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trap, and after bit caught lot of
skunks. When had caught the skunks,
a ncighbor came TO me and sail, Well,
farmer Lincoln, why don't you kill your
skunksp And said. You may kill 'em
all If you like, ard have their skins and
my neighbor killed one of 'em, but that
skunk made such an awful stencil atore
he died. that we calculated TO let all the
rest CO." Again, the moral is not OF a
lofty kind. although the Interpretation is
not very difficult. We think we can see
how insecure must be the lives and lIber-
ty and property of the members OF hos
tile party when such party chief as this
is in power. and how insupportable must
be despotism in which man of this
calibre is the despot.
We have here the history Of the begin
ming of the end, but who can tell now
the pages will be written which are yet
to ~ B,led before the inevitable separa-
tioa IS accomplished Are scenes Ike
those which we short time since de
scribed from Dahomey yet to interpose,
and is the reign of the last President to
go out amid horrible massacres OF white
women,and children, to be followed by
the determination of the black race II
the South? Is Lincoln yet name not
known TO us as it will be known to pos
teri,y, and is il ultimately to be classed
among that catalogue of monsters, the
wholesale assassins and butchers OF
their kinl. Are not the half million of
fighting men who have already fallen by
fire and steel, or rotted by disease,
apouuh holooaust IN tho Fetish of the
North? We fear not. Slaughter with
out result in Mississippi and Kentucky,
and threat of renewal of the sanguin-
ary battles of Maryland, are all we learn
as the last news. Concurrent testimony
seem to show that to this worse than Da-
honey slaughter worse, because the mass
of butchcry is a hundred fold greater,
and because Christian men are the VIC
Tins and the slaughterers-are about to
be added the horrors Of servile war;
stirred up by this honest, shrewd, unscru-
pulous teller of good stories. There is
something of horror as well as rage, and
of alarm as we'll as indignation, in the
resolutions with which the Confederate
Congress answer Linccln's Slavery Proc
lamation. We will attempt at present to
predict nothing as to what the conse'
duence of Mr. Iincoln's new policy may
be, except that it certainly will not have
the effect of restoring the Union. 1t Will
not deprive Mr.. Lincoln of the distinct
i've atfix which he will share with many.
for the most part foolish and incompe-
tent kings and emperors, caliphs and
doges that Of being Lincoln-"the Last"
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From VlckShllrg.

V1cKsBURG, March 25.--Two of the en-
emy's boats attempted to pass down the
river this morning. Our batteries open
cd upon them with effect One boat was
sunk opposite our batteries; the other
was badly riddled, and now lies off the
canal batteries. 1t is expected she will
be sunk. She was set on fire, but it ap-
pears to have been extinguished.
The firing of our batteries was splendid
almost every shell taking effect.
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Coming Struggle at Charleston.

The following interesting extracts
from Charleston correspondent of the
Mobile Register, will give some idea of
the difficulties the Yankees will have to
encounter If they ever attack Charleston:
The struggle, when it comes, will GER
tainly be of fearful character. 1t will
be the shock OF tremendous forces, the
relative powers of which are yet untried.
The long mooted question of the fighting
value OF ships against batteries will be
brought to test more conclusive than
any to which human warfare has yet sub
ieeted il. In other words, the Monitor
iron -slads, which the Yankees claim to
be the most inpenetrable vessels ever
constructed will necessarily come within
point blank range Of the most numerous
and powerful batteries that have ever yet
been used 10 single engagement We
have good reason, too, to believe that
our guns will be managed with admira
BILE tact and precision. The more impor-
tant batteries are manned by the South
Carolina regulars, for whom the credit is
claimed, and | think justly, of being the
most expert and practical heavy artiller-
lists in the Confederate army. The forts
are well officered, and Gen. Ripley, who
has made the study of heavy ordnance
q speciality for years, and whose excel
leEce in that particular branch of mill
tary knowledge is an admitted fact, will
himself take command at Fort Sumpter
as soon as the enemy makes his appear
ance.
1t is scarcely possible thst any floating
thing can breast unharmed the concen.
trated storm of heavy metal from the
guns OF Sumter, Moultrie and Battery
Bee, the three principal works command
ing the throat Of the harbor. Nor can
the peril Of running this terrible gaunt-
let be diminished by an attempt to pass
under cover of the darkness, as has been
the case at Vcksburg and New Orleans.
So tortuous and intricate is the channel
leading to the forts that the most eXpe-
rienced pilots of the harbor would not
venture to bring in vessel by night,
under the conditions which the enemy
cannot escape, viz: without light or land
mark to guide the way. Even when the
blockade.running vessels leave the har-
bor it is always necessary to aid their exit
by previously arranged lights (shaded)
and signals; SO that it is reasonably GER.
tain that the attacking iron-clads must
either enter in open day, or incur the i'm
minent hazard of getting aground upon
one of the most treacherous bars on the
Southern coast, which seldom yields
vessel once it has grasped the keel. But
if, perchance, despite of may channel,
multiplied torpedoes, and the combined
batteries Of the forts, some of the nine
Monitors should chance TO get into port,
they would still have to encounter a con-
centrated fire of other batteries, which,
as the Yankee papers have learned from
contraUands, " line the shores of the in
tesioFs o. the hsr5or. And then will
come the tug of war " which will deter
mine the possession Of the honored old
city.
The captured gunboat Isaac B Smith,
now called the Stono, has been repaired,
and is now in good fighting trim. She
will be the flagship Of Commodore In
graham.
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A Hard hit at the Yankee President.

