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[From the Richmond Dispath, 24tb u!t.]
Galant Conduct of tJie4iliaid 2.d r-
gia.
The more we learn of the fight neai
the old battle ground of Seven Pii.es.
on Tuesday, 24th, the greater are wt
satisfied that it was one of the mo-
brilliant affairs of the war, redound
ing greatly to our honor, and worth}
of fitting memory and commenda
tion.
From the best information, we learn
that the 1st Louisiana and 3rd Geor
gia had brought upon themselves the
especial hatred of the Yankees, while
on picket service near Barker’s farm;
for on one occasion last week these two
regiments suddenly appeared he/bre
the affrighted enemy, (Sickle’s Excel-
ior brigade and without much cere
mony around them homtheir picket
and chased them through adjacent posG
camps, inflicting much loss. From
deserters, and others, it was ascertain
ed that the officers of Sickle’s brigarit
had offered S100 to any one bringing
in any man of the two named regi
ments, whether dead or alive, and vow
ed eternal vengeance against them, de
termining to lay some snare to entrap.
At 8 A. M., Tuesday, the pickets along
the Williamsburg road, near the bat
tleground. gave warning of the ene
my's approach iu force, and retired, a--
usual, to their support.
Believing an attack was imminent.
General Wright ordered up the 4btii
North Carolina (Col. Rutledge’,) regi
ment, which moved up the road and
took position to the left of it, in an
open field, with dense woods on their
left flank. The right of the road was
occupied by the 1st Louisiana, and
to their right were the 22d and 4th
Georgia. TheNorth Carolinians were
in an exposed position, but maintained
their ground without flinching, losing
not less than 100 killed and wounded.
The position of the 1st Louisiana was
gians, but think the loss inflicted upon —For three years on foot I have been
tueir toices was so severe, and the seeking for my child in all the cities and
gallantry of our men so irresistible, villages in the three kingdoms. As soon
that the Federal* were only t«o hap- 88 H pairing portraits I had succeeded
,v me fleeting their escape. The pits- l n S a,mn S a ll,tle InoliC ^ 1 returned to
• J e I . 1 . London to commence inv advertisements
oners themselves were particularly jo
vial, and seemed to regard their cap
ture us a great blessing.
.'eaeral Barter's Ord.r in the British Par
liament.
In the House of Lords, on the 13th
of June, Earl Carnarvon called atten
tion to General Butler’s proclamation
relative to the ladies of New Orleans. He
condemned it in severe terms as with
out precedent in the annals of war, and
asked if the government had informa
tion of its authenticity, an l if it had
protested against it. He also asked
d’ there was any truth in the rumors
of the mediation of France and Eng
land. The sources of such mediation
would depend greatly upon the man-
ter in which and the time at which, it
was ofie, ed; hut he trusted the gov-
rnment was in a position to give
Hie subject favorable considera
tion.
Earl Russell said that, from Lord
Lyon’s despatches, the government
believed the proclamation was authen
tic; but with respect to any action ol
the United States Government in the
way of approval or disapproval they
had no information. Lord Lyons had
made no representations to the Amer-
can Government on the subject, and
lie did not appear to have any official
information concerning the proclama
tion upon which he*could do so. For
liis own part, lie (Earl Russell) hoped
the American Government would, for
its own sake, refuse its sanction to it
was important to the whole worhl.
Loiuion to commence my advertisements
; in the newspapers. At length, on Friday,
tlie 14th of April last, 1 ciossed the
Srnithfield cattle market. In the centre
of the maiket a tronp of mountebanks were
pci forming their feats. Among them a
child was turning on its head, supported
on a halberd. A ray from the soul of its
mother must have penetrated my own, for
me to have recognized my child in that
condition. It was my poor child, ller
mother would perhaps have precipitated
herself toward her, and locked herself in
her arms, as for ne a veil passed over
my eyes. 1 knew not how it was—I,
habitually gentile, even to weakness?,
seized him by the clothes—I raised him
in toe air, then dashed him to thegmund
—then again; lie was dead.—Afterwards
I repented what I had done, At the mo
ment I regretted that I was not able to
kill hut one.”
Lord Chief Justice Tindale—“These
are not Christian sentiments. How can
you expect the coiut and jury to look
with favor on your defence, or God to par
don you if you do not forgive ?”
Ihisoner—“I know my lord, what will
be your judgment and that of the jury ;
hut God has pardoned me; I feel it in m\
heart. You know not, I knew not then,
the whole, extent of the evil that man had
done. When some compassionate people-
brought me my daughter in prison, she was
no longer my child; she was no longer
pure and angelic as formerly; she was cor
rupt, body and soul—her manner, her lan
guage infamous—like those with whom she
had been living. I did not recognize her
myself. Do you comprehend me now?
That man has robbed me of the love and
soul of my child. And I—1 have killed
him but once.”
Foreman.—“My Lord, we have agreed
on our verdict.”
. . >• -. no • Chief Justice.—I understand von, gen-
n<£ disavow it. I he proc aniation, , , , .
1 , I tlcman.but the law must take its course^
1 nnut sum up
Speech Of Een Wood, of Tfcvr 7ork, they will he naturally inclined to lend a willing ear
oaths State Ci' the Country. j to'whoever proper overtures the Government may
, . , ! present At some pi riud ot this struggle there
The Richmond Dispaich has o une o copy . he negotiation; it must be resorted to soon
of a speech of the Hun Hen Wood, turner pro j fcr of 1)lter wl|y uol Ij0W?
prieior ot the New if oik News, (a paper which was
suspended ou account ol its L,oid s;ai,d in favor of
rite Mouth ) i:i the Federal House ot Representa
tives. on the stale o-f ihejouitutry. Believing lliat
a majority ot our readers would bo gratitied to uu-
deistaud (Imposition liow occupied by Mr. Wood
towards tiie Abolition party ot the North, we pub
lish it entire. Mr. Wood obtained the unaiiini us
cousent of lite House to have printed the follow
ing remarks:—
Mr. Wood.—Mr. Chairman, I have hitherto
avoided troubling ills House. Content to be a
ted here, and lied in sell in a body, though pur-
porting to he one branch ot the Cuugu s» of the
United States, really in fact but a fragmentary
part of it. my heart sinks within me. It appears
to be a sectional tody—a gatheiing of the repre
sentatives of a sectional party W itb these feel
ings, and with this spirit, 1 have*until how avoid
ed palticipaling in debate.
