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NEW YORK HERALD, W2d a enantio 5 i! as the other citizen prisoners, were, | caily, that it may, turougb you, receive comsideration at | sixty pounds of bacon to one hundred vig of pork, Doheve. Wherever ‘¥. J" Hooker inay go, be wilt fad Te oe a ean ooaaencicenicacrs Ould urd weadquatiors. Perhaps some farther action on their yart | por ce.c upou th: valve of all neat rqhoracs. ules, Whose LO Geigy that WMH give a god wosomn of ty an arrangement batwees: Commis be nosessary paper, M. W. Michaux wag.prc- | mo used 4 cultiyaiion, aud to If the swamps of the Chicahom'ny paid by the selves. income. trac pr lal Ludiow, rolo.sed foom the parole which they attirst gave gent at the arbitration. me hoar from youna ubis re- | owners of the same; beeves sold to be taxed ap 4 for the Yankees they eau ‘occupy and poss previous to their re ° | Spect-as 8000 a8 possible. Very respectfully, 13. Gives in deiall the duties of post quartermasters them as Jong as it may suit Generat Lee to permt thom. oir capture they were taken to the headquarters Kk. ©. MOSBY, Agent. | under the act But when he serves his ‘notice te quit,” it will certain! After their capture they {From the Richmond Sentinel. } 14. Relates to the duties of assessors end collectors. be enforced, * vi et arm” —cay ‘and artillery 4 of Gene: Lee, aud were treated very kindly | "A correspondent informs us that the recent appraise- 15, Makes trustees, guardians, &€., responsible for McCiellan's old fortifications are there, deserted botu by Limasd by Captain Mosby, Un their arrival im | ment oC-bay, neoled by the government, at twenty dol- | taxes.due irom estates, &c. under their q gave by the ghsisof sl. fankees, who nightly . however, they were thrown into the Libby | /fs ver hundred wéight, in the county of Powhatan, Va. 16..xempts theducome and moneys tale, aay. walk tho parapets, cursing Lincom for wendiog them wa- a aarweree | Caused great surprise to the citizens there, (ne gen tums, churches, schouls and colleges from taxation under | prepared into another world. prisoa and treated very harshly. | man ireeiy dectared his “astonishment.” The countr; act, ‘| Hooker can “ocoupy and ? these fortifications, ) reacling Ribmond he wrote to Geuoral | generally will share in the feeling, and mingled with 17. Authorizes theSecretary of the Treasury to make | ghosts and graves iucluded, Thay were of very little use Winder maoding his release, as he was | W!l be & great deal of honest indignation. ail rales and regulations necessary to the operation of the | pager a labor tot. Fighting Joo will of ny of the United States “and Provisions in Georgia. 18. Provides that tho act shall be in force for two years | them to better use than did the’ Yong Napoleon not the United States goveroment, and In the discussion to reconsider the Cotton bill, a few | from the oxpiration of the ent year, unleas sooner What recollections would those old fications brivg as w with lim that be might explain | days ago, in the Georgia Legislature, Jir. Moore,of Tho- cope; that the tax on naval stores, flour, wool, cottov, | back? Would they contribute to diselpline and morale? h 1uy. Receiving no answer to this AP- | mas, denied that there was any scarcity of provisions ia Aud other agricultural products of of | ‘The fle!ds from which they a green in the vor pitcw rebe! Secretary of War to | Georgia; but, onthe contrary, he affirms that there was | XY year preceding 1868, imposed in the section, | dure of spring, and eprichod with the blood and bones of th algo not noticed. the greatest ‘abundance, ion alone ne- | shail be levied and collected only for the present year. their Yankee comrades—would they arouse anger or t {wo air. 1e \ 08, the Austrian Consul, | cessary to make them availablesn every part of the: * ‘The bill, of which the foregoing is immary, now | fear? pert , every twig that foll, breaking the Wider in regard to his case. Getting | There was no cause whatever, he said, for panic or | nly awaits the signature of the President to become a | stillness of night, would jure up visious of Jack- is, he then called apon the Secre- | apprehension, law. In the present condition of affairs, and at thisdate | sop. By alt means come to the White House. that there was great suspicion ‘ stage of the session, it is pré that he will waive ‘Since ‘the above the following despatches have” ag he had been with Colonel Fewer ve any, and sign it; and yot the | been publi 10 the city papers :— rected of being a commissioned bill, which we had not soon tll yesterday, ixcxtremely ‘The following official despatch has been received from dbary’s staf. le finally referred faulty in peinciple, and still more so in ite details. Did | tho peningula :— ' for examiuatinn, He was sent we believe it practicable at this time to cure its ino- Arru. 17, 1863. " ceserters, under guard, Tho | bi Qualities and defects, we should Invoke the Executive Two lor gunboats, one of large size, the 3 uum very closely as 10 bis business | blockkd Veto, but satisfied that this cannot be done, we call upon | other smaller, both Oiled with ‘troops, came up York ps oO. their enemies, The Baron explained Sposoiple aqcowtantiebice the law aa it is, and to ro- ae Bares : PM. to bun that be vas by procession a miltary ross all agitation, diacomtent or murmuring Off abroast of West Point, near the Restriction on Cun: aye of Grain by 8 iabama. mou, and Was Visi ing aud examining the camps and Mitt y Organiz tion of he United States cavalry as a multe Of prote. sional interest, The Judge expressed re- gret that he hat boca 80 unfortunate as to be captured. Sava, (From the Richmond eo Attack on Ger an be He (urther said to hun that if it was his desire tosee the mili the 'y Operutious a3 u milter of professional interest, confederate governmet, would invite him to. ex: To this ule Baron replied that he had teu day's ithe Libby prison, and that h of toeir of ube’ contest. « second iaterviow with Yudge Baxter, he informed von Wardeuer, that unless ould sign @ parele they Siou'd Dot treat lim cither as wpitizen soldier or officer, wucuer of ins irrection, ng the slaves. .@ treat him as they che ro,tied thas cheyy 7 ut that he thought ths) Austrian government battle re tistaction, At abta the Ji becamo Hive wo taetation oe ‘are greuly exci at Jumped up f bis ir, saying, ty! valuation, and bim “What do you sy abous your guverumenty What do Wels Chere intoay tate vut your government? We have never acknow- sion on the revellion. 1 right ale pre 4 to trace, in the career of ‘draggart, winaly. with @ Bumber of Unton power which has never failed ‘to darken the counsels ofl wh» were in prison with him, as ( what cou! ‘the wicked and to cause all things to work together bo had better take under the circumstances, by their ad- good in behalf of the just cause. — is vice ho signod the parole under protest, and was released, . Proof than that the elevation of MoCiellan 4s buiore stated, although be hud previously repeatedly | of Commander-in-Chief of the Ys ormy, wefisod to do 80. was needed ; after the election of Judgo Baxter said that Colonel Wyndham, whon in the dependence. ‘The recital of a few facts Austrian service, might possibly have been # geutleman, greatly wo are indebted to him. Dut thit be was vow a robber, murderer, incendiary, &c., In October, 1861, he had 180,000 mea and aid they would hang bim and his staf altogether if they overwhelming of field arti that had shoud catch them, continent, an raatment of the Union officers at the Libby prison outrageous, ‘They are conflued in the garret of mos: of them without even wooden boxes to \ only filthy blaukets for bed clothes, ‘The it disgusting, and the whole place alive with gre ure nearly two hundred and Afty officers wed there. The bread supplied tothem is decent, not Ke 4 tho meat . gecaret ond. stinking, of 3 eis froma coos we pie by — gr Dum. mulo meat. Captain Turner, the Provost Marshal, wi movement has charge of the Libby prison, is ® perfect brate in which ended so horribly and bonumbed ulan with fright, | they suspected nothing; and, in all probability, eveu now human suapo, who delights iu beaping abuse upon the for three months, % are ignorant of wi ts of the Fox. She aulortunate viotias who fall into his hands, Driven by an imperative order to “advance again, in | was not interrupted until she attempted to come in by spite of the winter mud, be entered the intrenched camp Swash Channel, at about three o'clock yesterday ‘Manassas ouly to find it a mass of smouldering ruins. morale, Sie Nicceneees Ware fired at bér from tho NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS. He wi round to the peninsula, taking 112 000 | blockading fleet. One struck the top of her Smokestack ” men with him. Magruder opposed him with but 7,00 | and another one of her masts, doing, however, no dai . aaa Tetaahaiaaiae ioe men, kept him in check, and forced him to the spade and Sue came on until she got safely under the .gins of Fort The American Raleenpe Lomenne: apie peg Conngt He yo 1 at in due ocean me arrived ate , jast rave Cys T¥rom the Richmont juirer. ‘ occur our deserted