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Island was most effectually raised a |
reciprocal of their sacrilege divinely
tindered.
Gentlemen, 1 am no Abolitionist;
I applaud no sectional doctrines; I am
a Southern man, and all my relations
and interests are thoroughly identified
Mith the South, and Southern institu*
lions. 1 was born in the Old Domin
ion, my parents were born in Virginia,
«»uJ they and their antecedents were
all slaveholders.
Let me assure you that the South
lias suffered no infringement upon her
institutions; the slavery question was
Important From Richmond.
Richmond, March 30.—On Friday,
the President communicated the fol
lowing important message to Congress:
president's message.
Executive Department, i
March 28,18G2. f
To the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Confederate
States :
The operation of the various laws
now iu force for raUing armies has ex
hibited the necessity for reform. The
frequent changes and amendments
which have beep made have rendered
the system so complicated as to make
From the Richmond Examiner.
men. some regiments having never I _
bCen brought into action at all, owing ; KXChtttigC of Prisoners—Official tOl*
n i pretext for this unholy, unrighteous *t often quite difficult to determine
ut.r I'.—i-*-. o—•— i * L - what the law really is, and to what ex
tent prior enactments are modified by
war. Twelve Senators irom the cot
ion States who had sworn to preserve
11violate the Constitution framed by
* >nr forefathers, plotted at night—a fit
tune for such a crime—and telegraph-
•-<! to their States despatches advising
'bvm to pass Ordinances of Secession.
gentlemen, twelve Senators swore
;.llegianee in the day-time and unswore
them at night. A short time since, 1
Was called upon by a little Jew, who,
1 Relieve, is the Secretary of War ot
the bogus Confederacy, lie tbreaten-
* I t»» hang me, and 1 expected no more
merry from him than was shown by
his illustrious predecessors toward
Jesus Christ, i entered into along
* i.nespondence with this specimen ol
< xpiling humanity, hut from mercy oi
iurgrtfuliiess on their part, 1 was per
mitted to depait with all my documents
to my little valise, which 1 hope to
P ihlish at no distant day.
Gentlemen, when 1 started on my
Perilous journey, 1 was sore distressed
m niim!, and exceedingly so in body;
Lot the moment my eyes encountered
tin- pickets of the Federal army my
depression decreased and returning
health seemed suddenly to invigorate
my physical constitution.
Gentlemen, Secession is played out;
tiie dog is dead ; the child is born, and
ids name is Jeff. Davis, Jr.
My throat distresses tue to such an
extent that T must decline further re
marks this evening, bxtt shall make
myself heard upon the next convenient
occasion, which will probably be ere
t ic termination of the present week.
more recent legislation.
Tbero is also embarassment from
conflict t etween State and Confederate
legislation. I am happy to assure you
ot the entire harmony ot purpose and
cordially of feeling, which have con
tinned to exist between myself and the
Executives of the several States, and
it is to this cause that our success in
keeping adequate forces in the field
is to be attributed.
These reasons would suffice for invi
ting your earnest attention to the ne
cessity of some simple and general sys
tem ior exercising the power of raising
armies, which is vested in the Con
gress by the Constitution, fiut there
is another and more important consul
era lion. The vast prepartiun made by
• he enemy for a combined assault at nu
merous poiuts oil our frontier and sea-
coast, have produced the result that j
might have been expected. They ) cl,ar S ti - Such are the unfortunate
estimated the people with a spirit ot! c umat*ucea that led to the retreat
resistance so general, so resolute, and A *— 1
to the fall of their commanders.—The
enemy had at least. 30.U00 fightiug
men; yet the battle raged on uninter
ruptedly until night, when it was fouud
that we bad driven them t»o miles
from their encampment, which our men
held during the uiglit. with the greater
part of their commissary stores. Oar
men marched all the previous day and
night, were tired and hungry', and were
glad to get into the enemy's provision
stores. ’
Next morning—the Sill—it was found
that the enemy had taken a much
stronger position during the night.—
Tie battle was renewed, however, aud
continued until about half past nine
o’clock, under cover of which Gen.
Van Doru withdrew his forces. Two
reasons are given for this movement:
First, a uumber of regiments in Mc
Culloch’s division became demoralized
alter his fall und that ot Mclutosh, and
could not te relied on to eontiuue such
an unequal fight, In the second place,
several of our ammunition wagons had
been stampeded by two or throe com
panics of Germans (Federa’ists) who
were flying from the field. Being ig
norant of the points of the compass,
they fled in the direction of our ammu
nition train, and our teamsters, taking
them to be the enemy advancing, put
whip to theii hoises and disappeared
At one time a considerable body of
Coiitederatcri were reduced to four
rounds of ammunition ; thou to two,
and finally to one ; ivhilo scvcial of
the batteries did not have a single
cir-
hitmiru Between Gens. Wool, aud
Cobb.
