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VOL. 1. Sards. X. B. GRE EX, Attorney & Counsellor at Law Marietta, Cobb County, Georgia, WILL practice, and give prompt attention to all business confided to his professional care, in the District Court at Marietta; The Su preme Court of Georgia at Atlanta: Ihe Superi or and Inferior Courts of the Blue Ridge Circuit, and the counties adjoining Cobb, of other Circuits. Special attention given to the collection o! debt’, and the securing of all manner of claims. Prompt and efficient attention will be given to all manner of business in the Courts of Ordinary in the county of Cobb and adjoining counties. PHILLIPS & BITRKII ALTE R ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Marietta, Georgia. WILL practice in Fulton, Paulding and all the counties of the Blue Ridge Circuit, in the Supreme Court, and in the District Court at Alari- WM. PHILLIPS, J- T. BURKHALTER. Jan. 1. I?- E. FAW. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Marietta, Georgia. WILL diligently attend to any business con fided to°his care in the counties of Cobb, Cheiokce, Milton and Paulding. , CLAIMS collected as soon as it can be done by law, and the money promptly paid over. ’Jan 20, 1861. notice. (lIB.CIJMSTANCES having prevented my re j moving West as contemplated —I offer my services to the public as ii Physician lor tnc ensu ing year. Office in Council's Building, up stair.-, where I can be »bund at w- H. HUNT, ATTORNEY at lava Marietta, Georgia. e. m.'lßLlen\ Marietta. Georgia. RATE!’! L io Hie citizens of Marietta and \ i- M vinify lor a liberal patronage during the pa I ten years is still prepared to perform all opera tions cither for preserving the natural, <n in ing artificial teeth, in the mo I approved manm r. « He solicits calls irom those who have '•<>•*/ A.m tecrA, os ho is using a preyar.ition lor tilling the most delicate teeth, no matter h -w hi’ lly decayed, if not otherwise diseased and ren icriug them Serviceable for years. It i- ah. 11 the. ,-ini" color as |.he te.e'h and will um. r ADIiL or di. ob.r th \i'l . Refers to citizens of Marietta for v.iwr.i he has operated during the past ten year ’. Tianis —CASH, unle-s by special contract Oflie,o South- ide of public .‘qniire. over the Post Office. Marietta, Ga , Jan. 1,1861. * DIL N. ST GOBER, reform physician. Marietta, Georgia. OFFERS his services to the citizens of Mar' ett? mid surrounding country. Office North side of the square over Pa; c A Ha ley’s Store. 1 eb 8, tt. CICERO C. W INN, COLLECTING LAWYER, Marietta, Georgia. -U »ZILL give his entire littenti ’n to the eolloe ' V tion of till claim entrust Ito his care. March 9, '6O. A. N. SI NIPSON, ATTORNEY at l.f 1 Marietta, Georgia. March 9, ’CO. GEORGE N. LESTER, ill Marietta, Georgia. WILT, practice in tlffi Blue Rid re Circuit, and in the Supreme Court of the State ; also in the District Court at Marict'.v. (Nov 2.">.) _ F. NL MYERS, attorney at eaw, Mnrlcttn, RrorgQi. Sss- Wil! attend to all business entm-te l to hi I earc. ierrm-M Denmcad A Wright, A. .1. Hau Sell, Irwin A L-stc-, Marietta. Gem 1. IL> . Sol. Cohen, an I S Yates Levy, Savanwa’i, Ga. Nov. 23, tt. PAVII> IRWIS, t:u EX! i t 111 IK. IRWIN & BITLEIL AttoriK'.vsai MLaviot Oi. Gcorgiai. B wain vs, confided to their pr.'fei-’ion i! manage moot in the following counties will b ■ I' it.h ly transacted, vi> ■ Cam; hell. Paul ling, P H. <’■ ; 'b. Cherokee. Forsyth, l.etnpkih. Fid I Milton, Abo in the. District Court .it Mari, t<. d <Su preuie Court at Atlanta. ma 1. ANDREW .». Attorney, Counsellor & Solicitor, Mnriet tn, G<‘<»ry;ia. Practices regtdarlx in tl D rietta. the Supnuiic Court vs G 'ic.i. a . . the Superior Court- ■ f Uiot ii wing . w Cobh, Forsyth. Flor L Cat ■ «. C . r \e •. P ding. Whitfield au*l Milt hi. 11 - At ■ ■ . - ly to M-i'iinn, a.i . ... . ? adjoining counties. Marietta. Jan. 1. 