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Ne«s which will * tbo purp.-a* of those who Oral tb» people of the Ao-tlb *tlll lure Cooetl tmionul right*. Nv lb ,l will ebeirtfae woild <>*l those right* hw< Lampion* who are wi I <. if lo buckle Oli t eh armor when necessary ruol stand u.S h -ldly in tbwir defence Th. I lou l ol a mitiury winch had marie 1U »,t-.uno, iu oiJ optical bqrnon and wb’.-b iS.n*u-ne.l to oen»P>e.vi the entire land. I,lolling out from exlatewo the st.iy I ,no ' J 11 H ioT which hur g«lUnt defender* ere lighting, ha* been diaptlied. Mokl nobly bag Georgia a tntflotic »ong cav.ri the country from tbo oiiMOi of mar. by on i ruin, towmd* which wo *, » nation w«r* being harried with a Awful rapidity. , , The telegraph Informs ua tint Lie Lgw UMffr hra paaKri Judge BtepUcns’ resolu • • 11.1 r 1 oiu.i fill til** hftuCM ttons against rim fu» ( .o!im. cerpu. writ. 1 ;e, t .• majority in their favor was small. Bat Urn resolution* I ave been TMUmo l. 'J he viclnry In favor of right achiev ed. a severe one. It v.*s astrnagle c»f justl.csj against power. 'lt,.- friends of the raccvwiul party had immense odds lo contend :• const. Tho lolri.y of tin l.cg lolatiiru at MiiiedqevUle lw* been lllieil wi.h prominent a linlnistrat on officials, font nu nos ininenca and p:*ltloa wito were Reeking to t-orry favor with tho administration by opposing Governor Brown and Lla policy. Ihe sulisldi.tud pressed of thußU t*' have hl,-> been loud end • in their denuhli ffTm* Os ids meaHurea rind it* supports’ *. Notwithstanding all lids, light lent “’“veiled in 1 «ah hoinMM of our &.«t« i'»‘* **•■'»>* Iwa itho toor.i free, A'* imtuen- 1-ad U«» U'eu removed from their mf.KK ' W* -f the citizens of rid ’ Ootuninawealth ' (vt, »itt dkwted. Thu 1. c rd of Georgia u - «•••’> u stain. Hu-(dcuich' va -did reirnffO* t,i,sid> lied. God b-J ‘l>cd I Tir: ?ms<i I'm- A c-n,<-'i>W‘l.*rut tl tho Unlumbio U.irollnKn "ili-m that th# armv of (Ira 1- ' e »r\ ivoly preparing l-r tts summer <•■'-!> !;■«. ««d «b-“ '‘npormn. movement* nr* to Mkj pW* •'» « N-UdOh baa iHi-t:iT«d ''i Mr jrthhi »ln. .< tho Ist*' raid w-Gby »f r.-.-oi■!. 'I he hav< been iioßtwsnM**. ''<'l ap.-iog «f»H. er baa agam ni>»*i« iw appeal an*" (itu - U ’ Jut street bus paid Gen. Leo an . illrirtl visit, ami burned l*» hi* hfa.lquarto# t.oar lire, nvlllo. TWaneewi. An arlTv« ciynpftig'i i* being <>•• janlwd, amt the j-t.U *•# both on*, ci # uni Bi.u v»lnU but to one result sucre**. '1 bo army f# Jn excellent bi-altb, KliJ ration- tiro abut.- ri*nt» , . Vjoiu ib« North wo loniß that the 1 edi-ial „r, u y pf lb - Potomac in In progrewof organiza tion prdh»imwv W tivo operations, but tbo prevatllug in1|Mo8«lon l, <U«t ->!eude. lvtf 00 «,! ULa Jt.«oat.Goi;eyri.t»’gtf«ll bo removed frofti Ill's rommand. t-inut U uo>v tht* tng gotlius. aiot at the council >d war which fc e roo-utly attended In Wiiehingtou, it wn# nr tanged that tin* rapture of Ki.hmon.i should U, tho primary object 4>f tbo Spring campaign. appears that Oraut a grand bleu is that our *#pNM won be taken before tho South can 1» penetrfHod- Troop;* according to hid plan art* lo be brought from Chattanooga and MLsisrippi nn>l, if potable, un army of two hundred nod fifty tuoosv'd men id to lie concentrated, Ebb men4 id t'ioti to to approached from three dis i’uivnt diiDctiooft# Kilpatrick and hi# <Jm®mand hare taken to jlw water. They are reliHi’iug to Alexandria ,tp tranuporta. Mwry thing now indicates tied grand move incurs will bo made, and i.ig event# transpire ■within the coming t|yo months. Perhaps du ilng that period the results may ho so decisive that w« shall he enabled to sen the beginning trf tho end. Tan De'Pbbatov' wr the Enemy Is made nmn fl’Pt by the wild mfcnuor la which ho denis his blows. Wheu one's antagonist is much blown, aud nearly worsted, he grows leas c.ui ti.nui in bis advances ; ho vents his Impotent 'ey LiHiog out right and loft, boating the oir, and do'ug nobody any harm but H'uiselt. He will soon Im exhausted at such a rate. The recent raid upon TMciimoud shows the despe rate nature of the enemy’s condition. The dnounratis found on ona of their leaders re veals the Jsct. that they no lougei hope by an sy.«n, honorable system of warfare, toaccom vlts&.ti»lr purpose, By e fair stand tip tight. * which the opponents may hare an equal - they find thoy can do nothing. There ohaho*., rneoct a scheme nneqnalled for its tore They t>. uo thau t 0 illaboU’ i ctitv. -otrd capital of the Con pounce upon the de>. , tOWQ mnri *v ** fedoracy. sack “and bum tu* Jhe ven _ innocent and defenceless, and *. gvauce upon the iTe-Weol an l hi* ’ What equivocation—what shuffling, will tv» sorted by the Federal Government, to clear its shirts of’this l>a«e plot, remains yet to bo seen. That there will be fune evasion-some shining vs the responsibility upon the parties immedi nu>ly concerned, there Is no doubt. But the scheme, happily foiled as it was. discloses a *pfrlt of despcnttloß On the part of out enemies which Is more Judicative of weakness than itrength. ■” ai c. sa- ora B vrri-rr ('onvsstion —The next of this body will be held in the Second H* p tis' Clian.li. Atlanta commencing on Fri day, Apr!! v2d. I*l6l. The Committee of AnJ&iSSJnenU are rv*v. W. T. Brantley, J. 0. MoDftiiiel, Edward V.’Ult*. S. Root, and 1 • htrhirdc. These gentlemen request all dole saWi and e ’rrwpooiiente wno design being present, to give iiwui immediate notice of their Vernation by mail. Pisces of entertainment Will then be provide'! for them, of which they will twelve df» notice, und to which they can r*f»lr ioit&edittftly oc tseii arjival le the dty j Jrwi: STErueug' Resoi.ctton^.—The re-ohi ; tioDK of Judge Htepfc ns on tbo ea»»cneiuii of i tbo lialxmh corpus writ were amended before j they were piw’l. Here they aic us they re id j vtn n the vote wag taheti ■ The fleneral Aseemhlr of the State of G :>r -1 aln. do R.wive I<|. 'll.at, under the (xn- itu j ri.iti of the Con federate Statea, there !* no jawrer to mupend the prlvlleue of th- writ of hah.xs (orptw, bnt in a manner nod tana ex tent irgiilated and limited by the expre&n, cm (ihatir, and un-jualilied Corwlitalio.-aii [Xoriibi thing, that, "No ptrxxi sf.all tn 1 (JU.fir.vwl of I sib, liberty, or property without ilue proew-g r>f U*," and that “The of the fieopie to be gecure la their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against uarcASoriablo and 3. j him, aboil not bo violsied, and no warrantg ahull ivue, Imt upon probable cause, aunpe-rted bv <i kth or afftrmatinn, an 1 partlrub-.rlr .!> “CrildfitJ t!i» p’.ai ) to be Sea:- Uni, U.> 1 »b 9 pcison or thin:;*. t<» lie seirnd." A id this ror.clugioa r.i.nlu from tho two f.d lowing reasons: Fir-t beosm-d tha > *■ i ... ~t H.ismwl.iiw troin express •). p./nllnn, b< • ott'y from i.upticatioa, whim rauf! always yield to cxprt*«, naiili.-ting c.ad_ ngtdct'ug word*. Second, ber»u«ethis power, being foilod do where in (be Constitutioo, hut in word* which are coplod ir(.m the 'e'gi.ial Constitution ol the. t'uit and Stitee, as adopted in 17x7, miist yield, in all points of conflict, to the gnt>gri|UMi: atnendmt-btaof 1783, which am also copied into our present Constitution, and which contain the prohibition* above quoted, and were adopted v,’i(h tbo declared purpose of adding ‘'further dfeclarabary and restrictive clauses.” U. That “due process of law” for veixing the persons of the people, as defined by the Conatitntioh itseif, i» a warrant issued upon probaliio cause, supported by oath or nfflima tion. and poJtii nliuiy deecriuiug lha peraocs to be aetaed, and the issuing of r.ueh warrants, being the exertion of a judicial power, is, if done by any branch of the government, except the judiciary, a plain violation of that provis ion ot the Constitution which vests the judicial [lower in the Courts alone; and, therefore, all seizures of the persons of the people, by afiy officer ot tbo Confederate Government, without ■.vai rants, and all warrants for that purpose, from any but a judicial source, are, in the judg ment of this Geneiat Assembly, “tinreasona bld” and uncoil* Rutional. cid. That the recent act of Congress to sus pend the privilege of the writ of habeas ccupus in cases of arieet, ordered by the President, .Secretary of War, c*r general officer iiig the trims-Miosiscippl Military Cepaitruent, is an attempt to sustain ths Military authoiity, in the f xercire of tbs Constitutional judicial function of issuing warrant--, and to giro Vel - idil v to soizuceg t.f th« persons of the people ; and, as tho said act, b> ir; ex pol. t-i'ius, coufines its opmationr 1 - I); *■ ji holding of this class of uucons'iiulioual sei •- ores, the whole *us[>eits!on attempted to be authorized by it, auii tb<* whole art itself, in the judgment of tills Ueneiul Assembly uio uiuionslitiiUomil 4th. ,'i'hat, iu the judgment of thin Gonaral Aftembly, the ; - id act is a dangeious assitnlt upon the Cons itutional power of the Courts, and upon t(ie lib.uty of ihe people, beyond the power ot any ptadMa ne.v-ss'ty to justiiy ii ; and while our Senators and KepreHentiitiviv in ( ongress ate earnestly urged to take the tir.