The Norfolk correspondent of the
• "dunibus (Ga.) Times, referring to
the lute interview between Gens.
Howell Cobb and Wool, in refer.
> nee to an exchange of prisoners
between thu two governments, says:
These two officials met on board a
r irtd vessel in the road6, and discussed
1'ie questions which called them togetli
< i. it is not yet developed that there
« ill he a perfect agreement as to the
basis of an exchange. Nothing was
moro strikingly characteristic of the
two governments than the dress of the
ixspective representatives* Gen. Wool
wore the tinsel, the show, the insignia
«.t'royally, a large chapeau, adorned
with black feathers, set neatly upon
ins head, his epaulets hung like drap
ery ..a his shoulders, a fine - yellow
i-:anh, and to render the dress complete,
Uio old General actually bad on a paii
ot sim w colored kid gloves. On the
other hand, was Gen. Howell Cobb.
His .whole appearance was that of a
wagoner, who had driven a team
through the rains of winter, aud camped
out many nights. His cadet gray coat
was of a fox color, having beeu dyed
by the |dew« of tho peninsular, llis
pants hud seen service and showed
iuail.fi of hard wear. Hib beard was
long and slightly grey. In tact, he
looked like a soldier, deadly iu earnest,
and resolved upon the independence of
t is country. Ml *ilb all -ibis. he bore
himself with the conscious 4'gcity of a
man. who represented agfeat people*
and was head and shoulders above his
compeer in brains and sense. Never was
there such a contrast. Wool, stupid,
dull, a coxcomb. Cobb, plain, tensllitr,
noble. Our Government did not sufiei
rVoni the interview:
Right here let me relate an accident
that occurred, worthy of onrrepreseuta
five. General Wool snnoQUced that
some ladies on board his boat desired to
go South. ••Certainly,” says General
< 'obb. “my Government always takes
care of the ladies.” When they ap
peared, lo! and heboid. Miss Gwin,
daughter of ex-Senator Gwin, of
California, and a real Southerner and
Ultimate friend of General Cobh while
iu Washington, was introduced. Of
course, the greeting was cordial.
“Why, Mr. Cobli," says Mist Gwin,
-•i scarcely knew you in your soldier’s
costume—do I really address JOB f*
♦'Why,” says General Cobb, with
remarkable tine humor, and tu a voice
tu be beard by General Wool and staff,
••don’t you know tho rebels fight their
bailies behind masked batteries!”
The hit was capital, but the Federal
General was too sensitive to enjoy it,
aud bowed his exit from the room as
soon as possible. *
so sell sacrificing, that it requires rath
er to he regulated than to be stimulated.
I'he right of the State to demand, and
the duty of each citizen to render mil
itary service, ueed only to he stated to
be admitted. It is not however, wise
or judicious policy to place in active
service that portion ot our force of a
people which experience has shown to
oe necessary as a reserve. Youth un
der the age, of eighteen years require
further instructions—men of iputure
experienced ate needed for maintaining au
order and good government at home
aud in supervising preparations for
rendering efficient tho armies in the
fiold. These two classes constitute the
proper reserve for homo defence, ready
to be called out iu case of emergency,
and to he kept iu tho field only’ when
the emergency exists. But in order
to maintain this reserve intact, it is
necessary, in a great war like that iu
which we are now engaged, all persons
ofintermediate age not legally exempt
for good cause, should pay their debt
of military service to the country ; that
the burdens should not fall exclusively
on thu most ardent and patriotic.
I, therefore, recommend the passage
of a law declaring that all persons resi
ding within the Confederate States,
between the ages of eighteen and
thirty five years, and rightfully sub
ject to military, duty shall be held to
be in the military service of the Con
federate States, and that some plain
and simple method be adopted for
their prompt enrollment and organizu
tion, repealing all of the legislation
heretofore enacted which would coo-
dict with the system proposed.
Jefebrsu.v Davis.
Letters of sou tern women found
at Fairfax court house—A cor
respondent of the New York Times
says:
ill any of the letters are from molh-
e t H and sisters. It is'wonderful the
energy with which these dear little
rebels enter iuto the cause of the Con
federate States. Not one appeal is
there to son or brother to retnrn home
it is “Fight, John ; let me hear from
vou in the front ranks.”
Dvinq Words of Bishop Meaor.—
The i ••Enquire**’ Reports that Bishop
Meade on JH death bed said to a friend:
“Tell mft, people to be more deter
mined thamever. This is the most un
just and iniquitous war that wsb ever
waged, and we must be more deter
mined than ever. God will give ns suc
cess in His own good Umo. ,,
Negroes Returning.—A number
of tho negroes that ran away from their
masters in King George, have returned.
