Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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IWLEDGE IS PO^ER, AND THE PRESS IS THE ROYAL THRONE UPON WHICH SHE SlTS, AN ENTHRONED" MONARCH." . ? * J i Vol. Ttn ' " n A TvrT>Tr,-N^ s. c? WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1?, 1864^ [^TalS1: ?.^BVLj?ua>!^?J^itiJ^jij?LmagTmE . j?i i ni 11 ??i? ???mmbmwb I in I ??a??. i. m " - m . i ?' Cljc (Cjitfitadlc I ISrUKLISIIKDATCAMDEX. , !. El ER1 IVELVVESD'.Y JIORMXG, \ B1' . ji J. T-. HEBSHMAN. . . Tci""-? of subscription?Five Dollars rjcr nmium. X '-Kates of Advertising?Two Dollars, per square of twcl\? lines, for first 1 iiiscrtinn, and One Dollar and Fifty Cents for eacli subsequent, one. f-TfCoiiinititiications crdculatpdto advance ; tjie interest of our 1 >;strict and State, pub- ij Halted free of charge. j J. T. IIFDSTI^iA":- -Elliter. i1 iamdon. V/t-diit'sdsiy. April IS j ] JJAy Persons desirous subscribing !' to The CoNEEt'EitATn will please signify i the same by retaining this copy and for- ' warding "us their- names, with the sub- <, scription money. EC-IT" Those who may decline subscribing will be good enough to return this paper, with their name 1 .j*. and post office written on the margin. < 35c assured no exceptions will be tfken, \ by your returning the copy. , ' Those of our country friends TV 1 in mnnii-n cniitl n.' fvi.wonHv mnilc ! 1 . ? ? V - , fr6m this place, would do well to sub- j scribe for both the district papers now j ' published; as the Confederate is issued on "Wednesday, and our neighbor, the Journal, on Friday: bei^g nearly an equivalent to the city tri-weeklics, besides ! the niany'advantages to be derived of.n ' local nature, which could not be otherwise obtained. Six Per Cents. * - " Thrre may bp many of our people 1 holding Siy Per Cent Bonds, who are not aware that the coupons on the same are made payable at any time after the 1st ' instant, in the new issue. Holders will j no doubt find it to their interest to give * 5 t this their attention, especially if they . may have immediate use for the funds. Enrollment of Free Negroes and j ' Free Persons of Color. ! i An order was received on last evening, ! ] through the Columbia papers, from the j A\-T T).-.r,rtmc-iit. 'j| i } " ! i/ " " i , 0. lb MeCtox, requiring the iiv.Mi diatc I enrollment of all male free negroes and V l' free persons of color between the ages of 13 and 50^ years. "All such will hs ', held liable to perform duijr with the ar- ^ ! niv, <m; in couneetion with the military defences of the country, in the way of working upon fortifications or iy governmont works for the production or prcpa ration ot materials of war, or in military j , hospitals." ' i * The "Weather and the Wheat CJrop. 'v That veritable gentleman, the " olde.-t . .1 inhabitant," declares that never wilhiu j his memory lias he known such a season j ' before; and we are half inclined tube- ' . , lieve him. The blustering winds of'1 Marpli, lingering in the lap of April, if ^ has been blinding the eyes and.blacken- j ^ iDg the faccs.of the most sedate; and fas- ,J tideous of our towns people; and during " the p:?>t ten days the frequent heavy and I cold rains have chilled the growfh of,' the wheat crop and greatly disheartened , 1 the planter and farmer; though we have 1 learned from many throughout the dis- 1 trict, that at this time the crop presents a fair average appearance, and should ' the future of the season prove favorable, i1 we may be blessed with an abundance of | 1 the staffs of life. And we have j' Tin flmil.f elirmM n vwl i farmev in our section, conclude to sell ' their surplus of ^hc coming crop to gov' - . crnmcut a/id the non-producer, at a rca- 1 sonable living price, that kind Providence ' ' would smile on their honest exertions : * * and render them inValuablc assi.-ftnee/ s in enlarging the yield. 1 ? 