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The YANKEE SLAVE TRADE.-The But
falo IN. Y.) Courier says: -
In almost every one Of the recruiting and
substitute brokers Offices; such conversation
as the following is of daily occurrence: {:
Gent-What is the price of likely young
negro to-day =? Broker--From $3.50 sto
$500, according to the demand, Gent
Gould you furnish me with three Or four
sound negroes at any lessprieeS Broker
Nc, sir thereis demand for oil We have
in Massachusetts,, where we send those who
can't pass examination, and where we get
larger prices. Gent-How soon could you
fill an order for twenty or thirty negroes to
fill the quota of our town, at, say $3.50 each!
Broker-We can't take orders ahead. The
price is going up every day. We expect
another carload tomorrow, or next day, and
we will sell at the market price. This talk
saTours of the slave mart; but il is repeat.
ed In Buffalo every day. White men bring
in some instances, from $50 to ,Sl00 more
than negroes. One man paid 1915 for a
sound Canadian yesterday The market is
fuctuating, but the tendency is upwards: =
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SWEET PoIAToEs.- "A farmer, who has
much success in keeping sweet; potatoes,
writes to Us as follows:
Iprsfer letting them remain in the ground
until the vines are killed q do not mean
the leaves) by thsfrost; and as soon as the
vines are killed, dig the potatoes, sorting
the bruised and cut ones to themselves fol-
immediate ase. The good ones I place in
hank, which we make, having the ground
thrown up first and leVeled and good pos.
ton Of litter spread over it to keep them
from being affected BY the moister of the
earth; wheat straw will do, pine straw is
better. so, IS, or 100 bushels of potatoes
may then be piled on, not having been SUM-
ned.any more than can be helped, and coy
cred with straw to the thickness of foot
or two, an additional layer of corn stalks
or pine bark and potatoe vines to hold the
dirt on, and dirt piled on in abundance and
protected from rain and other casualties,
having ditch to convey the water away SO
as not to stand around them. If you have
the luck that have had, your potatoes will
be sound and good when you 60 to examine
them If not until March or April.
Perhaps / should give the reason for put
ting them away SO. close and tight; tits on
the same principle as fruit is kept in air
tight cans, to prevent the action of the at.
Inosphere on them. We know post sci
in the ground will decay nearthetop ofshe
earth while it is perfectly sound below
The abundance Of straw is necessary to pre-
vent the moisture from the potatoes falling
back on them, which will cause them to
spoil very quiek.-Roanoke Cresset.
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New USE FOR BUaaIEs.-We learn that
the citizens of Selma were thrown into the
greatest excitement by reason Of a. report,
which reached there in the afternoon, to the
effect that large force Of Yankees we're,
perhaps, even then, en- route for the purpose
of destroying the Government works and lay
ing waste the private prcpertyoof individu-
ais. A company was soon formed and, ina
short time, the usually quiet city presented
quite martial appearance.
During the organization Of the company
the question of arms, ammunition, ect., was
being discussed, when and old gentleman,
very much excited, and towering ahead and
shoulders above the crowd, exclaimed in
stentorian voice:
"Ain't there no cannons to defend the
.city~ ~s...1sf 4" ".ii @s:tH ~idH
Voice, from the croRd-"Yes, but they are
notsmounted.", .f....'. ...,s -, -. -
Old Gent-"Why ain:t they mounted p
Voioe-"(Still louder and more excl.
ted)--eThen where the devil are all the
bnggies P- Clayton Banner. =" y1 @a}
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& EAnEY RIasMa DE Wilson Philip, ID
his aTreatises on Indigestion" saysa=aA-
though it is ofoonsequsnoe to the debili-
tated to 20 early to bed, there are few
things more 'huftfuf to them than remain
ing in, it too long. Getting up an hour
or two earlier often gives ssdegree Of Wig
or which nothing else can: procure: 'For
those who are not, much. debilihted and
sleep we'll, the best rule. is 10. get out Of
bed, .,soonsafter Rakiugain the onorping!
