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Sherman. Now York tyor(d of the 3d has an poo^nt,''Dfaidj" of date Mwob In this letter the Worid's correspondent gives the relative strength, as far as his knowledge extends, of the opposing armies under y Generals Johnston and Sherman, r.The Mtttr feigtrnWug, as being Ibo speed.', tice* of a oeoaily welUeforaed correspoadent After stattng. that Gen. Johnston bad aasatpod direction of the campaign now progressing against Sherman, <'Druid" goes ATTRMPTiD QONCENySATJON OF TROOPS { " ~ - undershkrman. * * If the troops recently at Wilmington and -? jjiftayhern, nnder Generals Terry, Foster and Scbofrald, had effected a junction with Sher orir"! the united-Federal forces then would have greatly outf*wabe;ed 'Geo,, Johnston's army. Britthese accounts state, cot only that this junction bad not taken place, but that it would not take'p.laoe. Instead of moving wcsEward ftom WUmiagtoD, by way of Fayette villa tb'joib Sherman at Concord, these tro'opa it is sajd, are moviDg northto Gcldsboro, with the intent ion of ^vjBMglMng oo Raleigh* from whioh it is inferred^ the Confederates that it is the intention of Gen. Sherman ti> meet them there. In this case, of oourse, Gen. Sherman will endeavor to*force the passage of tha ?a{h 1k kin river, and'at foat poihsf-ov near there, 2* in all probability, the battTe will take place,- ! wtioh will decide' Gen. Sherman's fate. , * ACTUAL STEJtS<JTJH OP QBH. JOHNSTON. 4S& 5L5jmT: r ; At tpe time that .General Lee assumed tK* Ahinf.nnmmand of the Confederate?ar mjea, th-pre were?5,000 Confedera^tTdopa *? West and Southj$st namely. 000 under General XajJor, Hood's suooesm) 25,000 in Arkansas and Missouri, antier General Puwb (some correspondents o? administration papers, writing from St. IfOuia and Memphis, 3ay that General Price had" 28,000), 20,000-i? Texas and Louisiana, under General M&gruder and 20,000 3 in scattered detachments in Florida, Misewsippi and .Alabama, including the garri?;/ ** Mp^ile. w ? 3ft aMHtWIHMT, LSB'$ MEAStQUCS TO 1&VEPT OOSCENTRATTON. V* .thirty, t housan d of these troops were at ? nnntt nrdarad to reoort to Gen. Beauregard, ib Sfcath Carolina. Their orders were to proceed first to Atlanta and Macon, where they would be ipet.by staff of&oers of Geo. Lee, with specific instructions. The num. Price; 5,j300 from I'exas, and 5,000 from Mobile, which latter plao* is to be. evacuated*. Cutjbie number dowo onothird, and v we have 20,0,00 . troops hastening by railGen. Johnston, for tnev would all reaeh Atlanta by railroad. From Atlanta, the route would be to Washington/. jOr Wilkes county, Goorgia,.fifty miles northwest of Augusta. From this point to GheaChester, Sooth Carolina, a distanee hundred^ and twenty miles, a new railroad is said to have been constructed and to be Jipw ia operation, parsing through Abb&rille, Newberry and Alston. That -iW nf tht> mad from Abbeville to Allston, . ' ?r o^v'. -r .$& mte oompleted ancLip operation as $ariy u 1663 ,- bo that there were only the two links from Washington to AibeviUe, aqd from AUton to Chestetville, a dtyaqoe .of sixty nlfiaa io.all^ to be b,nilfc'in 1864, i - sowt&rox's foeoe ax lxasx. 60,000 STEONGIf. these two links have been bailt, as_ stated, then thpae *20,000 troops, ooming all the way by railroad, havo^joined Gen. Johnston by this time.. if not, they will' fcave these sixty miles to march on foot, which will retard their arrival four days Resides them, it wUl be remembered, Gen. Johnston is in command of the troops recently at Charleston and Branohville, 20,000 ;; tho80 recently at Wilnungtoo, GoldEbpro' ?"d flicksford, 12,000; those H*'de? at Savannah, 16,000; Geo. Wad* Hampton's cavatfy, 10,000; and the troops recently at Macon and , Augusta, 8,000?in all 66,000. Cntihia down alio and oall it only 40,000, and mtiu o.d ftAft flhove. Gen-.' Johnston wffr" have 60,000 troops. It is with this foroe, tfbtgb many well Informed persons believe is nearer 80,000 than ?0,00$ stpong, o*# G?