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Harris replied that he did not exactly know, but that the distance could be easily ascertain ed by march!
 McCook rallied, and said that they intended to have made march in a few days, and should have been down there before this.
 Lieut.. Harris retorted, saying he thought the delay wise one, as the road was improving every day, and that the longer they delayed, the better it would be, for they would certainly have to travel the road tclce, if they came.
 Their officers seemed disposed to be pleasant and courteous, and Virginia captain ot the artillery (federal by the name of Terrell, ex- pressed desire to see Gen. bragg, and learn his opinion as to how he thought his battery was served during the recent battle alluding to Brage's battery which served at Buen Vista now in possession of the Yankees. Harris re- piled that the battery could not have been n Sundays fight, or else he could not have asked the question. as all their batteries that day had been captured by us
 The renegade Virginian then remarked thai Gen. Hardee was great friend of his. whom he had known we'll at West Point, and that he would like to send him by Harris two bottles o brandy. Harris regretted he could not convenl ently carry the bottles
 Gen. McCook then expressed some surprise at Gen. Beauregard having addressed his .dls patch to Gen. Buell., instead of Grant, saying that the latter was in command.
 The messenger now returned, when Gen. Me Cook informed Lieut.. Harris that Gen. Buel was absent from his headquarters, but that al answer would be sent to our lines under flag of truce that evening.
 Having learned from Dr. Bumbaugh, fed eral surgeon, who accompanied Lieut. Harris the purport of the dispatch, McCook said tha 1 he did not doubt but that an exchange of wound ed prisoners would be agreed to, but that ou army had been so well supplied with amouian ces and assistants during the recent fight, tha nearly all our wounded had been recovered D, ourselves. Those that they had taken, he said had principally been sent to St. Louis, Paducai or Cincinnati to be better cared for. Lieut. 1 Harris then took his leave.
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allowed the run of the ship. No restrictions were placed upon them, and they behaved very we'll. The Mcclellan furnished transportation only, as the guard brought the rations for themA selvessand prisoners.
 ARMAMENT OF THE FoRr-THE PRoJECTILEs
 THAT DID THE WORK.
 The Times correspondent furnishes the fol lowing facts:
 The ordnance was of different sizes, some rined, some coumbiads, some mortars; one was named |" Jeff Davs," one Beauregard,' etc. He showed us two small, but elegant riaed guns (the Bradshaw, | beleve) which was received from England by the Fingal, and which we re-, cognized as among the most effective they had used.
 One gun on the northeast was named after Commodore Tatnall, and had been much more effective than the commodore himself with hls Musquito fleet, as it had silenced the battery on Long island, in Cen. Fiele's command, which opened fire on Thursday. One shell had torn holes in the trayerses, and our rfled shot had n many instances. after passing over the walls m front, made sad havoc in the parapets on the other side.
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(No. }S7)
 AN ACT to organize the clerical force treasury depart ]

