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ceneral Reuuregar,l 20 .I,s Troops.
HE1DaUARTERs DEPT SOUTH OERoLIgA GEoR)
GA AND FLORIDA,
CHARLESTON s. G. April lO 1861

HEADQUARTERS DEPT SOUTH CAROLINA, aE0R1
GA AND FLORIDA,
CHARLEsToG, S. C., April 10, 1864
GenerCl Orders, Eo. s.
The Commanding General is grslifed TO have
to announce to the troops the following joint
resolutions unanimously adopted By the Legs-
lature Of the State Of South Carolina
" "Rssotgce, That the General Assembly reposes
unbounded confidence in the ability and skill Of
the commanding general of this department, and
TIE courage and pstfio;ism Of his brave soldiers
with the blessing OF God, to defend our beloved
city, and to best back oar vindictive foes.
"ResOlved, That his eKeelisney ehe governor
be instructed to communicate this resolution to
GeBeral BesUyegard."
Soldiers the eyes Of Yeur countrymen are
now TUNED upon you on tbs eve Of the second
anniversary Of the 18Th Of April, 1851 when the
s5=sFeigHty f tlrs Sssss e South Carolina was
s-'s-..>ass,ts9 ui'aaasatsd uithin lha harhnr
- --s---sJ 49, s--
which we are now to defend. The hsppy issue
Of the action of the 7sh instsnt-the stranded,
riddled wreck Of the iren. mailed Keokuk--her
bafhed coadiutoTs, forced to retire beyond the
range of our guns, have iasPirsd. con6dence in
the country that oCi ultimsie success win be
complete An inestimsbe precious charge has
been conhded to your keeping, with every rel-
anee on your manhocd and enduring patriotism.
By command Of General Besuregard.
(Signedl THOMAS J0RDAg,
Official Chief Of Staff
John N. Otey. a. A G.
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from de Wing, AFrd lh.1
There is not a vestige Of the defunct Indian-
ola above the surface Of the water at present.
The yrster has risen over her charrsd remains,
completely hiding her from Fsnaguts view,
were he now to come aiopg.
There Yves no change In The aspect Of sffsirs
scYoss the riVer, yesterday. The usual number
of trsy sports end tents were in sight, with al
oceasiouai arrival or departure during the day
Tie water can now be seen pouring through the
canal with terrible velocity, and on either side
can daily be seen squads Of Yankees apparently
watching its progress
The Afississippiaa has official ne~s that the
Yazoo pass expedition has come down the Elvef
again. None Of the boats have Joined the feet
vet. bnt yesterday quite 5 number Of distinct
smokes could be seen extending Up from Duck
port for miles, indicating the arrival OF steam
ers. or that quite = number were getting ready 10
dspart. We do not regard the aeei's coming
down ss nt Ell pointing 70 IN sttacE nsrs. Inc
boats are ali more oT less injured, and the men
8issstisisd and dsnoralizso. Taey are being
brought down, we suppose, to their oid FeHaeF
vouE for reorgsniaaii0G and discipline
We publish D letter from nsaT New Carthage,
tbia morning, which gives pretty clser view
ef the s,sts 81 affairs in that vicinity. II will
ID sesn that there is considerable o. q force
1oovinsr ont, and that New CRTthege he's been
tsken possession Of BY the Yankees. ms see
ton viii need little more attention from me
authorities
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-17

This city, after brief respite, has sgsin be-
come one Of the great centers Of attraction
Another desperate aud determined effort is to be
made fer her reduction. An attack, both by
land and watsE, is threatened, and ii is possible
the whole available force Of the enemy viii
speedily be brought to bear. Bat car be bring
larger force against Us now than General
/ GRANT brought with him originally We
lhiuk not, and henoe we hope for the best results
Fben he conflict comes
A few sboie were thrown by one Of our bat
teriea yesterday. at some Yankees over the river,
who were supposed to be moving some guns in
frcnt OF the ci,y. Up to three o'clock nothing
else Uuususl had occurred.
