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;Jfj-1 THE ST1ATE JOURNAL.
If. FKIDY,' April 10, 1863
From all points in tire Confederacy .wo hear that
the newspapers are either about suspending or are
. 'contemplating the step at no remote periods From
"the indications aronnd ns we, fear that three months
hence there will not he a, dozen papers in the South.
The advertising lists outside of the cities have fallen
to nothing;, and even in the cities they arerednced to
a tithe of their former dimensions. ;- .' , ; :
It has become next to impossible to procure paper
at all. If it could be- procured, the price Is at such a
figure, tli at no country; paper can long continue to
' live without raising Us subscription price to three
tihUs the pfesent figures, "finch an increasa will re
duce their circulation to nothing and will compel a
suspension. 'I
A fe w papers printed in the cities may' weather the
torm, and a few in the country and smaller towts
vho?e proprietors are men of means , and who can
afford to continue publication without remuneration.
We. see that the Charleston Courier has advertised
as probable, at least a temporary suspension. Also.
the Anguste Constitutionalist and the Field and Fire
'. lide. All these papers have a very large circulation,
and in ordinary times their profits are doubtless very
ample. But at the. present price of subscription and
the cost of paper and other material, a large circula
ticn is rather an injury to, a paper than otherwise'
pAtiAr i3 sftllir in this market at forty cents
o - -
per pound; The makers of the paper can sell every
pound they can manufacture for fifty cents, and in
very short time the price will be nearly one dollar per
pound. The paper mills use cotton almost exclusive
lv : thev can eet nothing else. Of course they must
increase the price of paper as the price of colton ad
vauces ; and as that article is fast following the up
ward flight of gold, at no distant day printing paper
will be a jluxury which very few officer can TRfoid.
These remarks are not made to excuse a farther in
crease in 'the price of subscription. They are founded
on facts! which everv editor knows to be true, and
which occupy much of their thoughts.
What remedy is there for this state of thiugs?
Wf see but two : -either an enormous increase in the
price of subscription, or a suspension of the press,.
With paper at fifty cents per pound a weekly sheet
cannot bo issued for less than five dollars. This cal
culation excludes any profit. To preserve the profits
of ordinary times, the price would be at least seven
dollars. The dailies at that rate must go to fifteen
dollars. To pay, outside of the large cities, a daily
tnust go to twenty dollars.
There arfi a certain class of readers who will take a
paper at any price. .But thesj would take papers
which are published nearest the sources of sews.'
They would not take country papers at all, at the
prices. ..,
We can suggest; one measure which might afford
ruUef. The Government, we understand, has large
quantites of Cotton on hand, which was bought at a
comparatively small prise. If the paper mills could
buy this cotton from the Government a price
to cover all expenses and pay a small advance, tiey
could afford paper at present rateSj and thus save the
prc?3. .
But this plan we know would be objected to on the
, ground of affording Government aid to special private
" enterprises, a principle which has been repudiated in
our politics for years, at least in theory.
This tailing, we see nothing before us but the sus
.pension of the latgo "majority of the papers of the
Confederacy.
The next question is, ran a free Government be
sustained without newspapers ? Can this revolution
be successfully carried though a term of years of hor
rors, pillage and suffering, without the warniflg and
encouraging voice of a free press? Wo think a nu
merous press, and a fr&e one, are synGrrymrjuTtxjrms.
Let the journals of a country be reduced to a very
few in number, and byi necessity of human nature,
they will become merely the advocates of all meas
ures ofthe rulers of the land. They can, and will
demand, place and emolument, or both, as the price
of their services, and they will obtain their demands
so long as they keep their covenant with power.
The press is not merely a prie enterprise ; it has
bccomeat this age of the world a part of every Gov
ernment. I - ,
Men. at this day are not content with the bae dec
laration of principles, shortly and curtly expressed
by the proclamations of their rulers. They have been
accustomed to the analysis of every priniple and
every measuro.at the hands of the press, and like
jurors,, their duty is to sift, to weigh, torjoneile and
" to reject the argument and apply theV conclusions to
. the facts of their condition. , ' 5
The press is to the administration of the affairs of
State, what the lawyersrtj to tho administration of
justice. Tako either-Class away, and government be
comes a biinTobodience, and justice an uncertain ar
biter. We say to the people that, with the-fall of the press
they loso their bestriend, and the ablest champion
of popular rights and rational liberty. But we see,
- an the present state of things, no hope that the press
'- can be sustained; e are not speaking specially of
the concerns of this office. This paper is probably
established as firmly as the majority of papers in the
country, and in ordinary times,its prospects would be
flatfr ring. Bat unless we are mistaken in our calcu
lations, the press of the State and of tho Confederacy
is standing uncertainly upon a very narrow base. 8
We may regard" the campaign as now opened.
The operations of Gen. Jlill around Washington.
C, though directly pointed at only one spot, have a
wider meaning than the. capture of that town. If he
is successful, the Jarger portion of the State which is
uow in the enemy's hands, again reverts to us, arid the
stay of the foeman within our borders will bo render
ed dangerous and unprofitable. GenT Hill's cara-paigu,to-us,
embraces the restoration of the State, and
its freedom, from a foreign yoke. , A small portion if
it bordering on the "Sounds and large rivers will still
be under the domination of gunboats, but the majority
of tjie people and most of the territory will be freed
from terror and constant apprehension.-
At Charleston, too, we understand the eneaiy has
opened Ins campaign. -In Tennessee botli armies
have been striving by strategic operations to get its
opponent at a disadvantage, and when either party
thinks its schemes complete, the contest for Tennessee
and Kentucky will be decided by a terrific cngage
pient. The plans of .the opposing parties are now fcr
the reduction or the salvation of whole States. As
the play draws near its close, we can seo the whole
plot more distinctly, and the incidents are thereby
made more interesting, and their momentous conse
quences more fully appreciated.
