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| Confederate Congress. The
most interesting portion of the proceedings
of Congress yesterday, says the
Richmond Dispatch, of the 9th, waB that
t occupied in the reading of the touchingly
appropriate message of President Davis to
the two Houses on the great victory in
f Tennessee. We publish below, the message
in fall, and deem it entirely unnecessary
to present any comments. Indeed,
any such would be ill- imed and out of
place.' The message is a document that
does honor to the head that conceived and
the heart that prompted it:
To the Senate and House of Representatives
of the Confederate States of America
:
The great importance of the news just
received from Tennessee induoes me to depart
from established usage, and to make
to you this communication in advanoe of
official reports.
From telegrapic despatches received frocu
official sources, I am able to announce to
you, with entire confidence, that it has
pleased Almighty God to crown the Confederate
arms with a glorious and decisive
viotory over our invaders.
On the morning of the 6th instant the
converging columns of our army were combined
-by its Commander-in-Chief, General
A. S. Johnston, in an assault on the Federal
army, then encamped near Pittsburg,
on the Tennessee river. After a hard
fought battle of ten boars, the enemy was
driven in disorder from his position and
pursued to the Tennessee river, where, under
oover of his gan-boats, be was, at last
accounts, endeavoring to effect his retreat
by aid of his transports.
The details of this great battle are yet
too few and incomplete to enable me to distinguish
with merited praise all of those
who may have conspicuously earned the
right to suoh distinction; and I prefer to
delay my own gratification in recommending
them to your special notice, rather than
5 incur the risk of wounding the feelings of
any by failing to include them in the list.
Where suoh a viotory has been won over
troops so numerous and disciplined and
armed as those wbioh have just been sosig-1
nally routed, we may well conclude that
one common spirit of unflinching bravery
> and devotion to our country's cause must
have animated every breast, from that of
the commanding General to that of the
humblest patriot who served in the raoks.
There is enough in the continued presence
of invaders on our soil to chasten
our exultation over this brilliant success,
and to remind us of the grave duty of coo
tinned exertion until we shall extort frocu
a proud and vain-glorious enemy the reluctant
acknowledgment of our right to selfgovernment
But an all-wise Creator has
been pleased, while vouchsafing to us His
countenance in battle, to afflict us with a
severe dispensation, to which we must bow
in humble submission. The last lingering
hope has disappeared, and it is but too true
that General Albeit Sidney Jobuston is no
more. The tale of his death is simply narrated
in a despatch just reoeived from Col.
William Preston, in the following words :
"General Johnston fell yesterday, at half
past two o'clock, while leading a successful
charge, turning the enemy's right and gaining
a brilliant victory. A Minnie ball cut
the artery of his leg,. but he rode on till
from loss of blood be fell exhausted, and
died without pain in a few moments. His
body has been entrusted to me by General
Beauregard, to be taken to New Orleans
and remain until directions are received
from his family."
My long and close friendship with this
. departed chieftain and patriot, forbids me
to trust myself in giving vent to the feelings
which this sad intelligence has evoked.
Without doing injustice to the living, it
may safely be asserted that his loss is irreparable,
and that among the shining hosts
of the great^and the good, who now cluster
around the banner of our country, there
exists no purer spirit, no more heroic soul,
than that of the illustrious man whose
* death I join you in lamenting.
Tn Viiti dnnfh hfi haa illnatrated the char-i
aoter for which through life he was conspicuous,
that of singleness of purpose and
devotion to duty. With his whole energies
bent on attaining the victory which he
deemed essential to his country's cause, he
rode on to the accomplishment of his object,
forgetftfl of self while his very lifeblood
was fast ebbing away. His last
breath cheered his comrades to victory.?
The last sound he heard was their shout of
triumph. His last thought was his ooun|
try's, and long and deeply will his country
| mourn his loss. Jefferson Davis.
The President's Kindness.?On yesi
terday the President visited the wounded
soldiers, and expressed warm sympathy for
the unfortunate sufferers. Addressing the
other soldiers, he said he intended to share
I their fate on the next battle field?come
& weal or woe, he would be wftb them?and
I whatever might betide, whether victory or
defeat ensued, of one thing he assured tbeui
H ?''the cause is safe : we will oouquer in
the end." The address was very brief, but
the effect was magical; potting the soldiers,
who were somewhat depressed by the
aooident, in glorious spirits. -1
We ohrooiole this incident with inexplicable
pleasure. Heretofore the President i
has not exhibited that warm human sym- :
pathy which so becomes the leader of a i
(great cause in a dark hour, and which wins
the heart and inspires the courage of the
soldier as nothing else does. One touch of
nature makes the whole world kin. Let
the President show himself a man of feeling,
let him visit the hospitals, let him, on
all proper occasions, enoourage the men
who are fighting our battles, and he will
quiokly become what he ought all along to
have been, the loved and honored chief of
a glorious cause and a great people.
Richmond Whig, 6th.
Enemies.'
The Confederates States have four dis^
tinct classes of enemies.
1. The government and people of the
: United States are our enemies. But they
are open enemies. They meet us upon the
opeu field with arms in their bands, and
make war upon us. Tbey shoot down our
soldiers, burn our bouses, destroy our prop
erty, and steal our negroes. We know
where to find, and how to deal with saoh
an enemy.
