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ed by the enemy. in his vain efforts to con-
qner u1--less than the value of single ar
ticle Of expJrt-the cotton crop Of the year.
The report of the Postmaster Genera will
show the condition of that Department to be
steadily iUpruving-ils revenues increasing,
and already atf,rding the assurance that it
will be self:sustainius at the date required t'y
the Constitution. while atlordng ample mail
facilities for the people.
In the Department OF Justice, which ia
cludeS the Patent Office anu Public Printing,
some legislative provisions will he required,
which will be specifically stated in the report
of the head Of that Department. invite the
attentiomof Congress to the duty of orgaui-
ziug Supreme Court of the Confederate
States, in accordance with the mandates OF
the Constitution.
refer you to my message communicated
to the Prov >ional Congress in November last
Tor such further ini'rmston touching tie
condition Of public affairs as it might be use-
ful to lay before you; the sbcrt interval which
has since. elapsed no, having produced any
material changes in that condition other than
those to which reference has already been
made.
In conclusion, cordially welcome Repre-
sentatives who, recently chosen by the peo..
pie, are fully ilnbued with their views and
feelings, anil can ably advise me as to the
needful provisions for the public service.
assure you OF my hearty corporation in all
your efforts for the common welfare OF the
country. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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oprposition upd our Dennccs.

We are gratfed TO learn, from aigh militia.
~ authority, that there is no foundation for
the alarming rnmors which have been nioat
in this city f,r several days; and that there
is no just cause, at present, for apprehension.
Our brave, wise-beaded and wise-hearted
General, Rober, E. lee, We are authorized to
say, feels every assurance of his ability to
defend Charleston against any force, now at
the disposal Of the enemy, if our people will
but rally, with proper spirit, to The Standard
of their invaded country. a confidence is
also entertained that the enemy do not mcdi-
ate assault on our city-they must be largely
reinforced bcf,re they dare attack us.
Let us not, however, relax our vigilance or
preparations for SaragoSsa defence, il ne
cessary and in the mean time, let every able
bodied citizen who can he at all spared from
civil duties ur home cares, not ouly play the
soldier, bvs volunteer for the war. AS soon Us
the military organization, now in progress,
shall have been completed, five thousand ad-
ditiona troops will be raised for the war, and
VIC invoke every true hearted son of Charles
ten and South Carolina, fit for military duty,
to enrol himself gnaer the glorious banner of
the Stars and Bars, and strike the stalwart
and victorious blow for liberty and Southern
Independence. South Carolina expects every
man to do his du,y-and tnat expectation
fulfilled, the Vandal foe will be driven dis
comf,ted from her shores, now polluted by
the foni of fnnl and crEel invasion.
We are further gratilied to lie able to say,
on authority, that our cherished and generous
sister. city Savannah, enjoys prospect, every
whit ~ favorable as our own, and that she is
able to repcl three times the hostile force,
now arrayed aguinst her but too polite to
strike without certainty Of victory.
Let our people then be of good cheer, but
still let them sird on and burnish their arinor
for bsttle-abore all let them trust i'll God,
and keep our arms ready and our powder
drE.-Charleston Courier, Feb. 2S.
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charge brings its own punishment, often too with
ee!erity, it is perhaps more avoided than any other
Of the evils of the day.
Of our vain glory and pride as q people every
one of US is now fully .elt-convicted If not, let
ns but remember what we thought South Carolina
could do two years aso, and then consider calmly
what she do and is doing to-day,-one of
twelve staes all of whose energies will he strained
to effect what in our eonceit ne imagined South
Carolina could almost do alone.
We come to The seventh count of thi. scl-in-
dictmcnt and ask every citizens careful consider
alton Of it, for himself alone and not for another;
Aud We scruple not to say that our allu.ion is to
that domestic nstitution which we claim to be the
strength of our social and civil fabric and which
has had so much to do with drawing upon us the
mighty war now waging. Fcllow-citizene, have
we FUSED it as not abusing it?" Do the ashes Of
mal-treated slaves cry to heaven against US Hare
VIC given the hire IF Tic IaJorcr that God will re.
quro Of us, in the most ample care for bis physi-
cal wants and in proper regard for his moral
and religious education? II not, in the name of
Truth, and Justice, and Mercy, is it not time We
re were all doing so with praycrful solicude.
How else may VIC escape the avenging rod?
The eighth and ninth charges must speak for
themselves. Our object was merely to suggest
food for reflection suited to the present dark hour
of our struggle. Our belief is that the war is in
tended for the ultimate good of the Southern pco-
Pile; But, men of the South, the length and ter
ror of the inaiction may be proportioncd as much
to the progress Of our reformation morally aud
socially, rs to the development Of our political and
military strength Let US then strive to heed the
roiee Of Eternal Wisdom in all the duties of life
seeing that it may be His decree that thus alone
hand of all that hate US :"
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The Nashville News.