The Louisville Democrat has no great
respect for Lincoln, ms will be seen by
the following paragraph;
The Abolition papers now theorize that
the President is not bound TO obey the
Constitution but only to support it. Be-
ing too weak TO support IL whole, he has
smashed it into pieces of n size suitable to
his strength"
what shame and modification it is
that in the grandest work for the grand
est objects mankind has ever known, the
Chief Magistrate Of the nation should be
A pitirul buffoon, whose highest wit Is a
er5u.ty Joke
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Throwing Dust in the Eyes of Yam
kee Pockets.

An Eye Witness" writes to the Wash
ington STAR
A squad Of six or eight butternuts dres-
sed in uniform, with two OF their gang in
their own dress, will appear, when the
following dialogue will occur:
Disguised Rebel.-"We have got a
couple Of secesh prisoners. Where shall
we take them?'
Credulous Picket.--"Take them 70 the
reserve"
Seoesh. Where is the reserve"
Picket describes the locality exactly
Secesh then takes roundabout course,
and gives his party the information, who,
on the same night comes in force and COB
hles up the reserve.
Would it not be well for our oonfiding
soldiers to play trick against trick!
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From Middle Tennessee.

The Rebel of Saturday morning con-
tains the following
COLUMBIA, March 26.-Gen. Forrest cap
tured Yesterday at Brentford, nine miles
in the rear of Franklin, eight hundred
prisoners, with their arms and ammuni'
ton, destroying large house filed with
oommissary stores, burning the railroad
bridges and tearing up the track between
brentwood and Nashville, and bringing
.;roo seventeen loaded wagonG.
S erl, EploY. MAJ end o'rp
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Diving Words of a Hero Chaplain.

N'Importe, the able correspondent OF
the Savannah Republican, writing from
Van Dorn's command on the 10th inst,
concerning the fight at Spring Hill, says;
Parson Crouch, brigade chaplain of
Jackson. was killed while cheering on
the Texans to a charge, and as his last
words are somewhat unusual and re-
markable give them: Give them hell,
boys, for your sweet,hearts and your God. "
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Whera Docs it Go TOP

A good deal OF compressed Cotton has
been seen going out on the st. Francis
street Railroad. Where does it 60 to?
Where did it go to? should be the read
ing. For your information we answer;
lst. To Spring Hill per Railroad
%. To Pascagoula on wagons.
Sd. To the Yankees in n, Orleans, who
were expecting 1t by schooners.--Mo6He
advertiser.
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Florida.

MOBILE, March 25,-ohicialintelligenc
has been received of the evacuation OF
Pensacola by the enemy. They now oc-
cupy the Navy Yard, Forts Barrancas and
Pickens. The garrison of the town and
all others that could be spared have been
sent TO General Banks.
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Pleasant.

The Philadelphia Inquirer says in Bos'
ton the city clerk has to give permit
before body can be buried in a grave
yard. The question has arisen whether
the permit had to bear a stamp, and Com
missioner Boutwell, has decided that it
must. SO that a man cannot be buried
unless his friends first pay a ten cent tax.
This is running the revenue law into
the ground"
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Rnn the Blockade.