We see by tho New York Herald that as the hopes
of reducing VicksBurg .are diminished, the invasion
of Texas by the Rio Grando is receiving tho atten
tion of Lincoln' Government. Already has Banks
left the Mississippi river and started to Berwick'sBay,
with the degn,-Goubtless,'of establishing a cordon of
Federal posts from that point to Red River, in order
to cut off our communication with the trans-Mississippi
country, a darling object of the enemy. This
object it is which has caused such an energetic prose-
cution of the war in the West, w iiot Damea iuus iar
by Yicksburg and thd batteries; oa Red river from
closing our access to Texas, tbe enemy is now urup-
lehiod, the Mississippi and r our defences, and
wid endeavor by the new move lo effect the purpow
which thus far he has been unable to enecu xuua
every wheTe the design of the corning campaign is to
make every battle decisive of the fate of a soverei
orn
State." ' ;fj-f . '
It is now very. certain that the enemy has
at length commenced the long expected attack npou
Charleston-. Tho contest at that:! place, if it should
be continued, will rank as one of tl.e memorable
battles of history. ' Perhaps at 'nd point are the ene
my more, desperately bent upon success, and no where
will the resistance be more gallant. Charleston sen
timent has played an important part in shaping the
course of the United States Govepment, and in de
veloping the elements of the revolution which over
threw that Government. Tb$ Yankees have au in
veterate hate against the city mixed wiii a'detesta-
-ble envy of. manners which are the type of Southern
behavior. Then; brutality therefore will pass all-the
bounds' of their low . nature should they succeed in
destroying the. place, and their rage will know no
limits should they "fail. And; on the other hand,
thongb Charleston is of.no more importance to the
Confederacy than any other seaport city, the anxiety
of tbe people is more aroused for its fate owing to tho
historic memories which gather around it. The whole
.Confederacy has dreaded the tournaraentwhose blopdy
lists are now opened, but ; its hope3 beat high
that at the place which witnessed the first cloud o!
war, the battle for liberty may tje won. Tbe defeat
of the enemy at Charleston will make an era in ouf
history. May the Providence whose aid we have al
ways invoked, grant to our hearts the boon of victory
not to gratify pride but to hasten .the consummation.
of grateful peace. ' ' '
From the Jackson Mississippian. ,
What Mississippi has; Done.
In the military department; commanded by Gen
Pcmbeiton there are more troop3 thail any other or
department outside of Virginia. When it is remen
bercd that the territory comprising this dcpartmei j
has. ever been remarkable only for the growth of cot
ton ; that every year large supplies' of corn and bacr
were imported into it ; that manufactories were almo '
totally ignored ; that the agriculturists devoted the: i
attention mainly to the production of cotton ; it wi I
be a subject of surprise that so large an army coul !
be -clothed, subsisted and partially equipped in .
country the habits ot whose people were soi.ly calcr. -latfid
to supply the wants of an army.
Yet such is the fact: The subsistence, the cloth
in": and the camp equipage for-a tremendous arm
have been almost exclusively drawn from the State !'
Mississippi; and this, too, when several of her mo.-1
populous and productive counties have been und t
the co ltrol of the enemy. Mississippi manufactori.1i
have made neariy all tlie material Ut-ed for the anr
of the whole department."
A brief mention of the Mississippi factories, nfan J:
of which have sprung up almost like magic, wilt n ;
be uniu'eresting to our readers. The Jackson mam ,
tory makes five thousand garments Weekly. ' The mi -terial
is cut out in the city by expericned and iudu.
trions tailors, and distributed over the country i y
Hinds apd adjoining couiities to be nbade up. Soldier ;
wives and destiliue families are always supplied wit .
work first, thus enabling them to support theniselv.
while lending a helping hand to the caus. Simil; j
factories at Baukston, (Choctaw county,) Columbu .
Enterprise, Natchez and Woodville, make up fii
thousand per week, the sewing of which isdistrii
uted in the same way. i
The hat factories at Jackson and Columbus mak '
two hundred bats per day. We lso have a mani ,
iactory which turns out fifty blankets per day.
The remberton Works at Enterprise, ana tlie Jjix v
Works at Caiiton, make not j less than sixty wagoj
and ambulances per week.- . j .
These factories are all new. established within i'
few months past, and their capacity is being coi
stantly increased. ' ; 1
The Chief Quartermaster has now private contrae
with parties in the State, which supply eight thou ;
and pairs of shoes per, week, j Arrangements are no
being made to statt 'an extensive Government sh f
shop in Jackson, j with: a capacity of turning out s it
thousand pairs of shoes per month.
The tauueries in tlie State! are 'sufiScient to tan r
the leather th;t can ; be. procured. The most extti -sive
tannery in the Confederacy is situated at Magn I
Iia and supplies six' hundred hides daily.
Tents manufactured from Mississippi cloth are tl
beot ia the Confederacy, and enough of them a
made at Jackson and Columbus to supply the afhv
All the ho'rses, mules, wagons ' and harness, for t! i
transportation of the army stores, etc., have been sup
plied from Mississippi. i -;- '
The en -rgy displayed by the officers of the vario'i -department!
in this'command merit the highest coi i
mendation. Since the appointment of Gen. Tembe
ton to this command, order lias been brought out i i'
chaos, and new life, new energy iufused into tho arn
and the people. Whatever may be said of the inc.'
perienco of Gen. Pemberton as an officer in the fie! i,
he has given ample evidence pf rare military admin
istrative tact, and proved himself a "superior depai
mental commander.
