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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^ I •etr M j r 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^ Noth run ? c |\f V 11 . V 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. . '