-; p.vuible opportunity to have Ii reismleil, and refer tbo question o' ils validity to the Gnurts, with 11. a nojie that the people and ihe iniHciiy iiuthoriiies will abide l.y the des'lslon. .'.tli, Thai as Constitutional liberty U the sole ol jecl which our people and onr noble itniiy, inive, in our preretu terrible ati iigc.le wilii the Government of Mi . Lincoln, so alao is h. fidtiiful ndherenea to it on the part of our own gov. iijuient, through g“ a| fortune in aijpa afid tbt eiigo ill. ..tr >*( eilf s*r.- itgtn user tjliWi vV., ; lie cause it lie CousUtiif Cfifilrastot t e.n-ittiiitunal gi.vet'rinutnt, on our part, wl'h tire usurpations slid 13 muni, s which chnnu'terue the govern jnont ot our eneiHV, under the ever reotjrrir.fr and ever false (ilea of lilt' ue.a-s.itit.; :d war, wit! have the double etlect of animating onr own people with ns iim'Oiujiierftble steal, and ot itikpiiiiit; tho people ot the Koub. more (11 cl in ne, with it deaiie and deteimiuatlou to pill au end ten contest which is waged l.y their govei im.ent, openly, agaiusl our liberty, and H.S tl lily, blit 11.010 1.. v, rjiv, ngainat tbeir own Gor. Jbtows'a Mc;s h.k. — The Montgomery I Ailve! User iu Commenting on tlov. Brown's j Message, r.(mark* this : ! n hia proti'-t against the smq.w-di'm of ttu j writ af balH'tv* corpus, and tin* policy ot much secrecy In Congress upon matter** of vital eon* ern to the eounliy, ve concur wiiit him. lieu* the Cloven or to lichen matters of pviu riple whiclt ho deeply affect the public liber-j ties that they ought under no stm-s of .* ircuia-' stance** to ts3 coioproini.sed. by the !a*v id Congress suspending the writ of habeas corpus tu.iiie twenty class*’’, of est.-es are eutimoral* 7 dj in wiilph if tho rights of parties lie involved they r art. bare 111. up pea) to the Coiilto. 11l must ot these cases *he parties would Uiineie political offenders, where m'l I ’-*-’. prejudice or caprice would be likely to discard all ‘Jr -1 Wl’ inn' y laws of evidence and sutdeer the untuv luimte victim to the injustice of arbitrary rule. W e must object to the suspension, lieeaiip’e It implies a disregard of the popular onodeinliH tiou of a measure which has tv, lee b> wire been enacted itj some shape, and became both times so odious that it had to ho* repealed: and l*e- CnilUe itjpuiplies a jealousy o! the Onurts, (bat have hitiierto nmiutaiued all the taws nej eesniy and proper for the public defence, and, at liie same time, served to give the people ns.-nnuu o that, if their liheities should he infringed, they would tlnd ready redress at the hands of the judges. Nothing, in our opinion, could do more (o shake the confidence of tlm triends *4 liberty t v?rywlierc. in the eon eel ness of our pretensions, than tmeb un act. «<'d wo hope the now Cong res v will signalize its advent to power by the prompt repeal ol this law. A Vm Aiiu Table.—The Atlanta Apjici! j publishes the annexed table, which will he j found useful alter the first of April, us tho <-M issue will pass at the discount of pr cent. : Table allowing tlio value of the Old Issue of Confederate Money when discounted for the New Issue of Confederate money.at the rate ] <,f Three Hollars in Old Issue for Two Dollars in Sew Issue, from .*?•’> to s*>hO : o < lo’ ’ < < H 5 S£S|a * £ A 5 r * - » =• 8L- * I ? I ? 1 1 i W 't * * |- 3 1:' 5 « U Eii 11 : J If ? 11 j | £ i jf? j? f i s?_ 5 F; r js \J_± £ . . 3 S'U, HO. . . M .SJHf.lw' IW.* N ' Sv*S to « i:.;\ 8V....M !•“' •• %,»• *• •• iv to iO i so ...00 ov (ISO 110 oo Its) no Cos v ' s J-S »•. ..cs > us '■'* ...MS 3*V4 «*»V'w ..sc luftl’-c... •« »'■ 20 oo I'M .. .TO 00 W If) 00 ••*»>.. '.e :.ta • .* h 0....- tst ....it -50....« «*s)u3 ?« Malice ui ■ *»S *•."! i.sjno HO. ..soie U". ' ’ o. \ i:i.. s, •“ : * ■ - e.'....5« so isc 6v. ,v„j —see . .40 00 $0 i.)O iltO i4o'(' .'-t) 1 ) 41*' 00 •IV.. 4 H'W’ ;V.w tiv 143 S-.-i-r.-') j.-U »-> •!•;-» 141 . r--.., to ....it) •••OH y : <us » fu 1(30 I;jv 140 (O -V W A\s,' IVR lh-'i vuNniuN R: mok. —The Selrua Reporter -::>.vj s that Col. Vest, number of C.aigress from Mlsson.’?- u a speech at Do mopolia. to the Missouri troop* ? n Wednesday, yih inst . in which he stated that lie ’,sd retprne«l from Richmond-, and that President Davie told him bo had Information which was official, that Maximilian was on route to accept tiio throne Os Mexico, which would result in the recognition ot iFe Southern Confederacy by Mexico, Spain, France, ami probably Aus tria. All this rends well—promises well. We hone the statement will prove correc t Our renders, however, should not place much ooiibdeuce ;on recognition rnmor?. They are altogether i too sandy a fonndatfoa to build high hopes upau. Tb« New York Herald says tho stories set that a largo number of Confederate pna (?oeTs have nht*3 UpvT>le a path or aliegiauto U üßtyue. AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, IfARCH 30, 1861. SriM lures Ulsi'ATCI 'Hi MU. ,t»t*iS AB(Jl I I tiK It V.VI*. | roe Wushiugfon papers jmblirh th;; tiis pi'.cii from H—.vard to Mr. Adams, the Federal Mini tor in Ix>u loa, (fitted July 11th, I .do. I IV- give it in full, as it is both important and iatere.ui:./. Tim old "nicely days" promise ; may be foiled in He concluding sentence, whii ii i • ic entirely worthy of puerility, assuring. Lot ! I:: soil tfi.it t ; . j tciiilary streng-.h of the J. •* y, "Cia hildly be deem-d pcruia nectiy foimidabio L'sPAartr.-N? cf Stats-, l V.’.vxi,• ov, July IT, I*l3. f fi : Your deepat fief tea 2'l'j <f Jaue (No. ' 4-1) has been received, togeth-r with three 1 paj. i booln c-onbdiii..g a repent cf tae trial of | ihu Alaxitidra. In fro !c" \ ixj t‘.e P: rodent’s views st'regard tr. 1:. ;Ci and ih . questions (tepece . p upon it. I 1 .!;... i so- j e ribarr-cc-o. M-uit- j ioe tV'-m . rviioro -or vvoat :- y b.-.* o’ i ' r i-.ch f, L ■ - il,c at limt t:rut; a rnovc.aect in the House ot Commons demand ing a recognition or the irwutconta by her Maj ivty’s government was act down for th? MOtiiof ( June, or i tout you •« e *ot i i- 1 .Mother with cut apprehension that the inov«n«»t, aided by a moral ett'ct of tbo verdict in the case of Iho AbiX-mdra, and backed by n aapposod pat roungu in franeej might prevail. Lecondiy, wo have nor allOsother been able to (iisrepiu i iho ruiaoi - oi a design of the Euijn rot of Eranee to recognize the insurgents, with or without the cix.cufreuc.j of the government «.( Great Britfdo. Thirdly, that ninveineut w;s to be iw-ed upon the ground of tbo dreuonstnued finluro of the anuie.-i of the Union; but while it was .rolng on, these aitides have achieved vie ■* -1 uwhich heiv era regarded as warranting :.n e;<|.-ctatinn of a complete and rapid oxtiu guisliinent of the insarrection. Tin se brilliant and im; rtant victories, however, are as yet unlmown in Europe. Under .these circumstances T shall assume that no act b?