TUK- WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
CUPEnERJkTK STATES OP AJBOCRXCA.
WTLINGTQN, N. C, BATORPAY, XPB1L 4, 1863.
From WeBofl.
There ara various rumVa in .town relative to military
affairs abcut Washington, N. C. Ode is tbat we have
capture tie pJace, acd sank the Steamer Louisiana.
We presume this i3 the earne report brought here two
or three daj3"e,o. Another report 13 that there was
heavy fighting at that place -II Cay yesterday and last
night. rl hia last report is probably correct, bo far as
the Cgbtirg on yterday. WII1 ecm friend at Rocky
Monet or Ter'xiro' have the kindness to give U3 the par
ticulars' es far as practicable.
OtUr Elates. -
We are 3 ready aa anybody ia the world to resent
any imputation cr reflection upon North Carolina, but
While xi-2 conks to this failing, we would add
that with Stale pride we must also, if we mean to
succeed, ard we do mesm to succeed have Confederate
pride. We "must keep down State jalouies. We are
all'ia the same boat. "We must sink or swim together.
TLeic1 is ia the caee of cur neighbors of South Caroli
na, hatred iatc'y couth of U3, and ot Virgini i, immediately
north cf us, a good deal of what ia vulgarly termed
"pot-uttcdrtEs". Upn the whole, general opinion
gives to tLepop'e of those two States 1 he refutation of
thinkitg themselves a little better than their neigh
bour?, ar.d of celiog accordingly. We have never step
ped lorg crccgh in Richmond to know anything about
Virginias at heme, we have little else here ia any
department' where they can be pushed, we Gad them
to Lc good ar,d clever gentlemen.
But what we started nut to do vra? to take the lib-
trty tf givinj tome extracts from a private letter to the
Editor, Uar, a frietd b'j h in rack crnocg our troops in
South Carolina. The ietter is dated Poeataligo, S. C,
March 23 ;h. The writer Bays :a
'I fcavt been mac':i pleased wita what South Caroli
na troop3 wo kara here. They have treated the whole
brigade (sli North Carofinianf) with tfce utmost kind
ness and consideration. Their private soldier are a
Ep!en;id tjpa cf Southern troops. A mixture of all
clasC3 with apparent perfect equality. And the offi
cers are, without, exception, the most perfect set of gen
tlemen I ever mt with. And I assure you it is with
deep mortification that I see some scribblers from some
of the North C-roiica troop3 in South Carolina, os
well cs some ot the newspapers at home, engaged in each
ungeaeicurr tad i!i-t:med a33ault3 ou the people of this
State acd Georgia. True, it may be that our money is
uov. current here. I rcgrei it ia eo, and have no doubt
that the thinking p.tit of these people do also. But
they mm recollect that until cur troops came
here a month ago our mo'iey wa3 unknown to them,
aid generally, lhes2 things must regulate themselves.
But uoc3 any man for o.je moment think that
they intended to pat a slight upon the good o'd
State, by refusing the money. If there is ruch an
one, tjen I piiy Lim. I uo not kao.v what has got
into Eome cf ocr people. They eetra dispcs?d to
cd fault with everybody hnd everything. Some of our
newspapers are usually fall cf ill-feeling against Vir
ginia, South Carolina, and, ai ia the casa cf Cling
mu;'s brigade, against Georgia. Do they ever pause
and think what tiey are doing ? Walla we are now
engaged in a mortal strife, and the end yet to ba work
ed out,lhey arc iudjjtrious'y engage! in sewing the
sseds of future
f'ib aud discard. Is thi3 constant
wrangling nev.r to step? Do thty nver think th t we
are nov7
ic:n.ng
the cure reward cf just suci begin-
mngs."
i'Le moral c f cur corrcffondcnt's remarks 13 this
Don't hi uu q-iui-rell tcram lit. one, aad in fact don't
uj qr.rr.! urn :-;i;r oar:c!vc: .t4; a'!.
Onr te.r:i-TO-jut-a: will iceo'kei U.-at Gul. Rad
cliff's ar d Coi. Ci.txcman's u-gimeats w-.xr d own t'.ure
labt Sn v.m.r aad glad to get away.
A3 Cce; ocy F. lVih Regiment, N. 'J. I'roops, form
ing p;t cf the i;art isua c! this place, was fullitg in for
crers p:r U y.2;;?rday eveuirg, a riiia in the hand-j of
one cf wn was accidentally discharged, tni the
ball went tjrj-::gh ihj Le.d ot Rdwin Walxzs, the
man ca the r;gut cf thj crpaa, killing him almott
iaatantlj. Th? aCaTr was purely accident al.
Wah-l ibe j.-ioasu:d ycttcrday of swing Captain
Verao:; L'jck, cf tlio well Luo.vn priratoer Rctribu
tio.i, vrhich z.z Is tu.n ttirer to Yankee commerce in
the Gull, only sr-?c r..j to the AlIir,iiL and Florida.
We r-rteune it 13 ::o rccret tLat the Retribution is
the o'd tag Unde L;n, fitted up C3 a tc'coner. That a
vessel or Lt r C.X'Z 1 es bctn able to make herself such a
ttrrcr to the: enemy, rpcskj volumes fcr the bcldccsa tnd
enterprise cf Lcr cfHecrs and crew.
Captain Jxcs. wishes to get up stock for a steamer
to run from here cjd do our busietc3 with foreiira coun
tric3 in er e cf r nr cwn bottom?. The supcreilioujnes
ol the Englib blccl -ado runners, who take little pains
to d:sg-:;s2 their con!etiit aud dislike for U3, even in our
own porti-,fe:2ht.to stimulate uz to dj somethiag of the
tiad, apart ir:u the fact U z although there is, of
cours?, risk, there are aLo I.srge rrcS's ij the business,
for if there were cvt, t'.'-2 l?nIoa Jr.ck would not be float
irg in our river.
Tho:e who Lave colic a to subscribe would do well
to open coaimunkicn with Captain Lock.
Ot coarse tl c d:?po. ition to Le made of any steam r
to be purchased would depend upon the wishes of the
stockholder?. She mi-ht be made to quarter upon the
enemy, atd ct course her cargo would be secured es
cheaply at sea as at NtS3yu cr Bermuda.
luquttt.
At a cubcequeni mcctkjg ci the jary summoned to
investigate the case of the body of a w'hite man found
ia Smith's Creek e n Tuesday atercoon, cume to the
followirg ccn Iu?i. n. to wit : that Wm. Childs came
to his doi'h b; L!jws atd stabs isfiieted with a knife
ii the LaoOs 01' Weight Pakker, and H. V. T.
Ru.ncima;-, on Sunday eight the 29 :h March, 1S63.
For tLe Journal.