In one instance, we heard of three who
had their backs very much lacerated.
A sort of treatment they had not been
accustomed to at homo—and ^ so they
ran off a second time, but on this occa-
mod from the Yankees,
* Fredericksburg (Va )Herald t
From the Savanufth Republican.
The BattIt- of Sugar Creek.
Memphis, Tenn.. March 28, 1802.
An intelligent officer in Gen Pri
ce's array arrived here to-day, and
from him I have obtained the follow
ing interesting details of the battle in
Arkansas, fought just three weeks ago
today. It is known in the \V«est as
the battle of Sugar Creek, and as
such will probably be described in his
tory. Yon will be glad to learn that
it was uot a defeat, as, 1 infer from a
late number of yeur journal, you seem
disposed to consider it. Bat lo the
particulars :
Gen. Price had beer, encamped for
sometime at Springfield, in the expec
tation that Van Dort) and McCulloch
would he able to join bim there, and
arrest the March of Geh. Curtis, who
was known to be advancing in that di»
rection. Having waited in vain for
their appearance, and the Frderals
having arrived within six miles of
Springfield, lie struck his tents and
turned blB face towards tho Arkansas
line, hoping to draw them after him
At least uutil he could come up with
Van Doru. As be expected they
would do, the Federals pressed forward,
and mure or less skirmishing envied
every day between their advance and
oar rear guard. Curtis stopped the
pursuit at Gros3 Hollows, near the
Arkansas line, and Price flushed onto
Cove Creek In Washington county
in tbftt-Siate. where lie rested Lis men
or several days, aud was joined by
Van Dorn, McCulloch and McIntosh.
At length, every thing being ready,
aud the men having prepared five day’s
rations, the Confederates turned back
on the road by which Price had come
out of M’ssruri, and went in pursuit of
the enemy encamped at Sugar Creek.
Upon their reaching Bentonville, on
their way up, they encountered the
enemy’s rear guard, and had a slight
skirmish, in which we lost ouo man and
they lost eight or ten. We also cap
tured one piece ot artillery. The
Confederates continued their march
all that day a id night, without either
food or sleep. At half past 10 o’clock
next moriiiug. they came up with the
enemy, whom they found in position in
the Sugar Creek bills, in great force,
and evidently awaiting our attack.—^
In a short time the action became gen
eral, Price leading the attack on the
north, and McCulloch on the west
thus completely surrounding the Fed
eral army.
The opinion in the army is that our
plan of attack was unfortunate, inas
much as it closed every avenue of es
cape to the enemy, and compelled him
to fight or surrender. A coward will
defend himself as well as the bravest
man, if you hem him in a corner. It
is now believed that if we bad made
the attack from one {joint—tho North
as Gen. Price proposed to do, we should
A short time heture his death, the
gallant Mciutosb made a brilliant cav
alry charge, passing entirely through
the enemy's lines und coming round
again to his torni.-r position, and bring
ing with him three pieces of Federal
artillery. McCulloch desired him to
make a second charge, and started with
him to show him where to htrike, but
while riding through the woods, he was
shot through the heart and fell dead.—
McIntosh then sought lo bring off bis
leader’s body, amt while trying to get
Arkansas regiment to make the
charge, a bait entered his heart. and
he too tell dead. Col. Rector placed
himsell at ihe head of his regiment,
(Arkansas,) ami by a hold charge,
succeeded in recovering the body of
McCulloch. That of McIntosh was
not brought off until uext day.
Many of our men who were suppo
sed to be captured, have returned to
camp. Our whole loss in killed, woun
ded and prisoners wilt not. it is heliev
ed, exceed COO. Of this number,
about 125 were killed, 2',5 wounded,
and 200 taken prisoners. The ene
my s loss, fn in all I can gather, was
very much greater—probably five or
six times as much. \S'e took also
about 225 prisoners, cue of whom,
a colonel taken on the first day, says
their loss up to the time of his capture
was frightful, reaching from twelve to
fifteen hundred. Their loss was also
heavy during the second day's fight,
including many officers. Some of mir
tuen who escaped out of their bands,
state that the enemy were nut :it all
exultant over the r« stilt, but acted an.I
talked as it they bad been whipped,
and had no stomach fur any more
such fighting.
I he retreat on the part of Gen.
