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THE VIEW AHEAD
Perhaps at no time since the war began has
the prospect been more hopeful and promising for
the Confedera e cause than at present. Tbe winter
is passing awaj and will soon be gone, the second
year of the war is nearly over, and to-day we
fee. and know that the oppressor has (ailed in all
his attempts to conquer this brave, free people.
The eoeny's fitth "on to R’chmond” having re
ceived a sudden check from a«e, on the Rappa
hannock, he has but floundered m the mud and
mire ever since. All that Bnragide was “going
to do has Been done, and himself, at last, pret
ty well done for. Relieved of his coaamaod, be
cause of his failure, he is at leisure to make the
grand tour of the Northern cities as another dead
ass—the third stuffed lion’s akin that Gen-Lee
has sent back as s specimen of bis skill, for tbe
inspection of curious and gaping crowds,
•‘fighting Joe Hooker,” the pet of the Aboli
tion radicals, succeeds the hero of Roanoke, the
Jar canape of Fredericksburg—succeeds to tbe
command ot an enfeebled, dispirited, demoral
ised army, that knows rt is whipped before a bat
t-e commences. With ail that can be done, in
cluding backpay, it is exceedingly donbtfnl if
the pugnacious Hooker designs, or will attempt,
anything more than merely cover Washington
City- Notwithstanding all their talk, tbe enemy'
wiL not prubabiy move forward from their pres
ent position on the Rappahannock for some
weens. So that Richmond is still safe, fora long
tune to come, from dangers in that direction.
Tbs enemy has, nndoubtediy, concentrated a
large force on the coast of North Carolina, but j
from some cause, probably the excellent defens- |
ive preparations of Gen. Smith, seems at a dead- i
\ocx. Perhaps the movement is only a fe.nt to
draw forces from Gen. Lee, and thus open tbe j
way for the advance of the Army of the Pus ‘
tomac, or perhaps the invading army of'
Carolina and the army of Abe Potomac
are to act), intly in an advance upon our capital,
when tbe miter army shill have oeen duiv pre- j
pared. In,that case, the army operating in
Nortn Carolina must be retarded for some time
yet, for Hooker will not probably be ready be
fore tbe latter part of March, taking into view
the condition of the weather, the roads, and his
forces. Hooker grandiloquently propounds his
p an, to s’.rtxe wherever he sees a head ; but if he
foluws that plan he will most probably have his
army destroyed, and if bis masters hold him in,
as is most likely, he may be forced to resign in
disgust. In any event, Richmond, we fee! as
sured, is m no danger.
The grand movements of the wily Rosencranx,
to penetrate from Middle Ten lessee into the
hea-t of the cotion belt of Georgia and Alabama,
driving tbe whole population before him, in order
to starve them by compiling subsistence within
s i.mitnd ares, comes t * an inglorious end witbia
thirty mues of bis base. What, with Bragg’s
spieadid army in front of him, now commanded
by the great soldier of the age, Gen. Joe John*
•ton, with Wheeler obstructing transportation on
the Cumberland, and the made nseleae
behind him by Morgan, with the probable croesa
ing of the Tennessee by Van Dorn, at the head
of his victorious rangers, and the possible upris
ing oi buy thousand mighty hunters o! Kentucky
far in bis rear, the poeition of the abolition Gens
era. becomes daily more delicate aod critical.
Instead of advancing, be will more probably be
compelled to evacuate Middle Tennessee, and
fisii back to Barren river, in tbe heart of Kan
te c iy, if not to the Ohio. However, as a retro
grade movement is nearly as perilous as a for
ward one, he may elect to risk all on tbe hazard
of the die, and boidiy confront Johnston and tbe
cnancen of tbe held, near Tulmhoma. He can ]
no: long delay, and whatever he may attempt, :
we feel an abiding cmbuenoe that tbe result will j
satisfactory to the Confederates.
The cause is in no great, no immediate, dan, |
ger from ihe armies of Honker, Poster, or Rosen- 1
cram -less possibly from tbe first, than either j
of the others, in the West, a most powerful,
combined attack is preparing to be made on glo- |
nous, heroic Vicksourg, by the forces under Me- j
Clernand, Grant, Sherman, Ranks, Porter, aod
Parragut. A final desperate struggle is to be
made to open the Mississippi In front and rear,
*OOOI above and below, ail the concentrated
power aod hate of Abolition are to be brought
against tbe invincible City of the Hills. We
hope and believe it will prove now, as ’n the
past, impregnable. Naturally strong, it has been
still more strengthened by every appliance that
labor and genius could bestow, and the works are
manned by an army tbat snows naugut of sur
render. and refuses to learu.
Vicksburg and the Carolina and Georgia coast
have d .übtles* bees set spurt by Yankee Ten*
gesace for their utmost efforts during the presen 1
snd succeeding month. A: the former, our army
stands prepared, night snd day, to meet all the 1
enemy's marce, skill, and force. But cn the
coast me bail is already opened, not by the j
Abol.tiomsts but by the noble old Commod re |
Ingraham, Kith his Palmetto deet of iroo*c'ads, I
and by the Carolina Artillery, under Col. Yates. I
Three gunboats are sunk or surrendered, another j
ban y c.pp.td. a steamer disabled, and the whole 1
blockading S et scattered on the seas, leav ngthe j
port of Charleston open for the fleet of m rchan.
steamers now id Nassau, or on their way out. i
All bail to the gaiiant tars and the Carolina sola
diery. By their exertions 4 second Confederate
port is made friy; to the c unmerce of the wo’d— ,
Galveston baving already been relieved of block*
Aiders by Uenerai Magruder. It wilt require alt
the Monitors and I'assaics the Yankees can spare i
to close Cnarteeton harbor Bgain.
