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VERY well," said I, "I viii give it to You.
.no9gh am by no means certain that am not
paying more than ten times its value"
Ahe above may serve as a specimen Of my Dur.
cnsses 1 soon bought the twenty-five at prices
ranging from two to dollars as the fear on ava
I.ce OF tne seller predominated. Towards the las,
nearly made up, great competition was excited and
Prices lcll exceedingly. I could then have bought
= many as y pleased for next to nothing. Tho>e
.hs nS nad not sold. went away bitterly bswailing
"Aher paying to each man his money, locked
ny new purchases in . safe room, telling them
taa. IN few days the Devil would visit them Tor in
ssn Of peace with the United States The roeues
we're IN high spirits conscious Of the intrinsic worth
iessnsss OF the property they had transferred and
war Tor the consummation Of the contract, it would
be long enough, in all reason, for their purposes-
They remained in their prison very busily engaged
was sEformcd that by night there was not . single
one Of them who had not made small fortune BY
his spec,!lations." Upon the Devils reappearanoe.
five substitutes, demanded receipt in full.
"Mr. Trevor" said he. looking scornfully and
offended, 4" had a better opinion Of you than TO
suppose that you would attempt to cheat me in this
shameful manner. Do you think to pay your debts
to Inc in that which Is my own property already y
This is the same as if you owed your neighbor
twenty-five cattle, and were to go into his field and
take beast with his brand on them, and offer them
to him payment. These men all have my mark
on them. There is a fellow who has made the WI
dows and cdren Of soldiers starve by his operations
in flour, and not of the m but has the blood Of
innocents whom his extortions have murdered-the
only blood he has seen during the war-upon his
head. The tears of misery, the dying groans they
have caused, have filled all hell with rapture. And
besidcs to put the matter another ground, this
is no compliance with my offer, for these creatures
have no souls, will show yeu."
The Devil, it is to be understood, is a wonder.
fully skillfl chemist and knows how to analyse all
substances, whether material or spiritual. In eew
moments he erected furnace, seized one Of the
Spectators, and disengaged from the body that
which in these animals supplies the place OF soul:
1t stood up before me thing utterly strange and
indeserbable. lie put it into large crucible, re-
duced it to fluid mass, and then separated the COM
ponent parts 1t consisted Of
Parts IN thousand.
cunning lII.
Dishonesty ........,................l25.
Sneakingness ..........................l25.
Avarice rice.............. ...............25O $50.
Na,neless and numberles small vices lao.
Bacon and Cabbage, Apple Brandy and Sor-
| "There," said the Devil, holding it up, "do you
call that thing soul"
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A LITTLE LESSON FOR WELL-DIsPosED
WIyEs-"W is it." asked lady,
"that so many men are anxious to get
rid of their wives?" Because" was
the reply, $50 few women exert them
selves after marriage to make their pre-
sence indispensable to the happiness of
their husbands!" When husband and
wife have become thoroughly accustomed
to each other-when all the little battery
of charms which both played off so
skillfully before the wedding day had
been exhausted-too many seem to
think that nothing remains but the
clanking of the legal chains which bind
them to each other. The wife seeks to
develop in her affections no new at
traction for her husband; and the lat
ter, perceiving the hpsus, begins to
brood over an uncongeniality which
does not exist, and to magnify the
ills that do exist into unsurpassable oba
stacles in the way of his earthly felicity.
This is the true secret. The woman who
charmed before marriage can charm after
ward, if she will, though not, Of course,
by the same means. There are thou
sand ways, if she will only study them
out, in which she can make home so at.
tractive that her husband will uncon.
sciously dislike to absent himself from
it, and SO she car readily make herself
the particular deity Of the domestic para
disc. This done, she may quietly laugh
at all attempts to ALLEVIATE her husbands
inclinations and with those inclinations
will always 60, in such cases, his active
judgment.
