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TUESDAY,, APRIL .15, 1863
LATE SOUTHERN NEWS.
Federal and Confederate NaFies.
PILOTS WANTED FOR NORTHERN
hkRBQRS.

The Richmond Examiners Charleston cor
respondent, under date Of the s0th ult., writes
as follows:
Since the drawn battle between the Monitor
and Eirgin18, nc have made up cur minds that
the strength Of the batteries Of Fort Sumter
will, within the next three months, be tested
oy hall score ofiron-aheathed monsters. We
arc now doing: something to get ready for
them. The: gunboat fever, Just now SO nni-
versal among the unconquerable women Of
the South, seems to have awakened the Navy
Department from its torpor What is aow
being done at tile eleventh hour, by tue or
ders Of the Government, should have been
done twelve months ago. Since the cumber-
some floating battery, intended for the reduc-
ton of Fort Sumter, WIS launched, our ship
carpenters, as far as war vessels are concerned,
have been absolutely idle, though their seryi-
Confederacy- But the past is past, and We
| must all put our shoulders to the wheel for
the future.
The Norfolk Day Book Of the 9Th inst has
the following interesting item, which may be
| taken for what it Is worth:
We hare pretty strong hint that pilots &C.
| quainted with the yarious harbors along the
| Northern seaboard will speedily be In great
| demand, and that their services will be hand
| somely remuneratcd. Its unnecessary for US,
| Of course, to say more than this, as those In
| tEIESlE4 VIII Idhl3f uH4 VHL HuEIE " ApEi1 1uE
| further information. As the weather is get
ting warm, possibly some of *our Southern
| frie1ds intend to get up 4 few picnic excur-
| sions to little colder climate, and it may be
that they need the services Of The above pilots.
The Richmond Examiner says:
The Hon. William H. Gwin, Of California,
who Was arrested in New York some months
ago and carried to Washington By LincoIn'a
minions, but afterwards released, also arrived
/ IN this city VnEtAFH1r 1Y1H EfnnNf1r 9f fhH
SpottsWood Hotel. Dr.. GWin came from Ma
r1Eand BY the underground railroad He states
that the Yankees intend e1hausting every
means to crush out the so-cal1ed "rebelliou''
by the first Of May. The number Of mechanics
| in the workshops Of the North has been
doubled, and they are now working day and
night, turning out iron for gunboats, as the
North believes them to be their only salvation
The same paper says:
It is suggested that Congress will take mea
sures to check the evils which are becoming
quite perceptible from the large issue Q
t Treasury notes, and will provide adequate
means for absorbing the currency. We Iear1
| that the expenditures Of the Government ar'
| ct the rate Of two or three millions day, ant
that there is weekly addition Of that sim tt
the currency. We hear it recommended tha
Congress should make all future issues Q
Treasury notes bear interest
All the Generals Of our army Of the Missis
sippi are now at Corinth, including BeauEe
gard, Sidney Johnston, Bragg, Polk, Critten
den, Gladden Ruggles, Carroll, and Kirb
Smith. Gen: Jackson, Of Georg ia, is in con-
mand at Co1inth.
. The Richmond Examiner Of April contain
leading article urging the execution Of th
| full sentence Of the law upon several person
! convicted Of counterfeiting rebel treasur
| ! notes. That penalty, says the Examiner,
! hanging by the neck until they are dead.
I Tic Richmond Dispatch Of the 3lst a,
| nounccs that it is the purpose Of the Provo!
Marshal to interpose and regulate the prices
provisions, &c, in the different markets I
Richmond.