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KXI'KOI Y.
There D no wu.ii iu the bu.gtiage bo danger
ous to liberty, as expediency. It Is made to
justify, or at least, excuse every depirture
from principle. It is in perpetual anUgoni.-m
with principle. It is fatal to purity, both in
murals and politics. In all countries vs in re
public liborty Is protected by a wrltt.n coasti
tutlon, It is to be expected ti.nt gotn > sensil i'i
ty will be oxh Ruled where n grow violation of
the provisions of the organic 1 i.v c.-curs, Tho
body politic Is supposed to bo in a normal
condition. Any injury will bo felt.
Tim i ,*i «*ii i !,*»!.. i n.e e-.tr- isd.-a-,..
Tea '.I Will I) iis.li WUe.oUit ['l: true.,..
It is only whore liberty has never lived and
.breathed, or where it is clhte and tojpid, that
a gross encroachment oil the rights t f the p o
ple will be tamely submitted t
Tho several iCtApun id by the la to Congress,
upon the subjects considered by them in secret
session, have now been before me r .untry for j
Home wook.s. They have been largely disco ; s- '
el They have awakened the prifoundest in- |
torest lu the popular heatt. iSince the doers
of the Ch nuber at Richmond have been thrown '
open and tho doings of the two bodies who held ;
their sitliug; theiv, representing tho Stat-'s and !
tho people, have hce.n brought into tliu broad !
light of day, surprlso has been Finxs.edeJ }.y
indignation so general ns to constitute whet I
may bo ptoporly called public sentiment.— j
Soircoly an attempt inn been made to justify
there measures upon princJp!**. It is utjred in
vindication of acts unwise, and unconstit uiion
al, (hit (bo condition if the country required
Mrtraordinary legislation. Mwisurea pre\ i.Jii, >
for the obliteration of a currency, which but
* tew weeks since it wa pronounced and i lnyul
to da.’ilDS to receive, and almost criminal t
dispose n for (fold; n enutire* pro > iumg for
taxation which impure* upon this generation
tit* tusk ol paying bus v 1.010 burden of the
war d-'ht, while It at the sura© time lights ti e
liatHc.4 to win independence ; measures which
etreteh the lum hand of inilitnry tub- over the
whole population of the #>uotev from the ten
der ugo ol (seventeen sip to tins trait t>-niati;re Hue
of fifty years : measures wliich sweep uv the i
whole body of law—constitutional and statute j
—-Intended tor the protection of personal liber- !
ty : these measures which Were all puss -d In !
inttCCesralsfe Chambers, where the members eat j
hid .array from the eye* of the peoplo; these ,
in(vimiep, it is insisted, uniat nut be criticised,
because wo are engaged in u gr- at. BlVuggle for
our vory existence us a people.
it i» not expedient to distils* tliem. And 1
tiiH [Kuasites of power s.-eU to mingle in the
grand debate as to public measures so grave
as these, personal considerations. They seek
to spread through the ranks of the people an
apprehension tnat some jealousy of the ad
ministration Is ttio animus to the opposition to
laws so ill considered as to be absolutely in
tlefeoaible upon any pleasure that of expediency ■
It it* n°t expedient to oppose any measures of
tlio adrtlv''i*truUou just now. It is n> t expe
dient to call in question tho doings of those
tn whom the people have delegated mill, rity
Every-principle dear to freemen uruy lie ignor
ed. Every provision of tlio constitution may
bo overborn' 'ldle whole powers of a govm n •
juent intended to bo complex and guard and by
a wise and cutviul distribution of iuncli-ais
Executive, Judicial, and l.egiidativo—may be
concentrated In the bands id ouo man, and
that man with the command of u powerful
army actually In the field : mid yet uot a word
must be uttered against this monstrous per
slon ol authority lest it should be construed
h\to an assault ou the administration. (a the
language of Vice {’resident Stephens, “If we
are iK‘l.ed if we are not willing to trust the
presided* ! " wa reply, “tlie measure of our
tinsl is the oxdittitutlon.” Surely these great
questions may be riL-cu-sed upon thrir intrin
sic merits. It tsalways expedient to wiite and
JjK-s.k in behalf of liberty.
Os all people, tho people of tho South may
•roll dread the doctrine of expediency. That
doctrine, libo the frit t iff’ the forbidden tree,
" Btois tin'o ti c word ; Li.d :i!'. our v/c.?. ’
It ob 0 1 uteri' destroyt and the old government
of the United States. With a constitution »«•
nob Id, ro vis', sot .'ur that it was iu,possible
to) pervert lu’true meaning by any solar or
honest principle of interpretation. It wa.< :u
--loc iby tffe doctrine of et podteiioy. Bt-rkt
oonstructiouiats wore denounced by the 11111-
lorlty as impracticable ; (he revolutions ot
buttes jealous for liberty, were so often quoted
against the excesses of power, that tiie, be
mme subjects of ritlicalo. At length Con
31-ess JM »iiuiit thoeght expedient, nnd tin
eonstitetkn perished. History, t *ys Boling
broke, is Philosophy teaching by example?.
Let us lwun from tbo great example which
history has so rect.n'lv fr-nisbed.
Tns Co.vFKDSiiArii hi atus are stronger an !
lucre capable of Continuing the struggle th.i:.
they, have over brea since the commencement
of the war. Gold !• declining, our currency
it advancing in value, our people are unit'd,
ami our armies aro blazing with enthusiasm,
the deep ndent Tro-h courage take, bear
iu iNiffd “that in snuggling with trials tics the
pfoo{ virtue." Let Ihe hopeful he more
resolute and remember that “he i- not worthy
oif the Lo!h>^ -comb that ftnns tho hive be
vtuisti the beers t-' r ' -
Thu Woh:h o: a • .*»> Gasdsn. — Who ha#
made the csimau* f v '\>to c? in l;f:y. We be
lieve thxi a well cultivated garden will yi- Id
or..- third. i: not hill, the support of a fr.Tly
The potatoes, turnips, bums. cabbages j« :
jmran-ps. carrots, strawberries, ra-b-unv. .V ..
Ac . all of which are toe products of agt od
garden, constitute a large portion of man's:
most wholeSojne food. And, if we would give
more aiientiou to this brunch ot l*uebai-.div.
and famish our tables with better vegetables
our families would u. L e less meat, and conse
quently l e more lo ulthy.
Tue New Ccsuienct —We understand that
the Depository ha# receive*! a small amount oi
the new Currency, in tens, twen i * and lift:. -
for distribution "to each s: para to appli ant "
One hundr ti dollars of tho new for one him
dred and fifty of the old Lsuo, exoept one
lir#a bfftet.
Miuiabv Asn Cittl. Okoavkm —lt was the
remark o. Justice Campbell, lute of the Su
preme United States Court, in arr address de
livered .-.ome years since, before the societies cf
; the L’nivfcn ity of Georgia, that the organic
difference between Homan an I American civii
i/.'tion, in their aspects of i .w and liberty, coa
ri U-d in the first being the suggestion of the
| c*iui;>, and the last the suggestion of borne ,
; that the m --ion ol the first being conquest, en-
Spire—liberty and law were lut the modifira
i tions of military rule, the radial loos and relax
ations of u polity, from its very olijeeU, neces
-arily cential, arbitrary, autocratic, cooven- ,
| tioual ; while ujigrativn, voluntary, and an- I
| forced colonization, being the law of civil and ,
social expansion to America, government was j
the suggestion of individual liberty, ami con- ;
silted ordy of the self Imposed restraints ce- ;
ceas-iry to regulate the freedom and provide
tor the harmony of social life; that society was r
the offspring of government, to the first, while j
government was the off-priug ol society to the :
h< ; and that iri these organic differences con- I
i. ted tho logical differences between Romani
and American government, Homan and Airier- j
lean liberty.
