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" rte.: NNNrN//r4N4 rd11~Nr4rNr4rr W4r14N4Md4rr4N4NII14NNNINNN,INNIrN4/NN/NN14NpAhrrNr4N/,r4u/14rN1/rrrlllrrhrlNNrtNNlrrurrUNrNNNrN,14rNN4dpIVUNN W Ilrrldlrlrh111rr411Ur1,1111rpI11M111npJMlr4rr4 nNrMIrNM11NIMININI4NINNry1NNINppMrI11N1/"MNINIMIypINWNIlu11y11rNM141p1141prr41W 4N4:N ""WE WILL CLING TO THE 'PILLARS OF THE TEMPLE OF OUR LIBERTIES, AND IF IT MUST FA NINdI 1 n r 1 n r n 1 U14r'W 11 41 b h1 b 11 4 U Ir U hl N pr a lu Ir N rl 4 M 4 nnN pPp rr h u 1 ..0190604r9r .rNNNr NN4 r gN1 p11/1N1/p1 ql 4 41 p11M AN4NIN4N11 4 L1 blpl ly U / N U111' U/U N'4 W bHll hUp 41 aNlNl N NNlh...... W1y1pINlpyhMpllgIN111N41NNp14rpy1N4/1pN41hIpNINrp1 r I r l r r 11 l rl r 11 r l r l r l rr l Ir r r r N r 11 N 11 I r r r r r l l r I N N 11 1 11 11 r / I r r l ;,' U'r Il rr Nr N4 1 EDGTEFIEJi D, JLTNE ailikiV . P . . i.. Prn. rirtnrs. Be a W oman. Oft I've heard a gentle mother, As the twilight hours began. l'leading with a son on duty, Urging him to he a man. But unto her blue-eyed daughter. Though with love's words quite us ready. Points she out the other duty, ' Strice my dear to be a lady!' What's a lady ? Is it something Mlade ut hoops, and silks and airs, 'sed to lcerate the parlor, Like the fancy rugs and 4hnirs Ts it one that wastes on novels Every feeling that is human If 'tis this to be 'a lady, 'Tis not this to be a Woruan. Mother. then, unto your daughter Speak of soumething higher far. Than to I.e mere fashi'n's lady .l ady is th e b rig h test sta r. If ye, in yuar str:;g utfection, Urge your sou to be a true man, l'rge your daughter no less :trongly To raise up and be a woman. Yes, a woman-brightest model o' that light amd perfect be:auty There the wind. and soul and body, it!en- to work out life's great dut}v Be a woman-naught is higler On the gilde~l list of fatme: On the cat.logue of virtue There's no brighter, holier name. ]Be a woman-on to duty, Raise the world from all th:at' 1w, Place high in the social heaven Virtue's fair onrl rudiant bow Lend thy iofluence to each effort That :shall raise our nature human; Be not fashion's g,:bled lady. DIe a brave, true, whole-souleil woman. Lincoln Indict ed. We give below a few extracts m the opinion delivered by Chief .l ustic - the case of 31errymnan, a citiz'en - f3ar' " arrested and detained by Gener J Cadwai der, commanding in Marylan-l We regre that our limited space will not permit t. to publish the entire opinion as it is worthy o the great reputation of th venerable juris who for more than tventy five years has e.x pounded the Constitutien of the 1iited State. in the spirit of its nake . The Habeas Corpnl Gase in Baltimore Ex pur/e John Merr ua. Before the Chief 'Tu-de t of Ohw Suprerm Court of the United Stat"es, at t Chanbers. The application in tli. eae for a writ o haluhas corp-s is male to me under 11ie 1 r1 section of the Judiclr Act of 1 ', rvhiel renders effectual for tie citizen :he con.1 it tional privilege of the v.rat oif ;,-' a yii. The case, then, is simply this. A nilitar; officer, 'residing in Pennsylvania, issues a order to arrest a citizen of Maryland upo; vague and indefinite charges, without an; proof, so far as appears. Under this orde his hcutse is entered in the iht lie is seize, as a pri~fner atnd confveyedi~ to Fort Nellenr.1 :and there kept in ci.:se conrfirnent. All when a hi1~abes caarn's is served on thea com moanding ofiicer, reipairinrg hrim to piroduice th prisoner before a justice of the Stuprem Court, in order that he may exaiine into th legality oif thie imnprisoanmenrt. the atnswer c the otli.eer is, that lie is rathoicrized by ith President to suspend the vwrit ofhi'4'us corpn at his discretion. and, int the exercise of the~ discretion, suspenids it in this case. and o thnat grond reflises obaedieinee to the varit. As the case come's before me, therefore, imderstandl that thre President tnt only claim the right to su~spenid t he writ of Itasue em- a himself, at hris discretion, but to dlehgate ti discretiontry piower to a mliitary oficer', an to leave it to hirri whether he will or will na. obey judiciatl process that may' he -.'rve No of!ielatl nothie has been given to th~ courts of jrs'.ice or to th~e pubi!ie, by proch mation Gr otherwise, that, t'..e P'resideisi cl~iaimd this poawer, and hadl exercised it.i the maniner sitteI in the ret utri. Anrd certainily listenid to it Wi s'ome surprise, il I had supp'i sed it to lie one oif those pointl of constItuttijonal law tupion which tha-re ws no dillere.ne" of aipinion. aind thatt it was a. mnittedl on alil hnr:is that the pari vil..ni ofI ul writ could' not he susp.enide enetp! by a r' Con gress. Ilavin,1. theref~bre. rae2:ard'ed thne gniistion: too plain and' too we'l settled to bec oi&en 1 dlisputte, ji. the coummnahndinrg a.fliaier had st ati that upon his ow n ~j repnisibiity i, arnd in tI exerise of Iris own d i-eret ioni. he reftusa obeiencei'iT t the' writ. I .should I havea. contet m-.-<elf winth r. ferin~g to the ebiis in thIe Io st iturtin, annd to t he conistruntii n ar r t+(1 n fromt every jnist :and ."tatesmran of t hat a 'when the esie o'f 1 rrr was baeorec thtet Itnit be'inrg thIuis ifticially nontified t Ihat il privilege2 of i:e writ has beLen susj.~enided u dea.r thre irdet?- and' byv the arutharn. of tI P re'.i-len't, anid heilevi:::-, ars I doi, that t ! P'residenit ha~s e'xerci'ed h' re wlhia'h I rioes not pi~sess uundehr the Constitution, propecr re.'