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CfT Announcements ofMarriages or Deaths ; Notices of Religions Meeting* published GRATIS and solicited. Cy*Tributes of Respect rated as advertisements. nrObltuanr Notices exceeding one square in length, wfllbe chargod for the overplus at regular advertising fata*/,Psrsenal Cosuaunicatloai, when admisslblefc communications of limited or individual interest, or recommendstious of Candidates for offioes of honor, profttjar trust. will be charged for at from 3 to 10 cents perline. gtUttti ?. From the Charleston Mercury. TBI SOhDlRRS' DRBAS1 "IX IUS BLSXXXT OX TBS OEOD.HD." Weary, weary lies the soldier In his blanket on the ground. Wish no sweet "good night" to cheer him, And so tender voice's sound Making music In the darkness, Making light his toilsome hours, Jjke a sunbeam In the forest, Or a tomb wreathed o'er with flowers. Thoughtfhl, hushed he ties, and tearful, As his memories sadly roam To the "cozy little parlor" And the loved ones of his borne,? AwxA Wo TtrnHnff and hirl Hrpamlnf* Softly braid themselves in one, As the twilight is the mingling Of the starlight and die son. And when sleep descends upon him, Still his thought within his dream Is of home, ana friends, and loved ones, And his busy fancies seem To be real as they wander To a mother's cherished form, As she gently said in parting "Thine in sunshine and in storm, Thine in helpless childhood's morning, And in boyhood's joyous time, Thou must leave me now?God watch thee In thy manhood's ripened prime." Or, mayhap amid the phantoms Teeming thick within his brain, His dear father's locks o'er silvered Came to greet his view again,? And he hears his trembling accents Like s clarion singing high, "Since not mne are youth and strength, boy Thou must victor prove, or die." Or perchance he hears a whisper Of the faintest, faintest sigh, Something deeper than word spoken, Something breathing of a tie Near his soul as bounding heart-blood, It is hers, that patient wife,? And again that parting seemeth Like a taking leave of life: And her last kiss be remembers, And the agonizing thrill, And the "Jftut you go ?" and answer "1 but know My Country's trill." Or the little children gather, Half In wonder, round his knees, And the faithful dog, mute, watchful, In the mystic glass he sees; And the voice of song, and pictures, And the simplest homestead flowers Unfomotten crowd before htm In the solemn, midnight hours. Then his thoughts in Dreamland wander To a sister's sweet caress, Ana ue mu ucr im up 4ut.11 As his own they fondly press; And he hears her proudly saying, (Though sad tears are in her eyes), "Brave men fell, but live In Glory, For the Hero never die* !" Or perhape his brown cheek flushes And his heartbeats quicker now, As he thinks of one who gave him? Him, the loved one, love's sweet vow; And, ah, fondly he remembers He Is ttiil her dearest care,? E'en in his etar-w&tched slumber That she pleads for him In prayer. Oh. the soldier will be dreaming, Dreaming often of us all, (When the damp earth is his pillow, And the snow and cold sleet fall), Of the dear familiar feces, Of the cosy, curtained room, Of the flitting of the shadows In th* twilight's pensive gloom. Or when summer suns burn o'er him, Bringing drought and dread disease, And the throes of wasting fever Come his weary frame to seize,? In the restless sleep of sickness Doomed, perchance, to martyr-deatb. Hear him whisper "Home"?sweet cadence, With his quickened, labored breath. Then God bless him, bless the soldier, And God nerve Mm for the fight, May be lend his arm new prowess To do battle for the right: Let him feel that while he's dreaming In bis fitful slumber bound, That we're praying?God watch o'er him In his blanket on the ground. Charleston, S. C. C. H. G. Bethol-Manasseh-Shiloh. It ia a remarkable fact that the three battles of thia war, in which Providence baa mewt signally favored ocr arms, bear Seriptera names; all of them closely connected with the history of God's "peculiar people," and each of them highly significant in its meaning. Bethe 1 is suggestive of en interesting event in the life of Jacob, the patriarch from whom all Israel should be named. It at oooe recalls the memory ef the fugitive and wanderer from His father's hose?, whan fleeing to escape the fate which bis brother's wrath would have forced upon him. How gloomy the ciroamstanoes which then clouded the hopes of the exile, as he laid his weary head up on the pillow of stones ? How unpromis ing for one who had indulged the hope that his reed,?which were to be more nuraer?? ?!?? ? ttr/ln rtnnn fho opnahnrp.? nil UW (llMU KUW DHUUO U^VU VUV - the nations of the earth should be blessed ! He tu alone, friendless, and seemingly, fortakan. In the very depths of solitude and silenoe, when weariness and exhaustion came upon him, he lay down to rest. But ^ what a view was opened to him there, when V heavenly visitants oame down on errands F of mercy; touched the eye-lids of the ' sleeper, and lifted again the hopes of the fainting outcast! All the pledges of the past were renewed, whilst he was specially assured that he would be agaip brought into the land from which be was then driven. "And Jaoob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not." And he called the name of that place, Bethel, whioh signifies "the house of God." Here, his drooping spirits were cheered, and the pledge of Divine protection renewed. It was a Bethel indeed, and no wonder that Jaoob set np a pillar to commemorate the great experience of that occasion. And there have been other Bethels. Whilst God did not speak audibly to the little band of heroes assembled at Bethel, n the 10th of June last, yet, the wonderful deliverance vouchsafed to them, in that they were enabled to hurl back four or five times their numbers, and strew the plain with the enemy's dead, whilst of their own number, not a man, save one, was slain? and he, by rashly exposing himself?indiQftle Divine interposition in behalf of those who are straggling for their homes against the hosts of the invader. It was "the house of God, and the gate of heaven," which served as a shield to them on that occasion ; and, therefore, let it be known as Bethel, forever. Man&8seb, or Manassas; what glorious associations cluster around this name. It was that borne by the first born of Israel, in Egypt. After Joseph had endured outrage and wrong at the hands of his own brethren, and had passed through a bitter experience in the land of Egypt?the land whither he had been carried captive?the blessing came "on the head of Joseph, and the crown on the head of him that was separated from his brethren." He was loaded with honors, and children were born unto him. He called his first born "Manasseh, signifying forgetfulness," obliteration of all ? i ^ i-'- ii-. ??. 