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COMMANDER PEaRAM.-The gallant
commander of the Nashville is thus des'
cribed by the Richmond correspondent OF
the Charleston Mercury:
Pegram, the bold commander OF the
Nashville, is an uncle of Col. Pegram who
was captured at Rich Mountain. He IS
fine looking man of As or 80, sincere
Christian, gentle as woman, cool and IN
trepid as it is possible for man to be-. His
daring attack upon the piratical junks du.
ring the British war with China procured
for him gold medal from the Queen, and
other high testimonials, and accounts, IN
great part, for the cordial attentions he re-
ceived lately in England. He brings pos.
tagc stamps, treasury notes, and very full
supply Of powder for the 2 six-pounder RI
aes which the Nashville mounts.
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lieutenant Commanding Parker; the Tea
ser, Lieutenant Commanding Webb-each
of one gun. With this force (twenty guns)
Flag Officer Buchanan engaged the enemy's
fleet, consisting of the frigate Cumberland,
of twenty four guns; the Congress, Of fifty
guns; the St. Lawrence, of fifty guns; and
the steam frigate Minnesota, of forty guns;
the enemy batteries at Newport News, and
several small steamers, armed with heavy
riAed guns. So. ..... =
This engagement commenced at $3.50 p.
M, and at 4 p. m. Capt Buchanan had
sunk the Cumberland, captured and burnt
the Congress, disabled and driven the
Minnesota ashore, and defeated the St.
Lawrence and Roanoke, which sought
shelter under the guns of Fortress Mon
roe. Two of the enemy's small steamers
were blown up, and the two transport
steamers were captured. ...,. ..
The Cumberland went down with all 90
board, her tops only remaining above wa
ter, but many of her people were saved by
boats from the shore.
The flag of the Congress, and the sword
of the officer commanding at the time Of
her surrender, are at the Navy Depart
ment ...
The report concludes as follows:
To the dashiug courage, the patriotism
and eminent ability of Flag Officer Bucha
nan, and to the officers and men of hi
squadron, our country is indebted for thi'
brilliant achievement, which will hold I
conspicuous place among the heroic contests
of naval history
[Signed] 5. b. MALLORY,
Secretary Navy.
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MARCH ii, 1868.
c. S. STEAM BATTERY, VIRGINIA,
OF Sewell's Point, March s, 1862

Of Sewell's Point, March s, 1862
FLAG OFFICER: In consequence of the
wound of Flag Officer Buchanan, it be-
comes by duty to report that the Virginia
left the yard this morning at IL, a m.,
steamed down the river past our batteries,
and over to Newport News, where We en-
gagged the batteries ashore; and also two
large steam frigates, supposed to be the
Minnesota and Roanoke, and a sailing fri
gate and several small steamers, armed With
heavy riAed guns. We sunk the Cumber-
land, drove the Congress ashore, when she
hauled down her colors and hoisted the
white flag, but she fired upon us with the
white flag flying, wounding Lieutenant
Miuor and several of our men. We again
opened fire upon her, and she is now iu
flames. The shoal water prevented our
reaching the other frigates. This, with
the approach of night, We think, saved
them from destruction. Our loss is two
killed and eight wounded.
| Two or our guns nave the muzzies snot
off. The PROV was twi wisted, and the armor
somewhat damaged The anchor and all
Aag.stafs shot away, and smoke-stack and
steam-pipe were riddled. The bearing Of
the officers and men was all that could be
wished, and in fact it could not have been
otherwise after the noble aud daring con-
duct of the flag officer, whose wound is
deeply regretted by all on board, wto would
gladly have sacrificed themselves in order
to save him. We were accompanied from
the yard by the Beaufort (Lieutenant Par.
kerr and Raleigh, Iieutenant Alexander }
and as soon as it was discovered up the
James river that the action had commen
ced, we we're joined by the Patrick Henry,
Commander Tucker,) the jamestown,
Uieutenaut Baruey,) and the Teaser, (Ser'
geaut Webb,) all of which were actually
engaged, and rendered very effective ser
vice. Enclosed | send the surgeons re-
port of casualties.
l have the honor to be, sir, very respect
fully, your obedient servant,
CATESBY ap R. JONES,
Ex. and Ordnance Officer.
Flag Officer +. FORREsr.
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BAG The New York Tribune announces

a9 The New York Tribune announces
the following: The town listens With de.
light to rumor that President Lincoln has
declared his purpose to take the actual
command of the army, and suppress the re
bellion in Virginia without further delay,
The credit of planning the victories which
has just saved US Kentucky and Tennessee
is justly recorded to him. Whatever plar
of action upon the Potomac line will b.
finally adopted will undoubtedly be his
The actual execution Of it BY the Presiden
in person would be splendid success
No man in the country could so awaker
the enthusiasm and restore the confidence
of the troops as he.
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The HEROIC BUcHANAN.-The self,
abnega,ing heroism of Capt Buchanan, Of
Maryland, commander Of the Virginia in
the recent memorable conflict, will be gen
orally appreciated when it is known that
his younger and favorite brother was purser
of the frigate Congress, at which the fire
of the Virginia was most pertinaciously d.
rected, and is supposed to have perished
on board Of her.
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Food for our Soldiers.