lines. ‘iMiams- ‘cl a captut certainly one ‘most atc resumed the consideration of the Senate bit | , The banks in Savannah have advanced $50,000, free of ‘by Johnston's | and well managed exploits of the war. * rT interest, to be used as a trading fund in the purchase of asehoid intorest of the American Tele- rear of the The following are the names of the men engaged in this r alien cnemics, in the lines of | -Provisions for the benoit of the poor of the city. Thelr | country and to the bad dling of some of our troops, he | bold adventure:—-G. Andrews, C. W. Austin, M. Riddio, ate States. After a lengthy de- | ble example commends itself to the banks of Mobile. *| was to gain enough advantage on one wing to. John Brown, Daniel Kernan,'R Hill, Oliver Bowen, D. McMickle. Wm. Brown, Asbell Gienson, J. W. Jones, John Connor, Thomas Nelligan and Charles Stokes. Captain Andrews was nobly assisted by Captain Austin ue postpoue the bill indefluitely, submitted by Mr. Caperton, was rejected—yeas 9, nays 10, The bill was then informally postponed until to-morrow, OONFEDERATE BONDS RISING. be enacted ain. tle an event occurred which has been - million loan, brought 110 and interest. The,bonds of the After this for. 4 and Captain Haywood. Southern Repuadtation of New York | {iftecn million loan brought 1584, a 1663, and interest. gotten, but deserves now to be recalled. A Confederate The prize has on board about one thousand barrels of Debts. BECEROND, Ape! 7; 1608 eee en Te rant ced nn Ait | tbe captured crew, we learn, behaved tm the-best ‘indn. We copy the following list of notices from the Mobile Confederi mm bonds, fifteen nyt ‘ b ‘ Advertiser and Heyisler Of April 8, of the {uitiation of pro. | mittee, coagna SS ee ec ae fotantry never would, ‘tho little Ni smiled as net, and gave all assistance in bringing the boat into our if in pity Of the surgeon’s 108. e surgeon told him urther, that the abolitionists were making a tool of him ,and that they would throw him aside, proclaim a cve.tings m the District Court of the Southern Division of the Inatrict of Alabama, for the sequestration of debts due to various merchants of this city. All persons having hundred million loan, redeemable in ’72, brought 106. Goorgis seven per cents brought 160. 3 Seen in a Th: Months’ Trip. Rs au interest in or claim to the debis set forth are cited to | BILL MAKING PENAL THE CIRCULATION OF UNITED oral ipation of the negroes, and put an aboli- 11 iP. appear in gaia Courts agd propound their claim or interest STATES. NOTHS, BILLS, ETO. tionist in his place. McClellan replied b was = eee (From the Daily Richmond Examiner, April 2t.] ym nan had We have had the pleasure of a call from a very intellt- gent and patriotic gentleman who has been travelling for within sixty days ater the date of said notiees—an invi {From the Charleston beroury, April 17,] - of the abolitionists, ao long as he arm) ‘bul 5, throw me aside, ana tation or citation which will hardly be respouded to by | . The Georgia Legislature has passed a bill to make penal t,”” he added, “if they the porsons so interested, Si b ‘ the buying, selling, circulating or receivin note, bill | set the ni free, I shail go to Kurope and cease to | Several months 10 the South, as far as Mississippi and " . sul 's pre ions have ‘ul. a peep ie Distnict ov Avasama, led is Ate of office, the insurrection | we wish that t! few uneasy spirits that are constantly ViSiON, Disruter Vourt, The New Rebel Tax Bill, Hooker,a pure blooded | conceiving the phantom of starvation, gould hear bis N ishe vem, te whou " ion has been issued, proceedings have been’ insttuuted in. said eougt. 40 sequen. abolitionist, has command of the Army of’ the , | accounts, for before them this silly délasion would be rave a debt due by Atkins & an to Thoutas & Fuller, and it has not been two weeks since McClellan, in a pub. | dissipated like the morning's dew before a summer's sun. g. fen Fork. All versous having an tmcorest (a oF clalin (@ lio speech, urged the to sustain Lincoln! How de. | Weare assured that the greatest plenty exists-through- Trid debt, are clied te appear in said court and pro ound taoek tae tedharatee @ is he not in Europe, and why | OUt*the South, and that there was never a greater Pn , within sixty days after the date of ‘i in of mistake made than to suppose there is ity withi nti. JOUN A. CULHBERT, does ve bere, hopes of a new appoiat- co Se oa re is a scarcity within rk District Court, C, 8. Dist. of Alabama, So. Div. ment under the abolition despotism: our ah eh ee hern States the country is Conrepeuatx States, Distet