Much of the labor of procuring supplies . for tl t;
army and establishing manufactories, has devolv-r
upon the Chief Quartermaster, Major L. Minis, !
fact, it may be said that the supervision - and dire i
tionofthe whole was entrusted to him. Haw sign;
ly successful he has been in thejdischarge of this n
spousible trust, is evidenced by the enurhcrati i,
above. i ! -
Tbe officers of the Department have perform- il
their duties faithfully. They have often work.d
.day and night ; and instead of enteriug complair.
for what they have failed to do, let us remember th
no small work has been accomplished. Bt t j j
people are called upon to help. They roust co-op-ate
'Willi the authorities or the army supplies v.: I
fail in a most critical juncture; . Provisions are st A
neeJ corn is. needed, and those having a surpl ; -j
mist be willing to dispose of it at a lair price. 1 f : ; I
will do their duty the army : will be well fed a'l
well clothed, - j'
Prices ix the Northwest! The N. "Y
has the following article on this subject :
Hen
Before the war the price of a mule in Illinois
one hundred and twenty-five; dollars in cold.
pressit, notwithstanding the ! great demand for t
animaTtn our army, the price is only sixty dollars
depreciated currency. Tho same is true of other ag
cultural products. A 4a te number of a Minuet
journal quotes prices there as follows:
"FIoit four d"llars per barrel ; corn 45 cents
bushel; dressed hogs ,$3,25 ji6er hundred ; hams f(
cents pel pound ; butter toii'cerits per pound ;e
'eight cents per dozen; and other Krticles equally lo
. i
u iuu uuT wumics oi lowa, orei is only jpz.&U i
hundred, or at the rate of two and a half cents t r
rxund, and in the same Stateflast winter, not a hi ? -drcd
miles from the Mississippi, pork was sold d rest ; I
at mt less thn a dollar per hundred. . It is certait j
cc-t cheaper now."'
What is the cause of thisj while the. same artir
are so.high ? It i to the increased cost of transp -.
tition. Owing to-the clnsitag of the Mississippi .y
the blockade, the freights offered to "the railros cs
exceed their capacity, and the directors have en- -mously
increased their rates. Flour, which used 4 o
be transported from the towns on the Mississippi 3 v
I . : . i. . : r t -mi n . . "
ranruau inrougn to xewxork at ; ninety cents
l.r
uarrei, uow( costs 10 move it more than thrice t
sum i and as for corn, it costs tbe price of five bush
to send one to market. '
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The "Irish Brigade.'' A communication f r m
Brig. Gen. Meagher, to the Yankee Secretary of Wsi
urging that hia command. may be "' temporarily f- -lieved
from duty in the field, is publisled in t '.o
Northern prints. From hia figures it appears tL t
the three original regiments of the brigade (the 69 1
88th, and 63d New York.) left the city of New Yo c
" fully 2,500 strong, inciudinw two batteries of 3 on
cers and 160 .men each." . These three regiment :
says the redoubtable Ma-af, now muster 91 office?
and 531 enlisted- men, all told I Total number-if
missing 1,719. Whig. :
Forsyth Country. V
'"Perhaps no county in N-rth Carolina has;Teen
more slandered by papers and politicians of the Rich
mond Examiner stamp than i Forsyth. Yet it may
be doubled if any county in Ihe.State or in any State
has done more for the cause, taking into the account
the. number of volunteers furnished, the number of
lives sacrificed, the contributions to tbe clothing and
subsistence of the troops, and especially to the support
of scldierjs' families at home. ! Of this lost item -we
have jusi had an opportunity to seesomething of the
working of the enlarged system of liberality adopted
by tho county, and organized and managed by E. A.
Voder, Esq., President of the Board of Sustenance of
thecouLty. He has' 17 Sub-Agents, one in each
Captain's districts in the county, whoso business it is
to see that every soldiers' family is provided for and
does not suffer. He buys provisions to be distributed
through them. He laid in a large supply of flour,
bacon, &cl, before prices advanced ; he procured salt
from the State works and from Virginia ; lately be
bought 10.000 bushels of corn - in. the Eastern part
of the State ; bought all the pork he could find last
winter and bad it butchered and cured. And to con
sume all this-he has some 1200 person's looking to
him for bread and meat." Ho has printed tickets,
furnishing evidence on honor of the members in fami
ly, wants7&c, upon which aid is granted monthly
in proportion to ned, endorsed upon the ticket as
granted, eieher with or without pay as circumstances
.require. In this way soldiers families often fare bet
ter than persons who have plenty. of money but can't
find nrovisions ro buy with it.
ltppfintlv ' Messrs. F. & II. Fries, who had been
much imposed upon by applicants for cotton yarns
pretending to purchase for soldiers' families, have
generously agreed to supply Mr. " Vogjer at $3 50
ier uuncn. ana ne suppnea buauicroo wiumra o iuu
same price upon the evidence of his District agents.
Tbe whole arrangements of Mr. Vogler.show that
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h.e has devoted his time and his own means, liberal
lv : and his liberality has secured the co-operation
of all near hrrn his County Cburt, his District
agents, Messrs-Fries, and in short the whole commu
nity. Other counties might do well to tace a gooa
manv leaves out of Mr. Voter's book
We take great pleasure in endorsing the above
extract from tlie columns of.the.Fayettevule uoserver,
It is a hist meed of praise, due not only to Mr. Vo
der and -the Messrs. Fries, for the patriotism and
energy they have so signally displayed in supplying
the destitute of this county with provisions and
clothing, and in this way rendering the most efficient
aid in the great work of establishing the liberties ana
independence of the country, but due in an eminent
degree to Magistrates of the county, generally, who
have authorized, if indeed originated the very mea
sures, so creditable to. the country, and of which our
cotemporai'y has been pleased so largely to boast,
The fact, however, must net be lost sight of, that
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thesovery men wITo have done this work are Dcstruc
tives, every one ofihem ; they arc those Magistrates
denounced bv Dr. Kerner before tho Legislature f
North Carolina, upon his oath, as a representative,
as not being "of the right stripe." Their conduct
has been impeached by their Conservative represent
atives, and a majority fifty-two new men have been
appointed over them. Such is the history ot tacts,
and what a pleasing contrast between these and cer
tain hioh officials of the Conservative ilk within our
midst, who are grinding, wrenching aud screwin
the last dollar, tho last pound of bacon and bushel of
corn out of the pocke's and houses ot those who liavo
it, for the sake of amassing" filthy lucre? For. this liberal
system ofSusteuauce let the people of Forsyth County
remember that they are mdebtei to these Vemruct
ive magistrates who have beeirdenounced as unwor
thy of confidence or in any way to be trusted. ll'in
ston Sentinel-. '
FREDEiftCKSBUiiG, A pril 6, 1863. Your corresp in
dent is under obligaiions to private Thomas Wallace,
Company C, Seventh Louisiana Regiment, of Taylor's
" iron-clad ' brigade, for full tiles of Northern journals
to the 3d instant. They aff"rl the following summary
of inter sting intelligence :
IMPORTANT FROM VICKSBURG COMPLETE FAILURE OF
. THE YAZOO EXPEDITION.
