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Ffoirt ttie Nrw York D*i.y New*.
£l Peace Candidate for the Presi
dency.
• The Peace party is at last happily
ri«l . of those “entangling alliances'’
.which have hitherto impeded its con
centrated and straightforward action.
War Democracy, which, from its birth
has been circling round about the Ab
olition altar fire, at last lias yielded to
the fascination, and rushes into the fa- j
tal flame. The Hon. James Brooks
made the first plunge. The Express
followed with blind desperation, ami
The World, wrapping itselt in the
gorgeous raiment of its rhetoric, ma
jestically bears them company. Hav
ing passed the Ituhicon o! their apos-
taey, tin* two organs ut the War De
mocracy surpass even the veterans oi
the Abolition faith in their sudden
zeal; or perhaps some sofuples o* con
science prompt them to overstrained
activity, lest they should falter at the
he'd. Meanwhile, the merciless
n>, instead ot giving them wel
come aud encouragement in the strange
temple, points them out for scorn and
ridicule," and makes its sport of their
conversion. These shiftings of posi
tion and sudden changes of political
habilimeuts are of course in view of
the Presidential campaign; nor arc
the War Democrats alone in their met
amorphoses. The Black Republican
Athos has been rent from top to base by
the force of conflicting interests, and
the solid identity of purpose that till
now Iffis been the Radical strength, has
been transformed into discordant e'e-
xnents. The house of fanaticism is
divided against itself, and the frenzy of
persoual ambition and partisan aspira
tion transcends the madness of anti
slavery.
The approach of “the Presidential
election has completely exposed the
selfishness and partisau spirit of those
factions which have hitherto incessant
ly professed themselves absorbed in
the task of establishing the supremacy
of the Federal arms. The indiffer
ence of the war organs to the military
situation is apparent beneath the thin
surface of careless comment, and eve
ry pen is busy with the complications
of the Presidential riddle. One party
alone yet Holds aloof from the arena,
as if contemplating the confused mar
shalling of forces, and biding the pro
pitious hour for decisive action. It is
the Peace party, standing motionless,
yet. keenly observant upon the rock ol
its principle, and’ husbauding its
strergth tiil it be time to strike.—
There are no distracting divisions, no
conflicting purposes there. The re
demption of the Republic from cen
tral despotism, the reconstruction of
our system of self-governmeut, and
the termination of a war against na
ture, that it was madness to commence
and that it is a crime to continue,
these are our purposes, and if we pro
fit by the lesson taught bv Radi 1 *** 1
'H’imt wflT f)e our attainment.
Fortunately, the Peace party is spared
the trouble of shaking ofi that double
dealing faction which has clogged its
progress. The War Democracy of
its own accord has foresworn our com
pany. It has passed within the unhal
lowed circle of Abolitionism, and there
assuredly the Peace Democracy will
not follow. It is now impossible for
Peace men, without the sacrifice of
their own consistency and principle to
resume the companionship thus can
celled. Henceforward the Peace man
and the War Democrat are twain.—
There is no tie between them, there
is no identity of purpose between
them, there is no similarity of doc
trine, and there must be no conformity
of action. The Peace man cannot
stand shoulder to shoulder with an
Abolitionist in political battle. Dis
trust, antipathy and antagonism are
now the political condition that ex
ists between them. The right of the
States to control their domestic insti
tutions is a doctrine that the Peace
party must vindicate at every hazard.
Free from the incumbrance of a
time-serving faction, tin? Peace men
can now put forth their strength and
test the virtue of principle against
power and fanaticism. To work,
then, Peace men ! yon must fight this
fight alone, and you can do it with a
will, knowing uhat wherever you
strike you strike at Abolitionism. Let
us ♦•liter the Presidential campaign up
on the plain, unequivocal Peace issue,
and the musses of the North will ral
ly to the cry and sweep the field agaiust
treachery, greenbacks, bayonets, and
all other engines that will be arrayed
against them. Organize at once and
.thoroughly. In every Assembly dis
trict, in every town, and hamlet, in ev
ery farm house, everywhere where two
or more Peace men can be brought to
gether, let organization be the labor
of the hour. If a War Democrat
should intrude upon your councils,
treat him as an Abolitionist—show
him the-door and invite his absence.
Permit no revolution of War Demo
cratic tendency to dilute the spirit* of
your action. Emphatic and unequiv
ocal principles must be the order of
the day. Half measures have been
tried, and they have disgusted and
alienated the masses. Let us have no
more paltering iu a double sense. We
mean peace—let us talk it and act up
to our words. Let us look about for
a true Peace man to bear the standard,
and then, its folds to the breeze, we
will advance in the name of Peace,
State Sovereignty, and self-govern
ment.
—
Five hundred and thirty prisoners,
including thirty of Hurst’s men, cap
tured by General Forrest in West
Tennessee, passed Okalona, Mississip
pi, on the Sth iust.
