ship , is the Minnesota, and which narrowly escaped destruction at the hands of the Virginia. Capt. B. has immortalized himself by the victory in Hampton Roads, and will , live in history associated with the grandest naval achievement of this or any other age. ( GVz.l Union. , ?V?? \ / Eclipses ?There will be five eclipses this year, as follows : 1. A total eclipse of the moon just before and after midnight on July 11. Total i eclipse begins an hoar and seven minutes after the beginning, and lasts one hoar and i three minutes. Total duration, three hoars i and seventeen minntes. i 2. A partial eclipse of the sun, Jane 1 26, in the morning. Invisible in America, i but visible in tin Indian Ocean. ? 3. A partial eclipse of the san, Novemi ber 21. Invisible in America, bat seen in the great Southern Ocean. 4. A partial eclipse of the san, Novem ber 20. Invisible in Amerioa, bat visible i in Asia generally. > 5. A total eclipse of the moon, early in I the morning of December 6?visible. The ' eclipse beoomes total one boar and nine ' minutes after the beginning and lasts one hoar and thirty-two minates. Total duration, three hoars and forty minutes. Cutty at the Battle ot Leesbubg. ?The Southern Monthly has the following: A negro who accompanied his master to Virginia, was giving his "experience" at the battle of Leesborg, on his return to Memphis, to a fellow servant, as follows: "Folks may talk as much as dey please 'bout not bein' skeered on de battle field; dis obile kin tell different tale from dat. When dem ninny balls 'gin to whistle and de cannon to roar, and de hosses to pitch and rar, I tell you, de kink cum'd out o' dis nigger's wool. I said, 'Massa, Ies me and you git back o' dem trees, and we oan shoot widout bein' shot at. Young massa turn be eye at me till I feel like gitteo' into auger hole. Den I say,'massa, you don't keer nuffin for your life, please ear, give me your commission/to git out ob de way ro dese bullets, ear.' He kinder smile at me and say, 'you hab my commission.' I'! tell you, I rnnn'd like skeered dog. Potty ? I- T ?: ?1-1 i. tl L!_J L.tl4 quioa i curum a 10 oiggeai muu q uuiior log, and just as I stooped down to git in, I bears somebody ory out like dey had pain in dier stomik, "Oh dey is sitting deir slaves apon as!' and true as I's here today, dat are log was ohook fall o' dea> Yankees! Yah! yah! yah I" Great Battle Expected. Highly important despatches were re* oeived yesterday by Congress, giving intelligence of an impending and oritioal battle at Corinth, in the vicinity of the Grand Junction of the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio Railroads. These despatches state positively that Gen. Johnston had made a sadden oiroait from Marfreesboro, .via Decatur, confronting the whole foroe of Baell that bad been moved from Nashville down the Tennesee river, and the advance of which was1 last heard of at Savannah, whioh is on the river, aboat fifteen miles from where it crosses the Mississippi line. Gen. Beauregard was, at last accounts, at Jackson, in Madison Coooty, within easy reach of Johnston's army. These wide and rapid movements of the forces in Tennessee have been wholly unexpected ; bat the despatches giving the intelligence of them are entirely reliable, and one of the most critical battles that has yet been fooght in the West is immediately anticipated on the borders of the State of Mississippi.?Richmond Examiner, 19$ inst. Important prom the West.?The Richmond Examiner of the 19th says : Highly important dispatches were received yesterday by Congress, giving intel liger.oe of an impending and critical battle at Corinth, in the vicinity of the Grand Junotion of the Memphis and Charleston and Mobile and Ohio railroads. These dispatches state positively that Gen. Johnston had made a sadden circuit from - Marfreesboro', via Deoatar, confronting. the whole force of Baell that had been moTed' from Nashville down the Tennessee river, and the advanoe of which was last heard of at Savannah, which is on the river, aboot fifteen miles from where it crosses the Mississippi line. Gen. Beaaregard was at last accounts, at Jackson, in Madison county, within reach of Johnston's army. These wide and rapid movements of the foroes in Tennessee have been wholly unexpected; but