Ms'sas. Fcxtox Is:cs:
The Ciia.les'ou Courier of jesterdiiy, ia remarking apon
the ccmyliiLts mtco riat ICorth Carolina Treasury Notes
are rel.-t i i j 6oulh Carullca, teems to quf stion the cor
rectee. 11 ti e ieiort, asLs for correct information and re
fers to en titick- t-keu l.-tia the Observer, stating thit a
friend ' now iu fcouth Carol ra writes that North Carolina
i.eatu, y Oi.vSpahs?a fietly every where he had beea." I
bo, his experience was very d C rent from mine or of thitof
any person I have ever heard speak on tte subject. My ex-
ptneLce vi? tahave North C&roliea Treasury Notes not
u, out, iic reTusa: was made ia a ruJa and
oafensive manner , cue by no means calculated to generate a
kiptly iceuLtowardstlie people of tbat Htale, and I only
wcjider that tjia cut j -ct -bcu'.J Li one of question now. for
taey have elwajn reicsc d North Carolina u oey in Charks
ton, hiie fcou'h ( cr lrn hj jlc- Las always passed freely
both in cd out of Bank i!.;a Btate. as the Treasury
Notes of the State of South Carolina aui c:ty of Charleston
via up tc tte present time. . jjr q
The more a man ceomplisheP, the more he may. An
active tccl r.ever grows ru3ty. You always find the
roost enterprising tLe most bu3y. Men of industry
start our railroads, cUr Eteamships, machine shops, and
our facronts. VVeo f6r acthity in body, in mind,
in. ever thicg. Kp all ihings in motion. We weald
rather have death had uj breasting a whirlpool than
sneaking from a clcud. r
PLEASANT The Ph'ladlphia Jrquirer s .y8 in Boston the
Citv clar hi to give a permit before a body can be burid
in a graven ard The question has arisen whether the Dr
mit had to bear a stamp, and Commissioaer Boutwell hss
decided tlat it mat "So that a man cannot be buried in
Boston unless Lis frien-s first pay a tea cent tax. This in
ruiuting the revenue law "Into the ground."
BY TELEGRAPH.
FOR TI1K JOURS AX..
GOOD FRIDAY IN RICHMOND.
-PiCHMO"l Ta , April id, If.eS.'
Neither House of CoDfrress was in session to day, having
adjourned on accrus-t of good Friday.
- FROM VlCK8&URG7
VicksbcfoI Mks., April id, U63.
The entry D;td a re,corrto5eance up the Yazoo river
yesterday, and threw a few ar.elrs at Bnh'er'e Bluff. Noth
ing in s?ht below.
.GEORGIA LEGILATUBE.
Millkeoitilli, April Sd, 18ft5.
The bill restricting the planting of cotton to one acre per
hand was lost in the Senate ye&s U, saya 19. A similar
bill.in the Eoceo was also lost yeas 65. najs 70.
FROM CHATTANOOGA.
Qiattakocga. April 3d, 18R35 P. M.
MaJ. Dick lfc?anr;, with 150 men attacked a Federal train
on the Nashville and Cha'tanooga Feilroad, 9 milea of
Nashville, and kilfrd42 and woctded 6?of the enemy.
Loss on our eide, 1 tilled and 3 wounded. The pary also
captured wagons, Ac, and returned in safety. The Abo
lition Convention at Lcuisvi!l have nem'nated Josiah H.
Eell for Governor.
FROM THE UNITED STATES AND IUROPE.
Richmond, April 3d, 186S. .
Notlern dates cf tte 30th ult. have been received.
Thai.tf ortherD papers are puazled to know what to be
.'iere in relation to operations orfthe Visaissippi.
Gen. Gi!m3re crosse I the Kentucky River on Saturday,
rftook DacvL'le, and drove the rebela In the direction of
Crab Orchard.
The Yankee steamer Earn. Gatey was oap'ured in Mis
souri by guerrillas.
The priza stean er Granite City, from Nassau, captured
by the blockaders, has arrived at New York.
The clergymen in Norfolk gave notice that their Churches
would be open on the 27th, in conformity with President
Davis' proclamation. Ihe soldiers were prevented from
attecdicg service.
Brigadier GeneralJames Cooper, of the Federal army, ia
dead.
Gold has taken a tern upward, and epened on Monday at
47.
The Stearxphip Apia had arrived with English dates to the
l'.:h Twrt Hlrtrtaria rnnncra iftrt Arrived at lAvTTtnn
w:th cot'on. The Diplomatic oorrespondetce oa American
affairs, has been laid before Parliament.
Ihe CK8e of the Alabarra has been made the subject of
strong complaint by the Yankee government.
Mr. Macon's latest letters urge the British government to
declare the blockade a nullity.
The irrita'ion among the Larcashir operatives is btcem
'cg very Btrocg.
Tha Back of Franc has reduced the rate of discount from
5 to 4J per cent.
Mi&s Slide .1 had been thrown from her hoiae and serious
ly, but not dangerously, iDjared.
Cotton had advanced id ; Consols closed at 92 a 92.
CAPTURE OF A YANKEE GUNBOAT.
Richmond, April 4th, 1853.
An official diapatxh received this morniag from Head
quarters near Eeritictc Bay, 23 ih fflt., via Natchez, April
1st, to Gen. 3. Cooier, says :
I have the hoaor te report the capture of the FeJerel
gunboat Diana, at this point, to day. She mounts five heavy
uss. The boat is not eerie usly injured, and will be imme
diately put la service. The enemy's less in killed, wounded
&nd prisoners, is one hundred and Sffy.
(Signed) E. TAYLOR,
Brig. General.
HINTS FOR. HARD TINES.
. The Savanuah Repnblictn contains the ' following
practical h;n4a fcr hard times :
E0GS3 CP SKIN'S.
The costly rcb3S of ermine, worn formerly by the
high dignitaries of the Koglish bench, were not mere
comfortable than would be a eimiliar robe made from
tha skins of the Amsriean hare, or of other furred eni
mals. Indeed, we occasionally meet even now with a
person wearing a mc6t enviable vest of otter skin, with
ita rich coat ot far.
What mere tasteful tippet for th3 shoulders cf either
matron or maiden can be devised tban one made from
the skies of the tma'l striped eqairrd, nulcss it may bs
enc mada from the tkins ot some of cur wild fowl, with
the glossy feathers attached, sewed firmly to a base of
strengthening cloth ?
It ia withia tte memory of many that garments of
prepared deer ckin were not at ail uncommon, and it is
afco recollected tbat of all suits thess were the most
enduricy.
llobes ot sheep skin, are ytt to be seen as the ordi
nary clothiijg in the East. Why 6bould garments of
like character be disdained by ..oar suffering poor, in
these times when necessity should override fashion ?
KNITTED OARMKKT8.
The sreched or hooked-needle gives such rapid re
sults that it 13 surprising we do not see more of its pro
duets in common use. For coarse work, its advantage
over the com in or knittiLg needles is as ten to one. In
the articles of male attire the ladies will pardon ray
non-intrusion into the sacred domain oi the toilet and
bureau the crochet needle would be found superlative
ly m inrnubiEg the country witb gloves, socks, and
stockings with tne heel end tee knitted in the ordina
ry way, to avoid the rough knots cravats, scar Is for
the eai and neck, under-sbirti, drawers, and, what
would be an exceedingly ereat comfer- to our soldierB
on night duty, a helmet cf woolen yarn, made to pro
tect tne head, cars, anJ necfc, and wern under the mili
tary cap.
WINTKR YARNS.
The scarcity of wool compels us t look arcuad for
substitutes. The warmest pair of gloves ever wcru by
the writer was made 1 rabbit fur, card.-d e-sd spun witb
cotton. The negro clothes, manufactured by our Yan
kee friends, in former jears, were more er 1b intermix
ed with cow hair. The idea may be useful.