What is the value of religion? It’s value
is of such magnitude that Eternity cannot
answer the -question!
A good nature is a glow-worm that
sheds light even in the darkest places.
From the Columbus Timer.
COMPTROLLER GEN. OFFICE, >
Milledgeville, April IS, 1804. )
Editors of the Times:—In y.our daily
of the inst., you publish the fol
lowing article copied from the Con
federate Union of the 12rh instant,
viz :
tiox in I860 and at the same time only
requiring their taxes to be paid in Con-
federate Treasimj 'Notes.
But, why did not the Governor aud
Comptroller General say that property
could be returned at its value in Con
federate Treasury notes on the 1st of
April, wirli the 33 ; t per cent off sihee
TI.oUgUI.ture iu Doc. .uuuuul i Orn Currency Act*
»u Act requiring tlint oil tut ever. ' "’ l ' 5 '*• because lie fan-
i it i ,. • r , . * *. does not ntiihome any such thing.—
shall value their property for taxation I i , • , , ° •
; „ i . 111 hi the soeonu place the Legislature in
this year at what it would havoi.^ . , 1 • .. P -
i... i, c i , , 1 M>.I in its appropriation, had in view
Drought in l onloderute 1 ivumii v note ■ ,, , 1 ' , £ .
. ... , tin* amount ot tax to he raised bv tax-
April, instant. In cott
on tho 1st of
sequence, however, of the passage U
Congress of tho Currency Act, taxing
said currency id l-lt per cent, altv-i
the first day of April, many tax pay
cis are under the impression that they
ait' to value their property ai xvhat it
would have brought in Confederate
notes on tho 1st of April, after deduct
ing 33 ; \ per rent. The Governor and
Comptroller General have decided
ihat all property must he returned at
its value in Confederate Treasury notes
on the 1st of April without the de
duction of the 33 1-3 per cent. Tho
Governor and Comptroller decide this
to he not only the State law, but they]
contend that the old issue was the
only Confederate currency on the 1st :
| allot! Under the valuation of 1S04, and
ilio Governor did not think it best
(Suit tliis standard should be disturbed,
ll all give in aeeoniing to the Act ol
I StiU, no one will be injured. If the
, leiurn he small the per cent will be
i high, bin not exceeding one per cent.
If ilii* return be large, or as large as
we anticipate it will be, under the Act
above quoted, we hope that the per
eeut. we may have to levy will not
i reach one per cent.
As 1 fear your article may do harm,
| or somewhat interfere with the proper
j discharge of duty on tlie part of Re
ceivers of Tax Returns, I would re
spectfully ask you to give this com
munication a place iu your paper, at
your earliest convenience, and I trust
, c , i yuui c.iiiiesb cun vt-oieuce, aou j. trust
of April, as the Act of Congress did;, , ,
. / J • j oo , o ♦ .. diat other papers that have copied
not tax Said currency 33 1-3 per cent. 1
your
article will do the same.
In haste, yours truly.
Peterson Thweatt,
Comptroller General.
From the North.
The news from the North still con-
rrency 33 1-3 per
until after the 1st of April.
And immediately under the same,
you append the following remarks : .
We don’t know that it makes much
difference whether this opinion of the
Governor and Comptroller General be
acquiesced in, or repudiated, but it) tinues interesting. If it does not plain
strikes us as being rather a curious de- ]y intimate an impending collapse, we
c i si on which requires property to be j are greatly mistaken. A fluctuation
valued in one kind of currency and the [„ g 0 | ( ] prices fifteen cents in one day.