Sovrmeks Division, Notice tahereby given, to all whom it y concel have beca instituted in said court, c roceedtny to sey tut, Tole 30., to , Brother & seaver, Dama an the same thi ork: (All persons having un’ fnterest in, or claim to ‘hot a could the or ay de card, tine: epitit or their claim or interest, withia Bisty days, sitar of saying | the planters in relation to the war is said to be of tho ais votice. JOHN A. © BERT, Clerk. uch dis- | most generous and patriotic character, and the most earn- Conrxpenarn Stavcs, Distmict of ALasaxa, ho did | est desire is manifested by them te supply the wants of GBlotice to ‘hovedy given, io al whee Gat eseeee, arr. | dur army and aletreased comuunities. are thou- eby given, to om it concern, that t re- | Snds of barrels of corn, sugar, bacon and other supplics Grocoedin p Hare ooge lnstiumieg te. aus ene So somyentrece chet vig:— | {0 tbe South, shat the owners would be willing to ood Boer to Cameron & Mawardn at of ‘New ore” 3408 ea fos duty sad fone days, afterwards the same | Ineo ss 6 tee soreroment of 8 desation v0 the thou. ‘an interest tr Sled to appe “th Pavey stud propeuns sais debis, poy be by 7 vie. | portation over the railroads, ‘which aro cl ‘up with’ rwininisy GASUN AUCTUMAME. Cnr. | 1K day of Olober ben ax totmey be | Sand Gobo pease, Soe MSR sO | wocig” Sa" way” fein iat the rainvety mrs Comvepunate Starns, Distaict oF ALasaua, Se: b. be inany | His bombastic despatchés from Western Virginia se- prostitused to the liquor smugglers and speculators Notice a noren oeruans Division, Distaic® Cover. he eaten Cee parma ten od sixty | cured bis elovatioa; bis repurallop was founded on ieg;-| {2 giving traneportation, to barrels of whiskey snd Jesehy give S008 4 enere, in lies he towered, lie ‘he is lost, crushed. | bales of goods, when the supplies our 4 io said court, to sequestrate | days after the passage of the or at the time of begin- ch aud’ the bis au b per and sureties, to Laney, Boyce | ning ‘and on the Ist of January in each year Boe, Srey ere nan Be es choles Ist Ofte}: EF voted iepooportanien, ans’ nae bende tee a Go. of Mew York All persone having aay imares In or cater, register with the dletriet collector « true ao- Soh cdiiec araruih eaamienconmmine ion, sae mouths of qapoverianed Tifugesst “Ik wen bere tee as Gacdof this notioes SonN'a, CUEMBEEE ler” e goeaged or latereaved in the sine, with | Tchonost Fepate; bis lies aade him a Coward, ‘ont trees | Sate of North Caroling, lina, distinguished ished Yor ihe acto Convenseats 814: OF ALABAMA, Sime Soe whteh. place and man- the fire to the lait day of bis military career he dia donations in this war, in bebalf of ! ner in which the same is to be conducted, kc. At the BOt | citisens, a liberal dona ? P neeater ot tig Rte ian mar concen, tt | time oe repr are hal ui ih pent a ee | Setcoun dhurely Sane’ Borges. 6 Scout | Weanoey sutoers "ihe wht Tamarbo that bess Sldert du by Mion Moullower to Gpenrer Scant at Wem | cebed tae Se’ tmay be doe apa tala er ee ee im oust: | fully. that the ridiculousness of his last momenta destroys | applied for weeks in vain tor pempertion for tnem, Ginits toreekd abt fare cliod te xy Pe interest in. oF | business, pbet dre, ae red by his vainglorious aaa oes bani pore ppd ae ‘aod 3 my , whiskey * bound thelr claum or interest within sixty dave after the date |. & ADJ Person fuiting to make such registry and “blockade goods,” bought up by speculators of Rich thts notice, JOH sued tax, shall, in ition to all other taxes bf » of - » Oatlands: Wes DieLaen CbRERS coe Clark." | Dunivees’imposed by the sot, pay double the amount of Prghens AAwance. Bend Sevag oun ued ene ‘plies of boxes Sovtnxan Division—Distaicr Court. ‘the specific tax on such business, and a like sum for every (rem the Richmond Enquirer, April 20.) the sidewalks, before the Je the ES. Notice ia hereby given to all whom it may concern, thirty days of such failure, We have some reasous for believing that Geo. Hooker SeA Tid the thotennée of barede i Up & paper roeedings have Beet invluted 18 aaid cout owequestraie | 4. Requires a separate registry and tax for each busi- his base of operations from Fredericks: | Sevag? and then think chet the rauronn — as oe La {W, Sime to Harold, Risbey & tchem. | ness mentioned in the fifth section, and for each place of | burg to the je House, and that, if not held to bis pre- P to tame cannot be in- ip ng ny interest in, oF claim io suid tabt.are | conducting the samme; bat ep, tak or more storage of | sant yosition by vome threatening demonstration of den. Soe motrsay Ooratint aetone