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SOUTHERN NEWS.

Al Important Rebel Erpe,lttioa on F1o..
The price Of produce Ia R.deiJi dc.
NEwBERS. n. c April l1.-rhc ka-
leigh Confederate SAYS: General Morgan
is about t. undertake one of the b,liest
cxpediti us he has ever yet made. which,
ii successful. will be productive of great
good to our cause" The Confederate al
50 says: "A very malicious libel, pub
lishol at ths Office ofthe suspsnaard Nam
dard, under the auspices Of Dr.. j. L.
Leach. Congressman elect. and Mr., Hol-
dau. candidate for Governor. has boon put
in circulation. 1t is stylsi An App,a-
d x to the Life and Timss Of Duacau Nc
Rae and is reproduction Of SANDER
issued in Londouby Mr.. George y. SAM
ders." The editor says: i have recei-
we'd copy of this publication, aud shall
act upon the advice of counsel as t. whlt
tribunal I shall look for justice to mys'l!
and my accuscrs."
Blcm is selling in Ril,igh at S. per
pound; butter. So; CORN $3.50 per bus.
eggs. S. per dozen; Aout $3.50 per bar.
ri molasses. $50 per gallon potatoes.
81 pr busi salt, 81 pr pound; SUI
gar. Sl2 P pound.
NJ veNESis IN THE SOUTHWEST.
[Ft,m Ae Ri;Amond Sn'i,sl, april L.
DALsoS, April ) --Naws from within
the enemy's lines states that two bi 5ad,s
of infantry have gone towards Nashville.
By some they said to have been sent Ia
operate againzt Forrest, and by others to
b. en- roae FIR the Army OF tn. Potomac.
Forty four regiments IF infantry an ten
batteries who returned to Ohio to recruit,
raised only FIVE III ,usand man in three
m nths 1t is rrp,'teI that M;Pa,rsoa
relieves Taomas. wac will be sent to an
other fell. Also. TINT one big de Of
cavalry and on, Of infantry have been
sent fo:M,rl to Chattanooga within the
hast few days. CH.
The Faderals who went out on plum.
dering expedition under Dodge have re.
turned to ID -catur> Smith. conmlnii linz
the other Division of Logan's C,rps is al
L rkinsville. picke,ing Huntsville an
Steve lson on the railroad and river -
Nineteen FederaIs in Confederate uni
forms came to Triune Factory, near Sum
m arville, and committed numerous dep
relations in Saturday.
Fieuf NEAR RIyGaoLD.
r From TIE Al,in,a Rtgise,r 1fral4
We learn from geu l'mnn " o l,f
tn, front on the nitht of Ia, LIST instant
tiat General Wheeler had pretty sharl
brush with body Of Yankee cavalry
yesterday near Ringgoll driving the ell
cmy back. We have no particulars o
the fight a. ..a
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ODhldlan

The race Of scrpcnts, within tho past
three or four years, has risen to posi-
ticn Of considerable Importance; and
though i, has not yet succeeded, nor is
likely to succeed. in dominating the
Sac, we may still need to be warned
and put on our guard against the hateful
and repu,sive brood. We have TO deal
with rattl .anakcs and copperheads.
-Four years ago. the former species were
4u.le Auu.eroa. in Maryland. Tho angry
r~.,!.. ana the venoAous fang, were 10
unusual sights aud sounds Throughout.
our borders. Especially in Ito Legisla-
tule at Frederick. they reared their horrid
crests 50 boldly. and Kissed SO loudly.
that many were frightened and appalled,.
But General Banks was tho St. Patrick
that came to our relief. If be did not
exterminate the whole brood, he extracted
their tangs aud ueutralized their venom.
Men brea.hed more freely when that work
was done. A sense Of safety and security
came over US to which We had long been
stran GERS. Since then we have seldom
heard the rattle or the hiss Que Of our
representatives in Congress attempted the
other cay, it is true, to revive the hateful
sounds; but they no longer inspired the
old dread aud terror. They were over
powered and drowned by the almost
unanimous voice Of loyal Congress.
