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“ARMED INTERVENTION,”
The term “ArmedIntervention" used in our
telegrams of the 4th, has been the subject of
some speculation and inquiry among readers,
some of whom pronounce it an offensive pro
position—as much to be repudiated by the
,ny nearly have promptly , Confederates as the Lincolnites. There is no
or the war; thus set- probability, however, that the use of the phrase
in this case can be traced further than the As-
mnns
war at the
pthing in its
nduce it to modify a bellicose
r 5^ despatch, or fail to give it as much
: and venom as circumstances would justi-
tiave, however, a few facts which may
Eld to sustain the hypothesis that impor-
aovements of some kind are in progress
|s the water, which it is thought may ulti-
"in an American war. One of these is the
r ~ r —*»—.. »*« going on
I England. Notwithstanding the authorita-
declaration by the English Ministry, per
1st steamer, that ttreat Britain is satisfied
nth the course of the Lincoln government in
the Trent case, and the announcement of the
Ministerial organ that “a thorough understand
ing had been arrived at with the American
pvernment,” the English naval and military
reparations are going on with increased vigor.
10th... fact, too, which may well be held as
Lking to an immediate warlike contingency,
be consolidation of the two great British
squadrons at Halifax. That may
'well be regarded as a movement of much sig
nificance. And, finally, if Napoleon is to take
the lead in a demonstration of this character,
we can better understand the note of warning
raised by the Paris Opinion Nationale, quoted
in our last: That France was on the eve of be
ing plunged by the Emperor into a war with
America.
To the°e considerations we may also justly
add the undeniable facts that the tone of the
English press has long been increasingly hos
tile to the Lincoln government—increasingly
bitter against the blockade, and English manu
factories are pretty near their last month’s sup
ply of raw cotton. Furthermore, the Lincoln
war has already lasted beyond the recognized
limits of modern European warfare, and long
enough to satisfy Europe that its professed ob
ject is unattainable. An indefinite protraction
to satisfy the doubts or the malice of a blind
and bigotted Northern fanaticism, could neith
er be asked nor reasonably expected of the out
side commercial world, if it lies in their power
to put a stop to it That they can do so, without
much expense or inconvenience, and with but
little hazard of even such a war as Lincolndom
could bring to bear against them, while fight
ing the South, is clear enough from the course
of that government upon the Trent case. It
can bluster no more now than it did pending
the demand for the surrender of Mason and
Slidell, nor back out more ungracefully.
For our own part we would like to see the
armed intervention—satisfied that it can result
only in the recognition of our independence all
round. Some would view it with regret, because
they say it would diminish the prestige of a
nationality won alone by our own prowess. We
would not fight another battle for prestige; and
if hereafter it becomes necessary to inspire a
wholesome respect for the military power of
tiie Confederacy, we trust that time will find us
better prepared with all the material of war than
the precipitancy of a civil revolt and revolution
permitted. We are in somewhat the condition
of a man fighting with any weapon he can
seize at the moment, against an antagonist
armed cap-a-pie; and if we are to fight for
character and glory it is best to do so, if we
can, when we have equal weapons. Fur
thermore we are willing that the producing
value of the South to the world, shall be fairly
acknowledged and demonstrated, as well as her
fighting capacity. If England and France in
tervene, it is an open acknowledgment that
they require our staples and our trade. The
world will so understand it, and that recogni
tion will be more valuable to us in proportion
to its promptitude.
Lastly; a e are anxious that the Lincolnites
should be punished for the unnatural and dia
bolical war they have waged against us. It it
goes on single has Jed for four years, as it has
progressed for the first one, ours are the only
fields that will be ru.,.ged—the only houses
and towns fired—the only people outraged and
murdered. Let a foreign alliance come down
upon them, and they must either make peace
or submit to some of the losses and injuries
they are inflicting upon the South.
ON BUTTER.
A friend of ours was in the Macon market,
the other day, trying to get a bid for one hun
dred and fifty pounds weekly of North Geor
gia Butter. The highest offer for the butter
delivered in Macon was thirty cents—the price
for which the butter is readily sold by the re
tailers, is forty cents. Now the question arises
is thirty-three and a third percent, realized
four times a month, the right sort of a profit
for dealers in such articles of family supply ?
The investment in the butter amounts to forty-
five dollars. A The profits on the investment
amount, in a yfar, to seven hundred and eighty
dollars, or a fractioq^ter seventeen hundred
rery body prosper
lus that pro
lot
Its in
Lions.—
red the
pon the
lages, and
fthese deal-
Isated for the
|tween produ
ction and per-
nuciferisk, and
If of mu-
be ef-
snt with
I eonsu-
atriotic devotion to the
re embarked our lives
safety of all that we
Confederacy are flatteir-
that our army will soon lose
a large portion of the most valu-
deciplined of its force, by the ex-
le twelve months’ enlistments.—
-gretted that any Southern man or
Tewspaper can be found to give aid
or to discourage our Volunteers
Fe-enlisting; yet, mortifying as the fact is,
it done in the Savannah Republican by
r its elaborate Richmond Correspondent We
believe, however, that such unpatriotic writing
will not influence our brave Volunteers; they
know that McClellan, iiuoimk other motives
for delav, is waiting »sencc and it
not to I"' believed gratife
Macon has great cat^^^Pf^groud of her
citizen soldiery; they ^re among the very
first in the field. None have been braver
battle and now that the tug of war, the
danqtr is actually at hand they set the
pie of prompt re-enlistment.