After many and diversified contradictions, it
appears to be agreed upon among the news-deal-
ers that the city of Nashville has been yielded
without resistance to the Federal army under
General BUELL.. It is said that the surrender was
formally made by CHEAruAM, Mayor Of the city,
on Sunday morning the 2sth ultmo, at village
called Edg.fe1d within short distance Of the
main town, and in which village tho Federals had
encamped.
But Nashville news Of more brscing character
has also heen received stating that upon the very
dry Of the city's surrender, tho steamer Of that
,me under glorious Captain PSGRAA ran tho
b,oeka'le at Beaufort, n. c., with con;raband
ergo valued at three millions Of dolias Tho
Intelligence is a beam Of light to the Cunfoderacy,
and presages (let us humby trus,) u speedy arm
ing of Southern strength that will enable our
people to meet the invader at every point and
drive him from his hateful occupation of our soil.
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Daily News, Esq.

This gentleman j, sometimes nuisance. In
very many cases indeed, l., tells today rhat he
has to untell tomorrow, lie not unfrcquently
diSsusts with his tortuous repetitions. 1Ie has
been convicted again and again Of downright ~
ing, for present effect, utterly regardless Of his
next days reputation. lie thinks every thing
"hghly important," from the gaining Of c battle
to the sinking Of gun-boat. What hocan't get
from the Tellieyraph, he worms ont Of tho Relic
abie Gentlemen. Occasionally he puts bis dcpen-
dante, the Daily Nt~s papers, h"rs da co,sbst,
leaving them without word of assistance,-.he
more daring Of them then rehash some out-of-t the
way nems-letter.-the more scdato fall to work to
fill out the days matter with r.il"sofhicai tbut
not very Originally paragraphs ON e The Cri,is,"
Z" Trpth," ct cetera. Mr.. DAILY NEWS, however,
makes it up to his men by giving them for the
next day several D;.asers,-possibly a Confoyra-
tion,-this tino unfortunately too true. In short
DAILY NEWS, ESQ, is the m,st bothersome nd,-
pcnssble Of the age.
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SUICIDE or ourHCaRuLIyA VOLUNTEER.
Thomas P. Butler, private in Company 4"
7th South Carolina Regiment, arrived in Rich.
mond last "Wednesday and put up at at the
Columbian Hotel, u. which establishment he
remained until Friday night, when he put nm
ED 10 Us lie by scvering the jngular vr:.',
iii rouIh' y d. bf chat Ifstel, in which E: Was
last seen alive about 6'cluck by sr,yan,
who pronered him some refreshments, which
he declined. Nothing more was known Of
bis acts until Saturday morning, when blood
was seen coming from under the door OF room
No. i, when the lock was forced, and the un.
fortunate man was found weltering in his
gore-a newly purchased bowie knife lying
by his side indicating the manner of his
DEATH Richmond Dispatch.
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Fire in Boston.

BosroS, Feb. 25.--A most disastrous fire
occurred during furious storm, binding
snow and hail. An immense amount of prop.
erty and splendid huildings, including the Elk.
change Hotel, were consumed. The loss il
estimated at three quarters of amillion. The
great tower Of the Catholic Church in East
Boston was blown down the same night. de.
mUlisLins several smaller buildings. 1000
bales cotton and $4,000 bushels corn and oats
were among the goods destroyed.
A terrific storm aged North on Monday
causing great destruction Of property.
In New York al: Brooklyn buildings and
stesples were bsowG ioTnInd chipping dam
sged.
Great damage Eas done to buildings ii
Washington, Baltimore, and other cities.
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.i'aSt-Day Thoughts.

