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VOL. b BJ ?????. I II I Tk? Prico* ?f Living at Atlanta* 1 The AtUata (Ga? j Confederacy, in a re- | cent article on the -wants of the people i and the iaeaus of supplying them, gives j tliis picture of the condition of affairs in | thafccitv: -1 . "What shall we eat, ami wherewith roall we be clothed? Cold winter, scarcity j of provisions,. clothing and fuel, and uanrecedented high prices, are all upon the ! people of thft city once. Who are the inhabitants of theVity?' Ti:e civilised world is r? presented among them. All classes are here?IMves -and Lazarus are next-door neighbors. Affluence and misery are under the nine roof, and wretchedness and poverty dwell on every street? in eveiy c ibin?ia old l>ox-cnrs, and under every available shelter. Many thousands 1 of them aire living ii -very uncomfortable style jdrondy, and the population is increasing, while facilities for living in the city-are rapidly decreasing." In its market report for the 20th ult. "the C<Jii/e'icntejf says: " Provisions are very high and obtained with difficulty, even at present prices. The populace of the cify are becoming verv much incensed at the condition of the flour market. They have assurances iW flow ^r?",nld ho hrnnehfc to the citv at I1 $10 a hundred if there were no restrictions on the trade. vh<'ieAs tliej* iire now compelled to pay WO dollars a hundred, and j and can net get full supplies even at that j Taite. Sugar?fair to fnily lair, $1.75 to j $2; prime to choree, $2 to 2 25. Cofiee ?stool: lots* ar.d selling at $10 a ;b. Molasses?New (>rleaDs syrup scarce and in demand at 8 150. Georgia-made is only ?o)d at retail, without any established price. Salt in demand at (55 ets. a pound bv the ear load. Flour, $72 a barrel. j TobacvO?Medium and fine grades in de- j mand at priew ranging form $2 50 to 3 75. J rotten and inferior,-$1 to $2. -Candles? i Talkov, $5 to 6; adamantine, $10 a pound. Whiskey, $25 to $30 a gallon. Brandy? Apple ami petich?#>5 to $38. Cotton rope advanced $2 25 a lb. Gsnaburg? Wholesale, nominal, $2 50. Sheeting? Wholesale, nominal, $4 75. Shirt ag? 'Whob-sak-, nominal,-^2 50. Cotton yarns ?Wholesale, nominal, $23 for assorted numbers. Flannels, $10 to $15 a yard. Cnlieo, $0 50 for common, and$7 for wide JEnght-li prints. Sole leather, -87 a lb. Uali skiuk?mie, a dozen. anoes j ?Russet broguns? $30 to $1)5. Finer boots wxl shoes command much higher prices." Rations vf the Ooxtinehtal Army.? " The following are the rations of proTisiohs allowed .by the Continental Congress nnto each soldier, viz : 1 lb. fresh beef, or % lb. pork, or 1 salt fish per day. 11??. bread or tlour per day ; j 2 pints of i*yis or beans .per week, or vegetables equivalent (a. 5s sterling j>er bushel for peas -or beans. One pint of milk per man per day. when to bd had. pint rice, or one pint Indian meal, per man per weak. Que quart of spruce beer per man per day ; or, nine gallons of molasses per company of one hundred men per week. 3 lbs. van dies to a hundred men per week, for guards. 24 lbs. soft soap, or 8 lbs. of hard soap for one hundred men, per week. One ration of aalt, one ditto fresh, and two ditto of bread to be delivered on Monday morning ; Wednesday morning, the sainc ; Friday morn ing, the same, and one ditto salt iiali. ' All weekly allowance delivered on Wednesday morning. Where the number of 1 mriments are too many to be served tlio same day, then the number to be equally 1 divided ; and one part serve on Monday 1 morning; the other part on Tuesday j morning, and so through the week. N. B. Two gallons of vinegar per hun- 4 drod men per week, six ounces of bntter 4 per man i>er week."