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All history has shown that tho nation
with most slaves in ancient times was,
ceterls paraJus, the most powerful in
war, and it is the remark of one of the
best American students of antiquity
that if there had been a State in Greece
without slaves, the probability is, it would
quickly have been overthrown by the
neighboring slave States. We find, in
the Jewish system, slavery formally es.
tablished by q Divine decree. Long be-
fore the foundation of that system, we
find the patriarch Abraham going to
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ooh, a dainty plant is the ivy green,
Creeping over dead mems graves"

The "ivy green" of this war is the
spectators and cxtortioners. If they
have short life, it is a merry one. The
ugliest feature in this whole struggle has
been the development Of spirit of
money-making so Unsuitable that neither
patriotism, conscience nor religion can
restrain its excesscs, nor even teach it
to blush. 1t is horrid sight, after a
great battle, to see dogs and swine de-
vouring the dead and every one feels
disposed to kill the brutes on the spot.
Yet, except that they go on four legs,
and have no fastidiousncss upon the
subject of fattening themselves on human
flesh, we see no difference between them
and the two-legged animals who grow
rich and panpered upon the hearts
blood of their country. If the doctrine
Of transmigration Of souls were true, VIZ
can easily imagine that spectators and
extortioners pass after this life into the
bodies of those animals which feed upon
the carcases of fallen heroes. In book
of Judge johnson, of South Carolina, a
story is told, intended to illustrate the
bargaining and avaricious traits Of New
England money-lovers, which, with some
notifications, we may apply with equal
Justice to our own extortioners and
spectators. Henry Trevor, the hero
of tho book in question, had signed
bond with the Devil, some Thirty
years before, bartering away his soul for
certain period of uninterrupted plea
sure and prosperity. At the appointed
hour, the. Devil appears, but, upon his
urgent entreaties, gives him respite of
four days, and even makes him this
liberal proposition: provided that you
will deliver to me at the close of the
war the souls Of twenty-five other per-
sons, l will take them as substitute for
yours, and agree to cancel your bond"
We shall now let Trevor tell his own
story:
instantly set to work and published the follow
ing advertisement:
"'Wanted to Purchase, immediately. .tventy: :hfe
souls Being very anxious to obtain them, ana an
having abundance Of money, the subscriber Is vi IL
ing to allow high price. andto pay the cash down.
"Expecting. Of course. great difIicuty in finding
out persons willing to sell, employed most OF the
day in circulating this notice rs widely as
bic Upon returning to my house. however, l found
several hundred persons already assembled 70 ties
with me. They were all speculators ana some .. :n
them had made large fortunes IN Hour, Others ~
salt others in beef ana bacon others in wool anu
:sWel nv friend" said I, accosting enc Of them,
What viii you take for your soai!"
"What are YOU going 10 dowith !. 3! inquired nc.
"i want il to 70 to the Old boy in my place."
replied. as..,., -.
YOU wanted TO melt II up in charity. Well, seeing
have no use for it, you may have il cheap. Iwil
tars four hundred dollars In Confederate nctes os
IN dollars In specie, for my SOUL
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battle with force of slaves, which the
Scriptures inform US were "born in his
house and bought with his money"
The Egyptians held slaves, as their
monuments prove, and many of these
slaves were negroes, as is clear from the
representations on the royal sepulchres.
The Greeks held vast numbers at the
time Of their greatest strength, and each
nation in proportion to its powers in war.
Sparta had eight slaves to one freeman,
and Athens nearly as many. The slaves
of these nations greatly aided in their
splendid conquests. At Plataea five
thousand Spartans were attended by
thirty-five thousand Helots as light
troops.
Slavery increased pari passu in Rome
with the greatness of that country until
the number of slaves in and around
Rome exceeded the freemen in the pro~
portion of twelve and fifteen to one.
Industrial pursuits were almost entirely
intrusted to slaves and freedmen, and as
the country advanced these were en-
rolled as soldiers and trained as gladia~
tors. 1t was only with the disappear
ance Of slavery that domination of Rome
over the rest of the world passed away;
that her manners became corrupt, and
she fell an easy prey to northern barba~
rians.
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PROCLAMATION BY THE PEEST =
DENT, APPOINTING a DAY OF FAST

l DENT, APPOINTING DAY OF FAST
ING. HUMILIATION AND PRAYER, WITH
IIANKSGITING.-The Congress Of the Confede-
g. States have, by joint resolution, invited me
70 appoint a day Of public tasting, humiliation and
prayer, With Thanksgiving, 70 Almighty God.