! Our readers can hero see at a glance what
I the condition of things would bo if the people
j permit the Richmond programme to be carried
| out. Dependent upon the will of a military
dictator, society wutild at once be in an eutire
y different condition from what it now is.—
i .ire woilid bo no individuality - no liberty.
Everything would bo shaped towards the itg
urauilizement of the head. Everything would
j nave to be shaped arid every person would
! have to shape their course # iu such i way that
j the powers that he would beelWated—no mat-
I ter how tuui'h the masses were oppieased. A
j nation once fiee could not be placed in a more
I debased condition. Let the people see to it
j that such is riot their fat». it rests entirely
widi them, i.o' us support the Government—
j the Constitution—to the best of our ability.—
i Bat let us'also rebuke those in place who en
deavor to subvert the Government, and oppose
manfully all (heir infringements upon the con
stitution. I
_ _ . i
A* Mrcn Taunt as Poetry. — Many, too
many in every eommuuity are inclined Dot to
oppose the rapid strides towards a central mill
tury government, now Jiving made in the Con
federacy. Home excuse their position on the
round -of inexpediency—this class is a large
one, Olliers take the ground that the admin
istration is the government—a very fallacious
I idea ; thn Constitution is th;> Government
Other*, like the sluggard say “a little more sleep.
I u little icon siu.nber,’’ and then wo will took
into the nutter—debt led civilians ! Do you not
know while enjoying your ease you may bo
robbed < fall the civil liberty you now possess?
Tlio course he Coufederate ship is pursuing
nt .present, unless changed, will land her ou
tie rocks <!' despotism. Onco aground, and
she will them remain until lifted oif by the
blood ot another revolution—n revo’ution
which will bo more fearful than the one we
are aow engaged in.
Xboue who are inclined to overlook little in
fringements and tresspassi-s on lltoir constitu
tional rights should remember the truths taught
in the annexed verse:
A pebble in the streamlet scant,
Mas turned tlio course qf many a river,
A dew-ilr -p on the biby plant,
lias warped the giant oak forever.
Tub Way to Obtain a Tkach —Keep up our
armies end tight the enemy vigorously, desper
ately. At the emtio time let our statesmen, end
especially the Confederate and State authorities
leave no means unemployed to induce the en
emy tj negotiate with rs for terms upon which
«.ho war can be ended. These are the means
lavond l>y some of our brave uien in the ib-ld,
and tliree-fourths ot the people at home. Treat
with the enemy With arms in your hands--
Don't lay down a gnu or relax a muscle or
abate any exertion iu the way of preparation,
for then the foe would get tiro ad vantage of its
—but wtilie we prosecute the war with vigor,
ami light the enemy wherever we can find him,
let the wise men of the land exert themselves
—especially those in official positions -to to
move the struggle-from the field of carnage
and blood to the council chamber. It must be
settled in that way ut lust. Why not coin
invitee now ‘ The sooner we begin, the sooner
we shall see die beginning of the end. There
is nothing luiraitfcitiug in the idea of peace by
negotiation. There is nothing dishonora
ble in it. T.-et open, [immp; efforts for peace
6e continually made authorities. Let
die people remain as united and determined as
; ever lo fight to the hitter cud if these efforts
prove unsuccessful
ffn.rnir. of Vzirei \bi.hs. —There is nothing
we shall want more during the coming season
th tu an abundant supply of vegetables. The
army will need them to preserve its men from
scurvy. The people will need them to make
up for the inordinate price of meat. It is the
duty as well as the interest of everybody to
cultivate a? large a quantity as pos-ible. There
is not a yard ia any rity or town which should
not be made to contribute something towards
the gviu ral store. Among other inducements,
it may tie mentioned that vegetables, with tew
exceptions, ute exempted from the tithe, and
that they arc not taxed beyond tho income
rex on the profits from their sales. A little at
tention and a little labor given to this end
would do incalculable good.
No More PnrsoNKas ro bk Sctt Socm.—lt
iviit probably be very gratifying to many of
our readers to learn that no more Federal pris
oners are to be sent South at present. There
i- now only eighteen hundred at Richmond,
Half ,which are officers. If the practice of
exchanging prisoners on parole, which lias been
carried on by flag of truce tor the last three
Wit'Lsis kept up, it will not be long beforetbe
number n*tv ia Virginia will exhausted.—
Four thousand are still ut Danville.
Sai.e Pay.—The following negroes were
sold ny W. B. Griffin &Cos , Tuesday, at ho j
Lnv.r Market House. One-third is to bo j
added to those prices to allow for the discount 1
vi ihe currency : Girl Mary, 17 years old, i
: 30..;)t To y, 17 years old, $4000; Fanny. •
i ; \o us oid. s24'io ; Elizabeth, 17 jerrs Old,
msoan-T) Sfhl'i; Emma, lfi years old, $39f.0 :
■ hi:!. ‘2O years old, $ St-00 : Louisa. 14 years old.
$- -'0 ; Richard, IS yours old s£9so; Dave.
"0 years old. $3550.
Fremont's Platform.—A pHj-er called the
Now Nation has heen started in New York, in
the interest of Fremont, which lays down the
following platform .
First—A!>s,ibt e. complete and immediate
i liberty, without distinction of race or co'or.
Second—The absolute maintenance of the
j M nrot* doctrine.
; bird—Another and better military organi
! . -i*i n tli .n that ol President L’ticoln.
Fourth—A diminution of the powers of the
■5.1 • utivo au-J a larger responsibility of Cabi
net mfuis'ers to Cougraa
oatioj) fu the pl»fe of » COtifeder
j &;iiin.
AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, .APRIL 13, 1864.
Another Pkoclajiation hy Lincoln —Lincoln
baa issued another proclamation in regard to
the resident- of the Confederacy. Here it is:
Whereas, ft bar, become necessary -to define
the cases m which insurgent enemies aroea
till and to the benefits tJ f the proc ar.iatioa of the
President of the bribed states, which was
mode ou the 8 tlx diy of December, 1863. and
tin: manner iu which they shall proceed to
avail themselves ol those benefits; and whereas,
the objects of that proclamation w-re to sup
press too insurrection, and to restore theau
ihciity ol the United States; und whereas, the
amnesty therein proposed by the President, j
was offered with leferenco to these Objects j
uione:
Now, thirefer*? I. Abraham Lincoln, Presi-
I dent of the United .States, do hereby proclaim
J and declare th it tho said proclamation does not
j a;, ply to the cases of persons who, at the tim.-,
j wlien they si-ek to obtain the benefits the. eol
j bjr taking the oath thereby prescribed, are in
; military, naval or civil confinement creustodv,
! or under bonds or on parole of the civil, m li
' tavy or naval authorities ns agents cf the.Uni.-
fed tjtates. as prisoners of war, or persons de
-1 tained for offences ot any kind, either beloie
! or alter conviction; and that, on tie contrary,
j it does apply only to those persons who, being
| yet at large and tioe from any arrest, confine
| meat or duress shall voluntarily come forward
j and take the said oath, with the purpose of re
| storing peace and establisiiiug the national au
thor ty. Prisoners excluded from the amnesty
offered in the said proclamation jnay appl, to
the l’lesident tor clemency, like uii other
offenders, and their application will receive
due consideration'.
