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THE VETO.
V portion of the President’s yeto message
Ivompanying the Civil Rights bill on its re
in to Congress, will b« found in our col-
Lans. It is >11 of the ilnnnniwl m ail al ceil in
te Nashville papers of tho 29th inst, from
Xhieb it is extracted. We hope to bo able
[ f ur nish the remainder to-morrow.
" The veto, so far as we have secnj has been
.voraMy received. Tho comments of the
,rte leading New Vork papers will bo found
|n brief on this page. Tho President hasevi-
icntly presented a powerful argument,not only
oreawtr fbe measure under consideration
at extending to the whole line of Radical
policy regarding the South, against which he
[cclarcs uncompromising hostility. Tho Dc-
ructives will find in him a full match for
icir combined intellect and diplomacy. He
£hts them with tho weapon of truth, and is
>ound to drive their discomfited legions be-
ore him. Such masterly power of logic and
arncst patriotism does tho President bring
o l>ear upon the obnoxious bill returned to
'ongress, that its enemies are startled by the
toll deformities brought to light, and its
fiends, confounded and dismayed, can only
rent their spite in impotent generalities
ml harmless abuse. It is evidently a docu-
nent that strikes both the head and heart of
lie country, and we are convinced that it will
»- sustained by tbe sober men of all parties at
he North. Whether the Senate can climb
rer or tunnel through the mountain of nr-
pimeut he has erected against a measure that
eceived almost their unanimous support af-
er weeks of scrutiny and discussion, remains
o be seen. We trust, for the country’s sake,
lhat they will yield their prcjudices'to the
lemamis oi truth and have the moral cour
se to reverse a judgment that was manifest-
wrong. Perhaps we may get tho result by
legraph before we go to press with this
lumber of our paper, certainly in time for
aouncement in our next, as the Senate have
illy exhausted the argument.
Ia closing this brief notice of a document
ihat will lire in history as one of the great
lndmnrks of civil liberty in America, wc
TouUl be doing violence to our feelings did
wc omit to offer to the President, in behalf of
lie whole Southern people, their thanks for
bis masterly and patnotic vindication of their
Constitutional rights against tho encroach
ment of a faction that would destroy tbc last
restige of their liberties.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
Analysis of the Radical Legislation of Con
gress—Designs of the Radicals—How they
Expect to Accomplish them—The Presi
dent an Obstacle in their Path.
Washington, March 20, I860.
The course of legislatiion which is bein
pursued by the Radical majority in Congress
is nbsolntely startling. Fully nine months
have elapsed since the termination of the wari
yet all the legislation of Congress, so lar as
the Radical majority can control it, has been
conducted os if the war was still raging, or
at least as if the eleven Southern States were
conquered provinces constituting a territory
foreign from our own, and as if the people of
those States constituted a subjugated popu
lation, and were not our fellow citizens.
At tho time when Congress asse mbled in
December, tho war had been over fully six
months. The rebellion had been cutirely
quelled six or eevpn months before. The ob
jects for which the war had been prosecuted,
had been fully accomplished. The authority
of tho National Government had been fully
established, and cheerfully acknowledged in
every one of the eleven Southern States. The
people of those States, without exception,
honestly, sincerely, and without reserve, gave
in their aQhcsion to the Government and
sought to restore their relations with that
Governmeut which had been interrupted by
the war. While their efforts for this end
were in progress they busied themselves in
repairing the ravages of war at home. With
untiring industry and zeal they labored in
the cultivation of tbc soil, and in the restor
ation of trade and business of every kind.—
Aided by their fellow ditizens in the Northern
cities, they re-opened their commercial rela
tions with them. They rebuilded their own
cities which the fortune of war bad left in
rains. Aided again by their Northern fellow
citizens, they rebuilt most of the most import
ant lines of their railroads, constructed new
bridges for them, and ouce more commenced
the running of trains to their chief cities.—
Once more the smiles of peace and industry
blessed the land.
In tbe meantime they had listened to tbe
wise counsels of tbe President and Secretary
of State. They had elected State Legisla
tures, and these bodies having met, had rati
fied the amendment to the Constitution
abolishing slaveiy, and had elected Senators
for the United States Senate. The people also,
under the -direction of the President and
Secretary of State, had elected Governors and
members of Congress. Such was the condi
tion of things at the South when Congress
met in IJecember. The President in bis mes
sago was not only able to say that the Union
was restored; he was able to announce also
that, by the action of tbe Southern States, a
new article bad been added to the Constitu
tion of tbe United States; that the Southern
States were entitled to representation in Con-
tion. This body of men have deprived, and
continue to deprive eleven States of their
equal representation in the Senate. They
have excluded, and they continue to exclude
from their seats, 22 Senators and So Repre
sentntives from those eleven States. They
have already revolutionized the Government
ItsTormis essentially changed. It has. at pres
: ent", all the worst features of an oligarchy
Intoxicated by the possession of absolute
power, the radical leaders show themselves
determined to resort to any means to retain
it. They are now trying to effect the expul
sion of os many Democratic members as pos
sible fromjboth Houses. Mr. Voorliees, of
Indiana, who had a clear right to his scat, has
been expelled. Mr. Stockton, of Ncw^Jer
sey, whose right to his seat in the Sen
ate was not only -admitted by the
Judiciary Committee, but was enforced by
most able and luminous argument by the Re
publican Senator Trumbull.
