, 1861-12-09

4 budget Of Late Memphis papers has come /
to hand with dates to the 18th inst. We COM t
pile the following items Of interest:
The Southern Planters Convention will /
take place at Memphis on the third Monday in
February, and a list Of delegates to the same |
from South Carolina have been appointed by t
Gov. Pickens.
The dispatches from New Orleans state
that flour continued inactive, few lots only
changed hands. Wheat declined, corn remain
ed unchanged, bran in fair demand, oats in
limited supply, rye in flir request, sugar in
fair demand, molasscs tziAe easier.
The Pensacola Observer, Of November Is,
says:
We learn. on going to press, that the enemy at
tempted landing ut the PerdidO river last night,
but were most @ignally rcpnlscd by our gallant
troops there. Come Oh, fauks- We have plenty Of
grape yet.
At Memphis the Receiver la= got his
eye, 20 he says, on some that do not pony up
to The Confederate Government debts due to
tho Yankees, and he talks little seriously
about penalties of fine and imprisonment.
The Legislature Of Georgia has passed
bill to prevent, during the existing war, mono
poles and speculations in brcadstnfs, and
other articles Of general use and consumption.
The bill cnumerates salt, wheat, flour, bacon,
lard, cotton, osnaburgE, kcrseys, leather, shoes,
cotton cards or wool cards, the articles
which must not be sold at speculative prices.
It allows the owner Of any Of these articles to
sell them at an advance Of sixty per cent upon
tlcir price last April.
The message Of GOV. Pickens, delivered
on Tuesday to tho General Assembly, is de-
voted almost exclusively to the consideration
Of military measures most properto be adopt
ed, in order to meet successfully the cmergen-
cicssof a formidable invasion.
"A powder mill goes into operation at Ra-
leigh, N. c., this week.
From the evidence our guuboats at Cairo
will do well to be looking out for Capt. Marsh
Millcr's " "Grampus.'' The Memphis Appca2
| says;
On Saturday last: the fearless Capt. Marsh Miller
took his bout. the Grampus, to within short dis
shore. where the peculiar color the captain has
had her painted with prevented her being visible
| at even 4 short distance. lie then. with one Of
fee S 70 on Rr
was tied up. They cut it loose and took it in tow
as it doa ed down. and carried it eafely into port
crllcnt service.
The Legislature has assumed the payment
Of Alabama's quota Of the Confederate tax
the banks loaning the State the money and
taking the ten year bonds.
| The flag of the Texas camp at Dumfries,
| Virgina, is made Of the bridal dress Of Mrs.
| Wigfall, pure white silk, with 4 "lone star"
| Tho lower House OF the Alabama Legisla-
tu1c has passed bill to incorporate the South
crn Salt Company, with capital Of one mil
I lion Of dollars with privilege to increase it
| TO five millions.
On the receipt Of the doings Of Brown1ow
in failing the rebels at Morristown, General
Carroll, with one thousand Of his command,
had left Knoxville for the infected district
The two men Mcmillan and Markle, recent
II taken by JEFF. Thompson from the steamer
Platte Valley, a short time since, having been
brought before the Criminal Court at Memphis
on charge Of treason, in preparing for Fed
eral use plans Of the Columbus Notifications.
Il wag proved By the evidence Of Captain Johns Of
':Ss RS
which he had made for Southern use. The man
said he had given tito Captain Taney. Of an Illinois
on bcing applied o drew il from hie breast pocket
ind gave it up. The court rcnanded the prisoners
into the custody OF the military authorities. and
| steamboat Kentucky. 1t il believed they will be
hanged as spies, in accordance with the rule Of mill
tazy law
- The Charleston Goa,5er Of the 10Th ult.
publishes IN amusing burleaque of Gen. Shcr,
mans silly proclamation
Advertisements appear to be scarce with
our Memphis contemporaries. It is thus the
more conspicuous that George Il. Smiths
s:mulatto negro man, Solomon, has run away
He must be Of light tint, as one Of the de
scriptions on which George relies for his dis
: covcry is that the fngacious Solomon '' In:
: 4 few fFeckles on lis face, which can be seer
| when his face is clean" We advise Solomon
l to avoid soap and water, aud Gen Halleck':
Order No. 8.
C John Decker, Captain in Missouri stat'
T Guard, is recruiting Mizsourians at Memphis
The Memphis appeal commercial column
isn't at all enlivening reading. Cotton-W'
$ did not hear Of a sale" Under the none,
head, gold is quoted at Is pr cent, and silye
I at 20. Missouri banks at 211z per cent. dis
n count--bankable Tennessee money tn
standard.
Among the news intelligence appears til
following communication from Charleston
q volunteer at Manassas:
l. Formy own part find Manassas far more pre-
ferable for stationary residence than the camp
r at Centregl1e. The two places are spanned By al
= miles Of the muddiest mud and the Tuttirst rutt
roads that ~orn. and the only relief frot
l. the aspect OF deso}Ation which the entire rout
presents in the ehape Of missing fences, stump
s. remnants Of forests stripped fields and trample
ut vegetation, is the picture at either end OF ii
journey OF warm hearts. hospitablc dresfdes an
"A the good cheer which marks the welcome back.
- - Centreyille is the temple to which Manassas
the porch but it happens IN the present instant
the edifce. Here one can sleep In 3 house, thong
your correspondent Is just now rooming in
amended hen rooet. through #hoac thousand opel
u, | ingB the wind makes the melody Of an Rolia
u barp There, one is tied down to the c1rcnnscri
IN ed range Of tent The generals only blesse
;, With the possession Of the domfcils Of the res
Re dcute. Here yop have the benefit Of post oh1c
r. such ns it is. telegraph Office, I'll express ofc
N and above all these yet curses, ycle
Brpaying five prices for the article. you obta
| ANYTHING IN the market from eardines to sto,
po{ieh. Oysters arrive every night, fresh from Il
RI | shell "unly dollar quart" while preserve
~ nickies, nuts, raf9inB, shirts drawers lookil
T. Fiagses cigars, stockings, boots, 0wenty-aye ds
re- asnd other artic1es make up the organization
Ut HE commanding general over Wh3n the oWua
hoist their banaela-Geoeta Asso1tmept.