I do'urther declare and proclaim that the
oath prescribed in the aforesaiu proclamation ot
the Bth of Dee tuber, 1803 maybe tiken and
subscribed before any commissioned officer,
civil, military or naval, in the service ol the
b nited Sta ie. or any civil or ruiiitaryjdflieer of
h State or Territory not in insurrection, who,
by the laws thereof, may be qualified for ad
ministering oaths. All officers who receive
such oaths are hereby authorized to give cei
titi iate tfiereou to the persons respectively by
whom they arc made, and such officers are
hereby required to transmit tho original re
cords of such oaths at as early a day as may be
convenient to the Department of State, where
they will he deposited and lemain in the ar
chives of tho Government, 'the Secretary ot
State will keep a registe; thereof, and will,oh
application in proper eases, issue certificates ot
such records in the custom try form of official
certificates.
In tostimony whereof, 1 have hereunto set
.v.y hand, and caused the seal ot the United
Slates to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, the 26tb
day ot March, in the year of our Lord
one tturns mil eight hundred and sixty
tour, and of the independence of the
United States the eighty-eighth.
Aukauam Lincoln.
By the Ihesident: j
William 11. Seward, Sec’y of State.
Policy ol Lincoln's Administration Dk
nocncli) —Hon. D. W. Voohridb, of IndiSna, in
a h»te speech in the Federal Congress spoke as
follows of the policy of Lincoln’s administra
tion : •
But, sir, the saddest question embraced, with
in the scope of my remarks remains to be an
swered as ! draw lhem to a close. Mas the pol
icy pur.-ned foi tile last three years resulted iu
the icrmation of a mure perfect Union.
No language that the tongue of man can ut
ter would form so expressive an answer to such
a question as a silent survey of the dreadful
scene which lies betote us. A gulf of blood
and tears and ail of human agony which the
afflicted race of man can know this side of the
dread abodes of-the damned, divides the sutler
iug aiul miserable sections of-a once fraternal
and eeuleutc l people. Statesman of Christian
faith, imbued with ibe lof-y spirit of Ilhu who
gave His blessing to the merciful, could ago n
span tliis lion id chasm and bind together the
town and bleeding I.gametes of the Union.
But an evil star is raging in cur sky, and under
its maiign power the legislation of the hand ap
pears as the frenzied murderous, disjoined
dreams of t madman ii bis cell.
Such a penal code as now stands in the way
of the return of the men, women and children
of theSSonth to their allegi i.ceh is no parallel in
the annals oi the human race. A thousand miles
of ginbets, with dangling Uniter and the ready
executioner; universal confiscation of piopeity
to the remotest period of an 'unecent. posterity;
tbeabsolute extermination of a whole pecpl -
and the appropriation of the depopulated coun
try to Ihe unsparing demands of a more than
Norman conquest ; the utter extinction of every
v* s ige of ur present form of government by
States, ail tt.is and infinitely more is contained
in the enactments which already slain the re
cords of American legislation. But why need
I dwell upon these evi ieuecs of disunion ? The
great leader of the admin stration ou this floor,
ihe gentleman from I’enusyi vania, (llr. Ste
vensi has deliberately here announced, after
ail our kk rifives, sorrows and loss, that the l n
ion of our fathers is dead, and he who attempts
its resurrection is acrim-uul instead of a patriot -
He goes further and admits all these seceded
States have everi claimed—their nationality.
They have sought in vain iu ail of the four
quartern of the earth for recognition. They
find it at last at the hands of those who speak
for the administration on tiffs door.
Ax Enoush Opus-ion of Federal Warfare
—The “Albion,” conceded to be the English
organ at New Yoik, uses strong and not very
complimentary language to the Yankees, rela
tive to the burning of Hour mills and dwellings
In toe South. It says :
No matter in what direction a raid takes j
place, arson and plunder are now considered to i
be legitimate orders of the day. Burning up
plantations and firms, demolishing grist mills,
mid turning I eiplcss inhabitants out to starve
—which ought to bring the perpetrators of
such deeds to Court-martials—are .triumphant
ly quoted as proofs of enterprise and valor.
It is strange, too, that this atrocious and im
politic system is approved by a people who
have not shown themselves, so fur addicted to
wanton cruelty-. We have, however, no hesi
tation instainping jt as disgraceful to the arms,
and calculated to bring ill-will upon the cat se
of the North, among the North’s most abiding
friends. * n * It will be held,
and rightly, that trie destruction of railroads
and of public stores and provisions .is an en
tirely different matter from the indiscriminate
apidication of the torch. Docs not the fiendish
- glee with which these devastating processes
i ate described, fully bear out our oft-made
[ assertion, that war is not and never can be a
; moral purifer ? There is something humilia-
I ling in trio avowal that, with hundreds of thou
; sands of brave men in arras, a nation should be
: called, upon to admire flour mills laid in ashe a ,
j and happy homes made desol: te. Neither
I should it be forgotten 'hat while the seeds of
! eternal hatred are thus deliberately sown, the
; narrators of these exploits contradict all their
previon* assertions Lfcut the South was nniver
j sally starving.
Enrollment or the Militu. —Annexed we
publish the joint resolution of the General As
sembly trnnsfi rring the State militia between
the ages of seventeen and eighteen, and forty
five and rifiy, to tue Confederate Government:
a resolution
In relation to the recent Military Act of Con
gress.
The General Assembly do resolve. That this
General Assembly, declining to express anv
opinion as to the wisdom of the act passed by
Congress, enrobing such persons as had been
enrolled under the State law. recommend that
his Kxceilenry interpose no obstacle to its en
forcement ; a.rcl the Governor is requested to
open a correspondence with the Secretary of
War. and request him to exonerate, from the
penalties of said act. such persons between the
ages of seven e n and eighteen and forty-five
and fifty, who did not volunteer or enroll with
in the time specific 1. supposing iheir enroll
ment under the State law to be legal.
Peter Cone.
President pro if", of the Senate.
L. H. Keenan. Secretary of Senate.
I Taos. Hardeman, Jr., Speaker House of Repre
i sen Datives.
L. Carrington, hi era House of Representatives.
H?.v,ng given my views upon this question
in my to the General Assembly. a -d
submitt* and it to their decision, I rield to" their
rtconwiandatiop. this 22d March" lsfi4.
Joseph £. Bsows. Governor,
Tub Desolation in Tknnessrii. —a gentleman
who has travelled through the portions ot
Tennessee ovei run by tua Uederals. write** as
j fallows concerning what he saw to the Boston
Traveller:
In years igone, and not long ago, Tennessee
was a paradise. Peace and plenty smiled ; law
aid order reigned. How is it now? After a
week jouruey. I sit me down to paint you a
pictuie of what I have seen. To the Ea*t and
to the West, to the North and to the SouthJhe
rights are saddening, sickening. Government
mules and horses are occupying the homes
ay f e, tho palaces—in which her Ohivairio sons
so often slum’oered.