Thisusat 6sst+may sppesr:too early aforthes
.debiiated require more sleep than the
healthy; but rising early viii gradually
iprotorg 4heaiespaon:the sucessdihg night,
tiilztha quantity. the patient eajoysiseausl
toohia demand for IT. lying: hsey is not
only. hurtfnlbythe relaxation i'll. occasions,
hhkalso by iocaaRyipg that past! Of the day
sslshich 4ezsraias ia muatb benedsiaLYy &. /
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.sWHAr rs THE USE What is the use
of abusing the PRESIDENT. He is President
still, and will be President for the balance
Of his term, if God spares him (Which we
devoufy pray he will, in spite Of all the
abuse that few malignants may heap up
ON him. Attempts then to weaken the con.
fdenoe Of the people in the integrity and
ability of the President, serse-no other pur-
pose than to betray the bitterness of dis
appointed ambition on the part of his enc
mics. Besides, it might as well be admit
ted, that Jefferson Davis is SO firmly en-.
trenched in the affections of the Southern
people, that he cannot be successfully as.
sailed. And those who strike at him, in q
time like the present are really striking at
the cause he represents, and Of which he'is
the great leader! Such efforts must and
should recoil upon themselves. =. Z = ),
Sumter Ratchn,an.. .
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Wool Is ScARoELA SUBsrrUTs.-My
wife is using substitute which is COW hair.
The process is whip the hair clean from dirt
and lime; wash and dry it well and 7 mix j
with cotton spin fine or coarse as needed.
It makes excellent gloves, socks, blankets
and mems clothing. saidSto be warmer,
heavier and moro lasting than wool. Lex
pect to wear COW hair clothes, this winter.
Many ladies are doing this, but all do not
know of this plan, and if the editors
through the country would publish this,
thousands Of our soldiers this winter might
be warmly clad.-Hillsboro Recorder.s;,N
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a BILL FOR ARMINa THE NEGROES.

a BILL FOR ARMINa THE NEGROES
We understand from an authority which we
regard as altogether reliable, that the fea-
turss of q bill for -arrning the negroes and
placing them in. the field il, being canyasaed
BY circle of politicians prior to the intro
duetion before the Confederate Congress.
The bill proposes: -. =, =. s-s =. =
1st. To conscribe' all the able: bodied ne.
groes between the ages of 1s, and q, res
81 Il organize lh This force into regiments,
brigades and divisions, and to arm and
equip them thoroughly, as soldiers. ,--,.,
Sd. To officer the force thus, organized
from meritorious soldiers and subalterns
now 10 the field. :, -, -,
And 4th. To offer to each negro who
erves;faithfully to the end Of the war hi
freedom. : <s.,l. r. ,as-f-i, ss't4t!7 %
% It is assumed by the friends of this mes'
sure that its passage wilLat once supply two
hundred and fifty thousand fresh troops
that it will avert the, necessity for an exten:
sion of the existing consoriptory limits
that it is essential as the only means of i'm.
mediate relief-that it is justifable as an
expedient-that it will be popular abroad,
and that, in short, it will ensure success
fnl repulse to the swollen armies of the
| North next spring.
/ The bill will be presented to the House
by one of the most eloquent and influential
of its members, and is likely to- form a
prominent in the debates of the ses.
sion upon military affairs: - p -
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WANTED, A BOMB PRooF.-The Wesi
Florida Nesos, printed at Madison, Jack
SON county, Fla, has a list Of not fewer
than eleven cards from gentlemen who
offer themselves as sacrifices on the altar
of their bleeding country, to represent
the little county of jackson iu the nex'
Legislature-all competitors for one seat
Of this number three are captains, three
Doctors, - and the remaining five plain
Misters! Wanted, Bomb Proof.
P. S.-As ,Be we're about TO close the
News, for the purpose of carefully fling
itaway, another card caught our eye.-
Hereiit is entire: ~ .''y y ~ -'
Esllop Gitiz2ns of Jackson county: -
Having been unsuccessfnl in obtaining
the Office of Justice of the Peace, ani
believing that fifteen hands will not mucl
longer keep me. out of service; T am in
duoed to present myself as q candidate
for the Legislature at the next election
I have ever been opposed to tie var-irr
fact the smell of gunpowder makes me
sick it always did and always will. =
Then why put me in q position which ]
do not desire, and am so unsuited. TO, both
by nature and education. : cas3 s,'
Fellow.citizens, I was IL, favor Of peace
long before this, war commenced, and
therefore proclaim myself as the first peace
man in this country. Eleetsme to the Leg
ialature, and I will bring this war to dead
halt in ninety days, but I will not now in.
form you how, for fear some other candidate
may steal my thunder. -
The truth is, that I an in favor Of any
thing that you are in favor of. T do moi
believe that it was eyer intended that ]
should be amark for Yankees to shoot at
but I do believe that 7 am peculiarly fitted
to make laws. Give me large majority,
and I shall ever be proud to call you my
constituents. Gr i'.a ., ! 1.. 'liA
:. Iihave the honor to be,
.- Your ob't ssry't, ~
- ROBERT ACRES.
