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IS - -
The PooR AND CoNTRABANDsoE NEW
BERN, N. CA private letter from New
bern, from Mr.. Vincent Colyer, appointed
superintendent Of the poor within the lines
of Gen. Burnside, says: r
aIhave150 white families who daily
ceme to me for food. This the. Govern
ment supplies, Some Of them are Of those
who, few months ago, we're in afluence.
Many children and ladies of refinement
and education come for daily food. There
are upwards Of five hundred white fami.
lies on my poor list; besides these I have
more than $500 colored people to look
after. Seven hundred able-bodied negroes
are on my payroll. Il have a hospital for
the poor, and one for the rebel prisoners to
provide for. sj.;-.,5s.,-v-...r $50.
"The Government pays So per month,
board and clothes to the men and we
want now on the various Government works,
Notifications, bodybuilding, loading and
unloading vessels, officers, service, etc.,
5000 strong men. ALI able.bodied white
men, who are willing to work, get Govern.
ment employment at S12 per month.sss I
? aWesneed garments for the women and
children, of the simplest construction and
strong fabrics, more than anything Selse at
present" Eraew =
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featuring about TWO thousand bushels Of
salt every tweuty.four hours, and are put:
ting up furnaces to increase the amount
Across the Tennessee line, about fifteen
miles South, they have several iron forges,
with great abundance of the best ore, and
q furnace, where they make a large amount
Of castings and pig iron.
In Staunten aud in Madison County,
boot and shoe factories have been establish.
ed, which have government contracts for
shoes.
There are eight yards in Louisa County,
where hides are tanned into leather. The
increase of this branch Of business will be
about double that of former years.
In Fincastle furnace for the manufac-
ture Of iron, which had ceased before the
war, has been revived.
In Albemarle the cotton and woollen fac
tories, as in other localities, have not been
increased in consequence of the difficulties
in the transportation Of wool and cotton
Two sword manufactures have been estab-
lished. There are various tanneries and
saddle and harness making establishments,
and an agricultural maehinist. A manu-
factory of oil cloth will soon be established.
In Portsmouth there is an extensive
foundry, originally designed for the build
ing of steam marine or other engines upon
a large scale. It was at this establishment
that the machinery Of the United States
steamer PoWhatan was built. A revolving
pistol has been invented 10 Portsmouth
since the beginning of the war, which is
pronounced by judges to be superior to the
Colt pistol, and also an invention for rifing
cannon, which has been successfully sp.
piled in the Navy Yard, There is an ex-
tensiye sash, door and blind factory. The
Union Car Works of Portsmouth, whose
regular business has been diminished by
the war, are now engaged in building gun
carriages, wagons, wheel.barrows, camp
stools, tent poles and pins, sabre bayonets
and bowie knives, and other implements Of
war. ..... y
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Interesting from Mexico.


A Brownsville correspondent Of the
Houston, (Texas) Gazette, writing on A.
pril 8, says: -.,,.@ -,--,.z.,..
News was received yesterday that the ar.
mistice between Mexico and the allies was
broken off, Orders were issued March rs
BY the Secretary Of War to commence ac-
tive operations against the allies. General
Robles, formerly Minister to the United
States, was one Of the Commissioners to
treat with the allies. On bis return, papers
were found on him compromising not only
himself, but other prominent Mexicans.
Among the papers was an address from
.Almonte, advocating a change Of Govern
ment, and placing Maximilian on the
throne. Almonte is with the allies. Ro.
bles was Immediately tried by a military
commission and executed.
Corwin reigns supreme in Mexico, and
the tax on trade at Matamoras is at his die
tation. It is believed there is treaty in
existence between Mexico and the United
States for the protection of the former. If
the armistice had not been broken up, there
is reason to apprehend they would have
committed acts of war against us. It now
costs s17 per bale to place cotton on ship.
board, after it reaches this point. The on.
ly duty on domestics passing through Mata.
moras is FIVE cents per yard. The United
States Consul at Matamoras is very active
in soliciting deserters from this side. He
makes them all sorts Of promises, agreeing
to give them their back pay. He keeps q
boarding. house for them, and gives them
money. Besides, there are some fifteen or
twenty rascals who have left Texas, all Of
whom are doing everything they can do to
demoralize our soldiers. -
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Infamous Outrages.