-pect fihr tihe hriabh fice hi' i;:s r qulIin ' me at tte pl~auinly~ a ~n nly ti grounds ofi any ujinraIon, in tar1 r to) show thi irhave nrot ventutred to a1piention t he braht of this arct without a caefuil iad delibera: examinattionf of th~e who'le soi-':ect. -It is thre 2i article of thre Con-titutioni th providies 1'r the urgnization of thre Exeeni Depari ment, andl enumttertets thle poer Cai ferred oan it, anad presc'ribe~s i s duaties5. Al if the iihih po.ver over the liberty of the cii zen now claimned, was intendal to be en ferred on the Presidnnt, it wouild urnouh-id be tfunnd in plain words ini this articie. Il there is not a word in it thart cant fuirnish ti slightest gronwil toa justify thre exer'cse oif t] power. 82, too, his powers in relation to the ci' .la...:- -.A ....tia.-t ..-ce..a,0. cnnfa,r'e hum are carelully reatri':ed, a well n tho-- - belonging to his military character. lIe can not appoint the nrdinary officer: of fGovern me-it nor make a treaty with a foreign nation or Indian tribe without the advice and con sent of the Senate, and cannot appoint even inferior officers, unless he is authorhied by an act of Congress to do so. Ie is not emOW Bred to arret any one c-hnrgedwith an oflence against the Vnited States, i~al whom he may. fromt the,eaidcnce-he)ibre him. believe to be gniity-i-or can he authorize any oflicer, eivil or military. to exercito this power ; for the 5ith article of the amendments to the Con=ti tution expressly provides that no person "shall he de-p i ed of litp, liberty or property with out due process of law"-that is, judicial pro (esp. And even if the privilege of the writ of ha)eas rorj,rx was suspended by act of Congress, and a party not subject to the rubs and articles of war was afterwards arrested and imprisoned l.v regular judicial process, he could not be detained in prison or brought to trial before a military tribunal, for the arti cle in the tmendment to the Constitution. innediately following the one above referred to-this is, the nth article-provides that " in all criminal proseentions the accused shall en joy the right to a speedy and public trial by I an impartial jury of the State and district a herein the crime shall have been committed, which district slial have been previously as -eer:ained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the acensation ; to be eo(nffronted wi:.h tl.e witnesses against him ; to have coinpulsory process for obtaining wit nesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel fur his defence." With such provisions in the constitution, expressed in language too clear to be misun ier.tood by any cne. i can sec no ground whatever for supposing that the President, in any emergency or in any state of things, Can nutbori.e tie suispensionl of the privil-e of Oht writ of /albe" corps, or arrest a citizen except in aid of the judical power. ie certainly doe.s not faithfully execute the laws, if he takes upon him :elf legislative power, by suspending the writ of iabeas cor pux-and the judicial power also, by arresting and imiprisouiing a per.-on without due pro e (sof (,t ir. Nor ci i any argument be drawn 1-.: t he nature of sovereignty or the necessi tigs governmett fur .'e1f-defe.nce in times of tumujt and dang r. The government of the United States is one of delegated and limited lowe:- Ile drives it:" existence and authoritt altieether frun the coostitution, :nd neither of its branelws, executive, legis re t.r jLidiil call exet c-:e rny of the power.; of govtriut"eiit hi (and those specified -ti ~r.anted. "i r the tenth :rticle of the ::i,,n.-im eit to the counstitutiun in exp;e-s m; povie s th:t -: the p wers lnt deprgt Sr.>d the I li:e i ':ates by the: constitution, ri Iproh i;'d1. iy it to t!.e State, nre reei vei t" the tatCs repecti iely or to the pet-ule. I wie. the ecuriiy a.aiist imp ri-oin.-rt av. .-xecutivc auth.iiiy, provided for in the h atic hii M- of the : 1c.m,:netts of the consti tition, which I have iwlIi e qauoted, is nothing meu than 7, copy of a like provision in the -.ghish cotuitution. which L.id lieen firmly * sihli-,Led befon~r- the lD.:eiarat ion of .J mie lhmit I aiiti notu left ti) forint n.y jnt:igmuenlt upiit on. his geat eine~stion from analogies be tween h.ngiisha jurists, or the decisions of Eng It-li cour s, althoug~h uyin this subject they are ~ ent ie to the hzighest respect, and are juty regi.rde.d aid ieceived as authoritative by" our courts of justice. TJo guide me to a i-'ht coticlusion:, I have the conimentaries on ti e u-un...it ution of th ,United Sitates of the lte .1ir. de tstiCe Story, not onily one of the mri.-t emiitneit jurists of thle ogi- lbut for a jlong time otne of the brigh'test or-natments of te Supremec Court of thet U.nited Stautes, and also the clear and authoritative decision of that court itself, given more than half a eeni urv .- ie,- an id con.clusively estaiblishiuig the r uciples I Ihave above statedl. Ilut the. doe~nu-uits before me shiow that th ilitairy authorii:y in t his ease has gone r ben d th'e tiere siupension of the pii i eeof the writ of ,L'!.c~s or 1;us. it has, by frcit -farims. thi rust a,-id' tie jaiciki:l author ite and. otier r.N to whomi the const it ution hai cot tid.al the power and the duty (of in meu pretin; and adminai-rinig the laws, and -'b-t it merd a imltary goverFnent in its pla~e, :op *i e-u admii; red am'.1 eceuted by milhtary ei.l r . IX r. ut the ! inme t'u.caP proci.Cia -'.:*e hi..i gain1-t -.1:.bn M ryinan, thle dli~. ri-it joke ct Marci 1, thie commaiiis'iner I-Pi'i ted tiuder the :net of C..ngrescs-- le. iiet attoriey anid the miarshail--all resided in the cityv of lIa:'t imorie, a tew miles oi-lv from1 the homei of tie pr-isotner. i p to tl.at. iie the-re: had it-vet- beien thec slightest re.sis meie sir 5 bstruiit nii to ti e l.;'c.