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STARTLING RUMoRs.-It is said that a
Methodist preacher in Southwestern Vir.
ginia, in riding around his circuit, lost his
way and stopped at house for some direc'
tions. sAn ;oId lady came out, and, after
giving him sas'dssired information, asked
him if he had any news. He said he had
not and asked her if she had any.
eyes" said she. '"There WAS an e'cer.
ter come slang here this morning and said
that the Yankees was a mortityin over al
Blacksbusg, and mr.. Goszias eritsar coz''
pany come along and drove 'em away. he
said the news had come on the pettigrass
sutrs, to Gbristiansbarg, that the preserues
was all called out aud the State of Virginny
was to be. .vaccinetsa; and while, he was
tsfipgit, the Rrov6sin guard come along
and sntersssed him" t". 4
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TABLE OF DIsTANcEs.-As operations
have been resumed on the line Of railway
between Atlanta and Chattanooga, we give
the following statement showing 'the dis
tances between the principal points in that
direction: From Atlanta to Vining; s
miles; Vining to Marietta, II; Marietta to
Acworth, Is; Acworth to Aliatoona, 5 !;
Alla:oona to Gainesville, Z; Gainesville to
Cass, S; Cass to Kingston, 7; Kingston to
Adsirsville, 10; Adairsville to Calhoun g.;
Calhoun to Resaoa, 6; Resaca to Tiltop, 7 !;
Tilson to Dalton, 9; Dalton to Tunnel Hill,
7; Tunnel.Hill to Ripggold, 8; Ringgold
to johnson, 5; johnson to Chicamaqga, 8 !;
Chicamauga to Boyce, s; Boyce to Chat
tanooga, 5 miles. Total distance from At
lanta to Chattanooga, I3S miles! Z :
Rome is situated ON branch of this rail:
way, and is 20 miles west of Kingston,
which is the point of junction:
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A SUBsTITUTE.-A wealthy gentleman
in New Jersey, a few days since, enlisted as
substitute stalwart and patriotic Canadi.
an, paying him $500, and expending a con.
siderable sum for an outfit. When they par
ted the recruit promised, 7atth request of
his principal sto write at the first Yopportuni.
ty. The gentleman was little surprised
atrcceivinga a letter from his man dated One
beck, informing him that his money had en-.
abied the substitute and his wife to setup
corner grocery, and that they we're doing
we'll, and thai ifhis patron would give MIN
O, call he should have a,drink gratis. =
=. - Yankee paper.
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INDIAN TRoUB1Es.-Northerh papers Of
late dates state that tie Rarlike combination
ofthe Iodian tribes from Texas to the Nor
thern boundary, is assuming alarming pro.
portions. The most inhuman buteheries Of
men, women and children, have already oc-
Cured. Homes have been devastated, and
enormous robberies perpetrated. Hostile
tribes Of Sioux, Greeks, and Camanohes,
are said to be overrunniug the region be-
tween the Platte and Arkansas rivers in
such numbers as to almost,preVent any in
tercourse with the more Western territories.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs at
Washington has received information from
colorado that the war appears to be extend
ingeto all.the tribes of the plains. g..
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NUMBER in B q.

Two ONE LEGGED GoMAANDERs. 1T
is observed by those curious ID coincidence,
that both the commsnders-in-chief of the
confronting armies at Atlanta, Hoodshd
Sherman, have left aleg on the battle 6sld.e
Gen. Sherman has, however, physieally aa
advantage oyer bis opponeptiin the nae of
both bis arms, while Gen. Hood has only q.
stump in the place Of one Of bis. General
Sherman lost his leg in the repulse from
Port Hudson, Gen. Hood in tbs victory sf
The only Thing that spoils tie coincidsnss
lis, that W. T. Sherman, the Yankee Gen
eral at Atlanta, never lost . leg, while Gen.
Hood never LOST an ARM though he has g
wounded one. TN. Sherman, ,sa Biga-'
disr General under Banks, LOST 9 lsg in
My, ys 1853, ,5Ps a' Port III 1Hudsen;-Risawssa ia
L f'sSS' : z
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FoR LEES ARMY.-Large numbers of
consalescent and furloughed soldiers are
returning to their commands. We observ.
ed particularly the crowded state of the cars
yesterday morning, says the Charlotte Times
of the 4th. The platforms and the space
betFeen the seats were filed. AS many as
six hundred have been knogn.to pass in
one day, sand the cry is still they COME"
IF Gen Lees army has many such tributa.
ries, it must be filling up its ranks rather
rapidly. y.-~Pstsrsdwfy E1prsss.