Price’s forces was conducted in good
order; so much so, indeed that many j
ol his officers supposed he was making j
a flank movement, ami would soon j
renew the fight. The grieved and
broken-he tried regiments of McCul
loch and McIntosh did not retire with
altogether the same degree of order
and regularity. It is said there is
nothing they so much desire now as
to be led against the slayers of their
idolized commanders. Several of our
batteries were in danger of being lost,
owing to the difficulty of extricating
them from the woods amt hills. The
enemy did not pursue, except to send
out a lew cavalry, who annoyed the
l ja 8£ a G e train somewhat, hut were
easily driven back. We brought off
four more pieces of artillery than we
took into action. We lost two guns,
which were disabled and spiked, and
brought away six of the enemy’s
thus making a clear gain of four pie
ces. Several of the enemy’s batteries
were captured at sume time during
the fight, but they could not l e
brought away. The guns were dis
mounted, the wheels removed, and
leaves and dry wood piled on them,
and the whole rendered entirely use
less.
You have already seen the ordor of
Geu. Van Dorn, in which he speaks of
the behavior of the men under Ore-
Price’s venteraus acquitted themselves
with Ihe greatest possible creditpmd Me
Uullnch’s followers, up to tho unfortu
nate hour when he and McIntosh .fell,
fought with the most detarininedlresolu-
lion. Col. Rivers of the Missouri Con
federate, aud Capt .Churchill Clark,
iu addition to many other officer, are
numbered with our gallant dead.—
Among the wounded ou the other side,
was Gen. Curtis himself, who received
a slight wound. Gem Seigle was uot
wounded, as at first reported.
Neither Price, Vau Dorn,nor the array,
have supposed that they were defeated.
On the contrary, the result of the bat
tle is equivalent to a victory for the con
federates. The onemv,,though fay out*
numbering us, and well prorided with
arms and ammunition, has been so crip
pled that he will be nnablq to attack us
without large reinforcements, whereas
Price and Van Dron can march when
and where they please. At last accounts
they were at Van Buren, rocvuitiiitf-*nd
getting ready for another forward ,!bve
respondent*.
We have been able to exf mine the
official correspondence that h:is passed
between our government and that at
Washington on the subject of the ex
change ot prisoners; the correspon
dence being conducted by General
Howell Cobb, commissioner on our
part, and MajtJr-Generai WQC>L' n com
mand of the FedatoLfbrces a't Fottress
Monfoe. The corresponden ’e affords
evidence of the most shameless and
fltgitioUs net of perfidy that was ever
perpetrated by a civilized power—the
North having violated its distinct en
gagement to release our privateersmen
and to parole our prisoners “within ten
days after capture,’’ as soon as the Fort
Donclson disaster changed the surplus
of prisoners from our side to theirs,
It seems that the proposition for an
exchange of prisoners was first made
by Gen. Wool, in a letter to Gen. IIu
g’er, dated the 13th of February, 1862
The proposition was made on the
following terms. Gen. Wool wrote:
«I atu alone clothed with full pow
er lor the purpose of arranging for the
exchange of prisoners. Being thus
empowered, I am ready to confer with
you on the .subject, or the Honorable
Messrs. Setiden and Conrad ; or any
other persons appealing for that pur
pose. I am prepared to arrange for
(lie restoration of all the prisoners to
their homes on fair terms of exchange,
man for man, and officer for officer of
equal grade, assimilating the grade of
officers of the army and navy, when
necessary, and agreeing upon equita
hie terms for the number of men or
officers, of the inferior grade, to he ex
changed for any ol higher grade when
the occasion shall arrive. That all the
surplus prisoners on either side he ex
changed on parole with the agreement
that any prisoner of war taken by the
oilier party .shall he returned in ex
change as fast as captured, and this
system to be continued while hostilities
continue.
“ 1 would furthet inform you, or any
oilier person selected for the purpose
of making arrangements lor the ex
change of prisoners, that the prisoners
taken on bo:yJ.pf vessels, or otherwise
in maritime conflict, by the forces of
the United States, have been put, and
are now held, only in military custody,
and on the same footing as other pris
oners taken in arms.’’
The proposition, it appears, was read
ily accepted by our Government, und
a memorandum made ns a basis fora
cartel ; of which the following is a
agree to the proposition that each par
ty should pay the expense of transport- ]
ing their prisoners to the frontier, when
Gen. Cobb promptly waived it, thus
leaving the cartel free from all his ob
jections, and just what Gen. Wool had
himself proposed in his letter of the
13th February to Gen. Huger.
Upon this Gen. Wool informed Gen.
Cobb that his Government had chang
ed his instructions and abruptly broke
off’the negotiation.
The entire correspondence consti
tutes a chapter of history that should
attract the scorn of all civilized and
honorable nations. It is understood
that Congress lias ordered the printing
of twenty-five hundred copies oi the
documents for general circulation, so
as to introduce to the people as exten
sively as possible this last development
in the history of the perfidy of the North
and the utter disregard, by its govern
ment and people alike, of all honora
ble obligations.