?Hist*trial Magazine. * Tea-kettles are decidedly Yankee in c their melody; they sing through their 4 noses. Soldiers are not to punish their prison - g ers like malefactors or criminals, but to i treat them as men. o P i: Vr^Z*r^ v,<vs EAUPORT, S. C., SATUR .TllHtary Inspiration*. / Jter a commanding General has made all liis plans, pre-wauiged all his combine iions, given to ail his subordinates dots tied instructions, and, with a forecast niirost superhuman, provided as neariy a a he can for tvei$' possibility, it never fails to be the case That rimch depends apon what \re vectnre to call " happy inspirations" of subordinate commanders in the moment of conflict. There is no w ar, there is scarcely a single battle, which does 3iOt illustrate this. Such for example, was the ready return of Desaix from Novi to Marengo as soon as his practiced ear caught the collies of the First Gousurs Iwdtle. Bef<ar3 Napoleon could send, De.ais; followefi his instinct, was making ' a forced march ; and he arrived just in taievto save the day. "General," said the First Consul, "the battle is lost." I MeW had won the field, and had turned over the pursuit of the French to his Gbief-of-Stat? General Zach. "Sir," replied Desaix, taking out his watch, " it is not four oVlock ; there is time to win | another." And .>o tl>e battle was won. I The want of just saeh a spirit lost WaterI loo. Jomiiuplaces among the three grand censes < ?i (defeat the uon-arrfvjil of , Grouchy, even though Bluclier had escapI ed Lim, I It was fiie happy inspiration of Bichepanseat the tattle of Hohenlinden, after his divi.? on was <?ut in two l>y the Anstrian left wing, that led him to full with one-half Mi llie rear of the grand column of the A justrions. jjloreau has had the glory in history, hut Itichepanse won the battle. WarmcTit a testimony is valuable and dec! save on tliis point. " Such good fortune, ' he says, *' was.not due to the disposit: onsof General Aloroai:. General Kicheja ase, a nan of talent and courage, finding " lis <livi sioii Kiiirounucd by Aus'triau tr< ops, faced them in every direction, an i posse ssed himself with a hundred pi< cts of tamiion, which were marching over the causeway." It was duo to MeAifllion, ilie commander of the Second Corps of the Army of the Alps , that the French were successful at Magt ata. He charged. et an opportune me ruent without -orders, and for his success re was made Marshal of France, and Dul :e of Magenta. We can hardly take up* jy battle in European annals which dc?sjnot contain a striking example. But to o?aie_down to our own times and jieopile. Mere we-sliali Jteid our subject lb ore frequently illustrated by the want -of this inspiration than by exhibitions of it. Had General Patterson pnsh ed forward. to Manassas?or baen able to do so?in a line parallel with-Johnston's retiring coluisms, to tJieiirsi battle of Lull Hun, tlieday /would not have been lost; and the jebel?cry, at the moment of their despair, " Kiiby Smith is ' coming with 30,000 men !" would soon give .na.v to the dumb ssiouishsnent at finding that officer comfroBtiid by a new army on .our own side. 11 seems to be concealed thit could { General McDowell have flown to tiie sound of McClelJan'g cannon on the first day, or ot Gaines Mill on the seeonJ. of the great -week of, battles, Lie issue nirght have been very different. *' I venture to say," says Col. Est van, of the confederate Army (and our readers sonny give wh.U credence .they wiU to his judgement), " that if AleClelhui had received the sup- j port that was promised him, he might ] Uave given a crusinng blow to tlie Uon- I fedtiney." This support lay in McDow- . ell on tlie north, and Bumskle at Fort Monroe and .Newport .News. There were a hundred times m that memorable week < ?rhen succor from both would have carri- ' i jd llichmond, even after our retreat had 1 leguu. At least this is now the acknoM-1- I jdgment of the rebels themselves. The iirectious for these so-called happy in- 1 pirations ore often the most simple.? ' Lmong them are :?If you have nothing j * if great importauce to do, fly to the sound ^ >f cannon. Melson'a final order atT ar - | ^ algal- to his Captains was?4'Every Cap- ! Ci cin will he doing liis duty if hotly en- i 0: paging the enemy." The spii-it and al- i A aost the letter is the same now, and for ' n< ur army. Fight where there an* orders;' i! DAY, NOVEMBER 21,18' | light where there are 110 orders and esj pecioily in an emergency where manifestJ ly none could be given. "We do not by any means counsel an ! invasion or transgression of orders, or ' that mean spirit which would seek to ex! alt one's self by