The great majority of our Maryland rat
,le.snakes have long since enigrated to a
more Southern cline. We now and til, n
get glimpses of the tattered and squalid
gang in the Richmond papers. They ap.
pear to have lost much of that capacous
stomach for the fight they Affected while
still with US, and to have subsidized into
the harmless policemen of the rebel
Capital. Others are partakers in tie
gallant exploits, and sharers in the spoils
of Harry Gilmore--himself snake OF
nineteen rattles and button" They
way-lay and burl from the track. at MIC
night, a railroad train They rob and
plumber the unarmed and sleeping passen-
gers. They strip the clothing from old
men and women. They pull of your
very boots. Nothing is to high or too
low for their Unsuitable appetite tor spoils.
With your carpet bag containing thou
| sands in the one hand already, and r.
volver in the o,h,r, tl.ey steal yoIr old
hat. .,..--..
They lie in wait for unprotected suffers
wagons, and for lonely officers and strag-
Cling soldiers of the Union army. They
capture the weary mules from plodling
canal boat, and rob the boatmen of every
thing they can carry OF with them. In
short. wherever there is plumber without
danger. there will be found these gallant
rattle-snake guerrillas.
The oopperheads are a reptilan ord r,
quite different from these. They neither
plumber nor rob. They will not even
bear arms far their country n,r against IT..
They exhibit more than Quaker devo-
ton to tranquility and peace. Younever
hear of their aiding in the recruitment OF
troops, nor in the support OF soldiers
families. They have no wcri Of encour-
agement and cheer for our brave volun-
teers. nor do they ever betray any lively
interest in THIN whatever. except on TIA
approach of an election. Taen their
soicitude becomes painful, lsst the enemy
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Tdmri7s Treason The French D,ften
from tie St.teS Of fhiapus and Tabasco.
WASHING roS, April 16.-Semi-o.fi,ial
news has beenrec.lved from Satillo, the
present seat OF the National Government
OF ths Mexican Il 'pubiie. dated tn, "a
Of Mltca. ViIaIrri's treason is c)litm-
cd. Hivin ea.ered into Ill ua ls.stlnl.
ing with the traitors. he resolved an ill
vltaliou from Gen. Bizine to reco ,niz,
the intervention. Eidaurri. wishln. to
give an appearance Of legality to bis
treason, answered that be WIS going to
consul, the will OF the people. No soonc.
did the Government become convinced
talt Viiaurri was acting as u ira tor,
taan it issuel various degrees, among
them one 10y which the State OF Coahu.la
became separated from that Of Nu4vo
Leon. as tn, y formerly were. weakening
by that means his power.
FldauGri hid 2,oLU men in Monterey.
zen. D15i;tuo was marching 9TH his
iocces On S.lsill, - give han o.ttlt, all
'ien. P4.onl was Oil his way 'fo.n Dur ~
at the mead Ut brigade, vita the $. III
jic;. Ii is apt trl. Shit D,rIng b II
,alian into tn. hands Of tn, French. las
inhabitants OF the States OF Nu9vo Leon
ami Cuahuila had Acknowledged Presidents
JuLrcz c authority, and were raising lar It
forces to suDdue Vidaurri's rebellion. -
When that is accomplished, the Mexican
Government will have about 10, OU0 men
ready to march upon San Luis Potosi
and capture that ~.
In the State of Uaxaca. Gen. PorferiC
Diaz had 5000 men, perfectly well or
gained, UNI er his command, and tn,
French thought that free OF such impor
lance that General Bazaiue WAS going t,
attack HIM in person. The French has
been driven from the State of Chiapa:
AMI Tabasco, as well as from the isthmu
OF Tohu intepec. Everywhere the great
est enthusiasm existed to lilerate tn
country from the Fransh yoke.