L'Aiao. Wednesday Apnl Z. JNews trom vicks-
"burg and vicinity has been received here iip to Thurs
day night. Although unfavorable, the advices accord
with the general public expectation,
Sherman's expedition to the Upper Yazoo had re
turned without accomplishing his object.
The rebels had so obstructed the channel through
.which the boats had to pass' as to vender progress to
the river impossible.
Cincinnati, Wednesda', April 2. Dispatches re
ceived here state that the expedition through Steele's
and Black Bayous into the upper luzoo is a failure.
Admiral Porter succeeded in getting through both
bayous with the gunboats, and proceeded twent-five
or thirty miles lurther m Deer and Kolhng rorks,
when he encounterdft a small force of rebels, who so
aunoj-ed him with sharp-shooters and obstructions in
the channel, that further progress was impossible,
without toe cooperation of infantry, which came up
next day.
The enemy had in the meantime put trees into the
stream making it impassible. J hey annoyed the gun
boats otherwise, and seemed to be gathering in con
siderable force.
Reinforcements of infantry were marched to the as
sistance of the gunboats on Monday, and coming up
with the beleagured bo&ts, found them hemmed com
pletely by obstructions in front and rear.
Skirmishing continued all day, when the rebels be
ing reiniorced, the gunboats were withdrawn, and
comntenced to retreat, the whole force having embark
ed on transpoits near the he?d of Black Bayou, for
their return to Young s Point.
Federal loss 10 or 12 privates killed and wounded,
including Mr. Sullivan, an cngiueer, killed by a shell.
Rebel loss unknown, but supposed to be considerable.
In addition to the loregoing telegrams, the hevr
York Times has a letter from near Vicksburg, March
20th," wherein is stated the success of the cut-off at
Lake Providence, through Bayou Macon into Red
River, and that a stern-wheel steamer had been launch
ed on the lake, and that the arrival of three of Fara
gut's fleet at4' a point below Warrenton,'' will hasten
the attack on Vicksburg, before the summer heat,
assitude, disease and discouragement postpone aftairs
into me lan,
Later from tlie North.
We are in receipt of the New York llerald of the
3d ot April.
It says the news from Vicksburg "is very unsatis
factory," and the statements contradictory relative to
the operations on the bunnow'er. Tho Memphis
Argus says the Sunflower expedition is a failure, .and
that the troops have returner! to loung s Point.
Burnside telegraphs to the War Department that
tho Kebeis, under uen. regram, were defeated near
Somerset, Ky., ou the 30th ult., and were driven in
confusion to and over the Cumberland river, with 'a
loss that "will not fall far short of 500 men."
With regard to Mosby's exploit, on the 1st inst., at
Drainsville, Va., she Herald 'says "the Rebels appear
to nave maintained their position, although full par
ticulars have not yet bren received. ' Capt. Flint and
a lieutenant of the 1st Vermont cavalry, were severely
wounded
In an editorial, the Ha'ald maintains that the crisis
of the rebellion has arrived, aud warns Lincoln that
if ho fails iu his duty, the country will hold him to a
birici responsibility. . ;
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aiiu puyaicer rioriuajias againvpeen seeu, and re
ports having been chased by the Vanderbilt ne
ear
.Barbados, which vecssl she eluded by a cunning de
vice, bhe afterwards captured the Star of Peace and
the A debarun of Rock-haven.
The Republicans have carried the State of Rhode
jjmo.:iu u. uirijwi njr ui o,uuy. jn aoouiion vjvovt ruor
and membersof Congress are elected.
The case of the captured vessel Peterhoffis likely
to become a matter of diplomatic correspondence be
fore coming" before the prize courts, as the captain has
laid it before Lord Lyons, who will doubtless com
municate with Secretary Seward on'the subject.
Gold in New York, on the 2d, fluctuated between
157! and 152 and closed 155 bid. Exchange closed
168 and 1G9. The decliue in gold early inthe day
had the effect of seriously impeding operations in all
descriptions of merchandize. :
Tee Gesebal Ticket Bill The House of Rep
resentatives Jiave not "the stomach for a law to fill
their Hall by a General Ticket election. The major
ity of them are so conscious of limited merit and cir
cumscribed reputation, that Ithey are afraid to trust
themselves to a suffrage so broad as the State. Upon
the local theatre of a district! they hope, by assiduous
electioneering and politician's; arts, to maintain them
selves, but they are too-smart to trust their frail barks
apon the' wide waters of a State canvass. Prudent
little fellows lTiig, I
i SATURDAY, Aril 11, 1S6S.
Tle varying. accidents of life and the ever changi
ing circumstances which attend the h stery of indi
viduals and of nations, should teach mankind, the
necessity of prudence in cenfure, and th6 policy pf
conciliatory language and conduct. . i . i
An enemy will be forced to respect the quiet beaf-
ing 01 au opponent who never raves ar.ct never
dulges in fierce abuse, and this lofty port may and
docs gi ve additional strength to the cause of the lattiri
On the other hand, friendship cannot long continue
when constantly exposed to the goawings of sharp .
criticism. , . r i : ; !
Were the different races of men constituted "with
different natures) and were there a standard of excel
lence possessed by one superior to all others, or did
any special habitation confer peculiar virtues which
are denied to the inhabitants of other regions, the
gifted race might be pardoned much zal in their ef
forts to disseminate a superior morality
or a more
practical wisdom in themauagement of
national or
domestic affairs. If the people of one
particular
community were gifted with infallible judgements
and the gift was acknowledged by all, then the bal
ance of tho world could not complain when told by
their superiors that they were fools. I
If one community could bb found in which every
act was performed through motives entirely pure,
unselfish and honest, the missionaries from that happy
place might, with some reason, expect exemptiou
from nnger when. they simply stated thatlthe balance
of the W)fld we lnuch vea to ciating and ras-
given to cheating
cality. .