1 Fast Day. t j Last Friday being set apart by the President of the Confederate States t as a day of Fasting, Humiliation and ( " Prayer, the houses of business were all closed, and our citizens assembled at their , respective places of worship, tc implore the blessings of Ilim who doeth all ( things well. Order, as if it were the v Lord's day, prevailed in our midst, and i s all returned from the sanctuary with a heavenly smile on theft* countenances, feeling that they had given. their illito " in prayer, for the success of our. arms ! " in battle, an honorabjp, speedy and perraancnt adjustment. nf nnr rirpvi-.nf illlli. i cultics, and that ia the attainment of the same we may he, for all time to j conic, grateful to the Giver of all good ! L for 1ms signal blessing in delivering us ni A from the ^roubles now encompassing our * ^^Land restoring to our people life,1 0| H^Jiindcneudcucc. ' t(. Southern Field and Fireside. The attention of our literary readers are exiled to the list of premiums to be awarded by the proprietors of the Field und Fireside, for the best story and pootical production contributed for that pa-' per, to be furnished and presented for examination by the first proximo. The strictest impartiality will be observed, iu all ariiclcs submitted for inspection. <>?? ( The Kingville Hotel. It will no doubt be welcome news to the travelling public, who very frcqucnthave cause to lay over for twelve hours >r nioro at this heretofore detested Icpo'f, to loaru that the hotel Ins just becu thoroughly cleansed, ventilated, furnished a new, and an abundance ef the substantiate of life stored, with a view of serving the way-worn and weary traveller??both civil and military?with ill the good things that a Confederate' market can .afford. We give notice of this neuj, condition of things at Kingville?hot only in justice to the enterprising proprietors and'caterers, Messrs. Bates & "Miller?but that our good people may know their destined fate, in :hc event of.a delay at that point. We lav.c no jdoubt, from what we learn bom those who have enjoyed the savory .tends served by these gentlemen, that if tlfcy continue as they have already bejun, they will secure for themselves, not snly the kind remembrance of the traveller, but enrich themselves for this life, uid- enlarge their.chancerfou an eternal ;ain. , The Returned Products of Kershaw District for 1S63. We have bceu kindly furnished by Mr. Dkvkreaux, Chief Commissary for government, in Kershaw District, with the following statistics, relative to the various products as returned to the Assessors, Mes>ru, CANTEY*and Ken.\t.i>y, for t ho past year, and we find them much larger than that returned by most of the neighboring districts. They are. as follows : liutimi of Wheat (gross crop) O.OfcOlius. ?V,in.- " " 02*. " itiCe, " " 2.17> " tVi3, " i4 2-t. ::* <? ' 7'neon. freturn i:>>: clo so 1.) say ".?i.ikhk II.s. m t.i' which li.iv" ::!) > :i?ly lieen <lrlivm- l Jh-tlu. ling fro in the above the last cipher or figure on each gross amount, the Intelligent reader will have the tithe of ?ric-tciith to which government is cnti.}' 1?the greater portion of which has ken promptly ion-lore 1 in at the places issigned f>r their delivery. The ;un nuts jclow are yet due tho government : The -tithe of wheat, It'.lO bushels; )f peas, 1,150; rice, ISO; coru, about 10,000. I 1 - ? - ? - A 1- --- - ? ? ? -? -- * - - 1 ' ? ? ? ? 1!.... i (Tduiis ii'Jk iiiiviuy uuiLijuicu in M'uuiiig diair quota of the amount yet to be dciveved, would do well to refer to the delusion of Thompson Ai.i.kn, Commissioner of Taxes at llichmond, anir pubished 0:1 the second page of Tub xpeuatk of last week, in which he tatcs that if the tithe of the articles of reduce due governments notdelivcrcd in luc scasou, as prescribed by law, the deinquent subjects himself to a still furlicr demand of five times the estimated ,-aluc of the portion aforesaid. . We arc aware that the people of this listrict has at all times, whenever called >n by government, responded without a nurnic-r, and feel assured that those iif 1 rrears at tlii.s time, will cheerfully pre :ont their titlio"at their earliest leisure :u anient. The amount of