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>!! I'l I??a?i :, tfomimmkaid. " The Star Bandied Bnuurr.'' ' The while raanv liberty in tvjies Is blazoned by the stars: But whale the meaning of the stripes? They mean the negros scars." These lines of Campbell may seem not to be a very much strained interpretation of the symbols af the American Hag, when 1 read in view of the constant current of our history. The alternation of the red and white stripes may be taken to indicate the free and slave states, as such, as being j equal ami co-ordinate powers in the union 1 under the constitution?red having been substituted for black, the appropriate ; symbolic color, for aesthetic and artistic ! effect. The black (red) stripes outnumber , the white?seven to six?and enclose them on both sides of the length of the tlag, as if emblematic of the supremacy assumed i by and conceded to the slave power. Such has been the practical rendering of the symbols, especially for the last forty years: slavery as essental and organic an element j in the republic, as the freedom?fearfully -limited by the existence of slavery?of the white man. But the professed equality ; lias been a practical and substantial subor- j dination of freedom to slavery. "Whenever 1 collisions of interest or policy have arisen between the free and slave states, they "have been settled by what were called compromises, in which the black (red) got all the concessions, and gave no equivalents. Our history is filled with illustrations. Under the star spangled banner the nation suffered the dire disgrace and shame of the expulsion of the Cherokees * from Georgia. It was borne in the van of of the legions mustered for the infamous 1 Florida and Mexican wars. It is the only flag which protected the African slave trade for years after even Spain, the pos- j sessor of Cuba, bad permitted her ships to be searched, wliich "were suspected cf being engaged in that execrable commerce. None of its emblems prevented the generals of the republic from proclaiming, with the flag advanced before them, that they would suppress any attempt to : recover their freedom of the slaves of traitors and rebels in arms to overthrow the institutions of which that flag had been supposed to be the symbol. With his eyes resting upon its broad folds, Halleck would assure tbose traitors and rebels for slavery of continued protection in their property in man, "under the glorious flag of the Union. ** *- ?; So far lULthc. flng ttftn ? " ihan "a piece of striped bunting," it had come to mean simply union as it was.. Its significance was well expressed by a slight | variation of the refrain of the popular *?g: "The star spangled banner forever sliaD wave O'er the land of the free and the hnt of the slave." Union, pure and simple, had become an idol, and the flag shared its sanctity, as a representative of union. The ideas of justice, freedom, and equal rights to all, the great ends of union, which alone gave it worth, were held as mere "glittering generalities," and unmeaning phrases. The idol had usurped the place of the divinity. So, when a war was begun, j which all men with eyes might have seen could be nothing but a decisive conflict ' * -i ?.i :i between t&e principles 01 goon uuucm, 1 -which had been from the beginning contending for supreme mastership of the republic, the nation refused to fight the fkyj - battle on that issue. The people, by their representatives, said to traitors aud rebels, "We have always been faithful to the obligations we assumed toward you. We will not surrender the privilege of continuing to fulfil them faithfully. Your slavery is sacred under the compact of union, and the union must be preserved." And the flag of the stars and stripes was flaunted as proudly as if its broad folds were waving in the br^ze over Independence Hull, on tho fourth flay of July, 1776. No true honor that has been won under it, can wash out tUich stains as thesyS it is forever desecrated. If there were any intrinsic correspond. ence betw**?n tb? symbolism of th* i and the principles intended by it, it might <4? still be retained as the national emblem, with the hope of purifying it from its I defilements. But artistically it is a failure. 4 It does not even express the idea of union prominently and distinctly. White is the 1 universal emblem of justice, truth, peace, i freedom. It is an intrinsic symbol of r \ union and completeness.