As people VIC deserve chas;isencnt for many
reasons. Let us consider them:
l. Because Of our furgetiulne.s Of God;
Q Because of our luvo Of Mammon;
s. Because of our hatred Of mem
j. Because Of our dcpraved manners;
S. Because Of our carnal cxccsses;
G. Because Of our yain-glnry and prilc;
T. Because of our ill.trcntmnnt of interiors;
S. Because of cur all l-peryl'i;ng scfshncss
8. Because Of our hypocrisy and hasrhcmy.
This is strong indictment and re trust no I:as
amongst us can be convicted under all its c"unt,:
Yet We fear at the same time that 10 unc Of Us
can place his band upon his heart in view Of the
whole accusation and say" Not Guilty
Of the first charge it is not for us to write. hi
common with hundred Of thousands, of our people.
We can but place our hand upon our mouth md
our mouth ia :hc dust and confess, F" l hare sinr.
ed"
The second charge, VIC fear, is almost as unirer-
sal in its application as the first. We dcnouncc
the Yankee Nation for their lust Of riches md
grccl Of gain and are too apt to forget that. with
all our sh"w Of libsrality and aims giving, we are
secretly as much devoted 10 money and the accu-
mutation Of property as former brethren Of
the Nurth ever were.
The third charge will at FIRST sight be repelleL
by many of US; But when We honestly consider
the chickering's Of society in which we suffer our
feelings to participate more less secretly if not
otherwise; when we call to mind the antiquities
that like dcvils) possess us, and the encourage
ment VIC in one way or another give to surs und
backb,ings that tend 10 inurc the objects of those
antipathics,-w may not claim to be exempt from
the charge. Of those who arc openly denunciR-
tory of their fcilow- and really to wreak ven.
unnecessary to remark.
lsainst the fourth charge also all hearts will
revolt at the first mentions But the blush Of in
dignntion will change to Of slano if we rightly
consider the true colorins of the manners of the
age And We cannot perhaps better illustrate or
meaning than by pointing to the training of our
youth,--,hc fnst hoyS" Gas tho melancholy
phrase goes Of the present day,--too many cf
whom, alas give proof That due regard for
superiors and respect for age havc entered but
hmsily into their home instructions while the
disposition 10 strike and to stab for every insult
fancicd or real as they advance in years. is hut
too strongly Indicative that there is something
radically wrong in the social morals MI. manners
Of our people.
To the fifth charge large numbers are oLnox
ious, if not in one craving, yet in anothcr,-either
and all of which lead to ruin by excessive indul-
gsneo Bat iuasmuch as criminality under this
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SONG.
IN NENuNIAN.

Inscribed most respectfully to "onr 'o'dicrs."]
Let friendship wrcathc the flowing bowl
While unu more glass wc pour,
In token Of the time that's fled
And those whsve gone before
To those who'vc gono before, my irieud,
To thosc who'yc gone before
Wr'll take cup Vi fond rcSrs,
10 those yho'vc gonu beiurt.
Blest Memory! revive the s:onrs-
The happy scenes of yore,
When NC were gladdcn'd by tho tones
OF comrades gono before =
Of comrades gone before, my friend,
or comrades gone before
When wo were gladden'd by the tones
OF comrades gone before.
Bring back the joy-inspirins smile
Wc neer shall welcome moro,-
The breathing thoughts aud burning words
or Lrothert gone bcforc;- =
OF brothers sono before, ny friend,
Of brothers gone before
The breathing thoughts and burning words
or brothers gone before.
Relentless Fate that from our grasp
The lorod and lost ones tore,
Will never chiie affections sigh
For those who're gone beiore;-
For those who've gone before, my friend,
For those who've gnne before.
Will never ohidu affections sigh
For those whu'vo gone be(uro.
Old Tine fes on apace, my friend,-
But Ger We reach the shore,
Let's take another :up Of love
To those whoye gvnc before.
70 these who'vc gone before, nay friend,
70 loved ones gons before
We'll take another cup Of love
To taoso whe'vs gone bstsre.
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We clip the following paragraphs from the
Atlanta (Ga.) Southern Coatsderaey, of Feb.
26th:
EscApEp.-Brig. Gen. Bushrod w. johnson,
of itlgpessee, who was among the prisoners
:.ken by the Yankees at Fort Donelson, sue.
cceded in making his cSe2pe and arrived safe
ly at Murfrccsboro' on Sunday sast.. He states
that OH account Of their terrible loss, the
enemy was not at all cXultant over their VIC
tory.
In the 6ght 8: Donelson, Gen. johnson
eminently distinguished himself for his brave.
ry He was the most gallant of the gallant.
lie exposed himself continually and e4ba
recklessly, all the while cheering his men,,
and calling upon :heln to follow him.
The very heavy rains at Murfreesboro,
Tenn, on Saturday last, did great damage to
the railroad bridges i'll that vicinity. Two
bridges between that place and Nashville were
washed away, and one on the Decatur road,
about twelve miles from Nashville, was also
destroyed. These disasters lost us two or
three fine locolnotiaa: %nd some twenty or
thirty freight and passenger Cary that were at
the time on tac other side of the btidGes:
about four miles this side Of Murfreesboro', ,
the bridge over Rnok River fell while pas
senger train bound South was crossing it, in
stantly killing Lieut.. Col. Johnson, brother
of Senator Johnson, OF Arkansas, and wound.
ing several passengers, some OF them quite
severely. The escape of any Of the passen.
gers in the first two cars, which were precipi.
lated into the river and nearly demolished,
was indeed miraculous.
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Tax on Cotton.