beef, cattle furnished "or Government Ins been much larger ' . . ban was licped for. The district has ilrcady sent for the sustenance of our soldiers on the coast, sonic dfiO hand, not ncluding the large draft in Kershaw for ionic consumption, and her greedy leighbor, Columbia. We have heard of no ease of inipressnent by any of the Confederate officers, |uarlermastcrs agents or commissaries, ,nd in the faithful performance of their tnties have secured for themselves the .diniration and respect,of our people-loverjior Uo.NliAM to the contrary notwithstanding?their having been uo ahuo c cs of the authority vested in them. Yankkk pitisonf.ks dvind ?At the liiitary prison at Andcrsonvillc, On., car Americas, the Yankee, wo arc in riiicd nro dvini* nt i h<? r-?fo t\f OA t.-i .) per day. II this continues we will avc but few prisoners to exchange. Cut mult us Sun. 0 ^ ^ ^ A 15.\i> Plan.?ITow many fond tothcrs and frugal housewives keep their reity daughters and their preserves I'ur >nio extra occasion?some 'hig hug', or tber? till both turn sour. This seems : ? us marvellous poor economy. % A Crisis the North. <3 The Carolinian of alate date says : By the confessions of both press and poiiti: ciatis. the North at this moment isstandf I iDg upon the verge of a yawniDg gulf of ! social anil financial ruin. A blind infati nation appears to have seized the masses ; a spirit of recklessness pervades the ! counsels-of the country; cruelty and I imt.-.ntinpil with the marches I i"l'uv"V - of tlicir armies; society appears to be given i over to lust-, extravagance ?nJ the wilJest j license ; public morals are illustrated by , infamous liasons between whites and j blacks; whole communities are corruptj cd, and disorder lias begun at last to I raise its threatening blood-red ban# in various sections of the country. Meanwhile, a po*>i*c, whose, only knowledge of taxation is traditionary, confronts the . enormous national debt of over two ; thousand millions of dollars?a sum that 1 is iucreasing at the rale of more than two i < i millions a day, and with its dead weight i is draging the nation down to inevitable bankruptcy and ruin. No human power can avert the crash. It must conic, and soon. The paltry thirty millions of gold which Secretary Chase has thrown into the market is but a sop to thejjoun-. try. They cannot borrow money abroad their resources arc feeble?imports are in excess of* exports, aud, in a word, the United States present to the world the spectacle of a financial wreck, drifting, without helm or pilot, at the mercy of a whirlwind. God has seen fit to baftle the Northern people in all their projects, while we who have endured and prayed u-lins^ f-iifch has rmailcd not?have been if 1 . t blessed with .success at home, with'friends abroad, aud, more than all, with that steru spirit of Christian and patriotic duty which has elevated us among tlio chosen nations of the earth. Conscription to bo Limited?Tho Freedom of the Press. The M'.rcuiy says: Our readers may remember that a short time since, we ventured to suggest, that after tjic war was closed, it would bo wi-e and proper for a Convention of all the Confederate States to be called together^ to consider certain limitations on the powI er.s of the Confederate Government; rnd ; amongst them, upon the power conferred in the Constitution "to raise and support armies." This power, according to the construction claimed by the Acts of Congress, was limitless. IT wouM*conscribc ' and f ?rcc into the army of the Confed| crate States all the officials in the State <rovernmcnts, ana tuns annihilate to in. No one can suppose, that the Stales, when establishing the Confederate Government, intended to 'confer any such power. Yet it is plainly assumed in the late Act of Congress, excepting (not *by virtue of the Constitution, but by its : authority), the State officials from conscription. What it may except, it may include. Under the pretext of the same clause in the Constitution, Congress alsb assumed the power to destroy the frccj dom