The dawn is purpling the dusky East once
more. Everywhere the gleam of triumph an i
gladness is on the banners of the yonng Confed
eracy Everywhere ocr people are united, de
termined, untiring, hopeful, exultant. Discord is
in the enemy's camp, and distrust and despair,
twin ogres, sil side by side a: his council b :ard.
From the prairies come the distant muttering
thunder of popular discontent, and the low, dis»
tinet, wailing blast, presage of the fell tempest
New Jersey echoes them back. It needs but a
collision to loose the spirit of the whirlwicd. and
ram the wrathiu! storm of lire and blood upon
tur enemies. Then up, and at them. Now .sour
time, not to shout, not to sing peans, not to boast
cur own powers, but to strike, strike again, and
again, and again, with the energy of Titans. And
so, heaven helping os, peace shall reign once
more.
Tss Sit Coknanssa —Hooker graduated at
Weat Point in ISS7. He was aid-de-camp to Gen.
Hamer ,n the Mexican war. and was breveied
Captain for gallant service. He was breveted
Major for gallant conduct a- National Bridge, and
Lieutenant-Colonel for gallant conduct at Cna
pnltepec. He resigned in I$5S and went to Ca .
forma. He offered his services to L.ucoln a: the
ontbreai of ’die war.
IMPORTANT FROM THE NORTH
Tbe ma i brings us Northern papers of January
•2oih. Tbe news is of more than ordinary interest.
Tbe following is Gen. Burnside’s address to the
army;
Huaek, .aarsas Ahmt or thz Potcxac, ,
(. AMP > KAB FaLMOUTB. r
January 2*>, 1963. J
Gsassal Oenaas No. 9.
By direction of tne President of tbe United |
Suites, the Commanding Genera; tnis day trans
fers tbe command of tb.a army to Major General
Joseph Hooker. Trie short time tbat be baa di
rected yoor movements baa not been fruitful of
victory or any considerable advancement of oar
lines, out it baa again demonstrated an an ount of
courage, patience and endurance tbat, under more
tavorab.e circumstances, would bare accomplished
great results. Continue to exercise those virtues,
be true in your devotion to your ecu a try aod tbe
principles you bare sworn to ma.ntain, gire to
tbe orare and skillful General who nas long been
identified with your organization, and who is now
to command yon, your mil and cordial support,
and you will deserve success.
in'taking as affectionate leave of the entire
army, which be separates with so much re
gret, be may be pardoned it he bids an especial
farewell to aia long tried associates ot tbe >';n.h
Corps. His prayers are tbat God may be with
you and grant you continued success uutil tbe
rebellion is cruaned.
By command of Major General Burnside.
Lawis Richmond, A. A. G.
how tbschangsis a.*ctiv«D
The Herald has an article of a column’s length
on the charge it commanders. It regrets that
McClellan was not restored, bat adds tbat its con
bdecce and encouragement are due to Hooker,
and that it gives :t. If hardly supposes that an
early advance can be had, as it wi'.i take time for
Hooker v> get matters straight, but calls for a for
ward m»v-ment. It says tbat three armies are
to he dissipated if the rebel.ion is to be crushed.
It believes that Br&gg will receive his ou etas at
list hands of Rosencranz; whilst Vicksburg must
tall, inasmuch as :t is to be attacked by Grunt,
McC erased and Porter from ab ve, aided by
banks and Farragut trom below. If, then, Hook
1 er can take the • < reo»l” capital, it be. eves all wul
be sale. In this same article, :t ssja Greeley has
! dec ared mat the war must end oy the nrst of
May. I'd u#r n j Union. I; Close* by sajitu' that
1 it is incredible :aa: doubt should ex.s: at Wash
| icgton of ou- i- e. Northern fcaai success, and
! admonishes Line >ln that tbe next three months
j will settle, at ai: events, the success or
j ous tanure of the government .a his hanus.
ihe Washington correspondent or the New
York Herald says that the on dit is, Burnside re*
signed because ot difficulties with* Hooker.
Burnside, it continues, when he fouod he could
[ not get his cannon across a; Banks’ Ford, warned
• to cross and offer battle witb infantry alone, but
H*x>ker peremptorily refused.
THS NEW CAMPAIGN.
, I The Phuideiphia Inquirer 9ays a few days of
new org-niXAtioas aud ce» piacs, aud Genera*
Hooker a campaign will open. It predict* that be j
will he the new Desaix ot the modern Marengo,
? It sets each day U preciotta—each week should
oe made to tell on the grand result. We wan*
Richmond, the control of the Mississippi, and
other point! which we will not name, betore the !
1 QotJanesua.
1 THE HEW PBO4BAMXI FCE CBC3HISG OCT THB BE'
3 ' 3ELLIOV.
1 The Herald gives, hs the new programme of j
t the Radicals. the fallowing ;
The principle of concentration generally is to
1 he earned out in all military arrangements
s • Heavy reinforcements are to be seat to Rosen*
» cracz, Vicksburg ans P rt Hods jd are to be at
j tacked by forces sufficient for their reduction.
Wilmington, Cbariesioo and Savannah are to be
' assaiied in succession, and another effort is to be
7 made to reduce the rebel capital.