1,0 tnac DOUQQ aim tu iun ?uu uv, "God hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.' And we have had ou* Manasseh from which we had good reason to infer the favor of Providence. And it served, moreover, to extinguish any longings we might have indulged up to that time, for a restoration to our father's house ?which should be forever to us, a land of strangers. Our late brethren of the North have served us even worse than Joseph's brethren did him ; for they spared his life, though they sold him into captivity; whilst our brethren would both destroy our freedom and our lives. Let Manasseh serve to obliterate all the pleasant reoolleotions we have ever had of them. We come now to Shiloh, which means "Sent." It was associated in the minds of the Israelites with thG annotated Deliverer who was to be sent in due time. The Shiloh, or Sent, was foreshadowed in the glorious vision of Jacob, when revealing to the patriarchs what should "befall them in the last days." After the forty years wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness, and when their enemies had been driven out of the land of their fathers, they came and set up the tabernacle at Shiloh. The land was then "subdued before tbem," their inheritance secured and the tabernacle, the symbol of their faith and hope, whioh they had borne through the flood and through the wilderness; was pitched for the last time on the plains of Shiloh. And tttnknrnanlo nf fi-nH Wilfl With men." Set up at Shiloh, it prefigared the Sent, the Anointed, the Deliverer, the Shiloh that was to come. One need but think of the calamities by wbiob we should have been weighed down, had not the Great Ruler of Nations seoured us such a signal deliveranoe at Shiloh, to enable him to estimate the importance of that victory. It was a terrible overthrow of a vain-glorious, boastful and cruel enemy, and calls for our devout acknowledgments to the Giver of ail good. Henceforth, Bethel, Manasseh and Shiloh will be as distinguished in oar history as they were in that of God's people. Summons to N. Orleans to Surrender, U. S. Flag Ship Hartjobd, Off New Orleans, April 28, 1862. To His Excellency the Mayor of the City of New Orleans: Sir : Upon my arrival before your oity, I had the honor to send your Honor Capt. Bailey, U. S. N , seoond in command of the expedition, to demand of you the surrender of New Orleans to me as the representative of the Government of the United States. Capt. Bailey has reported the result of his interview with yourself and the military authorities. It must ooour to your Honor that it is not within the province of a Naval officer to assume the duty of military commandant. I came here to reduce New Orleans to obedience to the , laws ot, and vindicate the offended majesty of the Government of the United States.? The rights of persons and property shall be secured. I therefore demand of yon, as its representative, the unqualified surrender of the city, and that the emblem ol the Government of the United States be hoisted over the City Hall, Mint and Custorn House, by meridian this day; all flags and other emblems of sovereignty othei than those of the United States to be removed from all public buildings by that hour. I particularly request you to oxer cise your authority to quell disturbances, restore order, and call upon all the good people of New Orleans to return to theii vocations at once; and I particularly demand that no person be molested in person or property for professing sentiments ol loyalty to their Government. I shall speedily and severely punish any person or persons who shall commit such outrages as were witnessed yesterday, by armed men firing upon helpless women and children for giving expression to their pleasure al witnessing the old flag. I am, very respectfully, your obedienl servant, D. G. Farraqut, Flag Officer Western Gulf Squadron. Mayoralty op New Orleans, City Hall, April 26, 1862. Flag- Officer D. G. Farragut, U. S. Flat, Ship Hartford: Sir : In pursuance of a resolution which he thought proper to take, out of regard foi the lives ot the women and children wh( still crowd our great metropolis, Gen Lovell has evacuated it with his troops restored to me the administration of ite government, and the custody of its honor I have, in council with the city fathers considered the demand you made of me yesterday, of the unconditional surrendei of the city, coupled with the requisition t( hoist the flag of the United States on the public edifices, and haul down the flag thai still floats to the breeze from the dome o this hall. It becomes my duty to transmit to you an answer which is the universa sentiment of my constituents, no less thai n.nmntir(N nf m v r>wn hftftrfc. dictating l/UG piuuij/?u&>. ?j - , c to me od this sad and solemn occasion.? The city is without means of defence, anc utterly destitute of foroe and material tha might enable it to resist the overpowering armament displayed in sight of it. I an no military man, and possess no authority beyond that of the executor of the munioi pal laws of the city of New Orleans. I would be presumptuous in