*?ah Johnston wiiUgbt the battle ^ Sherman wtych wiU decide the fete. ^kUer- But be will not have to fight DELUSION IN REGARD TO LEE'S ABILITY TO UOV?. * Tttjpreatest delusion which the North is laboring under is, that the presence of Gen. Meade's army before Petersburg prevents General Lee from Bending away from BichmoDii any troops to reinforce | * Johnston. The truth is, not only could i Gen. Lee do this without imperilling, the - safety of Richmond or Peterebnrg in the . least, but he could do it without the knowledge of Gen. Meade. The closest observa- j tion feils to discover -any increase or diminution in Gen. LeeVnumbere. No fctdili- ] gent person needs to be tO^ that we cannot see the whole of Lee's army. .The part of that army, that is visible to the closest obsedation is. not one tenth part'of the 5$^ ?Kn >nn< X'OgaBgUIr KXW. ouvwo ?r , tnn, Qeti. hee may have been reinforced during the last ten days by as many as 26,, v V w ittempt to pierce Meade's centre aad to Sefeat one of his wings beftofe U can be.sopported. 5W^''e r f JTQ MAS (BUT RE CAN BB XFpCTKD. " On the other hand, does mft every setisibl?4>era0n knpw.thai, ^sk^foTmilitwy. commander, oaa move troops silently, itr the night, from point to point,. and night after night in succession, and JtUl maintain & ?u i* ai?jji a * * w *>- /% - j t}ie. same sho.w of force in fronts neither d ! more nor lees 2 Oertaiply, it can ^e-done ; t has been done, time and again, both in European ware and in thiV war. What is I there to prevent Geo. L"e from having t thus transferred 20,000, 30,000 of eveb t 40,000 of bis troops from his lines to some e points on the Danville and Lynchburg nil- e Toads west of Petersburg and southwest of p Hichroond ? Nothing. And the'fitakp in- r North Carolina is so high a ope, so much p depends .upon the defeat of Shegnato-tfcer*, h that in. all probability ire has doDe it. 'Suppose that General Meade suspects he has o done it. Haw i?,be to find oat? Only by I bivassault, on some part of Lee's Hues, of 6 bv a fourth or fifth afttemnt. to reach the I Lynch bnrg railroad, by again "extending e his lines/' ..-.t . -.?< ? ,s now CAN THE TRUTH BE ASCERTAINED. n Suppose he shodlji try either, what would 81 be the result ? I know the gallantry andi ^ skill of ourofficers. T know the courage, and devotion of our troops. Bat I know * alio something of the nature of the defences 0 *oF Richmond'' and; PetorsWrg, and of the ? faoilities which Gen. Lee has for db'ncentratiDg troops at any "point that is threaten- 0 ed with a real' attack. No troops in the. world are braver than ours; but nd' troops ^ in the worid'can aooomplish impossibilities. The army that was repolsed.'at Fredericks. /a burg and at the mine at Petersburg, and at ' every attempt that has beerf made by Geo: e Grant, either to carry"the works defending ? the rebel lineB or to reach the Lynchburg ^ railroad?that army would * have no cause17 to blush' if success did not crbtfn their next effort." The defences' of Richmond and* *T Petersburg were erected with this end in " view, and they might Be'held by a com-; c paratively small force at a time when, ? ^ case of need, the" main body of Gen. Lee's . army most be employed elsewhere. 1 RICHMOND WILL NOT BE GIVEN UP. n. P' . That period, Gen. Lee probably believes, Cc has now arrived. Gem Sherman7 must be 0i defeated in North Carolina. He can send of Gen. Joffnstpn, by rail road,lq a very short gj time, thirty thousand troops, and have forty aj five thousand left for the defence of his m lines. There is every reason to belibve P that he has done this. Bat let one suppose, in because ho has'done so, either that Meters- te barg will be evaoD&ted, of that Richmond tn will be yielded without terrific struggle, &v If the Confederacy falls now, it will fall at tb Richmond, and Geo. Lee will ffcll'with it. hi While the Confederacy 'remains Richmond hi will remain its oafritel.1 be CRITICAL POSITION OP GEN. SHERMAN. th To reoorto General Johnston- If Gen. Lee has sent him only 25,000 tropjw, be fllheve.ffi.OQO at the lowest opmpntation, and with these it need not be said that Gen. *' Sherman's position becomes one of great cd peril. If the reports which have reached 80 here, referred to above, be correet, it is ac evidently the intention of both Lee and ac Johnston to defeat Sherman on tbe*Yadltii>, and to risVtnooh in order to effect that end. u ' General Lee's Plans?Austerlitz or a t * . Waterloo. . 1)6 The New York Mercuryr of February 26, has an editorial article which possesses JjJj particular attention at this time. tVe copy ca it ontije: - . . di "Wilmington is ours, Charleston is oats, bt Colombia, is o.are. Withont a straggle," P withont an answering blow. One after the otjie^-of these, hat la te,Iy-the-chief strong- sa holds of the rebels, haves yielded to what "?