If all the scraps of tattered bianksls and worn cut
carpets that are now left to decay, on every square mile
of theee Confederate States to say nothing of the wool
locked up in mattrasses were picked t pieces, and
carded with cotton, they would probably Eunice to fur
nish more than half the socks now needed by cur sol
diers. .True, the staple will be fourd short aud criep,
acd probably the barbs of the wool woa.'J be worn
smooth, but these defects will all be met and remedied
in part, by mixing the wool with cotton.
erixMNa thebab cr tabx.
When factories fail to supply the demand, and spin
ning wheels cannot be had, and even when cards are
bejond reach, there is yet a resource to bs had in the
instrument used before either factories or spicniog
wheels were known, and mentioned by' Solomon is his
last chapter of the book of Proverbs, where, in bis
g aphic picture of the virtuous woman, he-ajs, " She
lajeth here bauds to the spindle sad her hands he'd the
distafl." i he simple process to which he alludes, and
which was then tLe enly mode of spincioy, was th?s :
The wool, &x, or cotton was loosely distributed ove a
small brancbiog rod or leafltes bueb, in so which it was
fed to the spirole ; and this last of steel, like the epln
dfcs cf our ordinary spisning wheels, or of tough hard
wood, was loaded near the blunt end wit a disk cf me
tal or a ball fcf bardened clay, acd was twirled by the
fingers like a child's cbincopin or button with a straw
stack through it. The revolutions f this spicdle ac
complish the twirling of the thread, as we do now by
the more rapid and convenint instrumentality of the
wheel or the throstle. Slow as the process may be, it
can be made to give excellent thread and yarn, which
may be far more economical than the now costly hanks
of the factory. Many years since there was a poor per
son in the neighborhood of Savannah who plied one oi
the instruments just described with surprising dexteri
ty and success. It can bs done again.
WKAVIKS.
It has been cocjectured by scras of the Iean;e that
the art of weaving proceeded that of spinning, the
first cloth being what we now call matting, that is, made
by weaving together the shreds of bark, or fibrous parts
of plants," also hair, rashes, &e. Many a negro's bed
has been made more comfortable ia winter, by the ad
dition of a coverlet of wooven bark, snch oa is seen in
certain imported sacks. No tree of India or China
wfiords shreds better suited for such weaving than the
Wahoo abounding in cur swmps. Were the idea once
started among oar negroes, no doubt their ready ingen
uity would produce many a useful result.
QUILTED GARMENTS.
Any thick etufl may be made suitable fo whiter nse
by doubling and enclosing between the two surfaces
spongy stratum of cotton battinar. wool or down. This
last may obtained in quantity by stepping from the
paxt of the feather .next to the. gkia cf &U our fergj
birdsv tr oe'auai u?keys. is,bVrD door fowls; iCrTnw
down should tw-,ioE-erud in teb 'ullti d square as
us three f idi 9. Have btn' j rodec! by trie needle. r; The
warmib b?-ue!i-a garment can be known otdy by x
perietce I- is x eedioxly ligb! warzn.-r-WouW
thnt etch oi oar bojs wb sbivr in ;the bleak
valit-js ( L Vl?f.'biia Bud "he trial of one. ; ;
- SCB3TITCTK P:R 8C.CXS. ' :
Li i! ou'a ' Arr ot Travel," on Kogliab work con
taining m!y U8rfn Unts, It isea'imated tbat in pome
retpec s a Jo'.t .'qur- .1 sott cloth is more pleasant to
the ' tbuu .k l o wear it ihe foot mt atbe
placed f u nue or the egonals, the corners being to
wards the if.. i, acd sid s ; t'.e corners at the side?
are to b fi 8' !ded i;fcr the msiep, tbea the cover ai
tie toe ; !&M y h f oi is to fcecireuliy inserted ia tt
shoe, no aa ttj ieave'no wrinkle, for every wrinkle will
raise a b'ieter nwkssim Ur to thene," be a1os,"bu?
made tf blki kt, M.d cal.es i 'blanket wrappers.' ave in
aseat fludsou's Bay, itsteed of shos. Should snj
one bvln in city wish to wear a substitute of th6
sort, a pair of hub falters, either knitted or made ot
cloth w:M probably be- ncewary for ihe appearance
sake."
BSDCLOTHE3
A d covt:r so warm us to t.e almost upcomfortab!e
during a titter c'd night, was ouu so light that it could
scarcdy b.; fell it. was a com fcr. of eider down.
No laaiiiy tb: owns a feather bed ieed bt in waoi
of pi- n y o? b d eveMug only let the fea Lcs be qnih
ed int' coVerlsts.
Thr secret of warm s ee-ping of a cold night eoneiftta
not to much in having asft nf'Si iu which to half burj
the body, as in keeping the outer air from having accSH
to the jx rson, and ispec'ally to the feet. The vgonerg
in Gerinaoy practice a device from which we may-learn
a les.HCi; ; whtn twsy from home they ue what they call
a sleepin : tsg ; this is halt tilled with s'raw, into which
the p'.rson itserts himsi-if atid draws the mantle clos
around bis neek.. Tbs outer air is thu-j exeladtd and
war orb ia tnsu'.id. Persons troubled with cold feeT
will Isxuriate iu the comfort to be afforded by a pair of
draweia, or ire rqu'valtnt; drawn half way np tbe legp
and tben deu''!(d uod r the Ketsu as to fcrm a kind of
Umporarv b.t-
F&p' t U nn excelleut non-cot dactor of f eat. Eng
lish c iuatrs offfn et close sheets of it with n their
quiiud c;ut!te-panes. Several newspapers tacked or
pasted together at the tc'ges, so as to give safScifDt size,
and spread upou one'jj btd iu two thicknesses, will give
tbe w.-:ra.ih of a Market.. In travclini? oi a cold wicdy
day n thing protects tte chest better 'h&u n-wspaper
ioIdeJ several times and worn under the Vfst.
COW HAIR BLANKETS
Sir:ce c Muraoiiciog this article, information has been
received that in the nei boor hood of Augusta, wme
one h.13 manufactured blankets of cowbair, which are
said to be surp;isinly warm. The mode of their nifja
ufaclure s-s no meutiontd, but probab'y by eoa.biua
two with eotitiu
BUTTONS AND riJ8 -
A I, w c-venicgj since a gectleman laughingly remark
ed that he had set-n a I .dy asicg what shs called Con
federate Pins. Tbff-e eonristc.d of tbe tl oros of th1
large Cactu? or prickly j er, which is furnished by na
fare wi:h both head and pjint. It is well known th.it
during the Revolutionary war of our fathers, the thorns
of the plum tree were used for !he same purpo e.
Buttcii3 of almost any sizj may be extemporized from
tbe hard shell of tbe gourd, cut and covered with cloth
If anything harder or more durable is required, it can
be Mii!e of born, boiled till it is soft, and then trimmed
with a kni.'c to. the proper s', and bond.
Savannnh Republican
The tr&isa TiDk. The Montgomery Advertiser,
thus explains the meaning of a "spring tide," which tbe
Yankee! propose toavil themjelves ot when they attacic
Charleston :
At every tie w njcoo, the -waters of the seaboard of
South Carolina, ris. several feet, and overflow all of the
mars:i lands which lie between the is!ands,Jand between
tbe is!a lids ai d tbe main land, The march lands are
plateu'a of mud, the product of which ia marsh grass
a gntn growth memblng oats The mud is used bv
the pUu'ers ss manure, end a? is the maish grass wheD
m;xcd with other articks, forming what is called eota
post. ne marsh is also used for feeding horses and
cows.