taene ma ne erent, within slsiy days after the date of thia motes. Snetn.es, © Pines oer thas the regienenee pesneh-Sents'] ae: eo w days the enemy wil be foand ascending the have some idea of bow the baman beart is } JOHN A. CULLSERT hess. A new upon every in the | York river. This advance ts ecoounted for in Yam- | juve wr monen beaeh 8 SES Sy Clerk District Court, O. 8, Dist. of Alabama, Bo. place of fe regibterod Business, upon death | kee land:— ° Se. a wa wo tre Sigrenng, Com: of any person the same, or upon the transfer General Hooker was among the most urgent of MoCiel- ™ Srenantle’ ane 18 full of food, both Divisn ee Of the busioges to another, but no sdditicnal tax, lan’somcers in. the selection of Yorktown as a base, | mest and , and the only impediment to getting eaten ee rea Sate re or plmbazes the following taxee for the year ending Stet | rasber than advancing {rem Alexandria, and the | sot iecbela St cers magne beapelnere naan ate eeeeepiee hare ayy | December, 1863, ‘each year thereafter:— Presenee ‘Merrimac james was an Ste Son oy See aie & Oo, tooth 3 Bankers shall pay 8500. Sierer pene & gases ates Gents ton dollar s Dusbel. aod hundreds of thousands of Pee ey er year cpoticare poncgrapany sod "Sutesene | Zoran ancneanaSoagh dvs wm, | tay sete fo cee rag teow tv OF to any to 9 A now, : ‘and propund thetr claim or interest witute at $50, avd’ two and « halt per on the gross amount | and that much nearer to than be was when Ree, Ue be kao ‘condition. There Sficr ine date SOM A. OUT Of sales made. MoClelian was at Washington, yet thon the peninaula was:| {2 Dotbing, except some calamity not to be anticipated Cie, Bist or, oF Sabi of ae Wholesale dealers 10 liquors, $400, and five peecontum | Hooker's pro(erence over Fredericksburg, which having 1 pl rieny Reg abe pat aM tarmers, Ooxrepsnate States—Distaict oy ALasaws. on gro amount of sales. Modait denlera ts \iquors, $100, nomarenenet Pras oni nave te ba ay sector aon Mies’ shou 15 Gao Ce an ok Notice ts neraby given to ail whom may Leth , wares, morchan- | be said that McUiellna’s experience of the peniusala'will | SCX! year's planting. |The consequence is thas an unusual Eeiseew Gy penne aot Hess ‘seers sai | Burana vfonsuntaenoce at. fresericcrpare Sasongy | Sense barrett may be loked for antting Shou sou jew ag an interest . prospect icy pa Cn ge pw ag per centum. Brewers to encovrage Hvoker in attempting to advance from nmaet vy tae armay ast teen onan ‘oven we dhe cote em ie ott, PoTmo skirtainbing the Rappahsnncck will eet it will be, we have no fears for the future. ts st ei ce eeaeer catcmrses | er ee ts Par et Motion to oy EES of our army, as well ag to induce General Lee to | COUnIEY BUY eae nh eae Pe, aS ey Sree ae gegumen phn racers | ut cea hr ty ene ory Genneuy Be! of ew York: ‘ll persons aving an interei See ea ae ecOak te eid sagas any advance be--| ‘5 cidest planters of Alabama tbat at least two thirds of und thetr claim or faterest, Ci ey eadet al cates ae of the Brepow ae tty days ter the ts not prepared to surrender all effort for tbe eap- | the cvtion crop catire State has been bought up Sie et i eee Aj re of and to subside into a mere guard for | 824 is ow: y Jew speculators. Some of gentry tl = oo my ‘Wash, city, he must select some other ro te than eat eiite viene on age oe Ere res, Harvest Reports from the Interior, pn Se Fi raid saoaing pT sent ates tho large ‘allo Cvafederaia notes to be . vient be ‘be end cunyerted into cotton. traffic was grow! Toe Danville a.) Appeal contaie the (lowing — be deteaaed bys singll force, prtacnts oeteee a nae cae | ovoky day and the better clans of farmers were dissat ‘We are glad 10 have a iy favorable account of the found on tue White route, where his base ts located | “¢ !t- So great was the , that, our toformant grow! ot wheat. In this immodiate section we within thirty miles of Richmond,and where the right Bieta lesine ines the wanes seas eee Bank of bis coiuma would be somewhat protected ‘Were sdvooati goverament would seize { river, flowing almost with notion of of nd pay the planters & eum that e march. The York River cannot be destroyed pe katia(actory. The evile of speculation wim the mili- | with the Brederickaburg | hed i ; fare Aun toate, praes Meraet | Sella mytaereae eect Aq SRUE oe pero Bo Reales Ercaeee esa ee Soe ered ea ap ee a em f with Unie If-90, the only i rest, bt ve. generality hit we will fogs thas thie year. ‘ilowance of the satnoy et are A the citizens of county, Ala., was patil oa derived from the: tard to tbe poor ofthat county, Sees ae fone oat oa ratsed 00 the occasion, i