of the Press. The Constitution j says. "Congress shall make no law | abridging the freedom of the Press." | Yet the Conscription Law, as it passed I the IIou/c of Representatives, conscribqjl ' all editors of newspapers unless they ; were "practicalprinter#," or type setters, j The setting up of types was not, "the i freedom of the press" the Constitution ! prohibited to be abridged by Congress. it was toe tree thougnts ot the-Press, j I which arc in the brains of the editor, 1 ' , not tlic .putting of them into types, J j.which is in the fingers of the typesetter^ J i that Congress was prohibited to abridge. < The object clearly was, to get rid of- the censure of the Press upon the proceed- ! : ings of the Government. The same j filing had been previously attempted by a direct law, introduced into Congress, authorizing the Presidc'nt to suppress what presses he pleased. The Senate i i representing the States, arrested this { j tyranical usurpation of power, passed by I the House of Representatives, represent- j 1 ing the people) and, on a cotifcrcnce lib- i ! twecn the two houses, the editors of I . .. . ' -i i ! newspapers were 1101 conscnoeu. Split Ahiong the Mormons. There is a serious schism in the Mormon ranks. The secossiouiats declare ' against polygamy and content themselves j with one wile, at least one at a time.' | An organization founded on this idea has ' been formed in Cincinnati, under the , leadership of Joseph Smith, .Jr., and Israel L. lingers. They say that they J have missionaries operating in Urigham i Young's dominions,^who .are very successful in inakingconvcrts. Thcirprcsent rendezvous is in the vicinity of Chicago, ; but they have purchased thirty thousand ; acres of land in Missouri, where they : j intend tn settle when the wnr io nrm- ! 1 /" ;?- ? " v?wi, and build up a city for the habitation ' of; 1 the faithful. j 0 \ Conscription Notice. | Headquarters'Enrolling Office, ) Camden, April*!), 18G4. *j i Enrolment of Persons Between 17 ant IS and 45 and 50. j 1. 13y order of 'Major C. D. MEL : TON, Commandant of Conscripts (pur ! suant to special orders of the War J)c partment), all male white persons ii Kershaw District, who arc between the ages of 17 and 18 years and 45 and 5C I years, are required to report to this office for enrollment, on or before the 16tt i ' ' day of April inst. ! 11. Persons liable to this enrollmcnl may, after being enrolled, form com | panics fur local defence and, special ser | vice fur the war, under General Order: 1 No. 80, Adjutant und Inspector Gen | oral's office, scries of 1SG3, and eleel j their own officers. Minimum number for infantry, sixty-four, rank and file; for cavalry, sixty, I Members of cavalry companies must fur nish their own horses, and will bealloweij ' forty cents per day for their use while ' in actual service. 111. All persons enrolled of the ages above indicated, will (under the' terms of the Act of Congress) constitute i ; "Unserve for State defence and detail ; duty, and shall not be required to perform service out" of the State." All sc enrolled arc required to rendezvous al Camden on?thc l'Jth April iustant, tc be organized into companies. Those who fail to report on the da) indicated, will subject themselves to be ' assigned to general service with the class !?of persons between IS and 45 unless '"they shall have a valid excuse for "sucl default, to be judged of by the Burcai of Conscription at Richmond. Exemptions Revoked. I IV. All certificates of exemptior j hitherto granted by Enrolling Officers arc revoked by the recent Act of Coo i cress, except those granted to mail con tractors, drivers of post coaches and hacks and on account of religious opinion. All persons, therefore, holding sucl certificates of exemption (with the ex ' cepcons above indicated) will repor ^ forthwith, tor enrolemcjK, exemption 01 detail, pursuant to provisions of sail j Act of Congress. Vidua Bering. j V. Persons hitherto exempt, or youthi about to attain the age of 18 years, wil ! have the privilege of