In The Confederate Congress, on Monday,
the 24th, Mr.. Brown, of Mississippi, offered
the following bill, which was ordered to be
printed:
An act tn lery ,rur far on cotton produced
in the gear 1862.
SIC. /. BE it enacicd by The Ssnate and
House IF Representatives. dc, That it shall
be lawful for each b. of family in the
Confederate States OF America, in the year
1852, TO produce. free of tax, three bales of
cotton, clear Of seed, weighing four hundred
pounds each, and, in addition, one bale Of four
hundred pounds for every hand actually en-
plnyed i'll tie cultivation and gathering OF
cotton; and for every additional bale Of four
hundred pounds, or less, produced and gath
cred 10y any head Of a family, there shall be
assessed aud collected, rs other war taxes are
assessed and collected, the sum Of $50.
SEC g That tue head Of family shall be
construe ~ man or single woman having the
actual direction Of a plantation or farm but
when two or more pcrsons have tue direction
of the same farm or plantation, they shall be
considered as one, and hand shall be con-
strued to lneau person, whether white or
black, between the ages of fourteen and sixty,
actually employed in the cultivation Of cotton
and who shall have .abored in the field more
than onc-hail the time from April J 1852, to
September |, OF the same year.
Mr.. Brown gave notice that he should Gull
up the bill at Ri early moment
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STIRRING NEWS FROM CESTREvILLE.-A
private letter received from Centreville last
night stated that our forces had received or.
ders TO send their sick to the rear and put
themselves i'll marching orders.
BY passengers who arrived on last nights
train the above report is confirmed, and
they also state that the women and children
were ordered to leave yesterday morning.
We understand from the same source that
the Yankees have succeeded in cutting anolh-
er road through the woods to Fairlax.-Lyu.
Yirginiau.
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Late from Nashville.

Und. this caption, til: Memphis -4cnlanche.
.r Tue 25lh ult, altcl stating that tue Federals
,ame into Edgclie;d, sbolt distance oil, and
cncamped there, says;
II was to tlis point tha: Mayor Cheatham
repaired, and formally rendered the city, with
ali the public stores it contained, to the COIN
uiander of the Federal forces.
The Feder,ls seemed 10th to hclieTe that
the city had really been surrendered, and lc-
cordiugly only sent over fifteen men to take
uossesSion-and even these seemed to be on
the look out for surprise Of some sort.
There was large amount of bacon ard
other army stores in the city OF Nashville,
and Col. Forrest of this city was engaged up
Sunday afternoon attending on The saving
'ansporlu.:Gr Of the same. While en-
II this service, Mayor Gheetham opposed
did him to desist, he having formally
=o,yen I'D the same to the Federal officer.
Those OF us who know Col. Forrest can well
imagine what his reply would be to sach an
order.
He told the Mayor that he ranke'' all officers
then in the city, that he was g. Confederate
officer, and that if he did not desist from in
reference, he would take force. Subsequent
ly, q lot Of low flung characters about the
civ commenced series Of depredatious upon
private property, Gnl The Mayor being pow
crless to repress thcH, it ia reported that
Col. Forrest took detachment, and meeting
them in the public square, killed 6ye OF them
before they were dispersed.
1t thus appears that the Federas are in
possession of Nashville, De stated in special
dispatch to the AeQianchc on Sunday, and
that too, notwithstanding the Federal forces
we're not in the city, in any considerable force,
at the time.
1t il, perhaps, the first city of such size,
and containing slcil Il large amount of valu-
BILE stores that was ever surrendered under
such circumstances, to such an inconsideraGlc
force.
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ARRlyAL,---A cargo of Coffee, Salt, Med
cine, and Dry Goods has lately REACHED q
Confederate port. We learn that the steamer
Nelly had LETT Nassau for IL port further South
The schooner known here as the Helen was
forced intO Nassau by stress Of weather, and
was still there at lasi accounts. The schoon-
er Sallie, Capt Byers, was also at that place
Tie pilot beat Charleston had sailed from
Nassau. The schooner Col. Mcllac, We re-
gret to loal1,, has lately, been lost on the coast
-ChaS Courier.
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..rhe Poor ye have always with you.''