CHARLESTON, March 24.-One steamer
yesterday and two to day ran into Con-
tederate port Their cargoes include
aome cannon, arms and ammunition.
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Nay When Mr.. vallandigham was ad.

nay When Mr.. Vallandigham was ad'
vertised to lecture in Baltimore, the Ad-
minstratlon papers continued the follow
ing advertisement
Union men OF Baltimorel will you por'
iai. that r. bel, Vallandigham, to desc
crate our oiiy by lecturing on any sub
jectY MOI mol Neverl
These manifestations Of violence pre-
vented Mr. Vallandgham from leciurlng
in the Monumental City.
~ In the Arctic regions peopio can
chat mile apart. traveller heard eV'
ory word Of a sermon at two miles dis
tan,. Deafpcoplo ought to 50 and build
chcrch there
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Ha-. A Northern dispatch states that
Beast Butler is spoken Of as provost mar
shal general under the Federal conscrip-
tion act. If the appointment is made he
will hold Northern roses TO the grind.
stone relentlessly. u could do nothing
sles f he would .r~
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TERMS:
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TERMS
four Nonths,
Eight Months, O"
PAYABLE in Advance.

Payable in Advance.
No atteatioH paid to orders for ihe paPe;
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anv.,r,syyrsrs will be charged 81 so per square
Of 10 lines, or less for the first insertion and 10
cents for each continuance. A liberal deduction
made to those who advertise by 'ne yoai,
Iss- Persons sending Advertisements must mara
the number Of times they desire them inserted, or
'5hey will be continued until forbid anu OHa'Ssu
accordingly. ~s2 .to.oa;d.,s, for
For announcing the haihes VI
olice, S., Cash - r.,,-
lar advertising rates. . ,,.ou,n,o tho
ta,o ond. or interests Of Corporations, Societios'
s.Soois IN TbiIriduals vii be chsFrsd as aaFsf-
tisements. -, Nt;,r,as Circu-
90. p,onks. Handbills, &C., will be e1eeu-
,ad IN GOOD style and on reasonable terms. mi.
All letters addressed to the Proprie'or' "'""
promptly attended to: ,r,,..s ACCOMPANIED
by the name of the author.
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Ray- We learn, says the Columbus En-
quirer, that Confederate agent was
around yesterday, making seizures Of
bacon at stores in this city. We have not
heard of any seizures except from the
stores of dealers. An appeal, We learn,
has been made by the latter to the Jus
tices Of the Inferior Court, for an injunc.
tion to stay proceedings, and the Court
has postponed the trial Of the case until
Saturday.
1t is reported that the Government
offers only 35 cents per pound for the ba.
con. The price running in this city is
5000 cents.
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Liberty in st. Louis.

The bodies of Col. Emmett Mcdonald
and Col. John NJ. Winner, of ST. Louis,
who fell at the battle Of Hartsvlle, were
denied nterment in Belle Fontaine Gem
etry! The procession accompanying their
remains to the Potter's field was arrested
and dispersed Winner had been Mayor Of
ST. Louis, Postmaster Sheriff, County
Commissioner, etc, in former years. The
living are bound with irons--the dead
are insulted and dishonored. Such o.,
people of the South, is the fate which de
pends upon Abolition triumph!
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From Charleston.

Notwithstanding the continued pres
ence and untiring vigilance of the Fed
eral blockaders, regular communication
is carried on between the metropolis of
the Palmetto State and foreign ports
During four nights Of last week four
British steamers arrived from abroad,
and still another arrived ON yesterday
morning. The good old city of Charles
ton is now driving larger direct foreign
trade, by way Of steamers, than she has
ever been favored with in peace times.
The steamer Antonica, Capt Robert
Thayer, from Nassau, which place she
left on Tuesday, 18th inst, !. arrived mere
yesterday. She brings a valuable assort-
ment of goods consigned to Messrs. John
Fraser & Co. Left in port the steamer
Minna and Georgiaqa. The Nassau pa
pers contain nothing Of Interest,"
Charleston Courier.
Changes of Command IN the West,
BeuueIldu ilOuu hThdhohl says buat
the appointment of Gen. Kirby Smith 20
the command of the trans.Mississippi
Department, in place OF Gen. Holmes,
and the substitution of Gen. Price for
Gen. Hndman, who has been ordered to
report to jackson, Miss, has been highly
gratifying to the troops; and there is eve
ry reason to expect that the unsatisiacto-
ry condition OF things which has prevail.
ed in that department for several months
past will now be terminated
Cotton in the South.
The amount OF cotton on hand in the
Southern Confederacy is estimated at
three and halt millions of bales. At
fifty cents pOr pound (fifty per cent. less
than it is now worth in foreign markets)
il would realize about $685. ,0O0,000-a
sum much larger than the entire expense
If tho~ar NJ 70 this time
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Al CARDi