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THEN AND NOW.-Bsfore iths war g houso
and lot costing say I've thousand dollars, re-
quired ths sale Of at least ons hundred boxes Of
fine tobacco 10 pay for it, now thirteen boxes
viii more than do it, Then the sale Of sf1
thousand turkeys would produce = sum sufa-
cient to buy such house, row, FIVE hundred
turkeys At ten dollars each CHE msrket price ,
viii DO L. We heard Of the purchase Of a trscs
Of land lately for thirty thousand dollars Some
one remarked il was q high price. The party
said no. I wanted thas land FOR ten years past,
and l would at aDy time have given one hun
dred sides Of scls leather for it. and thst is az
it e5ss me now. So the wsTld Wags. What s
dear today is cheap sO-mOrow.-Ly ylsh5arg Re
BE5iicaR.
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From the Houston tFexas) News. March 50
We have just received the following letter By
Express It is written by one Of our officers
present, and knowing the facts sizsed
FLOWER BLUFFS. March q, 1663--Iu these
parts We haye same reason 10 rejoice and much
for sadness ~ this point Gl.s, Of the abIest and
most distinguished officers stationed at Corpus
Christi was poisoned in the most disboliesl
manner by the enemy after his hayfag per-
formed the NEST daring ee's of service to his
country.
Yesterday Lieut. Conkiiu, Of the artilleYy,
with ten men went ont to shoot some birds Of
rare plumage that have recently appeared on
our coast wishing to procure their feathers for
ornsuents While on Padre Island, they dis
covered two launches lying near the beach, sHrd
upou further examination, discovered Captain
Kai1idse aud fifteen Of bis men With tkeir arms
stacked basily engaged destroying the salt
works belonging 70 James Curry. Our psrty
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Special Dispatch % the Chieago Tribuns.I
ST. LOUIS, April 7.-OEiug to ths seareitg
Of foTsge two divisions Of the esmr Of ,ks fror-
tier have returned to within Gftssu miles Of RoI-
Ia, where they viii be supplied with forage By
railroad
Gen. Heron hss established his headquarters
at R0lla,
James Lindsay has been nominated By the
snaneipationists for Congress, iu Eoelrs dis
lrict. He is at present land offce receiver il
Southeast Missouri
Additional projections to the railroad bridges
N North Missouri have been ordered, since the
bridge guards on the Hannibal snd S.. Joseph
rAilrsa5 were fred up8n
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u ANYWAY on he l7ih FebiparY, g E1isRY ma
Ees laito eighteen year @ q low forehead hssvv eve
hros fni r1und iace rs gs one hUaifed AMI twenty
fFe g hundred 9uf thirty pounds vs fest igs o.
six iz - hsb, quek spoken 81 intelligent. Hs Tag
aidsrs beloa ing 81 Rusfs hfigada 1st oatat1a Tko
Jeff the neEt Day ior p Ens0n- Oa fe1FarT "a ne
viii pay hir aoisr1 thiftg ddiars 1is commit
usnt 20 ihst sst him- - . DRuHaouEE
sp26t Ragudad. siirt
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Ton. wiring % the Baltimore Sun from Wash
ington, sayss
a number Of euisrpTising cotton msnnfae-
f,,-ers hi New England, whose mills have been
lar A long time unemployed, SUD Hbo see ne
prospect Of q speedy supply. o. ths maseiisi
Eou, the South. hsTe turned fasir atentlon 20
Central America and particularly to Nicaragua
as source Of future cotton supply. agencies
seve heen OK are aboat TO be established 10 Ten
s-st~A uoerica for this purpose. BON native IA
bor and res negro ilnmigTant lsboI' can i e
esid be obtained. and the quality OF the cotton
tbaFe raised IS known 70 be eScslleHt
Niearsgus and Costs RieA have O. iaie years
,,rasnsrsd As independezt States, having enilFeiy
recovered rom the Effects olfi6buaterism. NC
arsoua Gees not suffer from the suppression Of
the inter-ocesnie transit through her territory
II vas of little benefit 10 her as i made Der
ports only thoroughfsTe and not depots and
enirepots.
