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* »:»tcrr<-Ktio!•—Suuiaer’* j fuses to reduce the circulation andappre-
ciate its value, and thus reduce prices, by
boldly taxing the people, which, in con
nection with judicious funding, would con
tract the volume of currency, inciease its
tempoi a y value to the extent of the con
traction. and give confidence in its intrin
sic value and ultimate redemption.
The following are the resolutions report
ed in the Yankee Senate by Sumner, rem
-'-the Committee to which was referred the
correspondence on the subject of media
tion. arbitration, &c
Whereas, it appears that a proposition
J,as been made by the Emperor of tbe
French and promptly declined by the
President; and whereas, mediation may
be regarded by foreign Governments as
practicable, and through this misunder
standing they may be led to proceedings
tending to embarrass the friendly relations
which now exist between them and the
1 : . States; and, whereas, in order to re
move all chance of mlsundeis anding, and
to secure the full enjoyment of that free
dom from foreign interference which is one
of the highest rights of independent States,
it seems fit that Congress should declare
its convictions thereon : Therefore,
Resolved, That while the United States
have so.ught and accepted friendly media
tion for the adjustment of international
questions, when the United States were
one party, and some other sovereign pow
er the other ; and tvhilc they are not dis
posed to misconstrue the humane desire to
aid in arresting domestic troubles which
have afflicted other countries; yet Con
gress cannot hesitate to regard ever}
[ Constitutionalist:
— - ——
The Case of Gol. Ziirvonn.
In the United States Senate, the lGtli
ult ., Senator Wilson from the Military
Committee, in answer to the resolution
inquiring into the case of Richard Thom
as (Zarvona,) of Maryland, alleged to be
insane from ill usage while a prisoner of
war, slates that lie was placed in coniinc-
inent December .‘j, 1S61, and after March
3, 1SG2, lie was kept in close quarters.—
lie attempted to escape in April by jump
ing overboard and swimming to the Long
Island shore, since which time he lias not
been out of liis room, except during a visit
from his mother, permitted by the Secre
tary of War. lie. occupies the room once
the quarters of Senator Wall, 25 by l."i,
with tlnec windows, lie is allowed to
communicate only with officers of the
guard and of the fort, through whom he
can procure any food lie desires, in addi
tion to liis rations.
Having taken advantage of papers and
proposition of foreign interference as un- j books to communicate with persons out-
eiiil inotlmiccoliln oml nnlr f n ’ .1 . 1 • i 1 <1 * * 1 -^ f
reasonable and inadmissablc, and only to
he explained by a misunderstanding of
the real character of the war
Resolved, That the United States are
now grappling with an unprovoked and
wicked rebellion, which seeks to destroy
the Republic and build a new power on
the corner stone of slavery ; that they are
now struggling to crush all the purposes
of conspirators and rebels, and while so
engaged any proposition, from a foreign
power, whatever form it may take, to ar
rest their effects, is an encouragement to
the rebellion, and is calculated to prolong
side, he is not allowed the privilege of
their use. The Surgeon reports that his
health is generally good—better, by his
own admission, than when he was first im
prisoned. lie considers the prisoner men
tally sane, but regards him as eccentric.
Adjutant General Townsend reports him
as indicted ^by the Grand Jury of the
Maryland District for attempting to seize I
the Mary Washington and for treason ;
and quotes the opinion of General Dix,
that he should be treated as a pirate and a
spy. There are four witnesses to the first
crime : and the evidence to the second
euetny, the rem Webb came thntidering J move for copies of tbe dispatches of Ma-
into her with all force, giving her a “rone* scn <0 Government relating o le re-
she cleared himself ! cognition of the Southern Confederacy.
rith anotli- ! There was considerable transaction in
ing” butt. So soon as
of the enemy the Queen eaUTG with anotli- j there was
cr,‘and thus went tbe ramming until the | American securities iu London, under the
Indianola had been struck nine times—four j impression -that the war would soon end
by the Queen of ilie West and five times ■_ . ~E'
by the Webb. The ludiauolasurrendcied j ° n ? *. ' * C * . .
in a sinking condition, and was run hard on j A late Cincinnati Enquirer is J} 1,1
to a sand baron the Mississippi side. She ! fore us
Capture of a Oaugerous Rebel Spy*
A correspondent of the New York
Times, writes from Port Royal, S. C.,
under date of February 25th, as fol-
! lows:
Among the passengers who arrived
here from New York by the Arago, on
_ ^ j Saturday last, was one individual who,
We find some very plain talk in ■ i( lie had succeeded in reaching his des-
..... Die
be
has probably been safely got off by tIds ! its columns editorial, and also in six North- j filiation, would have reinforced
time or blown np. 1 hope that she has j western papers—artiiles from which are j rebel leaders in these parts wit
(Jcpcral Sutler on Jeff' Doris
motion.—A Washington c^rrespo
tents.