-ss Of any eisirt or j ucial oihicer of the i'ntedt Sttes a- ' Mar' hi.i, I. v:cept by~ th in li tary auithority. And if a ihltary t ler or any i Ir 1 c ono hado ri tis'n to be!ieve that, th~e pt'isoneIr uha comiue t.d any~ tl iffence :uaint the lass ., the nitecd .:hte5, it vnus : otuty t, ;:ive ino *rmaiia n :ofi the ihet, and thce evidec to . -upport :t,!o thle ditrie: :ueturm-y ; andl' it wI:Id ten L':Ia;w: bectune uthe hitty c-f t h:: ; .,ir to bringi the waite bu-fore the dihtr.tu *j.:. er com umiineair, and if the~re w: eu i *legf* - evidcle to juttify h's ar~rest, the 4* ~i.*.r e..inanini,,i'lar wo ull lanve issueid his warr ata to. th.- mar.,hatiil to anie-it lhinm; aiol ipi ta::hi hearing ef t hi' party wvouhl havy. ili iin tot bail or ni titedvi himii for triat. .crdne to t he ch artler of the offentcf as t appe.:ir.ed in t he tes timotny; or have dis tcir~i:d hi:n: iniiunediataely if there was ntit .,t mi:a. -vienci to) isppirt the acusationi. zuire wcas lii daniger of aniv obstru-tction or r..astaic e t tiet cti if the civil antthui e- - -.nd her-cire- no reti-un whatiuever fori the ..pi.it a-a n ofi the milit ary. Anad y-et, it:deri * n.- ciutiitu. es, a mi litary otii-er, sta oind inI Pennsyvania, wit houit givin~g any in lorati'on to the district at tornley, and wrimth out aiy api.ientioni to the judicial authiorities, - 4mues to himself the judicial power ini the -iirit of Maryland, undertakes to decido l wat vans ttneasthe crme of freauoa or re x-mon, what rvidai. (if, indt..A, -i rtares my) is sanTh'ir-nt to support tLe -accusatiol nd justify the commitment, and commits .he party, without having it hearing even be 'ore himself, to close custody, in a strongly ;arri,oned fort, to be there held, it would eem. during the plrasure of those who corm nitte-dl himt. The (.'onstitution provide?. as I have before arid. that "no person shall be deprived of ife, liberty, or property, withomIt dlue proeeas )f law." It deciares that ".he right of the ople to be secure in their persons, houses, )paer, anda eyets, argain..t unreasonable "arches and seizur'e. shall not he violated, ndlts no warrant shall issue, but upon probable :use, supported by oath or ratliriation, and particularly dl.sr i'iing the place to lie carced, and the person or things to be wized." It provides tha4 the party necused ;b:dl he entitled to a speedy trial in a court ,)f justice. A nd these grt'at and fundamental lawi. which Congress itself couldO not' suspend, have icen di-rrgarde'd and suspendlletl- like the writ of huihead corpus, by a miiitry or der, uspported by force of arms. Such is the case now t-fore me, ard I can only say that, if the authority which the Constitution h:s confil'd to the judiciary department and judiciary olilaers may thus, upon any pretext, or under any circumnstances , be usurped by the military power at its di-cretion, the pro pie eIf the l'aiilel S.'ex are no lontier liriny iiuler a !orernmenIl oi' law., biut erery citizen holds l;i, lberty, ait pr per'i at !he will and pleasure ot' the armyu ;icrs in whose n ililary ditial:t e ma happn 1.o l1"e 'Il. In such a case my iduty was too plain to e mistaken. I have exercised all the power which the Constitution and laws confer on me, but that power has ein rcsisetel by a force too strotig for te to overcome. It is possible that the oflicer who has incurred this grave responsibility may have mis-nlerstood his instructions, and exiceeded the authority in tended to be given him. I shall, therefore, order all the proceedings in this case, with my opinion. to be filed nud recorded in the Circuit Coaurt of the Uniteud States fir the District (f Maryland, and direct the clerk to transmit a copy,. under seal, to the President of the linited States. I rill thin "r,:mainfor tMa l hi:;lh ri'ii r, li fi-.M'lli;ant <: itis cot l i - -r"#-..,:/'.i lv (on/alc care that the intrs h." n C ter;. (it w~tseln nu na --- the au:thor, ycre r-'1 before the committee .,f c-tien'.,s ap.paiwd'l to e::naine himi. In the Ietter to thu editors of the S.-a /-';i' j.::.: i.ata, we finsd the hi'1owing pnragraph: ("t-ta;ht'iicl , ther e :.re 1.lenty of 'nionists Suith, .ut they are afraid even to express :n a'linlion. havir,ir .., la-.'e. :ah Ieing intimi dlateda by bielh aehge slave-ownlers i whto. if t.e irntI, was kr:owi, are literal lv a:.inig int their ,hin, fer fear th~ir darling undoledly n1ii. s'.dner or hlttr. Tlo protett tis is the ma.~in ohbject oaf t hiey men, and to extetd shivery to the' rich honds far; her South, which wouhld of courise pay them better tihan the poor, worn-oult hais here." While we wouhit not imrp:;za the judgmient (if the large comminittee of' ale gentlemen who had thec case unoder conisideration, we n mevrtheless thintk thtey havie dealt. very lenii entyv with the secunp who, after living in ai commuityi si x year's, and earnit-.; his iv'eli hooda atmntg them, conlid pen such a libel and1( slander as the above atgainst them. We takhe the followingL from the Joura/s accoutt oft the trial: ied andi the letters read to the meetinig. Mir. l)eine was rnlowed f'ull permnission to ma~ke his it atemnent antd any' expalaniationi or defi:aee whtich lie mtigh le ahble ini iaswer to t~nhe charge prefe'rred aest him. lie didl so, a acttowhl.dgied I i.e authohut.ip of the th+ tr.