Mr. Stockton, would have been expelled
from the Senate on the 23d, if he had not vo
ted himself, on the question of expulsion.*—
The expulsion of Mr. Brooks, of New York,
one of the most eloquent speakers, one of the
most useful members of the House; a man
whose brilliant talents render him useful not
to his own State alone, but to the whole coun
try—the expulsion of Mr. Brooks has been re
solved on, and will be consummated probably
next week in spite of the most positive testi
mony as to his right to his seat. The expul
sion of Mr. Harris, of Maryland, and Mr. Daw
son, of Pennsylvania, has also been resolved
on, and these great tfrongs will perhaps be
consummated.
Will they pause there ? There is no reason
to expect it. The President stands in their
engaged in gambling, and was, some time in
the fall of 1800, killed in a drunken brawl in
that place by a chum, one George Edicott,
since which time his memory and name had
almost faded out of the remembrance of his
acquaintances here. His wife, deserted by
her husband, reduced to the most squalid
poverty, for three years has made a living at
the wash-tnb.
Last week (Thursday) her youngest daugh
ter, Janet, died, and a few friends gathered
in to watch the corpse. There were, in the
party who sat up, John C. Reeves, an engi
neer at a steam mill, Thomas Tanners, broth
er of Mrs. Elder, Mrs. Shawmut, Mary Wil
liams and myself About ten o'clock in tho
evening, the doors and windows being all
closed and shut, we were not only amazed,
bnt stricken dumb by the appearance of El
der himself among us, in his palpable, earth
ly form, as when we knew him years ago. I.
tell it to you as it was, and if you wish to
make this appear more readable you can put
the flourish and high sounding words to suit
yourself. He deliberately walked to the cof-
way. They have already spoken of him os
“an obstacle to be removed.” His firmness,
his determination to stand upon the Consti
tution and to permit no infringement upon it,
have up to this time, saved the Southern
States from Iteing virtually abolished.
•Our readers will have seen, from the telegram
published some days ago, that subsequent to the
date of oar correspondent'# letter, tbe vote refer
red to was reconsidered, and the infamous pur
pose of the Radicals accomplished in the expul
sion of Mr. Stockton.—Eons.
. Dead Man Walks in at a Wake and
Gives his Widow a Bag of Gold.
They see strange sights and tell strange
gross and had sent their Senators and Repre- I 8torics out West Whether the days of mir-
sentatives here; and that the latter were fully 1 acl “ have Earned or tho whiskey distilled
entitled to their seats.
Now what has been the subscqnent course
of the legislation of Congress ? In tbc first
place wc see both Houses abdicating tlicir
Constitutional functions, and placing their
chief powers in the hands of a conncil of
fifteen members, an irresponsible body, a com
mittee which meets in secret and whose de-
What Docs it Amount to 7
We have been reading the radical papers^
forth and South, for several months most
liligcntly, and havo even had the patience, in
•ur search after truth, to wade through a num-
*r of the prosy, brainless, bnt malignant
speeches of their champions in Congress,
togelher with the letters of their various
emissaries to tho South and the testimony of .. . , _ . .
..... , , _ ... , | liberations are kept veiled from the public
their witnesses before tho Committee of Fif- _ , .. r
tern, and what does it nil amount to ? What' e f; the next place wc see the purpose
is the reason assigned why the Southern' P lft,nIy announced by the radical leader, in
States should not be admitted into fu „ fel -1 Congress, to treat the South as conquered ter-
lowship as members of the Federal Union, j ntoiy and the Southern people as a foreign
and restored to tho possession of all their' and ^bjugated population: to permanently
rights under the Constitution ? 1 *f clu . d# Sonthe ™ , 8tat “ fron ? . re Presenta-
Is it alleged that any portion of tho South-; tion in Congress, at least “for thirty years,”
era people hove refused to lay down their j °r “during the lifetime of tho present gencr-
inns and pledge themselves to support i ation.” In the third place we see this council
the Government for tho future ? No. Is it I of fifteen reporting a series of measures cal-
dtaiged that, though disarmed, any portion j culated to effect this end, and others making
of our people have been guilty of acts of Los- such changes in the Constitution of the Uni-
tility or disloyalty to tho Union ? No. Is it ‘ ted States as, if carried into effect, would vir-
pretended that thov have not gone about their , tually abolish that instrument: and wc see
business and by tlicir wholo walk and conver ! that the consummation of these measures is on-
sation shown n disposition to bnry tho , ly prevented by the veto of the President and
hatchet and live in peace and harmony with by tho action of the Senate by tlie smallest
the North ? No. Some of the terms pre- 1 possible majority, in sustaining that veto.—
scribed by tlie Executive were hard, bnt has Finally we sec that tho radical leaders boldly
any State refused to comply with them ? No. announce that their object in pursuing this
Ilavc we failed to acknowledge the abolition of course of legislation is—what? To re
slavery, to engraft an act of abolition on our store and perpetuate tho Union ? Ah! no.
own fundamental laws, and to provide for the ' They announce that their object is—to
protection of tho negro in all his rights of per- perpetuate their own power. In other
and property ? No. Tyrannical as they arc . words they have determined to trample on
in Borae sections of the country, is there one the Constitution, to abolish that instrument,
in which armed rcsistence has licen offered to j to change the form of the government, to
the military authorities ? No. Is there any 1 revolutionize the government indeed, in or
movement among any portion of the South-. fiw that by excluding the Southern States
era people that would indicate a desire for I from participation in the next Presidential
anythingbutquiet and the restoration oflaw election, ^ey w^aWe toe^R^bl^ ^ Edmijml Burke ^ that topunisb
and order throughout their country? No. can President m 1SG8, and to perpetuate the body and mass of the people,” capitally,
Tiiough deprived of all representation in the power ot the Republican pasty. J j 8 “to make massacres.” “To punish them
Government, and all voice in the enactment This strong language. But I am justified with lesser penalties is to debilitate the Com-
nf law. by which they have to be governed, in using it, not oSy by the facts themselves, bSta^ofcCjSS
can a solitary instance of rcsistence to but by the positive declarations of President to render happy and flourishing.”