1t j. our solemn duty a. ali times, and more es-
fpedallv il se4s0. Of public trial and adversely,
toA knowledge our dependence on His mercy, and
e tow III h;.rLle submission before His foocs.ooi
oortcs,ing our manifold SINS suppcating lbs sra.
iou- pardon, In .,oling lis Divine help, and de-
youjly rendering thanks for the many and srea.
..eings which lie has voucfsafed to US.
Let tie hearts Of oar people turn contltcy and
:ru~tf4lly unto Gol let Us recognize in His cha
,.,rnlg hand Tie correction Of a Father, and sub
nl,iyey pay 4, at the trials and sutfeIinss which
have 50 long borne heavily upon US may be turned
away by Ills lnorcifl1 love; that His sustaining
E't- be elyen - or people, and His divine wisdom
impaired 70 cur rulers; that the Lord Of Hosts viii
b. T-1 our armies, and fight for against our
enc,s; and that lie will gra.ously take our cause
into lis hand and n,ercifuiiy estahiSh"or us
.asjn5 Just ana honorable peace and independence.
Ahd let u not forget 10 render erto lis holy
cSlne He thanks and praise which so Justly due
"T ll' great goodness, and for the many mercies
'A'cl lie has extended to US amid the trials and
sut.rInsa Of proLracted and bloody war.
Ao%, therefore, l, JEFFERSON DAVIS, Presi-
tet Of tA2 Confederate States Of America, do issue
tns my proclamation, appointing FRIDAY, the
10TH day 9. March next, day of public fasting,
humiliation and prayer, with thankssiving,l for
invoking the favor and guidance Of Almighty
Tod > ard do earnestly invite all soldiers and
Ch<ets 10 observe the same il spirit Of reverence
I-nl'Fce and prayer.
-, Given under my hand and the seal Of
SEAL, the Confederate States, at Richmond, this
N.~~' twcnty-titth day Of January, in the year
Of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty
N'e' JEFFERSON DAVIS.
BY the President:
D. l. BtN'AMIN, Secretary Of State
Ia 26-3tawtd
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MORNING. G..."......MARCH 2, 1865.


fall Of the little city Of Charleston "a
place which would scarcely make a
good size ward Of the city of New York.,
after seige Of four years, and an over~
whelming preponderance of land and
naval forces, is equal to that of the
French when Napoleon, with thirty five
thousand ragamuflins, whipped the whole
of Europe. As the little Confederate
bantam lies in the pit, "its back to the
earth and its face to the sky" the great,
big, unconquerablc roosters, gobblers,
eagles, 7ultures, and birds of every race,
who have at last brought down the game
little chicken, rend the air with their tri-
umphant cries. They crowd round the
diminutivc carcase, turn it over and rip
it open to see what it has got in its
crop, and generally agree that such a
terrifcally sublime achievement as the
subjugation Of that small bird was un-
paralleled in war. After this, let tho
Car look to Cronstadt and England to
Gibraltar. If it requires only four years
to take Charleston, how long could any
stronghold of Europe resist the great
and inyincible fleets and armies of the
all conquering American nation?
A ANorthern journal, somewhat envious
of the glory which the d;minutive sea-
port of Charleston has obtained, endea-
vors to detract from its merits by saying
that the Notifications which have en-
abled it to hold out so long were origi~
nally constructed by the United States
Government. If that " ere true, it does
not much help the matter, for the strong
est of those Notifications (Fort Sumter)
was taken by General Beauregard in
few hours, whereas the United States
required four years to retake it; and
could not have taken it then, and never
could have taken it, but for the evacua-
ton Of the city, in consequence Of the
unobstructed march of General Sherman
through Georgia.
And, after all, the Yankees taking
Charleston, or taking Savannah, or
taking any other city or section of the
Southern Confederacy, is only doing,
with great amount Of fuss and blood
Shed, what they had done quietly and
more cflectually before the war by the
peaceful methods of trade and commerce.