%. andl at tem;pwed to excus~e htimiseilf by vai iaiM 5uie~t fanges, whaich of enr-e dtad not amoun t to an) thinjtg, attpII only sati.,ied t he conuittee .still morei sttrontgly' of his guilt. After till the evidence had been presented, and the defeince heardah th~e commitittee was addressed by Meurs. Wmn. M1. Shannion, 11am'. .lamehs Che'stnut. W'. N. II. Wa rkhanm, and T lho. .1. War'i reni. The' t'urt. room, which hd beean (craha2d byV eti enst'' wasP cred, ad the conoititaee, vwi:hI closed doo.rs, pro. ('sieded't toi conshh-ra' tb ha ls:. " The comit tiee decide~d t hat it was n~ot a case r, quiring. ctaitai jati ti-,mant iand after dte debberatio.n, h etinad thlar depaot taltion) aevtnd :h' limati. af thi.e C'Anfteerney Ihota lie the teralty." A CotNits-rx' t':smsz Ome::au.-T'he foal lowig inteit, de.cribedl to tus by an eye wi ace. speaks for' it self. I .iemenant Culotnel -. -.---, i(aiourer who (lid gallant -erv'ice to to his counitry in M1-xico, but whlo now com-~ m ani tal in the - regiment, which passeda thro~gh this city -on Sunday, was approacthe'd i i one ofaou prlincplhls n nh ialyade:.etd by' a gent lemtran ;"Coloniel -,1 hteartiiy congratulate you upion this~ sevce upon which you have enlteredl." 4'May I innie what y'our paolit ics arc ?" responidad te Clon;teI. " I am ia riepuicanett," replied tae other. " Know then, sit'," conitined the C olaonel, that. I p: rtiit tmyself to receive the c on;atultiiaur, of nor meinber of' the inifa. ous party, toi whlose inrentdiartismi re-ei attrti btattble thle calamitiies that overtwhielti thec couttty, utels i I is hittiself willing to. vol ntitteer' in .iares.,ing thle imorvemnents lie hias ielp1ed to instigte. \Vohiteer with me~, sir', a td, it' thbee is any lighItag to bie donea, you htl imve" a chatnce to grease thle gates of hell n aort order. Yes, sir, amia when we have ut. down this atr'ociots sece-ssionl heresy, 1 i wiling to return atnd aid in cutttinag frotm their pulphits~ the white cravatted scoundlrels, who have been disturbinig the tranquility ol Itrenblic for no Imany yeart." We bave seen no batter fighting matrial, be it remarked, than is contained in this same regiment, to which Lieut. Col. j belongs.-New York Newsa. ..ATII:, Snots, &c.-lf our ports argrig idly blockaded, there will he soon a scasrity of Leather and Shoes in the South. Tbikean h remedied by our tanneries at once putting i .rth all their powers to make Leather. Let all the hides that the rcotutry can produce be put in the tan vats so as to give us 1.eather in due time. 'Texaq, Mexico, and Arktisaa can no doubt furnish raw hides in suni ient quantities, in addition to the domestie s-apply. The hides of all cattle, sheep, &e., slaughtered in our camps should he preserved for thctan neries. With Lea:her we can make shoes enough. O(tr soldi'rs n ust have shoea; so must our slaves, and so must we all. Brognis for hard service are what is first needed;)and then the usual varieties for the various walks of life. The shoe trade in the South is bound to be profitable, and the manufacture of oee to rapidly increase.-Tuntsville (Ala.)tAd v ocat?. ('ArT. WFi-T's INTREPIrD ENCOT':;TR WIT' TiE Exi:mv.-Fromn a reliable.source we derive the following account of the inter esting interview between Capt. Wn. I. Wertb, of the Chatham Grays, Pittsylvania i County, and a scouting party of the Hesians, in the neighborhood of IHampton, on Friday last. It dilfers somewhat from our yesterday's statement. Capt. Werth and another oflicer being together, and unacconpanied, on a re connoitering expedition some distance in ad vance of the main body, separated at the-f'orks of the road, t.ach going on his own hook. Af. ter Capt. W. had proceeded a .short distance, he found himself suddenly in the pretence of five of the enemy. hlaving no idea of surren dering, he inst:antly drew his revolver, and without parleyig. each party commenced iring-Capt. W. killin g two of the party, the remainder retreated. The inule ridden by one of' the party, however, ias killed by Capi. W.'s list shot, the rider having slipped off at the instant and taken to the bushes. Capt. W. seems much chagrined that the bad round on which the rencoun er occurred prevented his hagging all live. When this alflir is reported i'er the Northern press, it will of course be stated that th ir scouts were attacked by a whole troop of drgoons. Cape. :.. ....,. .nlme. until ioined. i mmedi bison to borrow uni . ......--..- - was sopi o'cd tha; lio thio hinks would fly to the r,-lief of the Stte, her patriotic s5,l diers and the lation whsue exis:enee was to be teste'.l by bloo.d. No men wer j wild and deviiih in cryio traitor-no paurty now-all e.