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NoS. GARRETT DAVIS on SLAVERY IN
IS On discussion on tn, su ! &c. OF
Slavery, in the Kentucky Constitutional
Convention of 1919. the Hon. Garrett
Davis. now United States Senator from
that State said:
e But it appears to me that any inteli-
gent and carefully rejecting mind must
come to the conclusion that Slavery is to
have but a tiiaasitory existence in Ken
lucky, Tae gene:al s.n.im snt Of tn,
world is ,ainst it. before which. in fifty
years. it has recedei vastly. and this
sentiment is deeply and widely formed in
our limits, AMI among oar own people.
* - X x The history of Slavery, as
We have it, proves in allp,yas of tac past
that it Is ps"J'es-iaJ to its enl. That
consunmatiln is in the course of events,
and when men throw themselves in the
current of events to hasten, or to retard
they ar, but strams. Let all stmps Ia
kept cut If tina, u:sion Of this reast''
cur:,n. wiici f,ss th:,i,h X n.u,ty.
ant LEI ii roll on az is nndistaroed
DOsEer
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So 0IerS' BOUrtiPs.


We hear a great deal of complaint in
regard to the payment Of the bcun-
ties provided by the last Legislature to be
paid to all who should enlist prior to the
LIST Of April. We nrc informed that the
Commissioners of this County have re-
ceived from the Governor the names of
fire men from this County. and authority
to draw on the Treasurer for 81 200 TO
pay them their bounty. There is much
complaint among the veteran volunteers ::
men who have rc-enlisted. have received
their bounty from the National Govern
mcnt and their thirty days furlough,
which has now expired. and yet they can
hear nothing from their State bunty.
Some of them are with the Army Of the
Potomac, some at Chattanooga. and seat
tered over nearly the whole Union.
There is blame somewhere. but we cannot
say where, but speak only of facts we do
knew. We do know that over two hun
drcd of the Second Maryland, P. II
Brigade. had re-enli-ted more than a
month ago, and none of them have re-
ceivel their bounty, or been able to hear
a word about it. We do know that this
County was entitled to credit for more
than five hundred volunteers a month
ago. and yet only five have received the
bounty preferred by the. State. But who
is to blame in the matter, We do not know,
but hope the proper officers will see to it
and have the evil remcdied at once.
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Ea'd IRON Z mi Lockout.

PoISr LOOKOUT. Nh. April 14.-Gen.
I Inks has just arrived in from an expe-
dition to Virginia. where he succeeded in
pturing fly thousand dollars worth Of
bacco. together with a gang of block
!e-runners who had it in charge. He
had along with him the eunboats Teazor.
Condor aul Yankee. with three hundred
infantry and one hundred cavalry, AMI
the expedition proved successful The
tobacco was clai.A,d by man by the
name of Matth rvs. from the northern
plrt If Maryland. General links had
b,,n Informed of this by refugees Mat
tn VS. claims to be a loyal citizen, and
thinks that he can recover all h. has lost.
G neral Kinks deserves great credit for
the prompt manner in which he has sue.
ceeded in checking the great route to
Richmond AMI Baltimore The tobacco
was fresh. AMI Of Richmond manual.
ture. Matthews has large quantity Of
Confederate money on him,
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'5PTURE oe F0aT Pillow
Account II nassacTc CogGgmtj.
THE SITUATION 1T PADUCAH

Account II hassacgc coHGymet.
THE SITUATION 1T PADUCAH
CAIzo, April l5.ANo boats have beet
allowed to leave hcEe for points below
Columbus since the first news of the Fort
Pillow affair was received.