-s been dojie by the government of France, or by th? government of Great Britain, especially by the latter, io change the ielutions 'lj;\r have tieiefofore existed between tboRO eouutriw, respectively, and tbo United States, and 1 si.all confine myself to tlm duty of explaining frankly .the opinions of the Pres ident and tire policy which he will pursue in regard to maiitiinc questions in view of the re-, watt in the oa-e of the Aiesan ita. Filer You are authorized and expected to msuro Earl Russell that lids' Oovmnroent is entirely ratisbed that t ig - Majesty’s Oovern meut have conducted the proeeedirtga in that caoj with perl'eit gy and faiiii and honor, and ihit they nre well id. i >ad to pr”vent rJ.o fir ting out of ,n aioi vessels in Eritiah puns to depvod c.e upon Ameriean CiMmoorc*) tuid to make war against the I'uiti and -•bates. H.-.-on dy:. This (i-weremeui .is »:iti«Bed that the huv oiUeeis of itv* mown. Live \*i formed tned ilnfies in ugrad to iheCK-se cl' the Aiez amlia vith e. sincere conviction of'l-ht* aucipia cv of the Taw of Great I’.ritain and a sincere, desire to give it effect. Thinly. The Government of tho United States do-'-*! not descond to inquire whether the injury in the case were not impart iW. It willingly be ii >es limy were or were not impartial. It willingly l-'iiVlcVtN they e- n-.-e and itaecepis the fiateineut niada w idi -o much unanimity by all the reporters *; ii;o case, that the judge who pr h'.ed ai. ti e uhil made ler hench re sponsibio for tho verdict by .tin* boldness,ftnd dii-ceutcus o t- is mil - 5 against the prosecution. l oin till* . Great Uritatn being a free an-l couatitutiiuiii! country, arid the proceedings in ihe oe.-t* of the Ah-xnuara Itaving t.-ocn thus -111 COCe'l lifted l-y the I i IIVC Ti H'„.-n t IQgOl'.d f.lilh and in i ording toiaw, iho I. uiteo .’ Cdea would not he instilled in deeming ilm verdict n udered ! V the ;-ji V cii u if Utdioual t.i,:i.j.i..::.1.j-,.i s lld’-it i bin rtu-l uiveviVmfu.t p!'o?ei uti-*i an ap peal to the higher conns until it bo d.-ieimined in ihf* court of hist resort v.iieti; -r the law is adequate io (he tndh-tt nauco ol the neutrivlity vvlilcit Her Majesty lmspi. .fumed, ami pro i ided al o that iu the meaiitime tho Alexandra and oth**r-ve3M»ls n iy lie found violating or im paling to violate Ihe law. !-o prevented. s*> iar as the law may alhAv, from ieaviiu; liritiaii ports to pi-iKecuto thr-i. worji.* ol devasiatioa. The lhevidt-ot is not prepuru-i to believe Clu-l the judiciary ol Great Rrilain will, wiih weii considered ' juilp-Muent, render do gat :y and void asta'uto of the- realm which, with 4:s fcOtintevpart in oui ow*v lcg.isl itiou, lias 'uither ! tolieiu -regarded :.y l*Hh nations u* .* guaranty I of that mutual forbearance which i< so essen | tMI to the pu s' rvatiou of peace -and frlendsbity. : N»r shall J incur tho br.zird of producing ii ri ‘tattoo or, either side of the ocean by criticising Die reasoning by widcli ti;s !-:• o ued juSge vvli<> ti i- *l the case ot tliC Alexandra justiued his concUtsiotw tiicreots, or by which that [iortiou ; ->( JHtish pr. ** which approves the vciviict labors to dt-u-iid ii. It would he very grathyiog to my if I were allowed to rest Loic. Hut the position m which the oisc of the Alexandra is left by (he rueiit trial tender# it t" contemplate a p .ssibtc niiirmatioa .t't‘ • rulings *>l the chief baron iu the court of dernio-r roeovt. Y on I Are .-i.tiD- .1 to know, and ii seems proper th«i, i vou shouid be able to communicate to bar j •;*-*—i.v’a jiiU’t’-t, iho views which the ; I’ivsiii-uthas tube.; - Ufa light# t.nd duties.d | the t;.. i trom.'ut.ia tliatunb’K>K<->. ‘•• f anu dv r p- ] iy tq- be deprecated event. 1 trust that 1 shall be able to arpreM ilmse com iutions calmly and dlspasslon.it.dy without vimnding the just self-respect of her Majesty's Government. If the rulings of the chief !>• cups tho exehequcT in ti.e cm*t* of the A iexe: i: shall he tilhrmod so as to reg'daU’ Ui<- iu D- u of her Majesty s Gov* intnei.t, the I'rrs: '■ r.t v. ;H. as he ihinka, be left to undei3tar.it that thuro is u > law iu ! Great Eritain which will be effective to pie - serve mutual relations of f <,'ec-.re.nco ' ctween the sill ;si t# of her Majesty and the Govern merit ami tho people of ii-.e United Hiatus an tho only point, vvlseru they arc exposed to in ti action. Tho fitting out of the Alabama ami tbo Florida, as well a Dot tiro Alexandra, will thus twelvM the sanction of the Government, umi the United ."..it.’s v* dl be without any j guaranty whatever against the indiscriminate I .oui unlimited employment of capital, industry i and .kill, by hrisish t.ulf ■: !o buiidin?, arut inu’, equipping, and sending forth btups-of-i.ar from British ports to make war against the United states. 1 may srfaiy protest, in behalf of tl*e United States,"against, the assumption of that position by the British na: ion, because this Government w ith it statute exactly similar to that of Great llritiiiu, does constantly hold itsalf ai'io and bound to prevent eachinjinii-sAoGreat Britain. The President thinks it not improper to eng goei for the consideration of her Majesty's Gor cjcuient the question whether, on appeal to I t*> made by them. Parliament mlgbt-not think it inst amt expedient to amend too existing statute in such a wav as to effect what the two Governments urtiptfly believe I ought now to accomplish. In case of such an apponl the President would net hesitate to apply to Con gress for an equivalent amendment of the laws of the l jilted States if her Majesty’s Gov ernment should desire such a proceeding, al though beje such au ameudiiK-ot is not doomed necessary. If tee law of Groat Biltaiirmusi he left with out amendment, and be construed by the (lov emmetd in conformity with Ihe rulings of the Chief Bar-oil of the Excheq ier, thou there wiii he loft for the United States no alternative but to protect themselves mid ihtir couimerce aoftinst armed cniisers procoodir.g from Briii.-h ports, os against the naval forces of a public or.emy; and also to claim ar.-l insist upon in demnities for the Injuries which all such expe fUtidne have hitherto coniiniricd or shall bere .Uei’ e-oatmit against this Goveramen* and the ciriMcs of ill* Suited SiaUs. To this end the GovcmmetH is now preparing » naval force with the utmost vigor; and H t!-« f at, navy which it is rapidly creating shall not bo suWeent for the emergency, then tho United route? must bring into employment such pri vate armed naval forces as the meroantilc ma rina shall afford. British ports, domestic as well as colonial, are now open, under certain | Tsstrk-tions, to the visits of pirutieal vessels, i and not only furnish them coal.-, provisions and | 1 repairs, but even receive their prisoners when : the enemies of the Untied States cocie in to j obtain such relief from voyages in which they have either burned fhijw they have captured j ct have even manned and armed them its pi i rates, and gfut them abroad as auxiliaries in Che work of destruction, tiaUbe an occasion lor either enrpilec or complaint that if this , condition of thing? is to remain and receive ; (ft* delriaruty taSH.iotf of the RrliUh Governr 1 - la* m**: ■, tee navy <4" the United States will re ceiv 9 - to pu ->nc tl use enemies iff'.- ; the jioris wbicii tens, i : violation of the law of j n tiom i.' and the obligations t.f neutrality, he ! come* harbors for the pirates! The Presideuf i very distinctly r rceives tiio risks and hazards i which a naval conflict tints tmtintaiaed wi;. (bring to tiie conuierco uadfevoa to the ptaeo of the two countries But b« is obliged toe.- aider that in the cs« supposed t„o Uestruclh a : of our ccnimertce will proliabty cuioant ie a . i naval war waged b-y a poition at least cf i- ' British nation against the Government cad peop.V of tha United States—a war toie.'atod although not tieoUrcd or avcwo-J by the Brit ■ EL Government. If through the neceaaarr em ployment of all oar meatw of national defence, -. h a 1 fi i v?ar shall become a general one between the two nations, the President thlnke that the reeponsibility tor that painful result j will not fall upon the United States. j In atnthig tiias fiankiv tbs views of this Gov : r .merit, it is (.roper for ms to add Fiat it is not Pi.-bV.'e'Lt s purpose to "esort to the ■■ ..rra :>r lir: "ry of .;j; . .00 to , * e‘.