me to attemp to lead an army to the field, if I had om at my command; and I know still less hov to surrender an undefended plaoe, held, a this is, at the mercy of your gunners and A mortars. To surrender suoh a plaoe were idle, unmeaning oaramoay. The oity is youra by power of brutal foroe; not by my ohoioe or the ooasent of its inhabitants.? ro It is for you to dstermine what will be the fate that awaits us hare. As to hoisting any flag other than the flag of our own adoption and allegianoe, let me say to you that the man lives not in our midst whose a hand and heart would not be palsied at the ^ mere thought of suoh an aot; nor oould I f? find in my entire ooastituenoy so wrstehed and despsrata a rentgade as would dare-to & profane with his hand ths aaored emblem 01 of our aspirations. P< Sir, you havs manifested aentiments M > whioh would beoome one engaged iu a bet- fe ter cause than that to whioh you have de- 10 voted your sword. I doubt not but that tr they spring from a noble, though deluded 7< nature, and I know how to appreciate the /imnitnaa irtli inanlMll tklm V fill Will OUIVUUflMV W***VU| &UO^t&VM vwv?M< M . --bar* a gallant people to administer daring ai your oocupation of this oity?a people sen- 7{ aitive to all that om in the leaet affeot their ai dignity and salf-respeot. Pray, sir, do not fail to regard their susceptibilities?the ' obligations whioh I shall assume ia their namea shall be religiously oomplied with. ^ You may trust their honor, though you might not oount on their submission to unmerited wrong. 0f Ia aoaolusioa, I beg you to understand that the people ef New Orleans, while they ra art unable to resist your foroe, do not allow w themselves to he insulted by interference of suoh as have rendered themselves ob- 3 sourely oontemptible by a dastardly desertion of our oausa in tka mighty straggle in whioh wa are eagaged, or suoh as might remind them too painfully that they are *e the ooaquered, and you the oonquerors.? ^ Peaoe aid order may be preserved without resort to measures whioh I oould not at ? this moment prevent. Your occupying the 01 city done not transfer their allegianoe from 0 the Qovernment of their ohoioe to one whioh they have deliberately repudiated, cc and that they could yield- the simple obedienoe which the conqueror is entitled to ^ expeot from the oonquered. 8t Respectfully, J. F. Monboi, Mayor. ,?r, OS Soaroity of Provisions. is While flour is selling at three prioes in p< New Orleans, sugar is selling at five or six of prices ia Riohmood. Riohinond must pro- m our* all her sugar from Louisiana; New re Orleans maj prooure her flour from the v< Red river oountry. The predicament of re Riohmond is worse than that of her sister ic city ia Louisiana, but the privations of each m ' are great and pressing. m If Richmond could obtain sugar and mo- ti lasses bj some cheap and regular process, the ooet of these articles here would be hi diminished more than half; and the prioe si that would then be realised oa them by di their first owners, in New Orleans, would tt be doubled. Each oommunity would be p< twice ae well off ae it ia ; and the burden of hi , war would fall much more lightly on both, tl There is great danger of famine in the w South; of a sugar and molasses famine in ai ' the Atlantic States, of a salt and flour fam- hi ine ia the Gulf States. There is great se danger of a salt and meat famine in Eastern c( Virginia, even though the western portion 0 ' of the State would be glad to exohange ^ their superabundance of those articles for flour, ooffee, nails, and a thousand minor articles, for many of which they are pinohed. This question of famine has become a very serious one all over the oountry. Exhorbitant pricee are exaoted for the articles, ^ as to which a local destitutioa prevails; and the oommunity is thus taxed more ^ heavily for the means of living than if they paid a large revenue directly out of their ? pockets into the public treasury. ^ This soaroity exists everywhere ia special forms. It is not due to ths /hot that the ^ general supplies of the oountry ia erery artiole are unequal to the general demand; : but it reeults from the fact that these supi plies are not distributed. There is no ^ ' transportation for the commodities of the ^ i communitj. The euperfluoue sugars of ' ' New Orleans are held there at half prices, because there are no meane of getting them ! to the quarters where they are wanted.? Sugar brings in Richmond triple the cost j. and freight from New Orleaoe, beoause 1 there ia no transportation for them to Rioh' mond in quantity. ^ If a oaloulation be made of the oost to i the community all orer the Confederacy of : the artioles for whioh each looality pay these high prioes, it would be found, no ^ doubt, that the tax inflioted upon the pubi lie in this manner ia ae great aa the whole j cost of the war. The people are probably j i paying in this way out of their pockets, as ^ < the war goes along, as much as they will hereafter hare to pay in taxation to extin- g t guish the public debt. The question naturally arises, upon this state of things, why is it that the railroads ^ do not transport for the oommunitj at large ? ^ Why is their business in freights for the people discontinued ? Why happens it f that the people are by this delinquency tax- j ed out of their pooketa, for articles of liv, ing, an amount approximating the whole j r cost of the war 'i If these interrogatories . ) are addressed to the men of the railroads, r their prompt answer is, that their trains are t monopolized by the go?ernment, and total. In nnarrn?aad in fchft hiiMlnnM nf f.hft trnvflm. K . meat commissaries and quartermasters. p , The plea is probably a true one ; if so, d s can nothing be done to relieve this intolerr able, this ruinous evil ? Has the govern- C ) ment either the heart or the brains to in> stitute some reform of an abuse which is C t imposing a heavy tax upon the people ?? o f Are the Messrs. Commissaries