When the spricg tides eocur the planters are able to
row about all over the m3nh land in pursuit cf game
and bnorg thse is tbe marsh hea, a delicious bird,
which bein floated e ut cf its cest, wanders abont in
flocks, and are essily ehot us they have gret "difficulty
in flig from tht water.
Anj Ofie ia IStoEtgomery, wf:o witnessed tbe lcetnt
rise ia t e Alabama, and the overflow cf the lands op
posite th" city, eaa imagine the eflect of a srrirg tide
on the maish Jaiids of .South Carolina. These overflows
las irom two to three days, wen the wafers suddenly
return to their uud channel-, so tbat the Yankees wilt
be apt to 6 d thernsrlvf 3 io strap, unless it be their it
tentien 'o shoot tbe bar of Charlestrn with their heavy
ship?. But we doubt f heir ability to asconipliah this,
as thtr is but -it tie wa'eron tbe bxr, not more we be
lievt; at o di: ary tiimp, than fifteen or sixteen f?t.
It was of theae spring tides th a overtook Napoleon
in hi.- Syrian campiigu, hi d from which he escaped by
the intLOi'itii"c of his genius." fie mde his staff forn.
a circle bciBg outwards, and ordered each roan to ride
forvad in lie dirr-. tinn of hie horse's head, and he who
first touched ti e y land ss t-u-e to be in right direc
tion for fpcape ffi.ru th- waters, and on a eignal b'ing
givvn to xb.At eflect, a'l the otb?r members o! t.e party
were to turn and foihw the lucby man. I ha party
started 00 their forlorn hone, a d one, more foitusate
than the rest, found the dty land, gave the signal, aid
Nopoleon was saved
J here is D'" dount, ttat 11 wrs one 01 those spring
tides which ovrrwhelund Pharaoh and h;s host in the
Hfd &ea. The Israrlitrs bad widely ca'culaied their
time of crossing the se... but Pharoah beiug igno-ant ol
tne Jaws wmcn covcro tt;e nee and mil 01 water, was
drownrd. Gad print tbat the Yankee devilt may
meet wnh a similar fate.
Kai til-Carolina Brigades.
We are indebted to the Adjutaut-Gcm ral'e ofSce for
the loflowirg statement, stowing the brigades to which
the North Carolina regiments telor g. It will be seen
that there are four regiments whose brigade com-
maDders are unknown, and that one fifth of our regi
ments are commanded by Brigadiers cot of or from this
State :
E. A. Prver'a KHr.Uo lat an? 5d : 3. D. Fam.-ear's
2d, 4th, I4ib, 30th; A. Iveisou's-5ih, 12th, 20th, 23d; K.
t Hose tta, ile , 64tn. bva, and waartoa's battalion
of sharp-shcoU rn ; J H. lAue's 7th, 18th 28th, 33d, 37 b;
r. Lu Clinrm -.u s u 31 .t, 6 1st, 6lst ; Wade Jdamnton s
8th; J I Ft? i-i -k s l ih. 2-h, 42i, 4tth, 4th, 52d ;
W. i'fdirV 13:-?, I'i.h. 2 ?d, 34. h, as h ; J . K. Cooke'e
-15th, .7, 4h. 4Hb: W li. P. Lee'a 18th ; Tl. Van-
om's-'-ith 2,"i'h 3Mh, 4D h. .5 h: It. B. Vane's 29" h
S9th, eo h : J Uiiiel V&X, 43 J. 4tb, 6 tb, 63d; . H,
KjbertriM 4 1st, t?Ah, C3d ; J J . Davis' 55th.
The fol'ow dc re imett ure not tr'Laded : 10fh, 17th:
seta, 40!U.
The briarade oounssaiidcra of the foliowina: re auknonn
68th, 63d, 64 th, 65th.
The leliowin rep iments enutod for t; e war: 1st, 2d.
'd, 4th. 6LJ9. fitii, 7th, 8th, 9Ch, 10th, lltn, 17th, 9thl 53d,
40tb. 42d. 43d, 44th, 45tb, 4th. 47th, 48th, 49th, 50th, 6 1st.,
o2d, S3d,i4'.h, 65th, 56th, 67ih, 53th, 59lh, bOih, 61st, 6?d.
Jt81,64tn, tO'D.
The followioK re enlisted prior to the passize of the act
of Apri 16th, 1862 : 28th, 37th?
The f allowing were 12 mouth' regiments, anl re-orsjan-
zed under the set of April 16 h, 1662 : 12th, 13th, 14th,
15th, IGth, 18tb. 20th, 21?t, 22d. 3d. 24th. 26th, 26tti, 2Tth,
Mlh, 30ta, 3 1st, 34th, 35lfc, 3Stb, 3Sth, 39th, 4iSt.
Th Polish Insurrection.
A telcgrsphicb despatch from Cracow, says tbe fol
owing proclamation by Gen. Langiswitz, dated March
10, has been published, and tbat it has produced a pro-
iigious effect :
" Countrymen : In the name of the Most High, the
mcst patriotic soas of Poland have commenced a smug
gle, caui-d by terrible abuses and directed against the
eternal enemies.of liberty and civilisation.
" Notwithstanding the extremely unfavorable cir
cumstances in which the enemy, by great increase ol
oppression, hastened us into an armed conflict, we have
every reason to believe that we shall triumph in the
great struggle for liberty and independence.
" The struggle, commenced by unarmed people, has
already lasted two months, and gains strength and de
velops itself with energy in the presence of this war to
the death in the presence of the massacres, the pilla
ges and conflagrations which mark tbe progfes3 ol
the enemy.
" Poland feels painfully the absence of a central pow
er capable of directing the forces engaged in the strug
gle and of summoning new associates to the field.
H Although the satioi possesses more capable and
worthy citizsns than myself, and although I am thor
oughly conscious of the heavy duties of the office and
the weight of the responsibility which it involves, yet
the gravity and necessity of the moment have decided
me, after consultation with the provisional government
to ajsxrms the supreme power of Dictator, which I shall
surrender to the representatives of the nation as scon as
the yoke of the-Muscovite is shaken o3.
Wbil$ retaining tbe icsediate direction ol military
o,x ration in; my own hands, I recogtiz1? tbe necessity
of .establishing a civil government,. wno?e functions wilt
b regulated toy a special ot&i6knK?;ytte.jwkjjt; the
provisional governtne nt . ; V. ; ' , .4
, I oonfirm the principles of liberty and eqaality to
all citiz.'ns, graoting land to the "."'peasants with indem
nity to the proprietors. " " '; ",'.".. -
Poles of all the provioca beneath the yoke of the
Ma ovite, I summon .you to ti e struggle agaiuet the
domination ot Russian barbarism. Coose one, come
all of yoa. Ilie liberty ot Poland must be achieved.
" The concord" of all jci isens, itrspective " of classes,
of r.-ligioa, tf commanities, one and all making sacri
ficrs t jr tbe ccmnion cause, rwill give to us such unity
and strength as will reeier cur now scattered forces
terrible to the enemy &nd injure tbe independence o;
our country.
" l arms I to arms ! for the liberty and indepen
dence of our fatherland.