The point of the whole negotiation,
extending through a correspondence of
many pages, may be slated in a few
words.' At the time it was believed
our government held the large number
of prisoners, the United States propos
ed to exchange all prisonets, and to
place on parole, in their own country,
the surplus held by either party ; and
our government agreed to the proposi
tion. Before the agreement could he
reduced to writing and signed by the
parties, the casualties of war reversed
the state of things, and gave the United
States the larger number of prisoners.
With the change of things the United
States changed their policy, and delib
erately, and perfidiously, and shame
lessly, receded from the propositions
lo which they had been distinctly com
initted by every obligation of truth,
honor, and good faith.
$5000 Reward Offered by Gov.Brdwn j
for the Manufacture of Salt.
JLa(>range, Ga., March 27. 186?.
Hon. Joseph E. Brown—Dear Sir: 1
—At the time the Bill to encourage the i
manufacture of salt, approved by your
Excellency Dec. 16, 1861, was under
consideration before the General As
sembly, Mr. Gibson ot Ghatham
brought in a provision to authorize the
Governor to offer an adequate reward
lor the discovery of salt wells and the
establishment ot salt works, calculated
to furnish a supply of that important j
utricle. The Bill was sent into the
Senate and then passed with this pro
vision in it- Owing however to cir- |
uudistances resting in the technical!
ties of Legislation aud by no means
involving the merits of the provision,
it was ultimately stricken out ot the
house, anti the bill passed and sent to
the Executive office in its present
shape.
We are now more convinced than
ever of the importance of this sugges
tion of the member from Chatham.—
Salt is successfully manufactured in
the Kanawha aqd other inland valleys
of Virginia. It is equally reasonable to
believe that it exists in inland Georgia
Indeed actual observation shows that
evidences of its existence in tire earth
have cropped out to the sut.face in ma
ny places. Should your Excellency
offer such reward or assurance as you
may teel Warrented by law and the cir
cumstances that surround us a people,
by a public proclamation, we have
much hope that it will result in good ;
and we have no doubt but that it will
be fully appreciated as an effort in the
right direction by the people of the
State, and their Representatives will
cheerfully meet any obligations it tuay
involve nn the Stale, in obedience Iu
the will of their constituents. Should
they would meet at Pi rgatory, forty
miles South of Bent’s Fott. M r
Beale left this morning for Washing,
ton.
tiie
A recommendation has been made ! you not fully agree with this respectful
I’.V
into
cap
have driven Curtis aud his army
the Arkansas, and destroyed and
tared him and his whole force.
McCulloch and McIntosh fell early
ii: the day, alter which some of their
regiments became demoralized. Our
forces engaged did not einafl 12,000
ment.
1. Prisoners to be exchanged man
fur man, and officer for officer. Offi
cers of the army and navy to be as
similated ou a fair basis, and privateers
to he plaeed upon the tooting ofoffieets
and men of the navy.
“ 2. The surplus of prisoners held
by eiiher party to be returned to the
country\if tlm prisoners on their prole
ut honorjfut to take up arms again,
until t-*dfr.<ffi;t*$*iitfler the provisions of
this cartel. s
“3. Each patty, upon the discharge
yt prisoners of tire other party, is au
thorized lo dischaige an equal number
of their own officers or men from pa-
rule, furnishing at the time to the other
party a list of their prisoners disclrarg-
ed, and or their own officers and men
relieved irom parole, thus enabling each
patly to relieve tiom parole such of
their own officers and men as the par
ty may choose. The lists thus mutual
ly furnished will keep both parties ad
vised of the true condition of the ex
change of prisoners.
“4. Men and officers of a lower
grade, as well as of a different service,
may bvft-xpbanged forofficers of a high
er grade and of a different service.—
1 Jo do this without embarrassment, it
is agreed (hat the basis of assimu a tion
shall be the compensation allowed by
each party to their own officers and
men, and in case privateers who re
ceive [iio fixed pay, to be put upon the
compensation basis of officers and men
of the navy.
“ 5. Prisoners to be discharged or
paroleM within ten days after their cap
ture, and to he delivered on the fron
tier of their ow n country free of ex
pense to the prisoners, and at the ex-
pens* of the capturing party.
“ 6. All prisoners now held by each
patty to be immediately discharged,
and the party against whom tire sur
plus shall be found shall receive such
surplus upon their parole. Each party
to furnish the other with a list of those
respectively discharged by it, and the
party against whom the surplus is found
is to furnish a list of the prisoners
placed on parole .under this cartel, thus
furnishing the basis for future exchan
ges.” .