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SINGULAR OooURRENoEi-A eeTespon-
dent of the Rebel, writing from East Point,
Ca, August 20, relatesthe following: i
Among other freight for Shipment, we
noticed at tie East Point depot yesterday,
a coffin, under the immediate charge Of a
lady with whom there is connected . strange
history.@-I give it asTelatsd by the lady
herself. In '82, Mr.. B. b - = volunteered
in Georgia regiment, then, as now, in tbs
army of Virginia. about q year ago, the
wife IF Mf. B. -, = hearing that her hus.
band was killed in an engagement with the
enemy, proceeded to Virginia and brought
home his remains and inferred them in her
garden. After a widowhood Of seven or
eight months, Mrs. b was welded
to another, whom she has lived happily un.
til'recently, when their happiness was bro:
ken in upon, by The Sudden arrival of her
first husband, who had been taken. prisoner
at the time he was supposed TO have been
killed. 80 %.
But the strangest part OF the story Is yet
to come. A few days after the singular
reappearance oftMr R--.:-., a'lady arri-
we'd from Tirginfa, and claimed the corpse
buried in the garden as;that Of her husband,
who bore thessaine name as our resurreeted
hero. This was the lady whom we saw at
East Point, on theeve ofaceompanying the
corpse back to Virginia forinterment there:
It. seems that both men we're members Of
the same regiment, and instead of the Geor.
gia lady's husband being killed and the
other taken prisoner, as was supposed, it
was just the reverse. So =
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SOUTHERN SENTIMENT.--One remark
in Gen. Cobb's speech, OF the recent public
meetipg.iu Macon, brought down, loud and
long continued applause, interrupting his
address for some time. He said; owe
have long been accustomed to regard the
Yankees as the meauest and mostinfamous
people on earth. This is a mistake, and I
must beg even the Yankees pardon, ,forihis-
representing them. There are some meaner
aud more Infamous still, and they are those
who are willing togo back and live with
the Yankees" ..'.. =. t-ai .-'.et
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EXTRACT FROM A YANKEE LETTER.
A member of the Fifth Georgia regiment,
on duty at the Race Course, near this city,
says the Charleston Courier, communicates
to a, Georgia paper the following extract
from letter written by Yankee prisoner
to his mother: 60 -.'%7'- ''.-''. > -
Yor7are aware that my gme isout, as is
a great many others, and still our Govern
meut refuses to release us after eight or
twelve months imprisonment. 1t seems
that they have got NIL they want out Of us,
and I cannot blame those men who have
Been prisoners eight, ten andtwelve months,
and some two years, destitute Of clothing,
and deprived of all the necessaries Of life
I say that cannot blame them when I
hear them talk of taking the oath not to
take eup arms against the Confederate States,
and going to work in factories; &c. 1fpeo.
pie call them traitors, the Government has
made them so, for I know that they could
release those men whose time is1ont. But
you nesd'have mo fears on my account, for
I5shall never adisgrace you. ttI' can die, If
die I must, but death before dishonor. u
IF we are kept prisoners all winter, God
help us. The people here are very'kind
and do all they can for as. I used to think
that Charleston ought to be burned, but it
is not SO. The soldiers and. officers are all
gentlemen, and treat us like men. They
are all anxious to see us exchanged. -
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IMPORTANT 70 DETArLED 2Mss. saThe
instructions issssd by aopsnipt tbasius
under order ofths Adjutant GspeEsly ylayo,
king all. details. shows TO detailed men,
who voluntarily report to Camp Lee, With
out delay, to choose 5uch companiestas they
prefer toenset. Those who have sGbeaers
ried tothe camp under, eompalsiea yilsaes
30 allowed this, privilege, Detailed men
will thus see that il is.to be their interest 70
report PROMPTLY ID ID aToiaa asEa'4 s'S
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=. ALL DUToH-Geuor Hampton hsd.the
pleasure, iuohisi engagement on Saturday
afternoon, .toeaptureo onshundrst andawen:
tyfour men fof!ths.35th MassaS Shdsasregi-
meut, every one of whom is ,ap uladultefa-
ted Rutehman. I They hagends beeninthis
country long enough to;spssk -thssimplaat
words of our language. .ZHs?Ea
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Of brethren andassistern were shuflin their
extramities in solum and histerick beanty.