and Quarter- b t masters, with stories of whose reeking cor- t! 1 ruptions the whole oommunity is so rife, so o } infallible in all their plana and measures to c I be beyond the reaoh of control and direc- v - tion from offioial superiors ? This is clear, a 1 that unless some steps are speedily taken c t to seoure a part of the servioes of the rail- a ; roads for the uses of the general public, y 1 famine will soon begin to stalk abroad in t 1 our midst.?Richmond Examiner. o ? C t S&* The enemy, we hear, are removing p t large numbers of the negroes from Port p g lioyal to North Carolina, for the purpose of o r putting them to work on the coast of that r s State. t Fast Steamer Fitted out as a Friva- ] lieer. The following correspondence has passed jtween Lloyd's and the Underwriters' ( om of Liverpool, respecting the fitting out j 1 a Confederate vessel for the captnre and j jstroction of Federal vessels: ( Lloyd's April 8. , Sia: I am directed to acquaint yon that i report is current at Lloyd's, which, from ( le confident manner in whioh it is pat ( rward, is believed, of a vessel having ( sen reoently fitted oat at an expense of ] 20,000 (at what port is not known) to j aise in the Atlantio for the express pur- } )se of capturing and destroying all ves , ill bearing the Federal flag. The commit- ( :e, considering it a matter of the greatest nportanoe to all persoos engaged in the { ade with America, instruct me to give j )Q notice of the faot, and to stato that j ley-will feel obliged by yonr instituting , ly inquiry in your power into the matter, ( id telegraphing the result, and also by , Dur afterwards communicating by letter ly information bearing on the subject. j I am, sir, your obedient servant, ( G. A. Halhtead, Capt, R. N., , Secretary, Lloyd's. ( homas Court, Esq., Underwriters' Rooms, ; Liverpool. < The following is a oopy of a dispatch re- ] iived in reply to the above : The Yorkshire, captured by Confede- ; ttes should be Yorktown. The Ovieto, < hioh left this on the 19th, is sapposed to , 3 the vessel alluded to in your letter.? < he left in ballast. I write you fully. I Copy of a dispatch received on the 5th , ? April: j The information you wanted was not col- ] cted last night, and a letter will be sent t lis evening. Steamer mentioned is un , jrstood to be for Confederates. She has j nglish register. Left this manned with a , ew of 60 men. She sailed on the 23d | lot 19th) under sealed orders, I believe. To the foregoing the Baltimore Ameriin adds: ] The Ovieto, according to rumor, is in- 1 nded for the service of the rebels in de- 1 roying Northern oommerce on the Atlan- 1 o. The Ovieto, was built at Liverpool 1 itensibly for the Italian Government, and ( consequently adapted for warlike pur- ' )3es. She measures 750 tons, is capable : carrying several guns of the largest calire on a draft of about twelve feet, and is presented as one of the finest and fastest jssels of her ola.ss afloat. The vessel was igularly cleared at Liverpool for Palmero i ballast, and had a crew of about fifty en on board. Very contradictory state>ents were ourrsnt as to the real destinaon of the vessel, her armament, &o. According to some reports, the vessel ad arms and ammunition on board when ' le left the Mersey, but this is positively snied, and the denial is aocompanied by te assertion that she had not an ounoe of awder nor a single gnn on board, and that er bona fide destination was Palmero, and lat she will at once proceed to Bermuda, here she will take on board tho armament id ammunition, specially sent there for er. She is then (says rumor) to take tho sa, either as a privateer or as a war vessel immissioned by the Confederates. The vieto left Liverpool under sealed orders. rish Drollery-?An Entirely Cosmopolitan Hiberian. A son of the Emerald Isle, but not himilf green, was taken up not far from Manias Junction. In a word, Pat was taking quiet nap in the shade; and was roused om his slumber by a scouting party. He ore no special uniform of either army, ut looked more like a spy than an aliiator, and on this was arrested. "Who are you ? What is your name ?" id "Where are you from ?" were the first uestions put to him by the armed party. Pat rubbed his eyes, soratohed his head, id answered: "Be me faith, gintlemen, them is ugly uestions to answer, anyhow; an before I aswer any of them, I'd be afther axioye, y yer lave, the same thing." "Well said the leader, "we are of Scott's rmy, and belong to Washington." "All right," said Pat, "I know'd ye as a gintleman, fori am that same. Long fe to General Scott." "Aha!" replied the scout, "now, you isoal, you are our prisoner," and seized im by the shouldor. "How is that," inquired Pat, "are we ot friends ?" "No," was the answer; "we belong to General Beauregard's army." "Then ye tould me a lie, me boys, and linking it might be so, I tould you anothler. And now tell me the truth, so I'll ill the truth, too." "Well, we belong to the State of South outh Carolinia." "So do I," promptly responded Pat, and to all the other States uv the coun:y, too, and there, I'm thinking, I bate le whole uv ye. Do ye think I would ome all the way from Ireland to belong to ne State when I had a right to belong to le whole of 'em ?" This logio was rather a stumper; but aey took him up, as before said, and caried him for further examination. Dissolving the Convention. The following call, signed, we estimate, y over seven hundred constituents, apeared in the Charleston papers of Monay: Gentlemen : Believing that the State Jonvention had fulfilled the objeots for rhich it was oalled by the passage of the )rdinance of Secession, and the adoption f the Confederate Constitution, and that, y the re-affirmation of the Constitution of he State, there was nothing left further to rdain : and anxious to prevent any politial excitement which may distract and reaken that unity in publio sentiment and otion so imperatively demanded at this risis. We, your constituents, respectfully