Besides, sir, duiing th
session, disaster had accompanied the eilorts of
the Federal arms. X felt that ibe hour or defeat
was not a fit one in « kich to stiive to awaken the
great soul 01 the Ninth to thoughts of peace; I
telt that something was due to the sense ot mor
tification, something to the n ;turai desire to re
rneve the sh me ot discomfiture. I hoped, too,
that when victory should perch upon our banners
olliers than myself would seize the occasion to
urge a pica in behalf of peaceable measures; and
rhat this Government itself teeliug secure and
strong enough to be magnanimous, would take
j the lead and be the pioneer in opening a path for
the settlement ot our difficulties without further
recourse to bloodshed,
leaders of the now dominant
soie distiess which has visited our country, would
relent from the stern vigor of their doctrine ot
subjugation, and, in the flush of triumph, would
lean a little towards a gentler policy than that
which they have hitherto championed with so
■finch .zeal and with so little forbearance.
I hoped in vain. The triumph caine; a long
train of successes lias relieved the North from its
humiliation. The Government claims now to
stand as a rock against "wliicn the tempest ot op
position must waste itself iu futile efforts. The
paritz msof the ultra war party laugh' to scorn
ifie idea that any effectual resistance can be i tier
ed to the onward march of our triumphant armies,
and vet no single effort iias been made in these
and brotherly love by pushing hostilities to the
extreme verge ? What is the Union worth with
out mutual respect and recriprocated amity to
blind the sensations/ What! a Union of uu
wiliiiig -Stales, driven into companionship, at tin-
point of the bayonet, and held there hereafter by
military power! Such a Union would not be
worth the shedding of one brave man’s blood
We want their hearts or we want them n»t at all-
An-1 we cannot conquer hearts with bayonets,
although they should outnumber the- spears of
Xerxes If not brought hack by negotiation, in
the spirit they arc gone from us forever. To con
quer them may be possible. To slay their sol
diers, lay waste, their lands, and burn their cities,
may be within our power.—But to hold them in
subjection, having conquered them, would in
itself be a final repudiation ofthe first principle
of republicanism. Prosecute the war until yon
have accomplished the necessity of holding a sub
dued section in subjection and the world will
look in vain for a Republic ou the Western hem
isphere.
Sir. I love to entertain the hope that our Union
will be restored upon the foundation laid down
bv our fathers; and I desire no change in the
plan of that, glorious superstructure. But I am
nut so unnatural a worshipper of the Union as to
seek its salvation with the destruction of those for
whose welfare it was conceived: to build it upon
the dead bodies of my countrymen, when other
nn-ahs are at hand for its reconstruction. I would
purchase its redemption otherwise than by anar
chy and ruin. I would not fling away the sub-
tions of the North. Is itnot’right that we should I stance to perpetuate the name. Every drop ot
! confer w.th them, that those doubts may be re- ! blood that is shed in this snuggle will weaken
moved? I the keystone of the fabric for who*e sake the blood
What do the people care for such miserable j is pretended to be shed. One word of coocilia-
puuc.tilios in the hour of a nation’s, agony 1 j tiou at this crisis will do more to save the icun
Mir, an honorable peace is w*ithin the grasp of j try than ail the achievements past and to come,
this Congress without further bloodshed. This j ot your victorious soldiery.
Congress knows that it is so. and w hen the* peo- I Why should not that word go forth, even now.
pie shall realize that it is only the infamous do- , in the hour of the triumph of the Fede-al army ?
sign to strengthen t lie anti slavery movement If there has ever been a period in the history of
that prevents an effort to obtain that peace woe Republics when prolonged civil strife has failed to
to the chiefs of the Abolition party in the land. j curtail the liberty- of the masses, I have not read
But enough of them. Words are thrown away j that history aright. Already, with one year's bit-
upon th-ir stubborn fanaticism. I appeal with j ter experience, we have beheld some ot the dear
better hones* to the loftier feelings that should j est privileges of American citizenship wrested
pervade humanity, and ."especially pervade this from our giasp And hew long, at the same rate,
august assemblage, that should, by tlie nature of j before the convenient plea of necessity, we shall
its sacred functions, be far removed from the mis- be stripped of other rights which heretofore haVe
erable ambition of reducing a section of our com- ; made us deem ourselves freemen? How long,
rnort country to the extreme, and therefore dan-I while personal liberty now depends on the nod of
gerous, condition of despair. j an oilicial ? How long, while free-born American
.Sir. there may he fascination in 1 lie gory mag- citizens can he left to languisu in Bastiles, beyond
nifieenco of war There may be a craving fur the reach ol'the constituted tribunals of the land
Is it because pride forbids that wc should be the
first to outstretch the hand of conciliation? Heav
en forefeud mat thousands of human lives and a
country’s welfare should depend upon so false «
principle Is it because the Mouth has not been
sufficiently punished, humbled and subdued? I ben
i let iis-confess that chastisement and vengeance
r.te the objects of this war. Is it because the an
ti slavery movement has not jet received a suf
ficient impetus/ if so. go ted it to the armies that
have won your victories. Make abolition the war
- - ... . cry Place a banner with that device in the van-
iisteuer. without any other participation s its pio- „ uard and | ule those armies on to conquest with
ceediugs than to oppose my solemn individual , you ca!1 YouI soldiers would rend the
negative against measures which my conscience 1 ^ rea .cheious ensign into shreds, and would march
and my principles would not uppiove, 1 have said j to ) 10nies u ittl tUo same alacrity that they
nothing. Indeed, sir, I have nut had the heart pughed „„ „, itll j, t0 „ JC batt]n fildd
to rise here and speak A glance at this Hall, ot V \’liat, , ht , n> ls lhe cause t)iat withholds nego-
itself, has bo.-n enough to p.event \\ lieu 1 look ; t ; Rtion j Y ou will not parley with armed treason,
around and see cue third ut the Union unrepresen- : I5u . yon parIa> ed (vith arnlt , d tre , SO n, if that
I be the word; parleyed (or the mere convenience of
an exchange of prisoners, and other purposes to
mitigate the grievances of war. It was your duty
I to do so And shall you not do so to accomplish
all that your troops aro lighting for—the recon-
i stniction of the Union?
L*-t, us suppose that the South is anxious to era-
. .. . . j ,. o,.t.l
■ . , . . . brace an opportunity ol return, and is withheld
f earlier penod o ns f rom making advances by doubts as to the inten-
vated by proclamations of tiiis charac
ter. He thought that such a proclama-
equaliv disadvantageous. Before them ; tion, addressed to a force that had just
was a thick chap},arid, in which the i captured a hostile city, was likely to
enemy were strongly posted. Behind I lead to great brutality. He thought
this, also, several brigades were drawn there was no defence for this procla-
up, their flanks extending beyond, so j mation and he sincerely hoped the A-
that they kept up a continual fire up-j merican Government would disavow
on the Louisianians, inflicting sad loss
Being ordered to charge, the 1st ad
vanced nobly, with the cry “Butler!
and New Orleans!” and at the first
dash drove the enemy with great hav
oc. But emerging into the open field
behind, they were astonished to dis
cover not less than three brigades op
posing them, viz: Thomas Francis
Meagher’s Irish brigade. Sickles’ Ex
celsior brigade, and another one, the
name of which we could not ascertain.
fhe usages of war should not be aggra-j mil retire to ce.libe.rate.’