**, because it is the nnion of all colors, and contains all others. I > '> It is tlie ultimate color. All others may j | be erased from fabrics, and leave them i white. The constant tendency of all other ? colors is to fade and approximate white. ^ Ho mordacent has been discovered to pre*3 vent, only to arrest this tendency. Even j | black, the absence of color, yields to the H universal attraction. Hence, perhaps wliito | v\ is not so proj>erly the union of all colors, ' 1 as the absolute color, of which other colors * are only prismatic refractions. To express ?union, white should be the predominant I . and characteristic color of the flag, and more especially because it is also symbolic of the principles for the maintenance of "Uhich the unions was established. In the lational flag, wlfitc is a subordinate, predominated and outflamed by red, the einof wrath, discord, revenge, war. ! ft* blue of the field occupies as much j M the yhite. ! In selecting th? tricolor the inventory of national emh!v:u sc. ;a to have unconsciously stumbled upon a coxmieal truth. Three has been regarded by mo?t people of every race as a mystical and symbolic number, Glimpses of a cosmieal? not theological?trinity are discovered in many departments of nature. To this trinity belong the three primary colors. It is _ ._i 11 1...1 il i .1: .1. nearly ccruun mere are uut unee. .-vthsis have allirined that all possible colors can be compounded of red, yellow, and bine. When a beam of solar light is passed through the prism, it is decomposed into several colors, formerly reckoned as seven, considered as the primary, or fundamental colors But recent examinations seem to show that between any^wo of the simple colors of tho spectrum there is a gradual interchange of color, so that the different colors of the white ray are not seven, but indefinite. Now each of the colored rays can be passed through the prism entirely separated from all the rest. When this is done, thrco of the rays appear unchanged in the spectrum. They are the red, yellow, and blue. All the others are still further decomposed. The tricolor, therefore, is a true national symbol. The error of the flag is in omitting the yellow, and substituting white, the summary of color, and giving it a place neither prominent nor significant. Note* from a Plantation. BY SIMON rot*. Notes,?there are various kinds of notes; there are musical notes, literary notes, notes that are taken when "a. duel's amangye," notes that a parson uses, and "good notes," by which we mean jokes. Musical notes are such as you shall hear if you will go with me to "praise." We have "praise" every other evening, and also Sunday morning. At about 7k> o'clock, p. m., the clang of the cow-bcll is heard, and at its call the "members" assemble in one of the cabins for tboir evening worship. A piece of "light 'bod'' in the fireplace, or stuck into a crack in the chimney, serves the purpose of a candle, to make the darkies visible. They have no need of the light of the sun nor of the iuoon, for it will not be necessary to read hymns or scripture, and the preacher divides the word and dispenses its truth without notes. .Before all have assembled, those present strike up a ' 'spcretch.il eong," of which the oft-repeated refrain is, perhaps, "I ax why don't ye gib op de world. Ax why don't ye gib tip de w orld, Ax why don't ye gib up de world. Why don't ye gib up de world } I did not promise,' Mr Editor, to fijvc y,... ^?>it i only invited you to '-'praise," that you might hear tlicw. Kow don't you imagine tho syin* phony ? Here are voices singing in Unison on three different octaves, one singing a sort of alto, and one or two a kind of base, though not exactly in accordance with the principles of thorough-base.? That old man, Otesar, in the corner?he with his eyes turned heavenward?he singing in the greatness of his strength, has a modulation slightly faulty, in that his voice breaks at a certain height, and goes in all directions. Sister Doll, who beside him, has the same fault, an octave higher. The feet join the song, "In a sort of Runic ahyme," and the beads and bodies sway to and fro with the interest of the singers. But soon the leader announces that it is time to commence the "sarvices," and proposes a hymn in common metre, and thereupon repeats a couple of lines, "Wbv was I made to hear dy voice, An' enter while it is room." Now, then, for notes again?minor notes, this time, and long drawn out, "lengthened sweetness," as the fellow called his elongated mistress. Tho classical motto for the "speretchal songs," is i'pdulo ' ???.