, All these objects accomplished by Ist of May,
it is expected the rebels will be brought to
terms.
i This portion of the programme would be most
i encouraging, but for the doubts which the sequel
. From that it is evident that its author* j
ido not place much reliance m its success. Thus
’ we learn that whilst the proposed plan of opera* j
* • nous is being carried out, secret agents are to be
I f sent by Government to Europe for the purpose of
le-iming to an understanding with Louis Napoleon
in the event of ir« failure.
The intention in that case is to call on the
French Emperor to interfere in favor of peaceable
I separation between the North and me South, pro
vided such separation be based on a plan of gen
! eral emancipation in both sections and proper
j adjustment of boundaries.
1 It is not believed that the South would consent,
| but that its refusal would so damage us cause in
i Europe that it would fail to secure further sym*
| pathy or assistance in that quarter,
j The a-rald’s corresp ndent, writing from Ai*
j bany, 9*ys that a difficulty between the Sue and
I General Govern aft* ot is inevitable; that the Na- (
Itional Government has not consulted Seymour in
anything it has done, never hav.ng written tc
him since his elect., n, and points to the militia ,
. being called out by Wool as confirmatory ot what
it says. It remarks that the people are ripe for
revolution and are not to be kept down by Jaco- !
bins, and asks imploringly, wbers are we drift* j
mg*
SPECIAL MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT IN REG ABD TO
THS PATHSNT OF THB A RUT AND MATT.
In returning to Congress, *ith hia approval, !
the joint resolution to provide for the imoiedia'e *
payment of the Armv aud Navy of ths Uu.ted
Htates, Lincoln makes it the occasion ts giving, I
in a special message, the views on the currency ,
; and advising measures of relief for the hnaneiai
' embarrassment of bis administration.
Mr. Lincoln's message and suggestions were '
rather snubbed by Congress The Washington
I correspondent of the New York Trikuae, who
always writes m the interest ot hi* master, even
j says of the reception and ri-c: of the message;
I* Ai the reading of the docuuisat proceeded, cu«*
ru sily gave place to *sioa shment. Tne recom
mendation t.-> Congress to adopt Secreidr? Chase s
| bar ring scheme >aed aughierover m >st cf
. the House. Mr. Washburn's motion so refer the
' re-sage to a Special Committee was speelily laid
' an the übie by * vole ui 62 io jj. While’ thus •'
I placing the document where the House could
handle it to»m rrow, the express on of irritntion
at what wa» called the interference and dictation
>t the President was very genera The message
tell on a very thin Senate. The printing of it
was refused by the few members present and the ‘
idj took place in a srreater ind more
generalexp"ession of resentment at whatauis*
tinguisheu Senator ed the President’s growing
hat .t of returning bii.s u th his si gesture, accom*
i panted with lectures to Congress :or having -
ed them.
YANKEE EI'MILIATX£N AND 'ON?S;stON3 OF COWAR*
. DICK
T:.-> Yankees a-? v~-y ,v e over :heir reverse 4;
1 Galveston. Some of tbetr pip*?* term it even !
•■dishonorable” The Bait mere American pub- 1
I ii«hes the following ex rac: frea-. the letter of
( ".-newho participated m the engagement, and 1
msnfu..v strove to produce a different result."
’ , * * * Admiral Fur-agat ha* ordered a
Court of Inqniry cm the affisir. He pronounces
, tae affair as in every way the most disgraceful i
I thing of the war
In reference to the cowardice shown by the
’ commanders of the gunboats, the writer ears ; i
V I eooM not get them to send :n to bring off '
1 oar wounded, who could be seea lying on the
. ; dock, and the rebels would hare been glad to '
have ihem off their hands, act even to send in !
1 j to learn whether our men were dead or alive
l : and we did no: know, only by guise or surmiael
1 ( what was done, or what were lost or who were '
’ saved.”
The Massachat-s mea fought bravely, and the
1 record w..l he in their praise, bet thev might as
weli have been a: R’Cbmond, 275 of them alone,
as o pu: them :n Galveston, with ihe bridge
‘ open and the railroad running ac-oss dailv trains
• of rebel soldiers irons H'lst.n and shove
We lost 278 killed, wounded, or p: soners, of
i the Massachusetts t_d. Os me wnole crew of the 1
Harriet Line, (150 probably but a very small I
Inurberwere le't a. re. s.v from ten to twenty, !
nod only one cmrer. trom ten to twenty of tbe
crew and officerafcf tne Westfield were loet. W*
lost, to* Harriet Gane in good condition ana ready
for s-a, and two barks loaded nix'* coal. The
rebe:a bad about 3,000 men, under General Ma
gruder, six or seven rams and gunboats, of no
great strength, and five or six pieces of artillery
on shore.
From t-ie D-u’y Jf ututippizn.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
A GLANCi AT HIS EARLY LIFE AND ASSOCIATIONS.
“Tne wretch * * *
Living shall forfeit lair renown,
Doubly dying shall go down
To the vile dust from whence he sprung.’*
Editor Mississippiah An object of so much
abhorrence to the Southern people as the mac or
animal now disgracing the Presidency of the
North, must excite some curiosity as to his his
tory, some desire T o iearn whence aud how he
came into public life, who and wnat he is. It
the feeling prevalent m some minds be admired,
that he is an instrument in the hands of God to
lead to destruction the people es the North, to
blast and bi:ght the national prosperity of that
, section, and lead to their legitimate termination
I the wicked sophistries of tbai people, a glance at
his lineage and extraction, bis ear.y associations,
I and the influence that controlled his more mature
i thoughts, and gave shape and tone to bis ideas,
1 will convince us that he is a most fit and appro
priate instrument for the exposition and admins
:si ration of the besotted, vulgar and fiemsh v.ewg
1 of tne Yanxee bigots whese suffrage made him
their chief magistrate.