> the govcrument organs wonld have as believe was an inexorable- necessity. For nearly fgrarjears, bold and impregnable, *>? they have defied attack, laughed siege to' JP1 scorn, and withstood bombardment, want of supplies, and suffered all the fciaenes fever fia endurea By a weaker power contending th Sf& a stronger. ,? ' * .. *' " m] And now. why is it, that in this, their ^ last extromity, they have bp tamely yielded to the foe they ttave defied and held' at bay ? ho long 1 Why this suddendeparture ftouQ; 8 the oities which, in the earlier days of the war, they so stoutly swore should never be desecrated by, the.presence. of :the "accur- e sed Yankee,"qnleps , he ohoSe to walk , through, the heaps of ashe?, - gmotrtderiog .? .ruiDs and desolate streets ? Why are the ^ "vandals of the North" so easily victorious 8 j Why allowed with flaunting banners and ^ the olMhof regimental bands,te march without opposition into- these plaoos? Is the cause weakened ? Is it a premonition that , resistanoe would be annihilation ? That the conquering legions of the North, can- _ not be held in cheok, and the vast, and as yet^ut partially developed combinations of v Our Tiieutenant-General are irresistible ? Let oh regard the subject calmly soberly, 0, jatflj- si % We do not consider it treason, we do nCt! speak it as disloyal, when w 'e say that Gen. w Robert E. Lee, the oommander of the rebel ^ forces, is, In all (bat constitutes a .strategist, pj in all thatgpeeto make a general able to. <j( dare and fight down even fate itself?the first and foremost in 'the country. While je we admit the talents, the' genius and the tg greatness of Lieut General Grant, It is opt only "unfair, but aojust that we should refuse' to acknowledge the grandeur;, the sub. tc lime heroism "of that grey haired genius, $ the dependent of & line of patriots, whioh tt battling against the combined opposition of tr almost %n entire world, still stands firm, tc unyielding, and holds at bay the most for- r( midable armiea iae^en^ an^-has/in- ti denaoce ot aeteat, squ-^oa- u?u w?? a ground, nor wavered even wbeo hope itself no seemed lost forever. Let us yiehdtbe;meed jj ef-jpraia* even to our enemies. The/ wore 0, oxtte our brothers?once hand in'baud with e1 ns. Whatever- their errors, their oriine^ it they ace pone.the less men. ^2 tt Charleston, .Wilmington- and Columbia w being ours, cui Bono t Beyond the mere ti fact of obtaining full control of the sea- ]i board, and thereby relieving oar blockading ,0i heel.from, a tedious, tirespmo service, and d ?we*4e.a' loc.4 not seem to be, any material advance oward the termination of tie war. Tbode who Rave' studied the1 career of jee, and <rt>served his jjlans "of campaign, now tbaVbis system i& that of'concentreion. To mast bis troops, and attack"tMT netoy's divisions In dhtaiL jone after aDothr~ is his strategy^ %ary';cireurospeot, yet ossessiog and nsiDg at times the dash and eokless andScrty in attack of th^first Na oleon, he never loses a chance, and'sofar as left no reoord of a mistake. Since his appointment to and asanmptioo ' f the supreme 3pmmahd of the rebel army, be whole method of' operations has fcaen hanged. Concentration is now the order. Ie is carrying oat his favorite plan of pros cuting the campaign. He.well knows the trength of his antagonist, and. that antagoist'si tenacity of purpose and immoqse re tardea. And knowing them," he is at this loment gathering the scattered forces of' he rebel domain into one compact Whole, dth'fbe intention of deoidirig the fortgnes f his oaase'at o? near Richmond. Inhere; poc the already blood-soaked soil of the . Hd Dominion, wfljLbe fpoght the Waterloo ; Sherman's victories and his almost etv rely unopposed mid from Chattanooga to .tlanta, thence to Savannah, Charleston Id Columbia, with whatever of deyartaon bo may bavo created, has not ih the ast ^iBConcerJed Lee. It may rather be ? josidered^part and', parcel of his plan.?, .nd. wheqjthe true history of affairs at thW ; ont'is made known, it will be found that i?i - -?1 - Jn-i?vj. ?*J uanesiuu, uuiuujum quu n nuiw^wu acid racuated paly that the rebel oommanderi-cfiief might withdraw *alL the available irce stationed at those garrisons, to be in)rpor%ted with the army aro^d. Richmond. It js useless to .'talk of ,Grant's oombinacd3 and tremendous schemes. of .which wo 'e duly an.d. daily reminded by.army corresjndents and the telegram. These grand jmbinatioos.and that wonderful strategy, : which we have heard so mnoh, have been ; tpturiogr Ricbraoiyi svery day for the last x monthf. Yet the beleagnrod capital is i far from our grasp as when our armies , ader McCIeJUn were driven from the i eninsola, "On^to Richmond!" bat never j to it, With the record ef the last at- j mpt begfnning in the spring, and as yet . jended?.from the Rapidan through the , vfu 1 carnage of the Wilderness, and to e present base, a' hecatomb of dea; lives , tve beendost, the blood of opr. kindred , is flown in tprrcnts, happy .homes have .j ion m<idA deanlatn. and crief hrnnofit to ' ? ?? 