If one mau ia the world could be found who was
perfect in every , virtue aud infallible in understand
ing, that man might lay claim to the privilege of
publishing the balance of the world as yery bad sin
ners and very simple fools. .
But, formed as men are, all possessing some virtues
in common, ana ail, partaKmg ot toe same irauties
and weaknesses, both of moral and of intellect, the
office of censor, upon the honesty or wisdom of other
-people, becomes both a dangerous and a delicate one.
Tho fact iSj that no man is fitted for such a posi
tion. No race of men is free from the infirmities of
otljer races, and no community can boast especial vir
tues over its ueighbors. j '
We know there are fools and dishonest men; WTe
think we can point out many as we walk the streets
of every place ; and were the thoughts of every per
son kaown, there are precious few meti anywhere
that would not, by some person at some time, le
placed in one oboth these classes. '
We have.'iorth Carolina, as many honest men
and probably as wise men as any other patch of land,
called a State, can produce. f -
But the moment we assume superior probity or
superior wisdom over our sister States, that very mo
ment wc become ridiculous and excite the smile of
contempt. And the citizen of the State who takes
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the most pains to adorn the commonwealth with the
greatest number of these peacock' feathers, in our
opinion, deserves, at the hand of theStatea, the sharp
est reproof.
The same views are held by us in regard to other
States. When any of them) either collectively or by
thg silly assumptions of their citizens, presumes to
greater virtue, bravery, foresight or patriotism than
their sisters, it shows an iiifirmity of judgment and a
dearth of sense not creditable to human nature jn
general. j "
We have of late bcenamiised at the comments of
the papers of several of the Confederate States upon
the devotion, &c, of their respective constituents and
the shortcomings of those of their contemporaries
across the line. We have thought that many of the.ic
recrimiuatiors were but the efibrts of the bird that
feigns to be wounded, in order tedraw the intruder's
step from Jber nest. There are sore spots,- gentlemen,
in all your States, and you would be better employed
in healing your own wounds, than in advertising to
the world the extent of disease amongst vour neigh
bors. ' '
South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina,
are not tangible ideas. They are but names. The
men inhabiting those charmeal localities are tho
things which we contemplate, aud we assure you tho
men of those famed States are each like the other, and
possibly great deal more so." j
Some men in each of the States love monpy verv
dearly. Some, who were patriotic to extremes before
the war, have understood patriotism to mean the duty
of getting rich by any;, meain sanctioned by Heaven
or encouraged by the devil. These meji think the
.world was made for them,:. and, ye sufferings of the
widow, the tears of the orphan, are to them, only tlie
incense offered to the idol ; the more that is offered,
the greater their repute. Such men abound in every
State. . ' ; i
There are men who care nothing for our indepen
dence; 'who have floated on tho current of public
opinion and liave veered to either shore as the current
changed, always keeping in sight of safety These
men will hail the independence of the Sontb wiih
loudest cheers and they will pay equal ovatious to tho
success of the Yankees.
We hope such men are few, and we do 'not believe
them to be confined to one spot. In the view of com
mon fatilts, and fgr the good of a common cause, we
hope to see amity and .courtesy prevail amongst tho
press and the people of the different States.
The "following information from the Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph is most welcome information. Maccn-is in
the heart of a cotton region, and if the staple is ! af
fected in price at that point, the circle of low prices
must extend over the whole Confederacy. With? the
fall in the price of cotton the press of the country
will revive. The press has shewn no favor towards
speculators of any kind, and we have thought how
easy a matter it would be for a combination of these
precious patriots, to run the price of cotton so high
asto stop the newspapers entirely. In such an
event ivhat a timejvould the vultures have ! As a
pecuniary speculation, if successful, the adventure
would pay, for the people ;vould then have jio pro;
taction 'against their devilish avarice. But there is
no reason for sifth fabulous prices, and we!
doubt; not
that ihe movement we chronicle, is but
the beriu-
uing ofa rapid tumble in cotton, and other products
as well: ': '. ; ;' )
" Qijton took a terrible fright iu the Macon mar
ket: on "Saturday. The speculators had! been foot
balling it back aud forth till they had kicked'it - up
to 40 odd cents per pound ; but Saturday morning ,
telegrams came from Augusta to buy no more over a
maximum ot twenty cents.; This, yon wall observe,
left a somewhat broad margin between
the
buyers
and holders, and the result , was uothing
done,: nor
difference.'
was there any effort to accommodate the
JSo body wanted ;to buy. .irom an object of; too
fond .and eager pursuit; cotton suddenly J sunk into
universal disfavor. . . ' . . - ' -U ,
" Th J causes of the sudden . change were numer
ous, but the princpal ones were, no doubt, 1st. The
Confederate tax on-cotton and other produce in j: the
bands of speculative holders. The tax is ten ; per
cent., or say twenty dollars per bale." Another cause
was the failure of the cue acre bill in the Legislature.'.
.The crop of this year, under the one .acre Taw now in
force, liberally construed, as it will be in practice,
will largely swell the Volume of this idle" product
mow lying useless; and cumbersome in all the market
'town's of the State. " : ;.'; "" .';-''. X-V"' ; '- !jj "
- " Thus it will be seen thit at the moment the pa-
: . . i 'i - -T .it
per makers took fright at the price of cotton, a con
catenation of eveuts has come to their relief, and the
old; staple will probably subside quietly again into
sober babit3 and sater prices, indeed, we shall noi.
be surprised to see it go very low l'lantew will bo
indisposed to hold it at an - annual tax of ' five per
cent-, and speculators will not like it much better at
ten." . ' .:! ' - - '- : - -
Onr tplpo-rnnbifi nffws informs us. that Lincoln is
about to cail for two hundred thousand men to fill
up his depleted regiments in the South. , ,. .. 1V
The following article from -the Chicago Junes,
shows that in Illinois tho people are forming clubs to
buy each other but of tho war. We have no doubt
that if allowed to "do so, nine tenths of the men in.
the North will pay out of, rather than go into, the
army. ; , .