>u r-fe, property, everythLin must be Sput at the service of thie C ni.tr ! No"w, ;what have we winiesed' ? The Go'-' irnor ma.: t..il, proclamaat ion0,. orders-r;,nd wat* hi coulid n-/'. do i f. Carringiton wais cin hadt to do for hi-: the Lsgi.dature poised aw:th.e pieple ru4hed . arms by thous ands, andi al Iw'ent ont swif as the runnuingz tide. At Ist the bondsl were ready and the mony was cal' for*, The io bij ankers zinet here hert week, unt -red ito deep ami soi'lemn conuha.1tons and subscribed three hundlred thousaind dollars ! Not one willion, 'not I wo mitllons, not three millions ! Now. what is to be done ? Wiho e'i1ly Where is Gui'. IDen isni to get moneiy to pay) the debhts hourly pr it the State Tire:asury '? Who, now, aethe traittors ? Who ar'e aidiing the enemy by refusing to ai l our friends? Jietf. D) tvis would only mnake an eilort to kill our gallant soldiers, hlut the bankers woul~d starr'e them Ito death. There is n-> hu:ng in this-no bodyi' but the balk:rs5 can hbuy thnese baonds. We all know tha~:. If' they refunse-if the'r paitriotim ooze-; out in words -then. we aire b ankruipt indeedl. iind ( ;.,ve.rn-'r Deniti ort Tu'i: lI;si Is \'nwxsu.--.We pihlish elsewhere, from tile Mnriet ta hdfelliUir, a Republican journal, a eo rect ion of' tie im preion getnetr:ily prev.alenat, that We'sternt Virinin is wholi for the U nion. 'It large body'l of' t ha;jport ion of the State, we aio r~or r, to sv l. withI the exsetption oif the P'an iilndle, i-* d~ciely for Secen. T..n are reluctaiiily forced to t ha t conclu,.ion. A~s to the feeli ng generally !n Virginia, we vill re late a conversat ion bet wvten one Of' air citi zen and a distinguished'( cletrgy'man of the l.piscopal Churebi, a re.,ide'nt of Indiami, whc s *just returne'd froti a trip to Virghia. In reply to :1. the' eti as to the feeling in Vitr inia, lie said : We of the North huie no .eeto o the feelair.r in Vii'rinia. It is a inii, e:;:bra''ing males and females. ''he f'e mdLs-matdrons and mnaidens-practice daily with t he revolver. Families are sendin: their ilvr' plate, and laJdit s their jewelry to the (ovenior ; gentlenmen are making deeds of their farms to the State; all to raise cash for Ithe efense of the State. A deep.sea'ed de terintationi to resist to the last extrenity, to sacrifice every thing, property and life, uni versaly' prevatils." Such a people nay be overrun, obliterated from the face of the earth, biut cran 1:ever lhe conquered.-Cincin. nati Enquirer. 'trua l'st S-r.m'rs.-QOne of the hermiless ari s of the A merienni chai.actor hmtr been the dea that we could whipa alt erenatikn in a cope wit the l.nited StateS in a war. This aas been a very prevaient opinion: Festered and enuraged by the success achhveied in he fewv wa'rs in which we havt been eigaged w ith fore"gn powers, and] in no smaiil'egr'ee justified by the spirit and eiiergy of oir lpe pie. We doubt whether any, nationitn the world has nmore of military spirit airI fire, 'more ogenuiniepatriotism and nationalpride; -a4 wt, om. qaliesai meonce avmsed. our armies are all hut inin i,'. Still, we confess that our choice, if we must fight all the nations of the earth, would be, to take one at a time, and especially if a war with a first class power is inevitable, to engage in it when we are a united people at. home, and prepared to bring all our resonrce into action.-N. Y. Journal of Commerce. The Edgefield Ilussara Thia noble band of soldiers, from Edgefiel. have taken their place in the. ranks of fam. ton's Legion. which is now forming at Colum. bia. On their way thither they arrived in our village on Friday evening about 6 o-clock when they were met by Col. H. I. Caughman, as representative of the citizens, and in a very pretty little speech, invited to the hospitali ties of the village. Captain lPutler, respond ed. in a short and happy style, accepting the invitation. They then took up their quarters at the two hotels where entertainment had been prepared for them. About 9 o'clock, Capt. B. was cailed on for a speech and re sponded in a clever manner, paying some compliments to the number of ladies who were present encouraging them on to duty. The Hussars left Saturday morning after breakfast, expres=ing themselves well ploised with their short but agreeable stay with us. The company is one of the finest we ever saw. The men are a noble and brave looking set-mounted on . splendid horses-real war horses. When they reach the border, we ex- I peet to hear of the Iussars mnkir:g their mark.-Lexington Flag.1.tl inst. The Hampton Legion. The following is a roil of the field officers and companies of the Legion., Six companies are now in camp near Columbia, and the oth ers have been ordered to come forward: Wade Hampton, Colonel; B. J. Johnson, Lieutenant-Colonel; J. B. Grifin, Major; T. G. Barker, Adjutant; C. L. Goodwin, Quar termaster; T. egs, Co:nniissary. AaTI.L.FaY.-- a'tingtog Artillery, Char leston, Capt. S. D. Lee. C.tvm.av.-Brooks Troop, U rcenville, Capt. J. F. Lanneau ; Edgefield 1Iussars, Edgefield, Capt. M. C. Butlr; Beaufort District Troop. Beaufort. Capt. '. 0. Scriven, Jr. I-r"na._-....ashington Lgight 1nfantry Volunteers, Charleston, Capt. J. Conner; Da. via Guards, Greenville, Capt. W. M. L. Aus t'n ; Gist Riflemen, Union, Ca pt. H. J. Smith; it *.-:nau Guards, Greeiville, Capt. T. L. healh j.i.-ich improved, aid he will is a few Idaysi assumei the c:.ad Capt. W. I. C.Ihouto is here -as the mn.;te ing otlieer to receive the ILegi in into Cvnfi crateserviee.--dout Caro!inian. The Number. Greenvi!!e District Las alrea-ly coitributed to the .service of the B- as :nmd the . onf der art Sate s, abouit t;ve* hmndnd men. in fiv cmut'iesbi, viz: The lWut Ir ; uards. Salu:ia olunteers, Tyger \Voluntee~r.