Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-28
OUR SOUTHERN EXCHANGES.

Mercury. Tie NiluIlcStuu
peared soon after we denounced Mr.. Rhett for
calling Mr.. Hamlin mulatto. In letter
from one of the editors we had been assured
that they could not part company with us,
rat present." but that article on Mr.. Rhett did
the business for this amicabie intention. OH
err southern journals come no longer Even
that little seven by nine, woe. begone, fever
and.aguish looking shest that came TO us from
Concorda, La, comes no longer. 1t is proba-
bly, dead poor thing. a great many soGthern
newspapers have died lately. But the Mobile
Mercury, one of the hottest, maddest, widest
secession newspapers ever heard Of in Dixies
land, comes as regularly as ever.
The latest number OF the Mobile Mercury
that has reached us is dated June 8. How il
got here we can not tell for it is understood
that we have no mail communication with the
seeded states, but here it is, and others prob
ably will follow it. We make few extracts
The editors have received ga private. letter"
from the seat of war, which contains some
rather surprising news. Here is part OIL it,
News Just come that $50 Yankees were
killed at Hampton, thus: they marched on the
city intending to sack it and reduce it when
in sight, our men went out in small force,
who kept firing and retreating to town until
- the enemy crossed the bridge, when our men
blew up the bridge and than commenced work
on the abolition regiment, killing the above
number of men.
News just arrived of the capture of a Yam
kee steamer our men put on board OF a sloop
or schooner 700 men, under decks, leaving
five or six men in sight, and started off They
had not gone far before the Yankee hailed anl
ordered them to lay to. whereupon our soop
or schooner lay to, and the Yankee came up
alongside, taking her in tow as prize. Pres
emily, armed men rushed from below, and on
board the steamer, taking charge of her and
running her into port. The action was so
sudden it astoninshed the enemy so, they
could not do a thing. Hurrah for our side
we are all right Old Abe can't say nobody's
hurt now. He had better look out for his
skim
The locality of this last tremendous exploit
is not given. Another article discusses the
finance question. The bank bills in that part
of the country are becoming worthless, caus-
ing very serious trouble. Here is specimen
''The aborers on the work going forward at
Fort Morgan, few days since, were paid oil,
gentleman informs us, in Central Bank mon-
ey, which, having been received in payment
of confederate bonds, had been deposited in
the savings banks, for the purpose OF conteder-
ate payments. These funds, we were further
informed, were offered in the market at 10 per
cent discount, and no exchange could be effect
ed for the payment of debts or purchases.
The people cannot submit to such currency"
Can anybody guess what remedy is pro-
posed as a cure Tor this evil Probably not,
for it is one of the secession brilliances. The
Mercury sa-s:-
"There is no good reason why the govern.
ment should receive deprecated bank notes
in payment for its bonds, nor for the issuance
OF such notes to its employees. LET THE
CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT ISSUE TREASURY
NOTES AND MAKE PAYMENTS IN ITS OWN CUR
RENcY. The people will have confidence i'll
their own government issues, and such cur.
rency will serve Tor circulating medium Of
equal value everywhere in the cOntederacy.
BY this means the currency Of the country
will be regulated"
We think it would be regulated" The
Mercury describes us follows how this work
of Regulation" will go on in North Caro-
lima: -
.sThe Legislature OF North Carolina, at its
late session, passed bill authorizing the issue
DJ tue 5tdie OI I'VE tuuuSduu uOlIdiS5
in notes from cents up to $l-say in 5 cents,
10 cents, % cents, so cents, and 81. This is
to be the first issue. The treasurer is then
authorized to borrow similar SUN OF five
hundred thousand dollars from the banks, then
to issue treasury notes in sums OF three dollars
and upwards and so on, by way of loans ami
scrip, to be negotiated or issued from time to
time until the full sum of five millions OF dol
lars shall have been expended should the trou-
hIa last lnVNor tn nv anII-
ture"
Perhaps the most noticeable articles in this
number of the Mobile paper are two in which
the JEFF. Davis government is called to account
for being dilatory and backward in the war.
Alexandria should be retaken at all hazards"
says the Mercury and "the dallying policy OF
our government fills the land with murmur.
ers" -
"0ur government appears to be parayzed,
from what cause we know not, and is folding
its hands in listless indifference, like Macaw-
Der, trusting Tor something to turn up In
stead OF taking the bull by the horns and con-
quering him at once, he is only taken by the
tail, and it will be Gods mercy II he does
not turn and gore his adversary when he gets
him at disadvantage. What will be the re
suit OF this diatory policy time alone will de-
veope. One thing, however, is certain, if
there is not fight pretty soon, everybody
will become Disguised with the whole mat
ter, and the people will hold our rulers
to fearful nccount for the bunging man
ner in which things have been managed"
And this fierce organ of the secession trea
son goes so far as to insinuate that "the con-
tederate government" is frightened, sick of
the Job they have undertaken, and anxious to
get clear of it. Here is one of these insnua-
tons -
lit certainly cannot be that our government
is waiting to see if the rotten hulk OF the 'od
wreck" can be patched up SO as to make
it sea worthy again. Such result is as
improbable as it would be undesirable to the
people, however politicians may regard such
measuse."
Such utterances OF this journal show that
the extremists of the secession conspiracy are
not sure of their Southern coniederacy."
They have presentiment that it will fail mis-
erably, that it cannot possibly be successful,
and that the leaders having the bull "by the
tall instead of "by the horns,' and being in a
very unpleasant predicament, are watching for
an opportunity to back down. Whether this
charge against the leaders be true or false, the
fact that it is made shows that there is in all the
south great deal more discomfort with this
secession business that ventures to seek ex-
preston, ard that the conspirators themselves
are losing faith in it.
SAD CALAMITY.-Gilbert L. Wilson, ESQ,
treasurer of the New York Central Railroad
committed suicide On w1, - .