disobedience of orders, j which is constantly reaching out for iiuI punity of success ; but we do counsel -j and hope to see more of the fire of genius t in our subordinate commanders ; men j who take advantage of circumstances which the General-in-Chief could noi forsee, to win a victory or avoid a defeat. Such are the men whom history delights to honor; such are the men who gain great battles, and save imperilled couu- ! tries; bringing captive in their triumph- ; ant train, peace, prosperity and national I glory.? Army and JVbry Journal. i fitn. Gill more on Limes, Cements, Ac. I [From the Army mid Navy Journal.1 The publication, at thia moment, of n stout ' octavo on "Limes, Cements, and Mortars," by j ' one who has made his name illustrious by setiing | at naught the binding powers of these substances i on the walls and fonndations of forts, has almost the air of a practical joke; but General Gill; more informs ns in an introductory note that ! the experiments and researches emln>died in the : work were conducted under the authority of the Engineer Bureau of the War Dej^rtmcrt, and were complete*! in the summer of ISG1. It will ' prove a valuable- contribution to the engineer | and architect, into whose arts the elements under discussion in this work enter for so much. General tiillniorc unlike the majority of the j graduates of our military school, who rest quite : . content with what they have learned in the text j books, is fond of original investigation, and he | has a talent fur recording tiie results of liis iu vestigations. His report of the reduction of | Fort Pulaski, overleaping the narrow limits of a mere official p.a|>er, assumed the form of a : . comprehensive ami instructive tut moire on the : ! brcaehing power cf rifled ordnance, and tak.n i j its place as a valuable ]>iecc of military history, i The |>rescnt monograph, though on a more specialized snhject, is an important contribution to the branch of practical engineering which it I wvoim Siurli a work, embracing all the results i of the latest experiments, l>oth in this country , and in Europe, was very much needed; and General Gillinore's detailed and exhaustive | | treatment completely fills the desideratum. It is needless in a" work of so purely technical ' u nature as the present to do more tliatl briefly j indicate the sco]>c of its contents, as professional men, who alone will l>c interested iu it, will j doubtless procure the book Gener-.t 1 Gillmore logins with a survey of the geograph- ] ical and geological distribution of limestones, j ; and stono suitable for hydraulic lime or cement ] throughout the United .States. It need only bo ' remarked that nature has supplied us with these ' elements in great profusion ami endless variety : I j hut the mo>t extensive Inxls Hutc thus far been discovered in the valleys of the great Appalachian chain of mountains, as they traverse tiie States 1 of New York, New Jersey, I'cnnslvvanin, Vir-j ginia, Tennessee, and the northern portions of ! Georgia and Alabama, lie then gives the ' method pursued in testing the mortars which I furnish the luisis of ail tables introduced into 1 the report. These tests are with a view to de- I tenniiic (1) their capacity to resist a transrersc j strain; ('JJ their reulative hardness; (;i) tk?!* ' adhesive properties. Ciuipter I. is dev , " j uiv; uricwitiicu lvu^wiiuaic tciuvii.> i from the fact that tlic stone was ?lmm i in the township of lioaend-* .i- l-l L *u 1-iii. ^?tcr Co/intv, ?? il V ? ki"d< >"><1 qib'itu* OMI.U ccincnt are .ioatriw ami a??|izc,| , the van01 is manufactories of tlic cement ! given in foil. Chapter IV. goes iSST ject ot tunc, its characteristic, tests tl * r its induration i? the air, classes of? <?7 v limes,intermediate limc8,natura! - no/ 'J?1 J; ' tnus," "arenes," hydraulic activi tlruulic energy, artificial "Portlai V strength of certain mortars, &c. A* <camcnf.' treats of limestones, kilns, mod Chapter v . ic. Chapter VI. of cilcaroo ; <*' treatment, 'aggregates," the process of mortals and uill and hand, and the mod jiaking them. ?