General Wool promptly agreed to all
the propositions except two. In lieu
of the compensation basis ol equiva
lents contained in the fourth item of
the memorandum, he proposed the car-
riel of equivalents adopted by Great
Britain and the United States, in the
war of 1812, and Genera! Cobb ac
Cepted it.
lie also objected to the provisions
in the fifth item, which required each
party to |w»y the expenses of transpor
toting their prisoners to the frontier of
the country of the prisoners. The pro
vision met his entire approval, hut he
did not feel authorized by his instruc
ts the Secretary of War, on the slate 1
ment of facts referred lo above, to de
clare discharged such of our own citi
zens as are now subject to parole.—
The following is the concluding portion
of his communication to Congress on
the subject:
“ Not doubling for a moment that an
engagement of so sacred a character
would he executed with fidelity, tl e
prisoners held by us as hostages for the
safety and proper treatment of the pri
vateers, were discharged from close
confinement and ordered to he sent
home. Colonels Lee, Cogswell and
Wood, and Major Reverse wete sent
to their own country ; the remaining
hostages were brought on parole from
distant points to Bichmond, on their
way to delivered up, at the expense of
this government, and their surrender
was only suspended on receipt of intel
ligence from Gen. Cobb, that be saw
teason to suspect bad faith on the part
of the enemy.
“While this prompt and loyal execu
tion ol the agreement was iu progress
on the part of this Government, the cue
suggestion, we hope your own sound
judgment will suggest thoughts calcu
lated to accomplish the obj-ct in con
templation ; and therefi re request that
you favor us, for publication through
ihe press, with such views as you may
be enabled to find time, from the many
important duties which we know now
press upon you, to prepare.
We remain yours, very truly,
\YM. P. BEASLEY,
JAS. A RENDER,
BENJ. H. BIGHAM.
Executive Dehartment, \
Milledgeville, March 31, 1862. t
Gentlemen—I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of yom-eomtnu- \
ideation in reference to the necessity j
of offering every possible inducement I
for the discoveiy ot salt springs or;
wells in this State, from which a sup j
ply of salt may be obtained for our j
people. You suggest the propriety of
a Proclamation by inu offering a suita-;
ble reward for such discovery. The,
subject is one of great importance, as J tueiit of a
it is most probable that we cannot pro
! ket salt-works apon our coast against
the guKbuats of the eneujyv. Wlliput a
Urge-force and a heavy outlay of tnon
ey. 1 therefore aAupt-your suggestion,
luff agree as GofWhor of the State, to
pay a reward of fiy# thousand dollars ttf
any person who will-discover any salt
springs or wells in thi.s State which
will alfiml salt water enough, of a suit
able quality, to make three hundred
bushels of salt per day, provided such
springs or wells are located at soeh
inland point as is free from attack by
ed at Fort Douelson to Chicago ami
other points distant from their homes',
and was parading the officers who fell
into titer power through ihe entire
breadth of the land, from Western Ten
nessee to Fort Warren, iu Boston har
bor, where they are now incarcerated;
and up to the present moment not a
single officer taken at Fort Douelson,
nor a single captive privateor has been
restored to his home, while the United
States have kept possession ot the hos
tages given up in reliance on their hon
or. The document G herewith auinbit-
ted. is the report of General Cobb, con
taining a statement of his proceedings
and copies of bis corresdonence with
General Woll, dated the 5th of the cur*
rent month from which it ts apparent
■that the Goverment at' the United
States adheres to the refusal to peiform
agreement.
“I make no comment oq these pro
ceedings further than to remark that it
seems tcarcelylpossible that there should
beany further exchange of prisoners du
ring the war. We cau parole no pris
oners with any expectation of reciproci
ty; and canjiave no reliance ou any
promise that may be made, 1 submit,
however, that it is hut bare justice to
ourselves to declare discharged such of
our citizens as*are now subject to parole,
and so to inform the enemy, and there
after to entertain no propositions on the
subject of exchange of prisoners except
on delivery of those held by the enemy
aud proposed for exchange.
Faix OF Fort CkAm.— A gentleman
now here, received n letter, yesterdev,
from San Antonio, in which it was sta
ted that authentic intelligence of
surrender of Fort Craig had been
ceived there. The capitulation ua s
unconditonal. Col. Canhv,ihe Feder
al commander, proposed t int hiinse'f
and command be permitted tu denmt
on conditon that they pledge theinsives
I not to serve ag iin during the war; hut
I Gen. Sibley insisted upon an unconilri
‘ tional surrender. With the foil ot For*
Craig, the last vestige of Federal ru’c
vanishes from New Mexico. \V t * ; !r ,.
masters of that vast ami wealthy region
have taken all the enemy’s strongholds
captured some four thousand ui | :U
men, besides an uume.se amount
provirion for man ami hurst-, ar,,!
stores ofamu.uttion anti arms. T|.,.
quantiles of provision and aiiuimhition
must he large, as Fott Craig was sard
to he in condition for a sivrnouths’ n-iiv,
All honor to the Texan Rangers - .V
O. l J icayuue.
Our jl'tw it tilers.