'i'lie Chief Justice, having summed up
the case, the jury retired and in an instant
after returned into Court with a verdict of
“not guilty.
it.
In the House of Commons, Sir J.
Walsh made enquiry as to the authen
ticity of General Butler’s proclamation
which he denounced as repugnant to
to the feelings of the nineteenth centu
ry, and moved for any correspondence
on the subject.
The London Post, of June If, de
nounces, iit the strongest terms, the
proclamation of Gen. Butler rela
tive to the ladies ot New Orleans. It
a Collar ssionai hats to .stay the effusion of blood,
the :ase, and then your i,,, s left for me, powerless as I am, to
speak the first conciliatory’ word in behalf of my
suffering countrymen And 1 do it sir. in the
hope that others mure capable, wiil not be too
much engrossed with the lust of conquest and the
pride of victory to follow my example.
Mir, it is an ineffaceable reproach to those eith- | fl ani( . that perhaps is not yet totally extinct. For,
alter all, tiiey are our brothers, sir; and some sof-
! tening ot the stern Roman aigor which our rulers
: assumed is due to that brotherhood, which by un
timely severity. may be cancelled now and forever.
X’here are gentlemen will say that the Mbuth roust
be subdued; that every armed Southerner must
On the discharge of Hammond, the
Sheriff was obliged t» surround him with
an e-eort. The women were determined
to carry him off in triumph. The crowd
followed him all tlie way to his lodgings
with deafeaning shouts and. liuzzars.
Bravely holding theirground theLouis- j regards asthe greatest insult t .at could
ianans maintained the unequal contest ’ be offered to tiie Federal army, and
with great dash and boldness, the en-} thinks the Government is boundtore-
cmy quailing and retiring before their j fall Gen. Butler and have him court
steady fire. To the light, however I martialied. Such an act as that of
things were progressing favorably, j Butler’s, says the Post, it not proinpt-
where the 4th and 23d Georgia were ly disavowed, would soon turn the
hotly engaged with the enemy, who.;
ter some two hours hard fighting. slo>
ly and reluctantly retired. Compar
sons are odious but it is admitted th,
the conduct of the 4Sfh j\. C. 1st. L
Thf Opening of the €«reat Brittle
(From an Occasional Correspondent.)
Richmond, Thursday, June 26.
Yesterday heavy skirmishing occurred
on the centre of our line, which was gener
ally regarded as the beginning of the great
struggle for Richmond. A large body of
our forces marched down from Hanover
Junction and threatened McGleclla.v on
liis right Hank. This caused him to turn
his attention that way and oppose another
front, to prevent being flanked. While
this movement was going on. heavy firing
with aitilleiy began along the lint—the
enemy throwing shell promiscuously into
the woods on our side.
At an early hour tiie enemy advancer!
and drove in our pickets at a point near
the battle field of “Seven Pines,” and
then made an attack upon the picket re
serve, which was obliged to fall back be
fore the superior opposing force. As soon
as possible the 1st Louisiana was sent for
ward to hold the position until Gen. A. R.
scale, finally and decisively, iu favor
! of the Confederate cause.
I Lord Palmerston thought that no
i man could read tiie proclamation with
out feelings of tiie deepest indignation.
and 4th Ga., was beyond all praise. [Cheers.] // was a proclamation \<> which \ Wright’s brigade could be brought up,—
The first of these regiments was per- he ttid not scruple to attach the epithet oj j The 1st Louisiana advanced and ran into
feetlv fresh from home and had never j tnjanous. [Cheers.] .An Lnglisliinan j an ambuscade, from which a murderous
been under fire before; vet there they j must blush to think that such an act fire was opened on them by three brigades
stood, in open field, waiting for the j had been committed by a man belong- two oflhom being buckles “Brigand Brig-
cowards to advance, and although nig to the Anglo 8axon lace. It it had bv M Wr Receiving the vollcv and
Col. Rutledge reports a loss of 100 | sprung from some barbarous people ^turning it the 1st.then made a bold dash,
killed and wounded, his brave fellows j nut within the pale of civilization, one j an ^ > w ; t j, t |, e rallying cry of “Butler!
never gave an inch of ground, but kept might have regretted it, but would Butler!" Remember the women of New
up a murderous fire upon the foe, who j not have been surprised. But that j Orleans !” charged forward and cleared
suffered so much that, although five to j such an order should have been is- 1 the woods. I he firing was still kept nj
one, they did not dare leave the woods, j sued by a soldier—by a man who had
TheLriuisianaus went into action with 1 raised himself to the rank of a Gener-
300, and lost J 44 killed and wounded. I al—was a subject not less of astonish-
These figures are more than enough to ; niedt than pain. He could not bring ! ammd Georgia came up Meanwhile, the
demonstrate their conduct in the fight himself to believe that the Government j 4s t h and 2-3di North Carolina regiment
for every second man fell. Tiie 4th of the Lnited rotates would not, came up on the right. The whole force was
Georgia, it is said, acted like very dev- | as soon as they had notice of the order i then formed in line in the woods from which
ils, and fought and charged three regi- ( have stamped it with their ceusure I the 1st Lousiana had driven the
mentsthree several times!—and more I and condemnation. Her Majesty’s
titan this, routed them, losing not less ! Government received a despatch yes-
than 50 in killed and wounded. The j terday from Lord Lyons, enclosing a
22d Georgia lost some ninety odd in copy of the proclamation ot Gen.
killed and wounded, and behaved j Beauregard, in which allusion was
splendidly. ■ made to 1 lie order of Gen Butler.
Among the Yankee brigade engaged,; ^here was no objection to lay tiie des-
were Meagher’s Irish Brigade, .Sickles’ patch on the table. With regard to
“Excelsior Brigade,” im.i another, un- j the course that the Government might
known some ol their other regiments j think lit to take that was a matter for
being the 15th and 19th Massachusetts their discussion; but he was persuaded
martial glories in the hearts of men, and an in
stinct of contention which we share in brute crea
tion. Bui if ever there can be a time when a
more Christian impulse should possess our souls,
it is now; now, when the triumph and conscious
ness of strengrh gives us the noble privilege of ex- while voters are arrested at the polls bj' niilitarj'
tending' tho hand of reconciliation without fear of process, and legislators are hurried off to prison
depredation, or of self reproach tor cowardice. If before they can assume their sacred functions?