nd earnestly request that you will exert our personal efforts, and use your colleoive influence, to effect an immediate call f the State Convention, in order that the Jonvention, having accomplished the puriose for which it was elected by the peoile, may be dissolved, and the government f the State left permanently under the ightful operation of the Constitution, and he laws enacted under its sanction. [mprisonment of Rev A. Jackson Witherspoon. t We deeply grieve to learn that this Christian patriot was taken prisoner at the jattle of Shilob. We gather the following )arti$alars of the event from a private let;ef kindly famished as by the lady of the solonel of the regiment?the 21st Alabama Volunteers of which Mr. Witherspoon was shaplain. He had been offered the capaincy of the "Witherspoon Hoards," a sompany raised in his neighborhood, in Marengo county, Ala., and named in comoliment to him. bat declined the position with obaracteristio modesty. He went as ] t private in the ranks, and was soon made I Chaplain of the regiment. t While his many relatives and friends in 1 ihis and other States will lament his being ( kept in durance vile by the Linoolnitas, they will see in the oironmstanoes of his < capture the same self-sacrificing and noble t spirit whioh they were wont to associate < with his conduct:?Columbia Guardian. 1 Extract.?"I presume you have ere < this seen the particulars in detail, and that t Dur dear friend Mr. Witherspoon, who was < shaplain of the regiment, was taken prison- t sr. He was with our mutual friend Captain i Rembert, of the 'Witherspoon Guards,' i who is mortally wounded, when captured i by the enemy, and preferred imprisonment < with his poor friend than a release on pa- < role. The surgeon remained by choico also, I to take care of our men. Was not that < devotion remarkable ? We all feel it, for i Captain Rembert and Mr. Witherspoon bave been with us a great deal this winter, | ind we all feel towards Mr. Witherspoon i like a relative. We all love him so much, i L never knew a man so much beloved by j ill. During the battle he encouraged his < men, telling them they were fighting for a boly cause, and the night before the whole regiment kneeled in prayer, asking God's Lt . J x.^x* ft ciessing ana proiecuuu. Savannah Never to be Surrender- J ed.?The Savannah Republican announces ;hat Brigadier General Lawton has determined under no ciroumstanoes to surrender ;he city into the hands of the enemy, but ;o defend it to the .last extremity. This ieterminatfon was formally communicated ;o the Mayor, on Tuesday, whereupon a special meeting of Council was oalled, and ;he following resolution was unanimously idopted: Whereas, A communication h? been received from the Commanding General, stating that he will defend this city to the last extremity; and, whereas, the members >f the Counoil unanimously approve of the determination of the Commanding General; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Counoil will render ill the aid that is in its power to sustain the General, and to oarry out his laudable determination. The Republican, in alluding to this stern determination of the people, says ; We like this way of setting out when a people are struggling for their homes and firesides against a ruthless invader. The bond thus entered with the public is a sacred one, and every true Georgian will be ready to seal it with his blood. One thing more remains to be done, and then we shall be ready to measure swords with the enemy. Let the oommanders of our various batteries call together their respective garrisons, and swear them never to abandon a guu 80 lung US lb BUUJ UU 118 UBUiago, ouu , a soldier is left to man it. With this spirit j to animate as, we shall save Savannah, and { illustrate Georgia by driving back the ene- ( my from her shores. Be it oars to tarn , back this tide of disaster that is now sweeping over oar devoted land, and, by oar example, give hope and confidence to the oountry." War Rumors.?It is understood that President Davis ha^ telegraphed to the civil authorities at New Orleans to hold the city as long as possible. It is reported that Gen. Bragg has been ordered to take command there. The despatches of General Lovell state that, in retiring from the city, he took away all the small arras?an unfortu ..ate oiroumstance. There is nothing new from the Peninsula. It is thought that MoClellan may be waiting for the Stevens' Battery, to match it with the Virginia, and with the York river once opened by the Monitor, to get in MagrudePs rear and on his right flank, causing him to fall back and abandon his works. The various rumors which have been in circulation for the past two days of the engagement of Jackson's forces with the enemy, in the Valley, are not confirmed by anything received at the War Department. The enemy is undoubtedly in possession of Harrisonburg, and his pickets are said to extend within seventeen miles of Staunton. A battle is "imminent"?as it has been in various directions for some weeks past. We learn that the enemy have commenced rigorous dealings with the citizens of Virginia within their lines in the neighbor hood of Fredericksburg. It is understood that Gen. McDowell has reached his oamps opposite the town. No person is permitted now to pass through the enemy's lines without first taking the oath of allegiance to the United States. Several citizens on their way to Stafford have been detained in oonsequence of their refusal to take the- oath. It is reported that the enemy have also commenced taking grain and forage, and giving in return scrip payable "after the suppression of the rebellion," on condition that the seller commits no act of disloyalty to the United States. Richmond Examiner. From Corinth.?Distinguished gentlemen, one holding an important military position in Gen. Beauregard's command, passed through here, from whom we learn that our commanders and troops at Corinth are in the best spirits, and