A gentleman Of the highest respectable
ty, just from Williamsburg, gives US infor-
nation of few of the most diabolical out
RACES recently perpetrated on the lower
Peninsula by the Infamous Vandals now in
possession Of that portion Of Virginia. We
would fain hope, for the sake of humanity,
that these acts of atrooity were untrue, but
they come from source that cannot be
doubted. May righteous God nerve the
arms of Confederate soldiers to avenge the
wrongs of the defenceless people now over.
run by foe far worse than the Goths and
Vandals of historic infamy. ..
The first on the list given Us is Captain
Samuel Holley, who resided in the lower
end of Warwick county, agentleman about
ffty-fve years of age, of the highest res
peotsbility, and universally esteemed by
his neighbors. His residence was invaded
by lot of Yankee officers and men, who
introduced themselves by brutal PROPOSE
ton TO Capt. H.'s two daughters, both
young and beautiful ladies. While endea-
voring to accomplish their dasigp by force,
the indignant father shot one Of the demons
dead, and had taken aim at another, when
be was instantly killed.
John Patrick, who resided near War
wick Court House, was killed last week by
q party of the invaders, while eudeavoring
to save an only and beloved daughter from
a fate worse than death Deceased was
pious and consistent member Of the Bap-
tist Church, and We understand had, for a
long time, filled the post Of deacon de
was nearly sixty years Of age.
Mr.. Edward Harwood, who also resided
in the vicinity of Warwick Court House,
was brutally murdered few days since
while defending his daughters honor. We
were Unable to ascertain the particulars of
this case.
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QUAKER GUNs.-A Philadelphia paper
of Monday says: ...
A curiosity is on exhibition here, in the
shape of a "Quaker gum" alleged to be
from Centreville, and lately exhibited for
some time in Washington. It is a portion
of the trunk of a straight oak tree, ten feet
long, eighteen inches in diameter at one
end, and twelve inches at the other.
At the muzzle the bark is cut Of, and
the wood chopped to the shape Of Q cannon !;
it is then burned to q sufficient blackness
to resemble iron at distance. The back
part is still enveloped with bark, which
the seoeshers, it is said, were too lazy to
remove. Nailed upon the wood is Ger
tifcate by John II. Weyer, Of Washington,
stating that he brought the gun from Gen.
treville, where he found it mounted on a
redoubt, lately in possession Of the troops
Under the rebel Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.
This statement is sworn to before John D.
Clark, a justice of the peace in Washington.
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PREsIDENT DAvIs.-The following is
the concluding paragraph of an article from
the London Herald, which we had mar
keds for insertion, but which the pressure
upon our: r:columns prevents US from pub.
fishing this morning. It is a. merited
compliment to, the inaugural address Of
President Davis, and to the bravery and
endurance of the Southern troops: -:
Ifa great man struggling with adverse
ty is spectacle for the gods, Mr.. Presi,
dent Davis delivering his inaugural address,
almost, on the morrow Of the signal disaster
Of Donelson, may perhaps claim something
Of our sympathy. In this speech there is
no sign of hesitation, no recreant craving
for terms with a triumphant enemy. It is
such an address as Washington himself
might have penned-strong in the belief Of
the unanimous feeling of his countrymeu-
firm in the faith of the success Of what he
believed to be the right. These brave and,
yet temperate words will resound through
both hemispheres, and convince those who
yet may doubt that the men Of the Gonfed-
crate States are not made of the metal that
gives in at the first shock. -" q
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War on the Confederate Currency.

War on the Confederate Currency.
He who seeks to depreciate the notes
issued by the Confederate Government is a
public enemy and should at least be watch
ed With suspicion, if not punished as a
criminal. The credit Of q Government
With its own people is as vital to its liberty
as the strength of its armies. To stop the
one is as fatal to the public welfare as to
defeat the other. No man who deliberate
ly does an act among US, the effect Of which
is to impair public confidence in the issues
of the Government, and thereby in it's a.
bility to meet fully at the end of the war
all its financial engagements, can be view
ed in any other light than as disafected to
its cause, or as so utterly dead to the in
stincts of patriotism as to be willing to IN
crease it's embarrassments in order to make
money out of them. 1t should be the plea
sure, as it is the duty, Of every loyal son
of the South to strengthen the financial
arm of the Government. He should by
no act or word do or say what may tend In
any degree to induce the timid, or the
credulous, to lose confidence in the curren'
cy which is the very life blood Of the South.
ern Confederacy. Without faith on our
part in that currency, the work OF subjusa-
ton would be easy. Indeed, it might be
pronounced as already half accomplished.