those laws, or any of tho constituted civil Johnson, recently made. In the address As to crimes. lie draws a strong line of lim-
authorities. bo brought forward for our which he made some days ago, to a delega- Radon. _“Forno one_offense, politically an
conderanation t No. In all these respects tion from Kentucky, be stated-distinctly that
our conduct has been just what tlie Govern-1 the design of the radicals 4fcs to change the
ment would have it to be.
in that section has become inordinately bad,
does not appear, most likely tbe latter. At
any rate, a few weeks ago, the Devil himself
appeared, in propria persona, horses, hoofs
forked tail and all, in a certain locality in
Kentucky, the fact having been sworn to by
“a number of highly respectable witnesses.”
This sensation had not fully died away when
the Cincinnati Commercial favored its read
ers with the following:
Indianapolis, Indiana, i
March 6' I860. J
A startling affair you may say I am to de
scribe, and I promise your readers to not only
vouch for the truth of what I writo myself,
but will give yon the best references in this
city in addition “on call.” t
A mechanic in this city, by the name of
Orrin Elder, went to California in 1853, leav
ing a wife and two girls here. Upon .arriv
ing at California, he went to Shasta city, and,
after having mined for a year or so, became
fin and pi -ced upon it a bag of mctalic sub
stance, and as instantly disappeared. Com
mon sense got the better of us after a while,
and, upon opening the bag, wc found $070 in
ten dollar gold pieces, and a little scrap of
paper with the words on it, “Restitution at
last, 3rary.” The woman lias a certificate for
the money, now, on the First National Bank
of this city.
/ 1 took the editor of one of our city pa
•pers np to the house, called in all who had
sat up, and, after they had given in their tes
timony, be declined doing anything about it,
and said lie would get tbe credit of being a
fool for any labor in giving this story to his
readers. As to the character I bear in this
community, I would refer to A. H. Conner,
Esq., Postmaster. Joseph Lawson, Esqr., Col
Richard Ryan, Rev. J. U. Lozier and Dr.
Wagner «
Very Respectfully,
(Signed] Wilbert C. McIntire.
offense of .rebellion,” (italicised by himself,)
“by counsel, contrivance, persuasion, or com
pulsion—for no offense which is properly a
_ form of the government; to revolutionize tbc ,nQitarp offense of rebellion, or anything done
In what, then, are the Southern people de- government, by consolidating all of its pow- by open hostility m the field, should any man
Sent ? Upon what ground are they consid- era in the hands of this secret council of 15- 1 at aU he allied in question.” * * * *
ered unworthy of reinvestment with all tho ! It is time in( ,ecd, for the people of the Uni- “ Thc -. ofl TT *° f «Ta" „ oblite ™ te ?, h l
mrhtfl And privilege* ritSvM" il. , , , . pc&cc. Anotlior class should, of
Uniti <1 m-.tr f Whr i i - States to ask themselves tlie question, coursc . l>c included in the indemnity, name-
. ‘ J'L . 1 - hccau-e they -* w hat form of government are wc living un- ly: all those who, by their activity in restor-
<io not feel nght. This is the wholo aign- derf” If we are living under a monarchy, inff lawful government shall obliterate their
meat when sifted down to ita rrmerits.— j et U9 have the crown, “the robes of royalty, offenses.- To all such, he says, let amnesty
Our conduct and professions an-all right, but - . Wfl * ccrtninlv not h<5 extended. “BuV he asks, “where are the
arm».t(n„ iv j fR, d tn " c arc ccrl!UI “- not objects of justice, and of example, and of fu
anog.tingto tiionselveethe oMfihcfaiee Of, living under a republican form pf gov- ture security to tlie public peace ' They are
'* ai saintly Ha .icals profess to ernment such as existed before the war: naturally pointed out. not by tlicir bavin,
such a government as is provided for by tlie outraged political and civil laws but by tlicir
_ ft 1CC.1UV inimical to lilt L IIion.■■ , * liqvinif rplipllpd 1‘iAir nr mfnrp onJ
This it the whole case—thc sole ground on LonstnUition. That instrument provides that 0 | t ( ra ,'7ed man as man."
which millions of freemen are deprived of the House of Representatives shall consist of gadi are the opinions of a wise man, ex-
lUeir rights and subjected to tlie iron rule of members chosen “by tbe people of the several preswd in 1792. in the midst of simple gor-
toUitOTy despotism. How long will the : and that “the Senate shall be com- emments whose limitation of power was alone
"UWaensc and patnoti-m of tlieNorth tolcr- i — c .... ^ , ^ , the will of them that wielded them. How
7* nonsense mch flagrant Injustice and , ' .....cmmUh' i • i r •, ' i much more strongly do his benignant opin-
wrong to twelve millions of tlicir country- that no Mate snail be deprived of its equal - -• 1 -
representation in tlie Senate.” No one will
pretend to say that thc body of men now
sitting at tbe capitol constitutes such a Con
gress, such a legislative branch of the gov
ernment, as is provided for by tlie Constitu-
A violent tornado cros-rd thc Mississippi a
jew miles above Cairo on Wednesday night.—
it waa about 100 yards wide, and destroyed
everything in its track.
ions apply to our experience, crur own recent
experience, under a system so complex that it
is yet unsettled, except by force of arms, to
which authority. State or Federal, tlie allegi
ance of the citizen is due, when the conflict
ing authority of each is asserted over him.