The attack on Paducah yesterday
proved to be mere raid FOX plunde.
made by uplc hundred Of men W c
were h led ont ~ the fosts aud gun
boats. After Occupying a portion Of the
city in squads for about an hour, they
lett, taking away 4 number of horses and
con, id rAblc plundcr. and leaving behind
a half dozen billed aud wounded. No
one was hurt Oh our side. ....-
Several of he guns captured by For Q
at Fort liIinw w,r. spiked before falling
into his hands {; the Others were turned
upou the gunboat NJ. I. which, from
exhaustion of ammunition. having fired
some three hundred rounds. was coni-
p, He'd to Withdraw. Although only tin
clad, she received but slight injury.
General Lee arrived and assumed COM
mand at the beginning of the battle,
previoas to which Chalmers directed the
movements.
Forrest, with the main free. retired
after the tigh; at Brownsville. taxing with
him the funds he had captured. T.,
While the steamer Platte Vail V lay
under flag Of truce, taxing On III,
wounded, the rcbe! officers, among them
Chalmers, went aboard, and some of our
officers showed tn IN great Difference
drinking with th IN, and 81 win. other
marks of Courtesy. Prominent among
them is said to be an officer OF an Illinois
cavalry regiment.
ST. LorIs, Apr, IA correspondent
Of the tMion, of this CITY. who was
aboard the steamer Platte Vail V. at Fort
Pillow, gives an even more yp aim de-
sclipton Of the ticndishncsS OF the rcbvls
than our Cairo di,patch
Many of our wounded. he says, were
SHOT in the hospital, an the remainder
were driven out Of tie builling, which
was burned
After the battle the rebels went over
the field, and shot the negroes who had
not died from their previous wounds
Many Of those who deserved to be
treated as prisoners Of war, as the rebels
sail, were ordered tn fall into linz, when
they were inhumanly shot down.
OF the 32o c,lored troops not more
than o6 ,s apcd the massacre, IN t
one officer that commanded tL.m sur
wives.
On,y four officers Of the 18th Tenncs-
sec escaped death The loss OF the l3;h
tennessee was 800 killed. and the re-
'naindar wounded or captured.
General Chalmers told the corrcspon-
dent of the T'in,rS that although il was
against The policy Of his Gov rnmcut'
10 spIf3 the negro soIii"rs an their Of
cors, he had done all in his power to stop
the carnage a. the same tue h. SAID
he believed il was right.
Another officer said our white r5gpa
wnui. have been protected had they NJ t
been 6'nnI on duty with tn negroes.
Whle tle rebels en- iearorei to conceal
their l'ss. it was evident that they SUI
t,rci severely.
Colon! Reed Amcy, nf the Tenn sssee
rs@im-n., was nIog;aiIy wounded.
Tw' = three wei! illed hospitals were
d Short distance III the country.
CAuo, April ij-'iwo negro sol,iers,
who we're wlu.tlci at Fort Pillow, an /;
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tharit.,Si as 1! IL.
HALF THE CITY DEsEE. ?CD--l u sJo-:.TT %
THE CITIZENS Poa THE USfoH.

HALF THE CITY DEsE8?CD--l u tJo-:.TT %
THE cIrIZsMs FOR THE USIoS.
The foll3wins letter, says the P'.la-
i.lpaia iless, oi yesterday, from respect
able citizen OF Charleston, 5. c., Union
man, to a gentleman Of Phiadelphia.
gives faithful account of the city, as it
was February I'D, 1861. The state
menis can be depended upon as accurate
and impartial. We publish it literally as
i, is w:tten. o.ni.iuy onfy names ami p.i-
yatc matters:
y great change has come over the city
since you left. The population IS alm,s
entirely above Wentworth strcet-liardly
soul below Market street, The post
Office is at the corner OF King and Ann
streets; the banks at the west end of
Cannon street; the military headquarters
in John street and above tia. point.
The lower part Of the town is given
over to Giimore's shells. Below W,nt
worth street are fourteen pArall, streets,
including the mlst valuable OF the public
bull Iings, stores, and private houses.