1 - o; ?a.' 1 ,,i . ousands of hearts, ia order thai the glory , one man might have.its holocaust. { "To gratify the djogg^d pertinacityofa , eoerw, 'who whatever/bis g$pia% and ] batever past success he may havo blunder- f 1 Into, cares as little for the lives of his , ldiers as he does for those of the enemy, | id who would throw away half an army to < complieh a purposeless, object?the ad.- < inistratioo have given him almost.abso*' i Week after week, month after month, ( iohmotrd.was "being evacuated, it was to ' ? captured. ' . . , . ( Petersburg, after being bombarded, its y iter work's stormed, still is* belchjy^I^ee. j lie great'Butler, elephant, the frotoh Gap t u&l, was to accomplish wonders, but it ( du'L It caved in magnificently, and |tried Butler Beyond hope of resarrection. j emonstrations of an imporiog character } jro mwie and are'being made daily with the , me xesult-^a loss of iife and no good ac- .. mplisbed. ' .But matters are spproacaiog -? crisis.??, s'fore many, weeks the last gl&nd* decisive [ ttle will Jbave began. . Tfc'e preliminaries a being rapidly arranged." r r ) Such a contest as this^wiir-be -the world f s never wf&tas'ed, for upon it depends! t e fate of the ootrhtry. 'In that tattle, . ould we suffer a defeat,' it wilt be over- t relming, and all the advantages we may j ,ve, gained in the past si*/monthi wijlbe s worthless'as the babble-reputations they ? ive made." If-Lee is defeated he still has j e interior in which to once m'ore rally his altered' legion*, and 'concentrate for de-' > nee if not fbr'attaok. -- " - ! j JVom all the outer garrisons and'troop f spots the reber'afmy at ?h~e* capital is be? g augmented. - Silently, bat coVeTy the. I bnh ijfgathering. Let uSVotbe too san- ? line^of success. It may be thatthe rebel ? eneral will make it 'a Waterlbb for.tis,. bile upon him through the smoke of that ty'a battle will shine the sua of a second's ( iv Austerlit??Lee will not throw away a ; gle chance. He is not tho man of I^ost ,j pportunities. Had Lee had command of it armies af fiie onset of fche'war^ we verily alievo the robellion would have boen orush- ' 1 in less thae 8 months.. But we bad ! ily such Bec.oqd rate Undertakers, as Burn- 1 de and Hooker, .Butler apd ^opp. | Lotus trust ahat our Lieu tenant-General ,! ay be thoroughly prepared for the.dbhfliofc j 1 tat when the conflict comes,-our,immense lurality of men may not.be driven to their 5 aathsjo vain attempts to accomplish an opossible purpose and that,for onee pur j aders may be equal to their Herculean sk. r<Je ' ?.?? . ?.. i i FroJiJ THB Bronx ?Nothing oocurred j mar the qnietat the front yesterday, save J is furious blasts of wind that sweptdnring j ie day, over the heads of the; men in the < ennhea. Th? enemv shows no disDoaition j i advanco'b'n oar "right. Qo the contrary, ] ;ports reach as that Grant is transfeiriog oops t'oihtrNorth side of the James. 'If . e is not . feinting, hi inaj^ make his. title j loveme'flt immediately upon -the oa?ital.^:< te is dodging hither and" thither, and no' I 30 knows where the attack will be made . roept himself and General Lee. Sher- < tan Baring failed -to cbme tib time, Qrant I iay move northward to effeot a jdnctioir j vop^ro?'the- Jamis, TOems 'to hdmit of < tt!e doabt,? and parties frfrm the vioioity i [ "Hatcher's Hun, efijTbe bae also with- , rawn men from that qwrte'r.* ' .1 Exprm, 17. f. *? * The Ashes of ' w t With the ftll'ofijChtitomi *feimeii4e? the tag-of war. The conflict - itf-about to assume to flawed^ trio0tie*r 4etf91iest phase. There is do longer ' any doubt as to the .ternper of the 8ottt& - In the ashes of ihrd&Mnritfift- ttovetaiiig footsteps of its proud defenders traced their determination <to/co?rqw-inde^d4bc&,: whatever might he the s&orffieeTflf %bmfort,ptbpBBty or life. Charleston was to the Carolinians whit Mtjaoowwaa toJfc^Jtuasians/ Tar beyond its material vatee-they reverenced it fot tho sake of afltffcutBfcs that linked it with-their etootiobs df affection would have stood by fhaeeity to-the last, spilling their ifre-bloo'd, dfep by drop, in its defence. But* the bobs had come for them to aaorifide all: IoeiT^j?hdicx?; all pride, oil pasiioD,? all penSmal' cOnrfdfeMtiobft/efo the atuse inwhich they had embarked. They didaofc hositato. The f appeal was made to their moral coarage, and i| was answered by a devotion like that which fired the Bacred citj of the' fyfasoovite," and gate to the invader* blaakdfcejl ruin' for his prize, ahd a 'jMflJitil! ?