For without that faith the armies cannot
be clothed and fed-ammuuition and the
munitions of war cannot be obtained--the
troops cannot be transported-and the sick
and wounded cannot be supplied with hos
pitals and hospital stores.
These remarks are suggested by the in
formation that contracts have been made
and are being carried out in this CITY, pay
able only in bank notes. One notabla in.
stance is especially brought to our atten.
ton, and we desire to afix upon it prompt
ly the stamp of public reprobation. A
sale of gold mine tract in Lumpkin ooun.
ty to company, some of whom are located
in this community, has been effected, on
the condition that the payment shall be
made in bank notes. Now, it is we'll known
that the banks have yielded the field Of
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The Confederate Currency.

The people Of Louisiana are alive to the
danger of any efforts to depreciate the Con
federate currency. At meeting of the
committee of safety of New Orleans, the
following resolution was adopted: ~
Resozued, That any person who refuses
to take Confederate notes in payment Of
debts and other commercial transactions,
is, in the opinion Of the committee, unwor
thy the countenance aud respect Of patriot.
ic citizens, and justly obnoxious to the in
dignation of the community.
The New Orleans Pscayune publishes
the following communication, which was
adopted and ordered to be published by
the citizens Of Bayou Mallet
MR. EDITOR It is matter of conside.
able notoriety that many persons Of oul
parish are disposed to look with }distrust
and suspicion on the money of the Confed,
crate States, which now constitutes almost
our entire circulating medium. Indeed,
We hear that some positively refuse to take
it at all in exchange for their beeves, and
other property they have for sale. Now,
sir, we would like to know if such persons
claim to be Southern men and identified
with US in the great struggle now pending
for civil liberty ? and do they entertain con.
fdence in the ultimate success Of the South.
ern cause? If so, they have certrinTy a
most singular, and we may say suspicious
way of showing their confidence and pa.
triotism.
We maintain that any effort made to de.
preciate the Confederate currency is giving
aid and comfort, that far, to our common
enemy. A Lincolnite could do no more ;
and We do not hesitate to say that any
Southern man who seeks to depreciate that
currency which is the life. blood Of the Con.
federacy, and our only hope in supporting
and maintaining our armies in the field, is
most certainly not friend to Southern in
dependence. It matters not what his pro.
fessions Of loyalty or patriotism may be, he
is emphatically traitor to our cause and
country, aud should be treated as such
and if our country should be unfortunately
overrun by the Yankee Vandals, such trail
tors would be the first to show the "white
feather" and rally around the 'sstars and
stripes"
In view of the fearful struggle in which
we are now engaged, and the terrible con-
sequences resulting to our country should
We fail, We cannot afford to tolerate trail
torous enemy in our midst. This is no
time for Indifference or forbearauce in such
a case. Forbearanoe might involve US in
serious trouble, perhaps in ruin. Patriot
ism, self-interest, and the interest of our
suffering country, all demand that we
promptly put down treason at home as well
as battle with our enemies abroad.
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retary of War at Washington. We are
informed on this very singular feature in
the conduct of the war by no less an su.
thority than Mr.. Stanton himself Ifthese
uuwary gentlemen should be encouraged to
push on into Alabama, they and all their
forces will not improbsbly be surrounded
and made an end Of, in the same manner
that daring fish that has invaded the
mouth of a polyp. The tide of battle, if
fortune be too much tempted, may be sx-
peeted to turn, and the North will then
wish, when it is too late, that it had held
its hand when the cards seemed all in its
favor.-London Post.
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Symptoms Of Yellow Fever in the
f;% South. 1s' ..

The Savannah correspondent of the Rich.
mond Whig says there are certain premoni-
tory signs which clearly and unerringly
herald the approach of the yellow fever.