Well may r all exclaim, honor to thi
Independent Volunteers. Gri
THE m'Rveinr
The Lincoln Armada, under Burnside, is re
ported to have left Pamlico Sound ; but we
doubt the information—at least until we are as
sured from how many points it comes. The
Sound, to borrow a Western expression, is a
“big drink”—it is eighty or a hundred miles
long, and must be viewed from many points on
the Carolii^shore, before an observer can un
dertake to the fleet is not there in some
then we must
sociated Press Agent at Richmond, who adopt
ed it to convey, in as concise phraseology as
possible, the idea of intervention in a hostile or
minatory attitude against certain proceedings
of the North which are complained of—to-wit:
the blockade and permanent obstruction of the
Southern ports. No French or English paper
or politician, so far as is known to the public,
has ever proposed any thing like an “armed
intervention” between the American bellige
rents—understanding by that term an interpo
sition by force and arms to compel a treaty of
peace. On the contrary, the whole current of
foreign discussion has been in favor of strict
neutrality in the quarrel itself—no one pretend
ing to advise any other or further interference
than may be necessary to protect their own in
terests from loss and damage by' the war.
That these interests have suffered serious
detriment by a blockade of the Southern ports
which is not entitled to respect—to which re-
|pt has been extended only from extreme for-
jnce and delicacy—no one will deny. That
ire likely to be permanently injured to a
extent by the annihilation of Southern
s, they think, they have good reason to
The idea conveyed by the telegram can,
be nothin^ more »hnn that Pnni»
England are contemplating interference to ar
rest these evils even at the hazard of a war with
the United States.
Something, indeed, was said in the despatch
about restoring peace; and the telegrams of to
day state that numerous letters from Northern
sources have been received in Europe, praying
foreign intervention to put a stop to the war for
the sake of humanity. The war has, no doubt,
seriously impoverished a great many British
and French subjects in the Northern cities.—
But we apprehend nobody need concern him
self about any forcible intervention of foreign
kstore the old Union. It is neither
il nor pecuniary interest to recon-
old Union. All of them pronounce
reconstruction impossible, undesirable and
even unnatural. If their influence is exerted
peace, as it inevitably must be if
‘-rfere in the quarrel at all, thm^M^-
fl dictate a peace on swcl^^^^^Ht
;rceable to the South^^^^^Kug-
jiolicy would lead to^^^^^Rning
ier party from which much
nothing to fear, at the expense of
f, which can never occupy any oth-
if a maritime and com-
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specimens of the “ words of cheer'
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have been without your Daily for a few
and have decided that I had rather do.
one meal per day, than to do witl
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of Dura, renewing his subscription, adds: —
“Scarce as money is, I can’t afford to be with
out your paper.”
Death of an Aoed Neokess.—Sylvia, famil
iarly known as “Slamray,” died in this city on
the 1st instant, aged about 120 years. For the
past forty three years she has been tlie faithful
servant of Stephen Menard, Esq. Sylvia was
born of African parents, imported into the State
of Virginia previous to Braddock’s defeat, with
which event she was familiar. “Mammy” of
ten interested the family with reminiscences of
Gen. Washington, whom she had often seen.
MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAILROAD.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders and ume altogether unprecedented in the history of
Directors of this company, was held in this j the country. The New Yorkers exult over the
city, on Monday. The present energetic, and astonishing development of this trade; but it
efficient President, A. E. Cochran, was re-elect- strikes us this avalanche of breadstuff and pro-
I vision exportations, exhibited in their Jauuaiy
! returns, may be accounted for by the uncertain
I condition of their relations with Great Britain.
The New
large amount of their ex'
21st of January exceeded b;
those of any previous recor
The following is a com pa
they publish:
Comparative ftaicment ot the e :
specie,; from the port of New Yorl
for the week ending Jan. 21 and aince Jan. 1st:
i860. 1861. ■ 1862.
For the week $1,499,853 $2,756,311 $3,231,334
Previously reported . 2,537,726 5,019,179 5,901,820
Since Jan. 1st $4,037,579 $7,775,490 $9,134,654
These exports consist almost altogether of
Western farm products, chiefly to British ports,
which have flowed out in a quantity and vol
cd President. Arthur Dickinson was elected
Secretary and Treasurer. George II. Hazle
hurst was elected Chief Engineer—a judicious
and excellent selection. Messrs. A. fi. Coch
ran, B. F. Ross, L. N. Whittle, T. Ii. Bloom,
George Walker, Dempsey Brown, and Dr. M.