2. The second olass of enemiess are the
croakers?the long faced men of faint
hearts and weak nerves, who go np and
down the country, seeking to impart their
own despondency and cowardice to all with
whom they come in contaot. Eeverything
goes wrong, according to these Dismal
Jemmies. The government is weak and
negligent; our fficers are lacking in skill;
jmd the army is destitute of oourage. If
the government had done its duty, this or
that thing would not have happened. If
the officers had possessed a grain of foresight,
they could have held this or the
other position against the enemy. Nothing
is done right, according to these gentry,
and everything goes wrong. The enemy
will certainly overrun the country ; the
Confederate government will fall; and we
will all go to perdition together. If they
only had charge of affairs, how smoothly
and successfully everything would move.?
Arms would be procured immediately; an
army would be improvised in the twinkling
of an eye; and the enemy?McClellan,
Buell, Halleok, and all?would be driven
out of the country the first pleasant day
that came. Napoleon would be still the
"little corporal" by the side of these wouderful
warriors?these mighty men of valor.
Weak of purpose, faint of heart, and
oowardly in spirit, they would destroy the
confidence of everybody else, and abandon
everything to the Federals. We wbuld
suggest to have petticoats put upon those
miserable creatuies, and curls hung about
their craven foreheads, but for the insult
we should thereby offer to our brave women.
3. The speculators and extortioners con- '
stitute the thrid class of enemies. These
characters operate upon the necessities of
the country. They are interested in the
war, insomuch as it enables them to make
money. Beyond this, they care but little
who wins or loses. They set no fixed prioe
upon what they have to sell. The purchaser
may be a poor man, a needy woman,
a destitute soldier, or the widow of soo>e
brave fellow who has fallen in battle with
hiB feet to the foe. Still, if the extortioner
can grind out of her five dollars per
bushel for salt, he takes it; if "ten dollars,
he takes it; if a thousand dollars, still he
would take it. As between him and a
Linoolnite, we have infinitely more respect
for the latter. The one is an open enemy,
and meets you on the -field ; the other is a
secret foe who take advantage of your necessities,
and seeks to undermine the cause
by oppressing the people and sapping the
foundations of our strength.
4. The fourth and last class of enemies
to the Confederate cause are those pimps
and operators in money, who seek to depreciate
the currenoy of the government.?
These people worship at the shrine of the
golden calf. The success of our struggle
may depend upon the confidence of the
people in the currency provided by the
government; yet if they can gain anything
by destroying that confidence, they do not
hesitate to do it. They are as ready to
speculate oo the faith of the people aod the
patriotism of the country, as an honest man
would be upon the products of the land.?
Place the success of our cause in one scale
and greed and gain in the other, sad they
would not be loDg in deoiding which they
would take.
The man who tears up a railway track
is no greater enemy to the pnblio than the
one who destroys the oil by wh'ch the machinery
is lubricated, and without which
it cannot be operated. So, too, the man
who destroys the confidence of the public
in the currency of the government, is as
much an enemy as the spy who carries intelligence
to the adversary.
Such are the enemies of the Confederate
cause. Let them be watched everywhere.
They are the aiders and abettors of the
North, and should be so regarded r od treated.?Memphis
Appeal.
What the Yankees are doing with
the Contrabands at Port Royal.?
The steamer Atlantic left New York a few
days since with a large cargo of army
stores, and about sixty passengers, who accompanied
Mr. E. L. Pierce, the Government
agent, in charge of the plantations
and contrabands at Port Royal.
Three-fourths of the number are men
who are to be superintendents of the abandoned
estates, and will direct the labors of
the negroes, who are to be employed in
such agricultural pursuits as cotton culture
and raising vegetables for their own support,
and for the use of the army at that
point.
Twelve or fifteen of the passengers are
ladies, who will become teachers of an industrial
school which will be at once established
at Port Royal, under the superintendence
of Rev. M. French, of New York.
Mrs. Senator Harlan, of Iowa, is among
the ladies, and will assist in some department
of the work.
About three thousand dollars worth of
agricultural implements, including plows, j
hoes and others io most common use, have
been purchased by Mr. Pieroe, and will be
taken to Port Royal in the Atlantio. He
takes also a quantity of seeds, including
one barrel contributed from the Patent Office
at Washington, aB well as some medicines
and other necessary artioles.
Albert Sidney Johnston.
Liberty and self-government are oheap at
any price to a people that can appreciate
these blessings, but the stages of victory
whioh lead to such glorious results are often
bought at great sacrifice.
A late victory for the Confederate'arms,
in the West, was alloyed by the toss of MoCullooh
and Mcintosh, aod other gallant
compeers in office aud patriotism. Another
victory, greater and more important aod
more significant, in many respects, than
any that had previously Illustrated the Confederate
cause, is oharged with a heavy discount
in the fall of Albert Sidney Johnston,
who stood proudly pre-eminent among
the great leaders and ohieftains who ennobled
the army of the United States, while
they considered its service coincident with
honor, and who drew their weighty swords
on the side of the Confederacy.
By the concurrent voices of all compeers
and oolleagues and associates qualified to
estimate his worth, Albert Sidney Johnston
was a great man, a great Boidier, a
great officer and leader. We can at present
but touch a few points and stages of
his life and career, now closed under circumstances
which will embalm bis name
and endear Iris fame in the history of the
South.
He was appointed from Kentucky to
West Point, in 1822, being a native of
Kentucky or Virginia, and a son of a family
distinguished in the Revolutionary history
of the Old Dominion.