We have, in another column, a rich correspond
ence between Fernando Wood, of .-New York; and
Wilscn, of Massachusetts, on the Yankee, conscript,
law: ; .j
THE DRAFT A SCOGESTIOX.
In some parts of this. State, township democratic
clubs have provided that rtny of their members who
shall be drafted under the consciption law shall, if
they be unable to.purchase their own exemption.bg
relieved at the expense of the club, either by ihd
procurement of substiuites . or the payment of the"
exemption money. This seems to us to be a most
praise-worthy i movement. It will protect the poor
man against the operation of an unequal, and there
fore unjust, law, and avert distress which a wise arid
humane law-making power would never inflict.
We commend the movement to the consideration of
the ward democratic clubs in this city. It is a case
wherein the democratic party should look after the
'interests and welfare of its children. The necessary
fund can be raised by a small assessment upon each
member of the several democratic clubs and bycon
tributions in larger sums from democrats oT wealth.
The whole plan is pefecUy practicable, easy of
ecution, and called for by every .consideration-
christian charity and "common humanity. Chica,
Times. ' . T .
The folldwlng from a correspondent of the Chicago
Times explains the method by which the New York
JTeraZdpbtainshetvs from Washington City in advance
of any other paper. A little extra Jenkiusism for tl
ladies, or a great deal bt subservience to the men, in
power, can procure early copies of proclamations for i
servile press in other regions than Washington City
O !
I
You doubtless well recollect the famed investiga-
ti-n of the "telegraphic censorship of the press at
tho latt session but one of the last Congress, and the
partial report that was made theieij, though the tenor
c f it was all against the administration. Most of the
evidence, however, was suppressed ; in fact, none was
published which referred to the manner in which
extras of the President's first message get into the
New York Herald two days before its delivery to
Congress. The investigation on this point was thorough
aud extensive. Every attache of this bress here was
examined, and finally Mr. Lincoln himself was called
on, while the unevaiier wikoq was in prison ior con
tumacy in refusing to nnswerquestious put to him
by the committee. After the President appeared, the
matter suddenly dropped; and only gossip kept up a
storj'thm a young man named Watt, gardener at
the White House, but on -confidential relations with
the family, abstracted a copy, of the tness-.ige and fur
nished to the Herald oorrespondent. This has been
the general belief, though, soon, after the adjournment
of the Judiciary Committee, all the .testimony was
missing, and the do bts could not be settled Within
a short time, however, this vast roll of MSS. has
turned up, and in it. the fact that Mis. L , and
hot the humble gardeaer Watt, furnished a printed
proof to the Herald, which may or may not account
for the racy personal articles of that delectable sheet.
Abstract of Confederate Tax. i
Correction. The tabular Abstract of the Con
federate Tax paid by this State, published by us on
Monday -the 7th inst contained an error. The tax
was for the year 1862,instead of 1863, as printed in
our Daily and Tri-Weekly edi tions of the 7 th and a
portion of the outside of our Weekly edhion.
F From Cairo.
From the Chicago Times. '
Caiiio, March 80. :
Gen. Iluribut has. issued an order, that the uegro
camps -at Columbus and Cairo shall be broken up,
and that all negroes, women and children included,'
netjactually in the service, of the Government, but
dependent on it for subsistence, shall be removed to
Island No. 10, "where they ar6 to be put to work, tilling
the soil. , ' f
Adjutant General L. Thomas, in connection with
Gen Buford. reviewed the troops in Camp Cairo
to-day. Gen. Thomas also visited the hospital and
negro quarters. He will go below in a day or two.
His-mission in the West seems to be to straighten
things up generally v
There is uo news from Memphis 'or belqw to-day .
Cairo, March 30.
"V. 1 Ji ' II . -
jsy order ot ijon. liuribut, the contraband camps
at Columbus and Cairo will be broken up and.traus
ferrcd to .Island No. 10, where the contrabands will
be employed in" cultivating the land.. Chaplain Ba
ton, Superintendent of Contrabands at Columbus, is
charged with the execution of ;this order. This -order
includes women and children, aud all negroes not in
Government service. - , '
Gen. Thomas reviewed the troops in Gimp Cairo
to-day. After the review, in a few remarks, he said
that thejpi.licy of the Government relative to receiving"
contrabands into ou ' lines, putting them to work,
and organizing1 them as soldiers, was to be faithfully
carried out hereafter, and that any officer refusing or
failing to carry out this toeasu.ro, would be dismissed
from the service. S
Fahragut's Vessels. A Vicksburg correspon
dent writing under dato of March 2S, seems to think
that Farragut's two vessels, run between Port Hudson
and Vicksbuisr, on the Mississippi, stand a very good
chance of falling into our hands. God grant that tbry
may. This correspondent writes : '
One of these days an eye opener will be presented
to Com Farragut's two vessel below. But little is
known, and less said about certain preparations going
on which will shortly develop to the great disgust of
the Yankees, and somebody stands in great danger of
getting hurt. The long silence and apparent immu
nity from danger of the Hurtbud and Albatross below,
.will all be plained in the coVse of time, and I have
reason to believe that'll will beVeatly to our advantage
The gunboat which, got belo-v oiyWednesday morning
in a sinking condition, and whicn has since been re
ported, sunk, is still to be seen, and is no doubt partly
under, but has cot yet settled in deep water. She will
be a total loss, arid some arrangement ought to be
made by our fficers to prevent the enemy from get
ting her armatient off, which will uo doubt le at
tempted, and may possibly be accomplished by the
Albatross unless we plant a battery opposite within
range of the wreck. Com. Farragut shuns the lower
batiei ie., and cannot come up to the mouth of the
canal, and the boats caunot venture down, conse
quently the eneny are not able to prosecute the work.
