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EsTS.
This WAT, -m i. progrw*. ha* cenfounded the
( aleul idovi of th :111 v. 1 philo-pkers on
lioth sides. For ourselves, wc an happily ex
o.iupt from raai.y of those evils, w hi< h the h<d
erats thought would he the inseparable con
comi ants of the Revolution. H was gravely
Raid hy many of their statesmen that there
would soon break out a negro insurrection which
wonld (jive ns ample employment at home for
all our strength. Whereas, the fact is that our
servile population were never move tractable
a, ,1 orderly. Multitudes have left their own
ers under the entfeements and compulsions of
the enemy, but no whero have they exhibited
any insubordination. Our Yankee friends con
stantly asserted that we could not feed our
selves without their provisions. But after ,
three years war nobody lias died of starvation
growing out ot an absolute dearth ot food. |
It mint be admitted too, that we have made j
sundry prophecies respecting our enemies which ;
have not yet been fulfilled. Wo expected to j
Discs bread riots among them, produced by
(ho distress of tholr laboring classes, hut tlicie I
have not occurred. We predicted that after the j
first ebullition of rage had escaped and reason ;
had icsum.d her Hway, that the war would he j
stopped, mid that six months or a year would j
produce this ri action. Hut more than thirty |
month i have past and the ciy it Mill tor blood, j
lint in nothing have Uio predictions f>\ om |
most far-Broinpf utaU'aint’.n tnilcd inoio
ly than in tin 1 influence which it was 'bought
the war would * xurt on the commerce anti man
ufacture* oi KiiKkrtntl- It was Raid that the ut-<
strar ion of our cotton from the English mat kel
would produce a revolution in that country—
that the millions who woul 1 he thrown out nt
employment by the stoppage of the cotton mills
would foment, if worker bread were not sup
plied disorder ! which would unuctllo the throne.
When in the U. S.Senate an Abolitionist threat
eued the South with the blockade of her ports
io the event Ol sH'.ombou. Mr. Mason replied
that Knglund would not, couhbnot permit it—
Soul hem staples being absolutely indispensable
to her industrial interests. Hut the and defence j
of facts from all these uuticipatiuns is very ptrl-j
kiugiv set forth in a recent number of the Lon- ,
don Times. It appears from this journal that j
England is enjoying a higher degree ot com-|
mcreiul prospetttT nl lilts Uue , iu.mi .■ '** '* rtl
r eacled prior to the war. Though tl.e imports
„f cotton from .W.. . '-«« • 7 tvvl ;
‘for the hrstt.cn month.-od V<.I and only I hOtm
ewt. ter alike period in DffiJ. yet the exporis
of the country itt Idol weie out » " 1
five millions of pounds Merlin c, wlole m n,,
I hey amounted t . one lmndr-d and nineteen
milupns of pound- ■ terling. y"
pear thbi tliis prosperity is owing to Hu. ...
ceased supply of cotton from other parts o!
the world. Thongi.the product on ot Hm: ma
terial has been greatly stimulated, t.iesup|) y
from all sources tails far short <>!' "'lmt was re
coiviMl in oi«iiiiury
total receipt.* of cotton exceeded one tlimo-iind
millions of pounds, and in Du'.:; tlie quafft-ity
imporw'd from ail countries was about tom
hundred millions ot pounds, or less than oue
h.ilf the receipt* of ordinary rears during a
time of peace.
How in the face of this great reduct.on ot
the raw material has the trade ot England so
largely increased ? Two causes have doubtless j
contributed to this result. One is the great ad ,
ranee in the price of cotton fabrics-an ad- ,
vaiico in some kinds of goods ;so large that
talf the amount will command more than was
received for the whole in ordinary times.- j
Four hundred million pounds of cotton now |
bring In fully a* much money as was received j
from ten million pounds in seasons of ordinary i
prosperity.
Another reason is the great demand whic.i
tlu> vrar has occasional in England for military
•viuipmcuta of all sot Is. Our enemies have j
brought into requisition the work shops ot j
England t < asai-t in the manufacture of the m
Ktruuiente for our destruction, whilst they have
imported largely of Irishmen to use those ir.-
strmnouts. " Rifles and titled cannon," says
the London Times. " ponderous specimens ot
ordnance and projectiles of all descriptions, are !
now favorite articles of commerce." The j
scarcity of cotton has no doubt stimulated i
very largely the production of linen and wool j
on goods ; and this lias boon another large :
source of revenue. Then the exploits of our
w!u vessels have brought English bottoms into j
a request more .considerable than any thing ;
which has been known in the present century.
These causes explain the growth ot English !
trade at the present time,
Do not these fasts give us a key to England's I
neutrality ? She finds it conducive to her in- j
f rests not to take sides. The war which in tt o
beginning threatened her with damage proves
' to be profitable ; and she does not care to in
terrupt the belligerents ! These facts con
vince us —if we needed conviction on the point
the Eddish government proposing the arrest of
the war. The cotton supply in her own domin
ion s enhanced, and her profits increased in the
midst of the conflict, and why should she stop
it *
We see auother tiling in the exhibit ot tec
Times ; and that is if cotton is King Jiis tni vn
is uot now in the Confederate States. ■' »' *•“
be under the necessity of turning out attention
to the production of provisions in the future
more largely than in the past. "> must bave
law cotton and more food, and more manufac
turer : and then we shall have more real inde
pendence. Cotton Ins been too much our idol;
and like other idols It ha* damaged the wor
thippers.
Ges. Too ubs Impressment Cas*.— We learn
from a correspondent of the Columbus Euqui
tec that the case affecting the legality of the
tmprcss Boui ot Gen. Toombs’ negroes, to work
on the defences at Savannah, came off before
ihe Court In Lumpkin county, February 22d
-4 f was devilled iu tavor of Geu. X'oombs,
>n d agftinstthe legality of the impressment.
It i- understood that the case wll la* carried
to a higher ootut. Geu. T. sometime ago, bad
tbs officer in charge of the wagroe* wrested,
god the negroes brought bulk
j THIS UUMI’EE ACLWKIIIAU TO LINCOLN.
In the recent admirable addiess issued by
the niemlsT* of the late Congress to the citi
r.eUs of the Confederate States, tin.- following
sentence occurs when speaking of the vassalage
( to which our people would bo reduced, should
tli,s Northern arms eventually triumph : ‘ Obur
! dies would be filled by Yankee or tory preach
ers.” There has transpired within the past
few days, and probably since the address was
prepared by tho Congressional Committee, in
humation which shows that the Lincoln Gov
eruineot are making arrangements for introdu
cing into the pulpits of the Confederacy—
whenever it is practicable —men who ore
pledged to proclaim the Gospel according to
the temper of the ruling dynasty. It appears
that the Baptist Home Mission Society has re
ceived authority from tho Federal Government,
through Ira 11, Harris * sjnator from New York,
!o take possession of all Baptist houses ot
worship which tho fortunes of war may throw
in Mie lines of tho enemy, and to introduce into
such churches, ministers who shall be loyal to
tie Government of the United States, it is
al-o stated that the Methodist Episcopal Church
of Hie North lias been authorized to dolor the
churches of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, what the Baptist Mission Society is
about to do tor the eburdhee of the Baptist de
nomination.