The monuments of her taste, the evUences
of her skill, the charaoteriadcs of her people
are being blotted from Her church
es are being turned into houses of prostitution,
her seminaries shelter the sick and sore, whose
griels and groans reverberate where once the
Sower of our youth were wont to breathe po
etic p'u-iion and dance to tho music of their
summer a aun. Her cities, her towns and tier
villages are diaped in mourning. Even the
couniry, ever and always so much nearer God
and Nature than these,.wears the black pall.
Go from Memphis to Chattanooga, and It is
like the march from Moscow in glden tim?.
The State Capitol, like the Kremlin, alone
remains "f her former glory and greatness.
Let Mui frees boro’ be the centre, and then make
a circumf'-ri-iiee of thirty miles with me, and
we jvill stay‘-a week in the womb of desola
tion." Whether you g > on the Selma, the
Shelhyville, the Manchester, or any other pike,
f r a distance of thirty miles either way, wbat
do we behold ? One wide wild and dreary
waste, so to speak
The feucis are all burned down; the apple,
ihe pear and the plum trees burned in ashes
long ago, ihe torch applied to thousands of
.-plendid mansions, the walls of which alone
remain, and even this is seldom so, aDd where
it Ls, tlieir smooth plaster is covered with vul
g ir epithets and immoral di itribes.
The young men are sleeping in their graves
a! Shiloh, at Corinth, at Foit Donelsou, and
other fields of so-called glory. The young wo
men have died of grief or are broken-hearted ;
the children are orphans. Poor little things, I
pity them from my heart as I look at them
black and white—for they seem to have shared
a common fate, and like dying in a common
destiny.
Their lives—J mean the master and slave,
and (heir offspring—seem to have been insep
arably blended, in many cases I found two or
three white children, whose parents were dead,
left to the mercies of the taithful slaves; and
again, I have seen a large number of little ne
gro children, whose parents were likewise dead,
nestled in tho bosom of some white families,
who, by a miracle, were saved from the van
dalism of war.
Private Property io bh Protected sn this
Department.— Major General Gilmer com
manding at- Savannah under the General of
this Department, issues the annexed orders in
regard to the protection of private property:
Acts of robbery and theft, while they are in
direct violation of all civil and military law,
and a gross outrage upon the rights of patriotic
citizens, are beyond measure deleterious to
the d;.-.ctpline and efficiency of tile army, and
uitt-d. .I all hazards be stopped.
To this end commanding officers will hera
af:_er hold, their immediate subordinates strictly
responsible—District commanders will be ac
countable to these headquarters. They in turn
will look to Brigade or Hub District commanders,
and to ail those reporting directly to them. Iu
this manner each superior will bold responsible
his immediate inferior, until the commanders
of companies are reached; those must determine
who among their meu have offended, oi be
themselves punished for neglect of duty.
Good officers will t ike such precautions and
secure such discipline as will in almost every
case prevent depredations by their men. In
those instances where bad soldiers transgress,
these officers riill display such activity iu dis
covering and presenting for punishment the
guilty parties as must relieve them from the
penalties otherwise incurred. Rid officers alone
will suffer, as it is in:ended they should.
Ail persons interested are called upon to givd
information to commanding officers of all cases
of spoiiiaiiun that may come u .der their notice;
and if possible the name, compauy and regi
mini of the man engaged in such acts, with all
other facts in any way connected with the mat
ter.
Should their complaint,, lodge dwith a com
manding officer, fail to eli it a rigid investiga
tion and sumo ary punishment of the guilty
piirtv, they are requested to call direotly upon
these headquarters for redress.
Last Words of this Lath Bishop Meade.—
Among the persons present at the death of the
late BLhop Meade of Va , was Gen. Lee. The
last words spoke by the celebrated divine were
addressed to that distinguished officer. We
find them in the Montgomery Advertiser,
given by a correspondent. The Bishop re
marked thus :
“Fora considerable period I thought this
war an unjust one. and was for maintaining the
Union. But when I saw Lincoln's proclama
tion, ray even were opened, and I saw nothing
remained to the .South, but deepest degradation
or war to the bitter end. Since that time I
have done all in my power for the Confederate
arms. But 1 can do no more. Gud caiis and I
go Rt his summons. Gen. Lee, you are engaged
in a holy cause of lib rty, the cause
of unborn millions. I now as I have nev
er-seen it before. You ate at the head of a
mighty army, to which millions look with un
told anxiety and hope. Yon are a Christian
soldier. God thus far owns and blesses you in
your efforts for the cause of (he South. Trust
in God, Gen. Lee, with all your heart,” and
placing his palsied hands on the General’s
Lead, he added, in a manner never to bo for
gotten by the bystanders, “yon will never bo
overcome—you can never Oe overcome."
A VIttOINIAN OX THE POSITION OF GEORGIA.
A writer in the Petersburg Express, in speak :
ing of the high and proud position occupied by
Georgia on the great issue of the day—the lib
erty of the citizen --remarks as follows:
I am p'eased to see, aud lam proud tqknow, j
that the Slate of Georgia, by her Legislature, j
recently adjourned, has adopted and pro- j
mniged tbo illu-trious troth that-a suspension 1
of the writ of habeas corpus “is beyond the j
power of any possible necessity to justify it.” I ;
hail the advent of that doctrine,in tbe legislative ]
san.tiun of State sovereignty, ;,g the liveliest
token of the success of cur cause, that has been
or car, be exhibited. Nothing else so nerves
the arm'of the patriot soldier and enkindles
| his enthusiasm, as to be assured that the civil
i liberty for which he is enduring privation and
1 doing battle, is not to be stricken down by laws
! —or by lawlessness—which, however trusted
I for love ot freedom may be the man for the
time being in authority, may be quoted as pre
cedents by those who aie to succeed them. I
am dniy sorry that this, my native State, was
not the first toad vance tb.it indispensable tenet
of civil liberty, than which Religious Freedom
cun find no other defensible fortress.
Drs-crved Praise.— A correspondent of the
Savannah News, writing from Gamp Milton,
Fla ‘ speaks thus of Capt. Wheaton of the
Chatham Artillery of Savannah :
Captain John F. Wheaton is in oommand of
the company, and has been with it ever since
he left Savannah. And. Colonel, when l tell
vou be is popular with his men, both as a man
and command* r, 1 but half speak the tru h.
They have seen him tried and found him fully
equal to all emergencies. -ie is kind, respect
ful. courteous, and looks well to their wants,
and secs chut thev bavu all which they are en
tilled to. They are fully satisfied they could not
better them# -Ives by changing him for any
other mau in service.
Form op Transfer- —We'are informed that
the following is the form of a transfer on the
certificates for four per cent bonds :
For value received, I assign the within to
Richard Roe.
Augusta. April —. 1864.
Executed in my presence.
John Dob, Notary Public.
The Federal army fn We*t»r» BouW&oa it
{Boving.
| AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM
LONDON.