S. Thomson, were elected Directors. It will
be seen iliat the Board ol Directors is composed
of energetic and practical business men—a
sure guarantee that the operations of the ltoad
will be safely and properly conducted. The
Road is well officered.
Southern Montiilv.—J. W. Burke, of the
Methodist Book Depository, has laid upon our
table the February number of Hutton A Free
ligh’s Southern Monthly,published at Memphis,
Tenn., at $3 per annum. The number before
us is filled with a variety ol interesting matter,
and it is a readable monthly. It contains what
purports to be lithograph portraits of Major
Gens. W. J. Hardee and S. B. Buckner. There
appears to be vast room for improvement in its
illustrations. This, however, is no objection to
the reading matter.
Launch of a Gunboat at Mobile.—A gun
boat named the “Morgan,” was launched at
Mobile on Thursday last. The Morgan is the
first gunboat ever built in Alabama.
Macon Commissary Department for the
State Troops.—We are indebted to Mr. D. W.
K. Peacock, the gentlemanly agent of this de
partment, for the following summary of its op
erations for the month of January last:
Receipts.—6522 Sacks Flour; 689 Barrels
Flour; 356 Boxes Candles; 1875 Bushels Peas;
1795 Bushels Corn Meal; 8321 lbs. Bacon; 9
Ilbds Sugar; 98 Bbls. Syrup; 8U Boxes Soap;
14 Bbls. Lard; 1336 lbs. Beef.
Forwarded to Army.—480 lbs. Beef; 14 Bbls.
Lard; 49 BoxesSoap; 98 Bbls. Syrup; 9 IIlids.
Sugar; 3321 lbs. Bacon; 1073 Bus. Meal; 669
Bus. Peas; 307 Boxes Candles; 2490 Sacks
Flour.
ADDRESS OF OUR CONGRESSMEN.
We hardly need to caii attention to the pithy
and eloquent address of four of our retiring
Georgia Congressmen to their constituents. It
calls in earnest tones upon every Georgian to
awake with renewed vigor and earnestness to
the momentous struggle in which we are en*
gaged, and welcome the lawless invaders with
a sword in one hand and a torch in the oilier.—
This is the spirit which should and does ani
mate our people. True, the enemy no where
manifests the energy and courage which are
the indispensable conditions to any great de~
gree of success in his invasion. But the storm
of fanaticism on his rear will eventually drive
him on, and the momentum of mere numbers
will produce a terrible and sanguinary shock.
Never had a people a more favorable occasion
than we now have to make for ourselves an il
lustrious place in history—to win a character
which shall be a rich and proud inheritance for
our children. A struggle of gallant men to
protect their own firesides from raid and mur
der, is a spectacle which heaven must approve,
.nd humanity applaud. A few months more
daunted courage and energy and the war,
believe, will be gloriously over.
■O WHERE DID IT COME FROM.”
e “telegraphic operator at Nashville” des
the soft impeachment of the Savannah Re-
tbat he sent a despatch announcing
capture of St. Louis by Gen. Price. The
now arises where did that despatch
It surely would not be surprising in a year of
food scarcity if British importers should be
desirous of storing away large stocks of grain
and meat at a time when the whole British
press are discussing the probability of war
with Lincolndom.
DEATH OF A. S. M ILLINGTON, ESQ.
The Charleston Courier of the 3d, is clad in
mourning on account of the sudden death, by
apoplexy, on Sunday morning, of the original
founder of that paper, A. S. Willington, Esq.
Mr. Willington was in the 81st year of his
age, and was perhaps the oldest editor and pub
lisher in the Confederacy. Asa practical prin
ter he became connected with the Courier at
its start, in the year 1803, and for a period of
nearly sixty years sustained the relations of
printer, publisher and editor of that journal.
No member of the fraternity enjoyed in a
higher degree the esteem and respect both of
the public and of the craft, of which he was a
worthy and exemplary member.
TIIE SOUTHERN PRESS.
The Richmond Enquirer says ;
A gentleman jusl; returned from the North,
informs us that the public mind there is con
stantly fed on extracts of discontent and dis
satisfaction, alleged to exist at the South, by
quotations from Southern papers. That there
is no such dissatisfaction or discontent, is too
well known at the South to need comment from
us. But this erroneous impression, thus crea
ted, docs injury to our cause in the South, in
the North and in Europe.
Although now and then a captious article
finds its way into some small portion of the
Southern press, yet, thank God, there is little
food of this sort to gratify the Northern appe
tite. The press is substantially a unit Its
few differences have related almost entirely to
the question of an offensive or defensive war,
and where expressions of dissatisfaction with
the policy of the government have been indulg
ed, they have emanated from that portion of
the press, always claiming the most inveterate
hostility to the North, and earliest in favor of
separation. But we believe it will be well,
during the war, to pretermit all animadversion
upon the government. Satisfied, as all must
be, of the general patriotism and purity of the
public administration, and the earnest desire of
the government to bring the war to a speedy
and prosperous conclusion, better that all pub
lic notice of supposed errors in judgment or
policy should be omitted, rather than by news
paper complamts, to furnish encouragement
and hope to the enemy.