1: wil. be wel», to-*, :n view of the fact, often
mentioned as a siugu.ar coincidence, that our own
i high-m.nded and distinguished President came
I tr<_m the same country, almost from the same
• ne gboorhood, as Lincoln, that we bee >me familiar
: w.:u the early his ory ot Mr. L ncoin tha: w c
may appreciate :he circumstances *bich maae the
! iw men so dissimilar la every element of private
and pub ic life.
Aoe Li ncoin was horn not than $ m..es
from B whng Green, ky. f in what is known as
i the ‘‘Green River countrv ol Kentucky.** Ever?
: Kentucsiau snows tne state of society which ex
. isted J j years ago, ana which, to a certain ex‘en'.
now exsta, in me "Green R ver country” of Ken
tuexy. Two distinct classes mark the social status
! of mat poruon ot tne Oari and oloody ground.
Tbe>e jiaases *re, those who owning negro-s, gen
eraiiy smail planter*, educate their chi dren and
preaerveanu cu.tivate a l the elegancies and amsn
-1 ities of private ute, wno desire and cultivate the
good opinion ot tneir Le.gnoors, and who, as a
1 consequence, manulacture sad control the healthy
conservative public opinion of their country ; and
those having no negroes, who live in idleness
' and dissipation, sua. their neighoors* cbicstns,
shoot their neighoors’ hogs m the woods, besirad
f d.e logs and play cards on Sunday, and who, not
working and having no property, live ei;h-r by
their wiia, or the astute but n it very honest
manipulations of tne ’* light-fingered gen’ry;”
wlo, m a word, lie and steal tor a living , and not
hav.ag, never hav.ng had, and never expec .og to
have, negroes, most cordially hate those, and
i everything connected with those who have them.
They are aboiinoniaU ptr 4*. They ar*r aooii
uoni-is lor no other eartniy reason but because
they hate the reaned sea respec'able who own
slaves—despairing of ever having slaves them'
selves, an i itere'ore of the refinement and res
spectaoiiity to which that ownership is incident.
Their vagabond, vicious, and idle baa.ts preilud*
I ing she possibility of ever saving money enough
to buy slaves, the? instinctively hate the lnsjnu*
j tion os cordially os tue Jew bated the Gentile.—
From this latter class, from us very bean s coie,
| sprung AbrAtam L neon; trom the former clans,
and trom amongst its very best families, bails
I Jefferson Davis.
- Lo -k upon this p.cture, and on this."
But we wish to speak of the L-nco n family of
Kentuciy. Now, while we gire Mr. Lincoln
credit tor elevating bimaeif Above toe sieroora
ceous mass of paUr fanuUiai, it will be readily
seen that ail bis recent acts as President of the
United States savor of tbe domicil wneoce he
sprung, and hereto :s our reason for drawing
aside tbe family curtain; it is right and oroper
that tbe people of tbe State of Miesiasipp. Should J
know tbe or.gin of the man who has put a pre- ;
miurn upon murder wad rapine, and promises the
assistance of tbe Catted Slates forces to the
s f avert who rise in insurrection against their un- !
offending owners, and who nas made himself |
most loathsome to tbe people of tbe Sjutbern i
Confederacy.
Tbe Lincoln fami'.v of Kentucky is one of ibe ;
lowest and most d.srespectao.e in tbat z>t»te.—
Abraham is one of the lour brothers who
lived wrh their father, and "a woman
claiming to he the w.le of old man Lincoln ani
the rnoibef of the hors.” They uad no larm, no I
stock, nor property o: any kind save the nouse in
which they lived »cu supported thenneivca bv .
levying black-mail of the property of Uieir neigh- ,
hors. So diareputab.e had they become, and so »
annoying were ibeir *‘r*.ds" upon the»r neighbor s
stock yards, cribs, gardens, A:., that they were
nobbed tc quit the country, agreed be to*which
tbe »am:!y moved X) th: mjre congenial soil ot j
Indian*. Ash rt time prior to the removal Aoe •
vthen but a httl i .ad sb pped as a ''oaqq" on one
of tbe flat hosts navigaung Green river and the ,
Ohio, into which it fads, and tbe Mississippi, and |
trading chiefly in hay and hoop po.es.
When tbe craft arrived at Y.ciaburg the owne* j
sold out his stock of bsj «nd hoop po.es, uiafnisa* ;
:ng hi# •‘hands,'’ wbc ttk.ng passage in ..n up
river boa: were in due time .aoded at the de ec*
table town of Cairo. Here Abe left the r.ver and
sought the interior of :he Sate ot lilioo s. He
had never been to school a d»r :q bis his
conversation was only rude, but par using
strongly of the parental and fraternal bias of pro**
fanny and vulgarity, h s person uncouth and
forb.dJing, and bis m ra!&. ,6od save the mark II
Were '* deceitiul above a., things, and desperate*
ly wicked.’! Hut he was from Kentucky, and to
be from Kentucky t.itn was a a s'inguisbeu noo
or, ‘or Kentucky's name a syo uym for chiv
airy and b»gh«toced honor *aai * p-a*.riotiam.