SEC The Congress of the Confederate States Of America do enact That the secretary of the treasury and he by authorized to appoint In the several bureaus of his partmen the following clerks In the bureau the ry chief clerk four clerks and messenger In bureau of the comptroller clerk twenty clerks aqi messenger In the bureau of the chief clerk, ten clerks one messenger and ss tant and subordinate to the treasurer in the nOtes principal clerk, ten clerks for signing clerks for numberng and cutters and a In the bureau Of the register chief clerk and one messenger and subordinate to the register in th management Of the produce loan principal clerk clerks; and for the issue of bonds and stock and for ing coupons principal clerk, and five clerks s
 ing treasury and issuing clerks In , bureau of the first audor chief clerk and principal clerk and Ortyve clerks and messenger and sstnr In the bureau of the second auditor chief clerk forty clerks and messenger In the bureau the one 1 chief clerk and three clerks.
 SEC 2 The the treasury may employ any clerk trial before his appointment for exceeding months and any clerk shall be transferable duty to other at the discretion of the said secretary and they shall all be subject to such rules and regulations shall be established by the secretary by the head ofah bureau respectively [ ing per annum may paid them monthly or
 such other period may be deemed proper by the of the The chief clerks fifteen hundred dol lars the principal clerks fourteen hundred dollars the other clerks shall be divided into grades of whom than one halt shall salaries twelve hundred dollars cutters and rimmers if females shall receive salaries at the of six hundred dollars for the chief and five hundred dollars for the rest and males shall receive the saery the lower grade of clerks The shall salary not exceed five hundred dollars One e tho clerks may be appointed dbursng clerk, and for his services such shall receive additional salary hundred dol | lars.
 | Approved Feb. IS, 1862
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The foregoing correspondence IS published, as relating to matters of public interest. .
 In reply to so much of the second paragraph oi General Curtis letter. as denies ''the use of sa- wage allies on the part of the United States, | wish it to be known by the people of the Conled- crate States, at least,
 lst. That before Hopoi- etth-thli-il Yahola, the Creek leader, took up arms against us, ne sent agents to Kansas, and was promised arms, ammu- nition and assistance there and that he tcas sup piled with them, and with wagons and other sup plies by the military authorities in that State, and promised the cooperation of a large force of white men sufficient to conquer the Cofederate troops. 2d. That the same chief is now ill Kansas. with force composed of full blood Creeks. kickapoes, Shawnees and other < savage allies of the United States,'' preparing to make an expedition into the Indian country, and against our troops, Ill concert with the forces of the United States Sd. That Mai Gen. John c. Fremont, of the United States army, when he advanced to Spring field had body guard of Delaware Indians.
 4th That have in my possession letters from General James Lane and E. fl. Carruth, agents of the United States, seeking an alliance, not only with the Cherokees and other civilized tribes, but also with the Comanches, Wichtas and other re serve Indians. sent to them last fall, and found III IIopUi- ilth ihl YahoaS camp, and that the letter to the Reserve Indians, urged them to fight tor the 1 United States, and promised them arms to enable tn em to take revenge on their old enemies the Texans.
 5th That the Caawas, "savage'' tribe of theying ands murdering Indians on the prairie, were last fall furnished with arms by officers o the United States at Fort Wise, and encouraged to rayage the frontier of Texas, their rule being, as is well known to kill and scalp men, women and children. They soon after murdered little boy son of Mir. COnnery, near Fort Cobb, and killed two men of Captain Barry's Texan company. The Caddoes pursued party of them, killed some, and brought me gun taken from them, new rifle, made by Leman, a relative of James Buchanan, at Lancaster Pennsylvania. They had six shoot CTS, and mimic baIls and those who killed Barry, $ | men had cartridge boxes bearing the initials z U. \ S'
 9th. That the United States have never waged a war without having Indian allies, that tine Chero- ! kees Creeks, Choctaws and Chckasaws have often \ been in their service, and have received hundreds \ of thousands of acres of military bounty land.- \ Creeks and Ch0ctaws being used against the Brit sh and Spaniarls in Florida, in the war of 1872, IS well as against other Indians But it was left for the United States after the withdrawal of the Southern States to arm and ncite against those ot their own race, the savage Caiawas, Comanches, ! Wshitas and kickapoos.
 wonder at General Curtis, that he should be ignorant of these facts.
 ALBERT PIKE, Brig. Gen'l,
 Comd'g Dept of Indian Territory ' Fort McCul0ch, 18th April, lo62
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With great respect
Your obelient servant,
 A s. JOHNSTON. General, Confederate States Army.
Another nlustIltionof Yankee Hypocrisy

We call the attention of our exchanges to the subjoined correspondence and statement The letter of Gen. Crtis is fine specimen of the devil reproving sin. Gen. Pike is too charita- be in supposingt that Curtis was or could be ignorant of the fact that, from the commence ment of the war, Lincoln has had emissaries among the India,B, nc'ting them to murder and repine. These Indians were not to be formed into regiments aid led to the battle field to fight armed men, bufthe object was to induce them to make an indscriminate attack on the people of the Texas ad Arkansas frontiers, and mur- der helpless winen and children. And yet, these hypocritq throw up their hands and pro fess to be mortified at our receiving the generous aid of our brave Indian allies.
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NO. 3s5. AN ACT to provide for connecting the Richmond ,rJ