The Bay islands, which gave 50 much trouble
"a the aiplornsis both of Great Britain and the
United States, ard which are now under The
iurisdiciion Of Honduras, sre said TO be well
s8apsed 10 tbe cotton culture, If African labor
can be obtaiaed hy colonization from this
county.
- aoes rot appsar probable that much cot
soo yy;u Be- rro1gn in iha Southern States this
-eason. ard burning Of the old product ssill
-orfinnes wherever Il is endaneered by the
svssaues 81 Fsdsral f0zcss. Duri9g the rems n
nvseart. Of the Fal. corn, instead Of cotton,
must Be the 3esie eslssum 70 the cetton producing
States.
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q On Monday last about one hundred and
thirty condemned government horses and mules
sold at this place, on which occasion the people
patronizsd Uncle JEFF very hbeTally-but
which were the best sold. the stock OF the buy
eTs, We are not able to decide. II anybody
wishes to make g a good thing out Of q lot Of
poor horses or mules lust Jet bin rub about half
the hair of, bring them 70 this place aud sdVer-
siss ID ghe S0aiherH Msatrs, Condemned Gov
eminent Stock for Sale. ~ Greensboro AetI0s.
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Rron New 0rlennn.

Dispatches to the Associated Pres North
NEW YORK, April The steamer Eastern
Queen has arrived from New Orleans 29sb, and
Key West lst.
Capt Collins reports while at Fort st. Phillip,
Southwest pass, he was boarded by the United
States boarding officer, who reported having re-
ceived q telegram from New Orleans, stating
the rebels had begun to evseuste Port Hudson.
Col. Dudlsy's brigade had made an e1psdi-
ton to a point on the west side of the Missis-
sippi, hallway between Port Hudson and Poiute
Coupee and buTned the steamer Hope, with six
huHdred barrels molssses, and ct Hermitage
landing destroyed sixseen hundred barrels mo-
lasses, a rebel machine shop, and s grocery,
containing l500G bushels cora. besides several
buildings, including the pest Office.
The expedition to Ponchstoula and Pass
Msnebse was completely successful The
troops consisted of the 9th Michigan, battalion
Of the l54ih New York and parts of the 77Eh
New York and 24th Maine, with two pieces Of
artillery. The gunbost Bavitsrsa and yacht
Cerypheus accompanied them Fonchatouls
was occupied aisr some skirmishing, And
railroad bridge, two miles beyond destroyed
alter the rebels had been driven from il By de-
tachment of the 6sh Michigan.
The bridge waa i've hundred feet long. A
large amount of tobacco, -four, and stores fell
into our hands. Our forces occupied Ponchs-
toula, Springfield pass, and n Aanohae, snd the
rebel cavalry are ssid 20 be hedged IN so that
escape Is difficult. Three eetton-laden schooners
were captured near Ponchatoule.
Collector Ballitt had suspended all transporta-
ton permits above New Orleans, unless military
necessity otherwise order. This has been
deemed necessary TO prevent attempted frauds.
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The following is sn extract Of letter from >
soldier in General Bfsgg's army, to his brother,
daled
SHRLBYYiLLB, April 5, 1863
Everything IS remarkably quiet e. present,
butit is the calm thar prscedes the storm. 1
ihiHk. The enemy is planning On az ensive
campaign for the summ6r, thd it must soon BE-
gin to develop itself, for they csnnot afford 70
lose much time, and Is seems to me- thaf they
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Ina New York CagcasiaR, Il sppesTs that The
g copuerhesds," a. The Black Republicans style
their opponents, " accept the Insult The
advertisement makes known that the copper
badge for copperhea5s worn as pin, viii be
sNnailed on receipt Of fifteen cents. " A cut sc-
companying the advertisement indicates that
the device Of the badge is the hust of LibsT-
~" Is it sppesrs on the old copper cents. Says
The advertiser . Wear sue siguet inst the
friends Of the Union and the Constitution may
Be recognized on eight eoppeFhead, IS it Z
Eieguhesd, We thank shee for that word
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q A military friend wsggishly remarked at
breakfast, yesterday morning, speaking Of the
high price Of substitutes, lis tie izsf time in
my life I ever knew white men to SCI fer more
than niggers 2"
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AUCTION! AUCTION /!

