, 1863-03-13

Messfs. Wilbur & Son, at the Brokers' Ex-
change, in Charleston, sold recently for cash,
the following negroes, at the extraordinary
high prices annexed: Confederate notes.)
ons fellow, 20 years. ruptarsd. brought, g. ~;
ee g fsiow g. f:ia,P iEuPtnssa $sSs one fSow j.
*1575 one fellow, 81, 81 $40; one fellow one cyc,
$1::3; one fellow, Il, 81, 900; one fellow, g.,
Sl'350: one fe3lox, 90, 41,l69; one fs1low S.
fellow ss $50: one fellow 20. crippled, $500; one
one fellow, s., 500; one fellow, 81, S710 one wo-
nlan; 30, $yo5: one woman: e, and two children.
$5040-eyerasc Of $sso each; one family aged IS,
II, Il 5cars. and 1s months, sa,oso-ayera:e $40
The above negroes brought the round caah sum
of$4G,0s5.
THE CRUISE OF TUE FLORIDA.
Tie Nassau correspondent Of the Charles
ton Courier, uuder date Of February 9, gives
the following account Of the cruise Of the
Florida: "The Confederate var steamer,
Capt. Mafft, sailed into the harbor Of Nassau,
to coal for twenty-four hours. 1t was cheer
ing sight-the Confederate Stars and Bars
foAting over Confederate cannon in foreign
port.
Capt. Maf1it and his officers came ashore
and were ,agrecably entertained hy the resi-
The Florida lef% Mobile Bay on the 10th Of
january. She was chased by tile whole Fed
eral equadron off that point, but ran away
from it easily, and in twenty-tour hours Was
out Of sight Of the nectcst Of the enemy.
Proceeding to the coast Of Cuba, the Florida
fell with three Yankee vessels III quick sue
cession.
The brig Estcllc, bound from Santa Cruz,
CuhI, to Boston, had valuable cargo. which,
with the vessel, Was valued at s140O0o. The
Captain and crew were taken of. and the brig
consigned to the flames. The Florida subse-
fix,e I,rttr n{o m
Portland, and the brig Cora Ann, from Phila-
dolphin to Matanzas. They met the same fate.
| The crews Of these boats were landed on the
shore in Emall bouts, and after these exploits.
after q ten days run, during which e1cren
Yankee vessels were completely bamboozled,
and three Yankee merchantmen, valued, with
| their cargoes 1T not less than $500, 600, were
| destroyed, the Florida ran into Nassau, where
she remained exactly twenty-fonr hours, and
| steamed away upon her mission of Geyasta,
tion. ALI on board were well, and in fine
| spirits.
| MAJOR GENERAL SMITH RESIGNS.
General G. ". Smith las resigned his po.
eition in the Confederate army. and it has
| been accepted by JEFF. Davis. The cause fo1
the resignation is not stated.
| DPnEssMESTs DENOUNCED.
| Lthe rebel House Of Representatives on tht
9Th Mr.. Arpcrson, III dcnouncing the arbi
trary system Of iMprcssments by the Confed
crate authorities, Eald that we were now liz
Ing under tyranny as complete as that whicl
WAS exercised by the Lincoln Government
and it was owing solely to the noble patriot
ism Of our people that they have submitted n
they hare What right has Confederate func
tlonary to seize his property, without Law
and to allow onc-halfits value for its compen
sation: There WAS no law that authorized
| the Confederate Government to take property
and 20 far as it withheld just compensation, i
was robbery and oppression, and ne, for ono
| was not willing to submit to it. Il We Wer
to have tyranny it mattercd not whether y
! hare it from one Government or from anott
er; but no free people would submit to ty1
J emmy from any source.
The Savannah Republican says: "There
| reliable information that general Indian Ta
is in contemplation in the Northwest on tn
: | opening Of Spring. The intelligence come
directly from Fort Pierre and the different .i.s1c.t
| di.n rendezvous on the Rcd River of th
North, the Platte snd upper Missouri"
, Judge Meredith, Of the Richmond Circu
/ Court, has decided, in the ha5eas corpus cas-
| that every citizen Of Maryland, and every 70
| eiEner who had once enlisted in our army,
| matter for how short time, had acquire
4 do1nicile, and therefore ie liable to conscri]
tlon, if between the ages Of eighteen aud tort
five years.
The Charleston Couyitr says: "Thc bake
Of this city have raised the price Of bread
twenty five cents FOR half pound loaf. Flos
is selling at 2C5 per barrel. An enormous s
III the eyee Of God"