- ■-xi, vuipas they sha-il be ton/ fi b «9- sary by actual decuioa of the Britfrh Govern- Uicat that it cannot and wiii not interfere to re strain thohoßtiUtiea which are now apprbcjtued; :ur v 11 I allow myself to suppo-e that Her Majesty's Government will for n motoent con ceivo that anything 1 inive written upon this j;oinr is written in a spirit of snore demonatia ion :on tlio i-ontrary, while th© [.ecitio and friendly disposition of HerßriKimlo Majesty’s Goveromi vc is fully appreoiate ! and telied up on, it is well uud.-iV.i ■ and thrt (fiat Government is the last (fie in the world to yield to vehe-| mor.cn vriiat cannot be conceded in equity and justice, co, on the other hand, it ought to be j understood that tlio United SUte», it th«yooul 1 ever bo preenmptous, are suflicientiy chasten odalready by the scourge of. civil war to seek peace and friendship with Great Britain and nil ; other nations through any rooceß-uon that is compatible with the permanent intereats of na tional life and honor. For your own information, and to enable you to maintain the national rigfits and Interests with your accustomed firmness, I have the plea sure of stating that our naval force is steadily and rapidly increasing. The navy has already iu actual service forty-four thousand men.— New, better and moie effective steamships, iron clads, ft3 well as others, are corr iag from the docks; and v.e do not disfrust oar ability to de fend ourselves iu our harbors and on the high seas, even if wo must unhappily be precipitat ed, through injustice in Europe, Into a foreign war. iho fall of Vicksburg releases a large 1: ival lore© for effective service, while the free navigation of the Mississippi, now immediately expected, will restore to us our accustomed fa edifies for foreign conflict. The suns great event relieves the aimy of General Grant, which i iiiiiAbeu oi.c hundred thousand men, from the ! labors and fatigues of 11 siege, and gives us j movable columns for uncompleted purposes of j th- iv.if. The capture of Vicksburg, the oocu- j pa lion of ItilUhotna, and the defeat of the iu- 1 x argents in ?e:iusylviiuia, are ihe acbi.vemeuto.; of the campaign which was proposed in the lust autUDiu. The army which Ims performed ihein is Mi l strong and effective It will now be reinforced, easily and cheerfully, by the people wiiil na addition of three hundred thou (Sind men. On tbo other band, the Insurgent* have, within the last month, sustaitnd -.u ag gregate loss of fifty tlioitsauil men. v. : >li, 1 | tbiii*., it will be veiv difficult, ii not inipos.-:!- !>!<;, io rap I ace, and, without thek being re- j placed, their military strength cun hardly bo ' deemed permanently formidable. 1 am, sir, your obedient servant, X? iLDTAM H. BRWO.RTI. j CtfAS. Francis AUims, Esq An. Hfi\nv Wt.XTKi Dxvis r>\ Sr awry in Manv u;'»a\ is of Maryland, i- r 1 rM t';c !. aff-ju,? Cos: gres*. and reccofl/ paccfifded ia carrying tbo Maryland election »'gH ; -iat (Md Abe. r Hi* opposition is not based that Lin (roin goes too far 01 the sli"ery question, but because lie does not pa far Mo ega. In a into debate in Corn'recs on 'tn«. bill establishing a Bureau for Lie .wti, cu's A-aiis, wF.'ind the fol - lowing: Mr. r>iivi*,(M<!„> In reply to Mr. Brook*. (N\ Y.jdefetiied the validity and tuoral force t.f tin! Ini j congrc-«ioaal aud other elections in Mai y land. The licieated puritenoa only coin plain iu (hot state of the result, to the Union uaj-u :iy tming fbir oen or fonriivn thonsand. He dciiied tmt slavery was dead and oxpres - -d the opmiiiu that if H should be exteiml.n ateci it w.ju!d tiga'ui become our masters. The * Arm i.-tiou i« Ma'ryiaiid which recently dfclar *-is tor imsncdiate emancipation gave a si?:itß - edurnnUion v.'ui thy of the Htate onfl the p.eo;d«. In speaking of the sinister influence and coptvoHiiig element near the I'r. sideut in •he great cruse of enrancipafioit iu Maryland, we arc. Mr. Davis said, under small old gallon to tho President for what the latter had done in to t Suite. The people thought it wise, while ■,ipi,;.;eiug their approbation of the President, to pass Urn u-solutiou to which he !j*4 referred for the Prt-UdefiUa ei’rioua ci*Ußide*ation. lfe vrisfied to show.that their devotion was not personal, hut on principle—for the encae", and oui lor tho toun —and that they will sup j poll, tin* man so long only ns the i cause. If the opposition elect their lYeahieut, slavery was as much alive as when the first gun biased on Sumter. If we, he remarked, lone the uAfk eh. diva if in very 1b an powerful aa itev.-r was. We must either go !«ok ward or go for ward. Slavery is trot dead bf the Fresident’s proclamatlop. Ivlrat lawyer attt’hute# to ** toe least legal effect : itDn'w oniomed by the bayonet to tho extent of tbo rfarilios cf tile wai 1 , under t-.e law of Itffiw. Ue-ctstahiish the old (Toverumont, and slavery will resume It* | ancient sway. In order to the readmUnion of i state** there ebould 1.-o a resolute declaration, as a condition precedent that slavery ahali he pr ihihlted, nnd the Constitution wiouid S'*-*”' antes the fact, aud the Government should bo kept under the control of those whoso views ted pnrposos afford the assuraacu that thoj.t.v will oe executed. In tlio course of his romerUs,- Mr. Davis re- j furred to the exposition c-f tfw views of Pit-si d«nt Lincoln, as given by l’ostnjafiter Genet ai Blair, tv ho be said wt’.s near the person of tUt> President, anti whose com mete had never bee:; (!;.?:»■■-owed, and for which lea-on they vmo en- • tille<i to grave ari# resjxieiiul oonslderstioL.— These comments were in the form of attacks on radical abolitionists, end also on the neces sity of the emancipation policy under the p.o claautlou of the President It was said bv the Poatmastei’-GoneraJ that the radical abolition ists wanted to change the Conshtutioa ami el evate the negro to the equality of the white, but that tha two races could not live together on terms of equality and peace, and therefore It became necessary to prevent tho massacre of tue negro that he be exported auid colonized. Why, Jir-i.Davie asked, ‘must tire oegro be coloured if ho is to be free’ Where in history wonW geutlemen llnd facts on which to ha-.e such C 'licloisor s? Mr. Davis then proceeded to show the in justice and Impolicy of such colonization , ebar ac erlzlng it as insane and unchilsialn. If yon mean to coerce the removal of tho negroes, (lieu say so. If you don't mean to coerce them, they will remain. You cannot offer them as good homes abroad as you can at home, among the scenes of their chilhood. If God made them unequal, or if God stamped inferiority upon the n. you cannot turn a hair white or black, or add an inch to their stature He appealed to gentlemen nut to seek to add inherent diffi culties to the problem, and proceeded to speak I of the progress of emancipation in Maryland. ' tie was a Marylander, not a Northern Abolition ! igt. His father was a slaveholder, and he him | seif bad been a slaveholder. In this connection he referred to tha con vention ia Maryland, in 1859, caiied for the nnrpose of removing tho free blacks, and men tinned the name of ex-Senator Peaice as mak in~- a report tea- tb. committee coaid not re commend the expulsion of such per,ona from the State and deprive them of the risht of free dom which they had acquired or inherited. The Southern Presbyterian contains a letter dated New York. Nor. 17th. 1863. The writer M vs ■ Amid the rapid tendency of churches ! ',jjd ')clitic;il parties here toward abolitionism, ■ it is‘refreshing to observe that some of the | purest and ablest men of the North are cc*n ; ~-in’ :h for iho truth. Rev. Mr. ’• an Dyke, ex j pc, ideut Lord, Bt-hop Hopkins, pr. setbury, I ar.d Pi of Morse, have wntten in dafecce of ; slavery. Their efforts are the more admirable, 1 in that they have abandoned the weak '.aeries ! heretofore prevalent, anri boldly avow slavery i to be a Divine institution. :i .Mi UAEI) BEECHP.K OS TUE I*AESI» BiiSl'V. A :fi deal cf slrces has been laid upon an. ' article iff i ;eci s;t number of the New Yora In- I dvr.-i- •*, ‘id-lag ground against Mr Liacolq s ; ;ii : c;i for ilie Prexideccy; but It vrouljJ j .appep; i'rtm the frdlowing s'riklng contrast Iks j t wcer Ir! '- -,,n DavG ac3 Abraham Uncoltt, ' taken f.