The New York tie mid, forgetful of
the proverbial fully of tout ting elm-l
ens before they are hatched, is fir,,]
enough to advertise ns before hand j-
to the rulers we are tit have over tls
when we are conquered. Here ii th„
list:
In the event of the passage uf thev
bill agreed upon by the TirritoimlA
Committees in both bran, lies of Cun-
gfess, to reduce the rebel districts, .is
last as.jhey are conquered, to the eon
dttion of territories, and put them
through a rudiments! course ot govern
ment, there will tie a host of aspirants
for the gubernatorial chairs of the dif
ferent territories. The most promi
nent candidates now talked of are.-—
For Governor of the Territory of ^untli
Carolina, Charles Sumner; Missfoslpp!,
John 1*. llale; Texas, Henry Wilson;
Louisiana, Win. P. Fessenden; Geor
gia, John Sherman; Florida, Henry
L. Dawes; Alabama, Martin F- Cor,
way, Arkansas, Jim Lane; North Car
olina, Roscoe Conkling; Tennessee,
Ben. F. Wade; Virginia, Owen Love-
joy ; Ship Island, John B. Alley; and.
Tortugas, John Hickman.
By the extravagance ol its language,
the Herald strengthens t lie impression
already generally entertained through
out the South, that it is r«*,vj 1 y on our
j side in this contest, but, with charm
, teristic 1 u-k ofprnciple, pretends to be
I lor the North. *o prevent the seizure
j and destruction ut its office. But it is
| hard to see bow it can impose upon its
; readers such an absurd, and ridiculous
story as the above. It is the refine-
1 joke to make die North
cm people believe tlyat such things me .
likely to-come, to .pass us are here in
dicated, and we can imagine the editor
uf the lltrald ^buckling in his sleeve j*
tie penned the iib'uVe paragraph, ami
loMfSnvv itadipfeUivacant statements ea
gc*i4y swaflowtd by the timls and fmat-
iesq’or whose gratification it was writ--
ten.
How long dues anybody suppose
Chat lea Sumner would remain Gover
nor of South Carolina ? No longer
titan would be necessary for some pa
triot to put a bullet through lus be^
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tire gunboats of the enemy, anti not to (bough he knew lie would be pierced
j n , . . v I unis to incorporate it into the propos-
Frlce Wou,li 6*va Gun. WtwrteJ, and, therefore, desired time
l nee a sufliccnt force, and ■ •
to command of alt our trooim
tbe Mississippi river, there would net be
an enemy left south of the Missouri tiv
er by the fourth day ot July
5- W. A.
The Southern Methodist Publisbinc
House, driven from Nashville by the
enemy, will commence operation in M 0
bile shortly.
iy What is « bachelor i A target,lor
fair bands to ehcot at,
t^consulHiw Government on the sub*
jeef. ^ ^ ,
The interview elossd with the prnm-
ise from Gei.e.al Wool that be would
notify Gen. Cobb, as soon as he could
hear from his Government on that
point.
On the first ol March Gen. Cobb held
Jus second interview with hitn,in which
tie (Gen. Cobb) proposed to enter into
» cartel, containing the stipulations
previously set forth. G.n. Wool re
plied that the government would not
Northern News.
Norfolk, April 4.—Northern’dates to
Tuesday have been received. The cap
tured steamer Magnolia arrived at New
York on Monday, with a cargo of cot
ton. The Herald says the Virgina will
be conquered without much bloodshed.
Gen. Curtis, commanding the Fed
eral troops in Arkansas, has issued a
special ordor, emancipating three slaves
on account of their being employed in
the rebel service.
The Baltimore American of Wednes
day, says next month will et.d active
fighting. Afhrwards there will be
nothing to do but to testore order. It
is reported that the Federals have taken
Union City in Tennessee, killing sever
al Confederates, and taking a number
of prisoners, 250 horses, and stores.
In New York the stock market was
languishing. Cotton bad slightly de
dined, with a few sales at 28 cents.
Richmond, Va., April 5th.—Reports
of fighting near Yorktoivn have been
current all day. The rc-pprt is gener
ally credited that the enemy attacked
our lines at 10J o’clock this morning
aided by their gunboats. The fighting
continued until 12 o'clock, when the
enemy ceased firing. Our troop
maintained their position.
Richmond, Va. April 5,—Official
dispatches! receive 1 at three o'clock
this afternoon says that there hit be<n
no general engagement.