One is the appearance Of certain fly, an
insect that never visits that region without
being followed by severe epidemic. 1t
is known as the yellow fever fly, and has
made an unusually early advent this year,
in very large swarms. Again, it has ney.
er failed to be the case that the poultry
have been visited with an epidemic of
some sort previous to the appearance of fthe
yellow fever, and the mortality was never
greater among the fowls than it has been
for the last eight or ten days. Last year
the South escaped entirely this fearful
scourge, but two years Of exemption are not
to be anticipated from anything we have
heard Of in the history Of the past. Under
these circumstances it would seem the die
tate Of prudence to remove from the South.
ern coast those Of our troops who have not
been acclimated, and transfer them to some
region where they will not be exposed to
an enemy more deadly than the battle
Should the present indications Of a yellow
fever season be realized the Yankees will
be entirely able to push their Southern in
cursions, or even to hold the positions they
have occupied, We shall have an ally in
this pestilence more terrible than hun:
dred thousand armed men; an ally who
does not stop to ditch and trench, and only
falls back when he has no more victims to
pursue. e.-Richnso,d Dispatch. >
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s~ A good joke is reported in Harper's
Magazine of some of the officers of the Sd
regiment, COL Ruger, when they were in
Maryland. The worthy chaplain was dis
tributing tracts among the soldiers, about
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the time no one could leave the camp with.
out pass. A tract headed, "Come, sim
ner, oome," wasfound lstein the day, with
the following written under the heading:
"Can't doEit, Col. Ruger won't sign my
pass"
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Proclamation by the President.
To the People Of the Confederate States o,
america ~
An enemy, waging war in manner vic.
lative of the usages of civilized nations,
has invaded our country. With presump.
tuous reliance on superior numbers, he has
declared his purpose to reduce Us to SUBJ
mission. We struggle to preserve our birth.
right Of constitutional freedom. Our trust
is in the justice Of our cause and the pro.
lection of our God. Recent disaster has
spread gloom over the land and sorrow sits
at the hearthstones of our countrymen; but
q people conscious of rectitude and faith.
fully relying on their Father in Heaven,
may be cast down, but cannot be dismayed.
They may mourn the loss of the martyrs
whose lives have been sacrificed in their
defence, but they receive this dispensation
of Divine Providence with humble submis.
sion and reverent faith. And now that our
hosts are again going forth to battle, and
loving hearts at home are filled with anx-
ious solicitude for their safety, it is meet
that the whole people should turn implor-
ingly to their Almighty Father and beseech
His all-powerful protection.
To this end, therefore, I, JEFFERSON
DAVIS, President of the Confederate States
of America, do issue this my proclamation,
inviting all the people to unite at their sew
eral places of worship, on Friday, the 10th
day of the present month Of MAY, in hum.
BILE supplication to the Almighty God, that
He will vouchsafe His blessings on our
beloved country; that He will strengthen
and protect ogf armies; that He will watch
over and preserve our people from the evil
Vaccinations of our enemies and that He
will in His own good time restore to US the
blessings of peace and security under His
sheltering care.
Given under my hand, and the seal of the
Confederate States, at Richmond, on the
Sd day of May, A. D. 1862.
JEFFERSON DAVIS. =
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pT A lady Of Greensboro, not long since,
gave very fine quilt to Rev. J. j. .Hutchi-
son to be sold for the gun.boat fund. He
offered it for ssle in Marion and got over
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The fourth and last victim to the lust of

The fourth and last victim to the lust of
these worse than demons who now infest
that section of Virginia, was Mr.. Thomas
r. Damn, of York county, who resided
near Harwood's Mill. He died in defence
of his much,beloved daughter who was be.
ing outraged by Yankee officer. He
killed the monster, but was in return quick.
ly killed himself. Mr.. Dunn is represen.
ted to ris as having been a gentleman Of
universal and deserved popularity. His
age was forty-fve years.
These are the scoundrels who profess to
have come South for the purpose of res
toring the Union and defending the old
flag. The accursed calendar Of their crimes
exceeds in enormity any we have ever been
called upon to record. - =.
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Operations Of the Abolition Army in
~ the South.