-o»: the speech < 1 Henry Ward Beecher, ’ who i- : is-ilfestly the controller and represent ative of tb opinions of most of *he readers of the ludepdvkfc. , that that remarkable orator and feaiirtj thioker does not concur Laths soEs-what hspa: aging opinions of tas author of th ut: 7» referred tcu ! T ■ ( . : Magistrates of tfieco two great i section* onntry a;e rcpvcseututivsa cf the : two corr (ponding principles. Dav'a wastorm jm| by hi - t (tie institutions. Ail bin ideas of j society »■ >t •government afe aristocratic, for ■ t o* Sort' .but nuznin&ily republican. Hi»n (9h .4 uu ?f experience in j-nblic asfiirs, of i great administrative talent, with a quick eye j and Arm baud, witha great wilt power, eel f -1 power, * 'nothing suMraeted ftom it to the j credit n roimeieace' sake he has just that kind |oi abiii;; which ! a eaiied sharp, keen. Hois | an adroit'S'wtC Now, at tb's >,;.nii:g, almost every one ad mired sin! nyi -a him. We grant that the best side bad 01 y a «!uM, hemost man, and the worst ride su< ii a . sfouwd uinnagur; arid it'was only said i. t'c first vear, "1.-t uk liaio their Fwddeat ijj give then* ours, and we'il whip them in t: , imontha." But, I think, no man has bear( : . 1 1. vi.t within the last year. Who believes nt •? fin J- 0. Davis’ sagacity, in his si -itearn :P.-i p;' Mis canning has i ntiiely ruin ed him. Men lan ■■ at the outcoming of those very projects v rh ' k.ey admire in tholr concep tioQ. Tfies! vn.’ never iu civil annals so gi gantic a b!.i id. i as Soutiiorn statesmen have ituule They ha ve Irretrievably ruined thetn solvrs by their ru'.voa. and inflicted vast evil on their cou .trymen, &n(i immeasurable dam age ca tbek Slates, and this ia what they have to show for cun Ung statesmauship—cunii ng and not wise. hr. Lincoln is not cunning, but he i« wive, acd wisdom tells in tho long run.— Mr. Lincoln is •- man of the people, lie was farmed by t e Democracy into a Democrat, lie beiisi. •and h: it ,i ith a child- like simplicity of faith, as it he didn’t know there waft any thing ebis is * .1* world, if© came to the Presi dency by one cf those strange happenings which men cal ; chance, and Christians provi dence, witbouT one single gift whicii poetry and aristocracy ns-oci 'te >viih a supreme leader of a nation, ling tin!, in hum, without beauty of features, with a manner uncultivated even to that (ie.:r-c tl:.(t is common to American farmers, aot a ; qint was them for romance.—• With nauical sluewdness, with some to perieuce in the adiainistratioii of jiubiic o.ffaiis, not »kiliful v bowev- ?, ia discerning or selecting men, and then 00 kind always to put down a tool which by i ' italic he had taken up, he lias been fee three years learning to govern, and though soinewb .t JuU 1;6 has stuck to his les sons night and ivy with r.ueh diiigeuce that now, at 1 asc, Jefi. Davis could teach him noth ing. While on tbo other hand Fres. Lincoln ivr.kl teach Davis a good many things—-among others, that hones: principles, l>t:tv»4y adheted to, wo better atat£ssu*ns!iip always man tricky expedient#. Mr. Lincoln w tha. hosneiy President »fa homely i- opie. lie U honest, conscientious, aiDgle-tiDi-.ued, fll? nteicr-tedly seeking the wel fare of list, ,;j ii ,* the party next, and of him self not Rial!. fa has been faitlif .1 to tho gicat ideal I.:--. ■* of our American (system, i,; and ImV- shoe.: •:> tho world that sncceßslul gov* rnmerst fe p-.-. he mystery, not tho thing so rare tivai , ; Miv.ieKedjew cun enact it,* but ih:ii jf t-'1 — U irhVih .fation’ e-f if ( ovciu- Kicnt requires only good common w-ii-.e cod uncommon honesty. That is all. Instead of requiring gonius, iusteß-,1 of requiring rare and extraordinary qualities, it requires just those quaiith t which most politicians gacrilive in or der lo get government--common sense and common honesty. This is a lesson for Europe to ponder over. Now, flint it is so, we would not have had our President' any other. If lie had been an accomplished scholar, and ioarned by travel and experience ; If ho had had every conceivable gift that could d.-zale 1 he imagina tion or touch the heart, men would say good leadership gave ua the victory ; but now men c in say the people's power, through tho Presi dent, gave Ihf victory. Our President has been made the hntt of ridicule of our newspapers, ! and of derision anion • those exalted officials and elegant masters of our fom.t ceremonies • abroad; for I confess that Mr. Lincoln would ; cut but n poor figure iu of Europe. ■ But h is our. pride, however, to shew these j people that wo have carried through this ter j rille-truu .-,!i*rtlie hlio of whhb Europe never knew, not by the skill of a: y extraorcianry genius. They look a man from among tiu-m --selves.a real man of tho people, a plain, snn nhi, hpiaeiy man aud this victory of liberty joying deiiiccrac-y, has been achieved under the leadeiship of out! of ibeso demociala, VYben slavery was cU-atroyed it was well that it should hays the very best leadership, that no m-in &b*-uld say it was owing to bad man agement. it has been managed admirably— extraordinary skill and courage have been shown in the management of the cause. It Davis could not save slavery no man could, and hereafter they cannot gay that tire Democracy of the North w*a not guided by a Democratic President, or that the aristocracy of the South y;aa not guided by an aristocratic President.- This great comii-jt. than, was b, tween &r'wto evatio aud Democratic Presidents, which repre sented tire two sections of the country. They had throughout all their history carried out the respective natures of aristocrat and democrat. Let them ponder that. Victory is sure on this j .Are, sod we art- coming to ii month ty month, j We will come to H if it takes years longer yet. j Tho progress o{ the democracy may be slow, i and it may be’some generations before it shall jha victorious, but victorious it will be. The i people are atronger than any laadera, and the j world will yet find H yub jTrr frrmfbTv Bktwi kn the Fhss'ch axid ths Ci.pbuv ix MfiXteo.—Tlie Northern papers con teUs several columns of coihspondence, which has passed between the clergy in Mexico, and their late aliiaslhe French, from, whom they have withdrawn. The following synopsis of the document will explain the cause of .the breach: 1. Protest of tho Archbishop of Mexico, op one of the regents, against certain orders is sued in the name of the, Regency, by Generala Almonte and Sula?, under command of the French General-in-tlhief, which orders involve a recognition of the sequestration of the church propsiiy, decreed in ieol! by tho Juarea Gov ernment. November 10, 1863. 2. Protest of the Archbishop against his re moval fTocr, office, as Regent ot tho Umpire.— November 17, IBl>3. X Official cote from Gen Bazarnc to the Archbishop, acknowledging that the dismis sal of the Archbishop from the Regency was made by his orders. November 30, 1863. 4. Reply of the Archbishop to. General Ba caine. He declares his removal from the Re gency Dull and void. November 28, 1863. 3. United protest of ilc Archbishop of Mex ieo. the Archbishop of Mlc'ioaean, the Arch ; bishop of Guadalajara, the Bishop of San Luis I Potosi, and the bishop of Gsjaca, against the j circulars and orders issued with reference to the ! Church property by command of the French ! Geue:-al , and declaring all who shall execute i them, or co operate in executing them, the i cxcommmilcatioa decreed by the Holy Council ;of Tient. 11 this protest they declare, their | sitnati' n to be worse than it w s under the Jnare* Government Dec. 26, 18C3 6. Decree cl the Regents, Almonte and *?al- I as.femoriag ail the Judg sand other oScers of the Sapreme Court, on Uu> ground of their ia t'usal to enforce any of the laws or orders re garding the naturalization of the church prop erty. Jan. i. 1864. 7. Manifesto of Almonte and Salas, explain ing this act, and de luring that they found it to conform their action to ‘ French policy." Jin 2. is H. 8. Sharp letter from Gc-n. Neigro to the Archbishop of iMoxico, compla'niug*6f the in j cendiary cnaracter of trie publications which are being riand -stinely circiilatod by the clergy i La the Capital. Jan. IS, lefi t. 16. Reply of the Archbishop, declaring cr.t egori&aliv that never was thochurch so bitter ly p“rßocati*d. ftod that he, as ohisf perlate, sadl himself la n worse position than under i thsJuares Govarameat, VOL. LXXVIU.