#iW?^>fjiWfaliM<lli 111 ' One johrnal itffhis city, the' oibet fhnatIcn.1 hf its kind, - has asserted <thlt!ftwaS' cowardice yhich rnduood the Sh&ndonmenfc' of-Obtwlc3ton. All- men of intelligcDco know "this be fiflpe; all just- flie'n will aekbowlfldge 1t ft alfebder, and/'all Who a p. pfreoiate true courage will blitah for shame? that it was ever ottered. " It was that kind of noWardice thai impelled the Black Donglas to' fling the heart ofBface into the cetrtbe of the'Saracen host, that for its redemption hift arm might be nerved to victory. ' If was the kind of coward ice-that canBed-Tell to aim his shaft at the head of his loVed. best; that oaoied the ?f!it*Bnitti8 to pronounce tho doom of death- upon bis son/and the second Bratus-toslay biahearest friend- Some such cowardly instinct induced-Fabiae to shdn the -enemy, and, Washington to follow his example, even when the failing spirits of hia countrymen seemed to upbraid his cautious poKef.' It is^.in fact, lie cowardice that fears.to jeop-' ardize a cause by gratifying a rarity or ambition. Ie is moral oourage, the -loftiest tod purest that God has giren to bi& creatures. . t . f ' What man is there, who is mil a fanatio jr a simpleton, who believes that the North;rn people would horn and destroy their property 1o Must in subjugating the South-.' they would, make every needful sacrifice to resist invasion ; but for conqnes^. only mob as,are forced ujma jftem^.^. millt^ 7 power -tlmt conduota the aafc the North begins to; otfmpfebend the, itorn, 'unfaltering and invintjrbfe* purpose J jf the foe. Thty understand at kst the imp character of the war, and they know hat it means Southern independence or :ztr termination. Three years ago, of two, or .even a year igor the-capture of Charleston would have let the Northern pulse in a fever of exoiteneot and exultation- To-day, although Vio flsoa ?m floins ?nd nitiM Afld' tilllMB fear a holiday aspect, there is "discernible n the midst of strained enthusiasm and mperficial rejoicing, a more reflective mood iharThas been apparent since the eommen'cenent olMicwtilitieS. " Onr people bave not !o9t ell their sagacity in the whirl of ezoitenent. They know that the Southerners do iot barn their cities and destroy their property because of despair or phrensy, or if it )e miadhSfr' tfiSro^isra "method in"it that is . iangerous to othenT than themselves. The . south has accepted a great bttmiliatiorf as i prelude to a great triumph. The wonjetfnl intellect that -now controlf-tBe mili ary action of the Confedeta'oy fiifpt^mpted he sacrifice that even the North beholds >U)< Bnni1? T.ak no imn-faaa f.Kik Iwnesfti TIIU nvuuuki JLibw uu uuuIVMU VMW? VVUVMVM he outward seeming of rejoieingfr there is bewilderment and foreboding', and a conloiousnera that the fruit we have so long eaohed for, and that, at last, has fallen 6f ; ts own acooxd into our hands may torn to phee on oar lips. When American free* sen go forth to battle, with the flames of heir home-steads lighting tfaeic way to yicory or' death, dedicating their household roods to destruction, and giving ail their worldly treasures as a tribute to a political lefltSment,' the utord rebel Hod , is applied o them, looses its significance, and history records them as patriots, "whether Jbey fail >r win. Against this indomitable will, this logged perseverance, tMs^rblime devotion, tie in vain for fleets and- armies to con?nd. ' . * ' f The Federal Administration may Add In )be ruins'of Charleston'the beginningof the seqjnej to the Inte^eace Conference. Tbey f mposed conditions that no free, bravo ^eo- s> pie potrid accept j'-and no^ as V brave, free people, the Southerners are concentra- * >ing their energies for war to the uttermost [t has been said that the rebellion wis a hell; the shell is oars, and, while we hold, ,he' worthless fragments, its 'invulnerably ?re, the great strong heprfj "dttfcs - and oafl^ja ; ; ; To one" who Jrniy conceives the meaning f if the change of .policy that Jbas been Inaugurated by the abandonment and deBtruc.uon of Cbarlastion, the shadow of coming battles looks darker and more vast than 8 vsr befoTe- T To one'brain, we know bowt fertile the resources?to one heart, 'we * know how firm'and true?to one intellect, ivp know-he w-gifted withm?rti*l attributes ?tij one;mao, we know bow -'capable to ] plan,* to sfcrik^ td thwart; to tefcwff ctror jr to ta\e advantage of it, the ; tunes of the South have beeb confided.? Free to act ?t hfi cwn volition} uniramth?U ad bj administrative interference, trusted^ beloved and "honored by soldier arid jafviltati/beias !o?o?