1 A special correspondent of the Philadelphia
j Inquirer, writing from London under data of
j Feb. XI, gives the ariiTfexed history and outside
I view of the late Minister ial crisis in England :
There is nothing in the construction and prac
i tire of the Arnerican Government, and especially
I of the 1 i red States Congress, by winch you
can gain an idea of the proceedings this week
in the British Parliament. With you, a Cabinet
minister, or, indeed, ail the ministers in a body
may resign, oi be dismissed, and their places
would tie refilled the nexf or the same day, while
the policy of the Government, as represented by
the preslii at himself, would remain unchanged.-
Hem it is fnstly different. According to imme
morial cu: xsn, when tho ministry find them
selves wittiocrt 3 majority ot supporters in the
Hour of«, -0.-nnona, or when a decided vote has
been • jesseo _*)r that body, amountiqgto the tx
pressiin of what is called a a want of confidence”
in the ministers, that body resigns, or, technical
ly, ‘•dissolves.” *
In other words, the various members of the
ministry return their seais of office to the pre
mier, who, in turn, presents them collectively,
including his own, to the td UMn . who is thrift
•einporarily left in reality what at other times
she is only nominally , the monarch of her realm.
Os course her first business is to form a now
ministry, and in doing this, contrary to the prac
tice in the United States, she resigns her own
freedom of action, for it is absolutely compulsory
upon her, mpraily speaking, to call around her a
set of men whose political principles and ideas ot
State, policy are diametrically opposite to those
of the ministers just discarded. The Opposition
if successful in their raid against the Govern
ment, stand 1 before the country virtually pledged
to effect an entire change in the conduct of the
great questions of the day, and especially of the
particular one. the discussion of and action up
on which has brought about the great change
in the Government.
For instance, trie Opposition make a stand
upon the policy and action of the Government
in reference to American affairs ; this policy and
action having been thoroughly discussed in the
House ot Commons, the ministers and their
friends insisting that their course had been right
and proper, and their opponents urging exactly
the reverse; the one asserting the policy of neu
trality and non-intervention, mid the other de
claring in favor of the recognition of the South
at all hazards; a vote is at length reached. Jt
may be upon some apparently trifling question,
the demand, for instance, for certain papers
which the Government declines to produce ; but
if the ministers find themselves in a minority it
is regarded as a ministerial defeat, as tilo ex
pression of a want of confidence, and they in
continently resign. There seems never to ho
any thought of yielding to the will of the ma
jority, and changing their old policy to suit their
demands ; this would, doubtless, lie considered
infra dil and the views of Government are
promptly surrendered into the hands of their
late antagonists.
The secret of this lies in the exceeding strict
ness with which lilies are drawn in this country.
The Opposition, having once thus tested and
ascertained their strength, would be in honor
hound to maintain their position. Every man
of it would be whipped into active training, and
the ministers would not he allowed to retain
their positions, even if they made all the conces
sions at first demanded. If they should chance
to betray the least disposition to defy their vic
tors and retain tiieir positions, the next step
would be to outvote the ministerial party on
some question of supplies, when, of course, all
the heels of Go'.erniufcnt Would instantly-stop
and chaos would ensue. The ministry dare not
run tiie risk of producing a catastrophe like this,
for they would know that it would lie utterly
ruinous to their hopes of future elevation, when
their own party should again lie in the ascen
dant. So they make the best of a bad bargain,
and go out of office peaceably, and, if possible,
good naturediv
A crisis of tiffs sort was imminent last Tues
day. Indeed, it was only averted-by a trick on
the part of one party, and shrewd jiariiamentary
practice on that of the other. The question was
the Danish one. Mr. Disraeli as the leader of
the Opposition, opened the bail, and was follow
ed by some of the best speakers on this side-of
the Homie. The policy of the Government,
and its conduct towards Denmark, were repudi
ated, and the ministers accused of acting un
fairly and dishonestly both towards that nation
nnd towards England herself. As the debate
proceeded it became thoroughly evident that the
ministerial party was in a decided minority ; and
had the vote been taken at a certain stage of the
discussion, an overwhelming defeat of the Gov
ernment would have been trie inevitable result.
Curiously chough this was a result that neither
party desired. The Government did not wish
to be disturbed, apd the Opposition were not
prepared to change places with them.
Mr. Disraeli found, to his astonishment, that
he had been taken at his word, nnd had raised a
storm which it was defficult to quell. The lead
ers ot both factions then acted in concert, in
order to avert the impending evil. One of the
Government ministers appealed to the House
not to press matters in a crisis during the alienee
of Lord i’aimerston, an absence which was de
clared to Iks unavoidable, as his lordship was un-f
happily confined to his residence by an attack of
the gout. A smile of doubtful character ran
Over the House at this announcement, for it is
not the first time that the Premier has found it
convenient to absent himself from his post under
the same plea. Mr. Disraeli, however, put the
question plainly to the Prftniei’s-colleagues, who
assnred the House that such was really the case,
thus virtually pledging their honor to the truth
of the. statement. *
Under these circumstances, Mr. Disraeli de
clared that he would not persist in his measure
and even urged his fronds not .to press the mat
ter to a vote on that occasion. He found him
self, however, powerless to allay the excitement
he had raised, arid so determined was his party
to carry out his purpose then and there that he
found the only way to prevent the result which
he had been apparently aiming at was to retire
from the House with such a number of his im
mediatafriends as he could command. This he
did. and the ministers were thus left in a small
majority. They were then anxious enough to
press tho question to a vote, and did so. thus
saving themselves from the calamity that had
stared them so boldly in the face. What wiil
you think when 1 tel! you that not five minutes
elapsed after the announcement of the result be
fore Lord Palmerston, whom his colleagues, had
asserted was confined to his room, wnikeil into
the House and took his seat with as much non
chalance as though he had occupied it the whole
evening and had only just returned from a visit
to the coffee room.
This is as tair an account as I can give of the
occurrence, which you will find variously de
scribed in the London newspapers of the week.
As for Lord Palmerston, his trickery ,and un
sempuousness are so thoroughly understood that
no one pretends to he surprised at the part he
played in the matter. But the important lesson
which the affair teaches is one in which vou are
deeply interested. I have assured vou before
that, in the event of a change in the Govern
ment, there would be no change in the policy
and conduct of this country in regard to Ameri
can affairs. This proves it. The Opposition
could have sen* the ministry to the wall last
Tuesday with perfect ease. But what would
havfi beeqghe result l They would have come
into power pledged before the country and the
world not onl\ to reverse the action of the late
I Government as to Danish affairs, on which the
| crisis nominally arose, hut most especially in re
gard to Ameiican affairs, which has been and
• £ reac most momentous question
I of the day.
Unless they grossly violated their implied, if
not open, pledges to to the people, their first step
must have been to recognize officially the inde
pendence of the South, and we all know very
well what that step would lead to. Now the
Opposition are not prepared for this, and never
had the least idea of adopting and acting upon
such a policy, if they should oust the present in
cumbents from their seats. It is clearly evident
that they do not contemplate or desire a dissolu
teol} of the present Government. They prefer to
wait the next general election, only about a year
distant, and in the meantine maintain their atti
tude of opposition in order to have a good rally
tag my when that time arrive., You may tJjtj-*-
VOL. LXX\m.-— NEW SERIES VOL. XXVJIL NO."is'
fore accept in tlieir truo character all the other
speeches of the week of wtiich American matters
have been the theme. They ere all only for
buncombe.
.na- w ‘—
riLUM VIRGINIA.
An extraordinary accident occurred in Rich
mond a few nights since. It appeals that four
members of the State Guards sat down at their
barracks to play a sociable game of cauls by
tho light of a candle stuck into a pop bottle.