EDITOR OF THE MOBILE ADVERTISER F:
Most of the reverses Of the present war
have resulted from want of foresight and
timely action, and beg leave, in this con-
nection, to call attention to matter of no
small importance bearing on the health
and efficiency of our troops. Experience,
for ages has abundautly proved that men
cannot keep healthy on meat and bread
alone; they must have vegetables, and the
question is, is sufficient supply to be OBJ
tanned?
A large proportion of our gardeners a
round Mobile are '.in for the war;" aud it
is certain that sufficient supply of vege.
tables for the town and the large body Of
troops near by cannot be grown in this vi
cinity. . . ..-..,.
The planters in the interio. ave labor
and land in abundance, aud without seri-
ously incommodiug themselves (now that
cotton is not wanted) could supply all that
is required. Potatoes, peas, cabbage, tur.
uips squashes, pumpkins, in short, any
wholesome vegetable would contribute great
ly to health. Already there are some scatter
ing cases of scurvy and other diseases aris.
ing from too exclusive animal diet in our
camps; and unless proper food is supplied,
there will be an increase of the affections
as warm weather advances.
Every nation of the earth has turned its
back On us, and I, for one, rejoice at it,
We now, for the first time, know that we
have to fight this quarrel out single hand
ded. We have double the strength neces'
ssry to- win our liberty, if every man will
do his duty, and the greater the glory when
the deed is nobly done. The time has come
when father should rather see his son,
like the Spartan, brought back dead on bis
shield, than to remain at home dishonored.
The history of this war shows that the
vast majority of our soldiers are not de-
stroyed by powder and ball, Oh the fields
of glory, but die ignoble deaths from camp
diseases. In the Mexican wa" $4,000 OF
our men-in the Crimean war 22,00O
Euglishmeu and $4,000 Frenchmen-per.
ished, and except small fraction, not from
wounds, but from diseases, large proper
tion of which we're attributable to improper
food. ..... ....-
If the men do not take care of our brave
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EXPRESSION OF DREss.-Women are
more like flowers than we think. Intheir
dress and adornment they express their Da-
lures as the flowers do in their petals and
colors. Some women are like modest dai.
sizes and violets; they never look or feel bet
ter than when dressed in a morning wrap.
per. Others are not themselves unless
they can fame out in gorgeous dress, like
the tulip or the blush rose. Who has not
seen women just like white lilies ? We
know several double marisolds and pop
pies. There are women fit only for vel
vets, like the dahlies; others are graceful
and airy, like azales. Now and then you
see hollyhocks and sunaowers. as.sslSsssT
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Savannah and Charleston to be Burnt
bV the Yankees.

We learn from passenger who arrived
from Jacksonville yesterday, who had beer
at Fernandina, that the Yankees landed a
the latter place some 5000 men. HI
learned from a gentleman who reached
Jacksonville short time before he left, ane
who effected his escape from Fernandins
by wading through the marsh, and swim
ming over the main, the following items
Immediately after the landing Of the Fed
erals, they went to work pillaging the
houses of those who had deserted them anc
fled. Those who remained they did moi
disturb, many of whom professed to be
Uuionists, among them this informant. By
pretending to be stauuoh Union man, he
managed to get information from the Fed
eral officers that their intention is to lay
Savannah and Charleston in ashes in lesE
than thirty days; that they were expecting
the arrival of ten thoroughly iron clac
steamers, and thirty others partially iron
clad, when they would Immediately proceed
to take both of these places.
While our troops we're Withdrawing from
the island, and were preparing to remove
their guns, information was communicated
to the blockading vessels at Fernandina BY
a fisherman, when one of the steamers i'm
mediately started for Warsaw, and soon af
ter the fleet arrived and entered the harbor
The guns were mostly dismounted from th'
batteries, and but few men were superin
tending their removal.
Previous to the arrival of the feet a larg'
steamer appeared, bearing down to one o
the batteries, with French flag at half
mast when within hailing distance sh'
lowered the French flag and ran up tn
Stars and Stripes, and ordered Col. HOLLAND
to come on board, at the same time runnin!
out her guns. As soon as Col. H. got OF
board she Immediately steered northward
Savannah Republican.
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THE DA,rAaEro THE VIRGINIA -Fror

The DAMAaETo THE VIRGINIA
passengers who reached the city last night,
direct from Norfolk, we learn that the ram
of the "Virginia" was damaged By her
collision with the Ericsson, and that she
reached the Navy Yard 10 a leaky condi.
ton, caused by the wrenching of her nose.
Of the hundreds of balls directed against
the Virginia, and which actually struck
her. but one made the slightest impression
upon her iron side, and that one so slight
as to amount only to an. indentatiou. The
shock Of her collision with the Cumber.
land was scarcely felt on board, and no i'll
effect was experienced from the concussiou
of her powerful armameut.-RicAmond
Examiner, 11M.
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CATESBY ap R. JONES,
Ex. and Ordnance Officer.
Flag Officer f. FORREST.