-, the Be3.ik Trop, and the IJivis Gutards. Buat ishe is not d.mec yet. The Gree.nville Confederate -Rifle me a-e sooin. to Ler!G-r the fl'd, im andi -.d upr G urds ihave beent or'aniz.'d s;ome time, r'nd a:- waitinig only I..r a paw-.. It i.. near ai ludred strong. The we hm.ar of t her ivol unters to he raise.l atinl otliredl as su~m us crp are laid by, it n-rvice at that tim bne n essarv. With those .gine aind. to re:oly. Greenvile has furnishel betwveen ;5) and 701 m ten, and this numbier will. be in~erenisedt whe ndd..Grevil Ent er pi-. W \ashigtont correspondeint of the New Ymk T.s say.: The Government is. beuconming embairrassedl wvith the qunestion of how the prisoners cap tured in this conflict no0w g!oing on shall lbe dispsed of. Our scouts are daily picking up iel proved to have disunion sentiments, and already the numuber taketn excceds one buns lred. T~he rebels are capturing 1-nion mtnn assuming tha~t th~e ftovernmient will exchange prisoners, and, that by htving a suiflicient number, they' will be s le to seuire rekease to the :M rebels captured at Alenntris. Here is the embarrassmenlt. If the Govern. mnt treat there men as rebel-, takeni in armus against the Government, they should be hung. This would not be dteemed good policy, even did not humanity revolt against such a sacri ice of human life. On the other side, if the ystmn of exchanges be adopted, there is in te act a recognition of the rehele as bellige rents, according ton all laws of nations. The Cabinet has discussed this point several times without coming to any rcsult, but it is proba le that ins the end1 the iminor rebels will he discharged on parole, and the leaders only This same correspondent urges the goge, in of Gen. Lee'r estato, worth $:50,000, which act lhe thiniks would restore Eastern Virginia to its allegiance. The Texas Democrat referring to Horace Greeley's plan of con'luering the .Soth and iving the Northern soldiers a farm at pice out of it, says: lod fur you, Hlorace. The people af~ the South will not ob;ect to iiia irrange:nenit, but w ill thmselvyes dhividie ny. their land into nice htt honesteads (it six feet lby two, ndue, ast ad west," and very New Yet k .s~dlier w"ho iomes this way, will be weolcomie to a lolt. Come idown lloner,' and take an inter et is is a tine opening-title good-no txes to pavyfrer: so jn-t what iou alvays P. S. Come soons. Ho.race. beferr th~e lt re all taken -.we are expecting a large imi-t gratol front the Nonruth this year. Bring JIames Gordlon and Abraham along witl you. Debts Due an Alien Enemr. There are three points upon which we have supposed that our commercial friends might desire to have r-ome iniormation. 1. Can trade be carried on between the citizens of belligerent nations? 2. Can debts due to an alien enemy be collected ? 3. May they be seized and forfeits d by the State? 1. On the fir.-t point, it is clear that no trade can be legaliy carried on between the , i.izens of belligerent natio..s. All rommer, cia! intercour-e l'e; ween them is interdkted by houtihtiee, unle-s specially licensed by their respective Govern uents. Al: contracts, therefore, made in parsnaneo of such inter course, are void. 2. The same principle governs the collec tion of debts. No alien enemy can sue in the courts of a cuantry, or collect in any way a debt due to him by a citizen of the State at war with his Government. :. The third point is attended with more difficulty. May debts due i.li..n enutmies to seized and forfeited by a State ? Debts due directly by a State cannot be seized and fur. tiited by itself. It cannot even touch the sgnms which it owes the enemy. Everywhere, in cse of war. the fituds confided to the pub lie of the world are exempt from seizure and confiscation. For instance-suppose New York capitalists own tht. bonds of any of the Con federate States, or a citizen of the Confeder ate States own the bonds of any of the United State-they are not amenable to cunorcatiot. The reason is, that in these cases the debt e.5 ists from its V. ry nature ii; th honor of the indelted States. There was no other reliance fur payment during peace; and the existence of war should not alter the obligation, since the power of enforcing its payment is not affected by the war. Vor this rea3 n the debts of a nation to individuals of another nation are not rightfully abolished by war, and are nut liable to cot.fisee.tion. But it is often otherwise with respect to debts due'fron one t.itizen of a nation to a citizen of another nation, when these nations are at war. As a g..neral rule, all the property of an enemy is liable to seizure and cortiscation as prize at war. But Grotius rays it down: " That with respect to debts due to private persons, the right to denantd (hevn is uspeaded during th war, but will renew with peace." Mr. Whea ton sums up the doctrine as follows: "It appears, then, to be the estabished rul of international usage that property of the enemy, iound witlin the territory of the bel tout.as..: , .. is adldrmedt'" to the julgaient of the Sov'ereigr. it i.A a gi:ibl ,.hicli le iailjws fr ab:andun al will: and, alt ho:;gh i: cannot be disregarde) by lit i:lh';t oblwgny. vet it. inuay it disre garded. It is not an img,:ti'wrd.e cl of law but depends on 1sIti'-il -,nXdlerUioUn whiel may continu.illy vary.'' "ut the question is cenwred of all dificuhyt if. on the b.ral.in:.:tiut of a wa :r, one of~ th~ elig-renzts shall co, ti=on.e the I r .pert y u debts hie its citizens to the