AN ACT to provide for connecting the Richmond and Dan
 vile, and the North Carolina railroad for military pur. poses,
 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do act That the President be- and he is hereby authorized empowered to contract upon such terms conditions hs he may think proper with any company companies which have bee may be incorporated and organized for tho purpose Gf building and working railroad railroads s to connect the Richmond and Danvle railroad with the North Carolina railroad such points he may most advantageous to the government to adopt such utht1 course for building working having the said railroad built and worked effect the said connection in the manner he may think will best promote the public interest
 SEC. 2 Be it further enacted That enable the dent to accomplish the object contemplated by this ac of million of dolars in bonds of the Confederate States hereby appropriated be issued and applied by the order the President such times and in such su4 he may deem proper.
 Approved, Fes 10, 1862
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Gen. Kirby Smith to the People of East
 Tennessee.
HEADQUARTERS, DEP'T OF EAST TENN,

HEADQUARTERS, DEP'T OF EAST TENN,
 KNOXVILLE, April IS, 1862. The major general commanding the depart ment sees with regret that large bodies of cti- zens, misled by designing men, are leaving the State, and seeking an asylum in Ken tucky.
 He calls upon the people of East Tennessee, to remain at their homes, to cultivate their fields and to be true in their allegiance to the exist ing government
 He assures all citizens engaged in cultivating their farms, that he will protect them in their rights, and that he will suspend the militia draft under the State law, that they may raise crops for consumption in the coming year.
 E. KIRBY SMITH,
 Mai. Gen. Com'g Dept East Tenn.
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population of the United States is twenty mll> ion and their available army 6OO,0OO. If France resisted five times her strength, is 1t gong too far to assume that the people this Coniedera;, cy, actuated by the same lofty impulses, ana fired with the same fervid patriotism, can suc' cessfully achieve their independence agalnst people not more than double them III numbers, nor yet equal to them in bravery.
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(No 3S9)
AN ACT to pay interest due the CRootaw Nation up

AN ACT pay interest due the Choctaw Nation upon
 of the State of Virginia
 SEC Tine Congress of the Confederate States o America do enact That there be- and hereby appropriae from January the 1 1884, January the lst lS62 four hundred and fifty thousand dollars of the stocks of the State of Virginia included in Ch0ctaw general fund.- held in trust by secretary he interior of the United States which interest has been transferred by said State govern ment Othe Confedera States b paid to Chotaw Ma toa,of Indians persons empowered by such ceiTe it, twenty seven thousand dollars { Approved Feb. IS, 1862
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-(No. 3S8.

AN ACT transfer the county of Atala in the State of
 sissipp the northern the southern judicial district | of the State of Mississippi.
 SEC1 The Congress of the Confederate States of America do That the county of Attaa in the State of Ms sippi shall hereafter form part of the southern udici district of said State instead of the northern district tore and shall be within the jurisdiction of the courts the Confederate States of America held within and for said southern district. Approved Feb IS, 1862.
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Nn oof
No. 3Sb. AN ACT tn nrnyihn fnr tha com nensatinn

AN ACT to provide for the compensation of G. II Oury dele
 gate from Arizona for his attendance this session o Congress.
 SECTION l. The Congress Of the Confederate States If America do enact That q. H. 0ury be entitled
 mile for coming to the city of Richmond Virginia and turning home, to be estimated by the usual travel and to eight dollars day during this session of Con gress from the of the approval territory of Arizona to be paid in the pro- vded by law for the compensation of members of Congress- Approved Feb. Il, 1862.
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'(copY.)
HEADoUATERs DEp'T, OF INDIAN TERRToRY,l
 CANoNMENT DAVIS, 23d March, 1862. {


 CASoNMENT DAVIS, 23d March, 1862. ! The encl,sed copy of orders is forwarded to Major Generl Curtis, to the end that he may know that the nhunanties censured and forbidden by it are not likely to be repeated, and are regarded with horror by the Confederate government And having le.rned from letter found on the field, that those who burned the private dwellings at Bentonville hadbeen ordered to be tried by court martial, the undersigned informs Major General Curtis, that geneml court martial has been or dered to try white man, who shot one of the wounded in the action of the 7th inst, the man so shot being prostrate bn the ground, and unable to offer resistance.
 The undersigned avails himself of this occasion, to offer Major General Curtis assurances of his high consideration and esteem
 ALBERT PIKE, Brig GenI Prov. Army C. $. A., Cond'g Dept Ind. T. Maj. Gen. SAM'L R. CURTIS,
 Comd' g U. 5. forces in Ark.
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(coPY.)