**?e-in ueibg bia diptatotiaVftoweaf tarramcfdal tbeSfbole ftslem al tfctrwifirfareT The fall of "Charleston is i consequence Sherman's prowess than of Lei&'strategy. Wito 'gives a. oastle looSs td gain aJqdeen.?.ty. York 2$ms, ^.22: ' ' Jff.f ? . O.c-1 Stamtp?. "C$rlten".wiites,to Ibe Boston Journal ja follow*: "After a ratable for several hours through the city of Charleston, we made aWait to *8ntnter, enteriiSg on" the sallyport where 'Major Anderido entered on ihatever-tbheremetnberea Jannaiy'mght of 1861.r 'The Fort bears Httle ?esembladOe to its appearafl'ee then, externally or'-internally. No portion of the original faoe of the wall is to be seon, except on the rifo Jowardi Charleston and a portion of that facing Moultrie. From the harbor' and1 from '"Wagner it appears only a tumifrt---tbB debris of an Oldruin. ' - - "All the casemates, arches," pillars and parapets are tern tip, rent asunder and utterly. demolished. The- ^rWt- gone wlipsh two yeaTa ago'kept the monitors at bky,' whidh darned and thttudered awhile upoir Wagner, are^'diamoanted, 'broken, over turned,and lie buried beqeatb the-, mouutain ofbiTe^yiisij'CtWcrete, sand add mortar. j^ffer l)apont'e attsibk in April, 1868, a reinfotcemeut of palmetto logs was madeon the Harbor side and agaiSst half of tho Wall fabiigltfoulfHe. The lcWer. iieT of casemates was filled op with sand bags, but When Gen. Giioibre obtained possession, I his fire began to crumble ih? parapets The'rSbeTs^endeavored to reehnstructr the ,w*lljr< 'orto fiarhtaia its'original heighta by gabions filled with- sand, bat this, compelled a widening inside. ' Thousands of bags filled with ha^d werf Brought to'the fortat night. Bombproof* "were donstrticfefl. Day after day/week-after-week, the "pounding .from, Wagner was maintained so effectually and 'thoroughly" that it was impossible to keep a fgtth^n poisitipnDn that'side. "The only gufii iMW- reri&ining, are-five' or six on tho Monltiie' side, in the middle, 'tier ef casemates. Five howitzers'^were, Irant nn t.lia wSlla fn ranfll ' an 'attack b'v small boats,'the garrison keepiog^u^der (lover or seeking cover whenever tnelookout cried ta.shot<r i "Oheveaox de Arise, pointed stiftks^protect the fort Aroma, scaling party. .At the b&se out side are iron pdSta and wiro netTork. There is also a submerged network of Hire andebtina,- kept ior place by foisting buoys. I ? _ h . . : k Hi had the Qnrioeity to m?ke an inspeetion of,the wall facing Moultrie to see what wa3 the effect of the-.fire of the iron clads in Dnpont's attack: With my glass at that time I oookLaee that the wait wa* badly honeycombed j v olose. inspection shows that it was a very damaging flea." There- are seams in 4he masonry and great gashaa where the solid bolts orumblfd tho.>ricks to fine 4ast. It is evident rfbet it the fire eoald have beon continued any considerable length of time there, that the mil would have fallen. . The effect of that fin led to the filling up of the lowef casemates. , "An hoar was passed in the fort, the band playing.national airs and. .the party inspecting the rains and: gathering relics." ?- .? The Hegr^ljjjfc. - . The foUowia^is the Act which. has jaet passed the Congress at .Richmond to pot negroes in service; . A BILL %Q .lSCK2A^Z TELE MILn<ARY*ORCE OF ifli CONraOEBATE STATES. . 4 The Congress of the Confederate States of Acaer|e? do enact, That'in order to provide additional, forces to repel invasion, ' maintain the rightful possession of the Coffer federate States,..secure. weir independence and preserve their institutions, the Freajdent be and he ig .hereby' authorized to ask for and accept from too Ojvners.pf staves the services of saoh number of able-h.odird ' men as he may deeea expedient,' for and daring the war, to perfprm'^Iitary servipe in whatever capacity he may direct. Sec. 2. That the General-in-Chief-be authorized ^to organise the said slayes into companies, battalion^ regimfcnts and brigades, under saoh rales and regulations as the Secretary of War may prescribe,' and to be- commanded by such officers as the President may appoint. Sec. 3. Tbfcfc- while emoloved in the ser V *1 ? ' 0 % ' w vice, the Bait* troops shalF rfedeive the grate rations, clothing and- compensatioif as are allowed'to other troops in the same branch afthei5e*rioe.