-a mo om/v n ' iiffln majorxi oa/itnitnK, i. c., il-i> no oiu^ u while oil a major key ; but the * hymns " are sung in a mournful minor strain. Hero is a chance for speculation. Is it the influence of slavery, operating through long time, that has ius4o them sing this doleful music ? Israel sang mournfully tijp songs of Zion, when, in captivity," they huug their harps upon the willows, by the rivers of Babylon. Does not Africa sing mournfully, because of her oppression, even though unconscious of tha cause ? Well, the members sing the two lines, closing with the hypercatalectjc syllable, which is pronounced after the last cadence of the music. What this is for, no one knows. Then come two lines more, " While nelder* rtey makes a wretchesh noise, An' rudder be stsrb den come."? and so on io the end of the hymn. And now comes a prayer, humble, fervent and full of strange expressions, The prayer as well as the music, shows the heart of the slave, and a faith which, practised upon, would shame more civilized believers. And thus ends the prayer,?" And when we done chaw all dy hard bone, and swaller all dy bitter pill, t^e us into de holler part of dine own hand, for Massa Jesus' sake, amen." Another hymn, and then an exhortation. I said the preacher exhorted without notes, but liis head and his heart are full, and he pours it out upon his listening "farmiiy" with a vengeance. It is wrong to smile at his perversions of language, and his curious quotations of Scripture, for he means them rightly, and they nrc understood riehtlv, and who wants more ? A prayer or two liioj-e, a liymu and a benediction close the 44prai?e," but not the meeting. The seats are moved to the sides of the room, and the floor is cleared * for a 44 shout." The 44 shout" is both what the name implies and a callsthenic perform| ance. I cannot call it a dance, for the negroes disapprove of dancing, but they ! do 44 trip it on the light fantastic toe,"? to say notliiug pf the hee},?add call it shouting. * One or two singers take spats together, and begin to sing, the others join, and soon rise and take the floor. The first part of the song is generally descriptive, and white ifr in being snng the shouters walk about in a circle, kppping time to the cadence of the song, and preparing for the second part or chorus.? >Vhen this part, which is usually horta I tory, commences, nil begin to clap hands in a manner hard to imitate. Those up n the tloor, at the same time begin the calisthenics in a style truly admirable. The feci move as by one impulse, now sliuf; fling along a few inches at a time, and now | changing position with a hop. hard to describe, but more easily described than imitated. But the feet do but a part of the work ; the whole body bears its share, with graceful contortions. Here are notes ior you. xiiv.ro is uuwnuen music m these people, and these movements are the notes, as it comes out. Every motion is as true to rhythm as the spheres that make such harmony, according to the po! ets. None of the performers ever stop to : inquire why Parson Fuller should like to j sit upon the tree of life, when listening to ; the roll of Jordan, or why sister Maiy should request brother John, who was a writer, and wrote the divine laws, to write no more, or what connection that had with "a meeting here to-night." But perhaps these speculations should be left for the curious. The shout lasts, on iinl portant occasions, till "day clean." I have seen the negroes "shout" with apj parent enjoyment, and without cessation, ! through the heated hours of a July aftcr{ noon, and that, too, in a close, crowded ! i room. At sight of this, I haTe sometimes ! ; been glad I was not born a negro. Well, I suppose you have notes enough for today, so fare you well. A Card. Mr.. Editor : In the absence of any I provision by the government for supplying | the schools for tho freed children in the Department of the South with books, the ' friends of humanity in the North have furnished a scanty supply. A recent appeal to meet the growing wants of the 1 scholars, called forth the following donaI tion, the public aclinowledgement of which, it is thought, will not only gratify the friends oi the schools, but encourage other i large hearted and full pursed gentlemen to do likewise, knowing that "he that ! giveth to tho poor, lendeth to the Lord." Please insert the inclosed note, and oblige your fellow laborer for the poor, M. p. New York, March 0, 18GP>. Dear Sin: For the object referred to in yonr | communi nation of the 17th ult., I have, with Mr. Garrison's assistance, lecn enabled to band i my check to the order of Mr. C. C. Leigh, for fite Hundred dollars; and I doubt not the receipt will be acknowledged to you. With regards, yours very truly, AnTrtrn Lkxrt. Kev, M. Krexch, Beaufort, S. C. ' What a French Officer thinks of the Attack on Charleston, A French officer who was present at the i attack on Charleston by our fleet, makes i the following valuable remarks, which wo reproduce here : Judging from the configuration of ! Charleston bay, and from the position of i tXie forts defend in tr it* nni>u>">?