" Langi6.witz "
" Frdekal " Uobse Marines "--We have publish
ed allns.oBS to a new project to conduct war on tbe ri
ver, as having beeD orig-raed at the North. We find
te-following desefipi ion ol tbe fl.'tiila atd its attach
. ments io the Chicago Times :
The naval brigade w atout to commence operations
against tbe guerillas that infesr. the shore of the Missis
sippi, and plunder and bnra steamboats, and murder in
cfl:U8ive persons. The capture of these . rascals ba
been ajmopt en impossibility, oa. account of their p .ca
liar mode of warfure, and tte immecse advent.Rge tbey
h.ive had of esepe. The brigade mentiont-ii may n'.t
ai.nibilate the rabbets, but it will undoubtedly, diovn
i&b the number ot their depredations and render tiuir
attaefc moe difficult. T. eff-.ct.tbis purpose, two boats
nave been arranged to accommodate a fcuads-'d caval
rttH'Mi, with thei? horas, who wilf ba trarsported up
and d jwa the river constantly. Berths for nen ano
stain tor tbe horts have been prt-vided, asd all ar pro
tectrd fr'-m musket and rifle shots by a covering of very
heavy oak bl ir:K A large etae ha? been hang en
cranes lVHdy to be swung down by an invisible power,
wh-u the boat has larded, and over this bridge tbf
ready bor?emen are expected to rush, sword iu bio J,
upfin the obj ?cts of their veDgeance. The idra is a
gorcl one, provided the steamer happens o bs just
where the guerillas are Herein iies the d nl ul-y.
They wiil not let their presence be known while such a
formidable enemy ia in eight. However, o.irg to the
nature el the country bordering on the Aiifs sstppi. i'
u tbe best we cn do. A cavalry force is uiuch netdeii
io fuct, is tee only etc that cn operate efloc'.ively ;
6nJ, if it is impo&tibJe to do so on land, they mast d;j
the b-st-they can 00 water. That the pr-.o ct tray re
ai'.? the mo.st faoguiiie hOfist of its originators, is the.
wisb OFtvery oue wro aesirts tbe lree navigation of the
Western water?.
From tliti YV Ji le
The steamer Aiiep, mentioned in the follo-riog dis
patch, is tie one reported by late advices from Churlef-
ton us r aving bten capTurrd by the blockaders :
Halifax. N. S , V. arch 26.
The ete&msbip Delta, from St. Tbemis on the 27ib
via Bermuda ou the 23d iost., arrived to day.
The Federal steamer Vanderbilt arrived at Siint
Thomas, from Barbadoea oa the 15th iost.
Too Uovernor. of Barbadoes invited Admiral Wilkes
to dine with him, but the latter declined, givirg as a
reason that tbe Governed had entertained Capt. aleCi!
of the pirate Florida, a few days previously.
Admiral Wilkes had transferred hi3 fhg tothe Yan
darbilt.
I he Wachusttts was at St.. Thomas on tbe 16th inst.
also th British steam frigate Phaeton ; also two Bri
ti.sh steamers, tho Aries, aud another uokobwn block
a.-? runner. .
Admiral Wilkes threatened tosiz? the two blockade
runners if they attempted to leave perc.
The A tie? started on the IGthinsr., b'tt ob.-erviijg
the j reparations ot Admiral nkes to pursue, she
turned back and anchored.
The captain of tLa Aries then applied to the British
steamer Phaeton for protection, w jco. was barrel d
The Vanderbilt left the same day (the lGh ) it was
MT-aid. for ilavara.
Oa he mornirg of the 17th, the Pha-ton conveyed
th. cwo blockade roiiru ra out. Thy Wacha.:etts did
not follow them
The co"jms.ner of the Phaeton had commuriated
with Admiral Wilkes regardirg the se'zure of the Pe
tirLcff. A Sprech from fJr.u, rrlce
The Arkausas rcgimmts sbit'oned at Port Hudson,
lately com : 'iuiented Gcd. Stti hng Prince with a pere-
nade, wbe i,he oid hero respu;dd to the he-irty call of
his fellow-soldiers as follows :
Fellow-Soi.dibes : I am graceful f ;r the l.or,or jou
have ernfsr red upon ra by 1 his demonstration to-t;ighf
I see frof the flag before me tbat yon are Arkansas
tropa; the fame that foilowtd nie in Misson i .Tie
titter? of that old flag tell oi manya bari-f ;Uiht b t
tlf, r.d are honetrabl" to the brave men who fongbt be
neah its lolls. (Cbe-rs) I am not in the habit ol
makirg spee cl es. In my yeurg r days, I soi-netimcs in
dulged iu tbe psfltimf, but el late have given up speech
ifying ar.d.'a'rien to fighting. I am going ovrr on the
o'.Nt Side ot the river, ar.d in a very short, ti'oe, God
willicg, yon will bar from me. (Ch-crs.) I cmnof
make publ.c my plans, nor can I say to tte array what
are my intentiors It wcu'd te impolitic; frr when ihe
movements cf tie aniv ere known to every oce, the en
emy will know it too. On e r.e cceseicn.Fcm one in my
commaid reade irquiry relative to certain movements,
nod he was answered that " no one cut ttie Almighty
a: d'0'd Pap,' knew." Acd that is ere see ret e f my
succf. I krep niy own ouqsH. Cries from the
crowd of " 0k Hill," u E khorn," " 1 xipsrton," 'Tu
ka." " i'o inth." Well do I remember earb one of
those b'itt'es, and well do I rt-membrr how ncbl? you
all acqnitted jourrelvris on each battle fieid. I know
tbe character o' the meu who followed tr.e again iu my
new fijId of operations. Cries of " We want to go
v7?th yoo."J at yoa earmot be .pard just now. iTie
enemy is Der at har?dvand you are wan'ed to drive him
back. But I am sroii.g over tLe rher, and as foon p.p
P' sstbie I fchall i-et:d fu Jl regiments here to exe-hane for
the d?cin:a"fd ranks of my old Arkansas tr ops. I'hey
are vtterasg in t e 9 rvice I know rlnni snd tt,e
know me.-. 1 must have ihtm ard I wi;l. Oii's o'
" We aie glad to Lear it ' And now, my frjtnds. let
me once more thaLk you lor this cemphujciifT Good
night I
three cheers were then ivjn iut " O d Pep."
Capiain Hays, of tae 17eb Arkn"a, cumirg to th;
steps, toik hoid o.' tte old flaz acd propostd t-nee
cheers for tbe brave and lamented General Li;t!e, the
donor of the flag to the rfghneut, who :li at tbe battle
of- Iuka, aud wound up by giving threj c'ners U r
Arka-8m Tfce soul-stirring r-otes of " D x?e " the n
came 'rouo trie band, and soon a ye'l wer.t up for Gnr-
ral Grduer. After rf-reabnl cabs, the Gereral catre
lorwrd, aud s'd :
J am eim-i ui k-h y u all in such exc.Il nt tpiri's t- -n:ght.
You bae good reason to fevl so. 1 bft prfsenc-
of your old eemmatder is fufSi.i?nt for tuvh rejoicings,
aud tbis reception is as appropriate as it is flittering
General Price has spoken well of you as soldiers, and
iu the course of a week yen will have an opportucit v
here to sustain your reputation, and make the demy
reel jour prowess. (Ln era) it :s said A Ueooral
Banks that no one has ever seen anything cf bim
but bis back. But I cannct promise you to see so
much, for 1 believe that when be attempts to come here
ha will return before eny one will have a chance to
seo even his back. (Laughter and -cheers) Good
night."