1861. C. D. PHILLIPS, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Marietta. tieorgln. February 22 1862. WAS.HIN G.T O N’. H ALL, Ytlantn oEwiiiiiA BY E. R. SASSEEN The Marietta Semi-We y. hi ite. (General gutaitfenndnU FOUR HORSE COACH LINE From Marietta to Cumming. THE subscriber ha?, in the aboveline a splendid Four Horse Conch, with excellent stock and careful drivers,by which passengers are put through in shorter time and with far greater convenience than formerly. JE’Lry attention will be paid t their comfort, and no exer lions spared to make this line equal to any South. This line connects w th Ihe A.& A. Railroad at Marietta, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for Cumming ; and return Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur lays : also connecting same days with the Hack to and from Dahlonega. 1. N. IIEGGIE. STILL AT THE OLD STAND’ OOO FKIHE undersiuned, thankful for past favors, is g still manufacturing and repairing CARRIAGES A N I> buggies OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, And No. 1 T I’o3l A?d AVsill all of the Best Style and Finish, All d all Wa r r anted. Repairing done in all the branches, as hernto fore. Al/ accounts due on enentation. Those in debted will please come forward and settle. Marietta, Jan. 1. HUMPHREY REID. STAPLE ATTD FANCY DRY GOODS. J. J. NORTHCUTT, & CO., Klarlctila, Georgia, g I AVE their full ply of Staple and Fancy 7) /i it n '/i 1? LAVIItS <1- SUPE R S O R SI!O E S J together with a genera', assortment of articles, ii li/cli thi' j arc eife inj on t l :' most J" roruble terms t Or TW* CASH !«$« Cull and bo convinced. [mar 2S ~jakmon &'ca.'«" excelsior Mills, Marietta, Georgia. rgNHIS French Burr Stone Mill, la elv put up in jl McEllresh’s building near the railroad, runs Every Wednesday and Saturday, and makes the finest quality of Men' and Grist. Coni Ground for Toll. nuir'l FAMILY STORE! GROVES & BI TNER, ggAVE opened in the Post Office Building, a ■ VARIETY family store- in wbi h will befound every article in the Grocery lire, liquors v xccpted, besides a great variety ot •other articles. They "ill sell f r I Cash ami Onfall I’roftls. C?a If* yeti wan: good COFFEE, TEA, SUGAR, i '■! .4. Syrup, Tobm-co, Yar:. or. any thing in that line, give us a call, and we warrant -ati.-fac t >n. e will also keep Foolscap and Letter Paper, Pins, ’iik. ai :1 ct: < r i.iti i f Stationery. CiH XTK Y PRODUCE f 1 taker ‘n barter on liberal terms july U. 18(5’1 ly E 1 WWed. ■rjuxnnx- be pur ’.” '’ V th- M..:ie>t.i £ I: iv. in K y -,’ir 1 tity. t-r w : :eh I three (b een s v-e. f - t will be pie i. if delivered alt! v.rd. .ING. H. GLOVER. A. ISAACS, Wholei-ali.' and retail Dealer hi MilHnery’and Fancy Goods, RIBBONS. F E ATI! E R S. FLOWERS, Ilea IDi - Embroideries. La es. Bl ndes, Ru. Per oil ry, Ac., .U . t oniw-llyIr« n Front Bttiidlng. White Hall Street, ATLANTA. GEORGIA. MARIETTA, GA., TUESDAY MORNING MAY 7, 1861. thwate. 3TAIMETTA, =• - MZA.Y »• Presidents Message. Gentlemen of the Congress It is my pleasint? duty to announce to ; you that ilir Constitution framed for the es tablishment of a permanent government forth e Confederate States has been ratified by Con ventions in each of those States to which it was referred. To inaugiira e the govern ment in its full proportions and upon its own substantial basis of th? bop-'ilurwi l !. ic only remains that elections should be iieid for the designation ofthe officers to administer it- | " here is every reason to believe that,..at no distant day other States indentified in political principles and community of in terest with those which you represent will join this Confederacy; giving to its typical constellaticii increased Mpr.d or—to its government of free, equal and sovereign States, a wider sphere of usefulness—and to the friends of constitutional liberty a greater security fur'its harmoninw and per petual existence. It was not, however, for the purpose of making this announcement that 1 have deem ed it my duty to convoke you at an earlier day than that fixed by yourselves for your meeting. The declaration of war made against this Confederacy by Abraham Lin coln, the President of the Unite ! States, in his proclamation issued on the fifteenth day of the present month, rendered it