adversity has been our excuse for sternness, let long, while the partizans^ot the immaculate
success be our plea fur magnanimity I’rovidence Abolition party coining money out ot the blood of
h»s placed within the reach of the North a greater their countrymen, parading their showy-patriot
triumph than countless aimed legions could con- ism and shouting “Union." with their arms up to
qu.r; tiie triumph of subduing a brave enemy the elbows in the public Treasury ? How long,
with a generous and merciful policy, that will sir, will the people of the North, taxed beyond en-
disarm resentment and rekindle the old brotherly durance, robbed and cheated bj- an ever craving
and at the mercy of the Executive for their libera
tion ? liow long, while the press, the guardian
of liberty, the friend of tiie masses, is shackled I
gagged, cowed down to sullen sib nee, or worse
yet. beconu the min ion ot a party ? liow long.
er deluded or wicked men who, in the N’urtb, by
their unwearied agitation of abolition schemes,
have stirred tiie embers of this strife; it is an eter
nal reproach to Uo m that, through defeat and vic
tory-, throughout every- phase of this unhappy
truggle, with the groans of their distreesed and
horde ol political hyenas, how long will they ha
a choice between freedom and anarchy, between
a Republic add despotism ? Alas I we still cling
to the name of a Republic, but have we tiie reali
ty ? It is entirely at the opinion of one man or of
the mighty principle be buried in the ruins. I
love and would prese.vethe temple, f or beneath
its roof are gathered the treasure of holy oast
sociatious; upon its hallowed walls am inscribed
the names of patriots, from the North and t> ,n
ihe South, w hose blood lias been its cement. lj J
rather would I have the glorious fabric crumble
to the dust, than see the spirit of despotism en
shrined within its sacred precincts
I have seen already the silent but lengthening
shadow of absolutism creeping i n r 0 the
And when the Executive hand, for the first time,
in oitr history, was interposed betwe.n the citizen
and his rights, the germ was planted ot a danger
mightier than rebellion in its most gigantic p'hag
for I believe eoc.roacliments by an Executive u
be in itself rebellion against the only Bovt-nd,,..
I acknowledged—the majesty of the people. j
believe each step towards absolutism to be
more fatal to the welfare of the Republic than any
possible act within the power of the citizen t' 0
conceive and execute. I will resist every gr ;laD
that may be made upon an attribute of sovereign,
ty not heretofore acknowledged to the Chief Maw!
istracy, for reason and instinct, no less than u.e
fearful examples that history has furnished bum
tiie ashes of Kepubl.cs, teach me that the i: rs t
step unchecked, will not be the last but only
precur.-or of those giant strides by which over the
necks of betrayed freeman ambitious men h ave
mounted to a throne.
We wanta Union, sir, of sovereigns, not of sub.
jocts; and that our Government shall extend over
a vast area to me is of less moment than that it
‘should be purely, strictly, and unequivocally re .
ptilrican, at all times and under all conditions.
Sir, I have done. I have only to reiterate my
hope and my entreaty that this Congress, which
has in sacred charge the welfare of our country
will adopt snine measure which may bring about
a cessation of hostilities with a view to negotia
tion. That done, I am firm iu my beiief that hos-
tililies will not be resumed.
He Smiles.—Stonewall’s face is said be
as sour as a half gallon of crab apple vine
gar in a black jug. But two things on this
earth relieve his acidity. When a park
often pieces of artillery open upon him at
point blank range, his deep set eye gleams
merrily like a tallow candle in an excava
ted pumpkin; but when lie sees a four
horse wagon captured from the enemy,
he grins horribly a ghastly smile, like
a hyena over the corpse of a defunct Af-
hanistan, or a streak of sheet lightning
diieh sheds a momentary lustre over a
forest of old field pines, and leaves the land
scape in profounder gloom than ever before.
There is something irresistibly ludicrous to
Stonewall in a captured wagon, and it is
believed lie would die for the sake of a
Yankee ambulance. He is a brave man
but mighty mercenary and fond of wagons,
—Rich. Whig.
Yankee Bulletins in the South.—As a
specimen of how the yankees got up neivs
in the South for the purpose of affecting
public sentiment, we copy what appears
tortured country smiting upon their cars, they j throw down , jis WPap0 -„ aud 8ue for mercy
have clung, and still chug, with uupitying peril-| Should a freemen ask so much of his brother
freeman ? — Would they be worthy* of eompanion-
nacity, and even with ferocity, to tiie doctrine
which has been the germ ot ail tho mischief.
With the ^jrst exulting shouts ot Federal victo
ries they set up the echoing cry ot emancipation.
With all lire energy ut fanaticism, with ail the
subtle aits and intrigues of scheming demagogues,
with all the appliances of cunning intellect, and
patronage at their command, even at this eventful
crisis, when every American brain should be at
work to bring-about a fair and h -norable peace,
they have no thought, no hope, no duty but to
propagate their creed, extending its influence into
eveiy nook and corner ol the land, and poisoning
tire atmosphere ot these .sacred i• with its in
terminable discussion Openly and in secret, by
the agency ot the press, the j ulpit, and the
political rostrum,
and <in the open
Contagion; they are innoculaing tho country
Aith this moral pestilence which has already'
Drought us where we an-, at the very brink of the
grave of our nationality.
.Sir, to thesp apostles of abolitionism will be
trac.d hereafter whatever of evil has t efallen or
may befall our country. They arc building its
sepulchre with the bones of their slaughtered
country men 1 do believe there are gentlemen
within my vision now whose sworn purpose,
whose first desire, paramount even to the preser
vation of Republicanism, is emancipa'iun They
ship m our fraternity, being reclaimed at Such
sacrifice ol manly Icelmg ? What would you have
them do ? Would you have them crouch and
a council of man, whether the citizen shall breathe j as a telegraphic despatch in the New Or-
in freedom the air of Heaven. At the “open leans Delta, of the 12th instant, now the
ainr of tho Executive, the gloomy portals ot the , , ,, , - r
- - - —* 1 paper and organ of Butler, v enlv. the
father of lies must look to his laurels :
Bastiles Lafyctte and Warren will gape to re
ceive him. Aud this is tho Republic I was taugHt
to love!
Mir, it is only a sign aud forerunner of what
must inevitably be, should the Mouth .be crushed
J cringe, and strew their beads with ashes, and kneel j into the Union. You - may bring the Mouth to
| at your gates for re-admission ? They are Ameri- 1 terms with yuur bayonets, but when you have
cans, sir, and will not do it! No, though Roa- done so, you will have a bond of air; a covenant
; r)( 'ku and Fort Henry, ami Fort Dune'son should to enforce which will necessitate this Government
be re enacted Iron, day today, through the lapse . to assume the functions of a military despotism,
' bloody years, they will not do it!—Give them and to break which at the first opportunity will
j some chance for an honorable return, or you will- be an aim and a purpose on the part ot the sub
w ipe out every chance, and the two sections, will dued section. What they have attempted once.