> Iievcs that the turreted monitors, the merit , of which he fully acknowledges in a sea ' fight, were not suited for the attack of ! the place. He believes that the turrets 1 offered too large a surface to the shots of 1 the enemy, and that the strength of the blow was, in many instances, sufficient j both to put the revolving apparatus out of order and to render the boat unmanageable. Hs thinks that tho only way by which the rebel fortresses might have been successfully attacked was by means of razeed I batteries, perfectly tight and covered with ! ivou ^11 oyer, with 110 tangible object above cjeck, aiid two rows of guns ope op each side, placed one foot or faro above ; the surface of the water. He believes that the number of guns mounted upon I our monitors was quite insufficient to si- j ! lence the rebel batteries, and that it ought i to have been foqr tinges as large to have ! j been felt in a senaiblejdegree, by our op- j j ponents. * * i* ii -A :e _i 1 t.^ I I He ueueves tllUl xi, xxxai??u ui tcuiutm? j : our monitors on that expedition, we had ' - had Rix floating iron batteries constructed i upon the model above described, and pro-! tided with fifty guns each, we might lxuve opened 3 breach in one of the fortresses, I dismounted most of the batteries on shofe, ' and perhaps been able to effect a landing j on sppia pf the pointy occupied by tlje I rebels, To tlmt effect, several iron-clad i transports, carrying several companies of sliaapshooters. whose duty would have been to pick off the enemy's gunners, ongh? tp hjtve been attached to the expe, ditto*.' > As an instance of the efficiency of this I system of reducing strongholds, he quotes ; the attack on Kinburn, in the Crimea, by the Allies. In that attack, the first in which iron-plated vessels propelled by steam were used, the French had only ; three iron floating batteries, mounted with , one hundred and fifty guns, and the Eng- j lish half a dozen bombards and gunboats, j _ gTi]vpm-t.A 1. lumpypiy W-a- pftwoWitt- | which w.18 almost useless. The floating batteries and the gunboats did all the 1 , work. In less than six hours the fortress of Kinburn and several earthworks, defended by one hundred and seventy-four guns and two thousand mep, were compelled to surrender. In that nttnek the Russians had nearly threo hundred men killed, while the Allies had only sixty men hors de combat. Our informant t]oes pot believe that the rebel* were provided witn tne nest impie- : ments of modern warfare. He thinks tiiat if they had. been, they would have sunk | all the monitors which were five hundred yards distant from their guns. The French navy, ho says, has now found an explosive projectile which, at that distance, goes through any iron plate, however thick, and produces an explosion sufficient to blow up a vessel of tlie size of the monitors. It is obvious that the rebels had no knowledge of it; for most of their shots were solid, and had not that strength of impulse peculiar to the newly-invented French shot. A thrifty wife wonders why the men can't manage to do something useful. Might thev not as well amuse themselves [ in smoking hams as smoking cigars? Some on? has beautifully said: "The I water that flows from a spring does not 1 congeal in winter, and those sentiments of friendship which flow from the heart cannot be frozen ill adversity." Why is a blush like a little girl? Because it becomes a woman. r NEWS FBOTI BEBEL PAFEKS. {From the Charleeton C'onrier, April ".] The Attack on Charleston. i The thy t:l trial for Charleston has at i i length arrived. The battle, so long threat- i eurd, was begun on Tuesday afternoon, j The result of that eonfliet has increased the contidcnce felt in our ability to frustrate the devices of the foe, and protect onr fair city from the pollution of his presence. As no mincl was disquieted with