BALTIMORE.
The Baltimore correspondent of the New
York Tribune tells a long and dolerous story of
the state of feeling in Baltimore, in which he
represents 'hat alt the social influences of that
place are thrown in favor ol secession, and says;
The amount of secession corruption in the
social veins is vast and by no means decreas
ing, and it will be sure to have another erup
tion before the thing is done with.
“HOW W AS IT DONE.”
The influence of Alfred Ely with Lincoln
and Seward is reported to be the cause of the
release of a gTeat number of Confederate pris
oners, including the placing of the privateers
men now imprisoned in New York and Phila
delphia on the footing of prisoners of war. A
general exchange of prisoners will very certain
ly be the result
WHAT MACON IS DOING.
The ways of Providence are inscrutable, and
past finding out Although the present war
waged upon us by the North, is an unholy one
—one waged not for principle bntfor subjuga
tion alone,—one that has stained brothers hands
with brothers; blood and separated many bound
together by the closest ties, yet who can esti
mate the blessings or benefits resulting from it
to the people of the. South, when the young
and vigorous Confederation is independent,
commercially and politically, from Lincolndom.
Can we estimate at its full value, the benefit ac-
cruingto us from making us self-reliant ?
Can tie rightly appreciate the blessing of
seeking to develope our own vast resources,
instead of relying upon the North to supply
us ? The resources of Georgia aro almost il
limitable, and, if properly developed, would
indeed entitle her to the appellation of the “Em
pire State of the South.” If Georgians would
only get to work in earnest, put practical ideas
into practical execution, what might not be ac-
complishedj!
Macon bids her sister cities God speed in
their manufacturing enterprises, and without
ostentation, would cite a few examples for imi
tation of what she has been doing for the de
velopment of her resources, and the good of
the Commonwealth.
-First, we would state that Mr. Nathan Weed
is manufacturing a splendid and superior arti
cle of Currier’s knives, of solid steel, black
walnut handles, and finely polished. We have
examined the style of Currier’s tools, Knives,
Workers and Flashers. ,mt SnJ a.». «n «-
bKiicui anj »er>Fc3fote article, and far superior,
Mr. W. assures us, to those of Northern
make. He is also manufacturing another use
ful article—Blacksmith’s Bellows of extra
quality, 32 and 38 inches. The leather which
is used in them was tanned in Jones County—
the whole made at his shop. They are better
made and more serviceable than those from
Yankeeland. Mr Weed also designs manufac
turing pruning knives, of extra quality. He
has also a fine lot of Hubs, Spokes, and Fel
loes, made here. Mr. Weed deserves the pa
tronage and thanks of the people, for his ener
gy, and wc hope that he will enlarge his sphere
of operations, and manufacture other useful
articles.
He has also on hand Shoe Pegs and Lasts,
manufactured by John G. White, of Perry,
Ga., who, we understand, has a large contract
from Government for manufacturing Caissons.
The brief time we were in Mr. Weed’s estab
lishment w as agreeably spent.
Next we would notice that E. J. Johnston &
Co. are manufacturing a superior service sword
—some with plain blades ar.d others beautifully
etched. They presented Ilis Excellency Jef
ferson Davis, President of the Confederate
States, with one of their service swords, which
elicited his praise. Everything is made at this
establishment to complete the sword, except
the leather in the scabbards, which are made
in our saddlery establishments. Messrs. J. &
Co. also manufacture a handsome specimen of
metal clasps for bells, those for Confederate
service having the letters “C. S;” those for
State service having the coat of arms of Geor
gia. They also manufacture a magnificent
sword lor loot artillery, capable of doing good
execution. 1 he swords are amply tested, accor
ding to the Manual of the War Department, and
come up fully to the standard. We also saw a
handsome specimen of an officer’s sash, knit in
this city. Any officer ought to feel proud in
wearing it They turn out also a large number
of Havelocks and capes made of enamelled
cloth, which are just the thing for the soldier.
Messrs. J. A Co. have entered into a contract
with the Ordnance Department to furnish them
with a large quantity of cartridges for Colt’s
pistols. This is a new branch, but an impor
tant one at present.
We also saw in their establishment an inge
nious machine made in this city for rolling
metals, etc. We trust to see the establishment
gna'ly enlarge its manufacturing powers.
We propose to extend our remarks on this
subject, giving the result of our visits to other
manufacturing establishments. The subject is
an interesting one. Our citizens will be aston
ished when they learn “What Macon has been
doing"—but she has not done one-half of what
she is capable and able to accomplish in man
ufacturing.
KEEN FOR SOUTHERN TRADE.
The New York Times, of the 22d, says;—
"The Yankee yearning for Southern trade is ex
traordinary. Scarcely a day passes without
numerous applications being made to the War
Department for permission to take vessels into
Port Royal, laden with assorted cargoes of
shoes, blankets, coffee, salt, needles, pins, qui
nine, Ac., Ac. In every case it is urged that
the sole desire is to afford these invaluable lux
uries to the poor Union soldiers who are see
ing hard service in that inhospitable clime.—
But the Government is obdurate, and refuses
to break its own blockade. At least forty ap
plications for leave to take goods into Port
Royal have been refused, in the past ten days.