Prod a- The Detroit (Michigan) Free Press soys: ■
r ,Mr. Lincoln’s administration have under j morly a Lieutenant ill our navy,
mutton.—i\. asmngron correspondent ui . - , , ---------- i r , 1
the Cincinnati Gazette tells this story j ^ken to do what no civilized government j lor some years commanded the revenue
‘•General Butler has told tVic, Is here the ! p vcr succeeded at; what Great Britain, even cutter on the Savannah coast, feubse-
coitrsc lie would have pursued with refer »' the Czar ot Russia j qiieu Dy he was Treasurer of the City
ence to the proclamation of Jeff Davis would not dare to attempt to crush au< ‘j of Savannah, and'ill the inception of <lIlu uv , 0 -
ainst him had it reached New Orleans exterminate ten millions of pe°p e, a,nicc j the rebellion was one of the hottest -stance where my vaccination succced-
i[,. ivnul-f 'and united in a cause which they esteem ; .
id several that of their liberty, their homes and their j the or.g.na
to Shin honor. \ 10l, H fs - . . f
Island, with orders that upon receipt of j , The Colnmbtis (Ohio) Statesman says : | Immediately on the inauguration of
f But- There can be no question as to the tact
while lie was still iii command,
have sent a rebel General
other officers then in his hands
hostil
d fire-eaters and Sccess-
devoted himself to the
bed for nearly a week by inflamtuatiou
which followed their vaccination.
Again: An intelligent physician of
this city informed that he had
vaccinated a gentleman and two of
liis children with excellent matter.
The children did well, while the father
came near losing his arm by the oper
ation.
One other fact: J have been often
asked whether vaccination once per
formed is sufficient for life. I hold that
it is. In vaccinating iu the 4th ward,
l saw some thirty or forty persons
who had been vaccinated in early life,
some of them thirty or forty years ago;
yet they had been re-vaccinated with
out auv effect in one solitary instance.
1 have also vaccinated a good many
who bad already pits on their arms,
and do not recollect seeing a single in
war a failure and that h mast stop, is a
significant sign of the times. ’
Statesman says
authentic information that a hair r.f But- There can be no question as to the fac . ..
let’s head or any of his officers had been that at this moment at least seventy-live profitable business ot blockade run-
touched, these rebel prisoners should all be P t>r cent, of the people ot Ohio c.csiie , njrisi; for which his minute knowledge
hung at once. ‘And,’ adds Butler, ‘Jeff P eace not that they have any sympathy j 0 f' Die South Carolina and Georgia
the conflict and postpone peace ; and that ; charge consists in his being taken in the
not doubting that every such proposition j disguise of a female, with a commission as
Colonel “in the Active Volunteer forces
of Virginia” upon his person. In conse-
is injurious to the national interests, Con
gress will Le obliged to look upon any 1
further attempt in the same direction as an i
unfriendly act, which it earnestly depre-
cates, to the end that nothing may occur
abroad to stier.gthcn the rebellion, or to j
weaken those relations or py-.J. — 511 with
foreign poweis which the United Stales
are happy to cultivate.
Resolved, That the rebellion has al-
wavs been encouraged by the hope of
support from foreign powers ; that its
Cllltffs bonHti-tl tha want of cotton would
constrain Europe even to forcible inter- I
vention ; that the rebellion is now- sirs- <
tained by this hope, which every such I
proposition quickens, and that without j
this life-giving support it must soon yield 1
to tbe just and paternal >mthority of the j
National Government; that tlie United
States regret that foreign powers have not i
frankly told the chiefs of the rebellion that |
the work in which they are engaged is
hateful, and that a new government, with
slavery as its corner stone, and with no
other declared object of separate existence,
is so far shocking to civililization and the
moral sense of mankind that-it must, not
expect welcome or recognition in the Com-
mouweath of Nations,
Resolved, That the United States, con
fident in the justice of iheir cause, anxious
for peace, which shall restore tranquility,
etc., and awaiting, with well assured trust
the final suppression of the rebellion, * *
hereby announce, as their unalterable pur
pose, that the war shall be vigorously
prosecuted, according to the humane prin
ciples of Christian Mates, until the rebel
lion shall be sti
prevails in tiigu places, me per „
the war from the legitimate object for the great Seccsll entrepot—and parts
l _ which it was commenced, the frequent and , of these shores, and lie enjoys the “bad
Farewell Addrcs* to bi* Brig- palpable violations of the Constitution by eminence” of having been the most
those in power, the gross assaults upon the j aU( j. ac j 008 a nd successful of all block-
liberty ot the citizen, and the hundred atie runners . Cargo after cargo ofarms
other flagrant abuses and despotic practices I ammii i( . tjon storesand iniscel , aneous
mud aid and comfort has he ran
Grn. Toambk _
ailr.
Richmond, Va., March 5lh, 1863.
To the ojficrrs and Men of Toombs' Brig
ade:
Soldiers: To-day I cease to command
ed. There may be exceptions to tins
! rule, iu about the same proportion
‘ there is in an individual’s having the
small pox the second time.
JAS. W. PRICE, M. D.