apprehension by the boastful threats and formidable preparations of tho enemy, so I now, after the repulse of his first attempt, every heart is sanguine cf complete and ' brilliant success. We have so often been disappointed? the enemy has so often and persistently failed to redeem his promise concerning the nest of the rebellion?that the booming of the signal gun, and tho announcement that the battle had actually begun, | was a relief to the suspense, under which our community have so long suffered. The cheerful manner in which the military had uniformly spoken of the conflict between our batteries and the tnrreted monsters, had emboldened tlie hearts of the people to such a degree that, when it was positively known that the engagement was opened, there came a thrill of joy to every heart, and the countenance of all declared plainly that a signal victory over the mailed vessels was reckoned upon without doubt or misgiving. Information received from mysterious scourers caused the general in command of this district to expect an attack at an early day. Aifd that intelligence received confirmation on Sunday morning. On that day four Monitors, the Ironsides and thirty vessels of various sizes, were seen off the bar. Four Monitors and thirtyfive wooden vessels were added to the fleet on the following day; thirty-five vessels, for the most part transports, appeared in the Stono, and the enemy landed a force of six thousand men on Coles' and Battery islands. These facts, with other indications, lead Gen. Beauregard to count upon an attack on Tuesday, and the expectations of that sagacious and watchful general were lealized. The atmosphere early on Tuesday morning was misty, but as tho day advanced II 1 t * i ?3 ii _ r i lae iiaze ngutenea, anu. mu iu.umujrs uuu the Iron si dee were seen lying off Morris' island. Between two and three o'clock in the afternoon a dispatch from Col. Bliett, commandant of Fort Sumter, informed Gen. Beauregard that live Monitors and the Ironsides were approaching the Fort. The fleet were seen rounding the poiut of Moms' island, the Keokuk in the advance. When the double turreted monster, the most formidable of its class, came within range, Fort Sumter opened upon her with a broadside. They kept pn their way and formed in line of battle off the Fort, at a distance of about two thousand yards. At throe p. m. the action was opened, by Fort Moultrie firing the first gun. P'ort Sumter opened ten minutes later. | Battery Bee, Forts Wagner and Beauye- J gard, and the battery at Cummins' Point, 1 Q-inf by Tim fl-w.t fired with great rapidity; our forts and batteries replied with spirit and singular accuracy. The Ironsides took position to the left of Fort Sumter, directing all her gnns at that fort, and throwing shell exclusively. It was manifest that the Ironsides was appointed to tost the strength of the fort, whose reduction was the inauguration of the terrific contest now going on. Fort Sumter acknowledged the compliment of the preference by pouring the contents of her biggest guns into the sides of that pride of the Yankee navy, and she was not treated with contempt by the other forts and batteries, Abopt forty-five minutes after the engagement began, steam was seen issuing, in dense volumes, from the Ironsides, and she withdrew from the action, taking posision to the south of Fort Sumter, but remaining a silent^pectator of the exciting scene. It is believed she was seriqpsiy ; damaged The firing from our forts became more i and more accurate as the engagement proceeded. The shot and shell fell thickly j in the midst of the hostile fleet, and the j smoke-stacks of every one of them were struck several times. Fort founder now appeared to be tliei'chicf aim of all the enemy siron-elads. The Keokuk, a double turreted Iron- ! plad, an<l considered by the Yankees the most formidable of their terrible monsters, received a large share of attention from our gallant gunuersi She occupied the post of honor and in accordance with the cUotcm of war ij. was the post of .danger. She paid dearly for lier reputation, having been hit several times, At about Ave o clock she followed the example of the Ironsides, and withdrew, evidently seriously crippled. The other Monitors continued the fight till forty-five minutes past five o'clock, V'hcn they steamed away, and came to anchor olV iClorris' island. During tin* imiUe a drummer boy; named Ahrens. was killed at Fort Sumter and five men wounded, two severely in the head, the others