Tl.e Arrttt of Ccloncl Talcott.
We copy from the New York World of the 28th, an
account of the arrest of Col. Talcott in that city. An
other pap'er says that his wife, on learning of his arrest,
was suddenly stricken witb partial paralyei3 :
Some excitement was yesterday cused in this city by
the arrest of Colonel Talcott, formerly of the United
States Engineers, who was examined by General Wool,
and sent, by Marshal Murrey to Fort Lafayette, on the
general charge, as it is understood, of being an officer
of high rank in tbe Southern army, and a confidential
agent of Jefferson Davis, on his way to Paris. Colonel
Talcott is well advanced in years, and we understand has
for more than a year'been residing in Mexico, wher? he
has been employed in constructing a railway from Vera
Cruz to the capital. It is stated that he left Richmond
some fifteen months ago for Mexico, and has had no
conneotion since that time with tbe Confederacy, the
object ot his present journey to Paris being to attend in
tbat city to the business interests of the Mexican' rail
way which has been under his charge. If these state
ments are correct, and CM. Talcott was really passing
openly through New York with his family, on bis way
to Europe, the importance of his arrest would appear to
have been singularly overestimated in tbe frst accounts
given of the affair. Deputies Dwyer and Young, who
nad been watching for bim, arrested bim about noon
near Barnum's Museum, fie had been stavinir with
his family at a prirate house, No. 144, Wast Twenty,
ivuruj stresi. I
,;:...Jk.Xvy:.forib Confederacy. , .
Tet us assume, not as a possible, but as a very pro
bable -continger cy, the appearance in tbe North At
lantic within tbe next few weeks of an all-powerful iron
cased Confederate equadrfln Such a squadron is in an
advanced state of construction and the Irieods of the
Sooth rn Confederacy will be glad to learn that the
ships of war which premise shortly to raise the Confed
erate States to tbe rank of a great naval power re
without the great faults of tbe iron-cased ships of war
of the Northern States, and the minor faults of the iron
cased ships of war of this country. ,
We cannot a tbe moment, without perhaps inflicting
irjary on the Confederate cause, be more precise. Suf
fice it to say tbat jtm now, after no end of difficalty
find embarrassment, great cast iron rolls; have been
turned successfully, and are yieldiog an abundant sup
ply of angle iron of all sizes ; tbat still more ma?sive
smooth rolls have been fashioBed,and are producirg
great rolled armor plate from scrap iu:-d railway iron ;
and finally, that the thousands of willing workmen in
the Tredegar iron works, Richmond, the Charleston
iron works, and the Savannah iron work3 arc toiling al
most without intermission, night and day. Aeaiuwe
repeat, we canoot at tbe moment b; more precise. The
Confederate States, -in a werd, are straining ti eir eaer
gies to the utracst, working as they have long workd
in the e nrolliii-nt and equipment of great ernjifp, bat
tbis time witb the i mention of disputing with the
Northern States the command of the ocean, ibe ef
fort is a great one, but perhaps not greater than rcsi
!ute and skillful men are more than equil to. Lc-t ua
encourage them with ur best wishes, and theas.sitrar.ee
tbat whenever the gallant Captain Semm-s, of tLe Al
nbania, commands a powerful iron-ccsid i-quadr n, the
day of recognition and independence wt!l bi eJose at
ha?d
What, Hen, ere v.et lock fcr, if, ft r some weeks
b-a?e, we aro t-tartled with the intelligence) that Cap
Sf mines is at se-a with one of tt e moit powerful fquad
rons of this iron age? Will New OiLar.s by relieved
f cm he pte.-ence of G'n. Bar ks, the Federal firet be
dts royea in the locr M'psis-K pi, and the fitdrs atd
burs ( t ti:e Conf,dera;y ctce more fiUj'plaat the star
acd s rip- 8 which Mumto.ru hhi-l d d -wu From the flg.
st afl of tbe N"e-.r Orleans Custom Houee? Will the
wiKiden blockad'rg fl- es be fore Mobile, Savannah -acd
Charleston be ef ggeo an I Ftuk and cotton tnee mere
find its way to Biatk t in L verpoo! a-d Havre VV i!l
the Che arjek ? b: entered and the tonfedera'e equad
ron e'ejr for action before Annapolis, wh;.V Gen. LVe
mikes a ek-m irs'rui ion rn the-lo'o?n c ? Will, finally,
New Yoik, Bos'on and Pailade'phia hav to cboe
between gub?ni-in a.d a ransom or fbe srnetiities if
an boar's b' in'oa-dmi i 1 ? Thee re the qae.-tions e
may have ' to tfctrik of acd niwr be fore meny weeks
ate over, "t hey are n w, startffo.-.' ard extcedigly op
portune. Juki at mca a time ts the pte-?r.t, when
Parliament's aboui to rptct, atd the question ei te
coguitioo, L-ineasiure. s'.nd the navy ne on the lips of
every one, it is dtsiraoio to have the j .dgaivut helped
in this way. A powerful Conlederatc equu'ron will
change Lrd Eos eli's tune, aid no doubt be alluded to
by our veteran Premier in h;s usually Lappy manner
Between tbe Government ami the great mass of Kn
lishmen Ihere is thi.3 siir.p'e d fTcretce on the American
quistion, that whereas the mass of Englishmen are cl
opinion that the whipping of the Nerthercers has Ixen
severe enough, L-rd Kus.?(-Ii an 1 Lord Pulme.-st jn, ia
consequence of pom1 old grudge, r.o doubt, in?ist that
the fighting shall contioue ontij t!ie Nor h is so severe
ly punished ; hat it wihco' beio the burner to fight egain
for honif generations. When, iherefoie. Lord Russe'l
and Lord Palmerston are informed tbat the Coofeda
rate States have a geat iron cased Equadron on the
FedtTi.1 coast, ihey wih b.gin to think like other peo
ple. They wiil then acknowltdge the utter hopeless
uees of the Federal caase, and perhaps put themselves
right with Parl atiient and the public by stating that
fro the tirn3 of the attack on Fort Sarn'er by Gen.
Beauregard, they have h;.d secret m ssrivmga ns to
what the end would be.' Thi3, of courte, is mere hu
man nature.
Among 1-he Federa Americans the announcement
that v.e now mske will create muca tbe same anxiety
that a live soon woaid do in th? t"-en -to Chamber iu
Washington. The spirit ft the Fed.ta's is fairly bro
ken, c.urfea with a joking and story-tefling Govern
meat when the c iief fragment of a great country is on
the brink, if not already in the abyss of ruin, .they were
powerless eiinst their enemy: Against the Confede
rate Stares they bare done thsir best and wcr.-t, and
peace- and fcrgetfu'nefs would cow be to th?ra both a
relief and a basing Up to this time 'they tave never
cream-d that at sea or on their coa3.'s the (JoniVdfrates
could do them harm. What alone thev hv sometime?
t-ared 13 an aitai k oy General Leo on Watbuigtcn ;
but vvosh-.ngton has a very small place ia Northern
hearts True, the Alabama has done the rn ir j lry, but
stiii th" nj iry 's borne by a few. It 1?, besides, an in
jury 'hut -the Nw Kne;l:jr.d and New York ship-own-
trs and others think no mere atjout, after an ind gt a-
tiou uj. eting on 'Charge, at the Chamber of Commerce,
or the B ard ol Fraoe. Capt. Semmcs and an iroo
eue 1 seiuaJron have rot been coantd on.