Rosencbaxz’ Order.—A very re
liable and intelligent gentleman in
forms us that he lias seen a published
order of Rosencranz, in which persons
within his lines are forbidden, under
severe penalties, to cultivate the
ground—that no man must plough, or
raise anything upon which to subsist,
lie will furnish a day’s rations ahead.
Talk about despotism or tyranny!—
Those terms are mild by which to
characterize the acts of Lincoln’s
.. .- - , . ; this dutv upon me. It is only necessary
quence ot such a report, he is not held ns ■ . • r . . , - .• -
1 1 , , ... now for me to say that, under existing
a prisoner ot war. and be was placed in . . T ,,
, 1 V. , . .. . circumstances, m my uidgmenf, 1 could no
close confinement for a desperate attempt , , ,, , ,, , ,
_ t 1 j longer hold my commission under .President
< -.cape. 1 Davis with advantage to my country, or to
Ai.cur.... 1 volt, or with honor t<
"*‘**•1 Royal—An Attach soon lo ; *
wir.cli prevail in all the departments of
government, have led them to believe that j contra - - i „. . ,
at the rate we are hurrying on, our Con-1 into Savannah and Charleston, but j officials.—Unable to vxliip the tcbe.s
stitution and Union and the grand and glo-! his luck had a limit. There came a day j into submission, they woo d starve
you. I have resigned iny commission as lions form of government which our faih-1 when he and his ship, tlie Reliance, j them. Lut thank God piinciple is etei-
Brigadier General in the Provisional Arniy : ers gave us, will soon be lost, and the were nabbed by one of our cruisers, j lial, and not even the demon hunger
of the Confederate States. r J he separation country be forever and irretrievably ruinc-d. j After the itsuttl time allotted bv tbe j can drive patriots into a submission
from you is deeply painful to me. I do not The Dayton (Ohio) Empire says: It is j car j- t ,] h 0W c:ver be was released. At ! worse than death. Such orders will
deem it proper on this occasion to enter fi^rd to conceive of the great joy that will ’
into a detail of the causes which impose animate and enliven the hearts of tfie peo
ple when this cruel slaughter of Americans
i>v Americans is ended, when the martial
music of the hateful fife and drum is super
seded by the sweet song of peaee; when
the march of armies gives way to the
m} sell. I cannot marc h of industry and civilization ; when
| sepc.rate from you without the expression spears shall be turned into pruning hooks.
An occasional correspondent of the i of ’ u ! y .' vann . ebt «“«I«no.nt to you, and ; a nd swords into ploughshares, and the
timorc American, writes from Port Royal,! duct7&u. n .. ot yo, ! r n«»blo nnQ hcro.c con- Goddess of Liberty, folding away forever
this great strug-j Die blood-stained banner of civil war,
S. C., Eeh 24, as follows :
gle to the present
The time approaches for our work, and I wives and children, kindred, * trie.?i U wears upon her wounded bosom '.lie hc.il
everv lieait with us is made glad 1 y it.— : homes, property and pursuits at the very
shells and shot necessary for a prolonged j first call of your country, and entered her
conflict have arrived, and all are being j military service as soon as she was ready
made ready for the shock of battle. The j to accept you—and from that day to this
whole sea coast will be ours. j you have stood, with but a few brief intor-
* he iron-clads are in good condition, ! vals, in sight oMhe. public enemy, or with-
and will do their work well. Their num- j in hearing of liis guns. Upon your arrival
bet-need not he stated ; it will serve our j i n Virginia, in tbe summer of 1 SGI. you
friends to know tliat it is ample, and that f were incorporated into the army of the
olive branch of peace.
t - C 1 c (Ind.) Sentinel says :
In view of the (tisasiuio ,L.. , , )U1 .
arms on the Potomac, the litter demoraliza
tion of our army, tho dissensions among
our generals, aud the determination of
Lincoln, Staunton and Ilalleck to prevent
General McClellan or any of his friends—
or, in fact, any Democratic General who
designs carrying on the war for the salva-
libertv, lit- once more plunged into j advance our cause, and, like chickens,
the old trade, aud after a shorter run will .come home to loost.— Winchester
of luck he was again caught—this time i Bulletin.
on the Defiance. As there were sever- j
al counts againnt him, he was “cabin- j
ed, cribbed and confined” in Fort War- ;
ren. After a residence of some time j
there he was transferred for change of I
air to Lafayette, and six weeks ago he j_
was released on parole, living during j
that period in the Lafayette Hotel, in j
your city.
At this point the plot begins to j
thicken. Learning that preparations j
From thp Southern Watchman.
Tkc Widow’* Appcnl.
f-'tranger, have yon corn?
Can you my wants supply?
My infant, early born.
Needs succor, else 'twill die.
At rrampton, where the skies
With bullets were o'erc-.ast—
There ray loved Charlie lies,
Aral sadly breathed his last.
were being mane' nerc Tor ah attack
i on Charleston and Savannah, he
-thought fit* would be doing the rebel
I cannot, will not steal,
My loved one to supply:
Will you my sorrows lrva!?
Refuse me and I die.
