, 1863-08-28

From late Southern papers We gather the
following items Of interest: /
FAST DAT,
From the Richmond Wing, soth,f
Several ministers aud laynen who are Of
the opinion that heretofore there was too
much preaching and TOO little praying on last
days, and ep2fecjating the position Of our
country, desire us to request that d1scoHrs6s
be dispensed with tomorroT Fridsy}, and
that ut eleyen o'clock the, people assemble
everywhere for prayer, and for humbling
themselves before God. -:
HiGH PRICE OF BREAD.
+ From the Augusta ConstitutionalIst.1
It Is a monstrous outrage on the families Of
tbs POOR throughout our State that flour
should command from sixty to serenity dol
lars Per barrel, when there Is an abundant
crop Of grain on hand1 which Is kept out Of
market BY tie Misguided policy Of our au.
thorities. Bread Is now 1fy cents losf, aud
how in the ran4e ct common sense can the
fa1til.es Of poor soldiers pay this high prlces
This matter must be speedily rsmedfad. II
the restrictions which exist be removed. there
will be IN abundance OF wheat on the market,
and in a few Heeks flour eau be eboaght for one
lalf the price that it no~ brings.
ArEaclL SKETCH or PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
[From the Chattanooga Rcbsl]
Abraham Lincoln is i man above the me-
dun, height, He passes the six foot mark by
AL inch Or two. He is rav-boned. shamolo
gaited, bow legged, kuock-kuoed, pigeon
very. tough, very dirty, un Eholssome skin.
His hair is or was BLACK aud shaggy. bis eyes
dark and hreiese, like a coal CRATE in wloter
time. His lips are large and protruae beyond
smeared with tobacco Juice. His teeth are
filthy. In our Juvenile days we were struck
with Virgll's. description Of The ferrEman
who rowed the disembodied souls Of men
over the river Of death Lincoln, If our
memory fails us not, must be near ktnsman
Of that official Of the other world. At all
events they look alike, and, If a relationship
be claimed when Abraham reaches the ferry,
he will be able, we do not doubt, to 60 over
free Ut toll In the next place, his voice is
coarEe, nntutored, harsh--the yo1ce Of one
who has no intellect, and less moral nature.
His manners ere low In the extreme, aud
where bis talk Is not obscene, 1t is Eenseless.
splitter, Is rail- splitter still. Bottom, the
weaver, was net more ont Of place in the lap
of Titania than he On The throne If the ex-
republic.
And this Is the man, who, incapable Of q
stronger or higher Inspiration than that Of &c.
ytngr, aspires to be master Of the South, rs
he is ot the enslared and elayish North. This
is the mau who bids armies rise and fight, md
commands aud di51uiases generals at will.
Ibis Ia the man who pEoclaims (as such conld
Only dol the equity Of the races, black with
white. This is the man who indicts eeryile In
surrectiohs, ordaius plunder, and encourages
rs.pine. THIS is the man who trembles not al
the terrible butchcry which heaven will cal
Linn 10 answer for, yet qu4kes like an aspen @,
the approach Of peril to his own poor car.
| case. This Is the man, In fine, who has beer
| selected by the powers Of evil as the only I'll
representative IN all America to do such dars
deeds as the dark ages only know, deeds which
civilization blu.hes to record aud men il
othvr lands refuse to credit. Kneel down and
kIsA his royal feet, men Of the South!
TIE DEFENSE OF SAVANNAH.
To the slave owners in Richmond county,
| According to late Instructions received fror,
Lieut.. Col. l. D. Capers, IN charge, the tims
for volunteering slave labor fox. the def:nses