• How are the mighty fai en
and he could net c.a cn any interest la
that f*nc- -.ant State's reputation, yet a por
tion of the prestige o;s native State went with
him and the “suckers’" who had commenced to
hew themseivc? a living from toe torests of
Illinois, gave * Aoe” employuien: at the only
honest business be w*s t‘ for. namely, ‘*m-u.ing
rat.s,” fer Which he was to rece.ve fifteen dollars
per month He spent the winter in tae on
ibe edg- of a prairie, t ; a th usaod miles fr«*m
Hpringfie . s .ring h.- wages, and in :he i<.u
low.og spring went ap to Indiana to see b.> fathei
and orothers.
Returning v: ILm. is he found :ne e the ooxes
■ : an elect, hid been esiaOi'.s .ed near
“clesi-.ng where Le had hern w._-:k du
ring t. e winter. .:d wit;. a a ;*; r* penchant
csiaoiished a “grocery’* it “ a ggerv" .
point where the ca is of the suiaers were t
oe deposited. Here :he corner? ne !
his popularity and future success. Here tie '
learned, while dealing out the vile drug most '
happily yclept “bast head-' to the sturd? Suck
ers. mat inexhaustible stuns of Anecdote wmen i
'* with his elbows on his knees, and his heai m 5
kia and ms feet on the topmost round of.
his chair,” he sail aeals out to toe bo.ed visits !
ants of the White H use. A groce-v keeper on a
remote clearing in the back woods of fil.oos I
How the disgusting realities of such a .ire ns- up
before the mind's eye! W.;h what e*sr could
Lincoln, cradled :a infaafy and vice, glide into
the impure, the .oathsom-r ana devilish associa
tions of such a life I Here was the aoQooi house
ot the future President of the United Slates, this
the vestibule of tua; whose god is the \
Dev;., whose docvr.ae was hypocrisy ana iust, a j
doctrine that has culmiua r ed in tbe proclamation
of the Ist ot Jana-rr, Is©3, inviting servile in
surrection with its :r«in of unmentionable c?i*ru>
ties ani dark and uamn»ole deeds, and which •
w:.. at last lead its votary to-tae fate of a Robe
spierre, a Murat, or a John Brown.
\ oung Abraaam's grocery became the favor* I
ite res r: of the di>s;p<*ied and rcwiish suckrrs.
and many a fisticuff and set-to Was h. d before :
and behind Aoe s oar. The Jus - ce . ■ the Peace
for the be*: o: t e county of baa reason to j
inanx Aoe s“ v. nous concpKDum” for sundrv \
fees, the product o: petty a?sau.t acd battery \
cases, eic., etc., brought f*r adjoshfication be* |
fore h:s Honor, ana an - nterprisiug young lawyer
from the wooden nutmeg state settled down ■
with bis boo*9 and parchment to practice his
proteas.on (!) m one of rhe corners of Abe s ca
ravansary. Abe took hi a* jn with an eye to finals
ness; wmle the lawyer was away attending to ,
court, Abe, who bad .earned to read, conned j
over the Yankee's limited library, and being gift*
ed with the braes ani impudence incident to his
life, and being witnai a shrewd, coarse«witted
feliow, soon made ail backwoodsdom believe that {
he knew as much law as any member of the bar :
of Illinois, certainly as much as Tom Corwin or ;
Steve Douglas, both of whom had just been ad*
mined to tne bar, and both of whom sprang from 1
obscurity ana poverty. So Abe was admitted to t
the bar. He nex f oflered himself as & candidate i
for the Legislature. The patrons of his bar, his j
old friends who had so often with him
** Tippled o’er the barley bme "
elected him to the House of Representative*, and j
here bis effrontery and boldness, but particulariv *
ms ardent aboliti; msm, which had grown with
bis growth, and strengthened with his strength, ;
gave him fo.*ce and character with the leading j
Abolitionists in Illinois. After the adjournment ’
of the LearsVcre, Abe went in search of a wife.
At the agricultural fair at Parts, Kv., he saw .
Miss Lizzie Todd. Miss Line Todd, now Mrs.
Lincoln, was not of the Todd familv proper of
Kentucky. Hers, however, is a collateral branch ’
of that family, but neither in material nor inte!- i
iectual wealth a fair representative of tha: highly
respectable famiiy. The T >dds were plain peo* ,
pie, w>tb no p-etenaions above mediocrity, either j
n purse or pineai-giand, else Abe Lincoln would |
not have dared address Miss Lizzie. Bui plain as .
was Mr. Todd's family he had pride enough to ,
»ee. his superiority to that of Lincoln. He knew
<£e Lincoln family, knew its origin, its antece*
dents, its penchant lor scurrilous and low mis- ,
-‘ion*, knew, like Behol’s.
“Its thoughts Were u» vice ininjtr.ous,**
and therefore he a> So.ner eirned that a sc.on of
that famuy Bought an alliance wita bis own than .
'he f rb d Ab= ais house and his dougnter's so* '
ctety.