In two cases cargoes of ice were allowed to be
taken in, on the ground that it might prove
useful to sick soldiers in hospital, or to wound
ed men in case of a battle.
lYIr. Seward's Opinion and the Foreign
War.
Mr. Seward says there is no danger of a war
between Lincolndom and Great Britain. If this
were merely Seward’s opinion upon the proba
bility of an abstract fact, we should conclude
at once that war was impending. That unhap
py and treacherous politician has not ventured
a single opinion since the war begun which has
not provcil entirely erroneous. The scathing
bill of indictment which we copied against him
yesterday front the Albany Argus, displayed at
length such a catalogue of blunders and mis
takes as never was laid to the door of any pub
lic functionary in tho space of less than one
year. He had never been right even by acci
dent, either upon a fact or an opinion ; and it
is wonderful how a man of genius can have
so little practical sense. He will be driven out
of public life before the year is over, by a uni
versal shout of execration. The Northern pa
pers intimate that he is seldom sober—but
drunk or sober, he is a marvel of a blunderer.
In this case, however, Mr. Seward has a di
rect and almost unlimited agency in determin
ing the fact of peace or war. lie can concede
whatever may be necessary to prevent war.—
He can back down l.o any extent. lie has al
ready distinctly intimated to England that war
would follow recognition, which affords him a
pretty chance for crawfishing. He can just as
well back out of his blockade and his stone
fleet projects. If that be his policy, there will
be no war with France and England, nor is
there any need of the coast fortifications now
in progress in the North. The panic there is
all gratuitous, and we can conclude the war as
we began it, without foreign intervention. So
mote it be.
fy The Athens Ga. Watchman states that
it is rumored that Col. Thos. R. R. Cobb, has
been appointed a Brigadier General in the Con
federate army.
LATEST EUROPEAN NEWS.
Demonstrations or Joy at the Pros
pect of Peace.
The last news from Europe is replete with
interest to the Southern reader. The intelli
gence that Mason and Slidell had been surren
dered, caused a universal burst of joy through
out the island. In Manchester the bells were
rung, and everywhere the people seem to have
taken a long breath in token of satisfaction.
THE LONDON TIMES ON THE RECEPTION OF MA
SON AND SLIDEEL.
The Times, of the llth ult, contains the
following:
How then are we to receive these illustrious
visitors? Of course, they w ill be stared at,
and followed, and photographed, and made the
subject of paragraphs. There is no help for
that. Mr. Thomas Sayers cannot walk the
streets with a friend, or ask the Mayor for per
mission to put up a booth in a market place,
but the crowd immediately conclude the rough,
hard-visaged, ilLfavored pair to be the Confed
erate Commissioners, Messrs. Mason and Slidell,
with their two Secretaries, though not so hand
some and graceful as their countryman, Blon-
din, would certainly fill the Crystal Palace if
they proposed to address the visitors there on
the merits of their cause. But, for the benefit
of the discriminating—for the guidance of the
minority that prefers at least a respectable idol,
and that does not wish to throw away its con
fidence and applause, we tray as well observe
that Messrs. Mason and Slidell are about the
most worthless booty it would be possible to
extract from the jaws of the American lion.
They have long been known as the blind and
habitual hatem anil rcvtlers of Hits country.
They have done more than any other men to
get up the insane prejudice against England
which disgraces the morality and disorders the
policy of the Union. The hatred of this coun
try have been their stock in trade. On this
they have earned their political livelihood and
won their position, just as there are others
who pander to the lower passions of humanity.
A diligent use of this bad capital has made
them what they are, nnd rs.ised them to the
rank of Commissioners It is through their
lifelong hatred and abuse of England that they
come here in their present conspicuous rapac
ity.
So we do sincerely hepe that our country
men will not give these fellows anything in the
shape of an ovation. T te civility that is due
to a foe in distress is all that they can claim.—
What they and their secretaries are to do here
passes our conjecture. They are personally
nothing to us. They must not suppose, be
cause we have come to the very verge of a great
war to rescue them, that, therefore, they are
precious in our eyes. AYe should have done
just as much to rescue :wo of their own ne
groes, and, had that been tho object of the res
cue, the swarthy Pompsy and Ctasar would
have had just the same right to triumphal arch
es and municipal addresses as Messrs. Mason
and Slidell. So, please, British public, let’s
have none of these things. Let the Commis
sioners come up quietly to town, and have
their say with any body who may have time to
listen to them. For ou:r part, we cannot see
how anything they have to tell can turn the
scale of British duty and deliberation. There
have been so many eases of peoples and na
tions establishing an actual independence, and
compelling the recognition of the world, that
all we have to do is what we have done before,
up to the very last year. This is now a simple
matter of precedent. Our statesmen and law
yers know quite as much on the subject as
Messrs. Mason and Slidell, and are in no need
of their information or advice.
