Journal and Confederate, 1865-05-08

ers, because a soldier can take five or six prisoners in the time required to kill one man." "It is a principle," says the Prince, "in the French army, that an attack, when once resolved upon, can nev<rbe executed too soon or I too rapidly. In Italy, fire seldofh lasted a quarter of an hour before thoy eame to the bayonet; oftenti es they" did not bu$p a cartridge during the attack. It appears now that the French attack at a full run, to which they I are exercised during peace, so that, when they [ reach the enemy, they are not out of breath. The Prince claims many of these principles as of Prussian origin. He believes that they are i not even the proauct of the French national ! character, and that the temperament of the J Prussian soldiers is admirably adapted to their 'adoption. In conclusion, be proposes first to j employ riflemen by columns of o^e company | each; second, to dispose the armed in depth rather than in breadth, which increases the ! power of resistance on the flanks, and prevents

in which lie calls on the sheriffs and magistrates of the different districts in the State to combine their efforts for the detection of those who are engaged in viola"ting the law in this respect. He also issues an address to the people of the State, calling on the agents of the State to have turned over to them all subsistence stores and property of the Confederate States within the limits of the State?the same to be use for the relief of the people of the Stalo. Ho also states that it is in the highest degree obligatory on said agents, who receive these supplies to provide out of them freely to the soldiers of this and pilier States passing through our limits who may need aid. Important Communication. IVe are indebted, says the Columbia Phoenix*, to his Excellency the Governor for the following despatch, which he has received from Gen. Johnston*. The great anxiety which is felt throughout-the State, induced tho Governor to give publicity, without delay to the information it conveys. Its official announce -

""l ?"r?r" ' The past winter in Europe appears to have been more severe than in this country. In Scotland, the snows have been almost unprecedented. Deer and all kinds of game were s" anted out. (Jreat numbers of sheep perishi-d, aud even lions- s were so covered up with snow, that the neighbors bad to assist in digging out the inhabitants. The English poor have been great sufferers during the winter from the cold and want of employment, especially among the cotton spinners, A very curious ease of smuggling on/tho Canadian border has recently been detected,, for which the law provided no remedy. It seems that the smuggler built his house immediately upon the boundary line, with an entrance from the north and south. He canthus bring British or American goods into his. house? without paving duties to either Govern- .

XX1C U UJL X' XgJLLLXJ-Lg LilC f French Army. Prince Frederick Charles, of Prussia, in a pamphlet printed Foine years ago, gave us ilie first principle of the French' army, that the French soldier always marches forward ; the secoud, lie says, is, that moral is superior to physical force. So Marshal Canrobert, when lie had a cOup dc nwin on his hands in the Crimea, always asked his soldiers : ' Do you fc.-l equal to it.'" They never answered "No;" and the promise which tlmt themselves had given to their General was the guarantee of their success. Tito third principle of the French, according to the Prince, is, to hold themselves in a serried colum'n against an enemy which is hat'iy disciplined and unaccustomed to military manoeuvres ; and 011 tfie cmiIrarv. to fiirlit with disordered tanks and like

skirmishers when they have to do with regular ami- well disciplined troops. The fourth Frcin-li principle is, never to defend themse'ves passively. Of this the IViucc says: "If it happens that the French are attacked bv a close coliiuiu, they proceed in this way, ami it is especially excellent when the attack is i.ot suppoited by a corps dc reserve. The French riflemen give way at the point of attach; the attacking column, imagining that this is the commencement of a retreat, pushes on, but' soon the riflemen present a new front; one or two cohrmus advance; the shaipshooters snr,round the enemy on all sides; he hesitates ; he loses time ; lie cannot turn back ; there he is compelled to fight, and is abandoned to his fate. The French soldiers are ordered in this ease not to kill anv more, but to make fuison -

extremely unfit for human ears. 6. It is foolish; "want of decency is a want of sense."?Pope. 7. It is abusive?to the mind which conceives the oath, to the tongue which utters it, and to the person to whom it is aimed. 8. It is voneinous; showing a man's heart to be a nest of vipers ; and every time he swears, one of them sticks out of bis head. 9. It is contemptible?Toifeiting the respect of all the wise and good. 10. It is wicked ; violating the Divine law, and provoking the displeasure of Iliin who will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. Oranges and Lemont in California.? The attempt to grow oranges and lemons in California is every year becoming more successful. The princiyal groves are at LosAni? _1 4.V.,.?n nra lialfa dozen ITieU CO -

Fine Wheat Chops. ? After making enquiry. W many formes and planters, not-only of our own district;, but tliose living abroad, we learn that tlie prospect of an abundant wheat crop is bettor than has been known for many years. , Great Britain ?The revenue returns for the financial year, ending March 21, show a net increase of ?104.000 on the year. Notwithstanding the great/ reduction in taxation, the revenue exceeds by nearly half a million sterling the estimates of Mr. (it.vnstone. The Bank of England, on the 20ih March, reduced its rate of discount to 4 per cent., at which their ?ds a lair demand for money. 1 his movement strengthened the English funds, aud consols tiro buoyant and advancing. From the accouuts published in Northern papers, il

geios, Wlieic tuuv o.v ...... gaged in the business. Oranges are grown in other places in the State, but mainly in gardens, and for private use. There were about 60,000 oranges and 3O.000 lemons grown last year at LosAngeloB; this year, nearly 100,000 oranges and 40,000 lemons have been raised in that vicinity. The oranges grown this year are larger and in every way better than last year's crop, and sold at. the grove at ?3 per hundred.' The largest growers are two Frenchmen at the Mission San Gabriel, whose crop last year amounted to about 25,000 oranges, beside a quantity of lemons. The Sabbath is the green oasis, the little grassy meadow in the wilderness, when after a-oat dav's iourncv, the pilgrim halts for