Ty q ae ii ' j s | ii #2 fOrrKe. Sugar, m \oen oF bene am, 7 ened H Miter we fal! lenver one-taoun Grand Gulf w ately surprised last week Wy the ts fondly hoped the Enquirer is the first to Hartiord and fener Workers portectiy rellaule the near approach of Commissioners, two or more Wit cs. information fr at quarter, and are Awl to beuble to | presily by some person or persoms unknown, we th Siate of correct the Appedl's stakemoat. Gur batiyries wero not Titinois, Learing to Ricnmond a message of peace, & white taken by surprie. The boute wore seen at fard'Pimes, | wand in their hands, howling on thoir wings, and ap olive eight o'clock iugbe morning, | branch a! round their hate. They are comma! They are some tweive iniles above, at cight o' almost here! Have been seen with the naked oye at from the top of tn and everything was immed ately got eae eae stat Deeeze * AyADOWCVET, Knoxville en row'e to this city; aud all hearts rushoub to Mowing all @ay, and the bouts cast anchor unpil there | meet the heralds and harbingers of conciiation. | should ben lel’ tout never orclock ia the eveting the | — Oritical cavilirs may ask who has sent th m> ‘Well, it bowts weighed anchor and started down the river, the | Was mol the Governor of the State, nor the Legislature, al og the way, followed by the Switzertand | uor any convention of tho people,’ or of day county oF and Hartford. Our guup opened before the boats wore | town, So much.we fovl at liberty lo reveal. The ine- fairly jo range, and Kept up a continuous fire unti! tity | tious enemies of peace are welcome to the avowal. AN passed out of range below. Ferragut sent br ant ia mow proper to wake known is, that the heralds ater broadside tuto our batieries, but did nos injure a | aud barbingers A question come irom the State oF Siimois: man. Our men could plainly hear the shot crushing (ho | and alboit that State is now, abbappily, at war with the wood works of the Hartford, but of course were unable to | confederacy, and has about seventy thousand sokliers: tell whet »mount of damage was inflicted. (more or less) eng»ged im ravaging our country. still ere When the Hartford was coming up, recently, she sanded pein action does not vind the person or persons un | near Hard Times aud buried aine men. This would ivdi we, hor the (ormmeasioners whose approach we lmve cate what was done by our Graud Gulf guna at that time. | the honor to manounce. It ts needless to say we were greatly atrongtheecd whon Lat & not be uncharitably surmised chat these commés- she went down. fsioners arc perhaps spus, wid that, entering our lines. aw they dofrom an enemy's country, without of truce, the Vasco. and witheut credentials, they should be arr aod gom- mended to the bospitulities of the -labby.” No, let us repel the iaea that these are speculawrs, thieves «7 spies; jet us respond with gratitude to the appeal of Illinois” way heart, let ws mect the commissioners as they enter and hope to be able to come om down the latter stroam trew flowors in their path, lot the gallant City Buttalion: outer the Yazoo about iifty miles below YaxeoCiy. The | turn out asa guardof honor (we do not mean‘to-the isem of Sunflower, suc is fed | Libby); let Congress go inte secret sessioa to recewo: the jally by tho Mississippt celostial y New Bonte to (From the Vicksburg Whig.} y The Yankees have dissevored s now route by which to enter the Yazoo. They are now said to be clearing the through Husbpucauna Bayow into Big Sunflower, 4 a near message, finally, let @ gpectal exemption be isucd .. Verily, the Yankees arc a persevering sot. | for them, lest the conscript offt-rs, not aware of their noble 4 We presume that steps milbieamatiobeiy be skceese eek mission, ehould tender thee ities of Camp Lee. ' mate them by this now route. Once far as Cy- ete it te hoped that nobody will say wo fy prese Point can meet with but litte ance and raject friendship: with disdain. Look. out they get into the Yazoo, for the Luinois Commissioners. What It Wilt Cost to Take Fort Pem- | The Brentwood Prisuners at Bristol, Ge ’ [Prom the EE ‘tne Mobile M! br, spat Leper ty vas. ABer 0.3 a ei btieried ive tener en tok fiapicee Mah silig-tno, Wanker: eetemeore ntwog-reeee ’ is & ling. of broastworks comsored % | (hove captured recently by Geuesal Sorreat at Brontwied, cotton Rales and seud, cupning agrees freee, tip 8200.60 | wine miles Nashvillo, Teom. ‘They were an improve: v we we toe ek, iabechie. a ment upon-the last lot that passe@ bere, il ey 7} gee — Sleepy Confederates and Wide Awehke ; Loring, whe wes sont up iuto that sectioa of “country” to The Lake Clty (Fla:) Columbien, ofthe 24 teat. namaen, 00 If some place could be found to-stop the enemy's ad- | We understand that a detachmont of fourteen anon of vance in case he passed the Obstructions which were a we aces, COMPAR: partisan rangers, under fm the Yazoo Pass by order of Lieutenant General inves 00 tarred. and cant sila sleeping, ows ‘Tho gh adapted purpose tended, wee | 2! ib wi y & party nogroes: note . the best Patton abo found above: Yanto ony'on the tious Montgomery: The loutenant hd failed vo pus Yazoo of Tallahatobie river. The gallant maunor im | Pickots, and consequently had no notice of the which General Loring has held it, and his pertiuacity in | Of the enomy until the nogroos, having proviously Reoured standing his ground now that the enemy have the arms of the sleepers, aroused them, and pro-cating before him with large reinforcements (after being badly several bayoneted muskets to the head of each man, de- whipped) justifies the choice made, manded their surrender. Lioutonant Braddock atter- ‘the idea of the Yankees, as publicly expressed and pri- wards made bis escape and returned to his company. AB ‘of inall thar ‘unofficial to | all the circumstances of thia unfortunate ailair wit be Jon, ricksburg, cap'ure Jackson, cut off ‘Grenada, and | Properly inquired into, we rofrain from comments. ‘dratroy all porsibitity of our obtaining th that rich country by this one /.0'a stroke. getting into Stripp the Keokek. the Yazoo river where tho Yallabusha enters it, {From tho Charleston Mercury.) and quietly drifting down to Yazvo City would, they sup- The naval officers attached to the (onfederate States. pose, accomplish all but the flanking of Vicksburg. Vust | steamer. Chicora have paid frequent visite to the wreck of Bumbers of troops were todo the remainder. the sunken Keokuk. Success, thua tar, hag becn obtxine® But the mud works of Fort Pemberton, backed by a | to the interior 0; one turret only; but quite a number of valuabie and interesting trophies and relics have bee brave commander and en indomitable force, interposed a brought off. Among (bese were three swords, a fine pla- check to this on to Vicksburg movement, and the proud foe, after tr; nine days to, our ,tngloriously | tol, &c. Some of these articles have since been preseat- Sodsbeties eaten time eee topped till reinforced | ed to artillery officers. The spoage, rammer and ele’ to double the number which originally attacked us. scrow of oua of tho, Kekuk's eleven inch gues areae Having: received reufforcements, they returued to tho | Fort Sumter. attack on Monday evening week, and immodiately re @umed operations, Since that day,as far #8 your cor respondent bas been enabled to leara, all bas been quiet. The enemy is douldless manarwvering for position, or await ing a fall in the rivers, so that he can land his infantry in oie force and atlempt to storm our works, ‘Thanks to the Punishment of Southern Soldicra. GENERAL ORDERE—NO, 44. Apsctant Inarector GENEraL’s Orrice, ened to Ricumonp, April 16, 1868. Ki . The following act, having been duly approves battles, who controls the rise and fall of streams, | the President, is published for the information oF Lito ant if General Loring docs ot make that river too bot for | aes and if General Loring docs not make that river too hot for | An act to prohibit the punishment of soldiers them in the meantime, (am much mistaken. Should | ping. De PS, SS they atlempt, however, (o storm the works cither before or after the water tn front subsides, God h-lp thom! for the slaughter at Chickasaw Bayou will not compare with the slaughter at Fort Pembsrton. 1 cannot be more explicit on this point; but I hardly think that General Ross, who has the reputation of being a cautious man, will attempt anything so absurd, so suicidal, as the storming of Fort Pemberton, Thave no hesitation in saying that I firmly believe the entire Yankee expedition wiit fall into our hands—anfant- ry, cawmlry, artillery, gunboats, baggageand all. “Old Blvrzavd” awill never allow them to pass the fortifications, for Incutenant General Pemberton, fuily alive (0 the im portance of the position, has sent forward ' him men and materials fer holding i. Ti acknowledge themselves thempossibility of ever getting back through the Yaz00 Pass to the Mississippi. erolere they mush fight to the victory and pass us or fall into our bands, victima to the universal Yankee greed and rapacity. Pemberton is now the key of the Mississippi val voy, @nd we cannot attach to it more importance than tt deserves. It should be held at any hazards. Lieuto- nant General Pemberton, in placing Génoral Loring there to defend it, has put the ‘rizht man io the right plase.”’ His troops love him, the citizens of the country have the Georgia State Guard Militia. MiuEnce Ga., April 18, 1863, The Senate has passed the I bili orgimizing the State Guard Militia, incTuding ail porsons between the ages Of eighteen and sixty years, not subject to conscrip- tion, and abrogating the commissions. the L4gisiature adjourned at half-past twelve to day. Show Your Papers—Conscripts. {From the Raleigh Progress, } At the cargo sale at Wilmington last week things wont ou swimmingly util the sale was about to close, whén @ squad of mon with muskets appeared at the door aud de- manded that all men under forty show their ‘papers.’ Absut half a regiment, more or less, faited to produce their “ protection, hed off by tho guard. We learn Lbat two or three were taken >ff the cara yes- terday by order of the c mmandant o! conscripis, some of whom, after examination, were released and -otuers retamed, We would have po man deprived of his liberty without just cause, but we verily believe that speculatora and ex- tortioners will conquer the government and betray the cause of the South if not speedily put down. ‘utmost iuhim. He has whipped them back once, and [have every reason believe he will do it — again. Ho will justify the |: of Mr. Barksdale, in ements of Generals. the Congress of our country, when he said “Genera! Lor BRIGADIER GEN ‘We We MAOKALL. ing was the Raglan of America.’’ the ler Advertiser. | De ie cm Pgh vend ss who bas yee The Moves Orinton or bas gaan Panes Somreréend ee active Ea widen ‘Sold of pea P [corres aa fy 4 a ‘Appeal. sional vsefulness. He has been nied to and oe ‘Tho grand Union expedition which has interested us | cepted the responsible position of General a chiet there for the past. two bas iy aod figurative. | of Stall, with the army of Teanossee. It is no ly “4 ‘up.’ Tie occasional ing of cannon, away ment to others to say that no officor of the army up the river, tells, us the news that our boys are after been among us has fects foes eae them. The great and inv iroa clad Chillicothe ies woaluere aes cane from the cossmunity, left us almost a wreck. We found quarter gunner’s ee 1, Sapartarp, teas Body, and discovered that he was ified by a shot from —y Me seuliee cok capaaan: al ) one uf A ee pe tm jim i breast, after eee. maar ily echo the oe hie The owiag is the order issued by Gen. Loring tobis | 804 troops :— GEXERAL | ORDER—O. 2 The Major ing desires to congratulate d the troops of this command upon the signal snocess which bas crowned their efforts to check the much vaunt- ed advance of the invader. imminent peril, and their Their coolness im the face of dite of that portion of our has been #0 well from the ravages ef the foe,as well as the gratitude of our whole con! ry. To and mea who have for the last pine da: to their with fortitude, and irected their pieces with such fatal sion, the General cannot pay too atribute. He leaves a community to testify to them an appre- ciation of their services. . W. LOKING, ‘Commanding. Maj Geo. McKicnt, Major and A. AG. A Rebel Sketch of General Loring, (From the Vi Whig, March 25.) General W. W. 1. hero of Fort Pemberton, is native of Wilmington, N.C., but now a citizen of to which State the family removed in his boy! iy began bis glorious mil scarcer in bis thi tp the sem: M, Me, Andre, Breck Consul, imporiant business connected with kis ment. We learn he leaves again to day by York, but he expects to be back in about afort- night's time. * The Confederate Fing. General Hokmes’ Address to the Arkan- euns. {Prom the Little Rock ‘Trae Democrat, Feb. 11.) midhelver’ TAR PEOPLE oe a ‘early two years ago, assem! yy Four delegates im convention, you deliberately and solemnly resolved to be 2 free people The causes which ied to our separation from the so-calied United States are weil known to ‘They commenced more ‘than thirty years ago, and each succeeding year the gulf was wideved. Notwith- standing the oft repeated violdions of our federal com- pact, both in letter and in spirit, eo the part of the North. ern le of the South continued true to ail of analnittion and the avowed threats party the o Thiar lov ebeeaectiectomd to create el the mode i: provided, to reform Court, to consuitate the government, the wiil of a mar. superior to the constitution, end to oppress and plunder \ve minority b; jaws teense of the danger and dogredstion that a sense of tl a et fe bomen war, and the to

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