This introduces anew feature in the system
of warfare of our enemies, and furnishes a re
markable fulfilment of what the address of our
Congressmen lias warned us to expect. Here
tofore we have heard of no efforts on the part
of the invaders to instal over thecongregations
I which have unhappily fallen into their power,
! ministers who would lie personally offensive
to tile people. It is true that they have si
lenced many of our ministers, have driven
them from their homes or shut them up in
j prisons, luvo taken their churches for military
j uses or destroyed them by fire ; but there lias
been no systematic attempt to force upon the
! people, as their religious teachers, men who
wore associated with iuvadi rs who came on a
| mission of devastation and death. It lias rare
ly occurred in tho annals of the most barba
: rous and bloody wars which have cursed the
| ear'll, that the conquerors have imposed upon
J the vanquished teachers of religion, who from
| tho circumstances of the case must, be utterly
j repugnant to all their moral sensibilities. Ab
! ject ns is the bondage in which our enemies
• iy that the negroes amongst us arc held, yet
J a minister, who was known to hold views so
offensive to their feelings as are the opinions of
abolition preachers to a congregation of South
o n Christians, would not he imposed upon a
e iiirch of slaves as their spiritual guide.
Even tlie com icU in our penitentiaries claim
t!ie privilege of asking from tho Governor in
respectful petition, a change of chaplains,
when, for any good cause, they become dissat
isfied with a particular incumbent. Bat the
privilege which we accord to our negroes,
which is sometimes conceded to felons iu our
prisons is, it seems, to he denied to tis if un
happily wo mine under the dominion of the
coniju nor I This is va< vlctii with a vengeance
l.ulrcd. It is PUiiiva eiU win; tut*W un
happy people who may fall within the enemy's
lines, "You shall have the Gospel according to
Lincoln’s friends or emissaries or you shall not
lie allowed to assemble for worship.”
The expression •‘fighting for our homes and
allais” lias been often lieatil since the com
mencement of this war. The action of the
Norihern government •oust convince every one
that the phruso is not a mere rhetorical flourish,
u.- ed bv demagogues to intlaute the people. I p
to the present time the enemy has net subject
ed our citiz'-na who unliappily have fallen nn
di r his power to such a hateful
esnionage as is implied in what is now contem
plated. The measure, in our view, is simply to
deprive of all opportunities of public worship
those friends of the South who cannot sit under
the ministrations of a preacher selected by their
enemies. As none of this class will voluntarily
place themselves under such instructions, it
follows that they must he exiles from the sanc
tuary in all places in which the Lincoln gov
ernment succeeds in establishing its authority.
We suppose that the next step will be to de
cline all marriages void unless celebrated by
someone empowered by the Abolition author
ities to perlonn the service. When all their
ptfrposes ate executed wo shall have a harmo
nious uuion of sovereign Mate* and free people
with a vengeance! We are glad, however, that
they allow these shadow's of coming events to
lie discovered in advance. We shall strive,
with the blessing of Clod, to render the event of
which we are warned impossible.
ll arils Conn s Case.—We find iu the Colum
bus Sun the decision of Judge John T. Clarke,
i;i the Superior Court of Stewart county, in a
case of habeas corpus. It seems that the pe
titioner, William l’. Berry, sued for the dis
eliarg • of his minor sou. Jus. E. Berry, from
the military service of the Confederate States,
in which tie was detained by Cspt. Leonard
Little. The petitioner was a volunteer iu Capt.
I .it tie's company, enlisted for tliree years or
the war; and ill August last he tendered liis
son, Jas. 14. lterry, aged sixteen years and
some months, as a substitute for biurself. The
captain informed him that his son, being under
eighteen, could not be legally received as a
substitute. Upon petitioner's request, how
ever, ho received the youth into camps, placed
his name on the muster roll, and gave the fath
er a furlough, with the understanding that the
substitution in question was to be submitted to
higher authorities, that, if it should be approv
ed, the petitioner might receive a regular dis
charge. On the tM ot October thereafter, tin
j captain gave to petitioner a certificate in the
following words: “I iieieby certify, that I
| have received James E. Berry as a substitute,
„nd mustered him into service in the place of
i his father William P. Berry, and that the legal
papers are to be made out and forwarded to
proper authorities for sanction according to
Acts of Congress." The “sanction” of “prop
er authorities" referred to was, however, nev
er obtained. The petitioner's name was cou
tiuued on the must, r roll. At a subsequent
i inspection, the inspector general disapproved
,*f the youth's qualifications as a substitute,
and directed Captain L. to order the petitione*-
Uu-k to his camps. The captain issued bis or
der accordingly ; and the petitioner having, in
obedience thereto, resumed his place in the
! company, claims that his said minor son is no
lorger bound iu the service, but is of right
| su bject to his parental authority, while Captain
Little insists on holding loth the petitioner and
his said son as membeis of bis company.
The first question in the argument of coun
sel was. "Was the substitution of Jas. E. Berry
void ab Initio, and therefore binding on no one
| on tbe sole groun l of Lis being under eighteen
years of age !" The jndSe was of the opinion
that if the Government had executed, and
were disposed to abide by the substitution, It
! wOU u unquestionably ha binding on the peti
tioner. The next question laised was. whether
I ow i u>e substitution of James g. Berrr wa*
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1864.
>o completed as to bind him and his principal,
l lie Judge held that if the respondent—\V. P.
I Berry—hud obtained tire sanction of the pro
per authorities, the substitution would have
! been complete—Times E. Berry would have
: been taken into the service in place of his fath
er, and the latter would have been left out
thereby. But that "sanction” was never given:
the time, in which it might have been given,
has elapsed ; for Congress has repealed all laws
aulhorizing substitutes to be received in any
way. The Judge belli that James E. Berry was
not (round by virtue of having been substituted
for his father.
Lastly : ‘‘granting that James E. Berry is
not bound hy virtue of having been subst i Li
te d/or Iris father, may not beheld as a volun
teer under the enlistment set forth above f’
The terms of the enlistment stated that ire was
only a substitute lot bis father: that he was
received as such only upon condition of sane
tion from tire proper authorities. The only
consent proved to have been made by petitioner
was for his son to serve in his stead. If the
Government had chosen to accept that offer, he
should have stood to iris own proposal. But,
the Judge lie!d that it would be unjust to
argue thence a consent on his pa t for his son
to be held in altogether a different way.
Tlie judge in conclusion decides lor the pe
titioner, us follows : “Upon the f< rc-goiugcon
si lerutions, it is therefore adjudged that the
said James E. Berry is illegally detained by
said CupL Leonard Little, and must be dis
charged.”
TIIE MHI.KSWIC-HOI.STKIN \\ Ut.
By tlie last arrival from Europe we have hos
tilities between the Austrians and Prussians on
the one side, and the Danes on the other. On
the 31st of January. Field Marshal Wrangel,
the commander of tho Austro-Prussian forces
summoned Gen. de Mem, the Danish Comman
der-In-Chief, to evacuate Schleswig, the terri
tory in dispute. The reply of de Mezi was,
that he had orders to defend Schleswig.
On the Ist of February the Germans crossed
the Elder, when Marshal Wrangel issued a
proclamation assuring the people of Schles
wig that theall'uSfl forces had come to protect
their lights, and that the civil commissioners of
Austria and Prussia would assume the admin
istration of the duchies of Schleswig and Hol
stein. In conclusion the proclamation advised
the inhabitants to abstain from any party agi
tation, which would not be suffered by the
Commander-in Obiet, in the intcicst ol the
Schleswigers themselves.