necessary in my judgment that you should converge at the earliest practicable moment, to de vise the measures necessary for ’the defence of the country. The occasion is indeed an extraordinary one. It justifies me in a brief review of the relations heretofore existing between us and the States which now unite in warfare against us, ami in a succinct statement of the events which have resulted in this warfare to the en 1 that mankind may pass intelligent and impartial judgment on its mo tives and objects. During the war wage 1 against Great Brit ain by her colonies on this continent, a com mon danger impelled to a close alliance, and to the formation of a Confederation, by the terms of which the colonies, styling them selves States, entered “ scveralh/ into a firm league of friendship with each other : their common defence, the security of their i liberties, and their mutual and geuaral wel | faro, bln ling themseivs ti assist each other against all force offered to Gr attacks made upon them or any of them, on account of re ligion. sovereignty, trade, er any other pre tence whatever.” Inorder to cruard against any misconstruc tion ol their coinpa.ct, the several States inn 1c explicit declaration, in a di fin 't ni tele, tat State r</-iiiis ifs sovereignly, Ircoje.-n and independence, and (werv power, jnri-'dic tion and right, which is n it by this Cmdeder e.rprcs.si 1/ J tot!'.' I nite.! Slates in Congress assembled Under this contract ot alliance, the war of the revolution was successfully waged, and resulted in the treaty of .peace with Great Britain in 1783, by the forms of which the several States were, e'n!< 0;/ name recognize 1 to bo in l'n m.lmt. The articles of confederation c mfained a clause whereby all alterations were pro hibited unless confirmed by the Legislatures of every Stales after being agreed to by the Congress; and in obedience to this provision under the rcs-ilutions of congrcs? of the 21ist of Febuary. 17>7, the several States appointed delegates who attended a Convention “for the -o’-and expresspm-pa-e of revising the articles <>f emife leraiioit, and ■ reporting to Congress and the several Leois latures such alterations an 1 provi-ions the e ‘ in asshall, when agreed to in Congress, ati < I ronjlnnrd l>y the. State, render the Fi deral i Constitution adequate to the exigencies of i government and thepreservatio i<4 th I t 1 a. j It was, by the delegates chosen, by the 1 s.-v-’y-R? States, under the res dufi n just qu.- 1 te 1. that the Constitution of the United States ’ was framed in 1757. and submitted to the 1 >'.for ratitieation. as shewn l y th 7th article, which is in these words ; " The ratification of the Couventioy s of nine Slat- s shall*! e sitlli ient for the os‘al-1'- hmeut *of this Uonrtitution between the 5' ' >■. sr> ' ratifying the same.’’ I have italiei« d certain w rds in the q:i- - 1 tation just ma le, for the j tnq .se of attraet : ing attention to the singular and marked, ' eautn n with whieh the States • -h \ ! every pi <sibie form, to exclude the i lea that the separate and independent s- vereignty of each State was merg. 1 int ■ ;.e comm i; g v ! ermneut and nation : and the earnest d sire tl-cy evinced to impress on t’.c C ■nstitati-m its true character —that fa •ar,-.u between ihdep'.tident States. The Constitution f 17'7 having, h w- ver. omitted the clause already recited fr> m the articles i f Confederatim. which nr vide ! in explicit terms, that each State retained Its sovereignty an-i independence, some alarm was felt in ti e State" when invited to r..:':y the Constitution, lest t'.is omission should be construed into an abandonment of their cherished principle and they refused to be satisfied until amendments were added to ike. Constitution, placing beyond any pretence o! doubt, the reservation by the States of all their sovereign rights and powers—not ex pressly dele; a'ed to the United States by the Constitution. Snange indeed must it appear io the im partial observer, but it is none the less true, that a'l these carefully worded clauses proved unavailing to