rfyHE urfesfrns s. 1lerus1 thaf dur nE hE absence
bnFv sns mai siou ensm e. have propagaled isl e.
7ools nd csreuse ed inlusoa.ly tie vlest slandeTs
agsia.t h1 Eh ch wCud D. iosl un1for ny q noflee
Siaaser lie rum0r aath s thousand onsues ana e.
lauIy and insidorsiy FisD p7ejndees where TIE &C.
MA = reftst On ID y never Teacn bave therefore
deemed i props ID deHsri from The rue Of Olga rec 8
lenoe 10 fh = the ani7ofe Easy r ye ~ me
1sison aad ia order anp with e RAJ nliaEn3 me
10 ny e srding oou8ercisI eocis and paaiea Tbs
fs ihe haaa of my aEopton, the birthplace OF ny chi
tiren arolnd which al ~ hopss o. bapprea sre cen
4s-td and ii 10 h.gs fVed among you for tweay nyH
year, with rrepr achaae rsputs lon is y De oi
vsii agalst thc tong Of scan a. then have nFea
81 Gail d aisiak b sta da & Of tfue eo7thafn
ho1or. Attle proper time these Wi be 1--WE t.
gated be creeping Creatures ike their shiny pro-
ftypes I'D be br5u h fro ther hiding pl csE 20 the
Mgsi Of da 70 be crushed beneath the heel Of rush
aad iastdesa3n A. LEFL
fels
Ths Pat fudsoa snd Clinton J-a9 pspers please
- : \ u IL --- .c---cL---
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s25O REWARD,
For 1he following sbeserfePs.

" AIE SIX feet one inch ligh. light gray
e eTes. IS K hair, clio ely cut and lightly gray
weighs -bou tund ed and eighty pounds, very
straight nd well bui aged thirty yeals- In ALL
verr me look NJ man Re isps slightly when spe k
ing on account Of Of his lower front teeth be
knackad eut.
RI H4RD G2gCORAN 2 six fee eh, blue eyes,
Ieht hzr fair complexion, eonsiierably fresk ed,
weighs sbont oae bund e and eighty I've qounds AGED
abaUt thirty years very athlstic LII hmsn BY birth
one Of f5r 6see-s 3 a. ths thsrd Joint tstoosd oa
the Of he tatioos aressuting al lndan fe
male
The sfires si ms1 ara charged with hsvng committed
about fhe q insts1f 2 lsy are supFosed 10 nav ia
me possesss h - very fus 3 rsss stol from
n lsce
The above reward via he psid % sny party apore-
bend ng the ADORE re zons With be f9resad horse
ana ulse n te 81 she hands # the proper uih0Titiss
a. thss plssz 4 sDBANCHANO,
pain comma ding Po nte Coupes Battery
feFZl1f lee n 81.
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aEnsser. IN Arl.nn.n.

From tie Little Reck De7aoo- at Feb. al
The Abolition boats having lef tbs lite and
Arkansas rivers and the main army BIo-nt
having fallen back, our State hss beet nrlna--
atively free from the invader Barus of ma
rsuders and iayhswEeTs did soIne mischief ana
created some alarm, bat these gentry are being
taken in hand aad their deprsdssions mt A sfeP
to. About three hundred were in the mour-
tains in Pike or Clarke county and committed
gate number Of outrares
btr Hendefson, q Hot Springs, while on his
way to Sewer county, was attacked hi, tbes.
Williams, his mules aud wagon stolen. himself
tied, shot in tho back Of the head ard left for
dead. The perpetrators Of this bloody deed
were pursued sHd q number Of them eaurht
Their captain, Greer, was once in the C0nfedsr-
ste service, was elected captain Of a eosrpanv ir
Jefferson county, but could not pass an sxar1i-
nation, was dismissed and deserted Both be
and The Lieutenant OF the company were reeor-
nized By Mr. Henderson TheV atseunfa5 IL
escape and were killed in the attempt. Osbsrs
Of the band are on their way here
Parks, the renegade Texan, and his nsussu-
ant, with some thirty or forty Of the iavhawk-
ers, who murdered DeRosey Caron. were caught.
Psrks and his Second in command had a severe
attack Of quinsey aud died before reachfno this
place In ths Mulberry mountains another
gang Of these fellows was aitseked, number
Killed and the band dispersed. DARK who was
said TO be token in lizard county, was heily
wounded, and it is noi probable be win hvsi5
reach here.
1t was said here, and is vouched for BY rss-
psetable men. that jerome B. Lewis, Of Vsn
Buren county, is associated with the lsyhswkers
in the northern portion Of the State These
men will all be caught eventually, and find faat
&. the way Of the trausgress0r is hard" We %
not know what course our military authcriasa
win pursue with these men, but mercy TO Them
would be cruelty 30 the people Of he State
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A VERY FALUsBl ~ PL ANrA PiON. NEGROES.
a STOCK re- The owner wishing "a Cd nge bis
oocupation, afelE for sal his PL FATEON In nis-
d sibui asozt 100 nile aspye Mobile, aid within ten
niles OF "a 10 Noble sid New lea s-Fery heal ny
and vel 1stsrsd coE1aning sboat Eiz.esE huncrsd
screE. e.ght hE ldred & which very product We
line post oak ana reeea y ca ID sud uoder %
feucsi new frame painted dwelling, vita &c ger
-esz aai ya-d, wei incio ~ h9u-e screw, 'egro
cs1ins lbr ok "a me ere al uew
AIS b-7 or. W. ua3ls n ersL h'taen Mules hv-
wagons clti- hogs ork CO l f0dier sud T rmi ~
u1e sis- ndeei everything 70 e1sbe purchaser o
n ke fsl crop "a pesenr wear for Dir y-aFe nds
Fer frttes ialorma ion apply to
fDHN r RCH0l 81
raw th- of6 O. S-rrefarv Sts.-.
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speciaI order 20. 27I.