1 Lcz e, ' said old man Todd, with mourn ui
determination and pathos, "L’zz.e. 1 worna ra’her
see you ia your grave man the aife of a L.n*
coin I ’ Abe returned to I hnois and surrepn*
uoualy corresponded with Miss Todd. lime
glided on, so die the abolition element in the
West, strengthened aa ;t wa- oy uanv importa*
lions from untile New Eng and. A vacancy oc
curred m the CongrefS. nai delegation from li*
I’.qois. Abe offered bims-lf as a candidate on
tne aooliuon ba«*is and was elected. As a mems
oer ot Congress, he again sought the hand of Miss
Todd, and mis i.me was successful. But old man
Toad gave his c -nsen; reiuciantly, regrett.Dg
the union of nis daughter wnh a L ncoinite. and
feeing tnat no: even a membership in the Norm
ern Congress
** Could bi ii'.’tt «vU deeds aor consecrate a crime
In Coagrees, old Abe—slace, by a singular impo
•eocv of ideas termed “honest o*d Abe”—was true ;
to his earlv associations, instincts and teachings j
He supported every odious measure that was pre* •
seated in Congress, and among other infamous
aets voted against sending supplies to the army
of the then (failed States battling n Mexico. j
Smee he was made President of the United
States, the world nas witnessed his tribie proved
title to its listing conteQjpt. If there is nunesty '
in Abe L ncotn it is the nonesty of the |
who slays his victim because he has promised his
I wicked heart to do it. He has no redeeming tra.t :
of character. Tae sheen and bright gloss of in
tellect 19 not on th** mirror of bis tame,to soften the j
odiousness of his character cr awake a wish that
he bad been under different circumstances a better
I man. His corruption to be radical, bis
I faults inbred, his mean jess and dup!:c.tv or*
game. He is not brave, nor manly, nor even im
pulsive. Wecanno admire the man for any latent
- nobleness. Ttiers is none in him. In bis otiicial
i capacity, where tbere were no State reasons, qj
I dictation of poiicv. no “military necessity,” if
i any ot these can justify mendacity, be bas meanly
falsified facts, or, in plain Augnl-Saxoo, he has
i lied. Hts proclamation is a sniy buoole, out i
i looked at through tbe lens of the motive that j
4 supenn -uced tt, is a stupendous crime, a curse to j
I his name to wmeb the infamy of a Nero or a Cali
j guia wii be light and harmless. To us be leaves
I a memory of bis administfanen that will b- tre?h
; <n our blood and toe blood of our heirs forever
and ever. To ‘be North tie bequeaths a load of i
i crime that wi l weigh d >wn its reputation in the
i eyes of tbe civiliz-a world as ioag as the K .glist.
aDguage is spoken or read, as a dead letter. We
were wont to *ook to the monsters of Myth..l gy
:or a name that would characterise the evi! doing
i <jf Dad men in puol.c life ; herealter the name ot
L qo'q will sound every depth and shoai ot m
i famy and crime. Ocilian.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 21, 1563.
Pro** r v Charle*i‘jn J itreury, Ftb. 3.
SITUATION OF AFFAIRS OFF THE
HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS
\ esterday forenoon in ihe city and bar
* bor without any stirring ne*s or mcideut of note.
About 1 o'clock a telegram tre m Fort Sumier
, announced that a strange steamer, evidently an
| iron clad, had just hove in s.gbt. Tne nuenoer
| of tbe ordinary blockading vessels strung along
! tbe honzou was eleven. With a good giass the
| outline of the iron clad couid be plainly seen from
1 tbe eny wharves aad an endless variety of ru «
ai-Ts and in relation to her identity
-nd designs were soon ad at. •
Meantime, another siraoge sa l made her ap
oearacce m the otbng she proved to De the British
steam irigate Cadmus, XI guns, bringing des
patches for the Hr.ash Cousu. and tor the Petrel,
now anchored u ibe iiarhor. At 3 o’clock one ot i
tbe boats of tbe Cadmus brought the despatches j
to the city in charge »>r a L cutcoaut.
\\ e nave learned, tro u good authority, that the ■
Cadmus brings .ntclt.geuce iha; an exped.tion of
a very tormiUab.e charactei has been prepared to
operate &ga n't: the city »t Charles on ar d that
\ tbe enemy is now nearly ready :< r the aitacs
i Mi. Robert Bunch, he BmiahConsul, has orders
V g aboard the Cadmus and to get to Havana {
w.tu the .east pos- oie delay. We understand
J tuat be. ex t acta to leave ou Saturday nex .
lirom tbe Cadmus we hare information that
;Le mysterious steamer off North Cbanoei :s the
Yauxee iron-c nc frigate New Iroosides.
I can hardly cross the oar, as she is ?a d >.o draw
nineteen feet Water. Hrr ooj-.-ct, f r the pr. -rot,
| probably, is mereiy to protect the bi egaders.
; man .tner a- aCK. T - i-. n-ides, it s be
’ i’-evea, came fr- n. Hr. ad river. The traus, r:?
\ i \ i g s ‘Uthward from B *auiort, N C , ar« pro
d uau lor Port Ro.ai, as the rend zv >
j f tae land forces of the expruih'-n.
in cur naval successes last week the enemy L a -
J aad a >retaste 1 our s reagia u s :i tae
Hot tae preparations for tue . tack on our ettv
: were atured previously, au«i it is n»r be sevea •
j ’hat our naval victory wi » euner prevent i>r p« s •
• ue tt. It ;s well, however, that our detents
j are n w compiefe. and tha we are aDie t - s r ke
’ the nrst blow ia the struggle to ho d onr go :
Id seaport. That blow, wc trust, will encourage j
•ur de euders, on land and seu, to redouble tne r
activity and vigilance, and to spare no pains to ,
give a bloody welcome to the assailants.