Just so the big paniks seemed to inspire the
good people of Atlanta. The frstrgood
shake that oekurred in Peach street was a
foul contagion thai soon spread its. orful
trembies from the barracks to- the fair
grounds, sHeepin in its all gstherinscourse
the existed population who peepled it's biszy
strsets. -, J. g4'-fr- -: +! aGa:'f
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I.5WoRrH KMow1Naa-Angexchangea
clres that corn ,stalks.R SAVED, .sre. fully
equal to the same weight ofhsy Prspals
them BY cutting into pieces Of half an inch
in length, aud place in hogsheads. Throw
in Que galloh of boiling water, scontaining
onsrgiiI Of salt cover the .hogsbsaaNish'a
blanket -sAs.staams swells' and scfseasfhs
stalk add little s meal, and aaEiE ifEssed' oths
cle::a, ca!sle:: bGs oq o. sya5 z;s .a-sx-sg
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Feace, tanyaHow.s

: A! hopeful correspondents RriteaS to 1.-THE
Mobile Register from Clinton Louisiana;
GAS to the results. of the next election, fsr, 9
Yankee President, I believe it win make
but little difference 70 THE South Who suc.
ceeds. If Lincoln i iisesesaected, thais VIII
be a:Westetn revolution ahd Gonfsdsracy
before the 4th Of March psxts aIfthe Mcs
Clellas is elected, Lincoln Jill Z mske, pssss
before the. 4th Of March. Keep this in
yS1>sG ri:;ss 2O8 IS S5E-c alsiX
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Who ARE THE SOLDIERS FAMILIES
UNDER THE ACT ?-That "bonded" farm.
ers may see and know who constitute "Sol-
diers' Families" within the meaning of the
act of Congress exemptiAg them upon con-
dition of selling their surplus produce to
the government or to the families of soldiers
at prices fixed by the Commissioners Of the
State, under the following paragraph from
General Orders, No. SO, issued from the
A. & 1. G.. Office, August 9th, 1864,
which is SO plain in its provisions that they
cannot be misunderstood.
CIV. The families of soldiers, as descri.
bed in the said act, are the families compo.
sed of the wife and children of any person
who belongs to the army; the widow OF
widow and children of any person who died
while in. the service; the mother and sis.
ters of any soldier or soldiers in the army,
and who reside with them as members in
the same family or were dependent on them
as members in the same family or were de-
pending upon their labor for support; the
parents or sisters of any person belong
ing to the army, yho resided. in the same
family with them and who derived from
them support" ... T.. e.. :.
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'.~- rs. HAYM0ND.
Wan DsRARqmssT, Sept. ~, 1854.

Wan DsRARqMBNT, Sept. ~, 1864.
G6a. z. s. HaJaaoad =,
s1R:-T proceed to reply to the inquiries
submitted 10 the letter Of the 2lst instant,
which yoa handed to me this morning, rel
atiEe to the rights of soldiers families to
purchase provisions from ,agricufturalists,
exempt fsom military service or detailed
under the act of Congress of 18th February
last. One Of the objects ofsthas act Was to
secure the production Of grain and progis-
ioas abundantly, and that they should be
sold at reasonable prices, (tspriees net ex.
csediag these fixed by the Commissioners
of the State under the rimpressmept act, y
to the government and the families of sol.
diers.
In General Orders, No. 60, this Depart
ment has undertaken to describe the per-
sens uho are entitled to purchase, as be-
longing 10 the class dsnominated as f'the
families Of soldiers" in this act. Thesife
or the wife and children ofa person belong
ing to the army; the widow or the widow
and children of a person VINO died in ser
vice !; the parents, or sisters Of any person
belonging to the army, and who were-ip
any wise dependent upon him for support,
are enumerated as persons who may exer'
else the privilege conferred by the aot.
In order that this privilege may be en-
joyed the Orders directed the Coumissary
Department to leave a portion of the mar
kstsble surplus in each district unappropri-
atsd, in order that the families Of soldiers
might use the privilege to make purchases
The Orders also direct that the agents
appointed by the public authorities of the
State, county or town to supply food for
the families of soldiers might purchase the
portion unappsopriated fas the benefit OF
those under their care.
There was no intention to give to those
agents the exclusive right to make such
pnEehasss. The Department has no power
to limis the operation Of the. act Of Con.
gress, or to discriminate among the families
Of soldiers, those who shall alone enjoy it,
This Order was designed simply to facilitate
the commissioners thus appointed in the,
performance of the trust committed to them,
by public recognition Of their right to
make purchases under the act. A sale by
an agriculturist embraced in the act, to the
families Of: soldiers, rs described in the
Order, in reasonable quantities, will be in
compliance with his obligation under the
act Of Congress. Very respectfully,
..>1sg J,Aa CAMPBELL,
.....s - Asst Sec'ry Of War.