! be twain orever Yes. sir. you may link them
j to each other with chains and pin their destinies
| together with liavonets, but at neart they will be
twain forever. I hey are the children of the same
in the camp, in the city, | heroic stock, the joint inheritors with ourselves of
held, they arc ■FjeadiHff j the precious legacy of freedom, and it seems a
I sacrilege and an insult to the memories of the
past, that so many, sir, should sit in our pres-
j fence here to day to goad them on to desperate
i resistenee, andso few—alas
j meditate and restrain.
i Ol those few. 1 thank my God that I am one.
I I am proud to proclaim it here beneath the dome
J ofthe Capitol. 1 shall proclaim it, hero and ev
erywhere, until the »it.gs of peace shall he once
; mure iolded over the bleeding bosom of my coun-
j try'. I shall proclaim it ah ml and honestly, al
though to doso would make me tho next victim of
they will not fail to attempt hereafter, when
smarting under the remembrance of defeat, while
cherishing the deadly hate that a war to the ut-
teranee will engender.
For the sake of union now and of union hereaf
ter—not enforced union, but the strong union of
willing hearts—let the word of peace go forth ;
let hand of reconcilliation be extended. V\ by.
sir 1 have heard such words ot bitter hatred ex
so veryffetv—to pressed towards the Southerners by Northern
lips, that I fear it may he already too late ever to
renew the bonds of fraternity. Much sentiments
I have tleard of implacable, of tliiriiing venge-
of sectional antipathy, as Hannibal was
On the 31st of May Richmond tvak
evacuated, and Gen. McClellan took pos
session of the city. Gen. Banks had, with
reinforcements,*driven Stonetvali Jackson
headlong towards the foot of Gen. McDow
ell, who has probably, before this kicked
him over the botdei. 8o ends the drama
for the Mother of Statesmen. The home
of Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, and all the numerous fathers ot liberty
is cleansed from corruption.
Hcenan in England.—The salary which
Heenan receives in .England, for sparring
ami exhibiting his muscle, is said to be
£100 a week, which is exactly the amount
of the pay of the President of the United
States. Indeed, so popular is he with the
people of England, that even the glory of
ins name has been sought in the person of
taught to nurture against Rome ; as Rome in her his younger brother, at an oiler of some
quenchless jealousy conceived towards t srthadge ' thirty or forty pounds a week, to spar for
to the end. And the doom of Carthage rnav be l • , . 1 , ,
accepted by the Mouth, rather than re union at the a , nv ' aI travelling company, and, whenever
bayonet’s poiut. { the Champion shows himself in the streets
I appeal to this Congress to avert that fate as ; of English cities, crowds follow and cheer
inglorious to the victor as to the vanquished.— as j ie g oes along
tin- strangest to those that read which shall tell of
the arch fanatics ot abolitionism. In tho recesses
Let tiie door to negotiation be flung wide open, t
flung open now while we can make advance with
the
from the forces on cither flank, and the 1st
suffered heavily; .but, nevertheless, it
maintained its position bravely until
Wright’s brigade, consisting of the 3d, 4th
2d New York, 20th Indiana, 9th New
Jersey, &<*., Sickles’ brigade had
five regiment, Meagher’s Hie same num
ber. Our force engaged consisted of
but four regiments. Being signally
repulsed, the enemy withdrew under
cover of their guns, but Captain Ha
ger’s battery galloping forward; en
gaged them in gallant style driving
them ignotniniously from the field with
heavy loss. The enemy sent in a flag
of truce yesterday to bury their dead
and admit a loss of 1.200 killed
that there was no man in England
wito would not show the feeling so
well expressed by Sir James Walsh and
Mr. Gregory.
A IZercnt Tr:nl a! Hie Old Kniley in !,oi)do:>
A irfYliuS ^CTIH*.
George h nnimr.'iid, a portrait painter.
anvancc
of tlib Yankees, and a general battle began
which lasted nearly all day, although
there were frequent intermissions in the
firing.
It is intposihle for me to give you an ac
count of tiie fight in detail in one short let
ter, and I can only jot down the result iu
general terms. The 4th Georgia acted
gallantly, and charged three times. It
fought three regiments in the morning,
and six in the evening, driving them back.
The 1st Louisiana gallantly charged ti
superior force of the enemy, and lost quite
one half its numbers. It engaged six reg
intents, flanked by skirmishers. The 25th
North Carolina and the 4Sth North Ca
rolina acted gallantly. Our loses may he
summed up as follows : *
lien. A. R. Wnght's •Brigade.
I 1st Louisiana —Killed—3 officers; 17
I tneu. Wounded -12 officers-: I0S men.—
ami their disciples first threw the apple of discord, j j b j s (. rue | strife
They first applied tiie torch, and now more busy.; ^i r , j t may be said that I speak of peace, while
than ever with throwing tiros!, fuel to the flame, j ; ts attH i,imfeu t without further recourse to arms re
Should history ever trace, which God forbid, the j maius impossible. What effort has been made
- cord of our country’s ruin, Uiatpago will seem j Wliat door bis been opened through which the „ ... . . rp . nJ
pa-sions and ill feelings of the contestants might good grace aud with laurels upon our brow. To: A lrophy. Ihe rederaJ Hag matte by
pass out and reason enter ? None. The single the winds with the doctrine that you will not the Yankees to float- over the Capital of
uf the temple ol infamy the gloomiest niches will j j dea biis been f or eed upon tho people that the treat with armed traitors. It is a sentiment titter Virginia, was captured by Major Bloom-
swurd. aud the sword alone, must decide the issue fur the epoch of a purpled Roman than for the j ,? „ ,■ T , ,, , , “ j. .
It lias been pronounced treason to hold an oppo- Christian age in which we live. It is the sentimeut 1 e ' 0 General Alagrudei s staff, in the
site opinion. Sir, if to have, but little faith in the j of one who rules with a rod of iron, not ofa great ! 1 Cueral camps, on Saturday, aud was ex-
efficacy ot the sword for joining severed frieud- and generous people who assume to rule tuem- j liibited with great applause to our troops.
• hip. if to earnestly desire peace and to deprecate i selves. _ Enough has been done in proof of the The Richmond Dispatch says it is an im
mense piece of work fully twenty feet
was placed at the bar, to be tried on an in- j Missing-privates 4
wounded. Our casualties in killed,
wounded and missing will not be more
than one third that loss.—Among the
casualities in the 1st Louisiana we may
add the names of* Lieut. Colonel Shiv
ers wounded iu the arm and rapidly
recovering; Major Nelligan, Adjutant
Cummings and Sergeant Major Entz-
minger.
Towards evening on the same day
the 2-3th North Carolina were sent out
on picket on the conquered ground,
when the enemy endeavored to flank
and cut them off Several Federal
regiments advanced stealthily for this
purpose, but the North Carolinians
met. them with heavy voilies, held them
in check, whim the gallant fellows of
the 4th Georgia opportunely arrived
upon the ground and attacking the en
emy in flank, routed them with gn :;t
slaughter, following them up for itu >v
than a mile in the woods, merciless; v
butchering the Yankees at every turn.