Ships w;:b ra a bo vs, 'h" s ems ol .i.ca oi whica are
solid i on forcings, we-'ghtog not hs.i thin tea or four
t-tn 'o s, which wou d demolish any number of w-odeu
snips as last as u;ey coo id D? orouot to Or;ar agains'
them", fii.'l'ron over any nu.ol.er of .ioni o s tha' rn ght
attempt to interrupt their proirss, u d beanxp c"
el and iTnw-lcoms visitors New York robbed o- its
bank trea3urr, Bvsloa nr:ain eg 's.p'ain Snrm. s at
the R vie r-r Tremont Ilooe, aad Puilade-phia under
ti e guns of a Confed.j.:are ?qo drun, havV hit cno been
a3 mooli if not more itnpruOijble thao the rout of oi.e
great Federal army a'tjr another ou the Potomac a
yesr or a ye ar a-.d a half ago. Too ay of awakening
would t;i:t f-.il to be oae of Hrror.
Aarn-.g o rselvvS, and in fact ihrong!vut Kurope,ex-traorJioa-y
interest wouM be ex.-itd were the war now
to take a Oitva.1 turn. Thy present generation knows
nothing of iicti-ns fought at te, unlve-s what the histo
rians o: other yefi.rs ch s to tell ui. Acd naval war in
the dsys of wooden walls and " rule Britannia " must
have b-.en flat, ind-ed, ia coraparidon with tLe rap d
foriTiir.gs ( n startoad tnJ port lines ot heai irg, in tbe
Era., second or thud r.kr of steaming, incident togue-h
eteamii'g as th u of rb Aiao irna, which is s id to bt
not le-s than twen'y-one milep p.u hour in smooth wa'er.
Naval, war oow a-dc)y i)l r;; short, sharp an-i das ang,
where Le ships are la rlj mntcLed and overwheiming
to the weaker, in propoitie n to tbe weakntss, unlets
there is eompensating skill and ceurae. Good engines
and pmirt handling may keep a small craft heyond the
reach of a great antagonist, and nuke a l&rge ship 'he
pvizo or one irss tnan naif ixa z-i aLd earrymtf no more
than a fraction of its weight ot metal. These, in a
Lword, ara the days of ho trained seamanship, when
s nips will be lost a; d wen or sutk, not b. cause tbey are
great cr ?mull,-or sect rding to the proportion in wh:ch
seamanship, stawe'ri linens, ccd tie power of resist tog
shot sre !! con b n! d. So lar the Federal seamen hav
still to win their luu'ch-', Jh etMf the Conhderat- tea
m n arf Rlreay won. D-.t what tbe premised Conlede
rut? sq-Oidrot n ay, the tc vices 'A the Alabama wiil
never oe lorg'-tten Cptaiu Sem:ns, with the Fqocd
roo o? iroii-cue-i Khip,!, my humole tbe Federal States
to th.j ve: ene. D k converts cf Lord Rr-pcell and
Lord Pairneraion io toe Confederate cause, und iutt-test
the people of this cocnty and of Eur pe to an extent
that may pets, by be painful ; bat tbe Alabama, a mere
wocdea ehip wiia a pair cf poverful ergines, and a good
crew and Captain, dtfying far mny months on the
oc?an the whole fket of a great naval power, has no
11 'It. m 1
paranei, ana win not soon nave one.
London Evening Standard, February 2.
From the Kichmocd Sentinel.
THE CURRKftCY ACTT.
We publish to-day an cflk-ial copy of the very im
portant currency act, recently passed by CorgfeES. The
lollowmg aDaiyi3 of that act hss been very carefully
prepaied and will give ger.eral itfoimation as to its
-provieiens, in a plain and simple form, readily under
stood and easi'y applied. We seggest to our readers
to preserve it is a Eummary :
Tbe Currency Act has divided ail treasury notes in
to three el 3res. - ,
I. Those issued before 1st December, 1862.
II. Those issued between 1st December, 1862, ard
4tn April, iBt.$. -
III. Thore issued alter Acril, 1863.
1. The first are lundible in 8 per cent. Bonds or
stock until 22d April, 1863 ; after that day in 7 per
cenis. unin isr. August, ima, alter which tbey cannot
I C 1 1 A. t I
os rnno?a ai an.
2. The second class are fundable in 1 per cent. Bonds
or stock until 1st August, 1863 ; after which they are
fundable in 4 per cents.
3. The third class are fundable in six per cenfs. at
any time within one year from tte first day of the"
month of tLeir issue. After one year they are funda
ble io four per cents. To distinguish th3 notes and fix
the period of oae year, the month in which they are is
eued is stamped across the face of tbe cotes.
It will be seen, therefor, that no' 8 per cent, bonds
will be issued after the 23d April, audno sevens after
1st August, so that all holders, who desire to secure
these rates, must present their notes for funding within
tbo roeriou aDvvs Barava,
Si ri"r rpnt. Call CVrtifl
Issued ; bat instead thereof, five per cent Call
cafes iuay be had for any of the! notes of the ihiri B'
I which will entitle the holder 10 reconvert .? 0
I .j .. l . 1 r . .. .
r.ny time" within six months from the-date of th ij
t 1 hp notes which the Call Certificate reorsX. m
10 n eive interest until reconverted. If nnt na
until reoooverted. If not.7 nJ
edt tWe Call Certificate may, at any time, be fwl?
s'x percent, bonds. cw 'n
The tour per ceat. Bonds issued for the notes or
2d and 3J class-may oe exchanged at any time, fj
Certificates, which will entitle the holder to reco
the same into notes.of tbe same character, and to
est at four per cent, until reconverted. '
The six per cent. Call Certificates now in tbeh
of holders may be redeemed in the notes which the
present at any time before 1st July, 1863 ; after
date tbey become six per eentv bonds, payable at
time, not exceeding thirty years. 1 ;
Th Pop at Ham.
A resident at Rom? furnishes tbe following in(0r
tion relative to the domestic habits of the Pep
II "lie ess rises about 6. At ? he says nass in
with him a portable altar and says mass at hom.
it does not unirefiequeotly happen tbat a fore?
who hires &n apartment which has been previonT
occupied by a prelate, finds some of the i '
nants of these altars. Tte Pone
by a comeriere, and by a prelate ptiest, or deacr
There are at th" Vatican ten secret cserieri, raors
I-68.jtIosely attached to the I ope according to their i
a
18
1 a. j r: i i . . .. ,uuci I at
tak.s his ccfl? and stme tr fl ns refreshment. u.