-M-W SERIES VOL. XXVu;. 0> 13 NEWS SUMMARY . The Petersburg Express says Hint many par ties in that seed n are br aging out their specie and spending 'it in preference to paying the high prices with Confedciate money. 111 Uds way t.boy get their goods at ante-war prices. Gen Writing, commanding at Wilmington, has Ls-ued an order declaring all pilots, except ing tlioso over military age, to be in the ser vile of the Government, and to be at once en rolled as such. Ail who aro willing to serve the Government in that capacity wIU be per mitted to follow their occupation, and bo de tailed cm ships ia like uiaausr with signal oiS cers. Those who will not serve as pilots will bo at onoe 3?nt to tho conscript camp. During tho p»at year tho Virginia lo&J mines produced load enough for ten millions of ounce balls, and this year the quantity will be dou bled. Mr. J. W. Young., of Eufaula, Alabama, has three mael inea in operation, invented by him eelf, and which turn out three hundred pairs of socks per day. Cotton bales in bands of whit? oak splits have boon sent to Montgomery. Tho Mail says they appeared to answer tire purpose admira bly—none wore loose as is generally the case when rope is used. Tnis is w tHinly • good idea, and should be experimented with. It has certainly jono hnportoat requisite—its chean uees. A colored man died recently at Salisbury, N. C., aged one hundred and three yeara. A correspondent of the Mobile Advertiser says it is a fact established by numerous wit nesses, that Sherman's troops on their return march, ruthlessly murdered many negro chil dren for the supposed reason that they were troublesome to them. Their dead bodies have been found in the streams and in the woods, with braißS knocked out, or body run through with bayonet A citizen also found some littlo children tied and bound fits I to trees iu the deep recesses of the woods, and loft to perish of starvation. Mothers who begged /or the lives of their children, had the bayonet pointed at their breats with a threat of instant death if they did not cease their importunities, j . During t.ho war there have been four inva sioiisoi Florida. The ff st was in March, 1802, when they came to ‘‘protect,” The second was in October, 1862. under General JobnM Brau notu—an operation in niggers, of which a ■ whole cargo were carried away. The third was in March, ithid—au experiment with black regiments. The fourth and last was in Febru ary, lilif—an attempt to take and hold. This, likewise, liaa proved a failure. The Richmond Examiner tays that Mrs. White, of Selma, Alabama, recently went tbreugh the lines to Lexington, Kentucky, and Jacicg a sister of Mrs. Lincoln, was permit ted to go onto Washington. On her return, several weeks ago, she was allowed to carry nothing back, save a uniform for a very dear friend of hers, who was battling in tho South ern cause. The uniform arrived in the Conte t eracy, several days since, and, on inspection, f.ll the buttons were found to be composed of gold coin —two and a half, five, ten and twenty dollar gold pieces, set in the wooden but on and covered with Confederate ci' th The gold (bus brought through is valued at between tidriy ami lofty thousand dollars—all sowed upon a nuifotni. The Montgomery Mail eav3 that price a are falling In that city. Gold oa Friday was offorod in Selma, Ala . for fifteen. In Mobile, on the sumo day, it sold for sixteen. Brig. Gen. Pillow has been assigned to pro tect North Alabama ami the iron find coal re gion of that State. Some fifty deserters and pknU.s have* been captured near the line of Folk and Paulding counties. During the find: five days of last week 52,- (jOcLCr j was funded in Macon. French vessels have been overhauling Fed eral vessels off the Pacific const of Mexico, and taking boxes of arms from them. Tho rapid rise of gold in tiio New York raiT ket has induced tha Federal Congress to au thorize Chase to sell what he has on hand be longing to tho Federal Government whenever lie sees fit. The amount of treasury notaß fundt-d ia Wilmington, up to March 9, was $1,043,2qf). A gentleman from New Orleans says the rea son why Banks abandoned his Texas expedition waa t ecauso tits troops deeerted so lust thrfue ands taf them wont over to the Mexican service— whether to the French or Jauvez side is not s'ated. If the prisoners now bring sent to Americas, Ga., are exchanged, tney will be delivered to Die Federal authorities at Bavajunb. Upon the botlies of sundry dead negroes, who came in for a share oi the slaughter at Ocean Pond, were found leather thongs, com monly known as cat-o nine-tails with wrist gti-dlos complete. They were, it ia reasonably supposed, designed for use upon the backs of their former masters, under the direction and with the approval, if not by the order of the Yankee officers of the expedition. '! he idea is in keeping with Federal humanity and civiliz e tiou. A charter has Ireen granted to several Euro pean bunker? for thirty years, for a bank, to be called the "Bank of Mexico.” and to be guaran teed by the new Government On tiie 1! th ihe treasure convoy arrived, bringing 51,400,000 in specie. Several thousand doubloons bavo been found by the soldiers engaged in leveling tho sand brii near Galveston, Texas. It is surmDed by some that it is a oortion of the Latitte troasiter. Accounts from all parts the country represent the winter, which tony now he considered as practically closed, ho. have been highly favor a ble to agricultural prospects except as to wheat, much ot which, it is feared, is killed. Cos nis soiling at Mountgomery, Ala ,at five dollars per lm j ,!ie!.- The planters of Tailedega Cos., Ala., are Helling corn to soldiers fantiilc-s at fifty cents pci bushel Tho -Yankee expedition to Florida yag tv turned lotijc vivi'ihj' 8t LhariistOu. It is reported that Meade is to be court-mar tialed on charges preferred by Sickles. Serious collisions have taken place between the soldiers and the people in several otthe Noitheva States. The steamer Hanna, with a cargo for tho State of North Carolina, ha3 arrived at a Con federate port. Our authorities have affected an exchange for Gen. W. M. F. Lee. In a late collesion in Mississippi our troops killed fifty-five out of n company of Federal colored infantry which numbered only seven ty. More thnn $3,000,000 have been fa Dried in Atlanta,during the laet two weeks. Geparal D. 11. Hill has been assigned to duty fit Ch-Vleston. It is surmised that Genera! Beauregard will go to the South-west. It is said that Gen. Morgan is about to un dertake one of the boldest expeditious he lias ever yet made. The Gounod of Noith Carolina Rave declined to call an extra session of tho Leridaturo oi that .State. Gen, Clark, of Mississippi, has called an ex tra session ot tho Legislature—to meet at Ma con March 14th. A nest of outlaws in Jones County Mirs., has s>,*ea broken up, and several rlugleu-ieis executed. * Ti;e cit z°ns of Marion, Fla., and of Colum bus, Vliss , havg resprectively presented G«-ao i ral Forresi with a fine saddl lior’r. Ail rfent | M he hue had two horses killed under bus* »» j the late action at Okolona. Messrs. Jouos& Lee have erected machinery at Thomasville, Ga., for making lard oU. C: j°, j tor oil, ground pea oil, and also can ties an.. *oap. . ~. r- ; I it last accounts there eight •'* vessels lying off Fort fS.well and ame off - or! j Morgan. Si obi e harbor. The i unding of Treasury notes now rapidly g-ninrr on,is discovering to tho holaen, the lac, f|? t there is a large amount of counterfeit ones S ciicnlation. Four ■ hou-and dollars were found in one package in Columbus, Ga,, a tew da vs since. Beauregard -has temporarily established L!s headquarters in Florida. A Mrs. FI. L Knox, o? Mobile, has been com mitted to Castle- Thunder, Richmond, as a spy. j Six State prison birds escaped from the jell | in Montgomery, AU.. a f#w nights since. FJHt ItJV ITEM'S In t in first ten months of IS6I there was im ported into Gi"pat Britain rather more than 10,- W00..000 cwts. of raw cotton, at a cost of over £31,000,000. In the first ten months of ftSf.3 the imports were less t1ian6,000.050 cwt at a cost of more than £37,000,000 —that is £3.000,- 000 more for less than half tbo quantity, and tho bulk of inferit r quality. Two soldiers on guard were recently found murdered 111 St. I‘etarshurg. It was suggested that the eyes of the murdered soldiers should be iicinediutly photographed. In the hope of successfully teetiug the discovery recently made, when to .ha surprise of all, the result was the produeiiou of the portraits of two soldiers ot the private guard of the palace, on whose bre'sis were the Insignia cf tho cross of Saint George. The murderers were at once sought out and apprehended. ”1 ho extent of British territory beyond the four seas is 4,000,000 square loilee. with a pop ulation of about 145,000,000. The shipping that frequents these lands for commercial pur poses, goiDg and coming, last year amounted to 22,849,461 tons. Spain in attempting to conquer St.