Cannon street is almost suburban. The
deserted portion of the city, from which
the boabardnent has driven the few in
hlLitlnts who remain, occupies about
three square miles. --Ep. Pas. Prob
ably five hundred houses have be struck
in this part Of the town. Your old rIom
in the upper story had Il shell explode in
it. Ia prices of living are, in oar cur
rancy, enormous. Hotels charge from
ST. 10 so day, and the cheapest b 'afl-
ing house is 81 day. At present rates
it costs me aabout $500 month Beef
is selling at 50 a piual; sugar tp1or
bros NJ at St.50 a pound; cnrn whisky
$50 To so i gallon; oak wood at 500 Il
cord.
You can therefore imagine the plcasur :
Of housekeeping ut these rates. 4 barrel
of salmon from Wilmington cost me S ~,
and | bought box Of herring, which
used to cost scvonty-five cents, to-day,
for twenty-five Ioil rs. - has lain
in hiI,nE pl zee for snm9 months to
avoid con@rip in. He d,os not dare to
do even as the owls--Eo out Of nights
Oncc h. WAS the victim Of misplaced con-
Gdence: h. went to Wilmington to Try
aud get chance ont ha,was nabbcd, en-
rolled, aud only escaped ly jumping from
the cars aud taking to the woods. Final
", after enduring incredible hardshjps
and walking seveniy-ivc mil1s in thirty
three hours he got back to ap!aee Of
h ling IN Wilmington, whence he re-
4, al l,,o 4 / ara
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legislature hut Cecil has 10 ,co4 White
While Prince George has
only $3.50. Or lees than one-ha!f. Do
you ask why the latter should be allowed
equal influence upon The Legislation of TIE
State with: only half the P pulatiop ?
Tue tables of the Census furnish tue an
swer: 1t is because she contains 12,419
slaves, while Cecil has but $50.
We may pursue this line Of comparison
offrec with slave counties throughout
the State, and we shall constantly find
the same results. Il is not an accidental
circumstance, that the free citizen of
Allcgany, Washington, Frederick and
Cecil is thus dwaried in every element OF
political power, in comparison with the
lordly patriarohs Of st Mary's, and
Charles, and Prince George; but it is
the result Of thoushtcully conceived
and deliberately exeeutcd plan, to keep
and hold the free Counties in humiliating
sui lection to u mere knot Of shareholders
ia the southern counties. We Go not
Row speak Of the immense injustice done
10 the great city Of Baltimore, with her
white population of lS4 ,i20, by this sys-
tenn o, arpo:tlonuent. because it does
not pretend to base representation upon
white population any where; Lut who
believes that her representation would
have been limited to -four more than
the most populous county had not her
slave population been comparatively in
significant, numbering only 2,21s? 4
In its relation to taxable property, the
present superintendent Of representation
is even more glarin@ly unjust and un-
equal, than in relation to population.
The thinly populated, badly titled and
worn ont lands of the southern counties.
contrast sadly, in point of taxable value.
with those of the thriving. prosperous
and productive counties in the northern
tier. and with the tceniing riches of the
city of Baltimore. The figures are not
at hand while we write, but we believe
VIC are quite within bounds when we
assert that forty-fve members of the
General Assembly from the slaveholding
counties, out Of ninety-six, the Who'll
number, represent less than one.tJh Of
the taxable property of the State, and
less than ON. fourth Of the white populs.
ton.
Such is the system Of apportionmont,
which, in cur Judgment, demands cor
rection at the hands Of the Convention.
The day has gone by when the peculiar
institution" could command the subordi-
nation Of every other interest in the State
to its requirements, and the time has
come when the mining, mechanical. man
ufacturing and commercial pursuits de-
maud, and will have, just and equal
voice in making our laws. Forty years
have passed in Legislation for slavery.
Let US now begin to take into account
th, propriety Of doing something for free
dom. and the first step towards that
beridcent end il re-apportionmet Of
representation in the Legislature, on the
basis Of wealth aud free white population.