tax to be paid in another. shows great nervousness aud exciter
As 1 know you to be a strong up- i me nt; and although Chase and liis
holder of the law, I am sorry to see : emissaries got the better of thespecu-
an intimation in the above that the Jators in the day’s fiirlit, and succeeded
Act requiiing tax payers to return j n beating prices down from 1S9 to
their property at its value on the 1st 174) ,; t is iX game they will soon tire
of April,in Confederate Treasury notes, over> They cannot protract the con-
without the deduction of the 33fr j test ] ong . "j t j s |ik e driving back the
per cent., would or could be properly currcut of a river—the laws of nature
repudiated by any one. The opinion j (1 the one case and the laws of finance
or decision above alluded to, is, in j n the other are equally irresistible,
substance but a reiteratiofl of an Act and the vain attempt to combat them
of the last Legislature, passed in De- wiIl on]v makc thl . f a ji ure more ap-
ceniber, as you will see from the fol- 1 parent and ludicrous and the catastro-
lowing: phe more signal in the end. The Her-
An Act to amend the oath of tax aid hangs ail hope of deliverance up-
payers for the year 1861, and lor oth- on a grand military success by Grant,
er purposes. but at the same time displays the fee-
Section I. The General Assembly bleness of its faith by anticipating the
of the State of Georgia do enact, ! consequences of failure. “If Grant is
That from and after the passage of j defeated we may look for the deluge”
this act, the oath of non-resident tax j a grand upheaving of the foundations
payers required to be taken on special of public credit—and no doubt it will
teturns, as it now' stands in the seven come. A signal repulse of Grant, we
hundred and sixty-fourth section of the believe, will be the conculsive event
Code of Georgia, be so amended for of the war. Not that it will terminate
the year 1864 as to make it read, ‘and the war—but it will satisfy the North
that* it was not worth, on th« first of! that the war is hopeless, «nd the »ooq-
Aprll -mo year, more than the val-j er tliey stop it the better for theni-
1 nation you have affixed to it in Con- selves. IIow important then to avoid
federate Treasury notes, to the best of all needless hazards at this critical mo-
your knoxvledge and belie! ;’ and that ment. The political aud financial ne-
thc oath of tax payers required iu the cessitics of Lincoln compel Grant to
same section of said Code, be changed offer battle, and to do it soon. The
so as to make it read,‘and the value Jesuit is hardly doubtful if he attacks
you have affixed is a just and true our army in position,
valuation on the first day of April of . Another notable sign in the Nortli-
tliis year, iu Confederate Treasury ern political horizon is the vote upon
i*otes,’ instead of reading, ‘and that the Censure of Long of Ohio, for a
the value you have affixed to it is a peace speech in the Lincoln House,
just and true valuation,’ as it now iu which he declared that the Coufed-
stands stated in said Code. crate States ought to be recognized.—
Sec. II. Be it further cnacte^l, That An attempt to expel him failed for
in case any tax payer shall fail or re- lack of a two-thirds vote, and the res-
fuse to make his return iu accordance olution of censure was carried by but
with this amended oath, he shall be ten majority.
deemed a defaulter, and his property
shall be double taxed according to the
valuation prescribed in the foregoing
section of this act.
Sec. III. And be it further enacted,
That all persons holding notes or in
debtedness on any individual or incor
The schism in the Lincoln party is
assuming an incurable form. A con
vention to nominate au opposition
Black Republican candidate (Free'
moot) meets on the 20th of May, and
anticipates . the regular Republican
Convention by eighteen days. Even
poratiou, shall give in the same at its Lincoln is not mean and blood thirsty
value in Confederate Treasury notes. \ enough to suit all of his own party—
Sec. IV. Anffbe it further enacted, In the lowest deep of abolitionism
That if any of the tax payers of this i there still seems to be lower depths.
State shall have mado a return of their < and the most radical and fanatical of
property to the Receiver and Collector parties has still its ‘progressive party.’
previous to the passage of this act, it j Better war than to be tied to and con-
shall be the duty of said Collector and trolled by such a mad and infuriate
Receiver to require of such tax pay- | people. Lincoln’s most deadly ene-
ers, that they make another return to lilies being now of his own political
him upon valuation as provided for in household, will he turn upon them his
this act. 1 battery of pimps, spies, bastiles, mili-
Sec. V. Repeals conflicting law's. tary arrests, banishments, &c ? Will
Assented to Dec. 2, 1S63. t he suppress their papers—silence their
TT ... . , ., . , speakers, and gag their public meet-
Here you will perceive that there is n £ » dilem ' w Oel. the
nothing said in the above Act, about
property being returned at its valua
tion in Confederate Treasury notes, on
the 1st of April after deducting 33
per cent. It merely requires the tax
payer*to swear that his i>ropertv xvas
not worth more and that the return
he makes is a just and true valuation
on the first day of April of this year
in Confederal: Treasury Notes!
But it may be said that the Act of
Congress changed the condition of said
notes on or about the 1st of April, as
they were taxed 33^ per cent. But
the
Republicans never provided for.
On the whole, it is apparent from
every successive day’s news that af
fairs in the North are now rapidly cul
minating to a general explosion.—
What is quoted elsewhere from the
New York Sunday Mercury, does not
in our judgment, paint too vividly the
inflammatory and perilous condition
of that section.— Telegraph.
The Kaffir OTI.ifr.
The battle of life, in by far the greater
_ - | number of cases, must necessarily] be
Act ot Congress did not tax said ; fought up bill, and to win it without a
notes until after the 1st of April (or j struggle were perhaps to win it without
on the 2d of April) and with the Act honor. If there were no difficulties tbeic
of Congress and the above Act of the | would be no success; if there were
Legislature before them, how' could i nothing to struggle- for. there would be
the Governor and Comptroller Gen- i no,biu £ - achieved. Difficulties may
era!, or any one else, have rendered a I iatim ^ ate - thc weak ’ - bu * W - act
different decision 1 To have given an
opinion differently would have been
giving an opinion contrary to the
law.