e, ~. JUSTIN, .RtEctiOueers
7 II s'slscE. SATURDAY, April 18Th,
- 60O0 hne HaTuus Cigars,
IS pairs Gsut's dne Shoes
369 psirs Superior BroganE
summer Coats and vests
splendid Lzdy's new Saddle,
Housshald Furniture,
Prime Hams and TaioW Candles
also
One fas large STUD HoR 5E. I've ssaa4 sif -..r
adspted by his qualities FOR asslry h5rrs Ia ~
is warranted sound % s7ery rssree-
apt5-lt+ aOGRTDGH & kr7sTn-
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4 ny person knowing aoytling Of nv SERVANT
~ NAN, SULLY cox viii p.sase isI hin fhst j
have jaEl arrived from New Or.ss 6 and can be fouad
az tha Bowman House Jactsan aiss He was Etnt to-
holly Springs, Mississippi, "a august as, Auv psrson
kn wig hlza VIII please give HIN psE 20 Jackson
arl5-lot+ = BRTANT-
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E Il ss, for he Psymsnt Of sase labor on the For-
y tiaeationa Of Port Hudson La, via be opened as
Jeokson- La, on ihs llta INST
i. b. FREMAuX
Capls'u and Engine r-in Chisf of ths 3l Distret.
ana fuf
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JUsT PURLISWED


The Southern Flag Song Book No. ),
CtONTAISING all The GEMS OF sOUTaERN
~ SONGS and BALLADS rosic and pafr'tic-
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eopissi single copies so esziG
Els XPresSg
TIE SOUTHERN MODEL L4Tflll- ~ I7i TER
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with 5raeticsI dirscii31z TO- Let Wiling a uh
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50 cents.
TIE SOUTHERN FLAG 80&a BOOK, 10 s.
CoutsinInz Al the aud popular Songs sad Ballads
of tie day Piise eco per one hundred copies
u O. CLARKE PzbHsher
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RLOCKADF G0Ons.
WFORRTsTTaY WsNTED.

$50, 900 SfH Tasy S sa !. S5 is y eoSP3 s5s7 '5
>. r. HUNTER,
6Sfe
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The CONFEDERATE LOAN IN FRANCE
There have Just appeared in this market some
Of the cotton bonds Of the ConfedeFs'e States OF
America. These bonds, which, IS ID well known
lave been issued by the government OF the
Southern States to create resources, by means
Of the cotton which still remains in the interior
Of the country, sipulate that in forty days alter
notification shall have been made BY the holders
to the Confederate goveTnhlent, the quantity oi
cottoD spseifisd in fhe bonds shall be placed at
hss DISPOSAL in whatever port of the Confederaey
IA NAV Indicate, provided that port be not At
tbe time in the power of the Federal forces
These bonds ale, for the most part, for 25,000
mounds Of cotton, (about fifty bales), the yslnt
n be paid in cash, and is calculated at Cd. pei
pound, English money. Ths purchaser can re-
eeive the cotton in the port be fxss on, ant
there place it in warehouse, or expoTs il ct hil
own risk and pesil.-J0Hynal &n Haprs.
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NEW YORK April The Post learns that
on the 4th inst, General Foster was at Little
Washington With brigade, when regiment Of
North Carolina troops and some other troops
virtually surrounded them.
They have erected batteries on the Tar river,
between kewharn and Little Washington. The
naval fJrce of wooden gunbOats are unable to
pass them.