Intercepted Letter from Hon. C. C. Clay.
The Boston Advertiser publishes the fol
lowing letter, which, it says, has been identi
fied as the production of Mr. Clay. The
messenger, trusted to carry it to Richmond
was arrested in Washington City and the
document found on his person. The Adver
tiser sa\s it affords the grounds of Mr. Clay's
long confincaient nt Fortress Monroe.
St. Catharine, <'• W„ i
November 1, 1SG4. (
Sin:—You have doubtless learned through
the press of the United States, ot the raid
on St. Albans, Vermont, by about twenty-
five Confederate soldiers, neatly all of them
escaped prists •- r * ted by Lieutenant Ben-
net II. Yoay*tfY OD! tf lc i r " r - t,c mpt and fail
ure to burn tk|ioS9 and thc robbery of
three banks there of the aggregate amount
of about $180,000; of t- icir arrest in Canada
by United States forces, tlicir commitment,
and the pending preliminary trial. There
are twelve or fourteen of the twenty-five
who have been arrested and arc now in
prison at Montreal, where tho trial for com
mitment for extradition is tow progressing.
A letter from Hon. J. J. M. Abbott, the lend-
ing counsel for tin prison s. dated Mont
real, 28th Octol>er, sites to me “We (prison
ers counsel) all think it qfiito clear that
the facts will not justify a commitment for
extradition under the law as it stands; and
we conceive the strength of our position to
consist in the documents we bold establish
ing tho authority of the raiders from the
Confederate States Government. Bnt there
is no doubt that this authority might be
made more explicit than it is, in-so-far as re
gards tlie particular act complained of, and I
presume the Confederate Government will
consider it to be their duty to recognize
officially the acts of Lieut. Young and his
party, and will find means to convey such
recognition to thc prisoners hero in such a
form as can bo proven before our courts. If
this were accompanied or followed by a de-
tnund from your Government that tho prison
ers be set at liberty, I think a good effect
would be produced, although prabably, the
application would not be received by the au
thorities. There will be at least afnrtnight’s
time, and probably more, expended in the
examination of witnesses, so that there
will be plenty of time for anything
that may be thought advisable to be
done in behalf of the prisonen.” I met
Mr. Young at nnlifux, on my way here,
in May last. Ho showed me letters from
men whom I knew by reputation to be
true friends of 8tate Rights, and therefore
of Southern Independence, vouching for his
integrity as a man, liis piety as t Christian,
and his loyalty as a soldier of the South. Af-
tersatisfying me that his heart was witli us
in our struggle, and that he had suffered im
prisonment for many months as a soldier of
the Codfederate States, for which ho had es
caped, he developed his plans fo: retaliating
some of the injuries and outrages inflicted up
on the South. I thought them feasible and
fully warranted by tbe law of nations and
therefore commended him and his plans to
the Secretary of War. He was sent back by
the Secretary ofWai nitli a commission as
second Li oaten. \ to execute his plans and
purposes, but tt*y.op< . to Hon. and my
self. We preveWftd bia achieving or attempt
ing what I am Suie ho could have done lor
U3 and which may be tully explained hereaf
ter. Finally, disappointed in his original pur
pose, and in all the subsequent enterprises
projected, he proposed to return to the Con
federate States via Halifax, but phasing thro’
the New England States and burning some
towns and robbing them of whatever he could
convert to tbe use of the Confederate Govern
ment
This I approved os justifiable retaliation.
He attempted to burn the town of St Albans,
Vermont, and would have succeeded but for
the failure of the chemical preparations with
which he was armed. Believing the town
was already fired in several places and must
be destroyed, ho then robbed thc banks of all
thc funds lie could find, amounting to more
than $200,000. That lie ^Yas not prompted
by selfish or mercenary motives, and that he
did not intend to convert the funds taken to
bis own use, but to that of the Confederate
States, I am as well satisfied as I am that he
is an honest man, a true soldier and a patriot,
and no one who knows him will question his
title to this character. He assured me before
going on the raid, tbat his efforts would be to
bum towns and farm houses; not to plunder
or rob; but, he said, if after firing a town he
saw he could take funds from a bank, or
anything which might inflict injury'on the
enemy and benefit his own Government, lie
would do so. He added most emphatically,
that whatever he took should be turned
over to the Government or its representa
tives in foreign lands. My instructions to
him, oft repeated, were “to destroy whatever
was valuable, but not to stop or rob; but if
after thc firing of a town he could secure and
cany off money, or treasure, or bank notes,
lie had a right to do so, upon condition that
his men delivered to the proper authorities
of tbe Confederate States.” That they were
not delivered according to his promise and
intention was owing, I am 6ure, to the failure
of his chemical compound to fire thc town,
and to thc capture of himself and men on
Canadian soil, being surprised and overpow
ered by superior numbers from the United
States. On showing me his commission and
liis iastructions from Mr. Scddon. which were
of course vague and indefinite, he said he
was authorized to do all the damage he could
to tlie enemy by way of retaliation. If this
be tne, it seems to me the Confederate States
Government should not hesitate to avow that
his act was fully authorized as warrantable
retaliation. If the Government do not as
sume the responsibility of this raid, I think
Licnt. Young and his men will be given up
to the United States authorities. If so, I fear
tho exasperated and alarmed people of Ver
mont will execute cruel and summary ven
geance upon them beforo they reach thc pris
on of St. Albans.
