The weekly pioneer and Democrat., 1862-05-16
Items Of Southern News.

ject, Governor Brown of Georgia, says
II adopt your suggestions and agree, as
Governor of the State, to pay a reward of
$4,000 to any person who will discover any
salt springs or we'll in this State which will
afford salt water enough of suitable quail j.
ty to make three hundred bushels of salt
per day, provided such springs or wells are
located at such inland points as are free
from attack by the gunboat of the enemy
and not to be within less than ten miles of
the coast
The Gainesville, Florida, Cotton States,
says:
We have seen an envelope stained with the
hearts blood of man who might have en-
plOyed his time to better purpose than sell
ling himself to despOtic master. It is post.
marked "Butalo, New York, February 18th,
1861" and directed in neat hand, as fol-
lows: 'Lieut Thomas A. Budd. commandinp
U. S. steamer Penguin, South Atlantic Block.
ade. Port Royal, South Carolina"
The envelope was taken from the person
and was stained with the blood of Lieut.. Budd,
who was killed during the skirmish at New
Smyrna, of which we spoke in our last issue.
The letter which was inclOsed was written by
Mrs. Budd to her husband in February last
and a gentleman who read it states that she
said ''she never expected to see him again, as
the recent battles South had clad the North in
mourning.
An Atlanta paper states that a leading
house in that city had large lot of sugar
and syrup at point on railroad near the
Mississippi, below Memphis. 1t was on
the platform, exposed to the weather. The
freight from the point to Atlanta would
have been about $4,000, and knowing it
was wanted at Atlanta, and that his regular
customers were anxious for it, the owner
offered to pay ten thousand dollars freight
-four times the regular rate. Yet it could
not be transported because the government
had control of the road.
The Petersburg EgpresS, in announcing
the arrival of the families of Parson
Brownlow and Hon. MIR. Maynard in that
city mendaciously assails the reputation
and patriotism of the ladies by stating
" that, though the husbands have evinced
an unaccountable hostility to the South
and its cause, they are firmly attached to
the Confederacy.
From the Columbus (Ga) Times.
About seven hundred of the precious
kecpsakes which were fonnd on the battle
field of Shiloh reached Montgomery yester-
day from Mobile. The officers, including
and above the rank of Captain, were drop
ped at Selma, to be transferred thence to
Talladega; the Lieutenants, non commits
stoned officers and privates were brought
to Montgomery.
We learn from gentleman who was
passenger on the boat, and who conversed
freely with them, that the prisoners were
chiefly western men, and "tO the manor
born"--quite small proportion of them
being foreigners. They held an indignation
meeting on the boat over the "spoiIt beef
and dried bread" they were compelled to eat.
1t strikes me that Indignation" would be
proper diet for them for some time.
The Memphis AppeaI of the 10th con.
tains Gov. Prices resignation as comman-
der Of the Missouri State troops. He is
now Major General in the Confederate
regular army.
The Petersburg Erpress contains a dis.
patch dated Baltimore, April 25tb, an-
nouncing the arrival oi the Galena in
Hampton Roads, and, 10 commenting there
upon, remarks: "This makes three now
there. The Merrimac will probably 60
down as soon as q dozen more are added"
The following Incidents occurred when
the srain containing the federal prisoners
were about leaving Memphis. "On this oc-
casion, at least" says the Examiner. seen.
Prentiss proved himself 10 better than q
vulgar braggart" We copy from the
Memphis AGaloacbe:
Some of the Federal prisoners that set up
their vulgar slang sOogs about the South, and
jeff Davis, ana niggers, which feat was
thought particularly and relreshiogly cute, but
an officer who had some self respect cautioned
them to silence, when General Prentiss who.
despite the "blockade," had '.load" on,
said - il, sing ahead, even ii they do
shoot you"
One of the Home Guard standing near Curt
~ reckoned, That's not the way we do with
prisoners; amuse yourself in your own way
We can afford TO be mercful even to these
who would have murdered u.s.
= head popped out OF the cars and said,
''Nevey mind we shall have plenty Of friends
here in less taau twenty days
a VOi-e from the street replied quickly,
That's so, and we have 'em IL the cars on
the way to 't0ther side Of Jordan
Even Prantiss seemed TO lose all sense of
dignity, and dij not rise above the common
level.
In this day OF trial and peril" remarks
the Richmond Inquirer, "it is refreshing to
hear of instances OF generous and disintere
ested patriotism like the following &
gentleman called on the Secretary OF the
Treasury few days since, and handed to
him bag of gold as donation to the Co.
vernment, upon the express condition that
his name should be known to no one but
the Secretary. Upon counting the gold it
was found to amount to $1,000"
Admiralty notices" in the Richmond
papers settle the fact that Commodore Tat
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