slightly. One man came to his death from the falling of the flag-staff of Fort Moultrie. Two houses on Sullivan's island, on the back beach, were struck, one of which was demolished. A shot passed through Fort Sumter's flag. Col. Rhett was in command of Fort Sumter, Col. Butler of Fort Moultrie, | Cant. Sitgraves of Fori Beauregard, Lieut, j Col. Simkins of Battery Bee, Major Hu- i ger of Battery Wagner, and Lieut. Leseg- j ne, with r detachment from Fort Sumter, of the battery on Cummins' Point. Fori Sumter was hit thirty-four times, but received no damage. We learn that six men belonging to Cupt. Mathews' artillery company, stationed at Battery Wagner, were wounded. ' ii - i ?? /I; _ l rr A WO oi inese nave since uieu. x?u were i very seriously wounded, and it was j thought one would die before morning, | The other two, including an officer, were but sliglitly wounded. The last gun was fired by the enemy at half-past fire p. m. Throe iron-clads, one supposed to be the Jvcqkuk, were seen about six o'clock going south, apparently in tow of a large steamer. The others were all outside tha bar, The Ironsides waa struck in the stern by a rifled shot from Battery "Wagner. There were no casualties at the Cummins' Point Battery, The practice was admirable and reflects great credit upon officers and men, All % \ who took part in the hattia per"ornicd their duties with ardor, skiil and fidelity. Their behavior and the accuracy with whifu thoy used thou: guns assure ax that they are sunieient for the important work assigned them, and furnish u,s with strong grounds upon whirl i to bottom our hopes of a decisive and glorious victory. When th.'V come again and nearer, the ironsheathed vessels will fare worse. It is expected the enemy will renew the attack to-day. The steamer Marion, Capt. John Tlynn, while engaged on Monday in important military service in Ashley river, met with a misfort une from an explosion of gunpowder, by which several large openings were made in her below the water line, and caused lier to sink in a few minutes. We are informed that the water is about five fathoms deep where she now lies, and she will be nearly a total loss. The following prisoners, captured by Gen. I mogen's command, at Jacksonville, I'lorida, reached this city yesterday: Jno. Shinny, Company B, Sixth Connecticut; A. A. Busher, A. M. Heard, Jacob Tonf'xly, James Blanchard, S. S. Wentworth, Company D, Seventh New Hampshire; Sam Binn, negro. General Bcaurcjlard-s Congratulatory Order. Trod the Charleston Mercury, April 11, GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 55. IIlAIHjrARTXJtS, DEPARTMENT Of soctii carolina,*) Geo*<;ia, and FtiisniA, ^ Cnablekeor, S. C? April 10, 1-C3.J Tlie commanding general is gratified to have to announce to the troops the following joint resolutions unanimously adopted by the legislature of the state of South Carolina : Resolved, That the general assembly reposes unbounded caufiden e in the ability and skill of the commanding genera! of this department, and the courage and patriotism of his brave soldiers, with the blessing of God, to defeud our beloved city, and to beat back our vindictive foes. Resolved, That liis Excellency the Governor be instructed to communicate this vrQAln firm fn H-onprrd Tipjurrpmird. Soldiers ! the eyes of your countrymen are now turned upon you on the eve of the second anniversary of the 13tli of April, 18G1, when tho sovereignty of the state of South Carolina was triumphantly vindicated within the harbor which we are now to defend. The happy issue of the action of the 7th instant?the stranded, riddled wreck of the iron-mailed Keokuk?her baffled coadjutors forced to retire beyond tho range of cur guns, have inspired confidence in the country that our ultimate success will be complete. An inestimably precious charge has been confided to your keeping, with every reliance on your manhood and enduring patriotism. By command of Gen. BEAUREGARD. Tnojiis Jop.dan, Chief of Staff. John M. Otey, A. A. G. The state of Georgia?the off ox of the confederacy?bothers Davi? var? x inn, Ait-Y&luier Stephens vigorously opposed secession; then Gov. Brown stuck up pertinaciously for state rights and fought against drafts and compulsory taxes; then the state judges pronounced the conscription law unconstitutional; now there is financial trouble; Davis demands that the states shall legislatively indorse the bonds of the confederacy; but the Georgia senate refuse to do it, and pass a bill submitting the