, 1862-03-21

ships, completely manned aud equipped, By
means Of which we could have bid defiance to =.
the Yankee Navy; but the President refused
to act upon the suggestion. Indeed ne seems
Buell. is rerT sweet upon the deluded VIC
tins In Nashville, but the ultimate fate Of that
CITY NAV be gathered from the blood money
Hrupg from the citizens Of st. Louis, and the
recent outnges practiced upon ministers and
Influential men in Alexandria. Minister'S OF
litany, are to heve pistols presented to their
breasts, and then hurried to dungeon. Con-
gTeeations are to be forced to pray for q tyraat
On penalty Of being dispersed as q seditio1s
mob. Prominent citizens who dare to append
their names '4 IS simple 4al f.ate9ea. @ o. sTen
and cast into prison. These are the blessings
Of submission to Lineolu-this is the happf-
ness % which DIR. Dayi5's narroT~minded OBJ
stinac: is lending us. Yet We must fold the
e nd sl0se M1 sns Rs hsaysa 91 aF 6re S5 aRE na
tried the oyster acguisseent plan for eight
months. and IS not that enough? The talents
of the South are suppressed. Silence has
served but to insure our discontinue
speaking do worse? The people must move.
dent writes:
"Shan tnc Cause fai1 because Mr. Davis is
Incompetent: The people Of the Confederacy
must answer this plain question ut once, or
they arc lost: Tennessee, under Sydney
Johnston, is likely to be lost. lIr. Davis re-
taiDs him. Van Dom writes that Missouri
must be abandoned unless the clailns Of Price
are recognized. Mr. Davis will not send in
his nomination. 4 change in the Cabinet is
demanded Instantly, to restore public conf
dence. 3ir. Davis Is motionlsss as q elod.
Buell's proclamation to the people Of Nash
satisfied witt, Johnston, TO IL! down their
arn,s, and I:syed 4 way TO the campaign Of in-
Tasion in The Mississippi Valley NJ. Davis
remains as cold as ice. The people must
Know, and feel and be felt The Government
| must be made to move.
| ORDNANCE AND MATERIAL WANTED.
The following advertisement appears in the
Richmond papers:
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA.
WAR DEPT, ORDNANCE OFFICE.
RICHMOND, March 3, 1862
| Bids will be received at this Office until the
| 5th day Of april next, for the following Ord
| nance ard Ordnance material foT the Contede-
I, rate States Army:
| $1,000 tons of blooms {chareoal j
| 5o,cO tons Wrought Iron Bars Of various
| sizes;
100 10-inch CoInmbiads;
! leo 3~inch Co!umbiads;
100 10-inch Siege and Garrison Mortars;
100 13-inch Sea Coast Mortars;
/ 100 Io-pound Iron Howitzers;
500 6 FOUNDER Iron Field Guns.
Bids may be made for any quantity Of iron
over ono hundred tons, and for any number Of
| guns orer ten.
to parties whose bids are accepted.
Bidders Will state the points of delivery,
and the date at which not less than ore
hundred tons Of iron may be expected to be
furnished
They must also state The time required to
| ff1rr, r. 3,c7a aeF{ T.4I
Bidders for guns will state the date for the
first delivery, and the time required to supply
( the whole number.
Payments will be made on delivery of not
less than fifty tons Of iron, and the right to
pay one Lalf in Confederate bonds is re-
served.
Bids must be sealed and enclosed, and cn,
dorscd Oh the enve1op, proposals fol
1ron," or Proposals for Guns,'' Us the case
may be. J. GoKGAs,
Lieut. Col, Chief Of Ordnance.
4 THREATENED AVALANCHE.
! The Indignant South will not much 1ongel
brock the deadly wruugs and foul insults in
flictcd BIZ Northern dasrards. They will moi
much longer be permitted to harrass our peo
pie with impunity. The day Of vengeance il
| at hand. + BS invading Pennsylvania
and threatening Or capturing Philadelphia
Maryland and Virginia will be relieved, and b,
attacking Cincinnati, Missouri and Kentncl<,
! Nul UE ASAfE1GA AOLA LACAA oPpAESSoiS. la
armed hordes from Illinois, Indiana and Ohio
by Il hich they are now oyerrun and deyas
tatcd, will be compelled to fly to the defens
Of their OWL soil.
TIE SOUTHERN DICTIONARY.
| From the Charleston Netcury-]
The Rev. DR.. Moore, of Richmond, deliver
cd lecture in that city on the origin au
mccning Of words, in which many curiou
| facts were deyeloped, among which were th:,
the word Ducis means ssGod with us,' an
that Lincoln, when subjected to ctEmolosica
analysis, means son the verge Of L precipice.