After they had b.-en playing a considerable
le igih of time, and were still much interested
in tho game, the candle br.rnt down vety low.
anff the flaming wick fell into the bottle, which
it turned cut was lull of guti ivowdcr. An in
stantaneous explosion was the consequence.
The men wore knocked down, blinded and
bleeding. They were ail considerably injured
about their Leads and faces by the blaze of
the powder and the broken lragmcnts of tho
bottle, acd It is thought likely that one ol them
will lose his eyes,
Alexander Collie, of London, has cent SBO,-
000, through the Secretary ».f War, fer the r -
lief of the needy and suffering of our people,
more particularly those who have been made
so through the present war.
It is said to be the intention of the adminis
tration to send to Europe photographic copies
of the orders found on Dahigren's body, with
the object of layiug them In-tore the various
Governments of the civilized world.
The Richmond Examiner is of opinion that
the whole power of the feneiuy will be concen
trated on Virginia,- and the campaign else
where ba left at a stand still.
The Richmond correspondent of the Char
leston Mercury, iu speaking of the heavy rains
in that section rental ks that such weather is
said to be altogether in favor of General Lee.
It is to be hoped they are, for the people have
become lethargic from over confidence. Apa
thy ! when rivers of lYood arq to be shed with
in, the next sixty days. It does not bode well.
The same correspondent in speaking of prices
in Richmond says ‘‘nine drinxs of French bran
dy, six small scollops of oysters and two Flori
da segars cost $18!).” Whew I
A farmer, just from the country between Pe
tersburg and Lynchburg, Va., says the wheat
looks very badly, and trie peaches have ail
been killed by the kite frost. Small farmers
have?as a general thing, planted only enough
wheat- for seed and iatnily wants. Much land
lias been ploughed tor corn, and is in fine con -
dition for planting. Much more land would
have been seeded in corn had there not been
a scarcity of horses, which are being freely
pressed by administration agents. Again,
many people are mi tble to feed enough Horses
to make a good crop.
It is now certain that Siegel has moved a
portion of his corps to Bunker Hill. It is not
conjectured as yet. what his movements wiil.be.
Parties from Maryland, who have arrived at
Richmond give interesting accounts of affairs
in that section. There appears to be a wide
spread revolution -existing in that section. The
feeling in Western Maryland has ripened into
an embittered opposition to Lincoln. In sev
eral counties the Federais have enrolled all
tlie negroes for soldiers. This movement has
made those who formerly opposed be South,
strong friends to the cause. An infamous out
luge was iatc-ly perpetrated on a daughter-iu
law of I)r. Magill, of Hagerstown, Md. 'ihe
Doctor himself is in Richmond, ’i he husband
of the lady is in the Confederate service. She
had been ona visit !o him. 0:i Irene:urn home
she was brutally dragged from her house by a
couple of Dutch soldiers. Iter sick baby three
months old violently taken from her, and she
herself taken to Harper’s Ferry. The com
manding officer at that place being more hu
mane than most of his associat s, ordered her
release at onco. It is stated that inhuman in
cidents ot this kind are of frequent occurrence.
The Adjutant General has issued an order
for a board of officers to 'assemble m Richmond
at an early day to examine and report upon
the justice and claims ot' parties who
have lost negroes bn jessed for labor on the
public defences— to include those who have es
caped to tlie enemy, as well as those wjio have
died from injuries received, or diseases con
tracted w ile iu the service.
T tie free negroes are becoming a source of
extreme vex ition and trouble in the counties
along the Virginia border. A correspondent
of tlie Richmond Dispatch, writing from tlie
Lower Valley, says that when the Yankees
come into the towns, these negroes swarm on
every corner, eager to impart information, or
to guide the enemy to where they will find hay,
corn, &c. It is understood that the Yankees
share their plunderings with these negroes,
and this, with what they steal themselves, en
ables them to enjoy a negro's highest estimate
of freedom —idleness.
The new Treasury notes will ho ready for
general circulation about the Isth inst, except
the Ss’s, wliich will not be ready until the Ist
of July next. Any person taking S6O of the
old currency to the Treasury wiil receive SiO
in the new. The SSOO notes are ornamented
on the right side with a medallion likeness of
Gen. T. j. Jackson, with the name of the illus
trious hero under the likeness. On the left
side is the Confederate seal and motto “Deo
Vendice,” with emblematic s irroundiugs. The
denomination of the note is couHoicuouriv
printed in figures. The $ 100 notes present as
before, n vignette likeness of Mrs. Pickens’ ( ,f
South Carolina, and a medallion likeness of
Ex-Secretary Randolph on the right. The only
difference between tlie* old and JiewJoO’e, ex
cept ihe color, that the vignette Rkene-’s of
President Davis is now presented in.medallion
style. The $lO notes have a vignt He repre
senting a section of flying artillery in a battle.
Senator Hunter s likeness again occupies the
lower left hand corner.
During the past year, there have been de
livered fro n tiie icad mines of Vi r ginia, to tbe
Gon ode rate States Nitre and Mining Bureau
10,209 pigs of lead, out of which there have
beerr turned out 6tiG,2(is pounds of lead, <51,-
50!M pounds buck hot, and 8,78t3j ponnd%biril
shot—in all, C3C.500 pounds. It is estimated
that tbe supply this year,' from the icad mines
of the St*te, will be at least double whai it
was last year.
Latest information- from Gen. Leo's army
gives no indication of an immediate opening of
the campaign.
B tween tbe Rapidan and the Rappahannock
rivers the estimated Yankee force doe3 not ex
ceed thirty-rive thousand.
The Federal cavalry videttes extend as far
up a3 Rapidan Station, on the Orange and
Alexandria Railroad. These are stationed at
intervals of about a qiiqyter of a mite, and
generally come no nearer the river than half a
mile.
One day last week very heavy and continu
ous cannonading, accompanied by sharp mus
ketry of several hours’ duration, was heard in
the direction of Culpeper Court House. No
definite cause has been assigned, but rumor
tells of another difficulty among the Yankee
troops.
The counties of Middlesex and Mathews
have recently beon visited by one of the most
destructive Federal raids ever made by them in
any portion of Virginia ; murdering, pillaging,
and outrages was thegreat order of the day. Men
were shot, ladies insulted, negroes carried off,
and eveiything destructible destroyed. •
FIIOM TKW S-MI BBI6SIPPI.
Two gentlemen from Texas just arrived at
Richmond give cheering accounts from lh.lt
section. Texas has sent an agent to Europe
to look after her ordnance interests and has al
so commissioned a special representative to
Mexico, who will regulate with Maximilian the
interests of trade across the Rio Grande.
Great enterprise is being shown in the erec
tion of powder mills, cotton and woolen facto
ries, &c. To employ the latter there has been
secured, on Government account in Texas, one
million pounds of wool. The amount ot sub
sistence from last years crop is said to be
sufficient to last thearmy and people five years,
A specie curiency is extensively n.-ed in trade,
and Confederate money is not worth more than
forty for oae in gol' l . This depreciation is
attributed to the contact with specie, which
has flowed in from the cotton trade via Mex
ico.