But to the concluding portion of
your few remarks, where you seem to
think it ‘a rather curious decision which
requires property to be valued in one
kind of currency, and the tax to be
paid in another.’
Without going back to Cobb’s Di
gest, the Acts of different Legislatures,
and the Code, and showing you that
while property was valued upon the
specie basis, Bank notes, Confederate
Treasury notes have been authorized
to be received for taxes. I will cite
you to the late Tax Act of Congress
authorizing fanners and others to re
turn their property at its specie valua-
but they act
as a stimulus to men of pluck and resolu
tion. All expeiience of life, indeed
serves to prove that the impedi
ments thrown in the way of human
advancements may for the iaost part be
overcome by steady, good conduct, honest
zeal, activity, perseverance, and, above
all by a determined resolution to surmount
difficulties and stand up manfully against
misfortune.
Mortal things fade; immortal things
spring more freshly with every step to the
tomb.
Men cannot subsist wholly upon glory.
Fame taken without meat is decidedly,
unwholesome.
A ray of light to the understanding
is better than a volume committed to
memory.
To some men it is indispensable to be
worth money, for without it they are
worth nothing.
Pardoning Negroes.—The Char
leston Courier Las the following, and
it is worthy of consideration: The
general fidelity and affectionate loyalty
of servants is one of the most grati
fying results and indications elicited
by the war, so much beyond the fears
of our timid friends and contrary to
the predictions and desires of our ma
lignant foes, who, looking only at the
relationship established by hireling
interest, cannot appreciate the tender
regard and habitual attachment of
our patriarchal and domestic and scrip
tural system of labor and service. It
occurs to us that this fact deserves
special recognition and acknowledg
ment. ■ We shall be pleased to report
any special instances that can be com
municated, and we take the liberty of
proposing an official recognition. We
propose respectfully that the GovenT-
orsof the states consider the proprie
ty and expediency in concert with the
Confederate military authorities of is
suing by proclamations, notices of full
pardon and amnesty to all servants
who have been taken oil by force, or
by want and involuntarily, and who
return to their homes and masters or
to their States. One 'of the means
used by the Yankees in their villain
ous and cowardly efforts to put the ne
gro into danger for their own interests,
is to assure them tliat all who return
or are recaptured will be indiscrim
inately executed. While we denounce
and oppose all attempts of the Yan
kees to dictate to us any rules con
cerning our treatment observants as
recoguized bearers of arms, we may
honorably and consistently and con
siderately make a voluntary distinc
tion in favor* of the many servants
who have been forced into the posi
tions of soldiers, and who have not
voluntarily committed offences against
their masters or the laws of the land.
Dlplomitic Carrespoadenee.
England Protests and Rcmonsti ates—
President Paris’ Reply.
A correspondent of the Mobile Tribune
furnishes that paper with % the following let
ters, which have with difficulty been ob
tained. It will be seen that the President
does not personally or officially answer'the
letter, but merely directs Lis private sec
retary to do so, and that the Piesidcnt
does not address himself to Lord Russell
at ail :
II. B. M.’s Legation, (
Washington* J). 0., April. 1, 1SG4. )
Mr. Jefferson Daeis, J,v„ Richmond
. Va :
Sir:—I have been instructed by Earl
Russell, Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary
cf State for Foreign Affairs, to convey to
you the following extract-of a dispatch
which has been forwarded to me by his
Lordship.' I have •chosen the method
which appealed to me to be the only avail
able one under the present unhappy cir-
eumslances in which the country is involv
ed. and f trust that <he absence of all re
cognize;! diplomatic or consular residents
or other agents of Her Majesty near Rich
mond,will be recognized as sufficient reason
for its not being sent through usual chan
nels. I need scarcely say that the bearer
of this dispatch, whom yon have consented
to allow to visit Richmond, has been au
thorized by the government of the United
States to pass into your lines, on the flag
of'tmce boat, for the purpose of delivering
it, and will desire your permission to re
turn to Washington by the same mode of
conveyance.
I have the honor to be,
country with which the United Kingdom is
at peace and on terms of amity*; and Her
Majesty’s Government further protest and
remonstrates against all acts in violation
of the neutrality laws of the realm.- *
“I have the honor to be,
“Your Lordship’s ob't. serv’t,
Rlsskll.
The Reply.
Richmond. Va., C. S. A., April G, 18£4.
To the Right Honorable’ Lord Lyons, C.
B., 4 r -> H. M. Minister to the
XJoeeminent of the United States.
My Lord.—I have been instructed bv
the President to acknowledge the receipt of
a dispatch from your Loreship, enclosing a
copy of a portion of a dispatch from Eari j <!o not know
Russell. H. B. M. Secretary of State for | ticn is, and when they will o- e t there,
Foreign Affairs, purporting to be a -formal is I)0 t yet found out" IVe^nirm tl,»
Safest from East Tennessee.