Tlie sympathy of nine-tcntlis of the Cana
dians are with Young and his men—a major
ity of all thc newspapers justify or excuse his
acts as merely retaliation—and they desire
only the authority of the Confederate States
government for it to resist tlicir extradition.
The refusal ot extradition is fully warranted
by the like course of the United Slates in
many co-cs cited lately in the Canadian pa
pers, which I cannot now repeat, but which
you can readily find. The refusal of extradi
tion would be of salutary political influence,
it is thought, both in the British provinces and
in Engltnd. I cannot now explain why. I
trust, therefore, for the sake not only of the
brave soldiers who attempted this daring ex
ploit, which lias caused a panic throughout
the United States bordering on Canada, and
tbe orginization of forces to resist, as well
tbc arlitrary and tyrannous order of Gen
Dix touching tbe coming Presidential elec
tion, bit for the sako of- our cause and coun-
trjj tbat the President will assume thc respon-.
sibility of the act of Lieut. Bennett H. Young,
and thai you will signify it in such form as
will enttle it to admission as evidence in the
pending trial.
I semi tlfe special messenger who bears this,
that your answer may lie brought back by
him wiihin ten days, or by the lltb instant.
The find judgment can, and will be, post
poned for tlie action of tbc Confederate Suites
Goverameut a- long as possible, certainly for
tea days.
I avail myself of this opportunity to bring! Confederate Dead.
to yefcr notice the case of Capt. Charles H. J , , T
Cole, another escaped prisoner of General» -»l^nv tributes of respect, says the New
Forrest's command, who was taken about) havc b< l en P aid to the memory-
six weeks since in the Michigan (tlie Federal \ of the soWiers who fe ll %hting for the Fed-
war steamer on Lake Erie), and is charged ! eral cause - Thelr aslles llave beea gathered
with an attempt at piracy (for attempting and entombed with solemn ceremony in con-
to capture the vessel), with being a spy,
&c. The fact is that he also projected and
came very near executing a plan for the
capture of that ve.-sel and the rex-tie of the
prisoners on Johnson’s Island. "Wc failed
only because of the return of the Captain
(Carter) of the Michigan, a day sooner than
expected, and thc betrayal (in consequence
of his return) of tbe entire plot. The only
plausible ground for charging him with
being a spy is that he was in Sandusky, on
Johnson’s Island, and on the Michigan very
frequently, without having on his person
thc Confederate uniform, but wearing the
dress of a private citizen. 31 and 1 Lave
addressed a letter to tbe commandant nt
Johnson's Island, protesting against bis being
treated as a spy, for the following reasons:
"That he was in the territory of the United
States ns a prisoner against lii^conscnt; tbat
he escaped by changing liis warb; that he
had no Confederate uniform when he visited
Sandusky, Johnson’s Island,, ancl tlie Miclii-
that lie did not visit them as an emis
sary from thc Confederate States: that what-
aecrated cemetries, and above their graves
thc monumental stone recites the history of
their deeds. Tlie wants of their orphans and
widows have been supplied by tho generous
contributions of tbeir countrymen, and the
sorrow ofbereavement lias been soothed by
the voices of the living, uttering the lan
guage of praise and sympathy for the fallen.
This is most just and commendable. It
would be a sin against nature to refuse the
offerings due to tlie men who have perished
upon the fields of battle, and it is labor of
love and duty to keep the grass green upon
those graves, and the bloom forever frcsli
upon their laurels.
But the Confederate dead ! Arc they to be
forgotten and neglected ? Thousands of them
lie mouldering where they fell, without
stono to mark their resting place, without
sign to tell the wayfarer that the bones of
brave men repose beneath the dust, trampled
by feet unconscious of the sacred attribute:
of tbe place. Hundreds of thousands of our
sorrowing countrymen the women of the
South know not where thc remains of tlicir
ever he conceived, he*had not executed any- j hindretl rot. or whether, indeed, the pul:
thing; that he had conveyed no information
to his Government, and did not contemplate
conveying any information to the- Govern
ment.” His trial has been postponed, I know
not why or from what time. His exchange
should be postponed and notice given that
any punishment inflicted on him will bo re
taliated upon an officer of equal rank. He is
a very brave and daring soldier, and patriotic,
and deserving the approbation of his Govern
ment.
I wrote to you on the 12th of June, to the
President 25th June, and to you on the lltli
of August and 12th of September last, I trust
you received those letters. Mr. (who
I see has gotten into the Confederate States)
havo doubtless explained things here,
have never received a line from you or any
jerson, excepting my brother at Richmond
[ have not changed tlie views expressed in
my former communications. All that
large portion of the ■ Northern people, and
especially in the Northwest, want, to resist
the despotism at Washington, is a leader.
They are ripe for resistance, and it may come
soon after the Presidential election. At all
events, it must come, if our armies are not
overcome and destroyed. No people of the
Anglo-Saxon blood can long endure the usur
pation and tyranny of Lincoln. Democrats
are more hated by modern Republicans than
Southern rebels, 'and will be as much out
raged and persecuted if Lincoln is re-elected.
They must yield to a cruel and disgrace
ful despotism or fight. They feel it and
know it.