BRIGHT HOPES FOR ThE SOUTH DAWNING—THE
RECOGNITION OF TUB SOMTIt.
The London Herald, of the 7th of January,
contains the following unanswerable arguments
in favor of Southern recognition:
We do not desire, by any attempt at persua
sion on our part, to hurry this government and
people into a precipitate resolution on so mo
mentous a matter. Bnt. t.6e question thst lies
before us, and one that presses for a speedy
answer, is, whether it be right or not that we
should, without delay, recognize the indepen
dence of the Southern Confederacy? We say
without delay. That sooner or later it will
have to be recognized is inevitable. The ques
tion is, whether it should not be done at once ?
We are left to our free choice in the matter.
Wheaton, Cooke, Vattel nnd all international
jurists, have clearly laid this down. Wheaton
affirms that, in the case ol tire revolt of a pro
vince, of an empite or State, the first thing for
foreign States to do is t» allow belligerent
rights to both parties in tie conflict In the
next place, a foreign government may, if it
pleases, recognize the independence of the re
voltod people, or enter into treaties of commerce
or amicable relations with it. The mere recog
nition cannotjustly be regarded by the other
belligerent party as an occision of war. The
period of recognition ia left to the option of the
foreign States. But repeated precedents
such cases as the revolt of the Belgians, the
South Americans, the Greeks, tne Swiss Can
tons—have established the practice of recogni
zing de facto governments, even before the pa
rent States had chosen to admit their indepen
dence. This fact, that other such governments
have been recognized, without delay, estab
lishes a sort of right to recognition, which
may very fairly be pressed upon us by the
Confederate States. That is, a de facto gov
ernment, which possesses all the machinery of
State and manages its own concerns, and which
its enemies have no reasonable expectation of
subduing by means of lawful war. Who can
suppose that by such means the North will ev
er subdue the South? Seven millions of men,
united by their hopes, their animosities and
their fears, have stood up successfully for nine
months against all the armaments that have so
futuriously been hurled against them by the 21
millions of the North. Inch by inch have
they contested their ground, and inch by inch
they have gained it; they have won every bat
tie, and put to flight every army that has tak
en the field. They are in a better position
now than they were when they commenced
tho contest. Every day adds to their deter
mination to accept no terms, to agree to no
compromise with the enemy. They feel them
selves a separate nation, and a separate nation
they have resolved to bo henceforth.
Wc do not speak of the merits of the quar
rel, but only of the attitude of ihe combatants
anil the prospect of the strife. The North may
lay waste, with its fleets, the flourishing coast
towns of the South; it may tilt out its cargoes
of stones to choke up the inlets provided for
the interchange of amicable relations between
peoples by a bounteous Providence, more mer
ciful than man to man; it may land its armies
in the swamps to harrassy tiie planters and do
battle with the yellow fever; it may send its
steam squadrons down the broad river, and
burn Mobile and New Orleans; hut all this will
not bring it one jot nearer to the end; all this
will but add to the fierce intensity of hate
which the injured Southerners will bequeath
to the yet unborn. Secure in their stubborn
patriotism, in their firm resolution to conquer
their liberty or die, the men of the Confede
rate States will maintain the struggle till their
enemies are exhausted by their efforts and de
sist from their utter powerlessness to protract
it further. If it causes much losses in the
i North, and necessitates such tremendous sacri-
1 flees as the world has never dreamed of before,
what must be the silent pain, the untold ago
ny, of the smaller and weaker people that is
too proud to let us hear its cry? Before they
ask for foreign aid, the people of the South
will waste with famine and sickness—will die
and make a desert of the seven fair States that
but recently were peopled with a happy and
contented race. And is there nothing poetical
or romantic in all this? Is it because our breth
ren beyond the seas are for the most part men
of the same race as ourselves that their hero
ism causes us no thrill, their sufferings bring
no tears? Had the same spectacle of constancy
been exhibited by Poles and Hungarians—had
some exotic race, some tribe of Hindoos, Chi
namen, red Indians, or South Sea Islanders
been the heroes of such a strife, how loud had
been the voice of sympathy from this generous
country! what fervid oration;* and Io pteans,
what odes and sonnets., what appeals from the
platform, what passionate emotions in the closet
■ of
hav
would then have pleaded the cause of the pa
triot and the oppressed!
If it be argued that by recognizing the.
Southern States we shall weaken the hands i i‘
the North, and assist to bring to an end this
war of sections, we answer this is the very rea
son why we most wish that the step should 1
taker,. It is in the interest of humanity that
we desire that this war, which isouiy i.ept iro
by the blind obstinacy of the North, should be
bronght to as speedy a close as may be.
WHAT INDUCEMKSWS THE SOUTH OFFERS TO ENG
LAND.
II right and justice is ignored, John Bud
will hardly resist an appeal to his pocket , so
alluringly set forth in tho following extracts
from the London Herald, of the 10th ultimo:
Itis believed that the plenipotentiaries of the
Confederate States nowin London are prepared
to conclude with this country a treaty of com
merce ar.d navigation of the most liberal and
comprehensive character, which would concede
to us advantages such us we can never hope to
obtain from the protectionist Northern States.