;u>
gooff service by paying a visit
j to the base ot operations at Port Roy-
al, where he would be able to learn
wo are on the eye of groat events. Forts, j Potomac ; you have shared with that army j t j 0U e 0 f t ], e \jnioh rather than to build up | all the details ofour naval amt military
eai tliworks, piling at jd other obstructions, j in all its toils, its sufferings, its hardships, t | )P abolition party—from successfully car- | preparations, and carry down the news
tirpedoes and infernal machines, will be of j and perils, and contributed at least your : j a campaign, is it not time to en- t0 bis friends in Dixie. Accordingly,
no iin atl. An iron hail more appalling full share to its glorious career. loa , ire if our national difficulties cannot be jtl e t kifl t he route prescribed
than the world has ever seen awaits the have been m the front, the post of danger ‘t: Hsle j some ot u cr wav t j, an f, y 1 ’ U ttaU , taK, . TI S tlie 10 ” tc prt-SCliDeu
1 - -- - - 1 - “ 7 } 6 I for paroled prisoners seeking to return
rebels who are hold in arms by the violence | and of honor, on all the great battle-fields
and tho fraud of the most wicked demi-
gogues known to history.
# « * * *
Detentions beyond preventions have
occurred with us, and other arrangements
suggested by rceoDt events have been
made. We hear, through a Captain Glad-
din
impressed ; and they rever
ently invoke upon their cause the bless
ings of Almighty God..*
Resolved, That the President transmit
copies of this declaration and proiest to
foreign countries.
iinprfMiDrnt of Private Properly.
Impressment of the property of individ
uals by Government officials, for Govern
ment uses, still goes on, and yet the (Con
gress delays such legislation as is neces
sary to give satisfaction to the people in
the matter. The seizures of a person's
property is clerly violative of his rights,
and ought not to be resorted to except in
cases of tbe clearest and most urgent ne
ccssitv. This is tbe ouly plan on vjiicli
impressment can be excused, and the
practice should not become a common or
habitual one, for that was never intended
by the clause of the Constitution on which
it is founded. It was never designed or
expected that the claim to take private
property for public use should be practi
cally asserted, except as an occasional,
temporary and local expedient, to meet a
pressing emergency, it is an arbitrary,
Iiigb-handcd measure, for which there can
lie no palliation, but that tbe public safety
demands it.
When it does become necessary for tbe
Government to disregard the property
rights of tfie citizens, and to seize his
property for the use of the army or for the
successful prosecution of the war, it should
not arbitrarily fix tlie price below what
the individual can get for it from his own
neighbors. He should Le allowed just
compensation, which may generally be re
garded as but another name for the present
market price. It is only by allowing this
market price that the people can he satis
fied ; but if they have property taken at
a much lower price, they come to lose pro
per regarJ'and respect for their Govern
ment, and will slacken in their efforts to
produce abundant supplies. Every law
ful encouragement should be held out to
itidnee the people to produce tbe greatest
quantity of food and the material of cloth
ing, and of clothing itself. But if the yol-
liey hitherto pursued is to go <>n ; if the
products of the citizen’s labor and skill are
to be seized for Government use at any
price that Government or its agents choose
to fix, and they choose to fix one far be
low what they will bring iu market, is it
not clearly discouraging production ?—
Food and clothing are the great essentials
without which the army can not be main
tained. The people not in the army must
produce these; and Government must
seize them if not procurable otherwise,
but when it it should be ouly as a last re
sort, and then it should pay the market
price. For if a different policy is to be
maintained, the tendency of it will be in
evitably to drive the people from the pro
duction of articles of prime necessity (be
yond that necessary for their own fami
lies,) to articles of luxury, which bear a
good price, and Government can not seize
on the pretext that they are necessary for
army use.
It is said that the market price is too
high. Well, prices are high ; aud why ?
First, on account of scarcity ; and yet this
policy of seizing below the market value
will but aggravate the evil of scarcity, by
discouraging production. But secondly,
prices are high becau-e the measure of val
ues is an inflated, redundant, depreciated
currency, made so not by the people, but
( in Northern Virginia and Maryland, from
l'orktowu to Sharpsburg ; neither disheart
ened by the death of comrades and iriends,
or disease, or toil, or privations, or suffer
ings or neglect; nor intimidated by the
greatly superior numbers of the enemy
whom you have been often called upon
a blockade runner, who had the as- to meet and to vanquish ; you have on all
i snrance to come to Hilton Head, that the occasions displayed that heroic courage
Rebels proposed destroying *our iron-clads ! which lias slier! undying lustre upon your-
by wedging the turrets, pouring pow- selves, your-State, your country aud her
der indefinitely below and blowing them ( just and holy cause.
up. ] Nearly one thousand of the brave men
A few jets of steam sweeping the whole j who originally composed vour lour rogi-
decks, and a few “scrapers” not reported ; ments htn e fallen, killed or wounded, in
by their numerous spies, will serve to ren- j battle; your dead you have buried on the
der immortal the persons who board an ! battle-field, shed a manly tear over them,
iron-clad as enemies. • Let them be em
balmed iu the memory of their triends. In
paroled prisoners seeking
"mm vr ii /<m • \ a , „:.,„i j-by means of an exchange, within the
1 he Massillon (Ohio; sentinel says: - & ’
War can never restore this Union. Tbe | reljel (namely, by Fortress Moil-
time when force could have accomplished j roc and Richmond) the bold navigator
anything has passed. As long as the peo
ple placed confidence in the integrity of
the Administration, so long there was hope
that t lie Government would be able to
maintain itself. But that confidence is
gone. Not one man in ten in our entire
army, or throughout the non-seccded
j .States, now believes the war is being cmi-
j ducted for the preservation of tlie Union.