On the 2d of February, actual hostilities
commenced. There was an engagement at
Messmhle. Tim Prussian force numbered ten
thousand. The Danish troops numbered two
thousand. ’J ha Prussians stormed tho place
twice, but were repulsed both times. They
then retired to Eekeruforde. Their present
headquarters are at Kropp. Another battle, it
was expected, would soon take place. Thus
far the Prussian loss is about five hundred;
that of the Danes, two bundled.
Annexed we give a description of Hie fortifi
cations at Missuride.aud other places embraced
tUe Hu- »f tho greet Danish defence of I)an
newerk :
The Dannowerk is the great Danish bulwark
of the Duchy of Schleswig. It is of very an
cient origin. It is shunted at. Lie extreme
gout horn part of the Duchy of Schleswig, and
is now an'enormous earthwoik tiiat stretches
almost across the entire country. The length
of the peninsula m Schleswig-Holstein to the
end of the Jutland is said to be near three han
dled miles ; so that it extends almost asfav as
die base line ot England from the North bore
land to hand's End The breadth of the pen
insula. however, is but, one-third ot i's length,
and the Dauneweik is a fortification that reaches
very nearly across the latul from the German
Ocean to the Hal tic.
This -‘holder wall" is said to have been erect
ed m the ninth century, and, according to Hie
accounts given of it In "OlatTrygbeson's Saga,'.
it was built of wood, stone, and earth. In Hie
year 0:17 the wall, we are told, was strengthened
by Queen Thyra, whom the people in their
thankfulness for the national defence, christen:
ed D.iimbod, which, literally translated means
the pride of the Danes ; and, as a proof ot the
extreme antiqu ty of the structure, there has
been seen at Elenslmrg a splendid collection ot
dint ai row heads and axes collected trom the
barrows or earth mounds in the immediate
neighborhood. There were spear points wrought
onto! splinters of flint no thicker than paper
knives, and worked sharper than the best sod,
Here too were shown the knucklebone like
store's which had been used to separate the flue
layers of silicious earth from the solid mass,
a id which wore found embedded in these same
harrows with the very din. chip hes.de them
that the people, thousands of years before, had
broken from the integral block.
H,m ,• moreover, were the slabs of stone that
the old’ Letts had used to grind their spear
heads on to the sharpest possible points, grooved
with the toils of the workmen, and seeming as
if they were destined U tell the present age
how this wonderfully fine workmanship ol the
hardest possible materia* was executed. In
deed, in this collection of works long precedent
to historv. were arrow heads made on* ot flint
hardly thicker than mother of pearl, and
wrought as sharp as a need.e.
The tortress consists at the present day—with
out going into all the nicet.cs of historipal tie-
Kills ot three enormous eartu works stretching
across the entire breadth of the land. Tney
are so arranged a., to lorn) the neck, or tunnel,
with a long outwork to protect the narrow
channel through which Hie troops are ultimate
ly intended to be driven. Towards the Baltic,
o'r East Sea, there runs the "Oster-W olden,
or east rampart. Tta s lies towards the “heken
forde " mid is sometimes "called the "Cam t
llann'ewerlf.’’ It is aboqt two English miles
on&, the earthworks being fioui four to five feet
hi’b’and sixteen yards broad, aud beset \vith a
ditch, the depth of which v aries from six feet to
Beyond this is the great bay iorrnad by the
river Schley, which is so wide that no troops
could possibly attempt to pass it. Stretching
ianqedmt'y in front of this is the "kurgiabi-n
which is upwards ot a mile m length, begmning
at the end of the SelkeicluKe; it is Lorn ten feet
to twelve feet broad, and trom four to six feet
hnrh. Behind this lies the great “Dannewem
itself, which consists ot an earthwork uot less
than fourteen miles long. In some parts it is
from thirty feet to thirty-six feet high, amt the
ramparts aye from sixte n feet to twenty feet
broad. The whole ot works are ini
mediately iu connection from one side ot me
peninsula to the other, with the over 1 reene,
which fulls into t»»e Not them Ocean; so that
the Danish forces have it within tf.eif popev to
flood not lesi than sixty-tour square miles ot
land in front of the great bulwark of Scheles-
wig at a moment's notice.
“But." say the Saxon soldiers to the writer,
’•what are the use* of the sluice gates in this
time of frost ?" Talking with Danish engijieeis,
they pay they had flooded the country with the
thium st pellicle of h e, and let the water out im
mediately aftewards, so that any tioop* at
tempt ng to cross the country would be mowed
<io*n by the artillery like corn. Indeed, them
is not the least doubt that forty thousand men
could hold theDanuewerk against one hundred
thousand opposing troops, and it would re-
I quire as strong an aimy as united Germany
I could possibly muster to wrest SpUleswig from
Denmark.
Governor Seymour of New York has signed
a bill for amending the constitution of that
State, so as to allow soldiers to v Me. The peo
ple are to vote on the amendment on the sec
ond Tuesday of March, a id within fifteen days
after the canvass the returns shall be Bent to
tbe Secretary of State who shall certify them to
the Legislature.
The Yaukee papers talk of great and glori
ous victories in Mississippi. Xorth Georgia, and
Florida. May they always have such victories
wherever they advance.
j The Battle ok Ocean Pond, Fla.—Acorrcs-
I pondent of tlie Macon Telegraph, writing from
i Olustee Station, Fla., under date of Feb. 21,
gives the annexed account of the battle of
Ocean Pond :
Early on tlie morning of Fell. 20, the cavahy
| picket reported the enemy advancing up the
! Railroad. The statement was that they were
about four miles from our position, at Oulustee
Station, steadily advancing. Our men were
put in position at our works. In the course of
hail an hour Gen. Co'Cpiitt was ordered by Gen.
I'innegan to take three regiments ot his own
brigade and part of Col. Harrison s brigade,
with (.'apt. Wheaton's and (’apt. Gamble’s bat
teries ot artillery and go to the front, to as
sume command of cavalry—of which there
were two iegimerits—artillery and infantry, to
advance on the enemy and feel his strength. 1
Before Gen. Colquitt was two hundred yards j
from our works he received {another order sta- :
ting that nil tbe available force of Gen. Finne - j
gan's command, except two small battalions,
had been ordeied forward and placed under his
command. After marching over two miles
and a half, we met our car airy retreating rap
idly. Gen. Colquitt throwing forward his skir
mishers immediately formed line of battle, bnd
as the troops came up made a second line, and
ordered the artillery to open on the enemy,
v. hose columns were now plainly visible. Skir
misliing soon became brisk and fierce, and the
enemy's artillery fired rapidly. The enemy
we r e in such force, their line was r.o long, that j
it was necessary to put the second line in posi
tion on tlie Hanks of our front line. Our line
then advanced until we came to cicso quarters
with the enemy; a hard light of nearly auhonr-'n
duration ensued, when they began slowly to
retire, closely pressed by our yelling and exul
tant infantry. The enemy feil back about ball
a mile, when they male another stand, 'i bis
position was very strong, several marshes and
ponds enabling them to strengthen the open
portion of their line. All their artillery was
posted here and poured into our ranks round
alter round of canister and grape.
The fight was stubborn and our ammunition
was neariy exhausted. Gen Colquitt, real
izing the (lamer, directed that the (itb Fla. Bat
talion fie moved round oil the left Hank of the
enemy ; as soon as this Battalion opened on
their Hank they fell back about a hundred yards
and again main ained their position. The 6th
Ga. regiment, Colquitt’s Brigade, and the 32d
Ga. regiment, Col. Harrison’s Brigade, pressed
forward on tlie left. The 19th Ga. and 28th
Ga. on tho right moved up rapidly and captured,
live pieces of artillery, three Napoleon’s and
two 10 pounder l’arroits.