From the Bristol Gazette, of the
14th, we obtain some interesting in
telligence from East Tennessee:
THE SITUATION,
General Longstreet has left our
-town. Where lie will make his head
quarters next is the business of other
people. But whether he makes his
headquarters in town or in the sad,lie
all will know at the proper time. He
and his army have fought well in East
Tennessee—they have lived there, but
not well. The General and his army
now lea\ e us—what opinion they en
tertain of our people and country we
VY here their destina-
Wi
h high respect,
)ur obedient, bumble, servant,
Lyons.
((Jopy.j
“You will also convey to Mr. Dnvis.it
Richmond, through such channel as shall
be available, and.as you may in your dis
cretion deem proper,the formal protest and
remonstrance of Her Majesty’s Govern
ment against tho efforts of the authorities
of the so called Confederate States,to build
i war vessels within ll*er Majesty’s domin-
Litekary AX'D Scientific Generals.— I ions, to be employed against the govern
Somo eminent commanders have not been j ment of the United States.' Perhaps jxiur
scholars. But tbe three greatest generals | Lord.-diip might best accomplish this object
the world has ever produced—Alexau- j by obtaining permission from the authori-
der, Cmsar, Napoleon—were all men of
letters. The first an annotator on Homer,
the second a classical autli ir, the third
a philosopher, if he had not been an
emperor. “Do you think," said Napoleon
I, “ if I bad been general-iu chief
and the instrument of fate to a mighty na
lion, that I would have thrown himself
into the study of exact sciences; my path
would have been that of Galileo and New
ton ; and since I have always succeeded
in my great enterprises, I should have
highly distinguished myself also in my
scientific labors. I should have left tire
memory of beautiful discoveries.
Miss Dr. Mary E. Walker,-A corres
pondent of the Macon Confederate thus de
scribes her:
She is apparently of about twenty-eight
or thirty summers; a little worn, but still
passable good looking. Hair dark and gath
ered under a silk nett; tigur&aluuit ■ five
feef six, aud rather thin.
Her costume is as novel as lu-r position.
‘Bloomer’ costume of blue broadcloth,
trimmed with brass buttons; Yankee uni
form bat, with cord tassels; Surgeon’s
green silk sash, worn over the right shoul
der and across the breast, fastening on the
left side. Over her frock she .wore a l ine
doth military overcoat and cape. Lastly,
she wore bools, (and here let me say that,
in respect to feet, there was more of her
person parallel lothe earth than strict rules
ofbeauty would require) plain calf skin
boots over her pants, and reaching to the
bottom of her dress.
W hen taken she was near our picket
lines with the purpose, as she states, of
sending some letters through the lines.—
She was mounted on a small and rather
indifferent looking horse, (‘if you have
tears to shed, prepare to shed them now’)
Yes, sir—I say it—I say she was riding
a man’s saddle with—one foot in each, stir
rup.
Tbe Doctor, along with her stirrups,
got her foot in it this time. She appeared
a little embarrassed—to her credit, be it
said—but answered promptly and intelli
gently.
She has in hqj face and manner the ‘un
rectified Yankee,’ but her manners ate
better than those ot the majority of her
tribe.
The correspondent of tbe Montgomery
Advertiser thinks her nothing more than
a spy, and that her being attached to the
Yankee army as a Surgeon was no doubt
heralded by the Yankee papers to impose
on Southern gullibility. Her bringing a
letter to our pickets was a mere subter
fuge for being taken prisoner, and carried
into our lines wbeu having obtained all the
desired information, she would claim an
exchange, as being a Surgeon. Our au
thorities were too keen however, and have
sent her to Richmond to be kept safely un
til the war is over, •
Old Newspapers.
Many people take newspapers, but Tew
preserve them. The most interesting read
ing imaginable is a file of old newspapers.
It brings us to the very age, with all its
genius and its spirit, more than the most
labored description of the historian. Who
can take a paper, dated half a century ago,
with the thought that almost every name
there printed, is now cut upon a tomb
stone, at the head of an epitaph? The
doctor, (quack or regular,) that there ad
vertised his medicines, and their cures,
has followed tho sable train of his pati
ents—the merchants, his ships—could get
no security on hiS life; and the actor, who
could make others laugh or weep, can now
only furnish a skull for his successor in
Hamlet. Jt is easy to preserve newspa
pers, and they repay the trouble, for, like
that of wine, their value increases with
their age, and old files have sometimes
been sold at prices too startling to men
tiou.
Resignation oj a Foreign Officer.—Col.
St. I.eger Grenfell, formerly attached to
Inspector General of cavalry in the army
of General Bragg, hut now in Richmond,
has tendered his resignation from the ser
vice, which resignation has been accepted,
and the colonel has obtained his passport,
intending to sail for Europe as soon as op
portunity presents.
■■ —
The moment yon make a man feel the
weight of an obligation, he will become
your enemy.
