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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.