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eborrI bronx .Lrcpvh nnr linrs and
,oyoro the state If our citizen soIdi.rs
sborjd come home n vo,e The sight Of
tho L,ue nnirorm a, the polla shocks tn i,
>. pse of nro,,rietv.: and # our soas and
bro,be,s should chance TO wear their side
arms it ought. in their opinion. 10 IN.
validate the election.
Their fayo,ite Generals are those who
have most successfully practiced the art
of How nat to do it." He who. at the
q, eatest expcnse Of blood and treasure,
has inflicted the 7e1st suffering and loss
unou the enemy is the nine fayorite.
Iiirh above all the rest, in their es,ima
ton, stands General Mcclellan. The
patience with which, for lonr months. he
vthstood the pressure of am anxious
neooie ia lead acu;ust the enemy, the
6uest LARGEST. and best eouinnej army of
modern times the Gertrude with which
h. law that army wasted amid IN, swap,ns
Of the Chickahominy and the nru te,lcs
which led him to t,fc reeurc on bo,rd n
punboat while the Gallant rcpn,n.s of his
force w.uried and worn with seven d,vs
of ipcess,rt battle fougIt the last dcs-
nerpte struccl. At Malvern I'LL: all
command ,bcir HIGHEST admiration Nor
do those lesser upL;s fail to sc,u.c tb,;,
onnlause who with brave and ca.r.r
force drawn up in line of battle for six
hours" lool; with cnnipo,ure unou the
nsolent foe. ."withont firing a shot. :"
while he deliberately secures and marches
Oh with can,ured train of hundred
wagons
The copperhcaas are for the Union as
it was" andy"Consiitntion az il is :" but
no act of the lawful authorities. to re-
store the Union. and preserve the Con.ti.
tuition, meets their apnrobatior tn,
swear allegiance to the Government. btit
VOW undying hate to the Administrator.
The President of the United states.
whose single hearted integrity. and whose
honest devotion to the coun.ry. no loyal
man at home. and no Intelligent man
abroad. prcsuucs to doubt is the special
Object OF their abuse and detestation.
They speak of him in language. and 3D.
ply to him epi,lcts. borrowed from the
scurrious organs of Jef. Davis. If the
preservation of the Government of tn.
neople and the safety Of the peopl, them
selves, demand from him the exercise OF
powers unusual and unnecessary in time
Of peace /; but absolutely Indispensable in
time of civil war and rebellion they de-
nouuce him as a tyrapt and usurp AZ ::
and tn " pour t rrents Of abI,ony ubon
his head, ALREADY Lurdcued Liy all tie
weigh, If Nations woe.
But in tn. Copperhead game, the ncq.o
is the great card Though in the era. h
of Il gigantic war begun for the prcserya-
ton Of Slavery, the institution has been
DESTROYED they still harbor to maintain it
When the people with rcsistless power
demand and take, sa., m aslr,s - s..
cur. emancipation, thev CIV out 70.
compensation. Failing in It's, they de-
sce1d 10 an apeal TO the lowest and most
unworthy predudices Of the community
Failing in this, thew yainly strive to o.
struct the progress Of reform by scnyelass
clanlor about negro equality" They
pretend to fear the elevation of the de-
sspised race, to equal political privileges
and social rights, while nobody knows
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TIE Stale l0nti.V,i8Iai t NTc.i.
1tCn.

Governor Bradford issucd his proolama-
ton announcing the result of the late
election in this State On the question Of
calling State Constitutional Convention.
The Governor states that the whole vote
cast was 81 ,3l4. of which 81 ,503 were
for. aud 1854 against Convention.
lie, therefore, as required by the Act Of
Assembly, proclaims that the Convention
authorized ly the act will be convened
in the city of Annapolis on Wednesday.
9th instant. when the delegates legally
elected thereto will assemble and enter
On the discharge of their duties.