volunteering, provi ded they report to the Enrolling Office] j before .being .enrolled, and make setec tion of companies that were orguuizci prior to April 10, lSG'J, and arc be\ou itiinilium, Certificates will tie turnisiier ' to those who 50 report as volunteers j which, on being approved by the Com mandant of- Conscripts, will authorize them to be mustered into the conij-ian} : selected. Youths under IS cannot go"1 forward | without the written consent of their pa^ .rents or guardians, to be furnishod tc the Enrolling Officer. Applications for Exemption, or Detail. VI. All applications for exemption 01 I detail must be made to the Enrolling Officer of the District. VII Information on all matters pertaining to the conscription will be furnished I on application to this office. W. Z LEITNERi Cap't. Enrolling Officer Kershaw District. Diabolical Act. The Lynchburg Republican says; "We have die report of as diabolical an - V 4 X _ 1 1 it . act, as was ever cominiiicu oy me most untutored savage, which was perpetrated in lloanc county, Va., a short time since, by a set of Yankee scoundrels, wearing the uniform of the United States Government;. and recognized as soldiers of that Government. A gentleman, named Lee, of that county, had a little boy, only 17 months old, whom he had named Jenkins, after the renowned cavalry leader, Gen. A. (r Jenkins. A party of Yankees, quartered in the county, hearing of the child's uaulc, visited the house of Mr. Lee, and asking to see the child, when it was brought into their presence, deliberately shot him dead, for nc*. other cause than its bearing tltc name it did. The sister of the little iunocont, a girl of fifteen or sixteen summers, discovering the diabolical intention of these worse than demons, ran in to try and envn linr lirnthnr ?a 1 ito nrw] in rlninnr cr\ came near losing her own, several musket balls passing through her dress, but fortunately,' not injuring her. These facts wc obtain from a gentleman who knows ihcm to be true to the letter, and can establish tficm by irrefutable testimony. The bare recit;ll of tho particulars are sufficient, without a word of comment from us. 1 Tho types in one of our exchanges transform IJrownlow's name into "Prownlow." If the "r" had been left DUt, ifwould have been the old blackguard exactly.?Mobile Register. i 41 [From the New York News.] SING ASONG OF GREENBACK j A FEDERAL NURSERY HYMN. . Sing a song of greenbacks, v A pocket full of trash, Over head and earc in debt, And out of ready cash ; Heaps of tax collectors, 1 As busy as a bee; , Ain't we in a pretty fix, ) With gold at sixty-three. . Abe in the White House 1 l'roclainatious printing; , Meaile on the Rapidan I Afraid'to do the fighting; Seward in the Cabinet , Surrounded by his spies; IIalleek witli the telegraph * * Busy forging lies; Chase in the Treasury Making worthless notes; Curtin at Hnrrisbu g . Making shoddy coats ; Gilltnorc at Charleston Lostrin a fog;' I Forney under Abe's chair Barking like a dog; Schncck down at BaltimoreDorng dirty wcrk; Bmler at Norfolk * As savage as a rurk; 1 Spraguc in Rhode Island I Eating apple sass; Everett in Gettysburg . Talking like an ass; t Banks ont in Texas , Trying to cut a figure; * Beecher in Brooklyn Howling for the nigger ; Lots of Abolitionists Kicking up a yell; 5 In conies ['arson Brownlow j Ami sends all to hell 1 Burnside at Knoxvillc i In a kind of fix^ Dalilgrcn at SuiMtof ' Pounding at (he bricks; Grant at (.'haifflnodja Trvii/g Bragg to thrash ; Is it any wonder The Union's gone to smash ? One of our exchanges contains a !< ' tor from a disgusted "contraband" Nashville, vrlm wants to get back to 1 1 j liniuc in' Alabama. He says that t -1 Yankees told him if he would go wi t i tlictn, he "should be free and rich, ai . have a white wife." The "white wifi j and other luxuries have not been fur ished, but the unhappy darky has foui an amanuensis in a "free woman," wi writes his experience. lie says : 3 J'l believed the story and went wi j tlictn, but, like the rich man, whose fa is recorded in Sacred History, 'in hell lifted up my eyes, being in tormew r and like him, also, I wish to testify un my brcthcrn 'lest they also come in j this place of torment.' Instead of beii , free, I never was so much a slave. 