prevent the rise and growth in the Northern States of a political school which has persistently claimed that the gov ernment thus formed was not a compact be tween States, but wms in effect a nadonal government, set up above and over the States. Au organization, created by the States to se cure the blessings of liberty and indepen deuce .against foreign aggrseyion, has been uradually perverted into a machine for their control in their domestic affairs: the creature has been exalted above its creators ; the prin cipals have been made Subordinate to the agent appointed by themselves. The people of the Southern States, whose almost exclusive occupation was agriculture, early perceived a tendency in the Northern States to render the common government sub servient to their own purposes, by imposirg burthens on commerce as a protection to their manufacturing and shipping interests. Long and angry controversy grew out of these at tempts, often successful, to benefit one sec tion of the country at the expense of the other. And the danger of disruption aris ing from this cause was enhanced by the fact that the Northern-population was increasing by immigration and other causes in a greater ratio than the population of the South. By degrees as the Northern States gained pre ponderance in the National Congress, sell interest taught their people to yield ready’ assent to any plausible advocacy of their right as a majority to govern the minority wifht nt control: they learned to listen with impatience to the suggestion of any constitu tional intpedimoF.’ to the exercise of their will ; and so utterly have the principles of the constitution been corrupted in the Northern mind, that in the inaugural address delivered by President Lincoln in March last, he as serts av an axiom which he plainly deems to be undeniable, that the theory of the Consti tution requires that in all eases the majority shall govern ; and in an other memorable in stance, the same Chief Magistrate did not hesitate to liken the relations between a r j (;i!c and »h» United States to those which -t\v« ud. a b-biulv kA-mug >i* it is situaled, and by which it was created. This is the lamentable an 1 fund tiuenfal error on which rests the policy that has culminated in his declaration of war against those Con federate States. In addition to the long continued and <lcep seated resentment felt by the Southern States at the persistent a’ntse of the powers they had deb gated to the Congress, fur the purpose of enriching the manufacturing and shipping classes of the North a* the expense of the Smith, tl ere has existed for nearly half a century another subject of discord, involving interests of such transcendent mag nitude, as at all times to create the appre hension in the minds of many devoted lovers of the Union, that its permanence was im possible. \Vhen Hie several St.ite, delogit*d certain p.i wor-' l > the I niied States Congress, a large portion of the laboring population consisted of African slaves itnporti I into the c'lonics by the inotii rc. uniry. in twelve out ol the thirteen States, negro slavery cxisied. and the right of pr ni rty in si,tecs was protected by law. This’ property was re -ognized in the Constitution, an 1 ]>r vi-ion was ma le against its l >ps hv the escape of the slave. The in crease in the number of slaves by further im portation from Africa was also secured by a clati'C fiiibiddihg Congress to prohibit the slave trade anterior to a certain date: and in no clause can there be found any delega tion <>f p wcr to the Congress authorizing it in any manner to legislate to the prejudice, detriment or dis.