Hardly any one save those who anfeoining
j money out of tho nation’s calamity, lias
, any confidence in Mr. Lincoln or liis ad-
I visars.
The Hamilton [Ohio| Telegraph, says:
consideration of his merits, etc., Captain
Gladding is receiving the hospitalities of
Hilton Head, and will probably do so for
some time.
It is not my purpose to siate wliat points
we will attack, nor with what forces, but to
assure our friends that wc will soon move
successfully, and that everything has been
done to anticipate the “dodges” of the reb
els. So much indiscretion lias been shown
by our friends, and so much interest lias
been manifested by our enemies in the
outfits of the iron-clads, that the public
will pardon leaving untouched to the last j conduct
moment some-details that will make a cov-1 a duty.
left. - glory to keep eternal watch over , One universal cry for peace goes up from
their graves, aud passed on to new fields oi j every home. Four-fifths of the brave men
ert attack on an iron-clad an event that
will lie long remembered. Blockades!
will soon be raised, I trust, with great j
advantage to us as a whole people.
Auei^rr Cartel.
The Richmond Examiner affirms that
another cartel for the exchange of persons
held by tho respective belligerents has
been e ntered into. The Enquirer thinks
that this is due to the President’s Procla
mation of December 22d. Wc quote from
that paper, which says :
j “The Fedoial Commissioner lias now
agreed to deliver up all those Confederate
officers and soldiers who had been wrong
fully detained previous to the Proclama
tion—whether belonging to the regular
Confederate army or to irregular organi
zations—also, all non combatants—also,
the officers detained by Butler, and such
soldiers as have been tried by their mili
tary tribunals and sentenced. In short,
all those cases which provoked the Piesi-
ilent’s Proclamation are to be redressed ;
and if the Yankees act in good faith, every
Confederate soldier and citizen confined
in their prisons (except officers captured
since the Proclamation) will be delivered
wnfiin three weeks. This will include the
brave and unfortunate Zarvona.
‘So it stands with respect to all prison
ers taken on either side before the Presi
dent s Proclamation of the 2.'ld December.
The future beg:,, s a new score ; and it
demands the most va rucs t attention of the
President and CoDgress. ] t may p c j ntcr .
csting to know that the encm^ i ia8 a t (his
moment almost or quite as mail} officers
of ours in their hands as we have of tn*; r
officers, but privates, we hold a much larger
number than they.”
But the murdered il/issourians—how
is their brutal massacre to be avenged ?
\ Republican.
—
1 he Capture of the IndianolaThe Vicks
burg coi respondent of the Mobile Adver
tiser and Register gives the following par
ticulars of a brilliant affair of which but lit
tle is known :
The taking of the Indianola was prin
cipally accomplished by main strength.—
When our boats caaght up with her, she
had a coal barge in tow, and ronnded to,
presenting her coal barge as a bulwark and
target. Th6 Queen went, into her with a
butt and sent it to the bottom. She then
backed off some distance firing her bow
gun. So soon as she was clear of the
duty and danger.
Though it may seem to bo -the language
of extravagant eulogy, it is the truth, ai;d
fit, on this occasion, to be spoken. Y'oit
have fairly won the right to inscribe upon
your tattered wnrflags, the proud boast of
Napoleon’s old guard. *• i liis brigade
knows liow to die, but not to yield to the
foe.” Courage in tlie field is not your
only claim to proud distinction. Since 1
took command over you, 1 have not pre»
ferred a single charge against, or arraigned
one of you before a comt martial. Your
never demanded of me such
Y’ou can well appreciate the
feelings with which J part from such
command. Nothing less potent than the
requirements of a soldier’s honor could,
with my consent,, wrench us asunder,
while a single banner of the enemy floated
over one foot of our country. Soldiers !
comrades !Iriends ! Farewell !