- - * J SjMC 4. #hat if, trader the previous "seo- 1 tion? of. this Act, - thfr- president -shall not 1 be able .to raise a su fEcie n i number of troops ! to^nrcseoBte the war ^aooessfaU^ and maidtain tbe-eoveiaignty of-the' States and the " independence of the Oonfederale Staled. then be is hereby aatbOrifed to call on ' each.State, whenever be thinks it expedi- 1 ent, for her <jaota of-three handr^f^Qa, 1 ZZi troofw/in; addxtron to those snbjeQfc to , mpittfy serfioe ijjrtJed* under eiisting:laws, J or as many thereof as the'President may j deem necessary tor be' raised -from each,, clashes of the population] irrespective' of ooTor, jn eaeh State, as thC propertnthori- J ties {hereof may determine : 'Provided; 1 that Do^orflr-tfian twenty-five per c6nt. of the-maie slaves between the agas of eigh. 4 teen and forty-lire, in any State]'shall be ' called for nndertbe provisions of tlua Act. 1 Sic. 5. That nothing in this Aot shall ' be construed to tyrtbbriw a change in the relation; rthioh the said slaves eSalVbear to- * wards their-owners, exocpt by the-cot sent j of the dtfnets and of the States in which ) the? imv reside, and in Dursuance of the- ' lavs tWeof. This Act passed the Senate by the foU ' lowing veteM - 3 *">' $ - Yxifre^Jesefs; BroWjtf Barnett, "Caper- ' ^SSS!'''' i ^t^Meesrji.BkrnWelVQTaham^ohn-- 1 bod, of f$a., Johnson, of ito.," MiiweH,; *> Orr, Vestj and-Wigfall?8. - .. /%?. r ' . I f?* A yj Bald win ooqqtj ] informs the Milledgeyille Recorder that garlic boiled with a oca Sodr. M tiThagB Will core and prevent cholera. We enggest to j ?jr pork prodwoting ftienda a ^^rial, and' J request that they report t?gjr experiment to] IhronglffVhe-courtesy of a friend, tbe ; Augusta , QjwtitutiOn*lisfr has .received co- 1 pies of tbe Charleston Opnrier, which has nulen into tbe bands of the Yankees, and . ; is pttblished by them. "The editors of ibe Conifer are "George * Whitte^ore, andGh^. Johnson. Their 1 terigp ? $ $20 per annum. ] . One editorial contains friag^brions aecount of tbe condition ' of the city^anoiher P compliments itaelf upon the assumed fact that the . Rebellion is whittled down to a j finapafnt. . f Recruiting officers are reported to 'be c heels over head business. The negroes are eulfcting by the" score. A recruittng- 1 . j j j 3 . r. .J!?--' ? * *_.?! uwoer uau arrived ior oaertnan a army, cs 1 ia after-white.men and ftdvwrtistQgft mee t- 1 irtgatihe flifcernian '/ . 1J T '"IS"1 "8!?!** j era! Orders No.. 8 tq oalf at the Provost 4 Marshal's office, register their names and fl the oath. No pofeea and other ihvors wHI be granted to the eontjnnaeions. ' , Bed path of tip John Brown notoriety j if * announced as Superintendent of public in* traction. Ye Godi !- * General Gilmore: is in the city.- He is ? odmnfanftet-iu-Chlef.. Citisens are qrdared to give np . their * shooting irons aod doff the rebel uniform/ Brown's and Bonnet's wharves' Bre the' only ones at which marketing is permitted. r r No soldiers nre allowed id the city with- ^ out passes,, and strict decorum is enjoined..' All abandojaqd.property has been turned 8 over to the y. S. Treasury. . , "a ^The people are invited to open their, 8 schools, churches, etc. A Hmited.trade is. allowed. , Gold and silver are moored, by order, at, ? Che port of Charleston, at the following rates : Gold, 100 per oent. premium; silver,* ' 4k- - t.l ^,'V. ; t( ?vs?7 r - r " ' . %| - Colonel 8. L. Woodford is commandant . of Port, an* Mnjor B. H, Willooghly Pkk J vost Marshal- " * Ifat Poller ad vertises that he has resnm- ?j ed business at this old'stand, and oSers for ltniobf booed turkey, mock-turtle soup and t% other delicacies. " . ~ ^ ^ It General Gillmore offers to exohapge j>risoners with the dearest Confederate General. , David Barrow informs the citizens that, he has re-opeoed his stock of goods. * s;dr^^of the AsM/rfver'haS been doetrOydil by fire. , A number of refugees- have refarnS^/ bringing their household plunder: ^ WTho^e ouJ^nefactorsP.. ei yi? 1 neighbor-farmer to** the' other day, "what 01 tpakes^he lice ** ?bh?ge?" J "Some fly, we suppose, lays the egg,*2 j was our reply. , 1 r. j "Yetf, and I wean tell you the fly?.it is ? 