-miragem ’it of the owners us that "] •• us pr -p■ Tty, er •■x-duding it from the r.roteetion of the government. The climate and s »il < f the Northern State -oon prove 1 unpropitious to the continuance of slave lab r, whiLt the converse was the case at the South. Under the unre-tri'ted free intercourse between the two vtiors, the N> rthern States consulted their -wu in terest bv selling their slaves to the S nth, and prohilating slavery within tU ir limits. The South were willing purchasers of a pr - p.'rty suitable t < their want", an I p aid the price of the acqnLition with ut harboring a -uqeei i. that their quiet pO"SP"-ion was to be-msturl Iby H ■ ■ ’ • ■ ’ bit I, not v : v con'tkmi -md uutL r. y, i ,t by go >d faith vender". fr< m di- p’icting a title ern tin"fr -m -fiemst ire-. A ? • :i. h v.mvor, as the N rthern - that t r Lil itc 1 As.: an ’ ' ry v tl. .r limits 1.. dr- 1 d a number snifi ■!•:].' ' give tl.cir rv: fi-n: ■ ntr-.li.ng inti:* t and ' of ho tile arcs .;gm.. t t!:.t r.g .ts rs .. -.vn rs ■ i -I v in thcY u .. ra ites was . _ . tended. A c >n- ilnu'U? scries of measures was <]<_■•> ised and parj - fre ! ring cure the tenon •..’pr-perty in .-l.tv---. Fana tical orgat.iztiti'.-r.s. suurliol with m mey bv vohurtary subscript!Mis, were assidut usly< :.- gaged in cxciu ’ g amongst the t- ives a spirit of discontent and revolt-; means were furnish ed for their escape from their owners, and agents secretly employed to entice them to ab scond; the Constitutional provision for their rendition to their owners was first evaded, then openly denounced as a . iolation of con scientious obligation and religious duty; men were taught that it was a merit to e’ucfe dis obey, and violently oppose the execution of the laws enacted tn secure the pcTormaecei f the promise contained in the Constitutional compact; owners of slaves were mobbed and even murdered in open day, solely for apply ing to a magistrate for the arrest of a fugitive slave; the dogmas of these voluntary organi zations soon obtained control of of die Legis lature of many of the Northern Strtes, and laws were passed providing for the punish ment by ruinous Lines and long continued imprisonment in jails and penitentiaries. < f citizens of the Southern States, who should dare to ask aid of the officers of la w for the rec >vcry of their property-. Emboldened by success, the theatre of agitation and aggress ion against the clearly expressed Constitution al rights of the Southern States was transfer ed to thcC’ongress Senatorsand Representativs were sent to.the common councils of the na tion, whose chief title to ihis distinction con sisted in the display of a spirit cf nitre, fanat icism, and whose business was, not “to pro mote the general welfare or etw.ire domestic tranquility,” but to awaken the bitterest ha tred against the citizens of sister States by violent denunciation cf their iirtituiions; the transaction of public affairs was impeded by repeated efforts to usurp powers not delega ted by the Constitution, for the purpose of impairing the security of property in slaves, and reducing those States which held slaves to a condition of inferiority. Finally, a great party’ was organized for the purpose of ob taining the administration of the Government, with the avowed object of using its power for the total exclusion of the slave States from all participation in the benefits of the public domain, acquired by all the St ites in common, whether by conquest or purchase; ofsurround ing them entirely by States in which slavery should be prohibited; of thus rendering the property in slaves so insecure as to be com paratively Worthless, and thereby annihila ting in effect property worth thousands of millions of dollars. This party, thus orga nized, succeeded in the month of Njx ember last in the election of its candidate for the Presidency of the united States. ' In the m>• iiilinir, under them.'M nmigcnial 'climate of the Southern States, and the in -1 creasing care and attention for the being and j comfort of the 1 iboring class, dictated alikji ’ by interest and humanity, the African slaves ! had augmentc i in number from about GOO, ! 000, at the adoption of" the Constitutional ; compact, to upwards of 1,000.000. In moral I and social condition /they had been elevated j from brutal .-usages into docile, intelligent and ' civilized agricultural laborers, and supplied i not only with bodily comforts but with care ful religion* instruction. Under the i-npei vi .