Ahead of All, Many are (he jokes gotten up.
in camp, hut we think this one will "extricate the
dilapidated linen" from the shrubbery " Since the
publication of the chaplain story, last week, a friend
told us the followipg : Col.,A. and Col. B. were com
manders of rival regiments in the same brigade.
Each anxiously watched the other to prevent being
outstripped in efficiency. One day ,B. was startled
;l3hearing that a revival was going on in A.'s regi
ment. Ho immediately turned round to bis adju
tant and instructed him ta issue a general order con
vening a revival forthwith. - He then made 'inquiry
as to the progress of the revival in A.'b regiment,
and learning that fifteen had been baptized, he order
ed the adjutant to mako a detail of twenty men to
lie baptized forth witbr 'for,' says he, Til be handed
if I don't get head of A; this time.' Vicksburg
Whiff. , - t -. ' - .".- . ' -'" - -.. .
Property vs Hydrophobia. An orator out west
thus agonizes in a town meeting on the subject of
hydrophobia : "I have; horses and cattle, I have
sheep and pigs, I have a wife and children, and (rising
ihigher as the importance of the subject deepened in
his estimation) I have nney out at interest, and all
in danger of btiri bit by these infernal dgs "' v"
IT
. ' ' From the Mobile Advertiser and' Register..
.' -;-'n;- -'.vc Brltlsii.Cdnsttiate.. . I;
It has bceii anuounced within ad.iy or two t,V
great regret and Do little indignation of those
ted with the facts, .that Jam?s Magee, Kin :u"
Brjtanic Majesty's ."Vica.C -nsul for this port,
9UUIU1IIIJ,""' ' v.-..w uj i,lc uril S i III .
If.' KT a
WlWtU W 4i liikJv- f. - . ' ' l U 111 tjH j I. Ml) :
ceptably to this community is not questioned by'
one, nor is .luecuutraiy uuwgcu.uy ms .Uovernnbivt. "
cause for his removal.; He has beea rnn.untv
official decapitation " for : the same reason that cmA
tho removal "of" Mr. Bunch, tho English ' o.;,,lJ ' '
J I Jill KI nu , uio noi IU IIVUIUI'IU "yniU'lM!
This is a crime which Karl liu.ssi.dl and L'-ird I i,?' '
might have pardoned in a man who has lived 30 X
amonj' tho people of the South, hiu been witue
their wrongs ancLknows the lustjco of their cmiJ
The immediate pretext for MagceVjemuval Rri'w"
out of the shipment, sotne months ago, of .rj oJ
from this port to. England to pay tfre interest oik
bouds of the State of Alab.ima,held 'blirii!lll'ii(.8
abroad. . . . - ' : . ' jJj; l' -
' The Governor oX the State, anxious to preserve ti-'
unsullied credit of tho State, even in -a-timis of l,j(a
ale and war, arranged with the Bank of M
through which institution the negotiation' to p5;..8
tho State interest abroad has beennwiforiuly mj
to remit a sura to'covir a'l the coupons dr.e iirlJuT'
land up to July, 18G4. The British C-iisul wis " j
formed by tho Bank that he State, had in its iio?"
ion X40,U0O iu coin for the purpose of paying tV
British bondholders, end inquired of him wfift' jw
would receive and' forward those funds whidi; i,c.
longed to subjects of the British- Government. j it
Magee, looking only to the interests of his coijiftryl
pen, and, not like L'rd Lyons and Earl Kukij.
having the fear of Billy Seward, before his eyesjijca j
ily consented, and naturally ' believed jhat In was
doing his duty in rendering service to Ui itish siili
The caritain of tho British war stiani.ir Velti-inj'
then at New Orleat s, was requested to call t?tY the
Mobile bar und to take on board the specie.; 1 Tu
vessel came, and Mr. Magee, under tlagxdHru4v!ve!ii'
out on tho steamer Cresent, with tlie coin on b ...r j
and safely transferred it to the Vesnrins. The specie
reached 'England and the English p:e-s ivniarklui,
the punctuality of tho 'State of Alabuma .as worthy Jf
gl V(Vi WlWIUWIiUllUVII IIUU lOV . . .ILi I 1IIK' till I' '1
cognizant vi. lue smpuicui-, iunigae nis tree cqnseBt
to it ; for before receiving it the captain of tho J"u.
vfiis went on board the flagship, told IJi'chc c!;lvhat
he came for, and obtained his ready. appr Adu ni
No sooner did the London Times ij-frni tlie' Van
kye Minister at London (Mr. .dams) thut ah 'ialTair
so creditable to the Gnancial honor of a reUd State
had taken place, than with usual Yai.kee iriirwijienCB
he called upon the British Ministry .for an explana
tion. Seward, oii this side,' thought it too gKl'aii
opportunity to be omitted to bully Lord Lyijus lit'
Nvashingtcn, and between the Puritan Yankee' JJia.
ister at Loudon and tho .scoundrel Yankee Minister
of State at Washington, Earl Uussell and L iri'l J,j.
ons were made to eat another very hiiiiiMt- dish of
very liumble pie. These proud aristocrats not. only
cried peccaci to their vulgar masters, but tlnty en
gaged to pom mi t an act-of gross injustice t appiar
their offended Yaidieo-sliips. The Commander, of '
the Vesuvius', a perfectly innocent man in tlte-jlrd&S"
action, was at once infonnod tint he had forfeited''
professional promotion which had been near itiul iu t
store for him ; and Mr. Magee was informed that
ti e British Government had no further o.casi'ti ior j
his services. i ;
Tons these two English statesmen i f wlilni the 1
woikl expects a loftiness of tone,, of justice aiid ci.mr
age equal 1 1 their exalted rank and othcial ji'Mlinii;
have baselv saniriced - tvl tif their countrymqn'-ati.j
govemment officers to propitiate thesniiles-ai.d to dep
recate the auger of the-contemplible Govefnnieiit'-iit
Washington. Thetran action is not only im-hti auJ '
base, but it reflects disgrace- upo:i the Bi"iti!i'ti;tuiP,'
It is another proof to sustain the general K hVlf that,
Earl Russell is under Washington influence t4 a de
gree injurious to ihe dignity of the British cron, aril
that Lord Lyons has condescended fo 'become tho
lacquey-and the tool to. the false and unprilicipfcd
Seward. - - i I
If the Yankee Government "has suffered dafiibga
from this shiiment of coin aud it undoubtedly lias
mere is-uui one. man wno can oe ju.-tiy iiLia
eponsible for it, and thaCMS-the commander of the
Yankee blockading fleet, wyo allowed it to ja"s tlie
blockade. His consent re.i oVed every particle ofac
sjxinsibily from the shoulders of tho liritish 'Jmsul
and the British Captain ; an(i as he was ti:e reprc-.'.