1he^&tdy; Bird.' IFyaawill examine yOur " cabbage you Wiil Aid thenron.it.? *?'y ^ This honest fellow bad slaughtered thou- ?> bompldoraltt ' a! " There ire several varieties of Lady Bird ; a bright red, and yoilow' with black spots a6 01 the wings. They always lay their eggs on ai m Jtoftneim<^ir*i^8BapTJd,7^iiKwepectt. ?; tjar province is to puootprs the eggs'of'oth3r insects, and lay their own eggs in them, ( -bus destroying some of the greatest pests /' ^ the farm. ra! W* ^ in England thetp M sn. jas^t which aocom- , paoies that pesL the^: Whe^t; Midg?, and ^ keeps him ip^cheoir.* It does not exist in, .. ibis country, and on thia acoonufc the dep- relations of.theMidgef havfrflbt beehjtnea.. jj? The increase af ii?^inJarions*to veteelotion is becomiDg.a' eerfone-^vil, and we ^ should begin to le?ni#ome thing more as to ^ whp are oar enemies and Who oar benefac- , tors. * * Maniio. vo v s SM" 3 dei _ S^ltT ?oa Ho'asgs JFjjbt.?Common salt ^ ibsorbs njoisture- from the -atmoaphero, caJ hence it has beenjn some instanefes-applied with great-stftceas for keeping the hard. sound hoefepf horanswewk. The hoofs of ^ iQqia horaaa become dry wpd oftentimes ^ jrack,. thereby rendering them lame, if the mimals are driten on harfcxpads. By bpth[fig the hoof and"fet]?i& joint with i sajj? Aj imne thr&etsmea * dayj- lameness from the sbovo cause will bfcireided/' If is a ooflK* < mon praojtice. with flome ttapksnntbe to rasp isa jraoked boofa in order ^to/vendeftbeln more let touzh. but salt brine is far "SunhHtr to ra&fi 1? ping for effecting tl& (ftgtoti** i ' ::? IW' ' . "Ml ?1 Admiral Dahlgren^ (2n ptoon^tmiwt wajpdtmafc. frpm^nj^getown,.' in< |cC,y*VM SrekJjyw torpocU^Alf Sands iei w&c .saved ewepuog tfie v&rd room st?w- Th ud. ' *?l ?< ' ^ ? wties of " So. 24 of ho series, ind,*& were^lMo&ded. I ^^beSmd > i section of the road nsiiatty ooa*d?M the us* w^ing ??&*?* l conviction struok me' tlist I moafittop, as ind'coaW see no signal of dinger not anything betokening danger/and there Ieoald ee five ipges in thedpytime- I listened o the working of my e^too, at* kto ; then considered to be bhifditTi fear f bat, ike a Bsftpo's ghost, ib wottidnot go down n^ my bidding, pat grew ntrtBtft i to >ub if whs all o^ no avail." * ' ^ The conviction?for by this time it had ipened into a oon viction?thai I most stop, shot off and bfewthe whistle ^ hmkes ccbrdthgly. I came to a dad. halt, got off, nd went ahead a little way, WititoOt saying - bod mj lamp m my tmod, * le that premomtiohs are sometimes posaifer^T dropped the laritftn frotn my nerve. ; ' sal graqj/and-teatr ?do*n on the thick, tits' * 3rlj anabte t^^d^/^r^hgTe wraj&jiritoh, bie tracL ' This"ewitcli led me-'itt^^?tooe (ft the'w, in case1 atope the. same leaf where the giantionse laybers, tc eo as to be ready- for operations. " gj Take care of the Lady Birds; ~ Among m our benefactors too, may be numbered "old grandaddy iqi^ legs."; -JSeis a mortal ene v my to many insects which infest delicate. ct plants, and the queer old fellow, with }ii% P eye! on fib back, is rosy aptr to see prey in e: his wanderings through the- green house. B The Pragbn Ply aoji lace Wing-Fly *? aL tt The child's "Devil Horw." is an inval- fo aable locomotive-1* real oat and- thrust et fellow.amongpeetiferons insects, andehoald A always command oar protection. ? sd The Dragon dies, the Snake Pod^'ar . children call them, and some other ipseCtSj oe deposit their eggs in pools of water, and it Lj ! - ??*.*! a. ? * .' ?L _ Art la a nine remarks Die caaciaey ^eep ine water pare and wholesome, while .fatter with- tri oufsuoh insects will, become.pqtrid. Wl There"are several mejqbersof the Beetle cii family?the Gra^-diggef, ; who digs aliolg an iortheognhind, ud btfries'all the putrid eab- ea stances in hia rea^h^-the Dung beetle sub- th wife ^?r oo^ pew for you in ^waaer, and fit deposits your manure below the surface. Thereis a1at|e family'V small flies a& ? ana* Uieriog. hfe^n^ imd i lotig -we liQjfB to. hail the oj&nTng of the. il of wrath that is destined to fatter oar u to the wiodb of: Heaven, ^l*yer is nrfy qtrfdunating oaoartjehaff.'. The lamb ol sighs and tears which has aaoend, andin ftnd wy wo 3 whole 1?U;W4 WW ? % stole* tllet?%od%iidbi^ niiuflyHyo6bSfetea. . mp*e?S>h (fir ^je epurunia fctbo wfcttUflw Miyfahj?}^ x'V^^xZ 7' :- - 7T ? < -,?-. ?"v *4