Would yon be good?—love to do good.
‘Would ‘ you be amiable?—study to
please.
ties of both belligerents to send a special
messenger to Richmond with the necessary
dispatch iu which von will transmit this
paragraph, or tbe substance of it, together
with all that follows, to the close of this
communication.
“Her Majesty’s Government in taking
this course desire Mr. Davis to rest assured
that it is adopted entirely iu that spirit cf
neutrality which has been declared the
policy of this country, with regard to the
two belligerents now so lamentable deso-
lating America, and which will continue
to be pursued, with a careful aud earnest
desiic to make it conducive to the most
rigid impartiality and justice.
“After consulting with the law officers of
the Crov.u, Her Majesty’s Government
have come to tbe decision that agents of
the authorities of the so-called Confederate
States have been engaged in building ves
sels which would be at least partially
equipped for war purposes onJef.vmg the
ports of this country ; that these war ves
sels would undoubtedly be used against
tbe United States, a country with which
this government is at peace; that this
would be a violation of the neutrality laws
of tlie leahn ; and that the government of
tho United btates would .have just ground
for serious complaint against Her 3Iajes-
ty’s government, should they permit such
an infraction ot the amicable relations now
subsisting between the two countries.
“Her Majesty's Government eonfidently
rely on the frankness, courtesy, and dis
cernment which Mr. Davis has displayed
in the difficult circumstances in which he
lias been placed during tho past three
years, for a recognition ot the correctness
of the position which Her Majesty’s Gov
ernment have taken upon the subject. No
matter what might be the difficulty of
proving in a court of law that tbe parties
procuring tbe building of these vessels
are agents of the so called Confederate
States.it is universally understood through
out the world that they are so, and Her
Majesty’s Government are satisfied that
Mr. Davis would not deny that they are
so. Constructed as ‘rams,’ as the vessels
are, they would certainly be in a condition
on leaving port to inflict the most serious
damage on vessels t belonging to the
United States, as was shown by the de
struction oftlie Cumberland, United States
sloop-of-war, by tbe ‘ram’ Merrimac, mere
!y by tlie latter being mu into collision
with the Cumberland. Such vessels .are
to all intents aud purposes equipped as-
war vessels of a certain power, although
they be without a gun or any amunition ou
board ; nor can the frec,uent use of the
word ‘equip’ in the sense of ‘to furnish with
every tiling necessary for a voyage, be
held for a moment to limit its signification
to the furnishing of a wav vessel with eve
rything which it might be possible*^ put
upon her, or the ultimately putting of
which on her might be contemplated.—
Such a construction cannot be entertained
for an instant. It is clear that a hundred
and twenty gun ship might, be equipped
for war purposes with any fraction of her
armament on board, although she might
not be so powerful or so efficient as she
would be, if she bad the whole of it.—
A ram would be also equipped for war
purposes, although the absence of her or
dinance and ammunition might render her
less effective than sh.e would be with them.
This, it is presumed, by Her Majesty s
Government, will be concded by Mr.
Davis, witbout4uvther arguments or illus
tration in support of it.
“This much being established to the
perfect conviction of her Majesty s' Gov
ernment aud the law officers of the Crown,
and admitted, as they are convinced it
must be, by Mr. Davis, and by every other
person of sound and impartial judgment,
there is not the slightest room to dohbt
that it purposed to use the vessels in ques
tion against the United States, a country
with which this nation is at peace and on
terms of amity, and that the permitting of
them to leave the ports of her Majesty’s
dominions would be a violation of the neu
trality laws of the kingdom, and such an
purporting
protest and remonstrance of Her Majesty’s
Government, against the efforts of the
authorities of the so-called Confederate
States.to build war vessels within her Maj
esty’s dominions, to be employed against
tbe government of the United States,’
The president desires xne to say to your
Lordship, that while be is not unwilling
to waive, iu existing circumstances, tbe.
transmission of such a document through
other than the usual and proper channels,
it would be inconsistent with the dignity
of the position he fills, as Chief Magistrate
of a nation comprising a population of
more than twelve millions, occupying a
territory many times larger than tlie
United Kingdom, and possessing resources
unsurpassed by those of any country on
the face of the globe, to allow tlie attempt
of Earl Rnssell to ignore tbe actual exist
ence of the Confederate States, and con-
tumelionsly style them so-called, to pass
without a formal protest and remonstrance.
The President, therefore, does protest and
remonstrate against this studied insult ;
and he instructs me to say, that in future
any document in which it may be repeat
ed will be returned unanswered and un
noticed.