sentative of his Government, it shuts the m -nit !i of
that Government in every effort at compliant.. ; N,
The blockade was clearly broken by the shijivnprft,
and it was done by the consent of tha block, idinforie,
And this is .the.pinchiiig,poin at Washjiigt -,n. They
raised tho blockajtlc for the passage of British' proper-"-.'
ty. Having done so, they have given the sanijj right
to all other neutral powers, .-and the latter have a clear
title to claim it. The nunishnir-nt of Mr. Ma'gecawE-
tne commaniitr ot tbe l dsuciti
.1 A f . X ' i
s (loes.-not in tliu lease.
Mr. Seward iiii very
' Yankee of his t'ribi'.
change or impair tho right,
wily diplomatist the 'icutost
but we hardly thick thiit he can throw dust bit') the
eyes of the Emperor Nlapoleon by so transj' irriit
device. The fact stands forth the Yankee iJovcrn-'
ment has given passagjej to British coin, and Kapfcjc
on has a right to clahn transit for French cottyti'.abd
t. bacco. . We are inSstkeh in tho man if he sleVja'jba
h:8 right. .!"! . -' ; f ''.!
, This st-p of the Bitfeh Cabinet demands theatWn
tioo t-f the Confederate Government. Suieelh.fiHni-
er makes it a point tl remove from those States tlioe
of her officers .who have sympathized with tTdfp"
pie in their great and cruel struggle, it J fair pre
sume if these are replaced it will 'be by oilicers, ' vhose
hearts arc not with us possibly! by tile epics awl
tools of the Washington dynasty. Foreign consuls
have r.o right here they are only tolerated herd.!
They hold their positions arid are recognized only ty.,
sufferance, and through a courtesy gready grated
in order to cover their cases. Should not oui' Gov
ernment declare that the functions of a British y..w
thus vacated, shall not be resumed by any vtlier En
glish appointee ?" We think f elf-respect" clearly re
quires it. ' 1 - ( '
Great Britain shows, by these acts - that .-he' i
regardless "of all considerations of comity 'as bhe hf5
been reckless of our rights as a power fcticcpUfal'l
struggling for independence. No man should U al
lowed to exercise. the privileges and functions cf w
office from which MrT Magee has been thus removed,
until the power that fills that- office xecognizus tl;e
Confederacy as one (of the najions of the oavth:;)
Mr ' jMarffl PdriiHsi 'with him rhorpVPl' httj
...... , - , - 1 i
the respect of the 'community in which - he ihas so
long lived, and the warm regards of uiar.y friends
whurn he has endeared himself by his le;uirj
man and a gentleman It is long since Lnghind .was
represented in this Consulate by one who kr.eff-f
w-ell how to sustain its tiisuity by a j-ul.Iic and
official coartcsy. and a Drivate and "eneroiis hoapt
generous
taiity.
TnelTf! Months.
. To-day twelve niont hs a 20 -was beguii. tji
great two-da vs battle of Shi'oh .' Since then .theval
or of our troops and the skill of our le idei Mh!8
made a glorious record for our young Gi'dUlcruoy
Williamsburg, Barhaoisville', Drury li ult'.. Mcdow
ell, Front Boyal, Strasbur?, Winchester, Cross; Keys,
Fort Republic, Vicksburg," Seven Fines, Fluarls tif
cuit of the enemy on the Chickahommy, Seii-joa-ville,
the Seven Davs on the Chickah niiny. 'lr
'1
well, Morgan's expedition in Kentucky. Kaj jio''.
South ..Mountain, Cailctt's SktiAn, IJsprah.v'v
Crossing, -Richmond. (Ky.), Ihe; scvtral 1 atti V
Manassas, Loring's battles ou the JCa'nawha,ak.Cill?
ture of Harper's .Ferry, Boonsboro', .Sharfsr-ur?,
Shepardstown, ; Ioka, Iinston Perryvillc, ji B
Springs, Thompson',, Crossing, Stuart's fxpcditK'P
into; Pennsylvania Fredericksburg, Murfieesbw.
Galveston, Sabine rass, Charleston, Port Hud"!1'
Black water, Kelly's Ford, the scores of dashes aoa
skirmishes by Morgan, Forrest, Van Born, Vh(?e!r
Whartcn, Stuart and Fit's Lee the capture of llie
Queen of the West and the Indianola, tho sinkmgo
t he. natterasnnd various other exploits of a vaj
character these are some of tho names (hat decorst? ..
our triumphal column. And these during Ihe
ond year of tho war, when, it was expected by W
enemy. tht we would bo exhausted, overwhelm, k
and humbly suing for peace I The record give3 '!
own lesson oT encouragement to our own hrate fflf ,
in arms, and needs no added words of cheer. ; 1.' "
to r
equally
, 1 .n.w.r-. wit Iv.i ,ntin in , ....... 1 '
of tho wholo traitisation is, that Commdoreieli
cock, commanding the Yankee blockading llettl ww
so apeaks its "own prophecy and admonitionw 'fl
enemy, and bids them, as with tho vo.ico of te'
desist from a work eriually horrible and hopfl 'T. '
Whig Gth.
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