-ion of a-snperior race, their labor had been so directed as not-only to allow a gradual ami marked itmelioTartmn of their own condition, but to eon vert liundredsot thou-andsol square ■ miles or the wilderness into cultivated lands, ' covered with a prot-perous people ; t owns and I cities had sprung into existence, and had rap ! id! v increase 1 in we.ilthan l population under j the social sv"trm of the South; the white population f the Southern slavelmlding States had augmented fmin about l,‘2o(>,000 at the date of the Constitution, to more than I 8 oOIM'OO in and the production of ! the S nth in eotG.n, rice, sugar and tobacco forth’ full development and continuance of 1 which tie labor of Afi ioan slaves w ts, and is, . imli-qtcnsabjehad swollen toan amount which fortni I nza/iv t!uee-f >urths of the exports of the whole Unite! State", and had bee >me al.sLitclv neces-niy to th > w fits of civilized ' man. With interests of; •: ■!: cvcrvthelm’ng magni tude imperilled, the people of the Southern S ates were driven by the < iclm tof the N rth to the adoption of some c mr.-c: of ac tion to avert the danger with wiiich they wore openly menaced. ilti tins view, the I egisla ures t i the several State." invited tl people to si b 1 delegates t-> Conventions to be i held for the purpose of determining fi r them "eb.es what measures were L -r adapt !cd to meet alarming a crisis in their histc i ry. Here it may be proper to observe that from ■ a t ■ 1 i I as carl v as 17'J' there ha 1 existed in ' -'// of the States of the Union a party, alm -t •, nintei rupti div in die majority, bas ed u] m the creed th;.’ each .~:ate was. in the last re sort, the sole judge : t well of it.-: wrongs, as of the mode and measure of redress. Indeed it is obvi' us, that u:. l?r the law of nations, th!" [ i :nei| ’<■ i > an a::i >1:1 a > applied to the r' Wi -ti - oend ’ .-ot ,?reign State-’, meh had ited them Im the itu A. l; I c impa.-t. The Democratic r y if the United Stab a repeated inits fiuo- ■ -sfu'i e:inva-." <.f L the deelaruticumade in numero is previous p litic-U contests, that it would “ faithfaiiy abide brand uphold the prlnci' lc" Im 1 d wn in the Kentucky and A irgima rO' iutmns f 17'Ji, and in the re port of Mr.Madi" >n to the A irginta Legisla ture in 1799 ; and that it adopts th se pr.nci- > pies as cons* ’httngono of the main founda tions of its political cree l. j The principle thus embrace b that to which I have already adver ted, the right cf each State to judga of, and redrecs the wrongs of which it complains.— These ’principles were maintained by over whelming majorities of the people of all tho States of the Union at different elections, especially inthe elections of Mr. Jefferson in 1805, Mr. Madison 1809, and Mr. Fierce in 1852. Tn the exercise of a right so ancient, sb well established, and so necessary for self preservation, the people of the Confederate States in their Conventions, determined that the wrongs which they had suffered, and the evils with which they were menaced, required that they should revoke the delegation of powers to the Federal Government which they had ratified in their several Conventions. They consequently passed ordinances resum ing all their rights as sovereign and inde pendert States, and dissolved their connec tion with the other States of the Union. Having done this, they proceeded to form a new compact among themselves, by new articles of Confederation, which have been also ratified by the several States with an ap proach to unanimity far exceeding that of the Conventions which adopted the Constitu tion of 1787, They have organized their new government in all its departments ; the func tions o‘s the Executive, Legislative and Ju dicial Magistrates arc performed in accord ance with the will of the people as displayed, not merely in a cheerful acquiescence, but in the enthusiastic support of the Government thus established by themselves; and but for the interference of tho Government of the United States in this legitimate exercise of the right of a people to self-government, peace, happiness and prosperity would