In due time he was appointed as BrevetLieutenant
in the Second Infantry, in 1826,
transferred in 1827 to the Sixth Infantry,
appointed Adjutant in 1828, and in 1882
Adjutant to Brigadier General Atkinson,
Assistant Adjutant-General in 1833 for the
Blaok Haw& war, where we believe he saw
his first important service in aotion. He
resigned in 1834, and next appeared in active
military life as Adjutant-General of
the Patriot Army of Texas, in 1836, receiving
for his talents and bis services in
behalf of the struggling Republic of the
"Lone Star," the rank of Senior Brigadier.
From 1838 to 1840 he filled the post of
Secretary of War for Texas.
He re-entered the army in 1846, in view
of the war with Mexico, taking rank as
Colonel of Texas volunteers, and after fil
ling thia special term was appointed Inspector-General
on the Staff of General W.
0. Butler.
He was conspicuous and distinguished
in the three days battle of Monterey, in
September, 1846, was appointed Paymaster
in 1849, promoted in 1855 as Paymaster
to a higher rank, and as Colonel was soon
after placed in oommand of the Utah Expedition
and army, receiving soon after the
brevet of Brigadier for "meritorious conduct-in
the ability, zeal, energy, and prudence
displayed by him" in this oommaud.
He was then transferred to a command
on the Pacific coast, resigned soon after the
Secession of the leading Southern States
transpired, and received, before he reported
in person, the rank in the. Confederate army
to which his talents aud servioes and qualifications
fully entitled him.
He made a tedious and toilsome journey
to join the Confederate service, and entered
ou the command which has terminated
in victory for the cause he espoused and
honor to his name. Through the ignorant
licentiousness of demagogues and witlibg
critics, a cloud was lately oast over his faoie.
None who knew him doubted him, and his
death has dispelled the doubts and prejudices
and aspersions of others. We will
and must honor his memory, and improve
worthily the victory he has aided so largely
in purchasing.
A better opportunity is demanded for a
full tribute.? Courier.
Still Another Exploit of Captain John
morgan.
Editors Memphis Appeal :
The heroic young Kentuckian is as full
of stratagem as he is of daring. He disguised
himself as a countryman, and took
a wagon load of meal to Nashville the other
day. Driving straight to the St. Cloud
Hotel, he left his wagon at the door in
charge of a trusty follower, and went into
the dining room of the hotel about dinner,
where he sat down opposite to General McCook.
"Gen. McCook, I suppose," said the disguised
partisan, bowing across the table.
"You are right, sir," said McCook, "that
is my name."
"Well, gineral, if there's no seceshe's
about, I've got something to tell you right
here."
Looking around, the generfl requested
his new acquaintance to proceed with what
he had to say.
"Well, gineral, I live up here close to
Burke's mills, right in the midst of a nest
of* red hot seceshers, and they swear your
soldiers shan't have a peck of meal if they
have to starve for it. But, gineral, I'm all
right on the goose, though I don't have
muoh to say ahout it about home, and so I
got a wagon load of meal ground, and I've
brung it down hero to-day, and it's now
out thar in the street, and you can have it
if you want it."
Gen. McCook was highly-delighted?expressed
his gratitude to the plain looking
countryman for his kindness, praised his
loyalty to the "old flag," and at once ordered
the meal to be taken to the commissary
of his brigade, and paid for in gold
and silver. The transaction accomplished,
the counterfeit wagoner again repaired to
Gen. MoCook's "headquarters, where, after
requesting a strictly private- interview, he
told the "gineral" that if he would send
out one hundred and fifty men, to such a
place, in such a neighborhood, in Davidson
county, he would guide them right into that
"nest of seceshers and traitors," where
they might "bag", a large quantity of meal
and other "contraband of war/' besides a
number of the worst rebels that ever assisted
in "bustin up" this "glorious Union."
Geo. McCook fell into the snare "as easy
aa falling off a log," and all the prelimina
ry arrangements were made, and the time
and plaoe agreed upon, for the one hundred
and fifty Federal soldiers to meet their
trusty guide.
MoCook's detachment of 150 men kept
the appointment faithfally, and of coarse
Captain Morgan, no longer disguised, was
there to meet them ; but unfortunately for
them he was not alone?he had a sufficient
number of well-armed horsemen to captnre
the whole Yankee foroe without firing a
gem. So he took them quietly, and sent
them swiftly "to the rear/' to be exchanged
"in due course"?all but one, an officer,
whom he released on parole, and bade him
return to General MoCook with the compliments
of bis meal-selling acquaintance,
who had the pleasure of meeting him at
the St. Cloud a few days before.
Hurrah for the gallant and heroio Morgan?the
dauntless and sagacious partisan
whose fame is rapidly rounding into proportions
which promise to overshadow all
the "Marions" of the war.
The Battle of Corinth.
A despatch was received by Gen. Cooper,
from, the telegraph operator at Corinth,
in advance of that of Gen Beauregard,
which states that we .were then parsuing
the retreating enemy beyond his encampments;
that we had equipage, military
stores, and a vast amonnt of arms and ammunition.
The despatch states that the
news continues to be more favorable every
moment. *
We may state that Gen Beauregard has
a reputation with the Government for remarkable
moderation of tone and expression
in bis despatches; and that the impression
obtained in official circles that the
complete "victory" he announces has been
the most important and decisive action of
the war. The news was instantly telegraphed
by the Government to Gen. Ma
grader, sad was announced to oar command
on the Peninsula.