Ste la alone is present at that meal, as he opens the let
ters which have arrived aud reads thra to the Pons "
At nine, when the repast is over and the letters md
Cardiuitl Antonelli makes his appearance frons the floor
above. He is always gentle and mild Holy Father"
h r. ' Happy Father'.' there ; he praises the jeniai of
the. Prp-. h;s knowledge of affairs, Ac. That is the wit
in whieh.thi Card 'na! id way addresses Pius IX. Csrdi.
nal Antoneili coraults him on everything, and is his most
humble servant. This political conversation and bsiintss
ol tbe sovereign Pontiff with the Minister lasts fur as
hour or twp. About half-past ten or elevt-n the audience
commence. The Pope dressed in white, is seated in a larte
a-ru cbair, with a table before him. He says two or three
wort s to oli ihf persons who are presented to bim, in
ti.e -rngneve which they speak Fitncb, Italian,' or
Spaniel) ; but i' English or German be spokso, to
in:cpreter becomes necessary. SosietisBr'i darinir
the i.uliences bs signs applicatioss for indalgecoeg
whici have been made to bim in writing? The Pose
willingly signs thoi,e applications, writing at the bottcm
of thins, Fiat Pio Aono." At two o'dack the psiti.
fical dinner takes place. From three to fanr th f ose
takes bis siesta, s every on does at Boms. It yci tall
at the honse of a cardinal at tbat Sour,the answer invari
ably is, " His eminence is reposing." The Pope does
neither more nor less than others. At fi?e his loJisea
takes a drive in a carriage, escortsd by g nwds, cme
rieri, and lnon8ignori. At Beven the Pop sups, aid af
terwards plays a game at billiards. At ten all the
lights at the Vatican are extinguished."
The steamship Ericsson had arrived at New York
from the mouth of tbe Ogecchee on the 14th. She re
ported tbe force tbat n cde the attack npon Fort Mc
Allister to have btta the monitors Passaic, with U
and 15 icch dahlgrens ; Patspsco, 15 inch dahlgreoaiad
a 200 pounder Parrott gnu ; Montauk, 11 and 15 inch
dihlgrea3 ; and three mortar boats. At 7 o'clock, A.
M , they moved toward the fort inline of battle, Irom a
point three miles distant, aud approached the woiki
through a long double bead with a sharp turn, to a po
sition fourteen hundred yards distant. A host two
hundred yards from the fdrt Ihe progress of tfce moni
t ra was impeded by obstructions in the river, when they
grt in line of battle the mortars having previsnaly
toon advantageously placed acd the battls began
The cannonading during the day was heavy. 'Ike re
sults were rather unsatisfactory, the .obstructions pre
venting the monitors from approaching the works aa
closely as was desired. The mortars fired all night un
til daylight, wsen the monitors again approached, and
discovered tbe Confederates bad repaired all damages
during tha night, and the fort was as impregnable as
the morning before, and the attack was abandoned.
" Oa e'ur n tirisg," says the account, " the Confeder
ates fir d cannon, exploded rifles, shouted, yelled and
cheertd. The abandonment was evidently a joyful event
to tliero, and was correspondingly depressing to os
The possession of the fort is of but fitjle importance,
but the failure, after eo vigorous an attempt, was mor
tifying." Old Brownlow. In the course of his ri'ception
speech in .New York, the miserable old scoundrel aid
hypocrite made use of the following language :
Andrew. j 1 bnson has in him to-night a devil as big
and there is ii the boeom of every Union man in
rtnn saee as my hat : and whenever the Federal arm?
Htjall find us way there we will shoot tbe rebels like
ii gs, and hang them on every limb we come to. t Ap-
pkuee.) They have had their time of haniricg and
snooting, and our time conies next, st.d 1 hope to God
nut it win not oe long, l am watching in the papers
the movements of the army, aud whenever 1 bear tbat
my country ia captured, I intend to returu post haste
aud point out the rebels. (Cheers ) I have no other
ambaioa on eartb but to resurrect the Knoxville Whig,
acd get it in lull blast with one hundred tboueaod sob
seti'.ers. (Chterg.) Acd then, as the cecroea sav
down South, 'I'll 'spiess my opinion of some of then.'
Great laughter. If I have anv talent io God's earth,
u is th j talent to pile .up epithets, ne apon another.
Laughter and cheers.
V Xtw Way nt AdmlMlatoliiK the Oath of Alltgl
aiio to Yankee Prisoners.
The Vicksburg correspondent of the Savannah Re
publican is rtspopsible for tbe following :
ine Yankees drove from home and destroy d all the
property of a man named Cobb, in Missouri. Driven
by hi? necessities and a desire for revenee, he has or
gans d a band of partizans tbat prey on the Yankees.
tie lira ocan quite sut crssiut, but none of hie prisoners
trouble him. Cobb says tbat they take the oath aid
he turns thtm loose. Oue of his men reports tbat to
man who ever took " Cobb's path " violated it. It ii
considered very binding ; especially aboat tbe neck
Cobb says he would like to administer his oath to Ges.
Scott 44 Jest wofist."
The Prices is Tixas. In Wharton county, Texas,
i i'e days since, the sale of a wealthy bachelor's estate
came off, tbs owner having died. . 1 he Galveston AW
gives tte ro'lowinjf account of the prices realised :
Common fi.1d hands (teromen) brought from thrfS
thousand t: thirty-five hundred dollais ; negro g:rl
!ro-n'to to thres thousaod dollars; negro boys (from
twdve to eixUen years old) frcm twenty-fire huo ired to
ihree thcusatd dollars, prices eonaevrbat raising ac
cordicg to age er.d condition. On family ot negroes a
woman forty-five yrars of age," with seven children, tha
oldest a boy cf twenty-two years, th youngest a child ef
three years old brought the handsome sum of eighteen
thcuiard dollais. The whole lot consisting of 138 De
grees, of ail sge, f ex, sizes and condition, ran up to the
rcund sum of two hundred and eight thousand dollars
upward. Mules and oxen seemed to be in great demand,
mules sold at from four hundred to tight hundred dol
lars per pair ; oxen at from two hundred to two hun
dred and eighty doliars per yoke. Eight pair of names
and traces brought one hundred and forty-six dollars,
and everything else went in proportion. The two plan
tations known as Clark's upper and lower plantations,
and comprising tbe best quality of old Caney soil, were
certainly amoqg the best bargains of tbe sale." The up
per place brought thirty five dollars per acre j the low
er; place brought thirty-four dollars per acre.
( Varut Pbicb." In a recent debate In th Confsis
ra e Congress on rbe Impr smeat Bill, Mr. Henry of Tens.,
txpresaed tte opinion that the market prljc was, of all
laadards, the mot aliacious. As an isstanca, said he,
Richard III, when down in the dust and blood of Boaworta
field, offered bit kingdom for a horse.' Pome Eecatsr
here aked if there was any other hid 1 Mr. Henry replied,
tbat there wss no other hid, and that even without compe
tition that was the markt value of a horse at that jooo
ture. And it nvzht be added that Esau caid tbe market
price for a meal of food, even his birthright, but is that
any reason why people at this day should buy food at
the same price ? When speculators and borders e
all the provisions under their control, they can pst th
" market price " sd high that the poor can't reach it.
Acd because thsy put the price up is that any resat d
why any one should suffer for food, or that the Govern
ment should not impress enough at a fair price to enp-
nort the armv ? Wh? shonld the Government be crip
pled and the people anJ soldiers suffer for food, while
there is plenty ia tbe land, simply because the M niarkel .
price " is elevated by the miser and speculator la th
necessaries, of lift I Ctortottt Democrat
acjoiningfc nis r aroom. Almost an the cardlaalg j
the Roman bishops follow tfce same custom. vvh
nrelate at Rome hiren a famished anrfrtmpnf , . 1
001, ar.u Aii ci, yuLo areaiwaya near Lin Holiness. Th
keep h'm company, amuse him, and make him Ia0h
whicu is cot very d ffiiiuit, for in private life p,nj '
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