The ground conquered by us on both
dictment found against himself by the
G’and Jury for the willful murder, with
malice aforethought of George Baldwin, a
, rope dancer and mountebank. I hepriBo-
aud | nrr was a man of medium height, hut
| slender form. His eyes were blue and
mild. His-whole hearing gave evidence
of subdued sadness and* melancholy resig
nation. He was 41 years of age, had a
soft voice, and his appearanoo anfl manner
bore evidence of his being a man of
distinguished education, in spite of the
poverty ofliis dress.
On being called out to plead, the pris
oner admitted tha he did kill Baldwin,
and he deplored the act.—adding, how
ever, that, on his soul and conscience,
he did not believe himself guilty. There
upon a jury was empannelied to try the
prisoner The emlictmetif was then read
to the jury, and the act of killing being ad
mitted, the Government rested their case,
an.! the prisoner was called upon for his
defense.
The prisoner then addressed himself to
the Court.and Jmy.
“My Lord,” said he- “my justification
is to he found in a recital ot the facts.
I Three years ago I lost a daughter, then
! four years of age. the sole memorial of a be
loved wife, whom it has pleased God tore-
'■all to Himself I lost lx-r, hut did not
| see lier die. She disappeared—sin
occasions durintr the day was occupied j " ;,s stolon from me. She was a charming
bvour troops, and together, with many i n,lt | but her I had nobody in th*
trophies they brought in sixty or sev- ) voir ^ l,v T Gentlemen, what ,
1 . - rri, . ,. have suffered cannot he described; you
enty prisoners. The prisoners confess ; cannot cnmpr( . hc ,„ 1 it , hlll] expend.-.
that a deep scheme bad been planned j ; n , 1( U ertising and fruitless searches everx
by Siekies and Meagher tor the des-jiiffng I possessed—fufnituie. pictures
true tiou o! the Louisianians aud Geor- even to my clothes. All have been sold.
Among the wounded officers may be
mentioned Col. Shiveis, Major Nelligan.
Adjutant Cummlfig and 8ergt. Major Entz-
minger.
4tli Georgia.—Killed—Officers, 1 , non
commissioned officers. 1 ; privates, 3.
Wounded - officers, 2 ; non-commissioned
officers, 2; privates, 31. Missing—Pri
vates, 4.
22d Georgia.-—Killed Privates, S. Woun
ded—officers, 5 ; privates, 72. Missing —
Privates, 4.
48th North Carolina, Ransom’s division,
had 100 killed, wounded and missing.—
The 3d Georgia did not get into the hot
test of the fight. Its loss was or.e killed
and four wounded.
The enemy had three brigades opposed
to us, and in them are known to the follow
ing regiments; 16fh Massachusetts, 19th
Massachusetts, 2d New York, 4 20th Indiana
9th New Jersey, and Hickles’ Excelsior
Brigade, comp >-ed of live regiments. Du
ring the engagement we' took seventy-five
prisoners, all of them seemingly glad to be
captured-—at least they expressed them
selves so. The loss to the enemy is va
riously estimated from 700 to 1200. To
day they sent out a flag of truce, asking
peimi-sinn to bury the dead.
l itis morning Stonewall Jackson advan
ced. Iii-forces fiom Ashland in the direc
tion of Hanover Court House. It* is proba
ble that he brought on the general en
•ngiigement to-dav, whiclihegan about 4
-•’clock this evening. As I write, at 9 o'
•lock, the continuous roai of heavy guns can
lie heard above the mdse of the city A
terrific battle is now going on, but no par
ticulars have reached the city Tnoi:p.
Murcury.
b-iirtbo inscription of their names.
Mir. 1 counsel for but a inoral interference with
the work ol these mischief makers. 1 would not
have even fanaticism deprived of the righ; of free
speech, nor would J, in any emergency, advocate
ttie slightest infringement by the Government
upon the liberty of tiie press Let th,-m s.ov the
-eeds of tlieir infamous doctriues broadcast over
toe land Whatever may be the danger, I will not
countenance the greater danger of establishing a
Dictatorship over the thoughts of my fellow coun
trymen.
But if the abominable theme'must be brought
into the couticil chambers of the nation, for t e
sake of decency, if not of justice, let it bo at a
inert' seasonable time I: there remains one Un
ion man at the South, let us remember that he is
unit-presented lo re; that the subject of slavery
p-irticuia. ly concerns .him, and that it is ungener
ous and unjust, if not cowardly, to take advan
rage of liis absence of representation to puslifor-
ward measures in regard to the local institutions
ut bis section—measures against which were he
present, he would give liis earm st opposition.
Ir will quench whatever remains of Union feel
ing in tlie Mouth, if it lias not already done so
L will destroy the last hope uf reconstruction of
the horrors of war, be treason, then I am a traitor, valor of the North and the resources of the Gov
and I am proder of su, h treason than others ! eminent. Let something be now done for the
have the right to be of their vindictive, flaming 1 sake of the past, for the sake of tiie memories of
ami pretentious imt riot ism. th« R^vnfnfinn. nf the strmro?l#» of IHiy. nt t.liH hat-
and pretentious patriotism. ° the Revolution, of the struggle of 1M12, of the bat
I conjure this Congress, in the name of our suf- ! t!e fi« i<!s,jf Mexico; fur the sake of a Uuiou whose
feritig country—in the name of wives tiiat may be ! c, ‘ meut shM! forgiveness for the past, aud
■ - friendship and forbearance fur the future.
In place of exulting over victories, and longing
widows, of children that may be orphans, in the
i name ol gallant men: now strong in health, and
who to morrow may be stretched in death on the
j gorv ground, or writhing; mained aud Disfigured,
I with tormenting wounds—in the named liumani
ty. that sick cues at the daily record of t ?i is terri
ble strite—I conjure this Congress to seize at the
merest chance that may exist at a present ternii
nation of this tragedy . Let something be at
tempted in the spirit of mediation. Sir, the peo
ple will respond to it. Th -y wiil thank this Con-
; for new- triumphs, how much more pleasant aud
more holy .o draw a picture of the joy that will
pervade many a now gloomy household when the
glad tidings of peace shall he borne from city to
village, from village to homestead,from lip to lip,
and heart to heart, A nation’s jubilee would well
repay you for some littie yielding of your stern
policy. How many arms would be outstretched,
how many hearts would bound to give a “wel-
i. win ucMiny me num; itxuu.xiiuciuni ui . ... T . * *
the Union on a friendly basis. It will prove what ! f , y wl 1 “"Hlten soon to the consciousness that
has been so oiten intimated, that the first idea ot ; suchvictones are being purchased at a sacrifice
the dominant party in the North is active and un- | t , ,IH ' 18 ‘t"- ^ , c ? nte ®P late; . t,,at a ,
wavering antagonism to slavery, «nd a fixed pur- j ! 15 . )e,,, £ created which, in its rapid aceumu-
pose to legislate it out of tiie land at all hazards. ! is appalling-a debt which, if ever paid,
Is it with that theory advanced that we arc to cun , "j 11 f ,ress ! ke an mfubus upon future generations
u tier a peace? Mir. wc are flinging away the last ! s,untin f r ,ke a, ‘d paralyzing the vigor ot
chain:** of reconciliation as recklessly as madmen j our joun# vepu ) it\ or, 1. repudiated, resting a
cast their treasure into the sea. The agit ..inn of | blut “i 1 " 1 °“ r
the subject has been the country's bane at ev» ry j Anwwhile at home we are groaning with dis-
period ot its history ; ils discussion at this crisis tress and standing on the verge of bankruptcy, if
gressforit" They will bless this Congress f or ! cmne home agam” to the war .staiued volumeer
any measure that breathes of the spirit of recon
ciliation. They are weary’of tiiis w ar—weary in
despite of the excitement of present victory
is desperate self destruction.