-Domingo, finds the undertaking a difficult ore'. Five thousand more troops have been called for and scot out. The Palmerston piror'o f'.‘*e has received its quietus, tho plaintiff haring withdrawn from (ho further [jio--"C;mon of In* suit, and in f.uc.li a manner that L- rd Palmerston is technically relieved from all responsibility The affair has been a curious one. The piauiidf alleges that he has been “settled with,’” but avers that ao compromise has been made with Lord Palmers ton, and that, although he has been induced to abandon the prosecution, from motives satislac tory to himself, be could and should have prored all his allegations if he laid gone on. Os course the natural inierence is that somebody bus paid his costs and given him a satisfactory compensation for his injured honor, and, al though the complaisant judge declared that Lord Palmerston left the Court without an im putation upon iiis character, there aie very few people in London who do not believe that his Lordship’s money Ins beeu the moans ot his escape from at least a very unpleasant campaign in Court. Leave has been granted a considerable num her of Austrian naval otliefira to f How Maxi milian to Mexico. Win. Hunt, the well known English painter in water coio;», died iu London on the 10th of February. The intense cold of this winter has penetra ted everywhere. The unprecedented low tem perature in Italy has already been noted. Heavy falln of snow have occurred in the south of France, and the following announcement comes from Suez : “ The severity of tho weath er his been experienced even at Suva, where the utmost consternation prevailed iu couse- j quenoe of the discovery of ice—a phenomenon I pre-ious’y unheard of on the bordera of tUe ! Red Sea.” The London Court Journal says ; “A gentle man, fresh from a brief journey in the United states, gives it as his < pinion that the American.-; will soon repudiate their war indebtedness, barl ing it on the (act that the people place no sort of reliance on the greenbacks which have been so profusely issued.” Au Irish paper Very pertinently suggests to Lord John ltiisscl! t mt whilst- he undertaken to hnva the existing legislation of England amend ed for th • rebel service, he might as well have the enlistment laws amend-, and so as to prevent men being enlisted for the Federal service, 75,900 having Bfcea supplied already from LeUcud alone, and Lincoln being engaged iu perfecting measures for enlisting a great many more. Lord Russell has’now an opportunity oi showing exactly what British neutrality amounts to. Lamartine, tho author, the widower and the bankiupfc, i; going to try matrimony again; this time with tho rich Russian i'rir.O'-s. Tho London Post does not give the rumors about ihe Confederacy being recognizud any credit. r* ’i he Confederate !nan has declined in Eng land. This does not look much like recogni tion. Earl Russell is to produce the papers relating to the seizure of Laird’s rams in Parliament. A Mexican financial agent writes to the Lon don News that Maximilian has not yet accepted the Mexican crown. A conference over the Danish difficulty it is thought will be held tn London. The Fiench courts indict Massini as being lug the leader of the lale plot to kill Napoleon. There is evidently a better feeling in Eng land towards tho Confederacy.. Whether any good will result out of it for us, remains to be seen. <1 Palmerston says the only basis fora settlement of the Danish question is the treaty of 1852. Denmark has not yet decided in re gard to the matter. Tho Palis Constitution;-!, denying the erro neous. assertions of certain papers respecting the conference, says "France eouid not accept the proposal of a conference, it not yet having been made to her.” A steam ram. nearly ns large as the IJector, built for the Danish Government, lias been launched on the Clyde. Orders have been issued at Warsaw, that all persons of either sex, fd>ovo the ages of four teen must, on leaving tne bouse, be provided with a passport on pain of punishment. It is estimated that nine hundred persons were killed by ihe explosion of a powder ma - chine in Morocco. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, says oil the Mexican Minister’s financial plans arc matured. They includa a loan of twenty millions sterling five pot- cent, stock, and the settlement of the overdue coupons of the Eng lish-Mexican debt on satisfactory terms. 'The capital expended in England on rail roads up to the present time ex- ecds £385,- 000,000. Tho length of the roads is 11,500 miles. At ft recent ball in Vienna, a captain, who was of plefiian birth, asked a lady of high rank to dance with him mid was haughtily refused The Emperor Joseph evoi heard tho refusal, and Raid to lho subdued nfjiccv, “Capta® my mo- ' ther wishes to dance with yon,and tho arch- I duchess did so much to the mortification of ar- j istucracy. Advices from Alexandria state that the J amount of Egyptian cotton likely to arrive i from the interior is now believed to be over-es timated. The L\j»erai parly in Rngland have sabscribed £IOO,OOO toward es£ablishing anew paper for ! gratuitous circulation. j It is rumored that Queen Victoria will soon abdicate, aud that tho Brince of riVales wili as cend the throne of England under tho name of King Edward ihe seventh, The Porie is said to be about to send five thousand Circassians into the Holy Land to form a colony iri the large and magnificent plain ot bliaron, between 31; unt Cm aiel and Gan. 'The present Queen of Denmark fa a strong- ; minded wotriau, and the real manager of the Fined, m. hue oroiigot about the nrariiiige o f b‘r daughti-r with the Prince of Walt*, and recommended her sou for the Grecian throne. Jus; now the has her hands frill to keep her husband Di m in regard to the disputed duchies A g‘earner has just arrived at Mobile from Havanua Annexed we vivo au extract taken from "i ’iiiv.vo; letter, which relates to mat • r ia Europe ’’Aosuria uml Prosri* flurbe-l with v j c , , rr over the Dane.’, f-eincd deUrmincd to !{■» Tiea'ic--. of JSS2. which excites greet 1 iniiig'nrJioii In Palis and London. L ~and Oow iev has been in con 'taut conference witu the Ur. nc-‘- 51 nlstcr < f i o"‘igu Afi’tirs, and ucconl seems perfect Maximilinu’s rights as heir pr<? suroptveto ti e throne have been confirmed at Vienna, -t.d it is anncunced that in ca-e a c r.i-)5 wit no at iHr»ut*. lit} to it*- rig') Hie imperialist eCcptre and asriirae that ol Austria, r«>ur at least of tho Confederate States by name—and in. territory now comprising eight of the Contederate .-.tatea, were recoin zj I as Kovtjeiga indep and; a: St tics by Great Britain ia I'B3. ii :;a 4 v. h rci cjrnlted as a State be fore accession to the Ua : on. Would it not have bceu w,se atid Ktaiesmunly *« have used and urged these fact* before such old fttit t!e:s- for precedent and uniformity in diplomatic an j international law, «■; Palmerston and the dozy nurses of European governments? The impressment officer hi? be n collecting | herses in Cojiunbus, Ua., aud vic'.rnty. Drain, in -a** Kx„usu IU, UAMKiv on- Am mi MA - rtlW -* U « annexed debate releirnig to American naval ma ter3 r “ “\ * occurred in the Euglbh P,rimmed y 4 In the House of Lords, tbe Marquis Cianr - I cnruug-uvnotics. Urntbe would coil attention j in^ e i <!C^ iting by Fe,i< JKI a Tents in Ireland nu (sk what steps the Government intended to take respecting it. t!m U io ollße Commons, Mr Bnilay asked no .Attorney Gmi ,ra.: whether he wns of the (•pinion, wtou an Eagiisii vtsse! was captm-d Isß. tallmWbyait American cruLr.k v 9 the da tv es toe Gov turnout (o wait for a dxxsion m a prize court, demanding reparation* j u «“- C f"!;'*.'' 