The armies are near each other and
q serious battle is impending.
S3?*A good action is never thrown
sway. That is the reason, no doubt, why
wefiud so few'of them.
he within less than ten miles of the
coast.
I doubt not, as you suggest, that the
representatives of the people, when the
legislature again convenes, will prompt
ly ratify any action which l may find
it necessary to take lor the relief of our
people, by in hieing the manufacture,
within the State, of the supply of salt,
which is so necessary. Knowing the j
high position which yon respectively
occupy, as members of the General
Assembly, I feel entirely safe in taking
the responsibility which you suggest,
and indeed any other which the exi
gencies of the occasion may require, as
l cannot doubt that the same enlighten
ed statesmanship and patriotism by
which you are prompted, will control
the action of the entire body.
Yon are at liberty to publish this
communication that the people of the
Slate may be notified ol the amount of
the reward, am! the object for which it
is offered. - ■*«««
I am, Gentlemen,
With great respect,
Your ob’t servant,
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
Hon. Wm. R. Beasley, Hon. Jas.
A. Rentier, Won. Benj. II. Bigham.—
La Grange Reporter, 4(A inst.
Dispatch to ihe Si. Louis Republican.
From New Mexico—A Confederate
Vic ory Admitted.
Kansas City, March 18.—Geo. L-
Beale, bearer of dispatches to Wash
ington, brings advices from Santa Fe
to the 3d inst. He confirms the pre
viou3 accounts of the battle near Fort
Craig on the 21st tilt. The Federal
loss was 62 killed and 42 wounded.
The Texans captured six ofour field
pieces. Col. Steele commanded the
Texans. The Texans were at Soers,
38 miles north ot Fort Craig. Col.
Canby’s command was concentrated at
Fort Craig. Nothing had been heard
from them since the 25th, all commu
nication being cut off'.
A large amount of government stores
was destroyed at Albuquerque to pre
vent their tailing into the hands of the
enemy. 45U Texans entered Albuquer
que on tbe 2d. Maj. Donelson com
manding the district of Santa Fe, was
preparing to abandon that place and
fall back to Fort Union. ~
On the 2d, Mr. Beale met three com
panies of Colorado volunteers, under
Lieut. Colonel Tappan, at Hole in the
Rock, fifly miles south ot Bent’s Foil,
n route for Fort Union. More com
panies had crossed the river above, and
by a thousand bayonets the moment
afterwards. How long would that
Falstaff'un mountebank, John P. Hple,
exercise executive functions at J nib-
son in Mississippi ? No longer tb.m
until an incensed and outiaged r,opi-
lace could git to his person! Ihetb-
rian guai.ds might surround him, but
there would become brave spirit,— itu
ny of them, indeed, who would i.Uuy-
gle for the honor of being the fTrsTtu
cut him down, as Jackson cut down the
invader at Alexandria, knowing ’llut
his life was the forfeit. How long
would Henry Wilson survive us Gover
nor of Texas? His body would be
pierced With a stake at the cross roads,
as ancient malefactors were served,
and. his carcass left to rot upon the
ground. And so of the other SMte.s
named. The Herald, of course, is not
in earnest in thus designating ouv ru
lers beforehand—hut if it weie, and
these men were really to be sent among
us to be our Governors, there is m>
Life Insurance company in the South
that would take their risks nt nitu-U-
ntson the (.hi.lar.fc--JV. U. ('!■-
44-r-K .
oi’elgti News, v $~-
iltctiMOND, Aptil 5.—Advices from
Norfolk on yesterday report the arrival
of the steamer Jura at Portland, with
twenty days later intelligence Irom Ku
rope.
Lincoln’s emancipating message l“.J
been receivid in England. The Lon
don Times annouces it as a hid fot put
ting an end to the war. Dr. Kusseli
(Times corispondent) praises the c. n
sistency of the Southern t ools Ik
says the Northeu troops are weary at J- i
the war, and clamorous for furlong'
The Tangier prisoners have
transferred to the ship Harvest Irom**,
bound for Boston.
France is engaged in semli»;j in,, " >
troops to Mexico.
Austria is strengthening military P" s J
on the Venetian frontier. *
Cotton had advaned ‘ to jd. Stur*
400,000 bales.
CON FEDERATF. CONGRESS^
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Richmond, Va., April 4th.-
ing importance was done in Congr(# 5
o-day. ’
The contested election case from lit**
Third Congressional Di.str.ct ot Ark *1“
sas, has occupied the House for JV' 1
duys. The subject was recommitted
to-day iu ordor tu obtain further U*sb
mony, ami tiie case is thereby, put 11 '
peaerl until the next Session o? Coii-
gr.-ss. . '