Not only would British merchants be placed o:i
a footing of perfect equality with American
merchants, but the British Hag would be assim
ilated in all respects to the flag of the Souths
ern Confederacy. Nay, more, the Confederate
States applying spontaneously the most enlarg
ed principles of free trade to its fullcss appli
cation, are disposed, we are assured, to put the
carrying trade upon their coasts on a looting
of perfect equality. \Yc are warranted in
reckoning on a large participation in this valu
able carrying trade, inasmuch as the Confeder
ate States are mainly agricultural, and possess
little or no shipping. Hitherto the Northern
States have monopolized the coasting trade.—
The disruption of the late United States will,
however, practically admit British shipping to
the enjoyment of that reciprocity from which
it has too long been unfairly excluded. ()ur
shipowners will at once appreciate the impor
tance of this concession.
There is another weighty consideration wel,
calculated to reconcile us to the disruption oi
the United States. New York has, till lately,
been the banker, broker and commission a o n :
of the Southern States. Official returns .-how
that upwards of three-fourths of the European , ’
goods consumed by the South have been ship- ; position
;eof
•tariff in r
L judging
W]
liarn
Ami
valu
Tlio
and your viol
stored to its o
Judge Dan
Calhoun, whe
Mexico, sleep
the
the
ped to Northern ports, for transmission thenc:
to the South. Secession and the Morrill tariff , lt ,
must bring about a complete revolution in those :
branches of business. Much of our late ex
port trade to New York will be diverted into
new channels Already houses in London and j p;,
Liverpool (convinced that the subjugation of ,,
the Southern by the Northern States is an utter
impossibility, and recognition of the Oonfede- ''
rate States inevitable) are making tlicii prepay j sc.
rations for the establishment ol branch houses
at New Orleans, Charleston, and Norlolk,
moment trade with these places shall b
opened. French houses at
aro likewise prrpanng lor si
course with the South
Arrangements have been completed by
terprising parties with large resources at Li
erpool for the establishment of two iines of
first class steamers, one to Charleston and the
other to New Orleans. A third line to Noriol
(the terminus of the Seaboard and Roanoke
Railway, by which cotton front North Carolina
and Tennessee can be laid down there as cheap
ly as at New Orleans,) is also in contemplation.
Under the operation of a highly protective tar
iff the cotton manufacturers of Lowell and
other places in the North have hitherto sup
plied the Southern States with coarse cotton
fabrics, (domestics.) and negro clothing to the
value of about ten millions sterling annual y,
ST A UY A1
gc olfe
$S a $S,J
Wheat
ntand.
The tr
the market is very dull at 50 a 55
If the law passes the House, as
the Senate of the Tennessee Leg;
ing it unlav.ful to purchase or i
of grain into spirituous liquors, i
istencc of the present war, unde;
alt}’, it is thought that corn will
Manchester may for the future command near- I lower.
ly the whole of this business.
In the event of the Confederate Commission
ers being surrendered, and war on that ground
averted,it is clear that upon commercial grounds
the Governments of England and France have
every inducement to recognise the well-earned
independence ol the Confederate States. Tiie I
precedents of the Swiss Cantons, the seven
United Provinces of tho Netherlands, of the re- J
volted Spanish American colonics, of Greece, I
of Belgium, of Texas, and of the Kingdom of
Italy, justify and command the step, which, if
not manfully taken hy Ministers at once, is
-ciioin to be taken t>y Parliament on its re- :
assembling. .
Bacon and pork in statu quo.
Sugar and Molasses have adv
Orleans sugar 6) a 10 cis. in bbls
less hhds. Molasses 424 a 47) ct
bits., and 45 a 50 in half bbls.
Nails have advanced $15 to
No change in other articles.
PROLlh
Mr. C. R. Bring
on hand a small io
ttirnKa is thtr'brst
in the Confederate
The Kansas Brigand's Expedition-
We have before called attention to the pre- * 11,11 merely for hi
parations that are being made by the Federal lied that it yiel i
land pirate, Jim Lane, to make a grand expedi- more than anv mh
tion from Kansas southw ard in Western Arknn- i , n, A ■
sas and Northern Texas. He has, it is alleged,
obtained a carte blanche from the Washington
government to conduct his operations in this
campaign upon his own principles, which t.re
known to abhor the usual courtesies of civilized
warfare as nature does a vacuum.
Lane’s force, we are enabled to state upon
Northern authority, will consist of 15,000 cav
alry, 10,000 infantry, 1,000 flying artillery, 1,-
200 fusilcers, 4,000 Indians, and 1,000 negroes,
making a total of 32,200. The negroes are to
be taken front the fugitive slaves in Kansas,
1',-
terms. A sample of this <
the stalk, may lie seen a
Lake’s, in thi- city ; which
poor sample.
Of tho growth, productio
lars may be hail by addres;
above.