R. Too.mes.
,-et-y
j now in the field desire it. Those who love
; the Union, and are loyal to it, want this
( war stopped; those who desire separation
clamor for its continnanCe. The very life-
| blood of the nation lias been sapped from"
it, and vet wo hear the fanatics cry for
war—war and extermination. The real
enemies of the Government are those who
have been loudest and most blatent for
slaughter; they are those who have only
a monied interest in the war-, and have no
sacrifices of life, or property, or friends,
and even accuse them of doubtful patrio
tism. Men write long war articles lor
pay; and when wesecamau inditing blood
and thunder leaders for loyal newspapers
or some brainless fool clamoring louder
than his fellow for more lives, we are sure
there is some consideration, some pay at
t the bottom of it all. Men in high places,
drawing large salaries, can afford to damn
the rebels and denounce traitors in the
North. It is a plensant thought for the
soldier, toiling and bleeding through strife
and storm, to hear of bis neglected family,
how the PATRIOTS promised protection
•' and bread to the wife and child, and gave
them none. The brave man standing
guard amid the sleet aud snow of a winter
night, or marching to the death, and all I lie
1 while the loved ones at home dying from
waul! Any one who reads the papers of
Richmond, March Nth.—Tlie Havana
correspondent of the New York Herald
writing on the 23d ult., says that the re
establishment of the blockade off Charles
ton and Galveston, has been published in
the official organ there, and notice of it
has been communicated to the Govern
ment by the Spanish Minister at Wash- , waiil , An „ one wno reaas llie papers oi
ington. I he Herald says that by latest ? New York.'St. Louis and Cincinnati, will
ni itces recc-ivi ij the L.iropa, tlie in- | know that fliisis no fabrication, no pictuie
surrection in I olat.d has assumed most of ^oesy.—Chattanooga Rebel.
formidable proportions I’russia has made >
an engagement with Russian troops to ;
pass over her territory. The English, | Recapture of Aew Orleans. Tlie
French and Austrian Cabinets have taken ’ Memphis Appeal thinks the recapture
umbrage at tlie understanding which seems j of the down-trodden city of New Ot
to exist upon this snl.jt ct bet ween Russia I leans from its Yankee persecutors is
and Prussia It is evident that all Eu- not olljy possible but probable, at
rope will teel tlie influence of tins jjrcat Ti .
and sustained
revolutionary movement in
an early day. It argues that tbe cap-
l’olatid, a'nd that Napoleon will find scope ; Queen of tlie \\ est and. In-
for his energies to unite near at home — dianolu lias placed the means of so
This, says the Herald, will leave us to deal great an achievement in our poxver.
\\i.h our troubles without any undue med- 1 Should the last named boat be saved
dling, as we shall now hear no more of from wreck and repaired, we shall
Napoleons, mediation save in a pacific have a force sufficient to go in pursuit
of the Essex, which is, we believe, the
manner.
Richmond, 8th.—The Enquirer lias
Washington dates to the 5th. Cairo ad
vices to the 4th say that two dredging
machines are to be put to work on the ca
nal at Vicksburg immediately. The le-
'®es are broken, and the water is pouring
over a* a fearful rate.
■ ’1 he Ne-r Jersey democrats held a mass
meeting at li«nton on the 4th. Thirty-
four guns were fired in rejoicing over the
expiration ot the Yankee Congress. Res
olutions were passed denouncing the Ex- i
ecutive usurpations and'the conscript hill. :
The people are called upon to show firm- j disadvantage, and the brilliancy of tlie
ness and courage in this emergency. j achievement will render the Horse
Peace resolutions have been defeated in (Marines of the West immortal.—Rep.
the Wisconsin Assembly. The democrats I ^
all voted aye.
General Seigel has resigned, owing to
insufferable difficulties with the comman
der-in-chief.
Gold in New York 67.
The Hibernift brings Liverpool dates to j The Yankees have nineteen hospitals
the 20th ult. Lord Stratherden gave no, [ in Nashville, which are tenanted by 8,000
tice in the House of Lords that he wouljj ! patients.
chose a new channel, via Hilton Head
and Fort Pulaski. By some hocus
pocus lie obtained a pass from the
Quartermaster’s office iu New York,
and transportation by tbe Arago to
this point. At the same time, by tbe
good offices of some of liis official
; friends in New York, lie procured a
letter to Gen. Saxton, Military Gov-
] ernor of South Carolina, requesting
that lie be permitted to exhume the
remains of a certain Somers, a rebel
j soldier killed at the time of the bom-
! bardment of Port Royal, and take
! them home to Savannah. You see with
j what consummate skill the whole plot
was conceived, and how admirable
would have, been the opportunities
for his bright quick and fertile head
to collect data for all our doings and
designs here.
It happened that be shared the cab
in on the Arago occupied by Mr. Wm.
Swinton, of the editorial staff of the
Times, aud lie, penetrating the plans
of the man, resolved that so danger
ous a customer should be brought to
the knowledge of the Commanding
General here. Accordingly, immedi
ately on landing, he took steps to
lodge full information of the case with
Gen. Hunter, who promptly ‘.‘saw the
whole thing,” and had thp hold block
ade-breaker put in a place where he
would be much -less dangerous than
lie must have been had he been allow
ed to complete liis journey. Since the
confinement of Gladdipg ample evi
dence has been found among his papers
to lead up to the very door of proof
that lie came in the diameter and on
the mission «f a spy. There is little
doubt what would he the fate of a
Unionist found in analigous circumstan
ces in Seeessia. A short shrift aud .a
long cord would he his sure doom. But
if the same disposition is not made of
Gladding, it is at least some satisfac
tion to know that lie is where he can
do no harm.