In addition to the despatch copied above
two despatches were received in other quarters
of the War Department confirming in
all respects the intelligence of oar victory,
and stated that we had taken six thousand
prisoners and one hundred guns. It is
thought in offioial quarters that the number
of prisoners taken is even larger than this.
Gen. Beauregard is understood to be in
a position to give him the entire oontrol of
the Tennessee river, cutting off the enemy's
transports and intercepting his retreat
in that direction. The enemy is thus confined
in a hostileoountry broken with mountains
and streams, from which the second
"grand army" of the North can certainly
not extricate itself with the ease and celerity
of the famoas retreat from the plains
of Manassas.
The Tennessee river has been an avenue
by which the enemy has massed a heavy
army near the junction of the Memphis
and Charleston and the Mobile and Ohio
Railroads. It is supposed that Buell, who
was, at last accounts, advancing towards
the TenoeBsee river, had effected a junotion
with the Federal forces assembled to attack
us near Corinth. On this supposition the
force of the enemy must have been not
less than 125,000 men, thoroughly armed
and disciplined. Our force is estimated to
have been 90,000 men.
The effort of the enemy must have been
herculean and desperate, as it was generally
agreed that the fate of Memphis (and
with that, of course, the defences on the
Mississippi river, Fort Pillow, and Island
No. 10,} hung suspended on the issue oi
the battle near Corinth. The importance
of our victory is commensarate with what
would have been the terrible disaster of a
defeat at a point so commanding as the late
battle-field, and in a moral conjuncture so
critical as that of the past few days.
Richmond Examiner.
Gen. Johnston Foiling the Enemy.
The Richmond Examiner says:
We lean that the Government not onlj
c.nrriiallv aDnroves the stracretio movement
of General Johnson io changing bis line
of defence, but that the question of falling
back from the old line of the Potomao was
oonfided entirely to his owa decretion some
weeks ago by the President himself.
It is now ascertained that some three or
four weeks before.the army fell back, Gen.
Johnston visited the President and disclosed
to him the extraordinary plans compassed
by the enemy, which made it vitally
-necessary, in his opinion, to fall back
and organize a new line of defence. He
stated his conviction that the enemy, by a
movement of some forty or fifty thousand
troops through Harper's Ferry and the
Valley, designed to fall upon his rear, and
proposed to defeat this object by confronting
him on a new line of defence.
For the space of three weeks before the
arly left its entrenohments at Manassas,
preparations were being made for falling
baok, by the qniet and gradual removal of
the vast accumulations of army stores; and
with such consummate address was this
managed that^ur own forces had no idea
of what was intended until the march was
taken up. The first intimation the enemy
had of the evacuation of Manassas was the
Bmoke of the soldiers' huts that had been
fired by our army, and as the last column
of our forces retired, we are assured that
the advance of the movement on General
Johnston's rear was already at Sniokersville,
a gap in the Blue Ridge.
That the Btragetio plans of the enemy
were completely foiled by this masterly
movement of Gen. Johnston is quite evi:
dent in the tone of disappointment and
' vexation in which the Northern newspa
pers refer to the evacuation of Manassas,
which unless there had been some disconoert
of their own strategy by such an event,
they would be likely to regard as a consid
erable advantage on their side in letting
' them further into the territory of Virginia,
i The advantages accomplished in the falling
baok of our army are.that it has foiled
the Btragetio plan of the enemy almost at
the instant of its accomplishment, besides
cringing our forcas into a position to en1
counter any demonstrations that the enemy
may make in new directions. The ezoite'
ment of locomotion and change of scene were
said, too, to have had the most happy ef
feet upon the spirits of our troops, who are,
altogether, in better fighting trim than they
have ever been since the battle of Manas
8as. Oar readers may rely upon it that i
the aspect of affairs in the direction cf the t
Potomac is, in every respect, oheering and \
encouraging. ]
. The Indian Country.
We have been favored with the follow- \
ing extract from the report of Hon. S. S. ]
Scott, aoting Commissioner of Indian affairs a
of the Confederate States Government.? t
The whole report is said to be very com- t
plete and interesting. The part which we
give is an exposition of the territorial area, j
geographical features, tribes, population, c
&c., which will be very acceptable to our p
TAftdfirfl :
"The Indian Territory (not including the
Osage country?its extent being unknown
?nor the 800,000 acres belonging to the
Cberokees, which lie between Missouri and a
Kansas,} embraces an area of 82,073 square (
miles?more than fifty-two and a half mil- e
lions of aores, to wit: - a
"The land of the Cherokees, Osages, j
Quapaws, Senecas and Shawnees, 38,105 j
square miles, or 24,388,800 acres. I
"That of the Creeks and Seminoles, 20,- <
531 square miles, or 13,140,000 aores. <
"That of the Reserve Indians, and the |
Choctaws and Chicasaws, 23,437 square I
miles, or 15,000,000 acres.
"Total, 82,073 square miles, or 52,528,- i
800 acres. t
"Its population oonlists of Cherokees, i
23,000; Osages, 7,560 ; Quapaws, 320 ; i
Creeks, 13,500; Seminoles, 2,500 ; Re- i
serve Indians, 2,000 ; Choctaws, 17,500; 1
and Chicasaws, 4,700?making an aggre- i
gate of 71,520." I
This Indian country is, in maoy respects, (
really a magnificent one. It is one of the ]
brightest and fairestspots of the great West.