HEADQUARTERS, ARMY OF THE SOUTH WEsr,l
 March 29th, 1862. GENERAL-Yours of the Sd inst, expressing your abhonence at certain instances of cruelty on the battle field of Pea Ridge, is duly received and fully appreciated. The matter has already been a subject of correspondence with General Van Dorn cannot expect Indian regiments to practice ciyi-
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BY AITHORITY.
Acts and Resolutisns of the Congress of the Confederate States, passed at the Fifth Session.

No. 3S3.
 AN ACT amend the act entitled an act to amend provide for the organization of the navy, approved March sixteenth eighteen hundred and sixtyone approv May twentieth eighteen hundred and sixtyone; and entitled authorize the President to confer temporary rank and command officers of the navy do-
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lized warfare, and regret to see resort to such belligerent clements in this unfortunate war. The imputation in your order of cruelty to pri- soners, and the use of savage " allies" on the part of the United States, is entirely Sratuitous, and looks too much like apology for what your letter and conscience so justly condemn. l avail myself General, of this occasion to as- sure you, reciprocate the personal regard express' ed by you- would prefer we were friends rather than foes, as l am
 Yours very respectfully, (Signed,) SAM'L k. CUkllo'
 Major General
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<H@.A@N,

THE ''BIc REBEL GUN A Yankee correspon- dent writing from Washington, gives the follow ing account of the disposition which the Yam kees made of our splendid heavy English rified gun which was abandonen at the recent evacu> ation of our Transport batteries. This was one of the finest guns in the South, and was ofthose brought over in the Bermuda:
 This Morning some of the dock rSen at the Navy Yard, were engaged in placing the large rlfed gun lately used by the rebels at the Evans port battery, in position Alongside the battery. The gun is splendid piece, weighing ,542 pounds and bears the inscription "Blaneley' Patent l8Gl," thus showing it to be of Eng fish manufacture It is calculated to carry a seven inch shell, or l59 pound rifed ball. The load which consisted of two shells, was taken out of the gun in the Ordnance Department yesterday. It had been spiked with a rat tail file, which was driven through the vent. 1t is now in as good condition as ever.
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Sale Lands Payment Spring County Arkansas

o a speiM
  of for "a H loo O O sidc he il O aS Arkanss,o nh eoas the c d De ereth day
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ing duty with troops" approved December twentyfourth
 eighteen hundred and sixty-one.
 The Congress of Confederate States of America do act That the second of act entitled an act to provide the organization of the approved sixteenth eighteen hundred and sxyone approved May twentieth, eighteen hundred and sxtyon act entitled an act to authorize the President confer temporary rank and command officers of the navy doing duty with troops" approved December eighteen hundred and sxy-one be soamended as to s officers of the Marine corps
 Approved Feb. D. 1882
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No. 3S4. A resolution in recnrd tn tha transf

resolution in regard to transfer of certain Indian trust
 funds of the Confederate States
 Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States Of Aefe mat the government of the Confederate States hereby agrees to indemnify the several States of the Cond eray against any loss or liability incurred them because of the or transfer the part the said several States to the government of the Confederate States of stocks bonds or funds belonging certain Indian tribes members thereof in of the of Congress May twenty first eighteen hundred and sxty-one and January tenth, eighteen hundred and sxty-two Approved Feb'y 6, 1882.
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authorities, he threatened not only to lower his flag, but to declare war against Morocco. The authorities were so alarmed by this threat that they felt compelled to give the troops required, and the two gentlemen were marched down un- der the guard of those armed troops and the seamen of the United States soop, who were also armed, and pst on board the Inc. Her Maiesty's government believed that Mir. Hay took right view of his duty throughout, and ap- proved his conduct. Hear, hear.
 In reply to question put by my honorable friend the other night, stated that they had | been released, but that mistake was owing to a dispatch which had been received at the foreign office from Lord Cowley, announcing that cir cumstance. Not hearing any such intelligence from other sources the foreign office applied for information again, and Lord Cowley stated in reply that NJ. Thouvenal had received similar dispatch. The war office then telegraphed tC her Maiesty's Minister at Madrid, but got an answer that he had no official intelligence whether they had been released or not. Upon that the war office telegraphed to Sir w. Codrngton, the Governor of Gibraltar, and it was not until late on Friday night that his answer was received too late for communication to the honorable gentleman. That answer states that the gentle men arrested were carried of to the United States. He MT. Laynard) trusted that tho House would acquit him of any intention to de ceive them. Hear, hear. The acts require no comment. Hear, hear. For the sake o justice; of humanity, of the right of affording asylum to persons accused of political ofenses "a claim preferred by the weakest and recogni- zed by the strongest powers he might be per mitted to express an earnest hope that when the circumstances came to the knowledge of the President of the United States, he would order the release of the prisoners. Hear, hear.
 The order of the day then read for the resumption of the adjourned debate on the mo- tion-''That the present state of internationa maratime law, as affecting the rights of bellig- erents and neutrals, is still undefned and unsat isfactory, and calls for the early attention of he MaieStY,s Government"
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DANIEL A. NEWMAN,
 Late Collector Hot Spring County,
 By J. II. KEMP, ?. c.
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May g, 1862 It Cost of adv s10 or si per tract
Weekly Trinity journal., 1862-09-20