confident of a signal victory whenever the next battle is fought. Gen. Van Dorn has at last formed a junotion with the main body, by which the numbers of our army have been augmented several thousand, (we were told how many, but deem it better to withhold the number for prudential reasons,) and that the commanding general would soon be ready for offensive operations. Atlanta Commonwealth. The Engine Thieves.?We learn that ;he court martial at Chattanooga have competed the trial of the ringleader of the mdge-buming party. Their deoision in ;he case, however, will not be made public mtil their finding is approved by the Seo etary of War. We learn that no more of ihem will be put upon trial till this decison is passed upon. This leader of the party is named Anirews, and is said to be a partner in a wellcnown mercantile firm in Nashville, and its'not heretofore been suspected of hosility to the Sonth. He was hired by the [jinooln authorities to hum the State Road mdges, and if possible to bring through ;o them an engine. Those accompanying lim belonged to the army, and had been letailed to do the work. . 1.T7 A A/] tknt ^k/l AMA n>k A f n en A/) Yf C AiO 1U1UIU10U bUAO LUC UUC ffuy bUiugu 'State's evidence" against them is a Ken.;uckian. He said he was one of the Ken:uoky State Guard ; he was entrapped into :he Lincoln service by belonging to this 'State Guard," and accepting armB from ;he Yankee Government before the Yankee irmy came into the State, and was unable ifterwards to get out of service; that he pas friendly to the South, and it was always his determination to fight for the South, if forced to take any side; but that !'neutrality" and the "State Guard" had ieceived him, as it had thousands of others; before he was fully aware of the fact, he was in the Lincoln army, and could not essape from it. We learn that two more of this bridgeburning party were captured not far from Chattanooga and brought in there two or three days ago, and that one of the party is still at large, or has escaped to the Federal lines, having never been caught., Atlanta Confederacy, 28<A. From the Coast.?[Extract from a private letter from a member of the Con*aree Cavaliers, Capt. Taylor:] Camp Spearman, Holcombe Legion, Tuesday Night, April 29. * * * * * ((yfe jja<j a day of excitement This morning, at 9 o'clock, the enemy came up the river, which runs near cur camp (within two miles), and attacked i little battery of two guns at Pineberry? i part of Capt. Williams' company (infantry), belonging to James' battalion, being in charge. The enemy commenced a furious cannonading upon them with shot md shell. They responded promptly and gallantly until their ammunition (about 40 rounds) was exhausted ; then fell back to the woods. The rascals, under cover of their gunboats, demolished the battery and gun carriages, and after setting fire to the same, left. Our legion was ordered down, but did not arrive there until they had re* tired to their boats; Capt. Walter, with hia flying artillery, took a position below there on the bank of the river after dark, ind as they came down opened fire upon them, which no doubt sent a number to their final account; as Capt. Spearman distinctly heard them cry cut, "Oh I Lord I" ^They were only thirty yards distant.)? They were singing jolly songs as they passed down, which were soon turned into jongs of mourning. 'Nobody hurt on our side.'" From the Columbia South Carolinian. The Convention. Mr. Editor : While many of our best citizens are away from their homes, fighting for our independence, it is being destroyed by our rulers. The State Convention made a mistake in supposing it was called to establish a different Government from what onr State has been aoonstomed to. That Convention, sir, was called to separate the State from the alliance with the North, and to make snch essential changes in the Constitntion as were deemed necessary to carry on our Government.? After each changes, they sfaoold have dissolved. But, sir, they have set up a new Government, and given power which the people never intended to give them, to a Council which is daily abrogating the Legislature. Sir, if the Council is to continue, the Legislature must be disbanded?in fact, it is already rumored in some Dis. tricts that the Legislature may interfere with the Connoil, and must be abolished. Sir, one or the other body is enough to govern South Carolina, under her old Constitution. The strange and unstable Iegisla. tion going on, the Counoil ought to be stopped. We call on the State Convention to'meet and stop it. It is ruinous to spend more money for new officers when there are officers enough on hand to discharge all State duties. Backwoods. Gen. Mansfield Lovell.-?This offioer is just now reaping a rich crop of execration from the residents of New Orleans now in Virginia. "Curtius," as an act of "justice" to him, request the insertion under yesterday's date of the following, defending him from the oharge of being a Yankee. Gen. Lovell may not be a Yankee, but it is unfortunate that his acts should bid fair to result in so much good to them. The communication of "Curtius" reads as follows: "We hear the statement being constantly made that Gen. Lovell is a Yankee.? This is untrue; he was jporn in the District of Columbia, and is of a Maryland family. He was educated at the South.? Three of his brothers in the Confederate army. His standing in the old United States army was high, and by reference to the official reports of the Mexican war, it will be seen that he gained no little distinction. With regard to the fall of New Orleans, we should think that the unjust censure and obloquy once oast on the late Gen. A. S. Johnston for his retreat from Bowling Green and the fall of Fort Donelson might be a warning to onr civilian critics in military mitten."