I do not sec that I can achieve anything by
remaining longer in this province, and unless
instructed to stay, shall leave here by tbc 20th
inst, for Halifax, and take my chances for
running the blockade. If I am to stay till
spring, I wish my wife to join me, under flag
of truce, if possible. Iam afraid to risk a
winter’s residence in this latitude and cli
mate.
I need not sign this. The bearer and tbe
person to whom it is addressed can identify
me. But I can see no reason why your re
sponse should not be signed and sealed, so as
to make it serviceable, as suggested, in respect
of the St Alban’s raid. A statement of pris
oner’s counsel has been sent by way of Hali
fax and Washington, but it may never reach
you, or not in time for thc deliverance of the
prisoners. This is my chief reason for send
ing this by one whom I think I can trust.
Please reply promptly, and start tbe mes
senger back as soon as possihje. He will ex
plain the character of the mission. Send un
der a seal that cannot be broken without be
ing discovered.
1 am, respectfully, your obedient serv’t,
To Hon. J. P. Benjamin, Secretary of State,
Richmond, Va.
N. B.—See the Secretary of War (Mn Scd
don) touching Young's case.
Interesting from Mexico.
Wc' nro permitted to make the following
extracts, from a letter from a distinguished
officer in the army Af the late “Confederacy.”
Tho letter bears date “City of Mexico, Feb.
26 th, 18C6:”
“When we first arrived the Emperor ap
peared very desirous of Federal recognition,
and was naturally reluctant to show much
consideration to the late enemies cf that Gov
ernment. Wo were treated politely, but strict
neutrality was enjoined. * * * Their
Majesties the Emperor and Empress are ruling
mildly, and I tlimk wisely,' and have made
and arc still making great efforts- to identify
themselves with thc people. We havc but a
small foreign society here, and tlie country
furnishes but little congenial to Americans.
® “Tliis country possesses many attractions
for those who may find their present situ a
tion in tbe United States too uncomfortable;
but ’s reports are to be taken with
great allowance. Those possessing small
means do well in this country, but those who
depend on manual labor cannot compete with
the Indians of thc country who are content
with 37 1-2’cents per day, and maintain them
selves at that.
"My friend Gov. Allen says the birds sing
sweeter, the air is balmier,, and the flowers
bloom brighter here than in any part of God's
creatiofi.’ But white I appreciate highly the
delights' of Mexico, I cannot forget the bright
suns of other lands and. thestilibrighter wel
comes of those friends whom I had hardly
learned to appreciate when thc rude fortunes
of war tore me from. them.
“To accept matters as they found them
was a necessity with a large portion of our
people, and their action merits commenda
tion rather than condemnation. Looking at
events from a position 8,000 feet high, and
removed from the influences ot passion, I do
not see bow tbe work of reconstruction and
pacification could havc progressed more rap
idly. To all appearances, President Johnson
is doing all that could be expected. In tbe
meanwhile this country is filled with robbers,
calling themselves “Liberals” and thus re
ceiving the sympathy of the people whom
they rob nnd plunder nt pleasure.
‘•The little colony of Confederates near
Cordova, I think, will do well, situated, as it
is, in tiie most beautiful and fertile country
in the world, aud within four hours of Vera
Cruz. But lands arc very scarce, aud thc best
already taken up. Lands, I think, can be bad
for from two to three dollars per .acre, ancl
tbc cost of clearing will be as much more.—
Tlie most productive crop is coffee. A gen
tleman, by muni , told me his place
less hearts that were once warm with affection
have even the covering of tbe quiet sail i
tbc eternal sleep. Yet those bereaved on
feel as keenly ns their conquerors the obliga
tions that a Christian sentiment owes to thc
names of the departed; but they are too
poor to do thc last sad offices to tbeir fallen
kindred. They have not even the means to
feed and clothe their living dependents, and
in their desolate households they weep for the
dead without the mournful privilege of know
ing that they repose in hallowed ground.
Yet what theyean, they do to collect those
honored bones and consign them to repose in
Christian burial. To show that the sad mis
sion has not been neglected, and is promote
its consummation by bringing the subject to
the consideration of all who have soul enough
to respect tho ashes of the brave we publish
tlie following touching appeal: *
TIIE CONFEDERATE DEAD.
The undersigned having been appointed a
Committee by a public meeting of the citi
zens of Winchester (held in furtherance of
the design originated by Mrs. Philip Williams
and Sirs. A. H. Boyd) to measures to collect
the remains of the honored dead ot the late
Confederate army, which repose in its vicini
ty ; nnd to cause them to be re-interred in
suitable ground, to be provided and set apart
for that purpose, gladly accept thc sacred
trust committed to them, and appeal to those
who sympathise in the object, for such pecu
niary aid as they may be disposed to render.
It is desirable to effect this object with thc
least possible delay, so that thel transference
of the remains may be accomplished before
the heat of summer shall int erpose to hinder
their removal; and this Committee has al
ready instituted such inquiries as it is hoped
and believed will put them in possession of
all thc information which can be had to ena
ble them to proceed at once to the execution
of thc purpose contemplated by their appoint
ment.
‘There is scarcely a Southern State which
will not be represented, more or less largely,
in this proposed city of the heroic dead; and
it is intended to assign to each one of them a
X rate and distinct department in which tlie
s of its brave sons will repose side by side.
A record will also be preserved in an en
during form of tlie names of tbe dead, as far
as they can be ascertained—the State whence
they came—the command to which they.were
attached—and the time, place and manner of
their death; and where we have the informa
tion each grave will bo provided with ahead
board, on which the name of its occupant
will be inscribed.