Our ammunition was now complelelv ex
hausted. Gen. Colquitt had sent back lor
some. Wo held this position for half ail hour
with a few cartridges brought to the men by
Ten. Colquitt’s staff in their haversacks. Am-
munition at last arrived, tlie men were sup
plied, and the 27th Ga.,001. Zachry, coming in
jast atlhis time, we moved rapidly forward, the
enemy falling hack. They attempted to make
another stand at a point protected by a marsh,
but we haidiy gave them lime to bait before we
were into them aud compelled them to a more
hasty retreat.
It was now sundown ; we followed them un
til dark, eaptur ng their hosoital aud ah their
wound and. We halted ut dark/lmving frright
from a fi;w minutes after two o'clock, until
hall-past six o’clock, having taken tiie pieces
ot artillery, two regimental colors, the guidon
of a battery. 400 piisoners, beside their killed
an i wounded. They left over two hundred
dead on the field. 1 can't arrive exactly at the
number of their wounded, as they succeeded
in getting some off, ana many others were car
ried miles and put down. Their killed and
wounded will, at a low estimate, reach twelve
linndie, l. 'The lor- would. jIPV" l'"* 1 --
greater, but for the number and size of the
pine tiecs. After the infantry halted, Gen.
Golquitt ordered the cavalry fin ward to press
the rear of the retreating column of the ene
my ; they moved slowly after the enemy as far
as the St. Many’s River, tlie r horses vveie
jaded, and they didn't press them vigorously.
The troops all behaved splendidly—holding a
line under heavy fire, without ammuuiiioli, is
the severest test of a soldier's nerves. Ouslus
tee Station is on the Atlantic and Gulf Kail
road in New Kiver comity. I'll, twetve miles
below Lake City. 1 can hot close without
speaking of Captain Wheaton's .Battery of
Light Artillery. It moved along with the line
of infantry and tired with wonderful precision
and effect,.
Gen. Colquitt was complimented by Gens.
Gardner and Finnegan, who came up after the
tight was over, for the skilful management of
the troops, lie fought seven regiments of ne
groes besides the white troops; the enemy num
bered, at the lowest calculation, eight thousand.
To give you an idea of the flhrceness of the
musketry tire, I will mention that the battle
flag of the 19th Ga. Regt. has nineteen bullet
holes in it. Gens. Gilmore and Seymour were
both on the field. I neglected to mention as
captured a thousand stand of arms, a
commissary, with a good many other prominent
officers'. 1 find they all think that at the least
estimate, the loss of tho enemy was over fiiteen
hundred. Negro dead abounded. The negro
prisoners say that white men were, with them,
who swore to shoot them it they didn't fight.
The spoils of victory are scattered everywhere
through the camp. Officers who have been as
far to the front as Sanderson say that the Yan
kees were completely routed.
Position of Gov. Vance. —Gov. Vance, of
North Carolina, has just delivered a speech at
Statesville on the “proposed Convention."—
The Charlotte Bulletin gives tlie annexed sy
nopsis of it ;
111 considering the question, the first posi
t'on of Gov. Vance was, that as the friends of
Convention now declare that it was not their
purpose to have ihe State withdrawn trom the
Confederacy, that if one siiouftl be called and
organized in a constitutional manner, its mem
bers would have to swear to support the Con
stitution of the Confederate States, and that if
it should pass an ordinance of secession its
members would be guilty of tvedsou and per
jury, as the peace-making power has been
transferred to the Confederate Government,
and it only has the power to negotiate for
[>eace. But if it was not for the purpose of se
cession, no one coui.i understand for what it
could assemble. 11 it was, as was suspected,
for the purpose of withdrawing the State from
the Confederacy, and it should form an inde
pendent Government, separate from both the
belli ’-erents, he said that it would still be in
rebellion to the Lincoln Government, and that
the war against the State would be ne' es-arily
continued with unabated ferocity, and that be
ing between the capital of the Confederacy and
the other States belonging to it. South, the
Confederate Government w.ould be compelled to
have free communication across it by the two
lines of Railroad over which the supplies of
Gen. Lee s army are now transported, and that
thus, instead of being engaged in one war, the
State would be involved in two.
That if the Convontionshould withdraw the
State from its present association anrl unite
with the Lincoln Government, tire armies of
the Confederacy would be compelled to *c(,»-
py Uic blare, and Lincoln's hordes would be
transferred to it, and thus it would be made the
field of strife, and its fate would be devastation
cad ruin. He said, that if either course were
adopted bv the mam Convention, that it won’d
be the duty of the Governor to issue orders tor
the troops of the State,in the field, to immedi
ately withdraw from the ranks of ttieir com
rades, and either rrl«4l to their own State, or
to cross over tlio Rappahannock and tali into
line with the troops or our enemies, aud turn
their bayonets against the bosoms of tho. e who
had heretofore stood by their sides iu scores of
dangers aucPtrials.
Tbe Governor illustrated what would be the
fate of the State of North Carolina by referring
to tbe present dowu-tro Jden condition of Ken
tucky, which from the beginning of she war
bad attempted to lemain neutra'. lie showed
what we could expect in the shape- of peace by’
negotiation, from the published terms of Lin
coln, ami read from a Northern paper an ac
couunt of the manner in which Breyifort. in
south Carolina, had been laid Dlf Into twenty
acre lots and sold at public auction and was
purchased mostly by negroes, as an illustration
u.' the disposition of the lands of the State un
der Lincoln authority, with the existence of his
various proclamations in regard to slavery.
The Governor declared that he had never
been a secessionist, that he adhered to the old
Union until driven from it by Lincoln's procla
mation, but that now he was in a different Gov
ernment, and that his whole *nergy and effort
>:.ould be to support it-that there was no hope
of peace except in the success of our arms—
that history no where recorded that au effort
: similar lo runs had ever resulted in peace by a
reconstruction. He assured his audience that
ttieie was not a doubt but.success would attend
our struggle, unless we at home should defeat
it. and referred to what we had achieved since
! the comment*meat of this struggle, as a reason
i for his taith.
RlsS-SI.V AMI THIS l M I till SiTATKs FIIO.H A
FRENCH CHAT OF VIEW,
The Richmond Sentinel publishes an article,
five columns long, translated for its columns,
from tlie Paris I‘jtrle of January 12th, iu which
a tmthlid and impressive parallel is run be
tween the conduct of Russia t(,wards Poland
and the United Sfiffe towards the Confederate
Sta: The Richmond Whig gives Hie annex
ed extracts trout the document together with a
summary of the line ot aigiimcnts and re
marks:
The Catrle, it should be borne In mind, is un-
I derstood to occupy a sort of semi-official posi
j tion. it is believe ito bo used by the Emperor
I sometimes to test, sometimes to mould, public
i opinion. Tiie carefully considered character of
i the elaborate article before us, the accuracy ol
j its facts, and the conspicuous style of publica
tion adopted, justify the inference that it was
brought forward not without the privity, if not
j by the inspiration, of tho Trench Ruler,
j ’The occasion seized by the writer for the ex
press]',in of his views, is the visit of tlie Rus
sian lieet to New York, and the extraordinary
honors with which it was received. The sur
prise excited hy this apparent coalition be
tween tiie champions of despotism and the self
vanuting apostles of liberty, he thinks will dis
appear upon attentively considering the situa
tion of tin* two countries, and the true charac
ter, causes and consequences of Hie struggles
in which both are engaged. Any one who will
examine these, he save, "will finish by discov
ering so much analogy between their policy,
so much resemblance in the objects at which
they aim, so much conformity in the means
they employ, that astonishment ceases.”