The official report of the naval battle in
Hampton Roads was read. The accompa-
nyiug letter of the Secretary Of the Navy
states that Flag Officer f. Buchanan was
disabled near the close Of the engagement
by painful wound, though not very dan
gerous. The report was made by the ex-
ecutive officer, upon whom the command
devolved, Lieut. Joues. The Confederate
vessels engaged were the steam-sloop Vir.
ginia, of ten guns; the Patrick Henry,
Commander Tucker, Of six guns; the
jamestown, Lieutenant Commander Bar.
ney, of two guns; the Raleig b, Lieutenant
Commanding Alexander; the Beaufort,
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

COLUMBIA; March ], 1862.
T GENERAL ORDER NO. 6.
TO CARRY INTO EFFECT, WITH
the utmost prcmptitude, the resolutions Of
the Governor and Council, passed March
sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, Gre
atiug new military system for this State,
it is hereby ordered:
|. That the Commandants of the Mill
tia Regiments of the State convene imme
diately at some convenient place within
the bounds of each Regiment, the Com
manding Officers of each Company Of their
respective Regiments giving public notice
thereof, and proceed on the information
before them, to enroll, for active service,
all persons resident or remaining within
their respective Regimental lines, in strict
accordance with Section first, of the new
military system herewith printed; and, iu
order to effect the enrolment properly, the
Sheriffs and Tax Collectors of each Dis
trict and Parish shall attend, and render
such assistance as may be in their power
Each Commanding Officer of Beat or VOL
unteer Company shall give public notice
of these Orders and Resolutions, within
their respective Company limits. The
compensation will be paid to the officer OF
person designated by Commanding Officer
of the Regiment, making the proper en-
rollmeut for this Office. Commandments Of
Regiments shall forward promptly to thi:
Office full and legible lists Of enrollments
of the persons enrolled by Companies, with
the designations required; and they are
authorized to appoint, if necessary, proper
officers to effect thorough enrolment.
II. All persons liable to militia duty art
required, without delay, to enroll thei'
names with the Commanding Officer o.
their respective Beat Companies; failing
iu this, the penalty imposed will be strict
ly enforced. AS soon as the enrolment il
complete, Commanding Officers Of Compa
MES will notify all persons enrolled to holt
themselves in readiness for conscrlpton TO
active service.
III. A Board of Exemption will b.
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ma A recent order from the Lincoln
War Department prohibits the transmittal
of private letters through the lines of the
United States troops to persons living in
the Confederate States, and requires officers
of the army to send such letters to the
Dead Letter Office. Exception to this
rule is made in favor of letters addressed
to officers and men detained as prisoners
1t is, therefore, useless to send private let
ters to be transmitted by "aags of truce"
to Norfolk, as they must either be returned
to the writers or sent to the Dead Letter
Office. 49,
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a@ The Norfolk Day Book publishes
the following condensed statement Of the
work done by the Merrimac:
"Congress, (burnt,) 48O men, 50 guns
Cumberland, (sunk,) $50 men, % guns;
Minnesota, (riddled,) $50 men, 40 guns ;
Roanoke, (scared off, $50 men, 40 guns;
St. Lawrence, (peppered,) 4S0 men, 30
guns; gun.boats, (two or three disabled,)
l2O men, 6 guns; forts, (sileuced), 200
men, 20 guns; Ericsson, $50 men, 2 guns.
Total-meu, 1880; guns, 230."
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Confederate Appointments.

The Charleston Courier Of yesterday
says: - ~
Hon w. F. DeSaussure was yesterday
appointed, by his Honor Judge Magrath,
Confederate District Attorney for Richland
District, and the Hon. B 3. Perry, Dis.
trict Attorney for Greenville District.
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boys, I know. the women will. Feed them,
clothe them, aud give them gunpovdsr,
and they will ask no ;fayors of John Bull
and Louis Napoleon. j, G. MOTT,
Medical Director, Army of Mobile.
The Month.