By the band of nature it has been blessed |
with advantages in great profusion, and of |
the highest and rarest obaracter.. Diversified
by mountains filled with iron, coal and i
other mineral treasures, and broad reaching {
plains capable of grazing, for a large por- 1
tion of the year, innumerable herds of oat- ]
tie?with the Red river running along its j
Southern border, the Arkansas river almost
through its centre, and their tributaiies <
reticulating its entire a -rface?possessed of i
a climate generally mild and genial, and a <
soil unsurpassed for depth and fertility, adapted
to the growth of cotton, hemp, and t
all kinds of grain, it is certainly the equal (
naturally of the most favored lands on this
continent, and only needs the development j
of its resources to become an invaluable j
abjunct to the Confederate States.
A True Patriot. _ j
Rev. J. R. Graves, who for years was ,
denounced and reviled by Brownlow, and ,
charged with abolit^nism among other offences,
has been compelled to abandon his {
post as editor of- the Nashville Baptist, |
and has published a card, from which we
, quote: . I
i My business destroyed, my home in the j
i possession of the enemy, and myself a refu- ,
gee, I feel it my duty to offer my services j
to my country in this hour of imminent |
, peril. I have been urged byaeve/al prom-,
, inent citizens of my own Stat<^ to- raise a |
Regiment, Battallion or Legion of trae and ,
i tried men willing to bear a pike, to thurst ,
the vandal foe from our hearthstones. Be- ,
lieving it to be a most formidable weapon ,
in the hands of men determined to be free,
| I am willing by both word and deed to en- |
i courage our people to seize it with prompt- ,
[ ness and rush to the conflict.
? 'Tis Caisar's right,.in a crisis like this,
i to call to the field every man able to bear j
, arms, nor has Christ absolved bis ministers
\ from this tribute to Caesar.. (
i Soon as it is ascertained that President j
i Davis will accept a regiment, battalion, ot ,
even a company of pikemen for service in
the West, I shall offer my services to assit ]
in raising it, willing to lead or follow it ,
upon tne neia. (
I have said this much to apprise my
' patrons throughout the South that I did ,
i not "passively subnlit" in the fall of Nash-# (
i vilie, and have by no means despaired of ,
; the Confederacy. It is in our power to be ,
free if we only prove ourselves worthy of (
freedom. ,
J. R. Graves, Editor, (
- Tennessee Baptist. j
Will the Southern press confer a favor (
that will be appreciated by copying this
card, as my patrons are in every South- ,
era State ? i
Brownlow, through a miserable delu- (
sion of courtesy and a mistaken policy of ,
conciliation, has been permitted to retire ,
and to join the invading foe. It is time ,
we should learn that all are not friends who ]
profess devotion to our cause, or who de- ,
nounce others for the accident' of birth.? j
Charleston Courier. (
The Ways op Man?A Biography.
?Here is a model which is rare and little
' known?perhaps the briefest personal memoir
ever written. They are the "Me- |
i moirs of Count Ratopchin" [the same who ;
, burnt Moscow], written in ten minutes.?
i We subjoin a few paragraphs, eaoh of
which constitutes a chapter:
i My Birth.?On the 12th day of March,
i 1675, I merged from darkness into the
light of day. I was measured, I was
i weighed, I was baptized. I was born with- ,
out knowing wherefore, and my parents (
thanked heaven without knowing it.
My Education.?I was taught all sorts of ,
things, and learned all sorts of languages. ,
By dint of impudence and quackery I |
sometimes passed for a savant. My head (
has become a library of old volumes, of j
which I keep ihe key.
My Sufferings.?I was tormented by
masters, by woman, by ambition, by selflove,
by useless regrets, and by remembrances.
Memorable Epochs.?At the age of
thirty I gave up danoing; at forty, my endeavors
to please the fair sex; at fifty, my
[ regard of public opinion; at sixty, the
, "trouble of thinking; and now I have bei
come a true sage, or egotist, whioh is the
same thing.
Respectable Principles ?I have never
meddled in any marriage or scandal. I
i have never reoommended a cook, or a physician,
and consequently never attempted
the life of any one.
My Dislikes.?I have a dislike to sots
and fcps, and to intriguing women, who
nabe a game of virtue; a disgust of affecation;
pity for made-up men and painted
vomeo; an aversion to rats, liquors, raetajhysica,
and rhubarbs; and a terror oi
ustioes and wild beasts.
Analysis of my Life.?I await death
irithout fear and without impatience. Mj
ife has been a bad melo-drama on a good
tage, where I have played the hero, the
yrant, the lover, the nobleman, but nevei
he valet.
My Epitaph.?Here lies, in hope of re>ose,
an old deceased man, with a worn>ut
spirit, exhausted heart, and a used-up
tody Ladies and gentlemen, pasg on !
From the Southern Guardian
Dialogue between two Soldiers.
Mr. Editor : I happened a few dayi
igo to near a cuuversauuu uubwecu iwu 01
>ur soldiers, .who accidentally met on Main
itreet in your town, on their way to join the
irmy in Virginia, and as there is moot:
xuth in theil remarks, I send them foi
jublication in yonr valuable journal, anc
lope it will cause some to reflect, and in
luce them to act consistently, and abandot
everything like display, for the war-olouc
langs heavy and our ship is hard on the
breakers.