"'rhe Poor ye have always with you.'
Never was this sacred toxt SO significant in our
beloved South as now. Tho duties of war have
called away from home the sole supports of many,
many furni!es who must suffer- more or less, un-
less the States and individuals blessed with nbun-
dunce, shall come forward with open hands to the
relief of the destitute. 1t is vain to mincc mat
ters on a subject of such cifd' Importance. Help
must be given, or the poor must suffer.
We have i, from the energetic Treasurer Of the
Relief Board of this district, that The State op-
preparation will not relieve the needy. This
Board has gone to the limit Of assessment allow
cd by the Legislature and will raise under it
about $1S0D0 The members of the Boa'd have
brought, forward their lists 81 restrict.
ing the enumeration to those who cannot be e1-
pected to sustain themselves; these lists already
show SIS names, which will in ull probability be
increased to 1000, Us many persons are known to
have been omitted. That count will exhibit an
annual allowance of only Sic 10 each individual,
and it is unnecessary to urge that this is ny no
means sufficient in difficult times like the present
to afford sustcnance, much less any degree of sub
stantial comfort.
What is to ba done? We are not prepared 10
answer the questions yet it must bc answered,
aud answered effectively, or the district las also
the Stac) will not present unsullicd page in the
present crisis. Fellow citizens, what is to be
done?
In some localities the Aid Associations retain
their existence and act in concert With the Relief
Board for their respective neighborhoods. Shall
the same he done in this community, or can .
better scheme 10 devised? It is certain that the
poor of this village and vicinity need much more
thal. the allowance the Board is enabled to make
them. Tue single article of fuel will go far to-
wards consuming the half of that allowance in
families which number only threo or four bencf-
ciaries, and but few Of them number more. Whit
is to he done, is the question,-and VIC leave it
with the people, knowing that they have patriot
ism, intelligence and generosity equal to the de-
mands Of the hour.
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We clip the following paragraphs from the
Charleston Courier of Feb. 28th:

We clip the following paragraphs from the
Charleston Courier of Feb. 29th:
SALE OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 100 bags
Of E:o, Cuba, and St. Domingo Coffee was
sold yesterday st the store of Mr.. r. A.
Pringle, at SO and s. cents pound. Mr.. Jas.
H. Taylor disposed Of, at bis establishment
IN Boadstrect, lot of Claret Wine at IS and
$ll per dozen; Rhenish Wine at $ll and
SIC per dozen.
FATAL EFFECT. OF LrcHrSING.-During
the storm of Wednesday afternoon, the En-
campmcnt of the 18th Regiment South Caro-,
lima Volunteers, Colonel Gadberry, stationed
in st. Andrews parish, was visited by stroke
of lightning, killing one man instantly, and
knocking down several others. The name of
the man killed was BYers, a private attached
to Capt. Mccarthy Company. Lieut.. Brid-
gcs and privates McCosh and Walker, of the
same Regiment, were among those who re-
ceiveI severe injuries, and were fJ long
time rendered insensble.
The lightning also struck several trees in
the vicinity aud 81 telegraph post, throwing
the latter down and splintcring the trees. The
splntrrs were carried to great distance and
came very near striking some Of the soldiers
around the EncampInent.
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ncotb of DIR. las. X. Pollard.

We regret to observe in the obituary r"umn OF
the Charleston .Uercury the death Of Dr.. Pol
LARD o: this District:
"Dicd, in Richmond en- the 20,h Feb, aged "a,
Dr.. JAMES RIVERS POLLARD. for several years
past u resident Of South Carolina, and lately As
sstnnt Surgeon cf the Hampton Legion"