Looking first to the lust of these, the means
employed, he directs attention to “the signal
contempt with which, on the new as well as on
the old continent, the sacred laws of humanity
are trampled under foot/’ The softening and
beneficent influences of civilization, manifested
in other; wars, disappear from the kindred ef
forts of .Russia and the United States to sup
press struggles for independence. They urge
on their barbarous campaigns "with all the
odious accompaniments of massacre and pill
age” Villages plundered, homesteads fired,
prisoners tortmed, the wounded treated with
heartless inhumanity, old men, priests, women
and children given over to tlie sports and J lists
of a brutal soldiery, the countries invaded
made vast fields of murder and flames—these
are some of t. e -feature* that give a striking
resemblance to tlie frightful pictures presented
by the two wais. Instances of atrocity on the
part of Hie Russians and the Yankees are given
I hat show how well the monsters of the one
have kept pace with the monsters of the other:
how the Mouravieffs, Bergs, Annankoffs and
Dlotowskois have been rivalled in beastliness
by the Butlers, the '(urchins, tlie McNeils and
Scheneks. To the American ruffians lie gives
ihe precedence of having invented many of
tlie newfangled brutalities practised in common
by both. The leading idea of each seems to
be, the French writer thinks, to “take ven
genceon Ihe innocent for the failure to reach
the guilty.” Some excuse may be found in the
undertaking' in which each Government is en
gaged, for "the existence of the Union, like
tile iu’cgrify ol the Ttn-rUAn Umpire, cmroniy
be jiiescvviby frightful massacres. Let us.
then, eons? to feel i against a But
ler and a Berg, against a Sohenck and an
Aonattkoff; they are but the instruments of ft
higher will, rather. the tools of a fatal policy!
—But, il tlie scenes ot carnage and desola
tion which now disgrace the two worlds more
and more afflict us ; if our hearts revolt at the
sieht ol so- much useless bloodshed, let us
demand at once, both from Mr. Lincoln and
the Czar, not tochauge their generals, not even
to change their system, but simply to abandon
an impossible coercion, and to yield complete
independence —the one to Boland ; the other
to the Southern States ’’
i! is not in the name of humanity alone that
this demand should bo made, the writer con
tinues, but in tho name of light and justice :
Is it just that fifty millions of Muscovites
should combine to keep ten or twelve millions
of Boles under a detest jd yoke? Is it just
that upwards of twenty mil-lions of North
Americans, Germans and Irishmen should,
coalesce to impose on e-glit ltlillihns of South
ern Americans an ass eiation that they reject?
Is it not, in botli cascs.au odiousubu.se of force?
» * * »- a
“Jtis not yet a century since the thirteen orig
inal States of the Union first thought of com
bining tlieir efforts in order to IVee themselves
from the yoke of the mother country. As soon
as the object of the alliance was attained, the
alliance itself seemed doomed to perish, and it
required all the popnlaiity and activity of men
like Washington and Franklin to decide the
emancipated colonies (not all at once, nor all
toge'iier. but one after tho other, and with
much hesitancy) to reform and consolidate the
dissolved Con'.ederacy by the acceptance of a
common constitution. To-day, some of these
Mates perceiving that, by reason of changes in
their condition, arising either from the progress
of events or tlie ill will of their association,
tlieir interests are compromised by the connec
tion which was to have protected them, indi
cate the intention .of breaking it, ami of re
suming their entire independence, which they
had partially and conditionally abdicated. but
the other Mates refuse to consent to tho disso
lution of the association. They equip fleets,
raise armies, subsidise mercenaries to maintain
bv force a Union formed by free will. On
which side was the right ?
The question of slavery, the writer argues,
has but little to do with this raging desire to
subjugate the Southern Slates, though if it had
it would he “ singular philanthiopy that would
slaughter eight m’lllons of whites to emanci
pate three or four wiilious of blacks." There
aTO other and greater cargos :
Tie first is the profound d.fference in habits,
manners and character between the people ot
the North and South, which makes of them, in
a measure, two distinct nations. Different in
their origin, tor one was principally recruited
among tbe French and Spanish, while the oth
ers were chiefly composed of English, Dutch,
Germans and Swedes ; separated by long dis
tances, living under other latitudes, devoted to
dilfetent pursuits, guided by opposing inter
est.*, the two populations had always regarded
themselves as rivals, long before the election
of Mr. Lincoln had made them enemies. Peo
ple-have been astonished in Europe that the
South should have been so sensitive to an elec
toral defeat, because they have- not generally
reflected that this check was not, in tho eyes of
the vanquish ed, a temporary accident, but the
symptom of permanent and irremediable de
liasement.
. The South, at the commencement of the L n
iou. preponderating as well in population as in
wealth and intelligence, had gradually sec-nits
political lnilueuce and the number of its repre
sentatives and minished, as a consequence of the
enormous accessions of population at the North.
“Tliu3," (says.an able statistician) ‘ Virginia,
iu the begiauing, had ten members and New
Yoik six; now, New- York has thirty and \ ir
giaia eleven. South Carolina, which, in the
original distribution of representatives, figures
tor live representatives out of sixty-five, or one
thirteenth of the whole, .would have, according
to the last eeusus, only four out of two hundred
and thirty there, that is one sixtieth, i his nu
merical inieriority had long been balanced by
the superior ability of the statesmen ot the
South and their alliance with the Northern
Democra's. But the election of Mr. Lincoln,
which the South opposed with all its strength,
suddenly taught it that these tactics could no
longer suffice, and that the balance was torever
destroyed to its injury. Thenceforth it was to
expect to see its dearest interests at toe mercy
of men who were both hostile and hateful to
them. Free trading, in is quality oi producer
ol raw materials, it would be governed by
maaufacturtrs who were ardent protectionist*-
Slaveholding—for. notwithstanding the abso
lute demonstration already given, we do not
wish to deny that Mr. Lincoln presaged for
slavery certain remote danger*—it would be
VOL. LXXVIII, —NEW SERIES VOL. XXVJII. (). |()
obliged to sir in. Congress alongside of au enor
mous Abolition majority. Men less patient
than the Southern planters would not have
endured such a prospect.
The causes of the quarrel as we see, ore
multifold, it is only by artifice, readily de
tected, that the advocates of the Unionists re
strict them to one ; to that which lias, perhaps,
exerciser! tho least inltuence, but which permits
them to take tlie best position ; and we would
be surprised at their success in deceiving pub
lic opinion, did we not remember that it is ex
posed to such errors, and that more than once
have oppressors known how to turu it against
their victims.
The negroes have rejeete i the artful sugges
tions ot their interested emancipators. The
proclamations of Lincoln have succeeded no
better than the ord.rs of Mouravieff iu liglit
iug up a servile war ; and, iu spite ol the de
cree of emancipation, the greater part of the
slaves remain peacefully cultivating the fields
aud guarding the children ol their masters
The philanthropists of tlie White House have
made dupes only in Europe.
If, tfieu, Poland has a right to her independ
ence because of her historical antecedents and
tlie treaties of 181.'), tire Southern Confederacy,
as a sovereign State, Ims rights still more le
gitimate. Besides, could a dqubt be even pre
tended whether its rising was legitimate, it
would be enough to examine attentively the
conduct and acts of the two adverse patties in
order to determine, on the instant, which has
right and justice on its side. When, on the
one hand, are found moderation, legality, self
denial and sacrifice ; on the other, arbitrary
acts, cruelty and the abuse of strength ; it is
impossible to hesitate between the two camps.