Not only Charleston, but the whole
South, was taken a good many years
ago, and to some purpose, when tariffs,
coasting laws and bounties rendered
every slaveholding State tributary to
Northern manufacture and commerce !;
when Northern industry supplied every
article of clothing, of household furni-
ture, every agricultural implement in the
South; when Northern books, Northern
literature and Northern theology welded
the sceptre over our minds and sou]s.-
Whether it good bargain to exchange
such an occupation as that for the do
minion of brute force, we leave it to
Northern ingenuity to calculate when
its passions have cooled down sufficiently
to allow it to work out the sum. We
are inclined to think that, even if sue
cassful in arms, it could never compel
from subjugated people, the returns
which are chiefly yielded by contented
and hopeful population.
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which has been Tor some time IN abey-
ance, is undergoing at this time another
attempt at solution by British enterprise.
Of the principles and manner on which
this new effort is being made, we have
little information in this blockaded re~
gion. 1t may not be uninteresting, in
this connection, to give brief sketch of
ocean telegraphy.
In 1850, an unsuccessful attempt was
made to connect England and France by
a submarine telegraph. A vessel bear
ing a copper wire inclosed in gutta
percha, intended for this purpose, started
from Dover and succeeded in paying out
the wire and conveying the other end to
the French coast. The printing instru-
ment was attached, and several COM
munications exchanged between England
and France; but the next morning COM
munications ceased, and it was evident
that the insulation was destroyed. 1t
was found that the wire had been snapped
asunder, constructed, as it was, without
any power of resistance to the action of
the waves. The next year more sub
stantial cable was laid successfully
This cable contained four copper wires,
each covered with gutta percha, SO as to
afford four separate conductors. These
were twisted into a four-strand rope,
served round with tarred hemp and
covered with strong galvanized iron wire.
In the course of repairs afterwards, it
appeared that the outer wires were in
places corroded, especially where the
cable lay on rocks, and was subject to
attrition and exposed to the action of the
water. The extent of corrosion in differ
ent parts varied very much for instance,
the cable came up for short length very
good where it had lain in sand or mud,
and also where it had got covered with
shells, which, in some cases, made coat
ing of couple of inches thick upon it
in places, on the other hand, where it
was exposed to the water, it was almost
entirely eaten away. Where the iron
wires were loose and UNFINISHED, so that
the water could wash through them to
the hemp, the yarn was rotten. In other
parts, where the hempen case was close
ly surrounded by the wire, and fully
saturated with the tar, it was still in
good order. The gutta percha covering
the copper wires was in perfect condi~
ton.
This line, of not quite twenty-six miles
in length, was followed by other and
more important enterprises. Between
1851 and 1863, lines were laid between
England and ireland, and England and
Belgium. In 1863, the Electric and In
ternational Telegraph Company laid a
submarine telegraph, one hundred and
fifty.five miles in length, from Oxford
ness to Schevening, in Holland. These
lines were all comparatively short and
in shallow water, but, in 1866, the re-
quircments Of the war in the Crimea led
to the construction of line between
Balaklava and Varna, from which may
be dated new era in Ocean Telegraphy.
This line was three hundred and ten
miles long, and served, to some cx-
tent, as basis for ascertsining tho law
which governs the retardation Of the
electric current in long lines of subma-
rine telegraph. Three hundred miles Of
~x
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i. FARLEY & CO.,
i COMMISSION MERl HANTS AND
\ MERCHANDISE BROKERS'

i. FARLEY & CO.,
/. COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND
MERCHANDISE BROKERS,
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA,
coRyER OF kLKvrNTH AND CARY STREETS,
...f,lIy offer their services to the public in the
,.taCIty. Oar acquaintance with the trade
-..- REGULAR advantages TO those having PRO
Ii-gE Of all kinds for disposal.
r,.E.t attention VII be gwen 10 purchase SIOChS,
COLLECTION OF ACCOUNTS, &c.
REFERS TO
u. T. williams & Co, Richmond.
Davenport & Co, Richmond.
4 f. * J. D. itrvey, Richmond.
J. II. Conrad. Chester, Virginia.
VT. Anderson & Co, Lynchburg, Virginia.
T u. Neal, Danvlllo, Virginia.
JIlrl.s Il iiowen, Wilmington, North Carolina.
George Alden, Camden, South Carolina.
james Dunlop, Camden, South Carolina.
T. 4. williams, Clarksvilie, Virginia.
Samuel B. Raglard Richmond. fe4-lm
EOUN ". GENTRY & CO,
= COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
No. IS MAIN sI2KET, RIcHMoSn, VIRGINIA,
wholesale and retail dealers in
BLOCKADE GOODS, SUFFERS STORES,
FANCY ARTICLES, &C. &c.