To carry out this design in a manner cor
responding not only with a becoming sense
of what is due to the memory of the dead,
but to the sensibilities of surviving relatives
and friends, will involve a larger expenditure
of money than our own people, in their pres
ent impoverished condition, could reasonably
be expected to supply. They, however, have
done and are doing what they can, and we
therefore feel at liberty to ask that others
who may participate in the feelings and mo
tives which have prompted this labor of
mingled gratitude and love, will aid in Us
accomplishment by such contributions as they
may be able and willing to make. But it is
important that whatever may be done in. this
way should be done speedily.
Any information which the friends or rela
tives of deceased officers or soldiers may de
sire to obtain as to the remains of those who
feil in battle, or who died at Winchester or
in its neighborhood, and which may come to
tho knowledge of the, undersigned, will be
furnished by them on application by letter
or otherwise.
Tlie publishers ot Southern papers, wlio
may approve the object of this appeal, would
render an acceptable service by cither giving
it a place in tlicir columns or proscitfing tin-
subject to tbeir readers in such form as may
be agreeable to them.
J. H. Slicrrard, Chairman; Wnu R. Denny,
N. 3L Cartmell. John Z. Jenkins, Clias. L.
Crum, John J. Williams, Committee.
Winchester, Va., Feb. 22, 18CGv
Gen. Lee’s Evidence Before tho Reeon*
struction Committee.
Washisutox, March 2&—Question. Doyon.ee
any change among the poorer clasts in Vir«iDi».
, ?n reference to incustry; are they as much or more
interested in developing tbeir material intereeu
than they were?
Answer. I have not observed any chance
Every one now Laa to attend to hU own business
lorsuP'jMrt.
poorer classes arc generally hard a*
work are they? 1
, So ff as I know they are. I- know nothing
to the contrary. K
Q. Is there any difference in their relation* to
diminished ** thdrprejudico increased or
f havc noticed no change. As far as I know
the feelings ot ail the people of Virginia are kina
? S r . e<l P?°P le - 1 have never laurel any blame
attributed to them as to tho present eoncition o:
tilings rm any responsibility.
Q. There are very few colored laborers em
ployed, I suppose ?
A. Those who own farms have employed more
or less, one or two colored laborers, some are
poor they have to Work themselves.
Q- Can capitalists and working men from tho
North go into any portion of Virginia with which
y-are familiar, and go to work among the neo-
A. Ido not.know anything to provont them-
their peace and pleasure depend very much on
their conduct; if they confined themselves to
tbeir own business, and did not interfere to pro
voke controversies with their neighbors, I do
not believe they would bo molested.
Q. There is no <‘
capital ?
A. Not that we know of. on the
-sire to keep out labor and
cost him up to the present (five years) $1-5,000,
and that the net receipts from it last year
would amount to $1G,000. It requires lour
years before coffee will yield much profit.—
Tobacco is also a great crop there. But I
havc seen no business as secure, aud that will
pay like cattle nnd sheep in Texas, and I still
hold on the idea of forming a grand rnnche,
in accordance witli our plans, ’
Sale of Garbage, etc.—Boston sells its
house offal under a contract lor five thousand
five hundred dollars per annum; the ashes
collected by the city tit three thousand, and
tlie street dirt aud sweepings for two thous
and dollars.
Hard on the Banks.
Some timesince, a traveler stepped into a
bank located in a village in tile neighborhood
of -, and immediately after his entrance,
pulled off his bat, coat and cravat; this done,
he cast a look at thecashiec,who was seated
in a corner, “calm as a summer's morning,”
and with a commanding shake of his head,
said:
“Sir, hadn’t you better b* getting that wa
ter heated ?”
The feller informed h.tft that be was in the
wrong “shop.”
“You arc in a bank, sir, not in a liarber's
shop.”
*‘A bank, e**!” qmhted tbc stranger—
-dang me, they told me it was a shaving
shop.” ______
A Cheap Barometer.—A German has re
cently invented a very cheap and easily made
barometer. Tukeaeommori glass wide-mouth
ed pickle bottle and fill it to within three
inches of the month u itli water. Then take
a common sweet oil flask, cleanseit thorough
ly and plunge tbe neck into tlie pickle bottle
as far as it will go. This completes, the ba
rometer, and in tine weather the water will
rise in thc neck of the flask, descending again
in wet, windy weather. Before a heavy gale
of wind the water has been seen to leave the
flask altogether, at least eight hour- before
the gate was at its height.
itrary they
are very affxa.us to get capital il.t > tho South. '
Q. You -se nothing of a disposition to prevent
such a tiling?
A. I have seen nothin^, and -lo not know of
anything. As I have bi-iorc said, the manner in
which they would he received would depend
entirely upon these individuals thcnieoIve3.—
They might make themselves obnoxious: if you
can understand.
. Q- By Mr. Howard. therejnot a general dis
like of Northern men among secessionist*?
A. I supposo they would prefer not to associate
with them. I do not know that they would so
licit them as associates.
Q. Do they avoid them sociably?
A. They might avoid them ; they would not
select them as associates, unless there was some
reason. I do not know that they would associate
with them until they became acquainted. I
think it probable they would not admit them
into their society circles.
A Question by Mr. Lowe. What is tho posi
tion of colored men in Virginia with reference
to persons they work for? Do vou think they
would prefer to work for Northern or Southern
men?
A. I think it very probable they would prefer
the Northern man altogether. I have no fasta
to go upon.