At the South, we see the citizens ot all clas
ses becoming soldiers, and enduring all priva
tions without murmuring ; in the North it is
foreign mercenaries, tempted By bounties, who
do the fight'ng. In the South, disciplin 3, re
spect for enemies” property, indulgence for the
vanquished ; in the North, pillage, tlames, .sus
pension of all liberty, distrust of leaders, who
are changed after eacli battle.
Russia and tlie United States proclaim the
liberty of the serf aud the emancipation of tbe
slave, but in return both seek to reduce to
slavery all who defend liberty and independ
ence. Nothing stops them iu their barbarous
coercion, even were nothing but ruins left for
their reign.
It is not sympathy alone, the writer says :
that gives France an interest in these events.
‘•Jf violence triumph ou either continent, there
will result, besides our shame for remaining
indifferent to tho consummation of iniquity, a
grave prejudice to tlie independence and inter
ests of Emope.” How dangerous andaggress
ive a power Russia would become but lor the
formidable and irreconcilable enemy that for
a century she has carried on herflauks, he points
out:
* a » « «
Although much inferiot- a population to tho
Russian Empire, the United States conceive
projects si ill more vast, hopes still more ambi
tious. They point witli pride to a population
of' fill,000,Oou{?) men to-day, to become 100,-
000,000 in 1900; they boast of their commercial
marine, which in 1792 composed only 504,137
tons, and which in 1301 was 5,539.81.1 ; their
auxiliary navy whose existence in 1794 was
more than doubtful, and which on the Ist Jan
uary, 1803, had sixty vessels more than any
other nation of tlie globe; their army which at
the epoch of the war of independence was only
5,120 men, and is composed to-day of 800.000
soldiers. Finally, they display to us the eff.cts
ot their marvellous activity !
Ameiioa no longer resembles Hie seductive
picture drawn lor is i>y M a« 'l'——, -mm,
tm-nty jw.ra ago, nor even tho witiy descrip
tion recently given by an amusing pamphlet.—
It now knows all the sores of the old world;
heavy budgets, standing armies, conscription,
martial law and mil tary courts. It has wit
nessed the wl’hdrawal of all the liberties of
which it was so proud; liberty of the press, of
public meetings, even the venerable privilege
of habeas corpus, inherited from tlte mother
country.
We are assured, indeed, that this enormous
concentration of powers in Hie hands of the
President, is only temporary, and that all
these liberties, Compromised fort-lie moment
in defence of the public safety, will resume
tlieir free play as soon us the war is end
ed. But when will the war be ended '?
When will order and peace resume their reign
on the vast territory of the Union? America
will emerge from the struggle metamorphosed,
transformed, with a central power strength
ened and consolidated, .and with dependent
provinces. Instead of a federative Republic,
anxious only for its manufacturing anil com
mercial development, jealous above all of its
liberty and prosperity, we shall see arise be
fore us a compact State, a unit, a military and
conquering Bower.
Instead of growing great, as formerly, by
the peaceful and legitimate attiaction which
the view of their prosperity and their liberty
exerted on their neighbors, they will seek fu
ture increase by the employment of force and
intimidation.
Finding no barriers North or South, they
will soon seize upon Canada, the French An
tilles, Cuba, Mexico and South America. Let
Boland, also, snecumb, and there will remain
in tlie world but two Bowers ; in Hie Old
World, but one preponderance, that of Russia ;
in Ihe New World, as one wide expanse of the
seas, but one dominion, that of America
And if mutually attracted by the conformity
of their inteiests and their destinies, tbesy t,vo
colossal [lowers unite their stre»«r‘fi —if the
aggrandized Muscovite F-u»pfre allies itseli with
the degenerated American Republic, what will
become Os the independence of the two
worlds ?•
Listen to the fate predicted for us by a lead
ing American paper, in which the Muscovite
alliance is now highly landed ; 11 Like Russia,
we have a million of soldiers, five hundred
men-of-wa ■. and can increase our navy to pro
portions so formidable as to terrify the world.
Our resources are inexhaustible. We will furn
ish Russia whatever she. is deficient in: United,
we could swoi p from the surface of the globe
the commerce of our enemies, capture their
colonies, forever destroy tboiv power. Pigmies
could not long struggle with giants.”
" With our invincible vessels,” (says anoth
er journal) " with our irresistible artillery we
can destroy in a few liours-the fleets and arse
nals of France and England. 'Let Russia-be
our ally, and our monitors will reduce London
to ashes the same day that the Cossacks enter
Paris.”
We admit that for tho present these are but
empty boasts, but if to-morrow, which God for
bid, Poland were crushed and the Confederacy
were annihilated, they would, perhaps, be se
rious threats.
It is said by historians that one day, Charle
magne, sealed on the sea shoro, was seen to
shed tears, on perceiving on the horizon Nor
man sails which pres iged for him the dangers
of Inturc invasion from the peoples of the
Noith. So, to-day, there is in France, we be
live, one man who must shed tears at seeing
civilized Europe indifferent to the perils which
menace the foundation of all that is noble, free
and sacred in the two hemispheres. We feel,
too, nothing bnt disdain for the short-sighted
politicians of our own country, who exhaust
their intelligence in narrow calculation. They
imagine, in presence of events which rnay effect
the balance of the world, that they are serving
humanity and France, by demanding our aban
donment of Poland, and the withdrawal of our
troops from Mexico !
Suspension of the Rxi.mcn Standard. —The
following notice takes the place of the editor
ial in the Raleigh Standard, of the 2fld ult. It
is without explanation of the reasons for the
eourse announced:
THE STANDARD SUSPENDED.
The publication of the Standard is for the
present suspended. Due notice will be given
of the resumption of publication. Our ex
changes will confer a favor by continuing their
visits' 5 while the publication of the Standard is
thus temporarily suspended; and meanwhile
we shall Ire glad to see our friends who may
be Dastiug through Raleigh, and to bear from
them generally, verbally or by let ter
We have not quite completed the Comptrol
ler's Report, and shall, therefore, issue an ex
irl in the eouise of a few day* containing the
concluding table* of the Report.
Twelve thousand negroes hare been put in
to the Federal, ranks iu Tepees*?*.
The Battle at Stone Side Mocxtaix.—A cor
respondent of the Atlanta Intelligencer, wri
! 'nig iroin the front, gives tiie annexed account
of tlie buttle of Stoue Side Mountain :
Alter the skirmish of the 24th, Reynolds'
Brigade of Stevenson\s divisiou was ordered to
leave their position on tbeClerclftul road, and
report to Maj. Gen. Stewart, whose divisou
was in advance on the Tuumd Hill road. The
brigade was t:ien placed in position on the ex
treme light of the division, about ten o'clock
at night, and advanced its skirmishers beyond
the line of liattle occupied during tlie evening.
t On the morning ot the 25th, Brig. General
Reynolds and stall’ wont forward to reconnoi
t(e the position of the enemy, and ascertained
that they had withdrawn and formed a line of
battle about one mile from tlie position occu
pied by the Confederates. On ascertaining this
(net he looted forward his r.- .t
tiio cmoij, tw, advancing simultaneously,
soon became hotly engaged. The skirmishers
of Gen. Reynold's brigade fought with deter
mined valor, ami held in chock tlie advance of
the enemy's skirmishers until tho main column
arrived, and hy sheer strength of numbers,
drove them back.