1st. Sol. Well, John! I am glad to see
pou, old fellow; very glad, for I am i
stranger here, in faot I never went twenty
miles away from home in my life hardly
ind everything looks strangd, aod I wan'
pou to tell me something about these strange
looking things : here are the biggest houses
the largest carriages, finest horses, and
but stop, I want you to tell me, whatsor
)f people these are dressed so fine, wjtt
feathers and caps, silks and satins ?"
2. Sol. Well, Jim, these are the ricl
people who have nothing to do but ride a
>out. .
1st. Sol. Nothing to do indeed!
ibought everybody had something to d<
;hese times; now look there at that coooern
vbat do you call it; looks like a boat, th<
adies are laying down; pour souls, 1 ex
peot they are sick.
2d. Sol. Well, Jim, that's what thei
jail a bret, and the ladies are not siok, but
that's the fashionable way to ride now, li<
lown if you can. #
1st. Sol. But what's tb&Q negroes u|
there driving got on brass buttons anc
jtraps for?
2d. Sol. Well! that's what they oal
livery; but I can't tell you any more abou
it.
1st. Sol. Well," well! we must live anc
learn^ but, John, this don't look like war
here are plenty of people, all dressed as fine
as- silk and as merry as larks; we soldier
ire the only shabby-looking people in town
2d. Sol. True, Jim ! we oan't shine wit!
these town folks j our wives have to wea:
homespun, and glad to get it at that.
1st. Sol. Now have we got to quit oni
homes and families, and fight for these peo
pie here, so that they oan ride abont it
these fine eorriages, and dress like ciroai
people every day, and drive by us soldiers
bat never say ride once ?
2d. Sol. I hardly know what to say a
bout these people, Jim; they may be al
rigb'; lhey may have sent their brother
ind sons to the army, and may have don<
much more; but where there are so man]
there always will be some foolish.
1st. Sol. Well, if I had gone to slee]
before this war,and^ust woke up where'
im now, I should conclude there was somi
big show or muster on hand, and everybod;
was trying to see whioh could dress th<
finest, the women in particular.
Just here the conversation became in
audible, but there is food for reflection ii
the above. Any one visiting Columbii
sow will be struck with xthe gayety 01
Main-street in the afternoon, fine equipages
livered servants, gay dresses, waving
plumes, in the language of that hones
couutrymao, does this "look like war ?"?
Do sueh scenes encourage our way-worn
soldier, as he drags his weary feet from on<
depot to the other in bis plain, humble gar
meat ? By no means. These people, wh<
are able to support such folly and extrava
gance, can, if they only knew it, find i
much more profitable way at this time U
dispose of their surplus. This is no tim<
for display. Many of these people, too, g<
to church and piously repeat, "Goo<
Lord, deliver us from pride, vain-glory
md hypocrisy." This war is doubtless per
mitted by the Almighty to continue, ii
jrder that we may be humbled as a peo
pie. In our prosperity we forgot the Lq,r(
and all his commands. How often h4v<
wc been told, seek ye first the kingdom o
heaven, &c. We will never prosper agaii
unless people will put aside everythinj
like display and humble themselves id tm
sight of God.
COUNTRYMAN.
Exemption of Overseers.
As some misunderstanding exists in re
lation to the ordinance of the Conventioi
in relation to the exemption of overseers
we re publish it for general information.
An Ordinance to Exempt Overseer!
from the Performance of Militi/
Doty.
We, the people of the State of Soutl
Carolina, in Convention assembled, di
declare and ordain, and it is hereby dc
zlarcd and ordained,
1. That daring the time when a portior
)f the State ma; be in the possession of 01
under the control of the forces of the Uni
ted States, it shall and ma; be lawful foi
jver; owner agent or trustee in charge o
\ plantation and negroes, and who shall de
desire to keep upon the said plantation th<
)verseer of the negroes thereon, to applj
to the Adjutant aDd Inspector-General o:
the Stat.', setting forth the number of ne
?roes under the charge of the overseer
ind the situation of the plantation. Anc
* ?-1 r i.? r\ A 1
;oe Adjutant ana xuspeuiiur-vjreuurai m?j
thereupon make an order exempting sue!
jveraeer from militia duty, exoept as an a
larm man, and furnish, also, such oversee
with a copy of the order.
2. The order of the Adjutant-Genera
shall be given where the number of slave
exceeds fifteen working haads, and th<
jwner or other-person having charge of th<
plantation is absent in the service of thi
State, or is above the age of sixty, or i
decrepit or a female; and in general, where
sver of fifteen or more slaves, there is m
white male left for protection and govern[
ment besides the overseer; but in no case
- shall the order exempt' the overseer from
; the performance of ordinary militia doty,
from patrol duty whioh may be required ol
> him.
Done at Columbia, on the second day ol
1 January, in the year of our Lord on<
i thousand eight hundred and sixty-two.
D.F.JAMISON,
President of the Convention.
B. F. Arthur, Clerk of the Convention
Official copy: B. F. ARTHUR.
Clerk of Convention.