Tlie days are and and drear.
Since Cltailie left me lone.
I’m a stranger pilgrim here.
To Heaven 1 make my moan.
Athens, March 4th, 1803.
G.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Richmond, March 11. In the
ate to day the bill to grant to Cabinet
officers seats upon the floor of Con
gress was indefinitely postponed, after
a lengthy discussion.
The Senate bill relative to the
bonds of Quartermasters and Commi-
$aries, was amended and pnssed. It
provides that the bonds of all quarter
masters, &c., for posts, brigades or di
visions, shall he given for several sums
of not less than fifty nor more than
one hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Wigfall from the special com
mittee, presented a report defining the
privileges of reporter for the press in
the Senate, closiug with a resolution
withdrawing the privilege of the
floor of the Senate from the present
reporter of the Richmond Enquirer.
Mr. Brown of Miss., moved to lay
the resolution upon the the table.
Pending the discussion of this motion
the Senate went into secret session.
The Hduse passed the Senate bill
to organize engineer troops, v
Mr. Conrad introduced a resolution
with a lengthy preafnble, reviewing
the conduct pf the war, the peace
movements at the North, and the ef
forts of Foreign governments to ter
minate the strife, and declaring the
present time suitable for efforts to
wards peace; and that Congress will
cordially co-operate with the Execu
tive iu any measure consistent with
the honor, dignity and independence
of these States, tending to the speedy
restoration of peace with all or any of
the States of the Federal Union.
The resolutions.were referred.
The house then went into secret
session.
only iron-clad boat the Yankees have
below Port Hudson. With this vessel
in our possession, the remainder of the
enemy’s fleet, all wooden craft, togeth
er with New Orleans, would fall an | a very important physiological prob-
easv prey to the prowess of our arms. 119 111 In *oht become a vexed ques-
The project is a groriotis one,
From tlie Atlanta Intelligencer.
Atlanta, Feb. 20, 1S63. •
Mr Editor: My attention was drawn
to a fact which appeared in your pa
per a few days since, where - it was
stated that some negroes had lost their
lives from vaccination. The only cir
cumstance connected with the affair
which I design noticing is this: “that
the matter was from a child, a per
fectly healthy subject;” and yet the
result was the loss of life. Here arises
and
we must confess it looks entirely reas
onable, lit Heaven’s name, pupil it
forward to an early consummation!
We have evidently the Yankees at a
In the late engagement of Van. Dorn
with the enemy near Franklin, the enemy’s
Joss in killed and wounded is said to he
between six hundred and a thousand.
tion with many who entertain views
different front mine in relation to vac
cination. I hold that whenever such
occurrences transpire immediately tit
ter vaccination, that it evidently de
pends upon the peculiar idiosyncrasy
of the person, or the existence of some
lurking disease within the constitution
at the time.
Now for some facts: I vaccinated,
not long since, some eight persons,
from the arm of a perfectly healthy
child. The vaccination, with all its
attending symptoms were fully devel
oped, and succeeded well in all the
oases but two, who were thrown into
The Northern Negro Regimen! Bill.
A great daal of interest is manifested to
know the^provisions of the Negro Regi
ment Bill as passed by the Northern Con
gress. Without going into the minute de
tails of the bill we give its main features.
The bill authorizes “the I’resident of
the United States” to enroll, arm, equip
and receive into the land and naval service
of the United States, such number of
“volunteers of African descent” as he
may deem useful to suppress the present
rebellion, and for such term of service as
he may proscribe, not exceeding five
years. The bill provides that they shall
receive Hie same pay, rations, clothing
and equipments as the wliito volunteers,
and shall be officered by persons appointed
and commissioned by the President. It fur
ther provides, that the slaves of loyal
citizens in the States exempted by the
President’s proclamation of January 1,
1S63, slfkll not be received into the ser
vice, nor shall there be any recruiting offi
ces opened in either the States ot Dela
ware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky,
Tennessee or Missouri, without the con
sent of the Governor of said State having
been first obtained.
Tho New York Tribune, .and that class
at the North, were delighted at the final
passage of the bill. It was a great tri
umph for them. In an editorial the Tri
bune remarks: “It is known that black
sailers are employed on our men of war,
are valued by their commanders, and ate
on equal terms with their white comrades.
If on the sea why not on the land ! The
key to the successful prosecution of this
war lies in the unlimited employment of
black troops.”
These are the people with whom the
South is expected to live in union and
brotherly love ?
Maine for Peace!—Who would have
believed it? That Black Republican,
dyod-in-the-wool, slavery hating, fanatical
Maine, the home of Hamlin, should come I somewhat to this effect;
out openly and boldly and deolare the [the Lord, I have tip setmr Baaaer.'
Prom Virginia.
Capture of more Federals. Deslrvciite
fire in Richmond.