now smile on our land. That peace is ardently desired by this Gov ernment and people, has been manifested in every possible form. Scarce had you assem bled in February last, when, prior even to the inauguration of the Chief Magistrate yoii had elected, you passed a resolution express ive of your desire for the appointment of com missioners to be sent to the Government of the United States “ior the purpose of negotiating friendly relations between that Government and the t Confederat6 States of America, and for tho settlement of all questions of disagree ment between ’the two Governments upon principles of right, justice, equity, and good faith.’’ It pleasure as well as my duty, to co-operate wit!: you in this work of peace.— Indeed, in my address to you on taking the .oath of olul’e, and before receiving from you The communication of this resolution, I had said, •'•J'!" a necessity, not a choice, we have resorted to*« < ron>cdy of separation, and hence forth our energies must be directed to the con duct of our own affairs and the perpetuity of tho Confederacy which we have formed. If a just, perception of mutual interest shall permit us peaceably to pursue Our separate political career, my most earnest desire will have been fulfilled.” It was in furtherance of these accordant views of tlie Congress and the Executive that I ma le choice of three discreet, able and dis tinguished citizens, who repaired to Wash ington. Aided by their cordial co-operation and that of the Secretary of State, every effort compatible with the self-respect and dignity of the Coni 'leracy was exhausted before I ailowe 1 myself t yield to the conviction that the government of the United States was de termined to attempt the conquest of this peo ple, an ! that our cherished hopes of peace we r e una 11 ai n able. On the arrival of our Commissioners in Washington, on the fifth of March, they post pone I, at tb.e suggestion of a friendly interme diary, doing in u’e than giving informal notice of th ir arrival. This was done with a view to afford time to the President who had just D on inaugurated, for the discharge of other pressing official duties in the organization of his administration, before engaging his at tention in the object of their mission. It wa" not until the twelfth of the month that hey off daily addressed the Secretary ofState, inf ii u.ing him of the purposes of their arrival, and statin ’, in tho language of tlioir instruc tii : s, tlicii wish “ to make to the Government oft! 0 Unit; 1 States overture? for the open b," •>!' neg tiations. assuring the Government of tie Unit 'd States, that the President, Con and People of the Confederate States, r r! . "Dy desire a peaceful solution of these gn at que-tion- ; that it is neither their inter est n r their wish to make any demand which is ii' t f ur le i o:> stri"lest justice, nor do any act t > injure their late confcderatee.” 11! sc" iiinuni'ation no formal reply Was r bed ut ’ll the eighth of April. During the interval, the U mmi-simers had consented . v. .it Ml quo. i i.s of form. With the ;1: m- Ivp t > avoid v.ar, if po.vfible, they went :-o far even as to hold, during that long .. in. ■' I mtercourse through an in i' ;-i: 'd: ry, who.-': high position and charac : r inspired d.e hope of miccess, and through wl. tn ■ 1. tot a -urances were received from • IT", erun.i iit of the Unite 1 States of peace fii v of the determination to evac- 1: • I it S uiiter : and further, that no meas- ■ ure- cha, zing the existing status prejudicial ly to the C -ni i’lerate States, especially at Fort I'i' ken ;, was .n contemplation ; but that, in ‘1 • event of any change of intention on the subject, notice would be given to the Commis- I cioners. The crooked paths of diplomacy can s arc .-ly furnish an example so wanting ; in courtesy, in candor, and directness, as was the course of the United States Government ! t ward our Commissioners in Washington.— For proof of this I refer you to the annexed documents marked . taken in connection with further facts which I now proceed to relate: NO. 17.