?Richmond Dispatch. The Cotton Schemes of the Nohth. ?The North, so far, has failed in its shemes for cotton. A Washington correspondent says: "The costly expedition are failures so faras opening a cotton trade is ooncerned The season has passed, also, in which, as was proposed a while ago, the cultivation of cotton on the Sea Islands, &c., was to be established under lessees or agents ol the government. Northern Piety We clip the following from a letter found upon the battlefield of Shiloh, as, a specimen of the spirit and piety of a large portion of the North: "I would to high Heaven that every traitor tory of the South, and every one of their smypathizers in the North, was stretohed on the battle-field, cold as the clay that should enwrap them. I could walk over such a field and shout hurrah for liberty, justice and right. I have lit- tie patience with some of our officers in power. They are afraid to take hold of and choke the monster, slavery. If I were a general I would seize every slave I could lay my hands on. The slaveholders should be shot. I would rather now be wading mud and shooting rebels than be cooped up here. See here, Johu, if you get into a fight with these abominable offscourings of God's earth, take good aim and let every bullet you send from your rifle bring J L.I XT l.-i uuwo a reuui. -never uegieuv jrwui pia-joto, nor the service of God. You will then be prepared for either life or death, and fear will never enter your thoughts. "J. G. MITCHELL." Our Prisoners at Camp Chase, 0hio.?The following is an extraet from a letter written by one of the Fort Donelson prisoners, at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio: There are 367 officers in this prison, a space of 51 by 62 yards, walled by fence sixteen feet higb, and sentinels walking on top of the fence night and day. There are two rows of houses, like negro cabins, with seven rooms in a row, each room 14 by 19 feet, and we have sixteen in our room, and you can imagine how orowded we are.? Some are in tents. It is believed here that we will be sent to Sandusky Island, in Lake Erie, as soon as the ice breaks, (Bbout the 1st of April,) which will be decidedly advantageous to our health. We can only get a one-sided account of affairs, and are only allowed to boy the most nltra Northern sheets. The Cincinnati Enquirer and Herald are interdicted, beoause they are not ultra enough with the 'rebels." A Hero.?Among those conspicuous for their gallantry in the battle of Belmont was private Croly of the New Orleans Continentals, who had his right hand shot off in the thickest of that bloody Btruggle. He returned home, and althoagh mutilated was elected to a lieutenancy in his oompany, mA Ka^i?a kia mAtin/J woe ho atartail OUU UCAUSO UIO VTUUUU nuu uvwtWM MV *v? for hb regiment, and reached it a few days before the bloody battle of Shilob. In that action be was again one of the bravest of the brave, and in leading a charge hb left band and forearm were shot off, thus completely mutilating bim. He was in New Orleans a few days ago, bat still determined to return to bis regiment as soon as his wounds had healed. He is confident that though he can no longer'wield a musket or a sword, hb presence in the hoar of peril will inspire hb gallant comrades in arms, the "Continentals,"'to farther deeds of noble daring. Gen. Scott's Opinion of McClellan. ?The N. Y. Herald reports Gen. Scott to have recently expressed the following opinion in regard to Gen. McClellan at Elbabeth City, N. Jersey: U - ; "There are two men who can be depended apon ander all oiroumstanoes and in 1 every emergency. I mean Gen. Model-, lan and Gen Halleck. There is no doubt they must take things as they meet them, and they have great opposition to contend with; bat McClellan is at this moment at the very work hb heart loves, and which will call forth all the abriitieg of hb powerful mind?that of trenching, engineering and besting. And in regard to General Haileck, he will do his work like a soldier. There can be no fear of these two able soldiers doing any base or disloyal act. They are honest to the core, and will never betray their oountry." Surrender of Fort Macon. Wilmington, April 29.?Fort Macon surrendered on Friday, 25th inst., not Sanday. The bombardment was from land i batteries, through ten and a half hours.? The batteries were planted behind heavy ' liAonh Ona hatfonr mu oauu i/auao uu vu? i/v?vu. VMv ? eleven hundred feet distant, and mortars fonrteen hundred, entirely concealed from i the fort. The garrison was allowed the i honors of war?the officers retaining their side arms, and all paroled. There were i seven killed and eighteen wounded?two mortally. Enemy's loss is not known. - Col. Y> hite and one hundred and fiftyfive of his oommand arrived off this bar yesterday afternoon, on board the Federal gunboat Chippewa, and were transferred to the river steamers, under a flag of truce, and reached here as stated in our former dispatch. The others of the garrison were sent up the sound from the fort. The Council of Five Governors. Ma. Editor : Our people are becoming uneasy at the rapid legislation?first this side and then that?of the Executive Council. When our Representatives to the Convention are asked to explain what they have done in making the Council, they answer they never intended to make any such body?that they only meant s Counoil to advise the Governor when he needed advice. Mr. Editor, it is alarmkae?