the dispatches giving the intelligence of them are entirely reliaable, and one of the most critical battles that has yet been fought io the West is immediately anticipated on the borders of the State of Mississippi. , . Capt. John Morgan Again. A gentleman jnst arrived here from Nashville, says the Memphis AvalatyJie of the 14th, states that Captain Morgan was sent out on a scoot with a detachment of bis squadron near Laverno, and had a skirmish with the enemy's pickets?killing seventeen, and taking about as mauy prisoners Capt. Morgan was entering the turnpike from a lane, and was alone, when he suddenly came io contact with a cavalier, who said to Morgan, "Halt, and dismount." The reply was "I am Capt. John Morgan, and do not obey Federal commands; draw your pistol, sir; we are npon an equality." The Federal replied: "We are not, sir"? at the same time making a quick motion with his hand to his side?when the valiant Captain fired, "and down went a Federal meeting house!" He fell dead?-and turned out to be the veritable Capt. Wil-! sou, of Geo. Buell's staff, who planted the; Federal flag oq the oapitolat Nashville!? Morgan is oertainly the intrepid Marion of the war. I Fort Donelson Prisoners.?The Cinninnsti En/i?iV/*r nf th? 5(1. nilblishflfl thfll -""2" ' 7 r following extract from its correspondent, concerning the Confederate officers captured at Fort Donelson, who are now at Columbus, Ohio: The officers are particularly desirous of again taking the sword in band, and many stated to the colonel commanding that while they regretted their present situation, they hoped soon to be exohanged, that they might again raise their arms in rebellion to the abolition Government of the United States. I send you these statements to disabuse the public mind, whioh has been led to believe that the rebellion was nearly at an end, and that steamers could go to New Orleans within a very short time. The staff officers of Buckner stated to-day that the war had only just begun; that the South was only now beginning to be desperate, and that very soon it would be seen whether they were whipped or not. Lieutenant Worden.?The Federal officer in command of the Ericsson battery, Monitor, during the late engagement in Hampton Roads, did not receive the injuries to his eyes from pieoes of oement, as represented by the New York Herald in an item given by us yesterday, but, as we learn through a source which we are not at liberty to mention, received the same from fragments of shell from the Virginia, whioh passed through the openings in the torretof the Monitor. We are told that the injury he 8astained is much greater than the Northern joarnala allow, and it is thought that it will result in a total loss of sight He is compelled to wear bandages over both eyes, and is aooompanied by a guide when he goes abroad.?Norfolk Day Bookt 13th. The Balls of the Ebicssqn Bai;*. v by. ?From a late Northern paper we. learn * that the Ericsson was armed with ballgg \ I wrought iron. The articfe taken from the Scientific American \b short, and we'gjfcjfc*? it entire: Expensive Shot.?The Ericsson- ix^of plated floating battery, at Green Point, has been armed with two Il-inch columblaX- ' which hare been farniahed with foar hundred wrought iron shot, each ball $47, and weighing 184 pounds. These balls were made by forging square blocks of iron at the Novelty Works, then turning them at the lathe. The codt of the 400 amounts to $18,800, and their total weight is 73,000. pounds Cast iron shot are liable to break in pieces when fired, against thick iron plates. These wrought iron shot are for smashing through too sides of snoh secession batteries as the Mer j: vr &.IL : a cr-112rri .1^ _? riiutw <n nuriuiH., auu noiuua. xurtieav New Orleans. w*sK<>+ *- ' i .. .. From Chattanooga.?The special <*? respondeat of the Atlanta. Confederacy, ' sends the following from Chattanooga Tennessee, under date of Maroh 18 : Fifty-six Federal prisoners passed through here oo yesterday, en route for Salisbury, N. C. Thirty-seven of them were captured by the ubiquitous Morgan in one of his recent guerilla engagements with a party of Federals, near Nashville, a few days since: They are fine specimens of the North-western Yankees?have considerably - ? less of the nasal