matter to the vote of the people?always a popular move, and in this instance boding no good to Davis. In the house, Stephens (vice-president of the confederacy) offered a resolution not to indorse these bonds, and it came within two votes of being carried. Rebel Vicksburg dispatches to the 10th report all quiet; two additional transports went up the river on that day, loaded with troops, and others were preparing tp go. Of affairs near Memphis they say the Yankees are re-enforcing all their depots on tho Memphis and Ohio railroad; and tliir " * roivirta nr?r1 ItrflTrA minllAnld I V liuuu^v* 10 "im vnvifv 4iaM, . gone from Memphis to operate 011 the Cumberland. Heavy shipments are beiDg made on the Mcpiphis and Ohio road; the Corinth merchants are shipping their goods north, aud the sutlers are selling their wagons. M A great strategic movegmpt is afloat." If these statements are correct, the conclusion about a strategic movement is equally so. Our union advices have vaguely shadowed something of the kind, but thus far we have not sufficient public data to speculate upon the direction or purposes of the movement, A rebel dispatch states that a union force, mostly of negro troops, landed at Rascacoula, Miss, (on the Gulf of Mexico, the first port west of Mobile), on the 10th. They were attacked by rebel cavalry aud lost fifteen killed; rebel loss, tv.o wounded. "The Yankee gunboats put back to Ship island with their wounded. Re-enforcements have been sent up to renew the acthm." A? tlte rt-trcfc* do not boast of a victory, we may safely conclude that our side was not defeated. We have nothing about the matter, however, from union sources. Gov. Bonham has called a special session of the Sontli Carolina legislature to confer upon measures to provide food for the rebel armies and people. There is no longer a chance to doubt that painful destitution if not actual famine threatens all the eastern portion of the confederacy. Gov. Vance of North Carolina wants immediate measures taken to increase supplies, and requests that distillation of grain be stopped and that slaves and free ? ? --A. am nh/vti^ nllWtfAitno A 1ICCTO0S 06 |'Ut UIl dUUib aiiw n (iiivc. am swarm of starving slaves might be troublesome, if such a step should be taken. The Georgia legislature, having voted down a bill to restrict cotton planting to one acre in a hundred, has reconsidered its vote, doubtless under instructions front Richmond, The Richmond Enquirer of April 6 has the following: UcAr.QVartrns rear Fnnwass Bat,) Via Natcues, .\prii I, 1853, j To Gen. S. Cooper: I have the honor to report the capture of the union gunboat Diana at this point to-day. She mounts five heavy gui)3. The bojit is not seriously injured, and will be immediately put in service. The enemy's loss in killed, wounded, and missing, is 150. R. TAYLOR, Brigadier General. Two significant resolutions have been proposed in the rebel congress. In the house, a resolution to suspend the riles, \ so as to vote on a motion to recall tun confederate commissioners to Great Britian, was lost for want of a two-thirds vole. A motion to change the location of the eic of government was rejected. nin:2i From forty to fifty bnshwhoekers, supposed to ho a part of a gang under Todd or Clifford, a few days since hailed tlie steamer Sain Gaiv, as she \-a , passing Sibley, Mo., and ordered tin; pi: >i to r.111 her ashore. The boat being within reach of their muskets, tie y had to comply. As the boat touched the shore, tliC-y boarded and took possession of her.? There were 011 board about eighty contrabands, eight of the Missouri militia, and a few other persons. The bushwhackers made a prisoner of the captain, killed eight or ten of the male negroes, and intended to kill all of thorn, but the others hid away in the darkness. They th.cn killed two of the soldiers and wounded a third. Three of the others escaped, and two WW# pnro^'b bl-. Wilson, who had charge of the negroes, narrowly escaped, one of Penniek's men being mistaken for him and killed. Tho guerrillas robbed every man on board the boat,.one man losing about $600. These murdering bushwhackers first killed George Meyer by shooting him in the back : they then blew out the brains of William Henry ; the next victim was a young man by the name of Bchuttner, whom they robbed of 8200 and then shot. Ifc will probably recover. The most revolting act in the bloody drama was the ordering ashore of the male ncgr6W, drawing tiiefn up in a line, one man holding a lantern