19* No people, purely agricultural, can a
this day maintain a nationality. Meohani
cal skill is necessary to -effect that object
j It is by this that the North has taken on
f ports. We should prepare to match hei
i more fully in that respeot. Should sh<
i even surrender our ports to us, we ooul<
i not hold them against a future attack, witl
our present mechanical knowledge ao(
I means. Let the people of the South pu
. their boys into work shops, and let the rid
i especially set the example.- Many of th<
I boys who are npw idle might prove as Use
3 fal in some mechanical employment as men
Bonaparte raised bis hat when he met th<
3 mechanic, because, by him, be said hi
i succeeded. And Peter the Great did no
j think it beneath his royal dignity to devob
, a number of years to the duties of a prac
t tioal tanner, so important did he concein
> a cultivation of the mechanical arts to be
, And it is believed that moob of the great
, ness of Bassia is to be attribnted to th<
t personal interest which he showed in tha
i department of social duties. ^
We are oveijoyed at the late marvellou
j exploit df the Merrimatc, should we not fee
. equally for promoting the mechanics
knowledge ty which she was constructed
[ It is true much glory is due to those wh
3 led her through the battle, but how'muc
, is doe to the mechanios who designed an
constructed her.
Could not the Governor and bis Counoi
dictate something to our people in this al
j important subjeot of promoting the me
t chanical arts in our State?
? J. F. G. Mittao.
) J?* Previous to the conflict, the heroi
i and lamented Albert Sidney Johnston if
j sued the following stirring address to hi
t Southern foroes:.
Headquarters Army of the Miss., ]
1 - Corinth, Miss., April 8,1862. J
Soldters of the Army of the MUtxuippi
3 I havejmt you in motion to offer battle t
3 the invaders of your country. W>tb resc
lution and disciplined valor, becoming mei
i fighting as you are for all that is worth liv
r iog or dying for, you can but m&rch t
decisive viotory over the agrarian merceos
r ries who have been sent to despoil yon c
. your liberties, your property and yoar hoc
, or.
i Remember the preoioas stake that is in
, involved in this contest; remember the de
pendence of yoar mothers, yoar wives, yon
. sisters, and yoar childrea, is upon the re
1 suit. 'V .
9 Remember the fair, broad, aboandinf
9 land the happy homes and the ties tba
j would be dissolved and desolated by yon
defeat.
} The eye9 end hopes of eight millions c
[ people rest upon you. You are expecte
3 to show yoarselves worthy of your race an
j your lineage: worthy of the women of tb
3 Sooth, whose noble devotion in this wa
have never been exceeded, at any time.
With such incentives to brave deedt
9 and in the trust that God is with us, yoo
l Generals will lead you confidently to tb
9 oombat, fully assured of ultimate saccess.
A. 8. Johnston, Gen. Comd'g.
I 1
t The Object op the War?Oan an
. one have any doubt as to the object of th
. North in carrying on this war against th
> South ? In b late debate in the Nortt
. em Congress Mr. Fessenden, from Maine
a said:
As the gentleman from Kentnoky ha
1 referred to me, I merely wish to say, so fa
) as that question is concerned, that so lop
3 as I hold to the view to which he ha* ad
3 verted, and which I advanced as the senti
\ ment of the President, I much more de
f sire the extermination of slavery than I di
. to see tb* Union restored. I wish tose
3 slavery at an end when this war shall be a
. an end.
1 Tn t.h#? pari? Dart of the session. Mi
i ? j r
> Coo way member of Coogress from Kaosas
f said, in a speech in the House:
j For one, I shall not vote another dolla
y or man for the war until it assumes a dil
e ferent stand, and tends direotoly to an an
ti-slavery result. Millions for freedom, bn
not one oent for slavery ! A
Suoh speeches need no comment!
The Resolution op the Planter
i in Alabama.?A meeting of the planter
, of Russell county, Alabama, has bee
held, at which resolutions were adopted rc
i commending the planting of no eottoo fc
l market, aod a determination to continui
this policy until our country is relieved froc
i her present embarrassments at home an<
> abroad : regarding no man as a friend wh
will violate the letter or spirit of these res
olutions j expressing the opinion that n
ootton should be planted, but that all a
r vailaBle land should be sown in grain
&c.; and that the chair appoint a commit
r tee to notify all planters in the oounty o
f these resolutions. A motion was thei
made that each planter present state thi
1?? -f - in nntfnn log
J QUUJUUr Ul auico uu piautcu IU Wfwu ?MM
? year, and the namber he intends to plan
f this year. Sixty-one gentlemen responded
- showing an aggregate of 11,390 aores plan
, ted in cotton last year, and an aggregafc
1 of 3267 acres to be painted in cotton thi
j year. This is the right spirit.
i ?
A styptic tfiat will stop thug bleed
r ino of the largest yessels.? Scrape fin
two draohms of oastile soap, dissolve it ii
1 two onnces of common brandy, mix it we]
3 with one draohin of potash, keep in a olos
3 vial. When applied warm it, and di
3 some pligets of lint, and the blood will ?u<i
3 denly coagulate some distance in the vet
s sel. For deep wounds and amputate
limbs a second application may be*necei
o sary.
salt.
i The salt question is again attraoringmoch
i attention. Within the past ten days the
, artiole has advanced in oar market from
r $14 a $15 to $20 a sack. We have received
a sample from some salt works in
I Horry District, which equals any thing of 1
3 the kind we have seen, and which is pronounced
by superior judges to be a first
rate artiole. A specimen of this salt, which
looks like granulated snow, may be seen at
. our office. As an evidence of what a little
enterprise may accomplish, we have
have; been informed that the gentleman '
who manufactures this fine artiole, turns ,
t out about 150 or 200 bushelra week, for
- which he finds a ready market at the rea
sonable price?nowadays?of$8abusbtl.
r His salt pans oonsist of an old steamboat
f boiler, divided longitudinally, and hie has
3 already made-a fair profit, wbiob he tmiy
1 deserves, on his iorestment Cannot many .
others in our State turn their attention ffr
1 the simple manufactory of this most neoest
aary article??Charleston Mercury.
i :?.