The finest assortment Of
Smoking ana Chewing Tobacco,
Foreign and Domestic Cigars,
Toilet Soaps, Writing Materials,
BgVg4ns, Fancy Articles, &c., constantly on
hand.
Just received.
100 dozen genuine Briar-root Pipes, of q very su-
pcrior quality, and
4 large lot Of Backing Brushes, &c.
An tx animation OF our stock Is respectfully
Also, for sale, two splendid China Tea Sets (com-
,lcteL fe Sim
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RIrsINESS NOTICES.

FIREMAN & Co,
Il AUCTIONEERS AND
4 COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
c,o.rp op MAS, AND NINTH STREETS,
,r.,;,a ja,;3rllv one of the best houses inahe
-. for he business, both in regard to Its situation
II ,2gi,v. We are prepared 10 receive and sell, to
- - a5yluf4cc. either at AUCTION OK fRl-
yATEI.Y. .CoNSI0SMENTs ct -S@
TOBACCO,
COUNTRY pk0DVtE,
LIQUORS,
DRY GOODS, ~
~u0USEnOLD and KITCHEN FCRNi-
TI'RE, and
MERCHANDISE OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Oar auction sales viii take place At our store every
WEDNESDAY. commencing At IL O'Clock A NJ
.,.>;r1,ncfts Will be received up to day OF sale
v,.wtll = So make sales Of HOUSEHOLD FUR
,lil-EE I the houses OF parties wishing 1t, upon
v.-.s,r2 2ill terms as they can be made
Nom our experience III the business, beng OF INC
~, Grm # Williamson < Co, and picd8ing S"lct
...ntiou to the interests Of conSgnorS, with quick
..> and rromp. returns, solicit the atrohaGe
q. - public. FREEMAN ",
hul.!ouccrs and Commission Merchants,
rh o-lw corner Of Main ana Ninth streets.
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.-t>y AIrCrIoN AND COMMISSION

Z Nv ~ - II ,.1.'-, - - ,7or5;a7as -
(A-,'r, formed a co-rartncr,hip, under the name
Ifi ~,tl-o oi EEGNACLT Co, for the purpose
~ conducting a GENERAL AUCTION AND COM
MISSION BUSINESS, DO respectfully oiler their
services and solicit Tie patronage OF their friends
I'd tie public generally.
On tie !St March they viii be prepared toreccive,
~ ,or, lrnment, all kinds of country produce and
rret.udise of every descrp.I0n to be sold by alc-
t,. " private sale.
Bv . ssriet attention 10 business, with quick sales
ar4 prompt returns, they pc to share portion
a ,,b.io patronage
They will attend day sales at stores and private
U.S. !,nco3 OH reasonable terms.
JOHN i. REGNAULT,
WILLIAM L.. MAULE.
T. ct ". }. BENIiL.
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OIltk.-In consequence Of the in
creased taxes Of one hundred per cent upon
,e LAX. Of The year 1854 by the Confederate Go.
we Hereby give notice that from this date,
"a IiSes ior commission and taxes on all sales
INJURIES viii be ten per cent.
HILL, DICKINSON & CO.,
SOC :. n. NJ. LEE,
~ NJ S. n DAVI & co
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nj uhLo o FOR SALE--a pair of the
on.e. A''S' Ii the State. Address c., Dispatch
e 28-Sts
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tECiAL NOTICE. - Just foceived,
IIe;i t1,Is1 siilasaad -. yards Of BLEACHED ENG
~ i-o,o CLOTH, which we will sell lover than
~ ''Aer house ia the city, ''' '~'- 'O"N' ''''
mi %. kAGLAND & PAYNE,
~-r-t 81 corner of Broad and Fourth streets.
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EOR SALE, "a first class FAMILY
"a hanJ, well Known ia this city, full size, fast
a1i9?ne, and stands without tying Also, q
f.. +,.1a ,D'ln pf-buG6Y and HARNESS, in per-
"a, -, 9. Apply At S,aH Stables on Eighth street,
- ~ az. thnreh. f. 23-2t@