The travelling Agent for the N. C Volunteer
Navy Companv, Rev. Williamson rlarris. ad
dressed a small meeting at Tarboro,’ a 'ew days
ago, and afterwards received subsrlptions to
tha stock of the Company amounting to
, $70,000.
n i SEWS SUMMARY.
Only the usual blockading fWt i* ir ,■,
Sheriff at ins dwelling house and demanded the
ke; sot the jan ia order to release some desert
er.-. who were Incarcerated therein. At the
sametime, tho ringleader placed his pistol at
the head of Sheriff Daniel. Mrs. Daniel fright
oned and appiehensive for the sa'ety of her
husband, h-mded over the keys. These ruffiaus
then went to the jail, unlocked the doors aud
bid the deserters to come ontas they were free
again. The Sheriff' procured his five shooter
a ;, d pioceeded to the jail which be reached just
as the deserters and their friends were walking
away. He fired at theta, killing the ringlead
er and wounding two others. About ten urile*
from Centre, those who had gotten off,stopped
:t a house where they informed the inmates
'■hat they were Confederate cavalry, and 1 ad
that night had a fight with some deserters and
topics in which tney lost one killed nnd two
wounded. None of the parties have aa yet been
arrested.
The Richmond F.xaminer has an itom on the
“power of specie’-' in that city, worthy of note
A lew days since a lot. of very large, fine-look
ing shad were exposed for sale in the First Mar
ket, and held at seventeen doll.u's apiece. A
man came along jingling seventeen cents—a
dime, a half dime, and two cents—a and took
one.
'lhe tories are again committingoutra<»es ou
hie residents In Eastern North Carolina.”
A negio woman died a few days since at
Richmond, Va., aged one hundred and seven
teen years.
The Columbus papers say that the fruit crop
m that section has been cut off by the cold
weather. -In the vicinity ot Macon the same
state of things exist.
Two Federal s’earners wit h their cargoes
have been captured by our horse marines in
Albemarle sound.
Ihe Register of the Confederate States has
authorized a. reward of ten thousand dollars
fui’ information that will lead to the recovery
of the seventy-five thousand dollars worth ol
bonds, stolen from the department some time
since. Or information that will lead to the arrest
of the thief.
_ Northern papers say Grant has expressed
himself opposed to reviews and in favor cf hard
lighting.
The hotel and female seminary at Madison
Fla., have both been burnt.
Some thief recently entered the Trinity
Church, at Columbia, S. 0., stole three valua
ble bh'.Ci- silk robes, and drank the sacramen
tal wine. The silver und surplices were riot
touched.
General Johnson, a few days since, ordered
the officars of the Commissary Department to
issue one ration to officers and si 11 another,
which gave universal satisfaction, but this Ims
been set aside by the gentlemen who have
seemed themselves in “case-mated" places in
the halls of Congress and have never seen the
the flash of a gun, and vyliose delicate noslriis
have never been offended by the perfume of
villainous saltpetre, and consequenlt-y are ex
pected lo lie fully posted in regard to the wants
ot those whose who v ere foliish enough to bare
their bosoms to the storm of baltie.
Assessors of taxes are the only men in the
world not in the habit of disparaging their
neighbors. They never “underrate’’'anybody.
Hon. T. L. Clingman, now a Brigadier Gene
ral in tire Confederate army, declines being a
candidate for the office of Governor in North
Carolina. He endorses Gov. Vance anil hia
position.
The crops in Southwestern Alabama are said
to look very promising.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Confederacy
says that all along the lines of railroad, Iruin
Deinopoiis, New borne nnd Marion to Selma,
Ala., tiie pens and p lea of corn certainly will
amount to millions of bushels • while rough
ness. which our horses so much need, is laying
round every depot and station ii profusion.
This is only the tithe.
It having been intimated that Judge i. Q.
Baldwin, of California, has identified himself
with the enemies of his native Virginia, we
are glad to hear from one of his relations a
flat contradiction of the charge. A gentle
man who recently-saw Judge Baldwin in-lire
Island of Bermuda states that, true to his na
tive instincts and political antecedents, trie
Houth hjts no more ardent friend. Whilst iu
Washington ho applied to Lincoln for permis
sion to visit his friends in tlie South, but was
refused.
Col. Henry E. Curtis, of the foriy-third Ga.
rogimeut, died a few days ago.
A soldier, writing from the Army of North
ern Virginia, says a number of Lincoln's Am
nesty Proclamation have been found in the
camp of his brigade. At least a bushel were
found in one of the picket outposts. He adds:
“They wiil only strengthen the determination
of our soldiers never to submit to the galling
yoke of Yankee tyranny and oppression.'’
The recent order of the Yankee Secretary of
War, that till the churches in the Confederate
States, as soon as captured, should be handed
over to the fanatical preachers ol Yankeeland,
who would—to me (In? language of Lincoln—•
“run th< m’’ thenceforward in the train of the
Abolition high priests—was only in keeping
with tiie character of tiie Yankee, as -revealed
an - more fully developed since tiie beginning
of this war.
The Richmond Enquirer lias an interesting
resume of Mexican History from the first rev
oiution in 1 SOD, from which time there appears
to have been thirty-eight changes in the civil
administration of that di tracted country, and
the most of them effected by force of arms.
Col. Dahlgren, on whose person was found
written evidence of the diobolical piot to sack
Richmond and kill too President and Cabinet,
and who was ring leader, is said by the North
ern papers to have been a young man of ger.-
tte, winning deportment. No doubt, says tiie
Richmond Presbyterian, he was as mild a. man- j
nereti n an as ever scuttled a ship or cut a i
throat.
sfaj. Claude McGivevn has been appointed
chief quaii.rmaster of Gen. Polk’s department
—lier.dqi'.ariei -at Mobile. He held the same
position hi Mississippi, ander General Van
Dorn. ■
There has been a division in the duties of the
office of Adjutant and Inspector General. Col.
Chilton, A, A. G has been promoted to the
rank of Brigadier General and made Inspector
General, and General Cooper remains Adjutant
General.
Confederate guerillas appear to be very an
noying to the Federais throughout Northern
Arkansas.
Tho highest denomination authorized under
the new issue law have been received at. the
Treasury, and numbered and signed to the
amount of live or six miiloins. The notes are
on lino paper and the lithographing is very su
perior. The left hand fare of thß note is em
bellisked with the figures “500’’ at t >p top;
a representation of the old style Confederate
flag, and beneath the national seal and motto
On the right is the figures “500," and beneath
a tolerable lify-liko portrait of the late “Stone-
Wiill Jack-soa.”
North Carolina papers say that the p-oep >cts
of the coming wheat-crop in that State are
good-
The Secretary of the Treasury has decided
tb.it-‘the whole annual compensatioid’of Min
i.-tetß of the Gospel, including discipiit.ary al
lowances as well os salaries, will be taxed as
salary trtider the provisions of the 7lh section
of the Tax Act, provided the same exceeds the
annual gum of Si.ooo.
Colonel £5. J. Hill, Provost Marshal General
of Atlanta mid vicinity has issued an order
notifying all persons who travel on railroads
in that vicinity, that they must Lave the pro
per passports.
Gen. Polk has determined to clean out the
deserters in Mississppi, cost what it may, and
he has already commenced the work.
The Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
I Church, in the Confederate btateg, will hold
j their anna,! meeting in Montgomery on 4th
I MaVjtiext Bish psAndiew, Pierce, Paine and
| Early are expocte.l t> be present. Bish* ps
! Souie and Kavanaugh are wiihin tie enemy’s
lines, end though thoroughly loyal to the
South, will be unable to attend.
A gang of deserter* in Union Bounty, N. C-,
has bent broken up.
N HTHEK \ SEffu.
ComiutKlore WiUiam J AhCluny, of tr»
Lotted States Navy, died at bis residence ia
Brooklyn. N. Y , Mar, h 11th At the time *
his death be had been in the service ffttv-tw-x
I•' t r d the nav .v in 1812, nod w 7»
au Acting Lieutenant in tho tight between r .
run LbediM rt,iC ‘ h K< N W ‘ 1S ®Uached (o tho J».
Wfo
rou ,o u ‘^ he COlUma udcd the Home Squad
wrvicl Seea years’
county, Mwy
opposed to any chan™ toth Uon Umt they fcl< *
lion, and also to LiJl -" Constitu
coraponsatioa. P*tion wita or without
pat S l6d “* l P lately, and
Oi£anl al gUUbOHta have auiwd at New
i -t r - Meriatn, better known as “E M ”
| dte.l m-ent'y at his residence in Brooklyn, N.
I *■' iu t!:e seven noth year of his age.
j Federal white troops are being withdrawn
j S SSS 7 “ ll “■ci,|i])iic,i
j The news from Maryland represents tho poor
officers* aS t 0 esC:, PO Lincoln’s conscript
A Washington correspondent of the St. Louis
Republican thinks when the Con edeiat. s get
their nms and gun boats finished at Charleston
tliey w>U be able to break the blockade.
Large numbers of negroes ai o being sent
trotn Memphis down the river to work on loosed
plantations.
Northern advices from Brownsville report
that there is no prospect of fighting there.—
New roads tmd fovtificatio" s are being m ido.
The Louisville Journal says that there are
Southern conspiracy clubs existing iu various
sectiousof tint State.
Tim New Orleans papers say Banks will make
another m.,ve soon.
Ino jails in Kentucky are fall of runaway
negroes. The laws of tiio State say they must
be sold. Some of the Northern papers ad
vocate setting the laws of the State at defiance,
and the negroes free.
'i he Northern papers admit that the Confede
rates h ive gained several victories lately in
Tennessee, but say the places taken bv the
Confederates are oi no importance to the Fedo
rals.
j A large number of Federal vessels have l eeti
j wrecked lately on the North Carolina coast be
tween cape Hatteras and capo Henry.
Washington papers say that the troops ia
that vicinity huvo commenced moving—.they
do not state In which direction.
General Grant iiae announced that he in
tends to put nil the I'cdcrai general officers on
duty at once.
The ninth Federal army corps has been or
dered to report at Annaplis, Md.
Gold quartz has been found iu the Lake Su
perior minus.
Tlie Federal army of the Potomac is receiv
ing reinforcements daily. All the sick have
boon sen' to the rear. This books as it Grant
intended to make a movement.
It is now certain that Burnside is'fitting out
an expedition for some point at Annapolis,
Md. Some bui raise it wiil move np James
river.
Northern papers state that all is quiet in the
Federal army at Chattanooga.
Confederate gnerridas have made some very
successful dashes in Western Virginia.
Butler is tu-v reviewing “nigger" troops at
Fortress Monroe.
The Union party of California support Lin
coln’s claims to the next Presidency.
the people of the North seem to he at last
awakening to the fraud and.corruption that
has i-t-.eu long growing up in the government
under ihe cloak < 1 the war, and •been glossed
over r,r hu bed np undui the plea of “military
necessity.” Yet some of the bold and con
servative press will occasionally speak out, and
expose the system of fraud and plundering
that is being carried on.
WiiMSmson R. W. Cobo, of North Alabama,
formerly a member of Congress at Washington,
is reported to lnue gone over to the Yankees,
and, it is said, is now in Washington.
Tlie bogus government in Western Virginia
has been able to collect but few taxes.
The Cincinnati Commi rcial, an ultra Repub
lican paper, sajs things are biginnnig to lock
very gloomy at the North.
The New York Tribune in speaking of the
recruiting business in that ciiy, savs it is ona
of the greatest scandals of the war. It has
been one of organized pillage, resort being had
to housing with nareotio poisons, threats, vio
lence. false representations and kidnapping, in
order to furnish victims to the bounty brokers
and fill up the army with discontented and un
lit men. Cripples, old men, mere boys, men
j laboring under incur bio diseases, and soldiers
‘ previously discharged for physical disability,
I form a great part of the recruits recently en
listed in this city.
The Wiscons n legislature ri seeking soma
constitutional mode of punishing those woo
have run away to Canada to escape the draft.
Tin- Albany Argus says it has leaked out
that after Pope's route in front of Washing
ton the high officers of the Government were
seized with such a tervib'e panic that they
gavetip aii hope of saving the capital..' In the
wifil despair ot the moment, orders were actu
ally given to blow up and destroy the Wash
ington Arsenal and the millions upon millions
of dollars’ worth of war material, to prevent
thc’ii from falling iuio ihe hands of the Con
federates.
The Northern papers say the Spring campaign
wil bo-opened simultaneously on all sides, and
that they have 200,000 more men than they
bad a year ago.
At Beaufort, S. C., the Federais have re
sumed the sale of deserted lands “Contra
bands” are also pre erupting their twenty acrca
each, under the assurance from the Rev. Mr,
French that they will be permitted to hold
tiieir claims.
It is stated upon the authority of Yankee
officials in East Tennessee, ns also upon the
authority of Brownlow’s “Whig,’’ that the
Federal Government will soon commence etri
forcing the conscript law in Kentucky, Tennes
see, and other border States. Brownlow says
this m Rsuve will largely increase the Confede
rate army, and advises Lincoln to let the mat
ter rest for the present.
Gold stiil continues to advancoin New York.
A number of Western troops are to be trans
ferred to the Eastern theatre of war.
The Ohio Democratic Convention adopted
resolutions opposing the prosecution of tha
war for the subjugation of the South.
Senator Saulsbury has made a bold and defi
ant speech, in tho Yankee Senate, against mili
tary interference with elections.
The Pennsylvania Democratic Convention
pronounced in lavor of Gen. McClellan for
President.
Chicago has been fixed upon as the place of
I meeting for toe “National Democratic Cc-nven
i Uon.”
Grant is assuming the command of Lincoln’s
says his “headquarters will be the field.”
Washington letter writers say that the mass
of corruption which clings to the distrihullo?
of the spoils of war on the Mississippi la Ik
yond computation.
The snow last week extended as far west m
Bristol, Tennessee, where it fell to the depth of
ten inches.
Our scouts who have been within a sU rt
distance from Knoxville, report that the P*d~
erals are leaving East Tennessee.
The Governor of Massachusetts, it appears,
does not want any more of his AbohtiODUtta
killed off by ri-uthern bullets. In a recent
message he says i hat that State ought no- to
be required to furnish auy more men for the
war; that hi r -yan-iss of in luatry required her
rneu at home, nod thyt the Federal -»oi* rn
ineat w -Uid be benefit
home and seeking for
could Utter spare tho.nl P>- western PA era
gay that this is adding irnult to
bring on a war, and then wont other poop.c tq
fight It.