II is understood that battle has taken place
between Foster and the rebels, bat nothing IS
definitely known. Heavy afiug has been heard,
lasting froa Wednesday night 70 Friday night,
evidently from rebel batteries Fosters means
of defense are deemed smple, haYing the fort
and intTenehmeRta, with sufficient ammunition
and PROVISIONS Large reiEforeemants sre in
transports below the batteries, but are unable to
reach Foster for want Of soms naval faree com
potent TO take them. Il was reported that Fos-
ter had sent to Fortress Monroe, some time
since, for naval reinforesments, and 1t was ex-
peeted shat troops would come from Suffolk.
WAsHMGTON, April An officer, whs ar
rived here to-day from North Carolina elsst,
says it was believed among our forces, the IN
formation coming from what was believed a re-
liable source, that Gen. Lonestreet some time
ago made application to JEFF DAVIS for hity
thousand troops for the purpose of clearing Al
bermsrle sound, aad he was informed that he
could have thirty thousand from the army OF
the Rsppahannoek, but must obtain the halsnee
from Gov Ysnes, OF North Csgolina. Is 10
further reported that one Of the Hills is in COM
mand, when this information, several days
sgo, reached Fortress Monroe. Assistance was
! aar,i fr~-, ss-s ..es.,.
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n TIE Mobile Ns,as Of Wednesday men
aous the arrival Of Bigsdie.-Gsneral Poiignae'
C. S. A.. in that city He Is dsered 70 report
to General Kirby Smith
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OUTRAGEs IL CHELSEA On the'ughi Of the 9th ths
rsEdsnes Of Mrs Giles widow residing in CleaIssa
was approached b. gang 5f four vs drunken row
dies who, upon being refused adnttauee. bssr down
the doors and commenced thu work Of destroying Eer
furniture. Tables, chairs beds and bedding, os0sins
utensils and household articles Of every description
wsrs either thrown into ne streets or destroyed n he
house. Mrs Giles also forced 20 leave tbe 5uiil g
and fhrsaisned win vengeance By the dastazdy mob
she refused TO comply No eiue was Obtained
20 Tia Of the seoundrels By whom this OUT
rags upon helpless woman Wa PerPetrasd. nor tho
esusss inducing t. OF ths latter, however Hqairy is
unnecessary fOr there could be Justification for sach
e-nduei. While the saair was In progress ssv. ral
soldiers Of the provost guard duty % ths vicinity
arrived Their Prsssres was the signal for lhs disPer
sion Of the authors of the outrage, who AsI IN every
direction. They were fred upon four i've times by
the guard. and pursued for some distance bgt uni7r
tuust " az sscaped
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~ Two thousand two hundred bales Of cot
con, stolen on the river, arrived ST Paris on the
ytb Il was to be sold on government account.
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NEW LIEE--We understand ; telegraph line
has been erected to YaE0o City, and En otiee
opened for The dispatch Ct business. The com com
pletion Of this enterprise viii be Ct great Pnbhe
henefit
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-17

pE Hon John J. Crittsnden is announced
IS a candidate for reelection to Congress nom
fba Ashland lKentuclry) district
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Mr.. John Hu4irey, Of the "a Arkansas
YsSinent. Who Wis lodged 10 Jail IL this place
snnae tiuse sisce, on ths charge Of stealing q
horse, was taken uhdsT writ ct habeas corpus,
last Tuesday, before Judge Cothran. af Se1rol-
ton, aud was acquitted. AQllge.
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MEMPHIS ITEMS.

THE nvER AsD BUsISsss.-Th= 4rgus states mat
TIE wster is sti creeping up. uan no~ ihe BANKS Of
the river are full In few days h The rise centir1es
eoming dsn it has dors for some days back g. V6ti
Overflow iia banks Business az Of yesterday was very
Inactive in Ct It perfectly stagnan and The pros
poet ahsa8 ia not very a.,tsring Tor its resumption.