Funeral f Major Galli*.— The last test.a?o
--; n»ais of respect r r the remains of our lamented
fe low-cu zea, *1 jor Juba B. Gatlie, were paid
yesterday a’ternoon The funeral took place at
ms res dence on LaFayetie Square, and the large :
concourse of citixens estitied to *he respect and j
i affection wb:ch he enjoyed in the estimation of ■
| our people. The services were conducred bv
I. S. K. Axs d, o: he I jdepeodeQt Presov. •
I tenan Church, or which he bad coaoisu
len'and u.«efui member for many y-a? s. and an
immense procession followed the remains to their
. ia-t rusting place n Laurel Grove Cemeterv.
, Verdv, a good man ha:h raJen. At another time
we hope to be able to give a more extended no
tice of hts Ute and character.
The army corres,. mdent of toe Cincin
: r.a't Lommercta; says : are several ot tne
8 Ml - : : .
;n ' s which cannot b? depended on. Desertions ’
J from their rank? are frequent.
G 0 0“ »iWS FfiGM KENTBCKY PT 31 .
*U»I IK THE OLD L4*D tB.”
*'' ,A * *««w IX, _ ,
HtADti Ei Med. Dxp’t. Clebtm,- , r, '
ArnT lenn., Tul «homa“jl
| MlUn-1 Vhutton-'H Mtbfl-Ti- o'* 6 >
C. S. A., left at Hatrodeaurg wVtfa d”*’ Sur 8«on
from Perryville baa ju,t rectned *i! " Un '' ! eJ
atCE and wounded amply provided o' 1 * our
| covering rapidly. H, say, auu re .
1 '*«». Pans, Veraail.es, Ux.
; Leb&non, Vcnotaavilip. , n d other ?’ e,
.arge contributions of clothing an d r a'‘ s •
many instances accompanied tbetr, ', ' lrjd m
they were prope.ly disiribu.ed n i'° *" e ’ h it
j wounded of tneir warm sympathy »j,i. l ‘* ! “ ,r ® cur
He also states that the ladle, ' °»“ee.
( Ohio, sent a large contribution „( ‘ De ’r ||.
, and also 000-s, so oes and hits, and VE * ° fc •*,
tity of the finest canvassed Lams T mP* u *o'
and Louisville furnished nothin- k tr -°*ort
were forbidden to do it. He heard of C * ‘ M ‘ Hey
tion, that was said to have been cantra-te*' 1 rit, U’
i gan, and another akteh the Pederals - **
gave te their own wounded. ‘ s * *' a end
The defection in Kentucky '-s .a
- Oen. Jere T. Boyle is 'bat
be superceded by an AoohtiomsL 0 t i* 0 ' 3 I s 10
‘is a division at Lexington, a brigade,, t ;ICQ ’L ,er *
a regiment at Danville s:d ft ri,
regment* at Lrbanon, aod roT; ce -. lwo
• kee cavalrr, all abolitionism, *ct* ler *d nl
?g U e # t iered over tt e
When the Federal troops came to F anki ...
i nnd*r me pretext of guarding the L-j * ». »
; Governor from Morgan raifs, ttetember! V
■ noenced it as a trick, refused to sit one r t e **
■ , T ou“ of Y “ Clee 6p,t *’
He -ays Joshua F. Be 1 Ivtsited Harms „
and went to see the Confederate worn j-d ' .?*
! whilst there he declared hunsel: in 'aeo- o' eit '
attesting the B uthern people, me
children. This is the same mao who f„ 0 ’ ~
agi. chose h.s own platiorm acd rap , or , s
j ern T against Magoffin ; he was then u iavor’nf
t&e equality of toe Stales. The righi ,
negroes to the territories, aud declared it t,”hf
’ the duty of Congress - o pr teci , „,. t .
‘ deriving the warrant fr m tht Coast nti,\
United States ; and if Congress failed „ g |}
was for meeting the qoes- n and rise dmg nbr
an appeal to arms. 1 uare ase not p w ‘, fuc l
| bio dyamioded men in as be e ,’anu
:s to be hupen, n,i m»nv wh •t t - he a f. n k,
■ I • 8S >o Icrm-r profess ons.
There is life in the old land yet L k« the pnd.
! igai son, she is eating the husks, bu; like h m
j she is ready to say, "I will arise aoi go " ,>b s
ioves constitutional liberty, which is Ul , wh e - e
t und on this coot.nent except n 'he Couleueiate
States, and her true sons intend iba- s-e s ,»!| be
one of them. Lo»k out therefsre tor s who iw nd
| from the dark and bloody ground, sLd lei u- ad
' prepare ourselves on both sides to torge' »nd fy.
give many things that have occurred in hot
blood, aDd under mutual misappreuenai it. g
, may be.
Dr. Scott was well treated everywhere exerpt
by Oen. GraiDgtr, commanded at Leungioo
1 Ky., who took trua him blanke s, sh'r s od
drawers, newspapers, and in short every hmg he
j had—even topoctet knives were lukeu. V\ i.en
he got to Loutavil.e. Gen Boyle ordered Gen,
Grainger to return him bis clothes, ah cu Gr.is
! ger refused to do. He says the conqmst oi he
i Houtb baa been given up, and every 00. v coDd
den'ly looks for peice in the spring God gr.nt
that tt mav a.l prove true Mr. Gut I-ite’e
mouth is sealed—the same is true of the ablest
i Union men in Kentucky,
Very truly, J.vo. M. Jobssos,
Chief Burgeon Cieburn- a Div , Hsr tee’s C v'ps.