With respect to the subject of tbe ex
tract from Earl Russell’s dispatch, the
President desires me to state, that tho plea
of neutrality which is used to sustain
the sinister course of Her Majesty’s pres
ent government against the government
of the Confederate States is so clearly
contradicted by their actions that it is re
garded by the’world,not even excepting ^ie
United States, as a mere cover for actual
hostility, and tbe President cannot but feel
that this is a just view of it. Were, in
deed, Her Majesty’s Government sincere
in a desire and deic.initiation to main
tain neutrality, tbe President could not
but feel that tiiey would neither lie just
nor gallant to allow the subjugation of a
nation like the Confederate-States,bv sn
a barbarous, despot
tempting it. lie cannot but feel, with tin
history and traditions of the Anglo Saxoi
race before him, that under a governmeu ,
faithfully representing the people of Great j ® Qe chnp^ fir horses. Mine is
Britain, the whole weight and power of that j seed.’ —Lynchburg I irginian.
nation would be unhesitatingly thrown in- ;
to the scale, in favor of tbs principles of j Accidentally Shot.—Two oftlie Yankee
free government on which these States officers at theLibbv,were accidentally shot
were- originally formed,and for which alone ! <in Tuesday morning. Lieut. Kelly,oftlie
the Confederate States arc now struggling. 1 100th Ohio, was wounded in the neck, and
He cannot but feel that with ench a govern- Lieut. G. D. Forsyth shot through the
ment and with the plea of neutrality urged I head and killed. The prison guard were
upon the people as it now is no such pitiful j.loading their guns in. front of He prison
preparatory to going on guard, when the
gun ol private Chas^ Weber accidentally
exploded while lie was in the act of cap
ping it, the ball taking effect on the offi
cers above mentioned, who were looking
out of a prison window. The testimony
ot the Tankee officers and others concurr
ed in establishing the fact that the shoot
ing was accidental.
[Richmond Whig.
yet found out. We opiue the
Ilyria will be after the fashion of a
streak.
Gens. Buckner, Ransom, Vaughn,
Jones and some others are still below.
We feel safe in such hands. We say
to our readers don’t give up nor go up
till you are given up. Whether the
situation is had or goodjnust be known
by after results. Doctors alone know,
or ought to know,. the effect of rem
edies used. The country ought to act
in the capacity of nurse, and let our
officers say what kind of dose is best.
The situation is not a dying one yet,
and w'e say to our readers, work, plant
pray for life, then jf we must die, we
will tell you tlie fact as soon ms we
know it,
Accident to General Evans.—We
are informed that Major General Evans,
whilst driving to the depot in Charleston,
Saturday last, was thrown from bis buggy
aud so seriously injured that his recovery
is considered doubtful. The whole country
would mourn the loss of that gallant officer,
and we sincerely trust that as the case
progresses all unfavorable apprehensions
may be dispelled.
[ Savannah. Republican.
A New I alue of Sorghum.—The inesti
mable value of this production is only
beginning to be appreciated by our peo
ple. It may not be generally known that
the grain or seed constitute an excellent
and prolific breadstuff - . A. correspondent
writing to us on the subject, from 1’at-
tonsburg, says: “1 had fifty bushels of
'be seed which I raised last year, and a
rimrt time ago I took six bushels to the
mili and got it ground into ffonr, and have
been-using it in my family for bread for
several days. It makes really good loaf
as are now at ! bread and light rolls, but still better batter
; in tiiut Vriy it c«in t be ht-at, if
baked in the ordinary way of baking
.buckwheat canes. Besides, it makes
the red
spectacle could be witnessed,as is now mani
fested by Her Majesty’s present govern
ment in the persistent persecution of the
Confederate States at the beck aud bid
ding of officers ot the United States, while
a prime minister mocks and insults the in-
te!I!gence»>t a Ilocse of Commons.and of
the woild, by excusing tbe permission to
allow British subjects to go to the United
States to fight against us, by the paltry
subterfuge, tlTat it was the great demand
for labor and tbe high late of weges that I „ . *’ “ "
were taking them thither. He cannot but 1 De *[ r ‘ cU ™ n -> Wo "nders and
feel that a neutrality most cunningly, au- I f ^“ r Jmt \ ared sacks ® Virginia
daciously and insolently sought and urged, ! Galt : belonging to the State of Georgia, or
begged and demanded by one belligerent ! P" l, “ ““V 1 £ tate st ' lVed ^ the L b( > uth
and repudiated bv tbe other must be seen ! ^ “ailroad Company in the warehouses
by all impartial men to be a mere pretext j “ u tke wka,f ’ ."’ere destroyed by
for aiding the cause of one *t the expense i Le H ] od / m * uesda - v Eack “ ck c °n-
Q f the other, while pretending to be im- 1 falned abollt t;vo bushels or ode hundred
partial, to be iu short, but a cover for secret
malignant, treacherous hostility.
As for the specious arguments on the
subject of tlie rams, advanced by Earl
Russell, tbe President desires me to state
that lie is content to leave the world and
history to pronounce judgment upon this
attempt to heap injury upon insult, by de
claring that Her Majesty’s government,
and law officers are satisfied of tlie rjnes-
tions involved, while these questions are
still before tbe highest legal tribunal of
tlie kingdom, composed of members of the
government and the highest law officers of
the crown, for their decision. The Presi
dent himself will not condescend to notice
them.