1 ! soou as the Federals got me off wi them, I was eonseriptcu anu assigm , to service with a regiment of sappers at . miners. I work all day in niuddy ditch . with a guard over ntc, who stands at u back with aJoaded musket wd fixed ba; onct, ready to thrust me through, and nifjlit a ball and chain is fastened to n I arms and legs, and L am driven like : . ox to a niuddy stall, called a barrack ) where I spend the night, without fi and almost without bedding." The ITew Issue The new Treasury notes will be rear for general circulation about the 15i ' inst., except the S5's, which will not 1 ready until the 1st of July next.- Ar person taking 8G0 of the old currency , the Treasury will receive ?40 in tl new. . The 8500 notes are ornamented on tl right side with a medallion likeness 1 Gen. T. J. Jackson, with the name i the illrrstrions hero under the likcncs On the left side is the Confederate sc: and motto "Deo Yindice." with en blcmatic surroundings. The de'nomin; tion of the note is conspicously printc in figures. The 8100 notes present, as before, vignette likennss of Mrs. Pickens, < South Carolina, and a medallion likenes of Ex-Secretary Randolph on the' righ The ouly difference between the ol and new S50's, except the color, is th: the vignette likeness of President Dav: is now presented in medallion style. The 810 notes have a vignette represer ting a section of flying artillery in a bo tie. Senator Hunter's likeness agai occupies the lower left hand corncr.Ruhmonil Dispatch. Spirit of Our Prisoners at th North. In speaking of Confederate prisoner; the New York Herald says: "As a ger cral rule, the prisoners seem happy an contontcdt There are but few, if any that would subscribe to the President' amnesty. Two only hajo done so, an< "these havo been sent away. On tho oon trary, they are exceedingly obstinate ii their adherence to the bogus Confederacy I and no sentiment of a contrary nature i permitted arnoug them. The two men tioncd as subscribing allegiance to the Federal Government had a narrow egcapc frnm assassination at the hands of thoii fellow-prisoners^ rendering their removal necessary. Stories have been set afloatol a large and growing Union sentiment .among them, which are simply absurd and groundJedt." I News From The mortal- a - , ? s. FOREST'S kXiD?HI8 CAPTU^K'Qr^ i PRISONERS AT UNION . CITY? HIS In- " , PORTED REPULSE AT PADDCAH. . ? C ^ * ** f The accounts bf Gen. Forrest^ pro. gress in his *aid are contradictory. He *^> captured Union City, " Tennessee, with . '. V about five hundred Federals, undc? Col-, onel Hawkins, and, it appears, took his prisoners along \Fith bim, as he still bad''' them when he appeared in front of Pad ucab, Ky.,tp the 26th. The following is the Yapkee account- of what they claim to be his repulse at that place: Gen. Forrest had about. 7,000 men in the rttack on Paducah. Hi? line of ^ battle was two and a half miles long. The fight lasted all the afternoon. assaults were made on the fort cn masse* each .of which was repulsed with. grea? ; * slaughter to the enemy. The gunboata fired 600 rounds. A large portion of' the town is in ruins. The rebels plunder- j ' ed tlTe stores and carried off horses duty ing the figHt. Forty convalescents ia'-...?j?S the hospitals were captured. Forrest sent in a flag of truce to exchange pris- .' JH oners, bptCofonel Hicks declined. Threo' hundred rebel dead lie in frout of our-' ?jB fort. Gens. Harris and Burbage were with the rebels. Boats from Paducah at noon yesterday ? f report all quiet. ^The citizens are rebuilding the town. Several women were killed during the fight. Our loss was 14 . ^ killed and 45 wounded. The Peosta Pawpaw, tin-clads, were. the gunboats ' wliich participated in the late battle of Paducah, opcuing fire simultaneously / with' the fort