OUTll
JNA
A repi
and will be used as drivers of wagons a:id I way trains that
carts, and to perfotm other drudgery deemed within two miles
too degrading for Yankee hand-.
lie expects to obtr'n seven regiments from
Illinois, four from Wisconsin, three from Iowa,
three from Ohio, two front Indiana, and five
from Kansas. One of the regiments will he
made up of miners, and another will ho com
posed entirely of mechanics, such as railroad
and bridge builders, wagon makers, block-
smiths, iron-foundrymen, harness makers, bo it
builders, etc., who will bo equipped with all
needful tools and implements; the Lincoln gov
ernment having appropriated $210,000 for that
purpose.
The most remarkable feature of this expedi
tion is the manner in which it is expected lo
subsist during the progress of its movement;*.
It is generally understood that Lane has given
Lincoln assurances that the government shall
be subjected to no expense in supporting his
army, beyond furnishing the outfit, as ii. is his
intention that his men shall feed themselves
from the resources of the country and “the
rebels’ granaries” while on the march. I i
evidence of his candor in this matter, tiie brig
and chief proposes to carry wiJt him a horse
power sawmill and five hundred portable or
hand flour mills, thus pillaging as lie goes anil
feeding his men from hand to mouth.
The field of operations assigned this Vandal
expedition by Lincoln is stated to be K ansas,
Southwestern Missouri, Arkansas, the Indian . ceeilingly u-< fu .
Territory, and “as much further south as it ! a j 0 f Turtle On
of til
and Savannah Railway
federate pickets. If t
soon have some stirring
THE FISHING CUKE
The New York Times head,
over this victory thus : “l'h
Kentucky. The report of the
rebels duly confirmed. The n
tory of the war. Everything h s
even honor.” Tho w retch ou
mount an original brag o\
glorification, but he le.s pi ig :
sell’s report of Cull Run.
A WO
Now that Pikes
tion of our troops,
should be well mat
tern. They sh«u
edged lauce, six t
guard should pres;
axe blade, and on t
in a skirmish with
chooses to venture.” The Cincinnati Gazctta
says that it is Lane’s intention to quarter his
forces at New Orleans hy April next, and that
he expects to reach that point by way of Red
river through the northeastern pass, thence in
to Louisiana on the Gulf of Mexico. This
programme is certainly a Napoleonic one in its
conception, and is quite as apt to be realized as
the onward move ot Scott to the same \ ointof
destination via Richmond and Montgomery,
which was so confidently assigned him by the
New York Times previous to the battle of Ma- j t 0 i,e cutthrou h.
nassas.—Memphis Appeal.
that some of the pik
are uncouth an 1 clumsy ti
says, with a brigade of tti
men—fleet of foot—strong of hand
fearless of disposition—with the r
Pikes, measuring seven f el
point, he would engage to cut
through any Yankee column th:
formed, provided they would stand 1
Spoils from tiie Lincoln Fleet.—Within
the last few days a large quantity of wrecked
material, consisting of blocks, spars, dtc., haw
been picked up in and near this harbor. These
articles havo undoubtedly come from the Lin
coln stone fleet sunk near this port, and which
the winds and wa- es have been gradually break
ing up. Many of the smaller specimens art-
being distributed over the city, and will in time
be among the curiosities of the Lincoln war,
and others that are more valuable arc being
sold by the wreckers.
A portion of a whaling bark or brig, includ
ing the name “New England,” was driven i i
against one of the Atlantic Wharves, (South)
on Saturday evening. It is no doubt from one
of the submarine investments lately made off
Kentucky.—We have no news y
dark and bloody ground. Our las
tion, if reliable, indicated that a st.;
momentarily impending at Fort llei
Tennessee river. The Federr.ls had
miles below the Fort and " ere mail
rations for an assault. From Bow
wc get nothing, nor can any itupoi
be reasonably anticipated till the roai
As far back as tho 30th ult, tho Cir
pers formally announced that Gen.
ready to move, and was t
vorable weather.
uen. w
cd only by un
Rebels in Montreal.—The Li
our harbor for the benefit of all Northern owr - j nft j savs t | lc ,- 0 aru sixty-seven f
till
ers of old and useless hulls.
The drifting ashore of such a piece of a .
wreck or hulk, with the name of “New Eng
land,” may be taken as an omen by some.
Chits. Courier.
Donegana House, Montre
of the first news from
seizure of Mason am
they that a supjxr was
house, costing $1300.
at »lie
d, and on the receipt
;Uadconcerning the
lideil, so joyful were
ren by them at the
— The San Francisco Journal nominates fo r | ^ calculation shows that every Co .
President, in 1864, Georgo D. Prentice, tho to- j 1)y tllc Lincolnites, during the
ry editor of the Louisville Journal.
— Instead of advancing ou Hopkinsville or
Russelville, as repotted, the Rowling Grccti
Courier of the 27th learns that C4 J|1 - Ton:
Crittenden’s command hvs fallen back from
Calhoun to South Carrollton.
months of this unholy war, eo:
Goverment one hundred thous
—Tho railroad to While River, Arkansas,
has been completed, bringing Little Uoek with
in twenty-four hours of Memphis.