twang, and are otherwise less ill-favored than the Massachaaettscodfish eaters and Con neeticut o!ock-peddlers, who infest the shores of the Potomac, and inhabit some of our Southern prisons. No More Whiskey to be Made in Alabama.?Gov. Shorter, of Alabama, has issued a proclamation, closing every distillery in the State after the first of April next The stoppage of the distilleries iu Virginia, the two Carolines, Georgia and Alabama, will soon make whiskey a scarce article. " We have good news from Mississippi. The planters are piling np their cotton and getting it ready for the faggot the moment the enemy advances. They are also sendiLA-fWAatr ma lug tuou oia*co up iu? rivet uu - wwia uu fortifications; aod they say they are ready (o make any sacrificethe Governmont may require. Arrival of Arms.?Sixteen Hundred ^ . muskets, in boxes marked, "Brittiah pat; era of 1851/' passed through Mobile at few days ago en route for Geo. Van Doro, Arkansas. Tfrbee boxes are an instalment of 10,000 similar guns which arrived at* certain port in Florida not long since,BR ' board of a steamer. There is reason to believe that the steamer which bore Mr. Yaneey also brought arms,- and others iter on the way; A Columbus, Ga., paper mentions the arrivals, ap. the St. Mary's River, of the steamer Hard Times, laden with arms and ammunition She was pursued ap the river by a Federal gun-boat, bat escaped by rnnninginto a creelfc^fr Number or Natls per Pound.?-A young friend in one of oar village stores has amused. himself counting the baniber of nails of ail sizes to the pound. The fol? lowing is the result: * In 2 lbs. of 4d. nails there are 594/'* . In 2 lbs. 5d. ? ? ? 434. In 2 lbs Cd. ? ? '< 343. . In 2 lbs. 8d. " ? " 197. In 2 lbs. lOd. ? ? ? 142." In 2 lbs. 12d. '< ? ? 110. In 2 lbs. 20d. ? ? 65. In 2 lbs. 30d. ? ? ? 56. Edgefield Advertiser* Later from Newborn. W . Richmond, March 18. ?The news from Goldsboro. North Carolina, by flag of from Newborn, reports the Confederal K loss in killed wounded and prisone^flSy the late battle, to be about five hundred. Genera! Burnside admits the Federal loss in killed, wounded and missing to be fifteen i * M-'l n ! I 1 1L. 1_ huoarea. major uarimcuaei la i>ue wmj field offioer of the Confederates killed, in addition to twenty-six privates, North Carolinians. Col. Avery was taken prisoner. . ji-e.". The Federals at Tybee.?A recent reoonnoissanoe made a few days since by oar troops reveals the hot that tK?-Federals have erected a battery on the Martello Tower on, Tybee Island, wbidh will throw shell over Fort Palaski. They have also erected a battery on Decent Creek, Sootheast of Fort Palaski, near Lazaretto'Creek, on an old hoik, whioh is thought will also ~~ throw shot on the fort Nothing farther was discovered whioh it woald be pradent' to record.?Savannah New. Sambo in Luck.?Daring the skirmish at Paris, on Wednesday the I2th, a negro belonging to one of oar. soldiers, came aoross a Federal trooper who was leading a contract's horse. The servant shot at and killed him, when he eaptared both the animals and brought them off with their equipments in safety. The saddles he disposed of for fifty dollars, pocket money.? Memphi* Appeal. Passage op Abms.?The Montgomery ! ' a. . a l JMXVerilser, <ii MID xoui, any a . zx iiugo ^ quantity of arms for service in the Confederate army, passed through this city yesterday. They were part of a recent arrival in this country from across the Atlantic, and they will probably be heard of somewhere before long. 19*The gun factory at Holly Springs, Mississippi, is now turning out 40 mnskets per day. It will soon be able to torn oat 1100 per day for the Government. Muskets are the best weapon for three-fourths of the army. It shoots strong, far, aocurate, and never gets out of order. 1ST Bills have been introduced in Congress providing for the relief of the families of soldiers now in Confederate servioe, and who are looking for relief by pensions ?fKoirnrioo alan fnr f-.ho dtflrthftrce nf sick and disabled soldiers. r : '* I . 7. ! " ! jA 9GT Bells for Beaaregard continue to come in. Many of the -plantation bells used for indicating the time and calling the negroes together, weigh from one hundred to five ffHHt pounds, and are composed of the besttnetal for cannon.