1 ' vbeU,ur rite captuie 01 the Brlt f: e S-kmk*, at Matamotas w« not a vi •» « rhT h f’^ H; T lj ‘'^ o,u l ' al Baid i; ' atl Bnglisl; mer chant Trt.se! was c.iiitureti by an American ves lv of th«r l,ral ba,b ’ >r ‘ U woul,l not t«' tbe du } o! the Moveiuim ut to uvit the action of a P -.t court l, More demanding satisfaction - wJr U^ <, , l 0 : be Ctts - of “ie Science it was Controverted whether she was captured in -Veiicau rvnteia or not. In the instructions go (u iu American cruisers, nothing could |, O more distinct and cleat mat no neutral v.-s-ela should he taken iu Maxi vm waters. If lhTrt v ®- riCa “ c " list ; m rH! KriUsii ve.-seis yi'X.'.nn wat-Tej ibi*y do bq ia direct Contravention pf tbeir instructions, and in tlmt. once he bad no doubt the Uul.ed States would liiHke rej nr ition. tuclioureofGwr.taons Mr. Lavard said 10 u wertiment lmd no official information of the capture o. the British ship Martaban bv the a '? ( J tie I had l.'een addr.v,ed to the Government w.t a view to t*,e recognition of the Empiro ot "e-xteo. Ihe British Government h idhith e, to dechned to express an opinion upon the Iu reply to Mr Haliburton, a3 to the cs fin e ot a Rebel ship by vessel in the barbor 01 Pankoar, Nova Scotia, Mr. Layard Lord Lyons hstd beua instructed to do tnand redress, but before those instruction wore received Secretary Seward had expressed regret aud offered reparation. In the House of Lords the Earl of Derby said that Lord Russeil had dec'ined to produce the papers he had in refer, uce to tiio steam rams, the Saxon and tho Alabama, 011 the ground that their production would pre judice pending legal proceedings; butic appear td Torn a statement ma'e by Government in the Honse ot Commons. Unit’ there never, had b vn any objection te> produce the papers rela ting to the riaxou He wished to ask whether there was any longer any objection to produce papers. Uari iut-sel! said lie had asked the alvioe ot tbe law officers ,jt :T;e Grown in refusing to pro nice the impeik, but the Attorney General bad since reconsidered tho questioq. and ha'l now no objection to give th'a papers. End Gheimsford naked whe,i it was thatUlO Attorney Genciai , h uigeu iiis mind. k.tri Kusseli said the communication he had received iiom thu Attorney Gen, mi was a privi ieyed c mmiuiie iiion, and do siuiiid decline to say when it was made. 1 here ban been some (li-scussiop in the Brit eh parliament cmictiniiig the vi datum of Brit ish sovereignly in rim pursuit of the Chesapeake p,rates into a British Coil nia! barber try an American giiub at. Mr. in b diaifof Her aiiij sty s Govei njncnt, ]>r<>iluced«a letter ‘iddrees to Loitl Lyons l»v Secretary Kesva’d ,s soon as tim tacts lmd reached him,and long before the deni ,ntf of tiio British Government (or red,ess had reached this c»,u .try. Mr. Rew ard acknowledges ttiat lhe:e was a direct vio iation of the sovereiiigty of He, Majesty, in the oa-e reieiiinl to, by tbe oili orßof tho gunboat '.da e Annie, which acis “lire President disap proves and regrets;” and th .ugh “the Provi dent has reasons to believe that the proceed ings thus disapproved were t iken by the offi cers concerned under’ the influence of a patri otic and commendable zeal, yet he haa ‘ direct ed that they shall U& censured tor this viola— ti.qn, and ho wid take -such other means as may be necessary to prevent a recurrence of tho grievance tom plained of” Mr Seward closes by announcing that ho is “fully dotermin, ,1 to j make all the amends that are due to Great Britain in the premises.” To these statements Earl Rmfte’l promptly r< Bponded that “her Majesty ,s Government ac cept th t apology in the same spirit iu which it . as beeu offered and are truly glad that the matter lias been settled in a manner honorable to i>o!h parties, ami calculated to improve tie friendly relations which her Majesty's Govem ; mont are always anxious to maintain with the Government of the United States.” Tub Owner Wca.— Wilson one of tho leaders of tlfe radical Abolition party, hns at length announce I what his party is prosecuting the war for. In the Federal Senate ho has re portedHho following bill—as a substitute for Mr. Carlisle’s resolution—which nay lie taken as tho final declaration of the vie-,vs of his per ty : That the object of the wav ate the subjuga tion of the rebels in arms to tho rightful au thority of the United States and the re-cstab -li. inner)t of sucb authority; that, iu the prose ciitmo of the w;v, the United SUics may adopt wliativ. r ißcasurcfl, not inconsistent with tho r.lies of civilized warfare, hb may he deemed neex-ssary lo ***■: uithe public safety now and iji-realtt-rj thut any person born aud residing in the United States, whether bond or free, owes allegiance to the United States, and this allegi ance is paramount to any duty which such per sou may owe to any Stain or individual; that the Constitution ot the United States doe* not recognize slaws asp; operty, but i-s persons o-.v - ing service or labor in certain Staten under tho laws thereof, and it is the right and duty of tho United Slates to offi r such persons such induce ments ns are best calculattddo enable them to give to thoir country theparam tuit allegiance which they owe, and that the proclamation of | the emancipation issuerjby the President of the i United states on tha Ist day of January, 18*3, I was a measuvs becesssary f- r ib<* o imiu'-u do i fence, sanctioned by the spirit of the Constitu tion, and by the law and practice of nations, | and said proclamation is hereby declared to ; have th:i force and elf ret of law, anything in i tho law, or Constitution oi any State to the cou j trary notwithstanding.. Comixo to ins Sa.NF.3.—Garrit Davis, of Ky, made some remarks In tha Fedoral Senate c, few days since which show's rh«t Ire i3 at last beginning to take a sen a trio view of matters. They were offered in reply to the charge that he (Divis) had offerd a resolution iu 1 £*7l for tho expulsion of his colleague, 31r. Powell; ''Mr. Prosiden;, with near three long years of a bloody and terrible experience in ielation to this matler and to tho daric and threatening future before as I hero declare explici lv that the wisest patriotic man iu tho land may well doubt whether the position of my co lcagiiq, against military coercion was not right, ind whethir llio true mode ol treating itiiij great schl-m and rebellion «vas not by reiraining Irom the slw k of arras and appealing t.o patri otism fraternity, and the interests of tho great sections of the United States Upon th it prepo sition I doiibi now mu If. ll I had then the lights I now li.tVr. I neilhei would have npiokeu or voted for ih- exp i clou of ray c Jlea^uc.” lubejcvsmknt or NrOHc.Es—Tnn T oxm Ca.ib it was recently stated in the Enquirer of tb a city, upon the a thor.t\ of a corre«pondeut from Stewart county, th it Iff the Toombs caso tho Court decided Dielate imp l- , ssment of slaves to 'ahor on fi i tifiestions io be iheg.-ri. Tne statement, we are sick fled, is incorrect, it having oecn made, no duiilM. bv a corre poudent un acquainted with legal pioca-eiiirgH. 'Jh ( -. lacis as we understand ih in, are about there : Ow ing ira-a failure of the onniwi for the impress ' io a officer to produce any legal .y ndm a-iblo videiiee(>f autboriiy, the qti :-tioa did not come upon its tneritH. It apjo-ared i the absence ol in oof —that negroes lit-ioiging in General :ViOfu!« were in.ptviatrly an.l will,out authority : m the possession ol the Kbet iff: and without my di cu-si'-n or decision on lt< impressment law, thy negroes were rolirned tohim Columbus Sun. * mnttxi The New 3’o:k Ib-ial I ■ , V s tho rcsponfilbfli ty of the fatiu o f the movement against Richrnan l ran b • Fanrosl between the Prss}- deat, hU miiitaiy board of directors ot M' ; ,sh - ipeton. and thy commando; of t{ie a-oiy of tha 1 J'ototaac, ;