>* Mastering, stucco, &c. (Jh ot application to role" and " beton," their i apter VII. ot ,4eonnre in Europe and the U scs, mode of manutac'III. of the devices off .lited States. Cnapier -c. Chapter IX. of n* tying stone under wutet, auses and remedies, .ural efflorescences, their f artificial duratior and the g neral methods lr. Van Nostraud' ? The vo.ume is issued in lt, iuauelcgan* s accustomed excellent m.iniustrotciL joctavj of U&* !???? *? copiously y ? k 15. M P ots of Traito rs in Canada. Vnl's. Frlendft at Work. Washington, Nov. 12, 1SG3. The discovery of another rebel plot. th? most serious yot, lias created considers!>!e excitement :n official quarters ^within tlu* last twenty-four hours. Inklings of it have been given in telegrams from the West, but its full extent was not known tiH last night. Telegrams from Gov. ^?< Tod had previously warned the authorities that a plan was 011 foot for the release of the rebel officers, nearly 1,500 in number, confined oa Johnson's Island, Sandusky Bay, and suitable precautions were accordingly, taken. More light was thrown upon the matter lust evening by a dispatch received from the Governor-General of Canada by Lord Lyons, and laid by him immediately upon its reception before our Government. It stilted that si plot laid been formed by rebel sympathizers in Canada, the general features which were as follows : A steamer was 1,0 be seized bv the conspirators, with the aid or which they proposed to release t'ae Johnson's Island ..ftWrn Tf successful in that rart cf the plan, they were to ste*.;n to tho other en-i of Lake Jtlj'ie and bnrn toe City of jinftulo if possible. IvI-.-ismvs v.ere immediately taken to protect the island, where tlio ste.'in r jJieliigan has aiready arrived, heavily armed. The mayors of the lake eitie.s wire also pat upon their guard. Ait t ie Government now desires is that the re!?"l plotters may have iiic courage to cross tin; Canada line. i'artirulurh ot <!?:? Boat Iti'counoif sauce to Sumter by Capi. Ferris. Mohbu; Island, S. C.. Nov. T, There wits a boat recounoissanceto Fort Sumter last evening. Caps Ferris. of the "L'Lufans Perdu" regiment, in command of the boat infantry detached fioia his regiment, left Cnmmiugs To nt lust evening, accompanied by twelve of his men. bound on an expedition to the parapet of Sumter. The night was dark, and excepting the roughness of the waves, everything favored the undertaking, which was one cf extreme hazard to the small party engaged who ran imminent risk of annihilation or capture. They rowed tlowiy over, approaching the south fne* silently and touched the base of the mined wrJi. Leaving cue man in ihe boat, Capt.. Ferris led the eleven others up the steep pile of debris, which crumbled and yielded beneath their tread, the Cant-hi to slip :.v the ascenti Dy tins acci-f^ni his pistol was made to explode, giving the alarm to those above. The sentry on duty challenged after the usual manner, whtu Capt. Ferris requested him to be silent, as<ing him in a sharp voice if he did not know his friends, saying they were the relief from Charleston. Failing to bo deceived by this, the garrison immediately opened tire from about 9 fitfcy muskets, when cr.ir men began to descend to the boat?-two of them slightly wounded. The co ^wa.'n loft in charge hud busied himv jif ui securing ft collection of bricks as tr? These they brought with them. (j0gether with otliers which fell prett- thickly in and around the l*?ut. Much oredit is due Capt. Ferris, for the T..A/0 v.Mvorv with whicll lie con MfStt H11U ??ucbed the affair, and, doubtless, had ho lnul sufficient force, and had it been the desigu, he would have captured the fort. , Some do, and some don t. That is some persons subscribe rt>v a paper and pay for it, and some do not. We are happy to announce that most of the subscribers to the F*yeb SjuUi beloug to the first named class. ^ A Spanish proverb says: "A littlein the morning is enough; enough at dinner i? but little; but a little at night is too much." The Indian philosopher, equally profound, he'd that "too much rum was just enough." " Say, Sam, bub was inquiring after you." Sam. " Bub? What bub?" 'Smart boy. 44 Belzebub!" The learned didVr a? much from the igJ norant as the living from tire dead. y A*