HEAD9U eTBEs STATS or sESSf~s Pei
ADJUTAoT AND INsPEcTOR-5 5ESEHaLs OFFICE
Jsesson January 18th, 1865.
Ht0r-Genersl r. TuPPer.
YOU viii isE1e ord 20 The several commanders
IL # ompa ba alton sad re. iments r-tssl IN
their mmauds 81 Ger fory years Or age, wso
hsFe reztT been detailed = volunteered il the
vice 4 the stare rpscsi Orders No. -, Issued from
fhe Hsasqu rters zi Lisutenaut- General PsmbertoB
uncer in trLUtions fr be Seer sr= Of War con-
Elsnds ihs al under forty e age nsw serV
in Assss POI State crg 10 viii net inter
fersd with oy enrolling sflcsTs IN the dsbznd ng Of
SAID organizations.
H. You VIII ssssusb'e the ccmpsniss in the several
c88ufes IN the Sfae aad draff thsrefrom s1ficient
nu7lbe of men 70 q ea b c5nps ny nov erdsrea INTO
service 70 The number OF seventy inoudifg cammis-
STONED ocer aa cause al amenities return imme-
n staly % tle.- n-laads
III Yea H.il order al field, conDsny and stat eff
ers not n actTe service aus au whit maea 1etWesu
the age Of ciEhteel md ffty, VIII ei-ker pens
uendy tengora = residieg n The State, ts be a
cl-dsd tie drsf except such may Be lsble and
have not been discharged froE inscription. All those
dischargsd from n eap ion and these disehnr-ed
from Stats service By sf surgeons oertdca
toEeths with these who exempt from eonscr ion
b. ac+ OF Congress, be incudsd ia said draft
ess saeca.ly eNsn1t ay ils laws Of tn Sta
By order Of JOBS J. PETTUs, Governor s1d Gem
ma1dsriu-Ch'eE 50SES HAMILTON,
Adjutan and Inspector Gene ~.
fqs- N
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giving the different reports of the Federal loss,
which plaza it at appalling figures, and yet are
believed not to be far from the truth. It is not
likely that The full details Of this battle will be
generally known in the North fol weeks aud
weeks; but If, after the failure Of this last and
teeblest of All the Federal attempts to reach
Richmond. with the Northern army unnerved
demoralizsd and starting ssunder like a broken
bow, the Irish and Germans are again tempted
to embark IN so hopeless q venture. then is The
conclusion irresistible that 10 addition to all the
shackies of despotism which they are alleged to
have left behiud them in Europe, they have left
also that most valuable attribute Of humanity,
which is called common sense.
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NIn0 REWAEsmI

ID AEsW-.f A gus IT. ls5 tom oxford. Miss
III ny N-G ~ ulRL CAKpEI aDaut taistE
yea old me -ur high da : c0ilr "a how q .os- n
isel " - la gang. Wceu bad oi lasf iNoFemoe
lses) shs sqss T. ne employ of % u bareson Of
Alabalra 9 Qiafa master a. 4r raaas @l q. she N y
stl Wifa niu bs a'aVe rsFsrd v 4 be pai1 tof
800 D aAIBRE sT6.
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SroSEWALL JACKsOH's Popularity
few days since = lady who came through tbs
lines at fredericksburg under flag o. rf7ssa.
brole BIT message from Hon. D " VOORHEES,,
IF Indiana, 70 Gen. Jackson, 20 the ef ihal
be (St0newail) was the only nan living w
could beat him (NOorhees) be bis Congress oaai
district SO grest Is tho admiraSion Of .a- 5.s
tiuguisned chieitain in the N0rsbs, sst.-Ri.l-
mgad DlspaLeh.