Is it while the'magazine is beneath us and
about us, bursting with ihe agencies of ruin, that,
we must choose to sport with th • flaming torch
of tiie incendiary? Mir, until our beloved coun
try Miail b • saved, ttie word “emancipation”
we look abroad the spectacle tends only to our
shame We see the sceptred hands of Europe
planting their royal banners upon the soil of this i
Oh, sir, those meetings at the cottage threshold,
those claspings at the farm house porch, those
cleavings of the throbbing bosoms of women to
scarred and manly breasts, wero worth al! the
laurels that, were ever snatched from blond stain
ed fields. The news of our victories lias been
bailed with p.roans and illuminations, but, with
the first tidings of peace, there is not a hovel in
the land that would not have a candle at its win
dow, not a palace that would not blaze with
splendors iu tokeu of the advent of a blessiug
priceless beyond all earthly triumphs.
Then, sir, let us lower the points of our victo
rious swords, and parley with - the foe. while the
bugle blasts of victory aro yet ringing in our ears
If we are free in anticipation from the peril of
future reverses: if we are sanguine that the Fed
Western hemisnhero. which is iiur natural duty to i ',' ral * r,, ! s ^ '^"H-etorwaid gifted with mvinci-
conseorat" to Republicanism, and which we mighta • lilty ’ thi,t w tlls ,1<,bl ‘’ st IeH * on wh >‘ ' ve should
least have giiadeo fromrhe greedsnf foreign despots I ^ oor opponents,” “pause if you will; re
should, by common consent, be banished bom j The flag ot Aragon and Castile flaunts in the air of
the language of debate in this assemblage. It is j Man Domingo, and united with ihe blazonries ol
a spell which nas wrought eimugh already of dcs- I France and England is unfurled upon the walls
•ilatiou. It is a hell.sh formula of incantation, of Man .tniin d Ulloa —Wlie(p may they not float
a-liich lias conjured up tiie fiends of discord and twelve imunlis hence, if we, the-natural guardians
civil war; and it never was so potent in its ovil of tin’s continent from foreign interference, should
tendencies as now. when it is being passed, like still be busy with dabbing in each other's gore ?
iiie b'eaili of the plague, from mouth to mouth, in Mir if there must be war, I, t, it be against the natu-
rhe council chambers of the country it has ruined, ral enemies ol Kepir-licanism, and as we have
It should be spoken in a whisper, and with a pray- already humbled our national pride to conciliate
er linked to it. as a thing that brings a curse and tha British lion, let 11s make some sacrifice to
•oreads a pestilence. 1 despair of my country, i win back in amity, and not to subjugate, the:
I despair ot aver living once more in a blessed Mouth, tiiat we ina; stand once again as comrades j m>s>'opposing losts, and u itli. the blessings ot
Union of frateiflal States, when 1 li«<u- all around ; inarms, to scouige these foreign interiopcrs back
me the utterance of that ruin breeding word | bagain w itbin their proper limits.
••emancipation” miugllug with the shouts ot bat- > lam no advocate of bloodshed but if a foreign
fie. the fierce hurrahs of triumph over fallen broth- war-should be the alternative of submission "to
ers, and the groans of our dying country men. foreign insolence, I trust that I should he among
Mir.it in place of making the negro question a ■ the last to fall prosrrate that tho hurricane might
subject-matter of debate, this Congress would swep harmlessly by To subserve the schemes of
take into earnest, solemn consideration some ex- a party we have already humiliated the American
pediriu fur securing peace, I do believe lliat sue- 1 people in the eyes of scoffing Europe, and it will
cess would crown our efforts. If they would en i be a task hereafter to regain tho caste we have
say
11 ct ” Let us y ield them one chance for recon
cilement before we drive them to the resistance ot
despair. There can be 110 victory where kith and
kin, where brothers and fellow countrymen, where
men who are bound to each other by tho holiest ot
past associations, are strugg ing lor supremacy.
Ail is defeat; ail is disaster; all is misfortune,
tears and mourning Do not let us efface with
blood every sacred memory that may yet bind
these men to us as brothers Give one sign of
invitation before the death-struggle bo renewed
Lot the spirit of forgiveness pass between the linos
Providence, those armed legious wifi take a les
son Irum Mabinia and eaily Rome whose soldiers
united by domestic ties, threw down their weap
0:1s upon the battle’s verge, and sprang to eacli
other's embrace.
Sir, I have spoken freely, studying only to
make my words an index to my thought. " My
opinions have brought upon 1110 the censure, often
most discourteously expressed, of many who dif
fer with me; but for that I care but little. I am
long, having thirteen stripes and tbirtj
two stars. It was presented by thte wo
men of Boston to Gen. McClellan who
promised to plant it first on the veritable
“last-ditch” to which the rebels should,
he driven and afterwards with due military
honors on the dome of the Capitol.
Richmond, July l.—Capt. Heury Colley, ot
tlie Wilkes Hill Guards, is in the first Georgia Hoj.
pital severely wouuded iu tha chest; h.s brother is
with him. Pass and Welimaker of his company
are killed. Lewis. Cothran and Dubose of ihe Ir
vin Artillery are killod. Lieut. Col. Joh,i B.
Weems is severely wounded.
Salt.—A telegram was received from Dr. Lee at
Maltville, Va , iu which lio says he is uow ready to
supply the Georgia Mait Manufacturing Coinpauy
with 10,0U0 bushels salt.
B’ST AUTHORITY.