u?v to their faces, while the murderers phot them one by one through the her. 1. One negro alone of all that were shot is alive. Such are the devils io whom we are ended apon by the Copperheads to sue for peace. Here is one of the chivalrous acts of our 44 southern brethren,"' Y'hile the rebel sympathizing English press maybvariook, accidentally, of CQxrrit. A few Wyefo/ago, while the Union barPursuit was at j-'aiapa Buy, Florida; three re'en disguised as women, appeared on the shore with a white flag, and made signals of distress. A boat with ten nieh and an officer, went, from the bmrk to their assistance. "When they landed, fifty or sixty men roa^r.p from the bushes, and fired on thdmch in the l>oat, wounding some of them. Xcw if the'captain of the Idirstiit had burnt the miserable little village where this tricli whs played, what a hbwl we should have heard over northern barbarity. Advice is like snow?tho softer ft falls the longer it remains and the deeper it i Some men are like musical glasses; io m produce their finest tones you funut kap m them wet. a Why are there no homes in the Isle of Wight? Because the inhabitants T>refer| COWS (Govrf'b r?/> tlf' 44 What are you doing?" said a father to his son, who was tinkering oh an old J watch. 44 Improving ^ rr; was the A .. Jfl rejoinder. * ^ A man bought two fishri, but on taking ] them lipum found he hadgot-three. . How J was this? He Kifft two, and one aneil. J Conundrum by ovr prize idiot?Why is M the laugh occasioned by this joke i ike Abe f| Lincoln? Because it is a fCU splitter: ^ A man being asked, as he lay sunning i himself on the grass, what was the height' of his amiulion, replied, "To many a rich widow with a bad cough." Beau Swift said o? an apothecary, that it was his business to pour drugs, of which he knew but little, into a body, of which he knew less. *?o keep water from coming in?don't pay the water-rate. ^ pavine ?nv<s, Cntlcci House Offfccry, T. C. SEVERANCE, Special Agent Trer.gury Department, unci Acting Collector of Cottoms. J, IV GLKAsON, Deputy Collector. G. B. \?1 i.L.MAN, F.utrr Clerk. * G. ALFRED PL'HDIE, Clerk. C'iIARLES SI'TTON,} In*I*ct?rs. ARRIVED aT PORT ROYAL, S. C. April 16. Schr. Armenia, Cavucrr, Philadelphia. " Schr. Tsinck Loyhu Smith. d?. ?41 S>hr. li. It. MeicaU IfelL New York. ? Stlir. CarltODsyne. Eowlini do. - / 44 Prig Admiral, Morton, Philadelphia. Schr. Ch.ii> in: '. While. New Tent Sehr. Exertion. Fcrbell,. do. 44 Schr. Albert .Mason, Doughs, (lo. v April 15. Schr. John Forsyth, Jilrdsnll, d>. 44 Schr. I.ttli I.i :h. Mermunn, do. * 44 Schr. II. W. GodJ'ruy, Weeks, Beaufort, N*. C. 44 Steamer Neptnue, I-ewh, St. Augustine. 44 Schr. Amencns. Adams Philadelphia. 44 Schr. Juhu G. W'-tehe, Lfppincatt, New York. April -22. Steamer 1 romcthens I ctt.rop, do. ,. 44 Steamship Ar.tgo, Gadsden. do. 44 Schr. Yankee r l.u>, Coombs, do. 44 Schr. John Ji. Allen. Kabcock, Philadelphia, 44 trig Leal Spjed, XinrYodc. _ 44 Schr. Craali-! i od?il~Ixwi*. "Sorrcn. - scar. John Oliver, Swift, New Bedford. .CLEARED. _ m April 17. Steamer I const Point French. New York. 44 Schr. Harrison F, Weston, Fish, Philadelphia. 44 Schr. i; clnhart, Peterson, do. ' April 16, Schr, B. 1>. 1 itta, Corson, New York. 'i Schr. Plattea See, Woodbury, Philadelphia. 44 Schr. Shark, Kcastou, New York. April 20. L'rig General Boyd, Benson, Philadelphia. ? . irig A. B.Cook, McLennan, New lock. 44 Schr. Carlvton J syne, Rowland, do. 44 f?>hr. H. It. CmreskiiL Lee. VhiGA.-b??? " beer. Robert Corson, High. do. Sefcr. Isabella Thompson, Corson do. " / Scbr. James Struup, Foster, v. il:air.~toa. " Schr. George 8hattnek, Hatch, We!!Jeer. April 21. Schr, Charlotte ' haw, Shaw, rhiladclphia. SAILED. April 17. Ctearaslilp Ericsson. 9 ' Steamer iocnst 1-oiiit, April IS. Fchr. M. Itcinh.ajt, " Scbr. II, F. Weston, April 23. Scbr* C. Jayue. " Schr. (1. Slut tuck, Scltr. C. S 44 Schr. I Thompson. u r?cnr. K. Corson. 41 Frig A.B.Cook. " 1 rip General Poyd. " Schr. U. R. Cotrgshall. fjtov FOR SAW A.yd AF?::Y ornciss CAPS AND m.ULATR'N OKNA?I!iNTS.-JUST received also Caps for Civilians; new style American Wttcfccs, fresh lot; White Gloves for the .Vi'itnry. nl6 C. G. KOB11INS & CU. GAP BEN SEE Bo. in nnn papers,comprising an IU^UUUk.YiIHK AS.-01tl.MKNi, for a large garden or a farm. J list received and for sale. ALSO, WhlCewath Brmhes, Spades and Shovrls, Kandlrd Miicll Hoes, Plows and Harness CoB'plete, Cultivators and Hand Flows* C. G. EOBD1N* & CO., 15 Opposite the "bterttu Her sc.*' #