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approached them As near ss they could wlt1ou,
discovery, and when within about one hundred
Yards Of them they rnshed out upon them from
behind a hill which had concealed them rom
the enemy, and demanded surrender. Iney
were taken by surprise, and after few minutes
hesitation the whole party surrendered, Withoa'
drop Of blood being she'd
After the surrender had taken piaes, Captain
Kieridge proposed 10 drink glass Of liquor as
he felt nervous after the excitement, ard asked
Lieut. Conklin to Join him. The lieutenant
hardly eyef touched liquor Of any kind, and
being insisted on consented to drink little
dreaming of the tTeachery Of his foe. Two
glasses, already prepared. were brought, which
they drank Ia about twenty minutes after
they had drank, be was siezed with burning IN
the stomach and giddiness in the head. The last
symptom was common when be drank liquor at
all, but the first alarmed him and he lmmedi-
stelY sent for the doctor to the post. Ia the
meantime the symptoms increased IN intensity
uutil he was driven mad BY the pain he felt.
When the physician arrived it was too late to do
anything for him; he soon after died, wild and
rAvng ike mad man with the mania PotH.
On being charged by the physician with his
diabolical act, he coolly replied that all advsn
tsges were fair in war; that he had met Lieut.
COnklin several times before, and it wss much
easier to Kill such with whisky than with pow
der and lead on the word that be had tried 1t
and found It so.
Such unblUshing effronterY and savage bru-
talisy is almost without parallel.
Capt Kittridge is now in the custody of the
civil law, and will be dealt with as bis crime de-
serves.
The other prisoners viii be seat to Browns
vile soon.
Capt Kistridge denies that there was say poi
son put in the liquor this, however, win be de-
fsrmined by post mortem examination Of the
deceased. More anon
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-17

n Brig. Gen W W. Nseisll, who has
han on duty a. Mobils some months, hss been
ordered 10 amors active field, and accepted the
responsible position Of chief on General Brsgg's
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-04-17

~ We have no doubt the Yankees viii clam
4 victory at ChaflestoR, inasmuch - Il eannot
be denied that the rebels caught the Dssii -
Chatas0oaa Rebst
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THE HARDw1cE HOUSE RoBsERY.-Ths AEsas Of
tbs llth states that The discovery Of The robbery
Of the Hariwick House Of which the particulars have
already been pablshsd the detectives hsVs been bu
engaged in fsrratng ous the guilty parties The e5isf
clerk of the house 8Ir. Sam Ksaods and young maa
named }. @ Powers arrested the charge Of be-
ing coneerzed in she affair and lodged il prsoa Of
the circumstances which led to tker arr a We have
heard several statomsnts but could obtain nothing
definite no ons about the bouss seeming 70 know any
hing about 'he affair Il s reported that snail P0f
ton Of the money has been recovered
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SALE o. CoTToE-Ths Argus says. The announce
ment Of the government sale OF $50 bales of eoudHeae
cotton Al auction yesterday served to araet % Tho
s2o' iArgs eswd Of speculaors and sthsrs who were
anxious for invsstmeut II opportunity eEsred. The
ssls eonmeueed sad The bidding started right lively.
During ths forenoon about 100 bales changed ha1ds
an average price Of SOC. The rsma'nder-l250 bales
were disposed Of during the afternoon At an average
price Of 45e The largest purchaser vas l. C. Nsiveu.
Esq who bought s43 bales a. about the later figures.
Nortbrup 4 Co. were tie next heaviest purchasers.
buying 90 bales The sale footed up nearly s5ooooo
q pretty heavy days work.
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II The Southern AfoiiBs iesmE tAat hT.
Hiram Dove was engaged IN tying to e1tn-
guish some fire in the woods near Bellstontsine,
when a tree vaish was OF Ere, fell on him. he
expired il 8 few moments.
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, UA dispatch from Milwaukis, dated the
9Th, says the returns from diii pos'iOn' Of
i the stats indicate the election Of the Democratic
.tses .s.dste for chief justice by majority Of ten
q ,,tboussud. Milwsukis gave him Eve thousand