At Fort Pulaski the day after the sur
render Gen. Hunter issued the following
order: ..z.r- s5f$c. ass ~
HEADQUARTERS DEPT OF THE SoUTH,
FORT PULASKI, GEORGIA,
April IL, 1852.
All persons of color lately held to invol.
untary service by the enemies of the Uni.
ted States in Fort Pulaski and on Cock.
spur Island, Ga, are hereby confscated
and declared free, in conformity with law,
and shall hereafter receive the fruits of
their labor. Such ofsaid persons of color
as are able bodied, and may be required,
shall be employed in the quartermaster's
department, at the rate heretofore establish
ed by Brigadier. General T. W. Sherman.
By command of DAVID HUNTER.
- Major General. :
CHAs. G. HAp1NE, Assistant Adj't Genl.
Gen. Hunter has also addressed to Mr..
Pierce, the treasury agent in charge of the
Sea Island plantations, letter asking for
"the names of the former owners, and the
number of persons formerly held to invol-
untary service, >" now in charge Of the Gov.
ernment agents. On receiving this infor-
nation, we understand it to be the inten-
ton of Gen. Hunter to afford said owners
a reasonable time to prove their fealty to
the Government, and then, in case of their
failure to do SO, and upon sufficient proof
of their treason, he will at once restore
these slaves to freedom.
He has also requested to know Of Mr..
Pierce "the proportions in which food and
cotton are being planted" on the lands in
charge. It is an article of commerce, and
subject to great risks of damage and de-
struetion. The General, taking a common
sense view of this matter-as indeed be
seems to have done of all points connect
ed with his command thinks it better
that crops which can be used for the direct
support of our troops should be raised in.
stead of cotton, and that the Government
has erred in its exclusive interest in cotton
culture. He has, therefore, determined to
set the negroes to work to raise vegetables
and other articles Of food. We believe
Gen. Hunter to be a thoroughly practical
man, and that the thus far not very profit.
able capture of Port Royal will be made
under his hands productive of great bene.
it to the interests of the country.
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.he very concentration of contempt expressed
IN his voice, and pointing at him with an in
dignant finger.
''Who are you 2" asked Tompkins, with an
air of etirontery.
''l am Harry Jones, since you ask, replied
the soldier, ssthe owner of this house and This
tand, which you will leave this very hour !
AS for Molly" softening his tone as he turned
TO the woman, now sobhng Historically, 'she
shall choose between us''
"O Harry - sobbed she, while Tompkin
stood dumb with astonishment, stake me,
save me +;
with one step he was at her side, holding
her In his arms. .'What did you mean, by
treating this poor child so 2 Did You think
because she had no earthly protector that there
was not a God in heaven against you 70
n man who is cruel to woman is ever
truly brave. and Tompkins skunk away like
beaten spaniel.
The next day had not passed away before
every body in the town knew that Harry Jones
had come home alive and well to rescue his
much-enduring, patien; wife from a worse con-
Straint than that of British prison but
what they all said, and what Harry said and
what Molly felt, must leave you to imagine,
for here the legend ends.
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The President in signing the bill for the
Abolition Of Slavery in the District of Colum-
bia, sets forth his reasons therefor in the fol-
lowing brief Message to both Houses of Con-
gress
Feliotc citiSsns Of the Senate and House or
RepresentGfives-The act entitled an act for the
release of certain persons held to service or
labor in the District of Columbia has this day
been approved and signed. | have never
doubted the constitutional authority Of Con-
gress to abolish slavery in this District and I
have ever desired to see the National Capital
freed from the institution in some satisfactory
way hence there has never been in my mind
any question upon the subject, except the one
Of expediency. arising in view OF all the cir
cumstances. If there be matters within and
about this act which might have taken a course
shape more satisfactory to my judgement,
do not attempt to specify them. / am graf
flied that the two principles of compensation
and colonization are both recognized and prac-
tically applied in the act. In the matter of
compensation 1t is provided that claims may
be presented within ninety days from the pas
sage of the act, but not thereafter, and there
is no saving for minors, femmes covert, in p
sane, or absent persons, presume tina. this is
an omission by mere oversight, and recon-
mend that it be supplied by amendatory or
supplemental act. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.