Gen. Reynold's line of battle was formed with
his right resting in a valley about three miles
from Dalton, and extending towards the loot
of a tier ol’hills known as Stoneside mountain.
The po'it'on was held for the purpose of pre
venting Hie enemy from passing through the
valley, mentioned before, and thus turning tiie
right Hank of Stewart’s division, which occu
pied the gap leading to Tunnel llill. It was
a matter of tlie greatest importance that this
position should lie held, for, once forced, it
would necessitate the rapid fall'ng back of
Gen. Stewart with tbe possible chance of his
division being badly used up.
The position occupied by the enemy was on
a plain level, up tlie valley, and between two
hills; at the same time taking possession of
certain knolls for tlie purpose of planting their
artillery. The'object o( tlieir movement was
none other than to force our army from the
position it occupied and compel its retreat
from Dalton.
As soon as the enemy advanced four pieces
of artillery, under the gallant Major Hotchkiss,
were posted in the right centre of Reynolds’
brigade, and opening on tlie enemy’s columns,
scattered ami dispersed them; but. forming
again, the enemy brought forward several
heavy guns, which compelled our small pieces
to retire. They had, however, acted with great
bravery, and were only silenced from the vastly
superior calibre of guns.
The enemy's column, in Hie meantime, ad
vancing steadily toward tlie position occupied
by the gallant Virginians and North Caroli
nians, who stood firmly to their post, and
would, no doubt, have fought to the last, but
General Reynolds perceiving the overwhelm
ing numbers of the Fcderals, and being appre
hensive that, by such force they would succeed
in turning his flank, immediately sent for rein
forcements, his own line not being sufficient to
extend to the mount, and the doth, 35th and
38th Alabama regiments, of Clayton's brigade,
were ordered to reinforce him, and two of the
regiments were promptly placed upon his left,
while the oilier was held in reserve.
Tlie troops had scarcely been placed in their
proper p .sitioii before the enemy advanced
and commenced the action. They moved
ward to attack our forces, with spirit and. f
-and pouring in a heavy fire, charged
upon our line. They were met by a terrific
volley oi musketry, which repulsed them. As
soon as they had broken the skirmishers of our
forces, which hail been driven in. advanced up
on the enemy aud added to his discomfiture by
their cool and gallant conduct. The battle, bv
tI,L rijn.- 1.-a -u — c ,..i CCMU me ngut, 10 the
li ft, and" was exceedingly severe. The enemy
kept up a continuous fire of artillery along our
lines, while we were unable to return the lire,
on account of tho sm ill calibre of the guns, as
well as tlie position occupied by the Confeder
ates, which was such as to preclude the use of
artillery on the advance ol the enemy.
Foiled in their first attempt, they' soon re -
formed and essayed to break the line of gallant
men v. ho were opposed to them; but the determ
ined valor of our troops was such that every
effort failed. Oil the second repulse, they were
evidently about to retire, when they weie heav
ily reinforced, which urged them to make an
other attempt. Accordingly, tiicy moved for
ward in a solid column, and made their third
and last charge. The fighting here is repre
sented to have been desperate; the enemy re
fusing to yield tlieir position until beaten back
inch by inch. They were, however, slowly but
sullenly, driven back until they icadred the
open field, when a well directed volley had the
effect of breaking their ranks, and they retired
in confusion. At about 10 o'c’ock the same
night they withdrew their entire force lrom the
front of Reynold’s line, leaving us in posses
sion of the field.
This battle, although not a general engage
ment. was nevertheless a brilliant affair, and il
lustrated the spirit of our troops, and what we
might expect when tho battle for the posses
sion of Georgia shall come off) The force on
our side did not exceed two thousand men ac
tually engaged, while that of the enemy was
estimated at not less than five thousand, and
consisted of Gordon Gran gers’ corps, of the
Federal army, less one division which w—-
held in check by Brig. Gen. Uurumino'i w h°
was posted on tlie < pposite side -' l h° Valley
on a hill, with Pettus’ l>rw-<‘e in supporting
distance. Neither cw.mmg's nor Pettus' brig
ades were iiomaity engaged, hut they rendered
effeoHro;service in holding the Federal* at bay,
while Reynolds, with his brigade and the brave
Alabamians of Clayton’s brigade were punish
ing the enemy severely.
The total loss ol the Confederate forces is
estimated at not more than two hundred in
killed and wounded, while that of the enemy
must have boen very severe. Wo captured
about thirty prisoners.
Tae Internal Strike Commenced in Feiier
aldom. —The Lynchburg Republican says that
two gentlemen, who have just been scouting in
I’rinco William's county, Va., report that there
has been a heavy fight among a corps of Yan
kee troops stationed near Bristoe Station, un
der the following circumstances:
A day had been appointed for re-enlisting
the men of this corps, and a largo number of
barrels of whiskey had been brought down and
the heads knocked out and the men invited to
diink, in order to get them up to the sticking
point. Some of the Dutch aud Irish pitched
in, got tight, and arrayed themselves in the line
of the re-inlisted, but the calculating, full
blooded Yankees, together with a large portion
of the \vliW», smelt the rat and refused to par
ticipate ; whereupon tbe re-enlisted men com
menced taunting the rest, and a general row
followed, all parties seizing their arms. The
fight lasted for hours. The commanding officer
had six pieces of artillery opened on the insur
gents, and finally succeeded in restoring quiet.
Five hundred men are reported as killed, and
a long train of ambulances and wagons were
loaded and sent oft' with wounded. There is no
doubt as to the truth of this affair, as officers'
in one of our regiments have received letters
from their families in that neighborhood con
firming the facts, and stating that they heard
tho tiring, &c. Two thousand of the men im
plicated in this matter were placed in irons,
which fact will give you some idea of the ex
tent and importance ot this affair, ihis is the
second tight the 1 ankees have had lately, as
reported by a prisoner.
Two Yankee regiments,, whose tefms of ser
vice had expired, wore 'Ordered to advance
against the insurrectionists, which they refused
to do, and a brigade was ordered against them.
Tho two regiments are said to have whipped
the brigade, both losing about one hundred
men killed and wounded.
The S>ate of lowa has been put under mar
tial law by General -Sfone. All persons ate for
bid leaving the State without a pass from thepro
vost marshal of the district in which they live.
Military commanders along the Missouri river
aie requested to place sufficient guards at all
crossings between Leavenworth, and Sioux
city to enforce the proclamation, which is based
on the preparations being made by large num
bers of persons to emigrate to
territories, and thus avoid the draft.
Thomas Carney, the new U. S. Senator from
Kansas, is a leading merchantof Leavenworth,
where he made a fortune. In 18(52, he was
made the Republican candidate for governor,
and was chosen by 9,91)0 votes ovci Aagstaff,
Democrat. He carried .every county iu the
State but Atchi»*n and Morns, and only lost
the latter by two votes. For Senator, Governor
Carney had" 68 vote* to 31 blank*,
j Ass Ell KLIM! ,)K Fabliau ENT— TIIK QukKX’S
Sriifcu.—The British l\uLament assembled on
tiie 4Hi of February. Following is the speech cf
the Queen on opening the session, which was
received by telegraph via Queenstown :
My Lords and Gerrtlemen—\Ye arc commis
sioned to assuie you Her Majesty has great sat
isfaction in recurring again to the advice and
assistance of her Parliament. Her Majesty is
confident that you will share her feeling of
gratitude to Almighty God, on account ol°tho
Princess ot Wales having given birth to a son
an event which hat called forth from her faith
ful people renewed demonstrations of devoted
loyally and attachment to her person and ram
ilv.