on the enemy's advance into the city, and reudercd invaluable . . j service throughout the engagement. After being once repulsed in the at' tack on the fort. Forrest sent a coin-, munication to Colonel Hicks demanding the surrender 1)f the fort, troops and public stores, promising, that if the deni;\nd was complied with, our troops should be treated as prisoners of-wa^; but if he was compelled to storm the fort they might gcpcct no quarter. Colonel Hicks replied that he was placed there to defend the fort, which lie would do, and peremptorily dteclincd J,n surroder. Jfbe enemy made a second and third assault upon tho works, but were repulsed each time with heavy losses. The rebels then broke lines, formed in squads, occupied 1 " the bouses, and kept up a fire until late '.n > in the evening, when tiny ?ere driven away,'our artillery making the buildings 'e too hot to bold them. . . t On their way into the.city the eneipy fired ihe railroad depot, which was con- . surned, and towards evening they burncd_ n| the Quartermaster's building and the ,1( steamer Dacotah (not the Arizoa), on the 10 marine railway. They plundered the , stores of an immense amount of goods, 1 and rook all the horses tiiev could find. Some mere-hauls have lost from S'2500 ' ; to ?5000. ' Early the next morning the Tebcls again appearing, Colonel IJicks burned t0 all the houses within musket range of . ^ the fort. The enemy, however, made ^ no advance, and after asking for an ex, change of prisoners, which was declined, 2, they retired iu the direction of Colum,J bus. c'^ Towards the end of the battle it was .i ^ discovered that our ammunition was ircarly exhausted, when Colonel Ilicks a ordered that when it gave out the fort ' j ^ would-be defended with the bayonet / as in long as a man remained alive, which de3' termination was received with, hearty rc cheers by all the troops. The negroc3 in the fort, 220 inall, fought with great gallantry. All was quiet at Paducali yesly terday, our forces being engaged in buryth ing the dead. * ~M 3C The enemy had six small cannon. ,y About fifty buildings were burned, into eluding the hospital, gasworks, aud some je of the finest residences in the town. The Custom House, Post office, and Con ie | tinentai were not, injured, uur troops 0f consisted of the 40th Illinois, infantry, ,afl| of Col. Hicks, a battalion of negroes, and s one regiment?name not yet knojvu. The New York Tribune, noticing For- r j rest's raid, sa^s: , " . There is something wrong?very far "Vjl ,j wrong?in West Tennessee, when a body * . .J of rebels that fought us not long since? a in Mississippi can ride up from -Hitncfe * -jjJ of | across Tennessee Kentucky ,ancf attack ; i3 j our posts ou the Ohio river. .We have o t, | a great force of cavalry and mounted in- xSB ; j j fantry in that section. Indeed,' Smith, jjfl lt 1 who jailed so badly in Mississippi, was IH ;s there the other day with his ten jMwJB thousand cavalry, if he be not there yet. I. We should think Forrest and his overlap- * t. tiug marauders might now be caught n before they got back to Mississippi. j ^ ? . | The Champions of A Free Fvess- .,i9 1 The Macon Confederate punningly as-. 0 serts that ('Mr. Sparrow, of Louisiana, - U is the gentleman who gave the political \ 5, Cock llobins, who wished, to curtail the' . i- liberties of the press, their quietus. The * 'j d j present liberal and satisfactory section J.. "' {% \ r, : in tbe Military Bill, relating.to the preatf, ' ' J 8 j is reported to be owing to the .exertion* Jn d i of the Senator frpm Louisiana." We have y.lw i- been advised by a Richmond correspond a i dent, says the Knoxville Register, that- . , we ohicfly owe our immunity, from con-. s i scriptiou to the exertions of Hon.? - j Swain, a Representative from s | Perhabs the pross is indebted to thejj 1 al "views of both tho gentle i the Jionor should be divided,^B;h?^^^^S^^ them. * m imrnm '{ Birds of a feather ilockjfl . says an old proverb, and ii* ' | secius the Swan and tb^^B the "same fcathccJfl . / ;;