citiv'-;s of its e my. In that ciue, reciproeity jrstities5 ret~li ationi. Whether it will be proper for the Confe~d rate Sta:es, separately (or unitedly by llt Cngre..s of the Confedlerate States,) to con (iLseat e allithe dets due by' citizens of th, Cmfeiderate States tio the citizens of th. l.'nitedl States, wrill be a'question which wil depind onu circumtstances. Thoecharacter o the war mayv soon determine it. 1ut therei a tizeaanre which has been piroposed short a cn fi-cat tin, looking to t he secut ity of Souti rn creditors ag'ainst Northa rn debttors. I is, to order all money duie to Northetrn eredi tors to be j.nid into the St ite orF Confederat States Tre snrty, to be kept as a fundl on de po-it out of w~hich, and by n~hiebi, the judg ment of all debts due to Southe-rn creditor shall be seenred, liable, of course, to trtrnt t ipu!a ia.n., whten pence is cm~c:uded. TIh State confiscates and takes none of' the mione thus del.osited in its Treasury, it rerel takes it asi a pecial lien apid fud, by whtip] ju:iee is to lhe secured and enfo.recd fiitr it iizens.-Charlestont Mercury. Ji'ns Qr:xcv A n.u~s 'i Cos:~neu.---" Thl, idistlctlubin iink of .' nione hetwe'en thepet of theseveral $!tates of th~i' u co vrattied tnt tion. is,. after all, not in the rih, >-ut in th ,hear/. If the day should ever come (ma heaven avert it) wh~en the alffections of th peole of these States shall be alienated front each uther: whetn the fraternal spirit shtal gii-e way to cold indifi'erenzce.. or collisiotns o iztrvst shall feste-r into hatted, the botnds o politi'al association will not long hold toget he. partias no longer attracted by the mnagnetirn of con~colidated interests and kindly symupo tIes; and far better for the people of th diunitd Stattes to part in friendshtip fu each other, than to he etll tc~ether by co:. rttrat. Ctmu.a Bhzu.s.-We notice that the An guta Savings' Bank is receiving small sumih under a dollar, at.d issuing in return eerfifi cates of de-posite for twenty-five atnd fif~ cents, whi'h will be redeemted ont dlemnd~, a their oflice at the lasuramio Bantk. Thi scrreity of silver cl.ange makes these certifz catt a gre'at contveniCie to ourt eQmmtunitv atnd tis they are iss'uedl by a responsiblte. eom pay, who hare especi:d authornty unde; their chiarter to 'Missue rcertificates of dleposite,' lhey tare readiily ttaken hy nur' tmerchant.s noi businiessi men, and suidhiy at want in our tradi wt hiich wouldl otherwise be deeply felt int thi: A lb:Ar-rr t.0Govettn~ r. S,'ward., Fimt Miii.stes, coitetd of wiirid ful.,ehood ant deberate dee'it, ont the tcstimnyn of a judlg of the Supreme' C'outit : arnd I'resident Lin. eii l ror~nttneedi a prt'jtredl nt urper by the Cief Ju isticeP who adtministmrd to him th< ath nf office Frum the RosAter (L1.) Banncr. Capt. Loudon Butler and the " 2Boier Bloyt." The followin: most beautiful ad ze.;s was delivered by "a Young Lady of our town." nn the ocessian of the pre.'raation ef tit rmot beauti:if IBini.e'r to the PBossier Boys in.nedi ately before their departure fair the arat of war. We withhold the name of tihat mo.Mt modest and aenmplished y. ung iely at her own rfqnest, but tlink She hs dlone herself r'r' at injustice in withlth(ildiig hoer 1.n'.m frnm a pr'ot:ction that ias only tn 1. read t, be nil mired for its heoanty of styl.e, ics it te and elegaun' lt.guage, itd religious fervor, and its patriotic devotion. - We must be allowed to say, in further ex p!aration. That the address would have ap peared sometime since, ha:d it not been for the fact, that the " Yotng Lady" who had the honor to deliver it, itatmediately left town after its delivery, and did not return so that I we could procure a copy before this. The Banner was accepted by Capt. Butler, commanding the Bessier Boys, in o:.e of tie finest speeches it has been our gooed forttune to hear: gu2t such a speech as a littler would deiiver on tn occasion lika this-when he and his brave Raiys hal had such encourage ment at the hands of t.l: ( fairest of the fair," and ab -ve all, when his most illustrious fam. ily had been referred to in so complimentary a style, placing them high'on the ril of lis .toric fan. - "i Anh'e his record this, in time to mc.rne. When he returns from battle. Lo . now far The son excels the site? May every foe, Fall under hum and he comae laden home With spoils blood-atain'd to his dear ruother's Joy. Mt:or CAT..Asr Sf0.o1r.as: Appreciating the readinre-s with which you have responded to the call n.ide upon you, and feeling a deep interist in the .cause in which you are about to embark, the ladies of Bellevue, through me, their humble representative, present you this Banner, which they have made with their own finge.rs; and under which, you are to tri. umph or fall, in defenso of yor country. Woman, debarred as she is, the priril'ge er I sharing the toils and trials of the battle-field, must attest hr pstriotism by such eveidences as these; by doing everything she can, to nerve and strengtheni the arm that is striking in defenze of her home, her honor, and her in terest. You are about to engage in an u.:der tuking in which pi iation, sufuering, and death in .." r :' the tiueest o: tue ugut. nrate, atnd darin', nou will uarce on to victory, or nobly 1e::i h on the led of honor. Your ung atnd gallant officer, whose name is as -ueiated with some of t:c most briiiant senes re .corded in American history, will