STURGEON AND THE YANKEE.-A gentleman
from England relates an an"cdote of Mr.. Spur
geon that is too good to be lost. The great
preacher to illustrate personal effort" one day
told a story oe "a Yankee who boasted that he
could whip the entire English nation.
"And how could you do it ?" said bystander.
"Why." said the Yankee, 81 would take
one Englshman at time, till they were all
whipped"
At the close of the sermon there came a tall,
solemn. looking man. who hailed from the State
of Maine and presented to Mr.. Spurgeon a let
ter of introduction. Mr.. Spurgeon addressed the
new conner by saying:
"Well, my American friend, how did you like
my ilust ration of individual power drawn from
your countrymen ~
"Oh, was quite well pleased with it because
" so true, so true" said Mrs.; "w what do you
mean. srf"
81 know Yankee that did that once" was
the reply.
Aud what was his name ~ asked Mr.. Spur
geOn.
His name, sir, was George Washington per-
hans you have heard Of him J?
Mr.. Spurgron joined in the hearty laugh, and
allowed that the Yankee was too much for him.
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LATHAM's Misunderstanding to Mr.. Sar-
gents exposition of Latham's Senatorial record,
neglect of public duty and ignorance. as well a.
sympathetic action with treason, marked the
noliiical trimmer's course The veil having been
fully drawn aside, reveals his delinquencies in
Mokanna hdeousness. Things were going on
around him, of which be seems to have so imper-
feet a knowledge, that now he requires to be
corrected in most of his history relating to the
doings of the last session OF Congress. He seems
to have had other objects in view. for his own
personal profit, rather than the immediate inter-
ests OF his constituents. He knows there was q
Congress, and that be was member of it, draw
ing pay and mileage-and not much more. The
Pennsy ylvania Dutehman knew much as that /;
who, on being asked what had iranspired during
the session OF certain Legislature in which he
occupied seat replied. "Vell, | don't know
vat udders have done, put know ] have made
mine one hundred aud sixty tollars r'-iSan Juan
Press.
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MRS PARTINGToN on THE New MILITARY CRoP.
A shadow passed our window, the door opened,
and looking up we saw the form of Mrs. Parting
ton before us. "I'vc just dropped in," she said.
Dropped in and she weighs one hundred and
fifty if she does an ounce She held out her
snuff box as she said /" Good morning." filed
with Rhodes Detachable. Ike was by her side,
and before We had time to prevent it, he had
both arms stuck to the fly paper OH the desk be-
fore us. "Pve just dropped in to ask" she said.
as we looked up inquiringly, "what sort of a
crop the Cessationists will be likely to get from
planting cannon, that | see something about in
The papers? don't believe it will come up"
Perhaps it may" we said, favoring the idea,
"as we see many sprouts about in uniform that
are evidently sons of guns. and If. as Mr.. Field
has said, soldeir's sire and grandsire may be a
sword. why not a gun its descendants
maybe So" said she, Frightening up. " may
be SO il isn't the most unlikely thing that never
come to pass, aud that may be why guns wear
breeches. | declare | never thought OF that
before"