I have the houor to be your Lordship’s
obedient, humble servant,
Burton N. Harrison,
Private Secretary.
General John H-Morgan’s command, and injurious act towards the UuiteJ States
as would justify the governmnt of that
country in seriously cotnplaiuiug of it as
unfriendly and offensive in the highest
degree,even to the imminent peril of ruptur
ing the peaceful relations now existing be
tw-een the two countries.
“Under these circumstances, Her Maj
esty’s Government protests and remon
strate against any further efforts being
made on the part of the so-called Confed
erate States or the authorities or agents
thereof, to build or cause to be purchased,
any such vessels as those styled rams, or
any other vessels to be used for war purpo
ses against the United States or against any
Fcr.ny.—A soldier just from Johnston's
army, gives the following amusing account
of an examination of a Lieutenant in camps
a few days since. He says the boys had
considerable fun over it and would like to
see it in print:
Examination ok Lieutenant ,
Question.—What is an army ?
Answer.—A big crowd of jnen and offi
cers, half fed and lousy.
Q.—What is tlie position of a soldier?
A.—Head up, ’•■‘Mi down, eyes equally
open; neither bow-legged, nor knockneed,
dirty hands, whiskers long, and hair short,
bread-basket not too full, but rather emp-
f y-
Q.—What is the duties of a Brigadier
General ?
•A.—To smoke fine segars, look wise,
put fellows in the Stocks, claim all the
glory, and try to be promoted.
Q-—The duty of a missionary ?
A.—Hold meetings, hollow loud, forage
for batter-milk, and stay in the rear when
danger is near.
Q—The duties of a Lieutenant ?
Wear his bars and to wish for more of
them, get furlough to go home, and tell the
men to ‘close up’ on a march—‘silence in
rauks’ ou a drill.
“Why does gold glitter upon tlie most
prominent nart of jour cathedral ? ” asked
some fellow of one of the canons of St.
Paul.s. “ Why,” replied the divine with
much sympathy, ’’because it is the highest
object of the church.”
Kindness is the golden chain by which
Society is bound together.
It is better to be poor and honest than
wealthy and dishonorable.
The agitation of thought is the begin
ning of wisdom.
Revenge is ever tho pleasure of a paltry
spirit, a weak and abject mind.
One day of domestic felicity is worth a
year of gaiety.
j pounds of salt, and the loss, we presume,
i will reach between §10,000 and §15,000.
[ Peters berg Express.
Important to Travelers.—Pleasure seek.*
- ers and busines men, outside the army, are
i to-have a season of rest,for a while at least.
J The Provost Marshal in Petersburg, Vir-
j ginia lias received a:i order forbidding him
to grant passports ou any of the railroads
| between Richmond and Augusta, Georgia,
j except to persons travelling on business
I for the Government, officers and soldiers
i on furlough. This order comes from Gen.
j Cooper, Aujuta.it and Inspector General,
| and is impeiative.
i Dahlgreen’s Body.—It appears, cays
| the Examiner, that tbe late Gol. Ulric
| Dablgreen’s body, who was killed iu the
| late raid upon Richmond, was secretly
| buried at Oak wood Cemetery after being
1 brought up to the city. Upon a demand
being made for its delivery by Admiral
Dahlgreeu, tlie_ father of the impetuous
young mau, backed b} a iniid thieat from
the Lincoln Government, the agents of the
Confederate Government ;> ieldea the point
and promised that the corpse should be
sent down by the next flag of truce steam
ers,* Several days since the grave in
which the body was buried was opened
under the direction of the officials who
interred the remains, but the grave was
empty—Dahlgreen had arisen or been
resurrected, and the corpse was not to be
found.
away
M atching for riches cousumeth the flesh,
and the care therefor driveth
sleep..
Au athesis tries to make proselytes,
lest li3 should he left alone in the
dark.
I he very affliction of oar earthly pil
grimage are presages of our future glory,
as shadows indicate the sun.
Lite’s great success is a happy heart,
and a good conscience the best estate,
Who hath them.
He who worships at Reason’s shrine,
though poor as Laz mis, holds a higher
rank in Nature's scale t hati the proudest
monarch.
Slanders, issuing from red and beauti
ful lips, are like foul spiders crawling
from tho blushing heart of a rose.
Strong minds, like hardy evergreens,
are most verdant iu winter; when feeblo
ones, like tender ‘summer plants, are
leaflless,
Catch hot too soon at an offeuse, nor
give way to auger, the one shows a weak
judgment, and the other a perverse
nature.
The test of enjoyment is the re
membrance which it leaves behind it.
Take heed, lest those remeinberances be
.not bitter.