Artn ami Rraolalious of the Congress of
the Confederate States of America Hnssed
at the firm Session under the I’eruinnent
C'oastitutiou.
ter upon that task, not with hearts embittered and lost in tho family ol nations. No much • greater ■ content to bide the hour tiiat shall set me right
before my country men. As I have believed the
prosecution of this war to be a widening of tiie
gulf that separates lhe sections. I have earnestly
intellects swayed by sectional antipathies aud un evil could bclall us than lo be forced from the po
timely mock philanthropies, but with ail their sition we heve hitherto assumed towards
souls devoted to that one sacred purpose—the re- j foreign Powers. I would not have my country
construction of tiie Union and our redemption swerve one inch from afty vital principle of her i ppP°Aed it I hare always looked upon-the sub
irom civil war; if they would do this, in the spirit toreign policy in any emergency whatever. Above I juration of the Mouth as a project whose fulfillment
of coficiiiation, of forgiveness or tolerance, of all things, i’lioJd dear the 11 tt'ionnl honor which ! ' Vl ' u id strike a heavy; perhaps a fatal blow to
brotherhood, and kindlyfeeiing.it i- ray con vie- we have ever till of la*** preset red untarnished I ' rlle re P»biicanisni,and although 1 will yield to no
tion tiiat b-fore the close of this eventful session However gloomy may he the aspect of tilings at 1 man * n devotion to tiie Union—although 1 would
tho preliminaries of a peace would bo arranged home, I would have nttr flag float as proudly as ! roake »nv-and every personal sacrifice to restore
But while, with the obstinacy of a blind ’atiatic. ev< r abroad, not even designing to make domestic 13 *- r l° r .' H,l| i integrity—1 wiil never consent, even
1 ud tiie instincts of a brutal gladiator, the first affliction n plea for humility, an excuse for- cow- j L ,r tLi; sake of tiie Union,to yield up my birth-
object is to pic mulgate a party creed, and tiie se- ardice, or a puliation of national shame. When- I r ‘£ bt ' 8 a freeman ! to sacrifice those principles
cnitd to crush an opponent and wear tin badge of ever occasion demands that a stand should be made °f government those lights of free thought,
victory^ I see no fairer prospect than, at somedis- against foreign aggression, or a rebuke adminis and personal liberty, without which Union is but
rant period, reached through seas i f blood aud tered to foreign prido, or a chastisement inflicted
ii'-aps of carnage, the forced submission of a npi-n foreign insolence, I would have the n-aun-
crushed and derastated^c-ction, and the equally tlet thrown down upon the impulse of tiie nation-
ituhappy spectacle of a government triumphant, al sentiment without reference to domestic exi
but exhausted by its triumph, detested by a mob genets, or pausing to measure the strong propor
tions o* the foe. ” 1
In tiie l ent of our privnted discord, we seem to
havt;forgotten tiiat our great mission as a peopl
sty of those sovereignti, s that gave it birth, and
gazing with horrors and remorse upon the
desolation it lias wrought
Mir. it is not n,y purpose to vent reproaches, is to repubheanizn the world, to advance the pr’in
ven where 1 believe them best deserved I have ciple that men are capable of self-government.
we
. . . . .. red
it this crisis, and to
digress, tiiat its legislation shall embrace every while we have been weakening our sinews with
means ot securiug.au immediate peace If, as intestine strife. And to what purpose? Is it pos
the Government claims, the Confederate cause is Bible that gentlemen can hope to reconstruct the
hopeless, the leaders ot the secession movement Union by pursuing a policy of unrelenting se-
cannot be ignorant of the fact; aud knowing it, verity? Can they expect to re-establish coucOrd
• .1,1 nnrio 1 u iiveuicm ucj, uumtu . ....... in.u uu ii are ctipuiMe or Belt-government
ri-en to enter my protest against the discussion in and to check the progress of mojaarchv. Sir, vv
■liis chambi r, ot any anti shw ry scheme whatever are losing ground in tiie fulfillment of that sm-m,
offer an earnest appeal to this mission aud monaichy has gained a new foothold
-i-dalion shall embrace every while wc have been weakening our sinews with
a mockery and a name
It is not giandeur and extent of territory that I
covet as tho chief attributes of the Government
under which I am to live. 'Yero I one ot but
single community, insignificant in numbers, but
secure in a guarantee of pure Republican minis
tration of affairs, 1 would bo proud of my citizen
ship. But the union of a thousand States, each
one as great and populous a-; the noble one a-
ntong whose representatives I have tiie honor to
be I would detest—yes, sir, in my most inmost
heart detest, if the holding together o? component
pans should create a uecessity for the assumption
of despotic power.
Seif government is the god of my political idol
atry and the Union is but a temple in which I
have worshipped it. Should that temple be de
stroyed, I would not forsake the creed, nor would
(No. 45 J
AN ACT for tho relief of Mrs. Caroline Miller and
her children.
Whereas, Mrs. Caroline Miller, wife of Jane'S K.
Miller a soldier uow in the Confederate Army, is
in very indigent circumstances, and whereas
hei brother one John A. Bridgeland. a resident of
the State of Indiana, in tiie month of September,
in tho y ear of our Lord, one thousand eight hun
dred and fifty-seven, purchased a house and lot in
ihe town of Malem. in the comity of Roanoke, in
the Mtate of Vigiuia, known in the Plan of said
town as Lot No Ml, declaring at the time of re
ceiving a deed for the same in his own name,
that lie was buying the said property for the use
and benefit of the said Caroline Miller and her
children; aud whereas proceedings are now pend
ing in the District Court of the Confederate States,
in and for the Western District ol Virginia; to
subject the said house and lot to sequestration, by
virtue ofthe act of the Provisional Congress of
the said Confederate States, entitled -'an act for
the Seque itratioti of the estates, property and ef
fects of alien enemies, and for the ideinuity of
citizens of tho Confederate States, and persons
aiding tiie same In the existing war with the Uni
ted States,” approved August the 3(!tb, 18(51 —
Therefore,
Section 1 Tho Congress of fhe Confederate
States America do enact. That wheneverajudgreent
or decree of sequestration shall be rendered in the
District < ourt for the Western District ot Vigiuia,
subjecting the above described house and lot., of
tho said John A. Bridgeland to sequestration,
it shad ho tiie duty of the R-ceiver of the District
in which said property is situated, (usiead of sel
ling the same, to convey it to such persons as shall
be designated by the said Court, to be held in
trust lor the solo and separate use and benefit of
the said Caraline Miller during her life, aud, after
her death, for the children and their heirs, so as
not to lie liable to the debts or contracts of her
husband James H. Miller, which said convey
ance shall have the effect of passing to the said
trustee, for the use aforesaid, the title of the said
John A. Bridgeland.
. Sec. 2. Bo it further enacted. That the said
Caroline Miller is hereby discharged from ail lia
bilities, under the Sequestration Act, for the rents
and profits of liie house aud lot, now due. or
hereafter accruing and that she shall be permitted
10 remain in t(jo use and occupation of the same
until tiie convey ance shall be made for her benefit,
according to the provisions or this act, any order,
judgment or decree of the said District Court of
the contiary notwithstanding.
Sec. 3, Be it further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after its ratification.
Approved, April 17,1862.