* frKnn ononrl mnnon ... tug LUC ITOJf TTV U??ft VUWj U|/vuw mwmwj We hear they give a maa 95,000 to establish some sort of iion manufactory in Greenville, where there is no iron. What does it mean ? It it is also said they have determined to supply ioe to Columbia, for ice cream this summer. We in the country don't get ioe creams. Is the Council orazy? YORK. Patriotic.?Mr. Daniel McCullough, who is the proprietor of the Factory on the Catawba river, in this Distriot, has very magnanimously refused to receive more than one dollar in payment for each bale of yarn from his faotory, while other factories are selling at 92 25 cents per bale, i While it frequently becomes our duty to expose extortioners and impostors, who are i endeavoring to make fortunes out of their i country's misfortune, it is rarely indeed > that we have the pleasure of recording such 'acts of kindness and patriotism as the above.?Chester Standard. Rumored Recognition.?The Sevanpah News has the following paragraph: A dispatch received ip this city from T Baldwin, Florida, states that a gentleman arrived at that place from Gainesville, on Sunday night, who says that he had Seen a captain of a vessel who, in attempting te ' ran the blockade, was chased by the blockaders, and was compelled to blow up the ? vessel, the orew escaping in their:boats. The captain a ad late Havana" papers, in which it was stated that the Spanish Government had recognized the independence of the Sduthern Confederacy, and that Am- x bassadors from that Government were oh their way to Richmond with dispatches to that effect We give the above as it oomes fcn ns. from a rfllinhlft ftrnirnn. in fcha hrmft that it is true. Latest from Corinth.?Corinth, April 22.?Dispatches jast received here state that Gen. Backaer and Col. Bogae Hanson, are to be exchanged for Generals Prentiss and McMicken. The enemy's foroes are reported as'leafing Fort Pillow and moving up the Tennessee. c&anxhi *>} aai The report of Gen. Beauregard 0f the battle of Shiloh has been oompleted and will be forwarded to Bichmond to-morroW by a special messenger. 'f; ;<?'4 u> Gen. Beauregard his issued orders for commanding offioere. to report all. jcases of distinguished gallantry among oar. troops, as well as acts of cowardice, that they may be gazetted.? N". 0. Picayune. . . . . ^ Look Out for Helper.?A correspondent addressing as' from Williamston, N. Carolina, says that the notorious Helper, of the Impending Crisis, iAsoertained to have passed through that place recenfcly from the dircotion of Boanoke Island. A wonnded soldier assures our informant that he saw Helper exchange gold for Confederate notes to the extent of two hundred dollars while on the island, doubtless for the purpose of facilitating his transit through the Confederacy. The people would do well to keep a lookout for this man. We are beset with spies and traitors, and the watchfulness of individuals and of corporations should never sleep. No stranger should be allowed to pass upon oar high-ways or by-ways unchallenged.?Edgefield Advertiser. John Minor Boots.?The Richmond Examiner of Taesday, says: Mr. John Minor Botts was on yesterday released from imprisonment on his parole. What the conditions of this parole are we have not learned; but we presume that, in accordance with the recommendation of the court of inquiry, thuy are that En will not go beyond the limits of his Arm, and will hold no communication by word or letter with anyone except the members of. bi? own family. -v... -v.-Where do They Come prom ??It is a fact that there is a pretty fair supply of U. 8. Treasury Notes in thi^ city. It ja^a fact that they are sold and greedily bought npat fifty cents on the dollar, and it is also a daot that a certain class of traitoroas individuals are exceedingly anxious .to enter largely into the trade. Now these are significant faote; and the first question that ocours, is, where do these notes oome from, and why'are the shavers so eager to enter into the trade ??Richmond Examiner. Consular Exemptions to be Tested. ?At the late term of the Superior Court at Atlanta, Ga., Judge Bvdl, in his charge to the grand jnry, recommended nthe prosecution of all foreign born oitixena who have exeroised the rights of citizenship, and nqjr claim exemption from military service in the Confederate army npon the plea that they are subjects of a foreign Government. He oontended that they were guilty of a misdemeanor, and ought to be sent to the penitentiary. Prom the West.?Corinth, April 20. Iiatta K/?An *Ai ? 1UO CUUUljr iiaio uccu iwiuiytwv* wwmciently to restore their confidence, and are ow advancing upon oar line. Heavy skirmishing is going on daily, and qaite an affair oooarred to-day this side of. Monterey. Clear the decks, and look oat for war on a grand scale! The editor of the Memphis Avalanche, Dr. Foalks, was arrested to-day, for publishiog an article calculated to array the plantere against the Government. - Paper made from Fodder.?The London Mechanics' Magazine states that excellent paper is now made from the leaves of Indian corn. Two mills manufacture paper from each material exclusively.? The shack makes the best paper. Why cannot the Sonth compete with England in this article. We have the maohinery and no end of the supply of fodder. This is a subject worthy of deep attention. A South Carolinian Killed.?Among the martyrs of Shiloh, is enrolled the name of a brave Carolinian, Lieatenant Colonel John M. Dean, of the 7th Arkansas regiment. He fell while gallantly leading the regiment in one of the earliest charges in the division commanded by Gen. Hardee. He was a son of the late Hosea J. Dean, of Spartanburg, South Carolina. Treasury jnotes to bear interest. ?Secretary Memminger, of the Treasury Department, announces, officially, that Congress has adopted an issue of Treasury Notes bearing an interest of 7 30 100 per cent, per annum. That will be two cents a day on the hundred. Successful Skirmish.?We learn by the Central train that a skirmish occurred a day or two since, some thirteen miles beyond Millboro', in which six Yankees were killed and twenty-one taken prisoners. No loss on our aide reported.?Richmond Dispatch, 28th. t&T Our readers are cautioned against counterfeit fives and tens, altered and raised from the genuine 92 bills, of the "Bank of the State of South Carolina. The deception, can readily be detected in a good light and with careful observation. I?* The elections in the North-west are ^ resulting in heavy Demooratio or anti-wax victories. Springfield, 111., Lincoln s own town, has gone against him. IW A life of foil and constant employment is the only safe and happy one.