LATEBT NEWS F*OM THE NOHTH
Wtr copy tbe following interestio* iieu><» fi<m
the R chmond papers of Kebruarv 2ad :
ANOTHER SPEECH FROM V ALLAN DIOUA M ,
In the course of bis remark", Vaii*ooi«b a in
saio •
“Too can never sub Jue the seceded StateS Two
v-ars of fearful experience have Uucbi y.. u 'Lat.
Why carry on the wa-? If you persist it cat o It
end in final separation ; believe it now, * a jou
jdtd not my former warnings, the wl.oe N »riua
west will go with the South. Believe me. a* y«*u
did not the 8 lento warnings of jeari \o‘>, ipe
day which divide* tbe Norta from the S u»b, tie
f-e (-same day decrees eternal divorce hr »<■ u the
West and the East. There la ootone dm, *1 r«iD
that tabs over the whole vast expanse of the Noi th o
west that does not ti..d its bmne 10 the o -s n of
the Gulf. We must and will foLo* it w<b t» to vel
•and trade . not by treaty, but by right; lie. iy,
peaceably and wiihou. restriction or inouie, m,der
tne same government and flag.
The Florida. —The privateer Ore to ran ih*
blockade ot Mobile on the 13:h insiaul. ti itwnba
standing there were nine Cnited Stales vessel* us
war stationed off the bar, and wub full in ortna*
tton that she was mediating an escape. Toe
steamers Cuyier and Oueida chased tb~ O eto, be
iatter ot which uad returned to the fie off M »•
bile, it is supposed that the Cuyier to lowed tut
Oreto to Havana, to wbicn place awa mougtit
that she would go. Ou her wav to ri»v»u«, she
, destroyed toe orig Ev.eile, o B »»tnn.
On the afternot-o ol the 22J, t«»ur ini r ®
the coast, the pirate fell in wub the o g V\ ti J*
ward. Captain Rooena, from Mai*t>za , wit» a
i cargo ot m masses for Portland, lhe* l . w d
. was -e:zed and burned, and the crew «nt *m ore
| in tteir own boat. Her cargo betoi g-u o p.i*
! ieh merchants. Ou the mot mug i ez* If
I mrdenas, the Oreto captured aoci bu ns
■ brig ( ora Add, ot Mechias, Me., Cap ai > u I,
; from Phi adeiphia. ladeu wi.b sbo k*. r> .9
burnt only one mile 'rom land. an a
and crew sent into Cardenas in men
So »n alter tbe Oreto captn*eu .9
| j ;st out from Cardenas, burue ■ out- . e
\ other A sch«> *ner w inch
the m rmog ot the 24 n, s * >
was last se.*n -v tu the Brit s i fl ti >•
tng tor the Banain ts
Further acqpuuts .» the si * d
! transport Hauers ter.de;ed t, i r
crew Wcte c.ip urea. a> «re r
j cap'or for scone :ime bel e » «*n.a o
doubt tn her .i?s Urr w - *l *
Oieto Was k lia* A
R-s unons have e . ff •*
>ey Leg mature, cw .ou u r >
restore McClellan to it e >
in-Chief.
T• ere is a rg- ' a r • * t.: 1
arms a Mexico ->m i t
Three hundred M-x Cia .v •- i
. French force <d lour inou and !. eu l> *>
C . In tL. cal Cues." <•! -Ue u _ . , h
>: »• each th-r ird sc-imtnu •* 1 h
■ tsiio a rd alone ti. o ra- •
w .n tea thousand Mexicans u a it* * • -e
French rr -m PurDia. ana ro . rU ■, t,
fourteen ih >us-na »ri»n*i.
McCleruao t rc*\ *<i ;1
Porter’s at fleet, were rep *r->d * \ '»
St‘ or, t*ra r y mi.ea no v- V casbu-c *i -1
Gran r was concentra mg h » arrn a M *
Bead, aoove Vtcksou-g, ana r i
;w. uld j reparrd to move on u.e -><
Col. Zarvona. Mr. Wai , tr-e n d
j Senator from New Je s-y, inir *di*c - n ’
J uon tor extend ug such re>ie as m \ «*• u-?r
UDde-r the circums'.ances. and ««»r q . «. * >
’hr case oi Col ihooias, better know•*.
Zarvcna, 0" tae "Frencn lady,” now »■ in 3
, Fort Mcdenry. Tbe rrsrdu too w A " m
Taree schooaera, air
; too. recen iy arrived at Havana 0 £ *-
' United States S'eamer Reanv wa< rep »r ** i ” r d
i into by the Spanisa man-of war Pr-u e*s Ai %
tiia, ody two miles from Castle M #n> *
W- are without far her n-w» • o • t*
: tions in this Std’e, either bv land «r e< e
stramersacd transpo-ts wbicb passe-. ' « j*
and New R-rer, on Fr dav, musi h.» v *
mo e Southern destination h»n W t f
i they wou'd hare been heard from rr
; vet :t s difficult tc account f»?r th»
I c';os- in sh?-re as to be n sight tr m b
indicated, otherwise thin u *n ffir •» p. 3
that they were drS goed far th-s . /
bt-ve not made toeir appearance ?• « v :
( havr tbe celebrated **two co.nmns’T » n 3
I ana Beau s rt yet shown themsrivo id L ■ *
S f y of Gc.dsooro’or Wilmington
Wilmington J l '-t