3 Inquisitive.?A young gentleman of
this oity, so we- learn, belonging to the 8d
. regiment of Alabama, volunteers, wrote, to
a lata fafkA* fkaf ftlA aww!Mt*An svf klS
7 UIO jOVUVl tuau Ut VUO CAJJliailUU Vi uw
3 twelve months' service tie *ould enlist for
t the war. His father approved of the de3
rermination, and added that he thought a
- soldier would be looked upon as disgraced
3 who refused to stand by-his oountry now. ~ ^
' Certainly," replied the son, "but tell
me how the yoang men who stOl refuse to
e volunteer at all are regained at home ! Ts '
t there such a. thing as iloukle diiyriux f .
2 The explosion of this bomb-shell front "
s the camp will do Considerable execution, if
tl all get hit who ought to be struck by
l1 it There are yet several youog men and
1. old "boys" scattered about-in spots, who,,
o if they have business at borne, could very .
h easily have it attended to daring tbeif*b?
d sence. We~still have hope for them.
Montgomery Matt** : *
il ;
11 Thb Enemy's Loss at Newbern.?
j. A letter from a Yankee Major, written for
some friend at the North, was recently
found by our piokets near Newbern, in
whiohis stated that the Yankees lost be0
tween three and four thousand in. killed
^ and wounded in the (ate battle. "It is stated
that a gentle in a c who recently left
f Newbern says that it is the estimated loas. He
saw one thousand of the wounded sent
off. So it was a dear bought victory to
* the enemy. A few more such victoried
1 and they are done.
o If the enemy's loss amounts to even as
much as one thousand, it is well that Geo.
a Branch fought instead of evacuating the
place. As Gen. Magruder says, "fight the
o enemy whenever opportunity offers, and
i- fight biur immediately. Injure ttmall
if you can."?Wetter1# Democrat.
|. 1 .
A Good Move.?Governor Clarke, of
i. North Carolina, has issued a proclamation,
prohibiting export of manufactured goods, >
r linen, cotton, and wool, from that State.
This is a good more as regards the interests
of North Carolina, bnl it makes it
^ incumbent upon our-Governor and Council lt
to adopt a similar measure. Had it been
ir in force months ago our markets would not
be so b^re of necessary articles of clothing
>f as they now are. Large lots, yes, whole
4 stocks of goods bare been sold in Colombia
d to foreign' merchants, and the consequence
e is, that in'some descriptions of goods the
,r market is entirely stripped of theis, and
what few are left are held at prices beyond *J
, the reach of general consumers. ,p
We hope our authorities will aot prompt'
e ly in this matter.?Guardian.
1 11 ,
Exchange ot Prisoners.?Federal
Tariff.?Geo. McClellan has divided the
army of the Potomac into five corpt d'armee.
? He has also ordered the following Tariff of
exohange of prisoners of war:
For a General Commander' in Chief?
'* .
sixty men.
' Lieutenant General?dotty men.
Major General?thirty men.
Brigadier General?twenty men.
Colonel?fifteen men. ?
~ Lieutenant Colonel?ten men. '
Major-:?eight men: v . j.
Captain?six men.
' Lieutenant?four men.
g Sub-Lieutenant or Ensign?thee men.
t Nop commissioned officers?two meu.
Privates?man for, man.
I?"* Cease using cooking Soda, which la
'* now selling at $1 per pouad, and try thn
following sabstitute, which we oopy from
. an excnange:
Substitute for Soda .?A lady of Flu*
viaona county sends as the following, which
1 we publish for we information of house*
keepers. "v
To the asbos of oorn cobs, add a little
boiling water. After allowing it to stand
s for a few minutes, poor off the lye, which
9 can be used at once with an acid, (soar
D milk or vinegar.) It makes the bread ae
light almost as soda.
?r i '
B j Sharpshooters.?The enemy have
Q : organized in every army a corps of sharps*
^ hooters, whose exolusive business it ia to
0 shoot our officers. It is believed that Gen.
' Johnston and our Generals at the late bat*
0 tie in Missouri fell in this way. We should
have a similiar corps att&ohed to our own
> army, to shoot Lincoln Generals whenever
* they are within the longest range of a mas*
f ket.
1 1l,tr
b Sgmeboyy Hurt.?A correspondent
t of the Richmond Enquirer suggests that
t in assigning Generals to a separate com,
mand,lt might be well to send them to other
than their own States, lest they be parali
yzed by the fear of damaging their fatnro
a by the enforcement of- strict disoipline, and
the necessary military regulations.
Prince Polignac.?The Richmond
Enquirer learns that Prince Polignac, who
8 has been for some time on Gen. Beauregard's
? staff, has under the Act of Congress taken
the oath of allegiance to the Confederate
p States and become a citizen of Virginia.
1. Henry Ledbetter, of Anson County,
j- North Carolina, living near Wades bore*,
d is worthy of honorable mention fo? steadily
j. selling corn at 75 oents after the speculators
had plaoed it at 91.15.