Richmond, March 11. An official
dispatch, just received, states that
Brig. Gen. Slaughter, a captain and
thirty privates of Hooker’s army, were
captured by *a scouting party under
Captr. Morley, of Gen. Lee’s cavalry,
oil Monday. They entered Fairfax
Court House and took them from their
beds.
A lire this morning, on the corner'of
Canal and Seventh streets, destroyed
Brown’s warehouse, containing from
seven to eight hundred hogsheads of
tobacco, valued, at present prices at
$500,000. Also, 3000 bushels of com
belonging to the Government. The
building belonged to the State.
Plant Corn!
Don’t forget to plant corn and to
keep on planting corn! The man who
neglects grain crops is a public enemy
in effect, wiiatever may be his feelings
towards his country. But if the next
crop is to be held back from market
as many persons are doing with the
last crop, it matters not what becomes
of it. Let the finger of scorn be pointed
at the traitors to God and their coun
try w’ho have locked their cribs and
permit the families of soldiers to suffer
tor bread! Tlie last scoundrel of this
class ought to be hung!—Southern
| Watchman.
After the War.
A writer in the Mobile Tribune says:
The Southern people are fond of dis
play. We see this in the extravagance of
their dress, their fondness for carriages
that glitter and shine like meteors; their
costly and sumptuous buildings and furn
iture, and especially their heathenish ad
miration of silver plate. The most pain
ful prospect of the future in this connec
tion is this. It is well known that the di
abolical Yankees have plundered every
private dwelling of every silver spoon,
fork, knive, dish or plate, and burnt all the
household furniture. They have not so
much as spared even tomb-stones. As
soon as peace is ratified the most splendid
jewellers’ shops will be opened in our
cities, displaying the most costly, prince
ly, sumptuous silver plate, manufactured
out of tlie stolen silver ware of.the South.
Immense warehouses of mahogany furni
ture will he opened that our wealthy plan
ters may supply the loss inflicted by the
devils, the 1 ankecs. Large warehouses
t of ready made clothing, the cast off
j clothes of Broadway beaus and fops, and
the clothos-of Y'aukee soldiers who have
died in their hospitals or perished on the
field, will be opened to tlie South. It is
painful to think of it; more painful to see
our voting men, tlie hopes of the rising
generation, sporting in the cast off clothes
of the Y ankecs. Thus draining the South
of her cotton to pnrehase her own stolen
silver ware, aud enabling the Yankees to
make fortunes by robbing the dead of
their clothes. This is the kind of com
mercial treaty which the Yankees want.
They don’t care a fig note for the indepen
dence of the South. Give them just such
a commercial Treaty as they want, and
they are perfectly willing to tickle the van
ity of thq South with the idea of a mere
National Independence. To conclude.
The South must become a manufacturing
people, otherwise, 1 do not see how she is
to maintain a navy, the only means by
which site can defend her seacoast and pro
tect her commerce.
1 «Q3
Ax Artful Dodge.—The $300
clause of the Abolition conscript law
is a regular Yankee dodge, to raise
money as well as soldiers. All are to
he subject to conscription, but a full
exemption may he purchased, not by
hiring a substitute, but by contribu
ting fo the depleted treasury. Tbe
result can easily be seen. Blood a-
gainst money—the poor men furnish
ing all the first, while the rich give
from their abundance but a small
part of the latter that will be necessa
ry. It is hard to believe the men of
the North—tbe producing classes which
constitute a large majority—will
submit to such injustice, but strange
tilings happen now-a-days. The con
script law has passed Congress, and
we are not prepared to assert there is
manhood left in the masses to oppose
its enforcement. Lincoln will probably
succeed in getting both men and
money. —Appeal.
• — • —
Hon. James L. Pettigrew.—The Charles
ton papers of yesterday chronicle the death
of this great and good man, which occur
red in that city Monday afternoon. Mr.
Eettigrew was an original man, a man, in
liis own right, without borrowed plumage
of any sort, and was among the ablest
and best men of his day and generation.—
He was at the head of the Charleston Bar
for many years, and distinguished, for
learning, wit, and excellence of character
throughout the continent. We unite with
his host of friends everywhere in deploring
his death.
Grenada, March 5.—The Chicago
Times of the 25th has been received.
Letters from the Federal fleet on
tbe Mississippi report that a scow
drawing six feet of water passed thro’
the canal opposite Vicksburg.
The great scare in Kentucky was
caused by the movements of six hun
dred Confederates, who are now leav
ing the State by way of Hazel Green.
• Longstreet’s division is reported at
Knoxville, with the intention of mak
ing an invasion into Kentucky through
Cumberland Gap.
A Cincinnati dispatch, dated Feb.
25, says: Two regiments of cavalry will
go to Kentucky to-day. The refugees
are returning to their homes.
Captain C. Morgan, a brother to
General John H. Morgan, who ventur
ed near Lexington, has been captured
and sent to Camp Chase.
A gentleman once started a religeous
journal, having for its motto: “Ip tba
name of the Lord I set up my Bancer.’
About the second or third mimbe T r he
concluded to give np the enterprise, s Da
tbe waggish foreman changed the motto.
In tbe name of