. Q. That having been stated very frequently in
reference to tho cotton States, does it result from
a bad treatment on the part of tho resident pop
ulation, or from tho idea that they will bo more
fairly treated, by the new comers? What is
your observation in that respect in regard to
Virginia?
A. I have no means of framing an opinion. I
do not know any case in Virginia. I know num
bers of blacks engaging wi‘h their old masters,
and I know of many who prefer to go off nnd
look for new homos. Whether it ia from a dis
like of their former masters, or from' any desire
to change, or that they feel more free and inde
pendent, I do not know.
Q. What is your opinion in regard to the ma
terial interests in Virginia—do you think they
will be equal to what they were before the war,
under the changed aspect of affairs ?
A. It will take a long time for them to reach
their former standard. I think that after some'
years they will reach it and I hope exceed it,
ljut it cannot be immediately, in my opinion.—
It will take a number of years, I think.
Q. On what condition of things in Virginia aro
you hopeful, both in regard to her material in
terest and the future peace of the country ?
A. I have heard great hope expressed, and there
is great cheerfulness and willingness in regard to
tho labor question. . I suppose this policy of
President Johnson should be all you anticipated,
and that you should also realise all that you ex
pect in the improvement of tho material inte
rest
Q. Do you think the result of that will be the
gradual restoration of the old feeling?
At That will be thc natural result, I think, and
I see no other way iu which that result would bo
brought about.
Q. There is a fear in thc public mir.d that the
friends of the policy of thc South adopt it because
it mcan3 the repairing of the political position
which they lOit in tlie recent contest. Do vou
think that this is tbe main idea with them, or that
they merely look to it, os you say, as the best means
of restoring civil government’ and the peace and
prosperity of their respective States ?
A. To tbe first point you make, I do not know
tbat I ever heard any ’person speak upon it. I.
merely heard the points supported. I havc heard
them speak generally as to the effect of the policy
of President Johnson, bnt thc feeling is sofaras
know, b that there is not thc equality extended to
tlie Southern States which is enjoyed by the North..
Q. You do not feel down there that while you .
accept the result, we are as generous as we ought
tn be under tho circumstances.
A. They think that tho North can afford to be.»
Q. That is the feeling down there.
A. Tes, and they think it tho best policy of
those who reflect upon the subject, and are ablo
to iudge.
Q. I understand it to be your opinion that gen
erosity and liberality toward the entire South,
would be the surest means of regaining their,
good opinion ?
A. Yes, and the speediest.
Q. By Mr Howard. I understood you to'sav
geuerllay you had no apprehensions of any com-
bination among the leading secessionists tore-
new xvar or anything of the kind?
A. I have no reason in tho world to think so.
Q. Have you beard that subject talked of by any
of the politicians ?
A. No sir, I have uot. I have not heard that
matter even suggested.
Q. Lot me put another of political state ofthinsrs..
Suppose the Executive Government of the United.
States should beheld by a President, who like-Mr.
Buchanan, neglected the right of coercion, so-call-
t-d, and suppose a Congre-s should i xi-t •■ntertain-
ing the same political opinion, thus presenting of)
the once Rebel States tlie opportunity to again se
cede from the Union would they or uot, in your
opinion, avail ’themselves of that opportunity, or-
someoi them?
A. I suppose it wonld depend upon the circum
stances existing at the time. It the feeling shonjd.
remain embittered, and their affection alienated
iroin the rest of thc States, 11 link it very pro
bable they might do so.
Q. Do you not thiDk at the present time there is.
a deep-seated feeling of dislike- towards the gov
ernment of the United States on the part of the
masses of secessionists?
A. I do not know that there is any deep-seated
: -lin.. i iid;.k it possible t h.-r-- m..v he some ani
mosity still existing among the people of the
South.
3rtF"It is-tat'il that Queen Victoria In-.-
sent an autograph tetter to the Pope, thank
ing him for his action against tlie Fenians,
and offering him an asylmn in her dominion,
should lie be compelled, through political con
vulsions. to leave h?3 own.
Necro Killed.—A negro was killed o^
thc plantation of J. S. Chaires in this county
on Sunday morning last. The murderer was
a negro, formerly belonged to the 2d Reg't
U. S. C. T. lie was arrested aud is now con
fined in the city jail—Floridian,
The Decline in Goia.—Since the '1st of
March, gold ha- gone down from 138 to 124
—fourteen per cent. Various rea-ons are as
signed for this extraordinary decline, oniony
which are thc advance of five-twenties, tbe
falling off in the demand for export, and thc
sate of gold hy thc Government. The latter
of these reasons is probably the one to which
the decline is chiafly referrabte. Tlie Secre
tary of tlie Treasury is compelled to sell gold
to prevent too great an MCiunlatiou in the
Treasury, thc receipts being considerably
larger than t'ar disbursement on account of
thc interest on thc public debt. Whenever
this occurs, and ten or fifteen millions of goltl
arc thrown upon the market, the premium is
bound to six e wav. for no combination can
-taml up again.-t ?uc’u opposition as that.—
Thc=c reactions, however, arc necessarily tem
porary in their character, and the premium
again advances when the cau.-e of thc decline
disappears.
It is ccrtainlv an extraordinary condition of
tilings, that with our colossal debt and im
mense expenditures, the premium on gold
should be so low, and it i-, hardly within range
of probability that it will stand at these fig
ures for any considerable length of time.—
Louistills Conner.
The “utter”niost parts ot tho earth
rae supposed to be tlie parts where- there arq
most women.