I teal you en to victory or death. Go tbe:n +.1irs ; stake for y.ur homes and vour lused eae; strike fori the S->utht. Gii enm haet Ihle exampn;le of te he*roes of '7e0. We atn.! p'i ter-ty well rew ard youi, And may the !'u te hi..a4 i n, in tracing the cause of this war, aned reco.rdieg its hard fought b~ittles, anid its brave~' and chivalro~us deeds, assign the brirbt e~st page of that history to the Dosi4r Bo'y -fur their noble bearing. And r~emmber soldier.4, that in all, and s.e vere'c-t of your tria br, yout heave.ur syr m pethy and tour prayers. &-.atdin:g as sen't nte: on the watchi-toewer, we will watch and Ipray. And should any of you lidlttin 1l hat Ie peltdit, you will ever live in *'ur memories anid we will bre.ati:e youitr nat es with lad in fiure ycers, a.ndl.,ay ' ou died in defen.m fotur caory. Yon carry with you our hiiar.s ande ic-i' wishes for your mos,.t brilliant ucs: t~r Vouir safe and spteedy return. Accept. then,, tis Ba~nnr-it is the flag of your counte ry. Return with it. or die tooler it. Nauy it~ never t rail in the dust.. lIt not a singi" V. ipe be erased i et not,: sta~r of' thowe Pie jades e'e' b eel obcrd .ind in that thirkts' hour, when deathi ,.hall be chaving down youK I omp~anions nioute do yo,and the lhrttunes o~ w~i* seem ag'ainest you, beck to your Banner; puit your trust in that God who rules on high; that God who wi'l nyihold the just cauw, and takle coture . ;\n tin;ay llertect assi b~le, y iour ien cr dhiring yor be ~ c, t tt .iyy ur ce to the goodl of 1lis own glory IAndrew Johntsn% Treason DlenvrfN, We have ju. seen ae lettet fruin Amos A. Lawrence, of' iostont, well knownt to the ecour. Htry as one of' her men of caipitael, and a lead. in B lac eptublican. in thi' tull conifi:lencet of Pres'ide'nt Lincoln and his Govcrnmn: at Wasingeieton. .it is : .;hressed to .idrew J'ohn s, of etCXnnessee, and ente'liv a dra:~'t fmi one thoii~ued dol art. as: a p~arI ef the jpy int ten~ded for his serivices in betrayiing th econ fiding portion of the peopile of' Tlennesie whr, baesodby him in suport of' the mainte nanco of the Federal l'nion.. We give this letter t o the pulic. It was intercepted 1in pa g to .Tohw'on, and is now in e poseIs sion of a reliable g';;:lemanit of this city--one well traown to the countlry. '1here i no dIoubt of the genutinieness tof the letter: DI) a St :t If yout' note to m~ wvere prziate~d itn our neCwspapersai it would be go,..l foir ten thzoueand deliars in :hree dar: ti:ne. lit of cetnrse I mu~st otldy U40 it as a pr;it o lkne:-. In order that yo-i shall heu~tre oif somthlint at n:ec. I write hil.- ta his a d.f- ,..ih so,:nPe of your I 'nion b.i:k.ers or menrchns may~ hie' wiU'ing to cash at the r.-:mi pr.'mium for Easter: e': chan~ge. P 'obably' GardIner & T'he ba;rnmnent will soon? .:hibit a pwe which will s-n' nnvn h aiie~ ha-:e o.iern f.la-.ing into Scott's he-.:r.W inrev week.;. a:.d4 n---.v they ': irost the game'. ,Ouri' with regaril, A AMOS A. L AWUENCE. If' you ^:ara: u o tine dru~t ruar1 it grid J -lt'r z.."rr ..raO t:e cr'..l *!"tti:r. i. t" 'I'.U k~ns2 l:slki.NeI" &t l+i. Wli e.n. Aerne" the fte' eti* thy+. 1ri&; k t91 Cr i';'I. fl(eP 0f1 Mtj~', l~L'eiiea &so .q -. Tlor' orin tl (' I l.~ h"i:., :. i.u* i: e." hiiud. if 1,.n,. i14rc~. t'r! ; r .vins.- .i"' pMr. i~usse1I'N Ltter from tt'klc.e.. 'lshi. rrie'Ie i~i iudie d p.t.r ti~ p: r;oi: i f t Mr. flu ell'y Fiiih Leitecr" t.i the .,ul, Thil?, ins ~whh. :tfl'tr his tour! ualtde r the acK pices of' tluji,r Whitin'g, he give-, a ilistoii' ""i" ~the For'tSumter Vior. While tit) onei of our fo>:nw.ci:i :dn5 cfl an more rearly L'aan :nvaif to) s"; ts n' 1clIy,' i':lao upn the. servic~es ofi fletc. fl":,11rPL rre we are 'v.4 qIie ai i ut~lir'r, Ifeflt it rs~l~ go f.rth. wirho;1t c::nc mavenii.r, fre'to ::i:.. j.fI~etnil n i ur~e cii the 7V'+(:'' r;t s-rn-. dent, that Sau~h C::relirn, l~c t"" i'e cnem~t.cr - only ro far r~~t her ciesf:'ice Olgi i'~i't"." tr or b". in'r harbor, as to lpr. 'ol" u0a .e ': tilith'. rtrn~lp. 4f' Mojur Auae.r.."t, ea.1:: a:i Ai(? s 1at ''Pt. I3 t'ci:c rnr1i e!id-s t!ic; ,. id eel ~j.FeCt otlsere, is1very taut: ; butt that Le -mud u a' ttudeiacipiiraed o;aass of igncor - rrtit Thpei 'wancd by pji'.;t, rwh, fo'r two ftond:=, "liti~l bee'n gapingl :t 1.4,' n:l '.?t has filaly Ve)I:rlr oil Cusrr,:wino's lv*:.t 'abou~t to) aicarelabier t(, :'Ur; Suoi,', thact %v i Ir:: .:Lt '.fl! t 0r:r ;:t u:ir bei.'..: --ai't.h msay~ be t oodc and -aa;ful *joke for Majlor W~hainr, and he a mhatter oIf iti'Ihlence to Mr. 11s.1 servinga his pu;rpose Ver ' well. But the feiv facts which the writer a1s1tnita. below rebu~ke the wvlc"lo slander, and teinder t o others, :as well nis t") Geni. fI. t11L'urtl ti m Major Whiting their just. sil ro} er cru"lt.. 1. Wen G~en. Beauregardl th~iseJ,:lee fjut:'c the Iron Battery nearly tiii-lj-.. 1e bit.' with~tin., to do with it, ex, ept :uaprti e 2. The Cu wnaifl's I'oiuit gar sa l trcortanr batteries were nearly finished. under (lhc di roction of Mj.T piran -v L ,Mc Out an Gregory. Tefir'ing Ironi tine Ca';n;ninir's .,nitt o tol cCttrint1 l VtLie 1.Ac. I qt:' 1.11.'wl~ Uair thIat .-itl't Gen. B3. or Major WV. eiflete1 t F ort :[oultri', w;:A to tu.'t'e tw'. c eouutiig:;, troth th, '"ucnter Ba.ter;. anti } lace themi t.n Lice 'Ict it (. 'v;;ie'i iBattery. 11~i a ik a g' .i.d i~ag' i 1'e rreit of FulL 31l cri.:'Nic ag. ;,!'e_":,:,h e' i. i.:cee i. f)+:... t.: t ' u .