The state of affairs on tho continent of Eu
rope has been tlie cm«i of great anxiety to ter
Majesty. Die dead) of the King of Denmark
brought into immediate application the slinu
lations of the Treaty of May,’ 1852, concluded
by bis Majesty tho Empercr of Austria, the Em
peror of the French, the King of Prussia, and
the Emperor of Russia, the King of Sweden, and
aftei wad acceded to by the King of nanover
(he King ol saxony, the King of UVrteaiber
and'King of the Netherlands, the Queen of
Spain, tlie King of Portugal and the Kin"- of
Italy. That treaty declared that it is conducive
lo the preservation of balance of power and
•lift peace of Europe, that the integrity of the
Danish Monarchy should fie maintained, and
that several territories which have hitherto
been under the sway of Hie late King of Den
mark should continue so to remain, aud for this
purpose it was agreed that upon the death of
tlie iate King amt of his uncle, Prince Freder-
ick, without issue, his Majesty King Christian
should be acknowledged as succeeding to all
the dominions then united under the sceptre of
His Majesty the King of Denmark.
Her Majesty; actuated hy the same desire to
preserve the peace of Europe, which was ono
of the declared objects ot’ all the Powers who
were parties lo that treaty, lias been unremit
ting iu bet-endeavors to bring to a peaceful
settlement 4f llio differences which iti this mat
ter have arisen between Germany and Den
mark, and the dangers yehich might follow
from a beguiling of warfare in tho North of
Europe, and Her Majesty will continue lieir
eftorti in the interest of peace.
The barbarous murders and cmel assaults
committed ill Japan on subjects of her Majesty
rendered it necessary that demands should bo
made upon the Japanese Government, and up
on the Damios by whose retainers some of these
outrages were committed. The Government of
the Tycoon complied with the demands made
upon them by her Majesty’s Government, and
full satisfaction having been made, the friendly
relations between the two Governments have
continued unbroken, but the Damios Prince,
Satsums, refused to comply with the just and
moderate demands which were made upon him.
His refusal renders measures of coercion ne
cessary. and her Majesty regrets that while tlia
measures have brought the Damios to an agree -
ment for compliance, they lead incidentally to
the destruction of a considerable portion of the
town of Kagosima. Bupers on (lie subject
would be laid before you. The insurrection
which broke out lust year among some portion
of lh» native inhabitants of New Zealand, still
unfortunately continues, but there is now leason
to hope that it will betore long be put down.
Her Majesty commands us to inform you that
she has concluded a treaty with the Emperor
of Austria, the Emperor of France, and tho
King of Prussia, by which her Majesty consents
to give up the Protectorate of the lonian Is
lands, and also agrees to the anneWation of tho
island to the Kingdom of Greece. This tiv.atv
shall c...;. nei eiHjes'y is also
negotiating a treaty wit I the King of’the Hel
lens for perfecting the arrangements connected
with tho union of tae loniou islands with tho
Kingdom of Greece. *
Gentlemen ol the House of Commons:—ller
Majesty has desired estimates for the ensuing
year to he laid before you. They have been
prepared with every attention to economy;
and with due regard tot-be efficiency' of the pub
lic service.
M.v Lords and Gentlemen : Her Mejesty com
mands us to inform you that tho condition
of the country is on the whole satisfactory.—
'the r.venue lias (idly . realized its expected
amount The commerce of the United King
dom is increasing, and while the distress In
manufacturing districts has been to some de
gree lessened, and there is reason to look for
ward to an increased supply of cotton from va
rious countries which have liithcito but scarce
ly supplied our manufacturers with the materi
al for 1 heir industry. 1 ler Majesty has directed
that a commission shall be issued'for the revis
ing the various forms lor subscription required ,
to be made by the clergy of the Established
Church. A copy of that commission will be
laid before you—various mcasurcsof public use
fulness will be submitted for your considera
tion. Her Majesty commits, with coafldence,
the great interests of the country to your wis
dom and care, mid sho fervently prays that tha
blessing of Almight y God ■miy attend your de
liberations and pronj>z* your counsels for the
advancement of cne welfare aud happiness of
her people.
ACAPOI.KIsOx's Itsei.v To TIIK AdURKSS OF THE
Cone., Lei.f.slativ. 'Jhe Paris Monitenr pub
lishes the reply of the Emperor Napoleon to
the address of the Corps Legislatif. The (~[..
lowing is a translation :
Mjnsieur le I'rvfttduni—'lha address which ex
presses to me tlm approbation of the Corps
I deeply Hi ones iap. Tlie discussions
upon the verification of powers and the address
have been long and profound ; and although
they have occupied nearlv three months thev
have not been without utility. In all impartin'!
minds, in liter, what are the definitive results of
these debates Accusations cleverly dissemina
ted, reduced to nothing ; the policy of the Gov
ernment better appreciated, a majority more
compact and more devoted to the maiiitenanco
of our institutions.
These- are great advantages obtained ; for,
after the sterile attempts of so many different
regimes the primary want of tlie country id
stability. L jk>u a soil without consistence, and
whic h is continually shifting, nothing durable
can be established.
What have we scon during the last sixty
years ! Liberty in partisan hands become mere
ly a subversive weapon. 1 fence iucessant tiuc-
I nations; hence, by tarns, power succumbing
to liberty, and lilieity succumbing to anarchy.
This ought uot to fce, and the example of the
last few years shows that what so long appeal
ed irreeoncil rifle may be reconciled.
Really fruitful progress is the result of ex
perience, and its advance will not be quickened
by systematic and unjust attacks, but by the
close union of the Government with a majority
insp reil by real patriotism, but never secured
by vain popularity.
Let us await from concord and time the ame
liorations that are possible ; do not let tho
deceptive hope of chimerical improvement un
ceasingly compromise the* present good that wo
have at heart to consolidate together. Let ua
each remain in <mr right place, you enlighten
inuand controlling the Government, I taking
the initiative iu everything conductive to tho
grandeur and prosperity of France.
liis Majesty's remarks—says the official jour
nal—were received witlijsliouts cf “ Vive l' Em~
pereur !”
Mr. Weight's Resolutions in tub Akm v.—
Tbe members of the Forty-Eighth Mississippi
Regiment have addressed a letter to lion. A.
R. Wright, on the resolutions which ho present
ed to Congress. Here is what they say:
The Forty-Eighth, from the days of the “old
battalion" at Yorktown, has lieen honorably
scarred in every conflict of this army with tho
hosts of McClellan, Pope, Burnside, Hooker
and Meade, and has a right, second to no other
—none will deny—to a voice in the tilings that
make for war or peace. That voice, sir, is
unanimously and enthusiastically in favor of
your resolutions. And. believe it, that is tho
voice of the rank and fiieof the entire army.
While we stand firmly ready to fight, and
even to die, in defence of tka rights of tne
South, three years of increasing slaughter have
sufficed to convince us that something beside
the blood of tbecountry is necessary to its so
lution. H demands its wisdom, its modera
tion, it* conservatism.
As the South’s resolved defenders with our
lives, we hail with joy your resolutions, as tha
first official manifestation of a purpose to trans
fer this destroying conflict from the field to tha
council, from tbe means of brute force to thosq
of rational miud.