March is advaucing-let Us hasten its
work We copy some remarks Of an itelli-
gent and practical character, (says the
Eagsfeld 4dvsrtiser, and itlicise point
or two which it would be wellsfor all TO
consider It is not without reason that
planters are called upon to guard against
the effects Of sumner dirouth this year.
They cannot be toocarefai in preparation
or too watchful in cultivation.
"This is the great month for corn plant
ing. We are inclined to think that no crop
pays SO poorely on thin land as corn. Our,
average corn crop is very light affair."
Can we not improve upon it2 is not the
practice Of running over an immense deal
Of ground for few nubbins, a ruinous one,
and would it not be the better policy 10
make smaller area produce q larger crop2
Can it be done, economically |? The fre-
quent recurrence of summer droughts has
made the corn crop most uncertain one,
and every body who does not luxuriate il
bottom lands, has began to feeithe necesi.
ty Of looking out for substitutes, or, 9
change of culture. Subsoiling is declared
by some to be sovereign panacea but
|subsoiling is not,ouly.an expensive, but .
tedious operation, and notsl likely TO be q
dopted by people as long as land Is cheap
and abundant But we can all do little
d. -. / a - .k n ea.e
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s9 North Carolina has some fam

p6r North Carolina has some funny
names for her regiments-for instance the
"Herring Regiment" thessPersimon Reg
iment," the "Mackerel Regiment" and
We suppose they will have the ''BIackberry
Regiment 1t" North Carolina is a great
State and her people are great people,
either in or out Of war.-AAanto Common
aceahh.
The "Regimental'' part Of the above is
all a lie, aud the huckeberry and "gim me
chawtobacker" State of Georgia need not 60
abroad to find Commonwealth" to poke
fun at.-!Mlton Chronicle.
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e6r The Charleston Mercury says Gen.
eral Pemberton has been assigned to tho
military district of South Carolina and
Georgia, in place Of General Lee, who has
been summoned to Richmond.
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nA- The Northern journals are now u
nanluous in the testimony that there are
only six thousand prisoners in their hands
surrendered by Buckner and taken in the
neighborhood of Fort Donelson.
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PRESIDENT S MEssAGE--oFFICIALR REPORT.
To the Senate and House Of Representa-
ttves ofthe Confederate Stntes:
herewith transmit letter of the Secre-
tary of the Navy, Of this date, covering the
official report of the naval engagement be-
tween the James river squadron and the
enemy's feet at Hampton Roads on the 9Th
instant.
The officers and men of the navy enga-
ged in this brilliant affair deserve we'll OF
the country, and are commended to the
consideration of Congress.
The disparity of the forces engaged did
not justify the anticipation Of so great a
victory and it is doubly gratifying that it
has been won upon an element where we
were supposed to be least able to compete
with our enemy.
Special attention is called to the per6di
Gus conduct of the enemy in hosting, on
the frigate Congress, white flag, and re-
newing fire from that vessel under the I'M
punity thus obtained.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
MARCH IL, 1863.
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forthwith organized iu each District and
Parish, TO consist of the Commanding OFF,
GERS of Regiments, and at least two prac-
ticiug Physicians of respectable standing.
to be selected by said officers, aud the evi.
deuce of iu6rmity, in all cases, must rest
upon the personal knowledge of one or
more members of the Board of Exemptions.
The Board will conform its action to the
fifth section of the above system. The
Pay Rolls Of the Board will be forwarded
to this Office for payment.
". A conscription will be ordered to
fill the requisition of the Secretary of War
for five Regiments, as soon as the enroll
ments are returned to this Office.
V. All officers charged with the execu.
ton of the above order, will proceed with.
out further notice to the prompt discharge
of their duties By command.
s. r GlST,
Adjutant and Inspector General Of S. G.
The Naval Battle---ohcial Reports.
We extract the following from the Rich.
moud Eraminer of Wednesday:
The account of the conflict between the
Ericsson battery, now called the Monitor,
and the Virginia, surpasses all we have
ever heard of cannonadng on the water
At one time, we are informed, the vessels
were within few feet of each other. Shot
after shot was poured upon the Virginia
from the immense armament of the Moni
tor her iron plates resisted the fire, but
the balls were so thick that the plated sides
are said to have been bent by incessan'
impact of cannon balls upon particular por'
tions of her surface During this spell Of
close cannonading the crew of the Virginia
within her iron shell, perceived no effect
from the fire but the sullen thug of the
balls that fell from the sides.
The collision of the Virginia with the
Cumberland is said to have produced nc
more disturbance in the motion of the for
mer vessel than if her iron cleaver had beer
cutting its way through sheet of writing
paper. There is report that her prov
was broken, aDd that she is ut present ir
the dry dock for repairs. We are assured
however, that but trifiug repairs are ne
cessary, and that she will soon be gu the
water again.
We annex below communication sem
into Congress yesterday by the President
with reference to the victory, and covering
the official report of the engagement